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GEORGIA AND FLORIDA.
xaa news op the two states
TOLD IN PARAGRAPHS.
A Census Enumerator's Experience
on a Train—A Brother Besrcnlnst
Brunswick for a MUslng Sister—A
Destructive Blaze at Carnesvllle-A
Child Wounded by a Falling Gun.
GEORGIA.
Alex Stewart, an old colored man living
on the Hadlev place acroes the river fro m
Cairo, is the father of thirty-eight children.
The new Flint river steamer Montezuma
reached Albany Friday. She left Bain
bridge at noon Wednesday, and Newton
Thursday morning.
A huge cattish was found alive imbedded
in a hoflow log in a mill dam at Martindale.
It swam in a small hole when a little fish
and was unable to find its way out and grew
in the log.
At Americus Friday William Hobbs had
a pointer dog in his buggy that Will
Turpin wanted, and while they were scuf
fling for the possession of the dog the gun
was discharged. Tue shot came near nit
ting Mr. Turpin, but luckily did not.
At Camesville, about and o’clock Thursday
morning, the Masonic block, a brick build
ing containing three stores and the Masonic
hail, was found to be on fire. The tire could
not be checked, and the building and all its
contents were destroyed. The loss is about
$15,000, with no insurance.
Mr. Myers, one of the largest fruit grow
ers in the United States, was in Macon Thurs
day. his object being to purchase 500 acres
of Georgia laud and establish a monster
peach orchard. He says that his experi
ence teaches him that Georgia peaches are
the best, and that his enterprise will be
highly profitable.
Last Saturday evening the little child of
Mr. and Mrs. A. M. Clark at Blytae, was
badlv hurt by a gun shot. The babe was in
the arms of Mr. Marrow’s little daughter,
when a boy came up the steps with a gun.
He stumbled, the gun was tired and the load
struck the thigh of the babe and tore it up
badlv. One hand of the girl holding the
child was badly torn by the shot. The fall
also hurt the babe badly.
A young man named David Smith ar
rived in Brunswick Friday from Jackson
ville. Upon reiching the city he went to
several places around town and made in
quiries regarding his sister, Miss Annie
Smith, called "Dolly” bv her friends, who
disappeared from home last Tuesday. The
searched prove fruitless, and Mr. Smith
found no evidence of his sister’s having
been in Brunswick. He will try Savannah.
Three or four negro children, the eldest
of whom was about 10 years old, were walk
ing down the track of the Mobile and
Girard railroad near Columbus Thursday.
The engineer of ail approaching train blew
his whistle and applied the brass- as soon
as he saw tne children. All of
them got off the track except the 2-year
old daughter of Will Johnson. She was
knocked off and instantly killed.
Thursday night Dr. T. P. Bone, special
census enumerator of cattle for the states of
Georgia, Alabama, Louisiana and Florida,
left Brunswick on the East Tennessee road for
Macon. Instead of securing a berth, Dr. Bone
occupied a coach, and soon was in the arms
of Morpheus. When Jesup was reached
the coach Dr. Bone occupied was side
tracked, and alter awhile was coupled to
the train leaving Jesnp for Brunswick.
When the train reached Brunswick Friday
morning Dr. Bone awoke, and was more
surprised tbau pleased.
Montezuma Record: The beer dealers in
Montezuma are on a high kick. It is all
about a carload of ice shipped hero to be
sold from the Macon brewery. All of the
beor sellers are interosied in the Montezuma
Artesian Ice Company and they declare
they will not use the Macon ice if they
could get it for 10 cents per ton. On top of
all this they have declared a boycott on Ma
con beer and will not handle it any more, or
at least until they stop selling ice at 25 cents
per 100. One barkeeper who orders Macon
beer twice a week has canceled his orders
and sent them to the Cook beer house, also
located at Macon.
FLORIDA.
Hov. William F. Wood died at Fornan
diua Wednesday.
H. T. Wright, formerly of Bagdad, has
purchased the Overman residence on Eist
Gregory street at Pensacola, paying there
for $13,000.
Senator Call has telegraphed the citizens
of Brookßville that he will accept their in
vitation to address them on Aug. 19, and
they expect a very large attendance from
all the surrounding counties.
Two little negroes, aged 7 and 8 years
respectively, got into a light at Jasper re
cently, when the younger of the two used
his knife, inflicting a wound in the arm an
inch long and quite deep.
John B. Graham of Jasper died at Lan
caster, S. C., Aug. 9. Hard work and hard
study had worn him dowu sadly, and a few
weeks ago he went away to rest and re
cuporato, but he he got sick and nothing
could save him.
The steamer Rio Grande, from Fernan
dina.has just taken north a good representa
tion of Florida’s product# and industry. In
the cargo are 393 bales of tobacco from
Quincy, the weight of which is about
twenty-seven Urns, 200 sacks of phosphate
and 100 cases shirts from the Lako City
factory.
Palatka Herald: Vanilla is being gath
ered in large quantities in this section, and
may people are gaining a livelihood by rea
son of the price paid for the article, viz.,
cents per pound. By being put through
the process of drying and curing, vanilla
makes a very good substitute for tobaoco.
It grows in large quantities in Florida.
A petition is being circulated for signa
tures at Daytona asking the county commis
sioners to hold an election to determine
whether the county shall remain dry. The
“jug trade” is large, any one being able to
obtain all the liquor he wants by this
means. A petition is also being circulated
asking the town council to close certain
places in town, where, it is alleged, liquor
is sold.
Leesburg Commercial: Saturday night
A. Lake, w hose plaoe is betwoeu Leesburg
aud M mtcliir, turned his horse into a A id
where there was an old well which had at)
parently been forgotten. The mouth was
covered with a thick mat of grapevine and
completely hidden. Some time in the night,
hearing a commotion, Mr. Lake went out
and found the horse had fallen partly into
this well In trving to got the horse out
alone Mr. Lake fell in himself, but suc
ceeded in catching hold with his hand, tne
other becoming tangled in the vines, and
held on till his shouts brought out Mr. Tay
lor, who lives on the piace. Mr. Like was
got out when, more help arriviug, they
tried to get the horse out. The horse, how'-
ever, in his struggles slipped and went down
about twenty feet. With ropes the animal
was raised to the top twice, but dropped
back each time, the last time killing him
self. The well will be turned iuto u grave
for the horse.
GEORGIA THRIFT.
There is talk of building a cotton seed oil
mill at Lexington.
A brick, stone and tile company is being
organized at Garteisville, H. J. Blaisdoll
being the moving spirit in the euterpnse. It
is to lie capitalized at $45,000, and only
SB,OOO is needed to complete the company.
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COMMERCIAL.
savannah marketr
OFFICE OF THE MORNING NEWS, I
bAVAKNAH. Ga., Aug. 16. 1894 (
('OTTOS —There was nothing of interest as yet
j in the spot market and business was rather
quiet. There was some Inquiry, but the offer
ing stock was very light an 1 the assortment
| poor. The total sales for the day were 53 hales
] On ’ Change at the opening call at 10
a. m. the market was reported
j quiet, steady and unchanged.with sales
of 2 bales At the second call, at 1
p m. it was quiet at a decline of 8-16 cln mid
dling fair and good ordinary, and of 1 16c in
good middling, middling and low middling, the
sale* being 27 bales. At the third and last call,
at 4pm., It closed quiet and unchanged, with
further sale* of 24 bale*. The following are the
. official closing spot quotations of the Cotton
Exchange:
Middling fair 11V
Goo<l middling 11J*
Middling. 1144
Low middling 11
Good ordinary 10J4
Rice—The market was quiet but very firm at
quotations. The sales during the day were only
12 barrels The following are the Board of
Trade quotations. Small job lots are held at
higher:
Fair 6%
Good 544
Prime 6)4
Rough-
Country lots .$
Tidewater 904£1 25
Comparative Cotton Statement.
Receipts, Exports and Stock on Hand Aug. 16, 1890, and
for the Same Time Last Year.
1889-90 ! 1888-90
1 I
Stock on hand Sept. 1 ..... 1 669 j 8,048 60 7,166 j
Received to-day . 151 j 1 1 44
Received previously . 82,22:.* 906,281 29,989 786,406
Total ! 31,8981 915,080 30,060 , 793.616
Reported to-day.. 3 25 3*
Exported previously 32.879 ; 914,368 29,356; 7.>3,325
Total i 32,879 JG4.371 *9,381 793.863
Stock on hand and on ship
i b ard tj-day I 19j 709 669, 253
Naval Stores—The market for spirits tur
pentine was quiet but steadier. Th* sales dur
ing the dav were 175 casks a*. 38)£<? for regulars.
At the board of trade on the opening
call the market was rep >rted steady at
3>Vic for regulars. At the second
call it closed steady at 88>4c for regulars.
Rosin—The market was firm with a good de
inand. The total sales for the day were 5. -40
barrels. At the Board of Trade on the first
call the market was reported dull for I. K anil
M, aud firm for all other grades, with salt s of
3,772 barrels, at the following quotations: A, B,
C. 1) and K. $ 1 25; F, $1 30; O, $\ 45; H.
$160; I, $200; K, 8? 10; M, $2 30; N. $250;
window glass, $3 00; water white, $3 25. At the
last call it closed fir m and unchanged, with fur
ther sales of 1,468 barrels.
NAVAL STORES STATEMENT.
Spirits. Rosin.
Stock on hand April 1 3,963 39,511
Received to-day 848 3.814
Received previously 110,688 812,806
Total ..115,499 855,131
Exported to-day 7~ MM 2,043
Exported previously 98,240 263,499
Total 554 265,512
Stock on hand and on shipboard
to-day 15,945 89,589
Receipts same day last year 882 2.438
Financial -Money is rather stringent.
Domestic Exchange- Weak Banks and
bankers buying sight drafts at )$ par cent, dis
count and selling at P*i*®)s per cent, premium.
Foreign Exchange—The market is firmer.
Commercial demand, $186; sixty days,
$4 M 2; ninety days. $4 80: francs, Paris an l
Havre, commercial, sixty days, $5 24)4; Swiss,
$5 25>4; marks, sixty days, U4)4c.
Sbcurities— The market is very quiet, with
only a small midsummer investment demand.
Stocks and Bonds— f 'ity Bonds— Atlanta 0
percent long date. 106 bid, 114 asked; At
lanta 7 per cent, 112 bid, 118 asked; Au
gusta 7 per cent long date, 103 bid, 1124
asked; Augusta 6 per cent, longdate, 101 bid,
107 asked; Columbus 5 per cent. 101 bid,
105)$ asked; Macon 6 per cent, 115 bid, 116
asked: new Savannah 5 per cent quarterly
October coupons, 101 bid, 105 anked; new
Savannah 5 per cent November coupons, 103)4
bid. 104)$ asked.
State Bonds— Georgia new 4ts per cent, 117
bid, 118 asked: Georgia 7 per cent coupons.
January and July, maturity 1896, 114 bid, 115
asked
Railroad Stocks— Central common, 120 bid,
121 asked; Augusta aud Savannah 7 percent
guaranteed, 140 bid, 142 asked; Georgia com
mon, 200 bid, 202 asked; Southwestern 7 per cent
guaranteed. 127)$ bid, 128)4 asked; Central 6 per
cent certificates, 97)$ bin, 98 asked; Atlanta
and West Point railroad stock, 109 bid. 111
asked; Atlanta and West Point 0 per cent eer
tificates, 99 bid. 100 asked.
Railroad Bonds —Savannah, Florida and
Western Railroad Company general mortgage,
6 per cent interest coupons October, 110 bid,
112 asked; Atlantic am! Gulf first mortgage,
consolidated 7 per cent, coupons January and
July, maturity 1897, 110)$ bid, 111)$ asked;
Central Railroad and Hanking Company
collateral gold, ss. 99)$ bid, 101 asked; Cen
tral consolidated mortgage 7 jer cent, coupons
January anil July, maturity 1893, 104 bid
105 asked; Savannah and Western railroad 5
per cent, indorsed by Central railroad, 92)$ bid,
94 asked: Savannah, Americus and Mont
gomery 6 per cent, 95)$ bid, 95 asked;
Georgia railroad 6 per cent, 1897,105® 111 bid,
lO6®llo asked; Georgia Southern and Florida
first mortgage 6 oer cent. 94 bid, 96 asked;
Covington and Macon first mortgage 6 per cent.
88 bid, 90 asked; Montgomery and Eufaula first
mortgage 6 per cent, indorsed by Central rail
road, 107 bid, 109 asked; Marietta and North
Georgia railway first mortgage, 50 year-, 6 per
cent, 93 bid, 95 asked ; Marietta and North Geor
gia railroad first mortgage 6 per cent, 103 bid,
104 asked; Charlotte, Columbia aud Augusta
first mortgage, 107 bid, 108 asfced: Charlotte,
Columbia and Augusta second mortgage,
115 bid, 117 asked; Charlotte, Columbia and
Augusta general mortgage, 6 per cent, 108
bid, 110 asked; Western Alabama second
mortgage, indorsed 8 p-r cent. 102 bid, 103
asked; South Georgia aud Florida, indorsed,
113 bid, lltf asked; South Georgia and Florida
second mortgage, 110 bid. ill, asked; Au
gusta and Knoxville first mortgage, 7 percent..
108 bid, asked; Gainesville. Jefferson and
Southern, first mortgage, guaranteed, 112 bid,
115 asked ; Gainesville, Jefferson aud Southern,
not guaranteed, 106 bid, 108 asked; Ocean
Steamship 6 per cent bonds, guaranteed by
Central railroad. 101 bid. 102 asked; Gaines
ville, Jefferson and Southern, second mortgage,
guaranteed. 111 bid, 113 asked; Columbus
and Rome, first mortgage bonds, indorsed by
Central railroad, 106 bid. 108 asked; Colum
bus and Western 6 per cent guaranteed. 107
bid, 108 asked; City and Suburban railway
first mortgage, 7 per cent, 110 bid, 112 asked.
Rant- Mocks Firm. Southern Bank of
the state of Georgia. 290 bid, 300 asked; Mer
chants’ National Bank, 187 bid. 190 asked;
Savannah Hank and Trust Company, J2O bid .
121 asked; National Bunk of Savannah, 134
bid, 136 asked; Oglethorpe Savings and Trust i
Company, 122 bid. 121 asked; Citizens’ Bank,
102 bid. 104 asked; Chatham Real Estate and
Improvement. bid, J3 asked.
Gas Stocks— Savannah Gils I.lght stocks,
25 bid, 26 asked; Mutual Gas Light stnok
2") bM; Electric Light and Power Company,
82W bid, 85 asked.
Bacon—Market firm; fair demand. The
Board of Trade quotations are as follows
Smoked clear rib sides, 7c; shoulders
6*fcc; dry salted clear rib sides. 614 c; long clear:
6'ke; bellies, CUc; shoulders, tic; hams, 12Vye.
Bagoino AM) Ties-The market is firm and de
mand moderate. Jute bagging, 2Vjlhs. Bth®BJ^c;
2 lbs, T 1 | y ; lbs, 0140,6Vjc, according hi
brand and quantity; sea island bagging at 13t4(<A
133,; cotton bagging, none; prices nominal;
pine straw, 2'q tb,
per bundle, according to quantity. Bagging
and ties in retail lots a fraction higher.
ISi'TTEu -Market steady; fair demand; Goshen,
15 (,17c; gilt edge. :s.-cre; creamery, 2U<ts22c.
Caubaox Northern, 104*110.
C’HkEstt Market steady; fair demand; H4J
13c.
CorvEk-Market higher l’eaberrir, 28lyc;
fancy, 23c; choice. 2. M y''; prune, 22c; g .0,1,
21tyc; fair. 21c, ordinary, 20c, common, ikjyc
Dried Km it -Apples, eva|oraui. I*c; Coin
mon. S'SC Poaeluw, peeled, ISc; uii|**iled,
64t7e. Currants, 74$c, Citron, go.
liny Goons The market is Arm, good ds
maud Prints 4 Georgia brown shirting,
84. 4iye; 7vi do, 0I41: , 4 I brown gbueiiiig, b'/Si:;
white .<snsburg, el, <•, elwcks bit' W .
yarn* Hue fur the best makes, brown drilling
bj4<skC
I ibu Market quiet and lower M e quote full
THE MORNING NEWS: SUNDAY, AUGUST 17, 1890-TWELVE PAGES.
welzht*: Mackerel. No. 8. half barrel*, nominal,
s.l 00it 10 00: No. 2, $lO rikAK 00. Herrin*.
No. 1. 28c; scaled, 26c. Cod, 6®6c. Mullet,
half barrels, $3 00 .
Froit—Lemons— Fair demand. Messina,
$6 50®7 00.
Flour Market firm. New wheat:
Extra. s4.V>(®4 85; family, $5 55®.5 75;
fancy, sr.$ r . 75<&5 80; patent. $5
( patent. $6 255p6 50; spring wheat, best, $6 50.
Grain—Corn— Market 11 rm anil advancing;
• white com. retail lots, 75c: job lot*, 73c; ear
| load lots, 71c; mixed corn, retail lota, 74c; job
l lot*. 72c: carload lots, 70c. Oat*—Retail lots,
55c: job lota, 33c; carload lots, 51c. Bran-
Retail lots. $1 2>; K>b lot*. $1 20; carload lo.a,
1 1 15. Meal -Pearl, per barrel. $3 60; per sack,
I sl 70; city ground. $1 50. Pearl gnts, per bar
rel. $3 75; per sack. $1 75; city grit*, $156 per
sack.
Hat—Market Arm. Western, la retail lots.
$100; job lots, 05c; carload lota, 90c. North
ern, retail lots, 90c; job tots. 80c; carload lo>s,
70c. Eastern, retail lots, $1 00; job lots, 95c;
carload lots, 90c.
Rides. Wool, Etc. Hides Market
very firm and fractionally dearer: re
ceipts light; dry flint, be; salted, 6c; dry
buteber. sc. Wool—Market nominal; prime
2314 c; burry, Wax. 24c. Tallow
3fi4c. Deer skins, flint, 25c; salted 2Jc. Otter
skins, 50c7?,53 00.
Iron—Market very Bteady; Swede, 4V<i6c;
refined, 244 c.
Lard—Market Arm; in tierces, 6j£c; 50-1> tins,
.6Gc.
Lise, Calcined Plaster and Cement -Ohew
acala lump lime in fair demand and selling at
$: 25 per barrel; Georgia and Shelby, $1 25
per barrel; bulk ami carload lots special;
calcined plaster, $2 25 per barrel; hair, 4r®sc;
Rosendale cement. $1 39@: 40; Portland oe
meat, retail, $2 60; carload lots, $2 40.
Liquors Steady. Whisky, per galloo,
rectified, $1 oH<g>l 20, according to proof; choice
grades, $1 50®* 50; straight, $1 50®4 00;
blended, $2 00®6 00. Wines—Domestic, port,
sherry, catawha, low grades, 60®350; fine
grades. $1 00® 1 50; California, light, muscatel
andangelica, $1 50®1 75.
Nails Market steady; fair demand;
3d, $2 15; 4d aud sd, $2 75; 6d, $2 55; Sd, $2 40;
lOd, $2 35; 12d, $1 30; 30d, *2 25 ; 50d to 63d,
$2 15; 201, *2 30 ; 40d, $2 20.
Nuts—Almonds- Tarragona. 13ffi20c; Ivicas,
16® 18c; walnuts, French. 15c; Naples. 18c:
pecans, 10c; Brazil. 10c; Alberts. 10c; cucoanuts
Harracoa, $4 50 per 100; assorted nuts, 50 tt> and
25-Ifi boxes, 13c per lb.
Onions Firm; Egyptian, per crate, $175;
case, $3 50; per barrel, $4 50.
Oils—Market steady; demand fair. Sig
nal, 40®50c; West Virginia black, 10® 13c; lard,
53c; kerosene, 10c; neatsfoot, 60®?5c; ma
chinery, IS®2sc; linseed, raw. 65c; boiled, 68c;
mineral seal, 18c; homellght, 15c; guardian, 14 :.
Potatoes—New York new, barrel,, $3 50®
3-75
Raisins—Demand light; market steady.
Malaga layers, $3 00 per box; London layers,
new, $3 50 per box; California London layers,
$2 75 per box; loose. $2 30.
Salt—The demand is moderate and market
quiet; carload lots, 70c, f. o. b.; job lots, 80®
90c
Shot—Drop, $1 35; buck, $1 60.
Sugar—The market is steady. Cutted, loaf,
cubes, 63{c; powdered, 6%c, granulac; 6)scc
confectioners', 64$c; standard A, 6)4 off A,7)s
6)sc;white extra C, 6c; golden C, s)sc; yellow;
6)|c.
Syrup—Florida and Georgia, 36® 88c; market
quiet for sugarhouse at SO® 40c; Cuba straight
goods, 30r£32c: sugarhouse molasses, 18® 20c.
Tobacco —Market firm. Smoking, domestic 22)$
®sl 00; chewing, corn-non. sound, 23® 25c; fair.
2ft®3sc; good, 36® 48c; bright, 50®65c; fine
fancy, 75®90c; extra tine, SIOO®J 15; bright
navies, 22®4~>c.
Lumber The market is very dull and orders
are slack; the few arriving run into the larger
and more difficult sawing. There is a alow de
mand for orders of easy and lengthy sizes at
haded prices.
Ordinary sizes sl2 25® 16 60
Diftioult sizes 15 00®25 50
Flooring boards 16 00®21 50
Shi->Htuffs 17 00®25 00
Timber -Market dull and nominal. We quote:
700 feet average.... $ 9 00® 11 00
800 “ •* 10 00® 11 00
900 “ “ 11 00®12 00
1,000 “ “ 12 00®14 Oo
Shipping timber in the raft
-700 feet average $ 6 00® 7 00
800 “ “ 7 00® 800
900 “ “ 8 00(5 900
1,000 “ “ *.. 9 00®10 00
Mill timber $1 below these figures.
FREIGHTS.
Lumber—Coastwise—Tonnage has been in fair
Hupply during all the season so far, and rates are
without change. Rates may be quoted
within the range of $5 75 (t 7 25 from this port to
Haiti nore. Philadelphia, New York and sound
ports, with 25 i£soc additional if loaded at near by
Georgia ports. Timber, 50o®$l 00 higher than
lumber rates. To the West Indies and Wind
ward, nominal; to R >sario, S2O 00®21 00; to
Buenos Avres or Montevideo, $lB 00; to Rio
Janeiro, sl9 00; to Spanish and Mediterranean
p *rts, sl4 00® 14 50; to Unite 1 Kingdom for or
ders, nominal at for timber, £5 10s standard;
lumber, £5 )0. Steam—to New York, $7 00; to
Philadelphia, $7 00; to Boston, $8 00; to Balti
more, $6 50.
Naval Storks—Market is nominal, owing to
the scarcity of spot tonnage, for w hich there
is a good demaud. Foreign—Cork, etc.,
for orders, small spot vessels, rosin, 3s 9d
and ss; to arrive, 3s 3d and 4s ttd; spirits,
Adriatic, rosin, 3s 4)sd; Genoa, 3s l)$d;
South America, rosin, $’ 10 per barrel of 280
pounds. Coastwise—Steam—To Boston, 10c
per lOOlbs on rosin, 90c on spirits; to New York,
rosin, 7)sc per 100 Ihs; spirits, 80c; to Philadel
phia, rosin, 7)sc f>er 100 lbs; spirits, 80c: to
Baltimore, rosin, 30c; spirits, 70c. Coastwis;
quiet.
Cotton—By Steam—The market Is dull.
Liverpool 11-22d
Bremen 23 64d
Genoa 25-64d
Liverpool via New York lb 7 82d
Ha re via New York lb 11-16 c
Bremen via New York 13-32d
Reval via New York lb 25 Old
Genoa via New York 25 6ld
Amsterdam via New Vork 75c
Antwerp via New York 5-lGd
Boston TP bale $ 1 52
Sea island 18 hale 1 25
New York bale 100
Sea island bale ... . 100
Philadelphia r fß bale . l 00
Sea Island bale 100
Baltimore bale
Providence bale
Rice—By steam—
New York barrel 50
Philadelphia TP barrel 50
Baltimore $1 barrel 50
Boston $ barrel 75
COUNTRY PRODUCE.
Grown fowls $ pair $ 65 (?b 75
Chickens 94 grown, J 8 pair 35 45
Chickens >$ grown, pair 30 40
Eggs, country, dozen . 20 <& 22
Peanuts, fancy, h. p. Va. lb.. 9 9)s
Peanuts, hand picked. Tb 8)$ .4
Peanuts, snail,hand picked,sl lb 8
Peanuts, Tennessee 7 pc 7)s
Poultry—Market overstocked; demand light.
Eons—Market firm; stock ample.
Peanuts-Full stock; demand moderate;*
p ices steady.
Sugar -Georgia and Florida nominal; none in
market.
Honey—Demand nominal.
Sweet Potatoes -Market nominal; no stock.
MAHKara by tileqkaph.
FINANCIAI*
Nbw York, Aug. 16, noon.—Stocks opened
dull but steady. Money easy at 4 per cent.
Exchange—long, $4 8344; short, 84 srft, Gov
ernment bonds neglected. State bonds dull but
steady:
Following were the 2 p. ra. stock quotations:
Erie Rlchm and St W. Ft.
Chicago .4 Nor.tt.UOyj Terminal ......... 214£
LaseSbore .... 10S W steru Union... 84
Nor! tt W. pref.. 634*
5:00 p. m.—Excnange closed quiet but steady
at 84 8415454 Money easy at 4 '/.4m per
cent., last loan 4 per *nt. Bub-treasury bal
anees -Coin, 8161,508,000; currency. 8 .',63.t,u0d.
Government bonds dull nut su.*a iv: four per
cents 12 is; four and a half per oent. coupons
10344. State bonds neglected.
The stock market to-day was extremely dull,
but presented a decidedly strong front during
most of the session, and material gains were
scored in most of the stocks. The effects of a
bad bank statement had been discounted, and
while there was a slight reaction from best
prices, no material movement resulted. The
great feature of the trading was silver certifi
cates, fur which there were large orders In the
market from Lon lon and large trading in them
also for domestic account, and the price was
run up from 115 H to 117, though a fractional
reaction followed later The railroad list was
quiet In all departments, but the strong tone
reached everything, with the exception of Mis
souri Pacific which lugged all through the
session, and is almost alone ill closing lower,
Canadian Facillc was the strong feature,
with Mexican Central and one or two other
specialties, but the advances scored In active
stocks were confined to fractional amount* in
all eases Tne bull following was very ounfl
dent, and buying on a limited scale, lu the ab
seuee of offerings of any amount, served to
carry up evcrytFitug, and lu many cases the
highest prices of tb • week were touched The
close was steady after a partial reaction The
sites of list and shares reached only 64,100 and
unlisted Vi. 515 shares. The following were the
closing quotations
AUM9laiM4.il> , 105 M O Pa’Aelstutort #IU
Ala ease U. s ...HO N V. ' leuiral. . . |OoC
Georgia fa. uy ~ MA4 Nor tt W, iml... 6U
M‘ ar .luac >us • 1,7 e Nor Fag tc Hi]
N.Caroo iae> >• islQO " pref... sgsZ
So. *am Brown Faolfle Mad. it
consols) 90 Reading 43)$
Tennessee 5s ... 107 R chmond & Ale..
* 5s 104 HJcnm’d & W. Pt.
Tennessee U . 73)$ Terminal 219$
Vlrg nia6s SJ Roc< Islanl
Va. 6s c jog >li to 1. 50 St. Paul 719$
Ches. 4 Ohio ** preferred.. 11*)$
North were-a.... 110)$ Texas Pacirl* 2-h$
“ oreferrei 144 T nn.Coal ft Irj i. 46
Dela. an 1 Lack.. I:SH Union Pa ide *>>?s
Erte 26)$ N. J. '0ra1.... 122)$
Fast Tennessee... 9 Missouri Pacific .. 71
Lake St or* 108 Western Union... *4
L’ville t Nath ... B*9s Cott m >ii cerUi. 29)4
Memphis ft U iar.. 60 Bruiswi k 2^)s
Mobile X Ohio ... 239$ .Mobile ft Ohio U 66
Naah.ft Chatt'a..lo2 Silver certificates 116)$
New York. Aug. 16.—^The exports of specie
from the port of New York during tne past
week amounted to $569,800. of which $40,500
was in gold and $52,800 in silver. All of
the gold went to Soutn America and all of the
silver to Europe. The imports of specie for
the port of New York for the week amounted
to $278,129, of which $143,960 was in gold und
$132,149 in silver.
The weekly statement of the associated banks
Issued by the clearing house to-day, shows the
following changes:
Loans decreased $3,975,600
Specie decreased 2,652.800
Legal ten'inrs decreased 1,388,200
Deposits decreased 8,397.1- 0
Circulation Increase*l 15,500
These changes decrease the surplus reserve
$1,941,725 and leave a deficit of $665,725, against
a surplus of $1,286,000 last week.
cotton. •
Liverpool. Aug. 16, noon.—Cotton dull; very
small business doing; American middling
6 11-16d; sales 4,000 hu es, of which 500 were
for speculan 11 and exp >rt; receipts I.UUO bales,
of which 500 were American.
Futures - \ e ican in and ling. o middling
clause, August delivery 6 37-64d, also 6 36-64 1,
also 6 35-641; August and September delivery
6 33-64d, aln 6 34 64d, also 6 31-Old; September
delivery 6 32-6 id, also 6 81-64 J; September and
October delivery 5 63-64d, also 5 62 64d; October
and November delivery—d; November and
December delivery 5 52-64d; December and Jan
uary delivery 5 51-Old; January and February
delivery 5 51-64 1; February and March delivery
5 52-64(1. Future* fiat.
1:00 p. m.—Sales of the day included 2,700
bales of American.
American g->od middling 6ssd; middling
6%d; low mi idling 6)sd; good ordinary o%d;
ordinary 6ssd
Futures—American middling, low middling
clause, Au ust delivery 6 35-64 J. sellers; Au
gust and September delivery 6 32-64d, sellers;
September and -livery 6 32 641, seller*; September
and October delivery 5 62-61®5 63 64d; October
and November delivery —d; November and
December delivery 5
February delivery 5 50-64®5 51-G4 J; February
and March delivery 5 51-64®5 52-64<1: Decem
ber and January delivery 5 0-61®5 51-64d.
Futures closed quiet at the decline.
New York, Aug. 16, noon.—Cotton opened
dull; middling uplands 12 1 -16 c; middling Or
leans 12>4C; sales to-day bales.
Futures—Market opened steady and closed
easy, with sales as follows: August delivery
opened at 11 B>>c and closed at 11 ?7c; Septem
ber delivery oi>ened 10 93c and closed at
10 97c; October delivery opened at 10 59c and
closed at 10 60c; November delivery opened at
10 46c aud closed at 10 45c, December delivery
opened at 10 46c and closed at 10 46c; January
delivery opened at 10 46c and closed at 10 45c;
February delivery opened at 10 50c aud closed
at 10 49c.
6:OJ p. m.—Cotton closed dull; middling up
lands 12 1-lCc; middling Orleaus 12)$c; net re
ceipts to-day bales, gross ; sales to-day
nun**, last evening none.
Futures—Market closed easy, with sale* of
20,800 bali*s. as follows: August delivery 11 77
®ll 79c: September lelivery 10 jJ® 0 .18c; Octo
ber delivery 10 o®ll ole; November delivery
11 45® 10 4f>c: December delivery 11 45® 10 46c;
January delivery 10 49® 10 M)c; February de
livery 10 53® 10 54c; March delivery 10 66®
10 57c, April delivery 10 61 <ftlo 62c.
Tne Sun's cotton review says: “Futures
opened ut a decline of 3®4 points on near aud
1 noint on late inooths, closing easy at a decline
or 6 points and on near and 2 on late from yes
terday’s close. Receipts at the ports to-day
1,156 bales. A weak Liverpool report caused a
weak opening to this market, but the advance
in silver caused a partial recovery in new crop,
leaving August options in a very unsettled
state. There was a disposition to let silver run
its course before acting to any extent. Fort
receipts for the coining week are estimated at
8,000 bales. The weather report is favorable,
but recently there has been excessive rains in
Alabama and parts of Georgia, which, with
cold nights, cause rust. Cotton on Bpot was
and ill and w.*ak, hut not quotably lower.”
Galveston, Aug. I*.—Cotton nominal; mid
filing ll%c; net rece-pt* 1.2 bales, gross L 2
mem ling 0? new crop; sales 25 bales; stock 354
bales; exports, coastwise 301 bales
Norfolk, Aug. 16.—Cotton steady; middling
llHc; net receipts 2 bales, gross 2; sales
bale; stock 1,2.0 bales; exports, coastwise 125
bales.
Baltimore, Aug. 16.—Cotton dull; middling
12‘ j.c; net receipts 225 bales, gross 225; sales
none; stock 929 bales.
Boston, Aug. 16.—Cotton quiet and weak;
middling 12 l-16e; not rec ipts 1 bale, gross 1;
sales bales; stock bales.
Wilmington, Aug. 16.—Cotton quiet and
nominal; middling net receipts 1 bale,
gross 1; sales none; stock 279 bales.
Philadelphia, Aug. 16.—Cotton firm; mid
dling 12>$c; net receipts none, s ross none; stock
3,102 bale*.
Nkw (JRLtANS, Aug. 16.—Cotton closed quiet;
middling ll net receipts 808 bales, gross
827 —including new crop; sales bales; stock
4,249 bales; exports, coastwise 10 bales.
Mobile, Aug. 16.—Cotton market nominal;
midd ing 11 5- 16c; net rec ipts 3 bales, g. oss
3; sales bales; stock 44 bales.
Memphis, Vug. 16.—Cott m n *minal; middling
ll)$o; receipts 6 bales; shipments bales;
sales bales; stoc* 766 bales.
Augusta, Aug. lh—Cotton quiet but steady;
middling receipts 11 bales, all new; ship
ments 21 bales; sales 24 bales; st<>ot 197 bales.
Charleston, Aug. 16. otton firm; mid ling
ll?$c; net receip s 18 bales, gr ss 18—including
10 new; sales bales; stock 457 bales; ex
ports, coastwise 880 bales.
Naw York, Aug. 10. —Consolidated net re
ceipts at ill cotmn ports to-day were 1,156
nates; exports, to G"eat Bn tin bales,
to the continent bales; stoex at all the ports
51,965 bales
New York, Aug. 16.—The total visible supply
of cotton for the world is 1,142,155 bales, of
which 569,555 bales are American, against 958,433
and 559,738 bales, respectively, last year. Re
ceipts at all interior towns for the week
4,1tv4 bales. Receipts from plantations 3.830
bales. Crop in sight 7,183,831 bales.
GRAIN AND PROVISIONS.
New York, Aug. 16, noon.—Flour quiet but
firm. Wueat unsettled and higher. Corn active
but quiet and firm Por < quiet but steady at
sl2 50 q>l3 25. Lard dull and irregular at $6 27)5.
Freights steady.
5:00 p. ra.—Fiour,southern held higher but dull;
common to fair extra $3 00®3 40, good to
choice $8 75®4 65. Wheat duo; No. 2 red,
$1 07)$ in elevator; options closed strong at
!4)s®2)s above yesterday and moderately active,
the silver question exciting speculative buying,
besides tbeie were stronger cables and dimin
ished estimates of crops; No. 2 red August
delivery $1 0695; September delivery $1 05;
October delivery $1 0744; November delivery
$1 05: December delivery $1049*4; May delivery
$110)$. Corn dull but big tier; No. 2 red, 55)$
®560 In elevator; options closed moderately
active at 7*®l)sc up and Bteady; August de
livery 55)$c; September delivery 55ji$c; Oc
tober delivery 56)$c; December delivery 53$$c;
May delivery 59c. Oats dull and un
changed; options quiet but stronger; August
delivery 48c, September delivery 4i)sc, Octo
ber delivery 41)$c: No. 2 spot 46&$c; western,
mixed, 43®47c. Hops quiet but strong, state
18®20c; old 8® 12c. Coffee options closed
steady at 5®20 points up and quiet. August
delivery l r > 30c, September delivery 71 65®17 75c,
(ictober delivery 16 75® 10 90c. November de
livery 16 25 £l6 40c, spot Rio quiet but firm
at 20f$o. fair cargoes 20)$ Sugar, raw, held
firmly but quiet, fair refining sc; centrifugals,
96° test, refined firm at 1 1 10c higher;
C s)sc, yellow 4)s®sc, white extra C s|s®
5 716 c. off A 5 9 16®5 l 10c, mould A 0 316 c,
standard A otsc, confectioners' a 5 1116 c, cut
loaf and crushed 6 11-16 c, powdered 6 9-16 c,
granulated 0 316 c, cubes 6 310 c. Molasses—
Foreign nominal; New Orleans, common to
fancy 2J®4sc. Petroleum liruier an lin fair
demaud; crude in barrels $7 50; refined here,
$7 35 Cotton seed oil quiet but steady; crude
80c; yellow 35c. Wool quiet and easy; domestic
fleece 33®3Hc, pulled 26®2t9$c, Texas 17®24c.
Pork quiet and steady : mess sl2 50®13 25. extra
prime |l> Oj®lo 50. Beef dull but strong; extra
mess $6 75®6 77, plate $7 i>o®7 50. Hams
unchanged. Tiercea beef firm; city extra
hid a me-12c. Cut meats stronger; pickled
bellies sfsc. pickled shoulders 6®6f>4C, pickled
hams 10)$®lie. Middles dull and weak; short
clear $6 20. I.ard firmer ; w astern steam $6 35;
city $5 *8); August delivery $6 32 asked; Septem
ber delivery $6 3m asked; October delivery
$6 *Vt Freights dull aud itussttlsd; coUon
6 U4d; zroiu Id asked.
Chicaoo, Aug. 16.—1n wheat traiiiqc was
large aud the ruaiket again excited within n
higher range of prices The fueling was de
cidedly unsettled. The opening was unsettled
aud prices blither and later udra iced to
a point blither for September aud ri*c
blither for December thau opruuut Prices, re
ceded some and closed about l>*c blither for
September and Use hiflber for Usoeiuletr than
tne i losiujt figures yesterday Cor.i was fairly
active and Armer. The batter feelinit was die
largely to tn* advance m wheat and tiad crop
report* Tits openiuit showed V advance,
alter widen ll market was inclined to U
eaaier. but a belter demand .prang up aud
price, ad valued rapidly reacted amp.
aud c.iod with a gam for Ue- day of tpc uu
were active and higher. The opening was at
Vte advance, but sold off H& 1 4c. rallied lc and
cloned steady at nearly outside figures. In mess
pork a moderately active trade was reported.
Opening sales were made at 10c advanoe, but
prices receded 7Vt®l9o. Later prices were ad
tane-1 ti®3oc and tbe market close! stealy.
In lar 1 considerable interest was manifested at
the opening, but prices recode 1 IV4-. Later
prices advanced lSVfAlScand extreme figures
were fully supports t to the close. In short
ribs trading as quite active. At the opening
sales were male at 2t£'&lc advanoe. but rather
free offerings caused a like reduction. Later
prices rallied ri*®luc and tbe market closed
comparative's- steady
Cash quotations were as follows: Flour
stealy and unchanged. Wr.eat— No.2 spring and
wint“rS) <H%. No red $1 nstj Corn—No 2. :9Vic
Oats—No. 2,37®37Hc. Mess pork fll 2r,®1l 50.
Lard $6 ii Short ribs $j 35 Shoulders, s>B.'Hi
Short clear sides, to 75. wuis*yat|i IS.
Lesdingfuturos ■% ige 1 as f Hows:
Oen a;. .I.gases. Closing.
No. 2 Wfiiir —
Aug deUvery.. $1 01V4 81 02 8' OZ%
Sept, delivery.. 1 02 1 0354 1 03JJ
Dec. deUvery.... 1 03 1 05*£ 1 00%
-s. vj. J
Aug.delivery.. 49 49% 49%
Sept delivery.. 4914 60 4944
May delivery... 13% 52% i~‘%
Oats. No. 2
Aug.delivery.. 3014 3*44 3614
Sept, delivery. 36% 3714 371*
May delivery.. 4114 41% 40%
'I‘SS "OKI
Sept.delivery.. 811 45
Dec. delivery... 10 75 11 00 11 00
Jan. delivery.. 12 50 12 50 12 3214
arti. Per If l lbs
Sept, delivery.. $0 0714 $5 25
Oct. delivery.. 6 3214 640 640
Jan lelivery... 680 6SO 8 72%
-HORTdin. PerlOHbt—
Sept, delivery . 85 4214 85 45 $5 45
Oot. delivery. 555 5 5714 5 5714
Baltimore, Aug. 16.—Flour fairly active and
strung; Howard street and western superfine
$2 * 8d43 £5; extra 13 40@4 40; family 84 40®
5 35; city mills, i.i ) brands, extra $5 25®6 50.
Wheat Southern strong and higher; Fultz, 92®
3102; Longberry, No. 2 97c; western strong;
No. 2 winter red, on spot and August 97%®
98c. Corn—Southern quiet; white 58®60c; yel
low 57 ® ‘ Sc; western firm.
Oihoihwati, Aug 16.—Flour in moderate de
mand; family $1 00©4 36; fancy 31 63. Wheat
active and higher; No. 2 red, 98<®99e. Corn in
good demand: No. 2 mixed 54®54%c. Oats
easier but active; No. 2 mixed 39c. Provisions
—Pork steady at 31175. Lard light at 35 90.
Hulk meats firm; short ribs loose at $5 37%;
bacon firm; short clear at 86 6214. Whisky
steady at 3113.
St. Louis, Aug. 16.—Flour active and higher;
choice $3 25®4 00; fancy $4 00®4 20; patent
33 00<®5 25i Wh at fluctuated violently and
cl .sed September and December lV4c and May
t%c übove yesterdays No. 2, red sold at 97%c,
witn 99c bid at the close; September delivery
closed 98 ug:; December delivery 81 0854; -May
delivery $1 01% hi i. Corn opened r.igner and
moved along the line with wheat; No. 2 cash
49c; September delivery 47c bid, October de
livery 48c, December delivery 5014 c, May de
livery 5244 c Oats advanced sharply and closed
l!4c above yesterday; No. 2 cash closed, Septem
lier delivery 3814 c: May delivery 3414 c. Provis
lons firm, with only a job trade—Pork 311 75.
Lard, butcher's steam $5 8714; straight 86 00.
Dry salt meats and bacon sold in small cash
lots at previous prices. Whisky at *1 13.
New Orleans. Aug. 16.—Coffee firm; Rio
cargoes, ordinary to fair, 19K®21e. Sugar—Lou
isiana open kettle strong; fully fair 474; fair
to good fair 4%c; centrifugals, choice white
5%c: off white 514 c: choice yellow clarified
5%®5 9-16 c; prime yellow clarified 5 5-16®5%c.
Molasses strong; centrifugal, fair, 17®18c; com
mon to good common 13®14c; inferior ll®l2c.
NAVAL STORES.
New Tore, Aug. 16, noon —Spirits turpentine
quiet and easy at 40!4®41c. Rosin quiet but
steady at 31 87%®1 45.
S:OJ p. m—Rosin quiet but steady; strains 1
common to good 31 40®1 45. Turpentine dull
but easier at 41%c.
Wilmington. Aug. 16.—Spirits turpentine steady
at 3744 c. Rosin ftrrtl: strained 90c; good
strained at 95c. Tar Arm at $1 45. Crude
turpentine Arm; hard $1 25; yellow dip $2 35;
virgin 32 45
Charleston, Aug. 16.—Spirits turpentine firm
at 3744 c. Rosin firm: good strains 1 31 20.
Liverpool, Aug. 16, noon.— Spirits turpentine
39s 7d. Rosin, common, 3s 10%d.
rice
New Tore. Aug. 18 dice In fair demand and
firm; 6%®7%; Japan O®6J4.
Ns .v Orleans, Aug. 16.—Rice nominal.
'■KT ■KIT.C-'N
New York, Aug. 16.—Petroleum market
opeued irregular, spot being steady at 92c,
while September was strong at 93%c. Spot
remained unchanged through the day; Sep
tember fell to 91%e on free selling, but after
ward rallied and closed Arm at 92c.
SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE.
MINIATURE ALMANAC—THIS DAY.
Sunßises . 5:26
So.sSsrs ... .6:34
Hioh Water at Savannah 8:33 a m 8:44 p m
Sunday, Aug 17, IS9O.
ARRIVED YESTERDAY.
Steamship Dessoug, AsKins, Philadelphia—C
G Anderson.
Steamship City of Macon, Lewis, Boston—C
G Anderson.
Bark Yamoyden, Walters. Philadelphia, with
railroad iron to C R R & Bkg Cos; vessel to
Jos A Roberts & Cos.
Schr Annie Bliss, O’Donnell, Baltimore, with
coal to C H Dixon & Cos; vessel to Dale, Dixon
& Cos.
Steamer Ethel, Carroll. Cohen’s Bluff and way
landings—W T Gibson, Manager.
CLEARED YESTERDAY.
Steamship City of Birmingham, Berg, New
York —C G Anderson.
Steamship Wm Lawrence, Snow. Baltimore—
W E Guerard, Agt.
Bark Christina [Nor], Hansen, Rotterdam—
Holst & Cos.
SAILED YESTERDAY.
Steamship City of Birmingham, Berg, New
York—C G Anderson.
Bark Alexandre Herculano [Port], Oporto.
Brig Paz [Sp], Valencia.
MEMORANDA.
New York, Aug 14—Cleared, steamship Coro
nilla [Br], Garvin. Pensacola, and sailed, bark
Mersey Belle [Br], Hameon. Fernandina.
Greenock, Aug 14—Arrived, steamship Paris
[Fr], Chevalier, Pensacola.
London, Aug 14—Sailed, bark Amy (late Mol
lilamoi, Pensacola.
Apalachicola, Aug 14—Arrived, schr George
Asher, Peters, New Orleans. Arrived, bark
Joseph Baker, Eaton, Galveston; schr Scotia,
Gill. Havana. Cleared, barks Quelle [Nor],
Wagle, Havre; Freeda A Willey, Gilchrist, Bos
ton ; brig Orion [Dutch], Velduls, Delfzyl (Hol
land.
Ashepoo, Aug 14—Sailed, bark Gwetheyen
Castle [Br], United Kingdom
Alexandria. Va. Aug 12—Arrived schr Clara
E Simpson, Houtvet Windsor, NS.
Brunswick. Ga, Aug 14—Arrived, bark Wm
H Dietz, Wakeley, Philadelphia; schrs Wm H
Lermond. Hupper, New Y'ork: Lizzie B Willey,
Willey, do; Geo H Ames, Marshall, Boston.
Sailed, schrs Meyer & Muller, Patterson; Isaac
N Kerlin. Steelman, and Florence A Lillian,
Dow New York.
Beaufort, S C, Aug 14—Arrived, schr Charles
Ireland, from Baltimore Sailed 12th. schrs
Jacob Reed, , Boston; 14th, Geo Taulane,
Charleston via Bogue Inlet.
Bull River. S 0, Aug 14—Arrived, steamer
Ravensdale [Br], Davies. Bost n.
Darien, Ga, Aug 14—Arrived, schr Varuna,
Heyer, New Y'ork; Anna, Gillette, do; J H
Parker, Hammond, do; John L Treat, Mc-
Lure, da
Fernandina, Aug 14—Arrived, schrs Charlotte
T Sibly, Bartlett; Mable Thomas, Robinson;
Dora Matthews, Brown; Kffle J Simmons, Bier
lan, and Hattie Dunn, Poland, New York; Mary
Sprague, Poland, Boston. Sailed, brig Abbie
Clifford, Storer, San Fernando; schrs Ann L
Lockwood, Evans, and William Smith, Smith,
New Y'ork.
Jacksonville. Aug 14—Arrived, schr Oliver H
Booth, Davis, Baltimore; J S Hoskins, Ben
nett. do.
Norfolk, Aug 14—Arrived, steamship Resolven
[Br], Couch, Pensacola for Hneiva and sailed.
Pensacola, Aug 11—Arrived, steamer Jess
more [Br], Hughes, St Y'incent, CY r ; 14th ar
rived, steamer Stag [Br], Robinson, Philadel
phia.
Port Royal. S C, Aug 14—Arrived schr Fan
Die Brown, Sharrett, Richmond; Wallace J
Bovil, Bates, New Y’ork
Philadelphia, Aug 14 Cleared, schr Robert J
Burr. Selover, Savannah.
Satilla River. Ga. Aug 9—Arrived schr Cassie
Jameson, Collins, Norfolk, Sailed 10th. schr
Anna R Bishop, Kulon. New Y’ork.
New Y’ork, Aug 16— Arrived, Tbe Queen,
Liverpool; Rhaetia, Hum burg.
MARITIME MISCELLANY.
New Y’ork. Aug 14 Brig Glenorchy (of Hali
fax, NS), < urrv, Boston, Aug 5, for liarlen, Ga,
reports the following: Aug id, si 340 p in, when
WK of Nantucket, wits struck by a hurricane
squall from SW Pi N’W, lasting 15 mlnuios, cur
ried awsv fonuopmust with all attached; also
f '••ruasihead au<l Jltibooru; put tupi this port
for repair*
NOTICE TO MAMIN ERA
, Notices to mann-rs, pilot charts and all nautl
cal Information will (m furnished masters of
vessels free of charge at the United States-
Hydrographlc office in the Custom loose. Cap
tains are requested to call at t ne office.
Lieut F H Sherman.
In charge Hydrographic Station.
RECEIPTS.
Per Charleston and Savannah Railway. Aug
16-21 bbls rosin, 6 tibia spirits turpentine. 2 cars
t barrels, lot h h goods, 1 bbl beer. 3 pkgs pears,
1 box bacon, 4 bales ex matt. 1 bdl and 1 box
hardware, 15 boxes tobacco, 1 organ, boxed. 8!
boxes tobacco, 10 bales paper twine, 10 bills
rims, 10 stoves, 1 tank cru e oil, 3 cars ma
chinery, 4 oows. 6 cars rock, 91 boxes tobacco,
1 case cigars, 150 rolls pine bagging. 1 bdl bur
laps, 4 bbls glue sor -pi, 1 box groceries.
Per Central Railroad. Aug l(i—9 bales hides,
7 bales wool, 40 b fies leather. 12 bdls paper, 27
boxes tobacco, 37 bbls ai pl-s, 5 bbls whisky, 9
half bbls whisky, 3 bbls syrup, 68 bales domes
tics, 120 bbls flour, 9.600 lbs flour, 15 cars lumber,
18 cords wood, 10 boxes wooden ware, 10 cases
liquors. 3 pieces machinery. 29 pkgs furniture,
4k and buggies. 115 pkgs mdse, 10 pkgs plows, 13
empty bbls, 28 bushels rice, 8,170 ibs bacon, 24
boxes hardware, 6 cars • oal, 2 cars melons, 6
cars pig iron, 1,298 bbls rosin, 339 bbls spirits
turpenune, 1! bales cotton.
EXPORTS.
Per bark Christina [Nor], for Rotterdam,
1,500 bbls spirits turpentine, measuring 79.244%
gallons; 1.730 bbls rosin, weighing 821,295
pounds.—Paterson. Downing & Cos.
Per steamship City of Birmingham, for New
Y’ork—4B bales upland cotton. 1 bag sea island
cotton, 300 bdls shingles, 1,773 bbls rosin, 250
bbls spirits turpentine, 175.000 feet lumber, 187
crates pears. 332 bills pears, 45 tons pig iron, 87
bales domestic yarns, 432 pkgs mdse,
PASSENGERS.
Per steamship City of Macon, from Boston—
Mrs F M Tidwell and child, Mrs J Mahoney and
child. Miss Vincent. Sirs H J Sargent. G A
Bailey, Mr Vincent, J M Stoy, O C Newton,
F ZincK, R Nordway, Mrs S A Ewell (col), and 1
steerage.
Per steamship City of Birmingham, for New
Y’ork—H Bendbeim, Mr and Mrs J S YVood, 2
children and servant, D F Davenport, L Moreno,
R G differed, Mrs K Brown, Mr and Mrs J H
Butler, C C Harrell, Louis Kenan, J K Kenan,
W C Lyon, 31 r and Mrs H H Sinnegie, J Harris
Chappell, Mrs A H Meges, B Tausick, Dr J
YVelchelbaum, Cbas Habbard, D S Greenbaum,
A Wbltely, C Boufoullet, M Nathans, 2 colored
and steerage.
COUNTING THE POPULATION.
An Interesting Glimpse of the Census
Office.
The main census office, says Amos Cum
mings in a letter from Washington to the
New York Suit, is on G street, near the
pension building. The edifice is of brick
and six stories high. It is here that the
returns are tabulated by special classes.
Lists of t e blind, deaf, the dumb, paupers
and criminal classes are made, with special
information about each. In compiling
these lists machines invented by a former
employe of the bureau are used. The sys
tem is very inge nous. A young lady sits
at a little table upon which there is a metal
plate containing 240 holes. These
holes are marked by letters. “B,” means
black; “M.,” male; “En.,” speaks
English; “O. K,” free from disease; “Bu.
guilty of burglary; “YVd.,’’ widow or
widower, according to the sex, and so on.
With the enumerator’s special returns be
fore her, the young lady places a blank curd
beneath the metal plate. She looks at the
special return. The person is a negro. She
shoves a punch through the hole marked B.
The person is a mate. She punches the bole
marked M. Ho speaks English. Sh- sends
the ruuch through the hole marked En. He
is free from disease. The punch goes
through the hole marked O. K. He is
guilty of burglary. The Bu. hole is punched.
\\ hen the card is removed it appears some
thing like the following:
o o o o
o o o
• o
o o
o
O O o 0 0
This card is easily read by experts. Turn
it over to a young lady who un .erstands
the system, and she will read it as follows:
John Jones of Camden is a black man. aged
83 years, a widower. He was born in the Unit and
States, and so were his parents. He never servea
in the army. He is a blacksmith, aud illiterate,
but able to speak English. He is free from dis
ease. He was convicted of burglary by the
district court, and sentenced to the penitentiary
for three years. He was never apprenticed. He
is now making brick while serving his term in
the penitentiary.
A WONDERFUL MACJIINE.
If the expert is at a loss to tell the mean
ing of one of the holes upon the card she
places it upon a key card aud the c aracter
indicating its meaning appears in the hole.
As fast as these cards are punched they are
sent to another room. Here they are placed
la tabulating machines. These are of won
derful mechanism. Each machine is worked
by a young man. Upon the table to his
left there is a pile of punched cards. In his
front you see a commutator or circuit
closer, bristling with pins. It has a pin for
every hole that might be punched in the
card. A plate perforated with holes to cor
respond with the pins is beneath the com
mutator. There is a hole for every
pin. A glass case containing a large
number of indicators stands back of tne
pi ate. Each indicator has a dial a: id hands
like a clock. The operator places a punched
card, resembling the diagram above, over
the perforated plate, aud pulls the com
mutator down upon it by pressing a pedal.
All the pins are brought in contact with
the card. Where there are no holes they
will stop at the card and go no further.
Where there are holes the pins pass through
to an electrical contact below. Each pin
passing through a hole closes an electrical
circuit. This circuit controls the hands of
the dial on the indicator. The unit hand
moves a point to the music of an electric
bell, and all the informal,ioa conveyed by
the holes is distributed aud aggregated at a
touch of the Huger.
IT CANNOT LIE.
Take the card described above. It would
allow the circuits to be closed through the
black indicator, the male indicator, the 33-
yoar-old indicator, the widower, and the
born-in-the-United-States indicator, the
blacksmith, the able-to-spenk-English, the
burglary, and the three-years-in-the-peni
tentiary indicators. A circuit is closed for
every hole iu the card. At the end of the
day a check indicator tells how many per
sons have been counted. The white indi
cator tells how many were white, aud the
black indicator how many were black. The
male indicator shows how many were
males, and the female how many were
females. The burglary indicator tells how
many were guilty of that crime, and the
murder indicator shows how many have
taken the lives of their fellows. Other in
cators tell how many were of one age and
how many of another, the nationality of
each, how many were married, single,
widowed or divorced, and how many were
illiterate, and vice versa. Others tell how
many are of one occupation, and how
many of another.
Each indicator picks out its own fact
from the proper hole and records it. It
cannot lie. It never calls a blacksmith a
shoemaker nor a clergyman a horse trader.
It uever grows tired aud never gets con
fused. It is estimated that the use of these
machines will save the government more
than $500,000 before the work of this census
is completed.
As the cards are run through the ma
chines they are thrown into an electric
sorter, which distributes them according to
their peculiarities. Just now then: ma
chines are employed in tabulating the spe
cial classes. When the .rough or gross
count In the Inter-Ocean building is com
pleted 050 tabulators will he used. The
names upon the general schedules will then
be tabulated according to race, sex, birth
place, aud u score of other facts. No win
der that astonishment is expressed at the
swiftness with which the returns are com
piled.
INFORMATION ABOUT MORTGAGES.
From the main census office you go to the
mortgage division, it is iu the National
Bank building, on Heveutli street, opposite
John VVanaiuakers office. George K.
Holmes Is the special agent iu charge, Upon
t utoring the ground floor there is hatdiy
room to turn around. Rows of shelve
pige n hole; filled with morlgag, sic
from the floor to tbe ceiliug a n * u
there were 5,500,000 of these slips amt ,
1.500,000 more are to b: recK**
IS! °™, eTer y. county in the
Staten. Information as to morteaoess
hren collected bv the genera J 8 *
merators and by SDecial „ u ~
searching the records at age \ t
county seats. The main reliance is n i,iz?
upon the records. Where uSTd&IK
uncanceled mortgage, a slip la sent to
mortgagor requesting information One r J
the questions asked is; “For what
wau the money raided by the mL ™
used?" * mort Bags
Humorous answers are frequents
cmved. A Kansas farmer who martJaJST
100 acres to borrow $8,50 replied tt-*?*? 1
“used the money to help
gamble: s, merchants, baukars and boodil!
politicians." JQle
An Indiana farmer with a mort~
upon 120 acres replt“d: “This lUi
given for two sets of false teeth, vaI .JJ
A Ka .sas man explainei that he >.
rowed 3100 to pay “expenses of electing
and sened his name “Busted.” ° a ’
A North Carolina farmer with a mart
gage uiion 600 acres, said that “the mo „„
was used to pay for niggers purchased hi
his father before the war.” u I
Another Kansas farmer returned the fci
lowing:
made to pay debt incurred in hti_
ness cons qu nit upon the uamoable contract,
of the currency. evuoa
A poor widow iu Tennessee mortuary
her home for 313 in 1888 to pav the futZj
expenses of her husband. The amount un
paid on Jan. 1, 1890, was $7 95.
Another Kansas farmer replied: “Give
us free coinage of silver and enlarge one
circulating medium and we can pay our
debts and not be asking for stay laws.” W
An Indiana farmer gave this explanation
for put ing a mortgage on his farm-
Was sued by a man for SIO,OOO for aiienattn.
the affections of his wife. Had to borrow Si ~i
to settle, but I have got the woman. , J
A New York mortgagor explains that ha
borrowed money to pay debts contracted in
raising a family of ten children.
Another Kansas farmer explains:
This money raised partly for improvements,
partly to pay debts caused by my wife s sick',
ness and death. For said sickness had been
paying national banks from 2 to 8 per cent n.'J
month. This is how the bank is daily robbing
tlie people of their homesteads under republican
Another Kansas man said that he bor
rowed the money for tho purpose of en
abling him to pay “the tariff on the things
I have to buy and to make up for the
loss-s I sustain by reason of noa-protectioa
on the things I have to sell.”
The returns show that the common rats
of interest beyond the Mississippi is from
10 to 12 per cent. Often an additional
expense for the negotiation of tho loan is
added.
Five hundred and twenty-five agents were
employed in searching the records. A largo
force is now engaged in compiling the infor
mation gleaned. The primary work is done
through au ingenious arrangement of
card-, different colors representing differ
ent facts. The mortgage returns will Le
more elaborate and instructive than here
tofore.
INTEREST CHARGES.
A South Dakota special agent reports
that “there is a great scarcity of local
money throughout the state. On short time
loans tbe interest, commission and the
bonus ofttimes run as high as 40 to 75 per
cent., aud sometimes higher. Prior to the
last four or five ye rs it was not an uncom
mon thing to add to the amount to be
loaned about 25 per cent, and make the
mortgage cover it.”
The most difficult fact to ascertain has
been the rate of interest. The tua rate is
often concealed. Various devices are re
sorted to for the purpos) of evading usury
laws and of making the borrower think
tnat the rate is lower than it really is. In
some parts of the country mortgages ex
pressly state that tbe loan bears no interest,
when, as a matter of facs, the real interest
is from 12 to 18 per cent, and even 40 per
cent. The rates of interest iu the s iuth are
as high as in the west, and in crop liens
higher.
FORECLOSURES.
The tendency in every part of the coun
try has been toward the borrower’s aban
don mont of his equity of redemption when
the loan is made. The power of sale mort
gage of tbe east and tbe trust deed of tbe
south permit the leader to dispose of tbe
mortgaged property by summary proceed
ings and o cut off the mortgagor’s equity
of redemption within a very few weeks
after default of the payment of tho princi
pal or even interest. In Chicago aud Cali
fornia and some other parts of the country
the seller of real estate, upon part payment
of the money, does not give a deed, but
agrees to do so upon full payment of tbe
contract price and interest. The would-be
purchaser occupies the real estate and im
proves It, and may be ejected upon short
notice upon bis first default.
In some parts of the south the borrower
gives an unconditional deed of his farm to
tbe lender. Tbe lender pa ses back to him
an agreement to reconvey upon full pay
ment of tbe 1 an aid interest. At tbe same
time he permits the borrower to still occupy
the farm. This scheme, of course, cuts off
tlie equity of redemption, and permits a
quick foreclosure.
In Pennsylvania and in Virginia the
lender goes so far as to get from the bor
rower, upon the making of the loan, a con
fession of judgment, which is a complete
surrender by tbe borrower of the right of a
legal defeme.
Very few have an idea of the informa
tion to be obtained from the census office.
Not long ago Congressman Dalzell wanted
the uames of the people living m Alle
gheny county, Pennsylvania, in 1790. He
found them at the census office There were
10,000 of them. The office has the named
of all persons living in the United States at
eacn decennial period from 1790 t> the pres
ent. The records containing these natnesara
stored in the patent office.
THE MAN WHO KNOWS IT ALL.
Last of all we enter the office of Supt.
Robert P. Porter. He has the pbysique of
an athlete. He Is a clean-shaven, dark
complexioned man, with snapping black
eyes ami black hair. He is as active as a
ferret and does an immense amount of
work. A little over a year ago tbe census
bureau consisted of Mr. Porter, with a
messenger and a clerk. It occupied one room
and had two desks. Everything had to be
organized and arranged for the work in
hand. The electric counting and tabulating
machines had to be made. In fact, tney were
invented for this very work. Supt. Porter
has now about 1,800 clerks and 2,000 young
women at work. The foroe is thoroughly
organized and equipped. It occupies the
whole of two large buildings and parts oi
others. It is divided into twenty-two di
visions, each of which has its own work to
do. Each division in turn is divided into
subdivisions or sections. These again as
still further subdivided, so that every pecj
son has special work to do. In June 50-1-
enumerators were employed. ABOtn
large army is collecting special statistics t
various kinds. . -
The organization of the force requir
executive ability of a high order. The w 0
of the census is being completed w
unparalleled raDidity. The final
ation of the population will be completeu
Oct. 1 at the latest. The Hist count
completed under tho last census until
day on which Garfield was inaugurated,
the census of 1870 the last returns w’® l ’®
received at the census office until AUk •
1871. But the enumerators finished *
work in the June of 1880. Nine-tent l
the enumerators’ schedules have net
ceived by Mr. Porter already, B”' 1 , ~e
others are ei; ectud before the end"
week. Nino vours were required t _ ,
plote tho work of the last census. I ’ [jt
volumes wore not received by the p '
superintendent until the summer oi
Tin* woi k of the present oo sus w i l
pletod and printed In half that time.
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