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CONSTITUTIONALIST.
AUGUSTA. SA.
THURSDAY MORNING, 00T. 28,1869
WEST VIRGINIA.
An election for members of the Legisla
ture takes place in West Virginia this day.
It may be remembered that Horace Gree
ley, in a fit of eccentric candor, advised
the Republican party of West Virginia to
take the initiative in “ enfranchising the
rebels,” lest, perchance, an evil day might
come upon the present ruling powers in
the inevitable future. Mr. Greeley gave
these reasons for his advice:
1. That no matter how ignorant, de
praved or anarchical the crowd may be,
this is a Government of the whole people,
and a sham aristocracy, which goe£
against this idea, cannot exist permanently
so long as our system remains as it is.
2. That no matter how “ rebellious ”
numbers of the Southern people may be,
they cannot be outlawed forever, and ths
time for easing up on them has already
come to pass.
3. The result in Tennessee should prove
a warning to rabid Radicals that the tables
are about to turn. As this enfranchise
ment is bound to come, tlie Republicans
had better get what glory they can by ex
pediting it, and avoid the mortification of
having it accomplished in their despite.
Prompt action will preserve, somewhat,
the Radical balance of power. Tardiness
and protest will destroy the Union as
cendency forever.
4. Outlawry is against the spirit of the
age.
6. "Bloody instructions return to plague
the inventors.” Continued proscription of
"Rebels” now means vengeful proscription
of Radicals hereafter. If reason does not
teach magnanimity, fear of the future
should.
These cogent reasons coming from Mr.
Greeley fell like a bombshell in the camp
of the trooly loil, and, though many of them
steadfastly adhere to their despotic edicts,
as many more perhaps favor the removal of
political disabilities. With such an issue
presented, the election in West Virginia to
day is of no minor importance. Last year*
the Radicals had a majority of 42 on joint
ballot in the Legislature, the division of
the two Houses being as follows :
Senate. House.
Republicans 19 41
Democrats 3 15
Republican majority 10 26
We hope to chronicle a better position
•for the Democrats or Conservatives when
the people who are permitted to vote Jhall
have recorded their will.
Our New York Correspondence.
New York, October 23.
The wrangling between General Grant
and his relatives and officials, on the one
hand, and the late Gold Ring on the other,
increases in bitterness, and threatens to rise
to political significance. Several columns of
our city press are filled every day with let
ters, statements, affidavits, surmises and
comments relative to the late speculation
in gold ; and the revelations, scandalous as
they are, In their political and financial
character, are not less notable in the reck
lessness, falsehood and chicanery they ex
hibit as prevailing among people who
claim respect for their personal honor and
private virtues. /
To even summarize the mass of these
publications would encroach upon yonr
limits and my time. To get at the real
facts of the case is by no means an easy
task. It would appear, however, that Mr.
Boutwell, on entering office, committed
himself to a marked advance in the price
of Federal bonds. His friends loaded up
heavily in view of his undertaking, and
they let some of General Grant’s friends
and relatives into the "Ring.” When Mr
Boutwell, in April last, announced his pol
icy of selling a million of gold and buying
a million of bonds per week, it was a very
nice scheme to promote his speculation.
But. it took our importers by surprise,,
and inflicted such losses upon them
that, after a brief period, the sales
of gold were doubled. This was con
tinued during the month of June. But on
the Ist of July, Mr. Boutwell again set
about " bulling ” gold and Government
bonds. He reduced his sales °f gold to
two millions per nw"* 1 ' > ,le cancelled thir
teen ininians of gold certificates, which,
with the constant accumulation in the
Treasury, made gold scarce; he doubled
his purchases of bonds, and reduced the
currency balance from thirty-five million
to seven million dollars. But these ex
pedients being, in the almost unanimous
opinion of bankers and financiers, full of
danger to the Federal Treasury, and cer
tain to end in an explosion of some sort,
only tightened up the money market and
promoted the formation of the New York
gold ring for an advance in the premium,
to which Boutwell was opposed, unless ac
companied by a corresponding advance in
bonds, which did not occur. Therefore,
wheu when the premium on gold mounted
t# over 60, both Boutwell and Graut be
came frightened, and ordered an extra sale
of gold to lie made, regardless of what the
effect might be upon their bond specula
tions.
When I wrote, two weeks ago, and drew
a comparison between this gold flurry and
some incidents of the battle of Chancellors
ville, in both of which Dan Butterfield is
now known to have conspicuous,
if not honorable, part, it was impossible to
foresee what form development would take.
But no one now pretends to doubt that the
Assistant Treasurer, Butterfield, the con
fidential agent of the Treasury Depart
ment at this great financial centre, under
took, for a money consideration, to help
the gold gamblers in his official capacity ;
that Boutwell’s and Grant’s fright upset
all his plans; that neither he nor his con
freres made any considerable amount of
money ; and that in their rage and disap
pointment they have fallen to tearing each
other.
I can see nothing in the whole testimony
to implicate Boutwell or Grant in anything
but the original speculation for a rise in
Federal bonds, and the shaping of the
policy of the Treasury Department on very
unsound principles to promote their specu
lation ; contributing, indirectly, if not
directly; to the rise in gold, the unsettling
of value, the stringency of the money
market, the overthrow of private credit,
and the general prostration of business. I
accuse them only of this; and it were
enough, every business man must feel; but
nothing so scandalous as taking checks for
five, ten, or fifty thousand dollars seems to
have been proved against them ; and yet,
except in its moral aspects, it would hpve
been better for the country had they done
so. The pursuit of a false and pernicious
financial policy for six months was a blun
der that was worse than a crime, if pursued
honestly. It is some relief to know that it
was a big job. That Grant’s relatives and
some minor officials were in the gold specu
lation, and that they pretended to influence
Grant anti received money for such pre
tences, is no doubt true; but they were
fals£.
It is among the facts established,that the
dispatch from Boutwell to Butterfield to
sell gold was in the hands of the gold
operators long before it reached Butterfield.
How it got there is the next question
Telegraph leakages have become a serious
matter to all who have occasion to send
dispatches.
The approaching election in this State
excites very little interest. The only im
portant result that seems likely to attend
it is the culmination of the reckless and
corrupt Irish influence, which has dominat
ed in this quarter during the last fifteen
years. It has gone on from bad to worse,
until it can no longer be endured, and
through the action of Democrats them
selves it will be overthrown. How Inteuse
the feeling is yon may infer from the re
mark made by a Southern lady visitim?
this city. “ I find,” said she, “ that verv
few persons whom I meet have a good
word for them, and that the sentiment
with which we at the South regard carpet
baggers is charitable and cordial com
pared with the dislike which prevails here
toward the Irish.” Horace Greeley, as can
didate for Comptroller, will run behind his
ticket largely. He will “ cut ” for his ul
tra temperance views, but mainly because
he joined in giving the required bail for
Jefferson Davis when he was released from
Fortress Monroe.
MOBIC AND THE DRAMA.
In a musical way, there has been for a
little time past some dearth of entertain
ment, and during the coming week there
will be none at all worthy of note. Patti’s
concerts close with to-day’s matinee, until
her return at a later season from a Western
tour. Parepa’s troupe has been for some
time absent, and not until the first of No
vember is Italian opera announced, of
which Miss Kellog again will be the princi?
pal star, though she will alternate with
Mad. de Briol, a name as yet unfamiliar
with New York; and, as a contralto
singer, Mips Jenny Landsman, who, as a
novice In the art ; was here some winters
ago, is announced. The principal male
singers will be—as tenor, Sig. Lefranc, and
as baritone, Cottons, both of whom are
new to American audiences; and in addi
tion, as buffo, Ponconi, who, though hav
ing time and again appeared in New York,
is always welcomed. At Booth’s, Miss
Bateman now plays as Mary Warner; Mrs.
Scott Siddons is at the Fifth Avenue
Theatre; Chanfrau, as “ Sam,” at the
Theatre Francois, and at the Grand Opera
House Mr. Falconer’s dramatization of the
leading incidents of Charles O’Malley’s
career has been for some nights performed
to very good houses. The character of
O’Malley is taken by Mr. J. H. Taylor.
At the Brooklyn Academy some repre
sentations of German Opera, which, how
ever, have been badly patronized, have
been given by Mr. Grau, and during this
week, also, some attention has been at
tracted by the debut at Steinway Hall of a
young Spanish Prima Donna (who is said
to be quite beautiful), Senorita Maria
Cortes.
sere hyacinthe.
The sensation is, perhaps, however, Pere
Hyacinthe, who, ever since his arrival,
some days ago, has been in a state of close
siege, and been compelled to eat, drink,
sleep and wake on the defensive, the usual
crowd of sigiit-seers and seusationists hav
ing been close upon him, and, not least of
all, newspaper reporters. Among the cit
izens prominent here, the Rev. Father ap
pears more to incline to the society of Gen.
Dix than to that of any one else, there hav
ing been a friendship formed between them
in Paris.
FASHIONS FOR CHILDREN.
For children, the crinoline seems now
finally discarded, and for girls from three
to twelve years of age, short skirts to the
knee are worn. Below these no pantelet is
visible, nothing but a long white cashmere
stocking, which is supported by an elastic
band running up to the waist, or by a
stocking supporter. For school wear, very
serviceable suits, ready-made, of gray plaid
water-proof, can be procured for from
twelve to eighteen dollars, the design being
Gabrielle, with a circular cloak and hood,
trimmed with blue or scarlet notched
cloth, which shows like a facing below the
edge. Dresses for the house are made with
a high corsage, which opens behind, coat
sleeves, and a double skirt, or, perhaps, for
variety, a princesse overdress, with low
waist' and a gored skirt in one. Over
dresses in all cases are a great improve
ment to dresses which at present would
otherwise appear too plain, and may bp
made of a variety of material—merino,
silk or alpaca. Some of the alpacas,
trimmed with scarlet braid, are sold for
ten dollars, while elaborate ones of silk,
large enough for a child of eight or nine
years of age, may be had for twenty-five
dollars.
Home neat suits for the street are made
with two skirts, a sailor jacket with velvet
collar and cuffs; or in place of these, a short
basque with sash and revers.
For little girls of three or thereabouts,
overdresses, sashes and ruffled skirts are
fashionable, the materials for these being
merino, serge, flannel and tartan for every
day wear, or more common occasions, while
beautiful little dresses of silk are appro
priate at other times. For little boys of a
corresponding age, suits of velveteen,
Thibet cloth, and plain poplin are suitable;
and for these the trimmings most in use
are black velvet bands, or black ribbon,
plush, plaid satin and Hercules braid; while
for little girls, gathered flounces us the
same material as the dress are very much
liked. For christening robes, the newest
styles measure a yard from the shoulder
tips to the edge of the skirt, and are made
of white organdy over white silk slips. The
waists, which are low and full, the sleeves
and tablier fronts are composed entirely
of lengthwise stripes of embroidery and
wide Valenciennes insertions. The edge
of the skirt is trimmed with box-pleated
ruffles edged with lace, while ruffles run in
curves from the sides of the belt, a ribbon
rosette in each curve, and the whole finish
ed by a sash of wide white-watered ribbon
which is knoted at the right side. Under
slips of blue mauve, or pink silk, are very ef
fective in displaying the lace and are appro
priate, except on occasion of a christening,
when pure white is a sine qua non. Other
dresses fur more durable and less elaborate
are of line Nansook, edged with fluted
ruffles and headed by puffs and bands of
tucks.
BUSINESS.
The cheerful tone in business circlet*,
which sprung up last week, has entirety
disappeared and the most staples have de
clined, not excepting cotton. Stagnation
prevails everywhere.
Willoughby.
[OorreppODdeuce of the Charleston News.
Collapse of the Carpet-Baggers.
FIGHT BETWEEN A MULATTO SENATQR AND
C. F. LESLIE —KAVANAUGH STILL PEACE
FUL —NO BLOOD YET.
Columbia, October 15.
Battle is the order of the day. This
morning we were treated to another fracas
among the Radicals. The difficulty was
between Land Commissioner Leslie —a
white carpet-bagger—who is said to have
represented the people of Brooklyn in the
New York Legislature—and Senator Wim
bush, of Chester county, in this State, who,
in years past, figured as waiter in the Ex
change oyster saloon in Columbia. He is a
bright mulatto. These two worthies be
came warm over some land matters this
morning in Leslie’s house, and upon Les
lie’s using some epithet derogatory to the
negro blood in Wimbush’s veins, the latter
suggested the yard as a better place to
fight it out. To the yard accordingly they
repaired, and to fisticuffs, at which Leslie
got rather the worst of it. The battle was
not sanguinary at all, and the casualties
were few. But it adds one to the personal
issues between the negro race and their
boasted friends from the North.
The Elliot-Kavanaugh affair still hangs
fire. The Governor promptly discharged
his gallant gay Lothario of a Secretary,
who had come out as badly in the service
of Mars as he had in that of Venus. Since
Saturday this ex-Secretary has served free
ly at the shrine of Bacchus, and seems
bent upon gettiug bound over to keep ttie
peace.
The logic of the carpet-bag politicians
has been that a negro is as good as a white
man; but the logic of Elliott and Wim
bush goes to prove that a negro is superior
to a white man, at least when the latter is
a carpet-bagger. This latter logic is good,
and this community bids Elliott and Wim
bush God-speed in their applications of all
such syllogisms.
Mr. Parker Pillsbury’s Letter. —Wc
saw a Northern gentleman on Saturday last,
who has been planting on Pon Pon since
the war, and has had fair opportunities for
studying the character and idiosyncracies
of the freedman. He stated that Mr. Pills
bury had visited his plantation, and on the
whole had given a fair picture of the negroes
as found in that section of the State. We
asked it Mr. P.’s statements were not some
what exaggerated. *' Not at all,” was the
reply. “Their dress is scant and their
morals as lax as represented in that letter.
They are very fond or whisky, aud as to
stealing, it comes as natural to them as
breathing. The only thing in the letter
that looks like exaggeration is abont the
woman who gave whisky to a baby six
months old. This happened, but the child
was sick, and the physician in attendance
had directed her to give it a few drops of
whisky.” In the course of conversation,
our interlocutor further said that in his
opinion the negro used to be much better
off when a slave than he is now, though he
believes' Slavery had been a curse to the
South, as it impeded her progress. This, he
said, is the general opinion ot fair minded
Northern men when they come into actuaf
contact with the “ institution,” but this ex
perience is very ill received by their friends
in the North who do not like to have their
pet philanthropic schemes spoiled by the
unromantic figure of naked troth.
As much has been said about this letter
of Mr. Parker Pillsbury, from Charleston
to the New York Revolution, both in Demo
cratic and Republican journals, we thought
it might be in interest to give this corro
bation from an impartial eye witness. As
to the soundness or unsoundness of the
political and social views of interlocutor,
we have nothing to say here, as that iS
wide of our present purpose,
v [Charleston Courier.
An imaginative young man, laboring
oyer the gradual encroachments of woman
kind on masculine territory, in the matter
of dress, breaks into song as follows:
‘‘They took' out coats—at first we hirdly
missed ’em ;
Thev d aVnin ey a P e ? °«r dickeys and cravats;
kLsed’em- B “ We lau S hed
tt ®“ b ° ldened . then they stole our verv hats •
Until, by slow and sure degrees, the witches ’
brejeta f“ - ° 0r »»d
‘ ’<>
The Texans complain of pork being five
cents a pound when they can get beef for
two cents a pound.
The' Cardiff Statue.
LETTER OF DR. BOYNTON.
The remarkable statue, or, as it is called
by many persons, “ the fossil man,” recently
discovered at Cardiff, Onondaga comity,
N. Y., continues to cause great excitement
in the vicinity. A number of scientific men
have been invited to examine into and pro*
nouuce upon its real character. Its pos
sessor, Mr. Newell, is now making about
SSOO a day in fees from visitors. The fol
lowing is the letter writen by Dr. Boynton,
giving a detailed account of this singular
discovery:
Syracuse, October 18th, 1869.
Henry Morton, Professor in Pennsylvania
University and Franklin Institute:
Dear Sir; On Saturday last some la
borers engaged in digging a well on the
farm of W. C. Newell, near the village of
Cardiff, about thirteen miles south of this
city, discovered, lying at about three feet
below the surface of the earth, what they
supposed to be the “ petrified body ” of a
human being, of colossal size. Its length
is ten feet and three inches, and the rest of
the body is proportionately large. The ex
citement in this locality over the discovery
is immense and unprecedented: Thousands
have visited the locality within the last
three days, and the general opinion seemed
to be that the discovery was tlie “ petrified
body” of a huraau being.
I spent most of yesterday and to-day at
the location of the so-called “ Fossil Man,”
and made a survey of the surroundings of
the place where this wonderful curiosity
was found. On a careful examination I
am convinced that it is not a fossil, but
was cut from a piece of stratified sulphate
of lime known as the Onondaga Gypsum.
If it were pulverized or ground, a farmer
would call it plaster. It was quarried,
probably, somewhere in 4his country, from
our gypsum beds. The layers are of dif
ferent colors—dark and light. The statue
was evidently designed to lie on its back,
or partially so, and represents a dead per
son in a position he would naturally as
sume when dying. The body lies nearly
upon the back, the right side a little lower;
the head leaning a little to the right. The
legs lie nearly one above the other; the
feet partially cross one another. The toe
of the right foot, a little lower, showing
plainly that the statue was never designed
to stand erect upon -its feet. The left arm
lies down by the left side of the body, the
ore arm and hand being partially covered
by the body. The right hand rests a short
distance below the umbilicus, the little
finger spreading from the others, reaching
nearly to the pubes. The whole statue evi
dently represents the position that a body
would naturally take at the departure of
life.
There is perfect harmony in the different
proportions of the different parts of the
statue. The features are strictly Cauca
sian, having not the high cheek bones of the
Indian type, neither the outlines of the
negro race, and being entirely unlike any
statuary yet discovered of Aztec or Indian
origin. The chin is magnificent and gener
ous ; the eyebrow, or superciliary ridge, is
well arched; the mouth is pleasant; the
brow and forehead are noble, and the
“Adam’s apple” has a full development.
The external genital organs are large.
The statue, being colossal and massive,
strikes the beholder with a feeling of awe.
Some portions of the features would remind
one of the bust of De Witt Clinton, and
others of the Napoleonic type. My opin
ion is, that this piece of statuary was made
to represent some person of Caucasian ori
gin, and designed by the artist to per
petuate the memory of a great mind and
noble deeds. It would serve to impress in
ferior minds or races with the great and
noble, and for this purpose only was sculp
tured of colossal dimensions. The block of
gypsum is stratified, ancp a dark stratum
passes just below the outer portion of the
left eyebrow, appears again on the left
breast, having been chiseled out between
the eyebrow and chest, and makes its ap
pearance again in a portion of the left hip.
Some portions of the strata are dissolved
more than others by tlie action of the wa
ter, leaving a bolder outcropping along the
descent of the breast toward the heck.
The same may, less distinctly, be seen on
the side of the face and head. I think that
this piece of reclining statuary is not 300
years old, but is the work of the early Je
suit Fathers in this country, who are
known |to have frequented the Onondaga
Valley from 220 to 250 years ago; that it
would probaply bear a date in history cor
responding with tlie monumental stone
which was found at Pompey Hill, in this
county, and now deposited in the Academy
at Albany. There are no marks of vio
lence upon the work; had it been an
image or idol worshipped by the Indians, it
could have been easily destroyed or muti
lated with a slight blow by a small stone,
and the toes and fingers could have been
easily broken off. It lay in quicksand,
which, in turn, rested upon compact, clay.
My conclusion regarding the object of the
deposit of the statue in ‘this place is as fol
lows ; It was for the purpose of hiding and
protecting it from an enemy who would
have destroyed it, had it been discovered.
It must have been carefully laid down, and
as carefully covered with boughs and
twigs of trees, which prevented it from be
ing discovered. Traces of this now decom
posed vegetable covering can be seen on
every side of the trench, and it is quite
evident this vegetable matter originally ex
tended across and above the statue.
Above this statue of decayed matter
there is a deposit of very recent date, from
eighteen inches to two feet in thickness,
which may have been washed in, and like
wise turned on by plowing. A farmer who
had worked the land, told me that he had
“ back-furrowed” around it, for the purpose
of filling up the slough where the statue
now lies.
It is positively absurd to consider this a
“fossil man.” It has none of the indica
tions that would designate it as such, when
examined by a practical chemist, geologist
or naturalist. The underside is somewhat
dissolved, and presents a very rough sur
face, and it is probable that ail the back or
lower portion was never chiseled into form,
and may have been designed to rest as a
tablet. However, as the statue has not
been raised, the correct appearance of the
under surface has not been determined,
save by feeling, as I passed my hand as far
as I could reach under different portions of
the body, while its lower half lay beneath
water.
This is one of the greatest curiosities of
the early history of Onondaga county, and
my great desire is that it should be preserv
ed for the Onoudaga Historical Society.—
Efforts are being made by some of our citi
zens to secure this in the country where It
belongs, and not suffer it to bear the fate
of other archeological specimens found in
this region.
Hoping to be able to write you more in a
few days,
I remain yours, truly,
John F. Boynton.
A strange story comes from Jerusalem,
by way of a Rabbi of Hungary, concerning
a vision which appeared to an Israelite
worshipping near Solomon’s Temple last
month. It was a column of fire, from
which proceeded a voice warning the de
votee of the coming this year of the Mes
siah. The man so addressed then went to
the city and spoke prophetically of what
he had heard. Thereupon the people treat
ed him as an imposter, and some even went
so far as to seek to take his life ; but he, as
if miraculously endowed with more than
human strength, fought hundreds of his
assailants, and when afterwards a battal
ion of soldiers was sent to arrest him, baf
fled tliem in the efforts to capture him.
Utilizing the Old Man.— An occa
sional correspondent of ours, meeting a
party of settlers the other day in Texas,
inquired from the conductor what the men
in the first wagon were intended for.
“ To clear the forests.”
“ Well,” said he, “ and what are those in
the second for ?”
“ To build.the huts” was the reply.
“ And that ok! white headed man in the
third wagon—what is he for?” was the
next question asked, to which the reply
was given :
“ Oh, that’s my father; we shall open our
new cemetery with him !”
Our correspondent did not inquire fur
ther.
—— r. —.J"? 1 —-—t-
A Patriarch Bleeps WriTH His Fath
brs.—Rev. Elijah Byrd died at the resi
dence of his son, Maj. 8. M. Byrd, in Polk
county, on Friday, the 22d inst.
Be was in the 84th year of his age; a
native of Edgefield, 8. 0.; has been a prom
inent and useful citizen, and a valuable
member of his church (the M. E. Church,
8oUth); has lived in this State near fifty,
and in Polk county seventeen years. He
was always a friend to the needy, and did
mtfch to build up schools and educational
interests.—Rome Courier. 1
ifr: .7 —' ■
The Athens Watchman reports that a
new post office has been established about
six miles from that place, with Mr, Nathan
B. Collins as Postmaster. It is dubbed
'< ff Radical. 1 ' The Postmaster also holds the
appointment of Notary Public from Bul
lock, and the good people of Madison are
to have law dealt oat to them by the part
nership agent of Greswell and Bullock.
The Presbyterian Churph at Gfiffin has
just received a hew bell, weighing Over 600
pounds.
To Margaret.
[The following quaint “ amatory versa*,” as
they are called on the ancient yellow leaf from
which we transcribe them, are by Fitz-Greeue
Halleck, and have never before been pub
lished;]
You told me, Margaret, that In lime
You might, perhaps, be taught to love me;
But ’twas because that I can rhyme
A little—if the spirit move me.
'Ah, had (he lyre that wioning art,
I well might call Us Bkill divine;
Aud were I sure ’twould make yonr bearL
Beat In congenial throbs with mine.
Again I'd seek the Muses' bowers,
Which long I’ve passed neglected by—
Again invoke the fairy powers .
To aid my harp’s wild melody.
But, ah! I fear ’twere fruitless toll—
Experience has the lesson taught,
That woman’s fond, enrapturing smile
Can never be so cheaply bought.
And I would spurn, however dear,
The heart that verse pad power of stealing—
Its passion could not be eiuccre—
Love claims a purer test of feeling.
Yet I had hoped that ere )twas known
That I conld pen a soug or sonnet,
Your bosom’s little guest had flowtj,
Ou Cupid’s wing, aud Iliad won It.
Come, tell me, is it so or not— '
Whate’er my fine, 1 beg to know it;
B.lV —and the Muses all forgot ~
You love the Man, and not the Poet.
The Columbia Canal.—The Columbia
Phoenix publishes tlie following article in re
gard to Senator Sprague’s failure to come
up to time in the matter of the Columbia
canal:
As we are notin the confidence of the
“ powers that be,” we are unable to state
t ie case accurately In regard to Mr. Sprague
and the Columbia canal. But this we do
know, that Mr. Sprague or his agents have
failed to begin work on the improvement
of the canal water power, as agreed. By
the Ist October, 1869, it was said that his
agents would “ break dirt,” but thin has
not been done. The silence on the canal is
unbroken by the Irish voices that we were
to hear and by the shovels, picks and spades
that Irish hands were to wield. Why Mr.
Spragne has thus failed to “ come to time,”
no explanation, thus far, has been vouch
safed by the commissioners, who now are
Governor Sctott and Charles Wilder, the
colored postmaster—R. N. Lewis, the other
member of the board having died. An ex
planation is due to the people of Columbia
and to the interests of Columbia. Not only
because this is a matter in which all the
citizens are interested, but for the still
stronger reason that if Mr. Sprague does
dojpintend to do the work contracted for,
there doubtless are other capitalists fn the
North who have the means aud the inclina
tion so to do. When the contract was
awarded, by Messrs. Scott, Lewis and Wil
der, to Mr. Sprague’s agent, it was under
stood that Colonels Gibbes, Childs and Pal
mer, on the part of some party or parties
in Philadelphia, made an equally and per
haps more advantageous offer than the one
that the commissioners accepted. If, now,
this be correct, anß we believe it to be cor
rect, it is obligatory upon the commission
ers to act'promptly. If Mr. Sprague’s agent
has failed to come up to the terms of the
contract, let other Northern or Southern,
or Eastern or Western capitalists have a
showing. The people of Columbia, of
course, care not a straw who does the work.
They want it done promptly and well; bnt
it matters not to them who undertakes it,
provided he has the means, the energy, the
sense and the will. Let the commissioners
inform the public what the state of the
case is. It is due to the public that the
Information be given. If Mr. Sprague’s
agent has been unavoidably or excusably
delayed, and intends yet to prosecute his
work, we shall have no criticism to make.
If he has abandoned the work, we say that
the field should be opened to the country.
A Choice Bit of Washington Gossip
—Sensation Among the Darkies—
Amours of a Member of a Foreign Le
gation and an African Belle. —There
is considerable talk just now in Washing
ton circles about an affaire d'amour be
tween a certain young gentleman connect
ed with one of the foreign legations here
and a certain colored young larly, who is
described as extremely beautiful and at
tractive. The young gentleman, the story
goes, become so completely bewitched that
he escorted the lady to public places, and
was not only seen promenading with her
on the streets, but even in her compaqy at
the theatre. The lady, it seems, bears so
little trace of her African origin that, un
less very closely scanned she would (lass
for white; hence the ease with which .she
gained admission to the theatre undelet
ed. You have heard of tlie three ci/idTed
gentlemen who smuggled irijto
the National Theatre here, a few weeks
ago, and were compelled to leave on being
‘discovered.’ Well, it turns out that the
trio had another object in that visit to the
theatre than the one generally assigned.
They went there as much for the purpose
of “spotting” the beautiful young colored
lady in the company of her distinguished
admirer as of testing theif right to admis
sion on a white equality. The young lady
was there that very night, and the circum
stance became known to a great many re
spectable white ladies who were acquaint
ed with the gentleman accompanying her.
The next morning the affair was in the
mouths of all the gossips, male and female,
and the sensation iliat resulted was so un
pleasant to the gentleman who constitut
ed the hero of ;.)>c That he fled
from this City to N. w' Yor!; for protection.
Altogether it is about tlie largest social
scandal of tlie season.
The State Road—lts Management!—
Editor Constitution: The people should
know that, on the Stale Road, there liave
been more accidents, and resulting in
greater loss of property to the State, with
in the last four weeks, than Occurred daring
the whole of Major Campbell Wallace’s
administration. There is a “ book of acci
dents” kept in the State Road office, in
and it is an old and established
rule of .the road for all accidents occurring
on the road to be recorded in said book.
Now, if this rule lias been observed by the
present administration, its management
will stand condemned; by its own recojds.
Examine the records. Yoitrs, etc.,
Veteran.
Mr. Wm. C. Butler, says the Macon TtJ,e
graph,living in the northwestcornerof Jones
county, near Cornucopia or “ Grab An,”
asJJutl’s map hath it. tells us that he clear
ed up, last Spring, an acre and a half of
creek bottom which had a great depth of
alluvium, and planted it with Tennessee
white corn, in three feet rows, about eight
inches apart in the row. The corn grew
to the height of seventeen feet, and he has
harvested and stored away from that patch
ninety bushels of as heavy corn as can be
found anywhere. He intends to have tke
patch accurately surveyed, and the cqrn
careftilly measured in the presence of wit
nesses, and then to make application to tke
State Fair for a premium as the champion
of the Brag Corn Acre, If anybody can
beat it, we wait to hear from him.
A Child with Two Heads and Four
Arms.— The Knoxville Whig, of the 19th
inst., says: “ Drs. Divine and Overton, of
Tazewell, now have in their possession a
natural monstrosity—a child with two
heads, four arms, double thorax and abdo
men, three legs, two separate and dlstinet
vertbral columns, two hearts, two pair of
lungs, and two genitals. The gender is
feminine. They are united nearly face to
face, and precisely resemble Rita Christina,
with the exception that the unnatural pro
duction "has three legs, while the former
has but two. Our informant assures us
thefifc is no humbug about the matter, and
tha£ he saw this curiosity himself, which
w«s the illegitimate offspring of a girl
living in Tazewell. It is now dead.
The Western and Atlantic Railroad Com
pany are huildipg at their shops fifty addi
tional coat cars to be used by the coal
company at Coal creek, to facilitate the
coal trade, whifth at present has been cur
tailed by a lack of transportation. The
demand from the South has been so great
that the railroad companies liave not bad
sufficient cars to supply the orders ifof
transportation.
Any business firm That hasn’t got sand
enough in its craw tb expend a few dollar*
in making its business known to three of
four thousand people, ought to pack up
and go peddling peanuts.— Josh Billings,
i <3 I > iforfi • , . Tj/’ | »
The Georgia Commissioner for foreign
immigration has established headquarters
at Bremen; and complains that he finds a
prejudice prevailing against the country
and the people of the South.
Orange Judd, proprietor, of the American
AgricuUuristjhßiß given* fifty thousand dol-'
lars to the Wesleyan University fofi the
erection of a building forthe department of
natural science. ' . 1
“ Pa, how many legs has a ship ?”
“Aihip has fio legs, my child.’*
“ Why. Pa. the paper says she draWs
twenty feet, and she runs before the wind.”
One hundred and forty-four bushels of
oats to an acre is the latest Wisconsin
achievement. ;<,j
State Items.
Mr. A. B. Niles has purchased the inte
rest of the Rev. Mr. Rogers in the Griffin
Female College buildings. These gentle
men have labored together in the interests
of education for the past eleven years. Mr.
Rogers goes to Marietta, to take charge of
a similar institution.
The Columbus Sun is informed that the
Israelites of that city propose to erect a
new synagogue. If sufficient funds can be
obtained, they intend selling their present
lot and buying the one just east of the edi
fice used by the Female Department of the
Public Schools. It is hoped to raise
SB,OOO.
There is said to be a good deal of coun
terfeit money afloat in this section, saysthe
Columbus Sun, the principal bills being
$3, $5 and $lO. A letter shown us from a
New York house that deals in such arti
cles says the one dollar bills will not be
ready before the last of this month.
An enormous amount of freight is pass
ing over the Macon and Western Road.
Four freight trains are now running daily
between Macon and Atlanta.
The negro who murdered Mr. Jaudon, of
Dougherty county, some weeks ago, has
been arrested, and is now; in jail, securely
confined.
H. D. Smith is announced as associate
editor of the Rome Commercial. Mr. Smith
greets the public iu a well-turned saluta
tory, and we extend a cordial welcome.
The Gainesville Eagle says: Theengineer
corps is busily engaged locating the 33
mile section of the Air-Line Railroad, from
Piuckneyville to Gainesville, and expect to
complete the final survey some time in
November, by which time the track will
have been finished and the cars running to
the former place. This is good news.
The Atlanta Era, of Wednesday, says :
Col. Christopher left here yesterday morn
ing for Fort Pulaski, with a squad of seven
prisoners who have lately l)een court-mar
tialed. They were deserters, and thieving
and other charges, unbecoming soldiers,
bad been proven against them. They left
the city with shaven heads, and each man
wore a heavy ball and chain. Their sen
tences range from three to six years’ hard
labor on public works.
The new First Baptist Church of At
lanta, which is now about completed, will
be dedicated on the first Sunday in No
vember, which is one week from next Sun
day. The dedicatory sermon will be
preached by Rev. Richard Fuller, D. D., of
Baltimore.
Mr. Henry Stevens, has presented the
editor of the Macon Telegraph a stalk of
ribbon cane eight feet long, to show that
the pine woods of Baldwin could do some
thing besides raising salamanders.
The Rome Couriefr reports that the mem
bers of the Baptist Church have bought a
fine organ at a cost of $15,000. They have
granted their pastor two weeks absence to
visit his old home in Abbeville, 8. C.
The annual conference of the Methodist
Episcopal Church, South, will meet in
Rome on the Bth of December next. The
Courier fs calling loudly for its country
friends to supply the essential chickens,
eggs and butter.
The Rome Courier reports the death of
Mrs. J. B. Underwood, an old and loved
resident of that city. Also the death of
Dr. G. B. T. Maddox, one of the oldest and
most respected citizens of Chattooga coun
ty-
BY TELEGRAPH.
[Special to the Constitutionalist ]
New York Stock Closing Quotations.
REPORTED BY HOYT & GARDNER.
New York, October 27—P. M.
The following are the closing quotations
this day:
American Gold 129%
Adams Express. 55%
New York Central 189
Erie 30%
Hudson River 162
Reading 96%
Michigan Central 123
Cleveland and Pittsburg, ex div 96
Chicago and North Western 70%
Chicago and North Western, pref 83%
Milwaukee and St. Paul 69
Milwaukee and St. Paul, pref 80%
Lake Shore 91%
Chicago & Rock Island 105
Toledo, Walmsh & Western 65
Toledo, Wabash & Western, pref. 65
New Jersey Central 99%
Pittsburg & Fort Wayne 86
Ohio and Mississippi 26%
Hitwitwri and Bt. Joseph 109
Hauibal <fc St. Joseph,pref 108
Tennessee, old 61 %
Tennessee, new. 54
Georgia Sevens 91%
North Carolina, old 49
North Carolina, new 38%
Alabama Eights 90
Virginia Sixes 49
Missouri Sixes 87%
Pacific Mail 60%
Western Union Telegraph 36%
Stocks dull. Gold weak.
[Associated Press Dispatches.
WASHINGTON.
Washington, October 27—Noon.—Ad
vices received at the Agricultural Depart
ment indicate a falling "oft* in the tobacco
crop of one-third in Virginia and Mary
land and one-tenth in Kentucky and the
West. The estimated falling off in the
West will be largely increased by early
killing frosts, which have badly damaged
uucured tobacco. The bulk of the crop has
been saved.
The Democrats of California elected
eleven of fourteen District Judges.
Belknap, the new Secretary of War, left
Keokuk yesterday for Washington.
Assistant Treasurer Butterfield had inti
mations from both Grant and Boutwell
that his resignation was desired. Grant
wants a solid business man in the place.
The widely published report that Justice
Swayne dissented from the Court’s opinion
in the Yerger habeas corpus case is incor
rect. Justice Swayne announced from his
seat that Justice Miller, who was absent,
dissented, which led to the mistake.
The papers publish a reported interview
between the President and Senator Thayer,
of Nebraska, on the Mississippi election,
from which it appears that the President
supports Alcorn.
Tobacco is now paying the bulk of the
internal revenue.
Fisher, Commissioner of Patents, attends
the Macon (Ga.) Fair.
Washington, October 27—P. M.—
Revenue, $350,000.
Mr. Ewing is fully restored to health.
The conscience fund in the Treasury
amounts to $113,000.
The Paraguayan Minister, McMahon,
thinks the position of Lopez stronger than
ever before, and that the announcement by
the allies, of the war being over, a mere
pretext for withdrawing troops.
Virginia paid $2,194,000 revenue on to
bacco for seven months ending with Sep
tember.
Chief Justice Chase said, in the Supreme
Court, to-day, the question of jurisdiction
in the Yerger case having been decided,
counsel could make a motion for a writ o'
habeas corpus whenever they thought proper.
NEW YORK.
New York, October 27—To-day’s Tribune
says, editorially. We do not say that Gen
Butterfield was guilty of acts which unfitted
him for the office of Assistant United States
Treasurer in this city. We do say that it
is a good thing for the Government that he
no longer holds the office. Whether Gen.
Butterfield acted amiss is to be the subject
of any investigation which we hold it' the
part of fair dealing not to prejudice. That
he was generally distrusted, and so capable
of injuring the credit of the Government
was a matter that needed no investigation'
but called for prompt action. The adminis
.tratioa here, as.in previous instances, has
shown its determination to have, as in
previous instances, has shown its determi
nation to have its official ; above even
the suspicion -of evil; and now, why not re
lieve the Treasury of its gold surplus by
sales in the open market, pay our debt,
stop interest, and relieve alike all tempta
tion and all cause for fear about specula
tions iu Government gold.”
aJPun-?, 1 !? North Church, corner of Fulton
ana William streets, over a century old,
was burned.
VIRGINIA.
Richmond, October 27.—Two hundred
members of the Society of Friends, from
the North, passed through here this eve
ning to attend the annual meeting at
Greensboro, N. C.
ni£ train on the Chesapeake and
Uhio Railroad ran into an accommodation
train on the Richmond and Fredericksburg
Railroad this morning, at the junction,
smashing two eftrs and slightly injuring
the conductor and others.
R. W. Fitzgerald, late a merchant in this
city, committed suicide this morning in
Amelia county, by blowing out his brains.
The Synod of Virginia meets here to
morrow.
)• Rev, JB. C. Alexander, late of Princeton,
has been elected Professor in the Presbyte
rian Union Theological Seminary.
Ice formed here last night.
Lynchburg, October 37.—Very cold here
to-day; ice quarter of an inch thick.
The Fair was better attended to-day.
NORTH CAROLINA.
Wilmington, October 27.—The trial of
the officers of the Cuba was resumed before
the United States Commissioner this morn
ing. James Dennison, one of the engineers,
Davis, a marine of the Cuba, Capt. Mafflt
and Capt. Bolles, both old naval officers,
were examined for the defense. The testi
mony was very favorable to the defendants,
and greatly weakened the 'evidence of
Gordon, the principal witness for the Gov
ernment: Davis testified that he had been
offered twenty dollars to give evidence
against the ship. The' impression is very
general now that the officers will be dis
charged.
SOUTH CAROLINA.
Charleston, October 27. —The steamship
Darien, of the Charleston and Liverpool
direct steamship line, arrived to-day and
will be followed by the Mormora, the
Adalla and, fourth steamship, name not
given.
NEBRASKA.
O.WAUA, October 27.—One hundred In
dians were burned by a prairie fire near
Fort Rice.
FOREIGN.
Paris, October 27. —The Patrie says a
widespread conspiracy has been discover
ed in Turkey, connected with the revolt in
Caltaro. Austria and Turkey are acting in
concert in suppressing the conspiracy.
The city is tranquil. No disturbances
whatever have occurred. The Emperor at
tended the Theatre Francaislast evening.
Havana, October 27. —The steamship
Columbia lias arrived.
Castanor, editor of the Voz de Cuba,
challenged Gil pie, editor' of the Prensa.
Gilpie refused to fight.
Madrid, October 27. —Prim has publish
ed a letter announcing that Miuister Senor
Zorilla accepts the modifications made by
other members of the Cabinet in the ecclesi
astical and flnauce sections of the Treasury
budget, reducing the amount thirty per
cent. The ministerial crisis in Madrid has,
consequently, terminated.
MARINE NEWS.
Savannah, October 27.—Arrived :
Steamships San Jacinto and Huntsville,
from New York; brigs J. S. Bowen, from
Boston, and Geo. Gilchrist, from Portland ;
schooners Welcome R. Beebe and Nellie C.
Ilayne, from New York; Nevada, from
Philadelphia; Silas Moore, from Baltimore.
Charleston, October 27—Arrived :
Steamship Darien, from Liverpool; schrs.
Ida Birdsall, from New York; J. A. Par
son, from Philadelphia; Henrietta, from
Baltimore.
Sailed: Steamer Pioneer, for Liverpool.
Wilmington, October 27.—Arrived :
Steamer Fairbanks, from New York.
MARKETS.
London, October 27—Noon.—Cousols,
93%. Bonds, 82. Tallow, 475. 3d.@475. 6d.
Liverpool, October 27—Noon.—Cotton
opened steady but quite active; sales,
12,000 bales. Red Winter Wheat, 9s. sd.
Liverpool, October 27—Evening.—Cot
ton, 11%®12; Orleans, 12%@12%. Specu
lators and exporters took 3,000 bales.
Naval Stores dull.
Frankfort, October 27.—Bonds opened
active at 88.
Paris* October 27-—Noon.—Bourse
closed firm. Rentes, 71f. 65c.
Paris, October 27. — Bourse opens firm.
Rentes, 71f. 55c.
Havre, October 27.—Cotton opens quiet.
New York, October 27—Noon.—Stocks
dull but firm. Money, 6@7. Sterling—
long, 9%; short, 9%. 'Gold, 130. ’62’s,
20%; Tenuessees, ex coupon, 61%; new,
04%; Virginias, ex coupon, 49; new, 53;
Louisianas, old, 62; new. 65 ; Levees, 63%;
B’s, 81; Alabama B’s, 90; Georgia 6’s, 85;
7’&, 91%; North Carolinas, old, 47%; new,
38%.
New York, October 27.—Governments
closed weak ; ’62’s, 20% ; Southerns active.
Money easy,s®7 ; discounts dull, 10@12 ;
Sterling very dull, 9@9%. Gold exceed
ingly dull, 129%@130. Stocks very dull at
close.
New York, October 27—Noon.—Flohr
unchanged. Wheat 1 better. Corn 1 bet
ter. Pork quiet at s3l 25@31 50. Lard
quiet. Cotton quiet at 26%. Turpentine
quiet at 47(847%. Rosin firm ; strained
common, $2 17%@2 20; good strained,
$2 22%@2 25 Freights quiet.
New York, October 27—P. M.—Cotton
firm; sales, 2,200 bales at 26%. Flour 5®
10 lower; superfine State,iss 35@5 60;
common to fair extra Southern, $6 30®
6 80. Wheat opened lc. better and closed
I@2 lower; Winter red Western, $1 42®
1 45%; Illinois, $1 35®1 1 40. Corn 2®
3 better; mixed Western, $1 03@1 10.—
"Pork steady. Lard firm ; kettle, 18@18%.
Whisky, $1 21%@1 22. Groceries firm
and steady. Turpentine and rosin steady.
Freights very firm; cotton, steam, %; sail,
%; Flour, sail, 2@7%.
Baltimore, October 27.—Cotton, 20.
Flour favors buyers, but prices unchanged.
Wheat steady; Maryland red, $1 35® 1 45;
Western, $1 33®1 40. Corn—white, $1 12
@1 15. Oats, 57@59. Provisions firm and
quiet. Whisky, $1 20®1 21. Virginias,
old, 45. ’67’s, 49 ; coupons, new, 54 bid.
St. Louis, October 27.—Corn unchanged.
Whisky, $1 15. Pork, $29 75 Bacon dull;
loose shoulders, 16; packed, 16%; clear
sides, 19%. Lard dull; steam, 16.
Louisville, October 27. Provisions
steady. Pork, s3l. Bacon —shoulders, 17;
clear sides, 20%. Lard, 18. Whisky, $1 12.
Cincinnati, October 27.—Corn in good
demand at 85@87. Provisions and Whisky
nominally unchanged.
Wilmington, October 27.—Spirits Tur
pentine shade better, 42%@43. Rosin quiet;
No. 1, $3 50. Crude Turpentine steady at
$1 60@2 75. Tar, $2. Cotton—better feel
ing, 24024%.
Mobile, October 27.—Cotton—demand
good and better stock offering; closed
firm; sales, 1,200 bales; middling, 24%;
receipts, 1,154 bales ; exports, 4,328 bales.
New Orleans, October 27.—Cotton firm
at 25; sales, 3,200 bales; receipts, 3,566
bales; exports to Havre, 4,129 bales. Oats
higher at 63@G4. Hay dull and lower;
prime, $27. Pork declined; mess, $32.
Bacon—retailing, shoulders, 18; clear rib
and clear, 21; liams, sugar-cured, held at
28%. Others unchanged. Gold, 130%.
Sterling, 41%. New York Sight, par@%
discount.
Savannah, October 27.—Cotton—re
ceipts, 3,254 bales; sales, 500 bales; mid
dling, 25; market firm.
Charleston, October 27.—Cotton quiet
but steady ; sales, 400 bales ; middling, 25 ;
receipts, 1,594.
Stonewall Jackson and Virginia.—
The following eulogy on Jackson and Vir
ginia is extracted from an address delivered
before the Literary Societies of Washington
College, Thursday, June 24th, 1869, by the
Rev. R. A. Holland:
“ Where, if pot here, may one feel, in ex
patiating upon nobleness of character, that
the theme is in echoing accord with the
spirit of the place. We are near the grave
of a martyr chieftain, whose name I need
not mention in the village which his
memory, like precious spikenard poured
out of the rudely broken alabaster box of
a pure life, has anointed with perfume
that breath of Paradise. We are on the
hallowed soil of a State which, for the
illustrious dead that sleep beneath its
cloud-fretted roof, seems nature’s own
Westminster Abbey. Its valleys, like
alcoved aisles, are hung to fancy’s eye with
battle scenes that depict the sacrifice of
self for principle. Its mountains, like
memorial pillars, record the pure-hearted
ness of heroes who, in the path of duty,
marched up to Death as to a Mend and
took from his outstretched hand the vic
tor’s wreath of immortality. Under its
sod, as in secret crypts, reposes the dust of
an army whose remembered deeds of patri
otic valor make us proud, notwithstanding
all the corruptions which degrade our
race, that we, too, are men. From its
wind-swept forests, as from the pipes of a
grand cathedral organ, rolls a ccasless
requiem for the fallen, which ever and anon
swells with swifter time into a martial
strain that bids the living emulate their
virtues. Here, then, as in a quiet chapel
of this sublime old State-Basilica —where
to study excellence of manhood is to hold
intercourse with the spirits of its best ex
amples—so order the steps of your ambi
tion, that when, in pursuing its celestial
end, you depart from the time-shore of life
it may be but to join the glorified band of
soldiers for the True and Right who have
‘ crossed over the river and,’ with Jackson,
‘ are resting in the shade of the trees.’ ’’
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CITY ITEMS.
Laving of the Corner Stone of the
New Jewish Synagogue. —The ceremony
of laying the comer stone of the new Jewish
Synagogue in Augusta will take place thlß
afternoon. The building is now in process
of erection, on a most convenient and eligi
ble building site, on Telfair street, adjacent
to the City Hall Park. The Synagogue,
when completed, will not only be an orna
ment to the city, but will furnish a ranch
needed place of worship for our fellow
citizens of the Hebrew faith. The pro
gramme of the formation of the procession
in honor of this interesting occasion has
beeh determined upon as follows:
The procession will be formed at the Bell
Tower this afternoon, at 2 o’clock, iu the
following order:
1. Music.
2. Congregation.
3. Sunday School.
4. Lodge B’nai Bcrith.
5. Mayor and Members of Council.
6. Citizens.
7. Oitd Fellows’ Lodges.
8. Masonic Lodges.
Rev. Dr. Isaac M. Wise, editor of the
Israelite and Eclectic, and miuister of the
Temple of Cincinnati, will deliver the ad
dress at the laying of the corner stoue.
In this connection, it will doubtless be
interesting to revert to the formation of the
Congregation “ Children of Israel,” in this
city.
In 1845 a few families of Israelites who
came to reside in this city met for the pur
pose of having public worship on Sabbath
and festivals. For several years after this
period they met In a room furnished by
Isaac Henry, Esq. This Society, being not
able then to engage a minister, Mr. Samuel
oft'ered his services freely as reader, which
position he filled for several years.
In 1848 the first Jewish Congregation
was formed in this city, with the toliovving
gentlemen as officers:
John J. Cohen— President.
Samuel Levy— Vice-President.
M. Schill er — Treasurer.
Lewis Levy— Secretary.
In June, 1849, his Honor Judge Holt
granted a charter to the Congregation,
Children of Israel.” Since then the fol
lowing gentlemen have filled the office as
President of the Congregation :
Samuel Levy, Isaac Levy, J. J. Jacobus,
Isaac Mayer, Lewis Levy, Henri Mayers.
At present the Congregation has 44
members and the following officers:
Samuel Levy— President.
B. Philips— Vice-President.
Wm. M. Jacobs— Secretary.
Abraham Levy— Treasurer.
Isaac Levy, 11. Brandt, J. Mayers, Trus
tees.
Samuel Levy, Salomon Marcus, W. M.
Jacobs, Trustees of Permanent Fund.
Building Committee —Samuel Levy, Chair
man ; W. M. Jacobs, Secretary and Treas
urer; J. J. Cohen, A. Levy, M. Hyams, H.
Braudt, B. Philips, Jos. Myers.
Member's of the Congregation —Rev. A.
Blum, Officiating Minister; A. Ascher, A.
Alexander, H. Brandt, H. Berr, H. Ble
kensee, M. Cohen, J. J. Cohen, S. Cohen, G.
Cohen, E. Franklin, M. Harris, M. Hyams,
J. J. Joseph, W. M. Jacobs, J. Kaufman,
J. B. Kaufman, M. Kempner, S. Levy, A.
Levy, I. Levy, M. Levy, H. Levy, J. Myers,
S. Morris, Ph. Morris, M. Myers, M. Myers,
S. Marcus, A. Mendleson, H. Morrison, B.
Mendheim, J. Michael, B. Philips, A. Phil
ips, L. Rosenfleld, J. Simon, Is. Simon, L.
Sylvester, I. Sarllng, J. Oppeuheim, D. Mi
chael, D. Lipfeldt.
The Rhodes Cases. —J. H. Rhodes, the
county constable, to whom we referred,
yesterday morning, as serving a process of
attachment emanating from “ exofficio"
Justice Lyons, directed against the goods
and merchandize of Jerry Bland, a mulatto
man residing at Waynesboro, to satisfy a
claim for $2 50, held against him by A. Alex
ander, was before Justices Ells and Ver
dery, sitting in association, yesterday
morning, to answer to the process of the
Court on a possessory warrant for the re
covery of the goods taken from Bland, and
to respond to a second warrant sued out by
Bland, charging him with extortion, in
collecting a greater amount of costs than
he was entitled to under the law.
The defendant was represented by Major
J. P. Carr and Messrs. McLaws & Ganahl,
and the prosecution by W. Milo Olin, Esq.
By consent of counsel and parties, the
Court first took up the case brought alleg
ing extortion. Iu this, through his coun
sel, Judge McLaws, the defendant waived
examination and gave bond in the sum of
S2OO, for his appearance at the next term
of the City Court for trial.
In the possessory warrant case, after an
examination of several witnesses, and a
full and complete argument of the legal
points involved, by the able and experi
enced counsel retained on both sides, the
Court decided that the warrant could not
‘‘ lie,” and the defendant was dismissed.
Under this disposition of the case, which
may be founded in good law, for aught we
are prepared to assert to the contrary, the
constable is relieved, so far as the efficacy
of the possessory warrant is concerned,
of being compelled to restore the goods
lost by the uufortunate colored man. An
other remedy, however, yet remains, and
wc understand that it is the purpose of
Bland to resort to it. It is contemplated
to bring an action, on the civil side of the
court,/or damages against Rhodes and the
sureties on his official bond. To what ex
tent, a verdict secured, this process would
reimburse Bland for the losses which he
has sustained, is a matter of conjecture.
The sureties of Rhodes are both colored
men, and, without knowing anything in
detail of their solvency, it is a reasonable
assumption that the homestead exemption
aside, but a moiety would be left to satisfy
a verdict for damages.
Swindlers Arrested—One of Them
Shot by a Negro Policeman. —W. D.
Westlake and J. Bergman, a couple of
sharpers, a few weeks ago, victimized the
merchants of Savannah, by securing money
on contracts for advertizing, which they,
of course, failed to fulfil. They went
thence to Charleston, and attempted the
same game, falling into arrest, from which
tlwy were discharged on habeas corpus,
swindling their counsel with a package of
money said to contain SSO, but which turn
ed out only $37. They then fled to Wil
mington, N. C., where they were again ar
rested, and again sued out a writ of habeas
cotpus, but did not get off upon it, and
gave their counsel a gold watch, so-called,
but which was brass. With a requisition
from-Gov. Bullock, the deputy sheriff of
Savannah, Mr. Geo. S. Barthelmess, pro
ceeded to Wilmington, accompanied by
Lieutenant Phillippy, of Charleston, for the
purpose of returning the absconding swin
dlers to Savannah. On Mouday night the
prisoners were sent to the depot In Wil
mington, under charge of two policemen.
Westlake attempted to make his escape,
and was shot in the back by a negro po
liceman. They reached Charleston on
Tuesday, where the wound of Westlake
was dressed. The News, from which we
glean this item, states that the ball was
small, entered the right side, glanced along
the ribs, and remained in the flesh.
About 8 o’clock Tuesday night the pris
oners were placed aboard of the steamer
Dictator, for Savannah, in charge of Mr.
Barthelmess and officer Truall.
Both prisoners take their arrest very
coolly, especially Bergman. Both express
ed the opinion that they were on the road
to the State hotel, at Milledgeville, Ga.
Fire.—The alarm of Are, about 8 o’clock
last evening was caused by the burning of
a chimney in the vicinity of the Planters’
Hotel. ■ u r*
Maoon and Augusta Railroad Bridge.
—The Macon Telegraph, of the 28d last,
says: f< Preliminary preparations for con
structing this bridge, which will spau the
Ocmulgse at the foot of Napier’s old field,
have already commenced; and, indeed/
workmen are already upon the ground
going forward with the structure. On
Monday morning a heavy force of masons'
carpenters and laborers will be on hand.
The chief mason expects to complete the
piers in six months [weeks ?], whilst the
whole work will be ready for the passage
of trains by the first of January, 1870; and
It is hoped that this important railway
will be finished by that time. It will open
to the trade of Macon a splendid country
around and beyond Milledgeville hereto
fore reached by circultons routes. It pene
trates the land aud neighbors of David
Dickson, the great scientific Georgia
planter, which is a beautiful country, sus
taining a class of highly civilized and re
fined people.
Hardware.— Attention is directed to
the advertisement of Messrs. Bones, Brown
& Cos., hardware merchants. All articles
pertaining to the hardware trade can be
found in full supply, at all times, at this es
tablishment, of the most reliable character,
and at prices which cannot fail to give
satisfaction to purchasers. 5Ve advise our
readers, city and country, when they de
sire to purchase supplies of the class of
goods pertaining to the line of trade in
Which Messrs. Bones, Brown & Cos. are en
gaged, to visit their establishment, assured
that it will inure greatly to their advant
age.
The Dickson Fertilizer Company.
Through the attent ion of Mr. Alexander, of
Shivers & Alexander, we had the pleasure,
yesterday, of inspecting the works of the
Dickson Fertilizer Company. We were
greatly impressed with the vast amount of
ma- terial on hand, the energy of those in
charge of the manipulating processes, and
the abundant evidences ail around of a
prosperous career which must equally re
dound to the credit of Augusta and to the
welfare of Southern tillage. At some fu
ture time we will dwell upon this subject
iu detail.
Grand Lodge.— The annual convocation
of the Grand Lodge of Free and Accepted
Masous in the State of Georgia, says the
Macon Telegraph, assembled iu this city
yesterday morning ,at teu o’clock. About
two hundred and fifty delegates from the
various lodges in the State were present,
and were received by the Graud Master in
a brief address, which has been represented
to ns as being peculiarly impressive, elo
quent and forcible. The convocation will
last about four days
Another Feast.— The exceedingly be
nevolent and accommodating host of the
Oglethorpe Restaurant placed us uuder re
newed obligations yesterday, in furnishing
a liberal sample of his excellent turtle
soup, turtle steak and hash, all of which
were fully appreciated as acceptable iufiide
matter. Get your rations at the Ogle
thorpe if you desire to keep in a good hu
mor with yourself and the rest of man
kind.
Bad Gas.— The telegraphic operators,
last night, in consequence of the very shady
quality of gas supplied, were obliged to re
sort to candles, in order to receive the
press dispatches. As this evil necessarily
affects the legibility of the dispatches re
ceived by us, we raise our voice in their
behalf for a better supply of light.
Sudden Death. —We regret very much,
to learn that Geii. Frank Taylor, ipng
known to the citizens of this community,
died suddenly Tuesday night of a conges
tive chilly Gen. yyas a citizen.
Augusta for more than thirty years and
had for that length of time been identified
with her interests. His age was about
seventy-three years.
An Augusta Merchant Robbed. —The
Americas Courier says some rascal entered
the sleeping apartment of a Mr. Meyer, a
merchant, of Augusta, now buying cotton
at Montezuma, on Friday or Saturday
night last, aud took from his trunk a pack
age of SI,OOO. At last accounts no clue to
the thief had been discovered.
Fast Freight Line to Baltimore
and Philadelphia.
JVIePSRS. COURTENAY A TRENHOLM
have lhe bee' freight, arrangement* that can be
made for COTTON to both these ports. First
class Steamships, insuring Cottou at one-half
per cent., leave CHARLESTON every fifth day,
and make average voyages of fifty-seven hours.
Merchants purchasing goods in Baltimore will
secure dispatch by ordering via Charleston
steamers; and PHILADELPHIA FREIGHTS
will secure dispatch to all points in the South
west, by being ordered shipped “ by Rail to
Baltimore, and Steamers to Chsrleston.”
For special information, apply to MORDE
CAI A CO., corner Gay and Lombard streets,
Baltimore, or COURTENAY A TRENHOLM,
Union Wharves, Charleston, S. C.
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VILLA ROSA,
Aiken, S, C.
Thlß large establishment is now open for
the reception of BOARDERB. The Honse has
been provided with entirely new Furniture,
and is, in every respect, a first class Private
Boarding House. Located in the midst of the
Pine Groves, it offers peculiar inducements to
persons suffering from a tendency to Con
sumptive or Throat Complaints. A vehicle
will always be in readiness at the Depot, on
the arrival of the trains, to take up Boarders.
TERMS very moderate. Address
Mbs. MARTHA A MACKAY,
Villa Rosa, Alket,, S. C.
REFERENCES:
Aikeu—Rev. E. C. Edobrton, Rector St.
Thaddeus’ Episcopal Church; Frederick A.
Ford, Esq.; Col. Wm. Peionnbau Finlkt;
Tnos J. Heyward, Agent Sonth Carolina
Railroad.
Augusta— John E. Maruet, Agent South
Carolina Railroad.
Charleston—Lawrence C. Hendricks, Gen
eral Ticket Agent South Carolina Railroad,
Offle-e, John street. 0c127-wl*tu3
COAL CREEK COAII
ORDERS left on Broad street, at Stores of
E. O’Donnell and Wm. H. Goodrich & Son,
or my yard, at Georgia Railroad, corner Jack
son and Fenwick streets, promptly attended to.
WM. P. DEARING,
ocl2B-eod6 Agent.
STATE OF GEORGIA. RICHMOND COUN
TY.—Whereas, Abner P. Robeitsos, Adminis
trator of John O. Greer, applies to me for Letters of
Dismission :
These are, therefore, to cite and admonish, all and
singular, the kindred and creditors of said deceased, to
he and appear at my office, on or before the first Mon
day In December next, to show cause, If any they
bare, why said letters should not be granted.
Given under my hand and official signature, at office,
in Augusta, this 81st day of August, 1889.
SAMUEL LEVY,
aug3l-8m Ordinary.
STATE OF GEORGIA, RICHMOND OOUN.
TY.—Whereas, A. C. Holt applies to me for
Lettsn of Administration on tho estate of John M.
Hills, late of said county, deceased:
These are, therefor*, to die and admonish, all and
singular, the kindred and oreditors of said deceased,
to oe ana appear at my office, on or before the first
Monday to November next, to show cause, If any
they have, why said letters should not be granted.
Givon under my hand and offldal signature, at office
toAngMta,to Mid oonnty,
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