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Hon. Jefferson Davis has repeated his
De Soto address at another Missouri Fair.
We hope he will not repeat It too often.
Vert serious atmospheric disturbances
are reported in Southern France and tho
West ludia Islands. ‘The tail of the cyclone
is on the wag again.
Another riotous affair is reported from
Mississippi, but it is no worse than what is
constantly occurring in Eastern and West
ern States. The negroes are evidently de
termined to provoke a quarrel, which will
be very fatal to them in the long run.
A New York Judge has decided that ne
groes are not entitled, under the Civil
Rights bill, to send their children to public
schools for the whites, when the State pro
hibits the same, and when provision has
been made for the education of colored
boys and girls in separate Institutions.
Spain has anew ministry. When the
supply of statesmen shall have given out
for the purpose of consolidating a har
monious government, she will be plunged
Into another revolution. Don Carlos may
never get to Madrid, save as a prisoner,
but it is by no means certain that Alfonso
will not follow In the footsteps and share
the fate of Amadeus.
The news from Maine is by no means dis
couraging to the Democracy. The Repub
lican candidate has had h hard run, and
the probabilities are that, if elected at all.
it will be by a small majority. It is too
much to expect Maime to go Democratic,
but the effects of the tidal wave have been
felt even in that remote and hido-bound
State.
The Mississippi case is still being agi
tated at Washington. Gov. Ames is bent
upon securing military interference, and
although Pierrepont and Grant hesitate
to send him what he so ravenously wishes,
it is, at this time, impossible to predict
what party pressure may bring about. We
hardly think it will help Radicalism to try
the Louisiana game a second time.
The capture of alleged counterfeiters in
North Alabama has developed a first class
case of hypocrisy. The more prominent
prisoners are men who have hitherto held
high social positions, and were looked upon
as shining lights in religious circles. The
man who commits crime deserves punish
ment, but when he sorves the devil in the
livery of heaven, the aggravation of the of
fence is enormous.
The Indians have had a unanimous pow
wow. They perceive that their sacred soil
is in more and more darger every day from
the invasion of th& whites. Poor fellows!
their protest has reason it; but it is the
destiny of the inferior races to go down be
fore their superiors. It is only a question
of time. When the Indian problem shall
have been settled, a more gigantic puzzle
will engage the attention of the wise
men of thisßhitf-public.
Herzegovina is to bo informed officially
that if she wants to fight Turkey it must
be a “lone hand.” Server Pasha, in case
of disagreement, will issue a proclamation
promising a redressal of grievances in case
of submission. But who shall say that this
is the end of the present insurrection ? The
fellows who hold Turkish bonds may
breathe more freely, good Christians as
they are, but, while the telegraph brings
us intelligence that the Great Powers
will not help the Insurgents, the Insurgents
have pitched in and defeated the Turks.
The Philadelphia Times thus speaks of
the standard-bearer of the Pennsylvania
Democracy: “By the nomination of Judge
Pershing the high demands of the tens of
thousands of people who mean to vote for
positive honesty instead of party have been
fairly and political discipline will be
powerless to confine a step to the support
of those whose chiefs desire the Democratic
partisan success. He towers far above and
beyond any such narrow plane. In the Leg
islature his voice and his vote were for his
country, and not for party, in the times
of national trial, and the clamor of party
was disregarded as he was called to tho
bench in Schuylkill, where he has shed the
richest lustre upon the administration of
impartial and fearless justice. In all his
public trusts he has been not only blame
less, but the tolerance of wrong has not
stained his skirts, and in his private life he
lute given an illustrious example of purity
and usefulness. As Governor of Penn
ey Vania he would not only be above
the reach of the venal or selfish, but
he would employ the whole moral
and lawful authority of his high posi
tion to drag the deformities of prostituted
power before the light of day, and make
the wrong-doer fiee from his presence to
reap the shame and punishment he merits.
It is a nomination that appeals, and
searchingly appeals, to tho integrity of the
people of tho Commonwealth, and there
must be even more than the average mul
tiplication of Democratic blunders, if he
shall not be wanted at Harrisburg about
next inauguration day.”
EUROPEAN CROP NEWS.
London, September 13—The Mark
Lane Express, in its review of the corn
trade for the week, says there has been
little change in the wheat markets gen
erally, which, with new produce, have
only been moderately supplied. The
best quality is mostly maintaining its
previous value, while the inferior grades
have tended downward. The general
average is now within six pence of last
year, though the amounts then sold
were double those now. But foreign
imports still being full, the country
lias been amply supplied at rather
lower rates. Flour has recovered a
franc in Paris, and fine old wheat has
risen a shilling per quarter. The French
markets have been calm and unchang
ed, but in some of the country places
there has been a further decline. Bel
gium and Holland have given way in
new qualities about a shilling per
quarter. In Germany the tendency
from the fineness of the weather has
been downward. The same is true in
Hungary for inferior qualities, though
the yield is scarcely an average. But
at Odessa holders maintain prices
greatly to the detriment of the export
trade, in confidence that they will
eventually be paid for their patience as
the season advances and a general de
ficiency is known. They are still look-
ing at the present yield as only an
average one in quantity and as
from this a largo deduction must
be made for its general lightness
in tho actual amount of flour
produced, say on three-fourths, or from
5 to 10 per cent., we may possibly count
on a further deficiency of 750,000 quar
ters. At a time when our population
is vastly on the increase, we have no
doubt that the imports will meet our
necessities ; but we expect, as the sea
son terminates, it will be a close run.”
London. September 13.—The weather
is favorable for gathering the hop crop
and bringing grain into fine condition.
In Mark Lane English wheat is two
shillings per quarter lower than last
Monday, and foreign one to three shil
lings lower, according to samples.—
Elour is very dull, irregular and lower.
A u (jusin Constitutionalist
Established 1799.
FROM WASHINGTON.
Naval News—Puffing the Khedive—
The Mississippi Embroglio.
Washington, September 13.— Admiral
Reynolds announces that his 11 ig ship,
the Tennessee, passed through the Suez
Canal without the least obstruction.
She had her bunkers full of cod. Her
draft was twenty feet six inches and
her speed of four to five kne ts was
maintained in the canal and tte usual
speed through the Bitter Lakes. The
ship was underway 19 hours and 17
minutes including stoppages. Admiral
Reynolds had an hour’s interview with
the Khedive. Reynolds says it may be
considered fortunate for that c ountry
that Egypt has now upon the throne a
ruler of bis highness’ distinguished
ability and force of character.
It is probable that the President will
return to Washington to-morrow or
next day, when a Cabinet meet ng will
be held to consider Mississippi trou
bles and determine what action shall
be taken on the demand of Gov Ames
for Federal interference. Attorney Gen.
Pierrepont telegraphed this a. m. to the
U. S. Attorney at Jackson, Miss, to in
form him without delay of the present
condition of affairs in that part of the
State. He also telegraphed to Gov.
Ames that he had forwarded go the
President at Long Branch, by special
messenger, all the telegrams in regard
to the troubles, and now awaited the
further action of the President.
BEN BUTLER’S SON-IN-LAW.
His Insane Call for Troops Con
demned by Both Parties —The At
torney General Compels Him to
Squeal.
Washington, September 13.—Within
the past two days a number of tele
grams have been received by the At
torney General from people of both
political parties in Mississippi, stating
that it was now substantially quiet in
the recently disturbed portions of the
State; but for greater caution the At
torney General telegraphed on the 10th
instant in response to the dispatch from
Gov. Ames, asking for Federal inter
ference the following:
. Washington, September 10.
To Gov. Ames, Jackson, Miss.:
United States forces have been put
in readiness. No orders have yet been
given for them to move and no procla
mation has been issued. Everything
is ready. Is there such an insurrection
against the State government as can
not be put down by the State military
forces aided by all the other powers of
the State government and the aid of
true citizens?
[Signed,] Edwards Pierrepont,
Attorney Geneial.
Tliis was telegraphed early on the
morning of the 10th inst., but ud re
sponse was received thereto from any
source until yesterday, when a telegram
was received by the Attorney General
from ex-Senator Pease, now Postmaster
at Jackson, saying : “The excitement
has subsided. A civil force, comp i>sed
of good citizens of all political parties,
and of sufficient force to protect life
and property, can be had in any county
in the State. No effort has yet been
made by the State authorities in this
direction. Until all legal means have
been exhausted, I am of the opiuion
that-Federal interference is unwise, im
politic, and will only tend-to aggravate
the evils.”
Senator Alcorn, of Mississippi, was
present when the telegram was rec eiv
ed by the Attorney General, and ion
firmed its statements.
The Attorney General on tho Lltli
inst. telegraphed again to Gov. Amt s as
follows:
“ In my dispatch of yesterday morn
ing, in which I mentioned that the
troops were held in readiness, I asked
whether the situation of the insurrec
tion was such against the State author
ities that the State Government and the
aid of loyal citizens could not pui it
down. I have no reply.”
To this no response came until be
tween 11 and 12o’clock last night, when
the Governor sent to the Attorney
General a very long telegram, giving
in explanation that it was a question
of race, and he still thought that ttere
was necessity for troops.
The Attorney General has made a
fuil report, sending all the telegrams
and communications by a special mes
senger to the President to-day and ex
pects further suggestions from the
President to-morrow.
JEFFERSON DAVIS.
He Repeats His DeSoto Address and
Is Handsomely Welcomed.
St. Louis, September 12.—Mr. Davis
spoke at the Callaway County Fair,
held at Fulton to-day. Avery large
crowd gathered from all sections in,
that part of the State. He was intro
duced by Gov. Hardin, and made near
ly the same speech he delivered at De-
Soto. He was very enthusiastically re
ceived and frequently applauded. Sen
ators Bogy and Cockrill were present
and responded briefly to calls to speak.
Minor Telegrams.
Vermillion, D. TANARUS., September 13.—1n
the case of Wintermute, tried for *;he
murder of McCook, the verdict was not
guilty.
Norfolk, September 13—Several ves
sels put in for the harbor, including the
P. A. Sanbarn, which is full of water.
The A. H. Bilden was dismasted. 'The
Sallie W. Ponder was also dismasted.
The Empire lost an anchor and jib.
Red Cloud, Minn., September 6. —
Spotted Tail has yielded. He is expec
ted in to-morrow. He wants six mil
lions for the Black Hills, in the shape
of an annuity of a hundred dollars for
each Indian.
New Orleans, September 13. —The
whites of the senior class of the boys’
Central High School decline to attend
because a colored man has been ap
pointed Professor of Mathematics for
that school by the school board.
Portsmouth, N. H., September 13
The Democrats have elected Mose3 H.
Goodrich Mayor of this city by one
hundred majority, and six out of ten
Aldermen.
THE INDIANS.
The Original Residents of North
America Claim Some Prescriptive
Rights from Interlopers.
Okmulgee, I. TANARUS., September 12. —The
general council of all the Indian nations
and tribes was held at this place. Be
fore adjourning they passed a resolu
tion unanimously repudiating Caddo
Boudlnot. In regard to opening up the
Territory to the white man, a resolu
tion was adopted, all concurring, ex
pressive of the principle that this is the
Indian’s country by many solemn
treaties and, if ever it is settled up, it
must be by the Indians with mgovera
ment suitable for Indians.
FOREIGN DISPATCHES.
Change In the Spanish Ministry—Fi
nancial Troubles in Montreal.
Madrid, September 12.—Dissensions
in the Cabinet were due to the decis
ion of the majority that elections
should bo held for the Cortes by uni
versal suffrage. Senor Canovas del
Castillo desired to open the Cortes on
November 28th, the day King Alfonso
comes of age. The King summoned
the Ministers to a consultation at 9
o’clock last night. Canovas del Cas
tillo would only consent to preside over
a liberal Cabinet of conciliation.—
Anew Ministry was formed un
der Gen. JovelJar to-day. The following
is the list, as officially announced: Gen.
Jovellar, President of the Council and
Minister of War; Alcara Galiauo, Min
ister of Foreign Affairs; Calderon Col
lantes, Minister of Justice; Durau y
Lira, Minister of Marine; Salaverria,
Minister of Finance; Romero lioblede,
Minister of the Interior; Martin Her
rera, Minister of Public Works; Ai jala,
Minister of Colonies.
Montreal, September 12. —H. Cotte,
late Cashier of the Jacques Cartier
Bank, was again arrested this after
noon, this time at the instance of the
Federal Government. The charge is
that he issued false monthly reports,
thereby deceiving the public.
The estate of Killert & Friendman
wastput into compulsory insolvency.
The debts are $120,000; assets nomi
nally SIOO,OOO.
Affairs in Herzegovina—Fatal Accident
in England—The Mediterranean on a
Rampage.
Mostar, September 13.—Foreign con
suls have gone to confer with the in
surgent leaders, and will inform them
that there is no hope of foreign aid and
advise them to submit.
Server Pasha will return Thursday,
when, if the mission is unsatisfactory,
he will issue a proclamation promising
a redress of grievances on the condi
tion that the insurgents submit within
a certain time.
London, September 13.—Eleven per
sons perished from poisonous gas in a
Shropshire colliery.
Paris, September 13.—There was a
violent gale on the Mediterranean to
day. The railway station at Cettic was
flooded. The rich plains of Viguoble,
between Bezieres and Narbonue, are
inundated.
More “Venusian Perturbations”—
Defeat of the Turks.
Havana, September 13. —A hurricane
occurred at the Windward Islands with
serious damage to vessels. No details.
The weather heie is threatening.
A hurricane is reported at Santiago de
Cuba last night.
Montpellkr, September 13—Storms
in this neighborhood did great damage
to crops-. A water spout at St. Chenian
destroyed 50 bouses. Niue bodies were
recovered. Sixty persons are still
missing.
Constantinople, September 13.
Serious fighting occurred on Monday,
Tuesday and Wednesday last, in which
the Turks wore defeated. This has re
sulted in a renewal of the siege of Re
binjo by the Insurgents.
The Servians Snub the Insurgents,
but Mass an Army on the Frontier.
London, September 13.—The Morn
ing Standard has a special telegram
from Vienna, which says the Servian
M)fifcV>try have issued a circular to the
dfiefjß of several districts, saying:
‘•\Yeare living on the best terms with
the Porte, and therefore order that you
prevent this good understanding from
being disturbed, either by permitting
volunteers to join the insurgents or by
the export of arms, ammunition or
provisions.”
Belgrade, September 13.—0n account
of a threatening concentration of Turk
ish troops on the frontier, the Servian
Government has ordered the mobiliza
tion of six frontier brigades, aggregat
ing 24,000. Each soldier must be sup
plied with oue hundred rounds of am
munition, and special precautions are
to be taken during the night.
Skuptachina Chin-Music.
Kragusewats, September 13.—Tiie
Skuptachina has elected Committees of
War, Finance and on the Constitution.
The membeis of these committees are
mostly Radicals and include three Com
munists. The great powers have ex
pressed to Servia their satisfaction
with the tone of Prince Milan’s speech.
The address, in reply, will probably be
debated in the Skuptachina on the 17th.
Jovellar’s New Broom in Spain.
Madrid, September 13. —Gen. Jovel
lar, the new Premier, has repeatedly
stated that Spain’s most urgent need is
the end of the civil war. The question
of anew constitution should he left to
the Cortes, and efforts of the ministry
at present will be directed to the paci
fication of the kingdom.
Hold for New York—The Cattle Dis
ease-Accident to a Steamship.
London, September 13. —The Evening
Globe reports gold to the amount of
£27,000 sterling was withdrawn from
the hank to-day for New York.
There are 6,000 cases of cattle disease
in Devonshire, an increase of 2,000 dur
ing the week.
The steamer State of Virginia, which
arrived at Larue to-day, is reported to
have sprung a leak off Cape Race. At
one time it was feared she would foun
der. The leak was finally stopped.
Gibraltar, September 13.—The
steamer Hartford is here.
FROM NEW YORK.
A Civil Rights Case—Negroes Not En
titled to Enter Public Schools for
the Whites.
New York, September 13.—Judge
Gilbert, of the Supreme Court of
Brooklyn, to-day rendered a decision
in a civil rights case, wherein Win. F.
Johnson, a colored man, sought to
compel tho principal of a public school
to admit his sea thereto, instead of
sending him to a school provided for
colored children. The court held that
common schools are a public charity ;
that benefits conferred by them are a free
gift from the State, and, like every
other donor, the State may prescribe in
what manner and upon what terms and
conditions the girt may be enjoyed. In
conclusion, Judge Gilbert says that tho
statute, by guaranteeing equal privi
leges, does not confer the right to en
joy them in common with any class of
persons, or in any particular school,
and that nothing has been shown from
which it can be inferred that the re
lator has been deprived of equality of
privilege to which he is entitled. The
motion for mandamus was denied.
Suspension of Paper Dealers.
New York, September 13. —The Ex
press says Mallory & Butterfield, the
largest dealers in paper board in Amer
ica, representing some fifty different
mills, announced their suspension to
day. Creditors have agreed to allow
the firm to continue.
AUGUSTA, GA., TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 14, 1875.
“SHOVING THE QUEER.”
WOLVES IN SHEEP’S CLOTHING.
Arrest of Prominent Counterfeiters—
How Some “Christian Statesmen” are
Found Out.
Nashville, Septet- be 12.— A special
from Decatur, Ala:, Ito the American
to-day says United- States Marshal
Bauer arrived this af §rnoon with J. C.
Graham, of 3ainesvi le, Sumter coun
ty, R. J. Neil, of Alex ader, and George
Sampson and John Teuly, of Tusca
loosa, Ala., who are c r.rged with coun
terfeiting. B. B. Bo vers, now under
arrest here for co interfeitiug, was
foreman of the las grand jury of
Greene county, stewa and <>f the Metho
dist Episcopal Church, and Superinten
dent of a Sabbath ifcnool. When ar
rested Bowers had o’ his person SIOO
in counterfeit fifty cent fractional cur
rency, and three hundred dollars
in counterfeit five and twenty dollar
legal tenders. Bowqrs, socially and
financially, is prominfim,, and can give
bonds for $20,090. ifuni; and Garner,
of Tuscaloosa. county, *0 charge of a
Deputy Marshal, Am route. A de
layed train was the causd of their nou
arrival. Deputy U. S. Marshal Wheat,
from the Middle Diet) ict-of Tennessee,
arrived to-day bavin ' it*, custody W.
W. Gordon, of Lynnv Tenn. Gor
don in his section had commanded the
respect of the comr! unity. He had
evaded arrest for several days,
and was particularly wanted. It is
claimed his connectioi with the coun
terfeiters was couspict oue.
THE MAINE C £ l ,E< MON.
A Very Close Contest .net Large Dem
ocratic G int?.
Portland, Me., Sep jmher 13.—The
election is progressing quietly. In the
larger cities the conte J is animated.
At Bangor, the Republ saios assert that
tho Democrats are rt nortiDg to trick
ery, hut already claim tho city. Con
nor’s friends claim A igusta where a
largo vote on both side is being polled.
Poitland gives Connor Republican, 2,-
436; Roberts, Democra ic,‘2,551. Dem
ocratic majority 115 af. viost last year’s
Republican majority o 1( 5. The fol
lowing places give Dei loeratic majori
ties: Cape Elizabath 1 50, Decring 60,
a gain of 51; Bangoi gives Roberts,
Democrat, a majorit; of 123 and
two Democrats and one Republican are
elected to the Legislap. re.j In 1870 he
carried the city by ove* 6(f). Eastport
gives Connor 267, Robe te 133. Belfast
gives Roberts 503, ant Connor 501.
A Democratic gain of 210 from last
year. Bridgton gives C mi§or 362, Rob
erts 298. Augusta gi\ sa iConnor 943,
Roberts 778, and eleett t >;wo Republi
can members to the Le ;is?ature. The
Republicans carry Saco by 171 majori
ty for Connor. One De aoerat is elect
ed to the Legislature. South Berwick
gives Roberts a rnajoi ty of 37, and
elects all Democratic ca dl lates for the
Legislature. >
Portland, Septerahi r 13.—Forty
towns give Connor (Re) i) 12,470 ; Rob
erts, 11,381. Last year le name towns
gave a Republican vott of 10,961, and
a Democratic vote of 5,766, 'showing
1,089 Republican maj ri|y iu 1875,
against 2,185 in 1874, or , icfis of 50 per
cent.
10:30 p. m.—Sixty tow? s give ConnoL
(Rep.) 15,102; Roberts 1- 5,730. Last
year the Republican v< e was 13,357,
and tho Democratic vot< 10,985.
Bideford was carried ; iy the Demo
crats by 197 majority foi Roberts. Two
Democrats are elected 1 j the Legisla
ture. Twenty towns give Connor (Rep.)
5,029 ; Roberts (Dem.),- j ,060. In 1874
these towns gave 4,536 3 epublican and
3,176 Democrat; Republ ;an majority,
969, against 1,360 same 1 me last year ;
Republican loss, 391.
Portland, September 13.— With the
exception of six towns vhich gave 62
Republican majority last year, Andro
scoggin county returns ‘623 majoiity
for Connor, against 707 lust year. Both
Senators, all the Representives and the
county officers are Republican—a gain
of one Republican. Lincoln county has
gone Republican by about 40 majority,
gaining 3 Republican Representatives
and losing one Republican elect Sena
tor and Commissioner. In Waldo
county 16 out of 26 towns give Connor
2,065 and Roberts 2,016—a gain of 484
for the Democracy. Probably 4 out of
8 Representatives are elected by the
latter, together with the Sena
tors and the county ticket. Franklin
county returns about 250 Republican
majority and also elects a Senator
and two Representatives. The Demo
crats elect three Representatives ; 100
towns give Connor 21,620, and Roberts
19,138. Last year the Republicans had
18,772, and the Democrats 14,228; a
Republican majority this year of 2,482,
against 4,544 last year; 1 17 towns in
York county give Connoi|lls majority,
against a Republican majfritylast year
of 737, a loss of 622. Coi|ior has prob
ably carried the county b* 150 majori
ty, against 745 last year ; 120 towns
give Conner 26,633, and PUberts 24,140,
against 23,042 Republicili and 17,897
Democratic last year; ; 7 out of 28
town iu Kennebec count’ give Connor
4,404, and Roberts 2,960. Hancock
county is very close, probably Demo
cratic by about 50 majority.
FROM MISSISSIPPI.
More Disturbances Threatened.
Memphis, September 13. —Passengers
by rail report troublo in Tallahatchie
county. The whites had sent runners
to Oakland for assistance. Citizens of
Grenada are organizing and arming.
It is impossible to obtain a reliable re
port.
A gentleman from Charleston, Miss.,
reports that on last Thursday two ne
groes who, it is claimed, live in Arkan
sas, registered. Warrants were issued.
They fled from a constable and posse,
who ran them, Evans and feuford, of the
posse, firing. The negroes |a Lie vicinity
of Trenton, hearing of thefifilur, armed
to the number of 70 and dftmnded
Evans and Buford begivt! i|p to them.
They behaved riotously, flu, Saturday
a large number of o' met negroes as
sembled at Trenton. The!' Jutes sent
County Treasurer Stewart! v|ho is also
Deputy Sheriff, and Jerry! to
try to induce them to They
threatened to hang botliSlewart and
Robinson, who returned and
notified the citizens that t|e negroes
were swearing vengeance. (falls were
made on Oakland, Chi hjiton and
Grenada for assistance. attics from
those points have gone o Fraison’s
store, where the trouble o gfnated.
On Thursday last ihe dwelling of
Mrs. A. S. Tharin, at her P n ir Springs
place, Orangeburg county caught fire
from the stovepipe and ;s entirely
consumed, together withs l its con
tents. The loss will reach $;i,000. No
insurance. I
Fifty cents per hundri 1 is
paid to cotton pickers it, Darlington
county, 8
LETTER FROM RUTLEDGE.
The Weather—Superior Court Cases—
Thrifty Negroes—Matrimonial.
[Correspondence of the Constitutionalist.]
Rutledge, September 12,1875.
We are having a cold northeasterly
wind, with slow rain. It commenced
yesterday morning, and the prospects
are good for several days.
The Superior Court was in session in
this county last week. There were
some criminal cases of small import
ance. One negro was sentenced to the
penitentiary for a short time. The
others were acquitted. They were all
negroes.
The great slander suit of James Han
son against Amos Brown was finally
settled by a verdict in favor of Hanson
of SSO for his character. It takes a
first class character to bring SSO when
cotton is only 12 cents. The civil
docket of this county was closed up at
this term of Court, and the jail cleared
out, so the next Court will all be new
cases.
There is some excitement in this com
munity over some copper and iron
mines being discovered near Rutledge.
Parties seem to think they are very
rich.
I see an extract in the Constitution
alist from the Madison Home Journal
that the negroes are holding secret
meetings in that end of Morgan county.
Ido not hear of anything of that sort
among the darkies in this section.
They all seem to be very busily engaged
in gathering their crops or working at
whatever they have to do. The negroes
who work are making money in this
neighborhood at farming. There are
several in this section who will make
4or 5 bales of cotton and corn to sell
this year. They all appear to be satis
fied, and attend to their business as
they should do.
Married—At the bride’s aunt’s, Mrs.
Sallie Barings, in Walton county by the
Rev. Joseph King, Mr. R. B. Keister,
formerly of Spring Placo Murray county
Georgia, to Miss Fannie Ralston, of
Louisiana, a near relative of the great
California Banker who committed sui
cide to get out of trouble. R.
LETTER FROM RICHMOND COUN
TY.
Bad Condition of the Crops—Religi
ous Revival—A Grand Old Bar
becue.
The crop of cotton will fall fearfully
short. Long continued dry, hot wea
ther has caused the weed to cease
growing. It causes the bolls to open
rapidly, and the fields that should look
almost dark with foliage present quite
a different sight. The bolls are open
ing and the cotton is ready to fall from
its socket. The indications, however,
are that we will have rain in a day or
two.
Brothersville Chapel, under the con
trol of the M. E. Church, has been
blessed with quite a revival. Large
numbers nightly attend, and much in
terest is manifested. Many additions
have been made, and the hearts of the
pastor and older members are made
glad thereby. Much praise is due Rev.
Mr. Farris for his valuable services as
pastor, and much might be said in
favor of the ministerial brethren who
aided him in the good cause.
It was the pleasure of your corres
pondent to attend a barbecue given by
Mr. G. C. Rhodes, at his farm on “Bru
ner Island,” on Friday. Quite a num
ber of his friends repaired to his place,
and all enjoyed themselves “hugely.”—
The meat was well cooked, and every
thing was gotten up in the best style.
Much credit is due Mrs. T. R. Rhodes
and Mrs. J. A. Robert, who, being as
sisted by their accomplished daugh
ters, did much to enhance the pleasure
of the day. Mr. Dozier, of your city,
was present, and from the large quan
tity of provisions stored away, one
would suppose, as he remarked at the
tible, “his eating capacity was unlimit
ed.” May Mr. Rhoues live many long,
long years, for his enterprise in build
ing up the waste places and producing
what we of the South so much need—
the wherewith to sustain the inner man.
Occasional.
LETTER FROM UNION POINT.
Grand Rally of Sunday Schools—Old
Greene to the Front!
1 Correspondence <sf the Constitutionalist 1
Union Point, Ga., Sept. 10.1875.
The fourth annual reunion of the
Sunday Schools of Greene county took
place to-day at Fioral Hall in Greens
boro, under the auspices of the Greene
County Sunday School Association. It
was a complete success in pleasure and,
I trust, in furthering the cause of Sun
day Schools. Nearly every school in
the county, some twelve or fifteen in
number, was represented. There is a
manifest increasing interest in Sabbath
School work in the county, as I notice
the number increases at each meeting,
and new schools are reported every
fear.
The order of exercises consisted of
singing by the schools, addresses and
other reports. Rev. L. B. Fisk, the
earnest Sunday School worker and
singer, made a splendid address on
family government, interspersing it
with appropriate songs, rendered in his
Inimitable style.
One of the most notable features
of the day was a tableau, with recita
tions and singing by the Oak
land School, and consisted of a
foundation stone, upon which was ap
propriately laid a series of blocks rep
resenting Faith, Virtue, Knowledge.
Temperance, Patience, Kindness and
Brotherly Love, and finally by Charity
—the whole making a beautiful cross,
with a splendid wreath of evergreens
surrounding it. The get-up, if not the
conception, is mainly duo to Mrs. O. P.
Daniel, and N. A. Willis, the Superin
tendent. It was certainly very beau
ful and as an emblem of all the Chris
tian graces could not be surpassed.
But when wolnan, earnest, working
woman, undertakes anything to bene
fit or please, she knows no such word
as fail. Another feature worthy of
note is the large number of female
teachers which appeared in the reports.
She seems to be engaged earnestly,
faithfully and hopefully in any good
word and work. Then, we say, God
bless the noble, self-sacrificing women
of our country! Altogether the day
was one of real pleasure and, we trust,
profit. t w M.
Milling by Wholesale. —The flour
ing mills of Minneapolis ground last
year 6,592,500 bushels of grain, and
the lumber mills in the same place
turned out, in 1874,191,305,679* feet of
manufactured lumber, and 167,753,000
shingles. One of the flour mills is the
largest in the world, and has a produc
ing capacity of 1,400 barrels a day.
The steamer Pilot Boy is now run
ning between Savannah and Beaufort.
A GREAT MOGUL’S WEALTH.
Side Arms of Priceless Value—Ele
phants Covered with Gold and
Jewels—StreetaLCarpeted with Silks
and Velvet.
[Pall Mall Gazette.l
Nothing but ridicule could have at
tended any attempt on the part of the
Prince of Wales to rival the Mohamme
dan rulers of India in ostentation and
signifieence. In the matter of presents
alone his utmost munificence would
have been surpassed by a single act of
favor displayed by one of the former
sovereigns of Hiudoostan. For instance,
Jehan Gheer bestowed upon his son,
when setting out to take the command
of the army in the Deccan, “a sword,
the scabbard of which was of gold set
with stones valued at 100,000
rupees (£10,000), a dagger at £4,000,
an elephant and two horses, all
their furniture of gold, set witn
stones.” and a state carriage built
in imitation of one sent on to
the Emperor by King James I. On
his birthday Jehan Gheer was so richly
adorned with jewels that Sir Thomas
Roe protests that in all his life he
“never saw such inestimable wealth to
gether.” “The time,” he continues,
“was spent in bringing his greatest ele
phants before him; some of which, be
ing lord elephants, had their chains,
bells and furniture of gold and silver,
with many gilt banners and flags car
ried about them, and eight or ten ele
phants waiting on each of them, clothed
in gold, silk and silver. In this man
ner about twelve companies passed by,
most richly adorned, the first having all
the plates on his head and breast set
with rubies and emeralds, being a beast
of wonderful bulk and beauty. They
all bowed down before the King, making
their revereuce very handsomely.”
One one occasion when the King hon
ored his Minister with his company at
dinner, the road was covered for a
whole mile with silks and velvets sewed
together, and the cost of the banquet
was estimated at £60,000. On his birth
day Jehan Ghqer weighed against
seven kinds of commodities, such as
rupees, jewels, cloth of gold, silks, cali
cos, spices, honey, and butter, which
were afterwards distributed among the
poor. “ The scales were beaten gold
set with small stones, rubies, and tur
quoises ; they hung by chains of gold,
and for more surety there were silk
ropes. The beam was covered with
plates of gold. The great lords of the
nation sat about the t hrone on rich car
pets, expecting the King’s coming out.
At length he appeared, covered with
diamonds, rubies, and pearls. He had
several strings of them about his neck,
arms, wrists, and turban, and two or
three rings on every linger. His sword,
buckler, and throne were also covered
with precious stones. Among the rest
I saw rubies as big as walnuts, and
pearls of a prodigious magnitude. He
cot into one of the scales, sitting on his
legs like a tailor.”
After all, the royal gifts were not in
general very costly. When the weigh
ing was over, basins full of silver al
monds, nuts, and other fruits were
placod bofore the King, who threw
them about in handfuls, while his no
bles scrambled for them. Observing
that Sir Thomas Roe would not stoop
to such meanness, Jehan Gheer took
up a basin that was nearly full and
poured it into his cloak. The courtiers,
however, “had the impudence to thrust
in their hands so greedily” that the
worthy knight had some trouble to
rescue these proofs of the royal favor
froni their rapacity. He had been told
beforehand that the King would scat
ter fruits, molded in massive gold, but
to his disgust he discovered that they
consisted of very thin silver, a thou
sand of them barely weighing £2O.
Nevertheless, “I saved,” he says, “the
value of ten or twelve crowns, and
thehe would have filled a large dish. 1
keep them to show the vanity of these
people. Ido not believe that the King
that day threw away much above the
value of £100.”
Bernier, indeed, says that, although
India was an abyss that swallowed up
the gold and silver of other lands, he
diil not regard the Mogul as being ex
traordinarily rich. Shah Jehan, for
example, after exercising commendable
thrift for the space of forty years, left
only six millions in the treasury, with
out taking into account, however,'he
piecious stones, of which he confesses
there was great store. The value of the
throne alone he reckoned at three mil
lions sterling, being covered with the
spoils of Patans and Rajpoots, and the
voluntary offerings of tributary princes,
governors and nobles.
At times the munificence of the Delhi
emperors savored of reckless extrava
gance. A singer, having delighted the
royal cars, was rewarded with his own
weight in silver coin, amounting to
6,300 rupees, and with an elephant to
carry his treasure to his house. The
famous Noormehal, having shot four
tigers with a matchlock from the back
of an elephant, was presented by the
enamored Jehan Gheer with a pair of
emerald bracelets, valued at £IO,OOO,
while a thousand rupees were distribu
ted in charity. The Great Akbar sur
passed both his predecessors and suc
cessors in personal wealth. According
to Ferishta, that illustrious potentate
numbered among his possessions
coined silver computed at a hundred
millions of rupees; choice rubies, one
maund, or eighty pouricls weight; com
mon rubies and other precious stones,
ten maunds ; uncoined gold, seventy
maunds ; uncoined silver, 100 maunds ;
copper pice, fifty billions (four pice
l)£d.); elephants, above 5,000; horses,
13,000; deer, 5,000; hunting leopards,
over 900; and hawks, 500. It is re
corded, probably with considerable ex
aggeration, that Akbar’s treasury con
tained ninety millions sterling in silver
coin and gems of price, and that on One
occasion he filled a tauk near Futtehpur
Sikri with nine crores of rupees, equi
valent to £9,000,000, which were after
ward distributed among the needy.
ECHOES OF THE PAST.
The “ Old Defenders ” of Baltimore
Celebrate the Battle of North Point.
Baltimore, September 12.—T0-day
being the sixty-first, anniversary of the
battle of North Point, twenty members
of the Old Defenders Association as
sembled this morning in front of the
City Hall and marched thence to Wes
ley M. E. Chapel to attend divine
services. The appearance of the
veterans on the street as they
tottered along attracted much atten
tion. Of the twenty, fourteen are over
eighty years of age. The anniversary
occurring on the Sabbath, and it being
a legal municipal .holiday, to-morrow
will be observed as such. The Fifth
Maryland regiment will parade and
escort the Old Defenders around the
Battle Monument, which is beautifully
decorated with ivy and other ever
greens, and a number of civic societies
will appropriately commemorate the
day.
New Series —Vol. 28, No. 36
PROGRESS OF ENGINEERING.
Address of Sir John Hawksliaw Be
fore the British Association.
At the meeting of the British Asso
ciation for the Advancement of Science
which took place at Bristol on the 25th
ult., Sir John Hawkshaw delivered the
address, devoting himself especially to
the history and progress of engineer
ing. Inventions, he said, were lost and
found again. The art of casting bronze
over iron was known to the Assyrians,
though it has only lately been intro
duced into modern metallurgy; and pa
tents were granted in 1609 for processes
connected with the manufacture of
glass which had been practised centu
ries before. An inventor in the reign
of Tiberius devised a method of
producing flexible glass, but the
manufactory of the artist was to
tally destroyed in order to pre
vent the manufacture of copper,
silver and gold from becoming depreci
ated. Two thousand years ago when
Demetrius wished to cut a canal
through the Isthmus of Gorintli the
same objection, that the adjoining seas
were of different levels, was raised and
dismissed, that had been brought
against the practicability of the Suez
Canal. Passing rapidly over the met
allurgical skill and knowledge of the
ancients from Egypt to Chiua, the early
perfection in Egypt of the art of build
ing in stone and in Mesopotamia with
brick, Sir John dwelt briefly on their
skill in matters of irrigation and drain
age. Egypt was probably far better
irrigated in the days of the Pharaohs
than it is now ; and Lake Maris, of
which the remains have been explored
by M. Linant, was a reservoir made by
one of the Pharaohs, and supplied by
the flood waters of the Nile. It was
150 square miles in extent, and was re
tained by a bank or dam sixty yards
wide and 10 high, which can be traced
for a distance of 13 miles. The reser
voir was capable of irrigating 1,200
miles of country. No work of this class
has been undertaken on so vast a scale
since, even in these days of gr eat works.
Twenty-three centuries ago the city of
Agrigentum possessed a system of sew
ers, which, on account of their large
size, were thought worthy of mention
by Diodorus. This is not, however, the
first record of towns being drained.
The well-known Cloaca Maxima, which
formed part of the drainage system of
Rome, was built some two centuries
earlier, and great vaulted drains passed
beneath the palace mounds of unburnt
brick at Nimrod and Babylon, and pos
sibly we owe the preservation of many
of the interesting remains found in the
brick mounds of Chaldea to the very
elaborate system of pipe drainage
discovered in them and describ
ed by Loftus. A high tribute to
the wonderful engineering capaci
ties of the Romans was paid. Wars,
with all their attendant evils, often in
directly benefited mankind, as when,
under the Romans or Napoleon, great
systems of roads and bridges were in
stigated for military purposes, Roads
followed the tracks of Rome’s legions
into the most distant provinces of the
empire. Three hundred and seventy
two great roads are enumerated, to
gether more than 48,000 miles in length,
according to the intnerary of Antoni
nus. The water supply of Rome during
the first century of our own era would
suffice for a population of 7,000,000,
supplied at the rate at which the
present population of Loudon is sup
plied. After the ruin caused in Europe
by the incursions of Oriental hordes
that cared nothing for roads and
bridges, and the comparatively im
practical period of Mohammedan su
premacy, a great building age began in
the tenth century and lasted through
the thirteenth. While the building of
cathedrals progressed on all sides in
Europe, works of a utilitarian character
which concern the engineer, did not
receive such encouragement, ex
cepting perhaps in Italy. The impulse
given to road-making in the early part
of the last century soon extended to
cauais and means for facilitating loco
motion and transport generally, though
it was not until the introduction of the
steam engine that engineering works
to the extent they have since been car
ried out became possible or necessary.
A rapid glance was taken at the pro
gress of mechanical skill in the man
uacture of textile fabrics and the im
mense growth of steam traffic on the
ocean, traffii which a distinguished
member of the association had said at
one of its meetings forty years ago was
impossible. Similar advancement had
been recorded in the department of
telegraphy, and what a splendid suc
cess had not the railroads proved!
The railways in the British islands now
produce,, or rather save to the nation,
a much larger sum annually than
the gross amount of all the divi
dends payable to the proprietors,
without at all taking into account
the benefit arisiug from the saving in
time. The benefits under that head
defy calculation, and cannot with any
accuracy be put into money; but it
would not be at all overestimating this
question to say that in time and money
the nation gains at least what is equiv
alent to 10 per cent, on all the capital
expended on railways. It follows that
whenever a railway can be made at a
cost to yield the ordinary interest of
money, it is in the national interest
that it should be made. Further, that
though its cost might be such as to
leave a smaller dividend than that to
its proprietors, the loss of wealth to so
small a section of the community will
be more than supplemented by the na
tional gain, and therefore there may be
cases where a government may wisely
contribute in some form to undertakings
which, without such aid, would fail
to obtain the necessary support.
Speaking of accidents on railways,
Sir John said that they were fewer now
than they had been; indeed, that there
is only one passenger injured in every
4,000,000 miles traveled, or that, on an
average, a person may travel 100,000
miles each year for forty years, and the
chances be slightly in his favor of his
not receiving the slightest injury. Af
ter alluding to the immense progress
in the manufacture of giant guns, the
speaker concluded thus : Great works
were done in former ages. Some things
have been better done than in those
earlier times, but not all. In what we
choose to call the ideal we do not sur
pass the ancients. In what depends
on the accumulation of experience we
ought to excel our forerunners. Engi
neering depends largely on experience.
Nevertheless, in future times, whenever
difficulties shall arise or works have to
be accomplished for which there is no
precedent, he who has to perform
the duty may step forth from
any of the walks of life, as engineers
have not unfrequently hitherto done.
The marvellous progress of the last two
generations should mako every one
cautious of predicting the future. We
know we cannot create a force ; wo can,
and no doubt shall, greatly improve
the application of those with which we
are acquainted. What are called in-
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Correspondence invited from all sources,
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Rejected Communications will not be re
turned. and no notice taken of anonymous
letters, or articles written on both sides.
veiitions can do no more than this, yet
how much every day is being done by
new machines and instruments ! The
telescope extended our vision to dis
tant worlds. The spectroscope has far
outstripped that instrument, by extend
ing our powers of analysis to regions
as remote. Postal deliveries were and
are great and able organizations, but
what are they to the telegraph ? Need
we try to extend our vision into futuri
ty farther? Our present knowledge,
compared with what is unknown even
in physics, is infinitesimal. We may
never discover anew force—yet, who
can tell ?
CRIMES AND*CASUALTIES.
Horrible Murder and Suicide—West
ern Banditti—Explosion of a Boiler-
Fatal Results.
Y enioe, N. Y., September 13.—Harri
son Andrews, aged 50, beat a sleeping
son’s brains out, shot his daughter
through the abdomen, fired his house
and blew his own brains out. No
known motive.
Kansas City, September 13.— Three
outlaws entered a saloon outside the
city limits, locked up the proprietor,
robbed the house and ravished a
woman. The proprietor escaped and
gave the alarm. The outlaws fired on
the police, wounding a detective. The
police returned an ineffectual volley.
A fierce hand to hand fight resulted in
the capture of the outlaws. Consid
erable money was found in their pos
session. The house was a disreputable
one.
Henderson, Ky., September 13.—The
steamer Tarascon was snagged and
sunk.
Auburn, N. Y., September 13.—The
boiler of a steam saw mill, of Chatham
Brothers, at Ski-neateles, exploded,kill
ing A. P. Chatham, his son, and a son
of John Prince, and fatally injuring a
person unknown.
Shipwreck .ami Loss of Life in Lake
Michigan.
Chicago, September 13. —The steam
barge Mendota foundered in Lake
Michigan. The crew and passengers
numbered 20. The life boat was launch
ed ; seven got aboard and the remain
ing thirteen went down. The life boat
lauded safely. The owner’s son was
aboard with his wife. He got aboard
the boat, but his wife failed. He jump
ed back and was drowned with her.
True Bill Against a Murderer.
New York, September 13.—The grand
jury of Queens’ county indicted Wm.
Delaney, mate of the schooner Jose
phine E. Potts, for the murder of Capt.
Lawrence, master of vessel, while lying
in Cow Bay two weeks ago.
The Lightning Train,
Philadelphia, September 13. The
new fast mail train of the Pennsylvania
Railroad left Kew York at 4:30 this a.
m., and arrived at West Philadelphia at
7:10, and Harrisburg at 10:25 a. m., be
ing exact schedule time.
Harrisburg, September 13.—The pio
neer lightning mail made a close con
nection from New York, Baltimore and
Philadelphia, and arrived here on time.
It is due at Pittsburg at at 6:30 to
night, and Chicago at 6:30 in the morn
ing.
Pittsburg, September 13.—The fast
mail arrived at 5:41, exact schedule
time.
FROM SAN FRANCISCO.
Confidence said to be Restored.
San Francisco, September 13.—Re
sponses to inquiries this a. in. seem to
indicate that while there is a feeling
that collections will be somewhat hard
er to-day than on collection day two
weeks ago, nevertheless a general sen
timent of confidence prevails and no
disaster is apprehended in commercial
circles. In the grocery and produce
and dry goods lines a good state of af
'airs is reported, and most parties have
been able to collect largely in prepara
tion fyr to-day.
A Somber Cloud Overspreading tlie
Brightest of September Mornings.
“Darling,” said Mr. Maguffin, when
his wife seated herself at the breakfast
table yesterday, “you look charming
this morning.”
“Well, love, I like to look pretty
when you are here.” was the amiable
reply, and Mr. Maguffin proceeded to
adjust his napkin and settle down com
fortably for his breakfast. When
Thomas set his plate before him he
scanned the steak narrowly and re
marked that it seemed a iittle greasy.
“I guess not,” said Mrs. Maguffin in a
deprecatory tone.
“Well, I guess it is,” said he ; “and
if there’s anything I hate it’s grease.”
“I don’t see any grease.”
“Don’t you? Well, I see oceans
of it.”
“Well, I think you’re very particular
this morning, Mr. Maguffin. I don’t
see anything there that will hurt you.”
“You don’t, eh? Well, I never could
eat grease.”
“Couldu’t you? Well, I knew a Rus
sian once that ate a box o’ .candles at
one meal.”
“Well, by G—oodness!” said Maguf
fin, checking himself just in time to
avoid a fearful oath, “I should say he
had enough.”
“Well, he didn’t,” screamed Mrs. Ma
guffin, “for he called for another box!”
Mr. Herman Stenberger was kicked
by his horse in Darlington on the 2d
and severely injured.
From the Ist of January to the Ist
of July, 300 tons of fertilizers were
landed”at the depot in Darlington.
The natives on the shores of the
Edisto are wondering at a cat which
goes into the water and catches fish ;
and yet it is not strange to see a cat
fish.
Hemphill, he of the Abbeville Me
dium, is authority for the statement
that two green apples and a small
watermelon will make a boy round
shouldered for three hours.
Hon. James Farrow has been elected
to the presidency of the Laurensville
Female College. He has accepted the
position, and will open the college on
the third Monday in October next.
A youth some twelve or fifteen years
of age, son of Mr. Samuel A. Tood, re
siding in the neighborhood of Rocky
Spring Church, Laurens county, acci
dentally shot himself on last Satur
day. The young man had been hunt
ing, was returning home, and, in get
ting over a fence, placed, or attempted
to place, the breech of his gun on the
opposite side, when the hammer of the
gun-lock caught, resulting in dis
charging the entire load into his body,
from the effects of which he died in a
few hours.
The number of deaths in Columbia
for the week ending September 4 was
flve—whites. 2 ; colored, 3.
The trade of Branchville last year
exceeded by fifty thousand dollars that;
of any previous year.