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MACON, TUESDAY, AUGUST 12,1879.
Volume LIY-lNX) 82
BY TELEGRAPH.
Havana, August 3.—Sugar—business
rt tbet doll. The reduced stock of de-
lirnble classes induced holders’ preten-
tios* to advance. Q rotations of suitable
•nears cl»ted quarter real per arrobe
hieher. Nambeia ten to twelve ds 1}
to eight reals in gold per arrobe.
Numbers fifteen to twenty ds 8} to 10
reals Molasses sugar numbers .7 to 10
iV 6$ to 6J reals. Muscovado
•near common to fair 6J to
61 reals. Oentritugal sugars num-
bers 11 to 13 boxes and hogsheads,
beads, 8* to 6J reals. Stock in the ware
house in Havana and Matanzas 8-.700
boxes, 66 700 bags and 63.000 hog^ds.
Eoceipttt ror tbe week, 4,300 5)0X98, ol«>
bass and 1,150 boghead*. Exports for
t bS week. 8.757 boxes, 3,200 bags and
g 260 bo^btf<ide } including GOO 03189,
X630 bags and 3 960 hogsheads to the
United Sratfe. Tobacco steady. Span
ish eotd. 215} (O 216. Exchange weak.
Gai-v*' t - ,i, » Aagust 3—A epsctsl to
the New* from Arlicgron says deputy
United dates Marshal George White and
ntrty, witn ttieir prisoner, “rim Alford,”
Vbile m route for Port Worth, were at
tacked by three of A.ford’s brothers, and
‘ in the skirmish whioh ensued White was
shot in the groin, and perhaps fatally
wounded. Two ot the Alfords were
wounded, but they retouedthe prisoner
§od eiiOjp^d.
Tubnxb*b Falls, Mass., August 3.—
One of the rotating boilers in Montague’s
paper mill here exploded about 11 o clock
on Saturday evening, killing one man and
slightly wounding two others.
London. Aug. 3 —A correspondent of
the observer at Vienna, announces that
Arch dicnees, Coriitioe and her mother
bAVe left for Bissritz, where it is believed
they willlbe vieited by the King of Spain,
The Observer, in its financial article,
asuonnets that in Prance, shares in Lea-
■ep’s Panama Canal scheme, aro at two
francs di-coant, and remarks that there
is not likely to be any demand for them
in EBgland.
Herr Von Lucias, now minister of agri
culture, polled 505 votes in the election for
member of Reichstag, Herr Tralgera,
(progressist) 2,267 and Horr Kspsell
(social democrat) 1 643.
London, August 3.—It was reported
in the city yesterday that a large firm in*
the Eist India trade had gone into liqui
dation, with liabilities amounting to
about $300,000, Their losses nre said to
have been mainly on coffee in Ceylon.
A dispatch from Capo Town,da ted July
15, via Madeira, says General Orealock’s
cavalry have burned Oudini and
Magweadl ou tba eastern line of the Brit
ish advance. D Aulmatzy, Cetewayo’s
brother, ond several other important
chiefs, have surrendered to Lord Casinos
ford.
Tho movement of ttoops retiring from
the n-ignborhocd of Blnnehi was expect
ed to be retarded by the heavy rains and
increasing transportation dif5onl i*-s,
which would prevent any readvance this
season, even if such a movement was ne
cessary.
Ekow is to be reoccupWd. The naval
brigade has been re-em barked for E og-
land. Toe volunteers who wero origi
nally raised for the campaign against Se-
cocceni have been ordered into positions
between Port Wtb=r and Derby to the
north of Z iluland so as to cut off Cete-
wayo’s retreat northward and prevent
raids by the Zulus in the neighborhood
of Intombi and Assegai river?.
Puff Adder, an important chief on the
northern border of Cape Colony, has been
captured.
Bio Jane mo, August 3.—Exahanga on
London 19} i. Coffee good, firsts 6300
<jolf>0 Rsis per ten Kilos. Market qui
et, with downward tendency.
Nsw York, August 3.—A cable spe
cial from Berlin says: “Telegrams re
ceived in this city to-day from Stockholm
announce that Steamer Vega, with the
Arotic explorer, Nordenskjold, on board
has Lira treed from ice, and has safely
passed Behring strait.”
Nasct. August 3.--An enormous
crowd was present to-day at the unveil
ing of the statue of ex-President Theirs.
M. De. Marcere, Minister of the Interi
or, declared in his -pooch on the occasion
that the Government was resolved to re
main true to the coble ideas of M.
Thiers, namely a Conservative Republic,
guarding the national traditions and just
influence of Prance in Europe and in the
whole woild.
M. Jules Simon dwelt upon the firm
ness of M. Thiers iu resisting even his
own party when bis liberal conservative
conviotions wero touched. M. Simon
concluded by say log: “France la saved!
She possesses forever a Republican Gov
ernment and liberty to think, teaoh and
write. She has issued from a oombat.
It ie f'eoeesary for her either to vanquish
her enemies or to rea-.enre them that the
definitive form cf the involution of 1870
is a Conservative L b- ral Republic, each
as M. Thiers created ”
M. Marti), Pre-id nt of the Senate,
also spoke. The speech of M. Simon is
interesting as justifying hia resistance of
M. Jules Perry’s educational policy by
pointing to the example of M. Tniera.
M. Simon has been accused by the Gam*
bettists of intending to m ike a bid for
the Premiership at the Nancy demon
stration.
Vienna, August 3 —Tho evacuation of
Bulgaria is completed.
Et. PsTaaiBono, August 3 —The Qolos
says permanent occupation of tterr would
necessitate simultaneous operations from
Tuikistan and Caucasus, and ts no spe
cial preparations are being made in
Amor Daria, it appears that Russia does
not intend to complete the subjection of
Tekkcs. It is neoessary, in view of the
English successes in Afghanistan, to form
a base on the Persian border, in csss E i
gland 3honld wish to take Herat.
Cap* Town, Jaly 15.—Tho colonial
ministers have informed the Assombly
that they do not consider the present an
opportune time for giving effect to tho
recommendation of the home government
in favor of a confederation, but that they
would take steps a3 soon as peace is re
stored. The action of the Cape govern
ment is generally approved
London. Aug. 4 —To-day being holi-
d*Ti tho Bank of England »nd S o^k Ex
than go will be closed and there will be no
quotation of prices.
There was a storm of extraordinary se
verity in the valley of the Thames and
other parts of England on Saturday
high*; which can fll immerse injury to
the growing crops. The damage by ram,
hail and inundation will be Irrevocable
this season. L ms of live stock is serious.
A dispatch to the Daily Telegraph from
Cape Town says: Chief Morisi has sub
mitted. The present trouble with the
BasntC’3, therefore, is settled, bat maoh
discontent still exists.
It U feared there will be n sevsrc
famine next year in Znlnlsnd. It is now
seed time, and no lands being sown,
while maoh seed has been destroved and
mmy oaule been seized. •*
Rumors are lire of impcrding trouble
in the Transvaal. Itisfeand th&t if <ho
colonial Ministers iake energy Ho i~ ji-
urw with regard to lhat province an im
mediate *is-orbsnc3 wilieneuo. Tne sn-
noRksccicut of tho dispatch of doo’cs ana
the approaebing visit of St G tract
Wolesley have probably disquieted the
Boers.
London, August 4.—The severest storm
known here for many years raged in sev
eral pariB of England, and especially in
the Valley of the Thames on Saturday
night. The storm was attended by fall
of nail-stones, some of whtoh were five
inches in oironmferenca.
The damage to glass in places immedi
ately around London, amounts to thou
sands of pounds sterling. In a great part
of Bedfordshire the bay crop ha9 been
completely swept away, and many oatlte.
New Market and its neighborhood are
fl loded. The rain fall in Backiagham-
ahiro is estimated at seventy-two tons per
acre. Damages by fljoda and lightntng
are also reported from Cambridge Nor-
folk, Gailfords, Leicester, Bath and Win
chester.
The Wealeyan Conference of Birming
ham his adopted a report in favor of an
Ecumenical Conference, as proposed by
the American Wesleyans, and appointed
a commutes to make arrangements for
the meeting.
London. August 4.—Steamer City of
Cnesrer left Liverpool yesterday (Sunday)
for Queenstown to take Cby of Rich
mona’s passengers and mails for New
York, delayed by an accident to the ma
chinery of the latter.
A dispatch from Beilin to tho Stan
dard confirms the report received st
8 ookholm that Professor Nordenskjold
having got dear of ice has passed Bah
ring Sirait and tbu3 accomplished the
northeast passage.
A dispatch to the Times from Port
Dunford, dated July I3th, cays King
Cetewayo, when leaving the battlefield
told bis chiafa to look to their own
safety and to seek termB of peace as
beet they could. His army is broken up,
the nation is dispersed and the King is a
fugitive. .
Ziluiand will probably be divided into
three or four principalities, each under
the rule of an independent native.
Cetewayo’s brother, Oitam, will receive
his own torritory under this arrangement.
Pbovidxncs, A I., August 4—la the
United States Circuit Court to-day Judge
Howell’s opinion was given in tho equity
suit of William S. Hoyt v?. Ames A.
Sprague et a!., and Charles G. Fcanklyn
et al. vs. same. The bill was dismissed
with costs. This decision relieves A. and
W. Spragues’ estate of claim *, which if
sustained, would have absorbed nearly
tbe whole property.
Wheeling, W. Va. August 4 —A fire
broke out at Volcano, a town of 2 000
inhabitants in Wood county iu this State,
early this morning aud is still raging
fiercely. Half the town is now in ashes,
and it is probable the flames will not be
stayed until there is nothing lefefor them
to teed upon, as water cannot be had ia
anything like a sufficient quantity to
quench an ordinary fire.
At tee present writing all the stcr s,
hotels, warehouse?, the telegraph otfico
and depot are destroyed. Among the
stores burned are Graham, Smith & Co.,
Jackson & Gould, Samnel Thompson,
Jackson, V7. C. Salts, J. R. McGill,
post-offioe and store. Several of these
bouses carry vary large stocks of goods.
Many of the warehouses are storad with
oil.
As every house in town fs built of wood
it is almost certain that the entire town
will be coasnmed.
It is estimated here that tbs loss will
reash folly a hundred tnonsand dollars
and probably mare. Tbe fire is sup
posed to be the work of au incendiary.
Memphis, August 4.—Five new cases
of yellow fever were reported to tho Board
of Health this morning. Oats death has
occurred—Jonas Downey. Key. Father
Doyle is reported worse this morning.
Father Fahey continnes to improve.
Rev. Father William Walsh, who Dr
ived from New York, has assumed con
trol of Camp Father Mathew, and be
gan active work among those of his faith.
The weather is very warm and sultry.
New Orleans, August 4 —New oases
cf Mrs. Howell and son. of 119 Washing
ton street, were reported by tbe Board of
H'-altb as yellow fever. The patients are
reproving.
New O.ilians, August 4.—About hair-
past ten o’olook this morning, as General
Badger wa3 ascending one of the side en
trance stairways from the lower floor to
tbe main bnilding of the Oastom House,
he was suddenly met by William Brown,
ex-metropolitan policeman, who, with the
remark “Tve got you now,” drew a re
volver and fired at the head of the col
lector. Seeing the man’s movement,
Collector Badger oaught his arm and di
verted the shot ever bis shoulder, and
then took the pistol sway from Brown
and threw it below. B.uwn lost a teg on
the 14th of September, 1874, under
Badger. He was among Bradg-ir’s first
appointees as postmaster. Becoming
ocllactor, Badger left Brown in the p-st-
office, where be failed to remain. Tbe
collector thinks Brown was crazed by pov
erty, and seems unwilling to proseou e
him. Brown evidently thinks General
Badger ebonld have given him a plies in
tbe Custom House.
Boston, August 4 —It it. W. H. H.
Murray, a well known divine of this
city and editor of the Golden Dti'e, ha3
become Insolvent and his property has
been attached for debt. He left tho city
some days ago for Chicago. The failure
causes much comment.
St. Lc-dis, Auguit 4 —Health Com
missioner Fx&nols issued a spatial order
this morning to qnorantieo offirers o
hereafter stop at that station, every
steamer from ports below Cairo,to report
eaoh arrival to him and to relearn no
vassal exoept open bis order.
No new oases of fever have developed
at quarantine, nor are there any an-pi-
oioos ones known to bo in the ot>y. Toe
weather is getting excessively warm again
and sfever.I mild cases of eunatroka oo-
olined joateiday. The meranry reached
j-tneiy-aeven yesterday st 2 o’clock and
to-day ranged from ninety-fgur to ninety-
eight on the principle business eireot-.
PATSSiBTRO, Va„ August 4.—Maggie
Trans, a colored woman living with
James Rose, also colored, a farmer of
Sasser County, was brutally murdered
last Friday morning, together with their
child by aa unknown negro and a colored
woman, to whom Rose bad -previously
been married. Res?, himself, was away
from home at the time and taking ad
vantage of his absence, the negro entered
the house, shot Maggio Tinns dead and
the woman who accompanied him
chopped off tbe infant’s head with a
spade. Too donble murder was not dis
covered until Rise’a return Siturday
evening.
Mobil*, August 4 —Tho first bale of
now cotton was received to day from
Wilt os county, Alabama. It was classed
low middling, and sold for twelve cents
to E. V. George & Bre., for shipment to
Havre. The crop accounts arc generally
good, but damage from continuous rains
is apprehended. There is lo yellow fever
her?.'and the city ia healthy.
L;n».n, August 4—Special dispatches
from South Afrlos agree that the qsp.are
of Ceitewsyo isjill-impor.tsnt, biosnee as
long as he is free he will remain rao cen
tre of Use oouspiraoy and mieohiof. Gen
eral Wolseley, however, has no intention
cf panning himwi’b British troops, as
the nature cf the oobn’rv render* each c
ooarse iropraaiicabl' Hia policy rather
m >o a Ur *p the neighboring tritee against
»ks Kiog. Agists have bora sect to
a — -nUt* i oh!
in view and five thousand oatUe have
b3en offered to Obam if he will capture
bis bro.her. General Wolseley has sum
moned all native ehiefs to mest him
Em&ngeni, Jaly 19tb, to hear the final
termB or settlement. A flying oolnmn has
started for that place to prepare for the
meeuog, and General Wolseley and staff
will soon follow.
Quebec, August 4—The li'.oerujs held
a meeting Saturday night, and presented
the Lieutenant Governor Little with ad
dresses of sympathy. Hon. Messrs. Har
lem, Rivero and Irovler were present and
addressed tbe meeting.
8t. Paul, August 4.—A special to the
Pioneer Press says three persons, John
Thomas, Mary Harisoa and an Italian
mustoiau named Frano Da Lucas, were
drowned by the upsetting of a. pleasure
boat In the Mississippi above La Croix
last night.
San Francisco, August 4—Geo. P.
Rogers and Walter 8. Slyer were drowned
by tbo tipsetting of a boat while fishing
in Like San Andress yesterday.
We3Tchebtsb, Pa., August 4.—The
town of MarsballtoD, fonr miles from
here, was thrown into great exoitement
this morning by the simultaneous
oreaklng out of five incendiary fires in
different parts of the town. Attempts
wero made to fire three or fonr other
buildings with kerosene oil, bnf failed.
The buildings destroyed were mostly
barns and stables. There is no clue to
the incendiary.
Ogden, Utah, August 4—A report
Siturday that Geo. Q. Cannon, Brigham
Yonog, Jr., and Albert Covington, exec
utors of Brigham Young’s estate, had
given bonds and been released, was a
mistake. They failed to g.ve bonds,
and were sent to the penitentiary to-dsy.
Jno. Taylor gave bond and was released
The newly appointed Chief Justice, Hunt
er, arrived at bait Like Oity to-day. Tne
funeral of Joseph Standing, the Mormon
elder murdered io Georgia, was largely
attended yesterday, but no excitement
prevailed.
Atlantic Citt, Anjnsfc 4.—Lewis
Mayer of Philadelphia, and Joseph H.
Jones, of Conshoeck, a Pennsylvanian,
wero drowned hero to«day while bathing.
Caps Mat, August 4—An unknown
excursionist who arrived hero this even
ing, was drowned about 3 o’clock while
bitning.
Chablottsville, Va., August 4.—Ool.
G B. Young, former editor of New Or
leans Price Current, died here this after
noon.
London, Augnit 4.—In the House of
Commons to-day, the Cbancellor of the
Erohtquer, replying to a question as to
whetber the ex-Kbedive plundered Egypt
of six millions on hia departure, stated
he had heaid unofficially that the Khe
dive had ordered a large amoant of prop
erty to be taken on board his vacht.
Havana, August 4.—The Diaris says
the decision of tho United States Assist
ant Secretary of the Treasury, French,
relative to sugars is unlawful, as it is not
dictated by a legislative power. The
Dixris recommends a friendly remon
strance on the part of Spain, and says it
ia snre the United States will annul the
decision, the fact having bsen proven
that the Cuban planters are not coloring
sugars artificially.
Onehnnlred and thirty-eevea deaths
from yellow fever occurred in Havana
last week, being an increase of twenty
from the week before. The total number
of deaths in Havana from y?llow fever
daring the month of July is 537 against
504 for the same month last year. Since
tbe beginning of the year 857 deaths
from yellow fever have occurrtd here
against 815 for tho same time las: year,
London, August 4.—A Reuter dispatch
from Constantinople reports that Fuad
Paeha will start for Alexandria tc-day
with the Firman, investing Tewfik Pasta
with authority &3 Khedive.
London, August 4.—It is reported
from Luneburg thatCstewayos, with sev
en thousand follower?, is endeavoring to
escape across the northern border to join
Secvcoeni. The authorities aro keeping
a good look ont for him. Jno. Dovin
and other well Informed parties think
there is great probability that Cetewayo
will be killed b; his followers if he con
tinues to give trouble. AU of the Z alas
wounded at tbe battle of Ulolandi, were
killed by tbe native contigent in tho em-
ploy.of the Boitisb.
Capetown, August 4.—Thos. McLean,
late Astronomer Royal, i3 dead.
Atlanta, August 4.-—The special
committee appointed to prepare articles
of impeachment against W. L. Goldsmith,
Comptroller General, reported this morn
ing sixteen aiticles upon whioh they re.
commend that he be presented at the bar
of the Senate. The charges cover, among
other matters, an alleged defalcation of
over $11,000. This created eorno sensa
tion, as the character cf the Comptroller
General stood above reproach. Tbe
House ordered the necessary preliminary
proceedings, which will be poshed for
ward without delay.
Memphis, August4—Fifteen raw cases
ia all were reported to the Board of
Health to-day. Among them are Absalom
Boyd and wife, Fred and Robert Holland
er, Mrs. George Gelz and son, Catherine
Larkin, Michael and Kate Holly. One ad
ditional death has oocnrred, Rev. Father
Doyle, a Catholic Priest;, who oama to
Memphis last December to ceenmo the
charge of Fitzpatrick Chnrch, at oorner
of Desota and Linden streets. He bad
taken qnito an active part in tho work of
moTing bis people ont of the city to
Camp Fathew Mathews. He wa3 pros
trated with the fover last Thursday, and
was progressing favorably until yester
day afternoon, when, during the tempo*
raty absence of bis nurse, ho arose from
his bed, and was found by the attending
physic an working at hia desk. A re
lapse was the result of this indiscretion,
which resulted in his death at 4 o’clock
this afterncoo. The deceased was thirty
years old, aud was formerly located at
Jackson, Tennessee.
Wheeling, West Virginia, August 4.
—A ppsoiil to the Intelligencer says ths
tiwn of Volcano was destroyed by fire this
morning. The fire originated in the
stone building of Thompson & Barnes,
t was discovered abont fonr o’clook. The
flames spread rapidly and reaching some
oil tanks, they canght fire and bnrst, the
burning oil rncnlog through the streets
and setting fire to the bnildings on both
sides. 630 barrels of oil were bnrned,
ten stores, the post-office, railroad
depot, telegraph office, hotel. Walking
Beam printing office, 9 dwelling houses,
West Virginia Transportation Office.
Smith’s boiler works, one pumping sta
tion and several other small bnildings.
Nearly everything is a total lose, as al
most the enrire contents of the stores
and dwellings were consumed for want
of time to remove them. The fire was
undoubtedly the work of an incendiary.
There ware two attempts made a short
time ago to burn the town, and since
that time a watchman I was pat on all
night, and had just gone eff duty when
tho fire was discovered. The total loss
will reach $75,000 sad the insurance, as
near as can bo ascertained, $13.GC0,
Surstta ind Ax<onzas, with this jobfos the kitebsn Con •.
Oinekmati Commercial.!
Ths trouble with too many young folks
who think about marrying is that they want
to commence fcouiekeej iag wl’b embrodered
BAtin napkius instead of the oil tctrsl behind
STATE LEGISLATURE.
Impeachment ot Comtproiler
Goldsmith.'
THE SENATE.
Atlanta, Ga., August 4th, 1879.
The Senate met at 10 o’olook, and was
called to order. After prayer the roll was
oalled and the journal of Friday read and
approved. The proceedings were mostly
routine, and no important matters carao
before the body.
THE HOUSE.
Tho House mot pursuant to adjourn
ment—Speaker Bacon in the chair. After
thensnal preliminary exsrolses, the read
ing cf bills tho first time was proceeded
with and a number of bills were read
and appropriately referred.
Among the bills passed was one antbor-
iaing the Bibb Oonnty Commissioners to
purchase the Wiley turnpike. Tois bill
has passed its third reading in the House,
and now goes to the Senate.
At 12 o’clock the report of the com
mittee of thirteen appointed to investi
gate the charges against Comptroller
Goldsmith was taken up on motion of
Mr. Phillips, of Cobb.
The report was made in three distinct
parts, aud included sixteen counts against
the Comptroller. Th8 majority report
was read first, by Mr. S. W. Small, clerk
of the committee.
Among the charges were the follow
ing, and which are the most important:
The Comptroller is charged with an
embezzlement of $11,000 of the funds
derived from the State for wild lends.
With speculating in wild lands through
his brother-in-law Thomas L. Swift; with
altering and falsifying the records of the
effi-e through his clerks, James L. Gold
smith and Allen J. Bell, be being privy to
the transaction; with taking illegal
ousts for wiid land ii. fas.; with de
positing fnnds from the ssle of
wild lands in a bank in Atlanta, to his
personal oredit, and drawing ont the same
on bis personal check, instead of taming
the said fnnds over to the Treasurer of
the State, acoording to law; with making
false retnrns, and with frandniently re
porting tho amount of tax received on
wild lands for 1877; with not giving cer
tain parties the proper credit for lands
psid by them, a nnmbsr of epeoifioitions
being made; with retaining in office two
clerks after ohaiges had been preferred
against J<hem and closing with general
harges of,malpractice in office. A supple
ments rj| report was offend by soma of the
members of the Committee signing the
majority report preferring the charge of
bribery in addition to those fpreferred in
the general repoit. |
A minority report was nlso submitted,
some of the committee not agreeing to
the entire bill of charge?. The majority
report was adopted.
The following resolution was intro
duced and unanimously passed:
Resolved, That W. L. Goldsmith,
Comptroller General of the_ State of
Georgia, be impeached for high crimes
and misdemeanors in office.
Resolved, That the sccompaning testi
mony, btatements, exhibits and rssoript
of proceedings, with this report be re
ferred to the Committee on the Judiciary,
with instructions to prepare and report
without unnecessary delay suitable ar
ticles of impeaonmeat of ths said W.
L. Goldsmith, Comptroller General.
Resolved, That a committee of eeven of
this Hon-e bs appointed and instrnoted
to proceed at once to th9 bar of the Sen
ate of Georgia, and there, is the name of
the 110130 of Esproscniatives and all the
people of the State of Georgia, impeach
W. L. Goldsmith, Comptroller Genera',
of high crimes and misdemeanor in offico,
and to inform that body that formal arti
cles of impsaohment will, in due time,
b8 presented, and to request the Senate
to take each order in the premises es they
deem appropriate.
The preliminary proceeding for the im
peachment, wero conducted quietly but
amid more intense interest than was ever
before seen manifested in tbe h&ll. The
interest seemed to be that suppressed
kind which knows no demanrtzation or
tumult. The galleries were crowded.
Nearly every member of the house wa3
in hie seat, and many Senators came over
from that body apd were ranged in tho
visitors circle of the chambir. Silence
prevailed and the s:ene b.>r.iired on the
solomn.
Soon after ibo adoption of the resolu
tion the House adjourned.
The impeachment proceedings will be
paEsad without delay. Judge Warner,
who ia in the Northern put of the Slate,
will be recalled to A-lauta, and will pre-
tide over tho body.
The aotioa taken to-day has oreated a
profound esnsation in Atlanta.
A committee of piominent Maoonites
are here lookiog after tbo refanding bond
bill of the city of Maoos. It is possible
the bill will reach its first reading in the
Bsnato to-day. Lrx.
Tlie Tennessee Compromise.
Next Thursday Tennsessee votes on
tbe qaestioa of aoceptanoe of the fifty
par cent, bond compromiso. The canvass
has b.oa very earnest, and it is prcbifclj
the proposition will bs carried. From tho
following balanco sheet presented by the
American, one would oonclnde that it
ought to be:
We pointed ont the other day how wo
hava got $40,000,000 of debt—the amount
of the dent at the time the railroads were
sold—down to $21,000,000, now with ao-
cnmal&tad interest, $24,000,000, and how
no are abont to reduce that to $12,000,600.
This wo thought about os much as any
man ought to ask iu tbe way of prog
less ont of this hordes. Bednocd to §12,-
000.000, it oss be ossily oarried and paid
off without feeling it. Same farther fig
ures on this sabjsot will bs interstlng.
Tae State hss received from insalvent
roads inolnding interest from July 1,1870,
to date of paymen', $6.893,000; interest
from Jaly 1, 1870, t) Jane 1, 1780, In
$3,812,000. Amount received by the State
from solvent roads in payment of this
Indebtedness, $15,086,074. Interest on
payment to Jan. 1, 1830, $6.507,616. Tho
tstsl amount, then, is, including interest
on the amount, $32,104,490.
It seem3 to us that ween a railway sys
tem has done that maoh, although it was
almost utterly destroyed by the war, it
was a vice thing to build .tt. Wo havs
the best system in'fee Son’-b. We will
have hot $12,000,090 debt incurred on
account of it. Where would we bs with
out it! Thcso aro facta wor.h consider
ing.
N. Y. Sun)
Tho St. Louis Dispatch says that “just
now there is a magnificent opportunity for
those who have encouraged the exodus of
the colored people from the Boath to show
their faith ty their works.” Scores of these
unfortunate people aro unsheltered, aud in
a starring condition in the etreets of Bt.
Louis, having rooently returned from Kan
sas If ths heart of ths Fraudulent Presi
dent Hayes etili “ bleeds for the poor Afri-
o»n,” hero is a chanoa for him to prove that
the hemorrabge is genuine by putting .his
h>nd in his pocket.
I ——
Philadelphia Times.)
Mr. Samusl J. TUdcn had better roll bis
fcar’l or something else up oncer Mr. John
Emily’s E039. If Tiidsn sueoeeda in carrying
Oslo and to teg Now York ho will make a
very bad mess of It indeed.
IN THE LAND WHERE WE WERE
DR3A2HN0.
BY DAN LUCAS, OT JSPJEESOX COUSXY, VA.
Fair were our viiions! Oh, they were as grand
As ever nested out of Fancy Land:
Children were we in single faith.
But God-like children, whom,nor death,
Nor therat. nor danger drove from Honor’s path
In the land where we were dreaming.
Prjud were our men, as pride of birth could
render;
As violet?, our women pure and tender:
And when they spoxe their voice did thrill
Until at ere the whipuoorwill,
At morn tbe mocking bird, were mute and still.
In the laud whero we were dreaming.
And we had gravel that eoTsrad more or glory
Than ever taxed tradition’s ancient rtory -.
And in our dream we wore the thread
Of principle* for which had bled
And suffered long our own immortal dead,
In the land where we were dreaming.
Though in our land we had both bond and free,
Each ware content, and io God let them bo,
Till envy covered our bind
And tbevefair fields our valor won.
But litre recked we, for we still slept on
In tbo land where we we:e dreaming.
Our sIpod grow troubled and our dream, grow
wild-
Bed meteors flisbod acroit our heaven's field;
Crimson tho moon; between tho Twins
Barbed arro ws flv, and then begins
Such strife as whan disorder'* chaos reigns
In the land where we were dreaming,
Down from heraun-Iit heights amiloi Liberty,
And waved har cap in aign of victory—
The world aoproved, and everywhere,
Except where growled the Russian bear.
The good, the brave, the lost, gavo us thoir
prayer
In the land whjre we were dreaming.
Wo fancied that a Government wasoura—
We challenged place among ths world's great
Powers:
We t»lkod in sleep of rank, commission.
Until so life-like grew oar vision
That he who dared to doubt but met derision
In tha land where we were dreaming.
We looked on hi<h: a banner thare was seen,
Whose field was blanched and spotless in its
sheen—
Chivalry’s cross its Union bears:
And vet’r ms, swearing by their soars.
Vowed they would bear tt through a hundred
wars
In the land where we were dreaming.
A hero came amongst ns as we slept
At fint he lowly knelt—then rose and wept;
Then gathering up a thousand spears
He svreDt across the field cf Mars,
Then bowed farewell and walked bejond the
stars—
In the land where we were dreaming.
We looked again: another figure still
Gave hope and nerved each individual Will-
Full of grandeur, clothed with power,
Kelt-poised, crock ha ruled the honr
With stern, maj jstio sway—of strength a tower
In the land where we were dream^g.
As, while great Jove, in bronze, warder Gad.
Gazed eastward from the fornm whero we stood,
Borne felt herseif secure and tree:
— No, -‘Richmond safe," we mid, while we
—.t&Aa bronzed hero—God.like Lee,
In the land whero we were dreaming.
As wakes the soldier when the alarm calls—
As wakes themother when her infant calls—
As starts the traveler, when sronnd
His sleeping couch the fire bells sound,
So wake our nation witb a single bound
In the land where wo were dreaming.
Wo! woe is me! the startled mother cried ;
While we have slept our roble sons have died I
Wo 1 wo is me I how strange aud sad
That all our glorious visions lied
And left ns nothing real bnt the dead
In the land where we were dreaming.
And aro they really dead, our martyred slain P
No I dreamers! morn shall bid them rise again
From every vale—from every height
On which they seemed to die for right,
Their gallant spiritsshall renew tbe fight
In tbe land where we were dreiming
A college professor once said that ‘‘be
who txpeots to rate high in his class
must not expectorate od the floor.” Much
of tho hawking and spitting war,, no
donbt, caused by catarrh, which the pro
fessor knew conldbe readily cared by tho
nss of a few bottles ofDr. Sage’s Catarrh
Remedy.
t'UB GBOltOlA FK128S.
In answer to some hints for informa
tion as to how much money be had re
ceived from G„ys. Colquitt and Smith tot
fees iu railroad cases, Gen Toombs un
burdens himself aa follows, in a letter to
the Atlanta Constitution: j
For the sole reason that the article is
calculated, if not intended, to benefit the
railroad corporations to tho detriment of
the people of Georgia whose interest have
been in part committed to me, I will re
spond, These cases arose under an act of
tbe legislature passed February, 1874. I
was retained by Governor Smith as counsel
for the Stat9. He paid mo two thousand
dollars iu part pay, retained, and subse
quently, I think, ia 1876, ho paid mo for
commissions ou the money recsived from
tbe Central railroad what she refused to
pay, two thousand more, above $20,000
having been.brought into[the treasury on
that case by virtue of decisions made by
the Bupreme Court of Georgia, affirmed
by the Supreme Court cf the United
State?, making $4,000 from Governor
Smith. I have received nothing from
Governor Co’qiitt, never having presen
ted him with any actoiut. This is the
whole acconnt itemized, and I hope that
tbe C. and 0. will find much good readiBg
in it.
The number cf fi. fas. resisted by the
railroads is between fifty and sixty, and
every single one tried they have been
found deiaulters. I think up to this
term mere than one hundred thousand
dollars have been paid Into the State
Treasury uniter the principles thns far de-
aided by tho treaty, beyond what the rail
roads admitted to bo dne, and xqztyxqz,
with tho aid of the best lawyers of the
State, sided by two of the most distin
guished lawyers ont of the Stats, practic
ing iu the Bupreme Court of the United
Stales, and there ate two now denied
judgments in favor of tbe State for
about five hundred thousand dollars for
taxes and penalties on oases made by the
railroads and deoided by the oourts of
tbe iait resoit whioh can be realizid at
the pleasure of tbe State. Besides these
taxes thns receiveollfor the years 1874 5-
6 7, the property thus subjected by these
deoieions, ail of whioh was claimed to bs
partially or wholly exempt, by these de.
oisiuns, is decided to be perpetually liable
to anuu.il taxation by the legislature of
Georgia under her own Constitution. By
their decisions the State can increase her
revenue more than two hundred thous*
and dollars per anmum by simply taxing
railroad property at the Bamo rate aB she
does that of paupers who own a soap-
gourd or a string of red peppers. By
this litigsiion forty millions ot privileged
property has been brought under the
law,and eubj-ct to be taxed at the general
and equal rates. What honest man re
grets ii? Ido not wish the Chronicle mi
Constitution >Ust to understand that my
account for just compensation is closed,
but he may take consolation from the
facts that tbe counsel of the Stare will
not .have to call on the treasury for their
fees. They can be abundantly compen
sated by tolling their recoveries extorted
by law from the grasp.of publio plund
erers.
I am, very respectfully, your obedient
servant, • R.Toombl
The Albany Advertiser reports the pros
pects good far a half corn crop in that,
section. Cotton small, bnt generally well
fruited.
Tns Athens Chronicle hits back for the
Scale University-after this fashiont
The Wesleyan Christian Advocate has a
long editorial in opposition to any farther
donations by the State to the University
It is argumentative, sarcastic and witty:
but through it all there is no doubt of
his intention. The editor negleots to
state that he is president of Emory Col
lege, and would naturally oppose, very
fisroely, any expenditure of funds for ed-
acation by whioh his oollege was not di
rectly benefited. What objection would
have been made if Emory was to have
to hava been the recipient?
An epidemic closely resembling dip
theria, and whioh has caused several
deaths, is raging iu the neighborhood
of Hoboken, on the Brnnswick and Al
bany road, abont 45 miles from the.form.'
er place. It bsffiss the d so tors, and is
still spreading.
The Atlanta Dispatch hears “that Sena
tor B. H. Hill has received tra invita
tion to address au agricultural associa
tion in Michigan some time during the
fall, and has accepted the invitation.”
Mr. Hill could tell the Michiganders
many things about cotton planting in
Southwestern Georgia and the profits
therefrom, which would make them
stare. Bat we hope he will be allowed
to “snitch off” on politioa. Then they
will hear music, snre enough.
The Athens Chronicle sajs Mr. John
Meeker bought a small farm near that
plaoe a few years ago, the land being
exceedingly poor, and that this year
“he had about 100 acres In small grain.
From this, he reaped 2,500 bushels. From
one field of & little less than 10 Bores, he
gathered 350 bushels of the best wheat,
and he has no donbt that from 30 to 50
bushels of wheat was lost.”
Mrt3. Victoria Basie, a native of San
Domingo, who was brought to Savannah
at the time of the awful massacre by the
negroes of that island in 1795, died in
Savannah last Saturday, aged ninety
years. I
Tbe Savannah Riews says a chaileng
was sent iu that oity last week under ths a
circumstances:
Oar informant stated that as one of the
parties inttrested was delivering ice
Thursday morning, he happened to
touoh a email house whioh a little child
had built in the street, and knooked It
down. The father of the ohild beoame
much incensed at this when it was re
ported to him by the little one, and nsed
some very exoited language towards the
offender. The latter, in turn, became
angered, and words emued, whioh result
ed in a personal enoauntsr. This was
speedily stopped, but after it was over, a
eon of the gentleman who had first given
way to his temper, hearing of the affair,
sent a challenge to tho party who had
been engaged in the difficulty with his
father. The challenged party immedi
ately sued ont a pesos warraLt against
the challenger, however, both parties
were put under bond, and thus the affair
terminated.
Chatham county tax returns show a
grand aggregate of all taxable property
of $16,842 316.50, of whioh the negroes
own $184,829. The negroes own only
$150 worth of household an-1 kitchen
farniture. There are 43 lawyers, 26
dootors and 2 dentists.
The Albany Advertiser telte this hard
story on the lawyers:
The colored debating club, among the
hands upon the plantation of Mr. A.
M. Griffin in Lee oonnty, had as the
subject of their last debate: “Which
are the most benefit to the country, the
lawyers or the buzzards ?” After much
wrangling' and animated discussion they
finally decided in favor of the buzzard?.
The legal fraternity cannot number
many friends among those darkies.
The lumber mills and yard of J. J.
Dale & Co., corner of Liberty street and
Thunderbolt road, Savannah, were burn
ed lost Saturday morning. The News
says it was the work of an incendiary,
aud the loss $2,000, without a dollar of
insurance. NinocottageB adjoining the
yard were also burned, on which there
was only $1,600 insurance.
Some More of bis Traces —The R:me
Courier prints a long list of persons re
cently eeleoted by Felton from ev
ery county in his district to meet in Car-
tersville in October end examine cacci
dates for a cadetship to West Point.
Prominent among them are found, says
the Courier, “the names of Amos T. Akers
man, fora while Attorney General of the
United States under the Grant despotism;
Dawson A. Walkor, Republican candidate
for Governor of Georgia in 1872, and
Walker Brook, the leading Republican in
the lower end of the Seventh district, and
who said in 1878 that Dr. Feltou waa a
good enough Republican for him.”
Well, why nol? Didn’t these men
and their like enable him to defeat the
Democratic candidate for Congress in
that district, and d> they not deserve
eome recognition?
Tax Courier also remarks that “now
since good rains have come, and the
farmers have a little leisure, we know of
nothing that would be more appropriate
or afford more interesting entertainment
for the people than the publication, in
its entirety, of Dr. Felton’s correspond
ence with Ferry and other prominent
Radicate last year when he was so fiercely
fighting the Democratic party. N. B.—
No "certified” copies wanted."
AbenIon all expectations of that kind
at once. That precious document will
never see the light. The rnde blast of
publicity might wither the tender leaves
of its glowing eloquence and pathetic
snpptication.
St- Louis Globa Democrat.)
Ths Cincinnati Commercial hai been co
operating with the Globe-Democrat in tbe
collection and publication of the phenomena
of natorai history vulgarly called snake sto
ries. We have heretofore given tha Com
mensal's stories fall credere? and belief,
bat now eomes one relating how a snake
drew auetonanoe from a cow after the man
ner of a fall-grown calf. ’This might be re
csived in evidenos before the Lomls'Uft Sen
atorial investigation, but tba Globe-Demo
crat can not accept it. We must draw the
line semswhere, and we draw i c on that cow’s
teat.
Washington Special Dispatch to Phil. Times.
Wash.nqrow, July 31.—Th* present con
dition of the affaire of the Freedman's Bank,
aa shown by the lateet. figures of the com
missioners, is that the cash on hand amounts
to one hundred and twelve thousand dollars,
not enough to make It worth while to declare
a dividend at present. They are trying to
eell the main bank bnilding tn this city, and
if they are eueoeeefnl in obtaining even a
fair price for it they think they would then
be able to deelare a dividend of twenty per
oent. This, ia connection with these already
declared, would give depositors fifty per
cent., and this is absot sli thzt it is expected
ever to accomplish.
Bntberlord and Lucy’s New Din
ner OblRN
N. Y. Times.)
In a bath-room at Asbory Park, N. J., the
window of which looks ont upon the Atlan
tic, and where the mosio of the snrf can be
heard all day long, Mr. Theodore B. Divis,
of the stair of Harper’s Weekly has made
hia stndio for the last two months. Daring
that time he has completed and sent to Hsvi-
land A Go., in L’meges, France, over fifty
designs for what will be ths first tray
American china dinner set. The eet is or
dered for the White House, and the oontraot
calls for its completion early next year. Mr.
Davis gives the following acconnt of the new
state dinner set: “ The eet will embrace a
special design for'the oyster Plate. The
a.up plate is mode’ed from the Ksimia flow
er, ths mountain laurel, the form be'ng that
ota bowl rather than of the narrow-based
plate at present in use. It is the fiovtr
with its natural base instead of the circular
base, and the decoration of this series will
be simple, though strong in oolor, embracing
this list of subjects: A clam bake, crab,
gr.0: turtle, okra, palmetto, osbbsge, mvzs,
potato, laorel. frog. Toe fish series of
twelve is headed by a platter, the decora
tion of whioh is a magmflosnt shad, gilied In
a golden net. The form of this d'sh is
novel, being rectangular with ths edges
rolled and tipped with dead gold. The deco
rations inolude a bloc fish chasing a porgy,
lobsters fighting, speckled trout, terrapin of
Maryland, and the red snipper of the Golf
of Mexico chasing a bntteifly fish. The
sme series embraces designs representing
ffierent species of American game feasting
or flying, bathing, Ao. The dinner aeries
will oonsiet of twelve plates, illustrating the
following subjects: An antelope in the cac
tus bad lands; a bear in a bee tree, ia(whicb
Mr. Bruin hss got into trouble, while a com
rade, seated comfortably below, laughs at
him, and a thunder storm in the distacoa
gives tone to the pioture; a black tailed
deer aacendtug the slope of tha Ro:ky
Mountains at sonrUe; a big horn or Rooky
Mountain sheep; tn old buffalo in a snow
storm, Bnrroandid by coyotes and gray
wolves; chickens in a garden ; a coon in a
persimmon tree; the crane's “walk around;”
on tho plains at night with Ouster; the
May flswer; pccsseies or the wild pigs of
America, and the Virginia dear, whioh is a
night effect. The jack light is in gold, with
its reflection sparkling in tho water beneath,
and its gleam3 tinging the lily-pods with
gold. A noble back stands knee deep
among thsee. The dessert sot will be quite
simple in detign, tho sabjests being entirely
American and embracing, among others, the
following: The psora nut, ot Texas, tho
chincapin, the pawpaw and the persimmon.
The last plate of the service will be of Indian
detign, a fao simile of an Indian plate, ar
tistically handled. This plate is called
‘crackers, cheese and cigars ’ I have intro
duced an independent American batter plate-
the object of which is to give a pcint of osl-
or and a reflective light in the glaisas. It is
a pond lily leaf, slightly carted, and npon
the snrf ace of tho leaf is a drop of Havi-
land’a faience glaze, eimnlating water. The
after dinner ccffee cap is of a very novel
design, and quite unlike any cup at present
in use. The tea cup is a Mandarin's hat
inverted- The stem of a spray of the tea
ilant forms ths handle. The ohooolate cup
a also novel. Mr. Haviland writes that
there will be tut 25 seta designed by Havi
land and myself, and the President’s sst will
be numbered.”
Bt. Loots Globe Democrat]
Tho Grant boom has been taking a rest,
bnt it’s coming up again. Tbe Bbeiman
boom has been weighed and found windy.
At a recent bazir for charitable purpose?,
held under 'exalted patronage,’ Mrs. Lang
try had soon cleared her stall of t very thug
capable of being (sold, down even te the
email eat pen-wiper, and at preposterously
high prices, too. Bnt ths public, the male
portion in especial,; being still anxious to
purchase—anythlrg, anything, so it was
handed to them by those fair , fingers an
announcement waa made that anybody who
wished for a pcrtonal introduction to the
lovely stall-keeper might bay that diaUoo-
tionata sovereign apieos. The idea took
immensely. Dszens of people came forward
tu be presented, and quite a handsome sum
by tbie means was realised for the charity.
OeeapIoi.—The Booth era Cultivator for
Auguat copies the following from the Boston
Journal of Chemistry. It is certainly im
portant if true; It is c'aimed, and not with
out lesson, that, so perfect has the appara
tus become, that ice oan bs formed on the
shores of any of onr northern lakes and
rivers at lees cost than that necessary to
tha cutting and storing of natural Ice in win
ter. One of these interesting device* in
operation on the shore of the St. John’s
river, Florida, last winter, afforded tbe writer
ample faoiiitiee for observing work from
day to day, and testing its capabilities. It
was of tbe class in whtoh ammonia, the agent
employed to produce refrigeration, and well
known aa the aictio machine. It was found
capable of 'earning oat’ ten tons of lee daily,
in the form of blocks abont two and a hair
feet long and tan inches in tbickneae. Tbe
congelation was perfeot, and tha product met
with a ready eaie at the hotels and private
residonoas, not only in Jacksonville, but at
the points on ibsht. John’s river. Thaprioe
of Northern ica in Florida, previous to the
introduction of the maohine was from ten to
fifteen dollars a ton in moderate; quantities;
the artificial ioe ia sold at five dollars, and
thns a powerful and anooeatfol competitor
to tte ioe oompazues sprang np at the door
of their depositories. The dealers resisted
and ridiculed the ‘mactiiae’ for some time,
but in the end it triumphed, and prices were
redneed. The ac'.nal cost of manafaotnring
ice in Florida is not far from seventy cento a
ton, and this includes the storing and deli
very. It must be known, however, that
fuel ia Florida costs almost nothing. Tbe
ice company have only io haul tbe waste
lumber from a steam caw mill, fifty rods
away, to bs used as fuel, and it is supplied
gratuitously.
Lust Week's Cotton figures.
—An observing old lady remarked yester
day that she has alw>ys no tired that in the
summer time when it is not needed, the eun
te always hot as an oven, while in the win,
ter, wh«n a warm enn wru'.d be very agree
able, it ia as cold -« — ic0 house Wo have
notioed this, too. It must bs tns nun ur
the almanac makers.
—Napoleon Ill's ‘Vie de Cesar’ is to be
ormpteted. Col. Stoffel it travelling in Italy
to collect materials.
—The river, rays the Chattanooga Times
of Sanday, is still rising; it has already risen
about five feet iu the last 43 hours. Oats
sold at 32e37)£o. on the wharf yesterday.
Wheat at 85*11)0. Corn at 61}£o.
—Notwithstanding ths example of Ohas-
tine Cox, a negro entered Mrs. Kalley's hrnae
at Evansville, Ind, gathered some plunder
in her room, and then, thinking that she
was about to awake, killed her with a big
stone that he had carried in for a wsApou.
—Acoording to tne Chattanooga Times,
ths total new cases ot fever in Memphis
for the week ending at nine o’o:ook last
Saturday morning, were 82. The total
deaths from fever were 23. Tiros is a daily
average ot7 5 7 new cases and of 3 2 7
deaths.
—Farmers in the city yesterday, mya the
Montgomery Advertiser, spoke very encour
agingly ot tho cotton crop, which they say is
veiy promising j net now. No worms have
yet been discovered, and tba only enemy
they fear is the rust, from this time forward.
—A Diamond Expert, in testifying in a
valuation case in New Fork, the other day,
said tho profit reaiized on the sale of dia
monds was unusually large, and a profit of
$1,500 on tbe sals of $5,100 was not unusual.
There aie some jewater* in that city, how
ever, who eell diamonds at a lower profit
than otheis.
—Ths East India Company, from the time
of its creation in 1599, saved every paper
connected with its business, and the aooamc-
lated mass of letters, bills, memoranda and
books is enormons- It has lately been
tamed oyer to a Dr. Bird wood for inspeoticn,
and among other cations facts be finds that
the great Anglo Indian empire had ite origin
in a oompanv .which was organized simply
because the Dutch raised the prioe of pepper
from ibres shillings a pound to six.
-.The largest furniture manufactory in
St. Louis ia a 00-operative concern, each of
ths 110 skilled workmen being a holder of at
least one share, and not more than twenty,
at $25 each. They areohiifiy German a a-
cialtetr. Only ten per cent, of the capital
was paid in at first, credit being obtained
for atxmt i 20,000 of woodworking machinery,
and the dividends have since been sufficient
to meet the assessments as they fell dne.
The men receive orfiin-.ry wages for their
work, and thus far there has been no serious
dispute in the management whioh to vested
in a oommittee
The Lobby —It is stated that Gan. Ewing,
in hia Democratic cravats for Governor of
Ohio, is making a strong point on tbe fao:
that hia party, since having the majority in
the House of Representatives, has effected
greet economies in the administration of tbe
rovernmeut The notorious faot. however,
a pointedly made that tinfee the Democrats
obtained the mastery of the House the lobby
has utterly disappeared from Washington,
whtoh is cn atgnmant every farmer ami
mechanic in Ohio can understand. It means
that huge and wasteful leaks in the treasury
havs been stopped.
Eumtxs Fobs Paciu o —The Cincinnati
Frioe Carrent says: Daring ths past week
tbe total packing in tbe West has been abont
70,000 hogs, against 89,COO for the preceding
week, and C5,0C0 for corresponding time last
you. Sisoe March la total of 2,240,000 has
been reached, or 165,000 more than tbe
same date last year. The are thirteen weeks
to the close of the summer season, in which
time tbe manufacture qf meats will proba
bly not be much if any less than 150,000,000
pounds. The foreign exports during this
period will take abont 125,000,090 pounds, or
within 25,000,000 pounds of what will he
THE CROP SITUATION.
The Chronicle reports the receipts ot
the seven days ending last Friday night,
1st instant, at 2.503 bales, against 3,671
the corresponding week of last year. To”
tai receipts to last Friday, 4.436.156baler,
against 4,260.090 for the corresponding
period of the previous cotton year—show
ing an increaso of 176.066 bales.
The Interior port operations for the
week were as follows: Receipts 712 bales,
against 2,790 last year. Shipments 1,890,
against 4,312 last year. Stocks 13,966,
against 11,005 at same date last year.
The Chronicle's visiblo supply table
showed on Friday night last 1,274,845
bales of cotton in sight, against 1,843,-
720 at samo date last year—2,018.923 at
same date the year before, and 2,148,335
at same date in 1876. These figures
show a decrease on the visible supply of
1878 of 73,335 bales—a decrease on the
supply of 1877 of 744,033 bales, and a
decrease on the supply ofT876 cf 873,-
450 bales.
Middling upland in Liverpool, last
WVMav. was nuoted at 64. A year from
that date at 6|—in 1877 at that date 6},
and in 1876 at that date 61-16.
Tbo weather reports of the Chronicle
tor the week onding last Friday night are
varied. The rains in Texas were still
light and partial, and the crops suffering
dreadfully from drouth. At Galveston
the cctton hed been forced into early
maturity, and picking was general, but at
the expense of the later crop. At In-
diancla the crop waa considered nearly
lost. Many et-otions would net make
more than a tale to six aores. Corsioa-
na and Dallas reported great suffering
from dry weather. Branham said the
plant itself was Trilling, add bolls drop
ping badly. Picking was universal, owing
to a precocious maturity induced by
drought. Galveston, however, repute!
3.12 of rainfall daring July—Indianola,
.72—Ccrcict-na, 2 66—Drill?, 140, and
BrenhBtn the same.
New Orleans bad 1.60 of rain daring
the week, and reports the crop develop
ing promisingly. Vickebnrg and Colnm-
bas,. Mississippi, had showers, and re-
psrt hopefully of tho crop. ' Little
Rock, Arkansas, hr d a cloudy week and
132 of rain. Nashville had 4 93 of raw
during the week and a promising crop.
No telegram from Memphis.
As to Alabama, Mobile reports 3.62 of
rain during the week—plant shedding
and much damage feared. Caterpillars
repotted in Middle Alabama, aud though
little damage as yet, maoh was appro,
headed- Rainfall in July 11.17. Mont
gomery had too much rain—2.15 during
ths week. Caterpillars have appeared,
and rust developing badly. Raiafall in
July 6.21. Selma—rain on six days—too
wet and citerpiilar.
Columbus, Georgia: Tor much rain—
5.34 during tbe week, 7,60 during the
month of July. Crop accounts less favor
able. Augusta, rainjevery day— 3.33 du
ring the week and 6 69 in July. Crop ac
counts less favorable, cotton shedding:
Macon reported at fonr days of rain, and
crop accounts more favorable. DonWnl,
Savannah, rain every day. Charleston,
showery on three days. Highest temper
ature during theweek at Dallas, Texaa
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manufactured, and may possibly folly equal rand destructive weather before, reduce,
tbe manufacture. 'the food sropa of Eag'acd to a minimums
*BunJ)i’a mlNxw Yosk.—The Springfield
Republican taye: Building in New Sort Oily
baa about got book to ante-panic conditions.
The number ot building* for whose erection
permits were obtained duilcg the first six
months of tha current yew waa 1,1(3, a
larger number than in any half yew since
the seel estate babble ot 1871 wee blown.
On the other brad, the bnildings pat np then
were largely stores and big blocks, while the
building now U ninetoea-twentte ths a welltog-
tinw^f l flats end tenements- The total es
timated oast of the bnilding* now under oon-
stxacUon, $11,003,000, to two-thirds that of
the buildings ton years ago, due in part to
greater cheapness, in material end labor,
out also to be attributed to the ehango in
the character of the building* themselves.
The Keoush Paeuox to* flanrn —Ths
Londoo correspondent of the Ban Fmnoitoo
0*11 say*: Semng introduction* to the reign
ing beauty of Uu day teem* to be lucrative.
it be Foreign New*.
Another terrible and destructive storm
visited various parts ot England, particu
larly the valley of the Thames, last Sat-
day night. The stotm waa aocompsnied
by great floods of rain and hall of extra,
ordinary aise, tbe stones measuring, in
some cases, five inches in circumference.
Great damage was inflioted on crops
stock and buildings. This orowniog ca-
the heel of so muon bad
end adds heavily to the draft on this
country for grain and provisions.
The London news from South Africa
yesterday wae to the fact that Cetewayo’s
kingdom was destroyed and he himself
a fugitive; but troubles of a threatening
character were springing up wi’h other
provinces of South Africa, and a famine
was impending iii Zulolaml. _
The projected G.-end Eonmtntoal Con
ference of the IV.sleyan brotherhood,
ha* wu agreed to by the Eogbsb Meth
odist-, and will m et next eummtr, prob
ably ia London.
P.of. Nordenskjold has emerged at
last from his beeetmenU la tho Polar
Oirele, and reached the w ; ds ocean oa
hie return to Sweden. He will have
much to to when he g« home.
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