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WEDNESDAY MORNING. SEPT. 18.1867
LI. It is the duty of the 'military authorities
u this District to secure to the people the ut
n /st freedom of speech, and of the press consist
6, t unth law ; not to restrict either. No sulis
t< ’.lory execution of the late acts of Congress is
p. ncticable unless this freedom is secured an
iti exercise protected by the usual legal mea ■
111. No officer or soldier in this command
ft’ll hereafter interfere with newspapers oi
•eaJcers on any pretense whatever.
[Gen. Pope’s Order, June Bd.
“ Freedom of speech and of the press, educu
t, m, quality before the law, and * n ,P^
rights and privileges, are the essentials of J
satisfactory reconstruction in trie
[Gen. Pope’s Letter to Gen. Grant.
BONDS OF PEACE.
The New York Mercantile Journal does
not doubt the willingness of European
monarchs to create convulsions, but thinks
the financial condition of their several gov
ernments a barrier against any present war
like disturbance.
To prove this proposition, our enlighten
ed contemporary takes a rapid but master
ly review of the monetary situation as it
affects the leading powers of the world.
Beginning with Great Britain, it can be
saown that the total amount oi debt fund
ed and unfunded is £777,487,804, or about
$8,867,489,020 in gold. Notwithstanding |
the vast amount of idle capital and appa-,
rent prosperity in trade, the mere chance of
war on the continent causes unusual appre- 1
tension aud distrust, consols become flat I
and, to quote the language of the London j
Times, a “ dead unhealthy calm prevails.” !
With $75,000,000 in its vault, the Bank of'
England has reduced its rates to two per
cent., while one per cent, is freely offered at |
the Stock Exchange without takers. In
other words, there is plenty of money with- 1
out advantageous employment, and abuu- I
dant distress without- adequate opportuni
ties of relief. In the language of the Times:
“ Money is cheap, but it is not cheap to
all; it is cheap to some, but it is dear or,
rather, it is inaccessible to more. It is
cheaper indeed to the favored few because
the rest are cut off from the supply.”
The causes assigned arc various. First :
Restrictive legislation on this side of the
water. Second: The Reform Agitation.
Third : Irish troubles. Fourth : Disturb
ance in Canada. Fifth : The encroach
ments of Russia in the East threatening
India. Sixth : The ferment on the conti
nent. Should a great war supervene, a ter
rible collapse must eventuate. As England
has taken to shop-keeping and avoided
European meddling, she is averse to war;
for war and successful shop-keeping, under
such circumstances, are incompatible.
It is further shown that though France
has $180,000,000 on hand there is a general
uneasiness in money circles ; and the same
condition of affairs existing in Great
Britain obtains in the realm of Napoleon
viz: A paradoxical situation in which
money is plentiful and yet scarce.
Russia has endeavored to borrow
$60,000,000, but failed. As the banks of
England and France are glutted, the re
fusal on their part to lend to the Muscovite
id sufficiently nignificant of Hur*oiiui bank
ruptcy.
Italy, without anything like the resources
of the United States, has, proportionably,
ten times the amount of indebtedness.
Spain and Turkey are hopelessly sick.
Although, according to Frederick tin:
Great, “ while other nations have to rely
on divine Providence, Austria has a provi
dence of her own,” the Bohemian cam
paign of last year has pretty well exhaust
ed the peculiar providence of Austria.
Her condition is only a trifle better, if any,
than that of Spain.
Prussia has money and troops, but not
enough of either to risk a damaging con
test. The Prussians are very proud of
their solvent condition and, as a mass, ex
traordinarily sensitive in the face of disas
trous probabilities.
Having given a quick but close scrutin; r
of the causes and provocations of peace in
Europe, our contemporary has the follow
ing interesting statement with regard to
the United States:
“ We Have then our own case solely left t >
couiemplate—and what is it like V Secretar -
McCulloch has just rendered the latest month] r
statement of our national debt, by which w j
discover that the total amount less cash in th j
Treasury was, on the first of September, $2.-
402,788,365 —exhibiting a reduction, indeed, < f
$254,906,296 since September Ist, 1566, but still
enormous. To this sum total of Uniie'd Sun *
securities must, however, still be added a t<-i -
midabie array of separate, or rather, subsidiar. -
indebtedness, thus:
Debts of the States in National At
titude $450,000,00 I
War Debts of Towns, &e 250,000,000
Debts of States and Towns not
arising from War Expendi
tures 250,000,00)'
Total $950,000,00)
“This makes our accumulated public liabil •
ties about #8,442,783,365, or very nearly #lO 1
per head tor every man, woman and child i i
the country, estimating our population at 35 -
000,000, including aged people and intants, tn ;
sick, the halt, the blind, the disabled, the in
sane, etc. And this, remember, is only thei •
share of the public debt, and should not cans >
the reader to lose sight of private liabili.ie .
In fact, it is a crushing load, and has to be me,
by an onerous taxation upon some 16,000 arti
cles of consumption, at a time when the strug -
gling people have utmost need ot every eor
, ceivable alleviation.
“ Nor is this all. Recollect the cost of carry
ing on the Government, and the interest on
our bonds. ‘ A Veteran Observer,’ in the
New York Times tells us that the former
ought not to be more than $150,000,000 per an
num, but it is notoriously, counting lrauds and
one thing or another, nearer $250,000,000, an d
at that figure- we shall put it. We will, then,
take the ‘Observer’s’ estimate of $120,000,000
for the annual debt interest, and thus we have
$370,000,000 expenditure to meet every year.—
From the falling off in customs and internal
revenue noticeable through the earlier part ot
the year, and still in prospect, we can see no
reason for putting our entire revenue at more
than $350,000,000, at the farthest, and 6omi;
will think that too high. Here, then, is an ex -
cess of expenditure amounting to $200,000,000
. at hand, and that must be made up by some
sort of increased taxation. But the masses are
groaning under the pressure now, and some
defenders of the national dropsy era coolly in
form them that they must relinquish the hope
of release for many years, and deem themselves
fortunate if they then attain it.
“And still we have not done. The local,
municipal, county, town and State taxations
for expenditures must not be overlooked, and
they will be at least one-fhird in total amount
of the national taxation, if not more. Now let.
us have another war or condition of war with
out actual fighting, in the midst of all this, and
where would public credit and private comfor
be*”
The object of this article in the Journal is,
unquestionably, to prove, that though many |
dements are extant, calculated to produce l
strife abroad and at home, these elements (
■ire kept in perpetual check by counter- ,
dements which make strife almost impos- i
dble. Mathematically considered, the i
financial argument amounts almost to a (
t emonstration ; but the experience of the ,
■ V orld v for ages, runs counter to such ma
terial proofs and the roused hell of mans
' mssious is too mighty for the most con- ,
-incing assertions of figures, just as his
. lepraved appetites of conquest and revenge i
re subversive of the holier aspirations and '
lictates of wisdom and prudence. Just
mfore the late Austro-Prussian struggle, a
listinguished and successful merchant dog
naticully told us that there would be no
dash of arms at all. Pushing him
or a reason, he replied : “ Because there
would be no sense in it.” Wc agreed with him
;hat the quarrel would be useless, aud yet,
predicted war for the very reason he as
signed against it. Good seuse is rarely
characteristic of private squabbles, and the
broader antagonism of nations is nothing
but an individual conflict made epidemical.
Casuists portray that all or nearly all great
upheavals have sprung from trivial sources,
since Helen eloped with Paris or Schles
wig-Holstein became a compound word of
terror to healthy understandings.
Like our contemporary, we deprecate war
on either side of the Atlantic ; but, unlike
him, we lay no particular stress upon the
money question as a preventive, when men
are mad aud desperately bent upon battle.
Lust and frenzy seem leagued, at present,
with the prince of the powers of the air to
engender havoc and let slip the dogs of
war: aud when did Lust or Frenzy ever
calculate the full cost of their unhallowed
machinations ?
! “ ‘
Our New York Correspondence.
New York, September 13.
j To the Editor of the Constitutionalist:
! When 1 last addressed you I had the pos
■l itive assurance that President Johnson was
about to do something that would promise
an early relief to the Southern people from
i .he burdens and disabilities which have
been imposed upon them by the Radicals;
i and the financial circles are now full of ru-
I mors that he will take strong measures
against them, but thus far nothing has
been done except to issue a proclamation,
which may or may not mean something.—
It certainly will not amount to anything
unless followed up by acts. As it stands
by i tself, it is of no more consequence than
1 a last year’s almanac. There was a time
• when it would have done good, but that
period is passed. Unless followed up it is
a positive advantage to the Radicals, be
• cause it is in direct defiance of one of their
'■ laws, and furnishes them with a plain case
. against Mr. Johnson, of which they have
heretofore been lacking. I am afraid Mr.
Johnson is now relying upon tiie fall elec
tions to overawe the Radicals aud prevent
! them impeaching him. But these, also,
. will amount to nothing without acts. If
the elections continue to go against the
Radicals, they will be perfectly desperate
when they come together in November.—
1 General McClellan was driven from the
; command of the army of the Potomac, in
. 1862, by the Democratic successes of that
year; and so will Mr. Johnson And the ef
fect of Democratic successes in 1867 if lie
' do not act. He still delays the much necd
l ed changes in his Cabinet. Mr. Seward,
. always false, was never more treacherous
than now. Mr. Randall and Mr. McCul
loch steadily resist all measures of our de
i sense, to say nothing of aggression. We
[ want vigorous and decided men, like Mont
gomery Blair and Jeremiah Black, in their
places. They wouid soon defy Radicalism
and put it on its defense, ‘ and when it is
l once compelled to assume the offensive it is
. gone. But, >
AS MATTERS NOW STAND,
the Conservatives are much dissatisfied Wltll
both Mr. Johnson and General Grant, and
I hud that political circles are entirely ig
norant of the contemplated measures, of
which reports are so rife in the gold mar
ket. The best informed publicists do nol
seem to believe anything of any conse
quence is on foot, or likely to occur, li
were certainly idle to build any hopes un
til the President shall change his C abinet
The prospects which were so flattering •
week ago have, through Mr. Johnson’s de
lays, ceased to be agreeable.
canby’s order.
We have been confounded by the order
issued by General Canby, respecting the pa
roles of those who were not formally sur
rendered in 1665. What does it mean? It
flies directly in the face of Mr. Johnson’s
• late proclamation. Is it a bone to the Rad •
icals ? Thuriow Weed’s Conservative Phil -
adelphia Convention organ quotes it with
■ great approval.
NOTABLE LOCAL EVENTS.
We have had one of those periodical ex
i plosions, attended with fatal results, to
-I which our city > subject. An uprigh,
, : boiler in a wood-fuming shop exploded in
• such a manner that the force of the steam
; acted upon it like the powder in a sky
-1 rocket, and the whole boiler, weighing two
■ j tons, was carried up nearly a thousand
. feet, and coining down, departed about 40'. >
. feet from the line of the perpendicular,
' crushed in a private residence, killed two
of the children and injured other inmates.
This occurrence is one of the most nota
ble examples of the force of steam of which
there is any record. It is doubtful if pow
der applied in the same manner could have
produced more striking results, and re
vives the opinion, which has sometimes
been expressed, that as yet we are quite un
informed respecting the nature and power
of steam.
WHISKY.
We are having another outbreak of whis
ky frauds, or rather of. revelations respect
ing them; for it were absurd to assume
that frauds in the-whisky excise are not as
regular as the sunrise. Every few weeks it is
found necessary to And a scapegoat; the
“ Ring” breaks up, and some unlucky fel
low, generally one who is more confiding
and less of a rascal than his fellows, is made
a scapegoat to satisfy public indignation ;
then a new pool ”is made up, and matters
go on swimmingly for a time.
In their ordinary aspects, it were idle to
waste words upon these whisky frauds;
they are inseparable from the enormous
levy of two dollars a gallon. But they
bear one phase, which has a comforting
character. It is this : The illicit distilla
tion of whisky and the spy system which
has sprang up in connection therewith, em
ploy so much perverted talent, that there is
a great diminution of crimes against per
sons and property. Burglary, highway rob
bery and picking pockets, have diminished
in a very notable degree. The low rum
holes of the city, from being the nurseries
of crime, have become the victims. The
votaries of Bacchus are obliged to encoun
ter the concentrated rascality of the entire
community. Perhaps in this view the pub
lic may be reconciled to the evil of noto
rious and unparalleled plundering which
has prevailed in this business.
FITZ JOHN rORTEK.
This gentleman, late an officer of the Fed
eral army, a confidential friend of General
McClellan, and in command of the Federal
reserves of 40,000 men at Antietam, (Sharps
f*mnS’ toally > a victim to passions
of the hour, in 1863—being cashiered and
dismissed the army for not saving Pope
from Stonewall Jackson and Longstreet at
what we at the North call the second Bull
Run—has petitioned the President for a re
opening of his case, and the introduction of
recently discovered facts relating to it
General Porter has always had a large
share of popular sympathy. Ranking a
Conservative, he had the confidence of lead
mg Radicals, to whom his misfortunes
brought sincere mourning. General Fre
mont s friends have always asserted that
the delinquencies which Pope alleged
against Porter, Pope had himself been guil
ty of as a subordinate to Fremont in Mis
souri. At any rate, Porter’s superior char
acter, as compared withfhis assailants will
bring tardy redress for' the cruel injuries
that were inflicted upon him
It was General Porter’s, like General Me
Clellan’s, fortune to be a gentleman, when a
low buffoon, surrounded by all that was vile !
was exercising almost unexampled power
he regarded the Southern Generals as gen •
t lemen, and insisted upon their being treat
ed as gentlemen and soldiers, not traitors,
1 hough fighting against him. He desired
to see the war fought out on humane prin
i iples—no forced “ attrition ” was in his
tactics—no servile arming was counte
nanced by him. He suffered for these vir
t aes, and all honorable people will rejoice
if tardy justice be done him.
AQUATICS.
The rage is for boat racing. We have
had regular “ field days ” on the Hudson at
New Burgh, and on the Connecticut at
lipringfleld. At the latter, there was a sort
of international contest between four Hud
son river oarsmen, and four from St. John’s,
N. B. The former won a six mile race in
he unprecedented time of 39 minutes 28
seconds. As a consequence, our harbor is
filed with amateur boatmen, and it is really
i wonder that some of the boats are not
un down by larger crafts, and lives sacri
iced to the hobby of the hour.
THE OPENING SEABON
promises to be very attractive, and those
vvho have had aDy idea of visiting New
York, may see us in our most brilliant style
luring the coming few weeks. When the
weather has become sufficiently cool to per
mit windows aud doors being kept closed
without discomlort, then is the time to
visit the great Metropolis. The theatres
are all re-opened, and the li legitimate,” as
well as thelighter drama, is in full blast.
The Opera troupes-are about to commence
their entertainments, and there will be
no end to displays of all sorts. Almost
every body knows that large cities are
little better than whited sepulchres ; but
their glitter, and the many good things
they offer, to render a virtuous life attrac
tive, are very agreeable.
BUSINESS MATTERS.
I have endeavored to show, by the latest
phases of the political situation, as derived
from the best sources, that the advance in
gold on that basis is at least premature ;
and those who have “ taken stock ” in it
will do well to sell out. Mr. McCulloch is
doing all he can to keep the money market
easy, using his reserve liberally to buy up
Government bonds and throw the proceeds
upon the street. He has reduced the inter
est bearing debt nearly sixty millions since
the first of August, and of course increased
the amount seeking investment by that sum,
less the small amount of greenbacks can
celled. But the rise in gold has been just
sufficient to lead to considerable speculation
in produce, aud that absorbs money rapidly,
besides the legitimate movement of the
crops has set in with great vigor. The
Western lake ports are marketing nearly a
million bushels of grain daily. In six
weeks more, when the cotton movemeut
will be very heavy, twenty-four millions in
gold will come upon the market as interest.
So it must be seen that the future is full of
financial dangers.
The phases of the market are much less
hopeful than last week, with the single ex
ception of cotton. That article having de
clined to 25 cents, seems to have discount
ed all the evils that immediately threaten it,
and there is a slight upward tendency, in
dependent, to some extent, of the course of
gold.
There is something remarkable about flour
and wheat. We have undoubtedly raised
more wheat in the United States aud Terri
tories than in any former year—it is being
marketed at the rate of two million bushels
per week, and yet prices advance. This is
due to the empty granaries; the necessity
of early aud exclusive use of new wheat;
and the pressure of foreign orders. France
has, this week, been taking the lowest
grade of wheat in this market at $2 10:<£
$2 20 per bushel —a thing almost unknown
in our commerce. But the West lias made
up her mind that she is not the only corn
raising region, aud so the speculation in
that article begins to drag.
Willoughby.
I Correspondence Charleston Courier.
From Washington.
Washington, September 12.
The Radicals are somewhat disconcerted
by the results of recent State elections,
while the Conservatives begin to feel much
encouraged to hope lor further changes in
their favor. The Radical newspapers now
express fears that New Jersey and Penn
sylvania may follow in the wake of Califor
nia. From New Jersey we have very strong
assurances that the State will go Demo
cratic-Conservative. The fever of the im
peachment party will be cooled down before
the meeting of Congress.
Upon the subject of impeachment it may
here be remarked that conservative men de
ride and disavow the project of ottering vio
lence to that procedure. Impeachment, ac
cording to the constitutional forms, is no
to be resisted by unconstitutional means.—
Impeachment, as a resort authorized by the
Constitution, must be acceded to by all
parties. It must have its regular and legai
course. But, if the House of Representa
tives, not content with this extreme meas
ure of hostility to the President, undertake
to suspend him from the performance of
j his functions, as soon as the articles arc
preferred, it will be revolutionary, and wii
necessarily be opposed by violence.
Impeachment will be of no use to the
Radical party if they cannot suspenc
Andrew Johnson’s actions* as President,
until removal be effected in May, or perhaps
j not until July next. It is thought that the
army and the generals of the army—Grant
and 81ierman—will continue to receive and
execute orders from Presideut Johnson until
he shall be removed from office in a consti
tutional and legal manner. The President
feels perfectly secure in this fact. It is well
known to General Grant’s friends that,
while in a civil feud, he will personally take
the side of neither faction, he will, as a
military man and the General-in-Chief, re
ceive and obey orders. He will recognize
the orders of the Government in fact. The
President’s orders will be carried out bv
him. He will consider Johnson as Presi
dent until he has been superseded in due
process of constitutional law.
Great agitation seems to prevail in the
country in reference to the new future.—
This is one of the chief reasons for the ex
citement in the gold market. Gold, it is
said, in New York, will rise to fifty in a few
days. It is forty-six to-day.
The Secretary of the Treasury will give
the bulls a swing tor some time longer. He
is not selling gold at present. But he may
come into the market with a large amount
some day, and swamp the speculation.
The report gained strength in New York
yesterday that Mr. McCulloch was to give
place to this or that man very soon. The
report was calculated to cause apprehension
as to the future administration of the Trea
sury. No change at present could fail to
diminish confidence in the stability of the
present financial policy. But the President,
to-day, authorized a contradiction of this
report to several persons. No change in
that office, he said, is contemplated.
Leo.
[From the National Intelligencer.
Civil Supremacy.
Accompanying the President’s proclama
tion enjoining obedience to the Constitu
tion and lawspassed in pursuance thereof
upon all officers, civil and military, the fol
lowing circulars were issued yesterday by
the Secretary of the Interior and the Post
master General:
Post Office Department, >
Washington, September 10,1867. J
Sir : By direction of the President of the
United States, I transmit herewith, for your
information and guidance, his official pro
clamation dated the 3d instant, calling your
attention to its requirements.
I am, very respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
Alex. W. Randall,
Postmaster General.
Department of the Interior, >
Washington, D. C., September 9, 1867. J
Sir : Pursuant to the order of the Presi
dent of the United States, I transmit here
with an official copy of his proclamation,
bearing date the 3d instant.
You are directed to strictly observe its
requirements for an earnest support of the
Constitution of the United States, and a
faithrtil execution of the laws which have
been made in pursuance thereof.
I am, sir, very respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
O. H. Browning,
Secretary.
Mr. .
A large number of Austrian school teachers I
are now assembled in Vienna. A resolntion in
favor of petitioning the authorities for the sep- i
aration of the pqblio schools from the Church <
was adopted by them with great unanimity. <
Dead Violets.
Let them lie—ah, Jet them lie I
Plwifid flowers—dead to-morrow :
Lift the lid up quietly,
As yt>u’d lift the mystery
Os a buried sorrow.
Let them lie—the fragrant things,
Ail their souls thos giving ;
Let no breeze’s ambient wings,
Ana no useless water-springs,
Mock them into living.
T.hey have lived—they live no more ;
nothing can requite them
hor the gentle life they bore,
Which to up-yield in full store.
It did so delight them.
Y V4,’ 1 ween > flower-corses fair '•
I was a joymi yielding ;
Ldie some soul heroic, rare,
t mit leaps bold I v forth in air
For its loved one’s shielding.
Surely, ye were glad to die
in the hand that slew ye *
Glad to leave the* open sky’
And the airs that wandered bv
And the bees that knew ye. ’
Giving up a small earth-place,
And a day of blooming,
Here to lie in narrow space,
Smiling in this smileless face
With such sweet perfuming.
O ye little violets, dead 1
Coffined from all gazes,
We will also smile and shed
Out of heart-flowers withered
Pei fume of sweet praises.
And a* ye, for this poor sake,
Lore with life are buying,
So, I donbt not, One will make
All our gathered flowers to take
Richer scents though dying.
( Chamber''s Journal.
Salzburg.
A correspondent of the New York World
has written an admirable letter from Sab
burg. He thus speaks of the meeting of the
Emperors :
Again! again! then the diminuendo boom
of the heavy /jar-wheels, the rumble of the
train—and the locomotive glided softly
past—one wagon, two wagons, three wa
gons, then a fourth, and from the window
of the said fourth wagon a head looking
■ out, a side-wise looking head, with not
very wide open eyes, and with a heavy,
drooping mustache, and with a pointed
grizzled chin-beard ! the head of Punch and
of the Exhibition medals, and of the plio
tographs which all our centre-tables know
so we'l—the head of the nephew of his un
cle guillotined lor a brief moment in the
window of au Austrian imperial railway
wagon. Then rose a loud swelling out
burst of the band, “ Partant pour la Syrie,”
and a well-bred cry of “ Vive l’Empereur,”
and the head, no longer guillotined, but
bringing its body after it, and in the hand
of its body a stove-pipe hat, emerged from
the door of the imperial railway wagon,
hesitated a moment on the step, descended,
and was met by the glittering Kaiser.—
The Emperor shook hands most heartily,
and stood so alone in the foreground, hand
in hand, for a moment. Doubtless through
• the minds of all there present, as through
mine, ran the thought of the place where
those two, looking each other in the face
before us, had last stood thus, hand clasped
in hand. It was at Villafranca, after Sol
ferino, in the merry month of June, and in
the year of our Lord 1859. On one arm of
! either Emperor was bound a band of crape
—the memorial of an another day in June,
the silent witness of Queretaro. Neither
! Frances Joseph nor Napoleon spoke for a
moment, which I think rather creditable to
| both of them; but the Austrian sovereign
very soon welcomed his guest in a quick,
nervous kind of way, and turned with Na
| polcou towards the Empress Elizabeth.—
, The Empress had remained standing a step
or two in the rear of her husband, and the
Empress Eugenie, who hail floated rapid
ly down the steps of the railway car
riage in that wonderful way she lias,
exactly imitated her imperial sister. Al
most before this could be remarked, how
ever, Francis Joseph had raised the Em
press Eugenie’s hand to his lips, and Na-
I |K>leou was offering the same homage to the
Empress of Austria, anil the Empresses
’ were thus electrified together. They did
' not, however, rush into each other’s arms
. as the manner of ladies sometimes, and of
royal ladicH Kenerally is, uml .1 could not
help fancying that if France and Austria
, were ruled by these two fair.regeuts, things
might hot go just so amiably as they now
promise to. Napoleon looked, I thought,
both old and tired. He walked firmly
enough, to be sure, but both as to the lace
and as to the body, he must be conceded tc
be tending toward flabbiness. His com
plexion is sallow; his eyes are more nearly
shut than ever, and his mouth absolutely
looks as if nothing but an oyster kuifi
could open it. Yet there is such a mas o
power iu his square, heavy chest and shoul
ders that one cannot but hesitate iu cast
| ing his horoscope of health ; and the pecu
_ liarly leaden, gray look of his face or the
afternoon of Sunday had disappeared and
given place to a warmer and more healthy
. hue when he rode past me to-day in a little
open caleche on his return from some ex
cursion to the environs. He was dressed
in a simple black suit; and all Austria
will shortly be convinced that a new efa is
dawning upon the empire when it learns liai
—thanks to his example—Francis Joseph
. was yesterday seen walking with hia in
! the streets of Salzburg, dressed in a 4ark
civilian’s frock and trowsers, and wearing
[ a round hat! This is literally the first
time that sucli a phenomenon has been
seen. The Kaiser has always worn utii
' form, and insisted that not only his guards,
[ but his very domestics should wear uni
form. One of his reasons for distrusting
[ his brother Maximilian and charginghim
with “ Democratic instincts,” was thefact
‘ that Max put his household at Miranar
, into mufti ; or, iu plain English, into plain
; clothes. But Francis Joseph has come to
; plainclothes at last himself; and this ap
parently trivial fact is pretty certainly the
, very strongest proof yet giveu of the Kai
ser’s complete change of policy, and of the
reality of the new French alliance.
GOOD BEHAVIOR.
The people laughed and chatted, and
made way for one another in the livdiest
and most agreeable manner. This wis as
noticeable, too, among the crowd in their
shirt-sleeves outside as among the gold
laced and white-chokered crowd within.
Remembering the hideous way in which l
had seen General Grant and the late Mr.
Lincoln, and Senator Douglas and Kossuth,
and other eminent persons treated dwing
their times of exhibition by crowds of our
own people, it occurred to me that some
thing might be said after all for those who
prefer hereditary honors to honors by elec
tion. To be stared at, of course, whether
as an Emperor or as a President, can »ever
be positively agreeable to a well-constituted
mind; bat, if one must lie stared it, it is
surely less degrading to lie stared at with
out being also shoved and pushed, and full
ed and hauled by the hand. Nine in ten of
all the people who crowd to see an Emperor
ora ‘heio”in any country care no more
about him persounally, of course, than they
do about Leotard, the trapezist, or Batty,
the lion-tamer; but why should it be
thought necessary to the “ purity of repub
lican institutions” to suffer Tom, Dick and
Harry to thrust this fact directly into a
President’s or a General’s face and to paw
him with their hands as if they meant to
buy him at so much a yard?
THE IRREPRESSIBLE YANK.
Shall I add that while all the world be
side in Salzburg is jolly and contented, one
hapless being is devoured with misery here,
and that being a merchant of music ? The
irrepressible Ullman, whose placards have
stared me in the face announcing his “Patti
Concerts on the American Plan ” from Bor
deaux to Brussels, is here at Salzburg.
Here, too, he aunounces a “ Patti Concert
here, too, “on the American Plan;” here,
too, under the management of “B. Ullman
of the Academy of Music, New York F
But the Emperor will not go to it—no—nor
the Archduke Louis—nor Count Kinsky
with his four-in-hand! I don’t believe even
the stupendous Imperial porter in the yel- 1
low and black silk coat, who blazes at the 1
“ Resident ” door, will go to it., and so Ull- 1
man wails and will not be comforted. Hap- *
less Ullman! Hapless Patti! The concert !
takes place to-night. I think I will not go
to it myself! ■ j
?*■ 1 ■ - -
Wisconsin Democratic State Conven
vion.—Madison, Wt »., September 11.—Tie De
mocratic State Convention to-day nomlnUed J
J. Tallmadge, Governor; G. L. Parke, Lieu
tenant Governor; Emil Rothe, Secretary of
State; L. R. Wetherby, Attorney General; 01c
Hegprison, Commiesloner; Peter Rupp, Fond I
du Lac, Treasurer; L. E. Draper, Superindent
of Public Instruction; R. J. Harney, Buul
Comptroller.
Inauguration of Ooy. Stevenson, of Ken
tucky.
Louisville, September 12. —Lieut. Gov.
Stevenson was to-day inaugurated Govern
or of Kentucky, vice John L. Helm, de
ceased. The ceremonies took place in the
Senate Chamber, at Frankfort. After
prayer, by Rev. Bishop Smith, of the Epis
copal church, Hon. A. J. Smith, Mayor of
Frankfort, on the part of the citizens, made
m address of welcome to the Governor.
The inaugural address was then read.—
After referring iu eloquent terms to the
jiolitical career of the late Gov. Helm, act
ing Governor Stevenson proceeds as fol
lows: I cordially approve and ftdly en
dorse every principle enunciated in the ad
mirable address of the lamented Helm,
and will, by God’s blessing, earnestly en
deavor to maintain them during my ad
ministration of the government. The oath
vhich I am about in your presence to take
exacts of me strict obedience, both to the
Constitution of the United States and the
Constitution of Kentucky.
Both constitutions were ordained to per
petuate the rights of civil liberty and free
representative government. The promises
of both were intended to preserve and up
hold as fundamental guarantees of free
dom, the liberty of speech, the freedom of
the press, the rights of conscience, of prop
erty, of person and of reputation, the purity
of elections, and the implicit obedience of
the representative to the will of his consti
tuents.
Justly and fairly construed, according to
their letter and spirit, collisions between
the Federal and State governments are im
possible. They can never occur so long as
each government restrains itself within the
respective orbits prescribed by the framers
of each. It is only when one government
overleaps the barriers erected for its re
straint that danger can arise.
To all demands auil exactions of the
Federal Government withiu the sphere of
its constitutional power, Kentucky will al
ways lend a ready support and cheerful
obedience, while within the limits of the
Commonwealtli her reserved rights must be
respected, and will, while I act as her chief
magistrate, always be upheld.
My anxious care shall always be to up
hold, protect anil defend the constitution
of the State from assault without or dan
ger from within, and to see that the laws
are faithfully executed and obeyed, and my
earnest desire shall ever be to advance the
welfare and happiness of every member of
the Commonwealth, irrespective of party or
erred.
Xfl this spirit I shall look to all good citi
zens Jor their succor, and invoking the
blessing of the Almighty God, the sure prop
of all who put their trust Him, for the hon
or, peace and prosperity of Kentucky.
The oath of oflicc as acting Governor was
then administered by Hon. B. J. Peters,
Chief Justice. The entire ceremonies were
conducted in the utmost good order. There
was neither parade nor music.
[From tUo New York Bun (Rep.)
Political Current.
The severe loss which the Republicans
5 have just sustained in Maine comes with
forcible eflect after the late reverse in Cali
fornia. They are surprised, and not a little
alarmed, by two such stunning blows in
quick succession. When the first was re
ceived, they attempted to account for it on
the ground of local dissensions in the party,
but the rapid following of a similar blow
from the other extremity of the Union has
almost dumbfounded them. What ilo these
reverses mean ? is the question which occu
pies the minds of politicians of both parties.
The Democrats loudly claim that a reaction
has taken place in favor of tlieir party, and
that the star of Democracy is again in the
ascendant. The Republicans, on the other
hand, are at a loss for a passable excuse for
their reverses. The explanation which they
gave in the case of California will not ap
ply to Maine, for their party in the latter
State was thoroughly organized, the candi
dates for Governor was the same who ran
last year, and there was no local influence
calculated to distract or divide the party.
The conclusion cannot be avoided that
thflre is much political significance in the
result of these elections. It means that the
, pedple of California and Maine are in some
respect dissatisfied with the course of the
‘ 'Republican party. It. means that the sober,
thoughtful class, who think a great deal
and say but little, are disposed to rebuke
the leaders of the dominant party for some
thing which that class of people do not ap
prove. The Republican leaders, of course,
will endeavor to find some more acceptable
reason than this for their late defeats, but
none other is really tangible when wc
take all tlie circumstances into couside
ration.
But does the result of these elections im
ply that the thoughtful and moderate clas:
of people have become disgusted with the
Republican party, and that they are about
to rush over in a body to the Democratic
ranks ? By no means. The avowed policy
of the Democratic party is now just as ob
jectionable as it was when the class who
hold the balance of power left it. That
class arc in favor of a safe and thorough
system of reconstruction, and they will
have no sympathy with a policy which has
the opposite tendency.
The most reasonable solution of the pro
blem seems to be this: Careful and consid
erate men are opposed to the extreme ten
dencies of the Republican party. That is,
they disapprove of impeachment, confisca
tion, negro exaltation and other ultra ideas
to which the Republican party is rapidly
tending. When the plain and simple con
stitutional amendment was adopted as the
policy of the Republican party, the people
endorsed both policy and party in their
State elections. Since that time, however,
one extreme measure after another has
found favor with the Republican politicians,
and more of the same sort are under con
sideration. Thoughtful, non-partisan men
are convinced that it is impolitic to thus
run a good policy into extremes, and
through the medium of these elections they
have just expressed themselves to that ef
fect in California and Maine. It will not
be surprising if they make the expression
more forcible by similar action in States
which are yet to hold elections.
Disasters to the Ootton Crop.
The question whether the great Southern
staple shall stand at its present low figure, or
advance to a very material extent, depends, in
our judgment, solely upon whether the crop of
the United Suites, under the encouragement
given by our Government to foreign produc
tion, can have any influence on the market.—
We are satisfied, trom well authenticated facts
from every portion of our cotton-growing re
gion, that the crop will not exceed two-thirds,
if it does one-half, the reasonable calculations
on the promising appearances in the month of
July. The destruction has been immeuse
throughout the most productivo sections, and
in very many places the planters have given
up their crops as hopeless. Nor can any
amount of good weather between this and frost
redeem the crop from Its heavy losses. The
letters which we publish this morning from
Brooks and Baker counties, in this State, ac
cord with oar own accounts from Southern
Georgia, Florida, Alabama and Mississippi.
This statement may be relied on as correct.—
We always try to write in the interest of truth,
turning a deaf car alike to the “bears” (the
planters) and to the “ bulls” (the brokers), and
have generally found the truth about midway
between the two. Such is the character of our
present opinion, based upon well authenticated
facts. The North is seriously in error regard
ing the present crop, and they will be satisfied
of the fact before many weeks shall have passed
over their heads. The accounts carried forward
by Southorn merchants were based upon the
favorable condition of things several weeks
ago, which no longer exists.
\ Macon Telegraph , 15</t.
The worms are still to be found on nearly
every plantation, but with rare exceptions have
done very little damage. Our planters gener
ally express the opinion that very little harm
will be done by them. The weather has been
unfavorable for picking during the week. It
has rained nearly every day. As soon as the
weather becomes settled picking will commence
in earnest, for the eotton will opon rapidly.
|Madison {La.) Journal , 10th.
The ravages of the worm have been great
during the past week in this county. On Mon
day last the third crop wero at work by thou
sands, and their peculiar odor was plainly per
ceptible in the Helds and on the roadside. It is
useless, however, to speculate on the amount of
damage that has been or will bo done. Planters
are fighting them manfully, and while none ex
pect to make the crop of cotton they expected
two months since, they arc energetically gath
ering the quarter, third or half crop, that the
worm, the bureau, the grass, the overflow, and
other judgments ql Providence have left them.
[Natchez Courier , Ith.
A dentist who had an eye to busincst count
ed 276 sets of false teeth within the circle of
the Hartfleld (Moss.) camp-meeting, at out
time. The returns of glass eyes and p&lpita
tors are not yet in.
Richmond County Association of Teach
ers.—(Extract from proceedings of Teachers'
Meeting , September 14/A, 1867.)
The committee appointed to prepare for the
organization ot a Teachers’ Association of this
(Richmond) county, present the following
report :
Pursuant to instruction, we met on Wednes
day evening, the 11th instant, and, with entire
unanimity, agreed to report and recommend
the adoption of the accompanying Declaration,
Constitution and By-Laws.
Respectfully submitted,
Martin V. Calvin, Chm’n.
J. Ai.ma Pelot,
D. P. Cammann,
Daniel McCarthy,
Thos. Leckie,
Patrick Quinn,
F. W. Capers,
Joseph T. Derry.
DECLARATION.
Whereas, It is our houuden duty, as teach
ers, to seek, by ail possible, honoral.de means,
to elevate and keep in merited prominence the
profession we have chosen ; auil
Whereas, Considerations of public interest
demand that teachers should be associated in
regular organizations; and
Whereas, Such organizations, when proper
ly conducted, cau but l>c productive of good to
their membership, not less than to the import
ant interests which the latter represent and
have at heart; therefore be it
Resolved , That we, whose names are hereun
to affixed, do associate ourselves together, un
der the name and title given in the Constitu
tion.
[We regret that our limited space precludes
the possibility of publishing the Constitution
and Bye-Laws. J
Soldier Outrages.— On Saturday and Sun
day nights a number oi outrages were commit
ted by Federal soldiers upon colored persons
in this community. In one of the Saturday
night attacks the “ boys in blue ’’ came off
second best. It seems two of the “ defenders
of the nation’s honor” made an assault upon a
colored man, in the vicinity of the corral in
Jackson street—colored man was “ game ” and
managed to do serious bodily injury to the
fighting loyalists. One of them received a
severe cut in the shoulder and across the lace,
which involved the laving open oi the nose in
the middle of the centre (scenter.) The part
ner of this unfortunate highwaymau received a
wound —(incised) just below the hear! in the
side. Other attacks were made on the same
night of minor importance.
On Sunday night there were one or two
affrays, the accounts of which are so “ mixed ”
wc refrain publishing.
The colored individual who so gallantly de
fended himself on Saturday night is the former
servant of Mr. Jacob Danforth. His name is
Green.
An Affecting Circumstance.— On Sunday
last, at Kalmia Mills, the twin troys of Mr. John
Guilfoyle died under the following singular
circumstances :
The little ones were hut two years old.
Michael, who was a few minutes the junior,
had been sick two days and was ovidently
dying; Mrs. Guilfoyle took up his little
brother, John, so that he might kiss Michael
farewell, and then laid him down on a pallet,
lie was almost immediately taken with convul
sions and died in a short time ; thus preceding
his brother from, as lie had into, Litis world a
few minutes.
They were fine, healthy babes, and horn iu
Ireland during a visit of tlioir mother to her old
home. They were buried in the City Cemetery
yesterday.
The many friends and acquaiutaui cs of Mr.
and Mrs. Guilfoylo sympathize with them in
this their deep affliction.
Our I’olice.—Why is it the guardians of the
city permit the soldiers of Lite garrison to rob
and molest the colored people ? Arc not the
people who were freed by the United States
army still under the protection ot the laws ?
The colored man has lieen compelled, of
late, to go armed. He is subjected to treat
ment, to which, during the days ot the Confede
racy, he was a stranger.
We learn the police have orders to arrest
every soldier fouud on the streets at night.—
There was much feeling last evening among
our colored population in view of recent out
rages, and the critical condition of John
Boyce, a colored barber, who was shot and cut
on Sunday night by a number of soldiers.
Superior Court. —This Court met mon
day ; Judge Gibson presided. After hearing
the argument pro. and con. a rule was issued
ordering the Sheriff of Richmond county to
pay to Attorney J. C. Snead, Esq., the pro
ceeds of a mortgage sale. The Sheriff held
that he accounted to the mortgagee—l. T.
Heard— lor the proceeds. The Court decided
that it was his duty to accouut to the attorney.
The case will go up to the Supreme Court.—
Messrs. Book & Carr appeared for the Sheriff.
Court adjourned to the third Monday in Oc
tober, when jurors and parties must be in at
tendance. «
Personal.— We have been honored with a
visit trom Mr. Wm. Laidlcr, the enterprising
and accomplished Business Manager ol that
sterling institution the Charleston Courier. Mr.
Laidlcr is on a brief visit to our city and, should
he call upon our merchants in the interest of
his paper, they would consult their own inter
ests by extending their relations with South
Carolina througli the medium of the journal he
represents.
The Military. —Wc have been assured by
Capt. Cook, commanding at this post, that
every endeavor has been made to ferret out the
offending soldiers, referred to elsewhere, and
with entire success. The parties, four or five
in number, have been arrested, and are now in
jail. Strict orders have been issued, forbidding
any soldier the streets at night, and a patrol
guard is out to see't enforced.
Death of an Augustan in Texas.—We
are pained to hear of the death of Mr. Charles
A. Macmurphy, which occurred in Galveston,
Texas, on the Bth inst., from yellow fever. Mr.
M. removed from this city about a year since,
and had not been married two months at the
time of his decease.
Room for toe Loyal !— Wc hear it rumor
ed that .T. P. C. Whitehead, Esq., the energetic
Solicitor General of this Circuit, is to be re
moved from office nt the instigation of some of
the “ truly 101 l ” to make room for one of
their number.
“It May be for Years.”—The garrison in
this city is to be discontinued. Wc hope the
academy, which has so long been occupied by
the soldiers, will now revort to its legitimate
use.
Sentinel Songs. —Wc have received from
the office ot the New York Freeman’s Journal ,
a lithograph illustration of Father Ryan’s
“Sentinel Songs.”
Late Papers.— The Southern Express Com
pany will nccopt our thanks for late papers.
Mr. Martin Callum, a telegraph operator,
formerly of Columbia, is among the recent vic
tims to the yellow (over iu New Orleans.
Artless Simplicity. —One of the sweet
est incidents which we have noticed for
many a day—and one which shows the effect
of early training, assisted by a pure and
undeflled imagination—has just fallen under
our observation. It is thus related:
A lady visited New York city and saw
on the sidewalk a ragged, cold and hungry
little girl, gazing wistfully at some of the
cakes in a shop window. She stopped, and
taking the little one by the hand, led her
into the store. Though she was aware that
bread might be better for the cold child
than cake, yet desiring to gratify the shi
vering ami forlorn one, she bought and
gave her the cake she wanted. She then
took her to another place, where she pro
cured her a shawl ami other articles of
comfort. The grateful little creature look
ed the benevolent lady ftoU in the face, and
with artless simplicity, said, “Are you
God’s wife V” Did the most eloquent speak
er ever employ words to a better advantage!" <
BY TELEGRAPH.
ASSOCIATED PRESS DISPATCHES.
From Washington.
Washington, September 15.
Mr. Seward gave a parting dinner to tbe
Austrian Minister, Count Wydenbruck. The
l'rcnch and English Ministers were present.
The Secretary of Legation nets until the nr
iival of Von Frankenstein.
Washington, September 16.
Gen. Spiuuer has withdrawn surplus Govern
ment funds from Mobile.
Revenue to-day, $560,000.
The Land Oflice Commissioner lias received
tpecimens of rock crystal from Arkansas, suf
ficiently clear for lenses, equal to any imported.
Brevet Major Gen. J. J. Reynolds succeeds
Gen. Griffin in Texas, and Maj. Gen. Joseph A.
Mower will command the sth District until
Hancock arrives.
Sickles has been ordered to report at head
quarters between Ihe 17th and 30th inst.
The President has suspended Callicot, reve
nue collector of the 3d district of New York.
jgA letter from Greeley, dated January, 1860, is
unearthed. It is warmly commendatory of
Steed man for Secretary of War.
From Richmond.
Richmond, September 15,
The negroes vote for the first time in this
State to-morrow, when the citizens of Rich
mond vote on the subscription of $3,000,000 to
the Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad.
Colonel Mallory, of the Freedinen’s Bureau,
has returned from the investigation of the re
cent riot at Faruiville. He reports the same
facts as sent to press.
Richmond, September 16,
The subscription of two millions to the
Chesapeake aud Ohio Railroad was carried by
over two thousand majority. The negroes
V,Otcd for it en masse. The opponents intend
contesting the legality of the election, on the
ground that negroes, under the supplemental
reconstruction bill, have uo right to vote ex
cept in cases of election lor office ; also, that
registration is not complete till the final revis
ion of the lists; therefore the negroes, to-day,
were not registered voters.
General Schofield to-day issued an order for
the election of delegates to the State Conven
tion on the 33d of October. There arc to be
one hundred and five delegates, of which Rich
mond has five; Norfolk and Petersburg two
each. Fourteen days previous to the election
the boards of registration will make final re
visions of their lists.
The polls in Richmond arc to be kept open
two days.
Col. Buruham, detailed as judge of the Hust
ings Court, charged the graud jury this morn
ing, and said no distinction on account of color
or caste would Lie allowed in the court.
Gen. Schofield ordered this morning that nil
registered voters, and none others should vole
in the city subscription to the Chesapeake and
Ohio Railroad.
Foreign.
[by cable.]
Constantinople, September 15.
A firman from the Sublime Porte, granting
general amnesty to the insurgents of Camlia,
has been officially promulgated. The Govern
ment has concluded not to send to Candia, as
proposed, a commission consisting of Ottoman
and Greek members, to Inquire into the griev
ances of the Cretans.
Hague, September 16.
Man named Gardersicr, with forged thou
sand dollar U. 8. notes, several bad notes of U.
S. afloat. (Verb, et lit.)
Paris, September 16.
The fortifications of Slrasbuvg arc to he ex
tended and strengthened.
Florence, September 16.
The Italian Government threatens to com
mence legal proceedings against Garibaldi if lie
persists in preparations agaiust Rome.
Lisbon, September 16.
The Rio Janeiro mail steamer brings intelli
gence of recent advantages gained by the Allies
over the Paraguayans.
From South. America.
New York, September 15.
Kio Janeiro dates of August Bth reports dis
astrous result to the expedition of the Allied
forces, fitted out at San Paulo to invade Pa
raguay by the North. The expedition was
obliged to return after advancing far into Para
guayan territory. It was harrassed for twenty
days by the enemy, and cholera broke out, car
rying oft'the principal officers aud a laige num
ber of men.
On July 37th another large fire broke out li
the government buildings, entirely destroying
them. All the papers of the treasury were
burned, together with many other public docu
ments. It was tbe work of an incendiary.
From the West.
Washington, September 15.
A special Omaha dispatch says the Northern
hostile Indians refused to meet the Commis
sioners unless they agree to withdraw all troops
from the Powder River country.
From Key "West.
Fortress Monroe, September 15.
The Lenape, from Key West, lias arrived
with two cases of yellow fever onboard and
was ordered to quarantine.
It is stormy, and the wind is from the north
east. A large fleet of colliers are weather
bound.
B^oreign.
|BY STEAMER. J
New York, September 16.
The City of London, with dates to the sth,
has arrived.
The Daily News admits that England is liable
for one million and a quarter of the Alabama
claims, but citizens have large claims against,
the United States.
The Government has taken six steamers
from the New York lines lor the Abyssinian ex
pedition.
It is thought that Bismarck will soon do
something to make the Emperors of France and
Austria show their hands. It is also said that
Prussia promises to assist Italy if she makes
the French position in Papal affairs a causux
belli.
The South German States 6liow strong disin
clination to even temporary severance from the
rest of Germany.
From Texas.
Houston, September 15.
The yellow fever is very prevalent; at least
a thousand cases are in town. The deaths are
ten to filteen daily.
Mr. Bowsel, Deputy Postmaster, died yester
day, and Capt. Wallace, Assessor aud Collec
tor, late of U. S. A., died to-day. Rev. Mr.
Ree6e and Dr. A. N. Covey have died.
The Firemen’s Chnritablo Association pro
vides the destitute with nurses and physicians
at an expenso of over two hundred' dollars
daily.
The fever is very fatal in Hempstead, Nava
sota, Millican, Bryan, Chapel Hill, Brenham,
Lagrango, Huntsville and Alloyton. The chari
table association of Houston is extending all
the aid in its powey to these towns. They re
quire money, physicians and nurses.
Col. O’Connell, commander of post, and
family, are all sick with tho epidemic. All
promise to recover.
Gen. Griflin’s order removing the Judges of
the Supreme Court in this State and appointing
others, has been revoked.
The cotton crop will turn out one-fourth to
one-third of a crop for the whole State, and
will not reach above fifty or sixty thousand
bales for Gull shipments. The yield of corn
is ample, and in some counties enormous.
From JVtaino.
Washington, September 16.
The Democrats have lorty-fivo representa
tives against thirteen last year. Senator Fes
senden writes : “1 have written no letter and
have expressed no opinion on the subject of
impeachment; it will bo timo enough lor me
to express an opinion on that subject when the
case comes before me. You are at liberty to
contradict that report, as I do not like to bo
considered as giving the lie to all 1 have said
in the Senate with regard to my duties as a Sen
ator in such a case.
From the
San Francisco, September 16.
The Colorado arrived Irom Japan with three
hundred nnd twenty passengers and eleven
hundred tons ircight.
One American and two Englishmen were
murdered at Nagasaki.
Tho Japanese had arrested sixty-three native
Christians.
From Charleston.
Charleston, September 16.
Judge Bryan, of the United District Court,
now sitting in Greenville, has Issued ordcre that
the names of negroes, as well as dther citizens,
be placed upon the jury lists. . %
From JSTew Orleans.
New Orleans, September 16.
The deaths from the fever on Saturday and
Sunday are officially reported at 103.
Marine TSJ" ews.
Savannah, September 15.
It. is raining again.
Arrived—Baik 11. H. Brooktuar; schooner
Trade Wind, trom New York; steamship Her
man Livingston.
Bailed—Steamship Virgo, (or New York.
Charleston, September 15.
Arrived—Schooner Nevada, from New York.
Sailed yesterday—Steamers Granada and
Champion, for New York, aud Falcon, lor Bal
timore; schooners Wanataand M. B. Brom
ball, for New York.
New York, September 15.
Arrived —Caledonia aud Hecla, from Europe;
Gen. Barnes, from Suvsnuab; Gen. Grant, from
New Orleans, and Tiller, from Key West.
New York, September 16.
Arrived—Clyde aud Sappho, Wilmington ;
Bonder, Charleston ; City of London, Europe.
Londonderry, September 16.
The Nova Scotia and Tripola touched here
to-day.
Southampton, September 16.
The Union touched here to-day.
Wilmington, September 16.
Arrived—Empire, New York.
Charleston, September 16.
Arrived—Moneka, New York.
JVLarkets.
FOREIGN AND DOMESTIC.
London, September 16—Noon.
Consols, 94 11-16. Bonds, 73%.
London, September 10—3, P. M.
Securities unchanged.
Liverpool, September 16—Noon.
Cotton is quiet, steady and unaltered ; sales,
10,000 bales. Breadstuff* firm. Coru, 375. 9d.
Provisions quiet.
Liverpool, September 16—3, P. M.
Colton more active ; sales reach 13,000 bales.
Breadstuff's quiet. Common Rosiu advanced
3d.
Frankfort, September 10.
United States Bonds, 76%.
New York, September 16—Noon.
Stocks steady. Money, 5@6. Gold, 144 V.
Sterling, 9%@1i%. ’O3 coupons, 114%.
New York, September 10—P. M.
There is an increased activity in the money
market, which is very firm. Brokers are accom
modated generally at 6, with exceptions afe7.
Government col terals, 600. Gold closed
firm at 144%. Sterling very dull at 9%. Gov
ernments quiet, avid firm. There is a feverish
feeling in Stocks, based on activity in money.
Bank Statement.—Loans have increased $9,-
9:50,000; specie increased $3177000; circulation
increased $307,000; deposits have decreased
$3,097,000; legal tenders have decreased $4,480,-
000.
New Yoru, September 16—Noon.
Flour steady. Wheat firm with fair deuiaud.
Corn le. better. Rye quiet. Oats shade firmer.
Pork dull and drooping at $94 68. Lard and
Whisky quiet. Colton quiet at 25@25%e.
. Freights steady. Turpentine quiet at 60. Rosiu
, quiet; No. 1, $5.
« New York, September 10—P. M.
Cotton dull and tie lining; sales, 500 bales at
25@25%e. Flour firm mid in fair demand;
State, $8 250 11; Southern, $lO 25013 25.
Wheat, in lair demand ; advanced 103 c.; amber
State, $3 15; No. 3, $3 l:-‘@:l 33. Cot u active;
Western mixed, $1 2301 33. Oats dull and
lower—Go%@oß. Provisions quiet and steady.
Sugar firm; Muscovado, 11%@13% ; Havana,
13%. Coffee firm. Ollier Groceries steady.—
Naval Stores quiet. Freights quiet aud firmer.
Baltimore, September 16.
Cotton very dull with no demand. Coifed
quiet and steady ; prime very m. ,ee; good to
prime cargoes held at 11%@12%, gold, in
bond. Flour qqiet and prices unchanged.—
Wheat steady; red. $3 40@3 50. White com,
$1 16; yellow, $1 27. flats, 63067. Rye,
$1 35@1 45. Provisions quiet; bur jobbing
trade ; prices steadily maintained. Sugar fii in
and quiet. Whisky—nothiug doing.
Cincinnati, September 16
Flotir firmer ; superfine, $8 7509. Corr.au .
at sl. Whisky steady. Mess Pork, $24 500
24 75. Bacon dull ; no pressure to sell under
fall prices. Lard, 13%@13%.
Wilmington, September 16.
Spirits turpentine unsettled; 53% offered
and refused. Rosin firm at $3 12%@6 50.
Mobile, September 10.
Cotton—Fair demand ; chiefly for better
grades ; factors claim full rales ;'closed steady;
middling, 21 ; sates, 400 bales ; receipts, 208
bales.
New Orleans, September 10.
Cotton quiet and easier; low middling, 23@
23 ; sales, 350 bales ; receipts, 393 bales.- Flour
—superfine, $9; choice axtra, sl3 25013 50.
Coru dull aud unchanged. Oats quiet and
firm at 72%@75. Pork dull at $37 50 ;uo buy
ers. Bacon is in request at full prices. Lard
firm ; tierces, 15; kegs, 16. Gold, 144%. Sterl
ing, 56058%. New York sight, % premium.
Savannah, September 16.
Cotton is quiet and steady; middlings, 22%
@23; sales, 110 bates; receipts, 102 bales.
Weather clear.
Charleston, September 16.
Cotton is inactive in consequence of tbe
lightness of stock ; sales, 23 bales; middling,
22%c.; receipts, 78 bales.
Augusta Market.
Offioe Duly Constitutionalist, f
Monday, September 16--1\ M. ]
FINANCIAL—
GOLD—Weak; buying at 143 anil selling at 146.
SlLVEß—Buying at 132 and setting at 136.
COTTON. -There was a little more inquiry to-day
than for some days past. Middlings will bring about
21(321)1, and strict middling 22c. Sales amounted to
48 bales, as follows: 3at 20, 9at2oY, 6at 21, 2at 21X
6at 21 X , 10 at 22 and 7at22 Y- Receipts, 31 bales. ’
WHEAT—None in market.
BACON-Shoulders, JG%; B. B. sides, 18. T; C.
R sides, 19X ; C. sides, 20; Uanis, 22@25 cents.
CORN advanced. Prime wldte scarce and in de
mand at fl 40® 1 50; yellow and mixed, $1 36.
Rivbb News.—Hard Times left for Savannah yes
terday. Bandy Moore arrived. River, 4 feet 3 inches
at the bridge.
By Mail.
New York, September 14.
A committee of physicians has been appointed
to devise menus of relief for tho yellow fever
sufferers at the South. They have resolved to
ask the eo-operation of the Chamber of Com
merce and ol the public.
Six employees of the Rockland Print Works,
at Ilavcrstraw, have been arrested (or stealing
a large quantity of its goods. Much of the
property was recovered.
The Post says the large insurance and broker
age agency of J. F. Dobson & Co., of Bdstor,
which has branches in New York and Chicago,
has suspended payment. Their liabilities are
said to bo $30,000, and many insurance com
panies of this city, for whom they acted as
agents in other places, arc suilorers by the fail
ure.
A serenade was given to General Sickles, at
the Brevoort House, last night, by the Kxcclsior
brigadc and other organizations, lie responded
to the compliment by a speech of some lengtL,
in which he disclaimed personal or political
issues, but 6aid lie had obeyed every order i.e
bad recoived, and attempted to exercise his au
thority according to the intont and meaning of
the laws.
As tho Bremen steamer Dcutchiand was ap
proaching quarantine to-day, one of her guns
burst, killing a seaman and steerage passenger
and seriously wounding another.
A private diunor was given to Gen. Beaure
gard Thursday night, at tho New York Hotel,
by sorno hundred friends rosiding bore. He
made a speech to the effect that tho talk of
another rebellion was sheer nomonsc. It was
utterly impossible. For a generation we should
now use our energies towards again bringing
our Union to that magnificent status among
nations of tho world, to which its destiny
evidently points. He urged them to give tho
Government their united support.
The attempted reconciliation between the
Savage and Roberts Fenians has failed. Savage
will issue an address to tho Irish people next
week.
The number of deaths in this city for the
week were 513.
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