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TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION. Daily—one year $lO oo “ six months 5 00 “ three months 2 50 Tbi- Weekly— one year 5 oo “ six months 2 60 Weekly—one year ’ 200 six months 100 Singlo copies, 6 cts. To news dealers, i x A cts. Subscriptions must in all cases be paid in advance. The paper will be discontinued at the expiration of the time paid for. JAS. G. BAILIE, ) FR ANCIS COGlti, { Proprietors GEO. T. JACKSON, ) Address all Letters to H. C. STEVENSON. Manager. 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- To Advertisers and Subscribers. On and after this date (April 21, 1875.) all editions of the Constitutionalist will be sent free of postage. Advertisements must be paid for when han ded in, unless otherwise stipulated. Announcing or suggesting Candidates for office, 20 cents per line each insertion. Monet may be remitted at our risk by Express or Postal Order. Correspondence invited from all sources, and valuable special news paid for if used. 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.