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CONSTITUTIONALIST.
AUGUSTA. GA.
SATURDAY MORNING, SEfr. 18, 1860
PLANTERS AND FACTORS.
The recent advance In rates for selling
cotton, by a majority of the warehouse
and commission merchants of Augusta, has
caused no little discussion among the
planters. This discussion has verged upon
acrimony, so far toward it Indeed as to
jeopardize the interests of both parties,
whose dependence upon each other is mu
tual, and should be, if possible, ot‘ the most
agreeable character. We have refrained
from any allusions calculated to wound the
feelings of any person, whether planter or
factor. In our local column mention was
made of the advance determined upon and
an outline sketched of the reasons therefor.
We were trustful, at the time, that, how
ever, unpalatable it might appear at first,
the matter would be Anally adjusted by
the usual course of trade. But, as the
planters, in some localities, have been hold
ing pftbltc meetings and drafting resolu
tions denunciatory of the merchants ; and
as such criminations may, to some, extent,
react and thereby injure the general trade
and prosperity of our city—we deem it a
duty to say a few words on the vexed ques
tion, merely as a peace-maker and without
any intention of championing or attacking
either side.
It is not strictly within our province to
declare whether twenty six or any other
number of merchants are justified, or not,
in charging 2% per ceut. for selling cotton.
If that charge is too much there are other
parties who will sell for less, and there is
no law to the planter from being
his own salesman. WCHfchiuk, however,
that the commission mere! rants,'Committed
an error of judgment in notrroeidiig upon
an earlier date for a published change of
rate. Such a step, opportunely
would have prevented the expression o*
much of the acerbity now manifested by
the planters. As we understand the case,
the planters complain that the movement
was a combination made after advances
had been received and obligations assumed
under previous rates of IJ4 per cent. At
first blush, this point would seem to be 'well
taken upon strong circumstantial evidence.
But there is something to be said on the
other side. For iustance: llovv did the
matter stand last, year? The planters
should not forget, in a gust of temper, that
many of them, in the Summer of 1868, re
ceived advances from a number of these
same merchants,assuming obligations when
the rates were 2J4 P er cent.; and yet, on the
first cf September of the same year, the
rates were reduced to ljS£ per cent. Under
such an arrangement the planter reaped all
the benefit, though his obligations were as
sumed under the implied contract that he
should pay 2% per cent, commission. Why
should the rule hold good in the one case
and yet fail in the other ?
The commission merchants claim that
the rate adopted is the same as charged in
other cities, and was announced, as is cus
tomary, at the opening of the season, the
same as reductions have been announced.
And they farther claim that, although the
rate appears to be an advance of a hun
dred per cent., it is actually an advance of
but sixty. They also maintain that, if
they render the planter as faithful service
as could l)e obtaiued elsewhere, they should
be entitled to a customary remuneration.
The mere question of business profits
does not, and should not, affect the mer
chant any more than it affects the planter ;
since the planter is entitled to and receives
the market price for his cotton, regardless
of loss or profit in producing his crop.
We shall always rejoice to see the planter
secure every possible advantage in the
marketing and sale of his cotton ; and, if
he thinks one merchant demands too much
for his services, and better terms can
be obtained elsewhere, lie has an
unquestionable right to make such a
choice of factors as he deems advanta
geous to him. Nobody that we know of
questions this right, as an abstract pro
position, and nobody, we suppose, desires
to hinder its legitimate execution. But,
until the planters become, as we hope and
pray they shall become at no distant day,
independent of all extraneous aid in rais
ing their crops, their reliance upon, the
factor must be considerable and should
not be ruptured in a passion. This will
more clearly appear when it is known that
among those who have joined in charging
2% per cent, are the largest buyers in our
market. So, if there be a spirit of elimi
nation and recrimination fosteved and
encouraged, both buyers and sellers will be
eventually damaged, without any corres
ponding benefits to the one or to the other.
We, therefore, deprecate public meetings
aud resolutions in agitation of this matter,
and suggest that every planter should fol
low that course which he deems his best. ;
either in selling his own cotton, standing
steadfastly to old factors, or placing his crop
in the hands of those who will dispose oUk
more satisfactorily. By pursuing, eachifidi
vidual for himself, either of the courses indi-
cated above, the whole matter jpill, in a
very short period, regulatf itsel# and leave
no permanent stings behind. We earnest
—fry.Uesirc.tbg'good of Both planter and mer
chant; we regret that any bad blood
should have sprung up between them; we
believe that the difficulty can be readily ad
justed by private judgment rather than
public manifestoes. Further than this, we
believe that Augusta is the best cotton
market for regions circumjacent, and that,
with the practice of moderation in senti
ment and action, all will be well with the
planter, the merchant, the country aud
the city. Let us have peace on the “whir
ring marts.”
The Cotton Crop.
The annual statement of the cotton crop
for the year ending on the 31st of August,
1869, as compiled by the Charleston Courier,
places the aggregate at 2,358,369 bales.—
Tne New''York Shipping and Commercial
List, in its annual exhibit, makes the ag
gregate 2,260,557 bales. The New York
Commercial and Financial Chronicle issues
the following annual statement in advance 1
sheets, with which we have been compli
mented by the publishers:
cotton chop for 1868-69.
We furnish our readers to day with onr
annual statement of the cotton crop of the
United States for the year ending Septem
ber 1, 1869. The figures will be found very
complete, as our returns have been fuller
than ever before. It appears that the total
crop reaches 2,439,039 bales, while the ex
ports have been 1,448,020 b& es, and the
home consumption 998,806 bales, leaving a
stock on hand at the close of the
year of 12,348 bales. The stock of cot
ton at the interior towns,. September 1,
1869, not included in the receipts, is
613 bales, against 1,985 bales last season.
Below we give the crop for the two
years:
18G$-’9. 1867-8.
Louisiana 794,205 584,240
Alabama 230,621 300,103
Texas 147,817 114,666
Florida ..: 13,302 38,503
Georgia 357,253 405,050
South (Jarolina 199,072 240,431
North Carolina 35,908 38,643
Virginia... 160,971 166,587
Tennessee, &c 439,800 466,681
Total product detailed above by
States for the year ending,
September, 1,1869 belles 2,379,039
Consumed in the South, not In
cluded (in addition to the
20,000 taken from Petersburg). 60,000
Total crop of the United States
for year ending September 1,
1869 2,439,039
The crop of Sea Island the past year lias
been as follows : Florida, 6,748 bales ; Geor
gia, G,480 bales; South Carolina, 5,454 bales.
Total, 18,682 bales.
CONSUMPTION.
The consumption the .'past year shows a
slight falling off, notwithstanding the mills
have increased their stock about 30,000
bales. Our usual summary, showiug the
result for the year, North and South, is as
follows:
Total crop of the United States as
above stated 2,439,039
Stock on hand commencement of
year (September 1,1868):
At Northern ports.. 30,203
At Southern ports 7,927 — 38,130
Total supply during year ending
Sept. 1, 1869 2,477,169
Os this supply there has been
Exp’ted to foreign ports
during the year 1,448,020
Sent to Canada by rail
road direct from the
West 18,000
Now on hand (Sept. 1, ’69):
At Northern ports..... 9,536
At Southern ports 2,807-1,478,363
Total consumption in the United
States year ending September
1,1869, bales. 998,806
Consumption in Southern States. 80,000
Leaving consumption in North
ern States bales. 918,806
We have been at considerable trouble to
obtain a correct idea of the stock now held
by the mills, and fincj that, although several
of the largest corporations are holding six,
seven, or eight weeks’ supply, the great
body of the spinners are lightly stocked.
The. total held by them, therefore, on the
Ist ot r-' otember, was less than we sup
posed, being abort. 60,000 bales, against
. 30,000 biles last year, 'faking the stock,
then, on the Ist of
figures, we see that the actual consumption
of all the mills, after deducting the in
crease held this year over last (30,000 bales),
would be about 968,000 bales, against
982,000 bales last year, leaving for the
Northern mills about 888,000 bales against
900,000 bales last year.
The uew year begins with a defi
ciency in the visible supply of cot
ton for this country aud Europe to the
extent of 330,000 bales compared with the
amount on hand at the same period of last
year. Hence to permit of the same con
sumption the coming season as during the
season which has just closer!, thecotton
production of the world must be increased
to that extent. But this year the average
weekly consumption of Great Britain has
been about 3,000 bales less than during the
same period of 1867-8, while the Continent
and the United States have probably to
gether also consumed about 3,000 bales less
per week. If, therefore, the mills this sea
son return to the consumption of 1807-8,
300,000 bales additional will be needed, or
in all an increased production of 630,000
bales, without allowing any accumulation
of stock. We shall undoubtedly be able to
make a good part of this deficiency; hut
the extent of our crop cannot yet be de
finitely stated.
[From the Journal of Commerce.
Ramie.
The numerous successful experiments of
silk, woolen, lace and linen cotton manu
factures in several States, aud still more
extensively in Europe, have created a de
mand for this new and valuable staple far
beyond the present production or means of
supply. It is discovered fflat the ramie
grown on the alluvial lands of the-lower
Mississippi lias a very long and exceed
ingly fine fibre, far superior to that grown
in its native country, Java, and that the
yield per acre is greater. In any of the
more Southern cotton States ramie can be
harvested at least three times a year, and
each harvest or cutting will produce be
tween nine and twelve hundred pounds,
making an average annual crop of about
three thousand pounds crude, unprepared
fibre, worth at present in Europe ten cents
specie per pound, iu preparing the fibre
for manufacturing purposes it loses about
one half, increasing it. in value to sixty-five
cents per pound. Thus it is apparent that
ramie, requiring comparatively little tillage
to produce such magnificent results, is the
most profitable crop that the planter can
cultivate.
The fibre, when prepared for the spinner,
is beautifully White, soft and glossy, close
ly resembling floss silk in appearance; it is
much stronger than best flax, and readily
receives most difficult dies without injury
to its strength or lustre.
To meet the manufacturers’ increasing
demands, a company of enterprising and
practical business men have organized
“The Ramie Producing aud Supply Com
pauy,” and propose to operate near New
Orleaus on two thousand acres of the
choicest alluvial bottom land in that, re
gion. With two or three skilled mirsey
mcn to tend the plant, and one of Messrs.
J. & F. Howard’s steam cultivators, it is
confidently expected the company will have
four to five hundred acres qf canes of their
own growth to supply orders next season.
They hope to produce in the crude state
over six hundred thousand pounds, or about
three hundred tons. A conditional con
tract for the land on very favorable terms
was made last April; aud all the ulanfcj,
and roots known to be inTexas
have been purchased, tof commence opera
tions with. Wehave reports of English
maoofafcstuters sending an agent to raise, or
buy the ramie in California ; but from all
accounts our Southern valleys are the best
adapted to its successful cultivation. How
ever. there is ample room, and the demand
for years is sure to exceed the supp’y.
Will, in a
and leave
e earnest-
Heavy Sell—A Cheap Way to Get
Rid of Nut Grass.—A gentleman of this
city some days since saw an advertisement
in the Augusta Constitutionalist in which
the advertiser proposed to furnish, for the
pittance of twenty-five cents, information
by which farmers may get rid of nut
grass. A forfeit of SIOO was to be paid in
all cases where (the directions closely fol
lowed) this information failed to result in
the total destruction ol the .grass- To
make the advertisement more reliable, a
firm of well-known factors in Augusta
were referred to. Our friend was impress
ed with the advertisement and enclosed
twenty-five cents in a letter asking for the
desired information. In a few days an an
swer was received lrom the factors refer
ed to returning the money-aud stating that
the advertisement was inserted by a wag
who referred to them without authority;
that it was a mere sell, etc., and that the
the wag’s receipt for gettiug. clear of the
grass was—“ To sel the place and leave it /”
It would be impossible to describe the blank
look which assumed possession of thecoun
tiener.ee of the ‘ sold ” party when he rsad
this valuable receipt.
[ Wilmington (N. C.) Journal.
A Woman Gives Biutii to Four Chil
dren.—We arc informed by the Bristol
News that a very poor iamily passed
through Wytheville on Tuesday evening
late, and camped in an old field near by.
During the night, with no canopy but
that of Heaven to shield her from the pelt
ing rain, and no friend but a lazy husband,
the woman gave birth to four children
The husband was too lazy to carry straw
from a neighboring stackyard and make
the womaa a rode bed. She was found
among the rocks and brush exposed to a
dnzzling rain.
There’B the Hub.— “ Plain-faced girls
should dress plainly,” remarks a lady of
authority on fashion. Was there ever a
young lady who was willing to admit that
she had a plain face?
[S|uoiiil Correspondence ltiHiinore tikzette.
From Washington.
TilK PKOVISIONAI. .SECRETARY OF WAK—
THK J.AW ON THE SUUJECT—rgHK DUTIES
OF TIIE GENERA!, OF THE ARMY.
Washington, September 13, 1869.
The town is devoid of news of interest
and importance. to-day. Certain signitt
ean t mo vemeuts a bout the War O filer, this
morning indicated that the “ General of
the Army " contemplated remaining* 1 Sec
retary of War ” also for some time to come.
It is confidently believed iu Intelligent,
quarters that no other appointment will lie
made until, at least, the meeting of Con
gress. Much surprise is expressed at the
conduct of the President in this regavd.
He in the first place appointed 81ierinan
Secretary ad interim under a particular act
of Congress. lie was reminded that the
act relied upon distinctly coniiued the
choice to heads of other “ departments,”
aud that this phraseology had received a
legal meaning, and included only the Sec
retaries, Attorney General aud Postmaster
General. It was on this suggestion, and
not on account of any objection as to the
limit of time, that he withdrew the.flrst ap
pointment and committed the unpardonable
crime or blunder of constituting him full
Secretary of War absolutely. I make
no point as to the impropriety of
merely holding two or more offices
by the same man. The people do not
seem to object to favoritism in this respect,
and unlimited nepotism. But it cannot lie
forgotten, even by Grant himself, that Con
gress has legislated effectively with direct
reference to the separated duties of “ Gen
eral of the Army,” and the whole civil ad
ministration of the Government. That
officer has been made, by law, not only an
agent to watch and be a check upon Hie
War “ Dejhirtment but to be a watch and
be a check upon the President himself.
This legislation might be quoted, but it is
fresh in the memory of all. Now the Pres
ident luts wilfully violated this legislation
by abrogating the guards provided by law,
and placed a Secretary of War in power
without any check except his own orders as
General! Besides, I learn that the new
Secretary can scarcely move a step with
out kicking his shins against some obsta
cle presented by his double duty. Papers
have to be signed by him both as Secretary
of War and General of the Army, and a
whole string of fictions as long as a decla
ration in ejectment have to be constantly
assumed—such as that General Sherman,
as “ General,” has written to General Sher
man, as Secretary, to do so and so, and that
he, in the latter capacity, and iu obedience
to his own orders in the former, directs so
and so to be done. This roiling of two
Dromios into one awfully perplexes the
poor devils in the Department. Many farces
have been- eminently successful without
comical materials comparable to these.
.JJut Grant fights it out upon farcical prin
ciples ! \
I know itds urgecLin defense of the Pres
ident that alWnis absurd
legislation was made for “ not
for him. Such is the ground, I learn, that
General Grant himself takes. But I doubt
whether the Supreme Court could assume
such a distinction.
TFr m th - Sao Francisco Herald, (Den ), 4th.
The Result of the California Election—
The Republican Party in the State
Annihilated.
The smoke of the recent conflict had
scarcely cleared away sufficiently to per
mit au accurate review of the results or a
satisfactory analysis of their causes. The
State election returns show an almost un
precedented victory for the Democratic
party. It is a positive tidal wave, sweep
ing over the whole coast, and leaving the
Radical party stranded and shattered, so
that they can never again venture into the
sea of polities in this f-tate. That is one of
the most observable features of the result,
that the Radical party is broken into small
fragments. In the city of San Francisco it
did not emerge, once, from its shell, or show
its head. One wing voted the Democratic
ticket, and of the other wing vast numbers
stayed away from the polls. * * * The
party cannot in many years recover such
discipline as will make it effective, without
some great overpowering blunder on the
part of its adversaries. IF has fought its
last battle in California for many a year to
come ; nor will it ever regain a sure foot
ing until it shall have changed its name
and its principles.
[Prom I ho Sacramento Union (It id >, 3*l.
The State election, on the Ist instant, re
sulted in a very general Democratic vic
tory. The exceptions are in favor of
Mariposa, Tuolumne and San Francisco—
last year all Democratic—where the Re
publicans elected some of their candidates.
Tuolumne, elected a Republican Senator
aud San Francisco is believed to have de
feated the Democratic candidate for Mayor.
Placer county has partly elected the Re
publican ticket—only the Senator and one
Supervisor being Democrats. Amador is
believed to have given Democratic majori
ties from 106 to COO. C. P. Reed, Republi
can, for Senator in Yolo and Solano dis
trict, who was thought to have been
elected by the vote of Vallejo, is defeated.
lii Sacramento county the entire Demo
cratic ticket is elected, unless Duffy, (Re
publican), for. the Assembly, is the excep
tion. Calaveras gives Wui. M. Gvvin, Jr.,
200 majority over, his Republican opponent
for the'Senate. In Nevada the Democrats
have made a clean sweep of the county.
San Joaquin elects the entire Democratic
ticket by majorities ranging fron 100 to
200. The victory is general and complete,
and the Democrats will have a large ma
jority in both branches of the Legislature.
Appeal from Palestine.
We find the following call for help pub
lished in the Northern papers:
Jerusalem, July 30, 1860.
To the Chief Rabbis, Heads of the Communi
ties of the United States of America :
The Almighty God bless yon out of Zion.
We, the American' now
at Jerusalem,T*ave,’since .Tune of the last
year, appfled to our brethren in the United
Htates for their sympathy and relief,
through Rev. S. M. Isaacs, Secretary of
the Board of American Israelites, of New
York, but no response whatever has been
made to our request, though kindly for
warded to him by our esteemed Consul
here.
We have heard that large sums have
been sent to Jerusalem from the United
States, both for enlarging the alms houses,
the house of refuge on Mount Zion, as well
as for the rCliof of the poor and needy, but
from which the American Israelites have
been, as before, entirely excluded.
We have also heard that the Israelites re
siding in the Holy City have had tlic honor
to excite the sympathy of his Excellency
General Grant, President of the United
States of America, whom we pray the
Almighty One of Israel to grant long life
and happiness ; and we believe that his
Excellency would be surprised if he knew
that a few of his faithful citizens, i. e.
eighteen American Israelites now residing
in the Holy City, have for more than a year
applied iu vain to their brethren in the
Uuised States for the relief they so largely
and generously bestow on others, who,
though brethren in being the sons of Israel,
still are not fellow-citizens, while we suffer
with our families often from want even of
bread in our sickness and old age.
The only help afforded to us since_ four
years is that of our humane and disinter
ested Consul in this place.
Brethren of the House of Israel, forsake
not your fellow-citizens in the Holy City,
and as you remember us so may the God
of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob (to whom we
always offer our prayers for your welfare,
both ar, the Holy Wall and on Mount Zion,)
remember you when yon call upon Him iu
all your troubles, and when you bless Him
in your prosperity.
Hoping to hear from you such news as
shall raise a song of joy and thanksgiving
on Mount Zion, we beg that you will ad
dress all communications as follows:
“Messrs. B. Lilienthal and M. Koppel,
committee on behalf of American Israelites,
care of the United States Consulate at
Jerusalem.” .
And we have the honor to remain your
most obedient servant,
B. Lilienthal.
Meyer Koppel-
Gov. Welles, of Virginia, has rented the
splendid mansion of Mr. W. H. Grant, in
Richmond, and intends to resume the prac
, tlce of the law.
The* Infidel and His Daughter.
“ The lamps of death are coming fast,
My father, o’er my brow ; •
The (Mist, with all its seeues has fled,
Aud I must turn me now
To mat dim future which, in vain,
My eyes seek to descry ;
Tell me, my lather, in tins hour
In whose belief to die.
“in thine? I’ve watched thy scornful
smile,
Aud heard thy withering- tone,
Wlßine’er the humble hope
Was placed upon thine own ;
I’ve heard thee speak of coming death
Without a shade of doom.
And laugh at all the childish tears
That bluster 'rouud the tomb.
“Or is it iu mv mother’s faith ?
Now fondly do I trace
Through many weary years long past
This.calm and saintly lace;
How often do J call to mind - *
(Now she’s beneath the sod)
The plaee, the hour, in which she drew
My eager thoughts to God.
“ ’Twas then she took the sacred Book,
And from its burning page
Read how its truths support the soul
Iu youth and failing age.
And bade me in its precepts live,
' And by its precepts die,
That I might, share a home of love
In worlds beyond the sky.
“ My father, shall Hook above,
Amid the gathering gloom,
To llim whose promises at love
Extend beyoud tjie tomb?
The course the being who has blessed
This checkered heart of uiiue;
Must I embrace, my mother’s (aitb,
Or die, my sire, by lbitie ?”
The frown upon that warrior brow
Passed, like a cloud away,
And tears coursed down the rugged cheeks
That flowed not till that (lay.
“ No, no! not mine!” with choking voice
The skeptic made reply—
“ But in thy mother’s holy laitb#
daughter, inay’st thou die l'*
General Items.
Iu the absence of the Mayor o! .'Wilming
ton, N. C., Henry N. Jones, a colored man,
acted in his stead.
Charleston is moving iu the matter of
relieving the sutt'erers by the Avondale,
(Pa.) coal mine disaster.
The Mariana (Fia.) Courier publishes the
death of Dr. Nicholas A. Long, a gentleman
well known and much esteemed in Georgia.
The North Carolina Lunatic Asylum is
at present overcrowded, and applications
for admission are refused.
John Thomas, a boy of seven years of
age, died of hydrophobia iu Norfolk, Va.,
on Saturday. He had been bitten by a rabid
dog some time previous.
Mr. Miles Kelly, of Warren, Ky., who
does a good deal in a small way, gathered
twelve bushels of cabbage-seed, Os his own
raising this year, valued at three hundred
dollars per busßnT
The Chicago Tiroes says: “ That egre
gious and egotistical old ass, Grant, senior,
uow claims that he founded the Radical
party. Grant, junior, will founder it.”
For shame, Times.
It is reported that the proprietors of the
Hearth and Home, of which Mrs. Stowe is
one of the editors, will soon dispense with
her services, in consequence of the Byron
scandal.
Col. Joseph B. Bibb, of Montgomery,
(Ala.) died of consumption, in that city, on
the 14th. Col. B. served in the Confederate
army with distinction from the beginning
to the close of the war.
Mr. John Bohanna, so well and favorably
known as the efficient and courteous agent
of the Associated Press, in Mobile, died in
Nashville, Tenn., on Sunday evening, after
a lingering illness.
A Chicago girl broke off her engagement
with a young fellow for the reason that he
sneezes in his sleep. If it wouldn’t be im
pertinent, we should like to know how she
found it otit.
Arrangements have been made for the
building of a substantial bridge on the
Bnuea Vista Road, and known as the Guerry
Bridge, near Americas, Ga., and the chief
line of travel from Marion county to Ameri
cas.
Game was never more abundant iu Vir
ginia than at. present. This is the case
generally tlirougoat the South, as the
drought iias been extensive, andJM *. weath
er is favorable, especially to parßft'ges and
turkeys. WJ
One feature of the Humboldt celebration
in Philadelphia was a wagon beautifully
decorated, containing representatives of
Europe, Asia, Africa, and America, iu the
persons of Caucasian, Chinese, Negro, and
Indian.
It is contemplated by the colored Masons
of Virginia to begin the publication of a
paper at some early period to advocate their
special interests. It was at first intended
to have their, journal published at Norfolk,
but it has since been determined to estab
lish it iu Lynchburg.
Squire Taliaferro, of Lynchburg, Vir
ginia, one of the Radical statesmen of Afri
can descent, has gone to making tobacco
rolls in the factory of Mr. W. D. Miller.
Squire is setting abetter example iu this
than in playing politician and making in
cendiary speeches. He has found his level.
An exchange, in speaking of the magical
strain of the hand organ, says : “ When he
played ‘ Old Dog Tray’ we noticed eleven
pups sitting in ftont of the machines on
their haunches brushing tears from their
eyes with their fore-paws.”
The Danville papers are crovvimr over
$l2O a hundred for tobacco. The Lynch
burg Hews says that in that city the folks
don’t bother themselves with talking about
any price less than $3,150! and don’t even
consider that any great “ slijikes.”
Anew iron car has been got. up by a
mechanic in St. Joseph lor use in track lay
ing on the St. Joseph and Den via- Railroad.
The car is supplied at each end with rollers
projecting out about two inches from the
bed, and on these the rails of iron are easily
out on the track for ad
justment in fhcf| proper places. The car
is drawn by horses
The Wilmington Journal reports that the
Rt. Rev. Bishop Gibbous has been success
ful in securing the permanent foundation
of Bisters of Mercy for the citv.of Wilming
ton, N. C. They are expected to arrive
from Charleston about the 20th of this
month. They will be the first colony of
Sisters ever permanently established in
North Carolina.
Old Joe Roberts, living in the edge of
Hawkins county, Tenn., near the. Virginia
line, a short time since, deliberately took a
bundle of straw and fired his wife’s house,
then burued his mother-in-law’s house, and
then proceeded to attack his wife with a
butcher-knife, aud literally cut her to pieces.
No hopes, of course, are entertained to her
recovery. The fiend fieri to the woods but
was captured and is now in jail at Joues
ville. There was strong talk of lynching
him. *
The will of the late Henry Keep, “the
railroad king,” was admitted Jo probate in
New York * few days ago. His wealth
was estimated at four millions of dollars.
To his daughter, Emma Gertrude, he be
queathed 5,(X)0 shares in the Chicago aod
Northwestern Railroad Company, valued
at $500,000. To one of his sisters he gave
$300,000; to another two farms worth
$185,000, and to four of his wife’s sigters,
SIOO,OOO. The rest of his fortune he gave
his wife.
The Toronto Christian Guardian says of
the wife of Commodore Vanderbilt: “Mrs.
Vanderbilt belongs to a wealthy Southern
family, her mother^ being a cousin of Mr.
Vanderbilt’s. She is a relative of Bishop
McTveire, of the Southern Methodist
Church. She is about thirty years of age,
tall and queenly in form and beautiful iu
feature, and, what is better, is an accom
plished Christian lady, a worthy member of
the Method ist Church, and an active worker
In church aud Sabbatji school work.”
The bridge across the North river, at
Lexington, Va., gave way Tuesday after
noon, while a three-horse wagon was pass
ing over it, precipitating the horses, wagon
and the colored driver into the stream be
low, from wbiffh they were rescued without
injury. An omnibus, filled With ladies on
the way to the packet, had crossed the
bridge, not two minutes befbre it gave way,
and their escape was most fortunate. The
bridge was a temporary structure, erected
by General Early, in 1864, while pursuing
Hunter after his raid upon Lynchburg.
A subscription has been started in Lou
don for the Avondale sufferers.
State Items.
The Marietta Journal represents that up
land corn in that section is generally better
than expected, and that the bottom lands
will turn out a good yield, with an average
cotton crop, and plenty ol potatoes to roast.
The Rome Southerner and C<nmnercial
learns that Mr. John J. Miller, living about
eight, miles from that city, had his house
burned on Monday last. All of his furni
ture and fifty bushels of wheat were con
sumed.
Mr. Ed Hill, formerly of Augusta, has
purchased ot Dr. Howard the stock of
goods at No. 2, Choice Hotel, and is carry
ing on the grocery business.
The city of Columbus annually pays more
for the interest of its debt than for the cur
rent expenses of the city.
The distance from Milledgeville to Ma
eon, by the line of the. Macon and Augusta
Railroad, is thirty-one and a quarter miles.
Anew co-operative association has been
formed in Savannah, says the Republican,
for the purpose of supplying families with
groceries. The capital is to be $5,000, di
vided into shares of SIOO, and each head of
a family to be limited to one share. Thirty
three shares have already been taken, and
the enterprise will doubtless prove to be a
success.
The Savannah papers announce the death,
in New York, of Capt. James II Demand,
long <t citizen of Savannah. During the
war Capt. Demund was captain in the com
missary department. He. was engaged in
Savauuah in cotton compressing, and was
known as a and leading Mason.
The steadier New Jackson, of the Bar
nett Line, which was sunk in Flint river
several mouths ago, was successfully raised
last Saturday.
The Americas Republican says: .“Cot
ton is not coming so briskly. Planters,
object to the late decline, and are disposed
to detain their bales at home until the price
looks up.”
The spirited local of the Journal and
Messenger suggests that the ladies of Geor
gia be afforded an opportunity to vie in
equestrian exploits, for the prize of a
splendid habit, or such like, at the ap
proaching State Fair.
Judge Knight has decided that being
sick, and unable to do road work, don’t
exempt a man from furnishing a substi
tute.
A friend, writing to the Athens Banner.
says that corn and cotton in Jackson are
very sorry—not more than a quarter of a
crop can be counted on.
The Air Line Eagle says topaz is geuer
ally a beautiful straw yellow color, but fre
quently transparent; it is found in Hall
and Lumpkin counties, of both colors, and
of very line quality, one chrvstal (prismat
ic), worth S3O, and one . massive and color
less, found on the Etowah, worth s2oo—
have been sought for. Its composi
tion is silica, 34; alumina,so; flouoric acid,
15. It is much used'Tii jewelry.,
The Marietta Journal learns, through a
gentleman just from Campbell county, that
horse thieves are giving the citizens much
trouble there. In one neighborhood eight
horses were stolen in two nights during
the last week, and the owners so far liave
been unable to effect their recevery.
Iff Marietta, on Tuesday, Mr. W. J. Mc-
Clatcliey had his left leg broken by the
wheel of a heavy loaded wagon passing
over.
Something Moke About our Commis
sion Merchants. —The Athens Banner, of
yesterday, puts the following points con
cerning our commission merchants and the
advantages of Augusta as a cottou mar
ket, which are worthy the thoughtful con
sideration of our planting friends, before
they determine to seek anew market, if, in
deed, they contemplate any such measure:
“We observe in the Augusta papers a
lively discussion on account of the recent
advance of commissions to 2% per cent, fpr
selling cotton. We regret to hear that
some planters, especially in Hancock and
Morgan, are talking of abandoning the Au
gusta market on account of the advance.—
We do not mean to defend the advance, or
to take any part in the controversy; but
we happen to know that planters will not
make anything by abandoning Augusta.
Aside from the fact that it is proverbially
as good, if not. a better market, relatively,
than,either Charleston or Savannah, the
expenses, even at the advanced rates for
selling cotton, are less in Augusta than in
cither pf those; cities.
“In Charleston and Savannah, we are
informed, the commissions are 2%; storage,
50 cents a bale; city tax, %of 1 per cent.;
United States tax, % of 1 per cent.; dray
age, 25 cents; weighing, 25 cents, besides
insurance. In Augusta the sole charges
are commissions, 2)5 percent.; storage, 50
cents; and ray age, 15 cents; the factors mak
ing no charge for tax, weighing or for in
surance, unless under advances when in
store.
“This much we deem duo to the Augusta
factors, all save perhaps two of whom have
united in the late advance of commissions.”
An Outrank.— lt is reported on good
authority that on Thursday night the 9th
lust., a gang of desperadoes visited the
Southern portion of Newton county, and
robbed the houses of several negroes, beat
ing one severely. The negroes say they
were white men and not disguised, but
threatened them with certain death if they
told their names to the white people. The
victims of this outrage are among the most
quiet, industrious and inoffensive negroes
in the country; and the conduct of the
fifteen or twenty miscreants engaged in the
disgraceful affair must be condemned by
every good citizen, as most ruinous in its
tendency to the welt being of the whole
community, both white and black. Some
measures should be taken to punish such
unlawful proceedings and prevent their re
petition, or the result will be the subver
sion of all law and the expulsion of laborers
from the sections infested by such outlaws.
|_ Cooiiu/ton Enterprise.
JSut Chinese in Louisiana. —The New
Orleans Eimynn*, says:
“ Some of our Louisiana exchanges have,
taken decided ground against the introduc
tion of Chinese laborers. The need of
greatly increased labor, and the unreliable
character of the negro are admitted ; but
the introduction of the Chinese seems to be
regarded as a greater evil. Grave, and
widespread social and political evils are
anticipated as the consequences of the set
tlement among us of another inferior, un
assimilating and unchristiauized race. It
is feared that their presence would, in time,
bring upon us a convulsion no less fearful
than that from which wc have just emerg
ed. We confess the problem is a grave one.”
Pardoned. —Wc learn that Gov. Bullock
has pardoned young Dean, the lad who
was convicted of involuntary manslaughter
in the commission or an unlawful act, for
killing Walker, in Jackson county. Ilis
energetic counsel, A.' L. Mitchell, Esq., and
P. F. Hintou, Esq., finding that the jury
were under a misapprehension of the law
and the evidence, in giving their verdict,
procured a large petition for his pardon,
and to their efforts this exercise of Execu
tive clemency is due. We lielieve it will
meet the approval of all familiar with the
facts. —Athens Ba-mer.
The Sweet Quinine Imposture—lts
Author Expet, led. —At the annual meet
ing of the National Apothecaries’ Conven
tion of the United States, held in Chicago
last week, the following resolutions were
adopted :
Whereas, A member of this association
has put forth a nostrum called “ sweet qui
nine,” which contains no qninia, aDd is
therefore a fraudulent imposture ; therefore
Resolved , That Mr. Frederick Stearns has,
in this so-called “ sweet quinine,” and in
the advertisement concerning it, violated
the sense of moral rectitude of this asso
ciation, and has violated its constitution
and the general purposes of its organiza-
That for tfyese offenses Mr-
Frederick Stearns be expelled frqin this as
sociation. '
Tim Jews of Cincinnati. —The Cincin
nati Commercial , of Sunday, gives an inter
esting sketch of the 12,000 Jews who live in
that city ;
The material wealth of the Jeyys of Cin
cinnati is intelligently estimated at $lO,-
000,000, and that does not include what
may beheld by them in concentrated value,
such as .jewels and precious stones.
BY TELEGRAPH.
New York Slock ('losing Quotations.
REPORTED BY HOYT & GARDNER.
New York, September 17—P. Al.
The following are.the closing quotations
this day
American Gold 136%
Adams Express.., 50*4
New York Central 100%
Erie... 30
Hudson River 179
Reading 94%
Michigan Central . 127
Cleveland aud Pittsburg t 05%
Chicago and North Western 76%
Chicago and North Western, pref.... 85%
Milwaukee and St. Paul 72
Milwaukee qtul St. Paul, pref. #l%
Lake Shorel _..... 95%
■ Chicago and Rock Island.. 109%
Toledo, Wabash & Western... 66%
Toledo, Wabash & Western, pref..... 79
New Jersey Central 100%
Pittsburg & Fort Wayne....' 87%
Ohio and Mississippi 31 *4
Hanibal and St. Joseph . 117%
Hanibal & St. Joseph, pref 115
Tennessee, old 01
Tennessee, new 54%
North Carolina, old.. 42
North Carolina, new 47
Alabama Eights 92
Alabama Fives S3
Missouri Sixes SO
Pacific Mail 75%
Western Union Telegraph 30*4
Stocks paniey. Gold steady and dull.
Money active at 7 per cent:
[Associated Pren» .DniputfibOß.
WASHINGTON.
Washington, September 17—Noon.—
Capt. E. Mcßarron Timoney, of Georgia,
has been appointed Consul to Tumbcs,
Peru.
Washington, September 17—P. M.—
Revenue over half a million.
Iloff has failed in two eilbrts to connect
with Secretary of the Navy Robeson, to
whom he desires to report orally regarding
Cuba.
It seems understood t hat Treasury sales
of gold and purchase of bonds will be con
tinued through October. Speculators are
operating on this hypothesis.
Delano forbids [Kickages of smoking to
bacco over one pound.
Spinner certifies that certain Confederate
securities submitted to him by th<s Prus
sian Government are genuine, adding, how
ever, that they are worthless. Their gen
uineness affects certain heavy Jaw suits in
Germany. '
Boutwell’s cateehisjn, lyhich invotvela
biography of Gill employees, was
answered twday. Several clerks, male and
female, resigned rather thau submit to the
inquisition.
Judge Advocate Clinton is relieved from
duty in the Department of the South, and
ordered to report for duty in the Fifth
Military District as Judge Advocate.
Goodfeilow relieved Clinton.
Consul Dudley, at Liverpool, reports an
infectious cattle disease, first attacking the
hoof then the mouth, from licking the
hoof. Animals ’of different species con
tract the disease from each other.
Only half a million of gold was offered
by Government yesterday, and taken.
Mary M. Harris, negress, indicted at
Macon, Ga., lor passing counterfeit money,
swears, as State’s evidence, that Schurnian,
the person on trial, took her to the house
of 11. M. Turner, late Postmaster at Macon,
Ga., and left on her bed thirteen hundred
dollars, telling her, if asked where she got
so large a sum, to say she found it. In
attempting to pass a portion of this money,
it caused her arrest. Sclmrman told Mary
Harris the money could be passed at the
South but not at the North. Three negroes
are on the jury.
MISSOURI
St. Louis, September 17.—A cigar factory
at Carlinville, Illinois, with sixty thousand
cigars, was seized for violations of revenue.
A Denver dispatch says ; “ The Republi
cans have a clear majority in the Colorado
Legislature.”
The Executive Committee of the Nation
al Capitol resolved that where Governors
refuse to appoint, to seat delegates appoint
ed by members of Congress.
TENNESSEE.
Memphis, September 17.—W addy Thomp
son, arrested with JeriTfaFuller for alleged
revenue frauds, was taken from the ears at
Jackson, Tennessee, m route for New Or
leans on habeas corpus, and brought to
Memphis and released on the ground that
revenue officers could only commit or bail,
but not send prisoners from State to State.
Thompson was immediately re-arrested,
but afterwards released on bail
VIRGINIA.
Richmond, Septi ruber 17.—The State
Central Conservative Committee have
adopted a resolution advising against the
election of United States Senators at the
meeting of the Legislature, October 15th.
OHIO.
Cincinnati, September 17.—The Demo
cratic Convention to-day nominated a
ticket consisting of half Democrats and
half Republicans.
PENNSYLVANIA.
H Ainu ammo, September 17.—Gov. Geary
•has appointed a full delegation to tho
Southern Commercial Convention at Louis
ville,, oa the 12th of October.
NEW YORK.
New York, SepU'inber 17- —Judd’s J,ln
seed Works, on Cherry street, were burned
to-day ; loss $200,000.
NEW JERSEY.
CntoN, September 17 Frederick Brau
sert fataljv stabbed his two sons, during
a family qtfffrre?.''
NEW MEXICO. \ -*■<■
Santa Fe, September 17.—The Indians
are killing women and children, and driv
ing away much stock.
FOREIGN.
Paris, September 17.—The Emperor ap
peared on the streets yesterday.
The London Star, Radical organ, states
that the difficulty between the U. S. and
Spain on the Cuban question is in a fair way
of settlement. The rumor of a proclama
tion guaranteeing religious liberty aud free
dom of election shortly to be issued by the
Spauish Government is a better omen ; but
if reports of the couduct of military gov
ernment in Cuba are true, concessions must
be prefaced by one more essential, namely :
that Cubans be permitted to live to enjoy
them.
Advices have been received announcing
the total tvreck of the Indian mail steamer
Carnatic off Island Shaduan, in the upper
part of the Red Sea. Passengers and crew
reached the shore sarely. The mails and
cargo were lost. The steamer had a large
amount of specie, which was lost.
MARINE NEWS
Charleston, September 17.—Arrived:
Steamer Charleston, from New York.
Sailed: Steamer Falcon, for Baltimore.
Wilmington, September 17.—Sailed:
Steamer W. P. Clyde, tor New York.
Weather clear; wind east; thermome
ter, 80.
MARKETS.
London, September 17—Evening. Con
sols, 92%. Bonds, 82%. Rain continues.
Liverpool, September b7~Ndon.—Cot
ton steadj*;' uplands, llj; Orleans, 13%;
sales, 8,000 bale’s; sales for the week, Ai.OOO;
exports, 17,000; speculation, 18,000; stock,
460,000, of which 79,000 are American;
stock affoat. 44,500, of which 6.000 jire
American. Red Western Wheat, 9s. Bd.-
Pork, ll?s. 6d. Lard, 755. 6d.
Ltveroool, September 17—Afternooii.
Baled of cotton wont exceed 7,000 bales.
Yarns and Fabrics quiet- .
Liverpool, September 17—Evening.-*-* J
Cotton firmer but not higher; sales for ex
port and speculation.
Paris, September 17.— Bourse opens firm.
Rentes, 70f. 80c.
Havre, September 17. — Cotton opens
quiet, both spot and afloat.
New York, September 17— Noon. —
Stocks weak and unset tled. Money steady
at 7. Sterling— long, ; short, 8%.
Gold, 180%. ’fig’s, 21'a; Tennessees, ex
coupon, 01; new, 541, ; Virginias, ex cou
pon, 55%; new, 58% • I ouisianas. old, 72;
Levees, 05%; Eights, 84% ; Nortli Caroli
nas, old, 54; new, 47; South CaVolinas,
new, 00.
NVav York, September 17—P. M.—
Money active at 7. Sterling demoralized
at 7 %@7■%. Gobi weak at 130%. Bonds
weak at 21%. Stocks better. Southern
bonds, on last call, were stronger.
N ew York, September 17 — Noon. — Flour
dull and s®lo lower. Wheat dull and 2«f
3 lower. Corn quiet and firm. Pork dull
at S3O 25. Lard quiet. Cotton firmer at
30%. 'I urpeutine drooping at, 33. Rosiu
declining; strained, $2 30.
New York, September 17—P. M Cot
ton firmer and dosing quiet; sales, 3,200
bales at 30%. Flour heavy except for
superfine, which is extremely scarce ; State
and Western superfine, $5 80W6 25;South
ern to fair extra, $6 50(§;G 85. Wheat
heavy, 2(44 lower; Winter red Western,
$1 60(®1 53. Corn closed shade easier 1 ;
mixed Western, $1 14(41 1(5. Pork steady
at S3O 37%. Lard heavy and lower; kettle,
19(419%. Whisky lower, $1 15 offered,
$1 10 asked. Rice firm and quiet [Carolina.
8%®9*%, Sugar active. Coffee firm.—
Molasses dull. Turpentine, 43(443%. —
Rosin, $3 30'S’8. Freights unchanged.
Baltimore, September 17.—Cotton fiat;
low middling, nominally, 28. Flour dull ;
low grades firm. Wheat steady. Corn
active ; white, $1 28. Pork dull, $33@34.
Bacon firm ; demand heavy ; (shoulders,
10%@16%. Whisky dull, $1 18(41 19;
Virginias, old, dull, 45%; North Caro
lina??, new, 40% bid.
Louisville, September 17.—Provisions
unchanged. Whisky, $1 20(®1 21.
Cincinnati, September 17. — Whisky nn
settled—no demand; offered at $1 15. Pork
held at SB2 Lard unsettled—no demand.
Bacon—limited jobbing trade; shoulders,
15% ; sides, 16% @l9.
Wilmington, September 17.—Spirits
Turpentine, 89. Rosin, $1 0045. Crude
Turpentine, $2 50@3. Tar steady, $2 50’
Mobile, September 17. — Cotton — receipts
for the week, 3,408 bales ; exports coast
wise, 883 ; stock, 8,952 ; sales for the week,
925; to-day, 250; market closed quiet ;mid
dling, 27% ; receipts, 1,007 ; exports, 58®
New Orleans, September 17.— Cotton
active ; sales, 1,450 bales ; mitMTing, 29%@
29% ; sales for the week/ 3,712 bales ; re
ceipts to-day, 2,323 Twites ; week, gross,
7,184 bales LimtTtvi’lO bales; exports coast
wise^,o9l bales ; stock, 7,865 bales. Flour
(Tull at $5 75, $0 05. and $6 15. Corn low
er ; white, $1 02. Oats, 61 @62. Whisky
easier at $1 30. Others unchanged. Gold,
135%. Sterling, 46%. New York Sight,
par.
Weather warm. Thermometer, 82.
Savannah, September 17.—Cotton ani
mated, with a demand to-day for foreign
and domestic shipments; offering stock be
ing small, transactions were restricted;
ut close of market holders asked % cent
more than was paid at opening; sales, 400
bales at regular prices; market firm at
27% for middling; receipts, 1,787 bales.
Savannah, September 17.—Cotton—re
ceipts for the week, 8,751 bales ; upland, 20;
Sea Island, exports, all coastwise, 5,747 ;
stock, 5,490 ; upland, 192 ; Sea Island sales,
1,200.
Charleston, September 17.—Cotton ac
tive; sales, 500 bales; middling, 27; re
ceipts, 961 bales; exports coastwise, 91(5
bales.
Augusta Daily Market,
Omen Daily Constitutionalist, )
Friday, September 17— P. M. \
FINANCIAI
GOLD—DuII. Buying at 133 and selling
at 186.
SlLVEß—Nominal. Buying at 137 an J sell
ing at ISO.
STOCKS—Georgia Railroad Stock, 106(41f5.
Augusta Factory Stock, 159%.
COTTON—The market opened tins morn
ing 6rm at 26% cents (or New York middling
and continued so until a dispatch was. received
from New York, announcing an increase iu
that market of % cent, wnieli caused onr mer
chants to ask an advance of % cent upon their
opening figures, when considerable was sold,
with a good demand. Our market closed firm
and steady al, 26% cents for New Yo-k niid-
G>e day. 788 bales. Receipts.
654 bales.
The stock on hand this p. m., by actual
count is 1,471.
BACON-We, quote C. Sides, 21%; C. R.
Sides, 21 :B. B Sides, 19% ; Shoulders, 18;
Hams, 21(436; Dry Salt Shoulders, 16%@
17 ; Dry Salt <!. R. Sides, 20.
CORN —Finn. Good demand. We quote
choice white, 41 65 from depot.
WHEAT—W.e quote choice white, 41 7(((<?
1 80; amber, $1 60(41 70 ; red, 41. 50©l 55.
FI.OU K - City Mills, old, s6@9 ; new, $7 50iff)
@10; at retail, $1 jft barrel higher. Coun
try, #.6@9, according to quality.
CORN MBAL -41 55 at. wholesale, and *1 6r.
at retail.
OATS 85(5}* I.
PEAS —Ni> supply. Selling at 41 50 lor
seed.
’ CITY ITF) mb7~
•+«
Also a Freight Line.— The untiring
and ever vigorous President of the Char
lotte, Columbia and Augusta Railroad, Col.
Win. Johnston, has determined that his
line of road skill offer to shippers in this
Section equal inducement in the matter of
freights to that, which it now affords the
traveling public as a passenger route. To
this end, while on a recent, trip North, Col.
Johnston perfected a freight connection by
which goods can lie transported from New
York to Augusta, via Portsmouth, through
tlie Old Dominion .Steamship Company, iu
from eighty-five hours to four days, cer
tainly-wii hoi the latter period,aud at rates
equally as low as those offered by any com
peting route. To meet the business already
pressing l upwikhis road and the increase an
ticipated by the flbtke arrangement, Col.
Johnston ordered the manufacture of a
couple of new locomolmshv whilst on liis
Northern visit, which, however, could not
be delivered in time to meet the Exigencies
of the case, when the purchase of aHMmple
of engines was effected with the ©£,
the Georgia State Road. The new locomo
tives ordered Will be ready for delivery
about the middle of November, aud the car
works of tliis road arc now daily engaged
in the rapid construction of the rolling
stock required for its freighting business.
Merchants and others interested will, of
course, examine for themselves as to the
advantages offered by this route of ship
ment, to aud from New York.
Boavdon Collegiate Institute. —We
are in receipt of the catologue of Bowdon
Collegiate Institute, located at Bowdon,
Carroll county, Ga., near the Alabama line-
Total number of students, 124—Georgia,
121; Texas, 1; Alabama, 2. This insti
tute had attained a high degree of success
previous to the war, at which time its
halls were closed, Faculty and pupils going
to the field. Since the war Prof. John M.
Richardson has been recalled to the Presi
dency, and is making every effort to build
up the institution, iindef a revised course
of instruction, to its former prosperity.-
Bowdon is remarkable for its good health,
pure atmosphere and excellent water, and
the entire expenses of an economical stu
dent need not exceed S3OO per annum.
Recorder’s Court. —Yesterday morn
ing, gam H- Morrison and S. Kempresson
were arraigned for violation of the 18th
section. The first named was slued $3 and
cost, agd the latter dismissed on payment
of costs.
A Truck Christening. —The firemen
find their friends of Athens, as we learn
from the Banner , liad a gala day on Tues
day, In the presentation and christening of
the new truck recently purchased by the
citizens for Pioneer Hook and Ladder Corn
puny. The presentation address was made
ii,i behalf of tlie citizens by Dr. R. Jll
Bmilh, and responded to by Rev. Mr.
Bulkhead for the company. The christen
ing of tlie apparatus was performed with
charming grace by Miss Gallic. (Y»hb, who,
iu dashing upon it a bottle of sparkling
champagne, said: “In the name of the
citizens of Athens I christen you tlie Pio
neer. Asa token of their appreciation of
Capt. Be usee, the members of tlie Pioneer
had procured a beautiful silver trumpet,
which was presented, in a most felicitous
address by Frank Lumpkin Esq., aud ap
propriately acknowledged by. Capt. Beusee.
The firemen returned to their hall aud, as
firemen will do on such occasions, “lagered.”
At night a fine collation was spread at
Town Hall, in which the firemeu aud their
friends participated. Music and a large
number of ladies wc-re present, and the
pleasures of the day were capped with a
merry dance.
Revenue Lock kor Distilleries. The
Commissioner of Internal Revenue lias, in
pursuance of the various provisions of the
law, prescribed the seal register lock, ma
nufactured by tlie Townsend Manufactur
ing Company, Buff alo, for use al distilleries
and bonded warehouses. They are furnish
ed at the expense of the owners of such
establishments. Collectors and assessors
are directed to ascertain vvlnit number of
those patent seal locks will be required in
the distilleries and warehouses in their re
spective districts. Many acts of careless
ness by the officers having in custody the
locks and keys have come to the knowledge
of the Internal Revenue Office, anil any of
ficer guilty of such negligence should be
promptly reported for dismissal. Distil-
fifthe doors onuritteft'
tlie locks are to be placed witli the requi
site hasps and staples, aud the internal
revenue officers are required to see that tlie
hasps are sufficiently strong and the staples
securely fastened.
Church Extension.— Workmen are bu
sily engaged in making an addition to the
rear or Bay street end of St. Paul’s (Epis
copal) Church. The addition is to be six
teen feet in length, and the full width of
the building sixty-two feet. This will give
the building an aggregate length of eighty
feet, and a width of sixty-two feet, consid
erably increasing the present capacity and
convenience of this church. The leading
feature of the preseut improvements is to
be a handsome memorial window, inserted
in the North end of the building, in com
memoration of Rev. Dr. E. E. Ford .the
beloved Pastor of St. Paul’s for many
years.
Progressing. —The work on the first
pier of the Charlotte, Columbia and Au
gusta Railroad bridge is progressing with
satisfactory rapidity. A couple of steam
pumps are in operation, exhausting tlie
water from within tlie dam, or rather con
fining it to such a level as will allow the
work to proceed without serious hindrance.
By excavation the point of foundation has
been reached, and a derrick is rapidly
swinging into position the huge granite,
boulders which are to form tlie base of the
pier. The first, or foundation tier, has
been almost completed, and in a few days
the pier will rise above the line of water,
when progress will lie more apparent.
Still on the Bar.-- The steamer Carrie
is still fast on Bugg’s Bar, notwithstanding
all her cargo has been unloaded on lighters
and thus brought to the city. From pres
ent indications, we understand that, she is
likely to remain grounded until a rise in
the river. The Katie .was compelled to de
posit her cargo, on her last up trip, on the'
Carrie, not king able to reach the city, and
return to Savannah. The Savannah Re
publican reports the return to that city, on
Thursday last, of the steamer Swan, which
was unable to cross Herschman’s Lake Bar
in consequence ot the low Wafer, which was
between eighteen inches and two feet deep,
and was compelled to ret urn to Savannah
with her Augusta freight aud passengers
Counterfeits. —Government detectives
have obtained possession of the lithograph
stone from which the live-dollar counter
felt greenbacks that have been extensively
circulated in the South and Southwest were
struck. It is estimated that from this stone
alone over half a million dollars of spu
rious notes have been printed. They have
also obtained possession of the stone from
which tin* counterfeit five dollar bills on the
Jewett National Bank, of Jewett, Conn ,
that were so extensively circulated a lew
months ago, were printed. The principals
of this extensive gang of counterfeiters are
now in custody.
A Relic from the Bottom of the
River. —A few days since, the workmen
engaged in laying tho foundation for a pier
of the Charlotte, Columbia and Augusta
Railroad bridge across the Savannah river,
at the toot of Washington street, threw up
from their excavations within the dam a
portion of a headstone inscribed : “In
memory of Miss Dolly Chambers, who died
March 28th, 1811.” It is uot improbable
that this stone is from the churchyard of
St. Paul’s (Episcopal) Church, in close
neighborhood to the point where it was
found, although this is mere conjecture.
The Next Thing —After determining
tt a policy of insurance, on your
property, it~sliould become a matter of
earnest inquiry as to the selection of a safe
and reliable company. To aid our rentiers
in disposing of this question, we refer them
to the prominent insurance advertisement
of Mr. William Shear, who represents
several of the most substantial and reliable
corporations engaged in taking risks, aud
respectfully commend him aud his compa
nies to the favorable consideration of those
who desire to insure.
Committed for Arson. —The negro
man, James Smith, arrested on susplciou
of firing the stable of Jim Parks, a colored
drayman, on Sunday night last, was regu
larly committed to jail, yesterday, on a
warrant alleging the crime of arson. A
preliminary examination of the accused
will take place on Monday morning.
Bound Over. —Justice Ells, yesterday
morning, announced his decision in the
Express robbery case, binding over W. C.
Hargrove in the sum of $2,000, for trial at
the next term of the Superior Court. The
requisite bond was filed by the fr iends o(
the defendant
An Acknowledgment of Liberality.
—Qn Tuesday, the Pioneer Hook and Lad
der Company of Athens adopted resolu
tions acknowledging the recent liberality
of the South Carolina and Georgia Rail
roads, in transporting their new truck
Without charge.