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TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION. Daily— one year $lO oo six months 5 00 “ three months 2 50 Tki- Weekly— one year 6 00 “ six months 2 60 Weekly—one year 2 00 " six months l oo Single copies, 5 cts. T* news dealers, 2K eta. augsenptiens must in all cases be paid in jHvune*. The paper Will be discontinued at the expiration of the time paid for. JAS. G. BAILIE. ) FRANCIS COGltf, Proprietors GEO. T. JACKSON.) Address all Letters to the Constitu tionalist office, AUGUSTA. GA. FOREIGN DISPATCHES. France—Great Britain—Spain. London, December 23.—The Tele graph's dispatch from Paris says the drowned by the sinking of the Loulsi ane iuclude only one passenger. The rest were of the crew. The Gordon elected to Parliament yesterday was Sir Alexander Gordon, Conservative, for East Aberdeenshire, and not Lord Advocate Gordon, for Glasgow and Aberdeen Universities. Madrid, December 23.— El Oronista, the ministerial organ, states that the Government has decided to send heavy reinforcements to Cuba. British Troops in India. Singapore, December 23.—The Brit ish troops in Malacca have arrived be fore Kintah. where the Maharajaho Ismal and Lela oppose them with con siderable force. Gen. Calborue asked for reinforcements. More Suez Canal Shares to be Sold. Cairo, Egypt, December 23.—1 tis ru mored that the Khedive is negotiating for the sale of Egypt’s founders’ shares in the Suez Canal. The Government of Great Britain and M. D’Lesseps, re presenting a combination of French capitalists, are the 1 idders. The latter has ottered nine millions of dollars for the shares. The Reforms in Turkey. Berlin, December 23.—1 t is stated that the principal feature of the Great Powers’ proposition relative to reforms in*Tuikey, is that the ambassadors of i: • neutral powers at Constantinople * nail exercise a permanent control in the execution of the reforms in the provinces. VIRGINIA. Receiver Appointed--An Earthquake-- Railroad Convention. Alexandria, December 23.—John A. Fisher has been appointed receiver of the Richmond and Atlantic Air Line Road vice Buford, by consent. Richmond, December 23.—A ten second earthquake occurred here, im mediately followed by a briefer oue at forty minutes past eleven o’clock last night. Much alarm was felt. The oscillations were from south to north. The shocks were felt at several points in the State. The shocks felt here last night were veritable earthquake shocks and no mistake. No comparison can be made with any similar antecedent event, inas much as it was the first ever experi enced hereabouts. The statements of persons residing in different sections of the city coincide in the main as to the vibrations, duration and force of the shocks. A short time after the cessation of the shocks, the streets were alive with frightened and excited people. Many made their way to the newspaper and telegraph offices, to learn the extent of the phenomena, while others of a more nervous temperament remained iu the streets for hours, not daring to re-enter their houses for fear of a rep etition of the shocks, but the remaind er of the night pasted off without any further disturbance. Telegrams from various points iu Virginia report shocks similar to these. Norfolk, December 23.—The stock holders of the Atlantic, Mississippi and Ohio Railroad met here to-day and i el-elected Gen. Wm. Mahone President for five years, and the old Board of Di rectors. A Railroad Conference. New York, December 23.—A commit tee of merchants appointed by the Chamber of Commerce, to secure a re duction of freight rates from this city West to the Boston rate, met Wm. H. Vanderbilt, Vice President of the New Y>>rk Central Railroad to-day. The object for which the committee was Appointed having been attained by the reduction of rates yesterday, the dis cussion was in regard to the New York roads preventing in future discrimina tions as against this city. The Chair man of the committee was William E. Dodge. He said the merchants did not as|: for a low rate, but they wanted a peiinanent basis fixed. He expressed th* gratification of the committee at the prompt manner in which the rail roads had compjied with their request. Mr. Vanderbilt after giving an ac eotiut of some conferences held by the raifroads in relation to the fixing of a permanent basis of freight rates, de nied the report published that the New York Central Road was not protecting th<| interests o! New York city. He re; -i a dispatch from Colonel Tnos. A. Scott, in which that gentleman stated bis road would at all times act in per fect harmony with the New York lines in deciding what might be found neces- Bdi’v to meet commercial interests. Mr. C. C. Dodge staged the Baltimore anu Ohio and Pennsylvania Roads had steamship lines, and merchants order ing goods from Europe, could make a rate both bj- steamship and rail straight to the West. He wanted to know how this could be met by New Turk roads. Mr. Vanderbilt replied that his road did not propose to build or opeiate steamships, but that they would make through rates with any steamship company running to New York iu competition with any steam ship and railroad lines to other cities. Jackson S. Schultz said that one of the great difficulties of the New York roads was that the municipality of New York charged them the highest rates for every privilege they received, while Baltimore and Philadelphia granted to their roads every thiug in their power to give, and that New York merchants should labor to secure a more liberal policy on the part of the city to lines centering here. A Mexican Revolution. San Francisco, December 23.—A dis patch from San Diego confirms the re port of anarchy in Sonora, Mexico. A revolution is iu progress aud the Yaqui Indians are in revolt. Gov. Pesquiera has levied a special tax to carry on the war. The revolutionary party, it is reported, are about to invade Sinaloa. Business is prostrated. No further dem onstrations have been made by the banditti at Campo. The presence of a force from San Diego keeps them tem pororily quiet, but they threaten re venge for the shooting and hanging of their leaders in the recent raid. Couz Lopez has been in command of the banditti since the death of Gharez. The Mexicans living on the border, witb few exception, are in league with the banditti. A cavalry company will leave here to-morrow for San Diego. a i > The Border Troubles. San Francisco, December 23.—Gen. Schofield has ordered Company G, First Cavalry, to San Diego, for border service. Six hundred armed revolu tionists have crossed the border from Mexico, ®)]£ Augusta Constitutionalist Established 1799. FROM WASHINGTON. Report of Meridianal Observations— Postal News and Other Items. Washington, December 23. —Lieuten- ant Commander F. M. Green, having completed the observations for longi tude by telegraphic cable between Ha vana and Key West, has arrived at Kingston, Jamaica, where he will meas ure the meridianal distance between that place and the Island of St. Thomas, as soon as the raius cease. His pre liminary reduction of the observations between Key West and Havana gives the longitude of Havana as differing but three-tenths of a second from ob servations made under the United States Coast Survey Office in 1868. The following is a Southern special: The following agents of the Post Office Department have been dropped : C. S. Bell, of Missouri ; Henry Booth, of Georgia ; G. B. Chamberlain, of Geor gia ; W. T. Cox, of Texas ; A. P. Hug gins, of Mississippi; and Z. D. Rams dell, of West Virginia. Special Post Office agents reappoint ed, with headquarters : L. M. Farrell, Atlanta, Ga.; W. L. Hunt, St. Louis ; S. D. Brown, Louisville ; Tbornas B. Long, Salisbury, N. C.; J. R. Jolly, New Or leans ; W. P. Edgarton, Little Rock ; John Frey, Atlanta, Ga.; James B. Min uis, New Market, Tenn.; T. P. Shal cross, Wheeling, W. Va. Pierrepont says there is no truth in the report that the President favors the pardon of Joyce. Bristow decides that the costumes for the Carobellian De Kakin Society, for the procession on New Year’s eve, cannot be admitted, duty free, under the head of regalia. BOSTON. A Compliment to tlie Memory of Stonewall Jackson—Casualties of the Gas Explosion. Boston, December 23.—The bark Stonewall Jackson sailed for Norfolk, Va., to-day. Three thousand persons visited her. There was a salute and a grand ovation as she passed down. A Boston lady left in the cabin a costly wreath lettered with Jackson’s dying words, and a gentleman presented an elegant picture of Jackson, by a Bos ton artist. Six are known to be killed by yes terday’s explosion. Fortunately the draw-bi idge had been open for some time, and three or four hundred peo ple, on their way home from work for South Boston, were detained on this side. Had the explosion occurred a few minutes later the loss would have been fearful. It is supposed the pipe burst during the cold weather and gas had accumulated under ground. KENTUCKY. Railroad Accident Preparing for Mardi Gras. Louisville, December 23.—A passen ger train on the Louisville, Nashville and Great Southern Road ran into a freight train near the Short Line Junc tion. Frank Moore, engineer of the passenger train, was seriously injured. The passengers escaped. Arrangements are progressing to celebrate Mardi Gras by an immense street procession and a ball masque. Minor Telegrams. Montreal, December 23.—Fifteen hundred extra men are working on city improvements at seven cents an hour. Baltimore, December 23.—William Rose is dead, aged seventy-nine. He was one of the proprietors and editors of the Baltimore American for forty years'. Guelph, Ont , December 23.— Henry White (colored) was hanged for wife murder. Arrangements for a Centennial Cele bration. 1 Cincinnati, December 23. — A large meeting was held at the City Building to-night and initiatory steps taken for a grand celebration of the inaugural of the Centennial year on New Year Eve midnight. It is proposed to celebrate the event by illuminations, ringing of all the bells in the city and firing of cannon through the principal streets. Mayor Johnson was requested by the meeting to issue a proclamation inviting all citizens to participate iu the carnival. Great interest was manifested and the meeting adjourned till next Tuesday evening, when the arrangements for the event will be perfected. The Late Duel. [From the Baltimore Gazette.l The late fatal duel fought on Thurs day last between George E. Ratcliffe and Charles D. Tilly, residents of Au gusta, Ga., ac Sand Bar Ferry, three miles from Augusta, has attracted con siderable attention iu this city as it was stated that one of the party, George E. Ratcliffe, was a Marylander. It has been found on inquiry tbat this gentleman is a native of Baltimore, a son of Quinton W. Ratcliffe, residiug at 215 Saratoga street, and a grand nephew of Daniel liatcliffe, Esq., the well-known lawyer of this city, and a former resident of Washington, D. C. The father is now couliaed to his bed prostrated by the shock, and has heard nothing iu regard to the unfortunate occur rence, except what has appeared in the papers. A telegram has been sent to W. H. Chew, who acted as the second of Ratcliffe in the duel, and who was his partner iu business, but no answer has as yet been obtained. George E. Ratcliffe was born in this city, aud is now thirty-five years of age. After the close of his school days he became a clerk in the whole sale liquor store of Chas. 11. Myers & Bro., No. 72 Exchange Place. At the breakiug out of the late civil war he enlisted in the Confederate army, in the First Maryland Regiment, served through the whole ■war, and at its close was a member of the famous Mosby Brigade. After the war he went to St. Louis, and there served as clerk for three years. He then moved to Au gusta and entered into partnership with W. H. Chew, as cotton brokers. In this business he was engaged at the time of the duel. The facts, as taken from the Augusta papers, indicate that the unfortunate affair was forced upon Mr. Ratcliffe, his course being very calm and temperate, and ail tbat could have been expected under the circum stances. Gen. Fremont who, twenty years ago, had “ a glorious mustache,” aud part ed his hair in the middle, is now, ac cording to a correspondent, “ a little weazen-faced, dried-up old man, resur rected from his premature grave occa sionally only througn the name and the letters in print ot his accomplished wife.” FROM NEW YORK. Tramps Provided for—Ex-Mayor of Rochester Dead—A Lightning South ern Mail Train —Murder and Suicide —The Hudson River Open. Port Jervis, December 23.—The Board of Supervisors of Orange county, which fed 18,000 tramps last year has erected temporary workhouses in each town and enacted a law sentencing to from five to sixty days hard labor every tramp applying for relief. Joseph H. Dicker of the Liberty Sul livan Cos., shot his wife and cut his throat, financial difficulties being the cause. Rochester, N. Y., December 23.—Ex- Mayor Wilder of this city died in San Francisco. He was an ex-Congress man. New York, December 23.—The great southern mail route via Baltimore, Washington. Lynchburg, and Knox ville, has established a lightning ex press train, by which the through southern mail and New York papers reach Chattanooga, Atlanta, Macon, Jacksonville, Fla., Montgomery, Mobile, New Orleans, Nashville and Memphis. This fast train leaves New York daily, except Sunday, at 3 p. m., from the foot of Courtland street and Des Brosses. The longest run made by any car in the world is claimed to be made over the great southern mail route by the through palace car running between Baltimore and New Orleans connecting with the train leaving New York daily at 9 p. m. Newbury, N. Y., December 23. — The Hudson is open hence to New York. The Course of Cotton. [New York Bulletin, Dec. 21st]. On the bulk of the business trans acted since our last review, the seller has again had the advantage. The movement, however, was not very large, either in actual cotton or iu a speculative way, while toward the close the gain on values began to disappear and sales were only possible at some shading. Liverpool has been watched with rather closer attention than for some time past, and to a certain ex tent our market has responded to the variations as cabled from day to day, but the main influence was undoubted ly the supply of cotton present aud prospective. Early in the week, al though the run of receipts was full at the principal ports, an offset was found in tone of the report from the National Exchange which seemed to be generally construed as unfa vorable, but each day brought in supplies with great freedom, far exceeding all previous estimates, and finally, with the movement at the in terior towns indicating a probable con tinuation of free receipts the coming week, values softened all around. All classes of operators have been moving with much caution and there is an evident doubtiul feeling on both sides of the question, which is not likely to be settled until after the turn of the year, especially as the receipts to the close of this month are considered a good basis for calculating the extent of the crop. We think, however, the ten dency has been toward an increase of the “bull” element, based on the general statistical position and the' hopes of a better consumptive demand, domestic and foreign. let many “bears” can be found in fully as sanguine mood as ever, and predictions of the rate reach ing are still to be heard quite frequently. Iu "spot” cottons during the week there has been a fair aggregato busi ness doing, but of a somewhat irregu lar character’ and the market was at times quite unsettled. Spinners, as a rule, adhered pretty closely to the old hand-to-mouth policy, and though a few may have been hurried somewhat by the fear of losing certain desirable lots on a stiffening market, not many pur chases were made to lay away. Ex porters have been in very ’ good at tendance, and now and then evincing some anxiety, with a fair though not particularly large amount of stock taken. The attention of all classes of buyers has been largely con centrated upon the fine and choice grades, and these proving in very scant stock, have developed much strength, with a small fractional advance made from strict good middling up. Low grades, however, were not only neg lected, but plenty and freely offered, with a probability that a buyer willing to close quickly on any quantity would have been met at something off current quotations. There has been plenty of stained available also, and on this the rate was reduced pearly about per pound, with no subsequent recovery. Parcels free on board at the Southern ports have been sparingly offered, and in some cases held at very extreme rates, but quite a little business was negotiated at 12%c., 15-32d. freight, about the best to be obtained. For future delivery there has been considerable irregularity, with one or two opportunities for working up a lit tle excitement, but only of momentary character. Most of the leading opera tors appear to be “out” for the moment, waiting developments, aud the occa sional rally soon subsided for want of general support. During the early por tion of the week, after a slight break at the opening, there was a gradual working up toward a higher range along the entire line, but more par ticularly the distant months, which held its own until about Thurs day. Confidence was based on the call for “ spots,” the firmer cables from abroad and the belief that crop indications were less favorable both on private and public information. A great many “shorts,” too, linding matters looking adversely, and the end of the year approaching, were inclined to cover and withdraw, and this also acted as a stimulus. The receipts at the ports, however, were in the mean time piling up an aggregate for the week far beyond calculations, and about Thursday matters took a less buoyant turn, which ultimately result ed iu a reaction under evidences of too much cotton at all points, aud reports that the supply would be unchecked during the coming week. The Rochester Democrat tries to tempt punsters by saying that the shoe makers will undoubtedly get up a strike unless insteps some good man to bring about a reconciliation, but we are not going to be drawn into the trap. It’s enough to drive an editor insane when he thinks what headlines could be built over veracious, simultaneous and exclusive announcements concern ing the exact present whereabouts of old man Bender, Charlie Ross and Tweed. It must not be inferred that because the newspapers are full of whiskey just now, the editors are in a similar con dition. At this hazardous season of the year the industrious journalist re freshes himself with nothing stronger than boiled ice-water. AUGUSTA. GAI. FRIDAY, DECEMBER 24, 1875. LETTER FRO Jl ATLANTA. The Convention qfuestion—The Big Failure—-The Librarian Affair- School for Womei| —Xmas in a Va riety of Shapes—ll|ipless Lovers. [From Our ItegularConespondent.] Atlanta, Ga., December 22. The question of thf calling of a Con vention by the incoming Legislature to frame anew Constitution is just now being agitated by th<! Radical leaders here. The movement is perhaps one of the many strategics resorted to by the party to bring the scattered rem nants together, to iniiuse a spasm of new life, and to form) some means by which the strength oft the crew can be definitely determined! They claim that t?ie perverse and reckless elements of the Democratic party are endeavoring to make a con certed effort to induce the Legislature to call the Convention for the purpose of framing anew Constituti >n. They think iu all essential features the pres ent Constitution the i>hst Georgia ever had, and the effort to-‘supplant it by a new one comes from men who failed to get offices under it, from men who are dissatisfied with a'l political work not done by themselves, and from men who hate it because it pronounces Georgia an inseparable part of the American Union, and be cause it ordains liberty, justice, free education and equal tights. For ob jects neither wise not patriotic, these Democrats would involve the State in agitation and expense, without the slightest prospect of improving our fundamental law. These Radicals claim to have been friends of the present Constitution from its inception ; knew it was legal in origin and wise in pro visions; loved it because of its liberal ity, broad nationality and fealty to the Union it heartily affirms; that it is a standing admonition against sectional ism, partiality and injustice, and all that sort of thing. They advise their party to defeat it by entering solemn protests against the call of a Conven tion, to elect Republicans whenever they can be elected, and to do all else in their power that will restrain the ‘call and defeat the objects of these perverse and reckless elements of the Democracy. How thi.4 stupendous ef fort will succeed, remains a matter ot time and circumstance) Iu the mean time, the reckless elements should be on the qui vive. THE BIG FAILURE has at last reached a head and the case disposed of. Mr. Ball, ivho was said to be a party to the affifr, in deceiving the public by his connection with the house, has proven himself clear of all charges, and the affairs now assume a respectable shape, ’albeit Messrs. West, Edwards & Cos. have been ad judged bankrupts. Lei us rejoice that the thing is over. ELECTION FOR LIBRARIAN. The Board of Directors of the Y. M. L. A. held their usual meeting last evening, and from among a score oi more of anxious aspirants for the office of Librarian failed to elect. The elec tion was postponed. The acting offi cer seemed to be the {favorite candi date. t THE WOMAN’S v'flOOL. Fora long time Mrs. Maria Jourdan Westmorelaud has beefs laboring bv pen, and voice to organize a “School of Education and Industry for Women.” The subject attracted considerable at tention for the reason: tbat it was a bold movement for so small a city as Atlanta, and because, it was thought, it could never be of any practical nen efit. But Mrs. Westmoreland, with womanly obstinacy and' manly perse verance, has at last succeeded despite the prejudices of those of tender sen sitiveness, and last night the society was organized. Judge L. E. Bleckly, of the Supreme Court, was elected President; Mrs. Westmoreland, Vice- President; Mrs. Geo. W. Adair, Treas ury, aud Mrs. S. E. Gabbet, Secretary. Committees of House Furnishing, Col lections, Situations and Finance were appointed. • The object school is to pro vide for the education of women, to give her a home, and to lit her for all stations in life. Book-keeping, tele graphing and many other trades and accomplishments will be taught. Sev eral merchants have agreed to employ lady book-keepers who receive instruc tion from this school. May it succeed. CHRISTMAS. Tho tantalizing toot of the tin trum pet tickles the tympanum; the peppery pop of the fugitive firo-eracker gives rest to the hoots and howls of the hor rible harem-scarems who find enjoy ment in prowling around the boule vards; the harrying to and fro of fond papas and fonder manas with their pre cious loads of notions and nonsense fill betoken the near approach of Christmas. The vim, the joy, the expanse of the great day is cramped by the unavoi dable prevalence of hard times and the unmistakable absence of lucre. The burden which in bygone days was vont to bump the vertebra of frost-fringed Santa Claus by its precious weight has dwindled to light proportions and as a natural sequence there are squads of the little folk who stockings will hang to tho mantel. The merry freed man ambles noc turnally in quest of that which he may devour, but finding naught retires to his brown-stone shanty and weeps at the prospect of no Christmas, and the unwise negligence of people in locking their smokehouse doors. The garrulous goose hangs high—in price, whilst the toothsome turkey pipes his gabblo at an alfitude far be yond tho reach of the rabble. The signs are bad, and the chances favor a dull day. Even the advent of Rex and his gleaming cohorts a wakens but a faint joy. His day, which falls on Christmas, senior, will be a failure so far as display is concerned. Fact is— times are tight! I don’t mean to say that times are in a state of mental ab beration superinduced by limitless libations of the extract of Coin, but that the purse-strings are contracted aud what little money is in them must go for absolute necessaries and not non sense. We long for a c-uauge—small change. We yearn for a plenitude of wealth —a surfeit of currency that we may take the merry old god that per sonates Christmas, and have a jolly good time as of yore. RATHER ROUGH. Saturday night a couple at Stone Mountain, whose love “laughed at locksmiths and braved parental frowns,” ran away to Conyers and were made “won.” The hotel being full, they were forced to remain up all night in the parlor ! Next morning th- y came here, and were afforded accommodations at the Campbell Rouse. On Monday they deemed the danger all over at home and returned. All was forgiven, but the remembrance of sis ting up all night in a cold parlor on the first night clings with a chafing vehemence to the uow happy groom, Sox. COCK-FIGHTING. A Singular Defense of Chicken Dis putes—Admiral Rous’ Letter to the Editor of the London Times. Sir: A motion in the House of Com mons to increase the punishment to her Majesty’s subjects who indulge in the most ancient aud royal amusement of cock-fighting induces me to trespass on your columns. It has been argued that it is a wise policy to forbid this sport, owing to its cruelty. On this principle, why not make pigeon shoot ing illegal, when fat Herods, standing over the traps, slay the innocents? Why not legislate against hunting, coursing, fishing? In the latter amuse ment, what can be more brutal than impaling worms on hooks, or trolling with live bait to catch pike? Playiug with a fine salmon on your hook is a pleasant pastime, although the victim differs in opinion. Neither is there much to be said in favor of grand battues, where hundreds of birds aud ground game escape mutilated to live a miserable life, or to bo eaten by rats. All these amusements must of necessity be cruel, but they are sanc tioned by the upper classes, and the cruelty is ignored. With respect to the champion of the cockpit, is it a greater boon for a young cock to be well fed and reared to fight a battle, if victori ous to be petted for the remainder of his life, witb half a dozen little hens for his comfort, or to cut his throat early in life to satisfy the appetite of a car niverous man? And this man, who daily, is an accessory to the murder of youth in the shape of veal, lamb, and spring chickens, prides himself on his amiability, and in the House of Com mons expatiates on the cruelty of allow ing pugnacious birds to contend in fair fight, to tho admiration of thousands of good, honest men, who delight in such specimens of first-rate pluck and courage. A vegetariau may in dulge in such romance, or a Fakir who declines to wash or comb his hair for fear of disturbing a happy family. It must be clear to every man that, in this country, there is one law for the rich and another for the poor. The snob sticks to the former, but the thoroughbred gentleman stands by the poor man. In ancient times the game cock was considered an emblem of divinity by the Syrians and Greeks. When Themistocles besieged Dalmatia, he commanded that two cocks should be fought in the open view of bis army, and exhorted them to behave as these stout-hearted creatures fought. Pom ponious Mela, the historian, as serted that the Roman Empire did not begin to decline until cocking had fallen into disrepute among its governors. He proves that Severus was not able to conquer Brit ain until lie bad rendered his principal officers passionately emulous of glory by exhibiting a main of cocks every day before them. The soothsayers warned Mark Antony to take heed of Caesar, because his cocks were always beaten by him. The great Gustavus told the King of Denmark he had no cause to fear the Imperialists, since they had given up cocking and were devoted to drinking and dancing. Christian, King of Denmark, said: “Were I to lead an army against the great Infidel o#Constantinople, I would choose none but cockers for my com manders, and none but lovers of the sport for soldiers.” Our Henry VIII built a stately pit in Whitehall, where he often disported himself among his most noble and loving subjects. The dying speech of Sir T. Urquhart, who was wounded at the battle of Naseby, was: “My king and a good cock I have ever loved, and like a good cock in my sovereign’s service I gladly now expire.” A Mr. Wilson, in the last cen tury, advises all men who take delight in this delicious and pleasant pastime never to forsake or alienate themselves from it, so long as it shall please the Almighty to bless and prosper them ; and he adds that we are bound to en courage cock-fighting among ourselves aud to discourage it among all foreign nations. If cocking, which formerly was a grand sport with the great no bles of this kingdom, be now a sin, lam an old and hardened sin ner. Iu 1827, in command of the Rainbow, I brought ten English-bred cocks from Sydney to Malacca, and fought ten battles with a Chinese mer chant who had defeated all the Malays. We won every battle, and I would go two hundred miles to see a main be tween tho Cheshire Piles aud the Lan cashire Black-breasted Reds, if there was no legal prohibition. Any amuse ment which creates alliances and aug ments friendly acquaintance adds to the strength of the Empire, for united wo stand; and the monotony of human life is relieved by every salutary diver sion.” I finish by a quotation from an ancient writer: “We, in our short-sighted wisdom, deem ourselves superior to our pro genitors, and ridicule their pastimes and pursuits, forgettiug that in a few years another generation will hustle us off the stage, and will revenge our treatment of our ancestors by treating us with similar indignity.” H. J. Rous, Admiral. Haven and Grant—Mr. Lafferty’s Opinion of Them. — The Richmond cor respondent of the New York Herald furnished his paper with a number of interviews with Richmond ministers in reference to Haven’s renomination of Grant, and among them the following from the Rev. J. J. Lafferty, of Rich mond : “My opinion of Bishop Haven’s nomination of General Grant is that it is bad for Haven and bad for Grant. Now, Haven is a nuisance at home anti abroad. His ambition is notoriety aud nastiness. He is a condensed can-can in a white cravat. He pirouettes at any angle to tickle the pit. His measure of success is the blushes of decency. Grant has a bad groom in Haven. The Bishop has damaged the third term. Haven has no following among his church. He disgusts the men of con sequence among them. They must now submit to be tarred with the same stick and confess themselves a gang of politicians, or deodorize the church and lustrate its altar. If Haven’s church don’t echo his blast for Grant, then Grant’s fugleman has ‘done it just ono time too often, Samivel,’ Gilbert Haven hag struck the wrong end of the match.” Irishmen in South America. —lt is not generally known that there is a large and prosperous Irish settlement in the Argentine Republic, in South America. In one of the provinces, Bqenos Ayres, there is a population of nearly four hundred thousand, of which nearly half is Irish. It is a rich grazing country, and the most extensive farm ers in the province are Irishmen, who hold immense tracts of land arid carry on a wool trade that rivals Australia. In 1869 they clipped one hundred million pounds of wool,—| Boston Pilot, GEORGIA GENERAL NEWS. Two negroes had a stabbmg affray in Atlanta Wednesday night. The Fair of the Ladies Memorial Association at Thomson was a com plete success. The ladies of the Atlauta Benevolent Association giving a dinner to the poor. Macon is still troubled with burg lars. One of the burglars, a negro, has been arrested. A plaint comes from Columbus that the Court House is solemn and still as a graveyard. Bishop Doggett, of the M. E. Church South has gone to Virginia and Bishop Keener to New Orleans. Mrs. Mary J. Cowles, aged fifty-five years, died at her residence in Thomson Saturday morning of pneumonia. Toccoa has received up to date 2,725 bales of cottou; shipped, 2,134 ; on hand, 231; prices quoted, 11%@12. Henry Wright, a burglar, broke jail in Stewart county and escaped to Co* iambus, where he was captured. Since Frank J. Cohen assumed con trol of the local columns of the Rome Commercial a marked improvement is perceptible. The monumental festival at Colum bus has proved a grand success, as such affairs usually do when the man agement is entrusted to the fair sex. Nevvnan Hicks, of the Georgia Rail road, shipped yesterday one hundred aud fifty tons of re-rolled rails to a point below Covington to replace old rails there. The track of the Georgia Rail road is in splendid order. — Atlanta Con stitution 23 d inst. The Muscogee county grand jury having recommended the purchase of a pack of “ track dogs ” for the pur pose of hunting offenders against the law, the newspapers of that section very properly condemns such a pro cedure. Griffin News: We saw a young man yesterday who had attended to his business closely this year, and the re sult is tbat, with two hands, he is out of dobt, has plenty of corn and meat aud twelve bales of cotton left. This is the kind of farming that pays. The Atlanta Republican says that Mr. Akerinan demanded a trial of “Gen.” Joe Morris, tne negro said to be the leader of the late insurrectionary movement, but the Solicitor General announced tbat he had no case against the prisoner iu that matter, and there fore he was not prosecuted. Morris is said to be still held in jail at Sanders ville charged with an offense commit ted in another county. SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS. Gen. M. C. Butler and Col. F. W. Ca pers will address the people at Edge field Court House on the first Monday in January. The young men of Greenville will celebrate Christmas by a prize pigeon match. The ladies of the Catholic Church at Sumter have inaugurated a Christmas Fair for the benefit of their church. It will continue all the week. The dwelling house of James Bland ing, in the fork of Black river, Claren don county, was destroyed by fire on the 9th instant, together with its entire contents. At the late session of the State Council, F. of TANARUS., held at Florence, Mr. H. W. Finlayson was appointed Dis trict Vice President for Cherterfield county, in place of Rev. J. E. Carlisle resigned. The gin house of Mr. John Frost, six miles from Sumter, was destroyed by the incendiary’s torch, Monday night, between nine and ten o’clock, together with fourteen bales of cotton, cotton seed gin and other contents. Wm. R. Oake, a soldier of the 26th lowa Infantry, who was with Sherman’s army when it passed through Cheraw in 1865, writes to the postmaster at that place to say that he has a cap tured and abandoned Bible which he is desirous of returning to the owner. On Wednesday of last week Lorenzo Thomas shot and killed Angus Mc- Quage, both white men, on the Charles Irby place, iu Marlboro’ county. The parties became involved in a difficulty growing out of the loss of some cotton, which Thomas accused McQuage’s brother-in-law of stealing. After a tussle the parties separated, and Mc- Quage went off a short distance, picked up an axe and started back towards Thomas. As he was advancing Thomas shot him, the ball entering his body just below the breast bone and coming out behind. After being shot McQuage continued to advance, and knocked Thomas down twice with the axe. He then walked off a short distance and fell dead. lSpecial Dispatch to the News and Courier.] Columbia, December 22.—The wildest excitement prevails among the Radi cals to-day, and threats and curses of the bitterest kind are hurled at Gov. Chamberlain. No direct or organized action, either in or out of the Legisla ture, has been taken, although the ex tremists talk wildly of impeachment, and suggest all manner of means by which they may bend or break the in flexible Governor. But he is still too strong, in the House and Senate, for those threats to take tangible form. Moses deolares his intention of imme diately suing out a writ of mandamus in the Supreme Court, to compel the Governor to issue his commission. To add to the discomfiture and rage of the Radical crew, already wrought up to a pitch of desperation by the re fusal of the Governor to commission Whipper and Moses, the Governor signed the supply bill to-day, without returning the Little Bonanza. There was a howl of rage when they found that their game was blocked again, and even after the calendars were cleared and the work all disposed of, both Houses hung on until 5, p. m., in the hope that their cherished Little Bonanza would come back to them as a law. No such luck was in store for them. The Governor remained ominous ly silent, and instead of adjourning for the holidays as was expected, both Houses have adjourned till to-morrow. If the Governor vetoes the Bonanza bill.it will be on the ground that the Legislature violated their part of the understanding, in raising the tax and in smothering the Big Bonanza. the bill is vetoed, the Radicals will use every esbrt tq pass it over the veto. They no longer conceal their warlike intentions. They mean to light the Governor to the deatfi. Leslie’s Bonanza, the Barnwell- Rlaokvillo bill, also remains unsigned, and will be vetoed without doubt. The great question is, can the Governor be sustained, and every exertion is losing made by the Conservatives to collect their abseqt members New Series—Vol. 28, No. 121 A ROYAL STORY. The Princess Louise and Canon Duck worth —AnObdurate Girl—The Hand-" some Tutor —A Queen Perplexed— How the Marquis of Lome Married, and How an American Girl Didn’t— Lome’s Troubles. jßoston Herald.] The Departure of the Rev. Canon Dnckworth, A. M., for India, as a mem ber of the Prince of Wales’ suite and chaplain to the royal party, bears no particular outward significance, but his appointment to that coveted position recalls reflections, in which love, con vents, a girl’s hot-headedness, a man’s firmness in honorable decision, a forced marriage and marital misery for one, and gradual promotion and honor for the other, in a sovereign’s displeasure and approval, form the warp and woof upon which the story weaves. In its details it may be near to you. The Princess Louise, before she became the Marchioness of Lorne, and while yet under the immediate eye of her royal mother, was found a tutor iu the person of a rather obscure yet thoroughly in tellectual curate, the Rev. Mr. Duck worth, A. M. He was then, as he is now, A YOUNG AND FASCINATING MAN, with dark eyes and hair, winning man ners and soft voice. A fine vocalist, everything aesthetic found in him a cor dial patron, and he was in great favor with the royal family, the younger branches of which were under his care. Asa consequence, the handsome prin cess was soon much more engrossed with thoughts of her tutor and his well-cut face than pages of philosophy or intricato tenses of verbs. Her feel ings ripened into affection, which she did not hesitate to show. While in Scotland she, frequently, in company with her brother Arthur, Duke of Con naught, visited her tutor at his humble inn, and after taking tea the evening would pleasantly pass iu singing and social conversation, a proceeding harm less enough iu its way if the young lady was not a royal princess and guided by an affection for her tutor which she has sought to gratify. This love soon became too potent and toS strong for the curate’s sense of proprie ty, and he considered, in view of the circumstances, that it was his duty to inform the Queen. This he did iu a delicately worded letter, in which, with consummate art, he tried to shield his pupil as far as possible, but suggested another tutor for the Princess should be procured at once. The Queen was very much troubled at the hint contained in Mr. Duckworth’s brave communication, and when the Princess was called and spoken to, the strength of her passion showed itself as she declared that she would “either marry him or go into a convent.” Her manner of saying and firmness in maintaining it left no shadow of doubt as to her intent in the matter. Her love was her life, and in it she determ ined to cast her destiny. There seem ed indeed no loop-hole through which influences might be directed with a view of changing her determination. The Queen was in a quandary, the royal mind perplexed for a royal fate. There was no unmarried Prince in Europe with which England cared to wed. Majesty and its advisers were floored. The matter of marrying the curate was, of course, out of the question, and the question of a couvant was soberly considered. At Cluer there is situated a convent conducted by the high churchwnterest in the Church of England, and so high as to be almost out of sight to an ordinary church man. The discip line is extraordinarily strict, the life monastic in form and rigid in daily duty. In fact, it seems to have been a convent kept from forgotten centuries of ancient England. It is, of course, headed by a mother superior. To this establishment the Queen determined to go and examine into its system, so if the worst came to the worst, aud Louise should seek a eonvent, the place would have been decided on. Commands were given to the mother superior that the visit should be kept a profound secret. No sister was to know who the guest was within the convent walls. JSo her Majesty came, and while examining into the convent discipline, a sister passed in one of the long covered corridors, and in passing made the most profound obeisance, bending nearly to the ground. The Queen, turning quickly to the mother superior, said: I thought I commanded that my visit should be unknown to any one.” “ Your orders have been obeyed ; the reverence made by the sister was to me as superior of theorder ; no one knows of your Majesty’s visit.” This incident aud answer were hardly calculated to pour oil on a troubled conscience, but whether it had any de termining influence is not known. In the meantime the plan of marrying the love-smitten princess to a nobleman had been broached and considered feasible, if the groom to be captured was of sufficient rank. Of necessity it must be the eldest son of a duke, the heir to the highest nobility next to the orown. The plan approved, the young men obtainable were talked over. Whether the young noblemen then in London knew of the queen’s intentions, is not known outside, but oertainly their ac tions at the time of the Queen’s return from Cluer and the consideration of the plan of marriage would confirm that supposition. Lord Hamilton, the future Duke of Abercopn, started for Ireland, and his engagement to Miss Curaen, who was staying at his father’s residence, was immediately announced. Lord Hartiugtou, the Duke of Devon shire that is to be, and the oomiug Duke of Kent, also left London. THE MARQUIS OF LORNE alone remained, and he was summoned to the royal presence. As the coming Duke of Argyll, the highest of Scottish nobility, he was far better for rank than any half-penny prince of a two-penny principality. Then the marriage might l>e turned to account in cementing the loyalty of the Scotch to the fortunes of the crown. So, as a sequal after a proper time, the Duke ot Argyll be came royalty's father-in-law. The princess was argued and pushed into consent, not being very enthusiastic. The announcement was received in va rious ways; by the people with aston ishment, by the Scotch with joy, and by the royal family with feeling and expressions that were anything but oor dial approval. The Brmcess Beatrice, who at once saw that she was the fu ture walking companion to the Queen, the jone woman of the family, was furious, remarking contemptuously when she heard it, that there was “no one left for her but Fred Grant or a young man, from Lewis & Allenby’s,” (a large -London cjry goods store). But the matter was settled and the obstinate princess be came the Marehiopess of Lome in due time, The tutor, now Canon Duck- To Advertisers and Subscribers. °* £* D l £ is dato ‘April . 1875.) ail editions of the Constitutionalist will be sent free of postage. mUB t be paid for when han ded in, unless otherwise stipulated. A^m 0 „V, N S NO ? r Candidates tot omco, 20 cents per line each insertion. M orPoß r tolO b rder mltted “* ° Ur risk by ElDreBS Correspondence invited from all sources, and valuable special news paid for If used. Rejected Communications will not be re turned, and no notice taken of anonymous letters, or articles written on both sides. worth, having acted in such a straight forward, manly way, won naturally, no end of royal favor. While the love and position of the princess might have saved him any penalties for running away with Louise—which she was re ported quite eager to do—still his pro motion in a State-governed church would have been irretrievably checked, probably lor life; and chances for hap piness in the face of royal displeasure are terribly few in England. The canon, and no doubt future archbishop, did just what was manly, Christian and best. Various favors were shown him at once, and on the death of Canon Kingsley, great man’s valued posi tion in Westminster Abbey was given to Duckworth. His appointment to the suite of the Prince of Wales is the latest exhibition of this favor in memo ry of his action. lorne’s life since his marriage with royalty can hardly be said to have been a happy one for him; its cause force—might point the same way for his wife, although his just published book, which is illustrated by his artist spouse, gives a slight indication of harmony of situation. Yet. whenever he attends court, ho enters the palace at the entrance reserved for noblemen. He sits below the salt at the royal table; he is known only as the Marquis of Lorne, and it is to be presumed that the Princess Louise does not care, as she has force of will sufficient to have him treated as the husband of a royal Princess, or else go herself as the Marchioness of Lorne, the to-ibe-Duch ess of Argyll. And perhaps another straw that would point to his marital life as one of ruffled wretchedness, is found that the past to him is a thorn. Whenever he thinks on his conditiori he cannot help remembering the beau tiful American girl to whom ho was devoted with all the devotion of a true lover. His attentions were thoroughly constant to his ideal, as found iu Miss Bradhurst, whom he met for tho first time at the Court of Berlin. Miss B. and her sister, both of whom are very beautiful, and both, now married, were favorites wtih the Crown Princess of Prussia, the eldest daughter of Queen Victoria. Consequently those two Amer ican girls were constantly at court and were much admired. Lome being in the royal capital at the time, visited court, where he met and was captivat ed bv the tall pale beauty. Margaret Bradhurst, decribed so well in these liues that one might readily believe they were written of her : O! s tveot pale, Margaret, O! rare pale, Mar garet, What lit your eyes witli tearful power, lake moonlight on a falling shower? Who lent you, love, your mortal dower Of pensive thought and aspect pale, your melancholy sweet and frail As perfume of the cuckoo-flower? But Lorne’s love was soon known at home, and parental injunction was laid upon further proceedings by the com mand that money was the primal re quisite for an Argyll. So Lorno came home on his orders from Argyll, went through London, and, staying there, met his fate. Margaret was left in quite an unmanly fashion, while the ducal coronet had “Gone, glimmering through the dream of things that were.” Another straw which points the way the wind blows comes to London from Florence, where the Princess Louise is said to have FOUND A RIVAL for the charming Duckworth in the person of Dick Connolly, the sculptor. Now Connolly, who is really a garcon d’esprit, affects the wild looking artist, a form eccentric genius always takes for personal display. His hair is long, his eyes large, bis voice rather soft, his hand and foot rather comely, and his face is considered handsome. His dress is usually of the artist type. Well, when Louise was in Florence she visited his studio, and repeated her visit a number of times during her stay, informing Connolly that ir she had remained there any length of time she would have made him give her lessons in his art and hers. Such is the story, a royal romauce in real life, a real romance of royal life. Lorne lives and has a hard time of it, while the princess perhaps envies the canon’s plebian position and his unwou love. Margaret is married, and Lorne is nothing to her, only a presence which has passed away, a dream forgotten in the light of later days. Duckworth is on his way to power and position, the only ons who secured anything in the issues of the royal row. To him fell the prize. A Remarkable Article. The January number of the Catholic World contains a remarkable article upon President Grant’s speech at Des Moines, lowa, at the Convention of the Army of the Tennessee, on September 29. It finds that all Grant Said of the relations of Church and State and of the contest which ho predicted might occur between '‘patriotism and intelli gence aii the one side, and superstition, ambition and ignorance on the other,” is in perfect aocord with tho teachings of Catholicism. “Tho speech expresses ’* says the Catholic World, ‘‘better than many imagine, the common sentiments of the American people,” and of Grant it declares, “all must admit that he is a true American, formed and moulded by the events in whioh he has moved, and truly representing the country and the times,” It affirms that ir Grant’s re commendations in the speech are adopted, the Church will be content. The article is very ably written, and the prooess of reasoning, by which the I residen t is made to appear the cham pion of the Homan CathoJio theory of the common school system, is decidedly ingenious. Tiie Greed for Office at Washing ton. —Mr. John G. Thompson, of Ohio, is weary of public life. He was elected Sergeant at-Arms of the House of Rep resentatives only a few days ago, and already the pertinacity of the hungry office seeker has made life a burden. Ho said to a sympathizing Ohio editor recently: “If I had known the vexa tions which this position would bring upon me, I would have stayed out in Ohio, where peace was tinkling on the shepherd’s bell and ringing with the reapers. I have no patronage, and yet impression is abroad that I have. I can only appoint three assistants, whose duties are similar to those of book keeper and cashier, and yet I am pulled and hauled by every applicant from California to Maine. The fellows smile incredulously when I tell them that I have no plaoes, aud those who know that I have none to give are ready to kill me because I can’t help them in other departments.” Bishop MoNierny (Roman Catholic), of Albany, has ordered all the priests of his diocese to refuse absolution to any members of their congregatiou who participate ia “round” daueee,