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jr/w Ijmihl. J. B. I'ABK, ... I*i'o|ii*i<>tor 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 SPECIAL. McCall, Copelan& Cos. .OFFER THIS WEEK: One car load New 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 McCALL, CQPELAN & CO. Greenesborc', Ga., July 15, 1875- CwllAtamig, etc. LOOKING GLASS & PICTURE FRAMES patroaizb home industry i •>- - 0 : • tn send North or elsewhere to have Looking Glass and I’icture 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! GREAT INDUCEMENTS OFFERED!! Having recently been appointed Assignee of TORISEKT & BROTH* KiIlC, Bankrupts 1 will close out their entire Stock ol Goods in the City oi GrfienesJiQjQ* A*!? COOT. } i - **of Goods are 'n - • ■WET - B SE3 E .-.TSiStt - r MU D An(l consists in part of 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 be ASTONISHED at the LO IF Pit ICES. £ Will. ii. BRANCH, Assignee. - . * OM _ BUY THE BEST ! THIS IS THE ON LY QUALITY OF WHITE (&) LEAD made BY JEWETT & SONS FOR THE LAST SIXTEEN YEARS! Oils, Colors, Varnishes, Glass, Paintls, Brushes. All in full Assortment. J. H. ALEXANDER, 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 5 TOBACCO, PIPES, Corner oi'EHis and Mclntosh Streets, PAINT AND ©IL STORE! 53 Jackson Street, Augusta, Georgia. THE BEST OF TrtTcTeS Ii ALL FRESH AND NEW! 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 tions to the Herald, and re ceipt tor the same. and 4 Smokers’ Articles Oenerally.