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women on the Newport Tennis Courts

NEWPORT Aug. i?.--Society turned ont
en- masse at the Casino this morning to sco
the starting games in the ladies' sin giles ten
mis- tournament, but the heavy rain OF yes
terday had made it impossible to use the
courts, and the playing was postponed until
this afternoon. / hree games in the first
round and two games In the second were
the result OF to-day's playing
First Round-Miss Florence Twomb,y beat Miss
Louise Scott, Ga, IS: Mrs. reginald Brooks
beat Miss Fannie iselin 90 s-a; Miss Anna Sands
Second RoundAilss cynthia Roche beat Miss
Ruth Twombly 8-3, -; Mrs. j, V. L. Pruyn beat
Miss ThcreSe ISelln Sc. 81
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PiTTsBUnd. 0; BaooKLYN, s.

The Brooklyns played an almost game
yesterday They almost beat the Pittsburgs
They were only one run behind at the finish
WAS short lived, Reidy started in to do the
pitching for the Brooklyns. but was hit for
six safeties and four runs, and was reliev ed
also found II advisable to call on their second
pitching string. Lever lasted four innings,
then Veil took his place Veil gave eight
bases on balls but the hits needed to trans
form the gifts into runs we're not on tap
The FEEDING on both sides was good Reati-
mont made a fine catch of hy Of 5trang =
donation in the first inning. and Flood spun
around like top while handling a hot
RrOunder but he got his man
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Baseball Games To-day .

NATIONAL LnA0uH,
S. Louis At New York; P,stsourg al Brookiyn
Chicago At Boston.
AMERICAN LEAGUE.
New York as Cleveland; Philadelphia at Chicago
Boston at Detroit; Washington at ST Louis
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Baseball Notes.


F.F.--Yes: In 1893
J. r. Corcoran--l. Yes. 2, Yes
Ell. B.-Grand stand $500; total Sc atng capacity
about 1900.
J. J. M.-Yes As he 10 not forced after third base
has been touched.
Tho All Cubans will be the attraction al Ridge
wood next Sunday. Tho curtain raiser will have
Tor csntenders two strong amateur teams
Next Sunday at the ProtcctOry grounds, Van
Nest the SpaldiRg Emeralds will play for the nrst
Bronx.
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LET, on p SH,cS on SrW Sor 80 ItS 81 LOUIS MI
base on balls on Taylor. 3: or Dunlcayy 10
h h.tseN S out sy LHylor y by Dunlenvy :. Three
Donovan iackctt. Sacrifice hits McGsnn, Rabb
Warner. Taylor, Stolen bases McrttS Uahh
Donovan Dnnihlc plays-Farrcl and Harkctt
bum. Gilbert and McGann: browne and McGanH.
HI by pitcher by Dunleavy. :, Passed balls ~
Warner, Ryan Umpire Enislie Time--2 hours
aud 10 minlneS. Attendance 80
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Kentucky Trotters on for Grand r,rcu,,

LEXINGTON, Ky.. Aug. i,.-Bob Burdette
and Libby Queen. two Sensational trotters
leave here Tomorrow for the Grand Circuit
races Bob Burdett, 10 thres-ycar-old
brown colt by Bernsdstt. 2?o>i, dam Arle.ta
Cochran Bros He has been trained
by Glenn Beachy, Jr,, here and has gone a
trial mile IN 2li Libby Queen has a trial
Euxine. by .AHtell, 2:l2, She was sold re.
Gently by Glenn Deaohy TO W. w. Evans,
Both horses are entered In the Kentucky
Beach.
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Freebooters Defeat Rumsons nj Polo

SEA BRlonr. n. j. Aug, PA feature Of
this afternoons polo game at the Rumson
campus was Emile Pfizer's playing on the
Rumso on Were OPPOSED Y by tho Freeboo,sr re
who won by a score Of o goals to s. Four
fftesn-minute periods were played. Tho
teams
Carey, No. ). H. z. Meeter: back, II. $. Borden.
Rumsons-No. l.. j Craig Havemeyer; No. ?
Irving Brokaw; No g. Emile Pnzer: back. W. GoadOy
LOeu
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TON IN. L. II: CHICAGO IN. L.. io--sEcoNr
GAME,

First base on errors-Chleago. Left on bases
Boston s; ch nc E !; FirSt base on balls SON
out--By Williams. q BY Carney. 2: by Menefee' O.
by Weimcr /. Home r1ins-Stanlcy Moran Casey
Stolen bases--W Williams Chance. Double plays-
Williams, Gremingcr and Tenney. Hit by pitcher
BY Menefee, I. Wild pitch-Willlams Passed
baii--De1tor. umpire-O'Day Time--I hour and
so minutes. Attendanco-9.982.
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ToRr NIAGARA, =, '. \lG -. The pre-
limina"t"- Of tn, pi-,c, ''''r' Nrrf ~ ~.
OF Fort Niagara. Thirty-.S men competed
Tho finals will be shot tomorrow. The
four best scores will represent the Depart
ment In tho army tournament at Fort Sheri-
dan on Aug. rs.
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Sir Th0mas's Representative on the
Reliance Arrives.

II. VI. McGildowney Of the Royal Ulster
Yacht Club arrived here yesterday on the
steamship Majestic. lie will sail on the Re-
lance az the representative of Sir Thomas
said the Shamrock III. WAS the best boat ever
built on the other side, and tho opinion OF
yachtsmen there was that she would win,
He had great hopes OF her being succassful
and said the races would be very Interesting
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NEWS or THE WHEELMEN.


Al interesting monthly meeting Of the
Associated Cycling Clubs OF New York Was
held Monday might at the house Of the Monroe
Wheelmen on i25th street. near Seventh
avenue.
A committee was appointed TO promote tho
publication OF a monthly organ, TO be de-
voted solely to the interests OF the associa
ton and 81 the clubs cornI osnH II.
President Oatman offered silver cup for
balY-Century run. tc occur in October next.
A committee of five was appointed to con-
duct the event, In which bicycle wat ehcs such
10 are usually carried on the handle bars of
bicycles. will be given ~ souvenirs instead Of
tint lme-honored medal.
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MONTRESON'S $4,000 STAKES.
WINS UNITED STATES HOTEL
EVENT FROM RELIANCE.
y. Ambrose Clark Rides RoNdy 10 Victory
In the steeplechase Handicap for
Faulconbrldse-Frsnk Farrelis Duel
pst Runs Game Race - Entries.

@t HUNS Iame mace - H"sr'es'
sr,ro,. An, :, N n Wilson. Jr.'s
os. LII Mon,ros",, won ths ara mo
Irn;,sa St.,.s Hota, stake, for tvo.yesr
Er'0u b.,, s,,.,on 20. ,h;s sytarroon
"us, az ,1a' -" Montrnsnn rcduced bis
= nea.y pay WI a., c,oico R.nid
nv I'm w ~. w. ,or thn I,ra, ,u,r,er
"'te. "hauo wv 80 ns.,anan.s n,yht ,rtcr
only 10 give way 10 o'"i"l", ISM s - -
which Montreson was rushed to the rom Nv
Redfern. scoring a clever victory With two
and half lengths over Nhith'N
Reliance, 10 toI The latter was last at the
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Eurf Note.

The annual auction sale OF the Fnirvew stud
thoroughbred yearlIngS, under the management OF
the Fusig Upton company takes place on Friday
and saturday OF this week at the saratoga race
course commencing at noon. MeSSrs. Charles
and A. j. Reed nave sent out notable throng OF
winners from the talrvlcw stud
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Mr.. JACK l0ADOa'S
Most Fascinating neu nopef
THE CALL OF The Wild.
ENGLISHMEN WIN AT GOLF.
Defeat intercollegiate Team by u TO IL
Two Days Play,

Boston. Aug, l2.-Until an extra hole hat
been played and won by Allison in 3. it locke
as though the two days match Mt Myopa
between the intercollegiate Golf Association
and the Oxford and Cambridge Golting So
ciety would be a tie at points each, but
Chicks defeat turned the day against th"
home players. who were beaten by 10 T.
In this order.
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Polo at Saratoga,

SARATOGA, Aug ~. The Meadow Brook
junior polo team this afternoon defeated The
Saratoga team in a match game for the pos
session OF the Saratoga cups handsoms
Iophies offered by the Saratoga Polo Club
The hnal score was il 70 1.
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'' Wei ~ San FraNclsc0 has received an Offer
Iu meet OISic hid At seattle, but has been cou.-
p, Hell 20 decline II because hi, hand which he In
lurrd few months ago mas not yet mendcd.
Natiy Jacobs OF this city Is out with challenge
IN meet Patsy Sweeney Of Ireland Jacobs .uds
secMre aOOd pnrsr
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Brood Ware, Valuable. staryes to Death.

LEXINGTON, Ky. Aug. i2.--Frank B. Harper
has lost by death the thoroughbred brood
mare Valuable, 10 years OLD, by Ten Brock.
dam Lizzie stone, by Enquirer. j Hdggn
once dfer"i Sl5,OOO for her She starved
10 death from being unable to mastlcate her
food
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In The BASEBALL WORLD.
NEW YORK NATIONALS R0UT THE
ST. LOUIS CARDINALS.
sDMe Fine Fielding Furnished by tho
Home TeanI---E'ittsburgs Finnish One Hum
Ahead of northumberland and
BOstOns split Even ON DOuble-Header.

The New York Nationals found st. Louis
ensy prey yesterday. while their Brooklyn
neighbors lost to the Pittsburgs Chicago
won and lost in Boston. Results
New York. "A; st. Louis. I.
Pittsbury. o. Brooklyn. 5.
Chicago. Z; Boston. A--first game.
Boston. Ii Chicago, i0-Second game.
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A match race between Champion Frank
Kramer and his close rival, liver Lawson,
has been arranged for q side stake OF $500
apiece and y purse, TO be decided in the best
two Of three heats at Manhattan Beach n n
Saturday Tho first heat will be al o third
OF IL mile. the second heat ut y mile and the
shird. Unnecessary. 10 be chosen by the toss Of q
coin.
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Totals SIS ~ 10

TWO hlLSf MI 'NiItVN. TnTI e 7UNSt Hts "VUTN'
nauer Bradley. Home run Bradley. First base
on errors Cleveland. |; Chicago. 2. Struck out
Stolen bnscs --Eay, Nallman Double plays Flick.
Gochnauer and LaJoe: flah"rty. Magoon and
Isbeil Left on bases Cleveland, 8: Chicago. g.
Impircs O 'Loughlin and Connolly. Time hour
and IL minutes Attcndancc-2a5O
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CLEVELAND. Aug l2.-ln tho fastest nine inning
game that has been Witnessed ehlI season he ,,,
batted safely in three innings, but sharp fielding
prevented runs. The batting OF Bradley was the
feature,
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Fair start; won handily: Ella snyder. CHI g.. s.
h- ST. Fiorian-gsther CLEVELAND; owned by Isaac
Frank
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THE SUN. THURSDAY, AUGUST 10. 1908
AMERICAN LEAGUE.


The only American League game scheduled
yesterday was between the Clevelands and
Cbcagos. and the latter were shut out
Cleveland. Q; Chicago. 0.
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Baseball. Jersey City. wcst Side Park. To- day.
AP. NJ, Rochester ws Jersey city p n. n. ferries.
Ado
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pIrTSBuR0.
'Batted for Rctdy In the third inning.
'Rattcd for Jones In the ninth inning.

Pi'tsburg ,.....,.,.,.,...2 o o o Ga
brooklyn ......... ..- o > : o . %
First base on rrror-Pi .tsburR. l. LET, On
brooklyn, II. PittSburg, y. First base on
hallsOG Reidy. 2: on Jones. 2: OF Lever, 1: oil
Veil 4. Struck out-By Jones. T. by Ven g. Two
base hts-Leach Doyle. Sacrifice -Sheckard
Stolen bases Beaumont, Clarke. Sheckard, Nc.
Creery, Double plays Dahlen. Fieod and Doyle.
Bransfeld OlnaSsisted, Rtchey. Wagner AMI
Bransheld. Hit by pitcher - BY Leevcr T.
by Jones, ?. Wild pitch ridy. umpire-Htirst,
Time hours and Is minutes Attendance :. 900.
CHICAGO IN. L., :; BOSTON m L). t--rlRsr GAME.
BOSTON Aug. "a Boston and Chicago spill,
even In their double header this afternoon when
Boston had the bases fuii and Stanley put the hail
over right field fence for home run In the rourih
and Moran repeated the feat In the fifth
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'Batted Tor Pttcnger IN The ninth inning
Chicago ...,.......,,.,,l 0 % OF
Boston ...-....,,.,,O o o o.
Left on bases boston. 9: Chicago. D. First has.
on balls on P!.te lecr. S; on Wicker l. struck
out--By P!uongrr, o. by Wicker L. Three base
hits Stanley, Jones. Twob hits--StanIey
Carney, Moran, Tinker. Chance. Sacrifice hits,
Casey, Harley Stolen base -Grcminecr Wild
pitch Pittengcr. Pissed ball--Moran Cmpire
--o'Day. Time. hour and At minutes.
BOSTON IN. L. II: CHICAGO IN. L.. ,o-sEcoyp
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Baseball, Washington Park, 4 r. ~. TODAY.
Brooklyn vs.. Pittsburg. Ladies' Day. Ado
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The division Of the journey. with each
diva minaRe follows

The total mileag e is likely to be increased
by a detour between Binzhamtou and Corn
Chat days Journey t to the neighborhood OK OK
one hundred miles
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Baseball. Polo Grounds, To-day. two games,
beg , r. NJ, 81. Louis vs.. Now York kdl ~.
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IrOnutVU0II won Dy nMUFo ana H0CObuH
The boats now have two races each TO their
credit
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Good start: won easlly: Fauloonbrdge, ch. c.
o. By The Bard--Roulette; owned by A, ". FoI.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-04-07
MIR. MANsFlELD's PLANS.

From the Louisville Courier-Journal.
 Richard Mansfield, who Is now rounding out his successful season In Julius Cae- sar," has announced his plans for next season. He will present two plays, new to America, at the Lyric theatre, New York, in October. One is 'Ivan, the Terrible" by Count Alexis Tolstoy a cousin of Count Leo. the famous Russian novelist. and the other Is Alt Heidelberg mod ern German comedy by Meyerforster.
 Ivan, the Terrible" which was pre- scented three years ago In St. Petersburg for Mir. Mansfield by Mime. de Mesner, an American woman who married Rus sian diplomat, and who is now living in Washington. The play, which is in- tended to depict the varying emotions of that most terrible of the Russian czars, is peculiarly suited to MT. Mansfield, It is said. The strongest scene Is where Ivan, after years of ruthless cruelty, Is smitten by remorse, and humbles himself before the meanest servants in the palace as a means of expiatlon.
 "Alt Heidelberg" which was played recently by Aubrey Boucicault, and was withdrawn after short run in New York. has just been produced in the St. James theatre, London. where it was we'll re- ceived. These two plays probably will be the only ones produced by MT. Mans field next season.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-04-07
President DIaz of Mexico.

The case of General Diaz is absolute ly without precedent among republics. No doubt elections in Mexico are con trolled by the government, as they are in every other Latin republic except France, where the real and genuine thing exists, but nevertheless General Diaz is the preference of nearly all Mexicans, and he is now 73 years old, and the office has lost all attractions for him. He is said to desire rest, but the Mexicans say he must remain pres ident even if he takes a long vacation. He must, so they say, remain president while he lives.
 There Is no precedent for such a case. He was first elected president In 1876, ana after serving out his term he retired to let in Gonzales, his lieu tenant, he remaining, however, the real head of the state. At that time the Mexican constitution forbade the re- election of a president, but when Diaz became president again in 1884 that provision had been eliminated from the constitution, and he has been president ever since He has served, in other words, over quarter of a century, for the term of Gonzales should be counted B part of his own service.
 The chances are that he will be elected for another term, but that he will be given freedom for year, so that he can visit this country and cross the sea. He is the one man in Latin America that has commanded the re- spect and confidence of all classes to such an extent that a revolutionary leader could not find support sufficient to justify a start. The man and the opportunity met in Mexico, and her Grand Old Man will be compelled to stay in office all his life.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-04-07
Where is any author in the world teaches such as a woman's eyel
 Loves Labor Lost.
Farmers and Waue Workers.

The first half of the Presidents speech at Sioux Falls relates, not to divorcees, but to the farmers of the country. One would think from a careless perusal of it that the govern ment lies awake O nights thinking up things for the good of the farmers. Macaroni wheat, alfalfa, oriental rice, and irrigation are all brought in and made to dance before the farmers. No mention, however, was made of the taxation levied on those self-same farmers by the Dingley tariff.
 He drops the farmers in order to dis cuss the conditions that surround the wage-workers, and here again is shown his inclination at this stage of the game to ride two horses going in ap- posite directions. He throws a sen tence or a paragraph to employers and then to operatives, and at the end no one knows exactly where he does stand.
 He, however, comments conciliation or mediation or arbitration in the cases of strikes in their earlier stages, and he holds up the anthracite coal strike commission as an object lesson. This commission was not, however, ap- pointed in the earlier stages of a strike, but was forced as a desperate remedy in a desperate case at the tailend of a struggle. The report of the commits sion Is commended by the President in unqualified terms, and he no doubt considers it his best card.
 The President concluded his Sioux Falls speech with commendatory sen tences relating to the law passed by the last congress compelling all rail- roads engaged in interstate commerce to equip their cars with automatic couplers and continuous brakes and their locomotives with driving-wheel brakes. This Is ar excellent law, but lcs citation and prominence serve to show how little the last congress did for the army of wage-workers in the country.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-04-07
Anderson Place.

Perhaps the largest price ever paid In the Birmingham district for vacant ae- reage property for purely residence pur- poses was for the forty acres at the base of Red mountain, which Major Frank Y. Anderson has just sold to N. r. and J. Cary Thompson and Richard Randall Tor about $12OO an acre." said well known real estate man yesterday and yet con sidering the character of the property 1t will leave a good margin for the develop ers.'
 It Is understood that these gentlemen will lay out and improve a residence park fully equal to the beautiful Glen Iris and Highland park properties, and being right in the heart of the thickest settled part of the South Highlands, hav- ing the advantage of location, can be readily made an ideal place. Major An derson makes reservation of 300 feet, upon which he will erect for himself one of the handsomest homes In the district, his location along Sixteenth avenue over looking the busy city below. The prop erty Is to be named after it's former owner. and is to be called Anderson place."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-04-07
SiIkWorm Culture.

The 165th bulletin of the depart ment of agriculture, just issued, re- lates to the caterpillars that produce silk. It was prepared by Henrietta Aiken Kelly, special agent in silk in- vestigations of the department, and It offers in great detail, with no unneces- sary words, advice to silk growers in this country.
 The mulberry silk worm yields the most and the best silk. The true food of this worm Is the leaf of the white mulberry, or morus alba, which is native of China. Most of the worms in China are, however, fed upon morus multicaulis, which was largely trans planted in tnis country about fifty years ago, and many seedlings of this tree exist now in the southern states. The white mulberry is rarely found In this country. It Is a low-growing tree, seldom attaining height of more than twenty-five or thirty feet. But 1t is a rapid grower, and it will thrive in any may be propagated by means of seeds, cuttings, layering, grafting or bud ding. The 4ulletin advises the propa- gauon of the tree by means of seeds, and the pruning of the young trees to a height of five or six feet, so that even children can gather the leaf, thus dlmin- ishing the cost of labor one-half, most important point in commercial silk culture. While the white mulberry trees are growing the leaf of the morus multicaulis can be used. The worms matched from one ounce of eggs will consume in a single season 2200 pounds of leaves. Young worms must be fed on young leaves, and vice versa. An ounce of eggs should produce about 40, 900 worms, and about 30,00O of these SnOuiu SucCeeu III SplHnlnB COcOOnS. But the roaa to cocoons is difficult and and delicate, and much the greater part of the thirty-two pages, well illus trated, of the bulletin are devoted to tho stages and ages that precede spin. ming.
 The silkworm is subject to many dis e. ses, and in France such diseases re- duced in twenty years the annual crop of cocoons from 57,200,0OO pounds to $500, 900 pounds, but Pasteur discoy- cred a remedy against every kind of silkworm disease, including pebrine. His method is based on the selection of eggs.
 Whoever desires to know the latest entertainments in silk culture should procure bulletin No. 165, for it is
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-04-07
About The Aue-HeraId.

The Age-Herald yesterday morning called attention editorially to it's growth and prosperity. The Age-Her- aid, and those who make it, are proud of its news service, of it's advertising patronage and of it's circulation. The business community of Birmingham likewise appreciates The Age Herald, as is manifested by the advertising patronage accorded it.
 The Age-Herald brides itself in the fact that practically everyone in the Birmingham district and the greater part of Alabama who can read, read it's issue of Sunday last. Yesterdays business of the merchants of Birming- ham who advertised in this issue, is ample evidence of the fact that every. one hereabouts read it.
 The Age-Herald has no response to make any newspaper which endeavors to build itself up by pulling another down. The Age-Herald is for Alabama. for Birmingham and everything in it. It believes in building up, and it will at any time accord helping hand to any of it's neighbors who need assist ance.
 
 In the meantime, The Age-Herald will continue to improve with the times, and will always be the best newspaper and the best advertising medium in Alabama.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-04-07

New York, Boston and Philadelphia. If the present movement be main tained, the shipments of grain at Gal weston will soon exceed those at New York, and the supremacy Of the gulf ports in grain shipments will be fully established. 1Do grades O. the rail roads leading from tho wheat belt to the gulf are much more favorable to loaded trains, and it will be difficult indeed to turn the heavier tide of grain toward tho east again.
 The statement that this change is due to car shortage has nothing to rest upon. Tho lack of cars is felt as much on north-and-south lines as on east-and-west lines. There is no diff ference. All are sadly congested, and the prospect for relief is not bright.
 In exports of cotton in the eight months ending February 2S the south. ern ports outrank all the rest. In the period mentioned 3,700,OO0 bales were sent abroad from southern ports, while only 550,0 bales were dispatched from northern ports.
 The gulf ports are particularly prom ising. Ships that carry away grain and cotton will inevitably seek freight for the return passage, and in this way imports are increased. Imports at New Orleans are rising annually, and the time is fast coming when the gulf ports will supply a good share of the Mississippi valley, which is the heart and mainstay of the country.