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TERMS OP SUBSCRIPTION. Daily—one year..../. $ lO oo six months _ 6 qo three months 2 BO Tei-Weekly—one year 500 six months 050 W eekly—one year 000 " six months 100 Single copies, 5 cts. To news dealers, iH ets. Subscriptions must in all cases be paid in advance. -The paper will be discontinued at tne expiration of the time paid for. JAS. G. BAILIE. 1 FRANCIS COGIN. } Proprietors GKO. T. JACKSON,J Address all Letters to H. C. STEVENSON. Manager. The usual dish of horrors is served up this morning, by telegraph. Turkey promises reform. A certain bad place is said to be paved with good intentions. The Carlisle are again on the ram page. The chances now are that they can hold out indefinitely and are proof against subjugation. There has been another “religious” riot at Toronto. Such proceedings, come they from whatever sect, are dis graceful to civilization and humanity. The spiritual mediums who juggle publicly for cash, have come to grief in New York. The vanishing of the necromancers with the funds and sub sequent smashing of their cabinet make up a picture at once ludicrous and sug gestive. j The Financial Chronicle, under date of October Ist, says: It appears that the total receipts for siven days have reached 80,263 bales, against 47,064 bales last week, 36,709 bales the previous week, and 18,676 bales three weeks since, making the total receipts since the first of September, 1875, 186,756 bales, against 155,221 bales for the same period of 1874, showing an increase since September, 1875, of 31,535 bales. Lottery schemes, whether under the guise of benevolent intentions or other wise, are at best doubtful transactions. Nearly all of them have been tainted with suspicion. The revelations in the Montpelier Female Institute scheme show the “ true inwardness ” of a ma jority of these frauds, and the sooner all such proceedings are forbidden by law and broken up the better for man kind. The new Bank of Nevada has been opened for business. It is reported that Flood & O’Brien, the chief pro prietors, “in order to exhibit their true inwardness to the gaping multitude, are going to scatter around on the counters §10,000,000 in twenty-dollar gold pieces. This will take 500.000 pieces, and a handsome impression will no doubt be left the minds of the impecunious. Flood & O’Brien have succeeded thus far iu every undertak ing. They smashed the Bank of Cali fornia, got control of the bonauza mines, and can now sit down on their gold heaps with an infinite amount of satisfaction.” The Union-Herald says “ the Char lotte, Columbia and Augusta Railroad, noth withstanding the general depres sion in business, makes a fine showing. The gross receipts are §16,003.89 more for August and September this year than the same months last year. The expenses §6,513.77 less, and net receipts §22,516.66 more for above months this than last year. This is the best evi dence of good management that a cor poration can produce.” We learn from Mr. Pope that the actual damage by a recent accident on the Wilmington branch of tiiis railway will not exceed §6OO. The first accounts were of the “spread-eagle” order, and we cheer fully correct the record. The finding of a diamond of 150 ca rats in the South African mines is an event of unusual occurrence. The Pitt diamond, befoie catting, weighed 110 carats, and was reduced to 136. It is valued at §1.000,000. It was captured from Napoleon at Waterloo. The Bra zilian diamond, “ Star of the South,” weighed in the rough 251)4 carats. Another in Portugal is valued at §28,- 000,000, if genuine, as it weighs 1,680 grains. The famous Koh-i-noor weigh ed 186 carats before re-cutting.— The Sultan of Matan had a dia mond of 376 carats which was valued at §3,500,000. The Orloff diamond of Russia is the size of a pigeon’s egg and weighs 195 carats. The most valuable diamond in the United States was found opposite Richmond, Va., in 1856. It weighs 27 carats. A slave in Brazil, with one stroke of an iron bar, laid open a bed of diamonds which were sold for §1,500,000. It will be seen by this comparison of different gems that the newly discovered diamond is very valu able, but will no doubt be much reduced by catting. The famous trotting mare, American Girl, fell dead on the Elmira track yester day. She was deeply mourned tlmn and .there, the band playing a funeral dirge, and the Association resolving to erect a thousand dollar wanument over her. Mr. Childs never wrote anything m> ore sad and touching than the follow ing tender effusion: ’ 0 While smoking on a powder keg, dropped a cinder down; Then rose like a meteor, To wear the golden crown. •Gone to meet the fellow who struck the glycerine can with a sledge hammer. “Nine widows of brave Revolutionary goia.iers,” we are told, “are still draw er, pensions at Hartford, Conn.” Very likely. Whenever there is a demand for such things, Hartford can manufac ture wooden hams and Revolutionary widows with equal facility. East New York has been in a state of feverish excitement, over the disap pearance of a charming widow, and it was feared that she had gone to meet her socond husband; but the fever is going down now. She has only gone to Europe with her third. Says an exchange : “Horse beef is not eaten as much by the French peo ljle a.s it was a year or two ago. The mule i!’as now come forward.” Then, U"abo ut time for the* jackass to take to his heds, or begin to say his prayers. Bret Hartfi’s novel will be out in 1880, providing he writes one page every three months, as he has done for the past six; months. Mr. Harte isn’t lazy, but he doesn’t wake up very early in the morning. —Detroit Free Press. Mr Dion de Marbelle, author, Galt House, Chicago, who wrote to this of fice inquiring the real name of Jennie Tune is respectfully informed that the lady is Mrs. David G. Croly, wife of the esteemed managing editor of the New York Graphic. Authors should be ac quainted. Should Mrs. Croly desire to know who Mr. De Marbelle is, she will find us equally ready to give her the information desired. §!k Attgtista: Constitutionalist. Established 1799. A GIGANTIC FRAUD. Scandalous Revelations of a Virginia Lottery—New York Sharpers Gull the Fortune Hunters. Alexandria, Va., October 4.—The J Gazette says a committee of ticket holders appointed to examine tickets remaining in the wheel, after the draw ing of the Montpelier Female Humane Association last Friday morning, met this morning in the room of the Asso ciation in which the wheel after it had been closed and sealed was deposited for safe keeping. When the drawing was over, as soon as the wheel was seen, it was apparent that at least a bushel of brass tubes con taining tickets had been put in since it left the stand, for they were at least ten inehes higher than a mark that had been put upon the wheel previously by one of the ticket holders, though the seal was unbroken and had the same stamp that had been put upon it pub licly. Tbey were those of the butt end of a knife and a current gold coin which could easily have been put upon new wax. Iu an investigation which ensued it was discovered that the arrangement of the drawing had been entrusted solely to parties from New York, and that all the money aris ing from the sale of tickets except some six or eight thousand dollars had been left iu New York, and was not subject to the draft of the officers of the Association. The parties present then appointed a committee to proceed at once to New York, and endeavor to recover such of the money as could be gotten hold of. After which they ad journed, to meet again to-night. The excitement on the street, in conse quence of this discovery, was by no means limited, and the subject was tbe topic of general conversation. It is believed that not a single dollar was drawn by any bona fide ticket holder, but that the whole of it has been swamped by New York sharpers, who are accused of the whole fraud. CRIMES AND CASUALTIES. Suicide, Murder, Explosion and Con flagration. Williamsport, Pa., October 3. —Abra- ham Wingridner, a wealthy and in fluential citizen, drowned himself in the canal. Philadelphia, October 3.—There was an imposing mass meeting and torch light procession by the Democrats last night. Two negroes stabbed each other in a street car. Kingston, Jamaica, October 3.—Her Majesty’s steamer Dryad burst her boiler pipe, killing the second engineer, two stokers and the chief engineer, and wounding another person, who is not expected to live. Baltimore, October 3.—J. Frank Mor rison, formerly night manager of the Western Union Telegraph office, was cut five times by a man named Tom Bond. Morrison received a fatal wound in his left side, which may prove fatal. New York, October 3.— The building known as the Body House, about one hundred yards from the Po >r House building, containing forty-one babies, as many nurses, aud sixty-one female paupers, is burned. Loss, §40,000. Jamestown, N. Y., October 3.— The steamers Jamestown aud M. A. Griffith are burned. Religious Riot in Canada—Fire and Spontaneous Combustion. Toronto, Canada, October 4.—The Roman Catholic procession was accom panied by a heavy police and military guard. Stone throwing commenced when the procession left the cathedral. The police charged the assailants, firing several shots. One or two po licemen and a number of others were seriously hurt, but none were killed. Two thousand persons were in proces sion. The crowd at some points num bered eight thousand. All quiet at nine o’clock. The city is perfectly quiet. Niue of yesterday’s rioters were before the police court, and were re manded to Wednesday. The police had ample preparations to prevent aa apprehended attempt at rescue. Philadelphia, October 4.—Burgin Sous’ glass works burned ; 150 men were ousted. Lawrence, Mass., October 4. — Spon taneous combustion destroyed the Washington Mills. Loss, §70,000. Shipwreck—Attempt to Kill a Priest. Washington, October 4.—The Signal Service Observer at Cape May, N. J., reports that the schooner David Col lins, from New York to Washington, sunk opposite the life saving station No. 34, and another schooner off station No. 33, this morning, with colors at half mast. Baltimore, October 4. —Albert H. League, captain of a tug boat, ap proached the sacristy of St. Patrick’s Church while services were progressing and attempted to shoot the pastor, Father Gaitley, because, League al - leges, Gaitley placed his (League’s) daughter in an Indiana convent.— League was held for the errand jury. w Minor Telegrams. Washington, October 3.—Tbe Gov ernment sells a million of gold on Thursdays during October. San Francisco, October 3. —The Bank of California closed at 1 o’clock, one hour later than usual. Saturday’s de posits exceeded checks half a million. Congratulations were heard on all sides. It is believed that the bank will have more friends than ever. Paris, October 3. —A letter of the Miuister of Finance, explanatory of the objectionable passage in his speech on the 27th, has removed the difficulty occasioned by his remarks. Perfect unanimity prevails throughout the Cabinet and Council. Vicksburg, Miss., October 3.—The Inter-State Levee Convention met yesterday and was well attended. Senator Bogy, of Missouri, was chosen President and made an able speech in behalf of the alluvial section of the Mississippi valley. A committee will be appointed to go to Washington and urgently appeal to Congress to assist in rebuilding the levees of the Missis sippi valley. San Francisco, October 4.—The Nevada Bank opened. Large crowd but no demonstration. The Bank of California is doing business as usual. No extraordinary call was made on its resources. Havana, October 4.—The Spanish war vessel Tornado chased the Uru guay into Port Royal, Jamaica, whei her cargo was embargoed. Boston, October 4. —Martha Hutch inson received 812,500 from the Boston Gas Light Compauy for personal in juries received when her house was blown up with gas during the great tire of 1872. The Jefferson Borden mutineers, Geo. Miller and Wm. Smith, were sen : tenced to hang January 14th. They received the sentence without emotion. Faix River, October 4. —Excess of help has applied for work at all the mills this morning. FOREIGN DISPATCHES. Turkish Reforms—Cnrlists on the War Path—A Big Diamond Found — Spanish Politics and Brigandage— The War iu Herzegovina. Constantinople, October 4.—The Porte decrees that agricultural popula tions which peacefully follow their avo cations be exempt from the fourth of recently imposed tithes and relieved from arrears of taxes up to the finan cial year of 1873-74, the latter exemp tion not to apply to well-to-do classes. Communities are to be represented in an administrative council by persons chosen as enjoying their confidence, reasonable demands of such represen tatives to receive attention. A gradual realization of these and other reforms has been decided upon. San Sebastian, October 4.—The Car lists threw 150 shells into the city on Saturday. The French are embarking on a French man-of-war. The garrison expects reinforcements. London, October!.—The Cape steam er reports a 150 carat diamond found iu the South African diamond fields. Madrid, October 4.—A decree has been published re-enacting the election law of 1870, which gives a deputy to every 50,000 people by universal suf frage. The Government has determined to send Senor Rubi, former Minister of the Colonies, to Cuba, with unlimited power to negotiate finances. London, October 4. —Brigands stop ped and robbed a railroad train be tween Saragossa and Barcelona. Among the passengers robbed were seventeen American officers and sailors, supposed to belong to the steamer Franklin. A special dispatch from Ragusa to the Times reports that the Turks have been reinforced at Trebinje and Kleck, and the insurgents are retiring towards Gaschka. Marine Disaster—John Bull in a China Shop. Copenhagen, October 4. — The Swed ish steamer L. J. Bager, running be tween Lubeck and Copenhagen, was burned in the Baltic. Twenty-four passeugers aud eleven of the crew perished. The steamer was small, and built in 1858 at Gottenburg. London, October 4.—The Times has a telegram from Shanghai in which it is said Mr. Wade is still in Pekin. It is reported that Hon. Mr. Grosvenor, second Secretary to the Legation, will go to England with dispatches. De tails are unknown, but it is believed a final settlement has been reached. Shanghai, October 4.— Mr. Wade noti fied the British Legation here that negotiations at Pekin have averted immediate war. Resignation of the Servian Ministry— The European Grain Trade. Belgrade, October 4.—The Servian Ministry has resigned. Perfect tran quility prevails. London, October 4.—The Mark Lane Express, in its review of the corn trade for the past week, says: “Late heavy rains, strong breezes and reduced tem perature have brought a wide extent of laud into readiness for the plow, and the opportunity has been freely used here aud in France and Belgium. We trust autumnal sowings will have a better result than in 1874. The down ward tendency seems to have stopped. Country markets are firm, and iu some places prices have advanced one shill ing. is higher at Dantzig, aud the Gei'man markets are dearer. In Hungary firmness is maintained. The winter and closing of the Baltic may further enhance values.” Servian Politics—Another Effort to Crush Don Carlos—The Price of a Bombardment. Belgrade, October 4. — The Minis try resigned in consequence of a declaration of Prince Milan made at a secret sitting of the Gouneil. A Con servative ministry is forming. Madrid, October 4.—The Epoca says military operations in the North will be resumed as soon as the Govern ment will be able to send 80,000 men to reinforce the army. San Sebastian, October 4.—The Cailists demand §IOO,OOO to discon tinue tbe bombardment of the town. FROM NASHVILLE. Funeral Ceremonies Over Andrew Johnson. Nashville, October 3. — The memori al pageant in honor of ex-President Johnson was a full and complete suc cess, without disturbance or accident. The procession commenced moving at 2:30 p. r:i., and was the largest turnout of the populace that was ever wit nessed in this city. It was made up of the military, civic, mechanics and liter ary societies, and was two hours in passing the capitol. The streets desig nated as the line of march were crowd ed with people at an early hour, and at two o’clock there were at least 30,000 persons on the streets. All the pub lic buildings aud a large number of business houses and private residences were draped in mourning. The Presi dent’s salute of .21 guns was fired at sunrise from tne Capitol Hill. All the bells of the city and Edgefield tolled from 7toßa. m. During tbe move ment of the procession minute guns were fired, and one every fifteen min utes throughout the day, closing with a national salute of 37 guns at sunset. Ex-Senator Fowler delivered a memo rial address at the Capitol this eve ning. The address was very elaborate, requiring two hours for its delivery, and is a resume of the ex-President’s private and political history from his childhood to the grave. Inauguration of Vanderbilt Univer sity. Nashville, October 4.—The Vander bilt University was inaugurated to-day. Yesterday sermons were preached by Bishops Daggett and Wightman, and to-day addresses were made by Rev. Dr. Deems, of New York, Chaucellor Lipscomb, of Geoigia, aud Governor Porter of Tennessee. FROM NEW YORK. Smashing a Spiritualistic Show—Con vention of Fire Department En gineers. New York, October 4.—A large crowd assembled at Tammany Hall to wit ness what was advertised as a spirit ualistic seance. The operators de camped with the proceeds. The rough portion of the audience broke the cabi net and other stage furniture. The body of Benjamin who was drowned with Dr. Poiteus has been re covered. The third annual convention of en gineers of the fire departments of the United States convened. H. Clay Sexton, of St Louis, presided. Com missioner Perry, of New York, advo cated a Fire Combustible Bureau and a bureau for the punishment of incendi aries. A. C. Hendricks was elected President. Among the Vice Presidents is Thomas O’Connor of New Orleans. AUGUSTA. GA., TUESDAY. OCTOBER 5. 1875. GEORGIA GENERAL NEWS. There was a frost in * Atlanta on > a turday and Sunday mornings. Mr. LeGrand Wright add James Bai bour, of Columbus, took four shots at each other Friday, in wf.jch the former was slightly wounded its the hip. Macon Telegraph: Ewing the past two weeks over a hundred persons have passed through on their way to Florida to the winter. Travel in that direct! f sets in early, and, if it continues, Floi|da will not be able to hold all who will;go there. Rev. William Mclnt. ih has again severed his connection iith the First Baptist Church in Mac |i. He has ac cepted the position of t Corresponding Secretary of the Home Mission Board, with headquarters at Mgrion, Ala. Rome Commercial: feenry Sanders, while unfortunately in a state of in toxication, fell yestei, ay afternoon from the Selma, Rome ;?4d Dalton Rail road bridge across the fjjtowah, a dis tance of thirty feet up<i|i rocks. Two gashes were cut upon hi?, forehead, and his spine was injured, i bout dark last evening he was carried i: > the residence of Mr. Kane, on Broad s reet, where he at present lies. He cam to Rome yes terday on the Kingston t ain. He says he is from Cobb coune \ though his family is in Cincinnati. / Xe was cross ing the bridge on the raj. toad ties, and fell when attempting \ pass around the hand car ; the track? >eing worked upon, the planks had I een taken up. Dr. Hunt, who visited j im last night, thinks his chances fori recovery very slight, being very ap{■ ( ihensive that his spine is broken. Sat lers is a man about forty-five years . Id. and wears iron-gray whiskers upon lis chin. He had with him about nit j dollars. He is being kindly nursed *and provided for. i FROM WASH IN ITON. The Freedman’s Ban} Dividend— What Will he J*ai* —Honors to Johnson’s Memory- ’he Commis sioner of Patents. Washington, October f —Some news papers have erroneous! stated that the Freedman’s Saving; and Trust Company will commence paying a divi dend of 30 per cent, on t :e Ist of No vember next. The com) my will pay only 20 per cent. The ' [hole number of open deposit accounts s §61,144. The present liabilities are §2; ’55,749. The amount of the first divide ad to be paid above stated is §591,14; . There are about 5,000 accounts of less than §1 and at least 15,000 t jeounts less than §5 each. A3 the ( immissioners will be much pressed to jet ready finr payment by the Ist of N vember. No claims should be pres nted or for warded before that time. The Navy Departtnen lias advices that on the 27th all flag: in the harbor at Honolulu were at I ilf-mast, and that funeral guns were ired in honor of ex-Presidcnt Johnson. Hon. R. H. Duell assui od the duties of Commissioner of Pate ts. The Signal Service t degraph line from Wilmington to Sn thville, N. C., authorized by the last C< i gress, is com pleted and ready for bu aess. A cau tionary signal station habeen already established at the latterfpoint for the benefit of the coast ship|dug interests. SPORTING Ni|wS. Nashville ami New V Irk Races. Nashville, October 4.-- The fall meet ing of the Nashville Bloc 1 Horse Asso ciation opened to-day. he track was iu good condition and t] e attendance large. The first race wi; for two year olds, mile dash. It was foil by Plenty, Clemmie G. second, Gri third—time, 1:47)4. The second race; ?or three year olds, mile heats, was ; von by King Alfonso, Asterlitesecond, \lisdeal third —time, 1:45,1:47%. Tin; thrdheat was a dash of a mile aud an t ghth, and was won by Weatberby, Re tnan second, Newbern third—time, l:f %. New York, October 4.-- The first day of the Fall meeting of the Prospect Park Association was he ;1 with a good attendance. The race fo horses of the 2:24 class was won by ] lanche, Music second, Comee third. ' he first heat was won by Comee, sec nd by Music. Time, 2:26%, 2:24, 2:23% 2:26%, 2:24%. In the 2:40 race, four he ts were trot ted, but on account of darkness was postponed until to-m now. T. B. French took first and tb rd heats, Bay Jack second aud fouit \ Time, 2:34, 2:30, 2:33> a , 2:32. Dr. Mary Walker calle on Brigham Young the other day, nd informed him that if she were his 1 rst wife, she’d make his old harem so mely aud de serted tbatevenCanada t. istles couldn’t get a foothold on the sit thereof. Aud he replied, “800 ! boo !” The condition of Irela id is steadily improving. Labor is in demand, emi gration falling off, aud ’rime decreas ing. The investments olthe people in Government bonds andfaanks amount to §340,000,000. f Baudelaire and Murgjr dined at a country inn. There was|i spider’s web iu the window near thefei, and just as they sat down a beautifi| green fly was caught in it. Murger, will the impulse of a poet, would havesa-fid this victim from the hideous spider, lut Baudelaire said: “Tell me, first, by Shat right you deprive this honest spider of the food he has gained by his toUjuid patience.” A brilliant advertising exordium opens with tbe observation that “ the liver is the largest weyftshop of the body.” It is also the #|urce of more grumbling against the ;f reator than anything else, and being./he theatre of constant activities, naff; rally has a spite against lazy peopl.|: It manifests this spite in two ways-jU makes them feel blue and look yelloC Gen. Grant, please reap the following extract from John (, i.iuey Adams’ diary: “Mr. Rairabert bi ,ught presents of porcelain for my wi p, for Charles, and another for myself,!; I refused to receive them, it being a I principle which I found to be necessary ?.o adopt from the first day I becami a public man, never to accept for mys if or my family a gift while I held a i iblic office.”— [Boston Post. “Four little girls in Mi! vaukee are em ployed by a certain: well known wealty tobacco dealer to pick up what ever tnay be found in Uaioons, on the streets, and in the gutter, at. one cent for every ten pieces, w wther large or small. Every cigar si pap and dis carded “quid” is picke< up, no matter how dirty it may bo, r o matter who has used it, or where it ib found. These are used in the manufacture of both “choice” Havana cigars and paper chewing tobacco. Tbe longer and bet ter “stumps” are unrolled and used for the former purpose, while the “quids,” short stumps, aud soaked and rotten “tips” are made into obeying tobacco. —[lndianapolis News. { A NEW YEAR’S SERMON. TO KNOW AND CONFESS. BY REV. LOUIS LOEWINSOHN. Wherewith shall I come before the Lord, aud bow myself before the high God!” Michah 6. 6. So I ask with the words of the prophet Michah. What are the contents of this feast ? The solemn celebration of this day, what should it express? Is it perhaps the fear of death and the love of life? are ; the numberless hopes and fears, cares and wishes about the treasures and pleasures of the earth, that press us to overstorm the father of all *vith petitions and prayers, that he may fulfill our hearts desires? True, we do pray “remember us for life.” We do read in the prayers of the day, on New Year’s Day, it is written down, aud on atonement day, it is sealed, this one for life, that one for death, this one at his time the other one before his time!” We do pray: “Write us down in the book of life, blessing peace and plenty!” But the true enlightened Israelite knows, that he is a great deal too shortsighted to express a prayer before the All wise Father, he knows that God understands it better, what is good for us than we weak children of the day; yet our prayers flow from the child-like desire of our heart, troubles and joys before our heavenly father, and iu doing so, it finds consolation and alleviation, as we read in our Hap tharah of Hannah, after her prayer to God, and her countenance was no more sad. Our prayer to God, is a proof of our filial confidence in God, in whose hand we trustfully place our destination, therefore do our prayers close, not what we have prayed for, but “let tliy will be done, O Lord !” Is the overflow of prayers caused re garding our destination, which is veiled iu futurity, my friends? We are not able nor shall we lift its veil, the se cret things belong to the Lord our God ! This is what we know and feel to-dry as every other day. But what does the E'ernal demand of us to-day? To what does our conscience prompt us to-day? What are the contents and what is the expression which we shall give to this solemn day? What are we able aud what shall we do as Israe lites on the first day of the year ? The holy psalmist answers these questions in the 50th chapter: 23d verse of his psal ms. “He who offers confession glorifies Me, and he who orders his walk, will I show the salvation of God.” We shall, my friends, strictly examine our past at the solstitial point of two important parts of time, know and confess, what God has given us and what use we have made of the same, that we may gain from the past a plan aud reflection for the future, for the new presents we may receive iu this new year. “He who offers confession glorifies Me.” Confess first the divine mercy be stowed on you. You, my friend, who eu joyest the fullness of li’fe proclaim with the psalmist: “Bless the Lord my soul, and forget not all His benefits !” You, my friend, who did arise from the bed of sickness, and have been saved from death. \ou,my friends, who have been exposed to dangers and have been saved aud stand this day before God, proclaim with the psalmist: “You have redeemed my life from destruc tion, You have crowned me with loving kindness aud tender mercies !” But also you, my friend, to whom the past year was poor in blessing, and rich in troubles, from whom it has taken precious things and given uothiug; also you on whom the severest trials have been bestowed—you are not able to be grateful yet, too deep is your heart bended, but you shall confess that even in your suffering lies consolation in your loss and if ever so great lies gain. Remember the great word, “By them that come nigh me, will I be sanctified.” God bestows the heaviest trials on those that are near His love and perfection. Remember, further, J that sorrow and trouble purify the gold of virtue and the fear of God. Such knowledge and confession we shall bring as an offering; with such confes sion we shall glorify God to-day. These shall be the contents and the solemn feelings of heart on this day, for such confession is an eternal gain out of this transient life; it is the spiritual fruit from the withering tree of life. But also to another side let us apply our text. Let us know and confess, free of self-love and pride. What ha ve we done with all blessings we did re ceive; how have we repaid God for his mercy and loving kindness? Our wise men tell us that the sounds of the schophar are words of admonition they call to us: “ Awake, ye slum berers from your slumber, and ye listless ones, from your indiffer ence ! Examine your deeds, and penitently return to the source of jus tice and truth. O, ye immersed in worldly employments and pleasures, forgetting your true destiny; ye who pass your days in vanity which cannot profit nor deliver—O, remember your Creator !” Hard is such self-examination, be cause it tears the shining robe which covers our deeds; it shows all blem ishes; but the Talmud teaches: “He who sacrifices his self-love and pride, and confesses his transgression before God, he glorifies the Father in heaven and on earth; ho purifies his life on earth and benefits his life hereafter.” Now, my friends, let us glorify God, let us benefit our life with knowledge and confession; let us confess how we did repay God for His blessings; how we have acted as men. Now, the self-contented will answer, I liave’sinned ; yes, I have sinned oiten, but this is human ; I have also done good, I havo performed good deeds. VVe will not investigate the first, for you confess you have sinned. I con fess sinning is human, aud to pardon the repenting is divine. But how does it stand about your good deeds ? As father and mother, how nobly have you acted in your house ? Has your house been a tem ple of God. in which morning and eve ning the usual sacrifices were brought (prayer)? Have you taught and in sisted upon your children, the young priests aud levites, to sing praises at the offering time ; or did you do as Esau did, who, when hungry, ate, drank and went off despising his first birth-right? You also slept, ate, drank and went oil despising Israel’s holy missiou. Confess and honor God. Has your heart been an altar of God, upon which the perpetual fire of love, peace and virtue burued like the high priest Aaron, “a lover of peace and persecutor of peace or was it a place of bringing forth poison, strife and hatred? O glorify God with such con fession. Have you, as fathers and mothers in Israel, kindled the holy fire of religion in the young hearts of your children, who have been given into your safe keeping? Have you preserved and j watched the divine fire upon their new altars ; or have you sacrificed on the same the unholy fire, the fire of fash ion and strange costumes, the fire <>f abomination, and not the fire of Israel's holy religion ? Have you, perhaps, yourselves been such examples to them? O glorify God with confes sion, repeutauce aud amendment, for remember when the taber nacle was erected in the desert and the new altar was ready for its dedication, the two sons of the High Priest did not wait on the divine fire, but brought strange fire on the altar, “ and the fire from heaven came down and consumed them;” therefore confess and repent, for only repentance can change the decrees of God. Then how have you acted as Israelites iu re gard to Israel’s mission? What are the monuments you have erected? Well you may answer—“ I have given some tiling to build a house for God.” Now, my friends of the nineteenth century, do you really believe that you can build a house for God, or that God is in need of a house ? The heavens and the earth are not large enough for his glory, and 1 you bui!d a house for Him ? Oh, no, not a house for God, but a house for yourselves should it be. To this house you should come on Sabbaths and holy days, leaving the bustle and strife of the world aud thinking of God. Into this house you should come in order to commune with God; here you should come when your heart overflows with joy, to thank God ; here you should come when your heart is overburdened from pain and trouble, to pray to God, and to seek confidence in God; and have you done so ? It should boa house for your future wellfaring—but have you considered it as such ? lustead of fly ing on the Sabbath and holy days from the bustle and strife of the world, you seek it; and if your conscience awakes at times within you, then you say we must work and take advantage of the time, but if you are taken sick do you take advantage of the time? You must work for your wife and children, but if you are called off to-morrow, how will you take care of them? Then you say I will trust them to God, who is the husband of the widow and the father of the orphan. Now, my friend, you proclaim to-day, “ Behold, the Lord is our God, the Lord is One.” You believe iu God, you trust in Him, you confide in His care your wife and children "or a lifetime, and you are in consistent enough not to trust in Him for one day in seven. O, honor God this day with confession, repentance and amending ! These are the expres sions we should give to this solemn day : Glorify God with thy confession, order thy walk, aud He will show thee the salvation of God ! Let the sounds of the shophar re mind us to think over our ways in the past year. Let us be reminded of the vanities to which we have sacrificed so much of the time, which is only so short, without advancing the true ob ject of life, for only by doing so we will realize tbe blessing of the text: “ Happy the people who understand the awakening sounds of the cornet,! They walk, O Lord, iu the light of Thy countenance !” Amen ! The Son of an Eminent Georgian Dy ing iu Prison. A quarter of a century ago the name of Wylie Williams was one that attract ed much public attention. Its owner, tbe son of one of Georgia’s most emi nent citizens, is now about dying in the Eastern Penitentiary, where he has been incarcerated over twenty-five years, and the following briefly told history of his career will prove interest ing: . , Wylie Williams, at a suitable age, was placed in the preparatory school at Yale College, but when he was there a short time the President wrote to the father of the youth, stating that the latter was not susceptible of mental training, and regretfully intimated that his mind was not entirely sane. Wylie was returned to his family, and shortly thereafter a commission appointed by one of the courts found that his mind was affected. There being no suitable institution in Geor gia in which to have him treated, Wylie was sent to the Pennsylvania Hospital for the Insane, under the management of Dr. Kirkbride. He was quite vio lent, and frequently threatened that he would escape from confinement and then shoot Dr. Kirkbride, a predic tion which he verified by breaking out subsequently and lodging a ball in the head of Dr. Kirkbride as the latter passed along the road under a tree, iu the upper branches of which the ma niac had placed himself. Wylie was arrested and tried for the attempted killing of Dr. Kirkbride, but the jury brought in a verdict of “not guilty, by reason of insanity.” The Judge (King) stated to the friends of Williams that he should send the latter to the Eastern Penitentiary for safe keeping, but he would be dis charged as soon as his friends were ready to take him to a place where he could do no further harm. That was twenty-five years and more ago, since which time Williams has never been outside the walls of Cherry Hill Prison. His friends and relatives, deeming the Penitentiary as suitable a place as any that could be procured, paid the ex penses of an extra keeper, whose sole duty it was to watch and care for the insane patient. After the bieaking out of the late war, in 1861, remittances ceased aud Williams was placed iu an ordinary cell among convicts, being al lowed, however, the freedom of the yard. An effort was recently made to discover whether any of his family sur vived him, and it was found that only a brother of his is living, aud he has been so impoverished by the results of the war that he cau contribute nothing myojthan sorrow for his unfortunate brother Wylie. The family prior to the rebellion was one of the wealthiest in Georgia, but their whole wealth vas swept away in that struggle. Wylie is now about 60 years of age, and is almost child-like. The one de sire that has absorbed him for several years is to revisit the old plantation on which he was born and raised. It has been his daily custom to sit iu the yard with his face turned to the south, as ho smoked his cigar. His health has been gradually weakening for years, but re cently he has been failing rapidly. In a short time he will exchange his present tomb, where he has beeu buried a life time, for that last resting place where he will sleep for eternity. The Milwaukee Sentinel reports that an Indian squaw who passed through that city last week from the far West had a chignon that looked very much like the hair of the New York Herald’s correspondent, who wrote a few weeks ago that the Indians were very friend ly. The most enduring memory in Franco of Chateaubriand, poet and novelist, is among cooks, who have a way of serv ing up beefsteaks as suggested by him and bearing his name. A man’s name filling the' kitchen has a monument more durable than brass, especially in Gaul. New Series —Vol. 28, No. 53. (OTTO*. A Review of the Situation—Rules for Speculators—Why the “King” is Low-Priced. [Atlanta Constitution J It is a most notable fact, that of all the occupations that men follow for a living, the one of buying and selling cotton has the largest number of ap prentices and novices, and the fewest number of masters of their trade in the world. This is why we constantly hear men who have lost money on cotton saying: “It is all luck—l had just as soon bet on a game of faro.” The fact is, that out of every thousand men who deal in cotton, about ten under stand pretty well what they are doing and make money. The other 990 know nothing about their business ; they buy cotton because Jones is buying, and sell because Brown is selling; and then when they havelosttheir money by following the business for which they had no education or knowledge, they blame their luck. The same luck would fol low as a matter of course, in any occu pation that a man expected to be master of because he had followed it a year. Such men always lose all the money they invest iu cotton, either right away or in a few years. When ever a man who we believe knows nothing about cotton asks our opinion as to whether he had best go into the cotton market or no, we generally tell him he had best throw his money into the fire, then it would be gone without any labor or anxiety about it. Asa proof of what we have stated is true, we give a few quotations from Wight’s Encyclopedia of Cotton. No. 4—The broad question of supply and demand are worthy of most care ful attention ; but have, we think, less influence iu regulating prices than is generally supposed. No. 7—The cotton crop is always sub ject to great vicissitudes, and past ex rience will show those iu the trade that it is not wise to be too hopeful. No. 19—It is useless to say that the course of early receipts of the crops have no effect on prices. For so long as they are heavy the trade will not believe in a short crop, and vice versa. No. 26 —When supplies of cotton either present or iu prospect are abun dant or excessive, speculation will not only be held in check, but the trade will pursue a very cautious policy and not stock themselves with cotton. No. 31—The course of prices is main ly a question of confidence, and not one of supply. No. 39—Nothing shows so clearly the bad state of trade as a very long period of cheap mone.y. No. 44—The general depression which has characterized the trade in cotton goods iu 1875 has made the impression that production of goods is going ahead of consumption and that, although cot ton looks cheap enough it may go lower. No. 71—For the speculator, no price whatever, is safe,no matter how high or how low. If lie is a bull he is never so certain of a rise as when the price is at the top, or if a bear, never so certain of a fall as when the market is at the bot tom. No. 122—When cotton dealers and speculators are very anxious for a safe bottom price, they often try to persuade themselves that it is safe, long before the bottom is really touched. This is always very dangerous, to follow our desires and wishes rather than our rea son, and it often ends in loss. Gold. There is less than $8,000,000 of gold in the New York banks, and this is a much less amount than they have ever held since the war. It would be a very easy matter to put the price up to $1.20, but the bulls in gold have thus far made more money by loaning it at 34 of one per cent, a day than they could make by putting the price up. The scarcity of gold causes sterling ex change to be so low that it is hard to sell enough to buy cotton for export. Usually high gold means high cotton, but this time high and scarce gold means cheap exchange, and no demand for cotton for export, and consequently lower prices. There has been less cotton exported this month than any year since 1869, and with a revival of export demand stocks will become excessive in our ports and will break down the price much below what the cotton men of this city believe will be the bottom. Price. Most persons believe that the large crops of cotton are the cause of the low price. We believe this is a mistake. The true cause of the low price is, there are too many cotton goods manu factured at the North and in Europe to supply the demand. These goods are piled up everywhere waiting for custo mers aud offered at as low prices as they sold for when cotton was only 8 cents a pound. The goods sell so slow that the makers of them will not buy cotton at high prices and make more goods, and this slack demand will con tinue until confidence is at least parti ally restored. It is always best for far mers to sell their cotton as soon as ready for market, and at tile nearest place where buyers will take and pay for it, aud as low as cotton looks now, those who follow this rule will not re gret it. MONTHLY STATEMENT. The stock of cotton in Liverpool and afloat for that port, for six years, is as follows : 1870 1871 1872 1873 1874 1875 Stock....-... 521 499 704 615 731 713 Afloat 360 532 218 216 240 236 Total 881 1031 922 861 971 949 American cotten in sight and afloat for Liverpool same time : 1870 1871 1872 1873 1874 1875 Stock 151 156 103 180 228 422 Afloat 28 51 12 29 19 15 179 207 120 209 247 437 It will be seen from these figures that there is more than double the quantity of American cotton iu Liver pool than there has been for six years, aud still the crop was 340,000 bales less the past season than it was the year before. S. B. W. “My friend,” said Rev. Mr. Kendall, of Ooncojd, N. H., to a well-dressed young stranger, who had volunteered to stand by his horse while he stepped into a bank, “my friend, I am obliged to you; and when you are as old as I am, and I am as young as you are, I will do as much for you,” “But why don’t you invite me in to drink ?” was the rejoinder to the astounded preacher. Nostrum vendors advertise in Eng land a “sure cure for the op[ uai habit.” This nostrum has been found by analy sis to contain two grains per dose of the sulphate of morphine, The dose is to be taken three times a day. Thus the victirq takes the equivalent of thirty-six grains of opium in a day to cure him of the habit of taking opium. To Advertisers and Subscribers. On AND AFTEK this date (April 21, 1875.) all editions of the Constitutionalist will be sent free of postage. Advebtisements 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 ir Postal Order. Cobeespondence 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. ATLANTA CORRESPONDENCE A “ Trained Journalist” in the “ Gate City”—A Solemn and Impressive Funeral—About the Pauper Ques tion—The Good Templars at Gaines ville. [Occasional Corr. of the Constitutionalist,] National Hotel, Oct. 4, 1875. A “trained journalist,” like myself, floating about the capital city for a few days, is compelled to pick up items of interest, and finally to pick up his pen and write them down. So well pleased am I with the parties who have re cently “put a head” on the good old Constitutionalist, and otherwise im proved its character and general ap pearance, that I feel constrained to give them the benefit of my recent ob servations here. A Solemn and Impressive Funeral. On yesterday afternoon I attended the funeral services of Col. J. M. Cal houn, of this city, at the Central Pres byterian church, which was filled to overflowing with a deeply interested congregation, composed to a great ex tent of the leading citizens of Atlanta. The deceased was nearly seventy years of age; was a lawyer by profession, aud hid filled many offices of honor and trust during his lifetime. He was for four years mayor of the city, holding that office at the time of its surrender to Gen. Sherman. The procession to the church on yesterday afternoon was very long, and included the mayor aud Aldermen of the city, the judges of the Supreme Court, the Attorney-General of ithe State, and judges aud members of r.he bar. The services were quite solemn and appropriate. The choir sang “Rock of Ages,” “I would not live alway,” (a favorite hymn with the deceased), and “Friend after friend de parts,” in a most impressive manner; the Scriptures were read, prayer of fered and a discourse delivered by Rev. John Jones, who alluded iu fitting terms to the character and public life of the deceased. Rev. Yf. F. Cook then offered the closiug prayer, after which the greater portion of the con gregation joined the procession anti accompanied the remains to the ceme tery. Col. Calhoun was a faithful and honest public servant and a good citi zen, and his death is quite a loss to the community iu which he lived so long, and for whose welfare he was always ready to labor. About the Pauper Question. It is very evident that the papers of this city are either quite stupid or per versely inclined to misrepresent the action of your city authorities in re gard to sending paupers to this point over the Georgia Railroad. Iu the first place, they very well know that the persons complained of are not paupers of Augusta, but tramps that drift into your city from all parts of the coun try, Your Mayor does precisely what the Mayors of other cities do iu regard to such shiftless characters—he passes them along to the next city. I have travelled extensively at the North and West, aud in all that section this prac tice is common. For instance, a tramp applies to the Mayor of Bangor, Mo., for aid, aud he is sent forward to Port land ; from Portland he is transmitted to Boston ; thence he goes to Spring field and to Hartford, Conn., and then to New York ; next he gets on to Phila delphia, to Baltimore, to Washington, to Richmond, to Wilmington, to Au gusta, and then to Atlanta. Here he will stay and become a pest and a nuis ance, perhaps a thief and a murderer, if Mayor Hammock is too conscientious to send him on to Columbus. It cer tainly is very strange—iu fact, an un heard of thing—if Atlanta is the only city in the whole country that keeps all the tramps that come to it and is too honest to send them along in the direction of the “ Lone Star State.” The Good Templars at Gainesville. The Grand Lodge of Good Templars held its annual session at Gainesville last week, occupying several days with its proceedings. I allude to it here simply to state that the delegates speak in the very highest terms of Gen. C. A. Evans and Rev. Dr, Irvine, of your city, who took a prominent part in the proceedings. Their addresses are spoken of as having been eloquent, forcible and appropriate. The Grand Lodge has appointed a committee to ask the Governor to send a message to the Legislature in favor of the estab lishment of an asylum for inebriates in this State; and also a committee to petition the Legislature to have a local option law passed. Both proposi tions, I fear, will meet with considera ble opposition, the first on account of the expense, and the second because the great mass of the people do not favor such a measure. Phi Gamma. PERSONAL. Clara Morris is Mrs. Frederick Har riot The Due d’Aumale is worth forty millions. Delano’s scalp will solve the Indian question. According to the Sandwich Islanders, the Evil One is of the female persua sion. Tennyson has 200 sheep, and is, therefore 199 ahead of Mary.—Courier- Journal. Satan rebuking sin—Kellogg con demning Ames for calling for Federal troops. —Chicago Times. A Providence alderman caught a night policeman stealing pears iu his back yard the other night. Here he is again: The houee of Tom Collins is among those wrecked in the storm at Galveston. The widow of Maj. Gen. Halleck was married in New York on Thursday eve ning to Gen. Culiom. “Keep ’em alive, boys, keep ’em alive; dead men pay no bills,” is what an old doctor said to a couple of young scions just entering into practice. A lawyer in Memphis, Tenn., was fined $lO for contempt one day last week, because he asked of the Bench, “What kind of bait did your Honor use while fishing among the mountains of East Tennessee?” Mrs. Hogan, of Baltimore, has got SB,OOO from a railroad company for kill ing her husband. The man may have been worth it, but we are afraid that such verdicts will lead some women to encourage their husbands iu traveling by rail. There is a boy in town who doesn’t kn,ow whether America was discovered by George Washington or William Penn, but he can tell you the names of all the dime novels published during the last five years.—[Norristown Herald. Four different times during the pres ent year has the American eagle been whipped by roosters, and yet we are toldl day after day that we must pre serve cur reverence for the bird of lib erty.