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Newspaper Page Textdje Constitutiondist. AUGUSTA, Thursday] Morning, Dec. 16. 1875. THB WEATHER TQ-DA.T, Washington, December 16—1 A. M.—For Thursday in the South Atlantic and Guli States, falling barometer, warm, clear and hot hazy weather and south winds. For Tennessee and Ohio Valley, rising barome ter. northwest winds, cooler, clear weather. For the Upper Mississippi and Lower Mis souri Valleys, rising barometer, lower tem perature, northwest winds and cloudy weather. For Lake i egion, rising barome ter, north vest and westerly winds, partly cloudv and warmer weather. For the Mid dle States and New England, rising, follow ed by falling barometer, warmer weather, cloudy and snow, except clear weather in southern portions. The Tennessee and Ohio will continue falling. For Canal re gions of New Jersey and Virginia, Tennes see rise to freezing and above. Thermometer, December 15, 4:16 p. m' Augusta, Ga 56 Montgomery..... 59 Cha: eston, 8. C.. 52 New Orleans,La.. 67 Corsicana 68 Norfolk, Va....... •44 Galveston 67 Punta Rasa, Ha.. 61 Indianola. 70 St. Marks 56 Jacksonville 60 Savannah, 5a Kev West 65 Wilmington 51 Mobile 611 Weather in the Cotton District, Decem ber 15, 7:16 a. m. Augusta Cloudy Montgomery.. Smoke Charleston Clear Nashville Fair Corsicana Clear N. Orleans Fair Galveston Fair Norfolk Fair Indianola .. ..Fair Punta Rassa ...Clear Jacksonville. ..Clear St. Marks Clear Ke. West Clear Savannah Clear Knoxville.. ..Cloudy Shreveport . ..Clear Lynchburg Fair Wilmington Clear Mobile Clear Temperature at the North, Decem ber 15, 7:16 a. in. Cairo, 111 13 New York 21 Cincinnati, 0 37 Washington 22 St. Louis, Mo 45 Pittsburg, Penn . 24 Observations for Augusta, Dec. 15. 1 ima Th T r ? mo ' | Weather. TaTim 30:19 31 I Cloudy 2 p.m. 30:09 58 jClear 9 p.m. 30:08 47 iClear Highest temperature, 58 degrees at 2 p. m.; lowest temperature, 27 at 6 a. m.; mean temperature, 45.7. Depth of river at City Bridge, 3 p. m., 5 feet 11 inches. H. Bessant, Observer. Index to New Adertisements. A Card—Charlie B. Day and H. P. Tarrant. Petition for Exemption ofjPersonalty —Samuel Levy, Ordinary. Lost—A Hand Muff—The finder will leave it at 105 Greene street. Board Wanted—Address M., office of this paper. Notice—T. W. Gumming, Engineer Augusta Water Works. Twenty-five Dollars Reward offered for a Stolen Horse—J. P. Weathersbee. Millinery and Fancy Goods —Mrs. Leckie, 220 Broad street. All kinds of Boots, Shoes, Gaiters, etc., can be found at Peter Keenan’s. Matrimonial. Well, who would have thought it! But then there it stands a hard indis putable fact. Brown has gone off and got married. By “Brown,” we mean our friend Mr. B. F. Brown, the Super intendent of the Planters’ Hotel, who was united yesterday to Miss Emma N. Raworth, at Aiken, South Carolina. Well may he exclaim — Happy the youth that finds the bride Whose birth is to his own allied, The sweetest joy of life. Grand Military Hop. On the eveuing of the 23d inst., Ogle thorpe Infantry, Company B, will have their usual drill for the white plume, at Masonic Hall. The affair will con clude with a hop. The entertainment will be a select one, and invitations have been extended to the other mili tary organizations of the city. Runaway. A team of horses attached to a wagon belonging to D. Hersey.of Burke county, ran away yesterday, and brought up against a post near the Presbyterian Church, corner of Telfair and Washing ton streets. The wagon was pretty well used up, but the driver, a small colored boy, escaped unhurt. A Direct Importation. H. A. Brahe, the well known jeweller of No. 20C> Broad street, a few days since, received a direct importation from Germany, through the Augusta Custom House, of Russia leather writ ing desks, ladies’ work boxes, crochet boxes to be attached to the belt, look ing glasses in leather frames, satchels, etc. Within two days, nearly all of the small articles were sold, thus showing the benefits of having fine goods and liberally advertising them. Masonic. # At the annual convocation of Au gusta Chapter, No. 2, R.\ A/. M.\, held last night at Masonic Hall, the follow ing officers were elected for the ensu ing Masonic year: Wm. J. Pollard, H. P.; John B. Pour nelle, K.; Chas. W. Harris, S.; Wm. J. Goodrich, C. of H.; Wm. H. Rich, P. S.; Chas. A. Robbe, R. A. C.; H. Brandt, M. of 3d V.; L. Kusel, M. of?2d V.; Wm. M. Joseph, M. of Ist V.; Theo. Markwalter, Treasurer; Geo. Adam, Secretary; Au gustus E. Blalock, Sentinel. Raid on Draymen. On tne first of October, the time had expired for the renewal of dray and wagon licenses, but many persons ne glected the matter. To refresh their memories, Mayor Estes ordered the police to bring in the delinquents, and yesterday fifty-three were “brought to taw.” Drays belonging to some of our heaviest houses were among those cap tured, and the dress parade line in front of the City Hall was a formidable one. Forty-three of the draymen were fined. Rifle Shooting Prizes. In the windows of Messrs. A. Pron taut & Son, under the Central Hotel, there is an elegant array of prizes to be contested for by the members of the Richmond Rifle Club on New Year’s Day. The first prize—a silver cordial stand—is for teams representing the companies of the Volunteer Battalion. The second prize—a silver goblet—is for members of the Richmond Rifle Club. Another prize—a silver tilting pitcher—is for the best shot of the Richmond Rifle Club, to be contested for annually until won throe times by the same person. The individual prize is a silver card stand, for members of the Washington Light Artillery, the Schuetzen Corps, Richmond Hussars, And the Volunteer Battalion. MINOR LOCALS. Business was better yesterday than it has been for several weeks. The water will be shut off at 7 a. in. to-morrow for a few hours to repair the water pipes. Cotton movements yesterday: two thousand one hundred and seventy nine bales received, one thousand six hundred and eighty-six bales sold. Capt. J. S. Key, of Hephzibah, died at his residence yesterday morning at an early hour. He will be buried at Hopeful Cemetery to-day at noon. Don’t forget to go to the Christmas Festival to-night. The ladies of St. John’s Church were busily engaged all day yesterday in the arrangements, and all who want something good to eat can depend upon being well served with all the delicacies of the season. Rev. H. J. Adams was appointed to Sparta, Ga., at the late session of the North Georgia Conference, but a change has been made and he removes from Augusta to-day, to take charge of the Methodist Church at Milledgeville, Rev. H. H. Parks will have charge of St. James Church, and is expected here to-morrow. Amusements. Last night, the Holman English Opera Company performed at Girar dey’s Opera House, in Lecoq’s opera Girofle-Girofla. The plot ing and sensational. Don Bolero D'Alcaras, a Governor of a Spanish province, was a splendid piece of acting, and spoke highly of Mr. G. H. Barton’s histrionic ability. The Mou zourka of Mrs. Ellis Ryse kept the au dience in continued laughter. His voice, a basso profundi , being calcu lated to create fear, even in stronger minded men that Don Bolero. The Marasquin of Mr. Brandisi was well acted, and the part generally well ren dered. He is the professor of a very nice tenor voice. Miss Julia Holman’s Faquita was very. genteel. Miss Julia is a very graceful and attractive lady and has a sweet contralto voice. The great at traction was, of course, Miss Sallie Holman, the Girofle-Girofla. Miss Holman has a highly cultivated and flexible voice, and is with it all a clever actress. She throws a vast amount of feeling in her notes as the occasion re quires it and plays her part to perfec tion. We have seen both Amie and Mrs. Oates, but she can successfully rival them. Miss Sallie’s personal ap pearance is charming. She is a fine singer and a handsome woman. The balance of the company did well. The opera was followed by a farce en titled “ Dodging for a Wife,” in which Mr. G. H. Barton had the title role. The piece created much laughter, though we considered the deteriora tion too great. The company performs again to-night in Bellini’s opera, La Somnambula, and we recommend all lovers of operatic music to bo in at tendance. An exchange says : Cal. Wagner is coming—we can hear his infectious laugh as ringing and as musical as the tinkle of his tambourine. Bare old Cal., you have created many a happy hour, and lightened the labor of life for many a one wearied with irksome toil ot day. It comes like a summer breeze wafted from the old plantation, where, till the setting of the sun, tho one and all are busy, with the picking of the cotton and the shucking of the corn, way down in that Sunny South land, where the flowers blush and bloom, and the air is fra grant with the sweet odors of the mag nolia and the sugar cane, and no bleak Autumnal chill comes to paint the leaf with the rainbow hues, where the wild birds’ harmonies were a plaint for the toiling slave, now changed to a merry greeting, where all is free as the balmy air they breathe, way down on the sandy bottoms, or at the edge of the cotton lands, where, close at hand, the dark lagoon of the dis mal swamp lays an unexplored country, the haunts of elves that figure in many a weird romance of the freedman, thrice told around the pine-fat fire of the cabin home. You send the mind wandering back, Cal., and once again the min strels of by-gone days stand befoi’e us, and in a concord of sweet voices, sing the loves of “Katy Darling,” or the rollicking “Old Dan Tucker” and the “Camptown Races.” A score of years have fled, Cal., and you are fully as happily prepared to amuse as when first we knew you. May you ever be “Happy,” and be your vision as bright as your wit. Don’t hang your African harp on a willow tree, not yet for many a day, but make everything radiant with your sunshine, mirth and jolly good humor, and we’ll promise in tho future, as in the past, not to laugh at, but laugh with, the “King of all the Minstrels,” Cal. Wag ner. The Duello. It is unpleasant to chronicle that scandal of so serious a nature has caused one citizen to imagine he has grounds enough to demand a hostile meeting, and it is more pleasant to re cord the fact that the cause has happily been explained away. It is reported that for some unkind expressions made by a well known insurance man, an equally well known and handsome commission merchant became so much incensed as to send a challenge, which was withdrawn yesterday morning and the entente cordiale has been restored between the two gentlemen. Both the gentlemen are unmarried, ar 1 “a lady” is said to have been the moving cause of the difficulty. Later.— We understand the chal lenge was renewed last night, and the parties will have a hostile meeting at Sand Bar Ferry at daylight. Making Trade Lively. An excursion train over the Char lotte, Columbia and Augusta Railroad, yesterday, brought several hundred persons from South Carolina to this city. They left a remembrance of this visit in the shape of about s2,ooo,which they deposited with our merchants for dry goods, etc. The excursionists came from towns this side of Leesville. A Well-Dressed Lady. From head to foot there was not one thing out of harmony. She had a plain, but rich black hat, with a droop ing feather; a black silk dress and a mantle of cachemire, plainly trimmed; her gloves were of a delicate color and fitting to perfection; her skirts were of the plainest make, but of snowy white ness, as one cou. J see when she entered the car and slightly lifted up her dress, showing also a neat-fitting boot, and for ornaments she had a pale pink coral pin and ear-rings. There was no useless frippery either in make or material upon her, and yet you in stinctively felt the charm that harmony even in dress gives. The rich, warm beauty of the woman would have fallen far short of the effect if she had been dowdy or extravagant in color or form of dress. As it was, tho eye glanced with a satisfied pleasure from one part to another of her dress, and finding but a perfection that left no jar upon the most refined sense rested at last with unmixed pleasure upon the beau tiful face.— Exchange. THE COMING MAN. RECEPTION OF HON. GEORGE H. PENDLETON. He is Warmly Greeted in Augusta. True Democratic Principles Enunciated. Serenading, Speech-Making' and General Satisfaction. A STATESMAN WHO HAS A POLICY Yesterday morning several gentlemen called on Mr. Pendleton at the Plant ers’, and as he expressed himself de sirous of taking a walk to enjoy the beautiful morning, and see, in a leisure manner, something of the city, he start ed through Broad and Greene streets, and was invited to visit the City Hall. Passing into the Court room, where the Court was engaged in the trial of the Leckie case, Judge Gibson sent a mem ber of the bar to invite Mr. Pendleton to take a seat on the judicial rostrum. The distinguished visitor accepted the in vitation, and the business before the court ceased for a short time, while the members of the bar paid their respects. Judge McLaws while shaking hands with Mr. Pendleton remarked: “We have known you for many years through the medium of Harper’s Weekly, and it’s abuse of you sir, puts you in our favor at once.” The greetings of the bar were cordial in the extreme, and seemed to put Mr. Pendleton in excellent humor. After a short time, Mayor Estes entered and paid his respects and welcomed Mr. Pendleton. After a few moments Mr. Pendleton retired, and was taken in the buggy of Mayor Estes and shown the different points of interest. One gentleman re marked in Court, “well I’m a Pendleton man, and the dearest wish of my heart is to see him President of tho United States but he stands no chance; he is too much of a gentleman.” The universal expression of opinion was that he was a most agreeable gentleman. He re turned to the Hotel, and there found waiting for him, Judge King and oth ers of our distinguished citizens. Du ring the afternoon, many other of our citizens called on him, and all went away perfectly fascinated. THE SERENADE. About eight o’clock in the evening, a very large crowd assembled in front of the hotel, accompanied by Gar diner’s Band, and the band played “ Bonny Blue Flag,” “ Dixie ” aud other tunes. Among those present were ob served Judge Hook, Judge Twiggs, Col, Barrett, Major Gary, Col. Stovall, Henry Myers, Major Cumming, John S. Davidson, James A. Gray, Eugene Yerdery, M. P. Foster, G. G. McWhor ter, Samuel F. Webb and many other prominent citizens. After loud calls for Mr. Pendleton, he stepped to the balcony on the Broad street front, and after an introduction by Judge Twiggs, delivered the following MODEL SPEECH. Fellow-Citizens: I thank you most sin cerely for the honor you have done me. The music to which I have just listened is very sweet to my ear—it is dear to my heart. I was invited to-day to address the citi zens of this city upon general political topics. I was constrained to decline the kind and flattering invitation. The pur pose of ray visit here is entirely personal and private. I sought health for my fam ily in your warm and sunny South; I sought relaxation for myself; 1 sought to know my countrymen in this portion of the Union, in these scenes of their daily life; I sought to lay a tribute of lilial respect at the feet of the city of Augusta. But 1 didn’t find it in my heart to turn away from the delightful consideration of two subjects. Even had I found it in my heart to comply with the invitation tendered, I have not had the time or tho leisure for the proper preparation necessary to do j ustice to the subject before this intelligent com munity or to my humble self. Under the hospitable and courteous guidance of your Mayor and other distin guished citizens, I have spent the day in looking over your interesting and thriving city. I have wandered through these no ble avenues adorned with the very richest growth of nature. I have seen and greatly admired their beautiful vistas embowered in ever-living green. I went to your fac tory—your water-power. This has been to me a day of great interest and pleasure. 1 am rejoiced to see not only what I have seen here, but ever since I put my foot across the northern lino of your great State, business activity, energy, enterprise, pros perity. This has been to my eyes a more grateful scene than your magnolias or the japonicas that bloom in your December— old to your eyes, but to mine novel and beautiful. I rejoice in this token of prosperity among you; not so much because it brings plenty to your homes and abundance to your coffers (though I do rejoice for this), but because it shows that intelligence and virtue have assumed the reins of govern ment in your midst; that inteiligence and thrift are meeting their due rewards; that you have recovered from the disasters and suffering of the war that has passed; that the industry and system which it over turned has been rehabilitated. I rejoice in all this because I am convinced, and believe, that the prosperity of the country is de pendent on the welfare of every section— the economic administration of govern ment in every Sta'e. Indeed, gentlemen, it has sometimes oc curred to me that we have too much politics and too little business—too much discussion and too little action. If I were called upon to indicate a better course for our people, I would suggest that we have less intelligent discussion on po litical questions and more purity and fidel ity in the administration of the Govern ment. I do not subscribe to the idea that that government is the best which is the best administered; but I do say that a just and faithful administration goes far to make up for the evils of a bad system. I have this much further to say—that the Consti tution of the United States prescribes, ac cording to its principles, if properly ad ministered, the most admirable system of government that the world has ever known. , , It is only a week, gentlemen, since I left my home in Ohio. Since then I have pass ed over Kentucky and Tennessee, and have come into the Empire State—Georgia. This is the first of the old original thirteen States I have entered on this journey. Ohio—the great Northwest—-Tennessee. Kentucky—these are all the gifts of the old thirteen States of the Union—born out of their sides; and I confess that I claim my home in the donation of Virginia to tho Union. As I passed over Tennessee and Kentucky—the donation of Virginia and North Carolina—l felt as 1 have never felt before in this journey from the land of snow to tho land of sun. I felt that all these people are my people, and all these States are my country. No, I felt as I never felt before—that we are all one people, one country; that we have one destiny. We are many as the waves, though we are one as the ocean. 1 never felt before that it is the greatest duty of our American citizens so to apply our intelligence, our judgment, as to make the best, the purest, the greatest government the world has ever seen. We all should strive to add to its grandeur. I invoke you, gentlemen, to aid the people of the other States as I shall invoke them—to inculcate that loftier, purer, higher patriotism which will out all sectional bitterness, all sectional hatred, and which will cast out, as more unclean, more unholy still, all men of all parties, all sections, all classes, who seek to substitute for the ills of hatred of sec tiou that more rancerous bitterness of sec tional btrife and religious controversy. I have wandered from my purpose to night, which was to express my gratifica tion at what I have seen in your city-my thanks for the compliment you have paid me. I wish for you, with all my heart, all the prosperity that America,u citizens should have. In bidding you farewell, I wish to express the great pleasure I have received, not only in visiting your city, but in this kind and cordial greeting at your hands. I wish you all good nig it! CORRESPONDENCE ABOUT POLITICS. The following letter was dispatched early in the day to Mr. Pendleton : Augusta, Ga., December 15, 1875. Hon. Geo.H. Pendleton. Planters' Hotel: Dear Sib:—Observing the announce ment by the city paper,a ot your presence in Augusta, and of your purpose to remain here to-day, and appreciating the public esteem in which you are univeit ally held, not onlv in this city and State, but in the entire South, as the champion of good government and exemplar of ti ue Demo cratic principles, I avail myseli oi the op portunity presented, in behalf of the pub lic, of requesting that you will favor them with an address on the great, political issues of the day, at such time as may best suit your convenience. I am, sir, with g eat respect, Your obedient servant, H. D. D. Twiggs, Chairman Democratic Executive Commit tee, Eighth Congressional District, Ga. His reply was as follows : Planters’ Hotel. ) Avgust v, Ga., December 1 > 1875. j Han. H. D. D. Twiggs, Chairman Democratic Committee, present : My Dear Sib:—l have received your note of this morning inviting me, on behalf of the citizens of Augusta, to address them on the political issues of the day. I ap preciate fully the honor they have done me and the very complimentary terms in which you have communicated; their re quest. My visit to this portion of our country is solely for purposes of health aid pleasure, and my arrangements are made to leave your beautiful and attractive city to-mor row morning. lam therefore compelled to decline their invitation, and to ask you to make my acknowledgments and regrets acceptable. I am, with very great respect very truly, Geo. H. Pendleton. HIS VIEWS IN ATLANTA. A reporter of the Atlanta Herald “in terviewed” Mr. Pendleton on Tuesday, who gave forth his views on public af fairs substantially as follows: lam very positive that the Democrats can carry the country next Fall, but equal ly as positive that the Democracy, in order to do this, must be thoroughly united. With the Democracy of the East, says he, antagonized to the Democracy of the West, or vice versa, anything like a victory is out of the question. We must corn* together and make the light shoulder to shoulder, with all differences of opinion lost in some common ground of unity. Under these circumstances, there is nothing surer than that we shall succeed. Nine tenths of the people of Ohio want to see a return to a specie basis. But they want to see the return gradual and natural. They want no further forced con traction; they want to see the country reach a specie basis through' the stimula tion of its industries, the advance of its property values, the development of its producing powers; and not by tits contrac tion of its currency, which will surely paralyze its most material growth, deaden its energies, and produce stagnation. The Democrats of the East cannot ask for more than this. They do frot them selves favor a lorced and unnatural resump tion—a resumption achieved over a crip pled and suffering people. All values may be forced to a specie basis, but such an exercise of govern mental power would be wanton, unwiso and malignant. A plank, recognizing the necessity of a return to a fixed specie basis, and promis ing to lead the country to such a basis as 8 ton as it can be reached naturally, and with out violence to the public interests, would, I believe, be all t hat would be needed on that subject, in a platform that would com mend the support of the Democrats of all sections. The war of passion and hate upon the South lias been prolonged to the utter most. It has been fanned by prejudice and kept ablaze long after it should have be *n ashes, by the Republican party. When that had served its last purpose and had been rebuked by a political revolution, the mmagers of the dominant party sought another sensation, and found it in the school war. President Grant meant a great dal at Des Moines when he said, “the next war that involves th s country, if another war shall dome, will, not be fought over the boundary lines of sections, but between intelligence and patriotism, on the one hand, and bigotry and priest craft on the other.” I am in favor of making the schools purely secular; of keepiug the Bible out of them; of doing nothing or saying nothing that would offend the hum blest class of our citizens; but I should earnestly oppose tho amendments that Grant proposes on this subject. He proposes that the Federal Gavern ment shall compel each State to support a system of public schools, and conduct them in a certain way. ’lbis i> a usurpa tion of the rights of the States by the Cen tral Government, unequalled even by the extraordinary powers granted during tho war. Suppose the State shou'd refuse to levy and collect such a tax! The Federal Government would then be compelled to levy and collect this tax, with its own machinery, its own officials, and disburse it in the same way, and under the same surveillance. This would be a monstrous distortion of the fundamental plan of this Republic. If, next Spring, he finds it prudent to demand a nomination, he will get it. There are two bodies of men that Grant, has great strength with—tho moneyed men and the negroes. These two influences will re nominae him. I think he will carry every Southern State in the convention. The few votes needed to give him the majority in the convention can be easily procured in the North and West. If he concludes to demand the renomiuation, he will get it. Georgia Railroad and Banking Cos. The following very favorable report of Carlton Hillyer, Esq., Auditor, was made to Col. S. K. Johnson, Superin tendent, and was laid before th!e Board of Directors on Tuesday : The business of the Georgia Railroad for October, 1875, was as follows: . Gross Earnings from • Passengers and Mails 23,129 58 Gross Earnings from | Freights and Expr’s 119,898 05—5>.43,027 63 Ordinary Expenses... 62,471 72 > Deduct Expenses for * connecting roads,etc 10,816 37 *51,655 35 Net above ordinary expensesS 191,372 28 We have a'so paid— • For lie-rolling Iron * Rails 7,340 64 ; For old Law Suits Compromised 3,015 75 -10,356 39 Net above all expenses S>;81,015 89 COMPARATIVE STATEMENT* . Gross Total I Net or uai,es.. Earnings Expense-; | fJbflci’ncy OCt. 1874 $176,488 80 I $67,629 08 I $£08,859 72 Oct. 1875 143,0*7 68 j 62,011 74 1 -81,015 89 Inc’or dec’s 3 >,461 17 | S 5,617 34 | $ -27,813 83 The business of the Georgia Railroad for November, 1875, was as follows: Gross Earnings from U Passengers and Mai!s 23,230 21 \ Gross Earnings from j Freights and Expr’s 113,368 83—3186,599 04 Ordinary Expenses.. 61,406 21 ; Deduct Expense for - connecting roads,etc 18,098 66 43,C, 755 Net above ordinary expenses.! 93,291 49 We have also paid -i For Re-rolling Iron , Rails 6,176 42 Net above all expenses S 36,815 07 COMPARATIVE S rATEMENT. t TT TANARUS” Gross I Total I Net or Dates.. | Earnings | Expenses j D^flci’ncy Nov. ’74 | $142,801 17 $ 88,092 54 | : $4,108 61 Nov. ’75 I 136,599 04 49,783 97 | 36,815 07 Inc'or(lec’£ 6,‘202 13~r5~38,908"57 | .12,706 44 The business of the Georgia Railroad for eight months, ending December L 1875: Gross Earnings from Passengers and Mai15172,63G 79 Gross Earnings from Freight and Expr’s 541,068 77—5710,705 06 Ordinary Expenses.. 463,014 63 Deduct Expenses for connecting roads.etc 100,533 55 362,481 28 Net’above ordinary expenses.s3s4,224 28 We have also paid— For Re-rolling Iron Rails 43,256 79 For old Law Suits compromised 3,015 7a— 46,272 54 Not above all expenses .$307,951 74 COMPARATIVE STATEMENT. Gross Total Net or nates.. Earnings Expenses Detici ncy Decl’74 $793,470 91 ’564>,192 39 $’146,278 52 Decl ’75 716,705 56 408,753 82 3'7,951 74 IncTirdec $76,765 35 | $236,438 57 | $159,673 22 THE COURTS. SUPERIOR COURT. December 15th. Court met yesterday morning, pur suant to adjournment, Judge Wm. Gib sod, presiding. The ease of the State vs. Samuel Leckie, voluntary manslaugh ter, was called and taken up for trial. The State was represented by Solicitor- General Jackson and Messrs. McLaws & Ganahl, and the.defendant by Eook & Webb and M. P. Foster, Esq. Mr. Leckie was charged with killing a colored man in February, 1872. The State put up only one witness, Mr. Josiah Miller, who testified as follows : Josiali Miller sworn—My place of busi ness is on Broad street, Augusta, Ga.; have been there several years close to the Ex press office; I recollect when deceased was shot; the defendant staid at Mrs. Leckie’s; tho first thing I saw was Leckie going down the street, dray following; Leckie reigned up his horse in front of his store: the dray stopped also; the boy went up to Leckie and using an oath said, “By God you had better learn how to drive a buggy before you get one;” Mr. Leckie asked him if he knew who he was talking to; “do you think I am a do<>?” next I saw, the boy said something but I did not understand it; Mr. Leckie jumped out of the buggy and hit him over the head with the butt of his whip; the boy came back to my store front and got a dray pin, went down in front of Leckie’s store, daring him out and saying he would knock out his brains; I went down and tried to get the boy back; did get him paitof the way back; telling him if he didn’t stop using the language he was using that Leckie would bust him; he said he was a man and could de fend himself; I came back to the store; went the second time and tried again to get him back; I came back to my store again and told his uncle to get him on a dray and drive him off; his uncle tried to get him back, but did not do it; a few moments afterwards the negro came back part of the way, when some negroes came up and told him to go and knock his bra ns out; he wheeled and started back again; as ho started back Mr. Leckie walked up ! about that time; Leckie was coming up the street, and said to the boy, “What are you doing with that pin ?” he said ‘ I will show you,” stepping toward Leckie; he had the pin drawn, and Mr. Leckie fired; the i egro fell, and would have fallen on Leckie if he had not jumped: this hap pened in this State and county in February, 1872, between six and seven o’clock; did not see any one in the buggy with Leckie; Mr. Leckie was going down the street, the dray following; Leckie stopped in front of his own door, about 90 feet from the alley; the negro ran up to Leckie, when Leckie ask ed if he thought he was a dog do you know whi> you are talking to? The whip was broken; the boy did nothing when Leckie struck; he looked around, as if looking for a brick; I do not know where Leckie went; the boy’s dray was in front of my store; the boy came up and got the dray pin; my store is about seventy! feet from Leckie’s door; he went in frorit of Leckie’s door swearing he would kill Leckie if he would come out; when the boy came back the second time lie came in front of my store; Leckie was coining up tho street as if he was passing the boy; Leckie was about as far from witness as to the table; Leckie spoke first; asked him what he was doing with that iron; boy said he would show him, stepping forward and drawing the pin; then Leckie shot; Leckie shot him in the head; would have fell on Leckie if he had not stepped back; he was about as far as from the witness to the table; the boy had the pin drawn as if ready to strike with it; Leckie went down the street as if going to the store; had on overcoat; do not know where his hands were; he stop ped when he spoke to the boy; the shoot ing took place in front of the door leading into the hoi el; the boy was on the street, off the pavement; L. was six feet from the boy; I was, perhaps, the same; the shoot ing was about sixty-six feet from Leckie’s store; L told the boy’s uncle that L. would shoot the top of his head off; at the time of tho firing the boy fell towards Leckie; the boy fell about six feet from the edge of the pavement; pavement is about fifteen feet wide; L. was nearer the boy than to my store; 1 did not use the lower pait of what is now my store then; tho deceased was larger than Leckie; he was much stronger; probably twice as strong; when L.’s whip broke he could have overpowered L. easily; I had not seen L. do anything to the deceased before deceased hallooed at L.; the boy was about twenty-two years old; he was not the drayman for my store; this dray was used at my store, but not driven by him; he was using abusive language at the time; it was a little, ordi nary buggy whip; Ido not recollect L. tell ing him to go away, he did not want any difficulty; the pin in it is an ordinary dray pin; they vary very little in size; I sup pose this one would weigh five or six pounds; when he got the pin from the dray lie went up to L.’s store door; deceased was very much excited at the time: Ido not think he had control of himself; de ceased had the pin in a raised position, as if ready to strike; when Leckie shot, tho deceased was so near L. that tho pin fell beyond L; ho was cursing and calling Leckie a son of a bitch; do not know if ho called him a white son of a bitch; do not remember; this was before the shooting when the negro Wellington was in front of Leckie’s door. The defense introduced no testimony. The case was submitted without argu ment. The jury, after a short ab sence, returned a verdict of “ not guilty.” The civil docket will be called this morning at nine o’clock, and cases as signed. recorder’s court. A negro man named Bindley, who whipped his wife, “case she hit him fust,” was fined $5 and costs. Lilly Meir had her case [continued as she did not appear. Dr. Pierce.— “ Success is never achieved without merit. A man may make a poor ar ticle and sell it once. and .there being forty million people Jin the United States, the sale to each one would be enough to make a decent fortune. But an article that ho ds the field year after year, and the sales of which increase regularly aud rapidly, must have absolute merit. , „ _ Dr. R. V. Pierce, ofßuffalo, N. Y., occu pies our entire eighth page to-day with his various articles. We admit it, because we know the Doctor, and know of his articles. We know him to be a regularly educated physician, whose diploma hangs on the wall of his office, and we know that he nas associated with him several of the most eminent practitioners in the country. We know that parties consult him, by mail and in pe son, from all the States in the Union every day, and that they are fairly and honestly do It with. „ , , This grand result has been accomplished by two agencies - good, reliable articles— which, once introduced, work easily their own way—and splendid business manage ment. They have succeeded because they ought to have succeeded.” if you would patronize Modleines,. sci entifically prepared by a skilled Physician and Chemist, use Dr. Pierce’s Family Med icines. Golden Medical Discovery is nutri tious, tonic, alterative, and blood-cleansing, and an unequalled Cough Remedy; Pleas ant Purgative Pellets, scarcely larger than mustard se ds, constitute an agreeable aud reliable physic; Favorite Prescription, a remedy for debilitated females; Extract of Smart Weed, a magical remedy for Pain, Bowl Complaints, and an unequalled Liniment for both human and horse-flesh; while his Dr. Sage's < atarrh Remedy is known the world over as the greatest spe cific for Catarrh and “Cold in the Head ever given to the public. They are sold by druggists. 20 YEARS A SUFFERER—CURED BY THE GOLDEN MEDICAL DISCOVERY. Dr. R. V. Pierce: Dear Sir: Twenty years ago I was shipwrecked on the Atlantic Ocean, and the cold and exposure caused a large ab scess to form on each leg, which kept con tinually discharging. I was attended by doctors in Liverpool, Havre, New Orleans, New York, and at the hospital on Staten Island (where the doctors wanted to take ohe leg off). Finally, after spending hun dreds of dollars, 1 was persuaded to try vour “Golden Medical Discovery,” and now, in less than three months after taking the first bottle, I am thankful to say I am completely cured, and for the first time in ten years can put my left heel to the ground. lam at home nearly every even ing aud shall be glad to satisfy any per son of the truth or this in formation. I am, Bir.you ra ro S peoull^ Ll4M MDM> 87 Jefferson street, Buffalo, N. Y. dec!4-tuthsat&c [Toledo Blade. Consignees per South Carolina R. R. December 15. J A Gray & Cos, Pelot & Cole, V V Collins, T G Fields, P Hansberger, Henry E Os born, [F], Y Richards <& Bro, Leon Guerin, C F Wilman, Roberts & Cos, Moore & Cos, [BI J O Mathewson, Fleming Bros, B & Cos, 2 McCord, Russell & 8, [Ol, LW], E Murphy, F. K. HUOER, Agent, J BUSINESS NOTICES. Christmas Duty. —All those who wish to follow the time-honored cus tom o? treating themselves or friends with something pretty, as a memorial of the great festival, should call at the Shoe Store a few doors below the Central Hotel, where they can find— first, for the Ladies—those Choice Kid (French and American) Button and Lace Boots, in great variety, the Em press Buckle Boots, the Fine Glove Calf Boots, New Style Foxed Boots, Double Sole Pebble Leather Button Boots. For Gentlemen —the New Or leans and Broadway Opera Leg Boots, Congress Gaiters and English Ties, single and double soles, in large quan tities. Boys’ and Youths’ Dress and School Shoes in great variety. Chil drens’ in all shades, colors and sizes. Everybody invited to call and see for themselves, at • Peter Keenan’s, A few doors below Central Hotel. decl6-tf The Belvidere Cologne.— This delightful cologne, manufac tured by Chas. H. Greene, and sold by Dr. Joseph Hatton, is manufactured as a perfume for the handkerchief or toilet. It is noted for its delicate and permanent qualities. The lovers of the delicate and refined give it a trial. decl2-tf Gents Silk Hats—§3, $4, $4.50. John A. Wise, nov2B-tf Opposite Masonic Hall. Gents Fine French Calf and Congress Boots, $1 less than any house in the city. John A. Wise, nov‘2B-tf Opposite Masonic Hall. Genuine French Green Seal Zinc, im ported by Tiemau & Cos., for sale at 53 Jackson street. Geo. D. Connor. oclO-tf Gas Stoves at C. A. Robbe’s, Ellis street, adjoining Post Office. oct3l-tf Teaspoonkul is played out. Send in and get a cupful of Paint and a Brush, and be happy. Geo. D. Connor, oclO-tf 53 Jackson st. “Neuril.” —The instantaneous cure for Neuralgia. Depot, No. 291 Broad street. ap7-ly Plumbing and Gas and Stam Fitting a Specialty, at C. A. Robbe’s, Ellis street, adjoining Post Office. oct29-tf Economy is tne road to wealth. Buy your Kerosene of Geo. D. Connor, oclO-tf 53 Jackson st. The best White Lead in town is to* be had at 53 Jackson street. oclO-tf Geo. D. Connor. 100 dozen assorted Glass Globes and Shades, for gas lights, at C. A. Robbe’s. Ellis street, adjoinink Post Office. oct3l-tf 500,000 Segars at Wilson & Dunbar’s, to be sold in the next thirty days at prices to suit the times. No hum bugery. Call and see for yourselves. novl4-tf Linseed Oil by the cask, barrel, gal lon, quart, pint or teacupful, at 53 Jack son street, Geo. D. Connor. oclO-tf Gas Fixtures. —Gas Chandliers, Gas Brackets, and all kinds of Gas Fixtures are selling to suit the times at C. A. Robbe’s, Ellis street, adjoining the Post Office. oct3ltf C. A. Robbe, Ellis street, adjoining Post Office, will do Plumbing and Gas and Steam Fitting at as low price as any one iu this city, aud with compe tent workmen. oct29-tf Ladies, Misses, Boys, Youths and Childrens Shoes, in great variety, from 50c, 20, $1 per pair less than any house in the city. John A. Wise, nov2B-tf Opposite Masonic Hall. Nervous Debility, —Vital weakness or depression : A weak exhausted feel ing, no energy or courage; the result of mental over-work, iudescretions or ex cesses, or some drain upon the system, is always cured by Humphreys’ Homeo pathic Specific No. 28. It tones up and invigorates the system, dispels the gloom and despondency, imparts strength and energy—stops the drain and rejuvenates the entire man. Been used twenty years with perfect success by thousands. Sold by dealers. Price, $1 per single vial, or $5 per package of five vials and $2 vial of powder. Sent by mail on receipt of price. Address, Humphrey’s Homeopathic Medicine Company, 562 Broadway, New York. decs-d&cly Letters from Druggists. —There is noi of Dyspepsia that Green’s August Flower will not cure. Come to the Drug Stores of Barrett & Laud and F. A. Beall and inquire about it. If you suffer from Costiveuess, Sick Headache, Sour Stomach, Indigestion, Liver Complaint, or derangement of the Stomach or Liver, try it. Two or three doses will relieve you. Boschee’s German Syrup is now sold in every town and city in the United States. We have not less than five hundred letters from Druggists, saying it is the best medicine they ever sold for Consump tion. Throat or Lung disease. Sample bottles of both 10 cents each. Regular size 75 cents. nov23-df&ceow A Chinese officer of high rank has been executed for cowardice in battle— as well die by the hand of the execu tioner as drag out the miserable ex istence of a dyspeptic. This can be prevented by the use of the celebrated Home Stomach Bitters. decl4-tuth&e The Cheapest.— Reliable articles like Dr. Price’s Cream Baking Powder and True Flavoring Extracts, Vanilla, Lemon, Orange, Ginger, etc., that have stood the test of the best judges iu the country, at a fair price, are the cheap est in the long runl if health is to be considered. Pure goods must have a fair valuation, adulterated articles are the only kind that can be sold cheap, and many dealers sell such mixtures in preference to strictly pure articles, as they afford a better profit. decl4-tuthsa&su A Widely Applicable Remedy.— Few remedies are applicable to such a wide range of disorders as Hosl etter’s Stomach Bitters, and this not because it has special properties adapted to the cure of each—such a pretence would be manifestly absurd —but on account of its wonderfuly improving effect upon the general tone of the system, and its alterative action upon the organs of nutrition, secretion and discharge. Besides if3 well-know properties as a remedy for intermittent and remittent fevers, dyspepsia, constipation, tor pidity of the liver, general debility, urinary and uterine difficulties, it in variably proves to be highly servicea ble in overcoming anaemia, hypochon dria, rheumatism, insomnia, and many other disorders and disabilities origi nating in poverty or impurity of the blood, nervous weakness or over-ex citement, or an imperfect performance of the physical functions. decl4-tuthsat&c Some people die quickly and others seem to take their time about it. It is toward the latter that undertakers practice the greatest civility. FINANCE AND TRADE. THE AUGUSTA DAILY MARKETS. Constitutionalist Office, I 6 o’clock P. M.. Dec. 15, 1875. I Financial. New York Exchange is not plenty, but enough for demand, *t the following dis count : 2-10 for banks, and 5-16 to % to others. CALL AT THE AUGUSTA EXCHANGE—I P. M. Cotton fob Future Delivery.—Janu ary, 12% bid; May, 13 bid; 13?;* asked; De cember, 12% bid. Bonds and Stocks.—Georgia Railroad Stock, 80 bid, 80 asked; Central R. R. Stock, 50 bid; 50 asked; Southwestern Kail road, 75 bid; 78 asked. Banks and Factories.—Bank of Augus ta, 90 bid; 94% asked; National Exchange Bank of Augusta, 96 bid; 97 asked; Com mercial Bank, 81 bid; 85 asked; Augusta Factory, 119 bid; 121 asked; Langley Manu facturing Company, 105 bid; 110 asked; Au gusta Gas Company Stock, 40 bid; 41 asked. Railroad Bonds.—Charlotte, Columbia and Augusta, Ist mortgage, 69 bid; 72% asked; Western Railroad, 2d mortgage, 86% bid; 88% asked; Fort Royal Railroad, Ist mortgage, end. by Ga. R. R., 77 bid; 79 asked. Sales.—l 2 shares Georgia Railroad stock at 80; 2 shares Central Railroad stock at 50. Cotton. Tone of the Market.—Firm, with a good demand for sll grades. grades! price. Ordinary j 10 Good Ordinary 11% Low Middling' I 12 Middling j 12%a12% Good Middling. | 12% RECEIPTS AND SALES AT AUGUSTA. DAYS. REC’TS , SALES Saturday 1,365 956 Monday 1,580 j 888 Tuesday 1,154 1,061 Wednesday 2,179 1,686 Thursday ! Friday | j Total. ... j 6,278 ! 4,591 STOCKS. Stock In Augusta by count Dee. 11th..15,892 Stock last year 20,502 RECEIPTS. Receipts since September Ist 106,917 SHIPMENTS. Shipments since September Ist 91,025 FUTURE DELIVERY IN AUGUSTA. Bid. Asked. January 12% 1. m.c. May 13 1. m. c. December 12% 1. in. e. Bid. Asked. New York exchange— % offer. to sell. Savannah & Charleston LIVERPOOL MARKET. Tone—Firm. SaleS*to-day 15,000 bales Middling Uplands - 7d. Middling Orleans 7%d. NEW YORK MARKET. Tone-Spots Firm I Gold 14% Middling 13 5-16 | lixe’ com. bi115..452 FUTURES. Closing tone—Firm and tending up. January 1311-32 | July 14 19-32 February 13 19-32 August 14 11-16 March 13 27-32 | September April 14 1-16 October May 14 7-32 j November Juue 1415-321 December—l3 7-32 RECEIPTS AT ALL U. S. PORTS. ~~7~ This jOor’g week Last days Week, last year week. Saturday \ 20,071 36,368 35,347 Monday ! 48,9:18 40,646 : 30,307 Tuesday 30,772 29,192 28,902 Wednesday.... I 35,086 31,116 26,652 Thursday 24.121 22,876 Friday j 31,667 26,674 Total—4 days 134,867 1 193,110 171,358 Receipts sinco Ist September 1,761,620 Receipts same time last year 1,624,555 Stock at all United States ports 695,743 Stock at al! U. S. ports last year 747,813 Stock in New York, actual count 115,778 Stock in New York last year 140,524 Flour. City Mills. —Supers, $6.00a6.50; Extras $7.25a7.50; Family, $7.50; Fncy, $7.75a8.00. Western.—Supers, $6.00; Extras, $6.50; Family, 7.u0; Fancy, $7.50. Meats. Clear Ribbed Bacon Sides none hero Dry Salt Clear Ribbed Sides 11% a Dry Salt Long Clear Sides U% a Bellies —ll% a Smoked Shoulders none off g Dry Salt Shoulders 8% a Sugar Cured Hams 15 a Pig Hams 16 al9 Lard—in tierces, 14%; in cans, kegs or buckets. 15. Corn. Wheat and Oats. Corn.—Car load prime lots in depot: White, Yellow and Mixed, 75, sacks in cluded. „ Wheat.—Choice White, $1.50; Prime White, $1.45; Amber, $1.40; and Bed, $1.35 Oats.—Led Rust Proof, $1.25; Feed, 65. Hay. Choice Timothy—car load lots, $1.45 per hundred; Western mixed, $1.15a 1.25 per hundred; Eastern Hay, $1.50 per hundred; Northern. $1.25. Country—sl per hundred. Bagging, Ties and Twine. Bagging—Domestic—(2% lbs), 13%; (2% lbs.) 13%; India, 11%. Ties—s%a6 Twine—iGalß. Pieced Ties—4%. Corn Meal and Bran. Corn Meal —Citv Bolted, 75; Western, 70. Stock Meal—6s. Bran.—Wheat Bran, per ton, S2O. Telegraphic Market Reports. European Money Markets. Paris, December 15.—Noon—Rentes. 66f. 47%c. United States Money Markets. New York, December 15—Noon.—Stocks dull and lower. Money, 4. Gold, 114%. Exchange—long, 485%; short, 489%. Gov ern uents active. Currency bonds lower. Slate Bonds quiet and steady. New York, December 15—P. M.—Money, 4*5. Sterling quiet at 5%. Gold, 114%a 114%. Governments dull and strong; new s’s, 17%. State Bonds quiet and nominal. Liverpool Cotton Market. Liverpool, December 15— Noon—Cotton firmer; middling uplands, 7; middling Orleans, 7%; sales, 15,000; speculation and export, 3,000; receipts, 33,821; Ameri can, 23,866; to arrive firmer; sales of mid dling uplands, low middling clause, ship ped December and January, per sail, 615-16. 1:30 P. M. -Sales of middling uplands, low middling clause, March rnd April de livery, 6 15-16; do., regular contract, April and May delivery, 6%. 3 P.M.—Sales of middling uplands, low middling clause, shipped January and Feb ruary, persail, 6 15-16; sales of American, 8,100. New York Cotton Market. New York, December 15—Noon.—Cotton steady; sales, 1,551 bales; uplands, 13 5-16; Orleans, 13%. Futures opened firm, as follows: Decem ber, 13 9-32; January, 13 11-32a13 13-32; Feb ruary, 13 19-32a13%; March, 13 13-16a13%; April, 14 l-32a14 3-32; May, 14 7-32a14 9 32. New Yoek, December 15—P. M.—Cotton firm; low grades neglected; sales, 1,873 bales at 13 5-16al8%; consolidated net re ceipts, 134,867; exports—to Great Britain, 57,037; France, 23,630 ; continent, 9,639; chan nel, 2,854. New York, December 15—P. M.—Cotton net receipts, 1,656; gross, 8,006. Futures closed fli m, with an upward teudeuey; sales, 17,000 bales, as follows: December, 13 7-32a13%; Janaary, 13 11-32a 13%; February, 13 19-32a13%; March, 13 27-32 a13%; April. 14 1-16a14 3-32; May, 14 9-32a 14 5-16; June, 14 15-32a14%; July, 14%a 14 21-32; August, 14 11-16a14%. European Produce Markets. Liverpool, December 15—Noon.—Long clear middles, 535; short clear middles, 555. 6d. New York Produce Market. New York, December 15—Noon.—Flour dully and unchanged. Wheat quiet and unchanged. Corn quiet and steady. Pork dull at $21.50. Lard firm—steam, 13 1-16. Spirits Turpentine quiet at 37. Rosin dull at $1.70a1.77% for strained. Freights firm. New York, December 15—P. M.—Flour —shipping grades with light supply; other kinds quiet; superfine Western and State, $4.50a4.75; Southern Hour steady and un changed; common to fair extra. ssa6; good to choice extra, $6.05a8.75. Wheat in limit ed demand; $1.14a1.22, new winter red Western; $1.42, choice amber Texas. Corn firmer with fair inquiry; 75%a76, high mix ed and yellow Western; 66, new white West ern; 67, do. Southern. Oats about 1 cent better aud fairly active; 44a50, mixed West erh and State. Coffee—Rio dull and nomi nal ; 18a20%, gold, cargoes; 18a21%, job lots. Sugar dull and easier at 8%a8% for fair to good refining; 8% for prime; 7% for Centri fugal; refined unchanged. Molasses -New Orleans quiet at 55a61. Rice dull and un changed. Tallow firm at 9%a1<)%. Tur pentine steady at 36%a37. Leather steady: hemlock sole, Buonos and Rio Grande light middle and heavy weights, 25a27%; Califor nia do.. 23%a26%; common do.. 23%a26. Wool steady; domestic fleece,3Ba62; pulled, 20a47; unwashed, 15a33; Texas, 15a33. Pork firmer and more active; uninspected, new, $21.40a21.50. Lard closed heavy; prime steam, spot, 13. Whiskey dull and nominal at $1.18a1.18%. Freights steady; cotton, per sail, 11-32; per steam, %al3-32. Baltimore Produce Market. Baltimore, Decamber 15.—Flour quiet, stehdy and unchanged. Wheat quiet, but firm aud unchanged. Corn quiet out firm— Southern white, new, 59a58; yellow, new, 53a58. Gate firm—Southern nominal; West ern mixed, 44a45. Rye firm at 80a85. Pro visions quiet and steady. Coffee nomi nally %c. lower—jobbing lots at 18%a21%. Whisdey quiet at $1.16%a1.17. Sugar firm and active at 10%a10%. Western Produce Markets. Chicago, December 15.— Flour quiet and weak. Wheat opened unsettled aud lower but closed strong; No. 1 Chicago spring, $1.02; No. 2 do., 96% bid, spot; 97%, seller January; 95%, seller February; No. 3 do., 69. Corn—demand light; holders firm; No. 2 mixed, 48a43% spot; 47%, seller Deceui cember; 44%, seller January ; 44, seller Feb ruary. Oats opened dull but closed active and firmer; 29%, spot; 30, seller, Januaiy. Barley and Rye dull and unchanged. Pork steady and firm; $19.45, spot; i9.65, seller February. Lard irregular but in the main higher; 12.46a12.50, Spot; 12.42a 12.42%, seller Dectsmber; 12.60, seller January; Bulk Meats in good demand at full prises, ten to fifteen days in salt; shoulders, 7%a7%; short rib middles, 10%; short clear middies, 10%. Dressed Hogs in fair demand. Whiskey irregular aud in the main higher at sl.ll. Receipts: Flour, 10,000; wheat, 83,0u0; corn, 24,000; oats, 9,000; barley, 13,000; rye, 54). shipments: Flour, 5,000; wheal, 16,000; corn, 11,000; oats, 8,000; barley, 11,000. Afternoon Isll—Wheat unsett’ed and lower at 96a96% January; 97 February. Corn a shade lower at 47%a47% December; 44%a44% January- Oats unchanged. Pork firmer. Lard firm at $12.45a12.5u Jauuary; $12.60 February. Louisville, December 15.—Flour quiet and unchanged. Wheat quiet and steady at $1.05a1.25. Corn quiet and steady at 45.i 56. Oats quiet and unchanged. Provisions quiet unchanged. Pork, $21.50a2i.75. Bulk meats nominally unchanged. Lard—Ten nessee, 13; keg. 14%a15. Whiskey aud Bag ging quiet and unchanged. St. Louis, December 15.—Flour dull and unsettled and weak—little doing. Wheat dull and lower; No. 2 red Winter, $1.41a1.42; No. 3 do, $1.58a1.29. Corn steady aud un changed. Oats firmer—choice to fancy Northern, $1.15a1.25. Rye quiet unchanged. Pork dull and lower at $19.75. l ard firmer —held higher at 12% No sales. Bulk meats firm and unchanged. Green meats quiet but steady. Bacon dull and lo v\ er—shoul ders, 9%; clear rib sides, 12%; clear sides, 12%. Whiskey steady and unchanged at $1.12. Hogs slow, weak and generally lower—packing, $6.90a7.2U. Cattle dull and lower—shippers out of market, buyers de manding large concessions—choice graded steers, $4.75a5; good to prime, $4.i5a4.50; gaod to choice Texans, $3.62%a4; through Texans, $3.87%a3.75; good to best wintered, $3.5Ua4. Receipts—flour, 3,000 barres; wheat, 5,000 bushels; corn, 25,000 bushels; oats, 6,000 bushels; barley. 6,000 bushels; rye, 1,000 bushels; hogs, 15,000; cattle, 600. Cincinati, December 15.—Flour dull aud shade lower, at $5.25a 6 00. Wheat firm and demand fair; Red, $1.20al 32. Corn quiet and steady, at 47a49. Oats—Demend light aud holders firm, at 37a45. Barley quiet and firm; No. 2 spring, $1.15a1.20. Rye steady, wit,a moderate demand, at 78a80. Pork—demand fair, at $20a25. 37% spot; $20a25. December. Lard-demand good, with full prices; steam, 12% spot; 13% seller March; closing, 12% bid spot; kettle, 13%a13%. Bulk meats quiet and steady. Cumberland middles, 10% spot; clear mid dies, 10%, boxed. Bacon quiet and un changed. Green Meats inactive; buyers and sellers apart. steady, heavy, $7.40a7.50. Receipts, 14,620; shipments, 257. Whiskey—demand active, atsl.U. Butter quiet and steady; choice, 25a28. Southern Cotton Markets. Savannah:, December 15—Cotton quiet and firm; midilling, 12%; net receipts,4,649 bales; gross, 4,725; exports to Great Brit ain, 4,075; to continent, 500; coastwise, 1,105; sales, 1,657. Charleston, December 15. - Cotton firm : middling, 13; net receipts, 3.579; receipts, 3,579; sales, 2,000. New Orleans, December 15.—Cotton steady; mid.iling, 12%; low middling, 11%; good ordinary, 10%; net receipts, 14,191; gross, 14,706; exports—to Great Britain, 1,089; to France, 8,738; to the continent, 711; coastwise. 2,429; sales, 8,500. Mobile, December 15.—Cotton quiet; mid ding, 12%; net receipts, 1,856 bales; exports coastwise, 486; sales, 3,500. Boston and Philadelphia Cotton Mar kets. Philadelphia, December 15.—Cotton firm; middling, 13%; net receipts, 237 bales; gross, 1,254. Boston, December 15.—Cotton quiet; mid dling, 13%; net receipts, 482 bales; gross, 482; sales, 150. GLOBE HOTEL, P. MAY, Proprietor. Corner of Broad and Jackson Streets. AUGUSTA, Gl-A. IT Has all the Modern Improvements. Guests will receive the best of atten tion. All the delicacies served in their ap propriate seasons. Its location is the most Central in the city. Special Rates offered to Traveling Agents and Shows. Looal Boarders can find at this Hotel all the comforte of a home. decs-2m Molasses and Sugars. gQ HEIDS REBOILED MOLASSES 10 Hhds Muscovado Molasses. ' 200 Barrels Reboiled Molasses. 25 Barrels New Orleans Molasses. 25 Barrels Refined Syrups. 150 Barrels Refined Sugars. 20 Hhds New Orleans Sugars. WALTON & CLARK. dec!2-6 JAS. A. 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