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HARDWARE.

ONE great reason why the hardware trade of
Dallas has grown so rapidly in the past year, Is
The low prices which have ruled during the
whole time. There is not an article in the line
MAT cannot be bought here as low as in any
other market in the country, trcighIs added,
while many of the staples have been selling at
prices below parity with those of any other
southern or northern city business In this line
Is extending TO nearly every portion of the state
tributary to this city, and shipments each month
show large Increase over the one preceding 1t.
.TO-DAY's QUOTATIONS..
Axes--Callins', per dozen, $50: Gold Dollar,
per dozen, 500; Diamond Edge, per dozen,
1926 Double Bit 2Ot0
ShOyels and Spades-Rowands discount 30
Per cent; Ames list, steel goods, discount 40 and
1Opor cent
Rubber belting-Dlscount 80 per cent.
Nalls-l.26 ratC.
Horse shoes-575 per key.
Horse nais-Northwestcrn,N No 7, $50; No. s.
5.25 per box
lron--ic rate.
steel-plow, &c; lay, &c; cast, lSc per pound.
per cent.
skillcts and lids, SC per pound; sugar kettles
&c per pound
Sad irons--i l-2c per pound,
Tacks-in boxes, 100 papers, | 80 per box.
Grub hoes-per dozen, 900; railroad picks,
per Dozen 900
Maltocks-per dozen. HOO
Scalcs.-Fnirbanks, discount * per cent;
Howe, discount % per cent.
Tin plate-l. G., luXli, per box, SOD; !. c.. Xix
20 per box, 500; Ferne, liX2o per box, 75O;
Ferne 2Ox2S, per box, 1850
Tinwarc--plcced, discount so per cent. I;
stamped discount. 10 per cent.
soldcr-No. !, l5c; No IL and 10, lSc per
pound.
Babbit metallic to l5c per pound.
Bar Lead lie per pound
No. duck horse collars-i - per dozen.
llamcs-two loop, AS per dozen; three loop
i.b0 per dozen.
Trace chains-6 10, s . isc per pair
Back b0nds-three inch, 20 per dozen.
Clevises-9c per pound.
Sisal rope-9c rate.
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FRUITS AND NUTS,

TilIGr Is u continued aud Increasing demand
for all tropical fruits brought tn this city, orders
coming nom nearly every town In north Texas
Dallas is the only city In this portion OF the state
whore regular and complete supplies are kept
constantly ON hand when In season. Sales nrc
heavy, principally on orders There Is little
change 10 notice In prices OF nuts, Pccans are
scarce aud the market nrm. Other varieties are
without change. Prices arc Nc follows;
ro-pAY's QUOTATIONS.
RAlslNs-london layer new, por box. % Gu
layer g. 20 TO 32a
BAsASAs-rcr bunch. 81 10 TO 81 so
GREEN ArrLeS--So 10 10 7 % per barrrl
CuRRANrs-Sto SIC.
PsAcnES-None In market
CALIFORNIA psARs-Nono ON tho market
oRAN0Is-valoncia, mono In markets Sicily,
per box. S. so
lsNoSs-.Siclly, per box. 81 90 to o. so
Nurs-Almonds, &c per pound; Brazil lo6olS
alborts, lSc; English walnuts. 3Ac ID chestnut,
imported, mono on the market peanuts Ten
nesee red l0G choice whita ioc cocoauuts
60 % por 100
DArgs-ln trails, &c pcr ID.
pRcASs-llc. por ID,
Flas-kcgs. 10, layers IL " lsc per poand
uRArE-Malaga grapes. por bbl,, tl0
CHAsSurs-lmportcd, lSc,
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GROCERIES,.

SINCE the opening of the spring business the
Wholesale grocery houses of our city have not
experienced what might be termed n really dun
day. Not only has all the trade which has been
coming here for years past been retained but
new business Is arriving almost daily. Should
this increase continue during the year several
ofthe houses in Dallas will probably aggregate
as large sales ms will the heaviest firms ia
amy OF the metropolitan cities of the west or
south comparison of prices here with those
OF either ST. Louis, hicago, Galveston or New
orleans, shows conclusiyelv that Dallas offers
advantages TO the trade of all north Texas over
line here is asu shal very heavy, and prices
been revised ~
81, To-DAy's QUOTATIONS..
,CoffEE-Rio common, llh@l2G fair, l2IiGolSc
choice, u to l9h; Lagnyra, II totis java, 20
TEAs-lmperial, 50@65c; Young Hyson, 4O@GO
oolong, 45@60c Japan, 60@65e
Su0ARs--We quote: Powdered liAc: crushed,
ll1; granulatci, llJS: standard A /, II: Louisl.
ana white clarified. II; yellow clarified. 10h to
IVA; choice Louisiana,9A prime, 9@91ic.
MISUNDERSTANDING choice, 70, primo zoe;
fair to good G5 to zoe.
SWEET PorAToEs--si 5O@al 70 per bushel
RiCE-Wholesale, s to So.
sALT-In barrel, - co. Liverpool in sacks sl7S
oil 81.
oNloS,-Red, per barrel, 81 90 to "a so; yellow
81 50 TO IS 90.
PorAToEs - Pachblow. none In market i'm.
porled. ~ per busheli early rosc,:s3 OOto 90 so
CRAcKEns-soda, X, 81; Xxx, 0 xxx, 10
cream, IL; ginger snaps, llh,
SoAp-olive, 80 per box; blue India, Y ID
bars " 20 per box; y ID. bars, q 70 per box; l ID
bars bars y 70 per box. Eureka Soap, 81 IS. Cy.
BEANs-7 to 7Jic per pound.
CANDIEs-Star, full weight. l5h to l6
CHEEsE-W. X. 10 l-2; full cream l6
HoMlNr AND GRIrs--s6 6O.per barrel
DRIED PEAcHRs-Unpoeled, sA; peeled lilo
per pound.
PIcKLEs-sll 5O@l2 per barrel half barroli,
a. firm.
Coal ommiio deg. hro test In barrels, is;
CLOTHES PIss-Round, Sc; spring, 81 per box
MRAsuREs-H bushel, iron bound, 90 so So
dozen: wo-hoop pals, 50 10: three. hoop, 225.
=, TuBs-Thrcc nest 81 25dD2 So; eight nest So rs
No. |, ~ rs per dozen No. 2 g rs; No. 3. rs per
dozen.
WASH BoAsDs-wood, 81 IS; zinc, / IS; Now
Era, 81 5000 70.
WE'LL BucKErs--sa oo@4 2S per dozen.
PowDKR--s6 65 per key OF % pounds; l2h, do
% IS; 6h do 81 90 blasting kegs, 81 30.
q 10.
MAcKmnL--No l, barrels, sll; half barrels, 81
tils, Sl@l 10; No; 2Lharrels, q SO to $40; half
barrels, Is so to g. KITS 30 10 95c No. S-barrels
y to 3D. half barrels. 60 TO Is so; kits. ITO 10
CANDY-stick, u To lio pound. Fancy, l5c
| to 25c.
LYR-Concentrated, 50 1904.
RorR-Sisal, y inch basis, 9H to l0c; cotton 10
OH.
MISSOURI CIDRR-25@pS0c per gallon
VINR0AE-Per gallon, 2065SOc
WRArriSa PAPRR-Rag and straw, 45c to 7sc
STARCH-5@l5hc
Jues-wo quote lie per gallon for glazed
Crooks, loo per gallon for glased.
PEAonRs-2 lbs, 81 isSs2 49, 8 lbs, ssGos 40
ToMAToEs-2l lbs. 81 S061l 40 3 ID, 81 ESQ l rs,
sAunR KRAUT ,-Bbls sl4 o. half bbls $3.50
| CABBAGR-S cents per pound.
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e business season, the demand for saddles
and harness Is greater now than ever before
Dallas has already acquired a reputation and
celebrity for being the best saddle market in
the country and the manufacturers here find ii
necessary 10 increase their capacity in every
way to meet the wants of their increasing
customers. The leather market is active, and
sales ARE unusually heavy.
"o-DAY's QUOTATIONS..
SoLH LEATHER 0AK-Eo. l. 5000; No. z 81 a
So
HEaLoCK-Best buffalo slaughter, 81; good 30:
best Matamoras %; No. . Is, good damaged, q.
- OAK HARNESS LRArHEK-So. l. s6lsSSc; No. =
HENLocS-Prime, IS; do good, 20. do No 3 SOC
FRENCH CALFsKIN--9i p TO % according to
quality.
PHILADELPHIA CALFsKIS-No. ], 81 10 to l 81;
do No 2 81 ~ to 10,
PHILADELPHIA KITs-NO. |, Soc to 81 90, aC-
cording 10 weight.
SHEEP SKINs-Topping MINK per do2, $40 60
Innings white, NNXN, s. So R1ssets, G tos,
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change Is organized all important sales viii be
ID lde ON the board The following quotations
ire revised.
To-DAY's QUOTATIONS..
WHEAT-956pl %, as per grade Nicaragds,
G5l on street.
CoRN--ln ear, GOa75; shelled corn. 95,
OATs--ln bulk, iS@l5Oc
RYE--Scarce. We quote per bushel,sQ
BARLEY-SCarce Good demand. 60 n csc.
.BRAH-We quote at mills, 81 20@l IS; in store,
sacks, 81 40 to 81 60
FLoUR-we quote City Mills as follows: xxx,
8. rs; xxx, So 10; extra s3 rs.
Imported; Xxx, per cwt 81 30; xxx, 81 10;
xxx So i0 choice family, s3 GU fancy, so So
Corn meal, per bushel 81 10.
Graham -four per hundred, SI00
In Chicago. Apiil wheat sold to-day on the
opening call ut sl3G aud the closing sales were
weeks close, For delivery In May II opened ut
el30, and closed ut sl3la, two and one .eighths
cents above Saturdays price
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HAY. SEEDS AND FEED sTUFFs.

THERE Is little demand yet for hay, although n
few loads of new have made their appearance
and brought regular quotations, Millet seed Is
selling rapidly, hut II is getting scarce on the
market several good orders for II having been
received from surrounding towns, Feed stulls
are steady atquotations
To.pAN's QUOTATIONS.
FEED-Choppcd corn, per 100 lbs, 81 %; crush.
cd corn and cob per 100 lbs, 81 %: crushed corn
aud barley per 100 lbs, g. 10; corn bran per 100
lbs, 7bc.
HAY-Dark s6oS bright sl2. From stores
prairie, baled, dark, sl0@l5 bright sl6ds20;
bright free on board car. sis; dark, sl2
hRMAN MiLLIr-Wo quote at 81 70; little
millet 81 ~ 10 81 50
Garden, Sc per paper, retaiG wholesale N &c
20 per paper.
CorToN-At The oil mill. Ice per hushel
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COMMERCE AND TRADE.
COMM ERCIAL,


DALLAS, April l7.--should tho wheat now
growing in the fields In this state answer all the
expectations OF tho farmers II will give Texas a
prominent place among the grain growing dis.
trcn OF the country, In all the estimates of the
probable yield this year made by statisclans in
Chicago, st. Louis and other grain centres, Texas
Is entirely ignored, and her yield is counted as
nought when this year, should expectations of
heavy crop be realized Il may in n great meas.
nre have It's influence on the markets north.
The crop of this state Is always marketed weeks
earlier than those OF other and colder locali-
Ties, and In former times II has had no
erect upon prices because the ship
ments were really insignificant But
this season II may be different, aud, If our
farmers are not disappointed In their hores and
expectations, the amount sent north Will add
very materially TO the general receipts, and may
surprise dealers by It's magnitude ut the
grain centres, who are not even giving the
Texas crop notice In toeir published estimates.
The present bids fair TO be a propitious year for
wheat and, In fact. for all the cereals and
should favorable weather follow. the grain crop
OF this portion OF the state will prove highly re-
mnneratiye TO the agriculturalists Us well as to
afford a large revenue which viii naturally
How into business channels and benefit every
branch Of industry and trade
THE merchants and business men OF Dallas
should bear IL ~ mind that the adjourned meet.
ing, called for the purpose of forming a grain
anu produce exchange in this city, meets Mt tho
Office of Colonel NJ. ID. Darlington on wcdnes-
day after00n Mt 3 O'Clock. Those who are
present and unite In its organization will become
charter members. and will be received ON the
same footing as others. The operators OF the
exchange will be exclusive and only members
VIII be admitted and visitors only who are non.
residents of the city will be permittcdon the
board The organization of this exchange. II
conducted, rs II no doubt will be, on strict bust
ness principles, will benefit the trade and com.
mercial interests of Dallas moro than would the
building OF any new railroad IN any direction or
10 any point II Is to be hoped that every bust
ness II an who Is at all interested IN the growth
and advancement of the business and commerce
OF the city will be present
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WOOL AND HIDES

As yet there is little wool coming into this
market but arrangements have been made for
larger receipts. The crop will probably be late
coming in this season. Hides are in demand
and prices are very firm, Our quotations have
been revised and are correct
To-DAYs QUOTATIONS
Wool-Fine and medium fine, 23c, heavy,
2lc black, bury and dirty. So to l0c oil
ilides-pry flint sound and heavy IL 10 lie
ditto light 10 10 l2c; dry salt, heavy, lie: ditto
light . IL To lee; wet salt Z To : l-2c; green,
butchers, 6l.2toGc all damaged wet or dry, half
price. Dcerskins, 20 TO 22c Shecpsbins, ~ 10 SOC;
shcarllngs, 3 TO l5c
BceswaN--li to lSc per pound, rs per color.
Tallow--ln barrels 5 IN cake, &c per pound.
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LIVE STOCK.

CATTLE receipts have improved in the last
few days, and those arriving are In better con.
dition than they were Il few days ago. The de-
mand is still above the supply. One car. load OF
the best that have yet been offered on the mar
kct was shipped to-day to Texarkann. Veal
calves come In slowly, and butchers complain of
scarcity all over the country. Mutton sheep
are still scarce. but the arrivals are improving,
both In numbers and quality. Hogs are plenti.
full, but there Is little demand for them ut this
season OF the year. Stock OF all kinds are steady
at quotations:
TODAY QUOTATIONS.
BEEF CATTLB-Corn-fed $685. cents.
BARN Cows--Fat 3@3k cents.
SuIPPiNG-3AGi cents.
STcCK-Per head, tl56os2O
Mich Cows-With calves, s25@si0
SPRINGERs--Per head, sl0@s30.
HoGs-Corn-fed,6 (G6H cents; timber fat 4@5;
stock. 30IiS.
snEEr-Mutton, Skp3h cents stock, per head.
sl.60Gt2 90.
HoRsss--Extra fine, per span, sO)@s500 fancy
harness, sl50@s20O; livery harness. S75@Sl75;
farm, s50@sl25; ponies, Sl56os30
MuLEs-Ex,ra heavy sl25Gs2OG medium 500
90 small $500 s..
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QUEENS WARE.

DALLAS Is fast becoming known Throughout
north Texas rs one Of tho cheapest and hest
quoenswarc markets In the country. Dealer,
here import their own goods, selected with care
and packed IN small crates, suitable in every
way Tor this trade. The shipments TO the conn.
try are rapidly increasing, and each succeeding
week shows an improvement In sales over the
ono preceding It.
ro-eAN's QUOTATIONS..
Assorted crates, st0 10 s7b
Tumblcrs. SSc. To Sio0
stoncwarc, per 1,00s gallons 1000.
Lamps-B, IL, sl75. q, H., $3.50, q, & r., $3.50
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BOOTS AND SHOES.

TuERs has been better demand for boots
and shoes In this city this sVlug than ever be.
ing In Importance. Tho mct that dealers can
purchase hero at equally low prices and on as
favorable terms as IN any other Wholesale point
In tho west or south Il becoming. known aud will
bring forth pooi results
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COAL AND WOOD.

SMALL shipments OF coal and charcoal are made
daily from this cityso points all over the country
wherc'no supplies are kept Wood has fallen in
price since fair weather has come upon us The
following are revised quotations.
TODAY s QUOTATIONS..
CoAL--lndian nation, 81 per ton.
CoKk-7S0c per barrel.
woop-oak, hickory and ash, s. % to 81 ~
per cord. Sawed stove wood Is retailing at tho
rates OF 81 10 10 5 70 per cord
CNARcoAL-6S cents per barrel
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DRUGS.

No business in this city has increased more
rapidly in volume during the past season than
that of drugs. The same effort probably has
never before been made TO induce trade In this
line TO come here, and this has only been accom-
plished by offering inducements in the way of
prices. our druggists express willingness TO
duplicate any purchases made In any other
southern or western city and this, too, without
regarding freights This fact alone, when it
becomes generally known, will bring here nearly
all the business in this line transacted in North
Texas. Our quotations are revised daily.
TO-DAY'S OI7pTATipNS
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oRAls AND SnaAl,.ruy,,

Receipts OF grain to-day ware M, lave. =,
wagon hut an active business chs,sc,a, ,sC *
severN trades N tbs city. ono csr. load Of ccsn
scuts and ives. were npmercud Th,ss S cs,s 's ~
, reSas VIE shlpgsd " G.lveslo and or Of
i,osa sa.!sIl Texas fos Sru. DANA 4 ~ n.y. ~
ae We gItin osntxs fol ths lr1de Il Tcxss
a ~ unsh allloQ but Arm. q SiiSn1Sle 6nus
y ,Ss S,1y ylen!iel on ihs peri q IVA es ~
'', z 'Ss "a; y; ~ :: s.sss =: s: &
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SCRAP IRON.

scRAp tnoS Ia IN demand hero Tho following
arc tho prices paid for all kinds Of scrap molals
ro-pAY's QUOTATIONS..
Cast ei per hundred. stove 80 cents wrought,
soc 10 81 por hundred. brass 8 W 80 per hun.
drcd. cooper, sl0 70 u " per hundrud nnc aud
cad. "a nor hundred
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WAGON WOOD WORK

DALLAs supplies nearly all north Toxas with
wagon wood work, and the snlcs In this line arc
stcaiy and continuous Prices arc No follows
ro-pAr's QUOTATIONS.
srokss.from 70 AZ inoh. per sci XXX ~
oct, S. Xxx. u IA
siwHp rsiioss--,< 10 AZ. q rs per sci
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COOPEliAGB.

TuRRs Is steady demand here for ccopcraso
aud cocpcrngc stock Of nll kinds, and orders
nom me country arO frequent but not scncrelly
worry heavy
ro-pAY's QUOTATIONS.
Nolassos barrels, 81 So hAfbMrcls, 81 ~ kevS
rtc sugar barrels az half barrels. * hoop polcs
pog luOl N2
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ALCOHOLISM 30 per gaL "a per high winca
wupky-Rectaed 81 TOOL SO az per proof
sour mash one year old. 81 cH two years old
" W1sl ~ thrcs years old. 81 so<ss2 rs fancy
extra oldvhissy tlsSA ~ psr aga
Wlshs-Clstot In casa tsssA per quality, ca.
mwhA yer gal Wcsi so rofk 81 QlS sherry,
per IA. S3s. Madeira per g,,i q eos& while
wine In casoA ~ NooiQ
CHAhrAaSs-yules Mum d o., 2i5ee2e Held.
Mex. In basket tkSeaS Krug. In bsskst Esss
ss,eSs i aS =. " SsA n osss " Porter
pcr doA d pco2 ~ :
+. norri.s Bsss--sI Louie quarts, sra p,ns si9 %
hudvsiser. own siA ~ so plnS ga ID II.
LANCER beer quarts, ~ pints NaA q
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sADpLxRY AND I.isATIrER.

were rwavea In sSs U;y ia de early ' psi ~
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LIQUORS.

slSc.it Is understood that congress will not
probably roduce the tar on whisky, trade has
been bo,tor and shipments have been largo A
number " country dealers wcto IN tho cl,y and
orders camo In freely Prices arc worry arm and
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surrendered to foreign countrtes-a matter
clearly within his competence-but what
employment shall be made OF the most in
significant sums, and how the most trivial
dispute between officials in the remotest
corner of his dominions shall be adjusted.
While NJ. CHARMEs was in Constantinople he
was informed that they had just transported
to the Sultan's private apartments ut
Yldiz-Kiosque the documents relating to
no less than $4,000 matters Of public
business, not one of which would be
settled until the sovereign had examined it.
There are no longer any archives retained in
the several Ministries; they have all been
transferred to YldiZ-K iosque, where they are
unquestionably kept in much better order
than they ever were before Papers are
scrutinized, assorted, pigeonholed, by the
Sultan himself and to find time for such
minute and endless investigation he gets up,
it is said, at dawn, and prolongs his exhaust
ing labors until two o'clock in the morning
No bookkeeper In a commission house, no
clerk in u lawyers Office, works so hard, or
goes to bed so tired, as the ruler who bears
the titles of Prince Of the Osmani, Khan Of
Khans, and Commander of the Faithful
This is strange spectacle, and not without
q charm for the imagination; but the practi-
cal results OF ABDuL-HAMID's creditable love
of work and ofthe all-embracing scope OF his
personal activity are undeniably mischiev
GUS. Since every problem, great and small,
must be examined by the Sultan, it follows
that the solution must take the form Of
trades, or imperial DEGREES. No request can
be granted, no grievance be redressed, by
Minister, however urgently the matter
may call for prompt attention You must
wait for an trade; but inasmuch as there are
limits to the capacity Of the most hard-work-
ing sovereign, you will have to wait certainly
for months, perhaps for year, though mean
while the injury of which you complain may
have been consummated, or the subject mat
ter of your claim may have persisted. By
way of illustrating the delays resulting from
the concentration Of all executive functions
in, the Sultan's hands, NJ. CHARAIEs tells us
that some years ago, while England was still
on good terms with Turkey, the British Gov
eminent desired to procure fifteen blooded
stations from Bagdad for its stock farms in
India. The British ambassador applied di-
rectly to the Sultan; but so deeply was the
latter involved in business of the most i'm
perative kind, such an avalanche Of trades
awaited his signature, that three months
elapsed before rescript could be issued per-
hitting the expectation OF fifteen horses to
Hindostan. From this instance we can APP
preciate what awkward consequences must
continually flow from the unparalleled CEN
tralization of government in Turkey, how
seriously the whole administrative machin-
cry is clogged and thrown out Of gear by the
jealous and ubiquitous intrusion Of ABDUL
HANDS personal authority.
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happened that he selected for Attorney Cen
eral Mr.. b. H. BREWSTER Of Philadelphia,
who had been very prominently spoken Of as
possible counsel for WHITAKER before his
trial, and also a. n severe critic ON the char
acter of the first investigation. AT last, then,
we find tho Judge Advocate and the Attor-
ney-General concurring in the technical OBJ
lection that certain writings Of WHITAKER
appeared as evidence in the case, for the pur
pose Of aiding tho judgment OF the experts
in handwriting which should not have been
there. Hence the proceedings Of the court
were set aside.
Probably not one man in thousand really
believes that the opinions either OF the board
OF inquiry or Of the court martial as to
WHIrrAKER's guilt or innocence really de-
pended upon the point involved In this
technicality, to whose benefit, nevertheless,
the colored cadet Is fully entitled. But the
practical result under military law, combined
with the subsequent War Department order
for his discharge, is that Cadet WHITAKER
is not only neither finally adiudged guilty or
innocent, but he is not even either restored
to the Academy, on the one hand, nor dis
charged from it on the ground of the alleged
offence, on the other. The one point clear is
that, whether innocent or guilty, the colored
youth had ample reason for his deficiency in
the single branch of study, namely, physics,
where he failed, in the fact that he was on
trial for his whole future career, and with
the eyes of the country on him, during the
very weeks devoted to preparing for the
annual examination. How strange to dis
charge a cadet, II unjustly accused of Of
fences, for deficiencies at such moment!
This Is why we say the present action looks
like very dexterous artice for getting rid
Of Cadet WHITAKER in a way to satisfy his
enemies by its practical result, and his
friends by its overthrow of the court martial's
sentence Of disgrace.