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WASHINGTON.
CHAMBERLAIN REFRACTORY.
Some Intrigue has Produced
the Change.
The Crntrnnlal s>trU holder* Not to
Grab the 51.500.000
OHAMHKIU.AIN’S COURSE DENOUNCED.
Washington, April B.—The indict
ment against Don Piatt for seditious
writing has been dismissed.
Uniform rate of twenty-five cents
for telegraph messages for all points
east of Omaha goes into effect to
morrow.
Washington, April 9.—lt is not ex
pected at the White House, that the
change policy of Chamberlain and his
party in South Carolina, will have
any serious effect in delaying pacifi
cation. There is much curiosity as to
the political clique which engen
dered the change. It is known
that before going North Gover
nor Cbumberlfiiu was contented
to allow the wishes of the President
to rule him. There has been an in
trigue. General polities are devoid
of interest, as all prominent appoint
ments are held as rewards for per
sonal support in carrying out the
views of the administration in re
spect to the pacification of Louisi
ana. jf
The tone of the papers in speaking
of the manoeuvres of Chamberlain
and Packard, which has heretofore
been one of gentle ridicule, is be
coming threatning.
Washington, April 9.—Caleb Cush
ing had a farewell audience with tho
King of Spain, Saturday.
Legal tender notes hereafter re
ceived in exchange for silver, will be
held as a separate fund, to be issued
only in exchange or in redemption of
silver.
The Star, closing an article cap
tioned “Chamberlain’s New Atti
tude,” says : It is stated Gov. Cham
berlain and those who will stand by
him have one or two objects in view;
first, either to force President Hayes
to directly recognize Hampton, if he
means to give him the aid and com
fort of the Administration—or, fail
ing to do this, to have the question
referred to Congress at its special
session for such legislation as tho
urgency of the situation demands.
The hope seems to be that if a
political debate is started in
Congress, that the delay will cause
a reaction in sentiment favorable to
Chamberlain, and possibly induce
Hampton to foTego pledges he made
to President Hayes and attempt to
gain by force or coup d’etat what
would involve tedious delay through
the forms of law.
The Supreme Court decides the mill
ion and a half appropriated to the
Centennial reverts to the United
States. and was not properly the
stockholders.’ This reverses the de
cision of the lower court and de
presses Centennial stock over 50 per
cent.
A dispatch from Sheridan confirms
the report that Crazy Horse is com
ing in, and Sitting Bull moving to
ward Canada.
Five colored men from Richmond
called on the President, urging that
Miss Van Lew, be succeeded by
Mills as Postmaster.
Appointments— Alonzo Bell, Assis
tant Secretary Interior; James Gil
cherist. Surveyor Customs, Wheel
ing, Va.
The President will have a summer
residence at the Soldiers’ Home
grounds, near the city.
Hayes hereafter will refer office
seekers to heads of Departments.
Clerk Adams’ roll of the House at
present shows nine seats held open
for contest, viz: Louisiana 2; Florida
and Missouri 2; South Cardinal Co
lorado 2; California 1.
The Star, elsewhere than in its gos
sip, says editorially: The indications
are that Chamberlain and Packard
have been advised to stick by some
of the Northern extremists of the Re
publican party. The sudden change
in Chamberlain’s views and the an
nouncement that he has decided to
hold on to his office of Governor till
ejected by legal process. i3 looked
upon as a offering proof that he has
been put up to this course by some
persons in the background ; but it i3
pretty certain that his backing does
not embrace any considerable por
tion of even the pronounced Repub
licans.
The New York Timet, which has
been the vigorous exponent of
straight Republicans, gives Cham-
berlain the cold shoulder in his re
sistance policy.
There are Republicans at the North
as well as at the South, that paper
says, who for obvious reasons desire
to perpetuate the Southern question,
with all its embarrassments, as an
element in national politics. Any
settlement which shall remove the
question from the partisan’s arena,
is to politicians of this class a griev
ance of the first water. To their
efforts may be traced the attempt to
Induce Mr. Chamberlain and his as
sociates to interpose all possible hin
drances to the legal measures which
may be taken for the confirmation
of Mr. Hampton’s authority conse
quent upon th 6 removal of the troops
from the State House. Whether
such proceedings lead to strife and
bloodshed is to these desperate parti
sans a matter of trifling moment.
Their sole object is to create excite
ment which might revive partisan
passion throughout the North and
South frustrate the conciliatory pol
icy of President. Mr. Chamberlain
will disappoint us ff he lend himself
to any of these schemes. The sym
pathy he felt for him will be destroy
ed if he prolong a contest, which, in
existing circumstances can have but
one end.
As regards the Louisiana case, the
Times says that the complications
are more serious, and that unless
both parties recede a little from the
extreme position they have assumed,
the commission will leave New Or
leans without accomplishing any
thing. But it holds that the duty of
the President as he interprets is in
bo manner identified with the main
tenance of Mr. Packard in an office
whose functions he is unable to per
form, and a brief order to tbe troops
will leave him helpless.
These views, deprecating the poli
cy of assistance, coming from a Re
publican paper of the standing of
the Times have significance.
Tne President has to this hour re
ceived nothing substantial from the
Louisiana Commissioners.
Mr. L. M. Hoster, postmaster at
Louisville has resigned to take effect
July first.
Schurz has returned.
There are some fifty poetoffice
changes and re-appointments. The
only oue however affecting the South
is that in Arkansas.
The President is constantly receiv
ing letters from all parts of the
oountry—writers being of both polit
ical parties, approving his adminis
tration policy. It is not supposed in
high official quarters that Chamber
lain will make as determined oppo
sition to his supercedure in office as
has been anticipated by the press.
Just previous to his departure for
South Carolina he showed a disposi
tion to yioid to the pressure against
him, but nevertheless he will resort
to such means as will with a show of
law relieve him from his present
position with appearing too readily
to submit.
Gen. Mam C>My In Trouble.
New Yoke, April !).—A special to
the Times from Cincinnatisaysa case
of some interest, involving the char
acter cf Qen. Sam T. Casey has just
been decided in tbe courts here. The
suit was based upon the charge that
Gen. Casey had taken advantage of
the confidence reposed in him by a
number of individuals who made
heavy investments on the Colorado
mine. The court found that Gen. Ca
sey had agreed with his associates
and partners in the enterprise to buy
the mine for their own common ben
efit, for $50,000. He took the money
to buy it as their agent, and bought
it for $22,000, and divided the balance
between himself and his nephew's.
The balance of the $28,000, the court
decided, must be accounted for-by
Casey to the subscribers of the stock.
The New England Methodlet*.
Roundont, N. Y., April 9.—The
New York Methodist Conference to
day adopted the following resolu
tion :
“While under ordinary circumstan
ces we should decline to discuss the
political affairs of the nation, we
deem that the present emergency call
for an expression of confidence in the
upright inteutions and statesman
like purpose of President Hayes’
friends, believing that the policy thus
far adopted of conciliation towards
those formerly in rebellion and good
will towards those formerly in bon
dage, cannot fail to advance the wel
fare of the nation, and the interest of
God’s kingdom.”
A copy of the resolution was or
dered to be sent to President Hayes.
THE EASTERN QUESTION.
London, April 9. —The Berlin cor
respondent of tbe Times announces
that in compliance with a request
of the Czar,the Porte consents first to
disarm.
A special telegram from Cettenji
announces that an expectation
against the Moridates has left Scuta
ri.
Jail Burnt at Uonyrr*, Ga.
Atlanta, April 9.— The jail was
burned at Conyers, Ga.. last night.
There were only two negro prisoners,
both burned to death. It is supposed
the negroes set it on fire to escape.
Every effort to save them wa3 made.
COLUMBUS, GA.. TUESDAY MORNING, ABRIL 10, 1877.
TKI.KGKAPHIO HIUNMAKY.
.—, .
Philadelphia --Three hundrud and
fifty delegates from forty divisions of
the locomotive brotherhood from
other cities and Canada met yester
day, and promised support in case
of a strike, or dischargeikon account
of connection with the brotherhood.
Paris— Gregory Ganesco, newspa
per publisher and politician, is dead.
Northfiei.d, Mass. -The American
knife factory burned; 100 employees
ousted.
New York— Rev. Dr. Win. Augus
tus Muhlewbery is dead.
New York—The coal league agreed
to advance coal fitly cents per ton on
June Ist.
Washington— An investigation of
the New York Custom House is
ordered. It is expected to ventilate
practices whereby it is possible to sell
silks in New York, below their im
port cost.
Zanesville, Ohio— Window glass
blowers threaten a strike for wages.
Hravy norm.
Norfolk, April 9.— A fearful north
east storm prevailed here last night
and to-day, and is still ragiQg to
night. More than two inches of rain
fell, and houses near the wharves are
rurrounded and partly submerged by
tho highest tide known in many
years. Damage to property' amount
to SIO,OOO.
Portsmouth ferry boats are obliged
to stop running.
The Baltimore and New York
steamers did not leave on time and
will not start till the stream abates.
No marine disasters reported.
WEATHER INBICATIONS.
War Department, j
Office of Chief Signal Officer, >
Washington, April 9, 1877. )
For South Atlantic States, rain
followed by clearing aud slightly
warmer weather, north to west
winds, and low but rising baiometer.
ship News.
New York, April 7.—Arrived out: Nor
ton. Schiller, Scurnakerr, Dakota, Lake
Neplgon.
WENHKI.L, PIIIUIII’S AGAIN.
‘‘look out for a volcano in the
north when hell opens in
THE SOUTH.”
Boston Cor. of the New York Herald.]
Correspondent—What do you
think, sir, of Wade Hampton?
Mr. Phillips—lu every sentence he
has uttered ou his way to Washing
ton I can hear the crack of the old
slave-holding whip. Since 1860 I
iiuve not heard the crack of that
whip until Hampton sent that inso
lent letter to Grant. If we had to
day a man in the White House.
Hampton would never be admitted
there after such insolence. If I read
the signs correctly, the people have
more self-respect than Hayes has,
and he will soon hear a warning
growl along the ground tier.
Correspondent—Why not wait, sir,
and let the Administration have time
to try its experiment?
Mr. Philips—For two reasons. The
President’s friends have sold us out.
It is no experiment, but a treacherous
bargain, and, besides, the steps they
are going to take are very perilous,
aud oooe taken are irrevocable.
There is no doubt of the bargain that
sold us out. The Republican papers
very properly held Tilden responsible
for his nephew’s (Pelton’s) acts,
though Tilden never knew each de
tail. So I hold Hayes responsible
for his friends when they sold him
out to the white South. The bargain
is plain. On the oue side tho Demo
crats were to stop filibustering and
let Hayes be counted in. On his side
bis frieuds agreed to withdraw the
troops; second, to recognize Nichoils
and Hampton as Governors- third,
to charter the Sourhern Pacific Rail
way, giving away millions of national
acres and millions of national bonds.
This last item won Jay Gould and his
pocketpiece, the Tribune. Wo shall
see the bargain carried out soon.
This delay and Commission are only
to let us down easily and accustom
tho public mind to the descent.
The troops once withdrawn, blood
and starvation will rule the
South. There will be no Republi
can State south of the Potomac. Of
course, no Democratic Governor or
Legislature will ever call for the na
tional troops, and hpnee no soldier
can cross the sacred boundary line of
a State. Henry Wilson confessed to
me that our great mistake was in lift
ing those territories, after the war,
into States. Then there will be a
“Solid South”—the old slave power
under anew name. The next Con
gress and the next President will be
Democratic unless the North becomes
a volcano. Then you will see mil
lions added to the national debt, in
the shape of pensions to Confederate
soldiers, loans to Southern States and
railways, payment of half the State
debts* etc. When that hell opens,
you will see Hill and Lamar put off
their company clothes and their dis
guise of good behavior. They will ap
pear in their own proper persons.
You will not see Lamar, the actor,
performing rhetoric over Sumner’s
dead body. But you will hear La
mar, the Southern white, shameless
ly proclaiming in excuse for that
eulogy of Sumner, “You under
stand. I saw the carcass and used it
to hoodwink the Yankees.”
Formal Olebrailon ol the Opening ol a
Narrow-Gauge llallroad.
Special telegram to the Dispatch. 1
Orange Courthouse, April 4.—The
opening of the Royal Land Com
pany’s Narrow-Gauge railroad from
Fredericksburg to Orange Courthouse
was formally celebrated to-day by a
visit from citizens of Fredericksburg
and Harrisonburg upon invitation of
the road and the corporate authori
ties of this place. Judge John
Chritcber or Westmoreland, Judge
H. T. O’Ferrall and Senator John Fi.
Roller of Rockingham, Hon. J. B.
Sener, Lieutenant-Governor John L.
Marye, and a number of other leading
citizens of Fredericksburg, are pres
ent. The entertainment of visitors
is bountiful and hospitable, and there
is general rejoicing at the opening of
the road otid its probable eaily ex
tension to Harrisonburg.
A GEORGIA “J ARNDYCF.” CANE.
Under this heading the Perry
Home Journalot a recent date, prints
some facts in regard to perhaps the
oldest law suit on the dockets of the
Georgia courts, being the case of
Hughes Walton, administrator, vs.
Seaborn C. Bryan. These fads are
furnished by Judge Killen. It seems
that in 1847, Joseph Nunez, of Burke
county, who was a free person of
color, died intestate, leaving his wife,
Patience, and five children, said wife
aud children Deing also his slaves,
aud in his possession at the time of
his death. They were then taken
possession of by A. M. Urquhart,
(pronounced Elkert,) uudera deed of
gift, purportiug to have been made
by Nunez, shortly before bis death,
who sold to Mr. Seaborn C. Bryan,
of Houston county. Hughes Walton
administered on the estate of Nunez
iu Burke, aud brought an action of
trover against Bryan to the April
term 1851, of Houston Superior Court.
At the April term 1853, judgment was
rendered for the plaintiff, which was
reversed by the Supreme Court writ
of error, aud anew trial granted.—
14 Georgia Reports, 185.
At the April term, 1856. the case
came on aguin for trial, which result
ed as before iu a judgment for the
plaiutiff. This judgment was also
reversed by the Supreme Court—2o
Ga. 480. Again at the April term,
1859, another trial was had, and the
plaintiff obtaiued judgment in the
alternative for the value of the pro
perty, $6,200, to be discharged by de
livering up the property, Patience
and her children, iu thirty days, and
$3,820 for hire. From that judgment
an appeal was taken to the Supreme
Court, but the writ of error was dis
missed, and the judgment of the
Court below stood affirmed—3o Ga.
834.
The defendant then filed a bill in
equity for anew trial and to renew
the case, which bill was dismissed on
demurrer; aud to the judgment of
dismissal a writ of error was taken to
the Supreme Court, but the judgment
was affirmed—Sup. 33 Ga. 11. An ex
ecution was then issued, which re
mained inactive until June, 1873,
when a return nulla bona was made
by the Sheriff of Houstou county. In
July, 1873, the Sheriff of Macon coun
ty levied tbe execution ou certain
property in Macon county. Defend
ant then filled an affidavit of illegali
ty. Hughes Walton was removed
from the administration of the estate
of Nunez on account of the in
sufficiency of his bond, and Joseph
A. Shewmake, of Burke county, ap
pointed iu his place; aud in 1874, de
fendant Bryant died, and'Newt. T.
Johnson, of Bibb, aud Win. Bryan,
of Terrell county, qualified as his ex
ecutors. Johnson and Wm. Bryan
were made defendants on scire facias
and the motion to make Shewmake
plaintiff in place of Walton was re
sisted by them.
Previous to the death of Seaborn C.
Bryan a garnishment was served on
Hardin T. Johnson, of Bibb' county,
as President of the Planters Ware
house Company, wtio answered that
said Company was indebted to Bry
an in the sum of $3,800 or 4,000, and
judgment was rendered against him
for that amount. Defendants then
filed a bill to enjoin proceedings
under said executions in Bibb supe
rior court, alleging that Seaborn C.
Bryan left a widow and grand chil
dren dependent on his estate forsup
port; that tho executions were not
valid, being for a slave debt; that the
administration on the estate of a free
uegro was unauthorieed by law, and
that the children of Nunez and his
wife, Patience, were enti led to his es
tate by descent, and that they could
not recover|for their own conversion.
To this bill Shewmake demurred,
which demurrer was overruled by
Judge Hill, and the injunction grant
ed.
The case again went to the Su
preme Court, and the judgment re
versed on the ground that the bill
should have been brought in Hous
ton and not in Bibb county. The case
was then dismissed and anew bill
tiled to tbe May term, 1877, of Hous
ton Superior Court, praying for the
injunction as before. Judge Killen
drafted a demurrer and an answer to
this bill on Wednesday of last week.
On the 30th of March the counsel for
both parlies met in Mason to argue
the demurrer, but a compromise was
agreed upon, and the old case, so far
as the original parties are concerned,
is at an end, having been pending
for twenty-six years and having been
to the Supreme Court five times.—
Atlanta Const. _
The ttpeakerslilp.
Special to the N. O. Democrat.]
Washington, April 6. Garfield,
who is here, says that he has a letter
from Foster, in which the latter
abandons bis aspirations for the
Speakership, and agrees to support
Barfield for that position. If this be
true, it goes a great way to dispose of
the movement to break up the Dem
ocratic caucus, and to insure the
Democratic organization of the
House. Foster could have got a con
siderable Southern support, partly
because of his liberalism and partly
because the carpet-baggers in Repub
lican caucus would have bolted him,
Garfield can get the support of car
pet-baggers, but it is difficult to
imagine how any Southern man
could vote for him.
He has not only been one of the
most malevolent of the bloody shirt
tribe of tbe Radicals, but he has also
been involved in half a dozen most
disreputable steals from the Credit
Mobilier and the street paving ring
of Washington. His receipt of a five
thousand dollar bribe from the last
named ring has been not only proven
against him, but confessed by him.
The trouble with Foster is his
modesty. He can always be crowded
out of the way by any cheeky politi
cian who talks loud and makes great
pretensions. He is the only Repub
lican in tbe new House who could
hepe to make any break in tne Dem
ocratic lines, and bis withdrawal, if
it be a fact, settles the movement in
that direction. However, Garfield is
such a liar, that I would rather see
the letter than take his word for it.
Buell.
There is a ’“corner” in marriages in New
Castle. And thus it happened: The young
damsels signed a pledge to the effect that
they “will not court nor marry any young
man who drinks any intoxicating liquors
or uses tobacco,” and the young men of
the same place say they “will neither court
nor marry any young lady who laces, pads,
wears a big bustle, palpitator or, other
patent appliance as an Improvement on
nature.” This his “cast a gloom” over
social life in that vicinity. It’s a fine
thing tor the billiard rooms and sewing
societies.
Hrlde and Groom a Century Alto.
To begin willi the lady. Her locks were
strained upward over an immense cushion
that sat like an incubus on her head, and
plastered over with a show of white pow
der. Tbe height of Ibis tower was some
thing over a foot. One singlo white rose
bud lay on top, like an eagle on a hay
stack. Over her neck and bosom was
folded a lace handkerchief, fastened in
front with a bosom pin containing her
grandfather’s miniature, set in virgin gold.
Her airy form was braced up in a satin
dress, the sleeves as tight as the natural
skiti of the arm, with a waist formed by
a bodice worn outside, whence the skirt
flowed oft', and was distended at the top
by an ample hoop. Shoes of white kid
with peaked toes, and heels of two or
three inches elevation, enclosed her feet
and glitered with spangles, as her little
pedal members peeped curiously out.
Now for tfie swain. His hair was sleeked
back and plentifully befloureil, while his
queue projected like the handle of a skil
let. liis coat was a sky-blue silk, lined
with yellow; his long vest of white satin,
embroidered with gold lace; his breeches
of the same material, and tied at the knee
with pink ribbon. White silk stockings
and pumps, with laces and ties of the
same hue, completed the habiliments
ol his nether limbs. Lace ruffles clus
tered around his wrists,and a portentous
frill, worked in correspondence, and bear
ing the miniature of his beloved, finished
his truly genteel appearance.
The Incoming Cotton Crop.— The
Cotton Record, of the 29th, says:
It is hardly ever wise to make any
statements as to the out-turn of the
crop, for experjeoce teaohes, in al
most euery case, that estimates even
at this period of the year often turn
out miscalculations, but we think
that errors are less likely to be com
mitted this season, in view of the
crop having been marketed so freely
—and we venture to name a maximum
figure for the receipts at the ports,
believing the machinery at our com
mand, unequalled by auy other au
thority. The most reliable data
gives 75.000 bales as still remaining
on the 28th of March on plantations
and points outside of the interior
towns, to which we add their stock: of
157,000, and we have 232,000 yet to re
ceive, which would make the total
at the ports 3,935,444 bales ; these are
outside figures, so that under no cir
cumstances can the total crop be over
4,400,000 bales.
Mr. Tilden and Hie quo Warranto,
A New York dispatoh to the Phila
delphia Times says that gentlemen
fully in the confidence of Gov. Tilden,
and fresh from an interview with
him, aver that the institution of legal
proceedings to oust President Hayes
has been strongly advocated by Da
vid Dudley Field, and freely discussed
by the friends of Mr. Tilden. but that
Mr. Tilden himself has neverthougbt
of such a thing. Mr. Tilden said to
day that he had never, directly or in
directly, advised such proceeding or
encouraged it. Mr. Field urged that
the evidence is certainly attainable
by the overthrow of the Chamberlain
and Packard governments, which
would establish Mr. Tilden’s claim
beyond a doubt before any judicial
tribunal. Mr. Tilden, however,stead
ily discountenances the idea, and of
course nothing will be done against
his protest. He says, in so many
words, that any attempt to question
Mr. Hayes’ right, in view of the pres
ent situation, would be an assault up
on the tranquility of the country.
Win* In He?
Baltimore Sun's Washington Letter, 6th.]
Among the callers on the President
to-day was an old man who lives at
Walton, near Savannah, Ga. He told
the President that there was a great
deal of illicit distilling in his section,
and that the men who owned the dis
tilleries suspected him of giving in
formation to the internal revenue
officers, and that for several months
they had been trying to ku-klux him,
and that just before he left his home
they fired at him, wounding one of
his children. The President told him
that he should have informed the
authorities of his treatment instead
of coming all the way to Washington.
The old man told the President he
walked every foot of the way, start
ing from his home on the third Sat
urday in February, arriving here yes
terday. Tbe President gave him a
note addressed to the United States
Marshal at Atlanta, requesting him
to investigate the case. As he was
leaving the executive office, Mr. Rog
ers, the President’s private secretary,
handed him a five dollar note. Tne
old man, who was attired in a but
ternut suit, had a canteen and haver
sack hung on his side. He also had
an army blanket and a large umbrel
la. In case he cannot get transpor
tation from the Treasury Depart
ment, he will have to walk all the
way back, which will take him about
forty days. He will leave here to
morrow.
A Sensible Governor.
Whether Gov. Hampton was legally elec*
ted or not, it is very certain that he has
shown some claim to deserve an election by
the plain and honest manner in which he has
carried on the government of the State thus
far. The State Capitol is in the second
story of a plain brick building; its furniture
and outfit would not bring $25 at auction,
and the Executive Chamber is indicated by
a card on the door, with the legend,‘“Gover
nor’s Room —Walk in." The visitor who
accepts this hospitable invitation finds a ta
ble, a chair and a desk, with a separate pig
eon-hole for each one of the great offices of
State. The recent session of the Legislature
cost the tax payers S9,JOU, or some $291,-
OUO less than the average cost of it3 prede
cessors, and it is said that there is not a sin
gle State official who is paid $3,000 a year
to pick his teeth, while his deputy does the
work for $1,200.
This is a return to first principles which
will be appreciated by the afflicted tax pay
ers of South Carolina, and which deserves
approval from the whole country. We have
given one side of the South Carolina situa
tion, bul we are not disposed to withhold
ihe proper meed of approval from our polit
ical opponents. On the contrary, we are
free to say that if a few of Hampton’s p*e ie
cessors bad been willing to sit down on (heap
chairs, write on pine wood tables, and carry
on legislative sessions at an expense of less
than SIO,OOO, lhe unhappy Palmetto State
might have secured good government with
out running the risk of sacrificing personal
liberty. We are even willing to learn from
our enemies, and if we cite the example of
Hampton in this matter of spending money,
we do it with the hope that it will be more
widely followed than has hitherto been the
case.
A Stale as wealthy, as free from debt and
as lightly tajed as the State of Illinois, may
very properly erect a monumental Slate
House, if it is very sure that it will not be
ashamed of it as an architectural monstros
ity when it is built, and may combine the
gorgeousness of a Mississippi steamboat
cabin and of a Chicago sample room in the
decorations, furniture and fittings of its leg
islative and executive quarters if it wishes
to do so. But there are very lew States as
favorably sitaated as the State ot Illinois,
and the Southern States especially have paid
so dearly ,for bad government that every
dollar of useless expense is as sinful as if it
were stolen. Until they work out their bus
iness solvency, pine tables and wooden-seat -
ed chairs ought *o l>e the rule, and the Gov
ernor who uses two desks to hold Ihe arch
ives of the State when one would suffice
ought to be impeached. Hampton will pro
bably move into better quarters immediately
upon his arrival in Columbia, but he can not
do better than carry his battered second
hand furniture with him, if only as a remin
der of the kind of an adminietration that is
needed now in South Carolina and else
where.—St. Louis Globe Democrat. (Repub
icon.) I
The Hewing; Mnolilne Mwlnrtlr,
New York Herald.]
Judge decisive action in
a sewing machine case tried before
him in Brooklyn vrill be very gener
ally commended. The agent of a
sewing machine company had sold a
machine to a person on what is
known as a “lease.” The payments
under such a sale are to be made by
installmouts, but the machine Is only
“leased” to the purchaser, the pay
ments are designated “rent,” and
when default is made, if even on the
very last installment, the ageut stops
in, reclaims the machine and retains
all tbe money that has been paid
upon it. This one-sided bargain is a
cheat on its face, and besides a largo
addition is generally made to the hon
est price of the machine when thus
sold ou time. In the Brooklyn ease
tho purchaser .had paid SBO,
when, failing in meeting an install
ment, the machine was seized aud
carried off by the agent. The victim
ized) purchaser brought suit, to re
cover the amount he had paid.
Judge Gilbert immediately directed
the not unwilling jury to give the
plaintiff a verdict for the full amount
with interest. The counsel for the
company pleaded for delay. “Not
an instant,” is their reply when a
purchaser a3ks for time. The Brook
lyn decision will probably encourage
a number of persons who have lost
both their money and macoines by
such sharp practice to attempt to
recover either the one or the other.
Prof.—“ln this life, when one man
does wrong we all suffer for it. If a stu
dent should do wrong, and an accouut of
il get in the papers, we should all suffer.
That will not be so in the future life.”
Student—Because the newspaper man
won’t be there.
There are intimations that General
Joseph E. Johnston could be induced to
accept the position of President of the
East Tennessee University.
FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL.
BY TELEGRAPH TO THE DAILY TIMES.
MONUY AND STOCKS.
LONDON. April 9.—Noon—Console 96%. Erie
6%. Street rat# 1%, whieh is % below banka
rate.
Business in the Stock Exchange te-day is stag
nant, Russian and Turkish seerrities are very
flat,
4:00 I*, m.—Consols 96 9-16,
PARIS, April 9.—1:30 P. m.—Rentes 108f. aud
30c.
4:00 p. m.—Rentes 108f. aud 82%c.
NEW YORK, April 9.—Noon—Gold opened
105.
NEW YORK, April 9.—Noon—Stocks active,
unsettled, feverish and lower; money 3; gold 6;
exchange long, 4.86; short, 4.88; State bonds
firm; Governments strong.
NEW YORK, April 9. Eveuing Money
2%©3; sterling strong at 6%; gold firmer at
5%©5%; Governments dull and steady—new
s’s ll, 1 * ; States quiet and nominal.
COTTON.
LIVERPOOL, April 9. —Noon—Cotton weak;
middling uplands 6 3-16d, Orleans G7-16d; sales
8,000, speculation and export 1000, receipts —;
American—.
Futures quiet at Saturday night's prices; up
lands, low middling clause, April and May deliv
ery, 6 l-16d; June and July 6 9-32d, July and Au
gust 6 11-32d.
2:30 p. af.—Uplands, low middling clause, ship
ped March and April per sail 6 7-26d.
3:00 p. m.—Sales of American 625.
8:30 p. m.—Uplands, low middling clause, April
and May delivery 6 3-32©1-l6d, July aud August
6%d.
6 .00 p. m.—Futures closed steady at l-32d de
cline; uplands, low middling clause, June and
July delivery, 6 9-32©6%d.
NEW YORK, April 9. Noon —Cotton .quiet;
uplands 11%; Orleans 11#; sates 152.
Futures opened shade easier, as follows: April
11.35(f5.38; May 11.43(0.46; June 11.66©.G0; July
11.71(0 73; August 11.80(0.83.
NEW YORK, April 9. - Evening Cotton
quiet; middling uplands 11%; Orleans 11%;
sales 326; net receipts 90; gross 720.
Consolidated net receipts 8779; exports to
Great Britain 11,318. to France 7675; to Continent
9433; to channel 1108.
Futures closed steady; sales 50,000; April 11.33
(gi.35; May 11.40©.4i; June 11.66; July 11.68;
August 11.78©.79; September 11.64(066; Octo
ber 11.48(0.50; November 11.39(0.40; December
11.40©.41; January U.84©.52.
GALVESTON, April 9.—Cotton quiet; middling
11%; net receipts 606; grass 607, sales 863; ex
ports to Groat Britain —; France —, to channel
103; coastwise 197.
NORFOLK, April 9. Evening Cotton
dull; middling 10%@11; net receipts 885; gross
—, sales 225; spinners—; exports to Great Brit
ain —; coastwise 995.
BALTIMORE, April 9.—Evening Cotton
dull; middling 11%; net receipts 44; gross 1229;
sales 110; spinners—; exports to Great Britain—,
coastwise 450.
BOBTON, April 9. Evening—Cotton quiet;
middling 11%; net receipts 305; gross 1850;
sales —; exports to Great Britain —.
WILMINGTON, April 9.—Evening CettoL
dull and nominal; middling 11; net receipts 99;
sales —; exports to Great Britain —, coastwise
PHILADELPHIA, April 9.—Evening—Cotton
quiet; middling 11%; net receipts 33; gross
42; sales to spinners 216; exportß to Great
Britain —.
HAVANNAn, April 9.—Evening— Cotton dull;
middling 11%; net receipts 1618; gross 1693;
sales GOO; exports to Great Britain —; to con
tinent —; to channel —; coastwise 1772.
NEW ORLEANS, April 9. Evening—Cotton
quiet; middling 11%; low middling 10%; good
ordinary 9%; net receipts 811; gross 2320; sales
3200. exports to Great Britain 4826; to France
to Continent 1588; coastwise —.
MOBILE, April 9.—Cotton weak; middling 10%;
net receipts 70; gross—; sales 600; exports to
Great Britain—; to France —, to Continent —;
to channel —; coastwise 885,
MEMPHIS, April 9.—Evening— Cotton dull;
middling 11; receipts 657; shipments 808; sales
600.
AUGUSTA. April 9.—Cotton dull, entirely
nominal; middling 11; receipts 64; sales 164,
CHARLESTON, April 9. Evening Cotton
dull; middling 11%, net receipts 193; sales 500;
exports to Great Britain —; to France —; to
continent 114; coastwise 263.
PROVISIONS. AC.
NEW YORK, April •.—Noon - Flour shads
firmer. Wheat l(02o better. Corn advancing.
Pork firm at sl4 90. Lard firm, steam $9,87%.'
Freights heavy.
NEW YORK, April 9. Evening Flour •
s©i()c better, moderate export and fair trade
demand; superfine Western and State $6 40©
$6.60, common to fair, extra do., $6.96©57.T6,
good to choice do., $7.80©510.00, Southern flour
firmer; commou to fair extra $6J0©57.26; good
to choice do., $7.60@59.00. Wheat, spring,
irregular and unsettled, %c lower; winter, quiet
aud very firmly held; No. 2, red Western, a 1.45
©6O, white Western $1.61. Corn l©l%c better,
active export aud trade demand : ungraded Weet
ern.mixed 55@56%, yellow do., 68, white 67. yel
low Southern 68%©59, old Western mixed, in
Atore 66©67%. Oats about lc higher; mixed
Western and State 39©64. Coffee, Rio, quiet,
moderate den and—l6%©2o% for gold cargoes,
16%C022 for gold job lots. Sugar dull; 8%@8%
for fair to good refining 9, prime Musoovado 8%
©B%; refined, 10% for standard A, granulated
aud powdered 11,11% for ctushed. Molasses
grocery grades quiet, at 38(066 for New Orleans.
Rice firm and in lair demand; Carolina 6(06,
Louisiana 4%©6%. Pork opened easier and
higher, closed heavy; new mess $16.00©515.60.
Lard Queued firm, closed dull and heavy—prime
steam $9.85. Whiskey shade firmer at 8, Freights
to Liverpool, cotton per sail % per steam %.
CINCINNATI, April 9. Evening Flour
strong; family $7.20©57.40; superfine fall $5.25
©SO, extra $5.76©56.15, double extra do., $6.36
(050, treble extra do., $5.60. Wheat excited: red
$1.60(01.68. Corn strong at 42@45. Oats quiet
and firm at 36©40. Rye quiet and firm at 76©76.
Barley dull; prime iall 00(a 75. Fork firm; held
at $15.00. Lard firmer, fight offerings, steam
$9.60, kettle $10.25©510.76. Bulk meats in fair
demaod, offerings moderate—shoulders $5.60©
$5.12%, short rib sides $7.60©62%, short clear
sides $7.87%. Bacon quiet but firm—6%, 8%,
and 8%. for shoulders, clear rib aud clear sides.
Whiskey strongat 4. Butter dull and heavy;
choice Western reserve 20©22, Central Ohio
20© 22.
LOUIBViLLE, April 9.—Flour in active demand
and higher; extra $5.76©56,00; family $6.26©
$6.50. Wheat active; red $1.55, amber $1.65,
white $1.65. Corn dull; No. 1, white 44. mixed
42. Rye dull at 76. Oats quist—No. 1, white 44.
mixed 39. Provisions iu fair demand. Pork
firm at $14.26©514.60. Bulk meats firm—s%,
7%, and 8, for shoulders, clear rib and clear sides.
Bacon in fair demand—s6.l2%, $8.40(050, and
$8.65©76, for shoulders, clear rib, ciear sides.
Hugar-cured bams 14. Lard in good demand at
fuliprieees; choice leaf in tierce 10% do., in
kegs 11%. Whiskey steady at 1.04. Bagging
quiet at 12%©13.
BT. LOULB, April 9.—Evening—Flour stronger,
upward tendeucy for medium and choice extras,
which are scarce; superfine fall $6.60©56.00;
extra do., $6.40©56.80; double extra do., $7.00©
$7.25, treble extra do., $6.85©57.00. Wheat ex
cited and higher—No. 2, red fall $1.61 bid, No.
3, do., $1.57%©59. Corn active and higher—No.
2, mixed. 41%. Oats higher—No. 2, 38. Rye
higher at 68%@68 bid. Barley steady; strictly
prime to choice Minnesota 90. Whiskey steady
at 4. Pork firmer at $14.50. Lard dull, offered
at 9%. Bulk meats inactive—clear rib sides 7%
asked. Bacon quiet—6%©s%, 8%©8%, and 8%
©% for shoulders, clear rib and clear sides.
BALTIMORE, April 9. Oats fairly active and
firm, Southern prime 43(045. Rye steady at 72
©75. Provisions quiet and heavy. Pork $15.00
(0$ 16.25. Bacon—shouldera 6%, clear rib 9©9%.
Hams 14%. Lard, refined 10%. < offee quiet;
jobs 15%@20%. Whiskey quiet at 8. Sugar quiet
10%.
NEW FURNITURE
JUST RECEIVER.
I AM NOW IN RECEIPT OF A FULL STOCK
OF
FURNITURE
Of all kinds in the line, consisting of
BED-ROOM SETS,
FINE and COMMON
PARLOR SUITES.
CHAIRS of all kind*,
BEADBTEADB in Great Variety, Ac., Ac., all of
the latest styles and fresh, and will be sold low.
FunHure Repaired Promptly and
Cheaply.
L. ROONEY.
SSI aud Broad St., Up Stair*.
mh4 eod&w2m
COFFINS, GASKETS,
—AND—
Metalic Burial Cases,
CIRANE, BREED h CO.’s and the AMERICAN
> BURIAL CASE COMPANIES’
SELF-SEALING, AIR-TIGHT
BURIAL CASES.
For Beauty of Design, Lightness *nd durabili
ty, are acknowledged by tho trade everywhere to
be the very best.
The Cincinnati Coffin Companies’ Superb Im
itation Inlaid Work
Wood. Coffins.
The Most Beautifully Finished Coffins now
manufactured.
I also keep the Air-Tight, SEi.F-BEALmo Wood
Coffins regularly on band, aud my frieuds may
rely r on finding auy really meritorious new arti
cle in this line in my stock, as I keep fully up
with the times, and am the leader in low prices.
T. T. EDMUINPS.
mh4 eod&wlm
Something New.
WOODEN CASES AND GASKETS,
SELF-SEALING, AIR TIGHT,
At the same Prioes as Ordinary Coffins,
and One-Fourth cost of Metalic
Oases
r[KY AKE A NECESSITY WHICH HAS long
been feit in our hot climate, and obviate
unpleasant, and oftentimes dangerous associa
tions. I commend them to inspection of the
community generally.
Former styles of Cases and Caskets at
Reduced. X’riees.
*a~Night and Sunday Bell at front door
L,. ROOYEY,
83 AND BIIOAD ST.. UP-STAIBS.
febll-codiKtw3m _ .
NOTICE.
THE undersigned having heretofore held itock
in the Merchants k Mechanics Bank in the
city of Columbus,Ga., hereby gives notice that he
has sold his stock in said Company, and had the
same transferaed, and claims in conformity with
section 1496 of the Code of Georgia, that he is ex
empt from any liabilities of said Bank,
mhll lam6t A. iLLGES.
Confederate Bonds
amd stock:
WANTED.
Also, Mobile and Girard Railro and Stock.
John Blackmar,
rebas tf Broker.
W. F. TiGNEB, DenlUt,
Bendolph street, (opposite Strapper •) Colombo
tnl ly] Georgia.
NO. 85