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THE CONSTITUTIONALIST
TUESDAY, May 25, 1875.
Index to New Advertisements.
Cow Peas and Demarara Molasses—
For sale by Z. McCord.
Part of a Dwelling To Rent—Apply
to Miss Lucy J. Read.
Mosquito Nets of all kinds—For sale
by Jas. G. Bailie & Bro.
‘ A large lot of Feed Gate—For sale by
J. O. Mathewson,
Missouri State Lotteries—Murray,
Miller & Cos., St. Louis.
Choice Leaf Lard—For sale by J. O.
Mathewson.
A Pair of Gold Spectacles Lost—The
finder will be rewarded by leaving at
This Office.
Seasonable Clothing at Auction—By
Bignon & Crump.
Information Wanted of Henry Hill,
who went West in 1866.
THE WEATHER TO-DAY".
Washington, May 25,1 a. in.—For
During Tuesday, in the South At
lantic States, rising barometer, winds
veering nortliwesterly, with warmer,
clear weather following cloud and rain.
For the Gulf States rising barometer,
northwest to southwest winds, with
clear weather, except possibly in West
ern Texas, and slight changes in tem
perature. For Tennessee and the
Ohio Valley, the Upper Lakes, the Up
per Mississippi and, Lower Missouri
Valleys rising barometer, cooler, north
and west winds and generally clear
weather. For the Lower Lakes, Middle
and Eastern States south to southwest
winds, backing possibly to northwest
in the southern portion of the Middle
States, and veering to northwest on
the Lakes; falling barometer, cooler,
cloudy and rainy weather’ clearing
away during the day west of the Alie
ghanies. The rivers will continue to
fail slowly.
Thermometer May 24, 4:16 p. m.
Augusta, 86 deg.—Fair.
Boston, 80 deg.—Fair.
Buffalo, 76 deg.—Fair.
Charleston, 77 deg.—Threatening.
Chicago, 55 deg.—Clear.
Cleveland, 69 <leg.—Light Rain.
Galveston,'64 deg.—Fair.
Knoxville, 80 deg.—Threatening.
Lynchburg, 73 deg—Light Rain.
Montgomery, 91 deg.—Fair.
New Orleans, 86 deg.—Clear.
New York, 74 deg.—Fair.
Portland, Me., 62 deg.—Cloudy.
Toledo, 0., 77 deg. —Cloudy.
CITY TOPICS.
Augusta is to be mapped out anew.
And Augusta wauts to show Atlanta
she can outspell her.
The Knights Templar will be enter
tained at the Augusta Hotel.
Lamps will soon be twinkling on
McKinnie street, south of Greene.
One little darkle up for vagrancy
was smiled upon by the Recorder yes
terday.
The water spouts of the City Hall
Park fountains were cleaned out by
Mr. P. McAuliffe yesterday, and were
dashing free and lively spray last
night.
There will be a social meeting of the
Y. M. C. A. at the hall to-night at 8
o’clock, conducted by Dr. A. Sibley
Campbell.
Anew sewer is going to be construct
ed from Broad street down Jackson to
the river.
The Constitutionalist’s elaborate
and interesting report of the Mecklen
burg Centennial Celebration is pub
lished in our weekly. Get a copy.
Mr. Z. W. Carwile, Jr., left yesterday
for New York, where he will establish a
commission and merchandise brokerage
business.
The Georgia Light Infantry, of the
colored way of shouldering arms, ex
curted to Millett on the Port Royal
Railroad yesterday. We heard of a
few casualties, but none more serious
than bottle-cut heads.
A darkey undertaker had his stock
of coffins levied on by a constable yes
terday. The case is changed as to
these cases with the dealer, for while
folks generally need coffins at death
he will find it hard to get a living with
out them.
Nevada Jones, the man with an in
como of a thousand dollars a day, not
counting fractional currency, is going
around establishing ice factories in
Southern cities, selling ice at fabulous
ly low prices and driving the Northern
lake, river, canal and horse pond ar
ticle from the markets. He can give
Augusta the go-by, as we’ve an ice
manufactory belonging to our own
people here that turns out enough to
cool everybody and at prices that none
can think high. We don’t want any of
Nevada Jones in our’n.
That beautiful epergue in Brahe’s
show window, offered by Right Emi
nent Commander S. P. Hamilton as a
prize to the best equipped and drilled
Commandery of Knights Templar at
the parade to-morrow, which was de
scribed in the Constitutionalist a week
ago on its arrival from Savannah, at
tracts everybody’s admiration by its
richness, beauty and handsome design.
Personal.
Eminent Sir Charles R. Armstrong,
of Macon, Grand Recorder of tne
Knights Templar of Georgia, reached
the city last evening and took quarters
at the Augusta Hotel.
Right Eminent Sir Samuel P. Hamil
ton, of Savannah, Grand Commander,
is expected to arrive this morning.
Sunday Burglary.
During Sunday, at some hour in the
day, the iron foundry of Mr. George
Lombard, on Fenwick street, near the
Georgia railroad, was entered by some
unknown party. The office was robbed
of &5 in cash and the water was let out
of the engine boiler. Fortunately the
trick as to the boiler was discovered
yesterday morning before the fire was
started, and the boiler thus saved from
being burnt out.
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Journalistic. 0
We were happy to see in our sanctum
yesterday Mr. John R. Christian, editor
and proprietor of the Sparta Times and
Planter, a sterling paper, presenting
fine advertising facilities to our mer
chants.
Mr. Earlie L. Jennings, traveling
agent of the Sunny South, called at our
office yesterday. We commend the
fine new Southern literary journal he
represents to our people, and trust he
may be as lucky in Augusta in catch
ing subscribers as the Earlie bird was
in making its captures.
The Iron Work on the Locks.
The iron work on the bulk head
and lock upon the Augusta Canal was
by Messrs. Pendleton & Boardman, the
renowned founders of this city. About
seventy-five thousand pounds were
worked in, and the contractors, Messrs.
John A. Green & Cos., and Mr. Bryau
Holly, pronounce it first rate. It was at
as low figure as such work could be
done anywhere, and we are glad that
our celebrated founders gave such
eminent satisfaction as to be highly
complimented by all the high contract
ing parties upon our canal.
Letter and Note Head Printing.—
Letter headings, note headings and en
velopes printed in any style and at the
lowest prices. We have a large assort
ment of all kinds of paper and cards
at the Constitutionalist office, 43 Jack
son street.
KNIGHTS TEMPLAR OP GEORGIA.
Annual Grand Conclave To-Morrow —
Two Days’ Festivities.
Wednesday will be marked by a bril
liant and memorable event in our city.
The gallant Knights Templar, coming
from every Asylum in the fair limits of
our broad State, will assemble here in
grand encampment on that daj, and
will hold their annual grand conclave,
whose duties afid pleasures will extend
through the hours of two days.
The Knights Templar, of Georgia, are
formed into eight Commanderies, in or
der of preferment as follows:
Georgia Commandery, No. 1, of Au
gusta, composed of fifty-seven Koights.
Chief officers: Sir Knight Wm. J. Pol
lard, E.\ C.\; Sir Knight W. B. Young,
G.\; Sir Knight W. E. McCoy, C.\ G.\.
Saint Omer Commandery, No. 2,
of Macon, composed of sixty-three
Knights.
Saint Aldemar Commandery, No. 3,
of Columbus, composed of twenty
Knights.
Coeur de Lion Commandery, No. 4,
of Atlanta, composed of one hundred
and one Knights.
De Molay Commandery, No. 5, of
Americus, composed of fifty-three
Knights.
William Tracy Gould Commandery,
No. 6, of Forsyth, composed of eighteen
Knights.
Palestine Commandery, No. 6, of Sa
vannah, composed of thirty-nine
Knights.
Tancred Commandery, No. 8, of Al
bany, composed of sixteen Kuights.'
These eight commanderies, com
manded severally by their respective
officers, are in the command of the fol
lowing grand officers of the Grand
Commandery of the State of Georgia :
Right Eminent Sir Samuel Pugh
Hamilton, of Savannah, Grand Com
mander.
Very Eminent Sir George Thomas
Anderson, of Atlanta, Deputy Grand
Commander.
Eminent Sir William Johnston Pol
lard, of Augusta, Grand Generalissimo.
Eminent Sir Thomas Hardeman, Jr.,
of Macon, Grand Captain General.
Eminent Sir Rev. Caleb Witt Key, of
Augusta, Grand Prelate.
Eminent Sir Archibald Henderson
Sueed, ol' Forsyth, Grand Senior War
den.
Eminent Sir Amos Fox, of Atlanta,
Grand Junior Warden.
Eminent Sir Joseph Eastburn Wells,
of Macon, Grand Treasurer.
Eminent Sir Charles Rudd Arm
strong, of Macon, Grand Recorder.
Eminent Sir John Gitling Deitz, of
Mucon, Graud Standard Bearer.
Eminent Sir William Edward McCoy,
of Augusta, Graud Sword Bearer.
Eminent Sir William Hopson Han
cock, of Atlanta, Grand Warden.
At 10 o’clock a. m., on Wednesday,
the subordinate commanderies will ap
pear in full uniform at the asylum of
Georgia Commandery. No. 1, of Au
gusta, for parade , inspection and drill,
and participation in public exercises.
Marching from the Asylum to St.
John’s Methodist Church, the liturgy
of the order will there be rendered, the
Episcopal choir composed of Prof.
Weigaud, Miss Gardner, Mrs. Geo. C.
Oates, Mr. Pelot and Mr. Goodrich,
assisting; and an address will be de
livered by Eminent Sir J. Emmet Black
shear, of Macon.
At 4 p. m. the prize drill for the beau
tiful epergne offered by Right Emi
nent Sir S. P. Hamilton, Grand Com
mander, as a prize to the best drilled
and best equipped commandery, will
take place, the display closing with
dress parade at 6 p. m. in front of
Lafayette Hall on Broad street.
On Thursday, the visiting Knights
will enjoy a pic-nic barbecue at the
Scbuetzeuplatz,tendered by the Knights
of Georgia Commandery, No. 1, of Au
gusta. At il o’clock a. m.,the grounds
will be opened, and dinner will be
served at 3p. m. An elegant band of
musicians will be in attendance.
At the entrance gate a special com
mittee will be in waiting to receive and
escort lady guests to the pavilion and
to do them every Kuightly honor.
Ail Sir Knights Templar are respect
fully invited to be the guests of Geor
gia Commandery, No. 1, on this pleas
ant occasion, those who can wearing
chapeau or cap and belt, and thoso
without uniforms coming in citizen’s
dress and participating in the ceremo
nies and festivities.
The street cars will make through
trips to the Platz from the city during
the day, every ten minutes, commen
cing at 11 o’clock a. m.
A NEW MAP OF AUGUSTa7"“
The City to he Surveyed for the First
Time in Twenty Years.
At the special meeting of Council
last evenmg, the, question of anew
map for the city was brought up anti
the subjoined communication and esti
mate submitted:
Augusta., Ga., Bth May, 1875.
Mr. Thomas G. Barrett, Chairmaa Com
mittee on Finance;
Sir—The annexed estimate includes
all the work required for the produc
tion of anew and correct map of the
city of Augusta.
Since the date of the old map (1855)
many changes have been made in lot
lines and considerable new territory
has been taken into the corporate lim
its, all of which I propose to represent
fully on the new map.
jThe location of the Augusta Water
Works, including pipes, stop cocks,
fire plugs and public fountains, will be
correctly given.
The location of the public pumps
aud the fire cisterns will also be given.
The Turknett Spring water works
must necessarily be omitted.
Beside the map, which will be much
larger than the old one, though on the
same scale, an alphabetical list of the
owners’ names of every lot will be fur
nished.
The whol work to be completed by
the first of December next, for the sum
of $2,612, as stated in the estimate,
and there will not be any extra charges
by which the price mentioned will be
increased.
Respectfully, your obedient serv’t,
William Phillips.
close estimate.
One Chief Engineer, 6 mos. $l5O $ 900.00
Two Assistant Engineers, 12 mos.
at S6O 720.00
Two rodmen and makers, 300 days
at 75c 225.00
Four chain men, 600 days at 75c... 450,00
Two steel tapes at $22 44.00
Hatchet, shovels, pins, etc 20.00
Drawing, tracing, etc., papers 85.00
_ $2,412.00
lranscript of Records for twenty
yeare 200.00
m . . . $2,612.00
Ihis communication was referred to
the Finance Committee with power to
act, which is a virtual order for the
work to begin, as the majority of that
committee are favorable to Mr. Phil
lip’s proposition.
A Match Bee.
By request of Mrs. Walton, Salem
Dutcher, Esq., yesterday addressed a
letter to Atlanta, conveying a chal
lenge to that city, on the part of Au
gusta, to participate in a match spel
ling bee.
In case this orthographical gauntlet,
thrown at the feet of the Gate City, is
picked up and the banter accepted, the
procceeds of the contest will be de
voted, if held in this city, to the bene
fit of the Ladies’ Memorial Associa
tion of Augusta.
A QUESTION OF ACCURACY.
JUDGE W. M. REESE AND THE
CONSTITUTIONALIST.
Unqualified Vindication of This Paper
—New but Old Tactics for Weak
Journalism.
The discussion of the issue raised by
Judge W. M. Reese with the Constitu
tionalist as to the accuracy of our re
port of that gentleman’s remarks be
fore the Convention of Stockholders of
the Georgia Railroad, recently held in
Augusta, has been deferred until the
return of the writer who heard, took
notes of and reported Judge Reese’s
speech for these columns.
In the Daily Chronicle and Sentinel
of the 19th inst., appeared the sub
joined card from Judge Reese, in which
he has deemed proper to attack the
Constitutionalist :
[Card in Chronicle and Sentinel, May 19/A.]
Judge Wm. M. Reese—What He Has to
Say of Endorsements.
Editors Chronicle and Sentinel :
Gentlemen : To the very kind and polite
inquiry of a “ Friend,” in your paper of the
16th instant, I reply bv stating that I made
use of no such remarks as quoted from the
Constitutionalist, and until the inquiry of a
“Friend” appeared did not know that I had
been so reported. I made no allusion to
the bonds of the Georgia Railroad and
Banking Company, as they rest upon di
rect authority in the charter of the com
pany, nor to the bonds of other companies,
endorsed under the express authority of
the Legislature, accepted properly by the
stockholders. I referred only to the
bonds of the Western Railroad of Ala
bama, endorsed by the Georgia Railroad
and Banking Company. In arguing the
impropriety of accepting the act of the last
Legislature, until the litigation respecting
the validity of the endorsement was de
cided, or until the same was abandoned, 1
stated, in passing, that “I hoped the pend
ing litigation would show this endorse
ment to be invalid; that I did not, however,
believe such would be the result; that I be
lieved the stockholders would probably be
estopped from making an attack upon the
endorsement on the ground of original in
validity.” To have avoided misrepresenta
tion I should In this connection have fully
stated that I did not desire such a
decision in order to ignore the just
claims of the holders of these endorsed
bonds; that I desired such decision
simply and solely to place the Geor
gia Railroad and Bauking Company,
a mere security, as I understood in a posi
tion to make a compromise just to all par
ties. If, as I have been informed, these en
dorsed bonds were bought up at eighty
cents in the dollar, 1 am free to say that I
think to the unfortunate stockholders of
the Georgia Railroad and Banking Compa
ny, now stripped of means ot support in
manv instances and likely to remain for
sometime in this condition, the holders of
these bonds should be willing to make
concessions. 1 did not. intend nor do I
intend by any act of mine, even with the
advantage of a decision in a State Couit
not directly affecting the bondholders, t o
do injustice to them. 1 see and acknowl
edge even it the endorsement is declared
not binding in this particular case, many—
very many—powerful reasons winch would
cornpel an honest and honorable corpora
te, as I know the Georgia Railroad and
Banking Company is, 1o do justice to t hese
bondholders. What would be the ful mea
sure of justice io the premises, skillful
men appointed by the parties interested
looking into the condition of the principal,
the Western Railroad of Alabama, and the
circumstances under which the bonds were
sold, could, after careful inquiry and de
liberation, decide. At the last session of
the Legislature, while I desired and voted
to stamp the second mortgage bonds
of the Macon and Brunswick Railroad
as invalid, I still voted aud did every
thing in my power to indemnify such
men as Major Branch and Mr. Her
ring who had invested in these bonds, re
lying on the Legislative ratification of 1872.
If it is true, as stated, that the Georgia
Railroad and Banking Company received
“into its coffers” the proceeds of these
bonds for its own use, or if it is true that
the Georgia Railroad Bank, dealing in
bonds, &e., for a commission, sold these
bonds to innocent purchasers, I could not
desire this litigation to result in declaring
the endorsement invalid. In conclusion,
while I can see but little to affect anybody s
rigmls, in my individual wish as to the term
ination of a litigation over which I have no
control, I say now to my friend, and all
friends, and all other persons, 1 shall not,
in any event, do anything, in any place, or
under any set of circumstances, if 1 know
the facts, dishonorable to the great ' corpo
ration of which I am an officer, or unjust to
the persons holding these endorsed bonds.
Very respectfully,
J W. M. Reese.
With that part of this card which is
deliberately explanatory of Judge
Reese’s remarks—and this is three
fourths of it—we have nothing to do.
If Judge Reese spoke in a way not to
be clearly understood, he has the right
to explain in print what he meant or
did not mean by his words; but when
he writes “ that I (he) made use of no
such remarks as quoted from the Consti
tutionalist,” he takes a position we are
bound to show is untenable.
There were present during the delib
erations of that Convention represent
atives from each of the Augusta dailies,
who heard and reported for their re
respective journals this speech of Judge
Reese, and the part of that speech
which has come into discussion thus
appeared in the two city papers the
morning after its delivery :
(Extract from Chronicle and Sentinel Report
of Judge Reese's Remarks in Georgia Stock
holder's Convention, May lith.)
A litigation had been started to test the
validity of all these endorsements, and he
hoped to God it would be successful. [Loud
applause.] But in the present situation he
thought they should accept the enabling
act and put it in their charter, provided
the litigation decided the endorsement
was binding. If not, they didn t want it.
[Extract from Judge Reese's Remarks in
the Constitutionalist Report of the Geoi-aia
Railroad Stockholders Convention, May Uth.]
Litigation had recently been started
against the Georgia Road, and maybe this
litigation would eventuate in deciding ad
the endorsements illegal and void. He
hoped to God this would be so [Applause].
He could not say it would result so; the
acquiescence of the stockholders in these
endorsements for so long a time perhaps
had entailed insuperable embarrassments;
he would not express an opinion or intimate
an opinion as to the result—the end of the
litigation must fix it. He would advise a
conditional acceptance or the Enabling Act
and the purchase—acceptance with the
proviso, only in the event this litigation
holds the endorsement is binding; if the
endorsement is held not binding, the stock
holders don’t want any bill—if binding,
they want the property and not the prom
ises or indemnities of an embarrassed cor
poration.
The language quoted by “Friend” in
his letter of inquiry to which Judge
Reese’s card above inserted is a reply,
is as follows (taken from the Constitu
tionalist’s report, of which the above
extract is a part);
Litigation had recently been started
against the Georgia Road, and maybe this
litigation would eventuate in deciding all
the endorsements illegal and void. He
hoped.to God this would be so. [Applause.]
He could not say it would result so, etc.
The position assumed by Judge
Reese iu his card is that he did not
say, as printed in this journal, “he
hoped to God” “this litigation would
eventuate iu deciding all the endorse
ments illegal and void.” On the con
trary, the report of the Chronicle and
Sentinel—a paper that in leaping so
eagerly to Judge Reese’s dofence and to
an onslaught upon the Constitutional
ist in this matter has unpardonably stul
tified itself and "repudiated the faithful
work of its own editorial corps—that
paper says: “A litigation had
been started to test the validity
of all these endorsements, aud he
(Judge Reese) hoped to God it
would be successful.” Thus the
language used by Judge 'Reese in our
report was repeated iu the report of
the paper he has chosen to be his
champion in this moment of his em
barrassment, and it is demonstrated
beyond doubt or cavil and to the com
prehension of the simplest mind that
these words were taken as they fell
from Judge Reese’s lips. We do not
assay to inteipret Judge Reese’s mean
ing; it was and is no care of ours what
these words signified , our duty was to
record truly and accurately what was
said and done at that Stockholders’
Convention, and this duty we per
formed. Judge Reese may put what
construction he pleases upon his lan
guage, and may come now and tell
what he meant or didn’t mean, and ex
plain these words; but we re-assert,
upon this demonstration, that he used
almost precisely the language of the
Constituiionalist’s report, that he
made use of such remarks quoted by
“ Friend” from the Constitutionalist,
and that the accuracy and correctness'
of our report stand proven and estab
lished out of the mouth of his assidu
ous and zealous champion on Broad
street.
It is proper to say a word as to the
course of the Chronicle and Sentinel in
this matter, and that the tone and
policy it adopted may be clearly un
derstood, we quote from its editorial
columns as follows:
[Editorial Chronicle and Sentinel, May 19/A.]
We publish in another column of the
Chronicle and Sentinel this morning a letter
from Judge Wm. M. Reese, in answer to
the communication addressed to him a day
or two ago. It seems that Judge Reese
was incorrectly reported by the Constitu
tionalist, and did not use the language at
tributed to him by that paper.
[Editorial Chronicle and Sentinel, May 21s/,]
It is highly probable that most people
will think that Judge Wm. M. Reese knows
better what he said in his recent speech be
fore the Stockholders’ Convention of the
Georgia Railroad than even the Consti
tutionalist,. It is equally as probable that
they will implicitly believe any assertion
made by Judge Reese. The report of the
Constitutionalist, was, unintentionally we
have no doubt whatever, incorrect and
did Judge Reese great injustice. He did not
know that such a report had been made of
his remarks until the communication
signed “Friend” was copied into the
Chronicle and Sentinel. He then promptly
disclaimed using the language attributed
to him, and there is nothing more to be
said upon the subject.
But there is one thing more to be
said upon the subject, even after the
clear demonstration we have given
above of the accuracy of the C institu
tionalist’s report, namely: that these
editorials of the Chronicle and Sentinel
were written, either in wilful blindness
to the record given in its own columns,
or in utter ignorance of facta couceru
iug which they were treating. Into
this dilemma has the over-anxiety of
that paper to pitch into the Constitu
tionalist gotten it; aud if its appe
tite for conflict is so keen as to force it
to either resort, we are perfectly will
ing for it to masticate everything it
can pick up in that way. These edito
rials of the Chronicle and Sentinel, we
believe, were penned, “unintentionally
we have no doubt whatever,” not to
misrepresent the record of the Consti
tutionalist, but in utter ignorauce of
the facts, and yet while the proofs of
the exact status of the issue were lying
within that paper’s very grasp.
ST. GEORGE’S SOCIETY.
Permanent Organization—Sixty Mem
bers—Victoria’s Birthday.
Iu the room over Mr. R. Schneider’s
last niget reassembled the gentlemen
of our city interested iu organizing a
St. George’s Society for Augusta, Mr.
E. H. Pughe iu the chair.
The committee appointed at the pre
liminary meeting reported a code of
by-laws, which were read, and, on mo
tion of Mr. F. M. Nelson, unanimously
adopted.
A native of England, the son of a na
tive or the grand-sou of a native may
become members.
The introductory article of the by
laws is as follows:
Article 1. The name of the Society
shall be the “St. George’s Society, of
Augusta, Ga.;” aud its objects, to cher
ish the recollections of our homes aud
the birthplace of our fathers, to pro
mote good fellowship among English
men and their descendants in thejr
adopted country, aud to extend to un
fortunate Englishmen and their fami
lies assistance and counsel iu eases of
necessity. The St. George’s Society,
of the city of Augusta, Ga., a benevo
lent and social institution, composed
of Englishmen, the sons and grandsons
(of male or female descent) of English
men, aud the sous of members of the
Society, is hereby formed, aud the fol
lowing Rules for its government are
unanimously adopted.
The following officers were elected;
E. H. Pughe, President.
G. A. Oates, First Vice-President.
W. H alejßarrett, Second Vice-Presi
dent.
Thomas Hammond, Secretary.
G. C. Oates, Treasurer.
Rev. VV. P. Kramer, Chaplain.
Dr. Joseph Hatton, Piiysiciau.
Managing Committee—Col. T. G.
Barrett, J. M. Roberts, T. C. Bligh, J.
C. Ferris and C. F. Yates.
The following telegram, received
during the day, was read and greeted
with applause :
Richmond, Va., May 24th, 1875.
E. H. Pughe, President:
Anglo-Virginians greet Anglo-Geor
gians on Victoria’s Birthday. Vivat Re
gina ! God bless the Southern States,
and send more British settlers !
T. R. Scott.
In reply, by request of the Society,
the subjoined telegram was forwarded:
Augusta, Ga., May 24, 1875.
T. R. Scott, Esq., Richmond, Va.:
The St. George’s Society, of Augus
ta, Ga., organized this evening, send
kind greetings to the British Associa
tion, of Virginia, and wish them un
bounded success. God save the Queen !
E. H. Pughe, President.
An interlude of business was devoted
to a convivial celebration of Victoria’s
Birthday. President Pughe gave as a
toast: “The Queen—God bless her 1”
which was beautifully and eloquently
responded to by Rev. Mr. Kratner.
Upon resumption of business, thanks
were voted President Pughe for under
taking to print the by-laws without
price for the society, and to Mr. Sohuei
der for the use of his room.
There are sixty members now on the
roll of the St. George.
JUDICIAL.
Augusta City Court.
HON. WM. T. GOULD, PRESIDING.
The following special jurors were
drawn to appear aud serve at the next
August Term, to wit:
John C. Pope, M. J. Mullane,
Charles Carey, P. H. Burke,
T. O. Brown, Thomas Murray,
Alpheus C. Beane, Thos. McNalley,
T. H. Berry, Charles Carter,
J. P. R. Miller, W. A. Muse,
E. T. Murphey, Patrick McCarthy,
John Brogden, J. M. Austin,
Joseph T. Smith, K. McDonald,
F. H. Strickland, Edward Muse,
J. A. Shivers, E. H. Cavanaugh,
Jas. T. McGran, Arthur-Rogers,
Cudgo Bryan, Robert Schley,
E H. Rogers, W. W. Starr,
George Cooper, J. E. Simmons,
Jas. Flannigan, W. C. Stoy,
P. Bridwell, T. H. Stafford,
Thos. F. Tarver, O. M. Stone,
Charles Tice, Austin Mullarky,
Charles Coffin, J. P. Bondurant,
William Powell, Thos. Armstrong,
E. A. Dunbar, Chas. B. Day,
L. A. Dugas, Jr., Juriah Dugas,
James Burke, W. A. Dugas.
Benjamin M. Walpole vs. John H.
Miller—Judgment for plaintiff for
$238.10.
The Court took recess to 9 o’clock a.
m. Friday.
Information Wanted.— Harriet Hill
wants to learn of the whereabouts of
her son, Henry Hill, who lert Augusta,
Ga.. in the Spring of 1866, with Lieut.
Morris, Adjutant Third Battalion, 19th
U. S. Infantry. The last latter she had
from him was dated June sth, 1870, at
Denver City, Colorado Territory. Any
information regarding him will be
thankfullyy-eceived by his mother at
Augusta, Ga. i*
CITY COUNCIL.
Special Meeting of the City Fathers
Last Night.
Council convened at City Hall at 8
o’clock last night, present Mayor Estes
presiding, and Couneilmen Evans, Car
wile, Ford, Phillips, Barrett, Thomp
son, Pournelle, Sibley, Hill and Bennett.
On motion of Councilman Phillips
reading the minutes of the preceeding
meeting was dispensed with.
The resignation of City Sheriff H. M.
Levy was read and on motion of Coun
cilman Carwile accepted.
A communication from Mr. William
Phillips, submitting an outline and es
timate of $2,612 as cost of anew city
map, to be completed by December Ist,
was read.
Councilman Phillips moved to refer
to Finance Committee with power to
act.
Councilman Evans amended to refer
to Finance Committee, to report to
Council at next meeting, but subse
quently withdrew his amendment, and
the original motion prevailed.
Councilman Carwile moved that an
election for City Sheriff be ordered for
the next regular meeting of Council in
June—two weeks off—with due notice
of ten days to be given, the Chief of
Police acting in the meantime. Car
ried.
Mayor Estes called attention to the
Important question of sewerage and
suggested the necessity for the con
struction of a brick sewer, three feet
in the clear with a good fall, from
Broad street to tho river down Jackson
or Washington, the former street
being preferable.
Councilman Barrett moved that the
sewer as suggested by the Mayor bo
constructed on Jackson street, that
property owners be assessed for its
cost where it may run iu front of their
property, the city furnishing the
brick for the crossings and doing the
work.
Dr. DeSaussure Ford had always fa
vored the drainage of the city directly
to the river as conforming with the
natural demauds of its topography aud
urged the construction of such sewers
as an important sanitary measure for
Augusta.
The motion prevailed unanimously.
Councilman Barrett stated that the
lot at the Pump House should be
owned by the city, as more land would
soen be required there, and this lot
could be purchased for $2,000, and he
hoped a motion would be made for the
purchase.
Councilman Carwile moved that the
Water Works Committee be author
ized to effect the purchase of the lot
referred to, for cash or on time, as may
be judged advisable. Carried.
An application was received from
Col, H. C. Stevenson, business mana
ger of the Constitutionalist, asking
for the reduction of water rent charges
for the motive power of that office’s
presses to less than the present figure
of SSOO.
In the discussion that ensued, a
statement was submitted from Engi
neer Gumming showing that by actual
examination it had been ascertained
that the opening from the main to the
presses when running consumed 168
gallons of water per minute, or 10,080
gallons per hour. The entire capacity
of the water works to deliver from the
pumps is 2,000,000 gallons per day, and
nine such machiues as that in the Con
stitutionalist office would more than
exhaust this entire supply.
Mayor Estes had found no rates as
low as those ef Augusta in any city
whose water-works he had investiga
ted. In Philadelphia SBOO were asked
as rate for the use of an inch opening
for twelve hours of the day. The
whole income from the water works
was only $12,000, a poor interest on an
outlay of nearly $500,000 for their
construction.
Councilman Barrett opposed the re
duction, and Councilman Thompson
was in favor of a charge of S3OO.
Councilman Barrett moved to decline
the application, which was carried by a
vote of six to four on the ayes and
nays, as follows : Ayes—Sibley, Bar
rett, Hill, Evans, Ford, Carwile—6.
Nays—Thompson, Pouruelle, Phillips,
Bennett—4.
Councilman Evans offered the follow
ing resolution, which was adopted :
Resolved, That the Lamp Committee bo
authorized to have lamps placed on Mc-
Kinnie street, from Greene street south,
where, in their judgment, they are mostly
needed.
Councilman Carwile called attention
to the want of fire plugs in the Fourth
Ward, aud referred to the delay in ex
tinguishing the recent fire in that sec
tion of the city on account of inability
to get water.
Councilman Barrett explained that
the committee had been waiting to get
the money from collections of water
rents to extend pipes further and es
tablish more plugs iu the Fourth
Ward.
Ou motion of Councilman Evans the
Board adjourned.
Ague Conquerer —No Quinine, no
Arsenic, no Poisons. —This is strong
language, as Physicians aud Chemists
have for years tried to compound a
preparation that would entirely cure
Fever and Ague without the use of
strong medicines such as Quinine. Ar
senic aud other poisons injurious to
the system. There is no case of Fever
and Ague, Intermittent or Bilious Fe
vers, Congestive Chills, Night Sweats,
Liver Complaints, &c., t hat this remedy
will not cure at once aud permanently.
It purifies the Blood, Liver, Spleens,
and all secretory organs so effectually
that the chills will not return during
the season, even when persons have
had them for years. Sold by F. A.
Beall, M. E. Bowers and Barrett &
Laud, wholesale dealers.
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A Brain-Destroying Malady.— That
insomnia, or inability to sleep, has be
come very prevalent of late years, is
sufficiently evidenced by the fact that
numberless remedies have been intro
duced within the last decade specially
intended for its cure, and that new se
datives are continually cropping up.
But no medicinal agent has so widely
and clearly established its claims as a
genuine soporific as Hostetter’s Stom
ach Bitters. That it removes this brain
destroying inability far more effect
ually than the bromides, chlorals
and valerianates in use, is not to be
wondered at when we consider that
such drugs act only on the brain,
which is not the source of the evil,
while the Bitters rectify the alimentary
disturbances which originate it. It is
admitted by physicians that dyspepsia
and non-assimilation of the food pro
duce sleeplessness. The Bitters over
come these obstacles to repose as well
as those urinary troubles which are
also said to interfere with it. A wine
glassful or two of this wholesome se
dative invigorant at bed time rarely fails
to produce tranquil repose.
my2o-thsatu&c
The Prescription Department at W.
H. Tutt & Remsen’s is kept fully sup
plied with a fresh stock of the best
chemicals, and presided over by well
known and experienced apothecaries.
my 23-6
Just received at \V. H. Tutt & Rem
sen’s a large aud elegant stock of Pure
White Lead, Linseed Oils, Turpentine,
Ready-Mixed Paints, Yarnishes, &c..,
&c., at lowest prices. my 23-6
Daily arrivals at W. H. Tutt & Rem
sen’s. Fresh and pure Drugs, Per
fumery, Soaps and Fancy Articles, per
sonally selected by Dr, Wm. H. Tutt in
New York, at low prices. my 23-6
MRS. LINCOLN.
Her Insanity and Attempted Suicide.
The Chicago papers of Thursday fur
nish the particulars of the proceedings
before Judge Wallace, of the Cook
County Court, upon the application of
Robert T. Lincoln to try the sanity of
his mother, Mrs. Mary Lincoln, widow
of ex-President Abraham Lincoln. Mrs.
Lincoln has been stopping at the Grand
Pacific Hotel for some time, and has
continued to decline not only in vigor
of mind, but in physical condition, and
upon a council of leading physicians it
was determined that something was
necessary to be done to protect her
life from her own hands, and to secure
her from bodily harm. Accordingly
she wasdbrought into court on Thurs
day and a jur} T , composed of leading
physicians and citizens, were empan
neled for the sad trial. When brought
into court, Mrs. Lincoln was pallid, her
eyes were watery and excited, and her
general appearauce that of one suffer
ing from nervous excitement. She was
attired in a plain black suit, and was
neat and comely of appearance.. She
was accompanied by her counsellor and
friend, and the biographer of her hus
band, the Hon. J. N. Arnold. In the
party accompanying her was her son,
whose every feature was market 1 with
sadness. His eyes, too, were suffused
with tears, as were also several others
of the part}'.
Dr. Dauforth was the first witness
called. He had visited Mrs. Lincoln
professionally in November, 1873. He
treated her several weeks for fever and
nervous derangement of the head and
observed at the time indications of
mental disturbance. She had strange
iraaginiugs; thought that someone
was at work at her head, and that an
Indian was removing the bones from
her. face and pulling wires out of her
eyes. He visited her again in Septem
ber, 1871, when she was suffering from
debility of the nervous system. She
complained that someone was taking
steel springs from her head, and would
not let her rest; 'that she was going to
die within a few days, and that she had
been admonished to that effect by her
husband. She imagined that she heard
raps on a table conveying the time of
her death, and would sit and ask ques
tions and repeat the supposed answer
the table would give. He visited her
one week ago, when she startled him by
saying that an attempt had been made
to poison her on her journey back from
Florida a few months since. She had
been very thirsty, and at a way-side
station not far from Jacksonville she
took a cup of coffee, in which she dis
covered poison. She said she drank it
and took a second cup that the over
dose of poison might cause her to
vomit. Ho did not see any traces of
her having taken poison and was of
opinion that she was insane.
The proprietors and several em
ployes of the Grand Pacific testified to
numerous strange acts of the lady, in
dicating her insanity.
Dr. Isham testified that in March he
received a telegram from Mrs. Lincoln,
from Jacksonville, Fla., as follows:
"My belief is my sou is sick. Tele
graph. I start for Chicago to-morrow.”
Her son was perfectly well at the time,
and witness so telegraphed her. Mr.
Lincoln also telegraphed to her, telling
her to remain in Florida until perfectly
well. He received a second telegram
after the lapse of an hour and a half.
It read: “My dearly beloved son, Rob
ert T. Lincoln: Rouse yourself, and live
for your mother. You are all I have;
from this hour all I have is yours 1
pray every night that you may be
sparedrto vour mother.”
Robert T. Lincoln, the petitioner,
then took the witness stand. His face
indicated the unpleasantness of the
duty he was about to perform, and his
eyes were expressive of the grief he
felt. Mrs. Lincoln first looked on
calmly, but during the recital of the
incidents of the family history and re
ference to the death of his father and
brother, she gave way to tears and
buried her face in her hands. He tes
tified that the action ho had taken was
sad to contemplate, but he had done it
in the interest of his mother; he said
he did not want any money from her;
ho had money in trust for her. He met
his mother on the cars on her return
from Florida, and she told him an at
tempt had been made to poison her.
She roomed next to him and was very
restless; twice in one night she aroused
him and asked to sleep in his room; he
admitted her, gave her his bed and he
slept on tho lounge. About April Ist
she ceased tapping at his door.be having
told her that if she persisted he would
leave the hotel. He went to her room
April Ist, and found her but slightly
dressed. She left her room in that con
dition under some pretext, and the
next he knew of her she was going
down in the elevator to the office. He
had the elevator stopped and tried to
induce her to return to her room. She
regarded this interference as imperti
nent, and declined to leave the eleva
tor, but he put his arms-about her and
gently forced her. She screamed—
“ You are going to murder me! ”
At one time she predicted that all
Chicago was to be burned. She showed
him securities for $75,000 which she
carried in her pocket. She spent
large sums of money recently. She had
bought S6OO worth of lace curtains;
three watches, costing $150; S7OO worth
of other jewelry ; S2OO worth of soaps
and perfumeries, and a whole piece of
silk. He had no doubt she was in
sane. He regarded her as eccentric and
unmanageable, There was no cause for
her recent purchases, as her trunks
were filled with dresses she never wore.
She never wore jewelry.
A number of merchants testified to
Mrs. Lincoln’s reckless manuer of mak
ing purchases, after which the jury re
tired, and in a few minutes returned a
verdict that the jurors were satisfied
that '‘Mrs. Mary Lincoln is insane, and
a fit person to be sent to the State hos
pital for .he iusaue.” During the ab
sence of the jury Robert Lincoln ap
proached his mother and extended his
hand, She grasped it fondly, remark
ing with a degree of emphasis, “Rob
ert, I did not think you would do this.”
His response was stifled by the spring
of tears, and the conversation ended.
The verdict was received by Mrs. Lin
coln without any visible e:no:iou. She
was stolid and unmoved, and did not
allow its reading to interrupt the con
versation in which she was engaged
with Mr. Arnold.
Subsequent telegrams state that on
Thursday morning she attempted to
commit suicide by taking camphor and
laudanum. Yesterday Mrs. Lincoln
was taken to the private insane asylum
at Batavia, Illinois. Previous to her
removal $57,000 in Government bonds
were found secreted upou her person.
They were secured by friends for safe
keeping. Her insanity is not of a vio
lent type.
Moke Light !—lf you want your
stores and houses brilliantly illumi
nated, send to George P. Connor, 53
Jackson street, for your Kerosene
Price, 25 cents a gallon. my9tf
The Most Certain Cure for Chills
and All Fevers, and all disorders
arising from malarial influence is the
Magic Cure, to be had at
J. H. Alexander’s Drug Store
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Patronize the only Paint and Oil
Store iu Augusta. I keep none but the
best goods, aud will sell you any quan
tity you want from a teaspoonful up
wards. George D. Connor,
my9tf 53 Jackson street.
The Smith-Fisli Correspondence.
I Atlanta Hera ld.]
What the Herald objected to, was the
publication of tho garbled correspond
ence. If Gov. Smith had published
Fish’s reply, we would t ave had no ob
jections to offer. Its mangled publica
tion was, however, about the same,
as the Constitutionalist pertinently
remarks, “as if Gov. Smith had pub
lished the correspondence between
himself and ex-Gov. Johnson and left
Mr. Johnson’s letters out.”
The letter fell like a J>ombshell into
the ranks of journalism. It produced
scores of oitter articles, and the Sa
vannah News embraces ho occasion to
vent an enormous lot of spleen. We
trust that when the News sees the cor
rection published in the Herald, it
will depart from its usual habit of
“doubting if the Herald is cor
rect,” and make the proper statement
in the matter at once. We do not think
that a daiiy exchange w ilhiu the reach
of the Chronicle and Smtinel came to
our office yesterday, w thout bringing
a severe and plausible denunciation of
the Centennial, and one Alabama edi
tor despairingly remarks : “ There is
just no use trying to become reconciled
with these Northern fanatics.” We
think, with the Telegraph and Messen
ger than an “ explanation of this re
markable publication is due from some
body.” We desire to say, having the
subject under final treatment, that the
w<rd “treacherous,” used in regard to
the Chronicle and Sentinel's action was
written “mischievous,” and by the
compositor changed to the former
word.
Call at the office of C. W. Harris,
No. 219 Broad street, foi Insurance at
adequate rates in nou-Board Com
panies decl-tf
Buffalo Spring Lithia Water, and
Gettysburg Katalysine Water, at
J. H. Alexander’s Drug Store.
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Strictly Bure White Lead, Linseed
Oil, Turpentine, Varnishes, Window
Glass, Colors and ail house Faiuters’
Supplies at
George J. Connor,
my9lf 53 Jackson street.
“Neuril.” —The instantaneous cure
for Neuralgia. Depot, No. 291 Broad
street. :ip7-ly
Attention is called to the advertise
ment of Sliadines in another column.
The genuine Shadine man is en route
for this city. apl6-frsuw
A fine assortment of Office and Fan
cy Stationery at
myl2-tf Quinn & Pendleton’s.
Congress Water, constantly arriving
fresh from Saratoga Spiings, kept on
Draught and in Bottles, also the best
Soda and Kissengen Water and Ginger
Ale, at
J. H. Alexander’s Drug Store.
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The Best and Pleasantest Throat
Lozenge, at \
J. H. Alexander’s Drug Store.
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FINANCE AND TRADE
TIIE AUGUSTA MARKETS.
Constitutionalist Office, I
6 P. M. Hay 24,1875. j
Financial Market.
We cannot find any cause to change the
figures we have before reported. Quota
tions are as follows:
New York exchange scarce, buving at%a
3-16 premium and seliiDg at %.
Savannah and Charleston exchange, buy
ing at % off and selling at par.
Sterling exchange nominal and little
doing.
Gold, buying at 1 llalls and selling at 116*
Money market easy; 10al5 per cent, per
annum, according to paper and eollattewal.
The Cotton Market.
The daily market report of the Augusta
Cotton Exchange, issued at 4 o’clock p. in.,
is as follows for this day:
Tone of the m trket —Quiet, fair de
mand, and small offerings, ouotatious for
to-day are :
Ordinary. Nominal.
Good Ordinary u l .
Low Middling! if,
Middling 15%
Good Middling 15%
STATEMENT.
Days. Receipts. Sales.
Saturday 65 126
Monday 42 167
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
Total
Stock in Augusta, 19th May 5,855
Stock this day last year 13,963
Kec. ipts since September Ist 174,098
Shipments since September Ist 165,078
LIVERPOOL MARKET.
Tone firm I Mid’g Upl’ds.. 7%
yales. 12,000] Mid’g Orle’ns. 8a9%
NEW YORK MARKET.
Tone-Spots dull] Gold H 6%
Middling 16%e. | Exo’, com. bills 434%
Futures—Closing tone, easy.
Jaa 15% /July 16 3-32
I’fb 15 25-32 I August 16%
March 16 1-32 | Sept 16 1-16
April 16 7-32 1 Oct 15 21-32
May 15 15-16 Nov 1515-32
•June 15 15-16 | Dec 15%
receipts at all u. s. ports.
Cor. Week Last
This Week. Last Year. Week.
Saturday 3,050 3,9.18 4,393
Monday 2,71 5,104 3,027
Tuesday 3,027 2,119
Wednesday 3,536 2,623
Thursday ,178 1,569
Friday 3,020 3 .373
Total for week. 5,921 22,853 17,75;
Receipts since Ist September 3,371,813
Receipts same time last year .3,639,924
Receipts at all U. S. ports to-day . 558.95 G
Stocks at all U. S. ports last year.. 325,852
Stock in New York to-day 161,332
Stock in New York last year 128,565
The Meat Market.
The meat market continues steady aud
firm with unchanged prices. We quote
to-day:
Clear Ribbed Baeon Sides 13*/ a 14
Dry Salt Clear Ribbed Sides . . 13 a
Dry Salt Long Clear Sides 12 s . a
Bellies
Smoked Shoulders n a jj
Dry Salt Shoulders 10 a 10 1+
Sugar Cured Hams 15 a 17 i?
Pig Hams a 8
Tennessee Hams J4y a
LARD_in tierces, 16%a17; in cans, kegs
or buckets.
The Corn, Oats and Wheat Market.
Wheat is in very light supply with a de
mand sufficient to absorb all offerings.
Prices are iirm. We quote: Choice white
$1.70; prune white, $1.65; amber, sl6o'
red, $1.55a1.60, * * ou ’
wi J- h good demand, and light
stock. White, $1.13a1.15 per ear load; yel
low and mixed, sl.loai.i2, sacks included
Wten,.“uo I T o,ty b ° lted ' “■ ia ® lls ;
Oats—Peed Oats. sl, and scarce.
The Hay aud Stock Feed Market.
Hay—Choice Timothy-car load lots
$1.50 per hundred; Western mixed
$1.35a1.40 per hundred; Eastern Hav #1 rk
al 70 per hundred; Northings£’ -J 1 65
>o? BAN AND Stock Meal—Wheat Bran
§3oper ton; Stock Meal, 90a$l aB(
Peas—Mixed, $1.20a1.25; Clay $1 40
Fodder—sl,7sa2 per hundred' *
Con tra Hay —sl per hundred.
Tlie Flour Market.
A general steadiness continues to ner
vade this market with firm prices. P
CITY MILLS QUOTATIONS;-
S xtr ?; 3 -- 7 25 a 7 50
Campy 7 75 a 8 00
Fancy 8 25 a 8 50
WESTERN QUOTATIONS :
Fine $5 50
Supers :.. 6 50
Extras. 6 75
Family 7 25
Fancy... .. 775
General Grocery Market.
Butter—sjouutry, lb.. 25; Goshen 35a
40; Beeswai, per lb., 25; White Table Peas
$1.25a1.50. Chickens—Spring, 35; grown 40 •
Ducks, 50; Geese, 65 Eggs, per dozen, is!
Honey, strined, per lb., 2o; Irish Potatoes
per bnl—Western, $4.50; Northern $4 :
Omous, new, per bunch, 5c.; Sweet Potatoes :
$1.50 per bus; Dried Peaches, peeled, 14c. per
ib.; Dried Apples. 10c. per lb; Soda, 8; Tur
keys, $1.75 to 2.00a piece; Tallow, 7a9. Grits
per bus. $1.40 to 1.50; Western Pearl Grits,
perbbl., $5.75 to 6.C0; Pearl Hominy, $5.50
a5.75.
European Money Markets.
London, Mav 24 Noon.—Erie, W%a19%;
street rate, %, which is a % belew thebe nk.
P. M.—Throckmorton street is crowded.
Sales of Erie at 18%a18%a18.
Paris, May 24^Noon .—Rentes, 6lf. 55c.
United States Money Mai-kets.
New Yok, May 21—Noon. — Stocks active,
but very unsettled. Money, 2 per cent.;
gold, $116%; Exchange, long, 487%; short,
490%; Governments, doing, but strong;
State bonds quiet, nominal.
New York, May 24 P. M.— MoEey ease
at 2%a3. Sterling dull at 7%. Gold dull
at 16%a16%. Governments dull, but strong.
States, quiet and nominal.
European Produce Markets.
Livikpool, Hay 24.—Breadstuffs quiet.
Corn 325. 3d.a32s o<l. lkef, 719. 6d.; new
mess, 74; short clear middles, 53?. td.
New York Produce Market.
New York, May 24.— Noon,— Flour dull
and declining. Wheat quiet and nominally
lower. Corn dull and strongly downward.
Pork heavy at $21.52. Lard heavy steam,
15%%. Spirits of turpentine dull at 3>
Resin steadier at $1.95a205 for strained.
Freights firm. ,
New York, May 24—P. M,—Flout duli
and prices strongly in Uuvers’ favor; South
ern Flour quiet and heavy; common to
fair extra, ss.Hta6; good to choice do., $6.05
a8.25. Wheat la2 lower and in limited de
mand; $1J1a1.33 for Winter red Western;
$1.39a1.41 for amber d0.;51.37a1.43 for white
Western. Corn heavy and 3a4 lower; large
receipts of unsound Corn and deckled ad
vance in freights have a depressing effect,
75*77 for soft Western mixed; *BuS2 fui
piirne to choice do.; 89;.82% for yellow
Western; 78 for choice new’, sail, Western
mixed, in store. Oats heavy and decidedly
lower; 74a75% for mixed Western;7sa.7s fur
white do. Coffee very quiet; Rio telegram
unfavorable; cargoes held at 16a13%, gold,
ror Kio. Sugar dull and nominal ; 9*8% to
fair to good refining; 8% for prime refined;
10a10%a10% for granulated; 11 for powdei
ed; ,il%ali% for crushed. Molasses dull
and declining. Rice very quiet. Tallow
firm at B%as%. Rosin dull atsl.9sa2for
strained, turpentine duli at 34%. Fork
lower; new job lots $21.59. Lard lower; 15
for prime steam. Whiskey without decid
ed change. Freights firmer; cotton, per
steam, 5-16.
Western Prodace Markets.
St. Louts, May 24—Flour unsett led and
closing fiat—sooroely anything done. COl n
dull and lower—car lots of No. 2 mix and 65%
a66 ; 64% bid for round lots. Whiskey noun -
nally $1.20. Pork lower at $21.25. Bacon
qniet— jobbing aud order lots, 9%a9%;
shoulders, 12%a13; clear rib. 13%a13% for
clear round lots; clear, 13. * Lard dull—
kettle, 15.
Cincinnati, May 24 —Flour quiet and un
changed. Corn dull and declining at 71%
75. Pork nominally unchanged. Lard
nominal; steam, 15; kettle, 15%@15%. Ba
con dull; shoulders, 9%; clear rib, 12 1
cleai sides, 13.
Louisville, May 24—Flour un hanged.
Corn nominal at Provisions q net
and firm. Pork nominally $22. Bacon
shoulders, 9%; Clear 11b, 12%; clear sides.
18%. Lard—prime steam, 15%: tierce, 16.
keg, 16%. Wtiiskey, 15, Bagging firm at
13@14.
Chicago, May 24.— Flour dull. Corn
active, w’eak and panickv; No. 2 mixed,
regular, 64%. Fork in fair demand and un
settled at
at 14%. Whiskey quiet aud firm at $1 17.
Baltimore and Wilmington Produce
Markets.
Baltimore, May 24.—Flour very quiet—
Howard street and Western superfine,
$4 50a1.55; Bia brands, 86.75. Wheat dull
Maryland red, $1.3d1.40; amber, $1 4 : ; *i 45.
Corn weak and lower—bout hern white, 85:
yellow, 8oaSl; Western mixed, 81. Oats-
Southern active, 82a*3. Ryt- nominal. Pro
visions dull and weak. Pork lower at 821a
22. bhoulders. 9%a9%. Lard dull, heavy
and unchanged. Coffee firm—ordinary t >
prime Rio, cargoes, 16a18%. Whiskey
nominal at sl.22ai 23. Sugar quiet and firm
Liverpool Cotton Market.
Liverpool, May 24—Noon.—Cotton firm;
middling uplands, /%; middling Orleans,
BaS%; sales 12,000 bales; speculation and
export, 2,000; molding uplands, nothing be
low low middling, deliverable July and
August, 8.
3:3) F. M.—Sales American botton, 6,800
bales; sales 011 a basis middling uplands,
nothing below good ordinary, shipped
April, 7%; do., nothing below jow mid
dling, deliverable May, 7 15-16.
New York Cotton Market.
New York, May 24—Noon.—Cotton quiet
sales, 122 bales; uplands, 16%; Orlear,-
16%.
Futures opened steadier, as loll* ,ws
May, 16 1-16; June, 16.1-16a16 3-32, Jul\
16%; August, lGJ£al6 13-24. #
New York, May 24—P. M Cotton dull
sales, 451 bales at 16%a1G%; net receipt-’
108; gross, 3,999.
Futures closed easy f sales, 20,100 bales
as follows: May, 15 15-16, 15 31-32; June’
15 15-16, 15 31-32; July, 16 3-32 16,% ; August
16%. 16 9-32; September. 16 1-16; October’
15 21-32; November, 1515-32.15 17-32; De-
December. 15%, 15 17-32; January, 15'
15 11-16; February. 15 15-32,15 27-32;' March
16 1-32,16-16: April, 16 17-32,16%.
Boston aud Philadelphia Cotton Mar
kets.
Boston, May 24.—Cotton dull; middling,
16%; net receipts, 17; gross receipts, 2o;
sales, 129.
Philadelphia, May 24.—Cotton qui.4,
middling, 16%; low middling. 45%; g,**d
ordinary, to; net receipts, 433; gross re
ceipts, 209.
Southern Cotton Markets.
New Orleans, May 24.—Cotton: demand
fair; middling, 15%; net receipts, 823 ;ales •
gross, 1090; sales, 1800; exports to Great
Britain, 7333; coost, 840.
Charleston , May 24.—Cotton quiet;
middlings, is%a 15%; low middlings, 15%
good ordinary, 14%a14%; net receipts. 2*6
bales; sales, 40u bales; exports ts Great
Britain, 1944; coastwise, 539.
Savannah, May 24.—Cotton dull; mid
dling, 15%; low middlings, 15% ; good ordi
nary, 14%; net receipts, 504 ba:es; exports
to Great Britain, 3644; coastwise, 1195
sa'es. 365 bales.
JpAugu&ta, May 24—Cotton, demand sair:
offeilugs small; middling, 15%; low mid
dling 15; good ordinary, 14% ; net receipts
42; sales, 1672. *
Memphis, May 24 —Cotton steady; mid
dling, 15; net receipts. 132; shipments. 38: •
sales, 050; sti.ck, 20,0*27.
Baltimore, May 24.—Cotton dull an 1
and easy; middling, 15%; low middling
15%; good ordinary, 14%; net receipts, 22
gross receipts, 110 bales; exports coastwise
250; sales 40.
Norfolk, May 24.—Cotton quiet; rjj,'-
dling, 15%a15%; net leoeipts. 5*5; export
coastwise, 350; sales, 100.
Mobile, May 24—Cotton weak; mid
dlings, 15; low middlings, 14%; good ordi
nary 14; net receipts, 188 bats, exports
coast \ iso, 279; sales. 250.
Galveston, May 24.—Cotton in limited
demand; middling, 14%; low middlings,
**%;,good ordinal' V, 13%; net reoeipt
-65 bales; exports coastwise, 38; sales, 54 1.
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