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CONSTITUTIONALIST.
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SUNDAY MORNING, JUNE IC, 18C7.
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CONCILIATION.
The Hon. Wm. Seward, Secretary Os Slate,
is very much of an oddity. He has precious
little warm blood in his veins and his nature
partakes of the fish-fishy in point of animated
gelidness. Having so cold a heart or cold a
stotnach-for philosophers arc divided as to
the location oi the affections—it is not to he
marveled at that he should be lacking iu the
common attributes of diplomatic sincerity.
Two notable examples will suffice to demon
strate this proposition.
Immediately alter the war, Commander
John R. Tucker, of the late C. S. Navy,
whose character in the service of the Union
and the service of the South stood without fear
and without reproach, accepted an appoint
ment from the Peruvian Government as Admi
ral of the Fleet. It happened that Admiral
Dahlgren —father of that impetuous but ill
starred young Colonel who essayed to kill Mi.
Davis, burn Richmond and make the torch and
sword supreme in the Southern citadel it hap
pened, we say, that Admiral Dahi.gren, being
on a cruise in Peruvian waters, was
obliged to have official communication with
Admiral Joiin R. Tucker. The doughty
and superfine Dahlgren peremptorily refused
to recongni/.e Admiral Tucker, who had dared
to fight for his State against the old flag. As a
matter of course, this excessive strain upon Ills
professional ethics brought him in coutlicl with
the Peruvian authorities, whose flag lie had re
fused to salute, and became a matter of corres
pondence with Mr. Seward. The Premier, as
the Northern people call Mr. Seward, in
structed the Admiral to pay respect to the
Peruvian ensign, but applauded his insult to
Tucker, and “hoped that his views would long
continue to animate tlie entire naval service.”
He lauds “the proper and patriotic determina
tion of Admiral Dahlgren and the officers
under liis command to decline personal and
individual intercourse not im interna
tional rights and duties, with reb d traitors
against the United .States, wh. >ever and
under whatever circumstances they may be
found.”
What folly after this invocation ol bitterness
iu high quarters tojprate ol conciliation, oblivion
of past differences and general conciliation.
The “rebels and traitors” will not probably
care a great deal for the absence of social cour
tesy on the part of the Daiilokens and others of
the same dainty perce.ptives ; but when the
Secretary of State, fresh from this official
counsel of strife, appears before the people of
North Carolina, as he recently did, with bland
and persuasive speeches about concord and har
mony, plain people are apt to question his mo
tives and doubt his candor. T- his, we presume,
is one of the “New England influences” so
edlfyingly thrust upon us for imitation and a
ease of double-dealing which may
consecrated iu Yankee land but hardly ready
for sanctification and approval beyond that
delectable and moral '('"ion. Really, the pro
gress of reeonstrnc ' a new impetus
from such ap' believes in
the Sbwah’ '■* ~ow
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finalif
.Sen An I *B.IO
.„ of casualties at An
~eat l*oinl Lookout, Fort Dela I
dohnson’s Island, Camp Chase, Elmira and
elsewhere, the public will no longer be deceived
by tbe frenzied slogans of a dying fanaticism.
Tbe South can stand the ghosts of Anderson
ville, if the North can endure those of her
many prison houses. It lias been proven that
Federal cruelty killed more Confederate cap
tives than Confederate poverty and distress,
caused by Yankee vandals, killed Yankee pris
oners. And yet, the North was frill of flew
Englaud morality, full of medicines, full
every comfort known to man in ransacking the
universe. The South petitioned for medicines
to euro the Federal soldiers, the petition was
denied, medicine was made a contraband ol
war and a rigid blockade by land and water
rendered its procuration almost impossible.
The South implored flic North to exchange
prisoners, but, having violated the cartel over
and over again, the New England idea,
as interpreted by the virtuous Butler, con
cluded that the life of a foreign mercenary was
of very little account and his rotting in prison
an excellent offset to the loss of a Confederate
soldier whose, death would make a gap in hearts
and ranks which never could he filled.
That shriek about Andersonville is a failure
now, however potent and all-pervading once.
\V:’| beg, for truth’s sake, to change the struc
ture of Harper's sentence. It should read
thus : “ Under New England influences the
pangs of Andersonville were quadrupled ;
under untrnmmelcd Southern influences, they
would have been impossible. Under New
England influences the pangs of Point Lookout,
Elmira, Camp Chase, Johnson’s Island and
Fort Delaware, were absolutely possible and
hideously real beyond the pangs of Andorson
ville.” Impartial history will set that page
right and, if men tormented in this world assail
their rulers in ' the next, we would take
Jefferson Davis’ chances in the spiritual
world when confronted with ail the spectres ol
the Georgia prison pen, a thousand times rather
than the chances of Edwin M. Stanton, Abha
iiam Lincoln and Benjamin Bijti.er when
brought face to face with the spectral hosts of
either army. New England influences are not
destined to immortality. They flourish now,
hut another century will see them dishonored.
Even though they should plague the earth till
judgment day, they will not impose upon the
Omnipotent, although their scribes and phari
sees affect to believe that heaven itself would
fail without their active co-operation.
KEEP IT BEFORE THE PEOPLE.
The Griffin Star has the following terse and
timely admonitions:
Keep it before the people— That the only excuse
offered by tbe Joe Brown stripe of politicians
for supporting tbe Sherman bill is, that they
fear confiscation il we refuse to acquiesce iu
the provisions of that bill.
Keep it before the people— That tbe Supreme
Court of tbe United States has decided that
Congress has no right to confiscate the proper
ty ol the people ol the South, until alter Con
viction for treason before the civil tribnuahs ol
the country.
Keep it before the people —l hat uo mail has
been, or will be tried for treason lor participa
tion in the late war, because the United States
Government has, time and again, acknowledged
that the late Southern Confederacy was a de
facto Government, and entitled to all the rights
of belligerants.
Keep it before the people— That the amnesty ,
proclamation of the President of the United
States operates as a pardon for all past political (
offei ces, and that, therefore, trials for treason ]
would result in the immediate acquittul of the i
accused. , I
Keep il before the people— That all of us have 1
taken an oath to support the Constitution, as i
required by the amnesty proclamation ; and, as i
the Sherman bill is admitted by all to be a viola- i
tion of that instrument, to support it would be j
perjury. (
Keep it before the people—That if a Conven- t
lion should be called, consisting of Radicals, (
Hiite and black, a Constitution may be framed, 1
■L,jiich tbe two races may be put upon social, \
Bell as political, equality, and the remaining {
ol our people divided between black fl
■ ml white, red spirits and grey. L
John Stuart Mill.— As female suffrage, to
which the enlightened negroes at the North are
hostile, is a matter of some moment in this gen
eration, the following sketch of its great British
advocate will repay perusal. Mr. Mill’s man
ner of speaking is thus described by the London
correspondent of the Boston Advertiser : “ Mr.
Mill writes out his great speeches beforehand,
and Die Daily News, I believe, has the MS.—
Like Sir VV, Wordsworth, he never omits a
syllable. The reporter follows it, and is amazed
at the memory which is disclosed. Would the
great man could spare us the pauses. 1 here
was oue, and oue only, in his female suffrage
speech, but it seemed an age. As his friend,
yon grew hot in the face. The ears tingled, and
you felt ready to rush into the open air, as you
saw the philosopher stuck last, looking down
and seeking to recover the thread. To a spec
tator this is exceedingly painful; but 1 believ.
Mr. Mill is uot at all nervous himself. He is
perfectly certain of findiug the clue. But wh>
lie doesn’t carry a slip iu his baud, I cannot
imagine. I think if he knew the depth of om
distress that he would.”
A Clear Case of Humbug.— The Rev. Se
reno Howe, iu his last speech iu the Massa
chusetts Legislature, said:
The vocation of the State Constable is one ol
the most reputable in the State. 1, for one.
consider it by no means derogatory, but an
honorable duty ; and they should esteem it a
privilege, not only to break.up rum shops, but
to lerret out crimes of all other kinds. As for
my part, Mr. Speaker, I had as lie! have a
State Constable visit my house or my rooms as
any other person. They arc only a terror to
evil-doers.
Was ever man so swiftly and fearfully con
demned out of liis own mouth? A few days
after the delivery of this pious harangue, lie
was exposed before the public ns a scandalizer
of youth—the most besotted hypocrite that
ever escaped without the millstone and the
sea. The State Constable came, as per iu
tation, but did not experience the promised
hospitalities of his Reverend eulogist. The
** terror of evil-doers ” knocked at the door of
SEitENOjhe knocked, and knocked, aud knock
ed, hut none replied.
The Female Shoddyite.—The Baltimore
Gazette's Paris correspondence says : “ A well
authenticated story is in circulation here of a
genuine specimen of an American female shod
dyite, who recently at an audience of the Pope
at Koine, to the surprise of every one present,
stepped forward upon the entrance of if is
Holiness, and with the peculiar nasal twang
of the New England Stales, thus spoke : ‘ How
d’ye do, Pope Pius Ninth ? 1 want to intro
duce you to my darter Jane.’ His Holiness ap
peared to take the affair very good naluredly
and to appreciate the joke, while the Federal
Americans present were quite overwhelmed
with feelings of mortification and disgust.
To others the scene was one of intense amuse
ment.”
[From the Baltimore Gazette.
The Olimax.
The Radical revolutionists, as we learn from
the proceedings of the “anniversary meetings”
now iu session in Boston, have still a great deal
of work before them. Our geographical boun
daries are to bo vastly enlarged and the condi
tion of tlie women of the country aud the
character of tlie negroes are to be totally
changed. Mr. Wendell Phillips says: “lie
should never consider the Government on the
hard smooth road of easy political travel until
we had a black Vice-President whose name had
strengthened liis ticket because he was black.”
Mr. Powell, editor of the Anti-Slavery Standard,
will not lie satisfied S’ t.il all men and women
are invested with *'* of suffrage and the
title to “ the 1" ” is vested in
the “ loyal t tv
ticula'-’
the
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will
u-gulhci j-opFily ,
which are . Violent at.
from day to fcase, ami Vim i,.. ,,
lion arc o: t j Weekly!hint very p| a j n jy
Ilerald slid A INs the issue which will before
that repudt ‘*V tf,,flic attention. But w.- * ‘
long cliall</OiigMn^. ftl . ttii n ,.
pose we linnst, . Molly patiently
and await/ liopi the politically inillcuium
wjiieh is toy be esbfiishcd as soon as all negroes
and all wiomen an clothed with the right ol
suffrage, an\d the climax of Republican felicity
is reached by planting “ the old ting ’’ at the
North Pole.
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The governor Goes In.— Just as we
expected. Governor Patton has gone. We
doil’t mean to that he has gone mad—
ff.Kifth 'Sc fe! we shall be compelled to say it
after awhile. We merely mean to say now that
he hari left—that he has abandoned his old
friends, whose respect was worth something,
and has thrown himself into the arms of “South
ern loyalty,” for the chance of being re-elected
to the office he now holds.
When Mr. F. W. Sykes, the temporary chair-
if the Radical Convention now in session
at Montgomery, assumed the duties of that
exalted position, he. told an attentive world that
the “ Union Republican ” party in Alabama
have a sufficient number of voters to carry the
State at the next election like a flash. Gov.
Patton was there, “ with his mouth wide open,
like a poor-box gaping for lmlf-penee,” and
when Sikes made this statement, the Governor
swallowed it as smoothly as you would take
down a Herron Bay oyster. After that it, was’nt
worth while to say anything more. The hash
was settled.
And then the Goyernor was invited to come
into the Convention and make himself at home.
He came in. Once in, he climbed up to the
Speaker’s stand and there spoke a pie’ce. We
give an outline of his remarks elsewhere. He
shook hands with the temporary ebairmau
(which was bad enough within itself,) and after
thanking the Convention for their invitation,
and saying a few other common-place things,
declared that although his official duties might
call him away at times, he was heartily with the
members of the convention.
So the Governor has departed this life—is as
dead to his old friends as a door-nail. On lie
half of the coroner’s jury, whose services are
just now required elsewhere, we return a ver
dict of deliberate suicide.
“ Come let the burial rite be read, tlie funeral song bo
sung,
An nntliem for the silent dead that ever died so young,
A dirge for liim tbe doubly dead iu that he died so
young.”
The attentive reader will have observed that
while speaking of the Governor being dead, we
have carefully refrained from saying anything
about his beiug damned.— Montgomery Mail.
Important Decision by the Supreme
Court.— The Supreme Court yesterday decided
a ease of great importance to the mercantile
community, and affecting the revenues of the
State very largely. The ease was that of the
State ol Louisiana vs. S. H. Kennedy & Co., ap
uealed from the Sixth District Court, and has
been before the appellate court several months.
Messrs. Kennedy & Co. were sued for a certain
sum due by them for tax on gross sales in their
house. They resisted payment of the tax on
the ground that it was unconstitutional, and
the lower court held that it was unconstitu
tional. The State appealed, and yesterday the
Supreme Court affirmed the decision of Judge
Duplautier.
It is estimated that if the lax had been de
cided to have been constitutionally imposed,
there would have been about seven hundred
thousand dollars collected into the State treasu
ry within the next sixty days. As it is the State
will loose that sum, and some six or seven hun
dred thousaud dollars of the tax having already
been paid, of course the amount will have to
be refunded to the parties who have paid it.
As the State cannot be sued, however, the resti
tution can only be had by an act of the legisla
ture.—TV. O. Crescent.
Win. H. Henderson, a reputed lawye*, and a
consummate scoundrel, eloped from Biloxi a
few weeks ago, with his wife’s neice, a young
and fascinating lady, and it is generally believed
he has gone Co Canada. He robbed his poor
sick wife of all her valuable jewelry before
leaving. He left sundry debtß due Biloxians
unpaid ; and the meanest, lowest down trick of
all he swindled ns to the tune of #25. Though
a man who will steal the jewelry from his wile
is mean fenough to do anything. His wife, an
intelligent aud accomplished lady, left this
county a few days ago for New Orleans, desti
tute and almost heart-broken. The press will
confer a favor by handing this scoundrel around.
He is about twenty-eight or thirty years of age,
fair complexion, weasel face, light hair, aud
parts it in the middle ; he has a wicked eye,
and the thief and robber is plainly depicted on
his countenance. * Jlandsboro' Democrat , June 1.
Masonic PRBSjiNTATioN.-JU'rlduy night, after
the regular business had he en disposed of in
Bocial Lodge, No. 1., the Secretary announced
that brother Claiborne Snead had a matter to
bring to the notice of the VV orshipful Master—
Stephen D. Heard.
Col. Snead delivered an eloquent address, in
which he alluded to tlie ability and fidelity with
which the duties ol Worshipful Master of the
Lodge had been discharged.
The manner in which these duties lifid been
performed were so indcllibly impressed upon
the mind, so deeply engraved upon tlie heart
that no time could ever efface it.
He then spoke at length, and iu glowing
terms of the mission and grand principles of
tbe order— principles tliat were set. like the
stars in Heaven as lights and guides for every
true and worthy Mason ; of the path that was
pursued by all—a path that even angels might
deign to tread—a path that had been passed by
countless myriads from tlie days of King Solo
ruoti to the present time —a path that has becu
followed in our own country by such men as
Washington and Hancock, aud many other
great and good men, who have illustrated aud
adorned our history.
He closed by expressing his wish that the
Worshipful Master might long live to wear Ihe
regalia, to propagate tlie precepts of the Order
and be an exemplar of the younger Masons
who were coming on.
The Worshipful replied iu a neat little speech,
in which he disclaimed any merit beyond ap
earnest effort to perform the duties devolving
upon him in his position. Ho referred in ap
propriate, and Masonic terms, to the beauties
of the Order—the beuificent work it should
perform and the purity of life which should
characterize all its adherents.
The regalia consists of a collar and jewel and
the apron. The collar is made of blue watered
silk, with a heavy fringe of silver. Tlie jewel
is oi solid gold, properly marked, sud Iftepyihed
on tlie reverse: “Presented to Stephen D.
Heard, W. M., by the members of Social Lodge,
No. 1, Augusta, Oa., June 14th, 1867.” The
apron of the Jatqhskift, horderpd wHh hlqe,
and] trimmed with rosettes of blue and silver
tassels.
We unite with Col. Snead in his prayer:
Long may the present Worshipful live to wear
the tokens of esteem presented to him by
those who know him best.
A Thief Killed.—A negro man named Al
leclc, was shot and killed Friday morning
about three o’clock, while robbing the garden
of Mr. F. Cogin, the Superintendent of the Au
gusta Cotton Factory, by Mr. H. R. Smith, the
watchman, whose duty it is to guard the prem
ises. Mr. Cogin, who had been losing his gar
-1 den truck and other articles for the past week,
1 determined on setting a watch to catch the
rogue, and yesterday morning, at the hour
named, A1 leek got oyer tjje fetjee and com
menced to cut a few cabbages ; he cut nine and
threw them over, and was iu the act of throwing
the tenth, when he was hailed by the watch
man and ordered to halt, but made for the
1 fence, when the watchman fired. The body of
Alleck was'subsequently found lying on tlie
Georgia Railroad track, near the premises.
. Coroner Rhodes held an inquest and the jury
returned a verdict justifying Mr. Smith.
Superior Court.— The case of
Heard vs. the Mechanics’ Bank of Augusta was
concluded Friday. The arguments of the
learned counsel attracted the closest attention
of the large audience present to hear thei* <u
t l *'*’ ' 'ingease. About six o’eloc», His
Reese charged the /«ry very
briefly, to the effeN that it was
to bring iu a verdict lor tbe
It was brought to recover
ollars— notes of this bank,
be plaintiff. We hope to
esuiue of this case to our
■t. will be called this moru-
Iho President and
•i and Building Association, at
J ol the President, at 8 o’clock, p.
..ee 13, 18(17, the following gentlemen
. ere elected :
President —Mr. Henry Meyers. Directors—
I. E. Marley, W. H. Goodrich, Jno. Kenny, J.
C. Galvin, J. O, Mathewson, F. C. Barber, prox.
The President called the meetiug to order,
Mr. Mathewson acting Secretary, lor the pur
pose of electing Treasurer, Solicitor and Secre
ta Xy of this Association :
Mr. Jos. P. Gaft- was re-elected Solicitor by
acclamation. Win. O. Barber was re-elected
Treasurer by acclamation. A. F. Plumb was
elected Secretary upon the third ballot.
On motion, meetiug adjourned.
Election. —At tbe aunual meeting held on
Thursday night, the following gentlemen were
chosen Directors of the Stonewall Jackson Loau
aud Building Association :
President—W. 11. Goodrich.
Directors—John U. Meyer, R. J. Bowe, John
Craig, S. E. Preston, S- D. Ramey, B. B. Russell.
Solicitor —Roswell Ring.
Treasurer—Edgar R. Derry.
Secretary—Rev. W. J. Hard.
The Wheat Harvest.— The wheat harvest
in this section, says the Rome Commercial , is
now in full blast, and a sploudid prospect for a
good yield. The samples we have seen are
very fine, grain large and heavy. We may
safely say that Cherokee Georgia will raise
wheat enough to supply the entire State if
judiciously used. We have heard of the sale
of oue crop at two dollars per bushel. Every
farmer should sell his wheat at ouce, as we are
of opinion, from the prospect throughout, the
Union, that the crop will lie largely over an
average oue.
Death of a Citizen—Mr. Win. I*. Lawson,
of this city, died, iu Savannah, on Thursday.
His remaius arrived here last night, and will he
interred this afternoon, with Masonic honors,
by his brethren of Social Lodge, who meet at
their hall, at 4 o’clock, for that purpose.
Mr. Lawson had been spending some time
in Florida, with his family, aud was en route
to this city, when death met him in Savannah.
His family are in Jacksonville, Fla., and un
aware of their affliction.
A Sensible Recommendation.—A new
York journal very sensibly recommends that
every boy, whether rich or poor, high or low,
ought to learn a trade ; uol that he should al
ways work at it, but that he may have it as a
reserve capital, together with its influence iu
forming his character.
Nothing but an absurd, false pride, prevents
rnauy parents from adopting such sensible
counsel. There have been instances ot royal
personages training their children to mechani
cal employment, aud thereby rendering them
competent to grapple with any change of for
tune, but such good sense is beneath tbe digni
ty of some of our American sovereigns.
The New Orleans courts have just been try
ing a rather curious ease. The children ol a
blind medicant having been enticed away by
some other professional beggars, the lather
brought suit. One of the witnesses testified
that nine cases out of ten who are led about as
blind have good sound eyes. The plan to make
blind beggars is this : The impostor secures a
piece of peculiar blue-stone, which, when dis
solved in water, will make fifteen men blind lor
lour days. The lids of the eyes are then bathed
with the liquid, which acts as an astringent, and
the beggar cannot see until the effect wears off.
The lids are tightly closed, and if they are
forced open there is a temporary film over the
pupil which would deceive any but the most
skillful oculist. The judge sentenced the men
who had enticed away the boy and the mother
of the boy, to six months in the workhouse, in
default of #I,OOO bonds for good behavior. It
is interesting to know that these #I,OOO bonds
were given by the beggars on the spot.
The people of Thomasville voted on Wednes
day of last week, on tbe question of taxing their
town to aid in the extension of tbe South Geor
gia and Florida Railroad. The tax was carried
by a vote of 82 to 3, and it is a significant fact
the uegroes (who were allowed to vote on the 1
question) acted in harmony with the whites, i
giving their votes for the tax. ]
[Correspondence qf the Constitutionalist.
South Carolina.
Tuckek’s Pond, Kijgefirld Dist., S. U. f ?
June 12th, 1867. $
Messrs. Edit* - »rs : Thinking that, perhaps, a
lew lines from *„his benighted region, known as
ti ‘ cc | r uer,” might lie kindly received,
1 thong ut proper to send them to you for
publication in the columns of the Constitution-
Tb erc.'orc, be it knowu, that we of this
part ol t-,od’s creation, have not, for the last two
years ar.j upwards, been so highly favored as
others of Uncle Sam’s children, having had no
mails since the late war. There being no mail
rout.e in operation through here, we have been
alFjost totally locked up in “ Egyptian dark
ness,” excepting when some farmer had urgent
ousincss to Augusta, and didn’t forget that good
old champion of the people’s rights—the Con
stitutionalist. With these exceptions, few and
far between, we heard none of the doings of the
” rest of mankind.” But as we are now in a
fairway to have a mail established through here
again, I look to the day—and 1 hope it may not
be distant—when we can send the Constitution
alist a large club.
We are now iu the midst oi the wheat aud
oals harvest. Both crops look very line. Our
planters sowed heavily last fall, and they are
being put to their trumps to get enough hands
to harvest their crops. Such wheat aud oats
have not been made in these parts for several
years.
Our corn and cotton crops look tolerable
well, considering the backwardness of the
spring, and if we have a few more “good sea
sons” in the night time, we will make a good
report next winter iu the Augusta cottou mar
ket. Respectlully, yours,
Hugh.
The Albany Tragedy—Another Sickles
Affair.
The killiug ol liiscoek by General Cole, for
the alleged improper intimacy with the wife of
the latter, caused the most intense exeitemeut
at Albany. The Albany Journal , in a long
editorial, denounces the deed as a cold-blooded
murder, and says:
We have spoken of this deed as murder.
Thus it was. Wc know a morbid aud perverted
sentimentality—a relic ot barbarism —has
excused such crimes ut this, uutil the belief has
grown far too general that slaughter, under
such circumstances, has no taint of guilt. But
we shall yet learn that human lite is too pre
cious to he thus wantonly destroyed ; that the
safety of society is of too much importance to
be thus imperiled without puuisimient.
Assuming the truth of the story told to hand
by pole, there were two criminal parties. Onlv
one is slain. But who knows that this story is
true ? Who knows what delcnse the mar
dcred Hiseock might have made ? Charged
with crime by a witness whose very charge was
a confession ot her own gross culpability ;
tried and condemned without a hearing or an
opportunity for defeose; executed upou the
spot! Is this justice?—is this honor?—is this
manhood? Rather is it not a glaiiug, damn
ing outrage, culpable baseness, sneaking cow
ardice ? Had Co luge! P’oke detected his victim
iu au act of dishonor, he might have been ex
cused for thedeed which passion would prompt.
But when knowledge was succeeded by reflec
tion, and reflection by deliberation—lasting, ac
cording to his own statement, during uiore
than two days—we say that the act to which
that djj)ibpiTgiqp Jfd was murder i A jury will
sooner or later prououuce upon the legal as
pects of this ease. But it is time for society,so
often and so fearfully outraged by deeds like
this, to let its voice be heard.
Iu another article, under the heading “ The
Vendetta,” the Journal says :
A mau deems himself wronged and dishon
ored by the invasion of his househould. In a
frenzy of rage he seeks the person alleged to
have destroyed his peace, and without a word
of warning, without a moment’s opportunity
for defense, Jays hi HI a bleeding corpse at his
feet! j
Was this victim guilty ? And if so was he
alone guilty? When the sanctity of the mar
riage vow is repeatedly violated, are there no
concurring circumstances which implicate
equally man and woman ? Shall the dead alone
hear the consequences of judgment alone, and
the liviug escape ?
Did the husband estimate rightly the cause
of ilia dishonor? ilow, then, can ho excul
pate her who, according to his own storj’, had
for weeks maintained criminal relations with
another, concealing the evjdeqce from him ?
Would only a liiiljet serve the assailant justly,
while tender expressions of confidence and af
fection befit the erring wife ?
We have nine ol us forgotten the noted case
which transpired at Washington. There Ihe
seducer was shot, and the. woman taken hack
to the bosom of her husband and the society
of his.friends! Was that :y 1; —Alou of Ihe
integrity of s.n ond if so, *»*■. „... iA
tlie story repealed"’with new parties? Ifjiti
raan life is held at so litl|q valqe, of what, use
are the safeguards of law and the protectors of
public justice ?
Duel
4/Übli
Yesterday evening a duel, fought with five
shooting revolvers, eunie off at the lake end
near Dau Ilikok’s old place—the parties to the
affair being Frank Ames and James Goffey,
both well known to the community.
The terms agreed upon were that the com
batants be placed tiflceu paces apart, deliver one:
shot and advance on eapli other at discretion,
continuing to tire until the pistols were emptied,
or one of them bit.
Quite a numerous party appeared with the
principals on the scene ol action; the dis
tance was paced off and the men placed jn
position.
The silence which now ensued was painful
in the extreme, quickly broken, however, bv the
utterance, “Are you ready, gentlemen?” A
decided response in the affirmative being re
turned front both principals, it was followed
by, “One!” “Two!” “Three!” “Fire!”—
Ames fired but missed his man ; Coffey’s pistol
snapped but failed to go off. “ Advance !” was
then commanded, aud immediately both men
rushed at each other, dodging and firing until
within arm’s reach, wheu at the fourth dis
charge from the pistol of Ames, Coffey receiv
ed a ball, and, infuriated at the ineffectiveness
of his weapon, (he hud succeeded in firing but
twice) he hurled it at his antagonist, striking
him a vicious blow on the forehead.
On examination it was found tfiat (fie fiqlj
received by Mr. Coffey had peuetrated the hip,
and though quite serious, is not considered
dangerous.
Mr. Ames received a very severe gash from
the pistol throwu by Coffey, which will serve
as a life-long reminder of the desperate coru
b
i.ie nerve and pluck displayed by both par
ties could not have been surpassed, and would
be worthy of all commcndatiou had it been ex
ercised iu a worthy cause.
The difficulty originated, we are iuformed, in
a legal matter, the nature of Which we could
not learn.
There were some rich and amusiug exhibi
tions of qniek, artful dodging and ground
tumbling after the first fire was delivered;
every one present secrong to imagiue himself
the target aimed at, aud none appreciating the
situation.—iV. O. Times, 6th.
The Crops in Alabama.
Harvesting. —A great many of our farm
ers are now busily engaged in harvesting their
wheat crops, which, we are informed, are very
fine indeed.
We do not suppose such an abundant crop
of wheat has been raised in this county for sev
eral years past as is now being harvested.
[Elyton Herald, 6th.
Corn Crops.— From all appearances and in
formation, our farmers bid fair to realize from
their labors an abundant corn crop.
Corn is looking remarkably well, and all in
dications guarantee a fine corn crop this year
[76. ‘
Ci.over. —Any one who has doubts whether
clover will flourish iu this section ought to see
some stalks left at our ofßce by Wm.M. Weir
measuring four feet in length. He informs us
that he has cut more than a four horse wagon
load of hay off a place not larger than that oc
cupied by the court house.
[Jacksonville Republican.
The first harvest of wheat we have heard of
in this section commenced yesterday on the
farm of Maj. Douegan, south of the city. The
grain is reported to be very file, heavy, and
free from rust. We hope to heir a like report
from all portions of the county. We only re
gret that a larger crop was not sown last fall.
Let our farmers see to it that no such com
plaint shall have to be made another yeur. We
all feel now the importance of raising good
crops.— Huntsville Independent, Uh.
The crops in this section are tow doing fine
ly. Corn is growing most rapidly from the
effects of the late rain. Cottoi is also looking
and doing well. We asked an intelligent
planter this morning how his srops were get
ting on. He replied. “ Well, Jrode round mv
place yesterday, and, for the firit time this year
saw nothing of which I could complain.” ’
[ Eufaila, News, 6th.
The Late Hanging Affair.— Some time
since a man named McLauffclin was found
hanging to a tree on the Albany and Gulf Rail
road, but nothing concerning the perpetrators
could, at the time, be learned. The military
authorities took the matter in hand, and pro
ceeded to investigate it, Lientinant Carson at
present stationed in this citj, being sent for
that purpose. He found, upon investigation
that the man had borne an ill-repute in the
country, and had rendered liirtself very obnox
ious by his scandalous eondfet to the neigh
bors. This conduct, in connexion with an un
due familiarity with peoples’ wives, induced a
regulating committee to hang him. No arrests
have been made. — Savannah Hews.
[ From the Belgravia,
The Wrong Side of the Stream.
Once more do I feel the soft summer wind blowing
Whilst it tenderly rustles the trees: "’
Again the clear water is trilling and flowing,
t As the rushes are bent ’neath the breeze,
s The grand purple shadows are dreamily spreading
, Their gloom o’er the sunshiny gleam; 8
p Through talfnodding grasses I fancy I’m treading.
By the shit of the murmuring stream.-
’ Ah I don’t ylu remember, sweet Amy, the talking
’ You causal down at Silverdale Hall ? B
* How men wire all wild to attend you in walking
> Or to cairn- your sunshade or shawl 1
1 You laughtfl arid you flirted, and were so provoking
, For you signed like a despot extreme I
And isimeclyour edicts— part earnest, part joking—
From yolr throne by the sldo of the stream.
* Then you fad your fnv’rites, I can’t help confeaaing,
Though you treated us all as your slaves—
I One moment were angry, the next were caressing,
More capricious than wind-driven waves.
, ’Twas then Charlie Lincoln and I were both vying
To be tint in your love and esteem,
Whilst svAftly the rosy young hours were flying
At youfeourt by the side of the stream.
Tlius it often occurred in that bright sunny weather
i That we both were ensnared by your wiles;
Vou gave one a flower, the ot her a font her,
Whilst you gladdened us both with your smiles.
i At last came a time of most exquisite rapture
How short did that afternoon seem I
As rosy lips pouted, I made my first capture.
When I met you alone by the stream.
«
Alone, did I s»v t Charlie Lincoln had seen us •
That He had I could tell by his look ;
What matter? With osiers and hurdles between us
With a thick tangled hedge and —a brook.
’Twas all one to me, for he could not come over •
8o he bowed in a manner supreme,
And envied the lot that had cast me in clover,
With himself the wrong side of the stream.
How tender and true were those words softly spoken !
How lovely the light In your eyes t
How earnest those pledges, ne’er meant to be broken
Those whispers that melted to sighs!
No longer a fancy—my fate was decided;
No mere phantom or fatry-like dream ;
1 blessed the good luek that niy rival had guided
Thus to walk the wroDg side of the stream I
[From the New York Bun.
Growth of Female Vice.
HOW SHILL IT BE RESTRAINED ?
Tbe cry comes up r rom every portioii of tbc
laud, “ What shall we tlo to arrest the growth
and increase of prostitution ?” Every city
' echoes it, and every hamlet wails for a reply.
There comes none. It is a question that seems
to stagger stout hearts aud experienced beads.
Borne seek to crush it by legislative force, and
■ some to regulate it by proper and wholesome
(?) laws, and allow it to grow and live. But
these measures have been tried—the former
here, and both in Europe—and the cure seerni
; to be about as bad as the disease. But it is au
i mil, and is consequently, like all other’ evils,
' susceptible of cure. It need not be abandoned
it despair. * Its subjects are human, and as such
are capable of moral or other impressions ; and
a? prostitution comes within the category of
1 crimes, moral and natural, it should be met by
weapons drawn from both of these armories.
Under the old Jewish dispensation the law
look coguizance of the outward acts and ap
plied its remedy to them. The several vices
' and crimes of which the race had been guilty
i jiere condensed into such words as idolatry,
(blasphemy, Sabbath-breaking, theft, murder,
adultery, perjury, covetousness, <Sc., and their
opposite virtues were by the command of
Jehovah to be taught the people from earliest
infancy, that the? might know how to “ hate
tho evil and eboosc the good.” This teaching
wns not to be confined alone to the synagogue
and temple, but was to form the chief feature of
home and fireside education.
The law, it will be seen, was strict, and yet it
seems to have beep as liltlp feared, although ac
companied by the thunders of Sinai or the fear
ful judgments of the Almighty, as are our
fciodern laws. Death followed Sabbath break
ing aud adultery, andstill the people committed
both. Several penalties can never repress
crimes for the reason that the crime dates far
ther back than the mere lifting of the hand to
strike a brother down, or to illegally appropri
ating bis property, or the whisper of a word to
injure his character and name. Every human
law founded on justice and truth recognizes
that “He who hatetb hip brother is a mur
derer ” just as truly as if he had plunged a dag
ger into liia heart. Hence, in murder trials
courts of law seel* lor a motive back of the
mere outward act of murder. And this motive,
when found, heightens the degreo of the crime,
or, in its absence, lessens it. “He that lookelh
on a woman to lust alter her hath committed
adultery witli her already in his heart,” and he
only lacks the opportunity to carry out his
crime in tbe sensual gratification of his lusts.
What then is the cause of the increase of pros
i& this generation. It is undoubtedly
ing jhe law. as tfi tfie~Vpji of ' moral''force
lirought to hear against it. How often
are religious teachers heard to instruct
their auditors on the sin of adultery?--
The writer has only heard oue such discourse
in New York within thirteen years, and that
was by a colored preacher to a black audience.
But they can discuss Sabbath breaking, idola
try, tliefl., murder, intemperance aud kindred
evils, and open their batteries of truth upon
them, but adultery and prostitution is left Un
touched. They turn asii’u fi-qm U as an unclean
thing. here is little or no sympathy shown
to the prostitutes, though the son of the Chris
tian merchant or minister have led her away
from the path of virtue. There are very few
to take the erring but ofient repentant Magda
lene by the hand and bid Hep " go in peace and
sip no more." qr say to bey accusers, “ Let him
that is without sin apyong yon cast the first
stone at her." It is, in fact, the treatment of
the evil as if it was one beyond the pale of
Christian truth and Christian influence that
causes It to grow and spread. The poor out
casts, feeliug themselves abandoned as it were
by society, give themselves up to lives ol shame
and degradation, when a kind deed, a sympa
thetic glance, a slight Christian greeting and
word, might have stopped mapy qf them in
their career of crime, and led tliem back again
to virtue. But it will lie said, perhaps, that
there are never any of that class of listeners in
a religious audience. This is not true, and
even if it were trne, Christian teachers, aud
Christian men and women should seek out
such aqdipnces and sqch persons for public
and private instruction. ‘(The whole have no
need of the physician, but they that are
sick,” aud it is not ail improbable that
in this and in every City of the Union
and throughout tho length and breadth of
the land there may be found one or more mem
bers of a Christian church liviug in the same
block or within easy distance of some degraded
creature of the class under consideration. They
may not only live near her but be acquainted
with her, and if so, would it lip ashing tuo much
of those who bear the Master’s name to do the
Master’s work, which they voluntarily agreed
to perform ? Or is it for the Christian to choose
out the chief places, the clean and easy work,
and leave the rest undone ? Where is the fire
of the auciept days—tfic spirit Os lOVP fiud self
sacrifice fiiat led earnest pien not to consider
their lives dear, so that they might do their
Master’s will—that compelled them to become
ail tilings to all men, that they might thus save
some ? Until legal nets are backed up by Chris
tian truth—until vice is combated by virtue,
crime will not be curtailed or repressed. Were
human [beings not endowed with a spiritual
nature, physical laws might answer all pur
poses, but while they are of a dual nature they
must be guided and controlled both by spirit
ual aud natural forces. And here is the great
mistake. The laws apply one force and ignore
the other. It is the rod and reproof that give
wisdom, and those that have had any experience
with the young know that either force applied
singly fails in accomplishing its purpose. And
men are but children of larger growth, influ- ,
enced by the same passions, appetities and de- i
sires, and capable of yielding to the same forces ,
if properly applied. To arrest the growth ol
prostitution, therefore, (or of any other crifne,)
we must apply to it Christian truth in connec
tion with restrictive legal meisures, and success '
will surely follow ju Hip epd.
Squibs from a Northern Correspondent.
—The New York Times has a correspondent
who has been writing letters from Georgia f>.r
a year past over the signature of “ Quondam."
In the main, he has been rather moderate in
feeliug and reliable in statement, and his let
ters have not beeD devoid of interest and in
struction to the readers of the, Times , but he is
not always infallible. We have a case in point:
A letter written from this place, under date ol
the !10th of May, iu referring to those who pre
dict a short crop of cotton for the present sea
son, he says that “they have been engaged
largely in the purchase of the staple at ruinous
figures, and that many of these men edit news
papers, and their gloomy statements circulate
everywhere, producing erroneous impressions,
although the writers may be convinced of the
truth of what they write.
Now we do not know of a single editor in
Georgia who combiues with his certain routine
of daily work jhe precarious calling of a cot
tou speculator. As for ourselves, we never
bought a lock of the staple during our life, and
know almost as little about the trade as the
Yankee correspondent does about the cultiva
tion of the article. We are slightly posted on
political sentiment, however, and can assure
“ Quondam " that he hit the nail on the head in
the following closing paragraph of his letter :
“ As I only arrived here a few hours ago, I had
but little opportunity to hear political needs,
but it looks as if this is the home of Perry’s
friends.— Columbus Sun.
The Wheat Crop. —Our farmers
ing their wheat, which, for muny years, has not
promised so handsome a return to the labors
of the husbandman. From every neighborhood
we hear cheering reports of a bountiful yield.
Our merchants tell us the price will open here
at $2 per bushel. We see it staled that ft 75
will be the figures at Chattanooga.
Paragraphic.
*J! R J. E^ US .u W . AKD -- It is stated that just be
k*B death, Artemus Ward expressed a wish
a A Catholic clergyman was call
. and before Artemus died, he was recciv-
CathoUc Church. reCelVC<l "" U,C rUeS °‘ thc
OP TH ® Widow’s Mite.—A gentlemnn
called upon a rich iriend for some charity.
rich man 1 m “ Bt K ‘ V ° you n,y mite,” said tho
the solicitor. mean th ° widow ’ 8 mite? ” nskcd
gavJ” h RaiA e m ati^ fid 7 ith i ,alf :lR much ™ she
worth?’’ “How much are you
“ Seventy thousand dollars.”
ii 1* kWe me, then, your check for thirty-five
thousand; that will he half as much as the
widow gave; for she, you know, gnver her all."
Ibe rich man was cornered. Covetous neo
ple often try to shelter themselves liehimf the
widow s mite, aud under the cover of her con
tribution, give, meanly to the Redeemer’s cause.
wnnl,i e «? m i pe ’in n i. decd ’ rl P ht,v l“terpetred,
would pluck selfishness out of the soul, and fill
to overllowibg the chanuels of true benevo
lence.
The Chicago papers complain because they
are to have no opera. An exchange thinks they
are too exacting—they have murders, garrot
ting hydrophobia and Radicalism, &c., and
oujhUo be satisfied witli these, especially the
First Honors.— We learn that to Mr. Henry
L. Ells belongs the honor of having the first
npe peaches in this locality ; though our old
and esteemed fellow-citizen, Simri Rose, Esq.,
gave him a pretty tight race. Mr. Ells’ peaches
were picked on the 10th—those of Mr. Rose on
the lltb. The earliest for peaches in this locali
ty in years past, wo learn, lias been tlie 15th of
June. 1 his only shows that “ some things can
be did as well as others,” and that we arc a
progressive people, anyhow.
[ Macon Telegraph.
Au Ohio paper tells a novel love story. A
young couple plSuned an elopement, the girl
descending from her room upon the traditional
ladder, but at the gate they were met by the
lather of the girl and a minister, by whom the
young couple were escorted to the parlor, where
to their surprise they found all their relatives
collected for the marriage ceremony, which
took place at once. It avas a neat paternal
freak.
Young Ladies Arrested in Florida. —The
Bninbridge Argus learns from the Marianna
Courier that one Captain Hamilton, of the
Freedmen’s Bureau, ordered the arrest of two
or three young ladies of that place, upon the
charge of desecrating the graves of Union sol
diers. Considerable excitement was created by
tbe proceeding. The ladies, with their friends,
made their appearance before the Captain, and
an investigation was had, iu which no reliable
evidence was introduced to support the charge
and the young ladies were immediately releas
ed from arrest.
Tiie Wife What Crows.— There is in this
city a young married woman who is very
strongly afflicted with a mania for imitating tlie
crowing of the morning cock, while in a state
of somnolence. We are assured that at tlie
hour appointed by nature for chanticeleer to
frighten away the midnight prowlers from
yawning graveyards, the fortunate husband or
the “ crowing wife,” on the first night of his
marriage, was roused from his slumbers by a
most lusty crowing. Ou opening his eyes,
what was his astonishment to behold his better
half seated in the middle of the connubial couch
of conjugal bliss, flapping her wlues and crow
ing in a most loud and clear vojco, stretching
out her neck after the most approved rooster
fashion! Thrice did she thus “herald in the
morn,’' and then sank back and slept on. In
the morning he spoke to her abont it, and was
not more surprised than amused to learn that
she had been born in the country, aud that a
favorite “Shanghai,” which roosted witli his
feathered family in the hen coop near the win
dow of the maternal bed-chamber, frightened
her mother by his loud crowing, and thus the
child was “ marked.” Aud ever since she has
been wont to wake the echoes of the coining
dawn by imitating “ye rooster” and still, each
morn she “flaps her wings and crows.”
As the bnsiness of the husband requires him
to rise very early, he is rather pleased than
otherwise to find liis wife possessed of this
additional accomplishment, whieli dflpenses
witli the necessity for an alarm clock, though
having heard his grandmother say that the
“ crowing of a hen indicated ill-luck, unless
her head were immediately cut off,” he is in
some doubt whether, in order to insure good
fortune to his household, he is not in duty
bound to slop his wife’s crowing by severing
her musical throat. We advise him to let his
“ hen ” crow on, so long as she does not “peck ’
him.
Some persons my question the truth ot this
* .... YT*-. iiodiii *; nm*iT
that it is trne in every particular, and can be
vouched for by responsible parlies who have
knowu the lady from iufancy ; and the moral
of it is, that ladies who do not desire “ crowing
children,” should not sleep too near the hen
coop. —Richmond Examiner.
Murder at Jenks’ Bridge—A Toll-Reef
er Murdered anr Hia House Burned.— On
Tnesfiay night a most li.Trihlc murder and in
cendiarism was committed at Jenks’ Bridge,
on tlie Ogeeehee river. An old negro, honest
and faithful, named Peter, w’ho has long been
connected with Mrs. Jenks’ family, and who
for years, on account of his fidelity, was left iu
charge Qf the toll-gate, collecting fees, was
brutally murdered, and the house whieli he oc
cupied as a residence burned, together with his
body. No cause has beon assigned for the net
heyoqd the suspicion which the murderers en
tertained that, as a collector of tolls, he neces
sarily possessed money. He had, of course,
the fees of the road, and gold and silver,
which he saved from his hard and faithful la
bors
His body was found on the morning follow
ing, being burned to a crisp. As be was not a
drinking man, the supposition is that he was
murdered while asleep, and tbe house then set
oq fire, in order to hide any evidence of the
murder.
As yet no clue has been discovered in regard
to the murderers,
Peter was formerly tho property of Mrs.
Jenks, having been in her service since his
birth, and was looked upon as an honest and
faithful man. —Savannah News <s■ Herald.
Parkman’s Bodt Recovered.— The Wilcox
(Ala.) Times , of tbe 4th inst., says, the remains
of John M. Parktnan, late President of the
National Bank of Se.lma, were found n.liout a
mile above White Bluff. The vultures had hor
ribly disfigured them, and their orgies doubt
less attracted tho attention of the people in thc
vicinity to the spot. As soon as the discovery
was announced to the friends of tlie deceased
in Selma, they hastened to convey tlie corpse
to that city, where it was interred last Friday
evening, May 31st,
A Terrible Shrew.— Mrs. Swisshelm keeps
up, through the Chambersburg Repository, a
heavy fire on Geneial Grant—denouncing him
as “an old Butcher,” who wants to be Presi
dent instead of going to the tanning business.
The lady is for Butler.
The Tallahassee Sentinel warns the public
against the “ light-fingered and notorious Wm.
Tomlinson,” who recently broke jail at that
place. He is a small man—five feet uiue—with
dark hair and eyes, with two or three decayed
upper teeth.
At uo moment of difficulty does a husband,
knowing his own utter helplessness, draw so
olosely to his wife’s side for comfort and assist
ance, as when he wants a button sewed on his
shirt collar.
Run Off.— The train on the Athens branch
of the Georgia Railroad failed to conucct at
Union Point yesterday in consequence, as we
learn, of a run off. We have no particulars.
A SPLENDID
RESIDENCE AND FARM,
►SiTUATED within the corporate limits of the
Town of Aiken, S. C. The RESIDENCE is large
and commodious, containing eleven rooms, all with
tire-places ; piazzas are attached to the first and second
stories, with all the conveniences necessary to a com
plete RESIDENCE. The grounds are handsomely
laid out with Kvcrgrecus, Roses, Ac., and the Vegeta
hie Garden very ample. The Outbuildings, Servants
Houses, Stables, Ac., aro all In 1 complete order. The
FARM consists of about fifty acres of fine planting
LAND. i
This property, now the residence of Mrs. Son wartz,
is offered for sale at a reasonable price, and on accom
modating terms, for the purpose of division among the
boira of the late Gao. Parrott. The entire furniture
of the house and premises may be purchased with the
property.
Address, w s WALKER,
W. G. MOOD,
feb6-lawtf Executors Estate Gro. Pahrott.
NOTICE.
M it. w. W. KEEN having, this day, withdrawn
from the firm of Bi.air, Smith A Co., we have
associated with us Mr. J. 8. Wu-oox. The business
wilt be continued under the name and style of Blair,
Smith A Co.
W. J. BLAIR,
A. J. SMITH,
J. S. WILCOX.
Adooria, June 1, 18*7. jel-li{
BY TELEGRAPH.
ASSOCIATED" PRESS DISPATCHES.
From 'Washington.
Washington, June 14.
Specials to the Baltimore Sun and the New
York World say the President will probably
assemble Congress in August, by proclamation,
to adjust complications under the reconstruc
tion acts.
The Court adjourned on account of the sick
ness of Judge Fisher without progress in get
ting a jury. The people are indisposed to serve,
and make all possible excuses.
Revenue receipts, 085,000.
The Herald and Tribune are furious over the
policy foreshadowed by the extract from the
Intelligencer, as telegraphed yesterday.
The Tribune says : “We feel that the Prcsi
dent is trending on dangerous ground, not only
for himself but the country.”
The Herald says “ Congress must meet in
January. It must meet with the resolute will
to carry on the movement, now greater and
more necessary than ever, of impeaching and
removing Andrew Johuson ftom the Executive
chair.”
The Times says : “It may be wise to re
strain such removals for the future, but it will
be a grave practical mistake to reverse the ac
tion taken hitherto, and a still greater blunder
to remove or punish the officers for having
taken it.” H
All the members, but Browning, attended the
Cabinet to-day.
From ]VLexico.
Nkw York, June 14.
The Herald has a special from San Louis
Potosi of the 38th ult.
Juarez rejects the terms proposed by Maxi
milian and made at the interview with Esco
bedo. On reception of the rejection, Maxi
milian, Mejia and Miramon were placed in sepa
rate cells and the guards doubled.
The letter expresses little hope of Maxi
milian’s safety.
Washington, June 14.
Seuor Romero, the Mexican Minister, has a
letter, dated Tucabaya, May 30th, signed Pen
ferio Diase, which says iu a few days he will
have thirty-live thousand troops, including nine
thousand cavalry, when he will attack the city
ot Mexico; none will escape. He could force
the city with his present force but lacks cavalry
to guard the avenues of escape. Diase con
cludes : When you shall have received this let
ter the soil of Mexico will already have been
cleared of traitors.
From Richmond.
• Richmond, June 14.
The Auditor gives official notice that the in
terest on the Virginia State debt will be payanle
at the Treasury in Richmond on the Ist of July
next, the money now being in the Treasury to
pay it. It is estimated that there will be a lar»c
surplus in the Treasury. The Auditor also
states funds have been remitted to London to
pay the interest maturing there July Ist.
J. M. Haugstou, colored, of Ohio, addressed
the negroes here this morniug.
From the West.
St. Louis, June 14.
Wade’s parly have a banquct.to-inorrow, and
visit the iron country, over the Iron Mouutaiu
road.
St. Joseph, June 14.
The steamer Only Chance has arrived from
Fort Benton, bringing furs, peltries, and half a
million dollars in gold. She passed forty up
ward-bound boats, and experienced no trouble
from the Indians.
Marine ]STeww.
Philadelphia, June 14.
Arrived—Juniata, Iroin Now Orleans.
Charleston, June 14.
Arrived—Schooner Ben. Willis, from New
Orleans ; steamer Everman, from Philadelphia.
Sailed—Sehoouer E. J. Palmer, for Balli
more.
Savannah, June 14.
Arrived—Steamer Leo, from New York.
Markets.
FORWGM AND DOMESTIC.
' London, June 14—Noon.
Consols, 1*4%; Bonds, 73.
London, Juue 14—2, P. M.
Bonds advanced >'*■
London, June 14—Evening.
Consols, I*4)<£ ; bonds, 73%.
Liverpool, June 14—Noon.
Cotton firmer; sales, 10,000 bales ; uplands,
\\% ; Orleans, 11% ; sales lor the week, 01,000;
18,000 speculation aud export; stock, 861,000;
451,000 American. Corn advanced, 375.0 d. •
bullion, 870,000.
Liverpool, June 14—8, P. M.
Lard declined 3d; Turpentine 6d. Beef
declined Is.; rest unchanged.
Liverpool, Juue 14 —Evening.
Cotton—Sales, 12,000 Kales ; middling °nn
lands, 11% : Orleans, 11%. Corn, 88s. 6d. Pro
visions quiet. Pork, 755. Laid, 50s. Rosin—
common, 7s. 5d.@18; Turpentine, 325. Tal
low, 43s Oil.
New York, June 14—Noon.
Stocks steady. Mouey, 6@7. Cold is dull
at 137® 137%. Sterling, time, sight
10%. ’62, registered, 6%@7. Coupons, 10(d)'
New York, June 14—P. M.
Stocks a little heavy. Money, 6@7. Gold
187@138 ; ’62 coupons, 10%. ‘
New York, June 14— Noou.
Flour dull and declining. Wheat nominally
lower. Corn, 3@5 better. Pork lower at
s'll 37@21 50. Lard heavy. Whisky quiet
Cotton firmer at 97. Freights dull.
New York, June 14—P. M.
Cotton firm ; sales, a,300 bales at 37. Flour
declined, 10@15; State, $7 'Bo@ll 35; Southern
dull; mixed, good, sll@U 90; fancy extra
sl3 15@12 15% and dull; decliued, 2@4. Coru
dull at advanced ; mixed Western, new, $1 10
@1 13; closing- at $1 10. Pork dull. Lard,
19%<g1& Whisky quiet. Groceries firm but
quiet; Muscovado sugar, 10%@11%. Naval
stores quiet. Turpentine, 01%. Hosin, $3 63
(S>B 00. Freights firmer;steam to Liverpool,
% penny.
t Baltimore, June 14.
Cotton firmer at 30%. Coffee steady. Flour
dull. Corn firmer; white, $1; yellow, 2@3;
• mixed western, $1 96. Sugar active and firm!
. Provisions quiet and steady. Bacon very firm.
Rye whisky, 70; common, 30@35.
Cincinnati, June 14.
' Flour is quiet and unchanged. Corn in fair
. demand aud advanced 10 cents; sacks, 95.
t Middling cotton, 34 cents. Whisky, steady,
i Pork, s3l 50@21 75. Bacon, steady; shoulders,
1 9 ; clear sides, 13%; Lard, 12; held at 12%@
13%.
Mobile, June 14.
, Cotton —Sales, 500 bales ; middling, 24 cents;
> receipts, 53 bales; sale 3 tor the week, 4,050;
■ receipts, 715; exports, 1,382; stock, 21,744.
New Orleans, June 14.
Cotton active and firm, sales, 3,600 baits ; low
middling, 24%; receipts for the week,2,038 bales,
1 against 3,350 bales; exports same time, 17,414
; bales; stock, 79,050 bales. Fair Louisiana su
, gar, 12%; prime Porto Rico, 18%. Molasses,
no quotations. Flour extremely dull and unset
tled, holders anxious to realize, sales good; dou
ble extra, sll@ll 50; choice, $17@18; no quota
tions for superfine. Corn declined s<f}loc.;
yellow and mixed, $1 05@t 10; white, ?l 15.
Oats dull and drooping, 90@92. Lard quiet
and easier; tierces quoted at 13; kegs,' 14c.
Pork dull, $23 75. Bacon, fair demand; shoul
ers, 9%; rib, 11%@12; clear, 13%. Gold,
136%. Sterling, 47%<§51%. New York sight,
%@% premium.
Savannah, June 14.
Cotton is unchanged and quiet, but firm; low
middling, 23% ; sales, 100 hales ; receipts, 360
bales.
Charleston, June 14. 1
Cotton is inactive but holders are firm ; sales,
40 bales; middling, 25 cents. 1
Augusta Market. ,
Orrioß Daily Constitutionalist, }
Friday, June 14- -P. M. s
FINANCIAL
GOLD—Brokers are buying at 136 and selling at
138.
SILVER -Brokers are buying at 128 and selling at
132.
COTTON—The market opened quite brisk this
morning with an active general demand and full prices,
say about 23 cents for strict middling, showing an ad
vance of fully X cent, but in the afternoon closed
tame, owing to the quietude pervading New York
and Liverpool. The sales to-day amounted to 96
bales, as follows: 3 at 1814,1 at 19, 20 at 20, 4at 21, 14
at 2114, 2at 22,19 at 23, 16 at 2414, 10 at 26,1 at 26(,
and 36 bales on private terms. Reeeipts, 38 bales.
Rivrr Nrws—The Swan arrived from Savannah. 1
No departures. The Express, Bandy Moore and the <1
Swan are at the wharf. River, 4 feet 10 inches at the c
bridge.
JOHN W. CARRINGTON, .TANKS GARDNER,
President. (Os Augusta, On.,
Const! tutlonlist.)
Vice-Pres’t & Sec’y.
CARRINGTON & CO.’S
G-ENEBAL
Porehasing Agency,
No. 30 BROADWAY.
Personal Orders, small or large, and for arti
cles of every description, PROMPTLY
and carefully attended to.
WHO WANTS ANYTHING FROM NKW YORK t
THIS AGENCY
Enables Country Residents to make purchases
in the city without troubling busy friends,
or mere acquaintances.
IF YOU WANT
Hooka, Prints, Clothing, Instruments,
Music, Tools, Weapons, Sporting Imple
ments, Fancy Stock, Jewelry, Silver or
Plated Ware, Wines, Segura, Fine Gro
ceries, Furniture, in short, ANY article, large
or siiiall, singly or in quantity, for Ladies’ or Gentle
men’s use or wear, or FOIi DEALERS’ SUPPLIES,
from a Seal King to a Steam Engine; a Cameo or a
Cashmere; I Rice or Leather,
SEND ON YOUR ORDERS.
We can fill them on BETTER TERM'S than you
could obtain if here; while our commission, even on
largo orders, is much less than tlio expense of visltin
the city In person.
TERMS:
For over Ton Dollars in amount, and for ALL per
ishable goods, live stock, Ac., a remittance with the
order, or provision for city payment when tilled; un
der Ten Dollars -C. O. D.
Commission on minor orders and flue goods Five
per cent. On staple goods in quantities—machinery,
Implements and vehicles—the usual trade Commis
sions. Consignments of produce received in remit
tance, and promptly and carefully attended to The
usual advances made on Bills of Lading.
Address letters, “ CARRINGTON A C 0.,”
30 Broadway, N, y
o
THE ATTENTION OF EXPRESS AGENTS
AND THE PUBLIC GENERALLY IS
CALLED TO THE FOLLOWING
SPECIAL CIRCULAR!
TnE ADAMS EXPRESS COMPANY, appre
ciating the need of a capable medium, connecting with
the various Express Lines, through which personal
and other orders for goods from this city can be
promptly and satisfactorily supplied, do recognize
Carrington & Co.’s
PURCHASING agency,
As such a medium for tilling orders for every descrip,
tion ol goods wanted from New York, and commend
it to the attention of the Public and of our General
and Local Agents; recommending our several Agents
to extent to it all reasonable aid, by facilitating the
distribution of its cards and circulars, and by making
knowa the advantages it affords.
ADAMS EXPRESS CO.,
By W. B. Dinsmork, Pres’t.
Nkw York, June, 11104.
We cheerfully concur in the above recommendation
of the Adams Express Co.
AMERICAN EXPRESS GO.,
By Henry Wins, Pres’t.
WELLS, FARGO & 00.
UNITED STATES EXPRESS 00,
By D. N.. Barney, Pres’t
NATIONAL EXPRESS CO.,
By J. A. Pollen.
UAItNDKN EXPRESS,
By 1,. W. Winchester, Sup'fe.
KINSLEY & CO.’S EXPRESS,
By E. Littlefield, Hup’f.
HOPE EXPRESS CO.,
By A. D. Hope, Sup’t,
BREESE & CO.’S EXPRESS,
By STErnEN BREna,»,Siip’t.
SOUTHERN EXPRESS 00.,
By H. B. Plant, Pres’t.
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