The morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, December 26, 1891, Image 7

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Newspaper Page TextCOMMERCIAL. H~SdA a KJST. WEEKLY REPORT. OFFICE MORNING NEWS, ) Savannah, Ga.. Dec. 25, 1891. t Gsnekal Remabks— The leading feature* of the general market during the last week are about the sune as previously noted. The chief feature, however, of interest was tbe activity displayed in naval stores and the firmness manifested In values. In general trade as a whole business was quiet, especially In the jobbing lines, which, of course, is natural for a holiday week, and for the latter reason the retail trade reoelved a fair degree of attention from consumers, and tbe bust ness re alized. all things considered, was said to be fairly satisfactory to dealers, both in volume and prices The money market has continued close with an active demand for money. Domes tic exchange was quiet, while foreign ex change was very weak, and there is some complaints of a soaroity of commercial bills. In groceries there was a fair amount of activity ehown in the early part of the week, but this soon subsided toward tbe close, buyers not being inclined to increase stocks beyond actual necessities. In dry goods trading continues light, without essential change in the general condition of the market. Tbe hardware trade was dull and featureless. There was an entire absence of special activity in lumber. and but tew orders were placed for new business, while the movement was confined strictly to covering back orders. In other departments there was nothing at tractive about the trading and but a nominal business has prevailed, buyers keeping close to actual wants lu making purchases. There were but few price changes and values have been pretty well sustained. The following r“flume of the week’s business will show the tone and the latest spot quotations of the different markets at the close on Thursday: If aval Stores —The spirits turpentine market was quite a strong one during tbe week and pr.oea advanced steadily. A falling off In re ceipts and the large amount of available ton nage raflier stimulated buyers, whioh caused an active demand and the consequent stiffen ing up of values. The business doing was large and pretty much all the current offerings were raDidly absorbed Fully 4.500 casks changed hands during the week. The market closed on Thursday firm at 844 c for regulars In rosins there was a continued g od demand wnica. In fact at times, was In excess of the offerings during last week, while the market displayed considerable firmness, and prices were advanced for pretty much the whole list. The total sales were about 12,000 bai rols. In another column will be found a comparative table of receipts and exports for six days and for the same week last year, show ing the stock on hand and on shipboard not cl-ared, together with the official closing quota tions. Cotton— There was a moderate business doing, though all things considered. It was fair for Christmas week. Buyers and sellers have entertained opposite views about the market, consequently prices have remained stationary The demand was principally confined to middlings, and holders to effect sa'es of other grades were forced to make con cessions of l-16@Vfic in prices at times. The receipis have continued pretty full and supplies are increasing in iirst hands. The port receipts are also comparatively large and there is evi dently no hope for an improvement at control log centers until there is a more positive falling off in the movement to the primary markets. The total sales for the past six days were 8,023 bales. The following are the official closing scot quotations of the Cotton Excbauge on Thursday: Middling fair TH Good middling 7% Middling 6 Low middling 6 11-16 Good ordinary 8% Sea islands—The total receipts for the past six days were 1,8*5 bags, of which factors re ceived 1,691 bags and 18! bags wore of through cotton. The total exports were 8,624 bags, distributed to the following points: To Liver pool, 8,971 bags; to Havre, 15 bags, and to northern and eastern mills, 683 bags, The sales wore 1,263 bags. The market was quiet through the wees and rather easy for all grades except floe and extra fine. Holders were more dis posed to make concessions rather than to carry stocks over the holidays, hence the weakness for all grades except fine and extra fine, which were In demand. The above business was on the basi3 of quotations: Common (nominal) 10 @ll ' Medium ..... 12J$ Good medium 13 Medium flue 14 . Fine IS @ISW Extra fine 15^@16 Choice.... 17 @lB The receipts of cotton at this oorr from all sources the past six days wereß3.Bßo bales of upland and 1,826 bales of sea Island, against 32,145 bales of upland and 1,284 bales sea island last year. The particulars of the reoeipts have been as follows: Per Central railroad. 13,292 bales upland; per Savannah, Florida and Western railway. 60,027 bales upland aud 670 bales sea island; per Savannah river steamers. 324 ba es upland aud 5 'bales sea island; per Charleston and Savannah railway, 37 bales upland; per South Bound railroad, 152 bal-s upland; per carts, 11 batre upland and 1(5 bales sea Islaud; from Beaufort, 17 bales up land and 135 bales sea island. The exports for six days worn 28,980 hales of upland and 3,624 bales sea island, moving as follows: To New York, 3.829 hales upland and 652 bales sea island; to Baltimore, 2,757 bales upland; to Charleston, 1,740 bales upland; to Boston, 1,398 bales upland and 1 bale sea island; to Liverpool, 16,908 bales upland and 2,971 bales sea Island; to Bremen, 2,800 bales upland; to New Orleans, 48 bales upland. The Btock on hand Thursday was 119,233 bales up land and 10,736 bales sea island, against 121.319 bales upland and 11,070 bales sea island last year. Kick—The market was absolutely dull and featureless. There was only a nomi nally demand during the week and very little business doing to speak of. There wasasteadler feeling, however, and most holders were tils posed to view the situation as more hopeful In anticipation of a better demand after the holi day seasou closes, especially as the statistical position is a fairly strong one. The sales for the week were about 2uo barrels. The following are the official quotations of the Board of Trade; small job lots are held at higher: Hough, nomlnal- Country lots $ 70@ 80 Tidewater 1 00<@1 25 Note— Owing to the observance of Christmas, all exchanges throughout the country were closed, hence wa are without our usual weekly telegraphic reports. The cotton statistics and tables, however, are brought down to aud in clude Thursday for all the ports. Comparative Cotton Statement. > Or Gross Receipt#, Exports and Stock on Hand Dec. 24, 1891 AND FOR THE SAME TIME LAST YEAR. fi 1890. Sea 1 Sea Island. Upland : Island. Upland’ Stock on hand Sept. 1 1.871 10,145 ' 23 D-4J?* Received to-day _• ••• •••• _•••• ®.yol Received this week (Odays)... I,B*B 26,860; 1,281, 32.145 Received previously 28,806 700,769 23,603 r 696,883 Total 32.503 786,774. | 24,910 740,49! Exported to-day ~.. ... ,50 7,149 Exported this week (6 days)... 3,624 28,980 U.lßl 25,098 Exported previously 18,143 588.561 1 12,666 594,074 Total 21,767 _617,M1 13.8 0 619,172; Stock on hand and on ship-i I board thL day I 10,736 119,2331 11,070; 121,319 Movement or Cotton at interior Points. r~ Week ending Poo. 23, 181*0. Receipts. Shipments. Stocks. Augusta 8,820 7.6P4 52 431 Columbus 2,293 1,051 20,865 Rome 3,499 8.702 5.028 Macon 3,005 3,198 10,915 Montgomery 8,071 4,587 19,208 Selma .. .... Memphis! 41,215 20,319. 179,996 Nashville. 1,802 1.277 5,881 Total 88,039 41.738 291,894 THE FOLLOWING STATEMENT SHOWS THE NET RE OKIPTB AT ALL PORTS FOR THE WEEK ENDING DEO. 21 AND DSC. 18 AND FOR THIS WEEK CAST TEAS. This Lost Last Week. Week. Year. Galveston 31.701 89,439 28,173 New Orleans 89.218 99,802 98.877 Mobile 10,129 12,713 14,119 Savannah. ... 27,990 39,601 34.109 S^ rh * ton 14 636 21,005 Hurts Wilmington 6.168 6,544 New York.. 8,113 5.706 j Sri V * r,ous 19,352 17.333 50.M8 - TotAl - •■*=4.532 365.863 26*872 ! Com parative Statement of Net Receipt*, Exports and Stocks of Ootton at the Following Places to ths Following Dotes. i L Stock on Received since Exported since Sept. 1, 1891. hand and on Forts. Sept. 1. ■ ■ ■ - • • ■ ■■■ ■ •- Shipboard. Great O’th F’n Total C'stwlse 1890- "91 1889 -’90 Britain. France. Ports. Foreign. Porta. 1891. 1890. New Orleans Dec. 24 !.433, 807 1,184.152 455,803 128.507 258,837 847,178 220,933 444,406 302,924 Mobile Deo 24 196,659 195.823 27,438 27,483 129,708 43,233 47,191 Florida Dec. 84 21,71* Texas Dec. 21 828,088 736, 228 44.8,310 33,867 65,81# 595,989 201.812 110 713 118,318 1 Upland... Dec. 24 j 728,177! 720,028 153.567 22,097! 172,856 345,010 272,017 119,238! 121.319 Cia nan I Sea Is’d. . Dec. 24 21, 23,720 10,TO| 861 1 11,837 10,130 10,7361 11,0701 1 Upland... .Dee. 24 *70,4731 840.765 135,901 5,560; 106,255 247,766 76.121 76,072 ! 66.154 Charleston ISoals'd .Dec. 18 7,083 8,09!) 1.512 .... 1,512 9.362 3,631 4.316 North Carolina Deo. 24! 182.0131 142,873 60,538 .... j 36.399 88,997 20,543 30,861 20,893! Virginia Dec. 24 56 , 210 ! 622.939 161.888 8,622 30.8011 301,006 175,814 62,783 50.1141 New York Dec SI 62,631 64,463 191,774 14.23$ 87,701 293, 80S ..... 299,527 78,444 ' ither ports Dec. 21 187,108 177,953 215.08* 8.000! 49,570 261,193: 88.955 81,721 Total to (late 546,744) 1,852,486 222,742; 807,824 2,882,552: 1,71M42 LB3IG7J ......... ' Total to date In 1890 | 4,8)6,762! I I I I I I 844,562! LIVERPOOL MOVEMENT POR THE WEEK ENDING DEC. 24. 1891, AND POR THE CORRESPONDING TIME OP 1890 and 1889: _ , . . 1891. 1890. 1869. Sales for the week.. 57,000 87,000 Exporters took 3,900 8,400 Speculators took 2,600 Total stock 1,301,(00 871,000 Of which Americanl.o9o 000 584,000 Actual r’ip'te fr wk 177,000 87.000 Tllmp’ts American 142,000 73.000 Of which exports... 66,000 55.000 .... Amount afloat 410.000 240.<f1G Of which American 400,000 230.000 Price. #s4d sjfjd Visible supply op Cotton.—Tbe visioie sup ply of cotton, as made up by cable and telegraph to the h'inanoial Chronicle, is as fol lows: The continental stocks, as well as those for Great Britain and the afloat, are this week’s returns, and consequently all the European fig ures are brought down to Thursday evening. But to make the totals the complete figures for Dec. 18, we add the hern of exports from the United States, Including in It the exports of Friday only. 1891. 1890. Stock at Liverpool 1,197,000 846,000 Stock at London 8,000 26,000 Total Great Britain stock.... 1,205,000 872,000 Stock at Hamburg 1,900 8,300 Stock at Bremen 129,000 134,000 Stock at Amsterdam 16,000 10,000 Stock at Rotterdam 400 400 Stock at Antwerp 5,000 8,000 Stock at Havre . 251,000 170.000 Stock at Marseilles 8,000 8,000 Stock at Barcelona 60,000 54.000 Stock at Genoa 7,000 6,000 Stock at Trieste 20,000 8.000 Total continental stocks 500.800 389,700 Total European stocks 1,705.3001.261,700 Indiaootton afloat for Europe. 16,000 20,000 American cotton afloat for Eu rope 758,000 620,000 Egypt, Brazil, etc., afloat tor Europe 66,000 63,000 Stock In United States ports. ..1,268,217 799,125 Stock in U. 8 interior towns.. 607,483 506,186 United States exports to-day.. 28,117 40,433 Total visible supply 4,439,097 3,810,051 Of the above, the totals of American aud otner descriptions are as follows: American— Liverpool stock 1.001,000 558,000 Continental stock 883,000 283.000 American afloat for Europe.... 751,000 020,000 United States stocs: 1.258,217 799,126 Uaited States Interior stooks . 607,403 506,:D6 United States export* to-day . 28,117 40,413 Total American 4,042.797 2,806,954 Total East India, etc 305,300 501,700 Total visible supply 4,439,097 3,810,654 Tbe Imports Into Goutinental ports this wees have been 119.000 bales. The above flgurei indicate an Increase in the cotton hi sight to date ot 1.128,443 Dales as 00m pored with the same dote of 189<>, an increase uf 1,324737 bales ascompared with the correspond ing date of 1189. and an increase of 1,816,187 bales as compared with 1888. India Cotton Movement prom all Ports The receipts and shipments of cotton at Bom bay have been as follows for the week and year, bringing the figures down to Dec. 17’ BOMBAY RECEIPTS AND SHIPMENTS POE POUR YEARS. Shipments this week— Great Britain. Continental. Total. JB9l 1.000 1,000 2,000 1890 8.009 8.000 1889 4,000 4,000 8,000 1888 ..... 1,000 4,000 7,000 Shipments since Sept. 1— Great Britain. Continental. Total. 1891 1,900 48,000 47,000 1890 5.M0 82,000 37,000 1889 517.00 C 71,000 98,000 1888 I*,** 56,000 72,000 Receipts— This week. Since Sept. 1. 1891 11,000 109,000 1890 41,000 184,000 1880 d'4,000 252,000 1888 38,000 149,000 According to the foregoing Bombay appears to show a decrease compared with last year In the week’s receipts ot 30,000 bales and a de crease In the shipments of 1.000 bales, and the shipments since Sept, 1 show an increase of 10,060 bales. ' FINANCIAL. Monet maket— Monev is In actlre demand. Foreign Exchange The market Is very weak Sterling, commercial demand, 84 82%: sixty days, $4 7Cj|; ninety days, $4 78: francs. Paris and Havre, sixty days, *5 u6U; Belgian, sixty days, $5 2731; marks, sixty days. 941-I6c. Domestic Exchange Tne market is quiet. Banks and bankers are buying at !4 per oent discount and selling at V 6 per cent discount to The market is irregular and dull, excepting railroad indorsed bonds, which are firm. STOCKS AND BONDS. State Bonds— Bid. Asked. Georgia 3V4 per cent, bonds 1084 101J4 KeW Georgia 414 per oent bonds.. 111*4 ll*!-? Smith’s, maturity 1896.. lllftS 11*34 City Bonds- .... Atlanta 6 per oent 104 11* Atlanta 7 per cent 110 117 Augusta 7 per 102 }j" Augusta 6 per oent 105 10 Columbus 5 per oent 101 10* Macon 6 per cent 114 1 15 New Savannah 5 per cent quar terly, Jan. coupous IWZ >* New Savannah 5 per cent quar terly. February coupons 101% Railroad Bonds — , itT^ Savannah. Florida and Western Railroad general mortgage bonds, 6 per cent interest cou pons l ua Atlantic and Gulf first mortgage consolidated 7 percent coupons January and July, maturity 1897 ™ lIU Brunswick and Western 4s, Ist in dorsed. due 1928 -70 75 Central consolidated mortgage 7 per cent, commas January and Jhly, maturity 1893 .... ..... 104 106 Central Kallrooa and Banking Company collateral, gold 85... 8S 86 Georgia railroad 06. s©lll lOo^lOU Charlotte. Columbia and August* O SBS3BS;aKis*‘ T Charlot 'e and Augusta general mortgage 5 tier cnnt_... 102 103 Montgomery and E “ f8ul8 IfK 106 mortgage Indorsed 6Pr cent.. 105 106 Georgia Southern and Florida flrst mortgage 5 per cent. 72 Savannah and Atlantic ss, in- w dorsed ‘ W South Georgia and Florida in- SolittTueorgia and Florida eeo THE MORNING NEWS: SATURDAY, DECEMBER 2<i, 1891. ond mortgage 105 106 Savannah and Western 5a in dorsed by Central railroad.... 75 76 Savannah. Amet icus and Mont gomery 6s 7j go Ocean Steamship 6 per cent bonds, guaranteed oy Central railroad i( 103 Ocean Steamship 5 per cent oonds. 1820 joo 102 Gainesville, Jefferson and Soutn ern railroad, first mortgage guaranteed |O7 108 Gainesville, Jefferson and South ern. mV guaranteed 104 106 Gainesville, Jefferson and South ern. second mortgage, guaran „eed io joe Columbus and Rome, first in domed 6# 10J 102 Columbus aud W. -stern 6 per cem first guaranteed 106 107 August* anl KuoxviUe railroad 7 oer cent first mortgage bonds. 101 103 City and Suburban railroad, first mortgage? Der cent bonds.... 104 105 Raiiroorf Stocks— Augusta and Savannah 7 per oent guaranteed, ex-d1v.... 122 ]24 Central common, ex-dlv 90 9;ig Georgia common 193 194 Southwestern, 7 per oent guaran teed 1071* 10814 Central 6 per cent certificates 81 83 Atlanta and West Point railroad stock 104 105 Atlantaand West Point 6 per cent certificates.ex int 93 94 Oat Stock! — Savannah Gas Light stocks 24 *5 Electric Light A Power Uo,ex-div. 74 73 Bank Slock*- Southern Sank of the State of Georgia 545 255 Merchants’National Bank . 130 135 Bavanuah Bank and Trust Com „P“V .... 116 117 Germania Bank 103 104 Chatham Ban r 51 55 Chatham Real Estate and Im provement Company 51 5114 National Bank of Savannah ..129 jsi The Oglethorpe Savings and Trust Company, ex dir 118 119 Savannau Construction Com pany 65 70 Citizens Bank, ex-dlv 93 95 Fiictory Bonat— Augusta Factory 6s 101 103 81bley Factory 6s 103 108 Enterprise Factory 6s 104 108 Factory Stocks— Savannah Cotton Factory 104 108 Eagie and Phenix Manufactur ing Company 48 50 Augusta Factory 75 80 Graniteville Factory 145 150 Icngley Factory 95 100 Enterprise Factory, common.... 55 65 Enterprise Factory, preferred... 971{ 98 u J. P. King Manufacturing Com ai Pny 97]$ 98)4 Sibley Manufacturing Oorupanv.. 6d 05 Naval Stores—The reoelpt* for six day wore 2,'58 barrels spirits turpeutlne and 16,880 barrels r sin. The exports were 3,879 bar rols spirits turpentine and 10,848 barrels rosin, moving as follows: To New York, 21# barrels spirits turpentine and 2.771 barrels rosin; to Baltimore, 80 barrels spirits turpentine and 90, barrels rotiu: to Boston, 257 barrels spirits turpentine and ;20 barrels rosin: to the interior, 277 barrels r.jsiu mid 244 barrels spirits turpentine; to Antwerp, 2,500 barrels spirits turpentine and 845 barrels rosin; to Garston. B,(XX) barrels rosin: to Hamburg, 8,490 barrels rosin Tie following are theßoard of Trade quotations: Rosin—A. B, C and D $1 27U. E *1 27 W, F 81 32*, G *1 37*. Hsl 40, I fl 75, Ks 2 06, M 2 55, N $3 10. window glass *3 6.. water white Si 00. Spirits turpentine 3 '*c bid. Receipts, Shipments aud Stocmb prom April 1 1891, TO DATg, AND TO THE CORRESPONDING DATE LAST YEAR: , 1891 1890 , Spirits. Enin. Spirits. Rosin. On hand April 1„.. 3,902 27,548 3,903 39,511 Rec’d past 0 days.. 2,553 16.180 2, 628 1,779 Reo’d previously.. .211,429 037,028 178,030 5J2,4i; Total 2:7,889 681.556 185,191 630,737 Shipments: Foreign— Aberdeen 3,300 .... 2,801 Amsterdam 1,800 . .. Anjer 9,187 .... ig,857 Antwerp 15,150 11,165 14.287 10.702 Barcelona. 4,514 Bremen 2,260 Bristol 7,220 15,792 2.056 612 Buenos Ayres 1,000 200 1,500 Cadiz 68 Canary Islands 41 Fleetwood 1,450 900 .. 1,899 Garston Dock 8,500 80,468 2.900 21,646 Genoa 1,030 14,414 1.890 12,085 Uranton 8,800 .... 6,418 Glasgow 4,428 7,821 6,973 9,916 Goole , 6,412 6,614 Hamburg 15,737 19,964 5,901 8,377 Hull 40,393 Harburg 8,999 ... 9,520 498 Lisbon 1,600 Liverpool 4.892 750 10,088 *305 London 40,788 16,762 82,597 8,919 Maoeio 1.600 ..... Newcastle on Tyne .... 3,289 Naples 100 2.128 .... 7,751 Odessa - 3,101 Oporto 20 1,711 Palma de Mallorca 150 Paysandu SOI .. . 1,000 Pernambuco .. . 8.409 .... 1,200 Pooteeloff Harbor 24,255 23,313 Queenstown 22,236 376 4 500 1,059 Riga...... 8,932 Rotterdam 15,571 63,260 10,090 35,497 Saraarang 6,409 Stettin 18. “8! St. Petersburg 2.610 Trieste 800 14,700 200 7.850 Coastwise— Baltimore 5,833 81,846 4,738 117,431 Boston.. 11,129 1 3.981 11,290 17,842 Philadelphia 5,298 9,175 3.803 9,096 New York 22.259 145,914 28.817 151,660 Interior towns.... 20,638 80,201 20,063 17.156 Rep’k’g.uluge.etc 0,833 Total shipments..2oß,o36 575,276 !78.321 546,656 Btock on hand and on shipboard Dec. 18.1591 14,853 106,280 11,800 104,081 Apples—32 75®8 50. Bacon—Market steady. Theßoard of Trade quotations are as follows: Smoked clear rib sides, 7s£c; shoulders. 6Uc; dry salted dear rib sides. 636 c: long clear, 6%0; bellies, 6*c; shoul ders, s*c; hams, ll*o. Bagging and Ties—The market steady. Jute bagging 2*to, 7*0.; 2®. 7c; 144®, 6)30; quotations are for large quantities: small lots higher; sea Island bagging at pine straw, 2ld®. 7*c. Iron Ties—large lots, £1 85; smaller lots, $1 40® 1 50. l ies in retail lots, higher. Bdyter—Market firmer: fairdomand; Goshen 22®24e: gilt edge, 25®26c; creamery. 29®30c; Elgin, 32c. Cabbage—Northern, B®S*c. Cheese—Market steady; fair demand; 12® 13*c. Coffee Market firm. Pea berry, 21 *o. fancy, 19*c: choice, 18*c: prime, !8e; good; l?*c; fair, 17c; ordinary, 15*o; common, 14*c, Dried Fbuit—Apples, evaporated, 9c; com mon, 6*®7*e. Peso es,peeled, 12V4c;unpeeled, 9c. Currants, .’>*®6*e. Citron, 22*c. Dried aprieots, 12*c. Day Goods-The market is quiet; good de mand. Prints, 4®6*c; Georgia brown shirting, 3-4, 4*o; 7-8 do, sc; 44 brown sheet ing, Oc; white osnaburgs, B®B*c; checks, 4*®s*c; yarns, 90c for the best makes; brown diallings, o*®7*c. Flour—Market steady. Extra, 34 40@4 70; family. $4 95®5 05; fancy, $5 00®5 00; patent, $5 65®5 78; choioe patent, $5 75® 0 00. Fish—Market firm. We quote full weight*; Mackerel, No. 3. half barrels, nominal, $6 00® 6 60; No. 2, $7 00®8 00. Herring. No. 1, 22c: scaled, 25c. Cod7fl®Bo. Mullet, half bar rel. id 00. Goais—Corn—Market steady. White corn, re tail lots, 70c; Job lots, 68c; carload lots, 00c; mixed corn, retail lots. 68c; job lots. 66c; car load lots. 64c. Oats advancing—Mixed,retail lots, 520; job lots. 50c; carload lots, 48c; Texas rust proof, retail, 75c: Job, 70c; carload, 65c. Brau strong—Retail lots, $1 25; job lots. S! 23; car load lots, $1 15. Meal—Pearl, per barrel, $3 IS; per sack, $1 15; city ground, ?1 30. Pearl grits rer barrel. $3 25; per sack, $! 60; city grits, 1 85 per sack. May—Market strong. Eastern and western, in retail lots, £1 05; job lots. 31 00; carload lots, 96c. Northern, none Hides, It 00L. Ere—Hides Market very dull and declining; receipts light; dry flint, 6)ftc: salted. 4*c; dry butcher, B*c. Wool, market nominal; prime Georgia, free of sand and burs, 2-'c. Wax, 21c. Deer skins, flint, 22c; salted, 17c. Otter skins, 50c®84 00. Iron—Market very steady; Swede, 4*i®6c; refined, 2*c. Lemons—Fair demand. Messina, 33 50; Flor da, $2 00®2 50. Lard— Market steady; pure in tierces, 73®; 60® tins, 76*c; compound, in tierces, s*o; in 50® tins, 6*c. Lime, calcined Plaster and Cement—Ala bama and < leorgia lime in fair demand and sell ing at 3'. 26 per barrel; bulk and carload tots special; calcined plaster. $2 25 per barrel; hair 4®sc; Rosendaie cement, 31 80® 1 40; Portland cement, retail. $2 74;earl>ad low, 3# 40; EngltSb standard, Portland, 8# 75®8 00. Liqtions—Market firm. High wine basis 31 18; whisky per gallon, rectified, fl Os®l 85, accord ing to proof; choice grades $1 50®8 50; straight, $1 50®i 00; blended. $3 o®s oj. Wines—Do mestlo port, sherry. Catawba, low grades. 00® 85c; flue grades, |l 00®1 50; California light, muscatel and angelica, £1 35® 1 75. Nails—Market very firm; lair demand, 3d ?2 95; sd and sd. £2 50; od, |2 85 ; Bd, $2 JO; lOd 82 15; lJd, $ 10; 80d, $2 05; 50to 601, $1 95; 90d $2 10; 40d, 82 ) Nuts--Almonds, Tarragona, 17®18c; lycas, P ®P-c; walnuts. French. :*c; Naples. 16c: pe cans, 15c: Brazils, 7®Bc: filbert*. He; coeoa nuts.Baraccoa.33 20 *350 per hundred; assorted nuts, 50® aud 25® boxes. 12 >l3O per ®. Oranges—Florida, $1 50®i 75. Firm; Barrels, £2 50 *2 75; crates, Potators-Irish, barrels, $2 25 *2 50; sacks $2 00®2 15. Shot—Drop. £1 55; drop to B and larger Si 80: buck. $1 80. Salt—Tbe demand Is moderate and market dull. Carload lots, 65c f. o. b.; job lots 70® oc. Oils—Market steady; deman*, fair, signal. 40®50e; West Virg.ma black, 10®1Sc; lard. 60c; kerosene. 10c; neatsfoot, So®7uc; machinery' 18®25c; linseed, raw. 43c; bouel. iflc; mineral seal, 13c; bomeligbt, 14o; guardla 1,14 c. Sso a a—The market is dull and lower; demand good. Cut loaf. si-jc: cubes. 4 7 <,c; powdered. a?4ic; granulated. 4)4o; confectioners’, 4He; standard A, 44gc; white extra C, 4)4c; golden. C. 37*0; yellow. 34*c. Syrup -Florida and Georgia. 24®2£e; mar ket quiet for sugarhouse at *0®40o; Cuba straight goods, 30®3#c; sugarhouse molasses, Tobacco—Market qaist end steely. Smoking, domestic, 22-rc®3i 00; chewiug, ooiurnoo, sound, 23®25c; fair, 21 *3sc; good, ;!6®410; bright, 00®35c; fine fancy, 75®-V; extra tin*. $1 00 >1 15; bright navies, 22®4V:. Lumber Tne demand tor foreign is quiet. The domestic demand continues to show improvement, and sune advance in prices for quick deliveries. We quote: Easy sizes £ll 50®® (k) Ordinary sizes 12 OO®lo 50 Dllficult siz*s 14 00®25 50 Flooring boards USiV^agiV) Bhipstuffs 15 50®25 00 FREIGHTS. Lumber -By Sail—The market i 8 qniet and but tew cargoes offering. The rates from this and near-by Georgia ports may be quoted at $4 25 ®6 oJ.for a lucludmg Haiti nore and Port land. Me. Timber 00 higher than lumber rate* To the West indies aud Windward, nominal; to Rosario, Sl<>oo®l7 00; so Buenos Ayres or Montevide', £l4 00; to Rio Janeiro, $1500; to Spanish and Mediter ranean portA $lB 00; to Unite 1 Kingdom for orders, nominal for timber, £1 10s stan.iard: lumber, £4 15s. By Steam—To New York, 37 00; to Philadel phia, $800; to Boston, 3800; to Baltimore, Naval Stores Market Is dull and for vessels to arrive nominal Foreign Cork, eta, small spot vessels, rosin, 2s 91 and 4s; Adriatic, rosin, 8s; Genoa. 2s 9d; South America, rosin, 80c per barrel of 280 pounds. Coastwise—Bteam—to Boston, 110 per 100®s on rosin, 90c on spirits; to New York, rosin, 7Ue per 100®a. spirits, NOo; to Philadel phia. rosin, BUc per HW®s, spirits, tic; to Balti more, rosin, 70c, spirits, 70a Cuastwis,* quiet. Cotton—By Steam-Tbe market Is steadier. Barcelona asd Genoa ted Havre 11-3?d LiverpSoi 21-64d Bremen 21-Old Amsterdam 11 82d Liverpool via Now York, W ® 21-54d Liverpool via Baltimore. © ® 11321 Havre via New York, © ® 13 32,1 Bremen via New York. S ® 13 S2d Reval via New York, © ® 7-ißd Amsterdam 11-82d Genoa via Now York... .... 18 33d Barcelona via New York 15-82d Amsterdam via New York “Oc Amsterdam via Baltimore 05c Bremen via Baltimore 11-82d Antwerp via New York 5-lod Boston © bale $ 185 Sea Island © bale 1 25 New York © bale 1 00 Sea Island © bale 1 00 Philadelphia © bale 1 00 Sea Island © bale 1 00 Rice—By Steam- New York © barrel 50 Philadelphia © barrel 50 Baltimore © barrel 50 Boston © barrel 75 COUNTRY PRODUCE. Grown fowls © pair $ 75 ® 00 Chickens % grown © pair....... 50 ® , Chickens 14 grown© pair 40 ® Turkeys © pair 2 Pi) ®8 00 Geese © pair 1 00 ®1 26 Ducks © pair 65 ® 72 Turkeys, dressed, © ® 15 ® 18 Chickens, dressed. © ® R’H® 1® Eggs, country, © dozen 2(1 ® 27 Peanuts, tanoy, h. p. Va, ©®... 6 ® Peanuts, h. p. © ® 4 ® Peannts, small, h. p.. © ® ... 4 ® 4H Peanuts, Tennessee, h. p., © ®.. 4 ® Sweet potatoes, © bush., yellow. 60 ® 60 Sweet potatoes, © bush., white . 40 ® 50 Poultry—Market overstocked; demand light. Eggs Market is well supplied at lower prices Peanuts—Ample stook, demand light, prioes steady. Suoar—Georgia and Florida nominal; noneln market. Honey—Demand nominal. New York Market Review, Reported by O. A Palmer. 16C Reade SI., Revo York. New York, Dec. S8 —The market on oranges shows a slightly firmer tone, the demand for good fruit for the holidays being fairly actlre. but much poor fruit offering Fancy bright*, selected sizes. Si 75®2 no. straight lines, $1 6244 al 75; russets, 81 3714®! 0-V4; tangerines, 50®4 50; mandarins, £2 Uo®3 (it). Market on vegetables quiet and unchanged. Fancy egg plant and cucumbers lu demand. skip pin gin telligenok. StTNßisris 7:04 Sun Sots ..4:56 High Water at Savannah. .3:53 am. 8:58 pm. Saturday, Dac 23. 1831. ARRIVED YE3TSRDVY. Steamship Win Lawrence. Klrwan, Baltimore, —J J Carolan, Agt. Steamer Alpha, 3trobhar. Beaufort and Port Royal—o H Modlock. AeL Steamer E Q Barker, Ga nbero, St Helena— Master. ARRIVED AT QUARANTINE THURSDAY. Bark Cbas Bal [Nor], Gunderson. B ihta via Barbados, in ballast—Master (not Charles, as er oneously reported. DEPARTED YESTERDAY. Steamer Bebevue. Garnett, Darien and Brum wick—W T Gibson. Manager. SAILED YE3TERDAY. Steamship City of Savannah. Boston. Steamship De&soug. Philadelphia. Steamsbip Nacoochee. New York. Steamship Carl Konow [Nor], Biuefields Nio. MEMORANDA. New York, Deo 20— Arrived out. City of Chi cago, New York for Liverpool. New York. Dec 23-Arrived, schrs Nellie T Morse, Mobile; Nellie Floyd. Johnson, George town, S C; Satilia, Jayne, Fernaudina. Cleared -Schr Ann J Trainor, Morris, Jack sonville. Brow Head. Dec 22—Passed, steamship Mount Tabor [Br], Slunro, Savannah for Liverpool Bremen, Dec 22—Arrive 1, steamship Northern [Br], Richardson, Savannah. Dublin, Dec 22—Arrived, bark Louise [Nor], Aaroe. Pensaoola. Liverpool, Dec 22-Sailed, steamship Orbo [Br], Key West. Revalto, Dec 23 Arrived, steamsbip Preston [Br], Hannah. Savannah. Waterford, Dec 22— Sailed, hark Leif [Nor], Michaelsen, Pensacola. Barbados. Dec 10 - Sailed, bark Cbas Bal [Nor], Gunderson, Savannah from Bahia. 7th—Sailed, bark Blland [Nor], Mikalaen, do. Bth-Bailed, bark Ismaele [UaIJ, Capiello, do. 10th—8ailed, bark Hertha [Nor], Nielsen, Brunswick. llth—Sailed, bark Jomsberg [Nor], Pedersen, Pensaoola Clenfuegos, Deo 23 Arrived, schr Edith Ber wlnd, Mcßride, Pensacola. Pernambuco, Nov It)-Sailed, bark Locos [Nor], Savannah. Brunswick, Dec 28—Arrived, bark Argo [Norl, Arentsen, Wilffalngton. N C; sohrs Jennie 8 Hall. Watts, New York; Violaßoppard, Ander son. Boston. Baiied-Schrs M A Nutter [Br], Burns, Maya guez; Fannie L Child, Hart, Providence; Anna L Mulford, Henderson, Perth Amboy;Cjarles D Hall, New York; John H Cross. Grover, do. Baltimore. Dec 22 -Arrived, sebrs Wm A Mar burg, Ptllebury, Ashepoo, 8 C; Island City, Voor hces. Savannah; Ettle Hall Lister, Mason, do. Sailed—Bark Kate, Key West. C josaw, Dec 21—Arrived, steamship S’affa [Br], Ostergarn, Cardiff. Darien, Dec 23—Arrived, schrs Cassle Jame son, Collins, Boston; Dickey Bird, Oahn,Coarleß - Samuel B Hubbard. Mehaffey, New Lon don. Cleared—Sohr Jesse C Woodhull, Townsend, New York. 19th—In port, bark Sverre [Br], Cook, from Inverness, arrived sth. Fernandma, Deo 23—Arrived, sebrs Jennie Lockwood, Roland, Boston; K Bowers, Wilson, New York. Georgetown, 8 C, Dac 23—Sailed, sohrs Wac camaw, Squires, and Percy W Scholl, Hubbard, New York. Key West, Dec 2)— Soiled, schr Carrie A Buokaam, Stubbs, New York. Norfolk. Va. Dec 21—Sailed, sohr Jacob M Haskell, Doane, Charleston. 23d—Sailed, steamship Verax [Br], Mobile for Liverpool. Nobeka, Deo D— Passed, schr Jacob Reed, Nickerson, Brunswick tor Boston. Pensacola, Dec 23 -Arrived, sohr Anna E Ket chun, Lee, Galveston. Cleared—Bark Zampa [Norj, Hansen. Cape H *~“ : *° hr PnUadelpbia, Deo 23 Arrived, sc hr Addla (fharWon, Prutoa. “ _Alrt ~ d ’ <Chr J °“ tb ‘ a ' l ‘*yaril, Dec 2J Arrived.schr Julia A Warr. " arr, Calais for Jacksonville. MARITIME MrSOELLANY. Jupiter. Dec 23—Schr Orrie V Drlsko. Ireland, from Apalachicola for Philadelphia, with cargo of lumber, was beached yesterday off cape Ca naveral. Tne Drlsko collided with some float ing obstruction or wreckage in the Oulf. caus ing a bad leak. Incessant pumping kept her afloat until yesterday when beaching became be*a touf loaaT** 4rJr ' Tbe T *el cargo will SP'dKKN. Schr Dicker Bird, for Darien, and 8 G Hart, for Bat ilia. Dec 23, off Fernandlna. NOTICE TO MARINER?. Notices to mariners, pilot ohartsan l all nau tlcat information will be furnnheJi masters of vessels free of charge in United States Hy drographlo Oflloa in [be Custom House. Cap 2ains are requested to call at the office. Ltkrr F H Sherman, In Charge Hydrographic Station. Tompkinsville. NY. Deo 22-The red spar buy No 102)4 00 Sand Spit 18E), Sag Harbor, N Y, has beeu discontinued, as the Sand Spit Beacon has been rebuilt A first class buoy, painted with red and black horizontal stripes, has been established 111 18 feet of water, on Midway Shoal, Plum Gut. be tween Plum Island and mainland of Long Island. NY. An attempt will be made to maintain the buoy, but tbe strong tides of the Gut may dls place it. Bearings, maguetic: Plum Island Lighthouse, N by E; beacon on Oyster Pond Reef, W.Vff)jW. Spar buoys, as markers, for the winter raontns have been placed alongside the follow ing nun and can buoys In New York Lower Bay, II >ckaway, a id approaches thereto—pitch of Sandy Hook. No 5. South Channel (entrance); South Channel (mid-channel), lump buoy; Oed nry Channel (entrance buoy); Hockaway isea buoy). The experimental bell buoy moored near the lighthouse depot. Tompkinsville, Staten Island, N Y nas hoon discontinued. By order of the Lighthouse Board. Henry F. Pioring. Captain U. 8. N., inspector Third District. RECEIPTS Per steamer E G Barker from St Helena— -127 bales sea island cotton. EXPORTO. Per steamship Nacoochee for New York— -2.214 bales cotton. 186 hags sea island ootton. 118 bal.-s domestics and yams, 312 tes lard, 956 bbls roslu, 1© bbls spirits turpentine. 00 bbls pilch, 6 bales hides, 174 bbls oil, 35 bbls fish, 10 bbls or anges, 4,307 boxes oranges, 471 boxes vegetab les. 80 Lins pig Iron. 160 cases oysters, 60 bbls manganese, I -2 pkgs mdse. Per steamship Dessoug. for Philadelphia— -414 Dales cotton, 39 bales paper stock, 39 bales domestics and yarns. 084 bbls rosin, 135 bbls spirits turpentine, 32,760 feet lumber, 97 bbls oraDges, 2,073 boxes oranges, 47 boxes veget ables, 525 empty beer kegs. 64 bbls oysters, 129 casks clay, 145 bbls ochre, 289 bales straw, 498 pkgs mdse. Persteamshlp City of Savannah for Boston— -1,789 bales cotton. 5 hales |>aper stock, 149 bales domestics and yarns, 1,040 sacks cotton seed meal 206 bbls spirits turpentine. 24 oaskaclay, 48 bales hides, 5 bbls fish, 31 boxes oranges, 6,2 '2 boxes oranges, 80 tons pig iron, 131 pkgs mdse. CONSIGNEES. Per steamship Wm Lawrence from Baltimore Steamer Alpna, T 8 Agnew, M Holey A Hon, U H Steamer Bouthwell. Bet S W Branch, H A Blake, Clarke 4 D, Coleman 4 Cos, J E borry, M J Doyle, A Doyle, Decker 4 F, Jas Douglas, G Eckstein 4 Cos, Ellis, Y 4 Cos, Steamer Farmer M Fenst’s Sons * 00. A Ehrlich 4 Bro, I, Gabel, 8 Guckenlieimer 4 Son, G A Farntiam, A C Harmon, A llauley, Fretwell 4 N, M D nlrsoh4 Cos, Heulsler 4 H, A llauley, It Jucbter. M M Johnson, Jno Kuck, Steamer Katie, N Lang, L B Lee, Lippman Bros. Jno Lyons 4 00, Law 48. A Lefiier 4 80a, D B Lester Grocery Cos, Meinhard Bros 4 Cos, Mutual G L 00, Moore 4 J Morning News, McKenna 4 W, J McGrath 4 00, K C McCall, McMillan Bros’ Nicholson 4 Son. M Order Bartlett 4 00. order notify D H Hall, order notify G Davis 4 Son, Lovell 4 L. Dr WW Owens. Palmsr Hardware Cos, J D Purse, 8 0 Parsons, Rosin Fertx Cos, A O Rhodes 4 Cos, R4I) RR, Kustln Bros, H Solomon 4 Son, J Sullivan. Savannah Steam Bakery. Sheftail 4 8, Savannah Furniture Cos, Savannah Grocery 00, CVV Smith, B, F4 W lty, A G Thomas 4 00, G W Tiedeman 4 Bro, Southern Ex 00. J W Teenle 4 00. J P Williams 4 Cos, Wilson 4 O, W WareJ J D Weed 4 00, A I. Wilkinson. LIST OF VESSELS IN THE PORT OF SAVANNAH. Savannah, Dec. 25, 1891. STEAMSHIPS. Royal Welsh [Brl, 955 tons, Merrix, Havre, ldg —A Minis’ Sons. Roseneath [Br], 1,123 tons, Hutchinson, Bre men, ldg—Strachan & 00. Pemptos [Oer], 1,541 tons, Jobannsen, Bremen, ldg—Straclian A Cos. Knuuforil [Br], 1,350 tons, Siodolr, Liverpool, old—Wilder & Cos. ’ Wm iAwrenco, 576 tons, Klrwan, Baltimore ldg—Jno J Cardan, agt. Leconflrld [Br] 1.462 tuns, Nassau, Barcelona, ldg-Wilder & Cos. City of Birmingham, 2,158 tons, Berg, New York, cld —C G Anderson. Seven steamships. BASKS. Sea Breeze, INor], 069 tons, Klttelson. Europe, ldg—Cbr G Dahl A 00. Adrena [Nor], 458 tons, Andersen, Europe, ldg Ohr G Dahl & Cos. Esmerahla, LKusj, 778 tons, Gront, Alicante, 1 Ig-Chr G Dahl & Cos. Hertef Herlofsen [Nor], 766 tons, Kroger, Europe, ldg—Clir O Dahl A Cos. Pis :o [Nor], 718 tons, Eckersburg, Buenos Ayres, ldg—Cbr G Dahl & Cos. Brlllant [Nor], 764 tons. Lootz, Europe, ldg— Cbr G l)ahl & Cos. Bepplno M [ltal], 506 tons, Scarpatl, Trieste, old -Chr G Dabl & Cos Ibis INor], 456 tons, Christiansen, Passages, ldg —Ohr G Dahl & Cos. Konz Sverre [Norl. 474 tons, Larsen, Oporto, ldg—Chr G Dahl & Cos. Emola [Norl, 588 tons, Moller, Europe, ldg— Cbr G Dahl & Cos Prof Nordenskjold [Nor], 451 tons, Lie, Buenos Avres, Mg- Cbr G Dahl A Cos. Arvllla [Nor] 1,027 tons, Gundirseu, Europe, ldg —Strachan & Cos. Looohoo [Nor] 494 tons, Glertsen, Europe, ldg— Btraoban & Cos. Vaan, fNor[. 375 tons, Undtner, Malmoe, old— Strachan A Cos Finland [Jiua). 646 tons, Alander, Europe, ldg— Strachan A Cos. Flora [Br], 977 tons, Olsen, Garston Dock, old— —Strachan A Cos. Julius [Port], 628 tons, Vierra, Oporto, ldg —J Cuyas. Maria [Bp], 518 tons, Gamecho, port in Spain, ldg—J Cuyas Triton [GerjL 480 tons, Witte, Odessa, ldg— American Trading Society. Gter [Brl, 485 tons, Murray, Trieste, ldg—A. Minis Sons. Karnak [Nor], 809 tons. Froyland. Hamburg, dls—A Minis Sous. Topdal [Nor], 598 tons, Andersen, repg—A Minis’ Sons. Privateer [Br], 875 tons, Murphy, London, ldg— A Mims’ Sons. Marie [Nor], 695 Lins, Hansen, Europe, id; — A Minis’ Son*. Valona [Br], 800 tons, Andrews, Liverpool, ldg —Holst A Cos. Ossuna [Br], 794 tons, Shand, Liverpool, ldg— Holst A Cos Isabel [Norj 579 tons, Tallokseu, at Tybee In dls —Holst A Cos. Nalon [Bp], 315 tons, Gracia, Montevideo, cld— S Stillwell, Mlllen A do. ampton Court <tor], 966 tons, Borgwoldt, Europe, ldg—Paterson, Downing A Cos. Guldregn (Nor], 714 tons, Svenaen, Europe, ldg —Paterson, Downing A Cos. Ariadne TNor], 481 tons. Hansen, Europe, Mg— Paterson, Downing 4 00. Marie [Norj 663 tons, Eveosen, Hamburg, dis— Paterson, Downing A Cos. New Light, 450 tons, Thompson, Baltimore, dls —Jos A Roberts & Cos. Hijas de Vlnaa [Bp] tons, Abarva, at quar antine wtg—Master. Chas Bal [Nor], 721 tous. Gunderson, at quaran tine wtg—Master. Tbirty-flye barks. SCHOONZES. Robert A Snyder, 857 tons. Guthrie, Philadel phia, ldg—Geo Harries 4 Cos. William C Green, 367 tons, Doane, Porto Rioo, ldg—Geo Harris* & Cos. Napoleon BougtitoD, 780 tons, Stiles, Baltimore, ldg—Geo Harris 4 00. Ellra J Pendleton, 714 tons, Fletohor, New York, dis—Geo Harries 4 00. John R Penros -, 133 ton*. Smith, New York, ldg—Jos A Roberts A Cos. John 8 Deering. 455 tons, Arey, New York, ldg— Jos A Roberts 4 Cos. Ada Bailey, 406 tone, Corson, Philadelphia, ldg —J-* A i'.oberts4 00. Elwood Burton. 375 tons, Hitchens, Baltimore, ldg— Jos A Roberts 4 Cos. Jss B Jordan. 086 tons, Martin, New York, ids— Jo* A Robert* 4 Cos. Horace P Shares, 884 tons, Mount, New York idg—Jos A Roberta A Cos. Florence Shay, 3e5 tons. Edwards, Beaufort cld—Jos A Roberts 4 Cos. Annie L Henderson, 497 tons. Barter, New York, ldg—Jos A Roberts 4 00. Ella M. Hawes, 2-2 tons, Newbury, repg —Joe A Roberts 4 Cos. W m H Sumner. 543 Lins, Pendleton, New York, idg—Joe A Roberts 4 Cos. Anna T Khener, 473 tons, Springer, Baltimore, dls—Joe A Robert. 4 00. •■'has E Young. 534 tons, Corson, Baltimore, die —Jos A Roberts 4 Cos. Jennie Thomas, 057 tons. Young, Baltimore, dis —Jos A Holierts 4 00. Harriet C Karlin, 49i tons, Bhaw, Philadelphia, dis—Jos A Roberts 4 Go. Eighteen schooners. HE GUARDS THE PRESIDENT. The Man Who Stands Between the Executive end Weapons of Crocks. From the Hoston Globe. Of the thousands who weekly visit the executive mansioD, not one fails to ask who the tall, heavily built man Is stand ing either by the President's side or hover lug near him, and few forget, whoa once told, “he’s Capt. Densmore. It is a Mas sachusetts citizen that lias in his keeping ths safety of President Harrison and of the white house family. E. 8. Densmore, the “Captain," as be Is often called. Is an important personage in the white house economy. The charge com mitted to him is no light one. The life of the President of the United States, while not as thorny as that of the Russian czar, wouldn’t be worth a row of frost-bitten peach trees if one or two of the people who think they have grudges against him could get within range of the President. Hardly a week passe, but threatening letters are received from cranks and persons who breathe out Intimidations and promise swift veugoauoa These are at race made Capt. Deis move's property. If the crank is from Washington, be generally knows blm; If uol, he soou makes himself acquainted with the nestled Information, Densmore seems to know oranks by instluot, aud none get farther than ths door or the vestibules. Then be coaxes aud manages until tbe crank or the bitter person with a wrong in bis eye leaves, sends In a card, or writs* a note, whioh never reaches the President, who is thus left with but little knowledge of the annoyance* and dangers attending him daily. Densmore's life in Itself is as good as a story. He is straight as a grenadier, his head large and magnificently proportioned; bis hair has that iron-gray tinge that always gives an atr of power. You know, without asking, that the man has bad to fight his way. One night about thirty years sgo a small boy came out into a long, dusty Vermont road; them was not a llviag thing In sight but the cattle on the hills. The boy looked back at the bouse he hml just left. He knew he could not go back there and that he had nowhere to go; nowhere to sleep but the first haycock or barn he might find. That was Densmore. He struck out for himself, and in spite of dlflloulties he ■tuck to Vermont till he was 25, when be oaine to W'ushington, passed the examina tion fer the polloe force immediately and Was appointed to a tough locality. Here bis luck began. Those were tbe days when Washington was tilled with vicious characters. -Somehow Densmore had the instluot for detecting criminals; he knew no such thing as fear, aud the natural results followed. South of the avenue his name became dreaded, and when President Grant and the polloe board determined to break up tbe gambling hells Densmore was the only man in the department who was not against them. He had declined promo tion from his rank of sergeant. It won be who led tho raid on tbe gambling dsn on E street—tbe greatest gambling house Wash ington ever knew—where congressmen, senators, generals and men of highest rank spent night after night over games of chance. That night there were captured a number of oougresmnen, several senators and enough gaming implements and cash to set up several gaming houses. Next, Willard’s hotel was suffering from a gang of skilled thieves aud Densmore was stationed there. Tbeu he laid the founda tion for that extensive acquaintance with public men that has besu worth to much to The white house, during Hayes’ adminis tration, found its guard demoralized. Dens more, who was a marked man by this time, wss sent for. He resigned from the polloe force and went to assist in guarding the lives of Presidents. From that time on ho lias been at tbo manslou almost continually. During Cleveland’s administration he re signed and went to Massachusetts to look after tbe interests of a Fitchburg firm. During that time he took up a residence In the Hay state, where ho Is still a voter. When Harrison came to Washington before tho inauguration, Mr. Densmore was seat for and requested to assume charge uf Presi dent Herrlson, just us he bad of Cleveland at bis inauguration. Although still in the employ of the Fitobbnrg house, ho consented to remain till inauguration was ovor. Prior to March 4, tho life of the President-elect is a matter of solioitude, and every danger is guarded against. None, not even the hotel servants, is allowed to enter the President’s apartments until Densmore 'has looked him over and pronounood him harmless. After tbe inauguration the czptsiu remained as guest and guide for a few days, and later, at the urgent request of tho family, he as sumed hts old position as chief guardian of tho President's life and the rampart between the family aud the envious public. When the President leaves his office for a public reception in the east room tho tall man is oloso at his lido. He has looked over all the people and satisfied himself there are no suspicious characters in the'house. Then ho fills up one pocket with a beautiful pistol and the crowd files singly either botween him and the President, to whom he per forms the introductions, or by him first and then the President as they stand Bide by side. Densmore has his eye on every one; on hands for suspicious movements aud on faces for any token of danger, while on the other aide of the Hue is another guard who keeps his eye* open also and tbe President takes it all without a wink. Sometimes queer tilings happen at recep tions and people seem to think Capt. Dens more must be some relative or at least a blgb ethoial. One old maD got out the door after seeing the President, came back and insisted 011 shaking the “Vico President’s band.” Immediately after Inauguration, and during the first two years of an administra tion, a President’s life is always held to be in greatest danger. Capt. Densmore himself is not on station at night at tbe house, but is in ctiargo of all arrangements, and is particular that the most muscular men shall be st tho door. For the man who sees the President's sleep is undisturbed he has picked out the strong est and finest speoimeu of manhood on the Washington police force, and If it hadn’t been for Kenny there might bavo been a tragedy In the white house one night last wiuter. In the grounds the watchmen are under his eye, and the night men have learned that it doesn't do to neglect duty or run chances by taking a nap, for Capt. Dons more is as likely tn be standing lu the shad ow of a tree at mfdulgbt or to walk into tbe guard bouse at 2 o’clock a. in., as he is to be on hand promptly at 0 the next morn ing for the first caller. Outside of tbe grounds he Is not supposed to attend the President unless requested. It has been his custom, however, to aot as es cort to trains and be on hand for the Presi dent’s arrival. Since Garfield’s death the captain has never failed in this, because ho feels that if, as had been his habit previous ly, he had only gone to the station with Garfield, Ouiteau would never havo shot the President. Attention to the dally hablu of the young prevents suffering. Take Simmons Liver Regulator.—Ad. Headache, Indigestion, biliousness, Dyepepslv And all stomach troubles Are cured by P. P. P. (Prickly Asb, Poke Root and Pofatllum.) P. P. P. is a sure cure for rheumatism, syph ilis, scrofula, blood poison, blotches, pimples and all skin and blood diseases. Cancero is sore on face, years of skin trouble, glandular swelling, sufferer renders thanks to P. P. p. for its great cures.—Ad. A POOB GIRL’S ROMANOS. Fortune Betran Smiling on Her Whan Her Veil Was Pawned. From the Chicago Tritmne. "A young woman was married last week to a man who is known favorably ail over this country, and who has something of ■ fortune and two homes, and who is in all respects a man of the world," aui another man of the world to the writer, after a general talk about the pranks of the whirli gig of time. “In ber caee,” was the continuation, “I will venture to say that there was a Mon In ber life when the ttioker of the flame of hope was as sickly and fitful as any that ever threw ghostly shadows 00 tbe wall. Not to go into details which would make her known, her mother had separated from her husband. Tbe mother aod daughter were left not only homeless, but practically penniless. Their prior station bad been sucb as to enable them to enjoy some social privileges. When the separation oame the mother moved out or tbe fashionable quarters where she had lived, and with her daughter took lodging lu on* of the cheapest L arding bouses on an unfre quented street In spite of effort to gain some livelihood none came. Then they had to give up tbe back room in the back street boarding and obtained a smaller room in a squalid section of Cbicsßfo. Ido not know that tbe word squalid is the one to be used. The section is one even now where few men or women who have any self-re spect care to be seen. To tbs credit of tbs mother in this story I will say that she did not know this. They bought •heir own food. They did not go out $9 eny restaurant or cafe. Their means did not permit this. Oaa dsy tbe mother, heavily vailed, would go to some little grooery store with a tin pail end purchase 10 cents worth of oysters, a tew cents’ worth of crackers and a bit of cheese. The next day the daughter, heavily veiled, would do the marketing at some other grooery. Heveral times a garment of other daye was taken to a pawnshop, and thus tbe sickly flams of hope was replen ished—l had almost said with blood money. The little rent was paid and enough food obtained to keep up existence. “Oneday—l have this story from the mother herself—they pawned the veil for ■ meal. That removed the mask, and a few days after, when the daughter went for an otber supply, tbe beauty of her faoe, its rsfined touches and ber manuer attracted the attention of a man who was In the gro grooery to which the girl cam*. Without her knowledge be fallowed her to her lodg ing. Then he made some inquiries oonoern ing the mother and daughter, and eventu< ally unravelled the story of their livest I would like to tell you some mors, but can not, lest ttie identity of tbe two should b* established. I can say this muoh, I think, without the world knowing any more. The man who had Interested himself 111 tbe cass married the mother, and tho mating, so far as any one knows, has bean a success. Ths daughter was placed in a line where she Soon, by her talent and pluok and good looks, obtained a recognition, and this put her in a position where she was sought and won by the man whom the married a few days ago. "There you have a story, without the slightest coloring, absolutely correct. If you came across it in a novel yon would probably aocuse the anth i-af adding a lit tle puint to the ploture.’ ar The day ths mo! her told me their story she had no idea what was la store for her. Her haart was full of that unspeakable trouble which comes only to those who have lived In sun bursts and then drifted into impenetrable night How true It Is that with *oms tho depths of darkness hang upon the breaking of the light." VANDERBILT MILLIONS, A Little Flaw Nearly Made a Big Rumpua Oyer the Will. From the iVathtnqton Post. Commodore Vetiderbllt spent the last days of his life in a great big old bouse that stood in that aristooratio portion of New York city, Washington square, and he bad married (or a second wife a sweet young woman of the south. He was anxious to write a will over whioh there oould be no disagreeing when he should have passed away. When the will was completedTt was submitted to several brilliant and high prioed legal lights, among whom was Wil liam M. Everts, and they all, for fees ol £IO,OOO or thereabouts, pronounced the document not Impregnable- Hut the will rornaiueda subject of uneasi ness to the commodore, and one day ta was told of a young lawyer who bad been In the office of the register of wills for some years, and who was something of an expert in the matter of wills. “Hand him a oopy of mine and a small feel" It was done, and the young man in going over tbs paper found a flaw aod reported it. 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