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Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1878-09-01
MEMPHIS COTTON TRADE.

In 1925, the records give 300 bales, of $4,000
value, as the years amount of the Memphis cotton
trade; 1885, 10000 bales, value SS0O0OO; 1915,
bales value 800 000 1856, POP, 900 bales, value
S., 100000; 1850, 1893, 720 bales, value S16,OOO.-
600; 1865. 1925 bales, value S23,OO0 600;
1870, 290.737 bales, value S29,58S 800; 1875,
322,O04 bales, value S22,540 900; 1876, 4SO,326
value S20,040,500; 1878, 412,393 bales, value
21 OPS 300 The value of the receipts of this year
was 0Dtained oy RECKONING tne COTTON on basis OF
present quotations for upland cotton with those of
ante-war times il must be remembered that later
changes in grade have made the present miCdling to
correspond TO the low middling' of 1850 The
average weight of this years cotton bales is 4SS
pounoS per bale, which is four pounds above the
average of last year. Average value per bale, S51.
The total reported sales of the season amounted
to 4O6,9QO bales, of which 21S,575 bales were
taken for foreign exports.
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December In our marke. holdings for SAFE were
reduced to 2000 bales, and holders very stiff.
The New York World reported the worlds visible
supply 5S5, 800 bales less than year ago, and 66S,
We'll for the prospects of the new season nov open.
ing. During this month ths bale of Memphis cot
ton at The Paris exposition received the rst and the
low fever appeared in New Orleans; on the twenty
ninth quarantine was established at Memphis,
where the FIRST case occurred August LIST. At the
opening OF July, in the Memphis market, middling
quoted lc at the Close 4e against IL, l$4e ana
11c highest, 114c; total sales of the month. $3.50
9aes IPal paiss 'o.a, [eeeiPIs ITS3 3
bales in 1915 : and 4SI,1e4 In 1855; total re-
GeR8 g bsa states SGs fFCa bales les
over the season before.
AUGUST
opened with a new Influence bearing on the cotton
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. We have mentioned that the
fCrHardneS of the crop had led to exp citation that
new cotton would arrive in the market at unusu-
ally early time. This would prevent cotton from adj
vancng account of low stocks to the extent that
had been anticipated. The appearance of yellow
quarantine. prevents cotton reaching the market
freely. and thus the advantage o. forward market
Shipping Being almost Impossible. August was
necessarily month of only few and small transac-
tions As IS usual in August. there were a good
many cToaking accounts of the crop started I'm the
market, but they exercised but little influence.
ners, but certain amount OF speculation was be
leyed to be included. The bulls had the general
control of the markets. but trade in Manchester
caused some weakness in LIVERPOOL. The end OF
the month, and of the season OF 1878 with 1t.
comes in gloom and --grtef- on
count of the FEARFUL ravages of the avenger
of dirt-the yellow-fever. At the opening of August
middling in the Memphis market glOted lac,
closed at l116c against l6c and 1oSs@ The August
previous; lowest price of the month, :; highest,
1880; total sales OF the MONTH 1850 bales; to-
tai receipts 1894 bales; total receipts since Sep
TENDER 1st, 1929 bales, against 3S4,35S bales
1867 and 487,376 in 1855; total receipts at
United States ports from September 1st to end of
the season, 4,25S.000 bales-an increase of
223, 900 bales over the preceding year.
FIRST BLOOM AND BALE.
The first bloom arrived, June 18th, from Concordia
Mississippi The first bale'' grown in the Mem
phis district arrived, August 18th, from Batavia
Landing, Mississippi, consigned to T. H. Allen
Il Co.; weighed 500 pounds graded middling; the
staple was only fair color fair. 1t was sold at
ton by Mr.. FARMLAND, and bought by G. Falls Co.
at 15c pound The first new bale from Shelby
county, Tennessee, arrived August 18th, was grown
by Forrest Co., Presidents Island. bale of cot
ton from Bosque county Texas, arrived August 18th,
consigned to Z. P Hunt; also sold at auction lqc
pound Up to August 31st AZ bales new crop cot
ton was received.
MEMPHIS COTTON TRADE.
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WEATHER OB4ERVATIONs, 3IsT.
WAR DEPT, SIGNAL SERVICE L. 5. ARMY,
SATURDAY. August 81, 1873, 1908 pm
CLOSING RATES

". NJ. M'ELRoY, Sergeant.
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During June the price fluctTated only cent In
our market receDts fell off, and the stock was re
duced from 10000 to 5000 bales. An agreement
for the European powers to meet in congress re
moved anxiety about war Favorable crop reports
continued to be received, and an expectation from
their fOrWardneSS, grew up that receIpts WOulu be
liberal in August. an expectation that subsequently
worked against prices June 9Th the first cotton
bloom arrived from Concorda, Mississippi Strikes
having decreased stocks, Manchester showed some
improvement. The supply of cotton in Memphis
was far below the demand; 100000 bales more
than received could have beens sold during the
season. During the whole of this month exporters
took only 100 bales from the Memphis market At
the opening of the Onth middling In Memphis
quoted at ic ciOsso a. me same lowest price dur,
IfS4c the year before; total sales of month, 9O75
bales; total receipts, 1896 bales; total receip 5
since September Ist 407, 4tjS bales against $50 qqS
bales in 1867. and 4S1 $40 bales in 1855;
total receipts at URIted States ports from September
LIST, 4,407 46S bales an increase of DAB, 2b5 bales
over the same time the preceding year. June Both.
1.-THE first bale of cotton received from the
Rio Grande in New Orleans.
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Grenada, Miss,

GARNER, Miss, August 9I.-Wm. Red
ding and Tod Marshall, operators are not ex-
pected TO live through the night. Mr.. Helm
berg, the operator who was taken down yes
terday, is dong well. DR.. Hughes, J. Z.
Hughes and the postmaster are among the
dead to-day. For Gods sake send up an
operator, as all communication Is cut on from
US We had to send this telegram to Garner
TO be sent of. We are needing nourishin g
food for the sick badly. Colonel Butler Z,
Anderson Is doing very well. D. W. COAN.
Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1878-09-01

JACKSON, August 3I.-One death from yeI-
low-feyer was reported here to-day, causing
considerable excitement, Many persons are
leaving the city. Superintendent David
Flanery, of the Westeren Union telegraph
company, has gone to Grenada to reopen tel
egraphic communication. Three operators
- l. 8ba
Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1878-09-01

VIcKsBURG, August 31.-Two hundred
and four new cases and ten deaths in the past
twenty -four hours. Among the deaths is
Major A A Bussby, of the firm of Rice &
Co. Among the new cases are, E. c. Car
roll, superintendent of the elevator, and
fathers Huber and Aberfelt, and Signal
Ohserver TennY
Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1878-09-01

PITTsBURG, August 30.--Active relief
measures for yellow-fever sufferers continue
in this city. The merchants have organized,
and expect to begin shipping consignments of
-four, groceries and produce to southern cities
to- night. The Panhandle railroad au-
thorities will carry all such con-
sipnments free of charge
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1878-05-01

TnE LEGISLATIVE WANDERER.-O. II.
Billiard, the once fugitive but now re-
captured State Assemblyman, does not
appear TO have touched Dakota in his
wanderings, all reports ofeye-w witnesses
tothe contrary Notwithstanding. When
he absconded from the custody of Ser
geant-at-Arm Gaines, at Harrisburg,
on January 81, be made his way by a
circuitous route to Scranton, where he
spent a day at the Scranton House,
having his meals served in his room.
From here he went to the house OF a
sister who resides at olyphant, on the
Delaware and Hudson railroad, and
here no spent some six weeks, making
occasional visits to a brother in Scran-
ton. About the middle Of March he
went TO the home of another brother at
Brooklyn, Susquehanna county. Here
two weeks moro wero'passed in seclu-
sion, and then another brother, this one
being an inhabitant Of Meshoppen, was
visited. By this time Billiard must
evidently have tired of his relatives, as
when he was captured he was about
to take Greely's advice and Ego West"
disguised as q Western drover.
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1878-05-01

SEEKING ELEAs months
ago ex-State Senator Morrow Lowry,
OF Erie county, was placed in Kirk
brides Asylum, Philadelphia, by bis
friends, who alleged that he exhibited
unmistakable signs of %softening of the
brain. Whether his prolonged s%oiourn
in the retreat for this class of invalids
has had a beneficial effect or not, Ger.
tain il IS that he has wearicd of his con.
finement, and that he has made repeat
cd efforts to secure his freedom. This
liberation, however, is stoutly resisted
by his family. The OK Senator contends
that be is as sane as any mar in the
State, and has retained Hon. Fred. Car
roll Brewster, who proposes to obtain
a writ of hdbeas corpus TO bring Mr..
Lowry before the Court. This step
will be followed by the appointment of a
board Of medical examiners. Yester-
day Mr.. Brewster had an hours talk
with his client, whom he emphatically
declares does not exhibit the least tok.
en- OF any mental arrangement.
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1878-05-01


We regret to see manifested in some
quarters, in this, tho initial steps of
the campaign, u disposition on the
part Of a few of the Democratic presses
to make tia personal fight against some
Of the candidates who arc put forward
for nomination for States Offices. The
same mode of warfare was used
against Col. Noyes previous to his
nomination last year, and mostly by
the same parties. IL is a mode Of war
fare unfair, unjustifable, and even
worse, suicidal to the best interests of
our organization. The press that re-
sorts TO il, no matter how pretcntiolusy
it may vaunt its Democracy, is but nm
enemy in disguise sapping the fortress
Of Democratic strength. IL is doing
all in its power TO break down the
moral influence of the party, and
should the candidate against whom il
had directed its envenomed shafts Sc
cure a nomination at the hands of the
convention, his Radical enemies are
quick to seize upon this stock of de-
iamation made ready to hand for their
benefit by so-called Democratic jour
nails. And while we say this much in
apprehension of wanton attacks on
candidates we have no desire to shield
the immoral and incompetent. If a
candidate seeks n nomination at the
hands Of the Democracy who Is un-
worthy TO be selected by reason of his
bad moral character or want of party
fealty, any Democratic journal is JUS
tifablc in making plain the fact. But
to pursue n candidate maliciously,
merely to crafty a factions feeling,
is the meanest and most cut-tbroat
mode Of warfare any editor can resort
to. Better that such journalists would
leave the party altogether than that
they should remain in IL To effnse thar.
poisonous slime OF every one whom
their prejudices, not patriotism, singles
out for abuse and misrepresentation.
We therefore call upon these marlplots
to "HALT'' in their work Of detrac-
ton and personal abuse of candidates ,
and every Democratic editor in the
State who desires harmony in the par.
ty will join in this cry. Especially
those who value its success as para.
mount TO individual ambition or fac.
tious feeling.
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1878-05-01

Friends Of Gen. Badeau. Consul Generalat Lon
don, say that he viii resign in a few days His
retention In Office was personally asked by Grant
as q favor at the hands Of Hayes, 80 that his 70.
tirement is believed to ho voluntary.-Exehange
A greater humbug. than this same
Adam Badeau, never before rcpresen.
ted us abroad. He has held this, the
latest Of all foreign positions for ten
years, because he bad written the "Life
and times OF Grant"-by a snob, that
is what made him Consul and nothing
else. After Gen. Babcock he is the
hugest snob that ever served any cheap
master. He and Babcock were 70
Grants Administration, just what the
clowns are TO a circus-fools with tho
word knave added.
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1878-05-01

The PAcInc RAILROAD. "A Radical
Congress gave the Pacific railroad tCen-
ty million acres of the the public lands,
including valuable coal, timber and
mineral lands. Tho Gr~eensburg Argus
says a most magnificent present, in
deed, This land soon passed into the
hands of members of Congress who vo
ted for the gift, and ring stock job.
bers. Then a Radical Congress voted
them a loan of Wty-Seren mRiion, sirty-
t1o thousand, one hundred and ninety
tr0 dollars, IN sir per cent. thirty.year
bonds. On these bonds the govern
ment has already paid over twenty
four million dollars interest. When
these bods are due, twenty years hence,
there will DO a further sun of interest
money paid or to be paid, of sixty,six
million, one hundred and ten thousand,
six hundred and twenty dollars. The
interest upon these payments in TWEEN
ty years will be over seventy millions.
Payment on these bonds cannot be On.
forced against the railroad until the
year 1900, when the aggregate debt will
amount TO the enormous sum Of two
hundred apd seventeen million FIVE
hundred and sixteen thousand, six hun
dred and twenty-iour dollars.
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1878-05-01


"HIoH FALurIS."-The Pittsburg
Telegraph says; Kiskiminetas White
already begins to canvass for q renom-
ination. He is glib-tongued and poet
ic. lie copjures bis dear constituents
by all tho love they hold for his bronz.
cd ancestors by the hills and valleys
of old Iniiany by her rocks and caves
by her foxes and wolves (animal and
political) ; by the majestic Kiskinine-
tas; her rocks, her shoals, her cata-
racts, her overhanging trees whose
boughs kiss over the limpid water as II
ripples unsteady over glistoning pcb.
bles by her hooks, her curves, hcr
powers BY her trout, her bass, her not
infrequcnt suckers, and her innumera-
BILE mullets and mullet- heads by her
boys, and logs and pollywogs, and 80
on I'D igfnifum. Kiskiminetas White
Is q very Mercutio for c%onjuring, bat
be can't swear with his Butler county
colleague.
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1878-05-01

SAD AND Fatal ACCIDENTS.

We learn from the Osceola ReUeiMe
that "the eldest son of Mr.. and Mrs, Geo,
Rhodes OF North Houtzdale, aged eight
years, was a~ccidentlly drowned on
Thursday evening in the old dam OPP
posite his fathers residence. 1t ap.
pears that the lad had gone out as usu.
al with q number of his young play
mates to have some sport upon the
floating logs, and while upon them he
accidentally slipped in and was not al.
forwards seen until discovered lying
jammed between two logs about a hun
dred feet below where tho accident
occurred. 1t is probable that the
little fellow was almost Immediately
killed by having struck some sunken
snag, or stone at the bottom Of the dam,
rs when found there was a severe
bruise upon the right check, sufficient
at least to render him insensible to the
pains of a dying struggle. A few days
since, q little child of Mr.. John Fern OF
North Houtzdale, aged about three
years, vas 30 severely burnt thatdeath
ensued a few hours after the accident.
1t appears that Immediately after din
ner, Mrs. Fern had Como ont to a neigh.
bors, leaving her children in the house,
for the few moments during which she
intended to be absent. BY some means
her little girls clothes evidently caught
fire from the stove, and although the
mother heard her screams she suppos-
ed the children were only playing as
usual, and paid no o attention to
the matter. Her feelings a scarcely
be imagined when upon returning to
the house she found her darling child
so completely charrcd and burned that
all hope of life was impossible, The
little sufferer fingered till nine in the
evening, whom the hand of death reliev-
ed her from the awful misery which
she must have endured for owe seven
hours"
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1878-05-01
AGRTcULTURAL.


Programme Of a meeting Of the
Pennsylvania Board of Agriculture, to
be held ut Doylestown, Pa, commenc.
ing Thursday May 3oth, 1878, at two
o'clock, p. IN.
-sssr-~rsA-~~ >.~
ington; reply IL behalf 81 The Boaro,
BY tho President reading Of the Min,
utcs Of the previous meeting; reports
of standing committees reports OF
special committees; report Of the See
rotary.
ESSAYS AND .sunJEcrs fon Discussios.
Cost OF a pound Of butter, and how
il may be reduced 10 n minimum.--By
i, Rceder member from Bucks,
Are there any outward marks which
Indicate the merits Of II good COW, and
il so, what are lhey2-By j. c. Morris,
member from Susquehanna.
Which is the most economical aux.
Hilary 70 a short dairy pasture-grecn
corn-fodder or wheat branY-By Jno.
l Carter, Superintendent Eastern Ex.
perimental Farm.
Is the raising of dairy stock profita.
bic In eastern Pennsylvania, and what
is the cost Of q COW thus raised BY
W. &. Moore, member from Berks.
Does q farm devoted TO the produc-
ton OF butter contain within itself the
elements needed to increase or main.
tain its fertility BY u. Kitchener, OF
Bucks county,
To what cf pa can 'barnyard ma.
be most economically applied p
By Col. James Young, member at
large. t N29i ~
Identifying country homes by small
outlay.-By Josiah Hopes, President
Pennsylvania Fruit Growers Associa.
ton. t44N
Pennsylvania feHce laws, aud how
they may be improved.-By NJ. G.
Beebe, member IRON Crawford.
Has the introduction OF laborsaving
machinery been IN advantage TO the
farmers Of small areas?-By J. II.
Hillborn, President Bucks County Az.
ricnltural Society.
Insect depredatious = their extent
and remedy.-By II. NJ. Engle, mem.
Der from Lancaster.
Texan or splecnic fevcr.-By c. B
Kitchener, Veterinary Surgeon of the
Board.
Veterinary practice, as It was, is,
and should be.-By H. }. Smith.
Textile FIBRE plants adapted TO Penn.
sylvania sell and climatc.-By John
p. Edge, member at large.
Lime and its action. By the Secre-
tary. ill'
Education Of farmers children BY
DIR Frank Taylor.
Subject for general discussion
Should larger bountics be paid to coun.
ty agricultural societies, and should
they be paid by the State.
Other essays and subjects for dis.
cussion will be offered If time will per.
nit.
Thursday evening n lecture will be
delivered by Thomas Mechan, Botan.
list Of the Board. Subject-"Plant
life, or what may be learned from a
81
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1878-05-01


GAINES GAISs.-The Philadelphia
Tmessays On Thursday March IA, the
following-named members of the House
at Harrisburg were appointed a special
committee to investigate the charges
against Sergeant-at-A Arms Gaines /:
@. A. Hitchcock, Republican, of
Eric; S. F. Chaplin, Republican, of
Erie Alfred Hayes, Republican, Of
Union Robert +. James, Democrat, of
Northampton, and B. Rush jackson,
Democrat, of Sullivan. 1t is about six
weeks now since this committee was
designated and money was appropria-
ted to carry on the Investigation
There has been quite time enough for
the committee to find out what was tho
trouble about peculiar bills of Gaines,
and certainly time enough for the Dem.
ocratic members to explain whether
any party attempts are being made to
TO save the Sergeant-atArms or not.
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1878-05-01
MAxIms O the DAY.


No man worthy tho office Of President should
be willing to hold ii II counted In, or placed there
by any fraud. U. s. GRANT.
could never have been rcconciled to the elo-
yation by the smallest aid Of mine Of n person,
however respectable In private life, who must
forever carry upon his brow the stamp Of fraud
hrst triumphant In American history. No sub
sequent action. however meritorious, can wash
away the letters Of that record.
CHARLES Francis ADAMS.
Under the forms Of law, Rutherford u. Hayes
has been declared President Of tho United States.
His title rests upon Acknowledgement Of lawful
voters, the false certificates Of the returning on
GERS acting corruptly, and the decision Of a com
mission which has refused to hear evidence Of al
legged fraud. For the hrst tin o are the American
people con ffonted with the fact Of a fraudulently-
elected President. Let It not be understood tina,
tho fraud will DO silently acquiesced In by the
country. Let no hour pass in which he ufurpa-
tion is forgotten.
ADDRESS on DExocnATic NJ. C.'s.
Ono hundred years Of human depravity accu-
mulated aud concentrated into q climax Of crime.
Never again in Eve hundred years shall they have
an opportunity 10 repeat the wrong.
DANIEL W. V0onHEEs.
would rather have the endorsement Of qnar-
ter of a million Of the American people than that
Of the Louisiana Returning Board, or Of the Com
mission which excluded the facts and decided
the question on q technicality.
Tmos. A. HEsDRicKs.
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1878-05-01


STATE LEoIsLArIoS.--The condition
Of business in the Legislature was very
fairly stated by Mr.. spang, Of Bedford,
in the debate on the question of ad.
journment. He said that the House
committees had considered and acted
upon seven hundred and t~hirty-fve
bills. Thirty-cigbt bills have passed
third reading and four hundred and
t~birty.six bills have been twice read and
approved. OF these two hundred and
81 xty'six are of general application,
beside one hundred and nineteen ap.
preparation, pension and revenue bills
and fifty one local bills. Twenty-Five
bills have been sent to tho Governor
for bis signature. One hundred and
twelve bills have been passed finally
in the House, and have not been ap.
proved IN the Senate. One hundred
and fifty bills have been negativcd in
committee. Twenty concurrent rcso!
%lotions have been adopted, Mr.. spang
agrees with The Record that II would
be great folly as we'll as great injus-
Itlcc TO throw all this work away that
has been paid for by the people Of the
State merely to have the next Lcgis-
laturc do i over again. This is like
the labor Of sysiphus, he who has been
engaged for thousands Of years in try.
ing to roll a huge stone up a high hill,
the stone always rolling back again
after every effort.
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1878-05-01

a RED.HOT COMM UNTS7,.

-
The Communistic speech delivered in
New York last month by Citizen Ed
mond Mcgy, the head assassin who
commanded the firing party that mur
dercd the Archbishop of Paris and
other hostages, seven years ago, has
been translated and published in
pamphlet form, the proceeds of its sale
10 be applied 10 the benefit of the
Communists transported 10 New Cal
odonia. NJ. Megy's speech does not
deal entirely with French communism.
1t apostrophizcs riot and revolution
wherever they may be excited, so long
as they a be made to destroy prop
crty and overthrow social stability.
Some OF his statements have a rather
unpleasant American bearing. Such
remarks as the following prove that
this crazy Megy is enough Of an incen-
diary to need a legal extinguisher for
the safety of society 'sTbe working
men of Pittsburg proved recently that
the people everywhere. stand on the
platform of the right to live, and that
the idea of the great social revolution
bad been implanted in American soil.
Now let the people do their duty.
Citizens, tho frightiul crisis through
which w are passing shows in the
elcarest fashion that only revolution
can give TO the producer that which
belongs to him of right" And fur.
Their on he is delivered of this ram
pant idiocy: "For our part, we bold
that so long as the sun shines and wa
ter runs, while the earth yields har-
vest and the seas are not dried up,
there should be upon the earth no be-
ing in want. The hideous misery be-
meath which groan and writhe the
masses is a crime against humanity TO
be laid to the account OF the directing
c~lasses' that are interested in starving
and b~rutifymg the people the more
successfully to rob it," We believe in
the communistic principle for snch feIs
lows as this, but it should By applied
in New Caledonia rather than IN New
York.