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Old Series—"V*ol. 25, No. 122.
Ytaiiroad Schedules.
Revised a n i Corrected by B, P. Brown. Gen
eral Ticket Agent, Planters’ Hotel.
PORT KOYAIi UAIIiROAD.
Loaves Augusta —4:20 a. m. and 8:20 p. m.
Arrives at Augusta..7:2s a. m. and 8:00 p.m.
Arrives at Port Royal 3:00 p. m.
Leaves Port lloyal 9:30 a.m.
GEORGIA RAILROAD.
Lea ves Augusta at 8:45, a. m. and 8:15, p. m.
Leaves Atlanta at 7:00, a. m. and 10:30 p. m.
Arrives in Augusta 3 :30, p. m. andß:ls,a.m.
Arrives in Atlanta at 5:45, p.m. and 6:25, a.m.
SOUTH CAROLINA RAILROAD.
Leaves Augusta at 9:09, a. m. and 6, p. m.
Arrives Augusta at 5 ;15, p. m. and 7:50, a. m.
MACON AND AUGUSTA RAILROAD.
Leaves Augusta at, 10:45, a. m. and 8 ;15 p.m.
Leaves Macon at. .6:30, a. m. and 8:00 p.m.
Arrives at Augusta..2:oo, p. m.and 8:15 a.m.
Arrives at Macon at.0:40, p. in. and 7:10 a.m
CENTRAL RAILROAD.
Leaves Augusta at 9:05, a. in. and 8:10, p.m.
Arrives at Augusta at 4:00 p. m. and 7. a.m.
0 HARLOT! E COLUMBIA AND AUGUSTA RAIL
ROAD.
Leaves Augusta at 9:30, a. m. and 4:15, p.m.
• --.><iu Augusta at 8:05, p.m. and 8:45, a.m
BY TELEGRAPH.
ASSOCIATED PRESS DISPATCHES.
WASHINGTON.
Nominations and Confirmations—
Brooks Gets a Sop—lmportant De
cision as to Cigars.
Washington, March 17.—Confirma
tions: Dedrick, Attorney for the South
ern District of Mississippi; Eli Hol
brook, Collector for Teche.
Nominations’: Duperrier, having been
withdrawn, Lanier was nominated for
Postmaster at Opelika, Ala.; Barker,
Marshal for the Northern District of
Alabama ; Carpenter, Collector 3d Dis
trict, South Carolina ; Miss Ellen Con
da, Postmaster at Aiken, S. C.
The President sent a message to the
Senate regarding the Black Hills
treaty. It will be attempted to open j
the co miry. Meantime intruders will ;
be expelled.
Commissioner Douglass decides that
the Tariff and Tax bills, signed by the
President March 3d, commences opera
tion at midnight March 21. Tobacco,
cigars and cigarettes stamped, sold or
withdrawn after that hour must be re
ported for additional tax.
Nominations : “ Gov.” Brooks, of
Arkansas, Postmaster at Little Rock ;
Glover, Postmaster at Macon Court
House, Ga.
The Postmaster General has ordered
transient newspapeis to be forwarded
at old rates until April Ist.
It is understood the Republicans will
not press the resolution endorsing the
President’s recognition of Kellogg as
Governor of Louisiana.
BALTIMORE.
Fatal Row Among Drunken Sailors—
Decision of Presbyterian Elders.
Baltimore, March 17.—Last evening
three sailors on the Italian bark Guis
eppe Emmanuelle, which arrived in
this port yesterday, and is lying at
Lower Canton, were permitted to go
ashore. Returning on shipboard about
12 o’clock, all mad from drink, they
rushed with drawn knives on B. N.
Gray, Custom House officer iu charge
of the vessel, who, to save his life, took
refuge on an adjoining ship. The
drunken sailors then made an assault
on the crew on deck, during which
Francisco Tomberius, one of the drunk
en men, plunged a knife into the
breast of his brother, also a sailor
on the C. M. Manuelle, inflicting a
mortal wound. The fracas was only
ended by a squad of police who were
sent on board.
At a called meeting of the ruling
elders of the Presbyterian Churches
of this city, held last evening, to con
sider the overture sent down from the
last General Assembly for the action
of the Presbyteries in regard to a
change in the constitution of the
church, by authorizing the election of
ruling elders for a limited time, not
less than three years, or what is known
as Rotary Eldership, the following res
olution was, after an interesting dis
cussion, unanimously adopted:
Resolved, That we disapprove the
Assembly’s overture, and so far as
our voice can be heard in the response
of the Presbytery to the same, we re
turn an emphatic negative.
SOUTH CAROLINA.
Gov. Chamberlain Throws a Bomb
shell into the Radical Camp.
Charleston, S. C., March 17.—Great
excitement was caused in the Legisla
ture at Columbia to-day by a veto from
Governor Chamberlain, of the bill to
liquidate the floating debt of the State.
The Governor says the response givern
by the Legislature to his efforts to en
force a policy of rigid economy has not
met his expectations. The passage of
the Legislative appropriation act, and
an unlimited amount of questionable
claims and failure to pass the bJll.to
reduce salaries have rendered it
impossible for him to consent to
add one dollar to the weight of taxa
tion which now oppress the people,
and he would regard his approval
of this act as an act of unpardonable
injustice to all those whose iuterest he
is sworn to protect. The aggregate
taxation is now without precedent and
without justification. Avast majority
of the claims embraced in the bill are
unpaid legislative certificates, which
have been made to cover vast frauds.
These claims, as a whole, do not, in his
opinion, constitute a valid obligation
of the State. The commission as a
whole, he is reluctant to say, does not
command his confidence for the work
assigned them, nor the confidence of
the public. For these reasons he with
holds his approval of the bill.
A long and angry debate followed the
reading of the message. Several prom
inent colored Representatives denounc
ed the Governor bitterly. No vote was
"?ached, but indications are that the
Conservatives, aided by the Reform
Republicans, will be able to sustain the
veto.
The Tidal in New Jersey.
Burlington, Harch 17.—Hamilton
McDowell, Democrat, was elected
Mayor of this city yesu; r( -j a y also the
entire Democrat ticket. This is the
first time in six years that w vli Demo
crats have carried the city.
Extensive Fire in Atlanta.
Atlanta, March 17.—A destructive
fire occurred this morning on White
hall street. G. W. Jack, confectioner,
Paul Jones, liquor dealer, and others,
were burned out. Loss, $130,000;
about $48,000 covered by insurance.
The origin of the fire was accidental. _
NEW YORK.
An Important Railroad Suit Decided.
New York, March 17. —In the suit of
the Western Railroad Company of
North Carolina against L. P. Bayne &
Cos., for $480,000 in bonds, the referee
has decided in favor of the railroad
company. Mr. Bayne was held on
$200,000 bail to give up the bonds, but
in consenting to deposit the bonds in
the hands of the court, he was released
on a nominal bail of SI,OOO.
Mrs. Tilton Cannot Testify—Cuban
Outrages—Compulsory Education
Enforced.
Albany, March 17.—1n the Assembly,
the bill to enable wives to testify
against husbands in criminal cases was
reported adversely, and the report was
agreed to.
New York, March 17.—A letter from
Saqua says: Col. Bonilla captured a hos
pital, where he found 80 wounded sol
diers in alleged distress, whom Bonilla
shot. This act explains more fully why
Pope Gonzalez and the other rebel
chiefs in the neighborhood of Saqua
and Remedios have determined upon a
general massacre and bonfire.
Poughkeepsie, March 17.—The first
enforcement of the compulsory educa
tion law in this vicinity occurred at
Fishkill Village yesterday where
several boys were arrested by con
stables and forced to enter the district
school house. More arrests are to oc
cur to-day.
FOREIGN.
Troops for Cuba—Bismarck Tackles
the Pope.
Madrid, March 17. —The Mendez
Nunez sailed from Santander for Cuba
with troops.
Berlin, March 17.—Debate on ec
clesiastical bill was opened by the Minis
ter of Public Worship, who insisted
upon the necessity of fresh legislation
upon relations of church and State.
Bismark spoke iu support of the bill.
He said the maxim that more obedience
was due to God than to man certainly
did not mean that more obedience was
due to a Pope misguided by Jesuits
than to a King. The Government was
doing its duty in protecting German
freedom of mind against Rome.
The House agreed to discuss the bill
in full sitting instead of referring it to
a committee.
One Boy Murders Another in Open
Court.
St. Louis, March 15.—0n the 22d of
September last, while several boys
were playing on the streets, a little son
of Robert M. Boatright was killed by a
brick, supposed to have been thrown
by a boy named Charles Woodson.
This afternoon, while Woodson was
being tried in the Criminal Court, and
while the counsel were arguing a
legal point, another son of Mr. Boat
right, about 19 years old, stepped up
to Woodson and said, “ You killed my
brother ; I will kill you,” and plunged
a butcher knife into his abdomen to
the handle. Young Woodson fell to
the floor, his bowels protruding in a
terrible manner. The wound is mortal.
Young Boatright was immediately
seized by the Deputy Marshal and
placed in jail.
Reported Defeat of the Carlists--
Another Great Failure in London.
London, March 17. —The Gunner won
the Lincolnshire handicap.
Madrid, March 17.—1 tis rumored
that General Elio has abandoned Don
Carlos’ cause. Advices from the North
state that niue battalions of Carlists
made a night attack upon the town of
Zudugaray, but wero repulsed with
great loss after a two hours' fight.
London, March 17.—Girodet & Cos.,
general merchants, have suspended
payment. Their liabilities are stated
at $2,000,000. Their suspension was
caused by the failure of John C. Im
thurn & Cos. Other suspensions are
said to be imminent.
The French Assembly.
Paris, March 17.—Pasquier, upon
taking the Chair in the Assembly, used
strong phrases against Bonapartists,
which were applauded.
The Assembly will dissolve in Au
gust. The election for anew Assem
bly will occur in the Autumn.
PORT JERVIS.
Breaking of the Ice Gorge—Railroad
Bridges Swept Away.
Port Jervis, March 17. — At 6 o’clock
this morning sharp whistles gave the
flood alarm. King street was flooded
by 7 o’clock. The railroad bridge,
three miles west, was swept away at
8:40. The ice broke below. Thirty
blocks were flooded and some houses
carried off. No lives were lost. The
railroad bridge from above crushed
the bridge here, and the suspension
bridge, eight miles below, is doomed.
Wilkesbarre, Pa., March 17.—The
Chief Engineer of the Erie Road has
gone to the Delaware bridge to arrange
a temporary mean crossing. No travel
can go West from this place by the
Erie Road for probably two weeks.
Pittston, March 17.—The bridge over
the Susquehanna was swept away ten
minutes after the passage of the pas
senger train.
Sentence of a Defaulting Cashier.
New Haven, March 17,—The cashier
of the Ausonia National Bank plead
guilty of false entries in favor of Henry
Clews & Cos., and was sentenced to jail
for five years.
Steamboat Disaster.
St. Louis, March 17.—The steamboat
W. J. Lewis, from Vicksburg hither,
was burned. Two lost and three miss*
ing.
Powder Mill Explosion.
Cleveland, March 17. — The Austin
Powder Company Mills exploded.—
Twelve buildings were demolished and
three persons killed.
St. Patrick’s Day.
Washington, Mach 17.—Dispatches
from all points show St. Patrick’s Day
was celebrated with unusual splendor.
A Flood in Virginia.
Danville, March 17.—The bridge has
gone. The water is higher than it was
in 1865 and is swelling. The bridges at
Wilkesbarre, Plymouth and Nanticoke
are in great danger.
FLASHES.
Beck Bros., stock brokers of Boston,
failed. The senior partner is dead from
an over dose of chloroform.
Cheney, 39,285; Roberts, 39,163;
White, 754.
1 all River weavers and spinners have
gone to work.
AUGUSTA, GA., THURSDAY MORNING, MARCH 18, 1875.
[New Terlc Times.
ABORNS.
A Plea for the Deserted Husband.
Mrs. Aborns is plainly a capable wo
man in various ways, and she has so
put her case that it is likely to make
au impression. The multiplying all
the cookings, and table settings, and
milkings, and the rest, was adroit.
They sound very imposing when they
are set*forth by the thousand. And in
sober and candid consideration of the
subject, it is very plain that Mrs.
Aborns has not had a very easy life ;
and it is also quite true that Mr.
Aborns could probably not have got a
man to do the same work that she has
done for the same pay. But is her
case, therefore, one of hardship pecu
liar either to herself or to her sex ? Let
us see. She admits that she had noth
ing when she was married, in which
she is like most women ; and because
she has nothing now, after all the thou
sands of chores that she has done, she
proclaims to the world that she is
underpaid. But why has she nothing
more now than she had when she be
gan her married life ? Simply because
her husband has nothing more. If he
has, then she has, or had before she
left him. For herself and for her chil
dren she had a claim, enforcible by
law upon any pro; erty that he pos
sessed, and upon all the money that he
earned. In every acre of ground that
he may have acquired she had a vest
ed right of one-third,her title to which
is not abrogated even by this deser
tion. Her husband was plainly an in
dustrious farmer ; suppose he were to
enumerate by the thousand the plow
ings, the diggings, the hoeings, the
hewing of wood and the drawing of
water, and the various toilsome labors
of a not rich farmer’s lfe, the exposure
through “3,650 days” to the Summer’s
heat and the Winter’s cold, and all his
thousands upon thousands of unmen
tioned chores—what would seem the
profit of his life, in every day’s labor of
which she had a direct interest ? Was
he any better clothed or better fed
than she? Did. he hire help for him
self when he cc uld do the work ? From
Mrs. Aborns’ own confessions, we may
be sure that he did not. And what then
becomes of her formidable statement?
It is a cipher; it is at least equally
balanced by one upon the other side.
But it is worthy of notice from the
way in which i; is set forth. She says,
for example, “ I have cleaned up and
swept his house for him over ten thous
and times.” This regarding of a
wife’s household duties as so much
work that she is doing for another per
son, who ought to pay her for it, is one
of the most unreasonable as well as
one of the most repulsive phases of the
“ advanced woman ” movement. It not
only %nores the fact that a wife has,
by her very wifely relation, a claim
upon all Per husband’s property and
earnings, and that she always shares
must share —his prosperity, but it
seeks to reduce the relation of woman
to man to one of mere greed of gain.
We wonder that these ladies do not in
sist upon a wife’s being paid so much
apiece for her babies.
Now as to the question, What right
has a mau to advertise a wife who de
serts him? Setting aside considera
tion of taste, which will have a differ
ent opperation in different social cir
cles, a man has the right to do this,
for the very sufficient reason that while
his wife is not at all responsible for his
debts, he is responsible for hers. Wo
men, and sometimes those who are not
“ advanced,” are too apt to forget this
—that all the responsibility of married
life falls upon the man. No one except
the husband can call the wife to ac
count, or look to her as responsible
for money or otherwise. This is as it
should be, aud as, for woman’s sake, it
must be ; but it carries with it rights
which are not to be set aside by
thousands of chores?, or even by half
dozens of children.
Two Important Laws.
W e publish below, for the interest of
all concerned, two of the most im
portant laws enacted by the Legisla
ture at its late session :
landlord's liens.
An act to amend so much of section
1978 of the Code of 1873 as relates to
liens of landlords:
Section 1. Be it enacted by the Gen
eral Assembly of the State of Georgia,
That from and after the passage of
this act section 1978 of the Code of
1873 be so amended that the liens of
landlords therein provided for shall
arise by operation of law from the rela
tion of landlord aud tenant as well as
by special contract in writiug, when
ever the landlord shall furnish the
articles enumerated in said section, or
any one of them, to the tenant for the
purpose therein named, and that said
liens may be enforced in the same man
ner provided for in section 1991 of said
Code.
Sec. 2. Be it further enacted, That
whenever said liens be created by spe
cial contract, in writing, as now pro
vided by law, the same shall be assign
able by the landlord, and may be en
forced by the assignees in the manner
provided for the enforcement of such
liens by landlords.
Sec. 3. Repeals all conflicting laws.
Approved February 25, 1875.
WAIVER OF HOMESTEAD.
An act to enable parties to waive and
renounce the homestead aud exemp
tion provided by law.
Section I.—Be it enacted by the
General Assembly of the State of Geor
gia, That it shall be lawful for any
head of family, entitled by law to a
homestead or exemption, to waive and
renounce for a valuable consideration,
by written mortgage or deed, intended
to have the effect of a. mortgage, the
right of homestead and exemption, or
homestead or exemption, and so mort
gaged and conveyed iu favor of the
debt or debts of any creditor or credit
ors to secure which said mortgage
or conveyance shall be executed, and
therein, the person or persons making
such waiver, and any person applying
in his or their behalf, or in behalf of
any other claiming homestead or ex
emption through his or their title, shall
be stopped forever from setting up any
claim for a homestead and exemption,
or either of them, in any court iu this
State as against the payment of said
debt or debts, so long as the same
shall remain unpaid; provided, this
act shall only be applicable to debts
contracted in the purchase of planta
tion and household supplies and cloth
ing for the family.
Sec. 2. Repeals all conflictibg laws.
Approved March 2d, 1875.
Wilkesbarre, March 17.—The gas
works are flooded and the city in the
dark. Three bridges from above are
jammed iu the gorge three miles above.
The weather is growing cooler, and
everything will freeze solid to-night.
[Rome Commercial.
ROME BONDS.
Governor Brown’s Letter.
Atlanta, Ga., March 12, 1875.
Col. Janies M. Spullock, Mayoi', etc.,
Rome, Ga :
Dear Sir ; As I do not think it prob
able I will be able to attend the meet
ing of the bondholders of the city of
Rome, on Monday next, I address you
this communication, which you are at
liberty to use, as you think proper.
I have read the late act of the Legis
lature, authorizing the city to compro
mise, etc.; and as I construe it, it makes
provision for compelling the collection
of one per cent, per annum upon the
taxable property belonging to the citi
zens of Rome, which is to bo apjlied
to the payment of the interest on the
new bonded debt which may exist, after
the compromise is made, and such
sinking fund as may be provided. The
only question in it is whether the
amount of one per cent, tax annually
will pay the interest upon the debt
and make a sinking fund which
will within any reasonable time extin
guish the indebtedness. From your
statement while here I am led to con
clude that it will, especially if the hold
ers of the Water Works bonds consent
to take the property iu cancellation of
the bonds. I think the provision made
in the act of the Legislature sufficient
to compel the collection of one per
cent, annually for the purpose of meet
ing the claims of the bondholders. And
as the city is forbid to increase the
bonded debt, till the present debt is
provided for, I conclude that there is
a reasonable certainty that the holders
of the new bonds would be dealt ’fairly
by and receive the interest as it falls
due and the principal when due.
I am, therefore, content to surrender
the bonds which I hold, to-wit: five
thousand dollars, and the two past due
coupons on each and to take in new
bonds issued under the compromise
act, the actual amount I paid for the
bonds, to-wit, $3,500 in cash, together
with the amount of the coupons already
due, with interest, at 7 per cent, upon
each from the time it fell due. In other
words, I am willing to make the trans
action a 7 per cent, semi-annual one
from the time I advanced my money,
taking no profit but the seven per cent,
interest paid semi-annually. Under
suph an arrangement, I would be en
titled to $3,500 of the new bonds for
the principal amount paid out, to which
will be added the ten over-due coupons
I now hold, with interest at 7 per cent,
upon each from the time it became duo.
It is very true, Colonel, that I would
never have advanced my money on
any such investment, if I had known
at the time, that this would be the re
sult. As I understand that the city
was not dealt fairly with by certain
persons ; and that the debt is accumu
lating to such an extent where it would
be very onerous, if not impossible for
your citizens to pay it, lam willing
to meet you on this half way ground,
and reduce my investment to a sim
ple investment upon seven per cent, in
terest semi annually. My brother
holds ono of the bonds, and, as I un
derstand it, is willing to do likewise ;
aud I will here express the hope that
the creditors may generally meet
you in this spirit, and the whole matter
may be adjusted so as to relieve the
e ! ty by reducing the debt to such an
amount as your people can pay, and
that they will then meet the creditors
in perfect good faith, aud make the
payments when they are due. It seems
to me there should be about four
batches of the bonds, to wit: one
fourth of them at five years after date;
one-fourth at ten years after date; one
fourth at fifteen, aud one-fourth at
twenty, and that the sinking fund
should be so arranged as to extin
guish each batch as it fulls due. This
would give the city twenty years
within which to pay off the whole debt.
Iu the distribution of the bonds, it
should be so done, as to give to each .
creditor, as near as may be, his pro
rata on each batch of the bonds. I will
not stickle upon this particular plan,
but think something of this character
would be just to the creditors, and re
ally the best for your city. I will be
pleased to hear, as soon as the meet
ing is over, what has been the result.
My wish is to see your city prosper
and grow. Hence I will relinquish
cheerfully all prospect of any specula
tion in the purchase of the bonds, and
receive for the money I advanced in
good faith the new bonds upon the
terms above proposed. I am, very re
spectfully, your obedient servant,
Joseph E. Brown.
THE IRISH BRIGADE.
The story of the Irish Brigade is one
of the most interesting episodes in the
history of the Irish people. Their
ardent military spirit, which has one
of the results of their Celtic origin, had
been wasted through many centuries,
in savage feuds among themselves, or
in fruitless resistance to their invaders
—and when at length it had become
disciplined, under Sarsfield and St.
Ruth, and acquired a force which
might have yielded England the great
est service in her ensuing wars, it was
lost to her through the intolerance
which proscribed the religion of a
nation.
The laws of the period, which for
bade Catholics to bear arms under the
English crown, blindly renounced all
the advantages to bo derived from their
devotion, and compelled the army of
James 11., when disbanded at the Peace
of Limerick, to pass over to the Conti
nent, and enroll under its various
monarchs. Almost every throne of
Europe profited by the bold hearts and
stalwart frames of the buoyant sons of
the Emerald Isle, except only the one
that still nominally claimed their alle
giance while repudiating their services.
It was in France, however, that James’
army was found principally to re-
probably, to the
greater sympathy of the Hibernian aud
the Celtic temperaments—and there
formed themselves into a body, which
soon became distinguished under its
title of the “ Irish Brigade.”
These gallant emigrants, who left
behind them all their social and do
mestic ties, carried abroad, with their
untarnished honor and their indomita
ble courage, all their unconquerable
gayety aud their undying love for their
native country. Almost as deep, how
ever, perhaps was their love for their
native music. So strong was it, indeed,
that they refused to march to the
French tunes, and on all military oc
casions insisted on the use of their
national airs—a gratification that was
conceded to them, though the same
favor was denied to the Swiss. For
this, however, there was a reason. The
mueic of the “ lianz des Yaches”
awoke in the breast of the latter such
a passionate longing for home, that it
often led to desertion ; while in the
poor Irishman, whose home was lost
to him, no such danger was to be
feared.
During the course of almost a ceri
tury the Brigade was enrolled in the
French army, and had an honorable
share in all the latter’s brightest
achievements in Flanders, Spain and
Italy. Many instances of its staunch
| fidelity and its daring, decisive courage
I might be quoted from the military re
[ cords of those days ; but one especial
ly may be selected, which, in its sin
gular combination of the heroic and
the grotesque, must be regarded as
very national:
Cremona, besieged by Prince Eugene,
and defended by the French, was sur
prised ode morning before dawn, and
would inevitably have been lost but for
the promptitude of the Irish. While
the punctilious and ornate Frenchmen
were deliberately buttoning up their
regimentals, the former, at the sound
of their trumpets, jumped out of bed,
and, simply staying to buckle on their
cross-belts and cartouch boxes, seized
their guns and hurried to the square,
where, on forming in fighting order,
their commander’s words, “ Halt! —
dress !” were, at least in one respect,
superfluous. Their indifference to ap
pearances on this occasion was all
greater that the peri >d was midwinter,
and the city was near the Alps. In
this condition they were charged by
the Austrian Cuirassiers. It was steel
coats against night shirts; but the
linen trade of Ireland proved the more
formidable of the two. The Austrians
were driven back and the French had
time to form and recover possession of
the town. For this brilliant service
the brigade was honored with the em
phatic thanks of Louis XIV, and also
had their pay increased.
But these fearless fellows, as may
be supposed, carried abroad to their
new service not only their courage and
fidelity, but all their exuberance as
Irishmen. Their rollicking spirit and
love ef fun were quite as great as their
love of fighting, aud at times were so
opposed to propriety and discipline
that the martinets of the French ranks
had to make formal complaints on the
matter. It was on one such occasion
that a great compliment was paid them
by the brave Duke of Berwick, who,
however, had good reason to love
them for their devotion to his father.
“Marshal,’ said the King to him,
“ this Irish Brigade gives me more
trouble than all my army put together.”
“ Please your Majesty,” replied the
Duke, “your enemies make just the
same complaint of them! ”
The idol of the Brigade was the cele
brated Marshal Saxe, whose great
bravery, in union with his jovial, mirth
ful temperament, gave him a character
that was so engaging and so kindred
to their own. It wae in reference to
him that originated one of the blun
ders of poor Pat, that has so often
been repeated and localized every
where. The Marshal was wounded in
some engagement, aud, moreover, it
was reported—in his back. None of
the Brigade, however, would believe it.
“ When did he ever show his back to
them ?” was the general exclamation.
“ Wasn’t it his face they knew the most
of, and wasn’t it their backs that he
knew best ?”
At last a solution of the mystery was
hit upon :
“ He was purshuing ’em, you see, and
just to make the villins think that, on
the conthrary, he was retrating, he
buttoned his coat behind him !”
Of the anecdotes and jokes told of
the Brigade during their extended for
eign service—proofs of humor and
light-heartedness which exile even
could not subdue—the number is, in
deed, legion. Gallic vanity forced
them often into the attitude of censors,
and several of their repartees are ex
cellent, and as full of sense as they
were of pleasantry. Among the mass
of these is one that has been often re
ferred to their sources—when a French
man, claiming for his country the in
vention of all the elegancies, named,
among other things, a ruffle; and Pat
answered :
“We improved on it—we put to it a
shirt.”
The sarcasm, however, was deeper
and more essentially Hibernian when,
on his going somewhere to dine, after
hearing great praises of French cookery
he saw a pot of soup brought in with
a bit of meat floating on the top of it—
upon which he pulled off his coat, and,
being asked why he did so, said :
“Sure I am going to have a swim for
that little bit of mate there.”
Among the adventures recorded of
the Brigade, one of the most amusing
was an occurrence, in the time of the
Regent Orleans, in honor of whose
birthday a grand masquerade was
given in Paris. It was a high-class
affair; tickets were a double louis d’or;
all the rank and beauty of Paris were
assembled round the Regent, and a
costly and luxurious supper crowned
the attractions of the night. While
the entertainment was proceeding, one
of the Prince’s suite approached and
whispered to him :
“It is worth your royal highness’s
while to step into the supper rooms ;
there is a yellow domino there, who is
the most extraordinary cormorant ever
witnessed ; he is a prodigy, your high
ness—he never stops eating and drink
ing ; and the attendants say, moreover,
that he has not done so for some
hours.”
His royal highness went accordingly;
and sure enough there was the yellow
domino, laying about him as described,
and swallowiug everything as raven
ously as if he had only just begun.
Raised pies fell before him like garden
palings before a field piece; pheasants
and quails seemed to fly down his throat
in a little covey; the wine he drank
threatened a scarcity, whatever might
be the next vintage.
After watching him for some time,
the Duke acknowledged he was a won
der, and laughingly left the room ; but
shortly afterward, on passing through
another, he saw the yellow domino
again, and as actively at work as ever,
devastating the dishes everywhere,
and emptying the champagne bottles
as rapidly as they were brought to
him. Perfectly amazed, the Duke at
last could not restrain his curiosity.
“ Who,” he asked, “is that insatiate
ogre that threatens such annihilation
to all the labors of our cooks ?”
Accordingly, one of the suit was dis
patched to him.
“His royal highness the Duke of
Oileans desires the yellow domino to
unmask.” *
But the domino begged to be excus
ed, pleadiug the privilege of masquer
ade.
“ There is a higher law,” replied the
officer; “ the royal order must be
obeyed.”
“Well, then,” answered the incog
nito, “if it must be so, it must;” and
unmasking, exhibited the ruddy visage
of an Irish trooper.
“ Why in the name of Polyphemus !”
exclaimed the regent, as he advanced
to him ; “who and what are you? I
have seen you eat and drink enough
for a dozen men at least, and yet you
seem as empty as ever.”
“ Well, then,” said the trooper,
| “ since the saycret must come out,
plase, your royal highness I am one of
Clare’s Horse —that’s the guard of hon
or to-night—and when our men was
ordered out, we clubbed our money to
buy a ticket, and agreed to take our
turn at the supper table, turn and turn
about. ’
“ What!” exclaimed the Duke, “ the
whole troop coming to supper?”
" Oh, it’s asy, plase your highness ;
sure one domino would do for all of us
—if ache tuk it in turn. I’m only the
eighteenth man, aud there’s twelve
more of us to come.”
The loud laughter of the jovial duke,
probably the heartiest he Jiad had for
a long time, was the response to this
explanation, followed by a louis d’or to
the dragoon, and a promise to keep his
“ saycret ” till the entire troop had
supped.
The career of the Irish Brigade
closed with the appro ich of the French
Revolution—and fortunately for them,
no doubt; since, had they remained iu
France, there is little question they
would have maintained their loyalty,
and been massacred like the Swiss.”
[“ Life of Samuel Lover” (Landen, 1874,).
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FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL.
AUGUSTA DAILY MARKET*
Office Daily Constitutionalist, I
Wednesday. March 17, i 1\ M.j
Financial.
Gold—Buying at 113 and selling at 115.
Silver—Buying at 102 and selling at is 5.
Sight Exchange on New York, buying at
par to % premium, and selling at % to %
premium.
Cotton :
The Augusta Exchange reports the
market continued quiet but very firm to
day without change in prices.
The closing quotations were: Good Ordi
nary, 14%; Low Middling, 15%; Middling,
15%.
Receipts of the day, 91 and sales, 216
bales. The receipts at all United States
ports wore 7,097 bales; same day last year,
9,702,
Produce:
BACON—Clear Sides, 12%@12%; C. R.
Sides, 12%@U% ; Shoulders, 9%. Dry Salt
—C. R. Skies, 11%@11%; Long Clear Sides,
11%; D. S. Shoulders, 8%; Bellies, 11%
Tennessee Meats —Sides, 13; Shoulders,
10; Hams, 15.
HAMS—Canvassed, 14%@15.
LARD—Choice, in tierce, 15; kegs and
cans, 16.
BAGGING AND TlES—Domestic bag
ging, 14%. Ties, Arrow, 5%; Pieced, 4.
BUTTER—Goshen, 40@45; Country, 25;
Tennessee, 25.
FLOUR—City Mills are $6.25@6.50 for su
perfine, $6.50@6.75 for extra; $7@7.25 for
family; and $7.5007.75 for fancy; for Wes
tern and Country, we quote superfine, $5.50 I
@6.00; extra, $6@6.50; family, $6 50@7.00
and fa cy, $7.00@7.50.
CORN—Prime to ehoice white (new dry)
$1.08; yello v and mixed, $1.05. Small
lots or less than car load, 3@5 higher
than car load or depot rates.
WHEAT—Light stock; choice white,
$1.43; prime white, $1.40; amber, $1 38; red,
$1.32%@1.35.
OATS—Mixed, 83@85; white, 85.
CORN MEAL—City, $1.10; Country, sl@
1.05.
EGGS—Per dozen, 15.
Note.—We give wholesale rates. Prices
for small lots of the articles we quote are
higher in proportion.
TELEGRAraitTMARKETS.
FINANCIAL.
London, March 17—Noon.—Street rate,
% below bank.
Paris, March 17—Noon.—Rentes, 65f.
30c.
New York, March 17—Noon.—Stocks
dull and lower. Money, 4. Gold, 115%.
Exchange—long, 479; snort, 483. Govern
ments active and strong. State Bonds
quiet.
Gold opened at 115%.
New York, March 17—P. M.—honey
easy at 4@4%. Sterling weaker at 479%.
Gold active at 116%@116%. Governments
active and strong; new s’s, 15%. State
Bonds dull and nominal.
Stocks closed active and weak; Central,
100%; 'Erie, 26%; Lake Shore, 73%; Il
linois Central, 101%; Pittsburg, 91%; North
western, 45% ; preferred, 58; Rock Island,
105%.
Sub-Treasury balances: Gold, $30,193,927;
Currency, $46,503,268. The Sub-Treasurer
paid out $30,000 on account of interest, and
$196,000 for bonds. Customs receipts, $265,-
000.
New Orleans, March 17.—Exchange—
Now York Sight, % premium. Sterling,
558. Gold, 116%.
PRODUCE.
Liverpool, March 17—Noon.—Breadstuff's
quiet. Pork, 735. 6d. New Beef, 765. Lard,
635. 3d.
London, March 17—Noon.—Tallow, 41s.
@4ts. 6d.
New York, March 17—Noon.—Flour
quiet and unchanged. Wheat dull and un
changed. Corn dull and unchanged. Pork
quiet at $20.50@20.65. Lard heavy; steam,
14%@14%< Turpentine unchanged. Rosin
dull at $2.05@2.10 for strained. Freights
firm.
New York, March 17—P. M.—Southern
Flour quiet and unchanged. Wheat dull,
heavy, lower and irregular at $1.24@27 for
Winter red Westerd, $1.28@129 for amber
ditto, $1.27@1.36 for white Western. Corn
dull and lower at 81@85 for Western mix
ed, 85@85% for yellow Western. Coffee
dull at 16%@18%. gold, Rio. Sugar dull
and nominal. Rn-i mill and unchanged.—
Tallow firm at 8 9-16. Rosin and Turpen
tine quiet. Pork easier; new job lots,
$20.60. Lard easier at sl4 3-16 for prime
steam. Whiskey in fair request at $1.15.
Freights firm.
Wilmington, March 17.—Spirits Turpen
tine firm at $32. Rosin firm at $1.60 for
strained. Crude Turpentine nominal at
$1.35 for hard, $2.25 for yellow dip, $2.25 for
virgin. Tar steady at $1.40.
Cincinnati, March 17.—Flour firm.
Corn steady. Pork firm at S2O. Lard firm ;
steam rendered, 13%@13%; kettle. 14%@15.
Bacon in good demand; shoulders, 8%;
clear rib, 11%; clear sides, 11%@11%
Whiskey firm at $1.12.
Louisville, March 17—Flour quiet and
firm. Corn firm at 66@68. Provisions very
strong with advancing tendency. Pork,
$20@21. Bacon—shoulders, 8%; clear rib,
12; clear sides, 12%: sugar-cured hams, 13
@l4. Lard in fair demand; prime steam,
14@14%; tierce, 14%@15; keg. 15%@16.
Whiskey, $1.12. Bagging unchanged.
Chicago, March 17—Flour in good de
mand. Corn dull and unsettled; No. 2
mixed, 65%; rejected, 62%@62%. Pork un
settled at $19.25. Lard in good demand at
$13.80. Whiskey firm with fair demand at
sl.ll.
COTTON.
Liverpool, March 17—Noon.—Cotton
quiet and unchanged; middling uplands,
7%; middling Orleans, 8@8%; sales, 10,000
bales; speculation and export, 2,000; sales
on basis middling uplands, nothing below
good ordinary, deliverable March, 7 13-16;
ditto, deliverable April and May, 7%; dit
to, nothing below low middling, delivera
ble March and April, 7 13-16; sales on ba
sis middling, deliverable May aud Juno,
8%.
Liverpool, March 17--2 P. M—Cotton—
of sales to-day, 5,400 were American.
New York, March 17— Noon.—Cotton
dnll; sales, 786 bales; uplands, 16%; Or
leans, 16%.
Futures opened quiet, as follows: April,
16%, 16 7-32; May, 16%, 16 29-32; June, 17
7-32,17%; July, 17%, 17 9-16.
New York, March 17—P. M Cotton
—net receipts, 1.058 gross, 4,975.
Futures closed quiet and steady; sales,
20,800 bales, as follows : March, 16%; April,
16%; May, 16%; June, 17 13-16,17 7-32; July,
17%; August, 17 21-32; September, 17 3-16,
17 7-32; October, 16 21-32, 1611-16; Novem
ber, 16 7-16, 16%; December, 16 15-32, 16%.
Cotton dull; sales, 724 bales at 16%@16%.
New Orleans,March 16.—Cotton quiet;
' middling, 15%; net receipts. 2,137 bales;
: gross, 2,147; exports—to France, 3,489;
| to Continent, 2,113; sales, 4,590.
I Mobile, March 17 Cotton quiet; mid
dung’, 1 a%; n**t receipts, 107 bales; exports
! Continent, 1,210; coastwise, 61; sales,
Charleston, March 17.—Cotton quiet
and steady: middlmg, 13%; net receipts.
698 bales; gross, 723; tales, 000.
Savannah, March 17.—Cotton quiet and
nominal; noddling, 15%; net receipts, 515
bales; sales, 360.
Memphis, March 17 — Cotton steady; mid
dling, 15%<<^15%; low middling. 15%; good
ordinary, 14%r®14%; net receipts, 318 bales;
shipments, 1,373; sales, 1,000.
Baltimore, March 17.—Cotton quiet;
middling, 16%; net receipts. 13 bales; gross,
lA±, exports to Great .Britain, coast
wise, 240; sales, 350; spinners, 115.
Dalveston, March 17.—Cotton nominal;
middling, 15%; net receipts, 980 bales; ex
port®— to Great Britain, 3,009; coastwise,
Norfolk, March 17. — Cotton quiet;
middling, net receipts, 1.039
bales; exports—to Great Britain, 730;
coastwise, 400; sales, 400.
Wilmington, March 17. — Cotton quiet
and nominal; middling, 15%; net receipts,
189 bales; coastwise, 831.
Boston, March 17—Cotton quiet; mid
uling,l6%; net receipts, 125 bales; gross,
12o; sales, 212.
Philadelphia, March 17. — -Cotton quiet;
middling, 16%; net receipts, 256 bales;
gross, 833.
MARINE NEWB.
New York, March 17.—Arrived out: Bes
sie Crosby, Juniata, Helen, Angier, Thar
waldsen, Hongascar.
Port Royal, March 17—Arrived: Char
ter Oak.
Sailed: Came Clark, B. F. Farnham, Ro
salie.
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mar!7 d&cl AUGUSTA, GA.
AN ACT
TO AUTHORIZE THE CITY COUNCIL OF
AUGUSTA TO ENTER UPON AND USE
THE GROUND OR SOIL UNDER ANY
railroad, highway, street, lane.
ALLEY, OR PRIVATE LOT OR PREM
ISES FOR THE PURPOSE OF LAYING
WATER PIPES AND ENLARGING. EX
TENDING OR IMPROVING THE WATER
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AND T 1 i OV IDE FOR THE ASSESS
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SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the Gen
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That from and after the passage of this
Act, .the City Council of Augusta, and all
persons acting under their authority, shall
have the right to enter upon and use the
ground or soil under any road, railroad,
highway, street, lane, alley or private lot,
or premises, for the purpose of laying any
pipi‘B or conduits for eouveying water into
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enlarging, extending or improving the
Water Works of said city. Provided, That
said road, railroa.d highway, street, lane,
alley or private lot, or premises be restor
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Sec. 2. Be it further enaetxxl, That if any
persons, natural or artilicial, shall claim
any damages or compensation for any
work done, or authority exercised as con
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damages or compensation shall be assessed
and paid according to sections 43 and 44 of
an Act entitled anil Act establishing anew
chartt r for the < ity of Atlanta, approved
Febri ary 28th, 1874, and incase of any dis
agreement between said Council and any
person interested, the proceeding shall be
as prescribed in said section.
Sec. 3. Be it further enacted, That all
laws and parrs of laws conflicting with the
provisions of this Act be and the same are
hereby repealed.
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