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THE WEEKLY C VOLUME YI.\ ATLANTA, GEORGIA, TUESDAY The\ Constitution and Sun. ATLANTA, TUESDAY, DECEMBER 30 7HKM3 OP TTIR 'WEEKLY CONSTITUTION: Weekly Oao Year ..$8 00 “ Six Months , . 1 00 Chiba .of Ten 15 00 Bend in y onr subscription. V 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 •B 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. ...... V 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. QN-EWA Loi: DOK.jf’icemWr 26,3.30% m.^-A *pe» cial uriprateif^ iffni CartMetBa abno'uflces-thaf Fort Sj.u Jul any BUG' <Mjhu«itron(A8t da: fences hes ta iached.-. An, t^SaaeptaLexplo sion in lh£ “ '|t% f ttrqes. —nJrived at Liv«r^ . Ch aduaton; at Rit- ower or NhwUlr- ilfor Bav«fe officers tnd y London, 35 pool the’baMi terdam. the'i): N.C. _ Saile-J fri-1 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 ' s . .. 1 * ® 1 * 1 "““ v . 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. 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