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OOIS STITTJTIONALJST.
AUGUSTA-
TUESDAY MORNING. APBIL. 36.187»
The Press Convention.
The Savannah #4 of yesterday gives
the following account of the reception of
the delegate to the' Press Convention in
that city on Sunday afternoon. We miss
from the list of those accounted for the
name of our own -‘heavy” delegate, but
trust that he has not been lost thus early
in the action. The News says:
The Reception Committee, headed by
Col. William Rogers, Chairman, left the
city on a special train kindly placed at the
disposal of the committee by the Cen»u
Railroad Company,, with two flue pass
enger coaches. The train proceeded as far
ns Millen, where'the car provided for the
delegates who were to come by way-of Au
gusta was taken by the AOgusta train, and
the other proceeded to Macon for the dele
gates to arrive by that route. The ran was
successfully accomplished, and the train
reached Macon on schedule time. There
the committee met and received the dele
gates, and, after the usual courtesies and
receptional ceremonies, not, however, par
taking of formality, and the quiet inter
change of pleasant greetings, the party
left Macon at 7 o’clock yesterday morning,
taking up on the way delegates who ar
rived on the Augusta train. The following
gentlemen of the press were the delegations
thus brought to the city, and arrived here
at 5 o’clock, p. m., yesterday :
Col. Carey W. Styles, Albany News.
Gen. A. R. Wright, and Messrs. Henry
A. Moore and Patrick Walsh, Augusta
Chronicle and Sentinel.
S. A. Atkinson, Athens Banner.
J. F. Shecut, Madison Farm Journal.
Major Anderson Reese, Macon Telegraph.
W. A. Hemphill, Atlanta Constitution.
Wm. Craig, Bath Paper Mills.
Col. John H. Christy Athens Watchman.
Robert G. Burriwell, Debow's Review.
Col. A. R. Lamar, Columbus Sun.
Col. Joseph Clisby, Macon Telegraph.
F. S. Fitch, Griffin Star.
C. H. C. Willingham, LaGrange Reporter.
S. R. Weston, Dawson Journal.
J. F. Shanklin, Rome Daily.
H. E. Morrow, Griffin Middle Georgian.
R. H. Orme, Milledgeville Recorder.
*E. R. Sharpe, West Point Shield.
Dennis W. D. Boully, Hawkinsville Dis
patch.
R. A. Moseley, Jr., senior proprietor of
the Rome Daily.
Hon. E. G. Cabaniss, Monroe Advertiser.
, M. Dwinell, Rome Courier.
J. F. Weaver, Thoniaston Herald
They were met, on arrival, by gentlemen
of the Reception Committee, Col. Ed. C.
Anderson, J. R. Sneed, W. I’. Thompson,
A. B. Lnee, N. B. Brown, J. L. Villalonga,
Sidney Goodwin and others, and were
taken charge of and conveyed to their re
spective quarters. They thus, in the hands
of mine hosts of the Pulaski, Screven and
Marshall Houses, were made to feel per
fectly at home in the Forest City.
By the Charleston train, which arrived
here at three o’clock yesterday, B. R. Rior
dan, Esq., of the Charleston News, and
Maj. J. A. Engleliard, of the Wilmington
Journal, arrived. Other delegates may
have arrived whose names we have not
yet received.
The convention will assemble to-day at
10 o’clock, at the Masonic Hall and Odd
Fellows Hall, and organize for business,
after which an excursion down the river to
Fort Pulaski has been arranged, which is
the programme for Monday.
The excursion cars were under the im
mediate direction of Col. Wm. Rogers, the
able and courteous Superintendent of the
Central Railroad, and that veteran con
ductorfMr. Pat Whelan, assisted him.
The Antics of a Radical Judge.
A LAWYER FINED ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS
FOR CALLING A COLORED MAN nY HIS
FIRST NAME. *
The Judge Cantwell spoken of in the fol
lowing paragraphs, taken from the Wil
mington Journal, of Saturday, is a native of
Charleston:
One of the most extraordinary events in
the history of our North Carolina courts
(now, alas, so sadly changed from the past)
occurred in the Special Court of this city
yesterday. The case of a white man, by
the name of Charles Posner, was on trial,
Mr. John L. Holmes, one of the members
of our bar, appearing as counsel for the
defendant, when Anthony Howe, a coal
black negro, and who rejoiced in the dig
nity of an Alderman of the city, was call
ed to the stand, and wanted to be called
“Mister” by the counsel, who for long
years has known him but as“ Anthony.”
The following is the record of the singular
proceedings as directed by the court:
“ In this case, Anthony Howe, Esq., was
called as a witness to testify to the charac
ter of the complainant. Mr. Holmes; coun
sel for the defendant, addressed Mr. Howe
as ‘Anthony.’ The witness said he did
not object to be so styled, but objected to
the tone and manner in which he was so
addressed. The court ruled that the wit
ness had & right to demand that he should
be addressed in a proper manner,and with
respect, and not with familiarity, where
upon counsel refused to be governed by
the decision of the court in this matter,
and it was ordered that a fine of ten dol
lars be entered'against Mr. Holmes for
contempt of court, for refusing to obey
this order and take his seat when directed
to do so. •
“ Mr. Holmes again peremptorily refused
to obey the order of the court touching the
treatment.of the witness under examination,
and insisted ou the right to cross-examine
without complying with the. order of the
court to address him otherwise than by his
first name, ‘ Anthony,’ after objection made
and sustained to that style of address on
the part of the witness, and the same order
had been extended to the other counsel;
upon which it was ordered that the tine be
twenty dollars against Mr. John L. Holmes
for contempt of court. The witness at
this point was discharged by the court, the
attorney, Holmes* adding, ‘ Stand aside,
Anthony,’ in the hearing of the court, and
in contempt of its decision and authority,
and it was then ordered that the fine be
one hundred dollars ($100) against Mr
Holmes, and the particulars be recorded.”
For the benefit of strangers who dp not
kuow the parties, it may be well to add
that this Judge Cantwell, the presiding
./tiieer of ih s court, is the man who wore
uu: first secession cockade in Raleigh, and
was afterwards Confederate Military Gov
ernor of Norfolk. His action yesterday
can but be viewed as an indignity to the
whole bar, a direct attack upon the profes
sion through one of its members, which, no
doubt, the members of the bar will properly
resent. It may not be amiss to state that,
we hear the court directed Mr. Holmes to
address the witness either as Mr.” Howe
or “ Alderman ” Howe.
On Saturday Mr. Holmes appeared in
court, when his honor suggested that an
answer be filed by the defendant of the
alleged contempt. This was declined, and
after farther discussion, Mr. Holmes paid
the fine, which amounted altogether to
$lO6 26.
The Course of tub Democrats Sus
tained—The St. Louiß Republican, in
analyzing the Georgia bill as it passed the
Senate, endorses the course of the Demo
crats in supporting Pomeroy’s amendment,
but justly deprecates the provision of the
bill calling into service the State
as follows:
“We are inclined to thiok-our;fne»<ls
manifested their wisdom in plowing iWsv
course, and that however objectionable,-the;
further continuance-of military dqmfna-x
tlon may be, it is decidedly, than ex
tending the official existence or lse Bulloc k
Legislature 1872- Tj^jeapfe« ,w!J 1
have a chance, though a, very poor one,, it.
must be confesseoTto get ria or the corrupt
faction which is now controlling the do
mestic affaire of Georgia,, and thereby re
storing Bomethinglikepea‘c:eand prosperity
to that soMy afflicted Commonwealth.
Two yeaw-mote <* the'.‘preseat regime
to avoid the of the mis
rule now existing: The Bta&Wsurvive
six months more of the Bailor dynasty,
but twenty-four months’ endnrance would
surely destroy all the recuperative ener
gies of a community which has already
pafssed.three times through the flint mill of
reconstruction. So far, then, the passage
of the Pomeroy edition of'the Georgia bill
is a Conservative victory, but the adoption,
6y a strict party vote, of still another
amendment calling into service the State
militia, is very much to be regretted. These
,home guards Will, of course, be organized
under the eye of Governor Bullock, officer
ed by his partisansanAvirtuallycontrolled
by him. Instead of suppressing disturb
ances, they will j>roVe a potent instru
mentality in pxciting popular commotion,
irritating the inhabitants by unnecessary
espionage, and paving the way for riot and
bloodshed. When this natural and almost
inevitable result transpires, it will be her
alded .abroad as fresh and indubitable
proof of ‘ rebel proclivities ’ which de
mand still sharper discipline at the hands
ofjOongress, and so the business will goon.
Taking the matter a whole, neither
Georgia nor the Whole country will lose
much if the House refuses to concur in the
bill as it now stands, and insists upon fur
ther modifications—pending which the
complete restoration of ‘our glorious
Union ’ hangs fire.”
The Dirty Work of Bullock, Blod
gett & Co.— A special telegram to the
Richmond Dispatch , from Washington,
says, concerning the attempted purchase of
votes by Bullock, Blodgett & Cos., with
Georgia State bonds:
Dictated by the Bullock party, telegrams
have been sent hence indicating that the
instigation of alleged tampering with Sen
ators to induce them to vote against the-
Bingham amendment in the Georgia bill is
substantially at an end. Such, T learn
from the best source, is not the case, but
the fact is that the Senate committee has
obtained testimony of the most damaging
character against Bullock, Blodgett & Cos.
The committee has enjoined secrecy upon
the witnesses examined, but your corre
spondent has assurance to-night that the
testimony thus far is to the effect that it
was attempted to purchase the votes of at
least two Senators; and of this the proof
is ample. The price per vote offered was
SIO,OOO ir„ Georgia bonds. It is also
in. proof that Bullock gave a draft to
a newspaper editor upon a bank in
Atlanta, Ga., in part payment for ad
vocating his cause and for publishing
so-called special dispatches purporting
to come from Georgia, but in fact pre
pared in this city. These dispatches
were intended to work upon the members
of Congress and to make it appear that
society in Georgia was in a fearfully de
moralized condition, etc., and that nothing
would save the State but the perpetuation
in office of Bullock and his party.
Senator elect Hill says he did not receive
telegrams from Georgia informing him that
bonds had been sent here to be used by
Bullock to purchase votes of Senators. All
the information he derived upon the sub
ject came to him from parties in this city.
The proofs yet to be adduced will disclose
a case of corruption astonishing even in
this community.
Thanksgiving.— The Okalona Monitor,
in anticipation of Gov. Alcorn’s thanksgiv
ing, remarked:
There is such a thing as blasphemy even
in prayer. The murderer who would say
the “ Lord’s Prayer” over his victim be
fore dealing the fatal blow would hardly
gain the credit of piety—the act would be
regarded as the most infamous blasphemy.
In this light we are disposed to view all
thanksgiving proclamations. They (the
Radicals) robbed, murdered and oppressed
our people just as far as their self-interest
would permit, and for us to kneel at the
altar, and join them in thanks that some
one scheme less devilish than the other has
prospered, would strike us as impious. In
His wise Providence God permits evil, hut
no where does he enjoin us to give praise
and thanks for its existence. The whore
of Babylon was tolerated, but uo where
were altars erected to commemorate her
crimes. ‘We see no cause for a public
thanksgiving, and believe that were we
foolish enough to engage in any such thing,
these miscreants, whose daily study has
been to wrong our people, would appropri
ate, if possible, every syllable of thanks
that fell from our lips. No articulation of
praise or thanks would reach the throne of
God could they intercept it. Let us there
fore on the 20th, attend to our own busi
ness, and leave to the Radicals the mocking
of thanksgiving.
Murder in Calhoun County, Florida
—Assassination of the County J udge.
—We learn from Gadsden county delegates
to the State Agricultural and Immigration
Association, that authentic information
reached Quincy on Tuesday evening of the
assassination of A. B. Caraway, Judge of
the County Court of Calhoun county, on
Wednesday morning, 13th inst. The par
ticulars are, that Judge C. left home, it is
supposed, very early in the morning with a
large amount of State scrip, a gold watch
and a few greenbacks. At noon the next
day his body was found just in front of a
thicket, about three-quarters of a mile from
his home, with a load of buckßhot through
the front part of the head, ranging from be
hind the left ear. The body was laid out
in the usual manner; hands folded and
eyes closed. The horse and buggy were
found about one hundred and fifty yards
from the scene of the murder, the horse
hitched to a tree. Nothing was taken
from the dead man except a few green
backs, which were just sufficient to pay ex
penses to the capital and back.
Suspicion was directed so thoroughly to
Lake Lott, a well-known citizen of that
county, that he was arrested on Wednes
day, and is now in .the custody of the
sheriff. The excitement was great, and the
prisoner came very near being lynched by
the responsible people of that county.
[Jacksonville Union, 21sf.
Horrible Murdek in Coweta Coun
ty.—The Newnan Defender, of April 20th,
contains the following account of a tragedy
recently enacted in Coweta county, Ga.:
On Saturday night, last near the resi
dence of Capt. Moses, in this county, Geo.
Tucker (col.), was brutally murdered by
Geo. Favor (col.), assisted by the wife of
the murdered man. A plot was previously
laid by the criminal parties jind fearfully
and fatally executed. Tucker was met at
night and stricken down by a blow ou the
head with an axe, in the hands of Favor,
who, assisted by the wife of the former,
bound their victim, and, running a pole
through the .rope, started with his body,
supposed to be lifeless, to a dry well near.
During their progress, he revived., and his
head was severed from his body with an
axe and his remains placed in the well. A
negro man coming up at the time of the
consummation deed suspected them,
and was instrumental in the discovery of
their guilt. They have .undergone a. pre
liminary trial before Justices Baily and
Kunnicutt, by whose order they were com
mitted to jail. They were last evening
taken by Sheriff Hackney to LaGrange
jail.
Cold Blooded Attempt to Murder.—
Yesterday moring, about 10 o’clock, while
William D. Phillips (who is a cripple, hav
ing both of his legs amputated below the
knees,) was sitting in the floor of Mr. Ham
berg’s Store, near the Charlotte Depot, a
drunken brute, yclept Tom Harrison, who
liycs a few miles from town, in the sancl
hills, saunterei up and entered into con
versation With him. Directly, without the
least provocation, Harrison seemed to be
come infuriated, drew and cocked his pis
tol, gnd as the crippled man was attempt
ing to get out of the way, fired and struck
him in the back of the head, the ball strik
ing the sknll, breaking the inner coating
and glancing off. After his manly defed
was done*' Harrison turned coolyawayln
the direction of his home, but was prompt
ly pursued'by Chief Radclilfe With a, party,
arrested and lodged in jail. The wounded
man was attended by Dr. Darby, and the
wound, though severe, is pronounced not
a dangerous one.
[Columbia (8. C.) Guardian.
\ t : • • .' "T * • ' . )' ii/i'
Sy*H»»RFEBT.— The Suengerfest of the
Northwestern Scengerbund,, which takes
place atCincinnati in Jane,: will probably
be-the greatest musical festival ever given
in-this country. Thirteen hpodred singers
and three hundred mnsiciftns Have bee* en
gaged, and an immense bnilding is hieing
erected. It will be 250 feet long, 110 feet
wide, and will, It is stated, accommodate
15,000 people.
[ From the Richmond Whig.
The New French Constitution.
The reforms lately introduced,and which
are to be submitted to a vote of the people,
convert the French empire, -with its one
man power, into a Parliamentary Govern
ment. The two branches of the Legisla
ture are.invested with pretty much the
'same legislative powers as are possessed
by the British Parliament, and the British
system is that by which the new regime
appears to be modelled. The Senate is
nominated by the Emperor for life, and
may consist of two-thirds the number of
the Assembly, but he can only appoint
twenty any one year. With respect, to
future changes In the constitution, they
can only he affected by the motion of the
Emperor, to be approved by the vote of the
people. This is the old Tribnnitian power
of the Roman Empire, and is. an engine of
mighty force in the hands of the Emperor.
It is the means and inducement to an alli
ance between the Emperor and the Plebs,
by which all the other branches of the
Government will be controlled, It is this
feature of the new constitution which pro
vokes most opposition from the Red Re
publicans. It baffles them at their
own game. It constitutes the Emperor
the champion of the million, of whom
they profess to be the sole and ex
clusive friends. If the new system does
not Work satisfactorily, the Emperor
can at any time submit anew plebis
citum to the vote of the mob, by
which the whole constitution may be up
set. There is always a be
tween absolute power and universal suf
frage, and there is no monstrosity the form
er can ask which the latter will not gladly
grant. This is the strength of the Emper
or’s position. He builds on and allies him
self with the Plebs. This alone reconciles
him to the changes which have been made.
For he has again and again avowed his
t otal want of confidence in the success of
the parliamentary regime. It may be suit
ed to phlegmatic Anglo-Saxons, but never
t,o mercurial Frenchmen. When the scheme
fails, as no doubt it will, he will at once
fall back on universal suffrage—the ever
constant ally of despotism.
In the meantime, the Red Republicans—
the professed champions of the people anti
the widest liberty—are put in a false posi
tion, by opposing a programme which is
based upon and recognizes the popular
sovereignty. They are forced to oppose
lodging ail power in the hands of the
masses, because they know that power will
it call be transferred to the hands of
Caesar. They therefore denounce all the
concessions proffered, and raise the flag of
revolution against the empire.
[From the fa van null Advertiser, 24th.
Full Particulars of the Macon and Bruns
wick Railroad Disaster.
From Mr. A. S. Delannoy. the conductor
of the excursion train which met with a
serious accident on the Macon and Bruns
wick Railroad on Friday last, we have re
ceived the following authentic account:
The locomotive Decatur, driven by Mr. P.
Igo, with three box and three passenger
cars attached, left Quitman at 2 o’clock
for Brunswick on an excursion trip, stop
ping at the following places along the line
of the road and taking on board addition
al excursionists: Valdosta, Stockton, Hor
riersville, Blackshear. The train reached
Brunswick about 10 o’clock on Friday
morning, when the excursionists disem
barked from the train, a portion of them
proceeding on poard the steamer Water
Lilly on an excursion trip to St. Simon’s
Island, the remainder of the party remain
ing in the city. After spending about seven
hours in Brunswick, the Water Lilly hav
ing returned, the excursionists, numbering
over 350 persons, re-erabarked on board
the train on their way homeward. About
(5 o’clock, p. m., the train moved off and
proceeded about fourtten miles from Bruns
wick, when a serious accident occurred.—
At this point there is a swamp, and as there
was no dirt at hand when the road was
built with which to form a solid road bed,
straight logs without Ainy fastenings were
put down, forming what is termed in rail
road parlance “ cribbing,” and ties secured
across them upon which the iron was
placed, necessitating a slow rate of speed
to insure safety In crossing it. The en
gineer of the train not being accustomed
to that route, was not prox
imity to this swamp,
to cuginiMn^^^H^^^kssiug
die (-ribbings;
the
soft mud.
portion „
C. W. KnowlesJHiH mtn thfit
John Parker, of Quitnfiqvanla, ac#
Maudy Winns, child, f£ re j» l ° t O' fr° m
Quitman, killed.
Hasty Winn, (colored), from Quitman,
seriously injured.
Monroe Greiner, (colored), from Quitman,
seriously injured.
A. Greiner, (colored), from Quitman seri
ously injured.
Ben. Hilliard, (colored), from Quitman,
seriously injured.
Celia Fry, (colored), from Quitman, seri
ously injured.
William Baker, train hand, right leg
broken below' the knee.
In addition, several of the party were se
riously bruised but not seriously injured.
The scene, upon the occurrence of the dis
aster, is represented by those who were on
board the train, as truly horrifying—moth
ers looking for children, and vice versa,
whilst the screams of those on the train,
thrown into one confused mass, resounded
throughout the adjacent woods. Immedi
ately after the accident, those who managed
to escape uninjured went to work with a.
will to rescue those who were unable to
extricate themselves from the cars, and to
care for the dead and wounded. A large
Are was built in the woods, around which
the injured were placed, and every necessa
ry attention paid them, a physician, from
Quitman, who accompanied the excursion
ists, rendering all the possible medical aid
in his power. The party remained in the
woods around the fires until the arrival of
the passenger train from Macon, which
being unable to proceed to its destination,
the entire party, together with the dead
and wounded, were placed on board and
carried to No. 6, Jessup station, where
every possible comfort was provided for
those uninjured, and additional assistance
and necessaries obtained for the injured.
The entire party remained at Jesup until
half-past ten o’clock yesterday morning,
when a special train arrived from Savannah
and carried them to their respective homes,
the dead being taken in charge by their
friends.
The damage to the train was not so great
as at first expected, the trucks constituting
the principal part of the breakage. The
cribbing is from two hundred and fifty to
three hundred feet in length, and. about
two feet in height, which accounts for the
miraculous escape of the entire party from
being either killed or maimed. Two of the
passenger cars had both ends stove in,
whilst the third remained uninjured, having
only slightly careened from the track.
One of the box cars is a complete wreck,
and the other two are badly damaged. The
locomotive which conveyed the excursion
ists arrived about half-past 8 o’clock last
evening.
A Judge Becomes Insane in the Court
Room. —ln the United States District
Court at Trenton, on Tuesday, during the
progress of an argument by the district at
torney, Judge Field, who was on thebendh,
rose from his seat, and with his face to the
westerly wall of the court, lifted up his
hands, beat the air wildly with them, and
shouted out: “It is no use, it is no uSe,
gentlemen, you will have to indict the
judge!” and then he shrieked and ffe!l to
wards the wall, but was, fortunately,
caught and conveyed, in an insensible con
dition, to his chambers in the State Honse.
The scene created great confnsion. Medical
aid was promptly obtained, and it was
learned abont half an hour afterwards that
the attack had resulted from over applica
tion to study and worry of mind.
Outrageous Assault and Battery
and Robbery.—At about 4 o’clock yester
day morning three negro men forced their
way into the house of a widow lady re
siding on Jones street lane, between Bull
and Drayton streets. One ot them seized
her by the hair and held her, while another
beat her in the face with his fist Whilst
this was going on, the third villain collect
ed all the clothing of the lady and hep
children, with which the party left the
house. The lady’s face is so terribly
bruised that her eyes are nearly closed. *
[Savannah Republican , 24 ih.
[From-the Columbus Sun.
Decoration Day.
Mb. Editor : I send you some beautiful
verses which were sung as a‘ hymn at the de
coration of the graves in the churchyard at
Lexington, Va., one year ago. The writer,
Mrs. M. J. J»restoo, is one of<the noblest womnn
of the South s and her appropriate stanzas
sneak to the heart of us all. The day is now
at hand when our “ City of the Dead” will be
wreathed with pale flowers that speak so
eloquently of the fallen. Will not the various
choirs of our city unite and arrange to
sing the lines below, which are, beautifully ap
propriate to the day and its sad ceremonies.
BY MBS. M. JT. PBEBTON, OF VIRGINIA.
Past, the clash and elaDg of battle—
Past, the terrors, trials, fears—
Past, the deadly roar and rattle,
Yet we meet in tears.
Not a shout of exultation
Breaks the sobbing silence de-’p ;
On the death-day of a nation
Is it strange we weep ?
But the homage sad we render,
Softens with a proud rebel,
And a solemn joy a.nd tenter
Mingles with our grief.
Oh, the heroes wrested from ns
Have not lived nor died in v fin !
For their memorie’s bow of promise
Spans our years of pain.
Couutless eyes have conned their story—
Countless hearts grow brave thereby :
Let us thank the God of glory
We had such to die!
Where fcaal been the Church’s honor,
Wtien the overwhelming flood
Os her foes rushed fierce upon her,
But for ru irtyrs’ blood ?
Where the lofty acclamations,
O’er the wrench of thraldom’s chain ?
Where the grandeur of the nations,
But lor patriots slain ?
Shall we then in sail precession—
Heads low bowed upon the breast—
Only bring our tears to freshen
Graves where heroes rest ?
Rather lay the rose and laurel.
Glad with dew, above the sod-—'
Learn their lives’ majestic moral,
Wait and trust in God !
A Horrible Tragedy.
A WOMAN MURDERS HEll FOUR CHILDREN.
AND HER MOTHER —A GHASTLY AND RE
VOLTING CRIME.
The most horrible and ghastly murder
ever perpetrated in Baltimore took place
on Thursday afternoon. Mrs. Catherine
Marsh, residing in North Central avenue,'
near Jefferson street, deliberately butchered
her four children, the oldest eight years of
age and the youngest two, by cutting their
throats with a knife. One she killed in the
yard of the school where he attended, and
the others at her own home. She also in
flicted serious but not necessarily fatal in
juries upon her own mother. The murder
ess is 27 years old. The four children, her
victims, were James, aged eight years;
Willie, between six and seven years; Mary
Jane, between four and five years; and
George, a little over two years of age.
It appears that about lour ff’cjock in the
afternoou, Mrs- Marsh Pf3|Kjjl&» to prl
mary school No. 13, on
near Caroline, witere child,
named James, a bright boy?jpWi>ht years
of age, was at school. She took him from
the school room, it is said, against his
wish, and, conducting him to a shedj»jjie
yard, cut his throat from ear to qjraMwa
large butcher’s knife which slua3Mpre
viously borrowed from a
cery store on the pretense to
cut meat. Leaving the chifffhere
she had slain it, Mrs. proceed
ed to her home, with the with
the blood of her first-born concealed under
her apron, where she found her mother,
Mrs. Nellie Dwyer, aged 53, sitting at the
front window sewing. She at once ap
. proached her, and with the same knife, cut
her throat in such a terrible manner as to
render it doubtful, in the opinion ol the
physicians, if she can recover. She theu
cut the throats of her three children—Wil
liam, aged six years; Mary Jane, aged four
years; and George, aged two years. The
heads of the children were nearly severed
from the bodies.
THE BODIES AS FOUND..
Mary Jtane and George were found in the
room in which their grandmother lay, but
V,'"--'m appears to have been murdered
tu swlugmg in the yard, as
e uJ.,..s found with his feet hanging to the
swing. Some children entering the yard
caught a glimpse of the horrible sight of
little William hanging thus, and raising
an alarm, Sergeant Heard, of the Eastern
District, hurried into the house, where he
was shocked to find Mrs. Dwyer withjher
throat frightfully cut; he also found two
of the children with their throats cut, and
on going into the yard, he fouud Mrs.
Marsh there brandishing the butcher knife
within a few feet of the body of the child
killed in the swing. He at once arrested
her and took her' to the eastern station
house, where she remained uutil after the
coroner had been called and held an in
quest, when Captain Kenney jUMt'Cyhipf De
tective Crone placed her in a fryfe ftnd con
veyed her to jail, she pussiqoj9|JJ)e car
riage very quietly, with heUnUPt bowed
down.
AT THE STATION HOUSE.
Whilst at the station house a gentleman
had an interview with the unfortunate wo
man. She was seated in a corner of the
lock-up, with her hands, covered with
blood, clasped across her knees. On being
asked if she wanted anything, sht desired
a drink of water, which was given her.
She seemed calm and in her man
ner, and in answer to queries said she was
born in County Kerry, Ireland, and was 27
years of age. To the question if she had
any recollection of what she had done, she
answered, “ I have now; thev were going
to take my children away from me ; they
were pecking at their necks.” On an ex
pression of pity for her unfortunate con
dition, she burst into tears and exclaimed,
“Oh, my children!”
AFTER THE TRAGEDY.
The scene at the house after the tragedy
was of a most melancholy description.
The bodies of the murdered children, all
remarkably good looking, lay side by side;
they had on the same clothing in which
they were killed, which was neat and clean.
The scene of the tragedy was visited by
several thousand persons during the after
noon and evening, and of those who suc
ceeded in getting into the house but few
left with dry eyes.
AT THE SCHOOL HOUSE.
The body of William, killed in the yard
of public school No. 13, was not discov
ered until the school was dismissed, when
there was great consternation among the
children. The body was carried home by
the police and placed beside the other
children.
THE MANIAC MOTHER.
At the inquest held over the bodies of
the murdered children on Thursday after
noon, it was stated by one of the witnesses
that Mrs. Marsh had been addicted to the
use of strong drink. The testimony oi the
witness has been, refuted, and in conversa
tion with the father of Mrs. Marsh this
morning, the reporter of the American was
informed that she was a stranger to strong
drink, and it was with difficulty she dould
be induced ib take it even when ordered by
a physician. The relatives of the un
happy woman are sorely grieved that such
a statement has been made public, when
there was no foundation for such, and it
has added fresh fuel uo their already
poignant grief.
Mrs. Marsh, during the night, wept bit
terly at intervals, and for a moment would
appear to realise that something dreadful
had befallen her, but at no time did she
seem to know that, she hacTactually slaugh
tered her darting babes. This morning she
was a raving maniac, and a constant
watch is being kept upon her lest she
should Ati herself an injury. She speaks
in an incoherent, manner, rambling from
subject to subject, and all totally foreign
to the otiei which has almost paralyzed the
sense of her family. »
PREPARATIONS FOR BURIAL.
On Thursday* night the bodies of the
murdered children were neatly prepared for
sepulture, and this morning they were laid
side by side in' the parlor, and their appear
ance, as they lay side by side, was a sight
at which no heart, no matter how callous
it might have been to pity, coffld.fail to ex
press pulsations of sorrow.'/ The youngest
child was placed on the right and the eld
est on the left. Each body was dressed in
white, and-in the hands of the little inno
cent were placed white flowers, offerings
frop mothers in the neighborhood, iahd had
it pot been for the unmistakable death
sigts imprinted npon the flesh of the chil
drai, the spectator would have almost
be® compelled to admit that they were
quietly sleeping instead of being hnßhed in
thej sleep of death.
J RAYING MAD.
On Saturday Mrs. Marsh was raving mad.
State Items.
Mr. W. F. Cos rails is announced as asso
tiate editor of the Dawson Journal.
The Walton Journal announces the death,
last week, of Mrs. Nancy Eason and Mrs.
Clegg, old residents of Walton county.
Capt. G. Whit. Anderson, Chief Marshal
of Atlanta, was thrown from a horse on
Saturday and severely injured.
The Walton Journal learns that Mr.
lieubin Stallings, of Morgan county, was
found dead in a well on Tnesday morning
last, supposed to be the result of intemper
ance. He left Rutledge the evening pre
vious with two bottles of liquor.
The Sparta Times is gratified to learn
that the late cold snap did not damage the
fruit to any great extent, merely reminded
the corn of its presence and slightly nipped
garden vegetables. Cotton planting is pro
gressing.
A private letter, says the Sparta limes,
from Gainesville, Fla., announces the
death, by paralysis, of Mr. John E. Thom
son, of Gainesville, lie was formerly a
cititon of Washington county, Ga., and
was known as a man of unexceptionable
character and great moral worth.
I'he Athens Banner reports that Mr.
Hodge, a citizen of Clark county, died very
suddenly on Wednesday. He was riding
Rome in his wagon, and fell off, but got up
and appeared not to be seriously injured.
He soon became insensible and sunk away
into what appeared to be a sound sleep,
but was in a short time found to be dead.
Judge W. Pinckney Hill, of Texas, broth
er of lion. B. H. Hill, was at the United
States Hotel in Atlanta on Saturday, in ill
health, having just returned from the
United States Supreme Court, where he
had been engaged in several heavy railroad
eases. The Constitution reports that if
strong enough he will leave for Athens to
day.
Fire in Yorkville, S. C.—On Thursday
last the handsome mansion belonging to
the estate of the late George Steele, of
YortTvilJe, caught fire and was entirely
consumed. The furniture, <fec., were saved,
but there was no insurance on the build
ing. The loss amounts to SIO,OOO or
$12,000. ___
The W heat Crop.— The Norfolk Journal ,
of the 22d instant, says :
We are glad to learn by accounts we see
from various parts of the State that the
wheat looks very well everywhere.—
Throughout the Valley it is extremely
promising; on the Roanoke and its branches
it never presented a finer appearance at
this time of the year, while the same
may be said of the counties along James
river.
The Chicago Iribunc thinks that wheat,
the great staple of the Northwest, can
scarcely get much lower. “Farmers in
their present preparations for planting,
will probably turn their attention more to
other grains, and it is hardly probably that
this, as well as all other wheat producing
regions, will have another as abundant
crop this year as during the last two.”
Resumption of the House of E. A.
Souder & Co.—A Philadelphia dispatch,
dated the 12st instant, published In the
New York Journal of Commerce , says :
“ E. A. Souder & Cos., whose suspension
was lately announced, show assets amount
ing to $460,000, and liabillties-of $.903,000.
They coutinue their business, with time
allowed to pay I heir indebtedness.”
BY TELEGRAPH.
[Sp‘.c:il Dispatch to the Constitutionalist.
FROM THE STATE CAPITAL.
J3ULLOCK PAYS ANOTHER
ATLANTA.
THE AGENCY DESIRES TO BE IN
STRUCTED BY HIM.
BRADLEY CRITICISES BULLOCK’S
VERACITY.
SCHISM AMONG THE BLACK AND
WHITE RADICALS.
Atlanta, April 23.
R. B. Bullock, late of the Washington
lobby, is here on a .temporary visit. He
arrived on Sunday, and his presence is
supposed to have some connection with the
assembling of the Legislature.
The Legislature met at 12 o’clock to-day,
pursuant to adjournment last week, and
appointed a joint committee to wait on
Bullock, ascertain his instructions, and re
port on Wednesday at 12, m.
Bradley opposed the measure, and was
particularly severe on Bullock’s lack of
intelligence and veracity.
Turner and Porter, in the House, op
posed the measure, and said Bullock
should not direct what the Legislature
should do.
Harris, ia the Senate, and Darnel!, in
the House, fathered the resolution.
There is an evident schism among the
black and white Radicals, the former be
ginning to sniff the tainted breath blown
in their ears so long by the latter. Some
idea of the corruption of the white de
structives has apparently penetrated the
wool of their colored associates.
The joint resolution to wait on Bullock
passed the House by a vote of 58 to 52,
when it adjourned to Wednesday, at 11, m.
I Associated Press Dispatches.
WASHINGTON.
Washington, April 24.—The War De
partment has very threatening advices from
theTndian country.
Washington, April 25—Noon—A re
port comes via Constantinople that the
Grecian brigands have killed their prison
ers c'aptured near Marathon.
Napoleon’s proclamation concludes: “To
the ball which I make on you to ratify the
liberal reforms realized during the last ten
years, reply, ‘yes.’ As for myself, faithful
to my origin, I shall continue, penetrated
by your thoiightand fortified by your will,
and confiding in Providence, to work with
out cessation for the prospejity and gran
deur of France.”
A special to the Baltimore Sun says:
“Letters and telegrams have been received
here from Georgia, which uniformly state
that the people prefer the Senate bill and
military rule under it till next December
rather than have the Bullock administra
tion perpetuated another year. The Pres
ident, however, again expressed himself,
yesterday, to members of Congress against
the Senate bill in snch strong terms that
there is a bare possibility that, if it were
guacted into a law, he would veto it. He
said that the Senate bill postponed recon
struction, which he was anxious to see
closed up by the admission of Georgia to
representation in Compress. While he in
dicated no special plan, his views seemed
to meet those proposed in the Ingersoll
bill, which admits the State to representa
tion now, and provides for the election of a
new Legislature In Georgia in November
next.”
The British man-of-war Lawing re
ports Jordon, with six companions, at
Nassau, en route for New York.,. Less
reliable advices report Jordan still in Cuba
The insurgents have reappeared in the
jurisdiction of Holquin.
Ex-Confederates Thomas Rhett, of
Charleston, and George Pickett, of Vir
ginia, are in New York, en route for the
Egyptian service. Rhett was sworn in as
a brigadier general by the PachVsf recruit
ing officers. Confederate Generals Lorlng
and Sibley are already there. Federal
General Stone, unfortunate at Ball’s Bluff,
is also among the Pacha’s recruits.
In the Senate, a committee of conference
was appointed on the aau-<?oß9flrreßce of
the two Houses on the income tax.
The Senate is going through the regular
calendar, mostly private bills.
In the House, the regular call is pro
gressing.
Harris, of Mississippi, introduced a- bill
gi anting lands to certain Mississippi rail
roads. .I,'
A resolution indefinitely , postponing the
pending tariff bill was defeated by a large
majority.
The Ways and Means Cothmittete con
sidered the funding bill. No result was
reached.
Washington, April 25—P. M.—Revenue
to-day, near $1,000,000.
After court in Richmond, Judge Chase
will go to Europe in search of health.
The Howard commission investigation
is still confined to the church trouble.
The bill which passed the House, giving
the Sisters of Mercy in Charleston $20,000
to rebuild their asylum, was reported to
the Senate without amendment.
The President nominated Commodore
Lee to be Rear Admiral; Capt. Parrott to
be Commodore, and Frank Burnett Super
vising Inspector of the fourth district.
The Seventeenth and Fourteenth Infan
try, and all recruits, are ordered West.
In the House, among the bills introduced
was one granting the right of way to the
Alabama and Chattanooga Railroad to the
Pacific, and granting lands to the Selma
and Fernandinaßoad.
Dockery offered a resolution declaring
that the honor and good faith of the Gov
ernment were pledged to the payment of
all claims of loyal people in the South who
had property taken by the army, navy or
the Government during the war. Objec
tion was made, and the resolution was not
sustained.
Subsequently, Booker offered the same
resolution, and the House again, by a vote
of 69 to 90, refused to second the demand
for the previous question and allow it to be
entertained.
Several hours were cousumed iu hearing
excuses of members absent on Friday even
ing when the House was called.
The tariff resumed. No progress.
Burdett, from the Election Committee,
reported in the election case from the
Fourth District, of Louisiana, that Michael
Ryan is not entitled to the scat and that
.1. P. Newsham is. Kerr makes an oppo
site report.
In the Senate, a petition was presented
from the Cincinnati Board of Aldermen for
enlargement of the Louisville canal.
The Judiciary Committee reported as a
substitute for all propositions on the sub
ject, a bill to enforce the Fifteenth Amend
ment, setting forth that all citizens of the
United'States otherwise qualified by law
to vote in any State, Territory, district,
Ac., shall be entitled to vote at all such
elections without distinction of race, color
or previous condition of servitude, any law,
custom, usage or regulation of any State
or Territory to the contrary notwithstand
ing; also, that if the laws of any State
or Territory shall require any act .to
be done as a prerequisite to voting,
it shall be the duty of the officers
of the law in said State or Territory
to give equal opportunity to all citizens of
the United States to perform such prere
quisite, and any such official failing to do
so shall forfeit and pay five hundred dol
lars to the person aggrieved thereby, to be
recovered by au action at law ; and incase
of conviction shall also be fined not less
than five hundred dollars and imprisoned
from one month to one year. The offer of
auy citizen for whom such prerequisite is
required shall be deemed a performance in
law of such act, if such act fail to be
carried into execution by reason of the
wrongful act or omission of the said officers
charged with the duty of receiving or per
mitting such performance of offer. The
same penalties are prescribed against auy
person who shall hinder or attempt to pre
vent any citiaen from performing such
pre-requisite. Persous deprived of any of
fice, except that of Member of Congress or
State Legislature, by reason of violation of
the foregoing provisions, may recover pos
session through the United States Courts,
which are given concurrent jurisdiction in
all such cases. The United .States District
Courts of the State
thJ ies ancl of_
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The EMB^ ant * s or t * le
Irenefit of the South anu . . Ih Alabama
Railroad Company passed.
The New York Tribune to-day contains
news from Cuba which shows great activity
on the part of the insurgents. Col. Fajardo
was attacked near the capital of Canraguey,
and suffered severely. A force of cavalry
was sent to their rescue, and they were
enabled to return to the city. The insur
gents are reported active near. Cienfuegos.
A fight occurred near Estats Santa Ysabel
and Brazo, in which the Spaniards were
worsted.
A report was in circulation at St. lagode
Cuba that General Jordan had been killed
while attempting to escape by a boat.
FOREIGN.
London, April 23. —One of the manifes
toes issued by the labor societies in Paris
advises the workmen either to abstain from
voting on the plebiscitum, or cast blank
ballots ; and also demands reforms in tax
ation and military conscription, and the
erection of a republic.
Ministerial journals say the Marquis
de Bonneville yesterday presented formally
to the Pope a memorandum written by
Count Daru before his resignation of the
MinistryofForeign Affairs. Hewasobligcd
to present the memorandum, though it an
ticipated Ollivier’s succession to the charge
of foreign affairs, because, according to
diplomatic usage, its contents had previ
ously been communicated to the Panal
Government.
Ollivier will decline the responsibility for
the document, and will maintain an expect
ant attitude in regard to the Council.
I'Univers, the Ultra-montane organ, de
mands that the Government-take its stand
for or against the memorandum of Count
Daru, and reserves, until answer is received
from Rome, its opinion on the transaction.
It is reported that Ollivier will be deco
rated with the Grand Cross of the Legion
of Honor.
The Chancellor of the Legion of Honor
is dead.
The Observer says the Fenians here mean
mischief. The Government has been au
thentically informed of their intentions,
but particulars are withheld.
Increased activity is noticed in the iron
trade throughout England.
London, April 25.—1 t is stated that a
thin slip of board, a yard long, painted
blue, drifted ashore, inscribed: “ City of
Boston is sinking. February 11th.”
Otway, under foreign Secretary, stated
in the House of Commons to-day that the
Government has dispatches from Athens
confirming the melancholy intelligence of
the fate of the captives in the hands of the
brigands. The Greek Government made
every effort to save them, bat in vain. Ne
gotiations having been exhausted, the
troops moved against the robbers and
droye them to the tower on the coast near
Crapo, where they were surrounded, on
Friday afternoon. Offers were once more
made to the brigands, but were rejected,
and at 10 o’clock next morning the at
tack was made on their position. As
soon as the troops commenced to move,
Herbert and the Secretary of the Ital
ian Legation were taken out by their
captors and butchered, and subsequently,
.when the brigands found themselves hard
pressed, Vyner and Lloyd were killed.
The troops finally carried the tower, and
the brigands, two of whose leaders had
been mortally wounded, fled, closely pur
sued by the soldiers. There are strong
hopes that most of the band will be cap
tured, injwhich case they will be summari
ly dealt with by the Greek authorities.—
The British press clamor? for the punish
ment of the murderers, and demand indem
nity from the Greek Government.
Paris, April 23.— At the Cabinet Council
yesterday the Emperor presided. It was
decided, after two hours’ discussion, to
identify the Ministry with the plebiscite,
and publish the proclamation signed by
each member. The subject of the dynasty
was discussed, as to whether hereditary
succession should be inserted in the pro
clamation. The Emperor objected, on the
ground that submission of this question
now would be to doubt the Iqyalty ♦i.pftpln
who elected him by eight mllllbn majority
in ‘1853. i His -Majesty demanded the
operation of the people to establish order,
which is tfce foundation of all national
prosperity, apd that in' 1870 he demands
the assistance of the people to enable him
;to found and consolidate liberty in and for
France.
Jaris, April 25.— The Journal Official
tains the following circular to the offi
cers of the civil service, signed by all the
ministers:
“ The Emperor addressed a solemn ap
peal to the nation in 1852; he asked power
to assure order. In 1870, he asks power to
establish liberty, confident of the title
which is his by reason of the right of
8,000,000 suffrages. He does not surrender
the Empire to discussion. He submits to
a vote only its liberal transformation. To
vote 4 yes ’is to vote for liberty. The revo
lutionary party is secretly attacking the
national sovereignty and misrepresenting
the respect which the Emperor pays to
that sovereignty in consulting the people.
They are not true friends of liberty ; but in
spite of these, the masses will march in our
rauks. Can they ignore the fact that to
abstain from voting, or to vote 4 no,’ will
be to strengthen those who only combat
the transformation of the Empire in order
that they may destroy it, and with it, the
political and social organizations to which
France owes her greatness. In the name
of public peace and liberty, in the name of
the Emperor, we demaud of you all, our
devoted co-laborers, to unite your efforts,
with ours. It is to the citizens we address
ourselves, not as ordering, but as offering
patriotic counsel. Our object is to.nssure
to our country a tranquil future, to the
end that on the throne as in the humblest
dwelling, the son'may succeed the lather
in peace and quiet.”
The reported disaffection in the party of
the Left has been healed, and all will vote
alike.
Rome, April 23. —The third public meet
ing of the Ecumenical Council will he held
at St. Peter’s to-morrow. On Sunday, after
Mass, the fathers will vote orally, iu pres
ence of the Po|>e, on thtrllrst acts of the
Council. The Pope willti||||y|My promul
gate the acts as soon counted.
There are strangers
here.
Rome, April 25.—The Council, six hun
dred and sixty-four fathers present, unani
mously adopted de fide. It contains four
charters and eighteen canons as follows:
Charter Ist, of five canons on the Crea
tor; charter 2d, of four canons on the
Revelation; charter 3d, of six canons on
Faith, and charter 4th, of the three canons
on Faith and Reason.
Madrid, April 23.— Rumors prevail9ere
that Montpensier was wounded at tlieTia
ville duel.
The Ministry announced in the Cortes
yesterday that Cuban news was satisfacto
ry, but gives no particulars. The answer
is considered vague and creates some un
easiness.
Havana, April 22.—The United States
flag-ship Severn had left Santiago dc Cuba.
Admiral Poor, while there, asked permis
sion for Consul Phillips to go ashore, if the
Governor considered he could do so with
safety. The Governor replied in the af
firmative, and granted permission, but Mr.
Phillips preferied to remain on the flag
ship.
Reports of great decrease iu the sugar
crop appear to be exaggerated, but opin
ions on the subject are divided. The in
crease of import duties during the last
quarter of 1869 was 219 per cent., and the
increase of taxes for the same period 109
per cent.
The honest management of affairs under
Deßhodas and Santos Is producing as
tounding results.
The court-martial at Cienfuegos con
demned to death a priest named Esques
uebre, for preaching insurrection and bless
ing the insurgent flag.
Private letters deny Jordan’s flight, and
state that he is in the vicinity of Holquin.
A telegram from the Captain General’s
headquarters reports affairs at Puerto
Principe satisfactory.
The steamer Yantic is at Cienfuegos.
The Teutonia had arrived from New Or
leans. «.
Havana, April 23.—The Govenjaint is
rapidly checking the
deut Maragas is making
tions to attack the rebel General Guzlan,
who is fortified near the town of Valencia.
The English man-of-war Lapwing arrived
to-day from Nassau. Her officers say that
General Jordan, lately Commander-in-
Chlef of the Cuban forces, together with
six companions, arrived at Nassau on the
12th instant. General Jordan Intends to
proceed to New York. The Prenm an
nounces that the insurgent, Gen. Peralta
has appeared in the jurisdiction of Holquin
with 5,000 men.
St. Domingo, April 14, ®2a April
23.—The revolution continues uif abated.
Oabral has been declared au outlaw by
Baly for delivering Salnave into the hands
of the Haytiens. 3
TENNESSEE.
Memphis, April 25.—Two negroes were
stabbed and thrown overboard by the en
gineer of the towboat Mary Alice, from
New Orleans for Pittsburg.
An engine and six freight cars were
wrecked on the Mobile and Ohio Road.—
They fell through the trestle near Hum
boldt.
Allen Wright, principal Chief of the
Choctaws, has sent an able message to the
special session of Council. He warns them
by reference to the fate of their territory in
Mississippi, of what it will be in the pro
posed territory of Lincoln. He advises
that their lands be surveyed and held in
severalty, and that the Choctaws organize
themselves at once as the State of Oklur
hhrntna, and apply for admission into the
Union, and if it is the honest desire of the
Government to have them become good
citizens, it will acquiesce in the petition.
He also recommends an immediate protest
against a territorial government, and the
adoption of a resolution asking the Gov
ernment to settle the status of the freed
men, and recommends encouragement to
railroad building. The Council subse
quently passed an act submitting the ques
tion of a division of lands so as to be held
in severalty, or as heretofore, common, to
a popular vote on the 4th of July.
GEORGIA.
Savannah, April 25. —The convention of
the Southern and State Press Associations
met to-day. Representatives were present
from North and South Carolina, Georgia
and Alabama. The Executive Committee
reported the result of the conference held
at Augusta, March 6th, with J. W. Simon
ton, of the New York Associated Press, fa
voring the continuance of the present news
service, as the best that can be obtained
under existing circumstances.
The citizens tendered an excursion to
the press gang to Fort Pulaski, which was
accepted, and enjoyed by members of both
associations. Every courtesy is extended
by the press and people of Savannah to the
visitors.
A. R. Lamar, of Columbus, was chosen
President of the Southern Association, and
J. Clisby, of Maconj President of the State
Press.
The members will remain until Thursday.
CALIFORNIA.
San Francisco, April 23.—The Blossom
Rock, the most dangerous obstruction in
the harbor, was blown up to-day at 1, p. m.
Twenty-three tons of power was used.
When this immense quantity of powder
was touched off, the water, apparently 100
feet in diameter, was thrown to the height
of about 100 feet, the centre being filled
with smoke and stones, the latter going far
above the water, Between fifty and sixty
thousand people witnessed the explosion;
the explosion was scarcely perceptible in
the city; only a deep thud accompanied the
blast.
NEW YORK-
New York, April 24.—The Fenian Con
gress has adjourned. O’Neill mi re-elect
ed President. The utmost secrecy was ob
served, but it is understood that a war
policy has been determined upon.'
New York, April 25. —Additional evi
dence of McFarland’s insanity has been
developed. Nothing startlln^to-day.
PENNSYLVANIA.
April 25.—The Chicago
delegates withdrew from the Fenian Con
gress and have issued an order disapprov
ing of its proceedings. \
. SOUTH CAROLINA.
Charleston, April 25.— General Lee ar
rived here from Savannah this afternoon.
At hU own urgent request, there was no
public reception.
MARINE NEWS.
New York, April 25.—Arrived; Bien
ville and City of Brooklyn.
—
i. MARKETS.
London, April 25—Noon.—Consols
94%. Bonds, 88%.
London, April 25—Evening.—Consols,
94%. Bonds, 88%. Tallow quiet. Sugar
firmer, both on spot and afloat; on spot,
325. fid.@33*.
Liverpool, April 23— Noon.—,Cotton
Latrt-.— Cotton closed firm; sales, 4,000>
bales for speculation and export. Red
Western Wheat, 75.*9d.375. 10d.; red Win
ter, Bs.@Bs. 7d. Corn, 30s. Pork firm.
Liverpool, 4 April 25—Noon.—Cotton
opened quiet and steady; sales, 10,000
bales. Red Western Wheat, 7s. lOd.: Win
ter, Bs. 38s. 7d.
Later. —Shipments from Bombay to the
23d since last report, 14,000 bales.
Liverpool, April 26—Evening.—Cotton
Steady ; uplands, 11%; Orleans, 11%311% ;
sales, 12,000 bales ; export and speculation,
3,000. Mess Pork, 935. fid. Lard, 695. fid.
Tallow, 435. 9d. Common rosin, 4s. fid.
Frankfort, April 23.—Bonds opened
quiet at 95%.
Frankfort, April 25.— Bonds closed
active and firm at 95395%.
Paris, April 23—Bourse opened dull.
Rentes, 74f. 75c.
Paris, April 25.—Bourse opened dull.
Rentes, 64f. 75c.
Paris. April 25.—Bourse closed dull. —
Rentes, 74f. 55c. t
Havre, April 25.—Cotton opened qniet.
Nf.w York, April 25—Noon.—Stocks
very strong. Money easy at 536. Ex
change, long, 9%; short, 9%. Gold,
113%. Bonds, 13%. Market in Railways
so strong that State Bonds have not been
called.
New York, April 25—P. M.—Money
easy at 436. Gold, 113%3113%. Gov
ernments strong and active. Southerns fell
off and closed a fraction lower.
New York. April 25—P. M.—62’s, 13%;
64’s, 12; OS’s, 12%; new, 10%; 67’s, 11%;
68’s, 11% ; 10-40’s, 6% ; 81’s, 15 ; Pacifies,
12% ; Southern Securities fell oft’and closed
lower; Tennessees, 59% ; new, 55% ; Vir
ginias, 69%; Missouris, 93; Loufsiauas,
76; Levees, 75376 ; North Carolinas, 47 ;
new, 23%. Stocks fluctuated all day;
business large, market strong, though
prices at the close not up to the highest of
the day.
New York, April 25—Noon.—Flour
5 better. Wheat a shade firmer. Corn
steady. Mess Pork dull at $27 75. Lard
firm at 16@16%. Cotton quiet and steady
at 23%@22. Turpentine quiet at 46@46%.
Rosin quiet; strained common, $2 05;
good strained, $2 1032 12%. Freights
dull.
New York, April 25—P. M.—Sugar
quiet; Porto Rico, 9%@10%; Muscovado,
9%@10; fair to good refining, 9%39%;
No. 12, D’s, 9%. Coffee firm. Molasses
dull; clayed, 37.
New York, April 25—P. M.—Cotton
firm ; sales, 2,900 bales ; middling uplands,
28% ; Orleans, 24. Flour—State and West
ern low grades, 5c better; Southern firmer
at $5 70@9 75. Wheat shade firmer for
Spring, heavy for Winter. Corn unchang
ed, $1 1131 14. Beef steady. Pork shade
firmer, $27 95. Lard firm ; kettle, 16%9
17. Whisky, $1 06%@1 07. Rice dull.—
Sugar quiet. Coffee firm. Molasses dull.
Turpentine, 46346%. Rosin, $2 0532 06.
Tallow steady at 9%@9%. Freights steady.
Baltimore, April 25.—Flour qniet ami
unchanged. Wheat firm; Maryland, $1 42
31 45. Corn active at $1 1031 12. Oats,
63365. Rye, 95351 10. Pork firm at $29.
Bacon—shoulders, 13313%.
jttEW Orleans, April 25.—Flour dull at
fp2%, 4 203 4 75 and 4 7535 75. Corn
firm at $1 0531 10. Oats, 63365. Bran,
$1 45@1 50. Hay—prime, $26. Mess Pork,
$30330 25. Bacon firmer at 12%*,12%®
16% and 16%, 17%317%; hames, 19. Lard
firmer; tierce, 16%; keg, . 18%318%.
Sugar—prime, 11%@11%. Molasses—com
mon plantation, reboiled, 35940; prime,
70 ; choice, 75. Whisky, 92%31 05. Coffee
—stock light and prices firm ; fiilr; 18%
316%; prime, 17%318. Cotton easier;
middling, 22%. Sterling, 24324%. Sight
% premium. Gold, 115%3U3%.
Louisville, April 25.—Corn—sacked,
$1 05. Pork, $29. Bacon—shoulders,
12%; sides, 16%316%. Whisky, $1013102.
St. Louis, April 25.—Corn advancing;
sales of mixed at 94395; yellow, 95397;
white, 96351. Whisky, $1 02. Provisions
firm. Pork, S2B 50329. Bacon—shoulders,
l&i clear sides, 16%. Lard firmer; steam,
April 23.—Cotton dull and
'flow bales; receipts, 1,866 bales; exports
coastwise, 583 bales; stock, 28,005 bales.
New Orleans, April 25.—Cotton dull
and unchanged ; middling, 22%322%;
sales, 1,410 bales; net receipts,4,344 bales;
coastwise, 204 bales—total, 4,548 bales;
exports—to Havre, 8,434 bales; to New
York, 2,708 bales; stock, 139,042 bales.
Ohmrlkston, April 25.—Cotton quiet:
middling, 22322%; sales, 150 bales; re
ceipts, 652 bales; exports, 50 bales; coast-'
wine, 1,271 bales ; stock, 9,848 bales.
Savannah, April 25.—Cotton very quiet;
holders asking 22%322% for middling;
receipts, 1,675 ; exports coastwise, 2,333;
stock, 38,415 bales.
Baltimore, April 25.—Cotton quiet and
firm; middling, 23; sales, 160; receipts,
153; stock, 2,905 bales.
- Mobile, April 25. — Cotton dull ; mid
dling, 21%321%; sales, 200; receipts,
1,660; exports coastwise, 307; stock, 51,035
bales.
Boston, April 25. — Cotton dull and
nominal; middling, 24; sales, 300; net re
ceipts, 29; coastwise, 970—total, 999; ex
ports to Great Britain, 20; stock, 10,000
bales.
Norfolk, April 25—Cotton quiet and
steady ; low middling, 21%; sales, 40 bales;
receipts, 503; exports coastwise, 689;
stock, 4,792.
Augusta Daily Market.
Office Daily Constitutionalist, )
Monday, April 25—P. M. j
FINANCIAL—
GOLD—Buying at 111 and selling at 113.
SlLVEß—buying at 108 and selling at 110.
BONDS—City Bonds, 81@83.
STOCKS—Georgia Railroad, 103@105.
COTTON.—Our market is unchanged in
price from Saturday. There has been a good
demand to-day for cottoq, principally mid-
dling, at Saturday’s quotation (21}£), at which
figure the market closed quiet and firm.
BACON--Fair demand. We quote C. Sides,
IS® 18#; C. R. Sides, 17)tf®18; B. B. Sides,
17#; Shoulders, 14®14#; Hams, 31®9T; Di-y
Salt Shoulders, 13®18#; Dry Balt C. R. Sides,
16*.
CORN—In good demand, and is selling at
|1 40@i 45 from depot.
WHEAT—We quote choico white, |1 60®
1 65; amber, II 55® l 60 ; rod, 61 50®1 55.
FLOUR— City Mills, new, 66 50®9 00 ; at
retail, 61 $ barrel higher. Country, |6®9,
according to quality.
CORN MEAL—6I 40 at wholesale; fl 50at
retail.
OATS— BS@6I. * '
PEAS—Scarce and selling at 61 80®2 00.
Resignation op H. T. Peaks, Esq.—
We learn that this gentleman has resigned
his position as General Superintendent otJ|*
the Bouth Carolina Railroad, his resigna
tion to take effect on the Ist of July. For -
fourteen or fifteen years, Mr. Peake has
held his present position on -the South
Carolina Railroad—at least during the ad-,
ministrations of Presidents H. W.
John CaktWell and the present cWef execu
tive officer of the road, Mr. W. J. Magrath.
For Several years Mr. Peake was in the
service of the Greenville and Colombia
Railroad Company—in feet his whole life
has been devoted to the railroad service,
in Which (he achieved distinction for the <
managing abibtien displayed.
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