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constitutionalist.
AUGUSTA. GA.
THURSDAY MORNING, JULY 22,1869
f^^SE^rrHETcHEAP?
. Many persons, who dreamed that a
Mongolian wave was about to burst upon
the South and wash the negro out of his
£lace, are not pleased with the suggestion
that this wave may prove a very trifling
bit oi spray, after all. No doubt the negro
labor we now have is deficient in many
respects; but It is very, very cheap, and
that is more' than can be said of Chinese
labor, if wc can trust to the statistics now
in our possession. That the Chinese have
proyed very useful in California and on the
Pacific coast, no one will deny. But the
gold wages paid them would strike terror
to'the minds of our people, who even how
grumble at the wages exacted by the
toiling classes now among us. The rela
tion of employer and employee is Vastly
different on the coast than that
which at present obtains among the South
ern States. Regularity and promptness-of
payment is the almost universal rule in
California; the reverse is frequently the
case in the South, especially on the planta
tions. A Chinese laborer can easily get
from ninety cents to one dollar a day in
gold for ordinary work; on the railroads
he receives $35 in gold per month. Sup
pose it were possible to reduce this to S2O
in gold per month, how many of our farm
ing friends, for instance, are prepared to
contract so» laborers they know nothing
about to replace laborers of whom they
know everything. The number of such
experimentalists would be too few even to
ruffle the rapacity of Koopmansciiap, and
when it came to planking down SIOO in
gold per man, in advance, we fancy the
enthusiasts would grow “ small by degrees
and beautifully less.”
Now, those who have indulged distemper
ed visions of moderate wages in connection
with Joun Chinaman may as well dispel
the delusion at once. Koopmansciiap hesi
tates to promise that he can import Coolie
field laborers for less than S2O per month
and distinctly states that each Coolie will
cost SIOO in gold per man to be put in posi
tion. At that rate, some few maybe brought
out by men who have money to fritter
away on ch'operas; but the number of such
bona-fide individuals will not make a big
show even at a Memphis Convention.
As having a practical bearing upon this
subject, wa call attention to the following
abstract of the Report of the California
Labor Exchange, which is taken from the
Philadelphia Press:
“ The report presents a table showing the
number of persons of each occupant order
ed, the number supplied, and the minimum
and maximum rates of wages paid. Omit
ting those occupations where the number
was less than one hundred, we find that the
transactions were as follows: Blacksmiths,
432 ordered and 350 supplied, at from $2 50
to $4 per diem, or SGO to SIOO per month
.and found (it will be remembered that these
amouuts are gold, that being the currency
of the Pacific coast). Boot and shoemakers
—ordered, 170; supplied, 117, at $35 to SOO
per month. Boys—ordered, 640 ; supplied,
498, at $lO to S4O per month. Bricklayers
—ordered, 147 ; supplied, 104, at $4 50 to
$6 per diem» Cooks—ordered, 019; sup
plied, 407, at from $35 to SIOO per month
and found. Canvassers—ordered, 111; sup
plied, 32; paid by commissions. House
carpenters—ordered, 1,510 ; supplied, 1,445,
at from $3 to $4 per diem. Cabinetmakers
—ordered, 123; supplied, 87, at from $2 to
$4 per diem. _ Dishwashers—ordered, 180 ;
supplied, 106, at S2O to $35 per month
and found. Farm laborers—ordered, 2,286;
supplied, 1,762, at $1 per diem, or S3O a
month and found in Winter, and $2 per
diem or S4O to SSO a month and found in
Summer. Laborers—ordered, 5,504; smp
plied, 4,094, at $2 a day, or S3O to $35 a
month and found. Lumbermen —ordered,
726; supplied, 271, at $35 to S7O a month
and found. Meu and wives—ordered, 113;
supplied, 88, at SSO to $65 a month and
found. Milkers and dairymen—ordered,
382; supplied, 198, at S3O to $45 a month
and found. Miners—ordered, • 635; sup
plied, 321, at $2 to $3 50 a day and found,
or S4O to SOS a month and found. House
painters—ordered, 254; supplied, 182, at
$2 50 to $4 a day. Potato diggers—order
ed, 100;. supplied, 138, at S3O to $35 a
month and found. Track layers—ordered,
186; supplied, 157, at $1 25 to $2 a day
and found. Waiters—ordered, 384; sup
plied, 287, at from S2O to S4O a month and
found. Wheelwrights—ordered, 132; sup
plied, 51, at from $3 to $4 a day. Wood
choppers—ordered, 1,200; supplied, 825, at
S4O to SSO a month and fouud.”
FEMALE DEPARTMENT —AVERAGE RATES OF
WAGES PER MONTH AND FOUND.
For general,housework $25 to S3O
For laundresses 30 to 35
For nurses 20 to 25
For nurse girls 10 to 15
For seamstresses 20 to 25
For cooks in private families.. 30
For chambermaids 20 to 25
For governesses 25 to 30
For cooks in hotels 40—
This Labor Exchange deals exclusively
with white labor, and the amounts speci
fied above are to be reckoned in gold. It
was expected that the introduction ®f Chi
nese would beat down these prices, blit,
notwithstanding flying rumors to the con
trary, .wc have it from excellent authority
that wages for both skilled and unskilled
labor have, for some months, been rising in
value instead of decreasing. The report
says further:
“ It has beon found impossible to fill or
ders for some claves of workmen, and tlie
demand fbr female domestic servants has
been and still is largely in excess of the
supply. Although large numbers of Mon
golians are employed as cooks and in other
domestic occupations, the orders for wo
men to do general housework, &c., are
more persistent and numerous than ever.”
It is not at all likely that a money-grasp
ing race like the Chinese are very anxious
in an understocked market to depreciate
the rates of libor, and those who are so
eager to substitute some male or female
“ Pig-tail ” for some negro Sam or Dinah,
in the culinary department, mffy well hesi
tate to do so when the enormous gold price
stares them out of countenance. No. We
hail best utilize for the present the black
labor we now Iqivc. A few years hence,
the negro’s political power will be either
overcome or can be- wielded as the South
shall please. Beside this, ordinary vacan
cies by death or otherwise, in the Gulf
States, will be supplied by the inevitable
immigration of blacks from Virginia, Mary
land, North Carolina, Tennessee and Ken
tucky.’ These States will first become
White States, almost absolutely, and their
negro population, will push toward the
warmer visions. This labor wc have and,
whether wanted or not, we are bound to
have it for many years to come. It is the
cheapest, too, in the long run, and,
by proper treatment, can be «made
the most efficient. In any event, the case
is hardly so desperate as many nervous
people imagine. In spite of the howls
against Sambo, wc know that he has help
ed make a very splendid cotton crop this
year. If one-lialf of those who raise the
hue and. cry against laziness in others
would only put a practical example of
their own industry before the country, tlie
cotton crop might be increased fully one-
third, and the South would give Mr. Koof
manschaf a respectful but decided iutima
"tion that she was not quite ready to 1111 his
pockets at the expense of her credulity.
Dr. Ticknor. —On our fourth page will
be found a remarkable poem by Dr. Tick
nor, of Columbus, Ga. The author of
this poem is one of the quaintest and most
original verse-builders on' this continent.
Ilis genius is eminently distinct, peculiar
anil characteristic. Occasionally, he yields
a trifle too much to an odd ness of rhyme and
rhythm; but when In thorough earnest,
no matt can cut so beautiful a cameo upon
the shield of Minerva.
What Will You Drink? —The Cincin
nati Gazelle, high authority, considering
that it is published at whisky headquar
ters, has the following in reference to the
dish-water era, now dawning:
“Itis a success. Men are no longer de
pendent on corn for their rations of bad
whisky. Henceforth they will not watch
the early and the latter rain. The untime
ly frosts, with effects remote, will no longer
disturb human slumbers. Corn has ceased
to sway tlie sceptre of universal suprema
cy: The great cereal goe,s down before
watermelon rinds and apple skins. Potato
peelings are the coming man. Dishwater
now must rule the world. Women will
have their rights, but in a way quite unex
pected. They will soon rule the house, be
cause they will supply the prop that “doth
sustain the house.” Their economy here
after measures tlie price of mint juleps.—
Extravagance fills the swill barrel and
brings down spirits, if spirits come down.
Garbage whisky is no longer problematical.
It is a fixed fact. Undo; the skillful manip
ulation of Si, Keck & Cos., with their new
process, it has this week come out limpid
as the waters of a mountain spring, and
fragrant as a hen roost. ‘ Don’t get it on
.your fingers,’ said the custodian of the
new article of commerce, yesterday.’—
‘ Why ?’ remarked the unwary reporter. l lt
will smell all day,’ was the rejoinder. As
if a newspaper reporter had a right to smell
anything. But what if itdoessmell ? The
sins of men smell to heaven, and yet they
are forgiven. We don’t mean, however,
there is any sin in making this blessing in
disguise. For is it not a blessing to con
vert a barrel of refuse of the kitchen into
two gallons of high wines of moreAlian
proof? It looks like robbing the slop bar
rel, but a fair exchange is no robbery. It
put in its place two dollars, which is four
times the value of the viands that hitherto
have gone to the dogs. It is true men and
viands may change places—but if meii go
to the dogs drinking this whisky, it is but
just retribution. It is no joke, but one can
scarcely refrain from 'cracking a smile if
not a joke when he thinks about our staid
old merchants immediately after prayers,
reading from the commercial column—
-1 potato skins steady, dish water buoyant;
pumpkin rinds are scarce, with upward
tendency,’ or ! garbage sold short,’ or ‘ a
corner made in swill.’
“The fact is, the good old days are passing
away. Things are soon to be measured by
the amount of whisky they will produce.
A barrel of sour pantry sweepings now
make two gallons of high wines; if pressed
they say four gallons could be produced.—
Os course they will lie pressed. Times
have changed. Whisky has changed and
is changiug. % There is change everywhere
but in our pockets, and, since the latter is
too serious for a jest, we change the sub
ject.”
Magistrates and their Costs. —The
following named Justices of the Peace pnd
Notary Public, of Chatham county, held a
meeting in Savannah, on the 19th, and
adopted the preamble and resolutions an
nexed : J. M. Marsh, Philip M. Russell, Jr.,
Robert J. Wade, S. Elsinger, John McP.
Berrien and Isaac Russell. The other mag
istrates, after being notified, have refused
to adopt these rules :
Whereas, By a recent decision of his
Honor Walter 8. Chisolm, Judge of the
City Court of Savannah, in regard to mag
istrates and constables collecting costs
from the defendant, it is impossible to en
force the collection of the same, excepting
levy, and then not until after conviction ; it
is hereby
1. Resolved, That in all cases where we
are called upon to Issue a warrant, the
prosecutor must advance the sum of five
dollars to pay the magistrate’s and consta
ble’s costs.
2. Resolved, That in all cases where a
magistrate draws a bond for the defendant
he shall be paid five dollars for the same.
3. Resolved, That in all cases good and re
liable security shall be required, or else the
party shall be committed to jail to await
his trial.
Whilst wc feel that the, above position
will bear hard upon the poor man who has
suffered an injury from tliehandsof another,
and wishes the judgment of the law to lie
administered as a punishment for the crimi
nal, we find the law so indifferently ar
ranged in regard to the payment for our
services, viz : Ist, The county is not re
sponsible for our costs ; 2d, The defendant
cannot be compelled to pay our costs, until
after fined conviction, and even then, no pro
vision is made, and the magistrate cannot
collect the same from the city court (tliqt
court having jurisdiction is misdemeanors);
and, in cases of felony, providing if the de
fendant is convicted, the court may or may
not, in its discretion, pay the costs (which to
us would be about the same as no costs at
all); ' our representatives are so unmindful
to the proper steps to be taken to secure
good and efficient judicial officers,' and pro
vide for a proper remuneration for the same;
the sentiment of the people so embittered.
with regard to the defendant paying costs
until after final conviction —that we are
forced to the adoption of these rules. We
are willing, to the best of our ability, to
serve the community, but at the same time
conceive it to lie our duty, as well as our
■right, both to ourselves and families, to re
quire payment for our service, t
War Talk—An Editor Attacked.—
On Saturday last Mr. C. W. Hancock, ed
itor of the Sumter Republican, was attack
ed in the streets of Americus bv-W.C.
•
Godwin, who used a brickbat oil the head
and face of Mr. Hancock. The assailant
was subsequently carried before a magis
trate’# court and placed under bond of
S2OO, to answer for assault and battery.
The editor thus accounts for the attack :
“On Saturday afternoon last, a ruffian,
by the name of W. C. Godwin, sought
(what he thought) a favorable opportunity
of attacking the senior editor of this paper
for the avowed purpose of killing him, for
the publication of a card which appeared
in the Republican on the morning of the
17th, the contents of which he has not had
the moral courage to deny. The Senior,
therefore, holding himself responsible for
what he says, pronounces the act perpe
trated on him by the said ruffian, W. C.
Godwin, an unprovoked and cowardly as
sault, and the perpetrator a coward.
“ The Senior can be seen at any time
during the day, without being hunted up.’
The following Georgia cotton mills will
display specimens of their products in the
August Exposition of textile fabrics at
Cincinnati: Trion Cotton Mills, Trion,
sheetings, shirtings, osnaburgs, rope and
yarns; 5,50 Q spindles, 125 looms, Troup
Factory, LaGrange, osnaburgs and yarns
only. Annawahee Factory, yarns only. Car
roll Mills, Carroll county, yarns only. Geor
gia Factory. Athens, sheeting, shirtings
and yarns. Athens Manufacturing Com
pany, Athens, check, stripes, woolen goods
and yarns; spindles, 3,600. Princeton
Manufacturing Company Athens, yarns
only. Empire State Cotton Mills, Coving
ton, yarns only. Sheffield Manufacturing
Company, Oxford, yarns only. Montour
Cotton Mills, Sparta, sheetings, shirtings,
osnaburgs, yarns and rope. Chapel Hill
Manufacturing Company, West Point,
yarns only. Hopewell Cotton Mills, Elbert
county, shirting, osnaburgs and yarns.—
Milleflgeviile Manufacturing Company,
Milledgeville, osnaburgs and yarns.
[Savannah, Advertiser.
Not Yet Heard From. —The stjanger
that mysteriously disappeared from Cave
Spring on the 13th inst.,had not been heard
from up to the morning of the 19th, nor is
there any clue to his name or place of resi
dence.—Rome Courier.
(From the Macon Telegraph.
The Turner Case.
FRELIMINAWV EXAMINATION BEFORE U. S.
COMMISSIONER MORRILL.
CASE RE-OPENED—THIRD DAY.
United States'Deputy Marshal Chamber
lain, at 20 minutes past 10, p. m., called-the
court to order, announcing that the United
States Commissioner had enjoined upon
him to keep silence in the room and pun
ish with imprisonment those who refused
or failed to do so.
The United States Commissioner, W. C
Morrill, then stated that the court was
duly opened, when Col. John C. Mil ledge
commenced by stating his surprise that
any request should have been made that
the case should be especially
when everything had been iliuinffnihG dj?
on the part of the Government; butkfS»»y
ing the painful position in which the court s
was placed, he felt desirous to acquiesce in
the desire of the defendant’s counsel, that
the case should be re-opened. He felt no
desire on his part for what is generally
termed snap judgment. Was there no time
whon this case was to be finally closed ?
It was his duty as a Government officer to
protect the rights of all, and he scorned the
idea that any one connected with the Gov
ernment felt any desire to crush any person
whatever. He wanted the truth and noth
ing but the* truth to be made known. Be
fore announcing that the Government was
ready to proceed, he wished to ask two
questions. The first was : Is the defense
ready to proceed ?
Col. Weems, on the part of the defense,
having answered affirmatively, Colonel
Milledge then asked for a list of witnesses,
which list was then read in open court,
viz: Charles Cowlan, George B. Chamber
lain, Marian Harris and Emily Pope (both
colored). Ai the request of Col. Milledge,
all the witnesses but Emily Pope were re
quested to leave the room.
The first witness was Emily Pope (color
ed), who being duly sworn, deposes and
says : I am acquainted with H. M. Turner;
lie lias acted as agent for ine; his agency
began on the lGth of-last August; lam a
single woman and a widow; my husband
died on the 16th of August last, when Tur
ner acted.as my agent; the first amount I
ever placed in his hands was four hundred
dollars, on last February, which sum he
.placed in Nutting’s Bank. (Here Colonel
Weems introduced a memorandum book,
said to belong to H. M. Turner, containing
entries of bank deposits, etc.) I have
placed other money in his hands; three or
four days afterwards I gave him a SIOO-bill
for the purpose of being placed in bank; I
got the SIOO from my husband, over two
years ago; he was a mechanic and a car
penter ; Turner told me he carried my note
to the bank and that Nutting did not like
the looks of the bill, but he had shown it
to others and they had said it was a good
bill.
Cross-examined —l reside here in Macon;
have lived here for thirty years past; my
husband, gave me that bill two years ago,
perhaps a little over; the other money had
been loaned to me; I did not intend to use
tills SIOO bill in building my house; I
thought I could keep it as loug as I want
ed to. •
Direct examination —Four hundred dol
lars of my money was in bank; Mr. Rich
ard Hutchins, of Jones county, had loaned
it to me to build my house; the other
money had been given to me by my lius
band.
Cross-examined —l expected to live in
my house when it was finished; Turner
kept the SIOO bill, and he has paid me S6O
of it.
Marian Harris (colored), sworn, says : I
know H. M. Turner; have known him
about three years ; I met him in Philadel
phia on the first of June this year; some
time early in June had a conversation with
him; asked him to go and see Mr. Gilbert
White; I received a letter from Turner,
dated at Washington City ; I cannot read,
but could tell the letter if I saw it; I left
Philadelphia some time in June, about a
week after I saw Turner; I came home by
way of Richmond ; Turner was. at Wash
ington, preparing to come South, and un
known to her; I saw Turner at the depot
as 1 was getting my trunk ready. (Here
the letter was read in court.) Witness re-
Cognizedi t as the same she received from
Turner; Turner left Philadelphia before I
got the letter, which I never answered;
Turner placed no money in my hands pre
vious to his coming South.
Cross-examined— Turner placed nothing
in my hands at that time.
Direct examination resumed. —Turner
placed no money or anything cifie in my
hands; 1 gave Turner a SSO bill to purchase
my ticket to Augusta ; lie did. so and gave
me back the change ; Turner placed noth
ing in my hands during my route home ;
nothing that looked like money.
Cross examined —l have known Turner
for two years ; first heard* him preach at At
lanta, where I first saw him ; I went to
church two or three times while I was
there ; I never saw Turner afterwards till I
saw him preaching at Philadelphia, during
the conference; I staid in Philadelphia
fourteen months ; paw Turner but twice ;
once in the pulpit, and once I walked with
him from church ; he went with me to my
lodgings and then retired; this was the last
Sunday night during conference ; I heard
Turner preach in Georgia before ; I never
saw Turner again till I met him at the de
pot at Washington ; I called to him and he
came to me : lie went off on the 7 o’clock
boat; don’t know when the cars left; I was
not with Turner at all In Washington . I
had a through home ticket;Turner bought
my ticket and gave me my change; did not
see him till he came to the boat; I spent
the day in Washington, having arrived at
6 o’clock; had a through ticket; bought a
ticket at Philadelphia 4>go to Washington;
Turner bought-my return ticket ; I staid at
Turner’s honse; do not know tlie num
ber ; his mother kept the house ; my
self and Turner started together from
Washington ; did not sec Turner between
Philadelphia aqd Washington; heard
nothing of his being sick at Baltimore; wc
came straight through to Augusta ; I staid
in Augusta nearly a week ; I saw no more
of Turner after I got to Augusta; I did not
state to Purcell, the detective, that Turner
had given me any money ; I did not'say to
Mr. Neil that I had received this money
from a minister at Washington ; I told Mr.
Murphy I found the money in the street,
because I did not know what else to tell
him ; he told me not to tell anybody I had
any money; Tim Murphy took me to the
guardhouse, where I was stripped ; Queen
took the money from me and gave it to
Johnston, and he gave it to Tim Murphy; I
do not recollect having told Mr. Caldwell
anything; I have told others; Mr. Murphy
kept ine under arrest till next day. Murphy
gave my son $5 for me to leave Atlanta;
I told Murphy to give me my good money
and turn the counterfeit over to the United
States ; I never mentioned Turner’s name
to him ; any one who says I did tells that
which is wrong; I did-not tell Mr. Purcell
that the counterfeit money ! had was given
to me by Turner in Philadelphia; I wish I
was allowed to tell what Purcell done; I
did not see Turner in Baltimore in my life,
nor did I nurse him when he was siek; I
did'not nurse him in Philadelphia; I had
no time to do so; I was working out for
my living; I did not teti Mr. Neil, at
Atlanta, that I met Turner in Philadelphia
at a house of bad repute ; the man I met
there was a black man; I did not tell Mr.
Neil, at Atlanta, that I had been at a bad
house in Philadelphia with Turner; a box
of sardines and a handful of envelopes was
not enough to make me say so.
Direct Examination— The bad mouey I
got from'a black man named Shuman, or
Sherman, I can’t tell which ; he gave me
$1,500 in all; lie was a good-looking man,
very stout, and weighed about two hundred
pounds; I can’t tel] his weight, he is a fall
man; appears to be a settled man; I saw
him twice in Philadelphia; I think his
name was Sheurman ; Turner never gave
me any of his bad money, and never knew
I had it; I had none but good money when
I left Philadelphia; 1 had $1,350 when I
left Washington ; I had about thirty dollars
of the money I had changed in Philadelphia;
Sheurman gave me the bad money at Tur
ner’s house in Philadelphia, and told me to
pay him next Fall SOO in good money out
of every SIOO issued; whether I was inti
mate with Sheurman relates to myself; I
got the letter from Turner some days bp 5
fore I left Philadelphia; I thought lie had
left for home; I am from Philadelphia of
my own accord. Sheurman promised, to
meet me, and he did meet me; I told him I
was going home with Turner.
Cross-examined —At Washington I had
something like $80; don’t misunderstand
me, gentlemen, for I mean what I say ;
Sheurman gave me the bad money; I can’t
spell hisuaaine ;J guess he lived at Wash
ington ; 1 made liis acquaintance at Phila
delphia, where he gave me SIOO ; he did not
f, lvc bad money ; he put it under
the pillow Ofi the bed, where I might find
lsc l i “ever told anybody whether I slept
with him or fiot.
Direct examination resumed. —l never
? ne “bill of bad money in
Philadelphia; 1 put it off on a Dqtchiuan
on V ine street, between 12th and 13th
streets, where I bought seven dollars’
worth.
Charles Cowlan, sworn, says: I am a de
tective in the Revenue service; I have been
in the business not quite a year; I left
Augusta on the 2d of July, and was asked
by Mr. Jas. C.’Reddington, Chief of Secret
Bervice division, if I knew anything of this
"matter; I said I did not; Mr. Reddington
showed me some of the notes, and requested
me to find oat all I could about it 1 ; on the
6th of July the matter was talked of again;
e ’JKjUj desired to report at Atlanta; I was
a personal favor, to get all the
facts fthe case; I reached Augusta on
the IStJfqf July, and on the 16th telegraph
ed to Col*'Milledge: “Turner is arrested.
Send a godd officer forthwith.” Went to
Atlanta on'thc 16th ; next day was inform
ed by Col. John Milledge that his father
desired-the re-artest of Marian Harris; I
sent the following dispatch to Washington:
Atlanta, Ga., July 17, 1809.
C. IT. Wkitely, 8. 8. Bureau, Washington ,
D. C. •
JJ. S: States District Attorney Milledge,
at Macon, desires Marian Harris to be re
arrested, as the bond is worthless. Bond
filed here and found worthless. Deputy
U. S. Marshal George B. Chamberlain
will arrest if authorized* by you. It is ab
solutely necessary .to re-arrest her. liefer
to Reddington. Answer.
•On arresting Marian Harris, -she stead
fastly denied all about the money; I need
not relate iny conversatiou with Marian
Harris; but it was of such a character
that I seut tlie following telegram to Wash
ington :
Atlanta, July 17,1869.
2o James K. Reddington r 8, 8. Bureau, near
Depot, WaslungUm:
I have found the man who gave Marian
Harris the money. Do you want his name ?
Answer:
At the request of counsel, Mr. Cowlan
gave a succinct history of his conversation
with this transaction, confirming the state
ment of fjiie. former witness so far as relates
to the way in which she came in possession
of the money, and her connection with the
negro Sclnfrnian. Amoug other docu
ments, the detective introduced a bill of
goods found on Marian Harris’ person,
from the dry goods house of James A. Gray
& Cos., of Augusta, which amounted to
$5 08, and on which was endorsed : “ This
bill of goods was bought with this coun
terfeit money.” I did not examine any of
the bank bills found on Marian Harris.
Here the detective went into a lengthy
explanation of counterfeit bills, and ex
plained to tlie court the difference between
bad bills and the genuine issue. In answer
to Col. Weems, Mr. Cowlan stated that
Schurmau, the negro in Philadelphia, in
his belief, was a messenger in the United
States Treasury Department. He bases
his belief from newspaper rumors anil state
ments made-to him by tlie Chief of the
Secret Service Department. Schurman is
now under bonds, having lieen arrested for
abstracting these notes. I am a commis
sioned officer of the United States Revenue
Department; I have seen four SSO notes
filed in the Department; I have seen the
bills in the possession of officer Murphy,
taken by him from Marian Harris; they
correspond with those filed in the Depart
ment.
Cross-examination —All this conversa
tion with Marian Harris occurred on
Saturday and yesterday.
Court adjourned till 3, p. m.
afternoon session.
Court met pursuant to adjournment.
Prior to its opening, Capt. Cecil C. Neil
kindly furnished the reporters with a copy
of the following letter he had that moment
received by express:
First National Bank of Jersey City, )
July 17,1809. j
Cecil C. Neil, Esq., Macon, Ga.:
Dear Sir: In answer to yours of tlie
11th inst., I forward you a list of notes
stolen, as furnished us by the Department:
Lower left hand corner, No. 671 to 750, in
clusive. Upper right hand corner, No.
19,609 to 19,088, inclusive—beiiig 80 sheets,
amounting to $12,000, as follows: Eighty
lulls, (C) SIOO, SB,OOO. Eighty bills, (A)
SSO, $4,000. Total, $12,000.
Enclosed please find signatures of the
President and Cashier of this Bank.
Very respectfully,
[Signed] M. Sanford, Cashier.
J. S. Fox, President.
M. Sanford, Cashier.
At the opening of the court the Commis
sioner stated that the Counsel for the de
fense had informed him that they had no
more witnesses to introduce.
George B. Chamberlain, sworn, says: I
heard tlie confession of Marian Harris ; it
was given freely and without coercion.
Edmond B. Purcell, sworn, says: I know
Marian Harris ; the first information I had
of her was on tlie 11th of June ; she passed
through Philadelphia ; I telegraphed to At
lanta to have her arrested and searched ;
on Teaching Atlanta, I found she had been
arrested by Mr. Murphy ; I conversed with
Marian Harris on her way to Union Point;
she told me who she got the counterfeit
money from ; for the possession of which
she had been arrested; she said to me she
woUld disclose all facts, which she did :
after some time she said the name of the
man who gaye her this money was Turner;
that he gave her SI,BOO in all, at Washing
ton ; site was speaking of the mquey taken
from her by officer Murphy ; that it was
$950 in counterfeit and $407 in good mouey.
• Capt. Cecil C. Neil, sworn, says : I am
an officer of the Treasury Department, Se
cret Service ; the stolen money .was taken,
unsigned, from tlie Treasury Department
two years ago ; I found Marian Harris un
der arrest at Atlanta ; she told me that she
met Turned at a-.house of bad character, on
New Bedford street, Philadelphia; she said
tc me that the man who gave her the money
was at Philadelphia ; she could not recol
lect his name.
Cross-examined —She made two state
ments to me; one was that she got the bad
money in Washington, and tlie other that
she got it in Philadelphia ; I think she had
been educated what to say : she was not on
oath or imprisoned wiien she talked with
me; she was not incarcerated in jail ; I
made an affidavit before Commissioner
Smith for a warrant to have her re-arrest
ed ; I arrested her on the warrant I obtain
ed after her statement to me, not before ; I
arrested Marian at the Marshal’s office ;
when I conversed with her she was at the
jail; her statement about the money was
made before her re-arrest; before she was
put in jail she had been under arrest on the
first charge ; after my arresting her the
Marshal put her in jail; that is all I know
in reference to the matter.
T. C. Murphy, sworn, says : I have the
counterfeit bills with me that I took from
Marian Harris; (witness produced them for
examination by the cout. On examination
they were found to agree in number with
the stolen bills). The letter I took from
Marian Harris I handed to Capt Neif. (It
was here produced in evidence.) Marian
Harris told me she got this bad money from
a man named Wyman or Wayman ; I did
not search the woman, nor put my hand
on her, except to arrest her.
At this point the Attorney General, on
the part of the prosecution, begged the ad
journmqM; of the court till to-morrow, on
account of the absence of an important
witness, (Col, Reid, of the Macon Tele
graph,) who would not be in the city until
that time.
Counsel for the defense objected. The ob
ject of tlie Attorti’ey General was to prove
the identity o^Fur tier’s handwriting with
that upon the rorged-fcills, and the counsel
for the defense insisted that a thousand
men could tee summoned who knew as
much of the matter as the absent witness.
. After a great deal of discussion on lioth
sides, Col. Wfeerfis announced for the de
fense that tbCy had nothing (further to of
ferin'* submitted the case without aegu-
At the suggestion of the court, how
ever, Col. Stevens, on the pant of the de
fense, spoke at some length. He stated
that Turner, had nothing to do whatever
with this transaction; that it was true
Marian Harris had made conflicting state
ments or confessions; bat in each and all
of them, except the one she made to Mr.
Purcell, she did not once implicate Turner.
In courtlier testimony had been plain aud
. - -ni—* *- '
stmigktgWMu li Wtie hirti »r-.knowledged
and sworn, who had given ,tbc bills to her,
and ca|ljxf liis name Wajfnan or Wyman.
The irninr was Scliuman, a name similar,
and _ easily taken for the name; she had
beeukiHpde to tell thttiititli, the whole
she had There was not
a map in Macon who lSftn#er had coun
terfeit money and tracecLit up as fairly as
Turner had done. Eqiiiy‘Pope’s evidence
hadjjpen clear and exj^cK; she had made
a gpom and statement. Both
Elilily Pope and Martin Harris had been
h<?re, and had in no instance admitted that
Turner was the mail; who gave her the
bflls. On the contrary, all the evidence
the prosecution had was that of J. Clarke
'Swayze, and he hwrpertainly proven no
thing. That was /admitted. The counsel
did not even admit'Chat the bill Turner
tried to pass wltfr Counterfeit. If Turner
was the meanest rtptn* that ever lived—if
his heart was a£j(j||ck as hell, he was en
titled to justic<T Sere Col. S. submitted
the case. , 4; ’
Colonel Mi tied A, on the part of the pros
ecution, thewfffik the floor. He com
menced by that this was no prose
cuting courtS* was merely a court of in
quiry, from which the case might be trans
ferred to a higliPr court.
The defense .hud stated that they intend
ed to prove We course of the money al
leged-to have been stolen by Turner, and
thus clear him. Had they done so ? He
thought not/I'*Emily 1 '*Emily Pope'had by no
means provetfthe Identity of the SIOO bill
which she says, she gave Turner, and
which he tried to pass at the bank. Was
this the same bill he had taken to other
banks ? It had not been proved. The de
fense have not legally accounted for the
possession of this money. The defense
maintain that Marian Harris had said no!
no!! no!! Ino Turner, every time, except
in her admission to officer Purcell. Then
she had admitted Turner gave it to her.—
The cat was out of the bag. Then comes
the big witness, Cull urn. I’ll back turn
against my witness, Swayze. Marian Har
ris finds h<; is a great man, a very great man,
and she will tell him everything. The court
cannot take cognizance of such evidence.
Let us trace those bills. They corres
pond exactly, according to the Government
circular your Honor has received, with the
numbers on the bills that were stolen.
This is noplace to clear Turner. Let him
appear in a regular court of justice, before
twelve good and true men—his peers, if
you like, and then send him out of court
without a stain upon his character. We
are uot compelled to produce evidence that
must convict before your Honor. All we
have to do is to show probable cause of
guilt, and then it is the duty of your-Honor
to bind him over till he can be brought
before a jury of twelve men where lie can
Ixs convicted. Your Honor is the conserva
tor of the peace, who is bound to guard and
protect our citizens in their rights. Sup
pose a man stood in the streets with a
loaded gun wticn a mad dog passes, ought
that man to wait for instructions or shoot
him at once? He would not discuss the
matter further, and submitted the case.
The Commissioner then announced that
the decision ot the Court would be reserved
until to-morrow, in order that the testi
mony introduced to-day might receive that
attention and reflection its importance de
'manded. •
The court then adjourned till ten o’clock
this morning.
. General Cespedes on the Appoint
ment of Gen. Thomas Johdan. —From
Sabanilla de Hilanica, at date of June 11th,
General Cespedes had promulgated an
order assigning General Jordan lo high
command in the Cuban army. He. says,
addressing his countrymen:
“ The organization of the army in the
different States into which the republic is
divided, has been and is constantly the
chief object of the action of the government,
because without organization it is not
possible to have a good army, and without
a good army the success of the operations
cannot be always such as may be desired,
notwithstanding the valor of the chiefs
and the soldiers who compose it. To carry
out this beneficent idea, (and first having
had the approbation of - tills government),
the General-in-Chief has named the Ameri
can General, Thomas Jord6n, chief of the
operations in this State. In doing so he
lias taken into account the fact that the
officer appointed is a man of valor, know
ledge, and of military skill. These quali
ties wore demonstrated at the moment bf
the arrival of said chief to these shores,
and likewise in the deeds which he Jias
exemplified with fighting our enemy on our
own soil. Let it be further added that
personal qualities adorn this gentleman
and render him worthy of respect and of
esteem. Hence, I hope that you, as true
patriots, who have proved a thousand times
your adhesion to the cause, will consider
the acquisition of General Jordan as of
much importance for the revolution, and
that w r e all shall give proofs of the fact that
we know how to do honor to men of
ability who eome to combat ai our side for
the independence of Cuba.”
A Cotton Factory.— Mr. It. H. Sims has
just returned from a protracted Northern
tour, Where he visited many of the cotton
mills of New England, New York and New
Jersey. He says there is a growing feeling
among the Northern cottoii spinners and
weavers to invest in inanufacturina: enter
prises at the South. Mr. Sims did every
thing in Ids power to encourage this spirit,
for which he is entitled to the thanks of
progressive Georgians, and especially Grif
finites. Mr. S. says that in a fevv-days we
may look for an agent of an extensive
Northern Manufacturing Company in Grif
fin, who will come here prospecting for a
suitable location for a large cotton mill.—
We have only time, now to urge npon our
citizens, and especially our city government,
the propriety of cultivating and encourag
ing all such enterprises. We can well
afford not only to free them from taxation
for a term of years, but to offer, extra in
ducements in the way of sites for building,
<ftc. Let ns meet all such agents in the
most hospitable jmd liberal spirit.
\ Griffin Star.
Fires. —We learn from the Blakely (Ga.)
Neics that the fine dwelling on the McClary
plantation, about five miles west of Mor
gan, Calhoun county, was fired by an
incendiary and burned on Monday night of
last week. The .house was the property of
Hood & Thigpen, and was worth about
SB,OOO, No insurance. Suspicion rests on
two of the negroes on the plantation.
The same paper says the Academy build
ing just completed by Mr. A. L. Platt, near
his store in Early county, was burned on
the night of lpth instant. Mr. Platt’s store
was also fired, but was discovered in time
to save it.
The recent explosion of nitro glycerine
at Caernarvon, Wales, was terrible in its
effects. Three men were blown to frag
ments, the cart wheels hurled more than a
mile from the spot, and houses within a
short distance completely wrecked. The
whole valley at the foot of Snowden was
shaken, and the lakes were visibly affected,
portions of the remains of the unfortunate
men were found forty yards distant, a cart
wheel was discerned on a ledge of rock 150
feet perpendicular height above the road
way, and men at work in the quarries, 300
yards away, were seriously injured.
A carious experiment was performed in
France receutly to ascertain whether fish
could live in great depth of water. The
flsh were placed in vesSMs of water made
to sustain 400 atmospheres, under whicli
they lived auvl preserved their health. It
is therefore contflndM (hat fishes may pene
trate to very great dgpths in tiic ocean, as
a pressure of 400 atmospheres corresponds
to a depth pf 13,600'fefct, or about two miles
and a 1 1 al -
Geokgia PATl*Alfc<|.— The Monroe Ad
vertiser says: iyjlj
One day last of the oldest
citizens of the couiitw wjfre gathere<l togeth
er on our streets, doubtless, of old
times. There were seveii of those, patri
arciis. Their combined aims aro 523 years,
and they are the fatliMSjOf seven Ly-three
children. Although SttS have passed
through the trying sccnuSHjj? second revo
lution, and have seen tffWary labors of
three quarters of a centuHflpmc to naught,
yet theit years sit lightly qPQU them. Long
may these fathers dwell iji thg land.
The Ciudersville and Railroad
Company, owing to differenejLabout the
right of way, have been unablc. 4o get out
of ithe towuof Cartersville with .thdr road,
and the enGtap reject is lying buU.
[ For the AAmai itutionaliwt.
The Sword in the Sea.
The billows plunge like steeds that bear,
. The knights with suowy crests ;
The sea-winds blare like bugles, where
The Alabama rests!
Oiil glories from their Splendol-mists
Salute with trump and bad
The Sword that held the ocean lists
• Against the world in mail.
And down frbrn Albion’s turret-bills,
From terraced slopes of France,
The brave, bright wine of valor fills
This chalice of romance.
For here was honor’s tourney-space,
The tilt-yard of the sea,
The battle-path of kingly wrath,
And kinglier conrtesy.
And down the deeps, in sumless heaps,
The gold, the gem, the pearl,
In one broad blazejof splendor, belt,
Great England like an Earl.
And there they rest, the princelicst
Os earth’s regalia-gems,
The skirlight of the Sonttfern Cross,
The sword of Raphael Semrues!
Pennon and plume the waves entomb
Tiie proud hopesjof the Tree,
In that great glaive that Arthur gave
In guerdon to the sea.
F. O. Ticknor.
Touch Hill, Columbus, Ga.
Health of New York. —The New York
correspondent of the Philadelphia Ledger,
writjn'yon Wednesday, says:
* TiyA of the morning papers have at length
discovered that the Asiatic cholera is in
this city. The weather we are having,
physicians say, is favorable to Lite propaga
tion of the disease, but notwithstanding
that, if our indolent pinnlcipal authorities
would but make a reasonable effort to clean
the dirty streets, and abate the pestilence
breeding nuisances that assail Lite senses
in the most deusely populated districts,
there would be no occasion for alarm. As
it is. we can only trust in Providence.
Meanwhile- it is gratifying to have offi
cial assurance that the yellow fever has eu
.tircly disappeared from quarantine. Not
a single case in the hospital, nor on board
any vessel in the bay. There is small-pox
fin board some of the recently arrived emi
grant ships, but as it is of a very manage
able type, it occasions no uneasiness.
While in America the Roman Catholics
are demanding that the public schools
shall be placed under the control of their
priests, in Austria the movement to take
the public schools from the control of the
church is carrying both Roman Catholics
and Protestants, fcxeept the priests of the
former. A news item says :
“ A vote is now being taken in the King
dom of Bavaria on the question whether the
sectarian schools shall be changed into nn-‘
sectarian public schools. An interesting
vote is reported from the town of Neust.adt.
The large Protestant population cast a
unanimous vote in favor of uusectarian
schools. The Roman Catholics voted 594
for, to 1 (the parish priest) against. The
Jewish vote was unanimously in favor. The
result created immense enthusiasm.
Yellow Fever in Florida. —The
Greenville South Alabamian learns that the
yellow fever is prevailing to an alarming
extent in Pensacola, and that it is appre
hended it will be a scourge during the en
tire season.
Sudden Death. —ln Raleigh, on Friday
last, Mr. Gerry, the door keeper of Colonel
Ames’ New Orleans Circus and Menagerie,
was stricken by apoplexy, and died in about
six hours, lie was a native of New Or
leans.
BY TELEGRAPH.
| Associated Tress Dispatches.
New York Stock Oiosing Quotations.
REPORTED BY HOYT & GARDNER.
New York, July 21—P. M.
The following are the closing quotations
this day:
American Gold 135%
Adams Express 60%
New York Central 210%
Erie 28%
Hudson River 162%
Reading 93
Michigan Central 161%
Cleveland and Pittsburg *. 104%
Chicago and North Western 79%
Chicago and North Western, pref.... 93%
Milwaukee* and St. Paul, pref 87
Lake Shore 107
Chicago and Rock Island 115%
Toledo, Wabash & Western 78%
Toledo, Wabasli & Western, pref.... 75%
New Jersey Central 111%
Pittsburg and Fort Wayne 152%
Ohio and M ississippi... 31%
Hanibal and St. Joseph 117
Ilanibal and St. Joseph, pref 116%
Tennessee, old 62
Tennessee, new 56
Georgia Sixes 83
Georgia Sevens 91%
North Carolina, old 45%
North Carolina, new : 45%
Missouri Sixes 84%
Pacific Mail 74%
Western Union Telegraph 36%
[Associated Press Dispitches.
WASHINGTON.
Washington, July 21.—Nooat-Boutwcll
gives notice of the adoption of distinctive
paper for all obligations and other securi
ties of the United States, and warns all
parties that it is felony to have or retain
possession of paper or papers like it. One
of the peculiarities of the paper is the. in
troduction of colored silk cotton or other
fibrous material into the body of the paper
while in process of manufacture.
It is stated on absolute authority that
the managers of the French Cable have
stipulated to abide by the action of Con
gress. They will be allowed to land their
cable in Massachusetts, and work it with
out any present Federal interference what
ever.
Col. L. A. Wliitcley, of the Intelligencer,
is dead.
St. Croix (West India) advices to June
24tli report the yellow fever epidemic
among the soldiers at Christiansted, with
ten cases and live deaths in the town.
Shipping healthy.
The New York Sun argues that Koop
manehap’s plan for importing Chinese vio
lates the statues against the Coolie trade,
and will result in a forfeiture of vessels,
and subject the persons interested to fine
and imprisonment.
Washington, July 21 —P, M.—The En
quirer, of Philadelphia, says recently a
bark left Baltimore with 20,000 stand of
arms and 170,000 rounds of ammunition for
Cuba. She got off without trouble, pro
fessing to be loaded with hay, and reach
ed her destination successfully. It is un
derstood that another vessel is likely to
sail soon for the same port, similarly
freighted.
Customs nearly half a million.
Delano has returned.
The Boston Post Office will be built of
granite. -
The Louisiana Supervisor, Conkliu, is
here.
Wade says the Virginia result will affect
unfavorably the Northern elections.
Robeson, with a party, is aboard the Tal
lapoosa to inspect the Navy Yards along
the Atlantic coast.
All of the Cabinet were present, except
Hoar, Bontweli, and Cox.
The murderess, Minnie Gaines, was sent
to the Insane Asylum by order of the Sec
retary of the Interior.
Creswell has returned.
Peabody and Corcoran visit the White
Sulphur Springs to-morrow.
-The Revenue Department decides that
smoking tobacco cannot be retailed from
pound packages, unless packed in wooden
boxes and stamped.
Efforts are afloat to remove General
Gordon Adams, Attorney for Mississippi.
It is understood that Commander Ames de
sires his removal.' The charges against
Adams are political.
VIRGINIA.
Richmond/-Tidy 21.—' The official returns
show that the vote for Walker will fall
26,000 short of the white registration, and
that for Wells 18,000 short of the colored
registration. The objectionable clauses in
the constitution were defeated by 40,000.
There seems to have been an entirely new
deal in politics, as only six members of the
elected Legislature have ever been there
before.
Thos. R. Bowden, State Attorney Gene
ral, resigned to-day.
White Sulphur Strings, W. Va., July
21.—The corn crop will lx: considerably
shortened by the drought In tin's section.
James Carter, colored, was arreted to
day for robbing the uuUl intended for this
watering place.
' There are 50 to 100 arrivals here daily.
Thermometer this afternoon 56.
LOUISIANA.
New Orleans, July 21—The first ease
of and death from yellow fever, this season,
occurred yesterday. The victim was a
young Frenchman, just arrived from
. France, stopping a few hours in Havana,
and quarantined for eight days here.
FOREIGN. •
London, July 21.—The Britisli ship Lord
Sidmouth, at Quebec, June sth, for Gias
gow, encountered a heavy gale, sprung a
leak, and was abandoned. The crew were
saved.
In the Commons,, last night, the Lord
Mayor of Dublin, in full robes, presented a
petition at the Bar of the House, praying
persistence in their efforts to secure relig
ious equality in Ireland.
Havana, July 21. — The American steam
ers Albany, Gettysburg and Centaur are at
Santiago de Cuba.
Sixty Spanish troops liad a sharp en
gagement with the Cubans near Manaza
nillo. Twenty Cubans were killed and
twelve captured; Spanish loss not given.
Madrid, July 21.— There is much excite
ment throughout Spain. Many arrests
have 1x5(511 made at Valladolid, Barcelona,
and Cordovia, of parties believed to be fer
menting insurrection, including several
generals and colonels. The authorities
are taking great precautions to prevent
outbreaks. The French Government has
ordered all conspirators from the frontier.
A deep plot for the assassination of Sera
no, Prim and Revars lias Ixsen discovered
here.
A sharp fight occurred at Cindad Real
lxstwcen the civil authorities and a band
of insurrectionists. Nine insurrectionists
and several of the troops were wounded,
when the insurrectionists retreated. The'
leaders escaped.
MARINE NEWS.
New York, July 21—Arrived: America,
Columbia, Cuba.
Savannah, July 21.—Arrived : San" Sal
vador, from New York; America, from
Baltimore; Tonawanda, from Philadelphia.
Cleared: Bark Dirigo, for Jacksonville.
Charleston, July 21.—Sailed: Steamer
Saragossa, for New York; schrs. Frank
Palmer, and Grace Clifton, for Philadel
phia ; bark Helen Sands, for Montevideo.
MARKETS.
London, July 21 — Noon. — Consols, 93.
Bonds, 83%.
Liverpool, July 21—Noon.—Cotton
quiet; uplands, 12%; Orleans, 13; sales,
8,000 bales. Others unchanged.
Liverpool, July 21—Afternoon.—Bom
bay shipments to 15td, 17,000 bales.
Liverpool, July 21 — Evening.—Cotton
firm but no}; higher; sales, 10,000 bales.—
Breadstuff's unchanged
Havre July 2l— Noon. — Cotton firmer;
spot and afloat, 150.
New York, July 21—Noon. — Stocks
dull. Money steady at 7. Sterling, 9.
Gold, 135. ’62’s, 23%; North Carolinas,
58%; new, 45%; Virginias, ex coupon,
57; new, 61; Tennessees, ex coupon, 62;
new, 56; Louisianas, old, 69; Levees, 65.
New York, July 21—P. M.—Govern
menls closed steady. ’62’s, 23% ; South
erns heavy. Money quiet and easy at 7,
exceptions at 6 ; prime discounts more ac
tive at B@l2. Sterling quiet at 9%@10.
Gold, 135. Stocks steady and dull.
New York, July 21—P. M.—Cotton
more active at easier prices ; sales, 1,800
hales. Flour dull; superfine State, $5 10 Si
5 60; common to fair extra Southern, $5 40
<35 90. Wheat, unsettled and rather heavy;
Amber Georgia ; now, $1 66 ; Delaware,
$1 65 ; Georgia white, $1 95 ; Kentucky
white, $1 85. Corn scarce ; Western mix
ed, 94<§>98. Oats shade firmer. Pork quiet
at $32 62%@32 75. Lard dull and heavy;
kettle, 19%(319%. Whisky steady; West
ern $1 05. Rice firm. Sugar shade firmer.
Coffee firm. Molasses dull. Turpentine,
42@43. Rosin, $2 25@8. Tallow, 11%
(311%. Freights quiet and firm.
Baltimore, July 21.—Cotton dull, un
changed. Flour quiet. Wheat less active;
choice Maryland red, $1 56@$1 60 ; white,
$175. Corn firm; white, $1 12<351 13;
yellow, $1 B(3s 1 10. Oats dull; 70(375.
Provisions firm, unchanged. Whisky very
scarce.
Cincinnati, July 21.—Flour dull; family,
$5 50@0. Whisky, $1: Provisions tending
up. Mess Pork held at $33(333 25. Ba
con scarce; shoulders held at 14%; sides,
18%@15%; hams, 22@23. Lard held at
19% ; stock light.
Louisville, July 21.—Flour quiet at
$4 25. Provisions firm. Mess Pork, $33.
Bacon—shoulders, 14%; clear sides, 18% ;
hams, 21%. Laid, 19%. Whisky quietat SJ.
St. Louis, July 21.—Whisky firm at
$1 03. Pork steady at $32 25(332 50. Ba
con firm ; shoulders, 14%; clear sides, 18%;
sugar cured hams, 23.
• Wilmington, July 21.—Spirits Turpen
tine quiet at 38%. Rosin steady at $1 65
@6. Crude Turpentine unchanged. Tar,
$2.
Weather clear; wind south. Ther
mometer, 88.
Mobile, July 21.—Cotton—nothing done;
receipts, 15 bales ; exports yesterday, 92
bales.
New Orleans, Jply 21.—Cotton quiet;
middling, 32% ; sides, 219 bales; receipts,
20 bales. Gold, 135%. Sterling, 50. New
York Sight, % premium. Flour unchangj
ed. Corn—white, $1 20. Oats, %77(378
Bran, $1 05@1 07. Hay—prime, $27. —
Pork, $34 50(334 75. Bacon firm ; shoul
ders, 15%; clear rib, 18%; clear, 19%@
19%. Lard nominal; tierce, 19%@20%;
keg, 21%@22%. Sugar dull; common, 10
<311; prime, 13%. Molasses—none offer
.ing. Whisky, $1 12(31 15. Coffee firmer;
fair, 15%; prime, 10%<3f7. .
Savannah, July 21.—Cottou—no market
only about 100 bales in factors’ hands; mid.-’
dling nominally, 31%@32; receipts, 111
bales.
Chahleston, July 21.—Cotton dull; no
sales ; middling nominally 33; receipts, 12
bales; exports coastwise, 78 bales.
Augusta Daily Market.
Office Dailv Constitutionalist, J
Wednesday, July 21—F. if. J
FINANCIAL
GOLD—DuII. Buying ut 134 and selling
at 137.
SILVER-Nominal. Buying at 128 and sell
ing at 130.
COTTON—There has been a fair demand
to-day, with but little offering. Sales of 31
bales were made, on a basis of 32% for mid
dling. Receipts, 48 bales.
BACON—Firm. We quote C. Sides, 20@
20%; C. R. Sides, 19%@20; B. B. Sides, 19@
19%; Shoulders, IG@l7; Tlams,'l6@23; Dry
Salt Shoulders, 15%@tG ; Dry Salt C. K. Sides,
18%@19. * .
CORN—Better supply. We quote choice
white, $1 37@1 40; mixed, $1 30@l 35, from
depot. •
WHEAT—We quote choice white, $1 60@
1 85 ; red, tl 50@l 60.
FLOUR—City Mills, old, ss@B; new, f8
@10; at retail, $1 $ barrel higher. Coun
try, s6@9, according to quality.
CORN MEAL—SI 35 at wholesale, and $1 50
at retail.
PEAS—We quote, $1 25@1 30. No demand.
Gaines Chisolm.—Yesterday evening,
the attending physicians on Mr. Chisolm,
Drs.*W. F. Westmoreland and J. F. Alex
ander, reported Mr. Chisolm to be easier,
and the chances in favor of his Recovery ex
ceedingly promising. He was stabbed in
the throat witli a stiletto. We forbear
comments, for the present, as the matter
will be brought up before the courts.
[Atlanta Constitution,
■ jLiocal News.
tr• * *
Swayze and a Macon Policeman have
a Fight. —The Macon Telegraph, of yester
day, says:
“ A long and hard fight occurred yes
terday afternoon, in the third story of
the Ayres’ building, on Mulberry street,
a few moments' after 'the Unttcd States
Commissioner’s Court had adjourned, be
tween M. M. Hall, a city policeman, apd J.
Clarke Swayze.
“ The large effowd had dispersed, leaving
no persons in the room except the two re
porters of. the city papers and the two
combatants. It appears that Mr. Hall had
asked Swayze to remain a moment, or had,
at least, detained hiwi in the room, until
the crowd left, for the purpose of caning
him for an article that appeared in Swayze’s
paper last year, in regard to Hall’s denun
ciation of his owu son. When the crowd
had left, Hall and ijwayzc got into a con
versation which lasted but a moment, when
Hall struck Swayze a heavy blow on the
head with a slick he had prepared for the
purpose, and as he was staggering back,
struck him again several times as he fell
against the wall. The first blow or two on
the head stunned Swayze; but lie soon re
covered, and springing up under the heavy
blows he was receiving, he grasped Hall
by the throat and bore him back against
the opposite wall, where the struggle was
fierce and desperate for a few seconds, in
which Swayze managed to wrest the stick
from Hall’s hand, and, getting it firmly in
his own, he began to give Hall the benefit
of the stick, and struck him several pretty
sharp blows. By this time tiie reporters
had ran down stairs and reported what
was going on overhead, and officers Neil
and one or two others rnslied up and sepa
rated the parties, after a fight of fully two
minutes. Swayze was hurt pretty badly
about the head and shoulders; but we
must, as an eye' witness, say that he made
a game and bully fight against a much
larger man than himself, and one who hud
attacked him so unexpectedly and unfairly.
“The courts will, doubtless, attend to
the matter this morning.”
A Handsome Office.— The improve
ments In progress at the Ordinary’s office
for some mouths past have been finished
on the interior. The walls and ceiling
have been eWgantly and attractively paint
ed, four coats having been applied, the two
outer coats of a subdued bluish caste, giv
ing a most pleasing and striking contrast
with the objects of varied line located in
the rooms. The venitian blinds are hand
somely colored with a bright canary hue,
increasing the pleasing effect of a tasty and
happy combination of colors in producing
a harmony of general beauty unequalled
by any other public office in the county.
The floor of the main room has been fur
nished witli anew, tasty and durable cover
ing of India matting. A full complement
of new and comfortable cane-scat oak frame
office chairs have been supplied, with the
subordinate conveniences pertinent to a,
public office. With the improvements here
indicated, we are assured that Judge
Levy will receive the hearty approval of
all who can appreciate the increased and
comfortable additions made in his office for
the accommodation of the public. The
most refined lady who may be called to the
Ordinary’s office in the transaction of busi
ness, can now visit it in the full assurance
of meeting a general brightness and clean
liness equal to a private sitting-room.
Nor is ornament and new paint all that
will impress the visitor. All the loose pa
pers, books, bonds and documents of tiie
office, have been enveloped, labelled, and so
methodically arranged, that parties
ing reference to such documents
no difficulty in securing prompt accH|g
This arrangement has entailed avastdcaW
of labor, but will prove of immense advan
tage in the preservation of the records of
the office and in subserving public conve
nience. The efforts of Judge Levy to firing
his office under the satisfactory rule of
complete order have been highly success
ful, and we make mention of it as creditable
to his administration.
Newspaper Thieves. —The depreda
tions of this class of petty thieves are be
coming a common occurrence. During the
past week we have had numerous and re
peated complaints from onr city subscribers
because of failure to receive their papers.
It has been mode a matter of special inves
tigation, and we can account for this seem
ing neglect of onr carriers upon no other
ground, than than that the papers, after
being distributed, are gathered up by gangs
ol young thieves who are driving a consid
erable business from their sleight-of-hand
tricks. Indeed, yesterday morning, one of
our subscribers, a gentleman who has been
much annoyed at the failure to receive his
paper regularly, detected a little colored
thief in .the act of following in the track of
tfie carriers and gathering up the papers
as they were distributed. The boy was
arrested, but on account of his extreme
youth, and the promise of his mother to
whip him, lie was discharged without
punishment. We do not Intend that others
shall presume upon this special dispensa
tion of mercy, and continue their thieving,
in the expectation that they will be thus
lightly dealt with. Parents of idle urchins,
white or black, who have any reason to
believe that their children are engaged in
this dishonest business are hereby caution
ed to reform their habits before they fall
into a snare. We direct the attention of
the ixilicc to a special watch for these
young offenders, or old ones, either, who
may lie culpable in removing the papers of
subscribers without authority.
. The Savannah News.—We have a He
dged objection to our cotemporary giving
the “ Chronicle" credit for news items ex
tracted from our columns, as it did in its
issue yesterday. We allude to the item of
the $5,000 robbery from Mr. John Craig.
The Constitutionalist is the only Augusta
paper which furnished the public with that
information, and is entitled to the acknow
ledgment customary when used by other
journals.
Ciiubch Dedication.— I The new Catholic
Churcli at Sparta will lie dedicated on Sun
day next, 25th instant. A special train
will leave the depot at 5:30, a. m., and return
at 8:30, p. m. We return thanks for an In
vitation to accompany the. Jarge delegation
of our Catholic friends on this occasion.
A Thrifty Farm.—Judge Samuel Levy
informs us that he has already realized,
during the present season, about $l5O from
the sale of watermelons from the Poor
House farm.
Another s2s,ooo.—Superintendent Hul
bert notifies “Governor” Bullock-that he
has paid $25,000 into the Treasury from
the earnings of the State Road fs>r June.
—— l ' " ’ g*
f OTICE. —Four Weeks niter date application
l_w will be made to the Court of Ordinary of
Richmond county, Georgia, for leave to sell the real
estate of James C. Dawson, deceased.
, ■ ALFRED O. BOLT,
jy2l-2m Admin! strstor,