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JVIA SO IST ICS.
APPOISTMESIT.
\v. Grand Master riam’l Lawrence
has aj pointed Dr. J. Emmett Blacksbear
(irand Secretary, in place of Birnri Rose,
deceased.
.KIRUIA masonic MUTUAL life insu-
RANCE company.:
[ lie number of members in class A does
not increase rapidly, owing to the fact that
there have been quite a number of de
faulters whose places had to be supplied.
The present number is 4419.
The new classes are filing up slowly.
\Ve expect a reinforcement when returns
come in from agents on March assess
ments. The assessments for March are
being sent out as rapidly as possible.
There were three deaths during the
month, and one in February not hereto
fore reported, making four assessments.
Agents will please state, in making re
mittances, for what assessments they re
mit. Please also give your Postofflce ad
dress in every letter, as it saves us trouble.
J. W. BI'KKE,
(Secretary and Treasurer.
The following letter explains itself. It
was not intended for publication. The
Board, however, thought it would be in
teresting to the members of the company,
and therefore ordered it to be published in
the Masonic column of the Journal and
Messenger, withholding the name of the
writei:
Lexington, Oa., March 23d, 1869.
j„ Geo. S. Obear, President, J. IP. Burke, Secretary,
and the Rjard of Directors of the Georgia Masonic
Mutual Life Insurance Company :
Gentlemen— (Several weeks ago, I re
ceived by tha ha ids of your worthy agent
the amount due me on the life policy of
my lamented husband. Ido not feel that
the simple acknowledgement of the re
ceipt of the money is sutHcient, but that I
am constrained to say something more to
give expression to the gratitude I feel for
the benefit I have received, and my opin
ion of the vast amount of good your asso
ciation has already done, and will yet do
In the future.
In my own case it was a most timely
help. Like thousands of others in our
atllicted country, my husband, by the re
sult of the war, was stripped of the larger
portion of his property, and left involved
in debt that would consume the remainder,
so that but for the help received from you
I should have been left at his death almost
destitute. Thanks to the operation of
your association, and to the noble frater
nity of which it is the fitting out-growth,
I am uow placed beyond the reacii of
want. And great as I know the good is
that lias been accomplished in my own
case, I have no doubt that there have
been many others wherein the relief you
have afforded lias been even more timely
and beneficent than in my own; where
widows have been left with many orphan
children, deprived by death of their nat
ural protector, and who, in addition to the
great sorrow which the loss of a husband
and father had brought upon-tbem, would
have been doomed to suffer the many ills
which a life of poverty ioflicts. From
this evil they have been saved through
your instruineutality.
To alleviate human suffering, in what
ever form it presents itself, is one of the
most worthy objects that can engage the
attention of mankind; and any institu
tion established to accomplish that result
it worthy of all praise and encourage
ment. Buck an institution is that whose
officers you are. And I doubt not that
your hearts have been gladdened many
times by the knowledge of the great good
which you have been instrumental in do
ing. And if all the members of your com
pany could be as couveisaut as you are
with the many instances wherein suffer
ing Iras been relieved, the destitute pro
vided for, the tears of the orphan dried,
ami the heart of the widow comforted in
her affliction,through its instrumentality,
<hearing out of view any benefit which
those nearest and dearest to them will
some day receive,) they would regard the
trifle each had been called upon to con
tribute to that end as the best spent money
of their lives.
But, reflecting upon the great amount
of good which your association is so well
calculated to accomplish, lias caused me
to wander from tlie main purpose of this
letter, which is to convey to you my grate
ful thanks for tlie benefit I have received.
I desire, also, to make mention of your
wortiiy agents, Capt. Tiller aud Mr. B. A.
Grisham, who were very kind to me in
deed, aud I shall never cease to feel thank
ful to them for their kindness.
Praying God to grant you long life and
every earthly blessing, and that at last He
will receive you into His kingdom of rest
in Heaven, I am, gentlemen, very truly
yours, Claim No. 23.
TRADITION AND FACTS.
A large number of Masonic writers
worry themselves considerably, relative
to tlie importance of the reality or truth
of certain esoteric portions of our ritual.
One states with due solemnity that our
traditions are actual facts, another that
parts only of the same are true, while a
third declares that tiie traditious are false,
completely false. Now we maiutaiu that
there is no necessity for any argument
upon such points ; let eacli Mason follow
that light which to him seems most pure;
oue tiling, however, is very certain, aud
that is that uo man can poiut to the day
wlieu Freemasonry iu some form did not
exist; long prior to tiie Christian era, the
secrets of Masonry were universal, tlie
learned Athenian and warlike Spartan
alike were acquainted with our mysteries,
and then as now they were considered
ancient. The venerable Oliver, with wild
enthusiasm, traces them to the creation of
the world, others to the building of the
Tower of Babel, many to the erection of
the Temple of Israel’s King, a few to the
learned schools of Socrates, Tytbagoros,
aud other philosophers, but cui bonof
Masonry sprang out the breast of man
In the same way that the Religion of Na
ture did—it was the innate revereuce ot
man for a Supreme Being that caused the
uututored child of nature to so frequently
adore Him through the symbol of light;
it was a similar desire to inculcate the
great belief of the common Fatherhood
of Got! and the common Brotherhood of
Man that tirst caused the ancients to im
press upon the minds of their followers,
by means of emblems and the ordinary
implements of labor, the glorious truths
of morality aud brotherly love.
Thus to our mind originated the Free
masonry of to-day, aud gradually as the
secret societies of the East shed more light
upon the profane world did our doctrines
become more liberal and better system
atized. Our traditions mayor may not be
true, but they contain that which teaches
far more than the mere bare facts con
nected with historical bearing; the
casual Masonic student may not see any
thing in the death of a Masonic martyr
beyond the mere fact that he died as
thousands of other martyrs have done
steadfast to those principles he had advo
cated for a lifetime ; but thesearcher after
the truths of Freemasonry discovered bt
neath that simple tragedy the hidden
treasure of faith in God aud hope in im
mortality; he notes how clearly it points
to the last day ofall, when only those who
have obeyed the edicts of T. G. A. T. U.,
shall be rewarded by being raised to a seat
in the Grand Lodge above.
We believe there is no necessity for ask
ing if this or that tradition is true ; thou
sands of our leading Masons do not ac-
knowledge them to be so, and yet who
questions their respect for the prineiples
of the craft ? Tradition is naught, unless
it exemplifies some important tenet, or
elucidates some leading principle ; if Ma
sonic traditions are nothing more than
meagre facts clothed in beauteous lan
guage, then why hide them from the
world? Everything of historic interest
should be made public, and it is only on
account of the great truths that lie con
cealed beneath, that they deserve to be so
carefully guarded from the profaDe. Free
masonry teaches simply the important
facts of high moral truth and probity of
purpose; these are the facts upon which
our traditions rest, a basis so sure that no
power on earth can rob her of them.
Tlie tradition that KiDg Solomon was
our first Grand Master is a matter of little
consequence, compared with the fact that
all his teachings were pure and..holy;
whether he governed under the same title
we now use or some other is also of little
consequence, so long as he ruled with
honor and fairness. We love our tradi
tions because they have a hidden meaning
beneath that external suffrage, which is
so easily divulged ; no expose of the so
called mysteries of Freemasonry can ever
really make known those real secrets,
which every mason holds so dear; the
perjurer who dares to forget his vows can
never divulge the tenets of our order ; the
secret lies within the breast of each indi
vidual Mason, and cannot be explained or
told by the perjured liar, who would dare
to truffle on Freemasonry; none know it
but the good and true; the gay and
thoughtless may think because they are
acquainted with a few signs, grips and
words, that they know the secrets of our
art, hut we tell them they do not; they
may publish every tradition, yet the gold
en treasure is hidden away deeper per
chance than before, covered it may be
with scorn and disrepute, hut like the
diamond, shining more brightly on ac
count of the black darkness which every
where surrounds it.
The “Bulletin de Grand Orient de
France,” for January, states that “La
Logo les Philadelphes” has renounced the
Bite of Memphis, aud will henceforth
work the Scotch (or French) Rite. 'This
was the last lodge in I’ranee working un
der the Rite of Memphis.
The Grand Orient lias recognized the
illegal Supreme Council of Louisiana;
and the Grand Bodies of Louisiana have
in consequence ceased intercourse.
A lodge has been instituted at Oran,
Algeria, called I’Etoile de l’Avenir, (Star
of the Future); one at Constantinople
called le Progres (the Progress) to work in
the Greek language, and one at Cairo,
Egypt, called Nile Lodge. Delegates were
present at this latter ceremony from seven
Egytian lodges Also a Rose Croix chap
ter called l’Uuion d’Orient at Constanti
nople.
FROM DOOLY COUNTY.
Vienna, Dooly Cos., April 9, 1869.
Editor Journal and Messenger .-
The Superior Court for Dooly county,
Judge C. B. Cole presiding, has just ad
journed, aud I propose to give an item or
two ill regard to what transpired duriug
the session of importance.
The criminal docket was entered upon
on Wednesday, and the first case of im
portance was that of the State vs. James
Brasley, for assault with intent to kill Mr.
J. E. Lilly, Clerk of the Court. Brasley
was found guilty aud sentenced to uiue
teeu years in the penitentiary. Another
charge appearing against him of burglary
from the house at night, he was given ten
additional years. Ou the first charge ttie
jury finding him guilty recommended him
to the mercy of the Court, and his Honor,
ou account of this recommendation, re
mitted one year of the penalty. The next
was the State against Charles Ray for mis
demeanor in enticing laborers to leave
employers with whom they had contracted
fur tiie year. The jury found a verdict of
guilty in this case, and the Judge imposed
a fine of SIOO, in default of which three
months’ imprisonment in the county jail.
The next was the State against Reuben
Youngblood for the murder of Tim Mims.
The jury found a verdict of guilty, aud
recommended he he sentenced to the pen
itentiary during life.
There was a bankrupt sale in Vienna,
on Tuesday, of the effects of Wm. Bryan,
which gave rise to a very interesting pos
sessory warrant case before Col. Joseph
Armstrong, Justice of the Peace, a report
of which 1 transmit:
B. D. Bryan, prochaine ami to Wiunifred
Bryan, vs. Thomas VVhitsett and others.
The facts in this casa were as follows:
On the 16th day of December, 1868, Mrs.
Bryan applied to have a homestead of
realty and personalty set apart for the use
of herself and chi dren, Mr. Bryan, her
husoami, refusing toapply for it. On the
28th day of the same mont h the Ordinary,
having complied regular.y with the pro
visions of tiie law, passed an order setiing
aside the homestead, which included the
property in controversy iu this case. On
the 19th day of December, 1869, Mr. Bry
an, husband of VVinnifred Bryan, pe
titioned to be adjudged a bankrupt, and
on the 21st day of the month the petition
was tiled, aud on the 29th day of January,
1869, the deed of assignment was made to
the assignee, J. A. Holtzelaw, of Perry, Ga.
The property remained on the premises of
Mr Bryan uutil the 6th day of April, 1869,
when, according to the direction of the
assignee, Mr. Bryan took the property,
consisting of mules, wagons, etc., to Vi
enna, to be sold, under previous notice of
the assignee. Mrs. Bryan objected to the
removal of the property, and protested
that it was hers, and not subject or liable
to be thus seized by the assignee. The
property was brought to Vienna, under
promise to Mrs. Bryan, from Mr. Bryan,
that it should uot he sold, but returned
to her. The same evening, the assignee
proceeded to sell the property, n< tilymg
the purchasers that it had been laid oil' to
Mrs. Bryan, under the Homestead Act,
but remarking that he thought, and was
advised by eminent lawyers, that the
homestead claim would amount to noth
ing. Mrs. Bryan being iuformed of this
proceeding—to sell her property —imme-
diately came to Vienna, not arriving
there, however, before ttie sale was com
pleted, and sued out a possessory warrant
by her next friend, Benj. D. Bryau, against
the purchasers.
AH the cases were consolidated aud tried
together, by consent of parties and mutual
agreement of counsel. Counsel for plain
tills were, Gen. Phil Cook, W. A. Tignor,
F. T. Snead aud I). A. Green. For de
fendants, Gen. Eli NVarreu, Col. C. T.
Goode and Shepard Rogers. The Court
delivered the following opinion :
“The two questions raised iu each of
these cases, are:
Ist. “Was the property iu dispute, in
the legal aud peaceably acquired posses
sion of the affiant, Mrs. Bryau, prior aud
up to the time of the sale by the assignee
of Wm. Bryau, on the sth Inst?
2d. “Was she deprived of the possession
without her couseut, aud iu a manner not
authorized by law ?
“To the first question raised, viz: as to
the possession iu Mrs. Bryan, the affiant,
of the property iu controversy, the Court
held, That iu order to constitute posses
sion iu this case, there need not have been
any open, visible and notorious acts of ex
clusive ownership on the part of the affi
ant to vest the possession of the property
in her; that the relation and circumstan
ces of the parties rendered any such ac
tion on her part unnecessary, if not im
proper; the continued possession of her
self and her husband and sou, after her
application for a homestead had been
made, being regarded as her possession
both in law ami in fact. Furthermore,
that the Homestead Act itself, under
which she claimed the possession, opera
ted ex vi termini, to transfer to affiant the
possession, without requiring any open
acts of ownership, indicative of possession
on her part.
“ As to the second question, the alleged
illegal deprivation of affiant’s possession,
aud against her consent, the Court held —
“That the operation of tbe7th article, Ist
section, of the Constitution of Georgia,
and of the Homestead Act, was to vest
the property in afflaut, Mrs. Bryan, from
the date of her application for a home
stead ; and uot, as bycontended counsel
for defendants, from tiie date of the order
of the Ordinary approving and setting the
homestead apart. That the application of
affiant in this case having been made, and
her schedule, as required by the act, hav
ing beeu filed on the 16th October, 1868,
established a prior right of possession in
affiant to that claimed by the assignee of
Wm. Bryan, the deed from the Register
to the assignee, dated 25th Jauuary, 1869,
only conveying to him the property owned
by Bryan on the 21st December, 1868, the
time of the filingof his (Bryan’s) petition
in bankruptcy. That although the Home
stead Act contains uo express clause mak
ing the final judgment of the Ordinary
relate hack to the time of the application,
as does the bankrupt act, yet a fair con
struction of said act seems clearly to imply
such a result, particularly as the ordinary
is required to give notice of the applica
tion by publication.
It might he ques'ioned, also, if assignee
could claim even a constructive possession
in himself, since by section 14, gen. clause
46 of the Baukrupt Act, the Register is to
convey to such assignee all property etc.,
of the bankrupt as soon as appointed,
which vests the title in him, by relation,
from the commencement of the proceed
ings in bankruptcy. The deed from the
Register to the assignee, in this case b ars
date of 25th. January, 1869, and how
ever sufficient it may have been to have
conveyed the title, by relation or other
wise, still, no possession could have vest
ed in the assignee prior to the date of the
deed from the Register, to-wit: 25th Jan.
1869. As the above views, in the opinion
of the court disposed of the case, it was
not deemed necessary to pass upon ttie
constitutional question, raised by counsel
for defendants.” The Court accordingly
gave judgment remanding the possession
of the property back to affiant Mrs.
Bryan.
This case elicited a great deal of inter
est, and was ablv argued by the counsel
on both sides. A certiorari was sued out
by defendant’s counsel, and sanctioned by
Judge Cole, leaving the property in the
bands of defendants until next term in
course of the Court, when the case will be
passed upon by him.
The bar of the State was well represent
ed at Vienna. The lawyers present were .
Col. Samuel Hall, of Fort Valley, Col. C.
T. Goode, of Americus, Capt. A. T. Burke,
and Pate and Watson, of Hawkinsville,
Messrs. Killen and YVarren, of Perry,
Messrs. Cook & Snead, of Oglethorpe, aud
W. A Tignor, of Atlanta.
The press was represented by my es
teemed friend, Charles W. Hancock, of
the Sumter Republican.
Judge Cole presides with ability, and is
a terror to evil doers, punishing them to
the extent of the law when found guilty.
Crop prospects are fine. I saw fine
stands of corn and some cotton up.
Yours, Rambler.
FIRE l\ MADISON.
Terrible Conflagration—Destruction of Ihe Town
Ureal Deatitution Among the Sufferers :
From the Chronicle and Sentinel, of Saturday.
We regret to auuounee this morning
that another one of those wholesale ca
lamities has taken place which, for the
past few years, have been of so frequent
occurrence in this country. Ou yesterday
morning it was rumored on the streets
that Madison, the county site of Morgan
county, had suffered very severely from
the effects of a fire which had taken place
ou the previous evening. Later in the
day we received intelligence which places
the truth of the rumor beyond the shadow
of a doubt, aud makes the disaster a
thousand times greater than had at first
been supposed. Our information is de
rived from a most trustworthy source, and
enables us to give full particulars of this
most deplorable occurrence. On last
Thursday night, the Rt. Rev. Bishop
Beckwith, of the Diocese of Georgia,
preached in the Methodist Church of
Madison to an unusually large aud atten
tive audience, and at the close of his dis
course administered the rite of confirma
tion to a class of converts. Scarcely had
this been done and the congregation dis
missed, when ttie cry of “fire” was heard,
and in a very short time the beautiful
little town was in ashes. The fire origi
nated in a. large wooden building and
store house occupied by Mr. J. C.
Broughton, and situated on the western
side of the public square.
It is not kuown how it was first started,
but is supposed to have heeu the work of
an incendiary. This building soon be
came enveloped in flames, and all efforts
made to save it proved unavailing. From
this poiut the flames spread to ttie stores
situated on each side of the one first
named, and the conflagration became
general. The business portion of Madi
son, like nearly all the county towns of a
similar size in the State, is built in the
shape of a hollow square, in the centre of
which stood the Court House, and lining
the four sides were nearly all the stores
which the town contained. The store of
Mr. Broughton was situated, we believe,
almost iu the very heart of (he town, and
it will readily he perceived by the reader
that when it was found impossible to quell
the flames at that point, in wiiat immi
nent danger all the other business houses
were placed. Accordingly, the fiery mons
ter soon gained possession of the stores
adjoining, nearly all of which were wood
en buildings of a very combustible na
ture, and the fate of the town was sealed.
Although the first alarm given had had
the effect of summoning almost tlieentire
male population of the place to the sceue
of danger, yet having no lire department
to aid them, and no other facilities for ex
tinguisking the flames, their exertions,
though described as almost superhuman,
were without avail, and the tire steadily
and with great rapidity advanced ou its
march of destruction.
Store after store succumbed to the de
stroyer, and ere one was half consumed
the cries of the spectators announced that
another oue was iguited. The scene at
this time is described as fearful beyond
description. Thesquare was filled with a
mass of men, women and children, who,
turned suddenly out of their homes, stood
aud witnessed the destruction ot their
property, and yet were utterly powerless
to prevent it. The crackling of the
flames, the failingof the burning timbers,
the pillar of fire sbootiug high toward the
heavens aud shedding its lurid light on
the crowd below of unnerved men and
screaming females, combined to form a
picture the horrors of which can never he
effaced from the minds of the spectators.
The breaking out of the fire was so sud
den, the conflagration progressed with
such great rapidity, that scarcely any
thing was saved from the different houses,
aud vhat was taken away was principally
furniture, which was injured so much iu
the removal as to render it of but little
service. The flames, after destroying
twenty-nine stores, (every one in the town
except one,) comprising several dry goods
aud grocery stores, two or three drug
stores, two carriage manufactories, two
billiard saloons and four or five bar rooms,
together with tHe office of the Farm Jour
nal, and a large number of private resi
dences, were finally subdued, more from
a want of something to prey on, than
from any other cause. TUe court house
aud hotel fortuuately escaped. The loss
sustained is impossible as yet to estimate
correctly, hut is everywhere conceded to
have been immense. Tne worst feature of
the whole business is that during the fire
nearly every pound of provisions iu the
town was consumed. What escaped is
wholly insufficient to supply the wants of
the people, aud they are said to be actual-
ly suffering for bread.
The Chronicle and Sentinel, of Sunday,
has the following additional:
The Fire in Madison.— On yesterday
morning the Chronicle and t-eutinel con
tained an account of the teriible conflagra
tion of last Thursday night, which de
stroyed the beautiful and prosperous town
of Madison. To-day we are euabled to
give the names of tne principal sufferers,
their estimated losses, and the estimated
losses of the insurance companies. Our
account in yesterday’s issue was, in the
main, correct; but our statement of the
number of buildings destroyed by the
flames and their value was, we regret to
say, iueorrect. Instead of forty-six build
ings being burned, at a probable loss of
two hundred thousand dollars, we learn
that, including stores and dwellings,
nearly sixty were burned , at a loss of about
$300,000. Ihe tire broke forth sosuudenly,
and the flames, fanned by stroug wind,
which arose about ten o’clock on that
night, spread so rapidly, that it was fouud
impossible to save anything. Some idea
of this rapidity may be gained by the
reader, when it is known that the tire
commenced at half-past nine o’clock that
night, aud was extinguished at half-past
twelve—a whole town having beeu re
duced to ashes iu the incredibly short
space of three hours.
The inhabitants, unnerved by the sud-
denue sos the danger, and having no
meaus of quenching the flames except by
throwing buckets of water upon them,
were unable to save scarcely anything
from the houses, aud what little they did
manage to save, was stolen by the swarm
of uegro thieves who swarmed about the
streets of the burning town But two
stores are left standing iu the whole place.
We have been furnished by a gentleman
just from Madison with a partial list of
the stores and other buildings destroyed,
together with the losses sustained. Os
course at this time it is impossible to make
the list more complete : Messrs Wiuutfc
Peacock’s dry goods store, loss $7,090 ; iu
eured for $4,000. Messrs. Prather & tihe
cut’s news depot—loss unknown. Mrs.
Muetin’s millinery establishment, los9 un-
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known. Alfred Shaw’s furniture store,
loss $5,000 ; no insurance. Sebastian
Shaw, cabinet maker, loss $2,000; no in
surance. Messrs. Richer dr Bro’s. confec
tionery, loss $2,500 ; insured lor S6OO
Messrs. Fitzpatrick <k C<>., general grocer*,
loss $11,000; insured $7 500. Mr. T. J
Stallings,grocer, loss $3,000; no insurance.
Mr. W. M. Burnett, hardware dealer, hiss
$4 000; no insurance. Mr. Huff, grocer,
loss in stock of good-, $3,000; in the
building. $3,000; no insurance. Mr. R.
N. Booth, tinner, loss $2,000; no insu
rance.
The Town Hall, belonging to Hon.
Joshua Hill and others, loss nine tliousaud
dollars; no insurance. Mr. C. L. Fielding,
confectioner, loss oue thousand dollars;
no insurance. Two vacant stores, belong
ing to Judge C. Campbell, los* fifteen hun
dred dollars; no insurance. Messrs. J. G.
McHenry & Son, grocers, loss one thou
sand dollars on their stock, the store be
longing to Judge C. Campbell, loss three
thousand dollars; no insurance. Messrs.
Martin <Sc Stovall, grocers, loss fifteen
thousand dollars; insured for seven thou
sand dollars. Messrs. Cohen & Cos., dry
goods, loss on stock ten thousand dollars;
insured for eight thousand dollars —loss
ou building (owned by another party) five
thousand dollars Messrs. C. H. Andrews
& Bro., druggists, loss two thousand dol
lars; no insurance. Mr. J. R. Haigh,
dry goods, loss ten thousand dollars; in
sured for six thousand dollars. Messrs.
Y T ason & Hillsmau, dry goods aud groce
ry, loss ten thousand dollars; insured for
eight thousand dollars. Mr. N. Atkinson,
druggist, loss five thousaud dollars; in- j
sured for four thousand dollars. Messrs, j
J. W. & W. H. Bearden, dry goods aud ;
groceries, loss fourteen thousand dollars ; i
insured for eight thousaud dollars. Mr. j
A. Levy, dry goods aud groceries, loss five
thousand dollars ou stock ; buildiug, be
longiug to Mr. Goldbrougb, four thousand ;
dollars; no insurance. Mr. C. A. Atkin
son, variety store, loss two thousand dol
lars; insured for twelve hundred dollarson i
stock ; the building, owned by Col. A G. J
Foster, loss oue tbousaud dollars; no in- j
surauee. Mr. H. Martin’s Rialto Saloon, j
loss one thousand dollars; no insurance. :
Mr. N. A. Muslin’s bar-room and two va- j
cant buildings, loss oue thousand dollurs; |
no insurance. Messrs. Hitchcock & Yan- j
cy, druggists, loss one thousand dollars;
no insurance. Messrs. P. R Thomastou
& Son, general grocers, loss twenty-five
thousand dollars; insured for eight
thousand dollars. Mr. A. S. Hough’s tin
shop and vacant house, loss one tliousaud
dollars; no insurance. Messrs. Thomas
ton «fe Haigh’s livery stables, loss five hun
dred dollars; no insurance. Mr. A. S.
Hough’s dwelling house, loss one thous
and dollars; no insurance. A black
smith's shop and vacant dwelling; no in
surance. An office in rear of Cohen &
Cos., loss five hundred dollars; no insu
rance. Mr. C. Smith’s store, loss five hun
dred dollars; uo insurance. Four dwell
ings belonging to Mr. F. B. Martin, loss
fifteen hundred dollars; no insurance.
Mr. Feilder Few, loss one thousand dol
lars in dwelling, furniture, etc; no insu
rance. Many out houses burnt, at a loss
of about six thousand dollars, on none of
which was there any insurance. Ou this
property we do not think that the insu
rance agencies of this city had insurance
for more than eight or ten thousand dol
lars. The Southern Home Insurance
Company, of Columbus, is thought to he
the principal 100-er, as it had established
a local agency in the town of Madison.
ENGLAND—SAD CONDITION OF TR ADE.
From the Liverpool Post, 23d.
As we have from time to time reported,
great distress exists iu Blackburn and East
Lancashire, owing to the condition of
trade. On Saturday the relieving officers
of the Blackburn Union were engaged
from early morning until late in the even
ing in dispensing relief to the numerous
applicants. In the whole Union 4271 per
sons were relieved, 970 of that number be
iug able-bodied operative. There are now
some 2000 more persons on the books of
tlie Union than there were two years ago,
and of course the weekly cost is some
thing enormous. During Friday and Sat
urday 1500 persons were relieved at the
Blackburn office, and duriug the five pre
vious days there was an average of SO per
diem. Gloomy and distressing accounts
of the homes of the operatives aie given
by those in the habit of visiting, and the
prospect is iu uo respect reassuring. In
the course of the next fortnight or three
weeks four more mills will be finished up,
whereby nearly 2000 more hands will he
thrown out of employment.
The Sugar Planters Cheerful and
Hopeful.— Our planters whohavearrived
in the city lately, give a good account of
the appearance and prospects of the cane
crop. The injury apprehended to the
seed from tlie long spell of cold and wet
weather, has proved insignificant and the
plant has a thrifty appearance. The area
planted is much larger than last season,
and in fact has only been limited by the
difficulty of obtaining labor. This diffi
culty is becoming aserious and embarrass
ing one. Encouraged by tlie high prices
of their staple-, especially of sugar, our
.planters would be justifiable and embold
ened to attempt a culture equal to that of
the ante-bellum times, if they could com
mand requisite labor. The natural re
sources of Louisiana are equal to the pro
duct of a sugar crop sufficient to supply
the whole demand of the United States.
They have the soil, the machinery, all the
appliances for cultivation, and the energy
and enterprise, but the labor is lacking.
Under these circumstances, and with tlie
troubles likely to continue for sometime
in Cuba, the prices of sugar must advance.
[New Orleans Times, 7th.
Bismarck’s son, a school-boy in Ber
lin, waschosen by i he teacher, who wished
toady Bismarck pere, to declaim upon the
question: “What man rendered the
greatest service to Germany within the
last three or four years?” To the surprise
of everybody and ttie extreme disgust of
the teacher, young Bismarck selected “Dr.
Stronsberg”—a railway contractor.
TELEGRAPHIC NEWS.
FORTY-FIRST congress.
Washington, April 7.—The Senate Chaplain to
day prayed that the patriot arms of Cuba might be
strengthened, and the Isles of the sea delivered
from their oppressors.
A hill was introduced, punishing the counter
feiting of trade marks by foreigners protected by
treaties.
A joint resolution was offered, authorizing the
President to appoint a commissioner to report on
the ship canal across the Istfimus.
A bill re orgnizing the Judiciary, passed, with
several amendments, and goes back to tiie House.
The deficiency appropriation bill was resumed.
An amendment appropriating $50,000 for the im
provement of the mouth of the Mississippi, was
ost. The bill passed.
The Vice President laid before the Senate a mes
sage from the President, as follows:
11 To the Senate and House of Representatives-.
While I am aware that the time in which Con
gress proposes now to remain in session is very
brief, and that it is its desire, as far as is consistent
with the public interest, to avoid entering upon the
general business of legislation, there is one subject
which concerns so forcibly the welfare of the coun
try, that I deem it my duty to bring it before you.
I have no doubt that you will concur with me in
the opinion that it is desirable to restore tbe States
which were engaged in the rebellion to their pro
per relations to the Government and the country,
at as early a period as the people of those States
shall be found willing to become peaceful and
orderly communities, and to adopt and maintain
such constitutions and laws as will effectually se
cure the civil and political rights of all persons
within their borders.
The authority of the United States, which has
been vindicated and established by its military
power, must unquestionably be asserted for the j
absolute protection of all 'its citizens in the full
enjoyment of the freedom and security which is ,
the object of a republican government But when- ■
ever the people of a rebellions State are ready to
enter, in good faith, upon the accomplishment of
this object, in entire conformity with the constitu- I
tional authority of Congress, it is certainly deisra
ble that all causes of irritation should be removed
as promptly as possible, that a more perfect union
may be established and the country be restored to
peace and prosperity.
The convention of the people of Virginia, which
met in Richmond on Tuesday, December 2d, lb»»7,
framed a constitution for that State, which was
adopted by the convention on the I7ih of April,
IS6B, and 1 desire respectfully to call the attention
of Congress to the propriety of providing by law
for the holding of an election in that State at some
time during the months of May or June next,
under the direction of the military commander of
the District, at which the question of the adoption
of that constitution shalL be submitted to the citi
zens of the State ; andjfthis should seem desira
ble, I would recommend that a separate vote be
taken upon such parts as may be thought ex
pedient, and that at the same time and under the
same authority there shall be an election for tbe
officers provided for under 6uch constitution, and
that the constitution parts thereof as shall
have been adopted by the people, be submitted to
Congress on the first Monday of December next
for its consideration, so that in the same, as then
approved, the necessary steps will have been taken
for the restoration of the State of Virginia to its
proper relations to the Union.
I am led to make this recommendation from the
confident hope and belief that the people of that
State are now ready to co operate with the na
tion and government in bringing it again into such
relations with the Union as it ought, as soon as
possible, to establish and maintain; and to give to
all its people those equal rights under the law
which were asserted in the Declaration of Inde
pendence, in the words of one of the most illus
trious of its sons.
I desire, also, to ask the consideration of Con
cress to the question whether there is not just
ground for believing that the constitution framed
! SUbu..
1 ner with tu_ _
Washington, April . i„.
House.—The luUian appro^.
A bill authorizing the bridging o t .
at Paducah, was pasted.
The Butler-Rice Georgia bill was introdu<
Butler moved the previous question, but it was not
seconded, and general debate ensued. Bingham
made an elaborate constitutional argument in op
position, and the House adjourned without action
Washington, April 7. —The Senate passed the
personal disability bill.
The negroes petition for reform in school privi
leges.
the House passed the Senate bill reviving the
grants of railroad lands to Alabama, with amend
ments; also a resolution authorizing the Election
Committee to investigate the Lonisiaua elections
during the recess. The committee havedoue noth
ing.
I'he friends of personal disability bills have little
hope of their success this session.
'N ashinoton, Aprils.—Housb.—Hoge, the mi
nority candidate from the Third South Carolina
District, was seated —Reed, who received a majori
ty of the votes, being unable to take the test oath.
A bill authorizing the submission of the Consti
tutions and the election of State officers and mem
bers of Congress in Virginia, Mississippi and Texas,
passed 125 to 24.
Sheldon, from the Second Louisans District, was
seated.
Senate— Mr Morton introduced a resolution
making the adoption of the 15th Amendment con
dition precedent to the admission of representa
tives from Virginia, Mississippi and Texas.
Mr. Trumbull, from the Judiciary Committee,
repo-ted a resolution postponing action on the
President’s message till December. Trumbull
stated that he personally disagreed with the Com
mittee.
A long discussion ensued. No action.
The bill amendiug taxes on whisky and tobacco
resumed, when Mr. Sprague spoke'till executive
session Adjourned.
ashington, April 9.—Hors*.—A conference
w-as asked on the amendment to the whiskv and
tobacco tax.
The Connecticut members were seated.
The Committee on Elections, by a sub-commit
tee, were directed to take evidence iu ihe Third
and Fourth districts of South Carolina.
-Mr. Mhittemore reported a bill relieving from
political disabilities a large number of persons, but
w ithout action.
The House took a recess to 8 o’clock.
Senate.—After a somewhat bitter discussion,
Morton’s amendment making the adoption of the
15th amendment a eouditiou precedeut to repre
sentation was adopted by yeas 30 ; nays—Anthony,
Bayard, Boreman, Casserly, Conkling, Davis, Ed
munds, Fenton, Ferry, Fessenden, Fowler, Me-
Creery, Morton, Patterson, Sawyer, Sprague,
Stockton, Thurman, Trumbull, Willey—2o. The
clause authorizing a suspension of laws deemed
oppressive was stricken out. An additional clause
was adopted declaring the bill shall not operate as
to complete restoration until the action is ap
proved by Congress. In the first section the
words “registered voters of said State” are
stricken out, and the words “ voters of said State
registered at the time of said submission of the
Constitution ” were inserted. The bill then passed
by yeas 44, nays9—among them Sprague. Recess.
The House passed the Virginia, Texas and Mis
sissippi election bill, with Senate amendments; also
the bill restoring Blanton Duncan’s property. Both
go to the President.
A bill, removing the political disabilities of a
large number of persons, was passed.
Washington, April 10. -Congress adjourned, at
12 o’clock, sin* die. The political disabilities bill
failed—neither Senate nor House bill having passed.
The President signed the election bill for Vir
ginia, Mississippi and Texas, and amendments to
the spirit and tobacco tax.
Most of the morning was wasted in fillibustering
on Sawyer’s amendment to the election bill, which
orders new registration It is estimated the bill
adds 15.(XX) to the white and takes several thousand
from the negro vote in Virginia, and that it will
work iu a similar way in Mississippi and Texas.
The Memphis and Elpaso Road, encouraged by
favorable Congressional expressions, will com
mence work at once. Congressional action In its
behalf, merely as to right of way, appears to have
been defeated this session by the friends of North
ern routes, who seek to force the Memphis and El
paso into combination.
Impeachment Ashley was confirmed as Governor
of Montana, after a sharp debate, by one majority.
The New York nominations were defeated by a
strong effort on the part of Conkling.
The President, with Hoar, Fish and others were
at the capitol to day, considering and signing
bills.
Fifty-three nominations, unconfirmed at noon
to-day, must be reserved.
The Executive session of the Senate will proba
bly continue several weeks.
The following is the full text of the act author
izing the submission of the Constitutions of Vir
ginia, Mississippi, aud Texas to a vote of the
people, and authorizing the election of State offi
cers, provided by said Constitutions, and of mem
bers of Congress, as approved and signed by the
President:
“Be it enacted, etc., that the President of the
United States, at such time as he may deem best,
for the public iuterest, may submit the Constitu
tion which was framed t>y the Convention which
met in Richmond, Va., on Tuesday, the 3d day of
December, 1867, to the registered voters of said
State, registered at the date of said submission for
ratification or rejection, and may also submit to a
separate vote, such provisions of said Constitu
tion as he may deem best; such vote to be taken
either upon each of the said provisions alone, or in
connection with the other portions of said Con
stitution, as the President may direct.
“Sec. 2. That at the same election the voters of
said State may vote for and elect members of the
General Assembly of said State, and all the officers
of said State, provided for by the said Constitu
tion and members of Congress, and the officer
compianding the District of Virginia shall ciuse
lists of registered voters of said State to be re
vised, enlarged and corrected, prior to such elec
tion, according to law, and for that purpose may
appoint such registrars as lie may deem necessary,
and said elections shall be held, and returns thereof
made in the rnauner provided by the acts of Con
gress, commonly called the Reconstruction Acts.
Sec. 3. That the President of the United States
rnay, in like manner, submit the Constitution of
Texas to the voters of said State, at such time and
in such manner as he may direct; either the en
tire Constitution or separate parts of the same, as
provided in the first section of this act, to a sepa
rate vote ; and at the same election the voters may
vote for, and elect the members of the Legislature
and all the State officers provided for in said Con
stitution, aud members of Congress : provided,
also, that no election shall be held in said State of
Texas for any purpose until the President so
directs.
Sec. 4. That the President of the United States
may, in like manner, re submit the Constitution of
Mississippi to the voters of said State, at such time
and in such manner as he may direct: either the
entire Constitution or separate provisions of the
same, as provided in the first section of this act,
to a separate vote; and at the same election the
voters may vote for, aud elect the members of the
Legislature and all the State officers provided for
in said Constitution, and members of Congress.
Sec 5. That if either of said Constitutions shall
be ratified at such election, the Legislature of the
State so ratifying, elected as provided for in this
act, shall assemble at the Capitol of said State on
the Fourth Tuesday after the official promulga
tion of such ratification by the military officer com
manding in said State.
Sec. 6. That before the States of Virginia,
Mississippi and Texas, shall be admitted to rep
resentation in Congress, their several Legislatures,
which may be hereafter lawfully organized, shall
ratify the Fifteenth Article which has been pro
posed by Congress to the several States as an
amendment to the Constitution of the United
States.
Sec. 7. That the proceedings in any of said
States shall not be deemed final, or operate as a
complete restoration thereof, until their actions
respectively shall be approved by Congress.
GENERAL NEWS-
Washington, April 7.—The nominations of P.
B. S. Pinchbeck, (mulatto,) as Register of the
Land Office, at New Orleans, and Charles W.
Loomis, (mulatto,) at Jackson, Mississippi, were
made. VV. L. Steadman, Consul at St. Jago de
Cuba, and O. A. Long, as Consul at Panama, and
fifty others, were confirmed.
R aleigh, April 7. —The Legislature will probably
adjourn on Monday next.
An attempt was made last night to assassinate
Josiah Turner Jr., editor of the Sentinel, (Dem.)
About midnight a shot was fired through the win
dow of his room. The assassin’s bullet failed of
its work, and he made off. The shot lodged in a
bed in the room. Mr. Turner was sitting writing
at a table. Great indignation is expressed at the
occurrence.
Baltimore, April 7.—Spangler and Arnold, par
doned by President Johnson, arrived here on the
Cuba.
San Francisco, April 7.—The Yellow| Jacket
mine, Gold Hill, Nevada county, took fire at 5
this morning. The tire extended to the Kentuck
and Crown Point mines. Eleven bodies have been
removed, and others seen at the bottom of the
Kentuck shaft, but it was not possible to remove
them m ■•'•oyejica of the intense heat. The
latest from Gold Hill raa»>, ~nmh P . r of dead
36. The mouth of the mine is closed to smuttier
the flames. Three mines are burning, unconnected
with others, under ground. Virginia City is de
serted—the people having gone to render assistance.
The scenes at the mouth of the mine are fearful.
The wives and children of the miners are frantic,
and the confusion so great, the rolls cannot be
called.
Gold Hill, April B—9p. m.— At least 40 persons
have perished. The appearance of the bodies re
covered indicate desperate efforts to escape and
intense suffering before death.
Philadelphia, April 8. — Twitchell, eonvic‘ed
of the murder of his wife’s mother, and whose ex
ecution was to take place to-day, was found dead
in his bed this morning. It is supposed that friends
who visited him yesterday left poison.
New York, April 9.— The Rising Star brings
$■.120,000. The small pox is raging fearfully at
Panama.
New Orleans, April 10. —Governor IVarmonth
to-day applied to the Seventh District Court for a
suspension of the appeal from Us action in appoint
ing a judicial sequestrator, to take charge of the
Auditor’s office. Until the appeal be granted, ;
Warmouth remains in possession of the office. The j
argument on demurrer as to the jorisdiction of the !
First Di-trict Court in indictment against Auditor j
Wickliff-, for official inisdemeauor, closed to-day.
The Judge reserved his decision till next Saturday, j
but intimated that the demurrer will be sustained —
it being bis opinion that the Legislature alone bad
jurisdiction in the case.
Capt. Sher.dan, brother of the General and Adju- |
tant General of this State, arrived from Havana, re
ports that the strictest official espionage was exer
cised upon his movements during his stay.
In the Second District Court, yesterday, it was
decided in the case of Pierre coule. which had been
at issue some time, that his reason is overthrown
and the Court decreed interdiction.
Richmond, April 10.—The Conservative State
Central Committee, in view of the recent action of
Congress, has called a Conservative State Conven
tion, to meet here on the 28th April It is stated
that the Conservatives will not nominate a candi
: date for Governor.
A man giving his name as James Chambers,
| sold a bogus draft for 12500, purporting to be
1 drawn by McKill & Cos., brokers la tkia city. He
1369.
'riations passed.
* 'he Ohio river,
the Nr,.
moved. A
Augusta, April My.
Georgia matter or Congt.
Washington, April 11.—Gra, I
it is stated, when a nominee is rejec..
ate. to select anew name outside of the ap,
on file, thus hoping to cure the disposition of n*.
applicants to oppose the person nominated.
It snowed steadily nearly all dny. It is now
cold—destruction of fruit feared.
Washington, April 12.—The Senate met, and
after appointing a committee to inform the Presi
dent aud continuing committees of last session,
and resolving to meet daily at noon, went into ex
ecutive session.
Misapprehension exists regarding Banks' Cuban
resolution. It is merely a resolution of the House,
not requiring concurrence by the Senate or sig
nature of the President, and ha* no legal force.
The act itself, however, is complete, and was in
tended to support Grant in Cuban affairs, during
vacation, by assuring him of subsequent support
in the House.
Executive nominations: Motley, Minister to
England; Markert, of Ohio, to Bolivia: Partridge,
of Maryland, to Nicarauga; Pile, of Maryland, to
Venezuela; Jos. P. Jones, of Illinois, to Belgium;
Jno. S. Carlisle, West Virginia, to Stockholm ; J.
R. Clay, col red. Consul General to Liberia; Kirk,
Ohio, Minister to the Argentine Republic; Hurl
burt, Illinois, to Bagota; Hudson, lowa, to Gaata
tnala ; E. D. Basset, colored, to Hayti; Curtin,
Pennsylvania, to Russia; Jay, New York, to Aus
tria.
The Indian appropriation bill provides that none
of the treaties negotiated since Juue, 1867, Shall
be ratified, and places $2,000,000 in the hands of
the President to be used as he sees fit in settling
difficulties existing between the government aud
the savages.
Ten treaties of various kinds, including the Ala
bama treaty, are pending before the Senate.
The steamer Gettysburg has been ordered to
take line soundings" on the coast es Cuba aud
neighboring islands.
In the Supreme Court, Chief Justice Chase dis
missed the appeal in the MeCardle case, for want
of jurisdiction.
Justice Chase delivered the opinion of the Su
preme Court in the Texas bond ease. He holds
that the annexation of Texas made it a State of the
Union, and that no act of the citizens and Govern
ment of Texas alone has or eould dissolve that
relation ; that the ordinance of secession and all
legislative acts in aid of the rebellion were void ;
that the Legislature was an illegal body; that the
United States bondß in •controversy were the prop
erty of Texas at the time of secession, and that the
law of Texas which required their transfer was ille
gal, and therefore the Slate of Texas has the right
to recover the bonds, and perpetuate the injunction,
and it is decreed accordingly. The Court held that
Congress It id a right to ndopt measures of recon
struction. Grier dissented aa to the merits and juris
diction of the case, holding that Texas was not
in fact a State in the Union. Justices Swayne and
Miller dissented as to jurisdiction only.
Fortress Monroe, April 12.—Yesterday there
was a violent suow storm, and a large number of
vessels, including two opean steamers, were in the
roads for harbor.
Little Rock, April 12.—The steamer G. A.
Thompson, from Cincinnati, bound hither, sunk,
Seventeen lives were lost.
Indianapolis, April 12. —There is no quorum of
the Legislature. The newly elected Democrats
have resolved to stay away, thus defeating the
15th amendment.
FOREIGN,
Madrid, April 7.—The Portuguese Minister lias
been instructed to inform the Spanish Government
that Don Fernando positively refuses the Spanish
crown.
Havana, April 7.—Admiral Hoff has been or
dered to watch the Peruvian monitors, as well as
the expected expedition from New Orleans.
Havana, April B.—Francisco Leon Nunez, a nat
uralized American citizen, and Augustin Media,
w.ll be garroted to-morrow. They had charge of
arms in Havana, the fight over which involved the
death of several police.
The Treasurer of the Royal University has fled
to the United States with its funds.
News from the seat of war is contradictory and
unreliable.
Vienna, April 9.—The Austrian Government has
resolved to reduce the army aud postpone the cali
for recruits.
Paris, April 9.—Three public meetings have
been dispersed by the police, and many arrests
made.
Montreal, April 9— Extra precautions arc being
taken to watch the hanks here, in consequence of
information having been received by the bank au
thorities that an organized robbery will be at
tempted. \
Havana, AprlV^O.—Leon and Medina were gar
roted in the presence of a vast crowd. Leon cried,
viva independencia. The crowd uttered seditious
cries. The guard fired, killing six, wounding
many.
Sugars were advancing on yesterday; large spec
ulative demand ; 894 offered.
FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL
Weekly Review of the Mu eon Market.
Monday Evening, April 13, 1869.
Cotton.—The market opened dull on the first
day of the week now uuder review—the quotations
25)4c for mlddlingss, being merely nominal. On
Wednesday there was an improvement, aud ou
Thursday quotations were fully A c higher. The
prevailing tone of the market through the remain
der of the week was one of firmness—closing this
afternoon rather dull, with middlings at 26c.
The sales to-day were 30 bales; receipts, 122
bales; shipments, 64. Sales for the week, 478
bales; receipts, 322 bales; aud shipments, 534
bales.
MACON COTTON STATEMENT.
Stock September 1, 1868 1,320
Received this week 322
Received previously 56,245—50,567
Total 57,893
Shipped this week 534
Shipped previously 51,041 —51,575
Stock on hand 6,318
Financial. —Money is plenty for all legitimate
business, at our rates below There is but little
demand for Securities, aud quotations are as given
below:
UNITED STATES CURRENCY LOANS.
Per month 1)4 to 2% per cent
EXCHANGE ON NEW YORK.
Buying par@)4 prem.
Selling % prem.
RAILROAD STOCKS AND BONDS.
Central Railroad Stock 127
Central Railroad Bonds 101)4
Macon & Western R. R. Stock 145
Southwestern Railroad Stock 100
Southwestern R. R Bonds 100
Macon & Brunswick Railroad Stock 35
Macon & Brunswick K. R. Endorsed Bonds 90
Georgia Railroad Stock 100
Georgia Railroad Bonds . 100
Atlantic & Gulf Railroad Stock 42
Augusta & Waynesboro Railroad Stock... 95
Macon City Bonds 80
Macon City Bonds, Eudorsed 100
South Carolina Railroad Stock 48
We quote Gold and Silver as follows:
GOLD AND SILVER.
Buying rates lor G01d.., $1 31
Selling 1 36
Buying rates for Silver 1 24
Selling 1 30
Tobacco.—The market Is firm at quotations, al
though there is at present but little doing;
Damaged 40
Low Grades 50
Common, sound 55
Good 60
Mediums 65
Good Mediums 75
Fine 85
Extra Fine I 25
Strictly Fine 1 50
Meat and Provisions.—Market quiet. We
give revised quotations.
Mess Pork $35 Qo@36 00
Prime Mess 32 00@33 00
Rumps 29 00(330 00
Hams, (plain) 19 (a 2O
Hams, (eanvased) 22 @22)4
Clear Sides, (smoked) 18)4
Clear Ribbed, (smoked)... 18
Bulk C. R. Sides 17)4
Bulk Clear Sides ™
Long Clear Sides..
Bellies, (dry6alted) W
Shoulders, (smoked) 15
Shoulders, (dry salted) ‘*A
Bulk Shoulders * 4 /4
Lard—ln fair supply at_2o@‘22 cents.
T > -n/ny/i —>'o sales. We quote:
Borneo Bagging, yard 25@26
Kentucky-, 9 yard 25
Richardson's Greenleaf, '{l yard ... as
Gunny Bagging, yard 24(325
Gunny Bagging, rolls, perfect 24(325
Guuny, rolls, patched 22(0,24
Rope.—Greenleafs Rope, half coils, 10c; whole
coils, 9)4@10 cents p! pound; other brands, 8(310
cents; Cotton Rope, 50c. No sales.
Oats. —We quote Oats. 90c(35l 00 "%> bushel.
Corn —Is selling at 1.05@1.10 bushel, from
store.
Flour. —Stocks fair. We quote in sacks, at
wholesale: Superfine, $ 100 B>s, 4 50(35 20; Fami
ly, 6 00(37.50 In barrels, we quote choice Western
brands 9.50@10.00; Extra, 11 00; Fami
ly, 12.50@13.00; Hiram Smith, 16.00; Cream of the
South, 15.00.
Sugar -A, 20 cents; C, Extra C, 19
@2O, 11, Crushed, 21; Powdered, 21 cents
pound.
Molasses. —65@70c; Choice Syrups, 85c@1.00 jp
gallon, by the barrel. Stock small—prices ad
vancing.
Coffee.— Rio, 21@25 cents $ pound; Java, 40@
42 cents.
Salt. — Liverpool, 2.75(33.00; Virginia, 2 40(3
2.75 %l sack.
Whisky —There is a good demand for Whisky.
We quote: Common, 1.25(3150; Rye, L50(34-00;
Bourbon, 2 50(36.00 V gallon.
Gin —2 60@ff00 %) gallon.
Ale.—lmported, 3 25; American, 2 00 $ dozen.
Domestics. —3-4,12 c; 7-BShirting, 14c; 4-4 Shirt
ing, 17e—advancing.
Drilling. -Heavy brown, 18@20c; heavy Geor
gia Stripes, 18(321.
Osnabukgs.—No. 1, 8 oz., 23@25c; No. 2, 7 oz.,
19@21: Richmond, 19; Milledgeville, No. 1, 22;
Flint River, No. 1,24 c.
Kentucky Jeans —We quote the best Kentucky
Jeans, 50@65c $ yard. Kentucky Linsey, 50c.
Shalley.—Cutbbert, 30c.
Twine— 25c $ pound, wholesale; 35c in small
quantities.
Nai15—6.25(30 50 keg.
Hides.— Dry Flint, 17c.
I W(x>l.—Bur, 18(320 centa; Clean, 27@29 cents Xi
pound.
supposedlost. The rest were saved. j
Augusta, April 9. —The business portion, and
many residences in the town of Madison, were de- i
stroyed by fire last night. Loss heavy.
Ban Francisco, April 10. —The tire still rages In
-«da mines. No more bodiee have beeu re- :
” TO.— The diaposltion of the
gives universal joy
•>t bas determined,
•*d by thefcen
-*>licanU
—1
Eggs—27- 'p dozen -
Chickens—4o3-50c, according to size; dressed,
50c V pound.
Turrets—None offering.
Potatoes —Sweet, 1 50@2 00 ft bushel; Irish,
3.00 V bushel.
The market very well supplied.
MARKEId 11Y TELEGRAPH.
Liverpool Cotton Market.
Liverpool, April 19 — Noon.—Cotton market
~r but not quotably higher, with Uplands at
’“*ns,l2J4d. Sales will probably reach
-srket firmer, but prices no
’-sita, 12*46. Sales for
firm
lacjd: o«.
10.000 bale*.
Eveuiug—Cotton U.-
higher, uplands, 12Wd; Or>v
the day footed up 12,000 bales.
Vs lurk Colton Market.
New York. April 11 —Noon.—Cotton market
firm, with middlings at 28)*o.
Evening—Cotton market closed very linn, with
middlings at Sales for the day, 4500 bales.
Foreign Markets.
Liverpool, April 12-Noon.—Breadstuff’s quiet
Coru, 29s 3d.
Domestic Markets.
New York, April \2 —Noon.—Money active at
7 per cent gold. Sterling, 7%. Gold, 331*. 62's,
30,North Caroliuas, 60)4; new, Virginias,
old, 56; new, 59. Tennessee*, ex coupons, 6S\;
new, 65)4. Louisiana Levees, 70.
Flour dull and declining. Wheat dull aud nomi
nally lower. Com dull and drooping. Pork
drooping; new, 30)4@30)4. Lard quiet; steam,
13>s(3I8W.
Spirits Turpentine drooping, at 49. Kosiu quiet;
strained, 2 47)4- Freights dull.
Evening —Flour dull aud heavy; -ui»erfiue State,
5.60(36.90; common to fair extra Southern, 6 35(3
7.000. Wheat declining. Corn a shade lower;
white Southern, 92 Pork irregular, aud closiug at
30(a)30 75. Lard a shade firmer, kettle, 18)4(3
Rice quiet; Carolina, 8J4@9)4. Sugar steady
Coffee firm.
Spirits Turpentine, 49(@4V>4- Rosin, 2.45(32.48.
Freights dull.
The strlngehcy has iucreased; Money on call, 7
per cent, eurreucy, with commission added.
Sterling, 72<3754. Gold. 33)4. Stocks dull; Gov
ernments Strgug; 62 s, 20jg. Southern Securities
quiet; Georgias, SO.
Baltimore, April 12.—Cotton market active,
at '2Bc.
Flour freely active at quotations. Wheat steady;
good choice red, 2 10@'2 25. Coni firm; w hite,
S2(3S5c; yellow, 86c. Oais firm; prime, 75c.
Pork, 32 00. Bacon quiet. Lard, 19)4c.
Virginias, old inscribed, 48)4 bid, 4\>A asked.
Augusta, April 12.—The Cotton market firm;
sales, 357 bales; receipts, 145 bales; middlings,
26)4c.
Charleston, April 12.—Cotton market firmer
and more active, with middlings at 27Wjc; sales,
600 bales; receipts, 589 bales.
Wilmington, April 12.—Spirits Turpentine
quiet, at 44c. Kosiu dull, at 1 86@11 00. Crude
Turpentine unchanged. l’ar 5c lower, at 220
@2 25.
Cotton dull, at 27e.
Savannah, April 12—Cotton iu good demand,
with middlings at sales, 500 bales; receipts,
808 bales; exports to Liverpool, 2118 bales.
Cincinnati, April 12. Mess I‘ork dull and
nominal. Bacon dull; shoulders, 13; clear sides,
15J8J. Lard nominal; old, 18.
Sr. Louts, April 12.—Mess Pork dull at 30 50(3
31.00. Bacon heavy and lower, shoulders, 13)*;
clear sides, 16)4.
Louisville, April 62.—Mess Pork, 31.50@32 00.
Bacon quiet; shoulders, 13^ 4 (<iU, ; clear side, 17L
(387)4.
New Orleans, April 13 —Cotton market more
active and )4(<i)4 c higher, with middlings at 28V(3
'3B V Salesfor the day foot up 4050 bales. Re
ceipts since Saturday, 3883 bales. Exports, 4712
bales.
Gold, 32)4- Sterling, 43)4. Commercial, 42] 4
@4294. New York Sight, )$ premium.
Flour active and udvanced 25c; superfine, 6 00;
XX, 6.51; XXX, 6.75. Corn easier at 77@78. Oats
scarce at ;2. Bran, 1.25. Hay steady at 26 00
Pork dull a131.50(ii32 For Bacon tlier eis only a
retail trade; shoulders, 1394; eleur rib sides, lf)4;
clear, 17 A- Lard dull; tierce, 18(31; keg, 20.
Sugar iu better demand; common, 1094(311; prime
13)4- Molasses scarce; prime 60. Coffee—fair 1
14%(315)4; prime, 17)4-
Mobile, April 12.—Cotton market firm at 2Cs4c
for low middlings. Sales, 650 bales. Receipts,
923 bales.
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THE rapidity wl'h which PLANTATION HIT
TERS have become a household necessity
throughout ihe civilized nation**. Is without a
parallel In the history of ibe world. Over five
million bottles were sold In twelve months, and
the demand is daily Increasing. Rich and r oor,
young and old, radies, physicians and clergy
men. And that It revives crooptrg spirits, lends
strengih to the system, vigor to tlie mind, and Is
exhausted nature's gr< at lestorer. It Is com
pounded of the choicest roots and herbs, the
celebrated Callsaya or Peruvian Hark, etc. all
preserved In pare Ht. C roix Rum. It Is sold by
all respectable dealers In every town, parish,
village and hamlet through North and Houtb
America, Europe, and all the Islands of the
Ocean.
MAGNOLIA WATER—Huperior to the best
Imported German Cologne, and sold at hail the
price.
KAYTON’e. OIL OF LlFE—Cures corns and
bnnlons.
KAYTON’3 PILLS— Cure dyspepsia and liver
complaint.
KAYTON’3 OIL OF LlFE—Cures all pains and
aches.
KAYTUN’ti OIL OF LIFE AND PILLS—For
sale by druggists and country storekeepers gen
erally.
KA YTON'S OIL OF LlFE—Cures pains In the
bsck, breast, sides, shoulders and joints.
KAYTON’S OIL or LlFE—Cures headache
and toothache In.hail a minute.
KAYTON’S OIL OF LI FE—Cures ground Itch
swellings, insect stings and bites.
private stamp on each bottle. JirrjnTmTWri
only has the right to manufacture and sell My
original John Hmlth’a Tonic Syrup, of LoalsviK
Ky. Examine well the label on each bottle. I
my private stamp la not on the bottle, do non
purchase, or you will bedeceived. Beemycol
unin advertisement and my ahow card. I will
prosecute any one Infringing on my right. The]
genuine Smith’s Tonic Syrup can only be pre-«
pared by myself.
The public's servant,
Louisville, Ky. DR. JOHN BULL,
For asie by
L W. HUNT AGO.
THE PUREST AND SAFEST. 1
The efficacy of HOSTETTIK S CEI.BK A KTFH
STOMACH BITTERS as a specific for recti ,4
-nfeebled body and cheering the desponuins
isaed Into a proverb. In the Unlletl
•« marvelous tonic has borm
’ eclipsed all rivalry, tlm
--eased In a heav
’ St last, th
'•e (J
t ho«.
ntlnd has ,
States, where tu.
down all opposition atu.
demand for It has annually In.
lerand heavier ratio for years, until,
regular sales of this preparation exceed th.
all other atomachies combined. Eminent num
bers of the medical profession anil hospital sur
geons without number, have candidly admitted
that the pharmacopoeia of the faculty contains
no prescription that produces such bent tidal
effects in dyspepsia, general debility and ner
vous diseases, as HOSTETTER’S BITTERS. To
use the language of a venerable physician of
New York, “The Bitters are the purest stimu
lant and the safest tonic we have.” But the us- »
of the great vegetable antidote are much more
comprehensive than such praise would lmniy.
Asa PREPARATORY ANTIDOTE to e ldrtitle dis
ease, a genial stimulant, a promoter of constitu
tional vigor, an appetizer, a stomachic, amt a
remedy for nervous debutty, no medicinal prep
aration has ever attained the reputation of
HOSTETTKR’B BITTERS. It is the household
tonic of the American people, and In all human
probability will be so for centuries to come. The
magnates of science recognize tts merits; and
that It Is emphatically the medicine o' the ina«-
s*w, is proved by tts vast aud ever Increasing
site*.
All orders for Kaytoii'* medicines should he
addressed to Prof. H. H. Kay ton. Savannah, 1 i-t
KAYTON’B OIL OF LlFE—Cures rheumau-m
and neuralgia.
■ -
Mr. W. H. Young, ol Columbus, Ga., says of
Darby’s Prophylactic Fluid : “I consider it lm
por ant never to be without It.”
KAYTON’B PI LU4—Cure sick headache and ail
bilious diseases.
Georgia- 1 kw in uxjun 1 \— sixu ,i«sui'r
date, application wl.l Itetmole 10 tlier. tt
ot O dlnary of said county lor leave t..s, t;
real estate of David llaues, deceit-<d tin-. m
Mh.lM. El.I AS II I
apiO-td—pf ffl Administrator.
NOTICE.
VLL persons Indebted to the estate of Wood
son Wilcox, d*«e»Ki and, are hereby not tiled 1
come forward and make Immedlaii pa tin nt ;
and those holding claims aga nst mi and estate
will present them within terms ot the law.
CLARK Will X
apl2-w4U 1 Adminisi tutor.
/ 1 EI»KGI A;iEllA 11: I 111 N1 \ vi
\JT ltsin 11. rterrylilll apnitea to ire t..■ .1 ,
adinlnlstrai ton 011 Die estate of Eutrl S. rmoi , 1
late ol said county, deceased: T >--i 1. m-i
f >re to cite and admonish all concerned io l>. i: and 1
appear s', my office within the time pr< 1:
by 1 nr, to show cnisc it any hey ban- ul
said letters should uot be granted. ).l\. : u. . ,
ttty baud April 7lh, I Mil).
W. P. CAMlM’et.i , <
apl2-30,l—pf (3 50 Ordinary.
DENISON’S
Condition Powders J
FOR
HORSES, MULES,
Cattle and Hogs,
Aro unequalled for Cottgha, Colds, I/>mi c f Ap- B
petite. Hide Hound, Yellow Water, Tarry, fl
Surfeit, Lung Fever, Colic, and all diacaaea B
Incident to these animals. Warranted to do B
all that is claimed for thorn, if given according
to directions. Be© Circulars.
Manufactured by
D. M. DENISON, I
COLUMBUS, Oa. I
And For Hale by
J. H. 7.1 It,IN A 00. ■
L. W.HUNr M
And at HAWKlNsvtl.l.r , bv
.1. A. i Il'-Mi »>>• H
May23—<lAw'.g
FOR SALE.
I AM offering lor sale tin- rhec|«st
. Georgia—,» good Dwelling. Kiiei.en. .
MOU-m, I < mt-lioiiHc for TOl.l m. ul, an in
Garden Spot, h l ine Vine; 10, j 1
Hcuppernoi.g Gram —-Km
place contains f-ur uerea, mote <>> '1
Idenee ih convemei t to l,mno ■ ■ ..
of a mile <rorn town, mid 1 n n n< ~ H|l
I have Just filllalod repalilug ami .
whole Ki. For partlcnlara apply o. no jfll
Jellts, llawklnsvliie, Ga. Terms ci h.
ap9-«2m J. JK'I
THE
REYNOLD*’ PI O\B
INYBNTBII II Y
Itev. Ercenian E. lin t §£
rpilK ATTENTION or all AO HI
1 turist* Ik respect ully cal ed to tli - I‘i
hreo before lbs put-ire long enough f r pi.
he well known. We ask alien' on tot • ■
mg certificates. We cot.fi lently reque-t a «
□- t yet tried this Plow to call on any cl th w
gentlemen, whose names are here g Ten, fi r
tion in regard to it.
AusosTt, Ga., August 2k I
Uavng closely inspected t* e Pab :1 1 ow I
K. P R*-yno d fc , I take pleasure » I
opinion it should attract the atten> on • I • I
turai Comtnusity Asa Cotton and ( rn 'u I
miijt prove eminently us-fui an.l siti-ho-i I
so constructed that any form < f p *— , a ■
li-e.I upon the same ... It ■
lightnes- and strength anil fioiri the :n. ■, ■
cip.e* un Which it u coostructed it <•« , i,.- . .1
aged by any ntdmary p -wh y Mr, pej I
gentleman of character and deeervr * t
and patronage of the public.
HKBBCHEL V
Aussict-, Oct ill
We, the undersigned h-v.- ». eri i: . ...I
Reynolds, and that of Mr lirmo'e a v* r \ H
tne Plow of iMtfc H
heat. We then ploughed the one i. r- P H
did.eqaally as we.l a- the t-.r i ■
nnuch land as the larger Ph * We ar*- ■ :
tr.at he Key sol In Plow wui do * '
try. A. t OW
i
Tr.s following card in from Mr. '! "^8
Inckey, bupermtetiden ■ f the ham. g
the E ig'.sh Georgia Land < ■ t . 1 <•
read with interest:
Btkor, Nov'inhe^B
Col. Luciit:
D arair:—l hsse had t’e p»»., * WS
Reyr.o dk’ Pi w. sod whieh lan p •- 1
verr itn.’ • plea-el -aim. V. e j .
rtrin.ey Plow and i-ornpar- t *
log to tny judgment, tt e R >r o i-' P * H
I ten t p r.w ; at ieasl.lt do *
■he n»m - aicd of lad Its P
superior to any plow tr a i v. r - vt
Ti -1
•ecThe Dassoe Msrefi"
ufaeture the R. yno d-’ p * f
tie* : Sumter, Ice, Terr-
Harry, Clay, Rand. lpr,, Vu ’man. tfjij
■
“It ws* my good f rttine ■ h ■
tlie Putnam County Ag jHK
in l atent'n on the 2’ -■ t-> ■
d"ed a p oud day for go:
‘■there was life in t, e O .1 a . BH
»h' w of hor** > a't
r.cuitu-al 1-Ttp. tt.e.
The trial of p ** - ' •n* '
West, the North. »• i Hfl
'lhe Brn'e., the |^B
plows (li e ed tt.e f.- and e- 1 - sli^l
Ihe Como ittee s»«rdei - 23
Keyno a- of
lie i.a- g r -r. to '.*•■■ r;i>:
fiasseo. if equ-.led 'v a v . *
is simple i * 1 am
and is emn a . a .» a ■
to un -Tea ne n *"■
can w :
shovel, swaep, • ’ •»•-
Orrtci os I '•!*.'
I*a«.-00, Ira , pel
: Messrs. R*vno "" «
* r- . c-the p BH
• 0 | ,-e ten coil’ 'o W
ra le rag-eeao.’v
a-e r'ea-ed . f*ra- e
letter- '-o'* P »■*
mp. ct to n.a ■ J ■ BB|
esuota are we e:.» ->•
Very »
AddreKS Reynolds A !i r.*- I
G*s
MarSed-law—tw A » Bm.