The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1874-09-30
Cotton Statistics.

GEyTLEMEN:-We respectfully sub
NIT the following report, condensed from
answers received to interrogatories pro-
pounded by the National Cotton E1-
change and Memphis Cotton Exchange,
appertaining to the cotton crop pros
poets in this district, sent out
lated September Is. Our report is
derived from fifty-four responses from
west Tennessee; fifty from north Missis-
,ippi: thirty-four from Arkansas, north
IF the Arkansas river, and ten from
North Alabama, the average date being
September Goth. The questions were;
lst? What has been the character Ofthc
weather in your county since August 10Th.
End? What effect did it have upon the cot
ton plant? Sd. What damage, ifany, has
been sustained from caterpillers or other
causes to the cotton in your county! 4th'
Is there any serious apprehension that
thew will do any damage this season.
5th. With frost at the usual time, VIII
the Weld be the same, greater or less than
last year in your county. sth. " hen ana
picking generally commence with you!
7th, State any material facts in relation
to picking, yield, or any other points not
covered by the foregoing questions
Answers. Sixty-scven; answer dry
and warm; si1ty-si1; generally dry, with
light local showers; fourteeni abundant
rains; too much rain. =. Sixty four,
report weather caused serious shed
ling of fruit; twenty-three, improved
growth of bolts twenty-Seven, second
rrowth too late for maturity; Il, report
premature opening of the balls and
seven report it damaged open cotton by
ailing and beating it out; II, report
.rops not materially damaged by weather.
}. All answer that no damage has been
lone by catcrpillers. 4. All answer no
iamage apprehendcd from c"terplI-.
ers. 5. Average depreciation Of
yield below that of last year
.stimated at iorty-tive per cent.
ith. The average commencement ol the
pickling season was on August 18th. Ith.
The responses to this general question
lside from II repetition Of information
derived through the preceding six ques-
ions are in the main and upland planta-
ion many Of the crops are
'ntircly open. That of upland
.rop will, with good weather,
Dc harvested by the end Of October
,r 18th of November That i'll uplandS
Dalls are generally small, staple, short,
md light, and the seed comparatively
worthless. In many instances indtf"r-
,nce is exhibited on the part Of the freed
men about picking out the crop, they
having all their interest in it by adj
sanccs made by planters during cultiva-
ion, in number of instances having
actually abandoned the crop.
Great anxiety is expressed in regard to
he future in many instances. In addl-
ion To the failure of the cotton crop
grain and provcndcr ha, not
Jcen raised 20 winter the stock or make
bread for family support.
New York Cotton Exchange.
NEW YORK, September 29.-Thc
Board of Managers OF the Cotton kX-
,hangc to-day adopted an additional by
aw that the classification of cotton rS-
by the National Cotton EX-
,hangc, and supplemented as regards the
grades of middling fair and fair by
his Exchange, will hereafter form the
1asis of settlement of all transactions for
uture delivery under which delivery Is
luc on and after September |, 1860, and
If all transactions except those under {"
'cgular contract for future delivery,
which are made on and after October !,
.S74. Verbal contracts, when proven to
he satisfaction OF arbitrator,, are I" have
he same standing as if written.
Damage by n Hurricane.
CHARL ESToN, :. c., September %
The most fearful gale in this city since
.S54. occurred to-day, beginning about
tavlight with strong southeast winds, aud
Increasing in violence until Q o'clock,
when it had become hurricane. The tide
vas forced mp to all unprecedented height,
the entire river front OF the
'itv, damaging wharve>, and in some III
tanccs sweeping away pier heads The
ong stone, known rs the battery, and n
amous promenade and resort, was
aid in ruins. the public bath
ng house was demolished. and the
generally escaped serious dam
we. Some small crafts were wrecked, but
he large vessels We're on Y chatcd.
throughout the cityl fence, and out
were destroyed, branches torn
rom trees, and during the height of the
torn the air was filled with states and
ins, stripped from roofs, making the
treets impossible. The massive brick
walls of the new theatre which had just
rern completed, with the exception ofput-
ing on the roof. and from it, position in
he burnt district WAS exposed to the full
orcc of the gale were levcIlcd with the
trcct. About noon the wind shifted To-
he west, modrrating in violence, and il
: hoped the worst is over. Two huu>c>
ire reported swept away on Sullivan :
Island and one life lost. The inmates Of
he bathing houses were rescued with the
Utmost difficulty. 1t i probable that
i2OO.OO0 will not repair the damages.
Convention Of Nevada.
SAN Francisco, September 29.-Thc
Democratic State Convention met at
arson, and adopted platform oppo>-
ng maSsed capital subsidies, and a third
erm, condemning the back salary grab,
,pposing Chinese emigration, favoring
avs for regulating freights, endorsing
he eight hour law, arraigning the admin
stration for abuse Of power. and con-
iemning the acts of violence recently per-
octrated in the South
rhe National Capital Moving Qucs-
ton.
ST. LOUIS, September 29.-Governor
" WoOd>On has appointed twenty delegates
It large and two from each Congressional
district to represent Missouri in the Con-
'ention to be held IN Louisville on Oc-
ober 22d. to consider the question of re-
moving the National Capital from
Washington TO some point in the Missis-
ippi Valley. Among the delegates
most generally known are Congressmen
Stewart, Wells, Stone and Crittenden,
James o. Broadhead, John :. Phelps
J as. :. Rollins. John B. Henderson, Gen.
las. Craig, George {. Brigham, d. H..
Armstrong. StilSOn HutChinS, l.. y.