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§■,. -T The total sales
Toe official rc-
H .. : tot Cotton Ex -
SB n .-treel Of*ned at
SB i *l4 bales.
nn end unchanged.
SH’ .H <-.o~cd at 4 p m.
■ :: / • ,;'Ur Mies of tX
SB : official Closing
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n*c*irr?, ExroHTB sub Btoci ok Hind Tun. 7, 18£5, and ~
TO* THlt tINI TINE CAST TE4H.
Itm. .wj.
Vi I B*o I
/(tin* l.j rphwd.j ttl tn l 1 •
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Bv. . i.'nues firm anti un
• 7- r tv 'lay were 271 b*r
- ,ai quotations of the
■ 5 ®5V£
5 : H r <tsVj
H t.-,®: oo
■ .1 Hi.il 3'.
BS „ martict for spirits tur
:< ' aominal. There was
BS -lies. The official n--
B:• I r:ele was as follows:
‘ li a. ni. steady at
881 r . it Ti.-ed at 4p. in.
B ~rs. lh.sin—The mar
■ ':ange<l. The sales for.
§§ about 1.500 barrels.'
§§ " . .ar iol Trade was
B t opened at II a. m.
B Vi- \ ■ * quotations: A, IS, V,
■ \ \ - y i. 1130, II *1 50, I fl as,
■ Vs i w.n low (tlassj.l 00.
rag 1 .n't unchanged.
B >SSS STATKMAKT.
H a>nr(l*. Sofitt.
■ 5.4'j0 40.309
B ,4 &1S
B ... 114.4-3 444,131
... IiO.sKS 474,440
S6 306
115,7-3 100,411
.... 115.079 400,757
L .; >a sen-board
4.019 67,491
• l ist rear.. I*3 695
L t , ... mey market is easy.
C . -.uk m*t bankers are
-a. , per cent, premium.
| . , ,' t cent premium. Kor
ely. Hankers three days
■>, . -hurt, *4 *5 „; bankers sixty
,i, . ■ la. bo.!-, commercial,
. ninety daya $4SO'4 r aucs,
xty 'lays, i 21 5-16; Paris,
•. - . .- . rt, K 21 l a ; murks, com
.. lavs, 915 lc.
-locks are Weak, except guar
rm; debentures steady.
k . .. ii>M.'s.— tit; JS *O.l-4.
t iriA o yer cent.. b>2 but,
, . Augusta 7 per cent.. 07 bid.
i .iunibus 5 per ecu’... S5 bid. 7
■ percent., 103 bid. I I j.-k'
.■•lint. 5 rer cent. May coupons,
, s i; new .Savannah 5 per cent.
! .. . >bid, BjJ, aked.
, vi,.— aisrtci and un
s gia new fc, isaf, 105
~ ■ .■■ ; Ooorjf x an
.1 s. i.'roml regnlar 7 per
.-. i iry and July, matun
-1 , aikcd; Creorns 7 p. 1
- p.t!. qomrteriy. 111 bid, iii
, -r a' i t eat., coaooas ><.: . tsy
. i172 bid, til asked.
•. Centra oouioeui, 71
, l ,-a-ia anu 3avkiui,h r js i
' . v .-.-ss .. 16 bid. 117
i. , tatimwit, 151 bid, i53 Asked.
>it. guaranteed.
> Uc. e ;r:,; lla.ls.a.i s pe,
, en’e. bid, VJVj askeu.
r. '• T at liaitroa i ttDCi. il
Uv ■’l W.jat i’oml a rci
IsrtAfiV • ', -6 asked,
t- i • lirm. Savan
[i s ■ ■■ Hallway Cos. geue
k ... : rut. interest, coupons
l. .. . \ i'J2 , aaklHl. A .:a i
i, ri._ a e consoUdatad
[• -v ■ i unary ami July.
.. 112 salted. l,sii
k -• csi cent., coupon.
■ .i:b 1393. 11l bid.
i .i. r.M 1 tt's is 97. 1 1
-X < r.ird 2 i luorigag.
■ r-ns January aue
i V hid, lli'J a-ke.J.
fgj - ur*r;. S perceat.
ill . 2 bid, T 1 ated.
B A .gu ra Ist tnort.,
BB <Jh.riee. Coi.unb'h
B - ‘ .'3 but, 93 s.ei.
‘ _i . qage. ladorsed. 9
B i- vi. South u>r
. • 2 bid, 113 asliei.
B ill wot. 105 bit,
v b noxviile tirsi
SB —i 1 bid. 104; 4 asked;
B —u •' -i ;;u.un. io.
.and. 112 itsked.
||| . '.iieri uoi.gu.rau-
Wm . .. idea.. St-dunsV.i. u
H ■ i v C nr; U.ul
■ 15 ;..d. .6 asked.
B- •* - .r la
and alvaneing.
B •-* r. . o.deo, s’ s ~
: Clear rib si.se-,
- - . iera, oc.; hauie,
H li'vvt study with a
B ■ ..22 ■><—i'i is,..
• f% !!•>., il' 1 ..
B ■ ■ dru.B.; te l Tuau-
B - Vrr-rw „ad i> Ha.
|B - r ung quantity
B - u •. is., m retail lots a
■ ■■ : lull, ii’.aiani! mod-
HS - - r ■: ... iota: ordinary,
B -a. ,!••. , pninc, de.;
HH • rstt is quiet and
HB A • quot-.i Printo,
B ng. 4c.; 7-s do.,
whiteosnaburgs
' • y-' yarns. msc. lor
•‘digS, 6/^ffgtC.
IB demand. We
‘ > exira. 4 4 10 24 25;
> pi’eat. is 25 ■ 6 so.
HB * ample; 42 5 *#3 50
HB r r. :a-. it umtt.l uo (sir
HB (3.. Ha jan a,—lied,
" ' - d-msuil good.
' ..le corn. 65:.; car-
B- ■ ■**[ . 63c., car-ioad
IBS ' ’ ■ - - .i io-.. tic. Mriv,
K- . dr,--..77> a ;.
J-. deiaand. v> e
■ A' -t.-rn, >i CO.
HH L -.— il. ice siarxei
8.. 6-ut. 15r.. dr,,
MM ury Lauchen'. 12c".
; •:!■'. 19 v’.; burry,
■I - nint. 225.; B*il-
" :.- ririu. Vte quote:
H • I. SC 2 * ; v,; fr-'-ib
-bs-k. J. demand
■B - se; Aroostook
HH ... 1 ar... the air
■| ■>’.?, 62c., f.
■ .. ; Cut-loaf.
HB w lured, 7c.;
Hp • , .; c, yellcw,
H is-xtorsto dc
tsc.'ds. 25, i
B 8 vi.' .; medium,
fa a. .. dWSOo.;
UdV'.es, 45b(57c.;
'HCCS.
. * '‘ r 60483
.- . 35*140
' r fc. trt.6o
B |i .>e<S2 30
i 130620
. . 15® —
23 0r25
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■ t *• • • id 6n
KC; .•i*u:a.. s%-
no^“* 1
tn^fio
B*--', -uppiiedpl^mAno
B market is in cood
BB UrtTAA—Good
|£B s .J. I’BXNI-Te
Hg '; Dative ]ieanuts
HI '■ h'uas- tJoor-
Em ■ ry '-.vie teinj te
■ S '" Xkls *•' 7 t i,K^Ti*b.
v I'inim.iai..
B --Consola, Vj]4 for
■ ; ■ "imt.
r money; P 9 t-16
■■ ’S.-VJICD buoyant
■ i*r rent. Ka
"... abort, |i
__ ’Overument bonds
Money closed
HI -Treasury balances—
Gold, 2129,645,000; enrrsnOT. 221,279,000. Gw.
eminent bands strong; '"ar is*r cents. 122:
three per nect*. 101 bid. State bonds steadv.
The stock market has been unusually active
all Uy, and tiie upward movement, which
began with the opening of the board this
morning, has been almost continuous for some
of the most .T -tive eto -ks. while everything on
the active list is higher. The news circulated
or- the street was generally favorable, and
this no doubt had its influence in aiding the
upward movement. A better feeling was re
ported m the coal trade, and the aotion of the
Pre-ldentsof the trunk lines at their me t
ing yesterday is generally regarded favorably.
To tms was aided reports of abnormally large
east-bound tonnage from Ch cago dnnng the
past week. Lackawanna, alter inanv fluctua
tions. closed y A per cent, higher, .Stl Paul
Po r rent, higher, Northwest and K ick Island
I’,. Delaware and Hudson 2. Louisville an 1
Nashville 2, Northern Pacific preferred 1, and
Memphis and Charleston 4 |ier cent. The
rest of the list was strong, but the net gain
was less than 1 per cent. Compared with
prices a week ago, stocks are l(<ts*4 per cent,
higher, the latter tot Lackawanna, Delaware
and Hudson 4*4, New Jersey Central 4 l y, St.
Paul 3?4, Northwestern 34J, Western Union
3S. tjnincy 3%, and Ilork Island 3 per cent.
Balee 388,600 shares, the market closing at
the following unotut oos:
Ala. class aji tot. 87 Nash. A Chatt . 87
A la.class B, i5.... 162 New Orleans Ps
©eorgiafis *IOO I ~ c'.flc, Ist inert 59
“ 7c. mc-rtgagt*lo2}x N.\ . Centra: 8914
N. Caroitsas *3O horl. & W . itv.-. 2i>7
“ new *lB Nor. PvsJfic..... UP*
** ftinding 10 11 nrc: Si*- 1 :
So. Cart’d Brow a) Pac: 'c rdaii *,
ctrscds.. 107 Keai.mg 16*/ 4
Tsor.oisee 5s *44 itionnaMAAi’g-, I*4
Virsuaia 6s *3B R ifem’d <e Dac\ 47
Vo. oociobdii’.ed. 39 R:c.h_a’d W.i*:.
C Vpeske A Jh:o. 5V4 Teriaittai 21*4
Ohtc.A N’rthw’n. 93Ji Bwr-k Island 111
** preferred ..12744 8;. Paul .. 7564
Den.ftU.oGrand 7% “ preferred. 105S
Eria 12% Texas Pacific 12j|
E. Tennessee r.d 3% Uaiba Pacific. 49%
Lak. Shore W 4 Wabeslt Pac ; .i c .. 41?
L’vtlic & Nash.. 20y 4 “ pro* _ n-ix
Mcnsphin A Unar 34 Western Uc‘ns 42
2toi.de &■ Ohio.. 8
•Bid.
Tho weekly statement of the associated
banks, issued from the clearing house to-day,
shows the following changes: Loans in
creased, 2900,000; specie increased, 23,666.200;
legal tenders decreased. 22,033,700; deposits
increased, 22.075,400; circulation decrcasetl,
2207,200; reserve increased, $1,114,150. The
banks now hold 254,985,125 iu excess of legal
requirements.
COTTON.
I. I v*KHPOOI..Feb. 7,n00n. —Cotton flat; prices
barely supported; middling uplands, 6d; mid
dling Orleans 6 1-lS.l; sales C.ooo bales, for
speculation and export 5 0 bales; receipts
38,090 bales—American 35,500.
Futures: Uplamls, low miildling clause,
February an 1 March delivery, 5b2-i>4d; March
and April, 6 l-6td; April and May, 6 5-61*
6 l-Olu; May aud June. 6b-61.®(a8 8-tdd; June
and July, 6 13-64&6 1 -Idd; August and bep
tens her, 6 19-C4tt. Market dull at the decline.
1 p. it. —to-day ueluue-J 4,1U0 oaieo
of Aaterscaa.
Futures: 1 mans ... .rvdqiiuir cats*,
February <teliverv. 5 62-54’1, sellers; February
and Vlarcii, 562-64.1,5e1.er5: Marco and April,
6 l-01d, sellers; April aud May, 65-64.1, sell
ers; May and June. 6 8-Clo. buyers; .June and
July, 6 12- Id, sellers; July and August,
6 15-fild, buyers; \ intis’ and September,
6 19-61't, sellers. .Market closed steady.
Nan loit Feb. 7. os..—tuii n steady:
t and i .ng uni* 11*4 - . 1 j : U.
ll%c; s . e- 93 bales.
evc.urts’ ii-r*e very dull, ayith saica as
folk ns: Febnr-.rv II 10c. March,
11 19c; April, 11 25c; May. 11 33c; June, 1116 c,
July, II 55c.
sfeop. m.—Cotton steady: middling uplands
ll%e; midCbnn 0.-iean . il'.c saies 93 bales;
eel receiDts :tB7 bales, 2. -H.
• n.arc-—.rci- cio-c l dull but steady,ar” r.
San’S of 12,900 bales, is lo *- Sel.rvary de
livery, 11 16(<s;l 17c; March, 11 22&11 23c,
April. 11 29*11 30 , Mav. 11 40*11 41c: June.
II 50AU 51c; July. 1100 '*l 61c; August, II 70
(41! 7:e; September, II 39*11 33c; October,
111 65 •!.! .* S6c; November anil December, 10 71
f($ll 74c.
1 . o’ .it ton r iiori savs: “Future de
liveries were worked up, and consequently
the actual transactions were exceedingly
sin *ll. Ihesues of the day are recorded to
the amount of 13,600 hales. The market closed
cull. Avith quotations above
yesterday’s Unai prices.”
.ALVi.’sToh. Feb. 7.—Cotton dull: tnirt
*U'ng 19'c: net receipts 1.372 bales, gross
1,372; sales 138 bales: stock 28,070 bales.
No.-Foi.K. Feb. 7.—cotio. dull; mid
■l .10 13-16 c ■ act re* e>pts 1,604 bales, gross
1,819; -lies 556 bales; *r 29,412 bales; ex
ports, to Great Mritaiu 3,470 bales, coastwise
135.
iVimiNOTON, 2’ob. 7,—Cotton quiet; miJ
dimt l ns i* - : •>** ri- eipts Cl bales, gross fd;
st.e ,;,254 bab-s; exjiort-, to Great Britain
1,73S bales, coastwise I soo.
Ng Mi.trNs, Feb. 7.—colt i* quiet; mid
dling 10J4C; net ncc.pis 2.956 bales, rros
2,956; . 3,000 bales; eto- 307.858 bales; ex
ports. to G: eat Britain 5.153 bales, coast Arise
1,4 .7,
MoiULX, Feb. 7. <-t on dull; middling
10 7-16.'; net ric<"D> 33 bales, gross33l; sa • s
300 bales: stork 10,6 19 bales; exttorts, to Great
Britain 3.3.1 bale.-, coastwise 161.
i- • r.iif. Feb 7. -> -jiMU quiet; middling
10 7-16 - ; receipts 1,018 b iles; o meet* 4,322;
bates; sales 1 :.00 bale*; st t 101,771 bales.
AcacsTA, Feb. 7.—Cotton quiet imadiing
IOVJe: receipts 115 bales; sab-- son bales.
Ch a hi. "-ton, Fei. 7.—Colton firm; mid
dling 10 \e; nrt receipts 1.742 basis, gross
1,742; sale- 625 bales; sps-.k 31,71. bales: ex
ports, coastwise I.M bales.
ash io’.s. Feb. 7 —consoduxted not ;c-
Ce.pt--'. to s.. 00U... poite tr>. j 9,216 bales;
exports, to Great Britain 13.701 bale*.
The total visible supply of cotton for the
world is 2,' Sl.sjij bales,of winch 2,323,710 bales
arc American, against 3.389,806 and 2,77.1.566
resjiectively last year. The receipts of cotton
at all interior towns for the week were 7.2,715
bales; receipts from plantations 80,7.3 bides.
Crop in sight. 5.i 57.830 c ases.
PROVISIONS. GROCERIES. ETC.
Liverpool, Feb. 7, uoon.—Wheat steady,
with a poor demand; holders off. ring mod
erately. Cora quiet but steady, with tair de
mand. Lard, prime Western 36s f*d.
New York. Feb. 7. noon. r<our dull and
heavy. Wheat dull and lower. Corn dull
aud birely steady. P-.rk quiet but Ann; me-8
•13 SP,&I3 50. Laril firmer at 7 35c. Freights
S;OU p. m. —riour, souinem ciosca weak.
Wheat —sj.ot slightly in buyers’ favor: un
graded red -i.fyb.'e; ungraded w lute Pie; No. 2
red. February deliver, 89 ~( a9 oc. Corn—spot
loti Jitic ower, elostcg heavy; ungraded to
(a.ill,e; N’o 2. 50tt50 „c; February delivery
st*i4so’„e. Oats a shade lower; No. 2. 365v*tt
H on- firm fur ihotce. Coffee, fair KlO,
on spot, dull at 9Uc; No. 7 Rio, on spot 7 90c;
February elivery 9 73c Sugar qua l, closing
firm; centrifugal 5 ,c; fair to good refining
4 13-186,5 l-16c; refined quiet—extra C 5);,*!;
■V 4 \ white < XtraCS V, yellow 4 : ’ s o.t- 4 c,off A
s’v, mould A <•' .*-. standard A s'„c, confec
tioners’ A , 15-16*6.-, cut ioaf ami crushed
6qc, powdered o%c, granulated 0 3-160,
cubes 6 7-16 c. Molasses unchanged. Cotton
seed oil, 37 4.G0 for crude, 40 ! '■£! 1 for refilled.
Hides firm; New Orleans lOjullc. Texas 9(<S
10c. Wool firm. Pork strong r; mess,on spot
211. MidtJlt’s iiull; long dear Lard very
steady anil tffla points higher; Western steam,
on Spot 7 3 ie.7 50c, February delivery 7 26,0,
31c. Freights to Liverp > 1 steady—cotton,
per steam '„*!; wheat, iwr steam tat’ 4 d.
Chicago, Fib. 7.—Talues were more or less
unsettled on ’Change to-dav. •he whole
grain list was weak, quiet aud steadily lower,
while the provi ton list showed unusual
strength and constantly advauc.ug prices.
These are conditions not often met with,
though they ran through the entire session
and prevailed at the close. The receipts were
light, but are estimated heavier for Monday.
Wheat opened fairlv active and a l -out firm at
an imp'ovemeut of’ %a> l 4 c over yesterday’s
close. The favorite future a ivanccd ?c, but
later weakened under free selling, and drop
ped off lc from the top, being quotably weak
during the hulk of the session. This feeling
was in the nature of area tion from yester
day's strength, tie re bemg numerous dis
paichos troin the Souihwest indicating that
winter w heat had so far probably not sus
tained anv da.i age. Towards the close pri
vate cables came in much stronger than early
in the dav, and on these wheat was'oulled %c,
closing alvjut steady at the decline. No. 2
cash was called nominally at 36*5(0,370. All
the futures close*! easy at the de line. Mon
day's receipt* are estimated at (FO cars Gats
continue very dull and easier, in sympathy
with other grains. Tnerc is a disp*sition on
all sides to ab-tain from trailing. The receipts
to-day were tight, but the talk is for 223 cars
Monday. The close was heavy and slow.with
no futures mentioned except May. Provis
ions were the strongest artie es on the floor,
and were traded in by an unusually large
number of operators. Many were “shorts,”
who have become impressed with the td.-a
that some heavy operators are 1 ndcr the
market, and that 415 pork is a thing of the
near future. Ihe opening was from s(*H'c
higher, while there was a subsequent advance
of 0,925 c. all of which were sustained. All
provision interests were free buyers. The
close was strong and steady.
t lour unchanged. W ncai unsettled and un
certain, closing 1 -? 4 c lower: Fcbmarv de
livery ;7‘v97S .c. C**rn c 1 o-*‘<l at the sa cc
figure as yesterday; cash 36 February
delivery 8-r'i c.37' 4 'c. Oats weaker and > j(! 4 c
lower; ’February delivery 27c. Port, nu-.-s.
considerably stronger, prices advancing 13 9
25c- cash 'tots t:2 90ca 13 00, Foruarv de
livery 412 s7’,@l3 05. Whisky firm at 41 15.
tugars quiet ami unchanged.
Feb. 7.—Flour steady aud quiet; |
llcwar.l s’.r<*e’ etui Westim-su • lint . *2 75-Q
3 15, extra, *3 2S@3 73; family, H K*3 00; city j
m.t'j u ni'TIPH. *2 75tf3 23; extr . vj *s; ■
H'ol>rand3. M 75. Wheat-Southern steady; j
Western a shade firmer but quiet ; Southern, j
red 030593 c, afflCcr 97i®9Sc; No. 1 Maryland,
04‘ tt‘H' c- No. 2 Wet ern wir-terre-i. on spot
ic.’ Corn —Southern sternly : Western
easier, except for spot; Southern, white
i ' , ’!sT. yCl bociH <s Keb. 7. —Flour unchanged.
Wheat lower and slow; No. 2 red. soVi>o * c
for cash. S%c for FebruaiT toßvery. Cora
lower; M' .a.M'g c for cash, SaJ^WHo 1 *c for Feb
ruary delivery 7 OaU dull; 294 c for cash.
Whisky steady at *1 14. . Provisions higher
and tlrin: Fork, mess $l3 for cash. Bulk meats
—long clear 6 45c, short rib 6 35c. clear orc.
Bacon —long clear 7 l2’-c, ehort rib < Zoc,
clear 7 30c. Lard, 6 ‘JM*7 00c.
Cumukmti. Feb. 7.—Hour unchanged,
vvheat scarce and firm; No. 2 red
torn steady; No. 2 mixed. 42!.c- Oats steady:
No. 2 mixed. 32 ! ic. Provisions—Fork firm and
higher; mess. *l3. I,#d stronger at 7c. Bulk
meats aud bacon held higher; transactions
light. Whisky in better demand at *1 13.
Sugar unchanged; hard, retined B)<@7(ic;
New Orleans unchanged, flogs lirra; common
and light. *3 75®* 75;’packing and butchers,
i *i JO’gs 00.
hoeuruu. Feb. 7.—Wheat quiet; No. 2
red 65ts5c. Corn—No. 2 wiiitc 43c.. Oatf—
No 2 mixed 33'ic. Provisions strong: Fork,
ineae *l3 00. Bulk meats—shoulders So, clear
nb 6 sc. clear sides 6J*c. Bacon—shoulders
5 SOc. clear rib 7 25c, clear sides 7 S7Uc. Sugar
cured hams 10c. Lard, prime leaf BS.
THE SAVANNAH MORNING NEWS: SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 8, 1885.
New OBLXANB. Feb. 7.—Coffee quiet bnt
steady; Rio cargoes, common to prime, 754*4
10%c. Sugar quiet but steady; common to
good common tisOtt'yc; yellow clarified s>s<a
5%r. Mnlass- 9 steady; good common to good
fair ts&at*. Lottonaeetioii— prime crude 35c.
NAVAL STORES.
London. Feb, 7, 6:00 p. *n.—Spirits tur
pentine easy; spot, 21s 3d: Febr iarv to April
ieliven,2l- 9*l; May to August, 22s9d;Sep
tember to December, 23s 9d.
Feb. 7, noon.—Tlosin, pale lls
>e Yogi, Feb. 7. noon.—spirits turpen
tine steady at ttosin steady at 21 25
@1 2754.
5:Oo p. m.-Rosin steady. Spirits turpen
tine steady at SOWc. v
C a ■ ptsToi., Feb. 7. — Spirits turpentine
firm at 2. !,e. Hosm eteady; strained. $1 00’
good strained $1 05.
WiLMiNoTis, Feb. 7.—Spirits tnrpentice
?i°; BdeiD—dratne-i, 97%c; good strained,
21 00. Tar firm at 21 10. Crude turpentine
steady; hard 211, yellow dip and virgin fl 75.
RICE.
Charleston, Feb.‘ 7.—Market quiet and
nncuanged sales 160 barre s.
New York, Feb. 7.—Market steady.
New gkleans, Feb. 7.—Market steady;
Lnm-tana. ordinary to prime. 1% *M5c.
miniature almanac—this day.
ot Rises c:4i
am sets s:i&
High w ater at FT iNilaski.. 2 OS a m. 2:10 c x
SINDAT, Feb 8, 1.-.fcj.
AURIVKD Y'KSTERDAT.
Steamship Nacoochce, Kempton, New York
—G M Sorrel.
Steamship Wm Lawrence. Foster, Balti
mor—Jas li West & Cos.
ARRIVED UP FROM QUARANTINE YES
TKKDAY.
Bark Wilhelm I (Gcr), Rose, to load for
Baltic—Master.
CLEARED YESTERDAY.
Steamship Juniata, Askins, Philadelphia—
G M Sorrel.
SAILED YESTERDAY.
ship Bonanza (Br . Philadelphia (not pre
viously).
MEMORANDA.
Tyliee. Feb 7, 8:30 p m—Passed up, steam
ship Win Lawrence.
I’assod out, ship Bonanza (Br).
Waiting, barks Johannc (Ger;, Ludwig
Gcr . Bravo (Nor), Engelbrekt (Sw), Nellie
Mooity llri.
YVind SW, light; fair.
9:30 p m—Arrived and anchored, New Y'ork
Steamship.
New York, Feb s—Arrived, schr Gertie M
Rickerßon, ( all, Fernunilina.
Cleared, schrs S II Levin, Hudson, Fernan
dina; Joseph ue Willcts, Key West; Mollie J
Sauuilers, Ingcr oil, Sovannuh; K V Glover,
lngi rsoll. Georgetown, S C.
Dartmouth, Feb s—Arrived, steamship 15u
dapesth (Br), Caruochau, Savannah for
Bremen.
Guo e, Feb s—Sailed, bark Marlborough
(Br., Shackles. Savamlla an*l Port Royal.
Greenock, Feb s—Arrived, bark June Law
(llri. New green, Pensacola.
Gibraltar, Jan 29—Sailed, bark Fylgia (Nor),
Z.tchariasen (from Marseilles) for savannan.
Havre, Feb 3—Arrived, brig Ethel (Ilr),
Goodyear, Savannah; 4th. bark Albion (Nor),
liand. Apala tiicola.
Kings Lynn, Feb 7—Arrived, bark Presi
dent llarlntz (Nor), Hansen, Darien.
Liverpool, Feb s—Arrived, steamships lona
ißr), Foreman, Savannah; Lancaster (Br),
sleeves, do; bark Mo*l (Nor), Kuudsen, Pen
sacola.
London, Feb 4—Cleared, bark Krone (Nor),
Tootling. Brunswick, Ga.
West Hartlepool. Feb 4—Arrived, bark Carl
Johann (Nor), Gantesen, Savannah.
Havana, .lan 31—Cleared, schr Pope Tona
(Sp). Albi, Brunswick, Ga.
Montevideo, J n 17 (not 7)—Arrived, bark
Mo-orsl a Vila (Aus), Storf, Brunswick, Ga.
Matanzas. Jau 30—Sailed, bark Victoria
(Sp), Xibiller, Brunswick, Ga.
Bull River, Feb 4 —'ailed, sehr Isaac T
Campbell. Matthews. Wood's Hole.
Perth Amboy, Feb s—Sailed, s. hr Minnie A
Bonsall, Do 'ge. Brunswick, (ia.
Brunswick. Ga, Feb 4—Arrived, schr Chas
S Baylis. Gladding. Savannah.
Jacksonville, F*-b 4 —Cleared, schr French,
Van Gilder, T*.mlm, New York.
New Bedford, Feb 4—Sailed, sehr M A
Willey, Willey, Savannah.
New Y'ork, Feb 7—Arrived, City of Chester,
State of Nevada, Mooreland.
Arrived out. sets* anada, Cilyof Chicago,
brig Pathfinder, barks Amor," Huron, San
( aria. Solid. Amacitia, Aeolus, St Louis Carl
max. We mar, Pusnaes, Taeviot, Beuj Bange.
MARITIME MISCELLANY
( apt S-L Askins, of the steamship Juniata,
at this |>ort from Philadelphia, reports that on
Fell 5, off Ca!*e Lookout, bearing N W by N, in
U> fathoms of water, passed a lot of ye sel
spars floating, also some standing out of
water apparently attached to something.
'Probably the wreck of the steamslup Wm
Kennedy which sank on the 3d ia that lo
cality.— Ed.]
RECEIPTS.
Per Charleston and Savannah Railway,
Feb 7—12 bales cotton, 1 car guano, 12) sacks
Iruio. 60 i addies to *acco. 10 boxes tobacco. 10
bain legs ami mdse.
Per suvannah. rlorida and YVcstern Rail
lery. Feb 7—53 bales cotton. 9 car? lumber.
Ms lib’s rosin. 4 bbls spirits turuentmf, 8
i-aics tildes. 4.670 boxes oranges, 1 car wood.
32 bob urai g ?. It pair w heels and axles, 109
sacks c .tton seed, at*,* -acts cotton seed meal,
17 sacks potatoes. 17 bi ts syrup, and uidse.
Per Central Railroad. Feb 7—130 bales cot
ton, y Imxcs soap, 30 pkgs mdse. 7 pkgs hides,
I box trees. 6 cr.iScs staves, 1 box coffins, 1
plow, 17 bdls pipe. 1 box hardware. 5 b w ry,
4 pkgs baits. 1 ear coat, 8 cases egg*. 4 bbls
hau,s. 10 tierces ham?. 10 cases hams, 60 bbls
ham-, K 0 bhl.- iime, 6 bbls eggs, 1 stove and
fixtures. 31 bdls scrap iron, 3 bbls, 1 case
wax, t lioxes. stioe?, 2 cases scoes, 36 tons pig
mm, 5 ba.es domestics, 15 hf bbls liquor,
PASSENGERS.
Per steamship Wm Lawrence, from Balti
mnri—li N Shepherd, G W Shepherd. Rev A
We.-sciintr. ii s Lilian. Pr L M White. A G
Lafant, E M Mini or, Creo Snyder, A W Lind
say, L I. Keundets.
CONSIGNEES.
Per Charleston and Savannah Rahway.
Feb 7—Fordg Office. S. F & W Kv. W Murphy.
Baldwin & < <>. Lee Roy Myvrs, Graham A fl,
I*.l hzzci, A II Champion, Rialto Guano Cos,
F M Jones.
Per Centra! Raitroao. Feb 7—Fordg Ag'.
Jno Flannery & Cos, L J Guiimartin & Cos, O
Cohen & Cos, II M Comer x Cos, Bit'dwin & Cos,
F M Farley, J S Wood & Bro, Woods & Cos,
Warren A \, Walter, T .A Cos, M Maclean, R C
Fisher, W W Gord >n & Cos, Lee Roy Myer . H
>a* k, M Y Henderson, Wm Hone’& Cos, Gli
Miller, li E Cheatham, F 11 Klin, Byck A S,
Crawford A L, S Guckentu imer A Son. Millis
A -on. Hike..mbe, *■ A Cos. Herman A K. C 11
Johnson. Epstein & W, N Ea-ig A Bro, Titos
Jones, Wilber A T>, Y 1 Ferst A co.
Per -avannah. Florida and Western Rail
wav. Feb 7—Fordg Office. Peacock. H A Cos.
A co- ia & E, Einstein A 1., Lippman Bros, It
Ee 'age, !> C Bacon A Cos, McDonough A Cos.
Bacon, J A Cos, Date, W & Cos,. A Hanley, J K
Clarke A Cos, Eliza Maxwell, H Fulton, F
Roberts, H Mver* A Bros, W W Chisholm, 1)
K>.bin-on, M Y Henderson, Smith Bros & Cos,
Meinhard Bros A Cos, Lee Roy Myers, J Kay,
J C Rowland, Graham & 11, M Ferst & Cos,
\ It Yltniayer A Cos. W I) Simkins, T P Bond,
E E Cheatham, C II Dorset!, Mrs 8 McCloud,
F C *' ylly. Win Hone A Cos, J B Reedy, J
Scott, Baldwin A < o. >1 Maclean, D Y' Dancy.
Warren A A, Garnett, S A Cos, J P Williams,
Walter, T A Cos, W W Gordon A Cos, Ellis, II
A Cos, Jno Flannery A Cos, I> C Bacon A Cos.
Per steamship Wm Lawrence, from Balti
more—Acosta A E, G W Allen, Branch A C,
J G Butler. Beudheim Bros A Cos, C H Carson,
Byck A 8, B J Cubbedge, Connell, B A Cos no
tify M Ferst A Cos, A Ehrlich A Bro.A I.Ciller,
M Ferst A Cos. S Guckenheimer A Son, C Gas
man, G M Heidt A Cos. J K H.ijtiwanger, I G
Haas, A Hanley. W S King agt, D B Lester.
Lippman Bros. E Lovell A Soil, Mathew Bros,
N Lang A Bro. Jno Lyons A Cos. A He! er,
811 Levy A Bro, H Myers ■ Bros.M Maclean,
A J Mi'tler A Cos. M Mendel & Bro. .1 B Reedy,
est Jno Oliver, Palmer Bros, W F Reid, 1111
A W < ntoneli. Southern Ex Cos, It Sanders,
J T shuptrinc. E A Schwarz, Solomons A Cos,
H Solomon A Sou. D S Spain, Savannah Guano
Cos, -I AII Umbach, .1 B West At o, Well
tnui c A s o n, Weed A O, A M A C W West, str
David .lark, Ga A Fla I S B Cos.
Per steamship Juniata, from Philadelphia—
Appel Bros. G W Allen, J M Asendorf, K A
Abbot t. W E Alexander A Son. Acosta A E, P
A Asendorf, I Berg, L E Byck A Son, DeW
Rruyan. DC Bacon A Cos. \V Bouhan, Bar
bour Bros. C H Carson, B J Ctttibedgc, W H
Chaplin, W S Cherry A Cos, E E Cheat ham. J
M Ch-c. Pan Decker, slr> Dcßcnne, Deiru A
S. G Eckstein A Cos, I Epstein A Bro, J T
Fisher. K , George. Frank & Cos. E re Depart
ment. M Gazan, Graham A It, Gray A O’B.
G C Gemunden, A Hanley,*' Hopkins, S Hex
t r. t! . Ilemsooth, .! U Haltiwauaer, It C
i*on in, Mrs it W lioit care Bat*-.win A Cos,
II D m a m :n. C Kolshoru A Bro. A Jackson,
.1 Ke.lv a:.-. J II Koch, E Lovell A bon. Mrs M
K auss, Lippman Bros. Jno Lyons A Cos. J I
La Far, N Lung A Bro. l> K Lester, Mohr Bros,
A J Miller A Co.W B Mi ll A C*\ !no Nicolson.
J B Newton, order C C Martin, Order E
Wortsman, Order W E, Palmer Bros, D G
Purse, Pbacock. H A Cos, Rutherford A r. J
lb .seat Iy. I tl Kuwe, J B Reedy, Jno Kourke,
Rob A Sian .McDonald A Cos. Solomons A Cos,
.! s Silva, H Nd-imon * Son, Smith Bros A Cos,
E \ Schwarz. 1’ B springer, W Scheihmg, T
Schwerin. Savannah Gas L Cos, Mrs M Sexton,
5 P Shutter A Cos, EA M Schroder, S -s cili
man. G Schwarz,V s Studer, Southern Ex Cos,
J W Tvnan, J C Thompson, J V H Umbach,
Weed A *., J P Williams, A M A C W West.
W A YVelirenberg. J Woetzel, Tho* West, W
W West, str Nellie Brown, Ga A Fla I S 15 Cos,
S, F A W Rv, C R R.
The taste for cold embroidery is illus
trated in a brilliant toilet of fire red vel
vet, and uncut telvet the same color,
embroidered in Arabesque designs in
gold. The train is in plain velvet,
edged with a golden cable cord. The
apron front is or embroidered uncut
velvet and is bordered with a cable cord
aud fringe of gold, the drapery being se
cured w ith ornaments of gold, with cords
and tassels to match.
The ribbon belts beginning at the under
arm seam, which are worn with morning
I wrappers, have long bows and ends reach
| j ni r to the bein of the gown. The nbboa
I used is six inches wide.
High shouldered fichu mantles and
I plain old fashioned long scarfs will be
j worn for spring wraps.
STORY OF A SE \L SACQFE.
THE I IFF. AND C APTITRE OF THE
ORIGINAL WEAKER.
Where the Mammal Once 7,lade Its Home
in the Southern Hemisphere and Its
Depopulation—lts Haunts in the North
—Government Steps to Prevent Exter
initiation.
Corresp/mdtnce 0/ the Jfominj Xewf,
Washington. Feb. 6.— The story of a
sealskin sacque! Wb at more fitting sub
ject for the most wintry month of winter?
And how many, or rather how few people
there are in this country, which now pro
duces seal fur, who know anything in de
tail about this curious business, which
supplies the fashionable world with that
ever fashionable article. There is a popu
lar but a highly mistaken notion that the
fur seal is becoming rapidly extinct, and
that the days of sealskin sacques are a
thing soon to be iu the dim past. Perhaps
the wish is lather to the thought, for the
thought is as far from correct as are
about three-fourths of the popular ideas
about sealskins and seal culture gen
erally. A lengthy report given to the
public as a part of the census report gives
to the world the first accurate informa
tion that it has ever had on this subject.
It is a curious fact that the iur seal has
been hunted and slaughtered indiscrimi
nately for a century. Little has been
known to the reading or scientific world
about its habits, or even its appearance.
It is a fact equally curious that when
our purchase of Alaska was made in 1867
nothing was known, apparently, of the
existence within the limits covered by
the purchase of the only fur seal “rook
eries” in the world. And yet by the close
ot the present decade, when the lease of
the company in charge of them shall have
expired, they W’ill have turned into the
Treasury as rental for these “rookeries”
about the amount of money that all of
Alaska cost us, leaving unon the seal
rookeries as many and as valuable seals
as when they made the lease, and giving
us our Alaska free of cost.
*4;ffiiiL'i ’
a “bachelor” seal.
The census report upon this interesting
subject was mad** by Mr. il. W. Elliott
after several trips to our seal gardens,
the “Prybiiov Islands,” in the very heart
of Behring Sea. He begins by saying that
these little islands, mere dots ia tile slu,
are the only spots in the entire northern
hemisphere fitted by the natural sur
roundings for the home of the lur seal.
There are, he says, numerous places in
the southern hemisphere where the fur
seal thrived a half century or a century
ago, notably along the western coast of
Patagonia and in the vicinity of the Cape
of Good Hope and among the islands in
tbe vicinity of New Zealand. There they
existed in gr**at numbers, but they were
ruthlessly slaughtered by millions and
hundreds of millions, and by the fleets
of seal hunting vessels, who slaughtered
them indiscriminately and drove them
fairly out of existence. So that there are
practically none left In all the Antarctic
hemisphere, where there are thousands of
times the quantities of breeding grounds
that there are in the northern hemisphere,
where they now exist. There are, all told,
only four" little islands in the entire
Lortnem hemisphere of a quality of
climate and surroundings to make them the
home of the tur seal. Two of these, St.
George and St. Paul, are iu the heart oi
Behring S a, and are included in the lim
its of our Alaska purchase. The other
two are the Commander Islands, lying
700 miles west ot these, in the dominions
of the Czar. Happily for us our two
islands are much more popular with
the seals than those of the Czar,
and may be counted tbe only
fur-seal grounds of any importance in the
world. And yet the larger ot these, St.
Paul, is but about 13 miles long and 6
miles wide, white the other is a little over
half this size. They are mere sand banks
formed about some volcanic upheavals,
with a very little vegetable life. The
warmer stream ol water flowing up front
the South in summer makes a dense fog
here all the summer months, and in this
the fur seals thrive. They come swim
ming in front the ocean, which lies south
of these islrfods, about the months of May
and June. They seem to have spent the
winter in the water, in which they swim
and eat and sleep with entire ease—much
greater, indeed, than they remain on land.
Indeed, thev eat nothing on land. Fish
is their entire f.*od, aud these they devour
as soon as caught, in the water. Their
sole purpose of coming on shore seems to
have reference solely to their young. The
fur seal *, exclusive of their infants, are
divided into three classes—the old males,
who are heads of polygamous families;
the voung males, termed “bachelors” by
the natives, who seem to be gentlemen ol
elegant leisure, but who suffer for it in
the’o* and, as will be seen further on, and
the females. The old males, the heads of
the polygamous families to bp, come in
first from the sea about May 1, posting
themselves upon the rocks, each pre
empting a spot of ground, sav six or eight
feet square. There they sit. and watch,
day after day, for the coming of the fe
males, eating nothing, and never leaving
their posts from the time of coming on
shore about May 1 to Aug. 1, eating abso
lutely nothintr in all that time, and
crawling back into the water at
the end of the family season absolute
skeletons. They lie on the rocks after
taking their positions, waiting for the fe
males to come in, w’hich occurs a week or
two later. As they come up the old males
try each to coax as many as possible Into
his bailiwick, the one to whose location
the gentle and graceful animal comes
rudely seizing her by toe lock and
yanking her on lo his preemption.
Then tie begins looking for another,
and l>efore he knows it some fellow
adjoining has stolen his bride from him.
Then a terrific fiaht occurs, in which the
males bite and gash each other terribly
and nlmost pull the would-be bride itr
pieces, snatching her ataiut from one
“holding” to another. Meantime others
come in. and the fiziit thus goes on for
days and weeks, until each of the old po
lygamists has supplied himself with from
three or four to twenty wives. These am
bitious heads of families are alway s as
111 ‘I lit.' li' lniilil.
AN OLD MALB SEAL.
The younger males, from 3 to 6 years
old, they do not permit to land where the
families are located or to have anything
to do with family affairs. They are there
fore forcad to “flock by themselves” In an
other section, not far away. A! I that they
do iu the meantime is to ramble about the
island, go in or out of the water as they
may choose and have a good time
generally. These are the “bache
lors,” as they are known, and it
is they who furnish the sealskin
cloaks of commerce. The population of
tho harems soon nearly doubles by tbe
appearance of as many little fat barking
“l.ups” as there are females. Tho little
fellows are as frisky as puppies, and grow
as rapidly on their diet of rich milk, the
mothers dividing their time between the
care of their babies and swimming off
shore in search of fish. Tbe papas stay at
home, taking care of the babies so long as
the little rascals do not wander off the
: spot claim' and as a home by them, but be
■ coming utteily indifferent to tbeir in
i terests the moment they get off this spot.
This occupies the time from May to Au
j gust, when the pups begin to learn to
1 Bwim, and bv October they are able to go
to sea for the long swim and float of the
winter. Meantime the natives, under the
direction of the seal fur company’s agents
and the control of the government' offi
cials, are busy vilih the “bachelors.” the
young males whose ages run from ‘2 to 6,
and who are gamboling ah ut the island
in great herds. The Alaska Seal Far
Company, by its contract.-made in 1870.
has tne sole right ! o kill fur seals on these
islands. They are by this contract to kill
no more than 100,000 in a year, to use no
firearms or anything likely to frighten
away these valuable arid gentle animals,
and for each one killed must pay into the
Treasury 12 60, and beside this'a yearly
payment of $55,000, also 55 cents per gal
lon on all the seal oil sold by the compa
ny, furnishing also to the 400 inhabitants
of the islands 25,000 dried salmon, 60 cords
of firewood, and sufficient salt and barrels
with which to cure all the seal meat they
want to eat. These natives are hired by
the company to kill aud skin the seals at
40 cents ecn. A* tho season w hen the
fur is at its best, June and July, parties
of men run quietly through the great heads
ot “bachelors,” cutting off from the main
body a huudred or two, which they drive
quietly and slowly to the killing grounds,
taking care that they do not become over
heated and the fur thus injured. The
best ones, of the ages of two, three aud
four years, are selected. Then the killers,
armed with clubs made for the purpose iu
Connecticut, enter upon their work kill
ing the poor gentle and defenseless ani
mals with a single Mow upon the very
thin skull of each. Then the skins are
quickly and deftly partially
cured, and made ready for enipinent to
England for dressing and dyeing. For it
must not he Supposed that the fur seal is
the soft rich hro.vn creature in nature
that his skin is after it becomes the cloak
of fashionable life. Far from It. In na
ture he is a sort of muddy grayish color,
covered to appearances with stiff over
hair holding about the same relation to
the fur that the feathers of a duck do to
the down. Even the iur itself, beneath
the hair or bristles, is a sort of dirty gray
in color and only takes its beautiful ap
pearance after it has passed through the
hands of the dresser and dyer in Londou,
who first remove all the coarse hairs and
then carefully dye the fur the required
shade. They are taken to London for this
purpose because the art is more thorough
ly understood there.
It is in the quality’ of fhe skins when
taken, the suceessiul or unsuccessful
treatment of them at the various stages
of manipulation, and their consequent
ability to retain their color and smooth
ness with wear, that their value depends.
It takes three of the seal skins to make
a full sized cloak and boa. It they are
of the proper age when taken, anil are
carefully and conscientiously prepared,
they will w r ear six or t ight years with
out losing their lustre and perfect appear
ance. These are, of course, the highest
priced sacques, running up to SSOO a piece
in cost. The two and three years old
pelts are considered the very best. They
are of uniform thickness bl fur in all
parts, fine and smooth. The yearlings are
too light in weight, those beyond the age
of three or four have very heavy and
rather still' fur in the portion covering the
neck and shoulders, which continues to
grow stiffer and more uneven as the age
increases, until at the age of 7 they are
utterly worthless.
A SEAL CATCHER.
It is a mistaken idea that the fur seals
are being rapidly exterminated. Under
tho careful protection of the government
there are but 100,000 killed on the Prybi
iov Islands, tbeir almost only home now
outside of the sea itself, where they are
seldom if ever killed It is estimated that
there are in all about 5,000,0000f furseals
inhabiting these two islands in the sum
mer season, returning each year. Their
yearly increase bv births is estimated at.
1,000.000, and as but 100.000 a year art
permitted killed, it is easy to see that
tbe deaths from natural causes ought not
to be sufficient, added to those killed, to
at all reduce the number. Indeed, it
would seem that they ought to increase
rather than decrease, though in the 15
years since the study of their habits be
gun there seems to have been little change
in the number.
Personally the fur seal is a very mild
mannered, inoffensive sort of creature,
with full, intelligent-speaking eye, grace
ful outlines and movements, acute per
ception and apparent intelligence, weight
in the females 75 pounds, In the males
from 75 to 500 pounds, according to age.
Tb y will not live in captivity, the ani
mals shown in gardens or traveling exhi
bitions being “sea lions”—a different
animal, with many of tbe general fea
tures of the fur seal, but none ol its fur.
The illustrations accompanying the letter
show the figure of the fur seal at the age
at which he is most valuable.for sacques,
his countenance at full maturity, and the
countenance of the “native” who kills
and skins him for forty cents. On the
most fashionable street in Washington, in
one of the most costly and elegantly
furnished houses of the city, lives one of
its very wealtDiest women, Mrs. If. >l.
Hutchinson, whose late husband or
tranized and perfected the Alaska Seal
Fur Company. Austin.
A DREAM V Kill FT ED.
Fate of a Lineal Descendant of a Signer
of the Declaration of Independence.
Ann Avo lis, Mp., Feb. 6.—The death of
Miss Matilda Chase, who was fatally
burned at her residence on Maryland
avenue, near the Naval .Academy, a week
ago, recalls an incident which verifies a
presentiment a few days before Miss Chase
died. A surviving sister, the nearest
relative of Miss Chase, is the wile of the
venerable Itev. Samuel lUdotit, rector of
All Hallows’ parish at White Hall, Anne
Arundel county, Md. Several days before
Miss Chase died she told a trusted
colored servant in her employ that
she had had a presentiment" while
sleeping that she would never see
White Hall again, and that her time
on earth was growing short. The
dream impressed itself upon her mind so
vividly that it was always before her.
The servant replied that dreams were idle
fancies, but she refused to be comforted
and appeared so worried over the dream
that she sent for her sister and other
friends and told them of it. She also sent
for her lawyer and said she desired to
make a will, but before the legal docu
ment was prepared her miud had become
disabused of the idea that she was going
to die suddenly and the will was not
executed.
.Miss Chase, who wa& a lineal descend
ant of Judge Samuel Chase, one of the
Maryland signers of the Declaration of
Independence, left an estate valued at
$70,000, including the handsome residence
where he was fatally burned, which is
one of the colonial mansions of the State
capital. In the absence of a will her en
tire property descends to her only living
sister, wife of the master of White Hall.
An Automatic Housekeeper.
St. Louis Giohe-Democrat.
A patent issued to a St. Louis man for
an automatic tire-lighting machine was
made the subject of investigation jester
day. This great boon for mankind might
be taken, at first sight, for an internal
mach'ne, but it
that reminds one of a dynamite fiend, bnt
it is not dangerous. When the thing goes
off it startles the beholder with a fizz and
a flash of flame suggestive of instant
death, but it will not explode. It will
have a depressing effect on the matri
monial market. Tu womm of single
blessedness will be more than thrice
blessed by it. They need pine no longer
for a haudy, good-natured husband to
light tires lor them. The machine will do
the work. All you have lo do is to wind
it up to make it go o!f at any hour you
choose and then set the clock on the
hearth. At the desiaed time a sulphur
match is ignited at the end of a hollow
brass tube, charged with chlorate of
potassium and sugar, that flames into a
burniusr flame, setting tire to a ball of
asbestos, saturated with turpentine, at
the further eud, readilv lighting a coal
Are.
Trees a Protection.
What are ihe best trees to protect us
from cold ? Firs (lurs). What is the best
plant to cure croup? Mullein. Taylor’s
Cherokee Remedy of Sweet Gum and
Mullein Is the great oough and cold cure.
NEW YOKE’S M\I)E LAND.
NOW POPULOUS STREETS ONCE
WATER COURSES j
Fifth Avenue Once Mlnetta Creek—
Gramercy Park Houses which are Up
held by Piles—A Society' Rosebud n h*>
Danced Herself to Death—A Letter
j Whose Sting was Real.
Correspondent of the Morning Mews.
New Y'ork, Feb. s.— About 15 years
ago Gen. Yiele, the present President ol
the Park Board, published a map snowing
the ancient water courses of Manhattan
Island. Iu addition to being in parts a
net work of lines representing old water
ways the map was dotted all along the
I river fronts, and, occasionally, far inland.
! and the dots represented made land. Ac
cording to this authority there are eom
: paratively few blocks in New Y’ork in
1 which there was not formerly water in
; one form or another. The map is sus
tained by tho fact that many buildings in
the very heart of the city are erected on
piles. The Hotel Brunswick on Madison
square, for example, and Cvrus TV.
Field’s house, with many of its neighbors
on Gramercy Park, have their foundations
on piles. The water course in whose bed
is the site of the Hotel Brunswick for
merly ran down what is now Fifth avenue,
crossed Washington Park, and, finally,
taking a westerly direction, found its
way to the North river. It was called
Minetta creek, and its name is still pre
served in Minetta lane. Many of the
structures along the creek’s course, in
cluding the Brevoort House, that resort
of the Britisher, have piles for their
foundation. *•
Gen. Yiele maintained that no habita
tion built over a water course could be
healthy, and his map was to warn people
not to live in any of the several hundred
houses whose cellars were ant to be moist.
His followers swore by his map, and time
was when a man would not choose a
house or even a lodging anywhere near
Hie lines and dots of the map.
Of late yiears the lines and dots have
ceased to be such bugbears. The correct
ness of the map has been impeached, or,
at any rate, its deductions have been
gainsaid. No less an authority than Prof.
Chandler, lor instance, says that themap,
even if correct, merely depicts what did
exist, and not what does. The water
courses no longer exist fsr the reason that
the sewers now drain the island, and
Minetta ersek, for example, reaches the
Hudson underground in sewers in piace
of running along the line of Fifth avenue.
FACTS, HOWEVER, ARE STUBBORN
THINGS,
and the facts of the case which have re
called the map to my memory seem to
sustain Gen. Yiele. Richard Grant White,
the well-known writer on Shakespeare
and things English, is now convalescing
from a severe attack of typhoid fever,
which made him its victim not long after
his moving into the Folsom flats on
Stuyvesant Park. Now this building was
formerly the private residence of the man
after whom it was named, which he
abandoned after losing tw o children and
very nearly losing bis wife from diseases
which sprang from unsanitary surround- j
ings. Although thus taught to consider
the house a death trap, ilr. Folsom could
not afford to let it lie idle, and after, it is
to be charitably presumed, bettering the
drainage as much as possible, he altered
it into flats. The house, however, is built
on made ground, and in spite of the at
tempts which nave been made to drain its
site the walls ot the cellar are percepti
bly damp to the touch iu the driest
weather. Mr. White was undoubtedly
rendered ill by the same causes which
brought Mrs. Folsom to death’s door and
killed her two children. Gen. Yiele cer
tainly in this case is proved to be correct,
and the deductions from it well founded.
Grant White, by the way, is a queer
bundle of contradictions." No more
staunch supporter of American modes
and manners exists than he. He is noth
ing if not American when Englishmen
attack our language or literature, and
yet he affects English ways as much as
the veriest anglomaniac. " Being a big,
burly man, with mutton-chop whiskers,
he has the appearance of a Britisher, and
nothing delights hint so much as being
mistaken for one. In fact, he is quite
mortified il not considered one by those
who don’t know him, unless he has belied
himself. He tells of a London shopman
with whom he got into conversation to
wards the e/:d ol a long visit in England,
classing him, as a matterof course, as an
American. Mr. White asked the fellow
how he knew that, and the reply was that
it was perfectly palpable. Mr. White
tells the story with manifest chagrin.
A CIRCUMSTANCE CONNECTED WITH TIIR
SUDDEN DEATH
of Miss Bavlies last week illustrates the
tyranny of fashion. She arose on Monday
morning feeling quite as well as usual",
and was about the house like the rest ol
the family until comparatively late Iu the
day. What seemed to be a ccid developed
itself towards evening, and she summon,
ed a physician, not. so much to get him to
pteseribs for her, as to ask bis opinion
about going to the Bradley Martin ball
that evening. The physician considered
her symptoms those of a cold, and said
that she could not go to the ball unless
she wore a high-necked gown. Rather
than appear ia the reverse of the prevail
ing fashion Miss Bayliesgave up the ball.
She was dead before it was over! Sha
became violently ill about 11 p. m., just
as tho guests were assembling, and she
died four hours afterwards while they
were still dancing. So little was thought
of her illness before it assumed a fatal
form that her own brother is said to have
gone to the ball, and apparently he was
enjoying himself there when she was dy
ing.
Various causes are assigned for the
poor girl’s death. She was but 20—un
timely taking off. Bright’s disease is
said to have been the real cause, but
“danced herself to death” is the general
verdict. This may seem too uncharitable
to repeat, and it should be added that
Miss Baylies was something more than a
merely fashionable woman. She was
charitable and benevolent, and it was per
haps what the unco guid may consider
her attempt to serve heaven and mam
mon t hat caused her to exhaust herself
by overwork and shorten her life.
TO GO BACK TO THE CIRCUMSTANCES
which brought about this reference to
Miss Baylies, tbe fact that a young and
lovely girl, at heart not disposed towards
worldliness, although her lines were cast
in worldly places, would rather not ap
pear in public iu the evening at all than
to appear unfashionably attired, espec-.
ially when it is remembered what fash
ionably in this connection means, shows
to what lengths custom will carry the
best disposed. Gowus, as you know, are
apparently worn lower in the neck nowa
days than ever before. At a ball or even
ing reception modest girls appear with
their necks immodestly exposed, while it
is like going to the Black Crook or some
klndrecl spectacle to see young married
women in full evening dress, or rather
undress. This morally poisonous
fashion, however, sometimes carries
its own antidote, so far as the spectators
are concerned. The old cats, as dowa
gers are irreverently termed, carry the
custom to even a greater extreme than
younger women, and the spectacle of
their withered charms is often nauseating
enough to sicken one with the display ol
the debutantes. With a memento mori on
every side, even Don Juan would care
little for the sight of Donna Julia’s
“shapely silver shoulders”—to tack a
Swinburnean alliteration to Byron’s
heroine.
IT WAS AT MRS. BRADLEY MARTIN’S
BALL
that accident brought about an embar
rassing contretemps. A gilded youth and
a daughter of fashion, “who never speak
as they pass by,” happened to be brought
together in a figure in the german in
which it is the duty ol the lady to give
the gentleman a letter, that is, of course,
furnished for the occasion. The letter,
which had to be read aloud for the benefit
of the assembled comoaav, proved to be
very abusive in what was’ intended to be
a playful way, but the badinage on this
occasion so aptly gave expression to the
real sentiments of the person from whom
the letter came recipient, that all
parties concerned were glad when the
scene was ended.
It has been discovered, or, at rate it is
commonly reported, that insanity exists
in Heber Newton’s family, and charitablv
disposed people try to account for the
reverend gentleman’s fresh relapse into
heterodoxical utterances on the score that
he inherits the family failing. Others,
however, scout that idea, claiming that
there is too much method in his madness.
These say that craving for notoriety has
caused him to preach the discourses
which are to bring down on him the cen
sure of the church. It is a fact that Mr.
Newton was hardly known outside of his
parish before he became heterodox, and
almost the first sermon he ever bad re
ported in the newspapers was one of his
unorthodox discourses, and owed its pub
lleat.ion to that fact. The publication
aroused a diseusslon which at once lifted
the preacher into notoriety. He awok ,
one Monday morning and found himself
famous on .* small scale.
went pi laotMng ip the style which made
at. once a public man of him.
When, iti compliance with the request
of Bishop Henry C. Potter, be relinquished
calling in question the doctrines of the
church he sank into his ortgnal obscu
rity, and the -newspapers no longer took
any notice of him. It is not surprising
that he lorgot the Bishop’s mandate and
relapsed into the course which brought
him so much short-lived glory.
Even those who somewhat sympathize
with Newton’s views are forced to ac
knowledge that he has no right to give
them utterance in an Episcopal pulpit.
An honest man would leave a church
whose tenets he could not believe in. But
Mr. Newton, apparently, will have to be
kicked out. ‘ Dexter.
CHILDREN’S TEKIH
Something About the Physical Develop
ment of Children.
Boards of Health are organized for the
purpose of preventing the spread in our
country ot any or all infectious diseases.
What L have now to say is of equal im
portance to the rising and the coming
generations. In all low countries or lo
calities like ours, where limestone does
not abound, there is a deficiency in car
bonate of lime in our ordinary food and
drink. About one-sixth of our bodies are
bones, and the quality of these has much
to do with our physical constitutions.
They are the basis and support of all the
rest. Any defect in these is like a defec
tive foundation of a house, and if not
remedied will cause the structure to be
of very uncertain duration. Ido not say
that all the ills of life are traceable to
bone structure, but many of them are.
All experienced dentists have noticed
the fact that children reared in localities
like this and the Mississippi Delta sel
dom arrive to the age of maturity without
defective teeth. Of this the best informed
have no doubt, for all agree that the evil
is inereasin . partly from heredity, but
more largely for the want of carbonate of
lime in the food and drink necessary to
build up and preserve a good substantial
bone structure.
Dr. J. B. Walker, of New Orleans, rdad
a paper on this subject before the south
ern Dental Society. In it he says “our
children have very interior teeth com
pared with those reared in the limestone
regions,” and recommends the use of lime
water to supply the defect or want of
bone material which nature has not pro
vided in his locality. Mothers with
children at tho breast should use it, and
from infancy to adult age snauld use it to
improve the condition of their teeth. I
know that many charge their ill health to
our climate. The sun never shone on a
better, it is either our ignorance or
carelessness that prevents our attain
ing a go*d physical development.
Compare our men. women and children
with those reared in the limestone dis
tricts. The difference is marvelous, ancl
chemical analysis and careful observa
tion plainly indicate the cause. Many
attribute it, to the mountain air. This, no
doubt, has a beneficial effect on tbs ner
vous system, but it is destitute of bone ma
terials. Our planters have learned to use
artificial fertilizers which contain chemi
cal plant food which their soil does not
contain in sufficient amount to make
tanning profitable. When an increasing
evil deleterious to our physical organiza
tion is known it is the part of wisdom to
apply an efficient remedy.
The deficiency in hone material in the
ordinary food and drink in this locality is
easily supplied. The remedy is both
cheap aud not unpalatable. This article,
which was introduced by a physician in
this city, is now manufactured, or pre
pared by one of the largest chemical es
tablishments in this country, as follows:
Fresh beef bones, carefully selected, and
‘freed from fatty matter, ad from all re ains
of muscular and fibrous tissue, an l reduced
to an impalpable powder. Raw hone contains
phcwpkaie of lime intimately associated with
organic matter (oaseiu), and very readily dis
solved by acids.
1 have only to say this bone flour, if
daily used, will furnish amply the ma
terials so much needed in this locality to
make up the deficiency in our ordinary
food and drink for building up iu our
children a iar liner physical development
than is now the case, especially in the
teeth. Dentos or tooth bone is largely
composed of phosphate and carbonate of
lime. The amount of phosphate in our
ordinary (oo*l is larg ly utilized in
building up and supporting the ner
vous system. Hard teeth have
more carbonate of lime in their composi
tion tUan soft teeth, and are much less
likely to decay. Bearing women and
nurses should use the bone flour; it will
be better for them than all the tonics in
the drug stores to support their nervous
energy. It will go tar iu staying the
downward progress in the degeneration
of our people, and delight the mother to
see her chi id ien heaitby and b appy. A bout
one-halt t :a*-poonlul tor each individual
per day is needed to attain the desired
end. It can be used in milk, bread, and
m various ways to suit the fancy,
E. J’arsons, I>. D. s.
Fatluuu Noiea.
The French twist is again fashionable
in Loudon.
The navy blue blouse suit for littlegirls
is revived for spring wear.
Pink in all shades is the Parisian pas
sion of the passing moment,
Short velvet and broche mantles in dol
man style will be worn in the early spring.
Bridesmaids carry floral fans, or
baskets swung from the left aria by broad
satiu ribbons.
Stripes of all width, will again bo worn
this spring, but not so fashionably as
plaids and checks.
All laces are fashionable, but Valenci
ennes is tbe leading white ar>i chantilly
tne favorite black lace.
Bright-bordered handkerchiefs, tho
color matching that of t he dreae r are much
lavoretl tor every day U9e.
Etamine is the leading spring novelty
fabric. It is a canvas-woven wool, and
comes either coarse or fine.
Gloves of wnite undressed kid, reaching
above the elbow, are the costly favorites
tor evening wear at present at Paris.
A ball dress of oinnamon-eolored tulle
has a panel of satin of the saoae color on
one side, on which birds with real feathers
are woven.
Pearls, with an invisible setting, are
used for Ladies’ collar studs. The pearls
are whole, and the gold back of the stud
is drilled into it.
The prettiest slips for little children are
ci fine white nainsook, with rutiles of Ma
deira work. The smalle9tof tucks makes
the yokes and finishes tne sleeves.
Yery broad dog collars ot Rhine stones
fastened to fine gold chains are worn
with low cut evening corsages, and
string pearls are selected for bridal use.
Fancy tea aprons of muslin and lace
and of Turkish towels embroidered in
tinsel and colors are affected by fashiona
ble hostesses at 5 o’clock teas or for after
noons at home.
MME. CLOVIS-11 FOLKS’ SECOND
HONEYMOON.
Disgustipg Stories of the Ited-Handed
French.
M. and Mme. Clovis-Hugues. says a
Paris letter, have gone to Marseilles to
celebrate what tbe adoring husband calls
his second honeymoon. He welcomed his
wife on her release after her trial in true
fe9tal fashion. Her homo was ablaze
with lights, and her bust, placed in the
centre of a table iu tbe drawing-room,,
was surrounded with a mas3 of roses and
white lilacs. There were plenty of flow
ers at hand to adorn the whole suit ol
rooms had M. Hugues t-een so disposed,
bouquets having bem sent by scores to
the dwelling iu the lute St. Louis en I’Ue
ever since the result of the trial has been
made known. A cutions detail of that
trial was noted by Jules Claretie. It was
the total impassiveness of Morin’s father,
who, resting his chin on his. right hand,
contemplated curiously but not angrily
the slayer of his son. "His face, parched
and tanned by the son of Auvergne, be
trayed not the slightest emotion. The
oid man, with unkempt hair, and wearing
a shabby blue blouse, had nothing in his
aspeet to distinguish him from any ordi
nary spectator. He was recently ‘ inter
viewed” by a reporter from the Moniteur
Universe /, ar.d expressed himself as feel
ing less indignation against Mme. Hugues
than against Mme. Corbion, the con
cierge who told the story of Morin’s at
tempt to induce her to give evidence
against the unhappy lady. A singular
tact, and one to be noted as giving proof oi
how littie the peasantry of France know
concerning what is going on in tho outer
world, is the ignorance of tho elder
Morin respecting the shooting of his son
till alter that personage had died of his
wounds.
MRS. DUDLHY.
Her Failure as a Sculptor’s Model—jer
forts to Murry an Old Surgeon. * ,||
London, Feb. s.—The money aliow&nca
of the clergyman with whom Mrs. Dudley
lived ceased upon the death of her child,
when the woman, though poor, spent £SO
for an elaborate dbmbstone to decorate its
grave. Her grief then was so great that it
was feared she would commit suicide
This was the only child the woman had.*
After its death she endeavored to earn a
living as a sculptor’s model, but the effort
was a failure, and the disappointment
that followed in her attempt to procure
emplovment resulted in frequent attempts
at self-destruction. She then wore spec
tacles in order to conceal a defect in one
of her eyes.
At one time she was known at Hastings
as notorious for furious riding and hunt
ing and had almost succeeded in marry
ing an old surgeon having grown up
daughters. Mrs. Dudley bitterly de
nounced those who prevented the match
and lelt the place heavily in debt. She
promised to settle the ’account of her
landlady from the proceeds of a life insur
ance policy which she had takon out for
the benefit Of her child, but the premiums
on which she failed to pay. She suffered
from lung and heart affections, and her
friends assisted her to go to Amerioa in
the hope that she would be able to earn
her living there.
Yseult as a I’rophetesg.
The bag of the postman who delivers
the mail at the Tombs, says the New York
Herald of Feb. 6, fairly bulged vesterday
with letters fof Mrs. Yseult Dudley.
Some of these letters were written by
way ol encouragement; others were in a
condemnatory tone, and others, again,
were from cranks, and served no obvious
purpose 6ave to give vent to the more or
less incoherent emanations of the writers’
brains.
A reporter who called upon the prisoner
yesterday found her as determined as ever
in her reticence as to her past life. She
became restless and irritable the moment
the topic was touched upon. On all mat
ters appertaining to Rosea and the shoot
ing she talked with readiness and flu
ency. Asked as to whether she felt nerv
ous at the time she shot Rossa, she re
plied: “No; I was not iu the least nerv
ous—not in the least. My hand did not
tremble in the least, I assure you. But
wasn’t the crowd in the street frightened!
After the first shot they ran like so many
sheep. I never saw such a lot of scared
beggers in my life.”
“Upon what ground do you base your
statement that unless Itossa stops his
dynamite subscription crusade he will be
a dead man within three months?”
“I base that statement partly on the
fact that my action in shooting Rossa will
stir up excitable people, who will be
seized with an impulse to do the same
thing, and partly on other circumstances
which I am not prepared to set forth.”
A DYNAMITE PLOT SPOILED.
Some Young Englishmen Who Had Ar
ranged to Blow Up Kossa’s Office.
Washington, Feb. s.—About two
weeks ago a young Englishman who re
sides in New Y’ork visited this city.
When the news came of the explosion in
London he was greatly excited and de
clared mysteriously that the “boys” must
act promptly, and frequently expressed
hi 9 impatience by wondering what those
same “boys” were about. When ques
tioned in regard to his meaning he would
laugh and say that the newspapers would
within a short time have news almost as
sensational as the London explosions.
The young gentleman is yet in the city.
Being again questioned to-day touching
the promised sensation, he replied that it
was spoiled by the action ot the female
crank, Mrs. Dudley.
“It was all arranged.” he continued,
“that at about this time the office of
O’Donovan Rossa should be blown up,
but the shooting by Mrs. Dudley has ruin
ed the plan,and now' it will all have to be
gene over again or abandoned entirely.
The plot was arranged in London among
a number of young Englishmen, members
of a well-known benevolent organization-
It was determined that, as Rossa a.id his
fellow-conspirators appeared to he above
American law, they should he given a
dose of their ow n medicine. They enter
ed into correspondence with personal
and society friends in America. Every
detail was arranged. The person who
was to deposit the bomb was selected,
had accepted the dangerous task, and had
secured a dralt ot the office and ap
proaches. The (late was fixed for Moo
day, Feb. 2.
“By an extraordinary coincidence tho
woman Dudley shot Rossa on the very
day of the evening when his office would,
except for the shooting, have been blown
to fragments?”
“Was it the intention to kill Rossa?”
“Not unless it- became necessary. The
plan was to blow up the office, if possible,
when no one was m it, for moral effect.
It was arranged, however, that if the per
son who deposited the bomb should t>e
discovered and assaulted or captured as
sistants were to be at hand who would
shoot and shoot to kill if brought to bay?”
A.uriton s*airo l ! iituvr patio.
CLOSING OUT t>.vLE OF Ui.MJIXi GOLD
JEWELRY, FINE GOLD AND SILVER
WATCHES, DIAMONDS, SILVER
WARE, ETC.
G. 11. DOKSKTT, Auctioneer.
Commencing on MONDAY EVENING, Feb.
2, at 7:30 o’clock, and continuing each night
unti: sold out, will he sold at the store of A.
W. MEYER, 120 Bfoaghton street, the entire
stock in said st..re, consisting in part of Ele
gant Diamond Rings, Earrings and Breast
pins. Ladies’ and Gents’ Fine Gobi and Bilver
Watches, Heavy Gold Rings, Neck Chains,
Sleeve Buttons, Scarf Pins, Opera G asses.
Bronze and Gilt Clocks, Quadruple-plated
Butters, Sugars, Creams, Fruit Baskets, Card
Receivers, Kpergr.es, l’iekles. Gold-headed
Canes, Bracelets, Iron Safe, Show Cases, etc.
No better opportunity than this will ever
-occur to secure bargains.
Uroyooalo |UatttrD.
PROPOSAL^
For Supplying County JaiL
Office Commissioners Ciiatiiam County,!
Savannah, Feb. 7, 1385. j
I N compliance with the law, sealed proposals
will bo received at this oUce until 2 o’clock
p. m. WEDNESDAY. Feb. 18, for supplying
the County Jail with the following povislons
and supplies for one year from March 1 proxi
mo. The right is reserved to reject any or all
bids;
PIIOVISICSS.
Fresh beef; dry salted bacon; bread, soft ia
12ounce loaves; rice middlings; coffee, green;
syrup, Black strap; salt, Liverpool; vegeta
bles. 10 blanches per week; potatoes in bar
rels.
SCPPUES.
Soap, common; lime, in barrels; kerosene,
in barrels; coal, hard grate, per ton; wood,
pine and oak.
The above articles to be delivered at the jail
at such times and in sach quantities as may be
required.
Envelopes to be soaled and marked, “Pro
posal for for L hatham County Jail.”
By order of Commissioners Chatham conntv.
JNO.R. DILLON,
Clerk.
Dalrnlittco.
YALEIfIUSI
PIANOS, JOB PRINTING.
ORGANS, STATIONERY.
ARTISTS’ MATERIAL.
INITIAL SEAL ami WAX..
POCKETBOOKS.
CARO CASES.
BIRTHDAY CARDS.
VISITING CARDS.
GOLD PENS ami PENCILS,
DAVIS BROS,
Art Dealers, Booksellers, Stationers
Printers, ami D-alersin Pianos
and Organs,
42 AND 44 BULL STREET.
glut Sung,
For the Young Men
\ I R. C. C.SIIEPPERSON, representing the
• Tailoring Establishment of Mb. G. J.
PE ACOCK, Columbus, Ga., it in the oity,
stopping at the Harnett House, and will can
vass tho city for the next week. Our stook of
Cloths and Suitings for this sprieg is larger
and more varied than ever and our facilities
better. Give us your order* and we will
please yon.
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