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THE UNION & RECORDER.
Old “Southern'.Recorder” and “Federal Union”
[consolidated.]
MILLED an VILLE, u A :
Tuesday, November 9, 1873.
Tlje November Elections and tljc
Teaches.
Lesson it
Our latest returns sliow that the
Republicans Lave been successful in
Massachusetts, New Jersey anu
Pennsylvania and made large gains
in New York ; whilst tlio Democrats
have been successful in Maryland,
Virginia and Mississippi- The re
sult in Mississippi carries a thrill of
joy to every honest man in the coun
try. The people of that uufortuuate
State, have long groaned under the
oppression of their carpet-bag task
masters, and tbeir negro allies. Now
all of the Southern States have been
redeemed except South Carolina,
for there is undoubtedly a large
Democratic majority in Louisiana
when tbe people are allowed to vote.
The losses of the Democrats in New
York are the most severe and the
most unexpected of any State ; for
although they have elected their
State ticket, it is by such a reduced
majority as to amount to a defeat.
This defeat they richly deserved, for
in the contest in Ohio they gave aid
and comfort to tbe enemy and caused
the defeat of Allen, thus preparing
the way for our defeat in Pennsjl.,
vania and their own disasters. They
should have known that whilst they
were stabbing Allen in tbe back and
letting out the life blood of the Ohio
Democracy, they were depleting
their own system and helping to de
feat the Democracy everywhere.
Their severe chastisement will, we
hope, to teach them a lesson. Some
people will only learn by adversity.
We hope our reverses this year will
teach tho Democracy a lesson for
the Presidential campaign. They
must avoid all side and local issues
and attack the enemy upon the cor
ruption and errors of tho administra
tion- We are sure they can find f
ammunition enough there to carry
the election. The administration is
responsible for tbe finances. The par
ty out of power have no need of tabb
ing ground on that question. Let the
Democrats wave all side issues. The
enemy will try to draw them off, on
side issues to keep them from at
tacking and exposing the corrup
tions of the administration, but if
they are wise they will avoid all side j
issues and attack the citadel of cor- j
ruption. The Republicans have '
done in this election what will dis
gust and drive from their ranks many
honest men. They have not only \
used bribery and conuption but they
have joined the repeaters and ballot
box Bluffers in Philadelphia and they
have made common cause with the
canal thieves against Tiklen. They j
elected John Morrissy and Lis gang
against honest men. They have eve
rywhere taken sides with the cor
rupt men which the Democrats had
expelled from the party and elected
them. If the people after tbe sober
second thought sustain such a part}’,
then the Republic is lostand we have
nothing left worth contending
for ; but tbe people will not sus-
tain such a party. The Democra
cy have only to avoid colateral is
sues, close up their ranks and charge
the center of the enemy’s position to
win next year.
Physiological Influence of Alco
hol.
Perhaps the ablest discussion of
the physiological influence of alco
hol on^the human economy, when
used internally, is presented in an
exhaustive and learned popular arti
cle on the subject in the last No. of
Littell’s Living Age; the excellent
weekly published by Littell and Gay,
17 Bromfield St., Boston. We pre
sent the following extract from this
article, commending to our readers
the perusal of the entire discussion,
enriched ps it is with wise and oppor
tune reflections and teachings. Af
ter mentioning some earlier effects
of excessive use of alcoholic stimu-
lants, this valuable article proceeds
to say :
Tho liver buffers very severely
from tl.' first, because it is the or
gan which in some way is most im
mediately concerned with the elim
ination and expulsion of the spirit
out of the blood. It gets contracted
and shrivelled into a hard half-disor
ganized mass- The kidneys are next
affected, because when the liver is so
injured as to cease to be able to do
its own proper work of secreting
and removing bile from the blood,
extra strain is thrown upon them
and they strive, although ineffectual
ly, to accomplish what the liver fails
to do, until they break down also
under the unaccustomed strain.
When the membranes of the stomach
are included in this structural de
terioration, this organ ceases to be
able to digest the food as it does in
its uninjured condition, and there are
all the discomforts of obstinate indi
gestion. The lungs in their turn
are involved in the mischief. The
inexorable craving for strong drink,
to which the name of dypsomania
ha3 been given, and the fierce mad
ness of paroxysmal drunkenness, are
both forms of structural degrada
tion of the brain-substance by per
sistent, or often renewed, irritation
with alcohol. The last stage but
one of tbe destruction of the brain-
fibres by its continued use is tbe
“trembling delirium” (delirium tres
mens), in which tremors occur
through the whole muscular system,
and return paroxysmally in the form,
not of muscular contraction, but of
wave-like transmissions of ineapacity
to contract through the muscular
bands; and the last stage of this
especial lesion is fully declared epih
eptic convulsion.
Washington County Fair.
Editors Union cfc Recorder :
As promised, I will give you furth
er account of the proceedings of
Washington county Fair. Saturday-
morning was rainy until nine o’clock
and there was not so many out as
on Friday, but a respectable crowd,
and all passed off pleasantly. A good
j deal of racing during the day in va-
j rious ways, horses running, trotting
i and pacing, mule racing and foot
racing, by white and black; all very
i exciting and amusing to the crowd,
especially the mule and foot racing.
I will here state that a Hancock
party brought down a racking horse
name “Bob Stallings,” to enter in
the pacing race, but being hood-wink
ed by the preliminary manoeuvres of
an old gray wagon horse, retreated
precipitately, and on Saturday morn
ing took the lino of march for home a i
little before the show, the weather !
; was threatning and winter near by, j
and La-menting their entering, leav- j
ing another Rich-mond to take tbe ;
field by the name of Gordon Smith, j
j who took the premium on the old j
| gray over three other brag pacers. !
I A grand display of stock on the I
j track, such as brood mares and colts, j
buggy, saddle and stylish horses, j
; and a fine display of double teams, i
R. T. Gibson of Jones county, taking |
the premium for the most valuable
ffev Savannah Advertisements.
Weed and Cornwell.—While
in Savannah last week, we had the
pleasure of making the acquaintance
of the above-named gentlemen, who
are well known among business men
as extensive dealers in hardware,
iron, steel, &c. Mr. Cornwell kind
ly conducted us through his large
building and gave us a glimpse at
the stock. The building fronts
double the usual width of large sin
gle stores, and, counting the cellar,
is four stories high ; each story of
which was literally filled. To men
tion tho different kinds of articles
the stock contained, time and space
would fail us. But they have a large
assortment of every conceivable ar
ticle belonging to tbe hardware trade,
such as farmers and mechanics tools,
wagon-makers material, &c., &c.—
They are also importers and exten
sive dealers in tea and coffee. It
seemed to us that they had tea, cof
fee, iron and steel, enough to sup
ply the whole State for a considera
ble time. Carriage and wagon ma
kers can, at this house, purchase
any part or piece belonging to a bug
gy, carriage or wagon, whether it be
wood or iron, all ready to be adjust
ed in its proper place. Their stock
of iron is composed of every con
ceivable kind, from the smallest hoop
and band iron to the heaviest sheet
and shaft iron, and the quantity is
greater by far than we ever saw be
fore at one time.
We do not hesitate to say that
Messrs. Weed & Cornwell are the
largest dealers in their line south of
Baltimore. They have a card in this
issue of our paper to which we in
vite attention. It is said that those
who buy most largely are enabled to
sell cheapest; and if this be true,
certainly no house in the South can
compete with that of Messrs. Weed
& Cornwell of Savannah, Ga.
Watches, Jewelry & Fancy
Goods.—A. S. Desbonillons, Impor
ter and dealer in watches, clocks,
jewelry, spectacles and fancy goods,
has a large and beautiful assortment
of goods, and is prepared to offer
the public superior inducements for
patronage. Repairing of watches and
jewelry executed with great care. See
card.
Cotton Factor.—The card of
Geo. W. Anderson, (John W. Ander
son’s Son) Cotton Factor and Gener
al Commission merchant, appears
among our Savannah advertisements.
This house is among the oldest and
best known in that city.
The Marshall House has re
cently been repaired and refurnished
and is, in every respect, a first class
Hotel. It is centrally located and
board is only three dollars per day.
See card.
To Builders.—H. P. Bickford,
deals in all kinds of manufactured
material for building houses, such
as Doors, Sashes, Blinds, &c., &c.,
which in quality and price invites
the attention of builders. He renews
his advertisement in this paper for
another year. Send to him for price
list.
9KANTISK.
Shall Giantism be upheld! What
ever parties may desire, this is still
an issue which cannot be evaded.
Only one year ago, the people con
demned the National Administration
in the most emphatic manner. Its
friends have been anxiou ly watch
ing for some sign of change in popu
lar feeling. The victory of honesty
in Ohio, though really due to the
efforts and votes of men who are as
hostile as ever to the policies and
practices of the Administration, they
claim as proof of its
The British Quarterly Review,
for October, republished by The
Leonard Scott Publishing Co., 41
Barclay Street, N. Y., contains as
follows:
I. Religious Art.
II. The Atomic Theory of Lucre
tius.
III. The Poetry of Alfred Tenny
son.
IV. The Etruscans and their Lan
guage.
V. The Boarding Out of Pauper
Orphans,
VI. Modem Necromancy.
VII. Isaac Casaubon.
Vm. Contemporary Literature.
The object of the essay on “Re
ligious Art,” is to ascertain “the
truth about the relative positions,
attributes, and powers of ait and
godliness.” On tho ground that art
is the labor of human hands, where
as “religion is an aspiration of the
soul,” of which the hands are ignor
ant, it is contended that art can not
bo religious.
“One great aim of Lucretius, in
the Be llenon Natura, was to set
forth the scientific truths of the time;
and its value in the eyes of science
now lies in its full and exact state
ment of an ancient theory which the
latest experiments confirm.” The
Atomic Theory, which the present
article fully explains, did not origin
ate with Lucretius, but is attributed
to Epicurus, and was taught by
Democritus, who died B. C. 350.
The creed of Lucretius is pronounced
to be substantially the same as that
of the modern materialist.
Article III. begins with a review
of “Queen Mary,” and branches off
into a notice of Tennyson’s other
poems, their merits, defects, and
popularity, and the probable per
manence of the author’s poetical rep
utation.
The paper on “The Etruscans and
their Language” is chiefly interest
ing to philologists. It contains a
careful comparison of the theories of
Dr. Corssen, who believes the Etrus
can to be an Italic dialect, and of
Mr. Isaac Taylor, who claims that
it is of L T gric derivation.
The essay on “Modern Necro-
maucy” points out, “that while there
is ample testimony as tr the occur
rence of phenomena inexplicable ac-
cording to the general order and
limitation of organic life, the study
of these phenomena has not advanced
a single step beyond tho establish
ment of their objective reality;” that
its study is attended with disadvan
tage and danger, and with results
that are absolutely unreliable, and
that modern spiritualism is identical
with ancient necromancy.
The only biographical notice in
this number is a sketch of the life
and works of “Isaac Casaubon,” a
representative scholar of the six*
tcenth century, who, living at a time
when Catholic power was in the as
cendant, found his progress constant
ly checked by his firm adherence to
the Protestant faith, which the con
stant efforts made by his Catholic
friends for his conversion were pow
erless to overcome. Many interest
ing details are given, with extracts
from Casaubon’s letters and journal.
The periodicals reprinted by The
Leonard Scott Publishing Co. (41
Barclay Street, N. Y.) are as follows:
The London Quarterly, Edinburgh,
Westminster, and British Quarterly
Reviews, and Blackwood's Maga
zine. Price, 84 a year for any one,
or only $15 for all, and the Postage
is prepaid by the Publishers.
From tbe Consul ntioD&’Mt 3d.
OUK EARTHQUAKE.
A Good Shaking All Around—No
Damage, But Considerable Alarm.
The very serious convulsion of
Nature, which occurred a few min
utes before 10 o’clock on Monday
night, and occasioned so much alarm,
in many cases causing people to run
into the streets, appears to have been
felt over quite a stretch of country.
To-day, it has been the all-absorb
ing topic, in the counting house, the
office, or the home circle. Every
body was asking. “Did you feel the
earthquake?” It is the experience of
those who have lived in earthquake
countries, that the first shocks are
succeeded by others, running through
a period of several days, and we be
lieve that was the case in the earth
quake shocks which occurred here
twenty-seven years ago. It is not
at all probable that Augusta will be
visited by a Simon pure earthquake,
but we may receive some more
shocks before long. In South Ameri
ca, Mexioo, Central America and the
West India Islands, where earth
quakes are frequent, they have a
medicine called “temblor remedio”
or earthquake medicine. Earthquakes
usually cause a nausea-like sickness,
accompanied by a nervous prostra
tion. No doubt, many of our citi
zens who felt queerly yesterday are
unable to account for it, but it is the
effect of the earthquake shock on
Monday night. The heaviest shocks
ever felt in the United States occur
red in New Madrid, Missouri, in
1811, and ceased coincidently with j
the great earthquake at Caracas I
New England was shaken by an
earthquake in 1755, and California :
has been visited by many shocks, the j
most severe being in 1868, when
damage amounting to 810,000,000 i
was done in San Francisco alone.
From what can be ascertained, no !
damage has been done in any locality i
visited by the earthquake.
At the time of the shock two otn- !
cers who were walking through the i
passage iu the basement of the City \
Hall, describe the effect as awful, i
and they made better time in getting
into tho square than they ever made
before in their lives.
The buildings of the Augusta Fac- i
tory were very badly shaken, but j
being constructed in the strongest ;
manner, they did not yield to the I
terrible strain they were subjected I
to. The members of Empire Lodge, j
I. O. G. T., were in session at the
time, and the members were so j Kev ‘ Wi Easterling.
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Hon. Alex H. Stephens.
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effect.”—Hon. Alex {^Stephens.
Governor of Alabama.
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President of City Bank.
“Simmons’ Liver Regulator has pioved a
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Druggists.
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M. E. Florida Conference.
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Revolution in
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JN CONSEQUENCE OF THE DECLINE IN COTTON, We have this day
REDUCED OUR PRICES
SO per ceut. on our Entire
STOCK11
Our Slock
guarantee to
the city.
s Large and Complete. We do business on the SMALL PROFIT SYSTEM, and
;ive you greater inducements to buy your goods from us, than any other House in
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Miiiedgcville, Nov. 2, 1375
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oct. 19,13 3m
frightened that they gave up busi
ness and ran into the street.
A gentleman, well known in finan
cial circles, who lives in one of the
most substantial houses on Mein
tosh street, which was built three-
quarters of a century ago, describes
the vibrations as being very vio
lent.
From all reports received, the
shocks appear to have been most
severe at Union Point.
Professor Rains lias written us
the following very interesting letter,
which gives a scientific explanation
of the matter:
Augusta, November 2, 1875.
Eai’thquakes are disturbances of
the crust of the earth, caused by
some action of the interior fiery
liquid, which constitutes the great
mass of the globe. This crust con
stituting the hardened shell and sur-
President Oglethoipe College.
“Simmons’ Liver Regulator is certainly a
specific for that class of complaints width it
claims to cure-—Her. David Wills.
No Instance of a Failure on Record.
Wheu Simmons’ Liver Regulator has been
properly taken.
J. H. ZEILIN it CO., Proprietors.
October 12,1875. 12 ly.
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DF.AT.EH IN
ime lieadij-made Cioiltin
HATS, CAPS AND FURNISHING GOODS,
UNDER CENTRAL HOTEL,
238 BROAD STREET,
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AUGUSTA, GA.
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1875.
Fall Trade! 1875.
GEORGIA NEWS.
Mr. Jeremiah Walters, an old and
useful citizen of Doughtery count}*,
is dead.
—Mr. H. H. Witt, of Atlanta, has
invented a new mill, grinding wheat
and com, called the Granger Mill.
It occupies no more space than a
sewing machine, and can bo run by
man power. It will grind 100 bush
els of grain in ten hours.
DEALER IN
Dry Goods, Clothing, Boots,
SHOES, HATS, CAPS, NOTIONS, TRUNKS AND VALISES.
“Halifax,” writing from Atlanta
, , to the Augusta Chronicle and Sen-
face, is probably not over an average I tinel, mentions a report current
l
as proor oi its reviving
strength. If Pennsylvania rebukes
me ptvtmuui iux uie uiuso vmuaoie : ,, g , ,. „ J .. ,
pair and Dr. Hollifield for tbe best > tl \° ad 7^ ates of inflation and repudi
1 . _ _ __ . I dtior, thor Trill o Ida l-wv li aw
Make Home Attractive.
No man, or woman cither, with
artistic taste, will fail to adorn their
home with pictures; they are a
cheap luxury, a positive means
of education, and many a boy has
caught the inspiration of a noble life
from the study of some scene repre- , - , . _ , .... . . -
sented in a simple picture h angiu? : my stay in Sandersville by my friend
pair for service. Also a fine display of
family buggy horses, entered and
driven mostly by ladies. Mrs. R L.
Rodgers taking the premium.
In the afternoon—wire walking by
Prof. Bond, was gazed at by many,
but just at that time, about 25 or 30
Fantastics made their appearance,
all riding around, followed by a large
crowd, much to their amusement;
thus the Fair passed off to the sat
isfaction of all and pronounced to be
a success.
Mr. T. C. Warthen took the pre
mium on one aero in corn, making
70J bushels. This was one of the two
acres he had in cotton last year, mak
ing 2 bales of cotton on the other
acre after suffering much for rain.
Mr. Bryant Watkins informed me that
his 2£ acre lots that I reported hav
ing 15000 stalks per acre, fail
ed from the excessive dry and warm
weather in July: it made only 70
bushels of corn on the best acre, and
had five acres to average 50 bushels
per acre I was entertained daring
from the wall. Our homes may be
rendered beautiful and attractive to
all, and become endeared to our clr’l-
dren by being adorned with bright
and pretty pictures. And that pa
rent who has the means, and who
does not purchase them, not only
does a great wrong to his inner na
ture, but he cheats his children out
of tho happiest and most innocent
pleasure in what should be a bright
life. Hang pictures upon the wails
of your living rooms. They need
or not be costly oil paintings,
set in elaborate gilded frames;
they will be prized just as dear
ly if they are less expensive, if
they bnt convey to their mind noble
examples and pleasant recollections.
We call attention to the Cbromo ad
vertisement of B. Alexander & Co.,
in another part of our paper.
Rev- B. H. Sasnett and his most es
timable lady. I remained over Sun
day, attended preaching at the Meth
odist Church. The Rev. B. H. Sas-
“ i nett, Pastor, preached a very inter
esting and impressive sermon from
Ezekiel, 18th chap, and part of 31st
verse, to a large and attentive audi
ence. In the afternoon I attended
Sunday School in the same church,
Hugh Lawson, Superintendent, with
a fine corps of teachers and from
50 to 75 pupils and a very interest
ing bible class of young men, taught
by the Pastor. I returned home 18
miles distant, early Monday morn
ing. Baldwin.
Nov. 4th, 1875.
How Can Our Taxes be Re-,
dcced?
This is a very important cpicstion
to the tax payers of Georgia, but it
can easily be answered. They can
be reduced by reducing our expenses!
The expenses of our legislature are
more than double what they were in
the purer days of the Republic. The
expenses of our judiciary system is
much heavier than formerly. All
this is unnecessary and should be
reformed, but in order to reform
them a Constitutional Convention is
necessary. Will tho Atlanta ring
allow us to have a Convention ? that
is tho question. They like high
taxes and extravagant legislatures,
because they get tho money and
therefore they will not allow us to
have a Convention. How long will
the people bear this ?
Grape Culture.—An interesting
article on grape culture from the
pen of Mr. James M Smythe, of
Augusta, will be found in our Agri-
cnltnral Department. We are in
debted to this gentleman for many
valuable contributions to our col
umns of late; and have entertained
the hope that a discriminating public
would show such appreciation of onr
efforts to publish a good paper, as
would enable us to secure his servi
C W as a regular contributor.
From the Missouri Republican (St. Louis).
A Remarkable Professional Suc
cess.
Among tho notable professional
men of this country who have achie
ved extrordinary success is Dr. R. Y.
Pierce, of Buffalo, N. Y. The prom
inence which he has attained has
been reached through strictly legiti
mate means, and, so far, therefore,
he deserves the enviable reputation
which he enjoys. This largo meas
ure of success is the result of a
thorough and careful preparation for
his calling, and extensive reading du
ring a long and unusually large prac
tice, which have enabled him to gain
high commendation, even from his
professional brethren. Devoting his
attention to certain specialties of the
science he has so carefully investi
gated, he has been rewarded in a re
markable degree. In these special
ties, he has become a recognized
leader. Not a few of the remedies
prescribed by him have, it is said,
been adopted and prescribed by phy
sicians in their private practice. His
pamphlets and larger works have
been received as useful contributions
to medical knowledge. He has re
cently added another, and perhaps
more important work, because of
more general application, to the list
of his published writings. This book
entitled “The People’s Common
Sense Medical Adviser,” is designed
to enter into general circulation. Dr.
Pierce ha? received^ acknowledge
ments and honors/Troin many sour
ces, and especially scientific degrees
from two of the first medical insti
tutions in the land.
ation to-day, that will also be her
alded as a victory of the Adminis
tration. Can the people of New York
afford to add a third great State to
the list of those in which Republi
canism, defeated in 1874, prevails
again in 1875? Here no question of
national honor overshadows all oth
ers, and justifies a Republican vote.
Will it not be claimed, with much
show of reason, that if the Repub
lican party can succeed in New-York,
against Democrats who are thorough
ly sound on the question of finance,
as well as in Pennsylvania and Ohio,
against the shameless doctrines a-
vowed at Erie and Columbus, the
triumph is that of the present Ad
ministration, and not of a sound cur
rency or a genuine spirit of reform?
What is Grantism? Those mistake
altogether who suppose that it means
only an indorsement of the Presi
dent’s revived aspirations for reelec
tion. Were Grant to die to morrow,
the same spirit and policy would
still exist, as powerful as ever. Pres
ident Grant is merely the tool of a
powerful combination, which uses
the Presidential office, as it does oth
er branches of the public service,
and all tbe machinery of party, for
corrupt personal or unscrupulous
partisan ends. Around him have
gathered the most dangerous men
in political life. They look upon a
party only as a machine with which
to secure for some men high offices
and for others fat jobs. Grant suits
them because he has no higher ideas
of the nature and duties of a party.
They look upon the public service in
all its branches as part of the spoils
of victory, to be used by the victor
for his personal advantage. Grant
suits them because he has no higher
idea of the Presidential office. But
if he should die, they would find
some other equally serviceable.
Many of these men have Presiden
tial aspirations; others have had.
For a year or two after the election
of 1868, and again after the election
of 1872, they were willing enongh to
see Grant broken down, in the hope
that they might secure his place. But
each of these conspirators would
rather have Grant than anybody ex
cept himself. Each of them, as his
own aspirations fade, falls into line
as an ardent supporter of the Presi
dent. Of the vote which this most
unscrupulous element in the -Repub
lican party can command, the whole
can be concentrated upon Grant,
if it is believed that he can succeed,
or upon any other whom the mana
gers may think more available. Thus
the people, if they wish to break up
this mastery of the country by a Ring,
for selfish or corrupt ends, must
show, not merely that they are hos
tile to Grant himself, but that they
will not tolerate the success of the
Grant party as long as its present
managers retain control of it. They
must so thoroughly defeat that pars
ty that its honest voters shall cast
off this rule of Rings altogether, and
insist upon the selection of men who
represent the principles of honest
Republicans, their convictions of du
ty, and their desires for reform—N.
Y. Tribune.
Jessup House, ^
Jessup, Ga., Nov. 2, 1875.
Editors Union Sz Recorder-.
After leaving your city a few days
! since your correspondent proceeded
i to Macon, where one day was spent
! in the interest of your paper, and
I from which place 1 sent so t.e adver-
| tisements for your columns. From
' Macon I proceeded to Thomasville
via S. W. R. R. This road is now
in excellent order making as good
time as any road in the State, and
seems lo be doing a good business.
At Albany we connected with the
train on the A. & G. R. R. where we
met with like good accommodations.
The latter road is supplied with fine
passenger coaches made in Savan
nah, Ga.
I spent one day at tho Thomas
ville Fair, but as you have already
seen a full description of it in the
daily papers, I will not attempt to
describe it here, but simply say it
was a grand success.
I went from the Fair to Savannah,
where I remained until last evening,
stopping at the Planters Hotel. I
take pleasure in recommending this
hotel to you and your readers. Mr.
A. E. Carr, the proprietor, is a gen
tleman who understands his busi
ness well. He never knows when
he has treated liis guests well enough,
His price for board is low to suit
the times.
I am now thus far on my way to
Bainbridge, where the SuperiorCourt
is in session, and where I trust many
persons are waiting to subscribe for
the Union &z Recorder.
Yours truly,
N. O.
Important lo A|;ricnlluri>l«.—The
Biamarrit C’abbnge,
We have received from Europe, a limited
quantity of the Bismarck, late Cabbage Seed,
which produces solid heads of cabbage, tbe size
of tbe mouth of a flour barrel and larger. These
enormous cabbages are raised with the most or
dinary cultivation, in any climate, and at pres
ent prices, double the ordinary profit is realized
from their production In transplanting from
these seed, great care should be med to give
sufficient space for growth. A package sent to
any address, postpaid, on receipt of 50 cents,
j 3 packages $1 00, 8 for $2 00. A sure cure for
cabbage pests and 1 beautiful oil ebromos, The
Maiden’s Dream, full set, sent free with each
package. Address B. Alexander &. Co., sole U.
S. Agent 0 , 8tli St. opposite Cooper Institute,
New York. Please quote this paper. [10 6m
A falling off of the coffee crop has
been reported all around. Of old
Java there is a considerable falling
off Rio shows a still more marked
diminution, though there is some
coffee of the previous crop left over-
Tho islands near Java show a de-
crease of about fifty per cent, in pro
duction.
Zt is found at last.
The largest, best and cheapest
stock of Boots & Shoes in the city
at the Angusta Store.
CLINE & QUINN.
Something New Under the Sun.—A new
era is dawning upon the life of woman. Hither
to she hns beeu called upon to suffer the ills of
mankind and her own besides. The freqnent
and distressing irregularities peculiar to her sex
have long been to her the “direful spriDg of
woes unnumbered.” In tbe mansion of the rich
and in the hovel of poverty alike woman has
been the constant yet patient victim of a thou
sand ills unknown to man—and these without
a remedy. “Oh Lord, how long!” in the agony
of her soul, hath she cried. But now tbe hour
of her redemption is come. She will suffer no
more, for Dr J. Bradfield’s Female Regulator
—Woman’s Best Friend—is for sale by all re
spectable Druggists throughout the land at
$ 150 per bottle. In another column of thia
newspaper will be found some interesting par*
ticulars concerning the Female Regulator and
other information highly important to women
Near Marietta, Ga., March 21, 1870.
Messrs. IVm Root dr Rons:—About one
year ago I bought a bottle of Bradfixld’s
Female Regulator from you, for one of my
daughters who had been suffering with suppress
ed menses for some time I have had several
physicians attending, bnt met with no success
until I was persuaded to buy a bottle of the
Regulator, and it is the very 'liing for which it
is recommended She is now iu perfect health.
I hope all suffering females will at least try one
bottle and have health again.
Very respectfully, D. DOBBINS.
For sale in llilledgeville, Ga., by B. K. Herty,
Druggist. 15 lm
of fifty miles in thickness, and does
not bear a larger proportion or thick
ness to the earth itself, than a cover
ing of paper over a ball two feet in
diameter. Hence, it is easy to un
derstand that any disturbance what
ever in the melted mass below would
probably cause some wave-like move
ment, or vibratory action in the
rocky strata of this thin crust. The
causes of such disturbances are prob
ably of several kinds—such as the
infiltration of water through cracks,
forming vast volumes of imprisoned
steam of enormous tension, which
would necessarily seek to escape
through some vent, producing vol
canic explosions and eruptions. The
gradual cooling down of the earth it
self would cause disturbances by tbe
decreased size of the great interior
mass, and the increase of the crust
of crysallization of previously melted
matter. Thus there would be pro
duced a tendency of the crust to
wrinkle up, and this would cause a
gradual increasing tension on the
rocky strata, which at times would
give way at the weakei places; the
noises of the cracking rocks would
sound like the rolling of wheels over
the pavements, or like the rumbling
of distant thunder, accompanied with
a vibration or vertical jarring. A-
gain, should the atmosphere be con
siderably lessened in height over an
extended area,-indicated by wbat is
called a low barometer, the decreased
pressure over such surface might
cause an upward tendency in the
liquid mass below; thus great storms
are not unfroquently accompanied
with earthquakes.
The electrical and magnetieal for
ces of tho earth itself, or in connec
tion with those mighty explosions in
the sun, which cause a powerful dis
turbance of these forces in tho earth,
may perhaps bo at times, efficient
causes for perturbations in the for
ces which hold the crust in equili
brium. It does not follow that an
earthquake felt at any particular los
cality may have there originated; tho
focus of action may have been many
hundreds of miles away, and the
wavo of disturbance like a tidal wave
of the sea, may have traveled over
an extended area. Sounds are far
better conducted by rocky masses
than by the air, and travel much
greater distances. Violent earths
quakes precede or accompany vol
canic eruptions, hence the latter are
looked upon as safety valves giving
outlet to the imprisoned gases. All
countries having active volcanoes
are liable to repeated earthquakes,
and the inhabitants have great dread
of their effects. Whilst in Mexico,
our army found the people much
more affected by an earthquake than
ourselves: indeed our respect for
them increased with our stay. Per
haps there is scarcely a house of any
size in the city of Mexico, whose
walls have not beenjmore or less dis
turbed, and numerous cracks in the
cathedrals and aqueducts give indi
cations of repeated action.
The jarring or vibratory earth
quake experienced last night, prob
ably over a large portion of the
State, I think probably, was due to
the second of the causes enumera
ted.
Geo. W. Rains, M. D.
in
] that city to the effect that “irapor-
i tant differences have arisen between
J. A. Burns, the present manager of
the Herald, and the other stockhold
ers, which may possibly terminate
in the appointment of a receiver.
The Rome Commercial says Tom
Crutchfield, of Chattanooga, made an
extraordinary crop of com this year,
on his farm near the latter place.
From one acre—bottom land—he
gathered 119£ bushels, from another
114f bushels, and from two acres of
upland 114 bushels.
—The Quitman cotton factory is ]Vnw t
earning a clear profit of about thirs < ^ •
teen hundred dollars a month, or
about forty per cent, per annum on
the cost of the mill as it stands to
the present company, $46,000 The I
factory employs thirty-three opera- I
tives, who are mostly women and !
children.
Still Ahead of Competition !!
Having just returns ! from New York and always fully up lo tho times, I now offer the finest and
be-t .-elected Stunk of Goods ever brought to this Maiket. and am fully prepared to fill any bill in
my hue ol' Goods, as my Stock is complete iu all its branehes.
No Trouble to Show Goods,
and will be happy to post any one. who wants to save money, and keep all at home possible.
Call at the
NEW YORK STORE,
and convince yourself.
Milledgeville, Ga., Sept. 28th, 1875.
ADLER.
10 3m.
New Prices!
C. V. WALKER,
Auction and Commission Merchant and Wholesale and Retail
The Dalton Citizen says a few
loads of com have been sold at that
point this week at thirty-five cents
per bushel, though forty cents is
the ruling price.
Col. J. B. Hart, of Union Point,
a highly esteemed citizen, is dead.
Col. W. J. Lawton has resigned
the Presidency of the Planters’
Bank, of Macon, and Mr. Thomas
H. Willingham, of Albany, has been
elected to fill the vacancy.
Bargains in Blankets, Flannels
and all woolen goods at the Augus-
ta Store. CLINE & QUINN.
COTTON MARKET.
The following is the market
report of November 9.
Liverpool.—Middlings 0;d.
New Yobk—Middlingsl3 5-16.
Savannah—Middlings 12?
Charleston.—Middlings 12?.
Augusta—Middlings 12?.
Milledgeville—Middlings 12. |
Gold 14?.
——WMm mom —
Milledgeville Prices Current !
Corrected
FURNITURE DEALER!!
317, 319 and 321 Broad Street, - - AUGUSTA, GA.,
(Few Doors above Planter's Hotel.)
I MMENSE stock of New Furniture of all styles, including Parlor, Chamber, Library and Office
Furniture, Goods Warranted of best make and finish, and
Prices as Low as any House South.
Give me a call before you make your purchases.
Oct. 5th, 1875.
C. Y. WALKER.
11 3m.
Prices Reduced !!
ROBERT XX. MATT <fc CO.,
Manufacturers of and Dealers in
Carriages, Buggies and Plantation Wagons of all Kinds!
BACON:
Shoulders, ? Ifc 18 0
earRioSidea 17 016
Out. i no 1
HOES GO 31 00 >
IKON fF tt 5310 i
D. S. Clear Rib Sides. 16 0 1-5
Plaiu Hams 16 0
Cauvaunt'd Hams,.... IS
BAGGING 17 0 16
IRON TIES 7 as
BUTTER—Country2!) 325
COFFEE—RiofP’tt 253
Javn 40 345
EGGS, dozen 20
FACTORY GOODS:
Cottou Y arna ^ bunch $ 1.50
Stripei, ^ yd 121020
FLOUR, Pbbl *8 0039 50
GRAIN:
Cam * 125 3 #130
LIME 4F bunb #1 20 :
MEAL tP 1 bunb #1:0 d Mo I
MOLASSES, 9- nl. 350 :
NAILS, ¥ tt 8 310
01L:Ken>.ei)e,4>«al.30340 l
POTATOES: |
Sweet, ¥ buth..753 C1 on i
Iriih, ¥ bmh...C2 25 3250
POTASH A LYE F«n, 20
SALT, ¥ uck 1 90
SUGARS, 10315
SYRUP, fpin! 753100
TALLOW 121
Feu #1 00 3 # 15o
WHISKEY jsl.# 1753400
Have row in stock a large assortment of the above articles and are con
stantly receiving New and Desirable Styles of Vehicles, that have been
got up with great care, and specially adapted to our country and city use,
that we are now offering at
Greatly ICednced Prices,
Together with a large stock of CARRIAGE HARNESS, BUGGY’ HAR
NESS, WAGON and PLOW HARNESS, SADDLES, BRIDLES,
TRUNKS, BAGS, WHIPS, UMBRELLAS, HORSE
COVERS, LAP ROBES OF ALL GRADES,
Carriage Materials, Saddlery
HARDWARE, SHOE FINDINGS, FRENCH
AND AMERICAN CALF SKINS, LEATHER AND
She Career of Andrew Johnson-
Indelible Marking Paper.
For Marking Clothing withonl a Preparation.
Directions.—Lay the Indelible Paper upon the
article to be marked and place over it a piece
of thin writing paper, upon which write with a
common lead pencil or any smooth point. If
the marking is pressed with a hot flat iron or in
any way heated for a few seconds it can b®
washed immediately with hot water and soap as
usnal. Warranted not to fade or spread in the
cloth. A package sent post paid on receipt of
35 cents—two for 60 cents. Address B. Alex
This statesman and patriot has
passed away, bnt his deeds will live
after him. What a commentary is
his fame on the advantages of an
American citizen ? Unlettered and
unaided, relying upon himself, he
advanced step by step from the
lowest station in life, to the highest
office in the gift of the American peo
ple. All this was accomplished by
unswerving integrity, dnantlesscour
age, and persevering research. By
the exereise of these principles, it is
in the power of any poor and friend
less boy to attain the same grand re
sult. The same success is attaina
ble in the commercial world as in the
political, as is proven in tbe case of
Db. Tutt’s Standard Preparations.
He, conscious of their value, labored
patiently, and to-day no medicine
has taken so firm a hold on the pub
lic estimation as his Liver Pills
Repository and Sales Rooms,
208 Broad Street.
AUGUSTA, GA.
I .land on ft. topmost round of
Sendfor terms. Please quote this paper. [10 6m j the healing ladder.
16 2tl
Axles, $85 00. For 2 Horses, Thimble Skein, 80 00.
All Goods Warranted as Represented.
Orders solicited and prompt attention given to same. Send for Cata
logue and Price List.
ROBT- H. MAY, ]
A. R. GOODYEAR, I
JAS. T. MAY, f
S. S. PARMELEE. j Sept. 14, 1875. 8 3m.
G. T. WIEDENMAN,
Is still at his old stand, next to W. T. Conn, where he
keeps constantly on hand a fine assortment of
Watches, Jewelry, Clacks, Silrer and Plated Ware,
and many other articles too numerous to mention, all of
which he offers very chesp. Call and examine his stock and you will be
sure to find something you want.
SPECTAOLBS.
m l H nT i uf sos , ol ! a " eiltfor the L. & M. Celebrated PERFECTED SPEC
TACLES and EYE GLASSES.
Repairing Watches and Jewelry.
On that he would state that he still is attending to ALT, 0 f his work
himself, which enables him to do the finest Watch work—as well as any
other work in his line—in the best Workman-like manner and at the
Lowest Prices-
Milledgeville, September 7tb,*1875- ^ tt