Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, February 12, 1894, Page 6

- P — | ABLUE JACKET'S CONTENTION | Credit for the Capture of Fort Fisher Be- longs to the Navy. PORTER KNEW THE METTLE OF HIS MEN Sevente Annual Eneampment of the Department of Nebrasks G. A R Convenes at Lincoln February 21-War Anccdotes. OMAHA, Fub, 7.-To the Editor of The Dee: Through an arf hich appeared in the Sunday issue of the Sun, New York ber 19, under the heading “War His. iy Story of the Capture of Fort Fishor.” ¥ enlightened by the cheering news that the hero of that gloriods achieve- bas just been discovered in the mod little town of Lowell, Mass. By the o5 M v seems as If the i alms of the na ~ of was present in the jing at the captuw rt Fish to put If otest in the folloy ter i you will publish it to oblige a an AN OPEN To T. H. W hor t rue Story of Capture of Fort Fisher,”” published in New York Sun November 19.—Dear Sir Although your pen sketch fails to bring out the navy In its true light in the first attack, your view of the final attack and capture of Fort. Fisher is a very striking representa tion thereof. According to your Idea it appears as if the armada, In their social play at ball with t nies” off Fort Fisher during the ( as holidays in | 1864, committ breach of etiquette which ¢ he empires to Kiv game mber right, this exp wis more E able mission, Guneral Butler wished to try his ele wellers on Cape more th his men to their age g his nd the fle the big guns, the general took his departure. At that little | entertainment I understand “Porter” and “Stout 1id not mix well The inveterate modesty of an old soldier, which has won your unbounded praise, is really something so unique [ am not sur prised at your wish to bedeck this distin- guished veteran with the naval trophies from Fort Fisher. To ascertain what right the | navy has to these we need only to look at your pen sketch and we find: The en- fllading fire from the fleet not only cleared the parapet, silenced the guns and broke down the stockade, but fortunately cut the wires laid to explode the torpedoes. Now, if that was not doing things up in shipshape soldier must be hard to suit. In smooth- ing the way for the land forces Admiral Porter knew there was good fighting mate- rial behind those bulwarks and to reduce the force to oppose the assault of the troops the admiral sent 200 seamen inclnding a squad of marines to attack the work from the sea front. In carrying out | this order, which cost the navy 400 of its gallant crew, the sailors drew the main force of the garrison over to the east bas- tion. By taking another peep from ‘be- Lind the parapet” we learn: A great ad- vantage had been gained and the soldiers (those that entered the fort by the gate, after settling with the guard, who ‘“‘charged | & Napoleon”) now mounted the parapet from the inside and joined their comrades who had assaulted the front of the work, They soon had possession of the left halt bastion and three of the immense trav- P Accordin; to that, In carrying oift the orders to*'storm the fort in a seaman- like manner, ch you term whimsical or- ders, the sailors did the troops a pretty good turn, which would not tarnish the luster of their heroic deed to acknowledge, but they say there Is no gratitude in a “guffy,” to use the old English sea term, since you have appropriated that of “blue coats,” for the sailors. By straddling one of those “shellbacks,” who In their hurry to reach the gun chambers knock down soldiers by the scord, we might have seen. When the advanc- ing column reached the fourth traverse and gun chamber it met with desperate resistance, for that portion of the garrison that had re- pulsed the sailors further to the right had turned toward the point of danger and thrown themselves against the victors with | savage violénce. One of the most terrific weries of hand-to-hand confliets known in the annals of modern warfare now ensued ending only by the surrender of the works. So, then, this was the crowd, and more to Ieft on the bastion, to resist any further at- tempt of the sailors to enter the fort, whose sweeping volleys raked the storming column of sailors from the time they reached within musket range until they entered the only accessible place in the stockade which faced the bastion, when the carnage grew so In- tense that the bravest among the brave could not have waded through. Admiral Porter knew the mettle of his men, and the fearless manner this charge was made you may consider as the interpretation to his or~ der to storm in a “‘seamanlike manner.” Tt may seem strange to one unitiated in warfare that 1,800 sailors without a musket should fail to carry the bastion in the face of a force of the garrison from whom the troops, who numbered four times that of the sailors, met such an unparalleled re. sistance, but then we must remember they were but mortals. I tip my forelock, sir. A “BLUE JACKET.” ATTENTION MEMBERS G. A. R. Headquarters Department of Nebraska, Grand Army of the Republic, North Platte, Neb., Jan. 20, 1894. General Orders, No. 10: 1. The seventeenth annual encampment of the Department of Nebraska will convene at Lincoln on Wednesday, the 21st day of February, 1894, at 2 o'clock p. m., in the house f representatives, The council of administration will meet at the Lindell hotel at 10 o'clock a. m. of the same day to transact such business as comes before it artment. headquarters have been establ ed at the Lindell hotel. 3. The commander of Farragut post No. 25 will detall an officer of the day, officer of guard and s#ix comrades for guard duty, who will report to the assistant adjutant general at the house of representatives at 1:30 p. m 4. A committee on credentials, consisting of the assistant adjutant general and Com rades [ 1 P. Cook of Appomattox -post . 314, and P. B. Walker of Mitchell post 38, Is hereby appointed, and representa- tiv to the encampment will ifmmediately upon their arrival in Lincoln report with their credentials to the assistant adjutant general that the roll of the encampment and badgos delivered to Reduced rates have been secured at the hotels of Lincoln as follows: Lincoln, $2 u day; Lindell, $1.75; Ca al, $1 Opelt $1.50; Windsor, $150; Grand, $1.50; Fremont $1; Peoria, 75 cents. | 6. The assistant adjutant general will bring | a sopply of the journal of the twenty seventh national encampment and request a representative from each post to call and ob- tain a copy for his post 7. A number of posts are behind In for warding thelr semi-annual reports and per caBita tax. Post commanders will see that the same are sent In without delay A few posts have also failed to forward a report of the new officers elect. Send them in at once, 8. The blanks sent out with eircular No. 3 relative to suspended pensions, should be re turned as rapidly as possible in order that the same may be properly tabulated for such action as may be necessary before the pen slon bureau and the pension committee of vo houses of congress. agitation of pension matters by the twenty-seventh national neampment, th eirenlar letter of Commander-in-Chle! Adams, supplemented by like act of de partment comhmanders and the general dis cussion and criticlsm of the action of the pension department in unjustly suspending the pensfons of thousands of worthy com. rades under the recent order of the pension commissioner, has challenged the attention of loyal people the country over, resulting in & reversal of the order of the commis sioner of pensions and the adoption of a ore equitable rule whereby notice of eo templated suspension must be given and an opportunity offered the comrade (o meet | his ac the suspension can be nade ment commander heartily atulates comrades of the Grand Army of the Republic that the present congress not beeu deaf to the just demands of pensioners, but has deelared in that the commissioner of penstons eannot get over or under, viz: That a pen sion granted unler the law fs a vested right of the pensioner, of which ho cannot be de except for fraud. Thus the grand work of the Grand Army of the Republ In behalf of deserving comrades is meeting with most happy results. 9. The department commander is In re. ceipt of a series of résolutions pted re cently by Appomattox post M recom ng that such action be on’ at the department encampment as shall be proper looking to the introduction and passage of A law by our state legislature that will provide for text books voted to patriotic literature for use In public schools of Nebraska, and heartily approves the sentiment therein c tainad, and requests that the matt cussed In the several posts of rent, and such action taken at the ene ment in February next as shall be in keep. Ing with the patriotism of the Grand Army of the Republic and its well known cham- pionship of our public schools, which are the bulwarks of our liberties. 10. National and department eounter- signs are enclosed herewith, and posts not receiving the same are delinquent for re ports and per capita tax, and unless the same are received prior to the meeting of department encampment, cannot be ad | mitted” to representation _therein. By A. H. CHURCH, Depar 'nt Commander. Attest: J. E. EVA Assistant Adjutant General A COURAGEOUS DRIVER. In the desperate battle of Spotsylvania court house in May, 1864, when Grant and approaching Richmond on parallel Crenshaw battery of P battalion, Army of Northern Virginia, was ordered by General Harry Heth to change its position to another part of the field, Young, a member of that battery. guns ere being limbered up General Jubal A. Early rode up and asked the cap- tain of the company where he was going. The captain pointed to the position a signed him, when General Ear who hal ord 14 him to go thers captain r General Heth s General Early, “if he has orde re you wonld better go, but u will ever get there. was a warm place to have called forth such ark from General BEarly guns were pulled out, the cannoneers 1 and the horses went galloping formed a row of cedars on position assigned the battery, motwithstanding the company faced three federal batteries of six guns each, which had an enfilade fire on us for prohably | 400 yards. For some unaccountable reason we escaped injury until we had gotten with- in 600 yards of the enemy's batteries, when their shells were skimming so close to the mounted cannoneers and the horses’ heads that, as if by intultion, the men on the cals- son in front of me dismounted,without orders to do so, while the remainder of the com- pany kept their seats on the limber-chests. Scarcely half a minute had elapsed after the men who had dismounted touched the ground when a shell from one of the en- emy’s guns came plunging through the par- ticular caisson that nobody was on. When it struck it exploded the chest of the cais- son and the heat set fire to the next one, | but it did not explode immediately. The driver of the lead team fn his fright tumbled from his horse and the team made straight for the enemy’s lines. The wheel-driver, however, (Chéw. Coleman of Spotts: 1 by name) kept his seat, although next to the exploded chest, and the heat set fire to his jacket, which burned through to the skin, and notwithstanding the flesh was crisping up and he' was suffering the most excruciating pain, he did not let go the lines, but stopped the horses, thereby preventing them from takmg the team into the enemy’s lines. He then fell or jumped from his horse nearly exhausted. While this was going on two or three of the cannoneers jumped in between the exploded ammunition chest (which was now harmless) and the one on fire and unlimbered it and got out of the way before fire communicated with the powder, which occurred two or three seconds after, when up went the other two chests with ‘a terrific noise. These I regard as the bravest exploits that came under my observation in the four years of the war, from Bethel to Appomat- ox. A PAIR OF BOLD SPIES. This affair happened in the fall of 1863, when my regiment (First South Carolina cavalry) was stationed at Culpepper Court House. It strikes me as being a signal in stance of bravery and daring from among the many instances of that character which a long campaign s sure to bring forth, writes John L. Black in the New York Commer- cial Advertiser, and I am not alone in con- sidering It worthy of mention. The inci- dent formed the subject of a commendatory dispatch on the part of General Lee him- sel?, and was the first occasion to my knowl- edge, that a private was singled out by the commander-in-chief for this distinction, Private Wiliam R. Bolick was the recip- lent of this honor, and the deed that brought him to General Lee's notice is briefly nar- rated as follows: It was indispensable that our commander should have exact information as to the wheréabouts of General Reade's quarters, General Lee accordingly sent to General Wade Hampton with the request to have the enemy's quarters located. General Hampton, who was then my immediate com- mander, transterred the order to me. Having had occasion to commend Bolick for his bravery and daring in difficult under- takings previously, I selected him for the task. Bolick and a comrade of his, a Vir- ginian named Curtis, who always accom- panied him on dangerous missions, set out upon the expedftion. They successfully located the headquarters of the union general toward evening of that day, but Bollck was not satisfied with hay- ing run the danger they had already encoun- tered. He was determined to ascertain everything about the interior of the camp. The two men crept stealthily past the out- posts, shielded by the darkness. They crept up to within a few hundred feet of the gen- eral's tent, when they vame upon a guard of seven men. The men were all asleep and had piled their arms together. They were carefully removed to a distance. Then Bolick and Curtis drew their revolvers and awoke the sleepers. “If you move or say a word you are dead men,” said Bolick, pointing his weapon. The soldiers looked for their arms in vain and saw that resist- ance meant death. They decided to give i, teeling that aid would be forthcoming. folick calily ordered the men to rise and march, telling them to be sijent. He and Curtis guided the guard with pointed pistols. As they were passing a fence two | of the prisoners suddealy jumped .over it and made their es Bolick did not | fire, neither did Curtls, They knew that it would bring the whole federal camp about their ears if they did. So they quietly pro- ceeded on their way with the five remaining | prisoners and safely reached our quarters. General Lee personally wrote to me to thank Bolick for his bravery in. executing the dangerous task entrusted to him. The information he had obtained proved of the greatest Importance to the movements of at that time. Y WOULDN'T STAND BY HIM This good story was told by Comrade T B, Catherwood in the course of an address delivered before the Confederate Veterans' assoclation at Savannah, Ga., some time ago, vys Blue and Gray t had been supposed that southern troops lacked staving qualities, lacked ‘‘bottom, as a horseman would say; it had been as- sumed that their fallure to carry victory in their first mad rush would so discourage them as to result in panic; but there was no instance during the war when the confeder. ate private soldier ylelded to panic, save one, on a noted field, which n 1 not be particu larized. it was prohably of that stampede that this story is told. Flying In wiid ‘disorder along the road, ral Alabama, Mississippt II\&] Georgla ments became badly mixed® up., Th pede was general, and the retreat devel oped into a rivalry as to whileh should get away the quickest An Alabama officer, mounted on a particularly swift charger, was well on toward the head of the fugitive host, but every now and then he would rein up his horse, wheal around In the road, wave his sword aloft, and ery out Men of Georgia'! Men of Alabama! Halt, [ say! Wil no one atand by me? He repeated this every few minutes, but the fastest of time be frantic appeals on foot shou gol-darn you, 1 back to him all try and stand strike such an all WAR SHIP WHALEBACKS sels of the whaleback type in the navy ator of the wh presumably whose Identity is {n this city is kept secret, says a Wash ck 1§ more on the order |t heavy armor, most’ formidable front for heavy convert a few of his vessels into this class of naval ships as an experiment «d fnto auxiliary crulsers with recently fitted out at New York for the Bra- zilian navy HOOKED A PICEPOCKET. heme Worked by a San Fran- ays the San Francisco Chron- arding .an experier day night of Charles Osborne, the m ing man of Shasta count pocket, in which urably best. th a pick- Osborne has just sailed for in company with seem hardly credible, but is vouched for in & way to car Oshorne arrived soveral weeks f the best known mining California, Gladstone leh, which he sold for As he wus on his way to Johannesburg to take charge of not know when he would spent some time here sec coverer of the et back, he g the sights preparatory Redding for 21,000, which he received by Much of this money he carried on his person, for Osborne is a man, who has been about the world and is not afraid of anybody. out seeing the sights, a light-fingered man touched him for two #20 gold pieces, which he had in,one of his trousers pockets. prise to Osborne, and set him to think- He had never had anvthing that happen before, and he was much He said nothing about it at the time, however, but set to vising a plan for thwarting any similar action in future. In adim way he recollected that he thought some one had put a hand in his night he lost the coins. s customary among mining ubstantial corduroy cloth- ing, and these are equipped with unus- ually -stroag pockets. pocket of his trousers, skillfully arranged half a dozen big fish hooks, each car place, and in such a way that they would offer no resistance to ing inserted, but the hand would be grasped by the barbs while being with- Any one of the hooks would hold a ten-pound salmon. Thus equipped Osborne again started At the corner of California and Kearny streets a fakir was blithesomely expatiating about his wares, and the mining man stopped to hear what he Desirous of testing his in- vention, he jingled two or three $20 in sight., and then dropped a couvle of them into the yawn- ing maw below the fishhooks. leaned back and became absorbed in the street-corner oratory. ure enough, he felt a hand going Tt moved slowly and carefully, but every time the fakir said anything to make the crowd laugh it went down with more confidence. Protty soon Mr. Osborne felt that he had a man at his elbow who was doing some deep He knew this by the commo- tion that had taken place in his pocket- He said nothing but he knew that some. thing was going to happen. when a voi mister, I've got my hand in your was a_ sur- pocket on th Osborne, as men, wears therefore, a hand be- had to say. pieces carelessly In a few down his pocket. “What in — have you got your hand in my pocket for?” said Osborne. cheer- “Why don’t you take 1t out?” n't; its caught,” said the man, looking up and tu “Well, come right down here toa He will help you take it out,” replied the mining man, and he moved off as he spoke, forced to trot along by the side of his policeman. the thief being “Oh. I didn't get any money. heaven's sake let me go Osborne did not care ‘anything about imprisoning the fellow and punishing He declared he would not had lost the All he wanted him further. have minded it a bit if he additional gold picces. was to sce if his trap would work. be released the fellow and He immediately ran away, and Osborne returned to his_hotel, followed by sev- Bemis and others examined the fish hook guarded pocket. It had considerable blood in it from the laceratad hand of the would-be thiel. MINSTREL BZILLES, let him go. eral people. Novel Charity Entertalnment by Promi- nent Brooklyn Ladies. 1t happened night in the Academy of Music, says the New York Herald, where fifty girls— ioly girls, too, mind, you— *faces and infused new life the benefit and high sc blacked thei into old jokes Memorial Hospital for Women and Chil- The young ladi selves 'Charity Warbie The idea wa: 5 called them- imported into the City of Churches from Boston by Miss Addi Tola Ames, who arranged and managed The entertainment was a socially and financially. jammod the academy far beyond the limits of endurance, packed the boxes and overflowed into the aisles convulsions laughter over the fun of the sixty little girls in black. The burnt cork did not make the girls ono whit less attractive, although they had endeavored to conceal their identity largement of lip and tho The curtain everything. The audienci hideousness in their wigs. rose upon a bauk of black tulips g ing out of the draperies of orang, scarlet cheese cloth. was made up of two parallel and slightly curving rows of black beauties, whose vibbons and slipper Fosettes were yellow. There were twenty girls in Next was a band of mingled sca ach of these hats with turned up brims and carriod coquettishly, and finally, nearest the footlights, was a last bewildering circle of ed at the audience with tho coolness they would never have exhib ited had their faces been the color tha nature gave them. The ludy minstrels began their open- ing chorus at a signal ductor, swaying thelr bodie and exhibiting their and delicate ankles in & way that set the audionce wild they flirtea dusky benu- tios, who stal little feot en hu lasm. W the scarlot and sollow girls, who were the artists of the tambourines and bones advanced 1o tho feept and gave a song and fan dance to fhe aiv of My Protty Little Yellow Girk¥ After this tho dadjes settled down (o give the regulatfon minstrel show. The 1iv8 tambourinists cecunied the right of the stage and the five bono oscillators the left. They tlotirished thelr instru monts of torture with an abandon that called forth delighted sereams from the 400" of Brooklyn. The interloeutor, who appeared on the program as “‘Mass Mariah Andorson,” but whose societyname is Miss Denslow, occupied & chair upen & daisin the cen- ter of the group. She was differen- fated from her woolly-headed sisters by a white wig. She was simply fotching. Lew Dockstader never saw the day ho could approach her self-possession. “Miss Rosy,” sald she, addressing the young lady who masqueraded under the | name of Miss *“Rosy Cogwheel,” ‘'you looks solemn tonight. What's de matte o' you, my chile?” “I'se studyin', Miss Mariah." “What vo' studyin’ 'bout, Miss Rosy?" 1 like to ask yo', Miss Mariah, ef yo' kin tell me why young ludies is bad nmarians? “You wants to know why young ladies is bad grammarians, Miss Rosy?” “Yes'm." “Well, I'm shore I don't kunow, Miss does yo'" hy. bless you, Miss Mariah, I sel- dom finds one what can decline matri- mony. This joke was received as if it was fresh as a day in May, and the sixt burnt cork ladies cachinnated over loudest of all. Then *“Rosy Cogwheel” sang ‘Adi‘noram Johnsiog,” and had to sing it over again. “They bin havin'a bad time lately at the Memorial hospital,” observed “Miss Sorry Bernhardt,” and when the entire sixty turned upon her to ask why, she said: “You'se givls onght to read the news- Ef you hed you'd seen that the has changed their office hours.” *What you mean by dat, Miss Sorry?” cried Interlocutor Mariah Anderson, sharply. “Well,” rejoined Miss Sor ‘“‘the doctors put up a sign which says'from 11 to 1 thoy're in, and 10 to 1 they're out.” Miss *Clematis de Vere™ (Miss Katha- ne Kramer)sang De Koven's O Prom- e Me"” in a thrilling contralto voice, and had to sing it again, too. **Miss Mariah,” observed ‘*Miss Sorry Bernbardt,” after the applause for Miss Kramer's song had died aw ‘kin you toll me why I'se like a youug and charm- ing widow?" I kin understand, Miss Sorry, that you'se young and that yon'se charming, but why you'se like a widow I don't see.” “T'll tell you, Miss Mariah,” said Miss Bernhardt, giygling. “It's because I won't be in black very long.” “*Miss Bernhardt” “had also another joke which she exploded with great lell me,” she implored of the inter- locutor, “why we charity warblers are like roses in the wilderness?” Al ‘s ‘catise we'se all so beauti- ed Mariah Anderson. “No,” chirruped ‘*‘Bernhardt,” tri- umphantly: ‘“it's because we'se all born to blush unseen.” Another joke which stirred up the good folk of Brooklyn to unrestrained merriment was the sally of Miss Eanny Davenport (Miss Minnie Dorlan), who wanted to know “‘which was't the most- est stuck up paper in Brooklyn?” and after a variety of guesses had been made, floored the house by announcing it to be wall paper. The second half of the program was almost equally effective, including banjo music. a Virginia break down by two little burnt-cork children and some very effective Delsartean posing by “classic sable beauties.” s s Keep the blood pure by taking Hood's Sar- saparilla. If you decide to buy Hood's Sar- saparilla do not be persuaded to take any other. B FCUR BRAVE MEN, Nothing Jake Enowlng Just What to Do When a Blg Dog Comes at You, I was standing on the railroad plat- form of a smail country town a few even- ings ago, says & writer in the Mount Holly Dispatch, There were four men grouped apart from where I was stand- ing, conversing among themselves, Just beside the edge of the platform were the grounds of some private residence, fenced in by an_iron fence ouly three fect high. Inside the fence, held by a heavy chain, was a dog of the deerhound breed. He was impatiently chafing against the restraint imposed upon him, and pulled and tugged at his chain at a great rate. The four men were stand- ing looking at him and making com- ments. “T don’t know why it is,” said one, “that I never Lave the least sensation of fear at dogs. Why, if that dog was to break looge and jump that fence it might be dangerous, but I'd be just as cool as I am now.” “I've had several narrow escapes with ferocious dogs,” said another trained myself to instantly crush them by looking them in the eye steadily. otice my eye?” The other three peered into it. ~ *“Well, gentlemen, thut wed dogs that would take a g off you at a bite,” The third man, who had been for somo time trying to interrupt No. 2 in ovder to get off his_little tale. seized the op- portunity and struck in. *‘I simply kick ‘em,” he'said. “I've had dogs come at me at lightning speed, gentlemen, jaws wide open and their eyes red with rage. All 've done has been to calmly step aside and plant one tremendous kick in their ribs as they went by. It took courage, but 1 was always the 1 never had-one come back at me yet.” The fourth man was just opening his mouth to tell his little lie, when tho deerhound over the fence got loose, and probably not thinking of the four men atall, bounded over the fence to make good his liberty, T watched to sco the man with the wonderful eye get in his work, and the kicker do his groat kicking act, and the man with the iron nerve stand coolly with arms folded, but none of them was doing his specialties that day. Instead the whole one-horse quartet turned and jostléd and bumped and trod on each other's toes in & wild endeavor to get out of the way of that doerhound. Tho head of the iron-nerved man bumped Into the man with the mesmeric oye and jammed _hig hat down so that the lustre of his eye was dimmed, and [ suppose that's why it dido't work. The man who alwayslglelced vicious dogs did got in his kiok, it was_on my right shin accidentall Hm, rushed by me to save his lifo. But'he deorhound rushod ovor the flelds without looking at any of the herooes, 8till less %0 are the aymptoms of the com plaint that makes faces yellow —liver trouble. 1t is indicated by pains in the right sido and through the right shoulder blade, by nausea, vertigo, sick headache, sour breath and furred ‘tongue. Hostetter's Stomach Ritters remove It completely, as well as constip tion and dyspepsia, its assoclates, | malaria, rhewmatism and kidney complaint with this sterling remedy. World's falr souvenir coins of 1803 for sale at Chase & BAdy's, 1618 Farnam street, Omaha, all countries. PARTING FROM THE MIDDLI Olouds that Have Ovorhung the Financial Skies Are Rolling Back, CONFIDENCE IN THE TREASURY RESTORED Mr. Carlisle’'s Loan a Success in the Wi Protecting the ¢ nt- Prospects for Husiness Generally Show Much Tmprovement. In the weekly peview of businedd affairs Henry Clews of Wall street says During the past week Wall street has shown little change from the late dullness’l coupled with steadiness of prices. Almost the only stocks that have shown any activity are the Industrials. They are the only ones that have directly sympathized with the passage of the traift bill In the house of representatives, and, somewhat singularly the changes (n their value have been upward that, however, may be due to thelr having been oversold in advance of the action of the house. “The completion of the senment loan has produced a more settled feeling, although owing to the political opposition to the negotlation fomented in Washington, the operation svas robbed of the eclat of a large surplus of offers and high premiums, yet it is on all sides regarded as having had a most beneficlal effect. It settles many harassing doubts connected with possible objectionable ways of getting the money; the introduction of the silver question into the operation has been obviated, the coin reserve of the treasury has been restored to about its former strength and the working balance of the goveriment has been Increased As doubts overhanging the finances of a gov- ernment always have a widely disturbing effect, the settlement of the misgivings in this case is a matter of much congratulation. Morcover, it is a boon to the banks that so large an amount of their unwieldy cash bal- ances has been transferred to where the money properly belongs. The result is a more normal distribution of the' currency, and the period is brought so much nearer when the banks may hope for a moderate rate of interest on their loans. To some ex- tent, opinion inclines to the expect that the secretary of the treasury may have to borrow @ still further amount to make up for his deficienvies of revenue; but Mr. ~Carlisle appears to entertain little doubt that he can meet all the requirements of the cur- rent fiscal year without trenching on his gold reserve; the latter hope, however, may depend very much upon wlhether any im- portant amount of gold is exported during the interval, for in that case the banks would be likely to exchange legal tenders for gold. SOME IMPROVEMENT IN BUSINESS. “It is the habit of Wall street to shrink from any prospect of gold exports. It can- not be said that such a movement is now within sight, although there is now an ex- ceptionally light supply of export bhis; but a worse contingency than an export of $10,- 000,000 to $15,000,000 of the yellow metal might happen. On the one hand, it would relieve the banks of their inordinate glut of money; on the other, it would cheapen money in London and on the continent, and thereby induce activity on the bourses, with the possibility of causing a demand for American_securities, which is the kind of stimulus Wall street i now thirsting for. There are welcome symptoms of revival of British trade; welcome, because recovery there would help recovery here. England imports for January show an increase over those of a year previous amounting to £5,330,000, or at the rate of 16 per cent; and although the exports of home produce show a gain of only £150,000, yet the large gain in imports implies that an improvement in the export markets is anticipated. This is the first hopeful symptom that England has exhibited for a long time, virtually since the Baring troubles; and it is suggestive of the beginning of a turn in the universal depression of trade. “In this country business still shows e dences of a slow improvement. There is some abatement of the resumption of work by long idle factories and iron works; but that is not remarkable after such a marked renewel of preduction as occurred last month, The depression remains greatest in the west- ern, middle and eastern states, while in the far west, southwest and south, it is much milder. From the latter sections there is a fair aggregate demand for goods, though' it comes in a thin continuous stream rather than in active bounds, and therefore makes little show. Taking the trade of January as a whole, however, it shows a fair improve ment, both in tone and volume, on that of the previous six months. The manufac- turers are waiting for final action on the tariff. From such indications as the senate affords, it seems likely that no serious ob- struction will arise to the passage of the bill in a modified form, and a month or six weeks may possibly find it on the statute book. Before that finality, however, the duties on a wide range of articles will be regarded as so far certain as to admit of giving orders for them, and in that way a steady increase of business may be expected. MUTTERINGS OF THE SILVER STORM. “Although the silver storm exhgusted itself in India’s suspension of free coinage and the repeal of the Sherman act, its after-muttor- ~ings are still heard In various quarters. The further large decline In bullion has reawak- ened the bimetallists, whilst it has strength- ened the conviction of the advocates of the gold standard that the restoration of silver is less likely. Mr. Bland offers a new set of nostrums; the London supporters of the dou- ble standard are sounding the alarm, and Boston I8 mustering its small but brave band of silverites to arms. The decisive bat- “tle, however, has been fought and won for the single standard, and these attempts to regather the scattered clans can only un- settle the old fogies of flnance. In Europe tho disturbance caused by the fall in silver has largely abated, even in the interesis onnected with the trade of India, and affairs ve now become 8o adjusted to the new con- ditions that the late shadow on the future may be aid to have almost disappeared. In this country the silver faction has been so effectually scotched that, whilst it may con- tinue to annoy, it can do little harm to confi- dence. Upon the whole, therefore, financial conditions seem to be working into a sounder and more settled shage, and the factors beginning to disappear which have contrib- uted to the Ylepression which has befallen CHICAGO GRAIN MARKET Featnres of Sn y's T with Prices at at the Close. CHICAGO, Feb, 10.—May wheat sold down to 60c today, a new low price record, and closed with a loss of from %e to Be. After a steady opening on the cold weather and larger exports a loss of le was caused by free liquidation and pressure to sell. A re actlon of %c ensued on covoring by shorts, followed by a decline at the close on me selling. May corn closed %o lower, May oats 3¢ lower, and provisions with but lit- tle change. Wheat started higher with May e up at 60%c. The cold weather gave the bulls some encouragement, as did also the large export clearances, and they soon had May up to 6le. Renewed pressure to sell, pre sumably in conkequence of the expectation that the next vixiblo supply statement would show an_increaso, started a decline, however, and May went down with a rush Ianding at 60c. The market seems to have acquired the habit of making new low price records and the astonishing low price created but little excitement and no panicky indications followed. It had been expected that a decline of 60c would develop another demorulizing bunch of stop loss orders, but the orders dld not materialize. This some what alarmed the shorts and they proceeded to cover with the result that May reacted 4o and held steady for a time at 60K Northwestorn recelpts were again, however numbered amongs the bearish influences Minneapolls and Duluth rled a total of 406 cars compared with 176 on the cor responding day last year. Liverpool ad vices were also rather bearish and as, the sesslon neared its closo the selling again became free, and the firmer feeling wore away, taking with It %e for May and that month closed %o above the day's bottom figuros, M ened at 60%c, advanced | e, lost 10 ted ¥e, and declined %o to the close at 9 . Corn wax gulet most of the session, but an ineasy, unsettlod feeling permeated the mar Kol Brice clanges were governed largely by the action of wheat, and the dealine today was due entirely to the action of that cerca The opening trades showed & fractional loss but that was soon recovered, when deaiings agaln Hiereased and prices sagged down from 4¢ to Mo, ralled from 'ge to 14e, declined | from ‘e to S and closod with May but e above the duy's bottom figures Oats were casior in sympathy with wheat on moderate selling by longs. Prices receded 140 and closod easy after opening unchangod There was moderate buying early, but later buyers appeared to have been filled up and May finished at the bottom Provisions opened strong and higher on es timated light receipts of live hogs for next week and good bidding prices advancing moderately. The offerings of all Kinds of products were very little, and thero was an effort on the part of some of the local operators to advance values, but the continued weakness in wheat had the contrary effect me support was | given to the market by two or three leading packing fnstitutions, prices advancing for a time with only slight reactions. The im provement in wheat from the lowest price on record also contributed to the strength in this market. Later on it declined to nearly the Inside prices of the day on increase offerings and the withdrawal of the previous support, with the closing weak, most of the early advance being lost. Compared with last night, May pork Is 5c higher, May lard 2igc lower, and May ribs unchanged Sstimated receipts for Monday: Wheat ars; corn, 600 cars; oats, 203 cars; hug 000 head. ssion of the Board of Trade Mo gal holiday in 1ilinois; birthday of Abraham Lincoln. The leading futures ranged as follows “Articies. | Open. | High, | Low 6% February May July Oata No. & February May July Pork per by My Lant, 100 1bs Bruary Short Ribs Februar May as follows CORN--No. 2, 4 OATS—No. 2, 2 No. 3 white, RYE—No' 2 4de. BAKLEY-No.2, nomin. 0. 4, 400401 LAX & No. 1, 815 IMOTHY - Prime, #4.1004.1, PROVISIONS—Mess pork, pe £12.06@ J74%; lard, per 100 1bs., 7. hort ribs sides (loose), 86,174 alted shoulders (boxed), ” $6.256.50; short ~cleur (hoyod), 80.75737.12 WILSK Y= Distiliers”” faished goods, per SUGAR-Cat loaf, 35.30; granulated, $5.45; standard A, #4.42, The following wero the receipts and ship- ments today: T Flour, bbls .. 7000 6.000 Wheat, bu.. L : 40:000 5000 Corir, Bu A 400,000 00 50 b Bvin 000/ 000 Rye, bu . <000/ 00 Barley, bu . ‘ RO,000 1,000 On the Produce exchange today the but et was quiet; creamery, Ge:_dnl Le. Eggs. tirm; strictly ‘tresh, 143141 TLouis Markots. ST. LOUIS, Mo, Feb. 10.—FLOUR-More active: prices unclan WHISA ried e up today, hut was hammered down by selling ful but the drop_ was so large, c. Drevall- ing local prices, 4 ¥ brought the quotation up tc below yestor- 2 wbies did closed at_5ie e July, 58t S CORN—Was weak the smash in wheat, and lost . 2 mixed, cash, closed e el Mar May, OATS Februg X RYE bouisht No. 2. BARLEY—Nothing doing. “TMirm; Gic bid, east track. ER SEED--Unchanged; Prime to chofce timothy. TER-Firm, unchanged; @2c; choice dairy, 20a2lc, SGGS—Higher; 131 LEAD-Weak; $3.10 L SPELTER=S(rong, in od demand; 8.5 hid CORN WHISKY BAGGING--Unchang COTTON T1 she@st. PROVISIO! Dry salt loose shoulder longs and ribs, 10; ¢ more. Bacon longs, 37 ribs, ir, 2,000 bbls.; wheat, )00 bu.; oats, 34,000 bu. flour, 5,000 'bbls.; wheat, ,000 b, oats,, 12,00 bu, low ordinary, 0 nary, 6 1-1 dling, 7 1,101 Hrital "steady $7.3 $1.76i07.7 Novembs Liverpool Markots Feb, 10, WIHEAT-T mand : rately; No, i, 1 westorn winit 106 and fale; miked western, PHROVISIONS-Dork, prime mess, flac, 7w, Beef, extra Indin, 90s. Bacon, long clear, 55 10 3 , 8. Lard, K I STOCK MARKET. s Show Little Change m i Week Ago. SATURDAY, Feb, 10 The recelpts for the week show very little change compared with last week and a y ago as to logs and sheep, but cattle supplics are still light, fully 30 per cent lighter than at this time last year. The figures arc as follows: Cattle, Hogs. Sheep Recolpts this week 11,711 20461 0,100 Receipts lust woek |72 101812 26,100 6,134 Sumo week last yenr.... 17,48 168 G411 About the best that can be sald of the ttlo market this week I8 that prices are not appreciably lower that last week. There has been no improvement in the demand from any quarter, and while the offerings 1 season of the r the market has boen wlow to respond on account of the continued slacknesy in the demand for consumption One circumstance that has a very depres wing influence on the trade Ally Inferlor quality of the cattle received. They are mostly on the half-fat and shortfed order, and it ix well known that the coun try I8 full of cattle of the same kind just being held for enough of an advance in prices to justify their shipment. On the other hand, an enconraging feature is found in the apparent anxiety of speculatiy shippers 1o take hold and operate at any thme when the lowness of prices or the izo of the receipts weem to Justify them in action The have ~ dor ave been exceptionally light for this very little this week, however, s the daily average roceipts o lexs than 2000 head, The market for the week was somewhat of a sway back, but fluctuntions were few and within narrow limits. Early in the week the market was dull with a lowor tendency, which, for the past two or three duys, has glven place o a more active trade and a_somewhat firmer feeling ALMOST STEADY YESTERDAY Rocelpte today were Just about up to the rocont average, both in quantity and quality There was a fair demand from all sources, and whilo prices were not quotably higher Thursday's and Friday's advance was well ustaln Soveral loads of 1,200-1b. t 1,300-1b. beeves sold at from $3.60 to § while falr to protty good 500 to 1,150-Ih, ute old roadily at from $3.26 to $3.40, and com mon to poor stuff at from $3.20° down. It was @ good lively trade from the start, and by noon the trading was over With con t 1 light or even moderate recelpts | present prices may bolg, but It receipts In athy with besg wa are relling WK prices fuctuated n good deal in sym | better than steers take buyers long te clean them uy $2.60 and canners down around $1.60 Common larg while for rongh stock of all kind ng at from $1.50 to $3.10. tradd was quite Some outside buying and regs firmly Leld in spito of the dulin: ot hogs (his count of in manufacturing dull and un general run ot p visions are lower than a barrel lower ribs $4 lower than a y King in the west comparatively fluctuations with a 0 decline and o fur ¢ break today, mark and fully a quarter lower than a week! undoubtedly held back a hogs today, at any were receved, the quality local buyers all reduction in pricc sult the limiter offer-' long in changing hands, pens being empty by the middle of the foro= was a $1.90 market, all weights going largely at that fig sellers did and as a fuir to good hogs of the commoner nixed loads we! g, and a few bulk of the trading was at $5 and than today. nothing extra nd, and while tr natives sell fair to good 19ty 100-1b, wative sales od to choise ptsand Dispositis N1 disposition of strrcay shown by tho bk ary 10, 1504 dipts of Cattle Yesterday Up to the Av : of cattle for offerings and ) but butchers Sock was of little Tess than T head last week and] estimated at 1,000 1 values without! $3.60 for poor to fai calves, 40 hend NSNS 1:I|y Live “tock M stockers and Tight; | f ils Live Stock Marke took ‘belng on sale 8o x Clty Live Stock Markot Stock in Sight. e, HIGT PLACES! prople do wrong through igno. failure to investigate us to the rightos But it is strange, tindividuals and firms, who are fu ly aware of the rights of others, will pe. wist in porpoteating feauds High-tonaed, ong of & matte manufreturing to retail mer= chants, nrticles which thoy infeingemonts on th tors, and imitations of woll known goods. to sound u note of warning to 310 bowaro tions nud simulations of “CArTER's Lirs TLE LIVER PILLS,” refuse them: tho retalie Who) thoy are of- you do not want to do wrol and you don’t want to ¢ yoursell 1i Franklin said *Honesty 18 the bast nolis it s just as true that “Hooesiy ie thebest principle.”