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MORNING February 14. ISB
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HR February IS, 1868.
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HB FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 14.
BS^B. V . f' t Run Sets .■••4*
HHH MOON'S PHASES.
Quarter —February Ist. 1.1*7. evening.
February Sth. 1.3?. morning.
February l.'th. 1' 13. iu>rning
- February 23d. 9.12, morning.
who refresh infant' in the"h tv.*
n.d ro.iuiro.i exlii bit tin* pro
■■other passengers.
f or tlic ••Dcmotralic'’ ('lube.
§§|H| them t.> "i-\v the l.nr,<. ami uphold
of the United Stilted."
lost words of Stbpiien A.
of (he Time*.
■■is been said, truly, that tin chief
■■t the present time appears to be
BBB»1 " 1 ’ ! 1,11 " ho will quicth do their
■■mv and not tell anvbody of it."
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§§§■>»!
philanthivpist, at the
deatli by t'ect, a< a
HHtr lot hanging. in capital punish.
■HBBF. Pomak, a well If.own citiz* iof
■■■ died at his residenee Thursday
He wus a good, citizen, an 1 gen,.-
HH^Hmed.
I.
who throws a piece of
. upon the side walk, elm .1,1 he
a deadly enemy to the human
accordingly.
Iloiuiclde.
HHH B. Hargrove, who kid
in Koine, (la., lad week
■HMHBUscharge-1 by the examining
di'-faetori proof that :V- ... t
in self defence.
urrenec.
citizen, long in business in
went before the hoard of
a complaint that the a<.»<
§|||||||Bt assessed him a sutlicient -uni,
that hknow which he had a(
be added to his list.
Court.
gentlemen (plain) were
■RgH Court, for a breach of the
■■BB^Bection— after midnight k -1;
HHBHmp.i'” an 'l tolling a wagon on
from Broad to Caiheun
of them were lined J 2 and
HHMI.o ol ' ler "fl and cost. Their
ij!lie. are withheld from print.
i™ b '
MHHHH large h'luon \ cry e.iretully.
i ; : when it L thoroughly
squeeze it into a cup. upon
BBBI^B DS ‘gn.r. finely powdered.
HHH^Bonn fttl when-ver jour cough
It is as good as it i- agree
■HHc taste. Rarely has it been
of giving relief.
fßfiHMlmajority of the planters in the
Western portions of this
Wfi bankrupt in their at -
*'so? •-PSP'"' cotton, almost every fanner
HH|pßGeorgia has made money by
an< l corn. One farmer, in a
888 Atlanta, who never made any
mmmt before the war. on the cotton
, ‘ lrei ' 1 hoitsand dollars
WBmm raising wheat.
*° r 11 Lynching.
Dr. (so called) in til is city is
■Biß^B^' 3 *’'^ s ‘ n °' lr corn tn at, it y,
t) be l<dt at till! resiliences of
and most valu . 1- inv ■ntioii id
"!y harm’, ss tdr !-. !':••*." ele.,
by the most indecent details.
- e there is a law applicable to
circulation of iudoeent puhli
■HHtrc call upon oar police to ,-n
--an outraged public slid! :• el
JWV ill in the services of ".lodge
Day.
says that tins is the day
mat'’-. <>r. in ■ >tli- v
SBHpi? i< a mo-1 fclieiciiu- . j.j,
■HRpig^BlOlbashful 11: d l l ■! 1 . v. ii'>
. ‘l(k .- pttpimnd .'■ : m!;i
■P.& ,’*#r vilugi: wii: !i i thi'i: - i■ %< rv
Hite .■] ■*!*■, :■ • i:■ i
■W til rolt“ll tii- lie !: ~f V,.l
■Efigi&H 1 1 u<: gentleman > .uld find it
say "No" to a delicate pro
■BftVMl upon one of the aforesaid
and enclosed within a
envelope, with a Cupid at
n r 1.0.1,”
BhHSHm [Sbakspeare.
Military District, i
Florida i (• Ala..) \
Adjutant General, \
anta, Ga., Feb. i»2.
|Bgn|H K. //. Steiner, Michael
•s’M"Co / I’rt.l, ■ . Augusta,
- Your petition repre-.-nt
?■ ' Bkimstrnhoii on the part ol the
and 1 mined ol tlie City of
■ and requesting tlieir re-
etc . having been enre-
Hgat< and by a Board ol Officers.
’imt j >r: i. r. a],,: r . |„ r t i|. •
* H "O U in \ our petition liavi
|||||||||^H , ' , and. lam instructed fry the
l-onim,■Hiding to say that
will h<> taken in the
.^^■•pectfuily,
-' Bn Obedient fierv't.,
K- C. Drum,
v*y Adjutant General.
(HI Merofcßßto’ Exchange.
Organiiation* luch as the one propoted
to be eatablishad in thu city, exiat in ail
commercial communities, and thoir opera*
lions have boon found to bo equally advan
tageous to both buyer and seller. It re
qoires no extraordinary amount of business
knowledge to satisfy any enquirer that it
is infinitely more convenient and every
way preferable to have some fixed locality
to which venders of mercantile commodi
ties oan daily repair for poroses of'traffio.
There the buyers oongrogate, and tbe com
petition between rival tradesmen will
always ensure to tbe producer the full
market value of his produce, whilst the
buyer sinus lus advantage in the facilities
thus afforded him for selecting from all the
samples offered in market suoh articles as
are best fitted to supply his wants. The
farmer, for instance, who brings a load of
grain to market, is spared tbe trouble and
annoyance of running all over town among
grooers, millers and commission merchants
to find a purchaser for his products, for by
bringing a sample to tho Exchange he will
sec all tiie buyers who are in market.
The Season.
Verdant fields, bright with white clover,
or fresh springing grasses, together with
the blossoming of shrubs and trees, make
many days of the Fobruary of the Gulf
States and the “far South” among the
most delightful of the year. Plowing for
spring wheat and for other crops gives
employment to the laborers and teams,
and tlic season of the work fairly begins
with the warm, drying weather, usually
occurring at this time of the year.
In our immediate latitude wc have not
yet heard the blue birds’ welcome song.
But the days are growing perceptibly
longer, and they should show more farm
work done than those of December or even
January; nevertheless, there is compara
tive leisure, and season for reviewing the
past year’s work and laying plans for die
coming months, when so much hard labor
will be demanded that the mind will not
give itself readily to continuous thought.
Whatever “plans” arc made, on this very
account, if for no other reason, should be
put upon paper, so that when the time
comes for tlieir prompt execution, they
shall not be forgotten. The season of
field work, when it does come, will be
likely to come all at once—and then you
will feel as if every moment were gold, as
if the beasts of burden, though doing their
utmost, did not work half fast enough.
Therefore, heed the advice: use the leisure
of this month to get ready for Spring
work.
Newspaper Advertisements.
To take a newspaper for a leisure hour,
and, beginning with the first column, read
carefully through to the last, wo doubt if
any part will be found either more enter
taining, instructive or amusing than that
especially set apart for the advertising
public, and he who neglects its perusal
loses many a choice tit bit, and mayhap
much valuable and practical information.
Ideas have been rapidly undergoing a
change of late years. The man who for
merly refused introducing himself or his
wares to public attention, through the me
dium of the press, now eagerly covets its
assistance, and the old fogy and the penu
rious alone remain ignorant of its advan
tages. In our age the rule is to adver
tise. All classes do it, and they do it
in every way. There is no general method
or set term of phrases, for every one is
unmistakably for himself. Asa general
rule, advertisements are well written,
striking and characteristic, but sometimes
they are worded with an utter disregard to
syntax, and sometimes tho punctuation
renders them a trifle obsoure—as witness
the following, cut from various papers :
“Wanted a steady young man to look
after a horse of tho Methodist persuasion.”
“To Let.— A cottage in Newport con
taining eight rooms and an acre of
ground.”
“For Sale. — A piano by a lady about to
cross the Channel in an oak ease with
carve i legs.”
“ Lost ! — A small lady’s watch with a
white face, also, two ivory young ladies’
work boxes. A mahogany gentleman’s
dressing case, and a small pony belonging
to a young lady with a silver mane and
tail.”
“ Lost or strode from the scriber a sheep
all over white—one leg was black and half
his body—all persons shall receive five
dollars to bring him. He was a she goat.”
A lady recently advertised in a city
Kthat she wanted a “gentleman for
fast and tea,” while another in tlic
same journal asks for “a husband having a
Roman nose with strong religions tenden
cies,' 1 and a third party seeks to recover ‘‘a
lost wallet belonging to a gentleman made
of calf skin.”
An advertisement of cheap shoes in a
country paper has the following nola Lena :
“N. B.—Ladies wishing those cheap
shoes, will do well to call soon, as they
won’t last long.”
A man once advertised for “competent
persons to undertake the sale of anew
medicine,” and adds’ wo doubt not with
truth, “it will be profitable to the under
taker.
The following extract from a medical
advertisement, is perhaps correct:
“ Consumptives, cough while you can,
for after you have taken one bottle of my
mixture you can't ”
A Western paper advertises thus :
“Run Away.—A hired man named
John ; his nose turned up five feet eight
inches high, and had on a pair of corduroy
pants much worn.”
How that nose must have looked dressed
up in corduroy pants !
The advertisement of a doctor who un
dertakes the cure of madness begins thus :
“ Worthy the attention of the insane,”
A wholesale house recently advertised
“ Wanted, women to sell on commission.’'
Iu a shop window in an obscure part of
London is this announcement; “ Goods
removed, messages taken, carpets beaten,
and poetry composed on any subject."
A sign on an Academy out West reads :
“ Freeman <Sj* Huggs : Freeman teaches
the hoys and Huggs the girls.”
[Advertisement.]
Country iUercbaitla,
In making thoir purchases, will do well
to call first on Mrs. Pughe, 190 Broad
street, who is selling out her entire stock
cheap. t s
BlogßOt Rhetoric.
We can not resist the temptation to fur
j nish our “low flung Yankee” friends with
gems and models of elegant “high-toned’*
rhetoric current among the pride of the
earth who have “lost all but honor.” Wc
quote (not, this time, from the Augusta
Chronicle) from tlie Natiee Virginian, who
says, of the Convention ill session in the
Old Dominion;
Very little space in these columns has
been or will be devoted to the doings of the
assemblage of chinch-bugs, weevils, snake
doctors, secd-ticks, chigoes, bed-bugs, cock
i caches, dog ticks, rear-dicks, grub-worms,
wood-lice, back-snappers, flyblows, maggot
skippers, dung-beetles and pismires which
now defile our ancient capitol.
The Southern Treat Askocliiiion.
We could throw some light upon a very
dark arrangement, entered into by the
Southern Press Association, by which it is
furnished with news; but, so long as it is
not necessary for us to pay that combina
tion for its untruths ana “opinions,” and
we can get our reports of Northern news
direct from the columns of Northern papers,
wo do not care to put ourselves to the
trouble of making charges that would do
nobody any good ; for there is not a single
daily paper in the South with political
independence enough or professional pride
enough to resist the egregious imposition.—
Chattanooga Union.
The Union takes a great deal upon him.
self in making the assertion contained in
the last sentence. Does he class his sheet
among “the daily papers in the South” ?
If his answer be in the affirmative, for one
we object to having our Corn measured by
his little half-bushel.
“ Hard Times ”
Those who are under tho impression
that the times are particularly hard just
where they live, are remiuded of the fact
that in all of the leading Northern cities
mechanics, clerks, laborers and working
men generally have been thrown ont of
employment by the thousands. In Brook
lyn and New York alone, the number
reaches one hundred thousand. In the
West a similar state of affairs exists.
Well, all this being Irue, wbat is to be
done ?—is there no remedy ? Let us see
Reduction in expenses is the first thing
in order. It may bear hard upon many,
hut better this than worse, as a half loaf
to the hungry is better than no bread at
all. We advise our friends, the laborers,
among whom we count ourselves, to accept
of such terms as employers can afford to
pay, without forcing them to a steady
diminution of their capital for the coming
few months. There is no avoiding the
palpable fact that times are hard, and that
die entire manufacturing and other inter
ests of the country are suffering severely
in losses. It can be made worse, for a
firm determination to resist reduction in
prices will lead to no prices at all, and a
season of financial severity.
This state of things is rendered the
more unpleasant and difficult in conse
quence of the continued high prices of all
articles of food. How soon a revulsion in
this department will take place we can not
predict. That we have had an unusually
abundant harvest, we know, and that
prices for everything which goes upon our
tables are inflated enormously, wo also
know, and feel. llow much we are to suffer
before the adjustment of prices to labor
takes place, or how long the unequal state
will continue, is a matter of mere specu
lation. Our earnest wish is, that every
speculator in food, who grows rich at the
expense of the poor, may lose every
dollar which he has or may invest for this
purpose.
Patience and economy—rigid economy
in little things—Will carry us through the
present difficulty, and we urge upon ail
the importance of practising these neces
sary virtues.
Five Saturday* ill February,
The current month commenced on Satur
day. This being leap year, there are
twenty nine days in the month, and as the
Ist was Saturday the consequence is that
there occur five Saturdays in the shortest
month of the year.
This has been noted as something curi
ous, and the inquiry made in what number
of years will this happen again.
The answer is easy. It will happen again
in 189 G, after the lapse of twenty-nine
years. At the next leap year, 1872, there
will be five Thursdays in February; in
1876, five Tuesdays ; in 1880, five Sundays;
and so on, a retrogression of two days in
the week for every leap year of seven re.
turns, until Saturday recurs again in 1896,
when thero will be five Saturdays.
The year 1900 is not a leap year. The
years ending with even hundreds aro not
leap years, unless they are divisible by
400, as well as by four. 1700 and 1800
were not leap years, and 1900 will not be.
There will be one day, therefore, lost in
the order, in 1900, but the other recur
rence will continue through tlie whole of
the next century, the same as in this,
but every recurring day of tlic week will
be shifted back one day of the week, in
consequence of the intervention of the
year 1900. Tlic twenty-eighth year from
1890 will have five Fridays instead of
Saturdays.
There are no anomalies in the order of
succession of the days of the week to the
days ot the month. This is true of every
day in the year as well as of February, and
of tlic 29tli oi February as of every other
day. In the cycles every day of the year
returns to the same day of the week in
every twenty-eight years. The intercalated
day of tho 29th February, returns only
seven tunes, once on each second day of
the week; every other day returns four
times in the same day of the week, but at
unequal intervals; but the whole order
occurs again at the twenty-eighth succes
sion.
The intervals aro unequal, but the order
is invariable, within the cycle, and in the
recurring cycles.
f Advertisement.]
I.URHI Ulunks.
At this office the following Blanks, neatly
printed, may be obtained, by the single
siiect or by tho quire: Garnishment Affi
davit and Bond, Bail Bond, Attachment,
Claim and Replevy Bond, Mortgage Bond,
etc. ts
A Ran Killed.
'The hotly of Jesse Moore, a citizen ol
Greene county, was found near White
Plains on Tuesday evening. Ho evidently
came to his death by malicious means. Wc
hava heard of no ]iosttive clue as to the
murderer.
To Certain Young Ren.
A lady, through the columns of the Troy
Times, requests young gentlemen callers
who use pomade, not to rest their heads
against the wall. The grease from tlieir
hair is readily taken off by the paper, and
the entire repapering of a room is fre
quently rendered necessary. This advice
might be received and acted upon by some
young men in tills city, as the defacement,
and sometimes complete ruin of fine French
wall paper readily attests.
The Public Credit.
If it bo u sound maxim of financial
policy that the public debt should be left
to itself now that it is nlmost consolidated,
and will soon bo entirely so, —and that the
currency should be also allowed to recover
its equilibrium wilhout any further changes
either by increasing or lessening tbo mass
of paper money in circulation—then the
people who generally believe in and hold
fast by this maxim would be much re
lieved if Congress would by sonic positive
act give expression, to it at an early day.
Mill* Sinned by the President.
The President has npproved and signed
the bill providing that all cotton grown in
the United States after the year 1867 shall
be exempt from internal tax, and that cot
ton imported from foreign countries after
November 1, of this year, shall be exempt
from duty. Ho Ims also signed the joint
resolution to provide for a commission to
examine and report on meters for distilled
spirits, and the bill authorizing the Secre
tary of the Navy to sell all the iron-clads
excepting those of the Dictator, K tlama
zoo, Monadnock, and Passaic classes.
Mixture in tlie Southern Convention**
In Virginia 23 out of 105 delegates to
the Coustituiioual Convention, or less than
one-fourth, are colored men. In North
Carolina 13 out of 120 delegates, or less
than one-ninth, are colored. In Missis
sippi 12 out of 128. In Louisiana the
blacks have a majority of 10. In Florida
20 out of 80 are colored, In Georgia 15
out of 195, or less than one-eleventh, are
blacks. In Alabama 18 are negroes, about
oue-fifth of the whole body. In Arkansas
5 out of 78 are colored. In South Carolina
the two races are about equal in the Con
vention. In Texas the delegates have not
yet been chosen.
Where’s the “supremacy” ?
Plant Trees S
What resident of our beautiful city is
not proud of tlic Trees—the fine rows
bearing graceful foliage on our principal
streets ?
We are glad of the action taken by our
City Fathers at the last meeting of Coun
cil, on the motion of Col. Bullock—empow.
ering the proper committee to look after
the trees already standing, and to plant
others where it may be thought best.
Let us have more Elm Trees—they’ are
the best, and will live and flourish when
proper care is taken. Now is the time to
plant them. What more satisfactory and
lasting pleasure can be secured at so small
a cost ?
I Advortiscment.l
Notice.
Persons desirous of being relieved of
political disabilities, can have their names
presented to the Committee by addressing
me, at Atlanta, Ga.
B. Cox LEV,
Com. for sth Congressional Dist.
February 10, 1868. ts
[Advertkemeut.J
Chronic Catarrh,
A Clergyman in a neighboring village had
suffered for many years, from an obstinate
catarrh, which had resisted all attempts for
a cure. The obstruction and discharge
from the nose was constant, destroying
both taste and smell; anil at times even
interfering from tho change of voice, with,
his public ministrations. Almost in des
pair, he commenced the use of Humph
reys Catarrh Specific No. 19, and after the
use of only a few pills—oue every night—
found himself improved ; and ere he had
used an entire box. could consider himself
entirely well. ts
[Advertisement.]
(ioods at a Sacrifice.
The purchasers of dry goods should not
fail to take advantage of the opportunity
offered, at 190 Broad street. Thestock of
seasonable goods is being sold at a sacrifice
as the room is required for other purposes
AUGUSTA MARKETS.
Thuusday, February IS, P. M.
FINANCIAL—GoId ; brokers are buying at
1.40; and selling, 1.44. Silver, baying at 1.32 ;
soiling at 1.35.
COTTON.—Good demand, with pleasant feel
ing—market closing steady at 190 for New York
Middlings.
GRAIN—Corn in fair request; lots in depot
sell at sl.3o—retailing from store at $1.35a1.40.
Oats retail at $1.25. Wheat is becoming
scarco; rod quoted at S2.SOa3 white $3.25.
BACON is lively at unchanged quotations.
LARD in excellent demand, prime Tonnessee
selling at 15al5ic.
[From tho Circular ot Win. Bryce & Cos.
New York lotion Review.
New York, February 7, 1868.
Gkheful Remarks.-Tlio trade is regarding
tbo question- of “next crop” with nearly as
much interest ns tho weekly receipts at tbe ports.
On this latter question we still incline to the
opinion expressed in January, that the siee of
the crop which will bo coanted will depend en
tirely on prices from this timo out. With quo
tations abovo Bd. in Liverpool we think 2,350,-
000 bales will come to tho ports. Concerning
next crop opinions differ widely, evon among
thoso who aro well informed on the subjeot.
Some pretend to believe that as much cotton will
bo pioked in 1868 as in 1867, aud others that
thcro will not be made ono million of bales. At
the best, the question is problematical, but both
sides of the quostion should be weighed with as
little prejudice as possible, an«l an approximate
estimate made by those who inteud planting
this season. Somo few facts are manifest: thero
is a fine supply of corn in the Cotton States ;
there are a vast number of laborors who must bo
employed, if only for board, and who are better
adopted to tho cultivation of cotton than of any
other staple ; lands can bo rented for nominal
sums, and present prices, tax unpaid, are profit
able to planters who go to work with the expec
tation of no higher prices than now ourrent.
On the othor hand there aro stubborn facts
equally strong against raising a crop. The South
SM wsaas
meat if already scarce. Labor is mor/unsettUd
than any Urn. .1„ M th. ftT££
pie di.pond.nt orar tho political ud pocunUrv
petition of thoir Motion. Tho th.M
contradictory force, i, certainly dKßcult to d“toT
mine, but judging from oimila; oircum.tanco. in
eorn-growing countries It would bo uowDo to
.ay there will bo no orop tbla year; tho fair in
ference teem, to bo tboro will bo aome reduction
in tbo total crop, depending more or lea. on tho
aea.on ; that few large plantation, requiring ex
ten.ive capital to cultivate will be attempted,
but that a va»t increase may be anticipated in
.mail form., railing from ono to twenty bale..
With a fair season, the crop of 1888 should b«
raised very cheaply, for the farmers, not having
capital to expend, nor oredit to borrow, will bo
obliged to lire within themselves, and under
these circumstances the price of the product of
their industry will return them u handsome re
coin penso tit their labor.
Tbo “receipts” of tbe crop thus far are per
plexing to statiatioianr, and figures can be made
to prove anything. The Atlantic States keep
pouring out Cotton at a rate to justify very high
estimates, while the Mississippi countrv and
Tcxaa are far behind even tho last season! Tho
opinion is growing that the Allantio States have
boon pressing forward their crops most freely
on the rise in price- from 15 to 18 cents, caused
but a small increase in the receipts at the Atlan
tic ports. Tho very wet weather which has
prevailed has no doubt cheeked arrivals at
interior depots, but a larger movement of the
stocks at these points was expected. The low
stage of water in tho Southwestern rivers is no
doubt partly the cause of these light receipts,
hut it is generally conceded that the crop in
those sections is very light. The arrivals
should bo very brisk during tbe present month
at all points, for if we receive less than 400,000
bales ia tbo fuurweekaof February, people will
begin to reduce estimates materially and act in
accordance.
telegraphic News.
Tbe Conventions.
GEORGIA.
Atlaxta, Feb. 13.—The Tenth Section
in the report of the Franchise Committee,
which allows all voters to he eligible to
office, was under debate. Trammell made
a strong speach against it when the Con
vention adjourned without taking action.
A caucus of thirty-nine members was
held this evening, at which it was agreed
not to support ratification before the people
should the Tenth Section pass.
NORTH CAROLINA.
Raleigh, February 13.—The Convention
to-day adopted a part of the article on the
Legislature apportioning Senatorial Districts.
It divides the State into fifty Districts, ap
portioning Senators exclusively on popula
tion, and does away with the property
qualification.
It also passed an ordinance allowing every
man, without regard to qualification, who
can prove his moral character and pay the
tax, free to practice law.
The Convention, having passed an ordi
nance to levy a tax upon the people or
property of the State to pay the mileage and
per diem of members, and to meet the ex
penses of the Convention.
General Canby has issued an order re
quiring the puhlic Treasurer of the State to
pay the same, upon the order of the Presi
dent of the Convention. It is understood
that Mr. Battle, tho public Treasurer, will
obey the order.
SOUTH CAROLINA.
Charleston, February 13—The Conven
tion has had a heavy day’s work.
Twenty sections of the new Constitution
have been adopted, making altogether fifty
three.
The Convention requested General Canby
to abolish District Courts.
It adopted a provision recognizing com
mon, public, and political c-quality, without
distinction of race or color.
FLORIDA.
Tallahassee, February 13.—The Con
vention to-day went into secret session.
Committee of tlie Whole passed a reso
lution summoning the colored delegate,
charged with delivering an incendiary pub
lic speech on the Bth. to appear at the bar
of the Convention on tho 14th, and show
cause why lie should not be expelled.
Articles of Constitution ,were taken up,
and but little progress was made. Uni
versal suffrage will probably be allowed;
no proscription for any but ante-war
causes.
The Billings’ party are in tribulation-
At a meeting in the African church, last
night, it is reported that violent speeches
were made, recommending death as a suita
ble punishment for members of the Con
vention who are opposed to the minority.
MISSISSIPPI.
Jackson, February 13 —The Convention
adopted the report of the Committee n Leg
islature—providing for the Legislature to
consist of a House of Representatives and
Senate, the members of the former to be
elected for two years, and the latter four
years.
Advices from the member sent to Vicks
burg announced that General Gillem has
tbe matter of tax under advisement,
A motion was made to telegraph Grant
that Gillem refused to collect the tax, aud
request that ho be ordered to do so. Ad
journed without action.
LOUISIANA,
New Orleans, February 13.—1n Con
vention to-day, Committee on the State
made an effort to take up and reconsider a
resolution voting thirty per cent, addi
tional pay. Judge Cooly spoke forcibly in
favor of reconsideration, representing what
the civil effect such legislation will have
upon the masses when voting for ratifica
tion, and demonstrating that there is no
necessity for this additional pay.
Mr. Regan, who offered the additional pay
resolution, spoke in defense of it in a very
important speech, in which he used many
personalities, and was called a liar by Whif
fles. Ihe reconsideration was lost by a vote
of 24 to 40.
A resolution was adopted providing !or a
Board of Registry, to consist of seven mem
bers of the Convention, whose duties are to
begin immediately after adjournment.
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Congressional.
Washington, February 13.— Senate.—
T.he bill declaring the bridges on the Mo
bile and Chattanooga Railroad a post road
—passed.
Iho ease of Thomas, Maryland Senator,
was resumed and discussed to adjourn
ment.
Ilousfr —l lie case of John Young lirown
was resumed. Brown plead his own caso.
He was rejected—loß to 43. Adjourned.
Washington Ito mg.
Washington, Feb. 13 Ineffectual ap
plications have been made at army head
quarters for Grant and Hancock’s corre
spondence.
Secretary Seward responds to tbe Ohio
Governor’s demand for the return of papers
ratifying the Constitutional Amendment,
that there is no law permitting the with
rawal of any documents from the de
partment at the request of an individual or
State; therefore, the order ratifying a D d
the one rescinding, will both remain on
file.
Iu the Reconstruction Committee to-day,
Stevens presented a resolution impeaching
the President for high crimes and misde
meanors. It was tabled by the following
vote: Yeas—Bingham, Paine, Bearman,
Huldurd, Republicans ; Brooks, Beck, Dem
ocrats. Nays—Stevens, Boutwell, Farns
worth. This is considered as a finality to
impeachment.
The Tennesseeans are hopeless of relieving
their roads from the operation of the legisla
tion proposed by the Southern Railroad
Committee.
The following was received to-day :
Montgomery, February 13.
lion. I). F. Patterson, Senator from Tenneteee:
Ratification has been defeated by over fifteen
thousand majority, IVbat is the prospect of
Sherman’s bill respecting Alabama f
D. li. Dalton,
Governor’s Secretary
The discontinuance of the Frecdmen’s
Bureau in Tennessee, Kentucky and Mary
land, occurs on Saturday. The contin
uance of tlie order is improbable.
General Meade telegraphs that it is not
sure whether Alabama lias accepted or
rejected the Constitution. He is investi
gating whether tlie polls were not opened
in certain counties. If not he will order
a special election.
The annual Deficiency bill lias become a
law, by a lapse of ten days.
Tlie President lias nominated Moses S.
Foote, Collector of Internal Revenue for
the first district of Alabama; also, for
distinguished courage, skill and ability
displayed during the war of the rebellion,
General Wm. T. Sherman is recom
mended to be General of the armies of the
Uunited States, by brevet.
Tlie President has called on Howard for
a list of Bureau functionaries, with the law
under which they arc employed.
A reliable letter from Beirut, Syria, re
ports General Breckinridge there, January
Ist, contemplating a journey through Syria l
Being asked about returning to America,
General Breckinridge said he had no wish
to become a martyr, and should not return
until lie could do so with safety, but that
no other country should become his home.
Tlie same letter states that Jacob Thomp
son, and several other loading parties in
tlie South during tlie late war, are wander
ing about Turkey.
The proposed appropriation bill reduces
tlie Federal representatives to Liberia and
Hayti from ministers resident to commer
cial agents and consuls general.
Fire,
Wilmington, Fob. 13.—At 9.45 p. m., a
disastrous fire was raging in Market street.
It originated in a store occupied by Chas.
Guthman. It is feared that tlie entire
block, bounded by Market, Front Dock and
Second street, will be destroyed.
[second distatch.]
Wilmington, Feb. 13, 10.30 p. The
fire is raging with uuabated fury, and
the following establishments are burned:
Clias. Guthman, clothing; R. S. Waldron,
dry goods; Dr. T. B. Carr, dentist; Drs.
Arrington A Eveiett, dentists: H. H. Mun.
son, clothing ; A. Wronski, dry goods ; C.
M. Vanorsdell, photographer; Wilmington
Post newspaper; Allen Evans, grocer.
One section of the block on fire is entirely
beyond control. Thought to he the work
of an incendiary. Impossible to form an
estimate of the io.-g. Telegraph operate!B
are getting ready to vacate their office.
From Mexico.
Galveston, February 13.—An arrival
to-day from Brownsville brings Mexican
news to tlie Bth.
A revolution is forming in Puebla in tlie
interest of Ortega.
Daylight robberies and kidnapping for
ransom are frequent.
General Diaz has resigned.
A telegraph line between San*Luis and
Matamoras is begun.
Corona was sent from Guadalajara, on
the 22d, to put down a revolution in Sina-
loa, Domingo.
Rubi Bendecard is Governor of Mexico
instead of Escobedo.
From Virginia.
Richmond, February 13.—General Scho
field lias addressed a circular to tobacco
inspectors, inquiring if they have taken
the oath prescribed by Congress for office
holders. None of them, it is believed,
have yet taken that oath.
News by Cable.
Paris, Feb. 13. — The La France reasserts
that Bismarck asked permission to resign.
Abyssinian advices represent Napier
pushing hostile forces and approaching with
skirmishers.
Brownlow’s Message.
Nashville, Feb. 13. —Brownlow’s mes
sage characterizes the concerted railroad
strikes as conspiracies against the State.
Elections.
Binghami'Ton, N. Y., Feb. 13.—Demo
cratic Mayor and majority of City Council
were elected for the first time in ten years.
Markets—By Telegraph.
t-'lnn ucin).
HAVANA, Feb. 13.—Sterling 10}all.
NEW YORK, February 13, Soon, —Sterling
9s<i9i. Gold 41 g. 6
NEW YORK, February 13, Ereiiing.—Gold
irregular at 140 j. Storling dull at Uov
ernmonts olosod dull.
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I’rmluce and other Market..
HAV ANA, Feb. 13. —Sugar dull and declining,
offers low, sellers refuse.
i.IVKHPOOL, February 13, Evening. —Cotton
closed easier. Sales, 10,000 bales. Uplauds, Sgd
on spot and B|d to arrive ; Orleans, Bj.
NEW YORK, February 13, Norm. —Cotton
quiet, 201u21c.
Flour a Bbade firmer. Wheat firm. Corn
steady. Rye quiet. Pork firm, $23.50. Lard
14a14j0. Naval Stares unchanged.
NEW YORK, February IS, Evening. —Cotton
9“ i *‘ and irregular. Sales 3,900 bale* at 20}a21,
chiefly 20J. ’
»n-w’^ t “ e A M^* 10 - 80 ' Wheat firm. Com
??, eh “B» <1 - Pork heavy. Rice firm—Carolina
I?*;; I *'- 9 th ®! qoiet. Turpentine
65a66 Roam $3.12Ja8.50. Tallow atoady—
Freight! quiet Colton, a«it, f.7-13; grain, iail,
qaf.tL T 2 E ’ F#braary 13 - Cotton
*'°“ r a nd““. a “ d “•changed. Wheat ateady—
good to choice Southern 70a85. Corn firm, but
acaroe—prune white and yellow 51.20a1.22. Oata
at 82. Ry. wanted atßoa7o. Proriafonl
Si Racon ahouldera llial!*; balk ihoul
aers 9§a9f.
CINCINNATI, February 13.—Meea Pork
at i< Sh ° Ulder * 10 *’ Cl ** r 13 *' Lard held
ST. LOCIS, February 13,-Flour quiet.
Corn alow at 84aS8c. Provisiona quiet. Meaa
Pork, $22. Shouldere, »}a»|; clear Sider, 12|a
13c. Lard dull at 13£c.
ea L „°J J ’ IS^ ILLE . February 13.—Superfine Flour
C ,°, rD > 7S»BOe. Lard, 14. Mesa Pork
*24. Shoulders, 10J; clear aides, 131 packed.
SAVANNAH, February 13.—Cotton opened
q “!u t L but stead y> with small inquiry. It closed
rVasV t J er ,oelin g- Middlings l»la20c. Sales
1,705 ba.es; receipts 3,288 bales—week, 21,775
•ales; export, f oreign )B|flß7 bales ; coastwise
b’ . !, eto « k 88,812 bales; uplands 2,366
bales , sea island sales 8,724 bales.
k..??—^ LBS^ 0N » February 13.—Cotton quiet
sales of h th« Sedi w ßaieß 200 ba!es Middlings at 20;
1 kT k ’ *’ 2so balos i recite of the
week, 8,650 bales ; exports, 5,838, of which 715
Continent; 5,123 coastwise; stock,
MOBILE, l'eb. 13.—Cotton, market unsettled
a “ d dul ‘ Sa| e a 7 ?° bale*- Middling nominal,
at 19&&20C. Receipts 1,776 bales. Exports 1.034
bales. *
Midd E itag.m EANS ' Feb - 13 - Cotto “
Sugar snd Molasses receipts very light, priceß
firm and unchanged.
Marine News.
CHARLESTON, February 13.—Arrived: Str.
Alliance, Philadelphia. Off the port, bark Mary
and Louisa, New York.
Sailed : Str James Adger, Now York.
SAVANNAH, February 13.—Arrived: Bark
King Bird and schooner A. F. Ames, from New
Yark.
Cleared : Steamer Gen. Barnes, for New York
glosiig o nr.
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