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WEDNESDAY, - - JPNE 6, 1877.
THE HXtW KK AND THE FORM.
Bwet'herted nudtc. in my June of flow’ra
You are the roes ... -
Whoee perfume etriWee from miety. far-off
boon
And tir* repose.
I meet you by the winding meadow brook,
And pause and nigh;
A look of welcome to a lover* look
I your reply.
When wan my heart thick thronged with joy
kk4tlu?
I stoop to read
The anewer in your evee-nor dreamed to kins
This kiss indeed.
I take vour hand. How soft and very fair.
A jeweled ring;!
A jeweled ring I silently clipped there
In leafy Spring.
Sweet-hearted maiden, in the scent of tow re
The past Harrises :
I see you, and I lire the perfect hours
Of our linked lives.
Richard Dowling.
AT KANT.
She sat before the glowing fire,
It R brightness shown upon her hair,
She leaned upon her slender hand.
The firelight made her seem as fair,
Although she was no longer young.
And many tears had been repressed,
And in her eyes' dusk shadows lurked
The grief which is a daily guest,
Bhe said, " God help me.”
In the red embers there she saw
The trailing shadows of the years
The years since fir -t her path had wound
Through the and rk intervales of tears,
And as they wound before her thus,
The wrongs which so she had endured,
The evils she had learned to brook
Without a hope of neing cured.
She cried, “ Ged help me.’
And as she at the future glanced.
Which has for most such precious store,
The weary shadows in her eves
Grew dark and darker than before.
( have no hope in life, in death,
i grope, and cannot find the way,
J would to God I ne'er had breathed,
I would that 1 might die to-day.
She cried, •• God help me.
SWEET MAKY.
These lines, written by an Irish divins, the
Bev. J Wolfe. who died about half a century
ago. are worthy of the pen of Goldsmith :
If I had thought thou couldst have died,
I might not weep for thee;
But I forgot, when by thy side,
That thou couldst mortal be ;
It never through my mind had pasad
Toe time would e’er be o er.
That I on thee should look my last,
And thou shouldst smile no more
And still upon thy face I look,
And think 'twill smile again ;
And still the thought I wilt not brook,
'llia* l must look in vain !
Bn- when J speak, thou dost not say
Whattlion ne'er left'st unsaid,
And now I feel, as well I may,
Sweet Mary ! thou art dead
If thou would’st stay even>s thou art,
All cold and all serene,
f still might press thy silent heart,
And w here thy smiles have been
While e’en thy chill bleak corse 1 have,
Thou seemest still my mine own,
But there I lay thee in thy grave—
And I am now alone !
I do not think, where’er thou art,
Thou hast forgotten me ;
And I, perhaps, may soothe this heart,
In thinking too of thee ;
Yet there was ronnd thee such a dawn
Of light ne’er seen before ;
As fancy never couid have drawn,
And uever can restore !
YAWCOB WTItAUfW.
BY CHARLES P. ADAMS.
I haf von funny leedle poy,
Vot gomes schust to mine knee ;
Der queerest schap, der createst rogue
Aa efor you dit see ;
He nuii, and schnmps, uud semaahes dings
In all barta off der house—
But vot off dot ? he vas mine son,
Mine leedle Yawcob Strauss.
lie get der measles und der rnumbs,
Und eferydiug dot’s oudt;
Me shills mine glass off lager bier,
Foots BChnuff indo mine kraut :
He fills mine pipe mit Limburg cheese—
Dot vas der roughest chouse ;
I’d (lake dot vrom no oder poy
But leedle Yawoob Strauss.
He dakes der milk can for a dhrum,
Und cats mine cane in dwo,
To make der schticks to heat it mit—
Mine cracious, dot vas drue !
I dinks mine bed vas schplit abart,
He kicks onp souch a touse —
But nofer mind, der poys vas few
Like dot young Yawcob Strauss.
He asks me questions sooch as dose :
Who baints mine nose so red ?
Who vas it cuts dot schmoodth blace oudt
Vrom der hair unpon mine hed ?
Und vbrre dor plaze goes vrom der lamp
Yeuer’er der glim I douse—
How gan I all dose dings eggsblain
To dot schmall Yawcob Strauss.
I xomedimea dink I achall go vild.
Slit aooch a grazy poy,
llnd viali vonoe more I gould h&f rest
t’tul beaceful titnea enahoy;
Hut ven be vaa aahleep in ped,
Ho gniet as a mouse,
I praya der Lord “dake anydinga,
Bat leaf dot Yawcob Stratus.
AGAINST BOTH.
I A Newspaper Heretic (W. A. Croifut) in th*
Oraphic]
Thou man of God, who thus implore
Thy brother's sacred bioed to pour
In hateful tides of turbid gore
From Dardanelles to Danube's shore,
Be sail —be still!
Blaspheme no more!
God help the babes I God bless the wires !
Shame on the > riests that whet the kinres !
Shame on the Church whore altar thrives
By wrecking peacoful peasants’ lives !
Be still—be still!
'Tie Hell that drives !
How long, O Lord, before Thy shrine
Khali men pray. “Vengeance, God, is thine,"
Then worship Sloloch as divine,
And drink tho battle’s bloody wine ?
Be still—be still!
O, heart of mice !
Forward the race! Let creeds impart
No barb of poison to the dart
Thai dies from Mammon's bow or start
Tasmanian uevils in the heart !
Be still—be still!
Lore sits auart.
*'God bless the Czar !" Beneath his eye
Foor Boland withers and cannot die,
And as the bandit's minions uly
The knout, to Heaven ascends herory,
Be still—be still!
O infamy!
But up the sword ! And ne’er again
Let the grim Crusader's fiery train
Drag o’er the earth its awful strain—
Tis branded with the cnrse of Cain 1
Be still—be still!
Lot Mercy reign !
Come. Holy Peace ! Mav Muscovite
And Moslem end their wretchei fight ;
Women with songs shall hail the light,
Aud children Hock with flags of white—
Be still—be still!
O sacred sight!
Advice to Nei>a|irr Corrrspssdcots.
IBurHngton Hawk-eye.]
Never write with pen or ink. It is
altogether too plain, and dosen’t hold
the mind of the editors and printers
closely enough to their work.
If yon are compelled to use ink, never
use that vulgarity known as the blotting
pad. If yon drop a blot of ink on the
paper, lick it off. The intelligent com
positor loves nothing so dearly as to
read through the smear this will make
across twenty or thirty words. We have
seen him hang over such a piece of oopy
half an hour, swearing like a pirate all
the time, he felt thnt good.
Don’t punctuate. We prefer to punc
tuate all manuscripts sent to us. And
don't use capitals. Then we can punc
tuate and capitalize to suit ourself, and
vour article, when you see it in print,
will astonish even if it does not please
you.
Don’t try to write too plainly. It is
a sign of plebeian origin and public
school breeding. Poor writing is an in
dication of genius. It is about the only
indication of genius that a great many
men possess. Scrawl your article with
your eyes shut and make every word as
‘illegible as vou can. We get the same
price for it from the ragman as though
it were covered with copper plate sen-
tences. , . ...
Avoid all painstaking with proper
names. We know the full name of every
man, woman and child in the United
States, and the merest hint at the name
is sufficient. For instanoe, it you writ©
a character something like a drunken
figure “B,’' and then draw a wavy line, we
will know’at once that you mean Samuel
Morrison, even though you may think
you mean “Lemuel Messenger. It is a
great mistake that proper names should
be written plainly.
Always write on both sides of the pa
per, And when you have tilled both sidee
of every page, trail a line up and down
every margin and back to the top of the
first page, closing yoar article by writ
ing the signature just above the date.
How we do love to get hold of articles
written in this style. And how we like
to get hold of the man who sends them.
Just for ten minutes. Alone. In the
woods, with a cannon in onr hip pocket.
Revenge is sweet, yam, yum, yum.
Lay your paper on the ground when
you write; the rougher the ground the
When your article is completed*
crunch your paper in your pocket, and
carry it two or three days before send
ing it in. This rubs off the superfluous
pencil marks, and makes it lighter to
handle.
If you can think of it lose one page
out of the middle of your article. We
can easily supply what is missing, and
we love to do it. We have nothing else
to do.
“Patent Outside” war maps are quite
popular now.
THE NEW LEANDER.
Translated far the Chraalele aad CsaatHto
liaaatlst, fram the Gemma af Mat Taa
grhlaejrel.
CHAPTER TIIL
It was already nearly flight in the
stiff rooms of the Villa Baudinnani,
although scarcely four o’clock in the
afternoon; rain and hail hong thew
vails over Jtbe birohes ana oy present of
the park and fell noisily on the broad
motionless leaves of the magnolias.
The lake and the opposite shore had
duMDoeared, i.aa only here, and there
the besurifuily marked upper half of the
Saeso Del Ferro rose above a back
ground of flames, and then with a
deafening thunder clap it was swallowed
up again in premature darknees.
At anch a moment the Count walked
into his study that waa glowing in the
reflection of a lightning flafft. ToM
maso Paglia who had just pushed his
bead through the door of the ante
chamber, would have preferred to slip
sway unnoticed, for the deep pooketa
of his wide trowsers were puffed out
with works of art and other valuables
which he had wished to carry away in
safety before the threatened invasion by
the white coated barbarians. He was
ever on the point of packing up the
pretty little clock which had interested
him so deeply, when he found himself
opposite the Count, whom he had just
seen slipping towards the grated window
of the prisoner as if he wished to
municate secretly with him.
The Count, however, nodded so oom
maudingly that the brigadier oonld not
avoid coining in. , . „
“I only wanted to see the clock, said
he, excusing himself, and confessing
half the truth in order to conceal the
whole. He said this with a most amiable
ingenious smile and, sticking his thumbs
in his pockets, he spread his hands out
to hide their fullness.
"I must speak to the prisoner, said
the Count, almost threateningly.
As soon as Tommaso beard that it was
not the clock abont which the Count
wanted to speak, he immediately regain
ed hia ooolnees. He assumed a very
serious, thoughtful expression, spoke of
the strict rules of the service, of. the
danger of the condemned, and of his
own responsibility, although he had
been appointed over the riflemen, and
was commandant of the villa.
Contemptuously the Count took up a
small purse and handed it to the trifler.
Tommaso snatched it eagerly, and,
without inspecting its oontents, he stuck
it (as his pants pockets were full) be
tween the buttons of his uniform.
“The loyalty of yonr Excellency is
above all suspicion,” caid he then with
proudly lifted bead. “I will order the
riflemen to admit you to the prisoner-”
Aud drawing himself np with his load
of bank note#, tl*o BOble oreature walk
ed forth. The Count, *Ji of whose
thoughts were directed towards one
point, seemed not to notice the briga
dier’s insolence, and followed him has
tily.
The riflemen refused at first to recog
nize Tommaso’a authority, but the
brigadier knew bis men, and threatened
them with immediate report for insub
ordination if they did not obey. Con
fused and perplexed bv the brigadier's
eloquence, they at last stepped reluct
antly aside to admit the Count,
The door closed behind him, and Hip
polyt stood facing his deadly enemy,
Walden sat on a willow work seat in
deep thought, aud looked without a
quivering of bis eyelids at the flashes of
lightning which followed each other in
rapid succession. At the sight of the
Count, he sprang up defiantly, and his
pale brow contracted ominously." That
was the man who hated him without
any cause, and whose hate had exeroised
such a fatal influeuoa on hia life; the
man who could have saved him *W a
word, and yet had silently permitted
him to be sentenced to death. And at
this hour, when Walden had done with
the world, and oould no longer oount
upon the success of flight, this man had
the face to appear before him to watch
with fiendish delight the writhings of a
despairing heart. Surely, the Count
would like to see him the coward which
he bad called him. t
“Do yon come to insult me, Count?'’
asked he.
“No; to tell yon that you have behav
ed well in a trying hour," returned the
Connt, sadly.
“I thank yon for thia acknowledg
ment ” The officer did not finish, but
the shrug of his shoulders was express
ive.
“You oould have saved yourself, con
tinued the Count, with gloomy interest,
“if you had answered the questions pnt
to you as to what you knew of the po
sition and number of your troops on the
other Bhore. They promised you un
conditional seeresy and freedom, in case
yonr statements were verified. You de
clined the offer with contempt—”
Walden’s gray eyes flashed angrily,
and his pale lips moved,
“It is to be hoped that you have pot
come to repeat that infamous offer,"
'He Oount shrugged his shoulders,
and hie face had again that observant
expression wbioh had agitated Walden
so deeply daring the trial.
“Properly speaking, no,” he answer
ed, “but in solitude and in your posi
tion one sometimes has different vieWß
of tbe same things, than in the excite
ment of a trial and sentence."
“Surely, you might have known that
as far as it depends upon me, I would
be as little apt to make capital of the
safety of my fatherland, as by one word
to throw a shadow upon your daughter’s
honor."
Walden's words sounded Impatient,
and there was in his manner a very evi
dent desire to be alone.
Notwithstanding this the Count very
quietly remained only he seemed to
become sadder and sadder.
“Thai, is true,” said he “in that also
you have behaved nobly. Yon will
therefore not bo untrue to yourself in
the sffiir which brings me here. Yon
know what divides us, I consider you—
I must consider you my wife's lover, ac
cording to the testimony of my /own
eyes, the behavior of the Countess,
4od the verdiet of my individual
reason. By you, as well as by
her, this relation has been denied,
and you have in the meantime actually
entered into eorrespondenoe With my
daughter, and triad to elope with her.
For although I do not believe you were
playing the spy, still I felt do obligation
to enter the lists for you, and to fltori
fioe my child’s honor before the world.
Yoc will understand my enmity, for ja
have destroyed the happiness of my Jife
and the joy of my old age.”
“ I?” asked Walden with a faint smile.
The Count stepped close to the pris
oner.
“Yes; you—or myewu insanity. Noth
ing could change it dow, even if ft were
my delusion. I have said things to tyal
purga whioh a wife could never forgive,
even jn a madman, and if she could, I
would despise her for it. We are, there
fore, parted forever, and nothing could
reunite us. la your position, it is im
material whether you are shot as my
wife’s lover or not, Aasording to all
the laws of nature, I know you wonld
in this event have no cause to wish me
well; and yet I am silly enough to believe
that von will answer my question, and
satisfy my consuming thirst for certain
ty, even if I have to beg you to do so as
Caroline's father, aud on account of your
love for &f child. For whatever may
have taken pteoe between you and
Walpurga, ypu cannot be insensible to
Caroline’s touching devotion. Yopr
firmness in the presence of yonr jpdges
has shaksß my faith in my own opinion.
I swear to yon that your word will not
change the‘state of affairs in the slight
est degree; that I will, ns heretofore,
seek neither to persewute nor conciliate
Walpurga. As tong at I was float palled
to believe in her guilt my anger support
ed me, and gave a purpose to my life.
Now, since yon have tanght me to donbt
it, I feel tbis last prop of my spirit fail
ing. Save ms from the night whioh is
worse than death, by telling me, on
yonr honor, if yoa are my wife’s lover.
On your honor," repeated the Count, as
if to prevent a rash decision, when Wel
don was abont to answer. “Formerly I
considered yon one of those young men
(of whom there are thousands) who
would Laughingly tread under foot the
happiness of n marriage, and boast of it.
Now, I know that yon ona die for your
duty aud honor. An the man whom I
have learned to know in yon to-day, tell
me if you were Walpnrga’s lover.”
The Coast's bps remained a little
apart as he spoke these last words, and
his eyas were fixed anxiously upon the
officer. Earnestly Walden laid his haad
on his heart and said, solemnly:
“Only a few days ago I learned for
the first time the eaoae of a hatred
which had already so often and so deep
ly wounded me. We both have aaase
to honor most highly the fidelity and
truthfulness of the Countess. This I
swear to you as truly as I hope to die
like a brave soldier.”
“I believe you,” said the Count, who
seemed to be broken down; while
trembling with intense emotion he
grasped a bar of the grated window by
which he stood. “But it is a terrible
view which yon present to me—now I
mast consider myself yonr murderer.”
For La long* time hs stood in speech
less despair, aa if he had been the pris
oner, while the condemned man stood
near him with folded hands and mild,
sad eyes, and without a word of re
proach oa hie pale lips.
Aiittle while after, th brigadier ap
peered and forced the Count to go, to he
had seen the inspecting oftear of the
post fr >re the upper story. ]
‘■l go,” said the Count, “in order to
mtri yonr sitastion no worse, iam do
nothing for yon, for lam suspected al
ready, and my interoeaaion would
only hasten your doom. And now
if I were to tell everything, what
would the blunt judgment of the
oonrt martial care for the mistakes of a
heart blinded by jealousy ( Bat if it
cpm comfort yon in any way, and does
not sound at such a moment like the
most bitter mockery—believe me,l would
give my daughter’s hand to no man in
preference to yourself.”
They parted with a short preasnre of
tbe hand, and Tommaso hastened with
surprising zeal to make a report to the
inspecting offioer already at tbe gate,
and to prevent a meeting between him
and the rifleman. The offioer ah accom
modating gentleman refrained, as it was
almost meal time, from spoiling his ap
petite by looking at a man condemned
to death, and the prisoner remained un
disturbed.
Hia fate waa indeed' one to shake a
more powerful mind th in Walden’s.
Until now what had life offered him that
hie must leave it so early ! Pleasures
which would have been of little value to
others, an embittered youth, reared
under tbe pressure of the anxieties of
his parents, who (descended from a re
r table family, and in a prominent so
position as tbe first civil family of a
provincial capital) struggled all their
lives with the disparity between the ne
cessity of keeping up good, social ap
pearances, and the insufficiency of
their income, bad died at last, leaving
their son nothing but duties. These
Henry had faithfully performed. His
life had been blameless. Triumphantly
he had fonght the hard fight of a pleas
ure loving nature against all the tempta
tions of the Sonthern garrisons in which
he had been stationed, and bad consid
ered the admonitions of his dying father,
and bis scant pay as controlling his con
duct more than anything else, after his
official duty and honor; perhaps this en
forced reserve bad made his intercourse
in the house of hia Venetian relative
more neoeesary, and perhaps he had
joined himself so heartily to the child
ish nature of the little Caroline because
his father, who died soon after his
mother, had given him, as the most
solemn admonition of life, to prefer to
die rather than to draw a loving, trust
ing being into the curse of half-way
relations and suspicions appearances.
There was a peculiar perhaps inherited
but still deep earnestness of life, which
gave Henry that genuine modesty and
reserve towards women that had
made him so often a puzzle to bis com
rades, without their daring to sneer at
him. But from those families who could
have made the dreaded curse ineffectual,
a refined, almost womanly sensitiveness
kept him back, and also a proud inde
pendence where it was not at all neces
sary. At last they gave np trying to ap
proach him, for they could not suspect
the motives of his reserve on aocount of
their unusualness, and handsome army
officers with high sounding names were
nothing rare.
That almost, timid modesty whioli had
beootpe a distinguishing mark of his
character, caused him even to overlook
tbe love of his cousin, and his ingen
uousness was a stronger armor than all
moral preoepts. Then at a sight of the
beautiful maiden whom he had known
as a child, love had blossomed forth in
its full splendor, and he had forgotten
everything, even that Caroline was rich.
What were rjohps worth to him who had
no wants 9 But at least be felt that he
would do no wrong, that he would not
expose Caroline to poverty and an un
certain future if he obtained her. For
a moment it seemed to Walden that ho
might dream of a pure life and long hap
piness. Even hate and war seemed im
possible sinoe he was so happy. He had
held his blessed one in his arms, had
felt her heart beating against his own,
and had been aroused from lU s dream—
for death!
There was something peouliar abont
death when one had just awakened to
new self consoious life. Even the last
barrier between him and a full rich life
had been removed by fate s if in mock
ery, and aa he atood there with one foot
already on the scaffold, the man who bad
banted him to death had forgiven him
and stood before him as his friend.
Walden felt almost giddy, and it
seemed to him that he most dash his
bead against the walls to rob his tor
meeto?f the delight of murdering
him.
“Take,” he murmured, poking his
head, “only a self-tormenting attfibute
from that obstinate, jealous heart, a
cbeppe from experience, a single link
from the styapge chain of adventures,
and this end were pflt possible. Bat
that this obstinate man should QW for
tbe first time realize that a true woman's
heart baa been thrown away npon him,
and that I should have had to sue for
her; that the war, should, iu one mo
ment, stamp
what would otherwise baye been only an
unsuccessful adventurer; that even that
link was not wanting in the chain which
now winds itself orusbingly around my
life like the coils of tbe Laoooon ; that
every thing should become like a mixture
of faults and virtues, of stubbornness
and sacrifice, of the unexpected and the
anticipated, of errors and the justly fol
lowing consequences thereof these are
tbs characteristic# gf fate in this “pos
sibly best of all possible jyorlds.”
Henry langhnd atoffd so &iU#rly that
the rifleman opened the door and looked
at the prisoner.
In the mean time the Count stood
listening before the door of his daugh
ter's room. Within nothing was stirring.
She was ploenipg or perhaps weeping.
The Count placed hi# hand on the latch
but it trembled so yiplpiitjy that he
could not open it. He let his ha“d drop
and stole quietly away. He dared not
stand before the face of his ohild.
A short time after he had given the
inspecting offioer the oalming assur
ances with regard to the safety of the
prisoner, Tommaso paglja walked slowly
ont of the house. Alter he wa# opt of
sight of the window, be went more
rapidly down to the harbor. The rtyn
had oeased and the large cloak which
the brigadier wore, was only needed to
oonoeal the different articles which he
had thought worthy of being resoued
from the bombardment and plundering.
Arrived at the harbor, he placed parts
of his very prepious burden in different
dark and almost inymifeje niches of the
wall. He seemed to bp surprised at the
open gate sod missing boat, bpt imme
diately he laughed delightedly to him
self. He had agreed with his subordi
nate, Antonio, to get all tbe valuable
and easily transported articles from the
£ as tie, and, if he oonld bring them away
ujogotoied/r be w as for the time to keep
them to top station cook’s cellar. After
the brewing bp,# fop Btorm Antonio
was to pome from fntra with a boat, to
carry off tha booty, ffi ordpr pof to pe
suspected by requiring a boat, and at
the same time not to have his aotsmnni.-
C-tions with the- cook noticed by his
comrades lounging on the lake shore,
AntOPio had evidently preferred to
borrow flfto £* the Count's boats, and
in order to w *th their chosen
ally bad rowed as Wqoju storm had
abated to thfl station jritoh.ep, ,wki/cfaia*r
under the roeka close to tbfi lto e - The
apartments for the revenue o&oers were
on the land side, and the mistress of tbe
kitchen had always defended her own
dominions so strongly against every un
lawful invasion, that one could confer
with her upon important subjects with
out interruption- The brigadier very
seldom felt inclined to place the discern
ment and inventive gepius of his suboj--
diaates over his own, bat this time be
oonld not help blaming himself for over
looking suoh an advantageous expedi
ent, and praising Antonio silently and
in advance for £ia*eal and circumspec
tion. \ -p?
[To be C'oruinufi4 in next Sunday's
Chronicle and CotaUiylionalist. ]
DOUBLE SUICIDE.
A Hi4mu>4 Shoots Himself His Wife's
Crp*e,
{_N. r. Her aid.]
On Monday evening last Mr*. Mary
Steinbaoher. of No. 29 Boerum street,
Williamsburg, committed suicide after
quarreling with her husband. On Tues
day her husband, Mr. J. Henry - Stein
bacher, made his will and yesterday
morning, about 6 o’clock, while stooping
over the body of bis wife, which was
laid out for burial, he placed a revolver
to his head and shooting himself twice,
fell dead across her oorpse. The occur
rence has considerably agitated German
circles in that section, as both parties
were wail known and respectably con
nected. Steinbnchar wgs a manufactur
ing jeweller, dews * good business in a
shop in the rear of his dwelling and was
comfortably well off. He has net been
fortunate, however, in his mirital rela
tions, having been united to three wives,
from two of whom ha has hasp divorced.
With his first wife he resided eleven
years aud had four children; with his
seoond he resided eight years and had
one child, his treataunt of them being
the causa of divorce in each instance.
The first wife died a few months ago,
but the second being now alive in Ger
many was the prime cause of the trage
dy. Mrs. Steinbaoher No. S, being in poor
health, desired to visit Germany daring
the Winter, bat he, fearing complica
tions with wife No. 2, refused to go, and
in a fit of anger she then took s dose of
the cyanine of potassium, but prompt
n>dieal assistance saved her. On Mon
day last php made yet another appeal
far a visit to her old home, and, being
again refused, too* another draught of
tbe poison, with fatal effect. Tpej will
be buried together this afternoon.
Tim Walton county jail has been de
livered of all its prisoners by Judge
Rice at ths recent term of the Superior
Oourt.
THB UNITED STATES -MARSHALSIIIP.
Jack Xiftc Writes for Information—Wkich
fan bo Given Only by Senators Gordon and
Hill.
Flat P. 0., Burke Cos., May 25.
Editors Chronicle and Constitutionalist:
When it wss first norated around that
Hr. Hayes was going to give all the of
fices in Georgia to na poor Democrats,
I right away sent my name to him and
to all the members of hia Cabinet except
Tecnmseh Sherman’s brother John, who
I was afraid wonld charge me commis
sion, likewise to onr Senators and Repre
sencentatives in Congress, also to Snnset
Cox and Ben Bntler and to many others
too tedious to mention. The whole thing
cost me abont two dollars acid fifty cents
in stamps besides tbe writing paper,
but I thought d— m the expenses, as I
felt I that I had a dead sure thing of it.
I told them I warn’t particular, anything
from Justice of the Supreme Court (I
was magistrate in Lester District two
years) to tide waiter would suit me. Now,
would you believe it ? I haven’t heard a
word from any of them except Mr. Cox,
and he had the impudence to write
“that if I could give a c rtificate from a
Bishop that I didn’t drink liquor when
I was traveling he would consider my
application.” 1 didn’t send any certifi
cate, because I don’t know any Bishops,
and besides, I take a dram just when I
feel like it, and I don’t consider it any
of Cox’s business, no way; and, more
over, I wasn’t anyways uneasy, aa there
were about seventy-five more doing their
level best for me, old Hayes included.
Now, what I want to know about is this:
The other day I heard some men on the
cars at Millen say that Hayes didn’t
mean to give bat one office in Georgia to a
Democrat, and that isU. S. Marshal, and
that he had told Ben Hill and Gordon to
draw straws to see who it should be.
Now, as I said before, I ain’t particular;
Marshal will suit me very well, that
is, if it pays better than crop
ping with free niggers. “It’s a’ one
to Daudy,” as the Scotchman said, but
here’s the trouble, these men said that
Hill and Gordon would’nt agree to draw,
for Gordon had his man tied out in the
bashes and swore that “if he diu’nt get
it, he did’nt care a continental some
thing whether any body got it ; that he
was going to Atlanta to scalp Joe
Brown,” excetera, excetera, &c.
They said that Ben Hill said “he
would take any body except the mau
Gordon wanted, and he would be kuow
nothinged over again before he’d take
him, excetera, excetera, &c. Here’s dig
nity, here’s richness, quoth Mr. Squeers.
Now, Mr. Editor, this is what I heard on
the cars at Millen, and I want to know
if it’s so. I’in out. of pocket about
three dollars, and cotton at ten cents
and falling, and only half a stand at
that, with drouth besides, and likely
to lose the whole, because brother
Gordon and brother Hill are
jealons of one another. If I can’t
be Marshal, I intend to be a candidate
for the Legislature for the next six
years, and when they come squirming
around me to get my vote, you’d better
believe that I shan't forget how they
treated me when I wanted an office—
that’s my hand, and it will be a full,
with aces at the head. Pie ise drop n e
a line, and let me know if you think
there’s any chance for me.
P. S.—Had snap beans and squashes
for dinner to-day. Can you beat that ?
But, fiord, thedrou h is playing old Nick
with everything.
N, B.—What’s the Marshal’s office
worth, and what’s his business ?
Yours, trnly, to command,
Jack Maoee.
THE DEBT OF SAVANNAH.
Creditors Discussing the Question—A State
ment by Mayor Wheaton as to Its Finan
cial Condition—What It Call Afford to Do
and What the Creditors Demnud.
[New York Times.]
A large number of the New York cred
itors of the city of Savannah assembled
in John B. Manning’s offive, No. 14 Wall
street, yesterday, to meet representa
tives of that oity aud endeavor to come
to some agreement in regard to the pay
ment of the oity debt, on whioh the in
terest has been defaulted. Judge
Schley, of Savannah, was chosen
Chairman, and Mr. Dewitt, Secretary.
The Chairman stated the object of the
meeting to be a full and free con
ference between the creditors and the
Mayor of Savannah, who had been dele
gated to meet them. Savannah had
never before been unable to fulfill her
obligations, and the feeling of every
vas against repudiating any
debt thirt hdd beep honestly contracted.
A dozen circumstances had conspired to
place Savannah in her present predica
ment. The general paralysis of trade
was one, but the most effective had been
the yellow fever scourge of last Winter,
whioh created a loss more than equal to
the entire amount of the debt. He,
therefore, asked that she should be al
lowed to pay, by degrees, what she could
not as nominated in her bonds. With
the neoeesary indulgence every dollar
would be paid, and he trusted that those
present would have forbearance and en
able the Mayor to keep up the city’s
oredit.
Major Wheaton, of Savannah, was
then introduced. He said he had not
come to make any proposition on behalf
of bis city. 'bfft to o|J’er a statement of
its financial condition. He asgjired jijs
hearers that the city government were
desirous of paying every cent of their
obligations. When they took office in
January last they found a state of things
that seemed overwhelming. They found
a debt of over $4,000,000, with property
tp levy on whose assessed valuation was
only’gH.ObO.ftOO at the highest figures,
and which coHla not bu sold for $9,000,-
000, To carry on the government and
pay the interest from the taxes was im
possible. After careful consideration
the city government came to the conclu
sion that $350,000 was the outside amount
they .could hope fq riiise in any and all
ways. The pity liaa bepa terfil>ly im
poverished, in addition to the causes
stated by Judge Schley, by the with
drawal of trade. Formerly the sur
rounding planters bought their goods
for their thousands of employees and
themselves in Savannah. Now the la
borers receive monthly stipends whioh
go to the cross-road stores, and thence
to Baltimore, Boston, Philadelphia and
Nety ijfork. 4JI the railroads centreing
in Sayanpah have hptfdmo bankrupt.—
Stock that was quoted at 140 sold as !qw
last Winter as 38. All that the city
owned in them has vanished without the
possibility in any contingency of realiz
ing a cent. The city debt equals four
tenths of its whole property, a condition
of things that exists nowhere else. If
the city recovers from the eflects of the
yellow fever epidemic of last Winter in
twenty years, it Will be all she can do.—
In sixty day’s''rqore fhan J.fJ.OO persons
died.
In response to questions, his Honor
said that while in 1870 the population of
Savannah was between 28,000 aud 39,-
000, it is dow not over 24,000, and he
a list of the city’s assets amounting
Ho a,aid tfeaf government can
not pe rjifl Top lb§s Uiifi sg£ffQ,gO(} per
annum, and estimated the espfenp.o (or
1877 at $182,950. In conclusion, Mayor
Wheaton said that the committee who
had this matter of tbe debt in charge
had satisfied themselves that the utmost
they could do wonld be to pay, say, 3
per fifiDp. interest for ten years, 4 per
cent, for five years, 5 per pent, for five
years, and fi per cent. for ten years, at
the end of whioh time they hoped to
have cleared off both principal and inter
est. The interest meantime has to be
funded. If any one had any other prop
osition to make which would be feasi
ble, the government of Savannah would
strain every point to meet it. Mr. Stan
ton thought the rate of interest proposed
too low. He would be satisfied with a
4 per cent. "bond to run sve years, and
the rate of interest to be gradually in
creased thereafter. He had hopes that
Savannah would improve. Mr. Man
ning said that those creditors with whom
he had talked weye decidedly opposed
to Inking such a low rate of interest.
He suggested a 5 per cent, bond, whose
coupon would be taken in payment of
taxes.
Mayor Wheaton says that it was pro
posed to make the new bonds, whatever
they might be, non-taxable, and to re
ceive thg coupons for taxes. Also, to
provide for a sinking tond to wipe out
the debt. Under the plan he h 4 ® n ß‘
gested the interest per annum wouldbe
$l2O 000 and the expenses $200,000,
leaving for the sinking fond between
$30,000 and $50,000.
Mr. Manning said he wonld not give
40 cento on the dollar for such a bond,
and for one he would not accept the
Mayor’s proposition. He thought the
city was well able to give 6 per cent, if
she wonld reduce her expenses to a pro
per amount. He warned the Mayor that
the creditors had the right to sue, and
could compel payment.
Mr. Shanahan proposed, as the great
er portion of those present had porch as
ed their bonds at 75 cents to 80 cents,
they agree to accept a share of 2o per
cent, op the psr yalne and 6 per cent.
Mr. Kelly said his bonds had cost him
85 cents to 90 cents.
Mr. Manning said the city should sur
render ite parks and squares, cut them
HP into lota and sell them for the bene
fit of its creditors. .
Mr Kelly said that it would be im
possible to sell them. Land can be
bought on the outskirts of Savannah for
a song, and there is no immigration.
The debt, be said, had been originally
contrasted by granting subsidies to rail
roads, and bad been constantly increas
ed by issuing new bonds to pay off the
old ohss and by borrowing. He pro
posed to accept 70 oents on the dollar
and 5 per cent, interest. He did not
want a 3 per cent. bond.
Mayor Wheaton said that the oity
government would guarantee not to eon
tract any further debt until its present
one is reduced to $1,500,000. _ The pres
ent debt is exactly $4,185,000, including
$300,000 of endorsed bonds of the At
lantic and Gnlf Railroad, which the lat
ter cannot pay. The bonded debt alone
is $3,280,000.
Mr. Stratiahan moved tbatßopercent.
be accented at 6 per cent.
Mr. Kelly offered as an amendment
that 70 cents and 6 per cent, be accept
ed. Thia waa lost, Bto 3.
Mr. Stranahan's motion was then pnt
and carried, after Mayor Wheaton had
warned the meeting that if tirey pressed
too hard on the city it wonld be worse
for both.
After considerable more discussion,
Mayor Wheaton said that the vote would
be taken simply as an indication of the
views of the New York creditors. A
meeting of the creditors generally has
been called for June to 6,in Savannah, and
it waß thought that an expression from
this city, where larger ideas of finance
prevail, would have an effect on those
bolding bonds in the country. The
meeting then adjonrned.
VILLAINY AND VENGEANCE.
Horrible Crime in Stewart County, Georgia
—A Young and Beautiful Woman Shot
Down by Negroes—Her Husband Decoyed
Awny From Her and the Preraiaea Robbed
—The Yilliana Caught and Hang ,to the
lligheat Limb—Wretched Depravity of the
Murderers— Highway Robbery in Mexico.
Columbus, Ga., May 28.—Last Friday
morning, before daybreak, Mrs. C. C.
Chambliss, of Stewart county, vjas mur
dered by three negroes of the neighbor
hood. They fired the fences and drew
her husband away from the house. The
negres then proceeded to the house to
rob it, and were met by Mrs. Chambliss,
a beautiful woman, aged 18 years, armed
with a gun. One of the negroes, Jerry
Snead, took the gnn from her and lodg
ed its contents iu her head, causing her
death instantly. The negroes burned
the corn crib and fled. They were pur
sued and captured. Jerry admitted the
deed and implicated his companions,
Stephen Abram and Wm. Booth. They
were brought to Chambliss’ house
that afternoon and it was unanimously
decided by about three hundred
whites and blacks present that they
should be hanged. A gallows was jrect
cd, and the murderers were hanged with
trace chains. The colored participants
in the lynching threw the lifeless bodies
into an old field to rot, and it was with
great difficulty that the whites could
persuade them to permit a burial. The
culprits met their fate jeeringly and
sneeringly, glorying in the deed and
taunting their executioners.
Mrs. Chambliss, nee Miss Amelia
Wright, daughter of Mr. Y. F. Wright,
of Stewart county, was a beautiful and
promising young woman, and was en
dowed with many mental graoes. She
had been married little more than a
year, and has been snatched from the
devoted hands of a young husband by
ruthless murderers and robbers. She
was interred Saturday afternoon, at
Jamestown, Chattahooohee county.
Robbery in Mexico.
Galveston, May 28.—A Corpus Ghris
ti special reports the murder and rob
bery of a prominent citizen and his son
of San Diego by eight Mexicans. The
same party captured U. Scott, President
at the Corpus Christi and Rio Grande
Railroad and others, robbing them of
money, jewelry and clothes. The coun
try is alarmed and the people are hunt
ing for the robbers.
J. WILKES BOOTH.
[Baltimore Gazette.]
A number of absurd stories are going
the rounds of the press as to the disposi
tion of the remains of J. Wilkes Booth.
The latest is by Capt. • Oliver P. Leslie,
of Pittsburg, who states the body was
sunk in a lake seven miles below Alex
andria, Ya. The incontrovertible facts
are as follows : The remains were order
ed to be delivered to the friends of
Bo ■th by President Andrew Johnson.—
John H. Weaver, the undertaker of this
city, was sent to Washington by his
family to bring them here for interment.
A box was taken up from the arsenal
building and delivered to him. It was
brought by him to Baltimore, and was
examined by him and a reporter of the
Gazette at his room on West Fayette
street, near Holliday. They found in it
a skeleton wrapped iD an old army
blanket. When the blanket was taken
off the skeleton was ooyered with a pow
der having the appearance of soapstone,
and on being rubbed between the fingers
it disappeared just as soapstone will do,
On the right foot was an army shoe, cut
open at the top its entire length, as if to
accommodate a swollen foot. On the
other was a large oavalry boot. The re
porter of the Gazette examined the
bones in and above the shoe, and for
some time oould find no injury. Believ
ing the remains to be those of Booth, the
reporter made a persistent examination
and at last discovered the leg was frac
tured clean through just above the ankle.
The fracture was clearly marked, and
the portion below the fracture being
lifted off the box the ends of the bones
were of a pure whiteness, leaving no
doubt as to theJfact that Booth, iu leap
ing ffofn tjie had fractured his right
leg and not sprained it. Still the iden
tity of the remains were not satisfactorily
established, especially as there was no
portion of the spinal vertebrae missing
and no mark of any bullet upon them.
A brother of Booth’s was sent for, who
was told by Mr. Weaver of the doubts
as to the identity of his remains and Mr.
Weaver requested him to think of some
peculiarity, if any existed in the struc
ture of his brother, that Would forever
remove any doubt. After thinking for
a brief while Ibe brother said all that he
could remember was that his brother
bad his tootji plugged gold ih a
peculiar manner. He described tfie
location of the tpoth, apd drew with a
pencil (.he shape of the plug, which was
of unusual size. The teeth were taken
out, and the tooth was found plugged
just as described by the brother and
forever setting at rest any question of
the identity of the remains. The re
mains were buried in Greenmount Ceme
tery in the same lot with his grandfather,
and other children of the family.
The Cossacks.
[Kischmeff Correspondence Af. Herald- 1
Ihe Oossaeks are divided into several
corps—the Cossacks of the Don, the
Cossacks of the Ukraine, the Cossacks
of the Caucasus, &o. Each of these di
visions has a chief, who is called an Ata
mD, and holds the rank of general, and
all the Cossacks of the empire are unit
ed under a single chief, who pas the title
of the ,l Ataman General."” This latter
title always devolves upon the heredita
ry Grand Duke. The Cossack olothes
and equips himself and his uniform and
his horse belong to himself. He wears
a large, round, low cap made of skin
Astrakan, wide pantaloons stuffed
into his boots and reaching J2?*
bi3 knees, the whole covered by a kind
of overuoit buttoning on the back and
having three long flaps reaching to the
feet and fastened on the full length. On
his breast to the left and right in verti
cal cases he carries six cartridges at each
side. In his belt he carries a poinard.
A baldrick hangs from Lis right shoul
der ai)d pasgeg to tj)e leR aide,
where it supports a long saber in a
leather scabbard. On hia back,
hanging from a bandoleer and
wrapped in a case made of goat s
skin, he carries his rifle. The Cossack
always carries in his band a whip, with
a short lash, which he calls kinjal. His
horse is small £ftid rather ugly, and
though he is made of good stuff, his
form is somewhat angular. To form an
idea of the Cossack saddle, imagine an
ordinary saddle upon which would be
fastened by a strap a square leather
cushion about four inches nigh. This is
the reason that at first sight ope is so
much surprised to see this curious look
ing oavaher perched up bo high on his
saddle. He sticks on his horse’s baok
by sticking his knees into the animal’s
sides with all his strength, which gives
the legs the appearance of a pair of pin
cers. The stirrup is an equally curious
thing. The bottom is round and thick
enongh, but from that up it resembles
very much one of those tin boxes in
which preserve? are sold. It has been
already said that the Cossack* horae is
his personal property, and it may be
added that he turns it to business ac
count by hiring it out. Since the ar
rival of the troops at Kischeneff they
have been the delight of the collegians,
who, for a ronble an hour, have been
enabled to make promenades on horse
back in bands on these valiant little ani
mals. "
Mr. Stephens in the Cabinet.
[Cincinnati Enquirer .]
Mr. Hayes is anxious to do what is
right, but the poor man A B3 f&on wicked
partners than any other person in the
United States. It is absolutely impos
sible to oajry opt his beneficent designs
under suoh adverse circumstances. The
two wickedest men connected with the
Administration are Carl Schnrz and
John Sherman, and tbe first step Mr.
Hayes ought to take would be to put
Alexander H. Stephens in Sahara's place.
And then if he would send Sherman
home and appoint Tom Ewing—but we
are bnilding onr castle in Spain too
rapidly. These changes cannot be
brought about in a day; they must be
the result of growth—* sore
growth—like the corn in a thousand
hills on the billowy bottoms of the Big
Miami.
AOGUSft AXD KNOXmi.E.
TWIT. VIEWS OF AN OLD RAIL
ROAD PRESIDENT.
A Letter From Colonel Wot. Johnston, of
Charlotte—The Advantages and Feasibility
of the Proposed Air Llae Front Annasta
to the Great West—lnteresting Reading
for the Friends of the Enterprise.
Charlotte, 2s. 0., May 18, 1877.
T. H. Heald, Esq., Knoxville, Tenn.:
Deab Snt— Your favor ia received, in
which jou ask me to give my views in
regard to the Augusta and Knoxville
Railroad. I have read with much inter
est the proceedings of the Convention
in Augusta, in relation to this road, and
do not think that any of the speakers on
the occasion overrated its importance in
either a local or national aspect. A
large portion of the line is through a
fertile country, producing cotton, grains,
grasses, fruits, stock of all kinds,
abounding in coal, iron, copper, marble
and other valuable minerals, with all
the variety of temperature found in the
climate between Augusta and Boston.
For over two-thirds of the distance na
ture has been lavish in water power,
to promote cotton factories, iron foun
dries, machine shops and other manu
facturing establishments. With the fa
cilities of a railway connecting Augusta
and Knoxville, with their dissimilar na
tive productions to exchange, with eaeh
a centre of concentration and distribu
tion of these, the development would be
wonderful to the country aloDg the en
tire line, as well as to the growth of the
towns and cities. The increase thus
given to property wenld soon equal
three times the cost of the road, and
thus give millions of additional values
to the country.
He who looks at the railroad and
steamship maps will readily see that
Augusta occupies a most commanding
position in tjje collection and distribu
tion of freights among the cotton States,
while her factories and commercial
houses are giving a solid basis for her
tutnre growth and prosperity. On the
other side of the Alleghames is situated
Knoxville, with her rapid growth in
population, commerce and industrial
pursuits, occupying in the grain region
the n ost central commanding position
of any city to supply Virginia, North
Carolina, South Carolina and Georgia
with all the productions of the extended
country north of her.
Now, shall there cities be connected
by rail ? But a doubting Thomas says
there is a lion in the path —the Appa
lachian mountains intervene! Georgia
has cut though them, and her railroads,
Atlanta and other cities, owe their pros
perity to this triumph of skill over
physical obstructions. Virginia has
pierced this barrier, and Lynchburg,
Richmond, Petersburg and Norfolk have
taken a lease of renewed life and com
mercial activity. North and South Caro
lina are contending for the same great
prize. Rabun Gap is an easy pass aud is
half finished, and the shortest line to the
sea. Then why hesitate? You have,,
besides Charleston and Savanifah, a
Port Royal, with its capacious harbor
and twenty-two feet of water at low and
twenty-eight feet at high tidf, complete
ly land locked. It is excelled by no
harbor in natural advantages on the At-
lantic coast. Here the merchant marine
of the world can ride with safety. It
has all the national advantages of Nor
folk, with no place equal to it from Vir
ginia to the Rio Grande, in depth aud
capaciousness of water and salubrity of
climate. Lands contiguous to its wa
ters ante bellum could not be purchased
at SSO aud SIOO per acre for the mere
production of sea island cotton. For
health, culture and refinement it was the
garden spot of the South Atlantic slope.
When the South Atlantic c>'ties were
founded but few vessels were construct
ed to draw over fifteen feet of war—the
ports that led to them answered the
purpose and suited the times. But
modern economy in ocean transporta
tion now requires vessels drawing twen
ty to thirty feet. Habors must be
suited to their capacity. Port Royal
harbor (not the town of that
name), including Broad river and
tributaries—great inlaud seas—has the
depth and capacity of water to meet the
demands of modern civilization and pro
gress. Here, not only the Atlantic
States, but Kentncky, Ohio, Indiana, Il
linois, Michigan, and the West Trans-
Mississippi country, is destined in the
near future to find an outlet for their
teeming millions, for coastwise or for
eign shipments. Cincinnati is nearer to
Port Royal than to New York; Chicago
is much nearer Port Royal than to New
York; St. Louis is three hundred miles
nearer to Port Royal than to New York.
The cost of ocean transportation is only
one-third that by land. The three hun
dred miles by land more to New York
than to Port Royal is equal to nine hun
dred miles in expense by water. Now if
New York is three hundred miles less
distance to Liverpool, Bremen and Havre
than Port Royal, the latter still offers
GOO miles shorter route to Liverpool and
all commercial Europe to St. Louis, and
relatively much shorter routes from
Cairo, Memphis, &., than via New
York. Thus you will see tlje advantages
of oheap freights to all the North and
West greatly in favor of Port Royal over
New York city, if facilities were equal
in the construction, equipment and
management of our railroads.
With what is, therefore, equivalent to
a saying of fiOO miles by water, via Port
Royal, over New York, will uot capital
and enterprise be found equal to the
construction of the road from Augusta
to Knoxville? This built, a trunk line
will soon reach Knoxville from each of
the great cities of Cincinnati, Chicago
and St. Louis. They may make a junc
tion 80 or 100 miles north of Knoxville,
but they are bound to come tjiore.—
Chattanqoga is tqo ftjr wqst to command
the trade of yirginia, Sfortk and South
Carolina. Cincinnati can yet a£f >rd to
spend $1,000,000 in the constructiop of
the Augusta and coppeption
rattier than be without a main branoh to
Sacl' this road been com
pleted, she surely would have come
direetly to Knoxville. But, construct
it, and ehe will come, with all the great
commercial centres of the Northwest,
The vast country north and west <>? *he
Mississippi and Ohio rivers, with their
millions of peoples and hundred milliops
ot heavy freights, au qutlet—a
yeal harbor op the Sopt'lT Atlantic slope
to spip'abroact tpe sprplus npt consum
ed ip the cotton States. The extreme
cold qf the States bordering the lakes,
and those west of them for five and six
months in the year, blocking their
canals, lakes and rivers, stopping naviga
tion, sometimes interrupting seriously
railroad transportation, causing double
rates of freights to be charged to Canada
and the eastern cities, is an incubus
upon their prosperity which their
intelligence and sagacity will no
longey pear. To 'go by way
of the Mississippi river and Gulf of
Mexioa, doubling the dangerous reef,
of Florida,to impose too many transfers,
takes too much time, and too great ex
pense in this circumnavigation. The
snow and ice generally disappear as the
engine approaches the Ohio river going
south until it finally melts away entire
ly, even in extreme Winter, long before
fort is reached. Bpforp the
northwestern freights reach the Appa
lachian range the market for them be
gins. Why send them to New York and
Baltimore to be again shipped Bppth,
and redistributed f;pm Norfolk, Wil
mington, Charleston apd Savannah, pay
ing through rates once and local rates
twice? It is for,wan* ,qf good railroad
lines, grand trunk lines running the di
rect route to their natural markets.
Make the line to Knoxville and we will
have these. The West will build them,
from that strongest motive of hnman
action, self-interest. You build t-hs one
and the others will follow as natural se
quences. The greater portion P.f all
these rail routes from tpp great centres
of Western commerce are already con
structed”—they only require to be closely
and directly connected, consolidated
and equipped. The saving on freights
incoming and outgoing alone for one
year to the Northwest would oonsolidate
and equip these great lines of transpor
tation and travel to Knoxville. When
this gap is once finished the railroad
line from Knoxville to Port Royal will
be the first in the South to demand a
doable track to meet the great demands
for the transportation of freights and
passengers.
The Northwest people had better con
struct the Augusta connection than be
without'it. Its commerce, progress and
future prosperity depend much upon a
direct outlet to the South Atlantic coast.
The Congress could not confer a greater
blessing npon the South and West and
the Union by appropriating or lending
ten millions of dollars to construct a
grand trunk line from Chicago to Port
Royal. From if branches would radi
ate tu all commercial centres for hun
dreds of miles on either side, and the
snow and ice would greatly diminish as
obstructions to active commerce, even
in mid-Winter. Via Port Royal, for the
West, is the shortest and cheapest route
tp Europe, to all South 4menoa and the
West Indies, and it is immensely the
shortest route. The rich ca-goes of
those tropical regions, as well qp the
grain, pork, beef, Ac., of the upper Mis
sissippi and the lakes demand this di
rect and cheap gateway for their com
merce. In addition to the cotton and
manufactured goods, the fruits and veg
etables of the Sonth, thrown six weeks
earlier into Northern markets, would
make very large return freights.
Port Royal harbor, but Tittle known
to the public pntil Commodore Dupont
oceqpidd it in 1863, is|on the32ddegrees
parallel of latitude, the very line upon
which it is propoeed to build the Texas
Pacific Railway. If this road is com
pleted, as it surely will be with the safe
guards thrown around it by the act of
incorporation, making it a national high
way, Port Royal, with all its natural ad
vantages, must beoome its Atlantic port.
The road from Augusta to Port Royal is
oomplete. As the Southern States are
fully restored to peace, law and order,
and, the military made subordinate to
the civil authority, giving brighter aus
pices for the future prosperity of the
entire country, I rejoice to see that im
portant cbmmeroial interests have un
dertaken to connect directly Augusta
and Knoxville by rail, and give ultimate
ly to the Great West for her heavy and
bulky freights, through the best harbor
in the cotton States, the shortest, cheap
est and most direct route to her best
markets, both foreign and domestic.
I am vfery respectfully yours,
Wm. Johnston.
Tegetine
, •'K ‘
Strikes it the root of disease by purifying the
blood, restoring the liver and kidneys to heal
thy action, invigorating the nervous system.
"V egetine
i-Is not a vile, nauseous compound, which sim
ply r urges the bowels, but is a safe, pleasant
remedy, which is sure to purifyjho blood, and
thereby restore the health.
"V" egetine
is now prescribed in cases of Scrofula and
other diseases of the blood, by many of the
best physicians, owing to its great success in
Curing all diseases of this nature.
"V egetine <
Dees not deceive invalids into false hopes by
purging and creating a fictitious appetite, but
assists nature iu clearing and purifying the
whole system, leading the patient gradually to
perfect health.
V egetine
Was looked upon as an experiment fer some
time by some of oar best physicians, but those
most incredulous in regard to its merit are now
its most ardent friends and aupporters.
V egetine
Says a Boston physician, ‘ has no equal as a
blood purifier. Hearing of its many wonder -
ful cures, after all other remedies had failed,
I visited the laboratory and convinced myself
of its genuine merit. It is prepared from
barks, roots and herbs, each of whioh is highly
effective, and they are compounded in such a
manner as to produce astonishing results.”
V" egetine
Is acknowledged aud rec ommended by physi
cians and apothecaries to be the best purifier
and cleanser of the blood yet discovered, and
thousands speak in its praise who have been
restored to health.
PROOF.
WHAT IS NEEDED.
Boston, February 13, 1871.
Mr. H. R. Stevens :
Dear Sir— About one year since I fouud my
self in a feeble condition from general debi ity.
VEGETINE was strongly recommended to me
by a friend who ha. 1 , been much benefited by
its use. 1 procured the article, aud after usiug
several bottles, was restored to health and dis
continued its use. 1 feel quite confident that
there is no medicine superior to it for those
complaints for which it is especially prepared,
aud would cheerfully recommend it to those
who feel that they need something to restore
them to perfect health. Respeotfully yours,
U. L.- I’ETTINGILL,
Firm of S. M. Pettiugill A Cos., 10 State street,
Boston.
Cincinnati, November 26, 1872.
Mr. H. R. Stevens :
Dear fie— The two bottles of VEGETINE
furnished me by your agent my wife has used
with great benefit.
For a long time she has been troubled with
dizziness and costiveness ; these troubles are
now entirely removed by the uso of VEGE
TINE. She was also troubled with Dyspepsia
and General Debility, and lias been greatly
benefited. THOS. GILMORE, 229) Walnut st.
FEEL MYSELF A NEW MAN.
Natick, Mass., June 1, 1872.
Mr. H. R. Stevens :
Dear Sir— Through the advioo and earnest
persuasion of Rev. E. 8. Best, of this place, I
have been taking VEGETINE for Dyspepsia,
of which I have suffered for years. I have
used only two bottles and already feel myself a
new man. Respectfully,
Dr. J. W. CARTER.
Report from a Practical Chemist anil Apothe
cary.
Boston, January 1, 1874.
Dear Sir —This is to qertify that I have Bold
at retail 154) dozen (1,852 bottles) of your
VEGETINE since April 12,1870, and can truly
say that it has given the best satisfaction of
any remedy for the complaints for which it is
recommended that I ever sold. Scarcely a day
passes without some of my customers testify
ing to its merits on themselves or their
friends. X am perfectly oognizaut of several
cases of Scrofulous Tumors being cured by
VEGETINE alono in this vioinity. Very re
speotfully yours,
AI GILMAN, 468 Broadway.
To H. R. Stevens, Esq.
Prepared by H. F, Stews, Boston, Mass.
Yegetlne is Sold by All Druggists.
je6 wlm
Prepared fob Immediate Use.
207 PEARL ST., NEW YORK.
From the .thousands of purchasers of our
PREPA RED-PAINTS, we have yet to hoar the
first Complaint. The reason is apparent. Our
paints have stood the test of years, whew all
other paints have failed in durability. Their
covering capaoity, being greater than any
other paint, present? a practical item of econo
my. Our paints Rre gpflxmteed in every par
ticular— ’consumer assuming, no risk what
ever, as "we, will f e-paint apy h.uudinq on whioh
our paint? <f6-n'6t prove satisfactory ; allowing
a chore of English 8.. B, White Lead, or any
father paißt ip use- Vox sale hy
Barrel & Land,
tuyl-wam AUGUSTA, GA.
WOOL FOR CLOTH
AND
MONEY FOR WOOL.
rTVHE ATHENS MANUFACTURING COM
_L PANY having . gain improved their goods,
invite those desiring to exchange Wool for
Goods to call and see samples at Porter Flem
ing’s, Augusta, or send for samples and terms
to undersigned. B. L. BLOOMFIELD.
rayl7-w3m Agent Athens Manf’g Cos.
WILB&RFOKCE DAMEL,
Successor to DaDiel & Rowland,
WILL continue the CO.TTGN COMMIS
SION BUSINESS at the Warehouse of
the old Brut- Books, Notes and Accounts of
the same will he fouud with him. my3-c3m
IpTi 1 with this Machine!
The nea* aerftet la the world. Bore*
tram II|H Inehee la dlaaneter. It dor*
the work of a Swea men. The home doee
no* travel around the well. Anger to
raised and lowered instantly. Sneeessfksl
w here all others h<l- Wo labor for man.
Mend Air oar 60 X*Afll2 BOOK, FREE.
LOOKS * li 'MAN, Tiffin., Ohio.
>p22-w6m*
Good News For the People of Caro
lina aa* Georgia!
—IMMENSE STOCK OF—
DRY GOODS!
FOR WHOLESALE AND RETAIL.
Bought on the beat terms and sold cheap.
Factory Goods at factory prices by the piece.
Cassimeres, Tweeds, Linens, Ac. White Goods,
Hosiery, Gloves and Handkerchiefs in great
variety. Alexander’s two-button Kid Gloves
in choice colors, only 91. 600 dozen Ladies’
Handkerchiefs at 5c., werth 10c. Fans, Para
sols, Lace Bscquee, A°- 1“ A word, my stock
is larger and m ore complete than ever before,
and I am determined to SELL AS LOW as any
house in the State, and solicit a call from all.
Merchants throughout the country will do
well to examine my Stock, as I have bought
with special reference to that trade.
WILL DUPLICATE ANY BILLS
Bought this aide of ; New York- Cos all retail
bilie of 910 and upwards, A will pay freight.
Orders solifatod.
Special bargains in Black Grenadines, Pop
lins and Lawns.
Coats’ Spool Cotton at 65c. per dozen.
Black and Colored Dress Buttons in Silk and
other styles.
Call at the old stand,
Broifd Street,
apß-%ta J. P. WEATHERSBEE.
WEBER’S
Giciuati Laser Baer!
Jast receive* another Refrigera
tor tar of Ice* Lager Beer from the
celebrate* *** Jackson Brewery,
I'iiclaßaiiv an* rea*y now to be
*elivere* froa the ear as soon as
orders are receive*.
Charles Spaeth.
my2ft-tf
SjlK ri MVV Week to Agents. *lO Outfit Free.
o Oil P. 0. VICKERY, Augusta, Haim
ocii-wiy
New Advertisements.
JAMES A. GRAY & CO.
WILL OPEN
TO-MORRO W MORNING!
The Newest Slybs oat ia Black Guipure and Spaahh Nets for Scarfs
and Overdresses.
Egyptian Veiling, Black Brnssels Net, with Black, White, Navy Blae
and Tillenl Chenille Dots.
Ladies’, Misses’ and Cents’ Silk and Lisle Gloves.
Ladies' and Gents’ Kid Gloves, best makes, all colors.
Ladies’ Undressed Kid Gloves, 2 and 3 Button—all sizes.
The latest things out in Jabots, Ties and Fichus.
Misses’ Mlk Hose, in Pink, Cardinal and Blue.
Misses’ Solid Colored Cotton Hose-Light, Bine, Pink, Cardinal, Navy
Bine and Brown.
Misses 1 Striped Hose, in endless variety.
A full assortment of Ladies’ and Gents’ Summer Usdervests.
The very newest things in Parasols.
A magnificent line of Flack Grenadines, Silks, Dress Goods, &c.
The soft and Underwear Department will be fonnd,as usual, ahead of
nything in tt;e south.
For decided Novelties, at the prices paid for old trash, call at
JAMES A. GRAY & CO’S.
Incorporated 1845. Capital, $600,000.
WILLIAM A. BURKE, Treasurer GKO. RICHARDSON, Sup’t,
8 Pemberton Square, Boston. Lowell, Mass.
LOWELL MACHINE SHOP,
LOWELL, MASS.
-MANUFACTURERS OF
COTTON MACHINERY.
Pickers, Cards, Lap Winders, Railway Heads, Drawing
Frames, “Lowell Speeders” of seven different sizes, making
Bobbins containing 8 to 64 oz. Cotton each, Sawyer Patent
Ring Frames, Pearl Patent Ring Frames, Common Ring
Frames, with 6,8, 10 or 12 oz. spindles, Mules (Platt pattern)
Spoolers, Warpser, Slashers (L. M. S. patent), Dooms, Twist
ers, Filling Winders, Shearing Machines, Brushing Machines
Sewing Machines, Folders (Elliott patent), Hydraulic Presses,
Hydraulic Pumps, Size Kettles, Stop Gates, Indigo Mills,
Elevators (Thompson patent), Turbine Wheels (Boyden pat
ent), Shafting, Pulleys, Hangers, Cast Gearing, Cut Gearing,
Chipped Gearing, Iron and Brass Castings, Plans for Cotton
Mills, etc., etc.
o
P A PER MACHINE RY
Light and Heavy Rag Cutters, Railroad and Devil Dusters
Thrashers, Rotary Bleachers, Rag Engines, Cylinder Wash
ers, Fourdrinier and Cylinder Machines, Stop Cutters, Stuff
and Fan Pumps, Chilled Rolls, Super Calenders, with four
to ten Iron or Paper Rolls, Platers, Gun Metal Rolls, Cylinder
kxAulds, Dandy Rolls, Roll Bars and Bed Plates, Trimming
Presses, Plans for Paper Mills, etc., etc.
o
REFERENCES.—Augusta Factory, F. Cog in, Esq., Superintendent; Langiey Manu
facturing Company, Langley,S. C.; Camperdown Mills, Greenville, S. C.; Marsh & All
good ’Prion Factory, Ga.; J. \V. &F. P. Gray, Adairsvlllo, Ga.; Mississippi Mills, Wes
son, Miss.; Great Falls Manufacturing (Company, Rockingham, N. C.; Roswell Manu
facturing Company, Roswell, Ga.; Princeton Manufacturing Company, Athens, Ga.;
Chattahoochee Manufacturing Company, West Point, Ga.; Now High Shoals Manufac
turing Company, High Shoals, Ga.; Reedy River Manufacturing Company, Greenville,
S. C.; D. E. Converse & Cos., Bivingsvllle, S. C.; J. T. Moretiend <fc Cos., Reldsvllle, N. <3.;
Little River Manufacturing Company, Manchester, N. C.; Lehman Manufacturing Com
pany, Prattville, Ala.; Tennessee Manufacturing Company, Nashville, Tenn.; Laudls
Manufacturing Company, Shelbyville, Ten;- ; S. E. Graham & Son, Pine wood, Tenn.;
Stonewall Manufacturing Company, Enterprise, Miss.; Marshall Manufacturing Com
pany, Richmond, Va.; Wm. E. Hooper <fc Sons. Baltimore, Md.; Union Manufacturing
Company, Baltimore, Md.; Gambrill, ions & Cos., Baltimore, Md.; Wm. H. Baldwin £
Cos., Baltimore, Md.; Phoenix Factory, Baltimore, Md.; Laurel Manufacturing Com puny
Baltimore. Md. i.na rnh 18-1 v
SPECIAL ATTRACTIONS
AT
The Fredericksburg Store
THIS WEEK, IN
Iff MD HMDM DRESS DODDS!
IN VARIOUS FABRICS, just received and at very low prioes. Also, NEW LACE TIES, BIBS,
CQLLABErTS and HUOHINGS, to whioh we call special attention. OUB STOCK iu every
DEPARTMENT was never in a BETTER CONDITION than now. We would also call special at
tention to our slock of
BLACK GOODS,
Which is very attractive in qualities and prices. THIS WEEK we will receive another lot of
Calicoes at 5,6) and 8 cents. New 4-4 Printed Cambrios at 10c.; also, Pacific Lawns and Corded
Jackonets in new and beautiful figures, jnst received. We offer NO TRASH, but good and
FASHIONABLE GOODS at LOW PRICES.
Our large stock of PARASOLS, SUN UMBRELLAS and FANS deserve attention. Just
received four cases PALMETTO and JAPANEESE FANS at 3 centi each or two for 5 canto.
V. RICHARDS & BRO.,
CORNER BY THE PLANTERS’ HOTEL.
IMPORTANT TO PLANTERS MD OK
THE RICHMOND FACTORY, ten miles from Augusta, continues to manufacture Woolen
Cloth, and to Card Wool Rolls for Planters and other parties sending Wool to us. We
propose in future to Dye the Cotton Warp when desired, and we will also Dye the Wool Filling,
if requested, either Brown, Black or Gray, or tho Cloth can be made in the natural color of the
The charge for making Plains will be 121 oents a yard, and for Twills, 15 cents a yard; for
Dyeing Cotton Warp, 1 cent a yard; Wool Filling, 2 cents a yard: Carding Rolls, 10 cents a
pound. Wool can be sent in tbe dirt. We are prepared to Wash and Burr it promptly.
Our machinery being in perfect order, no delay will take plaoe in prompt delivery of the
Cloth aud Ralls. All Wool sent us should be plainly marked with the owner’s name, and all in
structions and inquiries bo made to and through YOUNG &. HACK, AgtnUs, j\ugnsta^^Oa.
myl3-d6<fcw4 PBEBIDENT RICHMOND FACTORY.
WHITE GOODS
TO BE £OLD VERY MUCH
BELOW VALUE I
6-4 and 8-4 French Nainsook.
6-4 and 8-4 French Lawn.
4-4 Victoria Lawn, Plain. Striped and Plaid Swiss. Lace
Striped and Plaid Nainsooks.
“Yasomite” t tripes, 15c., worth 25c,; White Pique, Bc. to
best.
Prom Now Oil
Dress Goods of Every Description Shall be Offered at Figures
that Must Command Attention.
Fearful !
10,000 Yards 4-4 Factory Sheeting, Damaged by Railroad
Accident, Worth 10c. lor sc.
Terms Strictly Cash.
ME. KEAN.
tf
Real Estate Agency.
Special attention paid to the sale or purchase el Town and
Country Property. Money borrowed and loans made on Real
Estate. Special attention paid to the management and renting
of property. The undersigned haring been requested by many
•f their patrons to resame the Real Estate business, will, from
this date, devote the energies oi the coieeru to all businessmen
trusted to them, and charges will be moderate.
JOHN J. COHEN & SONS.
Onr Bond, Stock Brokerage and Life and Fire Insurance will
be carried on as osnal.
dec!6-ly
NEW PROCESS FLOUR.
-
CRESCENT MILLS,
AUGUSTA, GA.
J. F. & L. J. MILLER, Proprietors.
OUR FANCY FAMILY FLOUR MADE BY NEW PROCESS HAS NO
EQUAL. : mh4—d&wly