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WEDNESDAY, - OCTOBER 31, 1877.
TIIK FEAR OF DEATH.
Not that from life endjall it* woe*
The hand of death li*U *et me free ;
Not that thi* head ehall then repoee
In the low rale most peacefully.
Ah, when I touch Time'* farthest brink,
A kinder solace must attend;
It chills my very soul to think
On that dread" hour when life must end.
In Tain the flattering Terse mar breathe
Of ease from pain and reet from etrif e ;
There is a sacred dread of death
InwoTen with the string* of life.
This bitter cup at first was given
When angry justice frowned seTere,
And lia the eternal doom of heaTen
That man must riew the grare with fear.
If. C. Bryant.
. —
THE BEST GIFT.
Around the cradle that thy childhood bare
Came God * own angels, with thoir pitying
eye*,
And gazed upon thee in a still surprise
To see berond Hea*en's portal auirht so fair.
They brought to thee precious gift*. One
gaTe to thee
The gift of beauty for thy body * grace,
Deep-smiling eyes to light a dreamy face.
And perfect limb* as young Apollo's be.
One set the crown of genius on thy bead.
And one bestowed a heart like woman's own,
Strong as the sea. and tremblinz at abreatb.
Last a reiled figure bent abOTe the bed
And said, "I gire thee eTerything in one.
in HeaTen I am named Lore : men call me
Death.
“Bo sbalt thou neTor tread the weary ways
That lead men up the dusty slope* of life.
Nor feel the fierceness of the noonday strife,
Knowing alone the morning of thy days.
For thee the dew shall linger on the flower;
XIUP light Unit never was on tarvt or sea
Hfiall hays no momentary gleam for thee,
But brighten into love* immortal hour.
Iby beauty's grace shall neyer know decay.
Nor sorrow lav her hand upon thy heart;
Neither shall chill mistrust thy spirit slay.
But like a star thy life shall pass away.
Its light still shining, though itself depart,
XJnt'l all stars are lost in one eternal day.”
Kale Billiard, in Hooper'* Magazine.
HIBHISSIOX.
There is no cloud but hath a silyer lining,
if we would patient wait the Master * will;
Nor cast aside, defiant and rebellious,
’ilie hand of Him who makes each will heart
thrill, . .
Of pain and anguish—suffering unspoken
To mortals—neyer fails to reach His ear.
Alone in haunted midnights sleepless, restless,
A still small voice reveals, our Father near.
Dost hopes, like faded flowers, strew each
earth pathway,
However blessed, however bright it seems ;
it&diant anticipations gild life's morning,
To melt away like evanescent dreams.
For all things fair have hut a brief existence,
'The gay hued insects and the lovely flowers,
And our own hopes, fond dreams and brilliant
visions
Number like them a few swift fleeting hours.
Vet should wo loarn from Nature’s constant
changes
Dessons of wisdom and of patient trust;
Flowers just like those we saw last Autumn
wither
Will spring in loveliness from their own dust;
Birds like last Bummer flood again the wood
lands,
With songs as swoet, as free from care and
pain,
And shall we not, we made in God's own
image,
In & bright, better world exist again.
(,'ourago, faint not! the way is short, my
friends!
A few more days eudnre life’s weary lot;
A few more days and God will lift the burthen,
Auu we shall rest m (leace, earth’s cares forget,
Strive to toach motkuess, patience and sub
mission,
In cheering, aching hearts, forgot thy pain ;
Nothing of oartli lasts long—not oven sorrow,
The sunshine always follows storm and rain.
Apocbta, Ga. It- A. L.
TO-.HO It IIOW.
The setting nn. with dying beams,
Had waked the purpie hill to fire,
And citadel anil domo and spiro
Were gilded by the far-off gleam ;
And in and out dark pine trees crept
Full many a slender line of gold ;
Gold motes athwart the river swept,
And kissed it as it onward rolled ;
And sunlight lingered, loth to go.
Ail I well, it causoth sorrow
To part from those we love below.
Ami yet the sun as bright shall glow
To morrow I
The tide was ebbing en the strand,
And stooping low its silver crest ;
The crimson seaweed lay at rest
Upon the ambor-ribbed sand ;
Dashed o'er the rocks ami on tho shore
Fluim parting wreaths of \ pearly spray,
Then fled away ; yet turned once moro
And sent a light across the hay,
As though it could not hear to go.
Ah ! well, it causoth sorrow
To part with those we love below.
Yet thitherward the tide shall flow
To morrow!
Two hearts have met to say farewell
At even when the sun went down ;
Each life sound from the busy town
Huiotc sadly as a passing bell.
One whispered : “Farting is sweet pain—
At morn ami evo returns the tide
“Nay ! parting rends the heart in twain,”
And still thoy linger side by side,
And Htill they linger, loth to go.
Ah! well, it cau*etli sorrow
To part from those wo love bolow—
For shall wo ever meet or no
To-morrow ?
■
MY BABY BOV.
nr “ CARRIE PAYNE.”
O liiy-lieart tliai ’gainst mine own hath lain
Just one short roar —
As tiny hirdling in i'n sheltering nest.
Without a fear.
Dear littlo head ! with wayward, clustering
rings
Of gold-brown hair—
Each shining curl a radiant, witching thing
Of beauty rare.
Sweet eyes I that glisten with the tender light
Of heaven's own blue ;
Sweot baby-lip* I between whose coral rift
Seed pearls gleam through.
Dear little hands ! I feel tliy loving touch j
Upon uiv face !
Each dainty, dimpled, rose-tipped linger
Full of graoo.
Dear little feet ! each with its tiny cr*sl
Of five small toes
That, pink as lining of a rich sca-sliell,
Dio in two row*.
Ah mo 1 that o’er these small white feet
Should go astray,
Or bo all torn to bleeding by the thorns
That lino the way.
Ah uie ! that e’er these tender violet eyes j
Grow eold and stern—
That baby-hand, eo innocent aud soft,
To evil turn.
That e'er this lily heart upon rnv breast j
Should faint or griove.
Or that upon its Christ-like purity
A stain may cleave !
O winsome elf 1 within thy little form,
Sculptured by God,
A strange, mysterious soul-germ lies, as seed
Beneath the sod.
Nurtured, expanded by a grand tvue life,
Thi* germ shall riso
To endless, glorious immortality
Beyond the skies.
Heaven help thee, swoet, to elimb the rHgged
way.
With God thy shield,
Strong foes without, and stronger foe* within,
.-'■hall surely yield.
Come, leave Ihv play ! Best in my arm*
again.
My bird, my dower !
While down on gold-brown carls and ripe, red
lip*.
Warm kisses shower.
j Chicago Tribune.
11 wml ho Hit- mill Formuste Nenatora.
(From the Cincinnati Commercial.]
Washington, October 15.— 0n Sena
tor Ferry’s desk, who, by the way, looks
pale aud somewhat tliiu after his severe
illness, was a handsome bouquet, on
whose accompanying card was written,
■“From mother and son, to their best
friend.”
Senator Ransom’s bouquet had the
inscription, “From Miss Ringgold, of
South Carolina—
“ Soldier brave, bearing the mark* of a by
gone race.
Noble in form—fair and iaua*r in face.”
Senator Booth had a bouqnet which
he touched tenderly, on which he
smikvl significantly even to hid neQh
l>ors, and bore it through the doors at
last with the air of a diletantc.
Senator Spencer’s hair no longer lies
flat to his head. It is curled up into a
crest almost ala Conkliag. It looks as
if the dainty hands of hi* fair sponee
had beeu at it, as if she had said, “My
dear, I intend to make yon look a little
taller.”
Senator Conklin*? looks in better
health, bnt the golden glory of bis hair
is gone forever, eveu from the famous
forelocks.
No man in public life has changed so
much personally in the same length of
time as Mr. Blaine. It is bnt a few,
vears ago since he looked a yoncg and
handsome man. Already he has the
puffy appearance which marked Snrnner
on his last years—has the same swollen
circles over aud under his eyes. He has
grown 6tont. His hair has grown gray.
His face aud person have aged at lei a t
twenty years in ten. His whole pres
enee tells of battles be has waged and
ot always won. His countenance shows
■>e mental conflict through which he!
V passed. Remorse hurts some; to be
unJ out hurts worse.
Thai man looked much less muffled j
r than usual, as if both mumps and |
euralgia had “sworn off” from him for
shemonth of October.
Stanley Matthews, looking as aggra-!
vatingly like Brigham Young as ever, I
at as comfortably ou his Senatorial seat.
s if the rival images of Ewing and Pen
dletou did not loom in the Democratic
distauce.
Morton’s seat was conspicuously va- j
cant. Chaplain Sunderland deplored his j
absence, and commended him to God in :
bis prayer, I
PARTY PROSPECTS.
THE SITUATION IN WASHINGTON.
Hr publican DMtponSe.ee Walllas For a
llrrik-Draarnli flcntlocon Their Arms
lt. Hrbuni-ui N* l.m *cr I* the Ascendant
—The Adaafalatralian l.aslaa Ground hr
Inactivity*
[From a Stag Cur. of the Philadelphia Time*.]
Washinoton, October 19.—1f there is
a matter of surprise to the average ob
server of the political situation, ao far
as developed by the proceedings in and
out of Congress during the first week of
the extra session, it is that there is so
little change in the relative position of
parries. Great things have happened in
six months. The political complexion
of the conntry has been modified, if not
radically changed, by the events of a
Spring and Summer. Military govern
ments are a thing of the past. Civil
service reform has bad a spasmodic
quiver of vitality. The office holding
class has been estranged from an Ad
ministration that is its creature. The
Southern people have entered into new
and friendly relations with the Federal
Government. The negro, onoe a large
figure, has become a mere cypher in
politics. A great Republican State, the
mother of the Republican President, has
thrown herself into the arms of the De
mocracy, and another is about to follow
her example. Let the eye fall where it
may, except in Washington, a.d it falls
upon a spectacle of political demoraliza
tion. Storm clouds darken the sky, and
none dare say when or where they will
burst. But here there is no change per
ceptible on a cursory glance. There are
the same serried lines of Republicans on
the one side and D mocrats on the oth
er. There may be disaffection, bnt there
has been no desertion. It is natural that
many should say, as they do, that after
all there is more wind than rain, and
that it won’t be very much of a shower.
But the temple of tranquility is in
fact a whited sepulchre. Within is rot
tenress and dead men’s bones. One has
only to mingle freely with prominent
Republicans to learn that the party is
not only in a bail way, but that it is in a
most critical condition. Everywhere
thero is disappointment, discontent and
despondence. I have not yet seen a
man, however long-bfaded or far-sight
ed, who thinks he sees the way out. The
very uncertainty of the issue keeps them
securely within party lines for the pres
ent, but the accompanying vague fear
will make the confusion greater when a
break takes place. Let one or two men
of influence in the Senate, for instance,
take a bold stand in favor of justice to
the State of Louisiana, which has so
long been denied her Senatorial rights,
ami the conflict will begin. When it,
does hegin, sooner or later, thero will be
a scramble, not for the honor of leading
a charge against the old time enemy,
but a race to see which shall first get
into the enemy’s camp. At present the
disposition is to sacrifice anything, to
swallow anything rather than get into a
fight with the Administration, for all
fear the result, and every man in Con
gross, who has a following, would
rather have gome one else declare war.
Can we get along without the Adminis
tration ? is the question that some Re
publican Senators are asking themselves
over and over again. Can we afford to
divide the Republican party? is the
the query of White House and Cabinet,
and so the day of battle is postponed,
wt.ilw tho Democrats, incongruous as
they are. aiajjd united and smilingly
await the fullness of fijne when the
Lord will deliver tho enemy luto their
hands.
For just now the Democratic polioy is
one of patient waiting. They have not
always beeu wise and rarely virtuous as
a party, but ol late the tates that have
so often frowned upon them have fought
on their side. In the past few months
naught but grist has been brought to
tlmir mill. Thoy elevate their standard
where they will and recruits flock to it
for want of a better one. Disgust at
the bloody shirt, a sense of injustice in
view of the defeat of the popular will by
the installation of Mr. Hayes, the wrath
of placemen whose wings have been
clipped, the agitation of the labor ques
tion, distrust of the present financial
system, the prevailing depression of
business, and even the zeal of the stal
wart Republicans who still battle against
the solid Sooth—all these are so many
recruiting offices for the Democratic
party. They have carried Ohio with a
slip shod candidate; they will carry
Pennsylvania with a rotten platform,
and New York with a load that would
cinsh the party at almost any other
time. With such surroundings and such
prospects it would be like the Demo
cracy to some great mistake. Will they
do it ? I tliiuk not—for a while at least.
The star of the Bourbon iw no longer
in ti e ascent. The restraining influence
is found where it might least be expect
ed. In time all Radicals become Con
servatives, and then Convorvatives be
come Radicals. The South has learned the
folly of Bourbonisra in the school of ad
versity. Her shoulders still ache with
the stripes of war and reconstruction.
Ben Hill, Aleck Stephens, L. Q. C. La
mar. Wade Hampton, General Morgan
and John Goode will not consent that
tho party shall justify the predictions of
the prophets of evil. They and those
whom they represent will have no share
in a campaign ugainst the man who has
taken the bayonet front the throat of
Louisiana. They have plead that the
dead past might bury its dead, and now
that tho burial is accomplished they do
not caro to dig up the remains for sen
sational purposes. It is impossible to
be here long without seeing the whole
some influence of this conservatism,
that is the more potent because it is the
offspring of gratitude. Bayard and
Thurman are exponent* of the same
poiiey in the North, and Randall, in his
speech the other day, put the thing in a"
nutshell. The actual administration is
U, be obeyed, a repetition of gross
wrongs ifi to be prevented by legislation,
retrenchment ajjd reform are the impera
tive requirements of the hour. This is
the drift of sentiment at*w*i£ the better
class of Democrats.
The opportunity of the Administration
would seen; to Jie in a non-partisan dis
charge of tho fcxeautiye functions. Al
though Mr. Hayes cau have po future
in politics, ho has only to eonvinpe thp
people of his sincerity in order to setmre
tii> sympathy and support of the better
elenieute of both parties. But a week
at Washington confirms the impression
that he is making little headway in the
desired direction. Alt auuojmte egree
that he is not as strong before the peo
ple to-day as he was three mouths ago.
There are able men on the floor of the
Senate aud in the House who would
strip off their coats and fight for him
with a will, if they had the assurance
that the President would not leave them
in the lurch. But the MsioFance is not
fortheeming. Still the Presided cpm
promises with party aud stuffs us with
platitudes. What can be of his
civil service reform when the New Or
-1 ans, Philadelphia nd New York Cus
tom Houses me so convenient Joy illus
tration, and all the world knows toe
storv of the abortive attempt to carry
the Ohio election? "The President
m*y mean business, but he doesn’t act
like it ” says one kiudly-disposed Con
gressmau. ’ "JJe is weakening every day ;
he dare not oti tuicf-lf affront Conkling,
says another. "He u poling bis way
back into the party,” says a third, f) nly
the voice of the grateful South is raised
in his defense when he might have the
whole country at his back and politi
cians every win-** iff his mercy. It is
too late to save his party, pp.d soon it
will be two late to vindicate his vw n
s'ueertty, This is the way some of the
soundest taiads at Washington are look
ing at tho present *iiiatioD.
TANARUS,, IJjstKke of .Harrylua Brafnf.
It is very gratifying to a woman, and
to a young woman especially, Ip And a
man who ts hard headed, downright logi
cal, and just a totfeh cynical to the rest
of the world, all gcutiecess and consid
eration and sympathy when tie in glone;
and if we suppose that he has any ob
ject in advancing himself with her—in
other words, that he is slightly in love
with b®*—-l ,e c° Qtrive “aka still
more apga*e*ii to her the contrast be
tween his disregard tor others and his
deference to her. S&dh# s?&n way be
very agreeable and charming, Ih&t
is no reason foi falling in love with him,
much less for marrying him. That in
him which is delightful may be had
vbbout any marriage ceremony; and,
indeed, yon will get more of it from him
as a strange* than as a husband. A
brilliant man is lees brilliant
with his wife than with anybody else.
Why *iib is so I must leave to pmioao
phexs to But such is the facf.
In plain words, cannot marry a
man's wit, hrifliwy fit learning,
for these belong to everybody
and attention from great soholar are
no more than love and attention from a
1 blockhead. And if the blockhead can
■ •■>av his wife practical and tangible at
-1 tenuon, in the shape of a delightful
, and commotions home, while the erudite
person can only Wish he had the means
wherewith to oonler mW, the block
head seems to me to **> Store
desirable husband.
The I#MW fflNI Mowly.
Mrs. Annie A. Preston, of Northfield,
Maas., says that Mr. Moody’s revivals
in that town bare made no real and last
ing conversions. She writes further :
“People in Korthfieid now-a-days have
more to say about Mr. Moody’s new
residence, servants, visitors, games,
music, dinners, toilets, horses, car
riages, sheep, and other stock than
i about his religion. It is devoutedly de
sired, however, that Mr. Moody’s home
influence will yet end in great good.”
COTTON FACTORIES IN THE SOUTH.
[St. Louie IleputMcan.]
Mobile ia making a strong move in
the right direction. The citizens there
have organized a cotton factory compa
ny; bought a lot and buildings for 84,-
000, which a few yean ago could not
have been purchased for three tines the
ram; bought in New England machine
ry for 89,000 which originally cost $36,-
000; and with an additional outlay of
less than $4,000, will have a faotory of
I, spindles, capable of consuming
800 bales of cotton annually. Thus
850,000 worth of cotton will be replaced
by 8100,000 worth of yarn—the profit re
maining in Mobile—and employment
furnished for at least two hundred labor
ers.
If iron mills are always plaoed as near
as possible to iron mines, why should cot
ton factories be a thousand miles away
from cotton fields ? And yet this is pre
cisely what has been done in America.
That portion of the cotton crop which is
not taken np by the foreign markets is
sent to New England to be manufactur
ed. There are many reasons, unneessary
to name, why this awkward way of
doing business has been continued until
now, but no reason why it should con
tinue any longer. The cotton producing
States may just as well have the two
profits as the one ; the *p r °fß derived
from the production of tberaw material,
and the profit derived from converting it
into salable articles. And they will have
them, sooner or later. To transport
Southern cotton to New England, to be
tamed into yam or cloth, is just as
ridiculous as would be the transporta
tion of New England logs to the Sonth
to be worked np into lumber. Of course
large capital is needed for the establish
ment and carrying on of cotton factories,
and the South at present has very little
money for such investments. Bnt the
money will come. Now that slavery is
dead and buried, and now that political
troubles are at an end, foreign capital
will flow into the Southern States, and
among the first things it will "take hold
of will be cotton manufacture. Twenty
five years hence there will be more cot
ton factories south of the Potomac than
north. The irresistible, inexorable laws
of trade will compel the transfer. The
New England faotory owners see the
change that iB awaiting them, and are
preparing to meet it by seeking other
branches of commercial enterprise.
They do not expect to be able to resist
what they know to be inevitable. Mean
while we hop the Mobile experiment
will be sufficiently successful to encour
age similar efforts elsewhere in the same
section,
DOWN TO IIAKD PAN AGAIN.
VVliut New York Wholesale Merchants -Say
of their Trade West and South—Specula
tion Dead, and a Cautious, liPgitimate
Business Growing to Great Mize.
[Am York World.]
In almost every department of whole
sale trade business lias been more satis
factory since the first of August this
year than it has beeu at corresponding
periods for the past five years. Mer
chants speak more hopefully ou every
side, aud buyers from all sections, with
very few exetptions, have been encour
aged to extend their lines of purchases,
and have shown a great deal of confi
dence in being able to promptly meet
all their obligations. In the dry goods
trade the general impression seems to
be that a healthy basis has been estab
lished, and that particularly in the
Southwest a definite revival has taken
; lace and that the misgivings of the
past two years have been eheoked by
the brilliant out-look of the erops and
the settled prospects of politics. There
has been a better demand for olothing,
and many of the wholesale houses have
been so encouraged that they have made
uDusual preparations for oontrolliDg
business from regions that have hitherto
had only very limited relations with
New York. The principal dealers in
hats and caps report a very lively de
mand far in excess of previous seasons.
Dealers in leather and boots and shoes
have scarcely ever before been doing
so well. Very large orders have been
received by the leading gorcery houses,
and although the competition has been
very keen in the selection of custo
mers, the sales will in every in
stance exceed those of past sea
sons. In spite of the great develop
ment of the paper trade in the West by
the establishment of their own local
mills, eastern manufacturers have been
running full time, and it has been very
difficult for the principal houses to fill
pressing orders. The only real excep
tion to prosperity seems to be in the
hardware and straw goods trades. In
the former there has been quite a lull,
the Southern orders alone going to com
pensate for an unlooked-for depression
in other sections; and in the latter the
weak condition financially of the dealers
in the West and East has prevented
merchants from according customary
credits, so that the sales in most
instances have been made only to the
strongest dealers at a very small margin
of profit. A striking feature, tending to
show that the present revival promises
to be n stable one, is the free demand
for luxuries. The sales of the past few
weeks of jewelry and diamonds exceed
the most sanguine anticipations of mer
chants. There has been a total absence
of speculation, in spite of the large de
mand for all olasses of goods, and the
general tendency seems to be to supply
legitimate wants, and only when the
first purohases have been disposed of at
average profits do the country merchants
consent to duplicate their orders. From
every section, with the exception of
California and lowa, a very marked im
provement is reported in the financial
condition of all glasses of country mer
chants. There is more money in circu
lation, and there are very few failures.
Asa general rule, the Southern dealers
have endeavored to avail themselves of
dis' ount privileges, and the number of
cash payments from the West has been
larger than for many years past. Alto
gether a general reciprocity of confi
dence has been brought about between
tne wholesale houses here and their
clients.
JOHN BROWN.
Agepifotp. ALqm< fifteen Victoria's Famifus
roHin.-u—A Timely Reflate,
[ Prom the San Francinco Chronicle. J
London, October I.—The latest scrap
of news in the way of Court scandal ia
that John Brown is out of favor. Here
are two anecdotes about John Brown,
which are said to be authentio, the sec
ond having been related to your corres
pondent by an eye witness: Some few
years ago, at the time of one of the
Royal Aoademy exhibitions of piotures,
the’ British public were astonished, and
Dot a little amused, at a work of Land
seer's wbjpfi during the three months
that, as usual, the exhibition remained
open to the werld, hung in a very con
spicuous place, namely: in the post of
honor in one of the large rooms. It rep
resented the Queen in the everlasting
widow's weeds, seated on a pony and
reading a letter. The pony's bridle was
held by a Scotch gilly standing at its
head. The Scotch gilly was John Brown.
He, the Queen and the pony were the
chief objects in the picture. Some way
off, seated on a garden seat, were two of
tl;e princesses—Helena and Louisa, if I
mistake These, however, were
quite suborainaifc, cast into literal
shade in the background, eclipsed by
the commonplace looking man clad in
Highland costume, and turning his back
upon them. The picture, it must be
WM ft horrid daub, for it was
painted when tfie oc*c fiffeat and ever
celebrated Sir Edwin hail growp aid and
feeble, and his right hand was fast
losing its cunning. Now for the story.
It is sal* the artist himself, and
not a few offers besifles, ’fiad tried hard
to rid the picture of John Efroiyn’s pres
ets altogether. But all in vain. The
Queen b aye hint >b> and vheu she
trill sh,e will. By fcWwip Landseer,
quite 4 courtier, compromised matters
by painting him p ith bje eyes past down,
as though overcome, for ouee, with
bashful humility.
The second story exhibits the great
J. B. in anything bnt a bashful or hum
ble light, as, indeed, is not surprising,
seeing that his head is said to be com
pletely turned with the notice he has
receirej Iron* ii “ first lady of the
land and 11! ij this degeneracy on his
part which ia supposed tjb be tpe chief
reason of hia fall fro® royal favor.—
One day—so goes the second tale —the
Queen was present at a review of her
troops at Aldershott or elsewhere.—
After some of the evolutions had been
gons through, Her Majesty desired to
speak to "f the mounted com
manding ana •
was dispatched to call thehi htff to the
nopal d resenoe. Apparently they were
not so'" ip their movements as
the demoted Scotch gilly consider
ed they ought to ’ bff; so he rose
erect in his seat, the footman's, be
hind the royal barouche, and, gesticu
lating with his arms and beckoning fran
tically, shouted, “Come up faster, come
up faster, can’t ye ? The Queen wants
you.” On which, by the'time the offi
cers iOiged nn their steeds besides
rofal^’sWiagoC
up at Jobs *rowm exolkfta# 'to | “or
dering voice : ‘doa matt miod jotir
own business, wd
own place, yo* d—d flackei. Where
upon the Queen tarryaj fed as fire.
Of all the "people whom he fp?
Prince of Wales is said to bate John
Brows the moat, gets quite into a fret
when his babli ia mentioned, rarely sets
foot at Balmoral, and makes no secret of
his intention, when his time eosaes to be
king, of sending John Brown back into
his native obscurity.
ROBERT SMALLS.
The Part He Took I* Running Oat the
Planter.
A correspondent of the New York Sun
in the annexed communication sets hij
, tory to right in regard to the part taken
by Robert Smalls, at present a colored
Congressman from South Carolina, in
running the steamer Planter past Fort
Sumter in 1862:
“The arrest of Congressman Robert
Smalls, of Beaufort, S. C., last week, on
the charge of selling his vote for $5,000
to aid in the election of Senator John J.
Patterson, of that State, will probably
bring out the facts of an historical event
that did more in the matter of public
opinion to elevate the dasky member of
Congress than anything else. The dis
trict that Smalls represents is largely
made up of his own race, and Beaufort
county, where he has resided, has ten
black people at least to one white. Since
reconstruction Smalls has been a ruling
spirit there. It has been proverbial
with those inside the ring that every
time he voted something went to his
bank acoount. Bnt to the historical
fact. It will be remembered what a
furore followed the announcement in
1862 that Robert Smalls,then a pilot, had
run out in the night, past Fort Sumter,
the steamer Planter with a lot ol ordi
nance stores and delivered her over to a
United States gunboat lying in the off
ing. So far as the steamer being run
out is concerned the story is true. So
far as Congressman Robert Smalls being
the pilot who performed that perilous
feat is concerned, it is an errror that has
been allowed to stand without being cor
rected. It is the very rope on which
Smalls has swung himself aloft, and for
a time at least eDjoyed a reputation
commended all over the country.
“During one of the inspection tours
among the various military posts made
by the writer in the years 1866, 1867,
1868 and 1869 he met a pilot on a Hilton
Head steamer by the name of Jenkins.
He was a model "black man. From him
it was ascertained, and subsequently
verified by proof, that Jenkins run
out the Planter. Smalls, who was
on board, took refuge in the boiler
room. When all danger was passed he
appeared in the pilot house, and being
Jenkins’ superior, turned the Planter
over to the officer of the gunboat. The
Government, in consideration of this
brave feat, gave Smalls the use of the
Planter for a year after the war, having
first put the steamer in a tip-topjeondi
tion and repair for him. Smalls was
also given the contract to furnish water
to the fleet. It was said the gift of the
Government netted him $30,000. Poor
Jenkins, the last time I saw him, was a
pilot on one of the river steamers run
ning to Savannah.”
THE PRESIDENT’S POSITION.
Ill* Policy to Ifnve No Policy Mo Far an Con-
Ifreto* i* Concerneil.
| Mr. Nordhoff's Dispatch New York Herald ]
The Administration is trying a policy
which has at least the merit of novelty,
the policy of having absolutely no poli
cy so far’as Congress is concerned. The
President has not only, so far as can be
discovered, no policy in either House,
but all the signs show that he does not
mean to have any. All the expressions
made in conversation by members of the
Administration confirm this somewhat
startling view and make it appear that
the President’s theory is that be shall
execute the laws, but that he will abso
lutely refrain from the least attempt to
influence the action of Congress or any
member of it on any subject ; that he
will make appointments and removals
where the good of the public service re
quires it, but leave the question of con
firmation absolutely to the Senate, with
out the slightest attempt to influence
anybody’s conclusions. For instance,
it is generally granted that the admis
sion of two Louisiana Senators would
be an approval by tho Senate of the
President’s Southern dolicy, and what
one would call an Administration suc
cess. It is certain that if the President
should express a wish on the subject
enough Republican Senators would vote
for their admission to secure it, and, if
he desired it, more than one Republi
can Senator would at once present and
advocate, as an Administration measure,
a resolution for the immediate admis
sion of Messrs. Spofford and Enstis.
But thero is no doubt to-day that the
President has entirely held himself
aloof. He has not asked any Senator to
vote for their admission. It is said this
evening that the two eases will undoubt
edly be referred to the Committee on
Elections, there to rest, it is now be
lieved for a long time. And if one asks
in bewilderment whether this will be an
Administration defeat, the calm answer
of the President’s friends is :
“Not at all, It is the business of the
Senate and not of the President. If a
majority of Senators choose to deprive
a State of its constitutional representa
tion in one branch of Congress, that is
their adventure. They do it on their
own responsibility. The President has
nothing to do with it. It is a matter which
lies between those Senators and the
oountry,”
If, again, one asks these gentlemen
what the Administration thinks abont
getting its nominations confirmed, and
whether it will not get its friends to ad
vocate them, the answer again is:
“Not at all. The Senate ought not to
be influenced. Senators must nse their
own judgments, acting on oath. It is
the President’s duty to name fit men. If
the Senate rejects them, that is its busi
ness. It ought not to reject fit and
proper men, but, if it does, the Presi
dent must submit, and will doubtless try
to find others.”
If one asks, “bnt will the Administra
tion try to conciliate some Senators ?”
the reply is:
“Of oourse not. What has it to do
with conciliation ? It has a duty to per
form toward the nation—to select proper
persons for the subordinate executive
functions, It means to do that duty.”
“But political considerations might
have weight,” you say, and the Presi
dent’s friends reply, “Good Heavens !
what have politics to do with hunting up
and appointing to office the best men
you can get to acoept ?”
This theory of non-intervention in
fact is perfect at all points. The Presi
dent will do his constitutional duty, but
he will not seek for friends, allies, sup
porters or partisans in either House of
Congress. Re will not disoblige any
Senator or member if he cau properly
avoid it, but be will not seek either to
conciliate or influence any. He leaves
them to the absolutely unrestrained ex
ercise of their judgment and to the en
tire responsibility of what they may see
fit to do, and, if he is rightly reported,
he holds that the Senators who, under
the Constitution, have to sit in judg
ment upon appointments, who are made
judges to decide on oath, cannot prop
erly urge or instruct him beforehand as
to nominations to office; that ho has a
right to ask advice and information on
such subjects from members of the
House, bnt not from Senators, who are
a Court to sit upon iris nominations after
they are made* To the average Sena
torial mind this theory is utter nonsense
and foolishness, but there are persons
who believe that if it should be faith
fully adhered to it might prove erubar
assing to the anti-administration Re
publicans, who are itcbiDg for a fight,
and fully intend to “smash” Hayes, but
who need, of coarse, somebody to fight
against them and something to fight
about. As someone -said here to-day,
speaking of tbis matter : “They are
ready to tread on the Administration’s
coat-tails, but the Administration is just
now wearing a jacket.” It would be a
hit for the anti-administration Republi
cans to put the President in the attitude
of Johnsonizing, but, if be asks noth
ing, seeks nothing, but leaves tjiem to
the unrestrained performance of their
own sweet wills, they can hardly make
this poipt against him. At present they
have the impression that he isintimi
dated, bpt iff tjtat they are probably
mistaken. The few Senators are
generally spoken of as especially Ad
ministration men have cprtainly the ap
pearance oi being iptipiidated, but it is
quite possible they are only bewildered
at the discovery that the President has
no work for them to perform and no
policy for them to defend.
I’ITY PATTI.
Italian newspapers ought to be ac
cepted as good authority in all matters
pertaining to opera and operatij people.
The Italians are supposed to know who
the people are who oome before the
public with the emblazonment of for
eign names, courtly titles and loads of
jewels. A little bit of innocent romance
adds spice to the personality and a cer
tain quality of curiosity which is a strong
element of public success. An Italian
new3 r >a r, er hasj just given a short bio
grkjSfiyfand a poiuted pedigree of Ade
lina Tatti and the Patti faiuiiy about
which there fs hot the least bit of ro
mance. It is vouched for as solid facts,
bpt it will priptetef nph o the less to
the need of public curiosity. The story
goes that Patti’s mother was a washer
woman. Signor Barili took her out of
the soap-suds and married her. She
had a voice which the signor had dis
covered before he proposed. He had
found a gold mine, which the owner of
the wl7 imsw nothing of, and got it
dirt cfifcap. '’Then ua cultivated t-*e
voice, ’ and educated his irtfe for a
singer. At length he brought her
out on the Italian stage, and
she had immense success, particu
larly la Vnrma. During a professional
tour of Sbuth zundrice Rionora Barili
met Patti, a handetome* WnJr, ana eiop
ed with him, leavingßrarili in the lurch,
also abSßdomngtwei little sons-Antonio
and Piero. Pf the UWfih of Patti and
Mme, Barili four children were born—
Amelia, now Mme. Strakosch; Carlotta,
Carlo, who died a few years ago in 81
Louis, and Adelina, the youngest. Re
port states that Mme. Patti, or rather
Mme. Barili, was a woman of ungovern
able temper and raised storms in her
bouse. In a storm of passion one day
the threw Carlotta down a flight of
stairs, fracturing the child’s hip bone
and laming her for life. Carlotta’s lame
ness then came from a fit of parental an
ger no doubt deeply repented of. Car
lotta is slowly dying from an internal
tumor having formed near the injured
part which is sapping her life. Adelina
Patti and M. Nicolini are now traveling;
singing and boarding together, and
Adelina’s domestic course seems to be
running parallel to that of her mother.
Bnt she is a greater and more noted
• singer than her mother was, and has to
j endure the fiercer light that beats upon
! her public position.
MARSHAL FITZSIJIONS.
Wfaat the Pres* Thinks ol the President’* Ap
pointment.
[ Griffin News,]
President Hayes has given another
proof of his desire to carry out tba
wishes of the people. He has removed
Major W. H. Smythe from the position
of United States Marsha), and appoint
ed Mr. O. P. Fitzsimons in bis stead.
Under the circumstances it shows Mr.
Haves to be a man of considerable
nerve.
The Attorney-General has the super
vision of these appointments, and Maj.
Smvthe was an officer in General De
vens’ command daring the war, and it is
said he suggested to him the propriety
of resigning his commission in the army
to accept the Georgia Marshalship.
Thtre can be no reasonable doubt but
what Attorney-General Devens used all
of his influence in behalf of his friend,
but the outrages which have been per
petrated by the attaches of the U. 8.
Marshal’s office in Georgia have been so
infamous that it could no longer be en
dured.
Major Smythe, we do not believe, in
stigated any of tiie outrages committed
by his subordinates, but lie certainly
permitted them and allowed some of the
dirtiest scoundrels ever heard of to
creep into his office. This, perhaps,
was owing to certain influences being
brought to bear on him, but allowing
this to be true, he was certainly too
“susceptible.”
Mr. Fitzsimous is a Democrat and a
gentlemau of very high charaoter. If
we remember correctly, he was the gen
tleman who went with the requisition
from the Gpvernor of Georgia for Bul
lock and brought him baou. Mr. F., it
has been stated, was the favorite of
Hon. Alex. H. Stephens, and was warm-i
ly pressed by him.
Wo are glad the change has been
made, for the office Las been heretofore
looked upon, and in its true light, too,
as an engine rf oppression, indeed, as
the veriest tyranny ever known in this
country.
General Thomas aud other prominent
Georgians were applicants, and Mr.
Fitzsimou’s getting it over these shows
that he is well worthy of the place.
AIAIiSIIAI. FITZSIMONS.
Wliat (lie Press Thinks of (he President’s
Appointment.
[Horne Courier ,]
It is cortainly a matter of congratula
tion upou the part of the people of
Georgia.
[Frank Fontaine to the Columbus Times.]
Mr. Stephens has just informed me
that Mr. Fitzsimons has been appointed.
The name of Fitzsimons was the first
one suggested by our Representatives as
the best appointment to be msde. Can
the people longer doubt the sincerity of
President Hayes when he relinquishes
his own preference—a man whom he had
already decided to appoint—and ap
points tho first of the names mentioned
in tho list handed him by our Repre
sentatives ? Georgia should and will
sustain a President who sustains Geor
gia in ao decisive a measure.
[Macon Telegraph and Messenger.]
In Col. Fitzsimons we are assured the
people will have an official whose only
purpose and endeavor will be to faith
fully and justly discharge all the deli
cate and difficult duties of his office.
He is a gentleman by birth, breeding
and association, and will reflect the
highest credit not only upon himself,
but upon the sound judgment of Mr.
Hayes in selecting him to fill this hon
orable position. We congratulate the
people of Georgia upon his appoint
ment, and ask of them for him their
hearty support and co-operation.
[Covington Star. J
At last the wires bring us the intelli
gence that the contest for the marshal
ship of Georgia is over, and Colonel O.
P. Fitzsimons, of Augusta, is the lucky
appointee. We do not know Colonel
Fitzsimons, personally, but learn he is a
most excellent gentleman, a sound
Democrat, and in every way capable of
discharging the responsible duties of
his new position honorably to the State,
and creditably to himself. So far as we
are able to learn, his appointment gives
almost universal satisfaction through
out the State. While we had a number
. f personal friends who were applicants
for the position, and they having failed
to receive it, we congratulate the Presi
dent upon his wise and judicious ap
pointment of one who is received with
such general satisfaction, as Colonel
Fitzsimons. We believe Colonel F. is a
native of South Carolina, and was an
extensive planter before the war, both
in South Carolina and Southwest Geor
gia. He 1s still quite a young man,
genial and whole-souled in his nature,
and we have every reason to believe he
will make a most popular and efficient
officer.
NO ISO FOR JEFFKRNON.
No Qiioi’hui in the Democratic Executive
Committee—Tliu Minority Report.
[Special to the Chronicle and, Constitutionalist.]
Louisville, Ga., October 24.—A call
had been issued by the Chairman of the
Executive Committee of Jefferson coun
ty for a meeting of said Committee here
to-day to consider business of import
ance. That business was to consider
the propriety of calling a Convention in
tiiis county to elect delegates to a
Senatorial Convention to be held in the
Eighteenth Senatorial District, and we,
tho undersigned, being the only mem
bers present, responding to said call,
deem it our duty to say that we regard
the absence of the other members of
tho committee as an indication that
they do not desire a convention for the
purpose mentioned, and we, a minority
of said Committee, have no power to
act in the premises : W. F. DenDy,
Chairman, John H. Sherrod, John G.
Jordan.
- - m
|low the Mliah Fired a Cannon.
| Froin Captain March’s Hide Through
One day he became desirous of ob
taining a Krupp gun, and applied to the
Russian Legation to be allowed to get
one from Russia. The Czar granted his
request, and sent one of the largest and
heaviest description—a 300 pounder.
This was landed at Enzeli by a Russian
man-of-war.
The Shah sent a regiment to bring it
np, but such was the difficulty of convey
ing an article of such ponderous propor
tions over a range of hills ; without prop
er appliances and skillful direction, that
brute force alone signally failed. After
months’ delay and great expenditure
it was brought into city in state and
parked with the pther and a dey
appointed to |jre ij.
The [[’hole po'uyfc assembled, to
gether with a yqst crowd, and the mon
ster was fired. It happened to be so
near one of the city gates that the con
cussion knocked d°WU ope of its blue
minarets, and the supi traveled so far
along the plain that jt struck a mosque in
a village five miles off and shattered it.
The Shah, in dismay at the effect pro
duced, had it put away out of sight for
fear of more accidents.
He Wanted to Come Home.
A Black Hills miner writes: “I’ve
been spending the last week trying to
think of some plan which will enable me
to get borne, iff I bad SSOQ I Could get
; to Cheyenne, and then if woqld b,e easy
! sailing into civilisation, If you send
the money by express, the Indians are
sure to get it, as they split open a Wells
Fargo coach every few days. If you send
it by mail I wouldn’t get it for months,
as the postmaster is off on a big drank
most of the time, and can’t read any
how. Don’t send a draft on the bank,
as it is liable to bust. If you know
some friend coming to thp Hills, don’t
trust hint with “t|ie Cash; as he’s
sure to gamble if all off at
Cheyenne or get robbed at Cps
i ter. If yqu pan think of some way
; of sending the money that it will be sure
1 to get here, send it right away; bnt un
less jou are sure don’t risk it. Perhaps
: you had better come yourself and bring
; it.” The brother wrote in reply: “Just
borrowed 812 to settle a board bill.”
Rapid Pr.j.c^.
Fort Worth, Teias, but a few years
since in a “howling wilderness,” is now
! a brisk town rivaling Dallas. It has
i jnst completed a hotel costing $50,000.
1 Thus the tide of empire rolls along in
1 this go-ahead country.
■
| Hall county returns to the revenue
over twelve thousand gallons of domes
; tic brandies.
ULiSCOC'K IN LINE.
The Meeting of the Democracy ol dusoock
Coaaty.
[Correspondence Chronicle and Constitutionalist,l
Gibson, Ga. , October 20, 1877.
Forsoant to previous notice tbe citi
zens oi Glascock county met at the Court
House in Gibson this day and organized
a Democratic meeting by Dr. J. F.
Uary being called to the Chair, and W.
R. Logue requested to act as Secretary.
The Chairman in a few appropriate re
marks explained the object of the meet
ing, which was to appoint delegates to
meet with other delegates from Rich
mond and Jefferson in a Senatorial Con
vention to nominate a suitable candidate
to represent the Eighteenth Senator
ial District in the next General Assem
bly. On motion of Hemy Logue, Esq.,
the Chairman was requested to appoint
a committee of one from each Militia
District to select two suitable delegates
to represent Glascock in said Conven
tion. The Chair appointed the following
committee :
From the 1167 District, Rev. O. B.
Lasiter; from the 1168 District, Brinson
Logue; from the 1169 District, George
W. Downs; 1234 District, John M.
Tompkins.
The committee retired for a short
time and reported the names of W. G.
Brady and John B. Williams as Sena
torial delegates, and Rev. O. R. Lasiter
and W. R. Logue as alternates; and
then they suggested Gibson as the place
for holding the Convention.
On motion, the following resolutions
were adopted :
Whereas, We are satisfied that the
emergency lias not passed that requires
the action of nominating conventions;
and, whereas, the preservation of the
organization of the Democratic party in
the Eighteenth Senatorial District is
one of great importance, more so than
the success of any individual; Therefore
be it
Resolved, 1. That we, as true Demo
crats, will cheerfully co-operate with our
Democratic friends of Riohmond and
Jefferson counties in an honest effort for
the preservation of the Democratic or
ganization in the Eighteenth District.
Resolved, 2. That we extend an invi
tation to our Democratic friends of
Richmond and Jefferson counties to
unite with us in holding a Senatorial
Convention at as early a day as may be
practicable, at Gibson, the county site
of our county, for the purpose of nomi
nating a suitable candidate to represent
the Eighteenth Senatorial District in
the next General Assembly.
Resolved, 3. That we, as true Demo
crats, pledge ourselves to give our sup
port and influence to the nominee of the
Democratic party that may be nomi
nated by a fair and impartial conven
tion, composed of delegates from each
county in the District.
Resolved, 4. That a copy of these
resolutions be forwarded to the Chair
man of eaoh of the Democratic Execu
tive Committees of Richmond and Jef
ferson counties for their consideration.
On motion of Henry Logue.the Secre
tary was instructed to forward a copy of
the proceedings of this meeting to the
Augusta Chronicle and Constitution
alist with a request that they be pub
lished.
On motion, the meeting adjourned
sine die.
W. R. Logue, Secretary.
Dr. J. F. Usrv, Chairman.
MONTEZUMA WHITTLES.
Tbe Story of a Washington llont'ding House.
[By Bonn Piatt J
The average Congressman is ever m fear
of a raid from home, either in the person
of his wife ora gossipping constituent, and
he thinks it prudent to have a homely old
landlady of a sorrowful turn; and you can
bet your bottom greenback that the chastity
of that'mansion will be guarded over with
the exasperating watchfulness of an old
lady who lias survived iter attractions but
not her carnal disposition. Her scent for a
petticoat is only surpassed by an editor’s
scent for news. And what scandalous
stories arc in circulation every session origi
nating in attempts made by inexperienced
Congiassmen to circumvent and delude
these virtuous old females who rent rooms!
“Ah! me: what troubles do environ
The solon who deceives aiy ancient siren.”
There is my friend, the Hon. Montezuma
Skittles, who had a thin, elderly landlady of
a serious turn, who resembled a hawk in deli
cate health, and who looked after the Hon.
Skittles with a motherly care that was as
lovely as it was disagreeable. The old lady
was a regular attendant on Parson New
man’s Church. When in class site had the
fascinating privilege of talking about
herself. The vile old Skittles, observing
this, was wont to have wicked men in his
rooms and eke ye wicked women, while old
Mrs. Henhawk was at Brother Newman’s
looking after the salvation of her chaste
soul. And in the absence of this pious fe
male there would be oyster-suppers and
champagne and other sinful proceedings,
such as cards and songs. But this corrupt
old maker of laws came to grief.
lie had a handsome client, fair, fat and
forty, from his district who wanted quite a
number of things. She wanted a pension
for a husband who died of delirium tremens,
superinduced by exposure to malaria in
camp during the War of the Rebellion. She
wanted a horse paid for that had died of a
colic or the hots during the said war. She
wanted pay for a lost carpet-sack stolen by
the enemy and she wanted a place in one of
the Departments. She was fair to look up
on, and fascinating in her ways, and had
much business with her Representative, the
Hon. Skittles. Unfortunately, he made an
appointment willv his fair constituent at his
rooms on one night when lie knew that the
pious old dragon of virture would be at
class. The fair claimant kept the appoint
ment, but Skittles was detained by his
committee until late, and gained his apart-
ment and the presence of his waiting con
stituent only a few moments before the
entrance of the vigilant old vinegar-cruet,
his religious landlady. Here was a fix, and
how to get the widow out without a row
was the question that agitated tlie brain of
the solon, Skittles. Every attempt after the
supposed retirement of his guardian to get
out front or back was a failure. The love
ly widow’s skirts and trail was like artillery
on a right wheel: they could not be silenced.
Every move was followed by a shrill de
mand from the back attic of “Who’se
there?” or “You, Susan (the maid), what
are you doing up at this hour?” &c., and
tho Hon. Skittles would have to respond
that he was after ice-waier and other things.
What in the old scratch was to be done?
She couldn’t stay there all night. That
meant hiding alt tlie next day. SKittles
was desperate. He perspired at every pore.
He felt tempted to ascend and choke the ex
asperating old woman. He determined to
introduce a bill forcing hotels and boarding
houses to have fire-escapes,
“Fire escapes ?” said Sheckles, the modle
room clerk of the Arlington, who looks
like Julius Ciesar, “no fire-escapes for us,
please. Why, we wouldn’t collect a bill
once a month, and there’d be more women
climbing in and out than May-bugs by gas
light.”
Skittles thought certainly his old she
dragon would get to sleep after while, and
so he got out an oyster-pie and some
champagne, and they ate and drank in the
manner of toasts to the distinguished dead.
At the end of an hour another attemnt was
made at an escape, bqt ip vain, The old
lady either suspefctpd or giisaq had betrayed
them, fer she slept not. The shrill voice
arrested fliglfl OU the threshold.
Hour after liaur wore away. Skittles
thought of the wife of his bosom, of his
little congregation in the Lord’ at home}
where he was a shining light and an Elder.
Desperate cases call for desperate reme
dies. The fire-escape was a happy idea.
He would lower his fair constituent from
his back window by means of a rope made
from his bed clothes, and then go down
boldly and escort her home. Skittles seized
the clothes and made the rope.
Day was breaking like the lovely flush on
a maidep’s cheek When a Senator ip an
adjoining house, whom a bad conscience or
indigestion had made an earlier'riser, was
amazed to,' sepa window open and a stopt
female, holding to, a queer of rope, get
out, ap(l a stout, bald headed gentlemen
proceed to 10-vyer her to tfio gropnd below.
The old Senatorial friend opened his sash
and yeiletl “fire.” All tlie other windows
went up, and Skittles, ip his performance
of the trappze, had P°t a numerous, hut
select and appreciative audience.
iikittlps persevered, and the poor lady
was halt wpy down when she uttered a
yell and begged to be pulled up. They had
not observed the fact, but she was being
lowered Into an area that was in fact a hell
with no escape save into a cole-hole or the
windows of.the dining-room. Skittles was
so alarmed at the scream that he lost his
hold and a hundred and forty pounds of a
fair widow fell into the area.
I draw tlie curtain oyer a sprained ankle,
bursting stays, and horrid, praises, to say
nothing of Mrs. 'Tlltibacb’s wrath and
indignation', the jeers of the n(:igh'#irhoad,
and the ruined reputation qf Skittles.
CAPITAL vs. I.ABOK.
The Mew York Cigar Makers.
New York, October 24.—The striking
oigar makers organized for a prolonged
struggle yesterday. They opened a pro
vision kitchen and distribnted food to
nearly 500 men and. waiueta, oo reprising
150 fatailips. pahdT o,f two more
shops struck yesterday. Qnp firm se
ceded from the Manufacturers’ Union
and acceded to the demands of work
men, aid consented to the employ of
none bnt Union men.
Philadelphia, October 24. — At a
meeting of cigar makers held to organ
ize a plan of support for their New York
brethren who are now on a strike a large
sum of money was raised which will be
forwarded. Committees also ap
pointed to rSrt&e” additional collections
in shops,"’
J. M. DeLary writes: “I can assure
yon that in no single instance has Db.
Moffett’s Teethina (Teething Powders)
xtroved a failure. We have tried Sooth
iig Remedies and everything known *4
qs and ‘old women, 1 and Teethina is
pre eminently a success and blessing to
mothers and children.”
Forsyth baa anew candy store.
Pi ew Advertisements.
VECETINE
Purifies the Blood, Reaovates and
Invigorates the Whole System.
ITS MEDICINAL PROPERTIES ABE
Alterative. Tonic, Solvent anil Diuretic.
Vegetine is made exclusively from the
juicee of carefully selected barks, roots and
herbs, and so strongly concentrated, that it
will effectually eradicate from the system
every taint of" Scrofula, Scrofulous" Hu
mor, Tumors, Cancer, Cancerous Hu
mor, Erysipelas, Salt Rheum, Syphi
litic Diseases, Canker, Faintness at
the Stomach, and all diseases that arise
from impure blood. Scintica, Inflamma
tory and Chronic Rheumatism, Neu
ralgia, Gout and Spinal Complaints,
can only be effectually cured through the
blood.
For Ulcers and Eruptive Diseases of
the Skin, Pustules, Pimples, Blotches,
Boils, Tetter, Scald-head and King
worm, Vegetine has never failed to effeot a
permanent cure.
For Pains in the Back, Kidney Com
plaints, Dropsy, Female Weakness,
Lencorrhoea, arising from internal ulcera
tion, and uterine diseases and General De
bility, Vegetine acts directly upon the
causes of these complaints. It invigorates
and strengthens the whole system, acts upon
the Becretive organs, allays inflammation,
cures ulceration and regulates the bowels.
For Catarrh, Dyspepsia, Habitual
Costlveuess, Palpitation of the Heart,
Headache, Piles, Nervousness and
General Prostration of the Nervous
System, no medicine has eiven such perfect
salisfactiou as the Vegetine. It purifies the
blood,cleanses all of the organs,and possesses
a controlling power over the nervous system.
The remarkable cures effected by Vegetine
have induced many physicians and apotheca
ries whom we know to prescribe and use it in
their own families.
In fact, Vegetine is the best remedy yet
discovered for the above diseases, and is the
only reliable BLOOD PURIFIER yet plac
ed before the publio.
Prepared by
H. R. STEVENS, BOSTON, MASS.
WHAT IS VEGETINE?
It is & compound extracted from barks, roots
and herbs. It is Nature’s Remedy. It is per
fectly harmless from any bad effect upon the
system. It is nourishing and strengthening.
It acts upon the blood. It quiets the nervous
system. It gives you good, sweet sleep at
night. It is a great panacea for our aged
fathers and mothers, for it gives them
strength, quiets their nerves and gives them
Nature’s sweet sleep, as has been proved by
many an aged person. It is tho great Blood
Purifier. It ih a soothing remedy for our child
ren. It has relieved and cured thousands. It
is very pleasant to take; every child likes it.
It relievos and cures all diseases originating
from impure blood. Try tho Vegetine. Give
it a fair trial for your complaints; then you
will say to your friend, neighbor and acquain
tance : "Try it; it has cured me.”
Veoetise for the complaints for which it is
recommended, is having a larger sale through
out the United States to an any other one med
icine. Why ? Vegeliue will cure these
Complaints.
CANNOT BE EXCELLED.
Charlestown, Mass , March 19, 1869.
Mr. H. It. Stevens :
Dear Sir— This is to certify that I have used
your "Blood Preparation” in my family for
several years, and think that, for Sorofula or
Cankerous Humors, or Rheumatic Affeotious,
it cannot ha excelled; and, as a blood purifier
and Spring medicine, it is the best thing I
have ever used: and I have used almost every
thing. I can cheorfßlly recommend it to any
one in need of such a medicine.
Yours respectfully, MBS. A. A. DINSMORE,
19 Russell street.
GIVES HEALTH, STRENGTH AND
APPETITE.
My daughter has received great bonefit from
the use of tho Vegetine. Her declining health
was a source of great anxiety to all of her
friends. A few bottles of tlie Vegetine re
stored her health, strength and appetito.
N. H. TILDEN,
Insurance and Real Estate Agent,
No. 49 Sears Building, Boston, Mass.
Prepared by
H. R. STEVENS, BOSTON, MASS.
Yegidiiie is Sold by all Druggists.
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Ahead of All
COMPETITION.
• >. o. KuWNAOS
HnS just returned from a visit among the
Principal PIANO and ORGAN factories
in New York, Boston and other cities, having
arranged for the Largest and Most Complete
Assortment ever offered in the South, at prices
Absolutely Beyond Competition 1
Laow Prioes^^uick^^aleb
Musical Instruments,
Of Every Variety.
Sleet Music ejiMisicßoots,
The Latest Publications.
Jflusieal merchandise,
And everything pertaining to a
First Class Music House*
TUNING AND REPAIRING.
PIANOS, CHURCH, PIPE aud REED OR
GANS. and all kinds of Musical Instruments
Tuned aud Repaired by Mr. C. H. Taylor, the
best skilled and one of the most thorough
workmen South. Mr. Taylor devoted nearly
fifteen years in the construction of instru
ments in some of the best factories in this
country, and is the ouly authorized Tuner for
the AVGUSTA MUSIC HOUSE.
tt. 0. ROBINSON & CO.
sepH-tf 285 Broad Street
J JOHN FLANNERY, JOHN L. JOHNSON.!
partner late firm |
I L. J. Guilmartin A Cos., *
t 1865 to 1877. j
I JOHN FLANNERY A CO.,
ICOTTON FACTORSj
-AND- f
COMMISSION MERCHANTS, J
I No- 3 Block, Hay Street, j
Savannah, (Georgia, f
Agents for Jfewell’s Mills Yarns and Do-;
mestics. etc , etc. 4
BAGGING AND IRON TIES for sale at;
lowest rearsei rates. Prompt attention given;
to ah business entrusted to us. Liberal cask;
.advances made on consignments, ;
| teT Our Mb FLANNERY having purchased;
;the entire assets and assumed the liabilities;
|of tha late firm of L. J. GUILMARTIN A;
ICO., we will attend to all outstanding busi-i
iness of that Je2o-dt<fwCm ;
Gin Ilonsc
INSURANCE
IN RELIABLE PROMPT-PAYING COMPA
NIES At LOWEST Possible Bates. All
other COUNTRY Risks Taken. For informa
tion oall on or address C. W. HARRIS,
außl-d£w2m Gen. Ins. Agent, 219 Broad st.
A PHYSIOLOGICAL
View of Marriage I
Guide to Wedlock ead
■T/f •5 ▼. fiV 1 confidential Treatise pn (p*
■ duties pi marriage -'kud faff
torltVthe #*-
erne j3t £eproduetien d4
ImmOic pf Wornen,
iftf • price
SIEMg&HL B,u
A eLINIOAL LECTUB.E on th. Abo.. dlmM. tnd
thoH or Uw Tbroat.nd Long., Catarrh, Rupture, tha
Opium Habit,ac.. price 10 cu.
Llther book Hint poetpeldon recSip* ot price; or ell Hum,
containing beeutltlilij Ulu.trt. tor 7S CU.
Juhkt— DB. HuTOtS, No. UK. 8m be. Bt. Louis, Mo
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NrlHiy" tat*. Seme at., ClaclaoaU, a,
Wfaww U Addrcm J. Worth a Cos., Bt. Louts, Mo.
A/kSOU) nATEDWATCHM. ChMpert
win the known world. Sample Watch Free ta
jj if Atom. Address, A. Coulto * Cos.,
Be -formed into Solid Plate* or used is
Letters. REDUCED IS FiuCt*
[Trade Mark.) Everybody will buy them. Can be
by mail. Inks ana Brushes and everything ia Stencil stec*.
Sole manufacturer of the wonderful“ 9.5-ONWN GYRO*
SCOPE.** and 50 other Agents’fastfieftag artickfc, M Fortune
Chart,” etc. GyroscoMttnuileafM'ascts. Sample Chan. a$ ct*.
Send postal cattl far full ©articular*. N. B.—l have arrange
weLts* made and can furnish promptly any article wanted Dy
agents or American or Foreign make.
O. G. BRYANT, Sole Mflr. m Wasiungwn st, Chicago* |
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New Advertise mun te .
SENSATION!
Not one of the sensational advertisements by any means, but a gen
uine sensation, that
CHRISTOPHER GRAY & CO.
Are hound to create this week. And hew will they do It ? Tho grandest
assortment of BLACK SILKS ever shumi in Augusta. 100 pieces, at
prices that can’t be touched in this market.
ihe best line of FANCY CASSIMtiRES to be found anywhere this side
of New York.
A line of EMBROIDERIES that heats anything ever offered this year,
and that means everything.
We have introduced anew department in onr house, and respectfully
ask for the patronage of ladies in want of FASHIONABLE CLOAKS. We
are now opening the nicest assortment of these Roods in the State.
oM2i-tf O. GItAV &. CO,
Our Price List of Domesticj liportefl Coi sets.
OUB STANDARD CORSET FOR 25
TWENTY BONE 45
BERTHA, Lace Edge go
“GEM,” Satin, viith Lace Edge . 65
“ELIPTIC,” “ “ 75
“ROSE BUD,” “ “ 75
“JANNEIR” “ . 75
“OUR CHOICE,” “ “ 75
“MARTHA,” Double Bask 80
“PAULINE,” Side Steel ’ 90
OUR EX IRA LONG AND SIDE STEEL ;. 95
“AMERICAN COUSIN” ‘.’.’gl 00
“POLLY," Colored Seamless ".. ’ ’. ’' 105
“DOMNA,” Seamless j 15
“JUALL,” Embroidered 1 ]g
SIDE LACE AND SIDE STEEL 1 15
LINEN CONTiL, No. 100 ‘ ‘ '. * 1 25
“BLANCHE,” Extra LoDg Seamless 1 85
“AUGUSTA,” Extra Long 1 50
“BULA,” Long and Sharp 1 60
NURSING LINEN CORSET . ‘' 1 60
LINEN CONTIL, with Side Steels 1 65
LINEN CONTIL. No. 200 ‘1 75
NEAPOLITAN, Scarlet, Black and Blue ... .....„ 185
“JULIA,” French Embroidered ’ 1 96
“DIAMOND,” 500 80ne.... o 85
500 BONE SEAMLESS ..." 2 25
“LA BULE HELENE” 2 35
NO. 581 FRENi H SEAMLESS . 2 40
MISSES’ CORSETS AND WAISTS.’.' 60
ABDOMINAL CORSETS—“La Rival,”sl 85. Frenoh, $1 95; Madame Moody’s,
$2; Side Steel, $. Oar line of Imnortod Corsets is unsurpassed in the city.
... ~ *!• H, TRUMP, VJliO Broad Street,
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SEEK NO FURTHER,
Save Time Money
BY BUYING YOUR DRY GOODS AT THE
Augusta Dry Goods Store,
WHERE YOU WILL FIND
in immense Stock, Ail Fresh and New, of Ihc Most Choice Goods
OF THE SEASON, AT THE LOWEST PRICES.
DRESS GOODS—A beautiful line uuuurp&Bded, newest shades and designs, from ICo. to the
nnest; Colored Cashmeres, new shades, from 250. and upwards, Black Cashmeres, the
best make, from 500. tossl 50: Black Alpacas, the finest lustre and best blacks, from 250. ant!
upwards; Black and Colored Silks, all prices. An immense stock of Kentucky Jeans, from lUo.
and upwards; Cass meres, Tweeds, Waterproofs, Flannels, Linseys, all prices.
Ladies, Gents and Undervests and Drawers. A beautiful line Ladies' new style
Cloaks, all prices. Blankets, both white and colored, a large assortment, cheaper than ever
known. Bed Spreads, Quilts and Comforts, at prices unprecedented. A great variety of No
tions. Fancy Goods, Ladies’ Neck Ties, Collars and Cuffs, Ribbons, Silk and Linen Handker
chiefs, Corsets, Gloves and Hosiery, all at bottom prices. Kid Gloves at 50, 75, #l, $1 50 to #2
a pair. A beautiful assortment of Calicoes at 4,5, oto Bc. Bleached Shirtings and Sheetings
at the lowest prices. Domestic Goods at factory prices by the pieoe. Goods of every descrip
tion usually k©pt in a First Class Dry Goods House, suited to the wants of the people, both in
price and quaJity.
AT WHOLESALE AND RETAlL.—Merchants will fiud it to their interest to examine this
stock before purchasing. Orders filled with care and promptness.
Samples sent on application. Iwi 1 pay Express charges on all orders for goods at retail
amounting to TEN DOLLARS and over, the money accompanying the order, or goods sent U. O
D. Try me. Respectfully submitted.
L. RICHARDS,
oc2o-tf 209 BROAD STREET. APGUBTA. OA.. NEARLY OPPOSITE CENTRAL HOTEL.
MYERS & MARCUS,
286 and 288 BROAD STREET, AIMHTSTA, UA„
—WHOLESALE DEALERS IN—
Dry Goods, Notions, Shoes,
Hats, Trunks, .Etc.
PRICES AS LOW AS IN NEW YORK OR PHILADELPHIA.
A Large and Varied Stock on Hand.
Bep3o-BuweAfwly
CHEAT REDUCTION
IN THE PRICE OF
DRY GOODS
AT THE OLD RELIABLE DRY GOODS HOUSE
-OF
JAMES MILLER,
Corner of Broad and Jackson Streets.
I HAVE just returned from New York, having purchased one of the largest and handsomest
stock of Dry Goods it has been my good fortune to show my friends and oußtomera SINCE
THE WAR. These goods were bought with the CASH and I intend to give my friends the
BENEFIT OF IT. In tlie way of Dress Goods I think that I oan say I can show the
HANDSOMEST IIS THE CITY.
These goods consist in all the new kinds, such as the Niokerbooker and tho Maltloss some
thing entirely new. BLACK AND COLORED CASHMERES from low price to the finest, ’in the*
way of
GENTS’ FURNISHING GOODS
I have everything for a complete outfit and that ef the best. I do not keep shoddy goods of any
kind. If yon want this kind of goods you must go to the houses that keop them. A ton* ex
perience in the Dry Goods trade has proven to me that good goods and accommodating clerks and
low prices will win in the end. In fact, I have everything to be found in a first class Dry Goods*
store. I will pay express on all packages that amount to $5 and upwards.
oc7-auwe&frlm JAMES MILLER.
Win. 11. Tutt & Rein sen,
WHOLESALE AND RETAIL DEALERS IN
PURE DRUGS, MEDICINES,
PERFUMERY, SOAPS, FANOf AND TOILET ARTICLES, ETC.
ALSO. Pure WHITE LEAD. LINSEED OILS, READY MIXED PAINT’S, COLORS, TUR
PENTINE, YARNIBHEB, BRUSHES, French aud Amerioan WINDOW GLASS, PUTTY,.
KEROSINE OIL, eto., etc., which we offer to the trade at low prices.
We make a specialty of
LAN DHETII’H GAItDEN SEEDS.
264 BROAD STREET, AUGUSTA, Hi,
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GLORI our
Now Opening and on Exhibition
-AT THE-
Old Fredericksburg Store,
aoo ‘ ,3lM> riNo ’' EVEK E ™
TO BE CONVINCED
Of the above it is only necessary for you to take a strole through the establiahment, and’
from the basement to the third story, you will find goods of all descriptions piled up mountain,
high, and all so cheap that only a few dollars will almost buy one of the mountains.
SUCH A STOCK
Of Dress Goods, and so handsome; all the new stylee in Bronze and Seal Brown, Hyith Gfcwan-.
Navy aud Ink Blue, Matilasee; • Spotted, Spangled, Dashed and other styles too numerous to
mention, and from the very low priced to the fiineet. Also, BLACK GOODS of in every
description, from a handsome Black Qaahmer at 25c. up to the finest.
IN CAOAKB, never has such an assortment been brought to this market, ranging prices,
from $1 59 to SIOO 00 each, that the richjand the poor can be suited. CHILDREN’S CLOAKS,
all sizes and at low price#, if yon want or may want it will pay you to call aud examine tho
stock before the sign* are broken. In every department there seems to be no end to the goods
of all grades, afiA *t all prices. It will make no difference what you want in the way or Dry
Goods if you will come to the Old Frederickeburg Store you will find the largeet aud best as
sort tftent f jo® which to make your selections that can be found iu the city and all at the lowest
prices. We do not only say this but others say it. BLACK AND COLORBD SILKS—The best
goods ever seen for the money. We oan not do them juatioe by speaking of them in an adver
tisement, but come aud see them. It will be a treat to take a etroll through our Fancy Goeds
Department and see the elegant goods displayed. Snoh as ohoice articles in Japanise Wares,
Beautiful Fancy Boxes, Ornaments, Useful Articles for the toilet, Combe Brushes Soaps’
Fancy Papers, Chromoa, Mottoes, Neok Chains, Jewelry, Gloves, Hosiery, Corsets and hun
dreds of other articles which will attract the eye and please the fancy. Do oome and take a
look. Merchants who buy in this market will do well to examine our stook.
V. Richards & Bro.,
CORNER BY THE PLANTERS’ HOTEL,
e. S. *~To our friends in the country wo send samples, when requested, and pay freight on
orders of $lO and over for goods from our retail department. octzl-tf
NEW PROCESS FLOUR.
————— :o:
CRESCENT MILLS,
AUGUSTA, GA.
J. F. St L. J. MILLER, Proprietors.
OCB FANCY FAMILY FLOUR MADE BT NEW PROCESS HAS NO*
EQUAL. mh4— diwly