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oOKSTITUTIONALIST.
ATJGKUSTA. GhA.
ISATtffiDAT MOEITING, OOt 18, 1869
THE TEXAS SITUATION.
Intensely dissatisfied with both Davis
and Hamilton ; and determined to repu
diate the ultra Radical as Well as the tricky
“ Conservative ” —the good and true men
of Texas recently held a convention at
Brenham and nominated an out and out
Democratic ticket, as follows:
“ For Governor, Hamilton Stuart, of
Galveston; Lieutenant-Governor, James
M. Armstrong, of Jasper; Treasurer, J.
G Klllough, of Fayette; Comptroller, E.
Downey; of Cameron; Commissioner of
Land Office, James P. Rector, of Gauda
loupe.”
The platform upon which Mr. Stuart
has been placed is an honest and honorable
one. It protests against the subjection of
the State; It opposes the Xyth Amehd
ment; it declares an unalterable devotion
to the ancient principles of the Constitu
tion. The concluding resolution of the
platform is as follows:
“ Resolved, That we prefer the continua
tion of military government to the restora
tion of the State on the proposed dis
honorable terms, and deem it Infinitely less
objectionable than Radical State rule.’
How much better is this action thpn the
truckling and shameful conduct of Vir
ginia 1 It may be that Mr. Stuart and
his party, cheated by Gen. Reynolds and
some brazen “ sharp and quick ’ manipula
tor of ballots, will be defeated ; but, next
to a refusal to participate in any shape or
form in the travesty of a eanvass, it is pre
ferable to make a sturdy fight against
powerful scoundrels and form an opposi
tion which shall whelm them sooner or
later. Hence, we turn with pleasure from
the gloomy and melancholy aspect of old
Virginia to the defiant attitude of young
Texas.
This movement is supported by seven
teen newspapers, with more to come.. It is
no idle flurry. It is the uprising of the na
tive power that is to rule Texas, before
many years pass away.
To show that while the . “ lamp of chiv
alry” has gone out in Virginia it still
burns brightly in Texas, we quote these
noble sentiments of the Galveston Civilian :
“ There is but one road open with honor
to General Hamilton. He should with
draw from the canyass at once, and in a
manly way, and acknowledge to the people
the true position of affairs. He should tell
them that under the changed circumstances
of the times political reconstruction of the
State is possible only by submission to the
unworthy and ignominious terms imposed
by the Radical clique who rule iu Wash
ington. He has refused to accept these.
Will he counsel the people of Texas to ac
cept what he has rejected? We cannot
and will cot accept them. Rather than ac
cept Davis and his infamous conditions,
we prefer to live under military rule for
the rest of our lives. But this will not be
the result. It is becoming evident to all
thinking and reflecting men that the short
est path to a restored State government is
that which combines an adherence to prin
ciples, with persistence in self-respect, and
obedience to the dictates of honor.”
There is no likelihood, we should say, of
a mere politician like Hamilton being
touched by this appeal to his sense of duty.
He is every way preferable to Davis, the
rabid Radical candidate, and will without
doubt be elected. But, being in opposition'
to Congress, and, If elected at all, elected
by ex-rebels, so-called, his chances for re
leasing Texas from the clutches of the mad
men at Washington are slim indeed. No
outhern man need hope to get his State
restored to the Union without dishonor ;
and no dishonor but the foul and leprous
dishonor of conceding everything to Radi
cal dictation will accomplish even that
questionable boon.
The cowardly fears of timid men, and
the groveling tendencies of the distracted
multitude may prevail over the honor of
their more aspiring brethren, so that the
Wtate shall be sold for a mess of pottage, or
rather for the promise of a little hash.
But, thank God, in every Southern State
there are thousands left who have not been
deceived, and cannot be betrayed; and
these thousands hold in their keeping the
invincible soul, the love of liberty, the im
mortal defiance which alone make men
glorious and will save at last, if salvation
be possible, a cause so sadly forsaken by the
materialist, the money-changer and the
moral slave.
THE SOUTHERN TRADE.
The South need not think meanly of
herself. Even the New York Tribune,
nauseated betimes with its own Ku-Klux
lies, has moments of veracity and cap
dor. In one of these lucid intervals it
is forced to confess that “ the key-note
.“ of the present commercial situation
\in the great metropolis is exactly
Struck by the significant remark of
“ m leading wholesale jeweler in Maiden
“ lane: ‘ The Southern trade has been thje
“ salvation of New York this Fall;’ and
“ that the extraordinary increase of South
ern business in New York markets has
“ given the Fall trade of 1869 a volume snd
“ a soundness unparalleled since the war.”
And yet, while the tormented South, with
her cotton and her wonderful resources,
saves the credit of the country, the rulers
of the country are moving every hellish
machination to embarrass, hamper and de
grade their benefactors. Patience, patience!
We shall be even with these hypocrites and
robbers yet!
A NEW CAUSA CAUSANS.
Prof. PEKttY and Horace Greeley had
a discussion in Boston, a few days ago, on
the subject of Free Trade. Perry stated
that there had been no, less than eleven-dif
ferent tariffe since 1861. Greeley retort
ed that the war was to be blessed for thesiy
eleven different tariffs, if for nothing else.
So, the war was not for the Constitution
and Union; it was for s»e Yankee jobbers.
And the Great Jobber of all is at the head
of the-“ nation.” No wonder Radicals
have no patience with Mr. Stebhens and
Constitutional Law. It is not pleasant to
be reminded that one million of men have
been sacrificed to preserve a hobby.. of
Greeley’s, the wooden screws of Mr. Sil
icons and the protected notidns of New
England Yankees.
HY4COTSHE AND L ammrna* B.—The editor
of the Freeman's Journal compares Hya
cinths and Lammrnais. The }atter ; ispor.'
trayed as a man among men ; the former as
a “ man among women.”
We knew it—we knew it 1 The women
are to blame few it all. Tbhtullian, when
eighty years of age, surrendered all his
crowns of sanctity at the feet of a Delilah.
What wondgjc rthat Fere Hyacinthe, at
forty odd, should succumb to the all-con-
Qucrtiig edx ? Even ip the awfhl. pageant
of the final judgment the women may tor
tnre the souls of men, if they appears
women. Ave Impsratrix Faustina, moritwri
tc mlutant /
“Unsanctified Choirs.”— We once heard
a minister of the gospel declare that mem
bers of fashionable church choirs Would
have a hard time in the world to come.
The York Sun, though not a bit of a
saint, bblds the"same opinion. Speaking
of the introduction of operatic music Into
the holy service, it says:
“The mania tor arranging operatic
pieces for religious use is at its height, and
so is the desire of choirs to show off them
selves and their accomplishments, to sing
long anthems, In which each of the four
shall have a solo for self-display, at the suc
cessful close of Which they smilingly re
ceive.the congratulations of the others.
There is as much'worship in this style of
thing as there is in the howling of half a
dozen night-wandering cats, and about as
much music; and no one knows it better
than the unsanctifled choirs themselves.”
We fear that a large majority of men and
women go to places of worship for display
rather than for devotion. Hence the
music chosen by the choir is adapted to
she wants of the greater number. The
extra-pious ought to have a house of prayer
of their own. It would not cost much to
build it; very little space would be re
quired.
Cutting the Gordian. —lt is said that
Rothschild and the Archbishop of Paris
met at a public dinner, some time since,
and arrived at the same moment at the
door. Neither wished to enter first. Fin
ally the Archbishop cried out:' “M.
Rothschild, you are the son of Moses; I
am tMe servant of Jesus; you have the
precedence of age. The Old Testament is
more venerable than the New.” And the
banker went in first.
There is nothing like the a good sto
machic entertainment to quell the rancors
of divergent creeds. The appetite has no
religion. It [may be the want of appetite
that makes a cams belli between Jew and
Gentile.
A. J.—Senator Wilson, one of the na
tional bosses, says Andrew Johnson, even
if elected to the upper house of Congress,
will not be allowed to take his seat.
If the Tennessee Legislature has the
spunk of a tadpole, it will forthwith elect
Andrew Johnson. When a Massachu
setts gipsy affects to prescribe who shall
and shall not go to the Senate, he ought
to be taught that he is not absolutely the
equal of Deity. Messieurs of the Tennes
see General Assembly, give him a copious
dose of A. J.
A Fisk-al Report.— The Atlanta Con
stitution knows all about the Van Amburgh
of Wall street. Hear this:
“ A peacock in his velvet coat and gold
buttons, a giant in means, a lion in daring,
with brains to the brim, and precious little
conscience—just enough to keep him out of
' the penitentiary, the Fisk has a buoyant
future ahead of him.”
Where was the “ lion ” when Mr. J ohn
Morrissey compelled him to disgorge ? Is
the “buoyant future” to be indicated by
lacking the air in consequence of a tight
' cravat ?
A Bitter Decision. —The editor of the
Atlanta Constitution writes from Sanders
ville that Judge Gibson, “ in his charge to
the grand jury, took the novel position that
the selling of articles known as bitters, if
made of the alcoholic stimulants, was a vi
olation of law, if vended without license.”
The Judge manifestly does not interpret
the law according to Solomon.
Not Very Singular. —The Richmond
Enquirer and Examiner says :
“ It is a singular fact that the New York
papers have been silent about the action of
the Virginia Legislature on the fourteentli
and fifteenth amendments. What does it
mean?
It means disgust. What lias Virginia
come to when even Gotham is silent over
her suicide?
“ On.”—Somebody has discovered that a
.great number of famous namesjend in “on.’'
For example, Byron, Bacon, Gibbon,
Clarendon, Haydon, Johnson, Addison,
Lytton, Milton, Murchison, Newton,
Palmerston, Stephenson, Tennyson,
Wellington, Napoleon. Nelson, Chat
terton, etc., etc.
Taking sVater.— 'The late pood in Phila
delphia broke the river banks and flooded
the First Precinct of that city. In conse
quence of this, many voters had to go to
the polls in boats, and their ballots were
taken in at the second story windows of a
house.
The Louisville CoNVENtjoW. —The
Herald thinks the Louisville Convention
will gain one point viz: a big thing for the
Louisville hotels. From the reported
“ stormy debates” we should say the Louis
ville bar-rooms were sharing the luck.
Pot Ash.— Gur irtevfcrent contemporary
of the Columbus Swn alludes to the Attor
ney General of Georgia, so-called, as
“Potty." Have you thrown away the
ashes, brother Lamar t
i —th —!».—.■
All in the Family. —lt is said that C.
H. Hopkins, Jr., voted against his father,
the Radical candidate for Mayor of Savan
nah. Brutus sacrificed his sons; Hopkins
felt compelled to snub his progenitor.
• ! — ; . -
Memorial. —Mr. Samuel Boykin has
prepared anil will soon publish “ A Memo
rial Volume of the Hon. Howell Cobb, of
Georgia.”
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A Spirited Protest. —During the re
cent session of the Virginia Legislature the
following resolution was offered in the Sen
ate, but was not adopted :
“Resoleed, That,- ifpon the admission of the
State by Congress, we pledge ourselves to
ratify again the fourteenth and fifteenth
amendments to the Constitution of the
United States, if Congress shall think it de
sirable or necessary.”
From the reports of the debate upon this
resolution in the Hichmond papers we take
the following exit act:
“Mr, Snowden, of Alexandria, said that lie
was surprised that the resolution had not
been tabled at once. He had hoped that
there was some backbone left in the people
of Virginia. Had they not eaten 4 dirt
enough already, without submitting to hav
ing it crammed down their throat 6 ? Are
we to' be told that when we solemnly
promise we are not to be trusted ? Is the
word of a Virginia gentleman to go for
nothing ?' Is he to be told that he is play
ing false to anybody ? After having signed,
sealed and delivered the instruments re-
quired of us by act of Congress, more is re
quired of us.hy.this body, more has been
done already than we were told in the late
canvass would be required of as. We were
then told that to ratify the fifteenth amend
ment was all, but now the fourteenth
amendment has been added. Having done
all, and. more than all,, shall we get from
.pur knees on our bellies'and crawl in the
dirt ? He had done all he intended to do.
We had, in the opinion of many, gone
beyond the requirements of Congress for
the purpose of restoring peace and har
mony, and thus givfi ng ndwlife and impetus
to the languishing interests of our State.
If the ratification of the fourteenth and
fifteenth amendments was not sufficient in
itself, he did not kfiow What would satisfy
the whims of a faction. The honor of Vir
ginia having been pledged by the action of
the Legislature Do-tlAy, he solemnly pro
tested against any further submission and
the passage of any other resolution on this
distasteful subject.”
[From the Louisville Courier-Journal, Oct. 12.
The Commercial Convention.
RECEPTION OF EX-PRESIDENT FILLMORE.
The event of yesterday was the reception
of ex-President Fillmore in the large east
room of the court house. At 11 o’clock a
large crowd had. assembled, though it was
not until half-past 11 that Mr. Fillmore
appeared. Nearly the entire committee of
reception preceded him by several minutes,
and all eyes were strained toward the door
to catch the first glimpse of the venerable
statesman. When he at length entered, es
corted by Mayor Bunce and several gentle
men of the committee, he was greeted bv a
• tremendous burst of enthusiasm.
HOW THE EX-PRESIDENT LOOKED.
Mr. Fillmore is rather tall, and of a
handsome, portly figure. His head is
massive, and his smooth, fleshy, good
humored face, his bright, unfaded eye, and
his general physique, show him to be one
of the best preserved of our statesmen.
His hair is white as driven snow, and his
handsome and venerable appearance is re
marked by every one. He wears a plain,
black suit, with light kid gloves. His air
is that of a polished gentleman, and he is a
man who probably never left an unfavora
ble first impression upon the mind of any
one.
THE WELCOMING* SPEECH.
The address of welcome was delivered by
F. T. Fox, Jr., of the City Council. At
the time he commenced speaking there was
some confusion incident to the pressing
forward of the crowd to; catch all that
should pass, but when this subsided the
speaker could be heard very distinctly.
The greeting was very cordial, and seemed
to be fully appreciated by Mr. Fillmore.
ADDRESS OF MR. FOX.
Sir: Upon me has falleu the pleasing
duty of offering you, through her metropo
lis, the greeting of the Commonwealth of
Kentucky, and of extending to you the
hospitality aud liberality of the city of
Louisville. And now iu her name, and by
her authority, I welcome you to her hospi
tality, and extend to you her freedom. Re
membering that in every position of life,
from the lowest to the very highest known
to the American people, your career has
been illustrative of law and of order, and
that your dignified retirement from public
life has been devoted solely to the culture
of the arts of peace; mindful, also*that in
all your official life your profound intellect
has thoroughly understood and frankly
acknowledged the checks and balances of
our peculiar government, and that your
great heart has embraced iu its patriotic
love every section aud every section’s in
terest of this country, which, even now, in
its early youth, well-nigh demands a world
for it shome. Remembering these things,
the city of Louisville, and, through her, the
Commonwealth of Kentucky, honor them
selves in honoring you. We love and ad
mire you as the last of that regime in our
country’s history which began with Wash
ington and ended witii your honored and
illustrious successor, whose death we mourn
to-day.
Whatever fears the least sanguine of us
may have entertained. regarding this im
portant movement, which to-morrow" will
take the form and complexion of a great
commercial convention, your presence has
dissipated them all. If your presence is
auspicious to it, your sanction gives it the
fiat of fate. Lasting benefits to our entire
country, we fondly hope, will flow from it,
as waters from the rock of Horeb when
struck by the “ potent rod of Abraham’s
son.” This convention is the mission of
commerce, .and the influence of commerce
is benefit to all and peace with all.
Again I bid you welcome to the freedom
and hospitalities of the city of Louisville,
unworthy as they are, they are the heart
felt tokens of an homage which we do now
and always will pay you.
Citizens of Louisville and of Kentucky:
Permit me to introduce to you the guest
of the city of Louisville, Millard Fillmore,
the hero of law, of order and of peace—of
peace universal to our entire country.
A burst of applause followed upon the
introduction, and as Mr. Fillmore was
about to respond, another rather emphatic
demonstration of popular sentiment greet
ed him.
REPLY OF MR. FILLMORE.
Mr. Mayor and Gentlemen of Louisville:
This reception is anhonor and a pleasure
which I had no reason to expect. Were I
a candidate for some inch political office,
or ctici I come witii the prestige of political
power, I might account for this assembly
here to-day. Nearly twenty years have
elapsed since I have taken part in political
matters. I belong to no party, but Ido be
long to ray country [applause,] and I can
not express to you the gratification I feel
to-day at seeing in prospect a deliberative
body, gathered from every State in the
Union—the Union restored—that patriotic
and glorious Union which has been en
dangered, but I trust not lost. [Applause.]
Fifteen years ago I visited your city for
the first and last time. Had I been placed
in it to-day unawares, I could not have
recognized it. True, here is the grand old
river flowing along its edge , here is the
great natural obstruction of ’the falls,
which has placed it with the great com
mercial cities of the country, but now, when
I see your splendid houses and your beauti
ful streets, all seems to be changed. It
would seem as though magic had passed
over it. How you could be so prosperous
through all the vicissitudes of the past ten
years, is unaccountable, but I congratulate
‘you on your good fortune and your pros
perity. Kentucky, if there be a State in
the Uuion, except that which gave me
birth, is the State, of all otiiers, I have
learned to honor. [Applause.]
I knew yonr illustrious citizen, who did
honor to his State, as he did to all the
Union, aud who now sleeps within yoffi*
borders. I need not say I allude to Henry
Clay. [Applause.] He was my early, last,
devoted friend, and I was his ; and I can
never revert to his memory without rever
ence and respect.
I beg your pardon, gentlemen. I came
here with no prepared address. The time
lias long past since I have attempted such a
thing. I came here simply to thank you
for this unexpected reception and honor,
and to express the hope that you may con
tinue to be prosperous, and that our coun
try may be. one and united forever. [Ap
plause.] Pardon me, therefore, for uot add
ing to this address, and for contenting
myself with simply thanking you for this
honor. [Applause.]
When Mr. Fillmore had concluded,
Mayor Bunce announced that the distin
guished gentleman would be pleased .to
greet, personally, all who might desire to
speak with him. There was a great rush
to grasp him by the hand and exchange
compliments, and from that moment until
the time allotted for the reception had ex
pired there was no lack of cordial welcome
on every hand.
The Kolb Sale. —The large sale of the
above estate came off ou,Tuesday and Wed
nesday last, as advertised. The crowd in
attendance was very large. The lands and
house sold at very low prices, owing to the
large tracts that were offered and the terms
of payment, which were cash. The furni
ture, however, brought good prices. Below
we give the places as sold, number of acres,
price and purchasers:
No. 1, Sugar creek place, 1,036 acres, by
A. G. Foster, $5,200.
No. 2, 577 acres, Thomas P. Saffold, $2,-
075.
No. 3, near railroad, Q 0714 acres, Clarence
Hill, $2,200.
No. 4, McGibbon place, 810 acres, A. G.
Foster, $6,310.
No. 5, Mud Hill place, 800 acres, Thos.
P. Safford, $3,300.
No. 6, Smith place, 1,103j£ acres, John
H. Morgan, of Wisconsin, $8,500.
No 7, Banks place, 808 acres, A. G. Fos
ter, $3,410.
No. 8, Town place, 866 acres, Capt. T. B.
Camp, $5,700.
No. 9, House and lot in .Madisop, Louis
Penn, s7,ooo.— Madison Farm Journal.
Horace Greeley states, in a paragraph in
the New York Tribune, that he would not
accept a Virginia Senatorship even though
it were unanimously tendered, and his
friends are given to understand that this
decision is irrevokable.
A flock of 2,300 shefep passed through
Madisonville, Ky„ last Sunday evening.
They were mostly Spanish merino of the
finest grade of wool. They came from
lowa, and were on their way to Russel
vllle, Ky.
The Singing Lesson.
BY JUAN INGELOW.
A nightingale made a mistake;
She sang a few notes out ot tune;
Her heart was ready to break,
And she hid from the moon.
And wrung her claws, poor thing,
But was far too proud to speak;
She tucked her head under her wing,
Aud pretended to be asleep.
A lark, arm-in-arm with a thrush,
Came sauntering up to the place;
The nightingale felt herself blush,
Though leathers bid her face;
Bbe knew they had heard her song,
She felt them snicker and sneer;
She thought this life was too long,
And wished she could Bkip a year.
“ 0 nightingale!” cooed a dove,
“ O nightingale! what’s the use;
You bird ot beauty and love;
Why behave like a goose ?
Don’t sknik away from our sight
Like a common contemptible fowl;
You bird of joy and delight,
Why behave like an owl.?
Only think of all you have done;
Only think of all you can do;
A false note is really fun
From such a bird as you !
Lilt up your proud little crest;
Open your musical beak;
Other birds have to do their best,
You need only to speak.”
The nightingale shyly took
Her head from under her wing,
And giving the dove a look,
Straightway began to sing.
There was never a bird could pass ;
The night was divinely calm;
And the. people stood on the grass
To hear that wonderful psalm.
The nightingale did not care,
She only sang to the skies;
Her song ascended there,
And there she fixed her eyes.
The people that stood below
She knew bat little about;
And this story’s a moral I know,
If you’ll try to find it out!
[ Christian Standard.
[From Rev. Dr. Bellows’ Sittings with Powers, the
Sculptor.
Old Hickory.
A NEW ANECDOTE HIS VIEWS OF THE
SCIENCE 0F ASTRokoMY.
Mr. Powers has concluded his sittings,
but he spent a couple of hours with me
this afternoon, and talked just as variously
and interestingly as if he had not been
pouring himself out for a week to one
person.
When I first went to Washington, said
Mr. Powers, I had several letters to Gen.
Jackson, and called first upon the Presi
dent, and asked him, after he had read my
letters, if he would sit to me.
Do you daub anything over the face?”
he inquired, looking at me under his spec
tacles, with a very ominous look of in
quiry, “ because I recollect that poor Mr.
Jefferson got nearly smothered when.they
tried to get his bust. The plaster, hard
ened before they got ready to release him,
and they pounded it with mallets till they
nearly stunned him, and then they nearly
tore off a piece of his ear iu their haste in
pulling off a sticking fragment of the mold.
I should not like that.”
“ Oil, no,” I said, “ Mr. President, I don’t
wish to do anything of that sort. I only
wish to look at you for an hour a day, sit
ing in your chair, and I will engage to
produce your likeness.” “ Ah, then,” he re
plied, “it will give me very great pleasure,
Mr. Powers, to oblige you. But when can
you come ?” “At any time, Mr. President,
it suits your convenience. I have perfect
leisure, and am wholly at your command.”
“Could you come as early as seven in the
morning ?” “ Certainly, the earlier After
light the better for me.” Iu a few days I
was regularly installed in a room in the
White House itself. It was a room in
which every morning was thrown about a
bushel of newspapers from all parts of the
country, directed to the President, marked
to attract his attention to the favorable
editorial notices of his administration which
the editors had so disinterestedly written
and published.
I am afraid they would have been very
much surprised and grieved if they.had
known that, with the exception of one qr
two papers from his own district, thejß’3);
fclent never looked at any of these papers
except as they kindled his mohiing floe. I
found the President an excellent, most kind
and courteous sitter. He invited me to
dine with him, I think, the first day, telling
me the names of his own household whom
I should meet. We had an excellent din
ner ; but the General, I observed, ate only
a bowl of bread and milk, not touching
either meatonwine. In the course of the
dinner Major Donaldson, I think, was talk
ing very interestingly upon some recent
discoveries in astronomy. After listening
awhile, the General raised his somewhat
thin voice rather highly : “ 1 toll you, Ma
jor, that we don’t really know anything
about the weight ah<| size of'those distant
heavenly bodies. It’s all a guess and a
pretense.”
“ It’s nonsense, sir, to talk about a little
spark, twinkling away up in the sky, as
if we knew just how far off it was.”: “But,
General,” returned the Major, “if we did
not know the place and the disc of some of
the distant planets and stars, how could
eclipses be predicted years ahead with per
fect certainty and exactness ?” “ That’s all
very easy, sir, very easy,” replied-the Gen
eral ; “ it’s done by tradition, sir. The
stars move in their very orbits. Their
places are observed at certain times, and
noted; when they come again to the same
places it’s observed and handed down, and
so, sir, we know when they will be in those
places again; it may be a hundred years
hence. It’s all very simple. I don’t be
lieve a word of what these astronomers say
about the immense distance and size of the
fixed stars. I shouldn’t wonder if the moon
was as big as any of ’em.”
It was hardly deemed judicious to press
the conversation on astronomy any fur
ther.
John Chianaman Attn Bridget.— The
coolie question is beginning to take anew
shape, and a lidrrlble one it is. Those who
have investigated the subject declare that
John Chinaman no sooner arrives in this
coutry and takes service in a housohold
than he immediately commences to keep
company with Bridget, .and that he gener
ally succeeds in making himself understood
as meaning business, and the result Is a
wedding in the kitchen,and the tryannies and
short comings of " the daughter of Em
erald Isle, rendered doubly odious by the
doing of the Celestial party, prompted by
his Celtic bride. Pig tail, as a house ser
vant, or even In the culinary line, Is inval
uable ; but once he gets a sight of Bridget,
he is utterly worthless from that moment.
Bhe is fetal to him. Nothing like work
can be gotten put of him afterward, and he
will pine away to nothing until he has told
his love in broken China. Beware, then,
ye inexperienced one, how you introduce
this yellow comet with a tail into the pri
vacy of your pantries. He will certainly
suit himself to a wife and cease to suit you
to a T .—Courier-Journal.
Neatly Done.— The following is related
of a distinguished burglar who has, been
lately interviewed:
His senses were very keen. His serves
never shook. His touch was delicate, and
his step as light as air. He related one of
his exploits. In New York-he got into a
house one night and made his way to the
bedroom where the owner And his wife
were sleeping in bed. Beside the bed was
a child’s crib. By accident he overturned
the crib and spilled the baby out on the
floor. The young one began to cry. He
was in a fix, afraid the parents would
waken. He decided instantly what to do,
and did it. He picked up the child tender
ly, for, said he, “ it reminded me of my own
darlings,” and replacing it in the got, he
rocked it to sleep again. This performance
occupid half an hour, for the child was
restless. He then wept through the room
and raked up $5,000. !n .
,a ° **•*■ —d-» m mi- -*■ ■■ ; -'jf
Death, qv an Old Cjcr«Bp oif Colum
bus.—The Columbus, papers record the
death* of Mr. B. N. R. Bardwell, on
Wednesday mprutyg, He had resifiM,]*
Columbus for about thirty years. As
citizen', hie was respected' by all Classes of
the community. ’’
■J i9<l)c iH afc -rillnil ,
[From the Baltimore Gazette.
The Louisville Convention.
The National Commercial Convention
met yesterday at Louisville, and is com
posed, we are told, of delegates “ from all
parts of the Union.” The object of the as
sembly, we further learn, is “ to consult as
to the best means of developing the com
mercial and manufacturing interests of the
country.” There have been many consul
tations upon this subject by similar, con
ventions heretofore, and we must confess
that we have yet to see that any practical
good has ever resulted from them. Tariffs
and internal improvements, railroad com
munications and steamboat lines, harbor
improvements and manufactures have been
fully and intelligently discussed, and a
score of promising schemes endorsed, and
the Commercial Conventions have general
ly then adjourned to meet four or five years
afterwards, and enact about the same pro
ceedings. If the present convention ex
pects to really advance the commercial and
manufacturing interests of the country, it <
had now better seek vigilantly the causes
which are retarding our commercial 3nd
manufacturing growth, and set these fear
lessly before the public. As this Govern
ment is at present conducted, men may de
vise new railroad lines and pass resolutions
encouraging ship-buildiDg, and so go on
until doomsday without producing much
practical effect. The whole Government
is administered for the benefit of a politi-
cal faction, and almost all legislation is
shaped in favor of certain sections or man
ufacturing interests. Large States stand
half paralyzed under the rule of military
satraps, or of vagaboud adventurers and
negroes, whose only care is the Ailing of
their own pockets. Grinding and ruinous
taxes are. eating up the substance of hun
dreds of thousands of people. The public
monies are lavished prodigally by different
branches of the Government, and feloni
ously and boldly appropriated by hun
dreds of its agents who manipulate its
custom houses or in other ways ways
handle its dues. From their source
in Washington through the farthest and
minutest channels of the Federal Gov
ernment, demoralization and corrup
tion permeate in dark and fetid
streams. These are the things that now
afflict the nation and perturb aud disheart
en the people. Were decent and honest
men sent to Washington, as of yore, were
the laws fairly administered, and were the
Constitution strictly adhered to, we should
witness a speedy revival of more than our
former prosperity. Were all legislation
directed only towards the promotion of the
national interests aud the public welfare,
the North would be again resounding with
the din and hum of industry. Were the
Southern people permitted to bring forward
their ablest men to represent, advise and
rule them—were they suffered themselves
to develop their resources they would soon
be promoting, as they never did before,
“the commercial and manufacturing in
terests of the country,” and pouring untold
millions into the National Treasury. These
are the facts the Convention must face if it
hopes to accomplish anything for good. If
it can make the people realize the nature of
our present Government, the reckless and
unprincipled character of those who ad
minister it, and the tyrannous aud destruc
tive features of the measures they have
adopted, the Convention may render inesti
mable service to the country. If oar poli
tical condition is to be left wholly out of
sight, our commercial and manufacturing
Interests will be in no wise advanced by
anything which “ delegates from all parts
of the Union” may say or do at Louisville.
The Bishop of Orleans to Father Hya
cinthe.
HIS INVITATION TO RETURN.
By mail from Europe vve have tlie follow
ing text of a letter addressed by Mouseig
ncur Dupanloup to Father Hyaciuthe:
Orleans, Septemlier 25,1869.
Mv Dear Colleague : As soon as I was
informed from Paris of the step which you
were about to take, I endeavored, as you
know, to spare you, at any cost, what
prove a great fault and misfortune
for yourself, as well as a profound affliction
for the church. I sent oft’ on the instant,
and in the night, an old fellow-student and
friend of yours to prevent you, if that were
possible. But it was too late; the scandal
had been consummated, and from this mo
ment you can measure by the grief of all
the mentis of the chuTch, and tlie joy of
her enemies, the extent of the mischief
which you have wrought. At present I
can do no more than pray to God, and con
jure you pause on the declivity on which
you now stand, leading as it does to abysses
which your soul, in its trouble, lias not dis
cerned. You have suffered, I know; but
allow me to tell you Father Lacordaire and
Father de Ravignan had to bear more than
you, and they raised themselves to a higher
rank in patience and fortitude, through
their love of the church and Jesus Christ.
How is it that you did not feel what an in
jury you were doing to the church, your
mother, by these accusing predictions ?
And what an insult to our Saviour to place
yourself, as you are now doing, alone, face
to face in opposition to Him, and in con
tempt of His successors! But lam willing
to hope and believe that this aberration
will be only a transient one. Return
among us, after having caused this afflic
tion to the Catholic world—give it a great
consolation and a striking example. Go
aud throw yourself at the feet of the Holy
Father. His arms will be open to receive
you, and in clasping yon to his paternal
heart he will restore to you the peace of
your conscience and the honor of your life.
Receive from him who was your bishop,
and who wiH never cease to love your soul,
this testimonial and these counsels of sin
cere and religious affection.
Felix, Bishop of Orleans.
FATHER HYACINTHE’S REPLY.
To the above letter Father Hyacinthe
made the following reply :
Paris, September 26,1869.
Monseigneur: I am much touched by
the feeling which dictated the letter you
addressed to me, and I am most grateful
for the prayers you so kindly put up in my
behalf, but I cannot accept either your re
proaches or your counsels. What you
qualify as a great fault committed / call a
great duty accomplished. Be pleased to ac
cept, Monseigneur, the homage of the re
spectful sentiments with which I remain,
in Jesus Christ and His Church, your very
humble and obedient servant,
Brother Hyacinthe.
An Appeal for the Removal of the
Confederate Dead at Gettysburg.— By
correspondence and other means, it has
been brought to the special attention of
the Hollywood Memorial Association of
Richmond that over three thousand Con
federate soldiers are buried on and near
the battle-field of Gettysburg.
David Wills, Esq., President of the Na
tional Cemetery Company, says, in a letter
to Gen. Fitzhugh Lee:
“ There has never been any action by the
Board of Managers of the Soldiers’ Na
tional Cemetery Company here in reference
to the disposition of the remains of the
Southern dead lying oii this battle-field.
Neither is there any action contemplated. The
charter of the association provides only for
the interment of the remains of those who
fell in defense of the Union.
“ There should be something done with
the remains of the Southern soldiers.
There are about 600 marked graves, and
these are fast becoming obliterated. Their
names might be preserved, and their re
mains gathered together into a cemetery or
burying ground, if any one would take the
matter in hand.”
Their trusted chief, Gen. R. E. Lee,
whom they followed, and fighting under
whose leadership they fell, approves the
plan, of removing their bodies to our own
soil.
1 The Hollywood Memorial Association
have the disposition to undertake this
work, but do not possess the ability unless
generously aided by friends throughout
the South. They offer ample grounds in
their cemetery, and alsd >the aid of their
association to prosecute the work, should
it be found practicable to remove the
bodies to Richmond.
To accomplish this purpose, means must
be raised by the earnest efforts of the sur-,
flvors of the Confederate army, the moth-:
ers, and sisters, and fathers, and brothers,
and friends of the slain. Every Southern
Stotb' has representatives; at Gettysburg.
Will not active men and women, in every
city, And town, and county, at once volun
teer to collect and send contributions ?
In this way we may gather those
“ Who bore the flag of our nation’s trust,
And fell in the cause, though lost, still just;
Gather the corpses strewn
O’er many a battle plain,
From many a grave that lies «o lone,
Without a name and without a stone,
Gather the Southern slain.’’
Mrs. Geo. W. Randolph,
Mrs. R. E. Lee,
Mrs. J. L. M. Oorry.
Communications and remittances may
be sent to Mrs. G. W. Randolph, Rich
mond, Va.
Southern papers are respectfully request
ed to copy this appeal at once, and urge its
claims upon the generous public.
[From th ■ Indianapolis Journal.
“ Nibbling.”
The proprietor of a grocery store in this
city having come across the following para
graph in a newspaper he was reading clip
ped it out and sent it to us for publication.
For his benefit, as well as for the benefit of
all others engaged in the busihess, we print
it, and in doing so take occasion to call the
attention of certain people to it:
“ Some of our grocery men complain of a
species of blind biped that infests stores,
and are constantly nibbling around, taking
a chew of tobacco, a bit of cheese, a lump of
sugar, an apple, or a handfhl of berries, or
anything they take a fimey to. Four or five
of these nibblers eat a man up in a year or
two, It is very annoying, and is, to say
the least of it, a species of small thought
lessness.”
This disposition to nibble is a mild species
of kleptomania, with which nearly every
body is afflicted to a greater or less degree.
Grocers undoubtedly suffer the most from
it of any species of tradesmen, as they deal
in articles which every person is disposed
to ear, and in order to sell their wares they
must expose them to sight. At one time, a
year or two ago. the custom prevailed of
covering up barrels or boxes with a wire
network, through which customers could
see but not taste; but this plan seems to
have been generally abandoned. Perhaps
it is on the principle that “ stolen fruit is
always the sweetest,” that the lump of su
gar, the piece of cheese, the peach, or what
ever it may be which is * tasted,” is always
better than the package of which it was a
sample is when it is delivered at home.
There are many persons who are couscieu
cious in this respect, and never touch an
article until it is weighed out, but they
usually have to taste it just before it is tied
up, and they know it is always better than
when tlie package is opened at home again.
These little tastes are almost a matter of ne
cessity, and the man who never permits
himself to indulge in them carries with
him through life a very heavy cross.
If it were only the regular customer, one
whose trade is worth something, who in
dulged in these little pickings, the whole
thing could be remedied by adding a small
per ceutage now and then to his bill; for
many would not grumble if a little item
should be added to his bill, such as
Nibbllngs to date. $3 76
As it is, the grocer is compelled to make
up from his regular customers not only the
amount of their own pickings, but those of
the dead beats as well, or bear the loss him
self ; and usually, we imagine, the burden
comes principally upon him.
Very few persons have much idea of tlie
extent of his tax upon the dealers in a city
like this. We asked a retail grocer last
evening what it cost him, and he said, at
first, a dollar a day, but upon second thought
he said it was more. It probably amounts
to fully five hundred dollars a year—at
most, the cost of a clerk —and taking the
whole city together, it will amount to fully
fifteen or twenty thousand dollars a year.
This seems like a large sum, but an estimate
can readily be made which will support it.
We have heard of a lounger who was
cured ofwhiftiiug a tailor’s counter by hav
ing a corner of his coat-tail cut off by the
tailor’s shears; but tins will not put an cud
to all the nibbling. In some cases some
such remedy is necessary, and a grocer
must estimate whether lie will gain or lose
by losing a customer who is an inveterate
and persistent nibbler. Th the main, how
ever, be must make calculations upon large
amounts which he cannot thus put a stop to,
and must count it a large item on the debit
side of his’ profit and loss account under
this leaf in striking his balance. It is a pas
sion of human nature, which must be met;
and, like many other evils, nibbling must
be kept in check as m uch as possible, but
it can never be entirely done away.
[From the Richmond Dispatch, 9th.
Novel Case in Court.
A WEALTHY RESIDENT OF RICHMOND MAR
RIES A COLORED WOMAN OF PHILADEL
PHIA—HIS COLORED CHILDREN CLAIM THE
E6TATE —SIOO,OOO INVOLVED.
Before Judge Bramhall, of the Hustings
Court, yesterday, Samuel Shippen, Esq., of
the Philadelphia bar, moved that Lee
George, of Philadelphia, be allowed to
qualify as administrator of tlie estate of
the late William O. George, of Richmond,
who died in September last. Lee George,
who was present when the motion was
made, is an intelligent and well educated
colored man, apparently about twenty
three years of age, and claims to be a
son of the deceased by Caroline Jackson, a
colored woman, bojrn out of wedlock, but
subsequently legitimized according to the
laws of Pennsylvania, and recognized as a
child.
Mr. George was a well known citizen of
Richmond, who died intestate, owning at
the time real estate in the city valued at
about SIOO,OOO. The petitiouer claimed
that the deceased had two children by his
connection with Caroline Jackson—himself
and a sister named Adelaide George.—
Wishing her to be better provided for than
she could be at the South, and desiring to
give his children a complete education, he
took them to Philadelphia several years be
fore the war. There they have since re
sided, and been well cared for at an expense
of about one thousand twohundred dollars
per annum to Mr. George, and receiving
constant proofs of his affection, not only
on the occasions when lie went North to
visit them, but also by a correspondence
almost uninterrupted. It is also claimed
that in April last the deceased put into ex
ecution a long cherished plan of marrying
the mother of his children, and claiming
them publicly as his own, and that since
that time he, on various occasions, ac
knowledged the near relationship.
In Support of these claims and of the
motion referred to above, Mr. Shippen and
his legal associates, Messrs. Holladay and
White, presented a certificate in the form
prescribed by the laws of Pennsylvania,
and signed by a Philadelphia alderman
duly authorized to perform the ceremony,
setting forth that on the 21st of April, 1869,
William Orville George was legally married
to Caroline Jackson, a woman of color, par
ticularly described as being very dark. The
counsel also cited several laws of the State
of Pennsylvania showing that a marriage
legitimizes the birth of children born out
of wedlock. After establishing the fact of
the marriage, Mr. Shippen exhibited a pack
age of letters purporting to be from Mr.
George to his alleged wife Caroline, his son
Lee, his soh-in-law Mr. Willemer, and his
daughter Adelaide. Proving that these were
in the handwriting of the deceased, and that
they had been received by the parties to
whom they were addressed, several of them
were read to the court to show that tlie
father had always exhibited towards the
children true parental affection.
The first was to Mr* Willemer, in reply to
one from that young gentleman begging
permission to consummate an engagement
of marriage with Adelaide George. In this
Mr. George speaks of his daughter very
affectionately—alludes to her accomplish
ments ami to her occupation as a teacher
of music. He asks Mr. Willemer as to his
moans of supporting a wife, and remarks
that he can only commit b}3 daughter to
one whose greatest care will be to inake
her happy, as in her happiness his owii is
involved.
The second is addressed to Adelaide,
whom he addresses as “My Dear Daugh
ter,” in regard to the proposals of Mr. Wil-
Icmer. He urges the impropriety of marry
ing a mere stranger, and cites the case of
the wife of JeterPhillip* as a warning. He
speaks of presents sent to her and her moth
er, and particularlyofhandsomesilk dresses
bought at Bell’s. The third, under date of
October 30, 1868, is to Mr. Willemer, and
while it expresses satisfaction at the an
swers to the questions about his means, far
ther asks whether the marriage is to be
performed by a Catholic priest, and ex
presses the hope that it will not. Another
to the same (dated November 9,1868,) gives
j; . ' ■
consent to the marriage, and closes with, a
prayer that God may bless them both, and
crown their lives with happiness and pros-
Another is to the daughter, in
which he calls her “my dear child,” aud
encloses his correspondence with Willemer.
’ everal other letters written before and af
ter marriage were also read, but are hardly
worthy of mention except to say that they
written *
William Johnson, who had known Mr.
George in Richmond and Philadelphia, was
then called, and testified that he was pres
ent at the marriage on the 21st of April of
Adelaide, and Mr. Willemer on the 22d. He
also identified a portrait exhibited in court
as a likeness of Mr. George.
Lee George was also sworn, and testified
that he was present at the marriage. Mr.
George lived with his mother at various
times before and after the marriage, and
always recognized the witness and his sis
ter as his children. Witness had a child
named after him—William Orville George.
At this point the counsel were about to
introduce other letters, but the court said
further evidence was unnecessary, and or
dered that Lee George be allowed to qualify
as administrator (his mother having re
signed the right in his favor), and fixed the
penalty of the bond at $3,000.
It is understood that the title to the real
estate of the deceased will be made a sub
ject of suit at law.
Robinson Crusoe’s Island.— The island
of Juan Fernandez, about four hundred
miles from the coast of Chili, is the seat
jnow of a German colony. Last Winter
the island was ceded by the Chilian Gov
ernment to a company of Germans, led by
Robert Welirman, a Saxon engineer. He
and his society have now taken possession
of ■ the island and purpose to make it
their home. They number some sixty or
seventy individuals, and have taken with
them cows and other cattle, swine, fowls,
and all kinds of agricultural implements,
with boats and fishing apparatus, and
tools for the various mechanical trades.
It is said that Welirman left Germany
eleven years ago, and, after passing some
time in England, was engaged oh rail
ways in South America. While there, he
conceived tlie idea that he has now carried
Into effect. This is a repetition on a larger
scale of the experiment of Pitcairn’s Island,
without, of course, the criminal preface
that stained the history of the crew of the
Bounty. The world will watch the career
of this little colony with deeply interested
eyes; for, apart from the curiosity and
sympathy naturally attracted by the experi
ment itself, no more engaging spot could
have been chosen in which to make it
thau that whicli is cherished in so many
hearts as Robinson Crusoe’s Island.
Negro mastery has brought Tennessee
to a pretty pass. It has burthened her
With a public debt of $40,000,000, which
canupt be paid promptly and cannot be re
pudiated. Her expenditure is $1,000,000 a
year more than her revenues.
“ Phil, my jewell,” said Pat, “ I’m
mighty sorry you can’t dine with me to
day.” “ Arrah, and why can’t I dine with
you ?” said the astonished Phil. “ Because,
my dear,” returned Pat, “ I haven’t asked
ye as yet.”
“ It is a standing rdle in my church,”
said one clergyman to another, “ for the
sexton to wake up any man that he finds
asleep.” “ I think,” replied the other,
“ that it would be better for the sexton,
whenever a person goes to sleep under your
preaching, to wake you up.”
The perpetrator of the joke below made
public is as comfortable as can be expect
ed : Why is a man waiting for the last act
of Hamlet like Noah waiting to discharge
the Avk ? Because he is waiting to see
Ham-let-out.
BY TELEGRAPH.
[Special to the Constitutionalist J
New York Slock Closlug Quotations.
REPORTED BY HOYT & GARDNER.
New York, October 15—P. M.
The following are the closing quotations
this day:
American Gold 130
Adams Express 57%
New York Central • 188
Erie 32%
Hudson River 160%
Reading ■ 95
Michigan Central 122%
Cleveland and Pittsburg 102%
Chicago and North Western 71%
Chicago and North Western, pref.... 83%
Milwaukee and St. Paul 67
Milwaukee and St. Paul, pref 81
Lake Shore 90%
Chicago &Rock Island 106%
Toledo, Wabash & Western 64%
Toledo, Wabash & Western, pref. 67
New Jersey Central.’ 101%
Pittsburg & Fort Wayne 85%
Ohio and Mississippi 26%
Hanibal and St. Joseph 107
Tennessee, old .' 60
Tennessee, new •. 55
Georgia Sevens 90
North Carolina, 01d.... 46%
North Carolina, new 41
Alabama Eights.. 92
Virginia 5ixe5................;..... 50
Missouri Sixes..; 86%
Pacific Mail 77
Western Union Telegraph 36%
Stocks steady.
[ Associated Press Dispatches.
WASHINGTON.
Washington, October 16—P. M.—Customs
from the Ist to the 9th, inclusive, over $4,500,-
000.
Revenue to-day, over $250,000.
Delano has returned.
Mr. Davis sailed from Baltimore for Charles
ton to-day, en route for Mississippi.
Major D. G. Swain is appointed Freedmen’s
Bureau Educational Functionary for the Bor
der States, vice Kimball. \
Farragut will hardly live through the night.
Delano decides that lawyers having two dis
tinct offices or places of business must pay two
licenses.
It is stated that General Canby’s report is
fatal to the charges ot fraud, intimidation, Ac.,
in the Virginia election.
Hoar and Phillips aud Carlisle argued the
jurisdiction in the Yergcr habeas corpus case
to-day. The decision is reserved. Court ad
journed to Monday.
Nothing additional regarding the elections.
The proceedings of the Louisville Convention
are still preliminary.
NORTH CAROLINA.
Wilmington, October 15.—The case of the
sloop-of war Cuba comes up before the United
States Commissioner to-morrow,and continues
to excite great interest. A marine, who had
deserted from the Cuba and went to New
York, has been brought here as a witness for
the Government. An attempt was made by
the officers of the Cuba to arrest him, to-day,
hut the officers of the United States gunboat
Frolio claimed that he was under the protec
tion ot the United States flag, aud the move
ment was abandoned.
The impression is general that the case will
again be continued by Government. District
Attorney Pierrepont, of New York, is expected
to take part in the prosecution tomorrow.—
The officers ot the Cuba arc still confident of
her ultimate release.
PENNSYLVANIA.
Philadelphia, October 15. — The Press table
makes Gearv’s majority 3,104. The Age pub
lishes no table, but says the returns are unre
liable. Both parties c’aira the State. Official
Returns will be required to decide the contest.
In connection with the election troubles the
Prothonotary of the Common Picas Court was
arrested and locked up in his office, which
boars signs of having been ransacked.
OHIO.
Columbus, October 14 — Midnight, — Returns
since noon do not change the probable result
of 10,000 majority for Hayes.
FOREIGN.
Madrid, October 15.-The reply of the
Ministers to Sickles is that the National dignity
prevents an acceptance of loreign mediation in
domestic affairs. .... .
Valencia still holds out against the troops.
PABU*, October 15.—Napoleon went bnnting
money article says confidence in
Spain’s ability to suppress the insurrection is
increasing in commercial circles.
GLASGOW, October 15.—A great fire is raging.
The Vulcan Oil Works and Eagle Iron Works
are destroyed. Lose very heavy.
MAZATLAN.
B an Francisco, October 15.—Mazatlan ad
vices ol the 4th state that a revolution lu Sina
loa is imminent; Troops are stationed along
the Southern frontier, and the Government is
buying and manufacturing war material. De
sertions from the army are numerous.
Loaodo’s cavalry appeared on the Southern
frontier, ciusine considerable alarm.
MARINE NEWS.
Bavannah, October 15.—Arrived : Schooners
Franconia, from Boston ; Watauga, from Phil
adelphia; steamship Zokide, (rom New York,
Cleared: Bhlp Tiger, lor Liverpool; schr.
N. E. Vancleaf, for Wilmington, Del.
Charleston, October 15.—Arrived: Steamer
Charleston, from New York.
Sailed : Steamer Prometheus, for New York ;
hark Frank Marion, for New Orleans ; schrs.
Conservative, for New York, and Thomas
Boos, for Georgetown, 8. C.
Wilmington, October 15.--8alled: Fair
banks, for New York.
MARKETS.
London, October 15— Noon.—Consols, 93%.
Bonds, 82, ex interest.
Liverpool, October 15—Noon.—Cotton
quiet; upland, 12%: Orleans, 12%; sales 7,000
hales ; for the week, 54,000 bales; exports, 8,000
bales ; speculation, 8,000 bales ; stock, 425.-
000 bales} American, 48,000 bales; receipts
tor the week, 22,000 bales, whereof American,
10,000 bales.
Later— Cotton steady and more active; sales,
12,000 bales; stock at sea, 384,000 bales; Ameri
can, 20,000 bales; receipts of American cptton
for the week, 7,600 bales, not 10,000. Corn,
38s. 9d, Red Wheat, 9s. 2d.
Liverpool, October 15—Evening.—Colton
closed firmer; uplands, 12% ; Orleans, 12%;
sales, 12,000 bales; export and speculation,
5,000 bales. Red Western Wheat, 9s. 7d. Tur
pentine, 265. 9d.
Frankfort, October 15—Noon.—Bonds firm
at 88@88%.
Frankfort, October 15—P. M.—Bonds
quiet at 88.
Paris, October 15—Noon.—Bourse quiet.
Rentes,.7ll'. 22e.
Paris, October 15—P. M,—Bourse dull.
Rentes, 7Lf. 20c.
Havre, October 15—Noon.—Cotton' opens
heavy.
New Fork, October 15—Noon.—Stocks no
settled. Money, 5@7. Sterling—long, 9 ;
short* 9%. . Gold, 180%. ’62’s, 20%; Temies
sees, ex coupon, so; new, 65 ; Virginias, ex
coupon, 50% ; new, 50 ; Louisianas, old, 69 ;
new, 07 ; 6V, 64 ; B’s, 83 ; North Carolina*, old,
46 ; new, 46% ; South Caroliuas* old, 65%.
New York, October 15-P. M.-Govcrn
mets steady, ’o2’s, 20%. Southerns heavy.
Monty firmer at 6@7. Discounts dnll ; prime
paper 10@12. Bterling dull at 9. Gold steady
at 130. Stocks dull and declining.
New York, October 15—Noon.—Flour s@lo
better. Wheat 2@3 better. Corn 1 better.
Pork quiet at s3l. Lard quiet. Cotton quiet
at 26%. Turpentine drooping, 46. Rosin
steady ; common and strained, 82 20@2 25.
New York, October 15-P. M.-Cotton
heavy ; sales, 2,500 bales at 26%. Flour—low
grades belter ; superfine State, $5 65@5 75 ;
common to fair extra Southern, 80 20@6 65.
Wheat—better grades 3@5 better for export;
Winter Red Western, 81 40@1 52. Corn I@2
betier. Pork a shade firmer und la fair de
maud at 881. Lard dull. Whisky lower at
81 20@1 22. Turpentine, 45(346%. Rosin,
82 28. Freights— cotton by steam, %; flour,
2@4%; graiu, 7@7%; by sail, 6%.
Baltimobh, October 15.—Cotton dull at 26.
Flour active ; Howard street, 85 62%@5 75.
Wheat steady ; receiuts light. Corn firm ;
white, fl 10@l 16. Provisions unchanged.—
Whisky, 81 20@1 21.
Cincinnati, October 15.— Corn steady at
81 90. Whisky in fair demand, 81 15. Mess,
831. Bacon dull ; dear sides, 20.
Louisville, October 15.—Corn steady—car,
85 ; shelled, 90. Pork, 831 50. Bacon—shoul
ders, 17% ; clear rib sides, 20% ; clear sides,
20%. Whisky active, 81 15. Lard, 18%.
Wilmington, October 15.— Spirits Turpen
tine sternly at 41. Rosin quiet at 82@3 50.
Crude Turpentine unsettled, 82 05@2 75. Tar
drooping, 82 20. Cotton steady at 24@24%
for low middling.
Mobile, October 15.—Cotton—receipts to
day, 320 bales ; receipts for the week, 8,308 ;
exports to Great Britain, 2,853 ; to France,
1,859 ; coastwise, 3,242 ; stock, 14,593; sales,
for the week, 6,300 ; sales to-day, 450 ; market
steady aud bare; middling, 23%@24 ; receipts,
1,852; exports, 3,222.
New Orleans, October 15.—Cotton firm at
24%@25; sales, 8,500 bales; receipts to-day,
5,067 bales; exports—Liverpool, 2,835 bales ;
Barcelona, 805 bales ; Huvre, 5,305 bales ; sales
of the week, 19,600 bales; receipts—gross,
26,330 bales; net, 24.201 bales; exports—Liver
pool, 5,511 bales; Havre, 7,448 bales; Barce
lona, 805 bales ; coastwise, 2,702 bales; stock,
58,009 bales. Flour lower; superfine, 85 50;
double, 85 70; treble, ?3. Corn drooping.—
Oats, 01. Bran, 81 10. Whisky, 81 27@1 29.
Others unchanged. Gold, 129%. Sterling,
40%. New York Sight, % dlßcouut.
Charleston, October 15.—Cotton qnlot and
less firm; sales, 200 bales} w. ■ yy.
ceipts, 1,111 bales; exports to Great Britain,
2,509 bales ; coastwise, 1,357 bales.
Sanannah, October 15.—Cotton—receipts,
2,383 bales; exports, 3,188 bales; sales, 500
bales; middling, 25% ; market very firm.
Augusta Daily Market.
Office Daily Constitutionalist, )
Friday, October 15—P. M.)
FINANCIAL
GOLD—Buying at 130 and selling at 133.
SlLVEß—Buying at 125 and selling at 130.
STOCKS—Securities are generally dull ;
Georgia Railroad Stock dull and declining at
102@103; National Bank in demand at 110.
COTTON—Market opened with a good de
mand at 24%, continued firm and closed quiet
with quotations unchanged; receipts, 866 bales;
sales, 530 bales.
BACON—Firm with an advancing tendency.
We quote C. Sides, 22%@23 ; C. R. Sides,
22@22%; B. B. Sides, 21%; Shoulders, 19;
Hams, 21%@26%; Dry Salt Shoulders, 18 ;
Dry Ba)t C. R. Sides, 21%.
CORN—Small supply. We quote choice
whit3, $1 50 from depot.
WHEAT—We quote choice white, $1 70@
1 75; amber, $1 60; red, $1 50.
FLOUR—City Mills, new, $7 50Q9 50; at
retail, $1 $ barrel higher. Country, $6(339,
according to quality.
CORN MEAL-*1 50@$1 00 at retail.
OATS—9O@$l 50.
PEAS—No supply. Setting at $1 50 for
seed.
The Carolina Farmer. —The October
number of this valuable work is on our
table, filled with articles of interest and
profit to the farmer. Tills number closes
the first volume, and is the last of the
monthly series. On (lie fourth of Novem
ber the first number of the weekly will
appear; and in its new form it will no
doubt prove much more acceptable to its
many readers. It will contain eight pages
of five columns each, and in addition to a
largely-increased amount of agricultural
matter, will give miscellaneous family
reading, market reports, and the general
news of the day. The subscription price
($2 a year) will not be changed. Address
Wm. H. Bernard, editor and proprietor,
Wilmington, N.'C.
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