Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1878-04-06

NEW YORK, April l.--Messrs. Sawyer,
Wallace & Co.'s circular for April has the

NEW York. April l.---Messrs. Sawyer,
Wallace & Co.'s circular for April has the
following: ito Ut
There is nothing of special interest to re-
port regarding our market, which has been
quiet throughout, the hindrances 70 trade
mentioned in our last still continuing, viz ::
The unsettlement of the tax question: the
danger of war in Europe, and the exhaustion
OF our stock of old substantial shipping leai;
To the surprise of many, some 100 hhds. of
the new crop are reported TO have been sold,
including few medium leafy Tugs at BIC;
200 Africans at 6@715c for common and S@iOc
for good; the remainder, principally sub
stantial shipping leaf of medium TO good
louality at 71Sdgc. Manufacturers bought
Sss hhds,; cutters, %; JobfBers, go leaving dI9
heavy lugs, at 21561314c, were taken for North
of Europe and GIbralter; but shippers gene
rally called for leaf and, for want OF more
pIiable, took considerable sweet, dry manu-
featuring stock at goose. if.ttt
With the exception of GAINESVILLE and
Hopkinsville, the Western markets have
low also. In the two markets named any
thing approaching richness brings very high
prices, say l0@l3c and l4c, with an upward
tendency and some excitement in the ada
cent country. We hearof crops which could
have been bought two months ago at &c now
bringing &C. and Others reaching sc and DC.
We hear of these things, but we have not
vet seen the first really rich hhd., either leaf
or Tugs. Some purchases are being made at
the West for speculation or ihyssti1e s, Dy
business, and we believe New York cotton
and stock operators are also taking flyer"
in the low-priced article; but as yet these
purchases have had no influence on the
| markets. We wondered If it was a gentle
note of warning put forth by friend Harmful
when we read with great enjoyment, In the
| "Tobacco News" a capital story Of an old
sailor trying to "break in" a risky horse
| belonging to his wife. Getting another old
salt to assist him, he procured kedge an
chor with stout line attached. Fastening
/ the end of the line around the axle and put
| ting the anchor into the wagon, the fiery
Unframed was hitched up and the two old
gents started out for a drive along the shore.
! The Captain tells the balance of the story
himself HYou see, the craft was o. cranky
and we set sail under reef. manned the
! tilIer and let her go, the craft going at about
| four knots but as we were sailing to leeward
! / let her go with n free wind and all sails NY
ing, keeping an eye to windward at the an
Choir Twas hard work to keep her in her
course. First she would warp to the right,
/ then to the left. Then braced up, squared
myself at the helm, and gave her taste OF
! the flying jib, when she dashed off at the rate
! of about forty knots. The wind was blowing
\ fresh from the Nor west, when saw gale
was brewin', and Thought to take In reef
and couldn't tack to any point, so had to
steer ahead. The strain on the tiller was
! terrible, and the crazy craft, like man
I three sheets in the wind, became unmanage-
able Now was the time to bring her to her
bearings, so / called to my shipmate to let go
the anchor, which caught firmly at the bot
]
1 the struggle the maSts went by the board.
She struck heavily, and before You could say
Jack Robinson we were wrecked and lay
doundering on the beach. That was my
last trip with that craft.
We have continued our crop investiga-
lions, both through agents and correspond
ence. We do not know what our receipts
will be this year; perhaps enough Will De
held back to make them moderate, but we
are more and more impressed with the size
of last years crop. Even in the districts
where purchases have been largest, the
country is said TO be full of Tobacco; some
friends go SO far as to say that you don't miss
the large deliveries that have been made.
1 Then as to the disposition and preparation
[ for planting, we are again indebted to Mr..
HarthilI for advance sheets of his last paper,
containing the result of very extended in
vestigatiofi. Comparing these with our own
reports we should put the effort Mt three
fourths of last years, or n full average crop,
very full in GAINESVILLE ard Mason county,
! three-fourths on Ohio and GTeens two-thtrds
north of Ohio. OF course this Is but one
element in the case. The weather will be
! the grand arbiter. An immediate advance
! in corn or provisions would seriously curfail
Tobacco production. The fly iS reported In
many places, and planters lave not much
disposition TO battle with obstacles. A Eu-
ropean war, which now appears imminent
would be, for time, very prejudfeiul to the
ing. We certainly hopo something will do
| So Meantime our friends had better sail
sfunder a reef, going at obout four knots,
keeping an eye TO the windward," for the
weather looks squaliy all round the horizon.