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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 >bȣ 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.