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(Eftrowcie and jgfnfiml. WEDNESDAY. - NOVEMBER 7,1877, PREFACE TO A NCBAP BOOK. The world is A *crp book : rate it rightly you’ll nee Th*t between the broad bound* of thi* great mystery— This great book of life, that begins with life's morning. And ends too with life, in eternity's dawning— titands mingled and mixed, like the fragments oft seen In lesser collections (common scrap books, I mean) — A varied and strange combination. There you find— It seems to be chance, but it may be design ed— I'rcme and verse, verse and prose ;—unstudied, nnplann'd Beems the heterogeneous arrangement, the hand Has employed, that ban tilled the blank pages With the glad song of glee, or the wisdom of sages. The pieces are varied in length, subject, worth Here's a bright little gem, like a spirit of mirth; There, a requiem sad, yet its sweet gentle dirge Tells of those we shall meet, when we cross the dark surge. Here, a quaint Tittle episode :—some striking story Next fills the blank space, tel ing briefly the glory Of some noble spirit, who stood face to face With the demons of dark' ess, and gave to his race The best boon o'er given—his blood and his life— As he went to his rest from the smoke and the str fe. But 'tie needless to say any more—or to try; For the very name ’‘scrap book'' would seem to imply Its own miscellaneous nature ;—hence, I’ll dis miss In a very few words what it tells here, of bliss; There, of sorrow ; -here, of joy; there, despair —bv the side Of some love-song —sole trace of a sigh, that died On the still lips that breathed it—may stand Burning words from the forum that thrilled thro’ the land. And its populous cities, its woods and its dells Bent I heir legions to battles, where history dwells. Here, is hnmor; there, palhos here, wit; and there, weeping ; Here, darkness ; there, light—strange fellow ship keeping ; Here, stories of laughter—we smile as we read ; • There, stories of sacrifice -honor the deed ! Here, patient endurance, toil, anguish and death— There, the song of the Zephyr, that heals with its breath ; All mingling together, and bound in one book : Reek the record of life, for the likeness to look. The world is a scrap book If an angel should rovo O’er its vast varied loaves, all the phases above Would bo passod in review. You see this of course Since the scenes here recorded have all had their source In the scenoH or the phantoms of life. But the thought Which the metaphor dwells on, is this : I have songht To point ont the world in its strange catena tions, Its queor appositions, its quaint correlations; — One moment its poetry, again 'tin its prose Holding sway in the mind, from the first page to close In the lifo both of nations and men ; —one day in the rosy, Ethereal regions of art, and again in the prosy, Perplexing, dull details of work. On one day the world Some great achievement of peace greets with joy, and unfurl'd On the next are the hauuers of war, and na tion Gainst nation is turned. And so thro’ each station, As slowly butsurely roll destiny's wheels; Tho bright spirits press on the shadows’ dark hoels ; And life moots with doatli in their long silent game ; Ho sorrow and joy; so love and so hato; —the Hame Will continue, —while night follows day, while war follows peace, Till the angel of record the mandate, “Hur <wass 1" Hliall hoar and oboy eveimore. And a calm, sudden,deep, Hliall rest on llio faco of creation. All shall sleep; Till Ihe sentinels bright from their stations on high— Who for toons have watched from their star heights -shall fly Tliro’ the measureless regions of space, to pro claim The limit of time, and their Mong is the same, ‘All in well /”—"Time in ended r—" The great scroll is done. And,unrolled in the light of Eternity's nun As llioir symphony echoes the universe through, it wakes the wide realm like a life-giving dew; The sleepers riso raptured, forever set free, — And a peace everlasting life's record shall he. mam EVENING. Tis tliiue, calm evening hour, to win our thoughts From toil and care, and woave around ns Fancy's gentle spell; or from the silent Years, to woo around ns happier days, Glad days that seem more golden in tliy light Hweet evou-tide! Then welcome thou, dim, Mystic eve, snreoase from all ungentle things, Enchantress 'neatli whose beaming eyes All Nature wears lior loveliest mood ! While softly o’er the earth thy beauty reigns; Tho sun sinks wearily, to rest, adown Tho curtained Wost, and as slowly fades his ltosy blush, gray shadows drape the earth. Ono by one the silvor stars gleam Softly through the "upper deep,’’ and soon, In regal splendor, night’s creseont queen, Begins her progress up tho vault of heaven. No discord from tho busy world, disturbs The beauty of this magic hour— The "vieniess winds" aro lulled to sleep down in Tho stilly grovos. and no sounds are heard To break tlio charm of Nature's spell, Have Ihe low peal of vosper bells. Or the sweet liotos of some evening bird. Ilotv norouely beautiful is nature now, llow calm and holy, the influence of This hallow’d hour! whose mystic power Htira the doep fountains of tho soul And moves the heart to meditation And to prayer. Oreatiou seems to feel The divine presence of tho Hpjrit Dove, The dark sea waves that niumurad all Tho day among their rooky caves And toyed witn the restless winds, now he Silent on the beach, in rovorential Awe. The tender flowers early kissed To sleep hv gentlo dews, in slumber Breathe sweet incense up to Heaven, And all nature in mute language Heenis to say ; "O man, God has given This sweet still hour, look Thou up and worship Him.” Tis the voice of tho Infinite One Who speaks. He who cloths* the stars in light And guides them in their pathway through The heavens, tells us m the sunset tlyes, in the gray twilight hour and through The marshalled hosts assembled on tho nightly Plain of His wisdom and His glory. Every sasnh in nature reveals A lesson, and in the shadowy Holiness of tho evening hour We behold the emblem sad, of Life’s closing day. Thrice happy he Who having passed its roseate ntoru, In seeking virtues path: beholds The evening overshadowed by no Clouds of doubt or gloom, but whose star Of hope, beams brightly in the Western Hkv. who when the twilight shadows deepen, And death's darkness falls about him, like An eIMO pall, shutting out the soft Daylight; may feel "like one who draws The drapery i'f his couch about him, Amt Imm down tooleasant dreams." Mt. Hkij.v. 1877. Bertkixk. “I’M llt'ltltJtil, I'HII.U.” “ 0 mother, .’ook! I’ve found a imw<9tfly Hanging upon a ,'eaf. Do tell me why There was no butt*® r • t?h, do see its winge , I never, never saw nph pretty things— All streaked and striped, with blue and brown and gold. Where is its hnnso when all rt* days are cold : 41 Yes, ves,* 4 she s&i 1. in absent agents mild. "• I’m hurried, child!” 44 Last night my dolly quite forgot her prayers; An’ when she thought you had gone down the stairs. An’ dolly was afraid, an’ so I said : Jus t don’t you mind, but say’em in the bed, Because 1 think that God is just as near.’ When dolls are 'fraid do you s’pose He can hear ?” The mother spoke from out the ruffles piled. " I’m hurried, child!" 4 ’Ob. come and see the flowers in the sky j The suu has left: and iron*you. by-and-by. Dear aaeGier. take me in your arms and tell j Me all about the pnssy in the well ? Then tell ms of the babies in the wood ? An’ then, peibwe, about Hod Hiding Hood J • Too much to do! Hush, hush, von drive me ' wild, I'm hurried, child!’’ The little one grew very quiet bow ; And grieved and puzzled was the childish brow. And then it queried: "Mother, do yon know The reason 'cause you must be hurried so ? 1 guess the hours are littie-er than I, So I will take my pennies. and will buy A bigger clock! Oh, big as it can be, For you and me The mother now has leisure infinite. She sit* vith folded hands, and face as white As winter. In her heart is winter's chill. She sits at leisure, questioning of God's will. "My child has ceased to breathe, and all is night ! Is heaven so dark that Thou dost grudge my light ? O Life! O God ! I must dis*ot er why Time moves so slowly by." O. mothers sweet, if cares must ever fall, Fray do not make them stones to build a wall Between you and yonr own ; and utiss your right' To blessedness, so Bwift to tko its fliefat! While answering baby questionings you are But entertaining angels nuaware. The richest gifts are gathered by tho way. For darkest day. ECHOES FHitVI TIIE BIOTS. Summoning Witnesses—The Military Be* railed to Their Feels. Pittsburg, October 31.—The grand jury of Alleghany county issued sub poenas to Governor Hartranft, Adjutant- General Latta, General Brinton and others to testify in the case of General Pearson, charged with umrder. All those named in tho subpoena having been summoned as private citizens re sponded, except Governor Hartranft, who sent a letter in explanation of his refusal. Scranton, October 31.—Eight com panies of the thirteenth infantry, United States Army, on a special service in this city for three months past, left at noon to-day to return to their posts at New Orleans, Baton Rouge and Little Rock, THE CLAY-WICKLIFFE DUEL ONE INCIDENT IN THE VETERAN ABOLITIONIST’S EARLIER FOLI TICAL LIFE. An Extraordinary Career, la Which thr Knife and Pletal Were Always Beady. Colonel W. G. Terrell, who may be remembered by Eastern newspaper read ers as having himself been engaged not long ago in the affray that resulted fatal ly , writes to the Cincinnati Commercial a long account of a visit to, Cassius M. Clay, with some particulars concerning the recent killing of a negro by the ex- Minister to Russia and veteran Aboli tionist, as well as of his famous duel with Wickliffe. The General he found unchanged, with the same stalwart form, the same calm, blue eye, the same gray shock of hair and a heavy beard abundantly silvered. He spoke frankly of the recent shooting affair, saying that he had tried to do his duty by the people, but had been robbed and pestered beyond human endurance, till at last he had met the assassin at the threshold, and felt not the slightest com punction about his taking off. Perry White, the negro who was shot, is de scribed as a vicious, worthless, sensual and dishonest fellow, a notorious liber tine, who boasted of the seduction of three sisters in one family. He was the sou of negroes Mr. Clay had employed for years, though of late he had been compelled to discharge them both, the woman for theft. She threatened him with the vengeance of her son, who was known to be a desperado and an accom plished shot, and the sou wrote n letter to another negro, in which he spoke of killing Mr. Clay. Tho letter fell into Mr. Clay’s hands, and he at once, con trary to' his custom since 1861, armed himself, and warned White that if he found him on the plantation he would shoot him on sight. Oa Sunday, September 30, the Gen eral had mounted his riding mule to go to church, when his adopted sou called to him (pointing to a loose horse some forty feet away) that Perry White was behind the horse. Jumping down from the mule Mr. Clay started towards White, cocking his pistol as ho went, and ordered the negro to throw up his hands. “What did you mean by threat ening my life?” demanded Mr. Olay, and, obtaining no answer, he bade the man leave the place, under penalty of being shot down like a mad dog, should he return. As tho General started to return to hi* saddle beast the negro dropped his hands and rose, and Mr. Clay thinking, he declares, that the negro was about to draw a pistol, fired on him twice. Both balls hit him, and either wound—ono in the jugular vein, one in the heart—would have been fatal. Mr. Clay gave himself Bp at once, and was held in SI,OOO bail to answer, but public opinion seems to favor him so strongly that it is not likely he will be brought to trial. Mr. Clay has been threatened by the friends of the de ceased, but, as he goes armed and keeps within doors and away from the win dows after dark, thinks he is likely to live as long as threatened men usually do. Some of the negroes are very bitter against him, and have not failed to cir culate disadvantageous versions of the causes and character of the affray, as serting even that it had its origin in a qnarrel over a negro woman, of whose affection for Mr. Clay, White, a rejected over, was madly jealous. Mr. Clay’s duel with Robert Wickliffe, Jr., grew out of some remarks made by the’ latter in a public speech when they were running for the Legislature in Fayette county. They fonght, on Mr. Clav’s challenge, near Louisville, May 15,1841, shots being exchanged without effect, owing, Mr. Clay has always held (since both were dead shots), to the in ferior quality of the powder employed. His seconds, one of whom was Albert Sidney Johnston, refused to counte nance Clay’s demand for another fire, and the duel ended thus, but without a reconciliation. Three years later, when Garrett Davis was running (in the Whig interest.) against Wickliffe for Congress, Mr. Clay warmly opposed Wickliffe, and followed him through the canvass, mik ing a habit of publialy contradicting Wickliffe when he spoke. Wiokliffe de clared that he did not notice those in terruptions because he thought Olay wanted to fasten another quarrel on him. Clay declares that Wickliffe’s friends conspired to provoke him into a brawl at Russell’s Cave, where a political meeting was to be held, August 1, 1844, a mail agent. Samuel M. Brown, be ing summoned to Kentucky to do the work. The meeting was held; Wiokliffe spoke, and Clay interrupted his state ment with a denial, pulling a paper from his pocket and announcing that he was prepared to prove his words. Brown then called luw a damned liar and struck at him with an umbrella, Clay retorting with the butt end of his whip. Suspecting a concerted attack, Mr. Clay attempted to draw his knife, but was seized and dragged a distance of fifteen foot. Releasing himself, he hoard Brown cry out: “Clear the way !” and a line was immediately opened between them, Brown with a cockod pistol in his hand taking deliberate aim at him. Clay advanced upon him with his knife. Brown waited until they were within four feet of each other and. fired. The bullet struck the silver mounting on the scabbard of Olay's knife, directly over his heart. He was stagger,ed by the shot, but reached Brown, and dealt him a terrible blow directly on the top of his head, laying the skull open and exposing the brain. The friends of Brown again seized Clay and oaught his arms, just above the elbows, whiah interfered with his handling his weapon, but in spite of it he continued haokiug away at Brown's head and faoe, inflicting horrible inju ries. He cut out one of his eyes, split his nose, cut off an ear and slioed his face in a dozen places, so disfiguring him thaj his most intimate friends sub sequently failed to recognize him. Clay himself was struck with AhkirS) canesand fists by outsiders to make him 4 08 >“t, hut without effect, owiug to his prodigious strength, until finally it was found ne cessary to throw Brown over gu adjoin ing fence to prevent his being killed outright. The last blow Clay aimed at him sirepk the top of the fence, and the mark remained there for many a year. When the combat sejs over Clay raised his bloody knife aloft and galled out: “I reiterate my statement, and defy any one 4a this crowd to dispute it. So, oue, however, g#red to challenge the ac curacy of his infoMAgtion under the cir onmstances. For the offense ,of mayhem Mr. Clay was subsequently put *n his trial, but Brown’s evidence was ’sol straightforwud find truthful that it ac quitted him. Mr, pjsy. impressed with his adversary’s manlweA*, uoyght a re coneiliation, but, Brown rejected all his overtures. lu October, 1845, Brown | was killed iu a fearful steamboat explo- j sion; his son afterwards was an officer under Clay iu the Mexican vs* hi* j warm friend. Meanwhile (June, 1845) Mr. Clay had begun the publication at Lexington of hie i\''4e American, an avowedly Aboli tion paper, conducted with his usual vo hemence. Tue a,titans, construing his object to be the inciting £ fhe negroes to violence and rapiue, thougu tit held that he was only warning the white population what might follow as a eon sequenev of slavery, addressed him a letter warning tiyp that uo suoh publi cation would lie Legated. “Go tell your secret conclave of cofrAnily assas sins,” wag Ml Olay's characteristic reply] to the delegation sent to him, “that Cassius M. Clay kts*?* his rights and wiU defend them,” and "Oom the sick bed of month"—he was then lying ill of typhoid tevr-.-he penned a still more bitter appeal to jUps ij?bc. An excited public meriting was held, after a number of vehement speeches, rpsoued that uo Abolition press should be toler ated in Kentucky, and appointed a com mittee of sixty to seize the ‘fine- Amer ican office, pack up the material and ship it back to Cincinnati. Among these sigty were George W. Johnson, Confed erate Provisional Governor in 1861; Jas. B. Clay, a son. of “Harry of the West,” and Wm. R. licfiei* ,Clay’s second in his duel with Wickliffe. The committee proceeded in the most systematic man ner, holding itself responsible for what ever might Ira destroyed or lost. Print ers were appointed if? take down the press and others to pat up fh.e type, and the secretary took a list of sll ttm prop erty as it was packed up. The desk con taining Mr. Clay's private papers, by nnanimons resolution, was sent to his house. The committee, as directed by the meeting, notified him by letter that the press, types, Ac., had been carefully put op and shipped by railroad and steamer to (Cincinnati, subject to his or der, and the charge expenses upon them had been paid. fllgy at that time was lying ill of mere would hare been bloodshed. The door of his office, by way of preparation for aa attack, had bem lined with sheet iron, a chain was fastened behind it (it was a docble door, opening in the middle), so th*a pnly one person at a time could make his w** in to certain death. Bearing upon this point were two small canton mounted upon a table and loaded to the muzzle with ballets, slags nails. In additions! he had provided a number of musket* jnd pikes. His guxiapp numbered abop.t a dozen determined ou*. pf both colors, who hod resolved in case of attack to stand by fails to the last. He bad re served a keg of gjan powder with which to blow the establishment and every body in it to atoms when resistance be came no longer possible, fn that contingency means of escape for his friends were provided through a trap door leading to a garret, and thenee to adjoining buildings. “ I knew,” he remarked, “that if the office was onoe taken after the bloody defense I intended to make, my life was forfeit ed, and I was determined to fire my magazine and send as many of the in fernal scoundrels into eternity in my oompany as possible.” His sickness prevented any such tragedy. On his re covery he resumed the publication of the True American, which was printed at Cincinnati, but some months after wards he discontinued it as a losing speculation. T. F. Marshall had taken a leading part in this agitation against Mr. Clay, who regarded him as an apostate who had betrayed the Abolition princi ples he had advanced in 1832~’33. Both of them served a year later in Humphrey Marshall’s cavalry in the Mexican "war, when Clay, as officer of the day, had occasion to order Marshall under arrest for drunkenness. Humph rey Marshall rescinded the order, aDd this brought about a deadly feud be tween the two men, that soon after broke out. Clay denounced Marshall as a coward and scoundrel, and offered to fight him off-hand; Marshall rode off to arm and returned, when Clay seized his pistols and made for him so wickedly that Marshall fled in full sight of the regiment, and was so mortified subsequently at his panic that he tried to drown himself. Expecting further trouble with him, Clay purchased a whetstone with which he kept through the campaign a perfect edge on his sword, intending to cut him in two.— Marshall and Clay lived to speak from the same platform for the same cause last year. Returning from Mexico, where his gallant service and imprison ment served to restore him to popu larity in Kentucky, Mr. Clay sued the Committee of Sixty for damages for the removal of his press, and recovered from its Secretary, James B. Clay, $6,000, which tho latter had to pay from his own pocket, the other members of the committee, despite their resolntion to do so, not coming up to bear their part of the expense. It was but a little while thereafter that Mr. Clay got into another desperate affray, resulting fatally for his oppo nent, Cyrus Turner, whose father was holding joint debates with Mr. Clay dur ing the election for members of the Constitutional Convention. AtFoxtown, June 15, 1849, Turner took offense at something Clay had said in his speech, and on his descending from the stand confronted him and denounced him as a d-d liar. Clay immediately drew his knife and advanced upon Turner. Some bystander seized him and took the wea pon from him. Clay at first thought this was done by his friends, but im mediately on his disarmament he was struck over the head and stabbed. “I then,” he says, “looked about and dis covered my knife in the hands of some oue that I did not know. I caught it and wrenched it from him, in the effort cutting two of my fingers to the bone; but I got it, and seeing Turner I pushed towards him. Supposing myself to be trortally wounded, I gave him a thrust in the abdomen. We both fell, and were carried into the tavern. I was afterward taken home, but he died there a day or two afterwards. The wound I received penetrated my lungs, and the knife was turned so as to out my breast bone in two. It has never yet reunited. I lay in bed for many months before I recovered.” The two men exchanged messages of forgiveness before Turner died. Two of his brothers were present, and Thomas, now a Representative from Kentucky, tried to shoot Clay, but his pistol snapped. When Clay was carried from the ground after he fell, he re marked to those bearing him : “I die in defense of the liberties of the people.” His recovery was due solely to his ex traordinary physical vigor and his resolute will. After this 'life of stormy champion ship of their cause, Mr. Clay is con vinced that hisacriilce in behalf of the negroes has been vain. He expresses but little confidence in the future of the negro. Of all the number manumitted by him many years ago, none turned out well. They were thriftless, improv ident and vioious, and a constant source of care and anxiety to him. He thinks the race will ultimately become obliter ated through their own bad habits. The practice of abortion and infanticide among them is becoming so common as to cease to attract attention. They are rapidly decreasing in numbers aud must finally become extinot. AN ASTOUNDING CASK. George n. Price, the Once Heroic Express Messenger, Arrested for Smiling -Honey Packages—The Loss of Ihe Express Cora, pony Estimated at from 88,000 to SIO,OOO. \Pittsburg Dispatch- 1 The astounding intelligence reached the eais of the reporter yesterday that George H. Price, the well known express messenger, was arrested in Chicago on Monday on the charge of stealing money from packages in his care, between this city and Chicago. The previous good character of Price, together with his heroic conduct, about two years ago, in shooting a man named Binkley, who at tempted to rob the express car on the Pittsburg, Fort Wayne and Chicago Railroad, made it difficult for the offi cers of the company to believe that he was other than a strictly honest man, until the most indubitable evidenoe of his guilt had been laid before them. It seems that for more than a year parties in Chicago and points west of that city have been complaining to tho officers of the Express Company that packages of money received by them were short of the amounts placed therein by the sender. The sums missing were gen erally small, ranging from $lO to $/)0, and for a while it was thought that the parties inclosing the money were mistaken as to the amounts. The complaints at length beottme so frequent that the agents at Chicago and this city became convinced that the thief had charge of a ruu between the two cities, and many consultations and a great deal of correspondence on the subject have taken place during the past three months. The Chicago agent sus pected a Ufesoenjger residing in this city, while Agent Snjvply insisted that the Pittsburg man yas iu'nppenf;. ft _ was finally agreed to detect tlip thief by means of decoy packages, the same to be prepared and shipped from the of fice here. The decoys were first tried on all the “runs,” but that of Price, so confident were the agents of his hones ty, and as they all went through safely it was dfcteymined to put the honesty of the Rometime hero fo the same test as had been applied in the case of his fel low-messengers. This was done on 1 Sunday last in this way : A money j package yas prepared, and among the \ contents were tfio larked ten dollar j notes. How much money ffi, e package I contained has not been ascertained, but j the parked money was placed on the 1 top of the pile, for an obvious reason. When Price reached (Chicago with his yum on Monday morning, flip d,ecoy paplmgp yap examined and - the feiscov- I ery made tfi#t $ portion of the money had been extracted. 4 n officer was on ; hand, and he at once took price ipto his custody. A searoh of the prisoner re sulted in the finding of the marked money in his possession, and he was lodged in jail. Last night it was learn ed ho was released on Tuesday, upon finding iji the sum of SI,OOO for hi* appearance "before #. certain magistrate for hearing, It is reported Price has confessed to stealing’ *ome small amounts from money packages, hm Acknowledgment does not cover one-tenth Vf the uwant cf money that has been lost during ' Hie "jpawv xW, which is estimated at from SB,OOO to SIO,OOO. G R.tNjp ff V MASONS. Heetinir of the (leorgin Brotlier\hoo<l in Mncen Yesterday. [Special to the Chronicle any Oonyiitniiqr^ali^L] MzfON, October 31. Grand Lodge of Masons conyeued here to day, with a large attendance. The ses sion has been very harmonious. The following Grand Officers Were elected and appointed: J. M. Mobley, of Hamilton, Ga., Grand Mas ter; J. J. Wright, of Rome, Deputy Grand Master; J. Tayiqr, ofLuthers ville. Senior Grand Warden; j. W. Rushin, of Thomas county. Junior Grand Warden; ,T. E. Wells, of Macon, Treasurer: J. Emmett Blackshear, of Macon, b'ecrotpry. jokn S. Davidson, of Augusta, was appointed Chairman of the Work of Jurisprudence, and C. W. Harris, of Augusta, ot Appeals. Legal Light For the Senate. [ Washington Capital.] Perhaps there is no man in the Senate meyo competent to enlighten that body upon a fiefiat c i jaw than B, H. Hill. Prior to the war hS was invariably de feated lor Congress, and was thus en abled to devote his entire time to the practice of his profession; and the fact that his lay practice has for years yield ed hjm an annuity ot thutj thousand dol lars attests how - highly his talents are appreciated in a State which boasts of snch mspip 4 ’ minds as Stephens, Toombs and' H. Y. johns*. A •ttrjf Cl*** Lnjy and Gentleman. [Aliens Georgian ) Gen. Bob Toombs says that Presi dent Hayes and liCrs. Hayes look more like a first class lady and gentleman than any couple that has occupied the White House for the last twenty-five years. Tebtrina allays irritation and makes Teething easy, and not a period of suf fering and dread. A CIRCUS MENAGERIE. YARNS ABOUT THE BEASTS. Home of the Experience* of a Menagerie Man With Elephant* and Lionet— A Camel That the Mammoth* la the London Menag erie All But One Are in With. [New York World.] A World reporter yesterday strayed into the Hippodrome, where prepara tions are making for the opening of the London Circus to morrow evening, and, amid the music of the hungry elephants and lions which surrounded him on every side, conversed with a thin, gray eyed man concerning the habits of the menagerie. The five drilled elephants stood close at hnnd, and the reporter turned the conversation to these, after hearing, to his surprise, that the Lon don Circus was composed of American performers, with the single exception of Madame, the “peerless Empress of the arena,” who is a French woman. It needed but a bint (o induce the little gray-eyed man to talk of any particnlar animal. The reporter had only to say: “Elephants are remarkable beasts.” “Yes, sir,” returned the man, “ele phants is remarkable, but these ele phants is most remarkable. There’s no elephants in the world can do what those elephants can—perform squadron drill, wheel in platoon, build a pyramid, any thing you tell ’em, just as good and bet ter’n the regular army can do it,” “Ever do anything funny, the ele phants ?” “Funny ? Why, they’re tho funniest elephants now alive. Probably no ele phants ever did live as funny as these elephants are. If you’d see ’em in bath ing in the Boston Frog Pond, you’d have been delighted, sir. The Boston people were delighted. You see, ’twas a great feather in their cap to show the world that the Frog Pond was big enough for five elephants to go in swim ming into. Bless you, sir, they sported like children, played and rolled over each other, and the spectators was all in a roar. There’s no funnier elephants ir the world than these be.” “Don’t they ever make any trouble ?” “Well, no. They used to, but now they’re do-cile as lambs. There’s Chief, there; he used to cutup; wouldn’t mind. When I’d tell him to lay down, he’d get down half way and then stop. Well, I’d take a big pole and lick him, and he’d come around right away. Then he’d mind for about six months, when I’d have to lick him again. He’d average about two lickings a year. He was a pretty spiteful elephant at one time, and uo mistake--thick-headed like, you know; l ut I’ve licked it ont of him, and now lie’s just as do cile as you or I be. He got over it all to occe, and the way was rather peculiar. Out in Indiana once he got loose and run away. He went along a country road about as fast as a horse can run, and I after him on horseback talking to him and trying to make him stop and come back. He up set three or four wagons, took a man along with him for about a mile and then threw him over a fence, and at last he stopped in front of a lot of school children. He didn’t hurt the children a bit, but stopped to fondle ’em like, and when he got through lie came back with me quiet as a lamb. Well, on the way back I scolded him. Says I, ‘Chief, you’re going to get a of a basting soon as I get you back to tho ground. You’ve cost tliis circus about $2,000, and I’m going to cut some poles and lick you within an inch of your life.’ Well, sir, when I got back to the ground I cut three poles and licked him till I was tired. You may think it doesn’t hurt an elephant to lick him with a pole, but it does. Why, a fly will irritate an ele phant and worry him most to death. But I was going to say: When I’d tired my self out and broken two poles I took the third pole and held it up before Dick and said: ‘Dick, yon see that stick? Well, the next time you cut up monkey shines I’ll give it to you.’ Do you know that brute understood what I said ? Ain’t no doubt of it. He just put his tail between his legs and hung down his head, and he hasn’t cut up once since, and that’s three years ago. Oh, ele phants occasionally make trouble, but these five elephants is just like kittens.” “Could you tell me anything interest ing about these hyenas ?” “ Well, Idon’t consider hyenas as very interesting animals. They’re treacher ous and vicious, and yon can’t teach ’em anything. The hyena is no favorite of mine. I don’t think they have the ordi nary animal instincts, and I don’t pay ’em much attention. They don’t smell like animals, even. Now, there’s six hyenas, and I’d like to have you show me the first bit of good in ’em. We used to have eight, but we lost two. One gnawed off his own am up to the shoul der, and we bad to kill him, and the other one was old and blind, and these hero hyenas pitched on to him one day and eat him up. They are ravenous and irresponsible. The older they get the worse they get. This old fellow here tried to eat up Baker the other day (Baker is the keeper), when he went into the cage; he just made a spring at him aud caught him by the breast and tore out his coat and vest and shirt clean to the skin. Baker kit him with the whip, and the cowardly brute slunk off and eat the ooat and shirt. No, I don't think much of hyenas.” “ This is a camel, is it not ?" “Yes, sir, that’s a camel. The reason you’ro not quite sure about it is because he’s lying down. That,” said the circus man, with an affectionate smile at the camel, “is old Dick, the finest camel in the world.” “ What does he do ?” “Well, Dick don’t do much of any thing, bfit he ? s good. If Dick was to die, tlioße elephants \yould be perfectly miserable. They couldn’t stand it; they love higf. When they're unchain ed they just make a run all together fpr Dick. They fight to see who'll get near est to him, and they’ll roll all abont witn him and lovo him. If Dick is gone when they are unchained they scream like thunder. Dick is a grave old fellow, but he appreciates the affection of the elephants. He’s always glad to see ’em, and he lets ’em play with him just as much as they like. Chief, though, doesn’t like Dick yery much, and Dick doesn't carp for £jhief. C^n o a y when we were down at Augusta, after the elephants got through drilling and were led away to amuse themselves, they all made a run for Dick, trunks up, scream ing with joy. Chief went with ’em too, but when he saw that they were after Diek he stopped, snorted sort of con temptuous like, and turned his back on the camel. That was more than Dick could stand. He just got up and made one diye for ti e surly elephant and snapped his teeth together over Chiefs tail. The camel is terribly strong in the jaw, and it’s a mercy that Chief’s tail did nof copse ort. The elephant bellow ed with pain and tried ‘fo get fjis tail out, but Dick held on and lie couldn’t budge. It was the strangest sight you ever saw, sir. Dick was quick about it, and didn’t dhow any signs of anger, but he just closed )iis teeth together over that tail apd felled the elephant with misery. Chief neyer tried td’hbrt Dick, and when WP separated ’em he went quietly away, and he has never been near Dick since. ’* “But why did Chief alone of the ele phants show this dislike to the camel ?” “Lord, sir, who can understand an elephant’s motives ? Not to say as how they I)BVffn’t motGvf c-r as how they’re fickle; but take a flncU'-bnadea mephant like Chief and you cant make him ont. Its my opinion he was jealous, but the other male elephant there isn’t jealous a bit, te’s iust as good right to be. I inust say ds Chief j* a mysterious ele phant oftentimes." 1 ‘ ’ “Is that a good lion ?” “Emperor'? He’s a beauty, sir. That lion nprsr did anything vicious but twice; the first fame ne pulled off the head of a yak and bit a map's calf out, and the second time he got hold of a visitor’s arm and ate it off up to the shoulder. He got Ouf oupp Augusta and walked around the grounds. Probably he didn't mean any harm at all, bat in springing into a dark shed he landed on a yak, and being startled, fixed his teeth in the yak’s neck and pulled her head off. Our young man, Baker, went in to get him, and startled him again, and he hi* <?n G? 1 !- But then we got ropes and secured him, and he went hack to his cage just as pleasant as you please.” “Do the wild animals get out often?” “Well, no; bat occasionally one gets out. There was Jim, the panther there, got out finoe urto tfee pan of beefsteaks, but one of the men closed with him and got him back easy enough. The man just threw himself right on the panther and gripped him in his arms, Jim scratched his breast a little, but it didn’t amount to any thing. That Buffalo there got out in Cleveland and ripped up all the reserved seats, and Henry Barnum, onr General Manager, went right up to him with a pan of oats and the buffalo came up and began eat ing just as quiet as a heifer. You can always catch a buffalo with a pan cf oats.” ‘•These I presume to be elks.” “Yes sir, tho*. a.a elks. They are a beautiful animal, but nbt so sagacious or so strong as the elephants. I can give you an instance of this. When we were traveling from Augusta to Aiken we put an elk info a eaga open fit the top with some elephants, find on the way the elephants became playful and lifted the elk up with their trunks and dropped him outside. When we got to Aiken we missed the elk, of course, and sent a man back to look for him. We found him safe and well in a planter’s shed. A nigger going through the fields had seen him aud run back to his employer with a story about the biggest deer in Carolina, and the planter had come out with his gun and captured him. The elephants was only playing, of oonrse, and had no idea of hurting the elk.” “You have a large number of ponies?” “Yes, sir; Shetlands breed like pigs. When we traveled through New Eng land we had anew colt almost every day. I named each colt after some famous man in the town we happened to be in. That brown one there was bom in Hartford and his name is Joe Haw ley; that bay one with white spots is Sam Bowles, because he was bora in Springfield." At this point of the conversation an immense roar went up from all the beasts in the place. Men were bring ing vast tabs of raw meat to feed the menagerie, and the grey-eyed man made his excuses and departed. ATLANTA OK MILLEDGEVII.LE. Editors Chronicle and Constitutionalist: Having been asked by many persons why I am opposed, under present cir cumstances, to the removal of the capi tal from Atlanta to Milledgeville, I will, with your permission through yonr pa per, answer all these inquiries at once. I am opposed to the removal now on account of the great loss which the State will sustain thereby, one which we are poorly able to endure. Ido not, under this head, count the expenses of remo val and the expenses of an extra session of the Legislature this Winter, which must be called to provide for the expense of such removal, amounting to a consid erable sum, probably fifty thousand dollars. I shall only count up losses in public property, sufficiently great in my jndgment, to deter pru dent men from voting for removal at this time. The State has paid for the present Capitol in Atlanta $250,000 in gold bonds, which have all been and are uow recognized as valid, and the city of Atlanta has paid for the same Capitol $179,000, making tho cost to the State and city of Atlanta $429,000. This amount paid by the city of Atlanta was paid on the condition that Atlanta should remain the capital, and will have to be refunded as soon as it is removed. It will not do to say that Atlanta has acted in bad faith about the capital, and therefore we will not regard her claim to indemnity full and complete. The late Convention, by a committee of some of its very best men, reported to the Con vention, to which report no objection was offered, after full research into all the facts that Atlanta had acted in the utmost good faith and paid every dollar she had agreed to pay, that the city authorities, besides closing this, had paid off a mortgage judgment of $79,000, which was a valid lien on the Capitol building.” The claim of Atlanta for compensation will be made and can not be resisted, and by removal we at once lose $179,000. This sum is now as much as the Capitol will bring if sold, and the loss, if made, carrios with it as a matter of course the loss of the $250,- 000 paid by the State. This, however, is not the only loss from removal, as the Executive Mansion, costing the State SIOO,OOO in gold bonds, now a part of the public debt, must also be sold, and will not bring more than $50,000, so that there is another loss of $50,000 to be addded to the other losses, making up a sum total of $479,000, Another loss consequent upon a re moval is the loss of tho splendid offer of the city of Atlanta to subscribe toward the building of anew Capitol, the City Hall Square worth $200,000, the very choicest building lot iu the whole city, and also a sum of money sufficient to build a Capitol as good as the one at Milledgeville, which will be at the low est calculation $65,000. This proposition of tho city of Atlan ta, which has not been equalled and can not be equalled by that of any other city or town iu the State, it is said is an electioneering trick, a fraud and not in tended to be executed, &0., that it can Dot be carried out according to the new Constitution, &o. To which objection I reply that as Atlanta has hitherto acted in the best faith, not onty with the State but with her creditors, it is unjust and wrong to mako such accusations. She has not flinched or failed or refused to meet her promises or dehts. Iu the lexicon of the people of Atlanta there is no snch word as “ fail.” The Constitu tion of 1877, if adopted, provides in it self for the acceptance and execution of this offer of the city of Atlanta, so there is no difficulty from want of power to carry out her promise by the city of At lanta. There is one other view on this offer of the city of Atlanta which I deem per fectly conclusive, and that is we have the means in our own power of forcing At lanta to comply with her offer by amend ing at any time the Constitution so as to remove the capital, and nothing would be easier to do or more certain to be done should Atlanta act in bad faith. Add the loss from not accepting this of fer to the other losses above enumerated and we nave losses by removal of $779,000, nearly oue million of dollars. What is the loss by remaining in At lanta ? The Capitol and Mansion in Milledgeville are estimated by good judges as worth $85,000, which is all we would lose by not removing to Milledge ville. If, however, it is necessary to re move from Atlanta to secure honest leg islation, I, for one, say let us make any and all sacrifices. Is it neoessary, and will such legislation be secured by a re moval to Milledgeville ? What says the history of the past on this subject ? This history says that three millions and a half of dollars of the present pub lic debt arising from State aid to worth less railroads was created in Milledge ville, while the portion of said debt incurred for the same purpose in Atlanta dops not amount to three hundred thousand dollars. T!fa3 Ins tory says further that through the old Central Bank by the worst and most corrupt Legislature at Milledgeville one half million of dollars of public money was wasted on partisans and favorites. This history says further in Milledge ville in 1860 was set the precedent of paying members of tho Legislature nine dollars per diem and their Clerks from nine to twelve dollars per diem and their doorkeepers and messengers nine dollars per diem. To shoyr how little Place has to do witfe the purity of legislation J refer to the fact that the Democratic Legislature which sat iu Atlanta exposed the Bullock frauds, repudiated his dishonest admin istration, his State aid sohemers, and denounced the fraudulent bonds ; that the Democratic Legislature of 1875 and 1876, which was held in Atlanta, pro posed the amendment to tho Constitu tion repudiating the bogus bonds ; that the Legislature of 1877, which sat in Atlanta, called the Constitutional Con vention ; that the Convention of }877 was- hejd in Atlanta ; wherefore J tiling it may lie safely Concluded place of hpiding tne Legislature has little or nothing to do with the proceed ings of the General Assembly. The purity and honesty of legislation depends on the Constitution of the State and the men sent to the Legislature. Some persons may argue, no natter what 1 "if topsfts, let nfe’ retiufee' the fraud pf' j-emoyal from MiUedfreyille to Atlanta. To this argument I say, thqt fraud hgs been fully rebuked, by lb,e action of the Convention in submitting the locating of the capitol to the people. Its location now, under this action, de pends on the reasons for and against re moval to be considered and acted on by a free people. If Atlanta is retained as the capital the fraud will be removed and the 'location will tie fixed by the votes of the' people. Afiain, on this head; I would say that when the Consti tution of 1868 fixing Atlanta as the capi tal was submitted to the voters of the Stfife; tue rififanrifeeq people of Atlanta, surrounded with soldiers, and living un der the hardest and severest' military control, voted against removal to At lanta. fe a view pftbiwe 3 o o>i man in thd &tafe will say t ia( the peo ple of Atlanta are promise-breakers, and have concocted a greet fraud to defieiye the people of Georgia i I is not neoes sary to inenr the losses above stated be cause Atlanta is not accessible to the people of the State, for she is accessible to more people of the State than any other city or town in it. It is not neoes sary to make the losses abp.xe enumer ated hepsuae living is 80 expensive in Atlanta, as no eity or town in the State can afford to provide and does provide for Legislators and visitors so cheaply and substantially as Atlanta, fi we throw out of the calculation the $250,000 paid by tne Ijtate oh tHe Capitol, and the $50,080 paid for the Man sion, oyer anfi nhovp its value, an the ground, that the loss snonld be esti mated only on the present value of the property, not counting as worth any thing the prospect of a great increase in the value of the public property in At lanta from the growth of that wonderful city, then the loss by removal cu the capital from 4iaai to Milledgeville wduld be fully $450,000. What then is the wisest solution of the capital ques tion 9 In my opinion it is to retain the capital at Atlanta, acoept the offer of the city, require Atlanta to make a deed to the City Hall square, deoosi* ;a j,he State Trewuiy too amount promised by her and then with this money and the proceeds of the sale of the Capitol building in Atlanta build a convenient and comfortable State House, , sum of money wU} 5? •‘fiiPt 0 *°r (jhe purpose, and we win have aisjposed of the whole matter without costing the State anything. Very reject Washington, Ga., October 27. a Gate Showing. Washington, October 31. — The debt statement to-morrow will show a reduc tion of about three millions for thf month. FORTY-FIFTH CONGRESS. THE HOUSE COMMITTEES AP POINTED YESTERDAY. Clfuwificalton •( tbe Southern Representa tives—The Georgia Congressmen—Stephens Heads the Weights and Measures—lm portant and Numerous Bills Introduced. Washington, Ootober 29. —The call of States for bills for referenoe occupied the House for five hours, and the con sequence was the introduction of the largest number of bills that were ever presented in one day in the history of Congress. They reached eight hundred and forty-five. They might be classi fied into some half dozen prominent subjects. The repeal of the resumption act; the remonetization of silver; the repeal of the bankrupt law; the abolition of taxes on the sale of tobacco by pro ducers; the extension of pension laws to the South; the repeal of the test oath, and appropriations for works of internal improvements. Among the latter were bills appropriating three millions for the Mississippi levees and one million for the Missohri river. The Committees. Were announced. Wood, of New York, is Chairman of Ways and Means, and Atkins, of Tennessee, Chairman of Ap propriations. Adjourned to Wednes day. The Senate, after a short execu tive session, adjourned. Important committes are given in full, only the chairman and Southern mem bers on others are sent: Elections—Har ris, Candler, Williams, Ellis, Thornburg; Ways and Means—Wood, Tuoker, Say ler, Robbins, Harris of Georgia, Gibson, Phelps, Kelley, Garfield, Burchard, Banks; Appropriations—Atkins, Blount, Singleton, Clymer, Hewitt, Sparks, Dur ham, Hale, Foster, Smith, Baker; Bank ing and Currency—Buckner succeeds Cox, Yeates, Bell; Paoifio Railroad Potter, Throckmorton, Morrison, House, Luttrell, Landers, Chalmers, Elam, O’Neil, Blair, Caswell, Cole, Rice; Claims—Bright, Davis, Henry. Those exciting some surprise are : Commeroe— Reagan, Felton, Rea, Kenna; Public Lands—Morrison (formerly Chairman of the Ways and Means), Cause, ClHbk, Hewitt of A’abama, Smith of Georgia; Post Offices and Post Roads—Waddell of North Carolina, Slemons, Caldwell, Gratb; District of Columbia—Williams of Michigan, Hunton, Blackburn, Henkle ; Judiciary Knott, Har ris of Virginia, Hartridge, Culbert son; War Claims—Eden of Illinois, Cabell, Schelley, Caldwell; Public Ex penditures, Hatcher of Missouri, Pride, Moore, Davidson, Manning ; Private Land Claims, Gunter of Arkansas, Caldwell, Geddings, Turner, Cain; Manufactures, Wright, Debrell, Wilson, Ligon, Davidson; Agriculture, Cutter of New Jersey, Pride, Moore, Aiken, Stubbs; Indian Affairs, Scales of North Carolina, Hooker, Throckmorton, Gan ter; Military Affairs, Banning, Debrell, Earns; Militia, Miho Ross; Naval Affairs, Whiteborne, Mills, Goode ; Poreign Af fairs, Swann, Forney, Schleicher, Wil son; Territories, Franklin ; Revolution ary Pensions, Mackey; Invalid Pensions, Rice; Railways and Canals, Sohleicber, Cabell, Crittenden, Schelley, McKenzie; Mines and Mining, Beebee; Education and Labor, Goode; Revision of Laws, Walsh; Coinage, Weights and Measures, Stephens ; Patents, Vance; Public Buildiugs and Grounds—Cook of Geor gia; Accounts, Roberts, Chalmers; Ex penditures of War Depatment—Black burn; Expenditures of Post Office De partment-Williams of Alabama ; Mis sissippi Levees —Robertson of Louisiana, Hatcher, Honey, Knapp, Landers, Mar tin, Everett, Pound, Robinson, Beebe; Rules—The Speaker, Stephens, Sayler, Banks, Garfield; Printing-Singleton, The Henate Nominations and Confirmations —The Georgia Marshalship. Washington, October 29.—1n the Senate, Ingalls introduced a bill to fix the date of the meeting of the first regu lar session of the Forty-fifth Congress upon the first Monday of November. Referred to the Committee on Privileges and Elections. Nominations : New York Custom House, as telegraphed; Smith, Collector of Customs at Mobile; Oglesby, Lewis and McMillan, for their respective offices in New Orleans; Wilson, James and Forbes, for Virginia postmasters; A. W. Stoughton, Minister to Russia; John Baxter, of Tennessee, was nominated for Judge of the Sixth District; Parsons, District Attorney of Alabama ; William Henry Smith, Collector of Customs at Chicago; Jos. D. Brady. Collector Seo ond Virginia District; Fitzsimons, Mar shal of Georgia; Wells, Consol-General of China; Walden, Marshal of West Tennessee; Parsons, Marshal of Ala bama, are among tbe nominations. [A hasty glance discovers no other import ant Southern or general nominations.] Defrees, Public Printer; E. Platt Stratton, Inspector of Steamboats, Seo oud District; Hugh J. Campbell, Louis iana, Attorney for Dakota; Postmasters: Wickersham, Mobile; Thompson, Mem phis ; Jones, Nashville ; Thompson, Louisville. Confirmations. Upton, Second Comptroller; Gilfillan, United States Treasurer; Bates, of New York, Examiner in the Chief Patent Office; Postmasters: Wofford, Corinth, Miss.; Greene, Jackson, Miss.; Waddell, Okalona, Miss. Postmasters—Bozeman, Charleston ; Wallace, Yorkville; Archer, Gainesville; Orr, Athens; Logan, Griffin, Ga.; Hoop er, Opelika; Locke, Eufaula; Draper, Oxford. The Committee on Privileges and Electious met, but adjourned, their sub jects matter not baying feeeq printed. COMMITTEES UPON THE PRESI DENT'S MESSAGE. Potter Proa* Oil tile Railroad Committee— Reason For Retiring—A I.engtliv Journal —Tlie Resumption Act. Washington, October 31. —It is stated that Hod. Clarkson N. Potter, of New York, will resign the Chairmanship of the Committee on Railroad. Jt qppesr/< that the majority of the Committee are in fayor of Con gressional encouragement to the road, against which Mr. potter, as Chairman of the New "¥orfc Democratic Convention, is somewhat committed. Potter is not by any means opposed to the road. "The reading of Monday’s journal was not ended till 2:40. Then the Presi dent’s message was divided between the Committees of Appropriations and Ways and Means. Ewing, of Ohio, from the Banking Committee, reported a bill to the third section of (fie, resumption act,(and If,ore], of Qn the part of the mi nority, a hill repealing that part or the resumption act which au thorizes the selling of bonds for green backs. The bill was, on motion of Ew ing, recommitted, and a motion to re consider that vote (made on the part of the opposition, and which yjaa regarded as a test question ', defeated by 22 majority, 'ftye lpill is now in the control of the Banking Committee, and may be called up for action at any time, Orkimifnpsu at Caiawfltees. The Naval Committee resolved to re port a bill paying arrearages of salaries of sailors. The general deficiency was not discussed. The Committee on Ap propriations vouchsafe no information. The confirmations were a large number of postmasters, including Thompson, of Memphis; Jones, Nashville, Registers Land Cjffioe, of Montgomery ahd Gibbs, of Little Lock; Receiver of Public Money, Strobuck, Montgomery, and a number Of and nayy promo tion*. tfoh. Clarkson N- D°ttes has declined th§ Chairmanship of the House Com mittee on Pacific Railroad, solely (as he states In a letter tq Speaker Randail), because cj Lis large interest in a rail way in Pennsylvania, of which Colonel Thoms* A. Seott is President. This be thought would be regarded as unfitting him for service on that committee, otherwise he would willingly have ac cepted the position. His letter of de clination was sent to the speaker Mon day evening, nd will’ be submitted to the Route, which can alone excase him. The Committee on Post Offices and Post Roads was organized to-day, Hou. A. M. Waddell, of North Chairman. report a*, two pusiness “the resolution of Mr. Reagan, paying tq Southern mail contractors for transcending the mail in asking that the Secretary of the Treasury be required to pay said claims at once. The Senate. The Vice-President appointed the fol lowing as a special au thorized by a resolution of Mr. Ed munds to, vtousider Rie subject of ascer taining and declaring tbe vole for Presi dent and Vice-President of the United States: Edmunds (Vt.). Cockling (N. Y.), Howe (Wis.), McMillan (Minn.), Teller (Col.), Davis (Ills.), Bayard (Del.), Thurman (Ohio., and Morgan Ruruside introduced, a bill removing the restrictions against the enlistment of colored men in the army. A Petition fren. (rp lftefiuuep. Senates Djordop presented this morn ing a petition from a large body of treed men in Qcorgia in reference to their in terests in the Preedmen’s Saving Bank. She petition 1* addressed to Senator ordon as “ one who has always proved himself ready to exert his talents and raise his voice in the cause of the weak and injured,” and is signed by Biahop Hoisey, of the colored Methodist Chnroh, and by the pastors of various churches in the State, claiming to represent more than 6,000 freedmen. Gordon then presented a petition of John R. F. Tatnall, of Savannah, Ga., for the removal of hie political disabili ties. Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. CONTINUED RUSSIAN SUCCESS. Moukhtar and laoiall ‘Retire—Kara Totally Cat Off— Coasteraatlaa la Stambaal Storming at Grivitaa. London, Ootober 31.—Au Erzeroum special says that Moukhtar and Ismail Pasha have retired to a strong position near Hassen Kaled, the Russians oocn pying a position behind Koprikoi. A special from Kurkukdara, dated yesterday, contains the following : Negotiations with the Kars garrison have been broken off and bombardment recommenced. The district of Kagys man has been plaoed under Russian ad ministration. The corps of Gen. Heymann and Lergnkassof have effected a junction and are near Hassan Kalet. An Erzeronm special, telegraphed this morning, states that Moukhtar and Ismail Pasha have retired to a strong position near Hassen Kaled. Rnssian successes in the rear of Plevna are evidently producing oonsternation in Constantinople. A special dispatch from Pera, says: It was reported there that Orcbanie had been captured with Chevket Pasha and several thousand troops. If this were so we should prob ably have had the first report of it from Russian headquarters. Servian Relations—Assurnufeii to the Porte. Constantinople, Ootober 31. —M. 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It invigorates and strengthens the whole system, acts upon the secretive organs, allays inflammation, cures ulceration and regulates the bowels. For Catarrh, Dyspepsia, Habitual Costiveness, Palpitation of the Heart, Headache, Pile?, Nervousne sand General Prostration of the Nervous System, no mediciuo has r iven suoh perfect satisfaction as the Vegetine. It purifies the blood,cleanses all of the organs.nud possesses a controlling power over the nervous system. The remarks bio oures effected by Vegetine have induced many physicians and apotheca ries whom we know to prescribe and use it in their own families. In fact, Vegetine is the best remedy y t discovered for ills above diseases, and is tbe only reliable BLOOD PUKIFIER yet plac ed before tbe public. Prepared by H. R. STEVENS, BOSTON, MASS. WHAT IS VEGETINE? It is a compound extracted from barks, toots and herbs. It is Nature’s Bomedy- It is per fectly harmless from any bad effect upon the st stem. It is nourishing and strengthening. It acts upoq the wool. It quiets the nervous systeffl. It gives you good, sweet sleep at Uiglit. It is' a great panacea for our aged fathers and mothers, for it gives them strength, quiets their nerves and gives them Nature’s sweet sleep, as has been proved by many au aged person. It is the groat blood Purifier. It is a soothing remedy for our child ren. It has relieved and cured thousands. It is very pleasant to take; every child likes it. It relievos and cures all diseases originating from impure blood. Try the Vegetine. Give it a fair trial for yoqy complaints; then you will say to yoqr iiiyiKt, neighbor aud acquain tance 1 \Tyy it has cured me.” Vegetine for the complaints for which it is recompensed, is having a larger sale through out tfie United States iban any other one med icine. Why i Yejjetine will cure these Complaints. CANNOT BE EXCELLED. Charlestown, Mass., March 19, 1869. Mr. H. K. Stevens : Dear Sir— This is to certify that I have used your “Blood Preparation" in my family for several years, and think that, for Sorofula or Cankerous Humors, or Rheumatic Affections, it cannot be excelled: anfi, as a blood purifier and Spring medicine., it is the best thing I have ever Wtefi: and J have used almost every thing. -t can cheerfully recommend it to aiiy qne in need of suoh a medicine. Yours respectfully, MBS. A. A. DINBMOBE, 19 Bussell street. GIVES HEALTH, STRENGTH AND APPETITE. My daughter has raoetyed great benefit from the use of tha VguKiftKK. Her deoliirng health was a SWT* of great anxiety to ail of her frtaiuto. A few bottles of the Vegetine re stored her health, strength and appetite. N. B. TILDEN, Insurance and Heal Estate Agent, No. 11l Seals Building, Boston, Mass. Prepared by H. R. STEVENS, BOSTON, MASS. Vegetine is Sold by ail Druggists. oct3-wlm . ■ NEW DRUGSTORE | €. T. GOETCBIUS * CO., UUUUGIHTS, lla iftBOAD STREET, Near Lower Market, fT'IAKE this method of informing their friends X and the public that they have established a FUGT-OLASS DfiUG STOBE at the locilily above mentioned. Will keep constantly in stock a complete as sortment of DRUGS, MEDICINES, ° HI^|^^kEDICINEB, SOAPS, „ PEP.FUMERY, HAIR BRUSHES, COMBS, &o, PAINTS, OILS, VARNISHES, WINDOW GLASS, PUTTY, DYE STUFFS, &o. Prescriptions accurately prepared. oct2B-suAwelm mi FIRE, m I The crowd were most of them od the way to tfce Kmr*- in& buildings yesterday Mori iug, hut the balance of the da; t|e rush fas tor ,C? O F F EE Paroled ©■ the Premises at 399 Broad Street. A trial makes a customer. All are iu vitod. R. N. Hotchkiss, SIGN OF THE ILLUMINATED ro3o-tf TEA CHEST. MK H AT9 Week to Agents. *lO Outflt Free ODD g o*l V. O. VIOKEBY, August., Mata, cll-wly i New Advertise m o nta . GREAT REDUCTION IN THE PBIOE OF DRY GOODS AT THE OLD RELIABLE DRY GOODS HOUSE -OF JAMES MILLER, Corner of Broad and Jackson Streets. I HAVE just returned from New York, having purchased one of the largest and handsomest stock of Dry Goods it has been my good fortune to show my friends and customers SINCE THE WAB. These goods were bought with the CASH and I intend to give my friends the BENEFIT OF IT. In the way of Dress Goods I think that I can say I can show the HAN DSOMKST IIN THK CITY. These goods consist in all the new kinds, snob as the Niokerbocker aud the Maltloss some thing entirely new. BLACK AND COLOBEd CASHMEBES from low prioe to the finest. In the way of GENTS’ FURNISHING GOODS I have everything for a complete outfit and that af the beat. I do not keep shoddy goods of any kind. If you want this kind of goods you must go to the houses that keep them. A long ex perience in the Dry Goods trade has proven to me that good goods and accommodating clerks and low prices will win in the end. In fact, I have everything to be found in a first olass Dry Goods store. I will pay express on all packages that amount to $5 and upwards. oc7-suwe&frltn JAMES MILI.F.R Our Price List af Biic iillc s lajonefl Cusels. OUR STANDARD CORSET FOR. 25 TWENTY BONE 45 BERTHA, Lace Edge 60 “GEM,” Satin, with Lace Edge 65 “ELIPTIO,” “ “ 76 “ROSEBUD,” “ “ 75 “JANNEIR” “ “ 75 “OUR CHOICE,” “ “ 75 “MARTHA,” Doable Bask 80 “PAULINE,” Side Steel ' ’ 90 OUR EX TRA LONG AND SIDE STEEL 96 “AMERICAN COUSIN” i 00 “POLLY," Colored Seamless . l 05 “DOMNA,” Seamless l 15 “JUALL,” Embroidered 1 15 SIDE LACE AND SIDE STEEL 1 15 LINEN CONTiL, No. 100 1 25 “BLANCHE,” Extra Long Seamless 1 35 “AUGUSTA,” Extra Long 1 50 “BULA,” LoDg and Sharp l 50 NURSING LINEN CORSET , 1 60 LINEN CONTIL, with Side Steels . 165 LINEN CONTIL, No. 200 1 75 NE APOLITAN, Scarlet, Black and Blue 1 85 “JULIA,” Frenoh Embroidered ’. 1 95 “DIAMOND,” 500 Bone 2 35 500 BONE SEAMLESS? 2 25 “LA BULE HELENE” 2 35 NO. 581 FRENc H SEAMLESS 2 40 MISBES’CORSETS AND WAISTS 60 ABDOMINAL CORSETS—“La Itivel,”Sl 85. French, $1 95; Madamo Moody’s, $2; Side Steel, $. Oar line of Imported Corsets is unsurpassed in tbe city. •J. H, TRUMP, Broad Street, oct2l-tf CLOAKS! SILKS! AND— DRESS GOODS. SPROIAL ATTENTION IS DIRECTED TO OUR STOCK IK THE ABOVE, WHICH FOB PBICES AND COMPLETENESS OF ASHOBTMENT, Cannot be Matched in the Southern States. JAMES A. GRAY & CO. THE TRUTH IS MIGHTY. WE WILL THIS WEEK MAKE BIG SEDUCTIONS IN THE PHICES OF THE FOL LOWING LINES OF DBY GOODS: Blankets, Quilts, Comfortables, Flannels, Cloaks, Shawls, Wool Jackets, lioullvard Skirts, Hosiery and Gloves, Corsets, Nubias, Hamburg Edgings, Etc,, Etc. We invite the people to examine our stock before purchasing their supplies. We will be glad to show the goods and give samples for comparison. We mean what we say in our advertisements. AUSTIN MULLARKY & CO., oc2B-u 262 Broad St., Augusta, Ga. SEEK NO FURTHER. Save Time and Money BY BUYING YOUB DBY GOODS AT THE Augusta Dry Goods Store, WHEBE YOU WILL FIND Ad Immense Stock, All Fresh and New, of the Host Choice Hoods OF THE SEASON, AT THE LOWEST PRICES. DBEBB GOODS—A beautiful lino unsurpassed, newest shades and designs, from 10c. to tk@> finest; Colored Cashmeres, new Shades, from 250. and upwards; Black Cashmeres, the best make, from 60c. to 01 50; Black Alpacas, the finest lustre and best blaoka, from 250. and upwards; Black and Colored Silks, all prices. An immense stock of Kentucky Jeans, from 10c. and upwards; Cassimeres, Tweeds. Waterproofs. Flannels, Linseys, all prioes. Ladies', Gent's and Children’s Undervests and Drawers. A beautiful line Ladies’ new style- Cloaks, all prioes. Blankets both white and colored, a large assortment, oheaper than ever known. Bed Spreads, Quilts and Comforts, at prices unprecedented. A great variety of No tione. Fancy Goods, Ladies’ Neck Ties, Collars and Cuffs, Ribbons, Silk and Linen Haijdker chiefs, Corsets, Gloves and Hosiery, all at bottom prices- Kid Gloves at 50, 75, sl, 111 50 to w£. a pair. A beautiful assortment of Calicoes, at 4,5, 6, to 80. Bleached Shirtings and Sheetings* at the lowest prices. Domestic Goods at Factory prices by the piece. Goods of every tion usually kept in a First-Class Dry Goods House, suited to the wants of the people, both in. PriC AT*WIIOLESALE AND BETAlL.—Merchants will find it to their interest to examine tlis> stock before purchasing. Orders tilled with care and promptness. Samples sent on application. I will pay Express charges on all orders for Goods at retain amounting to TEN DOLLARS aud over, the money accompanying the order, or Goods sent C. O. D. Try me. Bespectfully submitted, L. RICHARDS, 909 BROAD STREET, AUGUSTA, GA., NEARLY OPPOSITE CENTRAL HOTEL. OCt2B-d2aw<twl y MYERS & MARCUS, 386 and 288 BROAD STREET, AUGUSTA, GA., o- —WHOLESALE DEALERS IN— Dry Goods, Notions, Shoes, Hats, Trunks, Etc. PRICES AS LOW AS IN NEW YORK OR PHILADELPHIA. A Large and Varied Stock on Hand. sep3o-suweAwly _ MILLER & BUSSEY, Wholesale and Retail Grocers, No. 283 Broad Street, Coraer Campbell (store formerly occupied by M. O’Dowd), offer to dealers and the public at laosaally lew prices for the CASH; 40,000 Poands C. B. D.S. Sides. 50 Barrels Sugar Syrups. 20,000 Pounds C. B. Side.- Bolls Bagging. 1 o.ooo PowKto D.S. Sho-ktor,. 500 Bond].. Tie., loo's?-™**” 300 Berrela Floor—.ll As \ Packages Mackerel in half OvJ Bags Bio Coffee. O V 7 barrels and kits, fot rr Barrels refined Sugar— p? /"N | O all grades. OV7 Barrels Liquors—all kinds. Barrels Beboiled Molas- Together with spices, Caidies, Soaps, Teas, Ac., Ac. Ail Goods aid Weights guaranteed. MILLER & BUSSEY. mmmmm^^ NEW PROCESS FLOUR. CRESCENT MILLS, AUGUSTA, GA. J. F. 6l L. J. MILLER, Proprietors. OUR FANCY FAMILY FLOUR MADE BY NEW PROCESS HAS NO EQUAL. mh4—d&wly