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(Etnomctc and 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. 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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. 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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 oct-d&wly 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* | oct4-wly I 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, oct2l-tf 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, octH-dAwtf 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