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J •! ■ ulir Columbus miuircf. YOL. XVI. COLUMBUS, GEORGIA, WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 2, 1874. NO. 204 TEBM8 or f hi jAILY, WEEKLY, AND SUNDAY mrgtmiut. T»«lw month*, in advtno* $8 00 Kit month*. “ 4 00 Three month*, “ 2 00 |One month, “ 7*e. Vekklt KMqmamm, on* y**r 2 00 8T 8*0010**, on* y**r 2 so day and Worn Emodibi* to- Hgethor, one ye*r ■'! 00 MniMiI*| Mm. tMn. I f«k, Ml, S«v I Month, •• Th* ■hot WM 6*» • (A “ ia oo “ 17 00 “ 90 00 “ ii 50 “ 25 00 year 4*2 00 above (i with the privilege of • chauga throo moutlia. Voi yearly card* a liberal die* psoat will be made. Weekly rate* will invariably be oiie*third Vrhen an advortieement ia changed more than MM In ihrue month* th* advertiser will be charg- #4 With the coat of coin poult ion. Foreign adver* (Hhmuit pu* aa do tl>oa« at home. ys? ", !. 8 ■ ■— j-g Waoooohee Valley. 8U«aMiu« runs*'* m* or THE TMVBU. ittl* D»HI Mm, **4 a Belter VudentandlDC Haw Bstotlac. r Enquirer-Sun:—As the smoke * from the battle-field, end the con- ut psuio hut yielded tu sober second t, we bear more “reliable” reports irning the late trouble* at Wacoo- r appears that no one waa killed; gro man and two women were three churches were burned— [ to th* blaoka, and all to- orth not mora than *«00. The Signed for Imrning is that the were holding secret political Minings in them. The nogroes were hot Milder arms, but disposed to peace. Good citizens in Waooochee And in ofi^gkugdjalmog neighborhoods deplore the Whole affair, add have expressed aym- pathj end offer to assist in rebuilding the ohu<h< It ii generally condemned at being an ) on civilization, and calculated to the minds of the blacks and hetr bitter passions. i country is peculiarly nervous and able at this time, and it requires All prndenco and good counsels of the i men of both colors to preserve peace | order in many places. I feel satihfied pneb can be accomplished in this di- Mr. Editor, this communication t the smell of politics in it, but it is Lin the interest of peace and good K The time has not yet arrived, un- ely, when the whites and blacks > the sauie ticket in onr State; in we have to liv* in the same Vand it U important for the peaoe r order of society that friendly re list— outside of politics—and this •Mb* the case, to a largo extent, without f*rty compromising principle or The masses of both colors de- Whenevei difficulties ooour I generally brought on by the rest- I turbulent of one or both colors, the churches burnt was under irsl oare of Rev. Auderaon Jack- 11 have known well for about ▼e years. He was the faithful >1. R. i. Mott. Since the war t a senlou*, laborious minister , E. Church of America. He is, l ever bean, a conservator of peaoe l order among his oolor in this unding sections. He has never i often been plied by persons Hnence. His reply has been, ‘T l of these things. I think I r duty, and I shall endeavor to > preach—to labor for the church dvation of souls." He should fraged by whites and blacks. If i mure such men all over this t would be well for it, »heard of the burning of John ob, he waa on his way to Friday evening. He was in able, not knowiug what would kt step. The next moruing early an interview with me. The | his mind was—what is best to cure a continuance of good neighborhood between tho f natural it would have been ve gone to work to iufUuie the black*. Not no. We l agreed on a course. Sitnul- id without our knowledge, hlubs of both colors (being in tendon) passed Home tesohitions—the whites expressing their disapprobation of the oailtct of those in burning the ohaftMp waring sympathy and aid wliea nseaamsy < the blacks, to remove suapi. *•»*«*'t». whites to attend their , wiping to show thorn that they arson and bloodshed. 'with a number of white bended at their church and oongregatiou of blacks on I wish all the nervous, les of both colors could int and witnessed the free < £p|erchango of friendly com- r of speeches by both derson Jackson offered g preamble and resolu- rising vote, was nnani- uiaimed that there was of civilisation, intelli- ;ion among the blacks of than found generally. We We can assure those who left their pleasant boarding place, near Smith's Station, under the panic, that we consider cur wivos, children, and proper ty safer here than elsewhere : “Whereas, There are iu Home portions of our country bad feelings and disturb ances between the whites and blacks, all of wbiob we, (a portion of the citizens of Lee county, Ala., living in the neighbor hood of Smith's Station and Mount Zion Church) greatly deplore; having in the past lived on good terms with the whites, and desiring that the tame state of things continue, and feeling assured that such is the desire of the whites, Resolved, That we will, by our acta tinuance of the pest confidence and good feeling between the blaoks and whites; “Resolved, That we reepectfully re quest the publication of this preamble and resolutions in the Enquirer-Sun, of Columbus, and Opelika papers." Chultulieochee County. According to previous announcement, the citizens of Chattahoochee oounty, Os., met in mass meeting at Consets, Saturday, August 29, 1874. On motion of Capt. D. C. Cody, Tho#. DeWolf, Esq., waa oalled to the chair, and J. H. Wooldridge requested to act an Sec retary. Hon. W. A. Farley, in a few brief and pointed remarks, explained the object of the meeting, viz: To take steps to nomi nate a candidate to represent the oounty in the next General Assembly. On motion of Capt. D. C. Cody, tbs cit izens present from the different Militia Districts were requested to get together, select three delegates each, and these del egates to make the nomination. Carried. Before all the delegates were selected, it was suggested by Col. H. Bussey, that, perhaps, it would be best to defer the nomination for the present, and let the District elect the delegates, send them up some future day, sod nominate. D. H. Yancey, Etq., agreed with Col, Bussey, and made a motion to that effeot. The vote was taken, and the suggestion lost. Dr. A. Raiford moved that so much of Capt. Cody’a motion as provides for the nominating by delegates be reconsidered and the meeting en masse proceed to the nominations; thia also lost. The following delegatee were enrolled, viz: Jamestown District—Thos. M. Adams, R. E. Shipp and J. H. Wool dridge ; Halloca Distriot—J. L. Roberts, B. W. Howard and Nathan Nelson; Big Sandy District—J. A. Lawson, Jaa. H. Jones and Hardy Boyola; Coleman Dis trict—1 homes Christian, John Hickey and A. D. Harp; Piueknot District—J A. Winchester, W. J. Weaver and J. E, Rowe; Gobler's Hill District—Peter Stephens, Starlin Dillord and W. N. Thompson; Cusseta District—A. Raiford. John Stephens and D. J. Shipp. The delegates retired to the Grand Jury Room, in a few momenta returned and announced that James Whittle was the nominee. The chair informed Mr. Whit tle of his nomination, whereupon Mr. Whittle aocepted in a nioa little speech, thanking the people for the confidence imposed upon him, pledging a faithful discharge of his duty to the oouuty and State if elected. On motion, the Secretary was requested to forward tho proceedings of the meeting to the Enquirer-Sun for publication, The best of feeling prevailed. Thos. DeWolf, Ch'im'n. J. H. Wooldridge, Sec'ty. A Mix-Ton Block of Bold Ore. Denver News, August 99.] A blook of gold ore, three feet wide, seven feet long, weighing 12,000 pounds, and worth several hundred dollars per ton, waa thrown out by a single blast, Friday, in the far-famed Gregory mine, which, ii is assumed, is the strongest and richest gold lode in the country. Efforts were made by the miners, aaystbe Central Register, to raise the enormous block to the surface intact, bat, even after it bad undergone a good deal of trimming, it was found too large to admit of being raised through the shaft, and too heavy to be safely entrusted to the hoisting appa ratus. The mass waa then so shattered as to destroy itH value aa a apeoimen. THE NEW UDl.n BEUION. HOW AND WHERE GOLD WAS FOUND. The correspondent of the New York Tritune who accompanied General (’lis ter's expedition through the Black Hills country, gives the following account of the discovery of the gold regiou: THE FIRST OOLD. Here, on the 20th of July, we found lao the first good evidences of quartz rook. Our miners’ expirience chimed in with the nurmiee of the geologist. They begau to prospect here, but did not find the glittering encouragement they sought. The disoovery further on of largo quanti ties of feldspathio and granite rocs, aud ledges of gold-beating quartz, which, with alternation of mica reptaURl *P 1 ■ Uipustm onr miners to work still more dilligently. What they most noedod was not a field bnt an opportunity. The dis covery of gold was not the prime object of the expedition, and the other interests of the exploration could not be entirely sacrificed to the incidental one. Our marches were so long that after getting into camp tho miners had but little time to search. However, they made good use of their time, and worked with u patient aud commendable industry. The Right of gold-bearing quartz to an old miner kindles hopeful ardor which is not easily discouraged. At lastthis hope and patience were more tangibly rewarded. On the 510th of July we halted about noon in a pleasant valley schist, —As the 8th of Decenfber approaches, the transit of Venus becomes more and more a theme for newspaper and conver sational oomwent. We believe that nearly fifty observing parties are already at their several posts, erecting observations and placing their instruments in position. These phenomena are chiefly useful in de termining problems of celestial distance. The exact distance of tho sun is still un determined with that accuracy which astronomical science requires. After this transit, the nett will ooour iu December, 1882, and the next in June, 2004. It is somewhat remarkable that the year of the last transit, 1709, gave birth to twelve of the most remarkably men that ever lived—Napoleon Bonapart, Duke of Wel lington, Marshal Soult, Marshal Ney, Sir Mark Brunei, the engineer of the Thames tunnel, Mehemet Ali, Sir Thomas Law rence, Castlereagb, Cuvier, Humboldt, Chateaubriand, and Turner, the painter. —In one of the recent Indiana Con gressional Nominating Conventions the ballot was: Whole number of votes, 102 ; necessary to a majority, 82; A. B., 81 j; C. D., 80$. It was deeided, after a de bate, that 81$ was a “majority," and the nomination was declared. A similar case iu Iowa last week was decided in the same way. within ten miles of Harney s Peak. One of our miuers took bis pan, went to the stream, and washed out a pan or two of earlh taken right from the grass roots. There waa gold there, but it was merely a color, requiring careful manipulation and an experienced eye to find it. The few glittering grains, with a slight res due of earth, we<e carefully wrapped up in a small piece of paper and put in the miner’s pooketbook. It wus siuip’y an earnest of wliat was to come. The dis covery announced created a good deal of interest but little commotion; not half the excitement, indeed, that the blooming exuberance of Floral Valley produced, Perhaps many were still incredulous. The next day the expedition remained in camp, and the miners had a chance to renew their t-eurch. The result was the discovery of a good bar, yielding from five to seven cents per pan, which could easily be made to pay if water wero more plentiful there. On the succeeding day the expedition made a march of but five miles, and found another excellent camp, in which Gen. Custer deeided to remain for four or five days. Ross and McKay, in a literal sense, found this their golden opportunity. Along the creek, running down the valley, very good colors were found in the loose dirt, none of which were worth less than half a cent a pan, and 6ouie worth three or four cents. A hole waa sunk in a promising bar to the depth of six feet. Water iutruded and embarrassed the work, but the earth pan ned out as high as ten cents. The miners were not able to reach the bed rook on account of the water. An examination of the gulch for two or three miles showed tho existence of a succession of gold bars of equal, and sornfc perhaps of greater value. Time proved insufficient,however, to test them all, or yet to define tho limits of the gold belt even in this special lo cality. VALUE OF THE GOLD YIELD. To one unacquainted with the details and methods of mining, the discovi ry of a gold field yielding anywhere from eight to fifteen cents a pan may not seem a very valuable disoovery. It depends altogeth or, however, on the constancy and uni fortuity of the yield, and the facility with which it is worked. Many an old miner will prefer a digging which yields ten cents a pan, to one which yields a dollar a pan, aud will justify his preference by making ten times as much in a day at the former, as he or any one else could make at the latter, the difference being that in one place it is rook, and tho soil is excavated with difficulty, while in the others the pans are easily filled. Where the soil permits, a miner can shovel into a sluice 1,500 pans a day, which, at ten cents a pan, would yield $150 to the man. This is considered a pretty rich yield. The last pans taken out on Custor Gulch —for so the miners call it—averaged teu cents a pan, but this was from the richer bars. The general yield would average less. Mr. Ross is of the opiuioo, how ever, that the gulch where the hole was sunk would yield $50 a day to the man, and in some places $75. At the upper bar of the creek, there are not five inches of water. By cutting across the stream and putting in a dam, the miner could then get to the bed rock without much difficulty. Thus far through wo have fouud large quantities of quartz on the surface; no gold-bearing ledges have been found. Our miners feel sanguine, however, tliut they exist in the hills, but they have neither had the time nor the machinery to prose- oute the search. For miners of small cap ital placer mines such as those discovered offer tlia most inducement and are attend ed with the least risk. The cost of ma chinery and outfit of a quartz mine would not bo less $50,000. For a placer mine all that is needed is a pick, pan, spade and whip-saw. Thu sluice boxes are easily tde. The remainder of the expeuse in curred is for personal outfit. It is ukuuI for three or four miners to club together, the division of labor diminishing the ex pense aud increasing the profits. EXTENT OF THE OOLD AREA. It is hardly possible to speculate with accuracy on the extent of the gold field. As already remarked, our miners have had no such opportunity to explore ns would have been afforded were the country free from Indians, and the time of the expedi tion less limited Many valleys lying ut right angles to or ruuuiug parallel with the course of the expedition were left un noticed, though apparently bn fuvorable for prospecting as Custer Gulch. In the Utter place, so far as tested, tho gold sec tion had an extent of fifteen miles, run ning some eight or nino miles below camp, and about five miles nbovo. In u stretch of about ten miles along the creek our miners report nearly a hundred bars, iu some places three or four bars to the mile, in others eight or ten. Those bars were not all “prospected," and those tested wore not uniform iu yield. STAKING OUT CLAIMS. An old man and his wife who came m by the Central road yesterday morning, saw about thirty hecks et the door of the depot, and about thirty bookmen shouting ‘Hack ! ’ at them. The man took it all as a high compliment, and turning to the old lady he>aid, I‘tell you, mother, they think we ere something great, or they’d never had all these carriages down here to meet us. I wonder how they knew we was ooming?’ ''—Detroit Free Free*. intend to work the same as soon as peace- aide possession can be had of this portion of tho Territory by the General Govern ment. And we tlo hereby locate the above claims in accordance with- the laws of Dakota governing the mini eg district*.’’ Ft-rhaps if this notice were translated into Sioux, and copies sent to Red Cloud and Two Bears, this announcement would create more of a sensation than it is likely to make in Wall street. At present the Black Hills are included in the Indian reservation, and are not eligible to white Bottlers; but sooner or later, say the claimants, the Government must remodel the treaty And open the doors to the white man. We IcelMd Millennial. It is a common saying in Northern couutrios that “God created the world but the devil made Iceland." The prov erb forcibly expresses the bleak desola tion of the land. A fringe of greenness about a dark and gloomy conglomeration of sterile valleys and steep cliffs comprises the habitable portion of Iceland and sup ports its population of 70,000. The in :erior of the island consists of dreary and unsightly wastes of lava, filled with rifts and ttasurea, broken up by steep ham* mocks and rugged mountain heights, in stinct with voTeanio energies. Here and there Rome spots of fertile soil afford grass and water, and make possible travel across the interior, iustesd of a oironit by the coast, but in the strip of territory along thd coast consists the domain of the Icelandic nation. Here they pasture the flocks from which they obtain the wool whiab is one of their staple articles of export, and from here conduct the ex tensive fisheries from which they derive their chief sustenance and commerce. Although nurtured in this stern end in hospitable climate, aud dwellers upon a soil too sterile to yield mnoh reward to labor, the character of this people it dignified by mauy fine qualities and ele vated .virtues. Their type of national character in Homeric in its simplicity and diguity. They cannot be said to be poor, as what they deem the comforts of life are within the reach of all of them who are industrious. There is no repressing degrees of social caste among them, and the industrious servant of the farmer marries his daughter and rears his family with the same habits of industry and vir tue. Nor are they ignorant or unrefined, but, on the contrary, a strong love of knowledge is characteristic of them, They cherish a high national pride, which manifests i'self in a familiar knowledge of their history and literature. Books obtain their greatest value among them ; their condition of life so abridges their enjoyments that they make the most of those they have ; so that their reading is thorough and exact, find the matter it con- veys well digested and assimilated to their understanding. A vein of poetry and ro mance overlays their sterner qualities, and they hold their scalds and sagas in high honor. Tho Scandinavian mythology is familiar to them, and it9 wild and roman tic legends have for them significance and meaning. Their language is peculi arly musical and adapted to poetic use, and poetic talent ih common among them. Even the schoolboys are informed of their history to the minutest dot 41, end while probably entirely ignorant of Christopher Columbus, will tell you of the discovery of America by Leif Ericaon in 1001. The national character was strikingly displayed in their celebration of their milleuial anniversary, which began on the 2d instant, continuing several days. The Republic of Icoland was first organized in 874, so that this year completes the mil- lenimu of its national existence. The aucient Republic wus betrayed to Norway in 1241, and passed under its rule in 12(54. By the uuiou of Denmark and Norway in 15180, its sovereignty passed to Deumark, where it has since continued, and the feeling of loyalty is very strong among the Icelanders, although they detest the Danes. The millenian anniversary was signalized by a visit from King Christian of Denmark aud the promulgation of a new constitution, by which Iceland se cures local independence and release from the taxation of Denmark. The first day’s oelobration consisted of a visit by the King to the Cathedral in Reikiavik, where, after a sermon, a noble anthem, both music and words, composed by Ice landers in honor of the day, wua sung with remarkable power and sweetness, the emotions of the audience responding to the words, so that tears of joy flowed down their cheeks. Later in the day a banquet to the King was given, in which be gave the first toast to the honor of old Iceland in the true Norse style. As he touched the goblet to his lips, the oannon boomed and the people cheered. Iu the eveuing the people of the town gathered at a hill near by, and songs and speeches closed the day. Bayard Taylor contributed a fine ode, “America to Iceland," which was rendered into Icelandic by one of their poets and snug on tho occasion. For several day* the celebration contin ued, marked throughout by a dignity and simplicity surrounding it with more true grandeur than could have been conveyed by tho greatest pomp or elaboration of display.—Baltimore American. SOUTH CAROLINA. Patterson And Hie Riflemen Charleston, September 1.—The Sac* amt Courier referring to Senator Patter son's application to the Provident f<*r troops to suppress an apprehended out break, says there are at this time iu South Carolina some twenty-eight Hoini*uiilitnry organizations. They may be called rifle clubs, iussmuch as most of the members on parade bear arms of some kiud. Eighteen of these clubs are in Charles ton, and have been in course of formation for the past eight years. The remaining olubs have been receutly formed iu places where the loaders of the uegroes have been especially turbulent and threatening. The avorage number of men iu eaoh club does not oxoeod fifty, and there is no battaliou or brigade or ganization, nor have the clubs any com mon commander; instead, therefore, of 25,009 armed and disciplined white sol diers, of whom Senator Patterson speaks, who have at utmost 1,500 uudrillcd and unmobilized members of rifle clubs, mauy of whom are without serviceable wea pons, and have no aiuunitiou. There is, however, in every county, an armed forco that, strangely enough, Senator Pattersou forgets to mention. It ia the uational guard of the State, otherwise the nuilitiu, which is oomposed exclusively of negroes, is fully armed and equipped by the State, aud is offioered by the moat unscrupulous Radical politiciana, such as the Colonel Jones,whose pranks iu Georgetown lately, are known to the oountry. There ia no danger of auy disturbance in South Caro lina, unless it be brought on by tho haranguing of Senator Pattersou and coll color Workington. TKLKMKAPIIIC MOT KM. uothiug below low middling, shipped Sep. teiubor and October, 8; do do, whipped October aud November, 8; do do, deliver able September and October, 7 15-115. . Sale-4 of shipments of new orop, on ha- of Po.Htuiaster General. i sis of middling uplands, nothing below —A lioudon dispatch rajs there was a good ordinary, 8. heavy gale off the coast at noou yester- ' 3:30 p. m.—Of sales to-dsy, 5,400 bales By TKi.Kou.vrn to EsuuniKR-Srft.] —Grant ha< returned to Long Branch. —Gen. Jewell has ORNumed the position MISSISSIPPI. THE TERRIBLE ETHIOPIAN. ALL QUIIT ALONO THE MISSISSIPPI Washington, Sept, 1.—Gen. Adams, of —Yesterday a fire iu tho business ceutre of Mobile destroyed property to the amount of forty thousand dollars. —Commodore Belknap reports in fAvor of a Pacific cable. The greatest depth souuded*waa two aud u holt miles. —Secretary Bristow him called iu fifteen millions of fivu-twunty bonds, showing a deereoso for August of half a million. —There is now sixteen millions in cur rency iu the Uuited States Treasury, and one million in ooiu. —Marshall Jewell took the oath of office and entered upon the duties of Post master General yesterday. —Mount .Efua him been iu a state of eruption since Saturday. Streams of lava are pouring from three craters. —A fire at Lebanon. Ohio, yesterday destroyed the Cong regal ionnlmt Chnroh aud several thousand dollars' worth of property. —Donaldson, the balloonist, passed over Philadelphia yesterday, with six newspaper men Attached to his car. The wiud was blowing stiff. —The negro who outraged a little girl near Harrisburg, Fenu., waa yesterday taken oat of tho bauds of the authorities by n number of mnskod men and riddled by bullets. —The Great Eastern has paid out 822 nautical milea of tho Anglo-American Company’s new cublo, uud ull was going on well, although a hard northeast gale had been blowing for thirty-six hours. —Several regiments havd boon sent to Sicily because of the iuorcused brigandage and general lawlessness. Coiirt-martiala huvo been established for tho prompt pnuishuient of offenders. —Tho committee of the National Cot ton Exchange to establish Rtuidard classi fications of cotton for the Uuited States are in ►easion in New York. Their Mis sions are secret. —Yesterday, in New York, seventeen females and ten males wore jailed for American. Liverpool, September 1.—Sales 10,000, speculation and export 2,000. AuouaTA, September l.—Cotton quiet; middlingn 15|; net receipts 19; sales 52; atock actual oount 5,488. Galveston, September 1.—Steady; mid dlings lti; low middlings 15; net reoeipts 151; sales 150. Charleston, September 1.—Dull and easier; middlings 15$; low middlina 14$, good ordinary 14$; net receipts 122; aalea 150. Boston, September 1.— Quiet; middlings 17$; sales 800. Norfolk, September 1.—Firm and ac tive; low middlings 15; net receipts 1512. Philadelphia, September 1.—Quiet; middlings 17; low middlings Iff; good or dinary 15; uet receipts 27. Savannah, Sept. l.—Firut; fair mid dlings 15§, low middlings 15$, good ordi nary 14}; net reoeipta 2H4; aalea 3ff5, stock, actual oount, 48(58. New Oelranh, Sept, 1.—Quiet; mid dlings iff}; net receipts C; sales 8(H); last evening *400. Mobile, Sept. 1.—Quiet ; limited de mand; middlings 1(1: net reoeipta 29; aalea 75; stock, aotnal count, 2981. “cancanning" at (lie Broadway Theatre. . . . ... .. .. „ i [Now, if anybody will tell us oxaotly wbat Vickabnrg, report* that the remilt .if the j l . Vuu ^ nulIl ^. ih ’ wu hlwl , kl)nw ttU .l,uut eleotion in that city has had a great effeot. tbiH important matter.] The white people in tho exposed sect ions feel oafer in their homes, ami the colored people seem more incliued to accord equal rights to the white people, where the col ored happen to have a majority. ’This is undoubtedly an echo from the very highest quarters. Representative men hare state that where the colored people are in the minority there is no trouble, and that where the blaoks pre dominate tho whites are very patient under aggressions to which the hlaeka are arged by bad white men. TAB WORLD*! POSTAL CO NO REM. representation or THE united STATES. Washington, September 1.—Dr. Mac donald, Superintendent of tho Money Order Bureau, has declined the appoint ment as one of the delegates to the Postal Congress, which meets at Berne, Switzer land, on the 15th inst. The reason for the declination is the large increase of money transactions at this spasou, which does not admit of absenoe for tho longth of time he would necessarily be engaged abroad. Mr. Rambusch, a clerk in the Foreign Mails Bureau, has been appointed in hia place as assistant delegate to ac company Mr Blackfan, Superintendent of that Bureau, who will represent the United 8tates. The Congress will be com posed of the Heads of Post Office Depart ments of all the nations of Europe, with the exception of Englaud, who sends her Assistant Secretary. The object is to con sult, and simplify and reduce the rates, and make uniform tt)e exchange of cor respondence between all nations. ■ARK SMITH. death ov the noted actou—resolutions Of LOTUS CLUB. New Yobk, September 1.—A memorial meeting, in houor of the late Mark Smith, the actor, was held this evening iu Booth's Theatre, and at which were present many members of the theatrical, literary, legal, and other professions. Resolutions eulogistic iu character wero read, and were offered by the members of Lotus Club, with which the deceased had been oouneotod, and addresses sustaining them were delivered. A series of resolu tions, expressing regret at the loss they had sustained, and sympathizing with the wife and ohildreu to the late Mark Smith, were read and adopted. Addresses were —The ship Sierra Nevada, of Boston, which was destroyed by tire on her voyage from Liverpool to San Francisco, was a fine new vessel, built ut Kennehiiuk lust fall, uud won valued at $100,000 ; insured in Boston for $80,000. She belonged to Thayer, Lincoln and others. —Tho sixty days’ notico of tho Freed man's savings Bank expired Saturday, bnt the affairs remain unchanged aud busi ness still suspended. Thu commissioners to wind up iis’ affairs are busily engugod in collecting the assets aud loans of the bank. They declaro that wheu twenty per cunt, is collected a dividend will bo paid to the depositors. KENTUCKY* DKMOCnATIO MAJORITY 70,000. Louisville, September 1.—The Demo cratic majority for Clerk of tho Court of Appeals is nearly 70,000. Texas Didn't Want Them. Washington, September 1.-—It is not quite fully confirmed that six white men, arrested as leaders on turbulent negroes near Coushatla, La., uud rcloosed upon condition that thoy should leave the Statu, wero taken by their escort across the border by Texans, who did uot want them iu Texas, aud kil ed them. THE W 95 ATM 15 It. Dkuahtmknt of War, ) Washington, September 1, 1874. j VrobabUitien.—During Weduosday, over tho South Atlantic uud Gulf States, risiug barometer, N. E. to S. E. winds, and generally clear weather with alight chaugei iu temperature. CROCERIE8. IL F. ABELL A CO? IIAVK JU.T HR0KIVKI. Cream Ch****, Pin* Apple Che***, N*w M*«k*r*l In kit*, FUur from N*w Wheat, Oat Meal, Ry* Flour, Wh**t and Corn Grit*, Canned Fruit* and M**t*, Cider Vinegar BOo per gal., K*roten* Oil, 40o gallon, Sugar of all grade*, Colfaa, Rica and Craokar*. All fiarfliMft delivered. tola™ ir li>w |nir«n. Ciom A Ulnckwoir# FUkeU, nil kiud*. Extr* Clinic* Klu, Old Government J*v« mid Mmdio Cnffuo. lloMtfil Coffin*. Beat brsuda llama and Brenkfaat 8(rl|»a. HI. Louis 1’uml Urlta, M lb for $1. Illat kwtdra Durham Smoking Tobacco, 7ftu It*. I.orillard’a llrigbt aud Dark Coutury Uliowing Tobacco. Ml’a Extra No. 1 Karoaouu Oil, 40c Y gadou. ia Older Vinegar, 5Uc Y ROB’T S. CRANE, . ^•‘21 __ (fob! dlitn] Truaton. THE WHOLESALE Grocery House J. & J. KAUFMAN, Tux Plymouth Church Committee ex culpated Beecher, as extracts from their report have show n But poor Mrs. Tilton did uot fare so well at their hands. The following extract front their report dis- poBuH of her wry ourtly, and we Ihink ' > Jeliverad. hy evMajor A. Onkl„y I (Ml unmercifully : ! »>>d otheis. not for tho committee to defend Though the announcement of the dis covery of gold created less excitement than might have been expected, a score of teamsters aud wagon-masters were provident enough to locate claims iu Cus ter Gulch, and recorded their priority in the following paper: “Custer (rulc/i, lllack Hills, D. 7’., August R.—Notice in hereby given that I inKton we, tho undersigned claimants, do claim j 4,000 feet, commencing at No. 8, above —In Kansas at discovery, and running dow to No. 12, be- | ialature is called low disoovery. for mining purposes, anddo are suffering from grasshoppers. tbo course of Mrs. Tilton. Her conduct upon auy theory of human responsibility, is indefensible. Our hope is that it may bo mado clear, as the testimony affords much reason to believe it may be, that this distressed woman was so besot by her designing husbnud, when in a state of mind differing little if at all from men tal aberration, brought on by illness aud domestic sorrow ana gloom, as to induco her. at least passively, to make a charge of improper udvaucos by Mr. Beecher. But when her attention was pointedly called to the great wrong sho had done she quickly took it back in sorrow and penitence. Dr. Corry, who is eminent and has had large experience in mental diseases and phenomena, says: “Such conduct on the part of Mrs. Tilton, when subjected to the influences referred to, is even consistent with an honest mind." Indiana ■urrandersd. Washington, September 1.—A dispatch from Caddo, Indian Territory, states that Issnoucka and his band, who bad joioed the hostile braves, have surrendered to Gen. Davidson, given up their arms, and marched with the troops to Fort Sill, where they will await orders from Wasb- iMMiuii iriov. AN KKOLISAMAN ON A 1'HOSI'ECT NO TOUR. New Yoke, bep e <i'<er 1.—Arthur Clay- den, intimately associated with Joseph Arch in his efforts to raise tho condition of the agricultural c1«ss.js in Euglund, has arrived here, and will m.«ke a personal in spection of the most promising sections of the oountry for iuimigrants. The re sult of hia exnui nation of Cauada last year os a field of immigration was uot favorable. CUyden sails for Norfolk, Va. Maw risrlda Lighthouse. Washington, September 1.—Notice is giveu that on aud after October 15th a light will be ahown from the lighthouse reoontly erected at the north end of Au- aatacia Island, Florida. The light will be MARKETS. BY Tt5LI5t*’ltAI*II TO KNOUIKKR. Hoary aud Ntook HurkeU. London, September I.—Consols 92}a 92j{. Erie 82^a5R. Street rate 7*1(5 be low bunk. New York, September 1.—Stocks ac tive and firmer. Money 2 per cent. Gold 109§. Exchange—long 487$; short 490, Governments dull and steady. State bonds quiet and nomiual. New Yoitu, September 1.—Money oasy at 2h2$ per cont. Sterling heavy and lower at 7. Gold steady at 109£al09j|. Governments dull and steady. State bonds quiot and nominal. Provision Markets. Cincinnati, September 1. —Flour steady. Corn steady at 70h755. Pork quiet und firm at $25ta29 50. Lard firm; summer 14$. Bacon firm and scarce— shoulders 9$; clear rib 13$n£; clear 14. Whiskey active and higher with advan cing tendency, at 98. Louisville, September 1.—Flour un changed. Corn quiet and unchanged at 7ta78. Pork dull and lower ut $28. Ba con firm-—shoulders 9j, clear rib 18^,clear 14. Lard Iff. Whisky 98. Kt. Louis, September 1.—Flour quiet and unchanged, Corn scarce; offerings light; No. 2 mixed ff8u7(). WbLkey steady at 98. Pork $28 0()u2t 00. Bacou firm; small lots 9£al0; shoulders 18$al3jj; clear rib 155’; clear hides 11. Lard tin* chuuged. 4'otton Msrkftta. New Yoiik, September 1. —Cotton wosk and irregular; sales 4551 bales; up lands iffj; Orleans 17$. Futures opened easy; September 15$a 9-Iff; October 15.!n5-lfi; November 158-1(5 BllS*. New York, September 1.—Opening Liverpool market uiissiug. New Yobk, Koptenibor 1.—Cotton weak; sale* 811 bales at lff]al7$; net receipts fixed white, varied by flashes every three : 105 bales. minutes. The light should bo soon in i Futures closed steady; halos 2.>,100, as . lL . i , i i follows: September 15 19-542aS ; October ol**r WMlher from the deck of a vew.l I8 |, 18 . 84 . November IS 0 32.11:12; D*. fifteen t—t above the sea nineteen nauti- oember 15 11-320}; Januury 15 7-10al5.32; cal miles. The structure is one-fourth of j February 15 U-lffa23-32; March 15 15-lffa a mils southwest, three-fourths south April 16$; May 1(5$. .from the tower, and the same distance , Luebpool, September 1, 2:00 p.m.— r*5^=nofth* w . “ y g , z to ralieve the piople who ®* 1 *“ tom < * D<1 P 1 *®** * n «ot»gon»I liveable in September, 7 15-10. U [ be*# of briok *nd iro . 8.1e» on b*ei* of middling upland., No. 14 and 16 Broad St., Columbus, Ga., KKM* tOMHTiJm.Y UN HANU AHOIIT 100,000 pound* Bioon. 500 barrel* Flour. From 100 to 200 barrel* fugar. 100 bag* Coif**. From 100 to 200 barrel* Syrup. 200 barrel* Whltkey. 200 box** Tobacoo. 500 “ Soap. 200 " Candle*. 100 barrel* Lard. 50 “ Mackerel. 500 **ckt Silt. SOtlrro** Rlc*. 500 r**m» Wrapping Paper. 100 ca*e* Potaih. 100 “ Sardine*. 100 “ Oy*t*r*. 100 “ Pickle*. 100 box** Candy. 100 “ Staroh. lOOfroRH I'urlor Matehee. 1,000 pound* Lortllard’a ttnuff. 90,000 Clears. 1,000 pounds tireeu and Black Tea. 900 bags of Shot. 100 boxes Soda aud Yaaujr Crackers. 100 " Cheese Iu season. 00 barrels Vinegar. 90 casks Healeh Ale. 100 dosen Woodsn Backets. 100 dosen Brooms. trsd« by tit a package, aa low aa h offer to the trad* by tl . other Jobbing House In Ibe Uuited fitat > aprlG tint J. A J. KAUFMAN. Piquets and I.nwns VNHY OUNAI'. PEACOCK A SWIFT.