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ATJO-TJSTA.
THUEBDAY MORNING. JULY 28.1870
Notice.
From and after this date—June 1,1870
the terms for the Tri- Weekly Constitu
tionalist will be at the rate of $6 per
annum. All papers will be discontinued at
the end of the time paid for.
PREPARE FOR THE CONVENTION.
We continue to urge upon the Democ
racy of every county in Georgia, and
especially of those counties contig nous to
us, to prepare for the August Convention.
Let sound, able and upright men be selected
as delegates. This Conviction will decide
the status and future action of Democracy in
Georgia, and, meanwhile, it is more or less
a waste of words to keep up bickerings in
the press. Our chief duty now is to work
for the common weal by having a Conven
tion of which Georgia shall be proud and
whose deliberations and counsel will bring
no discredit upon the State. Such a Con
vention presided over by the veteraU cham
pion of Democracy, Hon. H. V. Johnson,
will do much to settle the people in the
right line of policy guided by principle.
PURE WATER FOR AUGUSTA.
Augusta is admirably situated for hav
ing an abundance of pure water; but it
cannot with truth be declared that such a
blessing is universal. We have two sources
of supply : the river and Turknet Spring.
The first named source, in our opinion, is
vastly preferable; the last named is get
ting to be an intolerable nuisance. If we
are not greatly mistaken, the City Council
purposely increased the tax ou hydrants
in order that this nuisance might be gradu
ally abated by the voluntary act of the
people. We believe, if the true state of the
case were generally known, the people
would sanction Council in abolishing the
nuisance by formal proclamation. Many
of our best and worthiest citizens assure
us that the Spring house is very foul, and
upon the surface of the water there per
petually floats, in hot weather, a scum
which would turn the stomach of an os
trich. Buperadded to this, the water logs
aic, in many cases, rotten and filled with
disgusting vermin. The writer can bear
personal testimony to the horrible condi
tion of the water on his premises. Not
only does it frequently contain thread
worms, but the stench arising from it is
such as might come from the combined ef
fluvia of charnel houses and sinks. It is
fit for neither cooking, drinking nor bath-,
ing purposes, and if not a breeder of dis
ease, it is beemse the Lord, in His mercy,
is kinder than many people suppose.
These hints are thrown out, not need
lessly to agitate the public mind, but, if
possible, to stir up a healthy sentiment
with regard to a proper supply of pure wa
ter. It is a shame that Augusta, with her
advantages, should be in this condition;
and If there is any way for practicable re
lief, we would like to see It inaugurated.
Uncle Sam’s Position.— The New York
Herald complains that the Yankee position
at present is one of supplication to France
for a small favor which, from its very ab
surdity, is bound to be refused. We quote:
“ Mr. Fish, speaking on behalf of the
Government, and people of the United
States, puts them on their knees to beg
from France that, out of consideration for
their necessities, she may be pleased to
spare the North German line of steamers,
that the American people and Government
‘depend ’ upon for postal com nunication
with Europe. We doubt if ever before a
great people was made quite so contempti
ble as this.”
The “ great people ” became “ contempti
ble ” loug before 1870. A Republican gov
ernment which is kept moving by negro
votes and hireling bayonets has long ago
passed the point' of total depravity. The
American egg will lose none of its bad
smell by a little fishy transaction.
The “Rebel Gray.” —The Fifth Regi
ment of Maryland militia, nearly every
member of which was in the Army of
Northern Virginia, had a rousing reception
at Philadelphia, the other day. The Eve
ning Telegraph, a Radical paper, makes the
following admission:
“ The Fifth is composed of as fine a body
of men as ever visited this or any other
city, and in comparison with the Seventh
Few York cast them completely in the
back-ground. Their marching was that of
veterans and their conduct that of gentle
men.”
Think of the gallant Maryland Fifth and
then think of Kirk’s rag-tag-and-bob-tail
in North Carolina !
The Situation. —The New York World
says: “ Kirk is loose in North Carolina
“ and the best Government the world ever
“ saw is smoking heavy Partagas cigars at
“ Long Branch in New Jersey.”
If the devil was not loose likewise in
this country, Kirk would hardly be riot
ing in North Carolina and Grant would
scarcely be puffing cigars at Long Branch.
"iird Panties.— ln a recent speech at
, IVun , ex-President Johnson
»ti. iy said that when men talk of a
th i party movement they have made up
th< r minds to go over to the Radical
camp.
The Loil Farnsworth. —B. F. Patrick,
late Passenger Agent of the Pittsburgh,
Fort Wayne and Chicago Railroad, is after
Congressman Farnsworth with a sharp
stick. He says that when Farnsworth was
Colonel of an Illinois cavalry regiment,
there was a good deal of competition
among the railroads for the privilege of
transporting Government troops to and
ffo n the seat of the war. Farnsworth’s
regiment was particularly desirable because
it oelonged to the cavalry service, and there
were horses as well as men to be transport
ed. The Michigan Southern Railroad offer
ed him a bonus of $2,000 if he would see that
his regiment should be taken over their
track. ~ But the Pittsburgh, Fort Wayne
and Chicago Road saw the Colonel and
went $2,5(X) dollars for the job, which
whs accepted. The baggage and horses
were placed on board the cars, but Colonel
Farnswor'h,of the Eighth Illinois Cavalry,
and present member of Congress, refused
to permit the train to move until he was
paid the $2,500. The sum nad not been
handed over according to the agreement.
The ticket agent accordingly paid him
$1.300— all he had with him at the time—
and accepted a cash order for the other
$1,200, which was promptly paid the next
day. These facts, Mr. Patrick declares,
were cognizant to Messrs. H. R. Payson,
Joseph McPherson, Daniel W. Boss and
George W. Howard, as well as himself, and
that they can be substantiated by the oaths
of these gentlemen. Colonel Farnsworth is
a leader of the Radical party, and in the
last canvass played the role of honesty on
all occasions. No wonder General Butler
became irate at the moral lectures of this
pretender. Butler is a bold operator, while
Farnsworth acts on the “ panel game.” He
grabs the pants which are hanging near the
door.— Philadelphia Age.
[Special Correspondence of the Baltfniorte Gazette.
y FROM WASH.HRTOfIj m |
HOW THE RADICALS ARE FLATTERING THE
GERMANS FOR- THE &fcH#tAN
CJEPTION ITS OWN ANTIDOTE —AN ATTEMPT
TO PROVOKE ANTAGONISM BETWEEN THE
IRISH AND THE GERMANS' —A VfrAR OF
RACES. ‘ • •• *1 * <
Washington, July 24,1870.
1 have referred several times to a disposi
tion on the part of the Radicals to turn the
war in Europe to their political advantage.
This they propose to do by lying promises
and sickening flattery to the natives of one
of the antagonistic countries in hostile
array. The head of this nation and the
Premier Minister of State began the game
by holding out inducements for naturalized
Germans in the United States to become
Radical partisans. Their professions were
hollow and intended to deceive. It is even
announced with a great flourish that Mr.
Washburne has been specially requested by
the Grand Duke of Hesse “to protect all
the Hessians in France, provided the French
Government gives its consent'' It is further
proclaimed, with a like sounding of tin
pans that “ Mr. Washburne has acceded to
the request.” After such signal to the
“ North German Confederation,” how can
any Radical politician doubt the united
German vote!
No one that I kpow of here objects to the
puerile efforts bff the slnkliig Radical paflty
in this direction. If our German fellow
citizens can make anything out of it, how
ever, why , let them do it , and make haste. —
The Democracy confide in their solid sense
as a complete antidote, and are not at all
solicitous about the effect upon them
of the trickery of its opponents! But it
must be objected that it is quite unneces
sary, in order to cater for the German sup
port, to unmercifully abuse our naturalized
citizens of Iri3h birth. I am not aware
that such antagonism between the Celtic
and Teutonic races exist here as to render
such extreme party tactics necessary on
the part of a rotten and already defeated
organization, as is developed in the sub
joined, extracted from the mouth-piece of
General Grant:
“ Well may American sympathies be
thus direct and. Two hundred thousand
native born Germans rallied in defense of
the flag that was fired on at Sumter, be
sides uncounted thousands of native Amer
icans of German, blood. The Latin races
represented in our foreign element perhaps
furnished one-fourth as many soldiers to
the loyal cause, but these, after the first
brush of the war was over, developed their
real reactionary sympathies witli slavery
at the ballot box. The staple element of the
New York mob was Celtic —that same ele
ment that now is trying to organize a public
sentiment m favor of France. The late
events seem to draw the lines of a war of
races, both in Europe and m this country.—
But the Celtic race here is too weak in
numbers andfoice of character to defeat the
establishment of Teutonic ideas in the 'Western
World. They crowd seventy-five per cent.,
of their numbers in the cities and form the
cymbustible elements of mobs.
W >at the organ of the Administration
cm mean by the ,l Celtic race ” here being
1 too weak in numbers and force of charac
-ler ” to defeat the establishment of Teutonic
ideas in the Western World, it would be difii
< ult to say. Does it mean to hint that the
“ Western World” is to be made a member
of the North German Confederation, under
the protection and guidance of the King of
Prussia, and that the only mass of citizeus
in the United States opposed to such plan
is the naturalized Irish and the descendants
of Irishmen, and a few Frenc i and Italian
immigrants and their posterity ? If so, let
me tell it that General Grant is of Celtic
origin ! Or is it simply meant by the term
“ Celtic ”to include only the Irish who, it
is alleged constituted “ the staple element
of the New York mob ” and form the con
bustiblc elements of mobs ” generally (and
this undoubtedly is what is meant —for we
nowhere read ot French, Italians or Scotch
men amenable to such charge in this coun
try), then it is a shameful attempt to set by
the ears the two most useful and powerful
of all the classes of our immigrants—the
Germans and the Irish. And thus we get
at what the writer for the Chronicle is really
driving at, when he says that “ late events
seem to draw the lines of rear of races both in
Europe and this country .”
It thus seems that we shall shortly have
our hands full of “ war of races.” First,
one between the whites and blacks at the
South ; secondly, one between the Celts
aud Teutons pretty generally, and thirdly,
one between the Catholics and Protestants,
which, by the way, is really the primary
and dearest object of the infernal set who
have usurped the Government, and of the
parasites who control their party newspa
pers.
There is nothing to-day in the way of
news. X.
[From the Cincinnati Commercial.
The Nigger in the West Point Wood
pile.
Washington, July 8, 1870.
The colored person, the consideration of
whose rights, white, black and tan, so'con
vulsed our country as to threaten the Gov
ernment, has reached the little school on
the Hudson, where epauletted dandies are
made,, under the impression that we are
creating an army. West Point is sorely
convulsed. Certain political hot gospellers,
not recognizing the fact that the army is
an aristocracy—gathered up, it is true,
from corner groceries, yet an aristocracy—
have nominated certain colored youths,
sons of slaves, to bo cadets. To say that
West Point was appalled was to draw it
mildly. To have a colored officer was to
have a colored associate. This was amal
gamation with a vengeance. An American
citizen of African descent can be crowded
into the Senate, but then he boards at a
colored hotel, aud no Senator is bound to
associate with him. And I can tell you
that no Senator does. He does not have
his reception days, or if f such exist,
Downing alone, or such as Downing, pay
their respects. You do not catch my friend
Charles, or Adonis Conkling, or old Wil
son. exchanging visits, even by card. The
principle was vindicated when the seat of
Jeff. Davis turned into a barber’s chair, and
there it rests.
The social question remains a law unto
.ach man, and more especially unto each
.voman, that no “be it enacted ” can influ
ence or control. But when it comes to
West Point it is altogether another affair.
West Point is a close corporation, and as a
distinguished officer once said to me, has
for its great object the cultivation of gen
tlemen. Its characteristic is what the
French call esprit au carps, and this is cul
t ivated until it grows to gigantic propor
tions. What in the old scratch, then, are
we going to do with the colored cadet ?
I have said frequently that tae aristoc
racy of West Point was made up from
corner groceries. A Congressman gave a
preference to the son of the individual who
could control most votes. This, of course,
was the man who could dispense the most
whisky. And so the cadet came to be the
representative of the saloon, not of society,
but of the ward or village. This, however,
was under the old regime. Os late, and
especially since the war, the army has ad
vanced socially. An officer is commission
e 1 to command men and to enter the best
bouses in the land. Os course the struggle
f< >r these places has shifted from the corner
grocery to the accumulated capital. Our
Republican party being made up, in the
main, of business men, use money more
freely to forward its ends than did the old
Democratic organization. The result is
that the cadetship has now a moneyed
value. These places were always sold
o ider the Democracy for political influence,
aid now they are sold for cash. At the
c immencements the President of the United
S ates, who generally has a son or relative
in the school, the heads of departments,
wealthy and aristocratic families, gather at
West Point, as at a fashionable Summer
resort, and have a gay time. His Excel
lency. gives kingly atmosphere by his
presence’to’the institution and the hotels
adjacent, and the grounds, and the river
. aud the mountains thereof' and in it the
little girls flirt and dance, with the cadets
with., music ..made by a band of serfs for
they are hirelings wit* promotion shnt
against them, while mama** in moire an
tiqites, costly tapes, and stubbing diamonds,
look on and feel that they are the chinaware
of creation. Think of intruding a common
nigger and son of a slave, the representa
tive of a servile race, into such society, and
you can appreciate the convulsion that has
come to West Point.
It was hoped that the colored applicant
would be rejected ou the score of a physical
or mental incapacity. The majority were;
but one slipped through, arid he remains
there like a flaw in a diamond, Boutwell’s
hole in the sky, or the, spot on the sun.—
The poo? fellow now writes that he will
have to resign, because his fellow-cadets of
the Anglo-Saxon race, from all parts of
the world, make the place a perfect hell 'to
him.
lam glad of it. If he remaink,' West
Point will be so tarnished that we can hope
for a reform. If he resigns, on.the contrary, !
the country will be convulsed. Henry
Wilson . will stand on his head, which will' 1
not at all affect his intellect. Senator
Charles will curse and swear, and that will
not damage his morals. Bingham will in
voked the gathered wisdom of a thousand
years,and speak his speech , for the hun
dredth time with more emphasis than ever,
and in the end the little school will be tip
ped into the Hudson, and this infernal noh
sense of making an officer instead of creat
ing an army will end forever.
Donn Piatt.
GEORGIA LEGISLATURE.
THIRTEENTH DAY’S PROCEEDINGS.
Tuesday, July 26,1870.
SENATE.
The Senate met pursusant to adjourn
ment, and was called to order by the
President.
Prayer by Rev. Wesley Prettyman.
The roll was called, and the Journal of
last day read and approved.
Mr. Speer— Resolved, That Gen. Duff
Green be-i nvited to a seat on the floor.—
Adopted.
Mr. Speer offered a resolution that the
Messenger be required to furnish seats for
invited guests. Adopted.
Mr. Brock— Resolved, That the Secretary
be authorized to select such additional
clerical force as he may deem necessary.
Mr. Higbee desired to be gnided by the
Code as to the number of clerks.
Mr. Harris moved to lay on the table.
Carried.
Mr. Speer— Resolved, That the report of
the committee appointed to investigate the
charges of the Treasurer against the Gov
ernor, and the Governor against the Trea
surer, be referred to the Finance Committee,
and they be instructed to report as early as
practicable.
Mr. Wootten objected to such reference
unless some good reason wrs presented
therefor.
Mr. Harris said it was desired to learn
from the Finance Committee what legisla
tion Is necessary.
Mr. Burns opposed reference, as mem
bers of the committee of investigation were
also members of the Committee on Finance
as well as the Committee on the Judiciary,
and desired a special committee.
Mr. Dunning opposed any reference
whate#r.
Mr. Wootten moved to lay the resolution
to refer on the table. Lost.
The vote being taken on the resolution
to refer, it was adopted. The regular or
der of business being then taken up, the
following bills were read for the second
time:
A bill to set apart and secure the school
fund. Referred to Finance Committee.
Mr. Wellborn submitted a report from
the Committee on Banks, recommending
the incorporation of the Georgia Banking
Company.
Mr. Speer moved to take up the House
resolution of yesterday in regard to the
death of the Hon. R. W. Flournoy, and to
concur therein. Adopted.
Campbell (colored) offered the same reso-
utlons in regard to the postponement of
elections, which appeared in the House pro
ceedings a few days since.
Mr. Brock moved that these resolutions
be made the special order for to-morrow at
11 o’clock.
Mr. Wellborn moved to amend, that they
be made the special order on the day after
to-morrow.
Mr. Harris hoped the amendment would
not prevail, as it was desired to lose no
time iu dealing with the matter.
A message was received from the House,
stating that a resolution had been parsed
appointing a joint committee of two from
the Senate and three from the House, to
prepare for the funeral of Hon. Malcolm
Claiborne, and askiug the concurrence of
the Senate.
Mr. Wootten thought there was no ne
cessity for this hot haste in regard to the
subject of these resolutions. No election
can be held before next November, and fall
time ought to be allowed for a thorough
canvassing of the question. He moved to
amend that they be made the special order
of Tuesday.
Mr. Wellborn withdrew his amendment
to make them the special order for Thurs
day.
Mr. Wootten’s amendment was lost.
The vote being taken the resolutions were
made the special order for to-mqrrow, at 11
o’clock.
The resolution of the House was then
taken up and .concurred In, and Campbell,
colored, and Craton, colored, were appoint
ed on the committee, on the part of the
Senate.
On motion, the Senate then adjourned
out of respect to the memory of the de
ceased, until 10, a. m., to-morrow.
HOUSE.
The House met at the usual hour and
was called to order by the Speaker.
Prayer by Rev. Dr. Crawford.
The Journal of yesterday’s proceeding
was read.
Mr. Hall, of Glyon, gave notice that he
would move for a reconsideration of so
much of yesterday’s proceedings as relates
to the expulsion of Moses Bently, Messen
ger of the House. >
Mr. Rice said he hoped the House would
not entertain a motion to reconsider. The
act of Bentley deserved immediate con
demnation. Nothing has been done to in
jure him, except such action as the dignity
of the House demanded.
Mr. O’Neal, of Lowndes, opposed any re
consideration of the matter. This House
and the State have been insulted by Bent
ley’s conduct.
Mr. Hall’s motion to reconsider was lost.
Mr. Turner, colored, offered a resolution
requesting the appointment of a joint com
mittee of three from the House and three
from the Senate to make suitable arrange
ments for the funeral ceremonies of the
Hon. Malcolm Claiborne, deceased, and as
a token of respect, this House adjouru till
10, a. m., to-morrow; which resolution was
unanimously adopted.
Messrs. Turner. Warren, of Burke, and
Madden, of Burke, were appointed on the
said joint committee.
“Dead Issues.” —We fear this expression,
like that of “accepting the situation,” is
but another name for shirking very live
issues. Whether or not a people are to re
cover their lost rights, is, and never can be,
a “ dead issue,” until their souls are dead in
cowardly subjugation. There are, of course,
“ dead issues.” Notably, slavery is a dead
issue, for nobody wants it back again.—
But redemption of State authority within
its own constitutional bounds, and the
right of its people -to fix the qualifications
of suffrage, is not a dead issue. We find it
hard to discern any issue that is dead to
the country, North or South, in the whole
system of reconstruction legislation by
Congress. It is so far from being dead,
that if the Democratic party does not gain
control of the Federal Government and re
form and undo it all, there will be some
thing else permanently “dead” in this
country, and there Is free, representative
Republican government.— Mobile Register.
A Massachusetts workingman talks back
to Greeley as follows: ' , j .
“But,” says the Tribune , “go in for co>*
operation, and it will lead you out of all
your troubles; smite this rock with the
.rod of co-operation, and the cooling waters
will be sure to gush out.” But it fails to
tell how we are to accumulate the neces
sary capital, with wages reduced to the
Chinese standard. No, we have a better
remedy than violence, better than co-ope
ration ; a remedy that will be approved by
God and recognized by man. Thank God,,
we have the ballot, and there is not a Con
gressional district in Massachusetts where*
the laboring men cannot elect the man of
their choice. Then let ns use it, bat use it
wisely, for we shall reap in due season if
we faint not. H. W. Whiting.
“Medway Village, Mass., July 10,
1870.” ’
Wonder what Mr* Whiting thinks of the
equality of all mankind, about this tftae:
We doubt not—rindeed he says he was one
of those who rejoiced over the abolition of
slavery.— RicTmond Dispatch.
BY TELEGRAPH.
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>'* tAwoptated Prees Dtopatches.
NOON DISPATCHES.
"k’Aßis, July has been ar
rested.
' Hozefofqfiern is so bad odor at Berlin,
their declension of the Spanish
candidature preventing the estrangement
of France and Spain.
Many German deserters have come Into
the French lines.
A decree has been 1 published, declaring
the Empress Regent during the Emperor’s
absence. -3f “
The Department of Moselle and both
Rhine departments are declared in a state
of siege. ‘ - 11 ■'»
Another decree calls 90,000 of the con
tingent of 1869. !< 1
The Journal Offlcid denies the complici
ty of Napoleon in the projected treaty. It
implicates Blstflarck and the French Am
bassador. The Journal adds : “It can es
cape no one that this publication in the
Times was designed merely to influence
opinion in England”
Berlin, July 27.—There are rapid and
vast war preparations, to extinguish the In
quietude caused by the French boasted
readiness for war.
London, July 27.—The PaU Mali Gar
zette says now that the French designs are
known, England must prepare for war.
The proceedings of Parliament are unin
teresting.
A colliery explosion in Wales killed 19.
Many were injured.
Three failures are reported on the Stock
Exchange.
Havana, July 25.—The Cuban General
Cornelio Porro has been assassinated by
his men, who had heard that he intended to
surrender to the Spaniards. The Cuban
Chiefs Fortnn, Castellanos and Frere, re
cently visited General Caro’s camps, it is
supposed to surrender themselves. They
did not find the General who had left for
Menanagua at the head of 3,000 men, and
withdrew.
The Gendarmes captured eleven men be
longing to Carlos Garcias band of brigands,
who have committed robberies and out
rages in the neighborhood of Bejucal.—
Seven were identified and sentenced to
death.
General Goyrnche has arrived in Havana.
New York, July 27.—None of the
yachts are in sight.
The Wisconsin takes eight hundred
thousand in specie.
San Francisco, July 27.—The Chinese
convention has assembled here. Delegates
are present from all parts of the State.
Leavenworth, July 27.—The murderer
of Col. Buel has been captured; he is badly
wounded.
Cincinnati, July 27.—John Bates, the
veteran theatrical manager, is dead. He
leaves- $1,000,000.
Washington, July 27. Very latest— No
yachts. No battle.
EVENING DISPATCHES.
Paris, July 27.—The Emperor has given
orders to treat prisoners with the utmost
humanity.
A circular from Ollivier says the papers
are only for-ridden to mention the move
ments of troops or preparations for active
operations; they have the right to speak
of the events of the war in the light of ac
complished facts.
The Journal adds, as a matter of doty, a
reminder to all persons that the penalty
of the code punishes with death any per
son giving intelligence of the movements
of the army to the enemy. Also reminds
non-political papers they are not entitled
to print anything relative to the war.
Auother circular from Ollivier calls upon
the bishops to offer public prayers to place
France, her chief, and her noble infant, who
goes to battle at such a tender age, under
the protection of Him who holds in His
hands the fate ol battles and the destinies
of peoples. A.t the time when our heroic
army is ou the march, let us ask God to
bless our armies and to grant that glorious
and durable peace may quickly follow the
griefs and sacrifices of war.
The Journal Offlciel has an article this
morning on the pretended treaty recentljf
published in the London Times, having foi'
its object the acquisition of Luxemburg
and Belgium by France, on the condition
of France not opposing the union of the
States of South Germany with the North
German Confederation. The article says
that after the treaty of Prague in 1866,
several conferences were held at Berlin be
tween Count Yon Bismarck and the French
Ambassador on the subject of the project
of alliance. Some of the ideas set forth In
the Times were then advanced, bnt the
French Government never had any knowl
edge of the project desired, and as far as
the propositions which were described at
the interview were mentipned, the Emperor
rejected them. The Journal adds : “It can
escape the notice of no one that this publi
cation on the part of the London Times is
designed merely to influence public opin
ion in England.”
All organs represent that the secret
treaty was not seriously proposed by ’
France, but rather as an attempt to test
Bismarck.
Berlin, July 27.—The Correspondence of
to-day prints the text of the treaty offered
by the French Emperor to Bismarck. In
its comments, the Correspondence says that
the Emperor waived all opposition to Ger
man unification, provided Prussia would
abet French acquisition of Luxemburg and
the reduction of Belgium. The minutes of
the proposed treaty, in Benedetti’s auto
graph, are preserved in the War Office at
Berliu.
Be ore the war of 1866, between Prussia
and Austria, Napoleon had offered to aid
Prussia, with an army of three hundred
thousand men, with which to attack Aus
tria, as an equivalent for the cession to
France of the territory on the left bank of
the Rhine.
New York, July 27.—The Cambria ar
rived at 3:30. The Dauntless was sighted
at four o’clock. The Scotia takes out
$2,500,000 in specie.
Toronto, July 27.—A terrific storm pre
vailed nearly constant throughout the Do
minion. Many houses were unroofed and
the crops laid waste.
Washington, July 27.—Revenue, $565,-
000.
In reply to the question whether a cigar
manufacturer who manufactures by con
tract for another cigar manufacturer can
use the brand caution the label, &c., of the
last named manufacturer, Commissioner,
internal Revenue decided that the actual
manufacturer must use his own brands and
labels. He cannot use upon cigars which
he manufactures the brands and libels of
another.
Cincinnati, July 27.—The Athletics, of
Philadelphia, beat the Red Stockings by 11
to 7, the Reds being “ whitewashed” in the
first five innings.
NIGHT DISPATCHES.
London, July 27. —Revolutionary in
trigue is rife in Rome and Italy, In view of
the probable French evacuation.
Secret deposits of arms in Genoa have
been seized.
The Pope is deeply concerned by the pro
jects and plots of the party of action of the
French.
The French prelates who were absent at
the final vote are sending in adhesion to in
fallibility.
Paris, July 27 .—La Liberte has the fol
lowing from the front. The Prussians
have evacuated Weisserbiellig and have
but two squadrons of cavalry at Treves.
They are concentrating at Mayence, where
King William arrived last night. An en
gagement is rumored, wherein 30 Germans
werer killed and 80 captured.
Washington, July 27.—Lieutenant Col
nel James Totted r Assistant Inspector
General, United States Army, recently on
triarby court-martial at Louisville, Ky.
has been convicted of disobedience of
ordert, neglect of duty, and conduct unbe
coming an officer, and sentenced to be dis
missed the service. The President has ap
proved the finding. ' :
Attorney General Akerman has appoint
ed Walter 8. Hill, of Georgia, and E. R.
French, of North to clerkships in
the Department of Justice.
New York, July 27.—Nine hundred
Prussians owing army duty have reported
to the Consul. Nine hundred departed for
home on neutral ships, v
,0 Sheridan sailed on the Scotia.
Two hundred and eighty Mormons for
Salt Lake have arrived. Four hundred
more are en route from Liverpool. I
The Cambria reachfed Sandy Hook at
8:45'; the Dafintlesg k ! 4:55.' Ai an
Treves, July 27.—The French yesterday
violated Luxemburg soil. One hundred
crossed at Schlenger, slngi tig the Marueil
liiSe. ' ....
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MARINE NEWS.
New York, July 27.— Arrived i Steamer
Cuba, . , lllrr i ' ;i: 7‘, i; ?
MARKETS.
1 London, July. 27—Noon.—Consols, 89.
Bonds, 81%. Stocks dull. Common Rosin,
6s.©6s. 3d. Turpentine firmer.
London, July 27—P, M.—Consols, 89%.
Bonds, 82. Stocks firmer and higher.
London, July 27—Evening.—Consols,
89% • Bonds, 82. Common Rosin firm.
Liverpool, Julv 27—Noon.—Cotton dull
and irregular; uplands, 8%©8%; Orleans,
Flour, 255. fid.
Liverpool, July 27—PM.—Cotton
irregular ; uplands, B©B% ; Orleans, B%©
8% ; sales, 8,000 bales. Pork buoyant.—
Bacon, 59.
Liverpool, July 27—Evening.—Cotton
irregular; uplands, B©B%d; Orleans, 8%
©B%d; sales; 9,000 bales ; speculation and
export, 2,000. Breadstuff's quiet. Common
Bosin, 5s 6d©9s.
Frankfort, July 27.—Bonds closed quiet
and steady at 78.
Paris, July 27.—Bourse opened firm.—
Rentes, 65f. 57c.
- New York, July 27—Noon.—Stocks
heavy. Money, 4©5. Gold, 121%. Ex
change—long, 9%. Bonds, 9; Tennessees,
ex coupon, 63%; new, 61; Virginias, ex
coupon, 60; new, 60; Louisianas, old, 67;
new, 65; Levee 6’s, 65; B’s, 85 ; Alabama
B’s, 98; s’s, 72; Georgia 6’s, 80; 7’s, 90;
North Carolinas, 48; new, 29; South Caro
lihas, old, 82; new, 71.
New York, July 27—P. M.—Money, 5@
6. Sterling firm at 9%©10. Governments
closed dull but strong; ’62*8,9%. Gold,
120%® 121. Nothing doing in Southerns.
New York, July 27—P. M.—Money
easy; discounts, 6©7. Exchange firm.—
Governments opened quiet and firm, and
closed dull, but strong; 6’s,’Bl, coupon,
12% ; ’62’s, 9% ; ’64’s, 9%; ’6s’s, 9%; new,
8%; ’67’s, 8%; ’6B’s, 8%; 10-40’s, 6%.
Gold, at an early hour, advanced to 122%;
afterwards declined to 121% on higher
prices for Bonds in London; . later- in
the day it was announced that Napo
leon had gone to the Baltic, when the
price rallied to 122, but afterwards set
tled off to 121%; during afternoon weak
and fell to 121%, closing dull and weak at
120%©121. Southern Securities opened
lower in Tennessees, otherwise, dull and
haavy, and closed unchanged, nothing
doing; Tennessees, 63%; new, 62%; Vir
ginias, 61; new, 60; Louisianas, 67%; new
64; Levee 6’s, 65 ; B’s, 86; Alabama B’s,
98; s’s, 72; Georgia 6’s, 80; 7’s, 90; North
Carolinas, 48; new, 29% ; South Carolinas,
84 ; new, 74.
New York, July 27—Noon.—Flour
dull and heavy. Wheat quiet and declin
ing. Corn quiet and unchanged. Pork
steady at S3O 12. Lard quiet; in barrels,
17(917%, steam. Cotton declining; mid
dling uplands, 20%; Orleans, 20%; sales,
300 bales. Turpentine firm at 40%. Rosin
dull at $1 70 for strained. Freights steady.
New York, July 27—P. M.—Cotton
dull and drooping; sales, 900 bales; mid
dling uplands, 20%. Flour—State and
Western 10 lower; superfine State, $5 25©
6;. Southern heavy ; commou to fair extra,
$6 20©7 30; good to choice. $7 3509 25.
Wheat I@2 lpwer ; white Michigan, $1 75;
white Southern, $1 80. Com steady; new
mixed Western, 95@$1. Beef steady; plain
mess, $12016; extra mess, $16©19. Pork
dull and heavy at S3O. Lard firm ; kettle,
17%@18. Whisky lower at $1 01%©1 02.
Groceries quiet and dull. Turpentine,
40%. Rosin dull at $1 70@1 75. Tallow
firm at 10©10%. Freights steady and easy.
Wool quiet and firm ; domestic fleece, 40 ;
pulled, 37041; Texas, 27®29 ; California.
Baltimore, July 27.—Flour active but
less firm ; Howard street superfine, s6©6 75.
Wheat lower; new red, $1 45©1 75 ; white,
$1 jBOOI 85. Corn—white, $1 2501 28 ;
yellow, $1 0601 10. Oats—new, 55057.
Rye, 90©$1. Bacon firm. Whisky, $1 03
.#1 04; Virginias old, 49 bid.
Louisville, July 27.—Flour firm; extra
fhrrjily, $5 50. Corn steady at $1 10. Pro
visions flrnmr. Mess Pork, s3l. Bacon—
clear sides, 15; hams, 24%
Lard, 17%. Whisky, 98@99.
[New .Orleans, July 27.—Flour firmer;
•Operflne, $5 37%; double, $6 20; treble,
sfi 37% Corn firm; mixed, $1 ; white,
$1.0501 07%. Oats dull and lower at
60<i62. Bran, 95097%. Hay—prime. $25.
Mj&s Pork, $32032 50. Bacon, 15%, 18%,
and 19%; hams, 26%. Sugar—prime, 13.
Molasses —plantation fermenting, 50.
Whisky—Western rectified, 97%©51 07%.
New Orleans, July 27.—Sterling, 133%.
New York Sight, % premium. Gold, 121.
Mobile, July 27—Cotton quiet and
steady ; middling, 17; sales, 300 bales ; net
receipts, 18; stock, 15,183.
Savannah, July 27.—Cotton dull; low
middling held at 17%; net receipts, 570
bales; exports coastwise, 923 ; stock, 5,411.
Norfolk, July 27.—Cotton quiet; low
middling, 17%©18; sales, 150 hales; ex
ports coastwise, 50; stock, 493; net re
ceipts, 28.
New Orleans, July 27.—Cotton firm
and in fair demand ; middling, 17%©18 ;
sales, 1,000 bales ; net receipts, 144; stock,
50,360.
Charleston, July 27.—Cotton quiet
with no demand for common qualities;
middling, 18%; sales, 100 bales; net re
ceipts, 24; exports to Great Britain, 3,309 ;
stock, 1,936.
Galveston, July 27.—Cotton weak, de
mand moderate; good ordinary, 13%©
13%; sales, 450 bales; net receipts, 49 ;
stock, 8,160.
Cincinnati Semi-Weekly Market.
REPORTED BY MORRIS & REID,
Produce and Provision Brokers, Boom No. 9,
Pike Opera Building, Cincinnati, Ohio.
Cincinnati, July 22,1870.
Provisions— The market is quiet, and
the tone less firm under the decline in gold,
but holders are not willing to accept lower
prices, and jobbing sales are making at full
figures.
Mess Pork— City packed held at s3l,
but not in demand at over S3O 50; country,
nominally S3O 50.
Bulk Meats— Asking figures are 13%
for shoulders, 15%, 16% and 17 for rib,
clear rib and clear sides, all loose, but
buyers are % under in their views.
Bacon —Shoulders, 14%, packed ; clear
rib sides sold at 17%, packed, but usually
held at 17%; clear sides quoted at 18%<9
18%, packed, but not plenty at less than
18%.
Lard —City kettled leaf offered at 16%
in tierces, and country leaf at 16%, but there
was not much demand at these figures.
Hams —Stocks are very light and but
few here in first hands; sales at 25%, can
vassed and packed.
Flour —Buyers are holding back, and
the market is unsettled; holders in some
cases have made concessions, but not such
as would induce buyers to take hold ; old
stocks are almost unsaleable, even at 25@
50c. below quotations, which are for fresh
ground We quote family at $7 10(97 75 ;
extra, $6 60@7; superfine, s6@6 25, and
low grades at ss@s 50; Spring Flour, $6 50
@7 60, as to quality and brand.
Hat—Timothy, No. 1,518@20, and lower
grades, slß@l6 per ton on arrival, and $1
(92 per ton higher from store.
Whisky —sl@l 10 in wooden and iron
bound cooperage.
Rates of Freight from Cincinnati to Augusta,
Ga., via Green Line and Neva Orleans
Express.
Bacon, per 100 lbs., $1 03.
Pork, per bbl., $2 26.
Flour, per bbl., $1 64.
Corn, per 100 lbs., 68.
Grain and Oats, per 100 lbs., 74.
Yours, respectfully,
- Morris & Reid.
Augusta Daily Market.
Office Daily Constitutionalism, i
Wednesday, July 27—P. M. $
FINANCIAL —
GOLD— Buying at 120 and selling at 122.
SlLVEß— Buying at 110 and selling at 115.
BONDS—City Bonds, 80@82.
STOCKS—Georgia Railroad, 100(3)101. Au
gusta Factory, 160. Savings Bank, 100 asked.
COTTON—At the opening of the market to
■ ■ 1 1 1 ! rr-; 1 . ;
day there was a very goqfi. demaqd for Liver
pool middling at 18, which continued until the
receipt of.Rew York and Liverpool accounts,
showing a decline, when out market became
qujet and dojid dakfer Ist Salih, 168
bales. fticeipts,fi4 biiae.’ " «-l- u.tm
BACON—Active demand] with light stock.
We qnote C/ Sides, 20(820%; O.R. Sides,
20 ; B. B. Sides, 19; Shoulders, 17; Hams,
22%@27; Dry Salt Sheuldere, 15%@16; Dry
Salt a R. Sides, 19; D, B, Clear Bidfa,l9.
COHN—In good demand, and prime white Is
selling at slso®l 55 by the carlosd from de
pot ; retail, $1 60.
WHEAT—We quote choice white, $1 60;
red, $1 45@1 50.
FLQDH—City Mills, $7 00®10 00; at retail,
$1 p barrel higher. Country, t6®9, accord
ing to quality.
CORN MEAL—SI 50 at wholesale; f1 60
at retail.
OATB—9o@sl.
PEAB—s2<2l2 25. { <‘
Location of the New Orphan Asylum
—Meeting of the City Council.—Yester
day afternoon a meeting of the City Council
was held to consider a proposition from the
Finance Committee of the Orphan Asylum
to purchase a lot of about 17 acres located
on Augusta Avenue on the south side of
the Augusta and Summerville Railroad, for
the location of the new Asylum building.
A meeting of the Canal Commissioners was
recently held to consider the proposition,
at which the price fixed upon for the lot
desired was $15,000, which was esteemed
rather high figures by the representatives
of the Orphan Asylum.
Present from the City Council: His
Honor Mayor Allen and Aldermen Meyer,
Rogers, Butt, Biseil, Pournelle, Black, Hor
ton, Gargan, and Stovall; the Finance Com
mittee of the Orphan Asylum, Messrs. J. C.
Fargo, W. A. Walton and Geo. M. Thew ;
also, Dr. L. D. Ford, President of the
Orphan Asylum Society, with Messrs. W.
H. Goodrich and F. Cogin.
J. S. Patterson, Esq., owing to the illness
of Mr. L. T. Blome, acted as Clerk of Coun
cil.
On motion of Alderman Meyer, the rep
resentatives of the Orphan Asylum were
invited to seats within the bar, after his
Honor Mayor Allen had stated the object
of the meeting.
In behalf of the committee, Mr. W. A.
Walton presented the following memorial:
Augusta, Ga., July 27,1870.
To the, Honorable the Mayor and Members of
the City Council of Augusta:
The undersigned, in behalf of the Au
gusta Orphan Asylum, respectfully show
that a site has been selected within the
limits of the city upon which it is proposed,
with the consent of yonr honorable body,
to erect a durable and commodious orphan
house, to-wit: Part of a tract of land pur
chased by the Commissioners of the Au
gusta canal, lying on the south side of the
Summerville Railroad, upon what is called
“Augusta Avenue,” containing about
seventeen (17) acres, and now owned by the
City Council of Augusta.
Your honorable body has ever and
steadily recognized the value of such an in
stitution to the city, and has extended
fostering care to it. Among other benefits,
not necessary here to be recited, the City
Council, in 1852, took preliminary steps for
giving to said Asylum a suitable lot for the
building then contemplated.
It is now proposed to erect a building,
which, when completed, will be an orna
ment to the city as well as an asylum for
the orphan.
Your petitioners therefore pray your
honorable body to cause said tract of land
to be conveyed to the Augusta Orphan
Asylum, upon condition that the said
orphan house be erected thereon.
Aud your petitioners will ever pray, &c.
J. C. Fargo,
Wm. A. Walton,
G. M. Thew,
Committee.
After a second reading of the memorial,
on motion of Alderman Butt, it was re
ceived for the action of Council.
Alderman Stovall moved reference of
the memorial to the Canal Committee, to
report at the next regular meeting of the
City Council.
Alderman Butt addressed the City Coun
cil briefly, favoring immediate action of
Council, but averse to a donation of the
property applied for to a corporation so
wealthy as the Orphan Asylum, while the
city was groaning under a heavy load of
debt, and concluded by offering a resolu
tion that the lot be conveyed to the Orphan
Asylum upon the payment of $15,000
therefor.
It appearing that the pleasure of the
members was that the motion of Alderman
Stovall should prevail, Alderman Butt
withdrew his resolution, and the memorial
was committed to the Canal Committee, to
be reported upon at the next regular meet
ing of the Council.
Alderman Meyer announced that Recor
der Crump desired leave of absence daring
a few weeks, which was unanimously
granted by the Council.
Under motion of Alderman Meyer, his
Honor Mayor Allen and Alderman Black
were authorized to discharge the duties of
Recorder during the absence of Recorder
Crump.
His Honor Mayor Allen announced that
he had been furnished by the City Attorney
with the opinion of W. Hope Hull, Esq., in
reference to the power of the City Council
to tax shares of stock in the National
Bank. The opinion was read, holding that
shares in the National Bank, owned by
residents of the city, were liable to tax
ation at the lowest rate imposed upon the
capital of organized banks—not meaning,
however, by “ organized ” banks those
closed and not offering to do business, or
banking corporations such as the Georgia
Railroad and the Central Railroad, with
limited banking powers.
On motion of Alderman Rogers, the
Council went into an election for three
Directors in the Cotton States Mechanics’
and Agricultural Fair Association.
Alderman Meyer nominated Henry
Myers, John D. Butt and his Honor Mayor
Allen. Council proceeded to vote with the
following result,; Myers, 9; Allen, 8; Butt,
1; Black, 1; Walsh, 1; Stovall, 1.
On motion of Alderman Black, the elec
tion was made unanimous.
Alderman Butt called attention of the
members of Council to the report in circu
lation that a movement was on foot to ex
tend the city limits, and thought that Coun
cil should take some action, setting forth in
his remarks that he had been informed that
a bill for this purpose was now in the
hands of a legislator, to be presented to
the Legislature. That the extension of the
city limits would entail bankruptcy upon
the city government, and that it should be
understood that the City Council in no
wise sanctioned the movement. That the'
Mayor should be authorized to investigate
the reported movement, in the name of the
City Council.
Aldermen Meyer, Stovall and Horton
also spoke briefly as to the movement and
Its evil consequences, the only difference of
opinion being as to the mode by which
Connell should give expression to its con
victions.
No definite action was had upon the
matter, and there being no farther busi
ness, Connell adjourned.
Mere Mention.—Passengers from Lou
isville, ,Ky., to Savannah are now enabled
tp, make. thq trip in thirty-seven hourk.
months ago it took fifty-two hours
to make the trip.
Some, of the Gepman citizens of Savan
nah whq recently left for a visit to Fader
l*»d have serious thoughts of having gone
ip the wrong time. One who went for a
Wife lias taken a musket ; r another, who
.went fop pleasure only, found it in the
army on the Rhine.
There is a letter held for postage ip the
Savannah post office addressed to Robert;
Schley, Augusta.
The Glenn Walking car, in Savannah, a
model of which was exhibited in Aueusta,
made the trip to White Bluff in one hour
and twenty minutes, Those who went on
the journey speak of the car as an easy
and pleasurable going one, and that the
were not worried in the horses pulling.
The Conservatives of Savannah held a
meeting on Monday, and resolved to ap
point six delegates to attend the Democrat
ic Convention in Atlanta, on the 17th of
August. Dr. R. D. Arnold, President of
the meeting, is to be one of the delegates.
France lost 80,000 men during the
Crimean struggle. The Italian campaign
carried off 60,000 more of Napoleon’s braves,
while 65,000 Frenchmen were sacrificed in
the Chinese and Mexieau wars.
A New York reporter has commenced a
service of one year at Sing Sing. An ex
change adds : “ When he gets out the next
we know he will be coming to Georgia to
start a Radical paper or run for State
Senator.”
There is a rumor in San Francisco that a
flllibustcring expedition is being fitted out
there for the capture of the French colonies
at Tahiti and New Caladonia, and the
French Consul is preparing to have it
stopped.
George W. Gibbon, of Clinton Place,
New York, offers to bet SIO,OOO that Napo
leon w.ll be in the. city of Berlin in 90 days.
A girl in one of our public schools ap
plied to her teacher for leave to be absent
half a day on the plea that they had com
pany at home. The teacher referred her to
the printed list of reasons the School Com
mittee think sufficient to justify absence,
and asked her if her case came under any
one of them. She replied that it might
come under the head of “ domestic afflic
tion.”
A Texas editor has had presented to him,
by his admiring lady readers, an embroid
ered shirt, which presents a pictorial his
tory of the State, including the Mexican
war. The editor wears the shirt outside of
his coat, and wherever he goes he is followed
by a crowd of admiring boys studying
from the back the fine arts and booking
themselves in politics.
University of Yirulnia. —We have re
ceived the catalogue of the Law Depart
ment of the University of Virginia. The
students for the session of 1869-70 from
Georgia are Messrs. Wm Frederick Eve,
of Augusta; W. Glasgow Charlton and C.
McLeod, of Savannah; James A. Cooper,
West Point; J. McCallnm Dupree, Jeffer
sonville; Wm. Hansell Fish, Oglethorpe;
aud John E. Hollingsworth, Macon.
In the department of Industrial Chem
istry, Civil and Mining Engineering, and
Agriculture, the University, Georgia is
represented in the school of applied mathe
matics and civil engineering bv 11. Preston
Spear, Columbus, and James Edward Wat
son, of Forsyth; and in the school of agri
culture and industrial chemistry by Robert
Toombs, Jr.
We are also in receipt of the announce
ment of the Medical Department of the Uni
versity.
The next session of this Institution will
commence on the first day of October, 1870,
and continue, without interruption, till the
Thursday preceeding the fourth of July,
1870.
The organization of the Institution is
very complete, embracing extensive and
thorough courses ot instruction in litera
ture and science, and in the professions of
law, medicine and engineering.
Ice Manufactory.—We understand
that a movement is on foot in the city to
organize a stock company for the purpose
of engaging in the manufacture of ice in
Augusta, ft is proposed to purchase one
of the recently invented ice machines, dis
posing altogether with the use of chemi
cals in freezing the water. Quite a number
of citizens have already subscribed their
names to the stock list, and we understand
that the project promises success. Should
the requisite amount of stock be subscribed
we understand that it is contemplated to
have the machiDe in operation by the last
of August. Consumers will doubtless hail
this enterprise with encouragement, since
it promises relief from the heavy exactions
of the combination of Northern ice mer
chants who have forced the price of the
natural luxury almost beyond the reach of
those whose purses are not well filled. It
is said that the manufactured ice can be
delivered at the machine at one cent per
pound, leaving a fair margin of profit for
the manufacturer. Contrasting this with
the present prices paid for this essential
.luxury of the season, the enterprise cer
tainly commends itself to the consideration
of consumers.
Cancellation of Revenue Stamps.—
The Commissioner of Internal Revenue
prescribes that adhesive stamps used upon
documents, writings, &c., may be cancelled
by any machine which shall affix the date
and so cut and deface the stamp as to ren
der it manifestly unfit for reuse, and at the
same time shall not so deface the stamp as
to prevent its denomination and genuine
ness from being readily determined.
The use of any cancelling machine which
shall simply imprint the initials and date
without cutting the stamp has been and is
prohibited.
Cancellations by pen and ink are author
ized as heretofore.
A New Novel.— A new work by Wilkie
Collins is an event in literature. Messrs.
Harper Bros, have just issued a fresh novel
from the pen of this great artiste entitled
Man and Wije. It is of absorbing interest.
The characters are sharply aud dramatical
ly drawn, the plot is the perfection of inge
nuity and the illustrations are profuse and
striking. To recline in some cool nook
with such a clever romance for entertain
ment is about as near bliss as anybody can
get in this terrific weather. Mr. Quinn,
our neighbor, has this book for sale and
can furnish it to all callers.
Murderer Arrested.— Joe Berryhill,
the negro charged With the murder of Mr.
Henry Griffin, on Beech Island, S. C, on
Tuesday morning, was arrested and brought
to Hamburg yesterday afternoon, where he
was imprisoned nntil he can be transferred
to Edgefield jail.
Prenticeaha, or Wit and Humor in Par
agraphs, by George D. Prentice.
This is the title of a work very beauti
fy published by Messes. Claxton, Rem
sen and Haffelflngej^ s and is make up of Mr.
Prentice’s squibs once for the
Louisville Journal. These witticisms were
no doubt wonderfully pungent and effective
ttt their day, but have necessarily lost
much of their point, flavor, inspiration and
comprehensibility for present readers.—
They really add nothing to Mr. Prentice’s
fame, and, >if anything, detract from ty.
Thesqnibs in the Courier-Journal of 1870
are in every respect as neatly and caustic
ally delivered as anything composed by
Prentice; but everybody would laugh at
Mr. Watterson or Mr. Hatcher, or whoever
the scrap-prophet is, if he deliberately
saved these trifles of the hour for perma
nent infliction upon future generations.
We greatly prefer to remember Prentice as
a splendid journalist and sweet singer than
as a clever juggler with the knives and
gilded balls of satire and humor. Messrs.
Thos. Richards & Sons have the book for
sale.
Periodicals.—Oar neighbor Daniel
Quinn, who has constantly on hand all the
literary ventures of the day, sends us Har
pers' Magazine, New Eclectic, London Society,
Lippincott, and Frank Leslie's Gazette of
Fashion. In the August numberof Har
per we see very little that is objection;
able and much that is worthy of the at
tention of the general reader. The New
Eclectic is among the, most scholarly of
American periodicals and should be especi
ally attractive to Southern people. Lippen
cott is excellent. London Society is a perfect
mirror of British elegance in typography,
light literature and illustrations. The
Fashion Gazettes are gorgeous beyond our
powers of description and calculated to
make the most impecunious men spend
some of their cash for the special adorn
ment of wives or children.
The reading public can always find at
Mr. Quinn’s the latest novelties of every
description in his line.
The Catholic World.—The current
Catholic World opens with an article which
demolishes the pretensions of Mr. Froude
to historical accuracy. The “ Adam of
Arldrieni” is a remarkable account of a
singular miracle play, and seems to be the
source from whence Milton drew the plot
of “ Paradise Lost.” Dr. Cumming’s beau
tiful lecture on “Finelon” is reproduced.
A translation from Le Correspondent of an
article called “ Matter and Spirit,” is acon
tribution to modern science for which the
columns of the Catholic World are famous.
The “Works of Gerald Griffin” receive
tender and affectionate, as well as scholar
ly, treatment. A paper on the “ Vatican
Council” is an august exposition of the
Papal side of the great question of infalli
bility. We recommend the Catholic Wot'ld,
which is at once courteous, temperate and
learned, to the enlightened of all creeds
and to scholars generally.
The Galaxy.—ln the August number of
the Gahixy anew novel called “Over
land” is commenced aud promises well.—
Justin McCarthy has a characteristic ar
ticle on Bulwer, whom he considers a great
artist, but no true genius. Mr. Frank P.
Foster treats of the “Vaccination Ques
tion,” aud thinks people ought to be com
pelled by Government to submit to inocula
tion. Dr. Draper proves that our bread is
almost universally adulterated. Mark
Twain has been sick and so his department
is meagre. We note that the Galaxy makes
no apology for the recent appearance in Its
colums of a series of sketches from a so
called Secretary of the late Cardinal d’An
dea, which have been proven utterly men
dacious. '
“ Southern Dirt.”—The Savannah Re
publican makes much ado over the discov
ery—a very late one—that several hundred
tons of kaolin are shipped Northward
every month, aud some time afterwards re
turned Southward in sugar, medicine,
paint, candy, flour, etc., etc.
Why, we have known of this for lo these
many months; and since adulteration
seems to be an invincible concomitant of
trade, it is gratifying to feel that matters
are no worst-.
The Right and Left Bank of a River.
—As we shall have, for some time to come,
in detailing the warlike movements of the
French and Prussians, to speak frequently
of the right, and left bank of the Rhine, the
Moselle, the Main, etc., aud as the general
reader is apt to confound the banks of a
river with the movements of an army up
or down a stream, let it he understood that
the right bank of a river is always on the
right hand as you look down the stream,
and the left bank will never be placed on
the wrong side.
Tobacco Revenue Decision.— ln reply
to 9. letter in relation to tobacco made from
sweetened stems and from sweetened leaf,
Commissioner Delano states that smoking
tobacco manufactnred exclusively from
stems, though sweetened, is liable to a tax
of 16 cents per pound only, but tobacco cat
from sweetened leaf, though containing the
stems, is liable to a tax of 32 cents per
pound, such tobacco being regarded as fine
cut chewing.
Crop Estimates.— The latest estimates
of the Agricultural Department indicate
that the wheat crop will fall short of that
of 1869 by 48,000,000 bushels. The corn
crop is largely above an average ; while
the cotton crop will amount to not less
than 3,500,000 bales, and with a long season
but little short of 4,000,000 bales. With
ample crops and high prices, resulting
from the prevalence of a war in Europe,
the farmers will have little cause for com
plaint.
Edgefield Items.— Our special corres
pondent at Edgefield Court House, 8. C.,
writes, under date of the 26th :
The Radicals have all gone to Columbia
to the State Convention.
Thos. B. Lanier, charged with the mur
der of James Thomas, .colored, has been
balled before Judge Melton.
Our village has been blessed with a fine
rain this evening, just in time to save for
ward upland corn. Our cotton is looking
well, and well fruited for the time of year.
Chinese for the Brunswick and
Albany Road.— The Eufaula News says
that, “as an experiment, a contract has
been made with an agent who visited
Brunswick, for about 200 Chinese, from
Cuba, and if they give satisfaction it is the
intention to secure a much larger number,
say 2,000.
The Mother of O’Donovan Rossa.
The Charleston Courier announces that the
mother of O’Donovan Rossa, the Irish
martyr now In English custody, is in that
city in very feeble health.
Kappa Alpha Convention.— The next
annual convention of this Association will
be held at Athens, and not Atlanta, as
printed in a communication in the Consti
tutionalist a few days ago,
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