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THE DAILY SUN.
Itanui Hokoimi. Octobm 13.
S&- New Advertisements always fauna
on Fir it Page ; Limit and Dimness Notices
on Fourth Page.
SUN-STROKES.
Joaquin Miller has a new poem in
the forthcoming November number of
Scribner's Monthly. “ From Sea to Sea'
is the name of it.
j®~The Chicago conflagration was
started by u women who oarried a kero
sene lamp into a stable. “ Behold how
great a mutter a little fire kindleth I"
WW Michael Phelan, the noted bil
liard player, has made his last "run,”
"caromed” on the end cushion of life,
and "pocketed" himself in eternity.
fl^-If the present oool spell continues
the people of Charleston may snap their
fingers in the face of Yellow Jack and
bid bim be off with himself.
tm- From the interest that the Wash
ington Chronicle manifests in North Car
olina politics, one would fancy that Hol
den still imagines that he is Governor
of that State.
Those who have seen fit to exer
cise a little pardonable pride, have often
called Atlanta 1 'the Chicago of the South. ”
With reasonable propriety Chicago may
now be styled the Atlanta of the West.
■A- The Columbus, Mississippi, Dem
ocrat, thinks Gen. W. S. Hancock, for
President, and J. Proctor Knott, for Vice
President, would be good material for a
Democratic ticket next year.
19* It is stated on reliable authority,
that the amount stolen by Badical offi
cials, since Grant came into power, is
only somo $25,000,000. The public will
be glad to learn this, as the impression
is abroad that the stealage has amounted
to at least $27,500,000.
)9_ The Chicago Post thinks "public
embezzlement, through forgery and
ftaud, is of the nature of treason, and
worse than murder, and should be made
a capital offense.” One wonld reasona
bly suppose that it is a “capital offense,”
as capital is the principal desideratum in
the commission of the crime.
US' The Washington Chronicle says:
“One of the silliest and most unfounded
of all the unjust attacks on the President
is that he is improperly controlled or in
fluenced by others in the discharge of
his duties. ” That is true; for those who
were disposed to control him “improp
erly” have desisted, having discovered
that, if let alone, there is nothing im
proper that he will not do of his own
accord.
g®" - In his little speech, in Pittsburg,
Penn., last week, President Grant said:
“I hopo that the day is not far distant
when our citizens will look upon the
Executive as President of the whole
oountiy, and not ns the representative of
any party or section.” That day will
gome just as soon os a man bIioII occupy
the Presidential Chair, who does not use
his high offico for the special promotion of
the party who placed him there. When a
m„n becomes President he ought to cease
to be partisan. If Grant had done so he
would doubtless have found himself to
day, “President of the whole countiy,”
instead of the party that put him in office.
SSrBi-hnH H. Stoddard has just pub
lished a new volume of poems, which
continues to illustrate his rank as one of
the sweetest of American song and ballad
writers. The following is one of his
Arab songs:
I know a little roee,
And O but were I bleat.
Could I but be the drop of dew
That Ilea upon her breast!
But I dare not look ao high.
Nor <ko a death ao eweet;
It la enough for me to be
The dust about her feet!
Pogue says that it is all well enough,
but he can write a song that contains as
much sentiment and more truth. To
prove his assertion he hands in the fol
lowing:
I knew a big red noae.
And oh, bat I were blest.
Could I but be the lucky dog
To give that noae a twist.
But I cannot reach ao high
To thlaineaneat of my foes,
And oh, he la too atout for me,
Who owna that big red noae.
world. They were not even permitted
to remain in sight of the ruins of
their former comforts. These would
have Beemed friendly even though
all that made homes of them was
swept away by an incendiary conflagra
tion. Having learned sympathy in such
a school, they know how to Bend words
of condolence to the sufferers among the
people of Chicugo. But, apart from
sympathy, they have little else to send.
They have had time an)} the good for
tune to be able to [restore their waste
places, but they have not yet succeeded
in placing themselves in that condition
of affluence which would justify them in
dividing their goods with those upon
whom misfortune has burst in its fiercest
fury. But they send ont their sympathy,
which is all they have to send.
STATE MATTERS.
A brakeman, named King, was killed
on the Central Railroad, Tuesday even
ing, about three miles from Macon. His
head was crushed by coming in contact
with the timbers of a bridge under which
the train wss passing.
The number of deaths in Savannah
last week was 18, of which twelve were
polored.
A Berrien county cow has brought
forth four live calves. The Valdosta
Times is authority for this statement.
Last week the Valdostu Times an
nounced the death of Mr. and Mrs. Pat
rick Crawford, and this week it an
nounces the death of their son, Patrick.
The Macon Telegraph complains that
its office is infested with blood-thirsty
mosquitoes. Have the insects found a
thin" skin there?
The Macon Telegraph has seen a pear
“nearly twenty inches in circumfer
ence.” The Bame paper gave Georgia
something over 1000 counties a few doyB
ago. If the Telegraph keeps on it will
win the reputation of beiug heavy at
figures.
Professor Wilbur has been ventrilo
quizing Cartcrsvillo.
Col. Wm. L. Strain, of Greene county,
died on the 5th instant.
one field I saw the gleaners, composed of
a number of women, following tho reap
ers, anu carefully gleaning the few stalks
of wheat left behind.
To add to the beautiful landscape rest
ing under my eye, the road runs, for some
distance through the valley formed by
the river Trent, and its bright waters
wind among theso beautiful fields, teem
ing with rich luxuriance, presenting the
additional charm of water scenery to a
landscape that few pencils could do jus
tice to. A. M. 8.
BALTIMORE.
The Hospitality of the Cltlaeas—Kaeur-
sloa. a ad Entertainments—Baltimore
and Ohio Railway—A Powerfal Cor*
poratlon—Immense Bnslneas and Ram.
Ideations—10,000 Employees and 0,000
Cars— Kreeutlve Rnalltles or President
tlarrett—The Republic 1-lfe Insurance
Company, Branch in Baltimore—Col.
H. M. Johnston's nnd Mrs. General
Pegram's Schools—Hon. Jefferson Da
vis In Baltimore.
LONDON.
Letter from A. M. S.
Riding on the English R»1I—Agricul
ture—Appearance of the Country—
English Comforto
pftmJNot anywhere in tho annals of the
world does there appear tho record of
such a conflagration os that which has
just laid Chicago in ashes. Never before
has the fire-fiend been such an uncon
trollable terror to a community. The
houoes burned are reckoned by the
thonaand the lose by . the hundreds
of millions. It is fearful. The
people can have no conception of the
awfnl devastation. An area, approxima
ting ten square acres, in the business
center, of one of the most populous and
prosperous cities on the continent, is ut
terly destroyed. Not one building is left
on the whole area. The men who did
bdsiaeee in those booses—prosperous
business it may be—ore, for the moot
pert ruined. Their employees are out of
work. The families of the employees
are homeless and without all food save
inch as s generous and diligent charity
bos provided. It is impossible to picture
the suffering of thoso women and chil
dren. Tho men can endure, it; but tho
women nnd childrep must suffer beyond
comparison without shelter, without food
and, possibly, without even enough
clothes to keep thorn comfortable during
the day. Pitiable, indeed, is their con
dition; and if there ia auy people in the
world that knowa how to sympathize with
Uieir uufortunate fellow-creatures, it ia
the peoplo of Atlanta. They have been
through the aame ordeal of are. They
have aeon their homea and their places of
business laid in ashes. They have been
turned ont into the world, without food
and without shelter, to leak the means of
support at the hands of an unoharitable
London, September 17, 1871.
Dear Sir: Tho railway cars in which I
took passage to London, while they aro
comfortable, exhibited nothing of that
beauty of design and luxury in appoint
ment that you find on American rail
ways.
We left Liverpool at about twelve M.,
and for tlic first mile or two ran through
tunnel under the city, then, in the sub
urbs, flashed into daylight, and thon
burst upon the sight that beautiful pano
rama of field and lawn, hedge and cot
tage, that distinguishes the rural districts
of tho kingdom. To ouo acquainted
alono with the agriculture and landscapes
of tho South, it is difficult to convey in
language tho exquisite loveliness of an
English rural scene, as presented by these
well tilled agricultural districts. Hedges
of the white tborn, noatly trimmed, line
each side of the railway, with its broad
double track, and kept noatly trimmed,
not only present a beantifnl bordor of
green to the eye, but is a perfect protec
tion to tho road from all intrusion.
The rail tracks of Eoglaud and the
pnblio highways never cross each
other on a common level. When
necessary to cross—one spans tho
other by a substantial bridge, usually
of stone, so that collisions can never
oocur. At every depot—only a few miles
apart—substantial and very often elegant
depot bnildings offer refreshment rooms,
—water and other conveniences to the
passengers. Trains pass us like s flash
of light on the other track every hour,
with a crash and noise like a shrieking
shell. The country is divided into small
fields, bounded invariably by the hodge,
and presents everywhere a neatness and
beauty rivalled only by our best kept
lawns. Tho whole face of the earth, with
but rare exceptions, presents an unbroken
landscape of tho richest grocn, soft to
tho eye, upou which tho finest cattlo and
sheep are grazing, here and there re
lieved by n clamp of trees or some soli
tary oak, that affords shelter (r im the
eun.
Very few mansions of any importance
aro seen from the railway. But, every
where, the neat English cottage, with its
surrounding barns and stables, and its
hay ricks, neatly built, and covered with
n thatch of the samo material. Many of
tho cottages are covered by thatched
roofs of straw tliat appear to have lostod
for years, and afford, not only a perfect
covering, but one warm and comfortablo.
I have always associated thatchod roofs
with low and miserable cabins and
abject poverty. Very far is this from
the truth—many of the cottages, built
of brick, witn all tho comforts and conve
niences of a rural homo, are ofton seen
with thatched straw roof—sometimes
covered with moss—showing that theso
roofs are not only comfortable but dura
ble. When, from lapse of time, the root
needs repair, another thatch is pluced
on the old roof, without removing it.—
They are cheap and durable, and add no
little to the picturesque beauty of these
English homes.
Cattle, horses and sheep are seen In
numbers. The hog is rarely seen. The
fields aro usually small, anil the mowing
aud reaping doue (mostly) without ma
chinery. The hedges are usually crossed
either through a gate or over a stile, and
ofteneu avenues of trees Hhcltcr tho road
and lead to the quiet cottages that usu
ally ore shaded by a similar foliage.
As far as I could sec, tbo public roads
were beautifully smooth sod hard, rarely
straight, but winding among thoso lovely
landscapes with gcutle curves that add
much to their beauty. Occasionally a
neat stono church would peep, with its
pretty spire, from the old trees around
it, and when, on one occasion, the sound
of its Sabbatli Iwll came floating over
those sweet, green fields nnd I saw the
crowds of neatly dressed people—almost
all on foot—seeking its entrance, I real-
• 1 - aI 1.'.w.K u Ii whmI lifn that
Baltimore, Md., Oct 2, 1871.
Editors Sun: There were many pleas
ant incidents connected with the Com
mercial Convention in Baltimore. The
delegates were cordially welcomed by
the corporate authorities and the citizens,
and their sojourn here was an almost con-
tinned ovation. Various excursions and
entertainments were tendered, and the
most sumptuous provisions made for
pleasure and comfort. Tho visit to Druid
Hill Pork; the excursion to Annapolis
tho visit, by invitation of the President,
John W. Garrett, to the extensive iron
machine shops of the Baltimore and
Ohio Railroad, at Mount Clare, and
which culminated in tho grand banquet
given by the citizens of Baltimore at
Maryland Institute,are such compliments
as are the highest evidences of generous
and hospitable natures.
The visit to the works of tho Baltimore
and Ohio Railroad furnished the occa
sion for information in rcfcronco to the
magnitude and business capacity of this
powerful corporation, tho comer stono of
which was laid in 1826, by Chao. Carroll,
of Carrollton. Including its branches, it
has ono thousand and.ten miles of track,
lias 6,000 enrs and 400 locomotives, which
are yet inadequate to the demands of
commerce. Tho stock in this rood
amounts to fifteen million dollars, and
has a surplus of twenty-ono millions,
which is devoted to the extension cf the
road or tho construction of such branches
as tho Stockholders may doom it to their
interests to build.
An army of sixteen thousand men is
employed by the road, and the pay-roll
shows the disbursement of six hundred
thousand dollars per month to employees.
Fifteen hundred hands are engaged in
the shops within the city limits; the com
pany owning forty-five acres of land with-
ized a dream of English rural life that
has often filled my mind when poring
over such descriptions in early life.
But pages would not describe all tho
beauties and aeuso of comfort presented
by one of these scenes of rural beauty.
No lauds wasted, none worn, no weeds,
or briers, or bushes, but every rood shows
tho most careful and judicious culture.
Borne of. tho wheat shocks recently cut
were still on the field, thick and nume
rous, evidencing an ample yield. In
in the corporation, which was acquired
before real estate attained such exorbi
tant figures os it now commands.
The rails for the use of the road aro
manufactured at Cumberland, on line of
road,
Tho sinking fund of tho road will pay
the bonded debt as it matures, aud no
apprehension of embarrassment is onter-
tuinod, as its financial condition is such
os to place it beyond such a contingency.
J. \V. Garrett, Esq., who is now
and has been at the head of this
enter)) iso for thirteen years, is
a railroad man of acknowledged
ability. To him all accord integrity of
character and unusually good judgment.
He deservedly enjoys g.eat popularity ns
a citizen and as an enterprising and bus
iness man. He was the President of tho
Commercial Convention during its ses
sion in Cincinnati, in 1870.
The recent chango of the gauge of the
Ohio and Mississippi Railway (connect
ing St Louis with Cincinnati) to conform
to the gauge of the Baltimore and Ohio
Railroad, and the completion of the iron
bridgo over the Ohio river nt Parkers
burg, has put it in the power of thograin
deafer to transport by rail from St. Louis
to Baltimore his freights without break
ing bulk; and this progressive movement
bos induced tbo construction of a wheat
elevator on the bay, near the Baltimore
and Ohio Railroad depot. When ready
for use, the grain will be received
by the elevator in bulk from the cars and
in turn transferred in bulk to foreign bot
toms and transported to European ports—
thus accomplishing a journey exceeding
four thousand miles, without being sub
jected to but a tiuglo transhipment—an
achievement that is destined to work
a wonderful revolution in tho direc
tion of grain to tide water, for it
is asserted that ten cents a bushel
on wheat will control tho trade
and that, sinco tho uninterrupted con
nection of the Western marts with Balti
more, three times the amonntof produce
has found its way to this market than was
formerly shipped ovor the lino of the B.
& O. R. It. This company propose to
construct a railway direct from Pittsburg
to Chicago to be called tho Baltimore,
Pittsburg and Chicago Railroad, which,
when completed, will place this city in
the front rank in competition for the
products of the West, and bring Balti
more in close rivolship with New York as
an entrepot for grain and provisions.
In my rambles through the streets of
Baltimore I occasionally meet with a for
mer resident of Georgia, among whom I
was pleased to see Prof. G. K. McCay, so
long a Professor of Mathematics in the
University of Georgia and who also
was prominently connected with the
Southern Mutual Fire Insurance
Company of Athens. In a pleasant
interview with him, I learned that ho
was largely interested in tho Bepublic
Life Insurance Company (having invest
ed some $30,000 in the Institution) the
central office of which is in Chicugo, hut
which has a home brunch ostalilisbod in
Baltimore, the stockholders in which com
prise somo of the wealtbiestand most pro
minent business men of the city, ono or
two of whom ore among the heaviest cap
italists of the State, the value of their
[oasessiuns amounting to millions. The
company is established on the stock plan,
with a capital stock of $5,000,000, and
it has organized home companies in many
of the large centers of business through
out the Union.
Whilst in New York, a fow days ago, I
observed a comspicuous sign of the “Be-
ublie Life," on a tall marble front
nilding on Broadway, nnd was reminded
that a branch of the samo company had
been recently established in your city,
the stockholder* of which aro among
yonr citizens, capitalists as well as men of
standing and high social position.
Whilst I was in Baltimore the Secreta
ry of tho Home ComjMiiy here, was on a
visit to Richmond, Vo., for tho purpose
of extending the facilities of the company
to that city by establishing a branch
there. One of the prominent fcaturesof
the company is to allow each home com-
pauy to be composed of its own citizens,
and to make such investment in their re
spective cities os an enlightened under
standing and self-interest may dictate,
so if the company should succeed in At
lanta she will realize the benefit of what
ever may be achieved in this direction.
The company here maintains a high
oharacter, and is realizing the frnits of a
popular institution.
Col. B. M. Johnson, another Georgian,
ia conducting a prosperous enterprise in
the Pen Lucy Institute, located near Bal
timore, of which he is the head. I hod
occasion to visit the school, aud was fa
vorably impressed with tho attractive
features that it presented. It is near
enough to tho city to realize any advan
tage that could not bo secured in the
countiy, end yet sufficiently isolated as
to free it from tho effects of diversions
incident to tho busy throng. A beauti
ful grove of nine acres shades tne undu
lating landscape, and is a delightful re
treat for tho youtlis assembled here. I
found in attendance from Georgia young
Peters and Koutz, of Atlanta; Trammell,
from Griffin; two Lockets, from Albany,
and Carter, from Murray. I also vis
ited Mrs. Cary's and Mrs. General
John Pegram's school located on the
beautiful Charles street, yet remote from
any surroundings inconsistent with tho
successful conduot of a first-class institu
tion that has been in existence for a pe
riod of thirty yean. The cultivation and
accomplishments of the ladies in ohargo
of this institution is quite a sufficient
gnorantce for its proper management—
Quite a number of young ladies from
Ooorgia have received their education
here, and others have just arrived and
entered upon the labors of the session
here.
Hon. Jefferson Davis and lady are in
the city, and I learn that ho proposes to
make it his home, having accepted the
Presidency of an Insurance Company that
is provided with an office in Baltimore.
J. N. S.
From Baltimore to Cincinnati— 1 Topo.
graphy of the Conntry—Picturesque
Scenery—Petroleum Welle «ikI their
Yield—A Grand Occasion In Cincin
nati.
Cincinnati, October 4,1871.
Editors Sun :I reached this city yester
day, having traversed a picturesque
region that lies between this place and
Baltimore. The topography of the coun
try is rendered the more interesting
by its rugged features, characterised by
undulating grounds, which swell into
the proportions of lofty hills, and have
rendered tunnelling of frequent occur
rence—twenty-three tunnels being pierced
between Grafton and Cumberland—a dis
tance of one hundred miles. Cumber
land is an extensive coal mining town,
having a population of 15,000. An im
mense quantity of coal is transported to
Baltimore, Georgetown, Washington and
Alexandria. The rolling mill of the
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company
is located here.
Another point of interest is Petroleum,
where oil wells have been sunk and ex
tensive operations are conducted. Im
mense tanks are seen among the wells for
the pnrpose of receiving the oil. The
oil sometimes rises to the top of the wells
and overflows, nnd hasty dams ore impro
vised. When a well has rewarded the
owner with a satisfactory yield, a torpedo
is thrown into it, and tho net of explo
sion has tho effect to reopen the veins and
a new supply is the result
Cincinnati enjoys tbo prospective ex
citement of tho unveiling of the Davidson
Fountain, which ceremony transpires on
16th inat. with great pomp and circum
stance. A few years ago a oitizcu of this
city—a Mr. Tyler Davidson—diod sud
denly without issue, and his large fortune
fell into tbo possession of Henry I’robos-
co, Esq., bis relation. Mr. Davidson
having expressed a purpose) to erect a
fountain and present (lie samo to the city,
but having died without consummating
his design, Mr. Probasco is carrying into
execution his cherished wish. It is a
munificent gift to the corporation and
cost ouo hundred thousand dollars in Mu
nich. It is oonstruciod of bronzo nnd is
somo 35 feet high, and is surmounted
by a female figure of the same material.
A vault has been constructed be
neath the fount, which the City
Council liave agreed to keep con
stantly supplied with ice, (requiring
several tons per day) within the folds of
a spiral coil, and of which tho multitude
may always partake, freo of cost. Tho
oit.v authorities liavo expended a large
amount of money in beautifying tho
grounds. Much talent was displayed in
tho exquisite conception of artistic skill
in the execution. Von Mueller, tho art
ist, is hero from Munich to superintend
its erection. On the occasion of the ded
ication addresses will be pronounced by
Archbishop Purcell, Governor Haves,
Hon. W. 8. Groesbeck nnd others. Tho
oocasion is an cjioch in the history of the
Queen City of the West.
The finest industrial exposition over
witnessed on this continent ie now to be
seen at Cincinnati. Elevators, to furnish
rapid transit to visitors from one floor to
another, and circular railway trucks, pro
vided with passeugcr coaches, in which a
round is taken for half dime. Washing
and sewing machines, tho handiwork of
delicate fingers, and the evidences of the
skill of the mechuuic and the artist, the
display from tho floral kiagdom, the
fruitage from tho vino, tho luxuries from
tho garden, tho rare productions from
tho nurseries of Clifton, Walnut Hills
and Avondale, aud even the genuine A1
ponhora from tho Mount ltigi, Switzer
land, and the sparkling cascade, are hero
arrayed along the glittering avenues of
this imposing temple of art. On venter
day there were 14,000 visitors, and the
recoipts $2,300. J. N. S.
lives lost, and $3,600,000 worth of prop
erty destroyed.
December 24, 1851, 35,000 volumes
were destroyed by firo in our Congress
ional Library.
July 12,1852, 1,200 houses wero burn
ed in Montreal.
August 25, 1851, Damnriscotta, Maina,
was entire 1 ; destroyed by fire. The same
day more than 100 liousca in Troy, N.
Y., and a largo portion of Milwaukee,
Wisconsin.
October 0, 1857, a great fire occurred
in Chicago; $000,000 in property de
stroyed.
Jnly 4, 1865, the city of Portland, Me.,
was nearly destroyed by fire; ten thou
aand people rendered homeless; low
$15,000,000.
February 17, I860, the city of Charles
ton was almost destroyed by fire, and
groat quantities of military and nuval
stores.
THE 0HEAT FLUE IN LONDON.
This great fire, whoae ruins covered
436 acree, extended from the Tower to
the Temple Church, and from the.north-
east gate to Holborn bridge. It destroyed
in the space of fonr days 89 chnrohes,
the city gates, the Royal Exchange, the
Customhouse, Guildhall, Sion College,
and many other publio buildings, be
sides 13,200 houses, laying in waste 400
streeto. Over 200,000 people camped
out after the fire in Islington and High-
gate.
Concerning this fire, Sir Christopher
Wren built a monument with this in
scription thereon:
" This pillar was set up in perpetual
remembrance of that most dreadful burn
ing of this Protestant city, begun and
carried on by ye treachery and malice of
ye Popish faction, in ye beginning of
September, in ye year of our Lord 1666,
in order to ye carrying on their horrid
plot for extirpating ye Protestant religion
and old English liberty, and ye introduc
ing Popery and slavery.”
This inscription was finally crasod by
order of tho Common Council, January
26, 1831.
The Church of the Campsgnia, Santi
ago was burned December 8, 1863, and
2,000 porsons perished in the flames.
It will be seen from the abovo record
that tho conflagration in Chicago is the
largest which lias taken place in the
world since the great fire in London in
1666.—Washington Chronicle.
„ ® otton to«tti)onat and Banking Co.
New Cotton and Produce Warehouse.
rc it. nt pijAivTjeraa
LOAN AND SAVINGS BANK.
•uboorltoed Capital
ONE MILLION DOLLARS.
flliectllaneotts.
Cotton States
Life Insurance Co.
CHARTERED DY THE STATE OF GEORGIA.
CAPITAL $500,000.
0W.NED AT HOME AND MANAGED BY
Some of our Best Financiers.
Over 2,500 Policies issued Since
June IK, 1860.
The only Company doing business In the South
that haa ONE HUNDRED THOUSAND
DOLLAR8 Deposited with the authorities of the
State of Georgia for the protection of Policy Holders.
Policies Upon all the
VARIOUS PLANS OF INSURANCE ISSUED.
A Loan of 33 per. cent, or the
Premium Given When
Desired.
ALL POLICIES NON-FORFEIT ABLE.
NO RESTRICTIONS AS TO RESX-
denoe or Travel,
The Warehouae of This Bank,
Cor. Campbell and Reynolds Streets,
Augusta, Georgia,
JS NOW READY TO RECEIVE COTTON. LIBERAL GASH ADVANCES
will be made upon Cotton in Warehouse, or upon Railroad Receipts.
•SL- Parties Storing Cotton with tho Bonk will be fnrniahsd with receipts tor
same that will be available in this city or any other for borrowing money.
Pair The Bank ia prepared at all times to make LOANS ON PRODUCE or
PROVISIONS on tho most reasonable terms.
*£8- Parties would do well to apply at the Warehouae, or oommnnioate with the
Officers.
CIIABLES J. JENKINS, President.
JNO, P. KING, Vice-President.
T, P. BRANCH, Cashier.
stptMdm
BRANCH, SONS & CO.,
COTT O IV FACTORS
* — AND —
COMMISSION MERCHANTS,
Office at Planter*’ Loan At Saving* Bank Warehoiue
AUGUSTA, GEORGIA.
jyBERAL CASH ADVANCES MADE ON COTTON, TO BE HELD HEBE;
or for Shipment to Domoatio or Foreign Market*.
SPECIAL ATTENTION paid to the WEIGHING of Cotton.
sept26-6m
iOauljcn, JcmeliQ, Ctc.
SOMETHING NEW.
LAWSHE & HAYNES,
T ) OUR FRIENDS AND PATRONS,
Received end opened our Fell Stock of
THE OLD RELIABLE.
GREETING.
WE HAVE JUST
Strictly a Home Comp’y
With its Capital end Investment* et Home.
It appeals to thoso who desire to avail themselves
of the benefits of Lifo Insurance to give it their
patronage.
Tho time has arrived wbon every thoughtful
is disposed to msko this wise provision tor thoso do*
pendent upon his life.
This Company proposes to give all the advantage#
which are offered by foreign institutions of like
character, with the opportunity of keeping the vast
sums in our own midst, which are annually tout
abroad.
PEOPLE OF THE
COTTON STATES
Foster Home Enterprise-
Great Fires of Modern Times.
Norfolk, Virginia, was destroyed by fire
and cannon January 1, 1776. Property
to the amount of 81,500,000 was dc
strayed.
Soon after Now York passed into tho
hands of tho British, September 20,1776,
five hundred buildings wero consumed
by fire.
In 1811, December 26, the theater at
Richmond was burnod, in which the
Governor and many leading citizens per
ished.
Six hundred warehouse)), and property
to the amount of $20,000,000, wero de
stroyed by firo in New York, Deeemlior
16, 1835.
April 27, 1838, in Charleston, 1,158
buildings wore consumed, covering 145
acres of ground.
April 10, 1845, in Pittsburg, 1,000
buildingB were destroyed by fire. Loss,
$6,000,000.
Fifteen hundred buildings were burned
in Queliee May 28, 1845, aod in losa than
a month afterward 1,300 more—in all
two-tbirds of tho city.
July 19, 1845, iu Now York city, 302
stores and dwellings and $6,000,000
worth of property wero consnmod.
Juno 12, 1846, the wholo of New
foundland was destroyed by firo aud 6,000
persons rendered homeless.
September 9, 1848, in Albany, COO
buildings, besides steamboats, piera, Ac.;
24 uere. burned over. Loss, $3,000,000.
St. Louis lost 15 blocks aud 23 steam
boats by lira, May 17, 1849.
July 9, 1850, in Philadelphia, 350
buildings were lust by fire, 25 persons
burned, 9 drowned, 120 wounded. Loss
$1,500,500.
In San Franciaoo, May 3d to 5th, 1851,
2,500 buildings wero burned. Many
Active and Energetic Agents
Wanted in every County
and Town In the South.
ADDI1KSS OB CAIA ON
WM. J. MAGILL,
SUPERINTENDENT AGENCIES.
Office. 38 Whitehall street
Oatoo: ATLANTA, GA.
LEWIS H. CLARKE,
AGENT OKOROIA.
EDWIN 8. RAY, Modi cel Examiner.
RICH AND BEAUTIFUL JEWELRY,
Embracing all the LATEST STYLES of the BEST GOLD, and
AT PRICES LOWER THAN WE HAVE BEEN ABLE Ttf
OFFER BEFORE.
Oar WATCHES RUN FROM THE FINEST JURGENSEN down to the ljwef
grades of SWISS AND AMERICAN WATCHES. In foot, w* now horn
a fall, beantifnl and almost entirely new stock.
Come and moo Us, Prloo and
Bo Convinced,
tiJout)e$, Jcwelrs* Ctc.
OFFICE II Hi
WM. B. JOHNSTON, 1‘resident.
WM. 8. HOLT, Vice-President.
GKO. 8. OUKAB, Secretary.
Liquors ! Liquors !
Ales, Wines 8 Liquors 1
AT
KENNY’S
Chicago Ale Depot
AND
Wlioloixnlo Liquor House.
We have a Large Assortment
of all kinds or LIQUORS, which
will be sold at I he Jlosl Reason
able Terms.
scptMdm
To Parties Desiring to Build
£ undersigned wonld respectfully Inform the
ettiaena of AtlsnU that he ia now prepaired to
Hupot Intend I ho Mulldlnp mud Finishing; er
tho Flnlmhlnr Mgcpartmou! only, nt amp
joujr c. jncuoLSa
71 IN AIR-LINK HOUta. PRIOR STRUCT
SHARP & FLOYD,
Jewelers aud Silver*8mUkl,
PINE WATCHES,
Or Sterling Time-Keeping Qualities, Elegantly Can*.
BoautlfUl Opera, Vest und Guard Chain*.
AN UNEQUALLED DIAMOND STOCK
Htcrllng Silverware for Wcddlnjf Proaente, Bn*
graved without Charge In Superior Stylo.
Fla. PUUd War,, Fraacb, MarbW aad Broau Clock., Wadding Fan,. AitlaUo Braaana ate. W*
S'*
DIAMOND SPECTACLES,
The Beat Aid to Impaired Sight Known. We fife pefeotud Attention In
Repairing of Jewelry and Watches,
And have the Finest Workmen In Urn OUy.
We take Pleasure in Showing our Store end Stock to alL
H*e Offer Greattr Inducement* than Heretofore
8eptl8*dtf
SHARP A FLOYD.
Cotton -factor* anb Cotton Soot ©nano (Apt «. Ctc.
WILDBBFOBCE DANIEL. A. WgLLBOBD BU.
DANIEL Ac HILL,
COTTON FACTORS,
Agents Cotton Food G-nano,
NO. 3,WARREN BLOCK, OPPOSITE GLOBE HOTEL, AUGUSTA,GA.
All business entrusted to them will have strict peisonml attention.
Orders for Bagging, Ties or Rope snd Family Supplies promptly flUsd.
COMMISSION I 1.4 PER CENT.
RRFJBREHOII i
j JOHN r. KINO. Pree't Georgia Rail Road A I Col. L. M. HILL, 'Director On. R.. WUtan (hut,
•Jdent National lieuk of August* and AugdM* J Saving# Bank of A agnate.
i Merchant A Planters' National Bank. Augneta I
tjarbomrr, Cutlcrn, ©ant, Sft.
w. L. WADSWORTH, Atlanta, Oa., | OH
W. L. WADSWORTH & CO..
Importers and Dealers in Hardware,
Opposite James’ Bonk, Whitehall I
ATLANTA, OA