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About Tri-weekly constitutionalist. (Augusta, Ga.) 18??-1877 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 29, 1869)
. . ‘ tl j AUGRJSTA. C3-A. TUESDAY MORNING, DEO, 28,1869 i ' 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 A : 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. ~—■ ■ * [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*
