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TERMS OP SUBSCRIPTION. Daily— one year *lO 00 six months 5 00 *• three months, 2 60 Tbi-Weekly— one year 5 oo “ six months < j so Weekly—one year 2 oo “ six months l oo Single copies, 5 ets. To news dealers, 234 ets. Subscriptions must in all cases be paid in adMince. 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 the Constitu tionalist office, AUGUSTA, GA. FROM WASHINGTON. Another Conspirator to be Hauled Up —Coin in the Treasury—Report of Public Printer—A Pat Take—Typos Get Sixty Cents per Thousand Eins, or Four Dollars a Day of Eight Hours Long—Suit Against ex-Treasnrer J. A. Magruder—Avery, Minister to China, Dead—Etc., Etc. Washington, December I.—Babcock received a dispatch from District At torney Dyer, St. Louis, that the next case involving a question of conspiracy is set for December 15th. Debt statement: Decrease for the month, £480,078; coin in the Treasury, £74,500,000; currency, £12,000,000. The report of the public printer shows the total cost of printing, bind ing, lithographing, etc., for year ending September 30th is one million and a half Besides this, printing Congres sional Record cost nearly £89.000, com positors allowed sixty cents per thou sand or £4 per day of eight hours. District Commissioners have brought suit against ex-Treasurer James A. Magruder, Board of Public Works and bis bondsmen, ex-Gov. A. R. Shephard, K. A. Shinn and H. M. Sweeny, for fifty thousand dollars. The amount received by Magruder and party, and disbursed by him, was e ver fourteen and a halt million dollars, A. E. Wilson, of Louisville, Ky., has been appointed chief clerk of the Treasury, vice Avery. Officials have nothing to communicate in reference to the statement that Buriel had been summoned to court to answer about the Yirginius affair. They say it is likely the information is correct. The State Department has advices that Avery, American Minister to China, died at Pekin, 18th of Novem ber, but no particulars. Caucusing for Speaker. Washington, December I.—Willard’s Hotel was the resort of a large crowd of persons to-night, a number of whom were personally interested in the elec tion of officers of the House, and the remainder drawn thither by curiosity. The respective friends of Raudall and Kerr represent each as ahead, though nothing positive can be ascertained on the subject at present, as there are only about ninety members of the House in the city. Pool Selling oh the Coming Man. At the Imperial Hotel there was a crowxl to witness the selling of pools on the Speakership. The highest price bid for pools was fifty dollars. The betting ran most curiously. Randall starting off as the first choice, betting even for him against the field. Kerr was then sold for fifty dollars as first choice against the field, and finally the field sold for fifty dollars with only forty dollars bid for first choice. The pool selling is to continue during the remainder of the week, and candidates for Clerk, Sergeant-at-Arms and Door Keeper will also come in to the scram bler hereafter. Cox in the Field, Representative Cox, who was left out by the pool sellers, is also in the field and has so far as known fifty votes to commence with or enough to turn the scale for either of the other competi tors for the Speakership. To-morrow Messrs. Randall, Kerr and (ox will meet to settle the officers of the cau cus, and to make other necessary ar rangements for the meeting next Sat urday. Fast Trains. Washington, December I.—The fast mail leaves New York this eveuiug, and will reach St. Louis in thirty-four to thirty-six hours. The present time between the two cities is forty-six bouts. Decapitation and Reduction. One dozen of the Patent Office Clerks were dismissed yesterday. Others are notified of a reduction in their salaries. Supreme Court. The Supreme Court argued to-day the case of the Western Union Tele graph Company vs. The Western and Atlantic Railroad Company, and across appeal from the Circuit Court for the Northern District of Georgia. The question involved is whether a con tract made by the Telegraph Company with the State as owner and manager of the Railroad Company, in August, IsTO, hy which the State was to have the use of a wire along the line of the road from Atlanta to Chattanooga for the transmission under certain conditions of messages on the business of the road was a contract of sale or lease. Under a subsequent sale of the road by the State, the wire was in cluded iu the inventory of the road iind appurtenances, and the State hav ing paid the Telegraph Company the cost of construction and equipment of the wire as provided in the contract, the Railroad Company set up a claim to the wire and forbid its use by the Telegraph Company, and proposed to resist by force the severance of the wire by the Telegraph Company from the stations along the road. The latter company then brought this bill and was defeated below, the Court seeming - > ad' >pt the theory of a sale as insisted upon by the Railroad Company. The Last of Wilson. Natick, December I.—The day was bright and cold. The funeral ser vices took place at Mr. Wilson’s house. Natick. December I.—At the conclu sion of private services at the house of' the remains of the Vice-President, they were removed to the Town Hall, where public and Anal ceremonies took place. The services were conducted by Rev. Francis N. Peloubet, assisted by Rev. A. E. Reynolds, Rev. J. S. Whedon and Rev. Edmund Dowse. After the bene diction by Rev. Mr. Peloubet, the re mains were conveyed to the hearse and the procession formed. The line of march embraced nearly every street in town and it was not until four o’clock that the hearse reached the grave in Dell Park Cemetery. The Grand Army Post Baud formed a square about the lot, while the military escort were drawn up in line, and in the drive-way mourners and invited guests having assembled in body, the band mean while playing a solemn dirge, the casket was gently lowered to its final resting place. Rev. Mr. Peloubet spoke a benedio* tion, the relatives and friends took a last look, dropped a few flowers upon the casket-lid and the last rites attend ing the demise of Henry Wilson, the Natick cobbler and illustrious Vice- President of the United States, were at an end. The town was crowded with people during the afternoon. After the ceremonies ended, the military escort immediately departed for Boston. The day is clear and cool. Another Herod in the Field. Kingston, Jamaica, December I. A Hiudoo employed at the Constant Bpring estate, beheaded five children from religious frenzy. ®jc Stuihlf# Cmtstitationaliet Established 1799. FOREIGN DISPATCHES. Fishery Complications Religious Troubles in Spain—Russia and Kho kand. London, December I.—The Standard says in consequence of the recent con ference between English and French commanding officers of the North Na val American Stations, it is hoped that all soreness consequent upon the inter ference of the French in the New Found land fisheries wifi be removed. Intelligence from Toleda, Spain, says the authorities have closed the Prot estant Church there and expelled the pastor and schoolmaster. The St. Petersburg Gabs says inces sant raids on ltussiau territory prove the necessity of the occupation of the remainder of Khokand. France Speaks. Paris, December I—The Assembly Adopted the Electoral bill. The bill was amended so as to allow represent ation to all colonies except Cayenne and Senegal. Spain Heard From. Madrid, December I.—Cushing is at present telegraphing a reply from his Government to the last Spanish note. The dispatch is considered very satis factory and dissipates the recent ap prehensions. Interesting from London. London, December I.—ln the trial of the Wainwright brothers, for the mudrer of Harriet Lane, both were found guilty. Henry was sentenced to death, and Thomas to seven years’of penal servitude. The Turkish Harrison in a Tight Place London, December I.—The Times, in its second edition, this afternoon, pub lishes a special telegram from Daniloo grad, which states that military opera tions are impeded by heavy snows in mountains round about Goranacks.— The insurgents are well provisioned and tolerably sheltered, while the be sieged Turkish garrison is reduced to extremities. NEW FLORIDA ROUTE. Big Dinner —We were not Invited. Savannah, December I.—The Junc tion Railroad, connecting the Savan nah and Charleston roads with the Atlantic and Gulf road, was completed to-day, and trains passed over. A large delegation from this city met the dele gates from Charleston, at the jnnetion, aud the two trains came on together. The competition of this line gives through rail connections from the North to Florida, and Southern Geor gia, via Savannah, aud also another through rail line to Atlanta, via Au gusta. A dinner will be given this af ternoon at the Pulaski House, in favor of the occasion. FROM NEW YORK. Prohibiting a Lottery—O’Connor’s Sit uation. New York, December I.—The polbe prevented the public drawingof a lot tery for the erection of a home for the homeless children. The drawing was conducted privately. At a late hour last night O’Connor’s physicians held out hopes of recovery, providing he suffers no relapse. The Insanity Dodge. New York, December I.— Scannell has been acquitted of murder on the ground of insanity and sent to the Utiea Asylum. Look Out Pool Sellers ? The grand jury made a presentment calling for the suppression of pool sell ing on races, regattas, elections, etc. FROM BALTIMORE. The Southern Transportation Com pany. Baltimore, December 1. — A special meeting of the stockholders of the Baltimore and Southern Steam Trans portation Company was held to-day, to take into consideration the best means of closing the business of the company. A resolution was adopted turning over the property to the direc tors to be used for the benefit of creditors. Total indebtedness, £120,000. Mr. D. J. Poley, President, stated that the steamers would be run as usual. The steamers of the company ply be tween this city, Charleston and Wil mington, N. C. CRIMES AND CASUALTIES. Railroad Accident. Cincinnati, December I.—A freight train on the Central went down au embankment. The engineer, Win. Thomas, was killed. The engine and ten cars were wrecked. Poughkeepsie, December I.—The steamer Sunnyside was sunk by ice. The clerk here thinks four or five per sons were lost. Roundout, N. Y., December 1. —The Sunnyside ran between Troy and New York. She sank in fifteen minutes. Lo! the Red Indian. St. Louis, December I.—A Republi can Kansas special says advices from Denver, report that troops have been ordered from Forts Lincoln and Union to the vicinity of Cameron, New Mex ico, where the Apache Indians had re volted some ten days since. It appears that one of the Apache Chiefs refused to take rations offered him by the Gov ernment Agent, aud after some words, the Indian drew a revolver and shot the agent through the heart. The af fair caused great excitement and after the Indian was placed in irons, the rest of the tribe made a general disturb ance. There are grave fears that a general outbreak of Apaches and Utes will take place. Much anxiety is felt. Fire at Indianapolis. Indianapolis, December 1. —The Round House of the Indianapolis, Bloomiugton and Wesliu Railroad burned with eight engines. Loss £75,- 000. m ; Minor Telegrams. Chicago, December I.—Senator Lo gan has acute rhumatism of the brain. It is serious. San Francisco, December I.—A dis patch from Tucson confirms the report of the defeat of Sonora revolutionists. Louisville, December L—The Na? tional Grange continues its session another week, A resolution ordering tho establishment of a Court of Appeals for Grangers was adopted. Washington, December I.—The death cf Benjamin P. Avery, Minister to China, is reported. Milwaukee, December 1. — Schlitz and Brigenthal, rectifiers, convicted of ship ping goods contrary to jaw, ajid were sentenced for four months in the coun ty jail, or one thousand dollars fine, each. A.TJGTJSTA..GKA... THURSDAY, DECEMBER 2, ,1875. LETTER FROM ATLANTA. A Political Earthquake—Chances of a Radical Mayor—The; Candidates— Reign of Burglary—Hon. Alexander Dimitry’s Lectui*e. * [From our Regular Correspondent.) Atlanta, November 30, 1875. The city is stirred up. From the bottom strata of her crimson founda tion to the loftiest point of her tallest lightning rod, around which kissfully play the blissful breezes brewed on Kennesaw’s cloud-touching summit, there are unmistakable signs of a sausage-meat condition of tilings. The even tenor of its progressive way is disturbed. There are obstacles filling the grooves of enterprise, wherein is wont to majestically roll the ponderous wheel of ennobling enterprise. The bustling populace are as so many scrambled eggs—that doubtful con glomeration of the good, bad and coolly indifferent—and need constant stirring to destroy the defects of one and bring out more boldly the virtues of the other, provided an egg is possessed of virtues. However, this is all figura tive. The fact Is, there is a flrstrate chance for the election of a Radical ticket to morrow. You see the Democrats have ju3t rocked along easily, considered the opposing party a barbarous relic only, but the barbarous relic was too busy— They hustled their forces together, and inscribed their classic names upon the registration books until the said books were heavy with the breath of ourang blossms that bloom in the midst of Africa’s burning sands. Then when Mr. Drowsy, Democrat, drew near, and over the rim of his spectacles, saw this manumit majority, his eyelids flew apart as an oyster opes his shell, his lips ambled to a prodigious pucker and he gave volumiuous vent to a whooping whistle. That escape of suddenly surprised steam was heard far and near. It was the tuneless toc sin for a terrific tussle. It wound its warbling warmth around the cold cot tages of the common cuss, and its ge nial glamor glowed in the high halls of the hifalutin. Its warming notes rang out loud and long through every street aud lane, the high-ways and the by ways, and circled the suburbs with the certainty and effectiveness of a ring worm. Therefore, as a natural se quence, there was a gathering of the clans. The proud old Democracy pro claimed in tones rivalling those of Stontor, that every man who lived un der its fair ascutcheon should register at once. liip-roaring and now rabidly rampant Radicalism, promulgated its potent pronunciamento, aud called upon its few but fearless followers, to go and do -likewise. Villainous vehi cles volunteered to transport the mem bers of either party to the registration window, and the towu was lively on this the last registration day. THE TICKETS. The Democratic ticket is composed of good men, chosen by the people. The other ticket bears the names of men who have chosen themselves and hanker after office. Possibly this last ticket would be elected to-morrow had not the Democrats worked so hard to-day. The Radical or “ People’s Ticket,” as it is called, finds many sup porters among the lukewarm Demo crats, because they say they will vote for anybody rather than support mem bers of a ring. A ring! Great Jupiter! a ring in our midst. Shades of Tweed and Sweeney, can such things be? A ring existing, with all its venomous corruption, right here in a city whose limits are almost within earshot. Ah, some people can see everything. They can see hair sprout spontaneously from the most immaculate hash. These cold-blooded wielders of Democratic influence, like the wife of Blue Beard, stand gazing down the long road of independence, and every cloud of dust reveals a ring to help them out an “impoverished condition.” By means of their foggy foresight they foresee dire damage to the great city should this ring hold sway. Poor fellows ! It’s a pity —deplorable, to be sure—we didn’t have a ring here, just to allow this independent party a chance to ring in. To-morrow will be lively again. The election promises to be exciting as the various candidates are determined. The guzzling gurgle of giu-twist and the beautiful bubble of beer will mingie with the voice of the van quished aud victorious, and the cold comforts of the city calaboose will await the bacchanalian revellers as the observing stars peep out to-morrow night. BURGLARY. So great has been the dark depreda tions of this class of our citizens that Mayor Hammock has issued a procla ma ion offering a reward of one hun dred dollars for the arrest with proof to convict of any person guilty of the offense of burglary in the night time. Between the setting and rising of the glorious sun, the burglarious gentle man stalks forth and appropriates such articles as lay within his far stretching reach. They are as thick as mosquitos in August and just about as troublesome. Every night they lessen the load of some victim and hide away to their sequesters unhung, but not unwept if uuhonored and unsung. A favorite pastime with them is to ele vate the unsuspecting window and slide in among the provisions. They seem to have quite a fancy for this kind of pelf. But they are not very particular. They would take as good care of a diamond pin as they would of a canvassed ham. Nothing as yet has been devised by which their apprecia tion of other people’s property can be effectually squelched. A good dose of buckshot might do the thing if we could only find one of them long enough at a time to try the hazardous experiment. They are very careful not to expose themselves. LECTURE. Dr. Alexander Dimitry, of New Or leans, lectures to-night fop the benefit of the Young Men’s Library. Subject: '■The Fitness of Creation for the Exist ence of Man.” In my humble opinion he will have about one hundred hearers to-night, but of that hundred, there will probably bff about two who will listen attentively aud appreciate the learned doctor’s lecture. This deep, solid stylo won’t do. We don’t care a straw about the fitness of creation for our existence, nor any other man. Give us something light and digestible something jn keeping with the age. Let the few whoge tagtes incline to the solving of unsoluable problems of sci ence, the study of metaphysics, and the listening Lq of musty dissertations on dry subjects, go their own wqy; but when you call out the people—the great mass—give us Saxe, Gough. Anna Dickinson, or Anna-body else who can talk to us in every day talk and erase, not oreate the wrinkles on our mugs. Martha. LETTER FROM WASHINGTON. The Vice-President and Bitter Water - Hensatioual Report that He was Poisoned—The Speakership Scram ble —Arrival of Members —Mr. Ste phens Missed—Ferry's Successor — Chandler on the Rampage—Frauds —Babcock and Jewell —Odds and Ends. [From Our Regular Correspondent.) Washington, D. C., Nov. 27, 1875. The proper honors were paid to the deceased Vice-President on Friday last. Although it was a most iuclemeut day, there was a large turn-out of the local military, under command of General Emory, aud of distinguished officials in carriages, forming a most imposing cortege, which escorted the remains to the depot, whence they ware trans ported to Baltimore, where they were received with befitting solemnity. Oae of the evening of this city pub lished a startling rumor to the effect that the Vice-President was poisoned by mistake, the theory being that the “bitter water,” of wldch he partook just after he arose, contained strichnia. No one, however, credits the story. It is set down as a sensational canard. Much comment has also been excited on account of the haste with which the surgeons proceeded to make the autopsy, that being commenced within two or three hours after his dissolu tion. All the prominent candidates for Speaker and Clerk are now on the ground, each of coarso, fondly im agining that he is the coming man. It is hard to predict with any sort of certainty who will be elect ed. One man will assure you that Kerr’s hard money doctrines together with his incorruptible integrity will win the day, while others, with equal faith and zeal, will point to Mr. Ran dall’s gallant fight against the Force bill last winter, and his many claims to be a leader, and predict his triumphant election. Cox aud Wood have their supporters, but the contest has evi dently narrowed down to Kerr and Randall. Many members have arrived and more are coming in every day. It has been said that Hon. Mr. Stephens, of Georgia, will be too ill to be present at the opening of the House and may, probably, not be here at all. This will be a matter of regret, not alone to brother members, who will miss his : clear head and able statesmanship, but to the whole country, who recognize in him almost the lastsurvivor of a race of intellectual giants who flourished in the earlier days of the present century. It is confidently to be hoped the roport will prove unfounded. One of the most noteworthy facts in connection j with the incoming Hawse is that a majority of its members are new men. They are, for the most part, men who have their political reputations to make. This may well be considered a ! fortunate circumstance at this junc ture, since they can the more readily i adapt themselves to the changed con dition of our country, and therefoiA act untrammeled by the issues and political theories of the past. Radical papers have alroady begun to foretell j the terrible measures which would be 1 passed by the Democratic majority. ; They simply go upon the principle that j they (Democrats) will follow the ex- , ample of the Republicans and make ! asses of themselves, au assumption entirely unwarranted and ridiculous. No nomination has ever given more universal satisfaction than that of Mr. English, to fill the vacancy occasioned by the death of Senator Ferry, of Con necticut. In the affections of tho De mocracy, he stands upon the same footing as Thurman, Bayard and Til den, and is a worthy colleague of the noble Eaton. Z. Chandler, Bsq., recently of Michi gan, is still on the rampage. “Pip and Joe,” in “Great Expectations, ’ never looked with more anxious eyes for the return of “Mrs. Joe” than do the poor, trembling clerks await each day the dreadful tidings that their daily bread and butter has been sacrificed to the omnivorous appetite of the Hon. Zack. Poor fellows! it’s bad enough to depend upon the uncertain favor of princes or the gratitude of republics, but’ to be thrown upon the tender mercies of the ex-Senator from Michigan is indeed hard fate. The Secretary is ridding the Patent, Indian and other bureaus under his control of the lukewarm Republi cans, of all who refuse to devote a portion of the pittance doled out to them to the bribery fund, called by courtesy “election expenses”), and, iu fact, all who refuse to bow their heads iu abject submission to the Baal of Radicalism. Under the rule of tho party in power a man who accepts a position, however humble, must do so at the sacrifice of his' independence; must become an automaton iu the hands of party managers like Ed munds, and, in fact, be reduced to a mere machine. All this is wrong—rad ically wrong. In nothing is civil service refoim more needed. It remains for our party to make the change and to prove that a man may be its useful, independent servant, without being its abject slave. The frauds in the Pension Office will soon be brought to light. This bureau is said to be altogether ; the most cor rupt under the present administration. Its officers are a set of old fogies who have attached themselves to the bureau like barnacles, and cling to it with as much tenacity as those animals do to a ship. Most of them never saw a battle field in their lives, except perhaps through a long range telescope, and therefore have not the slightest sym pathy with those brave men who fought for the cause of the Union. The length of necessary to get a claim through the Pension Office is exactly in an in verse ratio to its amount, If the claim is large and there is a chance for a “make” it is rushed through like a streak of lightning, but if it happens to be a small claim in favor of some indigent wounded soldier, who cannQt afford to do without it, why tho case of Jarndyce v§. Jarndyce is not a circum stance to the delay and investigation which is deemed necessary. The “modus operandj” is somewhat as fol follows; The soldier must first furnish a certificate of the surgeon who dis charged him. If he happens to be dead the applicant has an inarease of trouble and expense, sinoe be ’must then hunt from Maine to California, to procure certificates of his discharge from no end of captains, majors, colonels and generals, all involving expense and de lay, until the poor fellow either gives up his case in despair or finds, when allowed, that fees and costs have re ducefi it to almost nothing. When a goldier applies for an increase of his pension then the heart the Pension Office waxeth glad; foy ;:hen detectives must be employed, wfio feel such a profound interest in Unde Sam’s affairs that they are willing to devote day and night to his service whefi liberally paid for it. Physicians must be feed, in order that they may certify upon their professional honor, whether the appli cant has ever, since his discharge, been able to rock the baby’s cradle or do “chores” around the house. If he (the soldier) has been flat of his back for the space of eighteen months, unable to do anything except open his mouth or wink, he stands a fair chauee, but if ho has ever been seen toting a stick of stove-wood for his wife or trundling a wheelbarrow, woe to his petition, for it is ten chances to one that it will be tied up with a piece of red string and be “cast into the uttermost depths” of the pension records, there to await the final resurrection. Tho public here are rather more than half convinced that O. E. Babcock and Orvil Grant have a hand in the St. Louis whiskey frauds. Old Bris tow is after the whole lot, aud writes to U. S. Attorney Dyer, to “ kill and spare not.” It was thought that perhaps Post master General Jewell would resign, as the President rather snubbed him in the Mississippi postmaster cases, but as the promised commissions have been withheld, tho opinion gains ground that Mr. Jewell holds the winning cards. Robeson lias been making a fearful blus ter for a week or two, but it is all “fuss and feathers.” Nobody is excited ex cept himself, and we suppose it will end, like his former demonstration, in a sudden and fearful demand for ship timber, which some good Radical con tractor will bo allowed to fill at the highest figures. The death of Senator Ferry gives the Democracy three more votes in the Senate. In my next I shall give your readers some idea of the location and general contour of Washington, together with a few comments on the manners and customs of its inhabitants, the public buildings and other points of interest. In the meantime, I sign myself. John Quill. A \ r outlifnl Smoker. To the Editor of the Cincinnati Gazette: I submit herewith a case well kuown in Bradford J unction, 0., which, while exhibiting probably the earliest age at which a taste for tobacco smoking has been acquired, may suggest something as to the relationship existing between appetites natural and acquired, and at the same time prove of interest to those disposed to observe the hygienic effects of tobacco on the human sys tem. A baby boy was weaned with considerable difficulty at the age of two years. All tho usual substitutes provided to bamboozle urchins in such cases were indignantly rejected by our subject; food was refused, and what with hunger aud constant fretting he suffered nervously and his health failed to such a degree as to occasion serious alarm. He too, from an ex cess of saliva on mis little stomach, a disease which mammas probably more fully understand than does your bach elor correspondent. For the pur pose of temporarily pacifying him, his father, an inveterate smo ker, occasionally yielded to the child’s ontreaties, by withdrawing the cigar from his own mouth and allow ing tho boy to puff at it for a short while at a time, in his own way. It was observed from the beginning that the new found substitute for the matornal fount invariably gave entire satisfac tion; the stomachic complaint disap peared; the child acquired an appetite for food, and began to thrive. But the appetite for smoking increased even more rapidly. From a few little imita tive puffs at the beginning the child grew into smoking a whole cigar a day, and increased the number until in a year or so he consumed from ten to twelve cigars daily. It was noticed that he suffered in health, suffered nervous ly, and lost flesh; and that mentally he had little of the healthy curiosity or fresh interest iti tho little things around him characteristic of children of his age. The quantity was gradually re duced to four or five cigars a day, and he continues now at that number, with every appearance of good health and bodily growth. C. Bradford Junction, Nov. 27. Iron Clads Moving. Philadelphia, Docember I.—lron clads at League Island, ready for sea, will leave to-morrow morning in tow of yesssls. which are to accompany them to Norfolk. The fleet will consist of nine or ten vessels. Among the ves sels to sail are the Powhattan, Talla poosa, Alliance, Alert, Huron, Dis-> patch, Passaic, Nantucket and Wyan clott, V* •ginia Legislature in Session. Righil >nd, December 1. —The Legis lature met in annual session to-day, the Governor’s message was read. It is a voluminous document, covering nearly forty printed pages. Sheridan Burned. Detroit, December I.—Steamer Phil Sheridan was burned. There were no lives lost. She was valued at thirty thousand dollars. Bank in New Orleans Suspended. New Orleans, December I.—The Bank of America has suspended. The directors resolved to put the bank in liquidation at once. Earthquake in New Hampshire, Keene, N. H., December 1. — Two slight shocks of an earthquake occur red this morning. No damage done. Alabama to Have a New Constitution. Montgomery, Ala., December I.—The official vote for and against tfie new constitution was counted to-day. The majority for ratification is fifty-six thousand four hundred and forty-ffive. The total vote cast is one hundred and fourteen thousand eight hundred and seventy-nine. They say it was a rare and touching sight at the Dayton, Ohio, depot the other day, to see a Democratic ex candidate for Attorney General chased through three cars by q reyolyer, with qn irate female behind it. A girl in Berks county, Pennsylvania, only twelve years old, rises at 4 a. m., milks thirteen oows, and prepares breakfast for the family. Her parents are probably dead, and some generous persons are keeping her out of charity, Housekeepers with marriageable daughters should remember that senti ment is too frail a thing to survive even a twilight tete a tets in an apartment pervaded by the smell of boiled cab bage. Of the 5,000,000 Jews estimated to be on the face of the globe, 120,000 are assigned to America, 46,000 to Fraqcp, 300 to Ireland, 25 to Norway. One out of every seven inhabitants of Poland, and one out of every twenty-five of Hamburg, Roumaaia and Austria are Hebrews. MANUFACTURE OF COTTON IN THE SOUTH. Responses to Queries. LETTERS FROM MESSRS. ADAM JOHNSTON, F. COGIN, H. H. HICKMAN AND WM. C. SIBLEY, OF AUGUSTA, GEORGIA. [Northeast Georgian.) Office of the Augusta Factory, ) Augusta, Ga., November 20, \ E. D. Newton: My Dear Sir : Your favor of the 17th, and also the paper has come to hand. In reply, would say I am no newspa per writer, as my time is wholly taken up in manufacturing. We have had a very dull time in that business the past two years, but I think we have seen the worst of it. There has sprung up a large export demand for goods of late which has cleared the markets of brown goods, and will cause an increase in prices. Tho mills I represent have sold ahead of pro duction several weeks aud are run ning to their fullest capacity, and in my judgment, we need have "no fears of an over production of cotton goods. Very respectfully, F, Cogin, Supt. Richmond Factory, Ga., J November 21, 1875. f My Dear Sir:— l cannot avoid reply ing to your very friendly communica tion of the 17th instant, and I do so with the greatest pleasure, as I am a Southern man by birth and by feeling. I have no experience as you suppose in manufacturing in Europe. For the last twenty-five years of my life I have devoted my mind and attention to tho manufacturing of cotton and wool in this State, and I have found manufac turing, when attended to with knowl edge and prudence, to be as safe as any other regular pursuit. During this period I have frequently j had this matter of makiug yarns for export to Europe discussed. I never have seen the day when I thought for a moment, it would be done—nor can it now be made a business of profit. j Aiways carry in your mind that, as manufacturers, we are highly protec- j ted by the tariff upon imports and do mestic market for what we make. The domestic market is now over-stock ed, and hence the daily lowering of prices to make sales. We must either burn tho surplus, as the Dutch did their coffee, or try to export the same as we are now doing— in which, we are aided by the fifteen per cent, premium on gold. I have no idea the first yard has been exported at a profit ; it is only a make shift to enable the factories to work and ob tain a living price in tho protected market. You may ask, well, why this state of things? I will give you my opinion: England is the great commercial power of the world. The staid and potential character of her government, the justice and equal measure of her laws, giving entire security to person and property, has made her the world’s banker. Her free trade banner has made her the storehouse of almost every production, whether it be the wool of Australia, the gold of India, the diamouds of the Cape Coast, or the wheat of Oregon—all find that store house : for consumption and re-ex portation attracted them by cheap and rapi 1 transportion, cheap money aud ex emption from all import duties. Were the cotton from the * United States, from India, (landed in the United States short bound and at as low a freight as from tho United States,) from Egypt and from the Atlantic and Pacific costs of South America, all to find a market, this being the case, is it a reliable statement to say, having the cotton at our doors, ‘We buy it cheaper than the Manchester man ?” It is not the case as a rule, very far from it. You must not rely too strongly on ootton being cheaper here than in Liverpool. Again, the English spinner can mix his cotton, (India, American, etc.,) and re duce the average of costs. Mill owner’s capital to do the busi ness, first-class paper, finds a mhrket in England to-day at three per cent, per annum, “gilt edge,” iu Augusta, one per cent, per month. The duty, freight aud charges on machinery imported into tho United States is about fifty per cent..; this brings it upon about a par with that made in the United States. Now, sup pose that an equal difference exists with the cost of buildings, and you have the situation of the Manchester and American manufacturers. The one has the cotton of the world upon the spot to choose from, cheap capital, oheap machinery and buildings and the markets of the world. The other has the blessings of the tariff and a home market. I should like to enlarge upon this and its effects upon the planting and shipping interests of the United States, and I am admon ished that this is a field for others. I enclose you a Liverpool paper, which will give you the data you wish. The yarns exported from England are gen erally thirty cents, thirty-two cents qnd forty cents, and yon wifi notice ootton being quoted at seven and a half pence for fair American yarns sold lrom eleven to twelve and a half pence equal to twenty-two and twenty-five cents. When I made an estimate for the cost of goods, J included every possible charge except interest on the capital invested. My experience hqa been, that working good potton, (which is always the oheapest), the loss is eleven to twelve per cent., aud to spin yarns, cost from seven to eight per cent. This includes commissions for selling and loss of interest, and by the same rule, to make shirtings and sheetings ten cents per pound. I have looked very closely at the returns of the model in stitutions that regularly come before the public with detailed statements, and sq fay as J can make out, this is about the cost with them, and if wrong, would be much pleased to correct it. I say nothing about cheap labor. A man at £1 per day and another £2—the one at $1 per day may be best off, as it may purchase him more comfort than the £2. Giye us in these United States good pqrentql government, just and promptly administered laws, and we would soon have confidence and a con vertible currenoy, with less rates of in terest for capital. With this, agricul ture would raise its head, and other interest, move onward and upward. And if to this free trade could only be addedj these Southern States would aoon be in a condition to export yarns to England; I fear not before. You may consider these views behind the age, but they are just what I think to be true. Adam Johnston. Office of Gbanitevillk Manufactur- j ing Company, at Bank of Augusta, >- Ga., November 23,1875. } E. D. Newton, Esq.: Dear Sir : Your letter of the ffth inst, is before me and contents noted. I have also paper of the 17th, and notice “ \Yhat we wish to know.” New Series—Vol. 28, No. 102 I beg to say that I weave all the yarn I spin, and therefore I am not posted at present on cost and wants of yarn. I will see if I can give you any informa tion on the subject in a few days. If I can, you will hear from me. Very truly yours, H. H. Hickman. Augusta, Ga., November 21, 1875. E. D. Newton, Esq.: Dear Sin: Yours of the 17th is at hand. In reply, I would state Ido not care to canvass the subject. I think Mr. Bloomfield’s views are correct. Respectfully, Wm. G. Sibley. - FOX HUNTS. A Blast at Bergh. IN. Y. Herald.] If Mr. Bergh has ever visited the scenes he describes, he must have as sociated with some very queer speci mens of the “London Club men,” or the “habitual idler.” “Feeble mind” and “perfumed body” are not pretty epithets to apply to the Dukes of Beaufort or of Grafton, to the mem ! bers of the Pytchley or the Quorn, or tl>e long list of gentlemen whose names, although they may appear in parlia mentary annals or on the lists of noble charities, are forever damned in Mr. Bergh’s eyes and subjected to his scornful vituperation because they are to be seen weekly during the hunting season in a godless sheet known to the unregenerate as Bell's Life in London, which advertises, under date of November thirteen, the follow ing “meets” in the United Kingdom, viz : Five stag hounds, one hundred and thirty-five fox hounds, eighteen harriers, all, according to our letter writer, largely attended by “feeble minds” and “perfumed bodies.” It would be impossible in the limited space of this article to correct all the mistakes or misstatements in the little extract we have given of Mr. Bergh’s notion of a fox hunt; but one can ima gine, for instance, Mr. Talboy’s expres sions both of face and feeliugs, if, after a ringing “view halloo,” “dogs, horses and men scamper pellmell after the miserable animal.” Dear Mr. Bergh ! if you had ever chanced to have had the luck once in your life to flud your self, well mounted, in an easy country, with negotiable fences, smiling along over grass land in the “first flight,” you would have been spared an awful exhibition of yourself in the way of writing about what you do not under stand. Who own a good steed they know how to bestride, Tho’ blind to the fences and brook deep and wide; With nerves that ne’er falter, whatever the pace, Let what may delight others, their joy is chace! Our letter writer, in his lycanthropic zeal, may, perhaps, forget that the fox is the most destructive of vermin; the farmers, therefore, who join in the hunts he denounces have a reason for joy beyond the pleasure of the chase in their protected poultry yards; and, really, in considering the abstract cruelty of fox hunting, it does not seem of great moment whether the vermin is hunted and destroyed by the dogs, or whether caught by the leg in an iron-toothed trap during the night, he should linger in torture until he is clubbed to death by a farm servant in the morning. It seems almost needless to defend a noble sport which has done so much to improve the breed of horses and to strengthen tho nerve and give vigor to the frame of men in England ; but it is well to remember that the grand old Duke of Wellington was a celebrated fox hunter; that the gallant cavalry whose resistless oharge at Waterloo, whose brilliant riding at Balaklava are things of history, wore led and officered by men who had learned their riding, theirgpolness and their pluck in many a hard run with the Pytchley, the Quorn or some of the hunting meets which take plaoe four times a week during the season all over the United Kingdom. Newspaper Borrowers. Time: Saturday morning, eight o’clock. Scene: The breakfast-table. A rap is heard at the door, and the newspaper is for a few moments opened before the fire. “Come, John, it won’t do to dry it long, for I see neighbor Snooks is sending his son after It,” Another rap at the door, “Father wants to know if you will just lend him the newspaper five min utes; if you ain’t done with it, he will send it right back. He only wants to see if the brig Star has been heard from, what our Tom went in,” “Tell your father the brig is npt re ported,” Home he trips, and speedily he re turns. “Mother wants to know who was buried yesterday; can’t you leud it to her just two minutes ?” “Tell your mother that all the deaths this week are Mr.——, and a child of Mr, In*a few moments another tap. “Sister Susan wants to know if any body is married ‘this week, and uncle Josh wants to know what the news is from Virginia, and Aunt Snooks wants to know if there is any more pretty stories about that Jarvis woman; if you can’t spare the paper, why can’t you just write down what there is, just ’cause I don t want to keep run ning back and forward so—” “Here, my lad, take this paper to your father, and round to all your un cles and aunts, and have it back, what ever is left of it, next Saturday morn ing at eight o’clock precisely, when you come to borrow the next,” Ten applications on Saturday by borrowers, aU sent to neighbor Snooks, with a particular eautiou to return it there when done with it. Monday morning a rap at the door, and the boy with the paper ia ushered in, “Mother says it is too much plague to keep the paper all the week, people keep com ing after it so,” Hard Times in the Gay Capital.— Paris, notwithstanding that glamour of faith which resulted from the pay ment of the Prussian debt, has come to see very hard times. Not only are the poor affected, but the fashionable world also. This shows that the cause is a deep one, Worth, the man milliner, who was to Paris fashion buyers what a General is to an army, has lost very heavily by the pressure upon his business by the stringency of the times; and though his horses prance as daintily, and ho buttons his pearl-colored kids as lack adaisically as ever. It Is feared that financially he Is embarrassed to a great great extent. But, if gossip ia to he trusted, he has lost mainly thtough the failure of fashionable Amerioans during our present panic. Logan Still Lingers. Chicago, December I.—Logan is a little better but still critical, To Advertisers and Subscribers. On AND AFTER this date (April 21. 1875.) all editions of the Constitutionalist will be sent tree of postage. AnvEEnsEMENTs must be paid for when haa tied in, unless otherwise stipulated. Announcing or suggesting Candidates lot office, 20 cents per line each insertion. Money maybe remitted at our risk by Express or Postal Order. Correspondence Invited from all sources, and valuable special news paid for if used. Kjuected Communications will not be re turned, and no notice taken of anonymous letters, or articles written on both sides. GEORGIA GENERAL NEWS. The religious revival in Athens con tinues with unabated fervor. C. I. Hughes has been appointed Postmaster of Thomaston. There were thirteen prisoners be fore the Atlanta Police Court ou Tues day morning. William Collins attempted to shoot a Mrs. Harrell in Columbus on MoiWay, but missed his aim. He was jailed. Five negro hog thieves were cap tured in Columbus on Sunday by a shrewd policeman who disguised him self as a negro, in order to effect their arrest. The members of the Immaculate Conception Church of Atlanta purpose holding a fair.’ It will commeuce ou the ninth instant. All regular practicing physicians and surgeons in the counties of Hancock, Warren, Glasscock, Jefferson, Johnson, Laurens, Wilkinson and Baldwin, have been invited to meet with the physicians of Washington couDty, on next Tues day for the purpose of organizing a medical society. Rev. Moses Brazeal, and his | two sous, Reese and Charles, Quamly Walker, Joe Solomon, Sharper Solo mon, Nat McCormick, Matt Kemp and Bob King, all negroes, have been arrested at Irwinton, charged with “Ku-Kluxiog” several of their black neighbors who disagree with them, politically. On Saturday last, Master Eddie An derson, a nephew of Colonel Alston, of Atlanta, was loading the left barrel of his shot gun, having thoughtlessly left the other barrel, which was loaded, cocked. In ramming the powder home the loaded barrel exploded, the shot ploughing through his face, putting out one of his eyes, and possiblv both of them. Atlanta Constitution: Matters were exceedingly quiet about the Executive office yesterday. Concerning treasury matters there was nothing to be gleaned further than that Mr. J. A. Richardson and Mr. W. B. Lowe were named as aspirants for the vacant office. The Govenor has given no public in timation as to whom he will confer the trust upon, but it is certain that he will select the coming man within the next two or three days, In the meantime, Captain Jones is preparing to deliver up the office. He refuses to make any public statement at present, Newnan Star: The very latest from the Brinkley case is, that Judge Buchanan, who is now holding court in Columbus, refused, on Sunday last, to hear a motion for a new trial, A bill of exceptions to this decision, was sent down la*t night by Mr. Rhode Hackney. This he will doubtless refuse to sign. A mandamus writ has already been prepared in anticipation mf Judge Buchanan’s decision, which will be presented to the Supreme Court to compel Judge Buchanan to sign the bill of exceptions. Should this be granted, it will stay the execution be yond next Friday, but it is very doubt ful. Mr. Brinkley, of Memphis, was expected here to see his brother last night. Atlanta Commonwealth: Tho num ber of escaped convicts since January last is fifty-nine, only seven have been recaptured. John Howard has lost thir teen in four months out of an average of thirty-five. j. T. and W. D. Grant have lost fourteen and recaptured four ot*fc of an average of two hundred and twenty-five. F. J. Smith has lost eleven, has killed one and has recap tured three. Dade Coal Company has lost but one man, Wiley Redding, out of two hundred and fifty-nine. North eastern Railroad have lost three out of thirty. Henry Stephens has lost six out of fifty, and has recaptured four. Fields, McAfee & Cos., have lost two out of one hundred. Henry Taylor, out of forty, has lost none. HIFALUTIN. A Specimen of Mobile’s Fine Writing —Punctuating a Windy Editorial. [Chicago Tribune.] Mississippi is blessed with a candi date for the United States Senate whose election will produce some re markable results. Senator Alcorn’s term does not end until March 4, 1877, but as the State Legislature holds only biennial sessions, his successor will be chosen this winter. Ho has aspirations himself, but probably no chances. The candidate aforesaid is General Winfield Scott Featherston, about whom wo know nothing pro or con, but whoso election, according to the Motile Regis ter, will be celebrated by a whoop which the throats of 10,000 Indians could not produce,and which would drown even the hurroos and cudgei-whacks of au old-time Bonnybrook Fair. * The (white) people of Mississippi,” says the writer, “from the hill-tops of Marshall to the glittering sands of the Gulf, from the dark, shadowy cane-brakes of the Mis sissippi Kiver to the sunny prairies of the Tombigbee, would send up one long, wild shout at the election of this distinguished citizen and soldier.” The Register says those are “golden words,” but they seem to hypercritical persons to be alloyed to such a degree that they are little more than pinchbeck. If they are oorreotly described, golden words are little better than greenback dollars. It is very easy to write such stuff. ’Even our ’prentice hand could do it. Listen. If Smith kins is elected constable, the people of Illinois, from the precipices of Cook county to the yellow mud of Cairo, from the foaming torrents of the canal to the storied temples of Nauvoo, from the flower-sprinkled lead mines of Galena to the towering peaks of our prairies, from the broad lakes that lave the reedy shores of Calumet to the bounding billows that sweep with riot and roar under the fiftean-million dollar bridge, would howl and yell and whoop and shriek, uotii axchangels faint and devils smile. There! These mu3t be golden, diamond-studded, pearl edged words, according to the Register's standard. After that, what compari son oan there be between the Senatorial chanoes of Featherston and the cou stabular chanoes of Smithkins ? A oircus is about to visit Memphis, and the Flanet, organ of tho colored people, warns them against it thus: “Teachers, tell your pupils. Preachers, impress it on your congregations.— Fathers and mothers, tell your children to U;t this show go by; there will bean other next year.” A pretty and.sensible young lady re marked in the presence of seven bare faoed young men the other night, “that it just doubles the value of a kiss to have to burrow it from under a mus tache." The next morning one of our druggists sold seven bottles of a pre paration to encourage mustaches, iu less than half an hour after opening | his store, —Norristown Herald,