About Georgia weekly telegraph and Georgia journal & messenger. (Macon, Ga.) 1869-1880 | View Entire Issue (May 24, 1870)
M0M9 r a*o r i^murol, * hfr. !SaC IfiT* // Tlte JV V . rrr^i • • MtffttMI,,n ^ , ^ M W1Vf^.- > * ,,, ”*i l “"T r friwMMM :xa ;rapli and Jcmr-nal <fc Messenger. and Messenger. MACON MAY 20 1870. In tliot-c days of abounding innovations and errors, the Holy Scriptures are our strongest secur ity and defence. Thank God we have that sword of the Spirit which has been tempered in heaven, and by which we may strike terror intathe ranks of the skeptic and 8corner, and wave on the friends’ of troth and righteousness to brighter achievements for God and man. The Bible, like some great rock in the midet of the ocean, has withstood the lash ing surges of infidelity and heresy for centuries, and all they have done has boon to strip it of Us moss and settle its foundations. So long as we liiiarvte t** notice. Tho opening reliL_„ HHHH1—„ — Ito 1** i..eted by Bev. J. Blakely Smith, &ro held by this powerful anchor we are secure L»<t* c Sf K church. South, by reading the against the swelling tides of rationalism and un- Bible .Heeling. meeting of the Hacon Bible ‘ was B*» ?*’ ^ineine and prayer. godliness, but when it is given up, God only knows t jv»uu-®‘“h ^ annual meeting wero whither we will be drifted on tho dark sea of reli- jjj! 01 gious speculation. • i renort or the Secretary was then If the time did not fail us wo might speak of tlia ^ocs* U1 sacred book, like an angel of mercy, flying forth on the bright wings of the morning and carrying the jjmsrorTHBS • gloriona fruits of immortal life to the benighted and ^tionaof ‘’j!, E*? 1 per'sbing nariora This richly laden and divinely mainly confined to the csUbilsh- commissioned messenger is now invited to visit j. t» ,{ jv.pcs.toiy <'f the publications of the those far off people who have long been shut out iirf A good >t0 £, ot P'blea and Ta » ta ; from its peerless light by the strong blockade of kept up. Those have been sold at superstition and priestcraft The recent political * n ‘ , . t I 1 5o ea . e ^’ at 5° 8 f’ !? avo Changes in Italy. Austria, Portugal and Spain are it'itLcsumof«33< 48. A few books have favorable to a free circulation of the Christian ... , , .. Sciiptnres in those countries. It is a most sublimo ■on a new I clr wlth * 8 i°r5??5?H nt !?S ttot that tho Bible has already been translated into ,°tho Depository, and $85 CO in the more than two hundred different languages, and PjSeTrf»" w ’ r , V ld «S°“ J**} ‘J? di ™}° teachings shall have beenpublished M** i oe bill of January 15, 1870, 593 88. fa all the dialects of man, then the powers of anti- the f Olicy of keeping up a well- Christ shall fall like lightning from Heaven, and '^ rurvt f b |,Io? - Testaments, and Testa- the groat millennial anthem ascend from tho ran- UWjgSJL in -he various forms and arias somed millions of creation, “tho kingdoms of this :2 f d l>v tho American Bible Society, world are become the kingdoms of our Lord, and . J&ofj*vt’wMch ihey we'publishedby , H ' a 0111134 “ d h ° Bba11 reisn forever and eTcr ” U^T.'flarccly increased tho demand, and • in the diffusion of the •jj .][ classes of our people, about ® or f Testaments having through this ^placed » tho hands of tho public Tlie Suez Canal a Failure. The Journal of Commerce publishes an in teresting letter from Mr. Wm. U. Prime, in which he describes tho Suez Canal as he saw it. He says the canal is a success because it is com- Ssssiasresra ist saw. &&££££ e.u. there. Year before «• W* 8 !? 4 -4 V of the M»con Bible Sodotv, blowsinfrom aU sides. On the deck of the A’i snbarti wu thoroughly canvassed. ! steamboat it was sometimes impossible to face as iH bciiered-vfcitcd, and the dee- the wind, it was so loaded with sand. Ismailia -•S*PPhed. *® f * r * a wo conld obtain 1 and Port Said are losing population. Mr. Prime \t Its ixiMcnca through the carefol gays the canal “will require steady and constant [i; v. J^ntcs Join a, our colporteur. dredging, at great expense. Each steamer which of our el: §""“*> >? 6 oiD S through, cuts off a portion of L^I noit- Iho «« tlic will to (lo Jt WU1 the side slope, and plows it into the middle.— • f j V0 ' n3 the means ? To your This must be dredged out, and the erpense cuts i> i: ,t!L ,sion wo look for the ability to . fearfully into the tolls. Few steamers pass with- word to evtiy destitute family j out thus grounding. Some lie many days. I L'U tfiaitiy during the present year, with passed two that were stuck hard and fast The ‘"'.-m of hop 0 lo the faint strength to tho ^ annna i deposits of sand from the wind are ^toUworn and hfo to tuedjing. Will you enomon8> j have seen sand hills rise at the .-^SLt of tho P rrc 8 byterian Church. | * a ‘ e of . “ foot in three or four hours on the des- itJ’S Report, which is appended. ert * A. few .>?ches in the bottom of a canal, t-t‘ ‘V. , , ..t. nvrr. nilnntrrt fllifl thn j. reports were adopted and tho previous annual meeting confirmed. ^Lti c i-.Hthei. addressed by Rev. E. \V. JiiTa >b»£ Boptist Church, and Rev. W. ’ gel ,t ot the American Bible Society for caused by a high wind in one day, will cost thousands of dollars to excavate. As yet, how ever, they have experienced less difficulty from this than was anticipated by some of the croak ers.” The question then becomes one of tolls. If these are sufficient to maintain it, the Canal will be kept open. Egypt has no interest in the work, for it is a positive injury to tho trade of that country. What the prospect of a paying investment is may be inferred from a few figures. The canal cost 865,000,000, and some of the money was borrowed at ten per cent. Mr. Lesseps estimates the tonnago through the canal at C,000,000, which at §2 per ton, will yield $12,000,000. Passengers are chaTged82 per bead. The canal has now been open about six months. We have returns for tho first K., ti jUn'gtw—Hon. E. A. Nesbit, Judge } months, and these show a passage of 146.- Jitkson. Jmlp’o Jno. J. Gresham, Hon. Geo. 631 tons, which would yield a revenue of 8293,- ■ " ’ ’ ’ 262, or only about 8900,000 for a year—a mere fraction of tho estimated receipts, when the ex pense of keeping this canal clear from sand is taken into consideration, the Saez enterprise falls far short of being a commercial success. [Commercial Advertiser. rr-mwtiia wits then made for the special llw county and supplying jnior.il ting to tho sum of $202 95 subscriptions, including fourteen life j £lvrXi>< -n thm Socieiy. 1 r, t ton wa then lield*for olbcera and mana- , c [ib:S-wt.'' fur iho ensuing year, resulting tgjgH’ U^-.iit-Kev. David Wills. D. D. Iwlteiatuss-Uev. E. Wirem, Rev. 1 MBith, Rev. lieaj. Johns* n and Rev. R. Tiffc-rer and Depositary—Her,ry L. J. [feu W. 1’. Goodall. Esq . Col. W. J. Lawton, JtL N- Whittle and Maj. T. A Burke. |3ifcU»i»S resolutions wore presented by Hon. laS. Obar, and unanimously adopted: r That as tho city of Macon has 1 cat-ts;t:l. tbo Board of Managers are hereby astcJ lu rmploy *n agent to canvass the en- , (os-tv to supply all the destitute with the irSeriptiue^. I ri- 7t*t article SA of the Constitution of this it U eo amended as that ten dollars shall con- _ui.b.'Ei:!iibere!.ip, instead of twenty. |Ufiat wide tiili of the Constitution be so tjrifclo malic the President and Vice Presi- jstnttrs ot tiic Board of Managers, ex-officio. |tl That its Board of Jlanagers be authoriz d For the Telegraph and Me&enger.) From Houston County. Pekey Houston, Co., Ga., May 13, 1870. Messrs. Editors: Some of the planters in this vicinity say that in my short communication of _ the 7tb, which appeared in yonr issue of the 11 th ilor Tierney that may occur among the officers j n gt._ j should have said, corn and cotton were ft!Socittvduring the year. I , . „ .. . ,, _ . . . _ Xbat we reqneet tho city papers to publish doujg well, considering tho very lato spring, eeedirgs ot this Bible meeting. j cool and dry weather, etc., which I now ac- S5 hom'mf s“cty PP .rtbo | knowledge. The rain which fell during tho klb Society, to meet on tho first Sabbath ! storm of the 6tb, we thought was general but j were mistaken, and since then cold winds with : a succession of cool nights and mornings have retarded ami damaged both. A good rain and warm weather is greatly needed by us. By the way, an error occurred in the same communication, to-wit: “A shower of wind, etc.,"’ if not a misprint the error is my own. I [ ram«!irg«'ijounic-d with the benediction. Henry L. Jewett, Sco’y- Aumtal Report of President. |f> ili off re and Maulers of the Macon JUblc i.Slttj Hubert which liaa jnst bscn read by tbo Sec- Inu.’T il l Treasure r ccutaina tho gratifying facta i during ana S 1181308 01 anQ ww wmua f |is}t,t >tit«re encouraging, under the circum- i “g 8 . mournings and whisperings of winds, bat Iixaj; ill lut few donations have beeii made, by never a shower of wind—never. J. b. J. I*n </ the fact that every destitute family in Ihjau, iK-uitly eupplied with a copy of the Sa- lalitllritw by unr efficient colporteur, and also Iteile vrecs of tlieso books are so low as to Nine thousand acres of land in Montgomery county, Alabama, wero sold for taxes on Mon- jl ivrtu IUCEU UUUWJ SIC EU 1UH W W „ «1 m\m within the reach of tho poorest of our j day, and many more thousands are to be 601a. The Radical thieves and plunderers of that State aro very extravagant in their habits, and 60 honest men who can’t pay the heavy taxes are sold ont of house and home. Radicalism in Alabama comes nearer meaning robbery than almost anywhere else, which is certainly stating the case very strongly. 13. \Va hea: lily approve of the suggestion ! »»»iK+t Sc-cietary that tbo operations of this I*- 1 ' dn-ild i.ot ba lunger restricted to this city, Is-ia tby ou^bt to l>a so extended as to embraco |aa:ue cwnty of Bibb. According to the last if tbo Comptroller General, the ag- - p pr.ltiipu in the city and county amounts :t eighteen thousand souls, and we appre- iliut not more than one-fourth of this number Istaond the limits of the corporation. There ecatteied all over these agricultural and istueincta which are destitute or the Word of IT.'"'. ■’ *■* rtandirg reproach to a Christian la'Ktupiin!!* tu-.-h a state of things to continue. IMUTetlie itility to supply every destitution and 1‘KfMtn every household with the light of heav- Ir! ®itb, >f we have but the heart and the will ■-i-t coble work. This organization may now bo ptfaUs.genqr, bnt it is sue cep tibia of indefi- l“i itTe.„pm..| 1 t and expansion, f-department of life great results are ‘M by email causes. The British and Foreign m: Anieiic.n Biblo Societies are mighty rivers »wile rill. A Welsh Clergyman once asked a l i " lcre ,lia ,ext of his last sermon was Bat she made no answer—she simply wept. Ik* 00 " ascertained that the dear child had no It* 1 ,L< f this led him to inquire whether lier I aitu tml neighbors had it. This simple inquiry that meeting of a few devoted Chiis- I.Tjaboidon in 1804, to devise ways and means IJffP'.J *ho ignorant and destitute of Wales with l^aoid of God. and the grand issue of this small The store of Messrs. Shoemaker & Ander son, at Burton’s Hill, Greeno county, Alabama, was burned on Friday night last, and tho clerk, Mr. Markham, in the store asleep at the time, was horned with it. It is thought the clerk was murdered, the store robbed, and then fired by robbers and incendiaries. The New Orleans cotton statement for the week ending Saturday, May 14tb, shows total receipts 1,121,884 bales; shipped and burned, 999,661 bales; leaving stock on hand and on shipboard, 122,423 bales. The Picayune says the sugar cane bos come out very slowly, tho cool northers checking its growth; bnt it is now promising. The acreage jj-tUn CunfiTtBce wia tbo establishmeiit of tho has been increased some twenty-five per cent. wd Foreign Bible Society—& Society which over last year, and, with a good season, the I®.wc-Uted tbiough the earth (50,000,000) fifty ,, , m oro bablv be 125.000 hhds. r^sol copies of Scripture, and whoso annual yield of sugar will propaoty db izq.voq uaua. **»we sow estimated at about a million and & , Bill Taylob, a particularly mean scalawag k<i — vciiuidicu at uuuui a uiiuiuu «* The American Biblo Society which may bo -«.tted toother stream from tho same source, is 5 0,b K forth tiro waters of life in crystal floods, *‘«tr thig broad and lovely land of obtb. and is mt its currents of lifoand joy Into tho heart of heathendom, to make tho wide Jfcs cf moral darkness rejoice and blossom as ®Ne«. During the past year it boa issued end ®ti!ed more than a million of volumes. Theta ?*«><!ons and lasting results may be traced to the a little girl. Jb immortal maxim of ChiUingwortli is, “Tho J*ti« tho religion of Protestants.” It is th-tt who represents Chambers county, Alabama, in the Legislature, shot his wife a few days since, and it is thought she will die. Taylor must surely be aspiring to a higher office. We 11 bet he gets hia party nomination for Congress, next time. Lincoln, during the war, sent this unique telegram to General Hooker: “If tho head of J-itly inopired^Book which is the only infallible j Leo’s army is at Marlinsburg and tho tail of it jbtf faith and practice to man, and on this ac-1 fh n i an t road between Fredericksburg and £5* jt ought to be cheerfully circulated to tho ! tlie f*.™,. m _ st be orettv slim the earth. All true Clirialians of every] Chancellorsville, the animal must be pretty sum ^ian cordially meet on the broad basis of our ! Rr ,mowhere. Couldn’t you break Mm ? A Lin- gfcttoh Bible, without note or comment, and j , „ 3“iiuffl this great armory of truth those weapons i 03111 “ “lyatifare by which tho world is to ho subju- to the Saviour. It is true that this sacred The Now York Times prints several letters •* >«t; uariuui. Ill u iruo UlAb urn oawcu ■ *' wn . , . .« , pc-saeases manifold advantages and attract- ■ from Mr. McFarland's wife, which prove that gb a felt a strong love for Mm at tho different times she represents in her recent “statement” he was very brutal. J. — rveotcoto UlMUIUJU ttUkttllUlfcbCJ OUU »vi.a»aivw- S-nt from its purely spiritual character and A thousand literary beauties aro strewn t v.v-*P t wi°Ti8 pages, like autumnal loaves o’er i SiT 00 . 11 ® in Valambrosa. Tho moBt ancient and I hittDries aro enshrined among its vast “juried contents. The richest gems of poetry hero as sunbeams on sapphire, and the ~7 prophets and apostles here poured forth celestial fire euch as never adorned tho of Grecian eloquence, or excited 1,7*®PPl»nac of a Roman forom. It -ufiealt to show that tbo greatest excited the rap- n. It would not w* —, iu bjiuw mail uiu greatest poets and ®f tho world have drawn tlieir finest inspir- "J®* from this sacred volume. Tiw. bl ° f. 0 ®. “ confessedly (he comer stone of The New York Sun publishes a statement that a scheme is ready for consummation to sell Calm to tho noted Spanish volunteers of the Island, in order that they may sell it to the United States. The project, it w said,jtos the advocacy and co-operation of Secretary Fish, thoisYaid to moke no Be ere t of Ms opinion that it offers the best possible solution of the Xle Cuban question- Tho_pf tobe poMto ..too, is conreacecuy ino curiicrihw ua j vi hold Cuban qu6stioii» xuo y** * 5^»n-itUthe great conservative element in \ g_ ain is ono hundred miUionaof dollars, one- e SK5$ t ffi? SSSKLS5: - «*?* •®asf - g i&tosssssssgsisist. Sj ®°!atcs aU tho noble activities of an agricnl- 1 SItoSSM!! A few days ago a genUemanwhose proboscis ®nk to ruins, tho wheels of civil government! Gathered about tho table, everything was go- rtT0 ' va and tho world would sink back into we jj. the child peeped about, looked rather fini n D !K ht of anarcliy and barbarism. led , n 4 at last startled tho table: ttM®W*ffdo!yof tho Christian revelation is . pa . z .X’v^v did tell me to say notMng gjteontains tho knowledge of thewayof salva-: Ma.whya j Ho hasn’t got any! n Pnishing sinners. It pours the effulgence , about Mr. Jenkins nose/ me b c(vf 0r P fr --hing i i^rciily truth |f« tbo DOUW {JIUOAUUilB VI UJO HOIT 1 lh| t »;i*J reaka the charm of temptation and hashes ; ' , Tntm- ron will flog him jusfc I?*** of passion, it aweetons the bitterest cup , 1 ho P e M “I T^Rr. JJ5**renly truth into tho mind, and makes the j A San Francisco school teacher received the fi^SJAtwith the better pulsations of the new ! I «nr~7* or PA*si°n, it sweetens the bitterest cup -“ 0 P 0 88 J ttTT. . b rd bov—Is John. lnci elieda tho liglit of immortality on as offin aa yon km. Heas . mvself bBo? 0 ®® °f the grave. If I have one good reeo- Alth I’ve bin in habit of -nithinc—his 5S’iS5? W S* 8a “ recollection of the cross, aao it seems to me he never will larn anitnmg °f heaven this night, I attribute it all gnellin is ottragously defishent. Wallop Mm me precepts and glorious promises con- *3i „ n n will reoeive my thanks. pEfeyj- iJ'iiJLJi: From VVasliiiigion. Washinoton, May 15 — Quartermaster General Meigs has iamed an order to officers in charge of national cemeteries instructing them to make all necessary arrangements, and afford the proper fa cilities for decorating the Union soldiers graves on tlie 30th of May He has furnished a copy of this order to the Grand Army of the Republic—thus officially recognizing, for the first time, the existence of that organization. The Cabinet on Friday decided against allowing the Big Horn Mining Expedition to start until after a conference with tho hostile Chiefs. General Auger, commanding the department of tho Platte, has been instructed to carry out this determination. WAsHiNoioy, May 16.—Congressman Pierce, from the 6th Mississippi district, has nominated a negro to West Point. Revenue to-day, one million and a quarter. Tho newSan Domingo treaty was not sent to tho Senate to-day. Thero was a special meeting of tho Cabinet this afternoon. The objec* has not yet transpired. It is stated that the House Committee on Foreign Affairs favor subsidizing tho California and China cable at half a million per year for twenty years. The President has nominated Philip Jacobson attorney for the southern district of Mississippi, and P. B. Hawkins Postmaster at Bowling Green, Kentucky. The Secretary of State requests the Governor or Michigan to prevent armed expeditions from pass ing the St. Mario canal toward the Red river coon- try, without express permission from Washington. The Freodmen’a bureau Howard corruption in vestigation is still in progress. Nothing tangible has transpired. A new internal revenue bill was reported to-day. It takes off nearly everything except fermented liquors, distilled spirits, tobacco, cigars and etamps, and tho income tax on sales, except on liquor deal ers, is abolished; also the tax on legacies and suc cessions, gross receipts from railroads, corporations, etc. Though tax on receipts of theatres and lot teries is retained, the income tax fixed at five per Cent., with the exemption of 1500 dollars; hut all inquisitorial features of the tax aro abolished. The tax on gas, pianos, carriages, watches, etc, is done away. The tax of three per cent, per annum, is levied on all public monies deposited in hank. The amount reduced is about 533,900,COO. The report of the Commissioner of Agriculture considers the season so far as favorable to a large crop of winter wheat. Tho Grand Commandery of the Republic have designated their officers to superintend the decora tion of Union graves at Andersonville, May 80th. Tho Senate confirmed John F. Appleton, vice Watron8, Texas district Judge. The Congressional caucus did nothing beyond makiDg arrangements for appointing Congressional Committee. Brevet Maj. Gens. E O. C. Ord andP. St. George Cooke, have been ordered to duty by the President, according to their brevet. Various stories are afloat concerning tho reason for a special Cabinet meeting of to-day. One re port is that San Domingo was nnder consideration. Another makes it that our Indian policy was dis cussed, white others assign the discussion to the Few York and New Orleans Custom Houses. The authority of a prominent official is bad for asserting that no question was discussed which should agi tate, unduly, the public mind. Gon. Smith left here to-night to meet Red Cloud at Fort Fetterman, where he arrived on Sunday. Tho parly is expected hero in about a week. Bed Leaf, who accompanies Red Cloud, is not the san guinary chief of tho brute Sioux, as has been re ported, hut belongs to the Ogallas—the other is dead. Tho President, Gin. Sherman, several Cabinet officers, one Bowen Gerolt, Senators and Repre sentatives, are attending a celebration hero to-day for laying the corner-stone of St. Euber monument, which was done with Masonic honors. Sehurz and Degener, of Texas, made speeches. The special agent list of tho Treasury Department has been reorganized in accordance with the law just approved by the President. Anew District is to be established on tho Bio Grande, and the department is confident of pre venting farther infractions of tho laws in that lo cality. Several important seizures have been reported to Commissioner Delano to-day, of establishments violating tho revenue Jaws; among them is a rectify ing house and distillery at Charlotte, N. C. and a match factory at San Francisco. The Senate Military Committee sgreed to report a bill paying the company of Tennessee scouts at tached to tho army of the Cumberland, fifty thou sand dollars. Washisotos, May 17.—Governor Bnllock has ar rived. There is no crisis in the affairs of theNew Orleans Castom House. Revenue to-day 5300,000. The Senate committee on foreign relations, to day, heard Cyrus W. Field and W. C. Baraev, re garding cables, but took no dtfinata action. Tho funding bill was postponed one week. Tho banking and currency committee, this morn ing, sgreed to report a hill providing for 595,000,000 of additional national bank circulation for can cellation of 815,000,000 of three per cent, bonds, and 540,000,000 of greenbacks, and providing for a free banking system on a gold basis. The House naval committee will report against the continuance of the thirty-three per cent, ad dition to officers pay. There are a trifle over five thousand negro voters in Philadelphia. Among the petitions presented to-day was one by Gen. Abbott, from a North Carolina lady, who, after carefully reading the oath, cannot qualify as post mistress. She wants the Postmaster to modify the oath, or Congress to relieve her from political dis abilities. Registration closed to-day. Whites six hundred and fifty m»j ority. The last registration tho blaoks had the majority. The Senate committee, on the Pacific Railroad, unanimously reported Mr. Kellogg s bill, No. 647, to day, with amendments. The eastern terminns of tbo road is at, or near, Marshall, Texas, running near 32 parellell, thence to San Diego, California. The capital stock of the company consists of one million shares of one hundred dollars' each. The road is called the Trans-Pacific. The incorporators meet within three months after the passage of the act. As soon as twenty thousand shares are sub scribed, and ten per cent, paid in, the incorporators then choose directors. The company will have power to consolidate with any other company its franchise and grant of twenty sections of the pub lic lands, per mile, on each sido of tho road, and granted with right of way from Marshall to San Diego; the road to be made a fast road. Tho com panies are authorized to issue construction and mortgage bonds. The New Orleans, Baton Rouge and Vicksburg railroad is made a connection and given a grant of ten sections of land per mile from the Texas line to San Diego. Tho company organized under the laws of Arkansas are made to connect from Fulton, Ar kansas, to a point near Dallas. The NorthLou- isiana and Texas road is also authorized to extend their line and connect with the eastern terminns of tho Pacific roai Tho Southern Pacific railroad, of California, running from San Francisco, is author ized to connect at a point on the Colorado River, in southeastern California, and is also given a grant the same as the New Orleans and Baton Rouge road. The company are to except the terms of the grant within one year after the passage of the set, and fifty mil® 8 of Urn roadie to be completed within fjrQ years from tho passage of tho act. The incorporators under tho Southern Railroad bfil introduced aro: James L Alcorn, of Mississippi; James H Starr, of Texas; O 0 Finch, of Mississippi; Martin, of North Carolina; John M Coors, of Louisiana; Geo E Wentworth, ot Florida; Powell Clayton, of Arkansas; John Ray, of Louisiana; J J Hinds, of Alabama, Jaa L Hodges, of Florida; E G Barnoy. of Alabama; John D Caldwell, of Booth Carolina; Phillip H Morgan, of Louisiana; Thos A Scott of Pennsylvania; A O Baboock, of Illinois; A C Osborn, of Florida; Isaac H Sturgeon, of Missou ri- Thos Olcott, of So Oa; J D Cameron, of Penn’a; Alva Gage, of South Carolina; Jno Whitock, of Pennsylvania; F S Davis, of Kentucky; C O Pool, of North Carolina; N R Woods, of Texas; Joseph Oelesby, of Louisiana; Isaac E Gates, of North Carolina; Delos W Edmunds, of Michigan; M L Southworth, of Louisiana; Nathan Patton, of Ala- ab&ma; Webster Flanagan, or .Texas; William P Clark, of Texas; O. W. P»ice, ot Misissippi; L U Flourney, of Ala.; Jno Lockwood, of La.; Jaa In the Senate, a petition was presented in favor of the ratification of the Sam ana Biy treaty, and for a ship canal across the Isthmus of Darien. A resolution was adopted calling for the official W Smith, of Miss.; D N Stanton, of Ala.; Jno F correspondence relating to the passage of the Eng- Trawley, of N. C-; Elisha Djern, of N. Y.; Rufus fish and Canada steamers tbiough the Sault Ste. Hatch, of N. Y; H Latlirop, of Mich.; Chas Jack- Marie canal. son, of R. L: Jno T Sprague, of R. X; Frank Bmitb, { Bin passed allowing honorably discharged soldiers of Ala; Mason W Benjamin, Geo Merry, of Penn ; to enter quarter section in alternate sections of Jno ^ Forney, of N. G.; JasRWest, of La.; Wm public lands on the lines of railroads. Shaffer, of N. Y.t Samuel Sloan, of Miss.; Etter. The morning hour was occupied in discussing tho B Chas C Frawbridge and Hiram Price, of hill to restore navigation and commerce. Ala.; S 8 LHommedin. Roth Sloan, WmT Watts, The naval appropriation bill was taken; Jas Bacon, Townsend, Blanchard, Jas L Kenny, A pending its.diecossion the House adjourned. O Pippit and J O Stanton, of Mass.; Sam Tate, of —•» Miss ; Charles A Ween, of La. Washinoton, May 18.—Gen. Hoar baa decided i Heueral News. Chicago, May 15.—Advices from Atlanta, Wyom- thal internal revenue officers may be considered as ing Territory, report a fight with the Indians, two informers in cases of fraud against the Govern- killed and several wounded. The Indians were pur- ment and receive tho monies which other informets sued when they renewed tho fight, and five more wonld bo entitled to, except when tho information Indians wero killed. During th ia obtained through certain processes of law, which aro mentioned in the decision. Judge Fisher and Mr. Bradley partially settled their old Bnrratt difficulty by apersonal collision to day. Bradley struck Fisher with a cane, when they clinched, and after a short rough-and-tumble, were separated. The House judiciary committee, this morning, heard an argument from Jndge Perry, of Cincin nati, in behalf of ths Government, in the matter of the proposed enforcement of the claims or the War Department against various Southern railroads. Wm. E Chandler will be heard in behalf of the railroads next Friday. The Houso naval appropriation bill passed. The amendments for increase expense were de feated. The day was devoted to discussion on tho en forcement of tho Fifteenth Amendment, The Senate is in session to-night on the anti polygamy bill. Revenue to-day, 5600,000. The Chilian minister, Kilpatrick, has resigned. This evening’s Star has the following: “The Downing-Do Mortio WeddiDg—How ia this? One Uoyd H. McCado publishes a card iu the Newport, R. L, News, statteg that Rennie de Hortie, about | to be married to a daughter of J. Downing, the wealthy colored caterer ha this city, was married to bis (McCabe’s) sister, in Newport, by Rev. C. H. Malcom in 1864; and that his wife is etill living in Newport, and whom he deserted a year or two after marriage. That he ia no Frenchman, bnt formerly a slave. He avers, that the necessary documents have already been forwarded to Washington for a stay of the proceedings. Notwithstanding this pub lication the wedding will come off as announced at Mrs. Downing’s residence, this evening, at 8 o’clock; Rev. J. Lewis, of St. John’s Church, offi ciating.’ Mr. Downing says the statement about Do Mor- tio’s having another wife is false. Congressional. Washinoton, May 17 The House is considering the decline of American commerce. The Reconstruction Committee has agreed to re , port a bill re-admitiingGeorgia on the terms applied to Virginia, Mississippi and Texas, with a clause authorizing the States named to organize, arm and call into service their respective militia forces.. In the Senate, Howard, from tho Committee on the Pacific Railroad, reported a substitute for the Marshall and San Diego Railroad bill, which he ex plained, to authorize a railroad from Marshall, Texas, to the Trinity River, thence to El Paso and Bio Grando, and thence through the territories across the Colorado River to San Diego, on tho Pa cific, in the territories. The bill granted twenty alternate sections of land on each side of the line, and on alternate sections in any State through which tho road might pass. A large portion of the line was within the State of Texas, and aa the Uni ted States owned no public lands in that State, no lands were granted. It would also authorize a con nection with tho lines of road from New Orleans and Vicksburg. The amendmert had received the sanction of a unanimous vote of the Committee. The bill was ordered to be printed and placed on the calendar. • .. * House—During the discussion of the Lynch bill, regarding tho decline of American commerco Washbumo, of Wiaconsin, charged the decline of onr commerce to hostility to Great Britain during the rebellion. Revels, of Arkansas, introduced a bill for a Southern Pacific Railroad, similar in all respects to that reported by Senator Howard, in the Senate. It was referred to the Committeo on Pacific Rail road. The Honse then went into Committee on the Na val appropriations. Tho Honse is in session to night. Senate—Kellogg presented a bill granting lands to the Louisiana and Texas Railroad, to aid in tho construction of tho road from Vicksburg to the Texas State lino. At 1 o’clock the hill to enforce the Fifteenth Amendment was taken np, the question being on the motion of Mr. Ferry, to strike out that part of Mr. Stewart’s amendment, providing for tho impri sonment of persons for holding offico in violation of the Fourteenth Amendment. Mr. Ferry then defended his postion from the strictures of Mr. Morton, and claimed that he spoke for tho Union men of tho South in advocating a general removal of political disabilities. He alluded to tho platforms of tho Republicans in several of tho States, and tho utterances of tho Republican candidates in snpport of this. Ho said in reference to tho State of Georgia, which the Senator (Morten) was constantly holding up as the model State it •rimo and disorder. Why was this ? He was sure that if the destinies of Georgia had been iu tho hands of men of high patriotism, not of men who had dragged the honor or the Republi can party down to tho duet, and whose only aim was their own pecuniary advancement, tho state of affairs would bavo been very different; but ho de nied these stories—those telegrams manufactured to order, and Which wero sent hero to the press of this city. Mr. F. read from a letter of Thomas R. JeEsup, who,ho said, was a well known sad emi nent merchant of New York, to the effect that he had traveled all over Georgia, and saw nothing but an earnest desire to accept the situation and to let by-gones bo by-gones, and characterizing as entire ly false, tho Avery telegrams from Brunswick.— Taming to the North Mr. F. claimed that in that section also, tho majority of tto Republican press were in favor of the two bills for this purpose, which ho had introduced; that great preBS of Now York which exerted such a mighty influence, and circulated from one end of this country to' the other. Ho now asserted that to continue longer theEO disabilities was in violation of all of the great principles of the Republican party. He had been in favor of tho rights of tho black man, not because ho was black, but because he was a man, and now that tho rights of tho black man had already been secured, be feared that the rights of the white man himself were in danger. Yonr Fifteenth Amendment is a delusion and snare, while these disabilities remain on yonr statute book. Tbo black man is not enfranchised when he is not permitted to vote for at least one half of his friends and neighbors. He wanted these disabilities removed, not as a measure of concilia tion, bnt as a measure of justice. He asserted that tho Fourteenth Amendment and tho test oath wero not designed as measures of punishment, but as measures of great public policy. Ireland tells the story, to-day, of the effect of disabilities and tost oaths. She has had five hundred years of this system; has she raised up a loyal generation ? No, sir. What did Austria do with her disabilitie^and herteet acts in Hungary? Were the fires of re bellion ever ttnquenched? Now, wh6n she has given her a free Constitution and the right to rep resentation, peace everywhere prevails. Morton, replying, said Ferry’s was a democratic speech. He should take bis seat on that aide. He said Ferry’s proposition was to sweep away all po litical disabilities; place rebels In power, and give t>,A T n opportunity to renew past mischiefs without affording any protection to loyal men. Sawyer eulogized Ferry's speech aa sonnd repub lican doctrine, and though it read that Senator out of tho Republican party, it would require more than mere assertion and denunciation. He added, that under the political disability scheme two. innooents suffered for one guilty. He adds: No more blun dering scheme than the test oath could have been devised. In the South, under its operations, they were compelled to take inoompetant persons or ras cals as office bearers. Senate adjourned. Washington, May 18.—The House is considering Lynch's bill. - . fight Lieutenant Stanbach was killed and Serge*- U Brown seriously wounded. • . • . Louisville, May 15.—Henry Clay’s son Theodore! for fifty years an inmate of the Lunatic Asylum, is dead. LaCeosse, May 15 —A boy dropped a lantern near a leaking barrel of kerosene on the steamer War E igle. The vessel and the Milwankie and St. Faul depot and Elevator, with contents, were consumed. The passengers on the War Eagle escaped by Jump ing into the river. Two live3 were lost. New York, May 16.—Gov. Hoffman vetoes the Arcade Railroad bill, which ia proposed to run un der Broadway. Nobfole, May 17.—Tho entire business portion of Henderson, N. O., was burned last night. Loss 550,000. Supposed to be incendiarism. Very little insuranco. Chaeleston, S. C., May 17.—Ono of the largest mass meetings ever held in this city took place last night under the call for the citizens of all classes, colors, and political parties, to inaugurate a move ment for retrenchment and reform in the State Government. This was the firet occasion on which thero has been a cordial political commingling of the white and colored citizens of Charleston. The officers of the meeting, as well as the speakers,’ wero both white and colored. A mixed delegation was appointed to represent Charleston in the Stato Reform Convention, to be held in Colombia July 15tb, to which the other counties are invited to send delegates. Great en thusiasm prevailed. Memphis, May 17.—The Methodist Conference indefinitely postponed the question of itinerancy, thus leaving the law as heretofore. New Yoek, May 17 The passenger cars and a freight car, with fifteen tons of pig iron, fell from the elevated track to-day. None eeriously hurt. The accident was caused by Haws in ono of tbo connecting rode of the arch. Tho cars wero badly wrecked, and tbo entire span of track over Houston street destroyed. Petitions are circulating to put McFarland in the Lunatic Asylum. The election is progressing quietly. Tho Tammany ticket is overwhelmingly triumphant. Tho negroes vote without comment. i a t. In tho Judiciary election throughout the State to day the vote was light. Returns received indicate that the Democrats have swept the State by perhaps 75,000 majority. , A Swiss was arrested yesterday with 5100,000 worth of smuggled diamonds. Revenue officers refuse to give the details. . . Utica, N. Y., May 17 A break has occurred in the canal, washing away one hundred feet of tho New York Central railroad. Navala and freights by both routes aro detained. Augusta, May 18.—Gov. Bard, of Idaho, is here on bis way to Washington. It is stated he will re. sign, and return to Georgia, for tho purpose of aid ing in defeating Gov. Bullock and hia policy. Cleveland, May 18.—A new leak, whereby the Associated Press dispatches bavo been stolen, has been discovered. Measures have been taken to close it. - Foreigu News. Pabis, May 15—The Corps Legislatif reassembled to-day. There are no developments regarding tho hew Cabinet Bancel, a well known radical deputy, is hopelessly sick. Bomb, May 15.—The Ecumenical Council has closed discussion on the catechism. The Debate on tho Primacy and Infallibility com menced to-day. The nltramontaine party have great confidence in tho result, and believe all will be fin ished within a month. About a hundred members have given notice that they Will oppose more or less radically the proposed dogma of infallibility. London, May 16.—Fifty persons from Birming ham by rail, armed with revolvers and with plenty of money, havo been arrested as Fenians. The raco between Sappho and Cambria, on Sat urday, was fair, notwithstanding rumors to tho contrary. Motley and Clarendon havo signed the naturaliza tion treaty. The Queenstown, .Etna and Nesbaska bavo arrived. The supposed Fenians arrested hero havo been remanded. Evidence unsatisfactory. Bev. Thomas Canon Dale, of St. Pauls, is dead, aged 73 years. English pilots speak highly of tho sailing quali ties of the Sappho. They say she shipped no wa ter and made sixty miles on one reach. Pabis, May 16.—A decree baa been published an nouncing tbo Dnke do Grammont as Minister of Foreign Affairs, and Jacques Phillippi Mogres, Minister of Public Instruction, and Chas. J. Graco Pliechorn, Minister of Public Works. Tho Emperor’s health is excellent. Ho attended the races yesterday, and walked a long time among the people, and was heartily cheered. The list of Fathers opposed to infallibility now number over ono hundred. Madame Olivier, wife of the Minister, has re ceived tbo decoration of noble ladies of Spain. Madbid, May 16.—In the Cortes, on Saturday, a Representative deputy made a speech, wherein he spoke of insurrection as still existing in Cuba, not withstanding tho reported statement on the part of tho government that it had been terminated. Senor Morot, Minister for tho Colonics, re^liuJ at some length, persisting that tho insurrection WM really ended. Predatory bauds of insurgoai.; ^ aro still in CuDa, and some skirmishes have lat ly occurred, but entire order would soon be reste red. Official news from Captain General do it ida* gives uni versal satisfaction. In Cortes, Minister Moret prom; fi e : oirly in troduction of a bfil abolishing sUvci j in the colo nies. Toeonto, May 16.—Troops continuo to leave for the Red River. The gun-boat Rescue leaves for St. Marie’s River as a precautionary against Fe nians. London, May 17.—Baron de Bmnow goes to Paris, and Grand Marshal Schawvaloff succeeds Bmnow at London as the Russian Minister. Basis, May 17.—The party of tha left centre, to which these resigning ministers belonged, will be immediately reconstructed with a new ministry. It is viewed with considerable astonishment and no little dissatisfaction. The French Government has notified Greece that if brigands capture Frenchmen, Greece shall pay the ransom. Rome, May 17.—A canonization of Christopher Columbus 1b contemplated. Florence, May 17.—Tho Neapolitan insurgent* have made an entire submission. London, May 18.—The third race of the series between the Bappbo and Gambia was also won by the Sappho, making three ont of three. Toronto, May 18.—The Dally Telegraph this morning says: ’’We are pleased to announce that the Washington Government has issued instructions that our ships shall bo allowed to pass through Sault St. Marie Canal with all their cargoes except munitions of war.” Pabis, May 18.—La MarseUniae has been con demned for offence against the Emperor and for exciting hatred and contempt for tlie Government. The «n*tw of the article specified wa* sentenced to six months’ imprisonment and a fine of 5000 francs; the managers and editors to imprisonment one year and a fine of 1000 franca. The tribunal de creed a suspension of the publication of the La Mar- sellaise for two months. The Corps Legislatif met to-day and proceeded to count the vote on the plebiscite. When the result was declared, the members of both centres and of the right received the announcement wi.h shouts of “vive l’Empereur.'* Jules Simon approached the tribune and endeavored to make soma observations, but tho Chamber refused to here him. He submit ted an interpretation on the manner in which the election had been conducted and took his seat. The Chambers separated with renewed cries of “vive l’Fmpereur,” from the majority. The last number of the Marsellaiae was seized to-day. It announces that the paper wilt reappear on the 18th or July, and that Rochefort will employ the interval in writing tho hiatory of the lost Em pire. ’* The editor and director ur tho Reveil have been condemned each to imprisonment three months and one thousand francs fine. The editor and director of the Rappel were also fined one thousand francs each and two monthB’ imprisonment. Many per sona, in addition to those previously condemned, have been convicted of participation in tho late riots, snd have received sentences of from ten days’ to two months’ imprisonment. Letters from Rome, to tho 16th inst, say that the French Bishops have, also, sent instructions to their clorgy to chant the tedonm for the fortunate result of the vote oh plebiscite- Tho French Am bassador will have a special service of praise; cele brated in presence of tbo bishops. Thero was no meeting of tho Council on Sunday or Monday. Tho congregation would be held on Tuesday, when the Archbishop of Paris was to speak againBt the proposed definition of the Papal infalli bility. Troops have been sent to Yeterbotes to prevent bad insurgents, who bad rebelled against the Italian Government', from crossing into the Pa pal territory with arms in their bands. Havana, May IS.—DoRodas has revoked tho lato order compelling persons going to the United States to give security in the amount of 550,000, that they will not engage in conspiracy against the Spanish Government. The Cuba steamer, Washington, sailed this morn ing for St. Nagiere. Tho steamer Geo. Washing ton eailed for Now York. Tho valuable statuary in Christ Church, Oxford, was recently removed during tho night and burnt into lime. The press is severe against tho perpo- trators of this outrage. The evening edition of the Times has tho follow ing details of the contest between tho Cambria and Sappho—both yachts wero becalmed: “ For a long time tho Cambria was winner for tho first twenty miles of race, which beat to windward and weather ed the Sappho under Bonohorech Cliff* Between thero and St. Catherine's aho backed to tho wind ward of her about fourteen times successively. The Sappho, from ht r greater length, reached and weathered on Cambria, doubling tho mark in forty seconds ahead. Her interest in tho race ended on reaching the mark. A steamer had to tako the Cambria in tow as sho drifted with the tide. For the first ecoto of miles tha struggle for weather position caused considerable excitement. A dense fog prevailed during the greater part of tbs timo. Vienna, May 18—It is reported that Baron Von Beast, prime minister of Austria, and Count Androi- ky, Hungarian premier, havo agreed to forbid the promulgation of any decree of tho Ecumenical Council declaring tbo infallibility of the Pope. It is ro-asserted that tho Austrian Bishops will vote with practical unanimity against tho dogma. filetbodist Conference. Memphis, May 15.—The fourth resolution pro posed by tho committee to whom was referred tho proposal for re-union with the Northern Methodists says: It is tho judgment of this Conference that tho true interests of the Church of Christ require and demand tho maintenance of a separate and dis tinct organization. Tho resolutions wero adopted. Mejithis, May 18.—Bishop Wighlman has been selected by tho Conference to write tha life of Bishop Sonlo. Letters havo been received from tho Methodist Protestant Conference at Baltimore, proposing a consolidation. A committee of five have been ap pointed to answer. New York Election. New Yobk, May 18.—The State has gone Demo cratic by 75,000 majority. The negroes voted with out molostation. Tho eighth ward, where tho greatest proportion of the negroes live, gives near ly eight thousand Democratic majority. Later.—Tho returns from the country aro still discouraging to tho Republicans. A Cuban Expedition. New Yoke, May 15.—An expedition of 300 men— all Cubans, except five American Captains—left hero early Saturday morning, as passengers on a steamer bound to Sin Domingo. They carried 7,000 rifles— six largo guns, uniforms, equipments, powder, etc. FIJMAMG1AL AMD UOMMiJiiOlAL. i r » Weekly Seviow of the Market. OFFICE TELEGRAPH AND MESSENGER, 1 May 18—Evening, 1878. J Cotton—Receipts to-day 48 bales; sales 175; shipped 102. Receipts for tho weekending this evening 639 bales, sales 1083; shipments 1057—showing an in crease of receipts for lost week over those of the week before of 335 bales, and a decrease in sales of 265 bales. Tho market during the week under review has been generally quiet. Wo quoted tho market this evening ono week ago at 21j^ cents, firm, with a good demand. It stood thus until Friday noon last, middlings at that hour calling for 21)£; but the evening telegrams on that day dampened the arlor of buyers and tha market closed quiet at 21J£: sinco which lime prices havo gradually fallen off nnder a dull and quiet market, and an indisposition on tho part of both buyers and sellers to operate. It closed this ovening with a moderate demand at 20>£ cents for middlings—some extra nico calling for 20%c. MACON COTTON STATEMENT. Stock on hand Sept. ’ 1,1869—halos.. 179 Receipts to-day. 48 Received previously 78,260—78,308 78,487 Shipped to-day. 102 Shipped previously. 70,330—70,432 Stock on hand this evening. 8,055 Financtai,.—Money is easy for good short tima paper, bnt rather difficult to obtain oa any other. There is plenty of money to meet tho legitimate present demands of trade, but lenders aro cautious about accommodating paper with a longer time than 60 days to ran. The stock and bond market is beginning to mani fest some signs of life, and there is a better in quiry now than for several weeks jastpost. Wo give carefully revised quotations: EXCHANGE OK NEW YOBS. die. prem. EXCHANGE ON SAVANNAH. Kto. ; par. UNITED STATES CUBKKNOY—LOANS, per month I%@2 percent GOLD AND SXLVEB. Etr Buying... Selling... Cora fell off 5 cents per bushel in this market yesterday, but there is no good room for the de cline, os no decline has been announced daring the week in the Western markets. Tills fact speaks volumes in favor of the liberality of some of the leading Macon dealers in grain. The vegetable and oountry produce market is very poorly stocked and prices rule high for this tima of the. year. Chickens are worth 69 cents apiece; Bnap beans 20 cents per quart; new Irish potatoes 25 cents per quart; strawberries .25 cents per qaart; green peas, nnsholled, ten cents per quart; beef 20 cents per pound; venison, dried, 25 cents per pound. Quotations tell the rest:-•?? ■ BACON—Clear Sides (smoked)... .5 18)$@ Mi2»! ig rates for Gold .5112 Buying rates for Silver — .1 10 Selling.... *......1 12 TT ATT.TIP AD STOCKS AND BONDS. ' Central Railroad Stock -. 120 Central Railroad Bonds 99 Hacon A Western Railroad Stock. j. .115 Southwestern Railroad Stock 97 Southwestern Railroad Bonds 97 Macon & Brunswick Stock SI Macon & BrunswickRailroadEndoraedBonds... 91 Georgia Railroad Stock...........,.: 193 Georgia Railroad Bonds 97 Muscogee Railroad Bonds 94 Atlantic A Gulf Railroad Stock..:....... Augusta A Wayncsbcro Railroad Stock... South Carolina Railroad Stock Cotton States-Life Insurance Stock Hi 83 er 4Sg50 95 The wholesale and jobbing trade of the city has begun to fall off * litUe, Incident to the approach, ing summer dullness. There has been a moderate ly good retail trade during tho week, closing this evening, bnt nothing heavy was dona in any depart ment. The advance of prices in the provision market has been checked, and for the last few days it has been very quiet. The price of bacon etxnds steady and firm at quotations, notwithstanding the fact that it advanced yesterday in the Western markets fully a J^c. per pound and the markets were much excited. Clear Rib Sides (smoked). Shoulders Hams (sugar-cured)...... BULK MEATS—Clear Sides Clear Rib Sides Shoulders Laguayra. Java DRIED FRUIT, per pound RICE per ponna TEA—Black.... 19 18* 15* 18 Green 2 00 BUTTER—Goshen. Tennessee Yellow Country. CHEESE—According to quality... EGGS LARD— SUGAR—According to grade MOLASSES—According to grade.. 15 © 25 @ 17*@ _ 17*0 17* 14 (<4 14* @ 83 & 55 @ . 11 @ 10 @ 2 00 © a bo © 60 ® 40 @ 85 a- 25 80 82 10 9 1 50 80 22 18 FISH—Mackerel, bbls,“No.l, 2, 3. 15 00 @24 00 Kite . 2 75 @ 5 00 Codfish per pound 10 @ 12 SALT—Liverpool per sack....... @ 2 50 WHISKY—Common Ryo 1 20 @ 1 50 Fine 2 00 @ 6 00 Corn 185 @1-50 Bourbon.../. 2 50 @ 5.00 Virginia 2 50 o 3 50 ALE—Fer dozen..... 3 00 @ 4 00 TOBACCO—Low grades per pound 50 @ .55 Medium 60 © 70 Good 75 © 80 Bright Virginia.......'...'.. 85 @100 Fancy 1 25 @ 1 50 FLOUR Superfine per bbl 7 00 © 7 60 Extra 8 00 @ 850 Family....... 9 50 @10 00 Fancy Family Brands 11 00 @12 00 GRAIN AND HA V. OORN—Yellow, Mixed and White. 155 MEAL 1 GO GRITS ..i 175 OATS.....! 95 WHEAT—Per bushel 1 40 FIELD PEAS. 3 CO HAY—Northern 1 30 TennesseTimothv...... .. Herds Grass 2 00 Tennessee 200 @ 1 60 @ 1 65 @ 2 00 @ 1 25 © 1 70 © 3 25 © 2 00 200 LATEST MARKETS BY TELEGRAPH. Domestic Markets. New Yobk, May 18, noon.—Flour dull and declin ing. Wheat dull and a shade lower. Corn dull and declining. Pork dull; mess 30 00. Lard dull at 16*010*. Turpentine quiet at 41*. RoBin, 2 07* @2 10 for strained. Cotton easier at 22*023*. Sales 1,000. Money 4@5. Gold 14*. Exchange, long, 9*; short 10*. Stocks dull. Bonds 12*. Ten nessee eixes, ex-coupons, old, GO*; new, 56. Virginia ex-coupons, old, 69; now, 71 asked. Lou isiana sixes, old, 76. Levee sixes 73*; eights 91*. Alabama eights 100*. Georgia sevens 95. North Carolinas, old, 49; new, 24- South Carolinas, old. 93; new, 84*. New Yobk, May 18—evening—Money easy at 4 to 5; primo discounts G to 7. Exchange opened steady, but closed firm at 9*. Tho demand has been more active than for some time past. Gold steady during the day, ranging from 15 to 15* and 15*, with moat afc sub-treasury. BidB for govern ment gold reached $3 355,000. Governments opened firm; during tbo afternoon dull and a frac tion lower, closing strong. Coupons of 06 and 68 17*; G2s, 12*; 64s 11*; 65s 11* G7s 14*. South ern securities generally firm. . ; ,y New Yobk, May 18—There were 23 bidders for gold, to-day, at 14* to 14 79-100. The total bid for 3,0C0,0OO, 05,000 awards will amount to 1,000,- 0C0 at 14 70-100, to 14 79-100. Cotton dull, sales 1,700; middling uplands 22*; Orleans 23*. Flour, State, 470© 565, Western 487(3630, South ern heavy, 6(3,995. Wheat heavy, one to two oente lower. Com lower, new mixed western 5(310. Beef steady. Fork lower, 20*(334. Lard dull, kettle 16*. Whisky steady, 9*. Rice firm, 6*@7*. Sugar steady. Coffee quiet. Naval stores dull. Freights dull, cotton, steam *, sail 6-32 to 3-16. Baltimore, May 18.—Flour dull and easier. Prices unchanged. Wheat dull, Maryland, 50@55. Cotton dull and declined a *c.; middlings 22*; receipts 192; stock 2,425. Savannah, May 18. — Cotton in moderate de mand, middlings 21*; sales 300; receipts 1,753; exports coastwiee 629; stock 36,742.- • # Chablkston, May : 18. — Cotton lower, middlings 21; sales 200; receipts 547; stock 7,935. _ Norfolk, May 18. —Cotton dull and nominal, low middlings 21; receipts 703; exports coastwise 516; stock 3,387. ,7 . 'New Orleans, May 18.—Flour firm, extra A75, double extra. 5 37 treoie extra 600. Com scarce and higher, mixed 135, white 145. Oats 70. Bran 35 to 40. Hay lower, 25 to 26. Pork 81 to 81*. Bacon buoyant, shoulders 14*, sides 17 fa 17*, clear rib sides IS to 18*, hams 19 to 21. Sugar dull and lower, prime 11* to 11*. Molasses easier, prime reboiled 70 to 75. Whiskey 1 05 to 115. Cof fee dull; 1C* to 16*, prime 17* to 18*. Gobi 15. Sight exchange * premium. Cotton dull, middlings nominal at 223^; soles 2000: net receipts 1,058; coastwiee 45: total 1,103; exports to Bremen 2,100, to Vera Cruz 370; stock 125,355. Louisnii*, May 18 — Com unchanged. Pork SO 00. L’rd 17. Bacon shoulders 13*. Whisky 1 06 to 1 07. St. Louis, May 18.—Com, best grades yellow add white buoyant-, and other quotations dull, mixed 94 to 100. Whisky 1Q0. Pork 30 00 to 30 60. Augusta, May 18—Cotton market closed dull and easier; sales 3S0; middlings 21; receipts 115. Boston, May 17.—Cotton quiet and easier; mid dlings 23*; sales 200; net receipts 113; coastwise 41; total 154; stock 5000. Galveston, May 18.—Cotton dull; good ordinaiy 19; sales 120 bales; receipts 763: exports to Great Britain 863; coastwise 165; stock 29,647. Cincinnati, May 18.—Corn declining; 96 offered freely, 100 asko-i. Whisky held at 1 07. Pork and lard hold firmly; no sales. Bacon in fair demand; shoulders 13*@13*. Foreign Markets. London, May 18, noon Consols 94*. Bonds 89*. LiYEnrooL, May 18, noon.—Cotton opened firm; uplands 11*; Orleans 11*@11*; sales 10,000 bales. Later.—Cotton a shade easier; uplands 11@11*: Orleans 11*. Red winter wheat 8s. lld.@9s.;red Western 8s. 3d. Flour 20s. 3d. Com 29s. 6d. Ba con. short ribbed middles, 04. . Yams and fabrics at Manchester quiet. Pabis. May 18, evening—Bourse closed quiet. Rentes 73f and 10c. _ . Fbankfort. May 18.—Bonds opened quiet at 94*, and closed quiet at 94*. Havbe. May 18, noon.—Cotton opened heavy at 136*c. afloat. Liverpool, May 18, evening.—Cotton closed quiet; nplauds 11*; Orleans 11*@11*; sales 10,- 000; speculations and exports 2000. Lard and na val s quiet. Tallow 44. ' • L Havri, May 18—Cotton closed heavy; bn spot, 132; afloat, 130. 8n.VEB Wsdmnd.—Mr. Edward and Mrs. Christi na Graves celebrated their 25th marriage anniver sary last night at the residence of Mr. Albert and Annio Hanse, on the comer ot Oak and Third streets, by calling around the “festive board” many of their friends Mid relatives—among the latter of whom were Mr. and.Mrs. G. B.'Turpin, Mr. and Mrs. Valentino, Mr. and Mrs. J. Cornell and a com pany of warm and admiring friends and neighbors. An elegant supper was spread and the beet of good humor and hilarity prevailed during tho whole even ing, and many a tout was heartily drank to the continued health and prosperity of the couple whose marriage twenty-five years ago the company had assembled to celebrate. May both live to witness and enjoy their diamond wedding. Bnt we ought to say a word of Mr. Edward Graves. He has been an engineer on the Central railroad since the year 1843—twenty-eight years ago i and during that long term of service he has never met with but one accident while on duty, and that was wholly unavoidable on hia part. That is a-glorious record, indeed, and one which has justly given him a high and honorable position in the minds of all who know him. iMPBovixa.—Both Drs. Holmes and Crowell W. Johnson, give us the gratifying information that Mr. John Broughton will, with proper care and nursing, recover from the dangerous wound he received from a pistol shot, on Saturday last. He was im proving as well as could be expected, all of yester day. • Dust—The duBt on some of cur principal thoi- oroughfares was almost suffocating yesterday after noon. The long dry spell of weather ia beginning to awaken very serious, if not alarming, apprehen sions. And stiff thero are no imUsatioBS of rain, whatever. Da. Trrrr’s Sarsaparilla and Queens Delight tea all impure matter from the system.
