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I TILLHAH HAS HIS OWN WAY. 8UPFRAGB SCIIKMF. ADOPTKD. A Copy of It as It Finally Passes the th? Constitutional Convention. Th? "Understanding' 'Clause Prevails Up to 18(18. The whole of Friday, the 118th session, was devoted to the rehashing of the history of the Reconstruction period. Tho eharges that Senator Tillman made in his speech in regard to the Bteals and frauds of tho Reconstruction period, attuckiug negro delegates on the floor, were taken up by the negroes, and Miller, Smalls and Whipper made vigorous and determined speeches defending themselves and & their race. All the speeches were purely of a historical character. At the night session the convention adopted the essential section of the suffrage plan, putting on the parliamentary clincher, thereby accomplishing the sole object of the convention. The sectiou was adopted m the following shape: Section t. The qualifications for suf trnge shall l?e as follows ^a) Residence iu the State for two years, iu the county one year, iu the election district iu which the elector offers to vote, four mouths, and the payment six mouths before any eloction of any poll tax then due and payable: Provided, however, that ministers iu charge of au organized church and teachers of public schools shall be eutitled to vote after six months' residence in the State if otherwise qualified. (b) Registration, which shall provide for the enrollment of every elector once in ten years, and also an enrollment during each and every year of every elector not previously registered under the provisions of this article. (c) Up to January 1st, all male persons of votiug age applying for registration who can read any section in this constitution, or understand aud explain it when read to them by the registration officer, shall be entitled to register and become electors. A separate record of all persons registered before January 1st. 1HPS, sworn ' to by the registration officer, shall be filed, one copy with the clerk of court aud one iu the office of the Secretary of State, on or before February 1st, 1808, and Bueh persons shall remain (luring life qualified electors, uuless disqualified by the other provisions of this article. The certificate of the clerk of court or Secretary of State shull be sufficient evidence to establish the right of saiil citizens to any future registration and the franchise under tin* limitations herein imposed At the morning session, the convention had what may be termed 'historical day. " It resolved itself into an historical society and historical re- i cords had the dust shaken from them ' and were carefully exumiu *d The j side show that wu- in progress on the ' south side of the hall during the his- | torieal society meeting may be appro- j propriatelv entitled "The Black j Crook." And it was all, so to speak, j an attempt to prove that " black was j white," though there were some ; whites who were endeavoring to prove [ that black was black, and a few in- j stauces very, very black. The blacks : devoted their efforts to proving the j first proposition?the whiteness of the j blacks. To oo more explicit, the history of , the Reconstruction period was under i discussion all day, and some interesting pages were added to the record of that memorable period, which was steeped in fraud arul robbery. It was all brought about by Senator Tillman's reply to the speeches which were made ut the beginning of the discussion on the suffrage matter. The Senator brought the careers of Smalls and Whippor up in his speech, audcharged that they were both members of the famous " Black Crook Company, " wllif'l) lltlil i? niihfiniiiviiu run ? * .state from the close of the war to 187(1. Homo interesting matter, new so fur as the general public is concerned, was brought out. and Whipper, the negro delegate from Beaufort, made a splendid speech in his own de fense. (</) Any porsrui who shall ajiply for registration after -lai.uarv 1st, IK'.t.S, j if otherwise qualified, shall be legist i*red: Provided, that Lie can both read j and write any section of this eonsti- | tuti >n, or can sh v- that he owns ami ' lias paid all tu\< seolb etable during the j previous y? ar on ] ropertv in this Statu j assess*'i 1 at. III of more. ( (' Managers of election shall ro- j quire of every elector offering to vote | at any election, before allowing him to ! vote, proof of the payment of all taxes, J including poll tax, assessed against ; him and collectable for the previous year. (/) The General Assembly shall provide for issuing to each duly registered elector a certificate of registration and shall provide for t h" renewal of such certificate when lost, mutilated or destroyed, if the applicant is still a qualified elector under the provisions of this constitution, or if he has been registered us provided iu subsection {(:). There was much opposition ox - j pressed to the plan, which many mem- I bers declared on the floor could only J mean fraud under the "understanding" I feature, the supervisors being the ' judges of 1 he millici-euey of the "understanding." Most of it melted away when it. came to the linn! vote, which wasf?!l to .'57. Irby'-. opposition did j not seem to count for much. There j was no end of speaking it the night | session. Miller, Smalls and Whip per, the i three leadiug negro members, made | powerful speeches, the first two de- | feuding thcunelvea from persoual at- j tucks ou their Reconstruction record, j Vhipper concluded his powerful ; , speech thus. "I throw dowuthe gauntlet now and | challeuge the world to go through all | I the records and Hud oue thing against | me. You would besruear every negro , who dofends his race in the lack of 1 argument. Such argument came very far from coming up to what some peo- ^ pie consider the high staudardof gen- ^ tility. They want to eugraft iuto this t constitution something that will deceive j the world and themselves. You may ? deceive'yourselves, l>iit you won't the ! j world. I was plaintive at first, but j now I am disposed t?> become defiant, j J Put it there if you will; if you dure. I | You see your constitutional lawyers * treading on it like they arc treading j on eggs. It wou't be three years be- I j fore you have auother eon- I stitution to meet the exigency. ! t You have a niaguifieeut, iuexhaustible ! " water supply iu this State. It is going to waste because you are always tryiug to chniu the negro dowu. You wish hitu to continue to wear the chains that ' luiug around during slavery. You can bind down the negro, but you will ,| make the greatest mistakes of your j lives. You can even now hear the rumble of the ear of negro develop- . ment and progress coming, laden with ( negroes educated and being educated, j We are not seared. The negro will | ere long come and claim his own. I am standing here trying to make South Caroliua feel that I have lived here on I her soil." The couveutiou, after adopting the ! ? plan, adjourned at 11:40 p. m until ; Tuesday eveniug. j I i ' SOl'THKRN PROGRESS. i - ? Many New Enterprises Reported. The , ? Exposition the Outre of Interest. 1 The Mainline* rer.V lteenr-l reonrts 1 week thsit while the general b;:-iness anil in- ( dustriat progress if the So' ti. alinm-- to make a good showing, the Atlanta Kxposf- f tion is for the time being the eentre of ail j interest. Th - ! business men of 1*1111- , adelphia. 1'|si., %. . y, .-k. an ' other ( 'itie.*, are forming " 'ganir.itfioiis for l-'.xposi- . tion tri| earli , it . ?r iMg '.tldo tne other in the number < f prominent people who shall ' ' visit Atlanta M *\\ Vork i> | :.innii.g lo -end , down at least I <M)(i .! ring 'lie lalt t part of . November to ofTs-'t. ' f;e big t:i'-ve:i;eiit whieli ; j Chi"ngo i- making to t r.. Tad" westward ' Iiy means of an ex r-ion ? : a thousand or \ mor? if it- Ira.lint; apii:tli->t- and business men. wlii'-li wil: tali" [ iae hi N .eadier, and J will in -I 'd" not on' Atlat.'.i bit a number ' of other southern eitfe-. t Anions the -ukerpris.-- r-ported lor the week were a line of -learners to lie "-fnldished h\ tlie Southern ltnilway Company he- < tween Baltimore anil N' rfolk, and tho build- j of maeiiiue sliej a* Al"\aadrin by the same company. 1 In textile interests a f!00,(100 eotti ii mill I .it Montgomery, Ala.; a $200,000 mill com- ] pany at Atlanta: a knitting mill at lJaruesville; u hosiery mill at Thoiiuisviiin,tlu.,anda 5,000-spindle mill a*. (in-tenia X. C. ^ Iron prodnetion is inereasing. and a large furnaee ha< been blown in at Oxiuoor, Ala.; one fnrnaee of the Maryland Ste.-l Company, < at Sparrows' point Md., will i>n into blast ' lids week, and an itln-rd ring tie- latter part i of the year. A -nw-r:.;l'i to .;t 100,000 feet of lumber a dav is prop--?e.| at ! ' rnaieliiia. I'la., to be bail b; Wis >n-:n pie atnl a I tannery at the same |..a by Milwaukee j parties; a tniiiat New Orleans, a *200,ihio water-work-e..a.pany a: v.trier- and a sugar refinerv at A'h-villa, I.a a J lit).000 1 eompany orgut.iac : ereet a tannery in North Carolina a luthing factory at ( larkeville, Tean.; a tweaty-li Ve-toil ot.tea.-eed-oil mill at 1.1111nic. Tex. a iuaO.OOO company <>r- < gani/.oil t<? operate I ridge ami iron construe tion works tit Uoiinoke, Va. a wood-working plant at I'redericksburg, Va., ami new iron 1 ore mine- at s -ver ii points in Southwest Virginia. ( The railroad business an?l hank tourings through tho South <>outiuuu to increase, ' showing a stomly ox|iausion in the volume of . trade, while the general outlook promises a 'ontinuiition of th" improvement now in pro- 1 Kress. - ; ( nr. iilKIIM'S ICKI'UKl. Statement of t lie < ondit ton of the Itoiwl an ttie Year's Work. The tlrst annuai report for the Southern ; 1 railway, printed iu pampuict forui, has just ' been i.-.Mied, ami from it the pillowing state- i j ?eats and liguresnre drawn Fortlie year ended June :!rtth. 18'J">. there 1< earried to credit o? prolit and loss tie- ' eounts a balance of $K;?.j,714. Equipment trust notes paid during the year were ' f41fi,18'2, ami the outstanding equipment trust notes amount to $!V>8,.r>00. Sinking fund payments on a?-. .unt of lite equipment bonds, idtkt.laO. The total ex- j ' pemliture for construetion and improvement. ' all charged to capital account, was $:I7:I.H20. t K\|ieiiilitures for n -w equipments, eluirg- . e I to ipital a amounted to $174,07!}. The o-.mi'any lias no boating debt. During ' ' f!n'year 11.000 tons of lew ~t ! rail was ( p ;;ght. 'I!. amount .-Mi-nded for rails i and i..- iiu r-- waj,and it is eharg I: i op rating expenses. I!-at st - ! M . 7 was p i i ! ii- \< :.infi.where i 1 ? r I |?. 5.i; ! - i .iii. a passenger j lej Ji tlllili! ! .li I .11- iMoVcd oil!' mile w.i- l.o 's.ti.ii.sst. .in I., a-e d I"S.'.'ti1.1"11 i ei-. p.-r I t.ige rate per I i , :. V..I- ,"s7. it.1 bit '.in in '!-> coal I ... i - .mm'-I 1- per 'ill. lumber , I M.n| and a el-chap INc. n .V.i. i uton was fourth with fi.fr2 percent, Tho number p -. ll.'el's arrie I o||e mile wer 17s.01%.ill ill- leas of ,1i,fi7-"i.7."?J. or a.OS percent. Ti a i a , rat.- per pas-enger per mile was ( i:\41 IvAI AIIDIN ISKIht I'KI). | > . I 1 l-'ailci! to <'o:ue up to the Keqtiired spent ot 1 7 ! - riots. fin >1 nl tin- Xinmon imiii , .. ; : ; , :l . r,.|,.,rt- ! ! . So.- | rlai li ' .-1.::i ? I . Ill-' tri:tI ' I-. I 1 . 1 t' -l uii'l' T i , li- r . .. ii of I --ii?vr . | t . - i i.. \v nu. > tailing to r.-.i.-li -lUr.i' t r--1 nri'ia.-at-, t'nl?,s> >|.o--lal |>r?>vi-i. a i- uiii-l.- t.y the ii"\t .si?ss|oii of oinrr I'. I; i'!i ir.ni works of Maim-. \vhi--l; t-ui:t tli-- null aii'l ma liiu.-ry, must r-l\ .-ii ~ 111 r i _r li'-r ( > - uiji- I . ?i n-.\<-riin>''iil lo r>- oil|> tlli'lr < X|n : 11' In Hint pfls.j a complication fi . ! .-1r i - . m j i 100.000 wi -tli <>f armor In ..'M-riiiii 111 ? I'liil.-.l Sta . is fasl.-n.-ii in piiou on tli-? v<--si.; ami is valm-loss for otli<-r |.iirpof?i - < Naval ofllc-rs uillicr.* tlio ln-li.'f that t iii<l.-r lavoralilo comli'inm- in tli'1 sin '--tli < water for which tin- Kntnhilln was !' -i.:11? l. 1 li>-<-onl<l i-a.-ily inako tin-r.''|uir<-1 IT km'- I ll<-r .-ontrii'-tors, however, |ir?*f?*i* not to run t tin risk of for-'int; lu-r liiirli--r than tlu-y -111 i .a Thursilay ami prefer t.> I- tv.- tin- wlioh- 1 matter to Pn-siil.-nt t'h-v.-laml, relying oil liis fniraosa to suggest a just settlement. LATEST HEWS IN BRIEF. li I.KAN IN (i.s FROM MANY POINTS. Important Happenings, Both Home and Foreign, Briefly Told. ? January Cotton Will Bo to lOc. Mr. Hector D. Lane, President of :he Southern Cotton Growers' Associa:iou. was in Montgomery on Monday, After having taken a look over the cot:ou situation, to ascertain whether ;here was any reason for the recent fall u prices. He says he believes the degression in the price is only temporirv, and that January cotton will go to III .mnlu IT.. u..?u I... ... ?l... i" v v- >i vti, iic ni? t o ur coiiuiovcn me otal erop now to be (50,000,000 bales, do does net believe more than 800,000 >ales of it will eunie from Texas. He ays this bas been the finest season for gathering cotton he has ever known. Drought in the .South Broken. The gr< at drought has been broken n the South by copious rains in Texas, ind Wednesday evening the rait; area extended as Jar North as T.feniphis, I'ent: . and as far Kast as iVusacoln, ''la. Therein area advanced north ast over the Atlantic States and broke he drought in North Carolina Thurslay and Friday. Newsy Southern Notes. The First National bank of r a;rauge, Tex., capital $1)0,000 has t.?il;d. The assetts are stated at $134,000 lud the liabilities at $70,000. The Piedmont Cotton Mill company las been organized in Atlanta with It. L-. Hardeman, State treasurer, presilent. Capital $'200,000. Air. Thomas Day, an aged citizen, if Winder, <?a., was run over aud tilled by the northbound vestibule on he Seaboard Air-Line Railroad Frt.lay. The Louisiana sugar people have^J ibout decided to test all iinestions ? ... . irisiug out 01 uomptrouer nowier s iction iu declining to pay the sugar lountv appropriated by Congress in die United StateR Circuit Court of Louisiana. At the Educational Congress in Atnntn Thursday a paper by Wm. M. rhorutou, chairman of the faculty of the University of Virginia , on "The Material Development of the South as Related to the Progress of Scientific md Technical Education" was read. A mass meeting of Richmond, Vs., ntizeus was held Fi lay evening to take steps toward raising a fund to replace the University buildings. Resolutions were adopted praying the Legislature to rebuild the University, and i subscription of $7.1)30 was raised by the meeting. Fire in one ot the most ponlar resileuce districts of Columbus, Oa., Fhursduv afternoon destroyed eleven liuildiugs. including several handsome residences and the Girl's High School lutilding. The loss is about $3F>,000. insurance about half that uwouut. November 9, will be known at the great Cotton States and International Exhibition at Atlanta us Confederate Day. Delegations will be sent from chapters of Daughters of the Confederacy, from camps of Veterans and Sons >f Veterans all over the South aud from those Northern cities where enough old "Confeds" are resident to compost" a camp. The Exposition. Frves to the Exposition from Atlau-' la have been cut to five cents. Extensive preparations are being made l>v the commissioner of the colored department lookiug to the greatest possible attendance upon the negro congresses which will be held at the Atlanta Exposition from November 11 to 23. Cuban Day at the Atlanta Exposition has been postponed until December 17th to accommodate some of the speakers from distant States. Kires. The Lugouda Hotel at Spriugtield, I)., was burned Tuesday night. It ivas five stories and a very handsome itructure with stores on the street fronts The loss is $1(10,Ol)l>, partially insured. < 'rime. A do;:b!e execution under the law ivhteh provides that murderers slial! in ! death by electricity was success u!!v carried <>ut at Clinton prison. I >anueniora, N. V., Thursday when ei.rg. 11 Smith and Charles N. Da . inet d .i.li ir. the electric chair. -? >Foreign The Helfunt and (ilasgow .ship-build rs lia \ e conceded the deinalids of their mployei for an increase of "> per cent, n tin ir wages. The increase is to go uto cfleet Ecbruary 1st. < > ? Fliuiiieial. The Treasury ileficit for October, from figures olliciallv atiuouneeil i: approximately 8?i,:{00,(Mi.l. The i fi ipls show $'27,9lMi,OOli ami the extt-ndifures in round figures, $31, .00, Mjl I. Atlanta's Show is Prospering. The treasurer of the Cotton States and International I'.\p<?itiou has deposited with . .ho trustees for tlm bondholders 2b per cent I flL ^ >f the fa<*i? of t||(. honds and tie- triple ees have given the two weeks' notice repiired before payment can be made. Th> Irst 545 per cent will he paid November II. 11V tin* middle of November il i- expO'del liat another 2a per ent ni--tn!lmenl will he n hand. I he|.|..?|" t i? that receipts will even lareer tur tle-re nn- been a 50 p"r ent Inerenso for tlio past two weeks, n?lde ' in the lnercasu d to -|- iai days, . / tkijkoraphic ticks. Reports of Armenian outbreaks in many places in Turkey are made. It 0 amounts to an uprising. 8 Fitzsimmons passed -through Texar- J kana on Thursday. Little Rock offi- j, cers. backed up by the sheriff of the K county, arrested him as soon as the ! train reached Arkausas territory. 4 The whole liue of the Burlington ? and Missouri. Orleans and St. Francis ? branch iu Nebraska is covered with j snow from 2 to 4 inches, doiug great J good to winter wheat and pastures. ! l' At Houston, the county seat of Hali- I v fax, Va., Edward Hubbard was hanged in the jail for the murder last July 11 ' of Pink Holland, auother colored man. [ This is the first legal hanging in the ? j county since 18(>0. At San Francisco. Theodore Durrant ^ who murdered Blanche Lawont was found guilty of murder in the tirst degree. His attorney will appeal to the rmpreme court. tmrrant will be sen- J teuceil ou Friday, and the time theu j fixed for his trial for the murder of Miuuie Williams. | John L). Rockefeller has made an- , other magnificent gift to the University of Chicugo. His latest act of mun- j ificence is the unconditional presentation of SI .000,001), available January 1st, next, and the gift of $2,000,000 \ conditional on the raising of the same ; amount from other sources. Near Oxford. Alu., a Mr. McElroy, ^ was killed while tixing a hay mow. , He had a large quantity of hay piled up on a scaffold and put his shoulder under one corner to raise it. The ' whole thiug fell and broke his neck and back. He leaves a large family ^ with but little means of support. I n a report to the State Department, \ Mr. Frank A. Dean, consul at Naples. ' says the orange and lemon crop of : Southern Italy for this season will be less than that of 1804, or about two- ;] thirds of the average crop. He says ? that the trees still suffer from the ef- v [ feet of the extreme weather of last year, j At Atlanta, Buffalo Bill closed his * L Wild West season Saturday night. He ( had an immense audience. The show j , will winter in Lancaster, Pu. Three ! ' train loads of men. horses and tents j went north over the Southern railway, j Colonel Cody says the season has been j j very successful. It is said the receipts ; are nearly $300,000. I " The Treasury deficit for the first third of the fiscal year is $16,848,335, or at the rate of $4*,000,000 for tho fiscal year. For the mouth of October the deficit of excess of expenditures over receipts is S<J,Gl)l ,077. As com- 1 pared with September, the receipts for J October were 8350,000 greater aud the < expenditures 810,000,000 largor. A terrific hend-oa collision occurred. i Friday night between two suburban < trains on the Missouri Pacitlc railroad, j just outside St. Louis, Mo., in which i three persons were killed outright and ] aeveral more or less seriously injured, j lloth trains were running at full speed. ' The killed .ire John Harper, Charles ' P. Currin, George Trus and Geo. j Dunbar HILLS OF ItOMK I'ltKMOhK. Many Magnificent Palaces and I'ublie I Knlldlngs Damaged. Bells rolled and Clocks Stopped. Rome was visited by violent shocks of j earthquake at 5:40 o'clock Friday morning. I'eoplo were arouse-l from their slumbers and fled to the open squares and the greatest consternation prevailed. The convent of Santa Maria Muggiorc was greatly damaged. A portion cf the outer wall was overthrown ami a part of the ceiling lias fallen. Qnc of f the Inmates, a monk, was injured. The i j shocks were conllned to the province of : | Home. They were felt very strongly at the 1 | Castelli Romani, hut the damage done there 1 * was not serious. The official observatory re- j port of the disturbances says that the first ! ] manifestations were slight tremblings which i lasted about five seconds. These became | more violent for a period of eight seconds ; and then became slighter for uiue seconds. . Two clocks in th" observatory stopped the 1 moment the trembling gan, eneh iudic.a- | tiug the hour, 5:f:5. The direction of the j movements vva? from nortr. to south. The shocks created a groat panic among tha in- j . mates of the prison and a mutiny was at- i , tempted by tfie prisoners. Troops were ] quickly called to the assistance of the keep- ' , ers and in a short time the mutiny was suppressed and order restored. The Pope wns awakened by the shocks. He was perfectly < ] calm, and after rising, made haste to Inquire the news from the city. Investigation discloses tho fact that the damage 'done by the earthquake is much greater than was at tlrst suppose;!. Four palaces and the hank of Italy were so shaken up that they are rendered unsafe for occupancy. The Palazzo Odosealchi, one of the fluest palaces in Home, and live other , structures of that character was also seri- I 1 ously damaged. The building of the minis- | f try of flnar.ee wn- also slightly damaged. j . The quakes rang ail the bells in the city ! and doors were shakea and windows ; smashed everywhere. mi-: dkijt siwi i I tie t?ol<l Kesccve 1- ?! \ t>i () !ln Ninety- r.':r>- NI s 11? - i The let t >tat'-:a i- I v in Te;.-e it. the 11 . ,1 1 Treasury, during * ' '-r, ' . . inter, -it-bearing I-'t v. i- i The non-intere-t-ii. ,irii;g 1 I $1 H'..ti:i2 and > a-'h in tic Tre;-i.-? . .- : **>,|:l7,:)(il. The l ilnin" - >: t:. wr.t. class. > of d'-bt at the i)-toiier :?1 -t, \vre. I id r .g ' ; *7 17.:i<> 1.5(10; 'Mil "II will . il.V ' I .7 . ;i?fi| vjiici-iimlurilN ,rl,i>s|,r?7l) t ' ;rn.?? r."> iiil'T'.'-t. ?:J7i.:M."i.*7?'? 1*?>i. l * I. l _>?.'*7il.lOli 1 I." rt 11 i' ill :i n< 1 Tmasiirv : I- - IT liv -in ?''|n;?l :i>nnt ofini-iIi ill tii'- i'r?-cury "'it-t.unlini; :it tli? i-ii'l uf i i month !f;V.H,102,?7:?. a ili'fp'iiHn t-I * ?.!020 Tito j j t >t;tl in tli'i '1 p'tisnry \va- "tMIIS.I.t7.<>10. i gold ri'M'rvn was 17'.'. N*-t < ..?h j J halation $H7,004,H1'J. In the month, thorn was j i a docroase In gold nolo Rod bnrs of $1:)6,673, t thn total at the >'lo.sn b'-int; * 143,3ti0.Mitt Of I j silver there was tideTnasn of 44..r>!il,:iH-3 or i ( the surplud th'?ro was in tin nattnal tank ' ; dnpo*il<>ri?a3 $15,513,185 nirnint $! ">,017,103 I c at the end of tin- prwedluK month. One of llnll.ilo Hill's tfi'ii Killcl At Atlanta, Albert KnitiM'. ,f N. II.. n \%ait'T in tin' f?*?'?|inj? I ; . DnlTnlo nill> Wlhl West Show. wa. n i 1 killed Friday inoriiiii,' It \v? ., s ( rUlin that III''.sii"otiti^ was it . Ja* - , Dovln,a foriu'T pal oi 1tj; !? ;. is t) tnisdinu. J THE MARKETS. NEW ?OKK COTTON VKTUttE*. Cottou qui ?t, middUiitr upland*. 3 13-16, Diddling gulf. ! :>-!<? Future* vis ted onnv. lale* 139,200 bat lecomber. .8 05C?r8 66 Apr;!. . 8 8*><S>8 86 anuurv.. . .8 72'<t-s 7< Mav .. .8 9008 91 February .8 7Hrit>H 7? .Itiu < .. . H 93(a) 8 96 farcb ,shi^.H92 July.. .8 98(8)8 99 LtvkUPO'ir. ?.?rr.?N m.uikkt. Cotton, fair diuunud, l?igu)*r. Middling 29-32 d. FllturiM 7,00!). lulu-ting .\m?iiiN?n (1.100. .'ov 1 IDr? U Mar A Apr. 4 13 b fov. A Do- .? 4b I) Apr A May. .1 44(8)43 )??< . A Jan. 4 40)8)41 May Ac June. 4 45(S)46 an. .% Fol>. 4 41 l> JnaoA Jvdy..4 47 s 'ob.&Mar.. 4 42> July A Aug. .4 48 b . MIC.V'iO OUAIN AND t'SuUl'UK. rr?i; v r Do.- 59 May 6.1\f >u.\ ? Nov. 29,m Deo 37 & ATA? f >?*? . . 1H"< May 20;'?<J oitK? Jau. ) 1'2! j May 9 42}? AUD-.Iau .3 05 May 3 85 UBS? Jan. 4 57'.; May 4 80 UoMI. COTTON MAUKF.TsL. Clmr t'i)i Char I'itt" innltia. I<~?l?n. V> >d tni-ldliUT 8 9-16 8 7-16 8-j< ttri<-t middling 8>< 85-16 8t? diddling 8 3-16 84; ;tri< tl ?Vv ;m i I'.iug H 1-1(5 8',' Low m: i< 11 7 15-10 diddling l.ti: HJ-.; [ ' i!!y tui Idling. A l OTIIl.lt P j( NT*. ( 'ottos Middling (('totatioas. Augusta ..'t. H v ' r: r.k li'Tii.H'j. Charleston, i n (. x\. ll?>to:i quid. 3. Savannah I :5-*t. T-l ?. Ibiltimoro quiet, 8J?. Pbiladel hia quiet '."j Wilniiugtou firm 8,"'^. S'-vv Orieau-t.stcady. H"'?. N?w York quiet, 0. SKA ISLAND COTTON. Tii">oji island cotton market was firm this v M>k witli salesof Gi)lM>ags. Thequotations i Modluin Hue, 23 to 25c.; line, 20 to ::! > Rti? '28 to 80.; extra lino, 85 to 10c. ItADKlOU TOBACCO MARKET. hunkers, Common 3(5) ." Qood C<?10 : ittars, Uomrnuu H(S>12 QOOd 15(5>2n Fill? '25(5)30 tiler.*, Common (Ireou 2(8> 3 Qood 5? 7 Fiuo 8(5)10 Vrappers. Common 12(5)18 Good '20(5)35 Fine 40(5)(i0 Fancy c5(&)8-> Market strong with advance on all grades. baltimore produce market. Flour -Steady, Western superfine 2.45(5) i.Gu; do extra $2.75(S'3.00; family $3.20(5) 1.50; winter wheat patent $3.55(5)3.85; pring wheat, pntent $3.70(5)4.00; spring vheat straight $3.50(5/3.75. Wheat ? Spot and October GGV; December GG*i(5)G7; May 71asked; teanier No. 2 red fi.3@63^; Southern wheat >y .--aii.plc GGV(5 G7'^; dti on grade. Gl(5G7. C )Rs -Easy, spot 37,'i(o)37X: November, lew or >!d "141 jCtnCiP;,; tlm year 33'?(5)33;:? ; January 'S.Y'.,fa ; February. :n> , ilnrch, .;!(/?;W4, steamer mixed?; Southern vhtte corn :;4j^?:J7mIo yellowenrn:!l;j(n>3(>.' J. Oats?Finn. No. 'J white Western '24}^<ra> No. 2 ntixeil western 2.?f?'2.'l' .. Itye ? Iuaetive; No. 2. 41<Vi45 near by; No. : western Hay Firm; ehe.ee Timothy $15.50@'1G. charlotte produce market. Cabbage?New per erate 1 25 Extra flour?Sack, 2(S>2 50 ?amily " "2 50 ileal -bolted, 44 lbs. per bushel,.. 50 )ats,~32 lbs. per bushel, 45 Potatoes I rish C0@60 " Sweet 55<g>60 Unions?Select, per bushel 50rt?>ti0 Jouutry?Ham 10^<C Sides :? ' Shoulders 7(fry Lard?N. C., H Ihiekens 10(fr>20 liutter 12r??s liggs 12fa>l3 Wheat 05(5)7!) live 70 Wool, washed 20(5)22 Feathers, new 44 ItALKIOtl NEW COTTON. Middling Nominal. striet middling 8WjYS)8% Stri. t good middling % Hood middling Market quiet. natal stores. Wilmington, N. C.?Itosin llrm, strained, 1.2"' j; good strained, l.'iaV,'; Tar steady it 1.40; erude turpentine steady, hard 1.10, -oft. 1.50; virgin, I.GO. Cotton Seed Oil.?New York?Cotton seed oil steady; prime erude 24. yellow I rime 27.' .j'5 2S; ofl' grade 20%@27%. rice. Tlierieo market was steady at Charleston. The quotations are; Prime4,'^a4^; Good i'% a 4.':'; Fair 3%aS%; Common 2??n3. fruits and* vegetables. Lemons, 360's. per box 7.50. Raisins, loose per box 1.75; cluster, per box 2.00. Mixed nuts, per pound 10c. Red onions, por hag 2.00. Virginia peanuts, hand-picked, per bushel, 1.25. Grapes, 2 to 30o. per basket. Turnips, per barrtu, 1.50. Beet*, per barrel, 1.50. Cabbage, (j to 7e. Bananas, 1.25 to 1.75 per bunch. Cocoanuts, per 100, 4.00. White beans, per bushel 2.50. Northern Hears. 4.00@B; Northern potatoes, 2.00. Sort hern apples 2.50. CODNTKY PnODCCK. Country Butter?Choice Tennessee 18a25e, nediuin i'2:1 to 15c. Cow IVas" 90c and $1.00 per bushel. Poultry?Grown fowls, choice 3.50 to 3.75 |>er .bom. Chickens 1.75a2.50 per dozen, tecnrding to size and quality. Ducks? Muscow la 1.50. Geese, young 4 50 per lozen. Kggs F.ggs 15c. per dozen. Wool Washed 15c per pound; unwashed He. Hide, lie to 12c. Wax 25c to 27<\ SUNDAY IN TIIR SOUTH. I'lie Old-Fasliloned American Sunday to be Found Only In the South. A Philadelphia paper says: "Ono thing nay frankly and truthfully bo said, in no >art of tills country to-day is the ohlasliioned American Sunday?a day of seres lion from secular labor, respectful, quiet it.d worship for all who are so inclined ? en-Tally observed as in the Smith. Thin t - n? -d with extreme gratification by x irth tii visitor*. nlrendy unlint pily familiar v tli urrent practice* through mt this - i -i and tiie We.-t i-arti- dariy. i'iiere :s : . a ;n>-- iiilyai.d i -Hy nb'-tever ( -n. I .' ! A11 11.' i i: .; - . . ;i ->i til ti'-t : >f the -i Tlier was a feei !- eiTort in i>- h ti<hi. lmt it has l I'i'n *| .lilv di? . a!.-1 in a hurt. ci-ti v,..v, I: le : iri. which 'iliauiiie > .sly v ?t?-.1 to pi>.-te iisiderati. n "f tie1 subject, This t .keli III dctcp-ncc to I< 'til pllbli eiit a! mill it. accordance with fuinlas it V ri.-an principles. Allan* i is n >c"v ( -;,y <*ity six days in tiie w<*ck. It i? t'ghrg anead in t-vry < l"iii''iit ? ! :i V . i:11 . . ill I.it .CI Sn'iM-.n. i-:'! tin* tuuls of lahor anil refrains from ?;irv t r- -1 as- upon the rj?S11of thns . -.j,. (n this re-pe.-t tin1 S"?'\v Smitli sets i !. illlif.ii mid inspiring example to th" itii*-* of tin' NVi-.-t. v. hi' lt have ain.wt jiI?oIImI?oi| tin1 \morlcan Hunilny." I'" whi'-li tli>' liirmiiufhu::: Herald-States i l l-: I Iii^ is tin' t rutIt lias ciimn to -as- that if one would ! n?l a thoroughly rep i'>i'iitativ<< .X.?!? ri'-.*i!i ' 'iiiiiiiuiiity where our angiinge is spoken hy all, wliere our < ?.-0111-" are faithfully perpeiunto |, am! wliero i wholesome mid pruioii:. ! national " utineut lii's lit the hottom < lueu - thoughts in?l inspires all their pur; - - ..it i .ion- >no must eome South.' Sout hern Capital Hoe- Vorili The Huntingdon. !* !!:>. i . .m l .. Vorks, whi.'h hatI ?? iu . >r \ ... >:i-t were pur hasi'ii ia-t u ov \V ,\ >l'\"n. rd Sa\a?.:: ill. (l.i.. for a .;. I. i. f louthern enpituli-t-. Tie new linn v.oi lllplov nllOllt live I. . !|< I I TU.'II rirj'J will aau'iM-'ture trolly ?r? j r;-Ij i!!>. BILL ARP'S LETTER/ WILLIAM IS AVKRSK TO ANOTHBflj SANGUINARY CONFLICT. The World to Him Seemn Now Cone tented and Happy. All in |>once ami haruinny about Atlanta now, but 1 haven't forgotteu when Sherman wan throwing Iih unfeeling shell'* all over tho city. Snob a panic, such a stamped*, auoh helpless torror among woman and children 1 never witnessed I bad gotten uiy wife and little children away, but I had to stav, anil the scone was as awful as tho plcturo of death on the pale home. Everybody and everything that could move ?a* moving. Shells are not so terribly dost run iv , hut as Dig John said that day, they aro the "newt p'rdyziug thing" in tho world. I met liitn on Decatur stroet, making tracks toward Stone Mountain, carrying his three hundred pound* of flesh?most of it in front. Big lmads of perspiration were 011 his forehead and ho was carrying his wi*; in one hand and an old , carpet hag in the other. "Whore now, my friend?" said I, "Anywhere in this direction," said lie, with a dutresdng smile. "I am bound to kcon ahead of Vui, the infernal devils. They don't travel fast, thank the Lord." "Where is your cart and steer?" said I. "Sold "om?sold Yin to a free nigger for two hundred dollars confederate money, a1 out enough to keep me in vittlcs and whisky for a week." "And then what?" said I. "Jine the conscript camp at Decatur," said he. and ho moppet the sweat off his hoad and face with lus big bandana handkerchief. Another shell sang through the air and Big John moved on with alacrity, never oven said goodbye, but halloed back, "Prav for ine. Bill." The next week K got hint a place in the ordnance department at Macon under tlsneral Ilowoll Cobb and left ( nit nibiiiiK (in a uu* i tin wi miu^ nu two boxes close together for a bed and said ho should sloop on his arms. The shells kept coming on making their parabolas and Ringing and Hizziag In tlio citcumambiont air. I had sorter gotten nsed to Hhollu in old Virginia and bo venturod to walla down half a milo on Walton at root to boo what had become of an old undo and liia family who lived thoro. His four hoys were all in the war, but my undo and aunt and their only daughter lived there. I found thorn huddled tip in tlio basement, for a shell had already torn part of. tho roof away and they had moved?niovod lower down, and worn waiting, waiting, he aaid, to nee what the Lord or the devil would do.' They escaped unharmed. One of thoir absent boys was killed and another was trimim d up, hnt that was tho common lot. But now overjrj hody ia happy oxeept some?everybody except the very rich and tho very poor. That is why old Augur dident want to do oithnr. Just the expression of tho people you moot?meet oa the trains or at the depots or tho fair grounds or 011 the streets or in the cliurchsn. How much more pleasant it is than a few months' ago. liow happy &ro the woman and cMlrirom How cordial the greetings between tho north and the south?tlio bluo and the gray. Tho fact is, when our northora brothren come down here and eat our barbecued meat and receive our hospitality and look at our beautiful women they ars nearfv ready to apolog ee for ever A thing tlioy have done to us or said about r\? I've boon waiting for them to apologize fd^ twenty-flve yearb, but they say they can't do is consistently until they becin to pension oaf soldiers and oar widows and orphans. I belioyp tliev will pass s pension law for our soldier* nbout the timo they are all dc&d, for it is a f*6k that unpensiuned soldiers do die. "Time cuts down all, Both great and small. Except a pensioned soldior." An iusuratice man told mo that a man wb6 whs drawing a pension could got his life Insured for half price. It is curious how slinrt airlil/iS ?rn tlm nliuil and tho greatest men. C?lh >un and Davis and Stevons and Henry ('lav aud John Randolph all said that no raeos of peoplo could ever live togctlior in iieace unless on? was in subjection and undor the civil dominion of tho other. That has proved a mistake. Wo arc living together now on terms of civil eauaLity and gotting along fairly well. Giddlngs aud Phillips and all tho abolition leaders said that just as soon as a warbrokaout tho negroes would rise up and kill and burn and destroy all over tho south. Thoy did nothing of th? kind. Nathaniel Hawthorne said: ''I am f<* the war, hut I don't understand what we ar? lighting about or yihst good results cau com? from it. rtjole? that Ibd 7.7.i*? sntas^ii, \Ve never were one people and ntvet Will be. If we pummel the south ever so hard they will love us none tho hotter." ^ But the union is not smashed. It is stronger than ever and Dana says tho nation will have to look to the south for its preservat on?preservation from anarchy and isms that scon* to broed and fester and flourish in tho north. And Chauncey Dopew cays the south i? fuller than ever of tho old spirit?the old flag aud tho old desire for an appropriation- Yes, confound him, I like Chauncey, but why dident he mention that the north got 95 per cent of all tho appropriation*, all the money that is spent on the army and nary and publio printing and supplies of every kind, wi ilo atf we get is a little custom house and postoffic? here and thero and for those we have to take a northern architect and build it with northern stono or brick and fill it with northorn furniture. Confound 'em, (logon. Thev throw a sop to us once in a while, just like throwing a' hone to a doar. Never mind. If tliow Hr> <??t up a war wl'h some foreign country tbey wilS want us to do the fighting and wo expect to havo it to do, but thoy will have to apologia* and heal up the old eoro first- Now uiark my, prediction. If a war does become imminent between this country and any one of ttiQ groat powers, somo fellow from Massa* cliusetta or Tom Rood from Maine will introduce a bill to give pensions and back pay to ths souther" soldiers. Up to date there has been paid t2,000,000,000 in pensions since tho war and the Orand Army is howling for more, and Mr. Cleveland and Carlisle have to keep issuing bonds to keep up with it. Rut lot the procession proceed. Mr. Lochren says ho thinks that some of the pensioners nil! begin to die off next year. Homo of tliem are ! moving down to Georgia snd buying land and building towns in the pitr y woods. That's nil ' tight. We welcome any northern man who 1 comes here to stay. They are most a ways ; cood citi/'tis. 'I!." mean ones don't conic. , They h id rather stuv up tie re and a oise m. A i in told l.:c that ahoir 1 :. f ot tie < . A. li.'s nl- i came to tic l.ouisvilJe ?n .,in| incut tho id r day who I .teigio rj. who <idu' speak Id..::: Ii i:iiil irinu: with n sl.iit and and lident change cither t; 11 thev e<> lack home. ' l. '.i wo are lisrinoni/.iiig r. Is-t :.nJ w want < v. rybodv from up the o i ? < m clown to our show. There arc a good many s gu- of coining ( y :?co and good will !> twci n tho sections. A northern clc-nioerat sent my w fc a photograph | ot I.iiu'oln lis he was nwuy back in the fifticsLincoln in th" woods, I.inc dti 1 li rail splitter ; ?and says ho has had it tliitty-tlirca years. It ;? a inurKamn jne'nre? the m> Ht em nest and serious and i1h> ugliest white tun i (vcr naw | on a cardboard. Ii i*NiruiiK*ly it'rai*Mv<>, and von never tr?-ttired lookim; at it. No wonder Li* captivit'ed the common (tropin. Mi. Kuhle* 1 man writts that ho wants us to ho rccoiic led to ' Id A ho. Well, we arc. The koii h admired him : and revere* his m. in -ry. Ho wna the l> st jmb] lie man tho north had. He w s hones', siacero I and b g lioaro d. Hn: from nil tho Shermans 1 may the k<?'d I.oul deliver in. I And now I think I f. <-l hctur. General ral! :ner made ine mad in Ins Grand Artnv speech at I.on.sville. II is a I .raj? and a d<niatfonno . ml I'm bound to ret even with h in and his .int. Hn.n Ace n. A Hunt. Con-ditilticn. Liverpool Cotton Statistics. | Total .-ales cf the iverk 71,000. American OA.OflO; trad" takings, iii'dud; ..* t rwarlcd ; from slil|>-? d", oi.o >, . tua! | .ri s.ooOj t. i.il in:|.i.rt oo.fioo. \.|i<T| . iri j't.o i, ? >:al j ,-toek wK|,tkitt \ . r in 70s ffi), t n .. .at '.Ol.OOO, An ii in IT>,000 .: iila : '.-/j4 1 1,100, e\( or'.- *. !. 11.)