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THK OFFICIAL COTTON KKPOKTS
the ttyti. \o.’ pm-
MIT AN INVASION OF
MEXICO.
SHERMAN ON RESUMPTION.
W\ifaj^ojfoSy .M4y Jli—f if JcJ>5 qec
tion wTth the candidacy of Colonel
can count to start with seventh YQtea
from those disposed to defeat the
£lectoraa cqunt by. parliamentary ex
m'Bwi^ei|4irtili^)nV- of-*AAricuUure
will not issue its monthly official cot
ton report, Congress having failed to
make an pf*opriAUon -dor t hat .pur
pose. TiM#Tiiluße give addi
tional importance to reports of cotton
exchanges. Mr. Dodge, the statis
tician of the department, however,
wilLfurnish tha.press with unofficial
reports, IhMitotff which will appear
Jdml Ore YfildtlHf of June.
It is thought U official circles here
that undue importance is attacked to
reports of a filibustering invasion of
"Northern Meiico.' The Tinited States
Witf enftrffee trefctrtlity. Instructions
have bettt sent dur minister to Mex-
R*> t o give attention to raids into
Mexico for cattle stealing purposes,
with a view to their prevention. Our
Govarnjn@n,t paid no attention to
Mexieom protest against Gefieral Mc-
Kenzie's invasion of Mexico after
cattle stealers, as the Administration
is determined to protect theburuer
from these depredations. McKen
feifi’s precedent may be followed any
H£y. '
Sherman is reported as saying that
the sate of haif a mjfilioa 4J per cep.t.
made Friday, wits not. gnade fofi afi
antieip£fted*defroietWy fh currefiejt,
but entirely in the interest of specie
resumption. He thinks the prospects
for resutnptjoivto is 76 v|ty good, and
the Governmefit wlHJbfi- aAlo to re
sume by that time, unless Congress
delays it by unwise legislation.
The District Marshal has five hun
dred dollars to his credit, with oVer
that amount due to juroTs and wit
nesses. This amount will not sup
port the Criminal Court, the expense
of which is paid by the Federal
Court, a weM.
Japan Mil} the Fart ugue§p 3
colouies are about beiug admitted
into Festal Uaiou. j a
Paymaster Frank <J. Cosby pro
moted to Nav§l Pi*y Inspector, Vice
Foster,,deeeHsed. r -f- ■ f t
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THE METHODIST CONFERENCE*.
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A ItasiK or Union Agreed On.
Baltimore, May 14.—At the session
the Methodist this
after religions services, it
wa<Mnnehbtte4 vfeat -ltoeHJoßfercnoe
Committee on the basis of re-union
had not yet ponsnlted with the
Methodist* Protestant Committee,
and was therefore not ready
to til (jiotomjttee had
came to a conclusion as to what
ccrur'se -to Trnrread fn the lie union anti
onty awaited a meeting with the
MpthpiMst Protestay Qororoittee on
T reunite £6®. cburcbe&i
At the Methodist Protestant Con
vention the principal part of the
morning session was consumed in the
discussion of the power and authori
ty of the Convention to alter or
amend constitution of the church.
The matter of reunion was referred
to Cfttn riifttee'6ti 'C6 n fer en trht.
; Hen. A. 11. Stephen*.
Washington, D. C., May 14.—Mr.
Stephen
the Atlantic Coast Line. He will
reach Wilmington, N.K2, at7T. K.
Wednesday night, an.fi Ga.,
7:30 Thursday morning.
, Aristide* to Run.
Loumvaa.F., May H.-Wn Mur
phy, Secretary of Louisville Jockey
Clutfr i 4fc*B*?*a(jiihfi ffdih -Lexington
tfi*U fcejtoe jpst sepn Aristides, and
HWsnMfnfehrkhd wflfpOßftively run
at LiOiiieviHe a* announced, all re
ports to the notwithstand
ing.
. .i tv ta a-
Tbe Uatawta* PaKumjers
tli V&O&ZMWlV&tlffl Witofintin.
from Liverpool, leaves this morning
for New York, with the passengers
of the stranded steamer, Dakota.
Vjier&is n* change ig
“Salvage • ope fitters kill
hope to recover considerable cargft
Tiir, IrfilP lvaJia?
Uerte Fighting Apound liatouin.
ii. Beth Sid** ,Qlaijn th*. Vietery.
rlu*t i>l n i iij) uni )*,■■ (I
.In Liulinli (iiiie.paiidriit ■ .trrminl.
I’JOdm® TURKISH ACCOUNT.
London, May H.— The Daily Tele
graph's specials from Batoum, of Fri
day midnight, suys:
jPffPJfl o’clock this mfShing the
tlSilßia'i Jlorces. which had been
largely augmented for the purpose,
•advanced with batteries of field artil
lery and made a furious attack upon
the heights UafendluE iiAtoum on the
l.uid side, which were occupfwl by
Basbi Bazouks. The Ottoman troops
were j* tlte usual effec
tive "manner upon The slopes and
ledges of these hills, and upon the
adVanoA of the enemy they opened
on his Qolamns a terrible and weil
sustafned fire of cannon and mus
ketry, whioh literally mowed the
Russians down in swarthes. They
fell by scores and hundreds on the
plain below the Turkish positions.
During their attempts to make way
against this fire, a body of Turkish
lipase and foot, taking advantage of
forest, broke forth upon the
flank of the Russian column and
elTeed great slaughter, the Musco
vites being upon ground perfectly
open, and having no choice but fight
or fly. In a short time the spot which
\*as the scene of this flank tnovfc
nient became covered with dead ‘and
dying ffussians. But the enemy
quickly brought up reinforcements,
and the battle was feuewed with
cpucjl determtnaUonJgrjmapy hours.
The efforts of the assailants were
desperately maintained, but towards
midday their artillery fire gradually
slackened, and they at length with
drew', • i : ■ ,
THE TITHKISH IcOOTffT.
London, May 14. —Tne Bussian
official report from Tifiis claims that
after capturing Mukhtau on the lltb
they advanced two columns agajnst
Khatzubani Heights, skirting the
river Keutdsoi, which they stormed,
with the loss of 12 killed and life
wounded, and immense loss to the
Turks.
Turkish accounts claim a victory
in the same locality. The Turks
were entrenched on Khatzubani
Heights, which are near Batoum.
London, May 14.—A correspondent
of the Telegraph, describing the bat
tle near Batoum, says:-I myfeelf was
an eye-witness of this important en
gagement from first to last, and can
testify that the Ottoman soldiers be
haved with a gallantry which was
fflostt admirable. They had, however,
during n great part of the action, the
advantage of entrenchments on high
groand; and it was due to this fact,
no doubt, that their losses, compared
to"' those inflicted npon the enemy,
were insignificant.
The same correspondent, on Satur
day’s date, says the victory was won
by the extraordinary courage of the
Busbi Bazouks.
the dead and wotinded on the Bus
sian side will exoeefi 4,000. The en
gagement lasted 6ver eight hour’s
actual fighting. The last of the Bus
sians dul not withdraw until near
midnight. The Bussians lost many
guns.
The only Turkish officer of note
that was killed was Khaiin Bey, Ma
jor of Regulars.
ORBIT FLOOR II THE IIORIN.
Uaßilml Blockaded by Water.
FEARS OF THE CHOLERA.
London, May 14.—The .Times’ cor
respondent at Peru telegraphs as fol
lows: As evidence of the general con
dition to which ten days of incessant
rain have reduced the Asiatic region,'
we need only to read the intelligence
from Bagdad describing the flood
which has overwhelmed both banks
of the Tigris. A similar inundation
is unknown since time imigatncgfial,
the river having thrown ok anew
branch above Bagdad, which has
completely blockaded the city and
swept away 200 houses in the village
of Kianizie. The worst evil which
the Bussians may bring upon ys by
their premature invasion is cholera,
which exposures to so inclement a
season can hardly fail to produce
among their troops.
Austria and ttae Hi'lllxerentN.
London, May 14.—The Times'
Vienna correspondent explains the
vote in the chambers. He says al
though the psolutioa,adopted by the
chambers speaks of severing the
bonds between Turkey aud itou
mania, and empowers the Govern
ment at the Conclusion oLpeSce
secure an inde|>eadeut position, it
leaves the Government to dse their
discretion in acting according to
circumstances, so as that for the
present the whole matter is shelved.
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’ a WRATHER t.WUMTIOXA
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** o “ Department, i
Office of CftfEF SIGNAL OFFiCEft, }
Washington, May 14, 1877. )
For the South Atlantic States:
plight changes of temperature, east
erly to southerly winds, dear - antF
partly ekmdy weatSer-io the former
district, Increasing ci curd loess' nnj
apas ih the latter district:*' J . •*
COLUMBUS, GA.. TUESDAY MORNING, MAY 15, 1877.
TIIK WAR IN lii'liOl'K,
Russians Carry the Sign of a
I ■ v .^ liious w *j-UTrr
, QuLV t " > v ill ¥jt
THE PORTE MAD WITH THE UNITED
STATES ANQ EN6LAND.
Successful Turkish Baid.
A Turkish War Vesuri Under Fire .
RiiNHian Headquarter* Noon to U* cm
the Hnnube.
CRITICAL POSITION \OF TURKISH MONI
TORS.
London, May 14.—Russians passing
Bucharest carry flags bearing jt he
dotible Greek cross, whioh are fery
easily carried when th&waria A re.
ligious one.
The Danube, which iias been very
high, is falling.
The Turkish force at Widden is
well prepared for an attack from the
Roumanians, whioh is daily expect
ed.
The Torte is anxious about arms
and munitions still due from Ameri
ca, and is represented as angry with
America for allowing the Russian
squadron to romuiii in American wa
ters!
The feeling against England isbe
coming bitter, the Turks thinking if
she intends assisting she should do
so on the Danube and in Asia.
Turkish vessels are taking sound
ings off Odessa.
One Only escaped from the Moni
tor suhk near Ibrftil.
Bukarest journals state that the
Turks have crossed the Danube at
Circbaaeseh, stolen 12000 sheep, and
killed a shepherd and some cattle.
The Russians deny their repulse at
Reni, while attempting to cross "the
Danube. ’
On the Oth, the Turkish war vessel,
completed at Pesthe, arrived in the
Danube above Kalafat, and to
cover her passage, which was
safely accomplished, the Turks bofii
barded Kalafat furiously.
Extensive movements of Turkish
cavalry are observed from the Rou
manian side of the Danube. The
Turks threaten to bombard Sim
iwrtza;then cross to plunder- the
town.
London, May JL—A dispatch to
'Che News from Klscliendff sayi Grand
Duke Nicholls and Chief Sftaff offieb
als left here Sunday mornlrfjg, arrived
at Jassy at two o’clock, in the after
noon, and will proceed to PlQipipti
immediately. The whole headqbarj
ters of the Staff will be on the Dan
ube in five or shriteyw. -*
Telegraph's Bnkarest corrcsiion
deut says.: I am assured, owing to
the fall of water in the Danube, the
three remaining monitors which are
ensconced behind an Island oppo
site Ibrail, in an old bed of the Dan
ube, cannot get out, and must be
abandoned or destroyed.
The Turkish bombardment of Kal
ifar. from Widden on Saturday vfus
intended to distract attention to ena
ble a monitor to run the gauntlet of
the Boumanian batteries. The mon
itor which was attempting to escape,
after having been once or twice
struck, turned and steamed away
up stream.
Manchester, May 14.—A Vienna
dispatch to the Guardian says : Three
columns of Bussian soldiers are
marching towardsGiurgeos, Simmtza
and Mogurelli, with the probable de
sign of crossing the Danube at those
points. One object of the Bussians
is to break the Turkish lines and sep
arate the corps at Widdiri ffOrn the
main army.
The Turks appear to be contempla
ting crossing to Kalafat. They have
at that point two monitors, one war
steamer, and eight sailing barks.
The Guardian's Belgrade dispatch
says: Col. Castagnia, special messen
ger from Prince Milan to St. Peters
burg, returned without a reply last
night. Prince GortschakofT tele
graphed that if Servia desires to com
mence action she must do so on her
own responsibility, and with her
own means. This intelligence caused
great depression among the Liberals.
NORTHERN MEXICO.
Opening the War for the FUitnmter*.
MATiMOEik May 12.—Information
has just reached here that Gens.
Ayala and Darala, both of whom at
different times have served as Gover
nors of the State of Nuevo Leoh,
have organized several hundred men
at New Laredo to io-opera’fe With
Escapedo, in the interest of Ex-
President. Lardo. The iudicatiens
are that the Lerdo party is ready to
Initiate a strong movement to regain
power, commencing on this frontier.
Great activity and watehiulness
exists among the friends of General
Diaz on this border to promptly meet
and suppress any overt act of their
opponents towards revolution.
Baird Indicted.
Bichmonb, May 14—-Bev. E: T.
Baird, ex-3ecretary Presbyterian
Committee of Publication for the
Southern States, recently deposed
from the ministry for embezzling
to-dy in the Hustings Court foy em
bezzlemeut. Baird’s whereabouts
are still unknown! *f4
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ENGLAND AND THE BELLI6ERENTS.
RUSSIANS RIGHT TO WAR ON GUY IT.
London, May 14.—1n Uouimous
this afternoon, Hon. Robert Bourko,
Under-Secretary for the Foreign De
partment, in reply to question by Sir
William Vernou tiaroourt, .Liberal,
said that immediately after the out
break of war tbo Goveymueiit learn
ed that an iron-clad built for Turkey
was lying at; Victoria docks, aud
took steys to proveut nu infringe
ment of the foroiga investment
act. • - >
Sir Stafford Northoote, Chancellor
of the Exchequer, replying to a ques
tion by Mr. Oourley L’Bernl, said,
Egyi>t, forming a part of Turkey, is
■certainly at war with Russia—Rus
sia, therefore, has a right to blockade
Egyptian ports, and invade Egyptian
territory, and goods going to Egypt
may be Considered contraband.
Hon. Robert Bourke, in reply to a
question by Mr. By land. Liberal,
said it was untrue that England and
Austria had agreed to protest against
the declaration of Roumanian inde
pendence.
London, May 11.'—A special to the
Telegraph from Bucharest says: In
consequence of energetic British re
monstrances, the Porte has given
most satisfactory assurances relative
to the destruction of British shipping
at Beket, and promised full compen
sation.
The Notes says: It is stated that the
Dover and Sharueoliffe garrisons
have been medically inspected for
foreign service.
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Look riKures tor Nliunlioru*-
Chicago, May 10,- Shorthorn herds
of cattle owned by G. E. Lippincott,
of Chandlorville, Ills., and John H.
Spears, of Tallulah, Ills., were sold
at Dexter Park to-day. The sale
was remarkably successful in some
respects, and some of the animats
brought fancy prices. The 22ii Duch
ess of Airdrie, bred in Kentucky,
sold to D. E. Lippincott, Ohandier
ville, Illinois, for $15,000, the
Duchess of Clarence was sold
to J. W. Brown, Fairfax, lowa,
for $800; Cambridge Rose Ihe third
was sold to A. J. Streator & Sou, New
Windsor, Illinois, for $1,000; Rose of
Flat Meadows sold to Thomas <fc
Smith, North Middleton, Kentucky,
Cob $1,11)0 ; Nelly Bly, I he tenth, sold
to Irving Dunlap, Jacksonville, 111.,
f*r--S*JA)Di; the twenty-brat make of
Airdrie sold to Win. Babcock, Can
ton, 111., for SB,OOO. The average of
the 73 females sold, not including the
Duchess, was $314. The buyers wen}
chiefly Western men.
Albright and beautiful child shown
in its very expression that,its baby
hood was not associated with opium;
cordials, etc.,—for the continued use
of opium is antagonistic to health.
That valuable and highly recom
mended remedy for the disorders of
babyhood. Dr. Bull's llaby Syrup,
is absolutely free from morphia and
all other dangerous agents and can
be safely employed atall times. Only
25 cents per bottle. .
CROOKED WHISKEY.
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Some Wonderful Discoveries Made by
Sherman in the Whisky-Ring Prose
cutions.
THE IHI’OItIBIUTI OF EFFI
CIENT I’IIOSECUTIO V L.Y I> i:r
GRANT.
Special to the N. O. Democrat.
Washington, May 12.—According to
a recent--dispatch from here to iiis special
organ in New York, tiie Tribane, Jolui
Sherman haajnst discovered that the de
fendants in.the late Whiskey ring civil
suits in St. Louis settled with the gov
ernment on suspiciously advantageous
terms to themselves.
yPat' Dyer has been here for several days
trying to get an adjustment of his ac
counts, aud .John Sherman’s sudden dis
covery is the result of an interview Wdth
Dyer. Among other things, it up]rears
taat in the case of Ulrich, the government
accepted filleen thousand dollars as ,a
compromise after the defendant had _ of
fered twenty-seven thousand, the original
judgment obtained by Dyer having teen
tor over a hundred thousand. By tills
discovery, John is suddenly .reminded
that Gyecuebraum is still Commissioner
of Internal Kevcmie, and that' he was ap
pointed by Grant at the instance of John
Logan, to save the Illinois segment of
the whiskey riDg, and it was through
his generosity that tire government threw
off the odd twelve thousand above men
tioned in order not fir, appear small. The
most comical part of the whole _ business
is the utter astonishment which over
whelmed John Shgrmau when he made
this fiisgoyery,,
To be sure, all facts were published far
and Widb nearly six months ago. It was
distinctly charged that Commissioner
Baum bad been unduly influenced in the
premises, and pat licit even offered to provp
the charges made agaiust blip. But for
some reason or other tire House commit-’J
tee concluded to drop, the whisky ring ]
investigation, and thus Rauur was lefpun- i
disturbed.
,I)yer fount! it iinpnssibie to get a set-;
.dement of hia accoun.ts so Jong.as Grunt i
was President, Taft the Attorney General
and Storrs the leading whisky ; ring ud*
viser of the Adminisiratnw.jktllic wbPfi;,
matter was dropped, but now Dyer is |>R
hand again,and Ire will give die Bfiri
nants of the whiskey rme, Svlhi are. sliP
iu theSTrowury, a heap ot trouble liefiii'd
-4ie j gwts done With therti. and; it, Jo.j . f
‘ i Dyer’s account emliraces his poreetit- y
age on the lull amounts, ot Urn jadgmenfs
originally rendemi-in Bt. fj-iuis, and h f
now transr ires that one of the Chief- mo
tives for settling on such ea*y terms was
to cut down Dyer's fees in revenge for
his prosecution of B ilicock. Old Taft,
and die per cent Commissioner Baum,
together With Solicitor Talbot, lent them
selves as willing tools to this mean re
venge.
One of the results of tills upheaval will
be to renew the onslaught on the whisky
ring iii New Orleans, and probably to
cause the overhauling of curtain Oincin
miti casts wbielUwcxe handled under Bate
man's management as District Attorney,
and which, of course, resulted in verdicts
for the defendants. The 'chief weight of
die new whisky ring war will fall on the
New Orleans ring, w hich under tle gun-
Uu rare of District Attorney Beckwith
aud Marshal Packard, gut oil with the
least injury of all die rings. ' .
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Hu llcr ami Ihr lll.luip.
Tint I.RTTKR THAT COST THU FORMKR ItlH
PI.AOB WORTn.“BIX DOLLARS A DAY.”
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Washington', May 10. - In his letter to
Sedretnrv Key on his nephew’s summary
dismissal, Gen, B. F. Butler suggests that
altogether too much haste has been shown
by the department. The department did
act promptly. George ii. Butler’s alleged
intoxiCft'lon was on Tuesday, April 25.
On Monday, April 30, a Bishop ot the
Methodist Epissopal Church wrote from
a point in Illinois to J. W, Marshall an
account of the fact. Marshall, absent
himself frfrai the department, sent the
letter to Secretary Key. Ou Monday,
May 5, one week after the letter upon
which the removal was made w’us writ
ten, George li. Butler was removed. The
letter, it wilt be noticed, does not make it
perfectly Certain, that the man seen drunk
was Butler; not certain, at least as legal
evidence goes, but it does make it ex
tremely probable. George 11. Butler
seems to have curious ill-luck with clergy
men. His recall from Egypt was owing
to the remonstrances of. missionaries. The
Methodist Episcopal Bishop’s letter mis
sive was as follows:
jtis, W. Marshall, die,, .Co.'.-
Dear Brother : I left New York on
Tuesday last, at B£' p. m., on a through
car for Chicago on.the Pennsylvania Rail
road. In the same car was a man claim
ing to be an officer of the United States
and showing his commission to that ef
fect.. He said he Was on his way to the
Black Hills to establish post routes, Ac.,
lor which lie said he was to receive $6 a
day and Iris expenses, lie had a large
bottle of brandy of which he drank free
ly and of which lie importuned others
to drink even alter they had informed
him, that they never touched any intoxi
cating liquors. Before the lime for re
tiring this man was prolane, drunk and
vulgar, kept repealing his boast that he
was an officer of the Government receiv
ing $0 a day and expenses. I was in
formed by one of the passengers that this
man’s name was Butler. I never saw
him before, nor do I know that his name
is Butler; but whoever he may be, he
disgraces himself and dishonors those
who appointed him to office. Bo long ns
lie drinks as lie did on the way from
New York to Chicago he is utterly ua
lit to,iio. business for the government or
any one else, while his profanity and vul
guriiy make him an offence and nuisance
in any decent company. lam sorry that
such men secure place and office under
the Giivcnnueiit, There are surely many
ami enough to till these places who will
not dishonor themselves nor Do a re
pron dr to tire Administration.
Yours, &c/., .
Ilhnois, April 50,1877.
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sioiuli America.
Panama, May, 11.—Following the
surrender of the revolutionists in Auti
oquia, comes the report that Buenaven
tura has been occupied by the revolution
ists and a government schooner captured.
Government, partisans, however, declare
that the civil war in Columbia is ended.
From Peru Comes the report of politi
cal troubles, caused- by the depressed
condition of finances, and the inefficiency
of the government to improve affaire.
Yellow fever has appeared in Callao
and Lima.
A tire on the first of April in Valparai
so caused a loss ol $.50,000.
The poisoning of llm Archbishop of
Quito is not yet solved. The clergy and
Liberals charge cacli other with the
crime. Either way, politics inspired the
murder.
The news from the other points is un
interesting.
The Hot Springs (Ark.) correspondent
of the Sr, Louis Republican, says:.“Never
before in the history of the place have
so many important people been here at
onetime. Among them are; Hon. Jacob
B Thompson, Gen. N. B. Forrest, lion.
Willis Garber, Governor ot Nebraska;
Senator Dorsey, Gen. John S. Williams,
of Kentucky, accompanied by Miss Ida
Hamilton ; 'Gen. Chalmers,, of Mississippi,
and his charming daughter Miss Katie;
Gen. N: .T, Ilammond of Georgia ; Col.
Hans Crokcr, of Milwaukee, Wis ; Capt
Charles Chappell, of Illinois, and Mj. C.
B. Robertson, of Indiana. Ex-Gov.
Joseph Bio\vn, of Georgia, accompanied
-by his son, reached here this morning.
FLrlitinsr In Japan.
London, May 14.—An official tele
gram ffotn Japan states that another
army corps has reached Kagoshima.
More thfto one battle has boon
fought there, and a largo part of the
town was burned. The Imperialists
were vietorous in every engagement.
t>l<i Nino’s I. title llrdrooni.
Fins iX, sleeps in one of the 'smallest
ol the 11,11(10 rooms at his,command. A
narrow, humble bed, without- eurj,gips Or.
drappery— something similar 1 to those
used in seminaries for school boys—a sofa,
two or tbreo common chairs pud a writ
ing taple. are all the articles pi furniture;
fiVWitbiT Wn'pV etindgir for a Capuchin.
There is not even l a 'rag*by the bedside to
cover the floor of red titles, not in the
best repair. , Winter .-and summer alike
the Dope gels up soon after live o’clock. —
Fl'onx a fibhign Letter.
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“Mr, Thomas Willingham,’! says
the , Albany News. , “vuu of.pur. most
wealthy and progressive farinerm is
orifetirig extensivefy into grape Ctil
ture this year. He has fifteen acres
;oi',B£uppeW}Do,spgi?apPs, t,ep or twelve
thousand English grapo cuttings aDd
■ att'e'tfpitiTil'nd rootreTs. Mr. WHilbc
fmm Wwll sneeeed in his undertaking.
The soikirfHoutiiwest Ueorgia.is pm
cufiarjy .wnjl adapted to th<- ouitip’a-'
ttonofajl varieties ot the
Aft fcurftitl? Wilt eventually bedbene
otfeiof'ffMo leading parsuite Of otu
facaters and iiortluußuridt3-.”n; 1
NEWINS HACUINK HI'ttIXFAM,
EXPIRATION OF THE BACHELDEH PATENT
—ITS EFFECT ON THE TRADE—F.NOR
MOUS PROFITS TO BE CURTAILED—FIFTY
PER CENT REDUCTION IN PRICF..
From tho New York Timof.]
The' expiration of tho Bacholder
needieplate patent,, which takes place
at. noon to-day, is expeoted to work
important changes in the sewing
machine trade, besides reducing the
enormous and artificially inflated
prices which have prevailed for so
many years. The “Bacholder” is
the last of the aeries of patents held
by the Singer, Wheeler & Wilson
and Grover & Baker combination,
which has controlled the business
and exacted royalties from outside
companies for a long period. The
old Howe patent of 1846, for “joining
two pieces of cloth together with
sewing machinery,” consisting of “an
eye-punched needle and shuttle,” was
also held by the same companies,
and effectually controlled the manu
faoture.of any and all machines. It
expired ten years ago. In addition
to this, the combination, up to with
in three years,owned the A. B. Wil
son nateiit for a four-motioned feed,
which, with the Bacbeldor patent al
ready mentioned, gave them a prac
tical command of tho entire busi
ness. Outside cotupauies paid roy
alties of from $1 to $3 on each ma
chine manufactured by them, all of
which went to the pockots of the
combination. Ono of tho outside
companies is said to have paid as
high as SBO,OOO a year in royalties for
a term of leu years, and still to have
made immense profits. Tho simple
fact is that the “margin” of profit in
the sowing machine business has
been so enormous as to allow manu
facturers, agents and canvassers a
joint, proflt of 400 to 500 per cent,
ou their wares. Tho actual first cost
of the S6O and S7O machines sold by
the loading companies is, on the con
fession of their own officers, from sll
to sls apiece. The additional 500
per cent is distributed in royalties,
commissions to agents, commissions
to canvassers, taxes, office rent, and
profit to tho manufacturer. Tho can
vasser rarely makes less than S2O on
each machine sold, and when, as in
the case ot the Singer and other
large companies, the year’s sales are
computed by hundreds of thousands,
the amount which the "middlemen”
receive becomes enormous. The
manufacturers claim that their own
share of profit is only about 80 per
cent, and that a large portion of this
is swallowed up iu the maintenance
of their immense establishments,
in taxes, and in the constant and ex
pensive litigation which the protec
tion of their respective patents en
tails upon them. In one case, re
cently pending in the courts of Bal
timore, oue company is said to have
paid out $50,000. The extent and
value of the sewing-machiue trade
may be gathered from the fact that
the Singer Company, which last year
sold over 260,000 machines, has from
$10,000,000 to $15,000,000 invested in
its business. The Howe Company
has $7,000,000 to $8,000,000, anil the
Wheeler & Wilson and other large
companies have amounts in propo
tion.
One of the effects of the reduction
in price consequent on the expiration
of the patents will be the material
curtailment of the odious “lease”
business, which has of late been the
cause of so much complaint on the
part of the press and public. The
President of the Singer Company
aud the Secretary of the Howe Com
pany stated to a Times reporter
yesterday that tho “lease” business,
far from being tho source of enor
mous profit to the companies which
it was popularly supposed to be, was
much less remunerative than the
cash discount system, and in a large
proportion of cases resulted in posi
tive loss. Iu rural districts and
among prosperous populations tbe
“lease” method worked well
enough, but iu the tenement-house
district of New York and other large
cities, it was a constant source of an
noyance aud loss. The courts aud
the press were so prejudiced against
the companies that the latter stood
no chances of enforcing their rights,
and the holders of machines, whether
they had paid much or little, whether
they had broken office windows or
not, were allowed to go scot free.
With the decrease of prices which
would follow on the expiration of the
patents, more sales would be made
for cash, while the comparatively
small margin for canvassers would
restrict the “lease” sales materially.
Tho number of theso leases issued
annually may be inferred from the
statement of the President of the
Weed Company, that that corpora
tion has 1,21)0 machines on lease in
the City of New Orleans alone. The
amount paid 6n these leases does not
average more than $1.50 or $2 per
month each, and are often allowed
to run three years.before settlement.
No charge is made for interest on de
faulted payments. The same is true
of the leases granted by other com
panies. Tbe nominal terms of these
“cui-throat” contracts, as they are
called, are $5 per month on a S6O
machine, with seizure of the ma
chine in default of payment, but
siuce the adverse actiou of tho qourts
these provisions have rarely been
enforced, and almost anybody cGn
now buy a machine, and pay for it at
the rate of $2 or $3 per month. _
Up to the present time the Singer
Company has taken the lead In the
reduction of prices, arid announces
that the retail price of its S6O ma
chines will hereafter be reduced to
S3O for cash, and their S7O style to
S4O cash. Tho other companies will
probably follow in their wake, aud
most of them have made constdera
b|e reductions in their respective
[trice lists. It is thpught that this
general fall in prices, while benefit
ing the public, will be the means of
weeding out the weaker companies
and establishing the stronger con
cerns on a more profitable basis than
ever.
The only patent which will remain
in force after to-day covers simply
some unimportant minor details of
construction. The vibrating needle
and reciprocating shuttle, vibrating
needle and rotating hook; and con
tinuous reed, in connection with the
above,, whether wheel or what is
known as fpur-motion feed, will be
come common property. In 1865 a
combination was formed between
Grover & Baker,-Wheeler & Wilson,
Howe.and Singer, by which all pa
tents belp'ngi'ng to these companies
were Consolidated, and to be used by
each aTMhem' iri copsttuctiDg their
several maobToes;, One of the princi
pal stipulations was that no machine
shbulilbb sdla'by either company in
theooinbinatloQ for less than a speci
fied sum. This gave the four compa
nies absolute control of the price
which should be charged for every
sewing-machine made in the United
Slates. The Baelieldor patent, under
which the combination acted, lias been
twice extended, and the not profits of the
four companies ou that patent have been
at least $4,000,000. Strenuous efforts
were made to obtain a third extension of
the patent, bill for .this purpose having
been introduced in the last three Don
greases, and some of the üblest lawyers in
the country being employed to argue
for the extension before the Committee
on Patents of both Houses. All efforts
of the combination to secure an exten
sion having failed, the manufacture of all
sewing-machines under the Babelder pa
tent is now free to all wljo desire to on
gage in the business.
The Mecklenburg Anniversary.—
The citizens of Ouarlotte, North Caro
lina, are making preparations to
celebrate the anniversary df Iff*
Mecklenburg Declaration of Inde
pendence, which occurs on the 20th
of this month. >
FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL
BY TELEGRAPH TO THE DAILY TIMES.
MONEY IVD STOCKB.
LONDON, May 14. Noon— Consol* D3 11-16.
1:00 v. m.—Consols
1:30 p. m.—Consols firmer at 03 13-16.
PARIS, May 14.-1:00 i. m.—Rentes 105f. anti
65c.
2:00 p. m.—Rentes 1021. aud 7T'ic.
NEW YORK, May 14. Noon— OolU opened
107},.
NEW YORK, May 14.—Noon—Stocks irregu'ar
aud shado lower; unmey *2; gold 7; exobauge,
loug, 4.67}*; short, 4.90; Statu bouda steady at
nominal prices; Governments dull and steady,
NEW YORK, May 14. Evening Money
e**y at 2(^)2; sterling 4.87 y t ; gold 6&@7; Gov
ernments active and shade lower—hew 6's 11?;
States steady.
t’OTTOH.
LIVERPOOL, May 12.—Noon-Cotton dull aud
easier; middling uplands 5 13-10d, Orleans (id,
sales 8,000, speculation aud export 1000, receipts
7,000, American G,600.
Futures l-32d cheaper; uplands, low middling
clause, May aud June delivery, 5 25-3r,d; July
aud August 6 27-32 J, August aud September 5
16-16d.
1:30p. m.—Uplands, low middling clause, June
and July delivery s} 4 'd, July and 6 13-lGd, October
aud November 6 1-IGJ.
2:00 p. m.—Uplands, low middling clause, Sep
tember October deiivery 6d.
Sales of American 5850.
4:00 p. m. —Uplands,low middling clanse, new
crop, shipded November aud December per sail
6 l-26d.
5:00 p. m,— Futures dull; uplands, low mid
dling clause, June uud July delivery 6 23-‘J2d, Au
gust and September 5 29-32d.
NEW YORK, May 14.—Noon—Cotton easier;
middling upians 10}',; urleaus 11; sales 2420.
Futures opened shade easier as follows: May
10.7t>@.78; June July 10 93(8.94, Au
gust September 11.01®.03.
NEW YORK, May 14.—Evening—Cotton quiet;
middling uplands 10 13-16; Orleans 10 15-16; sales
595; net receipts 27; gross 708,
Consolidated net receipts 6595; exports to
Great Britain 6244; to France 2610; to continent
5668; to channel 1165.
Futures closed quiet; sales 28,000; May 10.77@
.78; June 10.81; July 10.91($ 93; August 11.016^02;
September 11.00(g}.01; October 10 89@.90; Novem
ber 10,78@.80; Decomber 10.80ftij.81; January
February 11.08(g).12.
GALVESTON, May 14.—Cotton dull aud easy;
middling 10>£; net receipts 2J2; gross 214; sales
234; exports to Groat Britain —; France —; to
channel —; to continent—; coastwise 23.
NORFOLK, May 14. Evening Cotton
dull; middlings 10},; receipts 594; gross —;
sales 50; spinners —; exports to Groat Britain —;
coastwise 682.
BALTIMORE, May 14. Evening Cotton
dull; middling 10}, ; net receipts 16; gross 1197;
sales 115; spinners 76; exports to Great Britain —;
to continent —; coastwise 475.
BOSTON, May 14. Evening —Cotton dull;
middling 11 1 4 ; net receipts 337; gross 941; sales
—; exxiorts to Great Britain —.
WILMINGTON, May 14. —Evening Cetton
nominal; middling 10>'; net receipts 26; sales
to skinners —; exports to Great Britain —, coast
wise 92.
PHILADELPHIA, May 14. Evening Cotton
quiet; middling linnet receipts 162; gross 1048;
sales to spinners 157, expurts to Great Britain —.
BAVANNAU, May 14. Evening Cotton
quiet; middling 10}^; net receipts 309; gross—;
sales 200; exports to Great Britain —; to conti
nent —; to channel —; coastwise 284.
NEW ORLEANS, May 14. Evening—Cotton
in lair demand; middling I<G; low middling 10} 4 ;
good ordinary 9* 4 ; net receipts 1966 gross 2098;
sales 350, exports to Great Britain 5905; to France
—; to continent —; channel —; eoastwiae —,
MOBILE. May 14.—Cotton weak aud irregular;
midding 10% ; net receipts 240; gross —*; sales
6ut); exports to Great Britain —; to France —; to
continent —; to channel —; coastwise 111.
MEMPHIS, May 14.—Evening— Cotton quiet;
middling lU},; receipts 143; Mhijimeßts 1308;
sales 1200.
ACHUSTA, May 14 —Cotfon qniet nd in fair
demand; wuldliii.3 10; net receipts 14; sales 96.
CHARLESTON, May 14. Evening— Cotton
active and lowfcr; middling 10 5 ,; net receipts 241;
gross —, sales 100; exports to Great Britain —; to
Franco ~; to continent —; coastwise 251.
PROYXBIOKB. AC.
NEW YORK, May 14.—Noon- Hour dull aud
unchanged. Wheat quiet and steady. Corn shade
lower. Pork steady—new mess $15.40(<j}50. Lard
quiet, steam $9.87 >;• Freight* 11 mi.
NEW YORK, May 14. Eveumg—Flour dull,
sto2iJc lower, closing dull;superline Western and
state $7.20<§>57.75. Southern -flour little more
active and slightly in buyers’ favor; common to
lair extra sß.sft(g;slU.7s. Wheat dufl and slightly
buyers’favor, spring steady; for winter white
Western and Bute $2.28<&36. Corn l@2>*c low
er; oniy very moderate trade, white Southern 73,
old Western mixed 72},. Oats dull, 2c lower.
Coffee, Rio, quiet and limn Sugar strong and
quiet at 10@lU}£ ;air to good refining; Arm and in
lair demand; 11%@12 lor standard A,
for granulated, 12for crushed and pow
uered. Molasses ttrm, moderate inquiry, grocery
grades at 6i@62. Rice quiet and firm. Pork
opened heavy and decidedly lower, closing steady
—new mess $16.40@65. Lard—new prime 9 62 %
@67>£, fancy $10.90. /NYhiskey shade easier at
$1.10>4. Freights steady.
LOUISVjILLK, May 14.—Flour dull; extra $6.75
#57.00; family $7.60#58.00. Corn quiet, white
55, mixed 04, ltye dull and lower at 9w#95. Oats
dull, weak and lower, white 48, mixed 46. Pork
nominal at $16,76. Bulk meats dull aud lower
shoulders 6} 4 , clear rib sides 7 )%, clear sideß 1%.
Bacon dull and tending downward—shoulders
bft, clear ribs B}*, clear sides 8X- Sugar-cured
hams quiet at 11},. Lard in fair demand and
lower, choice leaf, tierce do., in kegs 11%.
Whiskey quiet at $1.06. Bagging nominal at 12%
@l3.
CINCINNATI, May 14.—Evening— Flour dull
and lower; family $8,25#59.00. Wheat dull and
nominal; red $ 1.80(a)90. Corn dull and lowtr at
62#56. Oats dull and lower to sell at 47#52.
Rye dull at 94#96. Barley dull and nominal, tail
60#67. Pofrk dull and lower at $14.76#$ 16.00.
Lard dull aud nominal—steam $9.36#40, kettle
$lO 25#510.75. Bulk meats dull aud weak—shoul
ders $5.00, short rib middles $7.45, short clear
ribs $7,76. Bacon dull at $6.25, $8.75 and $9.00,
for shoulders, clear rib and clear sides. Whiskey
dull at $1.06(a)7. Butter dull aud drooping,
P irae to choice Western reserve IG#l7, Central
Ohio 13# 15.
ST. LOUIS, May 14. Evening Flour dull,
weak and lower to sell, only a small jobbiug
trade;double extra fall $7.76#58.00, treble extra
do., $8.50#59y25; family and fancy $9.60#510.60.
Wheat unsettled and lower; No. 2, red fall, $2.08
bid; No. 3, do., $1.97. Corn inactive and lower
—No. 2, mixed, Oats firmer. No. 2,
45W. ltye dull At 89. Barley dull. Whiskey
steady ats 1.08. Pork dull and lhwer at $16.00
cash. Lard dull, pales qf summer at 9. Bulk
meats dull ami drooping—clear rib sideß 7>£
asked, 7>4 bid. Bacon dull at 524, #>'. aud B>*.
for shoul^ers f clear rib and clear sides.
BALTIMORE, May ii.— Oats dull and lower;
Southern fair to prime 44#50. Rye dull aud
lower, prime SI.OO. Provisions quiet and heavy.
Perl*— new mees $17.00. Bacon, shoulders > 4 ,
clear sides 9>6* Hams 12>$#13W , > Lard—re
fined ' v offee firm and quiet; jobs 17@22,
Whiskey quiet at 18&- Sugar steady at 12.
NO. 115