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CONSTITUTIONALIST.
AUGHT ST A. GTA.
SA.TURDAY MORNING, ?AUG- 7,1869
MODERN ELOQUENCE.
Mr. Matt Carpenter is a Senator from
Wisconsin, and popularly supposed to be
a representative of Western intellect, as it
dribbles through Radical brains. A few
days ago he delivered an 11 oration at
Beloit College, situated in his own State,
and, among other choice specimens of elo
quence, this is preserved:
« Look at England—that drowsy old
monarch —tottering, and, I believe and trust
in God, tottering to her Call. The Irish
Church will be disendowed ; and next the
English Church will share the same fate.
Then, of course, the bishops will disap
pear from the House of Lords, and then
that House will drop over like a bag of dry
bones —and then what will become of the
throne? But as Queen Victoria is a pret
ty good woman, I will say nothing more
about the matter, except that, as an indi
vidual, if it is God’s purpose to wipe out
Great Britain from the face of the earth, I
shall acquiesce.”
We do not propose to defend the English
nation, great and glorious, in spite of a
thousand faults ; but we do trust that if
England, at the bidding of an American
Radical, has to choose between a wiping
out by God and a Reconstruction oh the
truly Republican plan of our political
carpenters, she will not hesitate to trust to
the executive wrath of heaven rather than
to the manipulations of the new craftsmen
on this side of the water'. It is true that
from England came our civic rights, when
we had them, including habeas corpus and
trial by jury. In wiping out England, this
Matt Carpenter, though a pretentious
lawyer and prominent statesman, as times
run, will probably go the entire animal. He
and his clan have pretty well wiped out
whatever of good England bequeathed
America. It is natural that he and they
should be anxious to wipe out the author
of these benefactions. And yet the game
of wiping out is frequently transferred,
and those who are so anxious to abolish
and exterminate others usually have the
same ordeal applied to themselves. It may
be a good thing for Matt Carpenter, one
of these days, that England survived long
enough to save him, by her transmitted
jurisprudence, from the fury of the mob.
A Stinging PROTEST.—The Freeman's
Journal, one of the best friends of the South,
thus protests and warns:
“ We hope the people of the States on the
“ lower Mississippi will not make the mis
“ take of encouraging an influx upon them
“of the scum of pagan China, and dream
“ that honest Christian Europeans will go
“ near regions thus infected.
“ If the devilish spirit of making money
“ anyhow has so degraded the ruling ele
“ meats in any portion of the South as to
“ make them willing to accept Chinese res
“ idents, with all the rights secured to them
“ by the Burlingame Treaty, then these
“ States or regions, thus besotted, are very
“ good places for European emigrants to keep
“ away from /”
Drawing it Mild. —The Atlanta Intelli
gencer is very anxious to show our neigh
bor of the Chronicle and Sentinel that he is
Wrong in his views regarding Blodgett’s
bond. The Intelligencer says :
“ We harn from good authority that Mr.
Blodgett, before entering upon the duties
of his office, made and delivered his bond,
with good and sufficient security, in terms
of the law, and took the necessary oath as
required ; and notwithstanding all that has
bee,n said and written about the appointment,
we believe Foster Blodgett will make a good
Treasurer."
The italics are ours. Our Atlanta con
temporary is, of course, entitled to his opin
ion ; but where is the Rev. Atticus K. Hay
good ?
“ Wiien Rogues,” etc.— Detective Wm.
P. Wood, since quarreling with his Rad
ical masters, has issued a circular. An
abstract of the circular contains this para
graph :
“ He charges Forney with betraying the
Democratic party in consideration of being
elected Clerk of the House of Representa
tives by the Republicans, and with having
John F. Coyle, of the National Intelligencer,
as his right hand man, who disposed of the
patronage to the highest bidder.”
If this imputation prove correct, the Na
tional Intelligencer did uot die a day too
soon. What ho ! John F. Coyle !
The Virginia SENAToitsnip.-Mr. Frank
lin Stearnes, of Richmond, said .to be a
“consistent Union man,”and Gen. Robert
Williams, noted for having married the
widow of Stephen A. Douglas, want to
be United States Senators from Virginia.
If Walker should succeed in having the
test oath removed, these devoted patriots
may “ make their jack.” If Walker fail,
the abominable Wells will probably repre
sent Virginia in our House of Lords. When
Wells is raised to the peerage, prepare
for some first class Old Virginia howls.
The Bullock-Pugiie Embuoglio.—The
revelations in the matter of the Georgia
Publishing Company, so-called, arc calcu
lated to make the men who made Bullock
Governor blush through their foreheads of
brass and their hides of triple rhinoceros
skin. And this is what the Yankees call
“ a truly Republican form of government,”
A Revelation.— lt will be pleasant
news for the earthly Unitarians to learn
that the Rev. Mr. Parkinson, a Swenden
borgian, recently saw their spiritual breth
ren dwelling in the frigid zone of heaven.
Perspiring pietists should make a note of
this.
Distressing.— The editor of the New
York Independent, Theodore Tilton, de
clares that he cannot die until a negro wo
man shall occupy the throne of the Grants.
Better that Tilton had never been born
than an immortality of Tilton.
The Tennessee Election.— There seems
to be considerable of an outcry over the
Tennessee electiou. It is no doubt import
ant in its results ; but the precise nature of
these results cannot, as yet, be thoroughly
ascertained or fully appreciated.
Mobile. —They have had a row at Mo
bile, and the papers, we learn by tele
graph, admonish the people- to prepare
against future emergencies. Mobile has
been asleep. She ought to have been pre
pared long ago.
Judge Hoar.— Somebody contradicts
the report that Attorney General Hoar
was, some weeks ago, rebuked by Chief
Justice Chase. Si non e vero e ben trovato.
- lit —^i
A Washington correspondent of the Phil
adelphia Age repeats the rumor that At
torney General Hoar is to retire from Gen.
Grant’s Cabinet, and Judge Brewster, of
Pennsylvania, to take his place.
Important Decision.
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT, SOUTHERN
DISTRICT OF GEORGIA.
7he bankrupt is entitled to the exemption of a
homestead out of land mortgaged by him, to
secure the payment of borrowed money prior
to the time of claiming such homestead.
IN RE JAMES B. BROWN.
1, Frank S. Hesseltine, a Register of said
Court in Bankruptcy, do hereby certify
that in the course of the proceedings in
said cause the following question pertinent
to said proceeding arose and was stated,
and agreed to by Arthur Hood, Esq., coun-'
sel for the bankrupt, and T. K. Appling,
Esq., who appeared for Hamilton Perry,
administrator of the estate of Elam Lee, a
creditor of the said bankrupt.
On the 13th day of January, 1860, James
B. Brown executed a mortgage upon a lot
of land, with hotel and stable, in Blakely,/
Georgia, to Elam D. Lee, executor of Elam
Lee, to secure the payment of money
loaned.
On the sth day of May, 1868, the said
Brown filed his petition to be declared a
bankrupt. The snld land is the only real
estate returned by said bankrupt, and is
worth more than five hundred dollars. He
claims an allowance of live hundred dollars
for a homestead out of the proceeds of the
sale of the said property, which claim is
resisted by the said creditor. And the said
parties requested that the issue thus raised
should be certified to your Honor for your
opinion thereon.
OPINION OF THE REGISTER.
The question here submitted is, “Is the
bankrupt entitled to a homestead out of
property mortgaged by him to secure the
payment of borrowed money prior to the
time of claiming such homestead?
In Re John B. Whitehead your Honor af
firmed my opinion that the bankrupt is not
entitled to the exemption of homestead out
of land mortgaged by him at the time ol its
purchase to secure the payment of the pur
chase money until the said mortgage is sat
isfied. See Bankrupt Register, vol. 11,
page 180. In the course of that opinion 1
stated “ that the debtor who seeks to have a
homestead set apart for himself and family
must first have a fifll and complete owner
ship and title to the property; it must be
entirely his property, unsaddled with any en
cumbrance, lien or condition affecting his ti
tle thereto.”
* * * “The Code does not
deny the head of a family the right to cre
ate a lien on property not previously ex
empted in accordance with the provisions
of the homestead act. He is free to do what
he will with his own, convey or mortgage it."
After renewed consideration of the law
relating to the exemption of property, I do
not desire to vary that language, and re
utter it here as a reason why I think that
James B. Brown, the bankrupt, is not en
titled to a homestead out of land upon
which, by his mortgage, he has already cre
ated an “ encumbrance, lien or condition
affecting bis title thereto.”
The Code of Georgia, after designating
the property to be exempt to a debtor who
is the head of a family, goes on to state the
course to be pursued by “ every debtor
seeking the benefit of the act.” A claim for
the exemption of the property is to be made
and recorded in the clerk’s office, the land
must be laid off and a plat of the same like
wise recorded.
Further on, section 2019 of the Code de;
dares that “ Any officer knowingly levying
on or selling any property of a debtor
exempt under this law, a schedule of which
has been returned as required, is guilty of
trespass,” &c., and section 2020, “The
debtor shall have no power to alienate or
encumber the property exempt under this
law, but the same may be sold by the debtor
and his wife, if any, jointly with the consent
or the court of the county,” &c. By this it
is provided that an oflicer shall not levy on
and the debtor shall have no power to
alienate or encumber the property winch
has been duly exempted, i. e. set part and
recorded in coart, in accordance with the
provisions of the law.
The power to alienate or encumber the
property which lias not been duly exempted
is not taken away from the debtor. It is a
natural subsisting right. He can deal with
his own property as it pleases him; and the
lien of a mortgage given by him for a good
consideration is unquestionably valid and
binds the property. It is a contract, his ob
ligation to keep which may not be impaired
by any subsequent act of his, or by any
law. Since, then, the law no where denies
the head of a family the right to sell or en
cumber property which lias not been set
apart in accordance with the homestead act
—and this natural right is his until taken
away by statute—he surely will not be per
mitted, having borrowed ptoney on the
strength of a mortgage legally given to the
creditor, to secure the payment of the same,
thereafter to invalidate his mortgage by
putting in a claim to have the lien of it dis
charged, and the property set apart to him
for a homestead. This, as I view it, would
be a wrong that neither a court of law or
equity will uphold or sanction.
The mortgage contract, solemnly entered
into by permission of law, must receive the
approval and aid of the law.
Respectfully submitted,
Frank 8. Hesseltine,
Register in Bankruptcy.
Erskine, J.
Mr. Register Hesseltine, in his written
opinion, on the question which arose before
him in the course of the proceedings in the
matter of James B. Brown, a bankrupt,
relied on the case of John B. Whitehead, as
being analagous in principle, if not wholly
governing the case for Brown.
Iu the case of Whitehead, the point for
decision was whether the bankrupt was
entitled to the exemption claimed out of
the land mortgaged by him to the vendor,
at the time of the purchase, to secure the
purchase money.
There the equitable lien of the vendor
was involved; and notwithstanding the
vendee gave a mortgage on the land to the
vendor, —executed simultaneously with the
puchase—l was of the opinion, on princi
ple and authority—and in entire consonance
with the conclusion expressed by Mr. Hes
seltine—that the vendor, ' by taking the
mortgage on the land alone, did not waive
his lien ; arid affirmed the decision of the
Register, denying the exemption out of the
land—land he had never paid for, and for
j which lie was merely the trustee for the ven
j dor: lnre, John B. Whitehead, 2 Bankrupt
Register, 180. S. P. In re, Lindsey Per
due, Id. 67, 2 Story, Eq. Jnr., sees. 1227,
1228 4 Kent, 151, 9 Ga., 86,14 Id. 216, slud.
R., 492.
Brown’s case is briefly this: He was the
owner of a hotel and stable lot in Blakley ;
these, in January, 1860, he mortgaged to E.
D. Lee, executor of Elam Lee, for money
loaned him by the executor. In May, 1868,
Brown filed his petition iu Bankruptcy, iu
cluding in his schedule the mortgaged
property, it being all the real estate he
owned. He now claims to be allowed out
of the proceeds of the sale of this property
when sold, it not being (as was agreed by
counsel on both sides) susceptible of parti
tion. five hundred dollars in lien of a home
stead. The bankrupt is the head of a farrii
ly, and has three minor children.
I need scarcely remark, that in Georgia,
a mortgage is a security for the debt—and
nothing more; the title to, and ownership
of the property remaining in the mortgage
until foreclosure and saie.
From what I have said, I think it will be
readily observed that there is a clear and
very marked difference between the case of
Whitehead and this of Brown.
Turning to Cobb’s Dig. 390, it will be
seen, thai by the act of 1843, which is
amendatory of the act of 1841, Id. 389—fifty
acres of land are exempt from levy and sale,
“ except the same shall be for the purchase
money of said land, for the payment of
which the land shall be bound.”
The act of 1845, Id., 391, extends the
humane and equitable benefits of the pre
ceding acts to citizens of any city, town or
village in the State, “ to include real prop
erty in such places not exceeding in value
two hundred dollars.”
Thus stood the law when the executor of
Lee received from Brown the mortgage on
the hotel and stable lots. And can the
executor of Lee now complain of Brown,
and did he not lend the money and accept
the mortgage, under the law exempting a
certain portion of the property of the debt
or from levy and sale ?
By the provisions of the act last cited—
the property being situated in a town—
Brown would have been entitled to fin ex
emption of two hundred dollars only. But
he now claims to be allowed five hundred
dollars out of the sale of the mortgaged
premises, under the act of Congress of
March 2, 1867. Section fourteen of this act,
in enumerating what shall be excepted from
the operations of its provisions, in the last
clause of the first proviso, says : “ And such
other property not included in the foregoing
exceptions as is exempted from levy and
sale upon execution or other process or
order of any court by the laws of the State
iu which the bankrupt lias his domicile at
the time of the commencement of the pro
ceedings in bankruptcy, to an amount not
exceeding that allowed by such State ex
emption laws in force in tiie year eighteen
hundred and sixty four.”
In Section 111, Pt. 2, Tit. 3, Chap. 2, Art.
4 of the Code (Ist Ed.), will be found the
exemption laws in force in Georgia in 1864.
Section 2013 states what property shall be
exempt from levy and sale by virtue of any
process whatever, under the laws of this
State. And section 2017 declares that “If
the debtor owns town property exceeding
in value five hundred dollars, and it cannot
be divided so as to give his family that
amount, he may give notice to the officer
levying thereon, and when the proceeds of
the sale are to be distributed, the court
shall order five hundred dollars of the same
to be invested by some proper person in a
home sor 1 the family of the debtor, which
shall be exempt as if laid off under this
law.”
As already observed, when the mortgagee
“took the mortgage to secure the payment
of the money loaned, the exemption laws
then of force were an ingredient iq the con
tract. But whether, after the Code went
into effect, and the mortgagee had then
foreclosed and a sale had taken place, the
mortgagor could claim, under the new ex
emption laws of Georgia, five hundred dol
lars, is a question not necessary to discuss
here. It is sufficient, for the purposes of
this case, that the National Legislature
has, in pursuance of the Bth section of the
Ist article of the Constitution, enacted a
statute to establish uniform laws on the
subject of bankruptcies throughout the
United States—Sturgis as. Cfowninsfield, 4
Wheat, 122, 196, 199—and if any of the
State exemption laws are In conflict with
acts of Congress, they must yield; other
wise the National Government could not
move' on, and its Constitution and laws
could not be paramount even within their
proper sphere. Martin as. Hunter, 1 Wheat.,
304. Gibbins as. Ogden, 9 Wheat., 1,195,
209. Commonwealth as. Kimball, 24 Pick.,
359. United States vs. Hart, Peters 6, C.
R. 390. Homes vs. Jennison, 14 Peters, 540,
574. Indeed, this is made necessary by the
Constitution itself.
“ This Constitution and the laws of the
United States made in pursuance thereof,
and all treaties made, or which shall be
made, under the authority of the United
States, shall be the supreme law of the
land ; aud the Judges in every State shall
be bound thereby, anything in the constitu
tion or laws of any State to the contrary
notwithstanding.”—Art. VI.
The decision of the Register is reversed.
The Clerk will please certify this opinion
to Mr. Register Hesseltine.
July 27, 1869.
Filed August 3d, 1869.
[From the New York World.
The Cotton Supply and English Manu
facturers.
We learn by a telegram from Liverpool
that the Cotton Supply Association in
England is preparing to make great efforts
to stimulate the growth aud trade in cot
ton from India. At a meeting of this asso
ciation a resolution was passed to the effect
that the speedy development of the railway
system in India is necessary in order to
facilitate the transportation of cotton in
that country and the importation of it into
England. The reason given for this was
the insufficiency of the supply from the
United States, and it is said the stock of
American cotton is not large enough to
keep the mills of Lancashire fully engaged.
Since the war commenced in this coun
try England has been making extraordina
ry efforts to raise cotton in India, and
enormous sums of money have been spent
for this purpose; yet it appears that after
years of these efforts and the expenditure
of vast amounts of money the supply is
stiil insufficient to meet the falling off of
American cotton. We are aware that the
supply from India has been largely increas
ed through this action of the British Gov
ernment and capitalists, and also that the
production of cotton in Egypt and other
parts of the world has been stimulated by
the necessity of Lancashire nj&uqfacturers.
But however much the quantity has been
increased or the quality improved, Eng
land cannot do without American cotton.
Nowhere in the world can our beautiful
long staple be produced, as far as is yet
known, except in America. Nature has
settled that question. The semi-tropical
climate of the Southern States and the
influence of the Gulf Stream, which brings
the necessary showers of rain to stimulate
the growth of the annual plant, make a cer
tain belt iu this country peculiarly adapted
to its cultivation. And even here cotton
cannot be profitably produced in the same
degrees of latitude beyond the influence of
the Gulf Stream as in the most western
portions of Texas or the territory west of
Arkansas. Unless the British can find
another Gulf Stream and the same climatic
conditions that are found in our Southern
States they will never be able to compete
with us in cotton production. Cotton can
be grown in almost any warm climate, but
not of the quality wc produce, nor with the
same certainty of a crop. It is a question
of climate more than of labor or capital.—
Irrigation, as in Egypt, may do something,
and the occasional floods of rain in India
may be utilised, but nowhere is there the
necessary alternate showers and warm sun
shine as in the cotton belt ©f the United
States.
Since the supply has been cut off in part
from this country the cotton manufacturers
of Europe have been changing their ma
chinery to suit the short staple article of
India and other countries; but we advise
them not to spend money unnecessarily in
this way. From this time forth they may
expect a larger supply from the United
States. The planters of the South have
surely passed the period of their poverty
caused by the war, and they will have
capital enough to extend their planting
operations. The labor of that section,
which was disorganized and unreliable
from the same cause, is becoming organized
and reliable. Besides, there will be within
a short time a great influx of Chinese la
borers, as well as of European and Northern
emigrants, to increase the production.—
Within three or four years, probably, there
will be as large or a larger crop of cotton
raised than in any year before the war.—
The British manufacturer?, therefore, need
not be alarmed or spend large sums of
money uselessly in India or elsewhere.
With regard to the American planters,
this news from England of tlie urgent de
mand for their staple is most encouraging.
They are sure to realize from this year’s
crop a high price and abundant means to
increase the area of cultivation next year.
Indeed, there is every reason to believe
that the South, so poor and depressed from
the war, will soon become again the richest
part of the country. With the material
and social improvement of the Southerners
they will soou be relieved tom all political
disabilities. The memories of the war will
die out and we shall have peace and pros
perity throughout the land. Let them go
on, then, as they have been going, prudent
ly, quietly and attending to" their lmiterial
interests, and they need have no fear that
their rich soil and beautiful country will
not soon make them more prosperous and
wealthy than ever. In a material, if not in
a political sense, cotton will become king
again.
Pious Shrewdness. — Appleton's Maga
zine tells the following good story: “ The
Church of England has a congregation in
Florence, the expenses of which are Daid by
an admission fee of two pauls, demanded of
all who enter the church. The receipts
from this source being insufficient to pro
vide for the support ot the minister and
sexton, the vestrymen (all English) had to
make it up out of their own purses. One
of the vestry resigned, and an American
gentleman was requested to take his place.
Knowing very weli the object of the pro
position, the New Yorker determined at
least to make the best bargain he could,
and consented to serve oh condition that a
prayer whs said for the President along
with that for the Queen. The terms were
accepted, the new vestryman was duly in
stalled, the worthy clergyman and vigilant
beadle are provided for, and public prayer
is constantly made for the President of the
United States on the banks of the classic
old Arno—all the result of a Yankee bar
gain.”
“THE GEORGIA PRINTING COMPANY.”
Further Developments of Fraud.
BULLOCK GIVES AWAY CERTIFI
CATES OF- STOCK.
HE CIPHERS THE DIVISION OF
SHARES.
Appurtenant to the bill and answer in
this magnificently blackened case, we pre
sent our readers with the following ex
hibits referred to:
“ A.”— bullock’s free gift to hulbert.
Southern Express Company, )
Express Forwarders, >
Augusta, AugustfrtUh, 1867.)
Dear, Hulbert : Enclosed I hand wou a
certificate for ten shares in our Printing
Company. It is not liable .to any assess
ment, and if you and', otner of our friends
will give us Government work we will
make it pay 10 per cent, without much
trouble. Any job work that you wish done
send the copy down to E. H. Pughe, by ex
press, and it will be promptly returned in
A 1 shape. I enclose you a private note
from Judge Cotting, \jj&ich shows better
than any argumcuU*vhat the feeling is.
Yours, ■ Bullock.
“ B.”— bullock ciphers pughe to a fraz
zle.
Os the 55,000 stock there will be 7% or
$32,083 25 for Bowles & Cos., and 5 J.> or
$22,916 65 for Bryant & Cos.
That is by Bowles & Cos. and Bryant &
Cos., dividing 6,000 at $3,500 and $2,500.
Aud to avoid fractions, let Bryant & Cos. r
have 230 shares and Bowles & Cos. 320,
shares.
Bowles & Cos.
divide $32,000 00
Blodgett. 2-7 9,143 00 h
Bowles, IX—7, 6,857 00 J
Bullock, IX—7, 6,857 00 ’
Hall, 1-7, 4,571 50
Cooley, 1-7, 4,581 50—*320 00 Sharoa..
Bryant Cos., 230 00 “ Ti
Buehe, 200 00 “ -
Association, 250 00 “
SIOO,OOO 00
Os the $3,500 which Bowles <fc Cos. pay BryaWl
& Cos.,
Blodgett pays
Bowles pays TSHp
Bullock pays *"** ’pf'
Hall pays 50»i
Conley pays ".... i.....". 5®
b
$3,50p
Making the shares in the new associa
tion cost ns $lO 90 per share, or 10 9-10 ©l
the dollar.
“C.”— pughe finds the funds scarc*,
AND TELLS THE SECRETARY OF STATE. T
December 10,18C7. j
Friend Cotting : Not a word has befln
received yet in reply to my note of last
week, addressed to Col. Bollock, regardir %
the financial matters of this office. In tl(e
letter I urged the necessity of immediate
relief, stating that notes were in bank, arid
that I have had to assume nearly s9l [)
within the past week, which money I all
individually responsible for. I further
stated that unless I was relieved from this
pressure, I should be compelled to stop the
paper. Neither Colonel Bullock nor Mr.
Blodgett called to see me when in the ci|y
with reference to the matter, which I think
very hard of. When the association was
first spoken of it was agreed that a working
capital of at least $20,000 should be raised
at once as a set oft' to mv office, befoiiu
regular transfer would be made, which Bp
never been done. Not a dollar have I yet
seen, with the exception of some money
from Col. Bullock, Mr. Blodgett and Cqn
ley, and a loan from New York. lam har
rassed worse now than ever before, as thtre
are so many debts due but not collectable.
Under all these circumstances, aud without
taking into consideration the fact of my
not drawing my salary, losing the interest
of my investment since August last, and
destroying the business of my office and
store—l say that I shall positively cease
publishing the National Republican and
Royal Georgian after Tuesday, 31st Decem
ber instant, unless permanent and substan
tial means (without any risk on my part)
are raised to carry on the office until better
times shall dawn upon our city. This
course, however unpleasant it may be, I
must do to protect myselfras after that date.
I will x'esume the business as of old. You
will please read this letter to those inter
ested now in Atlanta.
Yours, very truly, E. H. Pughe.
“ D.” —BOWLES oi| A CRUISE FOR PAP.
Washington, D. ti„ 24th Aug., 1867.
My Dear Sir : Inclosed I send you check
on Mr. Craig for SSO, the amount expended
by me at the time of leaving for the North
of the SIOO received of Wright. lam
sorry I did not leave the amount with you
or Mr. Pughe. I clearly forgot the neces
sity for so doing. I learn witli much re
gret that I vyas expected to raise money
before leaving Georgia for the purpose of
paying for certain papers, etc. I promised
Mr. Pughe to see you and try if we could
borrow SSOO. When I did see you, in
speaking of money matters, yon stated |ow
hard up you were, and I did not mention
the matter in particular. I have been here
since Wednesday, waiting for the return of
Mr. Tullock, who is absent in N. H., on a
visit. I found it impossible to do anything
ip N- y. without Mr. Tullock’s assistance,
as he contrqls every dollar that can possi
bly be converted into Southern political
matters. Even my friend who had prom
ised tq take SSOO of onr stock, has turned
the amount over to the Congressional Com
mittee, as he was urged to do by gentlemen
who believe that to be the only, and cer
tainly the best cnannel of aiding the great
reconstruction in the South. I should
have written you sooner, but I have been
expecting Tullock back every day, and de
sired to write y*ou something definite.—
Please let me hear from yon, and have my
Republican sent me here for a short time.
Stamp the euclosed, and take receipt of
Pughe, when you turn the check over
Yours, truly, J. Bowles.
Hoa. Foster Blodgett, Augusta, Ga.
P. S.—l hope to be able to do something
as soon as I can see Bullock- I shall go to
Philadelphia and New York as soou as he
arrives here; will write you again soon.
Then follows an account, “ E,” against
Bryant for election tickets, hand bills, etc.,
furnished during the Spring campaign of
1868, amounting to $717 25 ; one against
Prince, “ F,” for $8 75 ; one against Bray
ton, “ G,” for S2O; one against Conley, “H,”
which showed a balance of $517 due the
latter; one against Bullock, “ I,” which
showed a balance of $3,419 due the latter •
one against Rice, “ J,”for S3O ; one against
Bowles, “K,” for $138; one against Blod
gett, “ L,” for $677 45.
“ M.”— PUGHE DENIES THE RIGHT to ex
amine books.
Messrs. C. H. Prince and J. M. Rice hav
ing for themselves, and as representing
others, applied for permission to examine
the books kept at my office, they ate per
mitted to do so with the distinct under
standing that I recognize no right on their
part or on the part of those whom they reD
resent to make such examination ;butthev
are allowed to do so that they may ascer
tain the losses incurred in the publication
of th & Daily National Republican, Weekly
Loyal Georgian, certain printing, etc with
a view to propositions which I have in
vited m refer*** «’ the payment o f ™uch
losses. «*a; E. H. Pughe.
FINANCIAL EXHIBIT—LOSS $18,500.
Amount paid out for expense ac
c°uct f or the year ending August
I y lODOAnn nno w.
Anion oi paid out for stock' account ’ OBO 76
for the year ending August 1,1808, 12 625 76
Amount due aud considered as lost.. 12,580 67
Making total .^717
Advertisement account
is credited with s2ostß 14
Job account is credited
with 23,030 9L
Subscription account to
National Republican is
credited with 3,771 55
Subscription account to ’
Loyal Georgian is cred
ited with... 19355
Advertising in Loyal
Georgian 237 75
Making a total of $45,675 90
Showing, as per balance,
a loss 0f.,. } 6,311 27
$51,987 17 $51,987 17
Amount of loes as above brought
ilo*n $0,31127
To which must bo added, in a gen
eral settlement, the losses arising
'from publishing the National Repub
lican and the Weekly Loyal Georgian,
UOt contained in this account.
The National Republican, *
" bad debts SS4I 73
the National Republican,
TZH reams of paper... 4,333 DO
The Loyal Georgian, bad
. debts . 193 00
The Loyal Georgian , 72
reams of paper 408 00
Received of J. E. Bryant 168 00
Received for composi
tion 240 00- $6,241 75
Showing a cost of $12,1553 01
The liabilities on August 1,1868, are: . *
Due Soutberu Express
. Company $733 53 ■'
Due R. B. Bullock 2,269 00
Due F. Blodgett. 639 00
Due D. 6. Cotting 646 03
Due E. H. Pughe 3,41177
Due B. Conley - 517 00
Due bills payable....... 2,104 35
Loan account 3,150 00
Making a total of $11,391 08
To pay which there are
considered good ac
counts $5,378 18
Showing a deficiency of $0,013 50
And adding the loss ©Trtfibve..-... 12,553 03
Making a total deficit of.. ;7 $18,566 52
Bloody Work in Camden.
Camden County, 6a., July 81,1869.
Editor Savannah Republican :
Sir : I write to give you the particulars
of a very unfortunate tragedy which oc
curred in this county on Wednesday last,
July 28th. Two freedmen, Julius Jacobs
and Edward Tison, in the employ of the
Norwich Lumber Company, went to the
log landing of Burwell A. Brown, a white
man, on White Oak river, in this county,
for the purpose of rafting some mill logs
which the said Brown had cut. While en
gaged in getting the logs ready, Burwell
A. Brown and his two sons, Sitnon and
Burwell, appeared at the landing, Simon
armed with a double-barrelled gun. An
altercation at once took place between
Jacobs and B. A. Brown in regard to a pre
•vions difficulty in which young Burwell
Brown and Jacobs had been concerned. It
;is said that a struggle took place between
and Simon Brown, which resulted
, in Jacobs getting a knifejiud the gun from
Simon, and that he threw away the knife
and handed the gun to Edward Tison, who
was standing or sitting near, and who, up
to that time, had taken no part whatever
in the affair, telling Tison to keep the gun
at all hazards, as, if he gave it up to
Brown, he would be shot. Unfortunately,
Tison gave up the gun to Simon Brown,
upon a promise that lie would not shoot.
As soon as the gun was given up, Jacobs
ran off, getting behind a building which
stood near at hand. Burwell A. Brown
caught the gun from his son Simon’s hands
and tried to shoot Jacobs as he ran, but
failing to do so, turned the gun upon Tison,
who had apprehended no danger to himself,
and immediately shot him dead on the spot,
the his left side, below the
heart, and passing entirely through the
body. Meantime, Jacobs had got some
distance away, but not so far but that
Brown succeeded in getting a shot at him,
hitting him with one buek shot on his right
shoulder blade, inflicting n slight wound.
Circumstances may transpire which will
put a different aspect .upon the case, but so
far-it looks like a case of wilful murder.
A warrant for the arrest of Brown has
been taken out. It is said that all the par
ties were perfectly sober,'but that Jacobs
was somewhat insulting in his language to
Brown.
The day after the shooting the affair was
reported at Satilla Mills by Jacobs, when
some fifteen or twenty negroes, employed
at the mills, armed themselves and proceed
ed up the river to Vernon plantation,
where Tison’s family belonged, intending
to meet others there and take summary
.vengeance on Brown, and his family. Ti
son’s family and two white men from Sa
tilla Mills succeeded in dissuading them
from this design, however, and they turned
back after reaching Vernon. As the fore
most boat approached the dock at Satilla
Mills one of the negroes named John Nel
son, put out his hand to shove her oft' from
some logs which she was ruuning against,
and by some means discharged his own
sun, which was pointing towards him, and
killed himself instantly, at the same time
shooting William Thomas through his left
arm just above the elbow. An inquest was
held ou the bodjrof Nelsou, at which the
above facts transpired. A good deal of ex
citement exists among the negroes in re
gard to this sad occurrence, but it is hoped
that no evil consequences will result to the
commnnity. Should anything occur, I
will keep you informed. e
Very respectfully, yours,
Camden County.
A Chinese Giant— A New York report
er who has been admitted to the presence
of the Chinese giant, now sojourning in that
city, says: He was dressed In a long flowing
robe, and seemed quite at his ease as he ate
some nuts after his dinner. A lady dressed
in European style,was introduced as Mrs.
Chang, and she is a very fair specimen of
the Chinese type of beauty, a really hand
some woman, with easy and unaffected
manner, who looked with a certain amount
of wonder on the “ man who makes the
papers,” as she called our reporter. At
length, Parlet said that there was a repre
sentative of the New York press with Mr.
Chang, and as the giant rose to his full
height, and as he stretched out his hand
in the most affable manner, his towering
structure became fully apparent, and was
enough to fill any one with a kind of awe.
But any sentiment of this Dature was quick
ly dispelled as Chang walked about the
room chatting in EiJglish and French (both
of which languages he speaks remarkably
well). His face is of the Chinese or Mon
golian type, but has a pleasing
expression. He said he was going back to
China across the Continent by the Pacific
Railroad, but that he intended to spend
some months in New York and other cities
of America.
Death op Manson Jolly. —This news
will be received with regret by the many
friends of this bold and daring Confederate
soldier. We learn that a private letter has
been received, stating that Manson Jolly
was drowned on the Bth of July, near his
home in Texas. He was building a resi
dence on the opposite side of the creek
from where he lived, and had crossed over
on horseback several times during the day.
The stream was greatly swollen, and in at
tempting to cross for the third or fourth
time, he was carried, with his horse, down
the creek, and in the struggle which ensued,
both were drowned. Mr. Jolly had been
married about one year, and leaves a young
wife, the daughter of a former citizen of
Anderson.
The thrilling exploits and adventures of
Manson Jolly in this section of the coun
try, immediately after the war closed, are
fresh in the recollection of all. His name
was a terror, for a long time, to the garri
son of United States soldiers—especially
the volunteer white and colored regiments
—stationed at this place. When the regu
lar troops arrived, he removed to Texas,
where he has since been leading a quiet and
peaceful life.— Anderson (S. C.) Intelligencer.
Rapid Settlement op the West.— The
records of the General Land Office show
that in twenty-four land offices in Minneso
ta, Wisconsin^Kansas, Nebraska, Dacotah#
IdahorMwrtatta and Utah, during the month
of June, there were 800 cash entries of
land, covering an area of 108,804 acres, and
1,375 homestead entries, covering 176,597
acres—making a total of 2,175 entries and
285,481 acres. During the quarter ending
June 30 there were 2,191 cash entries,
covering 316,900 acres, and 3,639 homestead,
covering 454,846 acres—making a total of
6,130 entries and 771,746 acres. The cash
receipts for the quarter were over half a
million dollars.
Tennessee Porcelain.— A correspond
ent informs us that a stratum of genuine
porcelain clay has beerbdlscovnred in Mc-
Mlnn county,' fifteen miles southwest of
Athens. He says it was “struck at the
depth of about 25 feet below the surface,
with a depth of 40 or 50 feet, clear frdm all
sand or rock or other impurities—solid and
compact—the upper portion white, the low
er 10 or 15 feet highly variegated with yel
low and red.” It is within five rallea*f the
Tennessee river and seven miles of the East
Tennessee and Georgia Railroad.
|[ Union and, American ,
BY TELEGRAPH.
[Special Dispatch to the Oonntltutionallst.
New York Closing Stock Quotations.
REPORTED BY HOYT & GARDNER.
New York, August 6—P. M.
The following are the closing quotations
this day:
American Gold „ 136%
Adams Express 59%
New York Central 210 ”
Erie 29
Hudson River 193%
Reading 97%
Michigan Central 131
Cleveland & Pittsburg...... .... .... 107%
Chicago and Northwestern 89%
Chicago and Northwestern, pref. 97%
Milwaukee and St. Paul 83%
Milwaukee & St. Paul, pref. 90%
Lake Shore 109%
Chicago & Rock Island 116%
Toledo, Wabash & Western 74%
Toledo, Wabash & Western, pref..... 79
New Jersey Central 104%
Pittsburg & Port Wayne 153
Ohio & Mississippi 32%
Hanibal & St. Joseph 126
Hanibal & St. Joseph, pref 124
Tennessee, old 62%
Tennessee, new 55%
Georgia 6’s 83
Georgia 7’s.. 91
North Carolina, old 46%
North Carolina, new 41%
Virginia 6’s. . ’ '' ’ * 57%
Missouri 6’s.. ...] 87%
Pacific Mail 74%
Western Union Telegraph 38%
Stocks strong. Gold steady.
[ Associated Press Dispatches.
WASHINGTON.
Washington, August 6—Noon.—The
President says where offices have been held
for eight years, the incumbents, however
capable, must give way to persons equally
capable, who suffered from the war. This
ruling applies to Kentucky, and its opera
tion is illustrated in the case of Edgar A.
Needham, Assessor at Louisville. The
President directed Needham’s suspension
and a commission for Horace M. Bulkley.
Boutwell insisted that Needham, having
been a faithful officer, should be allowed to
resign. This policy adopted, Needham tel
egraphs to-day whether there are charges.
Answer: “ none, whatever.”
Secretary Cox and Gen. Sherman accom
pany Robeson and Porter on an inspection
tour in the Tallapoosa.
It is generally conceded that Tennessee
has gone for Senter overwhelmingly—per
haps by forty thousand. No county, so
far as heard from, gives Stokes a majority.
The Tribune says: “For a long time the
result of the Tennessee election has been
conceded on both sides. The fight made
by Mr. Stokes has been the hardest kind of
up-hill work, and his chances have dimin
ished more and more certainly as the time
for voting drew near. The few returns at
hand, as we write, indicate the majority
for Senter at even a larger figure than is
claimed by his partisans.”
The Herald says: “ A most gratifying
Part of the news is that the contest passed
oil quietly, and that all the refreshment sa
loons were closed during the day.”
The World says: “It is very gratifying,
in view of the efforts made by a portion of
Grant s Cabinet, to secure the election of
that bald Radical, Stokes. More important
thau this is the probability indicated by
the returns, that a majority of the members
of the Legislature, just elected, are Con
servatives, thus sparing the nation the dis
grace of the addition to the United States
Senate of another Radical. Whether the
Senator to be will be Andrew Johnson, or
Bailie Peyton, or Emerson Etheridge, or
some person whose name has not yet trans
pired, remains to be seen. It is enough, if
the Radicals have been beaten in a State
which they have held by the throat for
years, through a system of disfranchisement
as sweeping as it was outrageous. Thus,
one by one, those who voted for Grant and
Colfax are repenting of their folly, and
courageously ranging themselves under the
banner of the Democratic party.”
Washington, August 6—P. M.—Re
venue, $030,000.
Boutwell goes to San Francisco.
Customs from 24th to 31st, inclusive,
three and three quarter millions.
ALABAMA.
Mobile, August 6. —Last night a serious
riot occurred in this city, beginning at an
outdoor Radical meeting, to celebrate the
triumph of the Radical candidate for this
Congressional District. The meeting was
a large one, and all negroes, except a few
white leaders. During the whole of yes
terday rumors were' in circulation that the
negroes were very much excited, defiant
and threatening, and meant to burn the.
Democratic candidate for Congress, Col.
Mann,- in effigy. Several citizens called on
the Mayor and some of the Radical lead
ers, and advised them that it would be
better to postpone the meeting, for if the
effigy threat was • carried out," the white
people could not be restrained from at
tempting to resent the- indignity by force.
It was thought that those representations
had the desired effect, and there would be
no meeting. At 8 o’clock, however, the
tar barrels were lighted and the ne
groes began to flock in until they
swelled into a crowd of a thousaud
or fifteen hundred. Many came with
guns—most all with concealed arms, pis
tols, knives and razors. Nothing occurred
to disturb the harmony of the meeting, ex
cept the inflammatory talk of the carpet
bag speakers, until about 10 o’clock, when
a jocose dispute between two citizens, on a.
subject entirely foreign to politics or the/
meeting, attracted some attention, and in
pressing up to see what it was about, a
white accidentally trod on the foot of a
negro. Justus the altercation about this
was settled a pistol shot was heard, and
this was the signal for a general firing.—
The whole crowd dispersed immediately.
The firing was continued a few moments,
as the crowd scattered, and in ten minutes
a dead quiet reigned, broken only by the
tread of white patrols. A detachment of
United States troops were stationed at the
guard house, at the request of the Mavor,
in anticipation of trouble. They took no
part in the fray, except to march up town
to look after and put a stop to some firing.
It is not known who fired the first shot.
It was the natural result of the excitement.
There were not over one hundred white
men as lookers on at the meeting. The
casualties were small, considering the num
ber of shots and ihe close quarters. Many
shots must have been fired in the air.—
Three negroes were killed outright. Four
police officers, five negroes and three white
men were wounded.
The Mobile Register, of this morning,
comments on the riot as follows: “ Last
night’s work, done after our editorial of
this morning was in print, is a sharp and
quick commentary on the dangers we fore
casted from the present aspect of affairs.—
It is a burning shame that this community
should be exposed to outrages like this, and
the community owes it to itself to take
measures to protect itself against a repeti
tion of them. As to where the blame lies,
there is no room for question. These deeds
are the direct outflow of the maddened pas
sions of negroes, inflamed and lashed into
fury by the public harangues and private
instigations of the foreign Radicals in our
midst. It is a question for the public to
decide how long these incendiaries shall be
allowed to expose the peace of society and
the safety of women and children. We hope
that a public meeting will be held to an
swer this question.”
The election in the First Congressional
District is uncertain, and will take official
count to decide.
Montgomery, August 6.—Returns still
meagre, but enough is known to render it
certain that Buckley and Hays (Radicals)
have been elected in the Second and Fourth
Districts by negro majorities. Dox and
Sherrod (Democrats) are elected in the
b lftli and Sixth Districts by white majori
ties. Returns from the First District are
too indefinite tQ pronounce certainly, but
the impression is that Buck is elected.—
Ihe Third District is very close, and one
hundred votes will probably decide.
ILLINOIS.
Chicago, August 6. —Chinese merchants
oingman and Chaychew had a reception at
the Sherman House last night and leave
for New York Monday.
NORTH CAROLINA.
Wilmington, August s.—The election
to fill a vacancy in the Legislature, which
has excited so much interest for the past
few weeks, passed off without disturbance
to-day. No definite or reliable returns have
been received, but it is-generally conceded
that Eagles is elected by several hundred
majority, in a poll of about 5,000. Two
Republican candidates were in the field
Eagles faction, led by a Northern white,
and represents what is known here as the
more extreme Republicans; and Larkins, a
moderate Republican, generally supported
by the Conservative whites. The issue
was regarded so important that the county
was cauvassed by Gen. J. C. Abbott, United
States Senator, iri behalf of the Eagles fac
tion. The election excited unusual in
terest, because it is the first evidence of a
serious split in the Republican party. The
Conservatives had no candidate and polled
about half their strength for Larkin.
The cars commenced running on City
Railway to-day amid much enthusiasm.
Wilmington, August 6.— Majority for
Eagles (colored,) elected yesterday, about
400.
TENNESSEE.
Nashville, August 6.— Returns show
that Senter has carried Middle and West
ern Tennessee by sweeping majorities.
Making allowances for Stokes’ probable
majority in East Tennessee, the State has
gone twenty-five to thirty thousand for
Senter. The Conservative tickets for the
Legislature were elected in all the districts
carried by Senter. It is probable that the
Conservatives will have a majority in both
branches.
CALIFORNIA.
San Francisco, August 6. —liosecrans
arrived from Mexico and was serenaded by
the Young Men’s Democratic Club.
FOREIGN.
London, August 6.—N-The seizure by the
American Government of gunboats build
ing for Spain elicited the following com
ments : The Morning Star, Radical organ,
says the American Government, having ex
hibited vigor in favor of Spain, by enforc
ing neutrality laws, now proceeded equal
ly vigorously agaiust Spain, and for the
same cause. The writer regards the re
cognition of Cuba by Peru-as ill advised,
though spirited. In spite of all predictions,
Cuban insurgents seem to be able to hold
their ground. Whispers of a cession of Cu
ba to the United States are now louder than
ever. Americans have desired to come in
to possession of that island for the past
twenty years. Now the obstacle of slave
ry having been removed, if a fair purchase
can be effected, all parties may be satisfied
with arrangements which will give anoth
er State to the American Union, and re
move a great perplexity from this arena of
Spanish politics.
The News concludes an article as fol
lows : “ Considering all circumstances
which make it difficult for Europeans to
keep hold of their unwilling colonists in
America, and reflecting that Cuba is now
in insurrection, Spain will be fortunate if
twenty millions of dollars ever reach Ma
drid as the price of Cuba.”
MARINE NEWS.
Charleston, August 6.— Sailed: Steam
er Falcou, for Baltimore.
Savannah, August 6.—'The British bark
Bessie Young, 80 days from Liverpool, is
ashore on St. Catharine’s bar; tug gone
down to lighten her off.
MARKETS.
London, August 6—Noon.—Consols,
93%. Bonds easier at 83%. •
Liverpool, August o—Noon.—Cotton
steady; uplands, 12%; Orleans, 13@13%;
sales, 12,000; sales week, 87,000; export,
16,000; speculation, 15,000; stock, 277,000;
American, 150,000 bales. Others unchang
ed.
Liverpool, August 6—Afternoon.—Cot
ton steady ; stock afloat, 667,000 ; Ameri
can, 20,000 bales. Yarns and Fabrics quiet
and firm. Breadstuffs quiet. Red Wheat
easier, but not lower.
Liverpool, August 6—Evening.—Cot
ton active and unchanged. Red Wheat,
9s. 6d.
Havre, August 6—Noon.—Cotton, spot
and afloat, 157.
New York, August 6—Noon.—Stocks
steady and Arm. Money firm at 6@7.
'Sterling, 9%. Gold, 136%. ’62’s, 24%.
North Carolinas, 56%; new, 51%. Vir
ginias, ex coupon, 57%; new, 61;~Tennes
sees, ex coupon, 62%; new, 55%; Louisi
anas, old, 70; Levees, 63.
New York, August 6— P. M.—Gold,
136%. Money, G@7. Sterling, 9%. ’62’s, 25.
New York, August 6— Noon.—Flour 5
@lO lower. Wheat I@2 lower. Corn I@2
better. Pork dull at $33@33 12%. Lard
dull. Cotton, 33%. Turpentine firm at
42%. Rosin firm. Freights quiet.
New York, August 6—P. M.—Cotton
firm ; sales, 1,800 bales. Flour—more do
ing for export at a decline; State, $5 80@;
6 25; Southern common to fair extra, $6 80
@7 30. Wheat heavy; number 1 Spring,
$1 62%. Western mixed Corn, sllo@l 14.
Pork quiet arid firmer at $33 12%@33 37%.
Lard a shade firmer; kettle, 20@20%.
Whisky firmer at $1 11@1 12. Rice active;
Carolina, 9@9%. Sugar steady. Turpen
tiue, 42%@43. Rosin, $2 25@8. Freights
quiet.
Baltimore, August 6.— Cotton nominal.
Flour scarce; Howard supertine, s6@6 50.
Wheat steady; prime to choice red, $1 60
@1 65 ; good, $1 40@1 50. Corn firm;
white, $1 06@1 08. Oats, 60(361. Rye,
$1 18@1 20. Pork, $34@34 50. Bacon ac
tive. Virginias, old, 49; ’66’s, 57; North
Carolinas, new, 50 bid.
Cincinnati, August 6.— Whisky firm at
$1 08. Provisions quiet and firm, with
little demand. Mess Pork, $33 50. Bacon
—shoulders, 15%.
Louisville, August 6.—Provisions quiet.
Mess Pork, $34. Bacon—shoulders, 15% ;
clear sides, 19%. Whisky, $1 08.
Mobile, August 6.—Cotton.—Receipts
of the week, 104 bales; exports coastwise,
1,147; stock on hand and on shipboard,
994; sales of the week, 250; to-day, 250;
market quiet; low middling, 30; receipts,
23 ; exports, 150 bales.
New Orleans, August 6.—Cotton—Re
ceipts to-day, 427 bales ; exports, none ; re
ceipts for the week, 1,383 bales ; gross, 348
bales; nett exports for the week—Liverpool,
1,902 bales; Malaga, 676 bales ; coastwise,
1,442 bales ; stock, 3,121 bales ; sales to-day,
33 bales; for the week, 1,035 bales; no mid
dling offering; strict low middling, 31@
31%. Gold, 135. Sterling, 49%. New
York Sight, par % premium. Flour—new
grades scarce; superfine, $5 62@5 75;
double, $5 64@6 50; treble, $6 62@6 75.
Corn—white, sl. Oats, 67. Bran, sl.
Hay—prime, $29@31. Pork, $35 50. Bacon
—retailing, 16, 19%@19%. Lard—tierce,
19%@20% ; keg, 22@23. Sugar and molas
ses nominal. Whisky, $1 15. Coffee dull.
Savannah, August 6. —Cotton—receipts,
30 bales.
Charleston, August 6.— Cotton quiet
and weak; sales, 162 bales; middling, 31%
@32; receipts, none ; exports coastwise,
42 bales.
Augusta Daily Market.
Office Daily Constitutionalist, )
Friday, August 6—P. M. j
FINANCIAL
OOLD—DuII. Buying at 134 and selliDg
at 136.
SlLVEß—Nomiual.- Buying at 128 and sell
ing at 130.
COTTON—Continues firm. No change in
quotations. Prices same as yesterday. Sales,
5 hales. Receipts, 3 bales.
BACON—Continues firm. We quote C.
Sides, 21% ; C. R. Sides, 21 ; B. B. Sides, 19@
19% : Shoulders, 18; Hams, 20@25; Dry
Salt Shoulders, 15%@1Q ; Dry Salt C. R. Sides,
20.
CORN—Finn. Supply equal to demand. We
quote choice white, 91 45@1 50; mixed, $1 35
@1 40, from depot. I
WHEAT—We quote choice white, fl 60@
1 80; red, $1 E>o@l 55.
FLOUR-City Mills, old, |6@9 ; new, sß@
@10; at retail, tl $) barrel higher. Coun
try, s6@9, according to quality.
CORN MEAL—fI 40 at.wholesale, and 91 50
at retail.
PEAS—In good demand. No supply. We
quote, II 25@1 80.
Local ews.
Horse Stolen—The Thief Pursued
and Arrester. —Early on Wednesday
morning, Mr. Geo. Walker, living on Beech
Island, S. C., missed from his stable a valu
able horse. His suspicions fastened upon
a white man, ,T. B. Bryant, who had been
in his employ for a few days, and whose
absence was noted at the tjme. Acting
promptly upon his suspicions, and believ
ing that Bryant was acting in conjunction
with a gang of confederates having their
headquarters in Augusta, Mr. Walker fol
lowed to the city ou the track of the flying
thief. After inquiry, he succeeded in eliciting
information sufficient to indicate the direc
tion taken by Bryant, who had passed
through the city about 6 o’clock in the
morning. Pushing rapidly on, Mr. Walker
overhauled the thief on Briar Creek, on the
line of Columbia and Warren counties.
W hen overtaken he was riding in a buggy
with a Mr. Phillips, to whom he had al
ready sold the horse for S6O, aud who was
testing the qualities of the animal which
he had purchased. Apprehending that the
thief would attempt escape, Mr. Walker
brought his pistol, loaded and ready to fire,
to bear upon him, and demanded his sur
render. This proceeding, so entirely un
expected to Mr. Phillips, who had no idea
of the character of the man from whom he
had purchased the horse, caused that gen
tleman to turn out of the buggy quite
promptly. When the case was explained,
Mr. Walker received every courtesy and
offer of assistance from Mr. P. and the cit
izens of the neighborhood, which he might
require in the fall security of the prisoner.
Mr. Walker reached this city yesterday
morning, with his prisoner, returning to
South Carolina. Apprehending that Bry
ant might be of service in identifying some
of the parties in this city suspected of be
ing concerned in the frequent depredations
which have recently been committed upon
the citizens of South Carolina, in the well
organized system of horse stealing by
which they have been victimized, the
prisoner was carried before Chief of Police
Christian for examination.
During his examination, the prisoner
confessed that he was an escaped peniten
tiary convict. That in June he was tried
in the Superior Court of Gwinnett county,
before Judge Davis, for “ bushwhacking,”
and sentenced to two years in the peniten
tiary. That while being removed from
Gwinnett county to the penitentiary, him
self and two other convicts, Bill Cox and
Harris Martin, made their escape from Dr.
John Wells, his sou, and his son-in-law,
Mr. Robert Stevenson. Under this confes
sion, Bryant was committed to jail, to
await the order of the authorities. .
During his sojourn in these parts, Bry
ant is said to have “ bushwhacked ” a ne
gro boy in Hamburg out of a coat, for
stealing which he was arraigned and tried
before Prince Rivers, the negro magistrate
there, and imprisoned. By paying cost
afterward, he was released, and driven out
of the town, after which he made his en
gagement with Mr. Walker.
A Prominent Improvement.— The im
provements in process on the Lower Mar
ket House for several weeks past have
been completed. The painting, executed
by Mr. Henry Arlington, has been well
done, and gives an air of particular cheer
fulness and handsome appearance to every
part which lias come under the touch of
his brush. The numerals ou the faces of
the clock, and the hands, have been regild
ed, enabling the public to accurately de
termine the hour from any point within
cyc-shot, without resort to a field or opera
glass, as lias heretofore been almost requi
site. The work reflects credit upon the
skill of Mr. Arlington, and the public
spirited gentlemen comprising the Market
Committee of the City Council, who have
pushed the work to a successful comple
tion, and especially to their energetic
Chairman, Mr. John U. Meyer, who has
devoted special attention to having these
improvements finished in the most durable
and perfect manner, with a close regard
forthe interests of tax-payers, and a devo
tion to the promotion of the beauty and or
nament of the city as far as practicable.
Mad Dog Killed.— Yesterday morning
considerable excitement was occasioned at
the residence of Mr. Davis, on Broad street,
near the Lower Market, in apprehension of
the danger which threatened his family
from a rabid dog. No one was bitten,
however, and Mr. H. M. Levy quelled the
fears of the family and neighbors by shoot
ing the rabid animal, when a policeman,
with his club, finished the career of the
evil disposed poodle, for it was a very
small mad dog.
Rumors were immediately circulated of <■
the existence of another case of canine
hydrophobia on the opposite side of the
street, on the premises of Dr. J. Dennis,
and that Mrs. Dennis had been bitten 011
the arm by said dog a few days ago, and
that her arm was badly inflamed and
swollen. A committee of gentlemen from
the neighborhood, with navy-sixes, waited
on his canineship, but found him an ex
ceedingly amiable puppy, manifesting no
indications of hydrophobia, and the dog
was permitted to breathe on, subject to the
consequences of future bad behavior.
The Edgefield Homicide —We learn
from a gentleman who arrived in our city
last evening, direct from Edgefield Court
House, that the wounds of Mr. J. D. Cres
well, though severe and painful, are not
considered mortal. A coroner’s jury, in
the case of Mr. Charles Creswell, who w r as
killed, rendered a verdict that he came to
his death from gunshot wounds inflicted
by some person or persons unknown to the
jury. Subsequently, however, Mr. George
D. Addison and Mr. James Addison, young
men, voluntarily surrendered themselves as
having been the parties who fired on the
Creswells, and were taken by the sheriff
before the District Court with a view of
obtaining bail. The remains of Mr. Chas.
D. Creswell were sent to the residence of
his father Thursday afternoon.
Quiet prevailed in the village. The ne
groes were still guarding those arms.
Degrees Conferred.— At the Com
mencement exercises of the University of
Georgia, the Board of Trustees conferred
the degree of L.L. D. oh Dr. Louis D. Ford
and Dr. L. A. Dngas, of this city, and the
degree of A. M. on J. T. Glenn, Esq., of At
lanta. They also elected Mr. Lamar Cobb
a member of the Board, vice Hon. Howell
Cobb, deceased, and Mr. F. A. Lipscomb as
Adjunct Professor of Ancient Languages.
Mules.— The Paris Kentuckian says’that
the mule market is again looking up. Those
who want the choice o( the market are very
active. Alexander Miller paid John Mc-
Clelland one hundred and sixtv dollars per
head for thirty-five ; R. Bowles, paid W. A
Turner one hundred and seventy-eight dob
lars per head for twenty-eight, and John
Tarrone hundred and sixty dollars per
head for twenty-eight. These mules are all
No. 1, and are hard to beat,