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TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION. Daily—one year $lO oo “ six months 5 00 “ three months 2 50 Tex-Weekly—one year 5 00 “ six months 2 50 Weekly—one year 2 oo “ six months l 00 Single copies, 5 cts. To news dealers. ets. Subscriptions muse in all cases be paid in advance. The paper will be discontinued at the expiration of the time paid for. JAS. G. BAILIE. ) FRANCIS COGIN, Proprietors GEO. T. JACKSON.) \ddress all Letters to the Constitu tionalist office, AUGUSTA. GA. FROM WASHINGTON. Bristow and Grant Preparing Their Documents—The Eagles Gathering Over the Carcass. Washington, November 28.—The Secretary of the Treasury is still en gaged in the preparation of his report on the finances, and it will not be printed till Friday, when, as heretofore, it will be sent to the principal cities for distribution to the press on the day of its transmission to Congress. The President has not yet finished his message, but some portions, or all of it, will be read to the Cabinet next Tuesday. New candidates for the Clerkship of the House are appearing every day. The latest announcements are: Robert Tyler, of Alabama, son of ex-President Tyler, and Neill S. Brown; and the most prominent of the other contestants are ex-Congresßinan Adams, of Kentucky; Archer, of Maryland; Shobez, of North Carolina; A. R. Lamar and Dubose, of Georgia; General Crittenden, of Mis souri; A. D. Banks, of Mississippi; Calkins, of New York; Miller, of Penn sylvania, and George C. Wedderburn, of Virginia, who received the compli mentary votes of the Democrats at the organization of the Forty-third Con gress. There are now here about six teen Senators and sixty members of the House. Washington, November 29.—The withdrawal of Mr. Wood from the con test for Speaker, created a sensation to-day. In authorizing the withdrawal of his name, Mr. Wood declined to say for whom he would cast his influence. The respective friends ot' Kerr, Randall and Cox, are still confident. The contest for the Speakership is active, Major Wedderburn of Va., Ma jor Banks of Miss., Mr. Adams of Ky., Mr. Archer of Md., and Dußose of Ga., are on the ground. Each will undoubt edly have the support of his State. It is thought the election of Kerr will throw the Clerkship to the Southeast, or to the election of Randall to the Southwest. The Supreme Court to-day confirmed the decision of the Court of Claims in the case of the United States vs. The Union Pacific Railroad. This confirms the proceedings in favor of the road, and allows them to retain half of the amount paid by the Government for transportation. The case decided is only for half a million, but ths decision will hold for the future, and may in volve a large amount The opinion of the constitutionality of the Enforcement act involved in the appeal from Judge Bradley’s decision in the Grant Parish cases, was not de livered. Tobey declines the Commissionership of Indian Affairs. The Italian Government inquires, through the State Department, what space can be allowed them in the Cen tennial gallery of fine arts. Ex-Commissioner Smith remains in the Department as confidential clerk to Chandler. The Treasury sells no gold in De cember. 8764,422 in legal tenders was retired to-day, being 80 per cent, of the national bank notes issued during the month. The Canal Commissioners, after al luding to the importance and feasibility of the canal, say : “It is now regarded as of the highest importance that the United States take some action at once j to carry out the feasible plans of the ship canal, in order to prevent either i France or England from coming in and 1 reaping the honor and profit of this 1 great enterprise.” The commission con- j cists of Gen. Humphreys, Capt. Patter- j son and Commodore Am men. Surgeon Ebenezer Swift has been ; unsigned to duty as Medical Director ; of the Department of the Gulf. Assist- i ant Surgeon A. A. Yeomans ordered to | duty to the Department of Texas. Serious Charges Against Mr. Lo. Washington, November 29.—Briga dier General Crook, in his report con cerning the Black Hills, thinks settlers j bordering on the Sioux reservations have just ground for complaint when I they claim that the Sioux violate the treaty time and again; every Summer stealing their cattle and absolutely breaking up their business, and this violation of the treaty by the Indians, who iN'e fed and clothed by the Gov ernment, and supported by the taxes paid by the frontiersmen as well as other tax-paying citizens. Then when these same settlers, era poverished by the raids of the Sioux, j go to the Black Hills, a country, by the way, the Indians seldom visit on account of the terrible thunder storms in the Summer, and the snows in the Winter*, for the purpose or prospecting lor mines, they are charged with vio lations of a treaty, the main features of which the Indians have never re garded. General Crook says there are nvo sides to this story, and the frontier’s men should be her.rd as well as the Indians. The settlers are Che weaker, compared with the Indians, and most deserves sympathy and protection. The Union Pacific Railroad iu Luck. The opinion of the Supreme Court to day, affirming the decision of the Court of Claims in favor of the Union Pacflc Railroad Company, was unanimous.— The Court fully sustained the position of the company. A large number of persons were present, and a rush for the telegraph office at the Capital was j immediately made by newspaper cor respondents and others to send away the news. Phil Sheridan's Hint to the Presi- ' dent—A Lame Explanation of a Das- j lardly Deed. Extracts from General Sheridan’s re port: “ The troops stationed along the Rio Grande have had the humiliating duty of attempting to protect our citi zens and their property from raids by the people of a foreign country, who come over the boundary in an armed party to steal cattle and do not hesi tate to attack a kill our citizens when necessary to accomplish their purpose. The low stage of water in the Rio Grande, and its great length, twelve or fifteen hundred miles, makes the duty of protecting it difficult—in fact, almost impossible with the few troops availa ble for this purpose. In speaking of this duty as a hu miliating one, I do not mean it is not perfectly legitimate, for any duty is such which has for its object the pro tection of the lives and property of the people or an international boundary line; but when it is con sidered that these armed parties as soon as they are pursued they take refuge on the opposite bank of the river Rio Grande, and there in sight of our troops, which dare not cross, graze and slaughter the stolen cattle with im puuity. The sight is very mortifying to those engaged in the protection of the frontier. This condition of affairs has been going on for the last twenty years. Jo the Department of the Gulf, every- fflje 'Antjnsln Constitutionalist. Established 1799. thing seems to be getting along quietly. Last Winter, when the Department came under my jurisdiction, I thought it best to call a halt, in a forcible way, on much lawlessness from armed bands, which action brought the attention of the Government and the law-abiding and good people of the country to a growing and inhuman evil. Peace has been the result, aud prosperity, I hope, will follow.” The Care Bestowed on Mr. Wilson. The conclusion of a card addressed to the Evening Star, was as follows: “When your reporter saw the room in which the Vice-President died, it had been put in preparation for the occu pancy of the men who were to take a plaster cast of the face and the men who were to make a post mortem ex amination of the body and the men who were to prepare the same for the funeral casket put iu order, but as one not aware of the purpose might think in disorder by covering the carpets and furniture with rugs and loose clothes. This care your reporter took for neglect, and upon his own error he builds bis sup position of other men’s neglect of the Vice President, through his sickness and death. Nothing could be further from the truth, or more cruelly unjust to the kind-hearted men who gave days and nights, through all that uncon scious fortnight, to gentle and untiring ministrations by the bedside of their dy ing friend, or to long watchings at his door, and it is also cruel to the Vice- President’s many friends through the country, whose wounded hearts will gather new pain from such rumors of neglect. A more comfortable room, or more careful aud faithful attendance, could hardly be furnished a sick and dying man, than was provided to the late Vice-President. (Signed) John R. French, Sergeant-at-Arms Senate U. S. THE CROOKED WHISKEY TRIALS Singular Evidence—Gen. Babcock Im plicated—A Drive at the White House—ls Gen. Grant Guilty S* St. Louis, November 29.—A. C. Rogers, once Deputy Commissioner of Internal Revenue, testified he once arrauged a raid without Avery’s knowledge. Avery complained and said it was an imputation against him. That was the New Orleans raid. It was suc cessful. John S. Douglass testified, he was Commissioner of Internal Revenue from 1871 to May last, consequently to New Orleans to raid. I wanted to try this district. The news got out in some way and he became convinced it would be necessary to get rid of some of the officers. I sent Joyce to California so I could have the books of this district examined; suspected McDonald and Joyce, but was disap pointed in the first raid on New Or leans. Avery knew nothing of the suc cessful raid on New Oi leans. He complained that my action re flected on him. In the fall of 1874, I concluded to change supervisors. Talked with the President and Mr. Bris tow about it. As soon as the elections were over and out of the way, I reeorn- IBGDfiftd flip plmngoc, X oout MCl^OQttlO and Joyce to Philadelphia. There was great pressure brought to bear on the part of the President and McDonald aud Joyce were not transferred, as I had recommended. In reference to the question whether General Babcock came to see witness about retaining McDonald and Joyce in their district, counsel for Avery objected. General Henderson stated he in tended to prove that General Babcock was in the ring, and with this view W. D. W. Bamar was called and asked to compare a telegram banded him with a letter from Babcock written to Bamar. Barner thought the telegram was not written by Babcock. Mr. Douglass was recalled, but could not recoguize the telegram as having been written by Babcock. E. R. Chapman was then called, and said he was a judge of handwriting, and had no hesitation in saying that the telegram and letter were written by the same person. Mr. Gilflllan, Cashier of the United States Treasury, in Washington, who said he was an expert in handwriting, testified that the letter and telegram were written by the same hand. John K. Donohue, clerk of- the West ern Union Telegraph Association, iden tified several telegrams as having been received and sent from here in 1873 to 1875. Gen. Henderson wished to read the telegrams. Judge Krum objected and stigma tised the proceeding as one simply to bolster up this case and involve the jury in a muddle as to who was being tried. The telegrams were Babcock’s and not Avery’s. He said they were also introduced to make a drive at the White House. FROM NEW YORK. New York, November 29.—The Gov ernment has commenced suit against a Flax Spinning Company for SIOO,OOO, for undervaluation. The company claim that goods were imported at full value. Clias. O’Conor Reported Dead. Chas. O’Conor, lawyer, is danger ously sick. Later —Chas. O’Conor is dead. A later dispatch from Fort Washing ton denies the report of O’Conor’s death. It says he is somewhat better. Centennial Short of Money. New York, November 29.—A meet ing of the Centennial Committee of Banks, Clearing House, etc,, addressed by Governor Hawley, of Connecticut, and Biglow, of Pennsylvania, shows a million and a half yet necessary to open the Centenuial in May next. Failure—Cardinal McCloskey’s Ad dress. Buffalo, N. C., November 28.—A. T. Marcy, dry goods dealer, has suspend ed. His liabilities are $150,000. New York, November 28.—Cardinal McCloskey delivered an address to-day in St. Patrick’s Cathedral in this city. It was his first address since he re turned from Rome, and the congrega tion to hear it was very largo. It was ! confined principally to a review of his visit to Rome, and was highly eulogistic of the character of Pope Pius IX. Wilson’s Remains. Boston, November 29.—The day was fair. An immense crowd viewed the remains. The ceremonies were very impressive. Business in the neighbor hood of State street and the burned district was almost entirely suspended and the stores closed on account of Wilson’s obsequies. Flags were at half-mast all over the city, which in many localities wore a Sunday aspect. At Lowell, Lawrence and many other New England cities bells were tolled and cannons fired. FOREIGN DISPATCHES. The Suez Canal Stock —Movements of the U. S. Men-of-War. Paris, November 28.—The Khedive of Egypt offered the shares of the Suez canal stock for sale to France previous to their purchase by England. Minister Decazes wanted to accept the offer of His Highness, but the Bank of France made some difficulty, and the opportu nity for the acquisition of the property was lost. The United States ships Congress and Juniata will sail from Villa Franca, for home, and the Franklin and Alaska for Lisbon, on Monday, the 29th instant. Russia’s Loss in Khokand Egypt Whipped by Abyssinia—The Insur gents Preparing to Strike at Turkey —Spauish aud English. News. Vienna, November 29.—Accounts from Tiflis represent the Russian losses in the recent rising at Khokand as heavy. A part of the garrison at Khokand was massacred. Alexandria, November 29.—The Abys sinians surprised and killed 1,200 Egyp tians, including twelve officers. London, November 29.—The Times says the other Powers were not notified of the purchase of the Suez Canal shares, because there was no time, and because the Powers had no right to protest. Berlin telegrams say Montenegro is getting 11,000 men ready for a decisive encounter which is expected around Garausko and Gatehsko. The Prince informed Austria that his people would probably take part in the conflict.— Austria answered that the Prince was the best judge of his owu actions. A dispatch from Odessa asserts that the battle at Piva really resulted in a positive defeat of the Turks. The British iron-turreted ship Mon arch, of the channel fleet, and the ship Halden, from Pensacola, collided. Both put into Plymouth harbor. A special from Berlin says the Senate of the State Tribunal ruled that the charge of treason against Von Arnim is admissible. Madrid, November 29.—The Cabinet Council determined that a decree should issue, before December sth, convening the Cortes. C. Del Castello re-assumes the Presi dency of the Ministry, and O. Loreuo, Mayor of Madrid, becomes Minister of Foreign Affairs. The royal staff are ordered to be in readiness to accompany the King to the Army of the North on December 9th. CRIMES AND CASUALTIES. Conflagration—Mines Caved In. Boston, November 29.—The Rubber Shoe Factory at Malden and all adjoin ing buildings were burned. Loss 8150,- 000. Insurance 890,000. Boston, November 30. —The loss of the Boston Rubber Shoe Company’s factory at Walden is more serious than reported. Loss, 8300,000. Wilkesbarre, November 29.—The roofs of the Chancey and Grand Tunnel Mines fell severing a hundred acres. Loss 8100,000. No lives lost. Several hundred men art} onstpr* Mr ftphm-tei uue oi tbe proprietors, noticed signs of danger and gave orders for the men to leave. One hundred aud twenty-five men left the mine two hours before the cave. A Duel Fought. Wilmingtor, Del., November 29.—R. W. Baylor, of Norfolk, Va., and Col. Jas. F. Kegan, formerly an officer in the United States army, fought a duel. 810w r s had been exchanged in Phila delphia, during a quarrel, Saturday af ternoon. At the first fire, Baylor re ceived a flesh wound in the left side, when friends interfered, preventing fur ther bloodshed. The St. Louis Railroad Convention. Most of the delegates from this sec tion of Tennessee to the Southern Pacific Railroad Convention at St. Louis, returned here Thursday after noon and yesterday morning. The special train from Georgia and South Carolina, on which a good many Ten nessee delegates took passage to St. Louis, returned last evening via the Iron Mountain and Northwestern roads. Sixty Georgia merchants were on board. Twelve of these were enter tained at the residence of Col. E. W. Cole, by that gentleman and his lady, while the remainder were conveyed in the elegant hacks of the Nashville Transfer Company, to the Maxwell House, where they took supper. They left for the South at half-past seven o’clock. Many expressed their inten tion of revisiting Nashville and form ing a closer acquaintance with our citizens and merchants. At a meeting of the Tennessee and \ Georgia delegates, held on board the cars while en route home, the following resolution was unanimously adopted : Resolved, That we, the delegates to the St. Louis Railroad Convention from Ten nessee and Georgia, who have been so well cared for by Colonel E. W. Cole, President of the Nashville, Chattanooga and St. Louis Railroad, desire to add our testi mony to the wide reputation be enjoys as a Railroad officer and courteous gentleman; and for the many kindnesses he has shown each of us on the trip, our hearty thanks are due and are hereby tendered, C. L. Ross, for the Georgia Delegation. Thos. Claiborne, for the Tennessee Delegation. —Nashville American, 27th inst. An Explanation. Augusta and Atlanta Railway P. 0., 1 Augusta, Ga., Nov. 29, 1875. J Mr. Editor : I see by your Sunday’s issue a complaint signed M. Strick land from Maysville P. 0., Jackson County, Georgia, complaining that he does not receive his paper in due time, for the reason that it goes via Atlanta, which is true, but it does so in accor dance with instructions issued by the proper authority. Therefore, neither the Post master at, Augusta, or the Agents on the line, are to blame ; the paper leaves Augusta at the proper time, and is sent via Atlanta and Air- Line Railroad, according to instruc tions from the Post Office Department. Hoping this explanation may serve to set the matter right, I remain respectfully, &0., A. P. Wiggins, Postal Clerk, Ga. R. R. At the funeral of his favorite daugh ter, the Khedive distributed among the crowd four hundred aud fifty thousand pieces of silver coin, from one to five piastres each. Upon the lid of the coffin tbo jewelry of the deceased, valued at three million florins, was ex hibited. Twenty-four buffaloes were killed by the priests before the Mosque Rilah at Cairo, roasted and eaten, and then three thousand priests said pray ers by the tomb for seven days. Wheeling, November 29. —The As sembly adopted articles of impeach ment against Treasurer John S. Bur deli. AUGUSTA, GA., TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 30, 1875 THE VACANT TREASURY. HOW MONEY BAG* OF GEORGIA ARE TAKING CARE OF THEM SELVES. ! * Au Order from Governor Smith—No Signs of a Successor—^ The Matter in Statu Quo. ; [Atlanta Herald, 28th.j There were no new movements in Treasury circles on yesterday. The Governor did a piece of routine work in sending au order to the Treas urer, notifying him that his office was vacated by operation of the law, and that in ten days he might turn over his books and papers to his successor. The following is the official order. Atlanta, Ga., Nov. 26th, 1875. John Jones, Esq., AtlarMa. Ga.: Whereas, On the 15th inst., an Ex ecutive order was issued, requiring you to give new bond aud surety, as Treas urer of said State, iu terms of the law in such cases made and provided, a copy of which was, upon the second day, served upon you personally ; and Whereas, You have failed to comply with such requisition within the ten days allowed by law, therefore, You are hereby notified that, by op eration of law, you are removed from said office of State Treasurer, and a vacancy declared. You will please, within the next ten days, state your accounts and deliver the books, papers and money of the Treasury to your successor, —, as required by section 94 of the last Re vised Code of Georgia. • Given under my hand aud the seal of the Executive Department, at the Cap itol, in Atlanta, \he dag and year first above written. By the Governor. Jas. M. Smith, J. W. Warren, Governor. Secretary Executive Department. HIS SUCCESSOR. From all the information we could gather it is quite probable that Dr. C. L. Redwine will be appointed to fill the vacancy for the unexpired term. Should this be true, Dr. Redwine will be an excellent choice and the mantle could hardly fall on more capable shoulders. WHAT TREASURER JOKES WILL DO. The natural course of events, now that Treasurer Jones is out of office, would be for the Governor to proceed against him and his securities iu the courts in case he finds Idm indebted to the State or behind in his accounts. Of course there can La no impeach ment for the Legislature has no juris diction. Col. Jones cad, if he so de sires, demand an investigation at he hands of the Legislature, and promptly settle the issues that now beset him. This course we earnestly hope he will see proper to take. Without speaking by authority, we are Inclined to be lieve that he will demand a hearing before the Legislature. He persistently demanded an impeach mint, during the last session, and it w sip denied him. His only object as far as* we have seen, has been to get a full and fair heariug. ThiS hA r!H <- > —■ *'• UCAU January. WHO WILL BE lIIS SUCCESSOR. It is Impossible to even guess at his successor. Indeed theie is an air of vague uncertainty pervading the Execu tive department that justifies the opinion that the Governor himself has not arrived at any determination. Dr. Bozeman has announced definitely and positively that he would not accept the office from either the Governor or the Legislature. “I will not nave,” says he, “any office that requires e. bond of 8200,- 000, and only allows 82,000 salary.” No written application has been made as yet for the place, though it is said that Mr. Renfroe, of the Comptroller’s de partment, is a candidate for it. Dr. Redwine did not come to Atlanta on any business connected with the Gov ernor about the office. It will be difficult for the Governor to find a man who will make a 8200,000 bond for a mere months tenure of office. The appointment must be made, however, within the next seven days, and the right man will doubtless be selected. THE SUEZ CANAL, England’s Purchase of Stock-Inter esting Statistics. [ Cou r ier-J our nal. 1 The reported purchase of a large in terest iu the Suez canal by England re calls the opposition of L< rd Palmersou to former efforts of the Fi ench Govern ment to construct the great highway through his fear lest France would ob tain possession of Egypt and the control of the new passage to the Indies. The English, whose business with the Suez canal now exceeds that of any other nation, are themselves taking the very steps for the control of Egypt which they condemned in France. The grant of Said Pasha, in 1854, of the right of way to Ferdinand de Leseeps and the French compauy will doubtless result iu English control of Egypt. If an oracle had spoken to Said Pasha and warned him that the construction of such a work would result in foreign domination, he probably would, like Pharaoh Necho of old, under the same circumstances, have refused his sanc tion. The French company was or ganized in 1858, the stipulations being that the Egyptian Government should receive fifteen per cent, of the canal tolls. The capital was originally 200,000,000 francs in four hundred thousand shares of 500 francs each, and was increased iu 18i>7 by a loan of 100,000,000 francs. The canal was opened for business in November, 1869, aud in the second year the receipts were $1,830,455. Since then the busi ness has been increasing, and the canal is said to pay a good in terest on the investment. M. de Lesseps, to whose enterprise the success of the work is largely due, was desiiious in 1852 of submitting his plans to Abbas Pasha, then Viceroy of Egypt, but that potentate did not pos sess the enterprising spirit of his suc cessor. His son Mohammed Said, how ever. approved of the scheme, and granted M. de Lesseps, the concession of the right of way. Said’s son, Ismail Pasha, the present viceroy, took an enthusiastic interest in the work, which has made such a revolution in the facilities for East India trade. M. de Lesseps is now over seventy years old, but he is equally interested in the pres ent project of cutting a canal across the Isthmus of Darien. A Brooklyn picture dealer placed a large and expensive mirror behind his show window. A wandering bull ter rier, recently, catching a glimpse of a supposed antagonist, daeaed through the plate-glass, valued at SIOO, and demolished the mirror, valued at S4OO. The proprietor considers his device a failure. COTTON. Some Facts and Figures by an Expert. 1 Atlanta Constitution. 1 TOTAL CROP. Has it occurred to any of our numer ous readers that it was passing strange that the National Exchange crop re port, issued from New Orleans, should come out with a small crop just in time to help the October corner, and the next mouth, when there had been no change for the better, should report that the crop was likely to be a pretty large one after all. The Agricultural department of this State has put the present crop at 400,- 000 biiles, against 550,000 last year. There has already been received at Savannah 258,000 bales, against 288,000 last year, making a decrease thus far of 30,000. Is it likely there will be a decrease in receipts of 120,000 bales for the balance of the season? It does not look reasonable. The per eent. of the receipts at the ports for the past seven years for the first three months of the season was as follows, beginning with 1868, 32, 29.4 25.4, 32, 31.7, 27.5, 38.5. In consequence of the crops tribu tary to the At'anta ports being early and those of the Gulf ports being very late, we have put the per cent, this year at 39, making the receipts at the ports, 3,900,000 bales, to which add 350,000 for Southern consumption, and we have a crop of 4,250,000 bales, and from our present standpoint we do not think it will be more and cannot see how it will be less. When there is a good crop in the west as there is this year, a large portion of the receipts in January, February and March are re ceived at the Gulf ports. But last year, in consequence of the failure of the crops tributary to Galveston, New Orleans and Mobile, the receipts were very small. There were but three weeks last year after Christ mas that the total receipts were over 100,000 bales per week, and even then but very little over. The receipts are already 150,000 bales in excess of last year. Now suppose the receipts in December are the same as last year. But, in consequence of the better and later crop in the West, we will put the receipts for January, February and March at 25 per cent, more than last year, and the balance of the season no change from the year before. The total receipts for the three months named were 1,080,000; 25 per cent, added, 270,000 bales, this, with 150,000 already received, will make the crop just four and a half millions. The crop of this State was injured by the July drought, and will pro bably fall short of last year about 10 per cent. Many farmers and sections have as good and better crops than last year. These we do not hear from. But it is from those who are habitual grumblers that we hear that the crop of the State will be only half to three quarters of last year’s crop. The crop tribuary to this city is about 5 per cent, less than last year, but in consequence of some local causes the ronoinfca are likfjv tn La 1G not- *- iess. Some towns that sent us several hundred bales last year are not send ing us any this. Last winter freight to New York from this city was 50 cents a hundred, whilst this year it is 100 cents per hundred pounds. This makes a large difference in our recepts by rail road. situation. There was a long and steady decline from March to October—six months. Then a reaction for October, and now a dull and lifeless November, and the prices for spot cotton at about the lovost point for the year. r Ehe prospect for a very large crop and a stock demand for cotton goods with the price constantly falling, caused the bears in the cotton market to sell contracts down to so lowa point by the last of September that they have been unable to drive it any lower since. The continent has been a heavy buyer of cotton, and taken much the largest amount it has ever done since the war. Money is very cheap everywhere, and cotton goods are lower than they were wheu cotton was selling for eight cents a pound; so it Ls not likely they will fall any more for this Winter at least, as a very much larger amount of cotton goods than at the prices of two years ago, There is an active demand in Manchester for cotton goods for India. Also, there is a growing demand for bleaohed and fine crown goods for Africa from this country. It is not likelj that even large receipts will have much effect on prices for the next month. The price of cotton may be lower than the present within the next two weeks, but it is likely to be nearly one cent a pound higher in the next six weeks. Tlie Duke of Brunswick’s Diamonds. Apjletons ’ Journal for the current week has an interesting article on that painted, bewigged Lothario, the Duke of Brunswick, whose follies, eccentrici ties aid diamonds made him the talk of all jQurope. As to his diamonds, he consecrated fabulous sums to the for matioi of his collection, which speedi ly became celebrated throughout Eu rope. Among the most remarkable of the trhkets which he possessed was a pair ol epaulets, formed, not of gold thread but uf magnificent yellow dia mondsfrom Brazil. They were valued at tw> hundred thousand dollars each, aid were exhibited at the Paris Exposition of 1855, watched day and night ly four policeman, who took turns ii mounting guard over the crys tal cast which contained this treasure. These tpaulets gave rise, one evening, to a cirious and comical scene. It was at a ball given by the Count de Nieuwetkerke. The Duke, in the uni form of a Brunswickian General, was blazingvith diamonds, and had on the famous epaulets. A lady passing by remarktd to the person who accom panied ler : “Only look at thosse epau lets. mule of topazes!” “iopazes, rnadamt! cried the dnke, indignant at the mult offered to his jewels ; “ they are dianonds—the finest yellow dia monds o Brazil. Look well at them if you never sav any before.” Thus adjured, the lacb, nothing loth, examined mi nutely tie dazzling epaulets; then she passed o the orders that the Duke wore, aid so prolonged her inspection that she attracted a number of other lady speitators, and the Duke was soon surrounced by a crowd of ladies, all admiringhis gorgeous gems, and caus ing him to resemble very much a Palais R<yal window with its throng of gazers, finally, his patience became exhaustel, and he cried, suiting his gestures o the words. “Ah, ladies, if you are so fond of diamonds, I can show yoi still finer ones; I use them for buttons to my undergarments.— Wait a noment—” But the ladies fled. Miss Kmberly, the music teacher, of Newark, I J., who wrote “I Want to Be An Angel,” is alive yet, and though she is a ml square angel, she is not oneoftha; kind you see in piotures with chickeu wings and a pull-back on. THE LATE WILLIAM B. ASTOR His Wealth Estimated at One Hundred and Ftfty Millions of Dollars—Some thing About His Character and Bus iness Habits. William B. Astor’s three surving sons are Johu Jacob, Henry aud Wil liam Astor, and his two daughters Mrs. John Carey and Mrs. Frank Delano. He owned 2,500 houses and building lots in New York, and his total wealth was re cently estimated at 8150,000,000. .Mr. Astor had more improved real estate than any four men in New York, excluding William Rhinelander, the Goelets, A. T. Stewart., and the Beek mans. Most of the large tenement houses around Tompkins square and along First avenue and Avenues A and B, belong to the Astor estate, as also do whole blocks in Sixth avenue, from Sixteenth street to Fortieth street. The old Bowery Theater aud the old Park Theater were on his land. He was always ready to buy real estate where he could get it cheap. It was his rule never to sell any of his houses or lots. He leased the most of his lots for twenty-one years, with the stipula tion that the lessee should build on them. On the expiration of the leases the buildings reverted to him with the lots. The Astor House was the only instance in which ho ever parted with his real estate. For some unexplained reason he sold this place to his son, John Jacob for one dollar. SELF-INSURED. None of William B. Astor’s property was insured. He believed like Mr. Stewart that the cost of insurance would be greater than his losses. The terms of his father’s will prohibited the building of brown-stone houses, as they were too extravagant. He strictly abided by this rule, and tbe brown stone houses that he owned he bought from others, as they reverted to him on the expiration of leases. The most of the residences that he built on Madison and Fifth avenues and Thirty-third and Thirty-fourth streets in recent years were of Nova Scotia freestone or brick with stone trimmings. Mr. Astor attended personally to the rental of his real estate, and was assisted by his sons and agents, Mr. Hallock and Mr. Bruce. His office was at 85 Prince street, and he went to the office every day until very recently. He retired Mr. Bruce on a pension. In 1870 Mr. Astor paid two million dollars taxes on his houses aud lots. THE ASTOR FAMILY. Mr. Astor never held a public office. His whole life was spent in the man agement of his fortune. Neither of his three sons has any business pursuit. Henry, the youngest son, inherited the estate of his uncle John Jacob, six years ago. He married the daughter of a poor farmer in Barrytown, Duchess county, against the wishes of his rela tives. The Astor estate descends to John Jacob, the eldest son of William B. He is about sixty years old, and has one son, William. It has been the custom in the Astor fmilv for threH crenerations to deposit one hundred thousand dollars in bank at the birth of a son or daughter, the money and the interest to be given to the child when he or she became of age. Mr. Wm. B. Astor had three daugh ters, the eldest of whom was the first wife of Sam Ward. Another was the wife of Frank Delano, of Grinnel, Min turn & Cos., and the third is married to Mr. John Carey. The Hon. John Winthrop Chanler married one of his granddaughters. Mr. Astor was sharp and exacting in his business ’dealings. As his friends expressed it, “When he paid out a cent he wanted a cent in return.” He was not so prominent in charitable works as was his wife, who died a few years ago. She was a manager in several charitable institutions, and gave away a fortune among the poor. She was a daughter of Gen. f Armstrong, and was related to the family of Alexan der Hamilton. THE MAN OP SEDAN. Astouudiug lievelations of Napoleon lll—Why Prance was so Easily Whipped by the Hermans. [Chicago Tribune.] The accumulating facts about the monstrous inefficiency of Napoleon Ill’s preparations for the war of 1870 have already exhausted all our ca pacity for beiug surprised, but still they come. We quote a few fresh in stances of criminal stupidity. All the eight thousand artillery-wagons were in a strong enclosure at Vernon, which was provided with one narrow en trance. The wagons were so ingeni ously and intricately piled together that it would have taken eight months to merely get them out. Gen. Ducrot testified that, of the two thousand can non in Strasburg, less than five hundred were fit for use. The arsenal was full of stone cannonballs, made in the time of Louis XIV. There were eook ing-pots for only two thousand men and canteens for only fifteen thousand ; there were no haiters or picket-ropes ; but there was enough black cloth to dress one hundred thous and men. Ducrot said he “spent five years in asking uselessly for indispensible things.” In Metz, which was the basis of supply for three army corps, the supply of biscuit and oats was exhausted within a week. There was not an ambulauce, wagon, not a cart, in the town. Of the three million three hundred and fifty thou sand muskets, only one hundred thou sand were chassepote, and many of the others had been sold for old iron, al though not yet delivered. There were only one hundred and fifty rounds for each chassepot. The troops were han dled with shocking incapacity. More than one hundred thousand of them, who were absent on leave, were left without orders, without transportation, without arms, and without rations, to join their regiments as best they could. Men who were ordered to the frontier from Paris were actually sent thither by way of Algiers, in order that they might be clothed in the moth-eaten uniforms which were lying there. It is needless to pile up more proofs. These are enough to convict Napoleon 111. of a degree of incapacity such as his bit terest enemies never dreamed of im puting to him, before his bubble-repu tation burst and France fell a victim to her faith in him. A colored inexpres sibles were in a very dilapidated con dition about the seat, put the follow ing conundrum to his mate: “Jim, why am I like Henry Ward Beecher?” “Give it up,” replied Jim. “Bekase ize a sit tin on de ragged edges of dis-pair.” “This is a bad year on the unright eous,” said Ben Butler, when he arrived in St. Louis. But Gen. Butler derives a large income from defending the un righteous, and doubtless he contem plates this “bad year” with much satis faction. He defends Avery, New Series —Vol. 28, No. 100 YON BULOW AND BEER. Tlie threat Pianist’s Ouslauglit on King Gambrinus. [Chicago Tribune.] Were Dr. Hans Guido You Bulow an American citizen and a politician, in stead of being a loyal subject of Bis marck and a pianist, no office would open its doors to him, no spoiis would ever tempt him, from the fact that the interpreter of the classics is not a votary of Gambrinus, the big-bellied god of beer. The fact has been drawn out in an interview between a reporter of the New York Suti and himself, the former being curious, like many other people, to know the reason of Mr. Carl Bergmann’s sudden dismissal from the conduct of the orchestra with which he (Von Bulow) played his concertos in Boston. The Doctor was very frank and blunt in his statement. He rid him self of Mr. Carl Bergmann because Mr. Carl Bergmann kept himself full of beer, and kept the orchestra full also, with disastrous results to the concerts. He plainly intimated that Mr. Carl Bergmann was in the habit of getting “how came you so” on beer, and he an imadverted severely upon the beer drinking teudeucies of his eouutrymen in general, and musicians in particular. Had this onslaught upon Gambrinus, who sits enthroned in divers attitudes before every saloon, been made by an American, or a German unknown to fame, the German people would have crushed him with the epithet of mucker or wesser-sempel, or some other equally opprobious name, significant of the German hatred of water But this time it comes from a man who is a rep resentative German musician, who has made German music more famous than ever, and who is destined to go down to posterity by the side of Liszt, Tau sig, and the other great German pian ists, and to be chronicled in the ency clopedias, by the side of Wagner, Raft, Brahms, and the other representatives of the modern German school of music. He is not a mucker or a wasser sempel, and he cannot be extinguished with an epithet. His protest is in the nature of a deflant attack upon an almost universal habit among German musicians, and it has come in good time. It is pleasant to reflect that Yon Bulow is capable of making good his statement. He is not a man addicted to swan songs or Peuserosos. He does not belong to tho tender-eyed, melan choly, sentimental class of musicians who play to feminine hearts. He plays to men’s heads. His music is the music of brains ; he is aggressive and war like, fond of combat as Wagner him self, and hurls defiance at his own countrymen as promptly as he hurled his thunderbolts at Verdi and the Italian school, recently. He is the Bis marck of music. The German beer drinkers will not make an open assault upon him. They may probably adopt the underhand German system of cliquing against him, however, which is a favorite system with the average German musician. Against beer as an element of Gemu otliohkoit no esooptiono will probably be taken, but we contend that beer as an element of music has always been its bane in Chicago, as well as else where. Beer drove Carl Bergmann himself out of this city years ago. Beer cliqued against Henry Ahner and ruined him. Beer drove Grosscurth into his grave one stormy winter day, and not a beer-drinker followed him to his last resting place. Beer killed Carl Anschurtz, one of the brightest and best German musicians this country has ever had; and it was reserved for Theodore Thomas, who is not a beer drinker, to defend him on one occasion when he was not able to defend him self from the cowardly attack of beer drinking German musicians. Beer has driven some of our best home players into concert saloons. It has been the bane of our saengerfests, and has hindered the progress of Ger man music in this city. It has ruined more voices than all other causes com bined. When Theodore Thomas or ganized the Cincinnati festivals, he banished beer from them, and speedily aroused the opposition of the beer cliques, which manifested itself in various underhaud ways. Thomas crushed it at tho first festival, and it did not l’aise its head at the second. But we need not specify instances. The distinction between a violinist and a beer-fiddler is well known to everyone having dealings with musicians. No society that makes beer since quanon of music can succeed. The proofs of this are strewn all along the musical history of Chicago, and every other city, and it is for this reason more than any other that to-day the German musical societies of this city are inferior to the American. Dr. Yon Bulow is not alone in his opposition to beer as an essential of music. He has a most worthy coad jutor in Theodore Thomas, and it is somewhat remarkable that, up to this time, negotiations for their union have not been successful. There are other German musicians who are not ready to admit that beer guzzling is necessary to music. At the same time, now that Yon Bulow has taken so decided a stand against beer, he may expect to find the cliques working against him as they have worked against Mr. Thomas. He has the consolation, however, of knowing that he can appeal to American musicians, just as Mr. Thomas has, and that there is among tho Germans also a cultivated class of people who may not bo averse to beer as an element of sociality, but do not look upon Gambrinus as the patron divinity of music. The Gambrluus Side of the Contro versy. [lllinois Staats Zeitung.l Mr. Hans Von Bulow seems desirous of securing the reputation of a great stench-maker. In Italy he made enemies of the whole world by his brutal remarks on Verdi (who has more pleasing melody in his little finger than Bulow and Listz in their entire bodies, heads included), and in America he began his course in a simi lar manner. He comes here to make money. That he thinks only himself, his brother-in-law, Richard Wagner, and Listz, the only musicians, and the Americans—German and English—all savages, was known in musical circles before he began. But not even his warmest admirers surmised that he would no sooner arrive in New York than he would begin his coarse and brutal expectorations. “But so it happened. In an inter view with a reporter of the New York Sun, Von Bulow indulged in the most damaging remarks concerning Mr. Bergmann, though whose accomplish ments arose the possibility that a flnger-mounte-bank (literally, rope dancer-traus), like Bulow can reap a golden harvest in New York. “More than this, he abused the Ger man musicians in the orchestra, and spoke of the Steinway Brothers with To Advertisers and Subscribers. OH AND A.FTKB this date (April 21, 1875.) all editions of the Constitutionalist will be sent ires of postage. A-Dvkktibements must be paid for when han ded in, unless otherwise stipulated. Announcing or suggesting Candidates fot office, 20 cents per line each insertion. Money may be remitted at our risk by Express or Postal Order. Corkebpondence invited from all sources, anti valuable special news paid for if used. Rejected Communications will not be re turned, and no notice taken of anonymous letters, or articles written on both sides. whom he is not even personally ac quainted, in a manner which proves that, no matter how much he may know about piano pounding, he has not the faintest idea of the attributes of a gentleman. “From a New York letter to the Wesiliche Post, we learn that this ram pant futurist had offered, through H. D. Palmer and Ullman, to play upon Steinway’s pianos exclusively for $20,- 000, cash, but that this demand appear ed too exorbitant to the Steinwaya, and they refused to contract with him. Thereupon they, as well as Bergmann, are traduced by him. The basis of Mr. Von Bulow’s anger and malevolence, therefore, is not pure ideal art-interest. Altogether, he appears to belong to that class of finger artists, who, fitted out with extravagant vanity, play a role now very similar to that of the dancer, Vestris, a century ago, who was so proud of his pirouettes aud entre chats, that he considered only Empe rors aud Kings as his peers.” THE MOST VIRTUOUS GIRL. Crowning the Rosiere in France—A Remarkable Coincidence in the Name of the Queen of Virtue. [Correspondence of th i New York Times.] Yesterday was a superb autumnal day—a little cool but very flue—and all our “ highlifeurs ” went to the races at Chantilly. They were not extraordi nary, most of the horses being little known, but the great event of the day was the success of Colchique. This superb animal has for aloug time come within a head or so of winning each race for which he has been entered, and has proved a fortune to the book mak ers. The outside public made large bets upon Colchique, so great was tho confidence in him. and in each race he came in second. Still M. De Caumont continued to back his horse, which re mained a favorite with the public, and yesterday Colchiqiie’s friends were re warded, he winning the Prix de la Table, and making sad havoc among the book makers. But while the grand monde went to Chantilly, the rest of Paris went out to Puteau, to see the ceremony of the crowning of the rosiere. This ceremony differs from that of other vil lages in one respect, it being purely laciai, one of the conditions attached to the legacy being that neither the priests nor the church shall have any thing to do with it. At Nanterre the disappointed virgins maiiciously de clare that it is necessary to please M. le Cure, in order to get the crown, and that virtue has less to-do with the choice than an affectation of excessive piety. Doubtless this is true to a cer tain extent, for the cure always desig nates the rosiere. The girl who was crowned last year, for Instance, was in the habit of getting up before light to hear 5 o’clock mass before going out to dig her potatoes, and very frequently she found herself alone at that hour. Very few girls of of that age could stand this throughout the year. At Puteaux it is the mayor that designates the rostere upon reports made by scores of persons to givo their advice secretly on the subject. The girl chosen this year was predestined to wear the crown, for her name is Bertha liozier. She works in a paper mill where about one hundred girls are employed, and to her greater honor it must be added that this paper mill is next door to a caserne full of superb dragoons. Most of her companions have the reputation of being on the most amiable terms with the dragoons, but Bertha Rozier would not look at one of them, and after a trial of twelve mouths her for titude has been rewarded by a rosier’s crown aud a sum of money amounting to seven hundred and fifty francs. The selection of a girl from the paper mill caused a considerable commotion at Puteaux, the rule being to take a rosi ere from among the laundry girls, since they are exposed to temptations which can not reach the girls confined all day in the paper mill. My own im pression is that the blanchisseuse who wins the crown of roses ought, in jus tice, to have her dot doubled. The ceremony at Puteaux has been regarded as laical, but this year it has been made Republican. Lot me say, however, that this is only the second time that the Cartault prize has been bestowed. M. Jules Simon was chosen as the orator for the occasion, and upon the platform, with the Radical munici pal council, were some of the notabili ties of the Republican party. Beside them sat Mile. Rosseau, the rosiere of last year, whose virtue has not been further rewarded with a husband. M. Jules Simon made good use of the oc casion for makiug a political speech, and once more affirmed his doctrine of the “ aaiiable Republic,” first declared at Cette. He called upon all per sons present to show themselves mili tant Republicans on ail occasions, and begged them to stand up firm ly for the government of their choice. That form of government reposed upon virtue, he said, and they were there to celebrate the virtue of a young citoyenne; and then the ora tor went into the past to bring us ex amples of virtue which made Bertha Rozier open her eyes with wonder to find herself classed among the great of the earth. All this was a little out of place, but there was one part of M. Simon’s speech that was superb. He said that the reason he would not die was because his work wa3 not finished, and he had no idea of passing away until his earthly task was complete. This task was to bring about obligato ry instruction in France. Under the empire he had worked for it as a pro fessor and as a member of several com missions appointed to examine the mat ter; he had worked for it as a deputy and as a minister of his country; he should continue to work for it until it had taken root in Franco. “If we have obligatory instruction,” he added, “but a few years will close before we shall see here not one rosiere but a whole bouquet of rosieres, for the greatest safeguard of virtue lies in the educa tion of our daughters.” Here M. Simon was on the right ground. In France ignorance is the mother of vice. Of the hundred young girls that heard M. Simon speak, perhaps not half of them could read or write; perhaps not ten of. them could write a sentence correctly. In ten years’ time obligatory education would make a great change in the morals of this country. The ceremony of the day ended with banquet at so muoh per head, the Mayor inviting the rosiere and her friends at the expanse of the town. M. D, Conway has anew definition of genius. He says there is nothing likb genius in the common acceptation of the term. It is simply a mind polished until it shines; polished until it catches every color in the air; polished until it catches up and keeps on its rays of light even in the darkness, like a mar ble sphere in the night. With most men life Is like gammon—half skill ahd half luck*