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CONSTITUTIONALIST.
AUGUSTA. GA.
TUESDAY MORNING, SEPT. 21, 1869
THE LOUISVILLE COURIER-JOURNAL.
We publish in our issue of to-day an ar
ticle headed “ Principles and Measures
taken from a recent number of the Courier-
Journal. We advise our readers to give it
a careful perusal. It has in it much that
challenges thought and reflection. With
the controversy between that paper*and
the press of Kentucky upon questions of
local policy wC have nothing to do. But
the article we refer to is of a general char
acter and addressed to the intellect of the
whole country and especially to the Demo
cratic party. It is, as will be seen, upon
subjects heretofore discussed iu these col
umns—subjects which are now agitating
the public mind everywhere. There are in
it several things which we highly approve;
while there are many more with which, we
regret to say, we cannot at all agree. The
deep interest we feel in the subject prompts
us to give, at some length, the reasons for
our dissent. Among the things referred to
as meeting our approval is the statement
that “ When the Democratic party finds it
“ self so feeble that it cannot bear to
“ have its condition and its prospects
“ freely and fairly discussed, it will be
“ lost indeed ! When its leaders are so
“suspicious of each other that they canno't
“ express their opinion on public affairs
“ without squabbling, they must be a poor
“ lot of discordant bigots. It is ouv pur
“pose to address the intelligence, not
“ the ignorance of the people, and to mea
“ sure our policy by a rule something a
“ little more extended than a rule of six
“inches. It gives us unfeigned satisfac
“ tion to discuss the mpst minute points of '
“ difference with those who will bring to
“their discussion the language of reason
“ and not the language of we
“ shall recognize no disputant who qfegins
“the controversy with an insolent Pa
s“ sault upon our intentions, and ends it
“ with a ridiculous effort to prove, not that
“ we are wrong, but that all the virtues of
“ the ancients take rise from the little vil
“ lage pinnacle where he sits with his neck
“ clothed with thunder. This sort of bom
“ bast has had its day. It no longer con
“ vinces right-thinking men. That which
“ reaches the minds and hearts of the pres
“ ent generation is the language of fact,
“ the language of business, the language of
“ the fireside, the language of conversation,
the language in use in every day life.”
All this, with very plight modifications,
be it understood in the beginning, we do
most heartily approve. Discussions upon
all subjects, when the object is to elicit
truth for. the instruction and benefit of
mankind, should be conducted in the man
ner here indicated. We are, therefore, for
the fullest and freest as well as fairest dis
cussion of the “ time-honored principles ”
of the Democratic party, as well as of all
“measures” or “issues” in which those
principles are involved. We are for the dis
cussion of them in the most liberal and
catholic spirit, believing with Jkffkksoni,
the great acknowledged head and founder
of the Party, that nothing may be appre
hended from error “ where reason is left
free to combat it.”
Now, in this spirit, and, for the purpose
of arriving at an important and essential
truth, let us inquire of the Courier-Journal
if it is a fact that Hamilton and Jefferson
were in perfect accord upon the “ princi
ples of Republican Government?” So says
the editor of the Courier-Journal , and most
of his article rests upon this and like as
sumptions. But how is the fact? It is
“the language of fact which reaches the
“ minds and hearts of the present genera
tion,” we are told. This, then, is just as it;
should be. We therefore repeat our ques
tion: Is it a fact that Hamilton and
Jefferson were in perfect accord upon
the principles of Republican Government ?
In answer to this question, we most re
spectfully join “ issue ” with the Courier-
Journal. The fact, as our history abund
antly and conclusively shows, is directly
the reverse of the statement here made.—
These two great men differed widely and
radically upon the “principles” which
should enter into the organie structure of
any rightly constituted Republican system
of government. They likewise differed
widely and radically in their views of the
“ principles ” upon which our Federal Re
public was founded. In the first place,
these two great party leaders differed
widely and radically in their views as to
the nature of the government which should
be instituted to take the place of the old j
articles of Union when, in 1786, it was
thought proper to revise them. Hamtl- ,
ton, for instance, was for doing away with :
the separate sovereignty of the several ;
States, and for merging all into one single \
consolidated Republic, with absolute ulti
mate pqwer to control in all things
throughout the entire country. Jeffer
son, on the contrary, was for so amending
the articles of Confederation in the new
Constitution ’as to remedy the evil com
plained of under the old one, and yetstill
keep the States united in a Fednsfii Re
public; still keep them “one mifnbn as to
all Foreign concerns,” Imt “ separate and
distinct in domestic ones ” —as had been
done’under th^prevjgUii 1 articles of Union.
Here wacrthe first essential difference be
tween them on the “ principles ” of our Re
publican Institutions.
When Hamilton failed to get the Con
vention that framed the present Federal
Constitution to adopt his views as to one
grand-single Republic; and after that body
continued tiie Federal system of a Union
of the Stales, according to the views of
Jefferson, then anotlter and equally wide
difference arose between them. A differ
ence again on “principle,” and noton mere
“ measures or “ issues,” if we have any
correct idea of wliat is meant by “ princi
ples ” in this connection.
Jefferson, for instance, opposed the
“ Alien ” and “ Sedition ” acts, not only on
the grounds of the impolicy of those “meas
ures,” bnt because they were in palpable
violation of the “ principles ” of the Federal
Constitution. His y|ews of the nature of the
Federal Government and the principles of its
organic structure, which were violated by
these acts or “ measures,” are'd,uly set forth
in his celebrated Kentucky Resolutions of
1798. It was upon these fundamental
“ principles ” of the Constitution, so set
forth by Mr. Jefferson, that the great
Democratic party was organized in 1798-99,
and upon which, under his lead, it so sig
nally triumphed in 1800, and under which
the country .so prospered for sixty years
afterward. Thifc difference between Ham
ilton and jEFFfcnsoN related not to
“ measures” only, or the “ issues” presented
by “ measures”; but they extended to the
organic “ principles” upon which the Gov
eminent itself was founded—'the “ princi
pies,” indeed, from which all of its powers
are derived.
Are not these great facia in our history
which ought to “ reach the minds and hearts
o£ the people of the present generation”—
and all generations hereafter?
. The Courier-Journal distinguishes be
tween “principles,” “measures” and “is
sues.” This is quite proper; and the real
distinction should ever be kept in mind in
discussions of this sort.
“ Principles” reside iu the structure of
the Government. “ Measures” are pro
posed acts of the Government under the
laws or “ principles” of the structure.
When such acts are proposed some may
approve while others will oppose them.
Thus is an “ issue” upon them presented for
the people to decide at the baMol box or
through their Representatives. This is all
very plain, business-like, fire-side, every
day conversational language. It is the
plain, direct language of sact —and, in the
same strain, we shall go on to say that
“ measures” are always to be considered in
two aspects: First, as to whether they
violate any principle of the organic law ;
or whether there is any authority in the
organic law for their adoption.
If there be authority for them, and no
violation of any “ principle” in the Consti
tution by their adoption, then they are to
be considered in respect to their general
policy and utility.
But, says the Courier-Journal, “ the Alien
and Sedition acts were measures.” That
most certainly is true; but were they got,
however, such “ measures ” as involved the
very foundation, “ principles ’’ upon which
the Government was based ? In thei*
adoption was there not an exercise of
power not delegated by the States under the
Constitution ? Were they not gross and
palpable violations of the “ principles ” of
the organic law? And though these and
other kindred acts of the Federal adminis
tration of that day were the immediate
cause of the organization of the Democratic
party, was not the party organized upon
the “ principles ” of the Government thus
violated by these “measures,” and not
against these measures themselves special
ly? Its organization was upon “ princi
ple which placed it in opposition to these
nrtdjgll kindred “ measures ” springing from
like mrarpaWowsof power; upon “ princi
ples ” which must as enduring
as the Government itselTT -
“ Measures,” right and proper at one
time, may not suit the tastes or interests
of people at other times. These may change
as the fashions of dress at different periods.
The “ issues ” presented by these changing
“ measures ” may properly enough be con-
sidered as (lead. But these principles upon
which the Democratic party was organized
can never die or change so long as the Gov
ernment in its present form remains.
There is a good deal more in the article
of the Courier-Journal which we should
like to notice if our space allowed. There
are several other facts to which the editor
refers, which we should like to bring to
“ the minds and hearts ” of our readers;
but we have already trespassed too much
upon their patience for the present. We
cannot, however, dismiss the subject, even
for the present, without expressfng our
surprise at the statement of the Courier-
Journal that “ the suppression of the re
bellion was a ‘ measure;’ ” there was no
“ ‘ principle’iu it at all!” No principle
involved in the claim aud exercise of Fed
eral Power to subjugate co-States in a
“ Confederated Republic!” We are not
satisfied that wc understand exactly what
is meant by this expression, and therefore
simply express our surprise at it as it
stands—coming from the source it does.
The drift of this argument of the Courier-
Journal, as we understand it, is that the
organization of the Democratic party of the
United States, from 1798 to this time, has
been upon “measures” and “issues” and
not upon “ principles;” and therefore the
articles of its creed should change with the
change of “ measures,” and the change in
the wants and interest of the people which
time in its progress effects. It is from this
view wc dissent utterly aud entirely. Its
organization is upon principles which can
never change except with a change in the
organic structure of the Government itself.
[From the Courier-Journal.
“ Principles’’ and “ Measures.”
Tlie most prevalent, and at the same
time the most natural error into which the
spread-eagleism of a past political genera
tion has lead tlie politician of our day, may
be described as a confusion of the meaning
and import of the term “principles”—
which are universal and apply to all parties
alike—and the term “ issues,” which belong
to particular sects and vary as they are
affected by the varying needs of different
periods and parties. It was a favorite re
sort of the inflated rhetoric that was in
fashion before the war, and is still cherished
in_ the country, to refer to the “ time
honored principles” of this or that political
fraternity, and the groundlings were wont
to roar as vociferously as they do when the
clown at a circus leaps into the middle of
the ling and cries, “ how are ye ?” There
is no wit in the words of the clown that
they should make us laugh, but there is
something worse than the want of wit in
the cant of the politician which should
make us grieve. For experience teaches us
this, if it teaches us anything, that we may
estimate the speakers and r
writers almost in anratio with the
fluency and freaueucy of their appeals to
“ priug||)!te£” "'tVhich they violate through
.their whole lives and conduct.
We desire to make our meaning so plain
and clear that we shall not be misconceiv
ed, though we are conscious of the motive
which many designing persons have to
misrepresent us.
Government, in the abstract, is a conces
sion on the part of the governed of certain
natural rights. The concession is made in
order that there may be some common law
to arbitrate between conflicting interests
which beget passion, and would beget
strife if there were not a restraining pow
er. This power is created by a necessity
which ail men admit when free from ex
citement. Thus “ law,” the fundamental
“ principle ” of government—before which
all parties should be equal, and to which
every party confesses its allegiance—is
founded in a passionless sense of public 1
safety. Parties take their rise from this i
normal condition. They seldom differ as
to the “ principles ”of the law. They di
vide upon their construction of the law,
and upon such regulations as they consider
essential to separate occasions. In this
way “ measures " come to be discussed.—
These in their turu produce “ issues.” Pol
itics are, therefore, not the common law of
the land, bnt the business of the country.
They do uot change their nature, but they
undoubtedly change their aspects from
time to time.
There aue conflicting “ principles ” of po
litical economy growiug out of the conflict
ing pretensions of imperial, monarchical
and republican governments, but there is
hardly any difference as to “ principles ”
among political economists of the same
school. If they disagree at all their disa
greements relate to measures. Hamilton
and Jefferson were in perfect accord upon
the “principles” of republican govern
ment; both were sincere republicans; but
they differed in opinion as to points of ex
pediency, relating to the powers of the
States, and necessary to the protection and
perfection of the system to which both were
devoted. Two parties in consequence di
vided upon two sets of “ measures,” not
two sets of “ principles.”
The struggle was continued unequally
ibr twenty-five years. Had Jackson been
a Federalist the likelihood is that it would
have culminated in a war between the
States and the Government thirty-six years
ago, and in that event we should have at
this time either a strong military system,
prefacing imperialism or monarchy, or we
should have a series 'of independent States
such as followed the great Germanic com
bustion of the last century. But Jackson,
albeit a Union man, was a States’ rights
Democrat, and he so modulated and blend
ed the authority of the Government and the
powers of the States as to carry the masses
of the people with him and postpone the
day of trial. But he arrayed against him a
progressive school of politicians, who, It'd
ou by Calhoun, promulgated a “ measure”
of secession not contemplated by Jefferson,
and when this “ measure ” (not “ princi
ple ”) came to be applied, Lincoln was not
strong enough to repeat the part performed
by Jacksou, aud a civil w-ar was the conse
quence.
The “ measure ” of secession was unsuc
cessful, and the Democratic party, which,
as a natinnal organization, was never com
mitted to it, reformed itself upon a distinct
repudiation of it. In like manner slavery
was a “ measure,” not a “principle.” In
like manner “ hard money ” was a “ meas
ure,” not a “ principle.”
Taking the other side for example, we
find the same inconsistency as to “ meas
ures,” which must inevitably change from
time to time as changes come over the con
dition of the country and the needs of the
people. The “ alien ” and “ sedition ” acts
were “ measures.” The “ United States
Bank ” was a “ measure.” The tariff alone,
the most important topic which can be dis
cussed by politicians, has given rise to
innumerable “ measures.” The “ suppres
sion of the rebellion” was a “measure.”
There was no “ principle ” in it at all; for
failure to suppress the rebellion would
have created ail entirely different view of
the situation. The effort to establish the
Southern Confederacy was a “measure.”
If it had succeeded it would have been all
right; but, as it did not succeed, it is pro
nounced, and that too by the entire Demo
cratic party iu the North, all wrong.
We have recently shown how the Re
publicans set out to subjugate nobody and
ended by a system of reconstruction so
despotic that nothing short of the restora
tion of the Democratic party to power in
the Government will set aside its evils.
We have also shown that the “measure” of
State sovereignty on which the South went
to war did not prevent the passage of a
conscript law and an act of impressment
that actually annulled the powers of the
States. The restoration of the Union was
a “measure,” not a “principle,” and when
the party in power saw that the restora
tion of the Union would be the restoration
of the rebels to power and perhaps the
overthrow of themselves, they changed the
“issue” under the preteuse that it was inex
pedient and uuwise to restore the rebels.
The success of the Confederacy demanded
more troops; they could not be obtained
on the volunteer plan; the States could not
be relied on separately to furnish them;
and b ence the conscription, which was a
more-important “measure” than State
soveretejoty*' -
But in order to carryOTlAUiaae various
and inconsistent “measurSP’—each of
which was doubtless right in its season, no
matter how it conflicted with other “meas
ures-.” whrch were doubtless equally right
under a different condition—the politicians
did not submit their propositions in a
plain, dispassionate manner; but, assuming
that the people are ignorant and that they
can be best reached through their passions,
they set up the old cry about “ principles.”
In the North and in the South there was
an overflow of buncombe, and at this mo
ment there is not one speech in ten which
proceeds upon the only “ principle ” that
can be applied to public affairs, to-wit:
that politics are business, that interest lies
at the foundation of them, and that their
sole purpose is to secure, as tlfe times re
quire, “ the greatest good to the greatest
number.”
One might as well talk of time-honored
pantaloons as time-honored principles.
Good cloth is good, no matter how old it
may be ; but is it good to all men alike ?
Fashions change, and different classes pre
fer different fashions. Herein lies the dis
tinction between “ principles ” aud “ meas-
Principles are like cloth which all
men value as cloth. Measures are like
fashions which are suited to the liking of
tlie wearer. Blue cloth is as good now as
it was.a hundred years ago ; but we do not
cut it swallow-tailed, nor trim it'with brass
buttons and buff 'acings. Hal’d money was
splendid when we could get it; but just
now, as we cannot get it, wc are trying to
pay our honest debts with greenbacks.
The Old-line Whigs deluded themselves
into a state of dissolution over such dead
issues as a national bank and a high tariff.
Every effort on the part of such sagacious
leaders as Toombs and Stephens and Wise
and Cushing, to get the party out of its old
rut and put it on tenable ground, proved
abortive. So it went to pieces, as it de
served to go, and some of its elements
merged into the advancing issue of States’
Rights, whilst others allied themselves to
the advancing issue of anti-slavery.
The party which deceives itself with the
idea that' it is fighting for a “ principle ”
will find, if it refuses to consider the play
of events that call up anil cast down
“ measure ” after “ measure,” and “ issue ”
upon “ issue,” that it has been left behind
by the progress of those practical necessi
ties, which have more weight with the mass
es of men than the oldest and most cher
ished abstractions. It will find itself grow
ing less and less able to advocate, much
less to carry out its “ principles.” It will
find that new conditions have begotten new
exigencies ; that boys have grown up with
new ideas; that the world has moved whilst
it has stood still.
This is the lesson of liberalism which we
wish to impress upon Kentucky. We de
sire to go no faster than our neighbors.—
Our interest is their interest; and whatev
er they decide to be best will be best with
us. That which we claim, and that which
we mean to assert on all occasions, in the
right to do our own thinking, and to make
public our own estimate of current affairs
as they rise up around us and about us,
and around our people who are to be so
seriously affected by them. That which
we shall combat is the ignorant and un
democratic effort tq stifle debate, or to
keep it within a certain narrow circle not
big enough for an ordinaryjUftUi dice to
move inA^ypa^orJtJig^"pray ofmtelk'cW
and thjf march' of events. When the De
jnocratlc party finds itself so feeble that it
cannot bear to have its condition apd its
prospects freely and fairly discussed, it
will be lost indeed. When its leaders are
so suspicious of eaeh other that they can
not express their opinion of public affairs
without squabbling, they must be a poor
lot of timid and discordant bigots. It is
'our purpose to address the intelligence,
uot the ignorance of the people, and to
measure our policy by something a little
more extended than a rule of six inches.
It gives us unfeigned satisfaction to dis
cuss the most minute points of difference
with those who will bring to the discus
sion the language of reason and not the
language of passion. Rut we shall recog
nize no disputant who begins the contro
versy with an insolent assault upon our
intentions and ends it with a ridiculous ef
fort to prove, not that we are wrong, but
that all the wisdom and all the virtue of
the ancients take their rise from the little
village pinnacle where be sits with his
neck clothed in thunder. This sort of
bombast has had its day. It no longer
convinces right-thinking men. That which
reaches the minds and hearts of the pres
ent generation is the language of fact, the
language of business, the language of the
fireside, the language of conversation, the
language we use iu every-day life.
We make no effort to be more angelic
than the angels. We have no ambition to
be considered more virtuous than it is pos
sible for human nature to be. Our expe
rience has lead us to distrust those Who
protest too much; who are eager to display
their superior integrity and to question
that of their neighbors. I,ike a certain
order of prophets, they deceive qs with
false lights. Humility is an ingredient of
political as of religious faith ; and, pursu
ing its suggestions, little more is needed of
the journalist than thorough openness and (
a fair average of eomrnon sense. He who
claims more than these is either pretentious
and untrue, or else he is so blinded by 311
idea or a prejudice as to be an unsafe coun
sellor in public affairs, which, like pr'uvatc
business, must be regulated by conditions
and events.
South Georgia and Florida Railroad.
—The first section of this road was in
spected, approved and received by the
State and the Atlantic and Gulf Railroad
Company, on Saturday last, and the bonds
of the State will now be issued to the same
for SBB,OOO. — IJutmmville Enterprise, 15th.
The Memphis papeis state that an im
mense quantity of cotton in that section
will be lost for want of pickers.
Further About the Railroad Acci
dent. —Having already published the lead
ing particulars of the accident on the South
Carolina Railroad, we only compile a few
additional details from the account pub
lished by our Charleston cotemporarics:
Mr. Thos. 11. Symes, the Express Messen
ger, forced an entrance into the baggage
car, opened the Express safe, andiaimd great
danger, succeeded iu saving almost every
dollar of the money under his charge,
amounting, it is said, to abont SII,OOO.
On Saturday aud Sunday exaggerated
rumors as to the amount of damages suffer
ed by the company were in circulation.—
It is ascertained, however, that the. loss is
not heavy, as was at first supposed, being
sustained chiefly in the destruction of the
rolling stock. The en ine, the “Win. C.
Dukes,” and the wood work of ten freight
cars, were totally destroyed. An examina
tion of the freight list shows that the freight
consisted of three car loads of salt and oth
er heavy merchandize for country use, of no
great value.
The names of the passengers aboard who
made such a narrow escape from death
are: D. Ravenel, Jr., and lady, child and
servant, E. T. Jervey, A. C. Kaufman, W.
H. Dura, Charleston; Mrs. T. S- Budd and
child. Miss Anna.T. Fickling, W. D. Peck,
Columbia; J. C. Mackerel!, Blackstock:
John Nellighan, G. W. Conner, Baltimore;
J- W. Perkins, Augusta; S. M. Bunch,
Union; Mrs. H. H. Odot, Spartanburg; J.
W. Provost, Charleston.
The remains of the deceased engineer and
fireman arrived in Charleston Sunday
morning, after which a coroner’s inquest
was held by Coroner Whiting.
THE TESTIMONY.
As the evidence taken before the jury of
inquest may be interesting, we publish the
substance of it:
Mr. W. H. Evans, who was the conduct
or ou the train, testified that the accident
occurred about four o’clock Saturday morn
ing. The first intimation he-had was the
concussion felt in his car: At the time he
was standing in the side door, aud he im
mediately called out to one of his train
hands to put on the brakes. The brakes
were immediately applied, which had the
effect of stopping those cars left on the
trestle. As soon as the cars stopped he
got down into the swamp and proceeded
in the direction of groans, which were aud
ible. He met Charles Burns, the fireman,
with T. S. Symes, the Express Messenger;
he assisted Burns to the trestle, and get
ing one of his sleeping chairs, he, with the
assistance of some of the passengers, haul
ed him up. At this time Mr; Evans states
that the groans of the engineer, Mr. Har
grave, were quite audible, and Mr. Symes
and two of the train hands went to him.
At this time a number of explosions oc
curred, causeijby the fije conimunicatlng
to kerosene aud whisky freight.
After getUffg Mr. Burns iu, the conductor
uncoupled his cars from the burning train
and went with an axe to endeavor to ex
tricate the engineer. Owing to tlie fact,
however, that he was jammed between two
pieces of iron, this was impossible. The
body of Mr. Gilbert was not found until
after the tender was burnt. Ten loaded
and two empty cars aud the baggage car,
with the baggage, mail aud Express goods
were burned, the conductor’s and passen
ger’s cars being the only ones saved. The
flames were communicated to the train al
most immediately after the run off, and
tlie cars were one complete mass of ruin.
When the witness met Mr. Bums he told
him that there was a tree across the track.
The witness is of the opinion that the tree
was rotten at the root and heart, and fell
across the track; saw nothing to warrant
the belief that it was designedly felled. It
was three feet in diameter, one of the larg
est trees in the swamp. The location of
the accident was aoout three-fourths of a
mile oil the Columbia side of the bridge.
Mr. W. J. Seyles, one of tlie train hands,
testifies that he felt the concussion referred
to, and upon the order of the conduct
or, put on tlie brakes. As soon as the
cars were stopped, tlie witness and some
other persons went down in the swamp
and in the direction of the engine. Me
saw Mr. Burns sitting on a log, who told
him to go to the assistance of the engineer.
He went, and when they approached Mr.
Hargrave asked them to dig him ouf. They
found some spades, a portion of the freight,
and attempted to do so, but found it im
possible; witness ther^went to Kingsville
for assistance, where he found two men
and returned witli them ; when he return-;
eil to the swafnp the engineer was burnt.
Witness examined the«tree across tlie track
and found it hollow. It showed no marks
of ail axe- Did not see Mr. Gilbert until
the wreck of the cars were burned. He
then found his remains in the ashes* along
side of the tender; witness assisted in
bringing the bodies to town.
James Maguire, another train hand, tes
tifies that the train was going at the slow
rate usual jp crossing trestles, when he
felt the shock api| put ou the brakes.
When he alighted iu the swamp after the
train had stopped, he heard the cries in the
direction of the engine. He then went to
wards the cries with Mr. (feyles. They
approached the engineer, and tore out some
of the mud and dirt that was under him
with their hands. They subsequently took
spades, but were unable to make any head
way ou account of tpe iron that was on
him and the wood that was under him.
Witness then sent Mr. Seyles after help ;
Mr. Hargrave was then perfectly sensible,
and was asking tlie bystanders to help him
out. Witness then obtained a lever, and
endeavored, unsuccessfully, to extricate
Mr. Hargrave. Iu about fifteen minutes
the fire commenced. He then went to the
passenger coach, and found a lot of pas
sengers on the trestle trying to break open
the baggage car to obtain their baggage.
They made reply, but did not come. He
was forced to leave Mr. Hargrave in con
sequence of the he, a -t of the "fire. He ex
amined the tyee across tip: track, and found
it rotten in the heart. It was about three
feet in diameter; uo marks of an axe were
visible. ‘ ' ■ ''
After hewing the evidence, the jury re
tjjypj*|lthq!fo'ltowing verdict:
“That the deceased .came tb their deaths
by the accidental running off ofthe engine
and train in Congaree swamp, caused by
the accidental falling of a tree across the
track, on the morning of the 18th instant.”
S. Hargrave, who is thirty-five
years of age, and has been eohnC'Ctfcd with
the railroad for several years past, leaves a
wife and one child. His wife is a daughter
of Captain W. 11. Casson, of Columbia.—
He was well-skilled, prudeut and regarded
as a number one engineer. It is stated that
the deceased insured his life for $5,000 a
few weeks ago.
Janies Gilbert is about twenty-three l
years of age. He also leaves a wife and
child.
It is understood that a large force has
hem; constantly at work repairing the dam
age tq the tie*tie during Sunday and yes
terday, and that trains lyill, in all proba
bility, be able to pass over to-day.
(since the above was in type, we have
learned that a train passed over the trestle 1
at 3 o’clock, p. nj., yesterday, Passengers,
therefore, need have no misgivings as to
making close Northern connections by this
route, as heretofore.
A Proposed Tax on Cotton. A cor
respondent oi tlie Baltimore Sun, writing
from Washington, says:
~ u prosperity of the South warrants
the statement that the internal revenue re
ceipts Irom that section ijrjjl be nearly fifty
per cent, greater for the present # S cal year
than tor the last year. Among the modifi
cations of the revenue law that wdl un
doubtedly be recommended to the next Con
gress will be a tax of one per cent, per
pound PU cotton. It is believed that sueli
tfa {"“f, flfteen million dollars
Ini “i s * IS P re sumed, is cogi
tated with a view of relieving Northern
manufacturers, and would
Congressmen to the extent of enabling them
n ° f th f ,aw ini P° Bi "S
Death of Wm. M- Riley, Eso.-We re
gret to learn that William M. Riley, Esq
for many years Ordinary of : Bibb county!
died at his residence, near this city, on
Saturday morning, at 4 o’clock. Mr. Riley
was a good cLtizen, and made an efficient
officer, and his loss will bedfeeply regretted
by many friends and relatives. His disease
was consumption His remains were
buried by the Odd Fellows, on Sunday af
ternoon, at 4 o clock, in Rose Hill Cem
etery.—Macon Journal and Messenger. /
f fiom tho New Eclectic Magazine for October.
Little Mosses, Golden Mosses.
Gray Earth’s pets, I love you well, »
Little mosses, golden mosses :
Would that I had words to toll
Hall your beauty, darling mosses!
In the leafy forest bowers,
In the meadows, gay with flowers,
We, in pride of Summer hours,
Overlook you, little mosses,
Wheu autumnal wiu.ls are sighing—
Little mosses, golden mosses—■_
When the clouds aud leaves are flying,
Are ye fearful, little mosses ?
Rains that ruiu Summer’s care,
Frosts that uip the blossoms fair,
Winds that strip the branches bare,
Will not harm their little mosses.
Wheu the Earth lies cold and dead—
Little mosses, golden mosses—
’Neath her suowy shroud outspread
Close ye nestle, little mosses.
Smiles the sun back, as he spies
Through the suow your merry eyes
Laughing to tho wintry skies,
Brave and happy little mosses ?
Ah, 1 would my heart could reach—
Little mosses, golden mosses—
Half the lesson you eau teach
Os patient courage, little mosses :
Os the quiet hopes that last
Whch the sky is overcast—
Memories of the Summer past,
And trust iu spring-time, little mosses !
W*. Hand Browne.
General Items.
Personal vanity led a fellow in New Or
leans to eat castile soap for the purpose of
removing freckles.
Cyrus Northrop (col ) has written a for
mal letter declining the position of Presi
dent of the Alabama State University.
A Mr. Roberson, of South Carolina, was
prospecting in Alexandria, Va., last week,
for a site upon which to establish a large
boot and shoe tactory.
The Agricultural Fair, at Opelika, Ala.,
has been postponed until the second day of
November. Great preparations are being
made, and a fine display may be expected
at that time.
The Democratic Executive Committee of
Mississippi have decided not „o hold a con
vention, impressed with the belief that the
people of the State were entirely deoiled
and united upon a support of the National
Union Republican ticket.
A bad state of ali'airs is reported in
Smith county, Teun. On Tuesday a man
was beaten to death with a club not far
;rom Carthage, and ■ tire next day another
was horribly cut about the head with a
pistol. It is reported that a gang of despe
radoes and ruffians have sworn that they
will either kill or drive out of the comity
.every man who served in the Federal army.
■«Oate
accepted by the people, al7ililgat.es all stay
laws and prohibits the Legislature from
passing any in loture to stay the collection
of debts. It is probable that had this been
made public during the canvass the debtor
class would have succeeded in defeating
the constitution. As it is now, the pro
vision will fall with crusiiiutr weight on a
large portion of the people. The debts, in
many instances, are in favor of Northern
creditors.
Petersburg, Va., is about to enter vigor
ously on the enterprise of opening up navi
gation to its doors. The feasibility of the
project has just been pronounced upon by
Mr, Byrd, ail able engineer, who has pre
pared a plan, with specifications and esti
mated cost, for the permanent straighten
ing and deepening of the channel of the
Appomattox from Petersburg to a distance
of eight miles, where a sufficient depth of
water is already found for all ordinary
craft.
A Brutal Murder— A Man’s Head
Severed from iiis Body with an Axe.—
We made mention several days ago of the
arrest of a man named Richard Dove, by
Detectives Starkey and Funston, charged
with murdering a man at Poplar Springs,
below Clarksville.
The particulars of this murder came to
hand yesterday, and the facts, as elicited,
prove it to bo one of the most brutal char
acter. The killing occurred on the night
of the first Wednesday in August, at Poplar
Spring colliery in Montgomery county, and
the victim was a man named William Dig
gons. The parties, it appeared, lived to
gether In the same houuo, and had quar
relled during the day about a woman.
That night Dove arose when Diggons was
asleep, and approaching the bed with an
axe in his hand, struck "the fatal blow, and
severed his head from his body. Not satis
fied with this fiendish act of brutality, he
afterwards cut off a hand and a foot.
Dove remained in the neighborhood for a
day or two, declaring his intention to kill
his wife and some others whom he named,
but left that part of the country without
executing the threat. He came to Edge
field, and remained about the premises of
his mother for a few days. Information of
the murder was conveyed to Starkey 'aud
Fanston, who, knowing Dove, went to
work, traced him to Edgefield, and finally
captured him in the-market house in this
city on Saturday last, and had him com
mitted to jail.
Yesterday the prisoner was delivered
over to J. C. Reid, deputy sheriff of Mont
gomery county, upon a bench warrant
from Judge J. E. Rice, and the officer, with
the prisoner in charge, left on the 3, p. m„
train for Clarksville'yesterday- Dove is a
man about 35 or 38 years of age, and for
years past has borne a bad character.
[Nashville Union & American, 16/A.
A High-Handed Proceeding— A Wo
man Struck Down by an Officer of the
Law.— On Saturday, Mr. B. Doscher, who
resides in Percy street, appeared before
Magistrate Mackey, and made an affidavit
for the arrest of one T. P. Bunch, on the
following charge: It appears that there
had been some litigation between Mr.
•gftoschef ' apd other pajjjjgs, which took
place On Satur
mornlng T- P. Bunch, acting a§ thc'CStt
stable of Magistrate Bunch', appeared at
the residence of Mr. Doscher, while he was
absent from home, for the purpose of levy
ing on a horse. He broke open the gate
and demanded the horse of Mrs. Doscher.
The demand being refnsed, the affidavit,
states that he hit Mrs. D., knocked her
down, nnd when she attempted to rise,
brandished a knife and threatened to kill
her. He then proceeded to cut the halter,
and carried off the horse. He was arrested
on this affidavit and carried before Magis
trate Mackey, who investigated the case, ;
and sene Bunch to jail in default of SSOO
bail. The bail\yas sulwecjnently furnished
and this belligerent constable released from
custody. The charges against him are
malicious trespass and assault ancl battery
with intent to kill.— Charleston Courier.
James’ Twin Cot.ton.—The Greenville
Times thus describes this new species of
cotton:
“ This variety of cotton, which is to
give fame and fortune to its discoverer, if
it shall stand the test of successful experi
ment, has bolls considerably larger than
ordinary cptton, and a staple longer than
tlie Peeter. One striking peculiarity of
this variety consists in the fact that the
stalks have no limbs. The cottqy freaks
out in clusters from the stalk, and some
times there are from seven to ten bolls in
one cluster. Mr. James is confident that
he can gather four bales from one acre of
this cotton. He lias no seed to spare, as
he had but thirteen rows planted; but
from these lie intends to select the best
seed, qmd, pext year, if his cotton proves
to be as gqqd as he thinks it will, he will
introduce the seed ”
Singular Death. —Col. Harasthy, a
wealthy Californian, formerly President of
the great Buena Vista Vinicnltural Society,
met with his death in a singular manner
UOt long since. He had removed to Cen
tral America, where he had obtained from
the Government a valuable franchise for
the manufacture of disWUeiJ liquors for
twenty years, and, while looking tor a pilll
site along one of the little Nicaragua water
courses, he fell in the stream and was de
voured by alligators.
T — '"W-> T'
Direct Trade. —We noticed, some days
ago, a shipment of 10,000 bushels of wheat
made by Charles Howard from this port
direct for Liverpool. The same gentleman
is now loading the Prussian bark Rhea, at
City Point, with 35,000 bushels of wheat
for the same port. —Richmond Dispatch.
State Items.
Columbus is bard up for change bills,
and is substituting due bills.
The Eagle Factory, at Columbus, after
a susi»ensiou pf a few days,.on account of
low water, has resumed o[>erations.
In Savannah, some wag posted a Solo
niou’s Bitters poster exactly over a guano
sign under the Bluff 1 , and it now reads:
“ For dyspepsia, use Solomon’s Bitters and
Pacific Guano.”
The Bainbridge Argos reports the death
of Mrs. Mann, last week, over eighty years
old.
The Rome Commercial reports Messrs. J.
D. Adams; R. D. Brown and W. L. Brown,
of North Carolina, in that city for the past
three days looking for a locality on which
to erect a tobacco factory.
A colored child was found in a well
seventy feet deep, near Americus, ou
Thursday. The body was much decayed.
Thought to have been thrown in the well
while alive by its unnatural mother, a
negro girl.
Col. John A. Wimpy, it is reported by
the Dahlonega Signal, has received from
the Governor a certificate of electiou from
thfe fith District to Congress, ami will go
to Washington at the meeting of Cougress
to take his seat.
Eugene Davis has resigned the position
oPprivate secretary of Gov. Bullock, aud
will return to New York. H. C. Corson,
of New York, has been appointed to the
position occupied by Mr. Davis.
Dr. G. K. Hamilton, of Stone Mountain,
informs the Atlanta Constitution of the
birth of a male child in DcKalb county, a
few nights since, twenty-six inches long,
head measuring eighteen inches around,
and weighing fifteen pounds. Both boy
aud mother are doing well.
The Atlanta Constitution learns that some
unknown parties have of late, on several
occasions, placed rails, cross-ties, ami even
iron rails, across the track of the Macon
and Western Railroad, about forty miles
irom that city. The heartless wretches, if
caught, should be severely punished.
The Atlanta Era has been shown a very
rich specimen of gold-bearing quartz, by
Dr. Jesse Boring. This specimen came from
Forsyth County, about two and a half miles
from Camming, in this State, and will yield
very well.
The Savannah papers report the arrest
and commitment to jail iu that city, on
Friday, of Richard Nelson, charged with
the murder of L. A. Gouldiug, of Gordon,
Wilkinson county, a few days ago.
The Macon Telegraph reports that 811,
bales of cotton were sold iu that markka
on Friday, on an improving. markaflT An
advaneg of wttsestablTshed dur
ing thjfclay. The receipts also were heavy,
Sftd.amounted to G4O bales.
The Newnau Herald says: From conver
sations with many farmers, from different
sectioiis of the county, we are convinced
that the corn crop is a medium one, but not
enough will be produced to supply the
wants of the people. The cotton crop has
been cat short at least half.
_ Tiie Macon Telegraph says: Avery expe
rienced planter who lias been looking at the
crop in Houston, says ho has never seen a
more perfect failure in tiiat county. He will
pick a half less than lie expected, and in his
opinion the whole cotton crop of Middle
and Southwestern Georgia will be gathered
by the last of October.
The Rome Commeixial reports that the
rolling mill in tiiat city will go into opera
tion in about two weefys. The foundry, for
casting purposes, is being enlarged to
twice its present capacity. Orders for
1,200 car wheels on hand. One hundred
required to run the works.
The sentence of Henrietta Grier, who
murdered a white girl most brutally, near
Macon, to get possession of about two or
three dollars; has been commuted. A well
established plea of insanity can be the only
justification of Executive interposition in
such a case, 'the murder was clearly
proved, and almost, unparalleled in atrocity.
About half-past one o’clock yesteivLy
evening, a fire broke out in the cotton ware
house cf Mr. Thomas Byrne, at Jonesboro’.
The warehouse was completely destroyed,
together with 58 bales of cotton. At the
time the train left, there were apprehen
sions that the fire would be communicated
to other buildings.— Atlanta Era, 19/A.
The Savannah Advertiser says the exports
of cotton to Northern ports from that city,
on Saturday, by steamship, was the
heaviest of the season, amounting to 5,211
bales upland and 6 bales sea island cotton,
viz: To New York, 3,274 bales upland
and 6 bales sea island; to Philadelphia,
934 bales upland ; to Baltimore, 1,003 bales
upland.
The trustee of the Georgia State Me
morial Association, Miss Mary J. Green, in
a card to the citizens of Marietta, acknovvl
edges the receipt from various sources of
$4,000, and says: “ With this amount I
tiave removed to the cemetery here the re
mains of 1,125 Confederate soldiers from
the battle fields of Northern Georgia, and
have endeavored to beautify their last rest-
Sce in a manner that wonld accord
ic wishes and tastes of our people.—
hough the utmost economy has been
the expenditure of the money, the
treasury is now almost exhausted, and I
am compelled to appeal to you, citizens of
Marietta, feeling sijre tljat your generous
hearts wdt prompt; you to come to my as
sistance.”
Charleston Boss.—From tljo Courier,
of yesterday, we get the following:
The latest Radical joke is that a Demo
crat was found on Saturday morning hang
ing by his heels on a picket fence near a
Republican’s pantry.
There is a white man in the city S4 years
old, whose relatives are wealthy, and who
has been staying in the Alms House.
It is rumored that the $6,000 voted to
the Sisters of Mercy by the City Council,
will be paid over in a few days.
One hundred and eighty dollars were
collected yesterday, at St. John’s Evangeli
cal V^hu rcli, in aid of the sufferers by the
A railroad areldent T&eurfftcUmii Satur
day morning near the city, on the Simth
Carolina Railroad ; four cars were thrown
from the track and demolished. Cause, a
defective rail.
H. G. Brown, for drumming for the
house of Lord & Robinson, Baltimore, Md.,
was arrested Saturday, but compromised
by paying the tax on the salt's he had ef
fected.
Mr. M. Goldsmith, on Friday night last,
while handling a pistol, accidentally shot
himself in the hand. Injuries not serious.
Departure qf Steamships — The steam
ship lines were nnqsnnlly ; busy op Satur
day, shippers and others making every ef
fort to secure freights Northward.
The steamship San Salvador, Capt. Nick
erson, sailed for New York yesterday after
noon, with 1,740 bales of upland and 6 bales
Sea Island cotton, besides several casks of
rice and other merchandise.
The steamship Huntsville, for New York,
carried 1,564 bales cotton.
The steamship America, which left for
Baltimore, was freighted with 1,003 bales.
The steamship Touawanda, for Philadel
phia', took 934 bales of the staple.
The total exports for the day amounted
to 5;217 bales, including 6 bales Sea Island
cotton. —Rapajinalf tyetis'’ 11
The Coasting Trade.— The early and
large arrivals of cotton at this port has
caused much activity in freights North by
steam, and all our ships go full. The
steamships Champion and Saragossa sailed
on Saturday for New York, the former
witli 1,780 bales, and the latter with 810
bales cotton. Ou Friday the steamship
Falcou departed for Baltimore with 507
bales! and the Prometheus for Philadel
phia, with 409 bales qf cotton and other
general merchandise. Tlje shipfc’coding
this way are all at this Cifle bringing
heavy cargoes, and business in coasting
steam freights was never more active.
| Charleston News.
Savannah and Charleston Railroad.
—The work °f rebuilding the Savannah
and Charleston Railroad is going on quiet
ly but vigorously. We learn thpt the
bridge across the river above this city and
the entire line of road will be' rebuilt by
the first of December. Its completion will
shorten the time North by land about
twelve hours, besides reopening a portion
of South Carolina that has been virtually
closed to the outside world since the end
of late war. —Savannah News.
BY TELEGRAPH.
New ¥ork Stock loosing Quotations.
REPORTED BY HOYT & GARDNER.
New York, Septemlier 20— p. M.
1 lie following are the closing quotations
this day:
American Gold .... 1371/
Adams Express .
New York Central ....201$
Hudson River jgo *
Cleveland and Pittsburg 106%
. Chicago and North Western 75%
Chicago and North Western, pref 86%
Milwaukee and St. Pauli... 73
Milwaukee and St. Paul, pref '.. 82%
Lake Shore 97%
Chicago and Rock Island 109%
Toledo, Wabash & Western 63
Toledo, Wabash & Western, pref..... 80%
New Jersey Central 101
Pittsburg & Fort Wayne..,...; 86%
Ohio and Mississippi 31%
Hanibal and St. Joseph 117%
Hanibal & St. Joseph, pref .116
Tennessee, old 61 %
Tennessee, new 55%
Georgia Sevens.. ... 89
North Caroliua, old 42
North Carolina, new •.. .. 47%
Alabama Eights 92
Alabama Fives 83
Missouri Sixes 86%
Pacific Mail 75%
Western Union Telegraph 36%
Stocks firm. Gold strong.
LAesociated Press Dispatches.
WASHINGTON.
Washington, September 19.—The Secre
taries are all here. Grant returns on Thurs
day. The Cabinet meets Friday.
Washington, September 20— Noon.—It'
is believed here that Sumner, iu the Massa
chusetts State Convention, will take strong
grounds in favor of Cuban recognition. It
is thought that public pressure will com
pel the Cabinet to take some decisive action
on Friday. .
Foreign Miscellany. —The Bishop of Exe
ter is dead, aged 9L
One hundred and twenty and
several hundred seamen were injured by
the late English gale. J
It is rumored that JX apoleon telegraphs
the French it Washington that
Frauce dewtoPMlWy Spain should retain
js4hlba. V ;
The embarkation of reinforeements for
Cuba lias commenced. It is confidently
stated that Topete commands the fleet.
Prim reaches Madrid to-morrow.
Negotiations for marriage with Montpen
sier’s daughter improves the chances of
Duke Genoa for the Spanish throne.
Washington, September 20—P. M.—
Revenue to-day, $621,000.
Louis Brush has been reappointed Special
Deprecation Agent of the Post Office De
partment.
The small note famine will be partially
relieved after the first of October.
Secretary Boutwell, Commissioner De
lano and Colonel Capron, have accepted
invitations to visit the Georgia State Fair,
which takes place at Macon, oif the 16th of
November. A steamer will leave here early
in November, for Savannah, where the par
ty will take a special train for Macon.—
Other prominent Government officials will
probably attend the Fair.
The aggregate specie feserve of the Na
tional Banks of the United States is over
seventeen millions.
It is rumored that Ames asks four days
for the Mississippi election.
FOREIGN.
London, September 20. —The Post, this
morning, says: “It appears that America
only made friendly representations to the
Madrid Government in favor of the rea
sonable demands of Cuba. Probably Na
poleon’s advice to the Regency is, that
Spain should act considerately towards
Cuba, and so disarm American influence.
The French Government favors a concilia
tory policy at Madrid and non-intervention
at Washington.”
The Standard says that Prim’s attempt
to induce England and France to join in a
protectorate for Cuba has totally failed.
The Paris correspondent of the Times
says tiiat the Emperor’s recovery lias caus
ed a lull in the fiery debate which has be
gun between the party of the Empress and
the Mends of Prince Napoleon. The rival
ry already displayed by each faction gives
a foretaste of what is in store for France
when the death of the Emperor lets his
family loose, and gives up the State to their
unseemly discords.
Lisbon, September 20.—A Rio Janeiro
steamer has arrived. Advices report the
capture of Ascurra Peribebin. Lopez fled.
The news causes rejoicing. Buenos Ayres,
Montevedio and Rio Janeiro were illumi
nated.
LOUISIANA.
New Orleans, September 20—Suit
has been entered in the Uuited States Cir
cuit Court against General James B. Steed
man, ex-internal Revenue Collector for this
district, and If Is sureties, by the United
States District Attorney, for over six hun
dred thousand dollars, which amount, after
adjustment of accounts by the proper
officer, is found to be due by Steedman, as
tax collector, to the Government.
Ex-Colieetor qf Customs, Fuller, was
brought here from St. Louis, eharged with
complicity in the three million ring swindle
on the Government. He was admitted to
bail in the sum of $20,000 to appear in No
vember next.
W. J. Minor, well known among turf
man, is dead.
SOUTH CAROLINA.
Charleston, September 19.—One of the
largest churches in the city was crowded
to-day to listen to a sermon by the Rev. Dr.
Hicks, on the subject of political and social
charity in connection with the Avondale
disaster. A handsome contribution was
made for the sufferers.
injuries to the South Carolina Rail
road, Tiy yekte»(ffit’s accident, will be fully
repaired to-morrows The principal loss of
property was the destruction of the locomo
tive. Salt was a largefeem of the freight
lost. fg, __
KENTUCKY
Louisville, September 20. —The rail
roads hence South are iiot blocked. 'There
is spipc delav, however, in transferring
goods over the OliioTivcr. '
CALIFORNIA,
San Francisco, Septemlier 20. — The
Humboldt celebration was a line affair.
There was an earthquake throughout
Arizona on the sth. No damage reported.
' NEW YORK.
New York, September 19.—A French
corvette, in distress, brought eight cases of
yellow fever to quarantine. One since died.
Wavkrly, September 20.—The Express
train bound North of Pennsylvania, and on
the New York Railroad, collided with a
caron the track. Two persons wore kill
ed arid several wounded. No Southern
names.- v ' 1 *
VIRGINIA.
Norfolk, September 19.—Policeman
George Scullates had his lip bitten off and
received several blows over the head In at
tempting to arrest Corporal Smith, of com
pany K, Seventeenth Infantry, whom he
shot, killing him instantly. Scullates was
arrested.
j^RII^NEWS
Charleston, September 19.—Arrived:
Steamship Minnetonka, from New^York.
Charleston, September 20.—Arrived :
Steamer Sea Gull, Baltimore; schooner A.
E. Glover, Boston ; schooner J. H. Stlck
ney, Baltimore ; schooner Jonathan May,
Philadelphia; steamer Rescue, New York.
' Wilmington, September 20.—Arrived:
Steamer Empire, New York-
Weather clear and warm. Wind South
east. Thermometer, 80.
Savannah, September 20. — Arrived:
Steamer Herman Livingston, New York ;
ship Crescent City, Liverpool; schooner
Mary laud, Boston.
MARKETS.
London, September 20—Noon.—Consols,
92%. Bonds, 83%.
Liverpool, September 20—Noon.—Cot
ton dull; upland, 12%<518; Orleans, 13%
@13%; sales, 4,000 bales. Others un
changed.
Later. —Cotton flat; uplands, 12% ; Or
leans, 13%; sales now estimated at 5,000
bales. Red Western Wheat, 9s. 6d.@9s. 7d.
Liverpool, September 20—Evening.—
Cotton heavy; uplands, 12%@12% ; Or
leans, 13@13%; sales, 5,000 bales; export
and speculation, 15,000 bales.
Havre, September 20.—Cotton opens de
clining ; spot, 154% ; afloat, 152.
New York, Septemlier 20—Noon.—
Stocks opened firm, but now quiet and
weak. Money, 6@7. Sterling—long, 8% ;
short, 8%. Gold, 137%. ’62’s, 22. Ten
ncssees, ex coupon, 61% ; new, 55%; Vir
ginias, ex coupon, 55%; new, 58%; Louls
lanas, old, 71 asked ; Levees, 65%; B’s, 85;
Alabama B’s, 92; Georgia 6’s, 84; 7’s, 89;
North Carolinas, old, 52; new, 47%.
New York, September 20—P. M.—Gov
ernments dull; ’62’s, 22; Southerns quiet
and firm. Money active; stringent at 7,
currency to gold. Sterling dull at 7%. —
Gold excited by Spanish war rumors and
closed firmer at 137%.
New York, September 20—Nbon.—
Flour heavy ; 5 lower. Wheat unchanged.
Corn I@2 lower. Pork firmer; mess, s3l.
Lard quiet. Cotton heavy at 30. Turpen
tine steady at 43. Rosin dull; strained
common to good, $2 30@2 37. Freights
firm.
New York, Septemlier 20—P. M.—Cot
ton decidedly lower; sales, 2,500 bales at
29%. Flour heavy; superfine State, s6@
6 25; common to fair extra Southern, $6 50
@6 85. Wheat closed I@2 lower; Winter
red Western inferior to prime, $1 47@1 53 ;
Illinois, $1 40@ 1 42. Corn heavy ■ mixed
Western, $1 09@1 12%. Pork firmer at
s3l 30. Lard dull; kettle, 19@19%. Whis
ky unchanged. Rice quiet. Sugar active
and higher j Porto Rico, 12@13% ; Musco
vado, 11%@12%; Havana, 11%@12%. —
Coffee steady. Molasses dull. Naval Stores
quiet. Freights irregular; cotton, steam,
5-16@%, chiefly % ; flour, sail, 2 and 6.
Baltimore., September 20.—Cotton quiet
at 29%. Flour dull; favors buyers except
for lower grades. Wheat dull; prime to
«boiee¥ecl, sTfsff@Ps3. Corn firm ; White,
$1 30@1 32; yellow, $1 22@1 24. Oats, 60
@O2. Rye, $1 10@1 15. Pork quiet.—
Bacon firmer. Lard quiet. Wiiisky quiet
at $1 13@1 15. Virginias, old, 45%; ’66’s,
54; ’67’s, 50; coupons, old, 54; North Car
olinas, old, 51 bid.
St. Louis, September 20.—Whisky, $1 10
Provisions dull. Mess Pork, $32 75@33.
Bacon—shoulders, 16%; clear sides, 19.
Lard heavy ; tierce, 19; keg, 20.
Cincinnati, September 20.—Whisky,
$1 08. Pork, held at $32. Lard, nominal
ly, 18%. Bacon in good demand; shoul
ders, 15% ; clear sides, 19.
Louisville, September 20. — Whisky
heavy at $1 08@1 10. Mi*s Pork, S3O 50.
Bacon—Shoulders, 16; clear sides, 19%.
New Orleans, September 20— Cotton
lower, 28%@28%; sales, 1,177 bales; re
ceipts, 1,778 bales. Oats, 60. Hay, S3O. —
Pork, $34@34 . 25. Others unchanged.—
Gold, 135%. Sterling, 46%. New York
Sight, %@% discount.
Mobile, September 20. — Cotton in mod
erate demand among several, and closed
easy; sales, 600 bales; middling, 27 ; re
ceipts, 1,264; exports, 299.
Savannah, September 20.—Cotton—Re
ceipts, 2,(546 bales; active inquiry ; 700
bales sold ou a basis of 26@26% for mid
dlings.
W ilmington, September 20.—Spirits Tur
pentine shade better at 39%. Rosin dull;
strained, $l 57%. Crude Turpentine, $2 50
@3. Tar, $2 50. Middling Cotton, 27.
Charleston, September 20.—Cotton
quiet and %@% easier; sales, 260 bales;
middling, 27; receipts, 924 bales.
Augusta Daily Market.
Officr Daily Constitutionalist, )
Monday, September 20—P. M. \
FINANCIAL—
GOLD— Dull. Buying at 133 and selling
at 136.
SlLVEß—Nominal. Buying at 127 and sell
ing at 130.
STOCKS—Georgia Railroad Btock, 100@108.
Augusta Factory Stock, 159%.
COTTON.—The market opens this morning
at 20%e. for New York middling, with but
few buyers, la conseqaeuce of unfavorable
news from New Yoik, there was but little done
in our market throughout file -day. 'Sale? of
ISO bales were made at figures rauging from
25% to 26%c., the market closing dull with
buyers offering 25% and holders asking 26c.
Receipts, 300 bales.
BACON—We quote C. Sides, 21%; C. R.
Sides, 21 ;B. B. Sides, 19% ; Shoulders, 18 ;
Hams, 21@26; Dry Salt Shoulders, 16%@
17 ; Dry Salt C. R. Sides, 20.
CQRN— Firm. Good demand but small
supply. *\V e quote choice white, $1 65 from
depot.
WHEAT—We quote choice white, $1 70@
1 80; amber, *1 «o@l 70 ; red, $1 50@t 55.
FLOUR-City Mills,old, s6@9 ; new, $7 50@
@10; at retail, $1 barrel higher. Coun
try, so@9, according' to quality.
CORN MEAL —sl 55 at wholesale, aud $1 65
at retail.
OATS—Bs@sl.
PEAS—No supply. Selling at $} 50 for
seed.
The New Carhlvue Repository.— Just
below the Express Office, Mr. Albert
Hatch, so long and favorably known to our
citizens in town anil country, lias estab
lished himself in the carriage, wagon and
harness line. He has a splendid place of
business, and is thoroughly at homo in the
vehicular trade. He is an agent for the
celebrated New York firm of Tomlinson-
Demerast, and will guarantee satisfaction
to ail in want of transportation in his line.
This morning lie advertises the famous
Woodruff Plantation Wagon, said to be
the very best in the world. Besides these
wagons, he lias a choice assortment of
bretts, Victorias, rockaways, buggies, har
ness, etc., etc. Give him a call.
Off of Bugg’s Bar.— We were in error,
Sunday morning, in reporting the arrival
of the steamer Katie and her grounding
on Kirkpatrick’s Bar. It was the steamer
Ouxie. ShaJa.stljl “hung up,” on the
sand bar, in sight of her wharf, unable to
reach it.
Two Children Killed from an Over
Dose of Laudanum. —On Sunday mortiing
Coroner Whiting held an inquest on the
bodies of Esau and Jacob Toomcr, two
colored infants, children of one Fred.
Toomcr, who came to their death from an
over dose of laudanum, administered by a
woman in attendance. The children, only
about two months old, were siek, and the
nurse, in opposition to the remonstrance of
the father, gave them laudanum. This was
on Saturday morning, and at ten o’clock
they were dead. Coroner Whiting organ
ized a jury of inquest, who, after hearing
the testimony, returned the following vet
diet: “That the deceased came to their
death by an over dose of laudanum ad
ministered by the person or persons in at
tendance upon the said children while
sluk.'L-C/KWfesfem Courifii\
The Business ojf Charleston. —The
Charleston Courier says : “ Never heft)re
since the termination of the war has there
been such a business season in the jobbing
trade. The trade has been three times
greater than that of any other season since
the war. The hotels are filled with mer
chants from Georgia, Florida and Alabama,
all of whom express surprise at the largo
Stocks on hand. The wholesale houses ou
ejecting ond llaynu streets arc open at
midnight, packing and shipping goods, anil
everything betokens a most p|bSper6q<s
business seawm,"
There were SIOO,OOO received at the State
Treasury at Columbia, South Carolina, on
Thursday, for State taxes. All average of
about $60,000 or $70,000 per day has been
icceiyed during the past three or four days
Almost Completed. —The Catholic
Church at Aiken, in course of construction,
is aimost'completed. The workmen are en
gaged in shingling the root.