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OFFICE OF THE MORNING NEWS,)
Savannah, Ga., Sept. 28, 4 p.m. f
Corrox—The market was dull and easy,
nn 4er the eontinued heavy receipts at the
nort. and although there were aivices of a con
yjjrible diacrepancy in the stock at Liverpool,
better graies were again re iuced. The total
jjlgs for the day Were 3,242 bales. On
•Change at the opening call, at 10 a. m., the
market was reported easy and unchanged, with
Jjjea of 912 bales. At the second call, at 1 p.
... it vras very dull at a decline of %e in
-rales of middling fair and good middling, the
!es being 916 bales. At the third and last
'i a t 4 p m., it closed dull and unchanged,
th further -ales of 1,414 bales. The following
are the official closing spot quotations of the
Cotton Exchange;
Middling fair 10)4
Good middling * 10)4
Midlling 5 °
Low middling. rig
Comparative Cotton Statement.
Receipts, Exports and Stock on Hand Sept. 28, ISB9, and
for the Same Time Last Year.
1880-70. I 1888-89.
lJtMd.\VP land \ 7,fa?d> pta " and
Stock on hand Sept. 1 fi69| 8,648i t>o|
Received to-day., 156 7,o4tii 2-15 5>59
Received iireviously 73] 121,704 j 164 1 01,180;
Total HO* 1 io,9osj r/jl 101.21 li
Exported to day ...• 4.1591 50 7.494
Exported previously 88.3,9 110? 54,< 01
| Total 294 M.MBI WpJ 61,555
Slock on hand and on ship j 1 „„ j . „
1 board to day. GOli 484C01 30.
Rice—The market was quiet but very steady
at quotations. The sales for the day were only
48 barrels. At the Board of Trade the market
was reported steady with a good dent tnd.
The following are the official quotations.
Small job lots are held at %@J4c higher; a
Fair Wt'fo—^
Good 4)J®4%
Prime 4*4®—
Rough—
Comtry lots g go® 70
Tidewater 1 00® 1 25
Naval Stores—The market for spirits tur
pentine was very firm and held higher. The
sales during the day were 301 casks, of whi h
*9 i wire regulars at. 44)4c, ar.d 181 casks at 4 ljy 4 e
1 r regulars. At th ■ Board of Trade oa tne
opening call the market was r ported firm at
4 iqc for regulars. At the second call it closed
lir.n at 45c bid for regulars. Ro.sin-T.ie market
continues quiet and firm. There was a fair in
quiry wit b a g x>d business doing, considering
tne offering stock. Thesdes for the day were
about 2,100 barrels. At the Board of Trade on
the first call the market was reported
firm, with Rales of 712 barrels at the
following quotations: A, B, O and D 85e, E
9.>)Bc, F 97%0, G Si 02%, H 51 12)4, I $1 45, 1C
8i oil, M $1 63, N 51 87%, window glass $2 20,
water white 52 25. At tne last call itclosed un
changed, with further sales of 607 barrels.
NAVAL STORES STATEMENT.
„ , Spinhi. Rnrin.
Stock on hand April 1 1,947 73,092
Received to-day 856 2.053
Reoeivcd previously 124,619 314,201
Total . ; 129,488 389.813
Exported to day ” jT[ SJJ
Exported previously 111,109 333,961
Total... 114.580 331,178
Stock on hand and on shipboard ' ~
_to day 13,952 55.168
Receipts same day last year 172 1,312
MARfCEid BY TELEGRAPH.
financial.
Ntw Yon;, Sep;. 28, noon.—Stoera quiet
and steady. Moue eis, at 4®4% per cent.
Excaauge—lvtr, -4 83)14; shorn, 4-4 SB. Gov
eminent bonds neglected. Statj bonds dull
but steady.
Follo wing were the noon stock quotatio is:
I He . . 30 Richm d£W. pt
C ii a-o 7 Not. 1 ?M Terminal 23
Lft<e S.tore 108% Western Un on . 86
Nort ,£ . prof. si,(|
■ :00 p m.—Exchange dull but steady to firm.
Mon y easy at 4®t% per nont. Suo-trea-etry
ba.anc*s—Gold, 5 .-5.87,MU’; currency. -1 / 1 8 -
00. Government bonds dull and barely steady •
four per cents 127%; four and a half per cent.’
coupons 105 op. State bonds neglected
The stock market to- av presented little of
tile excitement of yesterday, and while the feel
lng was reactionary in the early tr dm;, aiate
ritAl and dines from yesterday's flgui’es took
place. Sugar Trust and tchison, of course
monopolized attention, and both were ex
tremely weak under the pressure brou ht to
bear, and Suvar Trust, afler opening up % per
cent, at 90, was forced off to 87. At this ligur *
it met good supp >rt, however, and the decline
stopped. Atchison opened lower, hut on go >d
buy mg afterward recovere 1, as also dll Sugar.
The rest of the list moved within narrow limits.
Jhe bank statement had little or no effect oa
the market, and final prices were generally the
best of the day, the tone of the market being
strong. Manitoba is the only stock showing a
decided cnauge for the day, losing 1 per cent.
Total saleß Kkl’UOU shares. The following were
the closing quotations:
Ala o ass A, 2 to 5.10.% N.O.Pa’flclstmort 90%
Ala. c las jB, 55... 110 N. Y. Central 108 *
Georgia is, mon. m For. AW. prof.. 57%
F.Carolinacourls. 1.6 Nor. Pacific .32
N.Caroduacons 4.96 prof”.” 74%
80. Caro ißrown Pacific 51 il 3;%
consols i 101% Loading
Tennessee 6s 107 Richmond <& Ae 29
_ ' 5s lul Kichin’d W. Pt.
Tennesseese. 35... 73% Terminal 23
Yirginia 6s 48 Roc; Island 102
3a bs eou-oU'ted 38 ft. Paul.... 73%
Northwestern 11;% •• preferred. .1163?
preferred .141 Texas Pacific 2054
Dla. and Lack....! 7% Tenn. Coal & Iron. 12
D 1 " • • 39 Union Pacific 6.>%
Last Tennessee. . lt% J. entrai 120%
.f 106% Missouri Pacific .. 75%
L ville ,£ Nash— 78% Western Union... 86
Memphb 40 iar. 02* Cotton Idi certifl. 49%
Mobile v. Ohio ... 14 Brunswick 24%
Nash.* Chatt’a.. 98
*Asked.
New York Sept. 28.-The exports of specie
at the port of New York during the last week
amotintod to 5461,702, of which 811,609 was in
gold and 8-1,,0.102 in silver. All the gold went
M South Ameri a and 8 41,352 in silver went
to Europe, and $3, 50 in silve went to South
America. The imports of specie for the week
wasin
The weekly statement of the associated banks
usued by the clearing house to-day, shows the
following changes:
Reserve decrease;! $1,043,650
Loans decreased 290 600
Specie decreased * isn’4oo
Legal tenders decreased 8 o’tcO
Deposits decreased. 2 844 ° a
Circulation increased ’ n’-jpo
Banks now hold $935,759 in excess of the 25
Per cent. rule.
cotton.
Liverpool. Sept. 28. noon.—Cotton The
business done was not sufficient to test the
market; American middling 6 11-16d; sales
2,*>iiO oa s. for speculation and export 300- r,.
ceipts 13,000 bales—American 7,200.
■ nturea A encan mdlling o middhng
Slause, September delivery 6 47-6ld; Sept n-
Mr and October delivery 5 60-61®5 61-64d- Oc
tober and November delivery 5 4-4d; m’c'n
her and January delivery 5 41-64® > 42-64d-
January and February delivery 5 42-64d; Febru
ary and March delivery 5 42-Old: April and May
delivery 5 44-64d. Market quiet and steady.
A recount of the stock of ootton here shows a
decrease of 30,000 bal s of American, 23 00 (
bales Egyptian and 10,000 other kinds.
l:0u p. m—Sales of the day included 900
bales of merican.
American middling 0 11-lOd.
1 utures— American middling, low middling
Ilause, September delivery 0 46-04d. value-
September and October delivery 5 62-64d, sellers ■
Octoiier and -oveu-btr 549-64d, sellers; xove u
ler and :'ecembcr 541-'4il. sell rs; Dec-inberand
• Anuary 5 43*04d, sellers; ia-iuarv and Febru iry
delivery 5 42- 4d, buyers; February and March
delivery 43-i4d. sellers; Marcu ail April de
-63-':4d, sell rs; April and May delivery
5 44-64d, buyers. Futures closed firm.
„ Vork. Sept. 28, noon—Cotton dull
and easier; middling 11 lands 11 %c; m.ddbng
Cr-eans 1 6<c; ales 10-dnv 177 bales.
. **?*-Themarket opened and closed quiet
ami steady, with sales as follows: September
opened at c and closed at c; October
opened at 10 40c and closed at 10 3ic: Novem
ber opened at 1 He and closed at 10 03c; De
cember opened at 10 0.3 c and closed at 10 04c;
January opened at 10 07c and closed at 10 06c;
.t ,£ u , a , ry “Ohvery opened at 10 12c and closed
at 10 12c.
, 5:00p m—Cotton dull and easier; sales to
day !7, bales; middling npi-ends ll%c; middling
Orleans ll%c; net receipts none, gro6* 7,964
bales.
1 uturea—Market closed quiet and steady,with
sales of 31,MX) bales, as follows: September de
livery —e, October del very 10 39c, No
vember delivery 1009151010 c,. lecsrtiberd livery
10 W®lo 05c. January delivery 10 06®10 07c,
February delivery 10 ;2®lo 13c, ' arch mil very
10 18® lj 19c. A1 ril delivery 10 2"*®lo 26c. May
delivery 10.11 91037 c, June deUvery 10 37®
1038 c. July 10 43®10 45c.
Galveston, Sept. 28.—Cotton easy; mid
dling 10%c; net receipts 5,40 l bales, gross
5,401; sa,<- 2,283 bales; stocic 39,406ba1e5; ei
rerts, to Great Britain 5,003 bales, ooastwise
i 28 bales.
Norfolk, Sept. 28.—Cotton steady; middling
JOfgC; ne, r c ip - 2.085 bales, gro 2,085; sales
959 bales; stock 4,290 bales; exports, coastwise
1,873 bat's.
Baltimore, Sept. 28— Cotton quiet; mid
dling lie; net receipts bales, gross 271;
'ai e none; stock 1,563 bales; exports, to Great
Britain 2,552 bales.
Boston. Sept. 28—Cotton quiet: middling
llt|®l!%c; net receipts none, gross— bil-e;
sales none: stoca none; export , to Great Bri
tain 6.50* bales.
•v iLuKor n. Sept. 28.—C'otto i steady; mid
dling 10 7-lOc; no recoip s 1,469 bales, gro>s
1.489; salts none; slock 6,925 bales; exports,
coastwise 1,09i bales.
bums >*„ a:A, Sept. 28—' oiton quiet; mid
dling ll%c; u ■ . L-ceurt.- 50 bales, *rosa 50;
sales noue; tock 3, 38 bales.
Nitw irlbans. Sept. 28 -*'otton easy; mid
dling lOJkc; net r.-c-ipts 9,757ba1e5, gross 11,718;
sales 500 l aies; stock 61,701 bales; exports,
to Great Britain 4,735 bales, coastwise 1,154, to
France 5, iSO, to the comment 6,.i2j.
Futures closed quiet but steady; sales 13,309
bales; .-e ic no. delivery c, October de
livery 9 86c. November 9 OSc. December 9 66c,
January 9 ,oc, February 9 77c, Marcu 9 82c, April
9 88a, May 11 ,4c, June 10 00c.
-Howls, Sept. 28. ot.on weak; initdlin:
10 5-16.; 11 lect-iois 3,743 bales, gross 3,743;
•-9t.es 6 0 bal s; stock 5,463 bales; exports,
coastwise 2,537 bales.
u -4aphis. Sept. cß—Cotton easy; -d'dling
10%c; recrip.s 791 bal s shipments 334 bales;
'Hi..:, 650 bales: soil-.. 3,643 baies.
a . srA, Sept. ,8 ovum steady; niidlli-g
19 1-16.-; roe 11 its 1,529 bales: i.pinents 826
bales; alias 1,643 bales stock 3,833 baas
cuaulesto . Sept. 23. couou steady; miil
iling 0 8-16® 10% •• m lecoip.s 3,574 bales.
,ti„ 3,574; 2,590 bales: stoe 30,625 baes;
exports, to Great Brita n 4,b71 bales, coastwise
1,242.
ATLANrA. Sept. 28. Cottou very dull; mid
dling 10c; receipts 125 b iles.
Asw 1 or a, oept. 2S—o isolidate 1 •>“* rectipts
at all cotton fiorts to-day were 37,005 1 ales;
oxp u-ts, 10 reat twit „u 17,810 baies, to the
continent 10,685, to France 5,450 bales; siooa
an Amer.can orts 245,4 5 oiies.
The total visible supply of cotton for the
world is 1,080,938 bales, of which 719,938 hales
are American, again it 831,872 and 568,572
bales, respectively, last year. Receipts at all
interior towns for tue week 96,014 bales. Re
ceipts from plantations 205,066 bales. .
provisions, groceries etc.
Liverpool, bept. 2S noon. —Yvheat quiet;
demand fallen off; holders offer moderately;
California No. 1, 7s Sd@7s 4d; red western
spring, 7s %d®7s l%d; red western winter,
6s 9d(i6s lOd. Corn quiet; demand poor.
.New York, Sept. 28, noon.—Flour quiet and
unchanged. Wi.eat active and tlrir. om quiet
and eisier. Pork quiet and steady at sl2 2m®
12 55. Lard dull out firm at $6 60. Freights
firm.
5:00 p. m—Flour, Bouthern closed dull.
Wheat moderately active on 1 heavy; mi, 2 red
B'i%®BjC iu elevator; options fairly active, %@
%c 10-er but steady: No. 2 red, Sa. t-e.nb r
and October delivery 86c. December delivery
884,0. Cora fairly active but weaker; No. 2,
40c in elevator; options dull and irregular,
closed steady—September delivery iO%c, Octo
ber delivery 40 4*!< December deliv ry <1 >p,o.
Oats firm but quiet; <> -rioiu firmer but quiet—
September delivery 20 j,c, clay delivery 2.%c,
Hip close 1 qu(;t and easy. C>{tm; —opti ,u
closed bar ly 1 toady, with higher cables—So •-
ti-inber delivery 15 00@15 75c; spot Rio firm,
fair cargoes 19%c. Suyar. raw steady and in
fair demand; fair refining 5%c; ce itrifugals, 96°
I ‘-it. iv,';; refined s.ei iy and quiot. Jloiasses—
Foreigu nominal; New Oil ana open kettle,
good to fancy, dull. Petrele mi ..leafiy and
quiet. Cotton seed oil qii.et. Wool qinet. Pont
qui t and steady. Beef closed inactive and
quiet; extra mess $ > 25®6 50. Beef hams
weas. Tisrced beef dull. Cut meats s*nin .
Middles strong. Lard easier and quiet: western
stea ti $ l GO, city ‘6 29. Freights stronger; cot
ton 5 1 and bid, grain Ajil.
Chicago, Sopt. 28. !'h) volume of busina s
transuded iu wlio.it to-dav was lar;er tuuu
usual for the closing day of tile week, though
smaller than yesterday and the day before,
fluctuations were vs- ten a narrower ii:ni , and
after *4sshie lower opening, the market weak
ened a litte more, and averaged most of the
se sion fractionally under yesterday’s ruling
figures. Part, of tbe gossip received was that
Ifuluth parties were buying when her-, and
that a.prominent local operator was willing to
help the crowd break the in met if he could no
s > without selling any wnoat. Foreign houses
were said to fie "on tne fence” to-day, A gen
eral nreak of ligplc was expected by uoth buds
and bears here on depressing outside influences.
The selling pressure, however, was not
especially heavy uut.l late in the session, when
realizing b■■ longs became till In larg t an 1
general, and December wueat broke to Hi*oc,
May being carried down to SJfcJc. Final e osing
figures showed a net decline of Hg&.,c. Corn
was moderately a live at times, witn a feeling
developed somewhat easier. The market open and
at aoout yesterday's closing prices, was steady
for a time, then sold off ; -t,i■, ruled quiet and
steady, closing witn near months yge lower and
May at the same as yesterday. A moderate
volume of trade was witnessed in oats. Prices
advanced Vs@vc. day wr.s sold ireely, and
prices remamed steoily. Trading in p irk was
ratner light and the feeling easier. D-ferred
deliveries rather weakened, and pries declined
15(!,2t)c, closing tame. A light trade was re
ported in iard. Prices were c lower, the
market closing quiet. Trading w.s only fair ii
short ribs, and the feeling easier. Prices de
cli ied 5j . sc, and tne ma’-ket closed steady.
TSasu quotations were as follows: Flour
firm. W rat—lso. 2 spring SOVqSJhO/Ac; No. 2
red Bl'-4(3ißo)ic. Corn—No. 2, 31} jc. Oats—No.
2,l9)isc. ess pork at sll. Lari at JG 12 \ <t>
tj 15. Short iibs sides, loose, $5. Shoulders
quiet. Whisky at $1 02.
Leading .uini'ea ranged as fellows:
Opening. jiiguesi. Closing.
No. 2 Wins at—
Oct. delivery.. 8114 S!?4 80K
May delivery... tSs>g boyg B!j|
Corn, so. 2
Oct. deliviry... 31Sj SIVJ
May delivery... Sdyj 33><j 3i%
uats. No. 2
Oct. delivery... 19'4 1914
May delivery.. 22 ....
■i ess oas.—
Nov. delivery.. $9 65 J 9 70 f9 57'4
Jan. dalivry.. 935 940 9 37)4
ARD. Per l.iOlbs
Oct. delivery .J 6 01 *4 ?6 0:1.4 $6 024
Nov. tiehvery.. 595 5 v 5 595
hokt :it is. Per 100 lb 3
Oct. delivery.. $4 95 Sf 4 90
Jan. delivery.. 4 7214 470
St. Lotus, Sept. 23.—Flour closed unchanged.
Wurat lower anil unsettled ail day, and, with
bearish adv.ces, tne close was lc below yester
day; No. 2 red, cash 81}4c: December delivery
80/jc aske I. Corn lower; Ni . 2 mixed, cash
29%c, December and livery 2S-ro asked. < >ats
weak; .-u. , cash 18c: May denvery 2211 c
Provisions closed du 1 and w. ak, with very light
trading.
Louisville,Sept.2B.—Grain unchanged. Wheat
—No. 2 red, 74c. Corn—No. 2mixeu:svjc. Oats—
No. 2, 2iJ4 ( *. Provisions; Hoc in—clear rib go 84;
clear sides $6 75. Bulk meats—clear ribs $5 50;
cured shoulders 85. Mes3 porn 13. Sugar -
cureand hams sll
go ,5.
Cincinnati. Sept. 28.—Flour firm. Wheat
steady; No. 2 red, 82c. Corn nr . er; fo. .
mixed 37c. Oats firm; No. 2 mixed 22>jc. Pork
steady. Lard steady. Bulk meats closed steady.
Bacon steady. Whisky firm at gl 02. Hogs
strong; common and light „-2 25gfr 75; packing
and butohers’ $4 c 5.8,4 50.
New Orleans, Se|Jt. 28.—Coffee closed un
changed; Bio cargoes, common to prime, llitj
(5, Olgc. Sugar unchanged; centrifugals, off
plantation granulated 7 5-Pic; oil to prime yel
low clarified 844 c. alolass-s uucuanged;centri
fugals, good common to good fa r 14 a lvc.
Baltimore, Sept. 28.—r tour steady to firm
and fairly active. Wheat—Southern steauy;
Fultz 75(gJ0z, Longberry 80 q,900,as to quality;
Western steady; No. 2 winter iej, on spot
and September delivery 81'4c. 1 ru—Soutnern
steady; wnite and yellow 70u>l2c; Western
steady.
NAVAL STORES.
Liverpool, Sept. 23.—Spirits turpentine 34s
9d.
New Tore. Sept. 28. Spirits turpentine
quiet and steady at 47*4<&47jic. Rosin firm at
81 02i4®l 05.
jrOJ p. in.—Rosin dull for common to good
strained. Turpentine quiet but steady.
Charleston, Se.-t, vW.— Turpentine firm at
4lc. Rosin steady: good strati id 9jc.
Wilmington, Sept. 28.—Spirits turpentine
firm at 45c. Rosin firm; strained 75c, good
strained 80c. Tar firm at $1 75. Crude turpeu
tine firm; hard $1 20, yellow dip and virgin
82 25.
RICE.
New Tori, Sept. 28 —Rice quiet but steady.
NewOrleans, Sept. 28.—Rice uuenanged.
rXTtoLVXX.
New Tore. Sept. 28. -The petro’eum market j
opened stea iy at 93>jc, a.id moved up to j
on light trading; closed urm at j.c.
THE MORNING NEWS: SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 29, 1889.
SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE.
Bcs Rises 6:06
Stn Sets 5:54
HiohWates at Savannah.. .11:16 A Mr-11:28 p m
Sunday. Sept 28, 1888.
ARRIVED YESTERDAY.
Steamer Ethel, CarrolL Cohen's Bluff and
way landings—w T Gibson. Manager.
Steamer David Clark. Bailey, Femandina—
C W Williams, Agt.
CLEARED YESTERDAY.
Steamship City of Savannah, Smith, New
York—C G Anderson.
Steamship Starlight (Br), Hindle, Genoa—
A Minis & Sons.
Schrs Chas S Davis, Selover, Wilmington, Del
—Jos A Roberts & Cos.
Schr Robert H Parker, Steelman, New York-
Master.
SAILED YESTERDAY.
Steamship Dessoug. Pniladelphia.
Steamship City of Savannah. New York,
Steamship Hampshire ißri, Bremen.
Schr Caas S Davis, Wilmington, Dal.
MEMORANDA.
New York. Sept 23- Cleared, steamship Venice
(Br), Bolt, Savannah; schr E V Glover, Inger
soll, Jacksonville; Amelia P Schmidt, McClain,
St Augustine; B I Hazard, Hewitt, Georgetown.
Charters, steamships Gleudower (Br), cotton.
Savannah to Liverpool %and, Antwerp or Amster
dam 25-64d; Inchgarvie, Drumberlie, and Atha
basca (Br). cotton, Savannah to Liverpool %a nd;
Capulet (Br). cotton, Savaunah to Liverpool Sd,
Continent 25 64d; Guy Colin (Br), cotton. Wil
mington to Liverpool or Bremen, 50s; Wm C
Mitchell (Br). cotton, Charleston to Liverpool or
Bremensls 6d, Havre 52s 6d; two steamers(Bri,
about 1,400 tons, cotton. Savannah to Liverpool
%1, Continent 25-6 Id.
Genoa, Sept 22—Arrived, barks Ida (Ital), Gaz
zola, dtali, Pensacola; Imreto (Ital), Antova, do.
Swansea, Sept 25—Sailed, steamship Ross
shire (Br), Howatt, Tybee.
Barbados. Sept 12—Sailed, bark Salacia (Br),
Compling. Pensacola.
Apalachicola, Sept 26—Arrived, brig Belle of
the Bay, Behrmaun. Galvesmu.
Cleared, schr Clara Uoodman, Wyman,
Boston.
Bruuswick, Sept 26—Arrived, stmr Dover (Br),
Haven.
Sai ed. barns Elverho (Nor), Rcinertsen, Ham
burg; Lennater (Rus), Cajander, Amsterdam.
Georgetown, S C, Sept 26—Arrived, schr Wac
camaw, Squires, New York; Jamesß Anuersou,
Beaufort.
Sailed, schr Hattie McG Buck, Putnam, St
Pierre, Mart.
Norfolk, Va, Sept 23—Arrived, stmrs Pocasset
(Br', Jenkins, tavannah for Liverpool (coaled
and cleared).
Sailed, schr Maud II Dudley. Coosaw.
_ Ne wport News,Va, Sept 25 - Sailed, steamship
FoscuUa (Br), Coosaw for London.
Pensacola, Sept 26 Arrived, b irks Proipero
(Hal). Buenos Ayres; VeloCifero (Ital), Guereilo,
do; Ducadi Galliera (Itil). Maglio, do; Vike..-
gen, (Nor), Hamiestai, do.
CLared, stmr Wandlo Br), Liverpool; schr
Jennie Lockwood, Poland. Washington.
Port Royal, S C, Sept 26—Arrived, brig Robt
Dition, Leighton. New York; schr Fannie E
VVoolston, Marr, Norfolk.
Now York. Sept 23—arrived, steamship Bohe
mia, Hamburg.
MARITIME MISCELLANY.
A branch of the United States Hydrographic
office lias o jin established ia the C istoin House
atSivaanih. Nodes to iniriners. pilot caarts,
and all nautical inform vtioa will be furnished
masters of vossois free of charge. Captains are
requested to cal: at the office.
John S. Watters.
Ensign U S N, in charge, pro tern.
Norfolk, Sept 20—Steamer Peconic (Br), after
leaving t ils port yesterday for E irope, sustain
ed damage to her machinery and had to put
bic (. To-day a survey was held and h r piston
Tints were found broken and she was ordered
to repair damage.
NOTICE TO MARINERS.
SEACOASr LIGHT ON HUNTING I3LAND.
Notice is hereby given that on or about Oct 1 ,
1883. the second order light on Hunting Island,
seacoast of South Carolina, which was disc ill
tinued in February last, will lx* re-established
at a point 1% nautical miles S W%S of its former
position. Trie light will, as heretofore, show a
white flash every 30 sectnds, aud will illuminate
the entire horizon. Its food plane is 136 feet
abo'o the sea level, and tne light should be seen
in ds; weather, from the deck of a vessel 15
feel above tue sea, 1794 nautical miles. Its ap
proximate geographical position, as taken from
the ctarts of tne US Coast ami Geodetic Sur
vey, ii as folio is: La; 32 22 31 N, lon 80 24 14 W.
On y about 45 feet of the lighthouse can bo seen
above the tops of t le surroun ilug trees, and
this part is painted black.
Also Mult on the same date the beacon tempo
rarily established to mark the north point of
Burning island dart g the removal of the light
house will be discontinued.
By order ot the Liguthouso Board.
RECEIPTS.
Per steamer David Clark, from Fernandina—
-115 o iles cotnon, 8 bbls soirits turpentine, 1 box
turtlei. ?'.) obis rosin, 1,1158 sacks rice, 2 p
1 bale hides, t* c.>uplinsfs, l box oil, 1 box
crackers, 1 lot h h j?oods, 5 bbls bottles, 2 cans,
1 box pls3, 2 bbls twine, 1 case mdse.
Per Charleston anl Savannah Rad way. Sept
23—303 bal as co:ton, 3 bills spirits turpentine, 6
ra3es hats, 2 lots h h proods. 00 pkgstobauco, 25
and. >7. brootns, 3 cases cigarettes, 2 cars lumber, 2
boxes ex c mattresses, 1 case ba?s, 1 bbi Hour,
i case s tobacco, 2 cars wood, 203 sacks r rice, 2
b-dls pails, 1 tool caest
Per Savannah, FI ridaand Western Railway
Sept; 158—1,712 biles cotton, 934 bbls rosin, 584
bbls spirits turpentine, 32 cars lumber. 2 cars
cattle, 4 cars wood, 3 lots h h goods. 33 bbls e
bottles. 1 car brick, 77 bbls rice. 10 bales hides, 7
boxes oranges, 21 pkga mdse, 3 sacks pears, 100
bales bas:>chus
- Central Railroad, Sept 28—5.691 bales cot
ton, 41 bales yarn, 01 bbls *pint3 turpentine, U 6
bbls rosin, 32 bales domestics, 25 boxes tobacco,
3 bales hides. 4,750 lbs bacon, 12 bids whisky. 200
bales hay, 7 bbls Apples, 2 bbls syrup. 20,140 lbs
bran, Jl hf bbls whisk , 47 pk/x furniture. 1 car
malt, 32 cars lumber. 12 casks clay, 1 car bbl ma
tirial,7 biles twine, 2 - cases liquor, 1 pkg plows,
15 pkgs vegetables, 15 bales paper stock. 13 bdU
vault mar’i, 135 pk>rs mdse, 3 cars cotton seed, 3
empty bbls, 2 cars stone, 4 cars brick, 50 kegs w
lead. 10 cases liar Iware. 2 bales plaids, l horse, 2
cases starcu, i22 tons pig iron.
EXPORTS.
Per steamship City of Savannah, for New
Yor< 1,9< 6 bales upland cotton, 43 bates yarn,
25 bale* sea island cotton, 516 bbls rosin. 50 bbis
pitch, 67 bbU rice, 100 bbls spirits turpentine, 30
bbl* r oil, l*> ,456 feet lumber, 384 pkgs fruit, !50
bhD cotton seed ril. 3X) pkfG mdse, 14 turtles,
39 bbls syruD. 54 tons pig iron.
Per steamship Dessoug, for Philadelphia—
-413 bales cotton. 139 bales yarn, 187 bbls i ice, 583
hols rosin. 309 bbls spirits turpentine, 93 bags
chaff. 110,000 feet lumber, 92 casus clay, 714 car
wheels, 88 bales paper stock, 54 tous pig iron, 39
bales wool, 806 empty kegs, 126 pkgs mdse, 110
crates fruit. 2 cars old rails.
Per steamsbip Starlight (Br), for Genoa—
-4.159 bales upland cotton, weighing 2,058,807
pounds—S r-iuss &. Cos.
Per schr Cnas 3 Davis, for Wilmington, Del—
-414.714 feet p p iu enter—Dale, Dixon A Cos.
Per schr Robt H Parker, for New York—3so,-
130 feet p p lumber—American Lumber Cos.
PASSENGERS.
Per steamship City of Savannah, for New
York—H B Weed and wife, C E Dekle. Miss J C
Duff, W (4 I‘Vrria. F Burbrklge, W E Spangler,
W R Bristol, 1 colored. 4 steerage.
Longevity of Artiste.
An incessant devotion to the arts and
sciences is often supposed to be u.ifavor
aolo both 11 health und longlife. I have
prepared the followin r life of einiuent
musicians, painters and sculptors, which
will show how unfounded the supposi
tim is:
EMINENT MUSICIANS.
Tallis 80, Bird 80, Child 90, Wilson 79,
Turner 88, Holder 82, Creighton and Bur
leigh 90, Pepusch 85, Handel 75, Arne 74,
Stanley 70, Boyceß9, H irringtoii 89, Burney
88, Rand ill 8 ), Pas ueiio 81, Caitrucci 80,
Tartoni 78, Gughelmi 70, Geminianae 82,
Hays 80, Cerveito 104, Diadon 91, and
Hartma 107.
ages of celebrated sculptors.
Michael Angelo 90, Bernini 82, Donatello
83, Priget 73, Tubi 70, G. de Pologna 84,
Ghibert.il 83, Bardinelli 72, Sarazin 70, Sc.
Guilliard 77, Gridoc 85, Coyswox 80, Le
Fantre Vancleve 87, M. Anguin 85, F.
Amrwir 7fj, Cocto i 75, Le Movne 74, Adan
77, Rhysbrack 75, Reymaulin 79, and Will
iams >n 83,
Among these names will be found some
of the most laborious and remarkable of
those who have devoted their lives to their
respective arts.
Bertie— ls it true, pa. that conscience makes
cowards of us all?
Fa—i bebeve it is so stated, Bertie
Bertie -Pa, you oint much of a coward, are
you?
Pa—Why. no, of course not—why, ye*. I am.
too. Don’t a it me anv more such foolish ques
tions, you uul boy— judjt.
A CHAPTER IX SCOTLAND.
HOW THB MINERS LIVE THEBE
AND HOW THEY DIB.
Some Details of the Terrible Disaster
at Penicuik by an Eye-Witness—The
Causes of the Calamity aud the Les
sons They Teach.
(Copyright 1889.)
Edinburgh, Scotland, Sept. 6.—By
the time this reaches the reader every
American will have learned that sixty-four
miners met death yesterday bv fire and
suffocation in the Maurice-wood pit at Peni
cuik. It appears that the disaster, with re
gard to loss of life, was wholly needless,
even granting what can never bs proven or
disproven, that the fire was ciusod by a
workman’s carelessness.
Are our American mines properly con
structed, or are they, like Mau-loe-wood
pit, aud was the dam that burst above
Johnstown constructed in defiance of law,
with a view to (taking chances ou human
life in order that expense sufficient to guar
antee safety may be avoided <
I have just returned from Penicuik,
whither I went the moment the magnitude
of tho calamity was apprehended, and
above all tho miserable pity the scenes
there aroused rises a bitter indignation that
man’s fear of losing a modi urn of profit
should overcome the fear of killing his em
p’oyes and bringing unutterable distress
upo t the entire community. One of the
most striking c imments possible upon this
event I heard again a id again, yesterday
and to-day, from Penicuik resideuts. It
runt thus:
“The full working force of the mine is
nearly 300 men, an l it’s jus*, lucky that
only sixty-six went down iu the morning
shift.”
r L .*.
PIT-nEAD OF THE POTTS TOWN MINE.
Penicuik is a town of about 3,000 inhabit
ants, twelve mi'es south of Edi burgh,
the greater number of the people who
wo k are employed in paper mills, but one
section of lhe village, toward the south,
called Siottstiwn, ii occupied snloly by
minors and their families. It shoul ib ex
plained that American towns aro not so
frequently subdivided as they nro here.
Tho stranger would not realize that ia
crossing a stroot he enter and another town
or community. Shottstown is apparently
wholly within Penicuik, and so it is in the
parochial sense; but it takes a distinct name
because all tho houses are owned b)* tho
Suotts Iron Cos mpany. It is this ci.ucsrn
that owns Maurioewood nit whore the
Shottstown people make their livings. The
miners’ houses are built in blocks of one
story and a half in hight, wholly of stone
and tiles.
The Mho'tstmvn miners are unusually
thrifty. I am told that they have meat u on
their tables almost once a day and that
most of them have accumulated something
through membership in tha oc-onera ive
retail society, att institution found o cry
where in Great Britain, and vv ltto t I hops
to describe i t another letter. It is doubiful
whether these accumulations, w ich will be
due to the b reaved families, will be more
than sufficient to pay for a decent burial of
their dead. I approached a stalwart, sonther
man tins afternoon, who stood in the road
at Shottstown gazing vacantly at a death
cart approaching iu the distance, and asked
him abort the rate of wages.
“Th’ best o’ un,” he answered, “gats ab ot
four und six a day.” And ttien as ii in re
sponse to what he expected I would
say next lie added: “Ah went dooa in t’
night shift, mon, when ma regular turn
wai be t’ day, so I be living, but a’ ma
frionds are below.”
There were no toars in this man’s eyes,
no shudder in ills ft)ame; but'hls face was
drawn und darkoned by fearful grief. I
stood by him until the death cart rumbled
by—an ordinary, two-wheeled dump cart.
Three men sat oil the sides with the driver,
and a score of others with a
troop of children inarched behind.
Young women with prattling babies in
their arms stood at doorways and ou tie
sidewalks. Passing strangers paused and
lifted their hats. Here and there an old
worn, wrinkled grandmother staggered to
the rood, moaning quietly, wiping her eves
with her apron, asking the ever present
question until someone in the rough proces
sion gave her the answer and led her back
to her dwellitiz. As the cart passed my
chance acquaintance spoke to one of tito
men on the side board;
“Who is'fT’
“George Peunycook.”
“Ay. A lad of 15. Hi* feyther’s below,
and his mother has four wea ohildre 1.”
*******
Four and six a day is equivalent to SI 12.
The pit is about a mile from Penicuik, or
Shottstown, near the summit of a hill. It
is an ugly looking affair at the best with itf
ungainly structure for lifting the buckets,
and its background of black hillside made
entirely by the refuse of the mine. When
I first arrived there yesterday afternoon
there were several hundred of tho Penicuik
people on the piles of pit-props, the coal
heaps and the black bill of refuse, lllue
smoke was pouring steadily from the month
of the shaft, adding to tho gloom of the day
already gloomy by the presence of a Scotcn
mist. At that time two men had made
their escape and four dead bodies had bean
recovered. There was just the slightest
hope that some of the others might hi
saved, and rescuing parties ware at work,
exhibiting wonderful endurance aid the
most admirable heroism. There was little
lamentation in the crowd, aud iu few in
stances have I seen any approach t > ihe
extremo convulsions of grief. The presence
of a wide-reaching, terrible calamity. never
theless, was clearly felt by every person,
and tbe scene was none the less dht. esslDg
becauso of the rariry of tears and sobs.
It will be seen that the miners w -re in
two main gangs at the lowest level, 1.440 fe< t
be ow the surface. At A1 an online was
stationed for pumping water up to A2, where
another engine continued the work. The
fire began at Al, and the engineer in charge
and a bov escaped by at once signaling for
the bucket. They gave warning to the men
in both directions, a warning which,
subsequent events prove, was heard aud at
tended to without delay. It was shortlv
after noon when the fire was discovered.
Knowing that the men had heen warned,
those at the pit-head kept tbe buckets mo
urning up and down constantly, but they
returned empty at every trip fave two.
Four of tbe miners had sucoeoded In reach
ing the bucket*. Two of them died during
the upward journey, and two immediately
after reaching tbe open air.
From this time on everything possible
was done arid properly done to save the me 1
imprismel at tbe lowest levels. Another
glance at the diagram will show how vain
wore the efforts. The firs was raging up
the i incline shaft, not only mitki ,g it im
passable, but filling the levels B and C witn
smoke, and creating back-damp or ohoke
damp. Worse yet, there is but one outlet
from the bottom levels.
It is unnecessary to comment at length
on this phase of the catastrophe, but simuiy
os an evldeoCJ of how pgbhe opinion' is
CLOTHING.
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WE HAVE THE PRETTIEST STOCK OF FALL AND
” SUITS, OVERCOATS, UNDERWEAR, NECKWEAR,
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Suits, Hats and Caps. * Al<m ■ ™
DIG TRADES IN' S T E T S O N ’ S
SCHOOL SUITS. F|NE HATS _°
Ever Shown tins village, aad at bottom prices. Vo can fit tall, short, extra stout or
thin men. Clergymen s suits and outfits a feature.
B. H. LEVY & BRO.
stiired oil the matter, I quo the following
from an editorial in tho Fdiuburgh Dis
patch, published this evening, at a time
when it could not be sahl that all tho men
would perish:
“Meantime one important point will not
bo allowed to escape the attention of the
public. Maurieewood pit h s but one exit.
According to the coal regulation
act of ISB7 double shafts are made ob iga
tory in all pits where over twenty men aw
oinployod, so that iu cases of emergency
the men may not find themsolves entomb.'d
in a living grave.”
And this again from a “Scotti li Loader":
“Whan we turn from contemplation of
the victims to tho onuses of t e tragedy,
sterner feelings are aroused. By what
fatal overlook uf the intelligence, bV what
act of criminal neglect, has this waste of
life and wrecking of homes been brought
about? The o aro questions men
are asking—questions to wliica suffi
cient answers must quickly be fount*. At
the pithead itsdf all responsible lipi are
oinin' usly sealed, and information us to the
underground plan has had to be extract id
from srorkme i who havo bon below. But
of the dam ing fact of the a'sence of a
sec>nd shaft for egresi in moments of
peril the disaster itself is witness.
*******
The terms of -tho statute aro clear and
precise. Ttiey apply to metalliferous as
well as to coal mines; and they demand
that two outlets, at least fif.oen yards
apart, shall bo provided to every working
seam when more than twenty persons are
employed below ground. At the official
inquiry doubtless wo shall hear reasons
alleged for the departure from the st.tu
t >ry regulations; but although final judg
ment must he deferred, it is ifh our prei
ent knowledge impossible to cm ad ve any
saue explanation " hic.i did nji make non
soosa of the acs of purlia i on*. Tue act
might have been framed with a spec a! eye
1 1 this very disaster, yet it hes proved no
better than the waste paper.”
Further than this, there have lint been
wunting those warnings wbie.i seem i .ovi
tably to bo hear t unheeded previ ms to
awful disasters. Tin 64 years ago a lire oc
curred iu one of the shafts which was
happily extinguished wituout loss of life;
but befor ■, and especially since then, the
skilled workers have complained repeatedly
t'iat they were not provided with means of
escape in case of accident. Among these
was’ John Davidson, an oiglnoer. llis
knowledge of the mine vvas thorough and
ho always curried vvllh him a sot of draw
ings of the various tunnels. No s loner hid
tae firo begun when everybody in Fu.iieulk
ratua Ued:
“Johu Davidson is below, and by Ms
knowledge of currents n,:d s.iafts the lads
will bo enabled to ejoips.”
This Davidson had a large family, nnd all
were booked to sail f >r Queensland, Aus
tralia, a weak from t i-it\,rrn w. The ya -
sago fii'iney had beau paid and Ins ALasunio
bre hren had given him u farewell recep
tion. His wont wasdo.ia, but. yielding to
the desires of the managers of the workings,
ho kept on; for the manago s dope deil
considerably upon hi* knowledge and skill.
It was only We nos lay th t ne referred to
thedang-'rous cuudGioh of the mine when
ho cauuced to meet ths tearn lip agont
from whom be had secured his tickets.
John Davidson’s body ius not yet two a
recovered.
*
* *
It wis about 3 o’clock this afternoon
when the re cuing parti s suco.oiled in
bratticing tho shaft sj ns to get near the
lower ioveis. Bratticing co.i isw in dlvid
i g the shaft into two sec iuas so tbit fresh
air may be driven down oue aud tue s.nuitu
driven up tho other.
Boon after there began a series of the
most moiaucholy funeral knells inuu ever
head. Throe beli-s rok :s, each faintly
heard above the rumbling of the engine and
buzzing of the f in which kept up tne c;rcu
latio 1 of air in the 3haft; those meant that
n bucket wat coming up witn men. Ay,
men. and with each ascent for the following
two hours came one lit Jos* victim of a
corporation’s neglect, in a group of four
bar iy men bearing a lif -i iss body to tiie
deat i cart I saw one svila a black pipe in
his mouth. I caught a rough Incomes of
him find asked who he was.
“He’s got a brother down below,” was
the reply, “and h j’s been working here,
looking lor biin 11 gh fifteen hours.”
Since Q leen Victoria oegin her reign
upward of 11,050 lives have boon lost in a
similar way i t tao mines of > beat h icai 1.
ThD has been one of the worn*, but not the
worst; for only two year* a to, wit in fifty
miles of Penicuik, seventy-throe mea ust
their lives at Udston.
At the hour of Closing this letter twe ity
sevsn badio* b tv* ben recovered. All
hope of finding any alive w is abandoned
long slme, and the lira in th mine Is stilt
raging. Frederick R. Bubto-*.
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