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About Weekly constitutionalist. (Augusta, Ga.) 185?-1877 | View Entire Issue (Sept. 30, 1868)
Mr. Shumate made a concise speech, review ing the arguments, in his clear and convincing style, in favor of reconsideration. Mr. McCullough spoke against reconsidera tion. Mr. Harper, of Terrell, was opposed to re consideration. He introduced the bill, and was still in favor of its passage. He had no com plaints to make against the city or citizens of Atlanta. He wanted the question submitted to the people. If the people of the city want to hold the convention responsible, let them do so. Mr. Darnell called for the previous question. 1 The yeas and nays were required, and result-: ed: Teas, 50; nays, 87. Motion to reconsider ' was lost. The special committee to investigate the bill for the relief of P. C. McCreary, recommend I that the Auditor of the Suite Road be author- . ized to pay said McCreary one hundred dollars per quarter. The committee of the whole House took up , the general appropriation bill and consumed I the session in discussing it. House adjourned. t AFTERNOON SESSION. HOUSE. The House met pursuant to adjournment. : The discussion of the appropriation bill was resumed by the committee of the whole, and : the bill was perfected. The appropriations do not differ materially from those made in 1866 1 The bill is in substance a copy of the appro- i pnation bill contained in the Georgia Laws of I 1865-6. The House passed the bill as reported by the j committee of the whole, and adjourned till 10 , o’clock to-morrow. LOCAL DEPARTMENT, See advertisement of Austin, Corbin & Co., in another column. Colored Democratic Club.—We notice ■ that the Selma Times publishes a list of the of- ; fleers and members of the Colored Democratic . Club of that city, and says : “ We must give them the preference over all other negroes in their respective trades and pursuits. We must, in our dealings with them, show all other negroes that our friendship is worth having. This we owe to ourselves even more than to these colored Democrats. We wili be false to ourselves, recreant to our ob-j ligations, it we neglect this duty.” Now, this is exactly as it should be. When- : ever the colored people come out as they I should, and pbulicly proclaim themselves j members of the Democratic party, they must' receive that treatment at our hands as will ’ serve to teach them .that we are not pseudo I friends, using them for selfish purposes, as do | the Radicals, but honest, sincere well-wishers, i who desire their moral, intellectual and pe- ! cuniary advancement. Sy this means, thous- \ ands will be induced to throw off the foul se cret league chains which bind them now, and stand forth boldly and bravely in the great i cause of the Constitution. The negroes, as a ! race, cannot comprehend precept, or, at least, learn little from it. They must have living, i moving examples, as it were, to influence their | feelings and actions. A Hint to Ladies.—A wealthy young lady, ■ of San" Francisco, had many suitors, all of | whom professed a willingness to die tor her, j etc. The Norfolk Journal tells the story, and ' gives the sequel thus : “ The small-pox was raging in the city, and I she caused the yellow flag to be affixed to the gate of her dwelling, so as to give any one of her suitors the chance to show his real devo tion for her. “ Several of those gentlemen came, intend ing to make their morning calls; but each one of them, like the Levite in the parable, went by on the other side, bis love for the lady not be ing sufficient to make him risk going into bis lady-love’s dwelling. “At the last accounts she had determined to live on ifrsingle blessedness, until she finds somebody that will venture his life for her sake.” I Noteworthy.—We read an account a short time since of a husband so devoted in his affec tions for the partner of his joys and sorrows, that after an effort of two years to pursue the winding paths of life without her, finally gave up the effort in despair and killed himself. He left a request that he might be laid by her side. Comment is useless to impress all wives, or those who contemplate becoming “helpmeets,” with the necessity of “ binding close in affec tion’s bands” the hearts of their busbands, if they wish them to “ go and do likewise.” Who is She ?—One of Flash’s sweetest poems is inscribed to “ The Maid I Love," in which he commends her as an individual “ Rich in every craee. And poor in every guile.” Curiosity has been expressed to know where such a lady subsists.— Lynchburg Republican. In the imagination of fools.— Constitution. She must be in much suffering for substan tial food. Where are all the fools ? Find them and persuade her to leave. The Columbia and Augusta Rah-road.— The work on this road is progressing- rapidly, and a large number of hands "are employed.— Last week an engine ran through the streets of Graniteville, that portion of the road being completed. The track was laid in the main street by the canal. We take the above from the Charleston News In a short time we may expect to see the road finished to Augusta. Austin Corbin & Co.—We invite the atten tion of our business men to the card of the above named firm in this morning’s issue. We have authority for saying that they are gentle men of means and of high respectability. Not Scared.—We understand that Mr. Charles Estes, now in New York, writes to a friend in this city that Seymour and Blair are all O. K. Mr. Estes is one of tbe shrewdest political calculators we know of, and his opin ion is valuable in the premises. We publish below a letter from Mr. H. W. Richardson, one of the largest and most suc cessful planters in Barnwell District, 8. C., in reference to the “ Gnllett Gin,” of which Messrs. Isaac T. Heard & Co. are the Agents, at Augusta, Ga.: Allendale, Barnwell Dist., 8. C., ) 23d September, 1868. j Isaac T. Heard $ Co., Augusta, Ga.: Gents : I am pleased to inform yon that my gin hat fully eome up to all that you repre sented it to do. A Savannah factor, passing through our country a few days since, sampled j my cotton and pronounced it better by two cents per pound than other cotton he bad seen i in this vicinity, ginned on-pins of the old man ufacture. I shall *re< , r>iT>-„«.>.a Gin” to my t><Jgiibo:a a a ’rie< is. Very respectfully, your-, sep26-dl4cl IL it. IticHAHOBUN. A dance he use In Boston has been turned into a mission room. THE WEEKLY CONSTITUTIONALIST. WEDNESDAY MORNING. SEPT. 80,1868 THE ANIMUS OF FOU THEM RADI CALISM. That vile thing we know as “ Southern Radicalism ” has its best exponent in North Carolina, which is, of all the late satrapies, the most accursed in many particulars. In nearly every other so-called reconstructed State, some checks are put upon the ex pression of indecency which festers in the heart of Jacobinism ; but in North Caro lina, it seems to have come to a foul and ulcerous head. In order that this state ment may be the more plainly understood, at the very threshold, we ask the attention of our people to the following loathsome extiact credited to the Raleigh Standard, “ Gov.” Holden's organ, and the oracle of Radicalism in the Old North State. The | editor of the nasty sheet, urging his party to make a vigorous canvass, says: “ But wherever else you work don't forget to work among the women. The Confederacy wouldn’t have lasted a year if it hadn’t been for them. One good rebel woman is worth a dozen rebel men. Go after the women, then. They will make their husbands and their lovers shout for Grant and Colfax until they are hoarse, if you will manage to replace some of the dia mond rings and laces Frank Blair stole from them when he was here. And don’t hesitate to throw your arms around their necks now and then, when their husbands are not around, and give them a good ! They will like it, and the Yankeer you are the better it takes.— Our experience with female rebs is, that with all their sins they have a vast amount of human nature, and only want to have it appreciated to be the most loving creatures imaginable. Scala wags and carpet-baggers! don’t fail, therefore, as you canvass the State, to look after the wo men. You are all good looking, and they know it, but with native modesty, like sweet New England girls, they like to be approached first. Don’t be afraid of their eyes—they glare like young leopards by daylight, but under the moon no blue death stricken fawn's is half so tender or half so deep. Don’t read Judge Pearson’s let ter to them, but give them Byron and Shelly in volumes, and you will have them in your arms, if not in your party, in less than a week.” We learn from the Raleigh Sentinel that j it was with difficulty the author of this fil- j thy libel escaped the swift vengeance of in- \ furiated citizens; but that the libidinous j wretch was spared for the present, is proof! of the forbearance of a long-enduring peo-1 pie, proof which effectually demolishes the pyramid of lies which hatred and corrup tion have propped up as a monument of Southern intolerance. Further evidence of our prudential meekness would be super fluous ; for it is enough for the world to know that a misbegotten knave has pub- 1 lished an insult to Southern ladies, in com parison with which Beast Butler’s “ Wo-1 man Order ” is immaculate, and that the j man who produced the hellish effusion is j still alive through the clemency of South- j ern men, whose wives, mothers and daugh-1 ters he dared asperse so wantonly. If the miserable hound was merely act-1 Ing on his own responsibility, he might be suffered to go without so much as a pass ing notice. But there is evidence enough to substantiate that be speaks for his par ty, and that the odium must be fixed upon it as well as upon him. Have not the De mocracy to endure the faults of their thoughtless orators? Shall the Radical party hope to escape judgment by the same I rule? We charge, then, this infamy of the S’andard upon those who have made such utterances possible, and alongside of the most intemperate speech from any Demo crat, let the blasphemy of the Standard ap pear as the corrective. It does not sneak out of some obscure corner. It comes from the citadel of authority. From the foun tain-head it comes, not in the heat and acrimony of an impromptu harangue, but ■ with the deadly deliberation of composi- ■ tion. It comes under the very protection i of the bastard who claims the Governor i ship of North Carolina. It comes from his i mouth-piece and the mouth-piece of his pes- i tilent associates. It is the bold avowal of l what lurks in the breasts of less audacious ‘ individuals. It is the revelation of Southern I Radicalism unmasked. It is the fiend-face iof Mokanna shorn of its veil. It is one ; peculiar phase of that obscene spirit which , would profane and mar everything it breathes upon or touches; which hates the 1 Constitution of the country because it em bodies the purity of government and assa’ls the honor of woman because it stands like a rampart against the empire of decay, when even the integrity of man has proved cravin. Can any decent and respec table Northern man any longer marvel why we abominate and suspect everything that has the least taint of Radicalism ? Can he wonder any more that we hold many of our : own people as infamous who sell themselves I body and soul to those who trample upon I their kinsmen’s graves and disgrace the ■ mothers who bore them ? We hope every ' renegade, high and low, will read the 1 Standard? s article. It is not only an i attack upon the women of Carolina but upon Southern women in general. It ! is part of the penalty which our recreant “Chief Justices,” Generals, and others of their clas.s must pay to their new masters. How will Gen. Longstreet like this slan der of his countrywomen ? Will it not red den the cheek of Gen. Barringer ? Does it not draw into its cess-pool all who have helped to make Radicalism a success or a possibility? Wiil these men stand it? Will they continue to adore the brazen idol they now worship ? Is there any office in the gift of power or any price in the treas uries of all the world vast enopgh to hold them in allegiance to Radicalism after this exhibition of its hideousness? Will they still witness with indifference or without •'< o' their names in the vile pa; “ r which dictates to them a plan of campaign ooiAuiniug the leering demon ism of Butler with the swinishness of Tubchin ? They have stubbornly resisted every other plea ; their friends of old await I the effect of this last and worst of provo cations. As to the author of the Standard article wc leave him in the pillory of scorn where lie stands gibbeted In living rottenness. We leave him to the contemplation of those Southern men who are his partisans and upon whom he calls. We leave him as the notorious effigy of what Jacobinism thinks and means. We leave him as pictured by a I writer in the Wilmington Journal, who, , wreaking his thought upon expression, lias ; yet given but a faint outline of the criminal. Our readers can testily that we have de precated the language of wrflth and avoided the publication of private scandal, no mat i ter how telling upon the Radical leaders, when it had the least shadow of defensi bility. But we have no reluctance in en dorsing the just indignation of one who has ransacked the tongue in vain to find fitting execration for the Standard editor. He is ! among calumniators what Probst is among murderers, incomparably atrocious. He is only paralleled by himself. To quote the words of the writer in the Journal, “ he sur passes in everything that is mean, low, con temptible, infamous, false, blackguard-like, depraved, vicious and disgusting, the most God-forsakeu, hell-born child of iniquity that any historian, sacred or profane, poet or painter, ever wrote, read, sung, painted, thought or dreamed of. To say he is a liar, scoundrel, pickpocket, and a monster of all that’s damnable and repugnant to human nature would be giving him credit for too I many good qualities. If he can possibly feel one spark of love for his mother, if she is living, or entertain a shadow of decent regard for her memory, if she is dead, let him, for tiie sake of her good name and re putation, proclaim himself to the world a bastard of his father's begetting before marriage. The father can better bear the onerous burden of infamy, disgrace and dishonor for being a party to the transac tion that brought such an hideous, horrible and unconceived of devil into the world.— The man who would so degrade himself, would steal the vomit from a sick dog, whose soul materialized, could revel in infinite space inside the shell of a mustard seed, and have more sea room than a tad-pole in the Atlantic ocean. “ The English language affords not words of sufficient strength or depth adequate to manufacture epithets that would properly i and justly describe the acme of devilish i ness and rascality which this scoundrel, dog and thief has reached. “If it should be said that he first saw light in a brothel and was raised and edu cated in a hell, the assertion would vilely slander the lowest den of infamy the Five Points ever saw, and do the devil manifest ; injustice.” ——l » i [Special Correspondence of the Baltimore Gazette. From Washington. : Disappointed Senators—Messrs. HiU and Mil ler, of Georgia, Refused Admittance. Washington, September 22, 1868. The most disappointed of all the distin guished gentlemen who anpeared at the National Capitol yesterday were the Geor gia Senators, Messrs. Hill and Miller.— These gentlemen had confidently anticipat ed making their debut on a Senatorial theatre, and “ drawing” lots of pay forservices never rendered. Nevertheless, they experienced the truth of the old adage, “ there’s many a slip between the cup and the lip,” and were politely left out in the cold. It is barely' possible that Mr. Hill would have been ad mitted to a seat if his colleague, Mr. Miller, had not also been in attendance; but an attempt to have the latter sworn in would have resulted in suspending the credentials of both. There was also a strong opposition to Georgia being allowed any representation in Congress, growing out of the action of her Legislature in unseating the colored members. Several of the Radical Senators, who favor Congress taking the whole sub ject into their own hands, deny these Sena tors were constitution illy elected if the negro members of the Legislature were not eligible to office. If eligible, then they charge that Georgia has violated the recon struction acts and the terms on which she was admitted as a State. Mr. Hill urged that the Senators from Georgia should’be admitted, that there might be parties pro perly interested in having a thorough in vestigation made, if any irregularity had occurred involving the position of Georgia as one of the States of the Union, Mr. Hill claimed that it was due Georgia to have at least one representative on the floor, to see that the subject was fully and fairly inves tigated. But his appeals were in vain, and reconstructed Georgia found the Senatorial doors still closed against her, and her Sen a tors leave this evening for their Southern i homes. The Spanish Revolt. PROSPECT OF A EUROPEAN WAR. The New York Herat i thus discourses : From any point of view revolution in Spain is ominous to the peace of the whole Conti nent. It is so universally thought that there needs but a beginning to light up a general war, the present state of Europe is so com monly regarded as merely provisional, that these very facts keep alive the elements that tend toward change. Should the revolution in Spain maintain a contest with the Government, or should it displace the Government, Fiance, for one reason or another, cannot keep out of the quarrel. France once engaged, Prussia will consolidate her power. This will but heighten the rivalry of prestige between the two nations, and with the war lever on, the contest will come surely and immediately.— France cannot be worsted in Spain, and she will come out in a position to use the whole military power of that country. Italy must 1 fall into the same line, and the nephew will pursue the policy of the untie in making war w,th foreign blood, giving spirit only to bis military masses with the purely French part. Russia, on terms already fixed, will rally to the assistance of Prussia, and England is already weighing which side she must take in snch a contest and doubting if she will be able to keep out altogether. Such is the future that cannot be far distant. It is only doubtful at what point the train will be fired, and this re volt in Spain may as likely apply the match as any other event. A Radical Stronghold. —A vote was taken m the Louisiana penitentiary the other day, with the following result: Grant, 379; Sey mour, 3. As “loilty” covereth a multitude of . fe ! us m the eves of “the saint,” it is expected '” Yarmouth will pardon just 379 of the coin ts m that State before tbe first Tuesday in November. Reconstructed convicts make excellent Radical voters, and have proven their fitness for Radical legislators. There were two of them in the Georgia convention, and one is m the present Legislature of ibis State. [Selma Times, ' [Special Correspondence Constitutionalist. Letter from Atlanta. Atlanta, September 23, 1868. I Dear Constitutionalist : The Augusta i municipal bill passed the Senate to-day, ! over the Governor's veto, by a vote of 24 to 111 and Is now a law. I furnished you I with the history of this bill up to the time it reached the Governor, and I had every assurance that he would approve it alter the one dollar registry fee was stricken out. This assurance was given to others. But this express agent and so-called Goi er.for had no discretion in the matter after his owner willed otherwise. The obstructions thrown in the way of I the passage of tins bill have been manufac i tured by the military Mayor of your city, J and your citizens have had their wishes ! thwarted and their interests jeopardized, to subserve the persona! interests of this man; and it matters nothing to him what be comes of the credit, welfare and safety of your city and her inhabitants if $5,000 enure to him and his lease of power extend ed over a few men who adhere to his for tune because of the necessities of them selves and families. Well might your peo j pie exclaim in the language of Cicero, “How long, oh, Cataline, will you abuse our patience!” This so-called Governor, in addition to his ignorance, has shown a want of integ rity and rectitude wholly incompatible with the high position which he is dis gracing from day to day. The grounds of this veto are so ridiculously absurd that I venture there is not a lawyer in the State, whose opinion is worth consulting, who would entertain a doubt for a moment that a corporation can require other qual ifications for a voter than that required by the constitution for a voter for members of the General Assembly. By the charter of the city of Augusta,’ granted in 1789, the time of residence was twelve months in the city, with a property qualification annexed ; and all the acts from then till now, for seventy years, have been in con flict with the constitution of the State, if his view is correct; for the constitution of the State, from 1798 to 1861, required but six monthf’ residence in the State and county to entitle the citizen to vote for State officers. For seventy years, amidst the conflicts of party interest in the city, and the many amendments passed through the Legisla ture under the scrutiny of the ablest states j men that the people of Georgia have hon ored with place and trust from James Jack son to Andrew J. Miller, not one ever dis covered this unconstitutional feature in the charter of the city of Augusta; but it re mains for Rufus B. Bullock, who doubtless never read a law book in his life, by intu ! itive perception to be wiser than all. This I bill was drafted by, or passed under the re- I vision of Judge Gould, who spent the I choice years of his manhood and intellect ! in teaching law, and well nigh all the ac ' tive leading jurists in the State come from ) under his plastic tuition, and many felt t while in his school, and since, that what he ' did not teach was not worth knowing. I Yet he failed to see any conflict between j the constitution of the State, and the rights j of a corporation to prescrioe terms to its , members upon what they might be per mitted to vote for the officers to manage its I local affairs. i You have been advised of its passage in the j House over the veto of the so-called Gov ; ernor by a vote of two-thirds; and the wise i acre who presides over that body consider ed two-thirds a tie. The friends of the bill despaired of its success in the Senate, yet your correspondent believed that there were true men among the Republicans there, although there was a clear working majority ivho adhered to the fortune and dictation of Bullock. When the bill was sent from the House Mr. Hungerford called it up for action. Mr. Conley, the President of the Senate, true to his instincts of hostility to your interests, and in obedience to the be hest of his little master, came down from the chair and called Mr. Wootten, one of the friends of the bill, to preside, thereby de priving us of a vote. Mr. Hungerford moved its passage, and though just able to stand, on account of a severe attack of fever, he defended it from the attack of the so-called Governor and tore away the flim ?ey gauze that that functionary had thrown around the specious reasoning that had been furnished to sustain his objections; and although he is Republican, he denounced Bullock iu u. k :..sured terms; charged upon him ins? "rity and falsehood, and th it Bullock k w that it was not liable to the objccti s that he had made. He scolded Coi .ey .11 he looked like a convict just receiving ins sentence for the peniten- I tlary. He told him that the bill that he i (Conley) had offered as a substitute had i the same objectionable features that this ■ bill had, and that it was concocted by Con | ley, Bullock and Blodgett, and that it was 'in Blodgett’s handwriting, and he dared ! him to deny It. His speech was withering, i He dealt masterly blows against this trio, ! until he sank back in his chair exhausted I and fainting. We are indebted largely to I Mr. Hungerford for its passage. Mr. ! Brock, a moderate Republican, advocated I its passage, and made an effective argument :in its favor. Mr. Hunter, a Democrat, fol ! lowed, sustained the bill anil made a fa vorable argument in its behalf. He is a young man of fine speaking ability—l am inclined to believe among the very best ■in the Senate. Colonel Winn spoke 'in favor of the bill—a man of crit j ical legal learning, and one that scru i tinizes everything that passes in review I before him. Mr. Harris, of Newton, who i was once a respectable man, but whose ; whole character has been defiled by associa i tion with scalawags and carpet-baggers, and who is now persistently misrepresent ing that people, attempted to defend the Governor; he blundered and haggled to such an extent that your correspondent could make nothing intelligible of his speech. Mr. Lester, of Savannah, advoca ted the bill, discussed the constitutional question from 1798 to date ; showed by the charter, and all the acts amendatory to it, that the constitution of the State never contemplated any restriction on, or reference to, chartered rights in any cor poration. His argument was clear, log ical and conclusive, and left not a shadow of a reason for Bullock to stand upon. Mr. Lester is a young man of fine logical mind, clear and fluent in delivery, and promises to be one of the leading minds in the State. Savannah should be proud of him. When the yeas and nays were ordered Conley exerted all his power against the passage of the bill, forced some under party lash to vote against it who were honestly inclined, and had promised to vote for it. But it passed by twenty-four to eleven, in spite of Bullock, Conley & Co., and in vindication of the Senate that they are not the property of what is known as the Au gusta ring. Conley has betrayed fils con stituents and proved recreant to the interest of a people who has piled upon him honors, wealth and favors for thirty years. Is there a man living in your community that will tolerate him now ? Those who voted in the affirmative are: Messrs. Adams, Anderson, Brock, Bums, Candler, Collier, Fair, Gignilliatt, Graham, Griffin (2ist,) Hicks, Hinton, Holcombe, Hungerford, Jordan, Lester, McArthur, Mc- Cutchen, McWhorter, Nesbitt, Nunnally, Smith (7th) Wellboume and Winn—24. Those who voted in the negative are : Messrs. Adkins, Bowers, Coleman, Corbitt, Dickey, Griffin (sth.) Harris, Higbee, Jones, Stringer and Welsh—ll. The following Senators asked to be ex cused from voting: Messrs.. Merrill, Sher man, Smith (36th.) I have been particular in making a record of this vote, that your citizens for all time to come may know’ how to treat these friends and enemies of your interest. Our New York Correspondence. New York, September 21. The recent action of the Georgia Legisla ture, in excluding from their seats the ne gro members thereof, has produced a curi ous jumble of opinion here at the North, which has been but indifferently represented by the public press. The Radicals have been nearly suffocated with rage, but have at once set about compensating themselves with snch political capital as could be made cut of it. “The old rebel spirit!’’ they shout. “ How now about negro domina tion ?” they exclaim. And the “ superior I magnanimity ” and “good temper” and [ “ patience ” of the blacks is widely pro claimed. Among the Democrats with whom II have conversed, I find this opinion ex- I pressed by the more thoughtful, namely: I That the measure in itself was perfectly I natural and justifiable, but in its practical bearing, the time, at least, was ill-chosen. If Messrs. Seymour and Blair are elected the whole system of carpet-baggers, negro voting as well as negro office holding, and the whole “ State government” resting thereon, will sink into oblivion; so that the exclusion of the negroes from the Legisla ture is but a partial realization of the great er triumph which, we hope and believe, lies in the near future. But if, on the contrary, the Radical candidates are chosen, there is little doubt tnat these negroes will force their way back into the Legislature and will maintain their claim to eligibility for office holding generally; thus imposing fresh humiliation and annoyance upon the people of the State. From this view of the case, the action that has been had in the matter referred to is regarded as unwise. But here arise* tbe question, have not the Southern people yielded their convic tions of duty, and foregone opportunities for their vindication long enough ? This remands the whole matter back to your de i cision. Having been advised of the views of your friends of the North, you are abun dantly able to decide upon the path of duty. THE PROSPECT. Already there is evidence of another flow of the tide in favor of the Democratic can didates. It is felt that the recent apparent results favorable to the Radicals were the I consequence of prodigious efforts to alarm the public mind ; and, being relaxed, pub lic opinion once more settles to its normal state, which unquestionably favors the support of the Democratic nominees. The same Republicans who informed me (cor rectly) of what the result would be in Maine, now admit that the contest in Penn sylvania will be uncomfortably close (for them), and the news from Ohio to-day is “ first rate.” If nothing untoward happens to again form a basis for Radical croak ings and jeremiads, the election of Seymour and Blair may yet be secured, notwith standing the disfranchisement of three Democratic States. # A WAR CLOSED. We have had hanging over our gold and money markets of the past week the dark cloud of a threatened European war. The private reports by cable were very warlike a few days since, but latterly they, as well as the published accounts, are more pacific. Still war is believed to be not notwithstanding the pretended “disarm ing ” of Prussia and the seemingly peaceful utterances of Napoleon. We shall *l)6 sub ject to the rumors as well as the facts in this matter as they develop. Europe holds about nine hundred millions of our indebt edness in various forms, and civil commo tions strong]j’ affecting monetary affairs and public securities will find us keenly alive to them until the precise effect of a general European war shall be fully tested by experience. It is now believed that it would cause a vast amount of these secu rities to be returned, and that a heavy pressure upon our money market would follow ; but precisely the opposite might prove to be the case. COTTON. A rally has taken place, based on defi cient supplies for present wants. Cotton go jds have declined—Augusta sheetings to 14% cents, and shirtings to 13% cents. Many Eastern manufacturers are 'running short time. This wili soon restore the equilibrium, and yet there is no reason why this market should drop below 25 cents. DISEASES OF ANIMALS. An institution which has not been very long established in this city, having gone into operation in 1865, and which is the only one of the kind in America, is the Col lege of Veterinary Surgeons. Now when the rinderpest is making havoc among the cattle throughout the country and causing so wide spread an alarm, an association of scientific men who make the diseases of domestic animals a speciality, becomes of increased importance, and to expatiate upon the benefits which must necessarily accrue therefrom would be to any one, even of moderate intelligence, quite a useless task. America, which in some branches of art and science isjin advance of Europe, is, in regard to the attention paid this particular one, far behind hand. The?e the cultivation of veterinary medicine has been for the past century encouraged by the diffeient gov ernments, and the graduates of the various colleges have commanded respect and con fidence, while here, the New York College, the only one in America, as we have said previously, chiefly owes its origin to the in defatigable energy of Professor Busteed, the President. The curriculum is the same as in human medicine, embracing anatomy, physiology, chemistry, pathology and therapeutics; but their range is even greater in veterinary than human medicine. The studj’ of the unity of animal forms is indeed necessary to a comprehensive knowledge of any particular one, the judgment being en larged by “ an expansive gaze over all ally ing and allied species,” and the science of human medicine has made great progress from observations upon the structure and diseases of the brute creation. In connection with the college is a museum, which contains near two thousand specimens, a dissecting room and hospital. THE AMERICAN LITERARY BUREAU. An association of quite a different char acter, which is also of recent origin, but one which is exceedingly useful, is the American Literary Bureau. The objects of this association are various, but all tend ing to supply the needs and advance the in terests of the literary everywhere. Young writers who are without experience often struggle painfully against difficulties, and to those of this class who possess ability a helping hand is extended. Editors who wish a special work accomplished can, by application here, have their wants sup plied ; lecturers who wish audiences, and audiences who wish lecturers, are brought into communication, and authors who are uncertain as to the demands of the market can gain any information which they may desire. Rare books are obtained for those who wish them, but know not where to n■nn find them, and libraries are selected to or der or disposed of, as may be required bv different parties. MODERN WOMEN. Anew work, just issued by Redfield, is one entitled “ Modern Women, and What is Said of Them,” being a reprint of a se ries ol letters to the London Saturday Re view, and forming a volume of about four hundred pages. These letters have made a great sensation in England, are written with but little ability, and confessedly abound in diatribe and denunciation against women in general. Nevertheless, the edit ing thereof is undertaken by Mrs. Lucia Gilbert Calhoun, a lady writer of decided capacity and esprit, and well known in lit erary circles. DRAMATICAL AND MUSICAL. On the sth of October the French Thea tre, which has been thoroughly reconstruct ed By Grau, will open for a season of Opera Douffe, the artists for which are now on their way from Europe. Tbe prima donna of the new troupe, which consists of be tween forty and fifty persons, is Mdlle Rose Bell, and she will make her first appear ance before a New York public in La Grande Duchesse. This, however, will give way ere long to a new play by Offen bach, “ Genevieve de Brabant." Barbe Bleue is soon to be withdrawn from Niblo’s, after a highly successful run of ten weeks, and it is as yet uncertain by what it will be re placed. Wallack’s will open for the regu lar season on the 23d, when some plays which are entirely new will be presented. Miss Fanny Morant, who has acted there for some time past, will go to Booth’s new theatre, and her place at Wallack’s be taken by Miss Emily Mestayer. In regard to Italian Opera, the rumors are uncertain and contradictory; but one thing is cer tain, that Mapleson and his company will not come over. Miss Kellogg, who has re turned, will undoubtedly appear in public, but whether in opera or concert, is unde cided. For the practice of concerted music and the production of Oratorio, the Mendels shon Union and the Harmonic Society have been chiefly instrumental; but another so ciety of a similar character has been organ ized by the choirs of Trinity Parish, under the name'of the Church Choral Union, the President of which is George T. Strong. WIELOUGHBY. From Columbia. the legislature—the bank of the state SWINDLE—MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS—THE PER DIEM—DOG EAT DOG—THE HOUSE EUCHEKS THE SENATE—NEGRO MEMBERS ADMITTED TO PRACTICE LAW. [Special to the Charleston Courier. Columbia, S. C., September 23. In the House, a bill to amend an act in rela tion to the inspection of flour was passed. After a lousr fillibusterinir debate, the House refused to concur in the Senate resolution to authorize the Governor to call the regular ses sion of tbe Legislature to meet in Charleston. A bill to protect laborers working on shares of the crops passed both houses, as did also a joint resolution to appoint a committee to in quire into the assets of the Bank of tbe State. This resolution practically takes tbe power out of the hands of the Governor to close the ope rations of the bank, and confers it on three in dividuals. Tbe adoption of it will, it is thought by some, put a stay to all proceedings in refer ence to tbe bank. Both Houses also passed a bill to provide for city elections on the second Tuesday iu No vember. The amount of money received to pay the members turns out not so large as was expect ed. By some legerdemain the Sergeant-at- Arms of the House succeeded in having the best part of it to his credit. So the Senate will have to wait for its pay. In view of this fact and other circumstances, it is not likely that the Legislature will adjourn until Satur day next. W. M. Thomas, of Greenville, was elected Judge of the Sixth Circuit on the second ballot to day. His election is only acceptable to a few, and nearly a third of the votes were thrown away, as tbe members did not wish to vote for him, and no other Republican candi date was nominated. R. B. Elliott, W. J. Whipper and J. J. Wright, all negro members of the Legislature, were admitted to practice as attorneys by the Su preme Court to-day. They were examined by Senator Montgomery, of Newberry, and Attor ney General Chamberlain, and all exhibited certificates of having studied law in other States. The Governor to-day approved tbe balance of the acts which have been heretofore sent him. This includes those reported as having been ratified yesterday. Latter from Warrenton. Warrenton, Ga., September 21st, 1868. Editor of Constitutionalist: The prospects for a cotton crop in this sec tion are growing more gloomy every day. Tbe crop was damaged seriously by the. incessant rains during the month of August and a por tion of the present month, and now, while cot ton might be doing well and making a very good top crop the caterpillars have seized it, and in some localities have stripped the leaves from every stalk; that being done, and nothing else of the kind remaining for their subsistence, thej - are now turning to the boils and playing havoc with the ready made crop, especially the young bolls. I never have before known them to injure cotton in this county. There can be no estimate as to what tbe extent of the injury will be, but I don’t think there can possibly be • more than a halt crop realized here. Corn generally is very good ; it is thought there will be enough made in the county to supply it. The political condition of the county is very cheering and continues to grow more pros perous in our cause every day. Democratic clubs are organized in every district in tbe county, and are being increased daily by both white and black. We feel confident of a great victory in the present revolution of affairs. Yours, respectfully, J. C. . —I » Crops.—We saw a gentleman yesterday who had just returned from a trip through Henry, Dale and Coffee counties, in Alabama. The prospect for a cotton crop is very bad, he says. The ravages of the caterpillar, boll worm, and the wet weather preceding the appearance of these pests, have injured tbe cotton very seri ously, and the farmers think the yield will be very limited. — Columbus Enquirer, 25th. Cotton.—We invite the attention of our readers to the following, which has been ad dressed to us by a reliable and intelligent plant er, residing in’the county of Houston, in this State. It gives a gloomy account of the pros pects of cotton in the cotton-growing regions of our State: Houston County, September 21. The cotton prospects in this count}' are gloomier than they were ever known to be.— The caterpillars have made fearful ravages iu the last three weeks, and they have damaged the cotton equally as bad in the adjoining counties. Planters scarcely hope to gather a half crop, and in many instances a third of a crop vjill not be had. A planter remarked to-day, “three weeks ago'he expected to get forty tales oa a hundred acres, but the caterpillars had so de stroyed it, he would now be thankful if he got ten bales.” The corn crop will be short, but it is thought enough will be made for home use. Respectfully, Planter. [Atlanta Intelligencer. There have been received by the so ' vare houses of this city since the I°' e, bales of cotton. Gt lum niuouut, 1,016 liales have been sold. Averaging the bait - 500 pounds each, we have 508,000 pounds of cotton, which has sold at about 28c. per pound, making the handsome sum of $101,600, which has been nut into trade since the first of the month. [Macon Telegraph, 24tA,
