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ATLANTA, GEORGIA, TUESDAY
The\ Constitution and Sun.
ATLANTA, TUESDAY, DECEMBER 30
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Caleb Cutblng.
Caleb Cushing has accepted tbc position of
United States Minister to Spain,in place of
General Sickles, resigned. Cubing is what
I 'cklts is not—a man of ability anfi charac-
1 r, whp will fitly represent a great Govert-
* went. •
A novel Sight.
The Washington Chronicle recalls tbe fact
that a few years ago, when tbe Hon. George
8. Boulwell was Secretary of the Treasury,
a dinner party assemble4 flt.tlje residence of
the Hon. Caleb Cashing. -Mr. Boatwell com*
plained that a report bo had sent to Congress
had not been understood, and that Congress
liad passed a law which was in direct op
position to his views. £Ir. Cushing re
marked: “Why did you not go there
yourself and explain the matter. Mr. Boot-
well replied -that he knew of no.law which
wonld authorize the Secretaiy of the Treasu
ry to appear before Congress, except in writ
ing; whereupon Mr. Cushing produced the
law pf September 2. 1789, which provided
that the Secretary of the Treasury could op,-
pear in pei&ca.q*iby writing,'and explain the
views of the* nrinncial department of the
Government. *
This law was passed at tho instance of
Hon. Alexander Hamilton, who was Wash
ington’s Secretary of the Treasury, and who
always contended that cabinet officers should
be privileged to explain their views upon the
floor of Congress. Thomas Jefferson, who
w&a then Secretary of the State, and who
was more a writer than an orator, opposed the
law; and consequently it applies only to the
Treasury Department. At an early day
after tho recess a resolntion will be intro
duced reqairing the Secretary of the Treas
ury to appear in the House of Representa
tives, and personally explain his views in
accordance with the old law of 1789. Should
tbe House insist upon the resolution, the novel
sight will be presented, for the first time in
the history of the Government, of a Cabinet
officer personally explaining his views to rep*
% {fr ntaHves of tiwpeepi*, aad\mdfcrgo ! .ng the
The law above
.that, among other
1 duties, ft shall be the duty of -the Secretary
of the Treasury “to make a report and give
information to either house of the Legislv
tare,in person or writing, as he may be re-
~l quired, respecting all matters referred to him
J by the Senate or House of Representative, or
which shall appertain to his office.” The
above law was approved by President Wa-h-
*■ ington, September 2,1769, and may be found
on page 65 of the Statutea-at-large.
Slam Bang.
If any single pharse can adequately por
tray Christmas Day out of doors in Atlanta,
. it is that comprehensive one—slam bang. It
was a rip-roarious, ear-stunning, variegated,
pandemoniacal carnival of noisy, swarming,
swaggering, delirious slam-bang. Whitehall
street, at its junction with Peachtree, and the
area within fifty yards square, was a con-
- fused, chaotic, surging, crazy throng of con-
tankerous, turbulent slam bangers. Such a
' high old campaign of infuriated, unceasing,
^ haterogenoua Elam banging was never
before seen in tho Gate City. It
' heaved and yelled and tooted and
dinned and stormed like a forty-horse power
s hurricane of discord. It took all legitimate
and illegitimate shapes. It screeched in the
splitting tenor of the innumerable tin horn;
it snapped in the explosion of the asthmatic
popper cracker; it banged in the base boom
of the hoarse-noted gun; it barked in the
^barytone of the bronchial horse-dog; it
screeched in the shrill quaver of the ragged
young vagabond; it swelled in the musical
monotone of the inebriated African.
From the night before to the morning after
the turbulent tornado of infernal noise kept
'SP-
fcTbanks, gentle reader, that the slam bang
is over.
A Specimen.
. ■ We desire to present an instance of the
manner in which the advocates of a Conven
tion, are wildly beating about for some sup
port to their fast tottering cause. The Sa
vannah News and Augusta Chronicle are
working with equal frenzy on the subject, and
copying each other’s articles. The Savannah
News in its frantic efiorts made a state
ment about the position of the press that bore
upon its very face such an utterly incorrect
Matement ss to be most remarkable. Know-
• lag the Chronicle would copy it, we waited
^ * day or two, and sure enough the Chronicle
editorially adopts it The statement is, after
She enumeration of certain papers opposed
to a Convention, that certain others axe for it.
A In the list is, first, quite a number of
journals who have not spoken at aU;
and secondly, they have positively included
*in the list a number of journals that are
Iptrenuonsly opposing a Convention. We will
name some: The Augusta Constitutionalist,
?! The Columbus Sun, the Griffin Star, tbe Had-
Ison Journal, and others,
sir A The despair of the advocates of any cause
; not be better proven than by such re-
cable statements, made to bolster their
r fortunes
Periodicals.
Scribners’, for January, is a magnificent
magazine. I* is par excellence a poetical Dum
ber—John Hay, George McDonald, Richard
Henry'Stoddardj John G. Saxe, Jdlia C. R '
Dorr, ana H. EL,each contributing in tuneful
measure. And then there is 'a Californian
story by Bret Harte; the concluding part of
James Anthony Frond’s “Annals of isn
English AbbeyGlimpses of Texas, by Ed
ward King; a short story by Gail Hamilton;
a paper from the graceful pen of Charles
Dudley Warner,,and another written by
Thomas Wentworth Higginson. .We hive
not mentioned more than half of wfiat the
January number coptains,but enough,doubt
less, to sharpen the appetite of every lover of
literature, who does not possess the number
in question.
Tbe January Galaxy is uncommonly
strong, too. It opens with an article by Jus
tin McCarthy, w'hich contain^ h very’ctear
explanation of the Parliamentary Astern of
the Newspaper eyatem of France. Carl Ben
sore contributes a pleasant article entitled:
“Physical Impediments to Social Success,’
There is also a critical paper by Richard
Grant White, and a Christmas story, and
some more stories, followed by one of Mr
Black’s remarkable political articles. This
time he dissects Mr. Seward, and the famous
laudatory oration of Charles Francis Adams-
Tno last named article is worth a whole
year’s subscription. The Galaxy is always
excellent and desirable.
The January Atlantic starts off with a
story by T. B. Aldiicb, followed by Whit
tier’s latest poem, “The Golden Wedding of
Longwood.” Oliver Wendell Holmes furn
ishes “An Old Year Song,” and Bayard
Taylor still another poem, entitled “The
Two Home?.” Of graver articles we have
one on local taxation in the. United States by
David A. Wells, and one by the mourned
scientist, Louis Agassiz. This number con
tains many other articles that deserve men
tion. Second-class contributions never creep
in between the yellow covers of this ably-
conducted magazine, which is now in its
thirty* third volume.
Card from Colonel if. W. Frobol.
Editort Constitution : You will no doubt pardon
me fur calling your attention to a statement inyonr
laene of to-day. Von tey, “During tbe day Gover
nor Brown was examined by tbern” (tbe United
States Senatorial Committee). “Ho corrected the
statement made the day previous o? freight charges
paid by Boodeld Bolling Mill.” This is an error.
Governor Brown called attention to the report of the
prcceedings had by the Committee the day previous
as published in The Coxstitctiox, which he
said did me an Injustice, and pointed to
that part Of the report relative to the Scofle'd
Roiling Mill, at the same time correcting the errors
that
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o’clock noon. All trains starting out before
that time were brought safely to their desi
nation, No violence is reported.
Chicago, December 27.—Tram dispatchers
at the Illinois Central, Northwestern and
Pittsburg, F«jTt Wayne and Chicago Rail
roads in this'eity deny the report that the
engineers and fifefflen on these roads have
struck, and assert that there is no cause for a
strike on these roads as .wages have not been
reduced. The engineers of thejGre&J i ast
ern'Railroad have struck os here reported'.
THAT FRATRICIDES ? ■;
A MOST TERRIBLE AFpAlif FOR
' v 'CHRISTMAS: r : v
.•ftwroK, Ohio? December 27.—The partic-
Stowe frajricide, and the subse
quent hanging of Henry Stowe, shows that
the two brothers, with some companion-, af
ter drinking whisky freely,. commenced
shooting at a mark. John Stowe insisted on
jloadlng the rifle for each competition, and
Henry Stowe contended that each man should
charge the ; gun for himself. Henry,
however, acceded to the demand of John
Great Britain. Mr. Albert Rhodes describes until it was his tnrn to shoot, when -he dc
~ 1 manded that the rifle be given to him to
load; high words followed, in tbe course'of
which Henry charged John with dishonesty
in not putting an army ball in the gun when
last loading it. John called Henry a liar,
when Henry shot John dead with a revolver.
H' nry was immediately seized by a number
of the party, numbering four men, who
dragged him to a well, from which the rope
was procured, and then hung him to a
limb. The company then repaired to
the office and took a drink, and upon return
ing found their victim, dead, seeming to real-'
izur for the first time what had happened.
Those who participated fled; and have not
yet been captured. The parents of the
brothers, who live in Pennsylvania, were in
formed at once of «be terrible affair, and
arrived yesterday and took charge of the
remains of iheir sons, who it seems were
their only children.
THE VIRGINIU3 SURVIVGRS-A
SHIP GOING oU T TO MEET THEM.
Washington, December 27.—Information
has been received here from Baltimore that
the Edgar Stuart, which has been fully
overhauled and put in sea-goiDg'condition in
that city, is expected to aril very shortly.
She is cleared for Jamaica, taking nothing
but passengers, in order to avoid any suspi
cion of violating tbe neutrality laws. A
delegation of Cubans will leave Baltimore
to-morrow for New York, to meet the United
States steamer JuDiata, and escort to Balti
more Seiors Manna), Siteeri and Amadou
Saco, formerly of tbe Edgar Stuart,
who are among the survivors 'of the
Virginias’-crew. They were both officers on
the Virginiu3 and have fought in Cuba, and
their escape from death by the Spaniards is
to be attributed to their extreme youth.
Tilveiro Remy is only seventeen years old.
After a short stay in Baltimore they will join
tbe crew of the Edgar Stuart.
General Oquilera, Vice President of the
Cuban Republic, who has been- at his reei-
. , . .. , , , , . dence in Baltimore for some time past.has
*? werc *“ tt>e local freight of the Werter.i l , 9 , ctir ®lA-wU! Ja»-
' A«i*mf btu.cmi tucfvS. x rtpj&d a** bly sail on tbs EdgarStuart.
nwb etarocn.nt had been made bj-aie before tbe
eommittr>;ThatIhad anbmltted no'statement or sta
tistics relative to the rolling mill or any In relation to
local freight chargee on his road or on soy other road
and calls 1 the attention of the committee to the mat
ter. The Chairman said that no such statement had
been made by anybody before the committee. I hope
yon will correct tbe mistake, as It is likely to produce
v wrong Impression. Very respectfully,
B. W. Fbobel H
Tbe error complained of wta caused by the fact
that the reporter seed the copy of the tables sub
mitted to tbe meeting on ’Chinge, and ordered to be
transmitted to tbe Transportation Committee. The
table from the8cofield Rol'Ing Mil: was withdrawn
the next day after the meeting on 'Change by Mr.
Scofield to correct clerical errors, a fact not known
to tbe reporter.
BY TELEGRAPH
TO THE ATLANTA CONSTITUTION.
SATURDAY NOON NEWS.
GREAT RAILROAD STRIKE.
THE ENGINEERS AND BRAKESMEN
OF SEVERAL LARGE WESTERN
RAILROADS ON A STRIKE.
Cleveland, December 27.—Tho locomo
tive engineers of the Cleveland and Pitts
burg Railroad have struck. The passenger
trains are somewhat delayed by the freight
trains on the side tracks. The strike is sanc
tioned by the Brotherhood.
Pittsburg,December 27.—The Panhandle,
Pittsburg, Fort Wayne and Chicago, Erie,
Pittsburg, Cleveland and Pittsburg Railroad
engineers are reported by the Pensylvania
Central to be on a strike. Every effort is
being made by the officers to fid weir places.
It is expected that the trains will run as
usual.
Chicago, December 27.—The engineers
and firemen are on a strike.
Cincinnati. December 27.—The railroad
shops Have stopped to allow the mechanics
to take the striking engineers* places. No
freight trains have left since noon yesterday.
The officials had no information of tbe
strike until noon yesterday. Reports of at
tempts to throw trains off are current. The
engineers disavow any intention to interfere
with trains, but simply want the wages cur
rent before tbe first of December. The de
pots here and elsewhere are full of freight
and passenger trains.
Louisville, December 27.—The striking
engineers and brakesmen did not notify
the officials of the Jeffersonville, Mitchell
and Indianapolis Railroad of their intended
action until the trains were ready to start
yesterday afternoon. After mnch trouble,
tbe three o’clock p. sc. train was got out in
charge of the master mechanic of the road.
The strike will cause a suspension of all
tbe freight and night passenger trains. Ar
rangements are being made to ran oat daily
two passenger trains in charge of engineers
not belonging to the Union.
Horace Scott, the General Sunerintendent,
thinks by Monday he will be able to resume
a portion of the freight trains. Several of
the strikers told a reporter yesterday that
members of the union on the Jeffersonville,
Mitchell and Indianapolis Road sent a depu
tation to Pittsburg several days since, which
met other deputations who, together, waited
on Mr. McCullochj General Superintendent
of the Pennsylvania Company, and remon
strated against a redaction. It is' understood
th&t the members of the union on the Jeffer
sonville Road awaited a telegram from head-
quarters at Pittabiirgbefofe inaugurating tbe
strike. The telegram was received yesterday
WASHINGTON.
CALEB CUSHING lO SUCCEED GEN.
SICKLES—FAILURE.
Washington, December 27.—Caleb Cush
ing succeeds Sickles at Madrid.
New York, December 27.—The failure
has been announced of Bancroft & Kreutb,
dealers in hats and caps, and Mitchell, Leet &
Cottin, dealers in fancy goods. The houses
are not large.
THAT FILIBUSTERING SHIP,
THE UNITED STATES AUTHORITIES
WATCH IT.
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Baltimore, December 27.—Several sensa
tional dispatches having been sent from this
city in regard to fitting ont the fillibustering
steamer Edgar Stoart • for an expedition to
Cuba, and it having been ; stated, in
the local press this morning that she
had cleared from this port for Jamaica,
the following authentic end official state
ment as regards the Edgar Stuart, has been
furnished We press: The steamer now lies
at Jenkins’ wharf, watched daily by custom
officials. Her register is in the hands of the
collector at We port, and she will not be
allowed to leave under any circnmstahces
without the knowledge .and consent of the
proper department at Washington.
SCOTT’S STRIKE.
IT IS SAID TO BE OVER.
Washington, December 27.—Thomas A.
Scott, President of the-Pennsylvania Rail
road, and J. McCreighton, General Western
Agent, left this ciiy this morning for Phila
delphia in response to dispatches cal'ing for
their immediate presence, on account of- the
strike of the engineers and firemen of a num
ber of their western leased lines.
New Yobk, December 27.—It is reported
here that President Scott and manager Mc-
Coollougb, of the Pennsylvania Railroad,
state that the engineers strike is ended'and
all trouble is over.
CUSHING ACCEPTS THE SPANISH
MISSION.
Washington, December 27.—Cashing ac
cepts the Spanish mission.
Ringgold Yonng and Neil Hawkins, Ku-
Klux prisoners of Alabama, have been par
doned.
The recruiting stations for the marine corps
have been closed.
AN ACT
New Yob: t
Thome,
an aseanl;^
of the Her:
The poiii
Lottery, sai
era] persona.
Wages i>n
New. Jersey
REPORTER
HREATENED.'
tnitfr 27.—Charliw R.
hbflj&in $5,000 bail for
telb p|er, Aruamt iqcriuc
a*readfon ike.
Ujeptoparty apd arrested sc y-
jrta sr^'ion of the
Pennsylvania Railroad has’
been reduced, ind will u$e «ff~ct'on the first
of January, The-meg iajy tjp^will Strike.
kilifd by O’Leary with a club, the mortal
wounding of Blockweli with an axe by the
elder Gaouye, and a bad wound on O’Leary’s
head from a club by a French inmate of the
house. . ,
' 'Dayton, Ohin^Deccmber 23.—At a shoot
ing match yesterday, at R'ga, a village near
here, two brothers, John and Henry Stowe,
quarreled about loading a rifle, and John
called Henry a liar when Henry drew a rc
intjuaky 4 yolver and shot John, killing him instantly.
The spectators being much excited caught
•md hung Henry to a limb of a tree, and
when taken down life was extinct. Too
much whisky was the cause of the mfc-
ehief.
HHarry^' jv M
Dix tudc-M kt*
to fi-r-'t!?^
felony.
'An infafet
bound hiiht- :
dead. ( 'A
THE 1
Havana
before '
ginins
The vfcssfc
ition jn.the Assenihly
* G*nA convict®^ of
. ^Pommander Brain a,
e yirginiu? survivors is
27.—The Prize Court
i lease of the steamship Vir-
-rght, has concluded its labors,
xindepmed as a legal prize.
woiking. Tj
as the cause*
The train
Cleveland.
THE KAi^ftjOAD STRIKE,
IT CBi ffpaXQTS QF FU3S.
Cn?ciNB*,jr , .December Ja’.—The excite
ment over ijj strike of toe engineers is un
abated. One itjaSo, lfdt ‘ for PittBburg in
charge of w master of importation. A
possee of pol accorcp^oied the Lain.
Pittsburg December 27.^-The engineers
on the l 1 uu hjir/l'ajid .Clevpland Division ate
ibtawfte Brotherhood
trouikd.
from Pittsburg to
- ■
^ • WASHINGTON.
D%BELL’3 INVESTIGATORS — RU-
w AU)RED CABINET CHANGES.
Washington, December 26.—Messrs. Wil
son and Eldridge of the House Judiciary
Committeeieave to-morrow for New Orleans,
to pursue the investigation in the eonduct of
Judge DurrelLand,wiil be accompanied by a
stenogfspher. .
There are reports of Cabinet changes in
circulation. Among them Delano is to suc
ceed Sickles to Spain, aud that Secretary
Richardson will be sent to England, while
Schenck will be placed at the head of the
Treasury Department. None of the reports
are traced to a reliable foundation.
■T- BORAPS, .
Boston, I^eaembeV J27^—The seizure pf
Jordan, books, causes great
: ■"'- cir^lea. The members
„ 'dmeailuves'igaiion.
. December 27.—A man
who omrsge i**nd killed .a Polish woman
r ~-t v
•27.—Threcof the
U'e Miami Railroad
.. ent in regaid to salaries,
considering their houis.and
was hanged.
ClNCkNNA,'
oldest tti;pue\?a'<m the
claim
that they thifc
danger, ; i')i,)i-
;e$ not too high.
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fences hes ta iached.-. An, t^SaaeptaLexplo
sion in lh£ “
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ower
or NhwUlr-
ilfor Bav«fe
officers tnd y
London, 35
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terdam. the'i):
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for Pens*^*
leans: the '
STC TM3AND SHIP NEWS—TROUBLE
IN CUBA
Key West, December 26.—A torpedo
boat, Fiata, left Key West last night for Ha
vana on a trip of observation. Kansas, com
mander Reed, has arrived four days from
Santiago de Cuba. Canandaigua arrived at
Santiago on Friday, 19th December, two
days before the Kansas left
All is well on the Kansas and Canandi-
agua.
The steamer San Antonio, from Galveston
to New Yprk, reports remarkably rough
weather on the Gulf.
Lieutenant Wynn, commanding the Paw
nee, denies that there is any dangerous fever
on that ship. Mortality is small,, consider
ing the large npmber of recruits on board
ftom New Orleans. There is no yellow fever
in this vicinity.
A gale from northward has prevailed at
Key West. The Dispatch and Mayflower
dragged their anchors, but after drifting
around harbor were finally secured. It is
reported by both the Kansas and Pinta that
Ralph Keeler, special correspondent of the
New York Tribune, left Santiago De Cuba
on a steamer for Eatasano about ten days
ago.
. At Manzanillo he was mining, though his
baggage was still on board, not having been
heard from on the 21st, it is feared some se
rious accident has befallen him. All was
quiet at Santiago de Cuba when the Kansas
left.
New Yoke, December 26.—A Key West
special says an outbreak was threatened at
Santiago De Cuba, on the 18th instant,when
the American Consol displayed his flag on
his hotel. The citizens insisted that the note!
was not the consulate. The flag was finally
taken down.
A BENEVOLENT EX-CONGRESSMAN.
Louisville, December 26.— Shakspeare
Caldwell, of New York, former'y member of
Congress from this city, donated a fine hos
pital to the poor of Loui-ville. It will be
under the control of the Sisters of Charity,
but open for the reception of patents of
every denomination '
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GOTHAM GLEAWi^CS.
POSTAL TELEGRAPH—LEGAL DECI
SIONS.
Ne'V York, December . 26.—To-morrow’s
papers will publish a letter from William
Orton, President of tha Western Union
Telegraph Company, to the Postmaster Gen
eral, reviewing the recommendations of the
latter in his annual :epjrt in favor of a postal
telegraph.
During an attempt to rescue three roughs
in Jersey City yesterday, ifia father of one of
them was struck on the head by a policeman
and will die to-dav. • <-71
Judge Woodruff affirmed the decision of
Judee.Blatchford that, the British steamer
Queen must forfeit $34,f;00 to the United
titans aa a penally for knowingly bringing
into this port articles liable to duty, and
which were not entered on tbe manifest of
The Back ,of British North America, the
Rapk of Montreal, and the Canadian Bank
Of Commerce; haviDg declined to pay the
■State tax, Judge Barrett to-day decided that
:thliy. having all the protection of the lawB of
.the State, are liable to taxation, and directs
the Tax Committee to collt at it
Cincinnati, December 27.—Flour in good
demand; family $7 20a7 £5. Corn firm at 57
a60. Pork quiet at $15al5 25. Lard flint;
light sales; steam 8|s8 14, closing at latter
raie; kittle 8 1-8*8 3 4. Bacon nominal;
sellers asking 71-4 for shoulders; 8 1-4 fax
clear rib; 31-2 for clear to come out of smoke.
Whi-iky 93.
Bobton, December £7.—Colton quiet; mid-
dlice.s 161; net rectipts 37 bales; grots 78ft
exports to Great Eritain 283; sales 200; stock
O.OuO.
Wilmington, December 27. — Cotton
steady; midd!u.\g° lb; ret rtceipta 283 bale*;
exports to Great Britain 4i8; coastwise 371
stock 4.G50.
Louisville, December 27.—Flour falriy-
aclive at$6aG75. Corn in good demand;
new, shelled and sacked, 53. Pork dod at
$ 5;i 15 60. Bacon—clear libs held at 8 SriU
8 1-2. Lard quiet. Whisky quiet at 821-2&
83.
Mobile, December 27.—Cotton quiet; mid
dlings 151-2; low middlings 14}; strict good
ordinary 13 7-8; net receipts 1,758 bales; ex
port's coastwise 636; sales 1,000; stook 61,128.
Savannah. December 27.—Cotton dud;:
middlings 151-4; net receipts 4,855 bales;
exports to Great Britain 5,471; coastwise
2.5t'8; continent. 3,005; sales 924; stock:
124,407.
Baltimore, December 27.—Cotton duff;
middlings 15&; low middlings 14 7-8; strict,
good ordinary 14; gross receipts 291 bales;
exports coastwise 162; sales 191; stock 15,901.
Charleston, December 27.—Cotton fir Ac
tor good qualities, others quiet; middling*
15 l-8al5 1-4; low middlings 14 3 4; strict
good -ordinary 14.3-8; net receipts 11,86$;
sales 1,000; stock 70,306. • ,
New Ohleanb, December 27.—Colton dull
and nominally unchanged ; middlings 16$;
low middlings 15 1-8; strict good ordinary
14; net receipts 8,515 bales; gross 9,123; ex
ports to Great Britain 3,993; to conti
nent 465; to Fiar.ce. 1,705; coastwise 1,23%
sale, 4,600; stock 248,126.
Galveston, December £7.—Cotton steady
for futures; good ordinary 18}; ordinary 131 %
net receipts 4.323; exports coastwise 213,
sales 750; stock 94,968.
Norfolk, December 27.—Cotton bobiS-
nally unchanged; low middlings 1414c
net receipts 3,786 bales; exports coastwior
4,470 ; sales 257; stock 23,279.
MARKET R£I*>RT3
CHAMBER OF COMMERCE*
Financial and Commercial.
Atlanta Cotton Statement.
Axuabza. Ga., December 37, 1378.—Ootton closed
quiet at 13,V centp.
RECEIPTS FOB TO-DAV.
By wagon. — 13 bales.
Air-Line Railroad 18 <*
By Uentrri Bailruad. 8S “
By We temand Atlantlo Railroad.......... 3 “
By Georgia Itallroad — 13 **
Total 78
Receipts previous ..........42,331
Total receipts....——. 42.469 bales
Shipments to-day 137 *'
shipments previous..... ...43,067 “
Total shipments..:.
Stock on hand ..... —
THAT WESTERN RAILROAD STRIKE
NO TRAINS FROM LOUISVILLE, CIN
CINNATI OR bT. LOUIS.
Indianapolis, December 27.—The trains
which left here on the Pittsburg, Cincinnati
and St. Louis Railroad last night, was thrown
from the track outside the city by an open
switch, and was abandoned. Tho regular
Louisville train went through last night
No train has arrived from Louisville since 8
o’clock last night on the Pittsbuig, Cincin
nati and St Louis Road.
_ No trains have gone through or arrived
since twelve o’clock yesterday. The train
due here is reported to be at Bradsoid Junc
tion, Ohio. There is a large crowd abont the
Union Depot, but no xiotons demonstrations
have been made as yet A train is now ready
to start for Columbus, mid will probably get
off about noon to-day.
8erions disturbances are reported at Lo-
... » gansport this morning,but no particulars have
morning, and the strike commenced at 12 been received.
Washington, December 26,-Little business
ia being transacted at the Departments, and
nil political affairs are in abeyance.
’ There was a short Cabinet meeting.
It is snowing steadily.
There are no European market quotations
to-day. v „.„.
HALL ACQUITTED.
New Yobk, December 26.—Mayor Hall’s
verdict of not guilty was greeted with thun
derous applause.
CHRISTMAS JOLLITY,
Dorchester, Ont., December 26.—During
a drunken row yesterday, between a negro
and some white men, one of the latter,named
Bell, was stabbed and killed.
Boston, December 26.—Joseph Galvin,
aged 27, was killed yesterday at Wakefield
by John Doherty,aged 21, in a drunken street
fight.
Buffalo, December 26 —The second floor
of a house of ill-fame In this city gave way
last night precipitating the inmates to the
basement. One girl was killed and several
others injured.
A false alarm of fire last night caused a
panic in a crowd engaged in a dance
at Kelers Hall, and in the rash to escape
from the building, several persons jumped
from the windows of tne second story and
were seriously injured.
BLOODY SKIRMISHING IN NEW
HAMPSHIRE—FRATRICIDE
AND LYNCH LAW
IN OHIO.
Lancaster, N. H., December 26.—A
bloody fracas took place at Grave ton last
evening, growing out of an attempt by
Michael O’Leary and a Frenchman named
Blockweli, both intoxicated, to enter a house
of questionable repute owned by a French
man named Geouye.
The result of the fight was the death of
Geouye and his son, a yonng man, who was unchanged.
Chambbr of Commerce, 1
Atlanta, December 29,1873. f
Co’ton quiet at 13 1-2 cents.
Corn—r85.
WheAt—white ♦I 75*2 00; amber |IS»
1.90; red ft 75al 80.
Oat»—mixd 65c; seed 75a.
Rye—seed $1 25al 35.
Barley seed, none in market.
Corn Meal 85.
Grits—$6 25 per barrel.
Flour—Super $5 50a7 00; extra $7 00a8 flt
family $S 50 >9 00; extra family $9 S0&10 4%
fancy f 11 00aH 5Q.. •
THE TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE I Hay—Timothy $1 50*175. Clover $1»
1 , , yal ftO.
Tee ofl TrWnsporia.ifc# fchived b-rent lt iftolHte
o’clock, and were handsomely entertained by
the Board of Trade and the leading business
men of the city. The committee left for
New Orleans at 4 o’clock p. m.
■ *>.
.. 43,184 bales
.. 2.275 ••
Telegraph Market Bepcrts.
New Yobk, December 27.—Cotton—Net
receipts 295 bales; gross receipts 2,953.
Flour quiet and a eady. Wheat opened
la2c lower; closed firm; choice winter red
$164c. Com, lc better. Pork quiet at $16 25.
Lard firm at 8 5-8a Groceries generally
firm and moderately active. Naval stores
quiet Freights active.
Money active at. 6a7 per cent Sterling
exchange firm, at 8 3-4. Gold 110 3-8a
1101-2. Government bonds sirong and dull,
with little doing. State bonds quiet and
nominal.
New Yobk, December 27.—During the
week the market for' cotton has been well
sustained when receipts are considered. Tbe
market has only declined 1-8 on low mid
dlings, noon which general quotations are
based. Tuesday’s and Wednesday’s business
was light, and thus closing weak, as the clos
ing of the exchange put a stop to all
dealings in contracts. Some little busi
ness has been consummated, but trans
actions were unimportant, and cotton
circles were pretty generally deferred The
total sales of the wetk were 84,841 bales, of
which 78,800.were on contract and 6,541 for
immediate delivery, as follows: 2,039 for ex-
ports, 4,449 for spinning, and 53 for specula
tions, including 740 bales to arrive.
Naval stores ruled at nominal prices. Gov
ernments and States unchanged.
Comparative Cotton Statement.
New York. December 20.—Toe following is tbs
comparative cotton statement for the week ending
Netreceipta stall Umtea States ports dn-
ring the week 21o,534 bales
Fame time last year ?1 4,4 S **
Showing an Increase cf 11L154
Total receipts stsll United States ports
to date - 1.763 687
Samed»telast year.... LtnMgj
Snowing an increase of 137,391
Extorts from aU United States ports lor
the week 9J 4S0
Sametimt last year 89,761
Showing an increase of l.7«9
Total exports from all United States
• torts to date 737,215
Sameda'.elast year -
Showing a decrease of. 45,63o
Stock on hand at all United States
lutTMi.'.::*;*...-
S^B4fSffiUr.ses:- @8
Last year...
Showing an Increase of..... 3MW
Stock on hand at Liverpool, 475,000
Same time last vear
Showing a decrease of ss.uo
New Orleans, December 27.—Oats
firmer, at 54a55c. Bran lower, at 87 l-2a
90c. Hams lower; old 9 l-2c; new loc.
Molasses active and higher; common 50c;
fair 56c; prime 61a64c; strictly prime 64a
66c* strictly prime fermenting 60c; o there
LUna—40* 50c
Cement—$9 25&3 50. . . ,
Bacon—Clear sides 9; clear rib sides
shoulders 74; sugar cured Inins 12Jal3.
Bulk—Dry salt clear sides 9; clear lit
sides 8 3-4 Green meats—Clear sides 8i&8£
clear rib sides 8a8£.
long clear none in market.
Lard—Steam tierces 101; kegs 11; cans Itr;
buckets llall 1-2.
Sheeiiue.etc—4-4 brown sheeting 11; 7-6
brown shirting 9 1-7; 3-4 brown shirtiae
712
Cotton yarn $t 40.
Coffee—Rio 29a31c: LiGuyra 28a9Qc»
Java 40a45c; Mocha 87 l-2a40c.
Sugar—A 12; extra C 11 1-2; Demenirti
12al2 1-2. ‘
Iron Ties—9 l-2c per lb.
Bagging—2 lbs. 14 1-2; 21-8 lbs. 15; 2 bt
lbs. 15 1-2. Gunny 12 1-2.
Candles—19 l-2a20 per lb.
Cheese—16al8 per lb.
Hogs—Dressed 7c; gross 5 3 4a6.
Beef Cattle—3*3 34
HYMENEAL.
CAMPBELL—MATT OX—Mmied, ( n tbe JCdtaJt.
at the residence of the bride’s fsther, by Bcv. F. R.
Reynolds, Bev. R. L. Campbell, or Camming, Ga.,4o
Miss M. B. Mattox, daughter of Dr. B. Mattex^of
DeSalb county, Georgia.
OlFTENTERPRlSE
The only Reliable Gift Distribution in the
Country!
$75,000
IN VALUABLE GIFTS!
TO EE DISTHIBOTED is
ii. r>. SINE’S
166PH REGULAR MONTHLY
Gift Enterprise!
1 {GREENBACKS
TO BE DRAWN
Monday. February^*!, 1874.
TWO GRAND CAPITALS OF
$5,000 each in Greenbacks^
2 Prizes of $1000
5 Prizes of $600
10 Prizes of $100
I Horae and Baggy, with Silver-mounted Hsroetc.
worth $600.
1 pine Toned Rosewood Plano, worth $350.
10 Family Sawing Machine* worth $10o each.
5 Gold Watchea and Chains, worth $350 eaeb.
5 Gold American Hunting Watches, worth $135 each.
10 Ladies’ Gold Hunting Watches, worth *100 eaoh.
IOGO Cold and Silver Lever Hunting Walohea
(in all) worth from $20 to $300 each 1
Gold Chains, Silverware, Jewelry, etc., etc.
Number of Gifts 7,500: Tickets Xilnitnf
to 75,0001
Agents Wanted to Sell Tickets, 4*
whom Liberal Premiums will be
Paid I
Single Tickets $1; Six Tickets *5» Twelve Tickets
*10; Twenty-Five $20.
Circulars containing a foil list of prizes, a descrip
tion of the manner of drawing, ana other informs.
Uon in reference ta the Distribution, will be sent to
any one ordering them. AU letters must be addrcreSf.
to *
main office, ld. sms,
101W. Fifth 8t. Box 86, Cincinnati, C
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