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American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1879-06-14

Of his appointment as clerk in the State De.
partment by Martin Van Buren,, Secretary
of State under Jackson, May %, 1920. He
] had then Just reached his majority, and has
been continuously in the Department evel
| since.
BARON LIONEL NATHAN DE ROTHs
CHILD, of London, chief partner in the
banking firm of Rothschild & Co., is dead.
THE Maine Greenback Convention,
held on the Sd, nominated joseph II. Smith
of Old Town for Governor. Hon. George
w. Ladd made speech strongly denounc-
ing Secretary Sherman.
THE President, on the Sd, sent to the
Senate for confirmation the nomination oil
George w. McCrary as Judge of the Eighth
Judicial District, to succeed Judge Dillon,
resigned.
THE Arkansas State Press Association
met at Little Rock ON the Cd. There was a
arge attendance. Col. Pat DOMAIN delivered
The annual address.
MINISTER WHITE reached Berlin on
the 9th and was cordially welcomed by the
German Press as an appropriate successor
to Bayard Taylor.
THE California Workingmen have
nominated a State ticket headed by William
F. White, a farmer, for Governor.
THE President has nominated Simon
B. Conover to be Collector of Internal Rev.
enue for the District of Florida.
THE President has referred to Con-
gress, for such action as that body may deem
expedient and just, the proceedings and re-
port of the board of officers convened by
special orders to re-examine the evidence
in the case of Gen. Fitz John Porter.
JUDGE DILLON is to have $1,000
year as Professor in the Columbia College
Law School, and $40, 900 year more as con-
stllting attorney of the Pacific Railroad Com
pany. The latter position, which he could
not accept while sitting on the Bench, will
not interfere at all with his duties in the
Law School.
THE report is current that marriage
is projected between the Crown Prince of
sweden and the Princess Victoria of Baden.
Mrs. Ex-PREsIDENr POLK now lives
in Jefferson, Ind, and is said to be a spright-
Iy and well preserved old lady.
Miss FANNY DAVENPORT, the charm
ing actress report says is soon to be married
TO Mr.. Edward Price, a popular young
actor of New York City.
The Duke of Argyll has arrived in
his country on q visit to his eldest son, the |
Marquis of Lorne, Canada's Governor Gen
,ral. The Duke is accompanied by young
II son, Lord Walter Campbell, and his two
daughters, Ladies Elizabeth and Mary
Campbell.
A MONUMENT to the memory of the
dead, erected at Winchester,
"a, was unveiled on the 9th. Orations were |
delivered by Gov. Halliday and Senator
dorgan of Alabama, and Gen. Joe. Johnston
cted as Grand Marshal of the occasion.
THE Arkansas Press Association, at
IS recent meeting, adopted resolution IA
oring the organization Of the Territory of
oklahoma out Of the present Indian Terri
DRY.
THE annual convention of the Mis-.
issipi Press Association was held at Pascal
oula on the 4th. Over 100 papers were rep
Rev. SAMUEL N. HARRIS of St.
ames's Church, Chicago, has been elected
bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Michi-
an, as successor to Bishop McCoskry, de-
'osed.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1879-06-14
WIT AND WISDOM.
WEATHER report-Thunder.

WEATHER report-Thunder.
A MAN needs to drink to get mp a
happy tight.
BASE BALL men never think of play
ing off old scores.
The cry of the chiropodist: 81 came,
l saw, l corn-cured."
THE boy found bathing under a bridge
was descended from a pier.
Chow can leave theep' said Adam
to Eve. She made no reply but pointed
calmly to fig tree in the distance.
WHEN a gardener throws orange
skins on the sidewalk can he be said to
be setting out slipsP
MorTo for a dyer's establishment:
Morituri salxtanaus-We who are about
to dye salute you.
ALTHOUGH hair dyes are known to
contain lead poisons, women, like King
Richard, will 'risk the hazard of the
die.''
A BOOK just published is entitled,
"Sayings and Doings of Great Men,"
We notice that the "Sayings" have q
large majority.-Utica Observer.
RAILWAY luxuries-Excursior SCI
say-'ere! This waters full o. crumbs"
Aquarius: ''That amt crumbs. That's
only the sawdust off the hice. Punch.
LET us settle this sunstroke business
right here and now. Let us agree on
some brand or mark to distinguish too
much gin from too much sun.-Detroit
Free Press.
AT st. Anne's Sabbath-school in Low
ell, in answer to the question, (which
is the greatest church festivala'' little
orphan of years promptly responded,
"The strawberry festival. "-Lowel2
Courier.
THE VOICE OF SUMMER.
! comet come! Ye have called me long.
I come as the boarder who hears the gong.
Ye MAY trace my steps by the forest stirred,
By the cry of "Judgmentp and "Out on
thirdH
BY the primrose stars in the shadowy grass,
And tom cats assembled in nightly mass.
I have looked on the hills of tlie stormy
North,
And the linen suit has been trotted forth;
The fisher IL out on the sunny sea,
With his cheese and crackers, and rye whis-
kee;
And the pine has a fringe of softer green,
And bonnets are higher than ever was seen.
Away from the dwellings of careworn men,
Who insist on rent for their dismal den
Away from the chamber and silent hearth,
And flee to the garden of beer and mirthi
The branches thrill to the wildwood strains,
And the doctor treateth our aches and pains.
,ome forth, O We children of gladness, comet
fake yourself numerous as a busted thumb.
fe of the rose-lip and dew bright eye,
,ome forth to meet me-O my! myi
Cincinnati Enquirer.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1879-06-14
CURRENT TOPICS.

THE public debt statement for June
1 shows the following totals: Legal
tenders outstanding, s346, 6sl, O16; total
coin bonds. $780,, Ala. go, of which
$l69, al, 900 are called bonds not ma.
tured, for which per-cents. have been
issued; total debt, S2,429, 9l4, 4O3, of
which S4o7 1872 1888 is without interest;
cash in Treasury, s43O,591, z97. -- F..
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1879-06-14

THE total casualties by the recent
cyclone in Kansas are not less than 40
killed and from 20 to 80 wounded, many
very seriously. Gov. st. John has issued
q proclamation, in view of this almost
unparalleled calamity, asking tor con-
tributions for the relief of those render
ed destitute. All contributions may be
forwarded to Hon. John A. Martin of
Atchison, Kansas, who will see they are
properly distributed.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1879-06-14

A platform reported by General Sher-
wood, as the minority of the Committee
ON Resolutions, called out a bitter dis
cussion, and when it was voted down a
number of delegates left the convention.
A call was subsequently issued, signed
by Gen. Carey, Gen. Sherwood and
others, for a convention to meet in To-
ledo on the 18th, to nominate new
fiolxaf
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1879-06-14

JOHN MILES has been sentenced by
Judge Emerson at Salt Lake to pay q
fine Of 500 and to imprisonment in the
Nebraska Penitentiary for five years.
His offsnse was polygamy, this being
the second conviction under the laws of
the United States. With the advice and
consent of John Taylor, President of
the Mormon Church, an appeal has been
taken to the Supreme Court of the Ter:
ritory and the bond fixed at 1000.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1879-06-14

JUDICIAL elections were held in Illi-
nois on the I'd. First reports from the
State at large indicate that whore par
tisan nominations were made the Re-
publicans generally elected their candi.
dates by small majorities. The vote
was very light, especially where there
was only one ticket, as happened in sew
eral circuits. In Cook County the DEM
ocrats elect all the i've Judges, by an
average majority of 1928.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1879-06-14

A RESOLUTION appropriating $4,000
for the representation of this Govern
ment at the Worlds Fair in Sydney and
Melborne, Australia, has been adopted
by the House of Representatives,
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1879-06-14

THE Director of the Department of
Charities in France has just received
from an unknown benefactor the sum of
100000 francs, to be expended in the
establishment of a home for superanu-
ated workers ia metals,
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1879-06-14
A Quick Marriage.

January and May were linked to
gether in waiting-room of the Provi
dence and Stonington Railroad at Rich
mond one day last week. They arrived
by the eastward-boundt train, and walk.
ed briskly across the platform. A cler.
gyman was waiting for them, and a car.
rage had been engaged to take them to
his residence, where the ceremony was
to be performed. The bridegroom
hastily inquired when the next west
ward bound train was due, and, on be-
ing told that only five minutes would
elapse before that event, he calculated !:
81 am in a hurry! We must return by
the next train! It's going to rain! We
must be married." They entered the
humble waiting room. The hands of
the clock moved. The station-agent
suggested that the time was "only two
minutes, now" just then the west
ward bound train rounded the curve,
approaching the station. The BRIDE
groom's agitation was evinced by beads
of perspiration on an ample forehead
fringed with few tufts of gray hair-all
that remained from the SHOWS of 20 win
tiers. Little May, with the innocence
of girlhood in her eyes, was in fiutter.
The clergyman alone was cool and self
possessed. "Join handsi' he cried,
as the locomotive shrieked. "You take
this man to be your husband?" he de-
handed sternly y, as tho onsinsAs- enve
the bell-rope vigorous jerk. "Yes,"
whispered nervous May, as the train
ratified by, with the brakes grinding and
the engine suffering. "You take this
woman to be your wife?" asked the
with his hand on the BRIDE
groom's arm. eyes," quoth January,
fumbling his railway pass and taking
the spectacles from his nose, just as
heavy trunk was dumped on the plat
form and the locomotive again found
its voice. "Then 1 pronounce you man
and wife," exclaimed the good man,
and the conductors All aboard" came
in like an amen. The bride was bundled
into the car, there was transfer of sill
from bridegroom to clergy
man, the hackman murmured, "Gol
darn it, I've lost a job" and January
was nearly carried of his legs on the
platform. In a moment the train-boy
cried, "Lozenges here" Their we'd
ding journey had begun.-New York
Tribune.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1879-06-14

THERE have been large number of
trials and convictions at Kieff, Russia,
Of suspected Nihilists. Among those
sentenced to be shot are Sophie Won
Herzfeld and Amale, her alleged ac-
complete, and Herr .Baantner, a Prus-
sian subject A large number are SEN
fenced to penal servitude for long peri
DDS. Several more Russian towns have
been burned by incendiaries.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1879-06-14

THE Russian railroads are noted for
gross irregularities, and the Govern
ment has appointed a commission to in
vestigate the subject. They are requir
ed TO report upon the management of
all railroads throughout the empire, to
suggest means of preventing delays and
Irregularities, of securing order in the
transportation Of goods and baggage
trains, of providing for the more rapid
conveyance of passengers, and, i'll short,
of so improving the roads that they may
fully answer the demands of the bust
ness of the county.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1879-06-14

SPEAKER RANDALL is reported as ex-
pressing an opinion that Congress will
adjourn during the present month, per-
haps by the goth. He anticipates no
delay in the passage of the appropria-
ton bills as agreed upon in the Demo-
cratic caucus. He does not favor, how
ever, fixing day of adjournment until
the Coinage bill shall have had a fair
for passage in the Senate.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1879-06-14

have decided to postpone further action
on the Warner Silver bill until next De-
cember. Those voting for postpone
ment were Messrs. Bayard, Herman,
Ferry and Allison. Nays-Messrs.
Beck, Voorhees, and Jones of Nevada.
Mr.. Morrill, was paired with Mr.. Wal
lace. The latter, if present, would have
voted no.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1879-06-14

thoAS neiu al OoAumDuS on the 4tn, NOM
mated Gen. Thomas Ewing for Gov.
ernor on the second ballot by acclama-
ton. On the first ballot the vote was
as follows: Rice, 262; Bishop, POS; Ew-
ing, 160. Before the second ballot was
announced votes began to change from
Bishop to Ewing, and the latter was
nominated with hurrah. The re-
mainder of the ticket is as follows:
Lieutenant-Governor, A. V. Rice of
Putnam; Treasurer. Anthony Howells
of Stark; Auditor, Chas. Reewelin of
Hamilton; Judge of Supreme Court,
w. j. Gilmore of Preble; At
torney-G General, Isaiah Pillars of
Allen; Member Board of Public
Works, Patrick o 'Marrah of Cuyahoga.
The platform commends the Democratic
majority in Congress for their efforts to
prohibit the use of troops at the polls
and to abolish the Jury test-oath, and
denounces President Hayes for vetoing
legislation that was perfectly constitu-
tional, in disregard, as alleged, of the
wishes and welfare of the
people. The financial plank
demands the abolition of the
National banking system and the issue
Of all money by the General Govern
ment, the full reorganization of silver,
etc. A resolution requesting Congress
not to vote any appropriations to the
Army until provision shall have been
made to prohibit the use of troops at the
polls was defeated by decided ma
iority.
The Ohio State Greenback Conven-
ton was also held at Columbus on the
4th. Immediately after organizing the
Convention with great unanimity adopt
ed resolution directing the Chairman
to rule as out Of order any resolution OF
motion looking to q coalition with the
Democrats. The following ticket
was placed in nomination: For
Governor, General A. Saun-
ders Piatt OF Logan; Lieutenant
Governor, Hugo Preyor of Stark; Au-
ditor, Andrew Roy of jackson; Treas
urer, Charles Jenkins of Mahoning;
Supreme Judge, A. NJ. jackson of Guy
ahoga; Attorney-General James C.
Crogan Of Hooking; Member Board of
Public Works, Geo. w. Platt of Ham |
ilton- The platform declares that the |
present financial system of our country
Is responsible for the existing deplora
bic condition of affairs, and recon-
mends as a panacca the issue by the
Government of legal-tender currency in
needs of Aosountry, and to promptly
pay all its debts, thus wiping out all
bonded indebtedness. The substitution |
Of q graduated income-tax for the in
ternal revenue tax is also recommended. |
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1879-06-14

AT Denison Mills, Nebraska, on the Atch-
was totally demolished, rs was also the store
OF Mead, Riley II Co. One lady was severely
injured, and several private residences were
more or less injured. The reports are mea-
ger vet, telegraphic communicating
west of Ccntralia has been interrupted until
this Afternoon.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-05-02

PROVIsIoNS-Jobbers hll orders as
follows; Bacon shoulders, 45Ec; ribs, 8 40;
clear sides, SIC; sugar-cured hams, 81
@9hc; breakfast bacon, 7h@Sc. Dry
salt meats-Shoulders, 3B@4c; short ribs,
5@5 05; clear, 8 05@5 10. Mess pork,
$40 50@ll 90 per Dbl. The market is
steady.
LARD-Tierces, 6T@7e; half barrels,
7%@7Kc; pals, 7Ac; half pals, So
@8Hci country lard, 6@6hc.
P0ULTRY-Chickens scarce at from
81 75@3 so per doz for good to choice
hens, according to size and quality; ducks
81 IS; geese very dull at S293 per dozen.
Turkeys $l09l5 per dozen. Scarce and
dull. Young chickens, 1908 so per dozen,
according to size.
EGGS-The market is weak, at 1910
lie per dozen.
FfSH-Fresh Reelfoot in lots &c per
pound.
FRUITS-Bananas plentiful at $l@2.5O
per bunch. Oranges, S4@6 per box for
Messina, large, and scarce; lemons, 81 500
3 so per box; dried fruit slow at 1k@1Ac
for old and 2@2Hc for new; peaches, 20
219c for halves and 1H@2 for quarters.
NUTS-Coeoa, $3@4 per 100. Peanuts
&c orred; choice white, 5H@6Hc. Pecans,
l3@14c for Texas. Arkansas and Mis-
souri, Sole; Almonds, &c. Taragona, l9c.
Filberts. sc.
HIDES-Firm; dry flint No. 1, 12c
per lb; No. 2, Sc; dry sailed, 9@l0c;
green sailed, &c; green, &c; sheep
skins, 25@75c, Beeswax 2O@22c per ID.
r0TTNR y rIrD Ou. LIN. 90
per ton: cotton seed oil nominal, 26G27c
per gallon, and oil cake $l4 to $l6 per ton.
LIME-$l per bbl in store; 9Oc by car
load.
BALING STUFFS- Bagging-hax,
2 to2H lbs, 1l@11Ac; hemp, 10Xc; hall
jute, 2 to 2A lbs, 1l@l1Ac; baling Irvine,
he; iron ties, 81 05@2 Is per bundle.
Rope, Toe for iute and 18c for cotton.
O0AL-Pittsburg lump, delivered, Soc
per Dbl; do, slack, S5@40c; to steamer,
Acc per box for Pittsburg; 35c for Shot
we'll, and SOC for slack. st. Bernard
coal 35c to boats and 45c to city trade.
SALT-Per dray-load from store, 81 35
per Dbl; coarse, in SKIS, 81 90.
VINEGAR-Pure cider 1Sc per gal.
NAILS-$2 25 per keg rates.
RIOE-Per ID SIC for South Carolina.
FISH-Mackerel in hf bbls, Nos. l, 2
and 8, So, 7@6; kits, 81 10, 90@75c.
RAISINS-Per box, 81 40.
M0LASSES-Common to choice, 28@
&c; syrup do, 10000.
COFFEE-Ohoice, 17@18c; prime,
15H@16c; good, 14Kci common, 100
l3c.
SUGAR-Jobbing prices: Yellow
clerified, 7A@SHc; whites, SM@9c;
choice open kettle, SIC; prime do, 6K@
SIC; fully fair, 6%@6Kc; inferior, 81
@6c.
LIVE STOCK Smooth and choice
beeyes range from 8K@5c per pound
gross rough and in good condition, 2H@
8Kc; thin, 1%@2Hc; calves and year
lings, $4@6 each; mich COWS, Sl2@25 per
head. Choice mutton sheep, 4k@5c per
per pound; common, Sl@1 so per head
lambs, 81 50@3 each. Hogs, 2K@3% pei
pound shoats, 2H@2Ac. Receipts of cat
tie light. Hogs are plentiful. Few sheep
Offering.
HORSES AND MULES-Mules, from
IA to 16 hands high, range from $40 tc
$50 each, according to size. and shape
Horses, S1l0@150 for harness to extra
saddle; $S0@100 for good common saddle,
and S70@80 for work do; common tc
good plugs, S40@70 each.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-05-02
COTTON EXCHANGE QUOTATIONS.
Sales yesterday, 1850 bales; to spin

OaleS yesUeruay, 9AJO Dales, 10 spin
ners, $3.50 bales to exporters, 1000
bales. The market closed strong.
The receipts at all American ports
since Friday last have been 1899
bales, against 2S,733 bales at the same
time last week, and 24,035 bales for
the same week last year.
The total stock on hand at all the
United States ports is 357,217 bales,
against 414,793 bales same time last
year and 552, 1872 the year before.
The total receipts at all United
States ports since September LIST as
per cotton exchange kilograms, is
4,298,O12 bales, against 4,O74,1O4 bales
last year, and 1851 ,28S bales the same
time the year before. Increase this
year 223,9OS bales, as compared with
last year, and 1914 bales with the
year before.
Freight rates from here to New
Yorl- are 40c rail and river, and 42c
a%ll-raii to Boston 42@45c to New
Orleans SOC per bale by steamer.
Freights from st. Louis per steamers
25c per Dbl, and 12lc per cwt. From
the Ohio 1Oc per cwt and Zoe per Dbl.
LIVERPOOL COTTON STATEMENT
For the week ending May 2, as
cabled to the Memphis cotton ex-
chnnnn.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-05-02
General Trade.

The local market continues active.
Feed is especially lively, corn and
hay being in active demand aud strong.
A little more animation is visible in
meats, though no advance is apparent.
The jobbing trade is spirited in all
branches.
FLOUR Market firm. Quotations
for Western grades in iobbing lots, 1915
for X, S425 for Xxx, $4.75 for XXX, S5.0
@5.75 for family and S6@650 for fancy.
CORNMEAL-Demand fair, at S2.l5
for round lots and y 20 from mills
orders, S2.25 per Dbl.
CORN-Firm, at 45@46c in lots and As
G50c in a small way.
HAY-Demand active, NJ Sl2@l6 per
ton for all grades, and 70@S5c per cwt.
OATS-Sales at 35c per bushel for heavy
Northern in round LOTS small orders $3.50
40c.
BRAN-Light movement at Sl4 J5@
Is per ton for wheat at retail SOC per ewt.
POTATOES-New Louisiana and Flor
ida. S6.50@7 per Dbl from store. Western
neachblows firm and scarce ut S2.2 from
iirst hands and S2.75@S from store. Sweet,
S2.T5 in a small way and S225@2.5O in
lots.
ONIONS New from Louisiana sell at
81 25@4 so per Dbl.
NEW YEGBTABLES-Green peas
Of home growth 75e@Sl % per box. Snap
beans. ST per half-bushel box. Beets,
S4aG per Dbl. Cncumbers, 81 per doz.
BEANS-Choice navy, 81 65 per bush
Ell; medium, 81 40@l so; small lots, 81 30
a2 90. CLAY peas, 81 2b@l so per bushel.
BUTTER-Prairie butter. l5@lSc per
mound; Western grades are l7@lbc for
dairy; lie for good table, l2@l6c for
medium; Other grades, SOLE; cooking
and poor stuff drag; country butter, l0@
lie; creamery, 25cc.. Only good table
grades are in request.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-05-02

rivers. Walker OUTLAW, a gentleman
who is noted for his integrity in bust
ness and uniform Kindness is her chief.
clerk, assisted by Mr.. c. Smith.
The Anchor Line packet John B.
Maude, Captain William Blake in
command, will leave the company's
wharf boat tomorrow morning at 10
o'clock for Nicksburg, paying strict
attention to all way business, and
making close connection at Vicksburg
with the regular packets for New
Orleans and Yazoo river, giving
through bills of lading and ticketing
passengers through. Billy Bleckner,
one Of the most popular clerks on the
river, has charge of the Office.
The Coahoma, the red tiger
packet of the lee Mail Line, with
Captain Henry Cooper in command,
came in this morning with 80 bales
cotton, 983 sacks seed and 100 bbls oil
and sundries. She had also a good
list Of passengers, including a bridal
party-Mr. b. II. Higgins, a promi-
nent merchant Of Arkansas, and his
bride, who go East on a wedding tour.
She leaves this evening with a return
trip for Friar's Point, carrying the
mail, attending promptly to all planta-
ton business, making all prominent
way landings on schedule time and
connecting at Glendale with the Mo
bile and Northwestern railroad.
Billy Smithers. a courteous gentleman,
controls the office, and has associated
with him w. w. Huston and Platt
Rhodes.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-05-02
on.ResIden Notice.

No. III r, DIN the Bartlett Circuit Court
of Shelby county, Tennessee-James Boil
ling VS.. Jane Boiling.
II. appearing from affidavit in this cause
i that the defendant, Jane Boiling, is a
o n-resident Of the State Of Tennessee and a
resident of the State of Mississippi; it is there
fore ordered that she make her appearance
herein at the courthouse in the town Of Bart
lett, Shelby county, Tennessee, on the second
Monday in July, 1879, and plead, answer or
demur to compliments bill for divorce on
tho grounds of desertion, etc, or the same
will be taken for confessed as to her and
for hearing ex-parte; and that n copy of
this order be published once a week for four
successive weeksin the Public Ledger fMem-
phis, Tennessee.
A ~copy-Attest:
TH0S, b. CRENsHAW, Clerk.
BY A. r. HALL, D. C.
N-iS-Ai-M
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-05-02
COMMERCIAL.
PpBLTc LEDGER OFFICE, |
MEMPHIS, May 2, 1879.

The money market continues easy,
with currency abundant and solvent
borrowers scarce. Discount rates for
approved paper is steady at 6per cent,
and loanable funds can be readily OBJ
tanned on any good collaterals for the
same rate.
A more liberal supply Of Eastern
cotton bills offered yesterday and to-
day than for two weeks past. Rates
are steady at par buying for sight on
New York and demand on New Eng
land, and ] discount foresight on points
beyond New York. Checks on New
York sell at / premium. On New
Orleans rates are par selling and / of
buying.
In local securities the movement is
light. All of productive character
are firm and tend upward. Within a
few days past. fernando Insurance
stock has sold at $l23.5O, and 1O8 has
been declined for Union and Planters
Bank stock. County warrants con
tinue dull at 50 buying and s. sell
ing.
Silver bullion advanced in London
yesterday to 5OBd per ounce. This
brings the bullion value of the stan
dard American dollar up to Soc in that
market, A year ago silver was worth
SD in London.