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VOL. 2. T. M. WYNNE, W. S. DEWOLE, JOHN H. MARTIN, JOHN M. DTEWAHT. Wynne, DeWolf & Cos. Publhlifni anti Proprietor*. D.tILT, (In advanoe) per annum, $7 00 •• six months 100 “ three months... 2 00 " one month..... 75 WEEKLY, one year'.T.....,....r. 2 00 (Sls>rtr terms i proportion.) R.tm OF ADVEttTISIXC. Square, one week $ 5 00 One Square, one month 8 00 One Square, six months 28 00 Transient advertisements SI.OO for first inter on. and 50 cents for each subsequent insertion, fifty per cent, additional in Local column. Liberal rates to larger advertisements. 1 COY. SMITH AT AI6IBTA. OH WEDNESDAY SIGHT. From the Constitutionalist.] The large number assembled at the City Hall made It necessary to have the addresses in the open air. Gen. Evans was called to the chair, and modestly and appropriately intro duced the Chief Magistrate, who had token the reins of tho Government, when the State was in its greatest peril and distress, and who had righted her affairs and restored pros perity and peace—Gov. James M. Smith. The Governor thanked the au dience for their large attendance. He commenced by laying down the maxim that governments existed for the good of the governed, and deduc ing from it the necessity of honest and capable rulers. Hence the pub lic interest in the moral character of the candidates before tho country, undthe importance of the choice be tween Tildeu and Hayes. Without resorting to personality, Gov. S. re remarkeu that the Republican party had produced men like Butler, Bel knap, Colfax and the host of traitors who have given character or no char acter to the present administration. They promise reform, for instance, in the civil service. President Grant had urged this several times, and they actually appointed commis sioners of investigation. But Grant, in his last message, is silent on the subject. The speaker then touched upon the Secretary of the Navy, Sec retary of War, the Minister to Eng land, and others who have illustra ted the administration of Grant. The Governor illustrated the iu competency of Hayes to promote re form, even granting him the desire, by a homely and effective narration of a very worthy hen which was re quired to hatch a very stale set of eggs. He thought Hayes could not produce a healthy brood from rotten eggs. The next topic discussed was the oppression of the South, to which Gov. Smith counseled the most com plete and patient submission. Then he paussd to compliment Hampton, oi South Carolina, as that most admi rable man, who had shown himself capable, brave and true during the late war, but only recently had ex hibited his real greatness, preserving as he does the equipoise of Carolina amidst her great peril and excite ment, by his own cool head and calm voice. The next ground of preference for Tilden was the happier and altogeth er better condition of the States treed from Republican misrule at the South. The Governor, whilst emphatically advising great forbearance during the next two weeks, insisted that the people should exercise, in spite of Northern interference, their right to vote peaceably and to influence the votes of others through legitimate means. At this point the speaker turned to Georgia affairs, and expressed his desire to proclaim before the world his vindication of his own adminis tration. He first took up the subject of the State credit. He found great difflcuty in borrowing the negotiated loan of $200,000 in 1872, even with the assistance of Toombs, Jenkins, King and Phjnizy, and other patriots. Now her bonds are above par. COMMON SCHOOLS were liberally endowed for whites and colored, especially for the latter, who pay 2 per cent, of the taxes and yet send 32 per cent, of the pupils. The colored University, of Atlanta, has a yearly income of SB,OOO. IN OUB COURTS . both races have impartial justice, although only competent negroes are put upon juries, a service from which white men are glad to be ex empted. THE DEBT OF THE STATE. has been regularly reduced at the rate of $100,000,a year and statements to the contrary are false. The State is only taxed four-tenths of one per cent, for expenses and one-tenth for sinking fund. AFFAIRS IN CAROLINA were contrasted with affairs in Geor gia and the difference explained by the fact that Georgia is governed by her own people and South Carolina by alien carpet-baggers. Again the speaker exhorted his au dience to be forbearing, to practice the charity which beareth all things, hopeth all things, to do their duty and vote. The EnfflUli House of I-ords. Loudon Times.l The recent elevations and new cre ations in the peerage have slightly affected the roll or the House of Lords, which now stands at a little over instead of a little under live hun dred, as it did this time last year. In January last the Earl of Erne was created'a Baron of the United King dom, and Mr. J. R. Ormsby Gore, Mr. Henry Gerard Sturt, Mr. John Tollemache, and Sir Robert Gerard were raised in a batch to the Upper House as Lopds Harlech, Arlington, Tollemache. andfTGerard, while the Harlot Abergavenny was created a marquis, and the Duke of Richmond had an additional dukedom, that of Gordon, bestowed upon him. Since that time Lord Northbrook has been rewarded with an earldem for his services in India, and the earldom of Beaconsfield lias also been be stowed upon Mr. Disraeli* The ex act number of peerages, spiritual and temporal, including those en joyed by members of the royal fami ly, stands consequently at the present moment at 503, headed by his royal highness, the Prince of Wales as Duke of Cornwall, und ending with “Morti mer, Lord Sackville,” the junior baron. Tho dukes number 21, tho marquises 22, the carls 132, the vis counts 81, the archbishops and bish ops 2G, and tho barons 90S. The rest of the roll is made up by the royal dukes. There are one or two things to be noted in tho present roll. First ly, that tho number of peerages on it is slightly In excess of the actual to tal number of tho lords, spiritual and temporal; Lord Cairns beiug enu merated twice over, both as a barou and as lord chancellor; the Dude of Richmond both as duke and also as lord president of tho Council; tho Marquis of Hertfort both as a Mar quis and also as Lord Chamberlain; Earl Beauchamp both as an Earl and also as Lord Steward of tho house hold ; and, lastly, the Earl of Erne both as au Irish representative peer and also as Lord Fermanagh. Again, it may be observed that tho Buck burst title has disappeared since last year as a separate entry, being merg ed in the superior title of tho oarl dom of De la Warr, and that blanks are put against the names of tho earldom of Berkeley and the barony of De Freyne. The name of tho Earl of Beaeonslleld also ligures twice in the roll, llrstly in his own place at the end of the Earls, next after Lord Northbrook; and, again, ns Lord Privy Seals, in which capacity Lis lordship takes precedence above and before all Dukes, next after the mem bers of the royal family, the two Archbishops, the Lord Chancellor, and the Lord President of the Coun cil. A Hark Herd. From the New York World, 24th. There is a sensation in Pennsylva nia politics. Ou Saturday in Potts ville at the trial of Yellow Jack Don ohue, a notorious member of the Molly Maguires, for,the murder of Morgan Powell, John J. Slattery, a witness who had turned State’s evi dence, testified that General J. K. Siegfried, a prominent Republican, made a bargain last fall with one John ICehoe and himself to pay t hem two thousand dollars to secure the votes of the Mollie Maguires of the county for General flartranft. If one-half of the Republican county ticket was elected, they were to re ceive an additional thousand dollars. It was not stipulated expressly that the Mollie Maguires then in prison should be pardoned, but many lead ing Republicans pledged themselves to use their influence with the Gov ernor after election to bring about the pardon of criminals belonging to the organization. This testimony corroborates the declarations made by the chief counsel in former pros ecutions touching the complicity of the Republican managers with the Mollie Maguires; and it has occa sioned the greatest consternation in Administration circles. It is true that the witness has acknowledged that he had no direct dealing with Governor Hartranft in the sale of the support of the infamous organization with which he was connected, but a bar gain by the agents of the Republican candidate with two murderers for the votes of an illegal association is something so foul that all the per fumes of Arabia will not sweeten the character of Pennsylvania Republi canism after it. Siegfried and one Hearing, who was engaged with him in the transaction with Slattery and Kehoe, do not deny the fact that there was a bargain, and that $2,000 were paid to those scoundrels; but they say that an express condition of the payment was that the money was not to be used for any illegal or im proper purpose; they also pretend that they did not know that the two disreputable Democrats to whom they were intrusting Republican mo ney to be used for strictly lepal and proper purposes were Mollie Ma guires. The story of the politicians ought to be accepted as against that of an informer, were their state ments at all consistent with proba bility. But the confession made of a payment of two thousand dollars of a corruption fund to Slat tery and Kehoe renders all protesta tions as to the purity of the motives with which themoney was paid absurd Where there is a decent excuse to doubt the declarations of Slatterly, we are willing to discredit them. We do not care to accept his assertions about the pardon of Mollie Maguires in prison nor his evidence tending to connect the payment of the bribe di rectly at Harrisburg. On many of these collateral points there may bo some dispute, but the great, ugly cen tral act of the league between the Re publican party of Pennsylvania and the secret society which has for years been the terror of the mining regions, is fairly established. It has long been known to leaders of both orgaizations that the Republicans of the Keystone State were tho most dishonest and dangerous set of poli ticians in the country. This revela tion will make that opinion common. It would be idle to waste invective on the infamy of the deed which Siegfried committed, and for which his party is morally responsible. From the Atlanta Times.) FIFTEEN THOUSAND MULES. ATLANTA THE GREAT DISTRIBUTING POINT —AN IMMENSE TRAFFIC. Atlanta is so frequently called a “biowiug” city, that it is the general supposition that everything connect ed with her advancement and pros perity is overrated. This is an error that does grave injustice to our city, for there are departments of her trade which are much more important than is generally supposed. Mulberry Sellers advised Sir Haw kins to raise mules, and iigured out the operation so successfully that he proved that there really were “mil lions in it;” and of all the many speculations of that unfortunate but exceedingly natural character, his project for mule raising was the only one which "panned out” well. Sellers & Hawkins, did that illus trious iirm now exist, could find a good market in Atlanta for all the mules that even their reckless ambi tion might aim to possess. Nobody knows how many mules do come to Atlanta. They thunder through our streets by the hundreds almost every day in the winter, but daily large numbers of them are ship ped away. About live years ago, the mule trade in this city was simply enormous. Scores of men engaged in it and several fortunes were proba bly manufactured in its management. Since that time the trade has fallen off somewhat. Mules are just as pop ular as ever, but many farmers are abundantly supplied, and many oth- COLUMBUS, GA„ SATURDAY MORNING, OCTOBER 28, 1876. era can’t be supplied in the present state of their iinances. Although the season has not yet fully opeued, it is apparent that the trade in mules is improving, und it will run again this winter into the big ilgures. Fifteen thousand mules would make a noble army, and it is almost impos sible to conceive of so many of that noble, if not handsome animal. Nev ertheless, it is very probable that wo will receive lifteon.thousand mulos here this winter. Atlanta is tho great, distributing point of mules for Georgia, Florida, Alabama and South Carolina. Great portions of these four States draw their mules from tho huge droves that yearly couio to this city. These lifteon thousand mules are brought heretfrom Tennessee und Kentucky—the larger portion of them coming from the latter State. They are generally shipped on tho railroads, and ofton, ia the winter, whole trains of mules arrive at a time. Some of tho mule raisers of Kentucky continue to drive them through, the country but this is tho more expensive plan. When tho mules iirst reach the city, they are all in line condition, and are fat and sleek enough, for saddlo or harness. They are turned loose all the sum mer and fall on the linest pastures in the world, and they look at the end of that time about as respectablo as mules ever can. Frequently they are swapped for poor, broken down stock which hard work and mean treatment have rendered pitiable looking objects by tho side of the well tended specimens of the same genus. It has become cornraoti for farmers to bring their poorest mules to the city to trade with jockeys. Stocks that looks utterly broken down and worthless is taken to ihe Kentucky pastures, and, by good care, completely changed in a year. The amount of money expended here year after year in tho matter of mules is tremendous. Supposing the lifteen thousand that will probably arrive this yeur to bring an average price of SIOO each, which is a very low estimate, they would command tho enormous sum of $1,500,000 equal to one-flftoenth of the entire taxable property in this city. This huge traffic is carried on quietly at the stables and stock yards of our city every winter, and very little is said of it, considering i.ts groat proportions. Prices promise to range lower than ever this winter, and it will be a good time to buy mules or to trade off your old ones. Tlie big droves are expect ed to arrive soon, and the noble science of horse trading will begin in ia.ll its glory. Besides benefltting Atlanta in many ways, this mule trade confers an honor upon her which it is diffi cult to compute in dollars and cents. Savannah beats her in cotton re ceipts, Augusta sings tho praises of her great “canawl,” Columbus flaunts whole bolts of her own fab rics in our faces, and Macon assumes an air of superiorty as she reclines in the luxurious shades of her lovely park. Atlanta is behind in cotton, in canals, in fabrics, and in parks, but she leads the mule race. We de fy the State to meet us on the sward on mule-back. The blue ribbon is ours, and the next geography which shall detail our chief attractions will give us the praise due to such a grand mule market. We get enough mules for Georgia and her three neighboring sisters, and we invite all to the grand mule-trading post, be ing assured that wheu once here they will aid our general commerce and be profoundly impressed with the growing greatness and untamed am bition of this I’henix city of tho South—this great, rushing, kicking, whickering m ule mart. THOSE MYSTERIOUS LETTERS. After the ftlouehy Italian Who Flooded the Town with Unstamped JLet ter. A reporter of tho Constitution spent some time on yesterday looking into the matter of those unpaid letters that were found in the post-boxes of scores of our merchants tho day be fore. The letters PURPORTED TO COMO FROM NAPLES, and were mailed without a sign of a postage stamp on them. There was consequently ten cents due on each letter when delivered. We discover ed from personal search some thirty of these letters, and there is no tell ing how many reached this office in all. Some people put the number as high as five hundred. They were sent indiscriminately to grocers, dry goods men, etc. They were written in miserable Italian, and were simple inquiries as to tho “price of cotton fabrics and the best way to buy.’’ It is impossible to guess the truth of this matter. That there is a swin dle aff the bottom there can be no doubt. No Neapolitan merchant would be foolish enough to expect an answer to a letter forwarded without any stamp on it. He would not be so foolish as to send a hundred or so letters to one city, each bearing a simple inquiry as to the price of a merchandise. There is clearly no bona fide business in the sending of the letters. WHY WERE THEY SENT OUT ? Why, then, were they sent? A swindler could hope to gain nothing by sending them out. The utmost that such a man could hope for would be an answer giving the price of cot ton fabrics. They could hardly have been sent out as a practical joke. No man would have been stupid enough to have wasted several hundred dou ble sheets of paper simply to trap some merchants that ho had never seen into paying ten cents iuto the Postal Department. The belief was very general yester day that the letters were started from New York, and were postmark ed “Naples,” simply because a letter from Euiope may be started without a stamp while a letter started in America cannot. The paper on which they were written was evident ly American paper. IS IT A CAMPAIGN TRICK? The following is a theory of the matter circulated pretty generally: Suppose that the Republican mana gers, in collusion with oertain pos tal officials, should have mailed one million of these circulars from New York. The mailing of them would not have involved the use of a single postage stamp—the foreign postmark would start them without stamps. The ten cents received on each of them when it was delivered, amount to SIOO,OOO. This might be used at the headquarters in New York to very good purpose. It doos look improbablo that any party would bo corrupt enough to adopt such a dodgo as this, and yet it is most reasonable theory concern ing tliese mysterious letters that wo can offer our readers this morning.— Atlanta Constitution. Those Terrible ltehel Claims. Now York special to Chicago Tiraea,] The Now York Sun has tho follow ing dispatch from Washington in re gard to tho rebel war cluiins, about which so much has been said : Tho record compiled by Henry 11. Smith, Clerk of the Committee on War Claims of tho Forty-third Congress, gives tho following official facts; Democrats here assert that the rebel war claims are mainly tho property of the War Department Washington Ring, and that in 1872 General F. V. Rice, who was Belknap’s go-between in the post-tradorship swindles, was representative of the combination that, purchased nearly all tho pre tended claims against the Govern ment for damages incurred bv citi zens during tho war. The Forty third Republican Congress passed these claims to the amount of about $6,000,000, while the present Demo cratic House at tho last session pass ed Southern claims to tho amount of only $74,000, exclusively held by the original owners. The Committee of the House of the Forty-third Con gress (Republican.) reported such claims favorably to the extent of aboutsß,ooo,ooo, including the infa mous cotton claim, while the Com mittee of the Democratic House of the Forty-fourth Congress reported favorably on the same class of claims to the extent of only $217,000. The claims passed by tho Forty-third Congress, under Republcan control, word almost exclusively assigned to members of the Washington combi nation, and owned by them. There are very few of the rebel war claims outstanding in the hands of the orig inal losers, and the Democrats say that the present House, at its last session, saved the country several millions of dollars by refusing to consider these claims, which wore to a great extent fictitious or exaggera ted, atul that the cry on this subject raised by tho Republicans is instiga ted by tho ring, who hope, in ttio event of Hayes’ election, to carry out their plan of realizing profits from these fictitious demands. Tho Re publican carpet-bag members from the South aru said to bo all interest ed in this plot, and the official rec ord of the notion on the subject by the Forty-third Congress substan tiates the allegation. ElllS JETTIES. Tlie .Soul invest I'nss Obstructed to Deep eu the Mouth l’n From tho N, O. Democrat, 20th.] We learn with much surprise and greater concern, that the works that are now progressing in the Southwest Pass, projected, as now publicly stated, by the Jetty Company, are a great obstruction to the free navigation of tho Mississippi river; aud are calculated to perma nently injure that navigation. We have been at much pains to collate tho testimony upon tho sub ject ; and from pilots and seamen, and those whose testimony may be depended upon, we are led to the con clusion that one idea pervades the contractor of the South Pass jetties, and that idea consumes and swallows all others. That idea is tho success of the jetties, even at the cost of nav igation of tho Mississippi river. * * In the progress of the extension of the jetty works, they have been com pelled to removo tho fiat that was de posited in front of the head of South Pass. They liavo resorted to dredg ing for that purpose, and have carried their dump or dredge matter from a half to throo-quarters of a mile, aud deposited it in the deep waters of Southwest Pass, where they have sinco placed rnattrasses in tho bottom and freighted them down with stone. They have it in their plans to con struct a wing-dam or jetty, which is only partly completed, from the shore on tho right of the Pass out to some distance, 700 to 1,000 feet; or if we take Mr. Cortheli’s athori ty, to leave only 900 feet, about 21 febt deep in a channel which is, we learn, about 3,000 feet wide. And pursuing tho letter of his notice, in the absence of better information, it guarantees us “900 feet,” (of course on the far side next the lighthouse; “of 21 feet least depth.” Tho Pass then is reduced from a cross section of some 00,000 square feet to the di mensions of much less than half that amount; and tho water which kept us a channel of near 15 feet depth on the bar—and which, with the dredg ing of the United States boats, has given us 19 feet—is now to be reduced to tho size of the South Pass, which iias been abio to maintain only 8 feet upon its bar. This is the manifest mean ing, if it have>ny meaning at all. But we learn that the whole South west Pass, 900 feet and all, is having spread over its bottom a secure mat tress or fascine for the purpose of preventing it from enlarging by scouring, The “works now being constructed in the Southwest Pass” is of a nature to divert and dam up the current, so that it wlil have a tendency to make as great a channel over on its cast side as it had on the west side; and it will be prevented from doing this by the mattresses aud stone, ami dumped material, from any source. Tho scour will be pre vented. 4QThe effect of this damming up the Southwest Pass will be, in a small de gree, to assist a flow towards the South Pass; but it will react and flow outatCubitt” Gap and the Pass-a- I’Outre and the Jump, anil, indeed, to make crevasses in the bank at all the low, narrow places; for the water, which accumulates here at the rate of two feet per second, and at four feet in high water, must exit some where. It cannot be poured through the canal they have been dredging, any more than 2,700 sections can be passed through two or three hun dred feet of canal. They cannot hur ry the water but by raising its source; and a few inohes, three or four at most, cannot affect the entire length of the South Pass. These struggles to overcome obsta cles of the nature found in the South Pass must not appeal to Southwest Pass for relief, since this is our only outlet for the commerce oE the Val iev of the Mississippi. Oar requirement, our demand is that the work of obstruction cease, and that the Jetty Company, or Mr. Eads, be compelled to remove all the obstructions he ha3 placed in the Southwest Pass, that it return to its normal condition and free efflux to he sea. THE TURKISH SITUATION. All.mvriCE ALMOST CERTAIN. Peace Probable. A Crl.l. IU tho Servian Mlnlfttry. London, Oct. 27.— Tho Standard’s Ragusa dispatch says tho complete failure of Dervish Pasha’s recent ac tion on tho southern frontier of Mon tenegro ends tho year’s campaign, as wlntor sets in. Moulctah Pasha will shortly withdraw to Trebinja. Der vish Pasha’s army is sadly demoral ized. Tho Catholic Albanians who joined tho Turkish standard have gone home. Tlit Post’s Berlin dispatch says Rounmuia has given assurances that her military measures were only the usual autumnal practice. A six weeks armistice, with pro longation if necessary,, is now con sidered assured. Tho Times’ Belgrade dispatch says, tho depression hero continues. We can’t help thinking wo are at the be ginning of the end. If the Russo-Ser vian army if left unaided, the Turk ish army will reach Belgrade. They are advancing slowly, but unless an armistice is secured, Tchernayeff will light to tlie Inst. London, Oct. 27.—A Vienna corres pondent of the Times confirms the capture of D’junis by the Turks. Un less tho armistice is cotfcluded, tho Serviang must move back from Alex inatz and Deligrade. London, Oct. 27. A Reuter dis patch from Paris says the Porte lias accepted I.guatifC’s six weeks armis tice. Rome, Oct. 27— Tlie Russian iron clad fleet will winter in Italian wa ters, with orders to proceed East in case it is needed. London, Oct. 27.—The Times’ Ber lin special says tho liberal news papers declare vigorously against tho establishment of Russian power in Turkey’s provinces, and urge the placing of reforms therein under Turkish control. London, Oet. 27.—There is a crisis in the Servian Ministry ; the Minister of War, Nicolich, has resigned in consequence of Gen. Tchernayeff’s arrogance. Prince Milan refuses to accept his resignation, but Nicolich peisists, and has tlie support of Prime Minister ltisticli and his col leagues. No war news received at Belgrade to-day. London, October 27.—The Pall Mali Gazette announces that the troop ship Himalaya is preparing to take six companies of royal engineers and two of tho transport companies to join tho Mediterranean fleet. A Berlin dispatch says an appa rently trustworthy announcement is made that Russia intimates a willing ness to accept tlie Porte’s latest ar mistice proposals, with modifications not calculated to imperil the desired result. Tho proposal to settle terms of peace at a which Tur key is not represented, is opposed by England and Italy. - Ntiiiivnn’s Case— Mucli Excitement. Chicago, Oct. 27.—Sullivan has been bailed in SB,OOO, by the court. He vigorously defended himself from tho accusations of Mr. Reed, and af firmed his belief that tho prisoner was rather wronged in the case. Berry, tho juryman who stood out for conviction, states that he was as sailed by jurymen in the vilest man ner ; that threats were made against his life if lie should persist, and that ho dared not sleep in the jury-room. Tho excitement over the case is on the increase in the city. ARCTIC EXPEDITION RETURNING. I'rotfre#* to the North Pole Impracti cable. London, Oct. 27.—The Press As sociation states that a telegram lias been received at Portsmouth an nouncing the return of the Arctic expedition under Capt. Nares, who reports progress to tho Nortli Polo impracticable. No land was seen northward of the highest point reached, namely 83° 20 min.; but in other respects the expedition was suc cessful. The fleet is at Vellentia. TtrrlMi. 1 Cyclone ami Floods in Cen tral America. Panama, Oct. 27.—8 y a cyclone over Central America on the 3rd and 4th inst., Managa, in Colorado, was in undated ; 400 houses were blown down; many drowned; damage $200,- 900. The town of Brewfeed, on the Mosquito coast, lost 300 houses. The lake steamer Commodore Adams was destroyed. Loss on the coffee crop is estimated at $3,000,000. About 200 lives wero lost. The whole district around was inundated. Cicn. Howard Sued for Swindling tlic Negroes. Washington, Oct. 27.—Suits have been entered by the United States against Gen. O. O. Howard as a de faulter of funds entrusted to him in connection with the Freedman’s Bu reau and the Howard University. Dne of the suits is for $150,000 and the other for $59,000. Table Damask, Towels and Napkins The best stock in the city at oets-eodtf Xtrven’s NEW YORK AROUSED, j Great Democratic Mooting in Uic City. UNION AND ENTHUSIASM. New York, Oct. 27.—Last night’s political display was tho most im posing ever witnessed in this city. Fully 60,000 men were i if line. The Democratic working men, regardless of local differences, were represented by their clubs. Tho demonstration commenced at half-past seven, and at one o’clock this morning Gov. Tilden was still in position, ia front of tlie Everett House, reviewing tho procession. There were hundreds of curious devices leprosenting tradi tions of the past and hopes for tho future. NEW YORK DETTINU POOL*. Tilden Stock Still 11 Iff Her. New York, Oct. 27.— There were largo investments in tho way of bets on tho Presidential election, last night, at botli Morrissey’s and John son’s. Pools on the general result opened close, but at 9 o’clock it was 200 to 175 in favor of Tilden. On the State, 1,000 to 400 in favor of Tilden. WASHINGTON NEWS. Washington, Oct. 27.—Silver dis bursements 21 millions. One hun dred thousand four-and-a-halfs sub stituted to-day. The stuns for which Gen. O. O. Howard is sued bear interest from 1865. JolinJ. Brooks, of Philadelphia, has been appointed Chief of Treasury Detectives. P. M. General Tigner has return ed. The Pennsylvania Fire Insurance Company, of Philadelphia, is insol vent. INDIAN TREATIES SIGNED. NOT TO BE REMOVED TO THE INDIAN TER RITORY. Yankton, Oct. 27.—Tho Indian Commissioners report that their mission was successful. AU the agencies on the Upper Missouri have signed, with, however, the stipula tion removing them to the Indian Territory erased. TELEGRAPHIC SUMMARY. Cincinnati, O. Oct. 27.—The busi ness portion of Boynoldsburg, inclu ding the Post-office, burned. Camden, Me. Oct. 27.—Schooner Chas- Heath with six persons, sup posed to be lost’ New York, Oct. 27.— The entire ex cise Board has been arrested, charged with granting liquor license to eating houses unlawfully. Paterson, N. J. Oct. 27— The freight train on the Now Jersey Midland road jumped tho track at Hawthorne bridge. The engineer fireman and conductor wero killed. New York, Oct. 27.— 1 t was the Con tinental Life Insurance Cos. which was placed in the hands of an a re ceiver. Not the Continental Fire In surance Cos. as erroneously supposed iu several places throughout tho country. Liverpool Cotton Brokers’ Clreulnr. Liverpool, Oct. 27. —Tlie Circular of Liverpool Cottcn Brokers says cot ton has been in unusually evtensive demand from the trade throughout the week, but considering the extent of the business only a very slight ad vance was established. American has been in very large de mand, and prices have advanced one sixth to Sone-eight for medium and lower grades. Sea Island has been in limited demand, but prices were finer’ In futures the transactions wore large and prices are about one-eight high er. Alabama State Grange Fair.— On Thursday, third day, the lirst prize in the pigeon shooting match was awarded to C. T. Pollard, jr.; the sec ond to Henry Carter; the third to W. J. Dickerson; and the fourth to J. P. Hough. The purse of $250 for trotting stal lions was won by Maj. Robinson’s Clinton; L. H. Curdy’s Jeff Davis second; and Beebe & Co.’s Fred Tyler third. Time, 3:2, 2:58, 3:00, 2:59, 3:00. The premium for the best colt un der two years old was awarded to D. C. Armstrong; second best, B. D. Matthews. Premium for best stallion of four years and over, to J. L. Tompkins; second best, John Leigh. Best mare, to Moore. Best thorough-bred stallion of four years and over, to James Porter. Best mare, to Brown. Best sad dle horse, to C. C. Stittman ; second best, to Powell. The Montgomery Advertiser says: “There was a large crowd at City Hall all day, and simply a crushing one at night. Commendation was on every lip, and the Fair pronounced a grand success. Love &. Wilson celebrated Belts will cure chills, correct deranged nervous systems, strengthen the appetite, and actively aid in restoring m paired health. For sale at apr2o tf M. D. Hood A Co.'s. j FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL. [BY TELEGRAPH TO IHE DAILY TIMES. MON BY AM) ftTOCKM. PARIS, Oct. 27,—Noon—Rentes 104f. 70c. NEW YORK, Oct. 27.-Noon-Gold opened 9%. LONDON, Oct. 27.—Noon—Consols 94 15-1 (J, NEW YORK, Oct. 27.—Noon—Stocks dull and lower; gold 10; oYcUaut'e, long, 4.80; short, 4.86; Governments active and steady; State bonds quiet. NEW YORK, Oct. 27.—Evening—Money easy, 2%a3; sterling 8; gold active 9%510; Govern ments dull and little better; new s’s 14%; States quiet and nominal. COTTOX. LIVERPOOL, Oct. 27. Noon—Cotton firm; middling uplands 6d; Orleans 6%d.; sales 16,- 000; speculation and exports 4,000; receipts 10,000; American 3,000. Futures offorinng free; uplands, low middling clause, January and February de livery 5 3 16*1, February and March 6d, Octo ber 6 31*32d, new crop, shipped December and January, per sail Gd. 1 p. m.—Uplands, low middling clause, new crop, shipped November and December, per sail, 5 31-32d. 3 r. m.—Sales American 8,000. 4 p. m.— Uplands, low middling clause, No vember and Decomber delivery 6 16-16d; new crop, shipped January and February, per Bail, 0 1-32d; October and November 6 3i-32d. 5 p. m,—Futures quiet and steady. NEW YORK, Oct. 27. Noon—Cotton quiet; sales 1,953; uplands 11; Orleans 11 3-16. Futures opeued easy; October 10%a15-16; November 10 3-32&11 1-32; December 11 3-10a7-32; January 11 7- 10al5-32; February 11 21-32ali-16; March 11 27-32a 29-32. NEW YORK, Oct 27.—Evening-Cotton steady, sales 1,717; middling llall 3-16. Net receipts I. gross 7,110, Futures closed firm, sales 21,- 500; October llal-32; November 11 1-32x1-16- De cember 11%, January 11 15 32; February 11 11-16a 23-32, March 11 29-32, April 12 3-32a%, May 12 9-32 ao-16, July 1219-32 u%, August 11 23-82a%, GALVESTON, Oct. 27.—Cotton steady, mid dling 10%; weekly net receipts 18,363, gross 18,- 480, sales 15,013, stock 67,800, exports Great Britain 1,895; France 3,023, Continent 680, coast wise 607. NORFOLK, Oct. 27.—Evening—Cotton firm; middling 10%; weekly net receipts 30,108; stock 28,633; net 4,878; sales 3544; exports Great Britain 6,430; coastwise 21,785. BALTIMORE, Oct. 27.—Evening—Cotton quiet; middling 10%; weekly net receipte 569; gross 6,- 485, stock 8,108;“ sales 3,685; spinners 1,171 ex ports Great Britain 1,057; Continent 300, coast wise 1,400, BOSTON, Oct. 27.—Evening—Cotton steady; middling 11; weekly net receipts 3,166; gross 7,396, stock 1,502, sales 800, exports to Great Brit ain 2,654. WILMINGTON, Oct. 26.—Evening Cotton nominal; middling 10a%; weekly net receipts 6,- 208 stock 14,767 ;sales 499; exports coastwise 1,639. PHILADELPHIA, Oct. 27.—Evening quiet; middling 11; weekly net receipts 1,089; gross 3,111, exports Great Britain 953. SAVANNAH. Oct. 27. Evening Cotton firm; middling 10%; weekly net ret eipts 20,896; gross 22,52'*; stock 70,441 sales 10.960; exports Great Britain 1,063, coastwiso 12,528. NEW ORLEANS, Oct. 27.—Evening Cotton strong; middling 10%; low middling|lo%, good ordinary 9% ; weekly net receipts 42,683; gross 61,461; stock 130,633; sales 40,700; exports Great Britain 6.800 France 37,403; Continent 252; coast wise 2,679. MOBILE, Oct. 27.—Evening—Cotton strong; middling 10%; weekly not receipts 16,034; sales 11, stock 29 991; exports Great Britain 3,439; coastwise 6,034; France 2,677. MEMPHIS, Oct. 27.—Cotton stron; middling 10%; weeks receipts 22,368; shipments 16,319; stock 26,115, sales 20,300. AUGUSTA. Oct. 27.—Cotton slightly easier; middling 10; weeks receipts 12,921; shipments 9,856, sales 10,984, spiiinners 886, stock 8,608. CHARLESTON, Oct. 27. Evening Cotton firm; middling 10% ; weeks receipts 26,976; stock 67,614, sales 18,500; exports Great Britain 3,28*, France 750; Continent 1,055, coastwise 6,034. MONTGOMERY, Oct. 27.—Cotton quiet and firm; middlings 10; weekly receipts 4,170; shipments 3,749; stock 6,695. MACON, Oct. 27.—Cotton firmer and good demand, middling weekly receipts 6,683; shipments 4,404; sales 4,820; stock 6,923. NASHVILLE, Oct. 27.—Cotton steady; middling 9%; weekly net receipts 3,099; shipments 1,495; sales 2, 33; spinners 129; stock 3,999. PROVIDENCE, Oct. 27.—Weekly not receipts 701; stock 6,000; sales 1.400. U-S* WEEKLY COTTON STATEMENT. Net receipts at U 9. ports for the week... 4.366 Total receipts since fceptember 1 39,982 Exports for the week 7,997 Epxortß to France 142 Continent. 671 Sales.... 11.680 Stock at all U. S. ports 10,168 Liverpool Weekly Settlement. Sales of week 110.800 Speculation , - 10,000 Exports 8,000 Stock at Liverpool 646,UQ0 St ck of American,actual count 197.000 Receipts of week 47,000 Receipts American I°6oo Actual exports 9,000 Cotton afloat for Great Britain 179,000 American afloat 98,000 fcC. NEW YORK, Oct. 27.—Noon—Flour dull and declining. Wheat quint and heavy. Corn dull anil declining. Porlt Arm, mesa *19.50. Lard steady 10. Turpcatluo firm 30. Rosin firm $2.00. Freights heavy. NEW YORK, Oct. 27.—Flour dull and without decided change In price, Southern flour quiet aud unchanged, Wheat without material change; moderate export aud milling demand. Corn, moderate export aud home trade demand; 58a60 tor ungraded Western mixed, 58 for yellow Southeru on dock. Oats iu active request. Coffee, ltto,quiet aud firm, 10*4a19>4 for gold car goes, 16).,820*4 for gold job lots. Sugar firm, but quiet, 9aq for lair to good refining; refined firmer, 10*4*11. Standard “A” molaases and grocery grades unchanged. Rico dull aud nom inal. Provisions unchanged. Pork firmer, new 17.5Ua1.8.20i,'; bulk shoulders 7*4, clear rib B*4; bacon shoulders 8a if, clear rib 10)4. Lard opened lower; afterward advanced; closed heavy; prime steam 9 95a10 05. Whiskey quiet and lower, 1-j Freights easier for grain. ST. LOUIS, Oct. 27. Evening Flour dull and lower; scarcely anything done; family *.5.758*6.00. Wheat lower; No. 2 rod fall $l.2BJ* ; No. B*l.lß. Corn quiet. 4S*4a*4. Oats steady. ,2*4. Ryu dull 6814. Barloy dull aud droop ing, primo to fancy Minn. 75a* 1.05. Pork strong and easier, *17.00. Lard quiet aud nominal, now 9.76; kettle 10 qalOjj. Bulk meatß easier, shoul ders 7; clear rib sides B*4; clear sides B*4. Ba con easier; shoulders 7%. clear rib sides 874a 9, clear Hides 9‘ 4 'a*4. Whiskey inactive aud lower, 18. Butter dull; choice Western reserve 20a21; Central Ohio 20a21. CINCINNATI, Oct, 27.—Evening—Flour quiet for sound fall grades; superfine fall *4.00a4.25, extra J4.45u4.75, double extra fall *5.00a5 50, treble extra 5.75aC.25. Wheat quiet and firm; No. 2 red fall *1.15a26; No. 8 do. *1.14>4. Corn fairly active and a shade higher, 47a48, new 34a36. Oats active, No. 2, 80a38. Rye firm and higher, 68!„. Barley, No. i fait I.oßaio. Pork firm, *16,50a75. Lard quiet, new eteam 9.45a 02*4, kettle 10aq. Bulk meats quiet; loose lots of shoulders 6*4, short rib middles 8, short clear middles 8' 4 a*4, packed lots of new shoulders 7, short rib middles B*4, short clear middles B*4; bacon quiet; shoulders 7*4, clear rib Bides 9, clear side* I'.qOtf. Whiskey quiet and weak, 10. Butter dull. LOUISVILLE, Oct. 27.—Flour in good de mand and full prices; extra *4.25a*4.60; family *5.0Ua55.25. Wheat steady; good red $1.15a *1.20; amber *1.20a*1.25; white *1.16*1.30. Corn quiet; white 48. mixed 46. llyo iu fair demand 08. Data in fair demand, white 36. mixed 84. Pork nominal. Bulk meats scarce and firm, no shoulders iu market, clear rib sides , clear sides 9. Bacon steady and in good de mand; shoulders 7**', clear rib sides 9>4, clear sides SIM. Sugar-cured hams 16*4. Lard in lair demind, but lower, tierce 11, keg 11*4, Whiskey unebrnged, Bagging in good demand, 12*4. BALTIMORE, Oct. 27.—Evening—Oafs lower; Southern primo 38. Rye dull, 58a62. Pro visions dull aud heavy; pork 17*4*74; bulk shoul ders 17.* 4 ', char rib B*4; bacon—shoulders 81 4 , clear rib 1.00;lard, refined, 11*.,a*4; coffee strong aud bouyant; 16*4*20; whiskey dull and lower. 14*4; sugar active aud firm, 11*4- Tlie Weather To-Day. Washington, Oct. 27.—For South rltlantic and Gulf States, steady fall ing barometer, easterly to southerly winds, warmer and clear weather will prevail, with possibly occasional rains. no. m