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Cfiromcie an & Sentinel. W 1 DNi'.SDAY, JULY Is, 187781 TUF SEPARATION. The bride of an hour stood smiling ; Her mother in team was near by ; For the ‘ pet of her life, so bluffing. Was soon to bid her good-bye. Fond friends tried vainly to Sheer her. To stop np the tears that fast fell. As she clasped her daughter still n®? rer And in agony ottered, "Farewell., The groom with his bride had departed. To journey far off in strange lands. And t he mother cried ont. broken hearted ; j • Well! I'm glad that gal's o* my bands. • Matt (TV in the Comndmt {Ohio) Enquirer. THE LIST WOHB MATTHEW ARNOLD Creep into thy narrow bed, Creep, and let no more be saW. Vaii. tby 00-ct! ell stands fast Thou thyself mnet break at last. Let the long contention cease; (reeee are swans, and swans are geese, J,et them have it how they will; Ttaon art tired; best be still. They ont-talked thee, hissed thee, tore tbeel Better men fared thns before thee; , Fired their ringing shot* and passed: Hotly charged—and brake at last. Charge once more. then, and be dumb! Let the victors when they come, When the forts of Folly fall. Find thy body by the wall. VI A, I MIST DIE. ‘•Yei. I must die 1 1 know my hott?fir come ; 'The sands of life run low ; Nor do I raonrn to leave the weary world ; Most willingly I go! Yet would I pass not poor as when I came, But solemnly and greet, Bike some old king, descend into my tomb In royal pomp and state. Give me, then of thy gold, O noonday sun 1 To fashion for my crown ; ... And thou. O evening, of tby purple glories Wherewith to weave my gown. And thou, O morn, thy shining pearl, where wilii My mantle round to gem ; Aid thoo, O night, thy silver stars, to bind me Fillet and diadem!” And thev obeyed ; and we. on looking np Through eyes whose sight was dim, Haw half the splendors of the earth an'- heavens Had passed away with hloi. ,S tuart Sterne. qiESTION. Blossoms were on the apple tree ; The birds were humming in the air ; Nature concerted harmonies T-, rob the world of care ; Blown by the meadow streams, we two Haw the white clouds their shadows cast Along the distant mountain blue, And dream like as the past. We two! Ah. that was years ago ; We thought the two would pass away, And that but one the years would show ; We thought the gods would pity Wild .oiigs of melody divine, To make the fntnre bright and fair ; And that the sun of joy would shine All time and everywhere. Just as a million souls have thought! There came a day when tears were shed; And one tho world's mad struggle sought, And one pined to the dead; Ho longed for famo, that kept in sight Vet over seemed to miss his grasp; And she lost all life’s hope and light, Striving his hand to clasp. Well, it was years ago, I said; The stream is there, the blossoms flash The trees with glory; she is dead. The bees—they do not hush Their humming as they seek the sweet; / wonder, though, if we two may, As one, in heaven's home love and meet, And And a perfect day. Thermae C. Collier. MOZART'S VIOLIN. | For Sunt lay’* Cliremide awl Constitutionalist.] 11l the popular suburb of Bt. Joseph, in Vienna, (Austria), a poor merchant of second hand furniture and curiosities lived fifty years ago, with a numerous family, whom ho could hardly support out of the meagre profits of his busi ness. Battler (that was the unnieof the poor man) hail only one pleasant diversion in the discharge of bis arduous duties, Rod that was to exchange a few respectful words with ft daily visitor, still young, but whose physiognomy bore the un mistakable stamp of a mortal disease. Nature seemed to have lost for him all its beauty, and he never smiled except when Battler’s children surrounded him with the charming familiarity character istic of young age. Every day the stranger used to stop ten or fifteen minutes at the poor shop keeper’s, and it tvas more than once a subject of dispute for tho little ones, to decide which of them should bring a chair to the sick visitor. One Monday of Pentecost the strang er oawe hack from his daily walk sooner thau usual; Ituttler’s children hastened around him as they were accustomed to do every day, and the smartest of all, a sparkling girl of ton, t; Id bin; “Gen tleman, mamma has just given use pret ty litllo sister I’’ Buttlcr appeared at this moment, and, confirming the news : “Yes, sir,” said he, “that makes the fif teenth child God sends us within nine teen years I M “Good man,” exclaimed the stranger, visibly moved with sorrow aud tender ness, "would that a small portion of the treasures wasted at the Court of Selim n brun were allowed to visit your pa triarchal home. But, alas !we live in a century of iron. Talent, honor, do mestic virtues, don’t weigh much nowa days l But, tell me, have yojj already secured a godfather for your MS bora babe?” j “When one is poor,” answered the merchant, “godfathers are not easy to be found; iudoed, the godfathers of all my children uro either passers-by or neighbors as poor as myself.” “Well, name your new one GabrieUe," replied the strauger, “aud it is I who give tier that name. Here are one hun dred florins for the baptismal festival, to which I will be a party.” And as Battler was undecided : “ Take it, take it (” said the stranger; “ when you know more of me, you’ll ao knowledge that I am worthy of sympa thizing with your troubles. But, please, do me a favor ; bring me this violin which I see haugiug on the wall of yoar shop ; I have an idea, aud I must write it down at ouee." Battler hastened to comply with the request of his visitor, who began tp play bo splendid a piece of religions maaio with such a consummate art that the street was soou crowded with people, among whom were many members of the aristocracy who had ordered their car riages to stop, in order to enjoy this un expected melody. But the stranger, ab sorbed by his composition, did not no tice the crowd, aud when he had finish ed writing lie folded up the paper, put it in his pocket, and bid farewell to the merchant, whom he requested to let him know on which day the christening would take place. Three days had elapsed, ami the stranger had not been seen any more; Battler, not knowing wb*t it meant, went .to the residence of his fiabrielle’s generous godfather, the door ot which was hung iu black and besieged by hun dreds of noblemen, artists, savants and priests. There he lewrnt with a sur prise equal only to his sorrow that his guest aud benefactor, the would-be god father of his daughter, was Mozart, and that the funeral of that great man was about to take place. .Mozart had breathed in that hn*bie chop .bis last musical inspiration,that in comparai'le requiem which alooa would suffice to toe glory of a composer. Ruttler, after having paid the last duties to the mac whom he had honored aud respected withoiii knowing who he was, returned home, was quite stunned at seeing his shop itv'flded by a crowd of admirers of Mozart, aw*,?e of the daily visit* paid by the illustttoiifl departed. The circumstance gave to the hereto fore ignored establishn.mt of Bottler a notoriety which sent to it an unexpect ed custom, so that, after haring secured for his fifteen children comfortable *situ attous, he was enabled to retire with an income hardly dreamed of twenty years ago. Tho violin which Mozart used two days before he died for the composition of his Requiitn was sold for 4,000 flor ins, which constituted Qabrielle’s por tion ; it is now the property of the Im perial Conservatory of Music at Vienna, to which institution it was given by the late Archduke Maximilian, before this unfortunate prince left his native coun try for Mexico, where bis triumphal march was so soon to be transformed into a Requiem ! Yreuse A. THE HEBREW t'Ot'NCTI,. Second DnV*sjoi> of the In ion at Phi In- Philadelphia, July l). — The second day’s session of the Council o/ the Union of Hebrew Congregations was opened with prayer by Rev. Jacob Voorsanger, of Washington. The morning session: was taken up with the reading and dis- j cussion of the reports of committees. The committee appointed to eonsider the eoggeetione in President goth’s, message reported recommending their' adoption, except one to encourage the exchange of pulpits among the Rabbis, which they did not deem advisable. They also recommended circuit preach'' ing, as suggested in the report. Five deaths in Macon daring the week ending Sunday the Btb. ST. PAIL’S CHCRC'H, AUGUSTA. {Frank- Letlie's Sun.lay Magazine. ] The current number of the above magazine contain* a fin# picture of St. Paul’s Church and a good portrait of the rector, Rev. W. H. Clarke. We re publish the sketch of the church, as fol- St. Paul's Church is closely identified with the early history of Augusta. The town was laid out A. D, 1736, and soon became a mart for trade superior to any in Booth Carolina or Georgia; but for some years there wss no minister of the Qospel resident in the place. At length, a memorial from the principal Inhabi tants, setting forth their spiritual desti tution, was forwarded to tbe “Society for the Propagation of the Gospel ip Foreign Parts," in London, and the Rev. Jot-alban Copp wn* mission ary to Augusta, A. D. 1751. This gen tleman, a native of tbe colony of Connec ticut and graduate of Yale College, was ordained in 1750, by Dr. Sherlock, Bishop of Louden. Before hie arrival in Angueta, the' gentlemen interested had built “a handsome and convenient church” opposite one of the curtains of the fort, on the bank of the Savannah river. They also agreed to build a par sonage, cnltivste the glebe, and pay £2O a year toward his salary. Mr. Copp found a congregation of nearly one him i dred persons and eight communicants. Separated from any brother clergyman by one hundred and thirty miles of wil derness, on the frontier of civilization, dailv liable to the merciless attecks of savages, with but little to cheer and much to discourage, he labored faithful ly at his post until 1756, when be took, charge of a parish in South Carolina. By act of the General Assembly of Georgia, dated March 17th, 1758, it was provided that “ the District of Augusta shall be and continue for ever a parish, by the name of the Parish of St. Paul,” and that “the chnrch erected in the town of Augusta, with the cemetery or burial place thereto belonging, shall be the Parish Church and Burial Place of St. Paul.” Some years after Mr. Copp’s removal, the Rev. Bamnel Frink was sent to St. Paul’s Parish by the S. P. G. The population of Augusta, as given in liis first report to the Society, 1764, was 540 whites, 501 slaves, and about 90 Chickasaw Indians. Mr. Frink found, belonging to the parish, a valuable glebe of fifteen acres, and a good par son ge. After three years’ ministry he was saoeoeded by t|ie ftev. Edward El 'ington. This faithful missionary re ported, in 1768, that Bt. Paul's Church was the only place of worship within a hundred miles of Augusta, m any direc tion. His labors in supplying the re -1 gions destitution were remaikable. H< generally left ho©? on Monday, travel id thirty or forty writ's, find held •ervice and preached at three different i laces, ten miles apart, on the follow ig days, and returned home on Friday During his three years ministry in Au gusta he traveled three thousand miles iu tbe discharge of his duty, baptized 428 persons, mostly pliijdren, married sixty-two couples, aud raised tbp Rum ber of communicants to 40. There is no record of any settled minister in the parish for some years after Mr. Elling ton’s removal in 1770. The difficulties arising between tfra colonies and the mother country probably *“ e H. P. (I from sending * missionary succeed hi**#, and during the ‘‘War of the Revolution” the church-building was destroyed, and the glebe wus con fiscated and appropriated to the endow ment of an academy. Matters con tinued la thin State until 1782, when the graud jury of Richmond county “pre sented, a* a grievance, tfis want 0} a house of worship in Augusta and other places of the county,” thereupon the General Assembly passed aa eet touch ing the reserve lands in the town of Augusta, and requiring that one of the first lots be set apart for the erection “of a House of Woisfop fo the Divine Be ing, by whose blessing tfc* independence of the United States has b6ii lished,” and that money arising from the sales of other Jots be used for the building of said ohurob. Under the proviso oß of this act the second St, Pajjl’B Cfipirph was built in 1786. on the site formerly ooejjplW by the first. The only clergyman named ns having charge of the parish after this time is the Rev. Mr. Boyd, who gener ally officiated here for some ten years, when he removed to Natchez or New Orleans. In the absence of a titled rec tor, tne church was “open to all de nominations of Christians,” and the Episcopalians, as a tohristjan society, being unable to support their own sfode of worship, made no show of life for many ye*ra, In December, fsls> certain persons wore incorporated by tfte f^ e gisl#tore as the “Trustees of the Protestant Episco pal Society of the (Jity of Augusta and Couuty of Richmond." This measure led to the removal of the aaqpßf) St. Paul’s Church, and the erection of the third on the same lot. This buildiug, which still stands, is of brisk, apd was, gt the time of its erection, considered a very worthy specimen of church archi tecture., fi was completed early in the year 1820, and consecrated by Bishop Bowen, of South fctoij/na, March 20, 1821. The Rev. Hugh Saiitu yw called to the parish some time iu the Bummer of 1819, aud entered upon his duties the 1 following Bri remained iu charge twelve years, and then W&RTfid to Hart ford, Conn. Mr. Smith was succeeded in Augusta by the Rev. Edward Eugene Ford, then in Deacon’s Orders. This honored olergy man began his work at St. Paul’s in April, It was his first, his last, his only paroflfcd#/ charge; and he gave to it all his powers pf body, soul, and spirit. Next to bis God, amf bs® ai i ß ®, t was God’s chnrch, he lived for and, (a bored for it, planting and watering P to aud beyond bis strength for twenty ni<*e years, and then feeling for it, and praying iof it, apd comforting and en couraging it ' w-ty, letters of almost, apostolic fervor, until '‘entered into rest,” on the eve of the nativtef, 1362. Ujjs remains were laid under the attar at wbteb Jjp had so faithfully served, to await the Ke#tfWotjon. Dr. Ford was smqqsynfo.4 by the Rev. William H. iGlarke, the pxpemt Raptor of the parieb. The first Convention of bhe Ptocese of Georgia was bald iff St. Paul’s Church, January 27th, 182$. Tlte First aud Second General Oouuoil* at tbe Protestant Episcopal Church, iu the Confederate States, met iu the same tfip one in November, 1862, aud the other iu November, 1865. A cenotaph ou ten yjiM of the chnrch bears this inscription ; In memory of the Right Eev’d POLK, D.D., Bishop Southwest, First Bishop pi Louisiana, and Lieut. Gen. in the Army of the CONFEDERATE STATES. Born, Awri) 10, 1806. Fell at Pine Mountain, Ga., June 14, 1864. “Behold, my witness is in Heaven, and my record is on high. ” —Job xvi. Ip. The warrior-Bishop sleeps in a grave behind the church, and ou his tomb is this inscription: LEONIDAS POLK, First Bishop of LOUISIANA. Born, April to, J£Q6. Died, June 14, lfiei. “He tried to do his ditty.” The church yard continued to be used as a place ol burial for the oity until the new cemetery vas opened, some forty years ago. Iu except!cases it has sawetisjo® been used, of late years, for toe sju&e purpose The ve*ier(iA>[o stands in a shady grove, a memorial qf the worship offered by the origin#! sat&eps of Au gusta to the Triune God; and a re- * minder to travelers entering the oitf by i rail from the North, and to the meu oc cupied in buying, selling and getting gsis by handling the great staple of the fftote tdGeorgia that the journey of life should of all other journeys, and the Kingdom of Heaven tteyor I**i® those wfio pursue it humbly ana AariteSt iy in the name and by the help of Christ. Where Information A Vox! Them Caa Be E’ooad. [Qaine still* Eagle.] The Chronicle and Constitctioii- AL’sr “asks a favor whioh we have not the sublime virtue to grant—a favor re served only" for the daring journalists who would reopen ancient sores, re kindle the fires of strife and reanimate antagonisms that fed the seething caul dron of 1888-70. Life is too short for us to undertake the herculean task of chronicling the lists of Democrats who “crooked the pregnant bingas” at BnJ lock's official udder, and have sine, wormed and warmed themselves into fat E laces—their name is legion, bnt as thej ave repented and are now atoning by virtuous lives and loud Democrats deeds, it is best to “let the dead past bury its dead,” aDd make the most of the ‘Airing present” and the great fn tare. If any doughty knight of th quill is curious and enterprising, he can find much of the information our con temporary so much desire, by nosing the archives of the Executive office. Mildness conquers—and hence it is that the gentle yet positive influence of Dr. Bolt’s Baby Syrup overcomes so qniokly the disorders of babyhood. Price, 25 cents. COUSIN SAI.LV oillabu OUTDONE. [Greensbiro (A. C.) Patriot ] The venire being impaneled, and the jury solemnly charged by the clerk, the Commonwealth’s attorney called in sup port of the indictment the witness Buck Bryant, who, being solemnly sworn the truth to tell, testified as follows; Questioned by the Commonwealth’s attorney: Tell all yon know about the catting of the proeecutor by Cassadav, tbe prisoner at the bar. Answer: “Well, gentlemen, it was election day—’twas a dark, clondy, wet sort of a drizzly day, and says I to my old woman I believe, I’ll go down to Binggold and ’posit my vote ; and says my old woman to me, Back, as it is a sort of dark, olondy, wet sort of i drizzly sort of a day, says she, hadn’t you better take your um bril ? Bays I to tbe old woman, I speot I had better take my ambril, and when I got down thar, Mr. Cole corned and says he, Uncle Back, have yon seed any thing of old neighbor Harris ? Bays I Ao Mr, Cole, for why? Says he, he’s |got my umbril. [The witness was here interrupted by the Court, aud told to confine himself to tbe actual fray be tween the prisoner and Cole, the prose cutor], in answer to which the witness remarked in a tone of indignant remon strance : “Well, now, Mr. Judge, yon hold on, for I am sworn to tell the troth, l and I’m agwine to tell it my own way, so ’taint worth while for yon to say noth ing more about it.” Whereupon the Court and Commonwealth’s attorney, being anxions to get rid of tbe witness on any terms, told him to go on and tell the tale in his own way. “Well, as I !was going to say, ’twas on ’election day, Buchanan and Fillmo’ was runnin’ for the Legislator’, and says my old woman to me, says she, Buck, as it’s a sort of a dark, cloudy, rainy, damp, drizzly sort of a day, hadn’t you batter take your umbril ? says she ; says I to my old wo man, says I, I ’spect I had better take my umbril ; so I took my umbril and advanced on towards Ringgold till I ’rived thar. Well, the first thing I did when I got thar was to take a drink of Buchanan whisky, which was monstrous good, and says I to myself, says I, old hoss, yon feel better, don’t you ? And while I was advancing around, Mr. Cole, he oome to me, and says he, Uncle Fuck, says he, have you seen anything of our neighbor Harris ? Says I, for why ? Bays he, the old cock’s got my umbril. After a while I ’posited my vote, and then Mr. Cole and me advanced on to ward home, and Mr. Cole was tighter than I ever seed him. “And so we advanced along till we got to whar tbe road aud path forked, and Mr. Cole and me tuck the path, as any other gentlemen would, and after advancing a while we arrived to old neighbor Harris, a settin’ on a log with the umbril under his arm, and ’bout that time Elijah Oassaday (the prisoner) corned up, and we advanced till we ar rived at Elijah’s house. Elijah is my neffew, and likewise my son-in-law; he married my darter Jane, which is next to my dear Sally. Arter we had ad vanced to Elijah’s house, we stood in the yayd a while a jawin’, and presently two somebody's rid np on a hoss, which was Johnston before and Whitfield Oas sady behind. Whitfield and Kiah Cas sady being the same. Elijah and Kiah is brothers, both born in the nat’ral ygy, like anybody else’s brothers; no ggjK Retypes ’em, and both of 'em is SRoqt t(m game ftge, especially Kiah, which are the youngest. Kiah was drunk, and he and Mr. Gqle got to ppssin one an other about politic, and I advanced in the house whar was Elijah’s wife, whioh is my darter Jane which i next to my darter Sally, Well, after jawin awhile with 'gm, my littlp neflew’says he to me, Uncle Bftek, let ! s go home; says I, good pep, §o we pegged cm together, and I heard somebpdy 9 PSUm 1 me, bnt I never tentioned ’em, nor advanced back; well, got home and was eaten’ my sapper, and Elijah, which is my son-in-law, and mar ried my darter Sally, arrived; and says he tp mp; TJnole Ifopk, says he, I’ve kill ed a man. Bays I, the hjjll yofl have; and this is all I know about the stab bing, because I wan’t thar.” Don Piatt Takes Old Slttlo* Bull’s Picture. Don Piatt, to ]aaf Sunday’s Capital, tries his hand as an artist' on Morton, with the following result: God might make a worse man than O. F. Morton—but be never did. The combination of soyoophanar, sin and demagogueism has never been equalled, and cannot be surpassed. He began life a Demoo.at, and all that he says of that organization is the only sort of Democrat he developed. He joined the fcfyty.,f progressive humani tarian ideas When that party showed it self to be In tpe ascendant, and his be lief in human progress is measured by majority ea at (lip ballql bo j. ge has no faith in God, inpn no? f 1 ? 8 ability enough to know, but not prido euough to despise himself. He is one those 7 monstrosities prefttpd at long in tervals, for some unknown purpose, that BOPS about torturing humanity. A few Uiuio demons of that soyt would make the beman ratio, like the devil possessed swine, rush down steep places and perish tltrough general suicide. Nature put a warning mark upon his countenance. Looking upon it, scien tists arc pitied with the fear that, coming from the monkey, we might yet, with all our brain, return po tfie brute. His jaw is that of a bull aog ; pis mouth roomie th e so nipt ft red Bkpyf of the Greeks when tbs PSgC F _of tho goat was made human, bis POSC i s a muzzle, while his eyes have the treacher ous glare of a beast of prey. He is one no woman can love, no man can trust, no obild can reverenoe. His associates are thieves, his friends ayp demagogues, his political support, aio pjsgjfo^. r ' He is syeopbapt and a sith:5 ith : out being weak. He has a bwn 9* unusual power, that without culture is put to the meanest uses. Possessed of the highest courage, he intrigues with the skill of a coward. When Grant was in‘po>% Lo fewned like a spaniel and flattered lute’ a Couriiw. And now that a gentleman oCi/upi6s tfife (executive Mansion and holds the patronage upon Which Morton lives, he bnlliCs Und whinep by te t nß . ’ '. any jresufi woujd Reconcile one to tbe npffiob* confidence of (tie people in tbp' ballot, by the counting ifa of a Presidential' cpndi.diffo defeated at the polls, it is to kßv Bp dl~?pipabj# a d ema ' gogue as O. P. Morton discouoeitod and grieved by bis own acts, it is a retri bution that shows that the laws of God cannot be violated with impunity. ItHif Tf the Aucl,on * [From the Virginia Chronicle^ This morning, at an auotion sale on G street, a lot of worn-out household fur niture wzs nnder the hammer, when a Chinamau, “wiia b#4 carefully watching operations for sosae time, pnt in a bid of “twobittee” for an old dilap idated washstand. “Two bits—do I hear the three?” shouted the auctioneer. There was a long pause, broken at last by the Chinaman bidding again. ‘ ‘Tfir.ep hitteo-” Tbe crowq laughed toe fjekstial for raising his own bid, and the auctioneer, taking in the situation, saug out: “Three bittee—do I hear the four ?” and looked over at John. There was another long pause, but at last “Fo’ bittee” came from the China man, and a roar of laughter went up, in whioh a number of old women joined so heartily as to slpost shake their false teeth out.' ftijl tW auiUppapr hejd on to the washstand, aha the 1 ‘Chinaman, determined to secure it, bid five, six, seven, eight “bittee” successively, and it was naailg passed over to him for a dol lar. He receive* ft with a smile of awful dimensions, remarking, “Me kefohee washstand, ’yhu bettee—heip cheflp-ee.”' ' 11 ' *'' '* Alt AwM-b-w* JPrl tme ip Mr. Jesse Root Grant writes from London to a friend in this country : Of oonrse yon have seen in the papers the gratifying manner father has been reoeived in England. It ia rather a nice bob. iy Fad about, bat when you have to go out'every e> eojn" to a dinner at some Dukh’s or Jjarl/s,-anq every after noon at some Lord’s, it gets to be whkt’ you call a bore. When One trav els he wpis y* the country, and study the ©angers tnd uri,ito gf the middle class**, and not the fosaionapie, whioh it the asms sU tfc# world over. * * * It is rather amusing tfce way I am treatedhere. - They consider me a Prince, and at all the dinner parties I sit ahead of all the noblemen; and the waiters say, “Will his Excellency have some fish ?” etc., and once I started to to "pryfr to some old fellow near me, who dfd not ty*a/t mp. and the wait er gave hj#i ajpanoh, tpferrapbng mm in some conversation, and tolfl him that "His Excellency” was spotting. I have had to make several speeches at ui*C7' entbsiwfeta have had, generally, a miserable tigifi. It seems very strange that there shonld be each general complaint heard everywhere as |o the harshness of the times end the scarcity of money—gold, silver or one remembers that about the jfirat of every month Generals P. T. Emauregard and Jabal Early, as the comfi&issi oners of the Lou isiana State Lottery Company, give away hundreds of ffiionsanda of dollars. Write to M. A. Da*)hin, Box flSfl, New Orleans, La. 1 jyll-tuiwe Fnlton county paßdnoes three times as much fruit as it jpd five years ego. friocs xa/ufe yery fm. THE OLD KING. Report,, ol tbe UeudiUoß of the Growing Crop of Lolloo—Herln’i, trout Diflercal Sectimo. Norfolk, July 9.--The Cotton Ex change reports the condition of the cot ton crop as follows : Forty-five replies from 31 counties in North Carolina and Virginia, with an average date of June 30, have been received. Five report the weather more favorable than last year; 4 about the same, and 36 less favorable; 2 report increase on lands planted; 18 about the same; 27 a decrease of 10 to 20 per cent; 13 say the stands are good, and forming very well, but few blooms; 32 not very good, and not forming very well, and no blooms. The condition of the crop is reported by 17 to be good, but about ten days tc two weeks later thau last year; 25 not so good, and .about two weeks later. The damage done by lice and grass is very general. Savannah—Report of the Exchange of the crop of cotton in Georgia—97 re plies from 59 counties. Tbe weather has been generally favorable since the report last month. The dry spell in May was succeeded by abundant rains. The stands are good and the plant form ing well but not blooming to any great extent, being universally reported two weeks later than last year at this time. The condition of the crop is good fhongh backward, well cultivated and promising. There are some few but un important complaints of cut worms and lice. The least favorable reports are from Southwestern Georgia, but we consider these as counterbalanced by those from the upper and middle sec- tions of the State. Florida—Thirty four replies from 15 counties. The weather has been gener ally dry but favorable. The stands are somewhat irregular and the plant about 2 weeks later, bat the general condition compares favorably with last year at this time. There are some few reports of the caterpillars, but as yet no damage sustained. New Orleans, July 9—Cotton Ex change crop report for June—Louisia na, 59 answers have been received from 27 parishes, average date, June 39, all reporting the weather during the month as good and much more favorable to tbe plant than the same time last year. Since the last report there has been no increase or decrease iu the quantity of lauds planted iu cotton. Stands are represented good. The plant is geuer allv forming aud blooming well in its present condition, aud much better thau last year. In some section of Rapides and St. Landrey parishes caterpillars have put in an appearance but no damage is reported. Mississippi Seventy nine reports from 33 counties, dated from June 27 to July 5. The character of the weather has been generally more favorable than last year. There has been no material change in the acreage. The stands are generally reported good and plants forming well, but few blooms as yet.— The condition is good, though the plants are from 8 to 10 days backward com pared with last year. Arkansas—Forty-six replies from 27 counties. The weather has been less fa vorable than the same time last year. There is much complaint of too much ain, causing a light decrease of say one per cent, in the acreage as last reported. Tbe stands are, however, represented as good, but the preseut condition does not compare favorably with the last, the plant being small and backward by ten days and the fields grassy. Nashville, June 9.—The report of the Nashville department of the Nation al Cotton Exchange has 31 answers from Middle Tennessee—2l report too much rain the first part of the month, but dry daring the last of the month. 10 report too much rain, 12 report the weather more favorable thau last year, 15 less, and 4 the same as last year. IQ report a decrease of 20 per Gent, of lands plant ed, 14 the flame as last year, and one au increase of ten per cent. 27 report the stands good and 4 the stands poor. 17 report the crop of the section in good condition, and 13 in poor condition. 31 answers have been received from 11 counties in Alabama; 5 report too much rain, 9 dry, 9 favorable, 8 the first of the month rains and the second part dry, 10 report planting over, 8 the same amount as last year, fi a decrease and 7 an increase; §6 report flip stand good, 5 prior, 10 report the present eonditiou good and free of grass, 9 grass and 15 backward. Labor is more easily con trolled than last year and laborers are more industrious. WHERE IS EUROPE? Editors Chronicle and Constitutionalist: The present Eastern crisis, which is pregnant of a general European confla gration, gives a striking illustration to the sententious exclamation of n Eng lish diplomatist, 3 few years ago : "11 n’y a plus V Europe 'indeed, there is no more a Europe, be cause there is flo piqro a Fi'an® 6 ! aud it ia only just to add that if there is no more a FvRU Re —Cfesta Dei per Evan- Cqs f —tbe fault is Fra go's itself, or, at least, that of the Second Empire, which, so foolishfo, was instrumental in de stroying those admirable treaties of 1815, nnder the shade of which Europe has enjoyed forty years of unexampled intellectual progress and material pros perity. First came the unjust aggression of Napoleon 111. against the most honest and most useful uation, after France, in Enfope, Austria, in tho name of the absufd an’d impfaQtfoahle principle of natjbna)[tie3, atn) fpr thp sage of V- ictor Emm&unel. This expedition, although attended with some military glory for the political adventurer who started it, was more disastrous for France aud Eu rope than any previons blunder or crime since the division of unfortunate Poland, a century ago, for it was the virtual outset and departure of that unprinci pled policy the only basis of which is tne'kPttflp of toj-cp consecrated by suc cess, The defeat of Austria at‘ Ma&euta aud Solferino was soon followed by the violent overthrow of tbe legitimate Powers throughout Italy, and culmi nated in the iniquitous invasion of the Papal dominions by the Piedmontese legions —six against one. Napoieoa ha7jng either encouraged or permitted these repeated encroachments on the'pdlilic rigfht bf Europe iti flagrant violation of the vital ibtfereHts of France, and, what 1 is worse, against the most sacreij' planks ui ' Ifomen conscience, it became ovidenV to alt Ifoipc} that (he only one t|ring hereafter re quires to spepeed', was p|uck supported By brutal force, ’&t t|;a service uf any scheme, even tho most criminal. Why? Europe having allowed one of the essen tial provisions of its federal compact to be scraiCi?’ 1 ot by the sword, and the very keystone of its public status and right, the Holy See, to be brutally as stilted and despoiled, Hqw could he be expected to oppose tlie logical course of demolition begun at Magenta, MatflaiSj and continued at Oastelfidardo ? Aud Whp tyoqld qafe (9 franco ? But her Govern meat, in plo3e ponpeft with public opinion, had given the sig nal, by the Italian campaign. England? Had she not aided with her money (56,- 000,000) the so-called hero of the two worlds, Geribaldi, when at the head of a few thousand cosmopolitan rowdies this illustrious candottiere invaded the kingdom of ftaples with top septet 'pom plioity of 11 Re Galantuorpo f and that of the French Emperor ? The logical consequence soon follow ed : Russia (holy Russia, whom mil lions of gudgeons believe to be fighting the Turk from a pure and disinterested love of the Christians) gave the final blow to Catholic Poland, and consum mated the deviljab 4®fd Pf Catharine atid Jrrieiiricn, by tp,. wgcueside exter mination aqd compulsory couvetiion to the Greek orthodox eliuroh of these he roic Poles. Fas Victis And Europe contented herself with a platonic pro test of sympathy for the countrymen of Sobieski and E oscinzko ! At the same time, 'Austria hud Russia engaged in a futile Puarret with tihe oldest" monarchy in Europe, and poor little Denmark vainly' implored ts® MSisfanpe of prance and England against her powerful ag gressors, Franco and England remon strated with them through numberless, but inoffensive, diplomatic notes, and meanwhile, the dismemberment of Den mark became an accomplished fact. Two years later, the two thieves of ouarrelled about the spoils, and Count f Bismara, to his motto ; Forte. ovehnMe* \ l the ‘ right, was allowed to crush the military power of Austria, at Sadowa, while the succes sor of Oavour soiled this long waited for opportunity 1 qf ntaking a gtep toward Italian unity, for t]ie exclusive profit Of the goose of Savoy, The in action and apparent complicity of France at this oritioal period, was a wonder for all; bnt it should be recollected, first, that Napoleon 111 was bound by his dearest “ principle of nationalities second, that this imperial maniac was ■Seotefi ¥*! Austrcp^pbia; tnird, as as a Softool uoj io whom his master would promise a slice of the ' nuton if he keeps quiet, the French Em f“~ j, ex pec tea f7CZ victorious Prussia Rhemish provinces, as a reward for benevolent neutrality, which alone enabled ' Bismarck" to play pis game sncoessfnly. 1870, came and partly from an interested complicity with Prussia (as was the ease of Rus sia), partly from an undecided policy (Austria); partly from fear of being, dis turbed in her indnstrikl pursuits (Eng land), Europe witnessed impossibly the humiliation and dismemberment of the once leading nation in Europe, which was then cruelly expiating the sin of having upset the public right of tne civilized world. From that moment, the little that still remained of Europe, in a moral and political sense, vanished entirely. There was no more a France to interfere for the weak against the strong, and consequently there was no more Europe. The English people, with their traditional patriotism and pride, were not long in perceiving the fatal course panned by the “ School of Manchester ” by not interfering in time between the belligerents, that ia, after Sedan, and a formal condemnation of Mr. Gladstone’s foreign policy issued from the general election of 1874.. But, so far, and with due consideration fer the energetic policy followed by Earl Beaconsfield, the ohange of administra tion has been of little avail to John Ball, who can no more rely on five or Bix hun dred thousand Gallic cocks to help his powerful fleets against the Muscovite Bear, as he did twenty-three years ago The British Cabinet seeks an al liance with Austria, who, besides be ing deeply interested in the present struggle, is the only Power in Europe to assist Great Britain on land, since France has been incapacitated. But Austria, although likely to take soon an active part in the contest, dreads, and justly too, a counter-intervention from Prussia, who is awaiting only a pretext to complete the German hegemony, or Panyermanism, by stealing from her the archduchy of Austria, properly said, as she stole Alsace and Lorraine from France, seven years ago. Had a power ful France been still on the watch, her close alliance with England, and more especially with Austriafwho, geographi cally, was the bulwark of Enrope against any Eastern conqueror—either Tnrk or Muscovite) —would have sufficed to pro tect Europe against the ambitious de signs of the Czar, hypocritically masked under the veil of Christianity. To that, shameful to say, the safe guard of the old world against Russian despotism, which might Boon transform itself into cosmoeratism, resides, so far, in the indomitable energy and hero ism [of those so-called barbarian. — Turks, far more tolerant and human, at the present time, than the pious crusad ers who, taking advantage of the bewil derment and lethargy of Europe, are en gaged in a criminal attempt to beat to deatb the sick man, in order to rob him oi his spoils—namely, Constantinople.— However dark are the prospects, just now, we strongly hope that the issue of the present confliet will be the baffling of militarism, represented by Russia aud Germany, and the reconstruction of Europe on a solid and equitable basis, a sine qua non condition of the moral aud material welfare of mankind at large. Gallioos. LETTER FROM THE GATE CITY. The Conventiou—That Big Fee, [ Correspondence Chronicle and Constitutionalist . ] Atlanta, Ga., July 10,1876.—Already our streets and hotels make known the fact that the Constitutional Convention will soon be held here. Quite a number of delegates are already in the city, while applicants for the offices are nu merous. The Convention did not reoeive a very large vote, but the material selected to compose it is good. The members are from all ranks and professions, and will not be influenced by the peculiar feel ings of any one. Their edHoatiou aud pursuits have led them to a full under standing of the value of civil, religious and political liberty, aud the constant exercise of their faculties will doubtless make them fearless of declaring their opinions. Among the delegates are those not only rich in the gifts of ge nius and the virtues of patriots, but who are able to support their opinions with eloquence, and enforce their rea soning with the charms of most finished composition. I see no evidenoe that there will be any bitter feeling in tbe Convention. There will doubtless spring up some lit tle jealousy, yet it will work no harm; true, men can meet in the storm, and be brought into strife by the elements, but the bow of peaoe will soon be seen in the heavens, and the oalou sunshine follows. The members should, and doubtless will, take time and exercise judgment in drafting a Constitution that will suit the times, one robbed of all doubtful mean ing; containing no technical learning whose intrioacies will be as difficult to trace as were the mazes of the Cretan labyrinth. In fact so much confidence have lin the delegates selected, that a Constitution is already predicted which will secure the rights of all, which will insure the honor aiid prosperity of Geor gia; regard the interest of every section; adjust all jarring claims, and reconcile all discordant feelings. The Bis Fee. The settlement of this claim received but a very slight inspection. Justice to the tax-paying people of this State de manded that “bottom facts” should have been brought to light jn t|te mat ter. I know that some journals in the State object to dig down to '‘bottom facts” for fear of damaging party, while others prefer Bfit to find fault with au official who has patronage to dispense, The truth is, the press of the State should have demanded a full statement of the collection of the claim, aud of tho payment of the fee. Various journals tell us that the peo ple desire to hoar from their Governor at church meetings, at agricultural gath erings, at military reviews, &c. Iu re sponse to their wishes he meets them and expresses himself. Yet when oalled upon to give a reason why a very large sum of the people’s money is paid out, ah ! official dignitj must be preserved; Ppftent %*Si Here are some bottom facts in regard to this fee, or rumor is at fault. The report is, that before paying the fee the Governor was notified to reserve from it some $2,000 for the State for which work w ts to be done. It is rumored that testimony can be easily procured to show the condition of Col. Baugh, both bodily as well as men tally, when sftUffii lelatif® to the fee. It is rumored that Governor Smith lias in his possession a letter from Mr. Grigsby, his old record clerk, which shows beyond a doubt whether the “agreement” was ou file or not, and who had it preserved and brought it to light. Why do not the journals of the State call for tbe pqbjicktion of t|iis fottpr; why not qemdn&' iu tk e ‘b a^ e o| the people a full explanation % Iu settling t|ie fee tjiey wialj tp know what evidence was fqruishef] <ss tp work dope to pato it; am] ftftu thing like au itemized acpoqnt rendered ? Some say that the claim was collect ed, and it was just to have the agree ment as to the fee carried out. Ex- Governor Smith, says there was no agreement as to this large amount. He argues that the records do not show it. But admit that they did, if the fee ” exorbitant for the work performed, if tte screemqt ws*! tfoiwri to to® state, would the Governor iwye been uimer dollgation to carry it out % Did Governor Smith cqrry ppt flll agree ments fifiteyed ihto WF fred®Beaß°r; did Governor Brown, Cobb aud Towns r and did the Governors revoke any paper issued by Governor Smith, making other gentlemen parties a There is no reason that any informa tion concerning the fee should he with held from the GATE CITY GOSSIP. Gathering of the Clang—Struggle for Secre taryship of the Convention—A Big Slide. l From our Special Correspondent.] Atlanta, July 10.—The Convention is well nigh upon us and Ay'&uis seemd’to be awakening to tne (afct. 1 "Thl streets anq tsarbstbnej ate bedecked with groups of delegates, who #P@ arriving by every train. The hotel corridors are commencing to show evidences of po litical embroidery, as tho law makers throw out tbeir subtle webs and the irre pressible office seeker spins his insinuat ing gossamer. But the office seeker is an institution and could not ba well done away with in tbjs eyu'Oi (Jbnxe'utions. His presence is exhilarating, his activity seems to infuse the crowds and permeate the multitude, his hand ia upon every man and hia faoe beams with earnest ness and expectation. He is as übiquit ous as he is importnnate and will assur edly be classed by future scientists as a sort oi political fungus as numerous as it is curious. For assuredly to the geologists of the post Adamic age will the inevitable button bole ridge in the index finger bone that “Oofs, lived and died'-’ theri existed ih agfes past this ex traordinary product 61 civilisation. The talk is now chiefly fqr Secretary of the Cunventiuh, the many friends of the different parties being busily at work. All of the organic changes are jnat now engalfed in this one topic; not a word being uttered of the capital, homestead or other matters. But little is said of the Presidency, the opinion prevailing that ex-Governor Jenkins will b elected if he Hl® Ah ExcHrsiaa Goes down the road this morning to witness Professor Willingham’s slide down the steep side of Stone Mountain. If the Professor gets up again, and were to hear no insinuations to the contrary, a barbecue wi*} be spread hd a general good rime enjoyed/ Colonel Ed- Par cell apoompksfe® tfip party agd will as sist t the <* cue,” The Colon® 1 , l * be recollected, ouee acted as commodore of the Oconee fleet, after the burning of the bridge in March, 1876. It was of these days that the histo rians of the Oconee Valley ring when they chant of the gallant Commodore swimming the raging stream with the fiat ropes between his teeth, like Gnlh vor of old. And though the Colonel is billed for no part in to-day’s perform ances, it may be taken as a tact that no one, not even the rash Willingham him- sell, '“knows the ropes” better thfcn be. It was “Big John,” we believe, who fain would olimb to the summit of the Rocky Mount and roll down stones upon all humanity, but how ineffably better, both for pleasure and protection is, Willing ham’s feat. If he falls, why a wreck of limbs and crash of skulls will ensue, and a lecture probably on “Just Hem pen” would follow; if he succeeds he will make a good thing pecuniarily of his “cue” and add himself to the multi tude of heroes, whose fame penetrates even abysmal depths, and whose reputa tions are founded upon granite indeed. LIQUOR DEALERS VS. TAX COLLECTOR. Decision or Judge Tompkins. The Savannah News, of yesterday, g&js: We have already given a review of the main features in the bill filed by Paul Decker and others for injunction against J. J. McGowan, Esq., Tax Collector of Chatham county, restraining him in the collection of certain specific taxes from the complainants, who are liquor dealers, and it is unnecessary to men tion them again. The case was argued in the Superior Court on Saturday, and Judge Tompkins reserved his decision until yesterday, when he rendered it as follows; Decision. Paul Decker, etal., complainants, and James J. McGowan, Tax Collector, de fendant. Injunction in Chatham Su . perior Court. This bill is filed by Paul Decker and one hundred and eighty others of the city of Savannah, as complainants, to enjoin the collection of certain liquor license taxes alleged by the defendant to be duo under the laws of 19th February, 1876, and 27th February, 1877. The bill states that each of the com plainants is “a merchant and dealer in malt, vinous and spirituous liquors and in intoxicating bitters and other articles of like character.” The main allegations are that the laws of Georgia, from the act of 24th of December, 1791, to the present time, invest the city of Savan nah with the sole power to grant li censes’to sell malt, vinous or spirituous liquors within its jurisdiction. This is conceded, and that the city tax for that purpose is $125. It is further contend ed that this tax being paid by complain ants, no other tax or license can be levied or assessed upon those engaged in the business of selling liquors, or upon those dealing in intoxicating bit ters, etc. The tax of 825 upon those selling bit ters, etc., for the year 1876, was sus pended on the 9th of June, 1876, until the meeting of the next General Assem bly. At the next meeting of the General Assembly no action was taken relative to this tax or its suspension. If it is a lawful tax it became collectable so soon as the order of suspension had ceased to operate. The defendant is seeking to collect the $25 due for this suspended tax of 1876, and SSO for the taxes declared and set forth in sections 16 and 17 of tho tax act of 1877 above referred to. The fact that the city of Savannah has the right to levy and collect a license tax for the sale of liquors iu the city limits has not, I conceive, anything to do with the case. The city might fix such tax at SI,OOO, and yet the State would have the power to assess an additional amount in its general tax laws. If there were any doubt about this the proviso to section 16 of the said act of 1877 would put it at rest. The other question is, can a person be assessed for being a liquor dealer under section 17 of the act of 1877, and section —of the act of 1877, and be al so made to pay an nddit.onal impost for dealing in intoxicating bitters, etc.? If one is alone a liquor dealer, in the com mon acceptation of the term, he can be made to pay. If one is alone a dealer in intoxicating bitters, etc., he can be made to pay. If one chooses to carry on both occupations in the same place, under the same roof, there seems no valid reason why he should not pay for both. Otherwise, if A. were a liquor dealer at one place, B. a bitter dealer at another place, and 0. both a liquor and bitters dealer at a third place, C. would be allowed to carry on the business of A. and 8., and yet pay only half the tax for the privileSe. Something was said in the argument, and, indeed, some intimation is con tained in the bill, that one who simply uses bitters as a means of flavoring the liquor he sells by retail should not be considered a dealer in intoxicating bit ters, etc. Of the corrections of this po sition, I am quite clear; the bill, how ever, makes no such case for. any one of the complainants, but, on the contrary, expressly alleges that they all are deal ers in liquors and bitters, eto. It is considered and ordered that the temporary injunction heretofore granted be set aside; that the injunction prayed for be refused, and that the complain ants pay all costs of this proceeding. July 9, 1877. Henry B Tompkins, Judge Superior Court Eastern Circuit. UNCLE JOHN’S GIANT. Home Hints About the Mauutfemeut of Circus Attractions. [Saturday Alight ] “He was tnost s),if-|(3B@ giant; I ever Jfnew," said “Unc-le Jobii'’ Robin son, us be sat among some of bis oronies in Jake Aug's club bouse the other night, telling about the “Polouaisean Hercules” that travelled with his circus a good many years ago. “He didn’t appear to take uo interest in his busi ness. A giant to be of any use to a show wants to be sociable-like with the folks that comes to see him. He mgst shake hands with ’em antf tfiU iu>w tall be is. anf} higti his mother and father stood, and all that sort of a thing, you know. lut he wouldn’t. He wouldn’t talk to nobody, and the more folks crowded around to look at him the crosser he got. He was a giant without a particle of love for his fellow-man.” “Held himself above them, I -flnp pose,” we put in. - “ ” "Well, yes: about ijeet above them', ‘i say. $e was a lunker— nearly tune feet bigtt. sjbrd 1 yfhat an appptife fte fld., flle got ywy lazy before {fee ftp aver, ana he wogld sew? Hh.wu to the cairns when he got ready- Sometimes he didn’t get along until just as the show was letting out, and the people would be mad about it, for when a giant is on the bills aud folks have paid to see him, they pato-. ally want to have him , )ar t 0 f th e time, at least; would-’j. yo u ?>• W® answered that under such circum stances nothing short gf bOvßa’ in- with POflid possibly have audited ps, “WeH, half au hour would have been enough with him, He was a surly beg gar, } oaa tell you. I felt like giving him an overhauling about it, but some how a man don’t like to get into ary words with a feller nine feet high. He turned into hard drinking, and finally got so that he staid W & 2 VW.dT'the af ternoon asleep I'm hia room, I, Oae day I wasn’t feeling first rate, and I oame down to the canvas in the afternoon to find that the ‘Polonaisean Hercules’ -that’s what we called him, although he was born in Pennsylvania— wasn’t on hand, as usua\. you, Rube !” says I fp, fypw panvasser, ‘where is that hlauk fjmh.t V ‘Asleep up to ujb'thyefri,’ -\ja3 th,e reply. ‘Well, I’ll sleep'hiw,’ fckVS I, ‘blink blank his blankety Wank to blank and blankna tion V’ So picking up a barrel stave I slatted for the tavern on a run. “You see I was mad, fori was carding him heavy and paying him fifty dollars a week and found—” “Drunk ?” we suggested. •‘That’s it,” said Uncle 4ohn, “found drunk more’p half the time. I was so mad that I forgot all about his size. I was only thinking of a man’s drawing a salary and not showing up. I rushed np to his room, and there he lay, fast asleep and nearly raising the roof with every snore.” “How big was the giant, Uncle John ?” “Nine feet, if he was an inch, and as ho lay on the bed two-thirds of him was on the floor. Bat, as I said beforp, f was so excited that I didn’t £fcipk any thing about hit proportions. Raising the stave } Draught it down on him with a thundering yrback, as I yelled, ‘You miserable, la*y, good-for-notking, drunk en blank giant to blank and gone, git np here in a minute, or I’ll pound your blank head off!” “He jumped up quicker’n any giant you ever saw. ‘Now make a double quiok for the canvas,’ says I, as I gave him another ringing slap Ikos jqh cfiuld have beard four away. With a howl Made "for the atreet and down toward the canvas on a rnn, I after him, fetching him a lick at every jump, and yelling, ‘Get drunk, shirk your work, will ye. Oh, I’ll give you a dance.’ You ought to’ve heard the people cheer when I brought my giant in. Ha w 33 just in time for the tipeetacular piece prepared‘e4P r^’@a v hi®, which he "called captured by the Philistines, audfhe took his plaoe in line meek as Mosea. Before that he had made a good deal of trouble in the piece, and onoe he nearly killed the whole Philistine army, instead of going along peaceably as a captive should. But we had no complaint to make about him after that; and when he the show to net himself *p i tt>a saloon business, I gave' him the highest sort of a recom mend, which, 1 understand, he bad framed and kept hanging in his place for visitors to see. I spoke particularly in it of bis sobriety, docility and strict attention to business. Ha ! ha ! 4 tell yoh, boys, you can't do anything with a giant until yon whale him once.” Uncle John’s story confirmed us in a previously formed determination never to have any giants in our employ. VECETINE Purifies the Blood, Renovates an a Invigorates the Whole System. ITS MEDICAL PROPERTIES ARE Alterative, Tonic, Solvent, and Dlu uretic. RELIABLE EVIDENCE. Mb. H. R. SteVenb : Dear Sir—l will most cheerful ly add my testimony to the great number yon have already receiv ed in favor of yonr great and good medicine, Veoetine, for I do not think enough can be said in its praise; for I was troubled over thirty years with that dread ful disease, Catarrh, aud had such bad combing spells that it would seem as though I never could breathe any more, and Veoetine has curod me; and I do .-feel to thank God all the time that there is so good a medicine as Veoetine, and I also think i t one of the best medicines for coughs, and weak, sinking feel ings at the stomach, and advise everybody to take the Veoetine, for 1 can assure them it is one of the best medicines that ever was. MRS. L. GORE, Cor. Magazine aud Walnut Sts., Cambridge, Mass. GIVES HEALTH, STRENGTH, AND APPETITE. My daughter has received great benetit from tbe use ot Veoe tine. Her declining health was a source of great anxiety to all of her friends. A few bottles of Veoetine restored her health, strength and appetite. N. H. TILDEN, Insurance and Real Estate Agent, No. 49 Sears Building, Boston, Mass. CANNOT BE EXCELLED. Charlestown, Mass. H, R. Stevens : Pear Sir —This is to certify that I'h&ve use.) your “Blood Prepa ration in my family for Beveral years, and liiink that, for Scrof ula or Cankerous Humors or Rheumatic Affections, it cannot be excelled; and, as a blood pu rifier or Spring medicine, it is tho best thing I have ever used, aud X have used almost everything. I caipcheeifully recon/mend it to auy one in need of such a medi cine. Yours, respectfully, MRS. A. A. DIN-MORE, No. 19 Russell street. RECOMMEND IT II E A It TIL Y. South Boston, Februaiy 7, 1877. Mr. Stevens Pear Sir—l have taken several bottles of your Veoetine, and am convinced it is a valuable remedy for Dyspepsia. Kidney Complaint and general debility of the sys tem. 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(!. 1 Piano Johision’St 8, C. 1 Organ.... S. I. 1 flag*.... •, Lexington Cos. S. 1 Organ Bel-Air, tia. 1 Organ Columbia, S. C. 1 Organ Social Circle, Ga. 1 Piano Waynesboro, 1 Organ suiqts x 8. C. 1 \ Or^an......harlv.vf. G. ' ‘ : rt " OJf tliQ itetera! war* made in DIRECT COMPETITION With NEW YORK and BOSTON HOUSES. TUK LARGEST STOCK, THE BEST MAKERS anil the LOWEST PRICES, At the AUGUSTA MUSIC ?g> Broad Btreet t 0, HOKUM & TO. Mosquito Nets. Lace and Gause Nets, Large Size, at low prices, ready for use and put up FREE OF CHARGE!. Crib Mosquito Nets. Bedstead Mosqußu Not Supporters. Ceiling t’iotv,reii. A New Supply Opened at JAH. G. BAILIE & BRO’S. (anion Mattings. Fancy, Red Check aud plain White. Fine Gouda at Low prices. Baskets. Traveling, Market, Hanging and Ladies’ Work. Baskets, in great va riety, Window Shades And Wall Papers and Borders, in every variety of Styles, opened. F*ney Crackers. lie . stock Opened This Week. Floor Oil Cloths, Lace Curtains, Cornices and Bands. Door Mats and Crumb Cloths, good, pretty and cheap, at James G. Bailie & Brother’s. jyi-tf JEWELL’S MILLS, ,}weHß> *■•> May Bth, 1877. WOO.L, WANT E D . WILL pay market value for WOOL, or exchange for Goods at lowest cash prices. WOOL carded for one-fourth toll or ten cents per pound. Whan shipping WOOL to us to be sold for cash, exchanged for goods, or carded into rolls, mark yo.ur name and address on tha buitdle, and Aot> to May field. Sheeting, Shirting, 4knaSwgs, Stripes, Cheoks. Opttov, Wool Kerseys, Jeans. Yam. Sitting and Sewing Thread on hand and tor salient large or small quantities, at lowest prices. D. A. JEWELL, maylo-w2m Proprietor. iir-Bsa-;. iL PPSSsP The mou (ke vorM. Bom ftZ taTto Vtlnefae* lu dtoai,Wr. It don (Uvorksfadowawn- Itekoiwdm Ml travel around Ohe well. Aager Is i .111-* and lowered Instantly. Vnrfeooftil vhm all other, toll. Wo labor for Man. Bead Cor aar M PACK BOOK, FBBg. Looms ap‘22-wfim* OKA 4 d%* a Weak to Agents. $lO Outfit Free. fpH O W* • P. O. VHJgfcy, Augusta, MatoeJ ocU-wiy New Advertlittemen “tt* . THE PIONEERS -GF THE- Low Price Cash System ! OFFER THIS WEEK : WHITE GOODS 11 BUCK GRENADINES 1 Come to the Store for Prices. M W. T. ANDERSON & CO. Grand Chance for the Ladies. UNRIVALLED BARGAINS NEXT WEEK AT CHRISTOPHER GRAY & CO’S. GREAT TUMBLE I > PRICES. We are going to offer on Monday ami duriug the week a splendid line of Colored and Black Dress Goods. Alpacas, Mohairs, Grenadines, Mousel aines, Tamises, &c'„ &c., 20 per cent, below old prices. A full line Notion?, Hosiery, Handkerchiefs and Ladies’ and Gents’ Underwear. We have a splendid lot of Mosquito Netting which we are closing out at less than cost of manufacture. An auction lot of Edgings and Insertings that heat the world. A splendid line of English, Scotch, French and American Oassimeres. Tweeds, totlonades aud Yacht Suitings. Fancy Uasstmere Pants Patterns. To meet the wants of the times we have made a grand reduction. Christopher Cray & Cos. ivi-tf OUR PRICES. w HITE SKIRTS—S Tucks at 60c. Muslin Skirts—9 Tucks at 65c. Muslin Skirts—s Tuoks aud Ruffles at 60c. Cambric Ruffle anal Tucked Skins at 66c. Muslin Side aud Straight Tuck Skirts at 85c. Cambric Ruffle and Tucked Skirls at 80c. l.adies’ Ruffled Night Gowns at 96c.. All the other styles of Garments at proportionate rateß—all new goods and well finished 5,000 Yards all Silk Ribbons at 6c. per yard. 1,000 Pairs Ladies’ White Hoe© at 0;c. per pair. 1,000 Pairs Ladies’ White Hose at Bc. per pa;r. 1,000 Pairs Ladies’ White Hose at 121 c. per pair. 600 Pairs Ladies’ Striped Hose at 20e. per pair. 100 Dozen all Linen Damask Towels at $2 25 a dozen. NOVELTIES IN BELTS AND FAN ( UAHS. The largest assortment of Pans in the city at reduced prices. 600 Pieces Hamburg Trimmings—new patterns. A full line of real Smyrna Laces and Sequin Buttons. Wenck’B Perfumeries aud Toilet Articles AT J. H. TRUMP’S, No. 22il Broad Street Augusta. Ga. j024-tf ® DOWN THEY CO AT THE 10GWA HEY GOODS STOHE A GREAT MANY GOODS NOT ALREADY REDUCED, I WILL REDUCE THIS Wpl K REGARDLESS OF COST. A RARE CHANCE IN BLACK GOODS. Black Tamise worth *1 to *1 25, will be sold at 65 and 750. Black Crape Cloth worth 750. to $1 will be sold at 60 to 660. A few more of those Grenadines left will be sold at a sacrifice to close. A few pieocs Black Silks will be offered at 26 per cent, less than value. These are first class goods, fresh aud in good order. Tho season is passing and they muet be sold. A great reduoiion in Table Linens, Napkins, Doylies, Towels. Bed Spreads, Oassimeres, Tweeds Cot tonades, Gents’ Shirts and Drawers, Ladies’ and Children’s Gauze Under;Vests. Ac., Ac ’ Notions an I Fancy Goods, Parasols, Fans, Corsets, Neckties, Bouckiim, Collars’ and Cuffs Lace Bibbs, Fischuos, WHITE GOODS. Victoria Lawns, Striped Muslins, Piques, Swiss Muslins, Lonsdale, Cambric, Mosquito Nets Mosquito Bars. ’ THESE GOODS MUST BE SOLD TO CLOSE. L,. RICHARDS, gOjMYROAD HT., AUGUSTA, OA., Nearly Opposite Central Hotel. The Slaughter Continues. 5,000 Pairs Ladies’ Shoes. 6,000 Pairs Misses’ Shoes. 5,000 Pairs Children’s Shoes. 400 Pairs Gents’ Boots. All of the above goods to be sold regardless of cost for CASH, at the Augusta Shoe House, 233 Broad Street, opposite the Masonic Hall. NO MONEY REFUNDED 1 JOSIAH MILLER, . fjvlO Proprietor. THE BARGAIN COUNTERS -AT- The Fredericksburg Store Will Be Continued This Week, And a great variety of Seasonable aud Desirable Goods (wh'xh We do not wish to carry over to next season) will be added. We still have a few Lace Points and Sacques, amongst which ate several very tine white ones; they will be offered VESI LOW. We also hare some One quality Black Grenadines and a piece Floren tine, a delightful Sommer fabric for those who wear black, aud which will be offered very much under value. We are also receiving many Staple and Seasonable Go4s, such as Gauze Flannels, Printed and Linen Lawns, Bleached I’ettons of the best brands, etc., etc., to which we invite attention THIS WEEK. V. RICHARDS & BFtO., jyß-tf CORNER BY THE PLANTERS’ HOTF.T. THE COMING WEEK. LOOK; OUT FOR THE 9 * NEW STORE. H W. LANDRAM. 268 BROAD STREET. Ct LOSING SALE of SUMMER GOODS of every kind, !and;t Prices that will beat Auc / tion Trash, so-called Bankrupt Stock and Tumbled aud Soiled Goods, which you have read eo much about the past few weeks. Come MONLDAY MOANING and ou, and you will find the NEW STOKE A PLEASANT PLAGE TO TKADE AT. All my old etock to be run of at PEICEB TO SATISFY THE PEOPLE. Lots of N?W AND DESIRABLE GOODS to be opened on TUESDAY. SPECIAL ! IT IS ITIB MADE WITH SUPERIOR Bitra Loos fiiiLCMo>M CLASPS! VERY BTYLIBH, and fine curved FKKFKiT FITTING ! SIDE STEELS AND THE MOST BEAUTIFULLY GOMFORTAB L M B R IR ® E CORSI/T M * sl Serviceable feraet EVER SOLO. XN THE MARKET. EVERY PAIR WARRANTED ! H. W. LANDRAM.