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FlOur, Grain and Hay.

Flour - We quote city Mills from new
wheat as follows: XXX, 2 40, xxx, . Is,
xxx, 2 Sbi Choice, IS 05; family, none.
Imported: NIX, per cwt -; xxx, -
xxx, 9O;. Fancy, 3 10 10 3 10; Patent, 3 rs.
RYR-In sack. 81 %.
BARLEY-7Oc. per bushel sacked, loose 60c.
BRAN--Wequ0te mt soc.
GuNNY BAGs-SecOnd-hand In good order,
ents piece.
Com MEAL--On track large lots 4bc. In the
tore jobbing lots SOC.
OATS New Texas 40 loose. Sacked, 500.
WHKAT-No 3 old, Doc; No 8 new, s561S6c; Nc
4, OIL %; No new, 7b9S0 Rejected, 65@74; No
grade. 60@65c; Mediterranean, No2, ~; No 3,
IOG75c; Nicaragua, nominal, ACC, but not want
I'd by Texas millers.
CoRs-We quote new Texas from wagon In
shuck and ear 80 cents per bushel.
HAY-PIairla. loose FROM wagon, IS per ton,
Millett. do. sl2. From store. prairie, baled Sl3
per ton; Millett, SIS. Prairie baled, In cal
lots, el2 per ton free on board.
We quott: Chopped corn, per 100 pounds,
Ii chopped corn and oats, per 100 pounds,
81 30; chopped barley, per 100 pounds, 81 25
crushed corn and cob, per 100 pounds, soc
corn bran, per 100 pound, 800; Graham flour
SO %; cream meal, 81 90; fine bolted meal, pei
bushel, SOC hon my, per 100 pounds, " II
srlts, per 90 POUNDS, ~ IS; corn flour, per 10.
ounds, ".
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Freight Rates To

New York, all rail, 81 80 per 100 pounds
Boston, all raj, vi Al perl0O pounds,
Philadelphia, all rail, 81 "a per 100 pounds.
Baltimore, all rail, 81 80 per 100 pounds.
To New Orleans, Ill rail, 81 per 100 pounds
To New Orleans, by Red River, no water.
To Galvep' On, 81 20 per bale.
To st. 1, ais, - % per bale.
On proc ace from st. Louis TO Dallas, $40 per
car; Kansas City, 800 per car,
Following are the rates from all points In Kan
sas south Of Kansas City:
10 Dallas-Corn and oats per cwt, 81 lac, po-
tatoes per cwt, soc.
To Hutchins--Corn and oats, i3c; flour, $50.
To Ferrls-Corn and oats ,i5c; -four, SIC.
10 Palmer-Flour, $685. corn and oats, 46c.
70 Ennls-F'lour, Ole; corn and oats, &c.
To Rice-Flour, 5ic; corn and oats, l6c.
Corslcana, Mexia, Groesbeeck, kosse, Waco,
Marlin, Bremond, iearne and Bryan--Flour, 65c
corn and oats, SOC.
To Calvert-Flour, Gee; corn and oats, SOC.
On GRAIS--To New Orleans, 40cts per cwt. To
st Louis, i0cts per hun lred.
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FruiI mud Nuis.

TURNIPs-sl,50 per bushel.
lRMoNs--Per box, 80 w.
Pop CoRN--Puze packages, per gross, "a 20.
RAIsINs-London layers, $S@s3. 10; layers
~. 10 to 81. 80 per box,
PEoANs-sl.75 TO 50 per bushel.
s-NuTs-Almonds 23@25c. per pound; Brazil
ll@l2; illberts, li@l5; English Walnuts.
none, ,chestnuts, American, none; Italian
none, peanuts, to :; cocoanuts, IS.
DATKs-l0@lakc. per pound,
onANers- Sound stock, Florida and Louis
lana, IS.
CURRASTs-9@l0o.
PRUNKs-9@l0c.
We make the following quotations:
Louisiana oranges, per barrel, q, soar,
Messina lemons, per boz, $50; Palermo,
lemons, per bex, to4es 80, osoosnuts, per hun-
dred, T.6o; reissns, layers, new, per box is [;
raisins, London layers, per box, ESQ, chez.
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MONEY AND TRADE.
YESTERDAYS MARKET SITUATION.
Cotton Declines Agafn-Meats STEADY
Corn Firmer-Hay Firm-General
Groceries Revised Country
Produce Quiet and I'm
Changed.
DALLAS, MONDAY EVENING,


As a general remark the markets opened
unsteady this morning Cotton closed, Sat
urday afternoon, dull and downward, and
nobody made strong bid until after the dis
patches came in. These quoted another de-
cline Of Ia upon the low and l.S upon high
grades, at which figures our market was ad-
iusted. and tho purchases Of the day were
made. Many sellers held back until late In
the afternoon before they made the concss-
sion. The quotations bslow are revised ac-
cordingly.
Meats were steady at Saturd US rates, lOA
for clear bacon FL les md Other grader III pro-
portion. T o sock In the city was hardly
equal to the demand. No Sdvices ron N
west h transpired at nc time this rep III
was. written, and hence see the telegraph
column.
Sound canyAssei hams aro selling to-day at
IL cents, and fancy sugar.cured patent brands
at 12t4.
Lard is steady at 1914 foe te;ce.
Oats declined. Forty csLt5 was oil ohereu
to.day for bulk from wagon offerings hght
and demand esvy ut this figure. Bm eh
say II they pay more IL le.Veslo mhrFi lor
saipping.
Preparations are makip for shelliug, sack
lug anu bhipp'nB oo'n nun ~ ,''',a,,,,,',
Also ior Brao'pB ahuhopai%',"s Wv IT. T.. .
the req an' yeiiow' anu non,.' VIZ no.
cents hisher 'hAh iiiAeu' p''''' 's WV
per bushel.
In rye and tarey there Is little u'lhg' ~
we'll az lnseed oa's. Our farmers are not plant
3 ,la Nnh AAEa
Ing any Of these to speak OF 'his iaii' moro
Is the pity. sofm our fall cropping nus ABOUT
teetotally gone by the board
Flour moved OH steadily ana WIN erea.hr
mesa. Western millers stili Insist upon hish-
or prices being probable IN the near iu'u'e,
but the fact has been frequently puoiieheu
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OAK SoLULRATHER-Over 20 lbs, 40c; do
indtr 20 lbs SOC.
nEMLoCg SoLR-LEATnER Bert Buhal
slaughter. SOC; good do, 20c; best MatamoIas,
!Oc good do, &c; good dam sed, 25c; poor do,
i5c.
OAK HARNESS LKATHER-No. l, 40c; do, No.
3S.
HEMLoeK HARNESS LEATImR-No. !, IS; do,
No. 2, 36.
tIrpER-French calf, 81. rs to 81; do. kip,$l IL
1si.55 per pound; American calf, 900. G1$l .35i
10. kip, 85c.@DSl,
CoILARs--puck, No l. per dozen, so.
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Wines and Liquors.

ALoonoL-s2. S5 to o.. 40 per gallon.
WuIsKY-Sweet mash, 81 .25GSI. 80; sour
mash, 81 .G069$5, according9age.
WINRs-C laret, In case, SS.lb@S4; Catawba,
per gallon, 81 .lO@$2; Port, per gallon, 81 20 "a
WI sherry FER gallon, u 2o@SSi Madeira, per
GslO.
CuAMPAaNE-Cooks, In baskets, Sls@s2O
Heldseck, In basket, S2S, Krug, In basket. sg7,
Domestic champagne, slO@l6.
ALE-Stock ale, per dozen, s.. l50S2, 80; Por-
ter, per dozen, $685. 80.
BoTTLE BRER-St. Louis quarts sl2, pints
Sl2 10. Budwiser, sl2, pints sl3 so,
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Building Material.

BRIoK-At the kilns " 80 to $40.
SToNE-At the Dallas quarrles Sc per cubic
foot. Laid In wall llo.
LuMBRR--Native rough pine $40 per thousand
Dressed on one side, s22 90; Flooring, tOngu-
ed and grooved, S25; Dressed Misunderstanding,
sl5; Three-elghth tongued and grooved ceiling,
Sl7 30.
SHINGLEs--C Cypress, 81 per thousand; Native
nine, sap, 81; do heart, So 70,
LATHs- S3 b0per thousand
CEMRNT- Fort Scott. per bar, 10: Ros-
endale, So 90; Louisville, Port land
50 30.
PLASTER OF PAms--Per barrel, 81.
HAIR--Per pound, 7hc.
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Iron, Nails, Wire, Etc,

lRoN - We quote merchant bar, &c rates
Norway and Swedes, loo.
PLOw STEEL-Sc.
WiRK-Smooth wire, No. Q, Ike. Nos. 10 and
II, TO; No. II, Sc. per pound; barbed wire
10 to llc.; japanned, 100; extra cut barb
galvanized extra cut barb, IKE.
IoRsR suoEs-Per keg,S6 50;mule shoes,S 10.
HoRsE SHOE NAILs-Per box, 20 pounds, No.
7, s6.OO; No. s, So 10; No. &, $50.
NAILs-From Tod to God, - % rates.
TINNRR's oCK.-Bock tin SOC per pound
tin plate, ltN20 I'll per box; L. g. l4X20 81 20;
do l0Sli 81 500 zinc, lgcper Id; solder, lie per
10; sheet Iron, "a b 10 per FL.
AxRs-Per box, one dozen, $40.
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CATTLK-C0rnfed, none; grass do yearlings,
s5@$S; steers, from 8 to years old, si6@sS0;
Darn COWS, $l5@SlS.
HoRsEs-Mustang ponies, s25 % $40, farm
stock, si0@s75; buggy horses, $6O@sl00; sad
lie, $50 to 1925.
MuLEs-From fifteen to sixteen hands high,
bI6 to $40.
Hoes-on foot, 3h@lhc. for inferior to prime
porkers.
MUTTON sHExr-They are quotable at 81 .5O@sS
per heap.
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MEDICAL.

Illustrated Mar iage Guide, 26o pAJes, cieth
and gilt hiluing, 80 cents, SAM in papcr
covers, IS cts. Manhood, 10 cents; Woman.
hood, 10 cents; Pamphlet, cents-securely
sealed, by mail. Send money or postage
stamps. DIR. WHITTIER, the great specialist.
AT st Cherlas Street. st. Louis, Mo.
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nuts, domestic, per pound, Is cents; almonds,
per pound, 23@24 cents; pecans, cents; III
berts, Is cents: Brazil nnts, per pound, 10 cents;
apples, fancy, per barrel, 81 rs; apples, choice,
per barrel, S2@S2 25; potatoes, per barrel
tRose), $3.50; potatoes, per barrel, (Peerless),
80. so; onions, per barrel, So 40@s3. so; garlic,
per string, rs cents; dates, In trails, per
pound scents; krout, per barrel, IS; krout, per
half gross, 81, S5; New York factory chee 81;
per pound, l6 cents; western cheese, PER
pound, 10 ents; choice cabbaees per crate,
$3.50; pure apple vinegar, per gallon, 20 @ mis-.
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CoAL-We quote Indian Nation at 81 per
to, delivered, or free on board; coke, soc. per
barrel Of one hundred pounds.
Woop-oak, per cord, "a t0i pine, 90 30
delivered
CHARooAL-slxty cents per barrel.
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BACON Long clear sides 10; short clear
l0A; breakfast bacon l2c.
Day SALT-long clear slides, OK; short clear
exc.
HAMs-Plain sugar cured, l2c; canvass
ed do, l2A@i2k,
LAnD-Tierce, lOh; half barrel, 1875 pals
TO 10 pounds, ny; 3 pounds, l21s.
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HIDEs-Dry flint, lSpounds and upwards, Is to
lic ry kips, free of grubs, lhc;grubb kips, loo
vet sailed, TIC; green butcher hides, 6S @7c. (;
all damaged, wet or dry, half price; deer
skins, voc. sheep skins from 25c. D5Cc each.
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CoFFEK-Rlo, common, l5@lbhc; ordl-
nary, 1877 fair, IS; good, 1917;
rhine, II; choice, -lGH@l7; Laguayra,
lbH; Java, 23GDSOc.
TRAs-lmperial, from t5@66c. per pounds
Young Hyson, 4O&60; oolong, 10000; Japan,
0MB6c.
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Poultry and Dame.

PRAIRIE CmoKENs--we queteat zoo. apiece.
SQUmRELs-Per dozen, 60c.
CmoKENs---we quc:e $3.50 for spring; for
grown, 50 so,
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TESTIMONY OF DRUGGISTS. I'VE ba,a
been selling Swft's Syphiitic Specific 10
years, and regard 1t superior TO anythin
known to scieuce, for the diseases for which
II Is recommer ded. We have never known
of single failure
. j. C"ssels, Townsville, Ga: L. y. Greer
& Co., Forsythe, Ga Hunt, Rankin 4 Lamar
Atlanta, ga; Pemberton, samuels & Rev
holds, Atlanta, Ga, Daniel d Marsh, Atlanta,
Ga.
ATLANTA, Ga, July 4, 1874.
We have used Swltl's Syphiliiic Specific in
the treatment of nvicts for the last year.
and he ieve Il is the only certain remedy that
viii effect permanent cure for diseases for
which you recommend it.
GRANT, ALEXANDER 4 Co.
81 200 reward will be paid TO any chemist
who will find, on analysis of l0o bottles OF
3. 5. s., on" particle OF mercury, iodide potas.
stun, or any mineral substance.
Prepar' d only by the Swift Specific COM
pany, Atlanta, Ca. Sold by George t. at
Eins, Conpor & Walker and W. II. Patterso
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Wagon Woodwork.

sroKss-Erom 9 to ~ inch, per set, XXX
SAWED FRLLoBs--'~ to2K, 81 per set.
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SuaARs.--No Louisiana as Offering. W
quote: Powered IL y; Crushed l2A; Granulae
extraO, II u to IL y extra U l0ssto 10 NJ Vel
ow 9ss to 10.
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(NeTE.--7hs quotations following, n'ieSs
otkerroise stated, are for wholesale spot cash
bt,. When time is asked or small amounts
purchased, higher rates are demanded
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We note decline. 1t went down In Liver
pool and almost oil American markets. The
offerings and sales to-day footed up 500 bales
Foilowngare the quotations as revised;
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DnIIns Wool Market.

Free OF burrs, fine Isl medium, 20; bury
II to lsper pound
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Canned Goods.

PSAoHEs-2 pounds, VI 10; pounds
TOMAroEs-2 pounds, 81 20; pounds,
$40,
RIAcKpRnpIRE--gl h0.
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Cure YlIRaEsEEi

DR. Bohsnnan's VEGETABLE csyssa.s swsxYaased 70 per,
nanenty cure all forms of hpcr aA,iecrssa or seminal
Weakness, General Debility, IrpItsnry etc, and restores
Lost Power" and brings back the "ioahtul Nigor OF
Nose who have destroyed by sexual evil prao
fes, IN from two to weeks time. This remedy which
has been used by r Buhnnn in his private practice for
over thirty years. known 10 fail in curing even
the WORST CisEs. 1t gives vitality and impsrts energy
with wonderful effect 70 tJ'r mG,rs-UEsA ICh vi 6eH
weakness beyond their years. l,s mVgOraug pssetia,
are felt At once Young men suffering from d. corse.
quene' o. that drchdully destructive habit oE SeAbuss
can use this medicine with the Of speedy nna
PERMANENT The patient gains 81 en- An and eias-
Sly OF spirits at once, Ks acts directly the parts Affect
as soothing and healing tonic and anodync to the re-
hNed seminal vc,cles uffavd ,uctt ipartg powef
and tone aad restoring them 10 their natural state the sae
S II The baneu hahn hsl never been INDUCED I, The
ingredients are simple pro5He,ss ~ ias.'s |les4e
NERDS &c, anu arc snedicc SIS Ia s.sgs 1s-s-C.
uf-fricc rive Dollars, vru rIl unpcaion. ec b,
sy address For sale only at Dr. C. L. LSi.,S,ls Jice
No vi North FIN street, cwecn Washington sseoDe ard
Green street -, Lcuie. &c, EaIEsatL Ia !lSL
nH'DI RS Treatise o. Special DiteacSl' saa s,,es
clear delneaon OF inc nature causes uyinpoas means OF
cure etc, OF SYPHILIS SEMINAL WEhkNFss Ere sent
tRlE 10 any address upon recent Of ono stann
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Tagging. and Ties.
Dallas Leather Market.

BAGaIN a--Standard. r.
ARROW TIEs--S2 30 per bundle.
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Fish md Oysters.
Coal and Wood.

OYsTRRs-2 do zen for 25c.
FlsII-9 10 l0c. per Id.
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BEWARE OF INVITATIONS.

The genuine are never sugar-coated.
Each box has red-wax seal on the lid with
the impression, McLANE'S LIVER PILL.
Each wrapper bears the signatures of
c. McLANE and FLEMING Bros.
na- Insist upon having the genuine DR..
c. MCLANE'S LIVER PILLS, prepared by
FLEMING BROS, Pittsburgh, Pa,
the market being slll of limitations Of the
name McLdne, spelled differently but
same pronunciation.
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AGENTS. WANTED TO sell pr ,:
AOlX1N.1 I'D Chase's q 900 ReciE
Book. sells AZ sight. You double you
money. Address Or ChaseI Printing Hou*
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10 Years Before the Public
THE GENUINE
DIR. G.. McLANE'S
LIVER PILL

are not recommended asa remedy "for allthe
ills that flesh is heir to-" but in affections Of
the Liver, and in all Bilious Complaints, Dys-
pepsia, and Sick Headache, or diseases Of
that character. thew stand without n rival,
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AcUE AND FEVER.

No better cathartic can be used prepara-
NDry to, or after taking quinine.
As q simnle purpative they are unenualed.
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BLACKBKRRIRs-Sl .50.s
, 1880-04-01

are trying to be like men, and so, Of
course, they travel to see the world, you
know"
"How can one see the world by open
ing windows, eating bananas and bother
ing conductors p asked the Basket.
"Now, if they looked at the scenery l
could understand.
Scenery" laughed the Bag, 'Precious
few people care for scenery in this age;
they want to get over as much ground
as possible, that's ALL If they can only
say they have been to place it seems
enough. Why, our lady slept all the
way over the Simplon when we were in
Switzerland, and knew no more about 1t
than the things in her trunk did. But
never mind, she had been there, so she
was satisfied" =.
"But," said the Bag, ''does travelling
pay2 / would rather eat and sleep at
home comfortably" =,
people think it pays, | suppose"
said the Bag. They do it at any rate
You know one need only go through the
motions Of things now. They are quite
dumb in reality; but if they make the
signs people are content. What they
see in travel doesn't matter; they may
90 to sleep or eat oranges; they have
made the signs, that's enough.
"Signs seem to give a great deal OF
trouble" said the Basket, "but L sup,
pose l shall get used to it. Dear me
she is going to eat another apple. =
Philadelphia Press.
, 1880-04-01
Dissipation, literature and Jour-
nalism.

The Chicago Times prints a letter
from correspondent in New York,
who writes Of dissipation, and cites
some of its many victims in the metrop'
oils, in the sphere of literature, art and
journalism. He concludes with refer
ence to journalism and journalists as
follows:
"Horace Greeley, the founder of the
Tribune, was always an avoider Of all
excesses, save those Of work. He never
could have accomplished half that he
did had he not es ,hewed tobacco, liquor
and the common vices. For many
years he used his brain from ten to
twelve hours a day, and never needed
any other stimulant than a hearty appe-
tite for labor, which, to his dying hour,
was never appeased.
"James Gordon Bennett, who, alone
and unaided, created the Herald (nal,-
ing it the best newspaper property in
the western world, out of nothing but
brains, energy and pluck), was, in his
private life, without stain. Constantly
as he was abused and portrayed as q
moral monster, he never owed anybody
dollar; never gambled never drank ;
never was guilty Of an intrigue. All
faults were professional, and these con.
sisted chiefly in editing his newspaper
in the manner that seemed to him most
effective. He might at times have been
intoxicated with the success of the Her
aid, but that was the only intoxication
he ever knew.
"Henry j. Raymond, the only strong
man the Times has had, was temperate
in habit, not less than in disposition
Few journalists here have done so much
work on paper, day after day, week af,
ter week, month after month, as Ray.
mond did on his. Unless he had been
attuned to moderation, and subject to
hygienic laws, he could not have per
formed the wonderful task of writing
out, as he once did, nine columns and q
half of one of Daniel Webster's
speeches at a single sitting.
cit is the same in journalism as in
literature, art, business, everything.
The men who make their mark, who re-
fuse to be borne down, and who if
borne down, come up again, and stay
up, are the men who do not dissipate.
There are brilliant fellows with many
vices, who flash like q rocket, but like
it, they go out in darkness, and are 81
lent forever. Good sense and perse-
verence outrank brilliancy, and these,
when sustained, demand freedom from
dissipation. Ethics have value above
ethics; they are She base and build Of
right being All experience worth hav-
ing proves that no sort of permanent
success can be achieved without rigid
adherence to moral law" .......
, 1880-04-01
MutiIatlon of Coin.

The most careless Of persons can
scarcely perceive the great increase in
the number of defaced and mutilated
silver CONS in circulation during the
past few months, So rapidly has the
evil grown that at the present time, in
the opinion Of financial expert, quite
onethird of the silver coin that has been
in circulation for any considerable period
of time bears some evidence Of mutila
ton. 1t is believed by the government
officers, to whose attention TIE subject
has been called, that class of unprin-
ciplel persons-small tradesmen and
others--are Systematically in the habit
of cutting small pieces out of the coins
of larger denomination, and selling the
fragments thus obtained by weight to
manufacturing jewelers.. Before the
practice had grown to its present pro-
portions it was noticed that those en-
gagged in it seemed to confne their opera
tions to boring small holes in the quar-
ters and fifty cent pieces, but Of late
they have grown more bold, and now an
immense number of coins OF those de.
nominations are IN circulation from
which silver has been removed in the
form of "V" or triangle, the cutting
having evidently been performed by a
punch or machine. The government
officers have had great difficulty in trying
to find out the depredators, and thus far
have been unsuccessful. Meanwhile
tie despoiling Of the currency shows no
signs Of decrease. The law on the sub
iect is to be found in section 5,459 of
the revised statutes of the United
States, which reads as follows
Every person who fraudulently, by
any art, way or means, defaces, mu-
tilates, impairs, diminishes, falsifes,
scales or lightens the gold and silver
coins which have been or which may
hereafter be coined OF the mints of the
United States, or any foreign gold and
silver which are by law made current
or are in actual use and circulation as
money within the United States, shall
be imprisoned not more than two years
and fined not more than $4,000.
"This law" said Assistant United
States District Attorney William P.
Fiero to Herald reporter yesterday
should be changed. The word fraud,
ulent' in the statute has been the means
of defeating the punishment of the NAL
efactors. The law should be so changed
as to make the offense finable one.
Then detection would be easy and the
inAiction of the penalty swift and GER
tain. This would speedily put an end
to the business. 1t has been common
practice for many well meaning persons
to punch hole in a gold or silver coin
and then wear the latter as watch
charm, necklace, armlet, or even as an
ornament on dog collar. In course of
time these coins are detached and pass
into circulation. Were the olfense one
punishable by fine the practice would
cease, / have been anxious to get a
case where tradesman or other person
has been in the habit Of defacing coin.
If the fact could be established, l have
no doubt conviction would follow.
With the law ss it stands there seems
very little prospect Of putting COM
plete stop to the evil complained Of -
New York Herald
, 1880-04-01
Driven Away by Moonshiners.

A special to the Commercial from
Atlanta, Ga, says: "It was thought
that the recent extensive raids against
the Georgia moonshiners had had the
effect of rendering them submissive, but
Thursday night such belief was put to
flight. Deputy Marshal Bolton made a
trip into Milton County for the purpose
Of arresting distillers. About 4 o'clock
the party was encountered by a dozen
moonshiners. One of them, rushing
upon the deputy's assistant, fred in his
face. The ball grazed his scalp, and the
powder singed his hair and whiskers.
Bolton now seized the man he had a
warrant for and violent scuffie ensued,
the moonshiner finally succumbing to a
blow from the butt end of pistol. The
other moonshiners opened fire, and the
revenue officers returned it. One moon.
sinner fell at the first FIRE and the re-
mainder retreated, carrying the wounded
man with them. AS soon as'it was safe
the officers left the county, carrying one
prisoner ... .
In Harrison county Deputy Collector
Post attempted, Thursday night, to
sie2e dstillery. When within q few
hundred feet Of the distillery he heard
men running to the still, and with much
cursing, calling to those within to get up
and get their guns. Post had only one
assistant, and the firing Of guns and the
yelling of The moonshiners forced him to
leave the colnty. He telegraphs the
collector o.day stating that there are 10
stills in the vicinity of last nights affair
and asks for dozen well armed men to
assist him in taking them. In another
county Deputy Collector G. NJ. Brown
seized two stills after enCountering
armed resistance.
Tnnas eave that II isn,t tho coIoy op