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Railroad Schedules.
Revised and Corrected by B. P. Brown, Gen
eral Ticket Agent, Planters’ Hotel.
PORT ROYAIi RAILROAD.
Leaves Augusta —4:20 a. m. and 8:20 p. m.
Arrives at Augusta..7:2s a. ra. and 8:00 p.m.
Arrives at Port Royal 3:00 p. m.
Leaves Port Royal. 9:30a.m.
GEORGIA. RAILROAD.
Leaves Augusta atß:4s, a. m. andß:ls, p.m.
1 jeaves Atlanta at 7:00, a. in. and 10:30 p. m.
Arrives in Augusta 3:30, p. m. and 8:15,a.m.
Arri ves in Atlanta at 5:45, p.m. and 6:25, a.m.
SOUTH CAROLINA RA ILROAD.
Leaves Augusta at 9:00, a. m. and 6, p. m.
Arrives Augusta at 5:15, p. m. and7:so, a. m.
MACON AND AUGUSTA RAILROAD.
Leaves Augusta at.10:45, a. m.andß;lsp.m.
Leaves Macon at. .6:80, a. m. and 8:00 p.m.
Arrives at Augusta. .2:00, p. m. and 8:15 a.m,
Arrives at Macon at. 0:40, p. m.and7:4o a.m
CENTRAL RAILROAD.
Leaves Augusta at t) :05, a. m.and 8 :10, p.m.
Arrives at Augusla at 4:00 p. m. and 7, a.m.
CHARLOTTE COLUMBIA AND AUGUSTA RAIL
ROAD.
Leaves Augusta at 9:30, a. m. and 4:15, p.m.
4 rrivesln Augusta at 8:05, p.m. and 8:45, a.m
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ASSOCIATED PRESS DISPATCHES.
WASHINGTON.
Appointments by the President-
Work on Southern Water Courses.
Washington, March 30. — The Presi
dent, this morning, made the following
appointments: David T. Corbin, Uni
ted States Attorney for the District of
South Carolina; Ridge Paschal Call,
Collector of Customs for the District
of Corpus Christi, Texas; Frederick W.
M. Holliday, Commissioner to the Cen
tennial Exhibition from Virginia. Ex-
Gov. Parsons, of Alabama, is appointed
Assistant District Judge, vice White,
who declined. Parsons’ duty, provided
he accepts, will be to push prosecutions
under the Enforcement and Ku-Klux
acts.
Gen. James Tilton, United States
Engineer, will resume work on the
Oostanaula and Coosuwattie rivers
from Rome to Carters Landing via
Itesaca, late in April, under an appro
priation from Congress, for which the
section benifited is mainly indebted to
Gen. Young. Col. Frobel, who is now
at Atlanta making report of progress,
will resume his survey of rivers along
the proposed line of the great West
and Atlantic water route very soon.
His report will indicate a singularly
favorable water couneetion, connecting
the Mississippi river with the Atlantic
Ocean, commencing at Cairo, Illinois,
and ending at Darien, Ga. The entire
distance is nearly 1,000 miles, 900 of
which are navigable rivers. Only 100
miles of artificial water ways are re
quired which present no engineering
difficulties.
The Louisiana Judgship.
The President returns Saturday.
There is no let up iu the opinion that
Louisiana mvst remain without a Dis
trict Judge uutii Congress meets. The
Executive, however, has no mandatory
power over Judge Wood, who, at his
peril, may exercise doubtful powers.
Testing the Enforcement Act.
In the Supreme Court to-day, the
case of the United States against
Cruikshauk and others, charged with a
violation of the [Enforcement act iu
Grant parish, La., was taken up, aud
its argument will likely consume the
remainder of the week. It comes to
this Court by certificate of division
from the Circuit Court for Louisiana.
Judge Bradley, of this Court, was of
the opinion that the act of 1870, under
which the indictment is framed, is un
constitutional, and his colleague at the
Circuit is of the reverse opinion. The
defendants are represented by Reverdy
Johnson, David Dudley Field and Jno.
A. Campbell, aud Judge Marr, of Lou
isiana.
FOREIGN.
Arrest of Cuban Counterfeiters. A
Noble Duke Obstructed.
Havana, March 30.—The balance of
the counterfeiters of Spanish bank
notes have been arrested and 30,000
counterfeit notes seized.
Paris, March 30. —The Duke de
Montspenier, having applied to the
Marquis de Maliua, the Spanish am
bassador, for a passport to Spain, the
Marquis declined to grant it. The
reason alleged for the refusal was that
if a passport was given to the Duke,
ex-Queen Isabella would deem herself
equally entitled to it, aud the Madrid
Government considered her return to
Spain inopportune.
The funeral of Quinet took place to
day. Victor Hugo and Gambetta de
livered orations at the grave. The
crowd was immense, and there was
some disorder.
A Blast Against Potatoes. Su \-
mary Justice in Canada. An
other Squabble in Spain.
Paris, March 30. — An official decree
has been promulgated prohibiting the
importation into France of American
potatoes or of sacks or barrels previ
ously used iu packing them. The ob
ject is to prevent the introduction of
the Colorado beetle.
London, March 30. — One hundred and
tweuty-eight thousand dollars in specie
was sent to New York.
Toronto, March 30. — Taylor’s paper
mills was burned. Loss, 800,000.
Brockville, Ont., March 30.—Dr. E.
B. Sparham and accomplice will hang
for producing abortion, resulting in
death. The accomplice was the se
ducer.
Madrid, March 30.—Gen. Concha,
late Captain General of Cuba, has ad
dressed a petition to the King accus
ing Gen. Jo veil ar, his predecessor in the
Captain Generalcy, and now Minister
of War, of being the cause of lack of
discipline in the Spanish army on that
island; also censuring the conduct of
Gen. Jovellar as Minister of War. The
petition has created a profound sensa
tion. The Newspapers are compelled
±o maintain silence iu regard to it.
United States Supreme Court.
In the case of Texas vs. White and
Ohiles, the Supreme Court yesterday
decided that Chiles was in contempt
of a former order, but decided that
no other question was involved.
Uhiles was fined 8250. This leaves the
case precisely were it was before these
proceedings were begun. Texas to re
cover will have to bring suit against
the parties in England.
FLASHES.
Northern rivers are still rising slow
ly, and it is thought the ice w ill pass
oft with but little damage.
The residence of Wm. R, Byrd, at
Ape’s Hall, Maryland, was burned with
its contents. Two children, 8 and 4
years of age, perished.
CAPITAL AND LABOR.
Meeting of Workingmen. Resolu
tions of Self-Protection. A Riotous
Mob Dispersed by a Priest.
Pottsville, Pa., March 30.—A meet
ing of the Miners’ and Laborers’ Be
nevolent Association, and the Me
chanics’ and Workingmen’s Society,
was held in this city to-day for the
purpose of organizing and framing a
combination for mutual protection.
Twenty-three districts were represent
ed—President John F. Welsh, of the
Miners’ Association, in the chair. There
was a full representation of both or
ganizations. John Siney, President of
the Miners’ National Association of the
United States, came here from Cleve
land, 0., on business connected with
the above meeting, and reported that
he favors the alliance. The following
resolutions were adopted unanimously:
llesolved, That we hereby agree to
form au alliance for mutual protection
and the general benefit of all, and each
organization to preserve its individual
character and charter.
Resolved, That the Miners’ and La
borers’ Benevolent Association and the
Mechanics’ and Workingmen’s Benev
olent Association be governed by the
same rules now governing the Execu
tive Committee of the M. and L. B. A.,
and entitled to the same representation
pro rata.
Resolved, That the M. and L. B. A.,
and the M. and W. B. A. do work in
harmony and sustain each other in this
and all coming struggles and difficul
ties, both morally and financially, until
justice is done to both.
A dispatch from Shamokin this eve
ning states that the miners continue
joiniug the Miners’ Union, organized
there recently, and it is supposed they
will suspend work in all the mines soon.
Unusual quiet prevailed throughout
this region to-day, aud the laboring
associations deprecate acts of violence
committed at Hazelton yesterday, by
their eo-workmen.
Mauch Chunk, March 30.—Nearly
one hundred and fifty armed .raiders
were in procession to-day, and visited
Yorktown, Spring Mountain, Auden
reid, Beaver Meadow, Jeanesville and
other colleries, on a scouting expedi
tion, and made all persons stop who
were engaged on dead work. No one
was injured, aud no damage done. It
is reported that fifty thousand bags
of flour were purchased for the min
ers in the Lehigh region last week,
with the funds of the W. B. A., and are
now delivered in the neighborhood of
Audenreid and Beaver Meadows,
whence it will be distributed to those
in need throughout this and adjoining
regions.
Philadelphia, March 30.—The Potts
ville Miners’ Journal, of to-day, says :
“A circular was issued yesterday, de
ny iug the statement made in the Jour
nal yesterday, that the employes of P.
& R. R. R., at Schuylkill, having con
nected with the M. & W. B. A., had re
nounced the society and were prepared
for work. The information, as pub
lished, was received in this office late
Sunday night, and there was no time
to inquire further concerning it. Y/e
have to state to-day that the employes
of the Reading Railroad Company, at
Schuylkill, Haven and Cressona, have
resumed work.”
Pottsville, March 30. —Inquiry was
made to-day from the masters of Phila
delphia and Reading Company’s shops,
at Cressona and Schuylkill Haven,
whether their men had resumed work
and renounced their connection with
the Laborers’ Union as reported on
Monday. They both replied that their
respective shops have full compliment
of men, that coal haulers, engine
wipers, yardmen, &c., are all at work,
and applications for position from non
union men, as well as resigned union
men, are being turned away, there be
ing no further vacancies to fill. Every
coal, freight and passenger engine on
the Mine Hill Road, except such as are
uuder necessary repairs, was out on
the road to-day and employed, and
there is no further doubt that in these
localities the companies’ affairs are be
yond embarrassment from the Labor
ers’ Union, notwithstanding orders at
the above two places combined num
bered a membership of about 700 men
and boys.
Hazeleton, Pa., March 30.—The mob
which left Audcnried this morning for
this place was intercepted at Beaver
Meadows mines by Father Marvin, the
Catholic priest of Audenried, who per
suaded them to disperse and return to
their homes. The Hazletonians have
thus escaped a second invasion, which
threatened serious consequences, and
everything is now quiet. Many shots
were fired last evening by rioters while
rallying their forces, five of which
went through a window of the York
town Companies’ store at Beaver
Crook. Two of the firemen were driv
en from their work, and one of them
compelled to join the ranks of the
rioters.
ii •
THE ICE-GORGE.
How it is Progressing.
Williamsport, March 30. — The river
has fallen one foot since noon. The ice
from this side of Lock Haven reached
the head of the boom above this place
at 4 o’clock this p. m., and lodged
there. The ice which started from the
lower end of the city yesterday and
lodged on an island half a mile below,
commenced to move again this p. m.,
aud is expected to reach the gorge at
Watsontown every minute. The water
at Watsontown is 20 feet above low
water mark. Half of this is supposed
to be backwater caused by the gorge.
Citizens of that placo are a little
alarmed, and await with anxiety the
breaking up of the gorge. No change
in the gorge at Glen union.
NEW YORK. .
Breach of Promise Case—A Young
Girl Gets Damages from an Old
Man—Biennial Conference of the
Evangelical Alliance.
New York, March 30. — A breach of
promise suit for 850,000 damages,
brought by Mary Chamberlayne, aged
10, against Johu B. Holmes,'aged (30,
resulted, yesterday, iu a verdict for the
plaintiff for 80,000.
The Executive Committee of the
Evangelical Alliance, at a meeting in
Brooklyn, last evening, decided not to
hold the meeting of the Biennial Con
ference iii Richmond, as there will be
two other meetings there about the
time of holding this one, aud decided to
hold it in Pittsburg.
MARINE NEWS.
New York, March 30.—Arrived out:
Melbourne, Humber, J. Simonson. Osterlide,
Florence, Promessi, Sea Gem, Athen, Ru
rick. Fear Not, Koenign, Olaf Nilson, Eliza
.Avelina, Crown Jewel, Reformer.
Charleston, March 30.—Arrived: Man
hattan, Sea Gull, M. A. Tuske, Henry
Means, H, N. MeGoliey.
Sailed: Bark Iris Bremen.
AUGUSTA, GA.. WEDNESDAY MORNING. MARCH 31. 1875.
ATLANTA.
Arrival of Notables.
Atlanta, March 30.—Senators Cam
eron, Chandler, Morton, Anthony, Pat
terson, Tom Seott and a party bound
for Mexico reached here this afternoon
aud leave to night. J. E. Brown and
others from Atlanta go with them.
Eighty Indiana editors also arrived
and are quartered at the Kimball
House.
John W. Garret, of Baltimore, is ex
pected here to-morrow.
Collector Holtzelaw left to-night for
Washington.
About Yellow Fever.
New Orleans, March 30.—The follow
ing goes North to-night:
To the Herald:
One week ago Capt. Russell, the se
rior officer in command of the United
States steamer Pylmouth at Key West,
telegraphed the Navy Department that
on that day there had been two fatal
cases of yellow fever on shipboard,
and that he had taken every precau
tion to prevent the disease from spread
ing. Incredible as it may appear,
neither the War nor the Treasury De
partments were advised of the preva
lence of the disease until to-day, when
the engineer officer in charge of the
Government works at Forts Taylor
and Jefferson telegraphed the Chief of
the Engineer Corps the yellow fever
had greatly increased within a few
days, and that all the naval vessels
were quarantined and the soldiers gar
risoning the forts would leave imme
diately for colder quarters. Following
this came a telegram to another army
officer stating that the epidemic was
spreading, which report was soon gen
erally known in army and navy circles,
and was not confined to the vessels of
the ravy, but that deaths were occur
ring ? i Key West. The existence of the
disease was unknown to the Treasury
Department, but upon hearing the
report the Supervising Surgeon
in charge of the Marine Hos
pital directed that instructions bo
sent at once to the surgeons at
Pensacola, Mobile, New Orleans aud
Galveston to be on the lookout for
yellow jack and promptly report its
appearance.
The United States steamer Dispatch,
sent to New Orleans to convey the
Senatorial party to Mexico, was at Ivey
West when the fever bad broken out,
increasing the solicitude felt here, not
only for the naval officers, but for the
prominent persons composing the ex
cursion party. This early appearance
of the fever, in so malignant a form,
and the negligence of the authori
ties in not advising the Treasury
Department of its existence, causes
serious apprehensions lest it may be
come suddenly widespread in its rav
ages. It will be remembered that on
the 11th of February Senator McGreery
introduced a bill premising that it had
been reported in a responsible medical
journal of the United States, and that
it had been announced in a Texas pa
per that a disease resembling cholera
was raging in Mexico at no great dis
tance from the frontier of the Uni tod
States, aud directing that the Secretary
of War detail a medical officer of the
army under the direction of the Sur
geon General to investigate carefully
the matter of said reports. ’ ,
It is understood that the Surgeon
General does not deem it advisable to
expend the appropriation on such evi
dence and declines to detail the medi
cal officer.
The rapidity with which the yellow
fever is reported to have taken hold at
Key West would seem to indicate a
favorable condition of climate for the
spread of epidemic diseases, and it is
possible Surgeon General Barnes will
be induced to comply with the act au
thorizing the expenditure of $2,000 be
fore it is too late. *
Miners on the Rampage.
Haselton, Pa., March 30. —Marching
miners to the number of 400, half of
them armed with guns and the balance
with clubs. There is much parley as
they proceed from mine to mine, but
no fighting.
Released.
St. Louis, March 30. —Buell, who
spoke disparingly of Chandler, has been
released from Federal custody.
Unparalleled Fiendishness in Utah.
—The Rocky Moantain News of a recent
date gives the following particulars of
an atrocious tragedy committed at
Toqueville, Utah, on the 16th inst.:
Richard Fryer, who has lately labor
ed uuder the hallucination that he was
a second Jesus Christ, entered his
house iu the evening and found Thos.
Betty, a friend of the family, lighting a
fire in the grate. Believing that Batty
was an emissary of the devil, who was
trying to burn his premises, the lunatic
rushed for a pistol and shot him
through the head. Mrs. Fryer, para
lyzed with fear, crouched in a corner,
and was shot through the heart by her
demoniac husband. The next thing he
did was to go to a cradle where his in
fant child was lying asleep, and delibe
rately blow its brains out. This was
the crowning act of the almost un
paralleled tragedy. Fryer then sallied
forth into the village, armed with a re
volver and a gun, proclaiming himself
the Lord, and saying that he had slain
the devil and several of his imps. The
Sheriff, being unable to arrest Fryer,
and fearing that still other lives might
be sacrificed, killed him with a shot
from a navy revolver. Batty, Mrs.
Fryer, the babe and the slayer of them,
all were buried on St. Patrick’s day
from the same house.
A Severe Moral Shock—The Demo
cratic Legislature of Delaware is
Visited by a “Niogeii.”— Wilmington,
Del., March 24.—The utmost conster
nation was caused at the State House,
at Dover, yesterday, by the advent of
a colored man, who claimed to be a
Democrat from Louisiana, and repre
sented his desire to confer with the
Democratic members. He gave his
name as N. E. Younger, aud was pro
vided with letters of introduction from
prominent Southern Conservatives. For
some time the horror-stricken Demo
cratic members left him cooling his
heels in the corridors of the Capitol,
until finding that something must be
done, he was beckoned into a room,
and a caucus held with him. It was
remarked that some who spoke of him
as a “ nigger ” before the interview rer
ferred quite respectfully to him when
it was over, as “nota bad-looking dar
key after all.” His errand was to get
pecuniary aid for the colored Democ
racy of the South. No such moral
shock has been experienced in the Dela
ware Legislature for years.
[ Special Dispatch to the New York Times
It is very cold weather, and yet lovers
do not see the sense of hugging a
stove.
[Published by Request.
The Georgia Railroad.
Editors Chronicle and Sentinel :
Permit me, through the medium of
your valuable newspaper, to commune,
for a brief space, with my fellow-stock
holders of the Georgia Railroad and
Banking Company, and who constitute
one of the most influential and respect
able corporations in the State.
This company has recently dispensed
with the services of all its baggage
masters as not essential to the effi
ciency of this department of duty.
This is a step in the right direction,
and for which it is to be commended.
But why not continue this retrench
ment and dispense with several scores
of other supernumerary employes who
may be found in the various depart
ments of the company’s business.—
There is a constant tendency in all
large organizations to dead-headism,
which requires constant vigilance
to keep in check. Our compauy is
no exception to the above remark.
We have many unnecessary officers
aud employees who are in each others
way in a proper, systematic and eco
nomic management of the road aud its
vast business. For instance, why have
two men to fill the office of President?
Why two to fill the office of Superin
tendent, and call one General Agent ?
Why two master machinists at Augusta,
and call one foreman ? Why one, in
addition to these two, at Atlanta? One
officer who understands his duty would
be amply sufficient for each of the above
positions.
This process of retrenchment could
be wisely applied to all the subordi
nate departments of the road—such as
chief of paint shops and chief of car
greasers, who now receive large sala
ries. We should insist ou these
retrenchments; and there remains
still another very important mat
ter for consideration and action,
and that is, the reduction of the
salaries of all the officers and employees
of th,e road. Pursuing this line of
policy prudently and with competent
and efficient officers, the stockholders
may rely upon regular dividends for
the future. Some may suppose that,
by adopting the policy above indicated,
we would lose some of our best offi
cers and employees, but in reply to
this apprehension it should be remem
bered that a similar policy has been
adopted by other roads without the
loss of a single man by voluntary re
signation. Another source of retren
chment may be found by dispensing
with ono of the two daily passenger
trains, as one is amply sufficient for
all the travel now using our road,
and no doubt the Central Railroad,
upon a conference, would unite iu this
policy, and so no longer be an ex
cuse for us to run two daily passenger
trains. Do our officers consider the
enormous expense of running these un
profitable trains, to say nothing of the
wear and tear of the track and of the
rolling stock? Wo have the best locat
ed road in the South, and it must pre
served and not abused by using it in
running nearly empty trains ; it must
be managed in the interest of the stock
holders, and not in the interest of Us em
ployes. It is the best property we
have, and nearly all we can be proud
of, and, therefore, it is our duty to
guard aud protect it well.
There is one fact, which I desire to
impress firmly upon tho minds of the
stockholders, and that is the enor
mous expense of conducting the busi
ness of the road, which for the past
six years has increased annually, as is
evidenced by the annual reports. This
is due solely to an extravagant admin
istration. For the year 1874 the ex
penditures amounted to 70 per cent of
the gross income, a most alarming fig
ure, and strangely contrasting with the
cost of the Western and Atlantic Rail
road for the same year, which was 58
per cent., including the large outlay of
8175,000 for construction, which was
an unusual amount for a single year,
showing a difference of 12 per cent, in
favor of the State Road. This is the
more remarkable when we consider
that the State Road has five times
as many bridges as the Georgia
Road, and is one of the most difficult
and expensive railroads iu the South
ern States, by reason of its curvilinear
track, its bridges, tunnel, the nature of
the soil, much of it being in the lime
stone region, its severe Winters and
destructive floods. Still, as I observed,
this road kept its expenses at 58 per
cent., and paid the State its monthly
rent of 825,000 and 10 per cent, on each
share of 840,000 in bonds issued to its
lessees, for the year (our road being
an endorser for them, the said lessees
paid nothing for what they own and
control for a period of twenty years.) I
hesitate not to give it as my j udgment
that our road, with like management
could reduce its expenses to 50 per
cent., and with its present busiuess
and competent officers, this difference
alone would pay a dividend, and there
by enable the road to daclare regular
semi-annual dividends of at least five
per cent.
It appears that the Georgia Railroad
is losing its popularity with the stock
holders if it has not already done so.
This is? inevitable from its failure to
make dividends ; from the inefficiency
of its management and tho disregard
by some of its officers of our solemn
resolution passed in convention, two
years ago, that no free tickets should
be issued without the consent of the
President or a majority of the Direc
tors. Yet it is believed that free tick
ets have been issued to parties in vio
lation of said resolution, who own no
stock even, and in some cases to the
families of such parties.
We would like to have, at every meet
ing of the Board, a record of all free
tickets—annual, quarterly, monthly, or
for a single trip, with the reason for
issuing them and all free tickets be held
against the officer issuing them for ex
planation, and no abuse of the power
to be tolerated by the,Directors. If the
Directors would give more attention to
such abuses and to all other matters of
economy and efficiency, much might be
done to place our compauy upon its
proper footing. Stockholder.
The following conversation at a re
vival meeting in San Francisco is re
ported by the Chronicle of that city :
“ How old are you, my hoy ? ”
“Six, sir.”
“Have you signed the covenant card?”
“ Yes, sir.”
“ Do you love Jesus ? ”
“Yes, sir.”
“ Why do you love Him, dear ? ”
Because He first loved me.”
“ Were you a great sinner, pet ? ”
“ Yes, sir.”
“And you felt very sorry for your
sins ? ”
“Yes, sir.”
“ What sin did you commit ? ”
“Sir?”
“ What did you do that was wicked?”
“ I forget, sir ! ”
How Patrick proposes to get over
his single blessedness —proposing to
Bridge-it.
[communicated.]
Mr. Thomas L. Snead and His Card.
Me. Editor : While perusing the Sun
day issue of the Constitutionalist, my
attention was drawn to a communication
from New York, over the familiar
name of Thos. L. Snead, which called
to remembrance a matter of grave im
portance, in which the people of the
State should feel a deep interest; and
if a “ Member of the Committee,” or
either member of that respectable
body, will call on me, I will cheerfully
submit for their inspection some in
teresting private letters from the most
respectable and influential bankers in
Europe and New York, in which they
were interested touching the matter to
which Mr. Snead refers in the latter
part of his communication, and if such
letters from such a source are any in
dication of the effect of Mr. Snead’s
services in connection with Treasurer
Jones, it is anything but flattering to
the respected financial
ability. It is not our province to ques
tion the integrity of either of these
gentlemen. I simply give facts as re
lated to me in black and white by re
liable parties, which every man inter
ested can take for what they are
worth. As to the Treasurer’s compe
tency, I doubt not his bond is suffi
cient to cover any of his short
comings. At any rate, our bond
holders are not likely to suffer
from the manner in which his accounts
were kept in bank or elsewhere, and
for myself I have no complaint against
Mr. Jones, save that he seems to have
a great abhorrence to answer impor
tant business letters, as nearly every
business man will testify who has had
any occasion to tax him with letters of
inquiry, while I doubt not Mr. Snead
found him to be a faithful correspon
dent, which is more than the Fourth
National Bank of New York can say.
But I will leave Mr. Jones and come
back to Mr. Snead’s communication,
from which I extract the following :
“The employment referred to in your
editorial was as counsel for certain
holders of what are known as Georgia
quarterly gold bonds. The Treasurer
refused, for various reasons, to pay the
past due and maturing interest on a
large amount of these bonds. An
American agent of the English holders
of these bonds thereupon"agreed that
they would pay me a commission of
two per cent, to procure payment of
their interest. I did procure payment
of it by submitting to the Treasurer
abundant proofs that the holders of
these bonds had complied with the re
quirements of the laws of Georgia on
the subject, and that the interest ougld to
be paid. Your insinuation that his ac
tion was influenced by corrupt induce
ments, I know to be unfounded, and it
is my opinion that there is not in the
State of Georgia a more incorruptible
man than John Jones.”
The italics are all mine, to which I
beg your attention, and would ask Mr.
Snead to specify the “various reasons,”
and assure him that he is perfectly
correct in stating that “the holders of
these bonds had complied with the re
quirements of the laws of Georgia on
the subject, and that the interest
ought to be paid.” Yes; and Mr. Snead
might have added that the interest was
paid at the Fourth National Bank until
the Treasurer stopped payment. Then,
and not till then, were the Amerioau
agents of the English holders forced to
seek Mr. Snead. Two per cent, was a
pretty nice operation, if, upon reflec
tion, he did not deem it advisable to
refund some of it. But I could refresh
his memory with a case where he got
five per cent, for having the coupons
cashed, and four per cent, for tinkering
on bonds, so that the holders would
not have to go through the same or
deal hereafter. This the owners of said
bonds justly termed “a blackmail pro
cess,” and was not calculated to inspire
them with faith in anything from Geor
gia. Prior to this unfortunate affair, I
have reason to believe, our State could
have borrowed any reasonable amount
in Europe at 5 per cent, interest, while
Mr. Snead made an unsuccessful effort
with our banks to effect a loan for the
State at more than double the above
rates. Justice.
[Chicago Tribune.
WIFE.
The Truth of History.
Says a correspondent in yesterday’s
Tribune, “Mrs. Swisshelm may have
been an eye-witness to innumerable in
stances of the kissing she mentions ;
but, let us hope she kept herself, like
Gmsar’s wife, above reproach.”
We have got tired of this quotation,
as it misleads the reader. Ceesar’s wife
was not above reproach or suspicion,
as it is generally written.
The innumerable multitude who put
into everything they write the fine old
crusty remark about Ctesar’s wife being
above suspicion will please take notice
that she was not above suspicion, and
that Caesar divorced himself from her
oh that ground. Calphurnia, the wife
in question, w r as misled, or, to state it
plainer, seduced, by Clodius. Caesar
declined to prosecute the latter for
political reasons, and the criminal w r as
therefore acquitted after a sham trial.
His wife he promptly flung away,
but he would not jeopardize his power
with his own party just then by de
manding the punishment of him who
had debauched her. Clodius belonged
to Cmsar’s political party, and was
very influential with the common peo
ple, though hated by the patricians.
The intrusion of the lecherous dema
gogue into the household of the great
triumvir, and the seduction of his wife,
became notorious in Rome. A word
spoken by the injured husband would
have insured his condemnation and
death, but Ceesar would not speak.
He contented himself by procuring a
divorce from his false wife, who denied
the proof of her guilt, and by declaring
that “ Ctesar’s wife must not even be
suspected,” or by another translation
that “Caesar's wife ought to be above
suspicion ;” but she was not. She has
figured as a model of purity and virtue
long enough. Persons in search of
such a model will please take some
other woman.
A story of the telegraph will be given
in an early number of Scribner's Mag cP
zine under the title of “
The heroine is a telegraph operator,
and her name, “Kate,” is constantly
sounding through the story in the
clicks of the instrument and the whis
tles of the locomotive on which the
hero rides.
The loss of a set of false teeth did
not prevent a marriage at Cairo. The
bride tied a handkerchief over her
mouth and told the minister to “ goth
aheath.”
The Louisville Courier-Journal ex
plains that the baldness of its jokes is
due to the printers. That comes of
having printers who follow copy.
| Milwaukee Sentinel.
FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL
AUGUSTA DAILY MARKET.
Office Daily Constitutionalist, [
Tuesday. March 30, 4 P. M. )
Financial.
Gold—Buying at 113 and selling at 115.
Silver—Buving at 102 and selling at 105.
Sight Exchange on New York, buying at
par to % premium, and selling at % to %
premium.
Cotton:
The Augusta Exchange reports the
market dull and nominal.
The closing quotations were: Good Ordi
nary, 14%; Low Middling, 15%; Middling,
15%. *
Receipts of the day, 217 and sales, 182
bales. The receipts at all United States
ports were 6,295 bales; same day last
year, 9,307.
Produce;
BACON—firm at quotations,'Clear Sides,
13; C. R. Sides, 13; Shoulders, 10. Dry
Salt—C. K. Sides, 12; Long Clear Sides,
11%; D. S. Shoulders, 9; Bellies, 12. Ten
nessee Meats— Sides, 13%; Shoulders, 10%;
Hams, 15.
HAMS—Canvassed, 14%@15.
LARD— Choice, in tierce, 16; kegs and
cans. 17.
BAGGING AND TIES-No demand.
BUTTER —Goshen, 40@45; Country, 28
@3O; Tennessee, 28@30.
FLOUR —City Mills are $6.25@6.50 for su
perfine, $6.50@6.75 for extra; $7@7,2> for
family; and $7.50@7.75 for fancy; for Wes
tern and Country, we quote superfine, $5.50
@6.00; extra, $6@6.50; family, $6.50@7.00
and fa ey, $7.00@7.50.
CORN—Prime to choice 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,
$1.30@1.32%.
OATS—Mixed, 83@85; white, 85.
CORN MEAL—City, $1.10; Country, sl@
1.05.
EGGS—Per dozen, 15.
Note.—Wo give wholesalo rates. Prices
for small lots of tho articles we quote are
higher in proportion.
TELEGRAPHIC MARKETS.
FINANCIAL.
London, March 30—Noon.—Erie, 26%@
26%; Street Rato % below bank.
Paris, March 30 -Noon.—Rentes, 63f.
92%c.
New York, March 30—Noon.—Stocks
active and strong. Money, 6. Gold, 115%
Exchange—long, 481 @481% short, 435%.
Governments steady. State Bonds quiet.
Gold opened at 116%.
New York, March 30—P. M.—Money
active at 4@5. Sterling advanced, 482. Gold
weak at $1.14%@1.15. Governments dull
and lower; New s’s, 15. State Bonds quiet
and nominal. Stocks closed active and
feverish; Central 100%; Eric, 29%; Lake
Shore, 73%; Illinois Central, 102; Pittsburg,
92%; Nortiiwestern, 44%; preferred, 57%;
Rock island, 105%.
Sub-Treasurv balances : Gold, $53 316,394;
currency, $43,845,572; Sub-Treasurer paid
out, $48,000 on account, interest and $190,000
for bonds, customs and receipts, $477,000.
New Orleans, March 30.—Exchange-
New York Sight, % premium. Sterling,
538. Gold. 115%@116.
PRODUCE.
Liverpool, March 30—Noon.— Breadstuffs
firm. Red Western wheat; Winter, 9s. 9d.
New York, March 30.—Noon—Flour
quiet and unchanged. Wheat quiet and
steady. Corn quiet and firm. Pork firm
at $20.85@21. Lard firm; steam, 14%. Tur
pentine dull at 36. Rosin unchanged.—
Freights quiet.
Baltimore, March 30.—Flour firm and
quiet. Wheat firm and steady. Corn firmer,
for Southern white, 83@S7; yellow, 8I@83;
Western mixed, 84%. Oats firmer, south
ern, 68@72. Provisions firm and advancing.
Mess, $20.50@21. Baoon—shoulders, 9%.
Coffee quiet and unchanged. Whiskey, $1.15.
Sugar very strong at 10%@10%.
Liverpool, March 30- -5 P. M.—Bacon
long clear m kid Us, 495. Dard, 635.
New York, March 30—P. M.—Flour
quiet and unchanged. Wheat %@le easier,
moderate demand, closidg steadier at $1.25
@1.28; Winter red Western, $1.28@1.29;
Amber Western, $1.28; do. State, $1.30@1.40
for white Western. Com opened steady
and closed heavy at %@lc lower. 86@87;
Western mixed, 87@87% for yellow Western.
Coffe firm at 15%@18, gold for Rio. Sugar
firm. Rice quiet aud unchanged. Tallow
firm at 8%@8%. Rosin firm at $2.07%@
2.12% for strained. Turpentine firm at 36.
Pork excited; new, $21@21.25. Lard firmer:
prime steam. 14 3-16@14%. Whiskey dull
at $1.15; freights on cotton, sail 7-32; steam
7-32@%.
Louisville, March 30.—Flour quiet and
unchanged. Corn firm at 68@69. Pro
visions advancing and tendency stronger.
Pork, $22. Bacon -shoulders, 8%; clear rib
and clear, 12%@12% for packed prime. Lard
—steam, 14%; tierce, 14%@15. Whiskey,
$1.12. Bagging firm at 12%@13%.
St. Louis, March 30.—Flour steady and
unchanged. Corn steady and inactive.—
Whiskey steady at $1.12. Pork, active and
higher s2l. Bacon active and higher and
firm, demand exceeds supply—shoulders,
8%@9; clear rib and clear, 12%@12%. Lard
firm at 14.
Cincinnati, March 30.—Flour firm. Corn
firm at C9%@71. Pork firm at $21@21.25.
Lard firm—steam, 14; kettle, 14%. Bacon
firm and scarce; shoulders, 8%; clear rib,
12; clear. 12%. Whiskey firm at $1.12.
New Orleans, March 30.—Coffee un
changed; other articles unchanged.
COTTON.
Liverpool, March 30—Noon.—Cotton
quiet steady; middling uplands, 7%@8;
middling, 8@8%; sales, 10,000; speculation
and export, 2,000; middling uplands, noth
ing below low middling; shipped February
8, 130,000.
Later— Cotton—middling uplands, noth
ing below low middling, deliverable April
and March 7 15-16 on basis of middling Or
leans, nothing below low middling, ship
ped February and March 8,000 short; low
middles, 51.
Liverpool, March SO—s P. M—Cotton
—middling uplands, nothing below good
ordinary shipped February. 7 15-16; do.
shipped March and April, 8; do. deliverable
March, 7%; do.Meliverable May and June,
nothing beiow low Middling, 8 1-16. Yarns
and Fabrics steady.
New York, March 30—Noon Cotton
dull; sales, 371 bales; uplands, 16%; Or
leans, 17.
Futures opened quiet and steady as fol
lows: April, 16 21-32, 16 11-16; May, 17 1-16,
17 3-32; June, 17 13-32, 17 7-16; July,
17 11-16%.
New York, March 30— P. M—Cotton
dull aud easier; sales, 618 at 16%@17; net
receipts. 1,051; gross, 4,013.
Futures closed quiet and easy; sales,
18,100 bales, March, 16 17-32; April, 16 19-32;
May, 16 15-16.16 31-32; June. 17 5-16,17 11-32;
July, 17 19-32, 17%; August, 17%, 17 25-32;
September, 17 9-32,17 11-32; October, 16 22-32
16%; November, 16 9-16, 16%; December,
16 9-16, 16%.
Charleston, March 30.— Cotton quiet;
middling, 16; net receipts, 514 bales; gross,
1,176 to Continent, 1,750; sales, 500;
stock, 29,092.
Savannah, March 30.—Cotton quiet—mid
dling, 16; low middling, 15%; good ordi
nary, 14%; net receipts, 794 bales; sales,
606; stock, 44 836.
Mobile, March 30. Cotton firn; mid
dling, 15%; net receipts, 80; exports coast
wise, 161; sales, 1,100; stock, 40,428.
Norfolk,March 30.—Cotton quiet; mid
dling, 16%; net receipts, 1,322; exports—to
Great. Britain, 3,368; coastwise, 875; sales,
350; stock, 6,739.
Baltimore, March 30.—Cotton firm;
middling, 16%<516%; gross receipts, 119;
exports coastwise, 315; sales, 365; spinners,
220; stock, 20,805.
Philadelphia, March3o.—Cotton quiet;
middling, 16%; net receipts, 1; gross, 1,167.
Boston, March 30.—Cotton unchanged;
middling, 16%; met receipts, 400; gross,
2,219; sales, 219; stock, 16,210.
Memphis, March 30—Cotton nominally
unchanged; middling, lif; net receipts, 519;
shipments, 1,055; sales, $00; stock, 38,019.
WE ARE READY!
AT
J. B. WHITE&Co-’s
wrra
$65,000 WORTH OF
NEW
Spring mid Summer Goods
1A A DOZEN 2 BUTTON KID
lVu GLOVES, all colors and sizes,
at 50 cents ; 130 dosien Superior COR
SETS at 50 cents ; 100 dozen pure
FLAX TOWELS, !2>jC., worth 25c.;
1,500 dozen HOSE, from 50c. up; 150
pieces 4-4 PIQUE 15c., market value
25c.; 300 pieces well assorted PIQUE,
20c. to 50c.; 150 pieces PERCALES.
12 100 dozen PARASOLS, 50e. to
$lO each ; 80 pieces Embroidered Gren
adines 12V2c., wortii last season, 35c.;
85 pieces Black Iron Greuadines, 25c. to
$1.50 ; 75 pieces Striped and Colored
SPRING SILKS, prices low ; 15 pieces
Black Silk, 75c. to $3 per yard; 5 pieces
Extra Value, $1.50, last week sold for
$2.25; magnificent assortment of
RUCHES and LLAMA LACE POINTS,
$5 to SIOO ; 9 cases % Bleached Shirt
ing at 5c., 7 cases % Bleached Shirting
at 7>£e., 24 cases 4-4 Bleached Shirting
at 9,10, 11 % and 12>£c.
FOR CASH.
100 BALES FACTORY SHIRTING at %c.
less than Agent’s prices.
Country and City Merchants will do well
to call and get posted before buying.
J. B. WHITE & CO.,
228 BROAD STREET.
m h2B-sutu&f t'4 w
FITS CUBED FREE !
Any person suffering from the above
disease is requested to address Dr. Price,
and a trial bottle of Medicine will be for
warded by Express
FREE!
The only cost being the Express charges
which, owing to my large business, are
small. Dr. Price has made the treatment of
FITS Oli EPILEPSY
a study for years, and he will warrant a
cure by the use of his remedy.
Do not fail to send to him for a trial
bottle: il costs nothing, and he
WILL CURE YOU.
no matter of how long standing your case
may be, or how many other remedies may
have failed. Circulars and Testimonial's
sent with
FREE TRIAL BOTTLE,
Be particular tp give your Express, as
well as your Post Office direction, and
Address u. tms. t. price:
feb26-d*cly 67 William street, N. Y.
Fertijizers !
HIGHEST GRADE
AT
Reduced Prices ! !
Important to Grangers and Farmers.
lAM Agent at this point for the GEOR
GIA STATE GRANGE FERTILIZER,
an Ammoniatod Superphosphate, made
from puro bone, and yielding an analysis
3.28 Ammonia, and from 'J 50 per cent, to
10.50 per cent, available Phosphoric Acid :
none excel, few eqal it.
Georgia State Grange Dissolved Bone,
made from pure bone, guaranteed to con
tain 13 per cent Soluble Phosphoric Acid.
Nothing better sold in Georgia.
Geoigia State Grange Acid Phosphate
made from South Carolina Phosphate Rockl
fuaranteed to contain 10 per cent. Soluble
hosphoric Acid, only equalled by one
article made in Carolina.
The above articles are offered to Grang
ers at prices as per contract with “ Manu
facturers Combination.”
Farmers not Grangers will also be sup
plied at low rates.
For terms and prices, apply to
w. w. Rhodes,
Agent for Augusta, at Planters Union
Agency. W. SI. MOSES,
General Purchasing Agent
CHAS. C. HARDWICK,
Local and Distributing Agent,
raarl7-wefrsu2w Savannah, Ga.
BLINDNESS CURED.
MR. ANDREW HETT wishes to in
form the public that he has perform
ed some miraculous cures on the eyes of
many people who live in this city. They
can be seen and conversed with on’the sub
ject, and will testify as to what he can do.
Mr. Schofield, who was almost blind with
sore eyes, was cured in 14 days so that he
could read tine print without specks. Ho
can be seen at his Tin Shop on Jackson
street.
Mr. Stoker, who had one eye paralyzed
and mouth drawn to one side, was cured in
14 days; also, a blind man who was in At
lanta' six months under treatment, and
could not bo cured there, hb was made to
see in three days, lit can be seen at Mr.
HETT’S residence, 175 Reynolds street.
feb2B-lm ■
NOTICE.
A FEW PERMANENT AND DAY
BOARDERS can be accommodated at 133
Bills street, corner of Monument.
mch24-6 P. CHERRY^
O. E. 1)01)1) At CO ,
219 BROAD STREET.
OPPOSIT CENTRAL HOTEL.
You will find a nice line of
Men’s, Boys’ and Cliild’s Hats
and Caps.
nov2-tf
“BANCROFTS”
“EXTRA PROLIFIC HERLOXG COTTON,”
lIHE most productive of all the improved
varieties. PRICES REDUCED. We
will sell the above valuable Seed, from this
date, as follows:
s.l Per Bushel of 30 lbs. for 1 to 5 Bushels.
$2 “ “ for 10 or more “
$1.50 “ “ “ 100 “
(Delivered at Athens Depot, Georgia R. R.)
Planters desiring Pure and very Superior
SEED are invited to call at our office and
see sample stalks of this Cotton.
For sale by
C. H. PHINIZY & Cos.,
COTTON FACTORS,
AUGUSTA, OAI.
mhi3-satu3w*
TO RENT,
A DESIRABLE ROOM. No. 1 Warren
Blook.
Inquire at
Jan3l-tf THIS OFFICE.
Fashionable Dress Making
BY
Miss K. MUSTIN,
Rooms over Derry & Law’s, No. 277 Broad
Street. mch2o-3
JNew Series— V ol. 3. No. 66
CANTON MATTINGS.
NEW POODS !
Best 4-4 Red Check MATTINGS.
Best 4-4 White MATTINGS.
Beta 4-4 Fancy MATTINGS.
also
50 Bolls Fresh Canton MATTING, at sl2
a Roll of 40 vards. At
JAMES G. BAILIE & BBO’S,
L ICE CURTAINS.
New Patterns Nottinghan Lace, new Pat
terns French Lace. At
TAMES G. BAILIE & BRO’S.
CORNICES AND BANDS.
New Patterns—just opened. At
JAMES G. BAILIE & BRO’S.
TEIIRYS AND REPS.
For Curtains. Couch Covers, and Cushion
Covers, our finest goods at reduced prices.
Aiso, anew line of low Priced Terrys and
Damasks.
150 yards Furniture Coverings.
300 \ ards Turkey Red.
Embroidered and Felt Piano and Table
Givers. Hair Cloths, all widths. Table
Mat.s. At JAMES G, BAILIE A BRO’S.
Window Shades
Of new designs. Just opened at
JAMES G. BAILIE & BRO’S.
Floor Oil Cloths
Of test makes of all grades. At
J A MES G. BAILIE k BSP’S.
Wall Papers and Borders.
Fire Screens and Side Light Papers and
Rustic Shades. Opened this week at
JAMES G. BAILIE k BRO’S.
mch!9-frsu2m
CARD!
BUY the best Goods in market, and ocon
omise by adopting the CASH SYSTEM
in vogue at the China Tea and Coffee Store.
Whether your money can be “lengthened,”
you can judge better by comparing the fol
lowing list of prices. The quality of Goods
we guarantee the BEST IN ALL RE
SPECTS;
Two lbs. good Green or Black Tea for $1;
lib. Choice Young Hyson, Gunpowder or
Impel ial Tea for $1; 1 ib. of the Best Oolong
or English Breakfast Tea (with caddy),
$i .25; 4 lbs. Choice Rio Coffee (warranted),
$1; Old Government Java. Laguayra—
Roasted and Green; all kinds ground fresh
ou the premises. Our sales in Teas and
Coffees the past year are a sufficient guar
antee of success in this department. In
Sugais, the prices continue the same for
the consumer, notwithstanding the addi
tional tax.
Two and a half pounds of Martin’s Gilt
Edge Goshen Butter for one dollar;
5 lbs. Martin’s Best Cream Cheese for $1:
20 bars Hotchkiss’ Best Soap for $1; the
quality of this Soap-beggars description;
4% lbs. Pure French Candy for $1; 6 lbs.
Best Stick Candy for slj 8 lbs. Ginger
Snaps, Lemon, Cream and Boston Crackers
forsl; Ferris’ Pig Hams 16c., and Dried
Beef, 5 lbs. forsl; 2 gallons California Cider
for $1: 5 gallons Best Kerosene Oil for sl.
Also, great bargains in Canned Goods of
every description.
R. N. HOTCHKISS,
Proprietor China Tea and Coffee Store,
143 Broad street.
Red Bronze Front, opposite Fountain.
mh2l-tf
HIGHLY ISPORTAXT Til THE SICE.
The Georgia Cough Balsam.
A SPLENDID REMEDY for affections or
the LUNGS, as well as diseases of the
KIDNEY. I hold two certificates from the
Hon. Alexander H. Stephens, oi Georgia,
whose late sickness was caused by both of
these complaints, and were cured by this
medicine.
MONA TROPA TONIC
Compound Bitters.
A GRAND REMEDY for the cure of
iL CHILLS AND FEVER, GENERAL
DEBILITY, LOSS OF APPETITE, NIGHT
SWEATS, Ac.
DIARRHCEA, DYSENTERY
AND diptheria cordial.
A SPLENDID REMEDY in either case.
Has often cured DIARRHOEA of an
agravated form by a single dose, DIPTHE
liiA In half an hour. This is one of the
grandest preparations in America, and has
been t horoughly tested and so determined
by thousands. __
TURKISH OIL OR LINIMENT.
THIS old and well known article for
RHEUMATISM, NEURALGIA, HEAD,
TOOTH and EAR ACHE, or for PAINS
generally, is still unrivalled. -
Rheumatic, Neuralgia and Gout
FILLS.
THEY do not operate, but oenetrate the
whole system, particularly the Head.
Used in old or stubborn cases with the
Turkish Oil. Price, 75 cents per box.
THE OLD GEORGIA
MEDICATED SOAP
CJO long and favorably known, for the
O cure of ULCERS and SOK oS generally,
also SKIN DISEASES, BLIND or BLEED
ING PILES, BURNS or SCALDS, RING
or TETTER WORM, BOILS, SORE EYES,
CUTS, kc. Price, 25 cents a cake.
Egyptian Healing Ointment.
USED in connection with the above Soap,
in old or stubborn cases, always gives
satisfaction. Price, 50 cents per box.
The four first articles are in four ounce
vials. Price, 75 cents each.
All of these are carefully prepared by
C. PEMBLE, Agent,
AND SOLD BY
REANEY & DURBAN,
DRUGGISTS,
200 Broad Street, Augusta, On.
jan2o-wesul2&cl2
SALE OF MACHINERY,
Belonging to tho Estate of
GEO. 0. LOMBARD,
(DECEASED).
One 30-horse power and( üble cyliddor Steam
Engine.
One Force Pump and Shaft for same.
One 25-horse power Ste.m Engine, cylin
der 10%xlG.
One 15-horse power Steam Engine, cylin
der i%xlO.
Two 6-horse power Steam Engines, cylin
der 7}£x6.
One sot of Head Block Machinery, for Saw
Mill, complete.
One Portable Grist Mill.
Two sets of Segment Gin Gear.
Two sets of Graham’s Latest Improved
Soiil Rim Gin Gear.
One lot of Grist Mill Spindles, Bridge Free
Drivers and Brushes, one lot of Good gens
_ ai }d a General Assortment
of CASTINGS such as are generally-found
at a Foundry
The above is sold for the purpose of di
visionof Property among the heirs of the
said estate, therefore will be sold very
cheap.
i , For further particulars, apply to or ad
dress
GEO. R. LOMBARD,
At Forest City Foundry and Machine
Works, who will continue the business in
all of its branches. marl4-d3tnwlcl