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TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION. Dailt—one year *lO oo six months 5 00 " three months 2 so Tbi- Weekly—one year 5 oo " six months 2 50 Weekly—one year 2 00 “ six months i 00 Single copies, 5 cts. To news dealers, iVi ets. 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, i FRANCIS COGIN. Proprietors GEO. T. JACKSON, ) Address all Letters to H. C. STEVENSON. Manager. Details of the recent storm in England reveal great horrors. According to the telegraph dispatch, an entire town in Ohio has been wiped out. GniXD preparations are being made at Richmond to honor tne memory of Gen. Pickett and Stonewall Jackson. Failures continue to be announced. The printer may as well keep this as standing matter, to be published as a daily bulletin till forbid. A Row among New York politicians is announced, ending fatally for one of the combatants. We are uninformed whether “gin-twist” was at the bottom of it, but presume that beverage had something to do with it. Mr. Kelley's speech on the currency, published this morning, was originally de livered at Cooper Institute, New York.— When applied to for a copy of his Macon address, he handed our reporter the slip we print from, which ho stated was substan tially a reproduction of his ideas. The Atlanta Herald says Hon. L. N Trammell goes on record as the only man on earth who did not know all about “Rill” Allen’s defeat before it happened. Grant knew it, Gordon knew it, Ben Hill knew -everybody but Trammell knew it, after the event. Apropos of Gov. Hawley’s speech, the Atlanta Herald tells the . following pro fane, but good anecdote: Discussing the principle of secession, he said: “ The tight over this principle may not be finished yet. We Connecticut peo ple may take a notion to carry our little State out of the Union; and then you peo ple would object and kick up a war.” At which an old “rebel,” into whose soul the balm of peace had not been poured, yelled out, in an evidently sincere way: “No sir ; by G— d we wont; take her out whenever you get ready!” A MISER’S DEN. A Horrible Scene of Loathsomeness and Misery—A Chinaman Worth $40,- 000 Rotting in a Sub-Cellar. |S,-n Francisco Sunday Ledger.] Now and then one picks up an old book and reads about some noted mi ser, whose excess of meanness has made him historical. Ban Francisco can boas* of a miser beside whom all others are insignificant. Last night a Ledger reporter went with a special of ficer to see the most horrible specimen ef a man that lives on the globe to-day. “ You inusn’t he startled at what you see,” said the officer as they turned up Jackson street. The two wended their way through the Chinamen, and soon turned into an alley near Dupont street. “ This is the most horrible hole that ever existed in God’s crea tion,” remarked the officer again, and they turned into another alley running up from the first. The place was very narrow, and the building leaned over at the top for a better acquaintance— it seemed a sort of architectural socia bility. The place was lined with Brothels and Opium Dens. • The lowest class of Chinese prosti tutes inhabited the rockeries, and their fat faces peered from the windows, while they showered a torrent of vile obscenity upon the officer and his com panion. The stench of opium came up from the dens, and the air of the mis erable lair of vice and filthiness was thick with a thousand disgusting odors. The alley narrowed at the end, while the fumes of smoke grew thicker and the women viler. Lamps, made of wicks floating in a bowl of grease, threw a struggling, hazy light over the Scene of Absolute Wretchedness. Now and then a poor, emaciated Chinaman glided like a ghost from one of the dens and slid off in the haze. Meu and women staggered from one entrance to another, and through the chinks of the sidewalk and gratings, half-closed with rubbish, could be seen half-naked wretches lying about low tables, stupefied with drugs, their their bodies collecting the poisonous vapors of the cellars, and their minds floating away in paradise. “ This way,” said the officer, and he stepped down into a black hole which looked like a place to throw refuse.— The reporter followed him down the stairs, and then the officer lit a candle end. The place was a dirty oellar, about ten feet square, and innumer able rats were darting over the floor, which appeared to be ground and old boards. The walls dripped with mois ture, and the damp vapors were nearly stifling. “ Is this the place ?” “ No.” “ Where, then ?” “ In the next cellar below.” The officer lifted some boards in a corner, and a rush of still fouler air came up like the exhalations of a dis secting sink. ‘•Come On.” The officer began to go down the ladder, and asked the reporter to fol low. it seemed like going down into a grave infected with death. It was not the proper thing for the reporter to hesitate, however much he wished to, and so he followed the officer down into the hole. Here the candle barely burn ed, and the officer lighting another, banded it to his companion. The upper cellar seemed like a front parlor com pared to this. A sickening stench, more fetid than the opium dens, and more loathsome than the brothels, per vaded the place like a misty substance. The reporter placed a handkerchief to his mouth and breathed through it. The walls were tricking with moisture, and the floor was slippery with slime. In a corner was the object of the offi cer’s visit. “What Do Y’ou Think of That?” The officer put his candle down to ward the spot, and its rays fell upou the face of the old man—so old that there was no means of telling how long lie must have been born. He lay upon some loose boards, with a piece of dirty blanket thrown over him. The skiu of bis face was drawu tight to his skull, and a few straggling white hairs fell back from his scalp. His body, wherever seen from under the blanket, was Covered witli Loathsome Sores, at which the rats nibbled, as they scrambled over him. Now and then he moved his limbs, and the horrible feast - ers fell off for a moment and returned immediately. When the light fell upon his face he opened his eyes for an in stant and closed them again. His hands were those of a skeleton, and the rats were gnawing at his Augers, yet he seemed not to notice it. The time seemed to have passed for him to His teeth were all gone, and \s almost met in his mouth. *sf foul water was near his Jm ich he had been using to thirst. Joes he eat?” said the officer, and poking B with a stick, he showed the ■kt.e belies which he had picked ■ thrown aside. id lie was a miser, I believe?” ■.e lias SIO,OOO in the bank. B e alley above ground was H>e air, which half an hour so horrible to breathe, now | icious in its freshness. 7 soon on field and hill *’inds shall whistle cliili, . M\.kliia call their Ilocks to ■ ' from frost and snow, eek for lands where blow 7 R mrns of a balmier weather." Established. 1799. FROM RICHMOND. ■■■" - ----- - Preparations for the Obsequies of Gen. Pickett and Unveiling of the Jackson Statue. Richmond, October 23.—The remains of Gen. Geo. E. Pickett reached this city to-day at noon, from Norfolk, in charge of a committee from that city, Petersburg and and Richmond. They were met at the depot by a number of prominent citizens, and quickly escort ed to the capitol w’here they will re main in state until to-morrow p. m., when they will be taken in charge by the veterans of his Division and other officers and men of the Confederate ai my and navy, the military of Rich mond, including the colored troops, who have asked to be allowed to par ticipate in burying the deceased, civic societies, etc., and escorted to Holly wood Cemetery for interment. The preparations for the ceremonies on Tuesday next, in honor of the un veiling of the Stonewall Jackson statue, are progressing most extensively, and indicate that the demonstration will be one of the grandest, if not the grand est, ever witnessed in Richmon-1. It is estimated that the population of Rich mond, on that day, will be nearly, if not doubled. Military and civic organiza tions from different portions of the State, as well as outside, have signified the intention of being present,.and the colored military of the city, in this case, as in that of Gen. Pickett’s obse quies, have asked and received per mission to participate, and will be as signed positions in the grand pageant. FROM WASHINGTON Light House News —Treasury Statis tics. Washington, October 23.—The Light House Board give notice that the front beacon on the south range of Amelia Island, Fla., will be entirely painted black in November. The President, Belknap, Robeson, Jewell and Babcock are spending the day in Baltimore. The Treasury now holds $368,119,917 of United States bonds to secure na tional bank circulation, and $18,760,000 to secure public deposits. The nation al bank circulation now outstanding amounts to $311,158,128, of which $2,- 610,000 are notes issued to gold banks. Custom receipts to-day, $158,231.15 ; to date, $8,516,389 ; total for the fiscal year to date, $53,179,228. Internal rev enue to-day, $298,031; total for the month to date, $7,300,331; total for the fiscal year to date, $31,829,537 ; nation al bank notes received for redemption to-day, $170,000 ; total receipts for the week, $3,337,160. Capture of Counterfeit Money—No Clue to the Deficit. Treasury detectives captured $150,- 000 in counterfeit money belonging to Nelson Dreggs, one of a gang captured at Centralia, Ills. There is no clue to the $2,000 short in the Treasurer’s De partment. CRIMES AND CASUALTIES. Two Meu Poisoned—Burning of a Town—Fatal Row Among New York Politicians. Macon, Mo., October 23.—Dr. B. F. Sherman and Samuel Parker went into a drug store. Both fell iu the street and died in twenty minutes It is sup posed they were poisoned at the drug store. The Coroner is investigating. Vermillion, O , October 23.—The town was wholly burned. Eleven bus iness blocks are iu ashes. Loss, $75,- 000. Two men were arrested charged with incendiarism. New York, October 23.—During a quarrel last night, at the Fifth Avenue Hotel, between Thos. 11. Ferris and Edward Haggerty, two well-known Democratic politicians, as to the pros pects of tao election in the Fourth Sen atorial District, which is contested by ex-Congressinan John Fox, Tammany nominee, and ex-Congressman John Morrissey, running on the independent ticket; Ferris was shot in the grein by Haggerty and seriously, if not fatally, wounded. Haggerty fled. Marine Disaster. Quebec, October 23- —Tho Captain of the steamship Lake Nepigon, just ar rived from Liverpool, reports a fear fully boisterous passage, gale succeed ing gale, with heavy head seas, iu which the vessel sustained consider able damage on the 14th. She en countered a perfect hurricane with high dangerou? sea running. In this gale the Captain was lashed to a mast fourteen hours directing the vessel. During this storm John McOnichis, the steward, was pitched against upper deck combing of the companion way and killed. Sudden Death. Norfolk, Tazewell Taylor, Esq., a prominent member of the Norfolk Bar, while attending court iu Hampton yes terday, fell dead from apoplexy. De ceased was about sixty-five years old. and greatly respected by all who knew him. Burned to Death—Shipwreck—Killing of a Fugitive—The Josie Langmade Affair. New Haven, Conn., October 23.—The dwelling of Mrs. Susan Bradley, in Che shire, was destroyed by lire. Mr. aud Mrs. Peter Murray,asleep iu the second story, were burned to death. New York, October 23.—The brig Ju lia Esson, from Halifax several months since, for the West Indies, never reach ed her destination. She was passed September 7th, at sea, bottom up, and all bands are supposed to be.lost. New Orleans, October 23.—Francois Fort, a fugitive from justice from New Orleans, was killed yesterday near Racelaud, by Deputy Sheriff Thiberge, while attempting to escape after being arrested. Fort was charged with com mitting rape on a little girl five years old, iu this city. The Coroner’s ver dict charges Thiberge witli murder. Concord, N. H., October 23.—La Fage, suspected as the murderer of Josie Langmade, made another desper ate attempt to escape. He was placed in irons to-day. The impression of his guilt is List gaining ground. PROM ALABAMA. Excellent Features of the Proposed New 7 Constitution. Montgomery 7 , Ala., October 23. Auditor Smith, the only State Execu tive official who is a Representative, has published a letter warmly support ing the new Constitution. He states in his official capacity as one who has charge of such matters, that the maxi mum amount to be paid out of the State expenses in case the new Con stitution shall be adopted, will save an nually, as compared with the old, $265,- 000. The change proposed in the school system, he says, is a wise meas ure, and will increase the amount avil abie for pay of teachers. Nearly all the white Republicans of the State are for ratifying the new Constitution. FROM GALVESTON. A Famous Equestrian Feat. Galvestou, October 23. —At the Waco (Texas) Fair to-day R. A. Ford rode sixty miles in two hours and forty-nine minutes, the fastest time on record by five minutes. After dismounting forty two horses, he made the last mile in two minutes and seven seconds. He rode common Texan horses. 3teg*tia Constitutionalist FOREIGN DISPATCHES. Progress of Wales and William—Von Arnim’s Case —The English Floods — A Cuban Shot. Port Said, October 23. —Her Britan nic Majesty’s ship Serapis, with the Prince of Wales and suite on board, en route tor India, has arrived here. Emperor William will depart from this city, on his return to Germany, at 3:30 o’clock this p. m. London, October 23.—The Pall Mall Gazette has a special dispatch from Ber lin, which says it is reported that Count Von Arnim’s sentence will be commuted to a fine. Details of the floods and storm arc given. The brig John and Isabella was lost near Stonehaven, with twelve of the crew. Two large vessels off Peter head, wiLh ail on board, were lost. This makes five vessels, with all aboard, within a distance of forty miles in two days. Indepencia, Cuba, October 23.—Rafael Martinez was court-martialed and shot. Decline of Tnrkisk Bonds, Paris, October 24.—Turkish securi ties have declined on the bourse in con sequence of the rumor that a Servian diplomatist agent has left Constantino ple. Lord Dufferiu at Home. Ottowa, Ont., October 23.—Lord Duf ferin, Governor General of Canada, ar rived and received an ovation. He re sumes the Government from this date. THE LOTTERY FRAUD. Report of the Committee- Alexandria, October 23. — The report of tho investigation committee of the Moutepelier lottery made this evening shows that only 7,000 of the tickets were sold in New York and 5,000 at the offices here. 7,800 tickets were put iu the wheel after the drawing, among them those sold in this office. The committee say notwithstanding that there has been a most glaring fraud practised upon the' ticket holders. Your committee from all the evidence they could obtain are unable to desig nate the guilty parties, but we think these officers of the Association to whom were entrusted the details of the management of the Alexandria office have not exercised that watchful care over their agents as we think they should have done, and through their negligence gross frauds have been committed aud we call upou the Presi dent aud Directors of the Asso ciation to make a thorough investigation of the affairs of this of fice and give the result to the public. Mr. Metcalfe claims to be the regular ly appointed agent of the Association through an appointment from the Secretary of the Association, Mr. Ais trop, but in fact, while we find Mr. Metcalfe was tho published agent in the Association in New York, yet we find that no moneys were ever sent to him direct, and as he states he re ceived all moneys, some SIO,OOO, from Mr. Alexander, who, we believe, was really general manager in that place. In regard to tho delay in making this report the committee say that it was occasioned by the faint hope we had of obtaining some information by which we would be enabled to present to you the guilty parties concerned iu this fraud. Rut we are frank to say that thus far all our efforts have been of no avail. FINANCIAL. A Big Factory Failure—Resumption of one New York Firm and Assign ment of Another. Wooster, 0., October 23.—McDonald & Cos., manufacturers of agricultural implements, have made assignments. Liabilities $500,000. Two hundred per sons thrown out of employment. New York, October 23.—Butlenek & Cos. have made arrangements with their creditors to continue business. Warren & Wyman, book dealers, made an assignment. The Ames Plow Company in Trouble. Boston, October 23.—The Ames Plow Company is temporarily embarrassed. Its liabilities are $218,247; assets, $542,891. At a meeting of creditors, it was thought that reasonable extention would enable the company to pay iu full and go on. The failure of Robert Tilton, woolen manufacturer and pro prietor of the SpriQgfield Mills, at Cavendish, Vermont, has occasioned no little excitement in tho wool trade of tliis eity. His IBoston indebtedness is quite large. This is the result mainly of purchases of wool in this market. The total liabilities are about $140,000. FROM ST LOUIS. Squabble Over a Telegraphic Wire. St. Louis, October 23.—The Atlantic and Pacific Telegraph Company stretched a wire on the bridge here yesterday p. in., to connect their lines with the city and shortly after the Bridge Company cut it down, The Telegraphic Company claim the right to use tho bridge uiqier an act of Con gress, but tho Bridge Company having a contract with the Western Union Telegraph Company, granting them exclusive right to use their structure, refuse to allow the Atlantic and Pa cific Telegraph Company to make use of it. Departure of Missionaries, New York, October 23.—Rev. A. N. Andrews and wife, Rev. Daniel Staver and wife, Mrs. Win. and Miss Pratt, Miss Parsons and Mrs. Pond, mission aries, who are sent out by the American Board of Foreign Missions, took their departure for Europe this p. m. in the steamer City of Chester. Editor Indicted for Libel. Springfield, October 23.—Hon. Fred Geruig, representative in the General Assembly and editor of the German Free Press, was indicted for libel for publishing an article reflecting upon County Treasurer Perkius and editor of the State Journal It grew out of a political controversy. The Turf. New York, October 24.—1n the $2,000 match, Thomas L. Young took the first heat. The second one was a dead one and Young wa3 withdrawn on the third. Time, 2:19)*. Sensation winning the race. The suggestion that ladies’ dresses may be made of the newlyly-discover ed unbreakable and elastic glass prompts the hope that it isn’t the trans parent kind. It is estimated that six thousand speeches were made in Ohio during the canvass. Wind enough was expended to drive the wind mills of Holland for a century. No one but a close observer of hu man nature has noticed that lovers always bite the tdp of the gate pickets as they stand to say a few words more before separating. A son of Brigham Young, with the wild name, Don Carlos Young, has en tered the School of Engineers, in Troy. By the peculiar extent of his family circle, the old head Mormon is enabled to be represented in nearly every col lege of both continents. Colfax lias found his level at last. He has been elected judge of a Mich igan baby show. Iu Albion, Mich., a magician, after spending $35 in posters, had an au dience of three persons. AUGUSTA. CUA., SUN'DAY, OCTOBER 24, 1875. LETTER FROM ATLANTA. Dr. Leftwich and the Drama——The Danger of Extremes —Verdict on the Macon Fair —“A Good Thing; hut Don’t Do It Again”—Court News- Theatrical Items—Politics, etc. [From Our Regular Correspondent.] Atlanta, October 22d. The recent denial of that wicked yarn about the late Edwin Forrest and Dr. Leftwich, in which the former was said to have burst into tears on hearing a sermon of the latter on theatre-going, recalls to mind that famous tirade. The Doctor is pastor of the Central Presbyterian Church here and has a wealthy congregation. He is said to be a very smart man. Was born in Vir ginia and educated in Philadelphia and thereabouts. He preaches a fair ser mon—somewhat flighty in his meta phorical soarings, and now and then covers his best points so effectively with hifalutin words aud verbiage from the classics that they are lost to his hearers, save a few of the litterati. And withal he is no friend or the drama. The drama is the objec tive point of all his intense hatred. He assails it with all the venom he can muster both in the pulpit and out of it. Nearly every sermon is tinc tured with this unnatural antipathy, and he sprinkles his conversation copiously. To him the drama is the great sin—the sin of sins. It is the genuine cesspool of iniquity and is corruption in its rottenest state: The man or woman who would so allow herself to be tempted by the devil to attend the representation of Shaks peare’s sublimest tragedies or purest comedies commits a crime so heinous that Satan himself would blush at it. That man or woman goes ticketed for tiie hottest corner of Hades. No atonement, no penance, no suffering can wipe out tho blot, and they arc lost. Such is his opinion of theatre goers. He may be right and he alone may be saved. But in my opinion he is a fraud. Hard name to apply to a minister in good standing, of a good old church; but why beat about the bush aud call it difference of opinion ! Mr. Forrest truthfully said that his abuse of the drama was an ad vertisement. To prove it, when the Black Crook came along this good man should have arisen in his sacred pulpit and descanted on the damnable dis play of female pins and the outrageous absence of \V inter clothing, the SataDic beauty of wicked faces and the rounded but sin-tainted charms of the actresses, don’t you know that some of the most pious brothers of his congregation would have risen right up in their seats and yelled for “two reserved seats?” When the younger portion of his church hear the drama painted in such terrible colors the little boys and girls have A greater desire than ever to take just one glimpse at the mimic stage. Well, as the great Bard of Avon says: All the world’s a stage. And men and women merely players. Atlanta worked up a good grin yes terday and greeted the Centennial representation, who were passing through the city on their way to Nash ville. Gush and champagne flowed freely, and about a thousand dollars worth of stock was scooped up. At night Judge Kelley delivered an ad dress to a moderate audience on money. As you know, he is for green backs as a national currency and for his own use. His speech was listened to with much attention, and had a good effect. From the Fair, Visitors to the State Fair are re turning. They report the Fair a good thing, but not a success. The Agricul tural Society ought to know by this time that, iu order to draw a crowd —a big crowd —they should present at tractions to suit all classes of people. There’s horse-racing for instance. Whilst its practice is not down in the Sunday-school catechism, it is a sport in which thousands of good honest people engage, and there are lots of people who go to a Fair just to take a sly glance at the mettlesome horses. Hence it was a grand mistake on tho part of the society to omit that aud other similar attractions from their programme. Jury Lists. Now this court is in full blast. Judge Hopkins dealing his justice right aud left, and offenders shaking in their boots, the making up of juries is about the most tiresome and vexatious busi ness you can scare up. Excuses and dodges are manufactured at short no tice, and men get sick suddenly. Nevertheless, tho juries are formed and the world moves on. There is such a git-up-and-git way about Judge Hopkins that causes the progressive citizen to play his cards carefully, and when he excuses a man you may bet high that it was a mighty good excuse rendered. When a crimi nal is carried before him, he generally shuts his eyes and waits his sentence. There is no use fooling around, for if there is the least evidence that he is guilty he is just as sure of getting his reward as a nickel is for a ginger cake. The other day a man was arrested for some offense, but seeined very in different about it. When asked why he felt so cheerful he replied that he would be tried by some old Justice of the Peace and would get off light. He was told that his case would go before Judge Hopkins. “ Great Jupiter ! is that so V” “ Of course it is,” replied tho Con stable. “ Then good bye for ten years, dad burn it !” Ainusementical. Haverly’s Minstrels have generously tendered a benefit to the Ladies’ Me morial Association here. They per form on Thursday night. This troupe is undoubtedly the finest, except the San Francisco, in America. Rose and Harry Watkins open here Monday and Tuesday nights. They are well known down South. The City Election. The question of the abolition or the continuance of the public schools has been made an issue with the candidates, and the prospect is good for some live ly work. Undoubtedly the great mass of the people are in favor, tooth and toe-nail, for keeping up the schools at all hazards, but the wealthy minority, who send their sons and daughters to schools and colleges in other States, under the fallacious impression that no good can come out of Nazareth, are deadly opposed to their continuance ; hence warm times are imminent. It is claimed by the school party that up wards of $40,000 would be sent out of the city annually to educate children abroad in case the schools should go down. There is another party—a sort or milk-and-water element—who favor the keeping up of the lower grades of schools and the doing away of thehign schools. The school party rallies and answers this by claiming that if the high schools were abolished the entire fabric of free education would fail, for the reason that the lower school would be looked upon as poor schools by many and hence a withdrawl of sup port and children. The idea of free education as illus trated by our present system of public schools is truly a grand one. It is the free and generous welcome of knowl edge to our children without respect to social and religious distinctions. Rather let the doubtful idea of re trenchment begin anywhere else than disturb the grand and harmonious workings of the truly beneficial institu tion. Martha. JUDGE KELLEY ON FINANCE. i The Nature of Money—Popular Ap preciation of Greenbacks —A Morse Crisis in Germany tliau in America —Currency the Creature of Law- United States Notes not a Full Le gal Tender—Functions of a Circula ;tlnir Medium—Neither Inflation nor Contraction Desirable—An Increase not to be Confounded with lnfiatiou —Requirements of a true Currency. The Nature of Money. I proceed to the question, What is money? Gold is not; silver is not; nor is paper. Yet all these now are, and have been used as tiie material of money; but they are not iu themselves money. They have been used by na tions; and the value, the measure, the alloy of the metals have been frequent ly changed without changing the money value of the coin. Our silver dollars, each in succession, has differed in weight from the other; the value of ofir gold dollar, measured by the weight of gold in it, was changed by the Mint law of 1873; so that no fixed amount or gold or silver, to particular measure of fineness in gold or silver, tiie particular weight of gold or silver einbotiied iu a coin is money. They have all been Changed; they may all be changed, they will all be changed us circumstan ces demand a change. Money is a na tional institution. It is a creature of latr. [Applause.] It is expressed in the United States iu dollars, cents and mills; it is expressed in Great Britain in pounds, shillings and pence; it is ex pressed in France by francs; it is in each and every country that which is legal tender iu payment of debts. That is its crucial test. That which will not pay a note iu bank or save property for sale under execution by the Sheriff or Marshal is not money. It may be cur rency, it may perform many of the uses of money; but the cruieal test of money is that which will pay alf debts within the limits of the country in which it is ordained, whether between man and man or at the commands of tfie; law. Let me illustrate. Mr. Kelley then alluded to the Bank of Venice, whose notes were above par for nearly 500 years, aud the authori ties* were finally obliged to prohibit the paper of the bank from going over 20 per cent, above par. Mr. Kelley thought thait a crisis would not have overtaken the bank to this day if Napoleon had not* destroyed it and its system of credits. He had been told by Thomas Baring, of the banking firm of Baring Brothers, that during the crisis in Lon don in 1847, not a pound could be bor rowed on £60,000,000 sterling of silver, because silver was a legal tender only in payment of debts of 40 shillings and under; the man at the bank or at the exchange wanted a legal tender money with which he could pay debts. In 1864, in Calcutta, £IOO,OOO were offered for small loans, but not a rupee could be bad; Because silver was the legal ten der gold would not pay debts. In com mercial crises what a man wants is a legal tender—something that will pay a judgment in court or a note at bank. In 1373 the banks, iu exchange for de posits of greenbacks and National Bank notes, gave what they said was a great deal better —they issued certificates of the combined banks, the money to be forthcoming at their convenience; and these certificates people were obliged to sell at 3, 4 or 5 per cent, below their face value in order to procure the “ir redeemable paper” which tho banks wished to restrain the issue of. A cer tificate involving the wealth of every bank in New York fell far below the greenback,and gold came tospliug down to meet the greenback until they came within 6 per cent, of each other. [Ap plause.] In Germany to-day you can pay debts with silver; but after the Ist of January you cannot. The reason is thi?t money is the creation of law; the accumulation of gold in Germany, as the war penalty, compelled the Gov ernment to demonetize silver. The re sult was that Germany, iu order to get rid bf the demonetized medium, sold silver coins by the ton at five per cent, below the rate at which she received silver under her treaties with Italy aud four;other States. Germany, so strong with’ her five milliards from France, that two years ago she decreed gold as her legal tender, is in a commercial sense worse than our own. It is the theo ry ,oi our financial philosophers that paper drives gold out of the country. Yetj the notes of the Bank of France areilegal tender. The Government re ceives them iu payment of taxes and dues, aud yetgoldaud silver and paper float consistently throughout France, and without the depreciation of any one of the three kinds of money.— They are all legal tender. Mr. Kelley said hfe had to-day learned by tele grams from the highest official au thority, that the circulation of Franco consists of gold and silver legal tender 1,259 000,000 francs, and “irredeema ble” legal tender, 469,000,000 francs, and there is not a penny of discount upon 10,000 or 50,000 francs of that “irredeemable bank paper.” Wh/ Greenbacks are at a Discount. Tpe reason that the legal tender nob 3 of the United states Government are gelling from 16 to 17 per cent, dis count is not that the people of this country have less confidence in the faith of their Government and their re sources titan have the French with re gard to their Government; it is because in this country our paper is not a full legal: tender. [Applause.J No man carries or expects to receive gold to pay a debt; gold is virtually demone tized. Yet when you go to the Custom House to pay duties, greenbacks are repudiated. Thus the greenback is made a thing of speculation. Mr. Kel ley then referred to the history of the Legal: Tender bill. When it was before the Lower House greenbacks were to bo full legal tender; receivable by Gov ernment for all dues and demands, and payable by the Government to every citizen in liquidation of auy debt or de mand: existing in the country. But the Senate listened to the credit dealers of America and Europe, and amended the bill so as to require the interest on bonds to be paid in gold and the duties on imported goods to be paid in gold, in order to meet those obligations. Thaddeus Stevens shed tears when he announced to a small circle of friends that ilie country had to be surrendered or tho wishes of the banks complied with— and they had yielded to the Sen ate. This crime, or, if it was not a ennui', this blunder made the Gold Rooni, and such operators as Jay Gould and Fisk possible; without it they would have been Impossible. [Ap plause.] In that Gold Room sit the vampires of the world upon the circu latli;; medium, the life blood of Ameri can <iule and commerce. “Oil,” says some, “your money is natiejaal; what about the money of the world when its balances are to be set tled ■’ There is no money of the world. There never can be money of the world until the world shall be under one government. [Applause.] Every one knows that international balances are settled in commodities, against which bills of exchange are drawn. You send to Ei gland in one of yourfine steamers a million dollars in double eagles. They are money when you put them on shipboard; when you land them on the wharf at Liverpool they lose the character of money and become mer chandise. Now, what are the functions of money ? It is the tool by which property is transferred from person to person. You have a suit of clothes that i want. I have nothing to give you ia trade that you would want. You transfer that property to me on the receipt of what you say is its value in dollars and cents and ,so throngh all operations, from the poor child buying a basket of coal at four or five times the price per ton for which the com fortable man, who buys it by seven or ten tons, gets it. Money is the tool which eliminates barter from our in tercom se and makes a rapid commer cial change possible. It is called a cir culating medium, and it is never money when it is not circulating or ready to be promptly circulated if opportunity offers. It is called a circulating medium because its function is to pass from hand to hand, to facilitate exchange, to be ever in motion. It is, aud may well be, compared to the life blood of the nation; there should be enough to give employment to all the the energies and activities of the peo ple. The amount should not be re stricted. Asa full and vigorous man, whose veins are filled with blood in nicely adjusted proportions, which cir culates from toe to brain and finger end, is ready with strong arm and ac tive legs to move on aud do something for himself and society, so when in the community money iu nicely adjusted quantities can be had, trade moves ac tively, aud individuals increase their wealth by rapid exchanges, and the body politic becomes strong, and the revenues of the Government increase. [Applause.] If the volume be inade quate or be reduced to an inadequate amount, private credit takes the place of money. They who cannot get money to carry on the enterprises in which they have engaged, borrow the credit of their rich neighbor, the banker, and pay interest, and that interest is added to the cost of production, and is paid by the consumer, or taken from the profits of the producer. [Applause.] Hence it is that bankers aud money lenders are always eager to contract tho legal-tender money of the realm, because when it is scarce they can sell their credit at high rates aud make in ordinate profits. [Applause.] Not only so to-day, but it has been so in all times. Nor must the currency be iu excess. If there are more plows and reaping machines, aud hammers and turning machines, and spindles and looms than can be used by the farmers and those engaged in the manufacturing indus tries they remain as dead capital. They eat up the interest, and as his necessi ties impel him to sell, through depre ciation, the few in excess may he used to depreciate the value of all. And so, if we make money so abundant that it could not be used, then every dollar added to the volume would lessen the value or purchasing power of every dollar of which it was composed, be cause that would be inflation [ap plause], a thing often charged upon mo, but which I have abhorred, since I came to understand the credit system, as I was entering upou manhood, and I entered, though a boy, upou the stump iu defense of Jackson in the war against the bankers. Great contraction is bad, large inflation is bad ; extreme inflation far worse. [Applause.] You must not confound every increase of currency with inflation. There may at any time be very large expansion with out a cent of inflation. There are re curring seasons in each year when more money is wanted than at others. There are recurring seasons when the legitimate demand for money in trade shrinks. Requirements of a True Currency. What we want is a system of money that will adjust itself to these varying demands, and to say that to issue money enough to meet the season for moving the crops is inflation is to per vert the term. Gen. Grant, in his mes sage of December 1, 1873, admirably illustrated this point. What we need is a currency that will contract and ex pand so as to furnish trade with the tools it needs at each varying season of the year. Is such a system of money possible ? Yes, it is, and its adoption would be one of the most ben eficial reforms ever made by an intelli gent people. [Applause.] It has the sanction of reason. It is sanctiondd by such men as I have quoted—Chase and Greeley. The treasury, to have relied on gold to have carried on the war, would have undertaken an absurdity. Where were tiie resources to carry on the war? The Government was with out credit. It had asked of all the world a loan of $5,000,000 at 1 per cent, a mouth on Treasury notes. All the world loaned it $2,500,000. There were none willing to take the balance of the loan at that high rate of interest. Did the statesmen of that day— Abraham Lincoln, and the men who sustained him—hold with tho credit mongers of these times, that nothing but gold was legal tender ? Had they so believed, they must have surrend ered to the Confederacy without firing a gun. They turned to the Constitu tion of the United States and coined the credit of the country and gave the people greenbacks. [Applause.] They had been dyiug for the want of a medium of exchange ; it had paralyzed the country and we were rotting away to death for the want of a circulating medium. If we would be a free and prosperous people, we must emanci pate ourselves from the few who own the gold of the country. [Great ap plause.] I am glad you indorse my iuuaoy. [Applause and laughter.] But this money was not to be convertible into gold ; it never was to bo redeema ble, it was to be convertable into in terest-bearing obligations of the Gov ernment, and the first act of repudia tion was when, at the instance of the banks and credit-mongers, that pro vision of the law was stricken out, so that they who had taken greenbacks with the understanding and with the express provision that they could put them in interest-bearing bonds, were deprived of the power of doing so. In 1863, men who were in business at that time will remember some facts connected with the tightness of the money market. Money became very scarce. The war was going against us. The enemy were in Pennsylvania and around Washington. Men gathered up their valuables and were concealing them. Yet there was no financial panic through the community; all went smoothly; and why ? Because the people had $59,000,000 lying where they could draw it without disturbing the loans of any bank; without disturb ing the business of any town or city, aud they drew $69,000,000 from the Treasury without producing a ripple in financial or commercial circles. That is what we say the convertible bond system would do. It would give elasticity to the country. When money was iu excess it would fall into the Treasury; when money was needed it would flow out of the Treasury to the people. The speaker here read an extract from Secretary Chase to sus tain his assertion. Mr. Chase soon after left the Treasury, and Hugh Mc- Culloch became Treasurer, aud there were no more savings banks for the people. My plan is that the Government shall issue the money of the country; that it shall issue bonds, convertible and reconvertible, bearing interest at 3.65 per cent., or 1 per cent a day on SIOO, fixing that rate of interest be cause the most illiterate man could count the number of days his money was loaned and know how much inter est was due him. That as fast as na tional bank notes came in to the Gov ernment, it shall retain them, and when it shall have received S9OO or $9,000 of the notes of any bank, it shall send back to that bank the SI,OOO or SIO,OOO of bonds that it held to se cure them, and, in the same instant, issue a like amount of greenbacks in like denominations. [Applause.] This would not disturb the banking system, because, where they now have only 90 per eeut of their capital to bank on for a certain amount withdrawn, if the bond that secured it was returned, they could go to Wall street, and sell it for SIOO or $125 aud have that much more money to bank upon. It would not produce a crisis iu any way; it would be the work of years, for these notes came in to the Government very slow ly. It would take place like the changes of nature, unknown to man, save to the clerks in the Ibauk and the treasurer charged with his duties. I would have those notes receivable by the Government for those bonds. I would prohibit it from issuing another gold-bearing bond for any purpose whatever. [Applause.) HAYING CHILDREN AND HAVING NONE. By a Conservative. IN. Y. Examiner and Chronicle.] The newspapers tell us of a man out West who has a handsome wife, and she has presented him with twenty-two children. Aud iu these days of child less couples aud siugle chicken bloods it is really refreshing to meet with a case where attention, though it be somewhat extreme, is paid to the Divine command regarding fruitfulness and multiplication. Let Mrs. Grundy turn up her nose, but all the reasons for true womanly pride rest with the queeu of the noisy nursery —she whom God repeatedly honors with the royaly of motherhood. And again, we know that our heroine respects the solemn words, “Thou shalt not kill!” It is bad enough that a wife should not be ambitious of that which is woman’s true glory; that when God’s angel comes to her with the “Hail, thou that art highly favored,” she should hear the salutation with discontent rather than with joy, regarding no one as “blessed among women” but her who is never to feel the touch of tiny hands upon her cheek. But when God has appointed her to bear children who may be blessings to the world —if, in stead of saying, “Behold the handmaid of the Lord; be it unto me according to thy word,” she answers the angelic salutation with rebellien, and would destroy the young life within her, we cannot but shudder. We may venture to assert that the joyous dame of our story is all the bet ter looking for her twenty-two jewels. The paths of health and beauty are the paths of nature, not the ways of fash ion. Take the finest-looking well pre served old lady of sixty-five or seven ty, and you will generally find that she has had her half-dozen children, while her sister who fought against the laws of her being has long since broken down. “Women iu the perils of child birth” do not encounter half so many dangers as the votaresses of pride and ungodly fashion. Nor let us fail to congratulate the happy father of this multitudinous household. True, it will take hard work to provide for so many little mouths—but was ever a great and no ble work accomplished without trial? The only thing to be remembered is, that tho raising up of twenty-two George Washingtons, Martin Luthers, Queen Victorias and Florence Nightin gales, is something which is worth hard work. Some may suggest that often child ren turn out poorly, and so the parent’s toil is lost. It is true, that there are risks to be run. But uo man was ever really the poorer for having a large family. He has to get up a little earlier and work a little later, but that does not hurt him. Of course, champagne suppers aud fast horses are out of the question, and his wife will be short on silk dresses. But will not the love of many little hearts make up for the ab sence of all such superfluities and lux uries? The children can always be pro vided for in some way. The God of the young ravens keeps count of the little mouths, and he will provide something for each. Of course, the other boys will have to commence very soon to shift for themselves, but such a neces sity is not half so bad for them as hav ing too much spending-money. And the older girls will have to re-vamp the old bonnets and turn the old ribbons and fix over the old trimmiDgs, instead of ruuuing to the milliner’s for every little thing. But this learning how to make ingenuity takethe plaoeof money will make them no worse wives, not even if they marry millionaries. Is it not a fact that so far as regards education, and tho other things essen tial to the highest style of manhood and womanhood, those who have large families always manage to bring up their children as well as thoso who have but one or two to care for? And we may congratulate the children in their haviDg so many brothers and sisters. They will perhaps jostle each other a little. But the habit of giving up to each other, which they will be compell ed to learu, will be far better than in dulgence iu selfishness, and they will grow up to be more attached to each other, and to have a stronger family feeling, than if they had never been obliged to sleep three in a bed. Iu the Old Testament children are spoken of as blessings. And those ancient seers understood matters just as well as the oracles of Vanity Fair. Perhaps not all our married friends can aspire to the exceptional happiness of the couple mentioned above; but in the case of each married pair, if their characters are worth repeating, the round half-dozen is as little as can meet the dernauds of duty to them selves aud to the world at large. In a Canadian suit for breach of promise, it was shown she sent him eight letters a day. A New York architect will not allow that Mullett knows enough to build a decent looking fence. Suukey’s song, “ Ninety and Nine,” is so popular that it will probably be up to par presently.— N. Y. World. An English philosopher comes for ward and remarks that the earth is 2,253,541 years old. None of us were there and we can’t knock a single year off.—Detroit Free Press. A Paris hair-dresser has been fined 100 francs for stealing a quantity of hair off the head of a young lady who had submitted herself to his care for a ball. That ought to make hersuited. The question as to whether it is spelled whiskv or whiskey is still de bated. The Chicago Times virtually decides the question by remarking that nine men out of teu take their whiskey with “ e-ase.” Emir Sidi Jussuf Zin Alkhaldi has vacated the Arabic chair in the Uni versity at Vienna, and gone back to Jerusalem. The boys got on easily enough, but the Professor’s name was too much for them. Pittsburg is going to erect a monu ment in memory of the author of “ Old Dog Tray.” The organ grinders should contribute liberally. General Spinner estimates that there are 2,000,000 lead nickles in circulation, and so if you get one you needn’t feel flattered about it. The Detroit Free Press figures that a political speech four hours long, with a brass band, etc., changes ex actly 1,556,784 votes to the other side. Hackman are the best hearted fel lows in the world. They never see a man making his way home at night without asking him to ride. Theodore Tilton sports a green neck tie. New Series—Vol. 28, No. 67 ELOQUENCE. BY H. H. B. The following: bit of drollery has ap peared in the Independent: Iu the Autumn of 1830 I attended a Methodist camp-meeting in the interior of Georgia, and heard a sermon which I have never been able to forget or de scribe. At the earnest solicitation of friends I have attempted several times to write it; but it cannot be put upon paper. The main force of it was in the snuffing and spitting and groaning and hoimd-after-a-fox sort of yelp and whine, to which no pen can do justice. It must be intoned to be appreciated. I have preached it a thousand times for the amusement of friends, and have been satisfied with my effort. Lhave used it as a remedial agent in exorcis ing the demons of hypochondria, and have never failed “to send them down a steep place in the sea,” or somewhere else, to the great relief of the sufferer. The speaker had just been licensed, and it was his first sermon. In person he was small, bullet-headed, of a fair, sandy complexion, and his countenance was indicative of sincerity and honesty. His remarks evinced great reverence for the works of God as manifested in zoology and natural history, and he “ was taking up the Bible iu regular order for the first time iu his life.” He had gotten as far as the history of Noah, the Ark, the Flood, etc. Be sides, “just before his conversion he had been reading Goldsmith’s ‘Ani mated Nater,’ and the two together, by the aid and assistance of the Sperit, had led him into a powerful train of thinking as he stood at his work-bench day iu and day out.” But whatever his seimon may have been, it was his own : “ As it was iu tiie days of Noah, so shall the coming of the Son of Man be.” After com menting upon that portion of Genesis descriptive of the flood, he “warmed up” suddenly, and broke out in the following strains : “Yes, my brethren, the windows of the heavens was opened-ah, and the floods of the-g-r-e-a-t deep kivered the waters-ah, and there was Shem, and there was Ham, and there was Japheth ah, a-1-1 a-gwiue into the Ark-ah. “And there was the elephant-ah, that g-r-e-a-t animal-ah, of which Gold smith descrices in his ‘Animated Nater’-ah, what is as big as a house ah, and his bones as big as a tree-ah, depending somewhat on the size of the tree-ah, a-1-1 a-gwine into the Ark-ah. And the heavens of the windows was opened-ah, and the floods of the g-r-e-a-t deep kivered the waters-ah, and there was Shem, and there was Ham, and there was Japheth-ah, a-1-1 a-gwine iato the Ark-ah. “And there was the hippopoptamus ah, that g-r-e-a-t animal-ah of which Goldsmith describes in his “Animated- Nater’-ah what, has a g-r-e-a-t horn-ah a stickin’ right straight up out of uis foreward ah six feet long, more or less ah, depending somewhat on the length of it-ah, a-1-1 a-gwine inta the Ark-ah. “And there was the giraffe-ah, my bretheriu’, that ill-contrived reptile of which Goldsmith describes in his ‘Ani mated-Nater-ah, whose forelegs is twenty-five feet long-ah, more or less all, depending somewhat on the length of ’ern-ah, and a neck so long he can eat hay off the top of a barn-ah, de pending somewhat on the hithe of the barn-ah, a-1-1 a gwine into the Ark-ah. And the heavens of the windows was opened-ah, and the floods of the great deep kivered the waters-ah; and there was Japheth-ah, a-1-1 a-gwine into the Ark-ah. “And there was the zebra, my brotheren-ali, that b-e-a-u-ti-f-u-1 ani mal of which Goldsmith describes in his ‘Animated Natur’-ah,what has three hundred stripes around his body-ah, more or less, depending somewhat on the number of stripes-ah, and nary two stripes alike-all, a-1-1 gwine into the Ark-ah. “And there was the anaconder-ah, that g-r-e-a-t sarpint of which Gold smith describes iu his Animated Nater’- ah, what can swallow six oxens at a meal-ah, provided his appetite don’t call for less-ah, a-1-1 a-gwine into the Ark-ah. And the heavens of the win dows was opened-ah, and the floods of the great deep kivered the waters-ah, and there was Shem, and there was Ham, and there was Japheth-ah, a-1-1 a-gwine into the Ark-ah. “And there was the lion, brethren ah, what is the king of beasts, accord in’ to Seripter-ah, and who, as St. Paul says-ah, prowls around of a night like a roarin’ devil-ah, a seekiu’ if he can’t catch somebody-ah; a-1-1 a-gwine into the Ark-ah. “And there was the antelope-ah, my brethren, that frisky little critter-ah, of which Goldsmith describes in his ‘Ani mated Nater’-ah, what can jump seventy-five foot straight up-ah, and twice that distance down-ah, provided his legs will take him that fur-ah, a-1-1 a-gwine into the Ark-ah, And the heavens of the windows was opened ah, and the floods of the great deep kivered the waters-ah, and there was Shem, and there was Ham, and there was Japheth-ah, a-1-1 a-gwine into the Ark-ah.” Just at this point ho stopped speak ing a few moments, wiped his fore head, turned back his wristbands, ran his lingers through his hair, spit and rubbed his boot in it, drank a little wa ter, commenced on a lower key, and proceed as follows : “ But time would fail me, my breth ren, to describe all the animals that went into the Arlc-ah. Your patience and my strength would give out before I got half through-ah. We talk, mj brethren, about the father of Abraham and the patience of Job-ah ; but it strikes me they didn’t go much ahead of old Noer-ah. It tuck a right smart chance o’ both to gether up that go pher wood and pitch and other truck for to build that craft-ah. lam a sort of carpenter myself, and have some idea of the job-ah. But hammer, and saw, and maul, and split away on that ole thing a hundred and twenty year-ah, an’ loakin’ for his pay in an other world-ah—l tell you, my breth erin. if the Lord had a-sot Job at that, its my opinion he would a-tuck his wife’s advice inside of fifty year-ah. Besides, no doubt, his righteous soul was vexed every day, hand ruunin’, with the filthy communications of the blasphemious set that was always a loaferiu’ and a-sauuterin’ around-an, a-pickin’ up his tools and a-misplacin’ ’em, and a-calliu’ him an old fool or somethin’ worse-ah ; and, to cap the climax, ho was a preacher, and had that ungodly gineration on his hands every Sunday-ah. But the Lord stood by him and seed him through the job ah ; and when everything was ready he didn’t send Noer out to scrimmage an’ scour and hunt all over the wild world for to git up the critters and var mounts that he wanted saved-ah. They all come to his hand of their own accord, and Noer only had to hand ’em in and fix ’em around in their places ah. Then he gathered up his own family, and the Lord shut him in, and the heavens of the windows was opened-ah. “But, my bretheren, Noer-ah had use for patience after this-ah. Some of ’em, accordin’ to Goldsmith’s ‘Ani mated Nater-ah,’ was carnivorous and wanted fresh meat-ah; and some was herbivorous, and wanted vegetable food-ah; and some was wormlvorous, and swallowed whole things-ah; and he had to feed everything accordin’ to his nater. Hence we view, my breth eren-ah, as the nater of the animal wasn’t altered by going into the Ark ah, some of ’em would roar and howle, To Advertisers and Subscribers. On and .wrEll 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 foe office, 20 cents per line eaoh insertion. Money may be remitted at our risk by Express or Postal Order. Cobbespondence invited from all sources, and valuable special news paid for if used. RE-raoTED Communications will not be re turned, and no notice taken of anonymsuo letters, or articles written on both sides. ami bark, and bray, and squeal, and blate the whole indurin’ night-ah, a drivin’ sleep from his eyes, und slum ber from his eyeiet-a.li; and at the first streak o’ daylight the last hoof of ’em would set up a noise accordin’ to Its nater-ak, and the bulla of Bashaa wer’nt no whar-ah. I’ve often wonder ed how their women stood it. Scripter is silent on this pint-ah; but I think I know of some that, would a-been vap ory and nervous upon sich circurn stances-ab, and iu an onguarded mo ment might a-said somethin’ besidea their prayers-ali.” Here the speaker stopped again, spit, took water, etc., and hastened to a con clusion. “My bretkereu,” said he, “one more word for old Noer-ah, and I will draw to a close-ah. After the outbeatln’ time he had first aud last, for so many hundred year-ah, if he did, by accident or otherwise, take a lettle too much wine on one occasion-all, I think less ort to a-been said about it-ah. Be sides, I think he was entitled to one spree-ah, as he made the wine hls self, and, accordin’ to Scripter, It makes glad the heart o’ man-ah. “ My bretheren, as it was in the days of Noer-ah, so shall the coming of the Son of Man be-all. The world will never be drowned agin-ah. It will be sot a-flre, aud burnt up, root and branch, with a fervieut heat-ab. Oh ! what will wretched aud evil 3inuers do on that orful day-ah ? They wont feel fit for to live, nor for to die-ah. They will be put to their wit’s end, and knock and straddle around in every direction-ah. For all at onct, my bretheren-ah, they will behold the heavens a-darkenin’-ah, the mountains a-meltln-ah ; and everything, I think, will be in a confused and onsettled state. “ May the Lord add his blessing. Amen !” Harriet Bepcher Stowe didn't raise any oranges to sell thi* year. The boys raised them s week in advance of her. Cheerful. They are betting in Lon don that the Prince of Wales wifi be assassinated before bis return from India. New bonnets are made to be worn both ways. Unhappy woman ! Called upon to bear her reverses in the weak est spot. “Now, the wolrd does not seem to be so much a blank,” said a Bridgeporter the other day, as he led home a brlndle dog someone had given him. The Newport News says many of the summer residents propose remaining there until the first of November. Hope they won’t catch the epizoot. “Haven’t you got cheek ?” was the response of a Meriden four-year old boy, when his teacher, at his first day in school, asked him if he could read. _j — 1 ~ ..jm LOCAL ITEMS. Churches To-Day. First Baptist, Green street—lo:3o a. m., Kev. E. It. Carswell ; 7:30 p. m., Rev. H. K. Tucker, D. D. Second Baptist, Kollock street — 10:30 a. m., Kev. W. L. Kilpatrick; 7:30 p. m., Kev. W. M. Verdery. First Ward—lo.3o a. m., Rev. W. M. Verdery; 7:30 p. rn., Rev. M. P. Cain. Curtis Chapel—l o’clock p. m., Rev, J. H. Kilpatrick. Presbyterian Church—lo:3o a. m., Bev. H. H. Tucker, D. D. ; 7:30 p. in., Rev. A. J. Battle, D. D. St. John’s (Methodist) —10:30 a. m., Rev. A. J. Battle, D. D.; 7:30 p. m., Rev. J. H. Kilpatrick. St. Jame’s Church —Preaching morn ing and night as advertised. Monday night, official meeting. Tuesday uight, association meeting. Thursday nihgt, prayer and praise meeting. Jones’ Chapel—Sunday school at 9 a. m. Preaching at night by Rev. W. 3. Headwright. Special services every olght. St. James— lo)4 p. m., Rev. W. H. Davis; 1% p. in., Rev. W. H. Mcln tosh. D. D. Asbury Church— lo)4 a. m., Rev. D. E. Butler ; 7)4 p. m., Rev. E. R. Cars well. Christian Church— lo)4 a - ,u -> Bev. W. H. Mclntosh, D. D. Thankful (colored)— a. m., Rev. W. B. B. Cason; 7)4 P- m., Rev. Ed mund Morris. Christian Church —Preaching at 10 % a,, m., by the Pastor, Z. T. Sweeuey. Subject, “Truth in its relations to human conduct.” Sunday school at 9 a. m. Prayer and Society Meeting, Wednesday night at 7)4 o’clock. Presbyterian Church—Services this morning at 10:30. Sermon by the Rev. H. H. Tucker, D. D., Chancellor of the University of Georgia. At night at 7:30, by the Pastor; and Wednesday evening, at 7:30; subject, The Apocaly pse. St. Paul’s Church—No morning ser vice. Sunday school at 3:30 P. M.j The Bev. Mr. Kramer will officiate at 7:30 this evening. Y. M. C. A.—Appointments for this day and week : Masonic Hall, 4:30 p. no., Marion J. Verdery ; Jail, ‘2 p. in., J H. Armstrong, J. S. Bean, Jr., Wm. J Blair; Hospital. 3p. m., Geo. Bryan, Geo. Brown, W. H. Barrett; Ellis street, 3 p. m., Jas. H. Cranston. B. F. Be tliune, R. M. Barnes; Bethesda, child rens’ meeting, 2:45 p. in., Henry Crans ton, W. J. Crauston, S. Miller Willis; Factory, 4p. m., E. R, Derry, Nathan Davis, W. Fred Eve; Widows’s Home, Friday, 29th October, 7:30 p. m., H. Clay Foster, Thomas H. Gibson, J. J. Hickok. Reported Attempt at M urder. Several weeks since, a young man named Levy, residing on Broad street, near Monument, was, it is said, attack ed by several negroes who attempted to kill him as he came out of his house early in the evening. The villians stubbed Mr. Levy several times, but fortunately none of the blows inflicted did any more damage than destroying his coat. His cries alarmed the black villians, who made good their escape. As Mr. Levy came out of his house early last eveniug, he was again at tacked by several negroes, who at tempted to kill him by stabbing him wi ,h knives. Levy reports that he drew hie pistol and fired several times at the men, but cannot tell with what effect, and the assailants again made good their escape. The police were informed, and arrested Louis Greeu and Peter Cooper two negro boys on suspicion. Levy alledges that the only way he can account for their determined attempt • at murder is, that when the Civil Rights law was promulgated, he had an alter cation with some negro boys and whipp ed several of them. The matter will be judicially examined. Father Butler Shipwrecked. The following letter, addressed to the Rev. Father Duffo, was received on the 22d instant, and handed us‘ for publi cation : Steamer Montana, Off Queenstown, October 4th. My Dear Father Duffo, P. C.: I left Liverpool on Thursday last (September 30th.) The second night we were out a heavy sea broke through the deck; the vessel began to fill with water. No possibility of closing the hole. We were obliged to put back, and here we are. All our baggage is lost f I really do not know when I will be leaving again. I never was in such a sad plight before. The many things I had picked up for the church are all lost. It is very sad indeed. Pray for me that I may yet roach safe. Youis in haste, Theobald W. Butler. <•*— The Clerk of Council has issued a notice of great interest to draymen.