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WEDNESDAY, SKI'TEMREU 5, 1877.
VANITY.
The enn cornea up and the sun Roes down,
And dar and night are the name a* one :
The Year grows green and the year grown
"brown. . ,
And wtiat is it all. when all is done ?
Grains of sombre or shining sand,
Sliding into or out of the hand.
And men go down in ships to the seas,
And a hnndred ships are the same as one :
And backward and forward blows the breeze.
And what is it all. when all is done ?
Aide with never a shore in sight.
Betting steadily on to the night.
The fi her droppct'u hie net in the stream,
And a hnndred streams are the same as one,
Ami the maiden dreaneth her love-lit dream,
And what is it all. whan all is doner
The net of the timer the burden breaks.
And always dreaming the dreamer wakes.
Til KKK UIAFKIW.
Al.onuttay After Kingsley.
Three loafers went loading down into the town,
j town into the town, about half-past ten.
Each thought that a cocktail wonld go nicely
down,
lint all were vary demonetized men.
For men wont trust, and cocktails cost
cash.
And it is oft an adventure rash
To go up to the bar without money.
Three barkeepers stood behind their bars,
'three barkeepers, each with a diamond pin.
And they gave the three lo*frn three mild
And thr? pink cocktails of whisky or gin.
For loafer will drain the flowing cup
And bid the barkeeper hang it np,
When they ent-r th bar without money.
Three coat-tails went flying oat into the air,
Ont into the air, with three boots behind ;
The barkeepers are wading and lustily swear
That another time they’ll not be so blind.
For loafers will beat, if barkeepers trust,
And by and by the boss will be bast,
If bis bar takes in no money.
HriTJl’ll ON AN ENGINEER.
I Chicago Age of Steel.]
The following epitah is genuine:
lino lies in a horizontal position,
The rem%ina of
fje orge Washington Brown,
riteam Engineer,
Whose abilit>“ '‘ d "Kill were an honor
the craft.
ll,s lire was even; wSordine at the middle
cock;
Steam—Just right.
Every action was marked by the pressure
gauge. , , .
And limited by tlio safety-valve,
And so accurately was bis machinery regulated
By the governor.
He never met with an accident,
Until most mysteriously—’twasan unlucky day;
Boiler, engine and building, with mortals ten,
All went lip
Hi her than a kite!
Poor Brown, with nine others, departed this
life
By steam,
Aged 18, Cincinnati, 0.. April 14, 1871.
At the inquest,
The Coroner hold the deceased “a blameless
man.’
He was always true;
Twas the iron that was false ;
Providential —so it was to be.
Peace to his dust.
laiokinit at Ike Hriulil Side.
“Old man, I prithoe, tell mo why
Yon always wear a smile,
Though others oft look wan and sad,
How do you care beguile ?
Though doomed to caro and penury,
And bowing down with age,
Yet still light-hearted, 1 lithe and gay.
Yon troad life’H weary stago ?”
••I’ll toll the all, my youthful friend,”
The good old man replied,
"Whate’er may hap. I always look
Upon the brightest side.
O’er all the land, there’s not a man,
How hard soe or his lot,
lint, if ho will, can often find,
A bright and snutiy spot.
•T’ve lived and toiled for many a year
Beneath the Bummer sun,
And in the Winter cold and drear
My labor still went on ;
And ill that varied conrse of years
Did much of ill betide,
lint still I always strove to look
Upon the brightest side.
“When sickness came, and hours of pain
Dragged wearily along,
Aud mournings sad and mnrmnrings vain
Dropped from my foeblo tongue,
Kind hearts were there, aud kindly words
Fell softly on my oar.
Atnl loving ones wore always nigh,
My fainting heart to cheer.
“And throngli a long and wearied life
I’ve learned this lesson well—
That in this world of caro anil strife,
There’s more of good than ill;
And o’en in poverty and toil,
Peace will with us abide ;
Man may bo happy, if lie will
But see the brightest side.' 1
ICYKN.
Kiveot baby oyos,
That look around with such a grave snrprise,
What do you see ?
A strange new world, where simplest things
Engender wild imaginings
Ami fancios free ?
A resting place that is not home,
A paradise wherein to roam
For years may be ?
O placid, wondering baby eyes,
The mystery that in you lies
Oft puzzles me.
Clear, boyish eves.
Wlioso fearless glance unconsciously defies
Trouble and caro ;
When babyhood is past and gone,
What is it that yon gaze upon ?
A land most fair,
A ennnv shore with pleasure rife :
And that great, glorious gift of life
’Tis bliss to sliaro.
O happy, trustful, boyish eyes,
Let sages etivv, fools despise,
The faith you wear,
The anxious eyes
Of manhood, slowly piorciug oarth s disguise,
Discover—what ?
That life At best is quickly done,
That hopes fulfilled and wishes won
Are dearly got ;
That shadows eluasod m headlong haste,
And golden fruit he strove to taste,
Delight him not ;
O restless, doubting, troubled eyes.
To learn in sorrow to be wise
Is manhood’s lot.
Ditn, aged eyes,
Gazing across the wreck of broken ties,
What do they see ?
Behind—dead leaves that withered fall,
A fading wHderuoss where all
Is vanity ;
Before—to gladden weary sight.
A glimpse, a promise of the bright
Eternity.
O, dim and tearful aged eyes
If waiting till that dawn shall rise,
Blessed are yet.
—leisure Hours.
rOMiO IN BAO HKAI.TII.
U,, i„ KnriK "•> Nixiy Thousand Hollar* a
A ear.
I From the i.ondo,' World, August 15 ]
Master Fongo is a valuable animal.
Oorillara are not yet under the protec
tion of the Emancipation Society, and
when secured may be legally bought
and sold. lam told that Pongo was re
ceived as a douceur by a German savant
for medical assistance rendered, and
£2,000 was soon afterwards offered for
him by our Zoological Society. His
owner, however, patriotically decided
that to Berlin he should go, and there
he was much feted and eventually
ohauged hands at the lower price of
.Cl,ooo. It is said that he now earns
£4O to .€SO a day for his fortunate owner.
Taking the working days at 800, this
would represent at the lower figure a re
turn of €12,000 a year. Alas for taste !
Hideous Pongo is more productive thau
the graceful Zazel. But unfortunately the
medical men who have been consulted as
to the young gorilla’s health, report bad
tv oi" *t. and fear the effects of a North- ;
J— din ate. Fongo is only about three
vears old and it would be a misfortune :
if he were roomed to an early grave, j
Surelv SO vsiwable a life might be more i
cared" for. and Wth for decency and
warmth a suit of danuels is recom
mended-at least when out of doors
and a Winter at Cairo mighi lie bene
ficial. Coil liver oil has been suggest
ed, but Fongo dislikes physio. Iu fact,
this is one of the strongest proofs of
bis resemblance to children. Those
w ho saw him at a tea party iwn far
from Regent's Park came away less
Darwiuized than before. Fongo daps
his hands when he is pleased, but
otherwise is in no way suggestive of
Hie missing link. But then he is bnt
A baby," say bis admirers.
A i’fsml ispreoli.
A lady sends o the Woman's Journal
th* following speech, made by a negro
named Daffv-member of a hontherD
Legislature-in opposition to a proposed
tax on dogs : . , ...
Mr. Speaker : I arise to a point of dm
cussion, and to explain a few words of
kiuds of conversation to yon, a* has been
long mv desires to do, but has no oppor
tunitv presenting until this time of pres
ent, and which I conduct myself as a
gentleman ter both black and wmte. in
all this 'lection doings and speeching 1
have keeped my month shut, but when
■you talk about dogs, you cau count me
in—vt*. sah-has owned dogs-gotdogs
now—good dogs as ever treed a oogh •
and when vou remarks about killing
them fellers, you know you’re steppin
on mv toes, and you're bound to hear
m growl.. Whyfore should attacks be
instituted in this usefal friend of both
black and white? Which is the most
benefit to naan, a dog or something that
ain’t no account ? Sense is sense, and
dar ain’t no foolin' abont a dog. Come
at me far and square. Polities are one
thing and dog is another. Whenever
yon tax dogs, you’se breaking up in
fringements on sassengers, and you will
have to swallow your own resolution,
mind what I tell yon. And des more
more wool gatherin’ in de Governors
Message than they is dogs in the United
States. WhaT’s de use of dis infliction ?
No, sar,
FORTY YEARS AGO.
THE REMINISCENCES OF A CIDK
VANT CABHIBR.
A Hold Attempt to Hob the Batiks of Char
leston—The Adventure* of a Forrr, nod
Hi*. Mournful Eud.
[Journal of Commerce. [
Daring the latter part of the Winter
of 1837, when the banks of Charleston
•vere in a state of snspension of specie
payments, the rates of exchange for
drafts on the Northern cities ruled very
high. The banks of the city had nearly
exhausted all their funds on the North
a the redemption of their circulation;
and the demands being much greater
than they were able to supply, they
•agerly embraced every offer in the pur
chase of exchange on these points, in
order to keep up a supply for the ac
commodation of their customers. The
preference was given to drafts at sight,
which were immediately available for
their purpose; but great caution was
used in their purchases, as the condition
of commercial affairs was very preca
rious. It was at this time that there en
tered the President’s parlor of one of the
banks of the city, a man of about twen
ty five years of age, small in statuie, but
of prepossessing appearance and easy
manners, dressed neatly but plainly ;
indeed, whose tout ensemble was
that of a gentleman. Af*er in
troducing himself as Mr. Thomas
Thnstand to the President of the
bank, and being seated at the re
quest of the latter, l e said that the ob
ject of his calling was two-fold—to get
the money for a check for ten thousand
dollars, drawn by one of the Augusta
banks on the bank in which he then
was, and to offer to the bank a draft of
one of the New Orleans banks on a bank
in New York for fifteen thousand dol
lars. The President told him the draft
for 810,000 wonld be duly honored, pro
vided he should be first introduced by
someone in the city as
The Ferwn Named in the Draft,
And that the negotiation for the New
Orleans draft for B)f>,(XX) could remain
over until the first named draft was
paid. On his taking from his pocket
book the drafts mentioned, a letter, as
if by accident, fell on the floor, but no
doubt a part of his cunningly devised
pi in. “iiy-the-by, said he, I have here
a letter of introduction from A. B. &
Cos. (naming a prominent banking house
in New York) to Messrs. C. C. A Cos., of
this city; will an introduction by one of
this firm be satisfactory ?” Certainly
replied the President. He then left an
order to present his name to the firm
mentioned. Ja a short time he return
ed with Mr. 0,, wflo readily and cor
dially introduced him to the president.
The money was then paid him on the
draft for 810,000. which was
A Genuine One.
He then entered into negotiation for the
sale of the draft on New York for
Sir,,ooo, and at the rtquesfc of tho Presi
dent left it in his hands for an hour
for consultation with the directors of
tho bank. Tho President went to tho
J{ ink of Charleston aud carefully exam
jiif and one of the drafts of the bank in
New Oi‘’ean truui whie k Thustand had
purchased, M lie said, the nun offered
for sale, which, on comparison, proved
to be exactly alike; indeed, it afterward
appeared that the impression or draft in
black was geunine, and the filling up in
ink and the signature were forged; so
that Thustand must havo purloined the
blank draft from the bank and filled it
up. Satisfied by bis inquiries, the Pres
ident, on Thustand’s return to the bank,
purchased the draft from him at a high
premium. It was then near two o’clock
in tho day. The amount which the
teller paid hint on the two drafts was
828,000 in bills of the banks of the city,
unit’ he came prepared with 4 small green
truck to carry the money away. The
cashier, who was standing near, said to
to him, “You had better leave your
money in the bank for safe-keep
ing until Monday morning, as you
can do nothing with it this after
noon.” Ho replied that lie was in treaty
for ihe purchase of a lot of sea island
cotton, and if he concluded to pur
chase that afternoon it was necessary to
have the money, as liis cliack on the
bank, as a stranger, might not be taken.
All this seemed so plansibk that the
cashier acquiesced in the propriety,Jjis
taking the money with him. It after
wards appeared that, an a part of his
sharp practice, be did go round with
Mr. C. to several factors and sampled
their cotton under tho pretense of wish
ing to buy. The draft for §15,000 was
without delay sent on to New York for
collection by the cashier. In a few
days tho mail brought in return a notice
of
Prate*! f Non-Payment
Of lue draft on the ground of its being
a forgery—and about the same timo an
agent of the Augusta Bank arrived in
Oharleeton with tho information that
Thustand had passed a similar forged
check on that bank. On making dili
gent inquiry itwasfouud that lie had left
for .Savannah the day after receiving the
money for his draft; but whether by land
or by water could not be learned, there
were no railroads or telegraphs in those
days, and tho only way of arresting his
career was liy sending a message by the
most expeditious conveyance. So a fast
suiting pilot boat was chartered, which
soon directed its course to that city with
a favoring wind and a flowing sail, hav
ing the letter ou board to identify the,
forger. But ou hie arrival at Savannah
be found that Thustand had already
sailed for New York, and he returned to
Charleston without having accomplished
anything. Mr. Banks, already mention
ed as the messenger from Augusta, was
then employed as the joint agent of the
bauks that had been swiudle.l by this
sharper, to proceed at once to New York
and endeavor to reeo er the money, or
as much of it as he coutd. In the mean
time ouo of the directors of ihe bank iu
Charleston, who was then going to the
North, was intrusted with the papers,
and all the information necessary to
Arrest Ike Forger,
And, if possible, to recover the money.
He, however, failed iu his efforts to do
so,’and left th papers, with a full ac
count of the affair, with Messrs. Flem
ing, Mclntyre A Cos., of FliiiadaJpJiia, of
which firm Mr. Robarts was a partner,,
aud was cognizant of all the facte of !
the ic**f. A short time after the pa
pers had been left with Fleming, Mc-
Intyre & Cos., Mr. Robarts being in
Baltimore, happened by a singular
Chance to tie iu tti office of a
mouev broker, when there entered a
man, a stranger to them both, having
with him a package containing $28,000
in bills of the banks in Charleston.
These bills he proposed to exchange
with the broker .for Northern funds at
the current diseosub P a a P r * vate bint
from .Mr. Robarts, the folksy induced
the stronger to leave the bjUe sfii fx gim
for examination for an hour. 4s spon
as he had left the office Mr. Robarts
told (he broker that Ue had a strong
suspicion, amounting almost to oer
taintv, that this was the very money
paid to Thnstaud by the bank in Charles
ton, aud proposed to send for a police
officer and have the man arrested ou his
return to tho office ; and so sure was he
that his suspicious were correct he was
willing to make an affidavit to that effect
aud to become snrety to the magistrate
for the prosecution of the case. Ac
cordingly, fiU his return, ail things
being in readiness, be was arrested, aud
the money retained by Ike magistrate to
await the issue of the ease. The man
uot being able to give bail for his ap
pearance, was committei to prison, de
claring that he v> ;iot Thnstand, and
had no connection with hit* gud swear
ing vengeance against ail who wer con
cerned iii hh arrest, and that his name
was Charles Siuapsoo, M* - - Robarts im
mediately communicated by. hdter all
the facts' of the case to the bank in
| Charleston, On consultation it was de
termined by the bank in Charleston to
' send ac officer of the bank to
TliiiHiantl.
As this man was supposed to be. There
were only two of the officers of the bank
who coal'd identify him, the teller who
paid him the money, and the cashier
who witnessed the transaction. It not
being convenient for the cashier to leave
his pose at the time, the teller was depu
ted for the purpose. There being some
distrust of the nerve and presence of
mind of the teller, the than sheriff of
Charleston was engaged to accompany
kirn. Thev proceeded together to Bal
timore, and on their arrival found Simp
son as he called himself, sick in bed in
the’iail The teller was confronted with
him and declared that he recognized
hunt* Thustand, to whom he had paid
the money wu the forged draft, and made
an affidavit to thai effect. The case pro
gramed rapidly, and the fiH-oney was ad
judged to belong to the bank m ttVW
ton 7 and waa brought home by the tell
er. It appeared, however, by subse
quent developments, this man was
not the _ _
Simon fur* Tfaojua* Tbiwand.
Bat one of his confederates, to whom hfi
had transferred tfce money; and it was
by this fortunate mistake of the teller,
as to the identity of Simpson with Thns
tand, that the money was retained and
finally recovered by the bank. Bnt
“revenous a nos montons," to return to
Thustand and his pursuit by banks,
the joint agent of the two hacks. As it
was known that he sailed from Savan
nah to New York, Banks directed his
course to that city as speedily as pos
sible, where he arrived as soon as Thns
tand, and contrived to meet him at once.
Bv dint of threats and persuasion, he
obtained from him 85,000, being the
amount of one of the drafts belonging
to the Augusta bank. The bulk of the
money, it is supposed, he had transfer-
red to his confederate Simpson. After
the receipt of this snm, by Isome means
he escaped the vigilance of Banks and
took his way to Canada. Banks, des
pairing of tracking him successfully, re
turned to Augusta to report what be
bad done. Soon after his return to Au
gusta, he learned that Thnstand had
made his way to one of the towBS of
Kentucky; anil he immediately went
there in search of him. He arrived
at the town in the evening, and learn
ed that Thnstand was at the
theatre. Thither he repaired in a car
riage, hired for the purpose, resolved to
execute his arrest in his own way, with
out the aid of the law or a magistrate’s
warrant. Banks was a large, athletic
man, while Thustand was a small aDd
feeble person, below the medium size.
Arrived in front of the theatre he con
trived to have a message conveyed to
him, that a friend desired to speak with
him outside. Thnstand having no sus
picion, went out to the door of the car
riage, when he was seized by Banks,
who threw a large cloak around him,
and thrust him into the carriage. The
coachman, then, by preconcert, drove
rapidly toward Augusta. He arrived
there in due time with his prisoner,
without having met with any interrup
tions. He was forthwith tried, convict
ed of the forgery and sentenced to im
prisonment for a term of years. As soon
as the bank in Charleston heard of his
arrest and imprisonment, it obtained
from the Governor of South Carolina a
requisition to the Governor of Georgia,
and an order from the latter for his de
livery to the authorities of South Caro
lina as soon as his term of imprisonment
expired. To obtain this order the
cashier of the bank in Charleston visit
ed Thustand in the jail at Augusta to be
able to identify him. This he did with
out difficulty,' but found him much
emaciated by diseases, brought on by
his harrassing efforts to escape justice
and tho stings of an evil conscience.
Verily,
“Tbe Way of the Tran*re*or is Hard.”
His disease (consumption) continued
unabated, and, after being in prison for
some months, the physician of the jail
informed the Governor that unless re
leased, he would die there in a short
time. On this information the Govern
or determined to release him, and so ad
vised the authorities of Booth Carolina.
An officer of South Carolina was then
sent to Augusta, who received him on
the order of the Governor, brought him
to Charleston, and lodged him in prison
to await his trial for forgery. After his
confinement had oontinued but a short
time, with no improvement in his condi
tion, the physician gave him ten or
twelve anodyne powders, to be taken
one at a time daily, to alleviate his suf
ferings. Driven to despair by his appa
rently hopeless fate, he took all the pow
ders at once, and thus terminated his
mental and bodily sufferings in this
world.
CONTENTED WORKING PEOPLE.
A llaiipy Manufacturing Village—Haw La
bor nail Capital May Go Peacefully Hand
iu lluml,
\Baltimore Sun.]
The difficulties which exist at present
in regard to the employment of many
classes of workingmen in Baltimore for
wages sufficient to afford comfortable
support to them and their families, and
the controversies which exist between
the employers and employes in our
midst, make an interesting brief de
scription of the system pursued iu some
of pnr suburban factory villages, where
by such disagreement has been obviat
ed. The industry most noticeable in
this respect is
The Manufacture of Cotton,
Which Is extensively oarried on in the
outskirts of the city, at Woodberry, aud
Mount Washington, in Baltimore ooun
ty, and at Laurel, in Prince George’s
county. The largest of these are the
mills ol William E. Hooper & Sons, at
Woodberry, whmf) employ about 1,000
hands. Tho Drnid Cotton Mills of
Messrs. Gambrill, Sons & Go., and the
iron foundries of Messrs. Poole & Hunt,
located at the saiqe place, employ each
several hundred persons. Tl)e system
of all the cotton factories is similar, in
so far that the hands are eoloniged to
gether in the vicinity of the works, aud
that more or less facilities for comfort
are afforded by tho employers at as
small an expense to the operatives as
possible. 411 of the factories have erect
ed cottages, frhiph are rented to the
operatives.
At Woodberry, Messrs. WiUiam •
Hooper 4 Sons have two hundred and
fifty cottages, which are rented to fami
lies as nearly as possible at th e rate of
§1 a room per mouth.
The Cottage*
Are well built structures of stone or
brick, generally with two tenement
bouses adjoining, each having from four
to eight rooms, kitchens and cellars being
sach counted as rooms, and a small strip
of land surrounding them, which may
be used as a garden. Nearly all of these
yards are cultivated, and .corn, cabbage,
tomatoes and other vegetables are seen
growing in them. The houses are most
ly inhabited by separate families, each
member of which, working in the mills,
pays his or her pro rata of the rent,
which is deducted from fcfoe pay rolls.
Except this, the operatives provide from
their wages for their wants. The rela
tions between employers and employes
are of the best character, aud confidence
and mutual respect is encouraged.
Mr. dames E. Hooper, one of the three
sons of the head of the firm, resides in
Woodberry, and gives personal superin
tendence to all the operations. The pet
project o,f the firm,which was inaugurat
ed some yfiarg ago, is a hotel for unmar
ried women and girts employed in the
mills, which was built and ijtted pp at a
cost of about 835,000, and has au aver
age of about seventy-five boarders daily.
Only those are taken who are not able to
get to their homes at night from their
work. The workings of this institution
furnish a forcible illustration of the
small fioat at which comfortable snbsis
tange might obtained under fair and
judicious managojjfont. The board
charged is 82 50 a week, emJ the actual
cost to the proprietors is §0 a week for
each female operative, exclusive of in
terest on the investment. This, of course,
entails in their case a direct loss of
money to the proprietors, but the
Messrs, ifoope? s?y that they are in
directly compensate,'! Ifyf it in other
ways.
Before building the botei there was
much sickness among the girls, occa
sioned by sleeping in crowded apart
ments, and many were unable to do
goqA york or a fair proportion of it,
white aow theijr improved physical con
dition gi-ves a corre 4> good re
sult in the amount of work dqn#. The
hotel is a substantial wooden building
of five stories and a basement, and is
specially adapted to its use. This coat of
Three Dollar* a Week
To the pxcjp*lojU>YE jnoluded not only the
furnishing of mews <v.4 Judging, but of
washing and ironing—wincJfis a
large item iu the expenditure—salary of
the superintendent, Mrs. Helen Swee
ney, and the pay of all employes, coal,
gasoji.uo, eto. The hotel is heated
throughout by otegm and lighted by
gasoline jets in "e.vej-y apartment. The
lauudrv, wash rooms and drying loom
are supplied with machinery and the
kitchen with ranges, eta. The bakery is
separate and in charge of a male baker,
whose bread, rolls, etc., are fully equal
to the best made in Baltimore.
The hotel has several well-furnished
poriers. in one of them an organ, and in
one a parley Milliard table. There is
also a library and room. The
sleeping apartments are if by jffi and
by 14 feet, each to contain two inmates,
and or* with two beds, bureau and
waahstand. tjot, and cold water baths
are always ready, fcOipjtjl rooms,
at present unoccupied, are set aside ip
cose of siqkuess. Iu the fare the aim is
to furnish a sutseienoy uf
Ftrsl C'lau Food
At the lowest cost price. The articles
purchased for use include coffee, tea,
flour (all of the best quality), rice, fish,
butter, cheese, white sugar, spices,
crackers, apples, canned beef, fresh beef,
hams, bacon, cabbage, beans, potatoes,
mutton, sprouts, beef tongue, celery,
peaches, veal, liver, venison, lettuce,
eggs, peas, apple-butter, oysters in sea
son, Ac. Turkey is given twice a year, and
ice cream on specified occasions. Two
kinds of meat are served daily, and
dessert from two to three times a week.
The yhote arrangements are in perfect
order. Tho girls are healthy looking
and neatly dressed. parties of six are
formed at each table, generally of
friends. The total expenses from July,
1876, to January, 1877, were $5,693 10,
and from January, 1877, to July, 1877,
30.313 84, making a total tor the year of
$11,006 94.
Ti*£ hotel is a fair illustration of the
actual eosfai ijyhich meals and lodgings
oould be gotten where no direct profit
is expected from a hotel. The proprie
ty estimate the actual ” and” i
(mi tf Meal at Twelve and a Half
J#* •
Of the quality and variety given, and
are confident that an abundant meal of
plain food could be served lor ten cents
or less. Under the regulations of the
firm for over thirty years there bag never
been any threat of a strike in the pills.
The rule has been a fair day’s wages for
a fair day’s work. Girls earn from $lB
to S4O per month, and grown men from
$1 50 to $4 a day, according to age and
skill. No operative is ever discharged
unless for misconduct. .....
As an investment the houses built by
the firm for married men have not paid
in money interest on their cost, bnt the
establishment of a village of ordinary
families results in having the best class
of labor always at hand. Operatives
are encouraged as far as possible
TANARUS Purchase Their Own House*,
And many of them have done so. Ex
cept house rent the cost of living so
near the city to families varies but little
from what is paid in Baltimore. The
saving in house rent would be from
nine to twelve dollars for the same class
of houses. A building society is kept
up among the operatives and has been
of great benefit. There is also a saving
society, and some of the unmarried wo
men who have been economical in dress
have from 3500 to 8800 deposited. Un
der the kindly and fostering relations
between labor and capital established iu
Woodberry, the place has increased
from a few hundred inhabitants a few
years ago to a population of 6,000 per
sons.
THE NEW CONSTITUTION.
WHAT THE STATE PRESS SAYS
OF THE INSTRUMENT.
The Dent, Mo*t Comprehensive nnd Judicious
Fundamental Law Ever Presented.
[Macon Telegraph and Messenger ]
It will require time and study to anal
yze and properly interpret all of its pro
visions; bat from the previous journal
of daily proceedings, and a cursory
glance at the instrument as a whole,
with very few exceptions, we are prepar
ed to indorse the document, and con
sider it the best, most comprehensive
and judicious compendium of funda
mental law ever presented to this or any
other State in the Union. So greatly
do the wise and salutary provisions rank
and overbalance the defects, that it is
nor probable, outside of the railroad in
terests and certain personal influences,
that any very serious opposition can be
arrayed against its ratification by the
people. But it is too soon to prophesy,
and we can only add in conclusion that
we are satisfied that the Convention was
actuated by the purest patriotism in all
of its deliberations, and it is not proba
ble that its work could be bettered if
submitted to a dozen revisory bodies
elected by the people. Now, let ns push
on the Work of ratification, and sacrifice
all private and selfish aims upon the al
tar of our country.
A* Near Perfect a* it is Possible for tlie Work
of Men to Be.
[lneinton Southerner.]
We are satisfied our brethren of the
quill will be as unanimous for its adop
tion as they were for the holding of a
Convention. As this paper has been
quoted as an opponent of the Conven
tion because we took occasion in our
last issue to ridicule the Tom Collins’
in that body for prolonging the session,
we desire to set ourself right, and place
ourself properly upon the question, and
we declare that we consider those por
tions of the constitution that have been
adopted as near perfect as it is possible
for the work of men to be.
InfliiDely Belter Tlmn the Old.
[Perry Home Journal J
We believe, notwithstanding a very
few objectionable features, that it will
he iufiuitely better than tbe present con
stitution, and will be ratified by a large
majority.
Will Divide tlie Democratic Party.
| Gainesville Eagle.]
The opposition will be a minority—
perhaps a small minority in numbers,
but it will be potential in intellect and
influence. It will command respect. It
will be heard. It will be felt. It will
divide the Democratic party, and rally
all opposing elements.
Cminot Doubt It* Ratification.
[Columbus Times J
Every Georgian ought to read the in
strument carefully. We believe that
there will be a general concurrence in
our opinion that all its changes of the
organic law aro improvements. We
cannot doubt its ratification by an im
mense majority.
THE NEW CONSTITUTION.
An Interview With Hon. A. H. Stephens,
Who Fully Endorses tlie New Constitution.
Yesterday one of our angers called on
the distinguished Representative whoso
name appears above, at Liberty Hall,
for the purpose of ascertaining Mr. Ste
phens’ views on tho proposed Constitu
tion. He found him evidently in as
good health as usual, and surrounded
by his friends of the bar of the North
ern Circuit, who were in attendance on
Taliaferro Superior Court, now in ses
sion. After some preliminary conversa
tion the auger commenced boring, with
tbe following result;
Anger: Well, Mr. Stephens, what do
you think of the new Constitution ?
Mr. S.: I like it very much as a whole.
It is much better than the existing
one, and better, I think, than any
we have ever had—even superior to
that of 1798. Specially do I like that
portion which secures perfect equality
and protection to life, liberty aud prop
erty to all alike and which ensures
equality, before the law, to all alike,
without regard to race or other condi
tion. •
Auger: But, Mr. Stephens, is it not
defective in that it fails to secure the
liens pf gjechanics and laborers, who
are, by the existing Qonstitptiqu, en
titled to Hens on all property on wbich
they work?
Mr. S. : No, sir. The provision to
that effect in the existing Constitution
has no business there. It is proper sub
ject matter for the law makers but not
for the framers of a Constitution.
Anger: Has not the Convention
gone too much into detail ? That is
the general complaint.
Mr. S. ; I don’t think it has. I would
not have pared if it had gone farther in
that direction.
Anger ; How about the provision af
fecting railroads ?
Mr. S. : Well, I don’t think the pro
visions relative to them allowing the
Legislature to regulate freights, etc.,
amounts to much either way. It merely
asserts a right which the State already
possesses -a right which must bo exer
cised with justice towards the railroads.
Auger; What do you think of the
clause relative to’lobbying)’
Mr. S.: That provision making lobby
ing a penal offense pleases me very
much. It is a good move in the right
direction.
Ajjger; Do you like . the provision
allowing ap;jef?l§ ffojp one jury to an
other ?
Mr. S.: Yes; it is a return to the old
practice, and in its working it insured
justice. Its adoption will greatly lessen
the labors of the Supreme Court, the
docket of which is over-crowded under
the existing law, and will bring the ad
ministration of justice home to the peo
ple. Its adoption yil) prolan jgo many
motions for new trials having id bt> dis
posed of by the Cirouit Judges as is
now the case, and a party who is oast in
the first trial, and who thinks ho has
not obtained justice, can on the appeal
have a >pll opportunity to present his
entire ease. 'Falsa tfce privilege the
proposed Constitution gives oi allow
ing parties who are too poor to pay
costs in Supreme Court to make affida
vit in forma pauperis. That is as it
should be. lam also greatly pleased
with (.nether danse affecting the Judi
ciary; I mean that wbivl* makes the
jury, ip .criminal cases, judges of the
law as well *3 of the facts. Su
preme Court has virtually abrogated the
existing law which entitles juries to the
same power, but this provision in the
Constitution will annul these decisions
aud will iuries in possession of this
power, which rightfully d7!? Tl " s^o lbem.
Auger: Don’t von think the Conven
tion made a great mistake in reducing
the salaried of the Judges ?
Mr. S.: I think it was a mistake to
cut down the salaries of the Judges, or
Legislators or the Executive, but it
seems to have been done under the im
pression that ijt was yielding to the im
perative demand of the people for re
trenchment. It will secure the curtail
ment ef a large amount of annual expen
diture. I have made no exact estimate
bnt I believe the curtailment of salaries
and expenditures proposed by the new
Constitution will save fully $200,000 an
nually to the State.
Auger: Should not some provision
have be made by which claims against
the State might be passed upon other
wise than by the Legislature ?
Mr. S. : Yes, sir ; that was a mistake.
The new Constitution should have estab
lished a tribunal for the trial of claims
against the 3tate, but, in this respect,
it is no more defective than the existing
Constitution, anj if in the future this
omission and the curtailment oi salaries
shall be found to work injustice and in
convenience, all this can be remedied by
amendment properly made.
Auger : Do yon like the idea of bi
ennial sessions of the Legislature ?
Mr. 8.: Yes, sir. That is a good pro
vision, as also is the portion limiting
the number and regulating the salaries
of the clerks in the Executive and other
departments. The election of the State
House officials, the Secretary of State,
Comptroller-General, Treasurer and
Attorney-General by the people is right,
and I heartily approve of it, a® I a]so do
of the provision patting the election of
the Judges in the Legislature, and by
the whole Legislature. The provision
lessening the patronage of the Governor
is wise.
Auger: I suppose yon approve of the
clause which directs that no money
shall be drawn from the Treasury except
by a vote of the majority of members
elected to each House ?
Mr. a: Yes, sir. I like that very
much. It is, I think, anew feature in
American Constitutions.
Auger: What do yon think of the pro
hibition against special legislation ?
Mr. B.: That is right. It has been
trnly said that Legislatures cannot be
chained down too much. I don’t think
the Convention has gone a step too far
iu that direction. I also earnestly ap
prove the prohibition on municipal cor
porations and connties from incurring
debts exceeding seven per cent, of tbe
assessed value of the property therein,
and requiring them first to provide for
repayment of the debt about to be in
curred. I wanted General Toombs to
introduce a measure prohibiting such
corporations or connties from inenrring
debt unless two-tbirds of the grand jury
should first recommend it.
Anger : What about the prohibition
against making new counties ?
Mr. 8. : There should be no more
new connties. I wish,however, the Con
vention had increased the membership
of the two Houses of the General As
sembly. I would have a Senate of one
hnndred members and a House of two
hundred, but in this respect the propos
ed Constitution does not differ from the
existing one.
Anger : Mr. Stephens, do yon like
the educational provisions ?
Mr. S. : Yes. They do nothing,
that is, they do not disturb existing
systems. There is one provision in this
connection which I heartily endorse. It
is that which allows the General Assem*
bly to make appropriations for the ben
efit of the University for the colored
people, in the same way as for the
whites.
Anger: Of course you are pleased with
the provisions relative to taxation.
Mr. S.: Yes, it is the best provision to
that effect ever incorporated in any fun
damental law in the history of civiliza
tion.
Auger: Does the homestead suit you?
Mr. S.: The homestead provision has
perhaps been disposed of as well as it
could have been, by submitting it sepa
rately to the people. I perfer the new
homestead, as proposed, to the existing
one, but I wish it had not allowed the
head of a family to waive it. The family
should be insured against destitution,
even against the act of its head.
Auger: Do you favor the removal of
the capital ?
Mr. S.: Well, that question has also
been disposed of best by submitting it,
separately from the Constitution, to the
people. For myself I prefer Atlanta.
Here the dinner bell rang and the
boring process was stopped, Evidently
relieved at this cessation of hostilities,
Mr. Stephens wheeled his chair in
which he sat ont of the room, remark
ing, “As I said before, I like the pro
posed Constitution as a whole, and
think it will be adopted. I doubt if
there will be any organized opposition
against it.”
OPINIONS OF THE LEGAL PRO
FESSION IN REGARD TO THE
NEW INSTRUMENT.
Wlint JiulfO' Gibson, .linlge Hook nmi Hon.
J. V. U. Black Say—Tilt l llo,iHi*tead I’ro
rinion—Appeal* From Ouo Jury to An
other.
A reporter of the Chronicle and
Constitutionalist interviewed several
geutlemen of the legal profession yester
dayi iu regard to the new Constitution,
with the following result:
Judge Gib*on’s Vietv*.
Reporter: Do you approve the new
Constitution, Judge ?
Judge Gibson: There are many good
things in tho Constitution that are now
laws. Tho assertion of individual rights
and personal liberty cannot be improv
ed. There are, however, many things
in it I cannot approve, as in my judg
ment they will tend to degenerate and
demoralize every department of the
government, aud none more so than the
legislative department. I never did like
ten cent men, and fear them as a elass
of law makers. I venture to assert Gov.
Jenkins, General Toombs nor Mr. Ste
phens never, in my day, voted them
selves as legislators such pay. Nor
do I think it was right to vacate the
terms of the present legislators any
more than the Judges and Executive.
Reporter : What do you think about
the new homestead provision ?
Judge Gibson ; As to the homestead,
after now nearly ten years of legislative
tinkering and judicial constructions, the
people understand it, and have adapted
themselves to it. May it not take tho
same time to settle the provisions of the
now, and if the new homestead is ap
proved does it not repeal the old one,
and can any homestead in Georgia be
taken until November, 1878, when the
new Legislature meets ? Feeling no
special or personal interest in either, I
shall trust to the people to do right.
Reporter : Po you favpr the plan
of appealing from one jury to another ?
Judge Gibson : The Courts are now
held at a daily expense to tax payers of
from one to two hundred dollars, to say
nothing of the loss of timo and delays.
Anything that inoreases either oan neith
er be called retrenchment nor beneficial
reform, and the appeal system will in
crease all at least one-fourth, if not one
third.
Reporter : Will the Constitution be
adopted, think you ?
Judge Gibson : I have as yet
talked with but two men who fully ap
prove the new Constitution, and I
doubt its adoption if a fair vote is al
lowed and taker;.
Reporter : Are yog in fayor of At
lanta or Jfilledgeville f°F capital ?
Judge Gibson ; Jf the people fire in
earnest about retrenching they will vote
for Milledgeville.
Reporter : What about the matter of
salaries ?
Judge Gibson : Salaries, like person
al expenses, should be controlled aud
governed by the exigencies and condi
tion of the exchequer, and prices of ne
cessary articles for living. Hence I
cannot conceive of a greater mistake
and more distrust of the peopled repre
sentatives, than tp incorporate it in the
Constitution. If the people needed re
lief, which I do not question, Chief
Justioe Warner’s salary, with all others,
should have been reduced at ones, and
not postponed until 1884, when it is very
unlikely he will be continued or even de
sire it" If you develop one hundred
candidates for Judges and Solicitors in
the twenty Circuits, and a majority vote
must elect, can the Legislature per
form this job in less than fourteen days,
at a daily expense of twelve hundred
dollars? How much then' is saved \
Wliat Judge Hook Says.
The reporter called on Judge James
S. Hook, when the following conversa
tion took place,
What is your opinion of the Consti
tution ?
Taking it as a whole, I regard it the
most comprehensive and wise chart of
linman liberty and rights, in its excellent
adaptation to the present wants and ne
cessities of our peopje, ever before
vouchsafed to Gec,rgig. itsßillof Rights
i3 absolutely admirable, and its execu
tive, legislative and indioial attioles are
almost without fault. Two years ago,
when the Chronicle asked my view as to
the necessity for callings Convention to
make a Dew Constitution, three of the
most prominent reasons I then gave for
favoring a Convention were: Ist. For
bidding the State to lend its credit in
any manner to corporations. 2d. To
put a final quietus upon what was known
as the fraudulent ponds, condemned as
such, after careful and liqnesf investiga
tion by'tlie Legislature. <S<l. A return
to the old jury system, practiced in our
Courts until the Constitution of 1868 dis
lodged it. All these have been made
prominent features of the new Consti
tution by a fair and very able Convention
of the true sons of Georgia, and for
these and its other many merits, it meets
my most cordial approval.
"How about the homestead exemption?
1 would hay* been buUor satisfied
with this provision if the wife's consent
to the waiver had been made necessary.
Every government should provide a
suitable and liberal homestead, and it
should be made, having a just regard to
the right of <;reditorß, $9 ilH H e ka tbe
benefit of tlie family beyond a peradven
ture.
Will appeals to a second jury work
well ?
Admirably ! This is one of the wisest
and best provisions in the new Constitu
tion. After many years’ experience in
the Courts, I can say juries usually de
cide right. And when a man has pad
two fair juries to pass upon his rights
he’ll be apt to rest there, and the Su
preme Court will not have more than
half its present heavy work.
Do you think the Constitution will be
adopted ?
Yes, by forty thousand majority.
Do yon favor Milledgeville or Atlanta
for the capital 2
If I were governed by mere sentiment
springing from old and cherished asso
ciations, I would say Milledgeville. Bnt
in view of the interests of the State at
large, and the general convenience of
government and the people, I much pre
fer Atlanta.
Do you think the matter of salaries
should have been placed in the Consti
tion ?
Ido not. This should have been left
to the wisdom and patriotism of the
Legislature to determine according to
the exigencies of the times. I see no
reason why this matter eoula not as
safely be left to the Legislature as the
high duty of electing the Judiciary.
But this, and perhaps some few other
things that do not meet my entire sanc
tion, are, in view of the splendid work
as a whole, very small matters—mere
spots on the sun’s dige.
Mr. Black 1 * Opinion.
The reporter next interviewed Hon.
J. C. C. Black, Representative to the
Legislature from Richmond oounty.
Reporter: What are yonr views in
reference to the new Constitution, Mr.
Black ?
Mr. Black: In some respects I think
it much better than the present one,
though there are some very objection
able provisions in it. I had not seen it
as a whole, until your paper of yester
day, and have not yet determined how
I will vote on it.
Reporter: Do you favor the home
stead exemption of 1868 or that of 1877?
Mr. Black: I prefer that of 1877.
Reporter: What is your opinion in re
gard to appeals from one jury to an
other ?
Mr. Black : I would not like a resto
ration of the old appeal system. Ido
not believe it will diminish the number
of cases carried to tk9 Supreme Court.
This seems to be the chief reason urged
by those who favor it. It will increase
the expenses of our Courts, delay the
enforcement of legal rights, offers temp
tation to iaise swearing and opposes the
maxim, “It is to the interest of the Re
public that there should be an end of
litigation.” The Constitution simply
authorizes the Legislature to restore it.
Reporter: Do you prefer Atlanta or
Milledgeville for the capital ?
Mr. Black: I am inclined to favor At
lanta.
Reporter: Will the Constitution be
adopted ?
Mr. Black: I think it will.
Reporter: Do you think the salaries
of the Governor and Judges should have
been fixed by the Constitution ?
Reporter: I do not.
Reporter: Will jou be a candidate for
re-election to the Legislature ?
Mr. Black: Most emphatically, I will
not.
The reporter called on several other
gentlemen, but they had not made up
their minds in regard to the new Con
stitution, not havmg read it closely.
We propose to give their views and
those of others, to-morrow.
HARD TIMES IN THE NORTH.
THE GENERAL BANKRUPTCY OF
NORTHERN MERCHANTS AND
CORPORATIONS.
The .South Appealed to to Aid Them in Tid
ing Over These Oiffleultiesf—The Impossi
bility of Doing This.
{Special Correspendence N. O. Democrat. 1
New’ York, August 16.—Some time
ago, in a letter devoted to a review of
the hard times prevailing all over the
North, 1 asserted that several of the
staunchest insurance companies were
amending their securities and reor
ganizing their systems of investment.
This assertion, with others in the same
letter, was roughly handled by several
Northern newspapers, which charged
me with feeding the reading public of
the South upon sensational trash, and
with a design to appeal to sectional ani
mosity by traducing the Northern com
munity. In reply to all these critics I
would respectfully offer the following,
which I dip from the New York Times,
of to-day :
The Charter Oak T.ifc Insurance Company.
[Special Dispatch to the. New York Times ]
Hartford, Conn., August 15.—The
Charter Oak Life lusuragce Company,
finding that its current incorno is not
sufficient to meet maturing death claims
and endowment and other payments
falling due, has begun borrowing on its
Western mortgages. It has just'negoti
ated a loan of SIOO,OOO with the Con
necticut Mutual Life lusuranco Com
pany, on mortgages on property located
in Cincinnati, St. Louis, Toledo and
Chicago. The Connecticut Mutual
officers have had all the real estate cov
ered by these mortgages examined and
reappraised, and will loau not to exceed
50 per cent, of the appraisal, and not
exceeding 75 per cent, of the amonnt of
notes secured by the mortgages. As the
negotiable securities owned by the com
pany are all hypothecated, and its build
ing in Hartford is mortgaged for $200,-
000 to the iEtna Life Company, the only
resource left is to raise money on its
mortgages. But it is hoped that this
necessity will not long continue, and
there is an expectation on the part of
the managers of the company that it
will not. It would destroy all the hopes
of successful recuperation in the interest
of policy holders, as insurance men here
look at it, should there be a long con
tinuance in the disturbance of invested
assets.
This is simply a case which has pass
ed beyond the power of the Northern
press to conceal, and so we discover the
facts. But you must know that
The Systematic Policy of the Northern Press
Is to conceal or ignore the true state of
affairs in tho hope of avorting a panic.
I must be permitted to say that this
polioy is as pernicious as has been the
financial and commercial praotioes that
have, for years past, been leading to the
present oondition of things. If the sit
uation here were merely the result of a
temporary stagnation, or if there was
any rational ground for hope that it
could bo “tided over,” the policy of
whistling to keep the courage up would
not be reprehensible. But there is no
ground for any such hope, and my
philosophy has always taught me to
face the worst first and have done with
it. Therefore I shall continue to ex
haust my facilities for advising the
Southern people of the true state of af
fairs fn the Nortfy, aqd shall counsel
then; to steep altogether clear of invest
ing any money or risking any interests
in any Northern institutions whatsoever
until the existing couditiou of things
shall have been rectified.
Say what may be said about the
wrongfulness of purveying to sectional
ism, the fact stands and always will
stand so long as climate affects the tem
peraments and characters of men, that
the North and the South are divided
upon lines of business muthod, social
custom and'industrial lifibit, whereby
are produced distinctions aud diversi
ties, if not antagonisms of interest,
which at best can only be mitigatpd by
political unity and which are often
aggravated by oiroumstanoes arising
from that faot, Discussing this subject
a day or two ago with an eminent finan
cier, I was told that the two great sec
tions should be mutually helpful to each
other; my friend admitted the diversity
of interests which I claimed to exist,
but he said that they were
ests and thqga of the
nation af large, 1 which regulated all local
interests. -
So, said I, you would have Southern
men go on insuring in Kforthern com
panies aid sending their produce to
Northern commission houses, would
you, when you know that there is no
telling what day the insurance companies
may go into liquidation and the com
mission houses into bankruptcy, carry
ing with them the policies and balances
of their Southern patrons ?
Certainly, he replied; do not try to
stop the wheels of business. Large con
signments of cotton, sugar and, rioe may
save many a commission house that
would otherwise go under, and active
business in the South this Fall may
rescue many an insurance company,
which the stagnation in business anil
the collapse of securities in the North
might otherwise force into liquidation.
I rejoined that this would be sound
reasoning, but for the all important fact
that
Tim of lUe Narih
Was past ail help; that it proceeded
from radioal oauses, and hence was in
curable, by superficial remedies; that it
was the natural and inevitable result of
spending ten dollars for every eight
earned or produced; that there was no
way oat of the present situation except
through the general bankrupt law, and
that sooner or later the whole Northern
community must gq into bankruptcy,
settle up its debts at ten, twenty-five or
fifty cents on the dollar, as the case
might be, wipe ont the old accounts,
abandon the old scale of doing busippaa
and of living, take anew practice
economy, be virtuous, and thus ulti
mately be gappy. Holding to these as
fixed opinions, founded upon the calm
est and most dispassionate observation,
I assnred my friend that I should stren
uously advise the Southern people to
deal with the North strictly for cash and
to
Eschew nil Ndrthern Credit** and
tiet*;
In sfcojt, tq withdraw all confidence in
the North and let the great bubble
blown up in this section by the war and
its attendant circumstances collapse as
soon as it would—and the sooner the
better. I assured my friend also that I
enjoyed perhaps the best facilities now
pcssessed by any Northern writer for
reaching the Southern people, and that
I should use them to the utmost.
I deem it the strict duty of every
Southern editor to advise his readers of
the hollowness and rottenness of all the
financial and commercial institntions of
the North ; that they may not be led to
embark any of the effects they have sav
ed from the rapine of carpet-baggery or
any of the profits that may from
their lately liberated industries in the
sinking fortunes of the North: which in
flated itself to bursting in the madness
of exultiEg conquest whereof they were
he victims.
I can go to-morrow and bay the first
mortgage bonds of a railroad, which is
the shortest line from New York city to
the great lakes, for.thirty-five cents on
the dollar.
Within two weeks I have seen
Improved 800 l Estate
Whioh four years ago cott $60,000, sold
for sl2,soo—and when I say “oost $60,-
000” I mean that that was the price of
the bricks and mortar and the labor
that joined them in an edifice; I leave
the ground and its real or supposed
value out of the question utterly, I
conld fill this page of the Democrat
with an abstract of mortgages which
could not be realized upon to-day for
sixty per oent. of their face, and which
were taken within the last six years at
seventy-five per cent, of the ratable
value of the property, without going off
Broadway in this city; and you know
that real estate fluctuates less upon
Broadway than on any other thorough
fare in the United States !
Within two weeks I have seen a first
mortgage of SBO,OOO on Deaborn street
property in Chicago refused as colat
teral security for a loan of $22,000 and
subsequently sold for $20,000 cash !
Something like five years ago a friend
of mine invested $40,000 in an elegant
residence in one of the interior towns of
this State. He laid out $25,000 in em
bellishing it and improving his grounds.
Two years ago he mortgaged it for $15,-
000 to “tide over a rough deal” in his
business. Last year he put a second
mortgage for $6,000 on it, to “tide” a
little further. And week before last the
sheriff finished up the “tidiDg” process
by knocking the property down to tho
holder of the first mortgage for its face.
I asked the holder of the second mort
gage why he did not bid it in and save
his $6,000. His reply was to the point:
“I’d rather lose $6,000 than SIO,OOO !”
he said. To get the property lie would
have had to pay the face of the first
mortgagelin[cash, which would have made
the property cost him $21,000. But he as
sured me that it was not actually worth,
at ruling prices, above SIO,OOO orsll,-
000, because it “belonged to
A Class of Property Already Too Plenty for
the (ood of llie Country
That is to say, elegant residences which
no one is able to bny, and which cannot
be rented at suitable rates to proper per
sons. I might add that my friend’s
bankruptcy was superinduced by over
confidence in his fellow-men, and has
tened by the refusal of his family, or,
rather, the “young lady” portion there
of, to make their style of living conform
to their rapidly declining fortunes after
the panic of ’73. I saw one of the girls
the day of the sale. She was chiefly
grieved because she had been suddenly
called homo from Newport, where she
“was just having the most splendid time
of the season !”
Crusty old bachelors like myself, or
my valued friend tbe head of the pro
prietorship of the Democrat, might ob
serve that a community which breeds a
race of women whereof the “above girl”
is a fair sample, does not deserve any
better luck.
It is not pleasant to write these things,
but they are solemn facts, and I think
the readers of the Democrat are entitled
to a full knowledge of them. I shall be
satisfied, and rest in the serene con
sciousness of duty performed, if what I
have written shall be the means of caus
ing one Southern man to halt and desist
from any contemplated involvement of
himself and his possessions in any hol
low institution of Northern trade or
finance.
I notice that tho Northern newspa
pers, commenting on the situation, lay
stross on
The SlilliirsN ol Lover,iiiicnl Bonds,
Even at tho low rates of interest current
in tho new series; instanciug that fact
as an indication that the times are not
so bad as they seorn to bo ! [Great God !
is such talk the gibbering of idiots, or
is it the device of knaves to conceal
facts and delude the public ? I suspect
it is the latter; for surely no such idiot
could be at the head of a newspaper as a
man unable to comprehend that the in
quiry for GovernmentSbonds at four per
cent, is due to the fact that there is
No Ollier Security Really Sale to Toucli
At any price or any rate of interest. Let
us look at the facts : The Treasury of
ficials report a demand for these bonds
in small quantities vastly beyond their
wildest expectations. Well, upon ex
amination 1 find that the bulk of this
demand is by executors, trustees of
funds, guardians, etc., etc., who are
under bonds for the proper management
of express trusts. If anything on the
face of the earth is “a security,” strict
ly speaking, it is a United States bond;
so that the exampled call for them at
any rate of interest, so far from being
an indication that the times are not as
bad as they seem, is a moat appalling
symptom of times that are harder than
the superficial observer can comprehend.
I have a particular object in view in
impressing these facts upon the South
ern mind. I have observed that, des
pite the ravages of the war and the sub
sequent depradations of the enrpet-bag
and nigger regime, now happily extinct,
root and branch, there is yet
A (•ootl Ileal of Wealth iu lhe South.
It is pot piled up in hoaps as at the
North, but is distributed iu small par
cels over a large area and among a great
mauy individuals. It is tbe result, not
of lucky speculation, but of earnest ap
plication and close eeouomy during a
period of rapine, fraud and oppression
that would have maddened or disheart
ened any people less elastic, good na
tured and hopeful than the Southern
people. As such it has a double value,
beoause it may be callod the wages of
great tribulation. Lrtely the hopes and
aspirations of the Southern people have
been astonishingly promoted by politi
cal occurrences in their favor, and I
know them too well not to realize thnt
their proverbial generosity and confi
dence in tl;e honor of others has been
quickened by what they mostly regard
as au act of “magnanimity” or kindness
on the part of the North. They are apt,
therefore, to listen to the appeals to
their generosity that will undoubtedly
be made from the North for the support
of Northern enterprises and investment
in Northern undertakings. Let the
people of the South beware of ail those
as wholly bankrupt, thoy will only sink
what little money they possess in them.
Let the South steer clear of the general
bankruptcy threatening the North.
A. O. B.
FIRST DOSE
ON A BOSTON POLICE
Boston, November 15,1871,
H- p ., Stevens :
Dear Sir—ln the Spring of 1869 I was atiick
en down with fever, wh oh bad a long and al
mojit fioipelosa run. The best medicil advice
being in attendance, 1 was taken through the
fever; but it left mo terribly reduced and
•weak, with exoruaiating pains in my side, back
and hips. 1 was completely prostrated with
Kidpay complaint, and no medicine Boomed to
reach my case.
In this condition I was persuaded to try Veg
etine by a friend whom it cure i of the same
disease, and it seemed as though I could feel
the effect of the first dose through my whole
system; and from that moment I began tci
mend, gradually growing better from day in
day; and I followed on with the Veretine,
until it completely restored me to. health,
since which time I have been aide to perform
my duties as a police olficer, enjoying good
health; and there is no doubt about the great
value of Yegetinc in Kidney Complaint and
similar di-oases. I am. > ir. respectfully.
LAFAYETTE FOKD, 564 Broadway.
All Diseases of the Blood,
If Vegetine will relieve pain, cleanse, purify
and cure such diseases, restoring the patient
to perfect health after trying different, physi
cians, mary remedies, suff -ring for years, is it
not conclusive proof, if you are a sufferer, you
oan be cured ?■ Why is this medicine perform
ing such great onres ? It works in the blood,
in the circulating fluid. It can truly be called
the GREAT BLOOD PURIFIER. The groat
souroe of disease originates in the blood : anil
no mod cine that does not act directly upon it,
to purify and renovate, lias auy just clajw
upon public attention.
Seventy-one Years: of Age.
East Marsvmeed, August 22, 1870.
Mu. Stevens, :
Dear Sir—* am seventy-one veais of age;
have suffered many years with Kidney Ct>-
plaint, weakness in my back and stomach. I
was induced by friends to try your Vegetine,
and I think it the best medicine Sor weakness
of the kidneys 1 over used. 5 have tried many
remedies for this (k. (upland, and never found
so much relief au from the Vegetine. It
strengthens and invigoi ates the whole sys
tem. many of my acquaintances have taken
it, and I believe it to be good for all the com
plaints for whieh it is recommended.
Yours truly, JOSIAH H. SHERMAN.
Would Give a Dollar fora Dose.
Boston May 30, 1871.
H. R. Stevens, Esq. ;
Dear Sir—l have been badly afflicted with
Kidney Complaint for ten years; have suffered
great pam in my back, hips aud side, with
great dililculty in pa-sing urine, which was of
ten and in very rmall quantities, frequently
accompanied with blood aud excrutiatiug pain.
I have faithfully tried moat of the popular
remedies recommended for my complaint; I
have been undyi the treatment of some of the
most skillful physicians in Boston, all of wliom
piouannoed my case incurable. This was my
! condition when I was advised by a friend to
try the Vegetine, and I could see the good ef
fects from the first dose I took, and from that
moment I kept on improving until I was en
tirely cured, taking in all, I should think,
about six bottles.
It y, indeed a valnablo modicine, and if I
should be afflicted again in the same way I
would give a dollar for a dose, if I could not
get it without.
Respectfully, J. M. GILE,
361 Third St., South Boston.
LIFE A BURDEN.
Boston, November 2, 1873.
H. B. Stevens, Esq.:
Dear Sir—From a poor, emaciated sufferer,
the Vegetine has restored me to perfect
health.
I have for years been a terrible sufferer from
Canker and Dyspepsia, at times rendering life
almost a burden to me. lam now fifteen (15)
pounds heavier than when I commenced the
use of Vegetine.
I will make mention that I was also a great
sufferer from Kidney Complaint, causiDg ex
cruciating pain through the small of the back
nearly all of the time. This, too, Vegetine
has cured, and I&m now a perfect picture of
health, and I will add, happiness—ail caused
from the use of a few bottles of Vegetine.
Respectfully, H. G. HUGHES,
1 Union Place. Boston, Mass.
Vegetine is composed of Roots, Barks and
Herbs. It is very pleasant to take ; every
child likes it.
Tegetine Is Sold By All Druggists.
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Mew Advertisements.
Loft Oot Mondaylojm,Am 131, ail On.
New Goods M RoceM al tbe New Store.
H. W. Landram, 868 Broad Street
“TTEADQUARTERS for first class goods for the Retail Trade—Bustleß, Oor
-L J- sets. Gloves, Hosiery, Ribbons, Ruches, &c. A fresh supply of the above
just received.
Twenty cases Bleached goods, all tho best brands, at low prices; new Pall
Print Kentucky Jeans, Cassimeres and manv other Seasonable Goods, just in tho
past few days. ,I list received my fourth lot'of the BON-TON CORSETS tho past
five weeks. Every lady should see them. No Humbug. Only try them—thov
speak for themselves. J
Country Merchants cun save money by calling at 268 Broad Street. Lots of
new goods for the early trade to be sold nt low prises—Checks, Stripes, Jeans, &c.
Extra Look Waist,
VERY STYLISH, \\\
PERMIT FITTING !
COMFORTABLE^^P^^^-
EVERY PAIR WARRANTED !
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To Wholesale Bayers
DRY GOODS.
We have now open and ready for
your inspection:
40 Cases Kentucky Jeans, all prices
40 Cases Bleached Shirtings, all
grades.
100 Bales Brown Shirtings, Drills,
Checks, Stripes, &c.
40 Cases Prints, Hosiery, Notions,
&c., &c.
The above goods have bieu bought from the Manufacturers direct,
thereby saving Agent-,’ I’ommissions, &c., and are now offered to the
Trade at less than IVew York Jobbers’ Prices
JAS. A. CRAY & CO.
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Receiving and Opening!
FALL AND WINTER GOODS
AT
The Fredericksburg Store
WE aro now recoiving our FALL and WINTER STOCK, which will soon ho complete in all
tho Departments. Wo have already opened Choice DRESS GOODS : have reoeivod
Home of tho host BLACK SILKS, at, $1 and $1 25. over offered for tho price. Wo are receiving
Beautiful CALICOES—New Fall Styles—at 0} and 8c ; wide SHEETINGS and SHIRTINGS at
Eactory prices. FLANNELS, CASSIMEUKS, TWEEDS, KENTUCKY JEANS, NOTIONS, Ac.,
and from this on will continue to receive daily Oooda of Every Description Suited to the Fail
and Winter Trade.
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c-s C2C3 I>alSflS!sgllg-s:a
WHO! ,ESA 1,10 DOOM S.
Tn our WHOLESALE ROOMS, on second and third floors, we have a large assortment of
GOODS suited totlio wants of tho trade, and wo will make it to the interest of Merchants who
bny oloso for CASH, or ou short time, with good city acceptance, to give that portion of our
St ck an examination.
AU aro invited to call and oxamino our GOODS, which will be shown with pleasure by com
petent and pleasant Salesmen,
V. Richards & Bro.,
auirSfi—tf CORNER BY THE PLANTERS’ HOTEL.
—TnE
STRIKERS AT WORK
As I am going to change my business on the first of September, I will
offer on Monday Morning, and continue until that time, the entire stock of
Boots, Shoes anti Trunks
At less than manufacturers’ prices, for cash. The Goods must be sold
The attention of the merchants and people is called to this fact. Hall
and examiue stock and prices, and satisfy yourselves that I mean business.
JOBIAH MILLER,
Proprietor of the Augusta Shoe House,
233 Broad Street, Opposite the Masonic Hall.
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SAMPLES SENT WHEN SOLICITED BY
Ladies at a Distance!
FROM
Tbe Cash Dry Goois Boise
OF
W. TANARUS, Anderson & Cos.
242 BROAD STREET,
AUGUSTA, GEORGIA.
$50,000 of New Fall Goods Will Soon
Be In!
MERCHANTS CALL AND SEE US!
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THE CHEAP COUNTER,
;
JL. RICHARDS’.
NEW INSTITUTION, COMMENCING MONDAY MORNING, at the
Augusta Dry Goods Store
Which will be called the CHEAP COUNTER. ON THIS COUNTER WILL BE PLACED
GOODS OF VARIOUS KINDS, at a price that iusuro a ready sale. Every person visiting
THE AUGUSTA DRY GOODS STORK
Is invitod to take a look at the Goods on the CHEAP COUNTER. Goods placed on this
Countor, if not sold in a day or two. will be placed back in stook at the regular price, aud other
articles put in their place. So, if you soe an articlo you wish, don’t hesitate to buy, as you may
miss the chance of getting it.
The Cheap Counter
Will be replenished from day to day-something difforont evory day. If you can’t find what
you wish one day, you may the next. Call every day, and see what yon can find on the CHEAP
COUNTER. I have many othor bargains to offer besides THESE SPECIAL BARGAINS.
L. RICHARDS,
309 Broad Street, Augusta, Ga.
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Real Estate Agency.
Special attention paid to the sale or pnrehase of Town and
Country Property. Money borrowed and loans made oik Keal
Estate. Special attention paid to the management and renting
of property. The undersigned haring been requested by many
of their patrons to resome the Real Estate business, will, from
this' date, derote the energies oi the concern to all business en
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 usual.
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