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names and politics of candidates elected,
and majorities also, if the. latter can bo
ascertained.
Short Tiks in American Mills.—A
New York letter, of Thursday, eays:
•‘Tho resolution of tbo Now England cot-
toil mill owners to run only on third
time, in order to lesson production, has
had tbo effect to arrest tbo downward
tendenoy of prices at the jobbing houses
here. Tho commission houses, as well as
tlio jobbers, however, aro largely loaded
np with goods, and as the indications aro
that theso aro to bo pressed on the mar
ket, a turn of prices in tho upward di
rection is not to bo immediately looked
for. Tho Utica and other New York
Stato mills, it is said, will follow the
Boston example.”
In many of theles3 fashionable North
ern mountain resorts this summer the
waiters were the daughters of neighbor
ing farmers. Actuated by no false shame,
they are said to have done their work so
wall that many of tho more kindly of tho
guests parted from them with every mark
of genuine attachment. These girls thus
gain sufficient for their schooling, or that
of their brothers and sisters, or money for
some extra finery, or perhaps for their
marriage portion. They, moreover, see
something of life, and as they are often
keen, sensible and teachable, they learn
manners and less rusticity and more re
finement.
, The Hon. Job E. Stevenson of Ohio
' made a speech in Cincinnati the other
evening, thus opening bis campaign for
Congress. During his remarks on tho
. subject of a return to specie payment, a
person in tho audience sought to frighten
him from his position in favor of con
traction by asking him pointed questions
on the subject. That Mr. Stevenson was
not at all alarmed may be seen from bis
answers: “ My theory ia that there is a
lot of miserable trash—chicken feed I
call it—circulating all over this country,
filling the people’s pockets, and that is
called fractional currency. Now I will
tell yon what I would do with that stuff ;
I would burn it, and issue in the place of
it silver coin. If they left it to mo—if
I were in Bristow’s placo and they left it
tome—I would call in this fractional
currency, and when I got one of those
ragged pieces of currency in I would is
sue a silver piece in place of it. I will
say I would provide that for every dollar
of fractional currency you took in a
greenback dollar should be issued. I
would go further than that, and say that
if I bad tbo power I would call in all the
one and two-dollar greenbacks, every
thing under five dollars, all the dirty
•tuff, and I would issuo good sound yel
low gold instead. I would get it from the
Mint, from tho Treasury, where wo sell
gold by the million every month. I
would not sell gold any more than I
would sell my blood until I restore blood
to the body financial 1 ”
TRe Issue Made Up.
Heretofore, wo have refrained from say
ing much about tho election for members
of tho Legislature from this county, for
the simple reason that the negroes had
made no public sign of a contest. Now,
however, that they have nominated a
ticket—and suck a ticket!—the case is
different, and we propose to have a few
words on tho subject.
The negro ticket i3no improvement on
any they have over presented in this
county. Indeed, it is worse. It is one
that does not commend itself even to tho
n9grocs except on tho scoro of utter un
fitness, and a bitter hatred of the white
people. It represents nothing but oppo
sition to tho white people and tax-payer3
of Bibb county, and championship of
the infamous doctrine of social equal
ity. It seeks tho debasement, and
shame, and ruin of the white peo
ple—the mixing together of the two
races in churches, theatres, hotels,
schools and railway cars. Everybody
knows there is now only one issue be
tween Radicalism and Democracy at tho
South. It is social equality—amalgama
tion—mongrelization, and tbo man who
denies or seeks to dodge it, is cither a fool
or a knave. This is the long and short
of the whole business. Forty volumes
could not state it plainer.
That this negro ticket can or will bo
elected, of conrso is out of tbo question.
Bibb county cannot afford such a dis
grace. It must be defeated; and it will
bo defeated if the Democrats only do
their whole duty. Wo shall not allow
ourselves to doubt tho result one moment.
All that is necessary is organization and
good, healthy work. If wo know the
pcoplo of Bibb county, they will not allow
tho negro ticket to como oven within
hailing distance of succe33. They will
turn to next Wednesday, and whalo out
at the ballot box all tho life in it, and
then go back to their business. That’s
what they can do if they try, that’s
■ what they trill do, or wo arc worst fooled
than ever before in our life, and that’s
what they must do if they don’t want to
bo pilloried in the scorn and derision of
the whole State.
Emigration vs. Immigration.—There
seems to bo a steady reflux tide of emi
gration from tho United States back to
urope this year, and this, taken in con
nection with the marked decrease in Eu
ropean emigration to this country, shows
that during 1874 tho United States will
not receivo nearly as large an accession
to her population from foreign sources
as she has during previous years. Tbo
current baok to Europe is shown not only
by tho reports of tho trans-Atlantic steam
lines, but also by the statements of our
contemporaries in the Western States,
which generally agrtfo in reporting that
they call "an almost unprecedented rush”
back to tho Old World. Of the travel to
Europe,'whilst a proportion is made up
of visitors who go for pleasure and intend
to return again, it is stud that at least
seventy per cent, ore disappointed emi
grants who have found labor scarce and
wages low in this country, and who go
back to their former homes from neces
sity. Tho prevailing commercial depres
sion of the past year in this country has
been tho chief cause of this.
This is the way Professor Tyndall
• closes his noted lecture: "Here, how
ever, I must quit a therno too great to
handle, but which will be bandied by tho
loftiest minds ages after you and I, like
streaks of morning cloud, shall have melt
ed into the infinite azure of the pa9t.”
THE GEORGIA JPKESS.
The new Catholic Church at Augusta
has been finished, and will bo ready for
occupancy next Sunday. It is one hun
dred feet long, fifty-six feet wide, thirty
feet .from floor to ceiling, and will seat
seven hundred persons. It cost between
§13,000 and $14,000.
The Rome Commercial says Trammell
has informed the Executive Committee of
that district that " be is ready to with
draw from tbo canvass whenever they
shall say the interests of the Democratic
party shall require it.”
A negeo drayman deliberately drove
over a little boy named Page, aged five
years, at Savannah, on Wednesday, crush
ing his left thigh. The scoundrel looked
around and saw the boy lying in the
street, but instead of going to lii3 assist
ance coolly drove off as if nothing bad
happened.
Foe the first time in nearly twenty-five
years the office of the Augusta Constitu
tionalist has been moved. Henceforth it
will be published at 43 Jackson street,
next door to the postoffice. The editor
was also changing bis base the same day,
and cheerfully remarks that he fear3
Moving Day next to the Day of Judge
meat, and that he shall bo glad to save
his boots even through the medium of
the slop-tub.
Further Particulars or tee Storm
on tee Coast.—The Savannah News has
the following additional particulars of the
storm on Monday, and tho damage result
ing from it:
Reports from along the Ogeeehee river
represent the storm, of Monday to have
been very destructive to the rice crop.
The plantations on the lower part of tho
river have suffered seriously, the banks
baving been broken, and the rice in the
fields swept away by the tide. "Grove
point” plantation, owned by Capt. J. P.
Haskell, "Capa” plantation, owned by
Thomas Arnold, Esq., “Oriza and "Pat
terson” plantations, planted by W. C.
Cook, have been badly damaged by tbo
flood. "Prairie” plantation, estate of
Elliott; "Grove,” owned by William Ha
bersham; "South Field” plantation,
planted by Paul Haskell, Esq.; “Yalam-
brosa,” owned by A. E. Moynelo, Esq. j
"Cherry Hill” and Screven plantations,
have suffered hut little. A special tele
gram to the Morning News from Tybee
gives the following information in regard
to tbo gale at that point: The day com
menced with a very heavy rain and blow
ing a gale from the eastward. The tide
rose so high that the island from the
beacon light to the west end was flooded
to tbo depth of three feet.. About ten
o’clock the wiild changed suddenly to
the westward and blew abont fifty miles
an hour with heavy rain and hail. The
storm was over in an hour, but at its
height the signal observer was unable to
measure the velocity of the wind, his po
sition being rather perilous. The house
of Capt. John Thompson was flooded, and
the kitchen and fences blown down. For
tunately tho family had removed
to the city on last Sunday. The
tide made a clean sweep from the
beach to the marsh in the rear. The
houses of Mr. Daniels and Aleck Clark
were injured, and the fences surrounding
them were partially blown down. Tho
boat bouses, belonging to tbe Telegraph
Company, the Light-house, and Mr. Mc
Kenzie, were all torn to pieces, but the
boats were saved. The residences of N.
O. Tilton and A. McKenzie were unin
jured. A small portable house, contain
ing the instruments of the signal obserrer,
was completely shattered, and all the in
struments were broken. It is believed
that if the wind bad continued in tbe
same direction, and with tho same velocity
half an hour longer, the entire island
would have been submerged. The
east end was washed away about
fifty feet, and the high hill were
levelled. The Light-house shook fear
fully. The light-house keeper says he
measured the wind during tho gale, and
that it was traveling at tbe rate of sixty-
eight miles an hour. The steps and land
ing of the Oyster Bed light-house, oppo
site Fort Pulaski, were washed away. A
telegram from Tybee, dated 8:30 p. h.,
states that no steamers were in sight.
Considerable anxiety is felt concerning
tbe steamships now due, as it is known
they were directly in the path of tho gale,
and undoubtedly had a rough experience.
It is to be earnestly hoped they passed
through safely and will arrive in port in
good time. Those now due ore the San
Salvador from New York, Saragossa from
Baltimore, and Tonawanda from Phila
delphia. The 'Worcester is duo from
Boston to-morrow
Tee New says a man named Wiggins,
escaped from the Sheriff of Bryan county
on Tuesday, by leaping from a baggage
car on tbe Central road while tbe train
was at full speed. The Sheriff jumped
after him, but Wiggy dodged into a
swamp and the Sheriff lost him.
Tee Atlanta Ifews is one of the most
unfeeling newspapers we know of.
Notwithstand that O’Neal is now just
getting off one of the most gorgeous
drunks of bis whole life, it has thi3 fling
at him:
They have a man in tbe Ninth Dis
trict, named O'Neal, who fansies ho is
running for Congros3 against McMillan.
When O’Neal gets elected all the Demo
crats of tho district will have moved to
South Carolina. Tho fellow won’t be
beaten by more than five thousand ma
jority.
Tee same paper has theso cheerful
little paragrams about the Great and Only
Kimball:
We really like George Adair, and be
cause of this fondness we advise him to
sell his quarter of the Kimball House as
soon as possible. Hanged if he don’t, if
Kimball ain’t likely to develop him out
of it, and make him pay tbo tax on it be
sides !
H. I. Kimball has recovered half the
hotel that bears his name. Thank
Heaven! We breathe easier, because
we knew he was bound to get something,
and it is a relief to know that it isn’t in
the shape of city bonds. If he will only
keep from selling it to tho city for two
millions of dollars before tbe present
municipal government goes ont of office
we shall feel tranquil and happy.
We most earnestly beg the Mayor and
City Council not to get up a petition in
favor of buying Kimball’s recovered half
of tho Kimball House for two or three
millions. If Kimball is to do any more
developing here, let him develop George
W. Adair and Ben. Hill out of the other
half of the hotel. But give us a rest.
We say amen! to that last sentence.
Do pray give us a rest about Kimball
and his ’ouse.
Tee Atlanta Constitution says Messrs.
Redwine & Fox, of that city, have sold
out their drug business to Messrs. Hunt,
Rankin & Lamar, of Macon, of whom it
says:
“We extend them a cordial welcome to
tbe Gate City. Thorough gentlemen and
high-toned business men, they have ad
ded much to the material progress and
prosperity of our sister city and sustained
the high reputation so justly enjoyed by
the merchants of Macon.”
The Athens Watchman announees the
death of Hon. Wm. Jackson, an old mem
ber of tbe Legislature, and one of tbe
best citizens of the'county.
Tns Atlanta Herald says tbo various
newspaper offices up there have been
asked to make estimates upon a largo
evening paper shortly to be started in
that city, and adds:
The new paper ’will have ten columns
to the page, and will employ a force of
fifteen printers it is said; being modelled
after tho Boston Post. Mr. Holcomb of
the Methodist Advocate will have in
charge the publication of tbe paper. We
presume that it will be Republican in
polities. The Methodist Advocate has
this notice of the new enterprise, in its
issue of yesterday: Atlanta has three
large, first-class, daily morning papers,
at §10 a year, and now it-is proposed to
get up an evening paper, superior to
either of the morning papers, at only §5
a year. Capital stock to be $25,000;
§15,000 of the money has already been
secured. The paper is to bo strictly in
dependent, and specially prepared for tho
masses • ;;
Break in the South Carolina Rail
way.—The Chronicle and Sentinel says
tbe storm that prevailed at Charleston
and vicinity Monday, raised the water
courses to such an extent as to cause two
breaks in the South Carolina railroad,
one at tho thirty-sixth and the other at
the thirty-eighth mile .post. At tho
former one hundred and thirty-five feet
of culvert and track were washed away.
The other break was not so great. In
consequence of tho breaks no trains from
Charleston reached Augusta yesterday.
The outgoing trains left on schedule
time, but -'n consequence of tho distance
between the two breaks no transfer of
passengers and baggage could be effect
ed. A large force of hands was sent to
the scene of the breaks, and the damage
will be repaired as soon as possible.
The Wilkinson Appenl is evidently not
very friendly to the Congressional aspira
tions of tho Hon. Sam Gove, judging from
the following pen photograph of that dis
tinguished statesman, in its last issue:
Sam Govs.—This notorious scalawag,
who was nominated on Thursday last by
the Radical convention of tbo sixth dis
trict, which assembled in tbo city of Ma
con, is well known to us. We aro not
prepared to say what State is dishonored
by being his birth place, but know that he
has resided in Georgia for atTeast thirty
years. We first knew him in East Macon
where he was notorious as far back a3
1846, as tho paramour of negro wenches,
He possessed some business tact and
shrewdness, which associated him at one
time with respectable and reliable busi
ness men, but bis general profligacy, and
low amours among the slaves alienated his
business friends and employers and he for,
years gained a precarious livelihood as a
street cotton buyer, and. some of onr
farmers now have a painful recollection
of hi3 shrewdness in that line. His petty
and underhanded manner of doing busi
ness embroiled him in an altercation with
a man in 1853, which resulted in Gove’s
having a pellet of lead injected into his
system, from the effects of which wound
he came near dying. This aroused for
him the last faint pulsation of public
sympathy that he has ever experienced,
and it would have been a blessing to his
family if he had passed from off the stage
of life at that time. During the war he
managed by bootlicking and age to se
cure a bomb-proof position, and when
tbe war ended be was, with other politi
cal scam, thrown to the surface; and in
1863 was tho successful competitor
of O. A. Lochrane, Esq., for Con
gress. His natural depravity has at
last culminoted in his advocacy of
the social equality of negroes,
who have always been bis equals and as
sociates. The convention that nomina
ted him was composed entirely of negroes
with the exception of himself and one
other who is too mean and insignificant
to name. The natural feelings of indig
nation which the course of the renegade
scamp justly provokes by his political
course at this time when the patriotic
people of tho South aro rising in their
majesty, and hurling from their places
the bloated and corrupt robbers, who
have by fraud and knavery got into pow
er is too strong'upon us for us to pursue
tbo subject further. Let every man
whoso veins are filled with Caucasion
blood, and every negro who desires th.e
benefit and improvement of his race rally
to the support of the Hon. James H.
Blount, and elect him by a majority that
will prevent a contest before the present
House of Representatives.
Spoons.'
For once General B. F. Butler has
nothing to say to a joke. In his recent
speech at Essex, he was just at the point
where he took occasion to solicit the suf
frages of his fellow-citizens for his return
to Congress because be wanted to show
tho unreconstructed rebels that their out
rages could not bo continued in free
America, and because ho proposed to do
his share toward preventing mob violence
in the South, and then proceeded to dis
cuss the financial problem. While he
was holding all men paying their hon
est debts a spoon was lowered by
means of a string through tho roof and
hung like a spectre in mid-air. A laugh
was heard from among the audience, and
it soon assumed the proportions of a roar.
The general tried to continue, but was
several timc3 interrupted. He failed at
first to observe the objectionable article
of tablo use. He finally fixed his cyo
upon it and gazed from right to left
without a word to say. Ho- again at
tempted to proceed, but only again to be
interrupted. Finally bo shook his hand
kerchief, and straightened himself and
remarked: “Well, I should think that is
about as good an argument as I can be
opposed to.” The spoon wiggled in the
air and the General continued: “There
must bo some opposition in this town.”
A couple of very bold remarks. As long
as he lives Butler will never get over
those New Orleans spoons.
Fire Insurance Risks.
Mr. Geo. T. Hope, prosident of a New
York insurance company, bos recently
published a circular giving some general
estimates of profit and loss in insurance
business daring the past twenty years,
an analysis of which shows, the Tribune
says, thatfrom an examination of the busi
ness of thirty-eight companies during
tho period named, and including an aver
age of thirteen years apiece, it is found
that, aside from all dividends and com
pensation to stockholders, these institu
tions have paid for losses and expenses
§283,008,653 73, and have earned on pre
miums received §271,293,368 59, showing
a loss in the business of more than §12,-
600,090. These aro tbe companies re
garded as most ably managed and baving
an'extended experience, and they are
those that have survived when many
smaller or less fortunate concerns have
withdrawn from business or sunk in
bankruptcy. This estimate takes no ac
count of the losses of tho one hundred
insurance companies that were wrecked^
in the great fires of Chicago and Boston,
and docs not at all furnish a measure of
tho total loss of insurance capital daring
the two decades. But it shows very
clearly that the business has been un
profitable on the average, even to the
more fortunate and more ably managed
concerns. Those that have paid dividends
during this period have in many instances
made their profits from judicious invest
ments of their capital and reserve—prin
cipally in government securities since
1861.
W. H. Wickham, a diamond merchant
of Maidcn Lone, New York, who was a
.member of the committee of seventy,
is epoken of a3 Tammany’s candidate for
Mayor. . .
The Alabama Xiots.—The Montgom
ery Advertiser says all the negro prisoners
captured in.Greone confess that their late
riot was got up in obedience to instruc
tions from Montgomery.
THE STORK IN CHARLESTON.
A Hevlew of Us Effects in the City and
Elsewhere—The Wharves and the
Battery—The New Theatre—Notes
of the Storm from Sullivan's Island,
Mount Pleasant, Summerville, Sa
vannah and Wilmington.
From tho News and Courier, 50th.J
The gale of 1874 was short, sharp and
decisive. Four or fire hours was the ex
tent of its duration, bnt in that space of
time a vast amount of damage was done
to property in ttfo city. As has been
already stated the gale was succeeded by
bright and pleasant weather on Monday
night, and yesterday the water on tho
harbor was smooth a3 glass. Not a rip
ple could be seen in tbe bay, and tbe only
visible evidences of the storm of tho
previous day were to bo seen in' the
shattered wharves, tho mass of drift
wood and sea weed, and the sunken and
disabled craft lying at the various piers.
The water front was visited during the
day by thousands of spectators, eager to
view tho wreck and judge for themselves
the extent of the damage. Taking tho
the wharves, from tho Northeastern rail
road to South Battery, a sad sight was
presented. The destruction of property
is certainly greater than at first thought.
Scarcely a single wharf escaped, all
being more or less torn up, and many of
them being entirely washed away.
accomodation wharf.
At thi3 wbarf the damage is very great.
The office immediately facing the dock is
completely demolished in its upper story
by collision with tho bark which was
driven into it by the force of the waves.
In this dock are two or three small boats
broken up and sunk.
ATLANTIC WHARF.
At North Atlantic wharf quite a crowd
of persons gathered to witness the ef
forts to tow off the British bark Belgium,
which had been rather roughly bandied
by tho elements. Tho Belgium was
blown from her mooring3 at the head of
the pier entirely up tho dock, and was
jammed diagonally across the dock, her
Stem being fixed closoUp to the southern
pier, and her stern jammed close into tho
northern pier. In this awkward position
she was left by the tide, and yesterday
morning it was found necessary to pro
care the services of two tugs to drag her
out. The taga Relief and Thomas Mor
gan were accordingly employed, and at
about nine o’clock began tho difficult job.
Several-houra were spent and numberless
hawsers broken in the attempt. At length
at abont eleven o’clock the bark began to
move, and was soon moored inherjformer
position at the pier. The wharf itself
was seriously damaged in the gale, many
of the planks being washed away, bnt a
force of bands were at once put to work,
and will soon repair tbe damages.
VANDEBHOBST AND COMMERCIAL WHARYE8.
At these piers occurred one of the
strangest freaks of the gale. As was
stated yesterday, a large and ponderous
lighter loaded with phosphate rock parted
its fastenings, and was left at the mercy
of the angry waves. The huge machine
wa3 pitched and tossed about for some
time, crushing into several sloops and
sinking them, and was finally thrown np
on the two piers, one end resting on each
wharf, and the fiat forming a bridge
across tbe dock. It was still in this po
sition yesterday, and was seen by hun
dreds of curious spectators. The wharves
in the vicinity wore literally covered with
driftwood and all kinds of strango sea
weed thrown np by the storm, and heaped
in inextricable confusion. The wharves
to the south of this wero in little better
order. A quantity of firewood bad been
scattered by the wave3, but wa3 being
rapidly collected 1 and piled up by tbe
owners. All day long the wharves wero
visited by crowds of thrifty colorod per
sons who were industriously engaged in
collecting and carrying off the driftwood
thrown up by tbe gale, and many of them
succeeded in laying in enough firewood
to last through the winter.
THE BATTERY.
The saddest scene of all, however, was
the magnificent sea wall on East Batte
ry, now a mas3 of crumbling ruins. So
violent was the force of tho wind and
waves that the huge paving stones with
which East Battery was laid were taken
up and hurled into tho streets. The en
tire promenade is destroyed. In some
places the walk was undermined by the
waves and caved in. In other places it
was completely washed away, the Ijrick
support on tho street side being tbrtwn
down. Tho damage to tbe south walk is
almost a3 great. The concrete wall of
which this is formed wa3 not so exposed
a3 the stone wall on East Batteiy, and it
therefore did not suffer as much. But
the action of tho water made deep ruts
and holes In tho shelled walk, and ren
dered’ it almost impassable. The grass
on tho sward, too, has a wilted appear-
anco from being covered with salt water,
and many of tho granite posts and rails
wero swept away.
THE BATHING-HOUSE.
Nothing remains of tho Bathing-house
save a rickety crumbling ruin and tbo
stumps of the posts upon which it was
built. Over two-thirds of the building
was carried away in the storm, and tho
remaining portion has fallen out of posi
tion, and lies heaped up on tho half-
sunken foundations. A tolerably stiff
breeze or a strong tido will carry away
tho last vestige of this favorite resort.
It is hard to estimate the loss sustained
by the city in the destruction of East
Battery, but it will hardly cost loss than
$20,000 to $25,000 to restore it. Tho loss
to Mr. McHanmon, tho owner of the
Bathing-house, ia particularly severe, ns
he had just spent a largo sum of money
in patting repairs upon it. It is not
likely soon to be rebuilt; so that land
mark of Charleston may bo considered as
gone. What action tbo City Council
will take towards rebuilding the Battery
is not yet known; but tho hope is gen
erally expressed that tbo work will be
commenced at once. Daring the entire
day the ruins were crowded witli curious
people, men, women and children, gazing
at the terrible work of tho storm, and
wondering how it all could have hap
pened.
THE NEW THEATER.
The loss occasioned by the blowing
down of the new Theatre will not fall
short of §20,000. In addition to tbe Iosb
the contractor sustained by reason of tbe
destruction of the scaffolding, the hoist
ing apparatus and a portion of his work
shops, considerable delay in resuming op
erations will be involved by reason of the
loss of tho tools which aro buried in tbe
ruins. From a gentleman who witnessed
tbe falling of the walls, we learn that
the east wall fell first, carrying tho others
with it. The wind which blew from the
west most have filled the building, and,
not being able to find a vent, acted as a
powerful lever, throwing down tho east
wall. The north wall fell in, and tho
bricks are scarcely damaged at all. They
lie in regular layers just as they were
put up., In the centre of the building,
however, the devastation is terrible. The
extensive scaffolding, crushed and broken,
being mixed up and covered with bricks,
will render the job of clearing np a diffi
cult one. This was began yesterday,
however, and as soon as the necessary
tools can bo procured a large force of
bands will be pnt to work, and the new
Theatre will once more begin to rise.
THE TELEOBAPH WIRES.
The wires of the 'Western Union Tele
graph Company, which were blown down
by the gale, were repaired yesterday and
were in working order by 2 o’clock. The
poles and wire were levelled with tbo
ground for a distance of six miles from
the city. But the company put a large
force of skilled hands to work and soon
resumed its business. f t
SULLIVAN’S ISLAND IN TEE GALE.
The following account of tho storm on
Sullivan’s Island may be relied upon as
strictly correct, coming as it does from
an eye-witness : The wind commenced
blowing heavily and the rain falling
abont 8 o’clock on Monday morning, and
kept rapidly increasing. Tbe immense
swells would roll up six or eight feet in
height and, breaking upon the beach,
would do3h up with fearful force until
tbe volume of water struck the fencing,
when it would rebound into the air in
magnificent sheets of spray, tearing away
whole panels and driving them into the
lots and streets. Bathing houses were
overturned with ease by the billows and
rolled over and over like so many logs.
Vast quantities of timber and lumber were
strewn all over tbe low lots, and coming
in contact with fences tore them down
and carried them onward in their head
long course. The sight was grand and
sublime. Tho greater portion of the
Island, above the fort, was submerged,
the -waters from the back and front
beach uniting in nearly every ocoss
street. The steps from Capt. McNelty’s
house wero washed away and carried a
half mile down the beach and lodged in
an open lot. Threo small houses in
Oliverville and two shanties in Cohen-
ville wero lifted from their pillars and
dropped flat on the ground. The frame
of a house belonging to Mr. Welling wa3
smashed to pieces. Upwards of fifteen
or twenty little two-room shanties wero
-blown down, and bathing houses in num
bers were overturned and dashed to
pieces by tho heavy swells. The sight
after the storm beggars description.
Nearly every fence on tho front beach
was washed away, but strange to relate
not a single dwelling house of any sizo
whatever was injured. Capt. Maillefort’a
derrick first dragged her cable and drifted
seaward until Drunken Dick shoal3 wore
reached when the anchor caught securely,
and she now ride3 tho waves safely. Capt.
Griffin’s derrick, flat Black Maria, parted
Tier hawser and was carried out to sea.
The wharf of Castle Pinckney was
washed away and drifted up on tho
island beach. Had the wind kept blow
ing from the east until night there
is no telling what damage would have
been done. The tide was high at four
minutes after nine, and up to twelve o’
clock had not receded a single jnch.
"When tho wind shifted the view from
tho front wa3 perfectly grand, tho incom
ing billows were met with such opposing
force that tho crests of the waves wore
lifted up and carried in a vast sheet of
fine mist for a long distance, bearing a
striking resemblance to fields of snow.
Tbe los3 will probably not bo heavy.
Capt. Stone’s flat and every boat on
back beach were driven up high and dry
into the lots and streets. The only per
son supposed to have been lost is Isaac
Trnesdale, oysterman. His yacht got
adrift and bo went after her in a small
boat which was capsized. The last seen
of him was on or near Drunken Dick
shoals; he wa3 standing on her bottom
waving both hands for help, but the sea
was running so high that no boat could
possibly live in it. Tho ladies displayed
great courage during the trying ordeal.
The steamer’s landing has been com
pletely stripped of tho planking, but
otherwise remains intact.
Tlie Prospect for “Reform” In
Sontli Carolina.
We greatly fear that tbe white people
of South Carolina are preparing a great
disappointment for thomselves in pro-
poping to support an “independent” Re
publican against Chamberlain, the regu
lar nominee for Governor. It is, in our
judgment, going to be another case of
Greeleypbobia.
Green, the man with whom it is pro
posed to beat Chamberlain,is a scallawag
who swallows the civil rights bill without
winking, and has been in office ever since
“reconstruction”.
The South Carolina correspondent of
the New York Tribune also has suspicions
of a similar description. Ho writes as
follows:
Some of the Republicans who join in
the cry of "Down with the thieves,” are as
knavish as any thief in the lot; some of
the Conservatives have touched “the ac
cursed thing,” and others are eager for a
ckanco to lay their own hands upon it.
With a great many in both parties tho
object in view is not so much a change of
government as a change of men. Tho
honest negroes in tho late Columbia con
vention wero not those who wero loudest
in tho denunciation of Chamberlain; tho
voices of such wero scarcely heard at all.
Nor is honest government tho paramount
aim of tho Reform Republicans who are
about to hold a mass meeting in the in
terest of John P. Green. Personal feel
ing i3 at the bottom of the Republican
opposition to Chamberlain, and . Judge
Green is tbe candidate of that opposition
merely becauso they think they will find
in him a stick to break the head of the
Columbia nominee. I believe Chamber
lain is as honest as Green, and I know as
many honest Republicans support tho one
a3 the other, whilo tho superior ability of
Chamberlain must be generally conceded.
Our friends in South Carolina are sup
po3ed to have their eye-teeth fully cut by
this time, but if they don’t look very
sharp some of their hungry leaders and
newspapers will make thorn commit hari-
kari.
GLOOMY REPORT FROM THE
MEMPHIS COTTON DISTRICT.
Estimated Falling off of Forty-five
per cent, from East Year’s Crop.
Memphis, September 29.—The Com
mittee on Information and Statistics for
tho District of Memphis, make the fol
lowing report to the National Cotton Ex
change for September:
Gentlbmen—We respectfully submit
tho following report, condensed from tho
answers reeeived to the interrogatories
propounded by the National Cotton'Ex
change and the Memphis Cotton Ex
change, appertaining to the cotton crop
prospects of this district sent out dated
September 15. Our report is derived
from fifty-four responses from West
Tennessee, fifty-one from North Missis
sippi, thirty-four from Arkansas, northof
the Arkansas river, and ten from North
Alabama. Tho average date is the 20th
inst.
Questions.—1. What has been tho
character of the weather in your county
since August 20 ? 2. What effect bad it
upon tbe cotton plant ? 3. What dam
age, if anjr, ha3 been sustained from cat
erpillars or other causes to cotton in yonr
county? 4. Is there any serious appre
hension that they will do any damage
this season ? 5. With frost at tho usual
time, will the yield bo the same, greater
or less than last year in your county? 6.
When did picking generally commence
with you ? 7. State any material facts
in relation to picking, yield or other
points not covered by the foregoing ques
tions.
Responses.—1. 67 answer, dry and
warm; 66, generally dry with light local
showers; 14, abundant rains; too muoh
rain. 2. 61‘report tbe weather caused
serious shedding of fruit; 23, improved
growth of bolls; 27, second growth too
late for maturity; 81 report premature
opening of bolls; 7, report it damaged
open cotton by soiling and boating it out;
13 report crop not materially damaged
by weather. 3. All answer that no dam
age has been done by caterpillars. 4. All
answer no damage is apprehended from
caterpillars. 5. The average deprecia
tion of the yield below that of last year
is estimated at 45 per cent. 6. The av
erage commencement of tho picking sea
son wa3 August 5. 7. Responses to this
general question, asido from a repetition
of information derived through tho pre
ceding six questions, are, in the main,
that on upland plantations many of tho
crops are entirely open; that the upland
crop will, with good weather, bo har
vested by tho cud of October or Novem
ber 15j that on the uplands generally tho
bolls are small, the staple short and
light, and tho seed comparatively less.
In many instanco3 indifference is exhibi
ted on the part of the freedmen about
picking out tbo crop, they baving realized
all their interest in it by the advances
made by planters during tho cultivation.
In numbers of instances they having ac
tual;,)- abandoned the crop, great anxioty
i3 expressed in regard to tho future. In
many instances in addition to the failure
of the cotton crop, sufficient grain and
provender has not been made to winter
the stock or make bread for family sup
port.
BY TELEGRAPH.
Special to Telegraph and Messenger.]
Bainbbidge, Ga., October 1.
The largest political meeting ever held
in tho wire grass region took place here
toi-day. Over 4,000 people were present.
Speeches were made by the Hon. B. H.
Hill and General Gordon. A big barbe
cue was given, and everybody bad plenty
to eat.* One thousand negroes were pres
ent. Hill made one of bis great speeches,
and Gordon was eloquent, impressible
and strong. The speeches will be pro
ductive of much good here. Radicalism
in Decatur county and the Second Dis
trict is doomed. Great enthusiasm pre
vailed, but no disturbance occurred. Tbe
peoplo aro aroused, and the next poll will
seal the doom of thieves and plunderers.
R. M. J.
Washington, October 1.—Upon in
formation received by telegraph from
Richmond, Mayor Whitehead issued a
warrant at a lato hour last night for tho
arrest of Gen. Wm. Makone and Bradley
T. Johnson, on a charge of an intention
to engage in a duel. Mchone was arrest
ed at his hotel and bound over in the
sum of §10,000 to keep the peace for one
year—Col. Waller H. Taylor, Richard C.
Taylor and Benj. P. Loyall, becoming his
bondsmen. . Johnson was not found.
An address of Kellogg to the people of
the United States i3 published. He de
nies that no net authorizing the issue of
a bond has been passed during hi3 ad
ministration. The only bonds issued by
him were 576 and 125 of §1,000—author
ized by previous acts—tho first issuo be
ing mado obligatory by judgment of the
Supremo Court, and tho second under
advice of tho law officials of the State.
The floating debt of tho previous ad
ministration ha3 been reduced from §2,-
300,000 to $1,400,000. Since January 1,
1874, tho current receipts have been
within $67,000 of. the current expendi
tures. Wo have largely reduced the
State expenditures and confined them
strictly within the limits of our reve
nues, and wo have repealed over §8,000,-
000 of contingent liabilities.
All this has been effected by us without
aid from those who arrogantly claim to
represent all the virtue and intelligence
of the State, while contending against
violence within the Stato borders have
organized villiflcatiou abroad, and while
tho very existence of the government
wa3 being threatened.
Tho address gives a history of the
troubles in 1872—charging fraud in the
conduct of tho election and asserting
that McEnery never received a majority
of the votes cast.
St. Louis, October 1.—A convention of
steamboat men met at Linden Hotel to
day, with a full delegation from Cincin-
nati, Louisville, Pittsburg, Cairo, New
Orleans, Vicksburg, Evansville and St.
Louis.
Captain E. W. Gould stated that the
several object* of the convention were to
devise means to remedy existing evils in
steamboating and remove the embarrass
ments under which theso great interests
were suffering.
The convention organized by the elec
tion of R. H. Wolfolk, of Louisville, Pres
ident; Geo. H. Rea, of St. Louis, John
Cannon, of New Orleans, and John L.
Stockdale, of Pittsburg, Vice-Presidents;
J. H. Reese, of Pittsbnrg, and G. F.
Syke3, of St. Louis, Secretaries. A com
mittee on business was then appointed,
and the convention adjourned.
New York, October 1.—Dr. Seymour
accepts the Bishopric of Illinois.
Itis reported that tho New York Agen
cy of tho Bank of Montreal loses §250,-
000 by tbe failure of James Bishop & Co.,
of this city.
San Francisco, October 1.—Tho body
of Rev. John L. Stevens, a Methodist
missionary, murdered by a mob in March
last in the Mexican gtato of Jalisco,
reached hero yesterday.
Cbisfield, Md., 8 a. m., October If—A
firo broke out an hour ago in tho oyster
house of Joseph Calhoun. It is spread
ing rapidly and threatens to destroy tho
whole place.
Washington,October 1—Tho marriage
of Miss Maria Ewing Sherman, daughter
of General Sherman, to Mr. Thomas W.
Fitch, of tho engineer corps of the U. S.
navy, was celebrated at St. Aloysios Ro
man Catholic Church at 11 o’clock to
day, in the presence of a very largo com
pany of distinguished persons, among
whom wero tho President and Mrs.
Grant, members of tbe Cabinet now in
tho city, members of the diplomatic
corps, distinguished army and navy offi
cers in full uniform, and prominent citi
zens, nearly all accompanied by ladies.
Tho marriage ceremonies wero performed
by the Most Rev. Archbishop Parcell,
of Cincinnati, after which a nuptial mas3
was celebrated by that distinguished pre
late. The crowd at the church was im
mense, and .many were unable to gain
admittance. After tho ceremony at the
church, a wedding reception was held at
the residence of Gen. Sherman from 1 to
4 o’clock p.m. The newly married couple
left here at 6 o’clock this evening, for a
bridal tour North and We3t, and will
reach St. Louis about tbo 15th of Octo
ber, where they will reside. Their wed
ding presents wero numerous, and some
of them very valuable.
Nettleship, second in command to
Whiteley, has been bailed in $1,000 on
tho charge of burglary. They were
chiefs of the Federal secret service.
Judge Jame3 A. Abrams, of Sumter
county, Ala., i3 here. He says terror
reigns. Ho will not return until there is
some assurance of safety.
New York, October 2.—The mutual
friend has secured bail in §15,000. Anoth
er §15,000 is required from the unfortu
nate man who hc3 been trying to bridge
between tbe cuckold and tbo man that
harmed him.
A dispatch to the Pacific Mail Steam
ship Company this morning, from Hong
Kong, states that in a typhoon on the
21st ult, the steamship Alaska was blown
ashore, and is now on the rocks. Up to
the date of the dispatch she had made
no water and hopes were entertained that
she might be got off. The vessel is
valued at half a million and is unin
sured.
New Orleans, October 1.—The Re
publican convention of Orleans parish
will be held October 12th. The Repub
lican State Central Executive Committee,
lost evening ratified the conference agree
ment, with the amendment that in case
of a vacancy from death, or any other
cause, of a Republican member of tbe
Returning Board, a pledge should be ex
acted that a Republican be selected to
fill such vacancy. The same rulo is to
apply to the Conservatives. The Con
servative committee will meet October
5th, to tako action on agreement of the
conference committee,
Philadelphia, October 1.—In the
United States Circuit Court, Justice
Strong in the case of the Locomotive En
gine Safety Truck Company vs. the
Pennsylvania Railroad Company, involv
ing tho right of the latter to use a cer
tain flexible truck on their engines and
car3, has decreed that an infringement
is very clearly proven, and wo order
therefore tho injunction prayed for in
tho bill.
San Francisco, October 1.—The Ne
vada Independent StatejConvention, held
at Caraon lost night, made the following
nominations, which include seven Demo
crats, four Republicans and three Inde
pendents.
Saratoga, October 1.—Tho Grand Ho
tel is in flames and in great danger.
Saratoga, October 1, 2:35 p. m.—The
Grand Hotel fire ia under control. The
Union, Congress, Columbian, and Na
tional hotels aro ont of danger.
London, October 1.—This morning’s
Times denies the truth of the report re
cently current that the debts of the
Princo of 'Wales had been paid by the
Queen: i-j ...»
Washington, October 1.—This morn
ing, as the President and Mrs. Grant
were on their way, in a carriage, to St.
Aloyiiug Church to witness the marriage
of Miss Sherman, while riding along a
street near Eighth street, one of the
horses manageoin some way to get his
leg over the trace, and, becoming fright
ened, both animals dashed off at the top
of their speed, running np Eighth street
towards the fountain. Fortunately the
driver had sufficient presence of mind to
torn the horses across the foot pavement
and into the park, where they plunged
and. reared until driven against the iron
chain enclosing the pork, when one of
the horses fell violently, and the carriage
came to a sudden halt. The President
and Mrs. Grant at once descended from
the carriage, and the President went to
the footman’s aid, and together they
managed to quiet the frightened animals.
This done, the President and Mrs. Grant
concluded, as their carriage was badly
damaged, tbat tbe most expeditious way
of reaching the church was via the street
cars. They accordingly took a car and
arrived at tho church in ample time to
witness the marriage.
LOUISIANA.
A Patch-Work Attempt to Obtain a
Fair Election—Marshal Packard
Still Controls the Returning Board.
New Orleans, September 29.—The
following agreement was made and
signed at two o’clock this evening:
“ The undersigned announce the fol
lowing as tho result of their conference
between the committees of the two po
litical parties of the State of Louisiana:
" The committee representing the Con
servative people’s party, pledge them
selves to cease all violence and intimida
tion if any exists, to closo throughout tho
State and to assist tho constituted au
thorities in maintaining peace and insu
ring a strictly fair and impartial regis
tration and election; also the discontinu
ance of act3 and threats of personal vio
lence and all influences to control the
will of electors, and render assistance
and use every effort to subject to the pen
alties of the law all persons who may
commit acts of violence or conspire to do
tho same. ,
2. In order to guarantee a fair regis
tration and election, there is hereby con
structed and established on advisory
committee, composed of five members,
namely: Messrs. Albert Voorhies and E.
A. Burke, selected'by the representa
tives of the Conservative People’s party;
and Messrs. S. B. Packard and B. F.
Joubert, selected by the representatives
of the Republican party, and of an um
pire named Dr. M. F. Bonzano, who ha3
been jointly selected.
/ This advisory committee is to super
vise and carry out the registration
throughout the State on behalf of all
parties to the full extent of suggesting
changes in the registration officers and
the manner of conducting and carrying
on the registration, Gov. Kellogg, in the
interest of a fair and impartial registra
tion of his own accord, pledging himself
to act upon the advice and suggestion
of the advisory committee so long as
such advice and suggestions were in
consonance with and permitted by the
existing laws of the State.
3. It is agreed that two persons shall
he named by the Republicans from the
Conservative People’s party, who shall be
elected according to law to fill two va
cancies, which shall he created by resig
nation in the Returning Board within
twenty days. D. F. Kenner,
For Conservative Com. of Conference.
A. A. Atocha,
For Republican Com. of Conference.
The following named gentlemen were
tho two committees who have been acting
as a committe of conference:
John McEnery, D. B. Penn, B. F. Jonas,
Samuel Chappin, Albert Voorhies, D. F.
Kenner, C. Baird, G. W. Nott, D. S. Cage,
committee representing the Conservative
party.
W. P. Kellogg, S. B. Packard, A. A.
Atocha, B. F. Flanders, Jas. Lewis, O. F.
Blandin, W. G. Brown, B. F. Joubert,
committee representing the Republican
party.
NOT MUCH GAINED.
Tho political complexion of the Advi
sory Committee is as follows: Voorhies
is*a last-ditch Democrat; Burks, a Liberal
Republican and an avowed third-termer;
Packard, Joubert and Bonzano ore Fed
eral officials. The Conservatives gener
ally think they have gained bat little by
the conference agreement.
Tbe Spectre of the Bose.
FROM THE FRENCH OF THEOPHILE GAUTIER.
Tho original begins:
“Souleve ta paupiere close,
Qu’eHleuro un songe virginal!”
Those slumbering lids unclose
Where pure dreams hover so light!
A spectre am I—tho Hose
That you wore at the ball last night.
You took me, watered so lato
3Iy leaves yet glistened with dew:
And amid tho starry feto
'You boro me tho evening through.
il.
O lady, for whom I died.
You cannot drive me away!
My spectre at your bedside
Shall dance till the dawning of day.
Yet fear not, nor make lament,
Nor breathe sad psalms for my rest!
For my soul is this tender scent,
And I como from the bowers of the Blest.
How many for deaths so divine
Would have given their lives away!
Was never sach fate as mine—
For in death on your neck I lay!
To my alabaster bier
A poet came with a kiss:
And he wtote, “A rose lies here,
But Kings might-envy its bliss.”
Francis David MOrice.
[Macmillan's Magazine.
For Death ho zealously prepared.
Nor wished to bo tho trial spared;
The moment came, tho Death ho met.
And joyful paid great nature’s debt;
Clasped in tlie arms of Death ho lay
Nor wished a resurrection day.
Narrow Gauge Railroads.—The Rail
road Journal pute the total length of all
thenarrow-gaugo railroads in the United
States at twelve hundred and thirty-three
milc3. To this may bo added three hun
dred and eighty miles of narrow-gauge
road in tbe British Provinces, making a
total of sixteen hundred and thirteen
mile3 in the United States and British
Provinces. Tho mileage projected, but
not actually built, or upon which work
has not yet commenced, is four thousand
four hundred and eighty-seven. The nar
row-gauge lines built or projected in this
country are all short, - tbe longest—the
Denver and the Bio Grando Railroad—
having one hundred and sixty-four miles
actually constructed and eight hundred
and seventy mile3 projected. Bnt no less
than twenty-four lines measure three
miles, and are under twelve miles in
length. About twenty-five miles seems
to be the average length of the narrow-
gauge. -
The latest Southern convert to the Third
Term movement is Mr. James Lyons, of
Virginia, a Democrat so vehement in his
faith that he repudiated the nominee of
his party in 1872, spat upon the plat
form, and could only be comforted by
O’Conor. He has found that Alexander
Hamilton was in favor of a third term,
and announces tbat Mr. James Lyons is.
Now York Tribune.
Lyons ought to come down here and
pay that *.‘Jeffersonian Democrat,” Jack
Brown, a visit. He might learn from
him how to mako his “Jeffersonian
Democracy” so harmonize with Radical
ism as to win him the social equality
nomination for Congress by the negroes
of bis district.
Financial and Comm^
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Low middling 1st
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Stock on hand Sept. 1,187i.„
Received to-day —Utts
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receipts to-day sWwTtthtaSS
1, aggregating 056 bales—i w bv „ , 01 fte
wagon. Tho shipments were KSteu 181
i. ies ; sales
Shipped today.
Shipped previously.
Stock on hand this evening.........
, . COMPARATIVE STATEMENT
Received to-dav. Bx *
Received corresponding daylntywtT
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C.507- S.1HJ
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El33i ~530i
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Difference in favor of this year....
Received since Sept. 1, 1$74 “ 1
Received same time last year ' •**“ i«B
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Difference in favor of this year... ——
Stock on hand to-dav ——1,157
Stock on hand same time list year
-MS
Difference in favor of last year
Macon Market Report
Lard Id.
Syrup 55@90.
M0LASSE3 42|a45.
Salt—Liverpool $145; Virginia s; io
Wool—Unwashed 31: washed 40.
LATEST TELEGRAPHIC 3IABKEi§
Financial.
loans nt2}? ExehangeTiong4S5fcAort ISM'S?
at
bondsl
Bank Statement: Loans increased
Specie decreased 5500,000. Legal ter-kw!
creased $1,750,000. Deposits increased
Reserve decreased $1,750,000. "
London—Eries aha
Paris—Rentes G2f43e.
Midnight—Sis IS; 62s 12}; 61s 15; 63slP-r»
15H 67s 17; 68s 17; new 5s 121:KMOsllt *'
Tennessees 74: new 74; Virginias 55- «
consols 58}; dePd 9}; Louisiana 22- new”v'
ees 6s 22; 8s 25; Alabama 8s 45; Es 80: Geon*E
78; 7s 89; North Carolines 20}; new libfSJu
tax 5; South Carolinas 20; new 17; ArmTSi
October 17. • . f u
New Orleans—New York sight par. St,>.7.,
533. Gold 9}. -
Cotton.
- Noon r? otto 7' sales w* uplands
151: Orleans 152; market weak and imgolai
Futures opened quiat and easy, u foiiowi'.
tober 151-I6al5h November lBfsunj. ru*™!
her 15 9-S2&15 5-16; January lsfcij S-IS;’ UtnS-
ry 15 S*16&15l.
Evening—Net receipts 485; grow 6Wi- ow
544 bales; middling uplands 15|; middling orleuu
15}; market weak.
Futures closed steady: sales 28A)0 bales, u fob
lows: October 1513-16; November 15 S-S2»li‘- nL
cemberl59.82; January 15H1517-32; Febnun
1513-lflalS 27-32; March 16^185-32; April 16 lS-Si-
Hay 1611-16416}-, June 1615-16&17.
The cotton market throughout theveekhu
been excited and variable; the contained coiar
in September deliveries haring been the sum
disturbing element. The clutification alaohri
an unavoidable influence, and taking everythisg
into consideration the business for the week ha
not been satisfactory.
Baltimore—Cotton, net recetpt* -; grooift
exports castwise 40-. sales 106; spinners 25;itock
—; millings 15; low middl nes 14b good r.niim.
ry 14: market dull.
New Orleans—Cotton, net receipts 2020; gras
2846: exports to Great Britain —, ccastwue N;
sales 2000; last evening —, stock 28.092; mid.
dlings 14}; low middling 14}; good ordinsry 131;
market firm; active demand.
Wilmington—Cotton, net receipts US: exports
coastwise —; sales—; stock 1117; middlings H;
low middlings 18}: market steady. ^
Augusta—Cotton, middlings Hfc net receipt:
9S2 bales: sales 793; market firm.
Savasnah—Cotton.net receipts 2905; gros: 2905;
exports coastwise —; sales 512; stock —;
middlings 14}; low middlings IS!; good ordinary
13}: market irregular.
Charleston—Cotton, net receipts 2755; gross
—; exports coastwise 1559; sales 1000; stock —;
middlings 14}; low middling 14k Good ordinsry
131: market tinner.
Mobile—Cotton, net receipts 1033; exports
coastwise 118; to continent —t sales GOC: stock
—; middlings 14}; low middlings 1SV, good ordi
nary 13}; market strong.
Boston—Cotton, net receipts —; gross H7;
sales SCO; stock 8000; middlings 16[; market
quiet and steady.
Norfolk—Cotton, net receipts 1574; eipris
coastwise 157; sales —, stock-w low middling
14}: low middling 14}; good ordinary 13}; market
dull.
Liverpool — Noon. — Cotton, sales 15X00
bales, including 4000 for export and spccuhtiu;
uplands 8; Orleans 8}aS{; market firm.
Thototalsalesof yesterday were 20,000 bale* tf
which S000 were after the regular close ot the
market.
Sales on a basis of middling uplands, notma?
below good ordinary, deliverrble October 715-14
same, nothing below low midaling, shipped Octo
ber and November, 715-16.
Sales of American to-day 7600 bales.
3:00 p. ii—Sales on a basis of middling uptaMi
nothing below good ordinary, shipped October
and November.8. _
Produce.
'New York—Noon—Flour steady. Wheat qrid
Coni steady. Pork heavy; mess 22 65. Iardfe
steam 14al4}. Turpentine heavy at 36sS6}. Rsz
heavy at 2 40a2 45 for strained. Freight: staff.
Evening—Flour,southern quiet and uDclurme
common to fair extra 5 lOaC 00; good to choice
aS 75. Wheat less active and ln2 lower, Mel
export and speculative demand; new winter iri
western 1 So.il 22; old 120; new amber w#
122al 23; white western 12Sal 40. Com dccdaCj
firmer, better export and home trade-, vote*
mixed, in store HM5}, afloat 95|a97, chidy
96}; IiiSh mixed and yellow western 90is97}. G*
fee Arm; Rio 15}o20} gold. Sugar firm. Rice to
Tallow firm at S}aS}. Rosin firm at 2 45. Tur
pentine firmer at 36}aS7. Pork firmer, newmes
22 63. Beef unchanged. Lard firm; prime itou
14}al4|. Whisky at 110. Freights dull; cotta
per steam iaS-16.
Louisville—Flour unchanged; snpernnejs
■4 25; extra 4 23a4 75; extra family 5 OOu*
No. 15 75: fancy G 25aC S3. Corn quiet »t SSS
Pork, none in market. Bacon, shoulders 1ft do:
rib sides 15}; clear sides 16; hams, sugar-enra
vnl . m T .1 WAV Kwr.i• gtl Uk
Thebe is an amusing dispatch, says
tho New York Herald, in reference to a
.United States official in the South, who,
feeling it his duty to interfere with the
public display of a Confederate flag, has
been rebuked by the attorney-general for
his officiousness. The government holds
that in time of peace a citizen may adorn
his dwelling with any colored bunting
that pleases him. If this bunting takes
the form of the old Confederate flag, it ia
his private concern, and not that of the
government.
U jUlC i-Ml-ki, tto IU MClkill. , ..
Cincinnati — Flour quiet; family 5 1j« j
Com linn at 84aS6. Perk nominal. Laid dj*
summer 13}. Bacon in limited jobbing desnij}.
shoulders 9}. clear rib sides IS}; clear side: »•
Whisky steady at 103. ,
St. Louis—Flour in fair demand; wr or ?u
winter 3 50a3 75. Com firm; No. 2 miuJK
e’egator 83. Whisky steady at 104. Fork -
22 50. Bacon lower; shoulders 9}a9}-, deal_n:
sides 15}; dear sides 15}. Lard Qd>et;_summer i
Baltimore—Flour firm and quiet; Hc»»“
street and western superfine 40Wlt el Kj„ e
5 00a5 25; family 5 50a6 73; City Mills ■*•*!!
4 00a4G0; extra 500U523: Rio 6 IQstWjMk
extra075a875. Wheatfiraenbo-lred
112al 25; No. 2 1 2Sal 28;.^ rejected 1W
amber western 124al i*. whito western l ap *-
Bed Maryland 125al 38; amber 185*1
120al 85. Com dull; white southern lM®
yellow southern 105; mixed JWjJjjK
Oats firmer, southern western mixed tJ®;
western white 63a6A. Rve ft i.
quiet; Maryland and Pennsylnnia iswbxw w
dull and drooping. Lard nomm»b , 3oo .
New Orleans—Flour, fair B
bla extra4 76: treble extra
7 00. Com dull; mixed and white “‘“'VJj at j*
100. Bran quiet at 115al 20. qO.
65. Hay quiet; prime 24 00a25M; chmce
Dry salted meats, *hou)dere stead? « -*j
dull at 24 00. Bacon dull: shoulders 101:.™“, 1S
aides 15}; dear sides 16: hmru dull; lf .
IS}; choice 14}alS}. Lard,'light supplj.FSSm.
keg 16}. Sugar, yellow clarified. 19jal»b
sea none in market. New Louisiana f ^.
scarce; sales at 70. Wbistar.
em 107al 07}. Coffee quiet; fair to prime
Com meal dull: fresh 4 25. a t J5
Wilmington—Spirits turpsnbneStron^ j
Rosin dull; strained 2 20; No. 2 * o^ncatioe
2 25; No. 14 00; low pale 5 50. Crude turn® ^
firm; hard 160; yellow dip and virgin - ”■
firm at 2 00. , , jjs.
Liverpool—Bread stuffs stauly.
Cheese 66s. Lard 65s. Refined petroleum
10s6d. _
The Eve of Karrlage Attended wH* 1
Perplexities.
“I wants <lem papers changed.” ,
venerable looking darkey, as herhf“
precipitately into the County
Clerk’s office yesterday evening. J
papers,” asked the Clerk.
see, boss, when I came hero on . “Vjj.
last, I took out a pair of
cense to marry a widow with three ^
dren, and returning homo ^ * oun
young gal who said she had a P ,.
claim, and if I didn’t have her, .
make it too hot for me to live
neighborhood, so I have come *■
way to town to-day to have them
changed.” The clerk intimated tna,
was impossible to change the record, ^
if he had made up his mind w>,"rV
the hymenial altar the young and (
in;, damsel instead of the widow,
and forty.” with three chndrcjb - t
would ha vo to take a new license. ,
do that, boss; there ain’t three _ j
difference in the case, and 1 r „ rrjje
better stick to first principles.
old darkey then vamoosed with in* ^
pair of license.—YosArOb* Vmon «-
America* dOth instonf.
