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WEAVKR, . ■ Eilitor.
THURSDAY, JULY 15, 1875.
THE KEELI 710 TO It.
•
Tltorc is much excitement at the
specially in unscientific and
speculative circles, about what is
termed “The Keely Motor.” The
stock on 'Change in New Yoik ranges
from 400 per cent, above par with an
upward tendency, and if the new in
vention proves successful in the test to
which it will soon be subjected, the
San Francisco “ bouauza *** stock will
hardly afford a parallel to the bulling
of the market that will follow. It will
rest, however, upon a more solid and
durable basis, tor the value and im
portance of the invention, if successful,
can hardly be exaggerated. It pro
iesscdly supersedes steam as a motive
power, and with a difference of econo
my, safety and otiicr desiderata so
largely in its favor, it will doubtless
universally supplant other motors.
Conjecture has been busy as to the
constituents and operation of the new
power, but (he inventor has not yet
fully revealed his secret. Sotno of the
suvaus and specially the Scientific
American have contemptuously criti
cised what is considered the leading
principles of its operation, but the
scientists have heretofore notably op
posed what are to-day successful and
beneficent inventions and of course
they are not infallible.
\\ c would by no means disparage
the professional srueoUsts. In the
world s intellectual economy they have
a nolle office, and in the main perform
its duties well, but the history of tboso
piactical, humanizing inventions which
have been and are the chief factors in
the worlds material progress, shows
that they wore the product of what may
be termed outsiders.
In poverty and obscurity and priva
tion the patient genius has often toiled
and struggled, advancing glimpse by
glimpse to the realization of his idea,
and when at length success has crowned
his efforts, he has too often reaped as
the first fruits of his reward only carp
ing criticism and contemptuous in
credulity. Such in brief is the’ story
of Keely’s own life, and now that he
•-> ,
give him fair play and a respectful,,
kindly hearing. Our readers may not
be generally aware of the fact, but vve
would modestly hint that we arc rather
a scientist ourself, £ud know consider-
able about momentum, velocity and tho
like, and, in a spirit of magnanimity wo
have felt it due to Keely to speak a
kind word in his behalf. We regret
that the pressure of other subjects has
delayed these utterances so long, for
we feel a modest confidence that if we
could have taken tho motor under our
.patronage some weeks ago, it would
have been better for tho public, and we
should then, selfishly speaking, have
certainly expected the presentation of
uioro shares of the stock than we can
now reasonably hopo for. Bat stock,
or no stock, and aside from our sympa
thy with struggling genius, we most
heartily wish success to Keely’s or any
other invention that will rid us of the
insufferable dominance of steam. Wc
arc all tired of its expensiveness, its
hissing and sputtering and scalding
and bursting of boilers and general dis
ngreeableness. It will be a mighty re
lief to the industries of the world to
have it superseded, and wc believe that
according to the laws which eeom to
control the periods of discovery and in
vention, some other power will soon be
evoked from the great forces of nature
which will more fully meet the require
meets of enterprise and the necessities
of the age.
THE EAST' IMPORTATION
OF SLAVES.
fiirloiw Ho volutions of Cup*
tiirctl African* —IKovv They
duino Slooo, It here They are
and VI hat r JThey are Doing—
The Yourtou flneen.
[Lafourche Republican.]
There remain yet some natives of
Africa in our parish, one of whom is
Joe Williams, about 45 years of age,
mow on the Matthews and Selby Plan
tation, who was taken from his native
2and about 2S years ago.
lie was stolen from Lower Guinea
by one of the natives of his country,
who employed him with about forty
boys of his age to pack cocoa nuts and
other fruits such as bananas, &c., to
the ship. After having worked all day
they were told-to remain on board the
vessel until morning
In the morning, however,they found
themselves upon the high seas, and
they were then nailed up in boxes and
holes made in the bottoms through
which they were fed.
When they arriyed at the passes the
.Captain instructed them to keep very
quiet; that a man was coming on board
(supposed to have been the Inspector
or Collector of Customs) who would
kill them, but he did not. discover them.
They were then sold some distance
below New Orleans. Joe says he then
passed from hand to hand untii bought
by his last owner, John Lyall of this
parish, then residing in the city, with
whom he remained until emancipation,
[Comment of the N, 0. Times.]
This man must have been one of the
negroes brought here in 1847, by a
Spaniard who traded largely in negroes
at that time. Several hundred were
imported that year. Many of them
were landed near Cote Blanche Island
in Atchafalaya Bay, ,
A large lot were sold to the late
Meredith Calhoun, who planted the
great estate of that name on Bed River.
Win. Weekes, Esq., of Weekes Island,
in the parish of St. Mary, bought aome,
as also did the late John M. Delton,
who about this time was opening the
well known Lake plantation in Terre
bonne. Don Juan Egana, then th’e
owner of the Fanny Plantation, about
thirty miles below this city, bought,
that year forty-two Africans, and he
must havo bec the first owner of Joe
Williams.
-he last cargo of negroes ever im
ported into this State —and indeed the
last evor imported South—were
brought here in the Wanderer in 1858
by Chas. Lamar. They were readily
sold, many prominent citizens of this
State and Alalama being the purchas
ers. Through the efforts of lion. Thos.
J. Semmes, at that timo United States
District Attorney, nearly all of the
purchasers in this State were indicted
at the next term cf the United States
District Court, Judge McCaleb on the
bench-
Among them was lion. Ilenrv W.
Allen, afterwards Governor of the
State and General in the Confederate
Army. The,re was much feeling in
this.Stato in consequepce of this at
tempt to reopen the slave trade, public
sentiment being very strongly against
it. Negroes born in Africa are by no
means uncommon iu Louisiana.
There are quite a number on the
plantations above the city, between
here and Donaldsonvillo, and some also
in the parishes of Assumption, La
fourche, and Terrebonne. The voudou
queen who reigned before Mario La
P UI wa* an African, and a. niiacesa in
her owp .country.
Many of our citizens will remember
that sho conducted the more occult
ceremonies of the voudou rites—parti
cularly the invocation to the Spirit of
Evil—in tl-.e dialect of her African
tribe. She said fifteen years ago that
she was one .hundred years old, and
she had every appoarance of having
reached that great age.
The \mv Sensation,
An Interview with Keely, tile
“Motor” .Man.
[From the Chicago Inter-Ocean.]
Mr. Keely’s appearanoe is rather that
of a retired business uian than of an in
ventor whose brain is ever active. Be
sides, there is not that look indicative
of great, mental power which one ex
pects to sea in a nmn of his character.
When he entered the room—l had been
waiting some time—l should have tak
en him for any other person than the
inventor of the new motor, had I not
had a painting before my eyes all the
time I was waiting. lie is tall, broad
shouldered, and very heavy built, and
wears tolerably long and bushy hair.—
He greeted me .cordially, but with a
sort of reserve which seemed to tell me
that he knew my mission. He did not
appear at first desirous of saying much
But when I informed him I hud had a
conversation with Mr. Collier, he seem
ed relieved and became very free of
speech. I liked his appearance much
better after he had talked awhile.—
True, his conversation frequently be
trayed a lack of the intelligence one
would expect to see in him, but he un
derstood his invention thoroughly, to
all appearances, and became very ani
mated at times while reciting its merits
and the work it could do. lie smiles
repeatedly at recounting some incidents
that had occurred in his experiments,
and altogether seemed at the height of
joy over his discovery.
‘•lt’s most wonderful,” he repeated,
after the subjedt had been introduced.
“ A most wonderful thing. I can
hardly myself see how it was I came to
discover it. It seemed to burst right
upon me. No amount of study ,co.u!d
have produced it. It is purely a dis
eovery.”
It. —And it was made while simply
experimenting with water?
Mr. K.—Yes. There was no fire
about, and I had no chemicals of any
kind.
It.—What does it seem to be ?
Mr. K.— It is simply a vapor of so
fine an order that it will penetrate me
tal. It is lighter than hydrogen and
more powerful than steaui or any explo-
sives known. When it comes .in con
tact with the air it almost instantane
ously disappears. If there is a large
quantity let out into the air suddenly it
seems to draw the atmosphere toward it
as if a vacuum has been produced. I
remember on one occasion, I put too
great pressure in the receiver aud it
exploded throwing the pieces and a
large sized stop cock up through the
ceiling. My breath, it seemed, was ta
ken from me for the moment.
ll—Mr. Keely, will you state somo
of your experience with the machine
you now have or the one you have been
experimenting with.?
Mr. K.—Well, I hard’y know how
to begin. It would take a week to tell
you all it has done. At first I expert
mented with small objects. Gradually
increasing the pressure, I found this
vapor was capable of exerting power
infinitely. You must remember that it
takes nothing but air and water to do
this, and very little of the latter. 4s
an instance of this, I will state that I
once drove an engine making 800 rev
olutions a minute, of 40-hcuse power,
with less than a thimble full of water,
and kept it running fifteen days ’with
the same water, by dissipating the va
por as fast as used- The vapor is ex
ceedingly fine. In due timo I pro
duced a pressure of about 28,000 lbs.
to the square inch itj a >shell (the re
ceiver) which had a capacity of a gal
lon and a half, and was three and a
half inches thick, The pressure was
so great that the vapor passed through
the three inches and a half of metal,
and formed a damp circle on the floor,
with a radius ot three feet. I used a
a half pint of water. On another oc
easion, in company with several others
I experimented with a gun. The tar
get was a four-inch plank placed against
a steel plate. The best government
powder drove the ball through the
plank. The distance was about eight
feet. My vapor throws the ball with
such tremendous force that it went
through plank and steel, tearing the
bullet in shreds.
K, —Would it be serviceable in the
army 7
Mr. jK.—Oh, yes! All that would
be needed is a small iron receiver,about
thesige ofan orange, attached to the
gun- The power would last through
the longest batde. We shot forty two
rounds in this instance, and there was
no apparent diminution in the force.
B.—How about the l’ullman cars,
Sir. K.—Well, I propose in about
six months to run a train of thirty cars
from here to NotV York, at the rale of a
mile a minute, with one small engine.
And l will draw the power all out of
as much water as you can hold iu the
palm oT your hand. Why, people have
no idea of the power in water —I mean
that can be drawn out of it, A buck
et of water contains enough ol this va
por to produce a power sufficient to
move the world out of its course. An
ordinary steamship can be run so fast
with it that it would be split in two.—
During the Centennial we propose to
run a train of three cars around the
grounds all the time, and a large part
of the machinery. The vapor, too, is
capable of, enuring much amusement.
I have time and again .created artificial
snow storms in my shop. This can be
produced with uo labor or trouble. The
tube through which the vapor passes is
frequently covered with ice on the ex
terior, although the passago for the va
por is not larger than a Dcedle. You
.could not bold ycur hand on it without
being frozen.
I have given but a few of the many
things capable of being done, as stated
by Mr. Keoly, by his invention I
think, however, 1 have given sufficient
to tax the credulity of any ordinary be
ing. What will be looked for now by
every one is the machine itself. It is
-tnpossible to believe suoh a power ex
ists in the common affairs of life, or at
least that it can be produced from so
little, unless we can see with our own
eyes. Mr. Keely refused my request
to see his present apparatus, excusing
himself on the ground that it was out
of order at present.
GLEANINGS.
Gen. Frank P. Blair, Democratic
candidate for Vice—President in 1868,
died in St. Louis last week.
Bishop Gross has announced his in
tention of publishing a Catholic paper
at Savannah, to be called the Southern
Cross.
A fire at Langley, S. C , last .week,
destroyed the Ware House connected
with the factory. Loss estimated at
550,000.
Gen. Henry L. Benning, ex Judge
of the [Supreme Court of Georgia, and
a distinguished officer in the Confeder
ate army, died at Columbus on the 10th
inst.
The Supreme Court of the United
States has decided that Confederate
money Invalid in the settlement of
debts (j |ig the war.
Accqng to the New York Herald,
the rtdential race has narrowed
down, < he Republican side, to Wash
burn a Bristow, and on the Demo
cratic '■to Tilden and Bayard.
Rou! Lake, N. Y., July 12. —After
a serin] by Bishop Karnaugh this
tnorriieDr. Clark, of Savannah, Ga.,
pre|cijc the case of the Wesley
Mounkental Church, povy bemg
ercctq n Savannah, and aool!ection
of §I,JD was taken up, The Bishops
of thdlthodist Episcopal church have
also gin Dr. Clark an autograph let
ter ceßying their sympathy with this
projod-af the Methodist Episcopal
Churj South. 1
ThejHilledgeville correspondent of
the Arusta Constitutionalist says
Thoroow over six hundred pa
tients irfie Asylum. Three hundred
and twe*y-fivo males, some of whom
have bee inmates since the days of Dr.
was the founder of the in
stitution; (It seems to the writer that
the likefcs of this r.oble man ought to
adorw-tfi,parlor of the Asylum.) The
ages of te inmates range from five to a
hundred,ears. A large number of
the fetnje patients are married women.
Some fro hundred of those at the Asy
lum considered incurable, most of
theuim because they were not sent in
befo their insanity became chronic.—
At t e first appearance of this fearful
malay, the subject should be put un
der edical treatment. In the preseut
cron ed condition of the A s ylnui, it is
out the question to receive other pa
tient/, until those now on hand are
sent Away. Some of those occupying
roofs arj harmless idiots, and might
be for ftt home.
Lunatic Asylum will accotnmo
about five hundred
and fifty patients, hence with the pre
sent number, it is necessarily crowded
—aj many as ten patients are placed
in one room; besides there are no
rooms left fi r setting rooms or parlors.
‘Thorn is Rost for tlic Weary.*
Somewhere in Pennsylvania, there
is a Presbyterian clergyman whose
nominal salary is four hundred and
fifty dollars a year. But as it was
the congre
gation cleterminou to gI Vl! lllUi lTuu
nation party, to help him along.
It came off—the donation paf,ty
did. The entire flock wasoa hand,
but of the presents, there were on
ly six rolling pins, a pen wiper.and
a quarter of a peck of dried i*f.p4es,
crop of 1864
The minister, of course, had to
furnish refreshments, and the com
pany not only disposed of four
hams, three and a half pounds of
sixty-cent butter, and thirteen
loaves of bread, but they a-te up two
pounds of sugar, and the next win
ter’s preserves; and, to crown all,
four spoons were missing.
The clergyman says he wants to
have just one more donation party,
and then he will close up his busi
ness and begin life over again as
champion pauper at tho almshouse.
He is particularly ,dowD on one
sister who jammed herself full of
ham and preserves, and enough
other succulent diet to keep the
entire family a week, and then lay
up against tho wall, pretending to
be religious, and singing, “There
is rest for the weary.”
[Assignee's Notice.
Northern District of Georgia, >
At Greenesboro’, Ga., July 10th, 1875. j
IN the matter of Charles J. Dohorty,
Bankrupt—ln Bankruptcy.
This is to give notice once a week for
three weeks that I have been appointed
Asignee of Charles J. Doherty, of Greenee
boip’, Ga. v,ho has been adjudged a bank
rupt upon lus own petition by the District
Co|rt of said District.
GOLUMJBCS HEARD,
Jbly 14th, 1876w3 Assignee.
/"jEORGIA—Greene County.
\ | Columbus Xi. Dark, Adm’r of Win.
A .(Florence. applies for Letters of Dismis
siiit, and such Letters will be granted on
thi first Monday in August next, unless va
liJobjections thereto are filed.
JOEL F. THORNTON, Ord'y.
lay 3rd, 1875—3 ms
FOR.
3ale or Rent.
Xr. fine farm containing (80) eighty
aei s, (50 gcreg Qrig(nnl forest), wßhin two
mi s of Greenesboro. Apply to
-blltf. W. M. WEAVER.
NOTICE.
I HEREBY GIVE LEGAL NOTICE THAT
Bam Jackson, a free person of color, who
isLider contract with me as a farm laborer
fqf the year 1875, has voluntarily left my
j/antatiou without cause. A’.l persons- are
famed against employing; said Sam Jack
lon iri,nny capacity whatever, as I will
prosecye any such “interference with nj
contrai" to the full extent of the law.
\ O. P. DANIEL.
July 154 87-5-tl' J
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Price Reduced.
A full line of
MERIES!
Of all Linda.
Self-Sharpening
STRAW CUTTERS.
GEM FRUIT
JARS
Poreelaine lined tops,
IN QUARTS & HALF GALLONS.
Great Bargains in
m mods
Full line of
Wagon
and Buggy
Timbers.
They have also added to their stook a
full line of Rosewood
BURIAL OASES
AND
Caskets
Of all nzes and qualities.
JVotice !
*©* WE WILL CASH ALL
DIVIDENDS DUE ON AUGUSTA
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Greenesborc', Ga., July 15, 1875-
CwllAtamig, etc.
LOOKING GLASS & PICTURE FRAMES
patroaizb home industry i •>-
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THERE is no access ty to sen . done , tlle subscribssNU
Frames Begin an.d in any cU? in the United States. '
as LOW A PIUGB for ‘the styles made to order at short notice.
SSnSl'lfßiol., or all furnished.
LOOKING GLASSES . . ~n d Restored. CHRGMOS ot every description
SATISFACTION GUARANTEE!,.
June 10, 1875tf *4O Broad t, An S -us.ta, ii a
A. OATHS, Dealer in 4
School and Miscellaneous Books and Stationery and Everything
Usually kepi 1. . *"■ • ■. •
Pianofortes !
, uTAVO FORTE at a reasonable price, will do
T)ERSON T 3 wishing o >ny ® ®“P . t j ie oldest dealer in Georgia ; and Ihe owners
I" well to call on the subscriber who is heowes d nrability. He has made
of Hundreds ot 1 lanos that lie has sold, n ; urch & Cos., of Heston, whenbv he
arrangements with the celebrated nn.ke- rt ' caah , iin ,| ,be balance in instal,#nts.
can sell a first-class Piano at a low P . P and warranted for five
No Pianos with fancy name, sold but of Stein way & Sou ; Bacon &
years. lie is also agent for the ceMmMma which will be sold a. factory
Karr, (formerly Bacon & Rowon,); and Stieu oui .
prices. He is also agent for the most approved CABIN LI ORGAN. .
GEO. A. OATES, 240 Broad St . Avgust?*. Gft.
[Cr-pianos Tuned and Repaired.
BANKRUPT STOCK!
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Candies Nuts, Raisins, Jellies, Preserves, Brandy Fruits, Pickles, Catsups, Sauce*
Flavoring Extracts, Spices. Baking Powders, Toilet Soaps, Perfumery, Crackers,
Scotch Snuff, Crockei v, Pipes, Cigars, Candles, Matches, Paper, Ink, En
velopes, Canned Fruits and Vegetables, Sardines, Oysters and Lobster?,
Also Fancy China Vases and Toilet Sets, Pocket Albums, Photo-#
graph Albums, Fancy Boxes, Walnut Writing Desks, Toy Books,
Paper Dolls, beautiful China and AVax Dolls, China Tea
Sets, Violins, A r iolin Bows and Strings, Tamborines,
Accordions, Toy Drums, AA r ood Carts, Wagons and
Wheelbarrows. Also a good assortment of Pock
et Cutlery, Razors and Straps, Pocket Books
Load Pencils, Jewelry, Pins, Needles
and Thread,
And ninny other Articles too numerous to mention.
I respectfully invite all to cali soon and make a selection, feeling assured that they wl
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made BY
JEWETT & SONS
FOR THE LAST SIXTEEN YEARS!
Oils, Colors, Varnishes, Glass, Paintls,
Brushes. All in full Assortment.
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AUGUSTA, GA,
A fun stock of DRUGS and OHEinCALsTGarden Seeds, etc. All goods sold at
lowest puces for Cash. b
foi l chllls sent b T lnall ol > receipt of price, One Dollar per box. ,
May 20, 18,.,-if J. 11, ALEXANDER?
f§) II A Wp| SI l?i) if / gp ff/
Manufacturer of Cigars,
and wholesale and retail
DEALER IN
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Corner oi'EHis and Mclntosh Streets,
PAINT AND ©IL STORE!
53 Jackson Street, Augusta, Georgia.
THE BEST OF TrtTcTeS Ii
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WHITE LEAP, ZINC, PAINTS, BRUSHES,VARNISH. PUTTY,
COLORS, LINSEED OIL, WINDOW GLASS, '
MACHINE OIL, GIN OIL, KEROSENE OIL, Etc., Etc.
m* Terms— CASH ON DEjLI\ERY; or approved city acceptance.
D. CONNOR,
53 Jackson St., n,ear Bell Tower, Augusta, Ga.
may 20, 1875-Omo \
Gi:OK(.!A (,ree„e County—
incept S. Hall. Administrator of
John Hall, deceased, applies for Letters of
Dismission, and such Letters will be grant
ed on the first Monday in October next un
less valid objections theretoare tiled.
Given under my hand and official signa
ture, this June 10th, 1875.
July7-3w JOEL F. THORNTON, Onl y.
Col. Jas. A. Thornton
Is our duly authorized Ageut
to solicit and receive subscrip
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