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SATURDAY MORNING, SEPT. 25,1869^
THE ATHENS AND CLAYTON GAP.
In our issue of yesterday, we demon
strated the advantages of the projected
Athens and Clayton Railway to Knoxville
and Louisville, in comparison with the
present route via Atlanta. The saving of
53 mites to Knoxville and 68 miles to Louis
ville, though an argument of much pith
and moment, considering the keen railway
rivalries of the day, is not the chief reason
for an early completion of this work by
the people of Augusta and the Directory
of the Georgia Railroad. The unlocking
of the treasuries of Northeastern Georgia
Is one of the central ideas contemplated by
this grand scheme. That section of our
State is deservedly entitled to be called the
“ magnificent.” In natural beauty of
scenery, bracing climate, fertile soil, pro
digious water power and mineral resources
it has no superior the world over. All of
these riches lie fallow for the hand Qf de
velopment ; they await the coming of the
iron horse and progress. Steam and iron
are the true magicians, and their wonder
workings have made the age of fable seem
tame and commonplace. By steam and
iron, properly applied, we have it in our
reach to open up a veritable El Dorado
within our own limits. The people of
Northeastern Georgia have always traded
with Athens and Augusta. The residents of
the upper parts of South and North Carolina
contiguous to the Georgia Line have also
sought their market in our border. The en
terprise of Atlanta has inaugurated the Air
Line Road, which will run across this sec
tion some 26 or 40 miles above Athens.
This Air Line Road, if suffered to go with
out competition, would absorb this trade
Atlanta-ward, which has hitherto come to
Augusta. We must checkmate this move.
The building of the Athens and Clayton
route across the “ Air Line ” will either
counteract the evil dreaded or else render
it harmless to our city. Besides, it the Air
Line Road shall have fall swing, the man
agers of the Georgia Railroad may as well
make up their minds to regard their Ath
ens branch as an unproductive limb.
Not only, then, will the Athens and
Clayton Road develop the immense re
sources now hidden in the up-country of
Georgia, and save to Augusta much of her
legitimate trade now in danger of being
drawn to Atlanta, but it will also give us
the shortest line to Knoxville, the great
grain and bacon depot of East Tennessee.
By securing this short line, Augusta must
become the distributing point for these
commodities to a large portion of the peo
ple of Middle Georgia who now look to At
lanta for supplies.
Again : The two main articles of freight
over the Georgia, road, after cotton, are
corn and coal from Knoxville. Now the
Blue Ridge Road from Clayton to KnoxviTle
will run through a region rich in coal and
iron. By reasouwf the shortness of the line,
the bulk of these articles will be consider
ably added to. Besides, the road connect
ing Knoxville with Louisville —66 miles
only remaining to be finished —will pierce
the Blue Grass section of Kentucky, one of
the garden spots of the world. From this
section we procure our mules and horses.
When the connection shall have been com-
pleted by the building of the Athens and
Clayton gap, we can cheaply and liberally
draw from the fatness of the land such beef
as we now obtain as a rarity and at so
great a cost. No road either built or pro
posed since the completion of the Western
and Atlantic ever offered more positive and
tangible benefits to our people than the
route between Athens and Clayton.
The flippant and the impetuous are ac
customed to speak of Augusta as a species
of Sleepy Hollow in the way of trade. Os
course, we can afford to laugh at these in
nuendoes ; but we cannot afford to give
them a coloring of truth by neglecting a
road to wealth, if promptly pursued, but
which may prove a road to ruin, if suffered
to languish and decay.
The Decline of Liberia.—A Liberian
newspaper, dated July 28th, declares that
the Americo-Liberian population are
passing away. A correspondent in the
same journal allows one century for the
annihilation of Liberian nationality, un
less the native element be vigorously in
corporated. it seems that, during forty
years, not twelve 44 civilized and evangelized
native gentlemen ” have been produced.
The equality doctrines of the United States
Congress have killed Liberia and blasted
the hopes of 44 civilized and evangelized na
tive gentlemen!”
A Hard Rap.— We clip this pungent
item from the Philadelphia Press :
“The Democratic papers are joyous over
the suspension of several fearless Republi
can papers iu the South ; but as many of
the old organs of the Conservatives are
now preaching sound Republican doctrines,
there is some consolation in the loss.”
We suppose the reference to 44 old Con
servative organs preaching sound Repub
lican doctrines” must be a complimentary
squint at the new lights of “ Liberalism.”
The Black Draught.— The Philadel
phia Press is indignant because the Mont
gomery Mad, in a jocose way, spoke of
Professor Northrop, recently elected
President of the Alabama University, as a
negro. To which the World satirically re
torts: 44 It is all well enough that a nigger
should be a Radical law-maker, but when we
come to call Radical law makers ‘ niggers,’
that is quite another thing. Professor
Northrop must not be insulted.”
Happy Felpows.—Not a few of the
editorial echoes of the Courier-Journal are
congratulating the fount and origin of
their ideas and inspiration upon reaching
conclusion* similar to themselves ! This is
the worst stab the great Kentucky paper
has yet received.
Father Hyacinthe.— The noted monk
who has “ gone back on the Pope ” adopt
ed the name of Hyacinthe. His real name
is Loysos, which, being interpreted, means
a gosling. Some of his late companions in
religion, no doubt, think he has become a
goo9C . , /\
Just So.—Our gallant contemporary of
the Columbus Sun says: “ Until Virginia,
Mississippi and Texas are landed safely
within the ark of the Union we commend
to the Democrats of Georgia ‘ masterly in
activity,’ a calm endurance of oppression
and a steadfast support of principle.”
A Sure Remedy.— The sum of $3,500
stop; the bleeding of a young woman’s
heart in Canada. It requires $7,500 to do
the same thing in Eugland. The idea of
«.«nntr love a commodity and heart-heal-
Jug a quotation on the stock-exchange !
Paying the Piper. —The poor Washing
ton clerks in the Departments pay dearly
for their places. They are constantly « as
sessed ” for party purposes; and, when
stubborn, are told to pay or “ take the con
sequences.” The poor devils would do al
most anything rather than “ take the con
sequences,” and so they groan and pay.
A Chance.— Miss Lucy Lee advertises
in a Mississippi paper that she is of “ good
birth and education, and is willing to mar
ry an editor, believing herself able to sup
port one.”
Married men, we suppose, are not want
ed. But what a chance for lazy bachi lors!
Graphic. —The Richmond Dispatch says
Mr. Curtis, in falling into the hands of
Mr. Stephens, has fallen into the hands of
a giant who tosses him about as a giant
would a pigmy.
Judge Lochrane. —This versatile poli
tician is reported to be “ openly and un
equivocally for Grant.” No damage done.
Record of the Ultra-Radical Candidate
for Governor of Texas.
A letter from Pascagoula, Mississippi, to
the Houston Times , furnishes a portion of
the war record of Gen. Davis, the Radical
candidate for the Governorship of Texas,
which is peculiarly interesting at this time.
The writer says:
“ General Davis was one of the raiders
that started fronf Baton Rouge, in the Fall
of 1864, with some five thousand cavalry,
and struck a Northeasterly direction to
and through Mississippi to Augusta, Perry
county, making deep his path of desolation,
well knowing that the ‘ boys in gray’ were
l at the front,’ and not in the back regiou
he was plundering.
“He was, however, very unexpectedly
.met, first by a small force under Joe Deen
ham, and then by a few of Forrest’s boys,
and, panic-stricken, beat a quick retreat
(Southward down the bank of the Pasca
goula river, ‘ leaving no trunks, houses or
stables unburned ’ behind him.
“ The retreat was doubly secured by de
stroying everything in the route, so that
neither man nor beast could follow. They
reached the home of Mr. Lewis, the writer
of the letter referred to, on the 12th of De
cember, 1864; and there being only Mrs.
Lewis, four children and a few servants to
oppose them, they took possession. Find
ing a stock of corn reserved for the volun
teers’ families, they threw it out and wan
tonly wasted it on the ground, and ‘ when
remonstrated with, and told that it was the
bread of the poor women and children, they
laughed to scorn and boasted that they
were Union soldiers ’ ” The letter contin
ues:
“ The negro soldiers proved less vicious
than Davis’ crew. Whilst he was here,
my wife and children were ordered out of
their bed-room and sent up in the garret,
to starve or freeze to death; it was bitter
cold at the time. Some of the black ser
vants, through pity, gave them scraps, as
they were not permitted to sit at their ovm
table, though the brutes—l mean General
Davis and the officers —feasted on the
brains and fat of iny cattle, sheep and hogs.
“ Davis occupied the room some time,
then moved his quarters to Mrs. Mcßae’s
fine and well furnished house, with several
pianos in it. Mrs. Mcßae was a highly re
spectable and much esteemed lady, the
mother of ex-Governor Mcßae, of Missis
sippi, and of General C. J. Mcßae, now an
exile in British Houduras. It is needless
to say here that when Davis left, he gave
orders to burn the house, but that lie pre
vailed ou the men not to do so, pretending
to claim the property as his own, and that
one of my fine houses, nearly costing some
$4,000 or $5,000, was burned by Davis’ es
pecial orders to ' burn down the <l—-d old
rebel’s house to the ground ; pity he is not
in it.’
“ The tomb over my dead child was
broken open and the bones scattered. A
newly-made tomb, containing Mrs. Owens’
dead child, was broken open, the casket
taken out, and the glass over the cold face
crushed into the corpse. Stock of all kinds
was wantonly destroyed, and not used ; the
bleaching bones now on every hillside are
living monuments to his (Davis’) wanton
cruelty. One of my houses was burned
down because it contained a little salt;
one of my cribs burnt because they could
not take all the corn out, and the old, very
old man in charge, left to starve. Huge
piles of burnt bricks in this neighborhood
show now the destroyer’s path. The grave
of a good and inoflensivc man, a Union
loving man at that —Joe Ellis —is certainly
a living evidence of the warrior’s prowess,
lie was murdered—uay, butchered —whilst
attempting to protect his aged sister from
the ruffian’s lust. No notice was taken of
it. Several old citizens were captured and
sent to Ship Island, to suffer worse than
death. I look upon your wild Comanche
Indians as saints compared with this Gen.
Davis and crew; for the Indians steal from
necessity, while it is Davis’ nature to be
cruel and to destroy.
“If Davis will return to me the marked
silverware, family relics, that were stolen,
I will give him a sight draft on my mer
chantsT Messrs. Web3ter & Cos., New Or
leans, for the full value, and ask no ques
tions about the house linen, silk dresses,
some $2,800 in gold and silver aud other
valuables that disappeared during Ins
(Davis’) stay here.”
In conclusion the writer says:
“ I write this over my own signature, be
lieving it to be an important duty, and re
fer all whom it may concern to any and
every respectable man in this my native
county, as to who the writer is, and also,
my young friends, Robert C. Fales aud T.
Mcßae, of Houston, Texas.
“Alfred E. Lewis.”
Mrs. Secretary Rawlins.— The exer
tions to raise a fund for the benefit of the
widow of the late Secretary of War meets
with a ready response from the South.
Speaking of Mrs. Rawlins, a Mississippi pa
per remarks :
“ There will be a very general feeling of
sympathy in the South for this afflicted
lady. During the war she resided at
Vicksburg, Miss., as a friend in the family
of Mr. Lum, a prominent citizen of that
place. Her maiden name was Hurlburt, if
we remember correctly. She was greatly
admired and respected by all of the Con
federate offleers who were visitors of the
house. Pleasant aud wiuuing in manner,
the charm? of her society and her manifold
courtesies and kindness to all of them will
be remembered by those who were among
the many who were cheered by her kind
ness and elegant hospitality. Among the
throng of her admirers was a brave young
officer lielonging to Withers’ battalion of
artillery, C.' S. A., who awakened a deeper
feeling than friendship in her who was
doomed to hear of his death out on the
lines shortly afterward, daring the last
memorable siege. When General Grant,
with the late General Rawlins as chief of
staff, entered Vicksburg, Mr. Lum’s house
was occupied. Here it was she met her
late husband, who, touched by her great
worth and charming qualities, subsequently
offered himself and was accepted. All the
Southern offleers who were at Vicksburg
will bear testimony to the undeviatiug
courtesy of General Rawlins in his inter
course with them, and his afflicted widow
will now have their heartiest sympathy in
her great bereavement.”
Stage Grammar.— Away down South
daring the war there was a strolling com
pany of actors doing a certain blood and
thunder drama in one of the little dead
towns t,o be found on the line of the main
railroad in Georgia. In one of the scenes of a
little comedy which preceded the tragedy
the lover pulled a rasc-bud out of the pocket
of his trowsers and showed It to his hated
rival, sayjng, “ I tuck her out to the ker
ridgc, I hoped her in and she gin me this as
a momento.” The effect on a party who
heard it was very convulsive. Afterward
though, in the tragedy, this gifted, Knight
of the Buskin had occasion, as the Duke,
to be approached by a certain ” Lord,” and
informed of the death of the father of the
heroine of the tragedy. Upon being told of
his friend’s death he gulped down a sob
and said, “ I knowed it, my Lord, and when
he died I was appointed her gardeen.” The
effect may be better imagined than describ
ed. An old play-goeT who was present
swore it was the richest thing he had ever
heard in his life.
The Byron Scandal.
IMPORTANT UNPUBLISHED LETTER FROM
LADY BYRON.
Lord Lindsay communicates to the Lon
don Timex an interesting extract from the
private manuscript memoirs of the Lindsay
family, written by Lady Anne Barnard, the
authoress of “ Auld Robin Gray,” and her
self a daughter of the noble house. Lady
Anne relates the substance of conversations
had with herself by Lady Byron, shortly
alter her separation from Lord Byron, in
which tire cause of that separation (his im
moralities, heartlessness, want of affection
for her, cruelty', &c.,) were discussed with
out the slightest allusion to the monstrous
accusation lately brought forward. We
give an extract from the disclosures then
made by Lady Byron:
“He sometimes reproached her for the
motives that had induced her to marry
him—all was ‘ vanity, the vanity of Miss
Milbanke carrying the point of reforming
Lord Byron! He always knew hex induce
ments ; her pride shut her eyes to Ids; he
wished to build up his character and his
fortunes; both were somewhat deranged ;
she had a high name and would have a for
tune worth his attention—let her look to
that for his motives!’ ‘ Oh, Byron! Byron!’
she said, ‘ how you desolate me!’ He would
then accuse himself of being mad, and
throw himself on the ground in a frenzy,
which she believed was affected to conceal
the coldness and malignity of his heart—
an affectation which at that time never
failed to meet with the tenderest commis
eration. I could find by some implications,
not followed up by me lest she might have con
demned herself afterwards for her involun
tary disclosures, that he soon attempted to
corrupt her principles both with respect to
hex own conduct and her latitude for his. —
She saw the precipice on which she
stood, and kept his sister with her as much as
possible. He returned in the evenings from
the haants of vice, where he made her un
derstand he had been, with manners so
profligate ! 1 0, the wtcteh 1’ e»hl 1, 1 and
had he no moments of remorse T 4 Some
times he appeared to have them. One
night, coming home from one of his law
less parties, lie saw me so indignantly col
lected, and beariug all with such a deter
mined calmness, that a rush of remorse
seemed to overcome him ; he called himself a
monster, though his sister was ■ present, and
threw himself in agony at my feet. 4 1 could
not—no—l could not forgive him such in
juries. He had lost me forever!’ Aston
ished at the return of virtue, my tears, I
believe, flowed over his face, and I said,
4 Byron, all is forgotten ; never, never shall
you hear of it more!’ He started up, and,
folding his arms while he looked at me,
burst into laughter. 4 What do you mean V
said I. ‘ Only a philosophical experiment,
that’s all,’ said he; 4 1 wished to ascertain
the value of your resolutions ’ I need not
say more of this prince of duplicity, ex
cept that varied were his methods of ren
dering her wretched, even to the last.—
When her lovely little child was born, and
it was laid beside its mother ou the bed,
and he was informed ‘he might see his
daughter,’ after gazing at it with an exult
ing smile, this was the ejaculation that
broke from him : 4 Oh ! what an implement
of torture have I acquired in you!’ Such
he rendered it by his eyes and manner,
keeping her in a perpetual alarm for its
safety when in his presence.”
One of the letters from Lady Byron, pre
served by Lady Anne, and now, for the
first time published, reads as follows:
LADY BYEON’s LETTEK.
“lama very incompetent judge of the
impression which the last canto of Childe
Harold may produce on the minds of indif
ferent readers. It contains the usual trace
of a conscience restlessly awake, though
his object has been too long to aggravate
its burden, as if it could thus be oppressed
into eternal stupor. I will hope, as you
do, that it survives for Ills ultimate good.
It was the acuteness of his remorse, im
penitent in its character; whicli so long
seemed to demand from my companion to
spare every semblance of reproach, every
look of grief, which might have said to his
conscience, 4 You have made me wretched.’
I am decidedly of opinion that he is re
sponsible. He lias wished to be thought
partially deranged, or on the brink of it, to
perplex observers and prevent them frertn
tracing effect# to their real causes through
all the intricacies of his conduct. I was,
as I told you, at one time the dupe of his
acted insanity, and clung to the former de
lusions in regard to the motives that con
cerned me personally till the whole system
was laid bare. He is the absolute monarch
of words, and uses them, as Bonaparte did
lives, for conquest, without more regard to
their intrinsic value, considering them
only as ciphers which must derive all their
import from the situation in which lie
places them, and the ends to which he
. adapts them with such consummate skill.
' Why, then, you will say, does. he not em
ploy them to give a better color to his own
character ? Because he is too good an act
or to overact, or to assume a moral garb
which it would be easy to strip off. Iu regard
to his poetry, egotism is the vital principle
of his imagination, which it is difficult for
him to kindle on any subject with which
his own character and interests are not
identified; but by the introduction of fic
titious incidents, by change of scene or
time, he lias enveloped liis poetical dis
closures in a system impenetrable except
to a very few, and his constant desire of
creating a sensation makes him not averse
to be the object of wonder and curiosity,
even though accompanied by some dark
and vague suspicions. Nothing has con
tributed more to the misunderstanding of
his real character than the lonely gran
deur in which he shrouds it, and his affec
tation of being above mankind, when he
exists almost in their vpice. The romance
of his sentiments is another feature of this
mask of state. I know no one more habitu
ally destitute of that enthusiasm lie so
beautifully expresses, and to which he can
work np his fancy chiefly by contagion.
I had heard he was the best of brothers, the
most generous of friends, and I thought
such feelings only required to be warmed
and cherished into more ditfusive benevo
lence. Though these opinions are eradi
cated, and could never return but with
the decay of my memory, you will not
wonder if there are still moments when
the association of feelings which arose from
them soften and sadden my thoughts. But
I have not thanked you, dearest Lady Anne,
for your kindness in regard to a principal
object—that of rectifying false impressions.
I trust you understand my wishes, which
were never to injure Lord Byron in any
way ; for, though he would not suffer me
to remain his wife, he cannot prevent me
from continuing liis friend; and it was
from considering myself as such that I
silenced the accusations by which my own
conduct might have been more fully justi
fied. It is not necessary to speak ill of his
heart in general; it is sufficient that
to me that it was hard and impenetra
ble—that my own must have been bro
ken before his could have been touched.
I would rather represent this as my misfortune
than as his guilt; but, surely, that misfortune
is not to be made my crime ! Such are. my
feelings: you will judge liow to act. His
allusions Io me in Childe Harold are cruel
cold, but with such a semblance as to make
me appear so, and to attract all sympathy
to himself. It is said iu this poem that
hatred of him will be taught as a lesson to
liis child. I might appeal to ail who have
ever heard me speak of him, and still more
to my own heart, to witness that there has
been no moment when 1 have remembered
injury otherwise than as affectionately and
sorrowfully. It is not my duty to give way
to hopeless and wholly unrequited laffection ;
but, so long as I live, my chief struggle will
probably be. not to remember him too kindly.
I do seek the sympathy of the world, but I
wish to be known by those whose opinion
is valuable, and whose kindness is dear to
me. Among such, my dear Lady Anne,
you will ever be remembered by your truly
affectionate, A. Byron.”
A New Project. —The project of mak
ing New Orleans a walled town, by build
ing a complete line of earthworks around
it, has been revived, and is seriously urged
by the press and many prominent citizens
of that city. The necessity for it is the
danger to which the city is exposed by the
annual inundations and crevasses on the
Lower Mississippi.
An Acre of Land — To lay ofT an acre
of land, measure two hundred and eight
feet and a half inches for each side of a
square and the concels, says the Southern
Cultivator, will be exactly one acre. As
this receipt wilt be convenient to farmers
and gardeners, let them make a note of it.
& Curious Parody.
In a brochure on the }ast meetiug of the
British Association, occurs the following paro
dy ou “ Lockaley Hall :”
Tomkins, leave me here a little, while the sec
tion work is on ;
Leave me here to write a letter ; I shall bless
you when you’re goue.
’Tis the place where I, astounded, read the
notice of tny doom ;
Drea-y seems the morning paper in this dull
reception room.
Many a night, at former meetings, have I, as 1
went to rest.
Thought I could ray Kate rely on, hoping
wholly for the best. *
Many a nigbt I led her safely through a ernsb
of members lamed,
Brought her ices, cake, aud coffee ; told her
how the things were named.
Once about the beach we wandered, spooning
iu a way sublime,
While the dreary tales of Science were reserved
for fnture time;
When before, us on contorted strata
posed,
We were sure to find a seaweed in a place not
much exposed.
When we peep’d into the sections, every mem
ber might have known
That the whole of my attention was absorbed
by her alone.
At the time when Dr. Hooker the Darwinian
standard raised ;
At the time when sharp Miss Becker got her
self uuduly praised ;
At the time when Father Seecbi fraternized
with prelates grave;
Then it was that I discovered I was simply
Kitty’s slave.
And I said, “ My gentle coasin, a monomial we
may be,
’But I crave a higher power lor the factors you
and me."
And she mushed and answer’d sweetly “ 1 will
ne’er your spirit vex,
You have hut to square papa, dear, to obtain
the hoped for x."
Love took np the fair equation, brought it to a
light divine.
But a fatal transposition gave me minus for a
sign.
O mv cousin, stony-hearted ! Fickle KiltJ,
once my dear !
O this dreary, dreary meeting ! O this barren,
barren year !
Is it well to wish yon happy—having known a
man like me,
When you sloop to pluck a husband from that
horrid Section D y
Yet it shall be ; yon will lower to his level year
by year,
Till your taste lor abstract science will com
pletely disappear.
As the husband is, the wife is ; you are mated
to a bore,
And the coarseness of his studies will degrade
you more and more.
He will hold you, when his theories shall have
taken proper shape,
Something better than a frog—a little higher
than an ape.
General Items.
There is a scarcity of turpeJtliie, rosin
and tar in Wilmington, N O-rSt present,
owing principally to low water in the Cape
Fear river.
In Orange county, N. C., a man named
Tanny ITatchcockjjas had his head shaved
for.swapping wives with a negro.
Mary Allen. wUje of the “ Wickedest
Man,” died at on Saturday of
dropsy, leatdffr property worth $60,000.
hundred green turtle, weighing
from#' to 800 pounds, were received last
wrsSvitt Jacksonville, Fla., from Indian
river, destined for the New York market.
Dr. B. B. Rudulph died at his residence
in Ilayneville, Ala., on last Saturday. He
was a gentleman of wealth and high social
position.
Mr. Koopmanchap, now in New York
city, has contracted with the Texas Land
Committee for the introduction of 5,000 Chi
nese laborers.
Slate has been found ou the farm of J. P.
Renfroe, in Calhoun county, Ala., which isj
said to be equal to any in the world, and to
be found in exhaustless quantities in that
county.
A fine new steam mill, belonging to Mr.
A. C. Mitchell, of Glenville, Barbour county,
Ala., was destroyed by fire last week, be
sides thirty bales of new cotton belonging
to the same gentleman.
A date tree, near the middle of the square
bouncled'toy Julia, St. Charles. Girod.and
Carqndelet streets, New Orleans, is now
loadrfCjsith bushels upon bushels of its
rapwilp fi pening fruit.
Renner, daughter of Alderman
Renner, of Memphis, a young girl just
blooming into womanhood, died ou Satur
day from the effect of an overdose of lauda
num. Whether she took it intentionally or
not has not been made public.
The census of Columbia, South Carolina,
aud suburbs, recently completed, shows a
total population of 9,308; total voters,
2,181; white voters, 913; colored voters,
1,268 ; majority of colored voters, 355.
Three negroes we're swallowed up by the
terrible conflagration now raging in the
Dismal Swamp. They were employed in
getting lumber, and the fire consumed them
while asleep in a hut, and burned them to
a crisp. *
The Rev. Mr. Pettigrew, brother of the
lamented Southern General of that name,
and said to be one of the ablest and most ac
complished ministers in the Episcopal Com
munion, in North Carolina, has been called
to the Church of the Holy Innocents, in
Henderson, and has accepted the call.
The Jacksonville (Fla.) Union says that
the caterpillar having come and done its
worst, after taking everything into consid
eration, the general estimate is that Florida
will make about one-half a crop of Sea
Island and two-thirds crop of short cotton
for 1869.
The Jacksonville (Fla.) Union reports
that Jackson, Gadsden, Leon, Jefferson,
Madison, Suwannee and Columbia counties
have made larger corn crops than usual.—
The Southern aud Southwestern counties
cut off a good deal. On the whole the corn
crop will be more than an average.
A planter in Leon county, Fla., has under
cultivation this year 4,000 acres of land,
1,400 of which are planted in corn and the
balance in cotton. His cotton crop is
variously estimated, some putting it at 500
bales, others at 600, while others still think
it will reach 700.
Lucy Stone said a good thing in the Wo
man’s Convention at Chicago, to-wit:
“ Some mean cowards say if women vote
they should fight. Now, she would ask,
who perils her life when the soldier is born ?
The mother is his quartermaster until he is'
capable of finding his own rations.” 'And
that good thing she borrowed from the
speech of George W. Curtis before the New
York Convention.
It is proposed to cut a canal from the five
lakes in South Carolina, forming the head
waters of the Ashley river, to the naviga
ble portion of the river, in order to secure
easy transportation for the phosphates re
cently discovered there. The cost is esti
mated at about $35,000, and it is said over
$6,000,000 worth of deposits can, by this
means, be transported cheaply to Charles
ton.
The New York Journal of Commerce
learns from a gentleman who is in a posi
tion to know what is going on among the
Cuban revolutionists, that Gen. Cespedes,
President of the Cuban Republic, has taken
the field in person as commander of all the
forces, aud Gen. Jordan, who recently held
that position, is made chief of Cespedes’
staff. .
The following information has been re
ceiver! from Jones county, N. C., which
joins Lenoir,"where the arrests of eighteen
members of the Ku Klux were recently
made: A few evenings since Mr. David
Green, a respectable citizen of Jones coun
ty, while crossing Chinquepin creek, seven
miles from Trenton, and less than a mile
from his residence, on his way home, was
fired at by a party of men concealed in the
undergrowth. Eleven buckshot took effect,
seven in his left side and two in his head.
He was taken up shortly after he was shot
and carried into a house near by, where, at
last accounts, he was dying. As Green
was a Democrat, it is supposed that mem
bers of the Loyal League attempted his as
sassination.
State Items.
The Banner says the Atheus Factory re
s raes night work-this week. For several
i >nths it has been running only about 13
t urs. The night hands were retained, and
t e day work was divided ; they are there
fi - e cn hand ready for full time, and in
fj ,nre the busy hum of sliuttle and spindle
v U not cease, day or night, during work
i] ; days. Mr. Bloomfield is also adding
and hsiderable new machinery, both for spin
uig and wearing. He has also just erect
e) anew dye-house. The celebrated “Geor
g a Dyes ” originated with the dyer of this
factory, and his skill has done much to give
tlife goods their high character. Another
interesting fact about this factory is that it
that it 'continues to pay good dividends , not less
than 15 to 20 per cent.
?The Town Council of Athens have ap
pointed F. Phinizy, Esq., and Maj. M. Stan
l|y delegates, and Col. Stephens Thomas and
Jbhn H. Newton, Esq., alternates, to the
»uthern Commercial Convention, which
'Abets at Louisville on the 12th of October.
% Superintendent Hulbert, on the 23d, paid
Vb the State Treasurer another $25,000 from
«ie earnings of the State Hoacl for the
(ponth of August.
f The Atlanta Constitution reports that in
{jiat city, on Thursday, T. D. Lynes, No
tary Public, aud ex officio Justice of the
Peace, one of Bullock’s pets and appointees,
was arraigned before Justice T. B. Boggus,
On a eharge of stealing turnips from John
McMahon. He was bound over to answer
the charge.
On last Sunday uight, Mrs. Joseph
Walker, residing near Indian creek, in De
-Kalb county, fell dead while milking her
cows. She was highly esteemed by all who
knew her, and her death will leave a void
r ia-the community.
Thqnin house and contents—some eleven
bales of cotton, ginned, besides some in the
s^ed —belonging to Mr. R. C. Jenkius’ sons,
Iw Baldwin county, near the line of Putnam,
■were burned on Saturday evening last.
The Savannah News,oi Wednesday, says:
Revenue Collector Gould a
descent upon an establishment
about three thousand dollars
liquors for alleged violation
revenue laws.
The Eatonton Press and Messenger says:
“ On the place of Mr. M. G. raa-ris, of Han
cock county, is a cow with a calf seventeen
months old, both of which give milk. Os
course the calf gives <.£{xUfe.&nall quantity
—say two spoonsful oSmY ii.me. A little
negro, minding the the cow
was being milked, amused feitSSteff by trying
to milk it, when it was found that the calf
did give milk This is something strange,
and may appear like fiction, but we have
the assurance from the best authority that
it is true.
The Southwestern Railroad is earning
$25,000 ner week—more than three times
the amo*jnt earned this time last year.
This-fs in a great measure the result in the
reduction of fate.
Savannah has a negro woman called
“Big Jim of Canuet’s Row,” on account of
iier masculine appearance, who has a habit
of putting on men’s clothing and working
under the bluff, in loading and unloading
vessels. For thus unsexing herself, she has
been ariested and sent to jail.
The SavangAh Ng'tns relates that Old
Uncle Toby nHUflilifiated himself in the
shade of a fig tree in the yard to discuss
the scraps of cold victuals which lie had
just begged from the “missus,” discovered
a lafge rat in the act of seizing a chicken
bone. Aiming an ineffectual blow at the
intruder, he exclaimed : “ You debil squala
iwagitiefy my meat! Wait til Chinaman
come. He chaw your bones for he dinner,
you bet.”
In Columbus, on Wednesday, stock of
the Eagle and Phoenix Manufacturing
Company sold, at auction, at $lO2 per
share, with interest added. The shares are
rated at SIOO each.
The Americas Republican says there is to
be a railroad meeting in Preston early in
October, at which time letters from the
Presidents of the Central and Southwestern
Roads will be read, both of whom, we
understand, favor the building of a road
from this place t,o Silver Run, Ala., via
Lumpkin and Florence.
The Town ‘Council of Atheus have ap
pointed Messrs. Newton, Cobb and Sayc, a
committee to draft resolutions to be pre
sented to the Commercial Convention at
Louisville, and Cincinnati, setting forth the
advantages of Knoxville over Chattanooga,
as the Southern terminus of the Grand
Trunk Railway.
Prosperity of the I. O. O. F.—We are
under obligations, says the American Odd
Fellow for September, to Grand Secretary
Ridgely, for the subjoined statistical infor
mation, showing the numerical and finan
cial status of tiic Order at the close of the
last fiscal year, June 30th, 1800 :
Initiations during the year 40,737
Suspensions .... 14,356
Expulsions 1,075
Deaths 2,191—17,622
Net gain 23,115
Total revenue $2,308,993 43
Total relief 742,911 06
The above figures give a truly gratifying
result of the year’s work, and we should
be devoutly thankful for the blessings
vouchsafed to our beneficent Order by the
Infinite Father; taking courage from the
peaceful triumphs of the past, and going
forth with renewed and redoubled zeal, to
do battle in behalf of the immortal princi
ples of Friendship, Love and Truth, until
every foe shall be vanquished, and one uni
versal brotherhood established throughout
the globe.
“ I Go to Illustrate Georgia.”— Dr.
James A. Damour, of Macon, (says the
Journal and Messenger) better known to the
public at large under the nom de plume of
S. Q. Lapius, M. D., is preparing a detailed
and authentic history of the immortal
Eighth Georgia Regiment, from the date of
its organization to the close of the war. It
will contain biographical sketches and
photographs of its officers.
The proceeds arising from the sale of this
highly interesting work will be donated to
the Orphan Schools of Macon and Savan
nah.
The press throughout the South will
con/er a favor by requesting all persons in
the possession of any important facts con
nected with the above gallant regiment to
communicate at once by letter with Dr.
Damour, Macon, Ga.
Mandamus. —Judge Pope lias issued a
mandamus , at the instance of Governor
Bullock, against Treasurer Angier, requir
ing him to show cause in November, why
he refuses to pay an executive warrant in
favor of Marshal DeGraffenreid, Secretary
of the Governor, for $l5O, one month’s
salary.— Atlanta Constitution.
Depleting the Treasury.— Report
says that Governor Bullock has been
drawing pretty heavy on the Treasury lor
“ professional services” rendered by legal
gentlemen. One lawyer, in the last lew
weeks, is said to have received $.1,000. it
will be seen that the Governor ignores the
Attorney General in these matters.
[Atlanta Constitution,.
Florida Indians in Council.— -The
Tampa Peninsular says that “ The Indians
are ia council near the Big Cypress, -or the
purpose of selecting a chief in the
Ti«er Tail, who some time since, committed
suicide by hanging himself, and for the pur
nose of selecting a delegate to represent
them* in our State Legislature. There aie
the remnants of three tribes, Semino es
Tallahassees and Miccosukies, represented
in the council, each having an aspirant for
the chieftainship; but the Miccosukies arc
the most numerous, and it is supposed that
the chief will be selected from that tribe
The Tallahassees, who live on the head
waters of Peas creek, having dwindled
down to thirty all told, six of whom are
warriors; the Serai Doles are fast being in
corporated with the Miccosukies. From
the best information we have, there are not
more than 125 warriors, including all males
upwards of sixteen years of age, now re
maining in Florida, of the once powerful
tribe which for seven years, defied the
authority of the United States.
A handsomely bound volume of the poetry
and humorous' writings of Maj. George
McKnight (Asa Hartz) is shortly to be
published.
BY TELEGRAPH.
[Associated Press Dispatches.
WASHINGTON.
Washington, September 24— Noon. —
It is stated that Canby recommends the re
establishment or the Freed men’s Bureau in
Virginia. Among reasons given for this
action is the drought, prod ucing a scarcity,
aud threatening much suffering among the
negroes.
Cubau partizans here have startliug news.
Desertions have compelled a re irgauizatiou
of the army. President Cespedes lias as
sumed supreme command, with Jordan as
chief of staff The Cubans assassiuated
two Cubau Generals before the reorganiza
tion.
Koopmanscha'p, the Chinese importer,
visited Boutwell on a revenue question re
garding rice. Incidentally Chinese emi
gration was discussed, lioutwell says it
won’t be interfered with, unless the laws
are violated. Koopmansehap insists that
his operations are within the law’s restric
tions. Koopmansehap goes to Memphis,
thence to New Orleaus, thence to the
Louisville Commercial Convention, and
thence to China, to till the contracts he
may make.
In Northern California the Indians are
becoming hostile and gave the commander
of Fort Bid well ten days to release several
prisoners ; otherwise, they would assail the
tort.
The Secretary of the Treasury has au
thorized the Assistant Treasurer at New
York to sell, to-morrow, $4,000,000 in gold
and buy $4,000,000 in bonds.
There was a full Cabinet to-day; the
first for several mouths.
Washington, September 24 —P. M.—
Count Catacazy, the Russian Minister, was
received by the President to-day.
The President appointed James M. Dick
erson Assessor of the Sixth Tennessee Dis
trict, and A. W. Rule Assessor of the Sec
ond Tennessee District.
The Treasury Department has ordered
three new revenue cutters.
The Agricultural Report states, regard
ing corn, that unlqps the close of the sea
son is very favorable, there must be 150,-
000,000 bushels less than a full crop. Re
garding cotton, there will be a reduction in
the yield of cotton from the Carolinas to
Alabama, and a material increase from
Mississippi to Texas. Georgia, Florida
and Sontli Carolina have suffered more,
mainly from drought, in a few localities
from rust, the caterpillar aud boll worm.
Our estimates make the Increase in Missis
sippi, Louisiana and Texas respectively
ten, twelve and fourteen per cent. The
probabilities at present favor a yield of
2,750,000 bales. The wheat crop is large,
and the quality in the South decidedly
superior.
Nothing certain known regarding Cabi
net. Texas was up, and it is stated on
quite reliable authority a determination
was reached to throw Executive influence
in favor of Davis, extreme candidate for
Governor. In furtherance of this policy, J.
J. Tracy, Chairman of the Republican Ex
ecutive Committee is appointed Postmaster
at Houston and Swanty Palm Postmaster
at Austin. It is stated on the same
authority, quite good, that other Federal
officers opposing Davis will be removed.—
It is worthy of note that while the above
items are thrust into the hands of the re
porter, other action of Cabinet is carefully
concealed.
VIRGINIA.
Richmond, September 24.—An extra
ordinary scene took place in the Hustings
Court to-day. George Washington, colored,
was convicted of horse stealing and sen
tenced to ten years in the penitentiary.—
Being asked what he had to say, lie turned
to the large negro audience in tiie Court
House, and warned them against Yankees
and carpet-baggers, who were the ruin of
their race and of the State. He hoped when
he came out, in ten years, to find tiie star
spangled banner waving over Virginia, the
State governed by her own people, and all
tiie carpet-baggers in the bottom of the
ocean. The speech created considerable
excitement.
The City Council, to-day, appropriated
SIO,OOO to arrange the fair grounds for the
State Fair, which comes off November 2d.
General Canby has printed his corre
spondence relative to the test oath. The
letters show that as early as Jane 4th, a
month before the election, he had, in reply
to letters of enquiry, announced his inten
tion of requiring the oath of members of
the Legislature.
LOUISIANA.
New Orleans, September 24.—This
evening’s Picayune says i “ For some time
past investigations have been quietly going
on in the Custom House of books as far
back as Kellogg’s regime. It has been dis
covered that during Kellogg’s administra
tion of the customs large frauds were per
petrated in a manner so bold and flagrant
that it would be an insult to the intelli
gence of officials then in office to suppose
they were not cognize nt of the facts. Ves
sels of comparatively small tonnage cleared
from this port with cargoes apparently of
whisky on their manifest's that ships of
three and four times their Capacity could
not have stowed away. Imaginary mer
chants of Honolulu and Greenland received
on paper many such consignments, which
in reality were sent West or put upon the
market here.”
UTAH.
Salt Lake City, September 24.—Thomas
A. Bates has commenced suit here against
the Union Pacific Railroad for thirty-nine
millions, for money and supplies furnished.
FOREIGN.
Parts, 'September 24.—Pcre Hyacinth
has left his convent and gone home to his
parents, where lie will wait the decision of
the Council.
Calais asserts that France sent a note to
Prussia, declaring that annexation of the
Grand Duchy of Baden would be regarded
an act sufficient cause for war.
MARINE NEWS.
Savannah, September 23.—Cleared:
Schr. Maryland, for Jacksonville ; steam
ship Gulf Stream, for New York ; steam
ship Herman Livingston, for New York.
Savannah, September 24.—Cleared:
Steamship North Point, for Baltimore.
Arrived : Ship Universe, from Liverpool;
brig Lizabel, from Boston ; steamship
United States, from New Orleans for NeW
York, put in for coal ; schooner Oliver L.
Rourke, cargo sugar, from Cape Barien for
Boston, put in in distress, having been
ashore on Sapelo Island, Ga.
Heavy rains all day.
Wilmington, September 24.—Arrived :
Steamers Volunteer and Rebecca Clyde,
from New York.
Charleston, September 24.—Arrived :
Bark Annie Torrey, from Richmond, Me.
MARKETS.
London, September 24—Noon. —Consols,
Bonds, 82. Turpentine, 265. 9d.@
275. 2d.
Liverpool, September 24—Noon.—Cot
ton —uplands, 12%; Orleans, 12)4; sales,
8,000 bales ; for the week, 56,000 bales ; ex
ports, 16,000 bales; speculation, 11,000
bales; stock, 442,000 bales; American,
69,000 bales. Flour, 245.
Later. —Cotton quiet; Manchester ad
vices less favorable; stock afloat, 430,000
bales; American, 45,000 bales.
Liverpool, September 24—Evening.—
Cotton quiet and steady. Corn,- 39s 6d ;
Red Western Wheat, 9s 4d,<S9s sd.
Steamer Brooklyn sailed' to-day with
quarter million in gold.
New York, September 24—Noon.—
Stocks very unsettled. Money not quoted.
Sterling—long, ; shott, 6. Gold, 139%.
’62’s, 19. Owing to excitement in the mar
ket Southern Securities were not called.
At 12, m., Gold was 162 ; fifteen minutes
later it fell to 136%. It is now 135.
New York, September 24—P. M.—Cot
ton opened firmer, but closed heavy, with
advance lost; sales, 1,200 bales at 29.
Flour cUill and declining; superfine State,
s6@6 15. Wheat 2@3 lower; Winter red
Western, $1 5001 53; Illinois, $1 45;
white Michigan, $1 64. Corn closed I@2
lower; mixed Western,sl 1101 12- Pork
uusettled at s3l 62)4- Lard irregiilar;
kettle, 18%019%. Whisky shade easier
at $1 25. Groceries quiet. Turpentine,
42%043, Rosin steady. Freights dull,
New York, September 16—Noon.—
Flour dull and drooping. Wheat dull and
nominal. Corn favors buyers. Pork, s3l 50.
Lard quiet. Cotton firm at 29%. Turpen
tine steady at 43. Rosin quiet. Freights
nominal! _
New IYokk, September 24—P. M.—
Govermileots closed quiet and neglected;
’62’s, 22)5; Southerns dull ; Temiessees, 61;
uew, 55 i Virginias, 55 ; new, 57 ; North
Caroliuai, 52; new, 46, After day of
unparallqd excitement in Wall street, mar
ket closed comparatively calm. Money
was unsettled to close, when it was quoted
at 7, witlj% commission. Sterling recov
ered, closing at 7%@8. Gold closed at 133.
Transactions were so enormous that the
Gold Exchange Batik could hot settle at
the regular hour, causing great confusion.
It is impossible to tell at preseut what
large firm!, if any, have failed. Several
small firmf are known to have suspended.
Baltimore, September 24.—Cotton dull.
Flour dull and weak. Wheat dull and
unsettled ; prime red, $1 50@1 55. Corn
firm ; white,!sl 28ig}l 30; yellow, $1 20@
1 24. Oats, 60@66. Pork quiet. Bacon
firm. /Whisky-light supply, $1 24@1 25.
Cincinnati, September 24.—Whisky
$1 15; held higher. Pork steady at $32.
Lard steadier; held at 18. Bacon firm;
shoulders, 16; sides, 19@19)^.
Loutbville, September 24.—Provisions
firm. Mess Pork, $32 50@33. Bacon—
sloulders, 16%; sides, 19%, with sales of
51,000 pounds. Whisky unchanged ; stock
lnavy witli a marked decline.
Wilmington, September 24.— -Spirits
Turpentine firm, 40%@41. Rosin quiet,
stt 62%@7 75. Crude Turpentine unchang
ed Tar, $2 80. Cotton unsettled ; opera
ions conducted with extreme caution.
jin consequence of low stage of rivers,
lirge quanties naval stores kept from
iiarket.
Mobile, September 24.—Cotton —re-
ceipts for the week, 6,082 bales; exports
6o\stwise, 2,190 bales; stock and ship
boa'd, 7,844 bales ; sales, 3,850 bales; to
day’s sales, 700 bales; closed quiet, ,mU
dlind 26; receipts, 1,041 bales; exports,
790 Wes. _ _ „
New Orleans, September 24. —Cotton —
receipts to day* 4,452 bales ; for the week,
gross, 14,706; net, 13,054; exports to Liv
erpool, 037; coastwise, 2,259; to-day for
Liverpool, 63'; stock, 19,711; sales to-day,
3,000; lower it, 26% ; sales for the week,
9,503. Corn firmer; white, $1 05. Oats,
56. Bran, slls@l 20. Mess Pork, $33 75@
34. Others uichanged. Gold, 134. Sterling
nominal. N“w York Sight, par.
Charleston, September 24.—Cotton ac
tive and steady; closed firm; sales, 650
bales; inidding, 26% ; receipts, 962 bales ;
exports coaltwise, 2,016 bales.
Savannal, September 23.—Cotton —re-
ceipts, 2,651 bales ; exports, 2,724 bales ;
market firt.i: sales, 700 bales; middling,
20%@26%, -
Savannah, September 24.—Cotton dull;
receipts 1,931 bales; exports, 553 bales; mid
dling, J6%@26%.
| Augusta Daily Market.
Office Daily Constitutionalist, ?
Friday, September 24—F. M. i
FINANCIAL—
BOLD—DuII. Buying at 130 and selling
at 183.
SlLVEß—Nominal. Buying at 127 and sell
ing at 130.
STOCKS —Georgia Railroad Stock, 106@108
Augusta Factory Stock, 159%.
COTTON—This morning our market opened
quiet at 25%@26 cents for New York middlinc-
Owing to fluctuations in the New York gold
market prices increased % cent, closing steady
at 26 cents for fair grades. Sales tor to-day, 382
bales. Receipts, 452 bales. Sales for the week,
3,486 bales. Receipts, 2,797 bales.
BACON—We quote C. Sides, 21%; C. R.
Sides, 21 ; B. B / Sides, 19% ; Shoulders, 18 ;
Hams, 21 @26; Dry Salt Shoulders, IC%@
17 ; Dry Salt C. R. Sides, 20.
CORN—Firm, but small supply. We quote
choice white, $1 65 from depot.
WHEAT—We quote choice white,' $1 70@
1 80; amber, #1 60@l 70 ; red, ft 50@l 55.
FLOUR—City Mills, old, *o@9; uew, *7 50@
@10; at retail, $1 $ barrel higher. Coun
try, so@9, according to quality.
CORN MEAL—SI 60 at wholesale,and $1 65
at retail.
OATS—B5@:|l.
FEAS—No supply. Selling at fl 50 lor
seed.-
CITY ITEMS.
Negro Constable Shot in South
Carolina. —About dark on Thursday eve
ning, Sam Spencer, one of the negro select
men of Hamburg, and Gus Robinson, the
mulatto constable who figures around
Prince Rivers’ Congo court, with their
artillery buckled around them, took an
official stroll down the South Carolina
Railroad as fivr as the Dead Fall. Their
object, we learn, was to procure the arrest
of a subject to be dealt with, we presume,
according to the most approved misunder
standing of the law for which Rivers is
celebrated. When they reached the above
point, they were met by a couple of white
men, whose names we have not ascertained,
one of whom opened fire on them with a
pistol, the ball Liking effect in the fleshy
part of the constable’s .left arm. Spencer
claims to have fired two shots at the white
men, but must have nred wide of the mark,
as himself and associate soon returned to
Hamburg without effecting any arrest.
No arrests have yet been made, but the
“ loll” were in a ferment yesterday morn
ing, boiling up the occurrence as a Ku Klux
outrage for publication in their Charleston
organ. The wound received by the con
stable is not considered at all serious. One
of his negro sympathizers is prepared to
identify the white man who did the shoot
ing, and it is confidently asserted that he
will be arrested. It may be very safely
assumed that somebody will be arrested—
whether the right one or not being a matter
of small concern to the Radical sense of
justice which controls the new regime.
A Double Elopement —A Gay and
Festive Youth Creates a Sensation.—
The lower portion of the city was some
what convulsed, yesterday morning, with
the report that two daughters of a Mrs.
Hubbard, Mattie and Betlie, had clandes
tinely eloped, one of them with a viyacious
and sprightly youth of some sixteen sum
mers, familiarly known as Johnny Moore,
sou of Capt. Thomas N. Philpot, and the
other with an unknown individual. It is
currently reported that the progressive
Johnny had plumed himself with a suffi
ciency of finances from the pockets of his
unsuspecting “ governor” to make his
elopement at least a temporary success,
and that, lx>y as he is—scarcely over four
feet long—he played his role quite as bril
liant as though of maturer years. Little
people arc very loud sometimes, and wc
are afraid Johnny is of that stamp and
tendency. One of the girls, Mattie, left a
note to her mother, recitative of the old
story of misplaced confidence and conse
quent ruin by man, consoling her maternal
parent with the declaration that she should
never gaze on her face again. Whither the
eloping quartette directed their course has
not yet transpired, nor are we able to state
whether they contemplate a visit to Gretna
Green or Fiddler’s Green.
Recorder’s Court.— Walker Roland was
arraigned, yesterday morning, for violation
of the 18th section, in committing an as
sault upon some females of the “ fancy ”
persuasion. This defendant, when arrested
was snugly ensconced in bed, trying to
“ rock ” himself to sleep with a couple of
boulders of convenient size for throwing
purposes. After an examination of his
case, Recorder Crump adjudged that he be
fined sls and cost, or thirty days on the
chain gang.
Tiie Rise in Gold. —How the extraor
dinary rise in gold, announced in our tele
grams, was brought about, is thus explain
ed iu the New York San, of Tuesday last:
“ An alliance of the most powerful and *
influential Anns in Wall street, including
notorious Erie speculators, has been effect
ed with a view of obtaining possession of all
the gold in the market. When this is ac
complished, the couspirators can dictate
their own terms, and merchants and oth
ers, who are compelled to buy or borrow
gold, must necessarily procure it of this
auriferous ring. It is also believed that
these schemers own all the gold deposited
iu the banks. Having thus the power of
control, the operators are gradually raising
the price of gold about an eighth per cent,
daily. Their agents in the gold room buy
all that is offered at their standard bid, aud
only sell at a quarter per cent, higher. At
this rate they will elevate the buying and
selling price eacli succeeding week about
one and a half per cent. In addition to
this method of bleeding those who of ne
cessity have occasion to use gold, we are
told that tliey threaten at no distant day tb
refuse to lend at any price, and to sell only
on their own terms.”
Cotton Statement for the Week.—
Tiie following are the receipts and ship
ments over various roads centreing in this
city, for the week ending Thursday, Sep
tember 23d, p. m.:
Bales.
Receipts by Georgia Railroad, local. .1,283
Shipments by Georgia Railroad,
through... 1,948
Receipts by Columbia and Augusta
. Railroad 137
Shipments by Columbia and Augusta
Railroad 804
Receipts by Central Railroad, 10ca1... 214
Receipts by Central Railroad, through 91
Shipments by Central Railroad, local. lAO2
Shipments by Central Railroad •
through... ;.... 91
Shipments by South Carolina Rail
road, through 2,591
Shipments by South Carolina Rail
road, local 1,359
Total shipments from city by rail
road 2,965
A Flutter. —Tiie fitful rise and fall of
gold in New York, yesterday, caused some
little commotion in financial circles here,
and speculation was excited to divine the
cause of the sudden inflation and contrac
tion of quotations. Our financial advices
from New York indicate the effect upon
some of the weaker operators in Wall
street, who went down in the storm. We
have not heard of anybody being wrecked
in this locality, except a newspaper re
porter, who, on the rise, invested his availa
ble cash—one dollar in currency—in a
second-hand finger-ring. He’s now flat,
dead broke, and will doubtless be worse
broke by night, after Mr. Boutwell pulls
$4,000,000 out of his Uncle Samuel’s
breeches’ pocket and throws it on the mar
ket, which was behaving so badly yester
day.
Fine Stock of Boots and Shoes. —Mr.
M. Cohen is now receiving a large and
elegant assortment of boots and shoes de
signed for the Fall aud Winter trade. His
selections have been made with the utmost
rPgard to taste in style and durability of
workmanship* from the best manufacturers,
and liis goods are not surpassed for beauty
of finish and general excellence in this
market. All the modern styles of fashion
able dress goods for ladies, misses and
children are in particular full line. For
gentlemen and youths, shoes aud boots of
all grades have been provided. To im
prove the understanding, there is no better
dealer to visit than Cohen, who will do your
soles good.
Medium and Low Priced.— Col. Julius
G. Tucker, at his popular establishment op
posite the Planters’ Hotel, is now receiving
a full supply of shoes and boots, clothing,
hats, &c., for tiie wholesale trade. Country
dealers will find it vastly to their advan
tage'to make ail examination of Col. Tuck
er’s stock and prices, as he pledges himself
to sell as cheap as tiie same class of goods
can be purchased in New York, or else
where. We confidently commend this es
tablishment to the consideration of pur
chasers visiting the city to secure supplies
in Col. Tucker’s line.
Fresh. Rife and Delicious. —We know
whereof we write when we pronounce the
banannas and plantains on sale at Mr.
Isaac Levy’s store, near the Lower Market,
as sound, fresh, ripe and delicious. Mr.
Levy and his associate, Mu Davis, make
the fruit business a specialty, and will con
stantly afford our citizeus an opportunity,
during the season, to purchase every variety
of the most delicious West India fruits
shipped to this market.
Folly Supplied. —ln the matter of
planters’ supplies, such as bagging, rope,
twine and iron ties, Messrs. Blair, Smith &
Cos. are fully prepared to supply all de
mands at as reasonable rates as they can
be secured iu the city. They advertise,
also, a heavy stock of tobacco, corn and
whisky. Wc commend our friends from
the country to call ou these gentlemen and
examine their goods and prices, in which
we are confident they will be suited.
Insurance. —Attention is directed to the
advertisement of Mr. J. M. Burdell, agent
of the North British and Mercantile In
surance Company of London and Edin
burgh. It will be seen that this company
possesses a capital of over $4,000,000 in gold,
which establishes it as occupying the very
front rank as to reliability among the
various companies soliciting business in
this section.
Storage of Cotton. —Messrs. Fleming
& Staples occupy the large fire-proof ware
house on Jackson street formerly occupied
by Mr. F. Phinizy, where Mr. Fleming
gives his personal attention to the sale of
cotton at the old rate of 1% per cent.
Opprobrious Words.— Joseph M. Mit
chell, a blind man, yesterday morning, sued
out a warrant before Justice Ells, against
ids brother, Win. Capers Mitchell, for using
opprobrious words and abusive language,
calculated to provoke a breach of the pence.
The defendant was dismissed ou the pay
ment of cost.
Personal.— Gen. Joseph E. Johnston is
in the city, registered at the Planters’ Ho
tel. Wc are glad to note that time is deal
ing gently with the loved and distinguish
ed patriot of the lost cause.
Gen. Mansfield Lovell is also in the
city, quartered at the Planters’ Hotel.
Only a Light Blow.—We thought, yes
terday morning, that we were to be enter
tained by the equinoctial gale and beneflt
ted by a good rain. The whole matter cul
.minated, however, in a light blow, with but
a small sprinkle, not sufficient to lay the
llust, the stars being out in all their bril
liancy last evening.
Error. —We are requested to state thfit
the article copied in our yesterday’s issue
in reference to the pastorship of the Baptist
Church of this city Is an error, no pastor
having been called by that church.
Confirmation.— The rite of confirmation
at the Jewish Synagogue will take place at
18 o’clock, m., Sunday.