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OLD SERIES, VOL. LXXVI.
(Chronicle & Sentinel.
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HKDNE.SDAI MORNi.Hi, MAY 12.
A Good Divide.ni>. —The Arizona Cot
ton Factory, established in Claiborne
Parish, Louisiana, since the war, is now
paying a net profit of twenty four per cent
per annum. This income is realized on a j
capital of SBO,OOO, and with a part of the ,
machinery counted in the capital not yet 1
at work.
A Puzzle—Will some of our young
friends furnish an answer to the follow-,
ing
Twice ten arc six of us
.Six are but three of u.»,
Nine are but four of u.s
What can we possibly be ?
Would you know more of us ?
I’ll tell you more of us :
Twelve are but six of us,
Five are but four of us ?
Aim. —The number of letters contained
in each numerical.
The Memphis and Citakijeston Rail
road has declared a dividend of three
percent., payable January l-t, next.
The Columbus and Weat Point Rail
road is. being l ocated. The surveys indi
cate that there will be no heaver grade
than a ‘ dead level going from West Point
to Columbus, and the highc-t gradient
going from Columbus to West Point will
not exceed the maxidium of thq Central
Railroad, and no short curve .
Georoia Gold. —We were shown,
yesterday, a quantity of American gold
pieces—of the denomination of twenty dol
lars each—which had just been received iri
(his city from the United States Mint in
Philadelphia. Tliey were manufactured
from gold dust taken from a mine in Chero
kee county, Georgia, owned by a gentle
man in this place, und were taken by the
latter as a part of the annual rent money.
Terrible Famine in the North of
Europe. —Advices by mail from the coun
tries on the Raltic sea tell of a terrible and
widely extended famine now existing
there. A letter says that the distress is
indescribable. From the 23d of May to
the 18th of August, last year, no rain fell,
and the Summer crops were scorched.
Bread can now scarcely be got, even at the
most exorbitant prices, and, as the roads
are impassable by reason of the extraordi
nary wot weather, no help from abroad
can roach the people. The and jbilitited
condition of the population and their herd
ing together in the larger villages, in the
hope of getting food and shelter, has en
gendered disease, which is making fearful
ravages.
Northern CapitalCosiino South.—
Wo learn from the Savannah Advertises
that the schooner Florence 11. Allen ,
which arrived at that port from New York
on Tuesday list, consigned to Messrs.
Joseph A. Roberts & Cos., brought among
her freight the entire machinery for tho
working of a largo manufactory which is
to bo established at Midvillo, No. 9j, on
the Central Railroad. Tho machinery
was manufactured at Patterson, N. J.
The water wheel is but 8 feet in diameter,
of the Chase pattern, which is said to bo
superior to all others, it being adapted to
tho smallest heads of water, and has a
capacity of sixty horsepower under a fall
of only sixty feet of wator. Tho factory, it
is expected, will bo ready and in operation
in about throe months, at an entire cost of
übout s.'{(l,ooo, and will ho the means of
giving employment to upward of ono hun
dred hands. In addition to this establish
mont for the working of tho raw material
into fabrics of every description, we learn
that it is the intent ion of tho company to
shortly erect, as an adjunct to tho present
projected establishment, machinery for
carding wool und manufacturing cotton
warp and wool fillings. Tho gentlemen
connected with this enterprise are 8.
D. Gould and W. H.Munson of Patterson,
N. J., und J. McKinnc of Emanuel coun
ty. Messrs. Gould and Munson are gen
tlemen of theoretical and practical ex I
pcricnee, having been conueoted with some
of the largest and most widely known fac
tories in the Northern cities, and having a
desire to invest their capital South they*
made a tour of several of the Southern
Statos, and finding that Georgia, from her
geographical position and resources,offered
superior inducements and facilities to man
ufacturing interests ol every kind, have
oonoluded to locate the site of their intend
ed enterprise on the liuo of Emauuel and
Burke, having selected that location for its
convenience and adaptability,there being a
splendid pond, formed from several small
lakes, which is of sutfioiont power and fall
for the operations of their machinery. We
learn that it is tho intentioa of several
other gentlemen from the North to seek an
investment for their capital in the South,
and have concluded to erect similar manu
factories in other portions of tho State.
How an U. S. Detective Operates, i
—We learn that a day or two since a gen
tleuiau walked into the store of one of our
largest wholesale merchants uud asked to
see one of the fit in. The senior partner
being pointed out to him, ho asked to see
him privately for a few moments. The
request was granted and the stranger asked
for information relative to a cctain lot of
tobacco, which ho pretended had been
shipped from Richmond to this city about
tioelve months ago, aud in the shipment of
which the regulations of the Internal
Revenue Department had been violsted.
The merchant wishing to know by what
authority he made such a request, the
stranger said that he was a government
detective, and produced a document whieh
substantiated his assertion'. The merchant
replied to his demand by stating that he
had no recollection whatever of any such
transaction. The detective suggested that
he might refresh his memory by reference
to his books. A little angry at the fellow's
importunity, the gentleman told him again
that he knew nothing of the tobacco, and
furthermore he was no informer and that
he should not see his books. l>etective at j
this tried to frighten him and threatened
that if he did noi allow him to examine
his books he would seize them. Merchant,
not a bit frightened, still refused, and de
tective went off.promising a speedy return.
On leaving this store, we are informed,
that be wont to another wholesale house
on Broad street, and, making the same de
mand of one of the proprietors, met
with a similar reception. Apparently
determined to alarm somebody, detect
ive repaired to the office of the As
sessor of lutnrnal Revenue for this
District and induced Belcher, the "colored
gemiuan who lo 1U the position of As
sessor. to aoeompauy him on a second
visit to the first-named merchant. Enter
ing the store the black and tan pair re
peated the demand # for books, and
threatened seizure, etc., as before. The
demand was a second time resist, and. and
rumor hints that the merchant so far For
got his allegia .ee to the Government as to
seize its representative by his collar and
put him out of the store into the street.
Our merchants have been victimized so
much since the war by "Government
Detectives, that they have learned to
give these gentry that treatment which
they deserve.
It is reported in Washington apparently
on good authority, that Secretary Fish
will, at no very distant day, retire irorn the
State Department. It is said he has re
mained only in deference to the personal
request ol the president. Congress having
adjourned, and most of the foreign appoint
ments having been made, h« now desires
to return to private life.
What the South Needs.
It ha3 al * ays been evident to us that the
; plunder, spoil-seeking policy of Recon
struction which has been pursued by Con
gress toward the South must speedily
; terminate £ithe<- in re-action on the part of
j the people of the North, or “National”
bankruptcy and anarchy. While we suf-
I sered it was some consolation to know that
we were not to be the only sufferers, and
I that, in the end, those who inaugurated and
-1 sustained such a policy would suffer as
. severely ; and that, sooner ot later, the
people of the North would repudiate,
spurn and punish those whose sordid, un
scrupulous selfiihness had brought upon
the country such calamities. We have
: every reason now to believe that the
first of these alternative results is
4'eing accomplished—that a wholesome,
steady re action is taking place which
will hurl from power the authors of
i these infamous schemes, and that at no
distant day there will be a coalition be
tween tho moderate Republicans and the
Conservative Democrats which will
overthrow the Radicals of Congress who
legislate outside not only th j Constitution,
hut every regard for public welfare, and
put under loot the plundering, thieving
carpet-baggers and scalawags, who, under
a demand for loyalty, and by lying utter
ances and fabrications as to "rebel” spirit
and dangers to union men, have obtained
place and power in our State governments.
It.is pleasant, however, to note the change
which has commenced, and still more pleas
ant to be sustained in our observations by
such a staunch and far-seeing journalist as
the Editor of the Lancaster (I'a.) Intelli
gencer. The Intelligencer says :
“Eversince the termination of the war
the Radicals have been greatly concerned
about tho South. They have never ceased
through their newspapers to malign the
Southern people, and to threaten them
with punishment the most severe, in the
shape of' oppressive laws, if they did not
promptly acquiesce in any form of govern
ment that a reckless and partisan Congress
might frame to secure their debasement,
and to effect their utter subjection to the
ignorant negroes in their midst. The
Southern Statos, embracing a vast extent
of territory with a splendid climate and
fertile soil, has been subjected to the
management of needy New England ad
venturers, und bold, impudent Northern
negroes. This irresponsible element in the
North, at the instance of the Radical lead
ers, went to tho South at the close of the
war and there remains a curse to tho bona
fide, residents, as it devotes itself to no use
ful pursuit, but, on the contrary, by its
active participation in the State Govern
ments, effectually retards all effort on the
part of the Southern people to recover
from the impoverishing effects of the war.
The bad laws enacted by such law makers
hinders emigration from the North and
from Europe, and in the case of some of
the Southern States, wholly prevents it.
The Radical leaders, knowing that a direct ,
appeal to all the people of all the States
would result iu their complete overthrow,
arc resolved to retain control of the gov
ernment, even if the South should become a
wilderness and a debt, enormous in amount
with its attendant taxes, be fastened upon
tho people. All industrial enterprises in
the South must be restrained that a cor
rupt political par y ifiay be in power.
“But this state of affairs cannot
long continue. Numbers of moderate
Republicans,men who regard the interests
of their country more than the success of
party, are beginning to see that what the
South needs is firmly established State
Governments made by the actual citizens
of the different Southern Statos to foster
and encourage private and public enter
prise. The people are beginning to realize
what the Democratic and Conservative
statesmen of the Nation have urged, that
the South needs no more legislation, no
more ‘exaction of the honor and liberty
of its people’—it simply needs to be let
alone, in order that its wonderful mineral,
manufacturing and agricultural resources
may be developed, and the whole Nation j
thereby benpfitted.”
Direct Railroad Connection with Cin
cinnati and the Ur» at hakes.
The Legislature of Ohio has granted
authority to the city of Cincinnati to raise,
by loan or otherwise, the sum of Ten Mil
lions of dollars, for the purpose of con
structing “Southern" Roads, or Roads,
which will effect a close and friendly connec
tion between Cincinnati and the South,
and the whole Southern system of Rail
roads. It is understood that the two ob
jective points to be reached are Knoxville,
Tonnesese, and Decatur, Alabama. This
action of the Legislature is equivalent
to securing an enterprise which, besides
opening to Cincinnati the extensive, fertile
regions of Kentucky and Tennessee now
inaccessible and remote, will command
directly and develop greatly a trade which
Cincinnati now only gets indirectly and ex
pensively through Baltimore or circuitously
and in a very small measure by the naviga
tion of the Ohio and the Mississippi. This
enterprise will form the commanding iine
between the trade of the great lakes and
the South and at no distant day he the
great highway for Cuban and South
American traffic in intertropical products
which can now only be supplied by Balti
more and New York, and which now goes
to make up no inconsiderable portion of
the commerce of those great cities. The
distance from Cincinnati to Balti
more by the present railway con
connections is greater than by the pro
posed lines to Charleston, Port Royal and
Savannah, as any one may ascertain by
describing upon the map a circle whose
centre shall beCinrinnati, having a radius
equal to the distance of Baltimore.
We regard this as the most important
of railroad enterprises for the development
of the South. Os course Cincinnati will
be the great railroad centre, the entrepot
tor trade and commerce between the great
Lakes and the Southern Atlantic coast
and the Gulf. But its benefits to us will
be im sense. Our trade with the West
will be direct, and will be greatly devel
oped. Now it is better to go to Balti
more for Ohio lard and bacon, and to
Boston for starch and Boston crackers
made from Ohio wheat, than
to Cincinnati simply because we are de
! barred by slow, circuitous routes and exces
sive rates in transportation. For the same
reason it is better to supply Cincinnati
with cotton, yarns and sheetings and shirt
ings through New York and Philadelphia.
For the want of just such railroad connec
tions with the West nearly the whole of
toe domestic commerce which naturally
flow directly between the South and the
West is transported double the distance
and made subject to the centred and the
manipulation of Eastern brokers and specu
lators. as middlemen.
The completion of the enterprise now set
on foot in Cincinnati will be the dawn of a
magnificent prosperity for the South and
i increase that of the W est in the develop
ment of her manufacturing industries.
Radicalism—What It Means.
Three Radical Congressmen elect from
! Connecticut rushed to W ashington. were
forthwith admitted, and occupied their
seats three days. Now they elaim $lO,-
000 for eight months’ service, and
jno doubt it will be paid to them.
Southern Representatives, Southerners
and Republicans, but not Radi
cals, were duly ani fairly eleeted, but
refused seats and all pay, simply because
they were not Radicals. Nobody will be
admitted to Congress unless in the Ring.
The ice in Buffalo harbor is still firm.
The field of iee that blocks navigation
i extends at least twenty five miles out.
The Effect offioutb Carolina Reconstruc
tion on Northern Capitalists.
i Everybody i3 familiar with the history
of Reconstruction in South Carolina.
Every one knows that the South Carolina
Legislature is composed of a loyalty in
which ignorant negroes and designing
earpet-baggers and native scalawags pre
' dominate, and that charges of corruption
and bribery are freely ut ered in private
j and have been just as freely bandied,
! like the shining ball of the school boys,
j between the Reconstruction Gove, nor of
; the State and the President of the Green
i vide Railroad Company.
Aod everyb >dy, also, knows that Sena
tor Sprague, of Rhode Island, has pur
chased from that State a magnificent water
power on the Congare;, about two miles
distant from the once beautiful capital,
with the design of erecting a first-class
cotton mill—ot developing the large water
power and of making useful to the State
and profitable' to himself the large accom
panying land interest.
Very recently Senator Sprague has in
formed Black To n Robertson, the scala
wag Senator from South Carolina, who has
been branded Radically loyal and wears
the dog collar of Radicalism as born
thrall of the negroes of South
Carolina, that he should make no improve
ments “at present.” The water power
was magnificent. The site is just that
which would invite capital and enterprise.
The requisite dam across the Congaree
had been built. A canal for the distribu
tion of power, several miles in length, had
been partially completed. The situation
possessing a pure atmosphere, free from
all miasmatic influences, and abounding in
springs of the purest water, is all that
could be desired. The cost of the prop
erty was utterly insignificant; in fact a
gift upon condition of forfeiture upon
failure to commence certain specified im
provements, within twelve months from
date of purchase. Five months of the
time allowed has elapsed, and “Little
Rhody” announces to Black Tom Senator
he shall “make no improvements for the
present.” This reply seems to have ex
cited wonder, and to provoke farther
inquiry from the scalawag. He knew that
bricks had been made, and preparations
had beeD made “to go ahead,” and he in
nocently asks why the Rhode Island manu
facturer “didn’t go ahead?” To Black
Tom every thing seemed propitious. The
people desired to see work progress.
The country contiguous and close
connections by railroad with largo markets,
secured an ample, supply of the raw ma
terial and imposed no condition of heavy
stocks to be carried, while similar close
connections with the extensive farm region
reaching from Greenville on the South to
Charlotte, North Carolina, on the North,
pour3 in all the necessaries for cheap liv
ing. Why, then, does not Yankee enter
prise, proverbial for activity, “go ahead?”
The terse reply of the shrewd Senator
is as sagacious as diplomatic. He tells
’BlackTom he will do nothing “so long as
money commands twenty-five per cent.
doum there.”
This reply fills Black Tom with wonder
ment. What hindrance or impediment
could a rate of interest of twenty-five per
cent, “down there,” be to a wealthy
Rhode Islander, commanding millions,
whose credit is unlimited in the great
money centres of the North, and whose
commercial capital and credit is classed
AA x 1 in all the mercantile agencies of
the land. Doubtless Black Tom’s inter
ested question arose only in the apprecia
tion of his own property lyiDg near by.
And beyond doubt, he chuckled ovor his
growing importance and exaltation as
chief of the dominant faction of the State,
of scalawags, carpet-baggers, and of poor
ignorant negroes, whom he had deceived,
and duped into the belief that among law
givers, he was a Moses, among statesmen
a Webster,an Adams or Marshall in puri
ty of character, and an Otis or Henry in
eloquence, and that he surpassed all of
those in loftiness of purpose and in loyalty
and devotion to Republicanism. He could
not see that that which had raised him
from obscurity and made him a counterfeit
magnate, was the cause for distrust on the
part of the wary Rhode Islander. He
could not see that the very influence which
had enabled Senator Black Tom to turn
out a competent aged white man from the
Columbia postoflice to make room for a
negro sattellite, was just that influence
which a true-Yankeo would avoid, and to
which he would not willingly make subject
his labor and capital for Legislative con
trol and taxation. He could not see that
the very existence of a Radical agrarian
Legislature, ignorant and full of corrup
tion, of which he was the type and repre
sentative man, resolved upon rule and
ruin, without the commonest foresight or
political sagacity, legislating powerfully for
the highest bidder, and governed by the
governing principles of a New York Bow
ery mock auction, had made extra hazard
ous all investments in the State which he
represented.
He could not see that a Legislature
which had legislated Piflsbury and his
crew into the Mayoralty and Common
Council of Charleston, and that a Stato
government to which he was the accepted
and acceptable representative, gave no
promise for security, made legislation a
revolting farce full of corruption, and
even-handed justice a mockory. He could
not see that the practical enforcement of
the policy which her reputed Senator
aids in enforcing, of enfranchising the
ignorant and vicious and disfranchising the
intelligent and virtuous, which made ocr
jury the test for loyalty, and vice and ig
norance the arbiters of the destiny of a
State, offered no inducements to energy
and enterprise, or else he would have
never asked the question.
As the Senator has aptly said, “there
is nothing more conservative than a half a
million of dollars except it be a million or
more of dollars ; and a reconstruction
which by such hazards has made money
decrease ‘down there,’ more than in Liberia
aud investments almost as hazardous as in
Timbuctoo, offers no inducement to capi
talists, although acquisition comes as a
donation and is surrounded by every other
desirable advantage.’’
Macon and Brunswick Road. —W T e
learn from the Macon Journal & Mes
senger that one hundred miles of the
Macon & Brunswick Railroad had been
completed up to the first instant,and trains
are now running that distance over the
read. There remain but eighty-five and a
half miles to build, aod from the energetic
manner id which the work is being pushed
along, we may safely rely upon it that
trains will run over the entire road by the
first of November next. Messrs. Maxwell,
Grant & Cos., of that city, have the con
tract for building a bridge for the Macon
& Augusta Road, over the Oemulgee at
Napier’s old field, just below town. It will
be a wooden structure of the How's Patent
Truss description, and its construction will
be entered upon at an early day.
Kl-Klcxfd—Perished bv the Wat-
Side. —The Atlanta Constitution furnishes
us with the following distressing intelli
gence :
*• Our camfere* of the Augusta Chronicle
& Sentinel and Constitutionalist are in
formed that two gay and festive "cusses,"
styling themselves "Pat Walsh, Head
center F. B. (i'enian brotherhood or
Freedmen's Buro, which?) and John S.
Davidson, attorney at law." when lasi
seen last night were not in a fit condition
to write editorials or draft a bill inequity."
The water of the Grand river (Canada)
; has recedeed, leaving the track of the
| Grand Trunk Railroad between Buffalo
and Detroit clear and uninjured. The train*
leave and arrive'by this route on Ruts now.
[communicated.]
Bairds Town, May 3, 1869.
: Editors Chronicle £ Sentinel:
Dear Sirs:-* * * * I am
much obliged to you for your indulgence
through the past year. I am really not
able ‘o take a daily paper, and yet I regret
to be deprived of the privilege of perusing
it daily. lam not ashamed to say that I
am a rebel, if love for the South and the
Lost Cause constitutes a rebel. Your pa
per breathes the right spirit. I admire
your pluck. The time has been when Gen
eral Wright w-is a great admirer of E L
McWhorter. How is it now General ? I
know something of the 3d Georgia regiment
and General Wright’s Brigade, having
had several sons to serve through the war
in the 3d Georgia regiment and was often
amongst them to look after my boys. Some
of us have not been much deceived, but
perhaps others may have be n. Well,
this is not my government —yea, 1 desp’se.
I loathe it, as it is now administered, and
would rejoice in its entire destruction if
its reformation be impossible. I desire the
government of our fathers—that govern
ment under which I lived for more than
fifty years. I am poor now, financially,
but have my manhood entire. I despise
the roundhead Puritan ; loathe the
Scalawag ; am sorry for the negro ; love
the Lost Cause, and those who fought for
it ou principle ; and, as the K. Ks. have
never done me any harm, and as they pro
tect the well-beharved of all colors, cannot
say that I am much prejudiced against
them. You can stop my paper if you
ihink best. If ikeontinues to come I will
do my best to pay for it.
llespectfully, O.
Note ryEditor.— We are obliged to
our friend for the compliment to the C. &
S. We shall endeavor to retain the good
opinion of ail our friends and hope that no
true Georgian will ever find in our columns
any cause of complaint.
General Wright entertained a good opin
ion of R. L. McW horter before he sold
his body and soul to the Radicals. Now
the case is altered. General Wright wars
against all traitors to the Constitution and
the Lost Cause, und despises, from the
the bottom of his heart, the miserable
horde iu this State who their own
manhood in their attempts to destroy the
true interests of the white race, and whose
course, for tho last two years, show that
their principal motives for deserting their
own race have been that they might
plunder and rob the people of the whole
State. R. L. McWhorter has voluntarily
placed himself in an advanced position
with these thieves and robbers, and, by his
recent conduct, has proven himself to be
an enemy to the best interests of our en
tire people. lie has long since forfeited
our respect and confidence.
The C. &S. will continue its daily visits
to our esteemed correspondent.
FROM WASHINGTON.
Special Correspondence of the Baltimore Gazette.
•Washington, April 29,1869.—The tes
timony in the Dyer court-martial case
closed yesterday, and the Court adjourned
till next Monday, when the argument will
be commenced. The printed oral testimony
in the case will cover about one thousand
one hundred pages, exclusive of the docu
mentary exhibit, which is also very volum
inous.
The resignation of Rear Admiral Joseph
Smith, as Chief of the Bureau of Yards
and Docks, is accepted, to take effect on
the Ist of May next, and he will then as
sume the duties of President of the perma
nent Court now in session in the Navy De
partment.
Captain David Ammen, by direction of
the President, has been appointed Chief of
tho Bureau of Yards and Docks, to take
effect on the Ist of May next.
Commissioner Delano, in the case of the
agents or drummers of the agents of for
eign insurance companies, has decided that
where they simply solicit risks they are
only subject to tho ordinary tax on insur
ance agents, viz: $lO or $5, according to
the amouDt of business. The decision con
cludes as follows:
“I am of the opinion that persons who
simply solicit risks for the agent of a for
eign insurance company, or drum up busi
ness for him, having no connection what
ever with the company itself, and in no
way paid or controlled by it, but acting only
as agents of the agent, are not foreign in
suranee agents within tho terms of the
statute, but are liable to the special tax
imposed upon insurance agents by sub
division 28, section 79 of the act of July
19, 1866.”
This reverses the ruling of the Depart
ment on this subject hitherto.
Commissioner Delano has decided that
in all future appointments of Suuervisors
of Internal Kevenue, that all other things
being equal, the preference will be given
to lawyers or men possessing a thorough
legal knowledge; for the reason that the
duties devolving upon them partake very
largely of a character requiring the exer
cise of decided legal ability. No internal
revenue appointments of any kind have
been made since the adjournment of the
Senate, and no other changes are likely to
occur at the present. I’he Commissioner
and his Assistants are energetically devot
ing themselves to bring up the adminis
trative work of the Bureau, which had
fallen behind somewhat on account of the
political pressure in behalf of the officers.
INELIGIIHLITY OF THE GOVERNOR OF NEW
MEXICO-
A rather novel question has come up in
connection with the case of Colonel Crowe,
recently appointed and confirmed as Gov
ernor of New Mexico. His political dis
abilities have never been removed, and,
therefore, he cannot take the oath and
enter on the duties of his office. The
President has asked the Attorney General
if he can make an appointment ad interim,
or if there is any way in whieh Crowe can
assume his office. If this is decided in the
negative, General Mitchell, the present
Governor, will probably remain in the
position until Congress can act on Crowe’s
case next Winter.
President Grant and Secretary Cox have
been in consultation to-day as to the pro
priety of detailing retired army officers,
and those who are not attached to any
regular regiments since the recent order
consolidating troops, to act as Indian
agents to those tribes to whom no new a*p
pointment of agents have been made.
While no conclusion in the case has been
reached, or as yet decided upon, this course
will probably be pursued. President Grant’s
ideas are that this will give employment to !
a large number of officers who. having
been educated to follow military life, are ill
adapted to be thrown out upon the world
to secure a living in other professions at an
advanced age of life, which they will have
to do unless they are detailed for extra
duty in the army.
Minister Motley is in this city waiting
the return of Secretary Fish to receive his
final instructions previous to his departure
for Englaud. Mr. Fish is said to have
taken the opinions of eminent New York
lawyers in reference to the legal points of
our ciaims against England.
The receipts to day from Internal
Revenue were $407,500.
Hie following named officers have been
ordered to report to the Secret iry of War
for duty in the War Department: Brevet
Major Generals Daniel Butterfield, W. S.
Ketchum, John E. Smith, Wager Swane,
Brevet Brigadier General W. McK. Dunn
and Brevet Colonel Oscar A. Mack. They i
will be assigned to duty in the Department
to fill certain vacancies made by the order
published a few day3 since making certain
changes in the Adjutant General’s Office.
The Secretary of War has directed ihat
the Board of officers, of which General J.
A. Hardie is President, whieh has been in
session in this city since June, 1868, to ex
amine and report all claims brought against
the War Department, be dissolved, and
the officers composing it close up their
business and return to their proper stetioos
as soon as practicable. The Board is com
! posed of Brevet Major General J. A.
Hardie, Col Dewitt Clinton and Col. Geo.
i Gibson.
He has directed that the Board of Army
| Officers, of which Brevet Major General
i W. H. Emory is President, be dissolved,
and the officers composing it join their re
spective commands. This Board has keen
! i B session at the War Department for some
months past, to examine and report upon
a system of cavalry tactics, and is composed
' of Brevet Major Generals Emory, James
I. Palmer, Samuel Sturgis, and Colonel J.
H. Taylor, Recorder. General Sturgis has
been directed to close up the business
, (hereof, and hold himself in readiness to
\ join his new regiment as soon as his promo
j tion shall be announced.
Special order No. 100, just issued by
command of General Sherman, directs that
the following distribution be made of the
officers composing the Bureau of Military
' Justice: Brigadier and Brevet Major
General Holt, Judge Advocate General,
' Headquarters of the Army; Colonel and
Brevet Brigadier General W. McK. Dann;
■ Assistant Judge Advocate General, to re
port to the Secretary of W’ar; Major and
Brevet Lieutenant Colonel Guido W.
1 Liebcr, Judge Advocate Department of
AUGUSTA, GA., WEDNESDAY MORNING, MAY 12, 1869.
Dakota; Major Dewitt Cinton, Judge Ad
vocate Department of tie South; Major
Wm. Winthrop, Judge Advocate, Office o
the Judge Advocate Geierak Major H. B
Burnham, Judge Advocate First Military
District; Major Thomas F. Barr, Judge
Advocate, Office of tke Judge Advocate
i General (temporarily); Mijor H. P. Cur
tis, Judge Advocate, Ofice of the Judge-
Advocate General (tenporarily); Major
1 Henry Goodfeilow. Judgf Advocate Fifth
. Military District (Texas .
! The officers whose p*sts of duty are
changed by the above order are ordered to
proceed as soon as practicable to the head
quarters of the department or district to
which they are assigned, aad report in per
son to the Commanding ienoral thereof
Hon. Geo. W. Pasehalhas published a
pamphlet addressed to me people of Tex
as. announcing himself s candidate for the
United States Senate. Among other things
i he declares in lavor of th) ratification of
I the new Constitution by tae people; the
j election of none but lleiublicans to the
: State offices and to Congess, the election
I of Andrew J. Hamilton is Governor, and
j the removal of disabilties from every
I friend of the General Gcrernment.
The reasons assigned ty army officers for
the rc-opening of recruiting offices is that
the actual personnel ha.sbeeu ascertained
to bo under the conteinpated minimum.
Correspondence New Ton t Herald.
Washington, Aprils), 18G9.—All the
members ol the Cabinet were present at
the meeting this morning with the ex
ception oi'Pjstmuster General Cresswell.
The statement that tin British govern
ment is about t > accord belligerent rights
to tho Cuban revolutionists is not credited
at the State Department. Secretary Fish
has received no information corroborating
the statement, and eonsidPrs vs verifica
tion one'of the most unlikely things in the
world. Our government believes that
while wo have the Alabama claims sus
pended ov.r the head of the British lion
that just now very t ime animal will not
dare to lake any step likely t> bring it into
collision with the strength of Spain or any
other European power. So far from
dreading such a step on tho part of Eng
land, our government would regard it as a
very favorable circumstance to the early
acquisition of Cuba on the one hand, and
the destruction of the British commerce on
the other.
The dissatisfaction among the Radicals
with tho Cabinet and the general course
pursued by the administration is on the
increase. Since the publication of an edi
torial in a prominent newspaper in the
West, understood to be the organ of Sena
tor Trumbull, of Illinois, the leading Radi
cals here from the West are more bold and
outspoken in their criticisms of the mem
bers of tho Cabinet and the character of
the appointments made by the President.
A Western Radical Senator .to-day gave
it as his opinion that the editorial in ques
tion reflects the sentiment of a clear ma
jority of the Republicans in the North
west. He further stated that unless the
Cabinet was reconstructed he believed
both the administration and the party
would be steadily defeated before the peo
ple during the next four years, and that
in the next House of Representatives the
Democrats would have a majority. The
masses of the people, he said, have no
confidence in tho wisdom or ability of the
majority of the members of the Cabinet.
They may all be good men and mean well,
but they do not excite enthusiasm among
the people. This same Senator informed
your correspondent that ho was daily in re
ceipt of letters from some of the most intel
ligent and influential men in his State con
taining just such complaints against the
Cabinet as were set forth in the editorial of
the Western radical newspaper. Tho man
ner in which Grant made appointments was
also damaging to the success of the party,
this Senator thought. Os course, he said
there would always be disappointed men
at the beginning of anew administration,
but Grant had contrived to disappoint, ten
men where ho need not have disappointed
one. Those who conceived that they had
been badly treated by the administration
were at home busily at work, bringing it
into disrepute and making it unpopular.
This could not, in his opinion, be done
successfully if there was a strong,'popular
Cabinet, and tho President was judicious
about the manner of making appointments.
Nearly all the Senators and members who
uJk ti.iu way in private on
the subject of the Cabinet aud the ap
pointments, and they all "gree that unless
some change is made in the meantime the
Republicans will lose the elections next
Fall in all the States.
It appears that the President promised
the friends of old Ben. Wade that he
should be one of the commissioners to
examine and report upon the final com
pletion of the Pacific Railroad. To make
sure of the matter Zach Chandler called
upon Grant before leaving the city and
again brought it to his attention. The
President replied that he had sent Wade’s
name to the Secretary of the Interior and
that- he would certainly be one of tho
commissioners. Whether Secretary Cox
opposed the appointment, or what hitch
took place after old Zach Chandler was at
the White House is not known, but the
name of old Hon st Ben Wade does not
figure among the list of commissioners, and
his friends freely accuse Grant of having
gone back on him.
It is not true that the administration is
preparing a proclamation or any State pa
per in which will be announced its policy
in regard to the protection of American
citizens abroad, and what it will require of
foreign governments in acknowledgment of
the potency of American natu: alization
papers. The statement that Secretary
Fish was preparing such a document was
based solely on a dispatch sent to the pa
pers a few weeks ago representing that
Secretary Fish intended to extend protec
tion to American citizens in every part of
tho world, and would issue instructions to
all our representatives abroad calling their
attention to the proper course to be pur
sued in all eases where the rights of Amer
ican citizens might be called tuto question.
In furtherance of this policy Secretary
Fish has from time to time forwarded in
structions to the American Consuls in
Cubi and other places how to act in cer
tain emergencies, aud what course to pur
sue in relation to events that had already
transpired. Further than this Secretary
Fish does not intend to make any public
announcement of a policy on this subject.
The statement that Dr. Brink, United
States Vice Consul at the city of Mexico,
yesterday brought important dispatches
from Minister llosecrans has excited pub
lic curiosity as to their contents. They
were delivered to President Grant to-day,
and by him transferred to the Secretary of
State. Although their precise terms have
not yet sufficiently transpired it is stated
in usually well informed circles that Gen
eral Rosecran3—who, contrary to former
rumors, is on pleasant and friendly terms
with the Mexican government—has com
municated to our own government his
views .of the condition of that country,
showing the dangers to which it is con
stantly exposed from domestic disturban
ces, and the pecuniary embarrassments
which prevent its national and social im
provement. He makes various suggest
ions, and recommends the immediate ac
tion of the government in affording to
American citizens such guarantees of pro
tection as will encourage them to avail
themselves of the opportunity to secure
important material interests to the United
States and at the same time benefit the
republic of Mexico.
The friends of John I. Hale, Minister
to Spain, are making a vigorous effort to
get the President to allow him to remain
at Madrid long enough to make a defence
against the charge ot smuggling goods into
Spain under his franchise as United States
Minister. The plea they put forth is that,
as matters now stand, Mr. Hale is practi
cally di.-graced, not only at home, but
abroad. To remove him without giving
him an opportunity to establish his inno
cence would be to stamp without official
approval the belief of his own government
in the truthfulness of the charge made
against him. Mr. Hale’s friends do not
ask that he remain permanently at Madrid,
bat only ltmg enough to allow the charges
against him to be officially investigated.
He ha3 written the President personally
about the matter.
The officials at the State Department
say there is no information in their pos
sessioi to sustain the newspaper charges
against Charles Hale, our Consul at
Alexandria, Egypt, and from his character
and high standing it is not believed he
would do anything that would lower the
dignity of a representative of the United
States. Hale is a nephew of the late Ed
ward Everett. It is surmised that the
charges have been made by some personal
enemy.
Representative Sargent, of California,
asked President Grant to-day, as a matter
of interest to the Pacific coast, whether he
intended, as reported, to visit California
during the coming Summer, when the
President replied that the distance was too
treat, and, besides, he could not spare the
time from his official duties.
It now appears that the list of foreign
appointments, prepared by Mr. K. B.
Washburne while holding the office of
Secretary of State, covered forty-eight, of
the best missions and consulates.
FOREIGN NEWS.
GREAT BRITAIN.
Londonderry. Ireland, Thursday.
April 29.—Serious riots occurred here
yesterday between the Catholics and
Orangemen. During the collisions be
tween the two factions the Police charged
upon both. Firearms were freely used,
several of the rioters being wounded and
two killed. The riot assumed at one time
tearful proportions, but the efforts of the
Police and the appearance of the military
from the garrison finally restored quiet,
and tbe'city is now tranquil. The mili
tary will remain on duty for a day or two.
London, Thursday, April 29.—Captain
Carleton was shot at Athlono yesterday.
Tc-day was the last but one of the New
market Spring Meeting. The great fea
ture was tbe 1,000 guineas stake, for three
year old fillies, closed with seventy-four
subscribers. Nine horses started. The
race was won by the Duke of Beaufort’s
Scotish Queen. The following is the sum
mary :
Scoti-h Queen 1
Sir. J. Hawley’s Morna 2
Sir F. Johnstone’s Brigantine 3
The betting, just before the race was $
to 1 against Scotish Queen, 2 to 1 against
Morna , and 5 to f against Brigantine.
The proceedings in the House of Com
mons, this evening, were unusually inter
esting. Right Honorable Chichester For
teseue, the Chief Secretary for Ireland, in
reply to a question of Lord Manners, de
plored the recent outrages in Cork and
Londonderry. Every endeavor had been
made by the Government to suppress the
riotous proceedings, and the Peace Preser
vation act had. been fully enforced. He
also stated that further explanations at
this time were impolitic.
John Arthur Otway, the member for
Chatham, denied the authenticity of the
telegram purporting to have been received
from Sir Rutherford Alcock, the British
Minister to China, that the Chinese Gov
ernment and people were “opposed to Pro
gress. ’ ’
The Irish Church bill then came up.
After a short debate on Mr. Disraeli’s
amendment to give the globe houses to the
Church, the proposition was rejected, as
follows :
For the amendmeut 227
Against the amendment 318
Marjority for the Government 91
During the diseussi-.n The O’Conor Don
stated that the trustees of Mavnooth Col
lege were willing to put that building up
for sale, if the same could be done with
the globes of the Church.
THE CUBAN REVOLUTION.
Havana, April 28.—The Second Bat
tallion of Volunteers, oommanded by Col.
Zeuluta, arid forming the garrison of Fort
Cabatia, in the harbor of Havana, having
refusSd to obey an order for the release of
a prisoner. General Dulce and staff were
obliged to proceed to the fort in lull uni
form, to effect achange in their disposition.
The Captain-General made an address to
the volunteers, when they suffered the
prisoner to depart under escort of Govern
ment troops. The action of the volunteers
has occasioned great indignation on the
part of the public, and-threats are made
against the Second Battalion in case they
lay down their arm?, which is not, how
ever, anticipated.
The revolution in the Eastern Depart
ment is gaining strength. The Spanish
troops in that portion of the island are
suffering greatly from sickness. The
Cubans are Besieging and constantly har
assing them, aud the capture of various
convoys causes scarcity of supplies and am
munition in tho Spanish ranks.
Key West, Fla., Thursday, April 29.
—The following important dispatch was
received here by mail front Bayatno, Cuba:
Count Valmaseda, the commander of
the Spanish forces in the Eastern Depart
ment, has issued a proclamation, whereof
the following are the chief features :
First —Every native male over fifteen
years of age, found away from his resi
dence without sufficient cause will be ex
ecuted.
Second —Every uninhabited dwelling,
and every inhabited dwelling where a white
flag is undisplayed will be reduced to ashes.
Third— All women away irom their
houses will come to Bayamo or Jiguani, or
they will be brought by force.
From the New York Tribune.
Tlie Gubaii Pause In New York.
The Cuban movement in this city, what
ever doubters may think,is really the head
and front ol'the revolution against Spain.
In many of the stories that have been put
into circulation concerning the movements
of prominent Cuban sympathizers and ex
anny officers there has beep much exag
geration, it is true, but nevertheless there
has be:n some truth in most of them.
Few persons imagine the real strength of
the cause, tbe large number of men that
are associated with it, and the alum it un
limited supply of money that is at their
command. Those who have fancied that
the patriotic “Juntas,” so often mention
ed in the newspapers are chiefly engaged
in holding public meetings, raising funds
by ladies’ fairs and grand concerts to en
dow hospitals for the wounded, will, be
fore many days, be startled by the revela
tions of tha strength trnd proportions of
the movement, and the actual,terrible work
of war which the Cuban exiles- now so
journing in this city have been quietly but
effectively conducting. Millions of dollars
have been subscribed and expended in
purchasing arms, equipments and stores ;
at least twenty thousand stands of arms
and equipments have already been.for
warded tr. safe destinations on the Cubau
coast, and councils of war are nightly held
in this city. Many prom nent ex-army
and naval officers of the volunteer service
have linked their fortunes with the Cubans,
and their presence in the councils serves as
a check to -keep the hot blooded Cuban
patriots within discreet bounds until the
proper moment shall arrive, when all their
force and energy will be needed to insure
tbe success of their long cherished designs.
We gave, some two weeks ago, an ac
count of several brganizations of Cuban
volunteers who were drilling and disciplining
for active field service. Since then a con
siderable number have been deemed suf
ficiently skilled to be sent to the seat of
war, and late od Thursday night last a
company of sixty men and their officers
were put on board a tug boat from one of
the wharves in theuppert part of the city,
and carried to a point near Sandy Hook,
and there embarked on board a sailing ves
sel for Cuba. This is net a sensation item,
but a fact.
Two weeks ago a large steamer was dis
patched from this post in ballast. She
touched at a point near Cape May, and
there took on board arms, equipment and
stores, besides men, al! f.jrwarded from
Philadelphia. Munitions and men are
also collecting at Boston and several South
ern cities. Several well known cx-army
officers and Cubans left this city last even
ing for Boston, whence it is expected the
next party will sail. The following card
was put up in several well-known places
yesterday morning :
Highly Important to Ex-Army Of
ficers.—Commissioned army officers who
served during the late war will receive,
free, some valuable information by send
ing their address to _ E. G.,
54 Exchange Place, New York city.
P. S.—Parties having any scruples
about sending their real names may send
any name by which the information will
reach them.
This is one of the many different ways
that volunteers are secured. Ex-army
officers are much sought after and offered
the same rates of pay as they formerly re
ceived from the United States,and,in many
instances, more. The number of volunteers
is rapidly increasing, but everything is car
ried on with the utmost caution. Colonel
James Kerrigan, an officer of the Ameri
can war, and who during the early poriod
of the Fenian organisation enlisted many
men, and as agent transferred them to
Irelaud, has lor several weeks been zealous
in the cause of Cuban independence, and
is daily recruiting men for the service. To
those who have raised "themselves in
either the English, French, Span
ish or American service, to any rank above
that of corporal, another recruiting officer
issues a commission in the event of a va
cancy. The headquarters, or chief re
cruiting officer in New York, is stated to
be in a hotel in the Bowery and in a private
house in Franklin street. After a con
versation with some men who have al
ready enrolled themselves with Col. Ker
rigan, it appears that they are bound to
secrecy, and know not when or by what
route they arc to proceed. Several gen
tlemen of military aspect assemble each
evening, and take the names of those who
seem eligible and willing to go with the
next “batch.” Hundreds are joining
daily. A well known physician of
East Broadway has signified his intention
of accompanying the next “regiment' 1 to
Cuba.
The earnings of the Kansas Pacific rail
road for the first fifteen days of April were
$102,000, exclusive of contractors' freight,
hieing an increase of $03,000 over the same
period last year. The business of the road
is growing rapidly. Settlers are pouring in
to that part of Kapsa3 in great numbers,
and some of the counties aiong the line ot
the road have doubled their population
within a year.
Death of J. R. Barrlck.
It is a painful duty, indeed, which we
are called upon to perform, in announcing
the death of J. R. Barrick, Esq., the
Editor of this pap r from its first establish
ment, till disease and sufferinga few weeks
ago compelled him to relinquish it < man
agement.
Mr. Barrick was born in Barren county,
Kentucky, on the 19th day ot April, 1529,
anti we have been told, was not the favored
child of fortune. By force of character
and strength of resolve, he made his way
from humble beginnings into positions of
great respectability, influence and useful
ness. Mr. Barrick was honored by the
splendid constituency of his country, wc
believe, for several terms, with his repre
tation to the Leg'n-l-jture of the State, aud
sustained the trust with great credit to
himself. But it was as the man of letters,
as scholar and poet that Major Barrick was
most widely and advantageously knowu to
us with whom he had but recently cast his
lot. He had ready access tooursympathy
and love from the unselfish and devoted
adhesion he gave to the cause of the South
when to make that choice he added tho
bitter pangs of an exile, to the pains of a
patient soldier’s toils and anxieties.
As an editor, our readers can well attest
his elevated tone and his intelligent appre
ciation of the public interest 'and public
honor. Trace his course throughout the
files of The Constitution , and in all the
history he has made there, for children
and friends to linger over, the most churl
ish and captious critic can find no word of
all the thousands there recorded that those
friends would wish to blot. Vice aud vi
cious men found in him no abettor, and he
descends to his grave a splendid example
of the Christian gentleman.
We can tru y say that iti our knowledge
of Major Barrick we do not believe he had
a living enemy, and it was his rare felicity
to have that said of him without a chal
lenge of the means by which such favor
was secured.
He was in all things upright, and ol that
gentle courtesy which is born of true chiv
alry. The deep-toned sadness of every
heart in the community at is loss is a
nobler eulogy than mortal lips can utter at
his depatture, and to pray that our lives
and deaths :uay be like his, is the fittest
tributo we can render him, and the choicest
blessing we can invoke for ourselves or our
countrymen— Atlanta Constitution.
Cuba and tbe United States.
| From the New York Tribune .l
A prominent member of the House Com
mittee on Foreign Affairs declares very
emphatically that the Administration has
determined on recognizing Cuban belliger
ency at an early day. The policy and mode
of procedure is determined upon, aud only
awaits a favorable moment for action. Ap
peals of an earnest character are being
forwarded here from the Cuban Junta,
praying this speedy recognition, in order
to end the atrocities of the Spaniards. By
advices from the Eastern Department, it
appears that Valmaseda has been for some
time carrying out thobrutal policy he has
ordered, as announced in to-day’s press
dispatches. In the latter part of March,
the Patriots having temporarily evacuated
Jicuani, in order to carry on operations in
tho field, a portion of Valmaseda’s force
made several sorties, during which they
perpetrated great brutalities Many houses
were burned, their peaceful occupants
were assassinated, while others were taken
prisoners, and afterward executed—the
women and children also being taken along
and compelled to witness the executions.
The vote in the Mexican Congress in recog
nizing Cuban belligerency stood 100 to 12.
Advautagc will at once be taken of this
step. Arms have been shipped to Mexi
can ports intended for Cuba, and letters of
marque will, it is declared, soon be issued.
In view of this, the Patriots are making
strenuous efforts to obtain aod hold a port
on their Southern coast. Cuban agents
here call attention to an error in the letter
in to day’s Tribune. The new electoral
law makes voters of only 6,000, not 60,000
Cubans, as therein stated.
Application having been made to certain
officials connected with tho Government,
by agents of the Cuban insurgents, for the
purchase of munitions of war, tho President
has given directions to said officials to sell
all war material not wanted by the Gov~
ernment to any parties who wish to pur
chase. The agents were accordingly no
tifiod kliat tuojr could kayo all tlxoy doairod
provided they furnished the necessary
funds.
We published, a week to-day, the fact
of the departure of an ex pedition for Cuba
from this city on the Wednesday night
previous, together with other exclusive in
telligence concerning tho activity of the
Cuban agents in New York. We have
since learned the following interesting and
important particulars of this expedition:
The vessel was the famous f'ast-3ailing
schooner Grapeshot, memorable for the
part she took in the capture of Lewis Ba
ker, indicted for the killing of William
Poole. She sailed for Hunter’s Point,
where, for a week previous, she had un
dergone extensive repairs on the marine
railway, foot of Seventh st., under the su
perintendence of Messrs. Boggs & Davis.
As herobject and destination were kept per
fectly secret,she excited little or no curiosity
among the few frequent trs of th at neighbor
hood. The schooner was heavily loaded with
boxes containing arms and munitions of
war, consisting of muskets, rifles, fixed
ammunition of all kinds, howitzers, har
ness, etc., beside a uumber of barrels con
taining about 1,000,000 rounds ofcatridges.
These were placed in the hold, taxing it to
its utmost capacity, while the deck was
loaded with boxes containing harness and
other light articles, with the necessary
water-casks for the voyage. On the night
of her sailing, 50 men were taken on board,
together with the nocessary provisions, and
this vessel quietly sailed on her hazardous
undertaking under the command of Capt.
Kempton, formerly of- the United States
Navy. The Grapeshot has probably
reached her destination ere this. The ves
sel, it is understood, was fitted out under
the auspices of the Cuban Junta ol New
York City.
Provincial Council op the Roman
Catholic Church in Baltimore. —The
tenth Provincial Council of Baltimore as
sembled at the Archepiscopal residence
'yesterday morning at nine o’clock for the
transaction of business. The proceedings
are conducted by the Bishops and their
Theologians in the Latin language, and
‘will not be made public until it has been
fowarded to Rome and receive the approv
al of the Pope. Each Bubop and two
Theologians compose a Committee, who
prepare reports for the consideration of
the Council, and submit thorn at the after
noon sessions in the Cathedral, at thirty
minutes pa t four o’clock, on Monday,
Wednesday and Friday of the present
week, which both Bisbnp and Theologians
attend. The repoits thus presented are
then discussed and adopted or rejected.
The vast Cathedral was thronged last
evonng to hear a sermon by Right Rev.
Bishop Wood, of Philadelphia, who deliv
ered a powerful and eloquent discourse
no the infallibility of the Romish
Church, which was followed by
the benediction of the Blessed Sacra
ment, Right Rev. Bishop McGill, of
Richmond,officiating. There were present
during the services the Most Rev. Arch
bishop Spalding and a number of the
Bishops under his province. Services will be
held in the Churoh each evening during the
week, and on Thursday a solemn Pontifical
Mas3 will bo sung for the repose of the
souls of Prelates who have died since the
last Provincial Council of Baltimore.—
Baltimore Gazette , lTth instant.
Life Transferred.—A successful
operation of the transfusion of blood was
recently performed by Dr. • Enrico Al
banese, at the hospital of Palermo. Sicily.
A youth, aged seventeen, named Guisep
pe Ginazzo, of Cinisi, was received at the
establishment on the 20th of September
last, with a bad humor on his leg, which
in the end rendered amputation necessary,
the patient being very much emaciated
and laboring under fever. The operation
reduced him to a worse state than ever,
and it became apparent that he was fast
sinking, the pulse being imperceptible, the
eyes dull, and the body cold, in this
emergency, Dr. Albanese had recourse to
the transfusion ofblood, as theonlyremedy
that had not been tried. Two assistants of
the hospital offered to have their veins
opened for the purpose, and thus, at two
different intervals, 220 grains of blood were
introduced into the patient’s system.
After the first time he recovered the faculty
of speech, and stated that before he could
neither see nor hear, but felt as if he were
flying in the air. He is now in a fair state
of recovery.
The developments of corruption in the
Boston Detective Police Department are
\ still multiplying, and the public excitement
’ and indignation are increasing. The state
ment published some days since that there
was, possibly, existing evidence pointing
i to the murderers oftne Joyce children,
and that when brought to the notice of
Boston officers, they paid no attention to
j it, was the cau3e of bringing about a secret
investigation on the part of the Legislative
i Committee, at which all the statements
made in the case were, according to the
| New York Herald , fully sustained.
NEW SERIES, VOL. XXVIII. NO. ID *
A Horrible Deatb.
' The Case of William Goodwiilie, of Chi
cago, who died from th,. effects of the
Bite of a Mad Dog—The Russian Vapor
Bath Proves Unavailing as a Remedy
—Brief but Terrible Sufferings of the
Victim.
From the Chicago Tribune of the 28th
ultimo, we obtain the following particulars
of the horrible case of Hydrophobia which
recently occured in that city :
About two months ago, while the de
ceased was at work at his brother’s factory,
located on the North pier, a small cur
came upon the premises, and running up
to Mr. Goodwiilie, bit him on the fleshy
part of the right hand, between the knueks
of the thumb and forefinger. There was
nothing in the appearance of the animal to
excite suspicion or alarm. He exhibited
no symptoms of madness; butj neverthe
less, as a precautionary measure, in obe
dience to a popular superstition which
inculcates the absard belief that the death
of the animal removes any danger that
might accrue, the dog was killed. It is
true that the death of the canine prevented
him from biting any body else, but did not
in the least affect for good the person
bitten.
THE WOUND
was a serious one, and, unfortunately, Mr.
Goodwiilie did not take steps to eradicate
the poison. The usual treatmeut is the
cauterization of the wound immediately
after its infliction, or catting out the bitten
flesh. Having had the dog killed, how
ever, he contented himself with bathing
the wound in whiskey, and that was all.
Once, indeed, he started to get surgical
treatment, but iu an unlucky moment
turned back to his home. Time passed on.
The wound healed. No inconvenience
or pain resulted. The circumstance was
almost l'orgotteu. Mr. Goodwiilie attend
ed to business as.usual. Weeks rolled by,
eight ot them, and nothing transpired.
Last week he worked very hard to procure
some goods for shipment, and exerted
himself especially on Friday and part ot
the following day. On Saturday after
noon ho complained of pains in his bones
and physical prostration. He dropped
work and went into the office, where he sat
down, remarking that he was going to have
small-pox or hydrophobia. lie barked in
a playful way, and tried to treat the mat
ter as lightly as possible. He went home
subset)uently and lay down on his bed.
The night passed quietly. The disease
was gathering in force for its final charge.
Sunday morning he arose and partially
dressed himself. He went to the wash
stand to make his toilet. That was the
last of his sanity. He looked on the-water
and
WENT MAD.
He began to rave. That mysterious an
tagonism to water which is the index of
hydrophobia took possession of him. Doc
tors were called in. The pharmacopeia
was ransacked for remedies. The doctors
held consultations. All that human
knowledge and skill could do was done.
It was ot no avail. They told him he could
not survive. The long and weary Sunday
passed, and patient grew worse. Toward
midnight, however, he was able to -drink
water to allay the burning thirst that tor
mented him. Up to 3 o’clock yesterday
morning he continued to drink as much as
a cupful of water at a time. Hope gin
to brighten. He thought ho was getting
better, and so did tho wearv watchers.
As morning approached, the old
HORROR OF WATER
returned, and he would drink no more.
The sight of any fluid, or even of a cup in
which water had been, tbrdw him instantly
into fits. Paroxysms came on, and suc
ceeded each other at short intervals. Dur
ing their prevalence he raved horribly.
He attempted to imitate the bark of a dog.
Foam began to flow from his mouth. Dur
ing the intervals between the paroxysms
he was lucid. His young wife and his
mother went into the room, and the tears
welled up into his eyes and ran down his
haggard cheeks. It was too much for him,
and they were prevailed upon to leave.
His only child, a bright boy of three, was
not taken into his presence. It was feared
the sight would have overcome him. The
paroxysms succeeded each other more
rapidly. He raved wilder than ever, lie
rushed at one of the watchers with a chair.
He was placed iu hot baths, covered up so
that he could not see the horrible water.
His throat swelled. Swallowing became
impossible. He tried to expectorate, but
often in vain. His eyes were fierce, his
cheeks pale-and parched; the lower jaw
hung down, leaving the mouth wide open.
Altogether it was a sad sight. This young
man, a kind husband and father, a clever
man of business, a considerate employer,
respected and beloved by ail who knew
him, stricken down in his jrrime and en
during these prolonged agmies! When
life and death are fighting in the body of a
criminal at the end of a rope, the specta
tor almost forgets the crime in his sympa
thy for the human being. How much more
sympathy is felt for the victim of the
droadfhl and malignant hydrophobia.
Anxious to do for him everything that
could be done, the patient’s friends tele
graphed to Peoria to the proprietor of
what is known as a “mad stone” toeome
by the first train and bring tbe stone. This
stone is of a porous nature, aud is invested
by the popular mind with healing power
in oase of hydrophobia It is sai'd, whether
truly or not, that the application of it to
the wound draws the poison out of the
system.
THE STEAM HATH.
In the mean lime something had to be
done, and the physicians unanimously rec
ommended the famous remedy of the
French Doctor Hruisson—-a Russian steam
bath. Between three and four o’clock
yesterday afternoon he was placed in a
close carriage and conveyed to the bath
rooms. The moment he enterod the
vapory atmosphere of the bath house his
madness increased, and distending his
mouth to its widest reach, he nearly
ohoked himself in yain endeavors to ex
pectorate. Daring the ride to the bath
rooms a friend in the carriage told him
that a certain remedy had been telegraph
ed for. At the news he brightened great- ;
ly, and remarked : "It is a mad-stone ;
thank you ; thank you ; oh, life is so
sweet!” and then continued to. his friend:
“You stick by me ; you and I are the only
ones that know what ails me ; that I have
got the hydrophobia.”
THE PREPARATIONS
for the hath consumed considerable time,
and in the interim the afflicted man was
subject to the most abject fear and terror.
The greatest fear he labored under was an
impression that his elder brother intended
to take his life.,and in the interval between
the spasms he loudly accused him of eyil
dosigns. When the bath was ready
A PAIR OF HANDCUFFS
were placed on his wrists, and ho was for
cibly thrust into the little air-tight closet
called a bath-room. The steam is forced
into the chamber from underneath, and as
the effect made themselves perceptible he
became furiously fiantio. His yells were
loud and appalling, and very much resem
bled the bark of a dog. lie stamped his
bare feet on the floor, beat the sides with
his head and manacled hands, and other
wise behaved himself in a manner that
was terrible to hear, and fairly froze the
blood of those in waiting. Gradually the
heat was increased, and in the course of
five minutes 125 degrees Fahrenheit was
reached. At this stage
A BODY FELL TO THE FOOR.
and then ail was still. The heat was then
increased to 186 degrees and shut off. A
minute or two after, the attendant entered
the little chamber and conveyed the al
most inanimate form into an adjoining
room. Gold water was thrown on his face,
and he began to breathe slowly. Under
the applioatiou of more water, respiration
increased perceptibly, and hopes were ex
pressed that the remedy had proved effi
cacious. But soon ho began to foam at
the mouth; his breath came slowly and
heavily, and about tan minutes after he
was taken from the bath-room
HE EXPIRED.
His facto in death showed no marks nl
the terrible agony that a few moments be
fore rent his soul, and when his eyes had
been closed his countenance presented the
very picture of peace. The deceased is
one of five or six brothers, all residing in
this city. He wa3 twenty-six years of
a go, and leaves a young wife and child to
mourn his untimely and terrible end.
I Three of his brothers were present at the
1 time of his death, and their feelings- cart
| better be imagined than described ; and
yet they ought to have rejoiced that the
terrible agony was over, and the troubled
soul at rest.
DEATH FROM HYDROPHOBIA
is certainly one of the most horrible that
can come to a man, and the surest prevent
i ive is the removal of the first cause - the
doge. Let the war on the canines, now
iso well prose ,-uted, be continued until every
; stray and loose dog in the city has bitten
| the dust.
The President has appointed Horace
| Greeley a Commissioner of the Pacific
Kailroad. The office is worth ten dollars a
day and mileage paid by the Union Pacific
j and Central Kailroad Companies. Four
i other commissioners, names not yet public,
I have been appointed.
Senator Spraoue.— Senator Sprague,
! for the first time, on Wednesday last,
made formal calls upon all Cabinet officers,
and bade them good-bye. He then visited
the President, who said that he was glad
t j see that he had got out of danger, to
whieh Sprague replied that he had uever
been in any. He said he should decline
all invitations to speak in cities and towns
on his way home. He should leave ou
Sat urday and reach home next week. His
family are still visiting in the Soutberu
States. lie informed Senator Robertson
that he should notmake any improvements
at present in Columbia, S. C., where he
made large purchases of water-power and
land from the State, and agreed to forfeit
the purchase mone£ if certain improve
ments were not made within a year, five
months of which have already gone. He
was asked why he did not go ahead, ami
replied he could not do anything while
money was twenty-five per cent, per an
num down there.
Weekly Eeview of Augusta Markets,
OFFICE BOARD OF TRADE; >
Augusta. Ga.. April 30. 1869— P.M.)
COTTON.—Ou Saturday our market was quiet and
weak at ‘26 and ft l 4 e for Middliugs.
Ou Monday—l. mtinned dull and unchanged.
On Tuesday—lt opened dull and continued *,»
nruughout tho day. Middliugs of Liverpool classili
cation were not quotable at over 2ft(u 26 e, with \ ery
few transactions.
On Wednesday-—lt was quiet and weak, quotations
nominally unchanged.
Yesterday it opened firmer and with u good de
inaad ; Middlings were quotable at 2G* 4 c.
To-day it opens firm and with a fair demand; Slid
dlings are quotable at 20 ! g c.
RECEIPTS OF COTTON.
The following are the receipts ol' Cotter* by the dif
ferent liail Roads and the River for the week ending
Thursday eveuiug, April 29. 1809 :
Receipts by the Georgia Kail Hoad bales.... 207
“ Augusta & Savannah It K ti
By the River
Total receipts by R. R „ -.‘fts
COTTON SHIPMENTS.
The following are the shipments of Cotton by the
different Rail Roads and the River lor the week ending
Thursday evening, April 29. 1869.
By Kailroad.
South Carolina R. R., local shipment... .bales.... 440
“ “ “ through shipments 487
Augusta k Savannah R. R., local shipments 1007
“ “ “ through shipments 22
By Hirer.
Steamer Swan, local shipment bales... .1902
Total shipments by River and Railroads 440
STOCK OF COTTON IN EUROPE 12lU FEB. 1809.
1868. Ixo9.
Liverpool, 200,400 bales. 288,000 bales
London, 108,150 “ 92,350
Glasgow, 600 “ 2,700
Havre, 60,750 “ 40,600
Marseilles, 4,360 “ 8,950
Bremen, 5,350 “ 47,050
Rest all Continent, 15,000 “ 47,050
444,600 . 479,650
EXPORTS OF COTTON FROM INDIA FOR LAST 3 TEARS.
1868. 1867. 1860.
Bombay, 1,240,505 1,183,738 952,599
Calcutta, 260,903 370,344 411,1 hi i
Madras, 166,060 103,643 9S,l,sn
Coconada, v 44,252 18,820 33,980
Kuvrachee, 27,184 43,789 50,• oo
Pnticcrau, 111,122 60,510 62,1*20
Total, 1,849,092 1,786,850 l,Cl3.liHi
To Europe, 1,676,800 1,502,144 1,519,069
BECIEPTB OF PRODUCE, ETC.
The following are the receipts ol prodnee by tha
different Rail Roads during the week ending on Thurs
day evening, April 29,189 G :
Bacon lbs 10,415
Corn bushels.... 4 , 39: i
Wheat “ ,',22
Flour barrels 105
Hay . 100
I )p as f : nr,
Meal 574
FINANCIAL—The demand for Securities of all
kinds for investments continue, to a fair extent, dnr
ing past week. Georgia Railroad Stock has been sold
ftt 102, it’is now held at 105 ; Georgia Railroad Bonds
102 and interests : Central Railroad Stock at 127 ;
Central Railroad Bonds at
Bonds endorsed at 93 : Montgomery aud West Point
Ist mortgage at 90; City of Augusta Bonds BG<©BB ;
Atlan 18 and Gulf Bonds, consolidated, at 82 ; and a
variety of other Securities at prices quoted.
GOLD AND SILVER—GoId 131(5)133. Silver 127 (d
130.
GEORGIA BANKS.
BankofAthers 65 a
-of Columbus 10 a—
Bank of Commerce 7 a—
Bank of Fulton 45 a—
Bank of the Empire State 18 a 20
Bank of Middle Georgia 95 a
Bank of Savannah go a—
Bank of the State of Georgia 24 a
Central Rail ltoad and Banking Cos 99 a—
City Bank of Augusta 50 a—
Farmers’and Mechanics’Bank 11 a
Georgia Rail Road and Banking C 0.... 99 a
Union Bank 8 a—
SOUTH CAROLINA BANKS.
Bank of Camden 70 a—
Bank of Charleston 7ft a *
Bai 4of Chester ip a _
Ban 1 of Georgetown 10 a
Bank of Hamburg g a
Bank of Newberry • 7ft a
Bank of South Carolina lo a
Bank of the State of S. C., old issue... 45 a ~
Bank ol‘ the State of S. C., new issue.. 15 a
Commercial Bank, Columbia 1 a—
Exchange Bank, Columbia lo a—
Merchants’, Chcraw 10 a
Peoples’Bank 70 a—
I'liuiV'in* 3>iuiH 5 a
Planters’ and Mechanics' Bank 7 n a
Southwestern Rail Road, old 50 a—
State Bank 5 a
Marine Bank yy tt
Mechanics’ Bank ’ 1 a
Merchants’ and Planters’ Bank 8 a
Timber Cutters’ Bank 2 a—
Union Bank 95 a _
OLD BONDS, ETC.
Georgia Rail Road Bonds 102 a
“ “ Stock l 02 a 105
Central Rail Road Bonds 102 a—
“ “ Stock 127 a—
Southwestern Rail Road Bonds *.. 105 a
“ “ Stock 100 a
Atlanta and West Point Bonds 100 a Ur*
“ “ Stock a 100
Macon and Augusta endorsed Bonds.. 93 a
Macon and Augusta Morgaged Bonds.. 80 a
Macon and Augusta Stock 35 a
Muscogee Rail Road {Bonds 90 a «.»&
Georgia Sixes, old 80 a
“ Sevens, new «jo a
Columbia & Augusta Rail Road Stock 4ft a 4.
Atlantic & Gulf Rail Road Stock 4* a
Augusta Bonds ~ a an
COMMERCIAL.
APPLES—
Green perbbl.. 4 00 a 8 HO
, pry lb.. 8a lo
BACON—
Clear Sides lb.. a 19
Clear Ribbed Sides lb..
Dry Salt Shoulders lb.. l: 1.,
i -lear Ribbed S'des lb.. 18 *-,a 19
Ribbed B. B. Si tea lb.. u 1, >
Shoulders lb.. 15 a 1.
Hams lb.. l« a 23
Dry SaltC. R lb.. 17Va 1 i
BEKK—
Dried ..lb.. 2ft a
HAOOrNG AND KOPK-
Bagging —Gunny yd.. 23 a 25
Dundee yd., a
Burlaps yd.. 13 a
Rope —Machine, Hemp lb..
Half Coils lb.. 9 a 9*
Hand Spun lb.. 7 a 8
Green Leaf lb.. 10 a 11
Manilla lb.. 25 a
Flax lb.. 7 a 9
Cotton lb.. 3y a
j BAGrt-
Osnaburg, two bushel 24 a
I Skirting, " j(j a
Burlaps 17 a
! BUTTER—
GuaLeu lb.. or, a or.
Country lb.. 40 a r,
I BEKS WAX-
Yelldw ...lb.. a :r.
BUCK WHEAT—
Now Buvkwbeat Flour bbl 10 00 all) .Ml
“ halt bbl 7 <lO a7 On
“ “ qrt bbl 400 a4 10
CANDLES—
Sperm lb.. 45 a r»:
Patent Sperm lb.. to a 70
Adamantine lb.. Pi'.a 2
Tallow lb.. la a 2"
CANDIES-
American lb.. 2G a T
| French lb.. 75 »13_
I CHKV.SE-
I iio-ben lb.. 23 a 25
Factory lb.. 25). a
State lb.. 18 a lo
CE.M K.NT-
Hydraulic bbl.. 500 a 5 50
CO 1-TEE—
Kin, common lb.. 20 a 22
Fair lb.. 24 a 25
Prime lb.. 25 a
Choice lb.. 20 a i’
Laguayra lb.. 28 a
Java lb.. 40 a 4.-
Malibar lb.. 60 a
African lb.. 60 a
DOMESTIC COTTON GOODS-
Augusta Factory, 3-4 yd.. ll>*a
“ “ 7-8 yd..
| “ “ 4-4 yd.. 16 a
I “ “ 7-8 Drill..yd..
Hopewell, 7-8 yd.. 15 a
7 oz. Osnaburgn yd.. a qq
Montour,7-8 Sl j ;; 54
8 o a. Osnaburgs yd.. a 21
Osnaburg Stripes yd.. 19 a ]a i .
Hickory Stripes yd.. 14 a h
Fonteno’ Shirtings ,yd.. 17 a
Grauiterilie Factory, 3-4 yd.. a 1
“ “ 7-8 yd.. a
M “ 4-4 yd. \ a V>J e
7-8 Drill .. a 15**
Athena Checks yd.. j
Athens Wool Jeans yd.. 40- Lo
Athena Stripes yd.. 10 17
A palachee Stripes yd.. 17
Rock Factory, 7-8 yd.. 14
“ “ yd.. 15>£ a
EiclunoniiFacVy Osnaburgs.yd.. 4 a ju
COI'IUN CARDS* BtotP “- yd ” 1 111
CAM BWCS— per Uoz.. 800 a 000
y<l.. 15 a
I.ommon yd in. .
COHN lUSAL ”
I ity Bolted bus.. a 1 lo
'"untry bus.. 1 00 a
CUR > SHhI.I.ERS—
bIit'GS, BYES, OILS i’AixTS. KPICKSI *TC '
J ACKAGK P&IC&s.
Acid—Muriatic lh a i\
»trte... lb.. 18 a ».
Alum ib .
Allspice Ib”. a 4 „
Blue Mass lb.. 1 00 a 150
Blue stone lb.. 14 a IS
I>a.2—refined ib.. 4, a 41
Jiiiiastone ib. 7 a p
cassia (Cinnamon) .'lb** l 10 a 125
Calomel lb ..’ x 3O alia
Camphor lt , 1K a 1
Chloride lame.- ib.. 9 a j.
Chromefireen .'..'lb:.' 25 a 4'
Clu-«me Yellow, lb..' 2a a
doves ib.. boa 71
Copperas lb.. 4 a
Cream Tartar ... .lb.. 50 a c-
Bpsom’s Salt lb.. a j.
Flax Seed lb.. 10 a 1/'
Ginger Boot Ib.. 28 a
Glass—Bxlo box 501., 400 aSo
“ 1 ? x i? “ 450 a 5 f.v
. f£}* ';; *5 00 .;»•
Glfca.oer’B Salt 4 a 9
!. .lb.** 25 a 6ci
Gum Arabic—Select ib.. 10u a1 25
“ “ Sorts lb.. 60 a
Honey—strained gall.. 1 50 a 2 '*o
Indigo—Span slot lb.. 14ft a2 ou
Lamp Black—Ordinary lb.. 10 a 12
“ “ Refined lb.. 35 a 4 .
Liquorice Paste—Calab lb.. 45 a 55
Litharge.... lb.. . 18 a a,
LogwcK^d—Chipped lb.. 5 u o
tl Extract lb.. * 15 a ]»
Mace lb.. 1 70 a2 ou
Madder Jb.. 26 ft • 2H
Mercury lb.. 100 a 1 2j
Morphine—Sulph an.. 1450 alro 4
Nutmegs lb.. I 7c n l ..
Oil—Castor (East India) gall.. 3 50 a4.
« *• (American) gall.. 3 Ihj a
*• Coal (Ker) burning best, gall. - gr* H f- ♦
•• “ “ “ com.gall. oo a
.. “ Lubricating ....gall.. 75 a 1 10
“ Lard gall., 200 a2 2&
M Kail, a 2 sft a ii