The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1871-08-23
Cotton Movements.

New YoRK, August l3.-The cot
ton movement shows aslight falling
off in receipts and exports. Receipts
at tho ports, 9454 bales, against TO-
472 last week, 10000 the previous
week, and lO,66l three weeks since
total receipts since September, g.
988,224, against 2,SS9,o79 for tho
corresponding period of the previous
year, showing an increase of l,O99,.
Ids in favor Of thep resent season.
Exportc from NIL ports for the week,
4,727, against 3,l14,lO6. against
3, ,lOO,733 for the same time 9,l09
same week last year; total exports
for the expired portion of the cotton
year, last yiear; stock at all tho ports,
~ ,093, against 9i,7o2 Tor the same
time last Year stocks at interior
towns, lA,73i, against 20, l21 same
time last Year stock in Liverpool
Gl3 900 against 5G3,U00 last y ar
American cotton ufloat for Great
Britain, $4,000, against a5.0o6 last
year Indian cotton afluat for Europe
is 3,loG, against ll2,2255 last
y6ar.
The weather s,nth is very much the
same aslast week. 10 some sections
extreme heat, relieved by showers (;
in others, com mplaints of too much dry
weather. Receipts from the new crop
Indicate an earlier picking Than Vas
generally expected.
WAsnlNGToN, August l3.-The
agricultural Department will not
make another crop report until shc
September returns are received, since
the report for July indicates more
Favorable crop Of cotton and corn; A
letter from Arkansas says that
although tho aSreagc ID less than last
year, the yield of the present year
will DC equally large and We have the
safhc report FROM come other States.
a remarkable story comes, OF pGr
ports to come, from Paris, through
the ccrrc pondcncc of the St. Louis
Rcrablican. 1t IS OF count who
while living, dwclt in mansion III
the Quarter St. German, but who
was killed during bombardmcnt. On
visiting his residence gcndarmc
stepped into Il closet on the upper
floor, and at once found himself
rapidly descending and finally safe.
ly landed in dir gcon or tho grUund
floor. Tie windows of this room
were bnilt up with brick, and the
door leading into an alley f,om the
outside into a suite Of rooms, whilo
the real entrance from the alley was
through swinging door cut in the
solid mas""ry, and shiilfnlly conceal
ed from Tio%. This ro3m had os,en-
Sibly been used by the count AZ d
place for storing old furniture; but on
sounding its walls large and deep
closet was found IN which were tools,
implements, aid apparatus Of various
sorts, Including surgical in tru,ncnts
jars Of chlorotorm, narcotics, and so
on also powerful battery. Here
was found Il manuscript which pur-
por cl to DO the counts record Of ex.
pei lments in galEAnism and clco'rici-
ty, made by hinscf during several
years. |; is well known that for the
past four years it has been his habit
to deliver lectures on such subjects
before lcarnon societies; one of which
Gntitied "The Mechanism of Life"
procured for him confidential inter-
view with the Emperor. The manu-
script sho#s that it was the system Of
the count to invite people to his
house ON one prctext or another, aud
then kill and experiment with them
most of his experiments being inadr :
with view to restoring suspended
animation.