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ATLANTA, TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 30.
Frost in Petersburg,' Virginia, on. the morning of
<be 18 th.
'‘Some of the Radical newspapers are talking of
and Booth for 1878.”
I Am advance ofjten cent* on flour and five cents on
Suin' freights from St. Louis eastward took effect on
4he»th.
It Was Voltaire who said: “Ideas are like heard;
' mtedonlv get them when they are grown np, and
WMBOtt never have any.”
A Western paper says of the air, in Its relation to
Mt«n, that “it kisses him and blesses him, but will not
obey him.’” Pco; Dehba says that description suits
Lin wife exactly.
The New York Journal of JCommerce suggests the
use of aluminum instead of silk for balloons, asserting
that with an aluminum envelope above him, the
■aeronaut might float about for weeks or mouths.
The Tidlcnte Journal publishes a table of the ntim
-ber of wells in that district in the ytars 1872 and 1873.
■It shows that In January, 1872, there were 257; In
August, the same year, there were 292; in August,
-this year, £00, thus show’ng a decline of 92 In one
year.
Frederick William, Elector of Hesse .Cassel, has
formally recognized and consented to the annexation
of his territory to Prussia, and renounced his right of
property in the revenues of the electoiate. Iu coni'
pensation for which the Prussian Government has
granted him an annuity of 2,000,000 thalers. .
A recent writer says that the Jspatese make no dis.
Unction between moral and mental science, and very
little between ethics and etiquette. To them educa
tion is morals. A cultured man is, in their view, of
necessity a moral man. They say it is not polite to lie,
to cheat, or to be angry.
A first-class tenor in Hew York receives three
t thousand dollars. That is given by Christ Church
and other churches. A basso gets nearly the same
sum. A soprano commands even a higher salary,
. and an alto can manage to obtain quite a comfortable
little addition to the week’s income. It Is a good
thing, therefore, in many ways to know howto sing
and have a voice.
■ According to an official return just published,
•during the first half of the current year 5,186 horses,
mules or donkeyshave been eaten in Paris; that is to
say, 884.810 kilogrammes (about two pounds each) of
meat, exclusive of heart, liver, brains, tongue, etc.,
which are eaten in the same way as those of oxen,
During the first six months of 1870 (before the war)
■1,992 each animals were slaughtered In the French
- capital, and only 893 in the corresponding period of
1667. The same Increase of conanmption has. It ia
. stated, taken place In the provinces.
The Woman’s Journal remarks that “the Boston
-training school far nurses is now so far advanced that
- the superintendent of the proposed school has gone
to Hew York to benefit by a few months’ training In
■ the BellevueHotpital school there. Here the work of
-training nurses will begin at the Massachusetts gene-
■jal hospital, iu which two wards have been assigned
.lor the work. The first ot November Is the time
fixed for beginning the school and the committee are
now sendlDg out their circulars for pupils.” _■
Gen. Newton, on Tuesday of last week, fired a blast
of nitro-glycerine in the rocks of Coenties reef In the
Bast River. The report shook the lower part of the
.city. Eleven thousand pounds of nitro-glycerine,
-qqual to 100,000 pounds or gunpowder, had been de-
t .posited in the drilled holes, and a spark from the
— electric battery Dlew into the air a volume of
- water and volley ol rocks and boulders which re
., gembled the eruption of a volcano. Tho water towered
up in the shape of a cone, and fell in beautiful sprays,
Oa recedii g there was a heavy swell; the waves
dashed against the anchored vessels as In a storm at
sea. After the explosion the boatmen on the river
.picked up a large number of fish and two dead shark.
mines Nicholas Paul Chorles Eaterhazy, on’y son
-of the famous owner of the diamond coat, has com
mitted suicide. He was fifty-six yeare old, and
leaves several children. The Eiaterhazys rank
among the highest nobles In Austria, and in addition
to their other wealth, had Immense landed possessions
In Hnngsry. Prices Pan], the father of the man who
Ass just put an end to his own life, was fearfully ex-
Hemry Clows Sc Co. Suspended.
The telegraph tells us that our old Georgia
f rien ds in the Bollock bonds have suspended
We told Clews to let alone these bonds.
They brought Bullock to grief. They put a
quietus on the irrepressible Blodgett. They
have floored sundry and divere folks. And
now Henry goes down amid the crash. It
is very sad. Many will weep. Bullock and
Blodgett will weep in sympathy.- Now let
your tears be Shed.
The Financial Clash in New York.
General Austell has just returned from
New York and gives us many interesting
particulars of the financial crash in New
York. He says that the trouble is confined
exclusively to the dealers in railroad and
other speculative stocks. The material
business of the country is unassailed, and
solid merchants are uninjured.
There may be an occasional wounded
man to give up the financial ghost, but he
thinks the force of the.storm is broken, and
things will begin to improve. He also argues
ultimate benefit to the solid business of the
country in the final reversion of the large
amount of capital to the legitimate avenues
of business that has so long been diverted to
illegitimate channels, such for instance as
unprofitable railroad schemes.
The General says that the excitement in
New York was delirious. It was the stormy
upheaval of a great city.
Oar dispatches confirm General Austell’s
views as to the main crisis being over. The
hankers express their opinion that the worst
has been seen. It is true that the remoter
effects of the storm are begin
ning to be seen. In Petersburg,
Virginia, several banks have suspended. In
New Jersey a locomotive establishment has
closed. Bat off in the South and West no
trouble is apprehended save some monetary
stringency for a while. Backed as the South
is by a splendid cotton crop, and the West
by a great grain crop, and with little pecu
niary interest in the Northern banks, at pres
ent, the two powerful sections ol the South
and West are comparatively easy.
It will be observed that only about four
millions of bonds have been offered for sale
and bought by the government. Also, that
the banks issued Some five millions of loan
certificates, bnt that only one-half were
needed yesterday. These facts would indi
cate that the real scarcity of money is not so
great as was supposed. Otherwise more
bonds would have been offered in order to get
money. ,
Our people here have no cause whatever
for alarm, and if they will be patient under
temporary money stringency the flurry will
soon blow over without affecting ns, save in
the end perhapa beneficially.
•travagant, and so impaired hi* revenues that _onj his
•death a few years ago, ths family jewels were sold anil
,» part of the rtvennes of his realeBtatebeldto satisfy
<the demands or his creditors.lHe was for a time
ItinUter at the British conrt, and his son married
daughter of the Earl of Jersey. She died twenty
.years ago.
nag~The total gross weight of the cotton
•crop of 1872 and 1873, was 3,930,508 hales,
weighing 1,824,020,023 pounds.
The Catholtc College—Literal Dona
tions
We learn from the best authority that the
•Hon. A. H. Stephens, oar representative in
■ Congress, has generously subscribed five
.hundred dollars towards the new Catholic
College, which it is proposed to build in
-Georgia. General Robert Toombs, with
•whom Bishop Gross is stopping in Washing
-on, Wilkes county, has promised to give as
-much as Mr. Stephens. The amount neces
sary to complete the full sum required to
build the college is being gradually realized
And there is no doubt bnt that the whole of it
<will be secured at no distant day. The col
lege will certainly be built. It will be an
honor to the State when completed, and will
reflect great credit upon Bishop Gross, to
whose untiring zeal and energy the success
met with in obtaining contributions is mainly
xlne.—Augusta Chronicle.
"Xtae Value of Newspaper* to a City.
In another column will be found a state*
f ment that Major Lewis, of Alabama, has
come to 'Atlanta prospecting for investment
on account of the good impressions of the
• city he received from reading The Sunday
^.-Constitution of the 14tb.
This fact points out a great truth, viz.
' that a city spends no money more remuner-
atingly than that she deyotes to sustaining
her newspapers. Nothing so symbolizes her
condition as her press.
A large-handed prosperity is typified in
flourishing journals. Newspapers are the
means of communication with the outside
world, and the evidences of active trade and
.pushing enterprise. They are a daily photo
graph of a city’s business and her condition
"They help more than all other instrumental!
ties to vivify development
Poor, badly supported, sickly journals rep
resent an unprogressive community. Pros
perous, well sustained papers indicate a live,
. growing, intelligent people!
Let our citizens remember this fact, and
act upon it Their press i3 the authoritative
exponent of their progress, and they must
see to it that it speaks a truthful tale of vital
-energy and live enterprise.
COOKE’S CRASH.
Interesting Details of the Wall
Street Flutter.
~ ,-w Foote on Davli.1
That irrepressible old gas bag, the frisky
and senile little Foote, has been delivered
of divers wordy reminiscenees, which are
periodically paraded in the Washington
Chronicle. The standing text of this volumi
nous gusher Is Jefferson Davis. The unction,
the venom, and the versatility of abuse that
he slobbers upon Mr. Davis are something
simply remarkable. Such fecundity of hatred
and vituperation we do not remember to have
seen equalled in tlys annals of personal bllings-
gate. /
The last effusion of the scattering Foote is
in the Chronicle of the 21st, and it discusses
the negotiations for peace near the close of
the late war.
Skipping through the five columns of
sesiqnipedalian twaddle we find a perfect
shower of bonbons dashed upon tho ill-fated
Davis. Calling at random we find
“stupid and blundering audacity,” the shal
low and egotistical Davis,” “eccentric and
fanciful notions,” "extreme selfishness of
character, his insatiable ambition, his sur
passing vanity, and his extreme tenacity of
power,” “the eauivocator,” “prince of man
agers,” “puerile and contemptible devices,
“cold-blooded and unscrupulous political
hypocrite,” “characteristic rhodomontade,”
and more like them, all applied to Mri
Davis.
In the meantime, Mr. Davis treats the in
eflable' little fellow with a silent contempt,
that stings him into madness, and inspires
the Mississippian torrent of irate volubility
into a constant and drenching overflow.
It is very sad. Foote can’t get a look even
from the dignified Davis. 8o be pops away
his little gun in impotent malice.
Poor Foote!
The Financial Oris la.
The news from the financial flatter rep
resents things as hopeful in New York, but
rather gloomy. The banks are still issuing
loan certificates and the government is still
baying bonds. The banks have issued alto
gether twelve and a half millions of loan cer
tificates, while the government has bought
some seven millions of bonds. The regu
lar business of the city seems undisturbed.
In the West there seems to be a cool, saga
cious, confident condition .of things. The
banks and business men are acting sensibly.
We regret to see that the South is begin
ning to show some of the effects of the trouble.
Yet an unusually clear-headed financial con
servatism and courage appears to be exhibi
ted. In Richmond there has been two bank
suspensions. But the business men have
met en masse, as our telegraphic
news tell and passed a series of the cleverest
and wisest sort of resolutions. They set a
fine example for imitation. Declaring their
confidence in their bankB, and rightly as
cribing the trouble to external causes, and
not to bank irregularities, they pledge them
selves to stand by the banks and pursue only
the regnlar business course, avoiding any
unusual draft on the banks.
In Charleston there are no suspensions, but
great tightness of the money market and
consequent stoppage of trade. They are not
alarmed, and the banks and the merchants
are trying to give mutual help to each other.
We see no reason to alter our hitherto ex
pressed view—that our people have nothing
to fear, and by patience and coolness they
can avoid any further trouble than a tempo
rary monetary stringency.
EXCITING SCENES.
Facts that Will Illustrate the
Affair Cleaned from
Exchanges.
HISTOBY OF THE FIRM OF JAY COOKE & CO.
The banking firm of Jay Cooke & Co.,
originally founded in Philadelphia, has ex
tended its afiaira until its reputation as one
of the foremost of American bankers has
become world-wide. For many years it was
exclusively a Philadelphia house, but on the
breaking out of the war and the application
of the government to the people for money
wherewith to suppress the rebellion, the
house took an active part in the negotiation
of these loans. They established a house
in Washington, and, in 1866, an
other in this city. They negotiated
the famous and popular 7-30. Later they
were engaged in other operations, and thei:
extensive advertising in all civilized coun
tries helped to give tnem their extensive re
futation. More recently they have been
: dentified with the funding of the new United
States bonds, which have been so fully de
scribed in these columns. They have been
Survey* f $1,091,54207
Conitructlon l2,2 << 0,60010
Boiling stork 1903,837 91
Tool*, machinery and atock supplies 353.330 90
Harbor improvements at Duluth.—..*. 215 07324
Total $15,804,371 »
The work of construction is proceeding at
both ends of the line. Of the eastern end,
beginning at Lake Superior, 453 miles, ex
tending to the Missouri'River, have been
completed, and on the eastern enk 66 miles
of the lice between Columbia River and
Puget Sound had been completed in Novem
ber, 1872, making a total length of line in
operation of 519 miles. Negotiations are
how in progress for a contract to build abont
80 miles more down Puget Sound, and 208
smiles from the Columbia River eastward to
Lake Pend d’Oreille.
“ The Northern Pacific Railroad Company
advertised. its first bonds in January, 1871,
promising 7 par cent interest in gold. The
great financial houses were generally shy of
file road. Mr. A. G. Moorhead, of the Phila
delphia houte of Jay'Cooke & Co., became
Tone of the directors, and it was under the
auspices of his hoase that the bonds of the
toad came into the market They were a long
time time in getting any show of favor.
1 Of the $30,000,000 some $23,000,000 were
recently reported placed, and the stocks were
not wanted. They had never been on the
treet, and the very recent distrust of rail-
oad securities was caused partly by rumors,
mt ultimately by the failures which within
e last two weeks have followed attempts
•y one house to see a railroad through its dif-
culties. It did not matter to buyer whether
;he road was solvent or no. They did not
estion Its solvency, but the time was not
’e for investment in stocks of this
description when other investments could
be bad, or when, in view of a troubled mar
ket, investment of any sort was only to be
made after the most careful investigation.
But it did matter, as it now appears, to Jay
[Cooke’s Philadelphia house whether the
>nds of the Northern Pacific road were to
speedily placed by them. Strong and
curled np in all kinds of fantastic- shapes.
The “West End House” lost a chimney. In
fact there i3 hardly a house and lot in town,
that has not suffered more or less. We do
not think an over-estimate is made when we
ssy that the losses of the town will foot up
$10,000.
Bnt the most painful part, is the loss of life.
As stated, a negro woman was killed in the
falling building on Mr. Tyson’s lot. It is
also reported that a negro was killed out at
Major Taylor’s place, and also a pair of
mules. There is no doubt that considerable
loss of life has taken place, whilst many nar
row escapes have been made. An immense
tree blew down across the building on Mr.
Hendrick’s place some three miles from
town, in which were six persons. It lodged
on a large bed under which three of them
had taken refuge, none of them were in-
jured.
Business was almost entirely suspended
during the whole of yesterday. We have
had no reports from the country hut the loss
will doubtless prove heavy. It is thought by
competent judges that the storm will cut the
cotton crop of the county short one thousand
bales.
The wires were down all day so that we
could get no reports by telegraph.
The train from Albany reported the storm
as sweeping everything in its path. We ex
pect to hear of serious disasters in the next
j lew days, from along the tract of the storm.
the acknowledged* head and front- of tSi
Government Syndicate, and the memberslfortified at every point, so far as any one
have always in later years been regarded aa tjfenew, it had been bolstering the_building
power behind the Administration throne.
Jay Cooke, the head of the firm, resides ii
Philadelphia, and has been noted for his hot
pitatity to large numbers of ministers wb
have made his island at Pat-in Bay the'
Summer homes.
Henry D. Cooke, the head of the Washin
ton house, lis belter known a3 the late Gov 3
ernor of the District of Columbia.
The other members of the firm are H. C.
Fahnestock, J. A. Garland, and Pitt Cooke
(resident New York partners), William G,
Moorhead, and George C. Thomas, Jay
Cooke, jr., of Philadelphia.
About threeyears ago the firm established
a house in London under the name of Jay
Cooke, McCulloch & Co. The resident mem-:
bers abroad are Hugh McCulloch (ex-8ecre-
tary of the Treasury), J. H. Puleston.and F.
d with heavy cash advances. But a few
mfllions—what are they to the great bouse
31th unnumbered millions at its command ?
id yet, so far as is known, it was for lack
of a few millions—not more than five—that
house yesterdav in Philadelphia, its
branch here in New York, the First National
Bank in Washington, and firms cognate or
disconnectedihere and in Philadelphia yes
terday suspended.—World.
WILD ECBNBS IN WALL STBEET.
-But this was an extraordinarv time, and
itocks were hammered down. Pacific Mail
:ell from 42 l-4a37. Lake Shore from 901-4
I7J. Amid the rush and fall, while immense
ocks of stock were shuffled off upon a
daggering market, came full confirmation of
'the fact, the mere suspicion of which had
worked such a tremendous whirl for the re-
honse^thev wC caption of thefact itself. The Exchange at
went crazy when at ten minutes after
twelve, a brief announcement was made by
financial agents abroad, superseding the Bar
ings. Pitt Cooke and ex-Secretarv McCul
loch are now on their way to thii city, th;
former being expected to arrive in a fe r
days.
Jay Cooke & Co. have not been dealii
largely in stocks at the Exchange for over
year past, having turned over their commis
sion business to another firm; consequent^
the members of the Btock Exchange loa
little directly by their suspension beyond th
extent of the decline in prices caused by th
panic and by the natural consequences of th
failure of a house in such standing. Th
liabilities of the firm are placed at frot
$3,000,000 to $5,000,000, but as nothing def
the President of the Board. It was true.
Jay Cooke & Co. had suspended. A
if silence followed the news, and
uproar such aa has scarcely
ed the Exchange since it was
built. Messengers fled every way with the
story of ruin, and down came the stocks all
along the line. Western Union had been at
881-2; in ten minutes it had lost ten points.
No halves, or quarters, or eighths were re
cognized in the sudden crash in that stock.
A. legion of brokers whose margins were
swallowed up in an instant swarmed into the
Exchange to save themselves by sudden sales,
SPECIAL NOTICES,
COTTON.
I TAKE pleasure in announcing to my friends ana
the puolla generally that 1 am new ready ts re
ceive
COTTON ON STORAGE
at my Agricultural Warehouse, corner Alabama) and
Forsyte streets, and would thank my friend*, both
merchant and planter, to favor me with a portion ot
their pa.ron&ge. I solicit
Coualguents of Cotton
for Bale here, or for shipment to my correspondents at
Savannah, Charleston, New York or Liverpool, upon
which I will make LIBERAL CASH ADVANCES, on
liberal terms. My cotton bnalneSB is
STRICTLY COMMISSION.
and no pains wilt be spared to get-the
HIGHEST MARKET VALUE
for cotton entrusted to my management.
Entrance to Warehouse on Forsyth Street front.
sept21-d&wlm.MARK W. JOHNSON.
WEBSTER FARM FOR SALE
rrtHK nnder.’ignel effe-s for sale his fam ccntain-
X ing OSE rUNDBED AND THIRTY-SIX
ACRES, about Btxty acres c eared, and eeventyjolx
in the woods. Gold dwelling house, eight rooms,
kitchen, r moke house, dairy, well, wash house, wooa
house, chicken house, corn crib, large bam and sta
bles. Fruits—apple, peach and other varieties. Run
ning branch e through the premise*. It ia one of
the convenient places.
Cali on he subscriber, half a m’le from Decatur,
and examine the pre ises
1 with to sell to enable me to embark in other
.business. •
/ septai-fi&wlm. W. R. WEBSTER.
PRATT’S ASTRAL OIL—ABSOLUTE
]y safe. Perfectly odorless. Always unfailing. Il
luminating qualities superior to gas. Burns in any
lamp without danger of exploding or taking fire.
Manufactured expressly to displace the use of volatile
and dangerous oils. Its safety under every pOBBlble
teBt, and Its perfect burning qualities are proTedby
Its continued use in over 300,010 families.
Millions of gallons have been sold and no accident
—directly or indirectly—has ever occurred from
bnrnlng, storing or handling it.
The Immense yearly loss to life and property, re
sulting from the use of cheap and dangerous oils In
the United States, is appalling.
The Insurance Companies and Fire Commissioners,
throughout the country recommend the ASTRAL as
the best safeguard when lamps are used. Send for
circular.
For sale at retail by the trade generally, and at
wholesale by the proprietors, OHAS. PRATT & CO
OS Fulton street. New York. [aug23—d&wGmo
SAVANNAH PAIR.
TECE THIRD
ANNUAL EXPOSITION
Op THE
Agricultural and Mechanical Association
Of Georgia^
COMMENCING
MONDAY, NOVEMBER 11,
nite has vet been announced, this estimati •Hjtiuk with every moment sent prices further
must be regarded as a mere conjecture. The struggle and crush, the desperate
BANKING INSTITUTIONS AFFECTED,
The fellowing are the hanking institut!
and trust companies for which Jay Cooke]
Co. are the financial agents^in this
Freeman’s Sayings and
Huntsville, Ala/
Freedman’s Savings and
Mobile, Ala. F 3 ,
_ Jay Cooke &t Co., Washington,
Jay Cooke & Co., Philadelphia.
First National Washington, D. C
Freedman’s Sayings and Trust Company,
Jacksonville, Fla.
Freedman’s, Savings and Trust Company,
Tallahassee, Fla.
Freedman’s Savings and Trust Company,
New Orleans, La.
First National Bank, Duluth, Minn. >
E.W. Clark & Bro., Duluth, Minn.
Jas. P. Brady & Co., Pittsburgh, Penn. >
Semple & Jones, Pittsburgh, Penn.
Molson’s Bank, Montreal, Canada.
Jay Cooke, McCulloch & Co., London,
England.
The houses in Philadelphia and Washing
ton and the FirstNationalBank of Washing
ton have already suspended.—New York
Toibune.
THE SYNDICATE
Of rumored complications which might
arise from the relations of the firm to the
Government in placing the $300,000,000 loan,
Mr. Garland said yesterday that such were
impossible. Some $100,000,000 of the loai
was placed, and dollar for dollar had bee)
E aid to the Government by the firm, whili
lturn evem dollar was. paid to the firm as
the bonds were separately placed.—/Sew
. York World.
CAUSE OF SUSPENSION.
ting of buyers and sellers, the triumph of
short interest and the panic of the bulls,
e the tossing, surging room a pandemo-
which recalled the darkest hours of
Friday. Not content with the disaa-
the bears heaped upon it false re-
’alse report, involving the oldest in
ovk World. 1
EFFECT.
Dieastrous as the immediate effects of the
crisis may be, yet it will clarify financial
affairs of much unsoundness and leave us in
a far healthier condition. The panic has
long been regarded as inevitable, and when it
is past confidence will be relieved of one of
its heaviest drawbacks. Fortunately, this is
in no sense a commercial ganic. It is purely
'a speculative crisis; and it will affect mer
cantile interests only so far as it may weaken
a few merchants who have taken a share in
these operations, or where it may weaken
country banks which afford support to the
traders of their district. The first thought of
the community, after the crisis is past, will be
that we have thereby got rid of an element
of weakness and of chronic distrust; and
upon that conviction confidence will quickly
revive, and the effects of the panic will be
soon forgotten.—New York Bulletin.
Continuing During the Week.
rpHE GROUNDS and RACE COURSE are in splen-
JL did order, and the BUILDINGS the most sub
stantial and commodions in the country. The Exhl-
tion Mill be divided into Departments of - -a*
LIVE STOCK. PEODUCTS OF THE SPILTDO-
(tMESTIC B MANUFACTUBES~^MANUFAC-j
TURES IS COTTON, WOOL, SILK,
LINEN, IRON, BRASS. STEEL, GOLD.-
SILVER, LEATHER. PAPER,
FIBRE, ETO., ETC.
la tact, everything pertaining to AGRICULTURE,
MECHANICS and the FINE ARTS.
§8,000 IN MEDALS PLATE & MONEY
TO BE AWARDED.
EsiiiMior. « r? recnw-etcd to make their vsntriea, and
have their articles on th* grove,* -v on early a d*y as
practicable, that they may be properly arranged in
their respective Departments. - —
i3/~ITor Premium Lists and other information,
address the Secretary
GEO. S. OWENS. President.
J. H. ESTILL, Secretory, sep25-deod&wGw
TERRIFIC GALE.
“ The immediate cause of the suspension,
I hear, was that they had advanced $15,000,-
000 on Northern Pacific Railroad bonds
which they sent over to Europe
and could not realize on and on which they
had made heavy advances. Since last Jan
uary, commencing with Ben Halliday’s
Oregon and California Railroad, coupons of
interest on upwards pf $45,000,000 of capital,
which had been sold principally at 65 to 70,
have been protested in European markets
and the bonds have gone to no price, damag
ing our credit abroad; so it was no wonder
that Jay Cooke’s |bonds were a drug in the
British market—New York Herald.
THE NORTHERN PACIFIC RAILROAD—ITS
CHARTER, GRANTS AND PROGRESS.
The Northern Pacific Railroad Company
was chartered by Congress on July 2,1864,
and authorized by its charter and subsequent
acts to construct a road from Lake Superior,
through Minnesota and the Territories of
Dakota, Montana, Idaho and Washington, to
Puget Sound, by the valley of the Columbia
River through Portland, Oregon. In aid of
its construction Congress made a grant,
estimated to amount to 47,000,000 acres of
alternate odd sections of land for forty
miles on each side of the line of
the proposed road. The authorized capital
of the Company is $100,000,000, in shares of
$100 each. Of this amount $2,000,000 were
required to be subscribed and 10 per cent
paid in before the organization of the Com
pany. A mortgage has been created upon
its whole property, including its lands, to
secure the payment of bonds issued, at a rate
not to exceed $50,000 per mile. These bonds
are dated July 1,1870, and are payable in 30
years, in gold; the interest, which is at the
rate of 7 3-10 per cent, payable in gold in
New York, half yearly, January 1, and July
1. The Northern Pacific Company owns a
controlling interest in the stock of the St.
Paul and Pacific Road, and it has
also leased or become owners of the
Lake Superior and Mississippi Railroad,
which extends from St. Paul to Duluth.
The rolling stock i3 as follows: locomotive
engines, 72; cars—passenger, 16; baggage and
mail, 6; immigrant, 4; dumps, 25; freight,
platform, 1,130; box, 335—total cars, 1,676.
The road being in process of construction no
account of earnings can be given. The ex
penditure ha3 been as follows:
Houses and Fences Prostrate.
Thomasville Streets Blocked up
with Falling Trees.
From the Thomasville Times.]
One of the most violent storms that has
passed over our country for long years,
swept onr town andsection yesterday morn
ing.
It commenced blowing a little before
o’clock, and gradually increased in violence
until about 7 o’clock, when with the fury of
a gale it swept houses, trees, signs, &a,
blocking' up many of the streets with the
debris. ,
The splendid building being erected by
Messrs. Cobb & Hamil, for St Thomas
Lodge, on the corner of Broad and Fletcher
streets, and which would have been ready
for the roof next week, yielded to the storm
king, and fell with a crash about 9 o’clock,
entailing a less on the contractors in connec
tion with the loss on their brick yard that
will approximate $3,000. In this connection
we are pleased to note the generous action of
the Messrs. Moore. These gentlemen are large
contractors themselves, and have a large
force. They have tendered their own and
all their employees services to Messrs. Cobb
& Hamil for one week free.
The storm raged with unabated fury until
noon, when it gradually lulled, bringing up
in the Northwest, having veered around from
the Northeast, where it commenced. Riding
over the town hastily yesterday evening, after
the cessation of the storm, we coala only
note the general ruin that met the eye every
where.
The kitchen of Rev. ¥m, Taylor was
blown down, and one woman (colored) was
killed in it, two small children narrowly es
caping. The large dining hall at the Fair
Grounds, is a mass of ruins. The ladies’ re
ception room is partially destroyed, whilst
much of the enclosure is blown down.
The stables on Mr. J. L. Finn’s lot aro flat
on the ground, and we understand that Mas
ter Willie Finn made a narrow escape from
the fallingruins. We noticed the tin roofing
on Mrs. Hayes’ residence on Broad street
6-. W. ADMR. Auctioneer-
ADMINISTRATOR’S SALE.
PETER HUGE’S PROPERTY.
T3Y virtue of an order from the Ordinary of the
O county of Fait on, will be sold, at the City Hall
in Atlanta, on the first Tuesday tnNovember next, the
following real eetate, belonging to the estate of Peter
Hnge, deceased, to-wit:
1. One lot, with two houseB, (J£ acre,) on Mechanics
and Rhodes streets, Ward 6, and part of land lot 78 In
the 14th District of Fulton county.
2. One lot, 75x100, on Mechanics street, 6th Ward,
with house and stable, on laud lot 73 in the 14th
District.
3. One half acre lot, with four houses, on Rhode*
street, 6th Ward;—lsnd lot 78 in the 14th District.
4. Lot (4-5 acre) with two houses, on Rhodes street,
In 6th Ward, land lot 83 in the llth District.
6 One lot, 60x191), with a house, on Davis street, in
Ward 1, and on land lot 84 in the 14th District.
6. One lot, 66?(x95, on an alley parallel to Vine
street, in 1st Ward, and land lot 107 in the 14th Dis
trict.
7. One lot, 78x76, on Elm street, in 1st Ward, and
on land lot 109 In the 14th District
8. One lot, 50x50, on Rhodes street, In 6th Ward,
and on land lot 78 in the 14t'i District
9. A plantation, containing 150 acres, with dwel
ling— 50 acres of land lot 9 in the 14th District of Ful
ton, and 100 acres of land lot 144 In the 15th Dlstriot
ofDeKalb county, west of Thurman's gtn house
branch—three miles south of Atlanta.
TERMS: One third cash, balance In 6 and 12
months, with iuterest at 10 per rent per annum.
sep 25-wAw L. DsGIVE, Administrator.
MILD POWER <m
SCURESI
HUMPHREYS’
HOMEOPATHIC SPECIFICS
H ave proved, from the most
ample experience, an entire success. Simple,
' Prompt, Efficient and Reliable. They are the only
medicines perfectly adapted to popular^ ose-^s<>
ays reliable. They ha
jiijhest commendation from all, and -will always
reader satisfaction. Price) in largo three-drachm
vials, with directions:
Xoa Cures. . Cent*
1. Fevers, Congestion, Inflammations, , . M
i. Worms, Worm Fever, Worm Colic, . . 5#
3. Ci-ving-ColIc, orTeethingof Infants, . 50
.. Diarrhoea, of Children or Adults,
5. Dysentery, Griping.Bilious Colic, , .
6. Cholera-morbus, Vomiting,....
7. Coughs, Colds, Bronchitis, .....
8. Neuralgia, Toothache, Faceache, . . .
9. Headaches, Sick Headache, Vertigo, .
10. Dyspepsia, Bilious Stomach, ....
II- SuppressedAor Painful Periods, . . .
11. Whites, too Profuse Penods, . . . .
IS. Croup, Cough, Difficult Breathing, . -
it. Salt Rheum, Erysipelas, Eruptions, .
15. Rheumatism,RheumaticPams,. . -
16- Fever and Ague, Chill Fever, Agues,
K-Pile*, blind orblseding, ... - • •
IS. Ophtnnlmy.andSoreorWeak Eyes, .
19. Catarrh, Acute or Chronic Influenza, .
20. Whooplug-Cough, Violent Coughs, .
II. Asthma, Oppressed Breathing, . . .
— - - —es. Impaired 1
or Involuntary Dachai^es, • . • • •
£ ^^^Une«,W^.gthiDed; 50
rxsnx cases.
Cn. rnroreoi wi-h above 33 large ran. an-1
Mtau.il of Direction*, * . • • t xr
price. Address ,
Hum fiSm^opa?hfc m rncdicln e Co.,
Office and Depot, No. 502 Y
For Sale by *dl Druggist*.
At wholessla by Henry C. Pope, EeUll by Collier Ss
Venab le, and T. Schumann, Atlanta Ga.
apr!3—deod&wiy-33paga.
A Big Battle has been going on for years be
tween the Constitutions of the Sicfc, on one side, and
all the Active Poisons, falsely called remedies, on the
other. The poisons have had the best of the fight,
list '
and a long list of the killed may be found in every
cemetery. But at last, common sense is putting a
stop to this pernicious conflict. At last
The Prisoners
of the sick-room have discovered that in Tiuih-r
Etfebyzscist Szltzer ArnniKST, they h»va)a tanl
a febrifuge, a laxative, a diuretic, a corrective, a re
lating and anti-billions medicine, eqnal^oall ordinary
exigencies, and good for every ailment of the stomach,
the bowels the nerves, the muscles, and the secretive
organs Sold by all druggists.
Sept9-d2aw2w&w2t
$1,000 REWARD !
GEORGIA, Gilmer County.
0NE THOUSAND DOLLARS BEWARD will be
paid by the undersigned for the apprehension and
etivery to the Sheriff of Gilmer county of Seth Leath-
erwood, who murdered John Patterson, In said county,
on the 25th December last, and for which he stands
indicted. Sold Leatherwood broke jail in eaidconnty
in April last, and has fled from justice.
MARY J. PATTERSON,
• JANE PATTERSON,
Widow and Mother or Deceased.
This September 10th. 1873. eepl3-dlt&w4i
Douglas Coroner’s Sale.
TILL be sold on the first Tuesday in November
r next, before the Court House door In Douglas-
ville, within the legal hours of sale, the following
property, to-wlt:
Lot of land No. 94, in the second district of origin
ally Carroll, now Douglas county. Levied on as the
property of L. E, Smith, executrix of M M. Smith,
deceased, and E. R. Whlttey, to satisfy a fi. fa Issued
from tho Superior Court of said couutv, iu favor o>
Wm. R. Smith and Wm. J. Braswell, administrators
of J. D. Braswell, deceased, vs. said defendants.
Property pointed out by defendants. This llth day
of Ssptember, 1373.
J. C. JAMBS, Coroner.
sepl6—wtds Printer’s fee $2 50 per levy
-GEORGIA, Milton county.
OnmNAHY’s Office, September 10,1873.
C AROIINE TILLMAN has applied for exemption
of personalty and setting apart and valuation of
a homestead, and I will pass upon the same at 10
o’clock a. M-, on the 23d day of September, 1873, at
my office.
W. H. NESBIT, Ordinary.
septl3-w3t Printer’s fee $2.
To Printers.
THE 6BIMEST SCHEME Ettl KI01I.
Fourth Grand Gift Concert
FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE
Public Library of Kentucky.
12,000Cash Gifts's 1,500,000
EVERY FIFTH TICKET DRAWS A GIFT.
SaBO,OQQ3for 950*
»rt authorized by s
s-s,; . „ — for the benefit of u™
Pubtic Library of Kentucky, will take place in Public
Library Hall at Louisville. Ky.,
WEDNESDAY, DECSMBER 3d. 1873.
Only Sixty thousand tickets will be sold and one-
balf of these are intended for the European Market,
thus leaving only 30,100 for sale in the United States,
where 100,000 were disposed of for the Third Concert.
The tickets are divided Into ten coupons or parts and
haveon their back the Scheme with a full explanation
of the mooe or drawiDg.
At this concert which will be the grandest mnsical
display ever witnessed ia tin* country the unprece
dented sum of
$1,500,00 O.
divided into 12,000 casn gifts will be distributed by
lot among the ticket holders. The numbers of the
tickets to be drawn from one wheel by blin children
and the gifts from another.
LIST OF GIFTS.
ONE GRAND CASH GIFT $250,000
ONE GKANo CASH GIFT 100 0G0
ONE GBAND CASH GIFT 50’ooa
ONEG RAC'D CASH GIFT 2S 000
ONEG RAND CASH GIFT 17 ;m
10 CASH GISTS $10,000 each 100 000
«. o.cn 6,000 each ieo’oOO
1,009 each 60,000
500 each 40,000
400 each...... 49,000
’«0 each 45.000
SO) each 80.000
100 each 32.600
50 each 550,COO
TOTAL, 12.0C0 GIFTS. ALL CASH, amount-
^8 to $1,500,000
The distribution will bo positive whether all the
tickets are sold or not. and tho 12,000 girts all paid In
proportion to the tickets sord-all unsold tickets be
ing destroyed as at the First and Second Concerts
and not represented In th« drawlo-.
PRICE OF TICiCBTN.
Whole tickets $50 00; Halves $23 00; Tenths, or each
coupon $5 00; Eleven Whole Tickets for $500 0J: 22li
Tickets I or $1,000 00; 113 Whole Tickets for $5 “
tickets f —
SO CASH GIFTS
50 CASH GIFTS
SO CASH GIFTS
100 CAhH GIFTS
150 CASH GIFTS
250 CASH GIFTS
325 CAS GIFTS
li.oao cash gifts
227 Whole Tickets for $10,(XX) 00 No discount ouiess
than $500 00 worth of Tickets at a time.
The unsurpassed success of the Third Gift Concert
ss well ss the satisfaction given, by the First and
Second makes It only necessary to announce the
Fourth to insure the prompt sale of every ticket. The
Fourta Gift Concert will be condnoted in all its de
tails like the Third, and full particulars may be learned
from circulars which will be sent free from this office
to all who apply for them.
Tickets now ready for sale and all orders accom
panied by the money promptly filled. Liberal terms
given to those who buy to sell again.
■y^E WILL BELL A COMPLETE OUTFIT FOR
a country printing office at very low figures. A goo Went Publ.Tibr?®/. Cmelrt.
entflt for a )ob office, alao-Jnduded. f Public Library Building, Louisville, Ky.
• sngl9—d tues & thurs & w till dscl
J lyl5-tf
W,. A, HEMPHILL & CO