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O OKSTITU TIONALIST.
AXJ GKCT ST A. GPA.
ITHUR3DAY MORNING. 00T. 7, 1869
THE STATE ROAD.
ITS PAST AND PRESENT MANAGEMENT.
The Western and Atlantic Railroad is
Indeed a magnificent property. It was
built at an immense cost—the exact
amount has never transpired—and paid
for from the hard earnings of the people
of every portion of Georgia. The people
at large, then, have a right to expect that
this road shall be managed for their com
mon interests, so as to reduce, so far as is
consistent with the general good, the bur
dens of taxation. During the administra
tion of Gov. Brown, when gold was the
money of the country, and the values of
property ruled accordingly, this road paid
into the State Treasury something in ex
cess of forty thousand dollars per month.
This splendid income was almost sufficient
to meet the expenses of the State, and, in
consequence, taxes were exceedingly light.
There was no complaint, at that time, that
freight rates were excessive. The country
through which the road passed developed
and the people who dwelt aloog the line
prospered to a great degree. During the
war, this road, like all others in the South,
suffered immensely. Its locomotives, roll
ing stock and rails were either worn out
or destroyed, and its bridges and shops
were demolished. Upon the return of what
is called “ peace,” the reconstruction of
the road had to be commenced almost de
novo. But under the vigorous marage
ment of Col. Campbei.t. Wallace and the
honest supervision of Gov. Jenkins, all
damages were repaired and the road, well
equipped and organized, began again its
career of usefulness and profit. It very
soon thereafter, in spite of the disturbed
condition of trade and politics, gave fail
promise of paying into the State Treasury,
not only forty, but sixty or seventy
thousand dollars per month. Such was
its cdndltion when the evil eyes of alien
and domestic demagogues and tricksters
were cast upon it and upon the high places
of the State. Such was its condition when
Mr. Bullock became Governor, mainly
through the sharp and quick chicanery of
Mr. Hulbert. Grateful, and perhaps
under bond, for the service thus rendered,
“ His Excellency” promptly removed Col.
Wallace, in whom all reposed confidence,
and gave the superintendency to Mr. Hul
bert, in whom nobody, outside of a cabal,
reposed any confidence at all. That Mr.
Hulbert lias since made a considerable
splurge and manifested much talent and
fussy enterprise cannot be denied. But, iu
spite of his strategy and vociferous policy,
we know that the Western and Atlantic
Road pays but $25,000 in greenback cur
rency into the State Treasury, and we feel
that it will not be amiss to probe betimes
the individual who thus directs the fund
and the system which claims to be some
what Napoleonic.
In making such investigations and ap
plying such tests, we prefer to go to head
quarters ; that is, we prefer to go to Super
intendent IJulbert in propria persona.
We have before us a recent speech which
Mr. Hulbert delivered before the Press
Excursionists. The language employed is
not always happy or well-selected; but
there is substance in the eflTort and no
little specious skill in its applications. It
is evidently the production of a man of
rude, but strong intellect, with selfish mo
tives underlying all special pleading for the
common good. In spite of every care, this
purely individual arrogance crops out, and
our Superintendent is delivered of a per
fect wilderness of pronouns of the first
person singular. Along the printed page
the capital I dances before the reader like
the musical notes of a waltz or a mazour
ka. Not Andrew Johnson himself was
ever more eager to ventilate “my policy."
The “ policy ” of Mr. Hulbert, as «re un
derstand it, is to this effect: First—Every -
body was wrong who caused the road to
pay much money, if any, into the Treasury.
Second —He would discover its nett in
come, and then reduce freight to the low
est possible point that would pay current
expenses.
As if to elucidate this theory, he thus
speaks:
“From time immemorial we have been
importing iron and steel for our plow
shares, and actually wearing them out on the |
iron lying loose on our hillsides. I propose
to change the programme, and encourage
the developement of this interest, con
scientiously believing we have scores of
localities possessing as great advantages
for the cheap production of iron as General
Wilder’s in Tennessee, the advantages of
whose property is unsurpassed anywhere.
I desire to have numerous furnaces at short
intervals on and along the line of road,
whose fires shall light its track and serve as
standing advertisements of the abundance of
<onr resources, as well as of the liberal policy
■which stimulates their development. Hence
I propose to all who will repair the old, or
ibuild new furnaces; all who wish to erect
a saw or cotton mill, or to engage in manu
facturing on toe line, to transport their
.machinery, toelr building material, (lum
ber, lime, rock, &c.,) and to lay side tracks
when needed free of charge; and I propose,
also, to transport iron aud coal tor them
almost at their own price—as low, or
lower, than is done by any other road iu
the country. I have assured them of my
earnest co-operation; that I will advertise
their busings; help them to sell their
goods; give them low rates for their manu
factured articles, aud aid them to the
■exteut of my ability, and if they do not
make money, it will be their fault, not
mine.”
Well, that is a huge project no doubt/
and we suppose the up-country is vastly
tickled at it. But, while the Napoleonic
ideas are admitted, there may be grounds
for suspecting that our Napoleon has
strangely misconceived his duties and their
legitimate scope. We concede with em
iphasis that it is very desirable the re
sources of Georgia shall be developed ; but
who has given Mr. Hulbert authority to
undertake tine task ? Where does he find
authority for using the money of all the
jpeople of the State for the incidental pur
pose of advertising private business ?
What law has empowered him with the
right of carrying free freight for one mau
at the expense of another ? We had hither
to understood that it was his duty, his ex
press duty, to manage the State property,
while under his control, to the best advan
tage and with impartiality to all; incur
ring, at the same time, no expenses beyond
the essential requirements of the road. Has
the Legislature made him dictator ? If so,
let us have the facts proving authority.
We venture to say that no such proof is at.
Hiand. On the contrary, weak and wicked
as the Legislature may have been, we
opine that it had no intention to interfere
with the established precedent demanding
that the State Road should be made to pay
every dollar it possibly could, with reason
able freight charges, in comparison with
other roads, and thus effect the diminution
of the taxes of the people.
Mr. Hcjlbebt labors to make it apparent
that he intends to develop the resources of
the State and cheapen food for the people
by low freights on the line he superintends.
Now seven tenths, we should say, of all
the freight transported over the Western
and Atlantic Railway’is through freight for
or from Kentucky, Tennessee, Alabama,
Mississippi and other States. If it were
carried free of charge, or if a premium
were paid for the privilege of transporting
it over the State Road, it would not benefit
the people of Georgia to the extent of a
copper coin or a postage stamp.
Our “ sharp and quick” Superintendent
would have us believe that every person
who heretofore controlled this property
was a fool for making it pay round sums of
money into the Treasury; that everybody
was mistaken in the supposition that the
Sagacious men who projected the road ever
intended it to subserve this purpose; that,
under his management, it shall not be com
pelled to do so, but used for the almost
exclusive benefit of persons whexown mines
or factories along its course. He concludes
his effort to beguile and humbug the “ dear
people,” by sketching a sombre picture of
the future careeer of this great property.
Prominent in the gloomy picture are rival
roads, built, building, or about to be built.
The road from Nashville to Montgomery,
the Blue Ridge, the Dalton, Rome and
Selma routes threaten, so he declares, to
take away the larger portion of freight
and travel hi therto passing over the State
Road. To retrieve this prospective disas
ter, and prevent further loss by these roads,
he is anxious that the State should pur
chase the Rome Railway and extend it to
the Alabama line without delay. He like
wise urges that a road be directly
built from Cartersville to Van Wert; an
other road eastward from Cartersville and
up the Etowah; still another from Dalton
to Morganton, and on to intersect the Blue
Ridge Road. Now, just here the Napoleonic
comes in again ; but we pause in the midst
of admiration to contemplate the cost of
these projects, not to speak of the probable
motive underlying the entire scheme. These
roads would cost to build fully $5,000,000.
Avery insignificant sum to the very mag
nificent Hulbert ; but a very considerable
item for the poor camels, the dear people,
who are expected to sweat and groan un
der the burdens it would impose.
The Hulbert argument may be thus
boiled down : The people are imbeciles to
wish the State Road to pay any money
toward the expenses of the Commonwealth.
But the road will presently lose the larger
portion of its traffic. Hence the people
must spend five or ten millions more to
counteract the loss ! This is Lhdbertmn,
but is it not also paradoxically monstrous?
If, according to our sharp and quick Super
intendent, we are not to make anything by
the possession of an immense carrying
trade for Kentucky, Tennessee, Alabama
and other States, what supreme folly it
would be to hazard many millions to coun
teract the loss?
Again Mr. Hulbert says: “It is well
“ known that the State Road has been re
“ garded and used as a political machine.”
Never was there a more striking illustra
tion of this statement than he and his co
adjutors exhibit this very day. Remember
ing this, and profiting by the memory of it,
rather than ask the people to consent to
“ side lines ” for an extension of the politi
cal power of such men as now seek to hold
Georgia by the throat and who have done
their best to degrade and disgrace her, we
would prefer to counsel them to advocate
and strive for a prompt sale of this proper
ty. If it would be good policy for the
State to run one road for the development
of her greatness, it would bg still more
commendable to run a half-dozen. There
fore, if Mr. Hulbert’s policy is the true
one, the people in the lower portion of the
State should demand the purchase of the
Georgia, the Macon and Western and Cen
tral Roads and have them run for the pecu
liar advantage of those who dwell along
their routes.,
Now the great iuterest of Georgia is
Cotton, Mr. Hulbert probably sneers at
this; but it is nevertheless a fact. Cotton
brings more money into opr borders in one
good season than will all the copper, coal
and iron mines that may be worked during
the next two decades. Heuce, if money is
to be lavished, in free railways, upon any
branch of industry, a goodly heap of it
should find its way to the planter. But the
principle is wrong in tote. It is only a re
vamping of that old doctrine of robbery,
which seeks to jnake one section the drudge
and slave of another, ft jfi narrow, wick
ed, suspicious and objectionable. Tjie peo
ple will do well to watch it and its author.
And why not? While Angier watches
Bullock, and checks him to some extent,
Bullock also watches and checks Angier.
Even Hulbert perchance has th,e eyes of a
hawk, when Foster Blodgett comes
between the wind and his nobility.” But
who is to wateli and check Mr. Hulbert,
if the Legislature prove venal and the peo
ple supine ? That duty must devolve on
the Press; and we for one propose to per
form it with courtesy but with intrepidity.
As die case presumably stands, Mr. Hul
bert is a greater banker than Mr. Bul
lock or Mr. Angier. lift apparently spends
the income of the State Road without let
or hindrance. His pleasure and will are
royal in the premises. We protest against
a continuance of this sovereign arrogance,
and trust that a sufficiency of good and in
corruptible men are in the Legislature to
correct abase and prescribe limits to its
audacity.
In Bad Taste. —The following para
graph is going the round of the newspa
pers in various shapes:
“John C. Breckinridge, having been re
cently addressed as ‘General’ by a Judge
Jn a Kentucky Court, Breckinridge sug
gested that hereafter all military titles be
disregarded in the court room. The Judge
said he acquiesced with pleasure.”
We do not believe such an incident ever
transpired ; but if so, nothing could have
been in worse taste, coming from General
Breckinridge, and we regret and deprecate
the construction that may be placed upon
it. It looks like a disposition to repudiate
his title as a Confederate Genera!, by
which he has rendered his name illustrious
and which was the noblest commission fee
ever held in his life. The Southern people
have accepted the political consequences of
the aisastrious termination of war; but no
matter what a small number of trading
politicians among us have done or may do,
they neither regret nor are ashamed, in
conscience or principle, of anything con
nected with their great and glorious effort
to defend their liberties, their property and
their civilization from wanton .attack and
calamitous subversion. A Confederate
General who fought at Shiloh, Chiea
mauga, Murfreesboro, Cold Harbor, and
on a dozen other great battle fields where
Southern valor shone as conspicuous as
midday, should not tarnish his brilliant
reputation by indulging in any servile
sentiment or act which may be possibly
interpreted into an attempt to conciliate
the present dominating influences ip the
country at the expense of the past.
[Montgomery Advertise)-.
Dismissed the Service.— Brevet Captain
Wallace S. Long, United States Army, having
been found guilty, before a military court mar
tial at New Orleans, of conduct unbecoming
an officer and violation of the act of March
21,1868, has been sentenced to be dismissed!
the service of the United States, which sentence
has been approved by tbe President, and he
has been dismissed accordingly.
Our New York Correspondence.
New York, October 2.
The great situoon which has swepA over
Wall street has subsided, and the wreck (hat it
lies left behind is fearful to contemplate. An
experience of many years does not permit me
to recall any event whose suddenness in its
rise and subsidence, overwhelming force,
and extraordinary and wide-spread influences,
equals Ihe panic ot last week. The panic of
1857 was more general iu its influences, and
look a longer period to run, bnt those who
were seriously hurt by it were houses that had
long been weak. The panic of 1860 had a poli
tical origin, and took the form more of a sus
pension of business, and the failure of mer
chants having certain connections, rather than
any wide-spread calamity. The stock panic in
April, 1865, and tbecotton panic In 1866, though
very serious in their efiects ujwm parties in
terested in those specialities, worked no wide
spread injury. Besides, they had been a long
time foreseen and took very few by surprise.
The losses by the late panic in gold and
stocks canuot be less than two hundred mil
lions of dollars. This through the deprecia
tion of nominal values. Os course the great rail
ways whose shares declined from 30 to 67 per
cent, are really worth as much uow as'they
were before tbe panic, and the gold held in the
hanks and elsewhere is just as valuable as ever.
Bnt both gold and railway shares are represent
ed by a much smaller sum in the currency of
the country. Hence, tbe process lias been one
of impoverishing many and enriching but very
few, if any.
Tbe gigantic character of the failures is some
thing unprecedented in onr financial history.
One firm fails for thirty million dollars. A
broker suspends on contracts to tbe extent of
between five and six millions; tbe losses of
another house, if it carries out its engage
ments, may be reckoned at twelve millions ;
another house settled losses to tbe extent of
six millions, and went on with its business.—
But nobody appears to have made money.
He who has held his own has been the lucky
man. The process has been one of deprecia
tion, and the straggle was upon whom the loss
should fall, aud not who should make money
at another’s expense. Commodore Vander
bilt, in his effort to sustain New York Central,
is leputed to have lost nearly two million dol
lars. Yet this loss is more m the quotable
value of property, aud not from any diminu
tion in the amount of property standing in his
name.
These facts have made the work of recupera
tion a comparatively easy one. Money is al
ready easier than it had been for weeks before
the panic. The dealings in securities are
larger and more general, because their values
are believed to re6t ou a sounder basis. Tbe
settling of the accounts of some of the great
houses is still incomplete, but the worst is
known to be over.
Mercantile circles have felt but little of the
storm. Os course, they could not hope to
escape It entirely. The first effect was to cause
bankers who had money out on merchandize
to force sales of those goods to procure, means
to protect their credit. Then Sterling Ex
change became unsalable. Bankers in that
speciality absolutely refused to do business,
because they had no reliable basis to go upon.
This shut buyers of merchandize for ex port out
of the markets, and they could do nothing.
These facts, in connection with the general dis
position to suspend business at such a crisis,
had some influence upon prices. But it must
be accepted as evidence of the general sound
ness of the mercantile community, and ihe sub
stantial basis upon which, prices rest, that the
decline was not more than five per cent, in any
leading staples, while many ot them remained
steady.
Cotton fell to 27J£c. for middling upland,
bnt closed strong. Sterling Exchange is sala
ble at better rates than ruled before the panic,
and advances more easily obtained ou consign
ments. Depressing influences have done their
worst, and persons engaged in handling the
fleecy staple ” fear uo longer of getting their
fingers burned.
The causes of the late trouble-- eon
finue to be warmly discussed. On the
Stock Exchange and iu the. Gold Room, it
is tbe fashion to anathematize “Jim Fisk,” and
“ Smith, Gould & Martin.” In mercantile
circles Mr. Bout-well, the Secretary of ihe
Treasury, is denounced. The Handels Zeitnng,
i German Republican commercial and financial
organ, is very hot against Mr. B , arid says
his acts since he assumed office ha vemade this
panic inevitable. It charges him with bav'mg
contributed directly to it. Bin the “ bigtbmg”
ot to day is the opinion of A. T. Stewart on the
crisis. He was “ interviewed” by a reporter
from the World newspaper, aud authorized the
publication of the following summary of his
views, which is interesting from the severity
with which they reflect upon the financial ad
ministration of his friend, General Grant, as
well as for their financial merit:
“I cannot regard them (tbe receut opera
tions in Wall street) as otherwise than
disastrous to our commercial interests, lu the
first place, they interfere with and confuse our
values by rendering uncertain the price of gold.
But to this there is added another reason, iu
the demoralizing effect which it must, produce.
“ I disapproved of the policy of selling gold
and purchasing bonds with tbe proceeds, be
lieving as 1 do (hat it will never lead us, as it is
probably meant to load ns, to specie payment.
Such a policy would not lead us to puch a
result in ten years—no, nor in a hundred. The
purchase of bonds with gold gives the specula
tors means to carry on their operations. This
policy is unquestionably of great benefit to
those who have no means of their own. While
solvent men will entirely oppose this policy, it
will be approved of by those who are shaky.”
The Grand Hotel, situated ou Broadway aud
Thirty-first street, some mention of which we.
made in a former letter, was some days since
formally opened to the public, and the new
structnre—it is not perhaps too much to say—
is the finest hotel in the city. The exterior of
marble presents an imposing appearance, rising
eight. stories in Jjeight, and the interior arrange
ments are the raoyi elegant and complete
imaginable. Tne provision accident by
fire is remarkably good, there being a reservoir
attached which contains 6,000 gallons of water
in case the supply of Croton should become in
sufficient.
A book recently issnod bv a jyriter who styles
himself a “ Christian Philanthropist,” who is a
native of New England, and educated a Puritan
of the straitest sect, is one in defe.use of Poly
gamy. Circumstances, it appears, led theauthor
to fix bis residence for a time in the East Indies,
vrhppp tp his surprise lie found a plurality ot
wives allowed so the natives by the Christian
missionaries, who in fiplense of a laxity some
what remarkable,
for it in their behalf. Such bring lb? case he
was led to consider the subject, and finally to
become of the opinion that monogamy is “ tbe
IQipt offspring of Paganism and Romanism,”
and shbyW be abolished.
In conjunction yipfi this, we recall the au
thoress of tbe Byron scandal -1 ) Puritan’s
daughter and the yyjfe of a iJuriUu—Jjrs.
ffeecher Stowe.
The djspial precincts ot the Torahs were, a
few days sfnae, pjiliyeped by the unwonted
presence of several personages of po less note
than tbe tragediennes Muss jofi\teruan and Lu
cile Western, The cause of a circumstance so
unnsual was that the ladies in question bad re
cently suffered some losses in their wardrobe,
.Miss Western having had stolen from her rooms,
at the Metropolitan Hotel, dresses to the value
of 11,000, including a velvet robe used in tbe
impersonation ot Lu'?retia Borgia. Miss Bate
man’s losses yreye less considerable.
The thief, who, by tfie exertions of the po
lice, had been found and bfpppht. to justice,
was a boy of sixteen, who fiafi jn the
habit of going to the hotel' where these iadies (
boarded pud representing to their domestics
that he had keen seut from the .theatre for j
them, and being piausjble in manner and well ;
posted in the details of the movements ol the
lady actresses, his poi.nt, it seems! was carried
without difficulty. This being rather a stale
trick, jt. Is somewhat surprising that he should
have succeeded so well- He has, however, i
been detected, as well as two women with
whom be was in complicity, npd the abstracted
dresses have been restored tp the rightful
■owners.
Some interesting experiments have been
made ol late in regard to a now theory of tele
graphing by sonnd, instead of electricity, and
Dr.L. A. Everett, of New Orleans, this week suc
ceeded in accurately transmitting a message ac
cording to tllf! new method, at Fulton Ferry,
Brooklyn, a distance of more than 600 feet.
There is o,t present no lack of amusement in
,the Metropolis, and s?epUe disasters in Wall
street, th'eatrefe arid oprirae ayp well attended.
Parepa Rosa’s B'nglisli Opera fs universally
jCQqqeded to be a success, and more deserving
Os s.qccese, perhaps, is the grand French Opera
at .tlie Qf Music ; this being totally
different frqin the Opera Pouffe of last year.
Here Mlje. ißleah .is rapidly yinttfng favor and
attaining a high rank m the pppplar estimation,
both from the remarkable 'excellence of her |
voice, and also from her fine powers at, an ac- j
tress.
Carlotta Patti’s concerts at Steinway Hall
have also been crowded by fashionable and ap
preciative audiences, by whom she has been en
thusiastically received. Her voice is one of
unuepal compass, capacity and flexibility, and
she bears no unfavorable comparison with her
sister Adelina, Besides bejng a fine singer,
she is a handsome woman—l'Slber too ranch
.inclined to en bon point, perhaps, but that wiih
singers is a very commou fault, if fault it be,
and one which we may readily pardon.
WILLOUGHBY.
Photographing the President on Horse
bach. —The President has had his photograph
taken on horseback, for the purpose of assist
ing Fisk Mills in preparing a plaster east of an
equestrian statue for the Lincoln monument,
upon which Mr. Mills is now busily engaged.
{foL. J. C. B. Mitchell, who was colonel of
an Alabama regiment during the war, and was
conspicuous for his patriotism and gallautry,
died at his .residence pear Montgomery, on the
8d instant-
The Public Debt StatSjient.
The statement of the politic: debt of the
United States for the month of September,
issued from the Treasury Department is as
follows:
DEBT BEARING INTEREST IN COIN, VIZ :
5 per cen t.
bonds issued
belore March
3,1864 1231,589,300 00
6 per cent. j
bonds, 1881,1,866,347,500 00 j
DEBT BEARING INTEREST IN LAWSPUL MONEY,
viz :
Certificates at
3 per cent.
interest.... *50,545,000 00
Navy Pension
Fund at 3
per cent, in
terest 14,000,000 00
T- , , . *64,545,000 00
Debt on which interest has
ceased since maturity 4,522,796 64
DEBT BEARING NO INTEREST, VIZ:
Demand aud
legal tender
n0te5...... *356,114,653 50
Postal and
Fracti o n a 1
Currency— 33,001,298 50
Certificates ol
Gold de
posited 24,472,720 00
Total debt, principal out
standing
Interest 44;076,697 45
Total debt, princial and inter’t,
to date, including coupons
due not presented for pay
ment
AMOUNT IN TREASURY.
Coin *108,804,658 81
Currency 6,559,004 12
Sinking fund,
in U. S. coin
inte’st bonds
and interest
collected aud
aeerued there- ’ W
on 16,123,158 55
Other U. 8. coin
int’st bonds
purchas’d and
accrued iut’st
thereon 34,625,962 50
Debt, less am’nt in Treasury. *2,468,445,072 11
Debt, less am’nt in Treasury 1
on the Ist ultimo 2,475,9ffi,501 50
Decrease ot public debt du
ring the past month *7,4(0,429 39
Decrease since March 1,1869. 56,9(8,187 90
The statement of bonds issued to tlifc Pacific
Raiiruad companies, interest payable it lawful
money, shows totals as follows: Amount out
standing, *01,180,320; interest aecruedtmd not
yet paid, $908,785 73; interest paid Iby tbe
United States, *4,984,822 54; interest repaid
by transportation ol mails, &c.,
balance of interest paid by the United States,
*3,340,870 39.
il l
[From the New York Herald.
The Suez Canal.
A dispatch from Alexandria informs us
that M. Lcsseps has passed throu|h the
Suez Canal iu a steamer from Port Slid to
Suez—that is from the Mediterranean to
the Red Sea—in fifteen hours. It is impos
sible to refuse to admit that M. Ltsseps
iias accomplished one of the greatest
wonders of this or, indeed, of any age.
The world laughed at him when he com
menced his undertaking. It was at im
possibility ; it never could be accomplished.
It was an old thought, but it never was a
fact. The idea was as old as, nay, older
than the Pharoahs; but the sands of the
desert had in every instance proved stronger
than man. Such was the language com
mon at the time the caual was commenced.
Such has been the language held by many
in spite of visible progress and demon
strated success. Steadily M. Lesseps has
kept at the work. He has found money
and men in spite of all detractors to carry
on the work. He has exhausted the
resources of art to find machinery
suited to great emergencies. He lias made
nature herself liis handmaid. Where
uo stone was to be had, he has taken les
sons from the monuments of the past and
converted the deep, heavy sub-soil into ma
terial which may prove as enduring as
marble or granite. The two seas have ac
tually met and kissed each other, and there
has been do deluge. On the contrary, a
little steamer, with the engineer on board,
has sailed from sea to sea in fifteen hours.
It is a triumph to M. Loeeepspit is a- tri
umph to Freuch engineering; it is a Ari
unqph to modern science. We may now
take it for granted that the opening of the
canal towards the close of the year will
be a complete success. In spite of the
Sultan, the dream of the Greek conqueror
of the world will he realized. Alexandria
will become one of the grandest centres of
commerce. It will do more than recover
all the splendor and prosperity which it
lost by the discovery of Vasco de Gama.
Trade will revert to its ancient channels.
The cape will sink into decay. The
coasts of the Mediterranean will bristle
with large and flourishing cities. A voy
age from New York, from Amsterdam,
from Liverpool, from Marseilles to India
and the far East will be accomplished in
fewer weeks via the Suez Canal than
months via the Cape of Good Hope. It
wilt multiply largely the means of commu
nication and it will euqrmously iucrease
trade. Egypt, in tact, >yili recover more
than her ancient importance; she will
again become the seat of empire. The
canal will attract Europeans and even
Americans to its banks, the world’s wealth
will find anew outlet, and it will not be
wonderful if the ruler of Egypt, whoever
lie may Ire, soon dictates terms to the Turk.
The truth is, the Suez Canal will reclaim
Egypt fjxrm barbarism. Civilization by it
lays claim tp the land of the Pharaohs,
one of the first and grandest cradles of the
race, and through it rushes to develop the
mighty resources of Asia. It is a grand
success, and wc must rejoice in it. But it
is aiso a great counter stroke to our Pa
cific Railroad. W c liaye oqr isthmus.—
We ifiust cqt it op lag bphiqd. We ape
nearer Asia than any qf tqc cqiqiqercial
nations of Europe; bn( \ye iqse qur qppqr
tnnity so lpng as the trade of the Atlaiitic
States must seek Asia ropnd Cape Horn.
Let us cipt tfip jstlpnus atqqce. Ret us
have our Darien Canal. To ns this is the
lesson.
Fearful Calamity.
BOILER EXPLOSION ON THE INDIANAPOLIS
Fair ground—nineteen killed and
one hundred seriously wounded.
, Indianapolis, Indiana, October I.—A
terrible accident occurred'at the State Fair
this afternoon. The boiler Os Sinker &
Go., qf tfyis city, exploded a few minutes
before foqr o’clock. There was an im
mense crowd on tlje grqjand at the time of
the accident, aqd it is difficult to get the
particulars. It is known that twelve pep
sons were ipstnntly killed, aqd the number
wounded Will probably reach one hun
dred.
SECOND DISPATCH.
Indianapolis, October I.— The accident
at the Fair Grounds this afternoon is the
most heart-rending that has ever occurred
in this vicinity, and has cast a gloom over
the entire city. The explosion occurred a
fc v/ minutes before four o’clock, when the
groiinds weyc crowded with visitors.
The bofier via* affiled to a saw mill of
Sinker * Co.,' of Thin city, and had just
been fired up lor a test of -speed with
another sawing machine. Arrangements
were made to take it up as soon asthe trial
Was oW- • ! :
So fay as can be ascertained to-night,
there were nineteen fe6;r&J?s : killed, f'he
excitement and confusion ’ tonight jg so
great that it is difficult to obtain a correct
list of the wounded, but it is thought the
number will reach nearly one hundred.
Most of the dead were removed to W. W.
Weaver’s undertaker’s office, where an in
quest sil| probably be held to-morrow.
Many of the bodies pre h9FFiWy mutilated
and burped, aijd in sofoe cages" slll bp
almost impossible for their friends to recog
nize them- Many of the most severely
wounded were convoyed to the Indiana
Surgical Institute, the proprietors pf wblfh
as soon as they heard of the accident, ten
dered the use of the Institute for the
wounded, and have been untiring in their
efforts to alleviate the sufferings of the
wounded.
The scene at the fair ground after the ac
cident was most heart-rending. Many of
the killed were torn in fragments.
Os one family, a mother and three chil
drcn, the mother was killed and the two
oider children badly scalded, while the
youngest was unhurt. A gentleman aud
lady walking together, the gentleman was
killed and the lady unhurt.
Everything is being done to alleviate the
sufferings of the wounded that can be done.
It is thought that several more of them will
die. The receipts of the Fair to morrow
will be given for the benefit of the wounded.
[From the New Oilcans Picayune.
Southern Historical Society.
CONFEDERATE LOSSES DURING THE CIVIL
WAR, 1861-05.
Correspondence Between Hie Secretary, Doctor
Joseph Jones , and General 8. Cooper, For
merly Adjutant General of the Confederate
States.
New Orleans, August 2,1869.
General S. Cooper, Alexandria, Va.:
Dear Sir: You will please excuse the
liberty which I take in trespassing upon
your valuable time.
I have recently been preparing, for the
Southern Historical Society a paper upon
the losses of the Confederate Army, from
battle, wounds and disease during the
civil war, 1861-65. The following results
of my investigation are most respectfully
submitted to you for examination and crit
icism :
KILLED, WOUNDED AND PRISONERS OF TnE
CONFEDERATE ARMY DURING TnE WAR,
1861-’65.
Killed. Wounded. Prisoners.
1861 1.315 4,054 2 772
1862 18,582 68,659 48300
1863 11,876 51,313 71,211
1864-’5.. .22,000 70.000 80,000
Total... 53,773 194,026 202,283
If the deaths from disease be added, the
sum total will represent the entire loss.
The returns of the field aud general hos
pitals are known for 1861 and 1862 -.
Confederate killed in battle, 1861-2 19,807
Deaths caused by wounds in field hospit
als . 1,623
Deaths caused by wounds in general hos
pitals 2,618
Deaths caused by disease in field hospit
als 14,597
Deaths caused by disease in general bos-
Pitals... 16,741
Total deaths in the C. S. A.. 1861-2.. .55,476
Total wouuded in C. S. A., 1861-’2 72.713
Total prisoners in C. 8. A., 1861-’2 51.072
Total discharged in C. 8. A., 1861-’2 16.940
Total wounded, prisoners, and dis
charged, 1861-’2 140,725
If it be fair to assume that the total ma
jority 0f1863-’4 was fully equal to that of
1862, then the total deaths in the Confed
erate army 1861-5 was at least 160,000,
exclusive of the deaths in Northern prisons,
which would swell the number to near
185,000 ; and if the deaths amongst the dis
charged for wounds and diseases, and
amongst the sick and wounded on fur
lough, be added, the grand total of deaths
in the Confederate army during the entire
war did not fali far short of 200,000.
According to this calculation the deaths
from disease were about three times as
numerous as those resulting from the casu
alties of battle.
The available Confederate force capable
of active service in the field did not, during
the entire war, exceed six hundred thou
sand (600,000) meu. Os this number not
more than four hundred thousand (400,000)
were enrolled at any one time, and the
Confederate States never had in the field
more than two hundred thousand (200,000)
men capable of bearing arms at any one
time, exclusive of sick, wounded and dis
abled.
If the preceding calculation be correct,
we have the following figures illustrating
the losses of the Confederate armies during
the war :
Confederate forces actively engaged,
136L-’5 ; 1 600.000
Total deaths in C. S. A 260,000
Losses in C. S. A. in prisoners, 1801-’5,
which may be considered as total losses
on account of the policy of non-ex
cbangi! by the United Stales 300,000
Losses of C. S. A. hy discharges, disa
bility and desertion 100,000
If this calculation, which is given only
as an approximation, be correct, one-third
of all the men actively engaged on the
Confederate side were either killed outright
upon the field or died of disease and wounds;
another third of the entire number were
captured aud held for an indefinite period
in Northern prisons; and of the remaining
40,000 at least one-half were lost to the
service by discharges and desertion.
At the close of the war the available
force of the Confederate States numbered
soarcely 100,000 effective men.
The resolution, unsurpassed bravery and
skill with which the Confederate leaders
conducted this contest is shown by the fact
that out of 600,000 men in the field about
500,000 were lost to the service.
At the close of the war the 100,000 Con
federates were opposed to one million
(1,000,000) Federal troops.
Your approval or disapproval of this
calculation is most respectfully solicited.
The distinguished ability with which you
discharged the responsible and arduous
duties of Adjutant. General of the Con
federate army qualifies you above every
other officer of the late Confederate States,
to decide how far such calculations may
approach to accuracy.
With great respect and the highest
esteem, I have the honor to be your obedient
servant.
Joseph Jones, M. D.,
Secretary andTreasurer Southern Historical
Society, Professor Chemistry Medical
Department of the University of Vir
ginia.
Gen. Cooper, in replying to Professor
Jones’ letter, expresses the opinion that his
estimates “ must be regained as nearly
critically correct.”
[From the Charleston Courier.
The Strike of the Longshoremen.
VIOLENCE AND LAWLESSNESS ON ADGEIi’S
WHARF THE NECHOES ENDEAVOR TO
THROW A WHITE HAN OVERBOARD.
We have already alluded to the strike
of the longshoremen, which commenced
several days ago, and which still continues.
No one will, of course, deny the right of a
body of laborers to demand higher wages
from their employers, and to refuse to work
if these demands are not complied with.—
These men, composed of negroes, it seems
haveorganized a protective union, and have
struck for higher wages. We learn that
they demand $2 50 per day for laborers,
and $3 per day for foremen, and that the
working days be comprised between the
hours of 7, a. m., and 5, p. m. They demand,
also, forty cents per hour additional for all
work cfone after 5, p. m. With these de
mands the owners and agents of vessels in
port have refused to comply, and were com
pelled to rely upon their crews and such
white labor iis they could procure.
Qn Monday (yesterday morning,) the
agent of the New York steamer at 4-dger’s
Wharf had a conference with tlje strikers,
and we are informed it was agreed that
twenty men should go to work at the price
demanded, but that they should work until
six o’clock.
This having been agreed upon, the twen
ty men proceeded to work, but had scarce
ly begnn when a messenger arrived, and
they forthwith left, without any explana
tion.
The strikers now had possession of the
wharf, and drove off everybody, white and
black, whom they suspected of a desire to
go to work. A gentleman who was en
gaged at work on the steamer was bidden
by them to move off. He refused to com
ply, when four of the stoutest of the ruf
fians seized him for the purpose of throw
ing him overboard, and'would have car
ried out their intention had they not been
IWeVctlted by 4. 1 n timber of ! gentlemen who
were standing As usual, there 1 waS k no
policeman near by at the time, dWd one wgS
sent for and requested to clear the'whArf!
This was done, and the work proceeded.
The conduct of these negroes is unbear
able, and If the ringleaders can be identi
fied they should be punished. To refuse to
WQrkfs perfeptly lawful, bqt they have no
right to assaipt- any njan, \yl*ite qr colored,
who is willing to work,' and tliey should
tye taught the lessqn.
Ahaskwl4H Spoifps.—A couple of young
Amazons, at Dorchester, Mass., have been
displaying their agilityln a jumping match
for $l5O a side. One at the first jump
cleared 10 feet 9 Inches, and at the second
11 feet 2 % inches; the other 10 feet 7*4
inches at the first jump, and at the second
10 feet 8)4 inches.
October.
Shake the last dead blossom
From the thorny bough ;
Royal rose or thistle—
Which is fairer now ?
Worst of weeds and queen of flowers,
Pride and mock of Summer hours ;
Dry and shriveled, old and brown
In the wet grass tread them dowu.
Poppies, with the morning’s
Burning beauty flushed ;
Llltle cared-for dnhes.
Used to being crushed ;
Loveless, scentless, side by side —
Which has now most cause lor pride ?
Dry and shriveled, old and brown—
In the wet grass tread them down.
Rankly-growing nlght-6hade.
Child of gloom and death ;
Lilies, white and saintly,
With celestial breath ;
Useless now to bless or barm,
Vain their poison, vain their balm ;
Dry and shriveled, old and brown—
In the wet grass tread them down.
Amaranths, we fancied \
Flowers that could not die ;
Morning-glories, fading
Ere their dew was dry —
Which has now the nobler claim?
Which has now the prouder name?
Dry and shriveled, old and browu —
In the wet grasfe tread them down.
Aconite aud nettle.
Myrtle-wreath and rose,
All, all fall together
When the north wind blows.
Summer honors will not last
After Summer time has passed ;
Dry and shriveled, old and brown —
In the wet grass tread them down.
State Items.
Hon. A. H. Chappell aud Judge J. J. Mc-
Keudree have been appointed delegates
from Columbus to the Louisville Commer
cial Convention.
The Columbus Sun reports that the
heirs of a negro, who was drowned while
working the dam, are suing the Engle
and Phoenix Manufacturing Company for
$3,000. That’s more than a negro was
worth in slavery days.
The Albany News announces that the
engineering party of the South Georgia
and Florida Railroad, consisting of Major
Maxwell, Capt. Miller Grant, W. C. Grant,
Mr. Dun woody and Mr. Smith, have been
locating the bridge over the Flint. The
road will be working to Station 2 by the
15tli, and to Camilla by the 15th Novem
ber, and to Albany by March.
The Savannah Republican reports five
young men bf that city living on salaries,
engaged in combination against keno.—
Each one put in the sum of twenty dollars,
the proceeds of the venture to lie equally
divided between them. They thought that,
while one or more of the party might be
unlucky, some one or more of them might
have good luck, so each was to play ap
parently on his own hook, but the money
was to be supplied from the common fund.
The result was, that after playing several
hours they found their entire capital safely
deposited in the “ Keno Bank.”
The Savannah Republican announces that
Colonel T. P. Robb, Collector of Customs
for that port, has been authorized by the
Secretary of the Treasury to accept from
importers who have to pay duties at his
office a certificate of deposit issued by the
United States Assistant Treasurer at New
York city, certifying that he has deposited
to the credit of the Treasurer of the United
States a givou amount in gold coin, on ac
count of duties on imports. This will save
the risk, expense and delay in transporting
coin.
The City Council of Rome has passed
the following resolution: Resolved, fur
ther, That all capital and machinery em
ployed in the manufacture of cotton and
woolen goods, or agricultural implements,
in the limits of the city, shall be free from
city taxation for the period of ten years
from the first of January next: Frovided,
the same shall be so employed within the
space of two years from this date.
The Rev. C. W. Lane, of Milledgevllle,
has had a fine horse, well accoutred, given
to him by the young meu of the com
munity.
The Americus Courier says: Col. Anthony,
of Fort Gaines, son of Rev. Samuel Anthony
of this city, together with most of the party
who emigrated to Brazil some two years
ago, passed through here the first of the
week, returniug to their homes. We under
stand they have had enough of Brazil.
The Cl ty Council of Atlanta, on Friday
night, fixed the salary for Mayor for the
next year at $2,500, and that of the Aider
men at S2OO.
By What Authority? —About the close
of the last session of Congress, sundry gen
tlemen from the leading cities of Georgia,
including this one, went on to Washing
ton with the avowed mission of defeating
the plan of Bullock & Cos. A writer in the
Atlanta Intelligencer, discussing this sub
ject, says:
“ My recollection is that Schencb, Bing
ham, Farnsworth, Garfield and others,
were assured by the Conservative Com
mittee from Georgia that there was little
doubt but that the court here would de
cide the negro eligible, and that the Legis
lature was willing to recognize the four
teenth amendment and re-seat the negroes,
hut that we did not wish to have the test
oath forced upon us, and these members of
Congress expressed themselves as satisfied
if we would curry out the fourteenth amend
ment, re-seal the negroes and adopt the fifteenth
amendment''
The Columbus Sun desires to know by
what authority .these self-constituted com
mitteemen pledged the people of Georgia to
the adoption of the iniquities enumerated ?
A Negro Girl Dies for Love.— A ne
gro girl hanged herself about two weeks
ago on the plantation of Mr. Wm. Win
chester, on Twelve Mile creek, Lancaster
county, S. G. The circumstances are thus
published by the Ledger :■
It appears that the girl, Jane Crow,
became intimately attached to a colored
man by the name of Jennings, and that the
attachment on the part of Jennings was
warmly reciprocated; an engagement of
marriage.followed, which was objected to
by the girl’s father. All efforts of the cou
ple to consummate their mutual desires
seems to have failed, when the girl banish
ing all hope, took her own life by hanging
herself to a tree. This is the first instance
within our knowledge where a negro de
stroys herself for love, and should be duly
reciprocated.
Railroad Material; —The schooner
Caroline Hail arrived yesterday from Rich
mond, Va., with a cargo of railroad mate
rial, destined for the Macon and Bruns
wick, the South Georgia and Florida, and
Southwestern Railroad Companies. The
material, which consists of railroad chairs
and spikes, is from the Tredegar Iron
Works of Richmond, Va., an establishment
well known to almost every able-bodied
man in the South. From the manufacture
of arms of war }t is now devqted to the arts
of peace, supplying the arteries through
which will flow prosperity and plenty—the
life-blood of the nation.
[Savannah News, 6 Hi.
Decrease of the Negroes.— A gentle
man informed us some weeks since that on
his farm there are nine married negro
couples but not one child among them.
Another friend from the South side of
James river told us the other day that there
are, within a quarter of a mile of his house,
eight negro families, among whom but one
child has been horn since the war. We
have heard many such accounts from vari
ous other sources, all pointing to the fact
that the increase of the colored peopie is
new much less than the decrease by death.
In addition to the facts we have stated,
w 4 read in many newspapers that it is'be-
Ijpved that the same state of things is gen
eral lh thfe tjonth. The next census will
give some strange revelations on this sub
ject.—Norfolk Journal.
Dried Fruits.— From the tenor of the fol
lowing paragraph, frojp the Chicago Journal
of Commerce and frice Current of the ‘<sd ul
timq, it wqhjd appear that dried fruits are In
depiaqd ip thfit tftarkpt, apd pogpnanfi remu
nerative prises:
“The market rules decidedly active, and our
lending jobbers are receiving liberal orders for
dried fruits from all parts of the West, the de
mand now being quite large from the trans-
Rocky Mountain region. Prices are well
maintained, and layer raisins, Zantee currants,
and citron and lemon peel are higher
blackberries have advanced to 17@18J£
per lb.”
BY TELEGRAPH.
[Special Dispatch to tho Constitutionalist.
New York Closing stock Quotations.
REPORTED BY HOYT & GARDNER.
New York, October 6~P. M.
The following are the closing quotations
this day:
American Gold 131
Adams Express 54
New York Central 185%
Erie 33
Hudson River 160
Reading 96
Michigan Central 120
Cleveland & Pittsburg 94
Chicago and Northwestern 72)4
Chicago and Northwestern, pref. 84%
Milwaukee and St. Paul 68%
Milwaukee and St. Paul, pref 82
Lake Shore 84%
Chicago and Rock Island 105%
Toledo, Wabash & Western 57%
Toledo, Wabash & Western, pref. 66%
New Jersey Central 100%
Pittsburg & Fort Wayne 85
Ohio & Mississippi 27%
Hanibal and St. Joseph 108%
Ilanibal aud St. Joseph, pref 107
Tennessee, old 62%
Tennessee, new 52
Georgia 7’s 90
North Carolina, old 48%
North Carolina, new , 50%
Alabama B’s 91
Virginia Sixes 51
Missouri 6’s 86
Pacific. Mail 76%
Western Union Telegraph 36%
Stock market closes steady.
[ Assoc kited Frees Dispatches.
WASHINGTON.
Washington, October 6—Noon. —The
Supreme Court is In session--all present but
Justice Field. Tho court is henring the Gas
Light case from Memphis.
Nothing wbntever has been received here re
garding the Tennessee Legislature. The New
fork Times says they have advices that John
son men have been elected presiding officers in
both Houses.
Washington, October 6—P. M.—Reve
nue over half a million dollars..
Proceedings at Wilmington against the Hor
net were ordered by the Cabinet yesterday.
A report, printed, that Fish had been
notified that the English and French Govern
ments bad ordered their fleets to pursue the
Hornet and lung her crew is untrue.
Attorney General Hoar lias rendered an opin
ion to the effect that the Secretary of War can
not preclude claim agents or attorneys from
prosecuting business iti his department in all
proper cases; but where there is reason to sus
pect frauds, the right and duty exist to sus
pend such business intercourse, it being pro
per and obligatory to protect the Government
from fraud. The agents or attorneys should
be furnished with the reasons lor such sus
pension, in order to vindicate themselves.—
The opiniou was rendered in eases alleged to
uflect the payment of bounties to colored
troops, it being said by an officer who investi
gated similar claims, that they were tainted
with fraud.
J. H. Van Alstine, in behalf of the New Or
leans tobacco merchants, called on Commis
sioner Delano to.day and asked that purchases
of tobacco in Virginia and North Carolina may
be allowed shipment in bond. Thu course of
Mr. Delano promises relief to New Orleans
and Mobile merchants, as well as to Southern
manufacturers.
Supreme Court—ln the matter of Benjamin
Brown, Eli Wood, John Hailignn, Granville
Rose, William Andrews and Philip Stoneroetz,
Hon. W. W. Boyce, formerly of South Caro
lina, asked leave to file a motion for writs of
habeas corpus in these cases and the motion was
directed to be argued on Friday next. The
prisoners are charged with murder in Texas in
June last, and it is alleged that they are now
being tried by military commission.
VIRGINIA.
Richmond, October 6.—111 the House, to
day, two resolutions, that the iron-clad 01th be
now administered to members and temporary
officers of the House, were referred to the
proper committee, when it shall be appointed.
A protest, adopted by a Republican caucus,
last night, was presented. It is framed with a
view to answering Attorney General Hoar’s
argument, and protests against any acts of the
Legislature at this session, the members not
having taken the iron-clad, and the body being,
therelore, illegal. It was referred.
The following nominations were made for
Speaker: Zepiruiiah Turner, of Rappahannock,
D. T. Maddox, of Chesterfield, and John B.
Crenshaw, of Richmond. Turner, who was
nominated by a Conservative, obtained 87
votes ; Maddox, nominated by a Wells Repub
lican, obtained 41 votes ; and Crenshaw 5. Tur
ner was declared elected. In the discussion,
the point was pressed that Turner now has an
application before Congress for the removal of
his political disabilities, and it was explained
that though not able to take the test oath, he
was not disqualified by the fourteenth amend
ment. J. B. Bigger, the old incumbent, was
elected Clerk.
in the Senate the same protest of the Repub
lican caucus was presented, and a resolution
was adopted laying It on the table, on the
ground that it was manifestly an effort to ob
struct reconstruction; was in plain opposition
to the intention of Congress expressed in the
reconstruction acts, and in direct violation of
the interpretation of said acts by the adminis
tration.
A resolution was adopted informing the com
manding General of the organization of the
Senate, when that body adjourned.
The House chose T. C. Crittenden Sergeant
at-arms aud adjourned. 8. Turner who was
elected Speaker of the House to day, He is a
lawyer about sixty years old, aud was one of
the first advocates of the reconstruction acts in
tlie. Slate. He was all old Whig, and changed
to a Douglas Democrat in 1860, and was shortly
alter defeated as a Union candidate lor the
Legislature.
NORTH CAROLINA.
Wilmington, October o.— The eutertainraeut
on board of the Cuban sloop ol war Cuba was
attended by a large number of ladies and geu
tlernen this evening. There are no new de
velopments concerning the status of the Cuba,
but the public mind here is unanimous in the
opinion that she will lie released as soon as an in
vestigation is made. Her release by the United
States authorities at Philadelphia, and the
British authorities at Halifax, aud the fact that
she is a vessel of war, regularly commissioned
by the Cuban Government, and not fitted out
in any IJuited States port, seem conclusive
that there is no justification for her detention.
Hon. Geo. LXavis, ex-Attorncy General of the
Confederate States, is one ol the counsel for
the Cubans.
LOUISIANA.
New Orleans, October 6 This morning’s
Picayune, on the custom frauds, duriug Kel
logg’s regime, mentioned the British schooner
Harkaway, as a vessel that cleared for Honolu
la, with a cargo of whisky that one twice her
capacity could not have carried. This even
ing’s Picayune says they have had some light
thrown upon this matter. J. C. Forbes & Cos.
threw the whisky on the market from their
bonded warehouse, and endeavored to cover
the matter up in this way, and says : The bonds,
which were mere bonds of straw, were accept
ed after some hesitation by the boud clerk, and
the papers went through the custom house un
til they reached the entry clerk, who, on com
paring the tonnage of the vessel with the cargo,
at once saw the fraud and reported the same
to Mr. Kellogg. The bogus shipments were
consequently stopped.
NEW YORK.
New York, October 6.—A Chinaman named
Cong killed Cbas. Archoe, his own wife and
himself. Jealonsy was the cause.
A negro butcher killed a white man.
FOREIGN.
Havana, October 6. —The first Cuban cable
is unserviceable ; the second cable, which lands
five miles East of Havana, commenced working
to-day.
marine news
New York, October 6.—Arrived; China,
Peret, Mercedita, Jfernandina, Huntsville, and
G °WiLMiNfITON, October 6.—Sailed : Steamer
Rebecca Clyde, for New York.
Arrived : Volunteer, from New York ; Gary,
from Baltimore.
Savannah, October n.—Arrived : Steamer
Wyoming, from Philadelphia; Montgomery
and Magnolia, from New York ; brig Atlantic,
from Nassau ; ship Alexandria, from Boston ;
echr. Francis Satterly, from Philadelphia.
Sailed s Steamers Catharine Whiting and
Gulf Stream, lor New York.
Charleston, October 6.—Arrived : Brig
Adelaide, from Boston.
Off the Port: Bark Inventa, from Stockholm.
Sailed : Brig Conrler, for Bristol Channel
steamer Saragossa, for New York.
MARKETS.
London, October 6—Noon.—Consols, 03%@
93%. Bonds, 84%.
Liverpool, October 6—Evening.—Cotton
firmer; uplands, 12%; Orleans, 12%; sales.
12,000, whereof export and speculation, 2,000
bales. Red Wheat, 9s. 3d. Lard, 735.6d. Tur
pentine, 20s. 31.
Paris. October 0-Noon.—Bourse steady.
Rentes, 71f. 26c.
Havre, October 6-Noon.-Cotton open*
139* B * >ot °6°at; spot, 143; afloat,
Havre, October 6.—Cotton closed firm.
New York, October 6—Noon.—Stocks
strong, tend up. Money easy at 6@7. Sterl
ing-long, 9; short, 9%. Gold. 130%. ’OS’s,
19% ; Tenoesseos, ex coupon, 62% ; new, 52 ;
Virginias, ex coupon, 51; new, 52 ; Louisiunas,
old, 71 ; new, 66 ; Levees, 65% ; B’s, 84 ; Ala
bama B’s, 91 ; s’s, 62 ; Georgia 6’b, 84 ; 7’s,‘9l ;
North Carolina*, old, 45% ; new, 40% ; South
Carolinas, new. 64.
New York, October 6—P. M.—Money closed
easy at C@7. Gold closed at 131. Sterling
quiet at 9. Stocks weak and unsettled ; Gov
ernments steady ; Southerns weak.
New York, October 6—Noon.—F lo ur
steadier. Wheat shade firmer. Corn unchanged.
Pork dull at s3l 25. Lard dull. Cotton quiet
at 28. Turpentine, 45. Rosin fairly active ;
strained, $2 25@2 30. Freights firm.
New York, October 6-P. M.—Cotton shade
easier: sales, 3,000 bales at 27%. Flour 6bade
firmer ou low grades, with more doing. Wheat
shade firmer, more doing for export. Corn
closed quiet and unchanged. Pork dull at s3l
@31%. Lard unchanged. Whisky dull at
$1 IB@l 20. Sugar steady. Coffee dull and
heavy. Molasses quiet. Naval Stores firm.—
Freights uuchanged.
Baltimore, October 6.—Cotton quiet at
27%. Flour quiet and weak. Wheat steady.
Corn dull ; Southern white, $1 05@1 10. Oats,
57@55. Rye, $1 10@1 20. Pork, $33. Bacon
firm ; shoulders, 17%. Whisky flat at $1 21@
I 22. Virginias, old, 45 bid.
Cincinnati, October 6.—Whisky unsettled ;
held at $1 I7@l 18. Pork in fair demand at
s3l. Lard lower, 17. Bacon unchanged ;no
sales.
Louisville, October 6.—Provisions quiet.
Mess Pork, $32. Bacon—shoulders, 17 ; clear
sides, 20%. Lard, 19. Whisky heavy at $1 20.
Wn.MiNf.TON, October 6.—Spirits Turpen
lino firm at 4t. Rosin steady ; strained, $1 65 ;
No. 2, ?I 80. Crude Turpentine, $1 50@2 50.
Tar, $2 50. Cotton quiet at 24%@25 for low
middling.
Mobile, October 6.—Colton in fair demand ;
market closed steady ; sales, 1,200 bales; mid
dling, 21%; receipts, 1,148 bales; exports, 234
bales.
New Orleans, October 6.—Cotlon active at
25% ; sales, 5,050; receipts, 3,553; exports—to
Barcelona, 210 bales. Oats, 60@61. Pork he’d
at $34. Bacon—shoulders, 18% Sugar—prime,
14%@T4%. Coffee-fair, 14%@15%; prime,
16%@16%. Others Unchanged. Gold, 131.
Sterling, 40%. New York Sight, % discount.
Charleston, October 6—Cotton firmer;
sales, 700 bales; middling, 25%@25% ; receipts,
998 bales.
Savannah, October 6.—Cotton—Receipts,
1,794 bales; exports, 1,203 bales; sales, 600
bales; market firm ; middling, 25%.
Augusta Daily Market.
Office Daily Constitutionalist, >
Wednesday, October 6—P. VI. J
FINANCIAL
GOLD—DuII. Buying at 130 and selling
at 133.
SlLVEß—Nominal. Baying at 125 and sell
ing at 130.
COTTON.—The market opened this morn
ing with a fair demand for New York middlingat
25 els. and remained at the same price through
out the day, dosing steady with figures nomi
nally unchanged. Sales, 462 and receipts, 612
bales.
BACON—Firm with an advancing tendency.
We quote C. Sides, 22% ; 0. R. Sides, 22; B.
B. Sides, 21 %; Shoulders, 19; Hams, 21 %@
26%; I>rv Salt Shoulders, 18 ; Dry Salt C. K.
Sides. 21 %.
CORN—Small supply. We quote choice
white, $1 60@1 65 from depot.
WHEAT—We quote choice while, $1 70@
1 80; amber. $1 60@l 70; red, $1 60.
FLOUR—City Mills, old, s6@9; new, $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.
PEAS—No supply. Belling at $1 50 for
seed.
Articles of Fancy Work at the State
Fair. —The following correspondence will ex
plain to our lady readers as to the regulations
which have been adopted regarding the exhi
bition and sale of articles of fancy work at the
State Fair:
Office State Agricultural Society, )
Macon, Ga., October 4, 1809. \
Mr. Lewis’ compliments to Mrs. Blacksbear.
In reply to her note of Ist instant, I will say :
Ist. There will be ample opportunity for
selling articles of fancy work, and jijj other
kinds, under regulations securing alTfairncsa
to the parlies. Parties can make private sales,
but must give notice at the office of the Secre
tary, or transfer in writing the owner’s receipt
to the purchaser.
2d. Tho Society is responsible and will
promptly pay all damages done to articles in
jured while in its care or under exhibition, ex
cept, of course, when the injury is the result
ol the carelessucss of the owner. Extra atten
tion and means of protection are always af
forded for articles of delicate texriire and
finish.
3d. Parlies at a distance who wish to exhibit
fancy or other articles, can send them by rail
road or express to the Secretary of the Agri- •
cultural Society. They will he carefully'ar
ranged and exhibited, and the Society becomes
responsible for tho sale return thereof Irom the
moment they are received and receipted lor by
the Secretary.
4tb. Persons exhibiting should, in all eases,
take the receipt of the Secretary, and return
the receipt when the articles are re-delivered to
the owner.
sth. Freight by railroad or express must be
prepaid in all cases, to insure atlentiou.
6th. A charge of two dollars lor exhibiting
any article, or any number of articles, by the
same person. The payment of the two dol
lars entitles the holder to a card, which gives
the privileges ol the grounds aud buildings
without further charge.
Very respectfully,
David W. Lewis, Secretary.
To Mrs. M. Blaukshenr, Macon, Ga.
The Scarcity of Small Notes.—Com
plaint of the scarcity of small noteß comes
up from all quarters, and the Treasury Depart
ment, as asserted by a Washington dispatch, of
Friday, still reports its Inability to supply
small notes and currency. The small legal
tenders will not be ready before next week,
and the fractional money comes in slowly from
the Bank Note Company. Serious inconveni
ence lias been experienced in this city in con
sequence of the lack of small notes, and the
information as to the inability of the Treasury
Department to relieve the embarrassments of
trade in this particular, will be rpeeived with
general regret. Concerning the inconvenience
experienced from this Rtnte of affairs iu Savan
nah, the Republican relates that one of the
banks in that city, some days ago, had to give
a certified check in payment of a draft lor
some three hundred and ninety dollars, not
having enough small notes on haud to make
the change. Their funds at present consist
almost exclusively of five hundred and one
thousand dollar notes, which are next to use
less, and the Treasury at Washington can af
ford them no relief, the deficiency of small
notes there being quite as great as it is here.—
If this state of tliiugs should coutiuue much
longer, the banks will be compelled to resort
to certificates of deposit, to take the place of
currency.
Death of Otis J. Cuafee, JEsq— From the
Charleston Courier, we learn ot the death of
this gentleman, at his residence in Aiken, on
Sunday night last. Mr. Chafee was born in
Newport, R. 1., January IS, 1815, and went to
Charleston in 1831, where lie devoted himself
assiduously to business, and in due time found
bis industry and perseverance amply rewarded
in the success that attended his efforts. Mr.
C. married in Charleston, and reared and edu
cated a large and very interesting family. He
had filled several public positions in his adopt
ed city, and enjoyed to a high degree the confi
dence of his lellow-citizcns. He had been the
victim of ill health for many years, and, owing
to increasing infirmity, did not resume busi
ness after the war, but lived in quiet retire
ment at his villa in Aiken, patiently awaiting
till at last his spirit was released from the suf
fering body.
The Income Tax.—lt is stated that the Com
missioner of Internal Revenne has prepared a
circular of instructions, to be sent to the
Deputy Assessors of each district, in reference
to the assessment 1 of the income ' tax. A‘
thorough recarmss of citeh diVtSidn is to be
made duririg (Jctoboi*; Every house must be
visited, and the nanfies of the Inmates obtained'
Persons who have no income to be taxed mast
make an affidavit of that fact, and those who
have made no returns are to be summoned to
appear at the office of the Assessor, and in ease
of failure to respond, are sublet to a penalty
The duty of energetic action is impressed upon*
the Assessors. r
Core for Consumption.— Dr. Clersoy has
published in a French medical journal an ac
conut of a complete cure of a bad case of con
sumption by the use of arsenide of soda He
gave six milligrams a day for twenty consecu-'
tive days, then returned to arsenic A corrca
pondent of an English paper which published
the account, writes to say that dilutions of
arsenic have long been used by the hoinoepath
ic school in pulmonary diseases.