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AUGRJSTA. C3-A.
TUESDAY MORNING, DEO, 28,1869
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THE DEATH OF EDWIN M. STANTON.
Under ordinary circumstances, it is well
to speak kindly of the dead ; but when an
eminently wicked man passes away, it is
not improper to utter the truth. Animat
ed by this .principle, we shall say of the
late Mr. Stanton what we think, and not,
hypocritically or with mock sentimentali
ty, twaddle about the precept of charity in
connection with a human fiend 1 who never
knew what that virtue was, or, if he knew,
never pretended to practice it.
We need not dwell upon, his extreme
Southern proclivities in 1860; his subse
quent rabid hatred of everything and every
body in the South; his devilish schemes
for the ravage of our section; his torture
of prisoners North and South; his infa
mous intrigues for personal power, based
on indiscriminate human slaughter. Pass
ing these matters as too fresh in the minds
of our people for lengthened review, we
shall regard him simply as the murderer
of Mrs. Surratt, and, ftwn this one stand
point, deduce a moral which may admon
ish others that Retribution is still a force
in the administration of Providence. One
by one the principal actors in the Surratt
tragedy are being reckoned with. First
came Preston King, who stood at Presi-
dent Johnson’s door and barred the way
for mercy. Stung by a guilty conscience,
he sought death in the waters of the East
river, a swift and conspicuous suicide.
Then came the turn of Sandford Con
over, the perjured witness, now rotting in
jail for another felonious offense. After
him, C. Baker, the chief de
tective, who concocted the false testimony,
literally sneaked out of .existence, despised
by even those who hired him to perpetrate
their crimes. And now, with a warning
briefer even than that of his victim, Edwin
M. StantoN is rushed into eternity by a
disease which the telegrams say centred in
the heart—a place which has hitherto fool
ishly been suspected of engendering the
loveliest and tenderest emotions. But two
others of the more celebrated of Mrs. Sur
ratt’s persecutors remain, Bingham and
Holt. The former has occasionally ex
hibiWl- signs of repentance and becomes
moje and more appalled as the circle nar
rows down upon him. The other has slunk
away into something like the wolf’s seclu
sion, and very little of him is known. We
say but these two remain, yet, thus saying,
wc by no means forget that Andrew John
son is still alive. Johnson, the least guilty,
perhivps, lias had a poignant reminder of
his complicity witp these bad men. He is
just'as politically dead and disgraced as
Stanton is actually a corpse. It may be
meted out to the guilty
performers in the Surratt tragedy is but
a singular freak of chance and not a case
of Heaven’s retribution. But it is just as
likely to be the latter as the former. And
it tb, is it not eloquent, is it not instruc
tive ? If men are to be so branded or so
Jote down for the mere killing of a
man, what shall be the vengeance
;;aked upon those who deliberately mur
der States ?
MR. BINGHAM’S PROTEST.
Mr. Bingham thus protested against the
Georgia bill, against which lie also voted :
bill, he said, was in conflict with
everyjefcter of the past legislation of Con
gress on the subject of reconstruction ; wit!
the express order of the President when hi
wau General of the army, acting under the
law of reconstruction in 1868 in relation to
Jieo rgia ; with the utterances of the Attor
ney General of the United States in re
ferehce to Virginia, under the operation of
all our reconstruction acts, and with all
the past legislation of Congress, and of the
interpretation of the Constitution. We are
asked to decide a question by passion, which
ought to be decided in the light of the calm
temper of reason and under the obligations
of an oath. This bill affords no additional
protection to any man, white or black. It
is gratuitous to attempt to bring to the
apffapwinmftr Tire gSETK?
pened to know that there was a single line
in the President’s Message which he never
intended to be there, and which he does not
stand by to-day ; the line whicli refers to
the imposition of the oath enjoined by the
Reconstruction acts on members of the
Legislature. The whole context of the
message shows that what he meant was the
imposition of the oatli required by the third
section of the Fourteenth Amendment. The
Reconstruction act of the 2d of March, 1867,
which underlies the entire legislation, en
joins also the oath of qualification required
♦y the third section of the Fourteenth
Amendment. Commefnling on the section
which allows the army and navy to be
placed in the control of the Governor, Mr.
Bingham said : The law is not worthy of a
moment’s consideration, and for one, no
matter what party dictation may say, I
stand here to say that I shall record my
vote against it. It does not become the
representatives bf the people to be dragooned
in any such manner into legislation, touch
ing not merely the rights of the people of
Georgia, but the rights of all the people of
the Republic. I deny the right of Congress
to lay the executive power of a national law
at the feet of a State Executive, to be exer
cised at his discretion. Congress is bound
to execute its own laws through its own
officials." ' *'*' u *’
If there is a line in Grant’s Message
which he “ did not put there and which he
does not stand by,” who is the audacious
man, greater than Grant, thus interpolating
a document of such gravity? It may have
been the work of Butler. Or was it the
work of Bullock', whoj though a consum.
mate humbug, “holds'the United States
Senate and the House in the hollow of his
hand ?” If Grant has risen to the Presf
jjfincy from the gutter, why should not
Bullock assume the purple, emerging out
of a negro restaurant ?
Why the Disabilities of Southern
Men are not Removed. —People must not
misunderstand the motives of Congress in
refusing to grant a general amnesty, and
preferring to pass bills every now and then !
giving pardons to specially-named indivi
duals. This course "is* pursued for a pur
pose baser and more vile than irierfe'politics'.
Not alone that they are thus enabled to
drum up recruits for the Republican party
in the South by excluding all who lean to
the Democratic party from the privilege of
amnesty. The chief object is to keep osei
the door for corruption and bribery. A
general amuesty would yield no money ;
individual amnesties can be, and often are,
made a source of revenue to the men who
deal them out. I pannrit say positively that
any member of Congress has been paid
directly for securing the insertion of a name
in an amnesty bill, but I can say that per
sons have paid as high as SIOO for that
privilege. The money is paid to’the influen
tial friends of Radical members of the Re
construction Committee j and I take Tt that
this state of affairs is not entirety unknown
to those members;' Men colnc. here fr&m
the South to get their disabilities removed.
They want to be eligible for office of some
kind. They are very soon directed to some
one who can have their names mseriid fn
the next bill, and for this insertion they ato
willing to piy liberally. Their money is
taken —nor do I believe It all goes into’the
pockets of the men who first receive it.—
These are facts of which every member of
Congress is aware. Time was when the
mere suspicion of this, truth would haVe
called for a searching investigation. Bat
corruption stalks so shamelessly abroad,
and so permeates every department of the
Government now,—from the Executive who
sells his Cabinet positions to the highest
bidder, to the bureau chiefs who extort
dollar donations from the starving clerks
under theta—that it is dangerous to start
an inquiry, because it is impossible to tell
where it will stop or to what it will lead.
One of these days the people will,, waije up
to the fact that greater crimes may be com
mitted against a nation by thieves disguis
ed In the livery of loyalty than by brave
jnen wearing openly the uniform of rebellion.
[Cincinnati Enquirer.
The historic estate of Chancelknrsvllle,
containing one thousand acres, ten miles
from Fredericksburg, has been sold,by Mr.,
George Guest, of Baltimore, to T.'H. WalitT,
JSsq., also of Baltimore, for $8,200.
PARTICULARS OF HIS ILLNESS AND SUDDEN
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Washington, December 24.—The com
munity this morning was shocked bv the
report of {the death of Hon. Efiwin M.
Stanton. . ,' v ”f ‘ ■
As his friends, only a few days ago, had
announced that he was slowly but surely
recovering his health, the intelligence was
the more startling. Many persons refused
at flfst to believe that he had died, but;
were soon convinced of the truth. Littles
more than a week ago he made an argu
ment before Associate Justice Swain, in
Chambers,in the Whitney arid Maury case,
and it was admitted by those present that
it was the ablest argument that he ever
made, and which satisfied even hiMself.—
Mr. Stanton had been confined to his house
for about one'/week. The President and
Vice-President called last Sunday, his£4th
birthday, when the former tendered to Mm
the appointment of Associate Justice of
the Supreme Court of the United States,
for which Mr. Stanton expressed his grat
itude and acceptance.
The next day the nomination was made
aud confirmed by the Senate without the
customary reference to the appropriate
committee. Representative Hooper, of
Massachusetts, passed an hour with Mr.
Stanton on Sunday, soon after th&Presi
dent and Vice-President left the house, and
represents that he was then in cheerful
spirits, though lying on his couch from
weakness. Yesterday Mr. Stanton com
plained of his sickness; but his family were
not alarmed, as to a fatal result, as he had
apparently been in a worse condition pre
viously. Shortly after midnight Isis symp
toms became alarming. Surgeon General
Barnes was present on his accustomed
visit, but found it impossible to afford re
lief. Rev. Dr Starkie, of the Church of
the Epiphany, Protestant Episcopal, of
which Mr. Stanton was a member, was
summoned, but shortly afterward the suf
fcrer.lost consciousness and was unable to
converse with any one. The pulsation of
heart ceased a few seconds and then re
turned, his breathing being Very faint. It,
was not UAtil half au hour before his death
that his family could realize that he was
dying. About three o’clock he expired.—
Surgeon General Barnes says he never saw
a man die so quietly in his life,, breathing
away without a struggle. He died of con
gestion, of the heart. At his bedside. in
these last moments were his family, .consist
ing of Mrs. Stanton, his eldest son, Edwin
L. Stanton, Ella, his eldest daughter, about
twelve years of age, Lewis, his second son,
liiue years of age, and Bessie, his youngest^
child, five years of age.
Mr. Stanton was bom in Steubenville,
Ohio. His mother is living in that State.
A telegram was sent to her this morning.
A large number of prominent citizens and
gentlemen holding high official positions
to-day called at the late residence of the
deceased, some of them -being unable to
credit the report of his death, so unexpected
and sudden, until‘they had satisfied them
selves by personal inquiry.
Department of State, >
Washington,’ December 24,1869. $
The following announcement of the death
of Hod. Edwin M. Stanton is published by
direction of the President:
(Signed) Hamilton Fish.
Executive Mansion, )
Washington, December 24,1869. >
The painful duty devolves upon the Presi
dent of announcing to the people of the
United States the death of one of its most
distinguished citizens and faithful servants,
the Hon. Edwin M. Stanton, which occur
red in this city at an early hour this morn
ing. He was distinguished in the councils
of the nation daring the entire period of its
recent struggle for national existence, first as
Attorney General then as Secretary of War.
He' was unceasing in his labors, earnest
and fearless in the assumption of responsi
bilities necessary to his country's success.
Respected by all good men and feared by
wrong-doers, in his death the bar, the bench
aud the nation sustain a great loss, which
will be,mourned by all. Asa mark of re
spect to his memory, it is ordered that the
Executive Mausion aud the several Depart
ments at Washington be draped in mourn
ing, and that all business be suspended on
the day of the funeral. U. S. Grant.
The President and Cabinet officers will’
go to the residence of the late ex-Secretary
as soon as the Cabinet shall adjourn.
The funeral will take place at noon on
Monday next The body will be interred
at Oak’Hill Cemetery, Georgetown.
Tire remains will be taken from the resi
deuce of the ex-Secretary direct to the
cemetery, religious ceremonies being per
formed at both places.
The Justices of the Supreme Court now
in Washington, Chief Justice Chase and
Justices Clifford, Swayne, Miller and Field,
being present, had a conference this morn
ing, with a view to take charge of the t&f
neral of Mr. Stanton, but, on consultation
with Secretary Belknap, it was thought
most appropriate that the funeral services,
should ha. under the control Os the Depart,
merit of War. The pall-bearers of the late
Secretary Stanton will be General Belknap,
and Mr. Creswell, representing the Cabi
net; Senators Sumner and Carpenter; As
sociate Justice Swayne, of the United States
Supreme Court, and Chief Justice Cartel*,
of the Supreme Court of this District;
Surgeon General Barnes, Assistant Adju
tant General Townsend; United States
District Attorney Pierrepont, of New
York ; General T. T. Eckert, and two mem
bers of the House oi Representatives yet
to be selected.
The Star says : “The death of Mr. Stan
ton was first announced to- the President,
who was walking on Pennsylvania avenue
at the time, by" Senator Williams. The
President’s first remark was one of surprise,
and when assured of the fact h’s head
dropped upon his breast, and he showed
much emotion.”
The body is laid out in the front room on
the second floor of his late residence, the
room in which he died, aud attired in a
plain black dress suit. The appearance of
the face is perfectly natural, and very
placid, there being no discoloration, though
he has lost much flesh within the past few
months.
The arrangements for the funeral are
under direction of Hon. Samuel Hooper, of
Mass., an intimate friend of.the family, and
the ceremonies will take place at the house
of the deceased on Monday at noon, under
direction of Messrs. Harvey & Marr, the
undertakers.
The remains will be interred at Oak Hill
Cemetery, Georgetown, where Mr. Stanton
has a lot, and where one of his children is
buried.
The body will remain in the apartment
where it is now laid out until Monday
morning, when it willJie brought into the
parlor. Until that time none but the im
mediate family and friends of the deceased
can be admitted to view the remains.
The coffin will be a plain one, covered
with black cloth, and handsomely trimmed
with silver.
Mrs. Stanton has requested that the
funeral be as quiet and unostentatious as
possible; therefore the body will remain in
possession of the family at the residence of
the deceased. It was suggested that it
would be appropriate to have the remains
placed in state in the Supreme Court room
at the Capitol, but on account of the above
request of Mrs. Stanton this part of the ar
rangement has been given up.
Mr. Stanton's first entry into public life
was on the 17th of December, 1860, when
Judge Black resigned the position of Attor
ney General in Mr. Bnclninan’s Cabinet,
and Mr. Stanton was called in to take his
place. Upon the inauguration of Mr. 'Lin
coln, Mr. Stanton retired to his home, and
on the 11th of January, 1862, was appointed
Secretary of War by Mr. Lincoln. On the
18th of May, 1868, Mr. Stanton resigned the
office and retired to private life with shat
tered health. On Monday last President
Grant appointed him to the Associate
Justiceship of the Supreme Court, which,
-however, he never lived to fill.
[From the Atlanta Constitution.
Let the Radicals Beware How They
Oust the Democrats from the Legisla
ture.
“That if any person shall by force, vio
lence or fraud, wilfully hinder or interrupt
any person elected from taking either of
the oaths or affirmations prescribed, or
from participating in the Senate or House
of Representatives, after having taken one
of said oaths or affirmations and otherwise
complied with, this act, he shall be deemed
guilty of felony, may be tried therefor by
the Circuit or District Court of the United
States for the District of Georgia in which
the offense is committed, and shall be
punished by imprisonment at hard labor
fqr not less than two, nor more than- ten
years, and the jurisdiction shall be sole
and exclusive.* ' ‘ '•' * , ' .
I 1 < ■ [Section ftihof Georgia BUI. ''
Tpeaboye section was put into the Geor
gia bill in the abundance of caution and
plentitnde ofvenpm to prevent the Demo
crats from excluding the negroes from the
Legislature. It was the excessive out-crop
ing of Radical hostility. IT Off 3lf j .
But hate Is always short sighted..!'!*, re
lentless Congress oyer-reached Itself. The
above sections applies as- well to Radicals
who would displace legal Democratic mem
bers as to Democrats!. -It ■■■*
Let Governor BnTiock and'his creatures
beware how they set* by force, Violence or'
fraud to wilfully hinder or interrtfp£Dem
or an Indictment for felony in Judge Er
skine’s court will be the result.
Let them watch well their proscriptive
tendencies. Let our Democrats feel that
this section of au odious bill furnishes
them unexpectedly and unintentionally the
strongest sort of protection against Radi
cal machinations.
Let the Radicals remember also that an
error in construing the law of disability
will not save them. The very act of
Wrongful exclusion means prima facie fotce
or fraud. And ten years’ labor in the pen
itentiary'don’t compensate for the luxury
of illegally triggering a Democrat out of
the Legislature.
A Scathing Denunciation of Bullock,
the Carpet-Bag Governor of Georgia.
—lu the Washington dispatehes to -the
Boston Advertiser, the ablest and most re
spectable of the Radical newspapers of
New England, we find the following:
Governor Bullock’s conduct here since
this Georgia bill came up has been sadly
wanting in dignity and respect for his of
fice, and many persons speak of it as shame
ful. To-day’ and yesterday he was the
busiest man in the House, and constantly,
while the bill was under discussion, has
been doing all he could to manipulate its
provisions and get it fixed to his own
liking. He is officially charged, in docu
ments laid before the House by the State
Treasurer, a Republican of many years’
standing, with using fifty-one thousand
dollars of State money in direct violation
of law, with appropriating four thousand
dollars to himself and never accounting
therefor, with taking and paying ent ten
thousand dollars in disobedience of the
order of the lower branch of the Legisla
ture, with using nearly one hundred thou
sand dollars in th 6 way of patronage to
buy influence, and with selling two hun
dred and sixty-five thousand dollars in
State bonds on no warrant or color of au
thority, to the great detriment of the State
credit aud the discontent of creditors in
this country and Europe. -If the Legisla
ture had iqet in a regular way he would
probably have been impeached. His friends
say that now he will be elected to the Sen
ate of the United States in January. In
view of all the circumstances of his case,
gentlemen of character say he has shown
“ extreme imprudence.”
Affairs in Georgia. —Governor Bullock
is urging on General Grayit to use the bay
onet In Georgia to oust the Legislature;
and, says a correspondent—
“intimations have reached Washington to
the effect that the white members of the
Legislature, who cannot take the iron-mad j
oath, will not allow themselves to be ousted \
and the negroes reinstated, unless they are;
compelled to do so by military force.”
We trust this is so. A member of the Leg-'
islatnre should surrender his trust, only on,
and under, the Bayonet, There should b£
no resistance—no fighting—but what the
People need to see, especially the People of
the North, is a displacement of the Legisla
ture by the use of force, as Bonaparte dis
placed the Legislature of France.
The Northern and Western people can
only be aroused to a sufficient comprehen
sion of the condition this Government is;
iu—now in military hands—by the exercise
of such powers as these.— N. Y. Express.
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[From the S.ivannih News, 27tlj.
Horrible Murder.
DISGRACEFUL RIOT —ONE POLICEMAN BRU
TALLY KILLED, AND ANOTHER WOUNDED
—SEVERAL NEGROES BHOT, BtJT THEIR
NAMES UNKNOWN.
On Christmas afternoon, between the
hodrs of three and four o’clock, bar com
munity was startled by the report that a
serious a fid disgraceful riot had occurred
on the corner of South Broad aud East
Boundary streets, aud that one policeman
was killed and another dangerously wound
ed. We at once repaired to the Police
Barracks, where we were given all the in
formation which we desired by the police
officers who were on duty. Upon arriving
at the Barracks we found His Honor the
Mayor, who upon hearing of the unfortunate
affair hastened to the police station, aud
seemed much effected at the occurrence.
We conversed with Mr. Taylor, one ofthe
policeman who was present during the rio
and almost miraciously escaped being kill
ed himself. From him we gather the p :in
cipal facts of the case, which are as follows:
It. seems that Policemen Taylor, Riley ans
Sullivan were off duty at the time and on
tile corner of South Broad and East Boun
dary streets they saw two negroes engaged
in a light, one having a club and the other
handling a butcher knife, the blade of which
was thirteen or fourteen iuches long. At
this point there are two groceries, one kept
by Henry Fields, colored, and opposite
|there is one equally as disreputable, kept by
it wiiite man by the name of Burch. Police
man Taylor and Riley seeing the disturo
ance attempted to quell the same and
arrest the actors. As soon as they at
tempted to discharge their duty they were
assaulted by forty or fifty other negroes,
coming from both sides of the Btreet, using
clubs, staves, stones and pistols. Police
man Sullivan at once went to their assist
ance, with pistol iu hand. He was at
once struck on the head, his pistol wrested
from his hand, and by his own weapon shot
dead upon the spot. Up to this time the
real perpetrators of the deed are unknown,
but our .detectives are upon their tracks
and we trust before another edition of the
News appears we shall have the gratification
of announcing to our readers the capture
ofthe murderer. Although we have the
testimony of the coroner’s jury thus far,
we omit publishing it this morning for
sufficient reasons.
When we arrived at the Barracks there
was a large crowd of citizens around the
outside, and all more or less excited.
The body of the deceased was brought to
the Barracks in a wagou, aud through the
kindness of Lieutenant Bell, we were per
mitted to look at the corpse of the
DECEASED.
The deceased was John Sullivan (2d), a
native of Ireland, unmarried, bod about
forty years of age. He had been on the
force some time, and was considered a
trustworthy and efficient officer. The body
was laid out in a room in the second story
of the building, and dressed in citizen’s
clothes. His face was bloody, the terrible
i fatal wound in the forehead was most
; ghastly, and the whole' appearance of the
unfortunate man presented a most sad and
| sickening appearance. Upon examination,
j we found that the wound over his right
j eye was not the only one, but that there
I were two others, one of which itself would
have proved fatal. The other wounds were
one in the shoulder, just below the collar
bone, passing downwards, coming out in
! the back below the shoulder blade, on the
right side of the spinal column or back
bone. The other wpund was in the right
ieg above the knee, passing out just below
the popletial space, or under part ofthe
leg. The wouucl in the forehead entered
the frontal bone and lodged iu the brain.
According to Dr. Myers’ opinion (who ex
amined the deceased), either the wound in
the forehead or the one in the shoulder
would have produced death.
ARRESTS.
Owing to the large number of negroes
who were more or less engaged in the riot,
iu was unable to forest the principal per
sons until after the disturbance was over.
When the News’ reporter arrived|ut the Bar
racks there were twenty-seven negroes con
fined in the cells, and occassionally tnrough
ithe night others were added.
TUit INQUEST. "*• #i | ;
The coroner, upon being uotifled b#4he
murder, at once summoned a jury to hold
an inquest over the body of the deceased,
and which consists of the following gentle
men : 11. H. Sasnett, foreman ; O. Laßoche,
D. Sullivan, William Russell, John Gardel
and Jacob Ward.
About 8 o’clock on Saturday evening, the
jury having convened; at once proceeded
.with the investigation of the case. Police
men Taylor and Riley ;' King Thomas, the
negro magistrate, and others, were ex
amined then, and their deliberations con
tinued through the whole of yesterday. As
we said before, we do not feel authorized to
publish the testlihotty today, DUt suffice*lt
to say that the utmost diligence is being
observed by His Honor the Mayor, the
Chief of Police and the Chief of Detectives
Ito arrest and bring to justice the real per
petrators of this horrible and cold blooded
murder.
POLICEMAIJ Hltpy.
We are happy to state that policeman
Riley, who assisted Messrs. Taylor and
Suilivao/in arresting the rioters, aud who
was shamefully and severely beaten in the
discharge of Ms duty, is. much better to
day, and his case not considered dangerous.
THE FUNERAL OS' POLICEMAN SULLIVAN.
The body of the deceased has been re
moved to the residence of Sergeant Foley,
of the police force, from whose house the
funeral will take place to-day,.at 10 o’clock,
a.m. '
A. J, Hamilton, of Texas. Head.— A
Galveston paper, of the 18th inst., reports
thfe probable death of the.great Texas Re
publican, A. J. Hamilton. It gays that
Mr. Hamilton started in a stage coach for
Austin, on the lltfa inßt., .that ; the coach
was attacked by robbers.antf nhalTin the
mele* Hamilton was hilled.
Christmas. J
[Tbe following verses on “ Chi%stmas and Its
emblems, the Box; the Laurel Holly,”
were written by Mrs. Hey, wifi) William
Hey, Esq., of Leeds, and pubiiehfed in Dtpndon
in 1839: | ' l 1 1
Now stir the fire, and let its glow ■
Shame the inhospitable srow; a
With all that nature yet can show \
From Winter’s wreck, m
Laurel and box and holly bough J
Tbe casement deck. M
’TU joy to hear the 6ullen North W
Summon the rushing temped forty!;
For then aronnd the social hearth I
Friend meeteth friend* J
And kindly words and fookdof walrth
Sweet influence lend. #
Bat is’t mirth they always mee% ?
Alas ! sometimes a vacant eeat ¥
Bespeaks the circle incomplete;
Some voice is mate,
Whose Welcome was aforetitnff sweet
Aseveoing lute, Q
But while from friendship’s silken string
Each year some pearl is scattvring,
We’re taught by each lost vrelr to cling
More firm and true f
To those yet spared by Tintq ’s rude wing—
The cherished few. jf
(From the Misuari J*R publican.
Special Commissioner Wejjter Report-
Some Unexpected Facts.
The complete Anwfual Report of the Spe
cial Commissioarcr of the Revenue, David
A. Wells, fuliif justifies the eager interest
with whicbf it lias been looked for and
spoken of f, for it is, in truth, ihe only one
of the rercent Government reports and mes
sages tlJat rises to the dignity of a great
and irefractive paper. It it at once h
comprehensive exploration and a minute
dissection of our whole fabric of wealth
and industry, the most intelligent, thorough
and/instructive ever given to the public,
and/few persons can read it through with
out/rising from the perusal with a feeling
off regret at a disposal of party rewards
tHat places Mr. Boutwell at the head of the
Treasury Department, and makes David A.
Wells his second subordinate.' There is all
/through the Special Commissioner’s report
\a vigorous and masterly gvaisp of the
myriad-sided subject which he handles, and
a cheerful, confident and direct feeling of
knowing what he is about, that is lacking
[in a higher department of the Government
that we find ourselves involuntarily wish
\ ing that Wells and Boutwell could change
places.
Plunging vigorously into his theme, the
Special Commissioner lets ns know what
no one ever took the trouble to let us know -
before—what was the real cost of -the late
war. The total expenditure by the Govern
ment on account of it has been $4,171 914,-
498. To this sum ought to be added the
value of pensions capitalized, $200,000,000;
the expenditures of states, counties and
towns on account of the war, $600,000,000 ;
the increase of State debts on /recount, of
the war, $123,000,000; the estimated loss
to the loyal States by reason of the war,
$1,200,000,000; and the estimated direct ex
penditures and losses of the Confederate
Stateg, $2,700,000,000. This makes an
aggregate of $9,000,000,000 as -the entire
cost of the war—a sum nearly equal to the
entire increase of property ($9,216,784,372)
in the country from 1860 to 1869.
The report shows that the total number
of immigrants arrived in the country, dur
ing the fourteen years from 1856 to 1869 in
clusive, lias been 2,918,213, of whom 78,817
were Chinese. It estimates the present an
nual increment of population in the United
States by natural increase of births ove -
deaths and by immigration'at 1,100,000.
The wonderful revival of industries at the
s-outh prostrated by the war, and the cheer
ful progress made there in the accumulation
of wealth during the last five years, an:
alluded to as the most striking illustration
of the extent qf our nSources, and the ener
gy of our people.
The value of real and personal, proper!;*
in the United States in 1860 was $14,183,-
215,G28; the present value is estimated a :
$23,400,000,000—au increase of-over nim
thousand millions, or 65 per cent. Tin
population is estimated at 39,000,000. In
1860, the average property to each inhab
itant was $451, iu gold ; in 1869 it is s6fii.
in currency. This increase is considerable
below the popular estimate; but the Spe
cial Commissioner supports his opinion
with estimates and figures which it would
be difficult to refute. The gross mnua!
value of leading products in ilui United
States is estimated at $3,282,950,000 foi
agriculture; $71,500 000 for cotton maun
factures; $69,000,000 for woolen manufac
tures; $119,950,000 <"or iron (pig aad bar)
manufactures; $262,200,000 for leather
manufactures; $360,000,000 for railway
service; and $100,000,000 for fisheries —
making an aggregate of $4,223,000,000. As
the total gross annual product of the coun
try is estimated at $6,825,090,000, there is
left the siim of $2,002,000,000as (lie product
of other industries than these leading ones.
That the loose popular ideas of enormous
increase of wealth in the country are not
correct is proved by the Corrtiniss*oner by
undeDiable.facts and statistics. Thus it is
shown that in Massachusetts, situated re
mote from tbe theatre of the late war, and
suffering no losses, like many other States,
by the actual ravages of armies, the value
of real aud personal property subject to
taxation in 1861 was $3,069 in gold to each
poll, while in 1868 it was $3,668 in currency
to each poll—a nominal increase of only
S6OO, butjreducing the valuation of 1868 to
gold) a real decrease of $126 for each poll.
The same phenomenon is made still more
fnanifest in the decrease in the number of
houses in proportion to the population, in
the same State.' In 1861, there were 157
polls for every 100 houses ; in 1868, there
were 166 polls for every 100 houses—au in
crease of 9 polls to every hundred houses.
In other words, says the report, “ nine polls,
or, possibly, heads of fanjiiies in every hun
dred have been crowded out of houses—de
prived by industrial causes of that degree
of independence and comfort which is in
volved in the maintenance of a separate
household.” The fact is adduced as a proof
that, in Massachusetts which a recent for
eign economist has characterized as the
head of the industrial army, “ whatever
the condition of the rich may tie, the poorer
part of the community have -certainly
grown poorer.” “ This exhibit,” adds the
report, “is the more noticeable because
Massachusetts is pre-eminently a State de
pendent upon manufactures, and it would
fairly be supposed that its prosperity might
lie secured, if that of any State could, by
the high degree of protection afforded to
its industry by the existing tariff, one of
the most severe and rigorous ever enacted
for the purpose of creating and endowing
a diversified industry.”
Other figures are given to show that of
the six States of Rhode Island*.Connecti
cut, Ohio, Indiana, Pennsylvania and New
York, in only one of them, Rhode Island,
has there been an actual increase of tax
able property in the eight years from 1861
to 1868. While there is absence of increase
ofkwealth, there has been a large increase
in the taxes collected from it, for the ag
gregate of State and local taxes in Massa
chusetts increased from $7,600,501 in 1861
to $16,056,143 in 1868; in Ohio they in
creased from $11,071,127 to $20,489,148;
and in New York from $20,402,270 to $44,-
298,436 in the same time. The retardation
of national development which these indis
putable figures prove is attributed to sev
eral causes, chief among which are the de
pressed condition of our foreign trade; an
industrial demoralization which has con
verted thousands who were once engaged
"in productive pursuits into traders, brokers
and speculators; theincrease iu theamount
of capital and cost of instruments requi
site in the prosecution and development ol
industry ; the injurious effects of an irre
deemable currency aud a« unequal taxation
upon the producing classes; and the disas
trous iRffSSUiS upou the same, classes o£,an
exorbitant protective, tariff which Uxcs-all
articles of consumption for the, benefit of
the few who are engaged in the manufac
ture of them.
These conclusions deserve to he carefully
pondered by the people, for they are truths
which the people are not accustomed to
[hear from their rulers at Washington. Mr.
Boutwell bases Ids estimates on an increase
of wealth which his more intelligent sub
ordinate proves does not exist, and wrings
from the people $108,000,000 a year more
than he needs to pay the expenses of the
Government and the interest on the debt
with, in the almost idiotic delusion that
the people are so rich and prosperous as
not,to .feel the extortion; while both he
and ;the President virtually favor a con
tinuance of a tariff Which is the leadin'*
cause of that absence of real prosperity
and accumulation which Mr. Wells so
strikingly exhibits. ' 80
AcciDENT-r-Mr. Bearden met with a
serious accident on last Saturday evening
while attempting to cross the railroad with
a loaded wagon about two miles above the
city. One of the traces broke while the
wagon was dn the track, and as Mr. B. was
endeavoring to remove the wagon a train
of care came in sight. Realizing his situ
ation, with great presence of mind, he ran
down the road and signaled tfie approach
ing engine, but either failed to attract at
tention or was disregarded. The train
dashed on killing one horse, seriously in
uring the other, and completely destqaying
the wagon. Cqinmlssioners were appoint
ed to appraise the property, and assessed
the damages at s2so.— Madim, Examiner. |
J • '' » r »' u '" I-- i t •
State Items.
Mr. W. H. Casio 16ft with the Macon
7ekgraph_ and Messenger, on Friday, three
turnips, whlefe weighed thirty pounds, and
one of them weighed fourteen. These tur
nips were raised upon light soil, fertilized
with stable manure.
The editor of the Tbomasville Enterprise
has been presented by Mr. W. J. Roberts,
of that county, with a turnip of the red top
strap leaf order, measuring thirty inches In
circumference and weighing eight and
three-quarter pounds.
The Atlanta reports that
Dr. Redwine, who was shot by Westmore
land, is not yet out of danger, bnt is in
quite a critical condition.
The gin house of Mr. Marshall Dollar,
near Bainbridge, was burned a few days
ago, together with several bales of cotton.
The Columbus Sun has it that a negro
has painted a picture of Heaven. In the
centre is a pot pie, and around it is a fence
of sausages. The artist was from the
country, /t
On Friday night, in Columbus a negro
boy picked SBO from a freed man’s pocket,
and made good his escape.
The Rome Courier reports that Orien
Knowles was shot through the head and
several places in the body, late Friday eve
ning by some negroes. Mr. Knowles had
been in town and drinking freely. He re
sisted arrest by Jobe Rogers, Deputy Mar
shall, and the latter shot twice at him His
friends had got him nearly home when he
was shot.
Regnaclt de Saint Jean D’Angley,
Marshal of France.— One of the oldest
ofthe Marshals ot the Second Empire died
in Paris on Tuesday. Auguste Michael
Mane Etienne Regnault de Saint Jean
I)’Angely, Count D’Angley, Marshal of
France, Colonel of the Imperial Guard,
Grand Officer of the Legion of Honor, and
Vice-President of the Senate, was son of thp
famous General D’Angely, and was boro
July 29, 1794. He entered the Military
School of St. Germain in 1811, and served
in 1812 as sub-lieuter.ant in the army des
tined for the invasion of Russia. His re
giment was almost annihilated at the battle
of Leipsic, and after taking part in the last
campaign of Napoleon, before the occupa
tion of Paris, and accepting service under
the restoration, lie accompanied his old
master to Waterloo, nnd was nominated by
him chief d'escadron on the r battle-field. In
1825 he took part ip the campaign in the
Morea, and in 1840 was appointed to the
military command of the department of
Meurthe. He was General of Division, and
commauded the Army of the Alps under
the Republic in 1848. in 1851, just before
the coup d'etat, lie was for a short time
Minister of War. He joined the fortunes
of Louis Napoleon, and, after the accession
of that adventurer to the throne, was made
a Senator, and subsequently a Marshal.
Educational Appropriation.— At the
recent meeting of the City Council of Sa
vannah, the following resolution, recom
mended by the Finance Committee, was
adopted :
Resolved, That the sum of $17,000 be ap
propriated to public education for the year
1870, over and above the funds derivable
from the capitation tax already appro
priated by law, the said funds to be pay
able with said funds derivable from the
capitation tax as aforesaid, in seven instal
ments, duriug the year 1870, each inslal
meut being payable at the rate per capita
of the number of scholars certified uuder
the hands of the President of the Board of
Public Education as being in actual at
tendance on the schools uuder the superin
tendeuce of said Board of Public Educa
tion at the date of said certificate ; Provided,
The sum of said instalments so payable in
the year 1870 shall not exceed the sum of
$17,000, adding thcreco the sum derived
from the capitation tax for the year 1870;
and, Provided further, 1 hat said appro
priation shall be in lien of all claims of
said. Board of Public Education against
the city of Savannah previous to the year
1870.
Post Office Money Orders Missing.—
Thirty money orders are missing from the
post office in this city. At this writing
three of them, amounting to $l5O, have
been presented at a post office iu Kentuckj
and the money paid. It is not positively
known who has these orders, but it is prob
able that a clerk of the office whose prece
dents are of a very dishonest character,
and vviio iias been absent for some time—
no one knows where—took them for pocket
money. It. is needless tossy the office is
in the hands of Radicals. —Bainbrige Argus.
by n<;i. ill ;ka.p. i.
[f*i e :al to the Ooiif-titutionaiint.
NEW YORK DISPATCHES.
New York, December 27.
Cotton firm, but demaud only for low
middling, to fill contracts, at 24%.
Gold dull. Large amounts offered on
sale. '
A Washington telegram to the Tribune
indicates a change in Grant’s Cdban policy,
and probable recognit.on of the insurgents
as belligerents.
There is a rumor of defalcation in the
Merchants’ Exchange Bank.
• f Associated Press Diaptitchea.
WASHINGTON.
Washington, December 26. —Stanton
will be buried to-morrow. At the request of
Mrs. Stanton, the coffin is closed, and no
one is allowed to see Stanton’s face. No
military uniform will be permitted to ap
pear in the ceremonies.
Washington, December 27—Noon.—
The Departments are all closed.
The weather is very bad.
This morning's Chronicle says: “The
order promulgated on Friday by the War
Department assigning General Terry to
duty as Military Commander of Georgia,
pending the reorganization of the Legisla
ture of the State, remauds it to the condi
tion it occupied under the old reconstruc
tion acts, and is issued under authority de
rived from them. The Administration con
strues the recent act of Congress on the
subject to be a virtual repeal of all laws
passed since the first organization of the
St ite government after the war.”
Washington, December 27—P. M.—ln
cessant rains continue.
The Tribune says advices from Washing
ton represent the iutentions of the Ad
ministration as favarable to an early re
cognition of Cuban belligerency, and Mr.
Sumner’s views are believed to have altered
with respect to the anti-slavery character
of General Cespedes and his Government.
The Herald has the following comments
on the Bank Statement: “As the statement
is only for five days, it is suggested that
there has not been so even a distribution of
the different items, inasmuch as the banks
lose the chances of the last day’s exchange
being in their favor. Again: the payments
iuto the sub-treasury for customs, com
bined with specie shipments of the week,
will go far to account for the decrease in
specie. Taking the specie from the deposits
would leave about two and a half millions
of the latter to be accounted tor. This is
done by conjecturing that the withdrawal
of funds to meet various payments of in
terest due from railway and other
tions, together with the temporary diffusion
of money among the shopkeepers, for holi
day goods, will fully amount to the sum in
question. The effect upon the stock market
was hardly perceptible, inasmuch as only
a few brokers still remained on the side
walk after the publication of the statement,
and among them it was not regarded with
any apprehension. It is only proper to ob
serve that, so far as the banks are concern
ed, it really leaves them in a better posi
tion than might at first appear. With-the
decrease in loans and reduction of deposits,
they are about In the same position as when
they began the week. ' While the loss in re
serve is two millions, they can afford to
lose one million, so that the surplus above
the reserve required by law is decreased by
only the latter amount.”
The people of Rupert’s Land have issued
a declaration of independence.
No London or Liverpool markets reach
ed here to-day.
GEORGIA.
Savannah, December 26.—A fight oc
curred Christmas afternoon, in the eastern
portion of the city, among some negroes,
and two policemen, endeavoring to stop
the disturbance, were attacked by the
crowd. One of them, John Sullivan, was
shot and instantly killed, and another
wounded. Twenty-five negroes have been
arrested. > .v.
No market yesterday.
It has been raiding since Friday night.
Atlanta, December 27.—8 y direction of
Governor Bullock, the flag on the Capitol
building was displayed at half-mast from
1 o’clock to sundowh, in respect to the
funeral obsequies of the late Justice and
former Secretary of War, Edwin M. Stan
ton.
Rohe, December , 2%.— The entire regular
Democratic municipal ticket, with one
exception, elected by an average majority
of sixty. H.. A. Smith’s majority,,for Mayor,
88. -
NEW YORK
-1 New York, December 26.— Ten more
Spanißh gunboats have gone to sea.
The tug boat Neaffie exploded at the
dock. One killed.
A panic occurred on the steamer Galatea,
from Providence. The fire was extinguish
ed without serious damage.
The Arizona brings Panama dates to the
16th. It is reported that Peru has sold the
steamer R. R. Cuyler to the Nicaraguan
Government, and that after repairing, she
will prey on Spanish shipping, in the Caban
interest.
The Bolivian revolution, under Morales,
has been suppressed. Most of the large
warehouses at Santiago, Chili, were burned.
Loss heavy.
General Hnrlbut has been unofficially re
ceived at Bogota. The speeches alluded
favorably to the proposed Darien canal.
Seven Spanish gunboats left New York
for Cuba.
Syracuse, December 27.—Seven large
brick stores, South Salloa street, were
burned to-day. Total loss nearly half a
million.
ALABAMA.
Montgomery, December 21.—1 t has been
raining all day, and the river is rising.
The Leo left to-night for Mobile, wi.th
over 1,000 bales of cotton.
A great many persons are going through
from Alabama and Georgia to Texas.
Mobile, December 26.-—A sumptuous
dinner was given yesterday at the Battle
House, by Col. W. D. Mann, proprietor of
the Mobile Register , to the employees of
that office and the craft. Many invited
guests were present, including prominent
citizens and members of the editorial pro
fession from abroad. It was an occasion
of unbounded hilarity, enjoyment and good
feeling.
No papers till Monday evening.
No market yesterday. Business was
generally suspended. It rained all day.
VIRGINIA.
Richmond, December 27.—G. S. Cady,
sheriff of Culpepper county by military
appointment, has been tried by military
commission for embezzling about SIO,OOO,
and was sentenced to five years in the
State penitentiary.
A disturbance occurred Christmas night
between some white and colored men. The
police interfering, were assaulted. Several
persons were arrested. No one seriously
hurt.
It has rained almost incessantly since 1
o’clock Saturday.
CALIFORNIA.
San Francisco, December 27.- t -The Chi
na brings twelve hundred boxes tea for
New York and five hundred packages for
Chicago, logo overland.
The Duke of Edinburg was cordially re
ceived at Shanghai.
The appearance of Burlingame’s chief
secretary at Pekin created surprise.
Bishop Kingsley, of the Methodist Epis
copal Church, has left Pekin for home.
OHIO.
Cincinnati, December 27.—John R. Wil
der, of Westwood Village, attacked his wife
'o-day with a hatchet., inflicting fatal in
juries. Wilder went into an adjoining room
and discharged two barrels of a gun, loaded
with buck shot, simultaneously into his
head, and blowing the top completely off.
Cause, trouble attributed to his son-in-law.
Mrs. Wilder is known in Cincinnati, Chica
go and St. Louis, as a woman furnishing
houses of prostitutions.
NORTH CAROLINA. y
Wilmington, December 27.—Most of
the cargo of the Lucille has been removed.
Wreckers consider her safe, though leaking.
Her cargo is considerably damaged.
PENNSYLVANIA.
Philadelphia, December 27.—George
Mountjoy has been couvlcted of whiski’
frauds and sentenced to two years in the
peuiteutiary and $3,000 fine. The prisoner
is allowed a few days, under custody of the
United States Marshal, to settle his affairs.
MASSACHUSETTS.
Boston, December 27 - Rev. Baron Stawe,
a Baptist clergyman, is dead—apoplexy.
FORTRESS MONROE.
Fortress Monroe. December 27.—A
heavy southeast stornf-ievails.
FOREljajftl.
RoRIE, December Pope will bap
* i/.e the infant da lighten of the Queen of
Naples. The Committee on Discipline was
announced and comprises ihe Bishops of
New York. Geneva, Birmingham, Santa
Cruz, Mexico, Bolivia, Barcelona, Senegal,
Quebec, the Patriarch of Alexandria and
the Vicar of Bombay.
Havre, Dec6mber 27.—The cargo of the
Brunette, recently ashore near Nantes, is
reported saleable*
Madrid, December 27 —The Iberia news
paper says Spain will fully settle the mat
ter of the new Constitution during the
month of Jauuary.
Berlin, December 27.—Letters in the
Berlin newspapers, from Rome, emphatical
ly deny current reports of the liberality of
the American Bishops. Correspondents as
sert they follow blindly the Papal lead.
MARINE NEWS.
v •
Charleston, December 25.—Arrived:
Bark LaKemba, from Dunkirk, N. S.
Off the port: Brig Romano, St. Jago, De
Cuba.
Sailed: Steamer Champion, for New
York-
Charleston, December 27.—Arrived :
Steamer Saragossa, from New York ; schr.
Geo. Washington, from Norfolk; schr. H.
G. Hand, from Baltimore; schr. D. F.
Keeling, from New York; schooner S. Y. W.
Simmons, from Philadelphia ; schr. Myro
ver, from New York; schr. L. & A.
Babcock, and E. H. Naylor, from Phila
delphia.
Savannah, December 25.—Arrived: Ship
Broemar, from Bordeaux; schr. Willinine,
from Boston ; Jesse S. Clark, from New
York ; steamship-Pioneer, from Liverpool,
Alhambra, from Boston; Virgo, from New
York.
Sailed: Tonawanda, for Philadelphia;
Carrol, for Baltimore ; San Jacinto and
Huntsville, for New York.
Savannah, December 27. Arrived :
Steamship Herman Livingston, from New
York; ship Chance from Liverpool;
schooners Hattie Ellen, from Boston ; Attie
Garwood, from Baltimore ; Sabine, from
Providence.
Sailed: Steamship Fannie, for Baltimore;
schr. Lucy A. Orcutt, for Jacksonville ; A.
C. Buckley, for New York.
New York, December 27. —Arrived:
Steamers General Barnes and Mississippi.
MARKETS.
Paris, December 27.—Bourse opened
firm. Rentes, 72f. 75c. and closed firm at
72f. 80c.
Havre, December 27.—Cotton opened
quiet, both spot and afloat.
New York, December 27—Noon.—
Stocks dull. Money, 7. Exchange—short,
8%; long, 9%. Gold weak at 120%. Bonds.
13% ; Tennessee 6’s, ex coupon, 51% ;new,
45% ; Virginia 6’s, ex coupon. 47 ; new, 56 ;
Louisiana 6’s, old, 70; new, Levee 6’s,
60; B’s, 83 ; Alabama B’s, 94; s’s, 62; Georgia
6’s, 62 ; 7’5,81 asked ; North Carolinas, old,
42% ; new, 29 ; South Carolinas, 82.
Nkw York, December 27—P. M.—Mo
ney—increased demand at 7, currency to
gold. Sterling quiet and steady. Gold
firmer at 120%. Bonds steady; G2’s, 18%
@13% ; Southerns Stedfiy. f
New York, December 27—Noon.—Flour
drooping. Whefct quiet and unchanged
Corn dull and drooping. Mess Pork heavy
at $29030. Lard dull. Gotton qiilet at 25%.
Turpentine steady at 43043%. Rosin—fair
request $2 05@2 10 for strained. Freights
doll.
New York, December 27 —P. M.—Cot
ton quiet and unchanged; sales, 9QO bales at
25%. Floor—little more doing in com
mon grades. Wheat unchanged, with very
moderate, demand. Cop) drooping; old
mixed Western, ,$1,0901.11; new Sonth
ern yellow, 95@98: Pbrk heavy; new mess,
#29@80;, old, $29 50330. Lard heavy;
kettle, l#r Whisltf (lull at 98%@51.
Groceries atilt Turpentine, 44044%. Ro
sin, s2@fc Freights -sfirmer; cotton, by
steam, %c.
Baltimore, December 27.—Cotton very
quiet at 24%@2ft 4ull and weak;
Howard Street, superfine, $4 7505. Wheat
steady» red, $1 2501 40. Corn—dry car
goes firm ; white, ,85081;* jSHow, 88093,
Oat* duil M;&l<166; Rye, slOl Gs> Pork
quiet. Bacon —shoulders, $15%®18%
Laid, 18%®19. Whisky, sl. Virginias,
old, 43; Ws, 57%; ’fiTs, 51, all asked.
QyjemNAH*December ub
cbanged; new, ear, 76074. Whisky ’ un
settled at 94095. Pork firm at s2B—held
at 50c. higher- Lardßctive at lt. Bacon
St. Lows, December 27.—Corn dull; yel
low, 85 ; white; 88090. Whisky, 96. Pro
vfcfews quiet Fuffe, 129. Bacon and Land
1 ! ... ' "
LoUisvills, December ’ 27.—Cora an-
Wilmington, December 27.—Spirits of
Turpentine firmer at 39. Rosin dull.—
Others—nothing doing.
Mobile, December 27. —Cotton In fair
demaud; closed quiet ; sales, 1,400 bales;
middling, 23%; receipts, 8,757; exports,
828 ; receipts Saturday, 5,427 bales.
New Orleans, December 27.— Cotton
firmer at 24@24% ; sales, 5,000 bales; re
ceipts since Friday, 18,777 bales; exports
to Barcelona, 600 bales. Flour firm at $5,
$5 75 and s6@6 25. Corn lower— Bs3sl.
Oats firmer at 70. Bran, $1 10. Hay, $26.
Pork held at S3O 50. Bacon-r-retailing,
15%, 19% and 19%; sugar cured hams
scarce at 20(327. Lard—tierce, 18%@19% ;
kettle,' 20. Sugar—prime, 12(312%. Mo
lasses—prime, 68(370. Whisky, 95@$1. —
Coffee—fair, 15%@15% ; prime, 17%@17%.
Gold, 120%. Sterling, 80%. New York
Sight, par@% discount.
W Charleston, December 27. —Cotton
quiet; sales, 100 bales; middling, 23%@24;
receipts, 3,025 bales; exports to Great
Britain, 1,913 bales. ✓
Savannah, December 27.—Cotton—re
ceipts, 3,199 bales > sales, 350 bales; mid
dling, 23% : market firmer.
Cincinnati Provision and Produce Mar*
ket.
REPORTED BY MORRIS & REID,
Produce and Provision Brokers, Room No. 9,
Pike Opera Building, Cincinnati, Ohio,
Cincinnati, 0.. December 22.
Our market to-day, for Provisions, is ex
tremely dull, and prices lower, with an un
settled feeling.
Hogs —Receipts to-day, 7,690; for the
season to date, 2G3.490; up to same time
last season, 280,859. Market lower; pack
ers holding off, and a goodly number in
pens unsold. The sales were at 9@lo, gross,
for light to extra heavy, and 11% and 12
for dressed, as to weights.
Green Meats— Market closes dull and
drooping; sales shoulders, 10$10%; sides,
13(318%; hams, 15@15%, as to averages.
Buyers now asking further concessions.
Bulk Meats —Light demand ; prices
nominal. Shoulders, 12012%; C. R. sides,
15015%; clear, 15%©15%, loose—% more
packed; as to age, 20 days salt to fully
cure.
Bacon —Shoulders sold on spot, 14%;
offered at 14% to come out; C. It. sides,
17%; clear, 17%, packed;. sugar cured
hams, 21©21%.
Lard—City kettled leaf sold at 18; kegs,
18%; prime steam, 17017%.
Mess Pork— City packed sold at $29, |
spot; demand light; Rump Pork offered
at $25.
Corn— Dry samples, new, 75, in bulk at
R. R.; no new shelled would do to ship ;
old shelled scarce at 85,
Oats—No. 1, 55056#, No. 2, 52053; re
jected 51. .
Flour—A demand and
steady niai‘ketftfHHNLss 3506 ; extra,
$4 85@5 iqmamgHk 50m 75 u>w
iv 94, cash.
ivrriptsfPßß^HjMHPinrcv,
will go react soon.
Drovers contend arWearly all in ; yet
the cry is “ still they come.”
Yonrs, Morris & Reid.
R ites of Freight via Louisville, short line, to
Augusta, Ga.—No drayage charged.
Bacon per 100 lbs, $1 03.
Pork per bbl, $2 26.
Flour per bbl, $1 64. •
Corn per 100 lbs, 68c.
Oats per 100 lbs, 74c.
Augusta Daily Market.
Office Daily Constitutionalist, >
Monday, December 27- P. VI. \
FINANCIAL—
GOLD —Baying at 120 and selling at 122.
BlLVEß—Buying :it ITfi and selling tit 120.
BONDS—City Bonds, 83®85.
BTOCKB—Georgia Railroad, 10o@106.
COTTON—The market opened with a fair
demand at 23 for middling, hut closed quiet at
same figures. Sales, 387 bales. Receipts, 714
bales.
BACON—Fair demand. We quote O. Sides
22; C. U. Sides, .21% ; B. B. Sides, 21 ; Sboul
de.rs, 18; Hams, 21(328; Dry Salt Shoulders.
16 ; Dry Salt O. R. Sides, 19(929.
CORN— New is beginning to come in freely,
and is selling at $1 30@1 35 from d< pot; ohl
scarce at $1 45@l 50 from depot.
WHEAT—WV quote choice white, $1 55;
amber, f 1 50 ; red, $1 45.
FLOUR—City Mills, now. ¥6 50®!( 00: at.
retail, ¥1 $ barrel tiigher. Country, ¥(5®R,
according to quality.
CORN MEAL-ft 45 at wholesale; ¥1 60 at
r< tail.
OATS—B5©¥l 35.
BE AS—'Scarce it *1 83.
(JITY ITEMS.
Christmas and its Incidentals— The
almost uninterrupted falling of rain from
Saturday morning until yesterday morning,
when old “Sol ” revealed, (for a short; time,
only) his shinning face, threw quite a damp
er upon the out door sports usually inci
dental to the Christmas holidays. Despite
the untoward disposition of the weather,
there was found, on Saturday, however, a
sufficient number of web-footed youngsters,
to parade the streets with their Ku Kiux
horns and excruciating bugles, seventy-five
cent pistols, Chinese crackers, nitro-glyce
rine torpedoes and other infernal devices,
to notify those within doors that Young
America was too progressive to be swindled
out of his accustomed out-door Christmas
sport by a combination of mud and water.
So freely did they patronize pyrotechnics
that we do not believe enpugh infernal de
vices could now be collected amongst the
dealers in the city to fire a feu de joie in
welcome of Ben Butler^.should he come
among us to see what effect the Georgia
Bill has had upon Christmas pleasures.
To the weather, possibly, is due the dearth
of accidents usually incidental to the occa
sion. We have learned of only the follow
ing :
Zed Hoper, an enthusiastic negro, labor
ing under an attack of benzine, on Satur
day morning, near the Lower Market,
managed to shoot one of his hands so
severely with a pistol that it became ne
cessary to amputate one of his fingers. His
hand was horribly mutilated, and it will
doubtless be a considerable length of time
before he recovers.
A clerk connected with the post office,
sat down on his coat-tail, loaded with nitro
glycerine torpedoes. Result, a smart job
for the tailors, and the skin slightly swinged.
An entirely rare occurrence in this lati
tude.
A member of the “ Georgia,” at their en
gine bouse, on Saturday, tested the explo
sive qualities of thenitro-glycerina torpedo,
by throwing one of them inside of a trum
yet, and was satisfied of their capacity in
seeing the trumpet folly expanded.
We have heard of three or four luckless
youths who sustained injuries and burn
ings from powder pistols, some of them in
the face. Although nothing serious, these
youngsters will be considerably pitted.
One or two cases happened where nitro
glycerine torpedoes destroyed the perfection
anti beauty of new boots and pautaloons,
at the assumed cost of the reckless indivi
duals who were throwing them around
promiscuously.
During the season, since our last inter
view with our readers, several excellent
and fruitful Christmas trees have been
grown by our respective church organiza
tions, for the entertainmentof their Sabbath
school scholars, which, from accounts,
were laden, with most opportune gifts, the
distribution of which carried sincere plea
sure to the hearts of the little ones partici
pating. Beyond this we cannot speak, In
detail, (a9 we would prefer,) since the
Christmas horticulturists gave us no inti
mation of their productions, and we happen
to be not “Jenkins” enough to endeavor to
peer behind the curtain of religious seclu
sion, eveu to obtain the most agreeable local
Item.
.It is not to be presumed that we Bhall
discourse of the slaughtered turkeys, roast
:pig, beef and mutton, with the accompani
ments of plum pudding, mince pies, egg
nog and cake, with a hundred other good
things, Which freighted private boards in
honor of that venerable institution—a
Okrwtmas Dinner. We simply express
an earnest hope that all of our readers ex
perienced in some wise the good cheer in
pleasure, which may impress the occasion,
with Its h&to>y memories, upon their pleas
urable recollection.
Christmas at the German Lutheran
Sabbath School.— This Sabbath School,
numbering 78 pupils and 10 or 12 teachers,
under the excellent superintendence of our
clever young friend, Mr. George Weber, did
not have the customary Christmas tree
this year, but adopted a much morfi satis
factory and less troublesome plan of basket
distribution of innumerable gifts to the
delighted pupils.
The introductory exercises over, the
reverend and deservedly beloved pastor,
Prof. Cammann, addressed a few words of
cheer and counsel to the children, taking
occasion, by way of retaining their atten
tion, to intersperse his address with Bible
questions, all of which were promptly and
correctly answered. The singing was en
joyable, and was conducted by Messrs-
Myers and Weber.
Now commenced the presentation of gifts
to the children, who were literally weighed
down with cakes, candy, oranges, apples,
books, etc., etc. While this was in pro
gress, visitors must have noticed the ut
most cordiality and sociality manifested
among teachers Hnd pupils. It was, in
deed, a very beautiful and happy scene.
Master William Bruggermann declaim
ed, in German, very cleverly, on the sub
ject; “The Christmas Celebration.”
Mr. Martin V. Calviu was introduced to
the school, and indulged in a brief talk, in
the course of which he alluded to the
origin ofthe custom of raikiug presents on
Christinas, and the height to which it Is
carried in North Germany. He said that
from her beautiful legends he iyid learned
to love Germany, and thought that among
men’s names none had more melody or
were more beautiful than Martin Luther,
Schiller and Goethe. He related the story
of the good old German patriarch and his
two lovely daughters—how, by a “ dead
coal,” the father taught the daughters a
wholesome lesson. And of all the German
tagarerbs, none was more eloquent or fruit-
Hfen this: “ Speech is silver, but silence is
Superintendent then made a few
remarks, a hymn was sung, and the school
dismissed.
This school is in good hands. We
mighty particularize the teachers, but it
would be invidious. They are all constant
ly at their post, faithfully discharging their
duties. y
Os the pupils, it may be said that they
are as happy in heart as they are beautiful
in conduct.—Com.
River News.— The river wharves yester
day morning presented quite a seaport ap
pearance, with three of our river steamers
in port, discharging and receiving cargoes.
The steamer Swan, in port since Friday,
was only able to discharge her cargo, on
account of the holidays, yesterday morning.
She brought a fine cargo of general freight,
and will leave for Savannah at 8 o’clock,
this morning.
The steamer Sail Antonio arrived from
Savannah about 8 o’clock yesterday morn
ing, bringing a heavy freight., which was
promptly discharged. The present stage of
the river is well suited to the requirements
of this boat, and enables her to demonstrate
her superior running qualities. The San
Antonio leaves on her return trip at 8
o’clock this morning, carrying 200 bales of
cotton.
The steamer Katie, notwithstanding the
damage sustained in her recent collision
with the San Antonio, arrived from Sa
vannah about lulf-past 8 o’clock yester
day morning, with a fine local and through
freight. She leaves on her return trip at 10
o’clock this morning.
Uuder the influence of the recent almost
continnous rains, the river yesterday after
noon, at 5 o’clock, registered twenty feet, at
the bridge, and was still rising at. the rate
of three t> four inches per hour. With the
prospect of continued rain, at this writing,
it is reasonable to anticipate somewhat of a
freshet.
—
Another Gold Panic.— The New York
World, of Saturday, says: “Wall street
witnessed another gold panic yesterday, the
niost exciting since the famous affair of
September. For two hours the excitement
in the Gold Romp was intense, and within
half an hour the transactions must have
reached the neighborhood of forty millions.
Gold fell to 120%, the lowest it has reached
since September 25, 1862. The closing
quotation at 6, p. m., was 120%. Secretary
Boutwell’s action in selling Government
gold was the cause of the panic. It was
generally believed last night that there
would be a further decline to-day. The
flatucss of gold is bringing down wholesale
prices throughout the country, and spread
ing disaster in the commercial world.—
Failures of large houses continue to be re
ported. The stock market yesterday was
unsettled and lower. The Government
bond market was heavy, and prices de
clined.”
Masonic Officers.— At the annual com
munication of Webb Lodge, No. 166, F.\
and A.-. M.\, held at their Lodge Room
(Masonic Hall), last night, the following
officers were elected and appointed for the
ensuing Masonic year:
Christopher F. Lewis, W.\ M.\
Otis G. Lynch, S.\ W.‘.
Augustus E. Blalock, J.\ W.\
Charles E. Coffin, Treasurer.
George Adam, Secretary.
John E. Navy, Tyler.
Wm. J. Goodrich, 8.-. D.\‘
H. Brandt, J.-. D.\
James L. Gow and George W. Shackel
ford, Stewards.
South Carolina State Bonds.— The
Charleston News says the passage of the
bills to pay the interest on State Bonds in
coin, and to compel insurance companies
doing business in this State to deposit
$50,000 in these bonds with the Comptroller
General as security, has caused a rapid ap
preciation In their value. Several of the
insurance companies, apprehensive of the
passage of the bill, purchased the requisite
amoun tof bonds at 67 cents, but the in
creased demand consequent on the action
of the Legislature has since advanced these
securities to 87 cents, and it is confidently
stated that they will soon reach 95.
Accident on the South Carolina Rail
road.—We have beeu advised that an ac
cident occurred at Aiken, on Friday even
ing, by which a colored man received mor
tal injuries. He attempted, as the train
moved off,'to jump from the platform, and
fell under the raoviqg cars, when be was
run over and his arm and leg severed from
his body. No hopes are entertained of h(s
life.
Change of Schedule.— Special atten
tion is directed to the notice of a change of
schedule on the Charlotte, Colombia and
Angusta Railroad, which went into eflbct
on the 26th inst. According to the new
schedule, the passenger trains leave the city
at 4 :25, a. m., and arrive at 9)50, p. m.
A Hotel fob Sale.— The attention of
parties desiring to embark in the hotel
business is directed tp the advertisement of
Messrs. Jennings & Smith, offering to sell
the Carolina Hotel, at Edgefield Court
House, S. C. This affords a fine opportu
nity for investment in desirable property.
Large Bale of Boom, Shoes, Etc.— lt
will be seen "by the advertisement in an
other column, that by consent of parties,
the sheriff will sell, on the 10th of January,
the very large and splendid stock of boots,
shoes, etc., in store No. 182% Broad street.
Dealers and country merchants should
make a note of this sale*