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TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION. Daily— one year $lO 00 " six months 6 oo •• three months 2 60 Tbi-Weekly— one year 500 ” six months I 2 50 Weekly —one year 200 “ six months 1 00 Single copies, 5 ets. To news dealers, 2 14 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 ) FRANCIS COGIN, Proprietors GEO: T. JACKSON.) Address all Letters to H. C. STEVENSON, Manager. Haying heard of the prevailing fashion, the Countess d’Eu, Dom Pedro’s daughter, has given birth to a son. Boston is just now rejoicing in a run on one of her SaviDgs Banks. There will be more of the same sort of amusement be fore the winter has passed away. According to our foreign dispatches, the Turks have captured the last stronghold of the insurgen s. The holders of Turkish bonds have been so badly fooled by tele grams that this announcement may or may not cause a flutter on ’change. People who attend the funerals in Fgypt are not put off with a paltry hack ride. At the funeral of the Khedive’s daughter 450,- 000 silver coins were distributed among the grief-stricken crowd, and 24 buffi aloes were killed and roasted for them. Another valuable racer has died on the track. We fear that there is much cruelty in forcing horses on the turf, but if the fel lows who own high-priced stock can afford that fatal kind of amusement we suppose the outside world, under protest, may en dure it. And now Don Carlos has imprisoned, it is sa.d, the valiant Dorrbgaray. If the Don pursues his piesent course much longer he may have a rabble for an army, but precious few chiefs of any consequence to lead it. By the way, why does not the Don himself march at the head of his forces to victory or death? A murder of uncommon proportions is reported from St. Pierre, in British North America. An entire family was slain in a single night. The head of the household kept an immense amount of money on the premises, and thereby tempted destruction. But gold secured by blood-guiltiness will never recompense hellish assassins and robbers. 1 We hear a great deal of the “Augusta Canal Ring.” Who compose it? Does any body know? A correspondent of the News and Courier, from this place evidently thinks Mayor Estes is the Big Indian. Who are his co-conspirators? Does any body know? The correspondent .aforesaid, in his sum ming up of so-called popular opposition charges, says the Mayor “has refused to make any detailed statement of the cost of the arrangement or of the prices at which himself and his agents, John J. Cohen <fc Sons, negotiated the city bonds which have been issue lin aid of the work.” Does the correspondent moan to say that Joun J. Cohen fc Sons are or were members of the “ring?” Really we think there must be a confusion of ideas in that sapient intima tion. By deduction—which may also be reduction to absurdity—we have, as pos sible members of a supposed “ring,” Mayor Estes and John J. Cohen & Sons. This will surprise many people by the contra diction of combination. Perhaps the News and Courier correspondent will furnish a list of other ring-masters in his next revela tion at Charleston. The Charleston News and Courier has, in its issue of yesterday, some Augusta cor respondence, under flamboyant head lines, which treats of the “Canal Ring.” Mayor Estes* is described as of Napole onic size and pictured as the “embodiment of energy, perseverance and cunning.” The statement is dwelt upon that the cost of the canal has been dreadfully over estimated and that Eiie contractors have played havoc with the whole affair. Ad mitting that Mr. Estes is hard to beat, and grouping together the elements he pos sesses for maintaining his power, the cor respondent panoramically shows how op position to him should and could be organized. A long list of suspicious circumstances, bounded only by the im agination or susceptilibity of the au thor, is arrayed. While mildly sug gesting that such a bill of particu lars is Boss Tweedian, if true, the corres pondent care Sully concedes that several bushels of salt may be allowed in believing them. Hon. R. H. May comes in for the following dig in the riba: “It was at first generally supposed that Hon. K. H. May, who has frequently been Mayor before, would be the man. In fact he had been se lected as the Moses to lead the children of Israel out of the bondage of Egypt. But Mr. May is a man wise in his generation, and has, with the harmlessness of the dove, all the wisdom of the serpent. He had rather take the chance of obtaining the throne by an abdication than by a revolt. Instead of fighting each other, as the peo ple expected them to, they now sleep ami cably in the same bed and Imbibe gin-twist from the same bottle. Mr. May will give his support to Mr. Estes in this campaign, and expects in return for his services to have the privilege of administering upon the Mayoralty a year from next December. Some say, however, that it may be more easy to make the sale than to deliver the property. But the defection of Mr. May is causing the insurgents to look elsewhere for a leader, and, as far as I know, nothing definite has been done.” Maj. Allen andJ.T. 80. h welL, both worthy citizens, are sug gested as formidable competitors against Mr. Estes. The correspondent then goes on to say that Mayor Estes has hitherto been successful through the support given him by the newspapers, and that the peo ple “wish a paper that will have independ ence to publish their grievances and sup port them in their resistance to the admin istration. They complain that they have not been given a fair showing, and that with the assistance of either the Constitu tionalist or the Chronicle and Sentinel they could easily win the battle.” This is very rich reading, and, really, it does look like a pity that the battle for the Augusta Mayoralty should have to be fought in Charleston by a newspaper which has just elected one Cunningham, who never had any “ring” proclivities, no, never! This correspondence shows us that the opposition to Mr. Estes however noisy is not compact.. The Constitutionalist, sometime, ago plainly told the opponents of Mr. Estes that they could not vanquish him by abuse, and, if they meant business, hail better or ganize. We have, fairly and candidly, pointed out what we conceived to be some of Mayor Estes’ mistakes, but have also declared, and still do so, that he has too great a support in this community to be easily put aside, especially by an opposi tion which seems to be .divided into rival factions under rival aspirants. Avery large majority of our citizens, we think, while very sore on the canal subiect, are agreed that Mr. Estes shall be permitted, if possible, to continue the work he has been engaged in, and receive the glory or discomfiture of future consummations. In this suggestion we coincide. At the proper time, we have no doubt Mayor Estes will reply to all his assailants worthy of notice, and, from former exhi bitions of his skill in managing controver sies, it*nAy be confidently predicted that he will not discredit himself. A Pretty Girl Kisses a Judge ou the Bench. A pretty girl named Anna Connett whs tried for burglary in New Jersey the other day, and when she was acquitted of the charge she threw her arms around the neck o£ the judge and kissed him. Of course it was a case of bargain and cor ruption—a case of an acquital fora kiss— and the judge ought to be impeached. No he oughtn’t either. Pretty girls are two scarce, as abundant as they are, to be hid den away in the penitentiary, no matter if they do break into houses and walk off with the spoons. To tell you the truth, that judge ought to be raised to the Su preme Bench.— Courier-Journal, Cotton Mather takes a hand in Ne braska politics. Established 1799. FROM MACON. The State Fair—Brilliant Prospects— Distinguished Men to be Present — Gordon to Deliver the Welcome Ad dress. [Special Dispatch to tbe Constitutionalist.] Macon, Ga., October 16, 1875. Exhibitors, articles for exhibition and visitors are arriving in great num bers, and the prospect of a great fair is already assured. Dispatches have been received announcing the arrival or: Monday of Gen. Hawley, Senator Bayard, Hons. Fox, Norton, Campbell and Robb. A number of distinguished strangers will arrive in the early part of the week. The Fair will undoubted ly be an immense success. Gen. Gor don is to deliver the address of wel come. M. J. FROM NEW*YORK. An Ecclesiastical Missionary—Dread ful Murder of a Family—Tweed’s Case. New York, October 16.—Bishop Lit tlejohn sailed for Europe to-day. His mission is to inspect the American Episcopal Churches in Europe, under the appointment of the presiding Bishop of the Episcopal Churches of the United States. An evening paper of this city pub lishes the following : “Through a gen tleman who arrived to-day from St. Pierre, in the French colony in British North America, intelligence has been received of a most terrible series of assassinations. In a single night, and for the purpose of robbery, a whole family, consisting of an aged man, a millionaire named Francois De L’Es cale, his son-in-law, Mons. Cartier, and his wife and two sons and daughter, and one Folquet, the keeper of their villa, were foully murdered on the morning of the sth, or late in the night of the 4th instant, at M. De L’Escale’s mansion, situated about half a mile outside of the town of St. Pierre. M. De L’Escale never had had the cus tom of depositing his money in banks, and it is therefore certain that the burglars and assassins have secured an enormous booty. Tweed’s answer, after protesting against the denial of a stay and pro claiming his right to withdraw the an swer should the appeal result favor ably, makes a general denial of all the charges. It specifically denies the ex istence of any conspiracy or combina tion with the late James Watson, County Auditor, to defraud the city or county, and alleges that the county of New York, not having been made a party to the action, renders the com plaint defective. FROM RALEIGH. Senator Bayard Heartily Welcomed — His Speech. Raleigh, October 16.—Senator Thos. F. Bayard was serenaded to-i ight at the Yarborough House. He was intro duced by Mayor Manly to a large and enthusiastic crowd. He did not enter into partisan politics, but asked the people of North Carolina, in 1876, to act upon the principle that-party trickery was not politics, but that duty to coun try was next to devotion to God. He wanted the men of the South united, not for Southern preponderance or Southern centralism, but to secure the first great principle of a happy union— the equality of the States. He urged the people of North Carolina to culti vate good will between the sections, and hoped the people of all the States would do likewise. He concluded amidst great cheering. He was escort ed to the depot by music and the two military companies of the city, the route being illuminated with bon-fires. CRIMES AND CASUALTIES. Marine Disasters—Burning of a Dis tillery—A Valuable . Race Horse Driven to Death. Halifax, October 16.—There w*as a storm in the Magdaliue Islands on the 10th. The steamer Martha T. Pike was lost. The brig Pierre Nolosque was wrecked at North Beach on the 28th and the crew lost. The bodies of the captain and cook were recovered. Cincinnati, October 16.—The Eagle Distillery at Palatka, Indiana, has been burned. Norwich, Conn., October 16.— Palmer Boy, worth §5,000, with a record of 2:23, 9 years old, fell dead in a race. Incendiary Fires—lndians on the Ram page. Providence, R. 1., October 16.—An at tempt was made to burn the mansion of Geo. C. Buiton, in Woonsocket. An hour later an incendiary fire destroyed Woonsocket High School, with valua ble chemical and philosophical ap paratus. San Francisco, October 16.—A dis patch from Portland, Oregon, says the Umatilla Indians have driven off work men on the Nevada and Northern tele graph extension, threatening to kill them if they continued the work. Marine Disaster —Tornado —Mysteri- ous Drowning. Charleston, S. C., October 16.——'The British bark M. Wood, Capt. Wilmot, sixteen days from Sydney, C. 8., went ashore on Pumpkin Hill shoals last evening. This morning a tug got her off and brought her to the city. She leaks badly and water is up to her decks. Milford, Pa., October 16. —A terrific tornado, accomponied by heavy bursts of rain, passed over this village and immediate vicinity between six and seven o’clock this evening. Trees were uprooted,fences blown down, outbuild ings upturned, windows broken in, etc. The storm lasted thirty minutes. Savannah, October 16.—Gilbert But ler, an old and respected citizen, aged 78 years, was found drowned in the canal this afternoon. Deceased was a vigorous and active man, and was out attending to his business as a contrac tor in the morning. His sudden death is envoloped in mystery. FROM BOSTON. Run on a Savings Bank. Boston, October 16. The run on the Home Savings Bank continued to-day, but depositors exhibted more confi dence. Commissioner Gatchel has ex amined the bank, and certifies that it is perfectly safe and able to pay all de positors. Offers of assistance, if need ed, have been made by several city banks. Failure of a Boot and Shoe Firm- At a meeting of the creditors of C. & M. Cox, wholesale boot and shoe deal ers, to-day, the assets of the firm were shown to be §105,425, and their liabili ities §225,568. The firm offered forty cents on the dollar, which offer was held in abeyance. They tell the story of a woman who called on a Troy, N. Y., dentist and the loan of ten dollars “for old ac quaintance sake.” She talked so fa miliarly of his and her own family that he thought there must be some trace of consanguinity between the two, and inquired: “Madame, are you a rela tive of mine?” Said she: “Well, I al ways felt as if I was a sort of a rela tive. You know you pulled teeth for all my children ten years ago.” Anthony Trollope is in Frisco. * ®k Qlnnustu Constitutionalist. FOREIGN DISPATCHES. Bismarck’s Substitute— I The Turks Corner the Insurgents—Don Carlos Imprisoning His Generals. Berlin, October 16. —Secretary of State Von Bulow will accompany Em peror William to Italy in place of Prince Bismarck. London, October 16.—The Standard publishes a special telegram announc ing that the Turks now hold the Dis trict of Zubcie, the last refuge of the insurgents. Madrid, October 15.—The Correspon dencia, of this city, publishes a letter from Victoria, dated 14th of October, stating that Don Carlos had imprison ed Gen. Dcrregaray and some other chiefs. Rivalry of Thiers and MacMahon— English News. London, October 16.—A Paris special to the j Echo says the popularity of Thiers is causing uneasiness among MacMahonites. The Times' Paris cor respondent says if the ministry dis agrees on the question of a system of voting, MacMahon will form an extra parliamentary ministry under M. Gour ton, which will delay dissolution as long as possible. Twenty thousand persons are home less by tlie floods in the neighborhood of Abmedabad, in the province of Guzerat. Fifteen workmen were injured, and it is feared fatally, by an overflow of metal at Walsall iron works. Reinforcing the Spanish Army in Cuba—Resignation of the Bava rian Ministry—Turkish Bonds. Havana, October 16.—Four steamers have arrived here recently with rein forcements for the Spanish army. The Government is drafting horses to mount the recruits. Epizootic in a mild form is prevalent. Munich, October 16.—The Bavarian Ministry has resigned. London, October 16. —The Pall Mall Gazette published a special from Ber lin that negotiations with the Great Powers are in progress for the purpose of demanding from Turkey a guarantee for payment in full of interest on the debt after five years. Launch of a Man-of-War—A Royal Birth—Good-Bye, Wales. London, October 16.—The Boadicea was launched to-day. She is a sixteen screw corvette, constructed of iron and cased with wood. Rio Janeiro, October 16.—The Count ess of Eu, eldest daughter of the Emperor, has a son. Brindisi, October 16.—The Prince of Wales embarked to-day for India. FROM WASHINGTON. Ex-Senalor Pease Talks with the President and Gets a Sop of Comfort. Washington, October 16. —Ex-Sena- tor Pease had a long interview to-day with the President on the subject of Mississippi, including the causes of the difficulties and the present condition of affairs and their remedies. The Presi dent talked freely and said he was much gratified that the two political parties had effected an amicable ad justment by which a fair election would be held and peace maintained in that State. Efforts have heretofore been made by Senator Bruce and his friends for the removal of four Federal officers in Mississippi, but Mr. Pease has assur ances that no removals would be made in that State for mere partisan reasons. Attorney General Pierrepont assured him that none coming under his De partment would be disturbed. Postal News. Washington, October 16.—Postmas ter-General has directed, in compliance with the request of Postmaster Filley, of St. Louis, that a rearrangement of schemes for fast mall service between New York and St. Louis and the Southwest be made prior to the first proximo for all such matter as natur ally belongs to the Pennsylvania Rail road, and can be advanced thereby, and orders it to be sent by that line instead of the New York Central and , Lake Shore route. This new arrangement wiil save to the Department the expense of an unneccessartly long haul, and in sure quicker delivery of mall between the East and Southwest, and points on or near the line between St. Louis and Pittsburg, to which closed pouches are sent. It will also, in a measure, alle viate the inconveniences and delays uow caused by lack of railway postal car service between Pittsburg and St. Louis. The Postmaster General says he views this matter in a business light, and desires justice done to all. SPORTING NEWS. Nashville, October 16.—At the fourth and last day of the Albion Jockey Club fall meeting, the attendance was very large. The track was heavy, on ac count of rain. The meeting has been a success, and wound up with a fox hunt, in which about one hundred la dies and gentlemen participated. The first race, for the Lincks Hotel stakes, mile heats, was won by Sue Wynn ; Geo. Graham second, and Katie third. Time, 1:46,1:45%. In the second race, for the club purse of §2OO, mile heats, best three in five, Sallie Gardener won in three straight heats, beating Brakesman, who was second. Time, 1:47%, 1:47%, 1:48%. In the third race, for the consolation purse, §l5O, mile heats, Pythias won in two straight heats, beating Red Man, who was second, Newborn third, Summer Rose fourth and Zebra fifth. Time, 1:47, 1:45%. JACK FROST. He Trippeth the Light Fantastic Toe. New Orleans, October 16.—There was frost last night as far south as Pascagoula aud yellow fever there is reported dying out. There was frost on the Jackson Rail road last night within fifty miles of this city. The weather is quite cool here. Memphis, October 16.—There was a killing frost last night which probably did some damage to late cotton in bot toms. FROM LOUISVILLE. Sale of Blooded Cattle. Louisville, October 16.—At a recent sale of blooded stock In the Blue Grass Region, the following prices were ob tained: Forty-four native cows and heifers brought §5,821, and twenty im ported ones §51,225; four native bulls sold for §17,150, and five imported ones for §12,300. TUe total for seventy three animals was §123,450. Telegrams. Fort Monroe, Va., October 16.—The United States frigate Hartford, which sailed from Lisbon September 19th, ar rived in the |toads last night. All New York, October 16.—1 tls stated that a pigeon shooting match for §5,000 has been between James Gordon Travis Van Buren, fn tAkft nlace St Louis Qftober 16.—The United States Dist r j‘ c *| tfc f or A ey ’lS er ' e S™ e a d onit t/A Hav <igafcist the Ohio and Mis mssffiDi RaP ad Company to recover linn , i leged to be due as unpaid revenue ta£ on the net earnln ? B of the rold from f Jaauary> 1868 ’ t 0 JaQuary -1872. AUGUSTA, GA., SIT Is DAY, OCTOBER 17, 1875. LETTER FROM ATLANTA. Smoke and Smokers—The Weed and its True Inwardness and Outward ness—The Freedman and His Bank - Counterfeit Money Afloat—The Horse Disease not to be Sneezed At. (From Our Regular Correspondent.! Atlanta, October 15. The Atlantadite is a great smoker. There is something soothing in the rich fragrance of a good cigar that wooe the progressive ooze from his enter prising na ' ire and leaves him the or dinary mau whilst watching the blue ish smoke, fancifully curling and inter curling about the Hyperian locks that embower the broad expanse of Web -Bterian brow of all Atlanta men. The nerves become quiet, and are toned down to a balmy degree of repose by the complacent operation of seducing the fragrant smoke through the nico tined ducts of the cigar. The cares and wears of rasping business float away on the sweet vapor and dissolve into smoky, filmy nothingness. It is a de licious respite from the burly bustle and rabid rattling of the street and the noisy nonsense of the store and office to drop easily and languidly into the cushioned loveliness of a mohair rock er, and there before the lurid warmth and genial glow of a winter night fire, with the slippered feet resting upon some spare place of the mantel, give yourself up to thoughts of your capi tal. This is the indoor luxury, where the gummy mud from your boots has imbued the door mat with its yellow tinge, or the dust has been carefully brushed away from your dry goods. The business man enjoys his smoke not quite so well. As he rushes ou his way hither and thither, buying, selling, loaning, borrowing, the lips compress the small end of a “Charlie Ross” with a business vehemence, and the smoke instead of lingering around his olfac- j toies is blown away by the mountain breezes and wastes its sweetness on the dusty air. But he clings to the cigar, and when the parting moment comes it is like Juliet’s fond good-night to Romeo—such sweet sorrow—that the abbreviated stump seems to be the best part. Young America, he of the short jacket and red-topped boots, emulating the sire, invests his spare nickels in “2 for 5 centers” and gracefully retires to the back yard to luxuriate in lengthened sweetness long drawn out. It may be wrong of him —may smack strongly of vice and youngster naughtiness—but for all that his consumption of the weed furnishes a cipher or so for the statistician. Rapid young ladies, too, find a moment or so lrom the study of the toilet to drink in the naughtiness of a cigarette. And when we cor e to figure it all up, we find that just seven millions of cigars are smoked annually iu Atlanta. Of this number half a mil lion are home-made, 6,475,000 are from the North, and 25,000 genuine import ed. There is expended annually by Atlanta smokers only §500,000. Thirty million are sold annually by jobbers and|retail dealers, which, at an average of §30.00 per thousand, foot up the enormous amount of §900,000 at cost from manufacturer. There is a profir of 25 per cent, to the jobber, which makes, §225,000. These figures look appalling, but they are correct, and in some instances should be larger. , - Cigar Manufacture. One hand can make from two to three hundred cigars a day, and receive on an average from six to eight dollars a thousand. Girls are usually employed, as they are more deft of finger than men. Until recently cigars were made and formed by band; now they are made in moulds, which gives the cigar a uniform shape and size—besides mak ing them ready for service when they come from the makers’ hands. The Leaf. Manufacturers here pay §6,400 an nually for the leaf. The beat leaf in the world is the Havana, and the next best is the Connecticut. It grows only in Havana, Vuelto Abajo, Connecticut, Pennsylvania, New York, Massachu setts, Ohio, lowa, Missouri, Florida, Maryland and Illinois. Virginia tobac co is too oily and can’t be used for cigars. One leaf will furnish about three wrappers, but usually four can be obtained from good Connecticut leaf. How to Tell a Good Cigar. There isn’t one man in a thousand who can tell a good cigar. There are nearly five hundred different shades, but the standard colors are Madura, Colorado Madura, Colorado and Claro. These are always branded on the box. The mildest and marked Claro, aud the strongest Madura. Most people imagine that a dark cigar is always strong and a light one mild. This is an error. The filling of a cigar may be as strong as thunder, and yet be wrapped in a dark wrapper, and vice versa. Like wine, age improves a cigar, but we can’t tell by its appear ance whether a cigar was made years or minutes ago. The only way, then, of determining the merits, is by a smoke. Experience is a dear school, even with cigars. Popular Brands. The finest and best imported cigars are the Henry Clay and Excepcion; of Northern makes, the Mirabilia; of home-made, Victory, Capitol, Charlie Ross, El Plato, &o. These are all standard brands and are the most popular. The home-made cigar ranges from §25 to §75 per thousand; Northern, about the same, and im ported, from §IOO to §2OO. The Charlie Ross, made by Liebman and Rosen baum, has a tremendous sale. It is a small, free-smoking cigar, with a mild, sweet taste. The brand has more to do with the sale of cigars than its merits. You have only to take up the echo of the last sensation, brand it on the box and it takes like hot cakes. Boxes. The boxes generally used by cigar makers are bought ready-made from the North. The wood, cedar, is im ported in large logs from Cuba, Rierta, Rico aad San Domingo. The boxes cost from 12% to 15 cents each. Very few cedar boxes are to be found, how ever. Poplar and laurel wood is most generally used. Boxes can be made entire in Atlanta, and preparations are now on foot to establish a factory for that purpose. The labelling and orna menting of the boxes is done by the cigar manufacturer. A Mammoth Factory. It is proposed, and is meeting with general favor, to erect a large factory in Atlanta, and organize a stock com pany with a cash capital of §250,000. They propose to employ at least five hundred hands, and will be able to turn out daily 100,000 cigars. When we look at the immense profit to be made on cigars, aud the enormous con sumption, we must admit that there is a better prospect for fat dividends than could be expected from a cotton factory. Cigar making is a healthy business, physicians say, and if you go around a cotton factory and see the yellow faces and bloodless lips of the operatives, you will confess that tnat business is unhealthy. The revenue tax on 1,000 cigars is §6; State and county tax % of 1 per cent;, city license of manufacturer, §lO. Thus you see the profit is larger and the tax lower than on any other factory busi ness. It is confidently claimed that the capital would double itself in five years; As Mark Twain says, “there’s millions in it.” The cigars made here are even better than those made at the North for the simple reason that the climate is far better—dryer. If capitalists would think over this matter, the result would be that an Atlanta cigar factory on a : large scale would soon be under way and coining money. The Freedman’s Bank. ■ Sambo is somewhat hopeful. He has had a meeting and has concluded to see if he cau’t get a small portion of the dividends. The case is a deplorable one. The idea of putting his fractional in bank, and his own bank, too, was a glory almost too brilliant for Cuffee. He sav his nickels gradually expand by “intrust,” his stock of worldly goods heaped to a big pile, and afar in the prospective he saw a respite from hoeing cotton arid a stroll through the luxurious meauderiugs of gorgeous wealth. But the power that be iu tbe big city of Washington with one fell scoop swooped up the xpanding nick els and where is Sambo! alas! Counterfeit Money. The Memphis papers announced a few days ago that just after the depar ture of the London circus from that and other cities, a flood of counterfeits were discovered. Whether or not the ;:ircus had anything to do with shoving Shis “queer” is not known. Several bills of a spurious appearance have ’been seen in the city, and people are cautious. The peanut vender micro scopes your nickles, and your butcher ceases in his sanguinary strife to read the romantic legends of your last dol lar bill. Even barkeepers minutely in spect your fractional before concocting your usual cocktail. The washerwo men are not so careful. It is so deuced ly seldom that she gets her pay that she is willing to take it so long as it is green on one side with a picture on the other. There are several counterfeits in the city, and the passers are anxious ly awaited. Tlie Episnootic. The horse consumption, or epizooty, has again made its appearance here. The noble animal asthmatically coughs and snuffs his morocco nostrils like a school boy with a bad cold. Several | horses are affected, but as the disease is of a mild character no danger is feared. Our horses are necessarily obliged to have it, if horses of larger cities have it. Atlanta can’t be out done iu anything. If New York was uo go Democratic and sneeze, we’d roll up a Democratic majority that would astonish you, and sneeze so loud that it would shake Stone Mountain iiom base to summit. Martha. OBSCENE LITERATURE. The Trade in Vulgarity and the Diffi culty in Suppressing it. [New York Herald.] Anthony Comstock said, iu the course oi his examination, that he was the Secretary of the Association for the Suppression of Vice. He made it his special duty to prosecute dealers in ob scene literature and immoral articles. He found more difficulty in this city to procure indictments than almost in any other place, aud at the request of Mr. Townsend read a list of offenders who had been indicted at his instance and hover tried. In the first case, in 1872, the goods t hat had been deposited with the clerk of the District Attorney as proofs of dealing in immoral articles, could not be dour, oil the day of trial, and the latter, therefore, proved a fail ure. In the nejpva.se, one Farrell, in ■-iicted in %ay, 187*2,• h bench warrant was iosuod, but somebody informed him of it and he absconded. One Sick les had a factory of immoral goods and had some twenty little children to work tor him. He was indicted here, bailed aud went over to Brooklyn, where he started the same business. The wit ness pursued him all over the country for two years, obtained his price lists, etc., and at last had him convicted in Springfield, Mass. After great difficulty, one Simpson was sentenced to the State prison for dealing in obscene literature. While he was in the State prison his clerk car ried on the business, and he had him indicted in December, 1872, but this indictment was never tried for the rea son, as Assistant District Attorney Al len told him, that the name was spelled wrongly in the indictment. During this year he obtained new evidence against him and he was convicted, so that nothing was done on the old charge for three years. Thomas Holman printed 143,000 in decent books for one Farrell. This man Holman was for twenty-five years a member of the Baptist Church. Church Members and Improper Books. Mr. Townsend—Do you find many members of churches who indulge in obscene literature ? Mr. Comstock—Yes, sir. I Laughter.] I found one yesterday. [Laughter.] This man Holman printed books for Hynes & Foley, and these men could never be tried, for the then District At torney, Garvin, refused to try them. Holman was indicted in 1872, but the indictment was mysteriously changed changed in the District Attorney’s office aad consequently he was not tried. The books printed by Holman were bound by some twenty little girls in tlie employ of Charles and Joseph Har row, aud iu the bindery it was noticed that all these little girls had, through their occupation and through the sight of the lewd pictures iu the books, learned to use the foulest terms in their conversation. The Harrows were ar rested, but never tried. To give an idea of tlie extent of this vile trade, Mr. Comstock stated that in the last three years twenty-two tons of indecent books, pictures and immoral articles had been seized by him. Those had gone among the very best schools and seminaries in the country, aud among the children of the very best families. Very often lists of children in all the principal seminaries and young ladies’ boarding schools were seized, and the manner in which the dealers had procured these names was vtiry ingenious. The dealer would send to each principal ti circular stating that he was about to publish a United States directory of all boys aud girls in schools, etc., offering to pay five cents for every name sent to him. These lists of names would henceforth be come a matter of merchandise, and Other dealers would pay high prices for obtaining them. In 1872 there were two large factories in this country where immoral goods were made. Witness said here incidentally that Judges Hackett, Benedict and Suther land always supported him, but he found the greatest opposition on the part of Mr. Comb, the clerk iu the Dis trict Attorney’s office, and ou the part of some of Mr. Garvin’s assistants. James Reilley was arrested in June, 1872, for selling obscene books, was > evicted, but sentence was suspended, aad the mail was never punished. Mr. Comstock finally said that a lt.rge number of cases were ready to be brought before the grand jury as I ng ago as Juno last, but no indict ments could be procured through the District Attorney’s office on the plea of the great press of other business. The committee, after privately ex amining specimens of immoral goods which Mr. Comstock had brought with him, adjourned until Friday morning at 11 o’clock. This is the latest story of servant gal-antry. It was at Watertown, N. Y. “I want §3 per week,” said the appli cant ; “and my Mondays and Thurs days. I also insist that family prayers shall be said regularly each day.” Then she ran over a considerable number of “modern conveniences” which she | would require. She was not hired. LETTER FROM COKESBURY. Fall Court—Life Insurance—Abbeville Fair—Cokesbury—Belle Boyd- Weather aud Crops. Cokesbury, S. C., October 25, 1875. The fall term of Court has just closed for this county. The grand jury were discharged Thursday. Their pre sentment was a short one. A%ong other things presented was some of the county officers, for dealing in county scrip. It is infamous for officers to re fuse to pay claims in order that they may buy them up at a discouut. The report of the jury exhibits the affairs of the county iu a prosperous condi tion and much more satisfactory than heretofore. Under former county offi cers the county has been saddled with an onerous debt, which is gradually being extinguished. There arc many trivial cases before the Court, which might otherwise have been settled. I noticed a good many cases of petit lar ceny. The cost of trying these cases is very heavy, and adds materially to the county debt. It was provoking to note the time consumed in the trial, and the speeches of counsel seemed more long-winded than usual. Judge Cook presided with his usual ability, and it was plain to be seen that he is desirous of re-election. No doubt there will be several candidates, both for the position of Judge and Solicitor. As the Radicals have but few men in their ranks fit for such positions, we indulge the hope that a good mau, ir respective of party, wiil be elected. We have iio objections to the present So licitor, as he has discharged the oner ous duties of his position with fairness and ability. Life Insurance. The Press and Banner has been stir ring up tlie life insurance agents. Their arguments, exhibition of facts aud figures look formidable, aud no doubt will do a great deal to discourage the people from foolishly spending their money In this way for the support of rich corporations at the North. There is only one way to be benefited, and that is to take out a policy for a large amount and die before many premiums are paid. Few persons are willing to do this much for posterity. What South Carolina Has Lost. An official statement of life insurance is; “Since the war South Carolina has paid to Northern companies eleven million dol lars in excess of all amounts paid back on death policies.” In this statement the vast amount paid to Southern companies is not in cluded. The amount thus thrown away is enough to pay our State debt twice over. What Abbeville County Has Lost. Let us look at Abbeville’s account with the companies : DR. Estimated amount paid since the War $600,000 Estimated interest on same 240,000 Total amount invested $840,000 CR. Estimated amount of poli cies paid $115,000 Estimated interest on same.. 40,000 $161,000 Total loss $670,000 | Or more than all the taxes 3lass SHOE fl beville, County has paiu binLe*uitLe.csl<}h> Where Everything Sinks. With these facts before us, how can any man conscientiously urge our citi zens to put their money into this great whirlpool in which everything sinks, to be seen no more. Can the man who does so, simply for the commissions he receives for its passing through his hands, have the good of the country at heart? Abbeville County Fair. Our County Fair opens on Wednes day 20th iast. It is expected that there will be a fine display of stock and crops. The premiums are liberal and varied to suit all cases. It is proposed to ship all the articles to the State Fair at Columbia so that there shall be a rous ing entry on the books of the Secretary of the skill, industry and ingenuity of the farmers and Mechauics of Abbeville county, and thus secure the §3OO pre mium" to the county exhibiting the greatest number of articles. We will be glad to see our Augusta friends on that occasion. Cokesbury. Our little town has been quite gay of late by reason of several marriages, and the prospect of more. L ist week the pretty and accomplished Miss R. C. Connor was lead to the hymeneal altar by Mr. Caldwell, of Newberry. The wedding was elegant, and the supper superb. We had the pleasure of meet ing many friends from Newberry and elsewhere. The young ladies were richly dressed and looked pretty enough to tempt almost any one into a declaration of love. If lam not greatly mistaken the beginning of several courtships was made and probably other engagements will grow out of tli affair. We noticed in particular one of the gay sprigs of the law from New berry paying his devotions to a very pretty blue eyed lassie from the city by the sea. A case of love on sight; evi dently there was music in the air. Belle Boyd. Miss Belle Boyd, so-called, lectured here to a very slim audience last week, and goes hence to fairer fields aud more appreciative audiences. Someone showed her “Martha’s” letter to the Constitutionalist, from Atlanta. When she read the letter, it was evident that a stormy cloud was rising. When the females (?) meet there will be a demolition of chignons, sure. Weather and Crops. We are having fine weather, and very favorable to cotton picking. As I pre dicted, not more than half a crop will be made. The staple is short and does not sample well. I am glad to say that the farmers are sowing largely br oats and other small grain. Timon. Afraid of the Box.— About a week since Mr. John Dixon, a butcher in the Hanover Market, found a box beneath his stall. Upon opening it, it was found to contain the remains of a Pick aninny, the sight of which caused him to lose liis appetite for breakfast. On last Saturday morning Mr. Dixon found another box under his stall. He at once sought Officer Mortimer, the Mayor of the market, and complained to him that there was a “nigger ba! y” in a box at his stand; that he could not stand the stench of it, and that, he would like to have it removed. As the officer raised the lid from the box an Irish woman came rushing up, crying: “Hold on there, Mr. Mortimer and Dix on; that box of eggs belongs to me.” All parties present enjoyed a hearty laugh at the mistake, and Dixon joined in the chorus.— (Baltimore Evening News. _ __ A flock of 100 swallows, more or less, thirsting for knowledge or hungry for bookworms, lately entered the State Libraiy, at Richmond, Va., and were with difficulty expelled. Missouri got mad and grew a cucum ber that beats the Boston cucumber. That’s right. This great West can’t al low any Puritanic cucumber to climb over it. —[Detroit Free Press. According to a recent enumeration there are 2,600 of the Brethren and Christian Brethren denomination in Ireland, and it sounds like a bull to say a majority of them are women. THOUGHTS ON FAILURES. The Old Style and the New—Modern Improvements—Suggestions of Re form. [Boston Commercial Bulletin. 1 In times past the word “failure” seem to have had a deeper and more significant meaning than at the present time. In the old-style novel the un fortunate husband and father is repre sented as reluming to his once happy home and burying his face in h<B hands, groaning out to the wre f partner of his joys and share- —s sorrows that he was ruined, th ouse aud furniture, goods and chattels, must be given up to his creditors. His faithful wife was pictured as cheer fully giving up all her accustomed lux uries, aud returning with her unfor tunate but honorable husband to an humble cottage, where they begau life anew. Quite different the picture now. The unfortunate bankrupt does not return to his house, because he knows that, well stocked with everything, it is se cured in his wife’s name, but, finding himself in a tight place, h quietly an nounces to his confiding creditors that he must suspend, and will pay 15 or 20 cents on the dollar. The said confid ing creditors, with past experience of the evaporating power of assignees aud insolvency proceedings, are ready to accept anything that is money, and the cheerful bankrupt, having purchased his stock for an eighth of its value, is prepared to start in business again with a chance of competing pretty suc cessfully with his more honest neigh bors; while his faithful wire dons her solitaire diamonds again, and blithely plans for the summer at a fashionable watering place. This picture, we know, is one-sided, perhaps highly overdrawn, but who, that has had business dealings of late years but will recognize its essential correctness ? And it is more than a subject for pleasantry; Indeed, the di rect frauds upon creditors indicate but a fraction of the importano* of this question. The laxity of moral senti ment in mercantile affairs—the poison which has for several years been stead ily creeping through the veins of the whole community—and of which this modern system of business liquidation isjbut the mere out-cropping, is, in the opinion of some of the wisest finan cial doctors, sapping the very founda tions of our commercial strength. Tt is the merest folly to talk of remedying an evil of such proportions by more strin gent ly amending the bankrupt law, or by abolishing it altogether and adopt ing anew one. The root of the trou ble lies in the loose moral sentiment of which wo have recently seen so many lamentable examples, and which affects more or less, almost in spite of them selves, even the sturdiest of old-school merchants. This moral feeling of all of us must be lifted up bodily. “ That chastity of [business] honor which felt a stain like a wound ” must be made something more than a by-word, something more than a tradition of the dead past. And, as a necessary part of this pro cess, the word “ failure,” about vgbifi’g we began this little serincc? anil restored to something .cast of its IOUSE; also a generate" by any of the methods with which we are all so familiar, should ding to a man in all his after transactions. He should be shunned by business associ ates, and his actions meet the severest reprobation, in the public, prints as well as on the street. It may safely be said that there are very few failures which are not somebody’s fault; of those in which the liabilities mount up among the hundred thousands, and in which the creditors get 10,15 and 20 per cent of their claims, the proportion of cases where there has not been either outright swindling or criminal negligence is Insignificantly small. A more general censure of these cousplo uous examples would do much to re duce the large class of smaller men whose greatest success is in “failing.’ While the pressure of the times just now has without doubt forced many strictly honest and industrious men into bankruptcy, yet it is tbeoomplalnt that others are ever ready to take ad vantage of a season like the present, aud rather than draw upon that which they have set aside from other pros perous years and make any decided sacrifice to sustain their credit, prefer to fail upon present misfortune and ex hibit only such assets as were actually used for the time being in business. That this is reprehensible and that the offender ought to be made to feel it so is none the less true than that an honest trader overtaken by misfor tunes beyond human ken should re ceive every consideration and en couragement to enable him to regain his lost footing. While we are on the subject of fail ures we will mention another point that is worth thinking of. There is more instruction to be got out of faithful ac counts of the causes and consequences of mercantile embarrassments than out of any other class of contemporary business literature. The compact re sumes of failures and suspensions that we publish In the Bulletin each week contains, many of them, the essence of years of business experience. The les sons to be drawn from them are gen erally so evident as to suggest them selves to the dullest comprehen sion. But these statements are from the necessity of the case Incomplete; many of the first rough accounts are likely to be distorted. And yet, when the full particulars are published, how few have time or inclination to peruse them, still less to sift the true from the false, the valuable from ths incon sequential, and to gather the all-im portant lessons that can be obtained. Not only in this case, but many of the chief facts in relation to the principal failures nuver see the light. The pub lic eagerly read the first incomplete statements of fact and rumor, and form hasty conclusions which they never have opportunity to either cor rect or firmly establish. Much of the most valuable instruction that might be obtained from failures is therefore lost,. Now what we propose is that a pub lic functionary or commissioner be ap pointed whose duty it shall be to ex amine closely into the causes of fail ures, carefully sift the evidence on both sides In relation to fraud or poor business management, censure the blameworthy, and publish to the world an impartial summary of each case, from which the business community can draw its own moral. Only failures of general interest need be investigated, or such as a sufficient number of merchants ask to have light thrown upon. It might be impossible or Inadvisable to have these functionaries appointed bv the Federal Government; but each State could have its own failure exami ner or board of examiners. Perhaps it would be well to have the registers in bankruptcy take oharge of such cases as go to the courts, and our boards of trade and other commercial bodies might be recognized In the ap pointment, of the other examiners. The whole scheme may bo Impracticable, but it is worth thinking of. A young man in Wisconsin was fined §IOO the other day for kissing a girl. Of course the girl did not estimate the kiss at that price herself. The average Wisconsin girl would be satisfied with six and a fourth cents, and would not, insist upon the cash eithsr.—fOourier- Journal. New Series —Vol. 28, No. 82 MINOR ITEMS OF THE CITY. Thanks. The Secretary of the Greensboro Fair Association has our thanks for a complimentary ticket. We trust as many as possible of our citizens will attend. The Smith Press. Our old friend, W. M. Smith,is meet ing with much encouragement in the Southwest with his excellent press. The papers give him high testimonials. Mr. Smith is an inventor of great ability, and we wish his talents could be em ployed in our midst. If times are not too hard, it seems to us that such a press as that of Mr. Smith’s might be manufactured here by a compauy with moderate capital. We want more small industries, like Columbus, and if, a3 we believe the Smith press is such as com petent persons declare it to be, why would it not pay to be manufactured here and shipped to all points need ing it ? ___ Serious Affray. A middle-aged negro man, accompa nied by his wife, was proceeding to wards home last evening, between nine and ten o’clock. When near Bassford’s brick-yard, on the outskirts of the city, the couple met a party of five negroes, who came out of tine brick-yard. One of the negroes bore a gun on his shoulder, and, as the parties met, he addressed insulting remarks to the woman. The husband naturally resented the insult, when the fellow with the gun raised it like a club and struck the other man over the head a most crushing blow, felling him to the ground. The brick-yard party then ran away. The shrieks of the woman and the noise of the affray brought assistance, and the injured man was conveyed to Schley’s. It is thought the man will die of his injuries. The lateness of the hour prevented our getting further partioulars. Runaways. About 4 o’clock yesterday afternoon, a pair of very spirited horses attached to a top wagon, belonging to Harmon Rowley, Esq., were left standing In Broad street, while the driver went into a store to purchase something. The horses became frightened, and dashed up the street, and in their wild flight collided with a buggy belonging to Dr. Mann, but fortunately did no damage. The frightened horses kept on, and when near Campbell street,, they dashed into a tree, upsetting the wagon, and one of the horses broke loose, kept on, but was finally stopped. The other horse was severely injured by the collision with the tree. Between seven and eight o’clock last evening, a horse attached to a buggy, left unattended in Jackson street, near Ellis, started to run away, but one of | the Southern Express wagons passing at the time, and the 4fiver drove his wagon across tb's*j^. eet j D front of the runawayjfe^ by prevent . ing an accident —~^ —*♦* . Amusements. -*Tun without vulgarity” is evidently the slogan of the famous Duprez & Benedict’s Minstrels, and the perform ance of last evening fully sustained the fine reputation that has always dis tinguished the band ever inm . its formation in 1852. The Opera House was crowded by an appreciative audi ence, among whom was many ladies. The programme was a most varied one, and of a character to please the most fastidious, embracing fine music, side-splitting jokes (mostly r>9w), dancing and dialogues between the end men, which kept the house in a roar of laughter. When an audience demand an encore four or five times, it is evidence of popular approbation of the character of the entertainment; such was the case last night, The band will perform again to-morrow evening, and no doubt they will be greeted by a crowded house. They will return here again on the 25th inst. The company left a line reputation be hind them at Savannah, judging from a most flattering notice in yester day’s issue of the News of that city. Murder. Last evening, nearly at midnight, a man named Tinley appeared at Chief Christian’s headquarters, and stated that his brother, Morris M. Tinley, had been murdered by Helpheus Tilley at about 2 o’clock yesterday afternoon, at Porterville Academy, hall! a mile from Mcßean 'station. It appears aii the parties formerly lived in Burke county, and a feud has existed some years be tween them. Tinley was in a wagon and Tilley was on horseback, when they met in the road and at once re newed the quarrel. Tinley threatened to whip the other man, and invited him to dismount and settle their disputes by a game of fisticuffs. Just as Tinley was stepping out of the wagon Tilley drew a pistol and fired on Tinley twice, both shots taking effect, and from which he died immediately. About fif teen men were standing around at the time, and no one attempted to arrest the murderer, who made good his es cape across the country. Both men have families. A reward is offered by Tinley’s father for the murderer’s ar rest. REPUDIATING MANIA. Honesty and Integrity Our Only Sal vation—What the New York “Ob server” Says. Mr. Editor: I clip the subjoined ex tract from the New York Observer, which should be republished by every paper throughout the country, and beg you will give it a place in your Sunday Issue, that it may reach the eyes and ears of learned jurists and others who may never place themselves in a posi tion to hear a little sermon. If the public press, like the Observer, would all “cry aloud and spare not,” we would soon hear very little about repudiating corporations, and men of high standing would change their tactics with public opinion and cry, “Lay on, McDutf!” on your side of the question. Inculcate good morals, and useless litigation is at an end. This, we admit, you have been trying to do, but keep on. The Observer says: “There isjsuch a thing as national morality, a sense of right and wrong prevailing among the people as a body, a national conscience. So long as such a conscience exists in the majority public faith will be kept— faith with the creditors of the Govern ment, faith with the holders of its bonds, however small. Repudiation by a State or kingdom is never thought of except by those who have become de moralized, for repudiation is only swindling and stealing in a legalized form. ‘A promise to pay’ once made by a corporation or government is just as binding in morals upon the promiser as a note of hand given by an indi vidual is upon the giver When con science becomes dull and payment is difficult then the promiser meditates evasion of duty or repudiation, which is only another name for fraud and rascality.” Subscriber. “Pull on this rope,” wrote Mr. Wlne gardner, of Williamsport, “you will find me in the canal.” Now, that kind of a corpse deserves encouragement. No fuss, no noise, no dragging the water nor firing of cannon. J ust pull the rope and up he comes, fresh and dripping. A child five years old could find him. Our roaming President objects to Rome. To Advertisers and Subscribers. °N AND AFTER this data (April 21. 1875.) aU trip 0 f 9 0f ! he Goustitu fi°nalist will ba sant tree of postage. Advertisements must be paid for when han ded in, unless otherwise stipulated. ANNouNcmo or suggesting Candidates for office, 20 cents per line each insertion. Monet maybe remitted at our risk by Express or Postal Order. Correspondence invited from all sources and valuable special news paid for if used.* Bejected Communications will not be re turned. and no notice taken of anonymous letters, or articles written on both sides Religious Services To-Day. St. John’s Church—Preaching this morning and to-night, by the pastor Clement A. Evans. p r * Presbyterian Church—Services in the church to-day at 10:30 a. m. and 7-30 P. m. Also in Lecture Rooms, Wednes day evening at 7:30. Subject, “ The Apocalypse.” Jones’ Chapel (Methodist)—Sunday * &t 9a. m. Preaching at night at 7:30 o’clock. Protracted meeting begins on Wednesday night; all are in vited to unite with and help us. St. Paul’s Church—No morning ser vice. Sunday school at 3:30 p. m. The Rev. Mr. Kramer will officiate at 7:30 p. m. Regular quarterly offerings for diocese missions presented at this ser vice. Christian Church.—Preaching by the pastor, Z. T. Sweeney, at 10:30 a. m. and in the evening, at 7:30 o’clock, will preach, by request of Richmond Lodga of Good Templars, og “Temperance.” Sunday scuool at 9a. m. Prayer meet ing Wednesday night at 7:30 o’clock. The Hephzibah Baptist Association will meet with the First Baptist Church, Greene street-, ou Wednesday morning, at 10 o’clock. Many eminent ministers will be present, wo learn among them, Dr. H. H. Tucker, Chan cellor of the State University; Dr. A. J. Battle, President of Mercer University* Dr. T. E. Skinner, of Athens; Dr. W* H. Mclntosh, of Macon. Families that wish to entertain delegates are requested to report to Z. McCord or J. J.Pearce. St. James’ Church (Methodist)—So cial meeting at 9a. m. Sunday School at 2:30 p. m. Preaching by tho Pastor, Habersham J. Adams, at 10:30 a. m., and reception to church membership. Night: Voluntary meeting, beginning at 7:30 o’clock; sacred songs until 8 o’clock. Monday night ; Stewards’ meeting. Tuesday night; Association meeting. Thursday night: Prayer and praise meeting. The audience and Sunday School rooms will be comforta bly warm. The First Baptist congregation will worship in the First Ward Baptist Church again to-day, corner of Greene and Houston streets, where the ordina tion of S. W. Bothwell, Pastor elect, will take place in the following order: Bermon by Rev. M. B. Wharton, D.D.; charge by Bev. W. H. Davis; ordaining prayer by Rev. J. S. Patterson; presen tation of Bible by Rev. J. T. Robert LL.D. The new lecture room of First Baptist Church will be dii*’ j „ tl /' n ? Thursday night by Rev. Er/ Tucker, Chancellor of ti^Ty.’.rv-r , veraity. Prayer ryvfc?*** night in *^“ es P ha^ v el—We are informed that; Phnnp| lC will be organized at Jones vjuapej. an( j a p as t or w jp be appointed Bishop, who will preside at tha ession of the Conference of the Meth odist Church South, which will be held at Griffin, December Ist. This will be a groat convenience to the Methodists residing in the eastern (lower), part of the city. The Chapel has been con nected with St. James Church, the pas tor rendering such service as was prac ticable. But this arrangement, is not the best nor the most satisfactory to the people, and the officers of St. James Church have agreed to permit such*of the members as desire to do so to withdraw from it and constitute a o&urcn at tne (Jhapei. Until the pastor comes In December, the citizon (local) preacher will occupy the pulpit on Sun day nights, and the pastor of St. James will lead the services on Wednesday and Friday nights. As will be seen by reference to our church notices, a se ries of revival meetings begins there on Wednesday night. Crop Report. The Committee on Statistics and In formation for the District of Augusta have just issued their report for Sep tember, which is as follows: The Augusta Exchange, ) Augusta, Ga., October 7, 1875. l To the President and Board of Directors of the Augusta Exchange: Gentlemen: We respectfully submit the following report for the month of May as to the prospects and condition of the cotton crop in the district allot ted to this Exchange. Our report is based on fifty-two replies from twenty four counties. Average date of replies, Ist Inst.: Ist Question—What has been the character of the weather since the 20th of August? Answer —The weather is generally r eported as having been very dry and hot up to about September 15th. Thei oaf ter, to October Ist, cool, cloudy and rainy, with an excessive rainfall in a few localities. 2d Question —What damage, if any, has been done to the crop by the rust, rot, or storms? Answer—With the exception of three counties, more or less, and in many lo calities, serious damage is reported by rust, very little by rot, and from three to five per C6nt. by storms. The rains prevalent during the last fifteen days of September, are reported to have im paired the quality of the crop, both in grade and staple. 3d Question —When did picking gen erally commence with you, and how la it progressing? Answer—Picking commenced in a few counties as early as August 20th, but did not become general until about September sth. The hot weather of the proceeding three weeks, having forced open much cotton; rapid pro gress was made until the middle of September, since when rainy weather has interferred materially. 4th Question —With frost at the same time as last year, will the yield in your seotlon be the same—greater or less ? Answer—The tenor of a great ma jority of our replies indicates that a killing frost at same date as last year cannot materially affect the yield now in view, and which is almost unani mously estimated at less than last year. It may possibly be reduced by about five per cent. sth Question —State any material fact not covered by foregoing ques tions. Answer—The majority of our corre spondents express the conviction that the yield of this territory will not reach that of last year, by from fifteen to twenty per cent., while many speak of from twenty-five to thirty per cent. The largest portion of the crop is now open and ready for picking, and in some few counties from one-half to two-thirds of the crop is reported as already picked. Tho movement to market is generally reported as having been prompt thus far. Very respectfully your obedient ser vants, * L. L. ZULAVSKY, Chairman. J. J. Pearce, E. D. Kelley, It. D. Heard, L. C. Nowell, A. M. Benson, Wm. M. Read, Committee on Statistics and Informa tion. •••v.vi Blobbs, speaking of an acquaintance whose stock of brains was heavily mortgaged, remarked, “Why, he’s next door to a fool, and sometimes moves in.” How many people there are in the world, whose sensitive and idealistic natures will not permit them to con template the gross reality of board bills unpaid. The boss dress in Cincinnati con sumed forthy-three yards and costs $750.