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ATLANTA. TUESDAY. OCTOBER 7.
Brevities.
Two wastes will occupy sots In the next Wyoming
GsgUtetaio. gi
ffrtafln cars at to and three of Bilk want east from
Quit oa the SOth.of September.
It teioerted that bracelets an rapidly going ont of
gbshiow. and in a few months will addon be seen.
JO. Charles Stunner now takes her maiden name.
4Ul0e)f9*O8> She la also residing in Boston.
A Hew York editor says sugar has gone up so high
ns to prodace a slight increase In the price of sand.
It IS reported that John C. Breckinridge is to take
op Ills residence “in Hew York and resume the
practice of law,
The Homan Catholic Bishop of Ferns (Wexford)
Ihaa pc ohibited the dancing of wait*, polkas, and
golope within his diocese.
Waterbary man has christened his daughter
'Oycerine.» Bo styItwlllbe_easyto prellxjgntrtf’
.dflher temper resembles her mothers. "7R
•Che San Antonio Herald says that the Hon. G.
•W. Whitmore, late Bepnblican member of Congress
■from Texas, has been Incicted for forgery.
•The Mississippi State Fair, to hare opened at Jack-
sonon" the 13th7bas, on account of yellow fever In
• several Southern cities, been postponed to the 10th of
■November. , /
The death of Wilder D. Foster, member of Con-
•gree5“from Michigan, makesTfonr vacancies In the
next' House since the adjournment of Congress in
-March.
Yellow fever at Pensacola shows decided abatement.
Rom the 33d to the 26 th bat one death torn the dls-
,sm had occurred. Cases under treatment are not
•considered dangerous.
Here Hjaclnthe, who renounced the Virgin Mary
emd'Pope Pius soma time since, has bidden aa adie u
to orthodoxy, and become a convert to Darwinism,
J£e Is a variegated Hyscinthe.
JCt is the intention of tne Government to take an
sweat on all cotton case awards made by the Court
if "Claims last spring, snd In support of this action
-etronuons efforts are being made to collect new evl-
. deuce in all parts of the Booth.
Murderers’ Bow is now occupied by Scannell,
Stokes, King, Simmons, Broderick and McDermott.
This list has fallen off In numbers, but additions are
- .expected soon from recent homicides that will restore
iho schedule to last year’s average of twenty.
That exceedingly rare occurrence, a diamond wed-
, ding, took place in Canton Zurich, Switzeiland, last
-month, and the pastor who married the couple 75
years ago waa among the guests, all three belngrobust
•and in tbe best cf health.
Eighty Feats have been reserved for the represen
tatives of the press at Marshal Bazame’s trial. Over
-- S50 deminds for seats have already been made by
Paris, provincial, and foreign journals.gin official
shorthand report will probably be published.
Many a Confederate soldier will drops tearovir
the new-made grave of Louise Muloach. Almost the
. a nly thing he had to read during the war was the Mo
'S tie reprint of her works, and he took to them as
kindly as to his dally corn meal and sorghnm.
B Tbe New Orleans Picayune congratulates the cot
ton States upon the fact that United States securities
.have depreciated in value in the European markets
and assumes that cotton will again become tbe great
tasiB of foreign exchange.
The Pope, it is eaid, has lately appointed thirty new
Cardinals, wnose names -will not be announced nntil
- after his death, but who ,j$il then Immediately take
• their places in the Sacred College and participate In
the election of his successor. Two-thirds of the new
Cardinals are said to be foreigners.
There is a revival of the report that Prince Bismarck
whas offered to give up Holstein to Denmark on condi
tion that Denmark will, become a member of the Ger
man Empire. If this were done Prnssla would there
-fcy take a great stride towards becoming a great naval
power, but the Danes have little or no sympathy with
-Germany.
The wife of Prince Bismarck, the German Chancel
lor, who died last week at Berlin, belonged to an old
-Pomeranian family. Herr von Bismarck andFranleln
Johanna von Enttkammer first became acquainted at
tbe house of their neighbor, Herr von Blackenburg.
Their marriage took place in 1817, when the bride
was twenty-three years of age. A daughter and two
sons resulted from this marriage, which was character
ized by the most harmonious relations.
Mies Clara A. Bice, of Lowell, Mass., died at Milan,
Italy, September 10th,,of typhus fever, fche was
young lady of great musical teste and skill, and was
.much respected in a large circle of friends who will
mourn ber death. She wtnl to Milan about a year
ago to perfect her mttaictl education, aid resided
. there till the time of her death. The flrst news of
ber sickness and death came In a letter from ber
hankers in Milan, who appear to have klodly cared
for her, though aba was among strangers, far from
her home.
A forthcoming volume of Chevalier BrnetBaneon
-on the “Chronology of the Biole,” which is issued
-simultaneously not ouly on both sides of the Atlantic,
but in tbe tour leading language s of Europe—Eng-
fish, French, German and Italian—will present Borne
.features ot extraordinary interest. One r t>f the most
startling, and, os the whole, the most novel of Its ec
centricities will be the calculation which assigns to
ChnBt the age t f forty-nine years at the time of-Ms
-crucifixion—an event which, accoidlr g to his theory,
took place In the year thirty-five of the common era.
The Methodist has an article noticing the fact that
/the senior bishops of Methodism in America who
have served the cause so long and well give many
..signs of unsettled, If not foiling, health, (Bishop
. Scott was scarcely able .this spring to perform his
■duties m presiding officer at the Wilmington Confar-
wnes> Bishop James is reported seriously ill at More
»s°town, N. J. Bishop Simpson hag suffered from an
.attack, of congestive chills, and has gone toJClifton
•Springs, in this State; and of Bishop, Ames’ health
-there have been at times alarming reports.
A good story is told in connection with the run on
-the Union Trust Company on Friday. Along line of
people were waiting to draw their money ont of the
.nntitaUon. An excited individual offered a boy
-z presenting a commercial house $50 for his place In
the line, and afterward Increased the hid to $100.
The boy, loyal to his employers, would not tell hii
-place for the tempting offer. A man ahead of him,
•however, responded and caid he would sell his place
£oi $800. The money was paid Immediately, and the
place was given up, As he walked away he said to a
friend, “Let us take a drink; I had only $100 in that
..concern, and I think Ibaye come out a little ahead:’
The receipts this week are.54,000 bales,
20,000 less than last year, and 8,000 more
than two years since. ’ It is likely the receipts
for next week will be about 60,000 bales,
compared with 87,000 last year, and 64,000
the year before, and the receipts at the inte
rior towns 20,000 bales, compared with28,000
last year, and 28.000 the year before.
The thermometer has averaged 76 degrees
at noon. Clear and pleasant every day. No
rain. This week, last year, the thermometer
woe 78 degrees at noon. Clear and pleasant
every day. No rain. Next week, last year,
the thermometer was 72 degrees at noon.
Cloudy and pleasant two days. Clear and
pleasant five days, with"a light shower one
day. Very light frost one night The 11th,
thermometer 42 at 7 a. m., and 60 at noon.
The general news in relation to cotton.next
week last year was, “Alabama—in seven
counties around Montgomery cotton-picking
is about done, and one-fourth, sold. All the
cotton will be picked by November 1st. Av
erage of State is 33 per cent, less than big
crop year. Mississippi same as Alabama, ex
cept damage from worms rather less. Ten
nessee same aa Alabama except in worms.
All will be gathered by December: 1st.
Weather from August 26 th to September 25th
hot and dry, causing the plant to throw off
its squares and young bolls very badly.
RECEIPTS.
The first receipts at this point were fully
ten days later than last year. Total receipts
for the month of September 2,029; against
3,010 last year. Again our estimate of the
receipts is about correct. But for tbe rea
sons given last week, added to which is the
speading of the yellow fever throughout the
towns tributary to the Gulf, will materially
lesson the receipts for several weeks to come.
The receipts this week should be fully 80,000
bales; but for reasons given we have put
them at 60,000. If there was no epidemic,
and no money panic, tbe receipts at this time
would be fully as large as last year.
For .farmers, knowing the crop will be
large, are willing to sell at once for from 12
to 15 cents, according to quality. The very
small receipts at New Orleans are surprising
eveiy one; but the yellow fever at Memphis,
Shreveport and several Texas towns have
thus far cut off the quantity very much;
still the receipts are the same as they were in
1870, when the crop was 4,350,000.
HfZ 1 WBATHEB.
The rain fall for the month of September
has been 3.48 inches, -which has fallen upon
six different days. Largest fall of rain 1.25
of an inch—time, twelve hours. Smallest
quantity .04—time, ten minutes. The fall of
rain for the past three months has been:
July 2.50, August 1.12, September 3 43. Total
7 and 10-100 inches.
There has been no rain this week—neither
do we expect much, for two weeks to come.
There are fully two millions of bales of cot
ton now open in the fields; and the fine
weather for picking, which we expect this
month, will help the farmers to save very
much of it. A good hand, whether a man
or woman, can gather one bale a week in
such weather as we are having now.
GOLD.
They cannot possibly injure the cotton and |
will do it much good.
PANIC.
Bring In tlie Cotton.
The commercial skies are daily brighten
ing in Augusta, and the only thing which is
to pay for all the cotton, if the fanners will
take a fair price for it.
NEW YOKE.
ands of sensible men could be found to invest
money, with a hope of profit, in a railroad
which began nowhere, ended nowhere, and
ran for the most part through a howling will
demess. That this road may be built is pos
sible; that it can be made to pay, for the
present generation, is too crazy a chimera to
so for a moment entertained.
Sixth—I predict that when all the great
Pacific roads breakdown, as break they must,
an immediate demand will be made for the
Government to control and ruin them. This
will be tbe entering wedge for the final con
trol of all means of rapid transit by the cen
tral Government.
Seventh—I predict that, before the break
down of pur isilroad system, corruption will
be rampant in Washington; the railroad ring
will run the Government wherever their in
terests are at sta&ei
The Columbus Ladles.
The Columbus Enquirer tells us that the
ladies of two-of the largest congregations in
that city have resolved to buy no more new
dresses this fall or winter, and should they be
compelled to buy, they pledge themselves to
use only material ol home manufacture.
This is very brave in the ladies; but it
strikes us that it will be very hard on the .dry
goods merchants whose chief stock consists
of ladies’ gear, and whose stocks are largely
laid in. A total cessation of this business
would be bankruptcy to many agood, worthy
and now solvent diy goods merchant.
It is not a benefit to a community for peo-
The panic is about over; and, as soon as j needed to give entire relief is for the planters
credit can be restored, every thing will go to come forward with their cotton. They
ong smoot y again. There is mot money jj ave no thing to lose and everything to gain
enoug in m country,to.buy all the cotton, jy displaying promptness in this matter.
a i is coming, in large quantities, front The banks of the city are as solvent to-day as
♦x be . plenty °* I they have ever beerii and nearly all of them
are transacting business as usual.
The panic iB over. The channels of
^ . .. . ... .trade are open and ready for use.
e M i nmed * um I It remains now for the planters to determine
ra.. or spots—sales 8.900 bales at a rise of Aether commerce shall go on as usual or
i_ot a cent. Sales of contracts-65,000 bales. whether a second and more disastrous re
•« ^, wee ^" J^ ere waB ®° me I action shall ensue. Unless the crops are
ac vity, at better prices» on Wedneeday, but I promptly brought ,to market business must
fif 8 G a™ was 88 m . C mat ' 10n 10 P re8S remain.in an unsettled and dangerous con-
the market down. There are several un- UiUon,and the cotton market itself will be
usual reasons affectmg the New York mar- m ost injuriously affected. If the staple
ket just now. The pressure of want of money in freely the merchants and factors
will put the P^cedownjbut the falling off be able to make arrangements for meet-
in receipts may keep it up. Receipts, whether their maturing paper, not by fore-
large or small, always have a good deal of j n g gales on a dull or declining market,
influence on the price; no matter wUit the but simply by keeping it in their warehouses
cause may be. As the largest portion of the as collateral security for indebtedness. Plan-
dealers in cotton look no. further ahead than I j^rs need have no idea that their interests
to-day, and are governed entirely by present jj e sacrificed. Honor and policy alike
appearances, whether they are good or bad. demand that they should receive fair dealing
This accounts for the violent fluctuations in from theft factors in this matter and they
the price of cotton; without seemingly an I have little cause to fear the result. TheAu- „ „ UU1U „
apparent cause. guata factors will not dispose of their custo- gimplv suicidal not to do so. The price of prosper ’ and do g eneraU 7 far more good
Spinners are neglecting New York some- mers - cotton against their wishes. They cotton is better, and, unless our farmers are than ' d boarded awa y unused 016 pocket
what just now, as they can btiy cheaper in I 1 *— * —* *-
the interior towns. Bat, as exchange has . ... , ,
risen, the export demand iarather more ac- 8 * 1811 8 eag en eir m 1 . J
tive, and, as there is a general feeling in New I,■,.** f op , 83 83 U
York that cotton must go up in October as it |
Eighth—I predict that very few will pay pie to hoard their money up and buy
any heed to these prophecies, and that, after nothing. Society is composed ofi'eitizena and
they prove true, they will have been forgot- j vocat j ong reciprocally depsndant upon each
ten, and another instance will have been I _
given bow prophets are not honored in their I other. So that people do not dress or live
' " " extravagantly, the money they spend upon
clothes and living is an active, unceasing
benefit to the community. Healthy activity
is far better than stagnation.
The money that tho Columbus ladies will
own time and nation, in the fate of
A Positive Pbedicatob.
Bring In Your Cotton-
We have been for weeks past, and persis
tently, urging the farmers to bring in their reasonably s d new dresses will be
cotton Several mornings since we publish- leaguretothe m
ed a strong article on the subject,from an I ^ , ... . F ..
Augusta cotemporary adopting it as an edi-1 p 1 stagna on an
ure, will enable the dry goods men and their
toriaL We again urge upon our farmers the 6UUU “ „ .
ot I families to pay their grocers and laborers and
propriety and necessity of at once bring
ing their cotton to market. It would be
other bills, thu3 helping them in return to
cuu.ua is ucucr, auu, umess our isrmers are , , , . . ,
willing to block the wheels of all kinds of ^ t0 , bas P ent aext ye “’ perhap3 ’ on a
their hands by bring- business and precipitate general disasters, in-j ?. u e , clU8 . a 1 y 0 unusua y ne < ^ res f e9 »
eluding themselves, they will immediately ° TCr *** *** tta “
send forward their cotton, and start the flow I e P 0 c a
tion we notice that a much better condition
did last year, holders of cotton do not offer. . _ .
to sell it very freely. If money is sent South of f^P^Ued “ cotton market yes-
in quantities large enough to buy all the cot- terday ' The feel “« of un ““d mse-
ton offered, the receipts wUl increase very cunty * 80 generally entertained last week,
, , wul Yery gave way and confidence was in a great
of money, that will revive and infuse new
life into every department of trade and busi
ness. And so speaks, as far as we have seen, \
the entire press of the State.
Contributions for tbe
Sufferers.
Shreveport
fast, and the price will go down.
UVBEPOOL.
measure restored. Sales were made of over
four hundred bales, a business largely in ex-
We are gratefully delighted to note the
fact that our notice calling attention to the
terrible condition of our Louisiana brethren,
Tho Shreveport and nemphis Fnnd«
We are glad to announce that we forward-11 133 prompted considerable action. Several
Th.ayMi.i&£&££&£?&* O* a* Of to 85 Uo»»ia™i**i<™»Mt.m
panic. Let the planters bring forward their
crop and no further trouble need be appre-
sales. No change in' price. The rate of in- _
terest has been advanced this week from 4 to | bended.—A.uqvl&Ui Chronicle.
5 per cent., wllh a prospect of going higher.
MONTHLY STATEMENT.
The stock of cotton inLiverpool and afloat |
for that port, for five years, is as follows:
1861
1870
1671
1872
1873
Stock
.... 459
538
499
704
645
Afloat.
....374
294
408
19)
216
*853
*833
*907
*896
*861
Poor Smitten Shreveport
We have rarely read of a tale of suffering
that appeals so strongly to human sympathy
as the one borne over the wires from poor,
desolated Shreveport. “The Howard.Associa-
tion have opened an asylum, which feeds
nearly iwo-thirda of the population. * * The
port. We acknowledge the receipt yester- j We acknowledge the receipt of $17 from
day of the following additional sums: from I citizens of , Jonesboro, through Mr. T. J.
an “Atlanta lady” $1 00, from Mr. James J Barksdale, a prominent merchant of that
Dunlop $2 00, to be sent to the city most | town,
needy, from Mr. J. Norcross $1 00, from an
Atlanta merchant $10 00, and from a promi
nent citizen in Madison $5.00, with the fol- j ia the matter, we here state that we shall
American cotton in sight and afloat for destitution is as heart-rending as the disease
ltaplf” NfiATlv ntift fhnnaarwi c?r»lr «Wn
Liverpool same time:
Stock.
Afloat...
1869
1870
1871
1872
3873
td
163
156
108
180
23
36
ii
29
.64
176
192
119
209
American cotton in sight for same time.
1869. 1870. 1871. 1872. 1873.
itself.” Nearly one thousand are sick. “We
feel that the great public will respond to our
appeal, extorted by the most dire necessity.
The wealthy are broken down, the poor are
threatened with actual starvation,
the sick and dying are about
to be deprived of the commonest comforts
humanity can offer.” Who, that has a heart,
can turn aside from this appeal ? Who is so
poor that he cannot give something? Any
sum, however small, will help. God alone
w]ean tell when pestilence may stalk in the
streets of othei towns, aye, our own, and
Takings by our spinners for the past I cover them with the shadow of death and the
month :J I stillness of desolation, or fill our homes with
the wails of the starving. Let humanity se
ts I sert itself, and let us answer the appeal of
_ , , famished and dying fellow-men. We have
Receipts at and shipmente from {Bombay j acknowledged the receipt of sums from East-
° ~ man’s Business College of this city, and from
citizens of Jonesboro, and will forward them
to-day. We will gladly receive and forward
all sums s6nt to The Constitution in any
amount down to a dollar or less. Who will
Stock Interior porta..
19
23
16
17
28
Stock U. S. porta
92
1C6
99
162
110
Stock In Liverpool....
56
161
184
108
180
Afloat for Liverpool..
8
28
65
ii
29
Exports this week....
7
10
U
20
10
182
318
366
318
357
;1869. 1870. 1871. J872.
45 65 39 65
for four years for nine months:
1870. 1871.
1$72. 1873.
Beceipts..., L15i L074 l
Export* to Great Britain 792 680 OSO 678
Exports to Continent... 150 3U 341 196
Imports into Liverpool from America and,. , . ...
all other countries for four years and nine I | urn 8 deaE _ ear *° tIie dying wail of their fel-
months:
low men—Southern men ?
As these amounts sent us make it necessa-
I ry for The Constitution to act intermediate-
[ be happy to forward all contributions sent os
j for the purpose.
Saint Fanny.
Saint Fanny was a notorious housewife.
lowing letter:
Madison, October 8,1873.
Editors Constitution: As The Constitu
tion of this morning offers to receive and
remit contributions for tbe Shreveport suffer-1
find herein five dollars, which you will for- ‘ bave UDOn ^ er staircase. Now.
ward to proper address for purpose indicated.
might have dined upon her staircase. Now,
her great delight was to provide all things
I regret -that the scarcity of money in our I
community limits my contribution to so in- S erchan ^,?y^" b ? ad »^ 1 Wlfe
significant a sum. Truly yours, eta
Now, one night he returned tired and hungry,
and by some mischance there was nothing
Let the good work continue. Remember J f or SU pper. Shops were shut, and great was
that small contributions, say of one dollar j the grief of Saint Fanny. Taking off *
or fifty cents each, coming from the body of I bracelet of seed pearl, she said, “I’d give this
« _ _ 1 tpr» Hrnpo nupi* fnr o Qiinn^r fnr mtr
grander offering than a like amount from a j £?“ ^SatoTg&
few. Let the people open their hearts. It [band ate, and lo! in every oyster waB a pearl
will do them good; it will bring down bless-} 33 lar S® 33 3 hazle nut; and so was Saint
ings upon their heads. Read our telegrams, ** Utn - 2km ^" Jerr<Ms
and think this Sabbath day, in your happy *
home or pleasant church, of poor smitten
Shreveport, and Memphis, whose Mayor tele
graphs to New York for all the aid possible
Summary of state News.
COLUMBUS.
to be sent. We hope every subscriber will |
aid tbe Constitution in its efforts. The | iu ^ begiuniog to pay much attention
1870. 1871. 1872. 1873.
s^We cannot refrain from noticing the
-aJtarfcicfability wiUTwKich this distinguished
jurist is presiding over our Superiour Court.
The Judge has given eminent satisfaction to
our bar, .and has dispatched business with
-remarkable rapidity. He has before him
just now, one of the most important civil
cases on our dockets, and although the ques
tion at issue is very intricate, has already
shown that he is thoroughly capable of deal-
-ing with it ' -
nr* Dr. E Morwitz, of Philadelphia, has
s a mania for newspaper property, owning
more papers than any other man living.
Besides being proprietor of the German
Demokrat, he owns or controls twenty-five
mother papers in and out of the State.
In number two we wrote that gold would
not go up again tbis winter, without some
thing happened that could not now be fore
seen. Something did happen, and something
will always happen to prevent a speculator in
gold from making money. We will, in a
future number, give our ideas of stock and
gold speculating; but will say, now, persons
had always better throw their money into the
fire; for then it is gone, and no trouble about
it. Gold did rise to 151-2; bat there was no from Liverpool for four years for nine I ic abroad reported in Berlin, there is a panic
more reason for it than there is now for those months:
sanguine persons’ ideas who expect specie
Trade Total 1,897 2,375 2,291 2,374
Export 290 572 334
Trade Americsn 1,104 1,565 1,059 1,355
to saving and curing nay. From estimates given, the
“ital amount wUl number several Utousand bales.
,tie lntereet on the deposits In the Uo.cmeus savings
, . bank waa paid Thursday. Only a smalt amount of
note the noble action Of our Atlanta uhvsi-1 deposits was drawn out, and tnoae were by country-
_ * * I man who di.1 Tint dostrA to anil notinn
smallest contributions will help. Om appeal ]
thus far has not bL-en in vain. Elsewhere we |
■ . _ . I men who did not desire to sell cotton, and yet were
cians, and several proposed movements for J compelled to have money - Sun.
the sufferers.
American 1,253 1,894 1,115 1,557
Total *,333 3,977 2,753 2.845 |
Taken by the trade and actually exported I in the United States. In addition to the pan-
The Financial Situation.
The general situation continues to improve
payments this winter. We say to all, it is
against the interest of three fourths of all the
citizens of the United States, and nine tenths
of the trading classes, to have specie pay
ments; and so it will be delayed until some
more convenient season. The late rise in
gold was the best time to make
money on it that we ever saw.
The German bankers of Wall street took
advantage of it. They told millions of gold
short, at 13 to 15 cents; then bought foreign
exchange at 5 to 6 cents; collected it in gold,
and ordered that sent by first steamer to New
York to delivferson their contracts; and thus
have made a very large profit, with no risk
at all. This gold, about five millions of
which/will arrive in New York next week,
is the cause of the price being down to 10
per cent, to-day.
But shipping gold to this country is all
wrong. It will have to go back next spring,
and then we may see another Bull ring in
gold, and higher prices next summer.
HOLDING COTTON.
We see some persons are advising farmer
to hold their cotton; but, fortunately, tbe
fanners are sensible men, and know how to
look after their own interests; so this advice
will not afiect the receipts more than one bale
in a thousand. We say to farmers: sell your ;
Export
in Alexandria, Egypt, and great distress in
18W* 1872. 1873, | portions of Hungary.
Money is pouring South. Atlanta has lots
271 j 0 f money to buy cotton
In connection with the panic it may not
90 282 90 90
At the beginning of'this cotton year we L be uninteresting to give our readers the fol-
1 lowing article written by D. G. Croly, for
merly editor of the New York World and
guessed the total crop ending August 31,
1874, would be 4,250,000 bales. We will now
make our usual estimate at the ehd of one
month—five weeks. The average of the re
ceipts at the ports for six years, for Septem
ber is 31-2 per cent.
The recipts thus far are 188,000 bales. Sop
pose the receipts have been 31-2 per cent,
this year, and we have the total receipts at
the ports 3,943,000, to which add 160,000 for
overland and 140,000 for Southern consump
tion, and we have a total crop of 4,243,000,
which is our present estimate.
FHOSPECTS.
To farmers we will say • sell your cotton
as fast as you can. We do not think it can
go much higher, and when the receipts begin
to get large, it is almost sure to go down. To
dealers: buy cotton and turn it quick, and yon
will not losejmuch. We should be afraid to
buy either spot cotton, or contract to hold at
present prices. Sales of December at present
prices, say 171-4 to 171-2, we think well of.
Heavy Grain movement
Our dispatches tell us that during the last
cotton as fast as possible; there is some 'week the largest amount of wheat ever
money to buy with now, and you can get 15
cents from your wagons for the best quality.
Those who hold until Christmas will have to
take 14 cents, and possibly less. All the men
we ever knew to lose much on cotton stored
it, and would not sell. One year we knew a
farmer to be offered 18 cento for his cotton.
He stored it for 20 cento, and sold it the next
spring for 6 cen*s.
We say to all, sell your cotton now. Pay
your debts, or keep your money until you
need it. All kinds of paper money, now, is
as good as gold. The United States Govern-
msnt is bound for every dollar of it, and will
pay gold for eveiy dollar that any farmer has
as soon as specie payments are resumed.
Look at your money and yon will find
every bill signed by the Treasurer of tbe
United States; that is, every national bank
bill has four signatures instead of two.
CATERPILLARS.
Some persons are still complaining of the
worms eating their cotton. Every farmer
should be glad to see them in his fields after
the 20th of September, as they do much
good in eating off the rank leaves and'al
lowing the bolls to open before the frost.
shipped to New York poured in there. The
quantity reached the enormous number of
2,953,122 bushels.
And fyet it is reported Jthat the steamers
leaving for Europe find it hard to get freight
with which to fill their holds. Money must
be had to buy and export this grain, or the
consequences will be disastrous, reaching the
West.
A Good Tiling.
The Augusta papers bring us glowing rapt
ures, which we endorse, about a locomotive
that they interviewed at the South Carolina
depot in that city. The locomotive is new,
it is one of a pair of new ones, and what is
still better, it was made in Charleston, South
Carolina, in the Railroad workshops there.
Ah 1 This is the field of victory for the
South now! Let us make not only enginef,
but everything else we use, and thus hasten
the day of our independence.
These new engines cost $3,500 below the
cost of two locomotives built in Northern
sliops. They are fine spedtmens of work
manship.
Good for our Charleston friends.
now editor or the Graphic, and husband of
Jenny June, The Constitution Fashion
Correspondent, in which he predicted in Sep
tember 1872, ayear ago, tbe farmers’ move
ment, tbe failure of Jay, Cooke, & Co.
through the North Pacific railroad, and the
very financial panic that has issued.
Mr. Croly in a letter written September
27, 1873, says that his predictions were
connected with no spiritualism, but were
based on bis observation of facto.
The thing is somewhat remarkable:
From ^Um» Modern Thinker No. 2, published Decern-
It is now a commonplace of. modem
thought that ability to predict estab
lishes the validity of any science. To prove
that sociology has made some advance hi the
direction of certainty, I venture upon a few
generalizations touching the future.
First—I predict that the Democratic party
will never contest another Presidential elec
tion under its oid name, and organization.
The new anti administration party will have
another name and will fight under new
leaders.
Second—I predict that questions of admin
istration, such as civil service reform, minor
ity representation, the control of telegraphs
and railways, and the extension of the
powers of the central government, will be
the main issues in future political campaigns
Third—I predict that within the comtog
two years. this country will experience the
worst financial panic known to its historv.
It will be more wide-spread and disastrous
than even that of 1837. All the debts created
by our paper money era will be wiped out or
compromised. Land will temporarily fall to
one-half its value.
Fourth—The panic will ba precipitated, in
all probability, by -the failure of the North
ern Pacific Railroad,and perhaps the bankers
who manage it. This will bring to light such
an amazing amount of fraud m connection
with onr railroads as to discredit all stocks,
good and bad. The bears will hold high car
nival. The men of most repute in financial
circles and on the “street” will prove to be
common cheats. While the panic will com
mence, from all apperance, in railroad circles,
and will be confined for time to the new
Western enterprises, it will spread finally to
the national banks, and will develop an
amount of rottenness in those institutions
which is now beyond the power of the im
agination to conceive.
Fifth-ti-I-predict that in ten years time the
Northern Pacific railroad enterprise will be
regarded as one of the most astounding in-
stancestof human credulity and folly. It will
be a matter of profound astonishment that,
among a business community tens of thous-
JDirect Trade—jL,tue of Steamers Be- ]
tween Port Koyal and Liverpool.
... , _ " 1 AU3D UUUJ, vrcuige, uwguvrt vt jnx. U. »Y. i£awarflS.
A dispatch was received yesterday by I oied at her lather’s residence near Salem, Ala., on
The shoe shop ot Mr. Robert G. Johnson, some ten
or twelve miles Irom town, on the North and Sonth
Road, was broken into Tuesday night last,and robbed
of aboot $350 worth of boots, shoes and leather —
Miss Mary George, daughter of Mr. G. W. Edwards
Major George T. Jackson, from Mr. D. F. i ^esday last, ot typheio fever.—Enquirer.
Appleton, to the effect that the Dominion
Line of Steamers had been secured to run. . .
between Liverpool and Port Royal, and that I ke36e « Alabama, has been holding meeting* at the
Itthe 1 lafSarPon'th 0
at the latter place on the 20th of November I audiences. Nineteen new members ba?e been adaed
next, at which time the first Ot the steamers 1 to tbe Methodist Utmrcn and eleven to the Presbyter-
will certainly arrive from Liverpool. This j »—«• ye4*a
steemer wiU thus be the avant Courier of a
splendid fine, which will run regularly be-1 The superior court of Qtrroti county commences
tween England’s great seaport and Port J nu2t Monday.—Tut^s.
Royal.—Augusta Chronicle.
The above will be pleasing intelligence to
all true Southerners.
-Times.
AUGUSTA.
A horse pistol, marked “Julius," supposed to be a
reUo of Ctesarism, has been tonnd near this city-
. . ‘ 1 The situation presented a much brighter aspect, es~
The day after the meeitng Of our business pecUlly tn the cotton market, yesterday, although the
men in Atlanta, one of our merchants, Mr.
Frank, mentioned to the writer his astooish
meat that none of the speakers at the meet
ing had alluded to one obvious
lesson of the panic. This was the
absolute necessity of Direct Trade
with Europe for our own commercial and
financial security. We thought the point
exceedingly well taken. The South has suf
fered in this crash entirely through her de
pendence on New York. Suppose that the
European markets were connected directly
with the South; that foreign firms had
branch houses among us, and that in
stead of going to New York to sell
our cotton to English buyers, we sold
direct and got the money direct,
is the benefit not apparent? Let us destroy
our slavish vassalage financially to the North,
and we will be less sensitive to the fluctua
tions and vicissitudes of its business. When
Wall street takes snuff the South sneezes.
Direct trade with Europe will largely tend to
disenthrall u$.
Bringing In Cotton.
To use thegraceful phraseology of a Georgi
cotemporary not published a thousand miles
away from Atlanta, “some idoit” has taken
it into his head that because we published, by
request, and without comment, the somewhat
visionary views of Mr. Tumlin, advising the
planters to stack up their cotton iu their gin
houses and hold it there until-a demand for
20 cento a pound was conceded, that we en
dorsed his views.
If the aforesaid “idiot,” to use tho graceful
phraseology aforesaid, had taken tho trouble
to examine the editorial files of this paper,
ho would have seen Uhat the persistent and
avowed policy of thto journal has been to
urge the planters to come forward with their
cotton and relieve the country.
‘So, yer mt ther’s dead, isjshe?” in!
quired a bootblack yesterday of a rather
solemn-faced lad, who had come back with
his “kit” after an absence of a day or two
“Yes, she is,” replied the boy, and then
straightening himself up, he continued*
“And dad did the fair thing by her—seven
more hacks than Mrs. had the other
day. v
cotton etiil moved somewhat unaer a pressure. The
receipts lor tne day were 287 bales, and the salsa 365
bales, on a basis of 18>s cents fur Liverpool mid-
ol.ugs The second game of the series fo-
tbe championship ot oonth CarolhnL be
tween the Carolina club of Charles
ton, and the Cosmopolitans ofiBeaufort, was p aved on
the Citadel tan en in cnaneaton on Wednesday even
ing, and resulted In the defeat of the Cosmopolitans
by a score of 22 to 14. Tiie colored boy, Robert
tea, burned W edneaday night by the kerosene exDlo-
slcn at the negro Methodist Church, dloa on Thurs
day at tot horrible suffering. The farmers in the
souuieaster- ponton ot Columbia county have organ
ized a grange.- C/trotiide and Sentinel.
vAiontn.
A negro man, working upon Mr. Lewis Felt’s Diace.
had hie foot nearly cat off last week by the axe ofh3
companion flying from the helve. Nearly enough
money has been subscribed to warrant the bnildine
committee of the Baptist Church of this place to com
menee their new houee of worship. a rattlesnake
four feet and five Inches In leugtn and seven lnebeg
In diameter, having nine rattles and a button wm
killed near here Tuesday afternoon by Richard Nor
rls. A negro woman, named Narclaaa HowelL em
ployed on Mr. S. L. Wright's place, fell dead upon the
pnbllo road on Saturday the 2Uth ultimo.- vC sT
Wright, of WarreniOD, was severely iDjnred bva fal>
ing limb, last week. It struck him on the heart
brniaisg his head and face badly, and knocklmront
several teeth.—Clipper.
WAHSHXXGT02F.
A Dutchman and a nigger had a fight in town tha
other day abont a quarierof a dollar. The Dutchman
not understanding darkies let fly with hisflstathu
opponent's head. The nigger went hit way smiling
Ring,
r six
inomaB w. caiiaway aieu very suddenly. Onlvafew
wee«s ago the lost a lovely and interesting daughter.
It is feared that tbe cotton crop abont Albanv will
fall cousideraoly below the yield of last year and
quality prove Interior. Tho com and cain tionwnt
exceed that of last year. Llttlo Julia HarH«
daughter of Mr. Frank Harris, of this county Sort *?
her father’s house on Snnday last of malarial fever
SAVANNAH,
Bishop Beckwith tfs very much broken down in
health from excessive labor, and la in nead ofnvS.2
tion. He haagono North, and will .probably makTa
short tiip to Europe. A meeting of ciUvpna 4..
held in the Exchange Building at Hwann&h'on
day morning, to devise measures for tbe relief of the
Shreveport sufferers. It was resolved that the naatom
of the various churches be requested to take nn aane.
cial contribution for this object on Sunday next and*
committee of five citizens was appototedto
DAWSON.
Several fine residences are in process of construc
tion in our city at present. Married, on the “Mdef
beptember, by George Kaigler, Esq., Sr. TOnim w
l0D * ““ ^
solicit subscriptions in tho city generally Ahnnt
away ofa pulley the fly wheel buratedf^OnsoMhf
fragments eteuck Mr. Harney in the abdomen, Inflict-
ln» a frighted wound from which the entralls prc-
fruded. Two more hands were also kflleO-Aitv?-.
User and ItepvUican. Autvr