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CONSTITUTIONALIST.
AUGUSTA. GhA.
THURSDAY MORNING, PEB. 3. 1870
AMERICAN MAGAZINES.
ECLROTOCB.
Many of our readers are doubtless fa
miliar with the Eclectic Weekly, which for
three years past has been issued by Fields
& Osgood, and edited, we believe, by
Thomas Bailey Aldrich, under the name
of Every Saturday. Since the first of Janu
ary, it has been- transformed into a large,
quarto-sheet, ornamented by steel engrav r
ings of the costliest and richest style of art.
The numbers now before us contain several
wonderful sac simile (reduced in size), of
portraits by Greuze, and artists of equal
celebrity. One, the head of a “ Spanish
Boy,” is startling almost in Its life-like
effect. The deep midnight eyes look out
upon you with an expression, strange, medi
tative,-prescient, and the naturalness of the
outlines, and vivid contonr of the features,
are as true to the type of the race which
the painter had chosen, as to the general
characteristics of a thoughtful, perhaps
somewhat exceptional boyhood.
Os the minor engravings, two are par
ticularly worthy of notice and comment.
The first of these represents a section of
the vegetable department of “ Covent Gar
den Market,” London, wherein Appear a
score of women, young and old, shelling
green peas at the height of the season. The
contrasts are exceedingly well managed.
In the foreground, we have a couple of
aged crones, with that expression of
hopeless resignation upon their faces, which
is often so pathetic in the aspect of the
poor, frdm whom hope and youth have fled
forever ; while toward the background we
observe a farmer’s boy,' loaded with bas
kets, whose stolidity of mien, as he peers at
a well dressed woman near the counter or
Stall, evidently bent upon purchasing, is
the very neplus ultra of bumpkin impassi
bility.
Better even than this is the picture-upon
the opposite page, revealing the interior of
one of those quaint, rural churches, which
more than anything else in England, im
press the Amcricad traveler with the an
tiquity of “ Our Old Home.” The building
in question is Fairfield Church. Evidently
the artist has mide his sketch in sermon
time, for the figures of the two aged people
with the sick boy in front and fresh Eng
lish faces that are seen blooming behind
this pathetic group are too natural not to
have been drawn from life. The invalid
boy is, perhaps, the chef d'mvre of the
piece. With a crutch listlessly allowed to
rest against his right shoulder, his nerve
less lips half opened, and a death-like pal
lor overspreading his face, he loolts toward
the pulpit, which is just out of view, and
seems to be trying to fix Kis attention
upon the words of the preacher.
The whole engraving Is admirable—a
gem of art. As for the literature of Every
Saturday , it is, as usual, various, and ju
diciously called from every source attaina
ble by the editor and compilers. The best
magazines and journals of Great Britain
arid the Continent are made to contribute
to its neat clear-typed pages.
Moreover, the proprietors announce that
Mr. Dickens’ new serial story will soon be
published in the columns of Every Saturday ,
simultaneously with the appearances of the
monthly parts in London. This novel, (pro
fusely illustrated,) will be printed from
advance sheets furnished by the author
himself, and will thus make its first ap
pearance before American readers, not as a
pirated production, but as a work fairly
issued, and very liberally paid for.
Over aud over again, we have referred in
these columns to the rare excellence in
every respect, Its excellence typographical,
and its excellence intellectual, of The New
Eclectic published by Messrs. Turnbull &
Murdock, Baltimore.
But we regard it as a duty to return once
more to this subject, and to urge upon all
our readers who can afford it, to sustain
practically, and without further delay the
only first class monthly magazine we now
have at the South. Under discouragements
which only the publishers can fully ap
preciate, this noble periodical has for years,
maintained not merely a distinctive South
ern tone, but has illustrated with ifndeviat-
Ing energy the highest standards of art,
scholarship, and general literary progress.
Os late, jt has improved, instead of retro
grading in merit. No longer an eclectic
merely, its pages have been adorned and
vitalized by brilliant original articles from
many different sources.
Its arrangement of various departments
Is, to our mind, faultless. The tact and
good taste, of its editors must be univer
sally acknowledged ; and yet, strange to
say, Ihe publishers Bud themselves compel
ed to notify their subscribers that the New
Eclectic cannot be maintained at its present
standard, unless its circulation is largely in
creased. “We have labored,” they remark,
“ unremittingly, without remuneration for
yeafs, and having spent many thousands in
the effort to establish a magazine that
should be a credit to the South, we think
that we may uow reasonably look to our
subscribers and to all friends of Southern
literature for more material assistance than
has yet been given.”
“ There is one way in which the success
of our enterprise may be secured at once.
If each of our present subscribers will con
tinue his own subscription, and secure
one new subscriber, our list would imme
diately be increased to* a self-sustaining
point.”
How simple, easy, and yet efficacious is the.
plan of action suggested. The individual
expense and trouble it involves, are next to
nothing. Surely enough of patriotism, in
telligence and scholarship still exists
amongst ns to warrant the hope that our
appeal iu behalf of a most meritorious work
may not be utterly in vain.
Apropos of The Eclectic, the January num
ber contains a review of “ Vashti,” by Wm.
Hand Brown, which, despite its brevity, is
an exhausting piece of criticism.
With as much of good natured badinage
4P the circumstances of the case would ad
mit, he shows how unredeemably vicious is
the style of the book, how unnatural are
its characterizations, and how rambling
and inconsequent In Its plot.
As regards the nature of the dialogue in
“ Vashti,” we cannot resist the temptation
of giving afe.w£, specimens, quoted by;the
Reviewer. The hero, Or. Gray, recom
mends one of the heroines, a Miss Sai,ome
Owen, to studv systematically, whereupon
she informs him that “ knowledge per se
has no more value in ter eyes than a hand
ful of dry dust of those Atures found in
the cavern of Aturuipel”
On one occasion, when pushed beyond
his usual angelic patience, the Doctor
hints that Miss Salome is apparently
possessed of a devil, she turns upon him
with, “ and like R. Chaim Vitgl, you come
to pronounec Nielui, and banish my diaboli-
cal guest;” yet, afterwards, she admits
that a demou does. sometimes take posses
sion of her, “ whose name is not Suset,
but a fearful Enoch, demaudiug tfee 'wu
Cherem." .
“Would," says Mr. Brown, “that his
name had been Suset, and that the ban
Cherem, if indeed efficacious Ift silencing
noisy emptiness (mach) were at the critic's
disposal.”
Again, this fearful young female is made
to complain that “ idleness has nearly ruin
ed her; but she adds, “ I shall take industry
by the horns, and ‘iayirig thereon all my
sins of indolence, drive- it before me as the
Jews drove Apopoinpseus.” What is Apo
pompspus ? Only a scape-goat, reader, but
mark the resounding, grandeur of those
mighty Greek syllables.
Lastly, Miss Salome, who had begun
with snubbing, ends with professionally
loving Dr. Gray. Alas 1 his heart was set
elsewhere; and though Solome had consti
tuted him “ her sole Melek Taous, adored
with more than Yezedi fervor," became
agonizingly aware that his “ life must evter
run as an Asymptate to her own.”
Truly may the critic declare that both
Mrs. Wilson and her characters seem to
follow the suggestion of Clove, to Orange,
“ Pry’tliee, let’s talk fustian a little, and
make men lieHeve we are great scholars.”
Mrs. Wilson jias often been charged
with pedantry. She rightly complains that
such a charge is uujust. Pedantry is an
uncalled for display of learning. “ Now,
in her book,” says Mr. Brown, “ there is
an unnecessary display, but it is not of
learning. Burton, beginning every sen
tence with a classical ’quotation, and Po
litian, who cites Aristotle to prove that
tickling provokes laughter, are pedants;
but the irrepressible “ author of Beulah ”
belongs rather to the category of that old
lady who exclaimed, with enthusiasm,
“ Oh, those precious, precious words, Meso
potamia, Pamphylia, Thrace!”
Our New York Correspondence.
New -York, January 29, 1870.
It is only the beginning of 1870, and yet
the discussion of probable candidates for
the next Presidency is often heard in cir
cles that make no claim to political leader
ship, and this fact indicates that, the sub
ject receives attention from the mass of the
community. One purpose seems para
mount in both parties, and that is to shake
off the military domination which for ten
years has influenced, if not wholly con
trolled, the adjustment of every important
question. It has been suggested in some
quarters that we are likely to have four
candidates for the Presidency, after the
manner of 1824, and that possibly the elec
tion may be carried into the next House of
Representatives.
Probable candidates can hardly be named
as yet. The speech of Mr. Dawes, and his
excellent bearing against the assaults of
Butler, have brought him to the front
rank among the very quiet but very saga
cious and determined enemies of Grant.
And it is evident that Grant is losing
ground very rapidly in his own party. He
might recover himself by dismissing Fish
from the State Portfolio, and restoring the
Army and Navy Departments to civil con
trol ; and he may do this when he sees that
it is absolutely necessary; in which case he
will be a formidable candidate for re-elec
tion, to which he undoubtedly looks for
ward ; it will not, however, be as Oeneml
Grant, but as President Grant, that he will
be continued in offlee.
With regard to the Democrats, we have
not, as vet, more than two candidates
worth naming. The elections last Fall
settled the fate of Pendleton and Packer.
Gov. Hoffman, of New York, and John
Quincy Adams, of Massachusetts, have a
very important following. They are both
of that moderate grade of Democrats whom
the Republicans have never denounced as
“ Copperheads.” Mr. Hoffman’s patronym
ic would give him a strong vote among
those exceedingly clannish people, the Ger
mans, who can seldom be induced to vote
against one of their own nationality, and
such many will believe Mr. Hoffman to be.
He is, besides, a gentlemau of popular man
ners, and a statesman of elevated views.
But he has to bear a great weight in the
odium which attaches to Tammany Hall ;
and his best frieilds admit; with a sigh,
that in the measures brought forward at
Albany, with reference to this city, there is
a purpose “ to keep the word of promise to
the ear and break it to the hopewhich, if
not soon abandoned, and Tammany’s pet
institutions subjected to the test of the
Democratic principles, will bring Gov.
Hoffman’s political career to an early and
inglorious termination. John Quincy
Adams, although for several years openly
affiliating with the Democratic party of
his State, and- twice its candidate for
Governor (running largely ahead of his
ticket), stands in much the same relation to
the people of the country, and enjoys the
same large share of their confidence as Mr
Chase in 1868, with this difference, that the
Democratic party would now be much
more hi the spirit of accepting Mr. Adams
as a candidate than it would have shown
towards Mr. Chase then. Mr. Adams
would attract to him large numbers of Re
publicans who are anxious to shake off af
filiation with that party, but who would
hesitate under any other candidate. It has
been suggested, in view of the discoaraging
aspect of affairs at Tammany Hall, that
the Southern Democrats oueht to organ
ize of themselves, and run a candidate for
Presidency on the basis of their own prin
ciples and objects; not so much in the
hope of immediate success as a view to de
velop and concentrate public opinion upon
issues which the Northern Democrats en
deavor to evade. This is an important
thought. We should fight the next nation
al contest to establish principles, with a
view to the future, unless it shall be deem
ed best to first overthrow Radicalism at all
hazards. It is to be hoped we shall make
no such miscarriages as in 1868, when we
neither established a principle nor secured
a success.
A leading topic of discussion is our ex
traordinary mild Winter. January has
thus far been as warm as, was last October.
We have had no snow since early in
cember. The Hudson river has been open
to Albany for the first time in January in
more than forty years. The ice men are in
despair, and have quadrupled their prices.
In protected spots flowers have appeared in
bloom, shrubs are putting forth leaves,
and buds on the trees are swelling. The
last fact excites apprehension for the crop
of frnit next season, lest it shall be cut off
by late frosts in its premature development.
The present generation have seen no
weather to eqnal this Winter since 1851,
wlieu the Albany boats resumed their trips
in February, and thousands attended the
display of fireworks on the balmy evening
of Washington’s birthday.
We have had a flurry in cotton. Un
favorable reports from India started up
Liverpool, and a falling off iu receipts at
the Southern ports contributed to the ex
citement. But the close is flat, and it
begins to be suspected that the East India
reports were put in circulation by the
“ bears ” for the purpose of enabling them
to get out new lines of “ shorts ” at higher
prices. At any rate, it is felt that the mar
ket will soon be subjected to a severe test,
and all reports, as well as information, are
seized upon with avidity by one party or
the other. \
The very eminent surgeon, Dr. John
Murray Carnochan, who has been receptly
nominated by Gov. Hofiinan for the posi
tion of Health Officer of this port, was, Jt
seems, originally from Savannah, having
been born in that city in July, I£l7. He
was educated, however, in Edinburgh, and
having graduated with honor at the Uni
versity, returned to the United States, be
ing then but seventeen years of age! The
choice of a profession was now before him,
and determined upon that of surgery, he
entered the office of the celebrated Dr.
Valentine Mott, then at the zenith of his
fame. In 1841 Dr. Carnochan visited Eu
rope, and remained for six years in attend
ance ou the principal hospitals of Paris,
London and Edinburgh, and soon after his
return to New York published a medical
treatise which at once placed him in the
front rank of the great surgeons of the day.
For excellence in the art of surgery, a gift
froui nature is as requisite as is excellence
in that of poetry, and it is to this gift
o.f nature that Dr. Carnochau is indebted
for the pre-emineut rank to which he has
attained. For many years he was Professor
of the Principles and Operations of Surge
ry in the New York Medical College, but
his private practice finally became so ex
tensive that he was compelled to discon
tinue his . lectures. Socially, he is one of
the mbs# attractive of men ; of an elegant
and commanding presence and. though fif
ty-two years .of age, does not appear to be
more than forty.* I
The Richardson-McFarland marriage Ik
not the only one which Mr. Beecher ha!P
performed at the Astor House, nor is it the
only one performed under his auspices, to
which some mystery is attached. In May
last, a marriage was solemnized there,
which has not yet been recorded in the
Register’s Clerk’s offlee of the Board of
Health. Quite lately the Register Clerk
•wrote to Mr. Beecher requesting him to
send a certificate to the Board of Health,
and to this communication no reply being
returned, a messenger was dispatched from.
Dr. Stiles’ offlee in Brooklyn to Mr. Beech
er, who said he had no recollection of per
formingany such marriage ceremony, while
Mrs. Beecher informed the messenger that
she perfectly , remembered the occurrence.
Upon this the Register Clerk immediately
wrote a note to a relative of the bride, who
seemed most anxious that the marriage
should be recorded, informing him of Mr.
Beecher’s reply.' The gentleman then called
at the office and produced the original mar
riage certificate which he had given the
bride when he married the couple. Mr.
Beecher, however, has still sent no certifi
cate to the Register’s offlee. There is a secret
history of the case, which is at present with
held.
At Nib’.o’s, Fechter, who has drawn
large audiences and won high enconiuras
from the Press, makes his appearance in
The Duke's Motto ; at Booth’s, Emma Wal
ler and Booth alternate ; at the Fifth Ave
nue, a local comedy, entitled Surf, by Olive
Logan, being a representation of fashion
able life at the sea-side, is proving suc
cessful, and at the Grand Opera Honse a
new spectacular drama, which, it is said,
has been twelve months in preparation,
and which, it is expected, will take New
York by storm. It is entitled Twelve
Temptations. At the Theatre Francais
there has been a slight revival of Opera
Bouffe, Mrs. Howard Paul taking the part
of La Grande Duchesse. In a short time
Italian Opera, with the same troupe which
performed earlier in the season, will re
commence, and ere very long we may
probably look for English Opera again
from the Parepa Troupe, and a Spring se
ries of concerts from Carlotta Patti.
Willoughby.
[Prom the Atlanta Constitution.
Judge Warner’s Opinion on the “ Eligi
bility” Question.
AN ABLE STATE PAPER.
Atlanta, Ga., January 31,1870.
Hon. Hiram Warner, Associate Justice Su
preme Court of Georgia :
Dear Sir: We respectfully-request your
opinion as to the eligibility of members of
the Georgia Legislature, under the provis
ions of the recent act of Congress, entitled
“ An Act to promote the Reconstruction of
Georgia.”
J. E. Bryant, Dunlap Scott,
J. H. Caldwell, M. A. Candler,
A. J. Wildtams, C. K. Osgood,
J. E. Shumate. J. T. Burns,
W. F. Holden.
Atlanta, February 1,1870.
Gentlemen: I have the honor to ac
knowledge the receipt of your note of the
31st instant, requesting my opinion as to
the proper construction to’be given to the
late act of Congress, in regard to the eligi
bility of the members of the Legislature
under the provision of that act. This is
the second time my opinion has been re
quested in regard to that question. Prior
to the organization of the General Assem
bly, any expression of opinion on my part,
calculated either to encourage the members
thereof to take the oath prescribed, or to
intimidate them from taking it, would have
been both indelicate and improper. But
as tbe Legislature has now been organized,
however unimportant my opinion may be
considered, when in conflict with that of
Mr. Attorney General Farrow, still, qo
valid reason presents itself to my mind
why it should not now be expressed to
those who desire to know it, the more es
pecially as it relate to a question in which
the whole people of the State have a deep
and abiding interest.
In the construction of the act of Con
gress to which my attention has-been call
ed, there are three points to be considered :
First, how the law stood at the time of the
passage of the act ? Second, what was the
evil or mischief which the act was intend
ed to remedy ? Third, what was the remedy
that Congress intended to provide to cure
this evil or mischief which existed?
By the Constitution of the United States
a certain enumerated class of State officers
were required to take an oath to snpjmrt
that Constitution, as well as the officers of
the United States. The existing evil or
mischief was that certain officers, both of
the Federal and State Government, had
tahen this oath and thereafter engaged in
insurrection or rebellion against the United
States, in violation thereof. It was con
sidered by Congress to be an evil and a
mischief to allow that class of persons in
the State who had sworn to support the
Constitution of the United States and there
after eugaged in insurrection or rebellion,
to be members of the State Legislature.
In order to remedy this existing evil or
mischief, the act of Congress under con
sideratson was passed, and should be go
construed as to suppress the mischief and
advance the remedy. Now, if any mem
ber of the Legislature has ever held an of
fice under the Government of the United
States, or been a member of any State Leg
islature, or held any civil office created by
law for the administering of any general
law ofa State, or for the administration of
justice therein, and was required, and did
take an oath, to support the Constitution
of the United States, and thereafter en
gaged in insurrection or rebellion against
the same, he is ineligible, for the reason
that he is within the mischief intended to
be remedied by the act, as well as by the
Fourteenth Amendment ofthe Constitution,
. which the act was inteuded to enforce. All
other officers of a State, who were not re
quired, and who did not take an oath to
support the Constitution of the United
States, were not intended to be embraced,
and are not embraced within the act • be
cause they are not within the mischief, as
contemplated by it, neither are they with
in the reason, or spirit of the act. They,
not having taken any oath to support the
Constitution of the United States, have not
violated that oath, and do not labor under
the same disability as those who have tak
en anil violated it. If construe .this act
of Congress in relation to the subject mat
ter of it, in connection with the third sec
tion of the Fourteenth Amendment of the
Constitution, the same result necessarily
follows. Besides, it'is apparent on the face
of the act that Congress did not intend to
impose or create any other disability on the
members of the Legislature than was im
posed and created by the Fourteenth Amend
ment of the Constitution; fcqj it is expressly
declared, that if the memberclaiming a seat
will swear that he has been “ relieved by
an act of Congress of the United States from
disability, as provided for by section 3, of
the XlVth Amendment to the Constitution
of the United States,” that he is then eligi
ble, surely Congress did not intend that
those who had not been relieved by Con
gress, and were required to take the first
oath specified in the act, should labor under
other, or different disabilities, than those
whose disability had been removed by Con
gress. If the disability of the member has
been removed by Congress, then he is eligi
ble to his seat in the Legislature. What
disability? The disability imposed by the
3d section of the XlVth and
that 3d section defines and declares that
disability. If the disability imposed by the
2d section oi the XlVth Amendment does
not exist, as applicable to the member claim
ing his seat, then he is eligible under the
act. If the disability imposed by the 3d
section of the XlVth Amendment did exist,
as applicable to the member claiming his
seat, and that disability has been removed
by an act of Congress, then he is eligible
under the act. The disability is the same
in both cases. In the pne, the disability
has been removed by an act, of Congress ;
in the other, it has not; and in the latter
case, the member claiming his seat must
swear that hq is not laboring under that
disability. .
It ijs-a sound and well estabffgbed princi
ple of the law, that statutes emitting disa
bilities, being penal in their chSi»cter, must
be strictly construed. My concision, there
fore, is, that.-all persons wirteheld ofiice,
either under the,Government qjythe United
States, or as a -member of the Sfcisiatureof
any State, or who held any civil office
created by law for the a&mniskrivg any
general law of a State, or for
tion of justice iu any State, who were re
quired and did take an oath to support the
Constitution of the j United States, and
thereafter eugaged in insurrection or rebel
lion against the same, are ineligible as mem
bers of the Legislature under the provi
sions of the act, unless relieved from that
disability by Congress ; and that all other
State officers who were not required, and
who did not take am oaih to" support the
Constitution of the United Stataa are eligi
ble as members of the Legislature— they
not being within the mischief which the act
was intended to remedy. It will be per
ceived, that if the late act of Congress was
intended to create, and does,.create other
and different disabilities than inch as are
imposed by the third section M the 14th
Amendment, that then
whose disabilities were rembroaby Con
gress prior to the passage of this last act
have not had those other and (Afferent dis
abilities, imposed by the last act, removed
by Congress; but only snfelii disabilities
as were imposed by the third section of the
14th Amendment. It wopld seem, there
fore, that if other and differentidisabilities
were in fact created and imposed by the
late act of Congress, that the members who
have been relieved by Congress from their
disabilities imposed by the third section of
the 14th Amendment should |ow be re
quired to swear that they wer* not labor
ing under any af the other afld different
disabilities imposed by the lattaet, if in
deed that act does in tactcreatelmd impose
any other or different (lisabilUigs ; for it is
very clear that Congress has riot relieved
them from any disabilities creased and im
posed by the late act of Congress. Did
Congress intend to impose othejL»nd differ
ent disabilities upon those members who
had not been relieved therefrom by Con
gress, than upon those who had so re
lieved? In my opinion, such was not the
intention of Congress In passing the act
under consideration.
Very respectfully, yotir ob’t serv’t,
Hiram Warner.
To Messrs. J. E. Bryant and others.
Hot Shot from Senator Candler.
In Atlanta, the other day, Senator Cand
ler, in Messrs. Bullock & Terry’* Senate, in
commenting on the resolution of Senator
Harris, said, as reported by the Constitu
tion :
I desire to know under what law we are
proceeding. If uuder any law of Georgia,
we want to follow it. If under military
law and order, let us abide by that. I
understand that the Code of Georgia is no
longer to be taken as a guide by the party
now in power; that you will not regard its,
provisions or that of the Constitution. May
not we, a little minority, ask where you are
taking ns? Under what system of law,
under what rule, under what military
order! You have us in your power. You
can do with us as you please, but certainly
you will grant us the poor privilege of
knowing the mode in which your acts to
wards us are to be regulated. If we, as a
body, are assembled for the purpose of de
grading" us, for the purpose of being a mere
machine, molded at your pleasure to effec
tuate yonr purpose, to be made and un
made as will best suit the purposes
and designs of the dominant party, we
want to know it. What are we? Are we
a body capable of action, responsible to any
one? If so, we ought to have some voice
—some discretion allowed us, as to how we
shall act, or who shall compose a part of
this body. You pretend that this is a Sen
ate, the Senate of Georgia, but you take
from it the right to act as judge of the elec
tions, qualifications, etc., of its own mem
bers. You propose to ns that Gov. Bul
lock shall say who are eligible to seats
here. Whence does he derive any authori
ty or right to pass on this question ? Un
der what law? Meade’s order does not
mention these men. They are not known
to the military authorities; they arc not
known to Congress, from whence all know
ledge allowed to avail anything in these
times seems to come. Has Gov. Bullock
got secret information to put tlieqp in and
run the machiue after making itfto bis own
notion,according to his own will?
The resolution of Mr. Merrill, to inquire
of the Governor who was next eligible in
the place of Mr. McCutchius, deceased, was*
met, as it ought to have been, with mani
fest displeasure by the Senate. Mr. Mer
rill went too far. His zeal ha* transported
him, in this instance, beyond the bounds of
ordinary decency, and his only excuse for
the resolution was a rumor of the deceased
Senator’s ineligibility. When Radical pro
scription goes so far as to tear up the dead,
and rob it of its last habiliments, and that,
too, by a man who has so long enjoyed the
confidence of the citizens of Georgia, i-, is
time to pause and ask, Quarri an finem istie
furor jactat ? against such meanness. This
is unjustifiable, without law, and destruc
tive pi the liberties of the people of the
whole country.
Sir, we are not used to such things; We
want, at least, some show of law, or some
written order of some sort, and from some
body, by which wc can, or should, or must
regulate our proceedings. We protest
against this resolution. It is disgraceful
to the Senate, unauthorized by any law
recognized here, or by any order issued by
'the military authorities' of the United
States. If you are determined to victimize
us, let it be done with some show of de
cency—some regard to rule or order. We
protest that Governor Bullock has no right
to put men iu this body, and that it is our
duty, our privilege and right to say to
these new comers, whence come you ? and
by what right do you claim to enter here?
You are not known in General Meade’s
order, nor in any act of Congress! Sir, we
have had outrages enough. The heart
sickens at the memory of them, vindictive
oppression has been and continues to be
the order of the day. We are powerless to
resist it, we can only protest.
Georgia Reconstruction.— Georgia is
now passing through the hard ordeal which
visited Tennessee. Many of the profes
sional assassins, peripatetic mountebanks,
strolling mercenaries, ex-gamblers, pimps
and deck-hands who figured in Tennessee
have reappeared in Georgia, as distio
guised persons. This blackleg is a “Judge.”
That rounder is a ‘“General.” The other
thug is an “ Hon,” So on through the
whole disgraceful catalogue of “ loyal peo
ple.” Terry and his tribe are of course -no
better; and next we shall have a “ loyal
militia,” then loyal murders by the score,
then loyal plunderings and conflagrations.
Finally perhaps desperation wilt start up
an organization for the protection of-the
people. Then proclamations and invasions.
Finally, after the usual course of riot and
plunder has run itself out, we shall have
peace-. But Bullock and his gang will first
stuff themselves with'pillage ; and Georgia
will come out of the business poor indeed.
This is reconstruction.
Revelation.— While Commissi oner Dela
no, of the Internal Revenue Department, is
putting the screws to about every person he
can who pays taxes, Mack, the Washington
correspondent of the Cincinnati Elnquirer,
is putting the screws to him. Mack says
that Delano, in 1850, or thereabouts, form
ed one of a gang of four who swindled the
Government out of upwards of $136,000
The fraud was in the construction of light
houses on the Pacific coast, and the evi
dence of the guilty participatlonjafMr De
lano therein is on file in WasKlSgton. .The
Commissioner at that time was a New
York banker; and it was probably in re
cognition of his “ past services” that a Re
publican administration placed' Mm in his
present responsible position.
Cotton, from a Sand Plantation. The
other day one of our manufactories bought
a bale of cotton weighing 1,050 pounds
when opened it was found to contain 562 V
pounds of sand, dust *c. Adding to thil
28 pounds of bagging and rope, and sub
tracting from the whole amount, it was
fcutid that of the 1,050 pounds only 459 V
were cotton. Jerusalem! sand as high as
choice cotton. Os course buyer will go
back on buyer until the packer is found
A sand plantation, at this lick, will pay
immensely, and some owners will yet get
into penitentiaries for such stealing.
[CMMndm Sun.
* [From the Old ftuaid.
On the Stream.
BK THOMAiI.DUNN ENGLISH.
Night, but uo cloud on the slay ;
Aud youder, the lights of thestreSts gleam aud
quiver
Id a flaino-6uotted pyramid up from the river,
As I float in my boat so despairingly by,
On the stream. *
Qniet the ships at- the piers
Like a forest in Winter, their masts .and their
spars
Stand in relief from the sky and the stars ;
1 can see them in spite of my fast falling
tears, ,
• Ou the stream. ■
Creeping from wooden-walled slips,
I watch the filled ferry boats ply to and fro,
Impatiently pawing the wave as (they go.
Threading their way through the fast-anchor
ed ships
On the stream.
Ic the far distance, I see
The light of a lamp from a window on shore ;
That was her signal last Summer —no more
Will that lamp through the pane cast a glim
mer forme
On the stream.
Though as my life she was dear,
I could have borne it to think of her dead ;
But deeper than that was the pmg when she
fled
Away with another—fled, leaving me here,
On the stream.
Sometimes they tell me I’m crazed ;
God knows if am; hut 1 Uiink not, although
I feel somewhat stunned with this dull, crush
ing blow;
I still keep my senses, though floating, amazed,
On the stream.
Floating half way from the shore—
Thus in my boat, in and out of the light,
I drift and I drift, with my woe and the night,
Till the storm comes—and tlfeo.they will see
me no more
On the stream.
[Correspondence of the Portland Advertiser.
Harmony Grove-The Last Resting Place
of George Peabody.
Salem, January 27.
Whilst the great pliilauthropist lies in
state in your City Hall, your thoughts will
naturally turn to the resting place which
awaits him here, in the State aud town
which gave him birth, and has so good
cause to honor and remember him. 'Not a
mile away, on the shore of the North river,
stands the beautiful grove which has been
consecrated for the ashes of our people.—
It lies partly in Salem and partiv in the
town of Peabody, lately South Danvers,
where the life, since grown famous, begau
humbly enough. The house in which his
business life began, in the capacity of a
grocer’s lad, is still standing, with a small
shop front,, and a high window is often
pointed out in the narrow attic which was
.his bedroom. Sixty five years ago, when he
looked out of that window, a thick walnut
growth overspread the site of the present
cemetery, and its shades were haunted on
holidays by noisy boys, but for the rest of
the week left to the squirrels. Hardly a
trace now remains of the natural beauties of
thesceue ; but art has come instead, a hun
dred acres have been enclosed, adorned
with shade trees and flowering shrubs,
laid out in lots and traversed with, ave
nues. Only a single clump of old trees re
main outside of the cemetery, on an emi
neuce too rocky and uneven to be occu
pied. The cemetery lies'partly in Peabody
and partly in Salem. The Peabody entrance
is through a simple rustic gate ; but the
visitor from Salem passes under a massive
arch of rubble work, overgrown with wood
bine, which rustles drearily in the wind.
Passing down the main avenue for about a
hundred rois, you come to the Peabody
lot. The cemetery slopes towards the west,
and is washed at the foot of the slope by
the tide ebbing and flowing through North
river. Eastward the ground rises, becom
ing very irregular and broken on the
eastern border! where the hillside rises
abruptly to an eraiueuce, from which there
is a wide view of the sea and .land. The
Peabody lot lies on the side of this hill and
faces southwesterly, towards, the river.—
Along the front runs a wall of stone ten or
twelve feet high and thirty feet long. The
side walls strike the bank a dozen feet from
the front, but the hill is hollowed out, so
that the level surface of the lot is about
thirty feet square. A flight of stone steps
gives afccess to the lot. Iu the centre stands
a unique monument of granite. The base
is ten feet long, two feet high, and four feet
wide. Upon this, near each end, stand two
blocks of granite a foot high, supporting a
massive slab eight feet long, three feet
wide, and three feet high, suggesting and
faintly resembling a coffin. The base -ex
hibits three panels inlaid with -blocks of
marble. The lift panel is blank ; the other
two bear these inscriptions :
Thomas Peabody, died 18ll.aged 49.
Judith Dodge, his wile,-died 1830, aged 59.
David Peahody, died July, 1841, aged 51.
Acbsah 8. Peabody, died February, 1821, aged 29
Beneath this spot the body, which has.
been borne with so much pomp and circum
stance across the sea, will rest quietly with
kindred dust. To the left stands fair Sa
lem; in front the river rises and falls with
the pulsations -of the ocean ; on the right
the sun lies warm on the home of his boy
hood.
’Tis little, but it looks in truth
As if th? quiet bones were blest,
Among tanqiliiir nsraes to rest,
And in the places of his youth.
The fuueral train, I am told, will not
stop before reaching Peabody. The body
will lie in state in the hall of the Institute,
and will be guarded there by the Sutton
Guafd, of Danvers. The Salem Cadets will
perform escort duty, and the Boston Cadets
will accompany Gov. Claflin and stall'. The
services at the church will be brief. There
will be no formal eulogy, still less a ser
mon. The pulpit will be occupied by all
the clergymen in town, and a part has been
assigned to each, but the services will con
sist simply of prayer, Scriptui’e-readings
and the singing of hymns.
Business op the M. &G. R. R.—lt is
largely in excess over that of the cotton
year 1868-’69. In December the business
amounted to $30,000; this month it will
reach some $23-,000. During 1868-’69, 16,-
138 qales of cotton were brought over the
road, of which 12,788 were for Columbus
and 3,350 for Savannah. Thus far this
seasou it has brought 21,937 bales, of
which 17,222 were for Columbus and 4,715
for Savannah. It is expected that its total
receipts this season-will be 30,000 bales.
In the warehouses at Union Springs alone
there are 2,000 bales. Work is being pushed
forward at last, and it is confidently ex
pected trains will be running to Troy by
the first of May, if not much earlier.
f Columbus Sun.
■ Murder in Florida.— The Savannah
Republican has seen a private letter from
a gentleman residing at Orange Springs,
Fla., from which it learns that a few days
ago Mr. B. Lovell, residing at that place,
was shot from behind a gate; about ten
steps distant, by some person unknown,
while in the act of taking a drink of-water,
he being in his own house. His body was
pierced by ten buckshot', producing ‘death
in a few minutes. Warren T. Hall and his
son, aged about fifteen years, have been ar
rested upon suspicion of being the mur
derers.
Horse Thieves Shot.— The Athens
(Tenn.) Post, of Friday, says two officers df
the law passed through Athens last Satur
day in charge of two negro horse thieves.
The horses were stolen in Marshall county,
Tenn., and the negroes were arrested near
Brown’s Ferry, in this county. We nnder
stand that a band of disguised men took
the thieves from the officers near Corqers
ville, Teun., and shot them.
A Man Killed at No. 6, M. & G. R. R.
—We understand that a difficulty occurred
yesterday at No. 6, on the Mobile and Gi
rard Railroad, between two men named
Gray aud Martin, which resulted in the
killing of the former. We heard no par
ticulars further than that it was the re
newal of an old feud.
[Columbus Enquirer, Ist.
The Constitutional Convention of Ten
nessee has fixed the Governor’s term of
office at four years, and provides that he
shall not be eligible for but one term in
eight years.
BY TELEGRAPH.
FROM ATLANTA.
TERRY AND BULLOCK CHRISTEN
THEIR ISSUE AND CALL IT
“LEGISLATURE.”
BULLOCK PLATTERS HIS BEGET
- TING AS PERFECT UNDER
THE LAW.
TO INSURE HE COMMENDS
STRONG RADICAL DIET TO
THE YOUNGSTER.
THE DEMOCRATS DECLINE TO AID
THE RADICAL COOKS TO
MAKE THE BROTH.
PRINCE SHOE-PEG COMPELS HIS
DETACHMENT TO SWING
THE KETTLES.
THE CHILD IS FED, AND IT TAKES
TWELVE DAYS TO DIGEST
THE PORRIDGE.
[Special to tbe Constitutionalist.
Atlanta, February 2.
The House met at 12, m., when the mes
sage of Bullock was read.
The message announced that Terry re
cognized the Legislature as organized, and
covered the apparent preconcerted corres
pondence between Bullock and himself con
cerning the scope of tlfeir agency. The
Legislature is held to be organized dejure,
under the Reconstruction Acts, the organi
zation based exclusively ou the elcctious'of
April, 1868; members’ terms to commence
now, and the election of United States Sen
ators, etc., to be held anew. The message
recommended the passage of the Four
teenth and Fifteenth Amendments, and
also the “ Fundamental Conditions,” and
the Legislature to take a recess until the 14th
instant.
The House passed the Fourteenth Amend
ment—yeas 71, the Democrats declining to
vote.
The “ Fundamental Conditions ” passed,
by yeas 71, nays 1..
The vote on the Fifteenth Amendment
stood—yeas 55, nays 29, only a few Demo
crats voting.
Bryant objected to the amendments be
ing declared adopted, on the ground that
there was not a quorum in the House, but
was overruled.
Wilcher and Bennett were seated.
Caldwell’s resolution that Congress be
requested to relieve ail political disabilities
was not taken up.
Bethune’s resolution to request Terry to
stop old executions was not taken up.
There was no action on the Radical reso
lution, to appoint a committee to investi
gate Angier’s charges against Bullock.
The House concurred in the Senate iso
lation to take a recess until the 14th.
SENATE.
The Senate, in session, passed the same
amendments as the House.
Senator Candler made an able speech
against tlielr adoptio
The Democrats declined to vote, but Con
ley compelled them, under which compul
sion the vote stooiT; yeas, 25 ; nays, 10.
A Radical resolution, for the appoint
ment of a committee to investigate Angier’s
charges against Bullock, passed, but was
not concurred in by the House.
A resolution was adopted to take a re
cess until the 14th.
The recess is a Radical measure, and the
adoption of the resolution was hailed by
them with immense applause.
Bullock is apprehensive of his removal
and new elections.
A Radical caucus is being held to-night.
(Associated Press Dispatches.
WASHINGTON.
Washington, February 2—Noon.—lt is
stated that Sherman telegraphs Terry, by.
order of the President, that the Senatorial
election of Hill and Miller is regarded
legitimate here. The effect of this order
forbids the Legislature electing other Sena
tors. Georgia affairs are having serious
consideration in high Executive and lead
ing Senatorial quarters, but nothiug abso
lutely known. The principal persons de
cline authentications, rumors, or authoriz
ing any publication.
The House, after private bills, Jliscussed
the Feniau prisoners in Great Britain. A
very warm debate Is progressing.
In the Senate a bill was reported for an
Associate Judge with Watson, of Texas.
The committees did nothing.
Action regarding Mississippi will not be
considered by the Iteconstruction Commit
tee until Butler returns, though the bill
before the Senate mav pass any moment
after passing the Senate.
Washington, February2.—P. M.—Reve
nue to-day, $646,000
The Senate, in special session, to-morrow,
will consider the funding bill.
The Foreign Relations Committee will
report against raising the China legation
to a first class mission.
It is stated Anthony’s bill, restricting
the printing of public documents, will save
$1,500,000.
The census will be taken under the regu
lations of 1850, the time for new regulations
by Congress having expired. Statistics
will be collected by marshals, with such
changes regarding negroes as changed
circumstances render imperative.
The President has approved the bill ex
tending the port of New Orleans,
Ames’ conduct excites unfavorable com
raenWit Army Headquarters. Ames must
resigu from the army.
In the Senate, 500 copies of the chart of
the bay of Samana were ordered printed.
The currency bill was resumed.
A bill was passed providing for the issue
of $45,000,000 additional national bank cir
culation to banking.associations, to be or
ganized in States haying less than their
proportion under the present apportion
ment of $300,000,000, anew apportionment
of this additional amount to be made as
soon us practicable, based upon the census of
1870. Section 2* provides for the retirement
monthly of an amount of the three per cent,
certificates equivalent to the issue of.circu
lating notes. Section 3 authorizes any
bank iu a State having an excess of circula
tion to remove to a State having less than
its proportion, with a view to equalization
of the currency throughout country. The
remaining sections provide for the estab
lishment of bpnks upon a gold basis, the
Comptroller of Currency to issue to them
circulating notes not exceeding in amount
80 per cent, of par value of United States
bonds deposited by them In the Treasury.
The banks are to keep on hand, In coin, 22
per cent, of their outstanding circulation.
Provision is also made for the withdrawal
of $20,000,000 of the present National circu
lation from States in. excess of their pro
portion after the $45,000,000 now authorized
shall be exhausted. The bill passed by 39
to 23.
TrUmbull reported, With amendments,
the bill to secure to all persons the equal
protection of the laws; extending the pro
visions of the civil rights bill to the
CfalO€9C<
Tile House addressed the Senate upon a
bill to repeal the neutrality act or 1818,
which prevents Americans from enlisting
in or fitting ont vessels tor, the services of
foreign government with which the United
States is at peace.
Adjourned.
/ In the House, a report was presented
from the Committee on Foreign Affairs, in
reference to imprisonment of American
citizens in Great Britain for political
offenses, closing with a resolution that the
President communicate information con
cerning the subject. The committee ex
presses sympathy with the subject of the
resolution.
Speeches were made on both sides of the
resolution, which went over, because, of the
expiration of the morning hoar.
A resolution was adopted instructing the
Committee on Foreign Affairs to inquire
why Cuba was not recognized as a bellig
erent.
The Senate bill appropriating $30,000 for
tbepoor of the District of -Columbia,' and
allowing SIO,OOO worth ol condemned army
clothing to be distributed, elicited con
siderable discussion ; Logan arguing that
it was not proper to appropriate money for
use, perhaps, for eleetloueering purposes.
Hi* said if the fashionable people of Wash
ington would devote the rao'ney spent for
receptions and ornaments to charitable
purposes there would be no use to call ud
on Congress to aid the poor.
Knott asserted that the effect of this bill
\voul<sbe to draw negroes here from other
States, who would outvote resident citi
zens.
An amendment, by Logan, for the issuing
of rations by the War Department was
adopted, and the House adjourned without
disposing of the bill.
-f m i m
LOUISIANA.
New Orleans, February 2.—News from
Mexico via Brownsville represent the revo
lutionary party in Mexico daily strength
ening. 'Generals Macias, Zarlqui, Espino
sa, Davill and others are organizing troops
to aid the rebels.
The Vera Cruz Esperanza says : “ Effec
tively, the situation of Mexico is worse
every day, and even those who seemed to
have more confidence in the future bow
down their heads under the weight of a
bitter disappointment. There is not a
means found to conjure the storm which
threatens to sink our unfortunate country
in the horrors of a civil war. The revolu
tion in great proportions has broken out in
the States of Puebla, San Luis Potosi,
Guanajuata, Queretaro, Moralos and Mi
eboacan, and in vain the Government at
tempts to overcome it with its troops.”
The steamship Cuba, hence on Tuesday
for Baltimore, broke her propeller, and re
turned for repairs.
Governor Warmoth lias appointed Jas.
Graham State Auditor, vie# Wickliff sus
pended, in consequence of articles of im
peachment brought against him.
The grand jury found two bills against
Perry Fuller, late collector, and his late
associates, Gray, F. A. Dewolf, Rob’t
S. Spivule, W. A. West, Marx Diuklespiel.
Five affidavits charge them with conspir
ing to defraud the revenues of the Govern
ment.
Dr. Hoda, a prominent Cuban, telegraph
ed to Key West to ascertain if it was true
that Castanon, editor of the Vbz de Cuba,
had been cowarily assassinated by the
Cubans, as reported. The following is the
reply : _ •
Key West, February 2.
To J. O. Hoda , New Orleans :
Untrue. Castanon slapped a Cuban’s
face, when his adversary fired, killing him.
[Signed] ,7. M. Reyers.
GEORGIA.
Atlanta, February 2. —The General As
sembly received the message to-day from
the Governor, including his correspond
ence with Gen. Terry, in which Gen. Terry
acknowledges the Governor’s notification
of the organization of the General Assem
bly, and informs the Governor that*both
houses are now properly organized for the
purpose of assenting and Complying with
the conditions imposed by Congress for
the restoration of the State to its original
relations with the nation. The Governor
reviews the action of the old organization
in expelling the colored members ; quotes
the several acts of Congress relative to the
reconstruction of the late rebel States;
also Gen. Terry’s report of August 14th,
and the action and report to Congress
of the Judiciary Committee appointed
to investigate the credentials of Joshua
Hill, Senator elect from Georgia; re
capitulates the facts covering the po
litical history of the State from the
adoption of the act of March 2d, 1867. de
claring that until the people of the rebel
States were admitted to representation in
Congress, civil governments that exist
shall he provisional only, subject to
the paramount authority of the United
States, which, at any time, could abolish,
modify, control, or supercede the same ;
and up to the present time, that right
was reserved by Congress, was never
withdrawn or had expired by any legal act
of Georgia. The Governor recommended
the adoption of the 14th and 15th Amend
ments, and concludes with the desire, for
the good of the whole people, that the citi
zen’s worth shall be determined by his own
efforts, neither advanced nor retarded by
birth, color, religion or politics.
The House adopted the 14th Amendment
by unanimous vdte, and the 15th by 53 to
24. The Senate ratified both 14th and 15th
Amendment by a vote of 27 to 10. Both
Houses adjourned till the 14th inst.
ALABAMA.
Montgomery, February l —The Senate
passed a resolution to adjourn Saturday
next.
A bill was passed by the Senate yester
day which allows Senators to retain t.heir
seats until 1875.
To-day was consumed in discussing
disability removal.
In the House a bill passed allowing the
Governor to appoint Mobile city officers.
The railroad bills will probably come up
to-morrow.
Montgomery, February 2.—The Senate
concurred in th’e amendment of the House
to the Mobile bill, authorizing the Governor,
without consent of the Senate, to appoint
Mobile city officers. The balance of the
session was consumed in discussing the re
moval of disabilities. The proceedings
were very disorderly.
In the House, the committee to whom
was referred resolutions censuring the
clerks foe ignorance, reported that the fault
was with the members, who could not spell
correctly or write legibly, and recommended
the appointment of a clerk to put all bills
in a readable and grammatical shape. *
FOREIGN.
London, February 2.— The ship Mel
bourne, from London, for Savannah, put
back to Falmouth to-day. The Lady C.
Shields, for New Orleans, is at Falmouth;
six feet of water in her hold.
Captain Cochrane, commanding the ship
Petrel, cruising off the African coast,
writes that Dr. Livingstone was burned as
a wizard in the interior of Africa.
Vienna, February 2.— The Arch Duchess
Elizabeth, of Austria, has fled to America.
She embarked at Hamburg.
CANADA.
Toronto, February V —The Dominion is
cwistructing a Lake fleet, to proceed with
troops to the Winnepeg Settlements in the
Spring.
MARINE NEWS.
Savannah, February2.—Arrived : Steam
ship Huntsville, from New York ; Tona
wanda, from Pnlladelphia; schooners Joseph
Fish, from New York ; C. P. Stickney, from
Philadelphia ; Ella Fish, from Wicasset,
Me.; F. R. Baird, from Baltimore; J. Slm
monsou, John Sliay, from Baltimore; A. J.
Fabers and Matthew Kenny, from Boston.
Cleared : Ship Jas. Jardine, for Liver
pool ; bark Douglas, for Castle Darien ;
schooners Ella Mathews, for Jacksonville ;
Fred Dunbar, for Baltimore ; Jas L. Mal
loy, for Jacksonville; Ella Brown, for
Darien ; Josfah Whitehouse, for George
town, S. C.
Wilmington, February 2. —Cleared :
Volunteer, for New York.
Charleston, February 2.—Arrived :
Schr. L. A. Watson, from Baltimore ; schr.
A. E. Glover, from Boston.
Sailed: Steamer Jas. Adger, for New
York ; steamer Sea Gull, for Baltimore;
ship Hope, for Liverpool ; brig J. A. De
vereaux, for Cuba.
MARKETS.
February 2—Noon.—Cousols,
92%®92%. Bonds, 86%. Owing to de
rangements on the Liverpool lines, Liver
pool markets are delayed.
Ltvbiu’ool, February 2—Noon.—Cotton
opened dull; uplands, ; Orleans,
11%; sales, 10,000 bales.
Liverpool, February 2— Even iug.—Cot
ton steady; uplands, Orleans.
11%; sales, 10,000 bales. Bombay ship
ments for the week ending Saturday, 16,000
bale*. '
New York, February 2—-Noon, —No
call of Stocks In Board this morning, in
consequence of the death or M. W. Rogers.
The following prices were obtained from
the Long Room : Stocks strong. Money.
6. Exchange—long, 9 ; short,. 9%. Gold,
121%.
New York, February 2—P. M.—Mopey
ranges to 4®7 per ceut.; discount, %.
Stirling unchanged. Gold stronger at
12t%®121%. Governments —’62’s, 15% ;
Southerns heavy.
New York, February 2—Noon.—Flour
dull and drooping. Wheat dull, and in
buyer’s favor. Corn dull and declining.
Pork quiet; mess, $26 25026 50. Lard dull
at 16016%. Cotton easier at 25%. Tur
pentine steady at 46%®47. Rosin firm at
$2 15®2 20 for strained. Freights dutl.
New York, February 2—P. M.—Cotton
heavy and lower; sales, 2,600 bales at 25%.
Flour dull at 5010 lower ; superfine State,
$4 65@4 80; common to fair extra South
ern, $5 5006 10. Wheat I©2 lower;
Winter red and amber Western, $1 2801 31.
Corn declining; new mixed Western, 88Q90.
Pork heavy ; new, $26026 25. Lard closed
heavy; kettle, 17® 17%. Whisky heavy
at 98@99. Groceries dull and steady. Tur
pentine, 46%®47. Rosin, $2 1508.
Baltimore, February 2.—Cotton nom
inal at 25. Flour doll and weak; prices
unchanged. Wheat steady; prime to choice
Maryland, $1 35@1 45. Cora steady. Rye,
95. Pork, S2B 50029. Bacon-shoulders,
13013%. Lard, 17017%. Whisky, 87®98!
Virginias, ’66’s, 58; Wa, 54 bid; coupons,
old, 62 asked.
Wilmington, February 2.—Bpirits Tur
pentine firm at 45. Rosin qniet; strained
and No. 2, $1 60. Crude Turpentine steady
at $1 6502 80. Tar lower at $2 20. Cot
ton weaker at 22%©23%.
Mobile, February 2 —Cotton quiet but
steady; sales, 1,200 bales; middling, 24%;
receipts, 1,418 bales; exports, 322 bales.
New ORLEANS, February 2.—Cotton
demand fair and prices firmer ; middling,
24%®24%; sales, 7,400 bales; receipts,
7,462 bales ;• exports to Liverpool, 1,825
bales ; Malaga, 507 bales. Flour firmer at
$5 40, $5 80, and $6 12%. Corn easier at
$1 07%. Oats firmer at 75. Bran, $1 30
©1 35. Hay firm at S3O. Pork easier;
mess, $29 25@29 50. Bacon, 14, 17%, and
17%. Lard dull; tierce, 16%®16% ; keg,
18. Sugar—prime, 11%®11%. Molasses
—prime, 68070. Whisky, sl®l 05. Coffee.
15%®17%. Gold. 121%. Sterling, 31%.
New York Bight, % discount.
Savannaii, February 2.—Cotton-—re
ceipts, 2,488 bales ; exports, 2,095 bales ;
sales, 800 bales ; middling,' 24%; market
active.
Charleston, February 2 Cotton dull
aud nominal; sales, 100 bales; middling,
~4%; receipts, 1,418 bales; exports—Liver
pool, 658 bales; Continent, 425 bales; coast
wise, 1,207. ®
August* Daily Market.
Office Daily Constitutionalist, )
Wednesday, February 2-P. M s
FINANCIAL- ' .
GOLD—Buying at 120 and selling at 122.
SlLVEß—Buying at 116 and selling at 120.
BONDS—City Bonds, 83085.
STOCKS—Georgia Railroad, 105; Augusta
Factory, 155.
COTTON—The market opened with a good
demand at 23% for middling, and continued so
throughout the day, closing active at same
figure. Saler, 852 bales. Receipts, 779 bales.
BACON—Fair demand. We quote C. Sides.
19@19%; C. R. Sides, 18%@19; B. B. Sides, 18%
Shoulders, 15%; Hams, 21@23; Dry Salt
Shoulders, 13@13% ; Dry Salt C. R. Sides, 17
0L7%.
CORN—In good demand and is selling at
$1 30©1 35 from depot.
WHEAT—We quote choice white, 41 55;
amber, 41 50; red, 41 45.
FLOUR—City Mills, new, 46 5009 00; at
retail, *1 barrel higher. Country, 4609,
according to quality.
CORN MEAL—fI 45 at wholesale; 41 60 at
retail.
OATS—BSO4I 25.
PEAS—Scarce at $1 60.
Revenue Outrage in Pike County.—
Tbe Griffin Middle Georgian gives the fol
lowing particulars of a recent outrage by
Federal myrmidons in Pike county :
Last Saturday, N. Sellers Hill, J. *\V.
Scott, R. W. Jones and Thomas Hardaway
went to the premises of Thos. Moore, an or
derly, worthy, and' law-abiding citizen of
Pike county, and pretending to act under
orders seized several stills that were in the
still house of Mr. Moore. After removing
the still they set fire to the still house and
destroyed It. The fire was communicated
to the plantation fence of Mr. Moore, and
that of Mr. John A. Wilson, and before it
could be stopped, consumed 150 or 175
panels of fence for those parties.
Before going to Moore’s, they went to the
house of one Joshna Lassiter and seized
stills. Mrs. Lassiter was in bed, sick. Las
siter was not at home. These delectable
chaps, Mrs. Lassiter says, cursed her and
we are reliably Informed said they would
burn Lassiter’s still house if she were not
sick.
Saturday evening Moore sued a warrant
against the parties for arson, and just be
fore the train from Atlanta to Macon pass
ed this place they were arrested by Sheriff
Doyal. One of the parties went to Atlanta
Sunday morning, and this (Mondav) morn
ing Sheriff Doyai was served with a copy
of an order from General Terry, releasing
these house-burners, and forbidding that
they should be interfered with in the dis
charge of their “ legitimate duties." They
left town Monday morning, and went up
the railroad by private conveyance—we
suppose on another house and fence burn
ing expedition. We are informed by some
of Mr. Moore’s neighbors, whom we know
to be reliable and truthful men, that Mr.
Moore has not distilled any liquors since
the Summer of 1868, when he was regularly
licensed as a distiller.
A New Press Association.— “An Ameri
can Press Association” was permanently
organized, at the Astor House, a few days
ago by the election of John Russell Young
as President. A constitution was adopted
providing for membership to all newspapers.
Its benefits are a cheap, speedy supply of
the latest telegraphic intelligence, foreign
and domestic. Twenty-five papers of New
York, Brooklyn, Jersey City, Newark, Bos
ton, Philadelphia, Baltimore, Washington
and Cincinnati were represented. An ad
dress to the American press was adopted,
showing the basis of the organization to be
free trade in news. The Association starts
with strong prospects of becoming a suc
cessful disseminator of telegraphic news to
papers throughout the United States. All
newspapers joining It will he allowed equal
voice in Its management. John Hasson
will be appointed superintendent of the
new organization.
John M. Hill, an old and prominent citi
zen of Nashville, died on Wednesday even
ing, In his 73d year. He was born in Lan
caster, Pennsylvania, and went to Nash
ville when a poor j’oung man of twenty.
At his death he was one of the wealthiest
men in that city. The grounds on which
stood his residence, on Church street, were
the most beautifully and tastefully orna
mented in Nashville, and were adorned
with ,choice pieces of statuary, fountains,
shell walks and flowers.
The Monroe Advertiser states that Mr. C
A. King, of Forsyth, has gone to Virginia,
for the purpose of securing farm laborers
lor Monroe aud adjacent counties.
The Republican says a spiritual revival Is
now progressing in Americus. Two new
whisky shops have lieen opened since the
proposed organization of the Good Templar
Temperauce Lodge.
The Atlanta Intelligencer reports the death
of Hon. Peter Chambers, a member of the
House of Representatives, a few days since
at his house, in Merriwether county. He
had long suffered from consumption.
The Monroe Advertiser reports the sudden
death, on Monday, of Mrs. S. G. Htllyer
wife of the venerable President of Monroe
Female College.
Horace P. Clark has been appointed
Agent of the Macon and Western Railroad
Company, at Atlanta, vice R. A. Anderson
Esq., resigned. !