GOB STITTJTIOKALIST.
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SATURDAY MOBNING. MAR. 12. 1870
BULLOCK’S LITTLE GAME.
It is generally believed that the editor of
the Washington Chronicle was paid a good
round sum for advocating the purchase of
Alaska. We do not know how much of
the Georgia State Road fund, if any, has
found its way to his itching palm. But it
is very certain that he dojes hot give his
services to any man “just for the fun of the
thing,” and we should surmise that his
persistent championing of Bullock is un
dertaken as a very fat contract, which im
plies a very solid consideration. We are
the more impressed with this suspicion
from perusing certain articles in the Chroni
cle of March 9th. The first thing that met
our eyes in glancing over Fokney’s Court
Journal was this paragraph:
<> We invite attention to the card of Gov.
Bullock, of Georgia, printed elsewhere in
our columns to-day. It will seem to give
the loyal people of the country an idea
of the weapons used by the opponents of
Congressional reconstruction in Georgia?
Fortunately, the black-mailing * Brutus
practices his nefarious art on the wrong
party when he assails and threatens Gov.
Bullock. Not knowing What new villainies
his Ku Klux enemies may have in course
of preparation, the Governor has thought
fit to meet the attack in advance, and notify
hia cowardly assailants of his readiness to
meet their charges, and of his intention to
continue in his endeavors to secure a good
Republican government for Georgia.”
Turning, as directed, to another part of
the paper, we were confronted with the fol
lowing ■
CARD.
Willard’s Hotel, )
Washington, D, C., March 8,1870. $
The following card was left at my hotel this
evening:
Washington, D. C., March 8,1870.
Sib: I have in my possession six affidavits
of respectable citizens of Springfield, Mass.,
in regard to your career with Mrs. Levitt, and
the infamous treatment of her husband, caus
ing, as they believe, his untimely death.
Now, sir, I propose to have these documents
published and placed in the bands of every
Senator and Representative in Congress, refer
ring them to a gentleman of high standing in
this city who knows something of the facts in
the case himself, and into whose hands I intend
placing the original papeis.
Your infamy shall be known throughout the
land, ghost of poor Levitt, whom you
worse than murdered, shall raise up in accusa
tion whithersoever yon go.
I write fo® the purpose of attaching one
condition , viz: that you call off your blood
hounds , and let us have peace in Georgia. Go
home and attend honestly and faithfully to your
duties as Governor; give up this unworthy
idea or scheme of perpetuating yourself and
friends in office, and 1 promise to place the
papers at your disposal as soon as you have
complied with the above condition. Meantime,
I’ll not show them to mortal man.
I shall await your action for one day only
after receipt of this. Think well and decide
your fate. Brutus.
To R. B. BuLLqcK, Governor of Georgia.
'• Brutus ” is respectfully informed that I
have no “ idea of the scheme of perpetuating
myself or friends in office ” beyond the con
stitutional term, and that 1 am “ honestly and
faithfully ” endeavoring lo secure the admis
sion of Georgia into the Union with a reliable
Republican State government.
My efforts in that direction will not be sus
pended in deference to this latest effort of the
Ku Klux Kian, and “ Brutus,” therefore, need
not withhold, even for one day, whatever
new batch of lies his klan may have accumu
lated. ' i • ;:
My acts, either public or priyate, during
my whole life are op6n to inspection and to
criticism.
It has been my fortune, either for good oy
ill, to be placed In a position that secures for
me the inteuse hatred •of an unscrupulous
partisan organization, and, although it is din
agreeable to bear, I shall not shrink from the
support of political principles to avoid tbi
flood of infamous slander and abuse wliict
has heretoiore, and will be hereafter, poured
upon me. Rufus fl. Bullock.
None but a born fool or an unmitigated
ass need be deceived by that transparent
cheat —that manufactured Ku Klux out
rage. Despairing, after the passage of
Bingham’s amendment, tQ consummate hie
nefarious schemes, this wicked “ Governor”
has taken lessons from Forney’s “ skinned
nigger” and attempted to frighten the Senate
Into the injection of the House Bill, as
amended, by shaking in their faces the rag
ged scarecrow of a “ skinned Bullock.”
We believe, from the internal evidence and
from a knowledge'of tile Atlanta method of
wire pulling; that the note of Brutus was
coucocted in'the “Governor’s” room at
Willard’s Hotel; or else some mercenary
wretch hanging about the purlieus of the
Capitol was furnished with the proper cue
and paid to send it qpisjtolized to Bullock,
just as Tie was proved to be a "■gone coon "
in the Mime of BeprmnlaUves. Who Mrs.
Levitt ia- and lrow Bullock is said to have
“ careered* wiln tierj we neither know nor
care. Nothing that the man-of-straw
Brutus has fixed up can make Bullock any
more detestable than he has made himself
by his “ career” with Blodgett and Beast
Butler. Besides this, even if we could be
persuaded that the note is genuine, it would
not, we dare say, be very difficult to trace
its origin to some of the Governor’s own
party friends of the Skowhegan fraternity,
who have a different plan of running the
machine in their own interest and ostensi
bly for the' benefit of the Radical faction.
StiH, our first impression remains that Bru
tus has been purposely put forward just as
the Bingham amendment came before the
Senate, and that Bjillock and Blodgett
stuffed Brutus at Willard’s Hotel and call
ed him a Ku Klux outrage. We are the
more convi need of this; because no Democrat
unless a monstrous idiot would have push
ed such an issue when Bullock was com
pletely floored and dumped into a mud hole.
But Bullock, on the contrary, waiLwiog
in the filth, would desperately ejutebat any
straw for safety, and what straw so potent
and sustaining like a bogus Ku Klux. outrage?
On the cui bono principle, the wretched
“Governor” cannot escape; condemnation
for his indecent trick, which seeks securi
ty by a degrading self-pollution. ; ;v:
Now, in conclusion, we would say, to
whom it may concern, that the true people
of Georgia care not the toss of a copper
whether the “ ghost of poor Levitt” turns
Banquo, or not, to torment the soul of oiir
obese Macbeth. “Poor Levitt” can go or
“ poor Levitt” can stay, and no man in
Georgia; shall find fault with either his
perturbation or his quiescence. Our people
are not so far gone and not pusillani
mous that they have to depend upon a
weak-kneed Miussaohusetts goblin. On the
contrary, they are firm, patient, long-endur
ing, -determined and faithful. They ‘know
full well that, no matter how long an
unjust Congress may perpetuate the power
of such a man as Bullock,' the’ day of re
demption shall come at last. To' sneh a
people the “ghost of poor LeviTt” is a
silly superfluity;' But it'ls not difficult to
understand how a malignant creature like
our “ Governor” shpulfj-, be led to believe
that, since Bingham hitftself Is popularly
supposed to be haunted by the ghost of a
murdered woman, Bingham’s friends can
be frightened out of their seven-senses by
the spectre of ■ poor Levitt” dragged from
the grave in Mii&ifibhtoetts by a baffled
carpet-bag Executive. Up to this period
our “Governor” has swelled in the very
exaggeration of caricatured dignity. How
lbw must he have fallen, how crushed must
he have been, when descending to the stale
tricks of a, buffoon and the Irnty of Dead
Sea apes! '
HOWLING.
Not satisfied with bringing the scare
crow of a “ Skinned Bullock ” before the
awe-struck Senate, the editor of the Wash
ington Chronicle follows up liis trick with
- add sundry Ku Klux devices. He
tells the Senate that the Bingham amend
ment defies Grant and the last Congress,
and greaitly rejoices Wade Hampton
Democrats. He then pretends to get rav
ing mad g,nd swears that Bingham’s
amendment was not approved of by the
Radical members, but was “ forced by the
Democratic minority,” who have never
shown much aptitude or power to force
anything hitherto:
So mad indeed does the editor get that
he rather flounders in liis statement of
fsets, a method of just such madness as he
has always deliberately possessed. For
instance: He says that the amendment
“ proposes to compel, the now loyal State
“ Senate to retain in office the very Judges
“ who decided that colored citizens had no
“ rights except the slave code in Georgia.”
How can Forney say this cruel thing
when one of the Judges of our Supreme
Court is credited with believing that the
Saviour of the world was a black man, and
when the Chief Justice , himself decided
that negroes had the right to hold office,
not under the constitution made by ne-
groes, scalawags and carpet-baggers, but
under that very slave code which is so bit
terly denounced? Again, the well-paid
and Bullock-inspired editor thns rants :
“ Men who have publicly prayed that the
loyal delegations who came to Washing
ton should ‘ perish by the way side ’ are to
be forced upon the Republican party in
Georgia by act of Congress.”
Now, that is richness exemplified. The
only man who “ publicly prayed that loyal
delegations should perish by the wayside ”
was one Samuel Bard, a nondescript who
has been “ everything by turns and noth
ing long,” but whose “ loyalty ” has been
recently rewarded through President Grant
himself by appointment to the Gover
norship of Idaho. The loyal Bard, in a
double-leaded editorial, made that prayer,
and now we have Forney dextrously at
tributing it to the Ku Klux Klau !
Finally, the wrathful editor predicts that
Georgia will, in case of the final passage
of the amendment, be classed with Tennes
see, and that the “ Republican Judiciary
will be remodeled on a Democratic basis.”
Indeed, Forney has a first rate case of
“ blue devils.” But if the Conservative Re
publican faction had had money enough to
outbid Bullock, Forney would, uo doubt,
have seen in the Bingham amendment
the life of Republicanism in Georgia and
not its collapse.
We tell Mr. Forney that the true men
of Georgia are watching this battle be
tween the rival factions of Radicalism
with great, attention and much amuse
ment. But they will not move until the
time is ripe for action, and when they do
move, it will be for the just rights of all
men, and when the country at large is
prepared to second their attempt to secure
what is really their own by inheritance
or acquisition. Peace, peace, perturbed
Forney ! Don’t mistake the “ ghost of
poor Levitt ” for the spook of poor
Jamison.
The Georgia Bill.
ITS TEXT AS IT PASSED THE HOUSE.
The bill recites in the preamble that the
people of Georgia have framed and adopt
ed a constitution* of State government
which is republican; that the Legislature
of Georgia elected under said constitution
has ratified the 14th and 15th Amendments
to the Constitution of the United States,
ami that''" the performance of these several
acts in good faith is a condition precedent
to the representation of the State in Con
gress.
The bill, therefore, declares that the State
of Georgia is entitled to representation in
the Congress of the United States, provid
ed that before any member of the Legis
lature of said State shall take or resume
his seat, or any officer of said State shall
enter upon the duties of his office, he shall
take and subscribe, and file in the office of
the Secretary of the State of Georgia, for
permanent preservation, au oath or affirma
tion in the following form:
“ 1, , do solemenly swear (or
affirm) that I have ndver taken an oath as
a member of Congress, or as an officer of
the United States, dr as a member of any
State Legislature, or as an executive or
judicial officer of any State, to support the
Constitution of the United States, and
afterward engaged in insurrection or
rebellion. against the same, or given aid
or I to the enemies thereof ;• so
help me God,” or under the pains and
penalties of perjury, (as the case may
be;) or such person shalL in like manner
take, Subscribe, and file the following
oath or affirmation» “I, ,do
solemnly swear (or affirm) that I h^vf, by
act of Congress of the United States, ‘ been
relieved from the disabilities imposed upon
me by the 14th Amendment of the Consti
tution of the United States ; so help me
God,” or under the pains and penalties of
perjury (as the case may be); which oaths
or affirmations shall be taken before and
certified by any officer lawfully anthorized
to administer oaths. And ahy person who
shall knowingly swear or affirm falsely in
taking either of such oaths or affirmations
shall'be• deemed guilty of perjury, and
shall be punished therefor by imprisonment
not less than one year, and not more than
ten years, and shall be fined not less than
SI,OOO, and not more than SIO,OOO. And
in all trials for. any violation of this act,
the certificate of the taking of either of
said oaths or affirmations, with proof of
bho signature of the party accused shall
be taken and held as conclusive evidence
that such oath or affirmation was regularly
and lawfully administered by competent
authority: Every such person who shall
neglect for the period of thirty days, next
after the passage of this act to take, sub
scribe, and file such oath or affirmation as
aiforesaid, iB to be deemed and taken, to'all
intents and purposes, to have vacated his
office.
It is further declared that the State Os
aeorgia is admitted to representation in
ongress as one of the States of the Union
ton the following fundamental conditions:
rst, that the constitution of Georgia shall
never be so amended or changed as to de
prive any citizen or ejass of citizens of the
United States Os the right to vote who are
entitled to vote by the constitution herein
recognized, except as a punishment for
such crimes as are now felonies at common
law, whereof they shall have been duly
convicted under laws equally applicable to
ail the inhabitants of said State; provided,
that any alteration of said constitution,
prospective in its effects, nfay be made in
regard to the time and place of residence of
voters. Second, that it shail never be law
ful for the said State to deprive any citizen
of the United States on account of Ms race,
color, or previous condition of servitude,
of the right to hold office under the con
stitution and laws of said State, or up&n
afiy such ground to require of Mm any
other qualifications for office than such as
are required of all other citizens. Third,
tl)at the Constitution of Georgia shall never
be so amehded or changed as to deprive
aay citizen br class of citizens of the United
States‘of the school rights and privileges
secured by, the constitution of said State.
Provided, That no section .ia this act
contained shall be construed to vacate any
office now flllad iff the State of Georgia,
either by election of the people or by ap
peintfnent of the Governor, thereby and
with advice and consent of the Senate of
the State; neither shall this be construed
to extend the official tenure of any officer
of said State beyond the term limited by
the constitution thereof, dating from the
election or appointment of such officer, nor
to deprive the people of Georgia of the
right, under their constitution, to elect
Senators and Representatives of the State
of Georgia, in the year 1870, or in the day
named in the constitution of such State,
or such other day as the present Legisla
ture may designate by law.
[From the New York Express.
Funding and Inflation.
We are now assured from Washington
that no measure for the inflation of cur
rency can pass. Since the decline in gold
there is little hope for the inflationists.—
Many* who voted for the House resolution
instructing the Committee on Banking
and Currency to report a bill looking to
the increase of the volume of currency by
fifty millions, after mature deliberation,
are convinced that the present volume of
irredeemable paper is sufficient to involve
the country in years of difficulty before it
is finally disposed of. The rapid and con
tinued fall in gold has changed the minds
of many in Congress.
The funding bill draws out all sorts of
discordant opinions. Mr. Corbet, (Rep.) of
Oregon, urged the issue of a thirty-five year
bond, bearing interest for the first three
years at six per cent.; for the next five
years five per cent.; for the next four years
four and a half per cent., and for the fol
lowing twenty years four Der cent. This
would insure a uniform bond. He also
urges that the bonds be payable in the
United States. Mr. Scott (Rep.) urges first,
that in the disposal and sale of bonds no
agent shall be appointed and no per cent
age, commission or compensation allowed,
but the work be done altogether by the
officers of the Treasury. Secondly, that
public competition should be iuvited by
advertised proposals for the sale or ex
change of the bonds. These were the
views of Secretary Boutwell when a mem
ber of the House.
Mr. Howe (Rep.) assailed the recent
decisions of the United States Supreme
Court. Abandoning all old ideas, he held
that “ the framers of the Constitution rep
resented the States, each one of which had
the power to make paper a legal tender;
that they inserted a clause denying that
authority to the several States, and thereby
either abrogated the power altogether, and
left our Government without a power pos
sessed by every other government, or con
ferred that power upon the Congress of tne
United States. By the text of the Consti
tution, express authority was given to
Congress to coin money, and according to
Worcester, Webster, and all lexicographers
of authority, the definition of ‘ to coin ’ was
not to make money of metal, but to stamp
it. In regard to the bill pending, he argu
ed that, So far as the funding provisions of
the bill were concerned, this was a work of
supererogation, as all the authority could
be conferred by Congress had already been
given to the Secretary of the Treasury
under the act of April 12,1866. He also
objected to the proposition compelling the
new banks to take four per cent, bonds,
while existing banks should have the
choice of four and a half and five per cent,
bonds.’’
Mr. Bayard (Democrat), contrasting the
United States debt with that of England,
showed that in proportion to the accumu
lated wealth of the two countries, that of
Great Britain was less than our own, and
that to England was owing to her own peo
ple. The proposition to establish foreign
agencies, and to distribute our debt among
the people of other nations, he viewed with
repugnance and suspicion. As for confis
cation, lie said:
“ The refusal of a State Treasurer of
Pennsylvania to pay the interest on the
State debt in gold, and his reply to those
who had a right to make the demand, that
as they were Jews they could have their
pound of flesh, but not one drop of Chris
tian blood, was one among other instances.
Then, the confiscation by tbe Government
of the slaves of Maryland and Delaware,
notwithstanding the constitutional prohibi
tion against the taking of private property
for public use without compensation, was
another. These slaves were private prop
erty, and yet the Republican majority had
succeeded in incorporating an amendment
in the Constitution declaring they shall
never be paid for. By this act they had
implanted repudiation in the very heart of
the Constitution. .He objected to the ex
emption of the new bonds from taxation
and to the expenditure of twelve millions
of dollars in connection with their issue as
being grossly excessive.”
“William Edwards, of Georgia.”—
Under this head, the Washington corres
pondent of the Iribune , of Saturday, gives
the result of the examination by the House
Military Committee into the business of
selling cadetships so far as it concerns the
above named party. Bays the correspond
ent :
William Edwards, a member of the
Fortieth Congress, from Georgia, gave his
appointment to the Naval Academy, signed
by him, with the name of the appointee left
blank, t,o Ethan A. Sawyer, of Georgia, to
sell. Both were in Washington at the time.
Sawyer sold it for S6OO to two fellows
named Birdsall and Macarthy, claim agents
in Washington, and they filled the blank
with whatever name tjhey pleased. Edwards,
when the trade was reported to him, got
angry, and told Sawyer that he had been
cheated ; that the appointment was worth
$1,200 or $1,500. Edwards demanded SSOO
of the money, but Sawyer only gave him
$350, to enable him to pay his hotel bill
and get home. Afterward Edwards drew
on Sawyer for SIOO, but the latter refused
to pay the draft. Mr. Edwards has made
no defense before the committee.
The Georgia Bill.— The interest in the
House to-day centred in the Georgia bill
and the vote upon the Bingham amend
ment thereto. General Butler’s speech was
an incoherent harangue, not at all up even
to his own standard, but delivered with
apparent assurance that he was convincing
the rank and file of the House, and that he
would overwhelm Bingham with the votes
of Republicans against the amendment.
To Butler’s consternation, and to the
surprise of some others, when the Speaker
called upon those in favor of Bingham’s
amendment to rise, about one-half of the
Republicans stood up, and these, counted
with the Democrats, carried-the amend
ment by a vote of 114 to 72. Messrs.
Dawes. Banks, and others of Butler’s col
leagues, voted for the amendment, and
never liefore did the would-be successor of
Thad Stevens’ leadership appear so crest
falleu. The vote not only upset Butler, but
it destroyed the hopes and schemes of
Governor Bullock andjhis co-conspirators.
The new lease of power and perpetuation
in office is frustrated and gone. There is
jubilation and good cheer to-night among
the good men of Georgia and others here
in consequence of the defeat of the con
spirators, Bullock & Cos.
[telegram to Richmond Dispatch.
«1 **%.•' •• *•*;!*! -—’ •JJ *- ’• , 'ii !l i
Two Instances of Unwonted Libe-
will be remembered that a
carpet-bag negro named Wright, whilom
Senator from Beaufort, was lately elected
to the Supreme Bench of South Carolina.
He was elected to fill the unexpired term
of Solomon Hoge, who represents our Con
gressional District (the 3d) in Congress.—
Hoge resigned his position on the Supreme
Bench some eight or ten mouths before
Wright’s election, during which time the
two worthies, Moses andWillard, ran the
machine alone. The South i Carolina Leg
islature has voted to Associate Justice
Wright the amount of salary which his
predecessor would have been entitled to
had he continued to hold his offiex:. Back
salary to a man not entitled to hold the
office at the time for which it is claimed.
No work and big pay! Plenty of money!
The second instance is this: The House
of Representatives, before adjourning, voted
Speaker .Moses—the enrolling officer who
formerly weeded so wide a row in Edgefield
—ssoo as a gratuity. A gay gamboleer is
Speaker Moses. And gay garaboleers re
quire pinch money to keep up their gam
boleering.—Edgefield Advertiser.
The Mobile and Ohio Railroad trans
ports emigrants free of cost. The charge
on the New Orleahs and Jackson, and the
Vicksburg and Meridian Roads is one cent
per mile. On the Mississippi Central two
cents. ■‘■■•.TiUfO ■ ..
Mrs. Paterson’s Suit Against a Life
Insurance Company. —At Savannah, on
Wednesday, the case of Mrs. Catharine A.
Paterson tw. The Equitable Life Assurance
Society of the United States, came up for
trial in Chatham Superior Court, before
Judge Schley. As we gather from the re
port of the Republican, the object of this
suit was to recover the sum of ten thousand
dollars, the amount of a policy of assurance
made by the defendant upon the life of
James T. Paterson in favor of his wife,
Catharine A. Paterson, the plaintiff.
' The defense filed several pleas, but the
real issues raised were: first, whether or
not the plaintiff was the legal wife of James
T. Paterson, and secondly, whether or not
she was accessory to his death, and thirdly,
whether or nor Dr. Paterson committed
suicide.
Council for the plaintiff introduced the
policy of assurance, dated 26th of February,
1867, proved the marriage xjf the plaintiff
with James T. Paterson outhe 21stof July,
1860, the death of Dr. Paterson on the 16th,
of May, 1868 and rested their case, with the
privilege of introducing rebutting evidence.
Counsel for defendant read a certified
copy of the proceedings of the Supreme
Court of the State of New York upon an
application made by Kale A. Tolbert, for a
divorce from her husband, Dr. John 11. Tol
bert, from which it appeared that a divorce
was granted in April, 1859.
The deposition of a sister of Dr. .John H.
Tolbert was read, stating, among other
things, that Dr. Tolbert left his wife in
1859.
General Jackson stated that Dr. Tolbert
had used every means in his power to
avoid giving testimony in this case, but
that he was finally compelled to testify
under due process of law. t
His deposition was theßtead. He testi
fied, among other things, that he separated
from his wife (the plaintiff) at Sandy
Ridge, Alabama, in 1859, but decliued to
give the cause of sepration. He also testi
fied that he had one child by his wife (the
plaintiff), and that in 1884 he visited Au
gusta for the purpose of inquiring about
his child, and learned that a report had
been circulated and generally believed that
he was dead.
Dr. Fish, the physician attending Dr.
Paterson at the time of bis death, was
sworn, and testified as to the manner of
his death, which has already been several
times detailed to our readers.
The testimony elicited during the first
two days of the trial is too voluminous for
publication entire. We make a few ex
tracts from the Advertiser V report of the
second day’s proceedings of the court.
W. N. Davidsou testified to Dr. Pater
son calling at his store on Friday, May 15,
1868, the day before his death, and profess
ing himself in social trouble; that he said
he had left his wife forever ; that he could
not get along with her; she was self willed,
and that no man could live with her. He
said he had met two men in his room, and
.he turned around and wept. I said, “ Are
they not friends ?” He repfled. “ No, sir
I know what they were -toere for, and I
have left her forever.” 'nr: witness was
then asked if Mr. PatersoiJ\id not always
speak of Mrs. Paterson asrfiis wife, and if
witness did not so consider|her ? Witness
theu related a circumstanA that once oc
curred during the absence** Mr. Paterson;
he saw Mrs. Paterson ridfMpast, and Mr.
Roahr was in the buggy with her ; a gen
tleman standing near remarked, “ he has a
nice thing;” witness did npt fancy the tone
of the remark, a friend, ash% felt himself to
be of Mr. Paterson, and he inquired of the
gentleman what he meant by the remark ;
if there was any impropriety for Mr. Pater
son’s confidential friend and employee to
ride out with her ? The reply was, perhaps
not, but people will have their thoughts.—
On the return of Mr. Paterson, witness
alluded to the subject, and received the re
ply, “Mr. Roahr is my wife’s brother;”
witness judged from that that Mr. Ronh;-
was Mrs. Paterson’s own brother, but has
since learned that he is no relation. Witness
then resumed in regard to what transpired
on the morning of the 15th. He (Mr. Pater
son) then said, “I have a letter from her
which I would like to have, you read.” I
declined to read it. He reakVirrie portions
of it. I asked him to fcabj rr-- more, but
come at 4, p. m. The letter charged him
with infidelity. It was nearly 12 when lie
left, promising to come again at 4 to go
with me to see Mr. Lloyd. I never saw
him again alive.
Cross-examined—To my mind he was all
right; looked well in the face on Friday;
he was perfectly sober on that day ; he was
not a man to be known as a drinking man;
Mr. Paterson did not say explicitly that
she was unfaithful to him, stating the per
sons with whom ; but said lie had caught
two men in his room, and was satisfied she
was untrue to him; he desired in seeing
counsel to place his property so that Mrs.
Paterson could not coutrol it; when he al
luded to Mrs. Paterson, he spoke of her as
his wife, but I never discussed the matter
with him whether she was his legal wife or
not; one of those parlies Mr. Paterson said
he Imd-seen in his room was Mr. Roahr.—
Witness declined to state who was the
other; afterward the question being press
ed, stated that the two gentlemen were Mr.
Roahr and Mr. Robert Saussy; during my
conversation with him he gave no intimation
whatever of a desire or intention to commit
suicide; said he had been a little unwell and
thought he was breaking himself down by
hard work and close application to busi
ness.
Some evidence was then offered which
had been taken by commission in Augusta
in regard to the former marriage of Mrs.
Paterson with J. H. Tolbert, the death of
the child Ida at Augusta, and also in rela
tion to the death of Dr. Paterson, arrival
of the body and burial at Augusta, and
statements of Mrs. Paterson while at Au
gusta to parties there in relation to the
death of Dr. Paterson; as to the degree of
grief exhibited by Mrs. Paterson at the
grave of Her child, also at the grave of Dr.
Paterson; as to the character of intimacy
between Mrs. Paterson and the two young
men who accompanied her to Augusta,
judging from their acts.
Mr. Martin sworn—l am in Mr. David
son’s employ; was at his .store when Mr.
Paterson called on the day before his death;
he was perfectly sober at that time; I don’t
know that he had drank anything that day.
Mr. Johnson sworn and testified —I was
on the train coming from Augusta when
Mrs. Paterson returned after having buried
the. body of Mr. P. at Augusta; Mr. Saussy
and Mr. Roahr were with her; they were
very friendly and intimate with her; I saw
Mr. Roahr kiss her; it attracted my atten
tion on account of the occurrences of the
few days previous; I saw one or both of
them carry her hand to their mouths; the
kissiag I only saw with Mr. Roahr.
The News reports that a letter from Mrs.
Paterson to her sister-in-law, announcing
the decease of Dr. Paterson, was submit
ted, and read as evidence. The letter was
beautifully written, and filled with expres
sions of grief, showing on its face the deep
est sorrow for the death of the husband,
Dr. Paterson. Read in the most beautiful
manner, which distinguishes the elocution
of General Jackson, it appeared to be the
outgushing of wifely affection for the loss
of a beloved husband.
On reassembling, Dr. Fish was recalled
and put upon the stand and testified as to
conversations had with Dr. Paterson;
that his trouble was aggravated by his
business cares, &c., the fact that his ex
penses were heavier than he could bear,
which be attributed to his wife’s extrava
gance.
Dr. Geo. Paterson, sworn—The late Dr.
J. H. Paterson was my brother; he was
married in Augusta in July; £ knew Mrs
Paterson in 1859. She came to the Au
gusta Hotel to board. We both regarded
her as a grass widow. She always spoke
of her husband in bitter terms, and I in
ferred he was stUl alive. Two or three
weeks before her marriage with my brother
she went into mourning. At the time of
brothers death, I was farming in Burke
county ; was told by a gentleman to go to
Augusta, as my brother’s remains were
there; I went there and found this person
(I mean Mrs. 1 aterson) at the Augusta
g ol * l - l « nt^P, my card > aiu > found Dr.
Ford and Mr. Fisk in the room with her.
I asked why the funeral was not post
poned till I arrived; she said because the
body could not be kept. • At that time I
had no suspicions of anything wrong in
regard to my brother’s death. I only
saw her a few minutes, when the two
persons who came With her announced
that the omnibus was ready to take them
to the train for Savannah. She said she
was sorry she could not tell me more of
the circumstances of his death, but re
ferred nje to Dr. Fohi. I was, led to visit
Savannah from reports which I saw in the
papers, which would give the impression
that my brother was a drunkard and a
suicide. 1 knew my brother’s charafttet,
and I went thereto contradict what I con
sidered a slander. I thought everything,
was strange, but did not allow myself to
suspect her until after I had. seen other
parties and conversed with them in regard
to the affair. Witness consulted some
notes which he had, to refresh his memory,
and gave details of his conversation with
Mrs. Paterson in Augusta. On Wednes
dry, when I reached Savannah, I called to
see her at the Pavilion, and had an inter
view with her; she gave me a history of
the death; she said that at two o’clock in
the morning she saw that his face was
purple; she raised the gas and called Mr.
Noe to send for a physician, and that
Dr. Paterson said she was. unnecessa
rily alarmed, and Mr. Noe said he wanted
sleep; toward morning she was again
alarmed and called Ned; told him Jimmie
had been very sick all night; that they
both thought he had better sleep; that she
went to Mr. Roahr’s room to try and get
some rest; after daylight she returned and
found him sitting on the bed, breathing
heavily; she opened the shutters and found
he was looking pale and haggard ; witness
said he was anxiqus,to account for the
death upon natural causes, and so suggest
ed congestion of the brain; she replied she
did not believe the doctor knew exactly
what were the causes of his death-, witness
had tried to see Mr. Noe on the subject,
aud heal wavs tried to avoid him.
Counsel for the defendants then stated
they would close their case, with the ex
ception of the evidence of Mr. Mills, who
was absent in Macon, but-whose testimony
they would desire to offer upon his return ;
also, the evidence of Mr. lioahr, taken by
commission in New York.
Some other witnesses were examined,
after which the court adjourned uutil 10
o’clock yesterday, the testimony published
above giving the gist of what was elicited.
Treatment of Meningitis.— Dr. T. J.
Word, of Columbus, who had charge, in
1804, of the hospital for the treatment of
the laborers employed in the. transporta
tion department of that city, and who had
some experience in the treatment of sev
eral cases of cerebro spinal meningitis, at
that time, writes to the Columbus Hun:
I saw the patients within a few hours
after the appearance of the disease, which
was generally ushered in with chilly sensa
tions, pain in the head and spine, and fol
lowed by fever, delirium and curvature of
the spine within from two to* six hours.
My plan was to bleed them freely from a
large orifice, until 1 made a decided im
pression upon the pulse, and uutil there
was a manifest relaxation of the muscular
rigidity and tension aud temperature of
the skin. I theu put them upon nauseating
portions of tartar emetic and give a brisk
mercurial purgative, and applied a large
blister to the spine, extending from the oc
ciput to the lower angle of the scapular.
After the action of the purgative, I con
tinued the mercury aud tartar emetic in
alterative. portions, combined with Dover
powder, if it was disposed to act too freely
upon the bowels. And if reaction was
fully established before relief, I repeated
the bleeding. Under this treatment I had
the satisfaction of seeing my patients re
lieved in from six to tvvelva and twenty
four hours of all symptoms of the disease.
It is an active inflammatory disease,
tending rapidly to disorganization and
death, and to treat it successfully the
most prompt aud decided antiflogistic rem
edies must be employed early in the dis
ease, and I know of no single remedy that
offers such advantages, both to patient and
physician, as an early, thorough and de
cided bleeding—in., the language of the
books, ad deliquim animi. But, in order to
give the remedy a fair chance, the phy
sician must see the patient early and act
with vigor.
Railroads.
The iron to lay down the entire track of
the South and North Railroad, from Mont
gomery to Lime Kiln, a point on the Selma
and Dalton Railroad, has been received.
Twenty-one shares of Mobile and Ohio
Railroad stock were sold in Mobile on Mon
day last, and brought $23 50 per share.
The Register says: “Considering the de
cline in cotton and gold, and the cash
terms, one would think these are excellent
prices, and proves that Mobile and her
great railroad are looking up.”
The proposed railroad from Montgomery
to Troy is receiving a very lively agitation
at both ends of the line. A letter from a
citizen of Troy to the Secretary and Treas
urer of the road, at Montgomery, says':
“We intend to build the road speedily An
engineering force has been organized and
will take the field in a few days.”
The Nashville Union and American says
that the work of moving forward freights
by the Nashville and Chattanooga Rail
road is progressing in a gratifying and
encouraging manner. About a hundred
cars filled with grain and package freight
have been dispatched South within the
past few days. Arrangemements just com
pleted for increasing' the facilities of
transportation will give opportunity for
much larger ship men's this ’ week than
have hitherto been made in a similar time.
The Pensacola Railroad has been com
pleted to Within one aud a quarter miles of
the Mobile and Montgomery Railroad, but
has come to a dead halt there on account
of some misunderstanding between the
different companies. .
Alabama has 916 miles of railroad, the
total assessed value of which is $11,095,-
701.
A sleeping car that will run through
without change, from Atlanta to Louisville,
has just been put on the line. Arrange
ments are beins made to run them from
Atlanta to New York with but one change.
The Georgia Central Railroad steamers,
on the Chattahoochee river, are carrying
freight and passengers for half price.
A line of coaches has been established,
via Gadsden, between the Alabama and
Chattanooga Railroad and Jacksonville.
Edgefield Matters. —The Advertiser
furnishes the following items.
His Honor .Judge Melton has arrived in
our town and opened court. As we an
nounced last week, the term is to be de
voted principally to equity business.
The election- for Intendant and Wardens
of our town, took place, as advertised, on
Monday last. On the Saturday previous, a
committee of ; the Democratic party and a
committee of the Republican party met in
conference, and agreed—very wisely we
think—upon one and the same ticket. Con
sequently, although most of our citizens
voted on Monday, the election was, in a
great degree, a matter of form. The officers
of the new Council are as follows:
Intendant —D. L. Turner.
Wardens —T. W. Carwile, D. R. Durisoe,
Lawrence Cain, Paris Simkins.
Muscogee Manufacturing Company,
—At the first annual meeting of the stock
holders of this company, held on Tuesday,
G. P. Swift, C. E. Dexter, Calvin E. John
ston, J. J. Grant and H. H. Epping were
elected Directors; and at a subsequent
meeting, G. P. Swift'was re-elected Presi
dent, and S. G. Murphy, Secretary and|
Treasurer. We learn that the stockholders
resolved to order sufficient additional ma
chinery to fill the building, which is. capa
ble of running 4,000 spindles;. A capital of
some $200,000 wilt be .used to run the en
terprise. It is contertiplated to put the
machinery already in place in operation in
about two weeks. Mfe believe this factory
is only to operate in cotton goods, and that
various novelties in the way of new fea
tures are to be. introduced. We wish this,
in common with all our manufacturing en
terprises, abundant success.
I Columbus Enquirer.
The Mule Trade.— Mules are beginning
to come back from the South. A lot ar
rived Monday, and two car loads more yes
terday. Cause—the decline in cottOn,
which 1 - makes planters shy of further in--
vestments In work stock.
[Nashville Banner.
The Savannah Republican says Silas Shef
field shot and killed Charles H. Vann, in
Colquitt, Miller county, on Saturday last.
[From the Toronto Lender.
1 1 Gas!
Gas mao 1 (las man !
Think you I’m an ass, man,
Putting jp your pocket.
AH the mouey that I make ?
What are you about, sir ?
I can do without, sir,
Better gas than money,
Or I’m making a mistake !
Every man you meet, sir,
In the public street, sir,
Damns you up And down,
And says the swindle too clear ; .
People want to know, sir,
What your books can show, sir,
Clearer than your gas Uilis
Make the thing appear.
Fraud or swindle, surely.
Somewhere lurks securely;
Somewhere, in your business.
There’s a nigger in the fence !
Come 1 give us satisfaction !
Or some potent public action
Soon will show that fraud and gammon
Makes you rich at our expense!
Gas man 1 Gas mau !
Are-you made of brass, man—
Reart and brain and conscience,
All as brazen as your pipes ?
Let us hope another metal, .
Boon your little bill will settle,
And your voieo be clear and manifest,
In little leaden types.
Ah ! then yoni- lying meters,
Those never falling cheaters,
Will lie in vain, to save you
From a flood of public scorn ;
A general indignation,
Will make you rue the day, man,
That ever you were born !
Gas man 1 Gas man !
It will come to pass, man,
If you don’t repent,
And cease to plnnde.r honest men ;
That down where Satan revels,
With his twenty million devils
■ You’ll furnish endless light, and get
No money back again !
“ Sarkastical.”
LOUISIANA TERMS FOR NEGRO LABOR.
The following ironical presentment of
the present supposed relations of planter
and freed man In the South is the produc
tion of the facile pen of ITyams, of the West.
Baton Rouge Sugar Planter:
OUR TERMS FOR LABOR.
In order to populate onr plantations with
ladies and gentlemen for the coming crop
ping season, we respectfully beg leave to
offer the following terras to talented artists
who distinguish themselves in the speciality
of cultivating a branch of our great nation
al staples :
“ The ladies shall dictate their own terms
as to position and convenience, and shall
receive three times more than they demand,
with full privilege to increase the same to
any amount. Sumptuous apartments arc
provided, with polite and attentive waiters,
who will serve them with delicate nourish
ment in the mornings, and ascertain their
desires for the day. If suffering from the
slightest indisposition or disinclined to
participate in the innocent recreations of
the field, no demand upon their services
will be exacted, and a band of mnsic shall
be in waiting to produce enlivening and
entertaining symphonies. If enjoying the
most profound health carriages are engaged
to. convey them to and (rom the scene of
their rustic recreation, and be in constant
attendance upon their pleasure. The better
to preserve the beauty and freshness of
their complexion during the noontide heat,
umbrellas will be used to protect them from
tlio rays of a vertical sun. Sponge cake,
ice cream and lemonade will be liberally
furnished during the day, or any other re
freshment—the comfort and convenience of
the ladies being more highly prized than
filthy lucre. Balls will be given every
night during the week, or oftener, if de
sired, and New Orleans shall be laid under
contribution to furnish the most talented
musicians It is particular desired that the
ladies should make their minutest desires
known, in order that they may be rigidly
complied with. At the close of the season
one-half the entire crop shall be divided be
tween the ladies, and a donation of SI,OOO
in gold shall be made to each .(which it is
hoped will be cheerfully accepted), with the
privilege of as much more as may be de
sired.
“ Gentlemen may also dictate their own
terms —wages being of slight consideration
compared with the welfare and happiness
of our newly enfranchised fellow-citizens
and brothers. In all cases their desires,
tastes and inclinations shall be consulted.
Their apartments will be decorated in the
most luxurious manner, not omitting Turk
ish baths, which may be ordered at any
hour, with the necessary assistance.—
Wines, liquors, cigars, etc., of the most
approved brands will be furnished at all
times and in any quantity. Several of the
most famous chefs du cuisine have been en
gaged to serve up all the delicacies of the
season in the most recherche and approved
styles. Servants will be in attendance to
assist in dressing, and to ascertain their
wants for the day. The choicest steeds
will await their pleasure for recreation, or
convey them to their labors and back.
“If desired, accomplished aud gentle
manly assistants shall plow, hoe, &c., so
as not to disturb 'their dolce far niente. —
Schools for the angelic little cherubs will
be established, at which not the slightest
allusion shall be made to the vernacular of
Dahomey or Asjiantee. The dead and liv
ing languages shall be taught in their
pristine purity, and all the embellishments
of fashionable life freely encouraged. All
paternal care imaginable shall be exercised
to secure the most ample satisfaction in re
gard to health, comfort aud convenience.
No gentleman manager shall, under the
severest penalty, so far presume as to ring
a bell, blow a horn, or beat a tin pan wjtii
a view of referring to periods of commenc
ing or discontinuing rural occupations.
Any interference or Impertinence on the
. part of the manager must be promptly re->
ported, and will be summarily punished by
forcible ejectment from the premises.”
General Items.
Over 3,000 Confederates are burled on or
near the Gettysburg battle-field, and the
Hollywood Memorial Association, of Rich
mond, has issued a stirriug appeal for con
tributions to aid in their removal to South
ern soil.
Two farmers in Kansas recently had a
lawsuit about seven pounds of butter.—
When the jury retired they took-with them
the butter, procured some crackers, ate
them together, and returned a verdict of
“ no cause of action.’’
The Louisville municipal election, on
Saturday, resulted in the choice of John
G. Baxter, Democrat, for Mayor, by 580
majority over J. T. Bunce, Democrat.
Last year Bunce defeated Baxter. New
men generally were elected to the council.
Paul, the present chief engineer, was over
whelmingly beaten by George W. Levi.
Columbia, S. C., is to have a grand new
post office, such a one as will do uncle Sam
infinite credit. Congress has appropriated
$75,000 for this purpose, and it is under
stood that $200,000 will ultimately be ex
pended on it. • • - • ;
Since the story has been told of how
Judge Breckinridge married a girl whom
he saw jump over a'rail fence with a pail
on her head, all the girls in Orange county,
New “York, are said to spend their time in
watching the road; and whenever they see
a carriage approaching with a man in it,
they seize their pails and go for a fence.
We learn, from the Mobile Register , of
ithe drowning of Mr. Robert C. Loomis, a
telegraph operator, which occurred on the
2d instant, at the mouth of the Mississippi
rivet < ; In! a small bo&t* he and a lari set out
for the head of the Pass. The *oat cap
sizerfhnd he was drowned. Tlfe boat was
afterwards found floating, with the boy
clinging to it.
Baron Nathaniel Rothschild, a distin
guished member of the famous (hmijf. of
wealthy bankers, died in Paris on February
19 He was the third son of Barou Nathan
Meyer Rothschild, and was horn in 1812,
and in 1842 married his cousin, Charlotte,
daughter of Baron James Rothschild.—
Baron James, who died not long ago. was
famous for his immense wealth, but Baron
NatkafJiel, it is stated, was a man of greater
mark and rarer powers. For many years
he was blind, and recently became totally
paralyzed.
The hard winters having killed many of
the small birds North, agents arebuying
partridges at ten cents. a head to Salem
and Greensboro, N. H., and shipping them
North to re-stock that region.
BY TELEGRAPH.
IHftfOial Dispatch t« the Constitutionalist.
NEW YORK COTTON MARKET.
New York, March 11,1870.
Receipts at the ports for v the week are
estimated at 58,000 bales. Large Sales
were made to-day, low middling closing at
20 for April, and 20*4 for June.
Willoughby.
f Associated Press Dispatches.
WASHINGTON.
Washington, March 11— Noon.—The
President has pardoned two negroes, sen
tenced by the military commission at Man
chester, Va., to imprisonment for life for
the murder of Addison Sorer.
Georgia’s negro Legislators protested by
telegraph, through Revels, against Bing
ham’s amendment.
The Foreign Committee of the Senate
considered the San Domingo treaty. Gen
eral Babcock and Commodore Porter ad
dressed the committee in explanation and
in support of the treaty. No action.
The House considered patents.
The Senate considered Indian affairs.
The Supreme Court, on motion of Phil
lips, who advised the court, Col. Ycrger
was turned over to the circuit authorities,
and the habeas corpus in his case dismissed.
Washington, March 11—P. M.—Revenue
to-day, $345,000.
A delegation from the National Banks is
here, lobbying against the funding bill.
The Senate protest of the Georgia color
ed Legislators says they represent ninety
thousand colored voters in Georgia, who,
by the passage of this amendment, will be
delivered over, bound hand aud foot, to
their most bitter eueraies. That the color
ed voters will be driven away from the
polls.
On motion of Trumbull, Georgia was
made the special order for to-morrow.
A motioikfor a joint committee on Indian
affairs was defeated by Colfax’s vote.
The funding bill was resumed.
In the House the morning was consumed
with private bills. After a struggle be
tween the friends of the deficiency and
tariff bills, the tariff' prevailed. The House
went into committee of the whole ou the
tariff’. After an hour’s speech, the de
ficieuev bill was taken up. It aggregates
including for repairs at the
Custom Houses at Savannah, $15,000; Mo
bile, $15,000, aud Richmond, $25,000. No
action.
The House meets to-morrow for debate.
The Senate passed the funding bill by 36
to TO, and adjourned to Monday, when the
Georgia bill will be the special order.
MISSISSIPPI.
Jackson, March 11.—Alcorn was inau
gurated to-day. ‘ In his inaugural, regard
ing the judges who have the long tenure
under the constitution, he says: “Our
judges must be men of standing, that so
ciety cannot presume to ignore; they must
be men learned In the law beyond their fel
lows; men of courage and of conscience,
in hearty accord with the mission of the
men charged with the consolidation in this
State of the work of reconstruction.”
NEW YORK.
New York, March 11.—The steamer
Smidt, from Bremen January 20th, given
up for lost, is now coining up the bay.
The steamer made a voyage south of
Bermuda, in consequence of a brokeu en
gine, and encountered successive hurri
canes.
PENNSYLVANIA.
Oil City, March 11-—A fire which
threatened the entire city was,- by great
exertions of the people, extinguished, after
burning a railroad train and a number of
tanks.
LOUISIANA. .
New Orleans, March 11. —The educa
tional bill was finally passed. The House
passed the bill giving the Louisiana Sul
phur Mining Company $300,000 in State
bonds.
MISSOURI.
St. Loins, March 11.—The Mechanics’
Bank resumed specie payment to-day ; cir
culation out $50,000.
FOREIGN.
Havana, March 11.—The cholera has
entirely disappeared from Santa Spiritns.
The Masons ure still imprisoned.
Paris, March 11.—Louis Noir, whose
brother Pierre Napoleon killed, complains
that, the prosecution seems directed against
his dead brother, rather than Pierre Napo
leon.
Rome, March 11.—The Pontifical Court
contests, in emphatic terms, the claim of
the French Government to lie represented
in the Ecumenical Council.
Berlin, March 11.—The North German
Gazette says the claim of the Pope to infal
libility only show how liable to error he is.
I MARKETS.
London, March 11—Noon.—Consols,
92%. Bonds, 90%.
Liverpool, March 11—Noon.—Cotton
dull; uplands, 11; Orleans, 11%@11% ;
sales, 8,000; sales week, 46,000; export,
5,000; speculation, 3,000; stock, 271,000;
American, 115,000; receipts week, 24,000;
American, 10,000 bales.
Lalei\ —Cotton quiet; stock afloat, 433,000
bales; American, 313,000 bales. Red West
ern Wheat Bs. ld.@Bs. 2d; Winter,Bs.lld.(3!
9s. Corn, 275. 9d. Flour, 20s. 9d. Pork
unchanged. Lard firmer.
Liverpool, March 11—Evening.—Cotton
heavy ; uplands, 10% ; Orleans, 11%@11%;
salesj 7,000 bales. Yarns and fabrics at
Manchester heavy.
Later.— Cotton closed with a downward
tendency—l,ooo bales taken for export and
speculation. Breadstuff's firm. Pork quiet.
Paris, March 11.—Bourse opened firm.
Reutes/74f. 40c.
Havre, March 11.—Cotton opened quiet;
low middling afloat at 129.
Havana, March 11.—Sugar steady, with
small sales. Exchange on London, 11®
11% premium ;or Paris, 202% discount;
Federal, long, par to %; short, 2@2% pre
mium.
New York, March 11—Noon. —Stocks
steady and strong. Money easy at 5@6.
Exchange—long, 8%; short, 8%. ’62’s,
coupon, 11; Tennessees, ex coupon, 59%;
new, 49% ; Virginias, ex coupon, 73%;
new, 71%; Louisiana Levee Sixes, 73%;
Eights, 84%; Alabama Eights, 90%; Fives,
71; Georgia Sixes, 84; Sevens, 98%; North
Caroliuas, old, 47; new, 22; South' Caroli
nas, old, 89; new, 82.
New York, March 11—P. M.—Money,
4®6. Sterling, 8%. Gold strong at 113%
@1 13%. Governments strong with an ad
vancing tendency: ’62’s, 11. Southerns
unsettled; Tennessees very strong.
New York, March 11— Noon.—Flour
rather more steady. W heat shade firmer.
Cora dull and drooping. Pork firmer;
mess, $26 25. Lard firmer at 14014%.
Cotton firmer at 21%. Turpentine quiet
at 45%. Rosin quiet at $2 05 for strained
common; $2 10 for good strained. Freights ’
quiet.
New York, March 11—P. M.—Cotton
opened firmer and closed heavy and droop
ing; sales, 3,500 bales at 21%. FJour
shade firmer with moderate business.—
Wheat shade firmer and more active; Win
ter refi and amber Western, $1 27® 1 29%.
Corn *L iower; new mixed Western, 90®97.
Pork firmer at $26 25. Lard, kettle, 14%
®ls. Whisky lower at 98@99. Groceries
dull. -Naval Stores qniet. Freights ac
tive.
Baltimore, March 11.—Cotton, 21.
Flour dull and firm, \yiicat steady. Corn,
92®94. Provisions firmer, hut prices un
changed. Whisky firmer at $1 01 @1 02.
Virginias, ’66’s, 65 bid.
Cincinnati, March 11.— Whisky, 91®92.
Mess Pork active and closing at $27 asked.
Lard held at 13%. Bacon held—shoulders,
11®11% ; clear sides, 16% ; no demand.—
The advance in gold caused Improvement
in provisions.
St. Louis, March 11.—Corn firmer;
mixed, 74®77. Whisky heavy at 92. Pork
heavy at S9O 50027. Bacon—shdulders,
11%; clear sides, 15%. Lard nominal.
New Orleans, March 11.—Cotton firm
er; middling, 31%; net receipts to-day,
6,567; coastwise, 101; total, U
exports-^ to Liverpool, 4,105 J
30; sales, 795 bales; net recr V
week, 34,721; coastwise, 1,772 ; to! .
bales; exports—to Great Bvitaii |
Bremen, 5,327; Cronstadt, 566; -
8,158; Havre, 7,112 “ ty«a Crilz, 349;
York, 1,923; PhitoKjejlphia, 876 ;> sales, •*-
550; stock, 241,423; burned, 240 bales.
Charleston, March 11.—Cotton firmer;
middling, 21 i receipts, 494 ; exports—-to
Continent, 562; coastwise, 798 ; sales, -800
bales; net receipts of the week, 8,670; coast
wise, 23; total, 3,693 bales; exports—to
Continent, 562; coastwise, 1,565; sales,
3,200; stock, 28,512 bales.
Savannah, Marcli 11.— Cotton in good
demand; middling, 20)4; receipts, 1,265
bales,; exports coastwise, 923 bales ; sales,
400 bales; receipts for the week, 7,786 bales;
exports—Great Britain, 355 bales; Conti
nent, 1,615 bales; coastwise, 2,722 bales;
sales, 6,000 bales; stock, 57,832 bales.
Boston, March 11.— Cotton quiet and
steady; middling,2l%; receipts, 165 bales;
sales, 200 bales; net receipts for the week,
890 bales; coastwise, 6,955 bales; total,
7,845 bales; sales for the week, 3,706 bales;
stock, 1,300 bales.
Norfolk, March 11. — Cotton firm and
shade better, though not qnotably higher;
low middling, 19@19)4; receipts, 393 ; ex
ports coastwise, .207; receipts of week,
1,986; , exports—tjo Great Britain, 1,000;
coastwise, 1,828; Sales of week, 285; stock,
6,588 bales,; no«ales to-day.
MpsiLE, March 11.—Cotton opened firm
but closed easier; middling. 20*4 ; receipts,
1,099; exports — to New Orleans, 12; sales
to-day, 800; last evening, 700; net receipts
of week, 4,477; coastwise, 900; total, 5,377;
exports coastwise, 1,565; sales of week,
9,700; stock, 75,668 bales.
Augusta Daily Market.
Office Daily Constitutionalist, >
Friday, March 11—P. M, $
FINANCIAL
GOLD—Buying at 110 and selling at 112.
SlLVEß—Baying at 105 and selling at 110.
BONDS—City Bonds, 81@83.
STOCKS—Georgia Railroad, 105.
COTTON —The market opened with A good
demand at 19*4@19% for middling, but on ac
count of unfavorable news I rom Liverpool,
closed quiet but steady on account of light
offering stock at 19)4. Sales, 411 bales. Re
ceipts, 223 bales. Stock to date, 23,234 bales.
BACON—Fair demand. We quote C. Sides,
18(3)1814; O. R. Sides, 17>4@18; B. B. Sides, 17J4;
Shoulders, 14J4@15 ! Haras, 21®23 ; Dry Salt
Shoulders, 13@13J4 ; Dry Salt C. K. Sides, 17.
CORN—In good demand and is selling at
$1 30® 1 35 from depot.
WHE AT—We quote c hoice while, $1 60®
1 65; amber, $1 55® 1 60; red, sl* 50® 1 55.
FLOUR—City Mills, new, 16 50@9 00; at
retail, *1 barrel higher. Country, *6®9,
wording to qualify.
CORN MEAL- fl4o at wholesale; STSO at
retail.
OATS—Bs®*l 00.
PEAS—Scarce and selling at $1 80®2 00.
State Items.
Clift, the Savannah Postmaster, has
asked an investigation into his conduct.
The Rome Southerner gives a rumor that
Col- T. W. Alexander has drawn a $12,000
prize in a certain lottery.
Columbus cjoes a hide business of $21,000
per annum, 300,000 pounds being sold
yearly, as estimated by the Sun.
William Owens, of Sheffield district,
Newton county, died one day last week at
the advanced age of 92 years.
The Enterprise reports the measles un
comfortably prevalent in Covington. The
type of the disease is said to have been
rather malignant thus far, although no
deaths are reported.
The Columbus Sun reports the death of
Mrs. Sophia Buckler, on Tuesday last, in
the 67th year of her age. She moved to
Columbus in 1828, from Upson county.
The Cartersville Express announces the
death of Messrs. Madison McMurry and
Nathan Howard, the latter one of, if not
the very, first citizen who settled in Car
tersville.
A correspondent of the Atlanta Constitu
tion, writing from Walker county, says the
prospects of the wheat crops in that section
are very fine, and an unusually large crop
has been sown.
The Savannah Advertiser says that a box
of silver ware, belonging to R. L. Davis,
that had been taken by Sherman’s men du
ring the war, was found in an old negro
cabin, among rubbish.
Mr. James Wilkins, an old citizen of
Americas, says the Republican, while pass
ing along the street in his wagon on Wed
nesday, had one of his eyes put out by a
shot from a flip—Alabama sling—in the
hands of a rude hoy.
On last Sunday, as Parson Bebee was
discoursing in the Baptist church at Oov
ington, a portion of the floor of the build
ing gave way, causing a hasty stampede
among the congregation, but no ]>ersonal
damage.
The City Council of Rome has adopted
an ordinance requiring itinerant pedlars to
pay a tax of $25 per day for the privilege
of selling any article of merchandize with
in the corporate limits of the city; also,
imposing a tax of three-fourths of one per
cent, on the amount of stock in hand.
The Rome Daily learn* that the work on
the Selma, Rome and Daltou Railroad is
belug rapidly pushed ahead, between that
point, and Dalton. Unless too much rain
falls t,o interfere with the work, trains will
run through by the first of June.
The Agricultural Fair for Cherokee Geor
gia and Alabama, will commence at Rome,
November 11,1870, and continue four days.
Among the premiums we notice the follow
ing : Largest crop of cotton on one acre,
silver pitcher, worth SSO; largest crops of
oats, corn, barley and rye, on one acre,
each a silver pitcher worth $25.
Mr. J. E. Veul, a jeweler, of Rome, offers
a silver goblet to the man who brings to
Rome the heaviest fish caught during the
season ; also, a goblet to the man bringing
the largest trout caught with a pole and
line; also, for the finest string of bream
caught with line.
Baldwin Superior Court was in session
la§t week. Two murder cases—the State
vs. Chas. Matthews and Geo. Hollinshed—
were tried, resulting in a verdict of not
gnilty. Ben Brookins, for larceny, was
sent to'the penitentiary for three years.—
On the common law docket the most im
portant cases disposed of were those in
volving relief, in all of which the amounts
were liberally scaled.
Losses by the Savannah Fire. —The
News, of yesterday, furnishes the following
correct statement of the losses by the de
structive conflagration in that city on
Thursday morning:
There were stored In the warehouse
where the fire originated, 200 bales upland
cotton, and 300 bales sea island cotton, the
property of L. J. Guilmartin & Cos., which
was insured for $60,000 in the following
companies:
Queeu—London and Liverpool.... $25,000
New York Home ; 10,000
New Haven Home 5,000
Georgia Home 5,000
New York Continental 5,000
Lorillard—ltfevr York 5,000
Insurance Savings—Virginia 5,000
$60,000
The buildings were owned by Wilcox,
Gibbs & Cos., and were insured for SIO,OOO
in the following companies:
Georgia Home $5,000
New York Continental :.. 5,000
SIO,OOO
So that It will be seen that the loss is
fnliy covered by the insurance.
A steamer has been kept, during the day,
playing upon the cotton, and it is probable
that a portion may be saved, though in a
•damaged condition.
Reduction in the Price of Guano.—
Messrs. Pollard, Cox & Cos., who have just
received a heavy shipment of the leadlaj
fertilizers, have reduced the price of S<»'
Fowl Guano to S7O per ton cash and;'’
on time. Planters should note this-.
reduction, corresponding to the ny A
cline in gold, and give this firm m
of their trade. .
