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COlSf STITTTTIONALJST.
AITOTSTA. C*A.
MORNING, JAN. 1,1870
THE NEW YEAR.
So much has been said of the passiDg
away of one year and the advent of anoth
er, that little is left for originality in the
premises, and repetition is generally a
stale and unprofitable task. For Georgia,
the new year opens inauspiciously, because
it heralds an apparent continuance of a
wicked triumph of her foes. What can we
do but hope that this wickedness will
perish with 1870? With the demolition of
What was rescued from the wreck by Geor
gia, a malignant Congress has put the cap
stone upon the sullen monument erected to
the overthrow of Constitutional law.
There is little else to be done, and that lit
tle is now of easy accomplishment, for the
People are slaves or fools. It is unneces
sary to recite the monstrous steps in this
progressive and hideous wrong which 1870
has brought to so terrible a development.
It is a gloomy thought that many thous
ands of men, this day, literally have no
country, and that many thousands more
are forced to be ashamed of the one they
call their own. The people, like the im
prisoned Titan of Vesuvius, groan under
the pressure of the mountain, but the
mountain stands inexorable and heedless.
It was the belief of the ancients thatENCE
ladus would, one day, arise from his fiery
lair, and stand forth victorious over the
volcanic oppression of his prison-house;
and some have recognized the uprising
of Italy under Victor Emanuel as the mo
dern version of the old mythologic legend.
' It may be that our giant will shake the
walls of his tomb and stalk abroad in aw
ful majesty. It may be that 1870 will wit
ness this resurrection from the grave and
from the entrails of burniug despotism.
Bat the probabilities are all the other way.
Faithful men are treading upon the lava
which has crusted above dead cities and
ruined civilizations and eclipsed faith, and
they hear the roar of the caged Titan of
American Republicanism deep in the bow
els of despair. We fear that 1870 will see
no restoration of our past glories ; but, to
use the glowing language of a contempora
ry,, “ the sun of 1869, which blazed for the
“last time upon the fallen columns of
"Athens, and upon the "Roman forum,
“has passed, to its final setting over the
“ ruins of the fairest and stateliest tem
“ pie that man has ever erected on the
“ earth to civil liberty.”
If we yield a truce to this sad thought,
it is to turn from our country’s imposture
to whatever is noble and true in our State;
and, thus contemplatively turning, we see
much to assure us, much to make us
proud, much to encourage us, even under
the satrapy of Terry and the new ordeal
of 1870. It may be idle to send a Happy
New Year to our readers; but it is permitted
to wish them an honorable one.
EAST AND WEST.
Eastern journals still continue to abuse
the West and threaten to withdraw the
patronage of their section as they have
withdrawn their" drummers.” The Phila
delphia North American leads the van in
this attack and charges all the evils of the
East to the bullying and grasping spirit of
the West. Prospective annihilation of
American shipping is traced to Western
influences; also the employment of foreign
sailors in preference to Americans. We
quote some choice paragraphs from this
bitter Penn ylvania controversialist:
"These Western journals all talk as
glibly of Western “ supremacy” as though
the thing were beyond dispute or danger.
The West rules, but not because of any
‘ supremacy.’ It is solely on account of
brass. The whole weight of the income
tax falls on the East, and the West is op
posed to its reduction or repeal, because
twice that amount-is demanded for West
ern subsidies. The Post Office Department
sinks live millions of dollars annually be
cause its revenues are squandered in unne
cessary mail service at the West, running
duplicate routes everywhere, to please every
ambitions village that sets up for a metro
polis ; t.p help every land speculator who
has unoccupied farms and unbuilt houses
•to sell, and to busy up the revenues of
every railway built through a desert or a
wilderness to ‘ develop’ the country. The
mail service at the East pays well and
yields a large surplus, that ought to be ap
plied to the work of sustaining ocean mail
lines of our own; instead of which the
money is taken and millions more added to
it to build up the interior.
“ Pennsylvania has been used as a bug
bear all through the West, and now it be
hooves her to fight her own battle. We
must combine with such interests and such
sections as will help us, and combat those
that are against us. We want protection
for our industry and for our commerce.—
So does the Sou'll. So does New England.
So does New York. So does California.—
The whole civilized world does not centre
in the few cities at the West that kill pigs
and speculate in breadstuffs.
How this condition of affairs has been
brought about through Western influences
passes the comprehension of unbiased out
siders. Has not New Eugland predomi
nance in the Cabinet? Is she not supreme
in the councils of the “nation?” Have
not the six New Eugland. States, with
500,000 inhabitants less than New York,
tioeloe Senators to New York’s two ? Is not
every New England Senator a native of the
soil? Has she not carpct-bag emissaries
in great preponderance from the South and
West? Has she not used the stupid West
to make sure of reconstruction in the
South, to tiic end that Western supremacy
in the next decade should lie turned to dust
and ashes ? Has she noM+sed the West to
demolish the benefits which would other
wise have accrued from the next census?
This looks like “ Western supremacy ” with
a vengeance. Say rather it is the most
stupid page in Western history, and des
- tined to grow more and more stupid, if the
doctrines of consolidation settled by the
war are not applied to New England so as
to reduce her power, according to consoli
dated population, fully one-half.
Still, we are glad to see that some amoug
the bona fide Western representatives are
beginning to open their eyes. If the Dem
ocratic minority iu Congress had any lead-
ers of aDy consequence, they could make
effective use of the had blood stirring be
tween the sections beyond us. But they
are a poor set of sticks, without plans, sa
gacity, individuality, or pluck. The Louis
ville Courier-Journal glances around the
arena and tails to find a single Democrat
in Senate or House possessing qualifi
cations for leadership. Our brilliant con
temporary says :
“In 1854, when the Kansas-Nebraska
“ measure was before Congress, the Senate
“ turned to Stephen A. Douglas, and the
“ House of Representatives to Stephens, of
“ Georgia, as naturally and as cheerfully as
“ if the two had been appointed by regular
“commission to lead the Democratic forces.
“ There was at that time a moreequal divis
“ ion of parties than there is at present, and
“the debates w||re enlivened by fbishes of
“ wit aud eloquence, which we hear no
“ longer. Iu its place we have the bullying.
“ blackguardism of Bek Butler, and the
“ brittle and senseless radicalism of Drake.
" The majority carries itself with a swagger.
“The minority makes a feeble and querulous
“ opposition. The words ‘ rebel ’ and ‘ trait
“ or ’ and ‘ loyalty,’ meaningless as they are,
“ and unworthy, possess a potent influence
“ yet. They are bandied abont freely by
“the Radicals, and the Democrats prefer to
“ dodge than to defy them ; and this timor
“ ous policy only encourages the freer use
“ of the really harmless mock heroics.”
If the South had a chance to send some
of her chosen great men to Congress, there
would be a rattling of dry bones among the
loyal. But the entrance of honest states
men iuto the Senate or House is of all
things most dreadful to the contemplation
of the Radical rogues who rule the roost.
They hate the South, but they fear her, too.
They hope by extorting infamous conces
sions to so corrupt our people that there
never shall be iucorruptibleor high-minded
men returned from this part of the coun
try. Pending this atrocity, is it not the bet
ter part for us to preserve the purity of our
character as well as the lofty standard of
our statesmanship. Let the East and the
West grapple; it is coming to that. Then
our true opportunity shall begin. When
that day of sectional battle shall have come,
as come it must, the South will stand in a
position to conquer by division of her ene
mies, or, if she be for sale, can command
the highest bidding of two-tremendous aud
unrelenting rivals. . ,
HIGH JINKS AT ATLANTA.
The Constitution has an article, with sen
satioual head lines, showing that Bullock
has discharged Hulbert for certain acts
of rivalry; that Hulbert will run for the
United States Senate; and that the Radical
party has been" bifurftited” in consequence.
We publish the article in another column,
aud, while we are not surprised at certain
of its revelations, we are yet suspicious that
Bullock and Hulbert fully understand
one another and that a first-class trap is
being set for the so-called Legislature.—
Messieurs, it looks like bifurcation, but it
is probably a second edition of sharp and
quick strategy.
Over-Anxious. —The Washington cor
respondent of the Atlanta Constitution is
very anxious that a convention of the
People of Georgia should adopt the XVtb
Amendment and prouounce for the reseat
ing of the negroes. He gets up a catalogue
of horrors in case the people refuse, but his
zeal outruns his discretion. In number
four of his evil specifications we thus read :
"4. The construction of railroads and
factories will cease.”
And yet, in number seven of the series,
we have this assurance:
“ 7. An enormous tax will be levied to
build new lines of railroads.”
There may be no inconsistency in this,
but, if not, why not? Georgia will not
have a convention to isbue tickets for But
ler’s soup.
Financial. —The Washington corres
pondence of the Baltimore Gazette coutaius
this item:
“ A Georgia financier writes a letter to
the Secretary of the Treasury, enclosing a
genuine ten dollar legal tender note, which
he declares to be one of the worst counter
feits he has ever seen, and warns the De
partment to put a detective on the track
of those who have, placed this ‘ spurious'
currency in circulation, as the State of
Georgia is flooded with it. He will doubt
less feel better when he reads the reply of
the Department, announcing its genuine
ness, aud congratulating the people of the.
State on being ‘flooded’ with such cur
rency.”
Now, let him try the Secretary with
notes of the denomination of 50-cents down.
Something Good. —Somebody placed
flowers on Nero’s grave. Here is a l.ttle
rose for Stanton’s mound. A few days
before his death, hearing that mouey was
to be raised for him in New York, he said
to Mr. Pierrefont :
“ When you go back to New York, tell
my friends there aud elsewhere, uot to raise
auy money or other gifts.for me, f«r I must
refuse them all. They have my thauks for
their kind intention, but I can never aud
wilt never accept a cent as a gift from even
. my best friends.”
How would U. S. Grant like to throw
that rose on Stanton’s resting place ? It
~fs possible that Grant is meaner than
Stanton ever was .
• The Way To Do It. —By thepayment of
$7.7,000 in gold to the son-in-law of Secre
tary Fish, the Spanish Government secured
the release of its gunboats. Everything
tends to prove that the right way to deal
with our Northern brethren, In and out of
Congress, is by a judicious use of “ denmi
tiou cash.” Instead of prating about “what
shall the Legislature or Congress do,” we
should raise a fund aud let Cornelius
Wendell see what he can do with the
Legislature and Congress. The present
administration understand but one argu
ment and that is a personal resumption of
specie pay ments. •
Repudiation. —Touching on the quasi re
pudiation of repudiation in the House of
Representatives, Harper's Weekly says:
“ The election of Mr. Seymour would
have been "as cogent proof of the essential
demoralization of the public mind as the
passage of the Garfield resolution is proof
of the general conviction, even amoug the
Democratic leaders, that the country be
lieves honesty to be the beat policy.”
Mr. Seymour was defeated by fraud and
negroes, and not badly defeated either by
the popular vote. Wait till Sambo compre
hends what repudiation means, Mr. Harf-
ER !
“ If.” —lf hell freezes, the devil will learn
how to skate. Aud if “moderate Repub
licans ” become as incorruptible as Cato,
the Georgia Legislature may make Bol
lock squirm. Having very cautiously
larded his discourse with any quantity of
slippery “ifs,” a correspondent of the Tde
sqraph and Messenger will not be surprised
if the coming Legislature should impeach
Bullock instead of electing him Senator.
If .
“Masterly Inactivity.”— We are glad
to learn that Col. Tift is not discouraged
at the present aspect of affairs. Having
put “ fighting the political tiger” to a se
vere test, Col. Tift, at the eleventh hour,'
advises “ masterly inactivity.” But Col.
Tift and men of his persuasions have
made “masterly inactivity” almost im
possible. We should have played that
hand in 1865- 66.
Judge Cabaniss.— Judge Cabaniss thinks
the members of the Legislature should
“ accept the situation,” “do the best they
can,” etc.
How about tha,t “ middle party,” Judge ?
Bryant says you are one of its leaders.
Os course, we do not credit Bryant, but
what about the “ middle party ?”
The Columbus Sun is informed by a mer
chant that Columbus sells over $17,000
worth of cheese yearly.
Free Farms for White Settlers.—
We observe that a portion of the landhold
ers of Beaufort county, South Carolina,
have recently held a meeting relative to the
donation of lands as _an inducement to
white immigrants. They adopted a report
presented by a committee, proposing to do
nate lands upon the following plan:
Ist. That we will donate lands of at least
average quality, and with a due proportion
of arable land, to European farm hands.
Immigrants to occupy the lands for five
years; improve them, and at the end of
that time, if they sell at all, the sale must
be made to other immigrants. Besides, if
the occupant has no means, he must work
for the proprietor for the first six months,
for the usual wages, or two days in the
week during the year; and if at the end of
that time he does not improve his land, he
must go ou and work for donator; and—
2d. Donee to have do dealings or inter
course with any of the African race.
3d. That so long as the ignorant negro
sits upon a jury in Beaufort county, donees
must never resort to law, except through
inexorable necessity, but must settle all
disputes through arbitration courts estab
lished in every township or neighborhood.
After the report was read and adopted,
the land proprietors came forward and
agreed to donate lands as follows: Wm. F.
Robert, 3,000 acres; T. G. Bolar, 2,000
acres ; John Boyles (half of all he has), 130
acres; John Boyles (for Henry Brabham).
100 acres; Robert Sauls (one-fourth), 40
acres ; J. E. Jandon, 100 acres; Col. Car
roll, 100 acres; Reuben Tison, 2,000 acres;
Wm. Tison, 200 acres.
Many others afe willing to donate, but
wisl\ to do so privately, and mauy, from
short notice, were unatfte to attend the
meeting.
[Special Correspondence of Constitutionalist.
Georgia State Dental Society.
SECOND DAY’S PROCEEDINGS.
Savannah, December 29,1869.
The Society met in the rooms of the
Georgia Historical Society this morning, at
9 o’clock, Dr. Burr, the President, in the
Chair.
The installation of the newly elected of
ficers being first in order, Dr. F. Y. Clark,
of Savannah, the Presidentelect,ou taking
the Chair, made an appropriate speech.
Ho referred to the progress of Dental
Science, and to the influence for good
wielded by Dental Associations.
The following Standing Committees were
appointed: x
Committee ou Operative Dentistry—Drs.
E. Parsons and W. Johnson, Savannah, and
A. C. Ford, Atlanta.
Committee oa Mechanical Dentistry—
Drs. U. Van Geisen, Stocktou, 11. J. Royal
and xV. M. Gortley, Savannah.
Committee on Dental Education—Drs.
J. P. H. Brown aud S. G. Holland, Augus
ta, and E. M. xAllen, Marietta.
On motion of Dr. Brown, the President
appointed Drs. S. G. Holland, P. P. Lewis,
W. Johnson, H. J. Royal and S. Hape dele
gates to the Southern States Dental Asso
ciation, which meets in Ne\*> Orleans; and
Drs. E M. Allen, J. P. H. Brown, A. C.
Ford, U. Van Geisen, H. A. Lawrence and
8. Hope delegates to the American Dental
Association which convenes in Nashville
in August next.
An able paper on the Diseases and Treat
ment of the Dental Pulp was read by Dr.
Clark.
In the afternoon the members, accompa
nied by 4 a number of ladies, went on a
pleasure trip down the river in a steamer
provided for the occasion, through the
courtesy of his Honor the Mayor. After
visiting Fort Pulaski, the party returned
about 7 o’clock, very much pleased and de
lighted with the pleasant excursion.
The Society met in the evening, and, af
ter the transaction of some miscellaneous
business, and offaring thanks to the officers
and members of the Historical Society, his
Honor the Mayor, the railroad companies,
the press of the city, and to the proprietors
of the Screven House for their generosity
hospitality and kind attention to the mem
bers, the Society adjourned, to meet iu At
lanta on the 30th of next July.
Richmond.
[communicated.]
Material Reconstruction.-A Suggestion.
The natural advantages possessed by the
Southern States for sustaining a dense
population of diversified industry should
inspire new projects for rendering them
available iu contributing to our prosperity.
We have abundaut capital in our unoccu
pied lands, water power and mill sites for
manufacturing towns, which, like every
other commodity for which there is no de
mand, is now worthless for any productive
purposes. The value of all these increases
with population and in a manifold ratio.
The finest water power in a wilderness or
a sparsely populated country, will not in
duce capitalists to erect expensive improve
ments for manufacturing. We have the
raw material for producing almost every
article of prime necessity, and many of
taste and luxury. But we need the "skilled
labor of the mechanic to fabricate, and the
farmer to supply the provisions, fresh and
cheap, at home. To supply this prerequi
site to substantial prosperity, let irresist
ible inducements be offered to industrious
aud enterprising mechanics and farmers.
Free lands have populated the West, built
railroads and cities and free lauds will do
the same for the South. Let the owners of
this dormant capital try the experiment;
have their domains mapped into small sec
tions; lay out sites and lots for towns and
blocks for schools and public purposes, and
invite all nations who can get there and
support themselves until they can make a
crop, to come and occupy every alternate
lot. Or, arrange with suitable parties (who
can influence the right kind of immigrants)
on some plan of co-operation for the mutaal
benefit of all concerned. Who speaks first ?
R.
[From the Atlanta Constitution.
Governor Bullock’s Whitewash.
We ventilated yesterday, some of the
“eloquent and able” lapses of memory
made by our disintegrating and feasting
Executive iu his letter vindicating himself
from certain accusations of impeachable
ofteuses as Governor of Georgia.
We shall to-day notice other remarkable
statements of thiaietter.
The Governor is charged with using
$55,000 of the State’s money illegally. A
grave charge, this. This amount was
drawn ou the New York Fourth National
Bank by drafts. To meet these drafts, or
guarantee their payment, he hypothecated
7 per cent. State Railroad Bonds against
the law.
j In his letter he dismisses the subject
lightly, with the flippant statement that
“ all my action in that connection is fully
covered by lawful authority, and has been
done in direct conformity witli the statutes.”
We will quote the law for Gov. Bullock’s
benefit:
Section Ist of the act approved Decem
ber 12,1866, to be found in the acts of 1866,
page 16, says that said bouds are to be
issued “in exchange for, or in redemption
of the said old bonds of the State, falliug
due in the years 1868, 1869 and 1870.”
Nothing here about using these bonds to
meet drafts for money illegally used in
fixing up the State House that the city of
Atlanta was to fix up, and a part of which
was paid after the Legislature had declared
that Governor Bullock had no anthority in
the matter.
Section Bth of the act, approved 12th of
March, 1866, to be found in the act of
1865-6, page 20, says that the Governor can
issue bouds “ in renewal of bonds now due,”
that were issued to raise funds to meet ap
propriations made for the repairs and equip
ment of the State Road.
Nothing here about money for State
houses.’
The Governor dared not quote the law.
He has violated the statutes of Georgia
openly and unequivocally. His letter on
this point, as ou the others referred to yes
terday, contains willful misstatements of
facts, that are neither “eloquent” nor
“ able," but simple, unadulterated false
hood.
We will probe this unique specimen of
“ eloquence and ability” still further here
after.
Os all the Percy family, the noblest is
Percy Vere (persevere ;) aud the most cruel
Percy Cute (persecute.)
| The following, if not good Hpry, may"ut~
least incite some one to goodiJwEo
[Written iyJp'Dtepatch.
Remember the
BY B. B. C. '
I met a poor little girl in the
And she hid no shoes on her tfleoQngleet •
And her wrapping was old and dm/worn
And her shabby dress was soilegßpf torn ’
And her frost-bitten feet werecaVsna red
She bad had no shoes this winte&he said
Aud her sad little face grew sadd® yet *
As she told me a tale I cannot foSe[.
Her father had died long ago, sbeJLid
And often mother and she wanted&ieHd •
ind *ih s Ut i Waß ! Ca f ce a . 6hield storm,
And they had no fuel to keep tht«warm
And now her poor mother was BiS*t w
Exposed in her hut to the wintryßst ’
And she, little wanderer about thKtreet
Was begging bread for her moth** eat.
My popr little wanderer, now c©iß/*S»rith
And a dear, happy Christmas you Shall see ’
\ w i U K lve yon shoes for your naked feet,
And 111 send poor mother goodSlncrs to eat •
my 6har°e re y ° U ||urse shali
Your 6ad little heart must forget Is care
And I’ll meud your hut to keep ( it the wind,
And a way to keep you warm I \ fl|. flnd.
And when you have clothing, fuiL and food,
(live thanks to Him who sendethSll good •
And for His dear sake your guarijill’ii. be *
And rejoice that He gave such a charge to me ;
Aud tuy Christmas will he iudccJlrell spent
In using the means which kind Hefveo has sent
In feeding, clothing, and warming t ihe poor
ho suffer and starve at our very door
[Special Correspondence Co^rJar-Jounml,
Ankles in Paris/:
HOW THE PARISIENNE DOESN’TsBHOW HERS.
I have just come in of tKp rain (hav
ing sense enough for that) froai the streets
of Paris, which, though the rdfo is neither
light nor warm, are still thronged with peo
ple, among whom I observed a heavy
sprinkling of heavily sprinkled women.
This observation occasioned another, which
I will give you for the beneflt of some of
your fair readers; all of them do not need
it; and in giving it I hope I shall be par
doned for calling a leg a leg.
The women of Paris, no matter how dis
concerting their movements are, rarely ex
pose their legs in public. This sort of
physical reticence is the more /remarkable
that the limbs concealed are mysteriously
reputed to be shapely, and that the conceal
ers themselves are certainly not the least
frail of their sex. Concealed the limbs un
questionably are, however, generally speak
ing. A Parisian woman, whether walking
on the sidewalk, crossing the street, getting
into a carriage or out of one, descending a
flight of stairs, or fleeing before some re
morseless juggernaut of an omnibus, rarely
exposes her legs to the gaze of bystanders
or by-passers. She in fact rarely exposes
so much as her ankles. And yet her move
ments are rapid and her dress' is short.
Respecting the secret of this extraoi’di
nary concealment, I very reluctantly hazard
a conjecture. It seems to me to lie in two
facts, namely: the presence of grace, and
the absence of hoops. The Parisian wo
man is graceful in her movements, and her
dress, at least in the present style, responds
to her movements, producing grace as the
visible effect; and grace is altogether in
consistent with those strides and jerks and
manipulations which expose the female ex
tremities. even amid the protecting folds of
hoopless skirts. If this is not the secret,
I have the discretion to give up the conun
drum which I have had the honor to pro
pose. Respecting the concealment itself,
though there can be no question. That I
repeat, is unquestionable, insomuch that
any Parisian, excessively fond of well-turn
ed ankles aud symmetrical calves, who
should undertake to feast his fondness, as
gentlemen of like taste uot unfrequeutly
do in our American cities, by following the
first pretty woman that passes him oh the
streets, would almost inevitably come to
grief—the same grief which overtook the
hungry fox that followed the bull, in one
of the late Mr. Lincoln’s fables. Neverthe
less, let not the young men of America be
cast down 1 Paris is a very enjoyable place
for all that.
(From the Pittsburg (P.i.) G.iz tte.
Terrible Terpsichorean Contest—Several
of the Participants Not Expected to
Live.
A few evenings since a ball was held in
one of the halls of the city, at which a large
number of young folks were in attendance.
Among the attractions of the evening was
a prize, a gold ring, offered to the lady who
should outwaltz all competitors. At twelve
o’clock the band struck up “ II Bacchio,”
and a full dozen competitors took their
places on the floor, entering for the contest.
At the expiration of twenty minutes four
of the couples gave way and took their
seats, leaving the rest twirling and whirl
ing in the giddy and intoxicating dance.—
One hour more there wag but three couples
ou the floor, and the dance went on till
another hour had passed, when, from sheer
exhaustion, another couple gave away,
leaving the floor to the remain I tig two pairs
of Terpsichorean devotees. The band of
music played and played and played, and the
four fast-failing dancers danced and danced
and dauced, till even those who looked
upon them grew sick and dizzy. At
the end of the fourth hour the: musicians
grew feeble, and from the finger ends of the
violinists, the blood trickled to the floor,
but still they supplied the moving power
to keep the dancers going. Thoexcitement
grew intense as the fifth hour of. the dance
came on, and there were those present who
insisted on putting an end to the merry,
though reckless, quartette suicide. How
ever, no interference was permitted, aud the
prize dance, over the jaws of death, went
on. After five hours and three minutes had
elapsed, one of the ladies fainted, and her
partner quickly followed her example, and,
amidst cheers, the prize was awarded
the other couple who kept the floor.
Then came a summing up of damages
The two contesting girls were Higher death
than life, and had to be conveyed to their
homes—together with their partners, who
were as badly used up—in carriages, and
all have since been in a precarious condi
tion and under medical treatment. The
girls had to have their cut from their
feet, and their limbs next day
to enormous size. The youug meu will
hardly recover, and the musicians suffered
terribly and will never again play at a
Terpsichorean contest. So much for fool
ishness.
The Chinese as House Servants. — We
have had glowing accounts lately of the
admirable qualities of the Chinase as house
servants, but there seems to liman obverse
side to the picture. The New York Mail
prints the following extract of a letter
from a lady who recently went to San
Fraucisco, in which this matte is treated :
I must tell you about they Chinamen.
They are very numerous, very Industrious,
and very avaricious. They wiu leave you
at auy moment if they are offered twenty
five cents more than vou are g ving them ;
no matter what you are doing, whether you
are sick or have a house full of company,
is all the same to them. My *ister had a
splendid servant; he was a fir#-rate cook,
and perfectly neat. Some one offered him
more wages, and off he went. |The remon
strated with him, but it was no use. “Me
get you one better good boykr me,” he
said, and that was all he woulflfdo.
Another lady had one that sh| would not
part with at any price, as he Understood
housekeeping thoroughly. All at once,
while a child was ill, he saidjie must go
home to China, but he broijjfct another
man “so better as me.” Hefialled last
Wednesday, and on Tuesday ijight the
family was robbed of all the sitter. They
.think it was arranged between kim and the
new boy, but cannot prove it. J
Some of the Chinamen are wry apt to
learn; show them once and tlijrdo not re
quire a second telling, but a&reat many
are very stupid and dirty, fpvants are
worse here than in New York, ftod that is
entirely unnecessary. Everybody com
plains of servants, and change ©om white
to Chinese, and from Chinese to white
again, without bettering thetaugftres.
“I’m ruined,” as the old woman said
when her house was on fire; “ but it’s* a
cold night, and I may as well warm
myself.”
[From the Baltimore Bub.
Progress of American Railways.
From the best sources in matters of this
kind, it tvould appear that the railroad pro
gress of the country, thou'gh gradually ex
panded during the past year, is not beyond
the commercial requirements of our rapid
ly extending business, particularly in con
nection with Southern restoration and
steady development. The number and ex
tent of railroads may now be claimed as
the standard for estimating the material
progress of a people. The statistics of a
first-rate authority in railroad matters
show that in the beginning of the present
year there were 42,272 miles of railroad in
operation in the United States; now there
are at least 50,000 miles finished, or in an
advanced stage of construction. The
number of railroad enterprises now under
way in the different States and Territories
is stated at not far from three hundred.
The American Railroad Journal says that
each State in the Union has, on an average,
seven or eight separate railroads now in
the course of construction. Maine has 8,
New Hampshire 4, Vermont 6, Massa
chusetts 5, Rhode Island 5, Connecticut
7, New York 11, New Jersey 7, Penn
sylvania 32, Delaware 5, Maryland 7,
West Virginia 1 (the ‘ Chesapeake and
Ohio), and probably others, Ohio 12, In
diana 12, Illinois 12, Michigau 13, Wis
consin 5, Minnesota 7, lowa 13, Mis
souri 12, Nebraska 3, Kansas 9, Arkan
sas 3, Texas 4, Louisiana 4, Mississippi
3, Alabama 6, and, in the Southern At
lantic States, at least twenty great works
are reported in various stages of progress
—some lately undertaken and others in a
forward state of completion. Avery mod
erate estimate gives the aggregate length
of the roads now iu progress at not less
than 15,000 miles, the greater part of which
will be opened to business within the next
two or three years.
In the meantime it has been urged that
the rapid extension of railroads has with
drawn so many millions from commerce as
to be in a great degree responsible for much
of the disturbance to the money market
from time to time during the year. It must
be remembered, however, that the Govern
ment purchases of bonds for the sinking
fund is constantly throwing out large sums
which seek employment in railroad enter
prises, without making it, necessary to cur
tail to any great extent the requirements
of commerce.- As has been well said, there
is more reason ty’fear the active competi
tion among agents of rival enterprises, lead
ing, In some instances, to- unwarranted
statements concerning the prospective busi
ness and earnings of roads now in contem
plation or already building. But in con
nection with the rapid progressive strides
of the railroads themselves, there is much
cause for satisfaction, not only iu regard to
the sections developed and extent of new
lines, but as regards the material employed
in mechanical construction. The unwise
policy adopted in former years of using
only the cheapest materials and perform
ing the work of constructions in a hasty
and imperfect manner, and at the smallest
possible cost, has lead to evils which, it is
stated, have gradually but surely worked
out their own cure. Steel rails are uow
being manufactured at home and imported
from abroad in large quantities, and are
rapidly superseding iron rails, notwith
standing their greater cost; improved
joints of various patterns, nearly all posses
iug merits peculiar so themselves, are re
placing the old-fashioned chairs which af
ford but little security against breakage,
and a marked improvement is noticeable in
the quality of the rolling stock with which
all of the new and many of the old roads
are being equipped. All these are gratify
ing evidences of the substantial progress of
the nation, and create so-id expectations
for the future of the Railroad interests of
the country.
The Byron Business—A New Solu
tion of tiie Mystery. —An entirely new
solution of the Byron mystery is furnished
by a writer in the Madras Mail, who says
that “ his father had it from one of Lord
Byron’s most intimate friends.” According
to this lively correspondent, whose story
we find in the Echo , “ Lord Byron, was, in
a sense, a devil.”
Incredible as the thiug ’may seem to the
thoughtless, the handsomest man in Eng
land had a small tail, a pairof rudimentary
horns, and short, squab feet divided for
wards from the instep into two parts, in
stead of Doing furnished with toes. Before
he was born his mother had been once
greitly terrified by seeing, when iu a very
delicate state of health, the celebrate 1 pic
ture of Satan Spurned, in the gallery at La
Ilaye, and the result had been the fash
ioning of her child to some extent after the
monstrous form of which the sight caused
her alarm, and of which the continuous re
collection could not be effaced by any means
known to her physicians. At the time of
her confinement it was at first suggested
that the monstrosity should not be suffered
to live, but the child’s body, as a whole,
wh6 so perfectly shaped, and his face so
woudrously beautiful, that the suggestion
was forthwith put aside, ami England was
not deprived of what was to become in due
time one of its chfcfest ornaments Poor
Lady Byron never recovered wholly from
the shock caused by her discovery of what
her husband really was ; and partly through
excess of imagination, partly.iu consequence
of bad advice from persons who shall be
nameless, she felt it to be her duty to insist
upon her husband subjecting himself to
certain painful operations. But this Lord
Byron obstinately refused to do. He urged,
and with considerable force, that the pecu
liar manner in which he wore his abundant
curls effectually hid from view the rudi
rneutar® horns ; and that, as he never ap
peared in public without his boots and
trousers, none would ever suspect the exist
ence of his other defects, with the excep
tion of his valet, in whom he placed im
plicit confidence.”
Birthplace of Senators.— Of the G 5
Senators now in the United States Senate,
10 are natives of the State of New York, 6
of Vermont, 6 of Ohio, 5 of Massachusetts,
5 of Pennsylvania, 4 of Maine, 4 of New
Hampshire, 3 each of Connecticut, Ken
tucky, New .Jersey and Virginia, 2 eacli of
Delaware, Maryland and Rhode Island,
and 1 each from Illinois, Indiana, North
Carolina, South Carolina and Tennessee.
One is from Germany aud one from Ireland.
Connecticut, Delaware, Kentucky, Maine,
Maryland, New Jersey, New York, Penn
sylvania, Rhode Island aud Vermont are
represented by full delegations, while Ala
bama, Arkansas, California, Florida, Illi
nois, lowa, Kansas, Louisiana, Michigan,
Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, Nevada,
Oregon and Wisconsin are represented by
“ foreigners.” Sir. Chaves, of New Mex
ico, is the only native territorial delegate.
A Negro Lover on Negro Labor. —A
Philadelphian writing from Aiken, South
Carolina,-says of the negroes there : “You
employ one to dig in vour garden for a dol
lar a day; he discovers that you finish
breakfast about half-past 8, a. m., so he'be
gins work at 8; goes to get a drink (if he
has any money) at half-past 10; goes to
dinner at half past 11; returns at half-past
1 ; quits work at half past 4, and talks half
an hour between times with any other
darkey who passes by. The ordinary wages
of cooks are seven dollars a month ; house
maids five or six; waiting men eight or ten,
and to all of these rations must be given
weekly. A week’s rations consists of three
pounds of bacon, a peck of meal, a pint of
molasses and a little salt—value a dollar
aud a quarter. The sum total then paid to
three servants in a month is from thirty
four to thirty-eight dollars, and it takes
three to do the work of two good Irish
girls.
“ Who’s that gentleman, my little man V”
was asked of an urchin. “ That one with
the spike-tailed coat ?” “ Yes,” was the re
sponse. “Why, he’s a brevet uncle of
mine.” “ How’s that?” was asked. “ ’Cause
he’s engaged to my aunt Mary.”
“ Do you call that a veal cutlat, waiter ?”
said an old gentleman, dining at a restau
rant. “ Why, it’s an insult to every calf
in the country!” “ Well, sir, I didn’t mean
to insult you,” returned the waiter.
TO WHOM IT MAT CONCERN.—Have
you ever befouled your grey hair with the vis
cid dyes or worse preparations offered as sub
stitutes. If so, they disgust you of course, but
lei not that prevent you from using PHALON’S
VITALIA OR SALVATION FOR THE HAIR,
which is clear and harmless as water, In all
respects agreeable, and effects the desired ob
ject thoroughly and satisfactorily.
dec3B-tuthsa
BY TELEGRAPH.
[Special to tbe Constitutionalist.
NEW YORK DISPATCHES.
New York, December 31.
Cotton buoyant. Bombay telegrams
say severe storms have injured the crop.
Receipts at ports, 109,000 bales. Middling,
for March, 25%; for April, 26.
Gold firm; confidence increasing that
the Government will soon stop sales.
Corn—Stock in this market one-third as
large as last year. Willoughby.
[Associated Press Dispatches.
WASHINGTON.
Washington, December 31—Noon.—
Boutwell has returned. The announcement
of the financial policy for January is ex
pected to-night.
Washington, December 31—P. M.—No
Cabinet meeting to-day.
McClellan is here.
LOUISIANA.
New Orleans, December 31. —Weather
clear and pleasant. The Mutuals played a
picked 9 this afternoon. The Mutuals were
victorious, 31 to 15. The proceeds were
donated to the House of the Good Shepherd.
The City Council muddle continues.—
Some of the Government’s appointees have
been installed, but are mandamisedtoshow
cause, January the third, why they should
not vacate.
Governor Warmoth forbids Auditor
Wickliff occupying a room in the Mechanic’s
Institute. The courts resorted to.
GEORGIA.
Atlanta, December 31.—Foster Blod
gett, Chairman of the State Central Com
mittee of the Union Republican party of
Georgia, has issued a call for a meeting of
the committee, to be held in Atlanta, on
Wednesday, January 5, 1870. He invites
all Republican members of thh Legislature
to be present.
The Secretary of the Democratic com
mittee issues a call to Democrats for the
same purpose, on the same day.
CALIFORNIA.
San Francisco, December 31.—Addi
tional shocks of earthquake have been felt
at Virginia. The citizens are alarmed.
FOREIGN.
Paris, December 31.—1 tis feared that
Ollivier will be unable to form a Ministry.
Havana, December 31.—The Governor
of Matanzas orders the citizens to deliver
private arms under pain of court martial.
A severe fight took place at Magua, in
Chico Villas District. Twenty insurgents
were killed and sixty-six captured.
Madrid, December 31. — Gen. Pierrard
has been released.
The railroads are blocked by snow.
Hamburg, December 31.—The Elbe is
blocked with ice, and navigation above
suspended.
Limerick, December 31.—A fearful gale
prevailed here. Houses were prostrated
aud ten persons killed. Many hurt.
MARINE NEWS.
Wilmington, December 31. Sailed :
Steamers Empire and Rebecca Clyde, for
New York.
Charleston, December 31.—Arrived:
Steamer Jas. Adger, from New York ; schr.
Thus. Miskimtnons. from Matanzas.
Sailed :#teamer James Adger, for New
York.
Savannah, December 31. Arrived :
Steamship America, from B ill 1 more ; ship
Clara Morse, from Bremerhaven; bark
Chile, from Autwerp.
MARKETS.
London, December 31—Noon.—Consols,
92%@92%. Bonds, 80%. Turpentiue, 28s.
3d.28 6d
Liverpool, December 31—Noon.—Cot
ton buoyant; uplands. 11% ; Orleans, 11%;
sales, 15,000 bales; for the week, 69,000;
exports, 12,000 ; speculation, 9.000 ; stock,
338,000 ; American, 77,000 ; receipts for the
week 51,000; Avnerican,34,ooo. Wheat—red
Western Wheat, Bs. 3d. Flour, 225. Corn,
295. 3d. Lard, 745.
Later —Cotton—uplauds, 11 %@ll% ; Or
leans, 11%@11%; stock afloat, 208,000
bales; American, 178,000. Yarns and
fabrics at Manchester firmer.
Paris, December 31—Bourse opened firm.
Rentes, 72f. 85c.
Liverpool, December 31—Evening.—
Cotton active; uplands, 11%; Orleans,
11%; sales, export and speculation, 4,000
bales.
New York, December 31—P. M.—Money,
7, currency to gold. Bank statement favor
able. Gold firmer, 120%; Governments
strong.
New York, December 31 — Noon.—Flour
without decided change. Wheat dull and
unchanged.' Corn 1 better. Pork quiet;
mess, $29 50. Lard dull ; bbls. 17%@18.
steam. Cotton firmer ; middling upland,
25%. Turpentine quiet at 43. Rosin firm;
strained, $2 05@2 10. Freights quiet.
New York, December 31—P. M.—Cotton
% higher ; sales, 3,500 bales at 25%. Flour
less active. Wheat lc better, but dull.—
Cora unsettled. Mess Pork, $29 50@30. —
Lard, 18@18%. Whisky, 98@99. • Turpen
tine, 43@43%. Freights lower.
Baltimore, December 31.—Cotton firm.
Flour steady. Red Wheat, $1 40@1 42.
Corn active. Pork quiet. Bacon—shoul
ders, 15. Whisky, 98@$1.
Cincinnati, December 31.—Cora firm.
Provisions dull,lower and unsettled. Pork,
$27 75.
St. Louis, December 31.—Corn declining
and demoralized; yellow, 80; white, 85.
Whisky, 96. Provisions dull.
Wilmington, December 31.—Spirits Tur
pentine quiet at 39. Rosin dull ; strained,
ft 50. Crude Turpentine steady at $ 1 65
@2 80. Tar lower at $ 1 90. Cotton quiet
at 22%@23%.
Mobile, December 31.—Cotton—receipts
of the week, 14,941 bales; exports—Great
Britain, for the week, 4,484; France, 1,335;
other foreign ports, 2,709; coastwise, 5,719 ;
stock, 56,725, of which 9,789 are on ship
board ; sales of the week, 8,850; to-day,
3,500; market firm; middling, 24 ; receipts,
437; exports, 4,950.
New Orleans, December 31—Cotton ac
tico and firmer at 24%; sales, 8,600; re
ceipts to-day, 8,250 ; exports to-day—to
Liverpool, 3,333; coastwise, 1,796; receipts
week—net, 41,632; gross, 42,745; exports
week—to Barcelona, 1,285; Bremen, 2,630;
Havre, 3,285; Genoa, 352; Liverpool, 8,851;
coastwise, 4,625; stock, 141,739 bales.—
Flour firmer at $5 25, $6 and $6 25. Corn
firmer at 90@95. Oats, 68@70. Bran,
slls. Hay firmer; prime, $25@26. Pork,
$30@30 25. Bacon, 14%, 18% and 18%.
Others unchanged. Gold, 120%. Sterling,
30%. New York Sight, par@% discount.
Charleston, December 31. Cotton
active, %@% better; sales, 1,000 bales ;
middling, 23%@24 ; receipts, 1,677.
Savannah, December 31.—Cotjton—re
ceipts, 3,095 bales ; sales, 1,500 bales ; mid
dling, 24; market firm.
Augusta Daily Market.
Office Daily Constitutionalist, >
Friday, December 31—P. M.)
FINANCIAL
COLD—Buying at 119 and selling at 122.
81LVER—Buying at 116 and selling at 120.
BONDS—City Bonds, 85.
STOCKS—Georgia Railroad, 105@106.
COTTON—The market opened with a good
demand at 23% for middling, and closed active
at same figures. Sales, 539 bales. Receipts,
478 bales. Stock on hand, 20,391 bales.
BACON—Fair demand. We quote C. Sides,
22; C. R. Sides, 21%; «. B. Sides, 21 ; Shoul
ders, 18 ; Hams, 21 @26; Dry Salt Shoulders,
16 ; Dry Salt O. R. Sides, 19@20.
CORN—New is beginning to come in freely,
and is selliug at $1 30(gl 35 from depot; old
scarce at $1 45@1 50 from depot.
WHEAT—We quote choice white, $1 55;
amber, $1 50; red, 91 45.
FLOUR—City Mills, new, $0 50@9 00; at
retail, 91 $ barrel higher. Country, 96&9,
according to quality.
CORN MEAL-91 45 at wholesale; 91 60 at
/ retail.
OATS—BS@9I 25.
PEAS—Scarce at 91 00.
CITY ITEMS.
Memorial of Gen. Howell Cobb.—
Will be published, early in January, Gen
eral Howell Cobb, a memorial volume,
edited by Samuel Boykin.
Crown 8 vo of about 300 pages ; ele
gantly printed on toned paper, and illus
trated with two portraits on steel.
Synopsis oj Contents.
1. Biographical Sketch —By Gen. Wm. M.
Brawne.
IT. Death. —Gen. Cobb’s Last Conversa
tion, Bishop Beckwith’s Letter, Proceed
ings of the Bar at Amerlcus, Proceedings
of the Bar at Columbus, Remarks of Rev.
Dr. Brantly.
111. Lamentation. —Public Meetiug at
Athens, Speech of Gen. Browne, Resolu
tions, Address of Hon. Junius Hillyer, Re
marks of Hon. Benj. C. Yancey, Remarks
of Col. Stevens Thomas, Proceedings of
Board of Wardens at Athena, Proceedings of
Phi-Kappa Society of the University of
Georgia.
IV. The Grave. —Funeral Procession,
Discourse of Rev. E. W. Warren, Address
of Rev. Dr. J. S. Key, Address of Rev. Wm.
Flinn, Funeral Discourse of Rev. Wm. T.
Brantly, D. D.
V. Honors. —Action of the Bar of the
United States Circuit Court at Savannah,
Proceedings of the Macon Bar, Speech of
Judge Cole, Remarks of Hon. Washington
Poe, Remarks of Samuel Hall, Esq., Re
marks of A. O. Bacon, Esq., Remarks of
Judge James Jackson, Proceedings Su
preme Court of Georgia, Poetry by Maj. E.
B. Castelen, never before published.
VI. Friendship's Offering. —Offering of
Wm. Hope Hull, Esq., Offering of Rev. J.
L. M. Curry, D. D , Offering of the Hon.
Hiram Warner, Judge of the Supreme Court
of Georgia, Geu. Cobb as a Statesman and
Lawyer, by Iverson Louis Harris.
Price, cloth, gilt top, $3 ; half Turkey,
marble edge, $4 50 ; Euglish Turkey, gilt,
$6. J. B. Lippincott & .Cos., Publishers,
Philadelphia. Parties desiring to sub
scribe lor the work may address the editor
at Macon, Ga.; or the publishers, J. B. Lip
pincott & Cos., 715 aud 717 Market street,
Philadelphia.
Half Rate Telegrams.—T he Western
Uniou Telegraph Company, on and after
to-day (January Ist), will receive messages
at and-for all stations on their lines east of
the Mississippi river Rud west of the prov
ince of New Brunswick, for transmission
during the night at one-half the usual tariff
rates; provided, however - , that the tolls on
any message at liajf rates shall not be less
than twenty cents.
Half rate messages are to be written
upon half rate message blanks, which can
be obtained by application at the offices of
the company.
Messages to be transmitted at half rates
will be recieved at any hour during the
day, between 8 o’clock, a. m., and 10 o’clock,
p. m., at all offices which are open between
these hours, and uutii 10 o’clock, p. in., at
stations which receive night press reports.
The company receives messages to be
transmitted at half rates upou the express
condition that it shall not be liable for er
rors or delays in the transmission or de
livery, or for non-delivery of any message
beyond the amount received for sending
the same.
Girardey’s Opera House. —“ Rosedale”
was performed, last evening, to another
crowded house. The success of this play,
if anything, was beyond even that of “ The
Streets of New York.” Messieurs O’Neil
Wood, Ryan and Parker, in the respective
roles of Elliott Gray, Dr. Leigh, Kobb, and
Miles McKenna, acquitted themselves like
true artists. Dr. Leigh’s defense of his pro
fession and Elliott Gray’s encounter with
McKenna were master strokes of fine act
ing and “ brought down the house.” Miss
Lillie Eldridge, as Rosa Leigh and Miss
Alexander, as Lady May, were charming.
The wonderful drama of “Dot” is an
nounced for this afternoon, at 2% o'clock.
Parents should send their little ones by all
means. To night, by request, we are to
hive a repetition of “The Streets of New
York.” Our Fire Department was out in
force when this play was first produced,
and we presume that they will muster
strong this evening. Everybody beside,
should see it, as it is admirably presented
and full of thrilling as well as humorous
situations.
Augusta Savings Bank.— lt will be seen
by the notices in our advertising columns
that this banking institution has declared
a dividend of five dollars per share, and that
the directors have resolved on an increase
of fifty thousand dollars to the capital
stock. This will afford a fine opportunity
to those having surplus money for making
a first-rate investment. The capital stock
of this bank is now $150,000, and, besides
doing a general banking business, the in
stitution receives deposits of low sums, and
makes collections at all accessible points.
The charter is a very favorable one, free
from Individual liability other than the
amount of stock owned. We cheerfully
commend the institution to the confidence
of our readers.
Groceries and Plantation Supplies.
—We take pleasure in inviting the atten
tion of our readers to the advertisement of
Mr. Jas. T. Bothwell, which appears in our
advertising columns this morning. Mr.
Bothwell, who is known as one of Augus
ta’s most staunch and staid merchants, re
turns thanks for the very liberal patronage
received in the past, and gives notice that
he continues business at the old stand—the
“ Burke corner ” —and the terms on which
he will serve his patrous in the future. His
charges for handling cotton is one dollar
.per bale, and his strict personal attention
will be given to all business confided to his
care.
Recorder’s Court.— Yesterday morn
ing, eight youthful dirt-daubers were ar
raigued for defacing private residences on
Broad street, below the Lower Market, with
mud balls. Recorder Grump gave them a
merited reprimand, and dismissed them.
Before discharging them, Chief of Police
Christian required them to sign a bond for
future good behavior, which some of them
complied with something like the animus
which controlled the signers of the Decla
ration of American Independence. The
document has been filed among the city
archives, and will be produced against the
youngsters should they again lie brought
up on a similar charge.
Ayer’s American Almanac, for the new
year, has arrived for delivery gratis, by all
druggists, to all who call for it. This little
annual has the largest circulation of any
book in the world, made by the fact that it
furnishes the best medical advice which is
available to the people—enables them to
determine what their complaints are and
how to cure them. It contains the start
ling announcement of the conflagration of a
world, or the combustion of one of the stars
in the flrmanent with all its attendant i
planets.
[From the Atlanta Constitution.
THE GUILLOTINE AT WORK.
Governor dullock on a Rampage.
HULBERT REMOVED.
STATE ROAD GONE UP.
BLODGETT, HARRIS, HOYT, STAL
LINGS, MULLEN AND GABKILL
TO RUN THE MACHINE.
BWAYZE TO START A RADICAL
PAPER IN ATLANTA.
HULBERT FOR THE UNITED STATES
SENATE.
RADICAL PARTY BIFURCATED.
» Superintendent Hulbert, of the State
Road, has been dismissed from office by
Gov. Bullock, to take effect from January
Ist, 1870, (next Saturday). The Governor
assigns as a reason for the removal, a confl
dential letter written by Col. Hulbert to
John A. Wimpy remonstrating against
placing all power in Governor Bullock’s
hands, which Wimpy, in violation of the
confidence reposed in him, exhibited to
Governor Bollock. The reason stated by
the Governor is only a pretext, as Hulbert's
removal was agreed upon several months
ago, and the Governor only waited for the
passage of the Morton bill. Governor Bul
lock says Hulbert blowed too much for
himself and never tooted any for him!
The new officers of the road are said to
be:
Foster Blo’dgett, Superintendent; A. L.
Harris, Master of Transportation ; W. 11.
Stallings, Treasurer ; Henry O. Hoyt, Su
pervisor ; James Mulleu, Master Machinist;
V. A. Gaskill, Attorney for the Road.
It is hinted that the new regime insures
the payment of the Cole claim against the
State Road, and the Railroad Park to the
heirs of Mitchell, whereby the State will
lose over one million of dollars.
It is reported that Swayze, assisted by an
editor of this city, will soon commence the
publication of a “ bitter-ender ” Radical
organ, with the earnings of the State Road
to back it.
A current rumor on the streets assigns
Col. Hulbert as a candidate for the United
States Senate, and knowing ones predict
his "election on the first ballot, by a large
majority, over Blodgett.
Moderate Republicans are expressing
themselves freely in opposition to Bullock
and Blodgett’s ruinous schemes. Some of
them favor the impeachment of Bullock for
his outrageous conduct.
The Legislature is considered safe against
Bullock’s plundering schemes. Bullock’s
last move has sundered the Radical party.
City Officers Dismissed.— Yesterday
afternoon M. Haley, Steward of Small Pox
Hospital, and Major I. Thompson, Hydrant
Opener, were dismissed from city service,
their services not being further essential.
The services of these officers in their re
spective positions have been entirely satis
factory, and they have only been dismissed
with a view to an economical management
of city expenditures.
From Ahove. —Without the fear of the
penalties of a violation of the Bth section
of the general city ordinances, some person
threw the contents of a bowl of water front
the upper story of a building in Bridge
Row, yesterday afternoon, upou the pave
ment' below, a considerable portion of
which fell upon Mr. Henry Key, of Ham
burg, who was passing air Uw- Uhlfl—iThe.
police got the case.
Fishy.— Stephen Jackson (colored) was
before Justice Ells, yesterday afternoon, at
the iustance of John L. Roberts, charged
with larceny, after trust delegated *pf forty
seven bunches of cat-fish. As the exami
nation revealed quite a fishy transaction,
the accused was committed for trial.
Splendid Pictures.— Mr. Levy will of
fer at private sale, during this day, a few
very fine oil paintings, and we advise those
who desire to secure an elegant picture at a
reasonable price to avail themselves of this
opportunity.
Acknowledgment.—The local and typo
graphical departments return thanks to
Judge Samuel Levy for his kind remem
brance last night, and wish him and his
household a Happy
Meeting of TurNCnt Council.— The
City Council held an extra session last
night. Present: His Honor Mayor Allen,
Aldermen Meyer, Rogers, Butt, Pournelle,
Black, Horton, Gargan, Sheron ami Stovall.
His Honor Mayor Allen stated that the
meeting had been called for special busi
ness—the regulation of salaries of city offi
cers, etc.
On motion, the reading of the minutes of
the last meeting was dispensed with.
Alderman Stovall offered an ordinance to
amend the 107th section, providing for the
election of a Chief of Police and two Lieu
tenants, to be mounted at their own ex
pense, with five sergeants.
On motion of Alderman Meyer, rules sus
pended, and the ordinance adopted.
Alderman Butt ofiered ordinance, fixing
salaries of city officers; Alderman Butt
also offered an ordinance providing that
Chief Engineer of Water Works should
pay salaries of assistants, except for wash
ing of drains, to be paid by Council at not
more than $25 per month.
On motion, rules were suspended and
ordinance read the usual number of times
and adopted.
Aldermau Butt introduced ordinance
amending 142d section, requiring non-resi
dent drummers to take out license at $lO
per week, to be renewed by Mayor for four
weeks, at $lO per week.
After considerable discussion, on motion
of Alderman Butt, the rules were suspend
ed, the ordinance read the usual number of
times, aud adopted, as published elsewhere.
The ordinance introduced by Alderman
Butt, regulating the salaries of officers
was then read and adopted. The ordinance
makes but few changes, as follows : Chief
of Police, $1,500 ; two Lieutenants, $1,200 ;
Orderly Sergeant, SI,OOO ; four Sergeants,
S9OO each ; Superintendent of Streets and
Drains, $1,500; Engineer of the Augusta
Water Works, SI,BOO. Adopted.
Alderman Black doubted the legality of
reducing the salary of City Judge below
.SI,OOO, as provided by Legislative enact
ment.
The opinion of the City Attorney, Gen.
A. It. Wright, was then read by the Clerk,
reciting various acts of the Legislature,
aud holding that Council had the privilege
l)f reducing the salary of City Judge below
SI,OOO.
After considerable discussion, on motion
of Alderman Stovall, the salary of City
Judge was placet! at SI,OOO per annum.
Alderman Butt offered an ordinance re
quiring each insurance company repre
sented in the city, not local, to pay a tax of
$25.
On motion, the rules were suspended, the
ordinance read the usual number of times
and adopted.
Alderman Butt offered a resolution,
which was adopted, protecting the city
against fraudulent tax returns of mer
chants.
On motion of Alderman Stovall, it was
ordered that the publication of the salary
ordinance be made three times in the daily
papers.
Alderman Black offered a resolution pro
viding for the compilation of the city ordi
nances, properly indexed.
On motion of Alderman Butt, it was
laid over until the next regular meeting, to
determine compensation for the work.
On motion, Council adjourned.