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OOIS STITTTTIONALJST.
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TUESDAY MORNING. OPT. 4. 1870
Notice.
Prom 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.
CONTRASTS.
An], interesting volume might be written
concerning startling contrasts. A few
weeks ago, the strongest iron-clad vessel
in the British navy went down at sea, just
as one of the smallest and frailest boats in
the world rode safely into port after an un
paralleled voyage across the Atlantic.
And now, while poor Prance is being de
vastated by Are, our own Virginia, so full
still of the scars of war, is suffering terrible
calamities from a superfluity of water.
What blessings are fire and water, and yet
how potent for disaster! Even in the
ravaging dispensations of the conflagration
of battle or the onset of the flood, the
Christian bows to the wisdom of God, who
never smites but for some good purpose.
The “heathen Chinee,” on the contrary,
attributes misfortune to the devil, and
worships him on the ground that God
sends only pleasant things, and therefore
need not be placated ; while the Evil Spirit
is the author of man’s troubles, and there
fore must be propitiated.
Fot.t.y. —The National Intelligencer is to
he galvanized into life at New York, with
a trimmer for an editor. It will endeavor
to run an independent schedule as to party
politics. The Richmond Enquirer very
properly comments upon this scheme as
follows:
“ The present is no time for neutrality.
“ Surely the editors have some settled po
“ litical opinions. In New York men are
“ either Democrats or Radicals. There is
“no half-way house between the two. This
is not the day for see-sawing e'ditors—for
“ riding both sides of the sapling. Pig to
“ day and pup to-morrow will not suit the
“ present times.”
The Big Joker.—ls a Frenchmap reads
the leading article in almost any number
of the Herald,, he will be delighted. Not
so the German. But if a Frenchman
should read the articles that follow the
leader he would become enraged. But the
German would be vastly pleased. It is
good Lord and good devil with Bennett ;
or the showman’s distinction between the
lion and the rhinoceros: “ Vich ever you
pleases, my little sonny; you pays your
money and you takes your choice.”
The Great Horse Doctor. —President
General Grant advised with Carl Schurz
as to the best method of retaining the Ger
man vote. Scuuhz told him to sympathize
with Prussia as a private citizen, but to
remain neutral as President. Grant did
so at first,, but subsequently got mad with
timer Karl , because of his magnanimity to
“ rebels ” in Missouri, and now the Execu
tive makes war on Schurz and cares no more
for Germans in America than the Germans
in Europe care for him. Funny man, that.
Grant.
The State Aid Bills. —The Macon
lelegraph and Messenger advises Governor
Bullock to" veto the forty State aid bills;
This act, our contemporary thinks, would
send his name down to immortality.
The plea of the Telegraph and, Messenger
is a good one, but it unfortunately smacks
of singing psalms to a dead mule. Bul
lock is already sure of an immortality of
infamy. What does he care for anything
like honest fame ?
Jeff DAvrs.—Where is Jeff Davis?
Has he joined Louis Napoleon at Oassel ?
He, too, was obliged to surrender to supe
rior forces; but it must be admitted that
he made a much better light, thau the
sympathizer with his cause atpheTuileries.
| Neio York Sun.
Why not ndd that, your friend Stanton
behaved like a brute to Mr. Davis, while
King William has conducted himself like
a gentleman and a Christian toward Mr.
Davis’ “ sympathizer ?”
Charleston. —The census gives Charles
ton a total population of 48,431. There are
10,967 white males, 11,801 white females,
10,798 black males and 14,865 black females.
Total white population 22,768 ; total black
population 25,663. Women folks of both
races seem to be in undue excess, especially
among the negroes. The white females have
a majority of 834 and the colored females a
disproportion 4,067.
Pairs and Pairs. —We will show you
such a Fair as has not been seen since the
day when the good Vicar’s daughters deck
ed the verdant Moses in ribbons and gay
wrappings and started him to the buying
of the spectacles.— Rome Commercial.
And now, by fair warning, let all “ ver
dant. Moseses ” beware how they travel
Romeward to sec spectacles. Come to
August a. We will not bamboozle you.
Perfectly Pliable.— lt is said tl\at
Akerman, whose fortune was made at the
expense of his mule’s tail, takes the Presi
dent’s opinion on disputed questions before
rendering his own decision. If the lion
should question the fox as to the taint of
his breath, the fox always has an influenza
and cannot smell.
The Milk in the Oocoanut.—A Radi
cal politician in Chicago says: “I always
hated Napoleon. I have hated him ever
since his coup d'etat, but d—n him, I hate
him worse than ever becanse he surrender
ed before our Fall elections.”
The Third District.— The LaGrange
Reporter thinks there will be three candi
dates for Congress in the third district,
viz: Caldwell, Moderate Republican;
W. F. Wright, Democrat, and one to be
nominated by the extreme Radicals.
Jefferson Davis.— The Courier-Journal
is authorized by Mr. Jefferson Davis to
say that the story going the rounds of the
European and American press, stating
that he is engaged writing a novel, is with
out the foundation either of fact or inten
tion.
Labor Land Sale .—We are informed by
Capt. John Westfield, our esteemed citizen,
that he has completed the sale of hisMcßee
place, (which was the homestead of the late
Vardry Mcßee,) containing 1,050 acres, to
Mr. Thomas M. Cox, for fifty thousand dol
lars, a part of which was cash and the
balance on time. Much of this land lies
within and contiguous to the city.
Two years ago, Capt Westfield purchased
this property, for which he gave $30,000,
and in the sale has a good margin for profit.
Our people will see by this transaction how
rapidly property of this character is en
hancing. This is the largest land sale that
has occurred for many years in this part of
the country.— QreemiUe (8. C.) Enterprise.
I Special Coireapondence of the ConetitutionalUt.
Political Affairs in Edgefield.
COUNTY NOMINATIONS OF THE
REFORM CONVENTION.
NOMINATIONS OF THE RADICAL
SCOTT RING.
THE HAMBURG" RING CARRY
THINGS BY FRAUD.
• Edgefield C. H., October 1.
Agreeable to notice, the Reform Conven
tion '■met at this place on Wednesday, the
28th ult., for the purpose of nominating
candidates for the Legislature, County
Commissioners, Probate Judge, School
Commissioner and Coroner. There was a
lull delegation from most of the townships.
Capt. Lewis Jones was made Chairman of
the convention.
Each regiment, there being three in the
county, was allowed to seleot candidates,
and there was a ballot for one candidate at
large for the Legislature. The 7th regi
ment selected,Col. A. P. Bntlei? (white) and
Thomas Gregory (colored); the 9th regi
ment selected Dr. Wm. D. Jennings (white)
and John Elam (colored), and the 10th reg
iment Dr. D. C. Tompkins (white) and Ed
ward McNarv (colored.) Leroy F. You
myns, Esq., was selected for the county at
large. Thecandidates for County Commis
sioners selected are, Jas. A*TTalbert (white),
from the 9th regiment; Robert Nesfleld
(colored), from tne 7th regiment, and An
drew Jackson (colored) from the 10th regi
ment. B. C. Bryan, oi this place, was
nominated for Probate Judge, E. J. Young
blood for School Commissioner, and Geo.
W. Turner for Coroner.
Everything passed off harmoniously.
There were some ' disappointed persons,
which always will be the case where there
are offices of profit to be awarded ; but the
good citizens of the county can vote the
ticket, and will certainly feel it to be their
duty to do so on the day of election. They
should make up their minds to vote for the
cause, and should they have any ill feeling
toward any of the candidates which have
been nominated, this is the time when their
prejudices should be laid aside.
THE RADICAL CONVENTION
Met here yesterday, the 80th ultimo. After
a great deal of squabbling, P. R. Rivers
(colored) was made Chairman, more by
chicanery than by the choice of the meet
ing. They had a stormy session from 10
o’clock yesterday morning until 4 o’clock
this morning.
The following are their nominations:
For the Legislature, Wm. Kennedy (white),
P. R. Rivers (colored), Samuel ,T. Lee (col
ored), from Hamburg; John A. Barker
(white), David Harris (colored), Lawrence
Cain (colored), and John A. Green (colored),
of Columbia, formerly a drill master of the
negro militia at this place, but has never
resided here. County Commissioners: Jas.
F. Hailing (white), of Hamburg; Robert
Center (white), of Graulteville, and Robert
Dozier (colored), of the Tenth Regiment.
Probate Judge, D. L. Turner, present in
cumbent. School Commissioner, John H.
McDevitt, Sheriff-Coroner, Don Alonzo
Foskett. Poor Philip was left out in the
cold with many others. J. W. Heyward
and Hec Harris seem to die hard; it is
hoped the county will survive the shock
should they succeed in shuffling off the
mortal coil from disappointment and grief.
Hamburg, as usual, carried things their
own way, by fraud. They claim to repre
sent two-thirds of the county.
The Reform party is making prepara
tions for a large Reform meeting here on
the 31 instant. Our people seem to be
fully aroused to the *ssue before them and
are very sanguine of success at the next
election.
Major Robert D. Brunson, who was
wounded on last Sunday at Antioch
Church, in a difficulty with James M. Hol
son, died this morning at 4 o’clock.
After a drought of two months, we have
been blessed with a good rain. Solon.
Same Old Abstractions. —Alexander H.
Stephens, of Georgia, has written a reply
to the remarks recently made by Attorney
General Akennan relative to the political
situation in the South. The ex-Confeder
ate Vice-President simply disentombs the
same old Southern abstractions that have
been buried for a quarter of a century. It
is strange these Southern impracticables
will uot iearn wisdom from the past and
keep step in the march of the progress of
the ag c.— New York Herald, 27th.
Yes ! “ the same old abstractions of con
stitutional law and the true system of gov
ernment, the assertion and maintenance of
which can alone arrest the downward
march of the Republic to a centralized des
potism and to a political corruption so filthy
and nauseous that we shall fail to pieces of
the poisonous gangrene. General Jackson,
in his second Inaugural, says :
“ My experience in public concerns, and
the observation of a life somewhat ad
vanced, confirm the opinions long since im
bibed by me, that the destruction of onr
State governments, or the annihilation of
their control over the local concerns of the
people, would lead directly to revolution
and anarchy, and Anally to despotism and
military domination. Solemnly'impressed
with these considerations, my countrymen
will ever find me ready toexercise my con
stitutional power in arresting measures
which may directly or indirectly encroach
upon the rights ot the States or tend to
consolidate ail powers in the General Gov
ernment.”
And to illustrate the rapid progress of
the awful heresies of the copsolidationists
who now hoot at all political power which
does not emanate from Washington, even
the Radical Convention whick nominated
Lincoln in 1860,
“Resolved , That the maintenance inviolate
of the rights of the States, and especially the
right of each State to control its own domestic,
institutions according to its own judgment ex
clusively, is essential to that balance of
I ower on which the perfection and balance
of onr political fabric depend.”
[Macon Telegraph.
The Cotton Lookout.— -The
of prices between Liverpool and New York
having been nearly or quite restored by the
recent decline here, the export trade, in cot
ton has once more assumed large propor
tions, with the consequence of a material
increase of and lower rates for exchange.
The receipts at the ports, though below last
year, arc steadily increasing, and as the
season has been, on the whole, a favorable
one, a crop of three ami a half millions of
bales is confidently looked for, presuppos
ing a favorable picking season. The future
course of the market will turn chiefly upon
the duration and results of the European
war. Should hostilities be ; prolonged, the
consuming “power of the Continent must
necessarily be seriously crippled, which
will naturally have a weakening effect upon
prices. The leading English authorities,
however, do not think that the visible sup
ply and current rate of consumption justify
any further decided fall during the remain
der of the year, by which time peace may
be restored, thus materially changing the
situation. The stock of American cotton
at Liverpoof is so. light that it is appre
hended that English spinners may find it
difficult to supply themselves with the bet
ter grades during the months of October
and November; but as cotton is more than
ever seeking steam transportation, and in
view of the augmentation of that agent
between this country and England, these
apprehensions will probably be found not
'.o be altogether well founded. It is
evident, however, that the position of
affairs in Europe render speculation more
than usually hazardous, and those who are
operating heavily iu future contracts may
be creating heavy margins against possible
losses. —New York Shipping • and Commer
cial lost of the 28th uU.
Yottng Man Shoots! Hm
self.-A young man named T. J. McCarty
living te Jaeksonvillfe, Florida, committed
suicide in that city on Wednesday night last
by shooting himself through the right tem
ple with a small sized Smith & Wesson
pistol. He retired to his room, and a ser
vant about the house heard a noise but
supposing it to be the slamming of a door
paid no attention to it. The next morning’
Mr. M. sleeping rather late, some one re
paired to his room door and attempted to
wake him. Receiving no answer the door
was forced, when Mr. McCarty was fonnd
shot, as above stated. No cause Is assigned
lor the rash act. The deceased was doing
business for himself, keeping a first-class
saloon, and was supposed to be in easy
circumstances. —Savannah Republican.
' Meeting of the Stockholders of the
Macon and Augusta Railroad. —The an
nual meeting of the Stockholders of the
Macon and Augusta Railroad Company
was held at the office of the company, in
this city, yesterday morning. The meeting
was called to order by the President of the
Road, Geo. IT. Hazlehurst, Esq.
The President submitted his annual re
port, which, on motion of Mr. Henry Moore,
was received, to be entered on theminntes.
Asa matter of public interest, we publish
the President’s report;
Macon, September 30,1870.
7b the Stockholders of the Macon and Au
gusta Railroad Company:
Gentlemen : The annual report of the
officers ®f the road is herewith respectfully
presented to yonr consideration.
We were in hopes to have been enabled
to announce at the time of this convention
the entire completion of your road, but, in
spite of the best efforts of all, this result
has not been accomplished. It is a great
disappointment. Delay in the reception of
the iron, the great amount of work to be
done and scarcity of labor have caused the
failure.
No money has been spared nor effort left
untried to complete the work in time. In
addition to such other contractors as could
b« induced to attempt contracts with free
labor, the large convict force of the State,
under the charge of Grant, Alexander &
Cos., were, at an early stage of the contract,
placed on the grading. This convict force
consisted of five hundred hands and near
one hundred carts and teams.
The amount of work to lie done em
braced some one million and a quarter of
yards of material to lie moved, much of
which proved to be solid and loose rock,
some heavy masonry, a long extent of
trestle work and pile bridging, 75,000 cross
ties, and an expensive bridge across the
Ocmulgee river at Macon.
All of this has been completed and 23
miles of track laid, leaving but a few miles
of track to close the gap. Large gangs of
track-layers are engaged at either end, and
should we not be delayed by the noa-ar
rlval of the vessel with five miles of iron
on board, now overdue, the road should
certainly be finished before the end of Oc
tober. This vessel was consigned to Sa
vannah in order that we might have the
advantage of delivering the iron at the
Milledgeville or Macon end as might be re
quired.
In reviewing the contract made with the
New York parties for the completion of the
road (in spite of the delay in the time of
completion, and our present disappoint
ment), it is very evident that the contract
has been of great value to the company.
Some near $700,000 was required in cash to
finish the road. The slow Sale of bonds—
our sole assets with the exception of some
slight collections from stockholders—would
have necessitated a tardy prosecution of
the work, and we should utterly have failed
in completing the road within any reason
able time. The contracting parties have
been unable to dispose of but few of the
bonds, and are to-day in advance near
$400,000 in cash on the work.
Statements of the total cost of the road
from Warrenton to Macon, a distance of
75 miles, shows, in round numbers, $2,250,-
000, being an average of $30,000 per mile.
Whilst some of the payments were made
in Confederate money, yet, in considera
tion of the fact that the prices of the work
were kept down to gold rates, as have been
shown in previous reports, it is but jnst to
assume the above average as the true value
of the road.
Crossing the broken country between the
Ocmulgee, Oconee and Ogeeche rivers, the
grading was necessarily heavy and ex
pensive, and I feel confident that the same
amount of work could not be done at any
less rate at the present time.
The financial condition of the company
is good. We shall open the road without
one dollar of floating debt. Its bonded debt
being in a mortgage bond, bearing 7 per
cent, interest, principal and interest guar
anteed by the Georgia Railroad on $670,-
000, and SIOO,OOO not guaranteed, gives a
total of $770,000. The amount of stock
will be about $ .
It will become necessary to reuew, or to
replace with permanent embankment., the
trestle work, which has been standing
many years. With this view, and to make
a beginning, a longarched culvert of twelve
feet span has been built under the highest
trestle on the road, at “ Ivey Branch,” pre
paratory to filling up the trestle. Granite
of the finest quality is found convenient
throughout the whole line; but the work
of building the proper culverts, all of them
arched, and of filling, will be expensive. It.
must be done, however, before we can have
a good and safe roadway.
To facilitate the filling, and to save the
expense and difficulty of procuring large
gangs of men, a steam excavator has been
purchased, which is now in Charleston
ready to be put to work. This will not
only reduce cost, but enable the trestle to
be filled in much quicker time.
Report of earnings and expenditures of
the section between Camak and Milledge
ville, as made by the Georgia Railroad,
give the following results:
Earnings $59,410 36
Operating expenses 51,561 22
Net earnings $7,849 14
It is a question which must be considered
by you at this convention as to what dis
position is to be made of the road when
completed It would seem to be onr best
policy, to continue the control of the road
in the hands of the Georgia Railroad. Pro
vided some good and equitable arrange
ment couid be effected with that company
for its working. We have but little rolling
stock in the way of engines and cars, in
this respect being altogether dependent on
the Georgia Railroad.
An amalgamation of the capital stock of
this company into that of the Georgia
Railroad, or a lease of the road to that
company on the plan pursued by the Cen
tral Road toward its branches, would un
questionably present the easiest and best
method of settlement; but as the sense of
the stockholders in the Georgia Railroad
cannot be reached until their annual con
vention in May next, no definite arrange
ment of that nature can be made ontil that
time.
There can be but little doubt of the value
of the road. To secure its greatest efficiency
it must, however, be operated as one line,
and-the trains be made up and run through
between Macon and Augusta without
chauge or detention at Camak.
Our route as now completed gives a gain
of 29 miles over the present mail route via
Atlanta, and 41 miles over the line via
Millen. This can be further increased to a
gain of five miles by building five miles of
road rom Warrenton to the 41 mile post
on the Georgia Road. This can be done at
some future day, when the saving becomes
more important. The total distance from
Macon to Augusta is now 125 miles, which
can be made as above stated 120 miles.—
This reduction of two hours in the time of
travel must attract and concentrate on our
road travel between Augusta and Mont
gomery, which now parts at Augusta,
going via Atlanta and Millen, to meet again
at Opelika.
By availing ourselves of the saving in
time and distance effected by this and other
contemplated roads, there is little question
but that the lines in interest in what is
known as the Seaboard route can soon be
in a condition to compete successfully for
the travel which has been lost to them for
so many years. It is within the recollec
tion of many here present, that the entire
travel between New York and New Orleans
passed over the roads of this State. Re
cently, however, the greater speed, safety
and comfort of the Western routes via
Louisville and Cincinnati, though more
circuitous, has diverted this great source of
revenue. The East Tennessee and Vir
ginia line has secured a portion of it, but
not to the same extent as the Western
routes.
The great secret lies in the fewer changes
of cars—in the greater speed of their trains,
obtained not by faster running, but by
avoidance of unnecessary stops ; in their
luxurious sleeping cars, and by the general
attention given to the wants of a traveler.
Through trains are recognized as through
trains, and the effort made to combine a
way business with a through is never at
tempted.
lam induced to introduce these remarks,
Bc °- rce ly pertinent to a report,
as the adoption of such a system would es
pecially be valuable to our line, which
would gam largely by the return of the
former travel over the Georgia Road.
We present the shortest line, as shown, be
tween Montgomery and Augusta, and
must be on the great thoroughfare. Iu the
location of the road an especial eye was
had to obtaining the straighest line possi
ble and easy curves, regardless of cost.
Ihe road bed is of sand and gravel; the
track is mostly laid with a heavy T rail,
with improved fish-bar fastenings, and we
thus believe that we can ofter to the travel-
P u ,2 , a roa <l which, for speed and
Potomac secon< * 10 none south of the
Respectfully submitted.
George H. Hazlehurst,
President.
Dr. J. A. S. Milligan, Secretary and
Treasurer, made his annual report, which,
on motion, was received.
There was an interchange of views in re
gard to the recommendation of the Presi
dent concerning the future operation of the
road, after its completion, either by lease to
the Georgia Railroad, or an amalgamation
of the stock of the two roads, but no defi
nite plan fixed upon, since the voice of
the stockholders of the Georgia Railroad
upon whatever proposition might be made,
could not be secured prior to their annual
convention in May. The question was dis
posed of hy the adoption of the following
resolution, offered by Mr. Henry Moore: -
Resolved , That the President be requested
to have a called meeting of stockholders in
the month of May in the city of Augusta,
at the period of the meeting of the Conven
tion of the Stockholders of the Georgia
Railroad and Banking Company; and that
in the interim the Board of Directors be
authorized to arrange for the operating of
the road.
On motion, the President appointed an
Election Committee of two, consisting of
Messrs. Henry Moore, and Little, of Han
cock, to conduct the election for a Board
of Directors.
After examination of proxies, the Elec
tion Committee reported the stock of cor
porations, &c., represented to be 16,319
shares, a majority of the stock independent
of that personally represented.
The President ordered the election for
Directors to proceed.
The Election Committee reported the fol
lowing as the result of the balloting, the
first twelve gentlemen being elected as the
Board of Directors for the ensuing year:
J. V. H. Allen, 15,569 votes; J. W. Hor
ton, 15,569; J.‘ D. Butt, 15,569; John P.
King, 15,569 ; Geo. H. Hazlehurst, 15,569 ;
W. J. McGrath, 14,665 ; B. B. DeGraffen
reid, 15,569; Henry Moore, 15,559; George
8. Obear, 15,564 ; A. J. Lane, 15,569 ; W. E.
Jackson, 11,930; J. O. Mathewson, 11,199;
W. H. Ross, 6,610; S. D. Heard, 2,929 ; and
J. T. Gardiner, 329.
On motion, the convention adjonrned
sine die.
At a meeting of the Board of Directors,
held immediately upon the adjournment of
the convention, the following officers of
the road were re-elected:
President—George H. Hazlehurst.
Secretary and Treasurer—Dr. J. A. 8.
Milligan.
Shocking Occurrence—A Stag Tramples
a Boy to a Jelly.
One of the most horrible catastrophes
which have occurred in this vicinity for
years happened on Saturday evening last at
the farm of S. Taylor Suit* Esq., located a
few miles from the navy-yard bridge, and
lying between the Marlboro’ and T B roads,
by which a little boy hai probably lost his
life and a little girl been terribly mutilated.
The facts in the case areas follows: Mr.
Suit lias parked off a portion of his farm-as
an exteusive park and zoological garden,
and within the area he has a magnificent
collection of birds and animals, the whole
being quite- an object of curiosity. Sojne
of the animals are rare and valuable, tad
some dangerous; therefore, Mr. Suit lias
caused the park to be enclosed with a ftffice
twelve feet high with a hcha'lly-s#adsßd
gate. He had also left positive fnstrncti&ns
with his children that none of them should
enter the park without permission from
himself and accompanied by one of the keep
ers of the place. The non-compliance With
these instructions is the cause of this terri
ble casualty.
On Saturday afternoon the two children
of J. Hoffman Smith, Esq., (i little girl
aged twelve years, and her brother, a hoy
ten), visited Mr. Suit’s mansion, and were
the gue-ts of the juveniles of the family.—
They were shown all points of attraction
about the premises, and, child-like, disre
garding the instructions of their father, the
young Suits allowed their visitors to pre
vail upon them to go to the park. Thither
they wended their way, and, unobserved
by the keeper, climbed over the fence and
began to wander through the garden.
Among the animals on the place was a
splendid stag, weighing about 400 pounds.
The deer was qnite wild, and for this rea
son so much cave was taken to prevent
persons uuaccnstonied to him from entering
the park. The children were playing along
when they were discovered bv the stag,
who instantly ran down upon them, and
singling out the little Smith boy. ran him
down and began to jump upon hint in the
terrible manner peculiar to his species. Mr.
Suit’s little boy instantly turned mid fled,
screaming at the top of his voice, in the
direction of the keeper’s house, who, hear
ing the cries, seized a heavilv-loaded double
barreled gun and ran in the direction from
which the child proceeded.
Meanwhile the little Smith girl had seiz
ed a stick of wood as large as she could
handle, and while the deer was ft-ampHng
her brother, used it upon him with such
effect as to cause the animal to leave his
first victim, and turning upon the girl,
knocked her down, and was jnst about to
jump upon her when the keeper arrived,
and, with great presence of mind, leveled
his gun and fired, the load taking effect In
the stag’s body, and causing him to run off
a short distance. The girl was lifted to
her feet, and assisted the keeper to search
for the body of her brother, which was
buried in the blood and mire (the ground
being marshy) so as to lie difficult, to dis
cover. The child was lifted up just, as the
stag returned to the charge, when the
kee|ier drooped the boy, and taking delib
erate aim tired, the shot being of such good
result as to cause the animal to drop dead.
The clothing and flesh of the boy were
torn to tatters, his face and body being
shmled from head to foot, his bones hioken
iu several places. The apparently lifeless
mass was taken up and carried to the
keeper's house, the alarm bell sounded,
and people began to assemble from every
direction. Mr. Suit was jnst driving to his
home from this city, heard the alarm bell,
and having a very swift horse in his buggy,
drove quickly to the keeper’s lodge to in
qui e what was the cause of it. Seeing the
inanimate mass of torn flesh and blood, and
hearing the word deer, he at once divined
the trouble, wheeled his horse, and at break
neck speed drove to Uniontown and was
fortunate at once to secure the services of
Surgeon Fisher, United States army, who
was soon driven black, and was at work
upon the body of the unfortunate child,
sewing a gap here, applying a plaster or a
bandage there, nntil finally something4ike
the shape of a human being was restored.
The little sufferer was Insensible most of
the time, and had remained so up to a late
hour on Tuesday night, when the physi
cians in attendance pronounced him dying.
In this condition he lay when our reporter
closed his inquiries yesterday. The shock
ing occurrence has. occasioned a gloom in
this locality, and the bereaved parents have
the warm sympathy of the entire neighbor
hood, who were greatly excited as they
heard the thrilling news related.
[ Washington Republican.
A Paris paper relates that Professor Lan
nelouge, of that city, keeps his pupils in
practice by shooting bnllets with a revolver
into the corpses brought to the hospital,
and these bullets are then extracted firom
the corpses by the students.
A London woman had a sprightly debate
with her husband, in which she used their
infant as a war club with such vigor that
the juvenile deceased.
John Allen, “ the wickedest map in New
York,” la dead, and was buried last Sun
day;
BY TELEGRAPH.
• [Special to the Constitutionalist.
FROM ATLANTA.
GOVERNOR AUTHORISED TO BOR
ROW MONEY.
THE SENATE NOT DISPOSED TO
ADJOURN.
THE HOUSE INVITES THE GOV
ERNOR TO ADJOURN THE GEN
ERAL ASSEMBLY ON THE
18th, &c. &c. &c.
Atlanta, October 3.
SENATE.
The House resolution to authorize the
Governor to borrow money to pay the civil
officers of the General Assembly was con
curred in.
The bill to grant further aid to the Ma
con and Brunswick Railroads was referred
to a special committee.
The House resolution to adjourn sine die
whs tabled.
The resolution to adjourn on the 18th
was tabled.
The time of debate was limited to the
minutes.
A resolution to authorize the Judges of
the Superior Courts to adjourn courts to
attend the State Pair was lost.
Bills passed incorporating the Bainbridge
Banking Company and the Ocean Bank of
Brunswick ; to change the time of holding
Muscogee Superior Court; and to change
the name of the Central Georgia Banking
Company to Bank.
A bill creating the office of Life Insurance
Commissioner was discussed until one
o’clock.
At the afternoon session, a resolution
was adopted ilniug absentees $3 per hour
when absent.
Bills passed to exempt the Hook and
Ladder Company of Bainbridge from jury
duty; to amend the road laws of Bibb
county; authorizing the authorities of
Bainbridge to tax express, telegraph and
railroad companies ; to authorize the city
of Macon to endorse bonds of the Canal
Manufacturing Company ; and to facilitate
the carrying of cases to the Supreme Court.
nousK.
The wild land bill was set down for to
morrow.
The bill to declare the poll tax for the
years 1868 ’69 and ’7O illegal was indefi
nitely postponed by yeas 73 to nays 44
Tlie majority aud minority reports ou
the bill to equip the State Road was made
the special order for Tuesday week.
O'Neal, of Lownd< s, offered a resolution
requesting the Governor to adjourn the
General Assembly on the 18th inst, if it
does not adjourn of its own accord before
that time. Adopted.
A motion to adjourn on Friday, to al
low ti e Republicans to attend the nomina
ting conventions, was lost.
Higden, of Decatur county, has resigned.
f Associated Press Dispatches.
SUNDAY EVENING DISPATCHES.
London, October 2 —The siege ofSois
sons continues. Sorties were repulsed.
The French asked for a truce to bury the
dead. The German loss was trifling. No
official advice of the. Duke of Nassau’s
death.
Bismarck denies a disposition to make
France a second-rate power.
The besiegers before Paris are probably
receiving their siege guns to-day. Guns
used at Toul are not going to Paris. They
have been sent elsewhere.
Bridges and tunnels on German lines of
communication are nearly all repaired.
The Royal headquarters will soon be moved
nearer to Paris.
The King of Prussia sent 5,000 thalers to
the relief of the inhabitants of Strasbourg.
The Echo du Nord, of Lille, says the
Fr inc-tireurs killed the Duke of Nassau
and his secretary.
It is reported that the Pope advises his
adherents to abstain from voting on the
plebiscite.
St. Petersburg, October 2.—The Bud
get: for 1871 shows no deficit. Tbki indi
cated paoifle intention*, ou the. part o£ the
Czai*.
Berlin, October 2.—By royal decree,
the occupied French territory outside of
Alsace and Lorraine has been placed un
der the Governorship of the Duke of Meck
lenburg-Sch we ren.
Tours, October 2.—Ulrich was received
at the gates of the city by Ministers and
an immense crowd, and conducted to the
Archbishop’s palace and installed as the
nation’s guest. The ovation was wildly
enthusiastic.
It was reported at Eureux yesterday
that Nantes was occnpied by 4,000 Prus
sians.
The commander of Fort d’lssy declares
that he will not surrender his post upon
any terms
The National Guard now on active duty
in Paris is 375,000.
A richly decorated coffin, escorted by
many Mecklenburg troops, passed Toni on
the 29th. Two similar coffins followed next
day.
A Government proclamation explaining
delay in theelection for Constituent Assem
bly, says the delay was for the purpose of
facilitating negotiations for an armistice.—
The Government hopes the courage of the
defenders of Paris, aided by events outside,
may bring delivcrence before election, but
should the situation remain unchanged,
the Assembly will inspire army and nation
with fresh hope and courage.
Dispatches from Prefects of Departments
and other officials show that the circular
of Jules Favre, regarding the failure of
peace negotiations, produced as good effect
throughout France as abroad.
Madrid, October 2.—The Spanish Gov
ernment has been officially advised of the
Cuban emancipation proclamation.
Richmond, October 2.—The flood on the
hivana river is the highest ever experienced
since 1807. The families of Mr. Jennings,
and of another miller on the river, were
washed away, in all five persons. Mr.
Jennings is supposed to have been drown
ed. His wife and two children are known
to have perished. A young lady of the
family clung to a tree forty-eight hours
and was washed off and at last drowned.
Her death was witnessed by a crowd on
the other bank of the river, but there were
no boats near by which she might have
been rescued.
On the Majassas Railroad the bridges
across the North and .South Shenandoah
rivers are gone, there is no information
from beyond Strasbupg. Many lives, says
a telegram to the Dispatch, which contain
these particulars, are known to have been
lost. The Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
above Harper’s Ferry has been swept away.
Scottsville, in Albemarle county, has been
mandated and the destruction of property
was very great. Eighteen lives were lost.
Trains are running regularly between
Alexandria and Richmond.
A dispatch from Lynchburg, this morn
ing, estimates the loss there by the flood at
$100,000; loss to Orange and Alexandria
Railroad, $500,000; loss to the canal, $250,-
000, and loss to the South Side Railroad,
$500,000.
On Thursday, while the water was ris
ing, James Ramson, daughter and servant
girl; Robert Whittey, wife and three chil
dren, and a colored woman, with her three
children, were standing on the abutment of
the canal bridge, at Lynchburg, waiting
for a boat to take them off, when a dredg
ing machine broke loose above and drifted
against the abutment, carrying it away
with all on it. All were drowned.
Galveston, October I —Total deaths to
date, from yellow fever, 8. One new case
is reported to-day and six cases are now
under treatment. The city is still quaran
tined against New Orleans.
Portress Monbob, October B.—A severe
northeast storm set in last evening, and
still continues blowing a gale of wind.
The Roads are full of shipping.
New Orleans, October 2.— There were
eleven deaths from yellow fever yesterday.
At a base ball match, the first of a series
for the championship, the Lone Stars
scored 15 and the Lees 34.
SUNDAY NIQHT DISPATCHES.
Rome, October 2.—The Pope declines to
quit Rome. Re remains for the present at
Castle St. Angelo. His health is excellent.
Civil affairs are conducted by a commis
sion of eighteen Ministers with Galtani,
presiding. Political exiles are coming in
from all quarters.
Tours, October I—Morning—A fight is
now progressing near St. Germain.
A dispatch from Toul reports heavy
firing in the direction of Metz. It is re
ported Gen. Bourbaki made a sortie from
Metz, inflicting heavy loss on the Pru -
sians. The National Guard will protect
Metz if Bazaine succeeds in cutting out.
New Yomk, October 2.—Sixty-flve yel
low fever cases have been removed from
Governor’s Island'to quarantine hospital.
Other precautions have been taken, which,
It is hoped, will prevent its spread. There
were two deaths yesterday, making twenty
since August. Additional cases have been
received at quarantine from New Orleans
steamers. Vessels from New Orleans are
placed under strict surveillance.
The small-pox is spreading in the east
ern district or Brooklvn. One case of yel
low fever was reported in Brooklyn yester
day.
General N. P. Banks has gone to repre
sent Massachusetts in the Southern Com
mercial Convention, to assemble Tuesday.
Washington, October 2. —The Govern
ment will sell a million of gold every
Wednesday and purchase two milliou of
bonds every Thursday during the present
mouth. It will also anticipate the payment
of 5 per cent, bonds due January Ist,
1871, upon adjustment of interest at 6 per
cent. .These bonds were issued under the
act of June 22d, .1860, and amount to
17,000,000.
The President has arrived.
There is a steady rain. Considerable
damage is reported to the Winchester
Road.
The Supreme Court of the District has
abolished the rule requiring its lawyers to
take the irou-clad oath.
Latest. —Raining heavily, with the pros
pect of continuing all night.
NOON DISPATCHES.
Washington, October 3.— Foreign Sum
mary.—The diplomats at Paris will ask
twenty-four hours’ notice, before bombard
ment commences, to leave the city.
The Government at St. Petersburg, to
quiet r. pprehensrons, announces semi offi
cially that a Turkish war will not involve
the neutrality between Prussia aud France.
Russian newspapers are unanimous for a
settlement of the Eastern question and ab
rogation of the treaty of Paris.
Diplomats say GortschakotT is deter
mined to upset the Paris treaty. .Gortscha
koff and Bismarck have probably solved
this problem
Forty-seven q >v- lost by the flood
at Harper’s Ferry. t he Baltimore and
Ohio Railroad was uninjured by the flood.
The weather this morning is cold but
cloudy.
Collector Casey, of New Orleans, is here.
The last New Orleans mail was on the
25th.
New York Oeiob >■ t —A World special
from Oaten ’ ■- ■ . ... tory of the 27th,
purporting to have been signed by Gam
bet.ta, is entirely discredited.
The Duke of Nassau was killed on the
24th, while riding with King William and
staff from Rheims to Chalons. In the thick
est part of the woods suddenly rung out a
double volley of musketry from an ambus
cade of Franc-tireurs. The third carriage,
containing the Duke and staff, was riddled.
One aide was killed and another mortally
wounded. The Duke died Sunday. The
fifth carriage, containing the King, was
struck by several balls but nobody was
hurt. The woods were scoured; nobody
was found.
London, October 3.—The Prussians are
slowly closing around Paris. So far they
have made no attempt to bombard the city.
The Prussian garrison at Strasbourg
consists of 10,000 men.
Arrangements are progressing to bom
bard Paris from Ville Juiff, Genneville and
St. Cloud.
The Strasbourg besieging army has been
divided ; part goes to Lyons and part goes
to Paris.
A correspondent of the London Times be
lieves the reduction of Paris will require
considerable time.
Rome, October 3.—Voting is quiet; from
47,000 votes only 66 were against Italian
unity.
EVENING DISPATCHES.
Washington, October 3.—Revenue to
day nearly $1,250,000.
The five dollars fee for passports is abol
ished.
A. N. Young, of Kentucky, is appointed
Consul to St. Jago de Cuba.
The condition ot the telgraphs and roads
prevent the confirmation of the following:
“ Richmond, October 2 —The Lexington
Gazette painfully announces that Gen. R. E.
Lee was stricken with paralysis on the 28th
ult., since which time he has been altogeth
er speechless. The entire community are
bowed with sorrow at this affliction to the
old hero, which they regard as a mournful
event to the State.”
The weather is cold, with occasional rain.
Staunton, October 3.—Colonel Chris
tian, just from Lexington, reports that on
the evening of tlie 28th of September, Gene
ral Lee, after presiding over an unusually
large meeting of the Faculty of Washing
ton College, attended a protracted and ex
citing meeting of the Vestry of the Episco
pal Church. On returning to Ms residence
he fainted from the extraordinary fatigue,
and was placed in bed, where he has since
remained under advice from his physi
cians. He has had no symptoms of
apoplexy or paralysis, only a torpor. He
has had full use of his bodily powers, and
speaks as occasion requires His physi
cians confidently expect his recovery in a
day or so. At noon to-day (Monday), he
was cheerful, and his family and physicians
are confident of his speedy restoration.
Col. Christian left Gen. Lee’s house at 12
o’clock to-day. This is reliable.
Fkrreres, October 3.—Bismarck has
published that the i*eport of the conversa
tion between King William and tlie Em
peror Napoleon, given by Russell, the cor
respondent of the London limes , and ex
tensively copied over the world, is founded
throughout on mere invention.
Berlin, October 3.—-The North German
Gazette denounces the priests as the sources
of anti-Prussian feeling in the South Ger
man States, amt the instigators of revolt,
murder and hostile alliances.
The Prussians took 500 prisoners in
Saturday’s action before Paris.
General Burnside is in conference with
Favre and Washburne at Paris.
Later advices report Paris orderly.
The requisition at Strasbourg to quarter
8,000 troops has been commuted for money.
Rome, October 3.—Later returns show
50,000 for unity and 500 against. Several
monks and priests voted yes.
The city was illuminated last night.
The best order prevailed. Services of
guards at voting places were not needed.
The workmen voted in a body.
London, October 3. —The Prussians de
mand 100,000 francs from each department
from which the Germans have been ex
pelled.
The Prefect of Lyons is invested with
plenary power for the preservation of or
der. The populace support him enthusi
astically.
Another body of Germans have crossed
the Rhine, moving towards Mulhonse, and
another body near Neuf Chateau.
The Prussians assert that the fire from
forts around Paris is vigorous but harm
less. The supposed object is to delude the
Parisians into the belief that an effective
defense is progressing.
Another account from Paris says the
French loss on September 30th was 1,200
killed and wounded. Among the wounded
was General Gnilluame. 300 prisoners
were also taken.
The French forts were almost silent Sat
urday and Sunday.
A corps of 100,000 Germans is now form
ing at Toul, to operate against Lyons.
Tours, October B.—News from Metz con
firm the reported excellent condition of Ba
zaine’s army.
The Prefect of the Department du Nord
telegraphs the following account of the re
cent battle from Lille, October 2d: “ I have
dispatches from Paris, by a carrier pigeon,
September 30th, saying our troops to-day
operated offensively by reconnoisance in
force, and occupied Meville and L’Hage,
and advanced to Thias and Cloisy Croy.
All th*se positions were solidly occupied
by entrenched Prussians, protected by can
non. After a short engagement, our troops
retired in good order. The Mobiles be
haved admirably. Our losses were con
siderable, as were those of the enemy. The
dispatch is signed by Trochu.”
Cremieux, addressing Ulrich,said: “The
Government has cackled that neither terri
tory nor fortresses will be ceded to Ger
many.” The expression meets with favor
able comment.
The French forces on the left bank of the
Rhine are well disciplined and elective &
Chateau Dun, October 2.—The Prus
sians near Patay, in the Department of the
Loire, also approached Epernay in strong
force, but retreated before the Mobiles
The Mobiles have been reinforced, as thev
expect the Prussians in force.
Vienna, October 3—The Review, of this
morning, says the alarming news about
Russian war preparations is untrue. Gen
Ignatiff is still at Constantinople. Russia
makes no war movement. The relations
between Russia and Austria leave nothin l '
to be desired. °
Paris, September 30, via Tours, October
3.—A decree has been published forbidding
domicilliary visits, except by municipal au
thorities. Another decree has been issued
making a requisition for all wheat and
flour in Paris.
Neuf Chateau, October 2.—One thou
sand Prussian cavalry passed Vaid to-day
to join the corps forming at Toul. The
German army which recently crossed the
Rhine near Mulbouse, is marching ou
Schiestadt, and will occupy the entrance
to the Valley of St. Marien.
Atlanta, October 3.—The rqmor that
the State Fair would be postponed is au
thoritatively contradicted. Col. B. C.
Yancey is President of the State Agricultu
ral Society. The Fair commences on the
19tli, and will continue eight days. Prepa
rations for the Fair are progressing rapidly
to completion.
New Orleans, October 3.—Deaths from
yellow fever yesterday, 10.
Richmond, October 3.—The flood has
gone down and the merchants are calculat
ing their losses. It is thought this morn
ing that half a milliou will cover the loss
in the city, but not in the towns above
here.
The Legislature will adjourn from day
day until a quorum can be obtained.
Afton, Va., near Greenwood, October
3.—Accounts are coming in from this coun
ty. Albemarle represents the destruction
of property as immense, and many lives are
lost. The flood in some instances .swept
away whole families. The number of lives
lost in Albemarle county as far as heard
from are fourteen. The amount of destruc--
tion of grain, tobacco, barns, fences, cattle,
hogs, houses and mills is incalculable.—
The number of mills and dams destroyed
within the range of the flood is about
fifty. The freshet was confined within
the radius of the upper valley of Vir
ginia. Tlie flood - was so great that it
carried cows and hogs before it like so
many chips of wood. It was particular
ly severe along the Ohesapeak and Ohio
Railroad; at Shadwell about a mile of track
was washed away. There were some dozen
land slides between Oobham and Mlllboro
and eight or ten bridges were swept away.
The road is damaged to the extent ol SIOO,-
000. At the Mountain Top House, on the
summit of Blue Ridge Mountains, the
kitchen was flooded with water.
Greenwood, Va., October 3 —lt rained
very heavy again all day yesterday and
last night, and an augmentation of the flood
below may be looked for. Owing to the
destruction ol mills and the interruption of
railroad transportation, much suffering
among the poor of the deluged districts is
reported. Breadstuff* have advanced.
Such of the passengers here of the cut off
train as desire it will be transferred to
Charlottesville to-morrow, and then fer
ried across Moore’s creek and Rivanna
river, to connect with the train on the op
posite side. The road between White Sul
phur Springs and Milboro is opeu, but be
tween Milboro and Keswick, a distance of
eighty-flve miles, this road is impassable,
and so injured by the flood that travel can
not be resumed in two weeks, although
Gen. Wyckham has all the available force
at his command at work upon it.
Weather clear and warm.
NIGHT DISPATCHES.
London, October 3.— Sydney advices of
September Bth report extensive defensive
preparations progressing.
The Avoca, coming from Australia, has
141,00 ft ounces of gold and 165,000 sove
reigns.
Messrs. Laird testify before the Naval
Court Martial that the Captain rolled from
seven to eight, degrees in beam at sea.
Saratoga, October B.—Hon. Henry
Buck, member of the South Carolina Sen
ate, died here on tlie Ist inst., aged 70 years.
New York, October 3.—Communication
between Brooklyn and Governor’s Island is
prohibited, on account of yellow fever.
A heavy rain fell in the city last night
and all the morning. No serious damage
is reported.
It is said Alexander Dumas, Sr., is and y
ing at Dieppe.
French frigates stop Euglish merchant"
men in the Channel, and compel an exhi
bition of their papers.
Paris advices state that the decree re
lieves the Government from the care ol the
poor, aud throws tlie responsibility thereof
on the municipalities. Breadstuffs not re
served in households for use are to be
placed at the dispos il of the Paris commis
sariat.
The Prussians push their scouts beyond
Villegrief and Drouey.
The French gunboats on th • Seine have
tired on the Prussians, burning the woods
at Billancourt. ,
The firing from Forts de L’Est and St.
Denis has dislodged the Prussians from
Chateau de Stanisaud Le Bourget.
The Prussians have thrown up works at
Dugry.
It is reported that in consequence of the
vote of Leonine City having been cast
unanimously for the rulership of Victor
Emanuel, the Pope will lake up his resi
dence in Malta.
The Archbishop of Manning, in a ser
mon at Westminster Cathedral on Sunday,
likened Victor Emanuel to Pontius Pilate.
Tours, October 3.—An official decree
has been issued for the purpose of enforcing
Jisciplinn and order. The most rigorous
leasnres have been taken with that view.
Courts martial will replace councils of war
during the continuance of the war. There
will be no revision of, and no alt ration In,
sentences pronounced by courts’martial.
Article 6th punishes with death desertion,
murder, spying, thieving and pillage,
with or without arms; refusal to obey
a superior, menaces to or assaults on a
superior, provocation to mutiny or indisci
pline, loss of arms with purpose of avoiding
combat, destruction of munitions with the
same purpose. During a fight, any com
missioned officer Is authorized to shoot
soldiers actiug cowardly, ami not assuming
the place to which they are ordered or endea
voring to create a panic. All non-military
persons participating in any of the above
offenses may be subjected to the death pen
alty. Bnch army division will be accom
panied by a force of Gens d’Arms. The
Provost Marshal may issue orders to
enforce these rules, and may, upon
his own authority, make arrests. The
whole of the decree is applicable
to all armed forces of the Republic.
Prefects and mayors have been ordered to
proceed to mobilization, and report on
their progress every three days, under pen
alty of revocation for non-compliance.—
These decisive measures meet the hearty
approval from the whole population here.
The Government is much preoccupied
with finding means to prevent disorders at
Lyons, where parties, who have usurped
authority, have just sequesterated proper
ties of religions corporations.
MARINE NEWS.
New York, October 3.—Arrived: City
of Paris, Virginia, Clyde and Barnes.
Arrived out: Palmyra, Etna and City of
Brussels.
MARKETS.
London, October 3—Noon.—Consols,
92 %. Bond?, 90%.
London, October 3—Evening.—Consols,
92%. Bonds, 90%. Tallow, 48s. 9d.
Liverpool, October 3—Noon.—Cotton
steady; uplands, 8%; Orleans, 8%; sales,
10,000 bales. Rosin easier. •
Later— Bombay shipments of cotton since
last report, 19,000 bales. Flour, 235. 6d.
Bacon, Cumberland cut, 555.; short ribbed
middles, 665.
Liverpool, October 3
ton firmer; uplands, 8%; Orleans, 8%;
sales, 12,000 bales; speculation and export.
2,000.
Frankfort, October 2.—Boqds, 94%.
New York, October 3—Noon.—Stocks
heavy. Gold, 113%. Money, 495. Sterling
—long, 9%; short, 10%. ’62’s, 18.
New York, Octolier 3—P. M Money
498. Sterling heavy at 0%99%. Gold,
118%9113%. Governments dull and steady;
’62’s, 12%. Southerns dull with lower
quotations for Virginias; Virginias, 60;
new, 63.
New York, October 3—P. M.—Gold
opened weak at 113% and recovered %;
dull during afternoon. ’62’s, 12%; ’64%,
11%; ’6s’s, 11%; new, 60%; ’67’s, 60%;
68’s, 10% ; 10-40’s, 6%. Tennessees, 62;
new* 60% ; Loutsianas, 70; new, 62; Le
vees, 74; B’s, 87; Alabamas, 100; s’s, 70;
Oeorgias, 82; 7’s, 91; North Caroliuas, 50;
ne S’ ’ out h Caroliuas, 80; new, 68.
New York, October 3—Noon.—Flour
steady. Wheat quiet and firm. Corn
scarce and firm Pork, $24 62%@24 75.
i c °ttou quiet and firm; uplands,
«>%; Orleans, 16%; sales, 550 bales. Tur
pentine quiet at 39%. Rosin in moderate
request; strained, $1 95. Freights steady.
NkwYoxk, October 3—P. M.—Cotton
opeued firm and closed dull; sales, 2,900
bales ; uplands, IG%. Flour, State and
Western 5c better ; superfine, $4 90@5 05 ;
Southern active—little firmer; common to
fair extra $5 40@6 K). Wheat lc better,
light supply, fair export demand ; Winter
red and amber Western, $2 90@3 30; Red
and aber Southern, $2 30. Corn quiet
!»or: er 87(388. Pork firmer at $25
f.™ 15. Whisky steidy at 88(389. —
Groceries quiet and firm. Naval Stores
steady. Tallow, 9(39%. Freights firmer
and less active ; Cotton, steam %.
Baltimore, October 3.—Flour dull and
unchanged. Pork, $25(325 50. Whisky
good feeling in market; sales at 90(391, for
wood and iron.
New Orleans, October 3. — Flour flrra
ei ; super, $4 25; double, $5 ; treble, $5 50
@6. Corn lower; white, 70. Oats lower;
St. Louis, 50(352. Bran, 90(395. Hay dull;
prime, $24; choice, $25. Pork iirmer;
|26i326 25. Bacon firmer at 14%<3
*4%, 17% and 18%; hams, 22(325. Lard
packers tierces, 16(316% ; rcflnsd, 17(317% ;
kegs, 19(320. Molasses scarce and nothing
Sugar—white Louisiana clarified,
Whisky, 90@91. Coffee scarce;
prime 17%(317%. Sterling, 23%@23%.
New York Sight, %<3%. Gold, 113%.
Cincinnati, October 3.—Flour dull and
unchanged. Corn quiet and weak at 70.
Provisions quiet and unchanged. Pork
dull; holders make no concessions; sales
at $24325. Lard dull and nominal at 14%.
Bacon dull; holders make no coucessious;
shoulders, 13%; aides held at 10%@17%.
Whisky steady with moderate demand at
86(386.
New Orleans, October 3.—Cotton in
moderate demand aud prices a shade higher;
middling, 15%; sales, 3,300 bales ; net re
ceipts, 5,311 ; coastwise, 98; total, 5,409;
exports coastwise, 3,320 ; stock, 31,253.
Boston, October 3.—Cotton dull; mid
dling, 16% ; sales, 200 bales; net receipts,
30; coastwise, 2,063 ; total, 2,093; stock
6,300 bales.
Savannah, October 3.—Cotton in good
demand ; middling, 14%@14%; net re
ceipts, 5,018 hales; exports coastwise,
4,404 ; stock, 21,378.
Mobile, October 3.—Cotton firmer, not
quotably higher; midding, 14%; sales, 700
bales; receipts, 1,347; exports coastwise, 73
to New Orleans; stock, 1,682.
Charleston, October 3.—Cotton firmer;
middling, 14% ; sales, 500 bales; receipts’
2,425; exports coastwise, 2,196; stock,
7,805.
Baltimore, October 3.—Cotton dull and
heavy; middling, 16%; sales, 150 bales;
net receipts, 55; coastwise, 285; total, 340;
exports coastwise, 85 ; stock, 2,865.
Norfolk, October 3 — Cotton quiet;
middling, 14%@14%; sales, 75 bales; net
receipts, 759 ; exports coastwise, 848;
stock, 2,624.
Augusta Daily Market.
Office Dait.t Constitutionalist, >
Mondat, October 3—P. M. $
FINANCIAL—
GOLD—Buying at 113 and selling at 114.
SILVER— Buying at 105 and selling at 108.
BONDS—City Bonds, 80(382.
STOCKS—Georgia Railroad, 97(398. Au
gusta Factory, 155@160. Savings Bank, 100.
COTTON The market opened with an ac
tive demaud at 14 for Liverpool middling,
14% for New York- middling—holders asking
higher priees—and remained so until the ac
counts from New York and Liverpool were re
ceived, showing still further dreiiue, after
which the market closed weak, witty fully %
off: We quote Liverpool middling, 13%@14 ;
New York middling, 14(314%, Sales, 639
hales. Receipts, 859 bales.
BACON—Good demand, with light stock.
We quote C. Sides, 19(319% ; C. R. Sides,
18%@19; B. B. Sides, 18(318%; Shoulders,
16(316%; Hi ms, 22%@27; Dry Salt Shonl
ders, 14%@15 ; Dry Sait C. K. Sides, 17%@
18; D. S. Clear Sides, 18,
CORN—In moderate demand, and prime
white is selling at *1 15 by the car load from
depot; retail, $1 20.
WHEAT—We quote choice white, $1 30;
amber, $1 25; red, fl 15.
FLOUR—City Mills, ffi 00<37 50; at retail, $1
$f barrel higher. Country, #6(39, according tc
quality.
CORN MEAL—fI 20 at wholesale; #145
■d retail.
OATS 55(360
PEAS—#3(32 25.
State Items.
The dramatic season was opened in Sa
vannah last night, by the New York dra
matic company of Manager Harvev.
Rev. Dr. T E. Skinner, of Nashville, has
been invited to accept the pastorale of the
Baptist Church in Columbus.
Rev. T. E. Langley has accepted the call
to become pastor of the Dawson Baptist
Church.
Judge Allgood, of Floyd county, raised
112 bushels of Early Rose Irish potatoes
on less than one-fourth of an acre.
The Rome Commercial learns that the.
boll worm is injuring the cotton crop in
Cedar Valley very seriously.
The New York steamer which arrived
at Savannah- on Saturday brought out
Nixon’s celebrated New York circus, which
will exhibit ill Augusta 011 the sth iustant.
Rev. Dr. A. F. Holmes, a Baptist minis
ter known throughout the State, died on
Tuesday last. He died of dropsy, in the
68th year of his age. He was a good man
and highly esteemed.
Twenty-eight German immigrants, the
vanguard of quite a colony to follow, ar
rived in Savannah on Saturday, en route to
Quincy, Fla , where they propose to engage
in agricultural pursuits.
The Cartcrsville Express wishes it dis
tinctly understood, in advance, that Gen.
W. T. Wofford, of Bartow county, Is its
first, only and last choice for Governor of
Georgia In 1872, or whatever of her may be
left when Rnfus gets through.
The Decatur County Agricultural So
ciety, at Its last meeting, adopted resolu
tions censuring commercial manipulated
manures, and approving the policy of every
planter making and manipulating his own
manure.
A horse thief, giving his name as S. R.
Kay, of South Carolina, was caught near
Lawrenceville, on the 26th ult., having in
his possession a horse belong to Mr. Clai
borne Tuck, of Walton county. He was
committed to jail.
The Americus Republican says the plant
ers of that section are sick of cotton—the
low price is a powerful emetic—they say
that hereafter two-thirds of their lands
will raise the cereals. They will change
with Spring, and cotton will grow on four
fifths of the land cultivated in that section.
John Pickett, an employee of the Colum
bus Eagle and Phoenix Mills, was shot at
Salem, Alabama, on Friday evening, by
Capt. Thomas Key. The ball took effect in
the stomach, and the wound is regarded
serious, probably fatal. Key was slightly
wounded in the hand by a pistol ball froin
a weapon in the hands of Pickett.
The Eagle and Phoanix Mills of Colum
bus have recently filled orders from A. T.
Stewart, of New York, for their celebrated
cotton blankets, and are now shipping to
some of tlie Western States. The Eagle
and Phtenix is the only manufactory on
this continent • where such articles are
made, and the orders for them are -mnch
heavier this season than ever before.
Jim Hollinsworth, an old negro burglar
in Macon, was arrested on Saturday, for
robbing Mr. Goodall, of the City Bankiug
Company, on Friday night, of a gold watch
and chain, valued at S3OO, and some S7O in
greenbacks, Articles were recovered, show
ing that this adroit burglar had robbed five
different houses of various articles of value
and money within three nights.