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ADVERTISING RATES: Advertlsementsinserted at $1 persquarc (ten linen or less, in small type,) first Insertion, and rfiy cents each subsequent insertion. • ‘BRIDGE ACROSS”—“TIDE IT OVER.” These aro terms aptly employed by those who favor the policy of another in flation and expansion, to express their idea of the way of getting over the pres ent financial trouble. Their “policy” dues uot contemplate anything like a manly effort to breast the waves and so repair the damages done as to prevent a recurrence of the disaster. % They only want some temporary make-shift—some hastily contrived pontoon—that will en able them to cross over to a location yet dry, and remain there until a wave rising still higher forces them to look out for another refuge. So that they can “tide over" to-day, (hey are willing to leave to morrow to take care of itself. There is now hardly a doubt that the policy of the Administration, supported by the Radical party generally, will be a large increase of the greenback circula tion and a restoration for tbe time being of the inflated values that produced the existing derangement. Borne even speak ot an increase as great as $150,000,000 — that is an increase of one-third of the Treasury note indebtedness of the Gov ernment, based upon what? Simply upon a corresponding increase of the Govern ment's debt, or at best upon a shifting of that amount of the debt from the funded to ihe currency account! And done for what ? Only for the purpose of unduly swelling the nominal wealth of the gam blers in slocks and the owners of “wild cat” railroads and] over-rated securities. It will of course bo done on the pretence of facilitating the commerce of the coun try; but it needsj no argument to show that the commerce of the country will speedily accommodate itself^to any just standard of values, and find means of moving as soon as those who are holding back the currency with a view to forcing inflation are made to see that they cannot successfully play that “ littlo'gnme.” It is apparent from his declarations that (iru. Grant, when the panic commenced, whs in favor of taking advantage of it to .return towards specie payments—-that l.e regarded tho “shrinkage” as a wholesome ■condition, and did not wish to re-expand. But tho Kudical party is now alarmed at tho change which the panic has effected and is likely to effect in the party rela tions of tho people. They will seek to ■-live their party, though the ultimate ruin of the people may bo the result. Expan sion burst their financial system—that they cannot deny. But they propose to patch tho rent with more greenbacks and to expand again to the extent of $100,000,- 000 or $150,000,000 ! Is the result at all doubtful ? Does its recurrence involve any other question than that of time? We warn the peoplo of the South that this policy of reinflation is another scheme lu aggrandize nnd enrich tho North at their expense. Tho “shrinkage” of values I hat has been effected cannot permanently affect any interest or property of ours, because we were not affected by the infla tion. If our cotton is not bringing its full value, that is only because wo have uot the facilities for availing ourselves of the best market— not that it is not intrin sically worth fully as much as it will be with any increase of the currency that may be resorted to, or any expansion of values that may be effected. Will the in crease of our greenback circulation add to the value of cotton in Liver pool? or will the addition of hundreds of unillious to our irredeemable currency cause tbe New York market to advance half a cent beyond what Liverpool quota tions will justify? No—we see a great cotton market —the greatest in the world -maintaining its price for oufstaple, un affected by the financial troubles iu this country, aud we know that, if we only had the means of reaching that market, not even a ripple of the panic would disturb us. lint reinflation will lure us into a continuance of our commercial depend ence upon the North —into a deeper en tanglement in the financial complications of the North—and when the next crash comes we will be iu as bad or a worse condition than at present. bet them “bridge across” —let them 'tide it over” by the frail and temporary ■ contrivances to which we have alluded. Our true and only safe policy is to seek a uibstantial foundation for our industry and commerce, aud to establish our inter ests upon a basis beyond the roach of gambling speculations and a system of finance based in the first place only upon * hat the Government owes, and propped up in emergencies only by an iucrease of its indebtedness. MISSISSIPPI. The dispatch announcing a Conserva tive triumph iu Mississippi, published by os last weak, appears to have been errone ous. Returns by mail clearly indicate •that Ames has been elected Governor by a large majority, aud that the Radicals have both b''iUi ; 'J)oS of the Legislature. There is a muddle iu reference to this ; election, the merits of which we have not | investigated, and upon which we can at , present express no opinion. Acting Gov* : ernor Powers aud the Attorney General I of the Stale, (hoth Republicans) took the ground that this was not the year for the general election, and we believe that Gov. Powers made public proclamation to that effect. He also called a session of the Legislature to consider the question ; and the House of Representatives passed a hill or resolution to bring on the election next year instead of this ; but this bill was defeated by a dose vote iu the’ Sen ate. It thus appeal’s that the Governor, the Attorney Geueral, and the House of Representatives take one side of the qnes tion, and the Senate takes the other side. In this emergency, the Jackson Clarion coutends, the Supreme Court of the State must be the arbiter. It says that one of the Supreme Judges has already com mitted himself, by publicly proclaiming the validity of an election this year, aud it contends that he ought not, therefore, to sit when a case involving this question is carried up. The other two Judges, it says, have not committed themselves, and can therefore decide without prejudice. It is evident that the election of this year will he contested, and we may hope that 't will only be by an appeal to the State ■ Courts. I'he Boston aud Lowell Railroad began, last Thursday, weighing at Farmingham the ears from the West loaded with grain ' and lumber destined for Lowell and laun l°n, and found au excess of 15.000 pounds m one car over ths weight, billed, of 20,- tkKI pounds, a full car load,which makes a - difference of $77 iu freight. he above was a Fairbanks 50 ton 34 feet Track Scale, sold to Boston and Alba- R R. Co.— Boston paper. VOL. XV. nu: direct trade movement. We noticed with satisfaction, about, a fortnight since, a proposition by some of the Grangers of Campbell county to char ter a ship to take two thousand bales of cotton direct from Port Royal to Liver pool. The enterprise was one promising good results, not only to those immedi ately interested, but to planters generally who might be induced by its success to follow' the example. We have, therefore, looked with interest for some report of the progress of this movement, and not having seen any, we were beginning to fear that it had been abandoned. But the Atlanta Herald of Wednesday revives our hopes. It says, in answer to an inquiry by the Constitution: “A committee is now obtaining information from all the different Granges in Georgia as to the amount of cotton each Grange can furn ish. While the projectors of this move ment did not expect such immediate re sults as would at once revolutionize the cotton trade of the world, they determined to commence an agitation of the subject, which should never cease until the South is emancipated from the yearly tribute of seventy or eighty millions, which is now thrown away in shipping cotton to Liver pool by way of New York.” This indicates a purpose to try the ex periment on a larger scale than that first announced, and of course if it is successful the advantages will be greater and more apparent. As to the success of the enterprise, the prospects are still encouraging, though there has been a slight decline in cotton in Liverpool, and the late course of the Bank of England indicates the probabili ty of a tightening money market there. The latest telegraphic quotations show that the New York market is now fully tw’G cents below the rates that the Liver pool market would justify, and our South ern markets, on account, of the scarcity of currency, are not so near the New *York quotations as they generally are. A sav ing of ten dollars per bale would be an important item for the South, on a crop of three millions of bales We hope that the Grangers will hurry up their movement, ft hail better have been commenced six weeks ago, as many thousands of dollars are probably lost by every month of uncertainty and delay. “THE EXD OE THE II 0 R1.1t.” Eider T. M. Harris has been preach ing a series of sermons in Atlanta, on the subject of the early “coming of Christ.” He had large audiences that appeared to be interested. He maintained that the second coming of Christ, would be before the millenium, and before the expiration of two thousand years oMhe Christian era. To make his theory more immedi ately applicable to the present generation of men, he contended that the Christian era was one hundred years older than the commonly received chronology makes it— Pope Gregory having made an error of ono hundred j T ears in arranging the ta bles ! His belief therefore is that “the end” will come before the expiration of the mil century. His reasoning appears to be inferential rather than demonstra tive, as for instance, that no dispensation had lasted longerthau two thousand years, and therefore this would not; that as God rested on the seventh day, the saints would rest in the seventh thousand year, Ac., Elder Harris belongs to w hat is called the “Christian Church.” We do not pre tend to be posted in reference to the “end of the world,” and must therefore leave our readers to judge for themselves what importance to attach to the Elder’s views. But we are prepared to ease the con sciences of any delinquents, who maybe terrified at the idea of encountering the great day of reckoning with printer’sbills unpaid, by giving them receipts in full, and thus doing what wo can to “tide them over.” FRAUDS IN NE II YORK. Notwithstanding the splendid victory of the regular or Tammany Democracy in New York City, they charge their oppo nents with great frauds on the day of the election, and are pushing the investiga tion in a manner showing their earnest ness and resolution to expose any wrong that has been committed. Their tirst act was to expel from the Executive Commit tee Police Commissioner Charlick, who though professsing to be a Democrat, is charged with complicity with the Repub cans in the perpetuation of the frauds. Several witnesses havo already sworn pos itively to their knowledge of frauds in the alterations of returns. United States Commissioner Davenport is implicated in the frauds charged. It looks as if a pret ty expose of rascality would be made. Thk Fall in Goi.T). Gold still conliu- ! ues its downward course, as if we were to ; bo brought to specie payments without the consent of the National Administra- [ tion, and almost without the knowledge of the Secretary of the Treasury. The Secretary, in fact, is not to be supposed much wiser now than when he undertook to supptv the place of $10,000,000 frac tional currency with a handful of now silver half-dollars and smaller coins. The shipments hither of gold from Europe still continue, while the Bank of England is vainly endeavoring to stop the tide by j advancing the rate of interest. The Eng lish people i/iu.it have our grain, and, since in the preseut state of our finances they find difficulty in collecting from the importing merchants, they have only gold with which to buy it, so that these ship-, meuts must continue for some time. While they do continue, what body of men in our country so bold as to under take a " bull ” speculation in g >ld ? Yes terday the premium was as low as per cent." Who would be harmed if it should fall to par in a week t Merchants would possibly loose a trifle on hand; but their next purchases would be made with cur rency, on which there would l>e no dis count, and the net loss to them would be hardly calculable. Only speculators for a rise would be seriously hurt; and who carts how badly they are hurt t iVeie York Tribune , 7 th. A Good Showing foh the Planters. — We heard something yesterday that re flects great credit npou the planters of this sectioft, and which we think deserves public mention. At one of the banks of this city their drafts to the amount of SOO,OOO matured on the 4th instant, all of which, except $2,000, was promptly met. Ou the tith instant arrangements for the satisfactory settleu/ent of that bal ance were made, slid the aeconnt fully squared. This report is from only one bank. We understand ail equally good one comes from all the others. We con gratulate the planters and the country upon it. In these pinching times such a record is certainly a proud one. i here is immense vitality in the land yet—we may rest assured of that — Mac*Hi 'telegraph. The New York Herald publishes a spe cial dispatch from Matamoras, 4 th, which states, on the authority of accounts from the city of Mexico to the 31st nit., that “the revolutionary forces in Sonora have been annihilated by the Government troops, and the same result will ensue to those who are implicated in the outbreak in Coahuila. The Insurgents in Alguest an have submitted to the authority of the ; Government.” Ex-President Fillmore and four survi ving members of his old Cabinet —Conrad, of Louisiana, Secretary of War; Hall, of of New York, Postmaster General: Gra ham, of North Carolina. Stewart, of Vir ginia, Secretary of the Interior—are ex pected to visit Washington this winter for a friendly reunion. THE WEEKLY SUN. c HU,DR EX I.OVE YO VR MOTHER S It is related of the celebrated Seargeant N. Prentiss,of Mississippi, who, at twenty six years of age had achieved a national reputation, that, from the time he left his homo in Maine, to the year of his death, he never failed to write to his mother on the first of January of each year, and his letters are most elegant specimens of filial affection. A thousand miles away from her, or nearer, at Wash ington, amid the plaudits of the multi tude who looked upon him almost as a modem Rienzi, his thoughts turned to his mother. At the height of his fame,an old lady sought an introduction to him, and said, ‘ 'how proud should be the mother who has such a son.” He instantly replied, “how proud should be that son who has such a mother as I have.” Nor was he less kind to his sisters and brothers. He was devoted in his attentions to them, an I his letters to his sisters are models of elegance. He educated his youngest brother for the ministry, in Europe. The following is a specimen, in part, of his letters to his mother. This was written in his thirty-ninth year, and whan he was at the zenith of his fame. He died at the age of forty-two : New Orleans, Jan. Ist, 1848. My Jear, beloved Mother: Again it be comes my pleasant duty to wish you a happy New Year, which I do most truly and affectionately. I trust it will pass with yon happily and brightly, and free from the clouds and troubles of the past year. Notwithstanding the irreparable loss we have experienced in the death of our dear, beloved Abby, (his sister) still we have much to be thankful for, and I hope many happy days are in store for you. God grant that you may live to see your grandchildren, and great grandchildren grow up around you and call you blessed, even as your own children love to do. Dear Abby is now a saint in heaven, and the memory of her virtues and goodness assuages our grief at her departure. 1 wish we could see you to-day; how grate ful it would be to our feelings to tender our congratulations in person, to kiss you with filial affection, and to present our dear little ones for your blessing. But we are with you in feeling, if wo cannot be in person. Mary (his wife) has already written you, and the children would write too if they knew how. I would give a great deal if you could see them, they are so healthy, so in telligent, and so pretty: and then they love their grandma Prentiss ns much as if they had known her ever since they’ were born. They talk about you every day; at least Jennie and Geordie do; lit tle Seargy, of course, cannot talk yet, though he tries very hard, and makes a kind of gibberish, which, may be very good sense if one could understand it. Tell Anna (a sister) I w’ish her and her sweet children nnd good husband, a hap py new year; and I hope before it is through to see you all. God bless you, my dear mother, and protect you always. Your affectionate son, Seargeant. REDUCTION IN PRICES. The Herald of Tuesday says there has been a reduction in clolhing in the New York market of from five to fifteen per cent. In dry goods it reports the follow ing reductions at Stewart’s: September li. Yesterday. Corset jeans 12Ve. Kile. Amoskeag satteen... 15c. 13Jo. Cambrics 7 jc. 7 Jc. Rolled cambrics B@Bie. 3 c. In bleached muslins the reduction was very considerable, from 7 j to 10 per cent., in white sheetings 10 per cent., brown muslins 74 per cent., damask 10 per cent., and in all foreign goods an average reduction of 10 per cent. DRESS GOODS. In dress goods the reduction has also been very great; in fancy goods it amounted to 20 per cent., and iu plain goods to about 10 per cent. The trade in dress goods is very quiet, and buyers have a fair retail trade. SHAWLS. In shawls of all kinds, from the most expensive down to the very cheapest, and cloaks aud costumes, the reduction has been 10 per cent. In groceries;, sugar has fallen from one to two cents a pound, teas from five to ten cents, rice one cent, sardines $1 per dozen, extracts of meat 25 per cent. The only articles that are exempt from the stampede are coffee, champagne and flour. United States District Court ln Bankruptcy. —The petitions have been filed in this court since our last report to wit: Thomas J. Ilamby, of Hamilton, Harris county. M. J. Crawford, of Columbus, Solicitor. Olion H. Hancock, of the same place, same Solicitor. James N. House, of Fort Games, Clay county. Casper W. Jones, of Cuthbert, Solicitor. Sterling B. House, of Florence, Stew art county. Casper W, Jones, of Cuth bert, Solicitor. Henry J. Fillingiu, of Cuthbert, Ran dolph county. B. S. Won-ill, Solicitor. Andrew J. Chambless, of Lumpkin, ; Stewart county. Harrell & Harrell and ■ R. F. Watts, Solicitors. C. C. Andrews, of Lumpkin, Stewart | county. R. F. Watts, Solicitor. Petitions of final discharge have been i filed iu the cases of Stephen D. Lester, of Americus, Sumter county; Allen Fort, solicitor. John H, Mead, of Savannah, solicitor per se., and James T. Flowellen, of Cuthbert, Randolph county; Herbert Fielder, solicitor. —Savannah -\ ew*. Packing Operations. None of our packiug firms have yet fully commenced operations for the season. Packing is de layed because hogs are held so much above the views of packers that their pur chase would be suicidal. The only rea son provisions moved actively last spring was for the reason that there was a good export demand, and the low prices at which hd&s had been purchased made ex portation possible. To load up with pro visions at a price which will uot admit of exportation would involve general bank ruptcy to the packing interest, and, there fore, great caution in purchasing hogs will be observed this year. There ss a large amount of the stock of provisions made last season still on hand, and when the probabilities of a largely reduced con sumption are taken into account it will be seen that much less new meat will suffice to supply the wants of the world the com ing year than was made last year. Prices of hogs must either go lower or those who handle them will lose money, and they may descend so low this season as to in duce the grangers to set up packing es tablishments of their own. — St. Louis Democrat, G<A. The Cincinnati Enquirer says: Two of Grant’s Cabinet officers were candidates for United States Senator, viz : Postmas ter-General Cresswell of Maryland, and Secretary of tbe Interior Delano of Ohio. Both apparently had a pretty sure thing of it, for although Maryland gave Mr. Greelev a thousand majority, almost every county outside of Baltimore was Republi can. We have seen how Ohio laid out Mr. Delano. The defeat of Cresswell in Maryland is perfectly overwhelming. Out j of one hundred and five members that compose the Legislature on joint ballot, ! there are only thirteen Republicans. The Administration was on trial in both States, and this is the manner in which it was ! condemned. Many white planters we have conversed with lately seem thoroughly worn out with the present style and system es farming. Thev are disappointed in every way; and if they keep iu their present frame of mind, more acres will be planted in grain this fall and next spring than for many years past. But they will not keep in their present frame of mind. On the t contrary, they will forget the crisis, and ' the unreliability of the negro, and the difficulty of getting the crop picked, and put in more cotton next spring than ever before. This frantic cotton planting re ally seems like a fatal blindness. Energy anil hope in seed time, and depression and disappointment in harvest! Edgefield ■ Advertiser. COLUMBUS, GEORGIA, TUESDAY", NO VEMBER 18,1573. THE SPRAGUES. Their Mills, Steamships, Street Rail ways, Lands, Locomotives and Other Property. From the New York Tribune. 1 The vast interests involved in the em barrassments of A. & TV. Sprague and Hoyt, Sprague A Cos. appear from the list of their mills, works and manifold enter | prises. Good judges say, however, that their suspension would uot cause the sus pension of a single bank in the State. Only three national banks—the Globe, First National and Second National—and two savings banks held largely of their paper. Many merchants might go under and distressful times would certainly’ en ! sue in Rhode Island from the complete ! failure of A. A W. Sprague. They run near 280,000 spindles and 28 printing ma chines in mills and print-works, and em ploy over 10,000 operatives. Their great pflnt-works at Cranston employ 1200 per j sons, and can turn out 40,000 pieces a week. At Natick, Rhode Island, they ; run 7D,000 spindles, and have six hundred hands; at Arctic, R. 1., they run 22,000 spindles, and have 500 hands; at Quid nick, R. 1., they have 32,000 spindles and s 500 hands; at Baltic, Conn., 83,000 spin dles and 100 hands; at Central Falls, , K. 1., 32,000 spindles, and near 500 hands; at Augusta, Maine, 34,000 spindles, and 700 hands. These cotton mills supply j their print-works, with most of the print cloths used by them, making about 35,- j 000 pieces a week, when running on full time. All are now on half time. Besides I their mills and print-works they run other j great enterprises, both within and with- I out the State. In Maine they have vast | timber mills, saw mills, and like property, ! in which are employed great numbers of j men during the lumbering season. In i New Hampshire there is more similar property’ of theirs. At Columbia, South j Carolina, they owu valuable water-power, | and have a great stock forward. They i also owu much land in Kansas and in , Texas. In this city and Cranston their real estate, improved and unimproved, is ; great in extent and value. They control in this city the Union Railroad, owning all street railways, employing three hun | died men. five hundred horses, and one hundred cars, with a capital stock of I SOOO,OOO, and valuation of property about SBOO,OOO. William Sprague is | President of the Providence and New ■ York Steamship Company, which has eight steamers, employs five hundred ! hands, and owns property valued at sl,- 000,000. This company, it is claimed, will not be embarrassed because of the Sprague's embarrassments. Though they • are the largest stockholders, they own a , minority of the stock. A. A. W. Sprague i control, in Providence the Pei kins Sheet iron Company and the Rhode Island Horse-shoe Company, having 300 hands when full, now running with one-half their usual force on half time; the Phoenix | Iron Foundery, Elm street machine shop, ' Sprague Mowing Machine Company, ! Comstock Stove Foundery and the Ameri can Horse Nail Company. They also own , one third of the stock of the well known ! Rhode Island Locomotive Works, which employ over one thousand men, and of j the Nicholson Fire Company. Their mill ! property, at a low valuation, is estimated ; at $4,300,000, and their pay roll at times has approached $25,000 a day. Besides all this property of A. A W. Sprague, ; Hoyt, Sprague A Cos. own most of the ! stock of the Atlantic Delaine Company, ! whose mills in Olneyville employ over ! 2,000 hands. On this property is an in ; debtedness near $4,000,000. SUGGESTIONS FOR FINANCIAL 1. EG IS LA TIOX. The Washington correspondent of the Now York Times writes, Nov. 5: “The Secretary of the Treasury and the Con troller of the Treasury are daily iu receipt of numerous suggestions concerning tinan eial legislation, which it is deemed expe dient by the senders should be embodied in the recommendation of the forthcom ing report. Both the Secretary of the Treasury and the Controller of the Cur rency, however, decline, even to Repre sentatives and Senators, to give any indi cation as to their probable recommenda tions. The following are among the sug gestions which have been made with reference to future financial legisla tion : That the National Banking act be so amended that depositors may have better security; that National banks be prohibited, under severe penalties, from paying interest upon deposits; that better safeguards be provided against the im pairment of the reserves; that some legis lation be secured which shall effectually prevent the use of greenbacks as a mer chantable commodity; that the relations of the National bank system to the Na tional Bankrupt act be more specifically defined, and that some explanatory law be passed, stating whether or not, and if so, under what conditions, National banks may be put in bankruptcy like ordinary debtors; that additional legislation be pro vided which shall secure a more rigid and responsible examination of National banks; that a convertible bond be issued, bear ing a low rate of interest, which shall at any time be interchangeable for money at any Treasury of the United States. THE CONGO PLUNDERERS AND REPUDIATORS NON PI USSED. The decision of the Supreme Court of the United States making the bills of the Bank of South Carolina receivable for State taxes, has fallen like a bomb-shell among the Congo legislators. A corres pondent of the Charleston Hews says the greatest confusion and consternation is manifested by the leading members of that body. On Tuesday all other business was neglected in the House of Represen tatives, which went into committee of the whole on the decision of the Supreme Court. Great excitement and confusion prevailed, several leading Congos made speeches on the subject, in which they predicted the utter ruin of the State and disruption of the Republican party, unless something can be done to contravene the decision. They say there are probably two or three millions of the bills out, and that the Government cannot possibly be run if they are made receivable for taxes. Some even advise the turning over of the State to Gen. Grant and to give it up al together. In the midst of their schemes of repu diation and plunder this decision, recog nizing the bills of the State Bank—the plates of which are still in existence, and which, as the honest Congo alleges, may be produced to an indefinite amount—is a terrible set back to the Congo financiers of South Carolina. They are ready for any amount of repudiation or for the issue of any amount of new bonds, the sale of which would give them a chance for a grab; but they have no notion of recog nizing the old issues of the State Bank, the receipt of which for taxes will defeat all their plans for robbing the tax-payors. The decision of the Supreme Court will be a blessing to the white people of South Carolina if its effects shall be to starve out their Congo plunderers.— Sav. Dews. The Fayetteville Observer publishes this politico-religious item: “The sincerity of the Northern ‘loyal’ Methodist Church, recently in session iu Conference in Tuliahoma, was, we are told, put to the test, and ‘found wanting.’ A preacher who happened to have a negro wife applied for membership in the Con ference, and of the large number of dele gates in attendance, only three favored the application. Bringing the matter home is an efficient way of showing the hollowness of Radical professions, wheth er coming from preachers or laymen. ’ Jimmy was his name. He was a New York rough, but now his bones are bleach ing upon the arid plains of Southern Col orado. Jimmie saw a road to fortune. He was cook for a party of six buffalo hunters at Two Buttes, in Bent county. The hunters had valuable outfits, and Jimmy put arsenic in their coffee. The hunters held a trial, and there being no chemical experts to testify, they wasted some powder and lead on Jimmie, and left him to the wolves. CF.Si r.SSIA L TFA FARTI - Nov. 11. —The Women’s Centennial Ward Committees have com pleted treasury arrangements for the pro jected tea party at the Academy on the 17th of December, anniversary of the Boston tea party. The different States will be represented by tables. The ladies attending upon the tables are required to dress in the Martha Washington style, with cap, kerchief, ic. -YE IT YORK ITEMS. New York, Nov. 10.—A failure in the • tea trade is announced. Thirty-five thousand tons of iron, con | signed to the Northern Pacific Railroad, has been attached. Four hundred laborers have been dis charged from the Department of Public Works, and two hundred more will be discharged Saturday. Appropriations set aside for them are exhausted. Greenleaf, Morris .1 Cos., have notified the Stock Exchange that they are ready to pay in full. New Yoke, Nov. 11.—Henry D. Lar mes, Cashier of the Security Bank, disap peared; $20,000 short. A change of President of the Panama Railroad is proposed. Battersoll A Cos., tea merchants, have failed. Their business was a million yearly. The Aldermen of Brooklyn have placed SIO,OOO to the credit of street repairers, enabling them to re-employ the recently discharged laborers. The tailors compromised on five per cent. reduction. New York, Nov. 11. —The suit of Gaza way B. Lamar of Savannah, Georgia, against Dana, for alleged false impris onment while the latter was Assistant Secretary of War, was argued in the Uni ted States Circuit Court to-day. Dana’s reply is that the arrest was made in good faith, under orders of President Lincoln. Capt. Hall’s widow visited the Tigress to-day to obtain, if possible, any relics of the Arctic voyage. Mrs. Hall was greatly affected when shown the prayer book of her husband. In response to appeals from the labor ers of Brooklyn for help, the Board of City Works to-day set 450 men to work on public improvements. The total amount contributed for the relief of the Memphis sufferers ou elec tion day was $7,830. The Evening Post says, editorially: “The feeling of our citizens was raised to fever heat by the execution of the four Cuban leaders. It will now rise to boil ing pitch. Cuba and her friends will hereafter need neither money nor men. Have these butchers no fear of the indig nation of a civilized world ? The report makes our blood cold.” The 58th anniversary meeting of the General Missionary Committee of the M. E. Church was held this morning. Pres ent, Bishop James, presiding; Simpson, Scott, Bowman, Ames, Merrill, Wiley, Haven, Andrews and Peck. There was also a full attendance from the mission districts. The Treasurer’s report for the past year shows receipts during that period $707,- 233; expenditures $725,1Gt). The question of appropriation of funds for a mission station in Central Africa was taken up for discussion. HALF OE SOCIAL CIRCLE ISVRXED Special to the Atlanta Hera’il. Social Circle, Ga., Nov. 10, 1873. After three o’clock this morning a fire was discovered in the new brick building oc cupied by \V. If. Stauton and Y. H. Craw ley, merchants. Tho fire originated in the store of Mr. Stanton, entirely con suming the goods in both stores. Stanton was insured to tho amount of $7,000. Mr. Crawley was insured to amount of $5,000, his loss above insurance being about $3,000. The safes of the stores were removed after the fire was over, with the contents undamaged Messrs. Marcus & Brown were also burned out. Garrett A Bro., moved all their goods from the store to prevent thorn from be ing burned, with considerable loss from stealage and breakage. Neither of the bar rooms were injured at all. The brick building occupied by Stanton & Crawley was not insured. The owner of it is not known to the writer. Only the front part of Garrett & Bro.’s building was burned. About half of the town was consumed. — FATAL EXPLOSION. New York, Nov. 12.—1 t is said that the engine which exploded on 4111 avenue yesterday had been tended by a boy, the engineer being absent. Miss Bass ford, who was killed, was a young woman of great beauty and intelligence, She was on her way home and being attracted by the shout of the workingmen, stopped for a second and was struck by a flying piece of the boiler. The little girl killed was an Italian street musician. Her harp was found lying by the side of her body. The work of death was apparently mainly : executed by a piece of iron weighing fully two hundred pounds, which w’as thrown off from the boiler at the height ;of about five feet and sped through the air at about that level above ground. Its force was spent at the corner of 128th street, where it fell, striking on the head and killing the young woman above men tined. The families of the deceased men, w ho were nearly all married aud had chil dren, visited the station house during the morning, and with tears and anguish identified the dead. | YELLOW FEVER IN TEXAS. ! Special dispatches to the Galveston News. Columbus, Nov. 5. —There were seven | new cases to-day; one death and one dy ing. There are fifty-five cases under treatment, with five or six dangerous. The weather is better. There is not over three hundred people here. Will return to-morrow. \ Calvert, Nov. 5. —Not more than six down with the fever now. Two deaths yesterday, one last night and one to-day j —a young lady, her name unknown to me. | The sickness is about over here. We look | for cold weather in the morning. Bryan, Nov. 5, —The quarantine re strictions below here, at Navasota and Hempstead, have been raised, and trains i will stop as usual. 1 The yellow fever has entirely disappear ed and everything is assuming a business like style. Cotton will now r come in. The weather is still cold and cloudy, with north wind. MEXICAN RAID IN TEXAS. The Insufficiency of U. S. Troops. Corpus Christi, Nov. 10.—A bold rob bery was committed on the Gth, in this county, at Concepcion, by a gang of about eight armed Mexicans, who entered the store of Mr. Sehuhart about six ! o’clock iu the evening, carrying away a large umount of money and arms. No steps were taken to arrest the flight of the band, who, it is supposed, tied to Mexico. The boldness of the robbers show the inefficiency or lack of police men or troops. Several of the band were recognized, among whom were Leonardo Flores, Manuel Gonzales and Abram Gar cia, three noted desperadoes. It is hoped ! that proper protection will be granted. EX-PRESIDENT JOHNSON’S RE PLY TO HOLT. Washington, Nov. 12. —Andrew John son publishes four and a half columns in the Chronicle, in answ’er to Judge Holt’s allegations that Mr. Johnson disregarded the recommendations of a majority of the court for commutation in Mrs. Surratt’s case. Mr. Johnson never saw the recom mendation ; on the contrary, Judge Holt argued that the question ought not to be considered, and urged an early execu tion. Mr. J.’s card is regarded as mas terly. Mr. J. complains that Holt with held the allegations intended to damage him until the witnesses were dead. THE PANIC AT LOUISVILLE. Louisville, Nov. 10.—The wages of the Louisville and Nashville road will be reduced 10 per cent, after the ICtb. The closing of various industries around the falls has ousted four thousand. Plug to bacco factories are reducing force and wages. Several of the heaviest factories are abont closing temporarily. MONETARY. New Yolk. Nov. 12.—The associated banks gained $1,200,000 since yesterday, and now have $26,200,000 on hand. The Russia, sailing for Europe to-day. takes out $487,846 in silver bars. I R EXCH POE I TICS. Paris, Nov. B.—The three Bureaus of the Assembly which deferred uaming their members of the Committee on Pro longation of President McMahon's powers until to-day, reassembled nnd elected Count DeDemnsat, M. Leon Say, and M. Laßauloyle as the candidates of the Left. This gives tbe Republicans a majority of one in the Committee. This result has given rise to the most intense excitement. It is said that the Right, which on the opening of the Assembly on Wednesday last submitted a motion for the prolonga tion of McMahon’s powers for tea years, has offered a compromise to make the term five years. FRENCH AFFAIRS. Paris, Nov. 10. —A committee repre senting the French residents of San Fran cisco called upon Thiers yesterday, and | presented an address. The President, in I his remarks in reply, told his visitors that the monarchists had suffered a check, aud that a conservative republic was assured. CABIIST VICTORY DENIED. Madrid, Nov. 10. —The report that the Carlists were victorious iu an engagement near Miranda de Argo, and that Lienten ; ant General Primo de Rivera was killed, !is officially denied this morning. General i Primo de Rivera was not hurt, nor was General Moriones captured by the Insur gents. The Government has received dispatches from both these officers dated ; the Oth. G EE MAX CA DINE T. Berlin, Nov. 10. —Koval decrees have bean promulgated relieving Von lloan of the Presidency of the Prussian Ministry aud appointing Prince Bismarck in his place, and Herr Comphauser Vice Presi dent. HEAVY ENGLISH FAILURES. London, Nov. 10 —It is reported that Win. Alfred A Father, Barrs A 00., goner ial metal merchants, have failed. Liabili ties, $4,000,000. DEAD. Paris, Nov. 12—Abd el Kader, the fa mous Arati chief,, is dead. DEPREDATIONS OE THE INDIANS ON THE TEXAS FRONTIER. Galveston, Nov. B. ’i he following is a special to the Hews: Waco, Nov. 7. —Capt. J. E. Elgin, who has just returned from an extensive trip | on the frontier, reports the Indians as ! bad, if not worse, than they have been | since the war. All the Indians are off the reservation except Santanta. j They are headed by Big Tree and liavo : stolen nearly all the horses on Little Wi chita and West Fork. Seventy-five or 100 jof the band crossed the Little Wichi ta last week, and a party of thirteen stole two horses out of a stable in Jackson, on Saturday night. It is reported that a snrveyiug party camped outside of Jack son were fired on by them. Tin: NORTHERN WORKINGMEN. Philadelphia, Nov. 11.—A committee appointed by a mass meeting of the work ingmen, had an interview with Mayor Stakely to-day for the purpose of ascer taining what could be done to provide em ployment for 1,000 thrown out of work. He expressed gratification at being con sulted, and recommended that a petition should be addressed to Council, when a committee would be appointed to take actiou. Much outdoor work could be provided, but he said there was necessity for supplying work to those accustomed to indoor work. AFFRAY IN RICHMOND. Richmond, Nov. 11.—Judge J. C Un derwood, of tho United States District Court, was assaulted here to-day, by W. N. McNeigh, former owner of the proper ty in Alexandria, purchased under the confiscation; act by Underwood. A few blows was administered by McNeigh. ; No resistance'w hatever on the part of Un derwood. McNeigh called the Judge a “hypocritical scoundrel,” and charged him with robbing him and making his 1 family paupers. EIRE IN GAINESVILLE , FLORIDA. Spactal to the Savannah News], Gainesville, Fla., Nov. G. —The gin- j ning establishment iu this place, belong ing to E. Pearce, situated within two hun died feet of the railroad depot, was de stroyed by’ fire at threp o’clock this after noon. The loss, including building, machine ry aud about twenty’ bales of cotton, is estimated at about eight, thousand dol lars. SOUNDINGS IN THE NORTH PA CIFIC. San Francisco, Nov. 7. —The United States steamer Tuscarorahas arrived from her cruise, sounding for the cable line to the Orient. She eiuised 1,100 miles to ward the Aleution Islands, and 100 miles west of Cape Mendocino, and found a submarine mountain 4,000 feethigh. The deepest sounding was 2,113 fathoms, 110 miles west of Faroloves Island. She was ordered back on account of the lateness of the season. Cl RAN MEETING IN XEW OR LEANS. New Orleans, Nov. 10.—An enthusias tic Cuban meeting was held here yester day, nt which the surveyor of tho port, and other prominent Federal officials par ticipated. Resolutions were adopted con demning the barbarity of the. Spaniards and calling upon the. Federal Government to recognize the Cubans as belligerents, and demand indemnity and apology for recent outrages on American citizens. THE TEA FAILURES. New York, Nov. 12.—The failure in the tea trade Monday is attributed rather to the competition which is growing up in the West than to the panic. The great Western marts, it is said, are receiving their teas mainly by W'ay of San Francisco, and many smaller firms here have been wonud up owing to this withdrawal of trade. The decrease of the trade is men tioned as the cause of one of the heaviest importers advertising two vessels of their fleet for sale. RAILROAD MATTERS. Petersburg, Nov. 12.—The Richmond and Petersburg and tho Petersburg nnd Weldon Railroads, Reuben Ragland Pres ident, met promptly the November inter est on their bonds to-day. The Richmond and Danville and the Piedmont Air Line j Railroads, Col. A. B. Buford President, extending from Richmond, Va , to At lanta, Ga., paid up the November interest I on their bonds yesterday’. MISSISSIPPI IMPROVEMENT. Indianapoi is, Ind., Nov. 11. —The Merchants Exchange appointed a comrnit j tee of ten to present the claims of the people of Mississippi Valley for National aid in improving their outlets to the ocean. The Committee asks tlie co-oper ation of the leading cities of the Misiis sippi Vallley. MURDERERS CAUGHT. ! Louisville, Nov. 10.— Two of the men engaged in robbing the Columbia, Ken i tucky, Bank, and murdering the cashier some time ago, have been caught in Maine, and will be brought to Kentucky for trial. ILLINOIS ELECTIONS. Chicago, Nov. 11.—County returns are now all in. The fanners have carried 51 counties, the Republicans 14, the Demo crats 18, and in 13 there were no party issues. THE MEMPHIS BALE. New York, Nov. 12.—The bale of cot ton for Memphis, which was sold here yesterday for $350, was shipped to Liver pool to be sold for the same purpose. “A Universal Tea Drinking” is propos ed for the lGth of December, as that day will complete a century since the throw", ing overboard of the British East India Company’s tea in Boston Harbor. THE UIEGINIUS AFFAIR. Action of the C. S, Government. Washington, Nov-. 10. —Nothing of marked importance has occurred with reference to the Virginins affair, with the exception of a dispatch from Minister Sickles, notifying the Secretary of State that the Spanish Government had tele graphed to the Captain General to stay all further proeedings in the case of the cap tives now in custody. Minister Sickles was to have had an interview to-day with the Spanish Miuister of Foreign Affairs, but whether it took place was not known at a late hour this evening. The execution which recently occurred is condemned in official circles as brutal. When all the facts attending it become known, should it appear that the interna tional law has been violated, immediate measures will be taken to maintain the dignity of this Government; bat the Sec retary of State has no idea the Castelar Government will tie slow to make repara tion as far as in its power, judging from the friendly disposition toward the United States, and the expressed desire to culti vate more intimate relations of peace. The Secretary of Stato is represented as saying to-day, during an interview, with reference to the reported execution of Santa Rosa, he had not been officially ad vised of it, but that Santa Rosa had given him a great deal of trouble. He was once before condemned to death as a pirate. After consuming a ream of paper and sending numerous cable dispatches, this Government secured his release. Only a few weeks ago Santa Rosa wrote to the Secretary, saying he owed the present pre servation of his life to him; therefore the Secretary thought Santa Rosa was not wise in again periling his safety. particulars of the execution. Key West, Nov. 10.—A letter from Ha vana, dated Nov. sth, gives the following account of the execution of the Yirginius prisoners at Santiago : The four prisoners were shot at the place made famous by previous executions, aud in the usual man ner, kneeling close to the slaughter-house wall. All marched to the spot with a firm tread. Bembetta and Ryan showed marked courage, although the latter was slightly affected toward the last. The two others quite broke down before they were band ngod, but Ryan kept up to the last, never flinched a moment aud died without fear or regret. Bembetta aud Ryau were killed at the first discharge. THE LATE HORRID It UTCII FRIES {'. S. War Vessels Ordered to Cuban Wa ters—The Cabinet in Council—Our Na vy in a Had Fix, hut the DiijnFy of Hie Country Must he Upheld—What Next? Washington, Nov. 11.— Full Cabinet. The seizure of the Yirginius ou the high seas and the slaughter of Ryan and his companions were discussed. The conclu sion has not transpired. Gen. Burrils’ announcement that the patriots died with composure seems to soothe the authorities here into inaction. Havana, Nov. T2.— A dispatch from Santiago de Cuba announces the execu tion of Capt. Fry and crew of the Yir ginius, and twelve more Cuban patriots. It says that Franchi Alfero was among the latter number, aud offered the Spanish authorities one million dollars if they would spare his life. The Spaniards say Alfero came to assume the Presidency of the so-called Cuban Republic. Several passengers, both men and women, by the steamer City of New York, from New York, Nov. (ith, which arrived here yesterday, were arrested by the au thorities on lauding. It is reported they are accused of complicity with the Insur gents. Washington, Nov. 12.—Commander R. E. Owen will command the Manhattan. It is stated that the commander of the Virginius was Captain Fry, who comman - ded the Confederate Navy in Arkansas river. The Mahapac and the Manhattan, or dered to be put in commission, and to which officers are already assigned, are fourth-class screw vessels, iron clads of 550 tons burden, and carrying each two guns. These vessels will join the North Atlantic squadron. The vessels of the Navy have been so much reduced in number that it has been found somewhat difficult to promptly refit our squadron in ease of emergency, but in the course of a few days all that can be made available will be sent to Cuban wa ters in accordance with the determination of Cabinet meeting yesterday. The Secretary of the Navy was to-day in consultation with the different bureau officers on the subject of preparing vessels for sea. The Government seems to be more in earnest than heretofore in pro tecting the waters between the United States and Cuba—the great highway of alt nations from Spanish molestation. The Madrid Government being unable to enforce its authority in Cuba, that of the United States will be compelled to as sert its power in all cases where the inter ested citizens of this country and its own honor require decisive action. The Pres cient and the members of his Cabinet are in accord ou this subject. It is not believ ed in official quarters that the contest iu Cuba has at any time assumed conditions which amount to war in the sense of international law, or which would show the existence of a de facto political organ ization of the Insurgents sufficient to jus tify a recognition of belligerency, but as President Grant said in one of his annual messages, “The principle is in maintain ing that this nation is its own judge when to accord the right of belligerency, either to a people struggling to free themselves from a Government they believe to be op pressive, or to independent nations at war with each other.” CURA—SPANISH NEWS. New York, Nov. 10.—A private letter, from a trustworthy sonree, dated Havaua, Gth, says: An official telegram was yes terday received at the Palace from Puerto Principe, of an engagement between the Spanish forces and a Column of insur gents, under the command of Sanguila, in which the insurgents were severely beat en, losing twenty killed and eighty taken prisoners. The Spanish commander caused all prisoners to be shot. Pasado por los Armas, Governor of Puerto Prin cipe, tyion hearing of it t.ook the command away front the Spauisli commander and arrested him, telegraphing the event to the Captain General. The latter imme diately telegraphed to Puerto Principe, causing the commander to be reinstated, and ordered the Governor to Havana. It is thought here that the Governor feels undue sympathy towards the insurgents, through the influence of his wife, who is the aunt of the late Agramonte. GRANT AND KELLEY. Special to the Cincinnati Gazette.] Washington, Nov. G. —Judge Kelley prints a long letter to contradict a dis patch which asserted that “the President was considerably surprised at the state ment put forth, apparently with Judge Kelley's sanction, that the two virtually agreed on financial matters.” Mr. Kelley says: “I have made the general remark that I had found the President’s views more accordant with mine than I had ex pected to. This is true, and whatever may be his opinion on the question of the issue of convertible bonds or of the in crease of currency, to neither of which I have attempted to commit him, it is also true, as I know’ from personal intercourse with him, that he holds many opinions on paramount questions of tie day that I will consistent!}’ with my past record find pleasure iu maintaining during the com ing session of Congress.” EX-PRESIDENT JOHNS ON’S FUNDS Washington, Nov. 10.—Among the de positors who to-day received thirty per cent, of their deposits in the First Nation al Bank—the first distribution of assets of that institution—was ex-President John son, who received nearly $22,000 out of the $73,000 he had on deposit there. Chinese Justice in Louisiana. —The thirty or forty Chinamen who work on Mr. Cragin's plantation, Terrebonne par ish, a short time since tried one of their number who had stolen several hundred dollars from another of the colony. They found him guilty, suspended him by the hands to the joists of the house, and whipped him, after which they cut off both his hands and feet, and buried him alive. The colored people on the place were afraid to interfere. The parish au thorities have the matter in hand.— N. O. Times, oth. NO. 41. From the Nashville Union. 'CURRENCY IN GREAT DRI TII X AX'D THIS COUNTRY. ' The New York Tribune, of 7th iust., contrasts the banking system of Great Britain and the United States thns: “Our present troubles may be chiefly accounted for by the speculations and de moralization engendered by excessive is sues of irredeemable paper money, our ■ reckless and thoroughly unsound habits of banking, aud finally by a babyish de pendence upon those children ’in the woods, President Grant aud his Secretary of the Treasury. The condition of thing’s in London, though not as hopeful as could be wished, presents a sharp contrast to that which has laid us upon our backs. \\ e think it will be found instructive to examine a little closely into the differ ences between the English aud American systems of currency and banking. “It is tolerably well known that iu Eng land no paper money circulates of loss de nomination than five pounds (twenty-five dollars). Everything below that is gold and silver. In Scotland the banks are al lowed to issue notes as small as one pound, but the eutire bank circulation is not large in either country. For the last week of September the’average circula tion of the English private banks was $13,000,000, of the English joint stock banks $12,000,000, of the Scotch banks $27,000,000, and of the Irish banks $32,- 000,000; total bank note circulation of the United Kingdom, exclusive of that of the Bank of England, $84,000,000, or less thau double the amount of our ten, fif teen, twenty-five, and five cent fractional currency! By the last return receiv ed by mail, the circulation of the Bank of England was $170,000,000, of which $75,000,000 is secured by Government debt and other securities, and the other $95,000,000 issued against an equal amount of gold coin aud bullion. The amount which is issued against securities is rigidly limited to $75,000,000, while the remainder varies in exact correspon dence with the gold coin and bullion left on deposit with the Bank. In fact, neith er the Government nor the Bank of Eng land has any control over the note circu lation. The “issue department,” as it is called, is entirely separate from the bank ing department, and is obliged by law to give its note for gold coin or bullion at u fixed price, and to redeem its notes in coin on demand. The money of Great Britain, therefore, consists of about two hundred and fifty million dollars of paper aud pro bably four hundred millionsin coin. Exclud ing from thepapertheonehundred millions issued by the Bank of England against gold coin aud bullion, the proportion is one hundred and fifty million dollars of bank notes and four hundred million dol lars in coin. Our money consists of sev en hundred and fifty million dollars of ir redeemable paper, about fifty million dollars in coin in private hands, and fifty millions more locked up in the Treasury. We found no argument on these figures to prove the redundancy of the currency of the United States, but we beg our readers to observe that the money of the most prosperous and wealthy nation iu tbe world is composed of two-thirds coin to one-third bank notes. ” In England they have no bank notes of a less denomination than five pounds (about $25,) consequently all currency below’ that is gold aud silver. As nine teen-twentieths of the trade among the masses of that country is in sums below twenty-five dollars, their exchanges are for specie. In this country, in place of wisely restricting our paper promises to $25, or even to S2O or $lO, our Federal Government issues them down to ten cents.. While Great Britain has $400,- 000,000 in coin to $200,000,000 in bank notes, we have $750,000,000 iu paper money, so-called, to $50,000,000 in specie in the Federal Treasury aud about the same amount in banks and private hands. This national toleration of rags for cur rency is confessedly the most discred itable feature in our business capacity and common sense. The officers of the Bank of England, made wise from large and long experience, have raised the rate to nine per cent , W’hen the average is less than half that sum; and the telegraph re ports that exceptional rates for advances of ten to thirteen per cent, were charged by the Bank of England, Monday. These facts show how much they fear the loss of their coin as a safe business basis. Our spread eagle, while legitimately soaring high, need not fly above the clouds, and fail as signally as the Graphic balloon that was going to Europe through the at mospheric ocean. We had better build fewer castles in tbe air, and give more at tention to solid substance and less to spec ulative moonshine. A PROBABLE REVOLUTION IN STEAM-BOAT BUILDING. An experimental Tug-Boat. We notice in the New York papers, mention of the fact that a modern tug boat is being built in that city, and ?s nearly completed, which will be supplied with boilers aud machinery destined, in the opinion of many, to create a revolution iu the entire steamboat business. It is thus described : “The motive power is supplied from a binary engine, with two cylinders similar to a compound engine, placed vertically over each other. The steam is used first in the upper or smaller cylinder, (which is 13 by 18 inches,) the same as usual in high pressnre engines; but the exhaust steam, which is commonly wasted, is made to serve as fuel in another boiler containing by-sulphide of carbon, which evaporates at a temperature of 112 de grees. The latent heat iu the exhaust steam will be sufficient to create a pres sure of sixty-nine ponnds in the second boiler and the steam is entirely condensed in the operation and returned again to the original boiler. The vapor of bi-sulphide of carbon is then applied to the second or larger cylinder (18x18 inches), and pro duces a power fully equal to that obtained in the first instance. The engines work in unison and are bolh operated by a sin gle reverse lever and controlled bv one throttle-valve lever. The exhaust 'steam of the bi-sulphide of carbon cylinder is condensed in a single condenser and re turned to the vapor boiler, thus complet ing the circuit. The builders expect that this boat will be fully equal to a high pressure tug boat with a cylinder of 20x20 inches; also that she will consume less than one-half the fuel, as the second cyl inder will utilize for fuel the exhaust steam usually wasted in the open air. The hull is 83 feet long over all, the beam 17 feet, with a depth of hold of 7 feet 9 inches. Her model is exceedingly fine, and in all her departments there is a de gree of elegance seldom found in an ordi nary tug-boat. She will be completed in about a fortnight, and her builders antici pate that she will be the swiftest and most powerful tug boat in America. A stationery engine, connected with the works, is operated by boilers similar to those described, and the saving in fuel is fully sixty per cent. If the system works well on steamboats the idea of a revolution in tho business is reasonable.” NEW YORK DRY GOODS MARKET. New York, Nov. 10.- Business was very quiet with commission houses, and job bing trade was dull to-day but many buy ers are arriving from the interior to at tend the closing out sales of two of the largest jobbing houses in the trade which commences to-morrow. Dress goods and printed reps are in fair demand. Prints, wool flannels and blankets are in mode rate request. Large sales of dry goods will be made during the next thirty days at greatly reduced prices from the cur rent rates on thirty days’ time, with fur ther reduction for cash, and on these terms the extensive house of Peake, Op dyke & Cos., will dispose of their entire stocks. This announcement it is believed will draw plenty of Western dealers here within the next fortnight. The Synod of Georgia.—The Newnan Herald says “this body of Christian min isters and elders met in the Presbyterian Church in this city, Wednesday evening, and adjourned Saturday evening to meet in Savannah next year. The usual church businiss was transacted. On Sab bath morning the pulpits of the various churches were filled by delegates ; that of the Presbyterian Church by Dr. Howe; of the Baptist Church by Rev. Mr. Quigg; of the Methodist Church by the Rev. Mr. Axon. Our citizens were pleas ed at the coming and stay of our visitors, and our guests expressed themselves de lighted with the hospitality of the citi zens of Newnan.' f*tE COTTON CROP. The Exchange Report. New Orleans, Nov. 0, 1873. To the President and Board of Directors oftiie New Orleans Cotton Exohange : Gentlemen —We respecfully submit the following report of information condens ed from letters received by us from 20th to 30th ultimo, in answer to our interrog atories sent out during the month of Oc tober : MISSISSIPPI. From this State we have received forty eight (48) replies from thirty-four (34) counties. Nearly all our correspondents agree in stating that frost has done very little if any damage to the crop. The yield is represented as about eighteen (18) per cent, less than that of last year. The weather has been favorable for gath ering the crop, of which about two-thirds | G) has already been picked. LOUISIANA. W e have thirty-three (33) answers from : twenty-four (24) parishes. Weather re ported as favorable, frost having done no damage. About seventy-five (75) per cent, of crop already gathered. Average report of yield is sixty-six (GO) per cent. 1 of that last year: only three (3) parishes stating au increase. TEXAS. We have to report twenty-three (23) answers from (21) counties. The weather generally reported as having been favora ble for picking with two-thirds (§)of the crop already housed. Frost is reported to have caused no damage to the crop, which promises to show an excess of ten (10) per cent, over last year’s—attributed by our correspondents to the increased area planted. ARKANSAS. Thirty (30) letters from twenty-four (24) counties. Nineteen (19) of which re port no frost; remaining five (5) very slight; do damage done. The compara tive yield this and last year’s is stated to be about the same. Average report of the crop picked to date, is about 44 per cent. TENNESSEE. Our correspondents in this State send us twenty-nine (29) letters from twenty eight (28) counties. The picking season is represented as a good one; but. little damage having been done by the frost. The quality of the crop, of which about 5G per cent, has been picked, is stated to be much better than usual: while the yield as compared with last year, is represented as 10 per cent, greater. ALABAMA. Twenty-three (23) counties send in tweuty-tiye (25) letters, reporting weather favoruble for picking, no damage or very little having been done by frost; the av orage of the amount said to have been already picked is put down at G 5 percent. The yield ns Compared with last year is reported about 10 per cent, less; the qual ity of the crop is stated as much better. NORTH CAROLINA. Forty (40) answers from thirty-six (3G) couuties ; from the information gathered, no damage from frost has been sustained thus far, though on the 24th October, the average date of our answers, only about 50 per cent, of the crop had been picked. The weather, with hardly an exception, was favorable for picking; but some coun ties complain of a scarcity of hands and high demands for field work. In regard to the yield, our information points to a crop of about 2J per cent, less than last year’s, which result is obtained from a larger area planted with cotton, especially in counties having heretofore raised principally tobacco and corn, SOUTH CAROLINA. Twenty-six (2G) answers from twenty (20) counties. No late cotton having been planted, no damage from frost is feared. Picking seems to be well advanced and is expected to be sooner completed than for years. At the average date of our re ports, 23-24 October, fully 70 per cent, of the crop had been housed. The weather, with but a single excep tion, is stated to be favorable for picking, though different sections of this State complaiu of unsufficieut labor. The percentage of lint to the acre shows a decrease in comparison with last season, but the total yield promises to reach. 90 per cent, of last year’s, on ac count of a materially increased acreage iu many counties. (We notice in both Carolina* a growing feeling to cultivate cottouu to u larger ex tent than heretofore.) GEORGIA. Sixty (GO) correspondents send in an swers from fifty-one (51) counties. The proportion of cotton picked, up to the 25th nit., is estimated by them at G 5 per cent, of the probable crop, and the weath er is represented as exceedingly favora ble, the cotton maturing well and the lint being therefore clean and of better staple than usual. Notwithstanding the considerable in crease iu acreage, and in the use of fer tilizers, the crop in this State is not ex pected to show any excess over last year's figures. Most of our letters attributed the reduction in the yield to tbe destruc tion of the crop by the caterpillars, which, it seems, have caused more dam age than was anticipated by our corres pondents at the time of their last report, No damage reported from frost. Harrison 'Watts, Cotton Broker. 11. De Gas, Cotton Buyer. John Ohaffe, Cotton Factor, J. Y. Richards, Cotton Factor. A. H. Peale, Cotton Factor, C. Kressner, Cotton Buyer. W. C. Simmons, Jr., Cotton Buyer. A. E. Bignon, Cotton Broker. Committee on Information and Statis tics. Jim Fisk’s Monument.—A correspond ent of the New York World writing from Florence, Italy, describes a magnificent monument already nearly finished by no less an artist than Meade. The concep tion seems to be “Fiskish” all over. Tim correspondent says it “consists of a mar ble shall, on which is to be placed a por trait medallion of Fisk as Colonel of thp ninth regiment. On the surrounding base are four young women. Oue has ou her diadem a carved model of a sound boat, supposed to be the Plymouth Rock; in her hand she holds a book on which is the word ‘Steamboat,’ Another has in her diadem an Erie train, and on her book is written the word “Railway.’ The third is crowned with a huge chaplet, and arm ed with a musical instrument, symbolic of the grand opera house and opera bovffe. The fourth is holding a bag full of money, with one hand, and is, I believe, a symbol of commerce. The statue will be twelve feet high, nnd be approved by a commit tee. The groups about the base will re present infantry, cavalry, artillery and the marine branches of the service,'and will be eleven feet high. The first group con sists of an officer waving a flag and lead ing on his men.” In view of Fisk’s es cape over a back fence during the riots, with much damage to the seat of his pan taloons, this “officer waving the flag" is “much of a richness.” A Marvel Outdone. —Mr. Finlavson, town clerk of Sterling, Scotland, in the latter part of the seventeenth century, was noted for the marvelous in conversa tion. He was on a visit to the Earl of Mouteith and Airth in his castle of Taha. in the loch of Monteitli, and was about taking leave, when he was asked by the Earl whether he had seen the sailing cherry tree. “No,” said Finlayson. “What sort of a thing is it ?" “It is,” replied the Earl, “a tiee that has grown out of a goose’s mouth from a stone the bird had swallowed, and which she bears abont with her in her voyages around the loch. It is now in full fruit of the most exquisite flavor. Now, Mr. Finlayson,” he added, “can yon, with all your powers of memory and fancy, match my story of the cherry tree ?” “Perhaps I can,” said Finlayson, clear ing his throat, and adding: “When Oli ver Cxomwell was at Airth, ono of his cannon sent a ball to Stirling, and lodged it in the mouth of a trumpet which one of the troops in the castle was in the act of sounding.” “Was the trumpeter killed ' said the Earl. “No, my lord,” replied Finlayson. “He blew the ball back, and killed the artil leryman who had fired it!” The New Orleans Times thinks the present is the golden opportunity for Northern operatives who are thrown out of employment to come South. Land here is cheap and productive; the climate is agreeable in winter, lightwood abounds, and more fresh air and happiness exist for such poor creatures than they ever dreamed of. A correspondent of the Scientific American says a certain cure for nose bleeding is to extend the arm perpendicu larly against a wall or a post, or any con venient object for a support. The arm on the side from which the blood pro ceeds is the one to elevate. Blank Distress Warrants for sale at the Sun office.