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THE CONSTITUTIONALIST
WEDNESDAY, May 19,1875.
The Pope has called another Vatican
Couucil. His Holiness has many items
of interest to lay before it, no doubt.
Alfonso has again declared his in
tention of maintaining religious liberty
in Spain. It is simply impossible for
that monarch or any other to go back
to the old days of intolerance.
Theodore Tilton may be a bad hus
band and an unwholesome fellow gen
erally, but he has written some ad
mirable poetry. The poem published
this morning by him is a masterpiece
of its kind.
The report of D. C. Wilson, Presi
dent of the Port Royal Railroad, makes
a bad showing for that company. The
road has run at a dead loss of over $7,000
during the tlscal year, whilst innumer
able law debts, law suits, liens and
mortgages are piled up against it. See
South Carolina Department.
Atlanta has become very lively for
the Summer season. New buildiugs
are going up, new enterprises are pro
jected, and “the goose haugs high.”
According to Col. Adair, through the
medium of the Herald, the cause of all
this is the re-enactment of the usury
laws, which compels capitalists to seek
other investments than stocks, bonds
and commercial paper.
Col. Wm. M. Wadlky was electod Presi
dent of the Savannah, Griffin and North
Alabama Railroad Company on Thursday,
and all the other officers were continued,
but their pay was cut down one-third.
President Wadley was voted the hand
some salary, in these hard times, of fifty
dollars a month. — Savannah Advertiser.
We will bet a hat that in addition to
his salary lie gets a dead head ticket
and his meals free while out on the
road.
The Western press devotes a great
deal of space to the early appearance
of the grasshoppers. No plague sent
upon was worse. They are irre
sistible, and in their march literally
devour not only crops, but evory green
leaf and bud of the forest. We are as
sured that the Southern sun, when it
raises the mercury to 9S degrees, kills
them.
Our readers will find a very interest
ing article upon European affairs in to
day’s Constitutionalist, taken from the
correspondence of tho Cincinnati Ga
zette. Every now and then a general
disarmament is proposed by the Great.
Powers, but it is usually followed by
greater activity In military circles.—
When the disarmament of the huge
fighting forces of Russia, Germany,
JFrance, Austria and Italy takes place
vye shall have some hopes of peace—
and not till then.
As another “Spelling Bee” is on the
tapis, all parties interested in wordy
warfare will read with unction what a
witty wag in the Washington Chronicle
has to say on the matter. He demon
strates that Siiakspeare had frequent
reference, in his plays, to this kind of
amusement, or torture, and so it is an
old matter after all. One quotation
from the Bard of Avon seems to have
iboen overlooked. It is this :
* ‘Childten pick up words, as pigeons pease,
Ail'd utter them again as Got! shall please’”
This publisheis of Gen. Sherman’s
memoirs aro getting some magnificent
free puiTu outside of New York city.—
The metropolitan papers are paid
handsomely, no doubt, for their ex
tended notices of this work, and the
rural press may lie eouuted upon for
seizing tho bait. Gen. Sherman made
war barbarously and lias, In the case
of Columbia, endeavored to thrust his
infamy upon innocent men, like Wade
Hampton and the Confederate soldiery.
He is a supreme egotist and his name
in history will be associated with that
of Alario.
The last hours of the dead Breckin
ridge will be read with painful interest.
When the Black Camel knelt at his
•door he mouuted It with perfeet oon
asciousness and without a murmur, and
thus left tho world forever at the age
•of only lifty-four, one of the greatest
men ever born In America. There was
nothing but tho truest greatness in his
composition. He was the fluest look
ing man we ever saw. God seemed to
liavo stamped his own patent of nobil
ity upon his brow. He sinks into tho
grave, into eternity, leaving not even a
blended stain upon a record of honor. It
is fitting that the South should weep
for him, for he was ever true to her in
her days of prosperity and in the mid
nlg'.ht hours of her late war for inde
pendence. In the supreme moments
of peril £ud public danger, tho people
always where to find him. Ho
left the forum and drew the sword to
defend his principles, and from the be
ginning to the end of the struggle the
Confederacy did not muster under its
banner a braver soldier or a more sa
gacious counsellor. No man can point
to a single aet of treachery or a single
act of his not in accord with the high
est code of morals or the truest princi
ples of chivalry.
THE DEAD BRECKENRIDGE!
His Last Hours—What He Died of—
His Will—His Burial.
Lexington, May 18.—Gen. John C.
Breckenridge died of abcess of the
liver, combined with consumption. His
last hours were quiet and peaceful. On
Sunday night he was very restless, and
sent during tho night for his regular
physician, who administered an opiate
to the sufferer, after which he slept un
til late the next morning. Then he was
visited by Dr. Lewis It. Sayre, of Now
York, who dressed the wound made by
the operation on Monday of last week.
The doctor, seeing that a discharge
was taking place from the wound, ex
pressed himself hopeful of the patient’s
rapid recovery, with the proper
attention. After.this the sufferer took
some nourishment. At 3 o’clock in the
afternoon a change for tho worse was
perceptible, and his friends became
alarmed. Stimulents were administer
ed but without effect, and he sank rap
idly until near 5 o’clock, when he be
came speechless. He died at 15 min
utes to G o’clock. He was conscious,
apparently, up to within a few miuutes
of death. There was no scene, no last
words. The only allusions he made to
death were once after the operation
performed on him last week by Drs.
Sayre and Gross, when he said he felt
so comfortable lie believed mortifica
tion had set in; and again in his will
made next day by Hon. Jas. B. Beck,
in which ho used these words : “ After
all my just debts, which are few and
small, and the expenses of a modest
funeral are paid, I desire, etc.” Around
the death bed of the General was his
wife, two daughters, one son and a few
other immediate relatives.
In accordance with the wish of the
deceased, and desire of the family, ihe
funeral will be a modest one. it will
take place on Wednesday afternoon at
4 o’clock.
Death of John C. Breckenridge.
[Atlanta News.]
John C. Breckenridge is dead. To
thousands throughout the South this
news will cause the deepest possible
sorrow, for although our late war
brought other men prominently for
ward, who occupied the major part of
the public’s attention, it has never
been possible to forget the man who
was the selected leader of the South
in her last great struggle within the
Union, for the maintenance of her
rights and for the preservation of her
institutions.
No knightlier soul than that of John
C. Breckenridge ever visited earth. His
public career, in its triumphs and in its
misfortunes, was without a stain.
Brought forward promiueut., by sheer
force of intellect, in the most momen
tous and exciting period of our history,
Breckenridge lit the entire South with
enthusiasm, by his devotion to her in
terests and by his rigid adherence to
those great principles for which we
subsequently plunged into revolution.
Throughout the political struggle which
terminated in the election of Lincoln,
he was steadfast and unfaltering. He
became the idol of the South. His su
perb qualities, his stainless character,
bis self-sacrificing loyalty to Southern
Ideas, and his great intellectual attain
ments alike endeared him to an over
whelming majority of our people; and
even to this day men speak with pride
as having been “Breckenridge Demo
crats.”
When, beaten by a sectionalism
which rejected him.for an inferior man,
the South resorted to arms to defend
her threatened liberties, John O.
Breckenridge never hesitated as to his
duty. He sacrificed home, political
honors, everything but that honor
which pointed out liis path, and on the
battle field combatted for those princi
ples he had so well and so eloquently
defended and upheld in political life.
Asa soidier, even as a statesman, he
was the same self denying patriot,
seeking only the happiness and liberty
of his people.
To enter into any extended biograph
cal account of his career is unnecessary.
There is not a Southern man of intelli
gence to whom his life is not as familiar
as household words. Even though
since the disastrous close of the war,
his voiee has been hushed, and in the
seclusion of his home in Kentucky he
has disappeared from public view, he
has never been absent from our minds.
Throughout all the misery wrought
upon us by radicalism wo liavo looked
back with pleasure to the day when he
led us iu our struggle for “Southern
Rights.” Iu spirit and iu mind he suf
fered with us during the gloomy hours
of reconstruction ; and it is, perhaps,
something to his honor that he neither
sought nor obtained a “pardon” from
the Federal Congress.
With more than ordinary emotion we
write of his death. In every town and
village of the South the hews will be
heard with sorrow, for, even from his
opponents, Breckenridge cammanded
respect and admiration.
FROM WASHINGTON.
Capital Topics.
Washington, May 18. —The prosecu
tion of the whiskey ring by the Treas
ury continues unchanged.
The Cabinet session to-day was of
two hours’ duration, but unimportant.
A bureau of revenue agents has been
organized in tho Revenue Bureau, un
der charge of Detective Gargan. It
takes much of the supervisors’ powers
away from them.
The Black Hill Sioux were at the In
terior Department to-day, and had a
talk with the Indian Commissioner.
There was nothing new in the inter
view, which was preliminary to the
regular business. Talk yet to come
off: The substance of the speeches
were mutual expressions of happiness
at the meeting.
The Catholic Convention at Cincinnati.
Cincinnati, May 18.—Iu the conven
tion of the Catholic benevolent socie
ties this forenoon a motion was adopt
ed to appoint a committee of three to
prepare an article for the newspapers
denying that there exists any disagree
ment between the priests and laymen
in regard to tho constitution of the
society. The election of officers of the
society was postponed until to-mor
row. It was resolved to recommend to
the societies to subscribe liberally for
the benefit of St. Francis Seminary,
near Milwaukee, and for a German
Roman Catholic Emigrant Society.
A Philadelphia Failure.
PHii.ADEi.PHfa, May 18.—Chandler,
Hart & Cos., hoot and shoes, suspended.
Liabilities, $250,000.
Hio Janeiro Suspension.
Rio Janeiro, May 18. — Viscount Maun
; & Cos., bankers, have suspended pay
, ment. They promise their creditors to
pay them in full if they are given suf
ficient time. The government is has
tening to the general relief in the pres
ent financial troubles.
A-UG"LTST_A_, GA., WEDNESDAY MORNING. MAAT 19, 1875.
FOREIGN NEWS.
The Convict Sharkey—Small Fighting
in Cuba.
Havana, May 18.—Sharkey is now on
his way to New York on tho steamer
Orescent City in charge of detectives.
Accounts from Valmeseda’s head
quarters are meagre, but tho army is
taking up Summer quarters. General
Arnpudia, in a reconnoissance along the
rebel lines near Najaza mountains,
killed twenty insurgents.
A London Bank Failure.
London, May 18.—The City and
County Bank, (limited), of London, has
suspended. Paid up capital, £150,000.
The Pope to Convoke a Vatican Coun
cil.
Rome, May 18. —The Fanfalla, a Min"
isteiial organ, authoritatively states
that the Pope has resolved to convoke
a Vatican Council again, at an early
date, to discuss Ecclesiastical reform.
Religious Freedom in Spain.
London, May 18.—A special dispatch
from Madrid to the Daily News reports
that the Papal Nuncio has made a
formal demand for the restoration of
Catholic unity in Spain, and the Gov
ernment has replied that it is resolved
to maintain the liberty of worship.
The Late War (’loud.
The Times’ special dispatch from
Berlin says that while critical, events
were apprehended, Russia, Austria,
England and Itaily offered to mediate
between Germany and France. It is
supposed that the Russian propositions
to Germany weie accompanied by of
fers of eventual support.
The couilagration iu Peshawur leaves
15,000 inhabitants homeless.
London, May 18.—The Fall Mall Ga
zette finds the origin of the recent war
rumors in tho following circumstances:
“The Versailles Assembly, just be
fore adjourning for its last recess,pass
ed the bill which had been for some
time under discourse concerning the
Cadres of tho French army. Later,
Prince Bismarck addressed a circular
dispatch to the Diplomatic Representa
tives of Germany abroad, complaining
of the adoption of the measure which
was described as ‘ calculated to endan
ger the peace of Europe.’ The con
tents of the dispatch were, according
to instructions, orally communicated by
the German Representatives to the
Governments to which they were re
spectively accredited. The existence
of this dispatch was divulged and gave
rise to the reports which have lately
caused so muehgilartn throughout Eu
l’ope.”
Breadstuff's.
London, May 18. —The Mark Lane
Express, of this week, in its review of
the brerdstuffs market, says: “There
has been a marked improvement In
temperature the past week, reaching
tho height attained in tho Summer,
and altering the face of the country.
The coming on dull markets has made
business still more difficult. Had high
prices been paid a smart decline would
have followed, but at the present rates
there is no room for abatement. All
over Europe a beneficial change has
been felt, but the markets are little
altered. Prices are perhaps a shilling
lower.”
FKOM^NFVVYORIt.
A Reception to Cardinal McCloskoy.
New York, May 18.—Xavier gave
Cardinal McCloskey a reception. Pres
ent, the Papal Legation, Bishops Car
rigau, Laughlin, Lynch, McNierney,
O’Hara, and two hundred Catholic
clergymen.
Looking Into the Custom House.
Commissioner of Customs Johnson
is here, and a morning paper says it is
rumored his visit is for the purpose of
instituting a personal examination into
the practical workings of the New York
Custom House. This investigation has
been ordered by the Secretary of the
Treasury, who will send Johnson ad
ditional and defluito instructions.
The Vogt Case.
New York, May 18.—Iu the case of
Carl Vogt, charged with having mur
dered and robbed Chevalier Duboise
de Bianca at Brussels, some years ago,
Judge Blatchford, in the United States
Circuit Court, before whom it was taken
on appeal from the decision of Com
missioner White, holding accused for
extradition, to-day rendered a lengthy
opinion, in which he holds that a Cir
cuit Court of the United States has no
power to review the action of the Com
missioner in eases of extradition. Vogt
was remanded to the custody of the
United States Marshal, to await the
action of tho Executive.
New York Turf.
New York, May 18.—The Spring
meeting at the Fleetwood Park opened
to-day. First race, purse SI,OOO, for
horses that have never beaten 2:50,
mile heats—ll started; won by Tor
nado, Maid 2d and T. B. French 3d;
time 2:37>4, 2:35, 2:35, 2:38; Maid took
first heat. Second race, purse $2,000,
for horses that never beat 2:2G, mile
heats —9 started; won by Blanche,Tom
Keeler 2d, Charlie Green 3d; time 2:28,
2:26, 2:29, 2:27%; Keeler took first heat.
The Louisville Turf.
Louisville, May 18.—Twelve thous
and people were present at the races
to-day. In the mile and a quarter
race, Bonaventure was the winner.—
Time 2:13%. In the mi'e and a
half dash Aristides was the win
ner. Time 2:37%, the best recorded
time by a three year old. Fifteen
horses started. In tho mile heats for
all ages, Fair Play won, 1:415., 1;44%,
1:44% —mile dash, Afrom Poimington
was the winner, 1:43%, fifteen started.
First race—the Alexander stakes,
dash of half mile, 13 started. Funks
br. c., by Virgil Russ, Butler, Congress
man, Malmcstic, Bazar, Mettle, Creed
moor, Plato, Grit, Melnotte, Ceylon,
and Mediator, also ran but are not
placed. Time, 50%. In the pools Mel
notte and Creedmoor sold for $35
against SBS for the field. The winner,
Vagrant, sold last in the pools. Second
race, purse SBOO, two mile heats, Ari
zona, Excel, Hazem and Transfer; Ox
moro ruled out. Time 3:37%, 3:35%.
Third race, purse, $214). Dash of one
mile and an eighth ; Calvin, Astral,
Georgie, Bowman. The following also
ran but not placed ; Egypt, Mainsail,
Mary L. Century, Nelly Knight, Lady
Greenfield, Braksman, St. George, Mo
doc, Enlister and Whisper. Time 156%,
Calvin was favorite over the field.
Murder at Union Point, Ga.
1 Special to the Constitutionalist.]
Union Point, May 18, 1875.
Last night about 7% o’clock, near
Mr. P. W. Printup’s place, a negro man
by the name of Jim Ross shot Henry
Jones, another colored individual,
with No. 1 shot, thirty-three shot tak
ing effect in Jones’ head. Jonos is
lying in a critical condition, and Ross
has made good his escape.
W. F. It
EUROPE.
The Prospects of War—Condition of
tho Various and
Equipment of their Armies—The
General Situation—The Eastern
Question To-Day -How the Different
Nations would Take Sides—ls It War
or Not ?
[Special Correspondence of the Cincinnati
Gazette.]
London, May 2. —The air is just now
full of rumors of war. We have had
them from time to time in the past six
months, but at present they are more
pointed than usual. And what is the
reason ?
Tho Emperor of Russia is on his way
to visit the Emperor of Germany.—
Prince Gortchakoff is with him, and
Gortchy and Bismarck are certain to
sit down and have a talk together.-
Depeud upon it, this interview of Em
perors means more than most inter
views of tho royal and imperial kind.
Germany is all ready for war, and
ever since the conclusion of peace with
France she has been regaining her
strength in overy possible way. Arms,
large and small, are abundant and in
good condition for war, and there are
immense stores of ammunition and
supplies in the military depots. The
railways are fully equipped with roll
ing stock, and if war were declared
with France or Austria to-morrow,
Germany could concentrate 150,000
men at any frontier point within a
week. Just knock the chip from her
shoulder and see how long it would
take Germany to peel and go in.
The Russian army has been greatly
improved in the last ten years; they
have breech-loading rifles for the in
fantry,' carbines for the cavalry, and
guns of the Krupp pattern, though
made at home, for tho artillery. The
The foundries iu the Ural Mountains,
and the gun factories at Tula, have
been crowded to their utmost capacity
for tho last five years, aud many mil
lion cartridges of fixed ammunition
have been stored away where a hand
can be laid upon them at any moment.
Russia can fight, if need be, and fight
well. She has abandoned the old form
of conscription aud adopted the Ger
man system that takes in all tho able
bodied men. She is armed to tho teeth,
and would not be far behind Germany
in getting to work when occasion calls.
Russia has never forgotten the lessou
of tho Crimeau war. Her railway sys
tem has been greatly enlarged, and you
can now go by rail from Moscow to St.
Petersburg, and Riga on the Baltic, to
Taganrog, on the Sea of Azof, aud to
Sevastopol and Odessa, on the Black
Sea. She can concentrate troops very
rapidly, and ivery freight car on the
Russian railways is built so that the
seats can be arranged for soldiers at
five minutes’ notice. I saw some of
these cars last Summer ; each one had
a couple of planks exactly as long as
the inside of the car, and fastened to
the inner walls by half a dozen nails.
There were cleats to support the planks,
and it wouldn't take live minuses to
arrange these planks into firm seats.
Austria is drilling her men daily, and
the officers of the Austrian army are
not allowed to have the time hang
heavy on their hands. “I am up at 5
in the morning three times a woek,”
said one of them to me when I was last
in Vienna, “and at 6 o’clock on three
other days. I average seven hours’
drill daily, and some of the Infantry
regiments have even more.”
The armament of Austria is less per
fect than - that of Germany, but the ar
senals and factories aro hard at work
to make up the deficiency. The drill
of the men is better than their wea
pons, aud probably Austria will not be
as ready to fight as the rest. But she
Won’t be backward in taking a hand if
she is pressod.
France has been struggling to repair
the damago she sustained in tho late
war, and has shown that she possesses
great resources. Many officers have
found their furloughs shortened, and
while absent on pleasure tours have
been summarily ordered to rejoin their
regiments. Leaves of absence are grant
ed only iu rare cases, and the drill is as
severe as in tho Austrian army. The
chief deficiency of arms is in the artil
lery service, as the old muzzle-loading
bronze guns are only partly replaced
by breech-loaders, somewhat similar
to the Krupp system, but not quite as
effective. The mitrailleuse, which had
such a prominent place iu tho Franco-
German war, has been further im
proved, aud large numbers of them
have been turned out iu the past three
years.
Many of the infantry regiments are
armed with the Remington rifle, which
was found to possess advantages over
the Chassepot, and obtained great pop
ularity In the late war. A large number
of Chassepots have been altered to the
Remington system, and the arsenals
are full of fixed ammunition ready for
use. France, though still suffering from
her losses, is really in better condition
for war than she was on the day Bene
detti met King William in the garden
at Berlin and sent tbe famous dispatch
which resulted iu Louis Napoleon’s
declaration of war. We all know the
temper of the French and their anxiety
to revenge the battle of Gravelotte, the
fall of (Sedan aud Metz, aud the siege
and capture of Paris.
Italy has not been behindhand iu put
ting her army in effective condition,
both in drill and equipment, and she
has been making heavy conscriptions
to fill her regiments up to the war
standard. But she could only occupy
a secondary place, and come into the
field as an ally of one of the greater
nations. Her finances are worse than
those of Germany, Austria, or France,
and about on a par with those of Rus
sia. Her currency is at a heavy dis
count from gold, and she has difficulty
in borrowing money. There is much
discontent in various parts of tho king
dom, and probably she would not be in
a hurry to go to war. Her sympathies
with Germany are as strong as ever,
but the old hostility to Austria has
passed away. This has been particu
larly noticeable since tho monarchs of
the two countries have exchanged vis
its and made a reciprocal stretching of
legs under tho same mahogany.
Spain is too much employed with her
own affairs to be of the slightest weight
in the consideration of the war ques
tion.
Down the Dauube are Roumania and
Servla. Together they could put a
hundred thousand men Into the field.
Their Infantry has the Remington riflo,
but their artillery is the old-fashioned
muzzle-loader. Her sympathies are
with Germany and Russia—they aro
not unfriendly to Austria but they hate
Turkey most cordially. Probably they
would not tako part In any war unless
Turkey were one of the combatants,
but iu that case they would go in at
once. They govern themselves in their
own way, except that they pay an an
nual tribute to Turkey, and It is this
tribute, together with remembrances of
Moslem cruelties, that makes them res
tive.
Turkey has ceased to be of any ac
count. The Eastern question has en
tirely chaugcd since the Crimean war,
and neither France nor England would
go out of their way to mix up in auy
row that Russia might make with Tur
key. It is whispered in semi-diplo
matic circles that a plan is under dis
cussion for making an independent
principality out of Syria and Palestine,
under guarantees similar to those
granted to Servia and Roumania. A
Moslem prince is to be named by tho
Sultan, under the approval of Russia,
France and Englaud, and there shall be
a ministry composed of both Moslems
and Christians. The proposition for
this principality grew out of a sugges
tion of a loan by Turkey. The plan, if
carried out, would be a long step in the
direction of placing Palestine uuder
Christian control.
There are rumors that the Czar will,
at the meeting in Berlin, propose a
general disarmament, and a reduction
of all the armies of Europe to a peace
footing. But Germany would be like
ly to interpose the objection that
France could not be trusted, and that
Berlin might be in danger if the Ger
man soldiers were disbanded and sent
home. One thing is certain, that the
present state of affairs can not long
continue. The nations are all heavily
armed, and the expense in money, ad
ded to the withdrawal of a large part
o r- the able-bodied population from
productive pursuits, is too great to be
borne for many months.
There will bo war before the next
harvest, or there will be a general dis
arming. And I am sorry to say that
war seems more probable than tho
other alternative.
If there is war between two nations,
Germany aud Franco will bo the com
batants.
If a third nation comes in, Austria
will take the side of France.
If a fourth nation goes into the ring
it will be Russia on the side of Ger
many ; and during tho war she will
probably demand the complete inde
pendence of the Danubian principali
ties.
Italy would probably remain neu
tral. But if she goes in she would be
with Germany and Russia against the
others.
If Turkey is drawn into the fight
she would probably find Egypt strik-
independence. The Khedive
wants to paddle his own canoe, aud
bis army is iu good lighting trim.
Aud England—well, she would keep
out of the muss and devote all her
energies to selling coal, ships, arms,
ammunitions, &c. to tho combatants.
Sho likes to see a war going on, but
doesn’t want to fight. Occidental.
ONE HUNDRED YE ARS AGO.
Programme for the Celebration of the
Mecklenburg Centennial—The Mili
tary aud all the Societies and Orders
to Take Part—Speeches by Ex-Gov.
Neil S. Brown, Hon. H. 11. Harrison
and W. G. Brien, Esq.
| Nashville Union and American.]
The committee appointed by the
Tennessee Historical Society has adopt
ed tho following programme for the
celebration of tho Mecklenburg Cen
tennial on Thursday, the 20th inst.
Early notice is given in the hope that
the various military companies and
societies and other organizations in
vited to participate may have ample
time to prepare for the occasion.
The Declaration of Independence was
promulgated at Mecklenburg, North
Curoliua, on the 20th day of May, 1775. ,
The State of Tennessee was then a part
of that ancient Commonwealth, and we
may justly claim our share of the honor
of that important event. It is proper
that tho name and services of the il
lustrious patriots who assembled at
Mecklenburg should be honored by
those who have profited so much by
the arduous toils endured aud the he
roic deeds perfoimed iu defense of our
country. The General Assembly of
Tennessee appreciated the importance
of the occasion by the adoption of a
joint resolution in which it is recom
mended “that all necessary steps should
be taken to celebrate an event so glori
ous to the fame aud memory of our
common ancestry.”
The grounds of the Tennessee Agri
cultural Association have been gener
ously tendered by the directors as tho
place for the celebration.
The Mayor will issue a proclamation
requesting all business to be suspended
on that day. The citizens of Nashville,
its vicinity, and the citizens of adjacent
counties, aro invited to be present.—
Maj. Thomas, tbe Superintendent of
the Nashville, Chattanooga and St.
Louis Railroad Company, has kindly
consented to run special trains for the
convenience of persons who prefer that
mode of conveyance.
Wo have assurances that our Gen
eral Government, the United States,
will be' represented by Gen. Penny
packer, bis staff, the troops and Post
Band frm the Garrison. Our State
Government will be represented by
Gov. Porter, bis staff, and other State
officials.
Tho Porter Rifles, Jackson Guards,
Washington Guards, Bate Reserves,
and the Cadets from the University of
Nashville will parade upon the grounds.
All Masonic Lodges, Odd Fellows,
Knights of Pythias, Good Templars,
United Friends of Temperance, Inde
pendent Order of Red Men, Hibernian
Society, St. Vincent do Paul, Robert
Emmet Club, Turner Society, Knights
of Honor, St. Jseph’s Total Abstinence
Society, St. Aloyslus Society. Caledo
nian Society, Order of the llarregari,
Nashville Typographical Union, Swiss
Relief Association. I. O. B. 8., and
the Patrons of Husbandry, are in
vited to attend.
We are authorized to say that
speeches will be made by ex-Gov. Neil
S. Brown, Hon. Horace 11. Harrison,
W. G. Brien, Esq., and other gentle
men.
Parents and teachers are invited to
bring their families and pupils. The
grounds are ample for pic-nic parties
and tho holiday amusements of the
young.
Beside the parade of our gallant sol
diers, regular and volunteer, the
speeches and other exercises distinctly
commemorative of tho events to be
celebrated, it is hoped that the occa
sion will hereafter be remembered as a
most pleasant reunion of the people.
By the request of the Committee of
the Historical Society the Hon. B. M.
Howell, Mayor of the city of Nashville,
will act as President of the day.
R. C. Foster,
E. Kirby Smith,
John M. Lee,
Committee.
Young Englishmen who are coming
over to the Centennial, anticipate much
excitement iu shooting wild Indians on
Staten Island, and killing buffaloes in
Jersey City.
Brigham Young and 30 of his wives
are on exhibition in Manchester, ac
cording to an advertisement.
ENGLISH VIEWS OF COTTON.
Smith, Edwards Co’s Monthly Cir
cular.
Liverpool, April 30.—The changes
in our market during the past mouth
have been very small, and it closes at
exactly the same prices as it opened.
At the close of our last issue a san
guine feeling prevailed; strong news
was reaching us from America. Man
chester was firmer uuder better ac
counts from Calcutta, and our spinners
were eager to buy, in consequence of
the considerable orders they had re
cently taken in Manchester, Middling
uplands were quoted 7 12-16d.
Avery large business was done the
first week of April, the trade taking no
less than 97.000 bales, and had America
given an adequate response it is pro
bable a sharp rise would have occurred,
but instead of that the price of future
deliveries in New York commenced to
droop, and continued to do so persist
ently. Our market, after reaching
8 I-IGd. for middling uplands on the
spot, and B%d. for June delivery, be
gan to weaken under the influence of
New York, and during the week of
April all the advance was lost. The
third week brought another great
break in American receipts, but
instead of improving tho markets
on either side the Atlantic, a further
dropoccurred inNevv York, causing con
tinued dullness here, and the same feel
ing has continued to the end of the
month, though with a little tendency
to firmness at the close. Prices during
tho past two weeks have remained per
fectly unchanged, closing at 7 15-IGo.
for middling uplands on the spot, and
Baß 1-lGd.for June delivery, 5 5-l Gd. for
fair old Dhollerah on spot, aud 6d. for
April-May Cape shipment of good fair
new Dhollerah, with good fair clause.
The decline from the host point of the
month has been %and ou the spot, and
3-16d. for arrivals aud deliveries, and
the trade have about lost iu the three
weeks of dullness what they added to
their stocks iu the first week of April.
The Manchester market during the
past mouth has been decidedly dull.
The improved Eastern demand which
occurred at the end of March soou died
away, causing some disappointment,
and little business has been done for
that quarter the past four weeks. The
trade, however, were put so well under
orders a month ago that no great weak
ness in prices has shown itself. In
cloth particularly, producers adhere to
their quotations with great firmness,
but varus, which occupy a less favor
able position, are occasionally %and.
down from the best point. It is now
generally acknowledged in Manchester
that the operation of tho factory act
has restricted the production of cloth
more than that of yarn, and as a con
siderable number of new spindles are
coming into play, and hardly auy new
looms, the disparity is increasing, and
it seems as though for some time to
come manufacturers would have some
advantage over spinners. The general
state of trade in Manchester is at pres
ent rather unprofitable, but the feeling
is not one of depression, aud it is
thought that as the year goes on the
tendency will be towards higher prices.
We think that before long another spell
of more active business may be lookod
for.
The money market has been quiet
and unchanged throughout tho month,
the bank rate remaining at 3% per
cent. There is great difficulty in find
ing employment for capital in Lom
bard street, and the tendency is to
wards easier rates. The position of
the Bank of England is not very strong,
however, and we should doubt tho wis
dom of lowering the rate without de
cidedly increasing the reserve.
The prospects of our market have
not changed materially during the past
mouth, but what change has occurred
has been in the direction of increased
strength. The American receipts have
fallen off much faster than was gen
erally expected, the last two weeks
running almost exactly parallel with
1872 ; and as the deficit on last year is
now 203,000 bales, it seems reasonable
to expect that the total at the port
will fall short of last season by 300,000
bales. There remains, however, great
difference of opinion about the over
land movement to American spinners.
The general impression here is that it
will turn out less than last year,
but we see that the Financial
Chronicle expects it to be fully as
much, aud other good authorities are
of that opinion. If that be the case,
the crop will turnout somewhere about
3,850,000 bales, and the total to Europe
will fall about 200,000 bales below last
year. Judging from tbe small ship
ments to the Continent, it seems likely
that 150,000 bales of this deficiency will
fall on that quarter, and ouly about 50,-
000 bales on England. TbeContineut, on
the other hand, is taking more largely
from Bombay, and it seems probable
that owing to the scarcity and dearness
of low American cotton there will be
an increased consumption of Surat cot
ton this year, Continental spinners
having less difficulty iu changing from
one class of eotton to another than our
own. In this country, owing to the in
dependent position of the operatives
and their dislike to Surat, it is doubt
ful if auy increase will take place in
the consumption of East Indian cot
ton.
We think that interest in tho past
American crop is now pretty nearly
exhausted, and the only two points
bearing on supply that still remains
unsettled are the extent of planting in
America and the Bombay receipts till
the monsoon. As to tho area planted
we have no definite information thus
far. The Americans seem to be hope
ful of making a good crop next season,
if we are to judge by the weakness of
their markets. We do not think the
feeling of America will have so much
weight hero the next few months. Wo
can count to a nicety the utmost supply
available for shipment to Europe till
October, and public opinion will be
ruled on this side, rather by the actual
supply and the ascertained extent of
supply, than by mere fluctuations of
opinion among speculators in New
York.
With regard to Bombay, the general
impression continues to be in favor of
a reduction of receipts below last year,
but how much it is impossible to pre
diet with certainty. The excess lias
been gradually reduced from 100,000
bales to 20,000 bales, aud it seems like
ly to be turned into a deficiency—per
haps a considerable one—before the
break of the monsoon. Hence there is
every reason to expect a large falling
off in shipments during the next two
months, and a material increaso of tho
deficiency In our visible supply.
Speaking generally, the statistical
position of the market is strong, and it
is difficult to resist the conclusion that
higher prices are before as. Estimates
by the best statistics put our stock, on
October Ist, at 150,001) to 200,000 bales
below last year, with a corresponding
deficit on the Continent, and if these
figures are realized, an advance would
appear inevitable. Much, however, will
depend upon the opinions that may
rule in the Autumn about the pros
pects of the next American crop. To
prevent a dangerous speculation spring
ing up, it will be needful that it should
promise to be decidedly larger than the
last. One thing is notable about the
movements of the market this season.
The advanc( have been very small
considering the great change in the
prospects of supply. Each rise of %'d.
has been succeeded by a dull spell, in
which half the advance was lost, hence
the position of the market is unusually
sound, and just iu 'proportion as specu
lation has been hold in check in the
early part of the year, under very
strong temptation, is there room for
improvement later on, when the
scarcity, which is now merely pros
pective, is actually realized.
Continental politics have caused a
little uneasiness during the past month,
but tbe feeling is passing away.
THE HAYTIAN REVOLUTION.
Details of the Popular Uprising and
Recent Massacre at Port-au-Prince.
[New York Herald.]
By way of Kingston, Jamaica, we
have received a full account, written by
the special eoi respondent of the Herald
at Port-au-Prince, of the origin and
progress of the late revolution in Hayti
which terminated iu such sanguinary
results after the death of Gens. Briee
and Pierre.
Tile writer dates at Port-au-Prince
ou the 3d of May, aud says:
A Revolutionary Uprising aud San
guinary Scenes.
For somo time past it had been
bruited that a conspiracy existed at
the capital, headed by the foremost but
disappointed chieftains of the last rev
olution, who were only awaitiug the de
parture of President. Doraiugue for his
long announced tour in the north to
strike the fatal coup. So little notice
was apparently taken of it by tho au
thorities that the deluded men became
reckless of their conduct, and openly
avowed their seditious and revolution
ary proclivities. As events have how
ever proved, this inaction of the Gov
ernment was an ominous piege, pur
posely set to entrap and defeat these
plans of disorganization and anarchy.
On the eve of the great agricultural
fete (the Ist of May), while the city no
tabilities were all busily engaged at Itoe
Hotel Communal with the reception
and arrangement of the various articles
of produce for the - exhibition on the
morrow, a pressing summons was borne
by an aide-de-camp from the Palace to
the Magistrat Communat, General Jules
St. Macary, to wait on His Excellency,
the President immediately.
The unusual hour of tho summons
created quite au excitement iu tho as
semblage aud gave great concern to the
officials, who were more or less all un
der the depressing effect of the late ru
in rs of the alleged conspiracy. Gen
eral St. Macary, however, soon returned
and announced to his confreres that a
wicked plot had been denounced to the
President of an organized conspiracy
to assassinate him duriug the festivi
ties of the following day, and that it
was necessary for the municipal police
to take the most stringent measures
for tho preservation of order.
On the morning of the Ist a squad
of armed police paid domiciliary visits
to General P. Monplaisir and Brice and
attempted to arrest them. They both
refused to surrender under escort, but
promised to deliver themselves up to
the piisou authorities during the day.
This was perhaps a pardouoble prido
on the part of these gentlemen, who
have always been held in the highest
social esteem, though their more ex
perienced and practical friends always
deplored their unfortunate utopian
ideas. But General Lorquet, with his
rigid ideas of military discipline, would
brook no delay, and gave to his lieu
tenant imperative orders for their im
mediate arrest.
The military then returned to Gen.
Pierre’s house on the Rue Americaine
aud summoned the retractory to sur
render. This summons was answered
by the report of a rifle fired down from
a window into the crowd of armed
police, who thereupon returned a vol
ley. The firing continued on both
sides for some time, until the General
had exhausted his sixteen-barreiAd
Spencer rifle, When he showed himself
at the window, and with remarkable
coolness, revolver in hand, shot him
self iu the head and disappeared.—
Simultaneously a similar attack was
made at the residence of Gen. Brice,
who, j;fter bearing the charge of twenty
men, and being literary perforated with
bullets, sought refuge at the British
Consulate, where he died almost im
mediately. By this time the greatest
excitement reigned, and it became
rumored that Gen. Bcisrond Canal had
gathered a small band at Petionville,
and was engaging the Government for
ces at that point.
Later official news reported that Gen.
Canal had been wounded and routed ;
that he escaped through a narrow
mountain path to the country residence
of the American Minister, Mr. E. D.
Bassett, around which every military
precaution was being taken to prevent
his escape from bis asylum. It is
feared that the American Minister will
be forced to surrender the refugees, as
the United States Government will no
longer permit its Legations and Con
sulates to be made as> iums for foment
ing discord and rebellion against gov
ernments to which it accredits its
agents.
It is supposed that forty men fell in
these several encounters, aud one is
forced to admire the bravory and
prowess of thCee unfortunate men who
did battle almost single-handed against
such fearful odds.
One Rosambert Jeremie, was cap
tured and shot on the spot.
The Government has lost several
brave soldiers, among them young B.
Mathew, who was fighting at the side
of General Lorquet, the staunch de
fender of order.
The following persous have been ar
rested : Messrs. Ovide Camean, Rey
nard Regnier, Beylin Guignard, Florian
Armaud, and B. Ronzier, all charged
with taking part or exciting the popu
lace to rebellion.
Monsieur D’Laveknet is at the
American Consulate, besides a great
many other sympathizers, whose names
are not as yet divulged.
The steamer Haytien has been de
spatched to tho Soutt with orders for
tiie arrest of General Pierre’s son aud
others who are denounced as revolu
tionary propagandists from the eapl
tal. , , ,
The assemblee genera-e was sounded,
and the capital placed, under martial
law. The entire distui bance has been
efficiently quelled, and while every one
must deplore the loss cf two such esti
mable citizeus as Generals Pierre and
Briee, the energy and firmness of Pres
ident Domingue, Generals Rameau,
Lorquet, Laforest and their men cannot
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be too much extolled. Had the night
been passed in uncertainty a state of
anarchy and bloodshed might have re
inaugurated the terrible scenes of simi
lar emeuie in 1848.
Perfect tranquility reigns, and Gen
Lorquet asserts that the Government
is fully prepared at all points of the
Republic to meet any emergency.
An amnesty has been issued by the
President, which exceepts Gens. Bois
rond Canal and Loyer Barreao, who
are outlawed by a special decree.
The only fears entertained are those
of incendiarism, which is, unfortunate
ly, almost the handmaid of those dia
bolical scenes. At all events, the Gov
ernment takes every measure calculat
ed to defeat its enemies, aud the Herald
correspondent is of the opinion that it
has efficiently consolidated its eight
years’ lease of power. Still great excite
ment exists, but causal principally by
the numerous arrests that are hourly
taking place.
It is also stated that two British
subjects from Jamaica were accident
ally shot during the affray, aud that
the British Minister, Maj. Stuart, has
asked for vessels of war to back his
demands for reparation.
A British war steamer is just now
entering the harbor. It is said that the
United States Minister has been out
lawed by the Hatien authorities.
('ailing on a New Neighbor.
- [Danbury News.)
A now family moved in the neigh
borhood Friday and at dinner the next
day Mrs. Cobleigh said to her hus
band :
“ Cobleigh, anew family has taken
Holcomb’s house, and I guess I’ll run
over and see them this afternoon.”
“You don’t know them, do you?”
said Mr. Cobleigh, in some surprise.
“ Why, no ; but that don’t make any
difference in such a case, for, you see,
they are total strangers, and it’s prop
er that the older neighbors should call
on them out of courtesy. Now, I
know how I’d feel if was in then
place—not knowing a soul about here
—l’d like to have someone call. And
so, I want to do to them as I’d like
them to do to me, you know.”
Mr. Coblelfh was much pleased with
this expression of the golden rule from
his wife and told her so.
“The other neighbors will be calling,
without doubt,” she added, “and I don’t
want to be among the last.”
After washing the dinner dishes and
putting things to rights, Mrs. Cobleigh
put herself in excellent condition, and
started out on her laudable call.
At the tea table Mrs. Cobleigh said
to her husband:
“I weut over to see the folks at Hol
comb’s this afternoon.”
“Ah,” said he, “was she glad to see
you.”
“Oh, yes; I asked her if there had
been any of the other neighbors in aud
she said I was the first. She ain't very
old—not more than thirty, I should
say, and she is got three children, one
of them a baby. The two others are a
boy and a girl, both of them old
enough to be of help to her. The boy
was off somewhere, aud the girl was
racing through the yard like a wild In
jun, although she is eleveu years old,
and looks as strong as a horse. Now,
if our Mary was one-half as strong as
that trollop I’d be satisfied. It makes
me so vexed t® see a mother slaving
her life away aDd a big Tom-boy
of a girl tearniug aroung the place like
all possessed. She came in the house
only once while I was there, and then
she stood up against her mother like a
great baby and put her finger in her
mouth and flouted heiself like a spoil
ed child. I don’t pee for the life of me
what the women of the age are think
ing of to bring up children that way.
And she looked herself us if she was
ready to drop with all the care and
work. Her husband is a shoemaker,
and works at the factory. They can’t
be in such very good circumstances, I
don’t think, for the parlor carpet is
only a two-ply ingrain, and I noticed it
was spotted in several places. The
parlor chairs are just common wood
stained, and she has a large awkward
bed lounge instead of a tete-a-tete, and
it doesn’t match with the chairs at ail.
Her crockery is simply stone china, and
there are several odd pieces among it.
She didn’t have any china, ui least I
didn’t see any, and if she’d had it she’d
a showed it, I know. She ain’t going to
have anything on the kitchen flobr, she
says, and only a piece of oil cloth in the
dining room. What oil cloth I saw was
old and faded. She has got up the
kitchen Btove —it’s like old Mrs. Ran
som’s —but it was covered with grease,
and some of the pipe was badly rusted.
I don’t see why people can be so care
less with their property! That pipe
would last ten years if it was promptly
cared for. Then her parlor stove stood
out in tho shed, without anything.over
it, and it will pretty soon go the way of
the kitchen pipe. I spoke to her about
it, but she said she didn’t think it
would take any harm. O, she’s an
easy one, that’s plain enough to be
seen, and if she don’t have trouble
with that girl before many years pass,
then I’m no prophet. The baby was
on the floo’r when I was over there,
playing with some empty bottles. It’s
a real bright child, but it don’t have
proper attention. I don’t believe it’s
hair has seen a comb in three days, aud
it’s clothes look as if they had been
mopped over the floor for a fortnight;
they were as biaek as ink. I declare it
seemed like getting into anew world
to get back home. But I had to go, of
course, and I am glad now it is over
with. It won’t be neeeessary for me
to call again.”
And Mrs. Cobleigh, having discharg
ed a Christian duty to a neighbor,
gathered up the crumbs from her lap
with a napkin and smiled complacently
upon her family.
The Chicago Tribune of Wednesday
has reports from Kansas showing that
the inevitable grasshopper has already
appeared in multitudinous numbers in
some portions of those States. This
year he comes, according to report, re
duced in size, even in the diminutive
proportions of the flea, and ranging
from that to the size of the common
house fly. His number does seem
to have been diminished, but, on
the contrary, he is as solid to
the square foot as during their raid
of last season, and his capacity for de
struction is fully as great as when his
bodily bulk accorded with the general
Idea of the average hopper. Dispatches
repor this troublesome pest as already
swarming and increasing from Missouri
to the Rocky Mountains. The Tribune
says further north, in Nebraska and
Minnesota, it is thought that the mis
sion of the grasshopper is finished,
and that the farmers will have an op
portunity to recover their lost ground.
Gen. Braxton Bragg has accepted the
position of chief engineer of the Gulf,
Colorado and Santa Fe Railway, for
which ground was broken on May Ist
at Galveston.