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AUGUSTA. GhA.
TUESDAY MOBNING. SEPT. 27.1870
Notice.
From and after this date—June 1,1870
The terms for the Tri-Weekly Constitu
tionalist will be %t the rate of $6 per
annum. All papers will be discontinued at
the end of the time paid for. *
THE TRUTH ABOUf OUR FAIR.
A letter from a certain gentleman in
Columbia county, which we quoted on
Sunday, suggests the propriety of the Secre
tary or some of the managers of the Fair
Association being made acquainted with
the apprehension existing throughout the
country upon the subject of accommoda
tion for visitors.
The same writer states that he hears of
many more from his section going to
Atlanta than to Augusta.
A gentleman residing so near Augusta
as the writer referred to ought to know
that this city 4s capable of accommodating
more people than any other in Georgia—
Savannah perhaps excepted.
It is true that the President, Secretary
and Mr. Kimball of the State Society have
published that Atlanta will offer “good
accommodations for more than 50,000
guests.” Mr. Foster Blodgett and Mr.
Wbenn say (in a circular that is going the
rounds of the press,) that Atlanta offers
accommodation for 100,000. We should be
sorry to be one of the 50,000 or 100,000 for
any length of time, and should the Cotton
States Fair Association publish such an
absurd statement about Augusta, there
is not a stockholder in the Company
or a well wisher to our city who would
not promptly take steps to repudiate and
deny such a ridiculous and, what must
eventually prove to be, hurtful statement.
One hundred thousand extra people would
sorely puzzle New York City to comfort
ably accommodate in the business season
of the year.
The stockholders and managers of the
Cotton States Fair Association are compos
ed of the most prominent agriculturists and
business men in our section; and they
are zealous and careful that no promise
shall emanate from the Society that will
not be performed.
We say this much to our doubting friends
on the subject of accommodations: That
we shall take good care of all our visitors,
to the number of at least 20,000 or 25,000.
If more come, we shall en leavor to take
care of them also. If we cannot do this,
no other city in Georgia can.
The honor of our city and our Asso
ciation is pledged to this, and although we
have neither the State Road, thq Governor,
the Kimball House, nor Mr. Blodgett at
our backs, we have the united determina
tion and substantial aid of some of the
best known and most honored citizens of
Georgia to sustain us.
We can say to our Columbia county
friend, and all other friends who propose
coining here, that we shall take care of
them, and that we shall promise nothing
that we will not perform. Our Association
is established, not for a day, bnt for many
years to come; we trust for all time.
WENDELL PHILLIPS AND HIS LATEST
HOWL.
11l auatiicr witiiixti, nr puunon ou ■pa
ordinary attack upon-Count Bismarck and-
Germany, emanating from Wendell Phil
lips, who has been, and still is, the “brains
of the Radical party.” If there is one
thing more than another which could cause
us to sympathize with Germany, it would
be just such a screed from just such a
quarter. We do not, however, propose to
enter into any direct and specific contro
versy on matters concerning either bellig
erent, especially at this juncture; but there
is one sentence in Mr. Phillips’ article
which shall not pass by unnoticed. Very
pear the end of his diatribe, he says:
“ Our barbarous South, flaunting Libby
prison and Andersonville in the face of
Christendom, may justly call across the
ocean to the black eagle, ‘ Art thou too to
become as one with us.’ ”
What about our barbarous North which
flaunted her Johnson’s Island, her Fort
Delaware, her Elmira, her Poiut Lookout
and other prison pens—each one an Auder
sonville and Libby combined—without the
excuse of either ? What of that barbarous
North, with her brutal Bastiles flaunting
in the face of Christendom, and so recAtly,
calling across the ocean to the black eagle:
<* defy you to become as one of us and so
have sent our darling Sheridan to perpetually
remind you of the unreached hell of your des
pair /”
Whether right or wrong, the South, as a
general thing, has rather favored unhappy
France from the beginning. But if there
are any reasons that could make her
swerve and become indifferent at least,
they will readily be found in the suddenly
developed Yankee hate for the Teuton, and
the echo of such men as Esquiros, of Mar
seilles, that American sympathy is craved
for Republican France, because Napoleon
loved the South and dearly wished to help
her in her agony, but was prevented by
the men who run the machine at Tours,
who as eagerly desired the triumph of the
North.
Fishy.— Beast Butler recently made a
speech at Cape Ann, apropos of difficulties
between Canadians and Yankee fishermen
who trespassed on their grounds. The
Beast said “hereafter he wanted a few
Springfield muskets that load at the breach
to be considered a necessary part of the
outfit of each fishing vessel that left Mas
sachusetts ports. For the fish In the seas
belong to those who catch them, and to no
one else.”
And, we suppose, according to this old
thief’s ethics, the spoons on private tables
belong to those who steal them and to no
one else.
Utter Despair. —A delinquent French
lessee of a fashionable New York boarding
house retorted to a threat of expulsion
thus:
“ You demandez zat I pays you now.
Oh, mon Dieu ! You must be* ze brute. A
ceci moment ? Oh, mon Dieu ! Yell, I go.
Oui, Untie suite. You takes my house, le
Dieu he take my vise, ze Proosslen take my
coontrie, and now, by tam, ze devil he take
me!”
Cheap.— ln spite of the siege, beef in
Paris is but 20 cents a pound. Horse is
two cents cheaper. Unhampered New
York and Baltimore now pay at least five
cents more; and, during the war, Augusta
paid the Lord knows how much. If
Parisians grumble at meat under a dollar
per pound, thtJJ deserve to be occupied and
Bothered. —The Richmond Dispatch ,
hitherto a very mild censor of the Presi
dent, now says:
“We don’t know what to make of Gen.
Grant, and we have never seen the man who
did. He fills a niche in the great pantheon
of characters, most assuredly; but what it
is, God only knows.”
Well, he may be a cariosity, but not so
much a one as people imagine. Borne
persons think him a fool. Others believe
him to be a demi-god. Both err. Grant
is a strong man, without any principle, de
liberately intent on power. He has lost
faith in popular government, and since the
masses are easily corrupted and willing to
bo ruled by a personal despotism, he cor
rupts them ad libitum , and will leave no
stone unturned to be their master without
rivals near the throne.
At It Again. —Gen. Grant cannot en
dure the idea of allowing some 60,000 or
70,000 of disfranchised Missouri Democrats
to vote, and so writes as follows to an in
quiring Radical:
“ I regard the movement headed by Carl
Schurz and Brown & Cos. as similar to the
Tennessee and Virginia movements, intend
ed to carry a portion of the Republican
party over to the Democrats and thus give
them control. I hope you will ill see your
way clear to give the regular ticket your
support.”
Tennessee and Virginia righted them
selves to a great degree, in spite of Grant.
So did North Carolina. Missouri will Dro
bably follow suit. But Ulysses will take
his spite out of South Carolina and Geor
gia, if fraudulent elections can accomplish
his revenge. Really, it ought to be rather
farcical for war Democrats to read about
the origin of the late conflict aud its dia
bolical results.
Falstaffian. —A correspondent of the
Paris Journal thus writes:
“On a mound of earth was a general. I
approached and found that it was De Faitty.
lie was an incapable officer, but he died like
a soldier. The grapesliot had torn open his
breast to show that, he had a heart. Frag
ments of a shell had fractured his left shoul
der, entered the abdomen, shattered the
thighs, and ploughed into the forehead. He
was so disfigured that had I not been told
that it teas he I should never have recognized
him."
When it is known for certain that Gen.
I)e Failly is alive and unhurt, living like
a fighting cock and dipping his nose in
Rhine wine at Prussian expense, the veracity
of that correspondent passes all compre
hension. We thought Greeley’s man was
the champion falsifier, but the Paris chap
is entitled to all the honors.
The Scapegoat. —lt is the fashion to
abuse DeFailly, but he was probably
only one of many incompetents, from Na
poleoh down. The chief blunderer was a
division commander under DeFailly, Gen.
Ducroc. Instead of hurrying on to
Douzy, he stopped to give a ball. A cor
respondent writes:
What could possibly make you give a
ball at such a moment as that?’ I said to a
colonel of Gen. Dncroc’s corps, who had
excited my astonishment by telling me
what is now a notorious fact. ‘We gave a
ball,’ he answered, ‘ because a number of
young ladies had come to see us from Se
dan.’ To such reasoning as that there is,
of course, no reply.”
So, as'usual, the fair sex were at the bot
tom of the Sedau disaster.
A Woman Wanted. —Treason opened
the gates of Paris to the armies of Henry
Vth of England, in 1420. The Duke of
Bedford was Regent of France for the
youthful Henry. Providence came very
unexpectedly to the aid of the French in
the person of Joan of Arc, a peasant wo-
x —— u *->, when rescue
. was tejj times more than at pres
ent. The men of France have failed to
save their country. What a chance, if
heaven is not angry with that land, for
some pious woman who lias a mission to
emulate the Maid of Orleans !
Dr. Jacoby. —Dr. Johann Jacoby, re
cently arrested and imprisoned for protest
ing against a forcible annexation of Alsace
and Lorraine to Germany, is a prominent
Republican of Prussia. In 1840 he was in
carcerated for Democratic publications,
but in 1848 was a member o! the first Ger
man Parliament and afterward of the
Prussian Chamber. Very soon thereafter
he was thrown into a dnngeon, because of
some objectionable views in his memoir of
Henri Simon. And now he goes back to
old quarters because Bismarck’s method
und his own do not agree.
The Wrath to Come —The Freeman's
Journal , an ultra Catholic paper, says ba
boons without tails are trying to run the
French Government, but their efforts are
vain and will soon come to a conclusion.
The Journal opines that Europe will be in
flames, everywhere, in a few weeks —except
prayers prevail to prevent the catastrophe.
Governments are rotten, and the peoples
have lost the courage to teach their gov
ernors their dnty. We are on the eve of
great events, but the result of them is not
known to any.
Queeh. —Not only are the Germans bet
ter acquainted with French territory than
the French themselves, but the fiasco of the
Gallic fleet is mainly attributable to a defi
cient knowledge of maritime science. The
power of Germany has been directed by
better brains than the power of France.—
Nothing short of a miracle can beat the
Prussians back ; but miracles rarely assist
men who have no faith in them.
Which is It?— Mr. Theodore Tilton
insists that the next President of the Uni
ted States must be a. negro. Mrs. Cady
Stanton says the next Vice-President must
be a woman. Well, suppose the Radicals
split the difference by nominating negro
women for both offices.
Gone Up.—German ladies have stopped
wearing chignons. They say it is patriot
ism, but it may partly be accounted for by
the presence of so many soldiers who will
spread so many insects abroad.
Bad. —It is said that, in a recent battle
near Paris, the Zouaves of the line ran like
scared dogs, while the Oarde Mobile stood
Arm.
A Curiosity.— The recently elected Sen
ator from Oregon, Col. Kelly, is said to be
one of the old Jackson Democracy. We
shall soon see about that.
Mark Twain.— The St. Louis Republican
gives the origin of Mr. Clemen’s rum de
jplume of “Mark Twain” thus: Clemens
used to write up-river items and occasional
squibs for the Republican, and having
written a sketch of an old river pilot, he
inquired of John Morris, now steward of
the Belle Memphis, what name he should
sign it. One of the deck hands at the time
happening to be heaving the lead halloed
out, “ Mark twain,” meaning the depth of
the water, when Clemens exclaimed
“Tbats it; Mark Twain’s my name”
This sketch, with his new name, “ Mark
Twain,” at the bottom of it, found a place
in the river department of the Republican.
It proved a decided hit, and was extensively
copied by the Western journals.
The Agricultural Congress. —The
idea of convening an Agricultural Con
gress in this city during the approaching
Fair, has met with the hearty approbation
of the people of our sister States. Daily
reports are received from all sections of the
South of the appointment of delegates, and
the projected Congress is assuming a mag
nitude at once gratifying, while it is as
tonishing to the most sanguine of the pro
gressive gentlemen of the Cotton States
Mechanics’ and Agricultural Fair Associa
tion and of the Augusta Board of Trade,
who have so energetically presented the
advantages of this convention to the lead
ing agriculturists in all accessible sections
of our sister States. The best agricultural
men of the South have cordially sanction
ed the project which Augusta has the
honor of conceiving, and which there is
every promise now will result in the assem
blage of the largest and most accomplished
body of agriculturists ever convened in the
South. In view of the large and respecta
ble attendance anticipated, every nerve of
our city should be employed to provide the
necessary facilities for the assembling of
the convention and for the entertainment
of the delegates in a manner worthy of
their dignity and character and reflective
of credit upon Augusta. We trust that
our City Fathers, in their corporate ca
pacity, will lend their co-operation heartily
to this effort, as invited in the following
communication to His Honor Mayor Allen,
and that our entire commercial population
will unite in liberal material contribution
to this object, which has for its aim the
advancement of every interest of the South :
Augusta, Ga., September 26th, 1870.
'lo his Honor the Mayor and Members of the
City Council of Augusta, On.:
Gentlemen : We, the undersigned, were
appointed a joint committee from the “ Au
gusta Board of Trade ” and the “ Cotton
States Mechanics’ and Agricultural Fair
Association ” to make all necessary ar
rangements lor the assembling of the
“First Agricultural Congress” in the in
terests of the Southern States, to be con
vened in this city in the 26th of October
next.
Enclosed we beg leave to hand original
circular, setting forth the aims and pur
poses of the proposed Congress.
In asniucli as Augusta has the honor of
conceiving and initiating this important
move—one fraught with incalculable aud
perpetual good to every interest of the
South—we have conceived it due to your
honorable body to give you an opportunity
of uniting with ns in your corporate ca
pacity, for making arrangements for suit
ably assembling the Congress, and for the
entertainment of the delegates in a manner
that will reflect credit on the city and her
citizens.
It may be well to add that delegates are
already announced from every section of
the country, • eaching from Maryland to
Texas and irom Florida to Utah. Nor can
we too fully impress your honorable body
with the dignity and character of the ap
proaching Congress, for we ourselves are
somewhat startled at the magnitude and
importance it lias assumed. We can, how
ever, assure you, in behalf of the “Au usta
Board of Trade ” and the “ Cotton States
Mechanics’ and Agricultural Fair Associa
tion," which bodies we have the honor to
represent, that they will u <o every means
at their command to make the occasion a
prond and memorable epoch in the history
of Augusta; but we shall require your
valuable co-operation, and we hope, dear
sir, that it may be your pleasure to lay this
before your honorable body at- the earliest
moment, as there is no time to be lost, and
that decided and comprehensive action be
taken thereon.
With much respect, dear sir, for yourself
and honorable body, we beg to subscribe
ourselves your obedient servants,
W. H. Tutt ;
Pres’t C. S. M. & A. F. Ass’n.
Edward TnoMAS,
Pres’t Augusta Board of Trade.
M. L. Bonham,
P. J. Berckmans,
T. P. Branch.
- moral suasion tictter Tfmn Force.
The Journal of Commerce dwells on the
absurd ty of Government attempts to sup
press gold gambling and kindred vices.
It says:
“ This is not a novel idea; it is one of
the methods taken by the radical reformer
in all ages. The old lady, who proposed to
hang all the printers of cards, believed that
her plan would stop gambling entirely;
and some States actually prohibited the
keeping of these fancy pasteboards on sale
in the hope of saving their citizens from
this pernicious habit. One New England
Legislature forbade ien-pins, under a se
vere penalty ; but the people easily evaded
it by playing with nine-pins. And so, in
the absence of cards, gamblers take to dice;
or wanting both these, to dominoes, or to
pitching pennies, or to plain betting on any
simple stake. It is the spirit of gambling,
the thirst for acquisition coupled with the
fascination or the venture, which is as
prevalent as evil desires of any kind, and
is not to be eradicated or thwarted of its
purpose by any limitation of facilities. The
bulk of the gold gambling is not dor e with
gold certificates, and tbey are but little
used In the transactions of the gold room ;
bat if they were, a substitute would be as
easy as a change of tipple if the sale of a
particular brand of spirits was made un
lawful.”
The editor then went on to show that the
spirit of this attempted refo.mation is
wrong—illustrating its position as follows :
“ There are two ways of training chil
dreu. One is to seat them at the table, and
push all the crockery peyond their reach,
to prevent breakage; compel all liquor
shops, all theatres, a]l brothels, all gamb
ling houses, all bad companions to remove
to a distance, lest they be contaminated; and
generally to deal with them on the princi
ple of saving them from evil by external
conditions and appliances. The other and
the only safe way is to train them to a
choice of the right for its own sake, where
this is possible, but at least for the better
condition it will surely bring them. One
day’s discipline at the table will teach the
youngest child to leave the dishes alone,
even though they are placed within his
reach. A careful nurture, inculcating a
taste for better things, will keep the child
from the dram shop or the gambling hell,
even though their doors invite him within
sight of his home. If the thea: re is ob
jected to, give him a healthier or better
amusement at home, or at places of resort
deemed unobjectionable.”
The point made by the Journal is, that in
mere prohibition there is no safety.
“ The child will crave forbidden pleas
ures unless his taste be positively cultiva
ted for their opposites or healthy substi
tutes. A heart, though swept and gar
nished, will only invite evil spirits, if it is
not filled with guardian angels; and there
are no white-winged defenders of child
like purity and innocence against the
temptations to evil indulgences so reliable
as a cultivated mind for belter things.
Even gambling cannot be restrained on the
negative principle of mere prohibition.”
The Aurora Borealis in Charleston.
—The Courier, in noticing the brilliant dis
play erf this phenomenon in Charleston on
Saturday night, says:
A number of people, who bad either for
gotten their astronomy or had ever been
innocent of it, were out upon the streets,
and adyanced all sorts of theories of the
phenomena. The engines came out, and were
in a spirited run, when they were stopped
and apprised of the cause of the alarm, to
which color had been given by the police,
several of whom sprung their rattles. The
whole north and northeastern horizon was
emblazoned with a glowing red, from which
the most most brilliant corruscations were
thrown. The colored people—that is, the
more unlettered part of them —drew all
sorts of conclusion from the wonder, and
one old colored woman, after looking up
for some time, exclaimed : “ Bless my soul'
dey is burning up al\ds pine trash on Hob
cow !”
[From the Antf-fitoveryStandsni.
Wendell Phillips on the Wa£|j
THE GREAT RADICAL LEADER DB«iSui?CES
PRUSSIA AS A “ HORDE OF BRIGANDS ”s
HE HOLDS UP BISMARCK “ TO TE& LOATH
ING AND CONTEMPT OF TWO CONTINENTS,”
It. took a revolution to unseat Louis
Philippe in 1848. Now Napoleon .only'
leaves Paris a fortnight and they begin to*
ignore him. His first reverse swept away*]
his throne. Had he achieved success after- 1
ward, he would have had to conquer his
way into Paris after crushing the German# 5
Neither Louis Phil ippe nor this Napoleon
dare call themselves King and Emperor of
France—they are King and Emperor of the
French. Bismarck himself, the ablest,
most unscrupulous and imperious jpf state
managers, has to conciliate popularjbffrage
and constitutional legislatures before he
can get space to act. Warwick.rtjie old
king maker, was forced to create the House
of Commons to fortify his own power. Our
modern king maker must even borrow
leave of the German masses to play despot.
Frederic William began in trying to crush
an empire. It vanishes like a mist when
he attempts to grapple with it, and, aghast,
he finds himself face to face with a repub
lic. He puts the crown back ou his pris
oner’s head in the desperate effort to v save
his own crown from a worse foe. The* vic
tory of Sedan has only pnt him into Napo
leon’s place. The Frenchman stood -be
tween a German despot in front of him and
republican Paris behind. Jules Favre was
the upper millstone and Prussia the lower.
Between them we thought to find the dust
of the Napoleonic dynasty. But it proved
such a mere shadow that the stones grind
each other. To-day Frederic stands with
an armed Republic in Paris before him,
and the possibility of flndiug another when
he returns to Berlin. The Greek fool who
sawed off the limb on which he sat was
content to fall. This Germ in descendant of
that cautions person is trying hard to splice
together again the division which threat
ens to let him down. Since the lastsoldier
left Rome the Pope has spent his anxious
hoursindeciding where he shall run; and
Victor Emanuel assures him that Italy’s
moving on Rome is only to save it from
the Red Republicans. Russia shrinks back,
hoping to hide from the age amid her soli
tudes. Austria is only asking how soon
the storm will reach her. England would
be glad to do or say something; but, haunt
ed by the Alabama iu her dreams, she can
spare no waking moment from the watch
over Ireland and her own radicals. So she
yields her place at the first table of States,
and, contentedly takes her seat with the
pages—Belgium, Denmark und Switzer
land—at the second board. The whole
of Europe is honey-combed, and ti e
seething waves toss and moan beneath
the tliiu crust. Like Holmes’ “ One-horse
Chay,” all the thrones drop to pieces
at once. They remind one of the cab
horse in Pickwick, which conk! stand
while in motion—stop him and he fell at
once. Meanwhile Madrid, Paris,Florence,
Berlin, and the rest crystalize into republics
if ysn take off the superincumbent weight
but a single moment, The hour of the
people has come. Everything helps them.
The timid incompetencv of England and
that angry pride which cheats the intellect
of Bismarck, both serve the good cause
equally well. The first shows the masses
that, once marshalled, their claims strike
aristocracy into dumb and helpless con
fusion of counsel; fearing to do anything
in its uncertainty wliat to do. Bismarck
had it in his power to have planted peace
between republican France and Prussia
for the next two generations, meanwhile de
laying the advauce of democracy for many
a year. A magnanimous Prince at Sedan,
yes, simply a selfishly cunning Prince there,
might have insured the Prussian throne to
his grandchild. The victory had humbled
his only foe. Behind was the nation which
had never made war on him. He had only
to encamp at Sedan and offer peace. The
world would have recognized his power to
go to Paris; would have seen also tfflt
magnanimity that disdained to humble J
nation betrayed by its leaders. By the
splendor of such an act Prussia would
have led Europe for many a year. Selfish
instinct cried out for it, even if honor was
silent. The first step that Prussia made
from Sed m to Paris destroyed forever all
Bismarck’s claim to be thought a states
man. Ignorantly or angrily lie flung awky
such an opportunity of strengthening »is
own land in the gratitude of France iaud
the aci mi ration of the world. Instead* of
this he and ill, ail that iu -him lim
that immortal hate and undying purpose
of revenge which will breed up the
generation of Frenchmen for nothing else
but to put the tricolor some day over Ber
lin. The next generation ol Prussia vfill
will have cause to weep that at this hour,
so ureat in possibilities, Prussia hart no
statesman to reap the harvest which her
greatest of captains—Moltke—had got for
her. The man whom we all thought a
Sully, an Ox.enstiern, turns out only an
adroit manager, secoud lientenant to
Moltke, and the willing tool of a bigot
king ; no breadth, no foresight, no large in
stincts of humanity, always the highest
wisdom. Prussia armed in order to vindi
cate her right to manage her own affairs.—
She marches to Paris to invade France’s
right to do the same. Her path lies over
the capital of the world, the home of two
millions of men, as well as of sci nee, art,
literature, and civilization ; the capital of a
great military nation whose swift defeat
shows that, dragooned as she was to the
field, it was only a seeming war she waged.
He never conquered France. He only
triumphed over the slavish refuse which
cou.d be bought or whipped into counter
feiting her.
“ You have broken my sword, not my power—
You Samson with long yellow hair!
I will send out a thought mid the millions.
And the kings, and not I, shall despair.”
Now in this insolent attempt to display
his power and parade a sham victory, he
subjects this great city to the horrors of
war. Humanity itself would hardly weep
if the pestilence del.vered Paris, leaving
neither peasant nor princeling to tell the
tale at Berlin. The tears and curses of Jlie
civilized world blast the Germau laurels.
Napoleon’s fall was speedy, in less than
thirty days; Prussia’s quicker still. She
entered Sedan borne on the wonder, almost
the loving admiration of the world. She
left it followed by the loathing and the
contempt of both continents. She baulked
the hopes of the age. Anew power, born
within the memory of living meu, we sup
posed her blood was the blood of this cen
tury. Her fall insults our civilization;
blood-tnirsty aud greedy, unscrupulous
and overbearing beyond the Bourbons and
Hapsburgs, the Philips and Charleses of
bygone days. Sh ; is not a nation—only
an overgrown army, a hord of brigands too
strong for their civilized neighbors. Our
barbarous South, flaunting Libby prison
and Andersonville in the face of Christen
dom, may justly call across the oceaftrto
tie black eagl , “ Art thou too become as
one of ns.” We rejoice that Providence
thus buries under its own folly, this new
and dreaded military Power, and robs it of
the means to cripple the rising Democracy,
as it might have done had it retained the
respect of the world. We sympathize with
Germany thus disgraced by her princes as
France has been by Napoleon. Let her
have the same pi ty extended to her that
the world gave to Paris under the usurp-
er’s heel. But Paris could claim one point
of superiority over Berlin. She was be
guiled and deluded with at least the words
of liberty. Napoleon paid her so much Re
spect as to seem to ask leave to reign; with
insolent bluntness Frederic tells Germany,
as he snatches his crown, that he reigns
“by the grace of God.” Napoleon could
not safely leave Paris. During this Prus
sian marauder’s absence Berlin is submis
sive as under his heel Our Government
should utter the verdict of civilization attd
liberty on this bald barbarism. It should,
at least, protest against this vengeance* bn
unoffending France—this insult to the
spirit of the age. The oldest republic, the
mas’er Power of the next century, should
speak for humanity amid this breathless
and cowardly silence of kings.
Wendell Phillirs. ,
What is Now Going On in Lrt»»
Prison.— The Libby prison, in RichmqfflO
is now given up to the peaceful arts. Ur
its roof are two large mills, one for gr itJ
ing stones into a fertilizer, and another foil
grinding sumac. The proprietors
latter pay out about SI,OOO a dav in
sums for sumac leaves. These are gathered
by very poor people, mostly negroes, ,
automatic shingle machine ‘will
added to the Libby prison Industries. fIH
will be the only machine of the kind ilfl
Virginia.
Ipl Three Kisses. - ;
I'have three kisses in in 5 life,
80 sjVeet and sacred unto me
That,how, riH de»th-c}eiys rest ou them,
Mjtlips stfall kissless 'be.
was given in childhood’s hour,
'' JWyne who never gave another ;
lEhHjfe aiol deatli Ijst.ill shall feel
TjWt kiss ofmy mother. .
«iy lips for years,
heart reeled in bliss
the hour
yoaha love’s first kiss,
move
the dying kiss,
if burning love,
—tben nevermore
they think to move.
• ijfrotu the New York Star.
A Shocking Spectacle.
THE MAN-BEAST 09* SOUTHOLD (NEW YORK)
, POOR-HOUSE.
Itj otie corner of the enclosure, which
surrounds the Poor House,'aud which is a
ragged, green patch, diversified here and
there by weeds .and stones, stands, by the
side of a salt water creek running down to
the ocean, ' i% j
A SMALL wooden pen,
closely resembling those in which hogs are
kept on carelessly cultivated farms. The
lence of the pen is about seven feet high
and is strongly constructed of planking.
It is foul and dingy outside, while here
aud there, .under its lower planks, warped
by exposure, trickle out little black streams
of filthy smell and loathsome consistence.
Allround the pen are awfully disgusting
relics, apparently of some gruesome beast.
A stench of the most indescribably foul
character hovers round the pen, and the
approach to it is more nauseating than a
shop-full of emetics. From within this
dreadful enclosure grunts and groans and,
now and then, devilish yells issue. The
inmate moves about, aud a splashing rattle
and soughing sound tell eloquently enough
the character of his underfooting.
Emboldened by curiosity, and in despite
of the awful odor, the observer draws
closer to 1 lie pen, until the fence is reached,
and then clambering up looks down upon
THE MOST TERRIBLE SPECTACLE
of human degradation ever presented to his
eyes. It at first challenges the accuracy of
his vision.
Squatted in the middle of a dung heap,
breeding odors and maggots and hideous
insects in black coats of mail, is the wreck
of a man. He is about thirty years old.
His face is almost hidden by a dense growth
of shaggy hair,- which projects from it in
wiry and filthy bundles. Foam and
mucus, white and gray and stringy, are
daubed over his nostrils, his moustache and
his beard. His eyes of light blue are cov
ered by a film, and so thick are the humors
runnings from them that one is forced to
helieve them set in rotten sockets. As for
his forehead, he has none. The hair, brut
ishlv thick, has usurped all that he ever
had, and now his sodden eyes blink like
dying glow-worms in a tangled thicket.
His scalp Is a mass of festering sores and
scabs and ulcers, which thousands of ver
minous possessors occupy unresisted.—
Every now and then his talons—for they
are nothing else—crash into the living
swarms and do fearful damage among
them.
THE BODY
is that of au athlete, but it has been so
long bent and distorted by his eternal pos
ture of crouching on his haunches, that it
only repels one the more. Not a rag
covers him. His hide has been so tanned
by the sun, so roughed by the wind, and so
stained with filth, that no one could be
lieve it human if they had not seen it cov
ering the bones of this awful creature.
Bores and self-inflected wounds, and large
bruises aud warts, all crowd one another
on its surface. Batches of hair grow ir
regularly upon him, in which lurk thous
ands of active lice. But his skin is too
tough to be sensibleof thi»E- irritation, and,
instead of slaying thcnifme toys with the
ve min. His lower limbs are buried in
the rotting straw, and they are perpetual
ly damp with filth. A scaly man#, not
-i M- -a—* *««axich.cattle.are subject, ad
heres m a loathly mass to ms renr-W R b
and side. All day long he snaps straws
into and eats the filth that surrounds him.
Nowand then he yells aloud, and, If not
silent, at other times, gambles like some
savage beast, as he tears his own tough
skin or scratches his lousy person. Not
even yiossessed of a brute’s sense, he does
not hear the approach of the keeper bring
ing him his daily food.
When
HIS AWFUL MEALTIME
has arrived, the man who has him iu charge
throws him a nauseous lump of pork. The
monster seizes it with a grunt, and after
rubbing it on his scaly sides and back,
swallows it whole, expelling it afterwards
to be another meal whenever he shall be
be hungry. The keeper throws him
also a quid of tobacco, which he chews
with avidity. His appetite is awfully de
praved, and he eats anything upon which
he can lay hands. The filth upon which he
squats seems particularly agreeable to his
palate. He swallows it as if it were a de
licious article of food, and, when he man
ages to escape into the cow pasture,
snatches all the manure he can find. His
very breath is stercoraceous, and in old
times he would have been slaughtered for
exhaling pestilence.
Whenever the. keeper thinks he is filthy
enough externally to need
A THOROUGH WASHING,
he takes a rope, opens 'he gate of the pen,
and lassoes the horrible creature with a
noose. He then drags him in fear and
trembling to the edge of the creek. Water
is thrown over him and he is brushed and
scrubbed like a wild beast. When a few
pounds of the deposit has been removed
from his person he is diagged back again,
running almost on all fours, like a reluc
tant hound, to his dreadful domicile. A
layer of clean straw is then littered down
to him, and he is left alone until there shall
again arise in the keeper’s mind a desire to
wash him.
During the Winter the creature uses a
little hut or stye, in the corner of the pen.
Here he crouches in the coldest weather
without any covering. A few years ago,
the intense cold froze his lower limbs so
that part of one foot and all the toes of
the other mortified and fell off. He will
never submit to the imposition of any
clothing, and furiously resists all efforts
made to wean him from his frightful habits.
He does not speak a single articulate word,
but grunts and groans as horribly as any
caged brute.
HIS HISTORY
is.a very strange one. He Is the son of a
tailor who acquired a moderate fortune,
and has for some time resided in Southold.
Aboot ten years ago the man-beast, then,
it is said, a young and handsome fellow,
became enamored of the village beauty.—
She rejected him scornfully, and he took to
dissipation. Sudden mania came upon
him, and he stripped himself of his cloth
ing and raised a terrible riot. He was
seized as a madman, and, all his foul char
acteristics having developed themselves, he
was incarcerated in the hideous pen de
scribed above. His relatives, who occupy
a prominent position in the neighborhood,
have never visited him in his dreadful afflic
tion, and he has been allowed to decay,
bo# -and soul, in filthy, verminous quar
teiP§w£ich no respectable farmer would
darekfeep a hog in.
Thjs. "terrible picture, not a whit over
drawny- represents the sufferings and the
degradation of a human being, of a man
Wflit was born and bred like other men ; of
for whom education and religion ex
ittLft j n his efrly days; of a man whose
splificrime has been the loss of his reason.
barbarity of his treatment and the
ayfo? character of his fate, speak volumes
IraSiproach to those whose charity never
at home, and to whom the mute ap
a fellow-creature is ineffectual, un
§|ie.has a black or yellow skin and lives
jflPcpelgn parts.
Wmktr, Maine Election.— The of’cial rc
lariis of the Maine election give the total
Kfillbr Governor as 99,227 ; for Perham,
Kgl 54,091; for Roberts, Dem., 45,176;
Kb’s majority, 8,875.
BY TELEGRAPH.
jr. , - .
■ft '.4- ; proial to die ('onsUtutionaligt.
ATLANTA.
THE* RELIEF ''BILL RECONSIDERED.
THE.BENATE SUSTAINS THE GOV
ERNOR’S VETO OF THE SAVAN
NAH BILL.
INCORPORATION OF THE GREAT
southern Railway.
SLICING UP THE STATE
* INTO NEW COUNTIES.
** Atlanta, September 26.
SENATE.
The relief bill was reconsidered and
made the special order for next Wednes
day! I
The Senate sustained the Governor’s
veto of the Savannah bill by a vote of 9
yeas to 24 nays.
The Senate refused to reconsider the
amendment to the school bill, authorizing
the appointment of an assistant school
commissioner, and appointed a committee
of conference.
A resolution to have two sessions daily
passed by 18 yeas to 12 nays.
The bill to incorporate the Great South
ern Railway passed.
The following bills were lost: To re
lieve the State Road from liability for
stock killed; to prohibit parties from
sueing the State Road for stock killed.
The following bills were recommitted:
To encourage immigration ; to authorise
Judges of the Superior Courts to grant new
trials in certain cases.
The bill to authorize the Governor to ap
point a State Geologist was referred to a
special committee.
HOUSE.
The bill to prevent the sale of agricul
tural products after dark in certain coun
ties was reconsidered.
Bills passed creating new counties from
the counties of Campbell and Carroll,
by yeas 68 to nays 28; from Warren and
Columbia, by yeas 53 to nays 18; from
Newtou, DeKalb, Henry and Walton, by
yeas 54 to nays 26.
The bill to create anew county from
Catoosa, Whitfield and Walker was lost.
A m ition to suspend the rules and take
up the resolution to adjourn October 19th
was lost.
[Associated Press Dispatches.
SUNDAY EVENING 'DISPATCHES.
London, September 25.—Dispatches from
Tours confirm reports o' fighting in Paris
between the “ Reds” and troops under
Trochu. No particulars.
The local Junta will rule Rome until
after the plebiscite vote.
The French steamer from Havre will
come to New York via Cowes.
St. Louis, September 25.—Several promi
nent. members of the police have been re
moved for adhering to liberal Republican
ism.
'Plie municipal election was carried by
2,000 majority; both branches are Demo
cratic.
Cincinnati, September 25.—The Bridge
Commission have commenced sessiou. The
river men claim that during high water,
draws are dangerous, and out. of channel
during low water.
Fortress Monroe, September 25.—The
splendid new iron steamer Myanoke, of the
Old Dominion Steamship Coast Line,passed
here this afternoon for Norfolk; a salute
was fired from the fort, which she promptly
returned.
Norfolk, September 25.—The United
States Steamship Bibb, whose loss at sea
was recently announced, has arrived safely
at Hatteras. inlet.
SUNDAY NIGHT DISPATCHES.
Cincinnati, September 25.—Extensive
preparations are making to receive South-'
orn merchants at the Industrial Exhibitiog’
on Thursday. Atlanta senus forty
gates. The President of the ‘Chamber of
Commerce will deliver the reception ad-,
dress.
New York, September 25.—The British
schooner Billy Butts left, yesterday, osten
sibly for Curacoa, but supposed to be a
(filibuster for Cuba. She carried $82,000
of war material.
Tours, September 25.—Ministers Gam
betta and Ferry, addressing Cremeux, say :
“ Paris purposed to make a heroic se.
All parties are united to sustain the Gov
ernment of Defense. You hear, through
Prussian sources, of troubles in Paris!—
Deny it. We have an enonrmous force of
National and Mobile Guard, and troops of
line, with munitions and provisions to
hold on' all Winter. Let France make a
heroic effort.”
London, September 25.—Thiers, after
interviewing Von Beust, departed for St.
Petersburg.
The journals concur that Favre’s visit
to Bismarck was abortive.
The Tours Journal declares that the
Freneli people preferextinction to humilia
tion.
Germans consider Strasbourg, Toul and
Verdun theiis. Favre an I colleagues unite
against their demands. The terms now
depend upon a European Congress, to as
semble at Brussels.
La France says peace is impossible on
the terms proposed without min. Nothing
is leitus but (logged resistance.
Dispatches from Berlin repudiate the
permanent occupation of Fort Mont Vale
rian as a permanent menace to Paris.
The Petersburg Journal denies that neu
tral Powers encourage the obstinacy of
France. It declares Russia approves of
the terms dictated by Prussia.
Queen Victoria wholly ignores Eugenie
and Lonis.
A meeting in London last night to
sympathize with Prance was a failure, but
few people and no notable orators present.
Berlin, September 25.— [Official.]— I Two
thousand two hundred men and much ma
terial was captured at Toni.
Reading, September 25.—A man, 26 years
of age, a bar-keeper, who says he often
served Washington Nathan, was arrested
for complicity in the Nathan murder. He
gave his name as Francis Z. Kipling. He
had a pawnbroker’s ticket for diamonds
and jewelry in his possession. He admit
ted he was within a few feet of Nathan
when he was murdered, and could put
his finger on the assassin. He would make
a clean breast unless a certain party in
New York came down with stamps. He
was constantly in correspondence with a
party in New York, receiving letters with
enclosures.
New Orleans, September 25. —Yellow
fever deaths for 24 hours, to 6, p. m., yes
terday, 11—natives of Italy, 5; Germany,
2; Wales, 2; Prance, 1; Switzerland, 1.
The Lone Stars defeated the Southern
Base Ball Club this afternoon—score, 23
to 6.
NOON DISPATCHES.
Washington, September 26.—Boutwell
has returned.
Cheyenne, September 26.—A half block
on Eddy street was burned this morning.
Loss, $200,000, with little insurance.
New York, September 26.—The steamer
Sarah, of Maine, has been abandoned, and
is sinking. The crew were brought here
by the New Orleans steamer Metropolis.
Kepling, arrested near Reading on the
charge of implication in the Nathan mur
der, was in New Jersey when the murder
occurred. His arrest was caused by ex
travagant accounts of his own exploits.
London, September 36.—The limes'
specials from Saarbruck the 24th say
Bazainemade a feint on the side of Mercy
la Haut aud attempted to escape to Thlon
ville. A heavy cannonade lasted some
hours.
A sharp fight occurred at Moulin, seven
miles from Metz. The French were driven
back. Their loss was serious. Bazaine
released his prisoners.
A heavy force of Bavarians is penetrat
ing the country towards Lyons.
The cathedral at Strasbourg is irrepara
bly injured. The astronomical clock is
still going.
,APH.
Von Buest assured Thiers of the deepest
sympathy, but that intervention was im
possible. It is said Thiers will offer the
Czar important concessions in the East.
A French levee cn mam is hourly ex
pected.
• The Baltic fl et is ordered to cut the
cable between Germany and Sweden.
Tours. September 26.—The city is crowd
ed with refugees from all quarters. Many
sleep in the streets.
Brussels, September 26.—The Belgian
press unanimously denounce Prussia’s ar
rogant demands.
Florence, September 26.— Cardorna, in
addressing the Provisional Government at
Rome, which he himself created, said :
“ Your task is sublime. The twentieth of
September is an era in yonr history, for it
makes Rome again the capital of the King
dom.”
Among the political prisoners released at
Rome was Petroux, after seventeen years
imprisonment.
EVENING DISPATCHES.
Washington, September 26.—Admiral
Porter asks to be relieved from further
duty at the Navy Department on account
of failing health.
New York, September 26.—The New
England press, including Boston, have re
newed their contract with the New York
Associated Press.
A Telegram special from Berlin says an
approaching alliauce between Prussia and
Austria has been mentioned, but Hungary
is opposed to it.
Philadelphia, September 26.—Judge
Robert C. Grier is dead, aged 77.
Madrid, September 27.—The Govern
ment informs Deßhodas his resignation, if
persisted in, will be accepted.
Tours, September 26.—8a1100n letters
from Paris give the following account of
the battle ot' the 19th: Gen. Ducrot occu
pied the heights from Ville Juif to Mendon.
He made a reconnoisance and encountered
the Prussian masses concealed in the
woods, with many cannon. The French
attacked vigorously, aud drove them pre
cipitately. The Prussians reformed on the
heights of Chatalon with a tremendous ar
l.i'lery tire. Ducrot was compelled to seek
shelter in Fort DeVauves. His artillery
was well served. The Mobiles were cool
and resolute. Ducrot finally withdrew in
to Paris. The Prussians suffered severely.
The Moniteur publishes a proclamation
of the Provision il Government at Paris,
dated the 20th, reaffirming that the policy
of France is not to cede an inch of soil or
stone of fortifications.
Later advices from Paris mention only
outpost skirmishes.
A message from Versailles says the
Prussians have undertaken nothing im
portant in that neighborhood.
Gunboats on the Seine are ready for ac
tion, and entrenchments and barricades
are going up everywhere.
A large number of official messengers
lienee for Paris have returned.
The omnibus horses of Paris have been
seized by the Government to transport
troops.
The Journal Offtciel publishes decrees in
creasing the number of regiments and con
ferring extraordinary powers upon general
officers.
A division of cavalry has reached here
from the South of France.
A large force of Mobiles passed Tours
going to Orleans.
Martial law in Algeria is suspended.
Prussian dragoons are at Medon and the
Prussians are in force at Bongivale, Real,
Monterre and near Ohatillon. Skirmishes
occurred at Vdle Juif, LaHoge, Chevilly
and elsewhere.
The Prussians have apparently abandon
ed the St. Denis side and movements indi
catenn intention to attack at Sceanx.
Later information places the Prussians
near Bonrget and at St. Cloud.
London, September 26.—Dispatches
from Orleans report cavalry at Bazoehes
and Antenay. Prince Albert, with a large
force, is reported near Bazoehes.
The Prussians are reconstructing the
Laon fortifications.
The Jamaica cable, laid yesterday, is
working admirably, and will he continued
to Aspinwali.
Communication with Paris and Tours
by balloon continues.
The Prefects of Western Departments,
according to the proclamation or the Min
istry, are appealing to the people to rise en
masse and overw helm the invaders.
Three millions for defense have been
voted by Calais.
Belgium is grieved and alarmed at the
or pence negotiations.
The Patrie , a semi-official orgap. under
the old regime , is now published at Poic
tiers. It is enthusiastic for the Republic.
A treat.v between Belgium and Prussia
for the release of wounded in Belgian hos
pitals has been signed.
Brussels, September 26.—Bands of
workmen yesterday paraded the streets,
singing the Marseillais and crying Vive la
France. A majority of the people here
disfavor the annexation of Alsace and Lo
raine.
Raleigh, September 26.—Extensive pre
parations are being made for t.l>e State
Fair, to be held on the 18th October, and
continue for four days. It is expected that
the exhibition and attendance will be the
largest ever had. Rev. Clias. Phillips, ,).
D., of Davidson College, an accomplished
scholar, will deliver the address. The trot
ting track is In excellent order. A large
number of special premiums have been ot
leredtiy leading business men, in addition
to the regular premiums.
All quiet In political circles. There is a
strong ex presslon among Conservatives and
Democrats to call a convention to amend
the constitution relative to the judiciary,
conr's and county government; but there
is no disposition to disturb the present
status of the negro or interfere with the
requirements of the reconstruction acts.
New Orleans, September 26.— Yellow
fever deaths for 24 hours ending 6, p. m.,
yesterday, 10.
A daughter of A. W. Walker, aged 14,
was instantly killed by (ailing from the
gallery of her residence.
NIGHT DISPATCHES.
New York, September 26— The special
London correspondent of the Tribune writes
from Meanx on the 18th inst., headquar
ters, that King William had a conversa
tion with Bismarck, during which I asked
him if the report was true that there was
an English representative here. He an
swered : “The English have asked me if
we would treat with Pavre, and I rep ied
we would if his Government would guar
antee the possession of Metz and Stras-
bourg. This he could not do.” “In this
war we are influenced,” said Bismarck,
“by no motive of aggrandizement what
ever; we have no purpose in view but
our own security. Consequently, we must
provide for the next, war, which is sure
to come. Prance is now without al
lies, bnt may soon succeed in procuring
them, and it is sure to commence another
war under better auspices. That is why
we demand these fortresses; bnt the pres
ent Government in Paris dare not agree to
the cession of French territory, nor prob
ably will the next Government; but our
purpose is fixed, and, if necessary, wc are
ready to stay all the Winter at Paris.” I<
said the general impression was that
France Is too much weakened to begin an
other war for many years. “That is not
the case,” said Bismarck. “France is
a very wealthy country and will remain
so after the war. Within five years
she will have so far recovered as to be able
to recommence hostilities. For that rea-
son wc must have those fortresses; but as
the government at Paris is not disposed to
deliver them up, and probably has no com
mand over them, peace is not very near,
and we must wait until we cau reduce
them. We hear the garrisons are already
eating horses.” [The French are accus
tomed to such diet. | Then the question of
peace, 1 said, reduces Itself to one for the
possession of Metz and Strasbourg. He an
swered, “ Yes, that is it precisely.”
Brussels, September 26.—The immedi
ate publication of a manifesto from Napo
leon, in reply to the last proclamation of
the Government at Tours, is promised. M.
Conti, Private Secretary to the Emperor, is
said to be the writer of the document.
London, September 26.—Fighting all
day on Friday, near Paris, is reported from
Tours, but accounts are contradictory.—
The English journals refuse to publish
them. .
The inhabitants of Strasbourg are still
kept in ignorance of events outside of the
city. They believe the French have been
victorious, and that the army is advancing
to the relief of the city.
The English press compare war iwore
ments In France with those of the late
American contest, especially with the cam
paigns of General Grant against Vicks
lurg and Richmond.
Tours, September 26. —Several engage
ments have occurred with the enemy in the
open country between Paris and Blais.—
The results were not serious.
The Government here declines to answer
the category, upon the statement of the
Berlin correspondent of the London limes ,
that Bazaine had made proposals for sur
render.
The garrison of Havre has been rein
forced and also has received a number of
mitreilleurs. The place Is now fully pre
pared to resist attack.
A great majority of Prefects have met to
organize an uprising for defense.
Several journals here dwell on the fact
that the Government journals allow such
disorders to continue as those at Lyons.
Cheseret is there, and his influence, they
say, is very bad, his purpose being to ex
cite serious disturbances.
COTTON MOVEMENTS.
New York, September 25. —The Cotton
movement for the week has been the
heaviest, especially in receipts, since the
new Cotton year opened. The receipts,
however, show a decrease of 10,652 bales
as compared with same week last year.
Receipt* at all ports for the week, 38,567
bales, against 17,980 last week; 11,104 pre
vious week, and 6,868 three weeks since ;
exports at all ports for the week were
7,755, against 3,840 la-t week, and 7,215
tliis week last year.
MARKETS.
London, September 26—Noon.—Con
sols, 92%. Bonds, 90.
Later.— Consols, 92. Bonds, 90%.
London, September 26.—Evening.—Con
sols, 92%. Bonds, 90%. Tallow, 445.
Sugar, afloat flat.
Liverpool, September 26—Noon.—Cot
ton dull; uplands, 9%39%; Orleans,9%3
9% ; sales, 8,000 bales.
Loiter —Cotton dull ; uplands, 9@9%;
Orleans, 9%@9%. Cumberland cut, 565.
Liverpool, September 26—Evening.—
Cotton flat; uplands. 939% ; Orleans, 9%
@9% ; sales, speculation and exports, 1,000
bales. Bread stuffs firmer. Corn, 295. 3d.
Lard, 735.
New York, September 26—P. M.—
Money easy at 435. Sterling 9%39%.
Gold, 113%; 62’s, 12%; Southerns quiet
and llrui, nothing doing.
New York, September 26— P. M.—Dis
counts, 739. Sterling unsettled owing to
free offerings of bills. Gold closed strong.
Governments dull aud lower aud closed
very dull ; 62’s, 12%; ’64’s, 11%;; ’6s’s, 11%;
new, 10% ; ’67’s, 10%; ’6B’s, 10% ; 10-40’s,
«%•
New York, September 26—P. M.—Cot
ton dull and downward ; sales, 1,000 bales;
uplands, 17%. Flour—State and Western,
5310 lower ; superfine, $4 9035 15; South
ern dull ; common to fair extra, $5 353
6 15. Wheat heavy and 132 lower; Winter
red and amber Western, $1 3231 35. Corn
heavy, lc lower, 85390. Beef dull. Pork
lower at $25 50. Lard lower ; kettle, 163
16%. Whisky heavy at 88%389. Groceries
firm and steady. Naval Stores quiet aud
steady. Tallow dull at 939%. Cotton,
steam 1%. Wheat, steam, 7%.
Baltimore, September 26.—Flour dull
and weak. Wheat firm and steady. Corn
—white, $t 02. Pork heavy at $27 50.
Bacon weak ; shoulders, 14%314%. Whis
ky firm at 91
Cincinnati, September 26.—Flour steady,
with moderate demand. Corn firm at 70®
72. Pork declined to $24 25. Bacon in
limited jobbing dema id. Whisky drooping
at 86387.
St. Louis, September 26.—Flour—fami
ly, $636 75. Corn firm ; yellow, 70. Hemp
unchanged. Bagging steady at 29330.
Whisky—nothing done. Provisions steady.
Pork, $25. Bacon—clear sides, 17%. Lard
quiet and unchanged.
Charleston, September 26.—Cotton
dull and easier; middling, 15%315% ;
sales, 150 bales; net receipts, 1,689 ; exports
coastwise, 2,101; stock, 3,954.
Norfolk, September 26.—Cotton un
changed ; low middling, 16 ; sales, 20 bales;
net receipts, 1,403 ; exports coastwise, 272 ;
stock, 2,333.
.Baltimore, September 26.—-Colton quiet
and firm ; middling, 18%; sales, 700 bales,
net receipts, 13 ; coastwise, 577 ; total, 590;
exports coastwise, 200; stock, 1,184
Mobile, September 20.—Cotton quiet ;
middling, 15%; sales, 500 bales ; net re
ceipts, 870; exports to Great Britain, 368 ;
stock, 12,802.
Galveston. September 26. — Cotton dull
and tending down ; good ordinary, 13% ;
sales, 100 bales; net!" receipts, 263 ; stock,
5,341.
New Orleans, September 26.—Cotton
dull and nominal; middling, 16%; sales,
900 bales; net receipts, 4,243;
262 ; total, 4,505 ; stock, 22,397.
Boston, September 26.—Cotton quiet
and steady;, middling, 18%; sales, 100
bales; net re eipts, 2,098; slock, 4,000.
Savannah, September 26.—Cotton—
large offerings with but small demand;
middling, 16; sales, 150 bales; net receipts,
3,965; exp -i ts coastwise, 3,682 ; stock,
12,053.
Cincinnati Semi-Weekly Market.
HKrORTKD BY MORRIS & REID,
Produce and Provision Brokers , Room No. 9,
Pike Ojtera Building , Cincinnati, Ohio.
Cincinnati, September 3,1870.
Provisions —The market continues heavy
for Meats and prices continue to decline,
with only a moderate consumptive demand.
Mess Pork—ls freely offered at $25, with
sales of 360 bbls., in lots, at this price ; but
small jobbiug sa'es were made at 25®500.
more.
Bacon —ls dull and declining, with small
sale o: shoulders at 14; clear rib sides,
16%, and clear sides, 17%, all packed.
Bulk Meats—Are neglected and pr ces
are a little better than nominal. Shoul
ders will not bring over 12 ;' sides, 14; clear
rib, 14%, and clear sides, 15%, all loose,
ami there is not much demand at these
prices.
Lard—City kettle rendered continues to
be held at 15, with a good demand at 14%.
Flour —There is only a moderate local
demand, but the offerings are not large and
prices are well maintained on the few sales;
we quote family, $5 60@6, as to brand, the
latter for fancy; extra, $5 50@5 75; su
perfine, $4 75.95, and low grades at $4 25(9
4 50; Spring Flours, $5 75(96, as to quali
ty and brand.
Whisky — The offerings are more liberal
and the market easier at 86 per gallon In
wood bound barrels, and 87 in iron do.,
sharp cash, and lc. more on time.
Hay —Timothy, No. 1, $20(922, and lower
grades $15(918 per t n on arrival, and sl®
2 per ton more from store.
Yours, respectfully,
Morris & Reid.
Augusta Daiiy Market.
Omoß Daily Constitutionalist, )
Monday, September 26-P. M. \
FINANCIAI
i COLD—-Buying at 112 and selling at 114.
SlLVEß— Buying at 105 aud selllug at 108.
BONDS—City Bonds, 80(982.
STOCKS—Georgia Railroad, 97(998. Au
gusta Factory, 158(9160. Savings Bank, 100.
COTTON—This article maintained a de
pressed character to-day, the market opening
quiet with a fair inquiry at Saturday’s prices,
but during the day, New York and Liverpool
dispatches coming in unfavorable, our market
heeame very quiet and weak, and In response
closed dull and nominal at 14%c. for Liverpool
middling; 15c. for New York middling. Sales,
741 bales. Receipts, 866 bales.
BACON—Good demand, with light stock.
We quote C. Sides, 20; C. R. Sides, 19% ; B.
B. Bhles, 19; Shoulders, 16%@17; Hams, 22%@
27; Dry Salt Shoulders, 15(915%; Dry Salt C
R. Sides, 18; D. S. Clear Sides, 18%.
CORN—in moderate demand and prime white
is selling at $1 15 by car load from depot;
retail, fl 20.
WHEAT—We quote choico white, fl 30 ;
amber, f 1 26; red, f 1 15. >
ELOUR-City Mills, |6 00@7 50; at retail,
fl |f barrel higher. Country, f6<99, accord
ing to quality.
CORN MEAL—fI 20 at wholesale; fl 45at
retail.
OATS—SS@6O.
PEAS—$2®2 25.
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