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TERMS OP SUBSCRIPTION. Daily—one year *lO oo “ six months 600 " three months 280 T hi-Weekly—one year 5 00 “ six months 2 50 Weekly— one year 2 oo " six months i oo Single copies. 5 ets. To news dealers. 2 % cts. Subscriptions must in all cases be paid ia 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. Two moke big failures in New York are announced. •*♦*> Quite a fleet of vessels, unheard of for many days, are now supposed to have been swamped in a hurricane. Halthankt’s official majority is 14,500. Thecity of Philadelphia defeated Pershing, and that city is said to be honey-combed with fraudulent Republican voters. Stanley, of the Herald, has been heard from again. He rather discredits the dis coveries of his friend Livingstone, but then Stanley is said to be of rather doubt ful veracity. Hon. A. H, Stephens is mending slowly, but we hope surely. His nephew. Mr. Wm. G. Stephens, wa9 in the city yesterday, and reports that our illustrious Represent ative hopes to take his seat in Congress by Jar.uary next. Asa companion picture to the loss of the Pacific steamship, we learn this morning of the burning of the City of Waco, and her total destruction, iu Galveston harbor. The passengers and crew will very likely bo saved, as they were all gotten off In boats which drifted away but must be within the reach of rescue, as measures were prompt ly taken to effect their deliverance. Anotheb ocean horror is detailed this morning. The loss of the steamship Pacific, with nearly all on board, is one of those sea-tragedies which curdles the blood. Among the officers supposed to have gone downjwith the ill-fate i craft is Mr. Howelt , a brother-in-law of Jefferson Davis. We trust that the story told by tiie only known survivor is susceptible of modification, and thu, presently, we shall hear of other per sons having been rescued. Gen. Hawley, the Centennial Commis sioner, does not seem to please everybody at home any more than he did down South. Trie Spirit of the Times learns that a meet ing of clergymen was held lately at Spring field, Mass, at w r hich tho Rev. Mr. Haw ley said that his son, Gen, Hawley, one of the United States Commissioners, had written to him that he need have no fear that the Centennial buildings would be open on Sundays, as that nine-tenths of the Commission rs were opposed to such a step, and that should it be adopted, he would instantly resign. The Times retorts that “Gen. Hawley might as well resign I at once. A great national enterprise can n)t be controlled by narrow sectarian prejudices. Sunday is the Peoples’ day—it Is the only day that millions of our citizens may call their own, and to close the Cen tennial Exhibition on them on that day is impossible.” Well, settle it between you, gentlemen. ■<•■ • Turkey seems to be coming to her senses, warned by the menacing attitude of the Great Powers. On this subject of Otto man misrule, and the present status of tho Eastern question, the Baltimore Sun says: “The Christians of Herzegovina have been oppressed and crushed by their Musseln ian neighbors and by the Mussel man officials as no people in a civilized age ever have been by a power pretending to a shadow of civilization before. Their very houses Lave been desecrated and polluted, and their wives and daughters dragged away to become victims of their Turkish masters. The courts of Turkey have been dumb to their appeals. The eyes of jus tice in those tribunals have been blind to the atrocities perpetrated by Turks, and open only to the crimes of Christians in trying to defend their own households from degradation. From past experience there is not the slightest reason to believe that Turkey will take any practical steps to wards reform unless she is compelled to do it by the Great Powers. “In a military point of view, the outlook in Ihe revolting provinces was, at the last accounts, brightening for the Insurgents. As lia s been before stated, Turkey has beeu obliged to negotiate foreign loans at ruin ous rates, and with the largest civil list of any power on earth, and with the most thoroughly taxed subjects in the world, ! has been steadily losing its credit, and has j lately resorted to semi-repudiation. This is a damaging confession of deficiency in the sinews of war, and of dishonesty, be sides, which last is likely to weaken mate rially English sympathies in her behalf. It is to England that she has always resorted for money, and it has been readily loaned, because a general impression of the good faith of the Turk pervaded that country. He might have other vices, but his redeem ing virtue was honesty. When the eyes of English creditors are opened to the fact That he is as destitute of this as of sundry other good qualities, the English people, at all events, will feel no regret if the In su'rgents succeed in the present rebellion. “i?ut for the Government of England, Turkey could not retain its place as a Eu ropean power for a year, and though that support, from motives of selfish policy, may not be withdrawn, yet it will be pow erless to prevent the Northern powers f.om intervention in order to insure the humane treatment of Herzegovina. The Emperor of Russia has intimated, in language not to be mistaken, that there must be an end to the wrongs perpetrated upon the people of that province. He says that the Porto must be assisted iu its work of refoim, as elegant a mode of expressing the idea of compulsion as could be used. The mean ing of what the Emperor says is not to be misunderstood, and whatever course Eng land may take, armed intervention may vory possibly be resorted to by Russia un less the Sultan carries out his promises. Should the present limits of the war be enlarged by the military interposition of the Northern powers, there is no telling where it would end. The present state of Europe is unsettled, to use tho mildest terms, and the rushing current of events might piecipitate the whole continent into war.” PROM WASHINGTON. Report on District Bonds—Appoint ment. Washington. November 9.—The gov erning committee of the Washington {Stock Exchange this afternoon adopt ed a resolution tLat, iu view of the opinion of the Attorney General concerning the 365 District bonds, that the United States themselves authoriz ed the issue of these bonds to secure their own debt they shall hereafter be recognized aud classed in all transac tions of this exchange as bonds of the United States. Alonzo Bell of New York has been appointed Chief Clerk or the Interior Department. PROM BALTIMORE. Proceedings of the Health Associa tion. Baltimore, November 9.—The third annual meeting of the American Health Association convened here to-day. Be tween thirty and forty members were present. An introductory address was delivered by Dr. Toner, President of the Association, ffljf Augusta f Ccmstitnticmolist. Established 1799. AN OCEAN HORROR. LOSS OF THE STEAMSHIP PACIFIC The Thrilling Story of a Survivor— Nearly All on Board Supposed to be Lost—The Brother-in-Law of Jeffer son Davis Thought to be Drowned— Engulfment of a Dramatic Troupe. San Francisco, November 9.— Henry L. Jelley, a survivor from the steam ship Pacific, floated on a pilot house from 8:30 o’clock Thursday night, to 10 o’clock Saturday morning. His com panion died from exposure, aad was cut loose by Jelley. Several boats were launched, but all foundered. The pas sengers, some 75, were from Puget’s Sound and Victoria. Jelley is too low to give further particulars. The ship’s complement was as follows : Master, J. D. Howell ; First Officer, A. N. McDonough ; Second Officer, A. Weils; Third officer, J. W. Lewis; Purser, A. Hill, Jr.; Freight Clerk, S. H. Bigly; Chief Engineer, T. Houston; Assistant, D. M. Bafsett; Oilers, Thomas Listearg and J. Dugan, Jr.; Carpenter, R. Errick son; Watchman, Henry Norris; Steward, J. Martin; Second Stewaid, Charles H. Jackson; Steerage Steward, S. Mc- Nichol; First Cook, J. M. Holds worth; Second, 8. Miles; Third, H. Whiting; Baker, Thos. Muller; Parter Ralet, F. McNemain; Stewardess, Hannah Muir. There were also five firemen, four coal passers, ten seamen, two mess men, two pantry men, and eight waiters. The New Orleans Mutual Insurance Company had a small risk on the Pa cific. It is stated that Captain Jeff. D. Howell, of the lost steamer Pacific, was a brother-in-law of Jefferson Davis, and was formerly an officer of the Con federate Navy. He was a young man, but was supposed to be an experienced navigator. Port Townsend, November 9.—Jelley, the supposed sole survivor from the steamer Pacific, was brought here by the ship Messenger in a wretched con dition. He says the Pacific collided with some vessel whose lights he saw. Experienced navigators here think she struck a sunken rock. Jelley’s state ment is that he took passage on the Pacific from Victoria, leaving at quar ter past 9 o’clock Thursday. About 200 persons were aboard. She steamed all day against an eastern gale. The crew were constantly pumpiDg water into boats to trim the ship. The boats abaft paddle boxes had no oars in them. Other boats had oars. Between 9 aud 10 o’clock, while in bed, he heard a crash, and felt a shock, as if the ves sel had struck a rock. The bells struck “stop,” “back,” “go-ahead.” He went on deck and heard voices say, “all right; we have struck a vessel.” He saw several lights at a distance. They were colored. He went to the pilot house and heard the expression, “She is making water fast.” The Captain came from his room and burned five blue lights. The engines were still working. There was no one at the wheel. He aided a number of men to launch the long beat, but could not. There were twenty women in the boat. He heard that boats abaft the paddles got off, but did not see them. The steamer listed about an hour after she struck, so much that the port boat was in the water. He adds: “I was in that boat, and cut it loose from the davits. The boat filled and turned over. I got on the bottom and helped several up. Immediately after the ship broke fore and aft, the smoke stack struck our boat and the steamer sunk. I think about all the women were In our boat, and all drowned when the boat upset. This was about ten o’clock at night. It was not dark nor was the sea very rough. I left the bottom of the boat with another man and climbed to the top of the pilot house. Next morning I got some life preservers floating by with their ropes and Jashed myseliF and companion to to the pilot house. I saw three rafts. The first had three men, the second two men and a woman, but couldn’t make out the third. My companion died Friday afternoon. I saw a vessel and called. I heard people on the other raft call the vessel, but she did not come near us. I saw two other vessels before I was picked up. The Hurlbut and Rockwell troupe were aboard.” FROM .PHILADELPHIA. Proceedings of the Episcopal Church Congress. Philadelphia, November 9.—The secoud annual Church Congress of the Protestant Episcopal Church in the United States, is assembled to-day in St. Andrew’s Church, Eighth street, above Spruce. The Right Rev. W. Bacon Stevens, D. D. L. L. D., Bishop of the Diocese, occupied the Chair. An extraordinary address was delivered by Right Rev. Bishop Clark, of Rhode Island. The post communion service was read by the Right Rev. Bishop Hare, of Niobrara, and the remainder of the service by Right Rev. Bishop Stevens. After which the Holy Com munion was administered to a large number of persons. In the afternoon a large number of papers were read and remarks made on ultramouta nism and civil authority, by Rev. F. Wharton, D.D.L L.S. Rev. C. M. Butler, DD., and Rev. J. J. Morn bert, Ph. D. In the evening session, papers were read and remarks made on “Ministrations of the Church to the Working Classes. Writers —Rev. J. Vaughan Lewis, DD., Henry E. Pellew, Esq.; speakers—Rev. J. B. Rylance, DD., Wm. Welsh. Esq., S. Wagner, Jr., Esq., Russell Sturgis, Esq. FROM NEW YORK. News From Stanley—He Takes Issue ■with Livingstone. New York, November 9. —A London dispatch says letters have just been received from Stanley, dated at Ulagalla in Uganda, giving an account of the continuation and conclusion of his examination of the shares of the Vic toria Nyanza. They confirm Speke’s view that the lake is one large body of water and not a series of small lakes as held by Livingstone. A Big Failure. New York, November 9.—Wright, Hoyt & Cos., hat and cap trimming manufacturers, failed for $750,000. Still Another - Failure —Heavy Liabili ties of Phillips & Cos. New York, November 9.— lt ia now said that the liabilities of L. J. Phillips & Cos., who failed last week, are esti mated at $2,000,000. The failure of Solomon Meyer, dealer i in ladies’ hats aad trimmings, is an nounced. The residents of Logansport, lud., had a dispute over two hogs. Costs, $20.00. Great big, overgrown, shuffling black bears are unusually thick in Wiscon sin, AUGUSTA. GA„ WEjDNTESDAY, NOVEMBER 10, 1875. PERILS OF THE DEEP. The Steamer City of Waco Burns in Galveston Harbor—Escape of Pas sengers and Crew —Supposed Loss of Several Vessels in a Hurricane. Galveston, November 9. —The City of Waco arrived from New York yes terday and anchored outside with the fleet of vessels. At 1 o’clock this morn ing she was discovered to be on fire, a strong northeast wind was blowing with showers of rain. The passengers, officers and crew took to the ship’s open boats, at 3 o’clock, and passed through the fleet. The sea was so high the other boats could render them no assistance. The last seen of the open boats they were drifting in a westerly direction down the coast. The agents have telegraphed for a list of her passengers. One of the Galveston pilots who had gone out on her arrival was also on board. Carriages have been sent down the beach and a steam tug dispatched, cruising outside iu search of the pas sengers and crew. The steamer burned to the water’s edge and is now reported sinking. It is supposed the vessel and cargo are a total loss. New York, November 9. —The City of Waco was valued at $150,000 and was partially insured in New York and Eu rope. She was three-quarters full of freight of general merchandise which was valued at SIOO,OOO. She was built in 1873 at Chester, Pa. New York, November 9. —The steam er City of Waco, burned off Galveston, was an iron screw steamship of 1,500 tons burthen. She was in thoroughly good condition, having been overhaul ed just before sailing from this port. She left New York for Galveston Sa turday, October 30th, commanded by Captain Greeuman, an experienced offi cer, who has been employed by Mal lory & Cos. for the last twenty years. The City of Waco carried a valuable cargo. She carried a crew of thirty men, including officers. Her passen ger list numbered twenty in the cabin aud steerage. Her cabin passengers were Miss Moelling, Mr. Rogers and wife, H. Meyer, Mrs. A. Horsley and child, Fanny Heiler, B. Wedemyer. In the steerage there were twelve pass engers, as follows: Robt. Tarkeuton, Mrs. Mary Ehrenberger, S. S. Duane, A. Frasier, Wm. Mclntosh, Alexander Chisholm, M. Minesta and son, A. Steinzmeske, E. Dreisbauch, J. L. Al bert, P. J. Martin. Galveston, November 9.—The City of Waco, which had burned to the water’s edge and her hull rolling in a heavy sea, sunk at 1 p. rn. to-day iu seven fathoms of water. The vessel and cargo are a total loss. There were no tidings of her missing boats up to eight o’clock this evening. Boston, November 9.—lntelligence has been received hereof the supposed loss of the brig J. W. Spencer, of Bos ton, which sailed from Navassa, Sep tember 11th, bound to Charleston, S. C. Twenty-four hours after she sailed the terrific hurricane commenced, which caused so much damage, and it is fear ed the brig was lost with all on board. Her crew consisted of Capt. Joseph Thomas, of Ellsworth, Me. John Albert Dawes, First Mate, or Boston; Aiueu R. Wilder, Second Mate, of Pembroke, Me.; J. Manuel Rodriquez, Steward; Wm. Broon, Chas. Broou, Peter Peter son, James Perry and A. Adams, seamen, all of whom shipped in New York. The Spencer was a good vessel of 315 tons register, was owned in Boston, valued at sl2,ooo,and insured for about one-third of her value. When she sailed, she left at the Island the brig Toronto and schoon ers Moses Potter and Nellie Chase, all of which put to sea during tbe hurri- ! cane, aud none of which have ever been heard from except the brig Toronto, which was seen drifting past Jamaica dismasted and abandoned. The schoon er Serene (Capt. Jones), of Baltimore, for Wilmington, N. C., sailed in com pany with the Spencer, and, as it is now nearly two months since they sail ed, it is doubtful if either of the five vessels or their crews will ever be heard from. CRIMES AND CASUALTIES. Whiskey Frauds —Marine Disaster — More Earthquake. St. Louis, November 9.—ln the Uni ted States District Court yesterday, a petit jury was sworn in, after which J. R. Jowlett, against whom two indict ments were pending for conspiracy against tho Government and defraud ing the Government, withdrew his plea of not guilty and entered a plea of guilty to both indictments. The grand jury made a partial report, returning i indictments against two parties already | indicted for whiskey frauds, but their names have not yet transpired. Capias has been issued of A. M. Everest, a : Government agent, who absconded af ter being indicted last spriug, but who, it is now understood, will return and plead guilty. Washington, November 9.—The Sig nal Service Observer at Marietta, Ohio, reports that the steamer Panther sunk two coal barges at Fishing Creek Bar, the steamer Blackmore one, aud the steamer Resolute one; also a brick boat sunk at Mill Creek Bar, opposite Stone wall. Manhattan, Ks., November 9.—There was a distinct earthquake here, with a dull, rumbling sound. Capture of an Illicit Still. New York, November 9. This af ternoon, in Brooklyn,the DeputyUuited States Collectors made a raid on an illicit whiskey still, and captured 1,500 gallons of mash and a barrel of whis key. A large crowd of rowdies sur rounded the Government officers and hurled stones at them during their op erations. Ornamental Woodwork. Tbe decoration of wooden pauels is by placing successive layers of different kinds of wood together, and carving away the successive layers, preserving form as well as outline, and thus bring ing several materials and colors direct ly under the artist’s hand. After the panel is prepared, the artist has only to draw and to carve, and is not trou bled with any mechanical processes. The effects produced, especially when holly and ebony are used, are some what like cameo work—for gradations are got, not only by the form of the carving, but by reducing the outer lay ers to such thinness as to show the color of the wood which is under through the outer layer. Color and gold have beeu added to these panels, with good pictorial effect. The general treatment in such cases is very similar to pathcijral glass work. Miss Fealty Wheat, of Indiana, was, tho other day, gathered in by the arms of a stalwart young Hoosier har vester, and bound in the withes of wedlock. A young man of Lewiston, Me., has been fined $2 for swearing on Sunday, LETTER FROM ALABAMA. L IS OURS A FEDERAL fl NION OR NOT? I— i Hon. A. H Stephens and Jknator Mor ton —The True Issues t|f the Demo cracy. t; ,f I Alexandria, Ala., v. 6, 1875. Mr. Editor : MyAttention has been brought to consider very Seriously the above question by reading very lately two speeches, delivered before large and intelligent bodies of ‘ioters during the past Summer. The fifst oue was speech of Mr. A. H. Stephens, de livered in Atlanta on thevith of July last. The other speech |to which I allude was delivered by Senator Morton at Urbana, Ohio, very so'ui after Mr. Stephens’ Atlanta speech.s In (tie esti mation of your writer nc| speech ever went before the country tint was more appropriate, more patriotic, aud more powerful in the good it yas likely to accomplish, than this Fourth of July speech of Mr. Stephens* The great beauty of it was the patriotic and I might well say patriarchct spirit that seemed to inspire the If cart of this great and trusted man. j The deep-seated, broad find National sentiment of the Sage ofiLiberty Hall breathed iu every sentenc* of this calm and truthful review of thy early histo ry of the struggles ant| criumphs of our renowned forefathers) It was evi dent that the whole soul Lf the distin guished orator was wanted up iu his effort to bring the thinkiiig portion of the vast audience before h|in to a prop er appreciation and understanding of the principles of our Federal Republic. The powerful effect of th|& speech was in establishing upon the mind of every impartial hearer and readier that the Government of our Fathers was a Fed eral Republic—a Union of} States—rat ified by the people of Sovereign States, for the benefit of the Stafes. But the best evidence of the telling effect of j this speech is to be foun<* in the fact j that it bad no sooner goijje before the I reading public of tills country, full of its patriotic and soul moving eloquence, than fcfmator Mor ton—a man of brains andkio little po litical shrewdness; in fact,ft,he leader of the Centralist party iu| the United States Senate—undertakes to reply to it and its doctrines in a sjLech before a large audience in Urbaifi., Ohio. He takes this speech as a test, for a gen eral attack against the Federative the ory of our Government, ’ n fact, start ling as it may sound to aliy reader of our early history, he denies, in positive terms, that our Government was form ed and adopted by the States in their sovereign capacity; but,ion the eon- 1 trary, asserts that it w*s done by a majority of all the people* in their ag- j gregate capacity. 1 Mr. Editor, I wa3 perfect ly astounded when I read such a statelnent coming from so intelligent a soui£e. It was a square lock-h(|rns with Mr. i S.; not on a speculative p|iut on which j great minds might honestly differ, but a denial of the great a matter i of history, that the Constitution of his aud our couutry was ratified by the k3Lcltuo itx thoir loui o*a tLo contrary. He tells the people that it was ratified by a majority of all the people in the aggregate without re gard to State lines. AijLl I have no doubt but that the most of them be lieved every word spokerj’ by him. He then went into an argument to sustain his position and falsi assertions, , but it was as futile t and ridicu lous as au effort to f batter down the granite sides of |Btone Moun tain with a bojis pop-guu would be. Tbe truths of it is, Mr. Stephens’ speech in Atlanta and Senator Eaton’s in the Senate winter were both stunners, and Mr. Ij'orton knows it will be dangerous bis party to let two such powerful jirguments go before the thinking n*isses of the country without an effjrt to silence these two seige pieces. * have alluded at some length to these speeches, as a prelude to what I wis| to say. Is it not startling and disgraceful that after the lapse of nearly one hundred years two of America’s most* distinguished statesmen go before larg|; audiences of intelligent voters and positively con tradict each other as to *he most vital fact in the history of th(| formation of our Government? If (they are not posted iu this matter of ‘- he history of the formation of our Constitution, how can you expect the toiliig millions of farmers (like your humbfe writer) aud the mechanics, who dim’t have the time to investigate these.matters, to in telligently vote and action such ques tions? Right here, Mr.* Editor, is the answer to the question j What caused the late war? It was ignorance on the part of the masses, of ti*o true history of tho formation and |heory of our Government. Many speeches aud books have been wrilteij since the war trying to elucidate thq great mys tery why such a gigantic and bloody war should have been passible between Sister States and children of the same family. But the only jiorrect answer is, Ignorance. My acquaintance with the Federal troops duriul; the war, con versing freely and in a perfectly calm, friendly manner with tiiem on picket : lines, with their prisoners, and being j myself a prisoner, giving me fre quent opportunities tj> interchange views with them as o the causes that brought on the {war, satisfied my mind that the gre.|t majority of them were just as patriotic aud sincere in fighting us as we (thc| Confederates) were in repelling them, tit was simply an honest difference of opinion on tho part of the masses that Jirought on the war and made it so Ctubbornly con tested on both sides. Mr. Stephens, iu his “War Between States,” says it was the love of poweij on the part of the Centralists, that Brought on the war. Senator Norwooq, in his great speech at Oxford, Ga. last Summer, says it was from mercenary motives that tfie war resulted.] Both may bo right, so far as the leathers and politi cians are concerned ; buU the war never would or could have jbeen fought, if the masses had not) beeu falsely educated in the theory and history of our Government. > Mr. Editor. This is the issue for |he Democracy to go before the country on next year. Let every other issues be put under foot or laid aside until |ho great fact is determined and settles by the masses of voters in this country, viz: whether the government at Washington belongs to the States, or do the States belong to it? In other words, is ours a Fed eral Union or not? L?t all discord in the party on the subject of finance be banished forever untiuthis transcend antly more important'issue is settled by the peaple. The tlist patriots and wisest men of the partlr may honestly differ in regard to Jthe finances - a difpeult and complicated matter at best; but for the >sake of its past record, its brilliant pibspects, and for the sake of the hopes f our posterity, heaven grant, that th< party may cot | throw away their opportunities to save I the country next year by wrangling j ver the finances. "Fellow-Democrats, it has been but a short while since the strong arm of the Centralist Govern ment at Washington, carrying out Sen ator Morton’s theory, overturned the 6tate Legislature of Louisiana. Don’t let finances or any other side issue come in now to prevent you from oust ing and crippling forever this hydra headed and blood-stained monster. After this is accomplished, then we can take care of their rotten system of finances which they have put upon the country. Respectfully, W. S. N. an i FOREIGN DISPATCHES. The Egyptian Finances—Turkey Re commended to Reform Abuses—The Vatican aud Spain. London, November 9.—A Reuter tele gram confirms the dispatch to the Times, of yesterday, to the effect that the Egyptian Government had applied to England for two experts to examine into and arrauge its finauces. Vienna, November 9.—The Turkish Ambassador in this city has beeu sum moned to Constantinople to assume there the Ministry for Foreign Affairs. He favors the reforms recommended by Russia, Austria and North Germany. Rome, November 9.—Recently the Diario Espanol, of Madrid, gave publi cation to the statement that a note had beeu dispatched from the Vatican to Spain insisting upon the execution of tho Concordat, attributing the civic war to religious tolerance, demanding that the Bishop of Urgel be tried by ecclesiastical judges, &c. The exist ence of this note is denied here. The communication from Spain is still un answered. Serious Illness of the Queen of Hol land. London, November 9.—A special to tho Times says the Queen of Holland is in a precarious condition. Arrival of Spanish Troops. Havana, November 9.-Two transports arrived to-day with reinforcements for the Spanish army. The weather is dry and great activity is manifested. Fight Between the British and Malays. Penang, November 9. — The mutilated remains of Mr. Birch, the late English Resident at Perak, have been recovered, after a sharp engagement with the Malays. In the fight, Capt. Innis, of the Tenth Regiment, was killed and two officers and eight men wounded. London, November 9. —A special tel egram from Penang to the Times says all this side of the Malay Peninsular is greatly excited. A general outbreak is feared. Hong Kong has been tele graphed to for troops. Oue man-of war, two gunboats and about 400 troops are now at Perak. Lord Mayor’s Day in London—A Gen eral Jollification. To-day is Lord Mayor’s Day, and business aud street traffic were for a long while, to a great extent, suspend on, The weather, which this morn ing was coiu uua ru 6&; , ed up in the afternoon, and be came pleasant and favorable for the great event of the day, the installation of Alderman W. J. R. Cotton as Lord Mayor of London for tho coming year. The general arrangements for the usual ceremonies were successfully carried out. After religious aud other exercises had been performed at tbe Guildhall, the procession, at about two o’clock, started upon its march to Westminster Hall. Among the fea tures of the procession were the band of the Grenadier Guards, the 20th Hussars, Mounted Cavalry Band, tbe Honorable Artillery Com pany, one hundred Odd Fellows of Man chester University, one hundred boys from the Marine Society, tho usual delegations from the city, liveried com panies, nnd the new Lord Mayor and Sheriffs In their gilded coaches. After a short stay at Westminster Hall, where the Mayor aud Sheriffs took the neces sary oaths and went through other le gal formalities, the procession returned to Guildhall. The route throughout was lined with thousands of people, and tuany houses were gaily decorated with flags and streamers. Owing to the ex cellent police arrangements, there was no disorder whatever beyond the man ifestations of good humor usual on Lord Mayor’s Day. His lordship will sigualize his first occupation of the Mansion house, by the customary grand banquet. Iu consequence of the report of the select committee of the House of Commons on loans to foreign States, it has been deter mined not to invite the ministers for Honduras, Paraguay and Costa Rica, but all the other members of the Corps Diplomatique will, as usual, receive in vitations. To-day is also the birthday of his Royal Highness the Prince of Wales. The bells were rung merrily daring the forenoon, and salutes were fired from the tower, the barracks in St. James Park, at Windsor and else where. The city will be partially illu minated this evening. Seal Skill Fashions. As large as has been the demand for seal-skin for tho last several years, it promises to be greater this Winter than ever heretofore. Indications from all sections of the country are to this effect; nor is this surprising when the beauty, richness, comfort and adapta bility of seal-skin sets to all ages and styles of dress are regarded. On ac count of indiscriminate slaughter of the animals, as previously alluded to by us, skins of the Shetland or South Sea seal are more scarce this season than even last; and consequently are held still at high figures. The finest Shetland seal sacques cost about $350; sets ranging at from this price to about $425. The average price of au Alaska seal sacque is about slso—figures rang ing from SIOO to $200; and sets at from $125 to S3OO, including the muff and boa. The seal-skin caps of this season ap pear in the toque, the round Hungarian, and the English walking hat. The last promises to be the most popular, the trimming consisting of a full ostrich feather of seal brown, or a sable tail, held in place by a small seal or sable head. Asa complete and most becom ing outfit for excessively cold weather, we would encourage the use of the seal skin head dress; aud especially is it to be commended for traveling wear. Sets for children comprise the sacque , muff, boa and cap, and the manner of making-up is about the same as in the garments for women. Delmonico feels the hard times along with the rest. He complained that peo ple don’t eat ana drink as they used to do. A weeping relative is narrowly like a very drunk man, being mournful, while the inebriate is more ’n full. — Inter Ocean, GRANT. HIS POSITION AND PROSPECTS. The Trump Cards of the President — How to Popularize a Third Term — The Cuban Trick—The Hard Money J uggle—The School Question Fanati cism—A Cunning Game and a Mas ter Player—Can the Democracy be Bought, Sold and Euchred? [Spirit of the Times.] In the great game for the Presidency Grant has from the first held the best cards. This is partly because he dealt them. The possession of the Govern ment is alone an immense advantage; the power to destroy, by intrigue or open antagonism, any formidable Re publican candidate is another ; he has the national finances also iu his con trol, and can influence either of the parties by his policy; at any time he may introduce foreign complications into the canvass. In short, the cards in Grant’s hands are all trumps, and he has played them with consummate skill. The third term project is, in Itself, odious to the country, and no one knows it better than Grant. But he has carefully contrived to represent a third term as being a contingent good, as compared with other great national evils which it might avert. In his let ter to the Pennsylvania Convention he put forward this view for the calm con sideration of the country, when he urged that it might be unfortunate, if not disastrous, to prohibit the indefi nite re-election of the President, and then added that he would not accept a renomination unless circumstances not likely to arise should make acceptance his duty. Since then, events have been so skillfully shaped, aud dangers have been so forcibly paraded before the people, that the third term movement is made to appear, iu the opinion of many, the only means by which pros perity can be maintained. Grant has kept himself at the front, and towers like a giant far above the Republican leaders around him. Since the Ohio election the third-term project has taken more definite shape. By inducing the vepal Democratic chiefs to introduce the inflation plank in the Ohio platform, Grant removed from the canvass all personal opposition to himself, and substituted a fiuancial quarrel for the real issue of reform. The Democrats were no sooner brought before the enemy than, like an army of madmen, they began to fight with each other. They lost Ohio in the twinkling of an eye. Next they lost Pennsylvania, and if they have not lost New York they are at least badly demoralized by the capture of Tammany Hall by the Custom House politicians and the enor mously diminished majority in the State. In the manoeuvres which have led to these results Grant has displayed wonderful skill, aud has achieved the inestimable success of dividing the Democratic party on the question of inflation and installing himself before the country as the Hard Money candidate for 1876. This posi tion alone Is equivalent to a renomina tion. Whether such vast strides of fortune wore anticipated eveu me audacious uvpcrui ULOD O £ Grant him self, is a question ; but whether he ex pected such success or not, he has cer tainly exhibited the genius of a true leader, in the arrangements which made it possible. All those qualities which are essential to personal ad- ' vancement, Grant possesses iu a supe- ! rior degree, but they must not be con- j founded with the higher qualities of a ; statesman who labors for the nation only. Iu nearly eight years that Grant ■ has governed he has not given the i country peace, nor reform, nor finan- j cial soundness and stability, nor any I great measure by which his adminis tration will be celebrated hereafter; but his severest critics must concede that he has left nothing undone to strengthen himself as a leader. Anew proof of this remarkable skill in managing his own campaign for the third term is the adroit manner in which Grant reserved the Cuban card to lead after tho trick he won in Ohio. By this new alarm, this appeal to American sympathy, this revival of ancient policy at a critical moment, Grant follows up his political conquests with tremendous force. The acquisi tion of Cuba has always been looked upon by the American people as a gold en gain ; that Cuba should be inde pendent of Spain, they have always considered the natural right of the Queen of the Antilles. Grant, in mak iug auy movement against Spain, any demand in the cause of Cuba, ap peals both to our natural acquisi tiveness aud our natioual feeling of patriotism and right. His first step has been carefully taken; the Spanish complications have been kept before the public, accompanied by constant warnings and apprehen sions inspired by the Administration. His next movement will probably be to announce bis intention to declare bel ligerent riarhts for the Cuban patriots. Then will follow a proposal to pur chase Cuba of Spain, and to secure the consent of the insurgents by giving tbe indorsement of the United States Gov ernment to the Cuban bonds. Here is a brilliant programme, and one not very difficult of execution. The sup position that the next House of Repre sentatives can be depended upon to oppose Grant’s Cuban scheme, as a bridge to a third term, is not well founded. Iu the first place, he is just as able and as willing to buy his way through a Democratic House as he was to buy it through the Democratic Con vention of Ohio aud Pennsylvania.— Tho purchasable material in Congress is alweys large, and not likely to be smaller at the next session than in the sessions where Republicans and Democrats were equally involved in Credit Mobilier and Pacific Mail sub sidies. Besides this, the Cuban bonds held iu this country will be powerful agents in influencing Congressional legislation. Mr. Cushing, who was in terested with Dick Scholl in this Cuban scheme three year3 ago, is probably working up that feature now, and Mr. Schell might tell us, if he were so dis posed, of the great profit to be made iu the Cuban bond speculation. But though Grant and the Cuban ring, un der his control, could easily buy a ma jority for his plans in the House, it is unlikely that he would be forced to spend dne cent. The acquisition of Cuba has been the policy of the Demo cratic party for thirty years, or ever since the Ostend Conference. No Demo cratic Congress would dare to oppose that policy on the pretext that it was presented by a Republican President. Thus, from every point of view, the Cuban policy, which Grant has never permitted to pass out of sight, and which he is now prepared to make a prominent issue, is strong. It is strong with the people, with the Democrats, with the politicians, and with the speculators. It supplements with amazing force hie victories in the late New Series —Vol. 28, No. 82. elections of Ohio, Pennsylvania and New York, where the Administration revealed its power to sustain or break down either of the two parties. Grant holds in each hand a weapon of enor mous value for attack. The Cuban movement gives life and purpose to an almost dead and meaningless foreign policy, while the dexterous division of the Democracy upon inflation makes Grant the master of the financial fu ture of the country. But all these matters must be looked at from one point of view to be rightly understood. The third term is the key to the situation, ana to all the Admin istration mysteries of the Presidential campaign. Grant would probably be an inflationist did he not see that to di vide the Democracy is to make him in evitable the candidate of the Republi cans and of all the Hard-Money voters. He would probably act very differently with Spain, and, if he were not a candi date for a third term, would long ago i have sought to make his administra tion memorable for the acquisition of i Cuba. But it must not be forgotten that now he does not want to gain Cuba so much as to use her to promote his i own ambitious ends. He does not for one instant meditate a war with Spain, for that would only result in the block ade and the bombardment ef our coasts, in the devastation of our ships and commerce, and—worse than all for : Grant—the creation of anew Presiden tial rival in the person of a naval hero. All that Grant wants is to arouse pub lic concern on that subject, and then gradually avoid the dangers of war by a peaceable debate upon the granting : of belligerent rights to Cuba, or upon the purchase of the Island and the guarantee of the Insurgent bonds. Are we wrong, then, in saying that the third term now appears more cer tain than ever? These recent events have proved Grant's power to be great er than it ever was with the people and the politicians. His successful strat egy, abroad and at home, shows that he is, perhaps, the ablest political as well as military leader the country has ever produced. The third term, which was made odious by the example of Wash ington, the precepts of Jefferson, Jackson, and the founders of the American Republic, against which Grant himself once protested as irreconcilable with American liber ties, he now makes seem necessary by (.is skilful presentation of foreign and domestic dangers to the nation. It is really the greatest of all dangers, but lie dwarfs it by his skilful contrasts with others that are more imminent. And infamous as the third term is, and ever will be, Grant is teaching the peo ple to forget its evil by the resplen dent bribes he offers them in the shape of glory and territory to be won abroad, and financial and material prosperity to be established at home. KIN cT COTTON. Report of the Memphis Cotton Ex change. Memphis, November 9.—The Mem phis Cotton Exchange aggregate re port for the month of October is as fol lows : Eighteen correspondents report verv favorable weather; 46 more favor able than in 1874; 32 about the same; lu not so favorable; 5 report heavy wind and rain storms; 80 report killing frosts from the 9th to the 20th, the average date October 14th. The aver age damage is 6 per cent.. Forty re port no damage; 12 report beneficial re sults; 11 no killing frosts. Tennessee reports 47 per cent, of the crop picked; northern Mississippi, 35 per cent.; Arkansas, 42 per cent. The total aver age for this department is 41 per cent. Tennessee estimates that the picking season will alose December 20th ; North Mississippi, January 14th ; Arkansas, January 11th. Tennessee estimates the increased production over 1874 at 18 per cent.; North Mississippi at 15 per cent.; Arkansas at 34 per cent. The averaged increased production for the department is 23 per cent. Under this head Tennessee complains that the crop is very late, and consequently liable to serious damage by frost, both in Tennessee and Arkansas. The picking has been seriously retarded in Arkansas, both by sickness and the fact that the laborers have waited for extortionate wages. There has been considerable damage done by the boll worm iu Mississippi. Thirty-four report damage by rust; fifty-five no damage estimated. The damage from this source is estimated at 4 per cent. Forty-four report laborers working well ; forty-five not working well. Twenty-seven in Mississippi report po litical excitement as the cause ; twenty seven sickness ; eighteen depressed by low prices and abandoning their own crops to work for wages. No fears, however, seem to be entertained but that, with favorable weather, the crops will be saved. Twenty four answer that the September esti mate of small grains and grasses to be sown is too large, and 56 answer that ii is not. The estimate now given is 16 per cent, increase over last year.— the causes given for the falling short is the time consumed in the elections and sickness. Iu the aggregate for North Alabama, 14 report favorable weather ; 9 more favorable than last year, and 5 about the same. All report a killing frost from the 10th to 18th October; 11 report damage, 3 no dam age. The estimated average damage 11 per cent. The crop is reported 46 per cent, picked. It is estimated that the picking season will close by December 17 th. Five report increased production, 2 about the same, and 7 a decrease. The estimated decrease is 1 per cent. — Under this head the crop is reported to have been very backward, very green, and growing when overtaken by a killing frost. Three report damage by rust, 2 by rot, and 11 no damage. The estimated damage is 2 1-2 per cent. Twelve report the laborers working well and 2 not; the causes being sick ness and depression by low prices. Three report the September estimate of small grains and grasses to be sown is too high and 11 that it is not. The estimate now given is 20 per cent, over last year. The past summer has been noted by meteorologists as being cooler by five degrees than the average season for more than 80 years past. An exchange wonders why the popu lation of the Maine pineries decrease. Probably because there are so many shingle-gentlemen up there. Alice Fuller, of Easton county, Mich., has obtained a prize of $lO for having got along without anew drees longer than anybody else in the county. Bishop Hare, of Niobrara, Nebraska, is soon to marry Miss Kittie Wolf, of New York, reputed to be the rich est lady in America, Lucky Bishop Hare. Mrs. Rapp, convicted in St. Paul of participation in a murder, has been sentenced to imprisonment for life, six days in each year to be spent in a dark cell, To Advertisers and. Subscribers. on .4£ d 'iFTER this date (April 21, 1875,) all editions ©f the Constitutionalist will bo sent free of postage. Advertisements must be paid for when han ded in, unless otherwise stipulated. Announcing or suggesting Candidates foi offlo®, 20 cents por line each insertion. Money may be remitted at our risk by Express or Postal Order. Correspondence invited from all sources, and val uable special news paid for if used. Rejected Communications will not be re turned, and no notice taken of anonymous letters, or articles written on both sides. KING LOUIS’ TROUBLES. Important Religious Crisis m Bava ria-The Ministry and the Ultra mont&nes. IMunich Correspondence of the London World.] Munich, October 15,1875. By the close vote of 79 against 76 every member being in his place and voting—our Chamber of Deputies has passed an address to the King impeach ing the ministry for high crimes and misdemeanors, amounting to high trea son in effect, and demanding their dis missal. To-day this address, which is drawn up in bold, vehement and fiery language, has been delivered to the Grand Chamberlain to be forwarded to tne King, who is at present taking a holiday somewhere in the Alps. In any other constitutional kingdom a minis try so impeached would hasten to place their resignation in the hands of their sovereign; but this Bavarian ministry will not retire with dignity; they will wait, it seems, to be kicked out. The events which have led up to this crisis are deeply interesting, and they can be easily explained; the consequen ces which are likely to result from the step now taken by the legislature are of the gravest importance, not to Ba varia alone, but to all Germany. The general elections in Bavaria in July last gave to the Catholic party in in the Chamber of Deputies a majority of two members. This narrow ma jority does not at all represent the real strength of the Catholic party in the kingdom. The ministry, in anticipa tion of the election, had “gerryman dered” the districts so cunningly that in many instances a liberal elector had twice, thrice or four times as much voting power as a Catholic. Large districts, containing immense majori ties of Catholic voters, were thrown into one and allowed to return only one member ; others were joined to precincts where the liberals would out number them, aud the representation of these was increased. This is an old art, not unknown in America, and it almost; succeeded here. In spite of it, however, the Catholics, as I have said,’ succeeded in returning a majority of two members. The death of one of the liberal members has now increased the majority to three. When the chamber met three weeks ago there *-as a fierce light over the organize* on ; but the discipline of the Catholic party was perfect, and they elected their officers. Then they moved, for the appointment of an ad dress to the king, and after a long struggle they carried this resolution, and the committee, consisting of eight Catholics and seven liberals, was ap pointed. The committee, or its ma jority, drew up the address of which I have spoken, and it was adopted, after a very severe struggle, by 79 to 76 votes. On to-day it was deposited to be forwarded to the king, and both parties are now resting on their arms, waiting for the reply of King Louis. 1 have j ust been shown a dispatch from Berlin stating that Prince Bismarck is “too unwell” to accompany the Em peror to Italy. It is natural, for what Jacxo liajipunmi to nvo Lro him very uuwelL The people of Bavaria have proclaimed their detestation of him, his laws and designs in unmis takable terms, and the unity of the German empire is seriously threat ened. The address sets out by declaring that the general election in July was manipulated by the ministry in the manner I have explained. They failed in their desigus, but their guilt is not the less heavy. This, however, is only one of their crimes. They have pre vented the king from hearing the cry for help raised by his suffering people, aud they have been so won over by Prussian Intrigues that they are allow ing Bismarck to destroy the rights of the Bavarian crown and people, and to swallow them up one by one. It is impossible that such ministry can be permitted to remain iu power. Had they not been shameless they would have resigned when the Chamber met. But they must be dismissed now; for until the king sends them away and ac cepts their advisers, Bavaria cannot rest. This is the subject of the momentous address. Seldom has a king been ad dressed so plainly—but seldom has there been such a necessity for plain speaking. There never has been much sympathy between Prussia and Bava ria ; and since Priuce Bismarck com menced his war against the Catholic Church the feeling of coldness towards Prussia has deepened into one of posi tive aversion and fear among all the Catholic Bavarians. And the Catholics of Bavaria form an immense majority of the people. The cities and towns con tain a certain portion of liberals and a very few “Old Catholics”—but the great mass of the people have re mained firm in their attachment to their fsith. Religion and patri otism, in this case, have gone hand in hand together. A united Germany is a good thing, but a union in which all State rights and home rule are to be crushed out by the centralized despo tism of Berlin, is not a good thiog in the estimation of the Bavarian Catho lics. The king himself, it is well known, does not love either Bismarck or Wil liam, but it is very doubtful what course he will now take. He absented himself from Munich when he saw the storm coming on, and told no one where he was going. He did this, It is said, to be out of the way of tjie pres sure which Bismarck was sure to uring upon him. But he must now come back, and the question is, what will he do? His position is a hard one. If he dis misses his ministers it will be punish ing them for serving Bismarck too well, and he will offend the great ohaneeilor! He will offend, also, the Bismarck or Liberal party among his own subjects. They are a minority, but they are a formidable minority. On the other hand, if he refuses to dismiss the minis ters and dissolves Parliament instead, he will throw the country into the tur moil of another election, which will re sult in the return of a still larger Catholic majority. A ministry formed to please the majority in the present assembly would be composed of zealous Catholics and anti-Prussians. They would bring in bills to nullify the mea sures upon which Bismarck’s heart is set; these would be passed, and then would come messages from Berlin, to which even the easy-going King Louis could not listen with patience. The situation, you will see, is extremely critical. The Schenectady ladies go to pawn brokers and borrow jewelry to wear to parties. An opera bouffe, the plan laid in Utah, is to be brought out at the Vienna Theatre. It is hard to tell the men from the women in Cochin China—they botijj dress alike,