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The Daily Herald.
THURSDAY. SEPTEMBER 25. 1873.
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Travelling Agent of the Herald.
Our State Exchanges.
A protracted mectirg is in progress at tho Metho
dist Church in Rome.
Married, near Rome, on the 17th inst., by the Rev.
W. P. Rivers, Capt. James T. rark, cf Cave Spring,
Ga., to Miss Antoinette Bryant, youDgcst daughter ot
the late Rowland Bryant, Esq., and Mrs. Julia W.
I
dicaa save the probabilities are
Third. But should Mr. Farrow appear as an
□dependent candidate for Mayor, we bhall
Schley county killed thirty- | deprecate his candidature and feel it our duty
to oppose him.
It is rather rough that we should be forced
to state in advance that we will oppose a gen
tleman who has never expressed to us the
slightest purpose of becoming a candidate;
but we are forced to it for the purpose of put
ting an end to a rumor evidently designed to
impair whatever influence our opposition to
the clique and ring business may have.
But a few days ago a most disgraceful at-
Bryant.
The Americas I
that the cane and potato crops in that section will be
the best for many years. It also hears a good report
of the pea crop.
A gentleman li
moo rattlesnakes on hi3 place the
them were from four to six feet long each.
B. II. Richardson, city editor of the Savannah News,
has gone North on a resting spell.
The Savannah News says: " We have made inquiries
with reference to the damage sustained by the rice
crop in this vicinity daring the late storm, and learu
that the injury was very small; although at points
further down the coast, whero the storm was more
violent, some loss may have been sustained.”
In 1865 a man named Boon was killed in Carrollton
by a Mr. F. P. Hesterly. The murderer escaped, and
has since been hiding out in Alabama. An unsuccess- I
ful attempt was made to arrest him recently. Ho
escaped after being wounded.
The entire family of Mr. T. L. Walker died of yel
low fever recently, whilo on their way from Louisville
to Meriwether county in this State.
Says the Savannah News : The problem of direct
trade, which has pestered the South for several gener
ations, seems to be solving itself at last. Within the
past twenty-four hours one steamship and t*o sailing
vessels have arrive! at this port from Liverpool, bring
ing large assorted cargoes cf merchandise.
The British ship Universe, Captain Jones, which has
been making two trips each season to the port of Sa
vannah from Liverpool for several years, arrived there
laBt Monday morning.
The Savannah wharves, which have presented quite
a barren appearance during the past few months, are
now beginning to fill up rapidly, and with a continua
tion of the present easterly winds, we may look for
quite an addition, although the clearances coastwise
thus far are very small. As compared with last year,
the number cf vessels in port are as follows: Two
British steamships and two coastwise stsrmers, with
three others expected to arrive to-day; five ships, four | be witnessed,
barks, four brigs and seven schooners. Last year
there were: Five coastwise steamships, two barks, no
brigs and six schooners. The number of vessels np,
cleared and faded for this port, as far as heard from to
the present time, are thirteen ships, nine barks and
four schooners, against one steamship, sixteen ships,
four barks, two brigs and four schooners for the cor
responding date last year.
The Advertiser says that Monday last was certainly
the dullest day, in a business sense, that Savannah has
experienced during the present season, and perhaps,
as it hopes, is not to experience such another. Every
thing appeared to be at a perfect stand-still; although,
aa will be seen by reference to our cotton statement,
that over three thousand bales of cotton were re
ceived, not a bale was sold. Evidently buyers are
scarce. •
There is some trouble just now about the beacon
light at Tybee. This light, as is well known to ma
riners, is the one most useful to navigators, being the
one by which they steer for the Tybee light. The
lighthouse keeper at Tybee finds it impossible to at
tend to both, os the beacon light is constantly extin
guished by the winds which prevail to a great extent
at this season of the year.
Mr. Fegg, recently of Aiken, now of New York, ar
rived in Augusta Monday evening, in order to see
what could be done in the way of keeping a hotel.
He proposes to take the Planters’.
The present week will be a grand gala week for
Augusta, especially among the Germans. The First
Annual Sclieutzenfest is in progress, with every pros
pect of a magnificent week of pleasure and amuse,
ment. The visiting clubs are: Savannah Schuetzen,
Selma Schuetzen and the Charleston Schuetzen. The
arrangements and preparations for tho occasion are on
the most magnificent scale.
Rev. C. W. Thomas held services at Birncsville last
Sanday afternoon. The Patriot says the lecture was
eminently characteristic of the evangelist and highly
appreciated by a large congregation.
All the little ward politicians were consider
ably excited on yesterday by the resolutions
adopted by the Second Ward Democrats, and
by the editorial which appeared in the Her
ald approving. As might be expected, the
gentlemen who took part in the meeting were
tolerably roughly abused, while we came in
for our share of the “blessings.” So far as
the Herald is concerned, we desire to say
that all the talk about our being in the in
terest of this or that set of men, is so much
rubbish. We belong to nobody—our course
cannot be dictated by anybody.
Lest, however, the stupid rumor which was
spread yesterday, that Mr. Stobo Farrow was
to be again our independent candidate for
Mayor; that a full ticket had been prepared,
and that the Herald would support the
movement, should go any further, we hasteu
to state the following facts:
First That we have not had any conversa
tion with Mr. Stobo Farrow on any subject
wbatevei for at least five months.
Second. If Mr. Farrow and an independent
ticket intend running, we know nothing about
THE WALL STREET TROUBLES.
Although our dispatches report that busi
ness on Wall street closed hopefully yesterday,
the general tenor of the news is not as cheer
ing as we coaid wish it. It is evident that the
street recovers from the crisis slowly, and that
it does not require a great shock to renew the
panic. Should any of the large banks sus
pend, or show signs of weakening, there will
be another convulsion.
For the first time, too, business seems in
clined to be affected. The dispatches to the
grain shippers of the West, and the standstill
| in the rate and purchase of cotton, are indi
! cations that Wall street Las lor the present
| absorbed all tho capital required to move the
j Western and Southern crops. As a conse
quence, me are beginning to feel
i pinched by the inability of the |
farmers to dispose of their cot-
ton. It is to be hoped that to-day’s tran- | ent >
s ictions on Wall street will develop a more
confident feeling, as should the crisis there
continue for many days longer and the same
difficulty be experienced in selling cotton or
obtaining advances upon it, our trade is likely
to be far more seriously crippled than seemed
possible as near back as Friday last.
Literaryont-chat, Financial Crash.
Swinburne has a new poem in press.
The posthumous autobiography of the late ;
Stuart Mill is to be published next month.
A firm of London booksellers have pur- i
chased from the shah the copyright of his '
“Journal of Travel.”
It is stated that the second volume of La-
mon’s Lincoln will never get into print, so
discouraging was the reception of the first.
Ten Millions More of Loan
Certificates to be
Issued.
MAC ON DEPARTMENT.
H. C. STEVENSON
CITY EDITOR.
MACON, GA., WEDNESDAY. SEPT. 24.1873
Our Older.
The Bianch Office of the Herald is on
Cherry street, over Helfrich’s confectionery
6torc. Parties desiring to subscribe for or
LONDON HOUSE SUS- “*»«««•
lads going to the United States.
Dr. Holland’s latest novel, “Arthur Bonui-
castle,” is at last publiihed in book form. It
is a feeble affair, made np of the dull plati
tudes of New England cant.
PENDED.
some one in the office to attend to their
ants.
THE MALT LiqtOH TAX.
Governor Smith, with very great propriety,
on yesterday addressed an order requiring
the collection of the $250 license tax imposed
upon wholesale dealers in malt liquors in the
State of Georgia shall not be collected until
the Legislature meets. The Governor says
that such a law discriminates against resident
dealeis in favor of foreign dealers, and is un
just. The Legislature Mill, without doubt,
remove the tax altogether.
t^^pt was made to violate the regulations of j Xew Orleans is reaping its revenge at last,
tno police force by removing an officer from | Harper’s Weekly calls Beast Butler a black-
his “beat,” in a certain ward, because be did | guard and a villain,
not support a ccrtain^candidate for alderman.
That the attempt failed was due solely to the
firmness of one of the lieutenants of police
who declined to carry out an order, made by j The ward meetings are making things
the City Marshal, to break the rules govern- ; lively now, and the ward orators are brushing
The Pall Mall Gazette pronounces Mr. W.
D. Howell’s “Chance Acquaintance” to be a
bright and truthful book, but adds that as a
novelist his range is very limited.
There is an article in Good Words for Sep
tember on bees—“Bees in the Past aud Pres-
which gives somo history and some
curious information on the habits of the lee.
Matthew Arnold refers to Byron as a “coun
try gentleman, with no ideas,” while Robert
Browning calls the author ot “Don Juan” “a
flatfish.” Even the Spectator speaks of By
ron’s “passionate or sublime thoughts, cheaply
executed.”
The “Life of John Adams,” edited by tin
The Uneasiness Not Over
Yet.
Nk
lificates hav
September 24, 1873.
n exhausted,
ten millions more tc-
Ten million loan ce
The associated banks
day.
Tho Batik of the Commonwealth has been, sued for
collaterals which they cannot produce upon the ten
der of the amount loaned.
Carlton, the Secretary of the Union Trust Company,
has friends who are in treaty with the l ank for a set
tlement of his defalcation.
Henry Clews claims that bis securities are far more
Hon. Charles Francis Adams, will shortly be ! * wple th:m m ord,a,ry tm “ 8 - 115 ma5 ' resume wheu
l ily Circulation of the Herald.
Uercalter and until the night train is again running
upon the Macon and Western road the Herald will
arriicat three o'clock in the afternoon and fee at
once sent by carriers and newsboys as heretofore
throughout the city. It is hoped that in a few days
the schedule will be so changed a3 to allow the paper
o g t here at seven o’clock in the morning.
issued by Messrs. Lippincott A Co., complete
in one volume, at a moderate price. The
work is one of standard value, und is likely
t) secure a large .-ale in its new form.
j The slowest Telegraph yet heard of—The
! M.icon Telegraph.
ing the force.
In this very attempt is to be seen the sys- j
tern whereby aldermen are nominated. We ;
cannot help it if the police become angry I
with us, but it is a deplorable fact that much
of their time is now devoted to electioneering
for eandidates which ought to be devoted to j
the watching of the interests of the city, j
The men are perhaps not so much to blame. ■
Their positions depend upon their work, and j
while the board of aldermen elect policemen,
the cob-webs out ot their manly throats.
Forms of Hebrew Worship.
WITH OR WITHOUT HATS? AND THE ABOLISH-
From tho Cincinnati Commercial, Sept. 14.
The members of the congregation K. K.
Benai Yeshurun held another special general
meeting at the vestry of their temple, corner
of Eighth and Plum streets, last evening, M.
the same wire-pulling and electioneering will | Loth, Esq., presiding. The purpose of the
meeting was to reconsider the action taken at
the last general meeting, of making it lawful
The evils which exist in the system of nom
inations is what we desire to put an end to, j
No matter how honest or able a man may be, !
to worship during divine service with un
covered head, and to abolish the second day
of New Year.
Mr. Daniel Wolff moved to reconsider the
when he descends to wirepulling and intrign- I actio n making it lawful to worship with un-
ing, he ceases to be a fit person to hold office.
We do not war upon any man, and as we are
unalterably opposed to cliques and rings,
there is not the slightest probability of our
becoming the organ of any cliques. When,
covered head, and stated that lie made the
motion not that he was in favor of it, but be
cause he wished to give those members who
were absent at the last meeting an opportu
nity to debate the question on its merits. He
bdieved, emphatically, that the time had ar-
therefore, the little ward politicians assail the | r ‘ vea to do awa y with 8Qch old customs.
Herald they do not harm us. We do not
depend upon them for a support. When we j telligent gentlemen, should have so much
Mr. Henry Mack thought it very strange
that a congregation like this, composed of in
attack the style of electioneering now going
on in Atlanta, we do so from a sense of duty
to the public, and until that public expresses
disapproval of our course we shall remain
quite unharmed.
The Savannah Xeics says that Sam Bard
can be bought for 75 cents. We believe this
to be a mistake. Our Savannah cotemporary,
to be perfectly safe, had better put his figures
at 90 cents.
NOT A QUESTION OF WHEAT.
Alabama News.
The Moulton Advertisar states that the jury m the
case of the State vs. Paschal for murder of Oats, a
conductor on the Memphis and Charleston Railroad
in 186), returned a verdict of not guilty.
The Birmingham Independent speaking of the
meetings of the Ruhama Horticultural Society, states
that a i ommittee reported corn crop yield above an
average compared with past three or four years.
Wheat a failure. Oats, peas, and potatoes good.
Clover prospect encouraging. Cotton fair. A stock
company for aheeping raising has been formed, and a
resolution was adopted requesting the General As
sembly to enact a law or laws taxing every dog in the
State except shepherd’s dogs, or requiring a license
to be taken out for every dog kept upon any person’s
premises except as before mentioned, with a heavy
penalty annexed for any violation of such law.”
The murderer, John Long, who so brutally mur
dered Blevin Taylor, in DeKalb county, has been
tried by the Circuit Court of DeKalb, convicted and
sentenced to the penitentiary for life.
There are fifteen cases of yellow fever at Pensacola
Junction, on the Mobile and Montgomery Railroad.
The Montgomery Advertiser gives a rumor on the
streets of that city on Monday afternoon to the effect
that one of the deputy collectors of Internal Revenue,
in this State, had defaulted iu the sum of $3,800, and
that Collector Widmer had been closeted with the U.
8. Marshal with reference thereto.
▲ movement has been put on foot by the Montgom
ery Board of Trade for the encouragement of immigra
tion. The plan contemplates a new law to be passed
by the Legislature; and in order to forward ita inter
ests, it is proposed to circulate numerous copies of a
memorial invoking legislative action. The following
are the principal points on which it ia proposed to
coadnct this enterprise:
1. The bill provides fora Commission of Immigra
tion, to be appointed by the Governor, the said Com
missioner to receive a salary from the State at the
option of the General Assembly; also a commission of
a certain sum per head on Immigrants imported by
him, said Commissioner to be paid by tbe parties con
tracting for immigrants.
2. The Commissioner is authorized to appoint agents
of emigration in this and foreign countries; such
agents are not authorized to receive any salary from
the State, bnt shall be paid by the Commie*toner ont
of the commissions allowed him in the bill.
3. It provides for a Depot of Immigration in the city
of Mobile, the manager or agent in charge of the same
to take proper care of all immigrants on their arrival,
until the parti os that have contracted for ths same can
receive them.
4. It provides for an annual immigration printing
and stationary fund.
6. It provides for an lmmigra’ion passage fund, said
fond to be deposited with the State Treasurer for that
purpose, and cannot be drawn until the vessel leave,
foreign ports with immigrants for this State.
6. The only actual expense incurred by the State is
the salary of the Commissioner, tbe annual printing
and stationery fund, and the providing of an immi
grant depot, as th9 passage money paid by the State is
mere'yaloan (o parties contracting, and is well se
cured an! provided for in this bill.
Dr. J. C. C. C. C. Blackbarn, the smart lit
tle man who runs a paper, ridiculously called
The Patriot, at some point or other down the
Macon Road, joins in the now popular amuse
ment of squirting water at the Herald. He
says in this “Patriot” of his :
Grange Organ.—This mooted question is
settled at last. The child is born, named,
and the Atlanta Herald steps to the front.
Ye pigmies, who were striving for the posi
tion, hide your faces, throw up the spoDge,
and retire gracefully. But what will the Her
ald do? It stands committed not to be
come the organ of any clique, organiza
tion, association, combination or party, but
will only consent to follow the course in
dicated at its very birth, that of independent
journalism. But you know men will change,
however eternal may be principle. Should
the Herald back down from its lofty position
of independence, which it has so long justly
prided itself in, and become the organ of our
Grange friends, it will remind us of the
course pursued by an old minister in Vir
ginia, when that State was a colony. It
was the custom of the several congrega
tions to pay their preachers in wheat and
tobacco, the current currency of the day At
first, the old man was made glad by re
ceiving his instalments regularly. After which
his salary began to decline, lie was surpris
ed. He called in an old deacon, in whom he
had implicit confidence, and enquired as to
the cause. Said he, “I preach regularly,
zealously and independently, as I did when I
began, but my congregations grow’ smaller
and I am at a loss to divine the cause.”
“That is ail very true,” replied the deacon,
“but to be candid with you, we don’t like
your independence.” “Well” remarked the
preacher, “if that’s all, I'll change that, for I
want tho wheat.”
We will not apply the moral until w’e see
whether the Herald “wants the wheat.”
That the Herald “wants its wheat,” is no
less true than that Dr, Blackburn “wants bis
rye;” but that we have lost any of that inde
pendence of action which has been at once
our record and our boast, is not at all true.
The Herald stands pledged to support not
a single candidate of the Grangers or a single
measure of the Grangers.
That it has seen fit to write in favor ol the
movement is a proof that it believed the move
ment susceptible of great good. The very
moment they show demagogism, illiberality,
spleen or piejudice, we shall give them the live
liest fight we can make. The selection of the
Herald as the “Organ of the Granges” merely
meant that the Herald being a paper cen
trally located, widely circulated, neatly
printed and liberally edited, was a proper me
dium in which to print the advertisements of
the order. There wero no pledges given or
required; spoken or implied. Simply a busi
ness patronage, totally unsought by the
Herald, and conferred upon it to its surprise.
We tmst that this explanation will satisfy our
friend, the bantam of the Patriot We prom
ise him that if we ever own an “organ,” ha
shall be dres3ed iu a red jacket and a proud
tail and sent out into tbe crowd to collect the
pennies while we grind the machine.
doubt of the right to worship God Almighty
with an uncovered head. The other is a cus
tom ^brought by our ancestors from Asia,
where it is considered disrespectful to appear
iu good society with uncovered heads, while
iu this country it is the reverse. He, for one,
was not in favor cf reconsidering the action
iu this matter.
Mr. A. Aub questioned the legality of the
whole proceeding. The constitution of the
congregation dictates that, to alter or amend
any part of the constitution or .the mode ol
worship as adopted by this congregation, the
matter must be first laid before the board of
trustees, there to remain for thirty days. Af
ter thirty days tbe board of trustees to take
action on it, and then lay it before tbe gene
ral meeting, either with their recommendation
or not. Then the measure is lawfully befere
the general meeting. But this had not been
done. The change of this custom had been
proposed before the last general meeting,
without first bringing it before the board of
trustees, as the constitution wisely pre
scribes.
Mr. B. Bettman thought it not necessary
that this should have been done, as there was
no law enacted or any old custom abolished;
for the only change to be made is that it
shall not be considered lawful to worship w ith
uncovered heads. This gives all those mem
bers who wish to worship with covered heads
the right to do so. He eloquently appealed
to his fellow-members not to make much ado
about a trifle, for it is only an old custom.
There is nothing said about the worshiping
of God with covered or uncovered heads iu
the books of Moses, nud he hoped that such
a trifling matter would not disturb the good
feelings of the members.
Mr. Jacob Elsas thought it best not to act
hastily. There are old members who will
feel aggrieved if this matter is pressed, aud
he recommended to avoid “snap action.”
Mr. Solomon Levy was truly surprised that
there should be so much objection to give
those members who wished to worship with
uncovered head tbe right to do so.
Mr. Heinsheimer, Sr., said he had the plea
sure to be well versed in the laws of Moses
and the Talmud, and now’bere could he find
where there is a command to worship with cr
without covered head. He was decidedly in
favor that the action taken should not be re
considered.
Mr. David Hyman then gave his views in
the legality of the question—whether tb s
change had been constitutionally brought
before tbe congregation, and, according to his
views, it had.
Other gentlemen wero ready to make re
marks, but the previous question being moved
and carried, the question was put—Shall the
action to consider it lawful to worship with
uncovered heads be reconsidered ? Lost—for
reconsideration thirty-five; not to reconsider,
fifty-three.
Mr. Daniel Wolf moved to reconsider the
action abolishing tho second day of New Year,
but remarked that he wanted that motion not
because he was in favor of it, but because he
wished that this question should have a full
hearing, in which he hoped all members
would participate.
Mr. A. Aub feelingly appealed to his fellow-
members not to act in baste, not to violate
the constitution. Once permit them to vio
late the constitution and it will be repeated
to the detriment of the congregation. Let it
go its regular course. Let it be laid before
the board of trustees, let it lay on tbe table
for thirty days, and after tho board has acted
upon it, let it come before tbe general meet
ing.
Mr. Solomon Levy stated that if bis mem
ory served bint right this measure to abolish
the second day of New Year had been refer
red by tbe general meeting to the board of
trustees four years ago, and there it remains,
snugly stored away, the board of trustees
having omitted to take action on it, the gen
eral meeting did, aud he hoped that the uc-
t:oi would not be reconsidered.
Other members spoke on the measure, and
when the vote was taken to reconsider it was
almost unanimously lost.
Marriage* by moonlight are the rage among
tlQ young colored people in Mi d’s>n, Ga.
Alfred Stille, M. D. t of the University of I
Pennsylvania, has published a pamphlet on
“Epidemic or Malignant Cholera,” originally
contributed to the Philadelphia Medical j
Times. He discusses the causes, character
and treatment of the disease.
Douglas Jerrold’s “ Fireside Saints,” “Mr.
Caudle’s Breakfast Talk,” and “The Hedge
hog Letters ” have been collected, with other
similar papers, into a neat duodecimo, to bo;
issued in a few days by Messrs. Lee «fc Shepard, I
of Boston. It has a caustic humor and biting
wit, as well as easy, good humored fun.
Charles Reade’s latest novel, “ A Simple
ton,” is a composite story, in which he makes
no concealment of the sources whence he de
rives character and illustrations, but parades
them in a long list of authorities. This shows
him rather sensitive to the charges of plag.ir-
ism so freely made against liis recent novels.
The story itself is highly sensational. If it '
were not it would not be Charles Reade’s.
Shakspcare, from recently discovered doe- j
uinents, it appears, had no ownership in eith
er of the theatres of his time. Mr. J. O. Hal-;
liwell, the English Sbakspearian scholar, has j bank of that
found a series of papers, including the lists of
tho original proprietors and share-holders, in
which Shaltspeare’s name does not appear.
Iu an old affidavit by the sons of James Bur
bage it is stated that iu the “Globe theatre” ' Heu
Shakspeare, Hemings, Condall, Philips aud •
other players were partners in the profits cf j The Fr
the “house,” that is, iu the receipts. In regard thirty da
to the “Blackfriar’s theatre,” the affidavit
states that Shakspeare, Hemings, Condall
and Richard Burbage were engaged as play
ers.
the money market improves. 1 he firm has publish
ed their correspondents, inclusive of National and
State banks, aud fifte *n private banks.
It is stated that Western shippers of grain are ad-
used to bold off on account of llii difficulty to meet
sight drafts.
The Stock Fxcbange remains closed until further
orders.
The sub-treasury is offering no bonds this morning.
Tho feeliug is excited.
For Western Union 62 bid; C4 asked.
Howes & Macy suapen ied.
Tbe Sub-Treasurer bought a half million of bonds.
Bank Presidents are authorized to issue auother ten
million of lean certificates.
Macy, ot tbe firm of Howes Macy. iavs all
houses like theirs, having a large number of deposi
tors. must suspend.
Wilcesbabp.e, Pa., Ser tciuber 24, 1873.
Brown A: Gray attribute their failure to Henry
Clews. The miners were large depositors.
Pattebbon, N. J., September 24,1873.
Four hundred and fifty-five locomotive men have
been discharged from Rogers’ locomotive woiks—
making one thouraud—two-tliirda of their force.
London, September 24, 1873.
Clews, Hab:tch & Co., have decided to suspend.
Berlin, Sept. 24,1873.
A dispatch from Berlin announces the failure of the
ity.
Loni
Mr. William Black, the talented author of
“A Daughter of Hetb,” writes to the Atliemv-
nm as follows: “I find in the columns of the
Scottish-American Journal, along with a series \ issued by the cleariug houses,
of wild and uncalled-for compliments address- j The Government Las bought
ed to myself, an announcement of a ‘new ! million bonds,
story’ from my pen, the first portion of which
is placed before the readers of that journal, j b 0 ur of the day, and busines:
The ‘new story’ in question was written when ; rjl ther ulooiny.
I was of the mature age of twenty-one; and I
had fondly hoped that it was stone-dead and
forgotten; for there are few of us as wise at
twenty-one as we then consider ourselves to
be. I think it very hard that this wretched
little tale should have been brought to light
at all ; but the audacity—to call it by no
other name—which invites attention to this
precious production as a ‘new story’ is beyond
a joke.”
X, Sept. 24, 1
Clews A: Habicht telegraph that the
r> Clews & Co. is for £240,000. Their own liabilities
£64,000, which thty can meet, but not those of j the failure
rashes of
, Sept. 24, 1873.
dmen’s Savings Bask is enforcing tbe legai
notion from depositors.
New York, September 24, 1873.
! The suspension of Brown k Watson Is announced,
j At two o’clock all is quiet about the savings banks
! throughout the city; no suspensions of payment have
occurred to-day, aud the directors appear to be more
' confident.
. Two and a half million loan certificates have been
two aud a half
—Wall street is very quiet at this
dotes hopeful, but
Paris.
THE NEW OPERA HOUSE.
Milwaukee, Sept. 24,187a
j The Chamber of Commerce has adjourned to Mon
| day, the 29th.
! The Chamber passed resolutions which don't inter
I fe:o with former contracts, but recommend all or.*
j side trading to cease.
Chicago, Septembe 24, 1773.
The bank clearances continue, and a good, comfort
able feeling prevails.
The Panic in Virginia.
Richmond, September 24, 1873.
The Dollar Savings Bank closed this morning.
Issac Taylor & Williams, bankers, suspended on ac
count of currency, their assets being double their
liabilities.
In both of the above concerns the stone cutters em
ployed at the Government Stone Yard were depositors
to large amounts.
There is considerable excitement in the neighbor
hood of the various banks over tho ruin of small de
positors.
The banks are all bolding out as yet, aud will stand
he weather storm through ihc day.
The Freedman’s Savings Bank requires legal notice;
as also other private institutions.
A general meeting of the members ol the Chamber
of Commerce, Corn Exchange and Tobacco Associa
tion, and leading merchants, will held at 1 o'clock, to
consider the 6tate of affiirs, acd adopt some measure
To describe the new Academic Nationale do
Music, which has been ten years in the course
of construction, so that your readers might
have some idea of its wonderful magnificence,
is so utterly impossible that we will only en
deavor to give a general idea of its outward
appearance. It is finished on the outside, but
two years of work has not yet completed the
interior, and two years more are required for
its ornamentation. There is no better way of
C mveying to an American an idea of anything
that he has not seen than to teil him the cost
of it. Well, this new opera house has cost
40,000,000 fraucs, or about $8,000,000 in gold,
iacluding the square of ground on which it|
s ands. It is a government institution, and 1 to strengthen public confidence,
was intended as one of tho crowning glories i The meeting of the merchants aud manufacturers
of tne Napoleonic empire. AV ho will first j including members of the various commercial asso-
occupy tbe magnificent retiring rooms ot the . ciation , ot tbi , city, held at 10 o'clock, was the latest
Emperor and Empress it would be difficult; theri f tho klndeT „ he;d m n.chmond, ,nd
.now to sav. i ... . . . ,
Lthe greatest interest is manifested on the present
financial crisis. A series cf resolutions
wero adopted with great unanimity, which
were in effect as follows: That the present
The opera house occupies an opeu space
fr. m which radiate the Boult? trds Capaci
ties, Italians, Rues Scribe, Auber, Haleey and
Neuve des Matturine. like the spokes of a .
wheel. The area it occupies has a tront of: condiUon of a ®* ,r8 ln Richmond has .risen from
403 feet, and a depth of 407. If any of your ! t,U80s and influences external to hsDkim! and mer-
readers have the figures of the new opera can tde business thereof and in no wire attributed to
house on Howard street they can compute the irreguhw operations or undue expansion on part of
difference in the size Of tho two structures. It j the banks or merchants. That the banks of this city
fronts on the Place de 1‘Opera, the width of !■
which must be about GOO feet in one direc- | and that no loss
lion, and 1,000 feet in the other, being the i banks, the banks
at present believed to be undoubtedly solvent,
i result to tho creditors of the
Q (allowed to proceed as heretofore
junction of all these great thoroughfares. To } That the mceting.deprecates the uneasy feeling pro-
staud in the centre ot this “place” and look i vailing in the city, as tending to produce a panic and
at the front of the building, with its groupes,
statues, and busts of exquisite execution, and
the towering dome, crowned by a group of
bronzed statuary, puts one out of conceit
of the old masters of both statuary and arch
itecture.
The streets that encircle the building are
all not less than 150 fe2t in widt,li and a fine
view of it can be obtained from any of the
great thoroughfares. But it is not the front
only that is ornamented with statuary and
busts, but the sides and even the rear, while
the sculpture of all parts of the building is
most elaborate. Indeed, the side views are
more satisfactory, aud give a better idea of its
immensity than the front as the lateral pro
jections with carriage-ways under arched
jporticos, by which vehicles will reach to j xoittw t' a kut t vT !
Tile City—Tile Cook Failure llusiiic^.
A cold, drizzling rain was falling all day which had
i direct tendency to check all commercial transactions.
| It was not possible for merchants to oven think of
! what was the tendency of the Northern crash, though
i all pretty muck agreed that it was a garden whirlwind
which bad failed to reach tho ferocity of a cyclone,
i To “give the devil his dues,” said the most intense
I southerner “northern financiers during the war wiped
! out the wild cat banking system, and therefore mxde
I the American institution of ‘universal crashes’ almost
impossible.” The explanation of thia ia,
! that according to cur present national
! banking system, it is cut of any man’s
! power to render invalid a siugle dollar of legitimately
, issued greenbacks without destroying the whole iu
1 circulation. Before any set of men can establish a
National bank the amount of currency it propoees to
! put in circulation must first be deposited
with the Treasury at Washington, until that
i is done, no currency can be obtained. These green-
i backs do not call for gold, and hence the old time rue ?
! upon banks have lost half their terrors. It is the
I theory of this policy, wisely inaugurated by tho late
Chief Justice Chase, to supply the United States with
I enough gold, silver and paper to legitimately meet
j their demands, aud annul all else as cheat and
, humbug. Money, and that regarded as money, should
i have tho guarantee of tbe National Government, and
j until the government itself failed, nothing it put forth
j could be declared invalid by volition of banker, broker,
| State or municipality. After all that has been sail
J by the cjteraporariea of Colonel Benton, there :s
! not enough bullion yet out of ths ground to meet the
wants of commerce; aud the next best thing we cer-
j taiuly can do is to get the best paper currency possi-
j ble. In the present age cur common greenbacks can-
i not bo improved upon. They Lave a nominal gold
I valuation, but yet are not redeemable in gold,
I and heuco ’ to day every man holding a bun-
>unt of Hen- dred dollar bill ciunot nm to the
>ank which issued it and demaud specie, and hence
w to produce, or rather reproduce, the
aud ’57. It is suppoeed that sooner or
later they will btar gold valuation, but as to the pro
priety of making them so, redeemable upon
presentation, is a very grave and quite another ques
have. If male so, may not any future wild specula
tor like Jay Cooke’s produce a panic all over the coun-
trj? whereas his rec?nt failure has no moreeffectel
the trade and commerce thau a gnat on a bull's horn*
Cooke and his McCullough house in Loudon have
tailed not only to meet their honorable en
gagements as men, and a3 bankers,
but have failed to prove themselves the imineuseosi-
tiea they thought they were the other day, Cooke, no
doubt, still imagines himself a great mm wLcn he is
nothing more than a humbug, cheat and swindle. Let
him piss, eay all, and bring up the next slight of hand
trickster.
Central Railroad Stock.
We are sorry to see the stock of the Central Railroad
so low. . he last quotation under eye v.as only 76?..,
whilst iu Macon it would not bring that. Only a few
years since it was worth here 118.
Macon Market Rcjiort.
The heavy rain storm which passed down the Cc-
mulgce yesteaday, flooding city and country, of course
had a direct (fleet upon transactions in every branch
of trade. It was next to impossible to ship goods to
or bring them up from our depots, and hence pur
chases had to lie upon the floors of our stores, duly
sold, entered and marked, or remain in cars or the
railwayj storehouses. Perhaps the ralu was a God
send, in order that the Northern humbug which has
very remotely effected trade m ght blow entirely away,
and allow legitimate trade to proceed without any
such unnatural disturbances.
Stocks of New York standard and fancy groceries,
of dry and wet goods, of millenery and everything
else, coming thence for our fall trade are enormous.
The demand for them meets the full expectation of
all our merchants. We have an ample
supply of Western produce, and quote:
Bacon a little weak; clear ribbed Bides US';
shoulders 10 ’^c; standard hams 16 a 16>«c;long clear
sides, in bulk, 10> a c; do. smoked, 11 » a c; lard, barrel
ed, 10 a 11, owing to grade and brand; kegs 11 a 12c.
Yellow and mixed corn 83 a 87c; white 90 a 92. Rye
and barley $1 50. Oats 60c. Hay $1 85. 2 , 4 bagging
17c; 2, 16 a 16 1 ;, lull weight; India, 14 for 2 J weight.
Ties at retail 9 1 *'; wholesale $9 40. Rio Coffes 25c.
Java, 30 a 33c. Rice In sugars,hards 13>^c; A
12>*c; C 12’iC; standard C 11 > 4 c. Philadelphia mo
lasses 30c per gallon; New Orleans syrup 70 a 80c.
Whisky $110.
Cotton.—We note a decline of one-quarter upou all
grades. The buyers are hampered in their operations
by being unable to get New York Exchange. We
heard one or two say to-day that they could not buy a
bale for the want of money to pay for it.
MACON COTTON STATEMENT.
a run on the banks, thereby being likely to cause their
suspension, as well as to arrest and overthrow all bus
iness. That in view of the undoubted solvency of the
banks, aud to prove their confidence therein, the mem
bers of this meeting pledge themselves to abstain
from running on tbe banks, and conliue themselves to
strict regular and necessity checks and drafts in the
course of business, making them as limited
as practicable, and continue as here
tofore to make dep tuts aud that they urge upon
all persons having business with banks to pursue a
like course of confidec. i. «hu* uv^oiug the greatest
contingencies of pr mikI . tsa*ter.
No further susj.-■!•*•!.• it«- r. in ted. The banks
all held out till uerc and arc paying up
promptly. Tho excitement is greatly subsided.
the level of the first row of boxes, are
among the most attractive portions of the
building.
Tbe interior is being completed to corres
pond with tbe grandeur of the exterior orna
mentation. There are five rows of boxes, and
independent of the cheap galleries, there will
be seats for 2,500 persons. Each box has a
small private room attached to it. including
those of the fourth tier. These are fitted up
as little dressing rooms for the ladies to re
tire to between the acts. The portion for the
audience is built entirely of stone and iron.
The stage is 83 feet broad add 125 feet deer.
The machinery of the stage is wonderful, and
cannot be described further than that by an
immense excavation far below the founda
tions of tbe building, to tbe depth
of fifty feet, the advantage in sceno
shifting is obtained of having the side scenes
and flies all of a piece, and raising them from
below. A subterranean shoet of water was
encouuU red in this excavation, occasioning
an engineering difficulty which added about
3.000,0000 francs to the cost of the building.
Whether any idea of tho building can bo ob
tained from this description, it would be im
possible to say, but let tbe reader just con
ceive it to be the most elegant, and orna
mental, and elaborate building of its size ever
0 »ustmflel, and thiuk of the $8,000,000 it
code, and imagination will supply the defi-
1 ioticies in the description.—[C. C. F., in the
Bilt more American.
SOUTH CAROLINA.
Effects of the Panic iu Chariest on.
Charleston, September 24, 1873.
Money is so stringent here that no obligations are
contracted, and all business is limited in amount
There is some demand for cotton, at low figure#, but
the difficulty iu negotiating exchange atops the sales,
and the relief lrom that source is slow in coming.
Factors would, at the moment, accept low rates for
most articles of produce. Paper falling due is re
newed in full, or with a small payment on account.
Creditors are disposed to be indulgent. No failures
have been reported. The banks cash checks as usu
al, and there has not been the first symptom of
Stock on band Sept. 1, 1873 1,3*99
Received to-day 364
Received previously 2,348—2,712
4,111
Shipped to-day 110
Shipped previously 1,644—1,754
Stock on hand this evening 2,357
First Show.
The first show of the season was advertised to come
off at “Dishroou’s Hall," on Cotton avenue. “The
Georgia Star Minstrels," as they are called, are com
posed of negroes, every one. The company was or
ganized here during this summer, aud gave their first
performance at Columbus a few weeks ago, but with
what success we did not learn.
Personul Mention.
Judge T O Jacobs is in tbe city, canvassing for the
Georgia Gazetteer, soon to be issued from the Frank
lin Printing House of your city.
E E Brown, of the Brown House, n turned la«t night
from New York, whero he has been making final prep
arations for tbe great State Fair.
Cowhiding a Brother-in-law.—A little
cowbifling affair created a ripple of excite
ment at Barnnm’s City Hotel yesterday after
noon about two o’clock. Messrs. Thomas
Shryock and J. Mason Saunders, brothers-in-
law and officers in the Fifth regiment, figured
iu the affair. It is alleged that bad feeling
has existed between the two for some time,
and yesterday, after a meeting in one of the
private rooms of the hotel with a friend of
each, the cowhiding took place in the bar
room. • Shryock, it is alleged, drawing two
cowhides and applying them to bis brother-
iu-law’s face and shoulders, Saunders, in the
meantime, using his lists effectively. Shry
ock fell on tho marble floor and received a
kick, when the bar-tender interfered and re - *
stored order. Saunders seemed to be satis
fied that bo bad used a cowhide. The affair,
it is said, grew out of some alleged rumors
concerning a lady of Washington City—Balti
more Sun, Sept. 11th.
The Cheapness of Society.—Society is
commonly too cheap; we meet at very short
intervals, not having had time to acquire any
new value for each other; we meet at meals
threo times a day, and give each a new taste of
that old musty cheese that we are. We have
had to agree on a certain set of rules, called
etiquette nnd politeness, to make this frequent
meeting tolerable, and that we need not come
to opeu war; we meet nt the post-office, and
at the sociable, and about tbe fireside every j Mosby is said to have written to Washing-
night; we live thick nnd are iu each other’s ton explaining his position in the present
way, and stumble over oue another; aud I canvass in Virginia, and askiug that, if
think we thus lose somo respect for one an- » because of tbe patronage bestowed upon him
other. Certainly less frequency would suffice j in tbe distribution of certain offices a differ-
for nil important and hearty communion- j ent course was expected ot him, said appeint-
tion.—Thoreav. I meats be revoked. Mosby is cool.