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CONSTITUTIONALIST.
AUGUSTA, aA.
Wednesday morning, aug. is, is 66.
OUR PROOURATORSHIPS.
gOn the principle of its always being best to
know the worst, we will so far break in upon
the present blissful ignorance of our people as
to give ft little information respecting the mili
tary departments of these United States. By
general orders No. 59, issued five days since,
old things are done away and a uew division
made of this country, North and South —the de
partments being in all fifteen in number. First
comes that of the East, embracing the middle
States and that savoury spot, New England,
Major General G. C. MeaiTe in command. Then
in succession come the departments, severally,
of the Lakes, of the Potomac, of the South, of
Tennessee, of the Gulf, of Arkansas, of
Missouri, of the Platte, of California, of
the Columbia, of (this to be under
the command of the worthy Terry and doubt
less therefore too good a thing to be talked
about), of the Military Division of the Missouri,
ditto of the Pacific, and lastly the de
partment of Washington, Canby in com
mand. Besides those officers named, the com
mandants of these divisions arc, respective
ly, Generals Hooker, Schofield, Sickles,
Thomas, Sheridan, Ord, Hancock, Cooke,
McDowell, Pope, Sherman, and Halleck.
Reading this list of “ loyal ” captains some
startling reminiscences are evoked, especially
by the names of “fighting” Jo Hooker, the
worthy Sickles, (who is to favour the Caroi.i
nas,) Sheridan, McDowell— resurrected at
last, been buried ever since Bull Run, Pope —
John Pope, headquarters iu the saddle, etc. —
and Sherman, a gentleman well remembered,
for his burning “ loyalty ,” in these parts. Pass
ing from commandants to districts, one has yet
other recollections awakened—this time, of that
old system of satrapies whereby the Persian
empire was mapped oft into provinces. We
read in Scripture of “ Tatnai, governor on this
side of the river, and Shetiiar — boznai,” who
lorded it over the captive Israelites, and iu pro
fane history hear of Tissapiiernes, and
Seuthes, and Ahtagerses, who had their
“headquarters” in Susa, Ecbatana, or Sardis
and were deputed by the king “ to command ”
the provinces of the Oxus, and the jludus, and tho
Pliasis. Put general for satrap, department for pro
vince and president for king —then skip some odd
score of centuries from despotic Asia to “free”
America, and it would be hard to say how far
human liberty has been bettered in two thou
sand years. But,'doubtless, it is all right—it is
a part of the “ situation," and as such, is to be
“ accepted lt is “ national ,” too, and takes in as
well the “ loyal ” States as it does those “ lately
m rehellion .” When that act we spoke of some
weeks since gets into full operation, and the
whole land is locked fast by fortresses, arse
nals and barracks, we will all kiss the rod iu
company, for with that systematic fortification
of harbours, river mouths, and inland centres,
and with this equally systematic allottment of
military districts, Ohio can do as little as Flor
ida, and New York. not a whitmore than
Georgia. Little by little the chain is welding,
day by day the work goes on, and we, the Peo
ple of these United States, are snarling at
each other about “loyalty,” and suffrage and “re
bellion,” while our last hopes ol liberty arc being
filched secretly away. In the old Persian times
one province set forth the King’s table and
another decorated the Queen’s girdle with
gems—this was compelled to keep up the royal
stables, and that to support the wardrobe of the
palace, and just in this way, when the chains
are safely rivetted, we may look to see one
“ department ” rebuilding Thad. Stevens’
forges, and another anointing the stripes of
Chawls Sumner with gold. Chimerical as all
this may seem, there is a truth within it. Eu
ropean thinkers, who are studying this country
as they would a book, perceive the despotic
tendencies of the day, and are not backward in
predicting their all but inevitable result. It is
not tlie South alone they discern that is in dan
ger, but the North also, for if there be one po
litical truth greater thau another, it is that
• .every blow struck at this section returns as
surely as death upon that. ' -
Our New York Correspondence.
New York, Augusto.
As the day fixed for tho moeUug of the Pliil
.adelpliia Convention approaches it becomes
interesting J.o look about and see what force
• Messrs. Seward and Weed will be able to bring
•thereto from their late political associates iu
the Republican party. I can see nothing, thus
far, to warrant their exercising any considera
ble influence in its deliberations. They will
appear there entirely without a constituency.—
The clamor which the Radicals have raised
over the New Orleans affair have frightened off
many of the earlier adherents of Mr. Weed.
Messrs. Win. M. Evarts and George Dawson,
most confidential friends of Mr. Seward, refuse
to take part in the Philadelphia movement,
and George Dawson has resigned the post of
fice at Albany.
I note these facts to expose in advance the
presumption of Mr. Weed and his few adher
ents, if they shall appear at Philadelphia, and
demand the exclusion from the Convention of
all those who cannot take the Congressional
Oath, and of those Northern Democrats who
repudiate any pretension of right to exact that
oath. Messrs. Vallandigham, Pendleton, Bright
and others, of their stamp, will appear at the
Convention, backed by a numerous constituen
cy. Mr. Weed and Mr. Raymond will repre
sent nobody but themselves, and have no high
er object than to promote their personal ends.
It is not difficult to decide, under such circum
stances, who Southern men attending the Con
vention should operate with.
The Convention promises to be a numerical
success, but at this writing there is far more
danger that it will divide the Democratic than
the Republican party.
THE CHOLERA.
The mortality of the city last week exceeded
nine hundred, and about one-quarter of the
deaths were from cholera. The disease has
prevailed most fatally in the eleemosynary and
criminal institutions. In Brooklyn, yesterday,
it was deemed best to reduce the number of in
mates of the jail and penitentiary, and about
one hundred, whose sentences had nearly ex
pired, were dischared. Our police justices are
in receipt of letters from inmates, expressing
in ignorant eloquence, the agony of fear which
has seized upon them ; imploring for release
from prison and death. The low state of vitali
ty which prevails among these unfortunate
people promotes the spread of cholera among
them. Any one who will take the trouble to
look over the names of the victims to the epi
demic, will see there is a great preponderance
of Irish; and it is unfortunate that the names
have been published, for the result is a perfect
panic among the people of that nationality. 1
am unable to say why the disease prevails
among the Irish more than among the Ger
mcans, English, or indeed, Americans. The
Irish are not uncleanly, and most of them live
comfortably; but, having gained headway
among them, panic is doing a fearful work.
The weather to-day is beautifully clear and
cool. Numerous thunder showers have wash
ed the streets clean and purified the air. But
it is not favorable to the public health, and
sickness is again on the increase. August
threatens to be a very uncomfortable and sickly
month.
A Western paper has asserted that the epi
demic in this city is partly due to the use of un
sound flour. The crop ot spring wheat last
year was much of it gathered in very bad con
dition, and is classed as “ rejected Chicago.”
It is asserted that flour made from this wheat
has heed sold in this city, and made into bread
lor the poor. lam able to say to you that this
is not true, but, on the contrary, it has nearly
all been shipped by Northern philanthropists,
to the Southern States, to feed the American
citizens of African descent, who are employed
on the cotton and rice plantations “ run ” by
the philanthropists aforesaid. If the cholera
should break out from the use of this unsound
flour, and spread among all classes of citizens,
you would have a fearful score laid up against
them. To put your citizens on guard against
this stuff, I will tell them that there has been
very little of any sound extra State 60ld in this
market this spring under $9 per bbl. Latterly,
some has been had as low as $8 25@$8 50.
They may judge how much it ought to cost to
them.
EUROPEAN AFFAIRS.
The telegrams by the Cable, reveal how com
pletely Austria has been humiliated by Prussia.
The establishment of major and minor Ger
manic Confederations, is doubtless to quiet the
jealousy of Russia ; but hereafter, practically
speaking, Prussia is Germany ; and France is
no longer France and Italy.
THE ATLANTIC CABLE.
There is a good deal of irritation at the man
agement of the Atlantic Cable ; aud it is assert
ed that more than half the dispatches which are
published as received through it, are guessed at.
This may be true, and yet the Cable not at
fault. The disposition to omit from telegrams,
words that are not considered essential, is
stimulated by the high charges ; aud, when it
comes to a hundred dollars in gold for a single
■ telegram, the language employed is often ob
scure. There is no doubt of the successful
working of the Cable ; and, when experience
shall have proved what is needed, grounds of
complaint will be measurably removed.
BUSINESS MATTERS.
The expected sales of gold of the Government,
have not yet taken place. In anticipation there
of, leading holders for a use sold out on Satur
day ; but this morning buyers come forward
freely, and put the premium up one per cent.,
believing that any probable sale by the govern
ment had been “ discounted.” The statement
of the public debt, shows a decrease iu legal
tenders for two months of thirteen million dol
lars. It is supposed that the government does
not desire the premium on gold to go below
40, as it desires to stimulate the conversion of
seven-twenties into five-twenties.
The money market is very easy, but specula
tion is dead, aud trade very dull. Cotton and
cotton goods are drooping. Breadstuff's are
deblining; New Georgia White Wheat sold in
this market to-day at $2 85 per bushel; but no
considerable quantity would bring over s‘3 50.
Pi ovisions show no signs of a decline. Gro
ceries are dull and droopiug.
Willoughby.
[communicated.]
Mr. Editor: Believing this to be an appropri
ate time for calling the attention of our citizeus
to the financial embarrassment of the city, I
hope it will not be trespassing too much to ask
that you publish a statement obtained from a
reliable source. The debt of the city at this
time is about one million one hundred and
eighteen thousand dollars, ($1,118,000) and the
assessed value of real estate is five million and
sixty thousand dollars ($5,000,000.) The debt
therefore is more than 20 per cent, of the assess
ed value of the real estate and rapidly increas
ing. These figures are alarming. What can be
done '! Something must be done. As strange
as it may appear, citizens of Augusta, the debt
of your city to-day, is much more, in propotion,
than the national debt of the United States.
The duties devolving upon the Mayor at this
time must be great, very great, if Mr. Gardiner
who in the prime of life, blessed with good
health and possessing unusual business qualifi
cations, is unable to perform the required duties
in connection with his private business and
therefore compelled in duty to the city and
himself to resign—l say the duties must be very
great, and in my judgement the man selected to
succeed him should not only possess the busi
ness qualifications necessary, but should be ol
the proper age and iu sufficient health to give—
as Mr. Gardiner recommended iu his farewell
remarks, before Council—his undivided atten
tion to the interest of the city and her citizens.
We have a number of citizens whose services
would be greatly appreciated at this time—will
not some one of them forget personal interest
for awhile, and devote one year to the welfare
of our beloved city in this hour of trial; and
by a constant and personal supervision of her
interest labor to reduce instead of increase this
alarming debt. Let the people take this matter
in hand immediately.
Old Democrat.
Kentucky.
In one of the most powerful of the border
States, says the Richmond Times, the apparent
ly moribund Democracy have come to life with
a roar which has greatly disturbed the some
what hasty Coroner’s inquest which was sol
emnly preparing a verdict and assigning re
sponsible reasons for the death of that grand
old party. From the old Whig Admiral’s flag;
ship—yes, from Kentucky—the tidings of a
splendid victory won by Conservatism over Ja
cobinism, kqs gone forth to gladden despairing
.thousands, and to denote, as did Noah’s re
turning dove with its olive* branch, that the
flood of Radicalism is receding, ft was but
natural that the shores of Ivencucky should
first show a subsidence of those, bitter aud
polßcmoun waters ol which the people of the
border States have been rovece Uvinlc so
deeply.
The Democratic triumph in Kentucky which
lias swept jin ite candidates by a majority of
twenty or - thirty thousand, was in uo sense an
old-fashioned, narrow, common-place victory
of Democrats over Whigs. At the conclusion,
of our unsuccessful war for national independ
ence old party lines had totally disappeared,
but a frightful military despotism reigned
there. Neutral in the early years of the war,
Kentucky became “ loyal ” during its progress,
sent some sixty thousand volunteers into the
Federal army, and did a wholesale business in
mules, horses, hogs, cattle, hay aud “ disinter
ested ” patriotism. “Her loyalty ” was grate
fully and appropriately rewarded by the eman
cipation of her slaves by a Yankee Brigadier
General, and the enforcement of martial law
withiu her Union-loving limits.
There was no attempt, during the war to in
terfere with the liberty qf the ballot box in
Kentucky however, save that there were always
soldiers guarding the polls, and whoever did
not vote precisely as the Radicals wanted, was
at once thrown into jail or maltreated in a bar
barous manner. With these trifling drawbacks,
the Kentuckians had a good time of it, and sent
many loyal mules aud Union soldiers to the
war.
Last year, under the influence of that abso
lute independence which Radical bayonets are
so apt to secure when presented at the breast of
the suffragan, Kentucky cast about one-thirtieth
of her whole vote and went with the Radicals.
The other day, however, not having the per
suasive eloquence of Palmer’s bayonets before
their eyes, they turned out en masse and utter
ly exterminated Radicalism iu Kentucky. That
party will long remember old Daniel Boone’s
“dark and bloody ground” as the scene of one
of the first disasters which must sooner or later
overwhelm them.
The howls of the Radicals are very loud over
this defeat, and they are forced to admit that
the approaching election in “loyal Maryland”
will be attended -with precisely the same results.
The Chicago Tribune , of Friday, thus tells
who Dr. Dostie, the New Orleans rioter, was:
lie was formerly a barber in this city, but
removed to New Orleans aud set up as a “tooth
artist,” and was a resident there when the re
bellion began. He left soon after the com
mencement of the war and entered into busi
ness witli a dentist here. With his usual facili
ty lor getting into trouble, he soon found oc
casion for a violent quarrel with his partner,
whom it was his habit to denounee in language
that no sane and decent man would utter. We
do not know whether his partner in the sum
mer of 1802 is now a resident of Chicago or
not, but if he is can “ a tale unfold” which will
abundantly prove that the attempt to make a
martyr of Dostie will not be successful.
American Silver.— The Montreal papers
arc making some complaint about the extensive
circulation of American silver in Canada. They
say that ibis money has driven bank notes out
of circulation in the towns, and they are now
almost exclusively iu the hands of the ( ountry
people, “ aud The danger is the greater imease
of any sudden alarm or revulsion.” It is so
long since we have laid eyes on a silver curren
cy that we almost forget what its effect was
upon the paper currency, but we dont think
any one here would complain if silver aud gold
once more came back to us.
Appointments to Office.— lt is announced
that Attorney General Stanberry has decided
that persons nominated by the President for
public ofllee during the session of the Senate
and rejected by that body can be again legally
appointed to ofliee during the recess. This
doctrine, of which there docs not appear to
have been any doubt on the part of any pre
vious administration, will enable the President
to re-appoint to office any person whose former
nomination has been rejected.
Geo. Francis Train.—A correspondent of
the New York Timesie stopped at Newport and
“doing up” the notables there. Os Geo. Francis
Train, he says:
Train yon know all about. He is a large
headed, full-chested, well-made man, with curly
hair and a very loud voice. He was born in
Boston, educated at Cambridge, entered com
merce at Australia, and started street-railways
in Great Britain, hurrahed for Fremont at the
Cleveland Convention, abused President Lin
coln outrageously, talked lond, long and heavy
for the Fenians at $5,000 a minute (on dit,) made
SIOO,OOO at least out of the Morton Peto capi
talists, went to Nebraska for luck, took a house
at Newport for the season, and goes to the
Philadelphia Convention for Johnson.
Retirement of Major General Hunter.
—General Orders No. 58, from the War De
partment, are as follows : Upon his own appli
cation, Brevet Major General D. Hunter, colonel
6tli United States cavalry, having served over
forty years, has been, by direction of the Presi
dent, retired from active service, and his name
will be entered on the retired list of officers of
the grade to which he belongs, in occordance
with section 15, act approved August, 3 1861.
This order to take effect July 31, 1866 Na
tional Intelligencer.
We should think that when this man remem
bered his conduct in Virginia, and especially
the hanging of Mr. Creigh, and when the recol
lection of his conduct on the trial of Mrs.
Surratt and others came up, he would want to
“retire” from the face of the earth.
The New North Carolina Constitution.
Chief Justice Ruffin, of the Supreme Court of
North Carolina, has decided against the late
“ so-called ” State Convention, and the Consti
tution “ supposed ” to be. framed by it. He
says:
“ I consider that there is no Constitution,
because your Convention was not a legitimate
Convention, aud had no power to make a con
stitution for us, or to alter that which we had
and have.
The Milledgeville Union of Tuesday says Mr.
O. Arnold, the sheriff of Baldwin county, who
was sent to Florida for the supposed murderer
of Mrs. Rollins, has returned and states that
the negro arrested near Tallahassee, proved to
be not the man. He had been examined and
discharged before Mr. Arnold reached the
place. The murderer of Mrs. R. is still at large
unless the negro at Columbus turns out to be
the right one.
The Professorship of Civil Engineering in
the University of Georgia, made vacant by the
death of Gen. M. L. Smith, has, we learn, been
tendered to Gen. Custis Lee, eldest son of Geu.
R. E. Lee. We hope he will accept, for apart
from his attainments, which arc said to be of a
high order of excellence, we would be pleased
to have the scion of such an illustrious Bire
domiciled iu our town.— Watchman.
Great inquiry is made lor De Sauty, aud sur
prise is expressed that no message over the At
lantic wire has his signature. De Sauty, we
are glad to announce, is all right. He is, and
has been keeping guard over the cable lost last
year. When that is recovered, we shall hear
from De Sauty.
Josh Billings says: “1 have heard a great
deal sed about * broken hearts,’ and there may
boa few of them ; but mi experience iz, that
next to the gizzard, the heart is the tuffest piece
of meat iu the whole critter.”
From New Orleans.— New Orleans, August
s.—Dr. Dostie and the Rev. Mr. Horton, the
officiating minister of the late Convention, died
this evening.
The llitb.—A pavement, five feet below the
surface, has been discovered in Boston, and
the inhabitants arc beginning to fancy that
their city has an ancient and hitherto unwritten
history. Let it be hunted up by all means ; it
is certain to do them more credit than that
which is already recorded.
Tad. Tei..—The startling, sensational and
“ stunning” headings with which some of our
cotemporaries have introduced the very mea
gre dispatches received by the cable line—ten
lines of head and two of tail—suggests that
these sensations be called the “ tadpole tele
grams.”
Political Gossip. —The Washington corres
pondent of the New York Commercial Adverti
ser says that some of the clerks in the War De
partment arc organizing a secret political asso
ciation, for the support of Edwin M. Stanton
for President, and General Hamilton, of Texas,
for Vice President. *
Sudden Death.— Col. John Rutherlord, ol
Richmond, who presided at the recent meetings
of the State Central Committees died suddenly
on Saturday night at an advanced age. He was
for several years Senator and Governor of Vir
ginia.
The monster ram Dunderburg is nearly 1 eady
for sea. This vessel is 380 feet in length, with
73 feet breadth of beam, 22% feet depth of hold,
and measures fi,090 tons. The old merrimac
measured about 2,500 tons. The Daqberlmrg
is expected to steam 15 knots an hour.
On the leg and thighs of Mr. Jones, who was
killed by lightning the other day, in Piqua and
on the back of his little son, was electrotyed a
perfect image of the tree underneath which
they were standing at the time of the accident-
Fading Away.- junerson Davis is said to be
gradually going down to the grave in a deep
decline. A writer in a Memphis journal ob
serves : “ Mark my prediction ! The only trial
. that Mr. Davis will ever have will be at the bar
of Eternal Justice!”
Voltaire said of M’lle de Livry—“ She was so
beautiful that I raised my long, thin body, and
stood before her like a point of admiration!”
John Hunter, the owner of the race horse
Kentucky, won $53,000 on Wednesday last at
Saratoga.
Hotel D’Afrique.—A hotel for the especial
accommodation of freedtnen is in operation in
Cherry street, Nashville.
A little steam vessel, with a capacity of only
twelve tons, called the Moline, has accomplish
ed a trip from Bristol to Pernambuco, in safe
ty, in 43 days.
A train recently' ran forty-three miles on the
Hudson River Railroad on 4,300 pounds of
peat.
A. A. Low, of the New York Journal of Com
merce, heads the Brooklyn delegation to the
Philadelphia Convention.
General Basil Duke is now engaged in writing
a history of the life and military services of
General John 11. Morgan.
The Birthplace of Wallenstein a Bat
tle Field.— The Pall Mall Gazette says :
“ There is something-very weird aud ghost-like
about reminiscences of names and places, not
only of the Seven but of the Thirty Years’ War
memory, that come cropping up on all sides in
this terrible German struggle. Few people
probably are aware that Nachod, the little Bo
hemian town with its three thousand inhabi
tants, about which there was such hot and
bloody work for the last few days aud even
nights, is the birthplace of no less a man than
Wallenstein. The belonging to the
deanery of Nachod—which existed as early as
1384—contains the tomb of the ancient Bohe
mian family of Smirzicki, from which Wallen
stein’s mother derived her descent, or rather of
which she represented the last branch. The
castle of the Wallensteins, “ Castle Nachod,” is
very ancient, aud belonged, up to the time of
the Hussites, to the family of the Berkas of
Duba aud Lissa. After that, robber knights
took possession of it, and, after several further
changes of proprietorship, the Sinirziczks came
into possession of it. After the battle of White
Mountain (1620) Count Terzki, Wallenstein’s
brothor-iu-law, appears as lord of the castle,
but after the murder of Wallenstein at Eger
February 25,1694) Octavio Piceolomini received
the property as a reward for his dastardly
treachery. He gave the castle its present
shape, and commemorated that wonderful fact
iu a boastful inscription inside the gates. It
stands on a rock which rises steeply almost im
mediately behind the market place of the little
town, and which is reached by a flight consist
ing of three hundred and thirty-three steps.
Three courts surround the enormous edifice,
aud round about them are situated the houses
of the retinue, the stables and other out build
ings. The Piceolomini have long died out—
only theirportraits have survived. Particularly
striking is that of Octavio, with which there is
also found a battle-piece commemorating his
victory over the French at Thionville. The
castle now belongs to Prince Auersperg of
Prague.
Highway Robery and Murder.—Yester
day morning about 12 o’clock, says the Savan
nah Rejmblican of the 13th inch, a most brutal
murder was committed by two negroes on the
Augusta road, about nine miles from the city.
The following particulars have been furnished
by a gentleman from the scene of the murder :
Mr. Henry Seccenger, his brother-iu-law, and
three children were proceeding home, and stop
ped at the bridge, at Augustin Creek for the
purpose of taking lunch. While thus engaged
they were approached by tw negroes, both of
whom were armed, one with a gun and the
other with a pistol, who asked Mr. Seccenger
for something to eat. He gave them some bis
cuits. They then asked him to sell them
twenty-five cents worth, offering a fifty cent
bill. Mr. 8. pulled out his pocket book, in
which there was ninety dollars, and gave the
negro the change. They started off, and came
back in a few minutes, aud one of them de
manded Mr. Seccenger’s money, while the
other drew a pistol upon the brother-in-law,
preventing him from offering any resistance.
Mr. S. cried out for assistance, and he was im
mediately shot in the breast. While in the act
of falling Mr. Seccenger threw his pocket book
into the creek. The two negroes succeeded in
getting the pocket book and escaping. Up to
10 o’clock last night they had not been arrested.
The deceased lived at Springfield, about twenty
twe miles from the city. . ... '
Astounding Developments.
Alleged Complicity of the Metropolitan Detectives
with How Crime Flourishes in
New York—A Detective Caught in the Act of
Taking a Bribe—The Detective Office Placed
in Charge of an Inspector , SfC.
On Friday morniug of last week the Detec
tive Office at No. 300 Mulberry street, hereto
fore under charge of John 8. Young, chief of
the force, was suddenly, and without previous
warning, taken from the hands of that person
aud placed in charge of Inspector Carpenter. —
The detectives were all ordered to report at the
Central Office, and not to go out until they had
received special directions so to do. John A.
Kennedy, Superintendent of the force, then met
the men thus assembled, and made them an ad
dress, the purport of which was that a thous
and rumors were afloat regarding the corrup
tions said to exist among the detectives as a
body; that thieves and counterfeiters had been
complaining that the detectives had been “ beat
ing” them, or sharing in their ill-gotten gains,
until they (the thieves aud counterfeiters) could
endure it no longer, aud that the great public
must eventually come to know of these prac
tices unless they were summarily and at once
put au end to. The men were further informed
that henceforth all business transacted at the
office would be douc through Inspector Car
penter, aud from him they would receive their
orders. The detectives were utterly surprised
at this sudden change in affairs, and, from the
chief down, looked blank with astonishment. —
What was to happen next they could not pos
sibly surmise. All inquiry among them failed
to elicit anything of a reliable character. One
officer, upon being questioned, said he believed
some person had lost a wallet containing a dol
lar, aud because the detectives did not use as
much exertion in looking for it as they would
have done for ten thousand, the party (being a
frieud of a commissioner) had raised a terrible
breeze. Others of the officers advanced equally
absurd theories, but none of them seemed will
ing to communicate anything having the slight
est appearance of truth.
The outside rumors were of a conflicting
character. Parties visiting police headquarters
were aware that something was up, but could
not tell what. The members of the press were
as much befogged as anybody, and it was not
until yesterday that the real cause of the change
aud some of the subsequeut developments
leaked out in such quantities as to form the
basis of a tangible story.
TUB FACTS IN THE CASE,
as far as they can be at present arrived at, are
these: The tremendous exertions recently put
forth by tire Government in this city to sup
press counterfeiting developed among other
matters a perfect system of operations among
the counterfeiters, which had thus far placed
justice at defiance. It demonstrated also that
certain of the local oflicers were friendly to
these men and for a consideration used their
authority to shield them from the punishment
due tlieir crimes. The officers of the United
States Secret Service state that they were ap
proached by the parties for whom they had
warrants with direct bribes to let them go, and
that the criminals when arrested asked as -tti
especial favor to be taken to the Mulberry
street office, naming one or more detectives
with whom they had been in the habit of shar
ing their pluudcr in the past, aud whom they
said would speak in their favor. These facts
being duly reported, were taken cognizance of,
and, although the stories come from thieves
and counterfeiters, they were accompanied by
such corrobative proof as to compel belief.
HOW A DETECTIVE WAS CAUGHT.
One of the counterfeiters, on being arrested,
asked to be taken to a certain detective at Po
lice Headquarters. On being told that he could
not go there he exclaimed, “ Well, he loses a
fifty by this!” and then went on to state that
he had committed an offense some time since
for which this ofllrer had arrested him, and
that in order to get off he. offered the officer
SIOO, but not having but fifty about him, the
detective agreed to let him go for that and take
the other filly at a future time. That “future
time ” was last Friday evening, just twelve
hours after Mr. Superintendent Kennedy had
met the detectives in a body aud warned them
of indulgence in this besetting sin. At dusk on
that cveniug it is alleged the thief and the de
tective met, not in obscurity, but on the great
highway of the metropolis, and transacted the
business which made them companions in
crime. In this case justice was swift and sud
den ; for overshadowing them both, two stal
wart police captains stood ready to take the
guilty party should the trade be consummated.
This they did, and the detective who had so
often placed his uweleomc hands upon the
shoulders of others was himself a prisoner.
How he felt, or what his emotions were, as
lie came into the presence of his superiors, are
matters best known to himself. The money
was taken from him just as it had been mark
ed by the careful hand of the superintendent,
and after being properly identified as such, was
handed back to him. He was allowed, it is
said, to write his resignation ; but for the honor
of the Police Board, the superintendent, the
inspectors, and so much of the detective force
as are not implicated, it is to bj hoped that this
is not true, but that an official investigation
will at once be ordered.
OTHER DETECTIVES IMPLICATED.
c It is stated that there are several other de
y tectives implicated in dealing with the thieves
’ nfrd’counterfeiters, and that there are numer
ous affidavits coming from respectable sources
going to establish "this fact. Ob this point,
s however, the authorities and Police Headquar
j ters are extremely reticent. They have flatly
denied that any oi' the occurrences above stated
11 have transpired, a course which will only tend
i to complicate matters when it is finally brought
before the public, which is its inevitable late.
It being stated that something could be learn
e eel at tne umcc orfne tinned States Attorney, a
gentleman waited upon him and then upon
5 the United States Marshal, but, although no
* denials were made, no information was given,
1 and he came out just as wise ns he found him
r self at Police Headquarters.
WHAT WILT. BE DONE
is still a mystery. Whether the Board of Police
} Commissioners will order an investigation, or
' whether the United States Attorney, Mr. Court
* ney, will move to have these men indicted for
tampering with United States criminals and al
lowing them to escape for a bribe, cannot be
2 told. A solution to the problem will probably
, be arrived at in a few days. At present. Mr. In
spector Carpenter remains in charge of the bus
iness of the detective office and has special in
structions to scrutinize with severity ail that is
* done.
1 THE NAMES OF TIIE GUILTY PARTIES
are, it is rumored, all in the hands of the Com
missioners, as well as the key to obtaining such
’ evidence as will prove every allegation made
against the officers. If this is true and an in
vestigation is ordered by the Board, it may open
’ the eyes, not ot the public only, but of the
Commissioners themselves, and may explain
how it is that so many stupendous robberies oc
, eur in public localities in the height of business
.. hours, and with the officers of the law patrolling
up and down before the very door out of which
the thieves come with their gold and bonds, and
it may show also the secret springs by which
some property comes back into the house of a
favored friend, while others goes astray for
weeks and months and returns at last only when
there is “a handsome reward, aud no questions
asked.”— New York Herald.
' Prince Napoleon’s Mission to Italy.—
* * * * Let us suppose the general amis
tice concluded; Austria, who still occupies the
Quadrilateral, will not fail, in virture of the
right of possession, to demand at least in part
an in indemnity, the principle of which has
been formally admitted in the negotiations with
France. Do not let us forget that even after the
complete conquest of Lombardy, the Cabinet
of Turin was by the treaty of Zurich to assume
on its own account 250,000,000 of francs of the
Austrian debt. The same rule, moreover, was
observed by the Conference of London, at the
time of the separation of Belgium from Holland.
If King Victor Emanuel had simply occupied
Venetia from the hands of the Emperor Napo
leon 111., the cession would have been accom
plished gratuitously. But Italy, by her ill-judged
campagin against Austria, reopens the discus
sion at the very moment that the Venetian ques
tion seemed to be exhausted. At present sup
pose that the armistice falls, and that Austria,
with the imposing forces of which she still dis
poses, should take her revenge tor the disaster
of Sadowa, then what complications might not
arise from the shortsighted conduct of Italy!
In any case the abandonment of Venetia can no
longer take place, except by means of an in
demnity or against territorial compensations.
The real interest of Italy is therefore to facili
tate and not hinder the task already arduous
enough of the mediator. These are the con
siderations which Prince Napoleon is charged
to instil into King Victor Emanuel, while insist
ing on the prompt conclusion of the armistice.
f Memorial Diplomatique , July 23.
Man Killed Near Barnesville. —Mr. Da
vis, of Upson county, informs the Journal and
Messenger that a young man, Samuel Brown,
was killed near Barnesville, Wednesday night,
about 8 or 9 o’clock, under the following cir
cumstances :
A suspicious character had been taken up in
Barnesville, during the day, who confessed to
horse-stealing, and that he belonged to a clan,
the members of which resided in different
counLes, which would meet at Mr. Garland’s,
about 8 miles from Barnesville, that night, and
take his stock.
i P art y> the thief, went out to Mr. Gar
land s, and placed themselves in ambush. Very
soon, some one came riding up, when the
tniel met him and gave the pass-word, which
was not responded to, when the thief asked
, name, to which he replied: “Why do you
ask my name?”
boat Mistime, seeiuga crowd surrounding
„ h ™’ B P urs to his horse, when three
fecMn^fi le i flred at hirn ’ one of them taking ef
f w 10rS 1! nd another in himself,
vnrrb. m./ r 0 s , horse ab °ut three hundred
wart, was dekd and f ° Und ’ 6 °° n aftCl "
was nn inn«S e I!f ral °P inion that young Brown
party ’ on his direct way home
o J naßton > an d started to run merely be- 1
rounded hC wasSUr - “
Monster.—A monster turtle ’
PorHan^ h / t M laS i t D Week ’ near Me. The '
Baya: “it is judged that
Snl tmln l, 6 ao an twelve hundred pounds.
V h°! fifteen years since a vessel was 1
wrecked in tliat vminity, with an African tur- ‘
iJ®, b °“ d tbat weighed three hundred
pounds. There is no doubt but-that the cap
tured one is the same fellow, as he has been <
seen occasionally ever since he was wrecked. <
He has improved his time by growing, so that
when in the water it took four men to manage
him, with a cord tied to each flipper.” — a
Home.
John Macßac Wilson, a Scotch poet, in one of his
early pieces, lias these beautiful lines:
“ Can I forget my father's hearth,
My mitherby the ingle spinnin’t
Thcfr well pleased look to see the mirth
O’ a’ their barnles round them ruinin'!
“ It was a waefu’ hour to me
When I frae them an' love departed;
The tear was In my mither’s e’e—
My father blest me—broken hearted.
“ Forget—na, though the foamin’ sea,
High hills, and many a sweeping river,
May lie between their hearth and me,
My heart shall be at hame forever.”
The Italian Navy.
OFFICIAL ACCOUNTS OF THE ENGAGEMENT OFF
THE ISLAND OF LISSA.
Yienna, Saturday, July 21.
THE AUSTRIAN ACCOUNT.
Yesterday morning the Italian fleet, com
posed of 23 ships, including the ram Affonda
tore and 12 iron clad frigates, was attacked off
the Island of Lissa by the Austrian squadron,
under the command of Admiral Tegethoff.
In the course of a severe action a large
Italian iron clad lrigate was sunk by the Aus
trian iron clad Ferdinand Max, and another
Italian frigate was blown up. AU on board
these vessels were lost.
The Austrian line-of-battle ship Kaiser was
surrounded by four Italian iron clads, of which
she ran down one and forced the others back,
losing in the engagement her foremast and
bowsprit, 22 killed and 83 wounded.
The Austrian squadron has sustained ex
ceedingly little damage, and is quite fit lor ac
tion.
After several hours’ fighting the Italian fleet
was driven back, pursued by the Austrian
squadrou, and the Island of Lissa ia thereby
relieved.
The Italians made three attempts to disem
bark troops near Coraisa, which were each
time successfully repulsed by the garrison.
Zara, Friday, July 20.
The Italian fleet renewed the attack on Lissa
to-day, but without result. The Italian fleet
was then attacked by the Austrian squadron,
under Admiral Tegethoff, aud after a very se
vere engagement, which lasted for five hours,
was forced to retire in the direction of Ancona,
followed by the Austrian squadron.
THE ITALIAN ACCOUNT.
Florence, Saturday July 31.
The following official account of the naval
engagement between the Austrian aud Italian
11 was, dated the Straits of Lissa, July 20, has
bPn received here:
“The Austrian squadron not having made its
appearance, as expected, on the-evening of the
18th, some of our iron-clad vessels forced their
way yesterday into the Fort St. Georges. This
morning disembarkation commenced, when the
naval videttes signaled that the enemy’s squad
ron was in sight. The Italian fleet put out to
meet them and a battle.commenced.
Admiral Persano hoisted his flag on the Af
foudatore, and bore down upon the Austrian
fleet under a heavy fire. The stern of the Aus
trian Admiral’s vessel was destroyed. The
fight was very severe. We lost the iron-clad
Re d’ltalia, which the Admiral had left, and
which sunk from a collision with the enemy at
the commencement of the battle.
The iron-clad gunboat Palestro caught fire,
and the commander and crew refused to leave
the vessel. She blew up amid their cries of
‘ Long live the King! Loug live Italy!’ No
other vessel was lost or fell into the enemy’s
hands.
The Admiral renewed the attack upon the
Austrian squadron, which retired to Lcsina
without waiting for our fleet to come up, and
the Austrians continuing their retreat, the
Italian squadron remained mistress of the scene
of action.
The damages sustained by the enemy arc
considerable.”
Further intelligence is expected. The crew
of the Kc d’ltalia were nearly all picked up by
the Vitorlo Emanucle.
Evening.
Further information received herefrom Lissa
reports that one Austrian man-of-war aud two
steamers were sunk by the fire of the Italian
squadron.
A Lesson of Real Life.— The Philadelphia
e Ledger indulges in some most appropriate re
. marks In reference to the deplorable phase of
3 our present American society, as illustrated by
e the case ot young Cooper, apprehended in that
city last week for forgery and fraudulently
* obtaining #50,000 from the government, just
e when he had arrived from Washington with his
Y innocent bride on the way to Europe for an ex
- tended wedding tour. From a prospect of ap
, parently boundless happiness, the new’ made
b wife aud her attendant friends were thrown into
s the deepest consternation and distress. The case
r lias its lessons more impressive than those of
e romance, and it is more fearful in its reality
e than the pictured distresses of a whole library
3 of fictions. Cooper, in addition to being pre
i possessing in appearance, and w’itliout any in
dication of the forger or sw’indler in his man
ner, has, it is said, several qualities of great
value to an honest business man. Had he ap
" plied his talents and his natural qualities and
advantages to some honest business with the
" same spirit, energy, tact aud zeal with which he
, employed them in the commission of crime, he
J could not have failed to be successful, and ulti
" mately t.o have become much wealthier than ho
!. was during the few hours when he was pos
, sessed of his ill-gotten fifty thousand dollars.
t He chose another course, Uoweve.r—and why ?
, Is not hia crime and destruction clearly trace
able to the depraved passions so prevalent iri
these days for getting rich at a single stroke, no
matter by what means or at what cost of pres
-0 ent character and future welfare ? He was, or
had been, in good employment; he had in
’ Washington a free entree to what is called
l * “good .society;” he did not lack means to
maintain a respectable position ; he had won
the love of a good young girl; and yet he
e swung loose from every tie that should have
r bound him to a life of honesty and honor—and
:- why ? Not from necessity, but from a morbid
r desire to indulge in fashionable dissipation, to
[- luxuriate among the expensive follies that can
e only be purchased by money. Therefore, he
y must be rich, and rich at once, even by crime ;
i- and, throwing for that stake, he has lost all—
;. character, liberty, friends, home —everything,
i- A mountain of gold could not purchase back
s what he has thrown away. His poor wife may
still cling to him, but what words can paint the
abyss of agony into which he has plunged that
trusting but. now heartstricken woman, or the
' long years of shame and anguish Unit lie be
a fore her, to be ended only by the grave! Hers
e is one of the wounds that even time cannot ef
' feetually heal. And this is one of the mourn
-11 ful but inevitable results of all such crimes—
e that it is not alone the convicted and sentenced
1 criminal who suffers, but the wives, mothers
’■ fathers and children of (he culprits who suffer
s in mind and soul more—intensely more—than
= can be inflicted by any human punishment.
} The case is one worthy of special notice, and
1 points a terifle moral. Young Cooper, a hus
-1 band of but a few hours, and believing himself
* rich and beyond detection, and with all the
r bright anticipation of a luxurious bridal tour
’ before him, and yet at that moment destined
3 to be the occupant ot a felon’s cell before even
ing, with the earthly happiness of his innocent
and trusting young bride In the meantime ut
. terly destroyed, certainly presents a lesson
. from real life far beyond the power of any ro
, mancc.
t Intemperance Among Women.— The Bos
i ton correspondence of the Detroit Tribune
| writes:
l “Itis a positive fact that the use of ardent
, spirits by ladies occupying (he highest posi
. tions in society is becoming shamefully com
. mon. Their husbands, say the thirsty fair ones,
, go to the clubs, or some worse place, and
drink and smoke all the evening without a
| thought of their wives at home. Why shouldn’t
we have a little fun as well as they ? So, eon
. gregating in little cliques, they get moderately
I ‘ happy ’ou Bourbon or old rye, and, doubtless
have a good time. A friend of mine called at a
house where he was intimately acquainted, and
whose mistress was a young married lady of
high social standing. Soon after he had enter
\ ed and found himself in the preseuce of his
. hostess and two other matrons, the former pro
duced a black bottle, containing whisky, and
- asked him to partake, saying, as she imbibed
i her moderately 1 stiff dose ’ in company with
the other ladies aud my friend, 1 This is the
third one to-day.’
Among ladies who boarded at hotels especial
ly, is this vicious practice prevalent. There can
be no home influence in these huge caravan
saries ; and, unrestrained by these women, en
joying little of their husband’s society, are driv
en to seek excitement as a refuge from ennui.
One gentleman said to another, whose wife was
distinguished for her love of the 1 ardent,’ ‘ I
shouldn’t think you would like to have your
wife get so drunk that she can’t go down to
1 dinner. ‘Oh,’replied the other, with perfect
nonchalance, 1 I’m usually too drunk myself,
too.’ It is well known that women make use
of opium, ether, morphine and other narcotics
to a very great extent. But few people are
aware how prevalent the vice of tippling has
become among the wives and mothers of the
land. The wife of one of the most distinguish
ed men of South Carolina,the only man ot that
State who stood up for the Union till the last,
was accustomed habitually to take huge doses
of morphine in order to secure needed rest
after the excitements of fashionable life.
Postmaster General Randall’s Position.
An editorial in the New York Tribune of Friday
says:
Does A. W. Randall, Postmaster General, re
member a recent conversation he had with a
prominent Union man of this Shite ? Docs he
remember that he explicitly threatened civil war
unless the Union majority yielded to the policy
of the President? Does he remember his threat
that, if its opposition continued, the President .
would recognize the minority of Congress and •
the Sothern claimants of scats as the true Con- 1
gress ? Docs lie remember that he asserted the <
President would maintain the authority of this ,
false Congress by force ?
A Yankee school teacher, who, for a few
weeks past, has been teaching the colored child
ren in Milledgeville, and had succeeded in get
ting some advance payments, last week robbed .
the colored getnman with whom he was stop
ping, of his watch, pistol, and some other arti- *
clee, and left for parts unknown, — Union.
Why is a happy husband like the Atlantic
cable ? ' Because he is spliced to his Heart’s
Content.— N. F. Post.
Gov. Brownlow has appointed a man who r
acted as gunsmith to the Confederates, a judge, i
BY TELEGRAPH.
ASSOCIATED PRESS DISPATCHES.
From Europe.
(by THE CABLE.]
ARMISTICE BETWEEN ITALY AND AUS
TRIA.
THE MARKETS.
NAPOLEON DEMANDS THE RHINE
PROVINCES.
THREATENING ATTITUDE OF FRANCE.
London, August 13.
The armistice between Italy and Austria,
which expired on Saturday last, has been re
newed lor four weeks.
The official Berlin paper opposes the claim
ol France for an extension of her frontier.
Liverpool, August 13.—Cotton market
closed firm ; sales to-day 12,000 bales; Mid
dling Uplands, 13%d.
London, August 13.—Closing prices to-day
for consols for money, 87%. United States
Five-twenty bonds, 08%. Illinois Central
shares, 70%. Erie Railroad shares, 42%.
London, August 11.
Napoleon demands from Prussia the rectifi
cation of the French frontier, by its extension
to the Rhine, as it was marked prior to its dis
turbance in 1814.
The military preparations which arc beiug
carried on in Franco induce the belief that the
Emperor will make war if his demand is not
complied with. The demand has caused great
excitement in Berlin.
A semi-official journal in Berlin recommends
Prussia to reeonstruc t Germany, as lar as pos
sible, on the ba/is of the preservation of the
Vital and constitutional rights of the States
which are to be annexed to her. Turkey lias
reduced her army of observation on the Da
uube, and it is thought the Sultan approves of
the rule of Prince Charles of Hohocnzallern as
Ilospodar, in Roumania.
The United States squadron had a grand
imperial and popular reception in Rus
sia. The Czar visited the Sels at Cronstadtaud
took the chiet oflicers to dinner with him. As
ter diuuer the Emperor toasted the prosperity
of the United States and an uninterrupted
friendship with Russia.
Foreign.
LIVERPOOL MARKET.
LONDON FINANCIAL.
THE AUSTRIAN-ITALIAN ARMISTICE.
NAPOLEON’S REQUEST OF PRUSSIA.
THE EMPRESS CARLOTTA ASKS AID
FOR MAXIMILLIAN.
DISSOLUTION OF PARLIAMENT.
THE QUEEN’S SPEECH.
Liverpool, August 11.
Cotton.— Sales of 52,000 bales for the week.
Prices have declined %d. on the week. Mid
dling Uplnnds, 13%. To-day’s sales, 10,000 bales.
Market steady.
London, August 11.
Consols, 87% for money. Five-twenties closed
at 08%.
London, August 11.
The armistice which has been agreed upon by
Austria and Italy is on the basis of the cession
of Vcnctia to the latter.
\f Napoleon has asked from Prussia an exten
t sion of the frontier of France to the Rhine. No
• answer has yet been given.
g The Empress of Mexico has arrived in Paris,
and asks aid for Maximillian.
London, August 10i
e ’ n i
The session of Parliament has closed. Tlio
e Queen’s speech on the occasion of its dissoi'i
f tion returns thanks to the Government of the
y United States for its action in the matter of the
late Fenian raids into Canada. The speech also
i- expresses the Queen’s gratification ut the sue
' cess of the Atlantic cable. The remainder of
• the address is relative to home questions.
I ~~ ■
l From
e
THE CONVENTION AND RUMORS
o THEREOF.
y PHYSIC FOR PEACE DEMOCRATS.
Philadelphia, August 12.
a The great wigwam tor the National Conven
• tion will be completed by Tuesday. It is the
j largest structure ever built for a political gath
j ering. A large number of delegates have ar
-3 rived. Reverdy Johnson, Montgomery Blair,
• Stockton, of New Jersey, Fernando Wood,
3 Cowan, of Pennsylvania, and many other dis
l tinguished persons have arrived. The Exccu
' tive Committee have rooms at the Continental
| Hotel.
! There was quite a stir to-day over a report
in the New York Herald that Governor Curtin,
of Pennsylvania, has secretly called for two
. thousand militia for service during the time of
t the Convention, and that trouble will probably
‘ ensue. This is bleieved to be a canard. There
3 is no reason to suppose that the Convention
. will be disturbed, notwithstanding the mis
> chievous articles of some of the Radical press.
General Dix or George Ashman, of Massa
' chusetts, will preside.
I Philadelphia, August 13.
| Upwards of six hundred delegates to the
t Convention have arrived. Among the most
noticeable persons are Thurlow Weed, Dean
I Richmond, Secretaries Randall and Browning,
j. Gen. Steadman, Cornelius Wendell, Fernando
. Wood, Vallandigham, Governors Orr, Sharkey
’ and Perry, A. O. P. Nicholson, and Senator
Guthrie. There is considerable excitement
about the admission of Vallandigham, Wood,
• and other peace Democrats. There is no rea
-1 son, however, to doubt that all will be
adjusted to-night. Fernando Wood will de
cline to go into the Convention if necessary
to the harmony of its programme. It is as yet
. unknown, but no third party will be formed.—
The Convention will probably adopt a series of
resolutions endorsing the policy of the Presi
• dent and denouncing Congress, and an address
will be issued to the country which will embody
the principles set forth in the call concerning
. the Convention. R. C. Winthrop, of Massachu
setts, or Dix will preside.
From "Washington.
• RUMORED REMOVAL OF HOWARD AND
GENERAL TILLSON’S APPOINTMENT
AS HIS SUCCESSOR.
OFFICIAL FROM MEXICO.
Washington, August 13.
The Herald's special from this city asserts
that General Howard, the Freedmen’s Bureau
Commissioner, will resign or be removed in
consequence of developments made by Gene
rals Stecdman and Fullerton’s investigation,
and that General Tillsou will be his successor.
The statement needs corroboration.
It is said that the property of ex-Governor
Wise, of Virginia, has been ordered to be re
stored to him.
Advices here through the Mexican Legation
state that Junrez was organizing a force at
Chihuahua to capture the city of Durango.
Carvahal, with fifteen hundred men, was to
attempt to take Tampico.
The French troops of that city have removed
the Mexican General Samadrid, suspecting his
fidelity.
>? Escobedo, with four thousand men, has gone
to Monterey and expects to occupy it.
From Cincinnati.
CHOLERA REPORTS.
Cincinnati, Ausrust 13.
On Saturday there were fifty-four death’ im
ported as occasioned by cholera. On SuniUy,
sixty-eight deaths were reported from the same
cause. The Board of Health has declared the
disease to have become epidemic hero.
CHOLERA IN NEW ORLEANS.
New Orleans, August 13. (
The number of deaths from cholera, for for
ty-eight hours, ending this morning, amount to
fifty-eight.
MURDER NEAR SAVANNAH. \
Savannah, August 13.
Henry Seckinger, a citizen of Springfield, was e
robbed and murdered by negroes near Savan
nah on Saturday morning. The murderers
have escaped. I
From UNTew Y"ork. 1
MORTUARY REPORT.
• THE BISHOP DIVORCE CASE.
ADVICES FROM MEXICO.
SHIP NEWS.
New York, August 12.
The deaths for the week in this city are about
eight hundred. There were only three cases
of cholera.
Yesterday Nathaniel C. Bishof, the insurance
broker, who has been sued for a divorce by his
wiie, and his paramour, Clara B. Wallace, were
arrested and committed to prison for want of
bail. Bishop is 62 years old, and has an income
ofsloo,ooo per annum.
Vera Cruz advices report a number of ar
rests of alleged conspirators, who, it Is said,
intended the killing or capturing of the French
officers in that city.
, The French steamer Adonis has been sent to
the Rio Grande to blockade Matnmoras.
There is no yellow fever in Vera Cruz.
New Fork, August 13.
Arrived—Steamers Empire, from Wilming
ton; Valley City, from Richmond ; San Salva
dor and Gen. Barnes, from Savannah; George
Cromwell, from New Orleans; E. S. Perry,
from New Orleans; schooner Charles Devine
from Galveston.
From Charleston.
SEIZURE OF A BRITISH VESSEL.
Charleston, August 12.
The Collector of this port has seized the
British bark B. F. Shaw, Oann master, from
Havana, for smuggling. Her captain refusing
to give bond has been committed to jail.
BRITISH VESSEL LOST.
Savannah, August 12.
The British ship Tmnpedo, from Mobile to
Savannah, was lost on Warsaw sound on Satur
day last. The captain and crew wcic all saved.
The ship was owned by J. S. DeWolf & Co.,
of Liverpool, and was partially insured.
RESIGNATION OF GEN. ROSECRANS.
Washington, August 1!!.
Gen. William S. Rosecrans, Brigadier General
in tlie Regular Army, having tendered his resig
nation, Major Gen. Daniel E. Sickles, United
States Volunteers, it is understood under the
late order, will be nominated to till the vacancy."
CHOLERA.
Savannah, August 13.
Only fourteen cases in hospital—not one
cholera. Cholera at llilton Island all disap
pt aring.
NEW YORK MARKET.
New York, August 13—Noon.
Gold, 49%. Exchange, nominal at 109%
@IO9X- Cotton dull at 34@36.
New York, August 13.
Gold, 149%. Five twenties of’os, 107 ; Five
twenties of ’62,109%. Ten-forties, 99%. Col
ton quiet; sales 1,200 bales; Middlings, 34@
3(5. Flour more steady at $9 50@515 for
Southern. Wheat, B@sc. better, but quiet.—
Corn l cent better, but closes with advance
lost. Beef steady. Pork dull ; sales 3,500 ;
Mess, s3l 0.2. Lard heavy. Butter steady.—
Whisky easier. Rice firm. Sugar firm ; Mus
covado, 10%@11%. Coffee quiet. Molasses
dull. Turpentine, 69%@75. Rosin quiet at
s3@sS.
MOBILE MARKET.
Mobile, August 13.
Cotton sales to-day 150 bales. Low Mid
dling, 27®28c., only lower grades offering.
nfw Orleans' market.
New Orleans, August 13.
Cotton easier; sales 400 bales; Low Mid
dlings, 32@33. Gold, 47. Bank Sterling, 58@59.
New York Exchange, % discount.
Augusta Market.
COTTON—We hear of no sales.
GOLD is steady at 146@ 148.
SILVER quiet.
SAVON DE TERRE !
Homo Soaps bum your fingers,
Some your clothing, and
All melt like dew before a duly Sun.
The Savon de Terre Co.’s Dark Brown Family
Soap
WON’T DO EITHER!
On the contrary it is
Pleasant to the hands,
Harmless to your clothing, and
“ Stands Like a Stonewall”
This article is made from a natural product and is in
‘ every way superior to the ordinary Family Soaps. Be
i sides its superior cleansing qualities, it softens goods
and brightens colors without injury to either. One
pound equal to one and a-half of ordinary soap. A
saving of 50 per cent. Send for Circulars. Sold by
I the trade generally.
PRINCIPAL OFFICE, 32 VESEY STREET,
NEW YORK.
M. B. STAFFORD, President.
jy4-3mw.ts
MIDWAY SCHOOL,
CHARLOTTESVILLE, VA.
Wilson C. N. Carr,
James M. Garnett, M. A.. (Univ, Va ,)
Associate Principals.
HP
JL HE Second Session of this School will begin on
tlie first Monday in September, and will cndJunc
30th, 1867. The course of study is designed to pre
pare hoys for the University of Virginia, or any other
college, or for the practical business of life. Special
attention is given to instruction in English Studies and
Book-Keeping.
Terms. —For hoard and tuition, $155 per half ses
sion, payable in advance. Washing and fuel furnish
ed at actual coat. Each pupil will bring his own tow
els. For circulars and further particulars, address
WILSON C. N. CARR,
Charlottesville, Va.
JAMES M. GARNETT, M. A.,
jy24-eod-8 Junction, Hanover co., Va.
WASHINGTON FEMALE SEMINARY,
WILKES COUNTY, GA.
Rev. Ferdinand Jacobs, A. M., Principal.
Prof. J. M. Fisher, A. M., Principal of Music.
r P
JL HIS SEMINARY WILL BE RE OPENED
on MONDAY, Sept. 17, with competent Assistants in
every department.
terms:
Tuition per Session of 20 weeks sls, S2O, $25 00
Incidental Expenses 1 00
Instruction on Piano or Guitar 25 00
Use of Piano 2 50
Vocal Music, in Class 12 Oil
Drawing and Painting in Oil Colors 16 00
Instruction in German or French 12 00
Latin and Greek included in the regular course.
Boat ding with the Principal, $75 per session; Wash
ing, extra.
Payments in gold or its equivalent. augll-2aw3w
DIRECT LINE.
BOSTON AND OHABLDSTON
STEAMSHIP COMPANY.
THE NEW A 1 STEAMSHIP
THEODORE D. WAGNER,
CAPTAIN RODNEY BAXTER,
OF ABOUT 700 TONS BURTHEN,
Is READY TO RECEIVE FREIGHT AND
will leave Boston for Charleston, S. C., on SATUR
DAY, 28th July T , to bo followed immediately by her
oonsort of same size.
DANIEL LEWIS & CO., 9 Merchants’ Row,
Agents, at Boston.
A. J. SALINAS, Agent at Charleston, S. C., will
forward goods to Augusta, Atlanta, Columbia, Cam
den, Florence, Beaufort, Hilton Head, Jacksonville,
Palatka, Fla., Georgetown, 8. 0., and all intermediate
points. jyll-tutl;.tsa3m
BALTIMORE AND CHARLESTON
STEAMSHIP COMPANY,
COMPOSED OF THE STEAMSHIPS
CUMBERLAND,
IOYY.OItA.TVrA,
GENERAL OXJSTEIt,
STAR OTP THE SOUTH.
TnE
" 1 *
G-EJST. CtTSTBR,
CAPTAIN HARRIS,
W ILL LEAVE NORTH ATLANTIC
WHARF for Baltimore, TO-MORROW, the 1811.
instant, at —t — o’clock.
These Steamships offer every facility for Passen
gers and Freight, with handsome accommodations.
For Freight or Passage, apply at the office of the
AgCnfß ' WILLIS & CHISOLM,
jnay2Q-eodtf North Atlantic Wharf.
Quotations for Southern Bank Notes.
BANKING HOUSE OF
MANNING & DE FORREST,
10 WALL STREET.
Nkw Yobk, August I,lßßfl.
BUYING RATES.
Virginia. rath
Bank of Berkeley 90
Bank of Charleston, Charleston
Bank City Petersburg jg
Bank of Commerce, Fredericksburg! !!*!!!!!!!*!!” 48
Bank Howardsville, secured SB
Bank of Old Dominion " 50
Bank of Phillippi secured aa
Bank of Richmond ,2
Bank of Rockbridge 38
Bank of Rockingham 1.150
Bank of Scottsville, secured *3B
Bank of the Valley. ’ . on
Bank of Virginia.. <>•>
Bank of Winchester III!!!!!!!!!!!!’!! " 75
Central Bank of Virginia, secured 20
Corporation of Alexandria 50
Danville Bank, Danville 1111111111111 * Iss4
Exchange Bank ol Virginia, Norfolk .". 111111111111124
armors Bank of Pincastlo... 28
Farmers’ Bank Virginia ...III.I'""' 26
„ an , k ’ Lynchburg, secured.. ..I .I ll.'. 1.45
Montieello Bank, secured
Northwestern Bank, dettbrsonville 98
Southwestern Bank, Wythcvtlle 38
Traders Bank, Richmond 28
North Carolina.
Bank of Cape Fear 04
Bank of Charlotte To
Ban kof Clarendon 11111111111 I I" 1 3
Bank of Commerce ,r.
Bank of Fayetteville ‘...'.'.1 u
Bank of Lexington ,0
Bank of Lexington Uraham 111111 Ill'll" 20
Bank of North Carolina ' '"
Bank of Roxboro’ no
Bank of Tiiomusvillc 111.
Bank of Wadcsborougli is
Bunk of Washington 1.1 ■>
Bank of Wilmington
Bank of Yaneeville... .
Commercial Ban k, Wi Imi ngt'on -'I IIIIIIII* * 15
Farmers’ Bank of North Carolina, old 111*25
Merchant’s Bank, Newborn V.
Miners and Planters’ Bank 111111 111 III!125
South Carolina.
Bank of Canute!
Bank of Charleston
Bank of Chester IIIIII"! 20
Bank of Georgetown ot
Bank of Hamburg .III!!'!"" 18
Bank of Newlierry ....111111 57
Bank ol South Carolina IS
Commercial Bank, Columbia.ll !.'!!!!!!"!" l 8
Old Issue Bank State of South Carolina’.!! 21
New Issue Bank State of South Carolina....' ‘I 5
Exchange Bank, Columbia IS
Farmers’ and Rxchaugc g
M ercliants’, Chel a w 1.1111111 20
People’s Batik 4S
Planters’ Bank, Fail-Held 111111111111111111111118
Planters’ and Mechanics’ Bank... . 20
Southwesten Rail Road ns
State Bank
U nton Bank 1111111111111111 66
Georgia.
Augusta Insurance and Banking Company .. 8
Bank of Augusta ' ’ . 52
Bank of Athens I!!!!!!!!!!!'! 48
1 Bank of Columbus I!I!!!!!!II!!III"l21
Bank of Commerce
Bank of Fulton ....I!!!!*"!"* ""*46
Bank of Empire Slate 111111111111111111 27
Bank ot Middle Georgia SO
Bank of Savannah ' as
Bank State of Georgia 1111 III! 11l 111 1 .22
Central Railroad Banking Company 96
City Bank of Augusta.... ' 30
Farmers’ and Mechanics’ Hank... 1. 1111111111'." I"u
Georgia Railroad and Banking Company 11 111 1111 96
Manufacturers’ Bank, Macon.. 22
Marine Bank .1111! 11III' I" 88
Mechanics’ Bank 1111111111 11
Merchants and Planters’ 8unk....11111111111H 12
Planters’ Bank I!!!!!!'!!! 15
Timber Cutters’ Bank
Union Bank 11111111111111111 111
Alalia Ilia.
- Bank of Mobile 95
Bank of Montgomery 1. 11111111! 1 190
Bank of Selma II.IIIIIIIso
5' Commercial Bank 1111111 :tu
Central Bank ..III..!Isi
Eastern Bank III!IIIIIIIIII50
Northern Bank 1.1111111111150
s Southern Bank I.!!!!! I III! I»6
Tennessee.
1 Bank of Tennessee, old issue 30
Bank of Tennessee, new issue 5
Bank of Chattanooga 20
Bank of Commerce. ...50
Bank of Knoxville 1.. 1140
. Bank of Memphis 85
1 Bank of Middle Tennessee 185
Bank of Paris 50
Bank of Shelbyville 80
Bank of the Union 95
Bank of West Tennessee 40
Buck's Bank 90
City Bard: 50
Commercial Bank 90
Merchants’ Bank 50
Northern Bank 90
Ocoee Bank 30
Planters’ Bank 56
Southern Bank 25
Traders’ Bank 25
‘ Union Bank 69
Louisiana.
Bank of America 120
Bank of Louisiana 85
Bank of New Orleans
Canal Bank 97
Citizens’ Bank 97
Crescent City 95
Louisiana State Bank 95
Mechanics and Traders’ Bank 95
Merchants’ Bank 95
, Southern Bank 120
Union Bank 95
New Orleans City Scrip 90
Slate Honda and Coupons.
Virginia Bonds 67® 68
North Carolina Bonds 84® Bft
North Carolina Floyd Bonds 70® 75
Soutii Carolina Bonds 85® 87
Louisiana State .90® 95
Georgia State 105®108
Tennessee State 92@ 93
The above Bonds are bought, with Coupons,
from J uly, 1861.
City of Savannah Bonds .87® 90
City of Augusta, Georgia 90® 92
Charleston City Stock 70® 7ft
New Orleans City Railroad Bonds 80® 82
Now Orleans consolidated 90@ 95
City Memphis endorsed by State Tennessee... .67® 70
City Memphis Railroad 70® 72
City Memphis Municipal Rs@ 67
Savannah Coupons 82® 85
Augusta Coupons 80® 85
Memphis Coupons 70® 75
Novth Carolina Coupons 59® 01
Tennessee Coupons 70® 72
Georgia Coupons 80® 82
Virginia Coupons © 40
South Carolina Railroad Bonds ® 75
Savannah and Charleston Ist mortgage © 40
Savannah and Charleston 2d mortgage.
Montgomery and West Point R. R. 80nd5....65© 70
Nashville and Chattanooga R. R. Bonds 67® 70
Memphis and Charleston T\. R. Bonds 80© 85
Mobile and Ohio R. R. stg. Bonds 67© 70
Mobile and Ohio Coupons 55© 00
We are dealing extensively in all kinds of Southern
Securities, and pay particular attention to purchases
and sales on Commission, filling orders for Banks and
those indebted to the Banks. Parties sending us
packages by mail or express will be credited at highest
market rate on day of receipt.
Refer to leading Bankers and Business Houses of
city of New York, and E. Thomas, Esq., and A.
Boggs, Augusta. mylO-lawOm
Dr. Larookah’s
IrayfMilllll SARSAPARILLA
iBHSfMCQMPQUND,
For the speedy and permanent cure of
Livtr Complaint, Scrofula, or King’s
Evil, Dyspepsia, Dropsy, Neuralgia,
Epilepsy, Erysipelas, Ht. Anthouy’a
Fire, Pimples, Pustules, Blotches,Bolls,
Tumors, Salt Bheum, Fleers and Sores,
Rheumatism, Pain in the Stomach, Sldo
and Bowels, General Debility, Uterine
Ulceration, Syphilis and Mercurial Dis
ease, and all complaints arising from or result
ing in Impure Blood.
It is double the strength of any other Sarsapa.
rilla Compound in the market, and is indorsed
by the medical faculty as the best and cheapest
Blood Purifier extant.
Price SI.OO pei- Bottle,'
Prepared by
Dr, E. K. KNIGHTS,... Chemist,
Melrose, Mass,
DR * KM(,IHT8 ’
ORIENTAL
mil iH 11 a1 r
RESTORER
Proves itself the only reliable Restorer
of Gray and Faded Ilalr to Its original
color. -v-
It contains neither oil, alcohol, nor any other
injurious substance. - •
It cleanses the scalp, gives the hair a rich and
glossy appearance, and promotes Us luxuriant
growth. -*■—«*•»" -1
It is scientifically prepared, and is indorsed by
the most eminent medical authority. .. I
It is exquisitely perfumed, will not stain or
soil the finest fabric, atid ts Indispensable to the
toilet of every lady and gentleman.
SS'BUY KO OTHER!
Price 75 cents per Bottle.
Prepared by Dr. E. R. KNIGHTS, Chemist,
G Melrose, Mass.
v Sold by v :
W. 11. TUTT, Augusta.
D. BARNES A CO., New Yolk.
BARNES. WARD * CO., New Orleans.
W. H. WALSH, General Agent, Savannah.
Jan29-eocMm
WILLrS & CHISOLM,
Factors, Commission Merchants
AND SHIPPING AGENTS,
Will attend to the purchase, sale, and shipment to
Foreign and Domestic Ports, as Cotton,
Rice, I.umber, and Naval Stores.
Libernl advances made on Consignments to our
friends in Northern Ports and Liverpool.
ALEX. R. CHISOLM.
E. WILLIS,
aiy2-eodtf Attn ntic Wars, Charleston, S. C.
E.LOUIS LOWE,
(FORMERLY OF MARYLAND,)
COUNSELLOR AX LAW,
60 WALL STREET,
]STew York City.
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