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WASHINGTON MAYS.
Mr. ETnrtfi Act in on tailed to Lei .Yll*lh
al||t Aloiip.
Ileveuue Kald In West Virginia.
PEN NS YL VANIA M URBERE U S —NA V A L
Movements.
MEXICO TO HE MARKED Ha
EVAKTS.
Washiniwom, May 29.—1 t is seini
ofllcially announced that the Admin
istration is pleased with Hampton
and Nichoiis.
It appears that Mr. Evarts has
abandoned his purpose of writing a
letter to Gov. Htone on Mississippi.
Mr. Evarts has .been advised that it
is his business to look after Pierre
pont at the Court of St. James, and
other matters abroad, and to give
passports to American citizens who
wish to travel. The Department of
Justice alone, and that only through
the Federal District and Circuit
Courts, tnay look into jurisprudence
within the boundaries of sovereign
Stateß.
TbeCowmission to inquire into the
New Orleans Custom House has in
view a large reduction of the hangers
on of tliar, institution.
Washington, May 2i). Revenue
raiders in West Virginia report hav
ing destroyed fourteen distilleries
and nine copper stills. They had
several confliets. The party travelled
524 miles in nineteen days on horse
back.
Gov. Hartranft has signed seven
teen death warrants within four
weeks. Petitions are circulating to
commute the sentence of the “Molly
Maguires” to imprisonment for life.
A Port Royal dispatch says the
corvettes Ossippee and Essex, and
monitors Ajax and Lehigh, yesterday
received oiders to prepare for sea.
The Ossippee and Essex will convey
the monitors to Norfolk N'avy Yard,
where they are to be docked and
cleaned. It is understood that all
the monitors will proceed to same
port as soon as convoys can b ? fur
nished.
Washington, May 29.—The Cabinet
to-day instructed Evarts to address a
letter to Minister Foster, at Mexico,
to communicate the determination of
this Government to stop predaea
tory incuisions into Texas. Mexico
must, restrain her people, or General
Ord will be instructed to follow and
punish marauders on Mexican soil.
Among the causes of delay in
reaching an understanding between
the two governments will bo the
translating of Mr. Evarts’ English
into Spanish, and meantime General
Ord is to be vigilant under the old
system.
ANOTHER FIGHT WITH IMIH AX*.
Jcn. Will* Tkr Fifty-four i.ihlki*.
Chicago, May 20. \4e Lieut. Alfred
M. Fuller, who brought the news to
Bismarck o'f (ten. Miles’lndian tight,
says, fourteen dead Indians were
counted upon the field, and many
others are known to have been killed
and wounded. Fifty-four lodges,
with their entire contents were :akeu_
The cavalry found many new agency
goods and saddles, guns, officers’
clothing, &e., taken from the Sev
enth cavalry in the Custer light.
Tills band of Indians were Mintjeeon
jours, led by Lame Deer.
Chicago, May 29.— Lieut. General
Sheridan has received a dispatch
from the Red Cloud Agency confirm
ing the news of the Indian engage
ments at Little Muddy Creek ou May
7th. Two runners have arrived at
that agency, giving the particulars
of the location and of the killed and
wounded, which tallies with the Bis-,
raarok dispatch, aud saying that Sit
ting Bull led the band which was ;
attacked.
Note.—The New York Heratl has
a full accotiut of this tight. Genera!
Miles surprised the Indiatisoh Mudd
Creek, a branch of the Rosebud.
Miles had four killed, ten wounded. 1
Fourteen dead Indians were left on I
the field. Four hundred and fifty
ponies and two hundred saddles were |
ca ptured.
nlilp New*.
New YbK, May 29.—Arrived out: City
of Brussels, Fordingham, North Arieha
via, Annie Gundy, Sabine, Nevada.
Homeward r Glendale. Charle.
As the steamer Gulf Stream, from .
Charleston, was entering Sandy Hook
Saturday evening, the cargo was found j
to be on tire. The hatches were battered
down, and when she reached her dock
water was turned on and the Harm's ex
tinguished. Several bales of cotton wore
burned. j
TIIK WAR IX liUROPK.
llr|>t>rit‘<l Negotiation* for Peace.
MOVEMENT OF TURKISH TROOPS ON THE
DANUBE.
A IMK 111 i:\SIO\S AT ( OXSTANTI
NOPI.E.
■ i ...... .... ♦ ——— .
London, May 29.—Five Circassian
j officers in the Russian army in Rou
mania have been shot for conspiracy.
There were three fatal railroad
j accidents in R< umania on Sunday.
The recapture of Arduhan is be
lieved at Constantinople.
The Danube is still rising, and the
railroads from various points to Ga
i latzure interrupted,
i The Times’ Bucharest dispatch
says: Rumors of peace are becoming
i more clearly defined. It is reported
; that negotiations are actually going
I on in Berlin for a cessation of hostil
i itics.
. London, May 29.—A special dis
j patch from Kalafat to the News bus
the following: Considerable move
| merits oT Turkish troops are ob
-1 served in the direction of the Titriok
j from Widin. Gen. Hoovatovich,
j the Servian commander at. Negatin,
! telegraphs that there is an apparent
! concentration about Velike and
I Izoor.
Athens, May 29. M. Comoundou
! ros has been summoned by the King
| to form a Ministry.
Au armed party attempting to cross
] the frontier into Thessaly wasarrest
i ed by order of the Government.
I Constantinople, May 29.—N0 con
| tirination received here of the re
; ported recapture of Arduhan.
Foreign Ambassadors have been
| informally assured by the Porte that,
la state of siege will not interfere
! with tlie privileges of foreign sub
jects. Proceedings will be taken
| against a foreign subject only with
1 the concurrence of his Consul.
London, May 29.—The Standard's
Constantinople special nas sent the
j following via Athens, May 25th:
' Redef Pasha, Minister of War, is
| now dictator and for the time more
I powerful than ever.
| Great anxiety prevails among the
I Europeau population, who fear that
during the state of siege, if news of
j fresli disasters arrive, there will be
la collision between the populace
| and the troops. Our position is
| oue of very great danger, aud is gen
j erally so regarded. It is cerlain that
I fresh disasters must happen. The
fall of Arduhan and Boyazid has en
| ablod the Russians to march in two
converging lines toward Erzeroutn.
; They have turned Erzeroutn, am l
l Mubktur Pasha must either accept
; battle against a vastly superior force
or capitulate. If be is beaten, Erze
roum must fall, for it is without for
tifications, and the force in it is
small.
NORTH It KN I'HI.'IS VrilMA \ AN*
Hl', IIIIIV.
Itesrit for Vast Intolerance.
Chicago, May 29.—1n the Presbyte
| riari Assembly, the Committee on
| Conference reported correspondence
| with the church South, and recom
j mended the adoption of the resoiu
i tions which were ordered printed
! and placed on docket. The follow*
! ing is the /second : Without, casting
I any reflection upon past General As
! s-'inblies, or changing any of their
I deliverances, we declare that the
; language specifications complained
jof by the Southern Assembly is a
I part of the sorrowful part which we
jin this day of peace and fraternity
I would wish to forger, and it is a mat
j ter of sincere regret that the terms
j "schism,” “heresy” and “blasphe
my” should ever have been applied
! to Southern Presbyterians by any of
! the General Assembly.
Aiiii’i*t*a,fi PiiKniiiK • Liverpool.
Livekpool, May 29. -The passim-
I gers of the City of Brussels have land
ed ; all were well. Deputations from j
the Liverpool Catholic Societies went
j in two tugs to weioorne the pilgrims.
A large crowd cheered and eongratu
j lated the passengers op the lauding
j stage. The pilgrims were conducted
j to the Adelph Hotel, to be entertain
led by the Catholic Club, A Te beam
jis to. be ruog at the cathedral. The
j pilgrims will then proceed directly
; to Rome.
TKI.fI.KA I-III! SUMMARY.
Sandusky. May 29. The grand j
jury found 11 indictments'against I
Jdo. S. Farlow, of Boston, President
| of the Sandusky & Cleveland Bail- 1
j road, for embezzlement,.
Chattanooga— The Postal Commis- j
[ sion remain here 'until after decora- j
i tion day.
London— The Court of Inquiry’'
j over the loss of the Dakota censure!
the captain, second and fourth offi- j
cers, for carelessness —not sufficient, \
however, to forfeit certificates.
Fifteen thousand Colliers are idle :
in Northumberland on account of a
strike.
New York—Fletcher Harper, mem
ber of the firm of Harper Bro.’s, is
dead, aged GG.
Monroe county has nominated A. j
D. Hammond, Lewis A. Ponder and
W, H. Bush as candidates for the;
Constitutional Convention.
COLUMBUS, GA., WEDNESDAY MORNING, MAY 30, 1877.
THE WAR IN AM A.
Reported Recapture of Arduhuu.
London, May 29.—A special dis-
I patch from Vienna to the Times says
j that to the south of Bukum-Kaleh a
detachment is concentrated uuder
[Gen. OlchasoiT, to prevent a Turco
, Circassian force moving along shore
[into the plains of Mengeta. If they
did so now, that position of the Rus
sians in the rear of Bukum-Kaleh and
Arduhan would soon become unt-ena
able. As yet, tho descent of the
Turks and Circassians is only an in
convenience, but should the move
ment. reach the Tcbltkenz. whose re
volt in Terek does not yet seem quite
suppressed, then it might become
really dangerous to the Russian lines
of communieation in the Caucassus.
Erzeroum, May 29.-Threedays ago
reinforcements were sent to Ardahan
to effect a junction with a portion of
its former garrison. We have just
received news here that the combined
force, by a coil)) de main, succeeded in
recapturing the town. The Turks
numbered B,ooii.
FRANCE
l imn.Ut OF THE PKKSMBXT OF
cniixrii,.
London, May 29. Reuter’s from
Paris says Due Deßroglie, President
of theCouucil und Minister of Justice,
has issued a circular to the Procu
re urs Generaux, explaining that,
President MncMahon, exercising his
constitutional prerogative, interven
ed to arrest the progress of Radical
theories incompatible with the peace
of society and the greatness of France.
The Minister invites public prosecu
tors to use redoubled vigilance and
firmness to insure respect for the
laws established for the protection
of morality, religion and property,
and particularly in those laws de
fending t hem against the attacks of
a licentious press, lie recommended
the Procureurs to repress apologies
for the Commune, offenses against
t he President, and above all false no
tions, particularly the caiutnny that
there exists in France apathy in fa
vor of a foreign war.
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Four JlV.ru Killed.
New York, May 29.— 1n the Mead
ows, ou the line of the Pennsylvania
Railroad, just beyond the Hacken
sack river, this morning, a freight
train backed into a hand-car, from
j which four men wore distributing
j lies. Tlios. Hogan and Philip Good
nan were killed, Ed Henry lost both
[ legs, and Pat Donnelly had his hip
broken. It is thought both will die.
Ilnliday in New York.
New York, May 29.—T0-morrow be
ing a legal holiday, the Banks, the
Produce, Cotton and Stock Ex
changes, the Bub-Treasury and pub
lic offices will lie closed and business
generally suspended. The Custom
House will be open from 9 to 10 a. m.,
for the entry and clearance of vessels
only.
WEATHER IN BieATIONS.
War Department, I
Office of Chief Signal Officer, >
Washington, May 29, 1877. )
For the South Atlantic and East
Gulf States, stationary or slowly fall
ing barometer, slightly higher tem
perature, northeast to southeast
winds, and partly cloudy weather.
•
llupurt Bellied.
New York, Maj 29.-The authen
ticity of the dispatch reporting the
loss of the Panama steamer City of
Ban Francisco is doubted. The theo
j ry of some is that it was a stock-job
-1 bing affair.
lli-ali'ii Ml Oral li
Cincinnati, May 29, —Yesterday
afternoon a young mau named Nud
j gin, driving a buggy near Harrison,
Hamiltou Cos., Ohio, run into another
buggy occupied by a man named
Brice and his nephew. An alterca
tion ensued, in which Nudgin was
beaten to death by Brice, who used
the butt end of his whip as a club.
Fire*.
North Vernon, Ini>„ May 29.—The
dwelling of James Bees, with three
small children, burned.
Walkertown, Bruce Cos,, Ont.—
Twenty business places and 20 dwell
ing burned. Loss $250,000.
I.euthi Denies It.
Washington, May 27. —Ex-Con
gressman Leach and Col. John N.
Staples, of North Carolina, disclaim
the position assigned them in a re
cent dispatch to the New York Tri
bune, representing them as sailing
upon the President, giviDg him as
surances of support, anil favoring,
the organization of an adminstration
party in North Carolina. Mr. Sta
ples declares that his visit to the[
President had no political signiti- 1
cance in act or word, aud that he;
said nothing of the kind. Mr. |
Leach has no idea of leaving the
Democratic party. He told the
President that he approved his
Southern policy, but expected to
oppose him on other issues. These
gentlemen say there is no division or
break in the Democratic party iu j
North Carolina.
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Over 290 pages of delinquent tax j
notices were published in a Chicago,
n w-paper last week. The property I
affected would seem to comprise al
most every lot in the city. The pub-1
lication will cost the tax-payers $59,- j
000.
THE TBANaVA.iI,.
England’s Latesl Annexation Deplored but
Approved.
I Loudou Economist, May 12tli.J
The news of the annexation of the
[Transvaal Republic has been an un
j pleasant surprise to the people of
| this country, who desire no additions
to the colonial empire, and certainly
none accomplished by violence or
menaues. Yet it. is evident that Lord
Carnarvon will be able to show good
cause for the trust which will be re
posed in Sir Theophilus Simps tone
and his acquiescence in the “spirited”
policy of the latter. When challen
ged in the House of Lords on Mou
day night by Lord Kimberly, the
Secretary of State brietly answered
that he had no official information
i relating Sir T. Shepstoue’s ac
tion except a telegram from
Sir Bartio Frere, announcing
the proclamation of the Transvaal as
British territory; but he added that
ho had complete confidence in Sir T.
Shepstone’s discretion, and would
be prepared, unless further details
unexpectedly changed his opinion,
to support, ilio proceedings of the
British Envoy. Lord Carnarvon
emphatically declared that thedan
ger of a nai ive war was of the very
gravest kind, and that the anarchy
i in the Transvaal, which the Govern
ment at Pretoria were wholly incapa
ble of quelling, was certain to pro
voke a Zulu luvasion. These are
questions which must be left to the
decisiou of experts; probably there
are not three men iu South Africa,
and certainly there arc not three in
this country, whose opinion would
be worth weighing for ail instant
against Sir T. Shepstoue’s. Since
he has pronounced annexation to lie
necessary to the safety of the whole
of civilized South Africa, we have
nothing to do hut to support his en
ergetic action. The risks of disre
garding his advice would be alto
gether too serious to be encountered.
A native war would imperil popula
tions and interests iu comparison
with which the claims of a low
thousand Boers to independence do
not deserve a thought. Nay, iu the
interests of the Boers themselves,
the removal of the incompetent
Government at Pretoria isexpedient,
for their lives as well as their liber
ties, not to speak of their preroga
tives as a ruling race, would be swept
away by a torrent of armed savagery
if the hostilities of the Zulus were al
lowed to work its will upon the bank
rupt aud broken state now brought
under the authority of the British
Crown. We had hoped that
the Boars would be brought to see
i his t hemselves, and would have has
tened to accept the liberal terms of
confederation which BirT. Biiepstone
was empowered to offer them. But
their refusal left no other course open
to those who are responsible for the
peace of South Africa except that
taken by the British Envoy ou the
12th or April last. The annexation
of the Transvaal will probably be
followed very quickly by the volun
tary entrance of the Orange Free
State into the proposed confedera
tion. The South African bill is there
fore being pushed forward rapidly by
the Government. It passed through
committee on Monday night, and will
no doubt reach the House of Com
mons before the Whitsuntide recess.
The territory which has now been
united to the empire is equal in area
to a second-rate Continental State;
it contains 114,000 square miles, ac
cording to the official statistics, but
its boundaries on every side except
the south are in a very indeterminate
condition. The white population is
reckoned by President Burgers to be
50,000, of whom more than half are
Boers, but this is probably a great
exaggeration. The German mission
aries, who have contributed some in
teresting information on the subject
to geographical publications in Ger
many, estimate the white population
at 25,000 or 30,000 souls, and the na
tives at from a quarter to half a mil
lion. The gold Helds, mainly Lydeu
burg, have attracted a great, many
adventurers from the neighbor
ing British colonies, and iu the
towns what little trade exists
is in the hands of British
subjects. The Boers have done little
to develop the spiedid natural re
sources of the country. Agriculture
is iu a very backward condition, for
the Dutch take more willingly to a
purely pastoral life. The mineral
wealth of the country has scarcely
been touched ; coal of excellent qual
ity has been discovered iu the moun
tain district which divides the head
waters or the Orange river from those
!of the Limpopo. Copper and lead,
zinc, graphite, nickel and cobalt
have also been discovered, and in a
few places have been worked. But
the gold fields have hitherto monop
olized all the enterprise that has
been turned towards the Transvaal.
The trade in ostrich feathers is lucra
tive and increasing, but cattle breed
ing is the staple industry ot the coun
try. There is some exportation also
of wool, butter, ivory, leather and
tobacco ; but the entire commerce in
wards and outwards of tiie Transvaal
j lias probably never reached a quarter
I of a million sterling per annum.
The finances of the republic had
lately fallen into terrible disorder,
and the exhaustion of the treasury is
so complete that the payment of the
employees in the government offices
and of the police has been, since the
beginning of the year, an impossi
bility. In 1872 the public income
was £36,000 and expenditure a little
less. The public debt was then only
£60,000, secured by a mortgage of
Btate. lands ; but the Transvaal has
since borrowed heavily, especially in
Belgium and Holland. President
Burgers came to Europe a couple of
weeks ago to raise a loan of £300,000,
ostensibly for the construction of a
railway to Delagoa Bay; he actually
raised £30,000. but rio account was
published of the manner in which
this sum was spent. It is only certain
that the railway has not been begun.
The Portuguese Government have
granted t.he Transvaal freedom of
trade with Delagoa Bay, but the
district between the Transvaal fron
tier and the const is rendered almost
impassable for wagons by the pres
ence of the tsetse fly, so fatal to
draught cattle of every kind. If
railway communication with the sea
were established, we might expect a
rapid development of the natural
wealth of the Transvaal. At preseut
.communication either with Natal or
with the Cape Colony is impeded by
the difficulty of transport, which the
Boers, always jealous of foreign in
trusion, have not been anxious to re
move.
THE CAMPAIGN IN EUROPE.
—
I Special dispatch to the Globe-Democrat ]
THE ARMIES CONTRASTED.
New York, May 26.—The limes has
an important letter from its war cor
j respondent, dated at Temeswar Ba
llot, May 6th, from which the follow
ing is taken :
Of the composition and value of
the Russian army, I would prefer to
reserve uiy judgment until I have had
better opportunities for forming uu
I opinion, except in so far ns to say
j that it is unquestionably superior to
j that of the Turks. As I have served
| with the latter, aud as I saw them tn
] Ornately last summer, I can Speak
confidently ou paper. The Turkish
I army is about 700,000 strong, but
|it is distributed over au im
] menso territory, and is so utterly
free from the trammels of organ
ization that with iho necessity of
keeping down revolted subjects in
various parts of the empire, and of
garrisoning the many fortresses, the
[ concentration of any large force at
j any particular point for field opera
tions will he most difficult. The
rank and tile are good. The men
will stand a favorable comparison
with t hose of any army in Europe,
but they are badly drilled, scarcely
half trained iu the use of the new
arms, which are of all conceivable sys
tems, and are commanded by officers
utterly ignorant of the first principle
of their profession. Their cavalry is
the worst in the world. Two
squadrons of each regiment are
armed with carbines aud sa
bers; the remaining four with re
volvers and lances, which they can
not use. The troopers ride with their
kuees on a level with their saddles,
| and are mounted on wretched, half
starved brutes, sold to them by the
Jewish horse-dealers at I'emeswar
and Arado, The artillery is numer
ous but varied. Often there are sev
eral different calibres and models in
the same battery; and, although
some of their fortresses have a few
fine Krupp guns, their officers are
incapable of estimating distances or
pointing correctly. As to the en
gineer and pontoon service, nothing
can be said, except that both are too
bad even to be criticised. Still, they
will fight well aud die hard. They
have always been formidable behind
intrenebments, and in an assault
their fanaticism will serve them in
lieu of discipline. But iu the field
they will be found wanting,
as they are without uu
j intelligent director, and cannot
I manoeuvre at a review, much less
j under fire. Bo much for Turkish
j regulars. As to the Bashi-bazouks,
j no language is strong enough to con
vey au idea of their inefficiency. The
most valuable portion of the Otto
man army is the Egyptian contin
gent, whose officers are far superior
in education and military training to
those of the Turkish army proper,
so-called. They were carefully dril
led by French instructors, and many
have real merit. The correspondent
thinks these troops have degenerat
ed, however, under Gen. Stone. As
to policy, he says the Turks have in
augurated their yart of the campaign
by a great military blunder. Avery
short time ago they might have se
riously delayed the Russian move
ments, by seizing and destroying
bridges across theiPruth. Now these
are in the possession of the enemy,
and as the approaches are lined with
torpedoes, Turkish monitors can do
little or nothing to prevent the pas
sage of the river. I was accompa
nied as far as Roman by several Rus
sian staff officers aud quartermasters
on their way to Jassy. Borne of my
traveling companions spoke quite
freely, and when alone with me, not
always in praise ot the talent of their
chiefs or the condition of their troops
both us to health and discipline, al
though all were enthusiastic as to the
issue of the campaign.
According to the Russian General,
Fuideff, who has studied the question
of the resources of the country more
thoroughly than any other mau liv
ing, an army of 250,0000 troops of all
arms is the minimum force with
which the Danube can he safely
crossed, and -of these one hun
dred and fifty thousand the
least number with which a
successful movement can be
made on Adrianople. The im
portance of the Balkans as a natural
line of defense is exaggerated. There
are only seven passes, it is true, and
these will doubtless be so fortified
that their defense will be successful.
But ail the northern slope of the
chain is so gentle that the traveler
often arrives at the. summit of the
ridge without seeing a mountain.
There arc few poiuts where
a carriage ran.’.ot ascend. Sheep
walks are to be found every
where, arid covered by the lire
of heavy guns from below, infantry
can advance wherever a goat cau
climb. Certainly the line through
Aidos, Karnabad and Seleine is
strong, but is very long, and. it may
be turned from the West by Sopha.
Affairs I bus point to anything
except the localization of the
conflict; but whatever be the
confidence of the Russian leaders
in the ultimate success of their
arms, however they may feel
assured of victory in the open field,
they know that,’ in a country like
Turkey, no precaution must be neg
lected to insure their communica
tions aud their supplies. Certain
poiuts must be regularly invested—
others may be held only in observa
tion ; but so long as Schumla, Silis
tria and Rustchuk hold out, the pas
sage of the Balkans will be a most
perilous undertaking. I will venture
to add. most modestly, my own opin
ion, based upon a knowledge of the
localities anil previous service with j
the Turks, that, if the army of lava- |
sion be restricted to Gen. Faidaeff’s j
estimate of 150,000 men, it will neither j
force the line of defense nor ever get j
back to its own base of operations, j
The lrest senurins for keeping twin ware
bright is the tine, white., soft ashes from
hard or soft coal. The polish produced
is remarkably bright and permanent.
The Burlington Hawlceye tells of a
solitary Ohio man who <h rnanded, in
a husky voice, at the office window
in the railway station: “Tik’t.”
“Where to ?” asked the unruffled
monopolist betiiud the window.
“’Nywhere! Anywhere!” was the
frenzied resoonse. “Anywhere! Clean
t irough! Clean acrost! To Burglar
rv, or Prooshy, or the Danube, or
Diffendorfer. or any place. Anywhere
out of an ungrateful country, that
coldly turns iis buck upon its deserv
ing children! Anywhere out of Amer
iea!” And he bowed bis head and
wept. He was the oniy man in Ohio
that didn’t get an office.
Tweed llrluk* III* Wine In Hope.
Nnw York, May 20.—The negotia
tions for the releaso of Win. M.
Tweed still remain in abeyance, and
the prospects do riot seem flattering
for his leaving his preseut quarters
in Ludlow Btreet, Jail for some time
yet. It is said that Corporation
Counsel Whitney has sent in his re
port, to Attorney General Fairchild,
in which he stated that Tweed’s evi
dence, in three or four of the city
suits, was of the utmost importance,
j but the Attorney General has not
I yet replied, and it is not known what
I views he entertains ou the subject.
He expects a reply next week, but,
I the decision as to Tweed’s release
will probably be deferred to a later
date. Tweed is anxiously awaiting
the result of the negotiations. He is
visited daily by his sou 9 and frieuds,
and seems to be far more cheerful
than has been reported. Of late his
wine bill has steadily increased.
lllTlNlnn* of Time.
As is well known, the methods of
dividing time vary indifferent parts
of the world. The Chinese who be
! gin their day at midnight, and end it
ou the midnight following, dividing
the interval into twelve hours, each
equal to two of ours, and known by
a name and a particular figure. In
j the Turkish empire time is reckoned
j by certain portions of the natural
! day,resembling the “watches” of the
j ancient Jews aud Romans. Public
clocks not being used, these divisions
of time are not proclaimed from the
minarets. The various ancient divi
sions of the day differ widely from
the customs of our own time. Chal
deans, Syrians, Persians aud Indi
ans begin the day at sunrise,
and divido the day into four
parts. The divisions of the day into
quarters wns in use long before the
divisions into hours. It was only
after the first sun-dial was brought
from Catania, in Sicily, to Rome,
that the Romans divided the days
into twenty-four hours. They called
the time between the rising and set
ting sun the natural day; aud the
time in the twenty-four hours. They
began and ended their civil day at
midnight, and took this practice
from their ancient laws, and cus
toms. and rights of religious use,
long before they had any idea of the
divisions into ' hours. The Greeks
divided the day into twelve hours—
a practice derived from the Babylon
ians, while in Egypt the day was
divided into equal intervals of time.
A FiiKlilve-Nlave .llensriurcr.
Washington, May 25. —Attorney-Gen-
eral Devens lias appointed Thomas
Simms, a colored fnan from Georgia, a
messenger in theDepartmenl of Justice.
When Attorney-General Devens was
United States Marshal at Boston during
President Fillmore’s Administration,
Simms, then a slave, cscap djfrom his own
er and fled to Boston. The requirements
of the Fugitive Slave law demanded his
capture, if possbile, and restoration to his
owner. This duly desolved upon the
Marshal, and present Attorney-General,
wlioseeured the fugitive, and he was in
time sent back to Georgia.
The recall of George H. Boker
creates a vacancy iu the Russian mis
sion, which might be appropriately
ill led by the appointment of George
Washington Childs, A. M. Though
the country would part reluctantly
witn its great elegiac poet, the pros
pect of a prodigious mortality among
the Russians the coming season
should enable the nation to rise
above all selfish considerations, and
to place this distinguished represen
tative of American genius where he
will do the most good.— N. Y. Situ.
Among Russian women there is no
happier class than the wives of the
priests of the Greek Church. The
rule forbidding a second marriage of
the priest renders the wife secure of
the devotion of her husband, who, in
case of his becoming a widower, re
tires to a monastery, where his only
compensation for his loss is the hope
of ecclesiastical promotion.
FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL.
BY TELEGRAPH TO THE DAILY TIMES.
MONEY AM) NTOC KB.
LONDON, May 29. Noon—Consols 95 3-16.
2:80 p. m.—Consols 95 1-10.
4:30 p. M.—Console 95 3-16.
PARIS, May 29—4 ;®4) p. m.— lieu tuft Jo4f. 12), c.
4:00 p.m.— Routes 104 f. 10c.
NEW YORK, May 29. Noon—Goli opened
100 V
NEW YORK, May 29. —Noon Stocks weak;
money 2; gold 0 exchange, long, 4.h8; short,
4 90‘-*; Governments firm except new s’; State
bonus steady.
NEW YORK, May 29.—Evening—Money easy
at 1%@2; sterling firm at 8; gold very quiet 6jis
bid; Lrovernaientß steady—new 6’s States
steady.
COTTON.
LIVERPOOL, May 29. -Noon—Cotton quieter;
middling uplands SJsd; middling Orleans 0 l-10d;
sales 8,000; speculation and export 1,000; receipts
10,100; American 7,800.
Futures—Sellers’ at last night’s prices; up
lands, low middling clause, now landing 5 25-32d;
shipped April and May per sail 5 27-32(1, Septem
ber aud October delivery, 6 l-32d, June aud July
6 13-lGd, July aud August SJ^d.
1:30 p. m—Uplands, low middling clause, Au
gust and September delivery 6 31-32d.
1:45 p. M —Uplands, low middling clause, new
crop shipped October and November per sail 6
l-ld.
8:00 P. m.—Sales of American 5,6C0.
6:00 p. m. Futures steady; uplands, low mid
dling clause, September and October delivery
0 l*l6d.
NEW YORK, May 29 —Noou Cotton steady;
middling uplands il 8-10; Orleans 11 6-16; sales
602.
Futures opened steady at the decline as fol
lows: May 11.U86v-10; Juue 11.08(a). 10; July 11.12
(rs. 18, Au.gust 19; September 11.09(2).11.
NEW YORK, May 29. —Evening—Cotton firm;
middling uplauds 113-16; Orleans 11 5-16; sales
965; net receipts 6G; gross 1430.
Consolidated net receipts 4418; exports to
Great Britain 6167; to France 458; to continent i
2256; to channel —.
Futures closed steady; sales 21,000: June 11.19
<§).2o; July August 11.28(g).29; Sep
tember 11.18(3). 19; October 11,02@.03; November
10 90(g).92; December January 11.08
@.lO, February 11.22(g).26; March 11.37(g).40.
GALVESTON. May 29.—Cotton dull; middling
10 s i; net receipts 142; gross —; sales 118; exports
to Grvat Britain —. France —; to channel —; to
continent —; coastwise 24.
NORFOLK, May 29. Evening Cotton
dull; middlings 10,*$<§)>£; net receipts 600; gross
—; sales 60; spiuuers —; exports to Great Britain
—; coastwise 466.
BALTIMORE, May 29. Evening Cotton
quiet, middling 11 3-16; net receipts 9: gross 14; j
sales 75; spinners —; exports to Great Britain —;
to continent—; coastwise 160.
BOSTON, May 29. Evening Cotton dull;
middling 11%; net receipts 234; gross 234; sales
—; exports to Great Britain —.
WILMINGTON, May 29. -Evening Cotton
quiet: middling 10,V; net receipts 5; sales 14; to
spinners —; exports to Great Britain—; coast
wise —.
PHILADELPHIA, May 29.—Evening Cotton
firm; middling ll?$; net receipts gross 277,
sales 258; to spiuuers —, exports to Great Brit
ain
HAVANNAH, May 29. Evening Ootton
quiet; middling 10?*; not receipts 245; gross—;
sales 40; exports to Great Britain —; to conti
nent —; to channel —; coastwise —.
NEW ORLEANS. May 29. Evening—Cotton
quiet; middling low middling 10\; good
ordinary 9?,; net receipts 628; gross 662; sales
160; exports to Great Britain —; to France —;
to continent—; channel —; coastwise —.
MOBILE, May 29.—Cotton firm; middling 10> 4 ;
not receipts 5; gross —; sales 500; exports to
Greet Britain —; to France —; continent —; to
channel —; coastwise 74.
MEMPHIS. May 29.—Evening—Cotton quiet;
middling 10?j* receipts 176; shipmeuts 648; sales
200.
AUGUST A, May 29.—Cotton firm; middling
10.' a ; net receipts 14; sales 157.
CHARLESTON, May 29. Evening —Cotton
quiet; ndddliog KHj; net receipts 46; sales 100;
exports to Great Britain —; to France —; to conti
nent —; coastwise —.
PKOvinioxfl. dtc.
NEW YORK, May 29. Noou - Flour dull.
Wheat quiet and heavy. Corn Jgc better. Pork
steady—new iuvsh $14.00(q)G5. Lard firm—steam
19.60. Freights firm.
NEW YORK, May 29.-Evening—Flour active,
}>rices without change, closing quiet. Boutheru
lour without decided change; common to lair
extra $8 65(3)59.25, good to choice tt>.30(5510.75.
Wheat le higher; red aud white Btate $1.86. Corn
lc higher, lair business; closing, old Western
mixed 59>4, Oats unchanged. Coffee—Rio, qniet,
16*4 ($21 1 4 for gold job lots. Hugar quiet and firm.
Molasses quiet and firm at 65(@70. Rice steady
with moderate jobbing inquiry. Pork firmer
new $14.70: Juue sl4 50, July si4 66, August
$14.85. Lard firmer, more inquiry—p imti st am
closing $9.60f0r new; Juue SU.GO/a62‘L closing
at $9.62^(g).65, July Whiskey
steady at 11*,. Freights shade easier; cotton per
sail 9-32, per steam 5-16.
LOUIHViLLE, May 99. Flour steady; extra
$6.00(g)56.50, family $7.00(<4)57 60. Wheat quiet—
red $1,70, amber SI.BO, white $1.90. Corn dull,
white 54, mixed 63, Oats quiet; white 47, mixed
44. Rye dull at 85. Pork quiet at $14,60. Bulk
meats quiet—shoulders 5* 4 , clear ribe 7?<, clear
sides Bacon quiet and firm—shoulders 6\,
clear rib sides 7%. clear sides B\. Sugar-cured
hams iu lair demand at l(),‘ a (cy 12, Lard quiet;
choieo leal, tierce lU> a (a,lol 4 . Whiskey dull at
$1.07. Bagging quiet, at 12! a (0V3.
CINCINNATI. May 29. Eveuiug Flour
dull; family $8 50(gt58.65. Wheat dull aud nom
inal; red $1,60(g)70. Corn dull at 466549 c. Uata
steady at 43@48. ltyo dull at 78, Barley dull aud
uominal; prime fall 60. Pork nomiual at sl4 25
(SSO. Lard stronger steam $9.26@36, kettle
$9.50(3110.00. Bulk meats in frir demand—shoul
ders $4.85; short rib middles $7.00; short clear
do., $7 25. Bacon dull—shoulders 6*4, clear ribs
$7.75(3)87 Y t , clear sides $8 25. Whisky quiet
aud steady at $1 06. Butter dull; prime to choice
Western reserve 13, central Ohio 12(^13.
HT. LOUIS, May 29 Evening—Flour steady,
little done—superfine fall $5.00(55,40, extra $5.(53
($56.00. Wheat higher—No. 2, red fall, $1.63;
No. 3, sl,&o@Jtf. Corn strong and higher—No.
2, mixed, Oats dull—No. 2, 39(539 1 ;.
Rye—no sales 68. Whisky quiet, at $1 07. Perk
firmerat $14.00 bi l. Lard dull and nominal,
summer 8/,(ts9. winter BV£. Bulk meats firmer,
mor doing—clear rib sides . Bacon firmer—
shoulders $5.75, clear rib sides s7.B2>#({s4B.B7}*,
clear sides $8,12)*.
BALTIMORE, May 29.—Oats steady, Southern
42(g)50. Rye steady at 75(3)80. Provisions dull aud
heavy. Pork new mess —sls 50. Bacon, shoulders
6>4, clear sides 9; hams, 12X Lard—refined 10' 4 .
offee strong and higher; jobs 17(3,22. W’hisky
quiet at $1.12*4. Sugar strong at 12
Lumber! Lumber!!
11. C. Oliappell A: lire.,
Denier* in Lumber, Colbert, M. A O. K.lt.
4^-Prices iuru 4 shod on application.
ruyS tf
Phenix Carriage Works!
Herring & England
OGI.ETTIORPK HT OPPOSITE OLD TEMPERANCE HALL.
4 RE prepared with __
competent work- 1 w ,
men to do Carriage
work iu all its branches
in the best style, aud as
low as the lowest. m
We also manu’acture new work of various
styles. my 13 eodAwly
JOHN BLACKMAIL
Broltorago,
REAL ESTATE AND INSURANCE,
Nt. Clair Htreot,
GEORGIA HOME BUILDING,
NEXT TO WESTERN UNION TELEGRAPH OFFIC E.
LAND WARRANTS BOUGHT
HEFEU, BY FEMIBBION,
To Banks of this city.
EVERYBODY SUITED.
We are this Season in Receipt of a Large
Supply of ali Sizes of Our
Celebrated
i|lSlp
Doth Wood uml Coni
Besides a full assortment of other Popular
COOKING AND HEATING STGVEi
GRATE*
And feel justified in saying that we are BUKE
we can suit any and all classes of purchise?*, bot
in quality and price.
Of other Goods iu our line, wo have a large and
complete assortment, Jch as
TIN AND SHEET-IRON WARE
OF KVEBY DESCRIPTION,
HARDWARE, TABLE AND POCKET CUTLERY,
CROCKERY, GLASSWARE, COAL
HODS, SHOVELS, AC.
All of these articles we CAN and WILL sell a
VERY BOTTOM PRICES.
Un 1 dtf W. H. ROBARTH & CO.
T. S. SPEAR,
No. 10! Broad St„ Columbus, Ga,
Watches, Jewelry and Clocks Repaired promptly
All orders will receive prompt attention.
Remington Sewing Machine Oeoot.
NOTICE.
THE uuderßigued hiving heretofore held .took
iu the Merchants i: Mechanics Bank in the
city of Columbiiß.Oa., hereby give, notice that he
has sold his stock in said Company, and had the
same transl'traed, and claims in conlormity with
section 1496 ot the Code of Georgia, that he is ex
empt from any liabilities of said Bank,
nihil lamGt A. lIXOEB.
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