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About Weekly chronicle & sentinel. (Augusta, Ga.) 1866-1877 | View Entire Issue (Oct. 1, 1873)
QTtyronftte artb j^rnfind. WEDNESDAY. . . THE BROKEN LUTE. Tlie following exquisite little gem we twice plewe'.ire in commending to the lovera of the be&ntifnl. It is from the gifted pen of Mrs. Hoplm Bolling, of Montgomery, AU.— N. O. Commercial. My heart is like the broken lnte. tJn fc trung. and idly cast away; Those thrilling chords are still and mate, That once inspired the ministrel's play. And yet, some hand with gentle care. May place again each duloe‘ string, And breathe, once [more, sweet music there, And to its melting cadence sing. Still on the lute’s worn frame may live, Os melody, the apeetest token; , But. oh 1 the heart can never give One happy note, when it is broken. WHEN FADE4THE FLOWER. BY CLIO STANLEY. Suppose a rose Os tender glows Were blooming 'mid a world of snows, And skv of blue Were gladdening too. And bright brooks breaking from repose; You'd say the Spring On joyful wing Had hastened to our earth again, And. spite of snows, The scented rose Would charm away all thoughts of pain ! So in the ho iff When fades the flower, And brightest joys ofearth grow pale, Home little bud Our solitude Can sweeten, while our pleasures fail! Bom* kindly deed At hour of need Can give us faith in human kind ; Home gentle tear Rebuke our fear And show us where a friend to find. Os discontent The winter spent, Thespritfg of love shall smile again ; And winds that blow And winds that blow Os frost and snow shall cry in vain! THE GOLDEN SIDE. There is many a rest on the road of life, If we only would stop to take it; And many a tone from the better land, If the querulous heart would wake it. To the sunny soul that is full of hope, And whose beautiful trust ne er faileth, The grass is green and the flowers are bright, Though the wintry storm prevaileth. .Better to hope, though the clouds hang low, Aild to keep the eyes still lifted ; For the sweet blue sky will soon peep through, When the ominous clouds are sifted. There waH never a night without a day, Nor an evening without a morning ; And the darkest hour, the proverb goes, is the hour before the dawning. There is many a gem in the path of life, Which we pass in our idle pleasure, That is richer far than the jeweled crown Or the miaer’H hoarded treasure; It may be the love of a little child, Or a mother's prayer to Heaven, Or only a beggar s grateful thanks For a cup of water given. Better to weave in the web of life A bright and golden tilling, An l to do God's will with a ready heart, And hands that are swift and willing. Than to snap the delicate silver threads Os our curious lives asunder, And then Heav'n blame for the tangled ends, And sit to grieve and wonder. (son THE CHRONICLE AND SENTINEL.] A HUMMER MADRIGAL. The fervid heats of Hummer Have riped the golden grain ; The flowers aro kissed to beauty By soft, refreshing rain. The vintagers are joyful For on the clustering vine Rich purple grapes aro bursting With pure, delicious wine. From glistening fields and orchards, The heavy laden wain Bears off its rich fruit treasures Or heaps of yellow grain. The harvesters are shouting Their hymns of fervent praise To Him whose bounteous mercy Has given these Bummer days. . These mornings clear and glorious, These evenings calm and still, When, like retiring monarch, Behind the gold-capped hill The sun -in sea of glory Kinks to his quiet rest—■ Thrill me with soft emotion, And sweet thoughts uncoufessed. The sunny days of childhood! When every cloud became A thing of wondrous beauty Tipped with tho buu’b rich flame. Castles and forts proud armies— Cities and plains—smooth Hoa — Were picteroH seen at sunset And joys for aye to me. And when the beauteous rainbow With glory crowned the earth It thrilled mo with emotion, Too pure, too deep for mirth. God’s visible hand-writing! Those colors seemed to hoar A message from tho Deity To till my soul with prayer. O! golden days of Hummor! O! bright,dream-haunted hours. Ye crown the old world’s forehead With ever odorous flowers. Each year its youth reneweth In roses blushing red, Making one cease to murmur In last year's flowers dead. Tho’ last year's nests are empty, Its joyous liirdlings flown ; Birds from each bough are singing Sweet, as the songsters gone. So tho' our earth hopes perish. Yet from their arches fair New joys will bloom and flourish, Chasing the frowns of care Nature repeats this losson—- Nothing we miss is lost Lav it to heart, ye mourners, World-weary, tempest-tossed. And the’ your life seems vain—your barque On shoreless ocean driven, As earth renews itself—the soul Finds youth and bliss in Heaven. Augusta, Qa., Sept. 5, 1878. It. A- 1•- the modern mariner. Oh. the brave free life of the mariner, That sails through the upper seas, As the lark that flies Through the azure skies, Home on by the rollicking breeze. Well may the mariner’s heart boat fast, For the sun sinks out of sight, And vast and still, O'er mountain and hill. Drop down the curtains of night. Ah. well if the mariner's heart faint not, And well if his vessel be true, For a stormy ocean, lti wild commotion, Gleams dimly on his view. The angry waters are reaching up To call him down from the skv. And the wind and wave Impoteutiy rave At the hark floating calmly on high. Ah ! woe to the mariner now, for lower And lower his bark is falling. And the cruel sea Laughs in his glee. „ That "the bird has come down to his calling. A moment more and his savage arms Will hold her in tindish embraces. "No willing bride." Shouts the angry tide. •'Shall I soothe with my caresses." He tosses his brawny arms to grasp— Hut the manner, urged by despair. With a powerful hand Dropped the frozen sand. And the bark shot up through the air. l T p, up through the misty fogs aud clouds Aud up through the ether blue. And higher, yet higher, , Through starry fire. Till old ocean is lost to view. Yet never a moment she stopped on her way. Hut sped on through boundless space, With gaining speed. Asa mettled steed. That ardently pauts for the race. Then ho! for the life of the mariner bold, Who sails through the upper seas. And the bark which Hies Through the azure skies, Home on by the rollicking breeze. And hasten the day. ye \V ise and brave. When your scientific researches glial! teach us the lore Os plying our oar. Through the heaven starry arches. [CTiurJe* Knwst. [From Scribner's. SONNETS AFTER THE ITALIAN. TO ON* WHO ASKRD HIM OF A LADY'S ORACH. 1 like her small brown band that sometimes stravs . , ... To dnd the place, through the same book with mine: l like her feet and 0. her eyes are flne: And when 1 say farewell, perhaps she stays. W:>h downward look, awhile love-lingering ; Then quick, as she would have that pain soon over. 1 like the mandolin on which she plays; I like her voice better than anything. Yet. I like, too, the scarf her neck doth cover : Also, the little ribbon in her hair. 1 like to s«-e her stepping down a stair. And well I like the door she comes through; But. then, yon know I am that lady s lover. Aud even' new day there is something new. OF HIS LOVK FOR A LADI. I know not if I love her overmuch ; Hut this I know, when unto hsr face Bhe lifts her baud, which rests there etrli a space. Then slowly falls—'tis I who feel that touch. And when she sudden shakes her hand with such A look. I soon her secret meaning trace : So. when she runs 1 think tis I who race. Like a poor cripple who has lost Ins crutch. I am if wlie is gone ; and when she goes, i know not wbv -for tha: is a strange art. As if mvseif should from myself depart. ] know not if I love her more than ttioae. Her lovers Brit when she shall fall asleep, It is not I who will be left to weep. Mrs. Maria Jordan Westmoreland has left Atlanta for New York, to spend tha, Winter. She goes there to enter upon a literary career for support of liersdf and children. UILVINAVD HVAfUfHE. THE PHEHH’VTKRI ASCB LIBRARY THE CHURCH OF THE LIBERAL Catholics^ [From the New York World.] Geneva, August s. —. The traveler who spends Sunday in Geneva on that morn ing forgets his laziness and remembers his weariness no more. At seven he has made his Sunday toilet by taking his mountain'searf from his hat and having his boots blacked, and at half-past seven he is walking down the Grand Quai as far as the Place du Port. Going from the lake he discovers the walls of the old town, which, always forward, never halting, he scales and finds himself by the college, whose court he enters. It is the old college founded by Bon nivard—he whom we maunder over at Ghillon, searching about in the dark ness his dubious tracks, of whom Byron was profoundly ignorant, and increased by Calvin and his famous grammar school. It is a wonderful old building, whose influence on the world has been greater than any throne in Europe. Coming up a flight of steps one is led into a large square room, lined with bookshelves ; this is but an ante room into a larger room, also filled from door to ceiling with shelves, whose green baize edges are now ragged and torn, i This was the library of Calvin, built by the college for his especial use when he reigned in Geneva. It was here he em bodied those peculiar dogmas which are united under his name, that still form Eart of every clergyman’s library ; here e discovered that fire only could purify the air from the heresy of Servetus, and here that he decided that it were a sin that Geneva should any longer tolerate his former friend, the learned Castilho, who could not reconcile free agency and predestination, and so sent him off to die in poverty and misery at Bale. But oh, John Calvin, wouldn’t your bones rattle with indignation if you could see yourself enthroned between Rousseau and Voltaire, the three Ge neva gods, as you are at our pension, or be with us to-day in your old beloved library. For this room has very courteously been placed by the authorities of Ge neva at the disposal of the old Catho lics (or, as they prefer to be called, tho liberal Catholics), and Pere Hyaciutlie for service at eight o’clock. , It is filled with rude wooden seats, without backs, which have held a com promise with cushions. Between the windows at one end white curtains are draped, something like those over a Ger man bed, over a very miserable chromo of Jesus, and above an impromptu altar. The latter is filled with flowers in pots and terracotta vases. There are two bronze candelabra with lighted candles, an ebony crucifix, and the necessary ecclesiastical implements. Several steps descend to the floor and at the foot is a handsome walnut chair and priedieu, covered with green velvet. On each side the altar are places reserved for com municants. On the right is a large, comfortable arm chair, and near by the cabinet organ. The room is by no means full, although about the door a crowd is still standing. About one-half the audience are Catho lics, the majority of one class, the grade above the lower class, the intelligent poor. Their entrance is marked by the very slightest genuflection and a little inclination to sociability as they whisper among themselves. The other half are tourists, strangers, and sightseers, who sit near the door with their necks all stretched. Through the crowd and down the aisle a large, heavy man, a little bald, dress ed in black, passes. His hands are crossed on his prayer book, his face wears a stern, severe expression. Approaching the altar he kneels before the predieu. So quietly he has come that few notice him. It is Pere Hyacinthe. Then young Merriman, a light haired boy, just edg ing into manhood, comes in with his mother, Mine. Loyson, on his arm. A knowing look runs over the faces cf the strangers. Every eye is turned on the tall, rather fine looking woman in black, with features strong, rather than hand some, but which settles down into a cer tain sweetness under her demure gray hat. The two go forward, and the lady is placed in the very comfortable arm chair, when the son takes his place among the communicants. The music begins, the audience rises, a priest followed by a young man and a boy takes his place before the altar. The music is carried on chiefly by a lively young woman in black, who finds the place for the organist, beats time with her hands, head and feet, and hurries up the laggards, who are con tinually dropping a half beat or more behind. She labors energetically, and finally gets them all through, after a fashion. In the service one unaccustomed to it can see no difference from that usually performed, although I suppose in a set vice in which the slightest act has some important meaning, the smallest omis sion or addition is of great weight. In impressiveness, which is all the unedu cated can he guided by, it falls far short of the lofty ceremonials of the church. This mean, poor altar, gay trappings and poor pictures seem but child’s play, and the priest’s solemnity and assiduity over these toys pitifully ludicrous. We are too near him, there is too much light, we scrutinize his actions too closely; in his white robe, wiping out his utensils and carefully cleaning his hands, the image of Francois, the maitre de cui sine, rises up. Os his attendants, more over, one is a young man who looks as if lie just came out of a gentleman’s fur nishing establishment; he wears no gowns nor angelic dresses over his cut away coat and light pantaloons. If trousers peeping out from beneath petti coats have seemed funny to us before, this young a la mode performing his du ties about the altar is funnier still. The smaller boy in roundabout wears an ordinary sinful pink and white-striped shirt, like the wicked little boys of the street who in New York cry “shine !” and here tease the swans about Rous seau’s island. The whole affair seems a compromise; it is made up of incongruous elements; and although some grains of what is supposed to be truth may be gained, and a few graius of what is called error lost, the service is shorn of its devo tional aspect, and from an aesthetic point of view is a trick. During the communion Pere Hyacin the, who had remained before the priedieu, rose and knelt on the steps of the altar; his wife left her chair and knelt beside him, and together they partook of the consecrated water. Re turning to her chair, with her hands devoutly folded, Mme. Loyson looked saintly enough, evefi for the wife of a priest. It was a fortunate thing for the congregation, as every curious eye had the privilege of a real good look. The abbe who is the assistant of Pere Hyacinthe now took off his chasuble and prepared for the sermon. He is an exceedingly handsome man and younger, I should think. His complexion is dark and clear; he has deep gray eyes under lieavv black eyebrows, and straight, rather long, black hair. More over he has very decided tendency to side whiskers, I thus particularize be cause it is becoming an important point, and I have heard much of the abbe s good looks. His voice is decidedly French, which is to say it is not good, being too nasal. But his pronuncia tion, which is so different from the Genevan French, is the wonder and ud miration of all. It is impossible not to understand him, ;md- it would be a pleasure only to listen to his delicious t liquids and " rounded oouspuants. His i text was from the parabLi of the j Pharisee and the publican. Commeue- I ing slowly and with hesitation, pausing j now and then for words, hesoonwarmed j with his theme; sentence followed sen- 1 fence in quick succession; he poured 1 forth his words impetuously, his eyes flashed, his form grew more and more commanding; with his right hand and forefinger extended, his favorite gesture, he denounced the hypocrites and Phair sees of to-day in church, state sad so ciety. He pictured the pride of des potism, and anticipated the day when all men would stand equal before the law, and scattered the words liberty and equality and fraternity so copiously that if one shut one's eyes to the altar, one might fancy hearing a Red Republican speech. The abbe, with his eloquence and good looks, is very popular, and even the strangers who come to hear Pere Hya cinthe are consoled after the sermon. An habitue of Geneva prefers him, and although a stanch orthodox woman, would, if possible, go to hear him every Sunday. I have heard him twice, but have never yet heard anything one might not hear from a blue Presbyte rian pulpit, except when he eulogized humanity, and never intimated that we were worms of the dust. When the eloquent sermon came to an end with a short, jerky ainsi soit-il ! he turned awav, and the procession marched out. The appearance of Mme. Loyson, who hail been shaking hands with all the bent old women, quite after the fashion of the minister’s wife in a New England village, only was the signal for the Americans io move. The ladies were bent on taking the measure of her fasci nations, and the men who accepted them wanted to behold them. So they clus tered about her, following her to the doors of the robing room, where she re joined her husband, and one .viventu turous female ventured within only to be unceremoniously excluded and the door shut. But this sight-seeing crowd were not to be baffled. Many had only just been made aware that thayhad not heard Pere Hyacinthe at all, ami they I Here darting about hither and thither begging to kfibw if he had bean, present at wll and discovering if hope still held oUCanj*chancSel>f seeing fijm. X carriage “was finally discovered wafting in the' court, and ft was ru mored that it was there to convey the clerical party home. The carriage then became the rallying point. The crowd surrounded it. They were obliged to wait some time, but they were patient. Finally curiosity was gratified—the hus band and wife descended with the abbe, a priest, and young Merriman. As they took their seats the crowd pressed for ward more eagerly; people elbowed one another, stepped on one another’s toes, and caught- umbrellas in one another’s lace; and amid the confusion the car riage drove away, and lam bound to say the priest and' wife bore the vulgar curiosity as serenely and with as an ap parent indifference as if they had been born into it. To those who knew that almost with out exception this ill-mannered mob was composed of Americans it was a sicken ing sight. The fact is, in this country one is often called upon to blush on seeing their native land brought so low by thoughtless, ill-bred travelers. 'i find, however, a good deal of curi osity here among foreigners concerning Mme. Loyson, chiefly as to family and standing in America. I don’t know how many times I have been asked if she was of good family. Avery difficult ques tion to answer here, as our conceptions of family are so different. An Austrian baroness whom I saw devoutly on her knees at the service was very minute in her questionings, and informed me that Mme. Loyson was much persecuted by her family when she became a Catholic ; an assertion I presumed to,doubt, Their income is another great source of inter est, and numerous are the tales of great losses and uncomplaining poverty. The marriage question is the question of questions among outsiders and the theologians. The opinion seems to be general that it was a great mistake as far as the influence of Father Hyacinthe is concerned. His warmest sympathiz ers speak of it with a smile. Ridicule is one thing, and from one’s enemies harmless, but when a man has done that which causes his best friends to quietly laugh he has injured himself. It is said he numbers among his friends in the Roman Church the Archbishop of Paris and the Bishop of Prague, but both de precate his marriage, arguing that how ever honest he may have been in advo cating a married clergy his own vows bound him to celibacy. Among the liberal Catholics them selves there is a diversity of opinion on this subject. Even those who accept this view think it bad policy in him to have carried them out, as it leaves open to question if this conversion to anti celibacy was not preceded by his admi ration for Mere Hyacinthe, as she is called by the irrevetent, and especially at Geneva. The Bishop was first ob jected to by the Government, who could not conceive a bishop except in his con nection with the State. Pere Hyacinthe was invited to Berne to address the Council on the relations of church and state, in which address he illustrated America as an example of church and state together, yet entirely distinct. The suitable person for bishop is now discussed, and Pere Hyacintbe’s name has been spoken of prominently, but he opposes his election on the ground that his pov/er is in the pulpit, and he pre fers to remain where he can accomplish most. If he is elected, as he probably will be, in their consent to the election of a married bishop they will have en dorsed his marriage and prepared the way for a married clergy, an idea which takes root very slowly. He took the step and there is an op portunity now to have his action en dorsed. It is known that the Catholic Church exists in Geneva, but on condi tions. Last September a law was passed by the Government at Berne giving to each parish the right of electing their own pastors, a right once belonging to the church, but afterwards abrogated by one of the Popes. The Liberals claim here 1,500 electors with as many more sympathizers, who are also elec tors. These liberal electors will choose liberal priests, the liberal priests will choose a liberal bishop, and the election of a bishop is the present object of the concentration of the efforts of Catholics in Switzerland. TheJfcjeral movement progresses. Not lonjHgo a Convocation was held at Cologn©J|Fhich was very encouraging in its rosults. Last Saturday there appeared here a letter sheet called Le Catholique Suisse, which is the first number of a paper de voted to the movement. In its address to the public on the part of the liberal Catholics, it says: “We are Catholics, but we wish to re main free citizens of our free Republic. “We are Catholics, but we wish to re pudiate and combat with energy the ul tramontane doctrines, which are the domination of the church over the State and that of the Pope over the church.’’ In another place they speak of the principles of their Association being : “ God, humanity, country, family,” and all with capitals. In another article, entitled “Le Pour quoi du Catholicisme Liberal,” they as sert their desire is simply to restore the church to its pure and ancient faith—a regeneration that Pius IX. once held out his hnnd to in sympathy. Os Romo, of those who preside over the destinies of the church, it says : “New Ctesars, pitiless scorners of cap tive humanity, they have said to those demanding reforms becoming more and more urgent, ‘you shall have spectacles and fetes,’ aud they have spread reli gious fetes and spectacles from pole to pole. But they have defied all the aspi rations of the age and said, ‘You shall go no further.’ It is not enough that Rome has the keys of Heaven, she must also preside over human liberty—liberty intellectual and moral. To return to Evangelical faith is the desire of the liberal Catholics. After that to render to Ctesar the things that are Cmsar’s, to respect the rights of civil organization, and to leave the election of a priest to the church of which he is to become the pastor and model, as the Government prescribes.” As I said, in the service it is difficult to say wherein it differs from the ordinary Roman Church, but two things, I believe they have renounced —the infallibility of the Pope and the worship of the Virgin. The latter was remarked by the absence of all images or allusions to her, and the abbe stated that the next Friday being the fete of the assumption of the Virgin, it was de serving of respect as one of the oldest traditions of the church, but it was not permitted to worship her, and those who chose might, if they wished, observe the day as one they had been accustomed to observe, un fete d’habitude. One of our irreverent ones insists that the Y’irgiu has only given way to the ad mission of the whole sisterhood, but it is with regret one sees all the pretty traditions slipping away. The worship of the Y’irgiti was the glory of the church, aud an error better than her brightest virtues. If to tear off her veil and crown, and cast her down from her pedestal be one of the missions of the liberal Catholics, it is an unlovely mis sion for which one has no God-speed. M. G. H. Southern Agricultural State Fairs. Carolinas, Charlotte, N. C., Novem ber 25 to 28, 1873. Cotton States, Augusta, Ga., October 21 to 24, 1873. Georgia State Fair, Macon, October 27 to 31, 1873. Selma Exposition, October 28 to No vember 1, 1873. West Alabama Fair, Eutaw, October 28 to 31, 1873. Montgomery Fair, November 4 to —, 1873. Louisville, Ky., Industrial, September 2 to October 1, 1873. Mississippi State, Jackson, October 13 to 18,1873. South Carolina, Columbia, November 4 to 7, 18?3. Memphis, Tenn., Industrial, October 1 to 31,1873. Tennessee, Nashville, September 29 to October 10, 1873. Texas, Marshall, September 30, 1873. Y T irginia, Richmond, October 28 to 31, 1873. Virginia and North Carolina, Norfolk, Va., October 7 to 10, 1873. GEORGIA ITEMS. Chills are on the rampage in Griffin. Local items appear to be scarce in At lanta. Savannah has a company of colored cadets. Horse swapping is all the rage in Gainesville. Only four persons —all negroes—in the Early county jaiL The first public schools in Georgia were instituted in Columbus. Work on the new brick church in Gainesville is progressing rapidly. Mr. Fitch has bought out the interest of Mr. Willingham in the Griffin Star. A rattlesnake with eighteen rattles was killed in Early county the other day. A furious [storm visited Savannah Friday. No serious damage was occa sioned. The fire alarm in Savannah was rung several times Friday by the wind stri king the wires. ' The Swedish brig Iduc, bound from Brunswick to Montevideo, put into Sa vannah, Friday, in distress. Columbus to S»; unlay night had re ceived 2,103 bales, against 3,4-S same time last year, showing a decrease of 1,366 bales* A SMALL BLACK FRIDA** 1 FAILURE OF THIRTY^ - YtOlrtSssf The Culmination of the Panic—Full Lißt of the Unfortunates—A Wild Day in Wall Street—Ran on the Union Trust Company—Secretary Richard son Ord-rs the Purchese of Ten Mil lions of Bonds—Two Hanks in Hobo ken Said to Be Embarrassed— No Anxiety Manifested by the Banks in This City—lncidents of a Disastrous Day. [From the New York Tribune, September 20th.] FAILURES OFFICALLY ANNOUNCED. Fisk & Hatch, No. 5 Nassau street; Wliite, Defreitas A Rathborne, No. 17 Broad street; Beets A Edwards, No. 38 Broad street; Eugene J. Jackson, No. 66 Exchange place; Thomas Reed A Cos., No. 64 Broadway; W. H. Warren, No. 21 Wall street; Geo. Bolton Alley A Cos., No. 13 Broad street; Greenleaf, Norris A Cos., No. 66 Exchange place; Theodore Berdell, Exchange Court; Amos M. Kidder, No. 4 Wall street; S. H. Smith A Seaver, No. 10 Wall street; Day A Morse, No. 16 Wall street; Hay A Warner, No. 80 Broadway; Vernam A Hoy, No. 24 New street; Fitch A Cos., No. 19 Broad street; W. E. Conner, No. 30 Broad street; Whittemore A Ander son, No. 8 Exchange Court; Jacob Lit tle A Cos., No. 42 Broad street; E. D. Randolph A Cos., No. 5 Nassau street. PHILADELPHIA SUSPENSIONS. E. W. Clark A Cos., De Haven A Bro., Gelbough, Bond A Bro., Geo. H. North, J. S. A H. E. Yerkes, Charles P. Bay ard, John P. Lloyd, Henry H. Douglas's, H. H. Bull, T. C. Knight, Henry L. Fell. Thursday’s panic was followed by another financial crisis which culmi nated in Wall street yesterday. The first great sensation of the day was the suspension of the well known banking and exchange firm of Fisk A Hatch. This house had been early and honor ably identified with the negotiation of Government securities and bonds of the Central Pacific Railroad of California and the Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad. Heavy advances to the last named road are understood to have occasioned much embarrassment to the house; and the peremptory demands of customers has tened the necessity of suspension. Later came the failure of nineteen brokers’ firms, of more or less note, some of which are old and heavy houses. These failures are generally owing to the fact that the brokers involved were carrying at high prices large amounts of stocks which had been suddenly depressed in value. The suspension of Richard Schell, on Thursday, caused a continued run on the Union Trust Company, of which in stitution he is Vice-President. The company met all demands up to the close of business. The Fourth National Bank fell under suspicion on account of its supposed connection with the firm of Geo. Opdyke A Cos.; this firm has been involved with the affairs of the New York and Oswego Midland Railroad, now in the hands of a receiver. Details of these leading events of the day are herewith printed. THE STORM-SWEPT STREET. An Orderly Mob—The Street and the Brokers—Brewing of the Gale—The First Clap of Thunder—Disasters Great and Small—Views ot a Curious Observer—“ Hope Springs Eternal,” Etc. Poasibly the falling rain dampened the ardent excitement of many who thronged Wall street and its estuaries yesterday. Certainly no one would have suspected that a great financial disaster was pouring through the American Bourse. There was no disorder, no hysteric excitement; and, save for the curious crowds huddled in sheltered places or elbowing along the muddy streets, there were no signs that any thing uncommon was going on. People came from far up town to see the great sight of Wall street in a panic, but were disappointed. There was nothing to see but a moist, unpleasant crowd, bad humored in the rain, and chagrined be cause the show was not so amusing as expected. Even from the country came people to gaze on the sight, just as the Boston suburbans crowded in to see the ruins of the great fire last Autumn.— They stood about, gaping with curiosity and hindering people who had business on the street. They discovered too late that to the unitiated the flurry iu Wall street had no more significance or mean ing than any other mere rush of men and umbrellas. The jargou of the street is as unintelligible to the casual outsider as a Coptic inscription or the runes on the Dighton Rock. ON THE STREET. Morning opened feverishly in Wall street, and men looked at each other with a sort of suspicion, as if to say, “Will you pull through to-day?” Gen eral suspicion settled on the street, and the feeling of distrust affected the stock sales before the opening of the Board. Western Union, which had closed at 81 the night before, sold now at 75, and fluctuated between that figure and 77. Northwestern, which had closed at 50|, sold down as low as 47, but in small lots; and Rock Island, closing at 98f on Thursday, ran up and down in consider able blocks between 94 and 97. These figures, which only indicated the general tremor of the street, signified nothing further. When the Board formally opened at 10J o’clock, the excitement ran high. Every door of the Stock Ex change was besieged by an eager and cprious crowd. The galleries were jammed with people, and the main floor of the great room was a turbid whirl pool; it is never quite as orderly as a prayer meeting; now it was a wild Bed lam. The panic spread, and Western Union sank to 70), 69, 081. Other stocks followed. Pacific Mail, which had jauntily closed at 38J in the final rally of Thursday night, slid down to 36J; then it sounded a lower depth, and dropped into 32). New York Central, which had sold at 94 and 95 before the call, went down to 92, and a few small lots sold at 91. Harlem slid, with ex traordinary rapidity, from 120 to 95, though the transactions in that stock were light. Sales of Lake Shore were heavier, but the prices showed the same downward tendency; opening at 87 and a fraction, it ran down to 83, but rallied 2 per cent. Wabash alone picked up from its low condition before the call, and vibrated between 40 and 44). The lame ducks limped about in consider able misery, Hartford and Erie being actually quoted at 2 ; and some other fancy stocks w’ere offered at prices which only evoked a derisive yell from the mob below. THE FIKST THUNDERBOLT. In the midst of all this, the Presi dent announced the suspension of Fisk A Hatch, bankers and exchange dealers. This intelligence fell on the excited throng ; for a moment there was a pause of silence ; then a low wail broke out from bulls and bears alike. The harsh murmur, which was succeeded by concatenation of yells and cries inde scribable, spread into New street, in the rear and Broad street, in front. The ill news flew apace and excited groups gathered under drip ping umbrellas and sloppy porticos, tell ing the tale anew and wondering what would come next. Expressions of sym pathy and regret were heard on every hand. Even the hard-hearted bear, growling on his way through the startled mob. paused to whine a few words of ursine sorrow that so respected and hon orable a house should be compelled to bow to the blast. It was strange, too, said everybody, that such a conservative firm should suspend, while other and more reckless houses kept their doors open, “ Why,” said one hardened sin ner of a broker, “ Fisk A Hatch ain’t no Quirk, Gammon A Snap. They have no contracts before the Board, and never had. They onlysbought stocks for cash customers. Why they should be in trouble beats me.” “ I shouldn’t have wondered if Hand some Clever & Cos. had gone under;” said another. “They are political bank ers, and have bought up all the worth less truck that has been ground out by the Southern carpet-bag governments. But for Fisk A Hatch to come to grief well, that is too d—d bad. And Hand some Clever lives, a prosperous gentle man,” he added grimly as he turned on his heel to hear who had failed next. Fisk A Hatch had opened in the morning with an expectation of going successfully through the day; it was not even suspected that there was any trouble in their hons.3 until their sus pension was announced. They had ne gotiated the bonds of the Central Pacif ic and Ohio and Chesapeake Railroads, and had made liberal advances to the latter enterprise, which is new and not vet sufficiently developed to pay well.— Men were scared when it was positively asserted that these roads had been too much for Fisk A Hatch. The Central Pacific is said, quite justly, to be as good as the Bank of England ; it has just declared its first dividend, and is earning very handsome profits. But it vrag bruited about that its remittances had been delayed. Mr. C. P, Hunting ton, Vice-President of the Central Pa cific and President of the Chesapeake and Ohio, came elbowing his way through the crowd as the bad news flew from lip to lip. His burly figure was hailed with a benison by the anxious ones outside the doors of the suspended firm. “Oh, well, I guess its all right.— The wind is pretty much east to-day ; it’ll come round all right by and by and, smiling benignly on his relieved listeners, he surged down the steps to have a sunny chat with his old friends. ICOB£ dboppiso shots. About this time, early in the day, four or five brokers’ firms went down in blocks. White, Defreitas A Rathbone, Beers A Edwards, Eugene J. Jackson, Thomae Seed k Cos., and one or two other firms, tumbled in about the same Hime. In the Stock Exchange, the an nouncement of these disasters created a sipple of regret; but the interminable ramp and roar went right on, eveiybody being more concerned with what was happening in the Board than what came in from the outside. These failures were followed by numerous others, until, by noon, a dozen or so, of more or less consequence, had “passed in their checks.” Some held out manfully and succumbed only when the pressure grew to be compulsory. Half a dozen hung out until near to the close of business and gave up the ghost, at last, heroical ly. Indeed, the whole struggle in the street showed that there was. a certain sort of heroic virtue among these jovial brokers. They stood by one another right manfully; and many a little fellow, when forced to give up, at last, did it “on the square” aud cheerily prepared to take up his burden of life anew with such grace as he might. YVe give else where some explanations of the causes which led to the failure of some of the brokers’ firms; but of all, when inquiry was made on the street, “Too many stocks” was the reply. That was all that could be said. Many brokers were carrying for themselves or their cus tomers large amounts of stocks, which had shrunk in value until their margins were exhausted; customers failed to re spond, contracts were forfeited, and the brokers, big and little, went down in the crash. Eveiybody gaped about to see who would come next; that is, every body but the busy people who were reef ing their own sails and making every thing snug on deck. Ask a broker the newest grief and he would say “I don’t know; I’m looking out for myself.— Want any help ?” The crowd in the streets and lobbies were curious; the business men were not. SOMETHING LIKE A RUN. The appointment of a receiver for the affairs of the Midland Railroad was fol lowed up, yesterday, by an application to turn the concern into bankruptcy. People thought that Geo. Opdyke A Cos., financial agents of the company, ought to fail ; and when Fisk A Hatch’s troubles were known, they were disap pointed that the firm still held out. “Why the dickens don’t they suspend?” asked one leisurely saunterer, as he hived a Tribune reporter under his blue cotton umbrells. “Why,you have a personal grievance.” “ Yes, I want everybody to fail that goes into weak railroad securities ; and if they haven’t failed, its because the Fourth National Bank is helping them more than is right.” Such au impression soon took posses sion of the street apparently. Mr. Op dyke is a director of the bank, and the troubles of the firm were, perhaps un justly, charged upon it, Distrust of un certified checks had grown up during the day, at it was found necessary to put a policeman at the door of the Fourth National to keep straight the long pro cession of men flocking in to get their checks certified and to see if the money was really there. The bank responded nobly, and Opdyke A Cos., in spite of our acrid friend with the blue cotton umbrella, “ stood the racket.” NIGHTFALL. Many a hard-pressed operator longed for “ night or Blucher” as the day wore on. As the wet clouds rolled up over Trinity spire, showing a ruddy flush in tho West, a long sigh of relief breathed through the street. The Stock Exchange closed with a decidedly better feeling. Stocks still vibrated, and some non - inal sales at low prices were made. But most people had come to the conclusion that it was safer to stop buying and sell ing, and stop they did. The closing sales were light; rates of money were only ascertained between the prices of stocks for cash and regular sales. “The worst is over,” said everybody. Here and there a reluctant bear grumbled some thing about worse times next week; but nobody believed him. The unsatisfied crowd melted away. The show was over. Fortunes had been won or lost in a day. The lame ducks limped away with some show of cheer after all. The Broadway stages rumbled up town laden with per spiring passengers. One by one the tidy little Broad street coupes rattled away. One by one the shrieking news boys, birds of ill omen, ceased their stormy cries, and night closed over the wet street as it was wont. FARM LABOR —AN IMPORTANT QUESTION. Editors Chronicle and Sentinel : As the question of farm labor is of vital importance to this section, I ask a small space in your valuable paper to make a few suggestions to the owners of farms, especially those of Columbia county. Last Fall but few laborers could be hired in our county for money wages; most of them wanted to buy plow stock and rent land, or farm for a portion of the crop. This is the way most of the farms have been carried on this year, or rather, in this way most of them have been neglected, grown up iu grass; consequently nothing made for the land owner or laborer. I find, from conversing with the negroes (our princi pal labor), that they are nearly all ex pecting to buy horses or mules and rent land next year. I also learn they are holding meetings and pledging them selves to dictate these terms to the land owners. But few, if any, have money to pay for horses or provisions. They expect the land owner to furnish both on time—that is, furnish land, stock to cultivate it, and food for the stock, the laborers and their families. Or in other words, the land owner must go all the expense, take all the risk of farming, and divide the profits, factors will not take these risks. we have a laborer or tenant we have to en dorse for him or he must own stock or property of seme kind and give alien on it before ho can get advances of the fac tors. Ido not want to be understood as condemning this in the factors; I think it wise. But I think the land owner who rents to tenants with no means to carry on a farm, furnishes them houses and supplies on tim*', is very unwise. What is the condition of those farms that are rented and run in this way ? The ma jority are without fences, grown up in bushes and weeds; nothing made to pay the rent. Besides this, the system is in jurious aud demoralizing to the laborer. Nearly every one of these tenants keep enough around them in idleness to cul tivate five times the quantity of land rented. The freedmen seem to think they have nothing to do but demand the terms and the laud owner will come to them; indeed, this has been the case in the past. I think it is time we were asserting our rights, if we havejany. Labor has dictated the terms long enough. We see we cannot satisfy their demands. Cannot we hold a meeting and resolve on a system that will suit us ? Soma say, “if we do, the labor will leave the country.” I do not believe it will; but if it does, will we not be as well off, or better, w ithout than with it under the present circumstances ? What use is the labor if it will not pay ? Now, farm owners of Columbia county, let us hold a meeting; resolve not to sell our land or sell our stock on a credit. Offer the laborers fair money wages, or an inter est in the crop, if they will work, plant and cultivate as we direct. If they re fuse to accept, let them seek homes else where. They will, ere long, find that we can live as independent of them as they can of ns. Land Ow t ner. Columbia County, Sept. 22, 1873. Gone Up at Last. The announcement of the failure of the houses of Jay Cooke A Cos. in New York and Philadelphia, dragging along with them, or seriously embarrassing their dependencies in Washington and London, creates but little surprise in this quarter, and less sympathy. This was one of those gigantic houses whose fortunes grew out.of the misfortunes of the ration. Granting all that may be asserted of Jay Cooke’s services in placing the 7-30 loan at the time when the Government was an urgent borrower, it must be said, after all,that he received his reward in immediate and ample mu nificence. If you call Jay Cooke patri- j otic, we retort that the patriotism which j paid a commission of from one to five per cent was of a kind which any man- 1 ner of man would be glad to devote to 1 any sort of a country if he could only j get the chances and the special privi- ] leges that were accorded to Jay Cooke. i But the colossal fortune whioh this ring of thriftv Philadelphians wrung from the agony of the nation has been sqnan- j dered, as was fitting, in a futile effort to i foist upon the capitalists of the world . one of the sublimest financial frauds j that has been seen since the South Sea j Bubble of Walpole’s time. • j There was a time when Cooke might, have made his millions an instrument of i real good, of substantial public benefit. But the way to do it was not by burying them in. the Arctic snow drifts or scatter ing them to the boreal winds that swpep across the sterile table lands of Northern Dakota. It is now about three years since it was announced with a nourish of trumpets and a clashing of ink horns that Jay Cooke, the daring and success ful financier who rescued the nation from the jaws of bankruptcy, would j build a railroad from the head of Lake . Superior to Puget Sound ! From the city of Duluth to the metropolis of Seattle! Grand inception ! Magnifi cent undertaking ! Bnt there were those who looked on the map, and, when i they had vaguely traced with doubting ! finger the probable route of this rail- j roa 4 that began nowhere, ran through j an unknown and trackless land and | ended where it began v shook their heals. The loyal heart was beating big)then. Colfax had been lecturing, the people on the holy duty of aiding I l the Union Pacific Railroad, and no body dreamed that a Credit Mobilier was using the glamour of Schuyler’s smooth phrases as a cover under which to appropriate the money they might invest. What was to hinder Jay Cooke from getting up a Credit Mobilier of his own ? His name was already dear to the patriotic heart of the plethoric Northeast; Schuyler would lecture for a reasonable per noctem; and the agents of Jay Cooke & Cos. could go to Europe, backed by the prestige of a house that had been the accredited financial agent of the Government. A limitless land grant could be got. Congress would vote a munificent subsidy. Everything could be organized on a seale of gran deur commensurate with the sublimity of the confidence game that was to be played. A few hundred miles of road would be built—possibly tho entire line —at a cost of about half the Govern ment subsidy. The other half, and the proceeds of all the bonds that could be negotiated in this country and Europe, would be clear profit.— Here was a giant fortune, and Jay Cooke & Cos. grasped at it, slipped and fell. For a time things had gone on quite swimmingly. The reports of tho pro gress of the road from day to day point ed conclusively to the final discovery, somewhere, in the midst of the “ Bad Lands” of the Unkkappa Sioux, of the long sought Utopia. The bonds were selling well. But in an evil hour a re porter stole the records of a Pennsylva nia court. Then came the Credit Mo bilier expose. And then inquisitive people began to inquire if it would not be well to look into this other Pacific Railroad a little. The pretense of in vestigation, trifling as it was, which fol lowed, gave the keen nostrils of a news paper the scent of the corruption that had been whitewashed but not disinfect ed. The result was that a newspaper correspondent went there to see, and when he had told the truth of what he saw, there was no more ready sale for Jay Cooke k Co.’s Northern Pacific bonds. This is all there is about the failure of Jay Cooke k Cos., of New York and Philadelphia, and the Washington house of Henry D. Cooke.— Bl. Louis Republican. WALL STREET. FURTHER SUSPENSIONS. Panic Unparalleled—The Stock Ex change Closed—The Banks Come to the Rescue—The Treasury at Last Awake. [From the Daily Bulletin, of Monday.] The day opened with hopes and indi cations of improvement, but these soon gave way to a wild excitement on the announcement that the UNION TRUST COMPANY Would not open its doors. On inquiry at the office we were told that the sus pension would be for only one day or until the company got a part of the large amount (about $2,000,000) due it, and which was lent out on demand loans ; that the secretary of the company yesterday neglected to call in loans for more than $300,000, and that he was prostrated by the excitement and to-day was at home sick in bed. Outside it was reported and believed that there was a defalcation in the company, caus ed by the secretary, to the amount of $250,000. We could get no official con firmation of this report. The company is practically owned by strong men, like Commodore Vanderbilt, Augustus Schell, James H. Banker, M. Wesley, and oth ers, and was known as one of the strong est institutions of its kind. If there has been a defalcation it will undoubtedly be made good by these people, and ought not to hurt the depositors. The difficulty with the company was in get ting cash, its securities having been largely in excess of the demands which could be made on it. An effort was made in the morning to have the Assis tant Treasurer take $1,000,000 United States bonds of the company at 10 o’clock and give them legal tenders, so that the company could keep up its pay ments. This was understood to fail be cause General Hillhouse, the Assistant Treasurer, could not see his way clear to departing from the custom hereto fore in not accepting any bonds until 12 o’clock, when all proposals are publicly opened. Had he taken the discretion the Trust Company need not have sus pended. The next important suspen sion was that of the BANK Os THE COMMONWEALTH, Which was debtor about SIOO,OOO at the Clearing House, and which closed its doors before 11 o’clock. The capital of the bank is $750,000, and its deposits amount to $1,200,000. Yesterday, by a run late in the day, it lost SIOO,OOO. It also, yesterday, certified for a banking house,which to-day suspended, $220,000, the house not having made its account good into $120,000. The last examina tion of the bank by the Clearing House showed that the stock of the bank was worth 109, and the President assured us to-day that it has ample means to pay its depositors, and will do so at an early day. These two failures caused great excitement, which was increased by the further announcement of the suspension of the NATIONAL TRUST COMPANY, Which was caused by a run on it and the disinclination of the company to slaugh ter securities, the amount of which held by the company, it is claimed, is in ex cess of what the company owes. After this suspension the following were re ported, all being concerns which have stood well on the street and at the Stock Exchange: Ketchum k Belknap, Saxton k Rogers, P. M. Meyers & Cos., S. V. White, C. G. White, Tausig, Fisher & Cos. By this time it became apparent that extreme measures must be taken to prevent such a wide-spread panic as would endanger the banks. According ly, in response to the request of bank officers, the Governing Committee of the Stock Exchange promptly met and de cided that THE STOCK EXCHANGE SHOULD BE CLOSED Until further notice. This cut the ex citement in securities short, and being accompanied by the decision of the com mittee that any member who bought or sold outside should be expelled, put an end to the wild excitement. The streets around the Exchange were, however, crowded with people, some interested, hut many merely curious, until after three o’clock. Before one o’clock it was known that the Treasury had bought about $2,500,000 of 5-20 bonds, and that legal tenders had been paid out for them ; further, it was said on the au thority of Washington dispatches that the Secretary had determined on break ing Tip the panic, even if it were neces sary to issue the entire $44,000,000 legal tender notes which he holds as a reserve. At one o’clock the officers of the banks in the CLEARING HOUSE MET And passed resolutions that the banks shall pool their legal tenders and make common cause against any and all at tempts to break any one of them down. A committee of five was appointed, to whom any of the banks can take good assets, like prime mercantile paper, se curities, etc., and on depositing them get certificates which shall be used to pay differences at the Clearing House, instead of using legal tender notes alone, as heretofore. The limit of the present issue of these certificates is $lO,- 000,000, but it will be increased if neces sary. The following compose the com mittee: F. D. Tappen, Gallatin Na tional Bank; Moses Taylor, City Na tional Bank; George S. Coe, American Exchange Bank; Charles P. Leverich, Bank of New York; Charles F. Hunter, People’s Bank of New York. This issue of certificates will relieve from present use $10,000,000 legal ten- j der notes, which can be made the basis, ! according to the National Banking Act, j for $40,000,000 of loans. This action of I the banks, it is expected, will bring i everything right, and after it was known I there were sales of New York Central as j high as par, Lake Shore at 88 and Tele- j graph at 75, the transactions having I been made on the street between those j not members of the Board. Altogether, j the«day closed with a perceptible im- J provement, although it will goon record j as one without parallel in the history of j the Stock Exchange, for that institution j never before found it necessary to close its doors. EFFECT IN COMMERCIAL CIRCLES. The continued failures and general demoralization, in connection with the closing of some of the prominent bank ing houses, found its way into commer cial circles at an early hour. Damaging rumors were afloat in all directions, and in all branches of business. The gather ing of merchants at the Produce and Cotton Exchanges was at a much earlier hour than is the usual custom. This was specially noticeable at the Produce Exchange, which on ordinary occasions would show very little animation until after 12 o’clock. As early as eleven some of the most prominent defers w«re on the floor, which gave evidence of much anxiety to learn the latest item from the seat of the troubles. Men who yester day expressed themselves as confident that the crisis would not seriously affect the commercial interest, were loth tq give an opinion as to she result. Afi the how wore cm the ' numbers increased, ana by half-past twelve o'clock the build ing presented its usual quota of members. However, it soon became manifest that very little business would be consummat ed. P.umors of a serious character were whispered from ear to ear, and so far as transacting any business, none were dis posed to operate. The news of the sus pension o.f the Commonwealth Bank was regarded with much anxiety, and was looked upon as the most damaging to the commercial interests of anything that had as yet transpired. Those who on yesterday were so sanguine that all the banking institutions identified with commercial affairs wohld weather the storm, gave marked evidence of general distrust. This feeling was observed in all the different branches, and seemed to increase as tho current rumors be came more frequent and damaging. The action of the managers of the Stock Ex change in closing that institution was received with much favor and regarded as au exceedingly judicious proceeding, and also one that would result in much good. The action of the Eric Railroad Com pany was soon made known, and the comment was very severe. It seems that this company, under whose manage ment vast quantities of produce are transported to this city, refused to re ceive cheeks in payment of freight, de manding instead the “cash.” This only added aggravation to the general dis trust, and was considered as au unjusti fiable proceeding. Whether the checks presented were on banks of doubtful credit could not be ascertained. The feeling toward the company was of a severe nature, and should this state of affairs be renewed on Monday some se rious trouble is apprehended. The transactions in breadstuff's were very limited, and, in fact, confined to a few parcels, which were needed to sup ply immediate necessities. In the pro vision market the same dullness was characteristic. Prices were lower on all descriptions, but the general feeling manifested was to await further develop ments. Transactions consummated would necessitate the acceptance of checks in payment, and the feverish distrust of the stability of the banks brought busi ness to a complete stand, and iu fact very little attention was given to the ef fecting of sales. In the vicinity and at the Cotton Ex change the same effects were notably apparent. The feeling of confidence which so generally prevailed on Friday was changed to one of feverish anxiety, and some alarming developments will culminate unless the opening of the coming week brings a more settled con dition of finance. In the grocery and other trades depending on the interior countries for business, the same fore bodings were tho topics of conversa tion. No business was consummated and no desire either to buy or sell was apparent. The lower section of Wall street was crowded with the merchants interested in the various branches lo cated there, and all were engaged in one absorbing topic, What will be the re sult ? A TERRIER: TORNADO. GREAT DESTRUCTION OF PROPER TY IN FLORIDA. Ruin of the Cotton Crop—Damages in Tallahassee and Vicinity $120,000 St. Marks Destroyed. [Tallahasse Sentinel, 20th.] A northeast storm of terrific violence swept over this section of the State on yesterday morning, leaving destruction iu its wake. A walk around tho city during yesterday afternoon presented an almost appalling sight. Tho countless trees lying iu almost every direction, in many places blockading the streets, the fences prostrated, the houses unroofed, and in many instances a total wreck, were terrifying evidence of the power of the storm. In and around Capitol square many trees were unrooted, fences blown down and the Capitol building very se riously damaged. The slating was blfiwn from the roof, windows were blown in, and water flooded the Senate and Assembly halls, and poured through into the Supreme Court room, the Clerk’s office, the Comptroller and Secretary of State’s offices. The top of the chimney of the Executive office was blown off, and some of the slate from the roof went sailing through the air. Two thousand dollars will not repair the damage to the Capitol. On ourj main business street the damage to the stores and the stocks of our merchants has been heavy. Geo. H. Meginniss’ store, on the corner of the Court House square, is perhaps the worst damaged of any. The roof was torn completely off, and tho stock flood ed. His loss is estimated at SIO,OOO. The tin roofing on most of the stores in this block was ripped up by the wind and went careening on the gale, being distributed in fragments as far as the next street —some two hundred yards. The store of W. R. Wilson, in the same block, was flooded and considera ble damage sustained, as also the storos of Mr. Spinner and the new store ad joining R. S. Williams, which he had just fitted up and stocked, intending to connect it with his old store. In the next block south a portion of the roof of the boot and shoe store of D. B. Megin niss was torn up, and the store flooded with water, though the goods were com paratively unharmed. The upper part of tho Marine Bank building was dam aged by water, a portion of the roof be ing also ripped off. The offices of the United States Surveyor General are here, and the papers were somewhat damaged. On the opposite side of the street Captain Brokaw’s large livery stable, nearly opposite this office, was stripped of its tin roofing. Mrs. Lamb’s millinery store suffered a great deal; the large skylight was broken, also a win dow on the west front, and the goods deluged. The Monroe building lost a chimney, which carried with it con siderable wood work, leaving a large gap on the top. The small building back from the street, opposite Meginniss’ store, occupied by James Jefferson as a shoe shop, was completely demolished and laid flat on the ground. The Court House escaped with the loss of a chim neys, a few panels of the blinds in the cupola, and the twisting out of recogni tion of the top of the lightning rod. The jail suffered the loss of a large por tion of the high board fence surround ing it. The storm drove through the windows of the City Hotel and Hooded many of its rooms with water, and the occupants trembled for the safety of the building. In the northwestern part of the town, Postmaster W. G. Stewart’s new build ing, just approaching completion, was blown fat as a pancake. Indeed, it sug gests forcibly the idea of some enor mus hand having crushed it in one pow erful downward blow. It was twenty five by forty-nine feet, two story, and entails a severe loss upon Mr. Stewart and upon Mr. Watkins, the contractor. The frame of the Primitive Baptist Church was also completely levelled with the ground. Mr. R. H. Gamble’s house had the chimney blown over, and his barn on Adams street was wrecked, a falling tree carrying the building with it. The building occupied by DeCoursey Brothers as a grocery and liquor store was badly damaged. The rear portion was blown down, and the gable end of the main building blown out. The loss will be some SBOO or S9OO. The build ing is owned by Mrs. Kiudon. Near the depot, the house of Mr. Sid ney Trent, new last year, was lifted from its foundation and hurled in ruins some twenty feet away. And here occurred the only loss of life that we are called upon to chronicle in the city. Charles Mattaw, a nephew of Mr. Trent, a boy about fourteen years of age, in attempt ing to get out of the building, was caught near the door and buried in the ruins. When extricated he was dead, and it was found that he had fallen face downward, and the huperiucumbent tim bers had pressed his head deeply in the earth. Two older persons who were in the building barely esoaped in time to save their lives. . The telegraph wires are down in all directions, and all telegraphic communi cation is cut off. The loss in the city, I it is thought, cannot be less than $20,- 000. j. Very few particulars of the damage | throughout the country lids yet come to I hand, though there is reason to fear that ; it has been excessive. We learn Shat the new Baptist Church at Dawkin’s tond iis a wreck. In every direction fences | and trees are prostrate, as in the city, and many gin houses are badly injured, j At Bel-Air, the church and school*house j are gone, and a building in the lot of I Father Page has fallen. An old colored woman named Mary Dudley was killed in this building. We also learn that a colored woman was killed by the falling of a shanty on Judge Gwymi’s place. On Captain Brokaw’s plantation, fourteen cabins and the gin building were blown dowp. One man had his arm and leg broken. Disastrous, however, as has been the storm in the city and suburbs, the dam age throughout the oonuty by the de struction of the ootton will be well nigh overwhelming. From all we can hear, every particle of cotton in. bloom has been blown out and beaten into the sand, and so badly damaged as to prove an almost total loss. Up to Thursday the hopes of our planters were bright that a fair crop would be /made, despite the ravages of the catenfillnr, but these hopes are noty filnated, and the prospect is disheartening. In the face of so terrible a blow, we are at a loss to find any words of consolation. We can only hope that the result may not prove so utterly disastious as at present ap. pears. Cut off, as we f rhm all com munication ‘ftdh the outer world, we have no tqeqng' m knowing whether the storm bps been confined to a compara tively small portion of the State, or whether it has extended from the Atlan tic to the Gulf. If the latter, and the storm elsewhere has been as disastrous as here, it will take years for JPorfda \o recover from the blow, News from St. Starks this morning giyes tt*o information of the utter de struction of that place. By the. flooding of the water every house bat one is washed away. Twenty families are home less, and an earnest appeal for help ac mes up. The City Council have appro priated slool for immediate relief, which will be expended in provisions, and sent down by extra train to-day. - THE CELEBRATED WINSHIP CI N. THIS long established STANDARD COTTON ftlN.with the LATE IMPROVEMENTS made bv tho manufacturers, Messrs. Win-ship A Bao., of Atlanta, Oa., is now acknowledged by all who have used it or seen it used, to be The Finest Gin in the Market. Wo havo one in our ofiioo for Hamplo, and invito lilantorw to call and examine it before buying any other. Will fill orders at short notice. PRICE PER SAW. Send for circulars. C. H. PHINIZY &. CO, aut2-d&w2m _ COTTON FACTORS, AUGUSTA, <; A GREAT Ri:i >TJOTI< >N IN PRICES OF THE LOvjLf W^CM. I HAVE NOW ON HAND the LARGEST AND BEST STOCK OF SOUTHERN MADE _L WAGONS over offered m this market, and the ONLY SOUTHERN MADE WAGONS in the placo. As I give my personal attention to tlio building of every Wagon put up in my shop I am confident that the LOWREY WAGON is as good, if not better, than any Wagon offered in Augusta. All I ask of those in want of Wagons is to give me a call boforo buying elsewhere 1 also beg leave to call tho attention of those who have bought the Lowrey Wagon in the past, and where they have in any way failed to give perfect satisfaction, to'call in person 0 r send in their claim, and it shall bo settled at ouce, as I intend that EVERY WAGON HOED lIY ME MUST GIVE SATISFACTION. I hope to be able to be able to keep on hand a full assort ment, of all sizes of Farm Wagons, so that no one in search of such things will be obliged to go away without a “Lowrey Wagon.” J. 11. LOWREY, sepll—w3m Corner Campbell and Ellis streets, Augusta. New AdverfisementK, fin IK S’through the Ague performance (lay ( i„y f till all your vitality is used il[> and your health permanently ruined— DITD HJ or ttt ke a bottle of our BiJKli Kress Fever Tonic, and break up the fearful malady at once. CVPKMT Cures of Ague warranted by tin* pro -3 U Ul it prietors. W. C. HAM 11 /l'O X & CO., w 4 Cincinnati, Ohio. ALT ' nion wishiu « to nißkt * mou ®y Ml All 1 KjV t( , send for a pamphlet containing in structions, &c., which everybody should know. Jw J. C. TILTON, Pittsburg, l»a. IN. F. BUKNIIAM’S NEW TURBINE lias been tested at York, Pennsylvania, by D. M. ETTINGER, C. E., and at Holyoke, Mass., by JAMEH EMERSON, H. E, USj'Tor pamphlet and Test Report, address N. F. 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Our COMBINED ENGINES k ties and to standard gauges, so IrUfflj M JET / that all parts are interchange- BJWI any other engine manufactur- , power. Warerooms. No. 4(5 Cortlandt St., New York. Semi ~ - - " for circular. w Southern Home School FOR YOUNG LADIES, ESTABLISHED 1812. Nos. 197 and 199 N. Charles St., BALTIMORE, Mil. M “- alKl MBS - WILSON M. GARY, 1 KINCII-Al.Sj. Mbb Qfn j OHN PEGRAM. French is the Language of the School. Next Session opens SEPTEMBER 22, 18711. 4w Dr. Sharp’s Specific cures Dyspepsia, Diver Com plaint, Constipation, Vomiting of Pood, Sour Stomach, Water Brash, Heartburn, Low Spii Its, &c. In thirty-five years never failing to cure, the most obstinate cases. Sold by druggists generally. Greene & Rossignol, 2(54 Broad St., Agents for Au gusta, Ga. Depot, 145 Eighth St., N. Y. Circulara mailed on application. Jyßo 4\v The Best Paper! Try It! The SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN is the cheapest and best illustrated weekly paper published. 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F. and Ttli Sts,, Washington, D. 0. 4w The startling drawback on nearly all rnedieina agents has ever been that in their process of purga- 1 tion aud purification they have also debilitated the system. To obviate this difficulty physicians hav* long sought for an agent that would Purse, Purify and Strengthen AT ONE AND THE SAME TIME, Their research has at last been rewarded by u discovery which fully realizes the fondest destvoa of tho medical faculty, and which is justly regarded aw the most important triumph that pharmacy has ever achieved. This im portant deaidwaiuui s Dr. Tub’s Vegetable Liver Fill, Which purify the blood and remove all corrupt hu mors and unhealthy accumulations from the body, ami yet produces no weakness or lassitude whatever, but on the contrary tones the stomach and in vigorates the body during the progress of their opera tion. They unite the heretofore irreconcilable qualities of a STRENGTHENING PURGATIVE aud a PURIFYING TONIC. Hr. l ull’s Pills are the most active and search ing medicine in existence. They at oig t* attack the very root of diseases, and their is so prompt that in an hour or two after thfc.Y are taken the pa tient is aware of th<qr good elfect«. They may be taken at any without restraint <>f diet or occu pation ; produce neither nausea, griping or de bility, awi as a family medicine they have no rival. Price, 25 cents a box. Hold by ah druggists. Principal office, 48 and 50 Courtl*ndt Bt ,N. Y. 4w IPHHH pM II BLOOD PURIFIER II moat I cleanser, strengthener remover of Glandular Obstructions known to Materia Medics. It is specially adapted to constitutions “worn down” aud debilitated by the warm weatbw of Spring and Hummer, when the blood is in active circa Ist km, consequently gathcyfivd from ; sluggishness and action of the. Decretive I organs, aud ig U*4b,;K*tvd by Tumors, Eruption*, 1 Kiotoffcorn. Pustuiu*, Scrofula, &c„ Ac. Wheu wnary wwd languid from overwork, and < dumuaa, drowfmes* antUnerti* take the place of ahd vigor, the system needs a Tonic to build it up and htdff the Vital Forces to regain their recu perah vw power. In the heat of Hammer frequently the Liver and Bpleen do not properly perform their functions ; the Uterine and Urinary Organs are inactive, producing weakness of the stomach and intestines aud a p**' disposition to bilious derangement, lm, wv/i.i.h- EXTRACT OF JCRUBEBA! Is prepared dircotiy from the SOUTH AMERICAN PLANT, andt» peculiarly *tiilt*l to all those tlifficnl tis»: it wtU eWanue Vitiated Blood, strengthen the tjfe-Givtug ami remove all Obstructions from Impaired aud ihafeebled Organ*. It should he freelif taken, a* Jurubeba is pro nounced by medical writer* the most efficient PU RIFIER, TONIC and DEOBSTRUENT known in the whole range of medicinal plant*. Aw JOHN q. KELLOGG, In Platt st., New York, - Sole Agent fur the United States. Sold by Drug gist*. Price, Clue Dollar per bottle. W. H. Howard. 0. H. Howard. W. 11. Howard, J it. |W. H, Howard & Sons, COTTON FACTORS AND COMMISSION MERCHANTS Cor. Ray and Jackson kinds, AUGUSTA, GEORGIA. Commission for Soiling Gotton, ONE DOL LAU PER BALE. Bagging ami Ties fur nished. Ordeis to soil or bold Cotton strictly obeyed. Particular attention given to tho Weighing of Cotton. seplO—wSm Isaac TANARUS, Heard & Co.' COTTON FACTORS, AUGUSTA, GEORGIA. Commission on Cotton, $1 Per Dale. AGENTS FOR 4aillicitt\ Li"III Draff, COTTOM GIN. nPHIS now GIN now offered to the public in A, the latest invention of Mr. B. D. Giillutt the inventor of the STEEL BRUSH GIN. and ill all respects superior to (lie Steel Brush Siand, or any other Gin made in tho United States. SIMPLICITY, DURABILITY, LIGHTNESS of DRAFT, with PERFECT WORK, being the objects arrived at, havo ail been accomplished. Having sold Cotton from these Gins during tho two seasons past, wo ran with safety assure the planter that it will sell in our market at prices ranging from J to Jo. per pound above sanio grades of Seed Cotton from any other Gin, excepting tiie STEEL BRUSH. FIRST PREMIUMS were AWARDED IliiH GIN at the following nanus) State Fairs: Mississippi— Jackson, 1871 and 1872. Georoia— Augusta, 1872 ; Savannah, 1873, Texas— Houston, 1873 ; Texas State Fair. 1873. ' Louisiana— New Orleans, 1873. Send for Circulars or call at onr office anol examines the Gin. ALHO, Agents for COLEMAN’S CORN and WHEAT MILL, which makes superior Meal, and can Is, alt ached to and run by the ordinary Gin Gear ing without expense' above the cost of the Mm. joUMtAwpn M. P. STOVALL, COTTON FACTOR AND CominiMNiou Murchnnt, No. 5, Warren Block, Jackson Street, AUGUSTA, GA., (CONTINUES to givf his personal attention J to tho STORAGE and SALE of CO) TON and other PRODUCE, Commission for sjling cotton, ONE DOL LAR per BALE. 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