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About Weekly constitutionalist. (Augusta, Ga.) 185?-1877 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 24, 1866)
C'lje ©lttkl]) Constitutionalist Wednesday Morning, Jan.. 24,1866. OUR LITEBARY COLUMN. CHAPTER V. “The Mountain of the Lovers.” An Ancient Isqend of Bohemia. Many centuries ago, in wild Bohemia (it was during the most sombre period of that epoch known as the “dark ages”), there lived a feu dal Baron, haughty, passionate, and prejudicial, who, like the giant Earl Doorm, “ compelled all creatures to his wilL’* He belonged to a class of lusty tyrants, well represented by the husband of the brave 1 Go diva,’’ who loved nothing so dearly as a flagon of strong Rhenish wine, except, perhaps, the baying of blood-bounds, as they tracked some insurgent vassal to bis last refuge in the forest! He possessed a magnificent beard, flowing, after the fashion of a dark cascade, down his breast, and his thick, untended hair rustled angrily a full yard behind, while he strode, with uneven Btep, and bent, shaggy brow, un der the rafters of his rugged hall. He pos sessed, also, (the great brute I) a magnificent, daughter, of whom the arch-fiend himself could hardly have been more unworthy. Hers was the form of a queen; tall, stately, and graceful as the beech tree in spring, but her face was all sensibility, its prevailing expression being an innbeent candor, which blent—oh! h, w charmingly—with a look of sweet, tender, vir ginal diffidence! The young squires and bachelor knights of the country worshipped Katrina. Those who had yet their spurs te win would think of her deep eyes, so inexpressibly blue, upon the eve of joust or tournament, and swear, for her sake and the dear hope of gaining her love, to strike such doughty blows upon the morrow, that not Sir Tristrem, nor Launcelotof the Lake oould have stood against the spirit and force put into them. And warriors of acknowledged fame came from far and wide—from Brittany and Langue doeqe, from Spain and Italy, and Provinces from Germany, and even mist-encircled Scot land, and'the cold Northland Isles, arrayed in steel armor, inlaid with gold, and bearing her colors on lance or helmet 1 Unnumbered were the mimic (but sometimes fatal) conflicts fought, and mighty was the prowess displayed in Katrina’s behalf. Indeed, things went so far, at last, that the very name of this peaceful and gontle girl, who oould aoaroely brook the sight of blood, were it that of a hare or bird, became the signal for mortal strife between kinsfolk, and even brethren! Therefore, the Baron, her father, known as Robert the Rttde, indulging In many blasphemous imprecations, because of the trou ble given him by such eager suitors, selected from amongst them a knight after his own soul—that is to say, a wine-bibber and glutton, with, the muscles of Anak—-whom he insisted, in his usual stern and peremptory manner, that Katrina should marry torthwitb I “By tje Kings of Cologne 1 my pretty dem oiselle, ” he grumbled through his huge beard, “a proper man I and a stalwart 1 with store of guilders beside, and as fjnd of that white face of thine (in sooth, it ir<w pale while the Baron spoke I) as black BesH yonder Is of her pups! Gramorcy! a right goodly matcbl So, get thee ready girl, for it lacks just.flve days to Whitsuntide, and (chucking her with the grace of a bear under the chin) "thou must be made an honest wife of on that blessed morn, no sooner, no later—'tis my will!’’ Alasl for Katrina; like many another un fortunato maiden, beforo her time and since, she could not use her heart liko a puppet, nor bend her inclinations thus suddenly to this des potic command. Withotit daring to utter one word of reply, she crept to her little turret chamber, and thero wept exceeding bitter tears. For Katrina, unknown to all, had now, for two anxious years, loved with the passionate ardor of a soft, yet profound spirit, ene whoso foot had never presumed to approach the threshold even of the. Baron's dwelling. This was a young forester; litho, active, handsome, and somehow with good blood in hU veins, who had once saved her life and the Baron’s (at the dread risk of his own), when the twain, driving homo in a sledgo through the dark v wintry forest, were set upon by a pack of fam ished wolves! Scant enough, by St. Peter, were. the father's thanks; but Katrina's heart swelled with grateful emotion; and when next she met Oswald, accidentally in the wood*, still maimed and scarred from his fearful encounter, all the woman was declared, and in a voice tremulous and slow, but divine, he thought, as the voice of angels, she faltered her acknowledgments, * and passed in a strange flutter of agitation from hia view. Ay I but from his heart, nevermore! In lonesome walks, under immemorial trees, making a twilight of high noon when the moon glanced slyly through opening glades or dew lit branches, by the pleasant fountain, which teemed in Us flowing to mnrmur her name with reverence— the midst of the chase, with his arrow fitted to the bow-string, he would pause and droop, and his strong arm was lowered unconsciously to his side, and a glamour came over him, wherein he saw, no'. , the fleet quarry which bounded along the bill, P but glistening eyes, and a pitiful, pale forehead bent gently near his own. Time went on, but did not cure his madness. In such oases it seldom does. What was wore*, his infatuation was shared by another. Had he not saved her life, and to whom should a lift thus rescued properly belong? The old atory, render, the old, old story 1 Oar high-born maiden, proad, too, for ell her sweetness, turned from gorgeous Baronial in signia, from towns, courts, and castles, from a score of her equals by birth ; above all, from the wine-bibbing young Kuigbt, with the thews of “ Anak,” to the humble forester, whom her farcy clothed with a radiant and manly beauty she had met no where else on eartb. What wonder, then, that the father’s corns mand should have overwhelmed her ! And since misfortunes come not singly, it happened, by doleful chance, that tidißgs of those stolen meetings in tbe wood were, on the self-same night, brought by a certain malignant spy to tbe Baron’s ear. Ha who conveyed them shud dered at the look which the savage bandit (for be was little belter) gave him in reply. Yet not a word spake he; only his steel dagger cleshed with an ominous ring, as he strode heavily amoDg his dogs. On the next day, but one, the whole country side was alive with hundreds of spectators, who, at due summons from Robert the Rude, had assembled to behold an extraordinary, and unparalleled trial. There rose in tbe vicinity a lofty mountain, of such marvellous steepness, so dangerous aud full of pitfalls, that the came and the perils of it had become famed through out Bohemia 1 Now, with the licence of a Feudal Lord, in the excess of his. tyrannous auger at the mean weakness, as he counted it, of his beautiful daughter* and the audacity of Oswald, bis forester, the Baron had issued a sort of Pronunciamento to the following effect, causing tbe same to be proclaimed abroad, with many circumstances of scornful pride, and ceremon "Whereas: my daughter Katrina, untrue to her blood and lineage, has dared to bestow her affections, (sought af er by many noble knghts with honorable fervor, and "deeds of daring do,”) upon a base born hind, a serf and mis erable slave, we hereby declare for her punish ment and his, that Oswald, known as the For ester, shall, in the presence of my vassals and neighbors, be compelled to carry Katrina in his arms, without any help, stimulant, or sup port whatever, from the bottom to the top of Mount Klimmel; failing in which, the said Os wald shall be buried alive in the deepest dun geon of my castle, there to perish wretchedly, as behooves in tbe case of a vile bondsman, gnilty of so damnable presumption I ' But should tbe said Oswald succeed in his undertaking, he shall be free to depart from my territories unmolested, and not only this, but he shall be free to bear Katrina with him, par amour , if it so pleaseth him, seeing that the disgraced damsel is no longer daughter of mine!” This decree having been twice read by the Baron’s Seneschal in a loud voice, Oswald came forward, pale, and yet with a calm, determined countenance, (for he alone of all the crowd ooked not upon the venture as utterly desper ate.) He took tho half-faiting-Katrina very tenderly and slowly in his arms, and one who watched them closely might have remarked, aB he did so, a quick, tremulous thrill shoot through his whole frame, which, on the next instant, was straightened firmly and proudly, while the head of the girl, with its glory of golden hair, sank, like the flower of a broken lily, upon his shoulder. At this sight, so natural aDd touching, a low murmur seemed to agitate the throng, and some of kindly spirit groaned, and turned their eyes momentarily away. And now the trial has fairly begun 1 Clasping his precious burden delicately, yet tightly to his breast, Oswald, with measured foot-fall, essays the cruel Height. For more than a third of the way he labors upward, hardly pausing, and, apparently, quite at ease and unwearied. The Baron bites his lip until the blood spirts along his grey doublet! A breath as of intense relief, comes from the silent, motionless, expectnnt hundreds. " Surely,’’ thought they, “if thus far he has succeeded, the priz* may yet be his I” But scarcely has the thought struggled into form when tho (tires ter is observed to stagger and stumble violently. Is he down ? No 1 no! but God’s mercy 1 what an escape 1 They have grazed the edge of a treacherous pit, partly concealed by grass and stones, with a sheer descent of three hundred jagged feet, awful to look upon! Up again, and still onward 1 At length, however, it is fairly perceived that Oswald suffers. His limbs drag heavily ; the people below can almost fancy they hear him pant. And the Baron’s dark face relaxes ; he smiles grimly, anticipating triumph, while here and there from out the crowd may be caught the stifled sobs of sympathizing women ! On ward, and upward stlil ! More heavily drag the limbs, and tbe pauses are frequent and agonizing. Ohl he can never accomplish it, never 1 — But see 1 the brave youth—hero, If hero ever lived—shifts his burden from the left shoulder to tho right; he appears to progress more rap idly and freely, and now, with one convul sive,'gigantic, over-mastering effort, (the goal being fully io sight,) he totters up the slope, falling, it is true, but falling only when he has reached the topmost point of the tremen dous eminence 1 What a shout rent the air from those quiver ing, all but maddened spectators ! Universal sympathy is enlisted ou tbe part of tbe lovers. Old and young alike, regardless of danger, has« ten up the mountain to aid and cheer them, one of Katrina's former suitors, a gallant young nobleman, being conspicuous in tbe front rank. They reach the great knoll at tbe summit, and there, rigidly locked in one another’s arms, lay the helpless pair, pallid, breathless and—quite dead 1 Oswald's great heart broke in tbe very momenta of victory, and the fair, faithful creature he loved, through the intoler able anguish of her sympathy, perished witt and/or him, her hair covering, in a golden shower, his neck and brow, and her lips, as in their last, desponding kiss, pressed fondly on his own! Os Robert tbe Rude our chronicle saith, that whilst mgaged upon tbe evening of this day of dolour, in brutal carousing at his own board, there entered to him anon a knight with clcsed visor, who presently stabbed him twice across either shoulder, leaving the brutal Baron a corpse in his desecrated Hall. It bath been supposed by diverse persons that bis Slayer was the same young knight who displayed such sympathy with tbe lovers— al beit a discarded suitor himself on the occasion of theif deathly trial. The Latest Sensations. Below we give our readers a chapter of the latest Yankee sensations : attempted assassination or sbnatob wade— HB RECEIVES A “ MYSTERIOUS VISITOR.” The Washington Chronicle double leads the appended account of an attempted “ outrage " on Senator Wade, of Ohio : Oa Wednesday evening last, between eight and nine o’clock, a man of unusually large proportions, dressed in gray clo‘hes, called at theresidence of Hon. Benjamin F. Wade, Uni ted States Senator from Ohio, on Four-and-a half street, and asked to see the Senator. He was shown up stairs by the servant to Mr. Wade’s room. After being seated he stated that he was trying to obtain employment in the United Bta‘es navy ; and asked Mr. Wade to sign a paper of recommendat on for him in order to further his object. Senator Wade refused to do so, saying he did not know him, and advised him to pro cure the signature of some person to whom he was known. After listening to this reply, the strange visitor, whose physiognomy Mr. Wade described as singularly malicious and brutal, looked at the Senator with a significent scowl r which the latter plainly interpreted as mean ing mischief. At this juncture of the interview, Mr. Wade arose, and, stepping into an adjoining room, armed himself with a loaded pistol, and quietly returned again into the room where the man in gray was sitting. After looking at each other some time in silence, the man began the conversation bv saying : “ Aint you going to sign my paper f” To which the Senator returned an emphatic negative, adding that he had no knowledge of him. Matters bow began to reach a crisis. The stranger arose to his feet, drawing out a bowie knife about twelve inches loDg, and remarking, “ I suppose you know we are now alone, sir, in this room.” He was proceeding to unsheatb his weapon, when Senator Wade sprang to his feet, and drawing forth his pistol, placed it within a short distance of his head, telling him to cles.r out immediately or he would shoot him. Taken somewhat by surprise, the man in gray began to find his way to the door, followed up closely by Senator Wade, with his pistol still in close proximityUo his head. The Senator, with true Western politeness, saw his visitor down stairs, and, before reaching the door, qui etly informed him that he had a great notion to shoot him anyhow. Upon this the stranger de parted. During the visit he failed to prodace any papers for signature, and evidently made this a mere pretext for the interview. At the time of the visit there were no persons in the house beside Senator Wade, except Mr. Matthews and his lady and a servant. [Correspondence of the Baltimore Sun ] THE CHRONICLE’S WADE ASBABBINATION BTORT. Washington, January 14, 1866.—The story of the Chronicle about symptoms of renewed rebellion, because of tbe strange conduct of some fellow wbo drew a knife when in Senator Wade's room, is ridiculed for the reason that the Chronicle has imposed two big hoaxes upon this community. One was the Griffin tale, and the other the alleged cruelty of Texas physi cians to the brother of Andrew Johnsou. The same fearful fellow that waited upon Wade subsequently called on Senator Wilson. THE ATTACK ON SENATOR WADK. The threatening demonstration made oa Senator Wade last Wednesday night by a mau we’l know to another Senator, upon whom he called a short time after leaving Mr. Wade, but not in the way of menace. The offender is from Massachusetts, and has heretofore been in trouble both here and elsewhere. 4IREAT EXCITEMENT AT THE CAPITAL—SENATOR SUMNER THREATENED. [Washington Chronicle, 15tb] On Saturday night the Hon. Charles Sumner had a box sent to him at his rooms, wb ch, on opening, be found to contain a human finger, accompanied by a note in the following words: “You old son of a , I send you a piece of your friend’s finger. If your bill passes, I will have a piece of your body. A Union Man.” No clue has [yet seen discovered whereby to trace this strange missive to its origin. [Correspondence of the New York Herald ] Fortress Monroe, Jan. 12, 1866. Regarding tho alleged plot to rescue Jeff.' Davis, of which I wrote in my last letter, there are no specially new or exciting developments., A rumor prevailed that two or three vessels i having suspicious parties on them unable to I satisfactorily account for their presence here j had been ordered away, but I find, on investi- 1 gation, there is no truth in the statement.— Vessels arriviug are still searched, however, and a careful watch kept night and day upon the movements of ail species of water crass, from the ponderous seagoing steamer to the lightest Liliputian canoe creeping in the still midnight hours amid the docks and shipping. A steam tug with a guard of soldiers exercises this nightly vigilance, and not a vessel, or boatman stirs but a challenge is sounded and an accounting for the movement has to be ren dered. Much more thaD usual strictness is enjoined also as to admissions inside the fort. Passes are most rigidly examined, and undergo the supervision of two sets of sentries—one out side and the other inside the main entrance— instead of only one, as formerly. A couple of saucy howitzers have, since the excitement, been placed facing the principal entrance, in tended, of course, to extend the primal honors of welcome—aud a warm welcome it would be —to those audacious enough to effect an in gress here otherwise than through the kindly courtesies of the military authorities. I need not go into all the details of defensive prepara tions. It is only necessary to say that they are ample for any emergency. The presumption is thet Jeff Davis, the es quorum pars maqna of all this present excite ment, knows nothing about it. Recent orders still ibrbid any officer or other peason saying a word to him, and he certainly would be likely to keep close mouthed on this subject if he knew anything about it, even were there no order hermetically sealing his Ups upon the subject of conversation. It is possible and more than probable that be may may find difficulty in accounting for the extra guard placed over himself and the late rather abrupt and marked change of deportment toward him as a prisoner. Be his thoughts what they may, he grins and bears it with impassioned grace. He still enjoys hjs meals, and they continue to be made of the best tb- market affords: has the same, if not a growing relish ing fondness for bis pipe ; as zealously appre ciates his daily out-door walks, shows no flagging interest in his daily perusal of the papers and books allowed him, is still most scrupulously careful—not to say femininely fastidious—upon the subject of his toilet, and makes bis own bed and sweeps his own room daily, as of old. Hi3 health also continues excellent—to himself and to friends and foes the chief consideration of all. From the Richmond Enquirer. SENSATION AT FOBTBESS MONROE—SUSPECTED ATTEMPT TO RESCUE MR DAVIS. The“reb<l” sojourners at Old Point Comfort, most of whom have been engaged there in the United States Ordinance Department, were startled and surprised Sunday morning by the promulgation of an order requiring them to leave the place. Ore hour was given them to depart, and as no steuner was at hand they passed tin night in Hampton, and yesterday morning "run the gauntlet” to the wharf at Old Point, and took the steamer to Richmond. They numbered between forty and fifty men, many of whom left their baggage behind in their hurry. The agent of the National Ex press and Transportation Company, located at the Point, being in the “rebel” category, un able to bring off his office property, turned over his keys and the contents of the office gen erally to the agent of the Adams Express Com pany, who happened to be a Northern man. The reason assigned for this summary order was a report that a plot was in progress to rescue Mr. Davis. Upon what amount of truth this report was based we have no means of ascertaining, as the whole procedure was in accordance with an order from the War De partment at Washington, which, it is to be presumed, acted Upon secret evidence, the par ticulars of which it has Dot yet thought proper to divulge. In pursuance of the details ot the order, tbe guard on duty at and around the fort was trebled, and the bridges over the moat were drawn. Tbe "exiles,” who reached the city last night report that the restrictions upon the privileges of Mr. Davis had been increased, and that now he was not even permitted to speak to the Lieutenant of the guard placed over him. It is difficult to conceive how the United States authorities could be induced to give cre dence to any such report as that, from which all this sensation has been produced. If there can be any truth in it it reflects seriously upon tbe sanity of such as may be concerned, but it will find few rational men to believe it in the South or elsewhere. The whole affair has the appearance of a Radical design against the South, in which the authorities have been duped ty hired agents, and a sensation, preju dicial to the restoration of confidence between the two sections, created for party purposes and effect. Gen. Merger. —How His Property was Confiscated. —The New York correspondent of the Baltimore Evening Transcript furnishes an interesting paragraph relative to tbe confisca tion of the property of Gen. H. W. Mercer, now on trial in Savannah: In 1863, a gentleman named Benjamin F. Mudgett informed Mr. G. Delafield Smith, the United Slates district attorney in this city, that the Confederate General Hugh W. Mer cer owned 613 shares of the stock of the Minneo BOta Mining Company, besides some $9,000 of dividends due upon the stock. In accord ance with the act of Congress cf 1862, the property was seized by the United States mar shal. Tbe law in such cases gives the govern* meat one-half and the informer the other half, but it hasjust now leaked out that the district attorney refused to enter judgment for the joint benefit of Mudgett and the government, unless Mudgett would agree to employ as his counsel one of tbe district attorney’s employes, and pay over to him one-half of the proceels due him. This Mudgett at first refused, but finally consented, fearing that h» would not get anything at all. Smith finished up the pro. ceedings and sold tbe shares, tbe moiety of which, about $30,000, were handed over to the United States government. Mudgett, however, had to wait some time for his money, and finally received about $15,000, the remainde being kept by Mr. Smith, as fee for his em ploye, who, as Mudgett subsequently ascertain ed, never did one moment’s work for the case. To recover the balance of the money due him Mudgett has instituted proceedings in court against the ex-United Mates district attorney. The latter, I understand, now is very anxious to settle the matter, aud fears that the case may be too much ventillated for his own good. But it is time that the public should know how the radical office holders lined their pockets during the war, and this case is one in point. A Bloodthirsty Governor— The Baltimore Gsaette, referring to the late inaugural of the Governor of Wisconsin, says: In that inaugural ho asserts with a breadth ! of comprehension which becomes a Governor 1 of Wisconsin, and an exact adherence to truth, , which is the peculiar characteristic of his type . of republicanism, that the American people de- I mand that the Supreme Court of the United States shall convict and hang Mr. Davis ; and i also, that tlie American people, of whom the Governor of Wisconsin is the self appointed spokesman, further declare they will not be con tent until this edict is carried out. The Wis consin Governor evidently looks upon the Su preme Court as nothing more than a mere ma chine for registering wbat he gratuitously as sumes to be the popular flat. In giving public expression to this opinion, he not only insults the digeity of what he himstlf styles “ the highest tribuual in the land,” but makes it dif ficult to decide whether the predominating trait in his own character is that of a fanatic or a fool. A Tough Yarn bt aCruissr.— “ Our ship,” said he, “ was for the space of fourteen months becalmed in mid-ocean. During this time we had not advanced ten miles nearer the oort of our destination. Our provisions were all gone, and nothing bat starvation appeared in pros pect for ns. We had made up our minds that it was over with us, and starve we must, when we encountered a fearful gale of wind. It came so suddenly noon us that we hadn’t time to take in a single sail. The squall stri king the ship, rolled ber clean over, her masts going down on one side and coming up on the other, and scrquickly did she perform this revolution, that no one on board was ever wetted. When she arighted our astonishment was great atbeholling a monstrous dolphin, violently kicking, transfixed upon the foretop mast, and a huge swordfißh in a similar con dition, npon the main top mist. Also trana npon the jib boom, kicking and flopping like all poMened, was as fine a halibut as you ever laid eyas on. We now bad an abundance of provisions, and I was all right, earing a tad cold, which I took daring the gale.” COMMERCIAL. AUGUSTA MARKET. Augusta, Jan. 23, 1866. Financial. GOLD—Buying at 140 ; eelMne at 142. SlLVEß—Buying at 135 ; selling at 140. STOCKS AND BONDS— Central R. R Bonds 80a85 Central “ Notes 90 Central “ Stocks... „ 70 City of Augusta Bond* 75a78 City of. Savannah Bonds ; 77 State of Georgia Bonds, old 75 Georgia Railroad Stocks 70 Georgia Railroad Bonds 95 Georgia Railroad Notes 97 COMMERfcIAL. COTTON.—We Bote a decline of one to two cents since nor last report. Th« market for the past week has b«en quiet, holders being indw nosed to sell at present rates, and buyers unwill ing to advance. The ua r avorab!e reports from Liverpool and New York have had a depressing eff ct upon the local market, but we do not alto gether attribute the quietude of our market to this cause, as it is mainly attributable to the great scarcitv of money, which at present exists here, and which will, we fear, con'inue to ope rate on our market for some time to oome. Messrs. deb'ed for the following corrected prices current, report as follows: The Cotton market is dn l ! and quiet. Mid dlings. 41a4?c, and Good Midd ings, 43c. Receipt* for the week ending Saturday, Janua ry 20 tb, 1866, 4 577 bales. Shipments in same ’ime, 4,497 bales. DOMESTICS— -4-4 AUGUSTA SHEETINGS 31c. 7-8 " “ 26c. DRILLS—33c. PRINTS—Dark, 24.26 c. YARNS—Assorted numbers, 76a80 cts per lb. BAGGING—Gunny. 37$c. R O PE— He nap, Rich ardsonV Greenleaf, 24a 62c. CUT NAlL'S—Assorted sizes, sll per keg. IRON—loi*l2 cents per-lb CAST STEEL—3O.iSJSc per lb. LE * THER—SoIe. Ssaso cents per lb. Uppers, $35 SSO per dezen. French Calf Skins, SIOO asl2o per dozen. SOAP—Brown, 16*18c. CANDLES—Star, 31a32c. * OATS—SI 25 <sl 80. CORN—SI 65'$1 75 per bu*hel. HAY—SS 50s$3 75 per 1001 ha. WHEAT—Nominally. $2 5053. FLOOR—Stovall’s Mills. Superfine, sls 1 Ex tra do, sl6 ; Double Extra do $lB BACON—Clear Sides, 18a22c ; Shoulders, 141 17c. LARD—Prime Leaf, 28a24c; BUTTER—Choice Goshen, 45a50c. CHEESE—Western Reserve, 25a26 ; English Dairy. 29;»Slo. MACKEREL—No 1. in kits $4 00a$4 25. * COFFEE—Rio', 35a87e. SUGAR— Brown, 1608 c ; Crushed and Pow dered. 28i30c. MOLASSES—Cuba, 75a90c. RICE—New crop—lsal7c per lb. TEAS—Nominal. LIQUORS—Corn Whisky, $2 75a52 80; Rye and Bourbon, s3ssl 50. SEGAR a —Domestic, $25n575 per M. APPLES—SB*SIO per bbl. POTATOEO—S6,iS7 per bbl. ONIONS-$6 per bbl. SALT—Liverpool, |4*ss per sack. SHOT—Bags 25 lbs. $4 50a$5. DRUGS AND MEDICINES—Package Quo tations.— Reported by Wm. H Tutt, Wholesale Druggist,—Opium sl2; Camphor. $1 75 ; Mor phine, sl2 per ounce: Epsom Salts, 10c.: Quin ire, $4 per ounce: Ri-Carb Soda, slßc.s Sal Soda. 10c; lodide Potash, $5 60 ; Alum. 12o.; Annatte. $1 16; Assafoet ; da. 40a76c.; Borax, 50c.; Balsam Copaiva, $1 50; Sulphur, lie.* Calonrel, $2 ; Castor OH, $5; Alcohol. s6as7 • Cochineal, $1 60a$2 ; Chloroform, $3 50; Cop.’ peras. 6c; Snlph Ether, $2; Glycerine, sla $1 SO ; Ipecac. $6; Gum Arabic, sorts, 65c.; Ginn Arab’e. picked, $1 15; Gum Tragacantb, sorts, 65c; Gum Tragacanth, white flake $1 20c .; Li corice. 60«T5c: White L»ad„ 15a25e.; Mercury, in flasks, $1 25 ; Sugar Lead, white, 85c.; Sugar Lead, brown, 65c. hi »» $ mm —. War News from Ireland. —There was a re port a few days since that a collision had oc curred between a body of Fenians in Ireland and a detechment of British troops and con stabulary. The statement, conveyed through some mysterious channel, was not generally credited, but it created intense excitement in Fenian circles. The following announcement, in the latest number of the Liverpool Post, in dicates that if an outbreak has not actually occurred, fears were entertained that one was imminent: "Two regiments have been suddenly sent cfF to Ireland, one from Manchester, the other from Chester. The Manchester regiment, twelvehun* dred strong, was aroused at three o'clock in the morning, and by eight o’clock they were en route for Liverpool, whence they were to embark at six o’clock. Sevan officers, absent on leave, were ordered by telegraph to report themselves at Clarence dock by five o’clock yesterday evening. Our information is, that the Chester regiment was ordered with equal haste for Dublin, via Holyhead Movements such as these will create a deal of uneasiness, and they must indicate either a serious danger or remarkable credulity on the part of the au thoriti s. No doubt the troops which have been sent are Englishmen. For the 1 last few days there have been statements made as to certain very extensive- designs being' entertained by tbe Dublin Fenians, and these have been supported by the measures taken by the authorities.— Agitation has prevailed at Limerick, fostered by the hasty transfer of troops from place to place.” On this the New York Times remarks : "The military movements would seem to in dicate that there has been an outbreak in Ire land ; but our Dublin correspondent shows that such is not the case. The government was actuated simply by prudential motives under the apprehension of a disturbance. But these precautionary measures have been carried into effect with a precipitancy that is not consistent with the dignity and self-reliance of a power ful nation. The hot ha3le with which the proceedings were conducted suggests that they were prompted by an emergency of a very threatening character. Soldiers are not aroused from their slumbers at three o'clock in the morning without Borne pressing call for their immediate action; and the circumstance of this early summons and rapid embarkation of troops from pc iota most available from their neighborhood to the Irish coast, has the great er significance in view of the fact that the British government has hitherto abstained tom any demonstrations that might create the impression that the Fenian movement was at all formidable.” Injudicious. —We notice that at least one newspaper in the State, has published the en tire Report of the Commission appointed to prepare a system of laws for the government of the freedmen in this State. We were asked to do the same thing, but declined for the reason that the code has not yet been adopted, and might mislead some people ; and also for the reason that it has not yet been laid before the Legislature, for the consideration of which body it was prepared. This document would not have been made pnblic by the printer, bat for the reason, that the Senate directed its Secretary to forward two copies to each Senator, so soon as printed.—Milledgeville Union.
