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CONSTITUTIONALIST
atjghtst a. aa.
ISATURDAY MORNING. DEO. 10.1870
Notice.
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CURSES COMING HOME TO ROOST.
A negro bearing the sonorous name of
Octavius Vespasianus Cato has an
nounced himself as a candidate for the
Senate of Pennsylvania in the First Dis
trict of that State. There is great commo
tion consequently in Radical ranks, and even
chc virtuous FonNEY, who keeps a “skin
ned nigger” in his private closet ready at
all times to be shaken before the loyal
North as testimony against the brutal
foutli—even the mongrel Forney snarls
ut a protest and reads a moral lecture
pon the iniquity of a colored man and
■other attempting to distract and divide
,ie party of “ekal Tights” and “all the
norals.” But the Democratic papers hold
:he Radicals to their promises to Sambo,
and the Harrisburg Patriot, more particu
larly, pokes this little fun at them, api-opos
of Octavius Vespasianus Cato:
“If there be anything in a name—and
there is certainly nothing in his color—
that prevents him from being a Radical
candidate, he is just the man for State Sen
ator. The Radicals in that body have
great need of a statesman of the stern Ro
man virtues of a Cato. In the resolutions
presenting Mister Cato, the colored suffra
gans of the First District Intimate that
they will no longer be hewers of wood and
drawers of water. By this they do not
mean that they will cease to chop wood,
tote water, dump coal, black boots, and do
other chores for their white fellow-citizens
of Philadelphia. It is a figure of speech
by which they convey the hint that they
will not be used merely to vote the Radical
ticket, but must have their full share of the
honors and emoluments o! olllce. This is
Congo gratitude toward those who have
bestowed the boon of the ballot. The glori
ous privileges of suffrage conveyed by the
Fifteenth Amendment are contemptuously
described iu the figurative language of
South street as the hewing of wood and
drawing of water. The negroes of the
First District basely fly in the faces of
their white brethren and demand the nomi
nation for State Senator. If this does not,
fill the heart of every Radical patriot with
in the bounds of that district with disgust
we have utterly failed to comprehen 1 the
nature of the animal. That the negroes of
Philadelphia, to whom the ballot wasg.veu
that they might swell the party vote,
should insist on holding the offices into the
bargain, is more than the good temper of
the politician of the Radical persuasion in
that city can be expected to bear. But he
will soon discover that he must grin and
bear it.
“In South Carolina and other portions of
the reconstructed South the negroes have
pretty nigh ceased to hew wood and draw
water in the political camp of their allies.
A negro Secretary of State, three negro
members of Congress, and negroes in
numerous other public positions, show their
understanding of the Fifteenth Amendment
in South Carolina. This was not the pro
gramme of the carpet-baggers, who expect
ed a life estate in the offices of that State
by means of negro voters. In their disgust
at negro ingratitude and white supercilious
ness, many of them are now leaving that
country for that country’s good. Candor
compels the admission that the blacks who
have been elected to office in South Carolina
are the superiors of their carpet-bag rivals.
Far be it from us, however, to institute a
comparison between Octavins Vespasianus
Cato and iiis intelligent and distinguished
while competitors for the Radical nomina
tion for Senate in the first district of Phila
delphia.
“ The eyes of the country are now fixed
ou the Ist dist rict. Here is an opportunity
for the Radicals of Philadelphia to give a
signal test of the sincerity of their convic
tions. if negroes are good enough for
voters, let the Radicals show that they are
good enough also to represent Philadelphia
in the State Legislature. There should be
no wriggling* in the Loyal League on
Broad street. The members of that politi
cal association clamored loudly for the
ratification of the fifteenth amendment in
this State. They sent representatives to
the capital who violated their official
oaths and trampled on the constitution of
the Commonwealth by voting lor the rati
fication. The mutilated constitution stands
to-day with the woifl white written all over
it as a monument of the perfidy and obse
quiousness of the representative*? of tli4
people of Pennsylvania. But that is past.
The revolution lias been effected by fraud,
but it is none the less a revolution. It has
all the virtue and validity of the solemn
and deliberate decree of the people.
“ Let the white Radicals of Philadelphia
accept the situation with the best gnu e.
A negro demands, as proof of their sinceri
ty, a seat in the Senate of Pennsylvania
under an amendment which was ratified
against the will of the people.”
A SOLEMN FARCE.
Washington correspondents of the metro
politan journals have lengthened accounts
of the reassembling of the two Houses of
Congress. The subjoined description of the
scenes in the Representative Hall is very
gorgeous and very ridiculous:
“The roll call was completed, wheu Bcu
Buf.er appeare 1 upon the scene. Every
body had been inquiring for him, and as he
walked in there was a buzz in the galleries
of 1 There comes Butler.’ The belligerent
Ben took no more notice of the galleries
thar if they had been filled with Blue Noses
and Britishers. Depositing his hat and
coat in the cloak room lie went directly to
his seat. He was hardly settled there,
how wer, before he espied his beloved friend
Bin; ham, and he darted toward that gen
tleman’s seat. The meeting was observed
by the whole House, of course. It was
characteristic. Butler embraced Bingham
aad litunham in tarn embraced BlltlCt*.
The good feeling was contagions. Bingham
sits on the Democratic side of the House.
His neighbors are Sam Cox, Eldridge, Rau
dall. Woodward, Niblack and oth r well
known Democrats. When the fraternal
meeting with Bingham was over Butler
grasped Cox warmly by the hand. The
saro operation was repeated with the other
Den ocrats I have named. Connor, of Texas,
who it will be remembered, denounced
But. 2r as a circus clown when he made his
debi t in the House, happened to be stand
ing) ear him. The era of good feeling was
so g eat that he, too, came in for a shake of
the l aud of the Essex statesman.”
Butler has publicly and frequently
asse "ted, and with truth, too, that Bingham
is a woman-muiderer. Bingham has, with
equt 1 publicity and truth, denounced But
ler as a thief. What a beautiful conjunc
tion of the constructive assassin and the
actual robber! If the asseverations of
Messrs. Cox, Eldridge, Randall, Wood
wat.d, Niblack and Connor are worth
anyihing at all, they must loathe Beast
But .eu as healthy men abominate the
presence of a leper. But here we have
them cheek by jowl with the very man they
have pictured as a positive reprobate and
moral outlaw! It may be all right, all
moral and the very properest thing iu the
world, but it has a queer look and an
ancient and cod-fish like smell.
To be Tested.— The Wendell
Phillips predicts that “ the life of the
nation” will be greatly imperilled about
ten years hence. He relies upon Temper
ance and Labor to preserve the poor dar
ling.
Consolation, —AdmiralPoßTEß has one
comforter, such as he is. The pure For
ney thus sympathizes:
“ Admiral Porfer will outlive all these
hatreds if he is half as philosophical as his
enemies are remorseless.”
A fellow feeling makes one wondrous
kind. Forney remembers his Jamison
letter and trembles.
Gov. Vance. —“ Col.” Forney's gravest
charge against Senator elect Vance is
that he once “ hoped bell would be so full
of Yankees that their feet would stick out
of the windows.” It is suggested that a
less charitable mao would not have given
even those feet a chance to cool off. Fresh
air in hell must be a very good thiDg, and
so, it is said, Vance asked for the bum
mers a better fate than they deserved.
Afraid. —The World thinks the South
is “as much complimented as annoyed
every lime the doors are shut in the face of
one of its recognized men.” We conld
very well understand how the Senatorial
charlatans might be afraid of the logic
and learning of Stephens and Johnson,
but it seems they are equally in dread of
the wit and sarcasm of the inimitable
Vance.
That Peroration.— lt is said that Sena
tor Revels wrote the peroration of Grant’s
message. He had to show, perhaps, his
fitness to be appointed on the Educational
Committe of the Senate, and as so many
persons had a finger in the pie, why not
Revels ?
Comments on the President's Message.
The press, generally, comment on Presi-
Grant’s message to Congress. We have
room only for a few extracts:
[ From the New York Journal of Commerce.
This is a far more decided and positive
document than any which has appeared
from the President since his inauguration.
It opens with a reverent acknowledgment
of the gracious care and bounty of a kind
Providence. It breaks then, somewhat
abruptly, into Lite expression of a profound
regret that by violence and intimidation
the free exercise of the elective franchise
lias been denied to citizens in several of the
States, and the verdict of the people there
by reversed. We know of no such case.—
The use of military power under control of
national authority iu States both North
and South may have kept some timid per
sons from the polls, but we do not think it
has anywhere reversed the popular verdict.
* * The message closes with a
and forcible declaration of
the proposed' ministration,
the last item nameaneinyltaNtarign to se
cure the right to vote just
man so entitled without proscription on
account of his political faith, nativity or
color.
1 From the New Yoik Herald.
As no exhibit of the managem. nt under
his snpervi»M)%^frf^e,government in our
foreign and doffigSWrawib, tl«!W is much
in this message that is good and encourag
ing. and as a foreshadowing of the general
policy of his Administration there is no
thing in it calculated to disturb the general
confidence of the country.
[From the New York Time*.
■‘The poUfty iaaA forth. i»J opoo positive
and practical. In domestic affairs it pro
vides for the enforcement of law, the main
tenance of the public credit, the faithful
collection of revenue, and the economical
administration of the Government, a redac
tion of taxation and a revision of the tariff,
reform in the civil service and in the treat
ment of Indians, provision
just share of the carrying
securing to every comfflaftfty a pure, nn
trammeled ballot. In relation to foreign
affiirs, it inculcates fair and honest deal
ing and the encouragemont of peace, but
without surrendering any right, or com
promising any obligation due to this coun
try.
[From the New York Bun.
The first thought that occurs to one after
reading the message is that it is a poverty -
stiieken document. It tells us much that
we already knew, but leaves us in the dark
on subjects about whic.i we would like to
be informed. The President adopts an ori
ginal mode of accounting for the decline
of Republicanism in the Southern States,
as shown in the results of the recent elec
tions. He says the elective franchise has,
by violence and intimidation, been denied
to their citizens, and “ the verdict of the
people has thereby been reversed.” We are
not aware of the existence of any facts that
justify so sweeping an assertion. We
think these results are to be accounted for
on threefold grounds—of the infancy of
the Republican party in that section of the
Union, the incongruous and unstable ma
terials of which it is composed, and the,
unpopularity of GranUg qiimißistratiom
[From the New York World.
President Grant winds up by a feeble
and vague declaration of the cardinal fea
tures of his policy, in which the only thing
that can fix attention is the position that
the Federal Government must regulate all
elections, thus going boyond the lattyfcßtf*
of Congress, which assume^ no righOo in
termeddle except in the " election of Con
gressmen.
8o far as this message deviates from com
mon place and dull historical statement, it
deviates into extravagance. “He who
tors ikes t.he probable,” says some critic,
“will easily find the marvelous.” The
statesman who lets go his hold on common
sense will have no difficulty in finding
something odd. It requires a genius like
Grant to discover that the true way to set
tle the Alabama claims is to pay them our
selves; that to relieve onr fishermen we
must cripple our railroads; that a treaty
which lias been rejected by the Senate can
be replaced by another treaty negotiated by
commissioners authorized by Congress, and
that this second treaty can be made valid
without ratification by the Senate. Was
there ever such another bundle of erudi
ties V
I From the New York Standard.
The first impressions we receive from a
careful reading of the President’s Message
is that it is an exhaustive, clear, able aud
temperate document. We do not remem
ber a message from any President that
more fully auswers the true requirements
of a message, in being a narrative of the
condition of the country. The temptation
to drift into political discussions and the
r«hilosor>Ly of government— to Intrude
upon the country a political speech of eulo
gies upon national parties—is altogether
avoided.
[From the New Yo.k Tribune.
As to “revenue reform,” General Grant
is in hearty accord with the public judg
ment. He favors all possible reform, but
no destruction either of revenue or protec
tion. He might have defended the latter
more emphatically; but his heart is in the
right place, and his best efforts will not be
wanting to sustain the exposed and assail
ed departments of our national industry.
Many will be surprised by the President’s
hearty endorsement of civil service reform;
but he has been there all along. We trust
that reform will receive a decided impetus
from his earnest commendation.
iFrom the Richmond Diapsc'h.
The Washington Patriot commences its
review of the message in almost identically
the same words we employed in a like man
ner. It says “ the message sets out with a
flagrant perversion of truth.” The Presi
dent’s recommendations are many of them
good enough, but his acts prove him to be
a hypocrite, and therefore all his professions
must go for nothing. For instance, in de
fining the policy of his Administration, he
says that one feature of it consists in the
“ securing a pure, untramelled ballot, where
every man entitled to cast a vote may do
so just once at each election, without fetr
of molestation or proscription on account
of his political faith, nativity, or color.”
This language from a man who has sta
tioned soldiers near every voting place, and
done more to corrupt the ballot box and
enable hirelings to vote a dozen times if
they please, than all the other Presidents
who preceded him, is an insnlt to the good
sense of the people of this country. It
shows that the party in power is as liberal
in professions and as derelict in perform
ance as ever villains were. We have no
patience with such hypocrisy.
[From the New York Bun.
Grant’s Family and Their Little Bill.
I. Ulysses Simpson Grant, President of
the United States.
11. Jesse Root Grant, President’s father,
Post master at Covington, Ky.
111. Frederick Dent Grant, President’s
son. Cadet at West Point.
IV. Orvil L. Grant, President’s brother,
partner with the Collector of the Port at
Chicago.
V. Frederick T. Dent, President’s father
in-law, Claimant of Lands at Carondelet,
Mo.—euchred by Wilson, Commissioner of
the Land Office.
VI. Rev. M. J. Cramer, President’s
brother-in-law, Minister to Denmark.
VII. Abel Rathbone Corbin, President’s
brother-in-law, negotiator of gold and real
estate speculations with James F.sk, Jr.,
and Jay Gould.
VIII. Brevet Brig. Gen. F. T. Dent, Pres
ident’s brother-in-law, chief usher at the
Executive Mansion.
IX. Judge Louis Dent, President’s broth
er-in-law, Counsel for Claimants lie fore the
President. Fees estimated at $40,000 a
year.
X. George W. Dent, President’s brother
in-law, Appraiser of Customs, San Fran
cisco.
XI. John Deni, President’s brother-in
law, only Indian trader for New Mexico,
under Indian Bureau; place worth SIOO,-
000 a year.
XII. Alex. Sharpe, President's brother
in-law, Marshal of the District of Colum
bia.
XIII. James F. Casey, President’s broth
er-in-law, Collector of the Port of New
Orleans; place worth $30,000 a year.
XIV. James Longstreet, President’s
brother-in-law’s cousin, Surveyor of the
Port of New Orleans.
XV. Silas Hudson, President’s owd
cousin. Minister to Guatemala.
XVI. George K. Leet, President’s broth
er-in-law’s cousin, Public Stores, New
York : place worth SIOO,OOO a year.
XVII. Orlando H. Ross, President’s own
cousin, Clerk in the Third Auditor’s office,
Washington.
XVIII. Dr. Addison Dent, President’s
brother-in-law’s third cousin, Clerk in the
Register’s Office, Treasury Department,
Washington.
XIX. J. F. Simpson, President’s own
cousin, Second Lieutenant, Twenty-fifth
Infantry.
XX. John Simpson, President’s own
cousin, Second Lieutenant, Fourth Artil
lerv.
XXr. George B. Johnson, President’s
mother’s second cousin, Assessor of Inter
nal Revenue, Third District, Ohio.
XXII. B L. Wymans, President’s cons
in’s husband. Postmaster at Newport, Ky.
XXIII. Miss E. A. Magruder, President’s
brother-in-law’s second cousin, Clerk in
Gen. Spinuer’s office, Treasury Depart
ment.
RECAPITULATION.
ANNUAL PAY ROLL.
IT. 8. Grant, Pre#iiient $25,0 0
J F. Casey, Col C N. 0 30,00*
John Deni, Indian Trailer 45.000
M»iiSftnder Bhirp. U. 8. Marshal 9/00
Jesse rrrmiii I" nr Covirgton, Ky 3.500
F. T. Den*, Ilii iHlam i White House 5,000
Oeorge W. Deut,
Rev. M. J. Cramer, U. 8. Minister.. 7/00
Orville (Irani, partner of a Collector —s-y.ijp
Loui- Dent, fees in Washington 40,000"
“ < tld Corl) n," fees per Fisk 40,0 0
Ex-Rebel Lonsstieet, 8. N 0 30/00
G. B Johnson, Assessor Internal Revenue.. 10,000
Addison Dent, Clerk l.flOO
Pecond l.ieu'enant J. F Simpson, TJ. H. A... 1,500
Second Lieutenant J. Bimn*on, U. 8 A 1,500
Col Hudson, Minister to Guatemala 7.600
Col. Leet, N. Y. C. H 50 000
Alexander Sharpe, Marshal I). C 12,000
Oilando H. Ross, Anditoi’s Office 1/00
Miss E. A. Magruder, Treasury 1,000
Annually from Government offices 185,600
Indirectly,- hut- from- Doited Slates business
through the Pie .tdent 130,000
Total one year for family $374,600
H. F.
... Humble Pie.
porter’s apology.
Washington, D. C., )
December 3, 1870. \
Mr. President: My first impnlse'on read
ing the letter published in the New York
World was to go to you at once and pro
nounce it a fabrication, for as such I con
sidered it; but as it purported to have
been written six years ago, and published
by a person who once held a prominent po
sition under the Government, I determined
to ascertain fully if I had ever indited
such a letter before addressing you on the
subject.
Neither myself nor my secretary, who
has served with me eight years, could re
call to our recollection any circum
stance of the kind. I could not conceive
that I had uttered sentiments I know I
never felt, and which are so at variance
with those that I have uniformly express
ed toward yon. The letter, it appears,
was a private one, and vindictive must
have been the heart of the man that could
be guilty of so grave a breach of confi
dence ; and depraved indeed must have
to gratify his mis-
could make public a
confidential letter written perhaps under
great excitement, and at. this distant dly
not even remembered. It seems like a
poor return for your uniform confldenc*-
and kindness to me, and I am too glad
that I reinembi-r with
the leUer.., A*'^front the date of the letter
XjMtd pSlsed through a long and fatiguing
contest with Fort Fisher, and my numer
ous fleet was almost overpowered by the
elements. 1 saw the coveted prize with
in my grasp, and then let slip from me.
For another month I had to battle with
the storms o f Winter, anchored on an open
coast, with the responsibility of that large
fleet on my hands, my mind and body ha
assed by extraordinary fatigues. The
whole nation was looking on excited,
dreading a defeat that might prolong a
contest that was already sapping its vitals.
You ar.d others know what I had to under
go, bodily and mentally. I presume it was
while under this excitement that I wrote
the letter which you say has made you
lose your faith in human nature. I have
no recollection of it any more than I
would hive of other passing circumstances
of six years ago. When several persons,
at different times, informed mo that a letter
would lie pnblished iu which I had abused
Gen. Grant, I treated the matter with in
difference, thinking it impossible that such
a letter could exist.
I do not write for the purpose of exon
erating myself, for I would rather be the
writer of the lett'-r than its publisher. The
peace of political parties and of society
would be placed iu great jeopardy if all
the private letters written within the past
six years were published. Nothing that I
have said will affect your fair fame, and
your rnnny frlenrts wonUl Be sadly wanting
in judgment if they were at all influenced
by the silly exultations of a few unscrupu
lous persons, who, after all, are only re
joicing over the most contemptible breach
of confidence I ever heard of. I regret ex
ceedingly the loss of your friendship, aud
do not hesitate to disapprove the senti
ments of which, I suppose, I must bear the
odium. They appear in a letter of which 1
have no recollection ; they are so different
from the sentiments I always express to
ward yourself aud the gallant oflicers of
the army, and are so inconsistent with all
antecedents that I scarcely consider them
entitled to a moment’s thought.
I have the honor to remain, very respect
fully, your obedient servant,
David D. Ported, Admiral.
Taxation of Bonds. —The United
States Circuit Court at Springfield, Illinois,
after full argument in the case of the
United States m. John W. Bunn, and after
having fully considered the case, which was
reserved for the purpose of a careful exam
ination, have, all the judges concurring,
sustained the following ruling of the In
ternal Revenue Bureau Bonds issued by
cities or towns to aid in the construction
of railroads, and to purchase stock therein
are not considered as issued by municipal
officers in the exercise only of functions
strictly belonging to them in their ordin
ary governmental and municipal capacity.
They are held liable, therefore, to stamp
tax at the same rate as promissory notes,
being five cents for every hundred dollars
or fractional part thereof. The coupons
are a part of the bond, and do not require
additional stamps.
The negroes of Butts county have al
lowed themselves to be juggled into the
nomination of amean white man—the only
one of his color attending their convention
—as a candidate for Representative.
Rejected Addresses.
(After the manner of Moote) t
One mor-c a Ttiere at the gate
Os Paris stood disconsolate ;•
The door was closed, the tie to sever,
That he and Peace might enter never.
Closed was the way, the passage b irr’d,
The wall delended by a guard;
The order given, in addition,
“ For Thiers and Peace there’s no admission.”
Without, they met reception rude.
From Pruß-ia’s battle loving brood ;
For Peace and Theirs they’d no affection,
And did not care for the connection.
May Paris never rue the day
That Thiers and Peace were turn’d away!
They lelt—the armistice rejected—
Slowly and sadly, both dejected.
Mark Twain’s Wonderful Watch.
My beautiful new watch had run eigh
teen or nineteen months without losing or
gaining, and without breaking any pait of
its machinery or stopping. I had comp to
believe it infallible in its judgments a tout
the time of day, and to consider its consti
tution and its anatomy imperishable. But
at last, one night, I let it run dowu I
grieved about it as though it was a recog
nized messenger and forerunner of calamity.
But by and by 1 cheered up, set the watch
by guess, and commanded my bodingsand
superstitions to depart. Next day 1 step
ped into the chief jeweler’s to set it by the
exact time, and the head of the establish
ment took it out of my hand and proceeded
to set it for me. Then he said: “She is
tour in'mutes slow, and the regulator must
be pushed lip a little, and so, while I danced
around him in anguish, and beseeched him
(o let the watch alone, Ire calmly and cruel
ly did the shameful dee<b My watch began
to gain. It gained faster day by day.—
Within the week it sickened to a raging
fever, and its pulse went up to one hundred
and fifty in the shade. At the* end of two
months it had left all the time pieces in the
town far in the rear, and was a fraction
over thirteen days ahead of the almanac.
It was away into November enjoying the
snow, while the October leaves were still
turning. It hurried up house rents,
bills payable, and such things, in such
ruinous way that 1 conld not abide
it. I look it to the watchmaker to lie
regulated. He asked me if I had ever
had it repaired. I said no, it had never
needed any repairing. He looked a look of
vicious happiness and eagerly pried the
watch open, then put a snia I dice box into
his eye and peered into its machinery. He
said it wanted cleaning and oiling, besides
regalating—come iu a week. After being
cleaned und oiled, and regulated, my watch
slowed down to that degree that it ticked
like a tolling bell. I began to be left by
trains, I tailed all appointments, I got to
missing my dinner; iny watch strong out
three days’ gnee to four, and let me go to
protest, I gradually drifted back into yes
terday, then day before, then into last week,
and by and by the comprehensioi came
upon me that all solitary and alone I was
lingering along in week before last., and the
world was out of sight. I seemed to detect
in myself a sort of sneaking fellow-feeling
for the mummy in the museum, aqd a de
sire to swap news with him. I went to a
again. He took the watch all
Inj Hi I inn [|)nl I waited, and then said the
barrel He said lie coulJ
reduce it in three days. After this the
watch averaged well, but nothiog more.
For half a day it would go like the very
mischief, and keep up such a barkiag, and
wheezing, and whooping and sneezing, and
snorting, that I could not hear myself think
tor the disturbance; and as long as it held
out there was not a watch in the land that
stood any chance against it. But the rest
~of the (tiry it wonld keep ou slowing down
and tooting along until all the clocks it had
left behind caught up again. So at last, at
the end o r twenty-tour hours it would
trot up to the judge’s stand all right and
j igti irrrtim" It would show a fair and
square average, and no man could say it
had doue more or less than its duty. But
a correct average is only a mild virtue in a
watch, and I took this instrument to
another watchmaker. He said the king
bolt was broken. I said I was glad it was
nothing more serious. To tell the plain
truth, 1 had no idea what the kiug-bolt was,
but I did not. choose to appear ignorant to
a stranger. He repaired the king-bolt, but
what the watch gained in one way it lost
in another. It would run awhile and then
stop awhile, and then run awhile again*
apt so on, nsing its own discretion about
the intervals. And every time it went off
it kicked back like a musket. I padded
my breast for a few days, but finally took
the watch to another watchmaker. He
picked it all to pieces, and turned the ruin
over and under his glass ; and then he said
there appeared to be something the matter
with the hair-trigger. He fixed it, and
gave it a fresh start. It did well now, ex
cept that always at ten minutes to ten the
hands woald shut together like a pair of
scissors, and from that time forth they
would travel together. The oldest man in
the wocktoeofrfd not make bead or tail of
the time of day by such a watch, and so I
went again to have the thing repaired.
This person said that the mainspring was
not at aight. He also remarked that part
of the half solelng. He
things all right, and that
Tnyti me-piece performed unexeeptionably,
save that now and then, after working
along quietly for nearly eight hours, every
thing inside would let go all of a sudden
and begin to buzz like a be a , and the bands
would straightway begin to spin round and
round so fast that their individuality was
lost completely, and they simply seemed a
delicate spider’s web over the face of the
watch. She would reel off the next 24
hours in six or seven minutes and then stop
witli a bang. I went with a heavy heart
to one more watchmaker and looked on
while he look her to pieces. Then I pre
pared to cross question him rigidly, for this
thin" was getting serious. The watch had
cost S2OO originally, and I seemed to have
paid out two or three thousand for repairs.
While I waited and looked on I presently
recognized in this watchmaker an old ac
quaintance—a steamboat engineer of other
days, and not a good engineer either. He
examined all the parts carefully, just as
the other watchmaker had done and then
delivered his verdict with the same enn
fi lencc of manner.
He said :
“ She makes too much steam—you want
to hang the monkey wrench on the safety
valve!”
I brained him on the spot, and had him
buried at my own expense.
My uncle William (now deceased, alas!)
used to say that a good horse was a good
horse until it had fun away once, and that
a good watch was a good watch until the
repairers got a eiiance at it. Aud he used
to wonder « hat became of all the unsuc
cessful tinkers, and gunsmiths, and shoe
makers,and blacksmiths ; but nobody could
ever tell him. —December Galaxy.
Radicalism at the South—What It
Costs. —The five years’ rule of the carpet
baggers in the South,now happily drawing
to a close, has almost impoverished that
country. North Carolina has been plunged
into a debt of $19,000,000 ; Georgia into a
debt of $9,000,000; Florida, $5,000,000;
South Carolina, nearly $20,000,000; Louisi
ana, $13,000,000; Arkansas, $5,000,000;
Mississippi, $8,000.0000 ; Texas. $7,000,000 •
Alabama, $5,000,000; Virginia, $33,000,000;
and Tennessee, $3G,000,000. Here is an
aggregate debt ot $160,000,000, most of
which is due to the corruption and pecula
tion of the characterless adventurers who
have had possession of the Southern State
governments since the close of the war.
The Democrats now coming into power in
those States are called upon to assume the
liquidation of these heavy burdens, while
the creatures who have made them, like
birds of prey gorged with their plunder,
are hastening back to their Northern
homes. After this trial of Radical rule in
the South, it will lie wonderful indeed if
the inhabitants, whether white or black,
will be willing to entrust their interests in
such hands again. Had they not risen in
time, their whole country would have been
mortgaged to meet the cost of the swind
ling jobs by which the carpet-baggers were
filling their own pockets. South Carolina
and a few other States yet remain to be
saved from the spoiler.— Albany Argus.
The Jews in Rome.— King Victor Eman
uel has decreed that all citizens of the new
ly annexed Papal States shall enjoy equal
civil rights, and thus lifts the bands of per
secution from 4,700 Jews in the city of
Rome alone. Until within a short time the
Jews in Rome were penned up every night
in the Ghetto, and neither ingress nor egress
allowed till morning.
[From the New York Bulletin.
Southern Credit.
THE CAUSE OF DEPRESSION AND THE MEANS
OF RESTORATION.
It is unfortunate for the South that, at a
time when the reconstruction of its finances
was required, the control of its State affairs
should have fallen into the hands of mere
political adventurers. There was a time
when it was a sufficient guarantee of a
Southern State obligation that it was
backed by Southern men of inflexible honor
and conspicuous integrity. At present,
there is scarcely a State in the South whose
debts have this sort of backing. For the
last five years the finances of the several
States have been controlled by men who
have acquired position through the politi
cal vicissitude consequent upon the war.
With no experience in statesmanship or
finance, and no record but that of adven
turers, these men have undertaken to re
adjust the revenues and debts of the States.
W e know what we say when we affirm that
the main object with these raw financiers
has not lieen the good credit of the State,
but the manipulation of the finances so as
to produce the largest possible gains out of
speculation. Their schemes have been, in
most cases, hatched in Wall street banking
houses; and the Legislators, Governors and
officials have been paid tools for carrying
out the plans of shrewd bankers. The
main point aimed at was to produce the
widest possible fluctuations in the prices of
the State bonds, irrespective of the inter
ests of the State, the party to be “ milked”
being the innocent public. Most of the
States have found it necessarv to issue new
obligations to provide for their over due
bonds or their unpaid interest. These new
issues have in most cases lieen put
out by secret sale on the market, and in
amounts known only to the negotiator and
the clique. In anticipation of the issue the
parties to the secret would sell on time
large amounts of the State securities, and so
soon as the newbondsliad been marketed,the
fact would be announced with the result of
a heavy full in the market value of the obli
gations, affording the “ring” speculators
and opportunity for covering their previous
large sales. In other Instances a legisla
tive “ ring” lias authorized large issues of
bonds to railroad schemes, for which there
was no necessity arising out of the com
merce of ihe State. These loans had the
double speculative advantage of involving
large contracls for building the roads and
of yielding a profit, on the manipulation of
the bond market, the gains on both opera
tions falling into the hands of the clique.
In other instmees the political speculators
have sought illicit gains through factitious
expedients for stimulating the credit of the
State. In these cases they would first of
all buy through New York capitalists large
amounts of the obligations, and then
augment the taxes to retire unexpectedly a
considerable amount of debt, and, as a still
farther expedient, compel certain corpora
tions doing business within the State to
hold a considerable amount of the State
obligations, wh'ch the corporations had to
buy from the clique.
To our certain knowledge, State officials
have contrived to make large profits directly
through commissions paid by the bankers
negotiating loans for the State. We know
of instances where finance officers have
boldly proposed, in letters to New York
bankers, to give large commissions on the
sale of securities, provided the allowance
should be divided with them. And equally
possible would it be to cite Instances in
which a Ooverpor or a C miptroller have
deliberately invoTred,Jhe State in advances
upon secret issues of nmT) MljfjM. the effect
of which could only be to einWaitass the
finances and weakeu the credit of the Gov-
We allude t<£ this discreditable manage
ment of State naances aoorith. for no
other pnrpose than aMrrapoaote public in
vestigation, aud to redeedßhe credit of the
Southern governments from the faithless
hands into which it has fallen. A knowl
edge of these abuses ought to suffice for
their overthrow and for the banishment of
political speculators from public position.
There is but one means of restoring the
credit of the Southern States, viz: the res
toration of unimpeachable- Southern citi
zens of the old standard to representative
and official positions. Men of weaHlt and
ability and character cannot afford to
stand sullenly by and witness the degrada
tion of their State by interlopers and ad
venturers. They have an interest In their
section wh'ch the new element have not
and cannot have; and it becomes them to
assert their claim to the actual government
of their States. When Southern honor
and statesmanship are again infused into
the local governments, we shall witness a
vast and permanent improvement in South
ern credit; but not before.
[From the Baltimore Christian Advocate.
Church FanUstics.
ON TOtikNAMENT^.^*^*’*
A respected £[ul»i!Sf) undent writes to
know onr opinion about the propriety of
holding tournaments for the purpose of
assisting to build churches. The subject
had never received our consideration, be
cause we had not heard of tournaments in
the character of financial religious devices.
We had heard of benevolent balls, and
pious lotteries, and sanctified bazaars, but
not of consecrated tournaments Now, we
believe as Paul did about some common
practices of his day, that tournaments are
nothing at all to religion. If a number of
young men think it worth while to spend
months in training to compete with one
another in the noble trial of poking a
broom-handle through a curtain-ring, and
if the contestants in this pretty game can
call themselves “knights’’ and their play
a “tournament” without a keene sense of
the ridicnlons, in short, if the burlesque of
the old knightly contests can be enjoyed,
we see no impropriety in it more than in
any other juvenile frivolity.
ON BALLS.
Many of our young women are entirely
destitute of resources of self-enjoyment.—
Unless in company, or anticipating it, their
ennui is dreadful; and when in company, as
they have nothing in the world to say that
any human being can long endure tri hear,
and as they are incapable of comprehend
ing what any Intelligent person might at
tempt to communicate, the only resource is
to dance. They can do that without brains;
in fact, it is the ultimate provision of ex
hausted society for the brainless. And a
wonderful provision it is which enables a
graceful idiot to bear the palm over the less
muscular woman of the highest intellec
tual and moral caste, which gives to man’s
legs the supremacy over all that constitutes
the image of God.
OUR CHURCHES.
But people are not satisfied with the ne
cessaries of life in religion more than in
other things. We all want to have church
es finer than we are willing to pay for.
We are sensitiveabontour “ respectability”
in this matter, and we subject ourselves to
the mortification of begging from and get
ting under obligations of recognition and
respect to men and men’s inventions really
obnoxious to us.
The New Washington Paper— The
new so-called Democra'ic paper, the Daily
Patriot, published at Washington, edited
by James S. Harvev, has made its appear
ance. The New York Sun praises it very
highly, and thinks it will be a very excel
lent paper. If it pleases the editor of the
Sun it must be a great aid to the Democrat
ic party—a good ways over the left. Mr.
Harvey was one of Lincoln’s appointments
to some foreign mission—we are no’ aware
that he is a Democrat; and his paper thus
far, certainly gives no evidence of the least
sympathy with the genuine principles of
the Democracy. We are sure that the
Mongrel party could not do a sharper trick
than to establish such a paper at Washing
ton as an organ of the Democratic party.
For if it obtains any circulation and in
fluence, it will be a fruitful source of de
moralization and disorganization to the
party. The paper, thus far, however, while
it shows a commendable amount of labor
in its news department, is utterly wanting
in editorial ability and force. Its style is
as weak and pointless as its policy, which
is, to say the least, too feeble to go long.
It was born with the clear signs of con
sumption in its constitution. Add to this
consideration the fact that its politics per
fectly please the editor of the New York
Sun, who is, politically, about as black as
the blackest negro of Congo, and we have a
“ high old " specimen of a Democratic organ
at Washington.— Day Book.
BY TELEGRAPH.
f Associated Frees Dispatches.
NOON DISPATCHES.
New York, December 9. —The Silesia
has arrived. She saw no French cruisers.
A large number of prisoners have ar
rived in Paris, captured in the battles east
an I south of the city, on the 2d. The
Prussians, in their attack, hurled 120,000
men against Ducrot. Nevertheless Ducrot
held his ground and repulsed the enemy.
Advices from Belfort to the 6th say the
siege is progressing vigorously. The
Prussians were beaten off in an attempt to
storm Belfort, atffl one Prussian regiment
cut to pieces.
Wm. Brockway, reported very wealthy,
has been arrested on the charge of counter
feiting seven-thirty bonds of which the
Government redeemed over a quarter of a
million. He was bailed in the sum of
SBO,OOO.
Montgomery, December 9. — This morn
ing Smith withdrew from the contest for
Governor, and yielded the office to Li ndsny.
Everything isjoyfnl and no demonstrations
made, except of thankfulness that the con
flict is over.
London, December 7.—The limes on
Grant’s message says: “It shows another
stage in Grant’s downward career and
teaches how far the highest authorities
will go when the balance of parties is
unstable.”
Tours, December 9.—Montargis, in the
Department of the Loire, has lieen evacu
ated by the Germans and the Army of the
Loire again started forward.
A balloon from Paris, the Btli, states
that the situation is satisfactory. The
Prussians arc actively constructing works
in rear of the lines from which the French
recently drove them.
Berlin, December 6.— King Louis of Ba
varia writes to King John of Saxony
“ that the Germans led by King William
celebrated the Brotherhood of Arms, giv
ing glorious proof of the importance and
power of United Germany. I have negoti
ated to this end at Versailles, and now in
vitc other German Princes to urge the
King of Prussia to assume the title of Em
peror of Germany, united with Presidential
functions. Proud thus to take the first
step in German unity, I hope for your as
sent and that of other Princes and free
towns.”
EVENING DISPATCHES.
W ashington, December 9.—There was a
full Cabinet to-day.
In the Senate, resolutions were offered
calling on the President for all facts re
garding St. Domingo and the employment
of troops in elections.
After executive session, Senate adjourned
to Monday.
The Senate will take no action regarding
Georgia Senators until Jin nary. Farrow,
one of the contestants, leaves for Georgia
to-night.
It appears from diplomatic correspond
ence that Motley, on August 11, telegraph
ed the following to Fish :
“ It is an authentic fact that the French
Government telegraphed to London yester
day to know if General Lee is here, or
whether he is expected. The supposition
is that a military command is to be offered
him. lam not aware that General Lee is
in London, or that he is expected. The
fact, however, that the French G ivernment
should show suchjmxiety to obtain the
assistance talfcmt from so dis
tant a quarter would seem to argue some
want of confidence sh the government o£
theijcAwnbs.”
It is stated on proper authority that, the
Government; has only iwfiremea SBO,OOO in
counterfeit 7 3Q-bmtns.
RALByf«mi|jpecember 9.—The following
was in the House to-day :
Resolved, That William W. Holden, Gov
ernor of North Carolina, be impeached of
high crimes and misdemeanors in office.
The resolntion was referred to the Ju
diciary Committee, and will probably be
acted on to-morrow, and a committee ap
pointed to conduct the trial before the
Senate. It is expected the Senate will
take prompt action in the matter, and a
court of Impeachment will shortly con
vene.
New Yoiik, December 9.—A World spe
cial from London, the 7th, says Allen
writes from St. Petersburg, on the 2d, that
a warlike feeling is prevailing over the
whole Empire. Gortschakoff’s circular
created a universal feeling of joy at Sebas
topol. The Emperor notified the reserve
corps to hold themselves in readiness.
This is considered very important. This
measure has not been resorted to since the
Crimean war. Russia is committed to a
bold line of conduct, and resolved to pro
ceed iu spite of all opposition. It was an
nounced by the Emperor that forty million
rubles will be devoted to extraordinary
war expeo«j& By the first of January
49,700 remWWed guns and 150,000 breach
tahjaders will be ready for use.
riTn —iiii i"; Cos., pro vt Sftmygrarchants,
and Grant olVmanufac
turers have snspendeffrllNhp,.goods firm
has failed for $200,00); aclothingnonse for
$500,000.
Cable rates have advanced to 15, gold,
no message to exceed fifty words; press
and political news half rates. The advance
commences Monday, 12th.
The steamer Hornet, suspteted Cuban
filibuster, got to sea last night.
Baltimore, December 9 —ln Maryland
vs. Baltimore and Ohio Railroad, for a fifth
of passenger transportation through the
State was decided against the State. The
State filed exceptions. The Court inti
mated that each passenger could recover
one-fifth of the fare from the company.
Columbia, S. C., December 9.—The Su
preme Court of South Carolina lias struck
from its docket the action involving the
validity of the new bills of the Bank of the
State of South Cirolina. Another war
claim is thus disposed of, and Judge Car
penter’s decision, upholding the validity of
the new bills, is not sustained.
Norfolk, December 9 Jos. M. Wal
ters, proprietor of the National Hotel, com
mitted suicide. Cause, unfortuate cotton
speculation.
Richmond, December 9.—Wm. T. Ro
gers. Judge at the last election, was again
arrested for separating white and black
voters.
Madrid, December s.—Queen Isabella
sends a formal protest from Geneva against
the election of Aosta, but disavows her in
tention to use force. All political factions
are violently attacking Prim and the party
that elected Aosta.
London, December 7.—A dispatch from
Berlin says King William accepts the title
of Emperor of Germany. There is immense
enthusiasm at Berlin.
The French acceptance of a conference
for the settlement of the Eastern question
is unconditional. Bismarck considers the
delay in voting for the new constitution as
working mischief.
Tours, December 7.—A dispatch from
LeMans announces the airival of a Paris
balloon, with news ofthe 6th, evening. No
military operations of importance since
the 3d. Troehu received a letter from Von
Moltke, announcing the defeat of the Army
of the Loire, and granting safe conduct to
parties designated to verify the news. The
offer was refused. The Government at
once issued a proclamation giving the facts,
andjjsaying, even if it was true, they would
still have a right to expect a great move
ment of the nation.
Advices from reliable parties show that
the successes of the Parisians (?) were
greater than supposed. When the balloon
started firing was heard south of Paris.
Paris journals announce a change in the
Army of the Loire. It is divided into>
three corps, commanded by Bourbaki,
Chaucay and Billot.
NIGHT DISPATCHES.
Washington, December 9. —The Tribune
says, editorially : “ A general amnesty bill,
such as Gen. Butler is to submit to the
House, with an endless list of exceptions, is
not what the country will be content with,
or what the political situation demands.
The truth is, that the bill is a misnomer,
for it grants pardon to a fevy not already
Practically exempted from their disabilities,
it is precisely the same measure which
was laid over at the last’Session. Though
the committee does not appear to have b a en
educated to a broader appreciation of its
duty in the matter, public sentiment, mean
time, has advanced in liberality. The
present bill will not do, and we trust that
before it is adopted, the House, which, we
are told, evinces comprehensive common
sense on the question, will much improve
and extend it.
San Francisco, December 9.— The com
plete census of California shows an in
crease in ten years of 126,619; increase in
the city of San Francisco, 93,470, or nearly
200 per cent. J
New York, December 9— The small
pox is rapidly spreading in Brooklyn,
Plat Bush Hospital and the Dead House
are filled with patients, and the new
County Alms House will be prepared at
once as a hospital.
Officials of all telegraph companies were
in consultation to-day, and reported that
the tariff on all messages be increased 50
per cent, from January Ist.
Custom House detectives this morniog
received six thousaud dollars worth of
smuggled silks and velvets in a boarding
house on West street. The goods have
been smuggled from France across the
English Channel to the North of Ireland,
and thence to this port in emigrants’ chests
having false bottoms. The business is
believed to have lately been very extensive,
and that the Government has lost in duties
by this means two hundred and fifty thous
and dollars in gold.
London, December 7.—The town is full
of rumors, purporting that Paris will capit
ulate on the 10th inst. Great contractors
are known to have prepared Immense quan
tities of provisions to lie despatched to
Paris, and special contracts have been
made for railway transportation. The quar
rel between Bismarck and the Crown
Prince has broken out worse than ever.
London, December 9.—Gladstone has
written a letter, November 30, to Edmund
Dease, M. P. for Queen’s county, Ireland,
acknowledging the receipt of the petition
praying for the intervention of England In
behalf of the temporal authority of the
Pope. Gladstone says the Government
lias not interfered witli anv changes in
Rome since the election of Plnx IX, but
l'eels bound to make, and has made, pro
vision for affording protection to the Pon
tiff. In the meantime, Italy explicitly en
gages to protect the Pope’s freedom and
maintain his dignity.
Berlin, December 7— A dispatch from
the King to the Queen confirms the report
of 10,000 prisoners, 77 cannon and 4 gun
boats being captured at Orleans. The
King adds: “Von Twestea has carried
Gidy, Jarvey and Privls by storm, and
Manteuffel occupied Rouen after victorious
encounters. Goedet now holds the city.
Eight heavy guns were found in the en
trenchments.”
Florence, December 7.—The Royal
speech was well received. Signor Bran
ehere lias been elected President of the
Lower Chamber.
Aosta will set out for Spain about New
Yer’s. The deputation from Spain isevery
where received with the warmest expres
sions of welcome. ft has gone to Turin to
offer its congratulation to the future Queen
of Spain.
World Cables, from Tours, 7th says: The
Government states that the Army of the
Loire is at its old quarters, but the locality
is not given. Despair has seized on some
here, and the spirits of others have risen to
meet the desperate condition of affairs. The
G iverunient dec'ares that its reverses were
only of temporary importance. Many rail
way trains loaded with cattle, sheep and
provisions had been concentrated near
Orleans for the succor of Pa ris. They were
all saved. The evacuation of Orleans was
caused by the demoralization of the new
French troops and mistaken strategy, and
indecision of Gen. d’Aurelles, who allowed
two corps to be overwh Imed by the whole
Prussian army, although he had two hun
dred thousand men within'teadh.
Official returns state that the Army of
the Loire consisted of 300,000 men, with
IJMX) guns. In the engagements of the 3,1
and 4t.h only 60,000 French fought against
150,000 Germans. The plan of the cam
paign was devised by Gambetta, aided by
De Bare, a young officer of Engineers, and
was either not carried out by d’Aurelles,
or the plan itself was fatally erroneous.
MARKETS.
[nv TELEGRAPH]
London, December 7—Morning—Con
sols, 92. Bonds, 94%.
London, December 7.—Consols—Money,
92; account, 92%. American Securities
quiet; ’o2’s, 88% ; at Frankfort steady.
Liverpool, December 7—Morning.—Cot
ton opened quier; uplands, 8%<99% ; sales,
10.000 bales.
T/dfer.—Cotton dull; uplands, 8%<58%;
Orleans, 9(&9%. Pork firmer. Beef, 1255.
Bacon—market bare.
Liverpool, December 7—4:30, P. M.—
Cotton flat and irregular; quotations un
changed ; sales, 10,000 bales. Common
Rosin, ss. Bd.
New York, December 9—Noon.—Gov
ernments opened steady; now very strong
at %@,% higher. State Securities very
dull, but stealy. Gold steady and dull at
110%. Money, 5@7. Exchange—long,
8%; short, 9%.
New York, December 9—P. M.—Money
abundant. Exchange firmer. Gold, 110%@
110%. Governments advanced %<B% on
all ; 5-20’s steady on 10 4£l’a. Southerns
*ery doll and unchanged.
New York, December 9—P. M.—Money
easy and supply offering abundant. Gold
very dull all day. Governments showed
great strength this afternoon 5 ; ’62’s, 7% ;
’64’s, 7%; ’6s’s, 7%; new, 9% ; ’67’s, 9%;
’OS’s, 10%; 10-40’s, 6%. Teunessees, 63%;
new, 59; Virginias, 66; new. 63; Louis
ianas, 70 ; new, 64; Levees, 71; B’s, 85;
Alalia in as, 100; s’s, 70; Georgias, 84% •
7's, 91% ; North Carol inns, 45 ; new, 24%;
South Carolinas, 88; new, 69%.
New York, December 9—-Noon.—Flour
quiet and unchanged. Wheat dull and
nominally in buyers’ favor. Corn quiet
and unchanged. Pork dull; old, s22®
22 25. Laid unchanged; steam, 12%@
12%". Cotton dull and lower; middling
upland, 15% ; sales, 1,800 bales. Turpen
tine steady at 47. Rosin firm at $2 05 for
strained. Freights steady.
New York, December 9-P. M.—Cotton
dull and heavy ; sales, 2,200 bales at 13%.
Southern Flour unchanged; common to
good extra, $6 05<§6 45. Whisky active
and firmer at 91@92. Wheat Jheavy and 1
lower; Winter red and amber Western,
$1 40(<H 46. Corn 1(32 better; old, 82;
new, 76380. Pork irregular; old, s22®
22 25. Beef steady. Lard dull; kettle,
13 %■ Naval Stores steady. Tallow dull
Freights unchanged.
New York, December 9—P. M.—The
following are weekly cotton reports from
interior towns for the w- ek ending Decem
ber 9: Stock, 1870, Augusta, Ga., 15,000 ;
stock, 1869,16,200; receipts of week, 9,000;
sales o f week, 6,700; price, 14 §14%; state
of market, fair demand at lower rates.
Stock, 1870, Macon, Ga.,9,080: stock, 1869,
1.513. Stock, 1870, Montgomery, Ala,
10,945; stock, 1869, 15,085; receipts of
week, 4,000. Stock, 1870, Selma, Ala.,
9,800; shipments of week, 3,000. Stock,
1870, Nashville, Tenn., 3,270; stock, 1869,
1,919; shipments of week, 2,232- receipts
of week, 2,663. Stock, 1870. Memphis, Tenn.
38,026; stock, 1869, 10,219; shipments of
week, 25,387; receipts of week, 23,454;
shipments today, 2,643; receipts today,
3,552; sales of week, 19,300; price, 14%;
state of market quiet and weak.
Baltimore, December 9.—Flour firm
and active; city mills held higher. Wheat
Arm. Coru firm and scarce; white, 71@72 ;
yellow, 73. Provisions flat In absence of.
orders; quotations nominal. Lard, 13%.
Whisky active at 90@91.
Cincinnati, December 9.—Flour and
Cor«unchanged. Mess Pork limited—job
bing demand at sl9. Lard—kettle, 12.
Bacon—shoulders, 11 ; clear rib sides, 14;
clear sides, 14%. Whisky in good demand
at 86@88.
Louißvtlle, December 9.—Tobacco
firm and unchanged. Bugging steady at
27. Flour quiet at $5 25. Corn unchang
ed. Provisions quiet and unchanged.—
Whisky, 87.
New Orleans, December 9.—Flour-
superfine, $5 ; double, $5 50; treble, $5 75.
Corn— white, 75; yellow, 80. Oats, 63.
Bran, $1 05. Hay—prime, S2B. Pork
new mess, $22 25; old, S2B. Bacon, 14 %,
16% and 16% ; clear, 17; hams, 19023.
Sugar firmer; prime, 10® 10%. Molasses,
53057. Whisky, 950$ 1. Coffee,. 17 %@
17%. Sterling, 20. New York Sight, %
discount. Gold, 110%.
New Orleans, December 9.—Cotton in
fair demand with lower rates; middling,
14%014?4 ;sales, 6,300 bales; net receipts,
5,465; coat wise, 555—total, 6,020; exports
—to Great Britain, 3,950; to Continent,
1,000 Vera Cruz ; stock, 135,545; net re
ceipts of the week, 54,020; coastwise, 3,474;
total, 57,494; exports—to Great Britain,
27,177 ; Continent, 5,071 ; Barcelona, 2,298 ;
Bremen 1,000; Vera Cruz, coastwise, 5,408;
sales of the week, 46,000.
Savannah, December 9.—Cotton—de
mand limited, with few buyers; middling,
14%; sales, 1,700 bales; net receipts,4,4s6
exports coastwise, 2,285; stock, 77,158; ne
receipts of the Week, 27,808; exports—to
Great Britain, 10,889; to Continent, 6,834;
coastwise, 8,260; sales of the week. 12,500.
Mobile, December 9—Cotton dull;
middling, 14%«®14%; sales, 1,500 bales;
net. receipts, 3,264 ; exports—to Continent,
210; coastwise, 556; stock, 57,224; net re
ceipts of the week, 19,485; exports—to
Great Britain, 12,547; to Continent, 1,628;
coastwise, 3,609; sales of the week, 12,700.
Wilmington, December 9.—Cotton dull;
middling, 14; sales small; net receipts, 401
bales; exports coastwise, 1,111; stock,
714; net receipts of the week, 2,720; ex
ports coastwise, 3,975; sales of the week,
471.
Charleston, December 9.—Cotton dull;
middling, 14%; sales, 200 bales; net re
ceipts, 1,641; coastwise, 21—total, 1,662;
exports coastwise, 1,948 ; stock, 30,673 ; net
receipts of the week, 14,449; coastwise, 21
—total, 14,470; exports—to Great Britain,
3,710; Continent, 550; coastwise, 8,358;
sales of the week, 6,000.
MARINE NEWS.
New York, December o. —Arrived:
Charleston ; Leo, from Savannah.
Augusta Daily Market.
Officb Daily Constitutionalist, t
Friday, December 0-F. M. \
FINANCIAL—
HOLD—Buying at 1011 and selling at 111.
SILVER buying at 105 and selling at 108.
BONDB—City Bonds, 79082.
STOCKS- O.orgii Railroad, 103. Augusta
Factory, 15S0H>M. Savings Bank, 105. Hran
iteville Sock, 83085.
COTTON—Our market opened quiet with a
moderate demand at 14 for Liverpool and 14%
for New York middling, and ruled dull and
nominal during the morning, but late in the
day became steadier and closed with a fair de
mand at the opening prices. Sales, 1,341 bales.
Receipts, 1,773 bales.
BACON—G./od demand,' with light stock.
We quote C. Sides, 16%@17 ; C. R. Bides.
16; B. B. Sides, 15%; Shoulders, 13; Hams,
22%@27 ; Dry Salt Shoulders, 10%; Dry Salt
C. R. Sides, 12%; D. 8. Clear Bides, 13.
CORN—lu moderate demand, and prime
while is selling at fl 05@1 10 by the car load
from depot; retail, ft 15.
WHEAT—We quote choice white, $1 45@
1 55; amber, f l 35; red, fl 30.
FLOUR—City Mills, |« 0()@7 50; at retail, *1
# barrel higher. Country, 15 50(87 50, ac
cording tc quality.
CORN MEAL—SI 20 at wholesale; 2130
retail.
OATS—6O.
PEAS—*I 25.
Tub Funeral of Father Duggan.—
This most excellent man and venerated
priest was buried on yesterday, with sol
emn and impressive ceremony. The church
was draped in mourning, rich and deep,
which testified to the sorrow of his people,
and the care and attention with which
they performed this solemn duty. In the
centre aisle a bier was erected, with
plumes black and white on either side,,
the corpse being in the centre. Around
the corpse s.it the Bishop and priests
from different places, and performed sjb e
“ office for the dead,” the same being
chanted by all the priests. The services
were expressive, and were attended by a
very large number of our citizens who
were not members of Father Duggan’s con
gregation.
The clergymen present were the Rt. Rev.
Bishop Peraico, Father Hamilton, Vicar
General of the Diocese; Fathers Kirby,
Lewis and Patrick, of the Cathedral, Sa
vannah ; Father O’Reilly, of Atlanta;
Father Bazin, of Macon; Fathers O’Hara
and Tanqueiy, of Augusts ; Very Rev. Dr.
Birmingham, V. G. of Charleston; and
Father Crogati, Pastor of St. Joseph’s
Church, Charleston.
The celebrant of the High Mass of Re
quiem whs Father Hamilton, V. G.; Dea
con, Father O’Hara ; Sub-Deacon, Father
Crogan; Master of Ceremonies, Father
O’Reilly; Assistants at the Bishop’s
Throne, Very Rev. Dr. Birmingham and
Father Lewis. The panegyric was preach
ed by the Bishop in a most feeling and elo
quent manner.
At two o’clock the funeral procession
formed at the church, on Telfair street, un
der the supervision of Maj. I. P. Girardey,
as Chief Marshal, and the following gen
tlemen as aids:
, Chas. Spaeth, John Brenner, Philip Ma
lone, J. W. Turley, A. J. Gouley, A. G.
Hall, E. J. O’Connor, Wm. McCabe, Au
gust Dorr, John F. Armstrong, P. M. Mul
lierin, P. F. Dunne, J. Hanlon, D. Galvan,
A T. Gray.
And moved off in the following order:
Open Carriage, containing Cross Bearer
and Acolytes.
Hearse, surrounded by the Pall Bearers
—James Uni-gun, Jiio Cleary, M. D.
O'Connor, M. O’Dowd, Edw. O’Donnell, A.
O. DeCottes, R. 11. May, James A. Gray,
Austin Mullarky, Michael Gallaher, Geo. S.
Hookey, Tlios. Dwyer, Tlios. Armstrong,
Jas. Castello, James Magarahan, Patrick
Roach, James Purcell, John Brislin.
Society of St Vincent dc Paul, of which
deceased was President.
Hibernian Benevolent Society.
Fire Companies.
Mayor and City Council of Augusta, in
carriages.
Ladles of the Congregation, two by two.
Meu ofthe Congregation, two by two.
Sodality of Immaculate Conception and
Girls of Sunday School, with Teachers.
Sodality of St. Aloysius and Boys of
Sunday School, with Teachers.
Orphans.
Sisters of Mercy.
Clergy.
Bishop.
The Reverend Clergy of other denom
inations, represented by Rev. Dr. Hard,
Baptist; Dr. Mann, Methodist; Rev. Mr.
Parks, Methodist; and Rev. Dr.Cammann,
German Lutheran.
A large number of the places of business
on Broad street were closed in respect to
the dead, and the appearance of the street
Indicated a very general participation in
the ceremonies by our citizens. The proces
sion was about a mile In length and was
one of the most solemn ever witnessed in
our city, exhibiting clearly the love which
was felt for the venerable Priest, who after
passing his days in the performance of
good works has at last rested from his la
bors. He was universally loved by his peo
ple and received the warm regards of all
onr citizens who knew him and were aware
of the deeds of charity he performed for
those who sought him and for every one
indeed whose necessities he could learn.
He resided here from 1839 until his death,
and was made Pastor of the church during
the year 1854. He ever discharged the Im
portant and o'ten delicate duties of his
sacred office with zeal and a singular devo
tion to the church and its interests. There
are many hearts whose sorrow tells how
sadly he will be missed, and many tongues
will never tire In speaking good of his
name.
The vault under the church has been
prepared for two bodies, the Bishop, by
request of the Sunday School Society of
St. Vincent de Paul and the congregation,
made through Mr. Kavanagh, having kind
ly consented to allow the body of Father
Barry, who was the first pastor of the
church, to be brought here from Savannah
to rest by the side of Father Duggan.
