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)~/? By W. A. HEMPHILL & CO. ATLANTA, GEORGIA, FOR THE WEEK ENDING TUESDAY, OCTOBER 5, 1875. No. 16, Volume Till COUNTRY AND CITY JOBBERS. Dry goodi jobbing in New York is ret rygreisive, as tbe New York Daily Bul letin expreAMft It It ii positively shaky, and depressed, and disposed to flit away to wore economical localities. There has grown up, says the Bulletin, within the Iwt dtcade a large and thrifty class of country Jobbing firms, and a good half of the goods reaching the retailers of the country now pastes through the hands of this class of merchsnls, located in the minor towns snd cities, which not long sgo was a part of ihe business of tbe cities of the scsboard, principally New York, Boston and Phil adelphia. That is the situation in a nut r'jcll, and coming from one of the lead log commercial journals of the metropo lis 11* a very fair, frsnk and manly statement. It is the truth, snd perhaps the merchants of New York think the sooner they face it the better. To make tbe casa still plainer in the minds of its city readers the Bulletin presents the following examples of the costs of conducting a jobbing business in its city snd in one of the "minor cities of the interior:" cirr ;obhcr. Amount of sales $3,1)00,000 tiros* profits, iO per cent........ 300,000 THE NOISELESS PANIC. Ileal estate in New Yoik and ether northern cities very slowly shared the tumbling of value?, hut whin it did get into the* declining current the movement was strong although quiet. "There is no market," said a leading real estate dealer in New York recently. Nobody wants to buy; all wan! to unload. And the macon and Brunswick road. RAILROADS. < iai, on the proper disposition of the Macon and Brunswick railroad. He wants the road put 00 tlie market, not a few in New York apprehend a rep- j Of course he does. What etiticn of tbe scenes of 1637. The dc- man interested in Savannah's welfare ciinc in rents has kept pace with the would think otherwise? Te see the state fall in value?, and between the two the j conducting a line that leads not to Rome A home, or at leas; a homeless, cor- j Fifty j ears ago last Monday an event respondent of the Savannah News gises occurred in a corner of Great Britain expression to the views entertained by • that was fuller of intcre. and value to the t-c Central railroad people in particular. world then as any act 'rf statesman or "d by the citizens of Savannah in gem — A 1 — A — —* - Rent 130,000 (•uarantee arc’t 1 percent SU.OCl 31) h- n*ls at $'*,000 '.*),<*« 20 " 2,0u0 40,0(0 10 *• I.OU0 10,000 10 *• MW 6.CJ0 O.her c*pcn*ca. CO.OUO-— JGS.GOO Net profit. «5C30 cooiTfiT aonnea. Amount of ta’ea Vl/WO/iOO Gross profit , 10 per cent 300,000 Rent *10,000 Ouaofilen arc unt .'*>,(<00 M) hand* averaging *1,000 Oo.OuO Other expenses 40,lKJi)— )70,GC) Net profits *30,000 Tue object of tlra discour iging exhibit 11 the Bulletin Is to urge the merchants of New York to remove the heavy dis advantages under which they labor But that is just what tb;*y can not do to any great extent. (Sen. Austell’* atoiy in yesterday morning’s Constitution alone shows the impossibility cf bringin? expenses down very low io New York. Take the important item of rent, for instance. The city debt alone Is $137,000.0X), and if it is not two hundred million ten years from now a radical change in her municipal affairs will have to supervene. But take it as it Is, and then add the other expenses of the city and the result is a tax of neatly three per cent, upon the building in which the New York jobber docs busi ness. With such tsxcs to meet, and with the prices of lots such as they are and al ways will be in the best commcicial quar.er* of the great city, how can the New York jobber expect any material reduction in the iicm of rent ? And so with the other terns. The expenses of living in New York air higher than they are ia the "minor cities of the interior,” and this requires large salaries if a firm wishes to retain, as it must to succeed, keen and active sales men and other employees. The current expense* of New Yolk’s jobbers are in deed exco sive, but th«y arc duo to n variety of ciicumstances over which its jobbers hate little or no control. The Bulletin’s estimate of the coats of jobbing in such cities as Atlanta and Richmond aie very greatly overrated. A reduction of »wcnly per cent, should be made in the items of rent, hands and other expenses. In tbe country, hands do not nverage $1,800 by several hundred dollars. Our landlords do not demand such rentals as the Bulk tin’s estimate calls for. The real difference in profits is one tilth greater than the Bulletin's figures state it. What is the moral of this confession of the New York journal ? It seems to be that the country merchant, the rctaihr, ia shrewd and sensible in preferring the country joblier, as he is confessedly do ing. Not only can the country jobber afford to oiler the best of terms, but the retailer can through him renow bis every month, keeping it fresh, and taking advantage of every downward turn of the market. If ho goea to New Yoik for his goods he buys a supply that must last six months, no matter what the changes of fashion are or wliat depreciation may occur In goods. The Bulletin is right when it says that ihe natural laws which have caused business to take this drift will also serve to increase its magnitude. The dry goods jobbing trade of Atlanta has grand possibilities before it that will assuredly be realised. Our merchants are full of enterprise and they now command plenty of capital. No unnecessary outside middlemen should make profits from the trade of Georgia Our own merchants are amply equipped for all the demands of the southern trade, and wc expect to ace them managing it before another decade it finished. The commissioner of internal revenue is making a vigorous raid through his collectors throughout the country agaiust those who do not brand cigar boxes in the proper manner. The law provides that all cigars which shall be remove from any manufactory or place where ci gars are made without, branding into each box with a branding-iron the number of cigars contained therein, tbe name of the manufacturer, and the number of (be district and state, shall be forfeited to tbe l'nited States. The violation of the law is a'so punishable with a fine ranging from $100 to $1,000, with imprisonment from six months to three years. Since the passage of the law, very mtny manu facturers have evaded its provisions by other methods than that prescribed by law, viz: lbrt of bianding. Some havi just stamped boxes of tin, and some have contented themselves with a label. This will not do, tbe commissioner says, and collectors are ordered to prosecute every ase that comes under their notice. It is gratifying to see that so much at tention is being given to tbe culture of rice. From al parts of the state we hear e! movements in this direction, some wbi :h arc of no inconsiderable znagni tude. Kies milH arc being established al important central points for the pur pose of preparing the crop for the mark . It is rumored that a mill of this kind will soon be put into operation Atlanta, as there is a great demand for one in this section. To show how im portant tbe rice trade has become iu our state, it is only necessary to note the fact that a firm of rice brokers has just been (orated at Savannah, whose whole atten tion is to be given to this (articular branch ol commerce. This is an entire ly new feature in the brokerage business, and will no doabt become a most impor tant one In tbe future o^>ur state. Ton New Orleans Republican charac teristically flings aside the truth of his tory when it cal's Hon. L. Q C. Lunar "a carpet bagger, who left tbe legislature of Georgia to run for congress in Missis sippi” It is real estate owners of New York are i the dumps. New York is probably worse off io this respect than any other city, for two rca- : her values were inflated io aa ex traordinary extent, and her taxes are very high and constantly going higher. The taxation on unimproved or unpro ductive property in that city fling matter. It is higher than it was during the culminating year of tbe Tweed regime. In 1873 the rate was $3.50 on the $100; in 1874 $3 80, and this year it $3 04, or nearly three per cent. This kind of gov ernmtni is rapid’y swelling the tax lists, and the ‘‘lax sales scalpers” arc prepar ing for a rich harvest. "Under this sys tem,’’ says the New Yoik Ileruld, "wc spending more money, raking more money, and issuing more and more bonds. Under the pretense of reform wc have abuses as flagrant and numerous during the worst days of the Tammany reign.” While this matter of excessive taxation may account for the heavy decline in the real estate of New York, yet we find nearly similar condition in every other northern city that has a press which frank and plain. Tbe latest IutA- Occsn that has cornc to hand ac knowl edges in a guarded manner that "sales are in most case* made at cjnsidcrablc reductions on former prices, to corres pond with the general decline of prices almort everything else." It congratu lates its readers on the fact that some outright bona fide sales are taking place that are neither trades nor foreclosures.” These facts, which are publish- in the public journals, show that the noiseless panic" is still sweeping slowly but irresistibly along. They also show—for what is true of tbe large cilies great extent true of the minor ones and of the towns and villages—that the people of the north are experiencing reaction from war values and war in fluences that wc koow nothing of. The proof accumulates that in every respect outh is stronger and sounder bun the north. We di 1 not soer so high, did not inflate many h tlloon?, and our fall has been and will be proportionately lea*. This apparent in the hands that arc stretch* towards us by cAstcrn merchants for Ip to save them from sinking. They begin to realize that the producing see. lions of the country arc the strongest; they begin to court—too late to command it—our trade. They sec that all of our material conditions are favorable, and that the people of the cotton states will remain solvent regardless of .their panics, they nokele s or violent. TIIE NEW ENGLAND PROBLEM. The labor market in the land of the Puritans is sadly glutted. Sixty thousand "tramps” are upon the country roads. The working classes are discon tented, sullen, and pervaded with a growing feeling that they exist and toil only for the purpose of enriching the few privileged ones. Employment is scarce, with every prospect of becoming scarcer. A long winter is just ahead, and hundreds of thousands of honest toilers, eager and anxious to labor, arc living but one degree above starvation. This is essentially the picture of tbe situation in New England as drawn by correspondent of the Boston Globe, lie foresees a ruinous conflict between the rich and the poor, unless something done to avert it. What shall be done ? That is the most interesting and difficult question in the ew England states to-day. How can the glutted labor market be relieved. The Globe’s correspondent proposes immigra tion, to the south as the best mode of relief and here is the way be describes this section of the country: Within much less than one week’s Jour ney from Boston there exists a vast country who:e natural wealth no tongue or pen has ver yet described! It has a taubrious linialc, a soil fruitful to the last degree, •apatde of pioducing iu the greatest abund grain, vegetables, fruiu of every kind which are giown outside the tropics, aud many tropic »' fruits also, a soil of which it might be said, os Sydney Smith said of ihe •oil of Australia, "Tickle It with a hoe and It laughs with a harvest ?’• On txis soil cat tle and sheep cau be raise J by millions. Ihe country is well diverrttied with mountains, plains and valleys; forests of Immense ex tent are there; lakes and rivers wrtl stocked with fish are there on a magnificent scale, and smaller streams furnish abundant water ewer. The coal, iron and other mineral deposits beneath that soil exist in quantities which arc almost incalculable, and in fact jjthing exists there that could be asked to sustain a vast and increasing papula tioa In plenty and happiness for centuries to but to Brunswick is provoking. They want the road switched off in come way to feed their own city, all of which is very natural and customary, and iu a certain s nsc proper, unless it is to be done at the expense of the state. The News’ correspondent quotes a deal of law, but he utterly fails to show that the legislature directed a sale to be made. On the contraryi the provisions of tbe statute show that it was the express will of the legislature that the whole question should bo de cided as the roundest discretion of tbe board of directors should dictate. They have decided to run the road until the legislature can indicate its choice of policies, and in so doing they have acted prudently and, as far as known facts arc concerned, wisely. Abandoning the law of the case, tbe champion of a speedy sale of the road falls back upon what he says was the intention of the legislature and it the de sire of the people of Georgia. The legis. lature intended to do just what they le gally did do—give the directors ample discretionary powers. They put their will into sentences that are incapable of two constructions. And as for the desire of the people, that is a matter upon which men arc privileged to differ. Wc do not believe they want the road sold at less than its real value. The times are not favorable for the auctioning off of hun dreds of miles of iron track, and the peo ple probably think they had better hold their property in preference to selling it immediately at a sacrifice. The most pointed charge of Tax-Pay- et’s letter, however, is found in bis itali cized words that assert the refusal of the directors to sell the ro^d on any terms. He is ‘creditably in formed" that the directors were ad dressed, soon after they took possession ol the load, "by a perfectly responsible party” who expressed a desire to know bother they would receive a proposi tiou for tbe purchase of the road, and the respond was that they "would not.” So says "Tax Payer,” and wc do not for a moment doubt bis statements. Hut the simple refusal of the directors to entertain propositions for the purchase of the road before the meeting of the leg islaturc does not make out a very strong c »se u gainst them. "Tux Payer” should have shown that "the perfectly re sponsible parly” would have offered a reasonable sum. lie should have stated that sum, even if he refused to disclose the local habitation of the mysterious bidders. Until he does that wc are l |n no position to attack the dircc tors. Wc do not, in fact, believe that "the perfectly responsible party” would buy the road at its true value. We believe further that the current name of th? pasty in question is a corporate one, a: wc do not believe that the people of (» .;ia are so impatient for a sale of the r■•..u that they will not willingly await the action of their representatives in the gii.>ral assembly^ ^ ^ THE THIRD TERM. This intelligent writer knows yery well that the factory band-*, the mechanics and laborers of the suffering and endan gered state?, who have been out of cm ployment for weeks, and some of them for months, cannot set out for Dixie’s Land on their own resources. They are penniless, and the correspondent, there fore, advocates stato aid to those who desire to go bick to men’s natural ployment, agriculture. Tbe Globe, in commenting on thislelter.thmksit would be rather a novel proceeding for a state to try to get rid of its population, and it therefore thinks that tbe matter should be left to individual or associated efforts >f the people. Otherwise the Globe concurs ia all its correspondent says. Both fear further collisions between the rich and poor, and both believe that the couth presents the best agricultural field Grant is a candidate for another term. No one who reads his speech at Des Moines can*doubt it. This man, who has always been careless in his public utterances, read a long speech—a speech reduced to writing and read from the manuscript. What does such a depart ure from his previous methods mean ? Why so much care and preparation in a speech before the soldier* in distant Iowa ? The object is made very plain by the matter that he went out of his way to introduce when lie talked about politics, lie went to Des Moines to talk politics. His audience must have comprised hun dreds, perhaps thousands, of Catholics; and yet before that mixed audience and a soldier’s union, lie intro duced the subject of sectarian schools and religious teachings. He raised the Koow Nothing flag that Blaine did in Maine and that Hayes’ supporters are fly lug in Ohio. There is no such issue in Iowa, or in any other state. It is not a question legitimately before the people of any state. In most of the states there is positive harmony on the question of schools. And yet this firebrand was thrown by the president into the coming canvass that he may stir up and utikze the prejudices of Pioteslants. Such a course has but one meaning— the man is determined to exhaust all ex pcdicnls to secure four more years of power. It shows, too, that the republi con campaign of 1876 will be conducted tbe cry of no popery. To this extremity baa Grantism come at lost, llow can a man say in tbe face of this remarkable appeal to religious prejudices that the president does not desire another term Sucti a man should be set down as very verdant, or very dishonest, or positively crowned head—an c eat of more im portance to the omir cial world than any of its whole h ; ry. That event consisted in the unition of Dar lington, a mining town in tbe northeastern part of England, and Stockton, a town full of factories at tbe bead of Tees bay. One had coal in abundance and wanted a market, and tbe other wanted just what Darlington had but could not sell to advantage. So tbe towns were joined, and George Stephen son was the parses. The golden wed ding was celebrated at Darlington on Monday last in a grand and successful manner. The old engine “ Locomotion,” which rattled away from Darlington fifty years ago at the spanking rote of four miles an hour, was taken down from its pedestal m front of the station at Dar lington, and removed to the chief shops of the town, Ibera to be grouped and compared with the illustrious line of later days. A statue to Stephenson’s prin cipal and wealthy patron and friend. Jo sepb Pease, who was a wealthy manu facturcr of Stockton, was unveiled, and the cable says that the whole programme was successfully and enthusiastically carried out in the presence of numerous railroad magnates and eminent men from every section of the kingdom. What a growth iu fifty years! There arc men in Atlanta who can remember the Darlington event The road was only twelve miles long, and its cost was only $000,000. But those few miles of imperfect undulating serpentine track, with the crude odd machine that sprang from the brain of George Stepherson, have revolutionized the world. No in vention has been so powerful in pro moting the world’s progress, and none ever will be, unices it is one that will make rapid communication still more rapid and cheaper. Those cf us who have always known the locomotive can scarcely realize that the vast and in calculable change in transportation has been accomplished in fifty years. The Darlington line was a success from the outset The thrifty Quakers at the mines and the stirring manufacturers of Stockton struck a bonanza .hat at the present time is yielding enough every year to pay the world's governmental indebtedness. But it was eleven years after the opening of Stephenson’s first road before London had a railway, and when her first line was built to Deptford, in 1830, its managers considered it in the light of a show. They kept a fancifully-dressed baud cf musicians at each end cf the route to draw passengers, and lamps were set up ou both sides of the track to light the en tire route duriog the night. But Lou don soon cast off such nonsense, and to day there arc 3,603 trains going in and out of tbe city daily, carrying during the the year tbe cuormous number of 104,- 000,000 passengers. The accomplishments of the last forty years in this direction, are astonishing. In 1868 there were 100,000 milea in op eration, of which Canada and the United States had one half. That half has since been increased at least twenty-five per cent. The other half was distributed as follows: England, 13,000 miles; Germany and Austria, 13,302; France, 0,624; India, 5.630; Spain, 3,161; Russia, *2.800 r Swe den, 1,100; Belgium, 1,073; Italy, 2,752; Switzerland, 705; Egypt, 760, and Hol land, 617. A great many miles have also been built in India, Japan, South America, and in every other civili'.ed or semi-civilized nation on the globe. In the United States the development of the rail road system has been remarkably steady and rapid. Figures are,as we well know, very distasteful to some readers, but we trust they will pardon the following table which shows the number of miles in op eration in this country during each year. 23 DCS... out of his head. The Greensboro’ Home Journal men tions the workingi of the penitentiary during the administration of Gov. Craw ford, when they were reformatory and telf-sustaining. The Journal confesses that tbe vast increase of criminals brought about by the late war has complicated the problem, but it unqualifiedly asserts that the present system of punishment is a disgrace to our civilization. With no religious appliances or reformatory influences brought to bear up)u the con victs, the various camps are "likely to become high schools of wickedness, from whose discipline criminals will be rendered desperate in vice, and come • orth confirmed villains to perpetrate fresh crimes upon the community. We hope this important question, will have 951853... 229 ISM... 3H0 1855.. KB 1K56.. 2,302 1861.. . 2.81S 1862.. . 8.K5 1883.. . 4,026 1861.. . 4,185 1865.. . 4.57? 1886 . . 4,633 1887.. . 4,930 1888.. . 7,365 *871 . 9.02111872 .10,182 .33,908 , .35,085 ..36.8*7 OUR GEORGIA HUMORI3T. the immediate attention of the press and for the unemployed laborers of New tul pit, and the humane and Christian England. The Globe is also very correct ‘ consideration of the governor and legis- when it says that the southern state' will welcome accessions from the industrious elements of its rection. It welcomes all honest and industrious new-comer*, no matter where they came from. Virginia is making a special effort to secure immigrants, not from foreign lands, but from the crowded states of the northeast, and no doubt the move ment headed by Gen. Fitzbugh Lee will gather in thousands of the discouraged but industrious workingmen of New England and the Middle stolen rture." x.e first re-union of the old Third regiment, held at Union Point Iasi year, was the right step in the right diiccllon, and resulted in numerous other similar reunions of old confederate mili- Xtr.- organizations in Georgia. The m usiasm thus awakened passed over the line into cur sister state of Alabama, where several re-union* have already t Aten place. Gen. E. M. Law, late com mander of Law's brigade, army of Nortb- The Georg* press can justly be cred ited with the possession of a humorist whose reputation is not less than that won by either the famous Bailey of the Danbury News, or Lewis of the Detroit Free Press, in the person of Sam. W. Small, of the Atlanta Constitution. We have often admired his articles which arc written in a free, sprightly and pecu liar style, and which, though they excite a smile, yet convey the truth in words not to be mistaken. He is quite a young man, and is well known in Griffin, where he resided during the war, and during which time he was adil : gent and faithful pupil of the senior editor of the Star and Cultivator. He stood at his "post" then as he was taught to do, and we are glad to find him at his "post” now in the line of duty, his humorous writings are ap preciated, and the leading journals of tbe north and west copy them as rapidly as they appear. Sam has a bright career ahead of him, and we shall always look upon bis successes with, we trust, very pardonable pride.—Gridin Star and Cul tivator. m m m The Hampton Ledger appears in obe dience to a demand of the agricultural and business interests of Henry county for a local organ. "Local edigraphs’ 1 are to be a speciality of the Ledger. We hope it will monopolize them, for we do not wont the mysterious complaint in this county. Mr. John G. Cold well is the editor and proprietor of the new sheet, which is clean, neat and democratic in spite of edigraphs. TnE receipt! of cotton at this port during the past month were 4,011 bales against 2,045 boles in September, 1874. This is an increase of nearly 100 per cent, and is a good send-off for the sea son. While the counties just about At lanta have not raised as much cotton this year as they did the year before, yet the citj’s widening trade will supply the de ficiencyand leave a margin for gain. Gov. Osborn says that the fu-jlus grain raised In Kansas this year, if loaded (n ca», would moke a train 1.CG0 mile3 long.' Toe Kansas people, the Bendas and others, are talking of refuslrg Kanst* City patronage, b:cause that city entertained Jefferson Davis. Gqybeno* Ua&tranft is infestli^ the parade-grounds of Penmjlvauia and assu ring each regiment that It is the best drilled and presents the finest appearance jot any in the stato. It is very hold for Senator Morton Jo'.eart. anythin g. He is repeating the same Uoody- shirt speech in Pennsylvania which feeated such havoc in the republic in party in Maine. Tls Chinese government Is about la send out the fourth company * l young taen to receive an education ia the United £tate;. They are expected to arrive in Safl Fran cisco in December. Tub census of Charleston, just compk te-J, shows 56,510 souls, against 48,056 Ir: bTO, on incre.se of 7,181 in five year^*'The colored population is 32,012 and tug white 24,528, the Increase cf the former ^zvliig been much the greatest. It won’t do for the republicans to attri bute their recent defeat in Maine tqjrepub- lican "stay-at-homes.” The republican vote Is 7,000 larger this year than in 187-J* when it elected Ding’ey governor bv 11,000 ma jority. Cassius M. Clay Is named os omlgiblc continuation to the next democrat presi dential nomination. There ia nof much probability that the convenUoa will go fur ther touts than Kentucky, and ttfis not therefore unlikely that Cassiis may be jus tified ia enteitaining a hope. jt With a little ability and a gocdMeal of help, how a man can get up In the world! Our American cardinal used to be plain John McCloskey. His title no#ft Santa Maria Sopra Minerva! His oi wouldn’t recognize, under that names, her old boy. Tde Bangor, Maine, Commi dently knows what is about Wbi out in the fulness of great joy: 1 hurrah! hurrah! hurrah! Blaine La* Ohio! Count Allen’s majority by- where it w*ould have been only h Blaine had staid at home.” Tub "Property Holder’s Union,’ Orleans, has bad the city budget lor 1875 under consideration, and proposer (Reduce tt from $4,075,912 to $1,643,483. That loo)- s os though the Union meant, burices* and had sense. The tax-payer*’ league br citi- committee, of Si. Louis, might profit by its examp’e. Congressman C. B. Fauwxll -of Chi cago, is a candidate for tbe republican nom ination for governor of Illinois. Gov. Bev erage is also wo'kirgfor a nomination, and the Hon. S. 31. Cullom has aspirations in the same direction. If Mr* Farwett could induce his rivals to play poker for the nomi nation, his prosoects would be excellent. It is a significant fact that the Nt-* York Times, a journal of considerable political sa gacity, predicts the final defeat of the hard money men, and thinks th:re is no room for doubt that, when it comes to the final con test, the force of number?, as vrs!l ’ as the boldness, the earnestness and the Iiopefull ness so recessary to success, arc all with the grcenbcc ; party. We want Hartranft to have a faijshowin this battle, for the odds are mightily-gainst him at best, and he should beg Mc£fc& - not to 6tand on the order of his going from the Pennsylvania field, but to go at once If there is anyone man who can be well spared out of this contest by the Hartranft men, it is Oliver P. Mo rton.—Philadc’phia Times (Ind.) The Vienna correspondent of the London Time?, in alluding to the relative strong h of the Mohammedans and Christians in Bosnia and Herzegovina, contributes the first reliable data which have yet been fur nished on the point. Ec shows that the church registers of the different Christian communities and the conscription rolls of the Mahommcdan population, there arc 135,600 Catholics in Bosn'a and 48,003 in Herzegovina, or 183,000 in all; three rre 460 000 belong to the Eistera church in Bosnia, and 75,000 in Herzegovina—that is, 535,(30 in all; while there are 330,000 Ma- hommedans in Bosnia and G0,000 In Herze govina, or 390,000 in alL The Mahomme- dan popula'ion, therefore, is little less than four to eleven to the Christian popu lation. Tins is the way the Cincinnati Ccinrcei- clal puts it: "TIIK GREENBACK DOLLAR At the dose o. business yesterday was worth 85 4-5 cents, Or 111-5 cen*s less than a Gold Dollar.” Aud tbe Enquirer’s way: "THE BONDHOLDER’S DOLLAR, At close o' business yestirJav was woktii *1 23J6, or 2T% cents more than tbe People’s Dollar. And all because of the legislation, which, for tbe past ten years, has been ma’nly di rected to the appreciation of the interest bearing debt in tbe hands of the money power, aud the depreciation of the non- interest-bearing debt in the hands of the people.”. More legal tenders were retind last week to moke room for more natiooal en Virginia, propoae* a rc-union of tbe j bu,t currency. Untii further order* the The EXECUTIVE NOTE, governor yesterday issued to correct tbe mi*- j P rocl ‘ mll:oa . cfl «> n £ «*» reward for (Utement. of a aheet that it» ignorant 'M’T'* 1 ° f “ gr ° mut - ■- . . * idered one of his colored broihers in j Chatham county. »(It it unjust. 4th, 13th, 44th. 47th and 48th Alabama ’ Tliue ot outstanding legal tenders will regiments, which comprised that brigade 1 1)8 $3«3,84M34- B ^ ^ at Selma, October .sth, which will be j j UE Lumpkin Independent Bays coi- during the stale grange fair. The object t0 , picUics; is going cn so stesdily in it': -donthat theeppwUl he •‘well nigh historical and official records of the regi- P ,c ^^ ou * V first of meets composing the command. The colored people cf Iowa arc moving in the matter of being properly represented at the centennial. Spain is conscripting boys of fifteen; but the boj s will be old enough before Spain has strangled liberty Iu Cuba. Ex-Treasurer 8oot, of New Jersey, '• found to be short just $44,116, which en tities him to a full certificate of membership in the radical p-iity. The recep Jon of Mr. Davis In Colorado bos b» en everywhere hospitable and cour teous, and he is said to have enjojed lis territorial trip exceedingly. Tde aims and tbe purposes of republicans are a* pure and worthy now as thej ever were.—[Boston Advertiser. Just about — j Boston Post. Edmond About, the French journalist and novelist—and a good fellow, too—Is intending to come over and write up our cenUuniol next yes*-. Atlanta h»s 65doctors and 135lawyers. But for the frequent deaths from starvation among them the two professions there ould become a little crowded —1 Exchange Mil Brtant, of the New York Evening Post, assumes a poet’s license rhat is very pardonable, under the circumstances, "and declares for the democratic state ticket. Ex-Minister Bancroft will spend the winter in Washington f his health continues to Improve, otherwise he will go to Fiori . for the months of January and February. Mr. Sharon has tendered to Mrs. Ralston a suit of seven rooms In the Palace hotel, with private servant?, a private coach and coachman, so long as she may see fit to use them. Salvini made $25,000 in gold daring the last London season, from April 1st to July 15 h. Bis fortune to day is set down at $150,000, mode principally In playing Othello. Devon cattle that were cnce so popular in New Hampshire have been gradually go ing out of fashion of late years, and at the last state fair only sixteen head of thia breed were on exhibition. Says the Richmond Dispatch: "It would have been better for Schcrz had he remain ed in Germany until after the election. To gratify hi? resentment he comes home to help the radicals, if possible, to beat his best friends. Ohio wtil go for the demo crat*, Scburz will be exiled to keep com pany with his enemies, who will never res pect or reward him; and it Is more than probable that his pubic career in ths higher political positions in the republic is at an »nd. In that ease it will, we should think, Seventy-five thousand pounds is to be spent in mounting the fortress ot Gibraltar with 38 too guns. Ex-Gov. Walker, of VirgixJs, has a han kering after newspaper life at d p eposes to buy the Patriot concern, at Washington with a view to the "politics of the future,” and tho prospects thereof. Mu. L. W. Volk, a Chicago sculp*or, has anew statue of Stephen A. Douglas t early finished, which is said to be different from those previously executed by him, all of the copies of which, with a slrgle exception, were destojc J by fire. Sossura h living ia comfort at Barra- conne, a villiafre between Turin aud Rivoli absorbed iu the cultivation of fruit, flowers and vegetables, and keeping an eye on hi- collection of in&ecrs and minerals. It is a matter of turprl&e to some unthink ing people that Oakes Anus should have: monumen! before G.orge Washington’^ is completed; but it must be remembered that Ames dug his way to forture with a shovel, whereas Washirgton depended entirely on liia little hatchet. The United States centennial board of finance has granted the privilege rf printing tbe official catalogue of the ceu'enrial exhi bition to J. R. Nagle & Co., of Philadelphia. The firm gave the board of finance *110,CC0 for the privilege, and agrees to print the catalogue la Eng'i«h, French, German and Spanish. SiTue Shreveport Times has seen a man who recently visited the Khedive, and this mau dc.lares that "the Tuikish sel ler* enter tain a profound cantempt for the foreign officers, and that tbe latter have charge principally of department cilices, which do not bring them in direct contact with tho common soldiers ” James Lick, tbe California miiliona’re philanthropist, is described is th!n-vis- aged, aharp-argled Ij forehead and ctiu and nose, with a shock of matted and tan gled black hair, slightly sprinkled wbh gray. Ills eyes are a cold, pale bluish gray, and glassy, and a long, straggling under- beard covers his chin. The New York Commercial Adverihcr says all the ocean steamship companies have sunk money on nearly every passage for two or three years past. 1 he Bremen line bas lost §1,115,000 in two jears, the Hamburg *400,000 during the past year, and the White Star, Inman, National and Cu- nard lines not less than $4,0C0.0CO The fight between ex-Governor Steven son and Leslie, of Kentucky, for an elec tion to the seat in tbe United States senate, now occupied by the former, Is being wag'd very bitterly. Governor Leslie, la his retiring address, among other points made the fallowing: "If the exe r cise of the pardoning power has been less frequent tbau usual daring my administration, it is attributable to the fact that ccrta’n fixed maxims of ffiity often compelled me to say This put Governor Stcvenscn’s friends to work to see how the pardoning power had been exercised in the fast, and they assert the remissions and respites during Gov. Leslie’s term numbered 738, while those duriog the term of Governor Stevenson amounted to but 439.” Fifty years sgo, this mouth, the first train of Vehicles was drawn by a locomo tive over a road open to the public. This was at Darlington, in England, and Gtorge 8tephenson was the engineer, both of the road and of Ihe locomotive. It was the be ginning of railroading, and a semi-centen nial celebration is to be had at Darlington, the 27ih. The little Hue then opened bas since been absorbed into the Northeas tern railway of England, an immense corpo ration, whose capital is *5.*,000.000, or equal to that of our whole Pacific railway, and even that is surpassf d by three other Brit ish railways. 7 he railways of the world have all been create 1 within fifty years The Un'tcd States have laid the mott length in that time, and about os much as ail the rest of the world put together. The cost andmauucrof building has teen the most magn'fictnt in England, where the per cent- age of net returns and gross earnings to cost is less than with us. Tue Boston Port pronounces the "bloody shirt” too thin for fall wear. Congressman Beck, of Kentucky, take3 the stump for the democrats in Ohio at early day. Minister Cushing is said to have gained for himself much popularity at Madrid., where he I've s quietly and modestly. Tue Louisiana sugar crop for 1874-75 ii estimated at 116,867 hogshcids, against SO,’ 498 last year. The molasses crop is estima ted at 11,616,82S gallons. Ex-Senator E. G. Ross, of Kansas, who for a year or more U?s been foreman of the Lawrence Journal, bas assumed the assist ant editorship of that paper. Figaro reports the presence at Paris of M. Scbiscbkin, recent Colonel General of Russia at Belgrade, and now on his way to the United S ates to represent the Emperor of Russ a at Washington. Tub Staunton Spectator, Fredericksburg Herald, Alexandria Gazette, Richmond En quirer, and Richmond WThigore the ollist papers in Virginia, and rank in age in tie order named. Tue French Bonapartis* s have prevailed upon the ex-empress to surrender her "j gency” and abdicate in favor of the Prince Imperial. The Bonapartists are becoming bold and aggressive. Sam Bard says be "has learned at last what not to put in the columns of a news paper,” but as he prints his own ed.torials, it does not appear that he makes proper use of his valuable lesson.—M nip jis Ava lanche. Bluff old Kaiser Wi helm, whose bodily vigor is rexlly wonderful, was in the saddle duriog tbe whole time on both days of the recent Sedan anniversary, and galloped up and down tbe field at the head of Lis staff t briskly as ever. The returns from Maine, as telegraphed through the associated press, on the author ity of Mr. Blaine’s home organ, contan errors in favor cf Connor, republican, cf 9 2 votes, wnich will bring the republican majority down to something like 3,£50. Anotbzr Guibord case has been nipped lathe bud near Montreal. An old man committed suicide while drunk, and tae priest refused to allow the body to enter the graveyard, but finally permitted the coffin 10 be Lome Into the cemetery over the fence. Tub vote of Hurricane island, Maine, —republican, 104, democrat, 4. On the island are located the government granite wotks, under the superintendence of Davis 1 illson, formerly a republican sta’e official On the IClb instant, l>e called his men to gether and significantly advised them to vote the republican ticket—"those who did not must xeep away from him.” Wa are sorry to hear that President Grant has of late been drinking harder than usual. Probably it Is only one of his third-term moveaients. The harder he drinks and the more intense his drunken frolics, the more confidently he reckons upon the support of temperance men. A letter from Vice-Pres ident Wilson, certifying thst Grant prac Uses total abstinence, will so n be in order. -N. Y. Ban. They say that these are the reasons Prince Gortschokoff gave to Princess Lieven why he could cot see Gambetta:—“Th*s some time dictator wishes, I suppose, to talk with me about European politics, and particu larly about Ueizegoriaa; a delicate subject if there is one, and one that above a'l calls for a pretise knowledge of the country and iu geography. Now geography is M. Gam- betta’s weak point Five years ago his geo graphical ignorance was ludicrious. did not know there were two Epernars in the neighborhood of Paris; and it is scarcely possible that in the meantime he hss satis' factority studied the gergrephy of Herzego vina Before we could discuss the sutject, therefore, I would be compelled to give him a course in geography, and for that Mr. James Lick has settled upon Mount Hamilton, In Santa Clara county, as a desi rable place to build the California obser- Tatary,which is to con’oln the largest teles cope in the wcrld. The amount set apart for this purpose in his bequest Is $800,000. He has proposed to the eupei visor cf Santa Clara county to place the observatory on Mount Hamilton, provided they will build a good road to the summit. If they desire it, he offers to advance the county money for the work anduke its bonds In pijment. Old abolitionists will no doubt be shocked to learn that there is now a gang of negro serviuts working without pay on the plan tation of a white min in South Caroika. Not lo: g ago Dr. Hagood, of Blackville, in that state, lost his mansion by fire, aud hl3 former slaves, some thirty in number, have volunteered their services to cut timber for the erection of a new dwelling. They are cow working gaily ou tbtlr old master’s plantation, without money aud without price, and are happier than they h ve been before for a dozen years. The observations of a learned judge of th3 supreme court of the United States in the case cf Osborne agt. the bank of the United S ates, 9 Wheat. 866, may fittingly be cngiaved on the dess of every judge, as embodying the principles to guide him Io the discharge of his judicial functions: The judicial department of the govern ment has no will in any case Judicial pow er, as contradistinguished from th5 power of the ltw, has no existence, courts are the mere instruments of the law, and can will nothing. When they arc eaid to exercise a discretion, it is a mere legal discretion, to be exercised in discerning the course pre scribed by the law; aud when that is dis cerned, it is the duty of the court to follow it. Judicial ioarer is never exercised Tor the purpose of giving effect to the will of the judge, but always for > he purpose of g v- ingeffect to the will of the legislature, or, in other word?, to the will of the Iaw.” In Germany they have printed 52,709,000 blanks upon which the returns are to b? made for th? censu?, »he taking of which begins December 1. The rebclliou agaiust the gollen calf which has broken out lu the state of New' o;k may yet cost Mr. Samuel Tilden hi? political head.—[Cincinnati Commercial. Francis Dear, who was at one time so seriously ill, has so far recovered as to be able to resume his seat in the Hungarian parliament, and to take p -rt lu the debates TnE sword surrendered by Napoleon III to Emperor Wi.l'am at Sedan was delivered, Strasburg piper states, to Gen. Cistlcnau by Prince Bismarck iu 1871. Senator Boctwell’s stay in Ohio was very brief. He is back at bis home in Mas sachusetts again, and the third term has not single man among all the republican ora tors in Ohio to say a kind word for it. It is supposed that the widow and daught- • of 8tonewa!l Jackson will be the guests of the sta’e or city on the occasion of the unreiling of the statue of Jackson on the 26th of October.— (Richmond Dispatch. Clevela.-»p Plain Dealer: That was an apt saying of a prominent German of this city, In reply to the iuterrogatory, "Will Carl Schurz hurt the democratic party by coming to Ohio?’’ "No,” said the German, Governor Allen has a better stamper for Ohio than ScLurz. and his name Is ’Hard Times!’” Jake sauntered up and joined the bands at the depot, just- as they had seated theu>- Mr. Delino could have acquired a goed selves on the platform to munch their din- reputation by cimpcldng the ^ovciament De TROBRIAND. A Talk with “the Man of 4th t f January” at New Orleans. Prospects of Leuisiena and >cmr< thing About the Mississippi Css*. Gee. DsTrobiiind, ot tbe United Site, army, whose name was prominently before the country durirg the troub'es, had tb • as sembling of the Louisiana legisla ure, was at the Kimball House on Tuesday cveuing. He slopped over a night only, being en r jute to Athens, where he has relatives wh« ra 1 e ia visiting for the first time in his life. A reporter of Tue Constitution met Urn after supper, and during a desultory con versation gathered the following interes lug facts, which’ were stated br the General, probably without any purpose of publi.n- tton. TBS LOUISIANA FROSFKCT. From the General welearne l that Louis iana affairs are at a stand-still politically, with the exception of the trouble a* Uing upon the school question. The affairs of the stare are now proceeding under the faun us com promise,aud no distur auce of the rt u- a.iou la like y to occur. The receul changes iu the complexion of the lower house of c >u- grets has iu-p re>1 the peo. le wi h hope of a better 6ta:c of affairs ahead and th*y are not so discontented os formerly Business affai.saretnati-rribL’Strait. The city of New Orlea* s is greatly troubled with its finances and the taxation amounts vir tually to confiscation. When the people who have true Interests lathe state get con trol of 1*6 aiTair-, a wouderful revival of spirits cud material progress may be !o. ked Mi-s:ssirn affairs. Our reporter asked the general oncer* ing the latr troubles in Mississippi, and the reply was that th-y were greatly magnified and that ‘.here was not the shadow of a came for the U6e of troops.” aa was d -maudefi by Gov. Ames. The gen eral said there was no more disagreeable duty to the s* Idlers than to have to engage In these affaire, wh* -h, of late, have bec ome so c) mon. “But now,” said he, "that sort of business D about done wita. The Even President Grant said oo. With reference to the result of TUE COMING ELECTION in Mississippi, the gene al, (who is now • a- ttoned at Ho ly Springs,) could not speak dcfiuPely, of course. He eschews all con nection with politics bit knows that there is a wide breach in the republican par:y, one tide represented by the Ames faction and the other ny the followers of ex-Seuator Pease. The general evidently thinks a (barge is needed there, and the government shoul 1 go icto the bands cf the teal people of the state. SENATOR GORDON. Gen. DeT-obriand inet Senator John B Gordon, of this state, upon his recent trip to Misslsrtppi. He says that Gen. Gordou’s speech is high’y commended by the be*t men of both'ways of political walking, be cause of its lofty atd manly sentinents. He thinks Gen Gordon is a wise statesman, and that his views are decidedly the best ones for tbe southern people to follow out at this ime. We gleaned many other interesting facts from the general,; but he Is in such a posi tion as to make it doubtful to us whether we would do him right in directing atten tion to his views and fair, honest statements, ■ we reluctantly omit to mention them. LITTLE ALECK. An Independent Colored Voter Wants Him for President. He Thinks Mr. Stephens a Nol.le Pa triot Who Should he the Peopl-.’s Candidate for 1370. Collecting Hia Debt. torn out that he had Inter have remained have neither taient cor taste. It ii better, js hi, native land."’ I therefore, not to eee him.” agents to deal honestly. But be has cho: cn to let the f ran Is go on. lie will go out of office with a dunsged reputation. Bis fault is letting the knaves and thieves con tinue to steal. He neglects his business. He Is an inefficient nobody.—[Troy Whig (Rep.) A dispatch from L’t’le Rock last night states that the 6tate board of dna ce of Ar kansas bas aff cted a loan of macey suffic ient to pay the expenses of ths state gov ernment from the first of July of the present year to the first ef July, 18T6. This loan is subject fo ratification by the general as sembly, which mccti on tli • first of Novem ber. An old toper 6tood in the door of a Mich igan Gra'd aven re saloon yesterday and saw four or five men emptying their glasses, and hearing a great sigh h» askadof the bar tender: "How long ’fore Lection?” ‘Six or sevei weeks,” was the answer. ‘So long! I s’pose I’ll hive to stand it, bu‘. it’s hard.”—Free Press. Tue American col’ege ts ihe home of Cardinal McClcak«*y while he remains in Rome. TMs college was established about ftxtren years ago, the pope giving the grounds and building. Bishop Corrigan, of Newark, N. J., and the U:v. Charles O’Con nor, lector of the seminary at Ph ladel, hUi e among ita graduates. It is aslgniffic^nt fact that the Yazoo dis turbance arose because of the efforts of white man to protect a negro in his right to speak. The w’hite man was shot at for this offen*e. It is also significant that there were 200 negroes present and their present carpetbag leaders, 6 or 7 In number—and only 8 or 9 democrats, and only 4 of them armed.—[Canton (Mississippi) Mall. Sam Bard proposes that his paper, the Alabama State Journal, (hall never indulge iu personalities which he considers "ihe blighting, withering curse of American journalism.” Samuel’s decision on that point shows him possessed of all the cau tion and wisdom necessa-y t j the peaceful existence of a man who dwells within a house of glass.—[Chicago Inter-Ocean. According to the Chicago Tribune, President Grant intends to make that city his permanent home "immediately upon the expiration of his t .rm of office.” HU proposed sale of hU 8t. Lauis property hath this Intent. The Tribune saye: "He U natu^atiy desirous ot adjusting his affairs beforehand, and thus, as for as possible, be spared the necessity of making trips across the bridge.” it would seem from this that Grant bos abandoned all hopes of a third- term—but he hasn’t. Tue census returns of LouieUno, which show an entire colored population ot 450, 611 to 494,910 while?, are pronounced by the Picayune a "gUantlc fraud” that the members of the legislature must be prepar ed to meet and expose at the next sext ses sion. It is very clear that an apportionment based upon thia census, from which, it is stid, thousands of white people in New Orleans, and doubtless elsewhere, were ex cluded, would work a gross and intolerable injustice to the defrauded conservatUm of the sta’e. Gov. Gaston, cf Massachusetts, Is a de cided second-termite. In 1854 he was elect ed a member of tbe s*ate legislature, and was again returned in 1556. In 1861 he be- mayor of Roxbury, and was re-elected at the expiration of his first term. In 1870 he became mayor of Boston, and was the successful candidate also at the next elec tion. In 1874 he was elected governor of the state, and is now the democratic nomi nee again. Ihedefe-tof Charles Fronds Adams in the Massachusetts state republi can convention, yesterday, makes Gov. Gaston’s re-election a matter of almos! ab solute certainty. Mr. Gladstone’s good physical health, which has erabiel him to per’orm so ls-ge sn amount of mental labor. Is gained, it appears, by vigorous exercise. A Liver pool paper says that two hours before tbe meeting at Hawardeo, England, where he made an addres?, "Mi. Gladstone was en gaged in his favori’e exercise of felling trees. For a portion of two days he bas been wielding the ax upon a large tree in the lane at the outskirta of Uawardez vil lage, and he succeeded in bringing it to the ground late yesterday afternoon. Those who saw him say he went to work in tbe woodman fashion, with his braces thrown off behind him and bis shirt-collar ul- fas*ene*. After completing h*s task be walked home with his ax along over his shoulder, aud two hours afterward was at "Jake,” said one old darkey to tbe new comer; “Jake, why alnt yer wu’kln* ’round hyar somewhar ? Ef j er don’t git at It p lr- ‘ soott l wou’t see yer at de circus.” ‘ Don’t yer fret yerseP, honey; IM be dar!” Yer can’t g*rt In, child; crawl in’ In uuder de canvias is played out!” " 1*11 jist bet you two dollars and a haf dat 1 gits in!” said Jake, with overwhelm ing indignation. “ Stack yer scads, boy!” said the old man, as he drew out a leather purse. Jake drew out a roll of shtaploster?. The old man eyed them a moment, aud then crawled down off the p'ttform, re nark ing: ‘ Look hyar, nigger ! yer pay me dat dol lar whar you owe me! Lay her right down hyar in dis bau’, er I’ll light into yer and make yer tiuk yer done bin to de circus aud wus chawed up an* spit out by de elim phlnt!” Jake reluctantly paid the dollar and hur ried off, whl e the old mau resumed his seat, saying: " Ize de pizencat sort of a nigger, I Is.’ Preparing a Funeral. Jimmie stood up beb!nd his sire ard af fectionately rubbed the bald apex of man’s head. After a while he said: "Pap, don’t vou use none of that b dr In- ▼inegarator, if mother fetches it ’round here.” "What’a that, sir? What do you say, young man ?'* said the old sport excitedly. "Why,” said Jimmie, “mother wuz road ie’in Tue Constitution this mornin* that bald-heady peoples nwer died with Iher consumption, and she said she’d raise a o* hair on your hr&d ’fore next spring toak all the Invinegarator iu town to do it. I reckon she wonts you to have the con sumption, don’t she?” "Of course she doesl Why not? But I’ll fix her, I will! By the jumpia Jupiter, nary hair ’ll grow on my he»a from now till Gabriel blows, If 1 have to scrub it with salt and a corn-cob five times a day! Here’s a quarter, Jimmie, and don’t you everforgit that your mother can’t git the deadwood on this rooster V 9 and he went down town in a gallop that was anything but consumptive. Be!^w will be found an interesting eon- versrtion had between one of the reporters of Tue Constitution and ajoung cul ired man ot this city, who has but recently at tained his tun J >< it v. The young man is bright coloreJ, intelligent, more thou ordi- rarely educated aud U& constant reader oL the cu; rent literature of the day.. He seems* to have an especial liking for political resil ing and devours eagerly the reports and comments contained in the 11’y journals and New York pa «rs. He is a Georgia-*, and fs at present etiq lojed at the heal of ot© of the serving departments cf the Kimball House, ihe reporter, duriug a abort talk with this parly, asked lilm «be following questions and received the answers an nexed. AN INDEPENDENT VOTER. Reporter—Wtut party do you expect to vote wi‘h? Ans —Aa I have just come lo be a vo- ter, 1 cau*.be cousiUescito have belong©* to any patty now. And, iu looking around I am ra her (tbpoa.nl to believe that tb i bent policy ia to be tudependeut and at-1 on the line in irked t*y C iri Schutz in the speech he made ia New York, before going u* Eu rope. ms choice tor president. Reporter.—^Wh> is your ch >Kc f >r i ice- iiientin 1876? Ans.—1 should say that. 1 have no choice, except, that he shou d be an hone t and pa triotic man. But it 1 am at-ked who 1 would 1 kc to eee made president, I believe the PeopVs choice aul mine as well, would be the Hon. Alexander 11 Stephen?, o! this state. Reporter —“ bat souuds queer, to say the least! Why do you favor him ? Asa.—I shall answer you that question very frankly and candidly. It Is because I think th.it the political situation ef ihe coun try and Us emergencies dernacd A WISE AND TRIED STATESMAN in the presidential office. Jt seeius ‘one \ hat a statesman who is respected for his pure patriotism by the northern people, aud who fully uuders'auda the southern pi op!**, w. aid be the best character oi man for the e.fiice at this ti u«*, a:.d such a man. In my opinion, is Alex rteph ns No truer pa riot and lover of h s country and fraternity in the union has lived siucc t c day6 of Adam«, Moa oc, Jeffe.a >u and Clay, than this noble son of Ge >rgiA. 1 tnay be in error, but after conrtl ring iu my own way the abilities of all the men 1 have seen turn d for the office, I cau’t help but think that the country could mak* many (worse choices than taking Mr. Stephens as its next president. THE COLORED VOTE. Reporter—Do you believe that many colored men would vote for him? Ass.—That is a question undecided In my tnied, as certain * ircutns’ances might inter fere to control tbeir actions, yet I ihhilc a ve y Urge number of them would give this patriotic mau a very heavy vote. I am in- tPned to think that all who know him would ally to his support n spite of any influence against him. As alaboring man, if Alex S epheus was nommated for pnsidiut, I would go out au«l stump the s are for him or go and speak his claims tithe c lorcd pcoplr anywhere in the nulon. I would advocate him because I believe he c >uld trie the differences bciwee i the sections and harmonize the peop e as th y were long before the war. TUE PEOPLE’S CANDIDATE. Reporter.-Which p*rty do you think should norr'natc him?—or do ou think he should be an independ n». candidate? Ans.—That quest ion I can’t presume to answer very advisedly 1 rat.icr ttiiuk he should be ombined upon as the People’s candidate, and that of bo* h parties should give him their . o.t for the chief in.igi.Ntra* y o? the country. In the name of mere y, let us for once give the honor to some one to whom it is due! Beside?, we people in the south bave not had a presided, except from l'en- neiece, for tnirty years, and Geo.gin. has not even had a viee-presidtnt 1 think that thia is a poor “Empire State of the South” when she can’t; reduce a president once in the course of a bund cd years! 1 am for the south’s having tbe next president and believe tbey sho ild insist ou Aleck Ste phens and nave no one else but him. The young man was quite enthusiastic for Stephens aud urged ether reasons for h's selection os our Lext candidate, but the above are the salient features of thr con versation, which is commended t> the reader, if for nothing else, certainly for its novelty. THE DOWN GRADE. A Positive Disadvtiutage. “Marec John, gimme four bits, plense sir; you aint treated* dis nigger sencc de war,” said SI to .the son of his old owner, yeeter- “Wbat do you want with it, Si?” queried young man. Want ter go to de cl cut, Marse John. You knows how a nigger isl” "But, SI. fifty cents wont ta’reyou in now. The civil rights bill m ‘de yon as gobd as a white min at the shows-and you’ll havj to pay a dollar as I do.” “Is dat de truf, Marse John?” "Just os true as preaching?'* SI scratched his head for a full minute, then looked up with mournful eyes an< said: Dar it Is agin! 1 tole dem niggers dey was spilen dc horn when dey Ranted d*m sibil right", and hyar’s de truf of it pi’nt blank! 1 alius wuz a mighty up-spokin nigger, ez you knows, Marse Joan, and ’twixt us I fay dam de sibil rights, spe&hilly when de circus Is around !’* Si got his four bits, but he’s mad yet. The yoet is getting into the campa’gn Here is his last: John Jones he is a banker bold, A banker bold is he; He put his money Into bonds And got his currency. He pays no taxes, keeps no poor, Nor helps our schools along; He sits and clips his gold coupons, And groweth ric? by storm. Is John Jones any better man Than Thomas Smith or me, That he should get his pay in gold, And us in currency ? [The rates of postage no further back than 1836, when compared with the present rates, show how we are getting along in the matter of progress. In 1835 the rate postage on letters from Schenectady to A! bany, Troy, Cohoes, and all near surround ing places, was 7# cents per letter; from cheoectady to New York, 18# cents; to all places over 3.0 miles distant, 25 cents. At that time there were no envelopes, and the foolscap used was folded up in letter shape and the address wr'ten on the outside, the letter contained two sheets of paper the poaV-ge was doubled, acd tripled if three sheets were used, and so on. Charging ac cording to weight cams into use when en velopes were introduced, which was about thir y years ?go.—Schenectady Union. Toe meanest kind of a ring is one that preys upon moneys dev j*ed to tbe free education of tbe po*>r. Louisiana has got one of ths meanest kind. $678,973 are annually filtered through a great number of official pockets, until only very small share of it reaches the poor the meeting, looking not tired and weary, [ little school house ana the half starved hut quite refreshed with bis bodily labor.” teacher. Probabilities of the Course of Cotton Given l»T Expert?. Yesterday a reporter of The Constitu tion was s'aitled by the emphatic way ia which a planter from the country ex claimed : ‘I’ll jist be dsd rotted cf I don’t b’lieve cotton is going »o tumble down to a dime pound ’foie ten dajs!” This was a II tie closer flouring than the repo*ter had lizard of before, and gave him the idei of IcAruiug from some of our lead- Ine dealers In the tuple what views of the matter they had. The re ult Is herewith given. c u st oso. of the exrensive firm of C. H. S’rong & Co., id: "My not'ou la that cotton will reach a lower point than now. I do not think, with some other ireuons, that it w ill drop as low ten cent?, but I do believe that it will come down to eleven cents for middlings. It may reach tt^U figure within the next two weeks, and from that will fluctuate slight ly during the largar p rtof the s'ason. The crop may rea.-h up to 4,250,001 bale?. that Is the extreme limit, bit I «.hink it far more likely to be just about 4,0.9,00) bales. The crop in the country Imme 1 lately tribu tary to Atlanta, has fal.cn off some 15 or 2C per cent, from last year. This gives the olauters ou idea that there ia a short crop all over the country, which Is a grave mis take. The disposition among the planters Is adverse to selling, even at prerent pi Ice?, I think, although many of them are stcing that tbe course of cotton ia not likely to be upward for some time to come, and a«e willing to sell at tbe highest prices of tbe present market.” . g. BLOUNT, ot the well known house of Hurt. Biouct & Co., raid: "As far as the prices ofcotton arc concern ed, I don’t think tbey have touched bottom yet. There is not much prospect ahead, either, for high prices this season. Still J don’t look for middling cotton to go below II cents per pound at any time, but I think itwll reaili that figure in the course o ? thirty days. It will hardly vary from that point greatly duriegths continuance of the KCa ¥he prospects of the cror # *so far as wc can learn, are g »od tor about 4,000,000 bales. That is our miximum estimate of Its po»i- billtlcs. The disposition among planter* is growing in favor of selling, rathe tbau holding on, as they are getting afraid of still lover price*. OrJinarily they have held ou for higher pr iccs.but this year they have read so much about failures and the scarcity oi money that they are a little alarmed over the out’ook. and regard with favor the present prices.” ozo. w. tarrott, senior of the large firm c-f G. W. Parrott & Bro., said: "'the crop, from the best information that we have been able to guh ;r, Is about fif teen percent, short in tbe country that is —A family of seven members, five of whom were hare-lipped, recently passed thiongh Nashville, Term. —Already some $6,000 have been sub scribed to the memorial fund for Captain Webb. The money will be invested for for his benefit. — M’darac N ilsson’s voice is all right and the man who set afloat the story thrt it sounded like a sheep bell won’t receive any complimentary tickets when she re turns to America. —Nothing is so discouraging to a young lawyer just as he waxes eloquent about angel’s tears, wccp’ng willows, and tomb stones as to be interrupted by the cold blooded justice with, "You’re oft your nest bub; this is a case of hog stealing.' 1 —A Richmond man will exhibit at the centennial the whole process of manu facturing tobacco from tho leaf to the [>lug; and thousands will at the same time and place practically illustrate what is done with' the jlugs afterwards. —They knfght a man for almost any thing in England. They propose now to make Capt. Webb a baronet for swim ming acresi the channel, lie will be a Knight of the Bath, of course. —Tho expressing of dead Chinese from California to China has become a thrifty freight business. Each one, when living, keeps constantly on hand his coffin, duly labeled ami at reeled to desti nation. This peculiar p’ai doe* away with the skeleton in ihe closet snd the necessity of wanting parsanr. —I rauce does not love Bismarck, but she claims his father as tier own on the strength of the Get that he fought under the French cobra ul the Moskwa, at Bcresina, ami was decorated with the Legion of lloaor at the battle of Baut zen. II ii came under the French colors uaturally enough, too. He was in the service of the King of Wurtemburg at the time when Napoleon absorbed all the loose Ucrrcau forces. —The new boot iu Paris which ladies arc looking forward to with eagerness is the Pompeiian. It is of black velvet and very high; tho legging ia front all Vene tian cut work, embroidered with a tiny silver cord. The pink, red or scarlet Pompeiian silk sleeking is thus sceu through tho open clover or diamond- shaped pattern. Plain stockings of deci ded high colors are all clocked on tho edges of the feet and around the ankles ia white silk, or some strongly contrast ing color.—[Paris Corrcsponcnco. —That very mis tide vou* person, I)r. Holland is uow trying to get people to establish colleges for young men, so that the fair ones may become college gradu ates like young men, and know just as much. Such colleges might amount to something, but really the world is as yet unprepared to exchange its Mamies and Jennies and Lotties and Lilies for a raft of J. Marys and W. Jane* and P. Char lottes and W. Lilians who would scrawl tlieir names in Latin while at school and write them in the middle forever after. It is possible to displace pin-hacks and poodles with more enduring follies. —Germany has twenty one universities, the principal ones being Lcipsic, Berlin, and Heidelberg, Leipsic has always be tween 2,000 and 2,500 students, about 200 or 300 studying chemistry. Berlin has between 1,5 0 and 2,000 students, about 200 studying chemistry. Ileidel- burg bas about 1,000 students, of whom about 100 study chemistry. There arc also nine large polytechnic schools, tho two largest being at Muncben and Stutt gart; many, private laboratories tbe larg est in Germany being at Wcisbaden, with about ninety students under Professor Frisenius. —The Princess Domenico Ciarelli was left a widow with two sons, and the cider died. Almost crazy with grief, the Prin cess was ready to fight the men who brought the coffin, and protested they should not cany away the boy. In an interval of cam the younger brother, left alone with the body and the coffin, resolved to cheat the men and help his mother to keep Domenico. He hid the corpse in a closet and got in the coffin himself. He was carried to the church without discovery, but at tbe church, nearly suffocated, be groaned, and the coffin was opened, but be died in a little while. Now the mother is dead. All this iu Paris only the other day. A BOB-TAILED NUISANCE. Dog that Inlc-r.s Peachtree Street. Bob-tolled dogs ore great nuisances in general, but there is a particular bob-tolled dog u hole feats Peachtice street, and who has done more to inculcate cussing, and stir up wrath,than all the other trials of that ! ocalh y pat to-ether. Where that dog came l.om nobody know?. He appeared suddenly oue night on that street, and has sttid th e ever sluce. He is a dog of very low degree, and his miserable apology for a tail la ici v-r hanging down, with on ex- cssion o. utter fo~saki*fuIness and misery, e cau b: A any dog of his size In the city whining, ut’ i -n devour more In one night thou would support six respectable dogs a mouth. lie *« always turning up where he not wanted. It an elderly gentleman is returning home late at night, and thinking about anyt•■log but a bob-tailed dog, he will suddenly RUN AOITNST SOMETHING SOFT, lying perhapj ou the sidewa k, and the next tiling that gcatlema i knows, there wiU be a place fora pitch In the leg of his best breeches, aid hois lucky if his skin don’t need patching also. Bricks do not do any good under ihc«s clrcumsreuces, for that dog is familiar with them from early iufancy, and no matter how energetically they may bo thrown the ex treme end of his toil will disappear over a fence, just a few feet ahead of the front eud of the b: ick. So the elderly gentleman goes on h!s wny ao acing himself with the reflection ot what he would do if he was a b-usage facto y, and that dog was to come withiu reach. If a young lady is coming along tbe street with her beau, and listen ing tp such nonsense as the occasion may inspire, that wretched brute is bound to he tributary to Atlanta, from the crop of last year. The general crop, on the other hand promises to be larger than last year, aud wi 1 reach posoibly, 4,000.000 boles. "The price of cott.n is low, but it wil’ be lower. If the trsd< could have a fair de mand for cotton goods, then I think wc bave touched tbe bottom figure, but there no promise of thia snd we are bound to a lower prices, especially for lower g ales, < staying cotton. I think we will te; what we call clean staying cottons e* fling for a cent a pound less than now. Middlings a ill come down to 11 eeuta, bat 1 do not look for it tc go lower. Some s y it will drop to 10 cents, bat I do eot think so. Bat from the cents point I same there will be much change until after the flrrt of January rext. It may reach thia pries ot 11 cents within the next 29 days. "A s to the dlspos'tioo of the planters sell, we are disappointed bee at Atlanta . our receipts. We thought that before h It. of October our receipts world av* COO bales dally, hut row they hare come up to soms 2'.0 or 39) bales per da/ TbU may be due somewhat to the b i weather. Our receipts will not >■ uffer great ly, however, for many who con afford it will store their cotton here and await a favora ble market. O it banks are better able thb- 3ear o carry cotton than for several yean- post, and 1 expect a great deal of cotton will be ueated la thia way.” Ths above views are eminently worthy consideration, and are of peculi r Interest to cotton producers, laying (n wait behind some unexpected cor ner, and rush forward with a series of blood curdling howls. The consequence is that love is knocked into a cocked hat for that night, and the couple latd in tbe mid dle of tnc street iu a faiuiing condition, ard while the young mania reaching for his pis tol, the dog la departing around another comer wagging the two inches of his tail with evervIndication of Intense delight. If any lady &as a pet cut, and that cat should happen to stray out of u n gbt on a courting or fighting expedition, and that dog should happen to pass that way, there will be X CAT FUNERAL that house the next day, and it will hard work for the distressed family to find enough pieces to fill a small sized sardine box. The appetite of the brute is not at ail delicate, lie will devour anything from a shirt pulled down from a clothes line to an o!d shoe tossed at him from a second story window, and then he won’t beg.n to be filled. Poison don’t pro duce any effect on his constitution: His voice is anjthiD*' but musical, and nothing n afford that (log more satisfaction than _ get under a rich person’s window, and bawl a*rav until dav break* The other night after performing aw ay for about three hours, an agonized citizen con cluded be would try what virtue tbeie was in a gallon or so of belling water emptied from bis bed room window. lie did try it. He couldn’t sec in tbe darkness exactly which way to empty, and the consequence was he boiled one of h's own niggers who was tr\ing to creep around the bouse with 'cets full of bricks. How to get ,t bob-tailed dog is now the princi pal question with the people of that street; The ocst plan that bas been so far suggested •s to luducc him to swal'ow a small bomb shell, enclosed In a few pounds of beef and then touch h m off with a alow match that has bcctrt carefully lai-L We are afraid that It won’t hurt him very much. If It isn’t there won’t be any religion left oa Peach tree strict in another^ onth. Wc Don’t Care. Some dealers say: Yes, we know that Dr Price’s Flavoring Extracts and Cream B.ktng Powders arc the best, but we don’t core if others are made of sawdust or arss ic f o long as they suit our customers sod afford us a better profit, we thsll sell them. The public should know these things, and know too the reasons why adulterated bakiir; powders and flavoring axt act* are recommended by 6uch dealers when Dr. Price’s are asked for. It ia be cause Dr. Trice’s cort more, and as they sell them at about tbe same price as others, tt does not gkre so good a profit. We should look to the quality ot articles that cuter into daily food, and remember that tie makers of good goods cannot put them into the market at the same price of the adulter ated ones. Steel & Price, manufacturers. sep25—dsat-?un-tn»«>»b nr& wit Mant persons, who have gone to tbe very brink of tne g.avc b.youd the old line that W's once the limit of hope, who have set ths r houses In order ana taken a sad eaveof tlieir families and friends, ave eea brought back to rife and vigorous Lealth by the pertistent use of the cele- trat^d Home Stomtch Bitters. __ sep2L—dSUwJfcwlt
