The good people up town are anxious to know what the
brokers think of Mr. Livingston. We shall find out, and let them
know.
The cotton and flour markets rallied a little. The rise of cotton
in Liverpool drove it up here a cent or so. The last shippers will
make 2-1/2 per cent. Many are endeavoring to produce the impression
that there will be a war. If the impression prevails, naval stores
will go up a good deal. Every eye is outstretched for the
"Constitution." Hudson, of the Merchants News Room, says he will
hoist out the first flag. Gilpin, of the Exchange News Room, says
he will have her name down in his room one hour before his
competitor. The latter claims having beat Hudson yesterday by an
hour and ten minutes in chronicling the "England."
The money article was a success, and appeared regularly in "The Herald"
after this. It created a demand for the paper among the merchants, and
increased its circulation so decidedly that at the end of the third
month the daily receipts and expenditures balanced each other. Mr.
Bennett now ventured to engage a cheap police reporter, which gave him
more time to attend to other duties.
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