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About Weekly constitutionalist. (Augusta, Ga.) 185?-1877 | View Entire Issue (Oct. 20, 1875)
Old Series-Vol. 26, No. 18. THE WORKINGMEN. MEETING OF SYMPATHY FOR THE FALL RIVER OPERATIVES. Stories From the Starving—Rhode Island Dabbed a White Slave State. [N. Y. Herald, 11th.] Yesterday afternoon a workingmen’s mass meeting was held in a large rear room of Germania Hall, on the Bow ery. According to the circular the ob ject of the meeting was “to protest against the cruel and dastardly outra ges perpetrated upon the working peo ple of Fall River. The constitutional rights of free meeting, free speech and free petition have been trampled upon. More than once has this been done! Are you willing to submit? If not, then come to the meeting and protest. The mill hands of Fall River are suffering hunger and want in their battle for manhood. They need the help, and we should give it with unsparing hand.” A portion bf the circular printed in Ger man symthathized with the miners and their leaders, Siney and Parks, and de nounced the monopolists in their efforts to crush the workingmen. The large audience, three-fourths of whom were Germans, bore a most intelligent and respectable appearance. The room was well filled, and much earnestness pre vailed. The chair was taken by Mr. John Swinton, who said that this was the third of a series of meetings at tempted to be held to sympathize with the workers of Fall River. He de nounced the Commissioners of Public Parks for their action in depriving the working people of the use of Tomp kins square to hold a mass meeting. In poverty, idleness, wretchedness and despair the parks were the only resort of the poor people. The parks were their’s, and no body of men have a right to refuse their use to the people. The Intrinsic Right of Meeting was one on which all other rights were based. It was the only resouroe of the poor man when he desired to protest against the wrongs inflicted by the rich. He advocated the “solidarity” of men in contradistinction to the solidarity of nations. He was often Btruok by the absence of a responsive thrill among all trades when one trade happened to strike, when its lights were abused or invaded. He referred to the Fall River strikers and the gallant stand they made against the capitalists. He disapproved of profane language, but he could not help saying that if any class oT people deserved to be dammed, it was the cap italists of Fall River. He asked them to send their sympathy to Siney and Parks, and, more than that, to cover the tear they shed with a dollar bill. If there was the same unity and man hood among the poor that there was among the rich, no such wrongs as were witnessed at Fall River could have happened. Mr. Hugh McGregor read the follow ing: Resolutions. R‘solved, That the noble, self-sacriflclng and determined resistance offered by the operatives of Fall River to the slavish de mands of their exacting employers is worthy the support and reverence of every true hearted man. A White Slave State. Mr. Leander Thompson being called on, said they had among them a couple of representatives from the white slave State of Rhode Island, who would tell them of the humiliation and degrada tion to which the workingmen of that region were condemned. The black slaves of the South were well treated compared to the white slaves of Rhode Island ! He hoped the suffering work ing people of Fall River, whose persist ent and manly efforts to wage war against the tyrannical capitalists, would receive material as well as moral aid from the working people of New York. The speaker made a. vigorous appeal for pecuniary support for the dis tressed operatives of Fall River. He referred at length to the condition of the working people in Rhode Island and to the action of the Mayor of New port, one of the haughty, arrogant people who treated the poor working people like dogs. The police authori ties of this city, he said, not only re fused them the use of the parks but were even disposed to prevent them from assembling in that room to lift their voices against the wrongs of their class. He concluded his speech by de claring that “ any man who controlled over 81,000,000 was both a thief and a robber! ” This sentiment was received with loud appiause. The resolutions written in German were here read once more and unani mously adopted. Resolved, That the cowardly and brutal assault, on September 26, upon the peacea bly assembled men and women of Fall River, is an outragious violation of the constitutional guarantees of free meeting and petition. Resolved, That we offer our strongest sympathy to the workingmen, women and children, now suffering under the moneyed and military despotism of the mill owners. Resolved, That the haste which the pub lic authorities always display in taking sides on every occasion against labor, and in favor of capital, is a burning satire on the American principles of democratic re public government. Resoled, That the action of the Mayor of Newport, in intimidating the Fall River Committee with the threat to arrest them as beggars is an Insult to the working peo ple of this entire country. Resolved, That the 13th of January, 1874, and the 27th of September, 1875, be consid ered red letter days in the calendar of the American labor movement, for the blood of the workers was on those days spilled by the police. Resolved. That we invite the men of Fall River and the workingmen throughout the land to openly unite with us in the noble task of emancipating the working classes from their present degrading dependence upon the capitalists. Resolved. That we congratulate John Siney on the result of the trial; that we con demn the unjust, partial and anti-republi tekeklfi Cemstittttwndfei can law passed to subserve toe Interests of alty at Clearfield; that efforts shouldbe made to repeal this law; that justice should yet be sought for lingo Parks; that there should be no rest while he is in prison; that we suffer in his sufferings; that we are wronged through toe proceedings against him, and that we send our sym pathy and seek to help him as a victim of that moneyed despotism which is now try ing to assassinate human freedom and American manhood. Going for the Park Commissioners Again. Mr. P. J. Maguire denounced the Commissioners of Public Parks for re fusing the working people of New York the use of Tompkins Square for a pub lic meeting. He referred to the sad cases of destitution produced by the strike in Fall River, and asked if this was a free country, if the ballot made the Government, and answered his last question negatively, and insisted it was the dollar, and not the ballot, that made the Government. He called attention to the freedom permitted the working men of monarchical Europe—how they meet and speak in the parks of Lon don, Dublin and Berlin. He demanded that the savings banks of city be compelled to issue their condition. ..-Thfpassable conoorted by the working jncos better than /jork ing people had rough our com r "' their condition. The Skojvbtbr rmo was sin gularly fluent amWjective, stirred up repeated applause “by his denunciations of the Fall River capitalists. He made an appeal for material aid for the im poverished strikers, saying that it was better to give their money in that di rection than to drop it in the church box for the conversion of the heathen. He stated as a fact that the operatives of Fail River lose their work if the lights in their houses are not out at 10 o'clock at night. He trusted the Irish men would come in with them and hold their meetings on Sundays, for all the great meetings that ever accomplished anything were held on Sundays. He closed by quoting the lines, “Truth crushed to earth will rise again,” &c. An Old Man Eloquent. Mr. Jonathan Biltcliff, an operative of Fall river, an old man with gray hair and with a marked North *of Eng land accent, said that no fair state ment of the condition of things at Fall river had evdr yet been ‘given. In re gard to the Mayor of Newport, he did not think he was as bad a man as. he was represented. The speaker was one of the delegates who went to Newport to coflbct aid for the FHll tlVar strikers, and the Mayor was willing to let them have the park or parade ground for a meeting. Relative to the sufferings of the operatives out of work, he related cases of men who were without a Are in their houses for a whole month; of women, with six and seven children, without a morsel to eat for a couple of days together. The old man related, in a very amusing way, a conversation he had with “a cotton lord,” as he call ed him, at Newport. The cotton lord told him that Foreigners Made all the Trouble in this country ; that all was peace be fore they came over and started strikes and all manner of disturbances, to which the speaker replied by asking if foreigners didn’t help to win the inde pendence of America. The speaker then went on to relate what happened to the delegation that went from Fall River to Newport to collect funds, and how they were told by one rich man whom they asked for assistance, that all the money they had in New port was wanted for themselves, every dollar of it. The speaker made much merriment by his argument that Sun day was the proper day for holding such meetings, insisting that nature worked : n the Sabbath, that the grass grew on mat day, and that if Christ was on ea: th He would not hesitate to work on Sunday, though the churches that profess to teach His doctrines w old crucify Him if He were now here am vug them. The old man ended his speech amid thunders of applause. Mr. Job Bailey, another operative, said that ns no workingman can speak his mind in Fall River they had to come to New York to make their wrongs public. Mr. George Winter spoke for five minutes in German, and was followed by Messrs. Jepson and Morgan, two other operatives from Fall River, be sides several local speakers. It was nearly six o’clock before the meeting separated. A collection to some amount was taken up for the impover ed operatives. FROM RALEIGH. Senator Bayard Heartily Welcomed— His Speech. Raleigh, October 16. — Senator Thos. F. Bayard was serenaded to-night at the Yarborough House. He was intro duced by Mayor Manly to a large and enthusiastic crowd. He did not enter into partisan politics, but asked the people of North Carolina, in 1876, to act upon the principle that party trickery was not politics, but that duty to coun try was next to devotion to God. He wanted the men of the South united, not for Southern preponderance or Southern centralism, but to secure the first great principle of a happy union— the equality of the States. He urged the people of North Carolina to culti vate good will between the sections, and hoped the people of all the States would do likewise. He concluded amidst great cheering. He was escort ed to the depot by music and the two military companies of the city, the route being illuminated with bon-fires. Blobbs, speaking of an acquaintance whose stock of brains was heavily mortgaged, remarked, “Why, he’s next door to a fool, and sometimes moves in.” AUGUSTA! GA., WEDNESDAY MORNING. OCTOBER 20, 1875. KING COTTON. Report of toe New Orleans Commit tee. New Orleans, October 14— The Com mittee on Information and Statistics of the New Orleans Cotton Exchange, to whom was entrusted the duty of com piling a national cotton orop report, submit the following for September: New Orleans Department. Sixty-two replies from 31 parishes, average date October Ist, report the character of the weather as universally unfavorable. Heavy storms of wind and rain have materially damaged the prospect, say 25 per cent., by beating out open cotton and interfering with picking, which had not fully commenced throughout the State on September Ist. Notwithstanding serious damage already done, causing considerable dis couragement, and an unprecedented amount of sickness among laborers, with favorable weather henceforth the yield as reported will be but little less than last year. Arkansas. We have received 31 answers from 22 counties. The weather is reported by some windy and rainy, while others state it has been quite dry. On the whole, it has been moderately favor able. Complaints reach us of damage done by rot and rust, principally the latter, the extent of which it is difficult to correctly estimate, but the aggre gate loss does not exceed eight or ten per cent. About tho Bth of September picking had become general but was not progressing as rapidly as desired, owing to sickness dn certain counties and heavy rains in others. Nearly all correspondents agree that with frost at the same time as last year the yield will be much greater. Mississippi. Seventy-three replies have been re ceived from this State, averaging date Ist inst The Weather was almost uni versally reported cold, wet and stormy, causing serious damage to the crop, estimated at twenty per cent. The damage was mostly by rot and rust, the storms having injured the quality, while not materially, lessening the quantity. Picking was general in the first week of September, but is pro gressing slowly owing‘to wet weather and an unusual presence of sickness among the laborers. The yield, as corapSred with last year, with frost in time, according to our correspondents, will barely reach that of last season. Nashville Cotton Exchange. In Middle Tennessee the weather has been generally favorable, but rather too cool and too much rain. In Ala bama there was too much rain, which, however, was not very damaging until the great storm of September 16th, when the country was drowned by a tremendous fall of rain, which sub merged the low grounds and beat out open cotton. Since then there have been too many rains and much cool weather. In Tennessee the damage has been slight. In a few cases the damage by rain is reported as straining and dirtying the cotton. In the State of Alabama much damage has been done by storms and rust. Our correspondents do not give us many figures on the subject, but we estimate from what we have, that the crop has been damaged at least ten per cent, by the weather since August 20th, and particularly by the great storm. The damage was greatest in low lands which were submerged by the rain-fall. In Tennessee, picking commenced about September 20th. In Alabama, about September 10th, although in neither State did it begin fully before September 20th. It is progressing slowly everywhere, o\ving mainly to wet weather. With frost at the same time as last year, the yield in Tennes see will be about the same. The acreage is somewl at reduced, but the yield per acre has increased this year. In Alabama the acreage is about ten per cent. less. The crop in both States in this department is greatly depend ent upon the weather for the next five or six weeks. If there is a fair season and late frost the crop will be above an average. With an early killing frost it will fall twenty-five per cent, below. The crop is about two weeks later than usual, and picking has progressed very slowly up to this date, owing to wet weather, while the amount of labor in the river counties of Alabama has iJeen curtailed by a great amount of sickness prevailing at this time. Charleston Department. The Charleston Cotton Exchange, covering the State of South Carolina, has sixty-five answers from twenty-six counties, generally dated on ’or about the Ist inst. The weather is reported by nearly one-half the correspondents as being dry and favorable, while the remainder report dry, followed by wet weather, heavy rains, cool temperature, and in one case light frost. Thirteen report no damage to crop from rust, rot or storms, while all the rest report injury, chiefly from blight or rust, amounting in many instances from % to ]/, of the crop. Picking began gene rally from the 24th of August to the 10th of September and is commonly report ed as progressing very rapidly, even more so than last year. Many report the crop as being already gathered to the extent of one-half to three-quarters and as being as freely sent to market. With frost at the usual time, the pro spective yield indicates a falling off in comparison with last year of 19% per oent. A few correspondents state the yield of lint as less than usual to the same amont of seed cotton which is attributed to the severe drought in July. Savannah Department. The Savannah Cotton Exchange, cov ering northern, middle and south western Ga., and the State of Florida has made no report. Augusta Department. The weather is generally reported as having been very dry and hot up to abolt September 15th and thereafter to October Ist, cool, cloudy and rainy, with an excessive rain fall in a few lo calities and in many localities serious damage is reported by rust. Very lit tle by rot and 3 to 5 per cent by storms. Rains were prevalent dur ing the last few days of September are reported to have improved the quality of the crop both In grade and staple. Picking commenced in a few counties as early as August 20th, but did not be come general until about September sth, the hot weather of the preceding three weeks having forced open much cotton. Rapid progress was made till the middle of September, since which time rainy weather has interfered ma terially with picking. The tenor of the great majority of replies indicates that a killing frost at the same time as last year caunot materially affect the yield now in view, and which is almost unan imously estimated at less than last year. It may possibly be reduced by about 5 per cent. The majority of correspon dents express conviction that the yield of this territory will not reach that of last year by from 15 to 20 per cent., while many speak of from 25 to 30 per cent. The largest portion of the crop is now open and ready for picking, and in some few counties from % to % of the crop is already picked. The movement to market is gen erally reported as having been prompt thus far. Mobile Department. Fifty-five letters from thirty-one counties have been received. In eight counties the weather is reported as having been favorable, in eleven not favorable, in three dry, in nine wet and rainy. Very considerable damage has generally resulted thioughout the State from rust, and in some sections recent severe rains and storms have done serious injury by scattering cot ton on the ground, greatly damaging the quality and to some ex tent interfering with the picking. The dagaage to crops by rust and wind storms is estimated at frop 6 to 50 per cent, as an average for thf State, we would say about 25 per cent ckmage resulted. Cotton picking oonuqbnced in a few localities about 15th';'' August, but did not become general before first of September. In five counties it is progressing slowly and in the remainder favorably and ra pidly. With frost at the same time as last'year in sandy and uplands, 13 counties report the yield will be less; eight about the same, and in prairie and low lands, 10 counties state that it will be greater than last year. Mississippi. In 41 letters from 18 counties the weather is reported as having been very wet and generally unfavorable to the crop by rust and rot; rains and storms are reported to be from 10 to 33\i per cent., an averge of about 20 per cent. In 18 counties, cotton pick ing commenced from the Ist to the 10th of September, but is progressing very slowly and unsatisfactory on account of unusualsickness amont the laborers, rainy weather and political disturb ances, with frost at same time as last year the yield will be from 20 to 30 per cent, greater, only three countieSj Lee, Londondale and Monroe, reporting that it will be less. Slight frosts have oc curred in Alcorn and Chickasaw coun ties, but uo damage has resulted, ex cept to prevent the opening of the bolls to some extent. The recent heavy rains have greatly injured the quality of the open cotton, Memphis Department. Thirty-eight responses repqft the weather warm and dry; 21 clear, dry and cold, with occasional showers; 9 wet and cold and damaged by rust rot and storms 3 per cent. Picking com menced at the average date of Septem ber 16 and is generally progressing slowly, owing to sickness and the slow opening. With a killing frost as late as last year the yield will average 21 per cent, better. Labor is well-disposed. Twenty-seven counties report frost from the 19th to the 30th of September, but no damage resulted. North Mississippi. Forty-six responses have been re ceived; 8 report the weather warm and dry; 3 clear, dry and cold with occa sional showers; 15 wet and cold. The crop was damaged by rot, rust and storms 14 per cent. The picking com menced on an average September 13tb, and is generally progressing very slow ly, owing to excessive sickness, politi cal disturbances and a slow opening. With a killing frost as late as last year, the yield will be 14 per cent, better. Labor is very inefficient; 18 report great sickness; 23 laborers troubled with politics. Arkansas. Forty responses: 5 report the weath er dry and warm, 19 clear, dry and cool, and 16 wet and cool. The dam age by rot, rust and storms is 7 per cent. The picking commenced, on. an average, on September 11th ; 24 report it promising well, and 17 slowly, owing to sickness. With a killing frost as late as last year the crop will be 31 per cent, better. Labor is reported well disposed, with few exceptions ; 22 re port frost about September 20tb, but without damage. No reports have been received from the Departments of Wilmington, Nor folk and Galveston. Tho Secretary of the Galveston Department and the Sec retary of the Great Western Exchange telegraph that storms have so inter rupted the mails that the September report for his department will not be ready before the 18th inst. New Orleans, October 14—The Na- tional Cotton Exchange report is un derstood to point to a crop of 3,850,000 bales. ELECTION NEWS. Scattering Returns from Ohio—Dem ocratic and Republican Bulletins— Hayes Said to be Drifting Behind. Cleveland, October 14 —Covahoga county in foil: Hayes’ majority, 6,354, a gain of 3,763. . Columbus, October 13. To Hon. Hendrick B. Wright, Chairman of the State Democratic Committee, Philadelphia: The State has gone for Hayes by a small majority. The returns indicate that the Democracy polled .a vote 30,000 larger than was ever cast for any man elected Governor of Ohio. Our defeat was the result of the most lavish expenditure of money which ever characterized a political contest, the colonization of fraudulent votes and the introduction of the false issue on the public schools, which excited the prejudice and bigotry of religious hate. (Signed.) J. G. Thompson, For the Democratic Ex. Qom. Columbus, 0., October 13. To Chairman Republican Central State Committee, Philadelphia: The dispatch of John G. Thompson, Chairman of the Ohio Democratic Com mittee, of this date, to the Chairman of the Pennsylvania Democratic Com mittee, so far as it relates to frauds perpetrated and lavish expenditure of money by Republicans of this State, is a falsehood, and he knew it when he signed it. [Signed,] A. T. Wiokoff, Chairman. Columbus, October 14.—There is still intense excitement here over the elec tion news and much figuring is being done. The Democrats do not expect to dissipate the majority entirely, but claim that it will be very small. The Republicans figure very close, but still rely on several thousand majority. Washington, October 14.—Private dispatches from Cincinnati say returns from river counties leave Hayes 2,000 behind. Alternate Hopes and Fears—The Dem ocrats Concede the State to the Re publicans. Cincinnati, Ootober 14— The follow ing is bulletined at the Gazette office: Returns from 75 counties give net Re publican gains of 2,000. The 13 coun ties yet to be heard from are such as to inspire more doubt than hope. Columbus, October 14.—After very carefully figuring, A. T. Wickoff, Chair man of the Republican State Commit tee, states that the 68 counties now re ported give 10,607 majority for Hayes. Twenty counties not heard from gave a Democratic majority of 5,271 in 1873. Democrats here claim a gain of 1,402 in 16 of these counties, and the Repub licans gain 1,000 in 4of them. This would leave a net majority of 4,934 for Hayes. The Democrats concede the State to the Republicans. Hayes’ Probable Majority—Threaten ed Contest of the Election. Cincinnati, October 14—The Times’ Columbus special says all the returns are in except from two counties. If these two poll the same vote as in 1873 Hayes will have 6,390 majority. The Chairman of the Democratic Commit tee says if Hayes is not elected by over 4,000 majority, and the Democrats get either branch of the General Assembly, he proposes to contest Hayes’ election on the ground of frauds iu Cuyahoga county. Hayes’ Majority Supposed to be 3,463 —Complexion of the House and Sen ate. Columbus, October 14.—Returns con sidered reliable from eighty-five coun ties, received by the Republican State Committee, sho w a majority of 3,463 for Hayes. The counties of Wood, Carroll and Delaware, yet to be heard from, are ordinarily consid ered Republican counties, but Wood has gone Democratic this year, and it is thought Democratic gains there will neutralize Republican gains in Dela ware and Carroll counties, so as to make the majority for Hayes substan tiated as above. The Democrats con cede the House of Representatives to the Republicans by a good majority, but claim the election of one Senator in the Toledo District, which gives them the Senate by one majority. SPORTING NEWS. Nashville, October 16.—At the fourth and last day of the Albion Jockey Club fall meeting, the attendance was very large. The track was heavy, on ac count of rain. The meeting has been a success, and wound up with a fox hunt, in which about one hundred la dles and gentlemen participated. The first race, for the Lincks Hotel stakes, mile heats, was won by Sue Wynn ; Geo. Graham second, and Katie third. Time, 1:46,1:45)^. In the second race, for the club purse of S2OO, mile heats, best three in five, Sallie Gardener won in thtee straight heats, beating Brakesman, who was second. Time, In the third race, for the consolation purse, $l5O, mile heats, Pythias won in two straight heats, beating Red Man, who was second, Newbern third, Summer Rose fourth and Zebra fifth. Time, 1:47,1;454. A flock of 100 swallows, more or less, thirsting for knowledge or hungry for bookworms, lately entered the State Library, at Richmond, Va., and were with difficulty expelled. Missouri got mad and grew a cucum ber that beats the Boston cucumber. That’s right. This great West can’t al low any Puritanic cucumber to climb over it.—[Detroit Free Press, New Series, Vol. 3, No. 10. THE OHIO ELECTION. Hayes’ Majority 4,ooo—The Republi cans Have Two Majority in the Sen ate and Twelve in the House. Columbus, October 15—Neither the Republican nor Democratic Committees have received any additional returns this morning. The Senate is still in doubt. The result cannot be deter mined until full returns are received from Wood county, where it is report ed the counting is delayed by fraudu lent votes polled. Later. —The news just received from Wood county claims that heavy frauds, were practised in Perrvsbuig. which will probably necessitate" the throwing put of votes polled there. If this vote is counted Hayes’ majority in the coun ty will be 469, and it elects one Repub lican Senator. If thrown out, Hayes* majority in that county will be 732, and both Republican Senators elected. In either case a Republican Representa tive is elected, which gives the Senate to the Republicans by two majority and the House by twelve majority. Hayes’ majority will probably now be over 4,000. The Ohio Election—Not a Party Vic tory—lts Effect on Coming Events. [Special Dispatch to the Baltimore Sun. 1 Washington, October 13. — The Ad ministration adherents were very loud to-day in claiming the result of the Ohio election as an indorsement of the Administration. This is stoutly de nied by the anti-administration Repub licans, who say that the issue or which they won was hard money. T y as sert that on a question of in reing the course of the Administration Ohio would go for the Democrats by 10,000 majority. It is admitted by th- more intelligent and less prejudiced cites of Republicans that the election of Hayes cannot be in any sense regarded as a party victory. The great paramount issue was the question of sound money, and there is no doubt that Hayes’ ma jority is more than made up by Demo cratic votes. The effect of this election, it is con ceded, will reach very far. It cannot fail to have a disastrous effect on the- Democratic prospects in Pennsylvania,, and it will do much to weaken the chances of Mr. Randall for Speaker. It will bring forward very prominently .Governor Tilden for the presidency, and it effectually eq.rctfciiro tue aspira tions of Governor Allen in that direc tion. It will also tend to widen the differences and increase the bitterness between the leaders of the hard money Democracy of the East and the leaders of the inflation Democracy of the West. It and the Republican victories in the other States which held elections yesterday, establish the further fact that the Democrats are not going'to have any walk-over in the Presidential race. It looks now as if. the Democracy was in no better con dition chan in 1868. Although, as said! above, the result in Ohio may not be a Republican victory, it is certainly a Democratic defeat. The history of the Democratic party in the last ten or fifteen years shows that when its pros pects have been of the brightest they have been invariably marred by the in judicious acts and utterances of those who assume to direct its destinies. It, is now time that the people should hesitate when such men come to the frout. Toledo, 0., October 15.—A special to the Blade says Wood comity gives Hayes 469 majority. Also that both Republican candidates for Senators are elected. Columbus, October 15—Midnight.— Returns are received from all the comi ties, which are considered correct as can be obtained until the official re turns are received by the Secretary of State. These show Hayes’ majority to be 4,753. The official returns may vary this count 300 either way. The Re publicans have a majority of seventeen in the House of Representatives, and three majority certainly and possibly four in the Senate. The balance of the Republican State ticket is probably elected. The official returns must de cide the respective majorities. The in terest in the election remained at fever heat until the returns from Wood county to-day settled the political com plexion of the Senate. Afraid of the Box.—About a week since Mr. John Dixon, a butcher in the Hanover Market, found a box beneath his stall. Upon opening it, it was found to contain the remains of a Pick aninny, the sight of which caused him to lose his appetite for breakfast. On last Saturday morning Mr. Dixon found another box under his stall. He at once sought Officer Mortimer, the Mayor of the market, and complained to him that there was a “nigger baby” in a box at his stand; that he could not stand the stench of it, and that ho would like to have it removed. As the officer raised the lid from the box an Irish woman came rushing up, crying: “Hold on there, Mr. Mortimer and Dix on; that box of eggs belongs to me.” All parties present enjoyed a hearty laugh at the mistake, and Dixon joined' in the chorus.—[Baltimore Evening, News. FROM LOUISVILLE. Sale of Blooded Cattle. Louisville, October 16.—At a recent sale of blooded stock in the Blue Grass Region, the following prices were ob tained: Forty-four native cows and heifers brought $5,821, and twenty im ported ones $51,225; four native bulls sold for $17,150, and five imported ones, for $12,300. The total for seventy three animals was $123,450.
