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THE ATLANTA WEEKLY SUN.
the daily sun.
Monday Morning September 25.
The Columbus Enquirer audits
I Misrepresentation of Mr. Ste
phens.
We present to-our readers, to-day, an
article in full, from tile Columbus En
quire)’, of the 21st iust., in which the
editor of that journal has been pleased
to indulge in some remarks about “double
shuffling,” on our part, Arc. In reply to
this, and everything else said by the En
quirer, on the same subject, we repro
duce the entire editorial of The Sex of
the 1th insu, to which reference has been
so frequently made of late by the Enqui
rer, and some other carping “New De
parture” papers. Here is Our article in
full :
Tlie California Democracy.
Wo very c’.iecrfnlly give place to-day to a letter
from tho “Young (Slant" of the West. Xlie tono and
spirit of tlieletter are patriotic, and true to the Con
stitution throughout. With all such Democrats we
can co-operate most heartily. Wc have no objection
to those who accept the ‘‘fraudulent amendments”
an existing facts, while the administration of. the
Government is in the hands of those who are clothod
with power to enforce them; but who do not indorse
them as f.udities. We hail as friends all those who
acquies-e in them M de facto, but not dr jure parts of
the organic law. We have not seen the Democratic
Platform of California, upon which the prescut can
vass in that State is conducted; but have no doubt,
from the tone and spirit of the letter of our curres-
pondent, that the difference between him and «.< (bail
wo been ia the Convention with him) would have
been a difference only as to form, and not one of
substance, as to the proper language In which the
true position should have been set forth.
We have all along paid hut little about the Ohio
Democratic Platform. It is the S th lUsolution of the
Pennsylvania Harrisburg Convention against which
W war, and war to th- knifi !
Plus is the embodiment of the “Xow Departure”
doctrine, against which wc so earnestly protest. This
contains the essence^ of what the Xow York World
and all its coadjutors are striving to get the Democ
racy of the Union to adopt; and this Is just what
our correspondent shows that he is quite as little dis
posed to do as wo are; for according to the plain
letter and clear intent of that Resolution, tho object
1» to gat tho Democracy everywhere, to declare that
there whs no fraud, perfidy or usurpation attending
tho proposal or adoption of these amendments at
aU—-that they havo been incorporated in the organic
law “in the manner and by lie authority Constitution
ally appointedin other words, that they are juot
only dt facto, but de jure parts of the Constitution;
and Hint all discussion of tho gross usurpations
touching their proposal and adoption is not only to
he discountenanced, but ‘ deprecated." It is against
this position, and this most shameful abandonment
of all Right, Justice and Truth, that wo war.
Our.correspondent says that tho California Demo
crats, in their State platform, intended only to de
clare tho throo amendments are ‘‘a settlement in fact
of all the issues of the war, etc,” and not to aver
that they bnd been adopted according to law, or that
they were in themselves cither just or right. On the
contrary ho says that they havo "an abiding faith in
the intelligence of the people to pronounce them null an
void at some future day.”
This is our position exactly. This wo believo to
be the position of ninety-nine out of every hundred
of tho honest masses of the Democracy in every Stato of
tho Union. All that la wanted for a brilliant victory
in 1872, on these principles and with this viow.is for
them to get together in common council and set
forth their purposes and principles in language
Which will clearly express their common ideas, and
about which there can bo no mistake or misunder
standing. ig ■■
Wo wry, in conclusion, lo our correspondent, that
while we shall look with interest and hope to the
success of his State ticket in the election so near at
hand; y-t. wo greatly apprehend that he will find,
when tie result of tho polls is known, that the party
hasbeoi- considerably “handicapped” by a Platform
which d d not give full utterance to the true senti
ments oi the people. . j -
Now, will any sensible man, whether
lie bo a “lawyer" or not, have the face,
without a blush of shame tinging his
eheeks, to say, that in this article we said
our position was exactly that of the words
of the California Democratic Platform ?
What we said was “ our position dead
ly" . (as any man of sense and honesty
will see upon rending) was what our cor
respondent said was his understanding of
the real sentiments and views of the Cali
fornia Democracy upon the subject of
the “ fraudulent amendments.”
Wo very clearly and distinctly ex
pressed our disapproval of the words of
the Platform, from Ills account of them
in the concluding sentence, and ventured
to express to him, in advance of the elec
tion, our apprehension that he would find,
when tho result of tho polls was known,
that the Party had been considerably
“handicapped!' by “ a Platform which did
not, give full idlerance to the sentiments of
the people." ' * -n
Tlio sequel has shown that our appre
hension, thus expressed, was not unduly
entertained. A. H. S.
Maj. .McCalla Causes tKc Arrest of the
Committee Having Charge of the
Books anti Papers Belonging to the
State Koail.
A Possessory Warrant for the Possession
of Private Papers.
Some time ago, Foster Blodgeit at
tempted a coup d'etat to get full possession
of the Books of the State Boad, with no
one to watch him, by first going through
the farce of serving a notice of removal
upon Maj. McCalla;—failing in which ho
tried to have the entire office turned over
to Col. Farrow, the Attorney General
supposing, no doubt, that it was the best
^king he could do for himself; failing in
this, also, tlio books were finally lodged
in tho possession of a committee of citi
zens for safe keeping.
Among these books and papers were all
of MeCalla’s private papers, letters, &c.
—all of which have been rigidly scruti
nized. Among these were found three,
about which a good deal has been said in
a quiet way, and numerous have been the
hints, that when they were made
public, they would show np the “pa
triotic bookkeeper,” Major Hargrove,
and others, who have been active in fer
reting out the frauds, and tlying to con
vict their perpetrators.
The following is the first paper:
Western * Atlantic Railroad, )
OmcE General Bookkeeper, j
Atlanta, June 2,1S71.)
To 7. B. Hargrove, Esq—You will consider yourself
retainc d as couusel for Western and Atlantic Kail-
road in tho prosecution aud settlement of certain
claims against various parties, whose accounts with
said road are yet unsettled. There being considera
ble attention and labor required in the proper iu-
vosti. atii-n of said claims, by reason of the peculiar
circumstances by which they are surrounded, you
will be entitled to one-half of whatever amount may
be secured to the State in tho adjustment of said
claims aforesaid. ,
General Bookkeeper W. & A. R. K.
Major Hargrove, in his card, which
appears elsewhere, says he drew np this
paper.
The extent of the frauds aud the num
ber of persons implicated, which have
since been developed, was not then
known. Major H. believed he had
“spotted” something like twenty thou
sand dollars, and that he could recover
it. He desired to undertake it, and
wished to be authoritatively employed to
do so. This is all.
The next paj>er in this huge “ mare’s
nest ” is as follows :
Atlanta, July 12, 1871.
To the Commissioners on Claims IP. <£• A. It. Tt.:
Gents—I hereby propone to exasline into and dis
cover any errors or omissions that may be fonnd to
exist in the settlement or disbursements of the
Western and Atlantic Railroad, old administration,
including claims lying dormant or supposed to be
uncollectible, for a commission of 20 per cent, on
all sums collected or adjusted.
The above proposition is made for services entire
ly outside of any duty I may owe to said Western
and Atlantic Railroad as its general bookkeeper.
Respectfully, Ciiaa. I*. McCalla.
This paper was presented to the Audi
ting Board of State Itoad Claim i, for
their sanction. He knew of old debts
and balances which seemed to be lost
sight of, some of which he. believed
were collectable, and lie desired to under
take the same for compensation—in
w'bicli we see nothing criminal—no evi
dence of an intention to perpetrate fraud.
At the foot of this proposition thus
made, and on the same sheet of paper,
the following is written: *
We strongly recommend the acceptance of within
proposition, and do hereby accept It so far as wc
can legally do so. -
Tins was intended for the Board to
sign, which they declined to do, upon the
ground that they had no authority to
make such a contract, and that to give it
their sanction, by signing the recommen
dation, was outside of the duties assigned
them by the Legislature, thongh aU ex
pressed an earnest desire to have the in
vestigation made, and did not object to
compensation being given for the service.
Major McCalla then submitted the fol
lowing:
Atlanta, July 12,1871.
Commissioners of Claims agaiiist W. de J. Itaibroad:
Gents—Believing that some error exists in certain-
accounts of tho Western & Atlantic Railroad that are
lying dormant or entirely unknown, I propose to
examine such matters in my leisure hours, and if
possible, establish such errors and claims for a lib
eral compensation, if successful. Respectfully, r
Chas. P. McCalla.
And to this the following indorsement
was attached: ) *>1 . 1
Should Mr. McCalla render any service outside of
tho current service due tho Western & Atlantic Rail
road, the Board would recommend a liberal com
pensation for said service, if successful in securing
amounts which would In all probability be lost to
the road. Bbnj. Cosley, Cqmmjs’r.
A great deal has been whispered about
these papers. We know all about their
existence and their exact nature long ago.
The committee, in turning over to
Major McG. Ms private papers, decided
that these three were pertaining to the
road,and retained them. McCalla claimed
them as private, bnt had no objection to
their remaining in the bands of the com
mittee; neither did he object to any one
seeing them.
There has been a persistent effort bn
tbe part, of some wbo are implicated in
tbe State Hoad embezzlements and tlieir
friends, to blast the reputation and blacken
tbe character of-McCalla, since be com
menced tbe prosecution of delinquents.
It resulted in bis arrest, because, he did
not make entries on books—the making
of which would have been prhna facie
evidence of a criminal intention. This
arrest was at the instance of Col. Farrow,
in doing ,which he showed that he did
not understand Bookkeeping—also, that
he failed to fully comprehend, what were
McCalla’s duties.
On. Saturday Col. Farrow asked for a
copy of these papers. The copimittee
decided that he was entitled to the same.
McCalla and his counsel, after learning
the purpose for which copies were desir
ed, demurred. Col. Farrow demanded
it, and MoCalla positively objected, and
at once sued out a possessor^ warrant,
upon which the entire committee was
arrested and brought before Judge Butt.
The following is McCalla’s affidavit:
State of Georgia, Fulton County.—In person
appeared before me the undersigned, an acting Jus
tice of tlie Peace in and for said county, Charles P.
McCalla, who being sworn says that in said county,
on the 2ith day of August last, deponent was in the
peaceable and legally acquired possession of certain
papers, tbe same being a proposition in writing da
ted ■ - day of , 1871, which was directed to
Board of Commissioners for the auditing of claims
of Western & Atlantic Railroad, proposing to per
form certain things therein mentioned for a consid
eration, and which was not accepted only on condi
tions by the said Board. Ho was also in the posses
sion of a certain other paper, being in the form of
an agreement between himself and Major Z. B. Har
grove, and which was dated on the 2d day of June,
1871, and which has not yet been executed, or signed
by deponent, said papers being of the value of one
thousand dollars. And deponent further swears that
on the said 24th day of August, C. L. Redwine, C. C.
Hammock and E. E. Rawson, of said county, came
demanding said papers from the possession of the
deponent, under some pretended claim, and without
lawful warrant or autnority. And deponent further
swears, C. L. Redwine, 0. 0. Hammock and E. E.
Rawson, have said papers now in their possession!
And deponent further swears, that he, bone fide,
claims the right to the possession of the said papers’
Whereupon deponent prays the issuing of a-warrant
for tho arrest .of C. L. Hedwino, C. C. Hammock
and E. E. Rawson, as well as the custody of said
papers- Charles P. McCalla.
Sworn to and subscribed before me this Sentembcr
23, 1871. w. M. Butt, J. P.
Upon this the warrant was issued, and
tbe case is set down for a bearing on
Wednesday, at 10 o’clock.
The papers are in possession of Judge
Butbut Maj. Hargrove has famished
the foregoing copies to the Press—bavin
no concealments to maka.
Now we have this remark to make :
- When men undertake. to perpetrate
frauds, or do dishonorable things, wheth
er singly or by several combining, tbe
first thing aimed at is concealment. No
man ever yet entered upon a project of
rascality by entering into, or proposing a
written agreement concerning its terms,
and submitting the same to honest men
for their sanction, and by telling others
of the existence and nature of such
writings.
If McCalla and Hargrove bad aimed at
doing a criminal, or even a mean thing,
no writing would have been made and left
where others could find it. As Hargrove
justly remarks, they are the highest ev
idences of integrity—just as. McCalla’s
failure to make entries on other people’s
books show that be aimed to do exacty
right.
So far, all efforts have failed to prove,
or show any grounds for suspicion of any
criminal intent on tbe part of McCalla
or Hargrove, or any one prosecuting
the State Boad embezzlers.
We finally remark that, in our opinion
none but those who have a firm con
sciousness of rectitude ; whose bands
are clean and skirts clear, could have tbe
moral and physical courage to undertake
what McCalla and Hargrove have, and
go forward in the discharge of a patri
otic duty against such fearful odds and
in the face of the difficnlties they knew
they would encounter. So it seems to
ns. ■«<«*
HORRIBLY MANGLED.
A Alan found Crushed to Death, on the
State Road.
A man by the name of Dunaway was
found about 11J o’clock Saturday night,
just beyond the Bolling Mills, terribly
mangled and dead. The 101 o’clock pas
senger train for Chattanooga had passed
over him, crushing Ms limbs and body
fearfully. The general opinion of his
friends and neighbors is that be was
foully dealt with, and placed upon the
track afterwards. He was a hand at the
Bolling Mill, and was not addicted to
drinking, and one gentleman who saw
Mm bnt a little while before says he was
not at all intoxicated. He was about,
twenty-one years of age, and was a hard
worker and. thrifty man. He lived with
and supported a.widowed mother, and
bore a good character,
The engineer of the outward bound
train knew nothing of it, and every cir
cumstance points to a dark and bloody
murder previous to the approach of the
train.
Two old negroes, who live near by,
state that they heard a considerable row
just before his body was found.
Detectives axe at work in that neigh
borhood, and strong hopes are enter
tained of ferreting out the murderers, if
this is one.
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EXCITEMENT IN MADISON.
An Attempted Outrage By a Negro.
Wo learn from passengers who came
by the Georgia Railroad, on Saturday
evening, that the little city of Madison
was considerably agitated, caused by a
negro who attempted to outrage a young
lady there on last Friday evening, and
the subsequent appearance in town that
night of a body of men wbo avowed a
determination to summarily deal with tbe
ruffian. It appears that the negro was
arrested and put in jail, and when the
party of avengers came to town that night
the jailor could not be found, and there
fore they failed in securing the keys to
the jail.
Great apprehensions were entertained
by the citizens that the party would re
turn on the following (Saturday) night,
force the jail, if necessary, and take the
negro.away. We will, no doubt get fur
ther news from that place during the
day.
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AN UNSUCCaSSSEUL JOB.
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A Burglar Leaves Lis Shoes lit Us Flight
Late Saturday tlie residence of W. L.
Clay, on Pryor street, was marked out by
an enterprising burglar for the scene of
his depredations. He stealthily slipped
up to the house and pulled off his shoes,
aud was makiug preparations to enter a
window. Mr. C. witnessed all these op
erations, and at this point made a dash
for the rascal, bnt did not succeed in
capturing him. He beat such a hasty re
treat that lie had not time to get his
shoes, and they were captured, It was a
white man.
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The Fair at Cartersville, Ga.
The Central Cherokee Georgia Fair
Association, will hold its second Annual
Fair at Cartersville, commencing on the
3d of October and continuing till the
Gtli.
Bartow is one of the wealthy countie
of Northwest Georgia, and her people
are enterprising and public spirited.
Their first fair last year was a successful
one, and that for this year will, no doubt,
be far more so. Mr. D. W. K. Peacock,
the Secretary, is a systematic business
man, and President of the Cartersville
and Van Wert Railroad.
Another Installment.
Some days ago we published a letter
from Texas, in which was inclosed a list
of 104 subscribers. On Saturday last we
received another letter from the same
office inclosing 66 more names—making
170 names, in all, received from the same
place.
Our list is rapidly increasing, and our
circulation extending in every direction
Every day we receive requests for speci
men copies, so that our terms may be
learned.
Mr. Sam. E. Echols, Secretary of the
Atlanta Agricultural and Industrial Asso
ciation, wishes to inform the public,
through The Sun, that, in order to avoid
confusion on the days of and immediate
ly preceding the Fair, and that exhibitors
may have time to get their goods into
position, the Directors of the Fair res
pectfully urge upon all exhibitors, and
particularly those who will exhibit sew
ing machines, pianos, show-cases, bug
gies, carriages, heavy machinery, &c.,
&c., that they -will not delay making their
entries and applications for space, but
come forward at once and have space as
signed them. Those who attend to this
promptly will, of coarse, have advantage
over those applying later.
MAYOR’S COURT.
jMUfi .r-., .v': • llHTttT' j itr’A
Saturday'* Proceeding*.
v
Yon will pass your opinion
Upon the man’* act,
Yon m*y lay him np on the shelf,
But before you bring in
Your verdict, my friend,
Just the case home to yourself.
Bring all the temptations,
And trials and cares
To bear on your own heart and life—
The weaknesses, and sorrows,
The pinching of want,
The batilings with sin, and the strife.
Let tender-browed Charity
Stand by your side,
Nor be turned from your duty by pelf;
Be just without cruelty—
True as good steel—
But take the case home to yourself.
This seems to be the motto of tlie act
ing Mayor, for he rarely goes over the
five dollars for minor offences, and it
hurts him to do that. Not so with old
“Ten and Costs,” When he gets deliv
ered safely of that big commercial speech
in the Baltimore Convention and returns,
then—stand from under! His appetite
will be as keen as a wolf’s, and the “me-
lish” had best “lie down.”
HENRY white’s
name ought to have been Black Henry.
He got some tangle-leg aboard and start
ed out on a cruise. He didn’t sail far be
fore he run upon a whole reef of police
men. His boat got swamped and his
salvage was §5.
MATILDA WOOD
was a white woman of middle age, and a
very good countenance. She is a pro
fessional nurse, but got sick herself, and
took fifteen cents worth of stomach med
icine from a ten cent bai-room. It lay
heavy on her mind, and the pressure
upon the brain overcame hep. The po
lice took her home, and Dr. Lowry
trepaned her for five dollars.
J. e. powers
is an old, wandering, half-crazed Irish
tailor, who made a boisterous, incoherent
speech. It was evident to the Court that
he was a nuisance,- and to get out of a
bad scrape he got 8ff with a promise to
leave the city.
SABAH STUBBS
was a good looking yaller gal. Sallie
went to a nigger ball, and got drunk.
She was taking the shine off of every
thing by cutting “ pigeon wing” and the
“double shuffle.” This created a little
envy among the other gals, and she
cursed one of them blue, for which she
got knocked down. For ten long and
weary days she will breathe the sweet air
of freedom tM’Ough iron bars.
WM. GARTRELL
was fined the costs for jumping on the
cars while in motion.
Abe Benton, Robert McBride, and
George McKie, all negro boys, with heads
like a September watermelon, belong to
the rock brigade, which honors cost them
one dollar and the costs.
Four continued cases will come up this
morning.
Important Arrests.
A number of men have lately been ar
rested in Gwinnett county, and brought
to this city, it is said, on Bench warrants
issued by the United States Court, on
Ku-Klux-likc charges. The men now
here, and ,in jail, are John Hill; Frederick
Patrick, W. K. Thomas, Melvin Kennedy,
and Allen J. Wages. Large rewards
were offered for these men, so we hear,
and the arrests were made by Capt.
Skibs, Detective, and D. M. Queen, Po
liceman; Henry Holmes, Bailiff, and
George W. Kries, all of this city. . 7 !'™;
Tho prisoners all say that they have
not seen the warrants on wMch they
were arrested, But that the-reason given
them for the same was illicit distilling,
being disguised, etc. Such is their state
ment.- . Lift doidir lo h an la icq Itnlt
T ' t at mi
From tbe Columbus (Ga.) Enquirer, Sept. 21, 1871.
The Savannah Morning News, ignoring the real
distracting issues of the canvass, ascribes the defeat
of the Democrats of California .to their sanction of
the “New Departure;” and to Bhow the extent to
which they sanctioned it, the News quotes from their
platform as follows: “We regard the three several
amendments to the Constitution recently adopted as
a settlement in fact of all the issues of the war, and
that the same are no longer issues before the coun
try.”
Now, the Hon. A. H. Stephens, noticing this iden
tical declaration of the California Democratic plat
form, a few clays since, said “this is our position ex
actly.”—Columbus Enquirer, 13fA Sept. - •
Now, the Hon. A. H. Stephens, no
ticing “the California Democratic Plat
form, a few days since,” said no such
thing ! A. H. S.
[Atlanta Sun, 19$.
Such, “double-shuffling” ou the
part of Mr. Stephens is sniprising.
It will he seen that his denial does
not meet our assertion at all. In
dealing with a lawyer we must, of
course, look out for “special plead
ing;” but a man of Mr. Stephens’,
character and ability ought to drop
all lawyer tricks in editing a news
paper.
To show that Mr. Stephens could
not, without the plainest exhibition
of tergiversation, have denied that he
accepted “the identical declaration”
of the California platform which we
said he accepted, we refer again to his
paper of the 4th of September. In
that paper he published a letter from
a California correspondent, in which
the correspondent wrote to him:
“We say in our platform, ‘that we regard tbe three
several amendments to the Constitution recently
adopted as a settlement in fact of all the issnes of tbe
war, and that the same are no longer issues before
the country,’ and this seems to meet with some ob
jectors throughout the country. I do not believe
that a single member of our State Convention meant
to say that the amendments were right and just, or
that he indorsed them; nor do I believe that one
would have taken the oath of the Medes and Per
sians, never to change the Constitution when they
find it oppressive, and have power to do so. We aU I
look on the 15th Amendment as unjust and un-Amer- j
ican, in taking the control ol suffrage from the j
tho States, but at present the amendments are in |
full force, with the whole government and army to
enforce them.”
To this Mr. Stephens, in the same |
paper, responds: 1
“Our correspondent says that the Cal
ifornia Democrats, in their State plat- j
form, intend only to declare the three j
amendments are ‘a settlement in fact of
all the issues of the war,’ etc., and not to
aver that they had been adopted accord
ing to law, or that they were in them
selves'either just or right. On the con
trary, he says that they have ‘an abiding
faith in the intelligence of the people to
pronounce them null and void at some
future day.’ This is our position exactly."
As late as Saturday morning last,
the 16th inst., Mr. Stephens repeated,
with approval, in his paper, an
other extract from the same edito
rial, which we have heretofore quo
ted, and which is in spirit a repetition
of “the identical declaration” of the
California platform "which we said
that he accepted “exactly.” Here is
what he repeated on Saturday last:
“We have no objection to those who
accept the. ‘fraudulent amendments’ as
existing facts, while the administration
of the Government is in the hands of
those who are clothed with power to en
force them, hut who do not indorse them
as finalities. We hail as friends all those
who acquiesce in them as de facto, but
not- de jure parts of the organic law.”
Mr. Stephens not only repeated
this on Saturday last, hut endeavored
to show, by quoting from his former
editorials, that he was of the same
84.40; bacon 8i@84@g@9i@x. an „ 0v
cured hams 18i@19. Lard firmer- hP 1 '
keghi!®!!, 41 Sug£“2
molasses, no stock. Whisky firm at qolr
1.03*: No coffee. Sterling ban! 2®
sight 4 premium. Gold 14. 4 5
Baltimore, September 25
firm; middlings 19i@19j; net receipts
223; gross 300; exports coastwise
sales 145; stock, 1425. 0>
New Orleans, September 25.—Cotton
quiet; middlings. 19*@20; net receipts
1,668; gross l,8o2; exports coastwise
2,371; sales 300; stock 19,276. °
Savannah, September 25.—Cotton
steady and fair demand; middlings 17ja
18,” net receipts 827; exports coastwise
1,407; sales 75; stcck 4,109.
Charleston, September 25.—Cotton
firm; middlings IS;-: net receipts 1 JRo.
exports coastwise 1,423; sales 200; stock
Norfolk, September 25.—Cotton quiet-
middlings IS}; net receipts 1168; exports
coastwise 641; sales 50; stock 3092.
Wilmington, September 25.—Cotioa
quiet; middlings IS}; net receipts 1235-
exports coastwise 534; sales 479; Stock
Memphis, September 25.-
middlings 184.
-Cotton firm;
Mobile, September 25.—Cotton firm-
middlings 19J; net receipts S04; exportg
mind , when, lie first took charge of j coastwise 106; sales 300; stock 3212.
The Atlanta Stest. Is; this consis
tent with a denial of “the identical
declaration ?”
OOMMEBLCIAIi.
’ FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL.
Atlanta, Sept. 25.
GRAiN-Corn by car-load 85@87* cents.
Wheat—Red$1.50; prime white $1.60(a)
1.70. Oats 65@7Q. ‘Rye $1.20@1.2o.—
Barley $1.25.
Bacon—Shoulders 8|c; clear rib sides
9*- cents; clear sides 9jc; canvassed hams
14@18c.
Bulk Meat—Clear sides Si; clear rib
81; shoulders 7j.
Lard—Barrelsll£@ll£;kegs and cans
-Flour—Superfine, 65.50; extra, $7.
family, 68@8.25; fancy, 69.
Meal, etc.—Quite an active demand
exists, and many orders are received from
a distance. Corn meal per bushel 95c.
Bran, per cwt., 61.00.
Groceries—We quote A sugar at 14J©
14Jc; extra G14@14£; crushed, powdered
and granulated 15£@i5j; Demarara 13J
@14; fair to choice brown 12@13c. Rio
coffee 19@21c; Java 27@30c-; Laguira
23c. Molasses, in barrels, 33c; hogsheads
28@30; New Orleans prime 75c.
Liverpool salt 62.25; Virginia salt $ 2.25
$2.40. Ricel0@10£c. Ginsing 12@22c,
Candles—sperm 18c; adamantine 13J@
14lc. Pepper 25c. Race Ginger 15c.
Starch 8c." Cigars, domestic, per thou
sand 622@40. Teas—Green tea $1@
1,50; black- 90c@1.25. Soap 5@10e.
Crackers 6@15c.
Fruit.—Rough Peaches, 64@5 per
bushel; peeled, 10c. per ib. Dried ap
ples, peeled, $3) per bushel. Green
Georgia, $3i@4£ per bbl. Northern,
$5@6 per bbl.
Onions.—$3@4 per bble.
Gensing.—60c.@65c. per lb.
Country Produce.—Butter 20(b30;
eggs 15@25c.
Cotton Goods.—Standard 4-4 sheet
ing, 12c.@12J; J do. 10c. @10“ 3 do.
8$q. Osnaburgs, 13c. @16; cotton
checks, 13c.@15; cotton stripes, lie.
13; cotton yarns, all numbers, $1.35@
ftjy txoiljicf Jam
Cement and Lime.—Market brisk.
Cherokee lime 55c; Chewacla 60c; hy
draulic cement, per bbl., $4; James Riv
er, $4; plaster of Paris, per bbl., $G.
Hay—Moderate. Prime clover, per
ton, 630 ; Tennessee, $30@33 ; Timothy,
mBSBka w bftjow’iiJ: .J.Lmy-::
Tobacco—Low grades 55@60c ; com
mon, 58@65 ; good, 75@90 ; fine, $i@
61 25, choice brands, $1 25@1 50.
Prints.—Allens, 11J ; Sprague 111 ;
Pacific llj ; Lancaster, 10i ; Wamsutta,
8; Merrimacs, 111-; Garners, ”101;
Gloucester 11; Amoskegos 9*.
Hardware.—Nails—lOd to OOd $4.70
8d 64.95; Gd $5.20; 4d$4.75; 3d $6.70;
finished, all grades, about 15c lower.—
Iron—Swede 7c; horse shoe iron 7c;
City Mills and Pittsburg bar 6c.
Live Stock.—Cattle—Tennessee, 2>;(3
4fe; country, 2@3ic; sheep—country 2@
3ie; Tennessee, 4c; shoats, 5(7?51 c.
Our quotations are made up mainly
from the largest and most responsible
dealers in the city, and may be relied on
as correct. ' «>t f-aftiim* mvt b'ua . u
Whisky trade is dull bub improving.
Cotton.—The market yesterday was
firm at 18i cents—Very little coming in.
Bagging—22 i to 23.”
Ties—6 to 7c.
No Rope in market.
MARKET^EEPOFtTS.
NORTHERN MARKETS.
Colton, Financial, Itrcadstuffs, Grain, He.
New York, Sept. 25.—Cotton firm;
middling uplands 19jc; Orleans20j; sales
900 bales. Cotton sales for future de
livery, last Saturday night, 14,400 bales;
September 19j@19j; October 1815-16@
19i; November 19@19£; Dec. 19@19j;
Jan. 194; Feb. 194@197-16; March 193@
19|; April 90J-. Stock strong and dull.
Gold dull at 14j. Governments strong
but dull. State bonds dull but weak.—
Money firm at 6. Exchange—long 8j;
short 9j.-
Philadelphia, September 25.—Cotton
firm; middlings 193.
Boston, September 25.—Cotton dull;
middlings 201; net receipts 87, gross 330;
sales 250; stock 5000.
Galveston, September 25.—Cotton
quiet and firm; good ordinary 16}; not
receipts 1359; exports coastwise 714; sales
200; stock 214,965.
Augusta,September 25.—Cotton quiet;
middlings 17}; net receipts 250; sales 206.’
Baltimore, September 25. — Hour
dull and unchanged. Wheat steady.
Corn firm. Pork $14 50. Bacon active.
Shoulders 8c. Whisky 95.
WESTERN ^MARKETS.
Meats, Breadstuff*, Grain, VV'hisl;}/, JSlc.
Cincinnati, September 25.—Flour ad
vanced; family $6 25@6 30. Corn in
fair demand. . Pork firm at 612 75. Lard
12R Bacon quiet; shoulders 7j@7j;
clear sides 84. Whisky buoyant at 91. *
Louisville, September 25.—Bagging
quiet and . firm. Provisions active.
Shoulders 73; clear sides 84 for round
lots. Packed poak $13@13 50. Whisky
92.
>-•-< ..
To Advertiser a.
Onr Weekly has a very extensive circu
lation, and offers rare inducements to
those wishing to advertise widely.
►-<>-«
The local editor of the Constitution has
been shown a letter, of which the fol
lowing is a copy, purporting to be writ
ten by Joseph Fry, who suddenly de
camped from this city, and whose where
abouts is not known to the public. No
doubt Foster Blodgett could tell where
he is, if he would:
Memphis, Tenn., Sept. 20. 1871.
Dear Sir: Arrived here to-night; leave
to-morrow morning for Little Rock, and
from there to Texas. AJ1 who want to
see men can do so by finding me in Texas.
You will hear from me again in a week
oriwxK of iroifiiui tu-ai a -
Hargrove and them fellows must feel
bine. I wonder if thought I was fool
enough to believe their lies.
Respectfully, Joe.
Administratoi , ’s Stile.
State of Geobgia, )
Tauafebbo County, j
B Y tittle of aa order of the Court of Ordinary of
said county, will be sold ou the first Tuesday in
November next, 1871, between tbe lawful hours of
sale, before the C'-urt House door in Crawfordville,
in said county, the Plantation whereou Mrs. Dovey
Clemmons resided at the time of her death. The
situation is healthy, society good, convenient to
railroads, churches, mills, and post office. Land
suited to the culture of corn, cotton, or smaU grain;
in good repair. Mr. Alexander Clemmons is on tho
place, and will take pleasure in showing it to any
person wishing to purchase. Terms, twelve months
time, with approved-papers. This, September 8,
l87ir JAMES M. TRIPLETT,
sepll-tds Administrator.
Administrator's Sale.
■ State or GkoboiA, )
Tauafebbo County, j
B Y virtue of an order of the Court of Ordinary of
said county, vrill be sold on the first 1-uesday
in November next, 1871, between the lawful houi-3
of sale at the Court House door, in Crawfordville, in
said county, the plantation or lauds belonging to the
estate of General Aaron W. Grier, deceased, late of
said county. This plantation is well adapted to the
culture of corn, cotton, and small grain. Situation
healthy, society good. Convenient to railroad, post
office, churches, and mills.
Mr. James A. Grier is on the place, and will take
pleasure in showing the lands to any one wishing to
to see it. Sold in lots to suit the purchasers. A
plat of each survey will be exhibited on day of sale.
Sold for the benefit of the heirs of said deceased.
Terms, one and two years timo for approved papers.
This, September 11,1871.
JAMES M. TRIPLETT, Administr,
de bonus non, with the will annexed.
septll-tds
CHAS. E. STAPLES.
L. A. B. BEAD.
Staples Sc. Heab ?
WHOLESALE AND RETAIL GROCERS AND
Genl Commission Merchants
Commission for Selling Cotton l’j Per Cent.,
378 IJroatl street,
AUGUSTA, GA.
BEFER BY PEKMISSIOX :
JOHN P. KING, President Ga. R. R. & Banking Co.
H. H. HICKMAN," Pres't Graniteville Factor}' and
Savings Bank of Augusta.
J. SIBLEY & SONS, Cotton Merchants.
JOHN M. CLAP.K & CO., Merchant Millers.
septC-lmw.
r | IIME and cash sales—Bacon, Flour, Mules, &c.—
JL MtOOO pounds Bacon; 1,000 bushels Corn ;
500 barrels Flour; car load Molasses ; Coffee ; a
valuable) pair of Mules and Dray ; a first class
second-hand Family Carriage, tor cash or on
time, until October or November ; Also, 100 city or
suburban vacant building lots. Terms easy. Apply
at once to A. K. SEAGO,
Cor. Forsyth and Mitchell st’s.
se i-Imd&w Atlanta, Ga
W. H. HOWABD.
C. H. HOWABD
FOREIGN MARKETS
Colton, Money, Bonds, Etc.
London, Sept. 25 — noon.—Consols
92|; bonds 934. Tallow 44s 3d. •
Liverpool, Sept. 25—noon.—Cotton
opened steady; uplands 9|d; Orleans 9j.
Later.—Cotton steady; sales 1C,000
bales; for speculation and export 2,000.
London, September 25.—Tallow 44s
9d to 45s 9d.
Liverpool, September 25.—Noon.—
Cotton closed steady at 9g@9l; Orleans
9^@9J.
Liverpool, September 25.—Evening.
—Fine rosin firm at 21s 6d; short rib
middles 8s 6<L
London, September 25.—Evening.—
Common rosiu 8s 6d@10s,
SOUTHERN MARKETS.
Colton, Busin, Tar, Molasse*. Sugar, etc.
New Orleans, September 25.—Flour
firmer; superfine 65i@$5j; double $6£@
66}; treble 67}@$7}. Corn scarce a:
82@S5. Oats 55(7 5S. Bran firmer at
61.22. Hay, none here. Pork frm at
W. H. HOWARD & SON,
COTTON FACTORS
COMMISSION MERCHANTS.
No. 2 WARREN BLOCK, - - - AUGUSTA, GA.
W E again tender our services in the Warehouse
business, iu all its branches, to ,our old pat
rons and planters generally.
Commission for Selling Cotton 5
One and a Quarter Per Cent.
All family supplies ordered will be carefully se
lected by one of the firm, at the lowest market
prices.
Orders for Bagging and Ties will be promptly
filled, and at the lowest cash price.
Liberal cash advances made on cotton in ware
house. We extend all the facilities offered by Ware
house Merchants. Consignments solicited—satis
faction guarantee aug21w3m
NORTH GEORGIA
FEMALE COLLEGE,
IVY STREET,
_L VaH
For circulars
I containing full particulars, apply at the Book and
Music Stores, or the College.
jy25-d&w2m A. J. te ANNIE D. HAILE,
principals
TIETWEEN Wheat and Line streets, Atlanta.
JD session opens September 4,1871.
PORTER FLEMING,
COTTON FACTOR
ANI>
COMMISSION MERCHANT j
JACKSON STREET, - - AUGUSTA, GA.
Commission for Se’Iiog Cotton, 1 !.i Per Cent.
aug2I-3tw