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'' ' **l n i hi i>y i • VOL. 2. t. a, ?una, ' \ r w *. HMvroLr. IOBM H. MJIBTIM, JOHN *. NTKWiBT. Wynne, DeWolf & Cos. PikUiken and Proprietor*. DAILY, (In *<lr*oce) pr *7 00 ■' l ' 11 “ t*i<*elk4'"-.”--- •••••• *OO " three mouth* 3 00 •• on. month 75 WEKKLT, on* y*r 3 00 (Stwrtar t*rm* In proportion.) RATES' OF ABVmniNfi. Sqtur*, on* o*k. .$ S 00 On* Oinnrt.on* m0nth....... 8 00 On* Sqonr*. ill month*. 38 08 TmaUmthdvertiMmenU SI.OO tot ftr*t tn*er on, *nd SO c*nt* for each aubaequeut Insertion. Fifty per oent. addition*! In Local column. Liberal nates tolar(*r adrortisement*. PETERSFORTUNE A FAZKT BTOHY. a It wh a bright summer morning, with th* ilew sparkling and the sun shining, and the birds ail talking to each other at once in the trees, whose great branches shadowed Silverwing’s dell, and the good little fairy was hatfftg a talk with a huge dragon-fly and two or three indolently disposed butter flies, when suddenly she held up her wand, warnmgly. ‘Hush! Whats that trampling noise?' ‘Don’t be alarmed, Lady Silverwing,' said a chattering squirrel on the highest branch of the walnut tree; ‘lt’s ouly Simple Peter coming down through the thick blackberry bushes.’ ‘Oh, if that’s all, let him come,’ said Sil verwing, setting berpelf down once more on the fern leaf; ‘uobod/ here is afraid of Sim ple Peter.' ‘Afraid ol Simple Peter!' giggled a fat, brown butterfly; ‘why be don’t know as much as—as even a dragon fly.' ■Tbank yep,’’ said the. dragon fly with mock politeness. 'l'll settle with you when my cousin, the devil’s darning needle, comes home from the East. He won't allow me to be insulted by a common thing with wings the color of a dust hiap.’ The brown butterfly took no notice of thia—in fact, the ilragon fly was always quarreling with aomebody—but stretched her neck to see Simple Peter coming down the glen. Now, Simple Peter ws* a huge, lumber ing allow, about Si* feet high and sixteen yean of age, with a very goixl heart nd no particular wit, who wai on good term* with all the bird* and the inaects and the squir rel,. So when he came pljjngingdown into the glen, * plump Tittle load hopped for ward to matt him. ‘Good morning, Peter.’ Take care, don’t atep on a fellow. What brings you here o early?’ ‘l’ve been reading abook, Toad,’ said Pe ter, with hi* mouth and eye, a, round a, three *ueer. ‘Have you? Well, what did it ay!’ ‘lt’, all about treasures buried in the ground) nd f*ry gold diamond,, and I've come to find some. It’, a great deal easier than working one’, finger*ott at mak ing *hoe*. Only think, Toad, if I could find a hundred dollar, in gold or diamond*!’ ‘What i gold?’ demanded the unsophisti cated toad, ‘and what are diamond*?’ 'Something that ahine* and parkle, and i, very beautiful and preciou*. •Oh, I know where that i*,' *aid the toad, wrinkling up hi* head m glee. ‘Come on, Peter, I’ll ihowyou.' So the toad hopped briskly, on, and Peter followed with long stride*, highly delighted at the prospect of at last finding treasure,. The toad plunged down the river bank, and Peter jumped after, into a cool, solitary • pot, where the little ripple, came murmur ing up on th#,shore, looking in the light that came down through thick green bough*, as if they were fringed with sparkle*. ‘Well?’ said Peter, ,taring round. •Wail,’ said the toad, with a elf-*atiified air, ‘there’* your diamond*.’ ‘Where?’ ‘jjon't you #e on the water. Don’t they •hWeafld iparkle?' . Peter’s countenance fell. ‘Toad, y*>u tpean well, hut you don't un derstand. Th|t is nothing but the light on the water.' lAan’t carry that away.’ So Peter went back to the dell very much diecouraged. ‘I never shali make tny fortune at thi rate.’ he thought. Bat on the way he met a beetle creeping through the graee, ami stopped to tell his trial*. ‘Hhim—ha!' Mid the fully, stroking down hi* stiff black coat tail, with hi, two hind leg,. ‘I don’t know much about your diamond,; but i know there i, something that ahine, and look, very bright in a hollow tree where the raven ha, a store of treasure*.’ nr c —i Peter’, face brightened. 'Dear Beetle, wilt you show me where?’ ‘Thank you,’ aid the beetle,‘l'd ra'her not, Peter. It's too near dinner, and the raven would eat me aa easily a, you swallow a potato. He’, rather partial to beetle, a, a relish.’ ‘Ye,, but if.l carry you in the corner of my hat, the raven won’t dare come near u.’ ‘That’, true,’ aid the beetle. ‘Well, then, come along, Peter.’ So Simple Peter, following the beetle’, directwa, WCTt straight to a crooked oak tree where a raven had made ramtelf a nest in a hollow. And ,uch a store ol trea,ure, as this thiev ing bird had there! Hooks and eyes, shoe *trin*, hits of ciickery, cork*, string, of bead,, and a splintered’ piece of glass off some otdeimndetier’* prism. But Peter *aw no treasure*. ‘Where’* the diamond, Beetle?’ The beetle gave a jump on to the splint ered ‘Trw4*% CTJC\ ''7 ; UT •Her*?' XJKL ‘That’* nothing but*cracked gla**.' ■lt shine* and lookrbright.' ‘Ye, but it i* only gla**.’ And there wa* the eod of Peter’* discov eries in the raven’* nest. ‘You had better go and ask Silverwing, Simple Peter.’ said tbe beetle. ‘She know* a great deal'more about such thing* than we do.’ So Peter went to the/airy dell where the little la try was dreaming under the shadow of a pink ro*eleaf„and told her his trouble*. •If I onTy had a hundred dollara!’ said Pe ter, with two tears aa big as marble* on his two red ebetka, as the fairy sat thinking. ‘Peter r ’ said Silverwing, have you ever looked tot it To the carrot patch, that’s back tibouja certainly dig ther* for buried treas dT'And where ahoold I throw the carrot*?’ ‘Why should you throw them anywhere? The root* attract gold’ e* ‘l* that what make* them *\.j*llow?’ in quired Peter. *N—n, 1 don’t thing it i*. But let the carrot* grow.’ ‘Very well,’ said Pater. ‘When shall I I find the treasure, fairy Silverwing,if 1 com mence looking at once?’ ‘Well, let me see,’ said Silverwiug. ‘This is June. You ought to find your hundred dollars by January, at least.’ Off went Peter, in great satisfaction, eager to commeuce operations on his father's huge carrot patch. ‘What are you doing, Peter?’ said the fa ther. ‘l’m cultivating the carrots,’ said Simple Peler. ‘Humph!’ said the father. ‘You can have all you will make out of these carrots.’ So Peter worked diligently away, digging carefully around the roots, and toiling early I and late, but no gold appeared. The carrots grew big, and juicy, ami yellow, and at last, when they were ripened thoroughly, Peter dug them up and carted them off to town, where he sold them for a price that mad e | the old farmer, bis father, open his eyes very | wide. Day after day Peter carried his loads of carrots off to the market—night alter night he dug away in the sort, moist earth, vainly seeking after the promised treasure. ‘I will go and see Silverwing,’ heresolved -one day, when he had examined the ground inch by inch. ‘lt is December now.’ He waited till evening, and then came down to the fairy dell, where the moonlight made the icicled trees shine as if they were all hung with j#wels. ‘lf every icicle were a diamond, wouldn’t I be a rich man,’ thought Simple Peter. ‘Well, what is wanting now?’ said Silver wing, as Peter came in to her enchanted do main. ‘l’ve come about that buried treasure, fairy,’ said Peter. ‘I was to have found a hundred dollars, and I haven't seen a dollar of it yet.’ ‘Are you sure of that?’ said Silverwing. •Yes, quite sure, your majesty.’ ‘How much did you sell your carrots for?. '1 had ten loads at ten dollars a load.’ ‘How much does that make?’ % Peter tried to remember bis multiplication table ‘Ten times ten are a hundred.' ‘Did I promise you more than a hundred dollars!’ ‘No, Fairy.’ ’And when you dug the carrots out of the ground, wasn’t that digging a hundred dol ars? Simple Peter, there are plenty of treas ures for people who work for them in the world. Will you remember that?’ ‘Yes. your, majesty,’ said Sinple Peter, with a low bow. And off he went to count his gold, the bur ied treasure, that was the result of his own honest labor. '■ ‘1 think that we have taught him a les son,’ said the fairy. FriKhtlul Crimea Acalust “Society." Loudon Daily News.] Avery paiDful disclosure with re gard to the late M do St. Huve Is made by the editor of a Paris al manac, which professes to give French people lessons. The Almanac de Savior- Firre, to give it its proper title, states that the author of "Cau series tlu Lundi,” and the “Histo ry of Port Royal,” who asserted that a man of genius could not possess bad manners, was convicted of no less than eight offenses at a table by the Master of Ceremonies in the household of the late Emperor Na poleon. He spread his napkin over both knees instead of only half un folding it; he omitted to crush the shells of two boiled eggs which he had eaten; he asked lor a second service of chicken; he touched the bones ©rthe chicken with his Ungers; he said “thank you” to one of the servants; he left his knife and fork on the cloth instead of upon the plate; he peeled a pear lutitudinnlly instead of longitudinally, and offered half of it to a lady seated uext to him; and, worst of all, he sniffed at his wine before driDking it. The Almanac de Savoir- Fir re con demns, with befitting severity, this deplorable want of tenue, and ex plains, above all things, the napkin should be placed to a nicety. It’s bad taste to open it altogether, and ridiculous not to open it at all; the correct thing is, “unfold it rather more than half, and pose it negli gently upon the knee.” Other advice of an excellent kind is also given to people who are not quite certain as to what is the proper thing to do when Hiey go into “society. This, for insmnee, it is equally bad man ners to eat largely or sparingly when dining out, for, in the first case, it may seem as if you had not enough at home, and in the second, as if the dishes offered to you were unpalata ble. If you have a large appetite say that you are indisposed, and so spare your host’s feelings. Not less useful advice is given to the people who are only “invited in the evening,” The Almanac de Sa voir-Vi vre impresses upon the mas ter of the house that It is the duty of the master of the house “to dance with the ladies who do not get the most partners.” A visitor calling upon a lady whose husband is not at home must not forget to express a hope that “Mr. is in good health. ” But if the husband and wife are know not tobe upon the best of fterms, it is better not to inquire after him. It is bad manners to take a stat in the pres ence of a Prince of the Church until he invites you to do so ; and the Almanac de Savoir-Vivre says that it is impolite to add a postscript to a letter, because “it shows that the writer has paid little heed to what he was writing, and consequently had not his heart in the work.” Upon the much-vexed question whether it is the duty of a gentleman to offer his umbrella to a lady who has been overtaken by a storm and with whom he has not the honor of being acquainted, the Al manac (le Savoir- Vtvre lays down the rule that it is right to do so, but that if the lady is young she had better refuse should there be any place of refuge close at hand. If, however, there is not, or if she is pressed for time, she may accept the offer, but she must not speak to the gentleman who is holding the umbrella over her, and must merely bow in the most distant manner when she arrives at her destination. These and many similar instructions are conveyed with great minuteness by this almanac, which modestly announces its intention of “raising the standard of a crusade on behalf of French politeness," which, in the opinion of the compiler, at present exists only in nam#. —The Newnan Herald says.: On Satur day last TANARUS, B. Thompson, Esq., assignee, sold the valuable property known as the old Dougherty House, or the Planters’ House, The property was divided and sold into four lots. The lot contalnlhg' the hotel building, waataaocheri off to C. Rob inson, Esq, for $1,*55. ' rhe three vacant lots brought from $420 to SSOO each, the aggregate amount of sides being about $3,300. the same property brought $5,000 a few years ago. COLUMBUS, GA., FRIDAY MORNING, OCTOBER 27, 1876. ALABAMA STATE CItANUE FAIR. SECOND DAY. From th* Montgomery Advertiser.) The centre of attraction in the afternoon and qvening was the City Hall, where the products of the farm, and garden, auti orchard, art speci mens, fancy work, &e., were to be seen. The first sensation of a visitor is one of astonishment at the beau tiful display. On every hand can be seen evidences of the highest taste, and of great skill in arrangement. There can bo no question of the statement that in this hall will bo seen more evidences of what our no ble State is capable of producing than were ever before presented to the publio gaze. As an indication of what is in the hall, we will state that there are five hundred and twenty-five different entries, and some entries cover as much as fifty articles. There are four Gmuges completely represented. That is they exhibit as Granges and not individual. Pintla la Grange, in this county, is devoted principally to products of the garden, orchard and pantry. In display of jellies, wines, pickles, butter, bread and numberless other urticles made at home, received universal praise. Oswichee Grange, Russell county, was shown to great advantage. It contains everything that can be thought of in the produce line, aud causes a feeling of surprise that with such capacity to produce everything at home, our people should spend so tnuoh money for what they can with a little patience and trouble make for themselves. Mulberry Grange, Autauga coun ty, comes up with an immense dis play. It presents a specimen of sor ghum cane fully 50 feet long. Its stand of jellies, preserves, canned fruit and vegetables, seeds, wines, oils, &e., looks like some beautifully arranged grocery store. It has on hand over 600 different specimens of Held products, 00 different kiuds of wood to be procured on land in the Grange territory, and the skins of the animals to be found in the space of country. It has thirty-pne dis tinct varieties of grass. Our Autau ga friends have certainly done good work for Alabama in bringing for ward so many testimonials to the value, of our lands and to the skill and handiwork of the good women of our State. Pleasant Valley Grange, of Dallas oouuty, is also out in full force. It has an immense variety of field and garden products, 400 pantry and fruit articles, 32 varieties of first class hay. either of which would bring a good round price in any market of the country. Exquisite taste is shown in the arrangement, and every visitor Is struck with astonishment on behold ing this grand array of home made skill and labor. Mr. Roundtree is chairman of the Grange Committee and it will do you good to talk with him. You will never be dissatisfied with Alabama after looking through this exhibit, and learn that it was all all made in Alabama, Mr. M. E. Pruett exhibits '.English walnuts grown on his premises, and Dr. S. P. Smith also exhibits a bana na tree. Home-made cigars, tobacco and wine are exhibited in great quanti ties. YVo could spend hours in detailing the articles these Grangers furnish to the Fair, but it would make this notice too long and too greatly crowd our columns. Cories herself would laugh with joy and clap her hands in an ecstucy of delight if she could step into this hall and behold what her votaries are doing for the good of the land. No one who has not seen this dis play can form un idea of its magni tude. It demonstrates beyond ques tion that in the near future, the farmers and housewives of Alabama will make the gardenspot of Amer ica. NEW YORK. TU* Great Battle-Ground. From the World of the 23d. THE CANVASS IN THE STATE. Ttio contest in this State is growing warmer every day, but the evidence grows stronger that tfie State is cer tain to give a large Democratic ma jority on both the National ana State tickets. The Republicans have com menced to charge that the Democrats are going to carry it by fraud in this city and Brookßn. The truth is there is no place in the country where the elections are more honest ly conducted than has been the case in New York during the last five years. It is a well-known fact that there is in this State a considerable floating vote which always wants to be on the winning side. Reports from all sections of the State are to the effect that this class is now all sup porting the Democratic ticket. The Republican managers evidently see this and are trying to see if they can’t figure out the election of Hayes without New York. THE CITT CANVASS. The event of the past week has been the failure of Tammany and Anti-Tammany to nominate a union ticket, the demoralization of Anti- Tammany, and the nomination of a full ticket by Tammany, with Smith Ely, jr., at its head. Against his character and record not a word can be truthfully said, and as a reformer he is ahead of any of the gentlemen mentioned for any office on either side; there are no grounds to oppose him on except partisan and selfish ones. His honesty and integrity are unquestioned, and he has the knowl edge of the affairs of the city govern ment necessary to enable him to fill the position acceptably to all classes. The question which is agitating the politicians now is whether there will be a union between the followers of Green and what is left of Anti-Tam many and the Republicans. The two former interests appear to be anxious for the union on the city ticket, but are positive in their declarations that under no circumstances will they do anything that will aid the Republi cans on either National, State, Con gressional or Assembly tickets. An apparent attempt to establish a union of this kind, with Green for Mayor, was made, but negotiations during the last two or three days have developed the fact that there were so many candidates on both sides for the other positions, eaeh determined there should be no union unless they were nominated, and so it failed. The Republicans, in the meantime, have been looking over the results of former divisions In the Demo cratic party as well as alliances with one faction, and have discovered that movements of that kind helped to get out the Democratic vote hi the city and aid the Democrats in the general results. The Republicans may make gains on one or two local officers, but lose on the State and na tional tickets. This is the point that they want to avoid at the present. An alliance with Mr. Green and his followers and Anti-Tammany by the Republicans necessitate the running of another set of boxes on election day, out of which will be dealt the Democratic State and national tick ets. This is one of the necessities of the allianoe; without it, the Anti- Tammany faction can take no votes to the alliance, and if the latter at tempt to deal out the Republican vote, they will, in the present state ot the public mind, be left without supporters. It Is now assorted that Weed, Morgan, Bliss and many of the prominent leaders, oppose the in dorsement of Mr. Green in a fusion with Anti-Tammany. In threo of the Congressional dis tricts both Tammany and Antl-'i'am many have already nominated the same men for Congress. These are Elijah Ward, S. S. Cox and Benjamin A. Willis. The probabilities are that Anti-Tammany will also Indorse both Fernando Wood and Abram 8. Hew itt, while It Is understood that in the districts now represented by Edwin R. Meade and Smith Ely, jr., the An ti-Tammany party will nominate their own men, who will be indorsed by Tammany. It is also probable that there will be a union on the can didates for Senator in the Fifth Dis trict vacancy, and that, either Alfred Wagstaff or’Douglas Taylor will be the nominee. A pretty widow, whose husband has been dead several years, received a beautiful bouquet the other day. The man that sent it has been flying around her with an earnestness worthy of a dry goods clerk, and it was with extra delight that he saw her puss the store that evening with the bouquet of flowers in her hand. “I am so pleased to see you with them.” said he, and a thousand little Cupids dimpled In his smile. “Yes,” she replied, “it was very kind in you; I always knew you liked him; lam Diking them to his grave.” —Raleigh Sentinel. . i 4- Correspondence Withheld. Washington, Oct. 2G.—There is lit tle prospect at present for tbo pub lication of the correspondence re garding Tweed’s capture. Hints re garding the correspondence on the Irish address were furnished by the bearers of the address. Tfio State Department is roserved on both topics. A Radical Congressman Sued for "llor rowlnK” NcKrocti’ Money. Washington, Oct. 26.—-The Com missioners of the Freedmen’s Rank havosued Jas. Pike, member of Con gress in ’72 from New Hampshire, for $5,000 borrowed from tho Bank. The (Spanish Republican Conspiracy. Madrid, Oct, 2C.-All persons im plicated in the recent conspiracy will be tried before the ordinary tribu nals. Among tho documents discov ered by the Government, are deerees signed by Ruig Zorilla, conferring public appointments upon pretended leaders of the insurrection, and bonds redeemable after the success of the movement. All military men arres ted were on the half pay list. 1 1♦ The Weather To-Day Washington, October 26.—For the South Atlantic States, slight changes iti pressure and temperature, light to fresh variable winds and clear weath er are probable. WAhHINKTON NEW*. •■. - The Postmaster General and sec ond assistant are absent. The Presi dent designated the Second Assistant Postmaster General to act as chief. S. Taylor Suit’s residence, near the city, burned last night. Supposed incendiary. Loss $50,000. The es tablishment was known as Suitland. The President proclaims November 30th for thanksgiving and prayer. Austria and tiermany. Berlin, Oct. 26.—A controversy has arisen between the German and Aus trian newspapers in consequence of the latter’s criticisms of Germany’s attitude. The National Zeilung of to-day, replying to an article in the Festher Lloyd, says: “Tne attitude ot the Hungarian press only tends to confirm . Germany’s continuous re serve and to justify its expediency.” Gov. Hayes at the centennial. Philadelphia, Oct. 26.—Gov. Hayes had an enthusiastic reception, and made a short speech congratulatory of the success of the exhibition and laudatory of Ohio. Admissions one hundred thousand. THE hutting pool*. tildes STOCK KIBING—HAYES STOCK DECLINING. New York, October 26.—P001s at Morrissey's last night, o the general result: Tilden 200, Hayes 185. On New York: Tilden 200, Hayes 100. Conspiracy in Npaln. London, October 26.—The Times’ special from Barcelona siys the Re publican conspiracy appears more important than first supposed. Fifty persons have been arrfested, include ing two ex-Ministers. Indiana. Indianapolis, Oet. 26.—Williams’ final official majority over Harrison is 5,130. ' _' Lore Si Wilson * celebrated Belts will cure chills, correct deranged nervous systems, strengthen the appetite, and actively aid in restoring mpaired health. For sale at | aprUO tf M. D. Hood A Co.’s. THE TURKISH SITUATION. IIKTTF.R HOP KM OF AST AHIIOiI'ICK. London, Oct. 20.- — I The Times’ Vienna dispatch confirms the statement that the Porte informed Ignatiff of its willingness to accept a six weeks’ armistice, if all the powers wished it; but the Porto still in sists that the powers guarantee a contin uance of the nrmisticc if poaeo is not completed within six weeks. In spite of ignatitfs conciliatory tone, there is little hope that Russia will accept this condi tion. It is expected, however,, that the Porte lias not said its last word. The Times’ Belgrade correspondent says, if there had not been such depres sion in Belgrade and throughout Scrvia, ail ranks would Welcome peace. A Reuter dispatch from Constantino ple says, it is believed here that an under standing will be reached oa the armistice. Ignatiff, Russian Minister, had another special Interview with the Sultan Satur day. Advices from Tille say the Turkish Consul General and wife, whose assassina tion was reported yesterday, wore mur dered by robbers. Ragoosa, Oct. 26. — l The Montenegrins cut Monktor Pasha’s communications, and have invested Meschia. Distress prevails in Montenegro. Belgrade, Oct.) 20.— Gen. Novose lofThas asked for reinforcements for the Servian army of the Ibar, and Colonel Becker has been ordered there with fresh troops. An official bulletin states that the Turks on Tuesday made a desperate attempt to break Gen. Novoseloff’s lines, but wero repulsed with great slaughter. INDIAN SITUATION!. Cheyenne, Oct. 26.— Geu. Merritt’s arrival at Red Cloud. Agency closes operations in the Big Horn and (Yel low Stone region. The Powder River Expedition now under way, consists of fifteen infantry and eleven cavalry companies, fresh trqops, commanded by Crook in person. Spotted Tail has been formally in augurated Chief by authority of the President. Seven hundred ponies were taken from the Indians. TELSU It APH IU SITMM A 111. New York, Oct. 26. —Frank McOon nichie confessed to the murder of little Maggie Boner, after an attempt to outrage her, and was with difficulty saved from lynching. Philadelphia, Oct. 26. —A committee of engineers employed on the Central Railroad offer SI,OOO reward for the per- Bonrtvlio misplaced the switch. New York, Oct. 26.—Miss Nillson ar rived on tho Scotia. Boston, Oct. 26. —The New England Cotton Manufacturing Association held their semi-annual meeting to-day. Sever al genllemih of the South were elected members. Louisville, Oct. 26.— At a large meet ing of MethodistJßishops, Foster, of Mas sachusetts, Kavanaugh, of Kentucky, and others delivered addresses, thanking G6d for the reunion after 22 years’ separation. New York, Oct. 26. —The Anti-Tam many Convention of the 10th District re nominated Abraham S. Ilcwitt for Con gress. Boston, Oct. 26.— During an at tempt to reconcile an old fiend be tween brothers, Frank and Solon Wuley, Solon shot Frank fatally. Chicago, Oct. 26.—The jury in the case of.Alexander Sullivan, charged with the murder of Francis Hanford, were] discharged, unable to agree. Eleven to to one were in favor of ac quittal. There is much feeling against Judge McAlister for alleged partisan rulings. Petitions are circulating asking him to resign. Vienna, Oct, 26.— Baron Alton Von Prokesch Asten, Austriam diploma tist, is dead. Wliy the Irish Address ;wuh not Re ceived. Washington, Oct. 26.—John L. Cad wnllader, acting Secretary of State, wrote Messrs. Powers and Palmer, bearing the Irish address, that it was customary to make such presentation through the min ister of the country. A copy being sent to Sir Howard Thornton, British Minis ter, he declined to participate, not having received instructions from his govern ment on the subject, and also that the contents of the address itself were objec tionable. t Cadwalladcr, under the circumstances, regrets his inability to assist them in the matter. The objection raised by Powers and Palmer was that the intervention of the British minister was not necessary, as the address was from the Irish people, not the British nation. Black kllk and Cashmeres. if you aro in need Of such goods look at my stock before buying. otcs-eodtf J. Albert Kirven. 2,000 Bushels Cotton Seed, wanted by J. M. Fletcher, Kankin House Building. Oct26 eod.'lt I have just received a fine lot of Plain Tennessee. Hams, Fresh Butter, Eggs, Apples and Potatoes. David Averett. sept 22 eodtf Old Postofflce. W. F. TICKER, Dentist, lUidolph street, (opposite Strapper s) Cola mbti jsxil ly) Georgia. THE DEMOCRATIC PLATFORM. We. tho delegate* Of tho Democratic party of tho United Htuti’s in National Convention assem bled, do horoby declare the administration of the Federal Government to be in urgent need of immediate Uelorm; do hereby enjoin upon the nominees ofthls Convention, and of the Demo cratic party in caeh Htato, a zealous elTort and co-operation to this end; and do hereby appeal to our fellow-citizens of every former political connection, to undertake with uh this first and most pressing prtriotic duty. For the Democracy of the whole country, we do here reaiUrm our faith in the permanence of tho Federal Union, our devotion to the Constitu tion of the United tttates with its amendments universally accepted as a final settlement of the controversies that engendered civil war, aud do hero record our steadfast confidence in the por potuity of Republican Self-Government. In absolute acquiescence iu the will of the ma jority--the vital principle of the republic; iu the supremacy of the civil over the military authority; in the total separation of Ohurch and State, ior tho sake alike of civil and religious freedom; in the equality of all citizens before just laws of their own enactment; in the liberty of individ ual conduct, uu vexed by sumptuary laws; in the faithful education of tho rising generation, that they may preserve, enjoy, and transmit these best conditinnu of human bapptaacta hope, -we behold the nobleßt products of a hundred years of obMQpeful history; but while upholding the bond of our Uuion and great Charter of these our rights, it behooves a tree people to practise also that eternal vigilance which is the price of Liberty. Reform is necessary to rebuild aud establish in the hearts ol the whole people, the Union, eleven yivars ago happily rescued from the danger of a Secession of states; but now to be saved from a corrupt Centralism wnich, after inflicting upon teu atates tho rapacity ot carpet bag tyrannies, has honeycombed tho otficos of the Federal Government itself with incapacity, waste aud fraud; infected States and municipal ities with the contagion of misrule, aud locked fast tho prosperity of an industrious people in the paralysis of‘Hard Times.’ Reform is necessary to establish a sound cur rency, restore .the public credit, and maintain the national honor. Wo deuouuco the failure for all thesq elevon years of peace to make good the promise of tho legal-tender notes, which are a changing stand ard of value in tho hands of the people, and the non-payment of which is a disregard of tho plighted faith of the nation. We denounce tho improvidence which iu eleven years of peace has taken from the people iu Federal taxes thirteen times tho whole amount of the legal-tender notes and squandered four times their sum in useless expense without ac cumulating any reserve for their redemption. We denounce the financial imbecility and im morality of that party which, during eleven years of peace, has made no advance toward resumption, no preparation for resumption, but instead has obstructed resumption, by wasting our resources and exhausting all our surplus income;aud, while annually professing to in tend a speedy return to specie payments, has annually enacted fresh hindrances thereto. As such a hindrance we denounce the Resumption day clause of the act of 1875 and demand its re peal. We demand a judicious system of preparation by public economies, by official retrenchments, and by wise finance, which shall enable the nation soon to assure the whole world of its perfect ability aud its perfect readiness to meet any of its promises at the call of the creditor en titled to payment. We believe such a system, weU.jtovigod, and, above all, entrutsed to competent hands foi execution, creating at no time an artificial scar city of currency and at no time alarming the public mind into a withdrawal of that / aste machinery of credit by which 95 per cent, of all business transactions are performed,—a system open, public, and inspiring general confidence, would from the day of its adoption bring healing on its wings to all our harrassed industries, set in motion tho wheels of commerce, manufac tures, aud the mechanic arts, restore employ ment to labor, and renew in all its natural sources the proeperity of the people. Reform is necessary in the sum and modes of Federal Taxation, to tlm end that capital may be set free from distrust, and labor lightly bur dened. Wo denounce the present Tariff, ieviod upon nearly 4,000 articles, as a masterpiece of injus tice, in equality, and false pretense. It yields a dwindling, not a yearly rising revenue. It baa impoverished many industries to subsidize a few. It prohibits imports that might purchase th products of American labor. It has degraded American commerce from the first to an inferior rank on tho high seas. It has cut down the sales of American manufactures at home aud abroad, aud depleted the returns of American agriculture—an industry followed by half our people. It costs the people five times more than it produces to the treasury, obstructs, the processes of production, and wastes tho fruits of labor. It promotes fraud, fosters smuggling, enriches dishonest officials, and banrupts honest merchants. Wo demand that all the Custom- House taxation shall be only for Revenue. Reform is necessary, iu the scale of Public Expense—Federal, State and Municipal. Our Federal taxation has swolen from 60 millions gold, in 1860, to 450 millions currency, in 1870; our aggregate taxation from 154 millions gold in 1860, to 730millious currency in 1870; or iu one de cade, from less than $5 per head to more than $lB per head. Since the peace, the people have paid to their tax gatherers more than thrice the sum of the national debt, and more than twice that sum for the Federal Government alone. Wo demand a religious frugality in every depart ment, and from every officer of the Government. Reform is necessary to put a stop to the profligate waste of public lands and their diver sion from actual settlers by tho party in power, which has squandered 200 millions of acres upon railroads alone, and out of more than thrice that aggregate has disposed of less than a sixth direct ly to tillers of the soil. Reform is necessary to correct the omissions of a Republican Congress and the errors of our treaties and our diplomacy which have stripped our fellow-citizens of foreign birth and kindred race recrossing the Atlantic, of the shield of American citizenship, and have exposed our brethren of the Pacific coast to tho incursions of a race not sprung from the same great parent stock, and iu fact now by law denied citizenship through being neither accus tomed to the traditions of a progressive civiliza tion nor exercised in liberty under equal laws. We denounce the policy which thns discards the liberty-loving German and tolerates the revival of the coolie trade in Mongolian women import ed for immoral purposes, and Mongolian men hired to perform servile labor contracts. Reform is necessary and can never be effected but by making it the controlling issue of the elections, and lifting it above the two false issues with which the office-holding class and the party in power seek to smother it— 1. The false issue with which they would en kindle sectarian strife in respect to the public schools, of which the establishment and support belong exclusively to tho several states, and whioh tho Democratic party has cherished from their foundation, and is resolved to maintain without prejudice or preierence for any class, sector creed, and without largesses from the Treasury to any. 2. The false issue by which they seek to light anew the dyiug embers of sectional bate between kindred people once estranged, but now re united in one indivisible republic and a common destiny. Rofoiim is necessary iu the Civil Bervice. Ex perience proves that efficient, economical con duct of the governmental business is not possible if its civil service be subject to change at every election, be a prize fought for at the ballot-box, be a brief reward of party aseal, instead of posts of honor assigned for proved competency, and held for fidelity in the public employ; that the dis pensing ofpatronage should neither be a tax up on the time of our public men, nor the instru ment of their ambition. Here again promises falsified in the performance, attest that the party in power can work out no practical or salutary reform. Rkpoem is necessary even more in the higher grades of the public service. President, Vice- President, Judges, Senators, Representatives, Cabinet officers, these and all others in authority are the people’s servants. Their offices are not a private perquisite; they Axe a public trust. When the annals Of this Republic show the dfg grace and censure of a Vice-President; a late Speaker of the House of Representatives market ing his rulings as a presiding officer; three Sen- j ators profiting secretly by their votes as law-ma kers ; five chairmen of the leading committees of the House of Representatives exposed in jobbery; a lato Secretary of the Treasury forcing balances in the public accounts: a lato Attorney-General misappropriating public funds; a Secretary of the Navy enriched or enriching friends, by per centagos levied off the profits of contractors with his department; an Embassador to England cen sured iu a dishonorable speculation; the Presi dent's Private Secretary barely escaping convic tion upon trial for guilty complicity in frauds upon tho revenue; a Becretary of War impeached 'or high crimes and misdemeanors—-the demon stration is complete, that the first step in Re form must be the people’s choice of honest men from another party, lest the disease of one po litical organization infect the body politic, and lest by making no change of men or parties we get no change of measures and no real Reform. All these abuses, wrongs and crimes, the pro duct of sixteen years’ ascendancy of the Republi can party, create a necessity for Reform confess ed by Republicans themsolves; but their reform ers are voted down iiv convention and displaced from the Cabinet. The party's mass of honest voters Is powerless to resist the 80,000 office holder., It. leader, and guides. Reform can only be had by a peaceful Civil Revolution. We demand a change of ayatem, a change of administration, a change of parties, that we may have a change of measure} and of men. NO . 194 FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL BY TELEGRAPH TO THE DULY TIMES. MO.NET AND STOCKS. PARIS, Oct. 20,—Noon—Rentes lOOf. 40c. NEW YORK. Oct. Noon—Gold opened 9)4. LONDON. Oct. *2o.—Noon—Oonsol* 94 15-10. Erie 10)4. NEW YORK, Got. 26.—Noon—Stocks active, money fix • gold Off; exchange, long, 4.88; short, 4.H5; Governments active; State bonds quiet and nominal. LONDON, Oct. 20.— Noon—Bullion decreased 16,800 pounds. PARIS, Oct. 20.— Noon—Specie increased 18)4 million francs. BERLIN, Oct. 20.—Specie increased 2J4 Mil* lions murks. NEW YORK, Oct. 20 —Evening—Money easy, 2; sterling steady and dull, 8; gold quiet, 9)45)4; GovAi'niTu.uti' dull and. Htendvj new Pa 14)4; States quiet and nominal. lotto*. LIVERPOOL, Oct. 20.—Noom-COttOh buoyant; (middling uplands 6d; Orleans 0 3-ltid.; salts 20,000; speculation and exports 3.000; sales last night after close 8.000; receipts 2,100— a1l Ameri can. Futures stesdv; uplands, low middling clause, January and February delivery 5 31-fi2d., alsoGd; February and March 6d, also 0 1-02*1, shipped November and December per sail, 5 31- 32d ; new crop, shipped November and December per sail. 6 31-32d, January 6d; January and Feb ruary 6 l-l till. 2 p. M.—Uplands, low middling clause, De cember delivery 5 81-33d; December aud Janua ry 5 31-32d; new crop, shipped October and No vember, per sail, 6d. bales American 0,200. 4 p. m.—Uplands, low middling clause, March delivery, 0 1-l Cd. 5 p. m,—Futures weaker; uplands, low mid dling clause, new crop, shipped November and December per sail, 5 31-32 U.; January and Feb ruary delivery 5 31-32d.; February aud March 6d. NEW YORK, Oct. 26. Noon—No cotton or produco markets. GALVESTON, Oct. 26.—Cotton firm, middling 10)4; net receipts 8,641, gross , sales 3,030; exports Great Britain 870; channel 1,616. NORFOLK, Oct. 26.—Evening—Cotton firm; middling net receipt 4 4,432; exports eoastwiso 3,346; sales 370, BALTIMORE, Oct. 26.—Evening—Cotton firm; middling 10\; gross receipts 261; sales 624; exports coastwise 190, continent 200, spinners 206. BOSTON, Oct. 26. —Evening—Cotton steady; middling 11; net receipts 703; gross 962. WILMINGTON, Oct. 26.-Eveniug Cotton nominal and steady; middling 10)4; net receipts 6*29; sales 187; exsports coastwise 908, PHILADELPHIA, Oct. 26.—Evening Holi day; net receipts 150; gross 150. SAVANNAH, Oct. 26. Evening Cotton firm; middling 10#; net receipts 2,922; gross 3,074; sales 1.250; exports coastwise 2,438. NEW ORLEANS, Oct. 26.—Evening Cotton active and tinner; middling 10 %\ low middling 10*, good ordinary 9#; net receipts J 0,792; gross 12,140; sales 9,600; exports France 7,316; coastwise 2,971. MOBILE, Oct. 26.—Evening—Cotton firmer; middling 10#*#;net receipts 2,143; sales I,SOU; exports coastwise 1,193. MEMPHIS, Oct. .20.—Cotton firm; middling 10#; receipts 3,749; shipments 2,360, sales 5,700. AUGUSTA, Oct. 26.—Cotton firm and active: middling 9>g&10; receipts 2,456; sales 2,180. CHARLESTON, Oct. 26. Evening Cotton firm; middling 10V*#; net receipts 3,52i; sales 2,500; exports Great Britain 3,900. NEW YORK, Oct, 20.—Evening—Cotton—no quotations. Consolidated net receipts 144,744; exports Great Britain 24,756; France 18,802; Con tinent 2,178; channel 1,616. / mavisions, &©. CINCINNATI, Oct. 26. Evening—Floor steady; family $5.75a56.(J0. Wheat quiet and firm; red $1.1ffa1.25, Own quiet 87a88. Oats steady BUa3B. Rye dull 68. Barley dull and f 1.05*1.10. Pork strong and higher, market ap pears to be cornered,sales $16.25*50, closing with latter, Lard .irregular and nominal 9.60 ;ket tie lOj# *lo#. Bulk meats dull and lower, shoulders 6#; clear rib aides 8; clear sides B#. Bacon easier; shoulders 7#a#, clear rib sides 9a#, clear sides 9#*#. Whiskey inactive and lower 18. Butter dull; choice Western reserve 20a21; Central Ohio 20a21, ST. LOUIS, .Oct. 26.—Evening—Flodr quiet for sound foil grades; superfine fall $4.00a4,25, extra $4.45a4.75, double extra fall $5.00a5.60, treble extra 5.70a6.25. Wheat inactive and lower; No. 2 red fall sl.2sa#ak; No. 3 do. sl*l4#. Corn fairly active and a shade higher, No. 2 mix ed 40#. Oats active. No. 2, 32# *33. Rye firm and higher, 68 #. Barley firm, sample lots of prime fancy Minn., 75a1.00. Whiskey inactive and lower 10. Pork held higher, $17,26 asked; only jobbing trade. Lard quiet, summer 9#* %. Bulk meats quiet; jsb lots of new packed shoulders 7#, clear rib sides clear sides B#a#; baoon quiot for sides; shoulders 7#, clear rib aides 9#, clear sides 9#, LOUISVILLE, Oct. 26.—Flour in good de mand and full prices; extra $4.25a54.60; family $4.75a55.50. Wheat steady; good red $1.16a $1.20; amber $1.20a*1.25: white $1,16*1,30. Corn quiet; white 48, mixed 46. Rye in fair demand 68. Oats in fair demand, white 80, mixed 34. Pork nominal. Bulk meats scarce and firm, no shoulders la market,|clear rib sides B#a#, clear sides 9. Bacon steady and in good de mand; shoulders 7*£ft J&*, clear rib sides 9#. Sugar-cured hams 16#, Lard in fWr demand, tierce 11 #a#, XEW YORK ITEMS. Nkw York, Oct. 26.—An auction sale of a hundred thousand tons of Lackawana coal shows a decline on last month. Steamer started at $3 10, and fell to $3 07J, at which the bulk was sold. The body of C. C. Holmes, a Wall street coffee broker, was found in East river, with the head cut. The experts employed on the Mon etary Commission are Win. 3. Groes beck, Cincinnati; Prof. Francis Bow en, Cambridge; and George Millard, Michigan. Sub-committees will visit the Paciflc States. New Market Races. London, Oct. 26.—At the New mar ket Houghton meeting to-day the race for the Dillingham handicap resulted in a dead heat fdr the first place between the (American horse Bay Final and English horse Broad side; Dolly Molden third. 11l running off the dead beatfcßay Final won by half a length. The bet ting was five to four in favor of Broadside*, Austria Has Her Own Troubles; Brussels, Oct. 26.—Advices received here from Vienna represent that the positions of Count Andrassy, Minis ter of Foreign Affairs for the whole empire, and Herr Tisza, the Herzego vian Premier, are precarious. The students of the University of Pesth, who have been forbidden by the police to make a contemplated torch-light procession in boftor cf the Turkish Consul, have determined to disregard the prohibition. No con flict, however, is apprehended. : j <) . Bvery day brings something new. This new principle, new way, Dr. J. H. Mc- Lean’s Cough and Lung Heaßng Glo bules will cure Coughs, Cpids, Hoarseness, Consumption. Trial Boxes, by mail, 25 cts. Dr. J. H. McLean, SU Chestnut St, St. Louis, Mo.