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CONSTITUTIONALIST
AUGUSTA. GhA
MORNING, DEO. 16,1869
SENATOR SUMNER.
Having torn the bowels ont of ahy num
ber of encyclopedias and common-place
books ; and, after many months of practice
before a mammoth looking-glass, Mr. Bum
hbb has made a notable' public appearance
in his lecture on Caste. This lecture is a
preparative for the acceptance of the XVth
Amendment and a gradual recognition of
certain monstrosities in the delicate rela
tionship of different races. We learn from
Mr. Forney, and his two papers, both daily,
that Mr. Sumner’s effort is to make sure
and safe that which the Radical party has
done against slavery, and, to this end, the
people must be argued, cajoled or forced
into engrafting the XVth Amendment uppp
the Constitution. It is true that Mr. For
ney and Mr. Sumner forget that the mere
bogus ratification of this Amendment can
not, of necessity, make good its perpetual
authority ; but they really comfort them
selves with an idea of that sort, and if it
does them any good at present, we are con
tent to wait until the future shall rudely
jostle this delusion from their brains.
Meanwhile, however, in order to break down
Caste in this country, Mr. Sumner essays
to prove that its effects are evil elsewhere.
He points to Hindoostan as a conspicuous
example, and, with all the cunning sophis
try and trick-words of a special pleader,
contrives to make the better side appear
infinitely the worse. Now, in spite of
Sumner’s oracular utterance, the great
preservation of Eastern society is just this
very caste system that he so lavishly berates.
A recent writer, dwelling upon its pecnliari
ties, observes that “it prevented those in
“ discriminate mixtures which would have
“ such evil results in such a climate, and
“ produced the purity, pride and fastidious
“ delicacy which maintained a healthful
“ condition of the race or races. Without
“ caste, Indian society would have been
“ very gross and degraded.”
If this be indisputable as to the autonomy
of the Hindoos, how much more forcible
should its application be to America, the
more especially as we need not look so very
far away in order to see how rotten civiliza
tion becomes when the barriers of caste are
broken down and the irruption of indecency
permitted.
It may be a marvel to some persons how
an intellectual fop like Charles Sumner
could, with such apparent zeal and sinceri
ty, betake himself to the champiflning of
crimes against nature and God’s law. But
that which was once a mystery to us is a
mystery no longer. We find a solution in
his dual nature as a New England fanatic
and a probable eunuch. Change his sex
and garments and you have the embellished
edition of a barren Mrs. Stowe. Recollect
ing that no son or daughter of his can pos
sibly reap the dread results of the abolition
of caste distinctions, and you get at the
cheap, selfish and vindictive character of
his enthusiasm in the detestable attempt to
pollute the generations that are to be. We
can arrive at but one other conclusion, if
these surmises be discarded as untenable,
and that is, in his lust for power for him
self and his fellow-lunatics, he is willing to
destroy anything pure or noble tha t stands
in the way of his and their rapacious en
deavor.
In common, too, with Colfax, Beecher,
Frothcngham, Mrs. Stowe and other lesser
lights of the trooliest 1011, Mr. Sumner has
been caught in a very bad predicament.
Along with his harangue on Caste he has a
pet speech about Cuba. Unlike that belli
cose negro of the South Carolina Legisla
ture, Elliott, the Massachusetts Solon
bitterly opposed the according of belliger
ent rights to the insurgents of the so-called
“ ever faithful- isle.” He did this because,
as he asserted, the Cubans had made no
provision for the abolition of slavery. Now
this assumption was not true, for, in point
of fact, the Cubans had •rdained, so far as
they could, that the blacks were free and
ought to strike a blow for disentlirallmcnt
from Spain. Indeed, bodies of negroes
were immediately afterward organized to
destroy cane fields, with the following sig
nificant results:
“A letter received at New York, on the
6th, li'ora Havana, gives details of barbari
ties practiced on negroes suspected of be
ing engaged in a conspiracy to burn plan
tations near Sugua. They were shot in the
presence of all the negroes of eight estates.
About a dozen were whipped from eight
hundred to one thousand lashes.”
It is not necessary that we should specu
late as to what Cuban liberty will be worth,
won by such weapons; but is it not a
laughable spectacle to behold Charles
Sumner, of all men on earth, buoying up
the cause of those who believe in the “ slave
driver’s lash ?” We have seen some curi
ous things of late, and this is among the
most singular. Perhaps the revelations
vouchsafed arc but bints of the more tre
mendous exposures to come when Jehovah
shall run his Suez Canal through, the more
than Egyptian darkness of New England
cant and hypocrisy.
The New York Express.— The editors
of the New York Express thus advise our
people :
“As far as possible let politics slide for
the present. Grow cotton and corn, wheat
and fruit. Get the best implements of hus
bandry ; the best manures for the land; the
best stock. Start agricultural societies ;
plow deep; cultivate deep; get the best
labor, and pay for it—not on the hall-and
half principle, but on the plan of the best
wanes for the best labor. The recent fair
at Macon was a grand success. Let the
next one be an improvement on it.”
Lord bless you, friend Express, we are
about to do these very things yon counsel
in the way of agricultural improvements—
and we intend to have our say politically
all the same. Once upon a time, we were
silent upon politics and the Radical gentry
in power deemed it cowardice and kicked
and cuffed us accordingly. We kicked back
afterward, and their conduct toward us.
improved amazingly. We are not afraid of
their hnrting us any more than we can
stand, and really it helps us to endure any
thing when yye get a good lick at them,
from time to time.
Radical Equity. —A package of seven
hundred dollars was lately missed frota the
Treasury building at Washington. One
hundred female clerks were assessed by Mr.
Boutwell seven dollars each to make
good the* sum lost. Now, none of these
women may have been guilty of the theft;
or perhaps one only was the depredator.
But, granting the guilt of one, we have
ninety-nine others aspersed. “Loyalty”
has reversed the old maxim that it is better
for a hundred culprits to escape than that
one innocent should suffer. The Secretary
is equal to Butler in dealing with the
gentler sex. Let him practice on the In
ternal Revenue Department for variety,
next time. When millions fail to reach
the Government, let him order * general
assessment, beginning with himself.
V. X. '.gTiH i j i1!
Nothing Personal. —The Cincinnati
Postmaster lost his place. Grant's daddy
thus consoled him:
“Oh ! it ain’t anything agin you personal
But, you see, Jennie Is very intimate with
the Poulds, who are neighbors of ourn, and
she ahd the General fixed up that littye mat
ter several months ago. I assure you it
ain’t anything agin you. personal; but, you
see, Jennie and ’LysseA&fcd that up with
Mrs. Foulds some time ago.”
NoW let the discomfited Wf to. : « fix up «
for lock-keeper on the Darien Canal/
>•!:,! . * '■ - ra -f 1 1 ’■ • d'-OH'f!
Got An Idea.— Geb. GrAnt has Darien
Canal on the brain. IBs wiffe says he
dreams about it at night. Maybe there
are smtkes in his nocturnal canal. j
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T*e Very Latest.—We have news worn
the other world. Raymond, late editor of
the New Yqfk Times, has met Lincoln, who
“thinks his martyrdom a capital joke.”
Raymond was taken to heaven suddenly,
“in order to edit a journal and ameliorate
the condition of the South.” This must be
a joke, too, for Raymond’s paper at New
York is ferociously anti-Southern. In
heaven, all the papers are “edited on Gree
ley’s platform;” If so, what is hell?
Lady Bybon inspired Mrs. Stowe to lie
about her husband, because she (Lady B.)
“was jealous of Lord B. for hating formed
anew and happy alliance in the Spirit
l&nd.” We don’t blame him, poor fellow ;
but would it not be just as well to wait
till Frothingham or Beecher can give
him a ghostly right to take up with that
other female V
The Reason Why.— The United States
may bluster, but a foreign war with a first
class power is by no means desirable. The
Secretary of the Navy tells the reason why.
His report shows that, out of forty-six iron
clads and monitors, thirty-two have been
condemned and sold. He likewise announ
ces that many other vessels are entirely un
suited for naval purposes. So, not only
have the Radicals destroyed the merchant
marine of the country, but, in spite of
many millions spent, they have not armed
ships euough to protect the coast, in case
of a fight with France or England. -
Agassiz. —Prof. Agassiz did not say the
book of Genesis was false, but he does say
that the theologians do not teach the truth
about it. Considering that the “ Cardiff
giant ” completely humbugged a number
of eminent scientific gentlemen, Agassiz &
Cos. had better leave theology where it
properly belongs.
Consistent.— The P. U. 8. thinks the
Tenure-of-Office law is an outrage on the
spirit pf the Constitution. He so opines
because it is an outrage on himself. But
he thinks the re-reconstruction of Georgia
strictly Constitutional, because it is an out
rage on somebody else.
Modest.— Mr. Beecher “ knows he is
an honest man;” he also knows he “has
a heart like his Great Master.” But he
forgets something which used to be Puri
tan doctrine, viz : that “ Hell is paved with
good intentions.”
W 111 —I
Our Southern Railroad.
SOME SUGGESTIONS FROM A GEORGIAN—THE
NEAREST ROUTE TO THE SEA.
Augusta, Ga.
H&n. George H. Pendleton, President of Ken
tucky Central Railroad Company :
Dear Sir : Our people have noted with
much satisfaction your having accepted the
Presidency of a railroad which we hope
soon to see extended to our doors.
My purpose in addressing you is to call
your attention to what we regard a blun
der or false step on the pirt of the Council
of your city. Through the representations
of the Atlanta delegation, headed by the
present Governor of this State, aided by the
representatives of “ The State Road,” your
Council designated Chattanooga as one of
the termini of your Grand Southern Trunk
Railroad. By reference to the map you
will at once see how far you bend from an
air or direct line in reaching such points
as Charleston, Port Royal, Savannah and
Augusta.
We desire to state a fact of which you
may not be aware—that is, that Cincinnati
can reach Atlanta, Georgia, via Knoxville
and the railroads now in operation by six
teen miles less travel than by the proposed
Chattanooga route. Then why build a
road over such a barren and mountainous
country as you encounter between Stan
ford,'Kentucky, and the town of Chattanoo
ga ? You gain the opposition of Louisville
and her powerful influence in the Kentucky
Legislature by coming into her bailiwick.
The money of Louisville and her road to
Nashville aided largely in building the
Nashville and Chattanooga Railroad. You
now come in and propose to wrest from her
the benefit of her capital and enterprise.
She must oppose your route. Will she
your coming to Knoxville as bitterly ? We
think not.
Now, sir, we wish to show you that you
can reach this railway centre, via the Knox
ville route, by upward of one hundred and
forty miles less travel than by way of Chat
tanooga and Atlanta—certainly an import
ant item in these days of short routes and
rapid transits. This can be done by coming
to Knoxville Instead of Chattanooga, as
now proposed. At the former place yon
meet the Blue Ridge Road, which brings
you to Rabun Gap, the northeastern county
of Ahis State. There we desire to meet yon
with a road from this place.
The advantages of this pointas a railroad
centre I will briefly state. To Charleston
and to Savannah we now have five roads.
We tap the interior of South Carolina by a
road to Columbia. With Macon and South
west Georgia we are connected by two
roads. Lastly, we are soon to have a road
to Port Royal, the best harbor on the whole
Southern coast. The road is surveyed and
all under contract; fifty miles of‘the one
hundred and ten will be completed within
four months. The heaviest seagoing ves
sels can come into Port Royal without any
pilots save those they carry at sea, and can
anchor right at the piers. From this port
a line of splendid steamers will run to the
principal European and Mediterranean
ports. This is a fact as fixed as any thing
promised in the future. You thus see that
your Queen City can, through the ports of
Charleston, Port Royal and Savannah, be
more nearly in connection with the islands
and with South America than by any other
route. Your coffees, spices, tropical fruits,
sugars (Cuba), hides, &c„ can be imported
more directly by this than your present
highway to New York, Baltimore, Ac.
Hon. Henry R. Casey has recently been
elected President of the Augusta and Hart
well Railroad Company, which has been
formed for the purpose of building a rail
road from this place to Clayton, near Ra
bun Gap, to tap the Blue Ridge Railroad at
that point. This road will passthrough a
good agricultural country, and some of the
finest veins of iron ore on
The people have not sufficiently Recovered
from the losses of the war to build this
road unaided. rThe extent of private'sub
scriptions wifi not exceed $750,000. Now,
with the aid of Cincinnati of a like afhount
this road'is a fixed feet, fop we have posi
tive assurance from large New York capi
talists that they will furnish,{fie furt ier
sum of $1,500,000, whenever we Secure one
half the cost of building thpfOad. The
survey of the route has been ordered, but
from well-informed sources we find that
the road will be from one hundred ancf
forty to one hundred and fifty miles in
length, and from good data the cost of the
whole structure, side-tracks, equipage
Ac., is put at a little less than $20,000 per
mile, a total cost of about $3,000,000.
To return to your shortest line to the
sea. It has been pertinently said by the
President of the Augusta and Hartwell
Railroad Company that you may take a
cord and stretching it from your city to
Chattanooga, thence to Atlanta, and from
that place to Augusta, and then take the
same cord and stretch it from Cincinnati
to Knoxville, and from thence to this place,
that you would have length of cord suffi
cient to take you on to Port Royal—a sav
ing of oyer one hundied and forty miles.
We hazard nothing in saying that no
part of the proposed expenditure of your
ten millions for a great Southern Railroad
can be better spent than in aiding the con
struction of the road from this place to its
jnnetion with the Blue Ridge Railroad.—
Your city can arive us five thousand dol
lars per mile, which insures this road be
yond peradventure. Will she do it? If
you think it at all likely that we can get
this aid, the President will visit your city
for the purpose of laying the matter before
your Council. Yoars, &c.,
Tnos. S. Morgan.
There is still living in Houston county,
Texas, about ten miles from Crockett, the
oldest printer in the South. He is now 84
years of age and commenced the printing
business nearly, if not quite, seventy 1 years
Sgo. His name is W. V. Tunstall, Br., and
he assisted in settingup the first paper ever
published in Nashville, Tennessee. ‘ , T;!
[iVashvilte Whig.
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Still Loose. —A special dispatch to tlje
Charleston &ews, from Columbia, on Mon
day, says that Meade, the negro representa
tive from York, who shot Mattie Stokes on
Sunday, is still at large aud loafing about
the city. The affair wlli, if posable, be
hushed up.
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Mrs. S.usanna George Henshaw, widow
of the late Joshua Henshaw, and step
mother of Mrs. Emma D. E.. f K. | fcjQiitJi
worth, died at her residence, in Washing
ton City, Friday morning, at the advanced
age of seventy-two years. The deceased
was widely known, and years ago occupied
a prominent position in the society Of-the
Capital.
Augusta and Hartwell Railroad.
ITS SUCCESS ASSURED.
REORGANIZATION OF THE BOARD
'OF DIRECTORS.
NORTHERN CAPITAL LARGELY RE
PRESENTED.
THE ROAD MUST AND WILL BE
BUILT.
The patieat and untiring devotion of Dr.
H. R. Casey, President of the Board of
Directors of this projected road, seems to
have eventually triumphed over the nume
rous obstacles which have met him snd his
earnest coadjutors in this enterprise, add to
have culminated in enlisting a strength of
capital and energy which guarantees that the
work is now upon high and dry ground, and
that the road will certainly be built, and
even extended to the line of the Bine Ridge
Railroad. A number of Northern capital
ists,.with a view to make this road a link
in a great trunk line, stretching from the
Atlantic to the Pacific, and penetrating the
granaries of the fertile West in its track,
have identified themselves with the enter
prise, and from the energy and material
backbone which they promise to supply,
we are induced to believe that the construc
tion of this road, which has been here
tofore somewhat on the doubtful list, has
been transferred to that of positive occur
rence in the most immediate future attaina
ble by downright energy and financial
muscle combined. These enlistments made
in behalf of the road, it became requisite
that anew Board of Direction should be
organized, in order that the capital invested
by our Northern friends should be repre
sented in the direction of the enterprise to
what is now fully proposed, the earliest possi
ble completion. To that end, a meeting of
the Board of Directors convened in this
city yesterday morning, under call of ihe
President, when the following proceedings
transpired:
Dr. Casey, President, called the meeting
to order, making a few incidental remarks,
adverting to the fact that at the last meet
ing of the Board he had assured them of
his perfect confidence that the road would
be an eventual success, as well from the
local advantages secured to the people of
the counties through which it was to pass
as from the superior Western connections
which its extension would establish with
the Atlantic coast at Port Royal, believing
that Northern capitalists would aid its
construction. He was happy to state now
that arrangements were being made for its
completion to Clayton. He would Intro
duce Mr. Chapman, of the Port Royal Rail
road, who had recently been North, and
liad received assurances of the aid of North
ern capital. To complete arrangements,*it
was necessary that there should be a reor
ganization of the Board of Direction, not
because of objection individually or in to
tality, but as a matter of right to the par
ties associated in the enterprise. Dr. C.
concluded by invoking the meeting to put
their houses in order to hear the locomo
tive whistle on what is now the projected
Augusta and Hartwell Railroad, but which
is to become the Augusta and Rabun Gap
Railroad.
Secretary Abbott then read the minutes
of the last meeting of the Board.
Mr. James A. Gray moved a confirma
tion of the minutes, and whilst np, would
state that, as one of the origiual Directors
and Treasurer (without funds), he had felt
a keen interest in the road, and had done
all he could to promote its ipterests, was
glad to be assured of its success, and to
know that it was to be confided to men of
financial ability and experience in railroad
enterprises. He confessed that, as a dry
goods merchant, he knew nothing, com
paratively, of the construction of railroads,
but was persuaded of the importance of
this line in affording a market to the peo
ple of the counties through which it was
designed to pass. He was fully aware of
its importance as a link in a short Western
connection with the Atlantic coast., and
cheerfully gave way to men of acknowl
edged experience in railroad matters, whilst
he would not abate his interest in the road.
Mr. Gray, in accordance with request,
was allowed to retire from the Board.
On motion of Mr. John Thompson, Geo.
T. Jackson, of Augusta, was elected to the
vacancy created by the resignation of Mr.
Gray. Mr. Jackson accepted the position.
Thft President, presented the resignation
of H. F. Russell, as Director and Vice-
President of the Board, and proposed the
election of George D. Chapman, of New
York, to fill the vacancy, which was unani
mously adopted.
Captain Hicks presented the resignation
of Mr. Joseph Williams, of Columbia coun
ty, as a Director, which was accepted.
On motion, the vacancy was filled by the
election of H. H. Boody, of New York.
Mr. Boody accepted the positions tender
ed himself and Mr. Chapman in a few well
rounded practical sentences. He believed
that the road would not only be built, bat
would prove a triumphant success. He
was satisfied that the necessary funds,
joined to the contributions of the counties
through which it was to pass, and which
the people were expected to make, would
be supplied by New York capitalists.
The president presented the resiguatious
of Messrs. R. H. May and W. H. Goodrich,
of Augusta, as members of the Board.
Mr. Chapman doubted the propriety of
accepting these resignations, inasmuch as
Mr. May was a leading business man in
the city, but would nominate as their suc
cessors, A. W. Greenleaf, of New York,
and W. 11. Thorp, o' Fairfield, Connecticut,
which nominations were unanimously rati
fied.
Mr. J§li Lockhart tendered his resigna
tion as a member of the Board, when, upon
motion, Captain Thos. S. Morgan, of Rich
mond county, was elected to fill the va
cancy.
On motion of Mr. Chapman, O. B. Ashley
and Henry Budge, of New York, were
elected Directors in the new Board.
On motion of Dr. J. W. Wilkes, C. E.
Ramsey, of Elbert county, was withdrawn
from the Board.
The President announced that it had been
determined to retain Mr. John Thompson
as a member of the new Board, from El
bert county, which was unanimously agreed.
to. iltfi
Thp President withdrew the names* of’
Wm. Maddox and Dr. D. P. Dedwiler, of
Elbert, from the list of Directors, which was
agreed to.
The President then suggested the with
drawal of tl/e Franklin and Hart counties
representatives, ip tip Directory, believ
ing that, when explained, the gentlemen
would take no umbrage at the proceeding.
Dr. Wilkes thought a question might
arise, under the grant cff tfie charter to the
company, in regard to the removal of Di
rectors without their acquiescence. Al
though if the power resided, in the Board,
he felt satisfied the gentlemen of Hart and*
Franklin would take no umbrage. He de
sfrefi tfiat the charter should be read.
Ttlie Present Boated that the charter
was not at hand, but siipply provided that
the old Board should hdld until their suc
cessors were appointed or.elected, and that
their successors were now being elected.*
Mr. Jackson thought Ijhat if said Direct
ors were merely corporators, and had not
qualified as Directors by intimation pf atw
ceptance of the office, there was qo difficulty
In the way, and moved that their, places be
declared vacant, which motion was adopt
ed. _
On motiofi 6f tor. Chapman, the Chair
was authorized to appoint a committee 6f
three, the President to be one of satd com
mittee, to and raftb-y 4ft wft for <the govern
ment of the Board, and to report ist> &a ad
journed meeting in the afternoon,
Under this motion, the President named
Messsr. Chapman and Booby, in association
ivith himself. till j
On motion of Mr. Chapman, 0. R. Abbott
was elected Secretary.
On motion of Mr. Jickson, H. H. Boody
was elected Treasurer.
On motion of Mr. Thomson, G. D. Chap
man was elected Vice-President, vice H. F.
Rnssell, resigned.
Mr. Chapman accepted the position, and
would cheerfully co-operate with the Presi
dent in advancing the interests of the road.
Mr. Thompson announced the subscrip
tion es ten additional shares (#1,000) from
Wilkes.
On motion, the meeting adjourned, to
meet at 2 o’clock, p. m., at the rooms of the
Port Royal Railroad Company.
At 2 o’clock, p. m., the Board reassem
bled, as per adjournment, when the follow
ing proceedings transpired :
Communications from Messrs. Charles
Mahon and Gustave Leighback, asking for
position of Chief Engineer, were read and
referfed to Executive Committee.
The Committee on By-Laws recommended
some alterations to the present laws, which
were adopted, and the committee continued
The Treasurer was authorized to appoint
a local Treasurer, when C. R. Abbott was
appointed.
The Board adjourned to meet again on
the 25th January, iB7O, in Augusta.
The Board of Directors, as now constitu
ted, with Dr. Casey retained as President,
are:
H. H. Boody, O. D. Ashley, Henry-Budge,
Geo. D. Chapman, A. W. Greenleaf, New
York; Geo. T. Jackson, Thos. S. Morgan,
Augusta ; W. H. Thorp, Fairfield, Connec
tieut; John Thompson, Elbert county;
Jno. L. Wilkes, Lincoln county.
For the information of our readers and
those interested in the road, we give a brief
insight as to who and what are several of
the above Directors:
H. H. Boody is Treasurer of the Rock
ford, Rock Island, and St. Louis Railroad ;
a leading banker iu New York; also, con
nected with Rock Island and Chicago, and
several of the Western railroads; also,con
nected with the National Railroad and
Trust Company, who are connected with
the Port Royal Railroad, now being built
from Augusta to Port Royal.
A. W. Greenleaf, of the firm of Greeoleaf,
Norris & Cos., bankers, New York, largely
interested and connected with various
Western railroads.
O. D. Ashley, a Director on Rockford,
Rock Island, and St. Louis Railroad, an
active, energetic capitalist and railroad
manager.
Wm. H. Thorp is an energetic railroad
manager and builder, largely connected
with the Central Branch of Union Pacific
Railroad, from Atchison.
Henry Budge, of the firm Budge, Skiff*
Cos., German Bankers, with large connec
tions in Europe, also connected with seve
ral Western railroads.
George D. Chapman is of the firm of Geo.
D. Chapman & Cos., New York, Railroad
Negotiators and Contractors; is now build
ing the Port Royal Railroad, in connection
with the National Rallroadund Trust Com
pany ; is one of the most enterprising and
energetic railroad men of the present oay.
Mr. Chapman intends to divide his time
equally between these two great Enter
prises, and will, he informs ny, give them
his entire attention.
Os Geo. T. Jackson, of our own city, it is
scarcely necessary to speak, so far as se
curing the confidence of the people in the
counties through which the road is to pass.
He is one of our recognized leading busi
ness men, thoroughly alive to anv enter
prise to promote the interests of Georgia
and his fellow-citizens. Being a promi
nent Director of the Georgia Railroad, his
election and acceptance of a directorship in
the Augusta and Hartwell Road is in
dication that that great corporation Woks
with an encouraging eye towards the suc
cess ,of the enterprise, or at least has no
war to wage against it.
Gustave Leighbach, who, we understand,
is to be Chief Engineer, now Chief Engineer
of the Port Royal Railroad, having given
aphis position on a railroad North to ac
cept the same, and is a thorough, upright,
straightforward gentleman.
Survey will be commenced the coming
week, and we may expect the building of
the road to commence as early as the
middle of next month. ' *
The following are the present officers of
the Augusta and Hartwell Railroad:
Dr. 11. R. Casey, Columbia county, Presi
dent.
George D. Chapman, of New York, Vice-
President.
H. H. Boody, of New York, Treasurer.
Charles R. Abbott, of Augusta, Secretary.
Meeting op the Board op Health.—
Pursuant to notice, the Board of Health
convened in the Council Chamber, last
night. Present: Os the Council Board,
Aldermen Bisell, Chairman, C. Lewis anc'
J. C. C. Black; of citizens, Messrs. Ker
Boyce, T. G. Barrett, J. S. Bones, J. T.
Both well, Wm. A. Walton, A. Philip, Dr
H. Rosignol and C. V. Walker.
The meeting was called to order by Al
derman Bisell, aud the minutes of the
meeting of last year’s Board, and of the
meeting of the present Board, on Monday
night, read and confirmed.
Under direction of the Chairman, the
Clerk read a communication from his
Honor Mayor Allen, conveying complaints
which had been made relative to the
storage of fertilizers within the city by
Messrs. Beall, Spears & Cos., and the South
Carolina Railroad Company, and desiring
that the Board should recommend some ac
tionjn the matter to the City Council,
Alderman Black had visited the ware
house of Messrs. Beall, Spears & Cos., com
plained of, and found the odor of the fer
tilizers stored there disagreeable, while in
the yard. The subject of complaint had
been removed from tfie South Carolina Rail
road depot, the other point of.
It had been suggested that the Board had
no jurisdiction in the matter, and read the
ordinance authorizing its creation. Asa
member of Council, it would please him
and gratify the Council, however, to have
an expression of opinion from the gentle
men of the Board.
The Chairman thought the Board had
jurisdiction. They had taken cognizance
of the matter last year, but had not dis
posed of the question. This was merely a
suggestion, however.
Mr. Barrett adverted to the resolution of
Mr. Davison, last year, requesting Council
to pass an ordinance requiring a general
depot for the storage of fertilizers outeide
of the corporate limits, tQ be erected by the
city, or separate depots, to be erected" by
dealers themselves. He thought it a very
ticklish matter to decide. Did not believe
that fertilizers, closely stored, were very
offensive. They were only so when loosely
stored, so that the atmosphere could roach
them. He had a note from a lady on Rey
nolds street, complaining of the offensive
Qdor, and ijad several complaints last year
on the subjfiat. Mr. Gardiner, the present
season, Jiad built his depot outside of thq
corporate limits, anticipating complaint
i The Chairman announced the presence of
Mr. Spears, of the firm of Beall, Spears* Cos,
Mr. Spears desired that ttye members of
the Board should hivfe a • test of
the offensive the fertilizer which his
firm had stored. He accordingly produced
a bottle loaded with a sample,
and teTidflrfed it to the olfactories of the
members, Who snuffed ills boquet with evi
dent misgivings, although -constrained to
acknowledge that, asfie. aileged, its odor
Was fiQtjSQ offensive as represented. His
.fertilizer is .roanufaetured on the coast of
Soutfij Carolina.
iThe Chairman called the attention of the
Board to the 30th section of the general
ordinances, relative to nuisances and the
mode prescribed for their abatement.
Mr. J. T. Bothwell did not regard the
odor of fertilizers as injurious to health, in
which opinion he believed he was sustained
by the general views of the citizens. They
were important to the commerce of the
city and jto the agricultural interests of the
surrounding country, upon which the city
was dependent. But they had become
obnoxious. He thought the resolution
passed by the last Board the best manner
to dispose of the matter, and introduced a
resolution covering substantially the same
'ground.
Afnrther discussion ensued, during which
the resolution of Mr. Bothwell was second
ed. '
Mr. Walton moved and supported an
amendment, to insert the words “ after the
present season,” as Mr. Spears had stated
that a removal at present would entail
heavy cost on dealers, and that he only had
on hand about 200 tons.
The general opinion seemed to be that
close storage would abate the offensive
odor, in view of which AMiritniu Black in
troduced the following resolution as a sub
stitute for the .whole, which was adopted.
Resolved, That this Board recommend the
City Council to puss ah, ordinance requir
ing parties owning or controlihg offensive
manure, guauo, compost, or oilier substance
of like character,-to put tin; same in close
storage.
On motion, .the Board adjourned.
A White Man MunokuEn by a Negro.
—On Tuesday night, about Bor 9 o’clock,
Mr. John Baker, of Columbia county, was
shot and mortally wounded, on the premises
now, or formerly the property of Judge B.
H. Warren, near Rae’s Creek, about three
miles from this city, under the following
circumstances, as near as we have been able
to ascertain :
Mr. Baker and his bro her, James Law
rence Baker, left the city on Tuesday night,
for their home, eiglit or nine miles from
Augusta, the former intoxicated. On ar
riving at the above point, Mr. John Baker
entered the premises, inquiring for a negro
named Wm. Holmes, whom we are iuformed
had drawn a gun and threatened to shoot
him on the Saturday previous, under the
following circumstances : Mr. Baker was
passing the house, mounted, and stopped to
adjust his saddle girth, which had broken,
and was interrogated by the said Holmes
as to his name. This he gave, when the
negro responded : “ Yes, you’re the man
who killed a colored man at the Perrin
place, last September,” and, afterwards, i
quarrel springing up between them, the
negro drew his gun, but was prevented from
shooting by the explanation of Mr. Baker
that he was not the man who killed the
negro, last Summer, but that it was his
brother Lawrence. On Tuesday night,
smarting under the threats of the negro, as
before recited, Mr. Baker inquired his
whereabouts. His brother Lawrence caught
hold of him, and endeavored to pacify him.
They were both in the yard surrounding
the house, at this time, and in the struggle
to restrain him, the coat of Mr. John Baker
was pulled off in the hands of his brother.
Being thus freed from physical control, he
started around the corner of the house.
Mr. Lawrence Baker said to the negroes
that his brother was drunk, and did not
know what he was doing; that be had de
prived him of his pistol, and that they
must not mind him, as he had nothing with
which he could injure them. Just at
this juncture a gun was discharged by
some one behind a rail pen or fence, about
twenty-five yards off. Mr. Lawrence Ba
ker then commenced firing, and emptied
several barrels of his pistols, the firing be
ing returned, when he was attracted by
the exclamation of his brother : “Oh, Law
rence, I am shot; don’t shoot any more;
take me away from here.” He then ceased
firing and assisted his brother out into the
ra id. Mr. Usher came to his assistance,
and watched over the wounded man, who
was rapidly sinking from loss of blood and
the pain of his wounds, until his brother
went to the residence of Mr. Alfred Baker
and secured a wagon to remove the suf
ferer.
The wounded man was then brought to
tiie city, reaching here about twelve o’clock
at night. He was carried first to the Plant
ers’ Hotel, but no accommodations were
secured, on account of all the rooms being
occupied. He was then taken to the pri
vate boarding house of Mrs. S. R Perrin, a
few doors above the Planters’ Hotel. Mrs.
Perrin, although all her rooms were oceu-.
pied, received the wounded man, and soon
provided him with a couch and other com
forts, usiug every means to relieve liis suf
ferings until he died.
Dr. DeSaussure Ford was summoned im
mediately, finding Mr. Baker suffering vio
lent pain from a number of wounds on his
right forearm, a number over the bladder,
to the right side of the lower part of the
abdomen, and also a number of wounds in
the left thigh, indicating that eaeh had
been produced by distinct discharges from
a gun. Mr. Baker lingered in great pain
until about 6 o’clock yesterday morning,
when he expired. Coroner Rhodes held an
inquest upon the body, the jury returning
a verdict that the deceased came to his
death by gunshot wounds, the load entering
his abdomen; the gun held and fired by un
known "parties, said shooting and killing
being, in their opinion, murder.
Cutting Scrape.— Yesterday afternoon,
between 1 and 2 o’clock, two negroej,
Charley Red, a' coal cart driver, and Sibley
Brown became involved in a personal quar
rel on Ellis street, near the Grey Eagle
stables. They had agreed to adjourn
to the commons to settle the matter. Pass
ing down the street, near Moore’s black
smith shop, Red struck Brown with his
fist, and succeeded in getting him down. A
bystander pnlled him off, when it seems
that Red, with a pocket knife in hand,
made several lunges at Brown, inflicting
two severe stabs in his back. A policeman
not being accessible, Alderman Pournelle
arrested Red and carried him to the guard
house. Thp wounded man was sent to the
house of Mr. Edward Thomas, by whom he
was employed, and surgical attention se
cured. The physicians, after examination,
were of opinion that one of the stabs had
reached the hollow, and might prove
mortal.
A warrant has been sued out against
Red, holding him for examination on Saturi
day.
Personal. —Messrs. A. 8. and C. 8. Abell
were in Augusta qn yesterday. The former
is the proptfetoYOf ithe Baltimore fifefe, one
of the foremost newspapers in this country.
Beside his ownership of the Sun, Mr. Abell
is one of the most wealthy ami most esti
mable of Maryland gentlemen.
We are also pleased to see in our city
Mr. Roswell T. LogAß'/foftfaerty connected
with the Charleston M&fcui-y, and now the
agent for. the Rural Carolinian. Mr. Logan,
during his reportorial career, was a very
sharp thorn in ttye sides of the “ Ring-
Str-eaked and Striped ” of South Carolina.
We commend him and his enterprise to our
people everywhere.
Recorder’s Court.— Three dusky dam*
sels were arraigned yesterday morning for
violation of the 18th section—Sarah Barnes,
Alice Palmer and Martha Latimer.' The
first was dismissed on payment of cost, the
second without cost, and the third was
charged and cost. "• ;
Wm. Williams, a colored masculine, was
up for violation of the same section, and
dismissed on payment of cost.
Purity versus Poison.—There is as much
difference between PHALON’B VITALIA OB
SALVATION FOR TJJE and the filtjh
charged hnir-darkeners as betyeya the pool of
Bethesda, that an. 'a’pgelUptirred, and a fever
breeding mud-pond. TbeVITALIA is a crys
talline flnid, without a single impurity or nox
ious property, and tba.natdrahieesiot the shades
it imparts to grey hair is unequalled.
decl4-tuthsa
[From the Overland Monthly.
Her Letter.
Pm sluing (done by the fire,
Dressed just ns 1 came from the dance,
In a robe even you would admire—
It cost a cool Ihousnnfl in France ;
Pm be-diamotid out of all reason,
My hair is doue up Id a cue;
In short,sir, “the belie ol the season”
Is wasting an hour on .you.
A dozen engagements I’ve broken;
I left in the midst of a set;
Likewise a proposal, half spoken,
That waits—on the stairs—for mo vet.
They say he’ll be rich—when he growa up—
And then be adores me indeed.
And yon, sir—are turning your nose up,
Three thousand miles Off—ns you read.
“And how do I like my position ?”
•* And what do I think of New York ?”
‘i And now, iri my higher ambition,
With whom do I waltz, flirt, or talk TANARUS”
“ And isn’t it nice to have riches,
“ And diamonds, and silks, and all that ?”
. “ And arn’t it a change to the ditches
And tunnels of Poverty Flat ?”
Well, yes—ls you saw us out driving
Each day In the park, four-in-hnnd—
If vou saw poor dear mamma contriving
To look saperaatumily grand—
If yon saw papa’s picture, ns taken
Ry Brady, and tinted at that—
You’d never suspect he sold bacon
And flour at Poverty Flat.
And yet, just this moment, when sitting
In the glare of the grand chandelier—
In the bustle aud glitter befitting
The “ finest soiree of the year”—
In the mists of a gaze de Chambery,
And the hum of the smallest of t»lk—
-Bomehow, Joe, I thought of the “ Ferry,”
And the danee that we bad on “ The Fork
Os Harrison’s barn, with the mnslre
Os flags festooned over the wall ;
Os the candles that sned their soft lustre
And tallow.on head-dress and shawl;
Os the steps that we took to one fiddle ;
Os the dress of my queer vis-a v : s ;
And how I once went down to the middle
With the old man that shot Sandy McGee ;
Os the moon that was quietly sleeping.
On the hill when Ihe time came to go ;
Os the few baby peaks that were peeping
From under their bed-clothes oi suow ;
Os that ride—that to me was the rarest;
Of—the something you said at the gate ;
Ab, Joe ! then I wasn’t an heiress
To “ the best-paying lead in the State.”
Well, well, it’s all past, yet it’s funny
To think as I stood in the glare
Os fashion and beauty and money,
That I should be thinking, right, there,
Os some one who breasted high water,
And swam the North. Fork, and all that.,
Jn«t to dance with old Folinsbee’s daughter.
The Lily of Poverty Flat.
But gooduess ! what nonsense I’m writing—
(Mamma says my taste is still low)
Instead of my triumphs reciting
I’m spooning on Joseph—heigh-ho !
And I’m to he “ finished” by travel
Whatever’s the meauing of that.—
O, why did papa strike pay gravel
In drifting on Poverty Flat!
Good-night—here’s the end of my paper ;
Good-nigbt—if the longitude please—
For may be, while wasting my paper,
Your sun’s climbing over the trees.
But know, if you haven’t got riches.
And are poor, dearest Joe, and all that.
That my heart’s somewhere there in the ditches,
And you’ve struck it—on Poverty Flat.
[C .'rrespontlence of the Couner-Joama’.
The Late Elections in France.
Paris, France, Nov. 22,1869.
I hardly knew whether or not your read
ers take much interest in the current poli
tics of France, but the elections which
closed to-day ii> Paris are so significant
that I will venture to send you a short ac
count of them. They no doubt will furnish
themes to the press of Europe for the next
week or so, after which, significant as they
may be, they of course will be swallowed
up by the proceedings of the legislative
body, which, convoked in extraordinary
session, meets the 29th instant. The situa
tion is interesting.
When we reached Paris last August, the
Senate of France, the body charged, among
other things, with the duty of modifying
the constitution, was discussing the modi
fications proposed in the Senatus Consul
turn of July, drawn from the Emperor, as
you know, by the elections of June, which,
though they resulted in the return of a
majority of Imperialists, disclosed the op
position of about half the unbiased electors
of the country. In the course of Septem
ber, as y6u also know, the Senatus Cousul
tum, in which the admonished Emperor so
far surrendered the Government to the
people as to empower them to help them
selves to so much of it ns they pleased, was
approved by rlie Senate and duly proclaim
ed as part of the organic law, whereby a
new principle of organization was set up
amongst the political elements of France,
the principle, that is to say, of peaceable
revolution, the Emperor in the Senatus
Consultnm having declared in effect that
he would bow to the will of the French
people, legally expressed, whatever it might
lie, thus offering them the choice of accept
ing from Idm the liberty of peaceably
achieving self-govermtient, or of attempt
ing forcibly to wrest self-government from
him. The question of this choice at once
became the topmost question in French
politics, rising for the moment above the
question of self-government itself, the peo
ple, not unnaturally or illegally, pausing in
the pursuit of the end until they had de
terimined the means. As to what their de
termination would be everybody doubted.
The Senatus Consultum, so to speak, had
made anew shuffle and cut of the political
cards of France, and, pending the deal,
nobody could say which side would hold
the strongest hands. All saw that the cat
was about to jump, but none could tell
which way she would jump. Conjecture, if
I may be allowed tochange the figure again,
was at fault, the most experienced hunters
of French journalism (and French jour
nalism embraces the flower of French states
manship) having lost the popular scent,
though, as you can well imagine, they did
not by any means cease their “ clamorous
cry” till they had “ singled” the “ cold fault
clearly out.” On the contrary, such clam
oring, perhaps, was never before heard in
side of France.
The elections to-day and yesterday, held
in four of the most largely and intensely
Republican districts ot Paris, being special
elections to fill vacancies which occurred
in the legislative body by resignations
made in the faith that these districts were
safely under the control of the most ultra
Republicans, and having formed, moreover,
the special object of the anxiety and in
trigue of all the French revolutionists at
home and abroad, have restored the lost
scent to the hunters of the people. The cat
has jumped. The Republicans of Paris,
the most extreme opponents of the Empire,
have shown their hands. The people of
France, it is not too much to say. have /
made their choice of the alternatives offer
ed them. The candidates were all Repub
licans, the sole question being that of the
.choice of these alternatives; and ont of the
four candidates representing the choice of
peaceable revolution only one has been de
feated. The election, it is true, has failed
in a single district, owing to the failure of
the leading candidate to get a majority of
all the votes cast; bat as he almost suc
ceeded, as he leads his foremost opponent
by upwards of five thousand votes, and as
he is, besides, a most decided and outspoken
antagonist of forcible revolution, the result
has much the same significance as his suc
cess would have had. He, or another like
him, will no doubt be elected at the next
trial. Rochefort, indeed, is elected ; but in
a general view, his erection signifies little,
and that little is not unfavorable to the
friends of peaceable revolution, since, if the
standard of forcible revolution is to be
raised at all, they could not desire it to be
raised by weaker hands than those from
which the Lanterne has just fallen. Roche
fort Is a terror to his friends only. A mis
chief-maker at best, he is fast becoming a
laughing-stock, which is certainly not a
dangerous character with any people, and
least of all with the French. Freedom of
speech and freedom of the press have proved
the death of him. He no sooner got rope
than he hung himself. He is now, despite
the galvanic current of his recent victory,
politically defunct, and, if he has a career
hereafter, it is more likely to be that of a
renegade in the imperial ranks than that
of a leader of the people. He has no fol
lowing worth a true man’s leading. And
his friends have no leading worth thie
men’s following. He and they are worthy
only of each other. That but one candidate
of the extremists is elected shows that the
faction is numerically weak. That Roche
fort is that candidate shows that the faction
is even weaker morally it is numeri
cally. When the architects of anarchy can
do no better or worse thau this in their
chosen seat, they are clearly powerless in
the country at large. They arc, in fact,
repudiated. The heart and head and voice
of France are against them. Such, I ven
ture to think* is the significance of the
elections which closed here a few - hours ago.
* A peaceable path to self-government hav
ing been opened, from Whatever ire
fore the French people/- they have deter
mined to tread it. MAy they tread 1J steadi
ly, for if they do they pan searcelyXfall to
reach the goal. Eventuate as their deter
mination may, however, it is itself, undoubt
edly, one of file most pregnant events of the
hod*. i ; :
Gathoho Fair in Charlotte. N. C.—
The, nett proceeds Qfi the Ladies’ Fair, for t
the benefit of St. Peter's Catholic Church,
Amounted to about $3,200.
[Correspondence of the Courier-Journal.
Political Disabilities.
THE LAW REMOVING THEM—LIST OF PER
SONS REI.IEVED. . . >
Washington, D. C., December 9.
The following is a complete copy of the
act recently passed by Congress for the re
moval of political disabilities:
An act to relieve certain persons therein
named from the legal and political disa
bilities imposed by the Fourteenth Amend
ment df the Constitution of the United
States, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of
Representatives of the United States of Amen*
ca in Congress assembled (two-thirds of each
House concurring therein), That all legal
and political disabilities imposed by the
Fourteenth Amendment of the Constitution
of the United States, by reason*of partici
pation in the late relielllon, be and they are
hereby removed from the following persons,
namely:
GEORGIA.
Noah L. Cloud, of Decatur county; W. F.
Wright, of Cowetaconnty; Foster Blodgett,
and Wm. C. Dillon, of Richmond county ;
H. H. Pettis and John L. Harris, of Fulton
county; George 11. Lester, of Oglethorpe
county; W. W. Paine, of Chatham county;
William 11. Edwards and Amos T. Aker
man, of Elbert county; F. B. Hascal, of
Jones county; T. W. Thurmond, of Spald
ing county ; T. W. King, of Monroe coun
ty; E. C. Granniss, of Bibb county; John
C. Hendrix, of Fulton county; James M.
Bishop, Jesse Hendricks and William Kel
ly, of Dawson county ; Robert D. Harvey,
of Floyd county; William D. Bentley, of
Forsyth county; Enoch Humphreys, of
Gordon county; G. M. T. Ware, of Pierce
county; G. T. Davis, of Brooks county;
E. S. Griffin and Jas. Hammock, of Twiggs
county ; John R. Hill, E. Richardson and
J. M. Cooper, of Dougherty county ; Benj.
Conley, of Richmond county; B. B. De-
Graffenreid, of Baldwin county; James W.
Green, of Upson county; Nathan Gunnels,
of Banks county; Thomas J. Speer, of
Pike county; Henry 0. Wayne, of city of
Brunswick; Charles I). Davis, of Walton
county ; J. W. B. Somers, of Newton coun
ty ; Joel F. Thornton, of Greene county;
William It. Davis, George M. Hood and
Charles P. McCalla, of Richmond county ;
William M. Moore, of Warren county;
Dickerson H. Walker, of Walton county;
Dr. Thomas F. Green, of Milledgeville;
Joseph McWhorter, of Oglethorpe county.
Latest Shipment of Emigrants to Af
rica.—The American Colonization Society
has more calls to assist emigrants now than
it had before emancipation. Tie usual Fall
expedition has just been dispatched for Li
beria.
On the 3d of November their superior
packet, the Golconda, sailed from Balti
more with 14 emigrants, and, on the 11th
inst. 146 emigrants were embarked on her
in Hampton Roads by steamer from Nor
folk. Os these, 123 are from North Caroli
na, 22 from Tennessee, 1 from Texas, and
14 from Pennsylvania, making a total of
160; 26 can read, and 15 can read and
write, 1 having had the advantage of a lib
eral education; 35 are farmers, 3 black
smiths, 2 carpenters, 1 laborer, 1 wheelriglit,
1 teacher ancl 1 minister; 94 are over 12
years of age, 55 are under 12 and over 2,
and 11 are under 2 years old. The people
are of a good class, aud well prepared t j
succeed in anew country In addition to
the outfit which they brought with them,
it is supposed that they purchased some
$1,200 worth of hardware, dry goods, &c.,
at the ports of embarkation.
The National Executive Committee of
colored men of the United States, through
their chairman, Rev. Sella Martin, have
prepared an address to the people of the
Republic of Liberia.
The address urges the abolitiou of all
proscriptive features in the national laws
of Liberia; that they believe that the eman
cipation and enfranchisement of the black
race will result in great good to Africa,
and especially to Liberia ; requests the peo
ple of Liberia to influence their Congress
to initiate measures so as to alter the con
stitution and laws by striking out tli» word
white, so as to put the Republic of Liberia
in accord with the laws of the United States
and those of all other free countries whose
constitutional restrictions, which have the
effect to create prejudice against the color,
have been abolished.
HY TELEGRAPH.
[Special Dispatches to the Constitutionalist.
NEW YORK UISfATUHES.
, New York, December 15.—Cotton less
active, owing to a decline in gold, which
was attributed to rumors that Boutwell
will sell below 122, which is probably un
true.
Extensive frauds have been discovered
among sugar importers.
Washington telegrams say the probabili
ty diminishes of an early admission of Vir
ginia.
Several lottery dealers are stopped by in
junction.
I Associated Press Dispatches.
CONGRESSIONAL.
Washington, December 15. —Senate.—
Mr. Sumner presented a petition of the re
cent Colored Laboring Convention, pray
ing fora division of public lands in the
South among them.
Opposing a motion to adjourn to the
20th instead of the sth of January, Sumner
said: “We have Georgia, Virginia and the
cable connection with France pressing for
consideration.”
Mr. Pomeroy said : “ And Cuba.”
Mr. Sumner said : “ The least said about
that the better.”
Mr. Brownlow had a Tong personal ex
planation read from the Clerk’s desk.
Speaking of Mr. Stokes and Mr. Butler, he
said they were two beautiful pinks to
be assailing him ; that the rejection of the
Fifteenth Amendment by the Legislature
was an act of perfidy.
Mr. Carpenter argued against the depar
ture of the Spanish gunboats, maintaining
that actual war existed ; that our proper
attitude was absolute neutrality, without
action.
Adjourned.
House.—The census question continued
to adjournment.
WASHINGTON.
Washington, December 15 —Noou. —
North .Carolina bondholders are urging
Federal interference in North Carolina
finances, on the ground that the Federal
Government must enfbroe the constitutions
adopted under the reconstruction acts.
A large amount of assorted war material,
landed at Port Maria, Jamaica, for the
Cubans, has been seized by British au
thorities.
In the Senate, a resolution was offered
authorizing Delano to offer a "reward for
assaults on revenue officers.
A resolution for adjournment from the
22d instant to the sth of January was con
curred in.
In the House, a resolution was intro
duced for the Committee of Public Safety
to take cognizance of steamboat running
and other disasters.
Hoar has resigned upon chances of his
nomination to the Supreme Bench being
probable, but not officially announced.—
There Is wild speculation regarding his
successor.
Washington, December 15—P. M.—The
committee to whom the matter was re
ferred will report against the modification
of the present regulations regarding stand
casks.
Nominations—Hoar, for Associate Jus
tice of the Supreme Court, and Purviance,
for Attorney of Western District of Ten
nessee.
Revenue to-day, $250,000.
ALABAMA.
Mobile, December 15. — The Winter
meeting at Magnolia Race Course com
menced to-day. First race—two mile heats
—won by Carrie 4tbertpn. Tirpe; 3:50%,
3:51;% and 3:59%. Coquette second. Don
avan was distanced after winning the first
heat.
The mile race was won, by Corsican in
1:55%. Larkin second, Whisenhunt third.
NEW YORK.
New York, December 15—Sherman has
arrived here and remains several days.
Everything Is ready for the departure of
the Spanish gunboats.
INDIANA. \
Terre Haute, December 15.—G. P. Bar
. low, of Florida, was found dead here. He
committed suicide.
\1 FORTRESS MONROE.
Fortress Monroe, December 15.— A
northeapt storm
— . W.
KENTUCKY
l Frankfort, December 15.—Second bal
lot—Stevenson, 53; McCreery, 54; Golla
day, 16; Finley, 10; Beck, 1, Adjourned.
foreign.
December 15—The Times savs
editorially, while admitting the improved
R U dS t m q t UalU3^ ftnd Prlee of lndia Cotton,
mp d n?nf A co , nslde T the displace
“ept of American descriptions.
Tne Brazilian Ministers have resigned.
marine news.
Savannah, December 15. —Arrived *
Lfve?p^l onental ’ B ° Ston; ship
er R e T re M B , Ur ,’ Wood ’ 8 i steam
worth lW 7 ’ JaCkSoDVille: bark We °t-
Wilmington, December 15.— Arrived •
Steamer Empire, New York. *
Charleston December 15.— Arrived •
Bng Antonio Maria, Matanzas.
Sailed : Steamer Charleston, New York •
schr. Virginia Dare, Baltimore.
markets.
«>2 L °bS; T t cen f^~ I S-Noon.-Consols,
"°7’ 8(i - Sugar firm, both spot and
afloat. Turpentine, 28s. 9d.029s
Liverpool, December 15— Noon— Cot
ton quiet; uplands 11%; Orlemis’ 12%
sales 10,000 bales. quiet. H ’
iMter —Cotton unchanged. Pork
Pak.,, Decemta- lsJjLl—ifcS
opened qu#t. Rentes, 72f. 85c
Havre, December 15-Noon.-Cotton
opens firm and quiet for both.
New York December 15-Noon— Mar
ket weak and unsettled. Money 7 in
specie. Exchange— long, 8%; short, qi/
Gold, 121%. s’s, ’O2’s, co4ou ?r
nessees, ex coupon. 45; new, 42 ; Virginias
ex coupon 49 ; new, 55; Louisiana®, old’,
S' 8 «- 75; Alabama B’s
97, os, 61%; Georgia 6’s, 82; 7’s, 94-
North Carolinas, old, 42%; new 28% ’
South Carolina*, now, 72% ’
New Yoiik, December 15—P. M.-Monev
after fluctuations, closed at 7, gold Sterl
ing stronger atr 8%@9. Gold lower, at
121%. Governments steady. Southerns
generally stronger. Stocks active aud very
feverish. ) J
New York, December 15—1 P M
Flour dull, 50c. lower. Wheat dull and
nominally lower. Corn 102 better on
light supply. Pork heavy; new mess, $32
Lard dtiii at 18%@18%. Cotton quiet at
25%. Turpentine dntl at 43%. Rosin
quiet at $2 for strained. Freights dull
New York, December 15— p. M—Cot
ton heavy; sales, 3,000 bales. Flour dull;
State, $4 45@4 70; common to fair extra
Southern, $5 4000, Wheat heavy and 102
lower; Winter red Western, $1 29@1 30
Corn—mixed Western, $1 13@i 14% _!
Lard lower; kettle, 19019%. Whiskv
more active at $1 03. Groceries quiet
Turpentine, 48%@44. Rosin, S2OB.
freights drooping; cotton, steam, 5-lGths
0%.
Baltimore, December 15.-—Middling
upland Cotton held firmly at 25. Flour
du ». but prices steady. Wheat steady;
red, $1 30@1 40. Corn firm; white, 85@8G -
yellow, 88091. Oats, 56. Provisions un
i no n ® ed — smad business. Whisky, SIO2O
1 03—stock scarce.
Cincinnati, December 15.—Corn dull •
® lai £ e S few, 74075. Whisky dull at
97098. Provisions dull ; little demand.
Pork held at s3l. Bacon drooping ; sboul
ders ’ ■}% i Slde «> 17%@18. Lard dull ; ket
tie,
fi-,^7o 1SV ‘ LLE ’ December 15—Corn quiet at
60070. Provisions steady. Whisky, 97
St. Louis, December 15—Cora firm •
choice to fancy white, sacked, 90095!
Whisky, sl. Pork firm at s3l. Bacon quiet.
Wilmington, December 15— Spirts Tur
pentine steady at 40. Rosin dull at $1 55
for strained. Crude Turpentine steady at
$1 60@2 80. Tar steady at $2 03. Cotton
steady at 23%@24.
Mobile, December 15—Cotton in fair de
mand ; market firm ; sales, 1,850 bales, part
after close yesterday; middling, 23%; re
ceipts, 5,117 bales ; exports, 377 bales.
New Orleans? December 15.—Cotton
active at 24024%; sales, 6,400 bales; receipts,
4.239 bales; exports—Liverpool 3,353;
Barcelona, 609. Flour quiet at $4 75, 5 70
@6. Corn firmer at $1 1501 17. Oats, 65.
Bran, $1 15. Hay, $29. Pork firmer; new
mess, $32 50. Bacon, sl6 25, S2O 25@21.
Hams, 2". Lard easier at 19019% ; keg.
21%@21%. Sugar firmer: prime, 12%.
Molasses, 68070. Whiskv, $1050107. Gold
122%. Sterling, 32. New York Sight, %
discount. Mercury, 44. Weather clear.
Charleston, December 15.—Cotton
steady; sales, 580 bales; middling, 240
24% ; receipts, 1,530 bales ; exports coast
wise, 471 bales.
Savannah. December 15—Cotton—re
ceipts, 4,743 bales; exports, 3.200 bales;
sales, 400 bales; middling, 24%; market
firm.
Cincinnati Provision and Produce Mar -
ket.
REPORTED BY MORRIS & REID,
Produce mid Provision Brokers, Boom No. 9,
Pike Optra Building, Cincinnati, Ohio.
Cincinnati, 0.. DmunberTl.
Hogs—Receipts for past twenty-four
hours, 4 <74 ; fur week, 37.263 ; fur season
to dale, 196.264, against 185,380 same date
last year.
Green Meats—Weather warm and un
favorable for packers; shoulders, 11 %@
H % ; sides, 14@14%-; hams, 15%.
Bulk Meats —lnactive but steady; shoal- >
ders, 12%@12%.; C. R. sides, 15%@16 ;
clear, 16%@16%, according to age; all
packed.
Bacon—Good demand and hut little
ready ; selling to come out next week at
14% for shoulders ; 17% for e. rib and 18%
@lB% for clear sides.
Mess Pork—Held at s3l; S3O 50offered.
Lard —Kettle, 18% offered ; generally
held at 19 ; prime steam, 17% offered ; gen
erally held at 17%.
Corn—No. 1 old, 90@92 ; new, 74@76 for
ear.
Flour— Market quiet and dull at $4 50
@4 75 for superfine; extra, $4 90@5 10 ;
family, $5 35@6 ; low, $3 50@4 25.
Whisky— High Wines, 98@$1.
Candles— Star, full weight, 19 ; 14 oz„
10% ; 12 oz., 14.
Augusta Daily Market.
Office Daily Constitution \list, )
Wednesday, December 15-P. M. \
FINANCIAL
HOLD—Buying-at 121 and selling at 123.
SlLVEß—Buying at 118 and Selling at 122.
BONDS—City Bonds, 83@85.
STOCKS—Georgia Railroad, good demand at
110.
COTTON —The market opened with a good
demand at 23% for middling, and closed quiet
at same figure. Sales, 757 bales. Receipts,
1,109 bales.
BACON—Fair demand. We quote C. Sides,
23; C. It. Sides, 31% ; B. B. Sides, 31 ; Shoul
ders, 18; Hams, 21@36; Dry Salt Shoulders,
16 ; Dry Salt C. R. Sides, 19@30.
CORN—New is beginning to copae in freely,
and is selling at $1 30@l 35 from depot; old
scarce at $ 1 45@1 50 from depot.
WHEAT—We quote choice white, $1 55;
amber, $1 50 ; red, $L 45.
FLOUR—City Mills, now, $6 50@9 00; at
retail, $1 ft barrel higher. Country, s6@9,
according to quality.
CORN MEAL—SI 45 at wholesale; $1 00 at
retail.
OATS—Bs@fl 35.
PEAS—Scarce at II 60.
/'2J.KORGIA, RICHMOND COUNTY—Where-
VX as, James E. Harper applies to me for Letters
of Administration, with the will annexed, on the es
tate of Augusta Cocke, Inte of sad county, deceased:
These are, therefore, to cite and admonish, all and
singular, the kindred and creditors of paid deceased,
to be and appear at my office, on Or before the first
Monday in January, 1870, to show cause, if uny they
have, why said letters should not be granted.
Given under my hand and official signature, at office
in Augusta, this 22d day of November. 1869.
nov23-30 SAMUEL LEVY, Ordinary.
STATE OF GEORGIA, RICHMOND COUN
TY.—Whereas, Abner P. Robei Lon, Adminis
trator of John O. Greer, applios to me ior Letters of
Dismission :
These are, therefore, to cite and admonish, all and
singular, the kindred nnd creditors of said deceased to
lie and appear at my office, on or before the first Mon
day in December Dcxt, to show cause, if any they
iiave, why said letters should not be granted.
Given under my hand and official signature, at office,
In Augusta, this 31st day of August, 1869.
BAMUEL LEVY,
aug3l3m Ordinary, 'f
STATE OF GEORGIA, RICHMOND COUN
TY.—Whereas, John t). Dayidson applies to me
for Letters of Administratration on the estate of
Francis C. Tay'qr, late of Richmond county, de
ceased:
These are, therefore, to cite aii(l admonish, all and
angular, the kindred and creditors of said deceased, to
bp and appear at my office, on or before the first Mon
day in January, 1870, to show cause, if any they
have, why said letters should not be granted 1
Given under my Imnd and official signature at office
in Augusta, this 29th day of November, 1869.
SAM'L LEVY, Ordinaiy, R. C .
nov2o-lawtd
RICHMOND COUNTY—Where
VJT »*, Matthew Rice, Administrator on the estate
of Hugh Rico, applies to me for Letters ot Dismission •
These are, therefore, to cite and admonish, all and
singular the next of kin and creditors of said deceased
to be and appear at my office, on or before the first
Monday In March, 1870, to show cause, if any they
have, why said letters.should not be granted. ....
Given under mj hand and official signature.at office
in Augusta, this 9th day of November, 1869. >v,
' SAMUEL LEVy,
novlOlOlaw r Ordinary.
weeks after date, application
_UN will be made to the Court of Ordinary of Rich
mond county for leaye to sell the Land belonging to
the estate of Charlotte Ooui>, deceased, situated in the
efty of Savannah. ;
T JOHN 8. DAVIDSON,
Administrator of Estate of Mrs. 0, Conn,
doolo-law4w