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The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1872-08-16

that the untavorable effect of the statistical
position OF cotton was greatly heightened by
the glowing accounts We have been getting of
the American crop tor the last two months.
These various Influences have caused spiD-
ners, both In Europe and America, to fall
back upon the reserve OF stock, and we be-
lieve at The present time they hold In the ag-
gregate 100000 to 100000 bales less than they
old at this time last year. This Is most i'm
portant feature, and it may tell with great
force at q later period of the season; spInners
have In great measure exhausted their pow
er of depressing the raw material, and should
they be tempted or frightened into stocking
Themselves again, their capacity of absorption
wonld be very great.
We think at the present time all the ele-
ments that make against cotton are brought
into undue prominence, and public opinion
as 1t usually does-has run from one extreme
to another; it has concluded-rather too hasti-
ly--that the risk of a scarcity Of American cot
ton is past, but We do not feel 30 sure Of this,
had prices remained at lid. or over, we do
not think there would have been o severe
scarcity, but we rather fear 1t will be encouni-
cred Ii prices remain at about l0d. for mic-
ding Orleans. The tendency Will now pc
rather 10 Increase than contract the consump-
tlon, and as our spinners must nave Ilsen
since the beginning of the year $1,000 or 32,0OO
bales OF American cotton weekly, at an aver
age cost Of fully Id. 1t is not reasonable TO
expect they will conhne themselves to $4,000
or "a 600 bales for The next three months with
the price al l0d., and we cannot see that our
supply I'LL 1st November will admit OF more
than lhls:
1he stock f5th of July was. bales. .S1l 900
ATlOaG offeov
To arrive further by the lst November, say 100000
IOGdl .foo,VVo
Allow for IA weeks-Trade. .2S 500
Export 2,to0
The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1872-08-16
THE ALABAMA RADICALS.
'sNo Carpet-Bagger or Negro Nominn-
ted"-The Gag Law In full Force.

MONTGOMERY, August Is.
The Radical Republican Stale Convention
assembled In the capitol at noon yesterday.
Two hundred delegates, mostly cnlOred, were
present. United States Marshal Healey called
the body to order, and nominated Justice Sal
fold, Of the Supreme Court, for chairman.
Jere Haralson (colored) instantly nominated
Ben Turner, Congressmantfor The same. No
attention was paid 10 Haralson's nomination
and Healey declared Saffold elected without
putting the question on the nomination
of Turner. Haralson demanded division. but
.Healey ruled 1t out Of order. Cries
OF gag law" 'mnialr," &C., rose from
all parts Of the hall, during which commit
ice on credentials was appointed. The con-
vention reasaembled this morning and nomi-
mated David P. Lewis for Governor; Alexander
McKlnston, Lieutenant. Governor; Pat. Rag
land, secretary of Slate; B. c. Smith. auditor;
A. Bingham, treasurer; Jos. q. Speed, super
lntendent of education; Benz. Gardner, sLloI-
ney-generaI; TuUuIao Lsn,Gotut .Vin'-'-.;-"--
of Industrial resources. Congressman at large
will be nominated tonight. IT is Thought that
Alex. White and c. c. Sheels will receive the
nomination. Not q single carpet-oaSEer OF
negro on the ticket, although all are not native
Soulherners. No platform yet.
The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1872-08-16
4 HUGE FAILURE.
Sudden Collapse of n Louisville Speeu-
latOr.

LOUISVILLE, KY, August IA.
To-day an enormous business failure was de-
veloppd here, Involving one OF The most prom
inent business men In the city. Robt. Atwood,
o leading Insurance agent and a member OF
the pork packing firm. He has been heavily
speculating In cotton and STOCKS, and became
million dollars He lett the city on the In
dIanupolis train this afternoon, but was ar;
rested by telegraph at sey mour, Indiana, and
brought back at eleven o'clock tonight and
balled In fifty thousand dollars to appear at
the police court tomorrow. 1t is charged
that he has obtained large amounts from the
bank on fraudulent. drafts, and on paper 10
which he furged the name OF DR.. Lewis Rogers,
his falher-in.Iaw, and other prominent ciuzens
and business men. Nearly every bank In tile
CITY is O loser. Atwood ls most highly con.
nected, and The affair is creating profound
sensation In this city.
The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1872-08-16
SPARKS FROM THE WIRES.

The President arrived at Washington yes
tordav morning, and went away at night.
The commissioner OF patents has extended
the patent OF J. Z. Plant, Of Macon, for metallic
cotton ties.
The following Internal revenue stere-
keepers are appointed in the Sixth North Caro-
lima District: Easton Bennett, a; 9. kegan,
Wilson A. Donnell and ". a. McCorkle.
The United States treasury yesterday
contained seventy and half millions OF coin
Including thirty and hall millions 10 certin-
cates) and eight and q third millions cur
rency.
The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1872-08-16
FOUR KU-KLUI PRISONERS PAR
DONED.
WARRINGTON, August Is.

WARRINGTON, August l5.
The President to-day ordered pardons to be
made out for David Collins, William Teal,
Amos Owen and William Scrugg, Ku-Klnx
prisoners now In the Albany Penitenliary.
Some days will elapse before this can be done,
as it will be necessary to obtain official infor-
nation as TO the place andlime OF conviction.
The cases of the other persons suggested BY
Colonel Whitley for pardon will be subse-
quently considered.
[None of these prisoners are known to be
from South Carolina.
The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1872-08-16
Il TALK WITH GENERAL BANKS.
New England Will Give Large Gains
for Greeley-The Victory I'm North
Carolina-Trfumph OF the Liberal
Ticket Assured.


Ticket Assured.
A reporter met General N. P. Banks In New
York on Monday evening. General Banks and
the Hon. Horatio Seymour were engaged In
pleasant conversation. The spectacle of those
two veterans, so lately antagonistic on politl-
cal issues, quietly comparing notes on the
same side OF the contest, was highly signia-
cant of what the GRANTEES may expect In tie
present campaign.
The reporter inquired as to the political
situation In Massachusetts.
General Banks. lam not able to speak from
observation, as have been absent from tue
State great deal OF late.
Reporter. Is Greeley likely to gain in the
Old Bay State
Geueral Banks. Very largely, but to what
extent cannot state.
Reporter. What Is likely to be the result In
the other New England States?
General Banks. am not able to state Win
any degree of certaiDty. We will make gains
everywhere, aud there is no telling how eX-
tenslve they may be-.
Reporter. How about Maine?
General Banks. We will make large gains
In Maine on Congressman and on the COVER
nor's vote. do not say that we will carry It,
HOT QO say LlidI we VIII lOoC ". LII SouoSSet-
cut and New Hampshire everything looks as
favorable as we could wish.
Reporter. notice, general, that your late
political associates express poor opinion OF
you since your letter declaring Tor Mr.. Gree
ley.
General Banks. am told so. have not
looked at The papers myself. 1t might be eX-
pected, however.
Reporter. In what light do you regard the
eaction in North Carolina
General Banks. look upon 1t as COM
pete victory. Had the administration carried
it by ten or twenty thousand majority they
might have had some hope; but as 1t is it ls all
up with them. They might as we'll give 1t up
Reporter. Then you are sangulne OF Mr..
Greeley's election.
General Banks. Undoubtedly am. There
ls nothing to prevent and everything 10 make
it certain. / do not entertain the slightest
doubt OF Mr.. Greeleys triumphant election.
General Banks goes to Maine In a short time
to stump that State for Greeley and Brown.
By invitation he will address the merchants In
Wall street before he leaves the city, probably
tomorrow or Thursday afternoon.
The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1872-08-16
THE NORTHERN PACIFIC ROAD.

CHICAGO, August l5:
A dispatch from Dakota states that the
traek-aylng on the Northern Pacific Railroad
is progressing at the rate OF three miles per
dav. and that the trains will reach the Missouri
River In October. The line Is now being
located along the Yellowstone, In Montana.
There is no opposition from Indians on any
part of the route.
The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1872-08-16
TIE CRUISE OF 4 PLAGUE SHIP.

NEW YORK, August Is.
The German bark John Freidrlcn, which
arrived here last night, left Savanna la Mar for
Stettin with nine OF the crew sick with yellow
fever. Six died prior to August 7tb, since
which time the vessel has been drifting OIL tne
cook sick with yellow fever. She was fallen
In with off Sandy Hook yesterday by pllot
boat, and towed into the lower qiiarautihe.
Her passage has been one of horror.
The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1872-08-16
BUnoRs OF TROUBLE At TIE VAT-
ICIN.

LONDON, August IS.
The Daily News has q special dispatch from
EIorence stating that 1t Is rumored there that
Cardinal Antonell has quarrelled with the
Pope. and threatens 10 resign should the lat
ter perspvere in policy of hostility TO lhe
Italian Government; also, that An!onehi re-
aupsted the clerical journals TO refrain from rom
the publishing of the speech oil tne ho'S
Eofhpr
The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1872-08-16
,yoR1CE GREELEY IN MAINE
a Popular Ovation.

AUGUSTA, Me-, August Is.
Mr.. Greeley left Portland this morning on
special train for Augusta, accompanied by the
Hon. G. P. Kimball and several other promi-
nent gentlemen. At all the stopping places
dense crowds collected to see him. At Bruins.
wick he was greeted with deafening cheers
and music, and iu response to the calls he
made a short speech.
The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1872-08-16
RAIN STORM IN NEW YORK.

NEW YORK, August Is.
terrific thunder storm occurred last night,
the rain falling heavily from midnight till near
daylight. In the interior OF the slate the
storm was very heavy At Oswego the stream
was raised by the rain so high that the railroad
bridge Is deemed unsafe and the trains stopped
running.
The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1872-08-16
MARINE DISASTERS.
Arrival at New York OF a Second Fever
Ship.

NEW YORK, AUguSC 10.
The brig Liberty, severcaud, arrived last
pIuhL from Manzania, having lost one man
on the voyage. Three are sick on board, and
the captain and crew deny having yellow fever,
but the hospital doctor here says the sickness
is yellow fever.
The British ship Cathedral, from Pensacola
for Liverpool, put In, leaking badly, with pine
feet of water In the hold, and will repair here.
The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1872-08-16

"A good story is told Of a clergyman In
Massachusetts town who forgot his notes on
Sabbath morning, and, as It was too late to
send tor them, he said to his audience, boy
way OF apology, that this morning he should
have to depend upon the Lord for what ne
might say, but that 10 the afternoon ne WouG
come better prepared.
The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1872-08-16
NO FIGHT YET.

NEW YORK, August Is.
1t is stated that Jem Mace arrived here this
morning, and that O'Baldwia is In Philadel.
phla. There Is no prospect of fight
The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1872-08-16
4 "sTR4IGHT. OUT' LIBEL.

CHICAGO, August Is.
Banton Ducan sues the Chicago Tribune
for one hundred thousand dollars tor libel
published on the 10th inst.
The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1872-08-16
THE WEATHER THIS D4T.
W.sH,SaToS. August Is,

WASHINGTON, August Is.
Easterly 10 southerly winds, cloudy weather
and rain over the South Atlantic States; clear
weather and light winds from Eastern Texas TO
Alabama.
The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1872-08-16
Total ...................2s 20 900 < IA -3e4, ,oeo

Leaving for 8 'ock 1st November. u. 900
It is thought by some, as the crop is said to
be early, that we will receive more new COL
ton than is indica;od here. But we do not
think so; we are not aware that we have ever
received more than $4,000 or $4,000 bales OF
new cotton In October, and as American and
continental splnners will this year be as hun
CRY for the new crop as our own, we do not
think we can receive very large share. We
therefore incline to think that the tendency OF
American cotton later on will be TO harden,
and we expect the fear OF scarcity will reap
pear. Should the American crop. however.
continue 10 flourish, there Will be little cont-
dence in high prices. and any advance gained
will be reluctantly squeezed ont OF splnners,
and the price OF distant shipments will re-
main quite unaffected; bat should any dlsas-
ter happen 10 the American crop, such as o
wet picking season, or an early frost, Inc
effect on prices would be serious, tor large
business would then be put through In Man
chester, and spioners would have no place to
cover their contracts except Liverpool, where
the small stock Of American cotton would
place them at the mercy oil holders.
East India cotton, however, stands In dif-
ferent position; We are loaded with an exces-
sive stock In all the ports OF Europe, and cur
own spinners still chow great reluctance to
turn upon 1t. We think, however, that these
facts are discounted in the very low price 1t
mas I6ll6u GO. fdlT dG tu 10 OltlJ ~.
above the average price Of last year, and
below the average of any other year since the
American war, and Bengal at AID Is I'd. under
The lowest point touched laat year and almost
at the lowest point since 1860. The position OF
East India cotton will very decidedly improve
from this time forward; hardly anything more
will be shipped from Bombay this year. We
are Informed that by the,end of the year the
deficit In shipments from Bombay will stand at
200, 900 bales. Nothing OF consequence will be
shipped from Calcutta at these low prices, and
the Madras crop will move slowly. We Ques-
tion II the export from India for the remainder
of This year will be- more than half what IL was
last year. The consumption on the continent
of Europe Is now mainly running on East
india cotton. We believe that IL Ia using
25, 900 bales per week. and for the remainder
OF the year we think our splnners Will be
forced to use 2O,0 900 bales, say $4,000 bales per
week, or for twenty-five weeks $780, bales.
The visible supply at present Is 800 600 bales,
including stocks In all Europe and amount
afloat; ii TO that we add 10000 bales to arrive
further from India this year, the stock In all
Europe on the 3lst of December will only be
430, 600 bales, and of that probably 100000 Will
BIZ Bengae.
We arrange theae figures as follows, pre-
missing that they are of necessity only rough
estimates:
stock OF Ea India In Europe. bales. $4,000
Further to arrive this year. 10000
Total. l................:...... -......l, ,42oo.o
Cnn m ptInn 001 les week.. 800 GOO
The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1872-08-16
THE RADICAL RIVALS.
MEETINGS OF THE MACKEY and
BOWEN COUNTY CONVENTIONS.

Meeting of the Mackey Convention
sudden Collapse OF the Platform-The
Protest OF DeIany Against the mantP-
nIa,tons of the Mackeyites-Electio
of Delegates and Adoption of a Re-
form Platform.
The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1872-08-16
HORACE GREELEY As Il CLIMBER.

Hts Marvellous Ascent Of Mount Koar-
SARGE
The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1872-08-16
THE BoIHEN CONTENTION.

The convention then adjourned.
The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1872-08-16
Stock in all Europe alst December, say. 100000
We conclude from this that our present eX.

1Olal. ......... -..-.... ..i,fEo.o.
OF As, 0oo b. les per week.. $4,000
The Portland daily press., 1872-03-14
Recent Publications.

The posthumous fortune of Dickens is glori-
Ous He knows no shadow of neglect-his rep
utation shows no sign of waning Contrary to
all modern precedent he is mightier dead than
living, and his words of good cheer and loving
kindness penetrate farther and farther every
day, so that he is almost entitled to be known as
the modern evangelist. Like Shakespeare his
his works give rise to district class of litera-
ture, and his commentators, brographers dra-
matists and parodists will soon produce vol
umes enough to makeup large library, if they
have not already done So Meanwhile the pub
fishers continue to bring out new editions of
Dickens novels. One of the most attractive of
these is Harper's Household Edition. Olioer
Iioist appears like the ideal, warm hearted
Hstory-book'' in the volume before us, with its
wide pages, large type and plentiful illustra-
tions. The cuts are twenty EIGHT in number
and are by John Mahoney. (For sale by Lcr-
ing, Short and Harmony s q
Jean Ingelow has a truly versatile genius.
Her venture as a writer of juveniles has proved
most successful. The first series of Stories told
to. a Child was so unquestionable a success that
it has been followed by second series which
is now before us. Every one of the thirteen
tales it contains is charming, from the couple
of the Wood" "a much more agreeable person
than the better known "ogre'' recalled by the
nancy to the story of the "Lost Wand" An
dersen himself can hardly tell more bewitch-
ing tales than these. There are sixteen Illus
trations. published by Roberts Brothers, Bos-
ton, and for sale byl I.oring, Short and Har-
mon.) .--et-s@.<f & s4r E. 49, -.
Harriat praSoott Spofford hog o1or-
The Portland daily press., 1872-03-14

THURSDAY MORNING, MARCH IA, '7s.
The CITY Debt and the Railroad Loans.

-~~---DN
1T was such an astounding circumstance to
find in the address of Mayor Kingsbury rep
etition of the Ogdensburg cant about the
misrepresentation of the city debit which
have "hurt' the credit of Portland, that we
had concluded to say nothing about the mat
ter, but to pass it by as one of those nexpli-
cable phenomena that unassisted human rea-
son cannot understand. But the Mayors
surprising course having excited such general
comment, and having already become the sub
ject of newspaper discussion, we feel bound in
Justice to the PRESS to ask few questions.
ID What are the misrepresentation" to
which the Mayor refers, and where did they
appears ....
Is it not true that the city's liability on
account of railroads is precisely what the
Press has stated? And is there any fairness
in parading an exhibit of the unsecured LA
an impression that there is a conflict between
that exhibit and statements which have been
made with reference to another NATTER
If our credit has been damaged, does not
Mayor Kingsbury consider it barely possible
that the unfavorable symptoms may have re-
suited from the efforts of combined capitalists
to increase the liabilities of the city to the ex-
tent of three millions more, involving, as no
body denies, an increase Of taxation from two
and pne-half to over three per cent?
Which would be the most likely to shake
the confidence of timid CAPITALISTS trnt
statement of Portland's present liability arts.
ing from aid to railroads. liability the city's
ample security for which the PRESS has al
ways gladly conceded-or the knowledge that
a vigorous and possibly successful effort was
in progress to initiate to a prodigious extent
the city's securities? .s.s auQ .lAs
The Portland daily press., 1872-03-14
Those Measurements.

MR.. EDIToR,-The declaration that misstate-
ments have been made in regard to the city
debt is put forward for the purpose of intimida-
ting those who have thought it not unreason-
able that the people of Portland should thor
oughly understand their exact situation before
taking the very important steps to which they
are exhorted. The real cause of the anxiety of
the Ogdensburg managers is not that q false
statement, but that any statement has been
made. 1t is not that the credit of the city has
been hurt, but that they have been hurt 1t is
not that the city is exposed to any danger of
loss, but that their prospective gains are put in
peril. 1t would be uncharitabe to say so did
not all human experience teach that men who
have merely general considerations of the pub
lie good in view do not proceed with the precip-
itation, the intolerance and the proscriptive
spirit that have characterized all the move
mentS of the Ogdensburg people. They have
objected to discussion. They have required
that the people of Portland should take the
leap in the dark and have endeavored, by false
charges of misrepresentation, to silence those
who have truthfully and conscientiO usly tried
to explain the situation as it is. They are un-
deniably very powerful. Nineteen-twentieths
of the people of Portland believe to-day,
however, that they will not succeed. But let
us not be too confident. Men who have
have such immense personal interests at stake
as some of those who are most actively engag-
ed in pushing both the Ogdensburg and Roches-
miracles. As the very first fruits of their labor
we have Mayor who was elected expressly as
au opponent of the Ogdensburg scheme on the
4th of March giving official sanction to the
most offensive of all the Ogdensburg fallacies
in his inaugural of the 18th! If their argu-
ments have SO speedily convinced the Mayor
how long will it be before the rest of us give
Wayc prEpEJAN
The Portland daily press., 1872-03-14
Now and Then.

Last year when the Democratic tidal wave
that threatened to deluge the land, swept
over New Hampshire, our neighbor, the ar
gus, which for the last generation has had
the privilege of glorying in but two or three
isolated victories, poured its enthusiasm forth
In third of column of display lines, as fol-
lows: ~" SSH
@a Democracy has spoken.
A thorough "Spring Cleaning"
The gun that wakes them up.
Democratic Governor elected,
s Also majority in the Legislature.
n Delegation to Congress unit.
The bird that does the Growing.
The blasts that swept down from the Gran
lite hills Tuesday last, thoroughly chilled our
venerable neighbor, as may be seen by the
following display lines which appeared in yes
terday's paper: ~. a ~.
"Beware of the Ides of March,
A million of dollars triumphant.
The Granite State in the Grant
column. .s l..~.,..r
New Hampshire bought up by
the Office Holders.
Although we sympathize with the argus in
its dependency, we nevertheless rejoice to
find that the argus acknowledges one CEN
trail truth, namely: that ''the Granite State
has Joined the Grant column