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Cftronicte anH jSmtfnel. WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 28, 1877. KERAMO*. BY UENBT WADHWOBTH LONGFYXIOW. Turn, turn. my wheel ! Turn round and round Without a pause, without a sound ; So sjnnx the flying wortd away This clay. well mired <mft mart anil sand, follows the motion of my howl ; For some must follow and some command, Though all are made of clay. Thus sang the Potter at hid taak Beueatl the blossoming hawthorn tree. While o'er hie features, like a mask, The >iui'ed sunshine and leaf shade Moved, & the boughs above him swayed, And clothed him, till he seemed to be A figure woven in tapestry. So sumptuously was he arrayed In that magnificent attiro Of sable tissue flaked with fire. Like a magician he appeared, A conjurer without book or beard ; And while he plied his magic art— For it was magical to me— I stood in silenco and apart. And wondered more and more to see Tliat shapeless, lifeless mass of clay Kise np to meet the master’s hand. And how contract and now expand. And even his slightest touch obey ; While ever in a thoughtful mood He sang his ditty, and at limes Whistled a tune between the rhymes, Asa melodious interlude. Turn, turn, my wheel l AU things must change To something row, to something strange : Nothing that is can pause or stay : The moon wiu war, the moon u>Ul wane, The mist and chnul will turn to rain, The rain to mist arul cloud again, To-morrow he to ‘lay. Thus still the Potter s*:.g. and still, Bv some unconscious act of will, The melody, and even the words. Were intermingled with my thought, As bits of colored thread are caught And woven into nests of birds. And thus to regions far remote, Beyond the ocean’s vast expanse. This wizzanl in the motley coat Transported me on wings of song, And by the northern shores of Franco Bore me with restless speed along. What land is this that seems to be A mingling of the land and sea t This land of sluices, dikes and dunes ? This water-net that tessellates The landscape ? this unending maze Of gardens, through whose latticed gates The imprisoned pinks and fullips gaze; Where in long Hummer afternoons The sunshine, softened by the haze, Comes streaming down as through a screen ; Whore over fields and pastures green The painted ships float high in air, And over all and everywhere The sails of windmills sink and soar Like wings of sea gHlls on the shore ? What land is this ? Yon pretty town Is Delft. With all its wares displayed ; The pride, the market place, the crown And centre of the Potter's trade. Hee ! every house and room is bright With glimmers of reflected light From plates that on the uresser shine ; Flagons to foam with Flemish beer, Or sparkle with the Kbenieh wine. And pilgrim-flasks with fleurs-de-lis, And ships npon a roiling sea, And tankards pewter-topped and queer With grotesque mask and musketeer! Each hospitable chimney smiles A welcome from its painted tiles; The parlor walls, the chamber floors, The stairways and the corridors, The borders"of the garden walks, Are beautiful with fadeless flowers, That nover droop in wind or showers, And never wifher on their stalks. Turn, turn, my wheel! All life is brief ; What none is hud will soon he leaf. What note is leaf will soon decay; The win<l blows east, trie wiml blows west: The blue eggs in the rolnn's nest Will soon none wings and beak anil breast, Arul flutter arul fly away. Now southward through tho air I glide, The song my only pursuivant, And see across the landscape wide The blue Cbarente, npon whose tide The belfries aod the spires of Baintes Hippie and rock from side to side, As, when an earthquake rends its walls, A crumbling city reels and falls. Who is it in the suburbs here, This Potter, working with such cheer, In this mean house, this mean attire, His manly features bronzed with fire, Whose llgulines and rustic wares Hcarco find him broad from day to day ? This madman, as tlie poople say. Who breaks his table and his chairs To feed iiis furnace fires, nor cares, Who goes unfed if they are fed, Nor who may live if they are dead ? This alahomist with hollow cheeks, And sunken, searching eyes, who seeks, By mingled earths and ores combined With potency of tiro, to find Homo new enamel hard and bright, His dream, liin passion, his delight ? O Palissy ! within thy breast Burned with hot fever of unrest; Thine was the prophet's vision, thine The exultation, the divine Insanity of noble minds. That never falters nor abates, But labors and endures and waits, Till all that it foresees, it finds, Or what it cautiot find, creates ! Turn, turn, my rcheel.! This earthen jar A touch can make, a touch ran mar; And shall it to the Totter suy: What makesl thou ? Thou hast no hand l As men who think to understand A world by their Creator planned, Who raiser is than they. Htill guided by the dreamy song, As in a trance 1 Moat along Above tho Pyrenian chain, Abovo tho fioldaand farms of Bpain, Above the bright Majorcan islo That lends its softened nat e to art, A spot, a dot npon the chart, Whoso little towns, red-roofed with tiles, Aro ruby-lustred with the light Of blazirg furnaces by night. And crowned by day with wreaths of smoke, Then eastward wafted in my flight On my enchanter's magic cloak, 1 sail across the Tyrrhene Bea Into tho land of Italy, And o’er the windy Apennines, Mantled and musical with pines. Tho palacoß, the princely halls, The doors of houses, and tho walls Of churches and of belfry towers, Cloistor aiul castle, street and mart Aro garlanded and gay with flowers That blossom in the field of Art. Hero Gubbio’s workshops gleam and glow With brilliant iridescent dyes. The dazzling whiteness of the snow, Tho cobalt bluo of summer ► kies ; Arid vase and scutcheon, cup and plate, In perfect finish emulato Faenz.a, Florence, Pesaro. Forth from Urbino's gato there came A yonth with the angelic uamo Of Raphael, in form and face, Himself angelic, and divine In arts of color and design. From him Francesco Xanto caught Something of his transcendent graco, And into fictile fabrics wrought Suggestions of the master's thought. Nor loss Maestro Giorgio shines With m&dre-pearl and golden lines Of arabesques, and interweaves His birds and fruits, and Mowers and leaves About some landscape, shaded brown, With olive tints on rock and town. lleliold tho cup within whose bowl, t'pou a ground of deepest blue. With vellow-lustred stars o'erlaid, Colors of every tint and hue Mingle in one harmonious whole ! With large blue eyos and steadfast gaze, Her yellow hair in net and braid, Nocklacc and ear-rings all ablaze With golden lustre o'er the glaze. A woman’s portrait; on the scroll, Cana, the Beautiful ? A uamo Forgotten save for such brief fame As this memorial can bestow— A gift some lover long ago Gave with his heart to this fair dame. A nobler title to renown Is thine, O pleasant Tuscan town. Heated beside the Arno's stream; For Lncca della liobbia there Created forms so woudrons fair They mails thy sovereignty supreme. These choristers with lips of stone, Whose music is not heard but seen, Btill chant, as from their organ screen, Their maker's praise: nor these alone ; But the more fragile forms of clay. Hardly less beautiful than they, These saints and angels that adorn The walls of hospitals, and tell The story of good deeds so well That poverty seems less forlorn, Aud life more like a holiday. Here in this old neglected church, That long eludes the traveler's search, Lies the dead bishop on his tomb; Earth upon earth he slumbering lies. Life-like aud death-like in the gloom; Garlands of fruit and flowers iu bloom And foliage deck his resting place; A shadow in the sightless eyes, A pallor on the patient face. Made perfect by the furnace heat; All earthly passions and desires Burnt out by purgatorial fires; Seeming to say, ‘ Our years are fleet, And to the weary death is sweet." But the most wonderful of all The ornaments on tomb or wall That grace the fair Ausotiian shores Ate those the faithful earth restores. Near some Apnlian town concealed, Iu vineyard or in harvest-field: Vases and urns and bas-reliefs, Memorials of forgotten griefs, Or records of heroic deeds Of derm-gods and mighty chiefs: Figures that almost move and speak, And buried amid mould and weeds. Still in their attitude attest The presence of the graceful Greek; Achilles m his armor dressed. Alcides with the Cretan bull. And Aphrodite with her boy. Or lovely Helena of Troy. Still living and still beautiful! Turn, turn, my rcheel ’ Tie Natures plan The child should grvie into the main. The man grow wrinkled, oUI arul gray; In yonth the heart exults arul sings. The pulses leap, the feet hart wings; In age the cricket chirps, and brings The harvest-home of day. Aud uow tho winds that southward blew. And cool the hot Sicilian isle. Bear me away. I see below The long line of the Libyan Nile, Flooding and feeding the parched lauds With annual ebb and overflow: A fallen palm whose branches lie Beneath the Abveinian sky. Whose roots are iu Egyptian sands. On either bank huge water-wheels. Belted with jars aud dripping weeds, Bend forth their melancholy moans ; As if. in their gray mantles hid, Dead anchorites of the TUebaid Knelt on the shore and told their beads. Beating their breasts with loud appeals And penitential tears and groans. This city, walled and thickly set With glittering mosque and minaret, Is Cairo, in whose gay bazars The dreaming traveler first inhales The perfume of Arabian gales, Aud sees the fabulous earthen lars, Huge as were those wherein the maid Morgiana found the Fortv Thieves Concealed in miduigbt ambuscade ; And seeing more than half believes The fascinating tales that mu Through all ths Thousand Mights and Ons, Told by the fair Bcheberezade. More strange and wondsrfol than thesS Are the Egyptian deities— Ammon, and Emoth. aud the grand Osiris, holding in bis hand [ The lotos ; Isis, of owned and veiled ; The sacred Ibis, and the Bplunx; Bracelets with blue-enameled links ; The Bcarabee in emerald mailed. Or Hpreadiug vide hie funeral wings; Lamps that perchance their night-watch kept O'er Cleopatra while she slept— All plundered from the tombs of kings. Turn, turn, my wheel! The human race, Of every tongue, of every place, Caucasian, Coptic and Malay, All that inhabit this great earth. Whatever be their rank or worth, Are kirulred and allied by birth. And made of the same day. O'er desert sands, o'er gulf and bay, O'er Ganges and o'er Himalay, Bird-like 1 fly, and flying sing, To flowery kingdoms of Cathay, And Urd-liks poise on balanced wing Above the town of King-tedching, A bu-ning town, or seeming so — Three thousand furnaces that glow Incessantly, Ad All the air Willi smoke uprising, gyre on gyre. And painted by the hind glare Of jets and flashes of red fire. As leaves that in the Antum fall, Hpoited and veined with various baas. And swept along the avenues. And lie in heaps by hedge and wall. So f om this grove of chimneys whirled To all the markets of the world. These procelian leaves are wafted on— Light yellow leaves with spots and stains Of violet and crimson dye, Or tender azure of a sky, Jnst washed by gentle April rains, And beautiful with celadon. Nor less the coarser wares— The willow pattern, that we knew In cn.ldhood, with its bride of bine Leading to unknown thoroughfares; The solitarv man who stares At the white river flowing throogh Its arches, the fantastic trees Arid wild perspective of the view; And intermingled among these And the tiles that in oar nurseries Filli and us with wonder and delights, Or haunted us in dreams at night. And yonder by Nankin, behold ! The Tower of Froeelain, strange and old, Uplifting to tho astonished skies Its ninefold painted balconies, Witti balustrades of twining leaves, And roof of hies, beneath Whose eaves Hang procetain bells that all ths time Bing with a soft melodious chime; While the whole fabric is ablaze With varied tints, all fused in one Great mass of color, like a maze Of flowers illumined by the son. Turn, turn, my wheel t What is begun At lUrybreak must at dark be done, To morrow will be another day; To morrow the hot furnace flame WUI search the heart and try the frame. Amt stamp with honor or with shame These vessels made of clay. Cradled and rocked in Eastern seas, The island of the Japanese Beneath me )i; o'er lake and plain The stork, the heron and the crane Through the clear realms of azure drift, And on the hill side I can see The villages of Imari. Whose thronged and flaming workshops lift Their twisted columns of smoke on high, Cloud cloisters that iu ruins lie, With snnshine streaming through each rift, Aud broken arches of blue sky. All the bright flowers that fill the land, Hippie of waves on rock or sand, The snow on Fusiyama’s cons, Tho midnight Heaven so thickly sown With constellations of bright stars. The leaves that rustle, the reeds that make A whisper by each stream and lake, The saffron dawn, the sunset red, Are painted on these lovely jars; Again the skv-lark sings, again The stork, the heron and the crane Float through the azure overhead, The counterfeit and counterpart Of Nature reproduced in Art. Art is the child of Nature; yes, Her darling child, in whom we trace The features of the mother’s face, Her aspect and her attitude, All her majestic loveliness Chastened and softened and subdued Into a more attractive grace, And with a human sense imbued. He is the greatest aitist. then, Whether of pencil or of pen, Who follows Nature. Never man, As artist or as artisan. Pursuing his own fantasies, Can touch the hnuau heart, or please, Or satisfy our uobler needs, As he who sets his willing feet In Nature’s footprints, light and fleet, Aud follows fearless where she leads. Thus mused I on that morn in May, Wrapped in my visions like the Beer, Whoso eyes behold not what is near, But only what Is far away, When suddenly sounding, peal on peal, The church bell from the neighboring town Proclaimed the welcome hour of noou. The Potter heard and stopped his wheel, His apron on the grass threwn down, Whistled his quiet little tune. Not overloud nor overlong, And ended thus his simple song : Stop, stop, my wheel ! Too soon, too soon, The noon will lie the afternoon, Too soon to-day be yesterday ; Behind us in our past we east The broken potsherds of the past, A ndaU are ground to dust at last, A nd trudilen into clay. — Harper's Magazine, for December. TRANSLATION FROM BRINK. "Die Jungfrau schlaft in der Kammsr." The girl is asleep in her chamber, The moon looks quivering in ; - Outside there is humming and strumming, As of tunes when tho waltzelFspiu. '•I’ll look out of my window, and see who Ib disturbing my rest there below,” And there stands a skeleton fiddling, And he sings, as he jerks his bow. "Unce you promised to dance as my partner— You broke your word ; and to-day There's a ball going on in the churchyard, We'll dance it out there—come away !" The voice strikes homo to the maiden, It wiles her out at tho door; Khe follows, as singing aud fiddling, The skeleton strides on before. It fiddlos and skips, and cut capers ; Clap, clap ! go its bones ; and its skull Keeps gruesomely nodding and nodding, Iu the eerie moonshine dull. — Blackwood’s Magazine. TWILIGHT. AFTER THR FRENCH OF VICTOR HUGO. Child, go aud pray—for see ! the night is here ! Through cloudy rifts the golden lights ap pear ; The hills’ faint outline tremble in the mist; Scarcely is heard a distant chariot —list I The world's at rest; the tree beside the way Gives to the evening wind the dust of day Twilight unlocks the hidiDg place of stars; They gleam and glow behind night's shadowy bars. The fringe of carmine narrows in the weßt, The moonlit water lies in shining rest; Farrow aud foot-path melt and disappear ; The anxious traveler doubts the far and near. It is the hour when angels stoop to earth To bless our babes amid their carelesa mirth. The little ones with eyes upraised in prayer, With tiny, folded hands and white feet bare, Ask at this twilight hour a blessing dear Of Him who loves his little ones to hear. Then, while they sleep, a cloud of golden dreame, Born in the calm of day's deolining beams, Waiting in shadow till the hour of night ; Fly to each couch and scatter visions bright; As" joyous bees seek honey-laden flowers, Dreams hover uear iu slumber’s peaceful hours. O cradled sleep ! 0 prayers of childhood bleat! O baby-voice, speaking a loving breast 1 Toy happy prayer the darkness maketh tight, Turneth to song the solemu sounds of night, As 'ncath his wing the birdie hides his head. Thou shelterest by thy players thy cfadle bed. —Appleton for December. (For the Chronicle and Constitutionalist.] "AN A LITTLE CHILD.” BY MAY EVS. Such a bright-eyed boy 'twas pleasant to see That looked up with a smile from hie mother's kuee. How it gladdened her heart that eager look As she taught the truths from that good old bock. It was plain for the child to understand The thiugs that she taught of the better land. * * * • • * • • There a young man sat with a thoughtful look Deep in a volume of some learned book In all earthly lore he was passing Wise But a weary "look came into his eyes. How much ! have learned—thou the student said — How little I know, and-bn bowed hie head, How with my learning shall I ever reach The things my mother was wfot-to teach ? The wages of sin they are hardly earned; Alas for the things that 1 have unlearned, - They have toppled over those truths eabliihe, But they give no ladder by which we may c'unb. Our bodies mutt crumble ere they can rise— Has mv mother gone to her home in the skies, But heaven they tell me is not a place. How then can I ever her footsteps tnee ? The mists of the world have blinded you see 1 he bov that looked up from his mother's knee. Then he cloeed his eyes with a weary look And leaned down his head on some musty book. •***• * • Twas the man of science that went to sleep Whilst his old bov-eelf should the vigil keen Aud he dreamed his mother was standing there And vailing her face with her floating heir. Mv child, said the angel, and at that sound The man and hie wisdom sank down to the ground. And just as he'd done when a child at play He look up te hear what hie mother should say, It was but a moment, the angel mailed— Heceive it my son as a little child. THE DARK FAGE. Blood? Qaarrel la Keae-MLeeael—Aa la tent Acrobat Rsecond. Cincinnati, November 21.—During a quarrel over a game of cards in a aaloon early this morning, between William Humphries (colored), Walter Gorman and Melville Began, Humphries receiv ed a fatal stab in the beck, Gorman two cute in the wrist, and Began a stab in the side. All have been arrested. - New York, November 21.—Baby George, the infant acrobat, waa taken by the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children and plaoed in U custody of the Superintendent of the Police, pending legal proceedings. ' FORTY-FIFTH CONGRESS. HR. STEPHENS* FINANCIAL BILL IN THE HOUSE. A Mcheme tar Flaaaeial Relief—The but and Redemption of Excheaaer Bills—The Arm? BIN as Hamaiered sac by the Haase. Washington, November 17. The Senate amendments to the army appro priation bill were acted on in the House. The important ones ware concurred in, fourteen Democratic members, inolud five from Texas, voting with the Repub licans. The bill now provides thst the cavalry regiments may be recruited to one hundred men in each company and kept as near as practicable to that num ber, and that a sufficient foree of caval ry shall be employed in the defense of the Mexioan and Indian frontier of Texas, and that nothing in the bill shall authorize the recruiting of the army be yond 25,000 men. Stephens, of Georgia, introduced a bill for the financial relief of the coun try; to facilitate a return to specie pay ments without injuriously affecting the commercial business and industry of the people. Referred to the Committee on Banking and Currency. It provides for the issue of three hundred and fifty millions of exchequer bills, with which legal tender notes are to be redeemed, and for the issue of three per cent, bonds into which the exchequer may be exchanged at par; the bills to be receiv able for all debts, public and private. The bill appropriating $150,000 for representation at the Paris Exposition was discussed, bat no action was taken. The Committee*— laqolrlaa for Smalls' Pa pers—No Mere Tampering With Revenue Dm, The Judiciary Committee of the House has sent for the Court records in the case of Congressman Smalls, of South Carolina, held for felony. The Committee of Ways and Means will take no action during the present extra session to disturb the existing rev enue laws. Elliott Before the C'eUa*r Committee. The Committee on Coinage, Weights and Measures, of which Mr. Stephens is Chairman, heard Mr. E. B. Elliott, of the Treasury Department, and a mem ber of the American Metrological So ciety, on the subjeeta before the com mittee. Mr. Elliott gave the committee a learned and elaborate history of coin age, and strongly favored the existing system of having silver subsidiary to gold. DEBATING UPON THE PARIS EX POSITION BILL. Co* Make* a Funny Speech Upon the Sub- Jret—lts Friends Have the Decided Advan tage. Washington, November 19.—The bill in reference to the Paris Exposition came up the first thing to-day and kept its place up to adjonnrment. After a funny speech by Cox, of New York, the general debate olosed. A motion to strike out the enacting clause (which would be equivalent to a defeat of the bill) was made by Mills, of Texas, and was rejected by a majority of 40. All who voted for the motion were Demo crats. An amendment was adopted, on motion of Steele, of North Carolina, re quiring four of the Commissioners to be practical agriculturists. The bill will probably be .disposed of to-morrow. Representative Shelly, of Alabama, introduced a resolution which was adopt ed by the House calling for information regarding vessels pnt under repair since the fourth of March last. A case is in stanced where the estimate was sizteen thousand and the oost one hundred and seventy-one thousand. Private Bills In the Senate—Examination Into Alleged Treasury Dlscrepnncles. Washington, November 19.—1n the Senate, during the morning hour, a number of ; bills were introduced and re ferred to appropriate oonuhitteqs, most of them being of a private character. The Sea ate then resumed the considera tion of unfinished business, it being a resolution of Mr. Davis, of West Vir ginia, providing for the appointment of a committee of five Senators to inquire into alleged discrepancies in the books and aooonnts of the Treasury Depart ment. On motion, the Senate receded from the amendments to the army bill, in which the House non-conourred and the bill goes to the President. The Senate agreed to Senator Davis’ resolution for a committee of five to in vestigate the Treasury system of book keeping, with a view of removing alleged discrepancies, Executive session. Caucus and Committee Meetings—The Cou lalana Caffes—Colorado’s Contested Seat— Harlan’s Case Weak. The Democratic oauous met but did nothing beyond introducing Thurman to oonfer with Democratic members of the Committee of Elections and report to an indefinitely adjourned caucus. Feeling seems to be in favor of a motion to discharge the committee from farther consideration aud bring their credentials Squarely before the Senate. The Committee on Privileges and Elections had a full meeting and order ed the papers of Spofford and Kellogg printed. A motion by Saulsbury, ol Delaware, to take up Eustis’ ease was laid on the table until the sub-commit tee on the Spofford-Kellogg case had re ported some indication as to the length of time it would require. The polioy of delay seems determined npon by the Republicans, and the Democrats are not over anxious to press the issue. The committee meets to-morrow. The Committee on Elections of the House had ail informal test of sentiment in the Colorado oase. Three favor Bel ford, three favor Patterson, four favor no election and two are non-committal. Chances favor the reference back to the people. The Senate Judiciary Committee con sidered the nomination of Harlan to the Supreme bench without reaohing a con clusion. His prospeots are not enoour aging. The Finance Committee failed to se cure a quorum to-day, aud took no ac tion on the silver bill. Victor Drummond, new Secretary of the English Legation, has been in stalled. The sub-Oommittee of Ways and Means artf holding daily sessions, with a view of presenting the new tariff bill early in the regular session. I'onflrmatlong. Tyler, Postmaster, Baltimore; quite a number of Consuls; Bell, Assistant Sec retary of the Interior; Filley, Postmas ter of St. Louis; Boseman, Charleston; North, Brunswick, Ga.; Draper, Ox ford,*Ala. ; Scott, Dennison, Texas, The Expoaltlaa Bill Famed—America Will Be Represented at the World’s Hhow— C'omailaaloaere and Appropriations. . Novewb^r e ass ion and voting eu the- amendments proposed to the Paris Exposition bill, aod finally passed the biH by a majority of fourteen. It acoepts the. imitation the appointment of Commissioners from each State and Territory; allows the use of one or more vessels of war, and ap propriates $150,000. , Debate Iu the Senate—Thurmau Upon Nat 11- r*ll|i}ag ladtmm— The Committee Upon Gea. Butler'* Credentials. Washington, November 20.—The bill in the Senate naturalizing the Indians was postponed to December. Dnring the debate, Mr. Thurman, of Ohio, Baid he saw no necessity for the passage of this bill. There was nothing in onr laws now to exclude an Indian from naturalization, the word “white” having been stricken out. The provision iu thiadriU allowing the retain his tribal interest would work mischief. It would enable the Indian to become a citizen, and at the same time give him the benefit of the immense sums annual ly distributed to his tribe by the Gov ernment. He was apprehensive that the bill, if it should become a law, might give a little trouble if that Chief, Sitting Bull, or as the French called him, “ Boeuf Asseyant” should happen to come over ou this side of the line (onr commis sioners did not snoceed in tolling him over, and were not so fortunate as the commissioners who went to Louisiana and tolled Packard’s negroes away). [Laughter.] If they had toiled Sitting Bull into this oonntry and one of his braves should become a citizen of the United States and should then claim a part of the annuity that belonged to Sitting Ball and his band, he (Mr. Thurman) ventured that Sitting 801 l would say to him, not exactly in these words, but exactly with the idea : “Un der which King, Bezonian; speak or die.” Under King Sitting Bull or King Rutherford. [Renewed laughter.] Mr. Thurman, continuing his argument, expressed the hope that the time would come when the Indians wonld adopt the habits of civilized life and become citi zens of the United States; until that time the Government should treat them kindly and keep all the treaty stipula tions with them. After executive session, Mr. Thurman ■ubmitted a resolution that the Commit tee on Privileges and Elections be dis charged from the farther consideration of the credentials of M. O. Butler as Senator from South Carolina. Mr. Crinkling, of New York, suggest ed to hia friend from Ohio, Mr. Thnr jnsn, that the resolution be withheld till to-morrow morning, unless something was to be gained by taking it np this af ternoon. The motion to discharge the oommittee was unexpected, and levers! Senators who would like to be heard in regard to this matter were not here to day. The Senator from Vermont (Mr. Edmunds) was out of the city to day but wonld return to-morrow. A single objection to-day would prevent the con sideration of the resolution, though he did not desire to make such objection. Mr. Thurman said he had intimated that a vote on this resolution would be taken to-day. He merely desired to have it taken up now so as it would come up as unfinished business to-morrow. If there should be other business thee of more importance a majority of the Sen ate could lay this resolution aside. The matter, after a long discussion, went over. i The Vice-President appointed Messrs. Davis, of West Virginia; Beck, of Ken tucky; Allison, of Iowa; Ingalls, of Kan sas, and Cameron, of Pennsylvania, as the special committee to examine the books and accounts of the Treasury De partment in regard to alleged discrepan cies, Ac., authorized by the resolution of Mr. Davis, agreed to yesterday. The Debate Upon Taking Up the South Caro* lian Senatorshlp—Dilly-Dallying Tactics of Republicans—Mr. Thurman’s Motion Goee Over. Mr. Thnrman said he argued that the resolution submitted by him was a question of privilege and it should be disposed of with ali due diligence. He said he offered this resolution with re luctance because he knew the members of the committee would be apt to re gard it as a reflection npon them, bnt the State of South Carolina had but one Senator on this floor since the 4th of March last. Five weeks of the present session had elapsed and no report had been made on the credentials of Mr. Butler. He did not propose to go into the merits of the case now, bnt as far as he had been informed there was no con troversy whatever between the con testants from South Carolina, Messrs. Butler and Corbin, about the facts, so there was no necessity of going outside of the record to learn the facts. He had also been informed that it was not the desire of either contestant to go outside of the reoord or take tes timony aliunde. No report which the Committee on Privileges and Elections could make would prevent a discussion of the case in the Senate. Ordinarily it was tho duty of the committee to ascer tain the facts in a case, but in this case the facts were all upon record, and the sooner the matter came before the Sen ate the better it would be; besides, if the Committee on Privileges and Eleotions had other cases in which testimony should be taken, it would be aiding the committee in its work to relieve it of this case. The average daily sessions of the Senate dnring the past five weeks had not exceeded an hour and a half. More time had been given for committee work this session than he ever knew of heretofore. Senators had been enjoying themselves this fine weather, going to the theatre at night, as some of the sin ners do, and others going to horse races. This delay in the South Carolina case was a reproach to the American Senate. Mr. Wadleigb, of New Hampshire, Chairman of the Committee on Privi leges and Elections, argued that it was not a question of privilege to move to discharge the committee from further consideration of the credentials of one claiming to have been elected Senator. No member of the committee, who knew what the work had been, wonld stand up in the Senate and say the com mittee had been guilty of tardiness, while the Senator from Ohio (Mr. Thur man) was attending horse races— Mr. Thurman: Yes, I was one of them. Mr. Wadleigb, resuming: And the atres. The Committee on Privileges and Eleotions was hard at work all this time. Mr. Thurman: If the oommittee had made a report on this case I would have been attending to it instead of the horse race. Mr. Wadleigb, continuing his re marks, said that the cases of Kellogg and Spofford were first taken up by the committee, and they did not think it would be proper to lay aside those cases and take up another. In his opinion this desire to fake this oase from tho committee was caused by the fact that the work of the committee on the Spof ford-Kellogg case was nearly closed. Iu one or two days the committee would be prepared to decide that case. Upon the Republican side of the Chamber Senators supposed that the Butler case would be examined into and reported upon by the committee, and not a Senator had prepared himself to discuss it in the Senate, having relied upon the committee to present the whole case; hence the motion of the Senator, from Ohio, Mr. Thurman, was unjust to the Republican Senators. The Committee on Privileges and Elections had shown no desire to delay,, and he hoped they would be allowed to report upon this case, or at least time should be given for Senators ou his side of the Chamber to prepare themselves for the discussion. He felt it to be his duty to object to the consideration of the reso lution to-day. Mr. Hoar, of Massaohusetts.by unani mous consent, spoke of the question of privilege claims by the Seuator from Ohio, Mr. Thurman, for his resolution, and denied that it was a privileged question. He referred to the rules and practice of the House of Representatives iu support of his argument. Mr. Thurman said he did not care whether it waa a privileged question or not, but he thought he could give very good reasons to show it was privileged. However, he did not propose to do so now. He had submitted his resolution, and it should be considered. It seemed that the Senate had no man who knew anything about questions of order unless he had served an apprenticeship in the House of Representatives. It had been some thirty years since he (Mr. Thur man) served iu the House, aud therefore he knew nothing about such questions. In the Senate they did business as a set of gentlemen, and did not bother them selves about questions of order. The Chairman of the Committee on Privi leges and Elections had stated that the committee felt it to be its duty to con sider the Kellogg case first. Why the oommittee considered that case in pref erence to the Eustis oase he (Mr. Thur man) was at a loss to know. Mr. Mitchell, of Oregon, said that when the Committee on Privileges and Elections first met a motion was pending iu the Senate to discharge the committee from further consideration of the Eustis oase, and therefore it was thought best to take up the Keilogg-Spofford case and not consider the Eustis case while the motion to discharge the committee was pending. Mr. Thurman said it was he who made the motion to discharge the committee from the further consideration of the Eustis case, and after discussion with drew the motion himself. It was all done at one session of the Senate and, therefore, could not have been pending when the oommittee took up the Kellogg case. Mr. Saulsbury, of Delaware, a mem ber of the Committee on Privileges and Elections, said the motion of the Sena tor from Ohio, Mr. Thurman, in the Eustis case was made on the 16th of October, and the Committee on Privi leges and Elections did not meet until the 19tb, so that all the cases were be fore the committee when it met. In reply, the Chairman of the com mittee, Mr. Wadleigb, had said that a member of the committee had called the attention of the members to the fact that a motion would be made to dis charge the committee from the farther consideration of the Butler case and therefore the Senators on the other side of the chamber knew it and had time to prepare themselves. The Chairman had said the committee had been dil igent, but he, Mr. Saulsbury, must say that the committee had had ample time to dispose of the Eustis case and the Butler case, and still oould have made the same progress it had on the Keilogg-Spofford case. On Monday last in the committee he made a motion to take up the oase of Mr. Eustis, but it was lost. Mr. Wadleigh renewed his objection, and the further consideration of the resolution went over until to-morrow. THE LOUISVILLE CORNET BAND. [ Correspondence Chronicle and Constitutionalist.] Louisville Ga., November 20.—As a member of the Louisville Cornet Band, I desire to correct any wrong impression that may have been formed from the report of your correspondent “D,” in regard to the serenade by the band to Hon. H. C. Foster. It is true we did serenade Mr. Foster, and we thought we were serenading Major Camming at the residence of Judge Denny, and never learned that he was not there until next day. Notwithstanding he did not hear it,*l am instructed by the band to say the compliment was equally intended for both. B. The Resumption Repeal Bill’s Prospects. Washington, November 18. The supporters of the repeal of the Resump tion act hardly expect to reach a vote to-morrow, and possibly not on Tues day. The Paris Exposition bill will come up to-morrow after the morning hour as the unfinished business, and if it is not voted npon it will also con sume a part of Tuesday. The delay has already damaged the cause of repeal, and a vote for unconditional repeal is now a question of very great doubt. The bill will surely be amended, and it is believed that the most that can be done is to postpone the date of resumption for three or fonr years more. The free-banking clause will be retained, ae eording to present indications. MEDICAL TREATMENT IN lOWA. Haw Same Cartons Caoea Were Relieved— The Gm 4 tEflecu of Eneoaraaement ami Imagination. [ Dubuque (lowa.) Timas, Moo. 7.1 Some carious manifestations of dis ease, and cariosities in the treatment of disease, have recently oocurred in onr city, or in connection with persons wide ly known in our city. One day last week a child five months old died of hydro phobia—water on the braiD. Soon after birth the child had spasms, which de veloped this brain disease. Although parents and physicians alike knew the case to be incurable, yet, for the sake of prolonging the life, an opeiation com paratively new in this country was per formed. We, some months ago, recorded the case where an instrument called an “asperator” was introduced into a man’s liver, and the contents of a large abscess drawn off. In this other case another of onr physicians introduced an aspera tor into the cavity of the brain, and drew off the accumulated water—three quarters of a pint at the first operation and a pint at the next, some weeks later. Did he take a gimlet and bore a hole through the skull, do you ask? No* the abnormal amount of the contents of the sknll crowded the bones apart at the sntnres, and the instrument—the perfo rating portion of which was not larger than an ordinary needle—was there in troduced through the scalp. The life of the child was prolonged a month or six weeks by the operations. Iu another case in onr city recently, where the symptoms indicated dropsy of the heart, and tho symptoms were in tensely painful, and threatening to be painful at any moment, the needle of the operator was introduced into the cavity of the pericardium, or sack sur rounding the heart, and a large quantity of water drawn off. On withdrawing the needle it was found that it had passed into the musoular tissue of the heart itself. The patient, a lady, at once began to reoover, and is now well. We yesterday mentioned that Mrs. G. H. Candee, formerly of Dubuque, but who some months ago returned to Mas sachusetts for the benefit of her health, was recovering. Hers was a peculiar case. She gradually sank lower and lower until the doctor gave np all hope of being able to do anything more for hor, and so told the family. Mr. Gan dee then told him that he need not oeme any more, and he ceased his visits. Mr. Candee then, from motives or reasons not very explicitly set forth in the let ters concerning her case writt< n to friends in Dubuque, arranged with the other members of the family to agree in commenting on her improved appear ance and the prospect of speedy re covery. They even asserted that if she should make the attempt she might walk, at least as far as her chair, ant) sit up a little while. She had not sat up a moment for many days; but, stimu lated by these encouraging remarks, with her friends at each side to help her, she attempted to walk to the chair, but failed ou reaching her feet aud fainted away. They laid her upon the bed, and when she came to consciousness she avowed that she felt better. With this basis of fact to work on, the friends con tinued to encourage the idea of her speedy convalescence, and from that hour until Bko was last heard from— nearly or quite a fortnight—she had steadily and greatly improved, and has now giveD up all hopes of dying for a score of years yet. THE FASTEST TIME. I. Grant, the Trotting Wander of the World. [Turf, Field and Farm.] As publio curiosity has been aroused over the marvelous newspaper stories told of Lady Grant and her wonderful performances in private, our readers are anxious to know if the Lady is a myth, or whether there is any truth in the sto ries going the rounds. The latest re port. that the mate had trotted a full mile, at an agricultural fair, in 2:12, gave some coloring to her owner’s boast that she could beat the Maid’s time, and determined the proprietors of this paper to inquire into the facts. A reporter was quietly dispatched to the home of the Lady, with instructions to unearth the wonder, and get at the bottom facts about her extraordinary speed. If all that was claimed for her was true, it was due that the truth should be made public; or, if false, the rascality ex posed. The following is the result of his investigations: Lady Grant is a medium-sized, fine looking bay mare, a pretty stepper, aud on the road can give all cold-blooded pings and slugs the go-by ; but she is no trotter, and would find it difficult to beat 4:00 on a race track. Her owner, Mr. Trask, is a flue, candid, unsophis ticated old gentleman of about 60 years of age, and, having been led to suppose that he had a flyer in Lady Grant, is perfectly sincere in his offers to show extraordinary speed. It is about three years since he was taught to think the mare was developing great speed. The boys in his neighborhood indulged him in his belief by timing her trials in such fabulous time as 2:20, 2:15, 2:10, etc. This timing business soon got buzzed about iu the neighboring villages, and was understood by those who are fond of a lark. They all enjoyed the joke and helped to keep up the delusion. From the boys the joke spread to child ren of a larger growth, until it culmi nated at a certain agricultural fair, dnr ing the present Fall, not 1,000 miles from Franklin, New York, when Mr. Trask agreed to show a mile with Lady Grant in 2:10 for a special premium of $lO. After the trial the judges, who had been previously posted, announced 2:12 as the result. Thus, after having been deceived for years, Mr, Trask’s friends find it impossible to undeceive the innocent old gentleman. He fancies he has the fastest trotter in the world, aud nothing less than $50,000 will buy her. ——_ a HORRIBLE INCENDIARISM. A Country Store Set on Fire and Blown to Pieces by a Keg ol Powder. [Hampton Herald.] At about 12 o’olook on the night of the Bth instant, the storehouse of Messrs. Atkinson A Go., at Lewis Turnout, 15 miles south of Rock Hill, was discovered to be on fire by the young man, Mr. J. N. Neely, who was sleeping in the rear end of the house. He suddenly sprang from his bed and found the flames climb ing up the inner wall on one side of tho house. Rushing out of the back door into the yard he exclaimed “fire 1 fire !” and immediately entered the building again, and was looking after valuables near his bed, when in an instant the en tire building was blown into fragments by the explosion of a powder keg, which had been left sitting on a lower shelf, with about twelve pounds of powder in it. In a moment others were on the ground, and instant search was made for the young man, who was fonnd and taken from the debris in an insensible condition. While injured by the con cussion, his most serious injuries seem to be from bruises inflicted by the fall ing timbers. Our latest information represents him as lying in a critical con dition. On retiring that night Mr. Neely had placed his pantaloons under his pillow, into the pocket of which he had put all the cash ou hand, $540. When carried to a house near by, his consciousness retnrned in a moment, and he immediately called for the money and his pantaloons, which were at once found near the scattered bed, but, strange to say, the money was gone, and as yet we hear of no olue. After the explosion the fire was easily extinguished, and only a very small portion of the house or Stock was ac tually burned, but there was confusion beyond description. Tbe building was owned by Mr. W. H. Crain, and is a total wreck. No insurance-. -The stock was the property of Mr. J. R. London, onr townsman, and Dr. Atkinson. They were insured for SBOO. The goods were generally saved, bnt badly damaged. It is believed, however, that their loss is pretty well covered, excepting the cash, which, it is hoped, may yet be recover ed. The fire was the work of an incen diary, as there was not even a match in the store. Fine Shoot in#. At a recent rifle match in New Or leans the contest was closed by repre sentatives of the press. The Picayune says in reference to it: When the last contest was about to come off it was not unheralded. Horns were blown, sky rockets sent up and other signals of warning given to the inhabitants of the neighborhood. Immediately in the rear of the target, some two miles dis tant on the lake shore, live many negro, squatters. The news of the press match had reached them, and early in the morning the children and women were removed to a place of safety. The markers at the butts, in order to make themselves secure, scrambled np and hid behind the bull’s eyes, that being considered the safest place. Cattle were driven in for mils* around, and even the turkey buzzards sailed slowly off toward the west. When the first knight ef the qnill took his position to fire the members of the rifle clnb with drew behind an embankment, leaving Major Shipley, who was scoring, to fsca the danger alone. A report was heard; a young man was fonnd lying senseless on his back, and all he oould say after the application of restorative, was: “Which boiler bast ? Gimme a list of the passengers ?” Another member of the preoi, beeomming disgusted at the conduct of the scorer in refusing to mark his ball’s eyes, waited until the marker came ont of the battery to take a drink, and at 929 yards laid him ont. BLODGETT'S BOX. A Talk About Iu Valuable Content*—He Claimed to Held Hie Complete Vindication la Hand—Wouldn’t “Peach" Until Com* polled to Relieve Himself In Court—HU In terest la the Great Trials. [Atlanta Constitution^ The death of Foster Blodgett ends the criminal prosecutions pending against him in the Superior Court of this ooun ty, and which were to have come to trial in December. It was the earnest desire of Mr. Blodgett, prior to his death, to have these eases tried and disposed of, and his friends claim it a great misfor tune to his reputation that death should have cut him off from the benefits of a full legal investigation of his acts in con nection with the State’s affairs. Some months ago a reporter of the Constitution had a long conversation with Mr. Blodgett concerning the ap proaching trials. In the course of the conversation the following passed:— “When I was arrested and brought baok here,” said Mr. Blodgett, “you made a great to do in the Constitution about my little ‘tin-box’ and what it was sup posed to contain. You remember your interviewing me at the post office one day and I told you that I had nothing in that box that would criminate any Dem ocrats in the transactions for which I was under indictment.” “Yes, I remember so publishing the statement at the time.” “Well, I repeat that to you now. I said that the contents of that box (whioh is all a myth so far as the box is con cerned) were nothing more than papers relating to my private affairs. But they relate to my private affairs and fortunes in thiß same connection with the State’s affairs in which I was involved and to the acts for which I am to be tried.” “Are they snoh papers as will assist you to clear yourself of the charges ?” “They are my salvation,” he exclaimed, with emphasis. “In what way ?” “Well, now, what I say to you is not for the newspapers, but you will be in a posi tion at the trial, I suppose, to verify what I tell you. Without going into detail, I can say this, that I have rested under the responsibility for many acts in which I had no hand whatever. I was simply made the scape-goat of men who had the whip-hand of me and I could not ‘peach,’ you know,without be ing set down as ungrateful to them. I knew I had nothing to fear in the end, and I was willing to rest under the oharges long enough to give them all the chances to get out that they could ask.” “Yon mean that you could any time have cleared your skirts of these oharges ?” “Yes, but it would have played h—l with some other people !” “What was that to you ? I wouldn’t rest under what you have for all these years to save any ten men in Christen dom.” “Ordinarily, I would not either, but they had been my friends, and had done a great deal for me, and if they tried to play it low down on me, I couldn’t re taliate. You see my lawyers said that I must wait for popular feeling to subside. For me to have opened np then would have been to call down upon my head the cry of traitor to my friends, and wonld not have helped me any in the estimation of the community. So it was a losing game all around to give them away then.” “ But you will on the trial ?” “I intend to vindicate myself as sure as that suu shines, and leave my chil dren nothing to be ashamed of when they remember me hereafter. I would not do so, except upon a trial in the Courts of the country, where it was ne cessary to tell the whole story in self preservation. That necessity is about to occur, and no man can say when it is done that Foster Blodgett willingly gave up his secrets and ruined him.” “Am I to understand that those pa pers that will vindicate you will convict the other parties?” “I say that if it is neoessary for me to show up every thing in my own defense, the State will not find it hard to get hold of the re sponsible parties.” “How about Bul lock?” “Well, I don’t care to say much about him; he has not treated me right lately. I will say, though, without my aid the State can’t touoh him. ” “You surprise me.” “And I will surprise the people of Georgia when they put me before a jury in Fulton county. And I will tell you another thing that may surprise you—if I don’t, my family will yet re gain from the State every dollar’s worth of property that she confiscated to pay my so-called ‘ thefts !’ ” STILL ANOTHER. The Dublin Mills Company Organized—The Stack All Subscribed For—Election of OH cere. Pursuant to call a meeting of the sub scribers to the stock of the Dublin Mills was held at the office of the Augusta Factory yesterday, at 12 o’clock. Among those present were Messrs. George T. Barnes, J. B. Dougherty, John F. Arm strong, W. E.-Jackson, M. J. Verdery, F. Cogin, J. A. Gray, Charles Estes, W. H. Barrett, J. W. Turley, Patrick Walsh, A. Mullarky, Robt. H. May, George T. Jackson, E. R. Schneider and Thos. G. Barrett. On motion, Mr. Robert H. May was called to the Chair and Mr. M. J. Ver dery was requested to aot as Secretary. On motion, the Secretary read the oharter and list of subscribers. The charter is as follows: An Act to Incorporate “The Dublin Mills” in the City of Augusta. Section 1. Be it enacted by the Sen ate and House of Representatives of the State of Georgia in general assem bly met, That John P. King, James A. Gray, James W. Davies, William S. Roberts and their associates and suc cessors be, and they are constituted a body corporate and politic, for the man ufacture of cotton and woolen fabrics, under the name and style of “The Dub lin Mills,” and such body corporate and politio shall have power to use a com mon seal, plead, and be impleaded, sue and be sued, in any Court of law or equity, and make such by-laws and rules as they may deem fit, not contrary to the laws of this State or the United States, Bso. 2. That said corporation shall locate its mills on the waters of the Au gusta Canal, and shall be authorized to purchase and hold, sell and convey fluch real estate, water rights, and personal property, as may be necessary and con venient for the business hereby author ized. Sec. 3. That the affairs of said cor poration shall be managed by a Board of Directors, of such number, and elect ed in such manner, as their by-laws may provide; and when elected, said Board shall serve until the election of their successors. In such elections, each share of stock shall be entitled to one vote; and the Board may appoint such officers as may be necessary to oarry on their business. Sec. 4. That the capital stock of said oompany shall be one hundred and fifty thousand dollars, in shares of one hun dred dollars each. Said stock may be increased, from time to time, by a vote of a majority of stockholders whose stock is fully paid up, to an amount not exceeding in all one million dollars. Sec. 5. That no stockholder’s note or other obligation shall be taken in pay ment of stock, but all stock shall be paid in money, or other property as the company may require for carrying on their business; and no business shall be commenced until the whole capital stock is subscribed, and twenty per cent, thereof paid in, as above stated. Sec. 6. That no stockholder of said corporation shall be personally or in dividually liable for the debts of said corporation, or aDy portion of them, ex cept to the extent of his or her unpaid subscription. Sec. 7. That the capital property of said edrporation shall be exempt from taxation—State, county or municipal— for ten years from the time of their com mencing any of their mannfaetnres. Sec. 8. That all conflicting laws are hereby repealed. [Signed] O. A. Bacon, Speaker of the Honse of Representa tives. L. Cabbington, Clerk of the Rouse of Representatives. T. N. Trammell, President Senate. Approved February 28th, 1874. James M. Smith, Governor. It appeared from the subscription list that fifteen hundred shares, the whole number required under the charter, had been subscribed for. Maj. Barnes offered the following res olution, which was adopted: Resolved, That the charter granted by act of the Legislature of the State of Georgia, approved February 20th, 1874, entitled “An act to incorporate the Dub lin Mills in the city of Augusta,” be and the same is hereby accepted. Mr. Estes offered the following by laws: By-Laws el tbe Dublin Mills. Sec. 1. The affairs of the company shall be confided to the management of five Directors, who shall be elected an nually, and hold their places till their successors are elected. Said Board shall make such rules and regulations as they may deem best for the interest of the company. The by-laws were unanimously adopt- Mr. Patrick Walsh nominated the fol lowing ticket of Directors : Francis Cogin, John Davison, Austin Mullarky, W. H. Barrett and James A. Gray. A ballot was entered into and these gentle men were unanimously elected, receiv ing a stock vote of 1,050. On motion, the meeting adjourned. After the adjournment the Directors met and eleeted Mr. James A. Gray President. The mill will be located on the prop erty known as the Confederate Machine Works, on Jackson street. The whole amount of stock, $150,000, has been sub scribed. CONFUSION WORSE CONFOUNDED. Hew Gambetta Weald Bed tbe Threatealec Crisis—Complicatlen In the Proposed New Cabinet. Paris, November 22. Le Republique Francaise (Gambetta’s organ) demands that President MacMabon sdtumon a eongress of the Senate and Deputies to put au end to the crisis. Difficulties are reported this morning to have arisen in the formation of the new Cabinet rela tive to the Ministry of the Interior and Ministry of Justioe, for whioh Messieurs De Welch and Depeyer are respectively proposed, and other appointments in their stead must be made. WILKES STANDS FOR THE RIGHT. She Holds a Primary Election—Good and True Men tu Hold Up the Party Standard. [Special to the Chronicle and Constitutionalist. J Washington, Ga., November 22.—The Democratic party.of Wilkes county, by a primary election, held yesterday, the twenty-first, nominated Messrs. Frank H. Colley and Benjamin F. Jordon as candidates for the Legislature. The Social Dry Rot Of to-day is dishonesty in business among merchants and manufacturers. Let us record a noble exoeption. Coo ley’s Yeast Powder, for baking pur poses, is always full weight, and made of the purest obemical substances. Its use saves in money, labor and delight, both to palate and stomach. An English peer has disappeared 1 He waß attending the Clifton Confer ence. He sat in a eonspioious position on the stage and it is to be presumed was peering around at the audience, when suddenly his heels gave a flash and the peer appears no more on the scene. A oonjurer had oocupied the hall the night before and had forgotten to fix the trap door. The peer’s chair was placed over the trap. Hence his sudden withdrawal from the conference must not be supposed to indicate that he felt offended at anything that was said there. Mother, do not give Anodynes and lull your child to quiet and sleep, by prostrating the nervous system, to be repeated again the next night, but cure your child with Teethina (Teething Powders). Teethina (Teething Powders) is fast taking the place of all other remedies for the irritations of Teething Children, Colonel J. H. Huggins having receiv ed 296 votes in the primary election in Clarke eounty, has been declared the nominee for the House. He is an hon est, sensible man. TbeHnsic House ortbeSontli. COMPETITION SSO TO SIOO Saved by Purchasing: at the AHgusta Music House! Pianos s Organs The Most Celebrated Makers. THE LARGEST AND BEST ASSORT MENT SOUTH OF BALTIMORE, At Prices Absolutely Beyond Competition IP A C ■■low ■ BICES ALES Insicsl fnstnneots, Of Every Variety. 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PT* WEND FOR A CIKCXLAR. nov3-3,10,14,21,24,28*7,3! and d*c4,811,15,18,22, *6,12 ■ A LadiaaWlagant im. rttiTfill tfctiou Rosa CotP Ki get, RraastpU mm Enrdop*. sent post paid to anj read*# ° r 86 /*3nTk/wooetn for bOceuu. IrUuudu iUrfr coral sleeve BUTTONS to match 26 canes par Jh|WV/ or tbraeaet* for ▼ 60 cant*. Elegant Necklaces with \ Charms, $1 each, 1 W J&K. Currency or Postage JSrf wSSBm novlß-3m ■p A IA pm-XKi ■ iff W, MBv 9H Stationery Package In th ■ ■ - AIM VM It containslSsbects ■ Paper, 18 Snvniqpnn, Pencil, Penholder, Golden Pan, and a piece of Tahubia Jaw* shy. Complete sample package, with elegant gold stone Sleeve Buttons, Set Gold-plated Studs, Engraved Go id-plated Ring, and a Ladles’ Fashionable Fancy Set, Pin and Drops, postpaid 86 cents. 6 PACKAGES with Assorted Jewelry sl. •RIM A OO. a >1 Clinton Plaoe. New York. dovlMs nf ® w A. dvertlse * onte . AUSTIN MULLARKY & CO. _ Will this week offer the largest stock of Crochet sad knit Wool Goods is the city, st extraordinary Low Prices. A large Ist of Crochet Wool Shawls, Is all the sew and favorite shades of White, Bine, Scarlet, Cardinal, Pink, Brown, Drah, Gray, Mixed, etc., etc., frea $1 to $6, fall size. A full stock of New Style Berlin Rifts, Nablas, Clouds, Seealess Jack ets, etc., etc., frea 50c. to the finest quality. A complete assertaent or Children's Wool Jackets, all sizes and colors, froa 50c. to $1 50. A large lot of Children’s Hosiery, to he sold at nearly half price. A Rill stock of Dress Silks, In Plain Black and all the newest shades and celors, the latest laportations and finest qualities, at sl, $1 25 and $1 50 per yard, worth at least one-half aere. Call and see onr stock before making your purchases. We only advertise Goods we can supply to onr enstoaees. AUSTIN MULLARKY & CO., - novlß-tf 262 Broad St., Augusta, Ga. W. 8. ROYAL HAS REMOVED TO THE COMMODIOUS STORE KNOWN AS THE AUGUSTA SHOE HOUSE, 333 BROAD STREET, Opposite Masonic Hall, AND NEARLY OPPOSITE CENTRAL AND GLOBE HOTELS. Gents’ French Calf Rid Top Button Gaiters. Gents’ French Calf, Double Sole, Congress, Box-toe. Gents’ French Calf, Pooblc Sole, Congress, French Toe. Gents’ French Calf, Single Sole, Box-toe. Boys’ and Yosths’ Buckle Alex Ties, Sewed. Youths Calf Sewed, High Laced Boots. The above Goods are the fluest and b >st ever brought to this city, aud will be sold CHEAP FOR uqtM&w A BETTER DAY HAS (ME ONE THOUSAND CASES BOOTS, SHOES AND HATS FOR THE PEOPLE AT Wm. Mulherin’s, 293 Broad Street. MERCHANTS who pay Cash will find prices as low as the New York. Baltimore and Charlesten Markets. PLANTERS will find a class of goods specially suited for Plantation services. MECHANICS can get, at low prices, BOOTS, SHOES and GAITERS, that were made to order and are warranted to stand hard service. A’large stock of LADIES’, MISSES and CHILDRENS’ flue SHOES on hand "Quick Sales and Small Profits” is the motto. Win. Dulherin, oc3B-Buwe&frd&wlm 303 Broad Wtreet. MILLER & BUSSEY, Wholesale and Retail Grocers, No. 283 Broad Street, Corner Campbell (store formerly occupied by M. O’Dowd), offer to dealers and the public at unusually low prices for the CASH: 40,000 Founds G. R. D.S. Bides. 50 Barrels Sugar Syrups. 20,000 Pounds C. B. Sides. 300 ! tolls Bagging. 10000 “ounda D. 8. Shoulders. 500 Bundles Ties. -i ('l Boxes Tobacco all Q (~\ ( \ -L W W grades. OVA U Barrels Flour—all grades. O A/T Packages Mackerel, in half Ov/ Bags Bio Ooffee. Ov) . / barrels and kits, )T7 8 Barrels refined Sugar— p* /'A I D all grades. t) Vy Barrels Liquors—all kinds. 100 Barrels Reboiled Molaa- Together with Spices, Candles, Soaps, Teas, Ac. } Ac. All Goods and Weights guaranteed. MILLER & BUSSEY. oc9-tf MYERS & MARCUS, 286 and 288 BROAD STREET, AUGUSTA, GA., • —WHOLESALE DEALERS IN- Dry Goods, Notions, Shoes, Hats, Trunks, Etc. PRICES AS LOW AS IN NEW YORK OR PHILADELPHIA A Laxge and Varied Stock on Hand. NEW PROCESS FLOUR. CRESCENT MILLS, AUGUSTA, GA. J. F- & L. J. MILLER, Proprietors. OUR FANCY FAMILY FLOUR MADE BY NEW PROCESS HAS NO EQUAL. mh4—d&wly Breton Galloon Trimming, ALL SHADES. Shetland Wool SHAWLS, In Colors and White. Ladles’ and Children’s Hand Knit Wool Fascinatnrs. Sleeveless Tests, Infants’ Hoods, Jackets, Suits, Nubias, Ac. All the Leading Styles in Straw and Felt Hats. Ribbons, Flowers, Feathers and Ornaments at Lower Prices than ever offered before.* Foil Line of Abdominal and Imported Corsets at Bottom Prices. 206 doz. Silk Handkerchiefs, 20c., 40c., 65e. and 75e., worth Donble the Money, at J. H. TRUMP’S, novll 220 Broad Street. JAS. A. CRAY X CO. WE WILL OFFER ON TO-MORROW EXTRAORDINARY BARGAINS IN EVERY DEPARTMENT. IN onr Colored Silk Stock will be found all the fashionable shades, and at prices that oan’t be touched. Our Black Silks a*, acknowledged by all to be ahead of any ever shown in Ausnsta— SPECIAL PRICES FOB THIS WEEK. Onr Black Goods Stock stands unrivalled. In it will be fownd tbe most famous makes of Bombazines, Henriettas, Cashmeres, Tamises. Mousselines, Baratheas, Biarritz and Marquise, Cords, Balmoral and Australian Crapes, Parisiennes, BnUiantines, Mohairs, Alpacas, Ac., at prices that defy oempeticon. Our Colored Dress Goods Stock is simply immense. We will not mention the various names of goods, but aay that in it will be fonnd the most complete assortment of new and . fashionable goods ever brought to this market. SPECIAL, FOR THIS WEEK. 5,000 Yards Knickerbocker and Bourette Cloth at 12) —never before offered at less than 35c. JAMES A. GRAY & CO.