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CONSTITUTIONALIST.
AUO-XJSTA. C5-A.
TUESDAY MOENING, 001'. 18.1370
Notice.
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THE UNQUENCHED SPIRIT.
In the midst of our misfortunes, afflic
tions and personal deep grief tor the loss of
the noble Lee, one of the best signs of the
times we have witnessed for several years
—as we read these signs—springs from
this very heavy bereavement itself. It
springs from the unmistakable expression
of general admiration in which our great
Chieftain’s matchless worth was really
held by all classes of our population. In
stead of being, even for party effect, held
up as a traitor or rebel, this renowned
leader of our Cause is honored even by the
bayonet-backed Houses of Legislature of
Georgia and Virginia as both a Patriot
and a Hero. Has the world ever witness
ed such a tribute of vice to virtue ? If
these things are done in the green leaf,
What will be done in the dry ? If at this day,
with all the passions of the strife still alive;
while usurpation is still rampant—that
usurpation yhich is Lees honor
and glory to have warred against—if
we say, under these circumstances, such
homage is done to the mau and his memo
ry, what may not be expected in future for
the memory of all who fought, bled and
died for the same Cause under the same
stainless banner ? With this unerring sign
of which way the hearts of the great body
of the people of this country, North and
South, incline on these questions, shall any
of those whose good name and fame are
identified with the deeds of Lee and the
Cause he and they represented be the first
to falter in maintaining the righteousness of
that Cause, o\ in denouncing the great
wrongs, for warring against which Lee
gained that immortality of patriotism
which is now, hardly before the sod has
covered him, so universally awarded ?
In the midst of our grief, then, we hail
this as the best sign of the times witnessed
for many a day.
WttMUPLEQR-BUTLER.
Elsewhere we publish a very sacastic let
ter from the noted Washington correspon
dent of the Baltimore Gazette. It seems
that this letter has been misunderstood by
certain of the Democracy, so difficult is it for
some men to appreciate a truism. The
correspondent, in a second letter, deliber
ately clears up all misinterpretation on the
question of policy and principle, especially
as evinced in the elections which have been
decided, and for the purpose of illuminating
those which are to come. Hear him:
“Once upon a time—a long time ago—l list
ened to a very diverting speech in a politi
cal ‘ struggle,’ in which (the great question
being as to where a turnpike road should
be located) a man took the ground boldly
that howsoever many times he had changed
his ‘ position ’ upon the point at issue, he
had always been on one side of the proposed
road or the other, ancl charged his opponent
With occupying the position of* sitting on
the fence,’ which was very nearly the di
viding line in controversy. This I believe
to be the origin of the phrase which graphi
cally describes a class of men who are ever
ready to compromise principles by diluting
them to suit the prejudices of the passing
hour. It is needless to add that the fence
man was beaten all hollow.
“What was meant was this: First, that a
principle is always stronger than its per
sonal representative, and therefore the can
didate in its advocacy should be chosen
with exclusive reference to his more per
fect Identification with it. That a great
mistake in the current canvass in some
parts of the country was a deviation from
this rule, and a still greater in listening
for a moment to the timid counsels of men
who advised a blinking of the issues which
constitute the life-blood of the Democratic
Conservative party; and that, if possible,
a still graver error was committed in plac
ing the control of the canvass, to some ex
tent, in the hands of men interested in de
bauching the party by assimilating its
platform with that of its deadly opponents.
Secondly, I intended to say, and did say,
that the right way to whip the Radicals
was a persistent adhererice to principles, and
the cordial reception of every one into our
ranks (with equal privileges and honors)
who would honestly stick by them.
t>n$ l&pWnVaterrreans of restoring their
liberties) should still show themselves so
blind to their interests as to follow the
counsels of the men who are betraying
them (as they seem inclined to do to the*
bitter end), and the party of principle shall
be shown to be utterly powerless to arrest
this piece-meal resolution, then it is mani
fest that half-way measures will never answer.
Professional politicians may hold out the
hope that by toadying to men, and sacri
ficing every constitutionalists
hold dear, a sufficient number of the Radi
cal populace may be brought over to defeat
the rotten dominant faction. Could there
be a more foolish or a more devilish no
tion? I refrain from alluding to passing
events.
“At the worst, the great Conservative party
must needs be a power —if not to choose, at
least to decide! I regret that in suggest
ing many of the “ statesmen ” from whom
we might select a candidate in 1872 (if the
party must be Radicalized), I omitted to
name the Honorable Roderick Random
Butler, of Tennessee. 1 sincerely believe
that he is now the most popular man in the
United States, if his namesake of Massachu
setts be excepted. We have never had two
of the same name (and the same patriotic
impulses) upon a ticket for both of the
highest offices in the gift of “ a free people.”
If we shall decide to go to the polls upon
the issues of the New York platform, then
I say the two Butters are the men for my
money.
« This is what I intended tosay yesterday
—and I meant a great deal more! X.”
THE REWARD OF SUPERSERVICE
ABLE ZEAL.
The New York Tribme thus commented
upon the recent conduct of the Collector of
Savannah and his very loyal zealotry
« The better sense of the Southern peo
ple will approve the conduct of the Col
lector of Savannah, Georgia, in rehoisting
the United States flag over the Custom
House, which thoughtless subordinates had
placed at half-mast out of respect to the
iate Gen. Lee.”
The New York Expressly retorts:
« The better sense of the Southern peo
ple ‘ will do no such thing,’ nor will the
better sense of the Northern people approve
the act of the Savannah Collector. The
flag at half-mast was but a mark of respect
foran eminent public man now no more,
and to raise it was the reflex of general
opinion where it was raised. Gen. Lee had
done for the South what hundreds of brave
men educated as he was and believing as
he did had done for their country or sec
tion. ’He had, by the admission of all men,
some of the noblest of human qualities, as
honesty, sincerity, fidelity, gentleness, for
bearance and courage. The part he acted
after his defeat was in every respect unex
ceptionable, and the fact that his cause was
. lost one, and that he was the very em-
MM of tint lost cause, u the chief of
the Confederate armies, caused all gene
rous hearts in the Union ranks to respect
his misfortunes, even though they had no
sympathy with the cause of them, to the
South, to have raised a Union or Revenue
flag at half-mast on such. an occasion
was most natural, and to change its po
rtion, and to endorse this change by the
Secretary of the Treasury, was a piece of
meanness which * the better sense ’ of very
few persons will approve. The Consuls of
ail nations in the South raised their flags
at half-mast yesterday, in honor of a brave,
virtuous and modest public man. It was
simply a token of respect for a well known
and well beloved citizen. In the same
spirit nations victorious in battle, ships
triumphant in war, governments in the
hour of their conquest, have saluted the
flags of those once their enemies. No one
will forget the honors paid to George
Washington in England at the close of the
Revolution, nor the reception of old John
Adams as the first Federal American Am
bassador by King George at the Court of
St. James. It remains for the bigots of
America, five years and a half after the war
ended, to oppose a passing remembrance to
the virtues of a brave man, and at the same
time to inflict a wound upon the living and
the dead.”
The Herald considers Mr. Robb’s action
“very small indeed,” and rebukes that
insignificant functionary as follows:
“ The death of Gen. Robert E. Lee has
impressed the public throughout the entire
country with general feelings of regret.—
Old prejudices and party bitterness, if any
remained up to this time, seem to have been
forgotten at the announcement of his demise.
The State of Virginia, now loyal and Re
publican, proposes to give him a public
funeral. The Governor addressed a mess
age to the Legislature to this effect, which
was at once responded to by a unanimous
approval, and committees of both houses
were appointed to make the necessary ar
rangements. All the cities of the South
are wrapped in mourning for a great public
citizen, cultivated, highly gifted, Christian
gentleman, who, if he erred—and no one
believes that he erred consciously—survived
the error, lived a noble, dignified life, and
died in union with the whole people. Was
it not a very small business, then, for the
Collector of Savannah to cause the flag on
the Custom House, which, in nnisou with
the feeling of the community, was placed at
half-staff yesterday, to be hoisted to its
original position? Collector Robb tele
graphed the Information to Secretary Bout
well, alleging that the mark of respect to
the dead was paid by his deputies without
consulting him, and stating that much bad
feeling existed among citizens at his con
duct.
“ Secretary Boutwell approved the con
duct of tne Collector, for which he may not
be blamable, assuming that the honor was
intended to be paid to Gen. Lee as Com
mander-In-Chief of the Confederate armies ;
but it does not appear that this is the case
either in Savannah or anywhere else. Gen.
Lee was a great citizen of America, whom
his own people, especially, had learned to
honor. Mr. Robb might have shut his eyes
to that flag at half-staff and not bothered
the Secretary about, it. It is such very
small matters, that keep up the acerbity
which every honest man in the republic de
sires to see abandoned.”
Our New York Correspondence.
New Yobk, October 13,1870.
The result of the October elections is not
quite so favorable as was anticipated,
though showing a gain of several members
of Congress. The large negro vote import
ed into Pennsylvania and Ohio from Mary
land and Kentucky, and maintained in
their fraudulent designs by Federal bay
onets, has overcome, in a measure, the
great Democratic gains in those parts of
the States where there are few or no ne
gro votes. I presume, therefore, although
we shall gain several Congressmen in the
November elections, that it is too much to
hope for a Democratic majority in the next
House of Representatives.
The religious element has to some extent
entered into political contests this Fall.—
Harper's Weekly and the Monthly Magazine,
published by the same house, have, for a
long time, regularly contained articles cal
culated to excite antipathy against the
Catholics. The Magazine has published,
with illustrations, the anti-Catholic ac
counts of the wars of the seventeenth cen
tury, between the Catholics and the Pro
testants, and the Weekly has caricatured
the position of the Catholics in the school
question—pandering, in this way, to the
prejudice which exists against the Irish
Catholics, for the prejudice does not seem
to extend to Germau, French, or native
born Catholics. The devilish work in
which the Harper’s are engaged is the last
resort of the Radicals, for bayonets threat
en to fail them ; it will need mHch prudence
to defeat their malevolent designs. But
the fact that with these influences and the
negro vote, the Radicals have lost more
ground this year, shows where sensible
people are drifting.
Cotton has been depressed in the past
few days, though still above the minimum
figures which I indicated a fortnight ago,
namely, 15 cents per pound for low mid
dling ; in fact, the market has only lost a
part of the recent reaction. It may, how
ever, be said to be wholly in the hands of
the planters; circumstances of various
character just now operate to restrict the
demand, and planters should not sell any
more of their crop than is necessary to sup
ply their pressing needs. They must emu
late the examp’e of the wheat growers of
the West. Following the subsidence of
the speculation in breadstuffs, which at
tended the declaration of war between
France and Prussia, the price of wheat fell
very low; new No. 2 Spring dec.ined to
92)£ cents per bushel at Chicago, and par
ties were disposed to operate for even lower
prices. Shippers would not bay; Liver
pool steadily declined, and there really
seemed to be notbing between the farmers
and starvation prices; but just then it was
discovered that they would not sell their
wheat; that very little was coming to mar
ket. In the meantime the wants of buyers
were Increasing. The consequence was an
advance of 15 or 20 cent? per bushel, and
orders from Liverpool are quite pressing.
In the death of Superintendent Jonrdan,
we are reminded of the adage, “Let the
shoemaker stick to his last.” He was a
detective of remarkable acuteness, but the
larger duties of Superintendent so over
whelmed him in repeated failures as to be
come the primary cause of his death.—
There is a remarkable mortality among
prominent citizens, and especially politi
cians. To maintain a leading position in
local politics requires au amount of phys
ical exertion and endurance which few
suspect, and fewer still possess.
Absorbing interest in the war between
Prance and Europe appears lo be no long
er felt by the great mass of citizens, and it
ceases to have any considerable effect upon
our markets. It is not to be doubted,
however, that the restoration of peace
would have a very favorable effect npon
cotton. It is apparent that the Germans
feel that they have a sort of elephant on
their hands, and that they will gladly
make peace on their own terms; but the
want of a stable government in Prance
and the extreme pretensions of Bismarck
threaten to prolong the struggle till
Spring, when, it may be, that Russia will
find her opportunity, in her enemies’ weak
ness, to push her traditional policy, and
embroil all Europe in the struggle. This,
I have reliable information, is the view
now taken of the sitnatiou by Russian
statesmen, and certainly, nnless we have
an early peace, contingencies are manifold.
This city and its suburbs seem to have
been restored to their nominal healthfnl
ness. Wc have had timely frosts and rains,
which have cleaned the atmosphere of
miasma, and freshened the stagnant pools.
The yachting seasoa Is about to termi
nate in a race to the windward between the
Dauntless and the Cambria. It is to be
noted that fast yachts have been this season
much more popular than fast horses. The
raceshavebeen poorly attended. Yatching
is an amusement which has come to be
very expensive, and none but the mqpt
wealthy can indulge therein with the large
vessels now sailed. It is therefore more
exclusive and free from the encroachments
of the vulgar and pretentions, than horse
racing.
A purchase has recently been made by
the Crystal Palace Association of a lot of
land for the site of their projected building.
The plot selected for this purpose com
prises somewhat more than twenty-two
acres, and commands a fine view of the
city, Yorkvllle, Harlem, Long Island, the
Palisades, East and North Rivers, Long
Island Sound and New York Bay. The
contemplated palace, in which will be ex
hibited the productions of all nations, will
occupy the four sides of the ground to the
extent of WO feet #*p, leaving an ajea or
open space in the centre equal to eleven
acres. The palace will thus be 3,600 feet,
in length, 150 feet wide, and it is under
stood that three of the sections or sides
will be eight stories high. It will be com
posed of iron and glass ; the style of archi
tecture. though not as yet fully decided
upon, Is imposing and ornamental, and the
court of eleven acres enclosed by the build
ing will be laid oat with taste, and orna
mented with fountains, statues, flowers,
shrubs, &c. The location is deemed the best
that conld be obtained, especially when the
facilities for reaching it are taken into con
sideration, as, before the completion of the
mammoth building, the trains of the Hud
son RiVCr and New York Central Railroad,
New York, Harlem and Albany, and the
New York and New Haven Railroad will
pass the grounds, white ample arrange
ments iu the way of side tracks and
switches are already provided for such
special trains as may be run between this
point and the city depot. The Third ave
nue horse cars will pass the grounds on
the east, the cars of the Second avenue,
and also of the newly-instituted Madison
avenue line, within one block, while steam
ers from all points can land passengers
within two blocks, or three minutes’ walk
of the east side entrance. The capital of
the Crystal Palace Association is $7,000,-
000, of which, the cost of the land being
deducted, there will be sufficient to erect a
building which will be an enduring orna
ment to America’s great metropolis. In
matters theatrical, the event of the week
has been the debut in English tragedy of
Janauschek, the very eminent German
tragedienne, who, two years ago, in this
city and elsewhere, gave proof of her high
capacity, and who, in .spite of great mis
management. won extraordinary triumphs.
She now reappears, after more than a year
devoted to diligent study of the English
language, in Euglish tragedy, and it is
almost needless to say that she has been re
ceived with great applause. The character
chosen as the first in a contemplated series
of representations is that of Deborah , the
one in which she achieved in German
her chief success. To-morrow uight she
plays Mary Stuart, ami ou Saturday in
a little comedy entitled, “ Come Here.”
Although, as heretofore, at the Academy
of Music, she is not under the manage
ment of unlucky Impressario in connec
tion with whom she originally appeared
and who has so long, at the Academy,
suffered defeat aud loss, but she is
now connected with Mr. Daly, who has
hitherto proved himself a successful man,
but who, in venturing to take charge of
the cumbersome and ill-fated Academy,
does not relinquish his profitable little
bijou, the Fifth Avenue Theatre, where the
success of “ Man and Wife ” is such that
lie is compelled to j»ostpone the production,
both of novelties aud well known plays,
until the favor of the public shall seem to
be upon the wane. The desire to hear
Nilsson in opera grows stronger, and will,
we trust, be gratified. She leaves New
York this week, however, for a short
time, not more than a fortnight it is under
stood.
Seebach also is doing well at the Theatre
Francais, where she is now playing “Jane
Eyre,” that work of rare genius having
been dramatized in an effective manner.
Lotta, at Niblo’s, is in one of her best
pieces—“ Little Nell, or the Marchioness
this, however, being the last week of her
engagement. Lina Edwin’s Theatre is be
ing well patronized, in consequence proba
bly of being well managed; and, at the
Olympic, anew pantomine, “Wee Willie
Winkie,” promises to be as popular as was
Humpty Dumpty in days gone by, the
pressure to obtain seats being very great,
aud Fox in this last effort being irresisti
ble. At Booth’s, Jefferson, alter eight
weeks in “ Rip Van Winkle, continues to
draw full houses. Miss Kellogg, after one
grand concert here, has left ou a tour.
WILLOUGHBY.
[Special Telegram to the Richmond Dispatch.
The Death of Gen. Lee.
FULL particulars op his last illness—
TIIE REMOTE AND IMMEDIATE CAUSE OP
DEATH.
Lexington, Va , via Stanton, >
October 13,1870. j
This is a day of gloom and sadness here.
The telegraph has announced the death of
Gen. Robert E. Lee. Since Tuesday noon,
it had been understood that the more favor
able symptoms which he exhibited early in
the morning had given place to more alarm
ing ones than he had yet shown. Early
this morning it was whispered through the
community that he was fast sinking, and
with beating hearts our people waited the
issue.
With the first peals of the tolling bells the
news ran tlinuarh the town, and all classes
wept together as the'word passed from lip
to lip, “Gen. Lee is dead.” In a moment,
and without any concert of action, every
stoic, shop or other place of business was
closed. Even freedmen left their work,
and all mingled in the common grief.
The exercises at the College and Insti
tute were suspended, and every young man
seemed to feel he had sustained an irrepara
ble personal bereavement. All of the small
schools were closed, and the children wept
as they realized that one of their best
friends had gone from them.
Your correspondent has taken especial
pains to obtain from his physicians (Drs.
Barton and Madison) a fall and accurate
statement of Gen. Lee’s illness and death.
The remote and real cause was the long
continuance of depressing influences inci
dent to the crushing responsibilities which
were upon him during the last year of the
war, the disastrous termination of the
struggle for the cause he so dearly loved,
and the afflictions of his native South since
the surrender.
As he sawiiis little army gradually melt
away before the countless hosts opposed to
them, and compelled to yield at last to over
whelming numbers and resources; as he
witnessed the sufferings of his “ poor
boys,” as he was accustomed to call them,
and thought of the condition of their fami
lies and of the Sonth : as his mails have
been everv day since flooded with most
piteous letters from maimed soldiers or
from the widows and orphans of the noble
men who followed him, he has borne a
calm exterior, and struggled for the good of
his State and the South with a heroism sur
passing any which he ever displayed on
the fle;d of battle. But the very fibres of
his great heart have been gradually wear
ing away until they have at last broken
and the vital spark has fled. Both of his
emiuant physicians concur in the opinion
that Gen. Lee has died rather from moral
than phisical causes; that his physical de
velopment was well nigh perfect, and that
there was no merely physical reason why
he might not*have lived for years to come.
The immediate cause of Ins death was, in
the opinion of his physicians, “mental and
physical fatigue, inducing venous conges
tion of the brain, which, however, never
proceeded as far as apoplexy or paralysis,
bnt,gradually caused cerebral exhaustion
and death.”
On Wednesday, September 28th, he was
more than nsnally busy. After attending
chapel service, as he always did, he spent
the whole morning attending to various
matters connected with the interests of the
College. At 4 o’clock, p. m., he went to a
meeting of the vestry of his church, over
which he presided. Matters of great im
portance to the interests of the church
were under consideration, and the meeting
was protected for three hours. Returning
home jnst in time for tea, he was sitting at
the table with his family when he was
suddenly attacked and became apparently
speechless and incapable of motion. The
next morning he rallied, and as there was
no decisive indications of paralysis or
apoplexy, it was hoped that the attack
would prove nothing more Serious than a
temporary nervous prostration. All of the
indications seemed favorable to his re
covery until last Monday. He spoke but
little, and that only in answer to questions
concerning his physical condition. But
this showed that he had recovered the pow
er of speech. His intellect seemed entirely
clear, and he gave most nmnistakeable evi
dences that while he lay for the most part
in a stupor, to which the medicines given
him no donbt largely contributed, he was,
when aroused, entirely conscious. He
seemed so much better on Saturday that
Dr. Madison playfully said to him: “Gene
ral, you must make haste and get up from
this bed. ‘ Traveller ’ is getting lazy, and
you mnst make haste and give him the ex
ercise he needs.” The General fixed his
eyes steadily upon him and shook his head
very emphatically, as if to indicate that he
din not expect to ride “ Traveler” again.
On Monday he became suddenly worse,
And despite efforts of as floe medi
cal skill as the country affords, aud the fer
vent prayers of anxious hearts, he grad wu-
Iy sunk until yesterday morning at
o clock, when he breathed his last:
. nature of his illness, was such that
there was no opportunity for protracted
conversation with him, and he uttered no
word which can Ik- seized on for sensation
al reports of his last hours. He wasstrick
en at the post or duty. He fell with the
harness ou, and liis calm, quiet death is a
fit termination of his noble life We need
no “ last words of Robert E. Lee.” His
deeds belong to history, while his life of
devoted’ unostentatious piety, and his firm
and living trust in Jesus as his personal
Redeemer, give unmistakable evidence that
ne now wears a crown of fadeless glory,
and has indeed entered upou that “ Rest
that remaineth for the people of God.”
f Correspondence cf the Baltimore Gazette.
From Washington.
HIS EXCELLENCY GOING TO THE FREDERICK
CATTLE SHOW—THE ELECTIONS UNDER
TIIE AUSPICES OP THE MARINE CORPS
HOW TO WniP THE B.VDICAI.3—PRINCI
PLES VS. EXPEDIENCY—A SUGGESTION TO
TRADING POLITICIANS IN SEARCH OF A
PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE FOR THE DtSP
OCRATIC CONSERVATIVE PARTY.
Washington. October 12,1870.
This city, which lives upon Government
pap, aud the surrounding farmers in Mary
land and Virginia, are threatened with
other withdrawal of the benign influence
of the sun and moon. 1 think 1 can state
positively that his Excellency, with his ac
customed paraphernalia (uo reference what
ever to technicalities), will visitthe “ doubt
ful district ’’ in Maryland very short}
He is expected to depart from the metropo.,
lis to-morrow (at what precise hour I hav«e
been unable to learn) for Frederick Cissy.
Os course he will be met, etc., etc.,
speeches will be made—all about “ horsey."
1 have not been able to learn the exact pro
gramme. -
Let us look squarely, however, at the po
11*leal position : The elections, as they art
“ progressing,” under the bayonets of tht
marine corps, promise very qttle to that
recreant spirit that would sacrifice princi
ple to “policy," so-called—advocated by
new lights totallyunknown tothe Old Lint
Whigs and Old Line Democrats! His Ex
cellency probably goes to Maryland (wtaerq
1 hear, lie will remain until Saturday) witi
a view to “ look around.” He appears to
be inclined to “ lie around loosely,” to
adopt an expressive Western phrase. 1
ask, in this connection, particular atten
tion to what follows in the next paragraph
as I am at the bottom of the page, and
don’t wish to give the printers unnecessary
trouble.
I say, then, that there are but two ways
to whip the Radicals ; the one is, and th«
proper one, to stick not only to our princi
ples, but to candidates, the known and ret
cognized representatives of those principles!
The other is to “ carry the war into Afriea.l
I by no means would be understood to
mean by this hackneyed phrase to court
the negro vote. Far from it. But I Jo
mean, simply and plainly, to let principles
slide and take Grant if the Radicals throw
him overboard, which 1 learn they intend
to do; or, in the event of his nomination,
to run Sherman, or Sheridan, or Butler, or
Schenck, or Banks, or anybody else. The
greater the thief the better. 1 have every
reason to believe that General Grant an
ticipates defeat at the next Radical Nomi
nating Convention. I dare the Radicals to
overthrow him ! In the contingency hint
ed at we must take him up, and then w'e
shall have the “ marines ” on our side. The
elections are now a broad farce. X.
State Items.
W. J. Humphreys was badly, but not
dangerously cut last. Friday night, at Mrs.
Ileagau’s (his mother-in-law), in Walton
county, by a young mau named JoWj
Brooks. ,/jm
At a party in Columbus a few nightslPj
one set of dancers was composed of liidj£
and gentlemen, not one of whom
der fifty years of age.
The population of Talbot mk
903, and of Talbottou 853.
Mr. Henry C. Raney Yirfflw*’
practice of law in the
Hancock county Superio%|i|
nesday.
Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Sea
years, are stiil living in Tal'
They married nearly seventy
and have been members of the
chnreh nearly as many years. Mr.
nearly $300,000 by the late war. .' i’f’.'
It is said that, at the lowest
300,000 bales of cotton will be made iff
Georgia during the present season, and
that the wheat crop is the finest ever
gathered in the State.
Col. W. H. Betts, who was recently ar
rested iu Atlanta and carried to Albany on
a charge of mnrder, was discharged on
$5 000 bond, on Friday.
A man sojourning in Macon, from South
west Georgia, got drank and was robbed
of SI,OOO. i
A large meeting was held in Columbus
on Saturday last, 15th inst., to pay respect
to Gen. Lee. Gen. Benning presided. Gen.
R. H. Chilton, Adjutant General to Gen.
Lee, was on the platform. J. F. Parr,
Esq , pronounced the eulogy.
At a Columbus marble yard there is a
solid block of marble which is to be dug
out, a metalic coffin placed therein, and the
whole, after a corpse is deposited within it,
to be hermetically sealed above ground.-*-
It has be n ordered by a gentleman in Bar
boar county, Ala.
The following authorizations have bew
issued by the Treasury Department to ucn
bankers for new banks in Georgia: Rome,
A. B. Allgood and others; Americas, R.
T. Boyd and others; Brunswick, Foster
Blodgett and others.
The steamer San Jacinto, which left Sa
vannah for New York on Saturday, car
ried one of the largest freights of the staple
that ever left that port iuoneof the regular
steamships—the number of bales being 1,875
of upland, the average weight per bale be
ing 493 pounds. She took 14 bags of Sea
Island, 118 casks of rice, 90 dry hides aud
3G7 packages of merchandise.
About 1,500 citizens of Savannah held a
meeting on Saturday, in tribute to the
memory of Gen. R. E. Lee. Gen. H. Jt.
Jackson aud Gen. J. E. Johnson, called upon
to address the assemblage, briefly and elo
quently excused themselves, regarding
silence the most appropriate exhibition pf
grief. A committee was appointed to male
suitable arrangements and select an orator
to deliver a eulogy on the life, character
and sevices of Gen. Lee. The City Council
was requested to purchase a life sizff pdf
trait of Gen. Lee, to hang in the Council
Chamber. At Christ Church, memorial
services were held, at which Bishop Be<3£
with pronounced a brief eulogy upon the
Christian character.
... 4
A Chapter of Accidents in Sodt*-
westekn Georgia^ —The boiler attached
to the saw mill of W. P. Jowers, in MariOn
county, miles from Buena Vista, ex
ploded on last Monday, killing a negro
man, and wonuding a number of workman
employed about the mill.
The handsome dwelling of Col. W. A.
Maxwell, in Americus, was consumed by
fire on Thursday night last. None of tie
furniture was saved, and some of the family
barely escaped with their lives. Tie
dwelling was insured, we are informed, f6r
SIO,OOO.
Mr. S. K. Taylor, of Terrell county, had
his gin house and forty bales of cotton
burned ou Friday last. Not insured. The
fire was accidental.
The steam grist mill belonging to Mr-
Green, of Terrell county, was destroyed by
fire on Tuesday last. We have no particu
lars. We are sorry to hear of so much bad
luck among our numerous friends asd
readers in Southwest Georgia.
[Macon Telegraph.
Saved by Her Head Dbebs. —The Pans
Kentuckian says that Miss Cheany, who, in
jumping from a buggy that was attached
to a runaway horse, had her dress to catch
and hold her, while her head, at every leap
of the flying animal, struck the hard pike,
is recovering, and that she probably owes
her preservation to the head dress that pib
tected her sknll. The remains of her broth
er, who was fatally injured at the time,
were taken to Mt. Vernon cemetery, near
Versailles, and interred. The yoong ladt's
nncle, who had his thigh bone broken fry
jumping from the buggy, has recovered
sufficiently to admit of his removal.
BY TELEGRAPH.
IBpt eiftl to the Uonutltntionaliit.
FROM ATLANTA.
PROCEEDINGS OP THE LEGISLA
TURE.
THEY HAVE CONSENTED TO TAKE
A REST. .
THE HOUSE TO ADJOURN ON THE
25th.
SENATE TO TAKE A RECESS TO
NOVEMBER Ist.
Atlanta, October 17.
SENATE.
The joint committee reported in favor of
requesting the Governor to adjourn the
House on the 25th of October, leaving the
Senate in session, to take a recess until the
21st of November, to confirm the election
managers.
Bradley opposed it as prolongation in a
new shape.
The resolution was adopted, by yeas, 19;
nays, 13.
i The report of the committee recommend
ing a compromise with the Mitchell heirs,
was taken up.
Candler offered a resolution to put up
the railroad square at public outcry, and to
appoint Benj. Conley, John Harris, M. G.
Dobbin, G. W. Adair and J. R. Wallace,
Commissioners, and presented the petition
of many citizens, pledging themselves to
bid SIOO,OOO on the first bid. Lost by yeas,
16; nays, 17; and the report adopted by
yeas, 22; nays, 11.
*■* A telegram from Gen. Grant, expressive
of regret that he could not attend the State
Fair, was read.
* The bill to lease the State Road was
v raade the special order for to-morrow.
Section 4245 of the Code was amended,
striking out the words “chain gang or
public works.”
Bradley said Senators on the floor, form
er slave owners, were endeavoring to force
the passage of laws to inflict punishment
upon their former slaves, when denied the
rise of the lash. His words were required
to be taken down. A resolution to expel
him was not entertained.
The election managers of Bartow and
Fulton county were confirmed in executive
session.
HOUSE.
A motion to. reconsider the bill to donate
the Capitol buildings at Milledgeville to
the education of the colored people was
lost by 3 majority.
A resolution requesting the Governor to
.ad journ the House on the 25th of October,
leaving the Senate to take a recess to the
21st of November, was adopted.
Other proceedings of the House unim
portant.
f Associated Press Dispatches.
SUNDAY EVENING DISPATCHES.
New York, October 16.—The World
special, dated Tours, 15th: “Bazaine es
caped from Metz, and is marching with his
entiTe force to the relief of Verdun.”
Herald special, of Tours, says a rumor
that Orleans was evacuated causes immense
excitement. Second dispatch, 5:25—P. M.
—Rnmor confirmed.
It is officially announced that Trocliuled
a brilliant sortie in person. The enemy
were repulsed at ail points- Immense en
thusiasm. «
140,000 Springfield rifles, by the Lafayette,
arrived.
London, October 16.—The Standard has
a Tours telegram, announcing Bazaine’s
great victory. Bazaine appears free to
move upon Thionville. This report is con
sidered doubtful.
Washington, October 16.—Murray &
Stone were arrested at the instance of John
Brown (negro), who was thrust from the
circus for insisting upon occupying the
jplace reserved for ladies with gentlemen.
The case, after a brief hearing, was dis
missed.
. Lexington, October 15.—Gen. Lee was
’juried to-day. The weather was clear and
pVjjteeint- Every house was draped. State
-and many distinguished per
son* were present. Officers and soldiers of
tkftCon federate army acted as a guard of
Episcopal fuuerul service was read,
‘Dtilpßig Wtrion was omitted, in accordance
'Lee’s request.
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r;/ SJJMDAY night dispatches.
-London, October 10.—It is credited here
that negotiations are quietly but actively
proceeding with a view to effecting a peace.
The main obstacle now is the belligerent
temper of the Parisians.
A Rouen dispatch, Friday night, an
nounces the approach of the Prussians.
The National Guards are preparing to re
sist them.
Florence, October 16.—Thiers and the
King had an hour’s interview.
Naples, October 16—The famous bri
gand Pilone has been killed.
Tours, Octoiier 16.—N0 additional offi
cial news received from Orleans.
It is understood that large forces are face
to face near Fort St. Aubiu. A general
battle is imminent. Military authorities
here are hurrying reinforcements forward.
Garibaldi has been appointed to com
mand the it regular forces in the Vosges,
with a brigade of Garde Mgbile attached.
Gambetta communicates Garibaldi’s ap
pointment to Gen. Carribriels, command
ing Eastern Department, and hopes Carri
briels will support Garibaldi.
A decree has been issued, subjecting
generals who allow themselves to be sur
prised, to court martial.
Versailles, October 16, via London.—
Reports of French successes before Paris
are untrue. They were invented for the
purpose of rekindling the courage of the
people.
The Prussians hold exactly the same po
sition they occupied on the 19th cf Sep
tember. Two small skirmishes between
outposts, Thursday and Friday, are the
only encounters during the week.
Soissons, after an obstinate defense of
four days, capitulated to the German
forces.
San Francisco, October 16 —The Great
Republic has arrived from Hong Koug.
The Japanese Government has issued a
neutrality proclamation between France
and Prussia.
A collision between some French and
Prussian seamen occurred in Yokohoma.
No details.
The war has stopped the silk worm
trade.
There has been a terrible storm and
flood northeast of Yeddo. Many lives were
lost.
New York, October 16.—The yellow
fever is dying out. No new cases since the
11th.
The St. Lauriept, which sails Monday,
has already aboard 60,000 rifles, and as
many revolvers^sabres and bayonets, and
5,000,000 cartridges.
Lexinoton, October 16.—The. committee
of the Virginia General Assembly received
no assurance that their request to bury
General Lee’s remains at Richmond would
be granted. The removal of the remains,
however, is probable.
NOON DISPATCHES.
Tours, October 17.—1 tis the purpose of
the Paris Government to form an offensive
army, with an immense artillery support.
Keratry has arrived. He comes as Com
missioner of the Paris Government. He
had a conference with Gambetta. Trochu
inspected the forts sonth of Paris, on the
11th, and found ail in fine condition.
Paris dates to the 14th have been receiv
ed. The Prussians were driven from Bay
Neuf and Chatillon on the 13th. The de
struction of chateau St. Cloud is con
firmed.
All departments within a hundred kilo
meters of the enemy are declared In * state
of siege.
Nothing ofScial from confronting armies
at Ferte.
A sortie from New Brnsach, favored by
fog, surprised and killed many Prussians.
London, October 17.—Late China ad
vices show continued preparations.
The Anburn Fenians, Starr, Thompson
and Mannix, have been released. Respond
ing to a serenade, the Fenians said they
thanked no party nor administration, but
the people, for their release.
The French fleet Is again assembling off
Dunkirk.
The Germans have again removed the
lights and otherwise obstructed navigation
of the Elbe. The Germans apprehend mis
chief.
Manenbourg, October 16.—A balloon
which left Paris on the morning of the 7th,
with four passengers, has arrived. Paris
is still courageous. A battle occurred on
Saturday. outside the walls, whereiu 3,000
Prussians were killed.
Havana, October 17 —Deßhodas has Is
sued a decree, liberating two thousand ne
groes captured from slavers in 1856-’57.
The French mail steamer Darien has
been lost. The crew was saved.
A hurricane occurred Friday night,
which did little damage to the city or har
bor. It was very disastrous at Matanxas.
An extraordinary rise of water inundated
the space between two rivers, where the
railway depots are located. The depots,
trains and passenger houses all disappear
ed. Loss of life estimated at 2,000. Loss
of property enormous.
Prices of sugar stiff, but unchanged;
transactions large.
Cardenas also'suffered. The lower part
-of the city Is laid waste. The interior of
the island, back of Cardenas aud Matanzas,
is desolated- Cane being backward this
season, sustains less damage thau other
crops. It was the severest hurricane with
in the century.
List of wrecks at Matanzas: Brigs Bax
ter and Charles, bark Hunt and schooner
Edwin. Many were damaged.
Great loss in cooperage and stock in
warehouses on low ground at Matanzas.
evening dispatches.
Tours, October 17 —Private arms by the
Ville de Paris will be sold on account of
the owners, at prices fixed by the Govern
ment.
Bourbaki declines command of the French
armies, except at Paris and Metz, but ac
cepts command of the army of the North.
He has departed for Lille, to organize his
forces.
Bonrbaki assures the Government that
the general commanding the army of the
Loire is entirely capable.
Contradictory reports come from Orleans.
Both sides are reinforcing. .
The municipal authorities of Ablis, who
the Prussians threaleued to execute, have
been liberated.
Keratry, recently arrived from Paris by
balloon, goes to Madrid on a private mis
sion.
Lauriezgoes to Loudon on an important
mission. Gambetta has started for Lyons
and Basacon.
The Prefect of Lyons reviewed fifty
thousand National Guards yesterday.—
Great enthusiasm prevails.
Rouen, October 17.—A brother of Mar
shal Bazaine publishes a card that Bazaine
Is Marshal of France, not of the Empire.
Indications are that the enemy dare not
advance in this direction.
London, October 17, —The capture of
Soissous includes four thousand prisoners.
New York, October 17.—The 1 elegram's
special from Tours says: “ The Prussians
have crossed the Loire from Orleans, and
are marching towards Tours. The excite
ment in Government circles is indescriba
ble. Government property is hurried to
places of security. Trobps are hurried for
ward towards Orleans. The Departments
are crowded. Persons are escaping from
Tours.
Key West, October 17.—The steamers
Cuba and Gulf Stream were four days
in getting to the wharf. The Cuba re
ports that she felt a hurricane sevenly
miles out. The naval squadron and moni
tors are all safe.
Alexandria, October 17.—The maga
zine exploded to-day, and fifty were killed
and wounded, including two Europeans.
Jackson, October 17.—Business was sus
pended to-day and a mass meeting held in
honor of the memory of Gen. Lee. Reso
lutions were passed requesting the press of
the country to forward to the Faculty of
Washington College copies of papers con
taining resolutions in reference to his
death, with a view of compiling them in a
moral volume.
The Mississippi State Fair opens on
Monday. It promises great success.
New Orleans, October 17.—Deaths
from yellow fever yesterday, 6.
Natchez, October 17.—The steamer
Natchez beat the Lee’s time twenty min
utes. She was received with bands, fire
works and cannon.
Richmond, October 17.—Hon. Robert
Ridgway, member of Congress, formerly
editor of the Whig, is dead.
Norfolk, October 17.—The ship Cherey
Chase will float witli ayerage tide to-night
Philadelphia, October 17.—(Official.)—
Mercure, Republican, is elected in the 13th
District by 113 majority.
Washington, October 17—Jos:ah Da
ley has been appointed Collector of the 8d
Mississippi District.
Gen. Terry departs for Atlanta to-mor
row.
NIGHT DISPATCHES
London, October 17.—The Franc-tireurs
near Epinal, on the 13tli, checked the ad
vance of the Prussians in that direction in
an engagement which lasted three hours.
A squad of thirty nhlans was repulsed at
Lourent de Aux, on the left bank of the
Loire. They have reason to Jielieve that
the army which captured Soissons (220,000
strong) will attack other strong places in
Northern France.
A balloon from Paris, with one quarter of
a ton of letters has fallen at Namur. An
other alighted at Valenciennes, with two
hundred pounds of correspondence.
A decree issued by the Paris Govern
ment, on the 11th, extends the time for the
payment of commercial bills to the 14th of
November.
More than a million mnskets have been
given ont to Nationals and Mobiles, and
the distribution continues.
Laurier leaves Tours on a mission to
London.
There ate rnmors of fighting near Rouen.
No French war ships have yet been seen
off the River Elbe.
Sheep are also afflicted with the rinder
pest before Metz and Paris.
Russia reject Thiers’ proposition for a
Congress ot the Great Powers.
Washbnrne is still in Paris.
The French gunboat Hamelin captured
two German vessels off the South Ameri
can coast.
The Prussians have evacuated Beaugen
cy. They blew up the viaduct before leav
ing.
Three opening shots of the Paris bom
bardment were fired from Bellevue on Fri
day.
The steamer Niagara was chased by
French vessels. In escaping, the Niagara
collided with the Colyer, which sunk. No
lives lost.
The Tablet , a Catholic organ, prints the
protests of the Pope and Cardinal Antonel
li against Italian encroachments on Roman
territory.
Berlin, October 17.—Sissons was capitu
lated Monday morning, at 3, p. m. The
Grand Duke of Mecklenburg entered the
town at the head of his army. The Ger
man losses were trifling. Four thousand
prisoners and 132 guns were taken.
Bazaine has made an offer of capitula
tion.
Heavy reinforcements reach the army be
fore Paris daily.
The Cologone Ornette reports the rin
derpest raging in forty or fifty places in the
Rhine Valley. It has also broken out in
Braudburg.
Havana, October 17.—Three of the
schooner’s crew captured at Cayo Cruz
were shot, and nine sentenced to imprison
ment for life.
Brussels, October 17.—An appeal for
the Pope, Issued by the Catholics of various
nations assembled here, has been pnblished.
Tours, October 17.—Nothing official from
Leferte St. Auburn. The Prussian head
quarters are established at Leferte St.
Auburn.
The report that Gen. Beyer has left Metz
for Versailles to negotiate the surrender of
the fortress is considered authentic here.
The rumor that negotiations are pending
for peace on the basis of the cession ot
Alsace and Luxemburg to Prussia are also
believed to be well founded. It is also
stated that another interlVew between Bis
marck and [Favre to that end will soon be
The Moniteur notices with disgust the
utter absence of effort to cat the Prussian
communications, and asserts that only a
slight diversion is required anywhere be
tween Paris and the Rhine to compel the
withdrawal of the besiegers. ■ .
TheTrnssians have sent for siege train#
to assist in the reduction of New Breisacn.
Florence, October 17.—Caldini is said
to be in favor of the nomination of the
Duke d’Osta for King of Spain.
Mazinl has been liberated.
London, October J7.—The marriage of
Princess Louisa and the Marquis of Lome
takes place in February.
SrurroAßT, October 17,—The Diet of
Wnrtemberg meets on the 21st lost.
San Francisco, October 17. —The French
ladies of this city remitted to France, on
Saturday, over $50,000 for sanitary pur
poses.
A number of Japanese of high rank ar
rived here on Saturday. Among them is
the Prince Imperial, heir apparent tot the
throne, being the first of the Royal family
that ever left Japan.
COTTON MOVEMENTS.
New York, October 16.— Cotton—week’s
movements heavy, bnt still behind last
year; receipts at all ports, 76,704 bales;
total since September, 272,583, against 282,-
971 last year; exports from all ports, 28,-
462, against 35,240 last year; total exports,
73,215, against 83,614 ; stock at all ports,
181,155, against 113,064 at interior
towns, 26,329, against 26,527; stock in Liv
erpool, 565,000, against 425,000; American
cotton afloat, 31,000, against 20,000; Indian
cotton afloat, 374,000, against 550,000; mar
ket here during the week continued to de
cline and was devoid of animation ; weath
er South is favorable and picking is pro
gressing vigorously. A table of exports of
leading articles for the year aggregates
$499,000,000, in which cotton figures at
$227,000,000, or nearly half; details of cot
ton are: uplands, $224,000,000; Sea Island,
$3,000,000; manufactured, $4,750,000; the
previous year’s table shows exports, up
lands, $160,250,000; Sea island, nearly $2,-
500,000 ; manufactured, over $5,750,000;
the above are dollar values.
MARKETS.
[by telegraph.]
London, October 17—Noon.—Consols,
92%. Bonds, 89%.
London, October 17—Evening.—Con-
sols, 92%. Bonds, 89%. Tallow firmer at
435. 3d.
Liverpool, October 17—Noon.—Cot
ton opens firm ; upland, 8%; Orleans, 8%;
sales, 12,000 bales.
Liverpool, October 17—Evening.—Cot
ton closed buoyant; uplands,B%; Orleans,
8%; sales,- 15,000 bales; speculation and
export, 4,000. Wheat firmer for all descrip
tions. Flour firmer. Pork declining.—
Lard firmer.
New York, October 17—Noon.—Stocks
steady. Gold, 113. Money, 596- Sterling
—long, 8%; short, 9. ’62’s, 12%.
New York. October 17—P. M. —Money,
5(96. Sterling firmer at 8%98%. Gold,
113@113%. Governments firm. Southerns
dull aud without material change.
New York, October 17—P. M. —Gold
dull, ranging from 113 to 113%, but closed
stead v. ’62’s. 12%; 64’s, 11% ; ’6s’s, 11%;
new, 10% ; ’67’s, 10% ; -’OS’s, 10%; 10-40's,
6%. Tennessees,62; new, 60% ; Virginias,
62 ; new, 63 ; Lonisianas, 68%; new, 66% ;
Levees, 65; B’s, 87; Alabamas, 101; s’s, 70;
Georgias, 80; 7's, 90; North Carol in as,
67%; new, 47%; South Carolines, 80;
new, 70.
New York, October 17—Noon.—Flour
10(915 better. Wheat 2(93 better. Corn
scarce and 1 better. Pork—mess, $25 759
25 87%. Lard quiet. Cotton firmer; up
lands, 15%915%. Turpentine firmer at
45%(946. Rosin quiet. Freights firm.
New York, October 17 — P. M. —Cotton
closed easy; sales, 35,000 ; uplands, 15%. —
Flour—State and Western superfine, $5 30
@5 50; Southern firmer; common tofiir
extra,| $5 80<§6 50. Wheat—Winter red
and amber Western, $1 34.91 38 ; red and
amber Southern, $1 40. Corn closed de
clining at 84986. Beef quiet. Pork, $26.
Lard steady ; kettle, 16%917. Whisky de
cidedly firmer at 90991. Groceries quiet
aud firm. Turpentine firmer at 45%946.
Rosin quiet, at s2@2 05. Tallow heavy at
8%<99%. Freights very firm; cotton, steam,
%; sail, 5-16.
Baltimore, October 17 —Flour steady
and fairly active; superfine, $5 25. Wheat
steady and firm. Corn dull and irregular;
whi e, 75@95. Bacon firm and stock scarce;
Whisky quiet at 90991.
Cincinnati, October 17.—Flour steady
and in moderate demand. Corn dull and
drooping;. old, 53955; new, 43945. Pork
quiet aud weak at $25 50. Lard steady at
16. Bacon quiet and unchanged.
Louisvii.i, k, October 17.—Bagging quiet
28%@80. Flour firm ; extra family, $5 25.
Corp quiet; choice old, shelled, 85. Pro
visions heavy. Mess Pork, $26. Lard,
16%. Bacon —liams, 25; nhonldcrs, 14%;
clear sides, 18%. Whisky dull at 84985.
New Orleans, October 17.—Flour dull;
Corn depressed. Hay firm. Sugar fair;
new rectified, 11%; centrifugal, 12%; re
ceipts, 18*hhds, first this season. Molasses
—prime new $1 01.
Wilmington, October 17.—Cotton dull
and nominal; middling, 14; net receipts,
428 bales ; exports coastwise, 123; stock,
1,373.
Savannah, October 17.—Cotton very firm
and holders asking higher prices; mid
dling, 14*4914%; sales, 1,500 bales ; net re
ceipts, 4/775 ; exports coastwise, 6,010;
stock, 41,492.
Gat.ve ton, October 17.—Cotton in good
demand and prices advanced ; good ordina
ry, 13; sales,4oo bales; net receipts, 325;
stock, 7,363.
Boston, October 17.—Cotton quiet and
steady; middling, 15%; sales, 200 bales;
net receipts, 87; coastwise, 2,039; total,
2,126; stock, 4,000.
Baltimore, October 17.—Cotton very
firm, holders are asking higher rates ; mid
dling, 15%; sales, 450 bales ; net receipts,
100; coastwise, 1,014; total, 1,114; ex
ports—to Great Britain, 191; coastwise,
200; stock, 4,995.
Norfolk, October 17.—Cotton firm;
low middling, 14%; sales, 40 bales; net
receipts, 787; exports coastwise, 723;
stock, 2,699.
Charleston, October 17.—Cotton active
and firmer; middling, 14%914%; sales,
600 bales; net receipts, 2,999; exports—to
Great Britain, 1,546; coastwise, 1,607;
stock, 20,091.
New Orleans, October 17.—Cotton ac
tive at fall prices; middling, 14%914%;
sales, 4,100; net receipts, 6,499; coastwise,
445; total, 6,854; «xporls, 0,002 to Liver
pool; 1,405 to Falmouth; coastwise, 3,113 ,
stock, 48,042.
Mobile, October 17.—Cotton active and
excited; middling, 14%914%; sales, 1,000
bales; net receipts, 2,062; exports—to
Continent, 1,700; coastwise, 899; stock,
25,594.
Augusta Daily Market.
Office Daily Constitutionalist, t
Monday, October 17—P. M. S
FINANCIAL
GOLD—Buying at 113 and selling at 114.
SlLVEß—Baying at 105 and selling at 108.
BONDS—City Bonds, 75080.
STOCKS—Georgia ' Railroad, 97098. Au
gusta Factory, 1550156. Savings Bank, 100.
COTTON—Our market opened with a good
demqpd at 14c. for middling, aud about noon
prices improved under more favorable
New York news ; at the close there was less
doing, but quotations nominally unchanged.—
We quote Liverpool middling, 14 ; New York
middling, 14X- Offering stock small. Sales,
880 bales. Receipts, 950 bales.
BACON—Good demand, with light stock.
Wc quote C. Sides, 19019 X; C. R. Sides,
18>4@19; B. B. Sides, 18® 18*; Bhonldcrs,
16018 X; Hams, 22X027; Dry Salt Shoul
ders, 14X015; Dry Salt C. R. 81des, 17X0
18; D. 8. Clear Bides, 18.
CORN—In moderate demand, and prime
white Is selling at «1 15 by the car load from
depot; retail, f 1 20.
WHEAT—We quote choice white, f 1 30;
amber, fl 25; red, II 15.
FLOUR— City Mills,«« 0007 50; at retail, |1
V barrel higher. Country, f«O9, according tc
quality.
CORN MEAL—fI 20 at wholesale; 1145
at retail.
OATS—SSOOO
-S —1202 25.
Serious Difficulty in Atlanta.— The
Atlanta Bun says:
A serious difficulty occurred Saturday
evening between Dr. Sells and Mr. J. B.
Smith, In 9t Stephen’s Chapel, in which tjie
latter was seriously cut in the throat, on
the right side, the knife nearly severing the
carotid artery. Dr. Sells was lqjnred on
the head, not serionsly, we learn. The
matter grew out of a private controversy,
the nature of whtch we did not learn. At
last accounts, Mr. Smith was doing well.
We regret the circumetance, as both gen
tlemen are highly respected,
All Day Long.
All day loug the winds bare whispered,
As they papsod u>y open door,
Os a voice to whose sweet music
I shall listen nevermore.
Aud they tell of white hands folded
O’er a still and peaceful breast,
And of blue eyes closed from sorrow
In the sttrtess calm of rest.
All day long the rain has pattered
In a dreary monotone,
On the roof, and whispered to me
Os a brightness that has flown;
And my heart has echoed sadly
To the patter of the rain.
While I thought me of a dear oue
I shall never see again.
All day long my heart has murmured
O’er and o’er a tender name;
When our loved ones join the angels.
Tell me, are they called the same?
Whisper, winds and rain, drop softly
. From the gray forbidding skies—
I am thinking of my darling
Ou the Hills of Paradise.
Augusta to be Shki.lf.d—Bridges to
re Burned—Arnim on the War Path.—
Arnim, the carpet-bag adventurer and so
called Senator of Edgefield county, 8. C.,
has, we are advised, put on his war paint,
smearing It very thickly over his beautiful
placid features, and has actu illy declared
contingent destruction upon Augusta.—
Having secured this very Important piece
of information we hasten so acquaint our
numerous city readers with the terrible
doom which is overhauglng them from the
heights on the opposite side of the river
Obeying the high behests of Winchester
Rifle Scott & Co s, Arnim held a Radical
love-feast with the negroes on Thursday
last, at Old Church, otherwise knowu as
Seven Springs Branch, in Edgefield county.
Delivering himself of his surplus bile, re
lative to the mode and manner which the
negroes should adopt in casting their votes
during the election to-morrow, he song lit
to persuade them that their only exposure
to disturbance would be from interference
of the Georgia Ku Kiux. In this connec
tion, "he is repotted to have made the fol
lowing proclamation, or words to that
effect. -
“ You must go up to the ballot box with
your ballots and bullets, aud if any of you
are hurt, l will hold Augusta responsible.
We have enough kerosene ready to burn
every bridge over the river, aud we will
shell Augusta from the hill, aud hope we
shall be aided iu doing so by the Augusta
Arsen'il.”
Now, isn’t this a comfortable prospect
for the several peaceable mothers of the
city with nine small children and one at
the breast, who are to be exposed to the
range of ArDim’s artilleiy. The crisis has
arrived and something must be done. Party
resist the contingent bombardment pro-
claimed by the great apostle of the Win
chester rifle law. True, the time is short,
and as Is the custom with all such blood
thirsty warriors upon the substance of a
people, no notice of the contemplated de
struction has been brought to the atten
tion of those directly concerned. Yet, we
are not without the means of defense. Au
gusta is prolific of healthy, able-bodied
four-year olds. Let a convention of the
“Little Innocents” at once assemble, ap
point a Committee of Safety, and resolve
themselves into a committee of the whole
on the manufacture of pop-guns against
the threatened interruption of their sports.
Let Col. Meredith’s “Baby Waker” be
brought forth, double-shotted, and station
ed at the bridge house, so as to prevent the
application of Arnim’s kerosine. If these
measures of defense against the artillery of
Arnim shall appear to be unequal to the
emergency, let us resort io the last expedi
ent and station the city sheriff at the
bridge, armed to the teeth with a few more
attachments similar to those with which
Arnim has already been frequently and
sorely wounded. If, like Bismarck, we re
quire time for preparation, all that is neces
sary will be to send a sqnad of blind ne
groes, armed with buttered bread, to the
castle of the mighty warrior, on the heights
across the river. The opportunity for pro
fit, however small, will certainly engage
his attention, and while he returns to his
practice of robbing the sightless negroes of
their bread and butter, our nouses may be
set in order against the reaction which is
sure to follow the disappearance of pick
ings within his immediate reach.
The Approaching Entertainment to
the Delegates to the Agricultural
Congress AND TOURNAMENT. A vast
amount of work has been done by the com
mittees on the various department* con
nected with the proposed entertainment.
We publish below a list of the committees,
and we are requested, on their behalf, to
ask the co-operation of the larfTes' Tft the
furtherance of the great objects that have
been undertaken. It is proposed that this
entertainment shall excel, in point of ele
gance and splendor, any ever held here,
and it is computed that the cost of the
affair will exceed $15,000.
Ttie various committees arc as foilows :
On Music—J. J. Cohen, T. S. Morgan
and T. D. Caswell.
On Printing—T. P. Branch and W H.
Tntt.
On Refreshments—J. D. Butt, E. H.
Rogers aud W. H. Warren.
On Decorations —Jf. A. Stovall, W. M.
Reed, G. A. Allen, E. P. Clayton, T. B.
Pldnizy, W. H. Barrett, W. Daniel aud J.
W. Wallace.
On Premises—Dr. DeS. Ford, John M.
Clark, T. P. Branch, J. O Mathewson and
P. L. Cohen.
On Finances—W> E. Jackson, W. H.
Tutt, T. P. Branch, T. S. Morgan, Geo. W
Crane and G- R. Sibley.
Chairman of all Committees—T. P-
Branch.
Through Train to the Augusta Fair
from St. Louis. —We extract the following
from the St. Lquis Times, of the 12th :
Messrs. S. H.. Richardson & Cos. have
banded us a letter from Col. Thomas P.
Stovall, of AngusUC, Ga, earnestly hoping
that a foil delegation of St. Louis mer
chants will visit the great “ Cotton States
Fair,” to be held in Augusta on the 25th
instant.
We may state for the information of
those desiring to go—and wc trust many
will—that the Georgia State Fair will be
held at Atlanta on the 19th inst., and that
visitors can thus spend two weeks pleas
antly between the two cities.
A train will leave St. Louis on or about
the 21st inst., which will take passengers
without charge to Augusta, landing them
at the Fair Ground, where, under the invi
tation of Col. Stovall, we are assured they
will be most hospitably received in Au
gusta.
Robbery in Laurens, 8. C.—One night
during last week a party of scoundrels
visited the house of Mrs. James C. Cheek, a
widow lady, living some ten miles west of
Laurensvillc village. On approaching the
house they aroused her, and warned her to
leave the house with her little children.—
The lady declined at first, bat the fiends
commenced firing into the house, when she
left with her little children ; the robbers
then entered the house and carried away
SBO In money, a watch and other valuables.
No arrests have been made.
The shipment stock from the Paris
stock pens for the week ending October
Bth, aggregate ninety cir 10ad5—1,746
head, including seven car loads of males
for the South via the Short Line Road.—
The shipments the previons week amount
ed to-forty-three car loads.