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About Weekly chronicle & sentinel. (Augusta, Ga.) 1866-1877 | View Entire Issue (Oct. 29, 1873)
010 series—wol. lxix NEW SERIES VOL. XXXVII TERMS. THE DAILY CHKONICLE A SENTINEL, tb« ol(let*t nowspapcr in the Sooth, is published daily, except Monday. Terms : I*er year, %I0 ; six months, *5; three months, 42 50. THE TUI-WEEKLY CHRONICLE A BENTI NEL is published every Tuesday. Thursday and Saturday. Terms : One year, $5 six month*, THE WEEKLY CHRONICLE A SENTINEL is punlishedevery Wednesday. Terms: One year, 42 : six months. 41. SUBSCRIPTIONS in all cases in advance, and no paper continued after the expiration of the time paid for. HATES OF ADVERTISING IN DAILY.—AII transient advertisements will be charged at j the rate of 41 per square for each insertion J for the first week. Advertisements in the, Tri-Weekly, two-thirds of the rates in the Daily : and in the Weekly, one-half the Daily rates. Marriage and Funeral Notices 41 each. (Special Notices, 41 per square for the first publication. Special rates will be made for advertisements running for a j month or longer. REMITTANCES should tie made by Lost Office j Money Order or Express. If this cannot be J done, protection against losses by mail may j be seemed by forwarding a draft payable J to the Proprietors of the ChboKlcm asn | Srsnsp.t.. or by sending the money in a | registered letter. Address WALSH A WRIGHT, Cimostci.E A Skstishi.. A igiiHta. Ga_ (TtjromcU anb .Sentinel. WEDNESDAY OCTOBER 2D, 1878. ' MINOR TOPICS. A stout Englishman who recently applied to j a California court for admission to citizenship, on the ground of service in the navy, was | asked if be had an honorable discharge.— “No," saiil lie ; “you see we left the ship in a j big hurry, and I didn't have a chance to see j Captain Heinmes, or else I should havo got an honorable discharge." He didn’t get his papers. There was nothing very attractive about the manner in which Mr. Arnold, of Johnson county, Mo., met his death. In attempting to extinguish the flames in a threshing machine that was running and burning at the same time, he was caught by the cylinder, of course, and, to prevent bis being drawn in, bis brother seized an axe and chopped his logs ofT at three blow j . The aggregate damage was too much for Mr. Arnold. Gov. Washburn, of Wisconsin, shows occa sionally streaks of candor in his public speech es. In a late effort at Foil du Lac, he said: “Candor compels mo to say that the Houth generally has been t( rribly accursed by an in road of adventurers from the North. South Carolina, Louisiana and Florida are absolutely ruined by them: and there is no hope for either of those States but to rub out aud begin anew." It is told of Grace Greenwood that her wand erings in the canons amt gulches of Colorado in search of something new and strange to writo about in the Now York Times, have boon embittered by the theft of her shawls and a quantity of linen which she had hung out to dry ou the convenient shrubbery. She mildly expresses a hope that the missing garments may prove the shirt of Nessus to the unknown thief, and a conviction that he is going to a place where water-proofs aro never required. The following old verses are memorized by authors who make their maiden speeches at the Western Grange meetings: My lord rides through Ins palace gate, My lady sweeDs along in state, The sage thinks long on many a tiling, And the maiden muses on marrying; The minstrel liarpoth merrily, The sailor plows the foaming sea. The huntsman kills the good red deer, And tlie soldier wars without a fear; Nevertheless, what er befall, The farmer he must feed them all. A queer discovery has neon made respecting the civil rights statuto in Arkansas. The ex pulsion of a person of color from a first class railway ear developed the fact that the statute by tlie omission of tho word “not," negatives itself, for it reads as follows: “No person shall make any rules which shall effect all per sons iiliko without regard to raco and color.’ This would seem to ronder it incumbent upo . railway and other corporations to make distinc tions ou account of race and color. Civil Service examinations under tlie new rules are somewhat complicated affairs. A Washington dispatch, giving tho outline of the proposed proceedings, says that the Treasury service is to be replenished with clerks taken from groups gathered at St. Louis. Cincinnati, Savannah aud New York. These are to he fomiod l>y issuing invitations ; and tho best men are to be selected from the competing candidates. Any reformation on tho old mode of tilling the minor officer at Washington will lie considered a great boon ; but it is a little pitiful that tho demands of local interest ami otfico-seekiiig compel tlie examiners to travel about tlie country like a missionary board. French suicides continue to present strange features. A young sub- lieutenant of cavalry in l’aris recently invited a young girl whom lie casually met on tlie streets to ride with him in the Rois do Boulogne. Returning to the city lie ordered a lavish supper, with wines of which lie ami ins companion partook. Then he com pleted his day's spree by blowing out his brains with a pistol. Neither the girl nor any one else knew Ids name, nor was there a sou in his pocket to pay ids retaurant bill. A conflict between religious faith and the sense of political duty to State enactments is likely to arise in Mexico. The now reform aws just decreed by the Mexican Congress as a part of the constitution operate to overthrow tho political authority of the church and to suppress all religions orders. The Jesuits have been banished tlie country, ami en revanche tlie priests of all the parishes have excommu nicated all those who recognize the obnoxious laws passed by Congress. Hon. A. 11. Meacham has been lecturing in San Francisco ou the Modocs, and in narrating the circust&nces attending the assassination of General Canby, and his own escape, said:— Boston began to take my scalp with a blunt kuifo; hut Toby interposed with devices to de lay the operation, and when at length he had raised five or six inches of skin on the left side of my head, Toby, woman-like, accomplished by strategy what could not be done otherwise. See shouted, "Souldiera! eonldiers !” and Bos ton left lus work unfinished. " Ex-Congressman Smith Ely, Jr., of the Seventh lhstrict of Now York, has returned his hack pay. He writes that, although he op poseJ the bill in Congress, he believed that after it became a law it was not improper for members to accept t ' e compensation tendered to them l>y the Government of the United States. -But,” he adds, -I fully recognize the right of the State Convention of the Demo cratic party to pass judgment upon the official conduct of its representatives." He bows, therefore, the judgment of the Utica Con vention, and gives up the money. Comptroller Green, of New York city, has lately startled the citizens of that town, who have time to attend to anythmg else than their own personal business, by the statemeut that, financially, the city affairs are getting worse and worse. New York 1 vies a large amount of taxes, and. with assessments and charges of various kiuds. the income is large. Last year the receipts were id:!.250.000, an exceedingly great return. But large as were these figures, the expenditures far exceeded them. They were ij'2,390,000. showing that in the course of twelve months the indebtedness of the city of New York had been added to an amount ex ceeding *20.1X10.000. The New York Hon'd draws quite a vanety of conclusions from the receut elections, the most important of which is "that the Demo- j craey will disband and dissolve their organiza- ! tun. is an exploded idea. The opposition j party, for the next four years, will be the \ Democratic party, and no other party. The | hundreds of thousands of citizens who have I been waiting and watching, bolding back from joining the Democratic organization in the ex- ; pectation that u would be supplanted by some 1 other, will now- see that they are reduced to a ' choice between the same two great parties which have been arrayed against each other for so many years. Tue Democratic party and the Republican party are to be the only two national parties for the uext four years. " The two cigar steamers of Mr. Rose Winans. | of Baltimore, make frequent trips in the j British Channel, although their officers take ! pains to prevent any knowledge of theircapaei- ] ty for speed from becoming public. Oue of these steamers was built at Cherbourg and the other ou the Clyde. The latter is about too feet long, and is built on a different plan from the original cigar steamer, which now lies at her wharf in Baltimore. Instead of a wheel in the centre, the vessel has two prop* Her* at the extreme points of the cigar. The cigar por tion of the hull is submerged, and an eve-wit ness describes the whole appearance of the vessel as he saw it recently m theha-borof Southampton as -that of an ordiuarv ocean at -amer perched on the back of a whale ' Mr. Vmana hopes of obtain a speed of twentv m .es an hour by propulsion alone with his strange craft. THE SURVIVORS OF THE MEXICAN WAR. ! Some time since the Chronicle and ; Sentinel suggested that the survivors of the Mexican war living in Georgia ! hold a meeting in Macon during the I coming Fair, for the purpose oßirganiz ing a State Association. We are glad to learn that such a meeting will be held, i and that there is a prospect for a good ' attendance. Among the objects in view ! is an union with the National Survivors’ Association, which latter organization contemplates petitioning Congress for a pension act similar to the one passed in favor of the soldiers of the war of j 1812. We hope that Augusta will send | a full delegation to Macon. FOREIGN CROPS SHORT. The returns from the various Euro pean countries in regard to the crops ! grow worse with each successive report, I ft is now estimated, says the Cincinnati ■ /Vice Current, that the deficiency in i England is so great that she will have to | import 104,000,000 bushels of wheat be fore next harvest, which is some 14,- i (XX),000 more than previous estimates. | France will have to import probably 75,000,000 bushels. In addition to the ! total failure of crops in Southern Russia, South Germany and Hungary, infotraa- j tion now comes from Turkey that the | Government has found it necessary, on i account of short crops, to prohibit the j exportation of grain until further orders, j This cuts Italy off from the source of I supply from which she expected to make j good her own deficiency. America and j Australia are the only grain growing j countries of the world which have any i large surplus of wheat, and it is doubt- j fill whether the surplus will be equal to i the demand even after the latter is re- \ dticed, as it will be, by high prices. The indications are indeed gloomy for the poor people of Europe during the com ing Winter, and while tho result for us will be that we shall obtain liberally re munerative prices for our breadstuff's, the remote effect will be that prices of labor will be higher, and we shall have to pay increased prices for our imports of foreign manufactures. CONDITION OF THE CROP. The report of the Bureau of Agricul ture at Washington, published yester day morning, as to the present condi tion of tlie cotton crop, is unfavorable. Tlie average condition of the crop of ’73 is as much below that of '72 as the lat ter year was in excess of ’7l. The area iu ’72 was one-eighth greater than in ’7l. The Autumn was more favorable for de velopment and picking, which resulted in an increase of about one million bales last year. The area of the present year was increased about 10 per cent., but a large portion of it had to be abandoned. The planting was late and the seasons most unfavorable. The caterpillar and the boll worm have not been idle. The prospect, therefore, is most unfavorable for a large yield. In many portions of tho South, and we speak from reliable information as to certain sections of Georgia and South Caroliua tributary to Augusta, there xviil not be half crop made. Hundreds of acres had to be abandoned on account of late and unfa vorable seasons. The severe and pro tracted cold weather delayed planting for three or four weeks at the com mencement. As soon us the plant be gan to show itself the rain set in and the grass made such headway that a large part of the crop hud to bo aban doned in order to secure half a stand for that portion of the acreage which the producer resolved upon cultivating. This is a gloomy pic ture, but the result of the present year’s planting operations will show that it iB not overdrawn. In order to secure any thing like a yield, at all commensurate with the vast acreage in cotton, the Autumn must continue favorable for de velopment and picking. The Washing ton Bureau gives it as its opinion, based upon the reports of its correspond ents from all sections of the cotton growing States, that the Fall season must be of average length and compara tively favorablo for picking to insure a crop equal to that of last year. Persons who have traveled extensively through the South know, from actual observa tion, that the yield this year will be far less than that of last year. In many plantations in Georgia the last stalk has already been picked, and the favorable season for further development will be of no avail. If the crop has turned out in other States as it has in Georgia and South Carolina, and we believe that it lias, the yield will be as much below that of last year as the latter was in ex cess of the preceding year of 1871. THE TIDE OP IMMIGRATION. The tide of immigration flows steadi ly to our shores from Europe. Steam transportation has deprived the passage across the ocean of its terrors. The horrors of the old sailing ship—with its weeks and mouths of dreary monotony, its accompanying bad treatment and bad fare, frequently brutal, and always bor dering on the point of starvation—have passed away and given place to quick and safe passage, human treatment and good fare. On tho arrival of the immi grant in this country, our system of railroads, extending from New York to ! San Francisco and ramifying every di | rectiou of the country, enable him to i reach his destination without delay, f Transportation by steam on sea and \ land has increased by thousands the number of immigrants. And this agency will continue to act an important part in depleting the old world of its popn -1 lation. The working people of Ger many, France and Great Britain will I continue to come in great numbers to a country which promises a return for honest labor and a field for the intelli gent and ambitions, rather than remain at home to drag through life with heavy hearts and weary limbs, with uo prospect of bettering their con dition. There is nothing for the working people after years of la bor in the old countries. For the few that realize a competency, thousands ! are left to want and penury, after a life of 1 toil. Laws may be enacted to prevent | the people from coming to this j country, and while the tide mav be ! checked temporarily the number can not be diminished. No Eastern de votee ever turned his face and his heart more fondly to Mecca than the working people of Europe desire to seek j a home and an asylum in this Western I hemisphere, which has proven to their ! countrymen who have preceded them a land flowing with milk and honey. The statistics of immigration for the year ending June 30, 1873, show that the human influx is on the increase, the I gain, as compared with last year, being | 21,779. The total number of immigrants ; from Great Britain was 106,843, and from Germany for the same time 149,- I 671, making a total of 316,514. Os the 1 immigrants from Great Britain, Ireland i contributed 77,344 ; England, 74,818 ; | Scotland, 13.541, and Wales, 840. France, Deumark, Sweden and other European nations contributed to swell this living tide, but they are : not credited with their respective quotas in the report before us, the j whole being embraced under Great Britain and Germany. Most of these j people find their way to the growing ' States of the West, which are rapidly increasing in wealth and population. The Southern States make no effort of any consequence to secure immigrants. With advantages of soil and climate and riches—dormant and undeveloped in our mountains and forests, valleys and plains, rivers and water courses for the want of labor, capital and enter prise—this living tide sweeps by our doors on its way to the distant West, j No organized effort is made to induce these people to settle in the South. ' But we may learn wisdom after awhile. | The sooner however the people learn it, the better it will be for the South. A HAPPY RIDDANCE. On last Saturday the United States ! were rid of twin nuisances—George Francis Train and Blanton Duncan, j Both sailed for Europe on that day j where it is to be hoped they will be in ; duced to remain. THE BRUNSWICK AND ALBANY RAILROAD. The sale of th'is road, which was made at Brunswick a day or two ago, for 8530,000, and which has already been announced, was made, as we learn from the Macon Telegraph, under the follow ing conditions; One hundred and fifty thousand dollars cash, in a sight draft on New York, made payable at the City Bank of Macon—the balance ($380,000) in six months. No title to pass until all is paid. If not paid within the specified time tlie $150,000 will be forfeited. As soon as the $150,000 are paid, the parties are put in possession as custodians of the commissioners. The purchasers say they intend to complete the road to Eu faula. The State,having refused to rec ognize the legality of her endorsement on the bonds of this road, was not a par ty to the suit, anti bad nothing whatever to do with it. THE PRESIDENT’S REAL SALARY. Some doubts having been expressed as to the accuracy of Congressman Wil lard’s statement as to the actual cost of keeping a President, the New York World gives the following detailed statement of the White House appro priations for the current year: Furnace keeper 3 720 Two policemen 2,640 One night watchman 900 Usher 1,200 Two door-keepers 2,400 Steward 2,000 Messenger 1,200 Secretary and clerks 10,000 Contingent expenses 6,000 Annual repairs, White House... 15,000 Refurnishing White House 10,000 Fuel 5,000 Green-house 10,000 Grounds 10,000 Total $77,660 It will readily be seen from this statement how few are the expenses which the President is compelled to pay out of the $50,000, which is his nominal salary. AN INFAMOUS PROPOSITION. The following card appears in the editorial columns of a paper published iu Lexington, Missouri, entitled the Caucasion: St. Louis, Mo., October 1, 1873. Editor Lexington Caucasion —Please publish the following card: I propose to bet five thousand dollars ($5,000) that President U. S. Grant, un less lie dies from natural or other caus es, will be assassinated before the 10th of April, 1874. If accepted, the money to be deposit ed on or before the lOthYlayjof November next. Parties desiring to wager larger or smaller amounts can address me at St. Louis, Missouri, or through your col umns. Respectfully, H. Clay Harper. If such a man as H. Clay Harper ex ists he deserves to be hung, if he is sane, and if insane, 110 should be pro vided for in the insane asylum of Mis souri. That such an infamous proposi tion should be published with approv ing comments by any paper North or South shows a depravity fearful to con template. Though President Grant lias not been a friend to the South, our peo ple have 110 desire to see him die other than a natural death. The proposition of H. Clay Harper and the endorsement of it by the Caucasion deserve the se verest censure and condemnation. And we feel sure that iu no part of the coun try will there be more universal repro bation of his infamous proposition than at the South, RAILROAD EARNINGS. Notwithstanding the panic, the vol ume of business over the great railroads of the country is undiminished. The earnings of twenty-three of the largest railroads iu the United States for the month of September have increased, as compared with the corresponding month of 1873, $1,016,806. The returns of nineteen roads for the past nine months amounted to $83,222,629, against $73,- 008,363 for the corresponding period of last year, showing a gain of $10,214,266. Among the roads to which we refer are the Atlantic and Great Western, Atlan tic and Pacific, Central Pacific, Erie, Il linois Central, Lake Shore and Michigan Southern, Kansas Pacific, St. Louis and Southeastern, Toledo, Wabash and Western, and other great trunk lines North and Northwest. The earnings of our Southern roads will, though we speak without data, show no material falling off in business, as compared with this time last year. The volume of busi ness keeps moving, and this is an evi dence that the panic is more imaginary than real, so far as the substantial in terests of the country are concerned. WHAT IS A PANIC t The New York World has found out what a panic is: “No matter what the money of a community may be, if it is kept by banks and Sy them lent out ou time, the banks are never in a position to pay all their depositors at once. If the depositors become alarmed and there is a general scramble, it is physically impossible for all who want money to procure it. Distrust of the ability of the banks to pay on demand causes merchants to keep their money in their own safes instead of depositing in the bank as a common stock for the accom modation of the community. The es sence of a panic is the fear of debtors that they cannot command money to meet their engagements ; and there might be a panic with no other money than gold. If bank deposits we,re in coin it would be equally impossibl e for banks to pay all their depositors at once, and there would be a financial crisis whenever a sudden alarm led to a gener al withdrawal of deposits.” This is all true enough, and it is with in the power of the depositors of five sixths of the banks in the country to causo their suspension whenever a big scar e takes hold of them, and a run is mz.de on the banks. We know this would be the case in the South nine out of every twelve months in the year.— But this would in no manner involve the solvency of the institutions which failed to meet the demands of every depositor who claims liis currency or his gold which he had on deposit Banks can not and <io not keep currency idle in their vaults. If they kept it locked up there would be but limited accommoda tion for the commercial community and •mall dividends for the stockholders. AUGUSTA, GA, WEDNESDAY MORNING, OCTOBER 29, 1873. THE END OF AN ATHLETE. J. C. Cloud, who left Philadelphia, the other day in a canoe for the pur pose of rowing to New Orleans on a j wager, was found near Plaquemine the j other day dying in his boat. Complete j exhanstion had followed the overstrain ing of his muscles and he died soon ; after being rescued. From his diary, ! which was found in the canoe, it ap peared that he had suffered for several days prior to his death from severe chills. When will the “muscular mad men” learn wisdom from experience? When will they learn that the laws of nature can not be violated with im punity—that after the strain will come collapse ? THE STOKES CASE. This cause celebre of criminal juris prudence still drags its slow length along. The testimony is substantially the same as that adduced on the other two trials, and the verdict will doubt less be the same. The much talked of and mneb searched for female witness, Mrs. Benton, who was to give, when found, much damning testimony against the prisoner, turns out to be a fraud of the first water. If she does kuow any thing of the homicide she refuses to impart her information and the District Attorney will not put her upon the stand. A verdict will probably be reach ed before the middle of the week. DISMAL TIDINGS. The telegraph yesterday brought us gloomy intelligence. All over the coun try the large manufacturing and railway corporations are discharging their work men by hundreds. “The dull times bring in so little money that they are forced to diminish their expenses as much as possible.” This is the stoiy that comes from them all, and all begin to economize by taking the bread out of the mouths of the laborers who are in their employment. What is to become of these men, of their wives and of their children ? Turned out on the world in the beginning of Winter, hoxv are they to stand the hardships of the season, what is to keep them from starvation ? Their only capital is their brawny arms, and yet these they will not be allowed to use. It is frightful to think of the suf fering and destitution • which will come to the manufacturing towns of the North and East unless a change for the better shall shortly ensue. The heartless wretches whose cursed greed of gain has brought about this wide-spread disaster aud ruin will have much to answer for. The cries of the widow and the orphan, and of famin; -stricken men, will not go unheeded or unavenged. CONFIDENCE IN EVERYTHING. Everything will come right if we only have confidence in one another. The New York Bulletin asks : “ Where is all the money gone ? Greenbacks do not go out of the country. They aro not legal tender anywhere but in the United States. Hence the explanation of the scarcity of money must be looked for in some other quarter than exportation, or diversion to foreign countries. There is as much currency iu the hands of the people to-day, when it is lending at per cent, per diem, as there was any time before the panic, when it was a ‘drug in the market.’ Where, then, has it all gone ? The answer is, so much of it as is not employed in active business has gone into old stock ings, tin boxes, and inaccessible bureau drawers. People are hoard ing it. They are afraid to invest it in securities, lest these may not yet have, as the saying is, touched bottom. They are also afraid to bank it lest the bank may break. The fact is, there is plenty of money but an utter lack of confidence. People are full of suspi cion, and, what with the multifarious defalcations and dishonesties of one kind or another on tlie part of men in public and private positions of trust, there is nothing in that lack to excite surprise, unreasonable though it may be in reality. But, in the nature of things, this feeling cannot be of long duration. We believe we have about reached the end of these occasions of popular appre hension, and that though confidence is, proverbially, a plant of slow growth, its growth, nevertheless, will not be, as some despairing ones seem to think, in definitely postponed. People must try and have faith in one another—at least as much faith as they have at present in the old stockings, the tin boxes, and the inaccessible bureaus, and in due time everything will come right.” A RING REMEDY IN SOUTH CARO LINA. The Columbia Union-Herald has learned from reliable authority that the Governor of South Carolina has ex pressed himself in favor of the issue by the General Assembly, at its coming session, of one million dollars in Bills Receivable, “ for the purpose of reliev ing the financial embarrasment of the people, brought about by the recent panic.” These bills receivable will be taken in payment of all taxes due the State Government. It is said to be a remarkably ill wind which blows no body any good, and lhat illest of ill winds which issued from the cave of the Ring in New York and prostated with its fury the property of the whole country seems to have proven a lucky blast, a favoring gale, fo?‘ftie bandits of our sister State. It brings to them another opportunity for a successful financial coup. They dwell now with exquisite pathos upon the suffering which the panic has inflicted upon the people of South Carolina. When the Legislature assembles there will be eloquent appeals made to that body to assist the people, to relieve the stringency which is suffoca ting them. They have no funds, there fore the State will give them money. The good government will issue to its needy children one million of dollars, with which the crops can be moved and financial matters made altogether lovely. This is the argument which will be ad vanced. The people must be relieved. What kind of relief will they get, we won der, by this issue of a million dollars in bills receivable? In view of the gigantic frauds which have been revealed year after year in the management of the finances of South Carolina, who will take her promises to pay outside of the State at any price and who can use them, even in the State, save at a ruinous dis count? What are the bonds, the scrip, the pay certificates issued by the ring worth, and what will the bills receivable be worth ? Such a measure is power less to give any relief to the people of the State. It cannot decrease, but it will add materially to the weight of the burdens which they are now bearing.— As soon as issued the bills will begin to depreciate and the depreciation will con tinue until they reach a point at which the ring will consider them a profitable investment. They will then be quietly bought in at five or ten cents on the dollar, and retired from circulation.— When the taxes begin to come into the treasury the ring will present the bills and have them paid dollar for dollar. The whole measure bears fraud upon its face, and if such a bill as the one contemplated be passed the people may as well prepare for heavier taxes and greater distress. It can no good. It will do mnch harm. SICKLES AND HIS SWORD. I A Madrid dispatch states that the ! Spanish Minister of War has presented to General Daniel Sickles a magnificent sword made expressly for him at Toledo. “ The hilt,” so the dispatch informs us, “is ornamented with the arum of the United States, and on one side of the blade is inscribed the names of the bat tles in which General Sickles was distin guished.” Yerily the Spanish type of a hero is not a very exalted one, if they can make a great man of Dan Sickles— at first a pot house politician, a robber, a rowdy, a forger and a murderer; after wards the commander of the Excelsior Brigade, a corps composed of the scum of the alleys and sewers of New York. The sycophantic Spaniards should have purchased the biography of the Ameri can Minister which the World present ed to its readers on the occasion of his departure for the Escurial. They might j then have pictured upon the reverse of his trusty Toledo, his appearance in the New York Courts, tlie robbery of his mistress and the murder of Barton Key. ANDREW JOHNSON. The ex-President has a good deal of the elasticity of an India rubber ball. The harder he is struck downward the higher he bounces up. He left the White House and politics reluctantly, and entered the charmed arena again just as soon as an opportunity presented itself. When Tennessee was redeemed from Radical rule he become a candi date for Senator and was defeated. Last year he ran as an independent candi date for Congressman from the ‘State at Large and by his candidacy took away enough Democratic votes to secure the election of Maynard, the Radical nomi nee. He now proposes to inaugurate fresh strife and new divisions among the Democracy by running for United States Senator. He can net be elected himself but his candidacy may give the Radical party another vote in the Sen ate. Is it not time that this pestiferous place hunter was permanently retired ? He may be a demagogue but he cer tainly is not a Democrat. A GRANGER IN CONGRESS. In December next a member of a Farmers’ Grange will take his seat in Congress. He will be the first member of this organization which lias won such distinction. The Granger is Mr. Nes mith; he is a Democrat in polities, and comes from the State of Oregon. He is a genuine Granger, is the owner of a farm, and digs his living from the soil. He is said to be a man of more than or dinary ability, is a fine speaker, a ready debater, and is expected to make things lively for the Republicans this Winter. In his State he made a brilliant run, and overcame the large party majority which backed his opponc nt. His strong cards were, his connection with the Granges, his opposition to the salary grab, and his outspoken denunciation of the Ore gon Senator, Hippie alias Mitchell, whom the Republicans had endorsed. The fact that he is the first member of the new organization, which is beginning to exert such a powerful influence over political affairs,who has entered the Na tional Congress, him the cen tre of attraction new mem bers of that hodz^^HK We present of three of leading ji York result is, at v. considers " i. AdtiiinistratiH^^^^^Hngliqi affairs the Republi cans in Ohio. underrates the result of the victory, and thinks the Democratic party had better disband: [New York World.] The Republican party has forfeited public confidence, and the people of Ohio wisely judged that it was better to elect honest Democrats than dishonest Republicans. The idea of the Cincinnati Commercial that there is a deep-seated popular antipathy to the Democratic party is a chimera. Chief Justice Chase, who was a good judge of popular senti ment, would have been glad to accept a straight Democratic nomination at a time when the alleged grounds of odium were comparatively fresh. The course of the party during the war and its op position to the reconstruction measures are by gone matters, in which the peo ple have ceased to feel any active inter est. The Democratic leaders of that period, like Mr. Thurman, Mr. Pendle ton, Mr.Groesbeck, Chief Justice Church, Mr. Belmont, Governor Seymour, Mr. O’Conor, Mr. Tilden, Michael Kerr, Mr. Hendricks, Mr. Buckalew, Reverdy Johnson, Sidney Webster, and Senator Bayard, are as much respected as any public men of the country. Surely Col fax and Wilson, and Morton, and Conk ling, and Butler and Cameron, and the members of Grant’s cabinet neither de serve nor enjoy the same measure of public confidence. The mass of the peo ple are honest in both parties; and Re publican citizens who exchange neigh borly kindness with Democrats, who transact business with them, who meet ou social occasions, and are fellow mem bers of the same churches, have no more personal antipathy to a Democrat, as such, than they have to a Republican. The constant assertion that Democrats are under a ban of public sentiment is sheer cant, and a journal of the good sense and anti-humbug of the Cincinnati Commercial should be ashamed to utter it. Such pharisaic drivel will do in the mouth of John Cochran, but it does not become the pen of Murat Halstead. The election in Ohio has exploded the pre tense that the antecedents of the Demo cratic party are a barrier to its success. Now that it has become a decided ques tion that the Democratic party cannot be dissolved nor supplanted, and that it will not change its name and skulk un der an alias, we shall hear no more of this cant from any person who is not at heart a supporter of the Grant Adminis tration. [New York Sun.] The causes of the defeat of the Re publicans in Ohio lie on the surface, and they are full of warning to the Republi can party all over the country. The party in Ohio felt itself strong because of its unbroken successes for many years. Its leaders, with more ar rogance than sagacity, said to a large body of disaffected members: “We can get along without you. Do your worst!” They took Sherman, Delano, Morton, and the rest at their word, and left Noyes and his backers in the lurch. The consequences should teach even the strongest parties not to rudely slam the door in the faces of dissenting members. A seat in the Senate was at stake. Mr. Thurman’s successor was to be chosen by the Legislature now to be elected. Though the Governor of Ohio had never been a straightout Democrat since the Republican party was or ganized, the Legislature had been a few times Democratic, and notably in 1869, when Thurman was sent to the Senate. His opponent in the present contest was Columbus Delano, now Secretary of the Interior. To promote his success Federal office holders were required to take an active part in the campaign. Many Re publicans resented this interference of the Administration in their local con cerns, as they had previously done in Massachusetts in regard to the nomina tion of Butler. The consequence was that Thurman, a man of great vigor and unspotted record, open, frank and biave, carried the Legislature against the sly, slippery occupant of the Interior Department at Washington. The inference to be drawn from this phase of the Ohio fight is, that Federal office holders do more harm than good to their party bv trying to manage its politics, and that the best service which large numbers of them can render to the Republican organization—next to re signing their places—is to attend strictly to their appropriate business. [New York Times.] The Democratic organ in the East, such as it is, and the principal organ in the West, agree iu regard to their inter pretation of the result of the elections on Tuesday. They declare that it is now impossible that the Democratic party shall disband. They contend that whatever may come about the Demo cratic party must be the opposition party of the country. Others, who are not Democrats, may join it, and thev will receive some consideration, but the deciding, determning voice, both as to men and measures, must remain with the Democrats. The basis of this con clusion will hardly bear examination.— It is the assumption that the Democrats have carried Ohio, reduced the Repub lican majority greatly in lowa, and made gains in Pennsylvania. The facts as known do not warrant this assumption. There is not a particle of evidence of Democratic gains in Pennsylvania, though there was reason toexpect them. The Democratic vote in lowa is as light as it has ever been, aud whatever re-en forcement the opposition received from the farmers’ movement can not be re garded as lending strength to the claims • ~® Democrats to be “the opposi tion. As to Ohio, the State may or may not, according to present evidence, have given a small Democratic majority in the Legislature, while on the Govern or the majority is with the Republicans. j . P> as h as l°ug been the case, the Administration party includes the great majority of trustworthy leaders, aud the opposition party is in the main con trolled by men who can not be trusted, the result is by no means always satis factory. But it looks now as if the Democrats were determined to keep up this state of things. They can do it if they choose. They have tlie power of playing the part of the dog in the manger. If they can not perform the office of an opposition party, they can for a great while yet keep all others from trying to perform it. No set of men will be bold enough, unless under great provocation, to seek to carry out a policy of opposition without the co operation of the Democrats, if the latter maintain their organization. On the other hand, it would require even greater boldness to undertake an oppo sition campaign in which the Demo crats should be conceded to be the con trolling party. This was the lesson of of 1872. It cannot be wiped out by any temporary partial success in Ohio. The Democrats last year openly avowed that they had no claim to popular confi dence under their own name, and the voters declared that they could get no confidence in the name of any one else. It is, therefore, plainly out of the power of the Democracy to serve any good purpose as an opposition party. Even if it had a defined policy and able and sincere leaders—neither of which it has —it is so deeply distrusted by the peo ple that it has only to ask for possession of the Government to insure the contin uance of favor to its rivals. We have spoken of it as bankrupt. It is so, for it has no credit. But, worse than that, its reputation is that of a fraudulent bankrupt. People not only reject its promises, but suspect it of a tendency to steal. It is not only the party of re action and prejudice, but the party of Tammany, and no party with that mill stone about its neck can hope to make much headway. NOT SO. In a letter from Augusta to the Griffin News, dated October 20th, we find the following: Money is tight, and complaints of hard times is heard on all sides. It is claimed by many prominent citizens that the refusal of the Georgia Railroad to issue script, under its charter, has caused the loss of a great deal of cotton to Augusta. It had the authority, un der its charter, to do so, but the Direc tory refused to issue it, after consulta tion. A million or two of Georgia Rail road script, scattered throughout the State would certainly have eased money matters greatly, as the cotton could have been moved rapidly and would have giv en new life to business of every kind here. As it is the merchants all wear long faces, as tlieir paper is going to protest daily. It is not the opinion of many prominent men here, that the worst is passed. It is hardly necessary to state that the assertion of this correspondent about our business men is not true. The wri ter was imposed upon or else is grossly mistaken. The paper of our merchants is not going to protest daily, nor is it go ing at all. In no city of tho Union are the business men more prompt to meet tlieir liabilities than iu Augusta. They may wear long faces, for it is a season of universal despondency, but their cred it will always be kept free from re proach. CURRENCY RESUMPTION. The continued suspension of curren cy payments by the New York banks— long after the necessity for such action seems to have passed away—is causing a good deal of uneasiness. The smaller towns throughout the country have all resumed, and most of the large ones, yet New York, the great financial centre, is system of certified checks. So long as still attempting to do business upon a this is the case so long will the com merce of the country languish. In the very nature of things New York can not be allowed to do business upon paper while the remainder of the cities are forced to operate upon a cash basis. The plea of the New York bankers is, that if resumption takes place the cur rency would be rapidly drawn out of New York in order that the demands of the interior towns might be supplied and the business of New York could not be carried on for want of capital. Well, suppose that a large portion of the cur rency did flow to the South and West would, would it not rapidly flow back to the financial heart and with greatly in creased volume ? New York must re sume. So long as the banks there are in a state of suspension so long will the restoration of confidence be delayed—so long will restoration of business upon a sound basis be postponed. SENATOR THURMAN. The dispatches give no room to doubt the triumph of the Democracy in Ohio. The official count elects Allen Governor by nearly eight hundred majority. The Legislature also contains a good work ing majority of Democrats in both the Senate and the House of Representa tives. When we reflect that one year ago the State gave forty thousand majority to the Radical candidates we can form some idea of the change which last Winter’s revelations of Republican frauds has brought about in public sentiment. The majority in the Legis lature will secure the re-election of Hon. Allen G. Thurman to the United States Senate —in itself a most substantial fruit of the victory. Mr. Thurman has been one of the ablest and truest men in the Senate, and has battled long, zealously and untiringly, not only for the interests of his immediate constitu ency but for the rights and the honor of the Democracy of the Union. It is said that the recent brilliant triumph in Ohio is due in no small measure to the personal exertions of Senator Thurman —who labored faithfully from the be ginning to the end of the long and ex citing canvass. If so he has still an other and a stronger claim upon his party’s gratitude. If we are not greatly mistaken, when the National Democratic j Convention shall assemble in 1876 the most prominent candidate before it for Presidential honors will be Allen G. Thurman, of Ohio. A Brilliant Weddiko.— The wealth iest Hebrew families in New York As sembled at the residence of Mr. Lewis, 44 East Forty-ninth street, to witness the marriage of Miss Minnie Lewis to Mr. Solomon L. Waitzfelder. The rooms were brilliantly decorated, and the one j in which the presents to the bride were exhibited was filled with rare and expen sive ornaments. Superb tea sets, bril liant chandeliers, diamond jewelry, gold and silver card-cases, made up an array of gifts to the cost of $25,000. THE OLD WILKES FAIR. What Was On Exhibition and Who Exhibited It. [special correspondence chronicle AND SENTINEL.] Washington, Ga., October 19, 1873. Tlie events of the Fair on yesterday were not of a very interesting character. Entries of stock and other matters com prised the work of the day. No visitors were on the ground, save‘those who pro posed entering articles for competition ; and therefore no incidents worthy of pub lication transpired. To-day, however, the second day, we are able to communi cate with you ou matters of local, if not general interest. We were 011 the grounds at an early hour, and soon found ourself absorbed iu tlie contemplation of the numerous and various articles which were on exhibition. The Washington public gradually came out, until before the day had progressed far there was a large attendance. The rural districts sent in their many enterprising inhabit ants, and the adjacent cities contributed also quite a number of visitors to the general attendance. The display is quite successful und attractive to-day, and promises to be more so on to-morrow, btock, agriculture aud all tlie a,ts are represented, though we were more at tracted by the latter branch than by the former two. We found very line speci mens of pencil ami crayon work, wood work, quilting, oil and water painting, and all other kinds of artistic accom plishment. The drawing, especially two pictures, cannot be surpassed by other than the hand of an eminent master. The one, by Miss A. E. Heard, daughther of Gen. Heard, of Washing ton, represents a mill in a storm. The trees are bending to and fro beneath the force of the gale, and a terror stricken man is making seemiug ingly frantic efforts to get into tho old mill to find refuge from the storm. The wheel still isturninguuder the turbulent waters, and the moon is struggling to peer out from behind the dark clouds which seem to take pity upon her ma jesty, and now and then part to allow her to peep through and look upon the raging elements below. The whole pic ture presents a most natural appearance. It is finely executed. Tho shading is delicate or bold as the emergency re requires—and every stroke of the crayon betoking skill and genius. The other, is by Miss Dyson, ani is a por trayal of some beautiful mountain scenery. It is very difficult to decide the point of merit between them. They are, however, to be placed in the hand's of a competent committee, when jus tice will be impartially administered. Among the small matters we saw two fans, both over a hundred years old. Some of the handiwork of Mrs. R. E. Lee, was exhibited by Mrs. Robert Toombs. A good many fine horses were entered on the ground, and their owners seemed to take particular pleasure in showing ofl' their good points by applying the whip with vigor and driving them on the track. Washington is noted for good horses and mules, and indeed we have seen more good driving stock here than we ever saw in a place of the same size. Mr. George Sharp, of At lanta, has on exhibition a magnificent display of jewelry, around which the ladies collect in open-mouthed admira tion. Beautiful pearl necklaces aud fine gold opera chains invariably bring to the surface the weak points of the fair ones. But we do not wonder, for during the day we found ourself several times making an entirely unnecessary exami nation of the many fine watches and chains. Mr. Sharp has offered a special premium to the exhibitor of the best aud largest variety of articles of farm pro duce. It is a splendid tea set. We were, while looking about, very much struck with an excellent picture" in oil. It represents a snow scene. A man, ap parently a traveler, lies buried in the snow, with only his knees and hat visi ble. His horse, his faithful servant in life, proves faithful in death, and watches over his frozen master with painful anx iety. Shivering with cold, his tail blown hither and thither by the bleak winds of December, lie still remains, and affords a striking example of the son, aud when viewing it no one can fail to appreciate her fine talent. Gen. Toombs is not in Washington this week. Gen. Dußose we saw on the ground, however. Judge W. Fred Eve and Mr. Wynn, from our own city, are in attendance upon the Fair. The fidelity of brutes under tho most afflict ing circumstances to their human friends. The painting is by Mrs. Simp young ladies were unusually pretty and seemed to enjoy the day immensely. We must say that to our partial eyes they constituted the faiiest part of tlie Fair. To-morrow there will be trotting matches, and in the evening it has been announced that there will be an old fashioned gander pulling. Correspondent. LEGAL WEIGHT AND MEASURE. An Important Case for Merchants. [From the Macon Telegraph and Mossenger.J An interesting point, and one that is if material interest to every merchant in Macon, came up before Judge Weems, of the County Court, two or three days ago, as follows : A mercantile firm brought suit against a customer for the amount of a bill of goods sold some time ago. The goods were such as are sold by weight and measure. The counsel for the defense made the point that the bill could not be collected, because the weights and measures used by the mer chant were not legal. He cited two sec tions of the Code, one of which makes it the duty of Ordinaries to procure a marking instrument, seal or stamp, foi the purpose of marking all weights and measures which do not fall below the established standard. The other sec tion is as follows : “All persons engaged in selling by weights and measures shall apply to the Ordinaries of their respective counties, and have their weights and measures so marked, and in default thereof, shall not collect any account, note or other writings, the consideration of which is any commodity sold by their weights and measures." The Court was obliged to rule in ac cordance with the law, which is an old one upon the statute books, though the counsel afterwards withdrew the point, having obtained his end without using it. The case, however, brings to the at tention of the Ordinary a very essential duty which has heretofore been neglect ed, and to the attention of the mer chants a matter so materially affecting their interests that they cannot afford to neglect it. If a man were unscrupulous enough to seek to avoid the payment of an account solely on the ground that the weights and measures are not mark ed or stamped in accordance with the terms of the law, they cannot go into the Court House to collect such ac counts. Tne Brunswick and Albany Railroad. The Brunswick Seaport Appeal , of the 18tli, gives the particulars of the sale of the Brunswick and Albany Rail road. It sayß that evidently several combinations were represented, and that the bidding between them was for a time quite spirited. Ex-Gov. Brown led off with $305,000. It was under stood that he represented the great Pennsylvania Railroad King, Tom •Scott. Messrs. Love and Hazlehurst represented Georgia combinations.— Mr. J. H. Mayer, of Columbus, and Mr. Charles de Neufville represented the German bondholders. Finally the road was knocked down to the repre oentatives of the bondholders at $530,- 000. The fifteen cars bought from the Dawson Manufacturing Company, and upon which $5,625 are due, were sold separately, and were bid in by Maj. O. O. Nelson, of Dawson, for the above amount. The telegraph line which had been leased by the Western Union Com pany foi five years, two of which had expired, was also sold separate!v, and was bid in by D. O. Whitney for $2,900. A dispatch from Bainbndge to the Albany News, from Charles S. Schlat ter, states that he took possession for the bondholders on the 16th; that noth ing can be done west of Albany until a new organization is accomplished; that engineers will not be wanted until the financial troubles are over; and that the road will be run the same as heretofore. Death or Cloud, the Oarsman in Hts Boat. —New Orleans, October 16. J. C. Cloud, the oarsman who started from Philadelphia some three months since to row to this city by canals and rivers, died on Tuesday last, five miles above Plaquemine. Cloud was found in his boat in an almost exhausted condition on Monday, and died the next day. His diary shows he had been suffering with what is termed “heavy shakes’’ for some days before his death. j REVIEW OF THE COTTON MARKET The Market for Spot Cotton and Fu tures. [F.xtracts from tlie Financial Chronicle.] | _ New York, October 17, 1873. Financial derangements have con tinued during the past week to exeroiso a depressing influence upon cotton, em barrassing aliko the movements of ship pers, spinners and factors. Gold—in the absence of all demand, except a limited one for duties, and with the sup-■ ply increasing—has ruled at a very low point, while at tho same time foreign exchange has been unsalable except at j extremely low prices; consequently sliij - i pers have been crippled in their opera tions. On the other hand our spinners j finding their goods accumulating and j collections extremely difficult aud slow, have very generally been forced to run ' ou short time, some running only live ! days, others four, nnd others even tlire. > days a week. Thus has the demand both for consumption and for export been restricted. At tlie same time also the need for currency in the South lias been very pressing and has resulted in pushing supplies forward to this market, wiiere they have been sold from the wharf for prompt cash in many eases i&ic. below current quotations. Under these circumstauoes tlie daily aud large decline in prices, cannot be wondered at. To-day, on this low basis of values, the offerings were less liberal, and with a good demand for export and consump tion the market was more steady, though not quotably higher. For fu ture delivery the market has also been much demoralized, and prices have rapidly declined. The offerings for tlie early months have, however, been only moderate. For the late months j there has been more activity at the de- J dine, contracts for March especially bo i iug freely offered, as with continued fa vorable weather for picking and increased receipts, the larger crop estimates are now becoming the more popular. To-day there was some reaction and a recovery of from th e lowest price of yesterday. But the demand was said to be mainly to cover contracts put out at higher prices, and appeared to add but little to the tone of the market. In fact, I until there is more confidence iu finan cial circles much improvement iu cotton would seem to be very unlikely. The prices for the futures last reported were: For October, 16jc.; for November, 16jC.; for December, 16 19 32c.; for January, 18 l-16c.; for February, 16Je. The total sales of this description for the week are 107,600 bales, including free 011 board. For immediate delivery the to tal sales foot up this week 12,425 bales, including 7,516 for export, 4,837 for con sumption, 72 for speculation, aud in transit. Os the above 2,136 bales were to arrive. Weather Reports by Telegraph.— The weather has been all that could be desired for picking purposes tho past weok, but not favorable for checking the fever. To what extent, if to any con siderable extent this epidemic is inter fering with tho ingathering of the crop our telegrams do not disclose. They state, however, that tho marketing o! the crop is being very evidently checked from this cause and from tlie financial disturbances. At Galveston they have had rain on one day—a shower—and tho rain fall was seventy one hundredths of an inch; the crop, except the coast crop, which was to a great extent destroyed by caterpillars, is turning out [ romis iugly, and picking is making satisfactory progress; sickness and the money strin gency are retarding tlie movement, al though the quarantines on the railroad lines have been put a stop to. It lias rained on one day also at New Orleans (slight showers.) At Vicksburg it lias been warm and dry all the week, and picking is proceeding finely; very little cotton is, however, coining in, and still less is being sold. There has been no rain at either Memphis or Nashville, but a slight frost at both places, and at Nashville twice ; our tele gram from Memphis states also that the epidemic largely curtails receipts. At Mobile they have had one shower, with warm days and cold nights, and picking is progressing satisfactorily; planters are marketing their cotton more freely. It has been warm and dry at Montgomery; about two-thirds of tho crop has been gathered ; yellow fever, which is an epi demic here now, prevents the free move ment of cotton, aud is prostrating all business. There has been no rain dur ing the weok at Selma, Columbus or Ma con; our Macon correspondent adds that picking is making good progress, and about one-lialf the crop lias now been gathered. At Savannah they have also been without rain ; the nights have been cold, with a slight frost one night, but the days have been warm. They have had similar weather at Charleston, but our correspondent states that picking is being interfered witli in that section by the scarcity of labor and of money. Tlie thermometer at Savannah has averaged 68 ; Columbus, 70; Macon, 70 ; Selma, 66; Montgomery, 74; Mobile, 68 ; Mem phis, 63; and Galveston, 77. India CorroN.—With regard to the growing crop of cotton in India (which we referred to in our last] we have to day one week later information by mail. 'Die advices are merely confirmatory of what we have already published; they give us, however, the first mail reports we have received with regard to acre age. Messrs. Finlay, Muir & Cos., uu der date of September 11, state that “ail accounts speak favorably of harvest prospects. In the Southern districts the fall of rain came too late for some of the grain crops, and consequently in Dharwar it is anticipated that a consid erably increased area will be devoted to cotton, one estimate given to us says 25 per cent, over last year. * * * * So far as can be judged at present the Hingunghaut and Oomrawutty crops will be rather late, but Broach will be earlier than last season. Very favora ble accounts of the appearance of flu plants in Hingunghaut have come to hand this week.” On the same dab Messrs. W. Nicol & Cos. write—“ All up country advices continue very favora ble, and we have consequently no new featurej to report. We are, however, led to expect that in the Southern Mah ratta country a larger acreage is being placed under cotton this year, as the lateness of rain has in many places rendered grain cultivation this season quite impossible. Specie Payments and the Price of Cotton. —There seems to be an idea prevailing to a considerable extent among a certain class that we arc near ing specie payments. So far as this is an inference drawn from the present low price of gold, it has no force. As our readers fully understand, gold is now with us mainly a commodity. The rati to be paid for it depends upon several circumstancee, and prominent among them are supply and demand. At pres ent the demand is extremely limited, and the supply is iucreasing, hence lower price. How these influences are producing this result, a moment’s rest e tion will show. First, Banks do not want gold, although it increases their reserve, for their need (and a very press ing need it is) •currency. Second, The panic has checked the inquiry for im ported goods, so that there is a decreased demand to pay duties. Third, Specu lators have no money and very little heart to carry it, and hence are releasing instead of increasing their hoards. Fourth, All shipments from this side have ceased, while England’s strong box has been opened, and she is pouring off hei abundance into our already over supplied reservoirs. With sucli condi tions a very low price of gold is of course inevitable. But specie payments are no nearer on that account, 'fliere is the same gulf to be bridged there was before. Not that we suppose gold will return to its old point—as to that we know very little. It is generally be lieved that the price was artificially high previous to the panic; if so, it may rule lower in future. But until we have put our house in order a return to specie payments is not among the possibilities. Gunny Bags, Bagging, Ac.— Trade in both domestic and India cloth has continued rather slow the past week, and in the absence of any transactions prices are somewhat weak and unsettled. Small lots are selling among the trade at inside prices, and prompt cash buy ers can obtain concessions. The out side lots that are sold are chiefly to supply the demand from the South. The market closes nominal at 13}@13fc. for heavy and 12}@13c. for light weight. Borneo and Gouripore are sell ing slowly at the former figures. Bags are quiet and very little inquiry is ap parent. Jute Butts are unchanged; full parcels offering a lfc. currency. Jute is steady and nominal. The Calcutta cir cular of Messrs. Atkinson, Tilton & Cos. sayk: “We retain our old quotations for the new crop, but they are scarcely re liable; the quality coming in is so in uierens ane prices are so irregular that ve can hardly make up our standard marks and fix any definite cost; but there appears to be less animation in NUMBER 44 the bazaar, and our market being but sparingly supplied, public buyers are not inclined to enter into fresh engage ments, having still open contracts to fulfill at a heavy loss. CAD AM ATARI. Beggars on Horseback, or Charity In Court—Mendicants Litigating Over the Profits of Beggary—A Novel Scene in Circuit Court. [From the St. Louis Republican, | The case of the St. Louis University t's. Cadamatari, tried yesterday in Oir euit Conr No. 2 of St. Louis county, before Judge Mudill, deserves a place among the causes celebrcs of legal lore. The points at issue are already familiar to our readers. I Dominico Cadamatari is an Italian, who came to this country somewhere I about 1856, bringing with him his | tarnily, a wife and child. He settled in St. Louis and, lazzaronc as he was, the j instinct of his caste led him to adopt the calling of a beggar. We say adopt j® calling of a beggar. It may sound a little strange to people who are accus tomed to associate that word with the emotions of commiseration and pity, to nour tiiat this Italian chose mendicancy as a profession, and stranger still to hear that in that calling he and his family amassed a fortune which is now the subject of litigation important enough to enlist the services of legal talent such as Rebel - , Garesclie, Mac- Donald and Lackland as counsel in the case. The child, a girl, did the beg ging, while her father acted as the finan cier of the concern, speculating in auc tion goods, real estate and so on, with the money she obtained. After several years of uninterrupted prosperity, Oadamatari had amassed wealth enough to begin to think of enjoying the lux uries of life, and he made a trip to Europe, leaving his family in St. Louis. Duiing his absence the daughter continued her begging with unflag ging industry, and in the course of about five years accumulated the hand some sum of twelve thousand dollars, which she deposited with the managers of the St. Louis University. A few months ago Cadamatari returned from Europe. Finding that his wife and daughter had the funds above stated on deposit, and seeing an opportunity for speculation, he made a draft on the uni versity for the money. His claim was not recognized, and finally, to settle the matter, the university placed the funds m the custody of the court and insti tuted proceedings to determine its own ership. During the absence of her father in Europe the girl hml married an Italian by the name of Capelli, so that she appears in the records of the trial as Mrs. Capelli. The evidence up to yesterday consisted mainly in the tes timony of Mrs. Capelli, showing how she obtained the money, and of other witnesses showing that Cadamatari origi nally had no means of gaining a liveli hood, save through the beggary of his daughter. On yesterday evidence of various kinds was brought to show that the defendant, at the time of his depart ure for Europe, hold productive jirop erty from which an income must have accrued to his family during his ab sence. The scene in the court room yesterday was a curious one. As you entered the door there were half a dozen or so of idlers standing in the aisle; the tiors of benches to the left, as you entered, were filled with twenty or thirty other idlers, some listening intently, some dozing fit fully between the sharp sentences of the lawyer who was questioning a witness.— Inside the railing, seated at the tables were the counsel, and in the box at the judge’s right sat the twelve intelligent freeholders who represented the spirit of impartial justice—that much abused and perennially bored institution, a ju ry. There was a witness on the stand when the Republican reporter entered. He was an elderly man and from his no cent one would liuve taken him for a sinall shop-keeper who might have ob tained his training for mercantile pur suits in St. Georgo-in-tho-iiold, London. An attorney was questioning and quiz zing him about the transactions ho was wont to have with Cadamatari, years ago, when that thrifty lazzaronc was laying the foundations of his elemosy nary fortune. The Judge sat as all Judges do, listening to the testimony witli attentive indifference, sometimes yawning a trifle, sometimes uttering a ruling. The clerk plied his pen, the digged away at their note books with the dull points of listloss pencils. Within the railing also sat two women, and a young girl, all dressed in black. The women were veiled, but the girl had no veil, and her groat black eyes glanced restlessly about as though she apprehended somo calamity to fol low the unwonted proceedings she saw and heard going on about her. She, too, was a trained boggar. This girl, taught to win money by that which some would starve and others steal rather than resort to—the solicitations of alms from the passer by; taught to turn into profit the city of mankind; taught these tilings as other people teach their children the arts and methods of profession and industry, and constrained to diligence by fear of stripes and violence. She was clad in a threadbare black dress and on her head was a plain little hat, without trimming or ornament, from beneath which the jet-black hair fell away in two simple braids. Her shoulders were drawn to gether as with suffering, hut it may uive been only a habit of her calling. Presently, avid while the reporter was taking this survey of the surroundings, the witness was discharged, and one of the counsel for Cadamatari proceeded to offer in evidence certain conveyances of.real estate, to and by his client, to show that ho was possessed of sources of income aside from the alms-begging of his child. These the counsel pro ceeded to read. It was a dismal day outside. The clouds hung low in the sky and darkened the day, and the dull, steady drip, drip, patter patter of the rain on the flagging in the Court yard and against the window panes kept ae compaiment that was not at discord with the dreary monotone of the read er’s voice. These documents were the mendicant’s evidences of prosperity. Every sentence in them may have repre sented a pleading prayer for alms of the passer-by; a tearful giance of the black eyes that wandered uneasily from ob ject to object about the room; a piteous beseeching in tiie dark, pinched face; and a waiiing “ Please, mister, give me ten cents to buy bread,” from the thin, set lips of the beggar-child. Meanwhile the lawyer read and the rain rained. Document after document was recited in that unvarying monotone, and the dismal dripping of the wet clouds kept time to the tune, and kept spirit of dreariness with the occasion. It was a fitting day for the trial of a case | like this. It was such a day as suggests hunger, misery, no bread, no roof. Much a day that quickens the impulse to toss a nickle or a dime to the squalid appli cant who shiverß in the rain, mayhaps with no fire whereby to dry her soaked clothing, no hearth where beside to warm her benumbed limbs. It was on such days as this that Gadamatari’s alms-harvest was richest, liiß charity profit fullest, in the by-gone times when he was poor and struggling to make a fortune—out of the pity and compassion of this cruel and unfeeling world ! We remember to have heard some thing of the cold selfishness of men ; something of the uncharitable of tho world ; something we have read in the verse of a poet who wrote exalted senti ment under the influence of illicit whis ky, about “Man’s inhumanity to man,’’ that “Makes countless thousands mourn.” But who shall listen to tho reading of these title deeds of property by the thousands worth; who shall hear this testimony to the thrift of the Italian lazzarone in trade and speculation, knowing that the capital he banked up on anil drew against was the charity the appeals of his dark-eyed daughter might challenge, and still say there is no pity iu the breasts of men, no charity in the bosom of the world ? No matter if it be misdirected and spent upon imposters who traffic in misery anil speculate upon misfortune, it is charity in the giver all the same. It makes but little difference to the community what becomes of this $12,- 000 that these begger-oapitalists are fighting about in the courts. Its rightful ownership could easily enough be de termined if those from whom it was begged could be represented in an in terpleader. But if they were, and if the court should so award under tho equity of the case, the dividend would be not more than the price of a drink or a cigar. And what matter is it anyhow V It is a plain case. Richard Grant, colored, employed on the Port Royal Railwav, was thrown from a lumber train on Friday last, a 1 Sheldon, and most shockingly muti lated. Both of his legs and arms were i nearly severed from his body.
