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BUSINESS G.V\m
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Wholesale and retail dei iler in
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LAMPS AND LAMP FIXTURE S,
Manufacturer and dealer in alt kin is of
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ilnd all kiuds of Jobbing done promptly ai id neatly.
6ns 6 1-SS-J Bkoad St., August a, Ga.
GLOBE HOT f- L,
S. W. CORNER BROAD .t JACKSON STS.,
AUGUSTA, GEORGIA.
JACKSON & JULIAH, Proprit’rs.
We beg leave to call the att* ution of the travel
ling public to this well know n Hotel, which we
have recently leased ands .laced on a footing
second to none in the South. No expense will bo
spared to render it a first class House in every
respect, and every attention i i paid to the comfort
and convenience of guests.
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B AUGUST A, GEORGIA.
Transient & Permanent Boarding.
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"CHARLES S. DuBOSE,
&F&®MJrMSr&TA&W,
Warrcuton, Gei.
Wi 1 practice i n all the Courts of the Northern,
Augusta & Middle Circuits.
DB. T. 1. UIXEHSTEDT
OFFERS IIIS
PROFESSIONAL SERVICES
To the Citizens of Thomson au»4 Vicinity.
He can be found at the Room over <Costello’s, when
not professionally abseu t.
REFERS TO
Pro. J A. Eve, Pao. \V*m. 11. Doughty* Dr
John S. Coleman, Dr. S. C. Eve.
11. C. RONEY,
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W’ill practice in the Augusta, Northern and
Middle Circuits,
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R. B. PHILLIPS,
AUGUSTA, GA.
IMPORTERS & WHOLESALE
DEALF.RS IN
Foreign and Boniestic Liquors,
Brandies, Wines- Gin,
Stum, Whiskies, Bitters,
Porter, Ale, Die., Ete.
TobaccO and CigarS
Os Every Variety.
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Celebrated
fIO.IIESTOMACH BITTERS.
May 3,1871. nlOly
JAJIES H. HtU.SEF’*
Steam Dyeing and Scouring
ESTABLISHMENT,
133 Broad St., Auguda, Ga.
Near Lower Market Bridge Bank Building for the
Dyeing and Cleaning
of dresses,' shawls, cloaks, ribbons, Ac. Also gen
tlemen's coats, vests and pants cleaned and dyed
in the best manner. Piece dry goods, cloths, nie
rinoes, delane, alpaca, rep geops and jeans dyed j
and finished equal to those done in New York.
CST Orders by Express promptly attended to. |
Augusta. Ga. "apr.3m3
M O’DOWD & CO
GROCER
AND
Commission Jttercljant,
No, 284 Broad Street,
•Augusta, GEORGIA.
EAS on hand and for sale, at the lowest market
prices, for cash or good factors acceptances,
payable next Fall, a full scock of
Choice Groceries & Plantation
Supplies,
among which may be found the following :
f>o hhds. D. It. bacon sides
10,000 lbs D. S. shoulders
10 oasks hams
100 packages lard
200 boxes cheese
300 bbls flour, all grades,
300 sacks oats
40 “ seed rye
100 bbls. Irish potatoes
100 packages new Mackerel—Nos. 1, 2 and 3
100 “ extra mess Mackerel
10 bbls. buckwheat
100 chests tea all grades,
500 bbls. syrup—different grades
200 cases oysters —1 and 2 lb. cans
200 cases canned fruits and vegetables
3(H) cases pickles, all sizes,
50 “ lobsters, 1 and 2 lb. cans
200 gross matches
200 boxes candles
50,<HX) Charles Dickens sc gars
50,000 Georgia Chiefs “
50,000 our choice
2(H),000 various grades “
5,000 bushels corn
25 hhds. Demarara Rngar
85 hhds. blown sugar
10 hhds. Scotch sugar
25 licxes Havana sugar
50 bbls. crashed, powdered and graaiflatod sugaj
200 bbls. extra C and A sugar
200 bags Bio coffeo
50 “ Laguayra coffee
50 pockets old Government Java coffco
100 boxes No. 1 soap •
200 boxes pale “
150 boxes Rtarch
i.OO boxes spda
100 dozen bucket;
,00 dozon broolii‘o * y j
10-bbls. pure Baker whisky
50 bbls. Old Valley whisky
200 bbls. rye whisky, all grades
50 bbls. pure com whisky
30 bbls. brandy, gin and rum
10 quarter caßks imported Cognac brandy
8 quarter casks Scotch and Irish whisky
20 quarter casks Sherry, Port and Madeira wine
20 casks ale and poitar
10 casks Cooper’s half and halt
50 cases Champagne
40 cases claret
50 cases Schnapps
100 cases bitters
200 boxes tobacco, all grades
1(H) cases smoking tobacco, all grades.
janfllyl
FURNITURE
OF ALL XV ESC RIP T IONS,
AT—
PLATT BKOTUFItS,
(Formerly C. A. Plait & C 0.,)
214 Broad Street, Aagusta, Ga.
1,000 Maple & Walnut Bodsteads,
$5 fO #lO !
Wc particularly call (he attention of purchasers
to our Solid Walnut Chamber Suits for Beauty,
durability and Cheapness.
Our Manufacturing Department is atilZ in opera
tion. Special orders will be promptly attended to.
Repairs done in all its branches.
Upholstering Department.
Hair Clo*h, Enameled Cloth, Reps, Terry and
Springs,and al/ articles suitab'efor manufacturers,
wo offer at Low Prices. jan3jLm6
CHAS. W. ARNOLD. CAPT. WM. JOHNSTON
C- W. ARNOLD & Cos.,
Grocers & Commission Merchants,
Thomson, - Georgia*
HAVE on hand and for Sale at the lowest market
prices
FOR CLASH.
CEOICE FAMILY GROCERIES AND PLANTA
TION SUPPLIES OF ALL KINDS.
Among which may be found the fo/fowing,
Bacon, Flour, Sugar, Coffee,
Card, Cheese, JTlackeral,
Oysters, Pickles, Chimed
Fruits, Soria,.Tobacco,
and everything kept in the line of a
First Class Grocery Store.
We Respecfully invite our friends to
give us a call.
C. W. VfiiolG &. do. ,
Thomson, Ga, March 13, ly
Thomson, McDuffie county, ga., April 10,1872
Smile Wlienever Yon Can.
When things don’t go to suit you,
And the world seems upside down,
Don’t waste your time in fretting.
But drivo away that frown ;
Since life is oft perplexing,
H is the wisest plan
To bear all trials bravMy,
And smile whene’er you can.
Why should you dread to-morrow
And thus spoil your to-day ?
For when you borrow trouble,
You always have to pay.
It is a good old maxim
Which often should bo preached—
Don’t cross the bridge before you
Until the bridge is reached.
You might be spared much sighing,
If you would keep in mind
The thought that good and evil
Are always hero combined ;
There must bo something wanting,
And though you roll in wealth,
You may miss from your casket
That precious jewel health.
Though you are strong and sturdy,
Not full may be your purse :
And earth has many trials
Which I consider worse—
But whether joy or sorrow
Fill your mortal span,
’Twill make your pathway brighter
To sr i i)4 vnoiiVr ,you can.
Hungarian Count at Long Branch!
08,
lIOW IT WA S DON E.
BY K. M’CRERY.
* Well I’exc'aimed Mrs. Simpson. ‘lf
you do not catch a husband in that dress,
Matilda, you will never catch one. I
did not have anything half so stylish as
that when I caught your father, but
then, to be sure, he was not mutch of a
, you will do ix'lLtr. .Si\
girls to -sHITe in me.*""W- exSrt~ JoviU
Selves a little. Do not leave! every
thing to me. Where is your fai/liu, *<'
‘He is out on the steps, smoking a
cigar, ma.’
‘Just like him ; no ambition at all!’
Then Mrs. Simpson stopped talking
for a few minutes, and set to work. She
worked iike a—like a whole bee-hive.
She would pack a trunk, then take ev
erything out of it just to put them all
into it again, giving herself about four
times as much trouble as was necessary.
But then she was one of those women
who like to be martyrs, or to appear
like martyrs—who make themselves out
slaves to their husbands and children.
The Simpsons’ present destination was
Long Branch. They had examined the
c.olumn_of summer reso.rts in the daily
Herald for weeks, hoping to find some
thing that would combine fashion and
cheapness; but as these things are rath
er incongruous, they, in view of the
superior advantages that might be de
rived from it in a social and matrimonial
way, chose the fashionable, and discar
ded the cheap. Long Branch it should
be.
‘Because, girls,’ Mrs. Simpson truly
remarked, ‘the beach is such a nice place
for flirtations. Not that I, as a mother
would wish to encourage such things.
Oh, no P
Mr. Simpson, Mrs. Simpson, and six
Misses Simpsons, were registered at a
Long Branch hotel. 1 shall not say
which one for particular reasons. But
it was a very expensive one.
‘Now, Mr. Simpson,’ exclaimed the
madam— the general, 1 think, we ought
to call her—‘introduce the girls! VV ho
were those nice-looking young gentle
men I saw you talking to ?’
‘Really, my dear, 1 do not know.’
‘Quite time you did, then. You have
no ambition at ail, Mr. Simpson. Go,
find out, and bring them here.’
Mr. Simpson started off on amiid trot.
‘Remember, girls,’ masaid emphati
cally, after pa had disappeared, ‘young
gentlemen like animation. Bright,
sprightly, animated girls are always
attractive. Now, ] always tried to be
amused at your father’s little jokes,
before we were married. You do not
know how well it takes.’ You see the
general understood strategy, and she
was explaining her successful tactics to
her little army of daughters. ‘Laugh
heartily when the young men say some
thing witty, no matter how silly it real
ly is. Enjoy their little jokes. It
pleases them immensely ; and, girls, it
is a great thing to have in an establish
ment. Do not forget to be animated.’
The six MissSimpsons giggled, just to
see if they could do it. Ido not think
any cne would care to hear them repeat
it. Were you ever on a farm ? And
did you, justbefore dawn, hear the hens,
and the guThea-bens, all begin to cackle ?
Is it not euphonius ?
‘Ma!’ exclaimed Arabella.
*Ma/’ said Matilda.
‘Ma/’;cried Sophia.
‘Herejcomes pa witha young man.’
‘Good gracious/ Is that all? One
young man ! )ne young man to six
girls! Wc ice not Mormons. Just
like your father.’
• Al fy* man was presented,
and the tix*;Vuss Simpsons bowed.
They oil put their elbows back, and
hung the tips of their ligers down when
they bovfed.
The ybung man hazarded a remark
on the excessive heat of the weather,
and the s x Miss Simpsons giggled.
Their tpa looked daggers. It was
not the thee to giggle. All the girls
looked frightened. Altogether, the first
evenin' I'* 1 '* lEs a failure.
The i Ywing morning Mrs. Simpson,
the DauiTlfess, took three timid Miss.
Simpsots (o the bath. They had not
bathing suit; for all, it took so much
flannel, yon know, so they were going
to take .urns. Matilda went into the
water With a gasp, and grasped the
rope; she had hardly caught hold of it
beferai.-j .Mjj** bjeijAer cashed her away
aiid.she, bai.ie flat, along with a whole
Dt of other people she did not 1 know at
all; in fact,she|did know not who sho was
herself for a few seconds, and when
she didi she heartily wished it was
somebody 61se, and that she was safely
back into the city, where they did not
have any breakers.
Miss Victoria, next eldest of the six,
sat in her scarlet flannel suit, with two
long, flaxen braids hanging down be
neath her hat, high and dry on the and.
Nearer to the water she could not he
persuaded to come, and every time that
the spray fell on the tips of her canvas
slippers, Mss Victoria opened her
mouth and yelled. Mrs. Simpson was
distract; 1. Arabella, the youngest, re
ally eojy.Km thefun, but then the. was
ppllll H*
Th: girls were excessively fond of
danciiig, so they attended every.-hop.
Not that they always got a chance to
dance; iit just to be on hand in case
they did-.
They were stylish jprls the Misses
Simpsons were. Ido cot know where
you would see six equal to them. They
wore a great deci of pannier, and their
hair very much ala Pompadour, and they
had the highest kind of heels to
their boots—brass heels—that made
music for them, and such a clatter, you
would have thought it Wqs the ninth reg
iment on 1 jiarade. Then* they had all
sorts of little ribbonsaroundtheir necks,
with bits of lockets attached. Os a
windy day it was quite a treat to see
these Dcopons living about, like the
flags oT aTrnatTbns at half mast’. It
made one feel as patriotic as the fire
crackers do on the fourth of July. Mrs.
Simpson always superintended the girls’
toilet herself. She would give Victo
ria’s dress a few little scientific jerks, so
that it would have a stylish hang, then
she re-arranged those new curls that
Matilda had just bought, (they costa
great deal, too,) and she made them
look just as natural a3 if they grew on
Matilda’s head. It is true they were
not exactly the same shade as her hair,
but then who would notice this small
defect! The general effect was quite
imposing, especially when all the girls
stood in a flock, as they invariably did,
except Arabella,. She would slip away
from the family circle, and when ques
tioneJ gjionl it, would archly reply :
‘Oji, never mind, iFis all right.’
However, she told Victoria, and Vic
toria, dutiful child, wentstraight to her
mother with the news that Arabella was
having a flirtation.
‘And, oh, ma/ it is so roimantic,’ ex
claimed Victoria. ‘Arabella says he is
a Hungarian Count. She is to meet
him clandestinely this evening on the
beach.’
‘A Hungarian Count! Dear me ! I
must see about this. A title is some
thing, but perhaps he is poor. Still a
title! Where did Arabella first meet
him V
‘Oh, on the beach several evenings
ago, when she and I, if you remember,
went out lor a walk.’
‘But who introduced him ?’
introduced himself. For you
see it was this way : Arabella was pick
ing up shells, and going close to the
water as she did so. Well, a great
wave came in which she did not'observe,
it rushed up and up the sands, and came
almost to h';r feet; then she saw it for (
the first time and screamed. The Count j
was walking there at the time, aud
TERMS-TWO DOLLARS IN ADVANCE.
hearing her cry hurried up. He was so
polite, and was dressed so gentleman
like, and was so handsome—oh, mama,
dear 1 I have been dying to tell you.’
‘And he is really a Count V
‘Of course he is. He has, he says,
gieat estates on the Danube, and has
only come here for the summer. He is
very romantic, and says he never will
marry only for love, an 1 wants to mar
ry an American girl, because they mar
ry only for love. I should not wonder,’
aud here her vuice fell to a whisper, ‘if
he coaxes Arabella to .elope with him —
he says that is so much more romantic
than every day marriage.’
Mrs. Simpson could hardly couceal
her gratification. She began to build
castlis in the air immediately. Os
course, if Arabella married a Hungari
an Count, especially one who had great
estates, she would ask one or more of
her sisters to visit her ; and what was
more certain, that other counts would
be fascinated, and the dear girls married
off, one after another, to foreign noble
men. Mrs. Simpson had always heard
that the Austrian court was the most
aristocratic in Europe, and she already
saw herself a distinguished visitor at
that court, because the mother-in-law of
numerous Austrian and Hungarian
magnates.
That evening Mrs. Simpson with her
two eldest daughters, went to take tea
with a friend, at one of the hotels. Her
motherly heart could not refrain from
telling her friend of Arabella’s good
tuck. All at one, in the very middle of
her story Arabella fainted away.
When the usual restoratives were ap
plied, she recovered, but she only said
when pressed for an explanation, ‘Oh,
take me away—take me away/’
But Victoria drew her mother aside ;
‘I know what is the matter, she said
‘Only to think of it/ The Hungarian
Count is the head waiter of this hotel.
I recognized him at once, aud so did Ar
abella.
The fi ur other dutiful daughters
were awaiting on the piazza the return
us their me thus and sisters. When they
saw Mrs. ‘TitnAsonentering horri
fied countenance, they cried with one ac
cord :
‘Oh ! ma, what is the matter ?’
‘That wicked, wicked girl 1’
‘Ma, dear ma, what is it?’
‘Go pack your trunks at once ; we are
going home, and I shall never take you
anywhere again until you have learned
some sense.’
‘Oh, ma, what is it? You cannot
leave the Hungarian Count/ Wh«t
will Arabella do '/ Where is her beau ?’
they asked.
‘Her beau / the Count /’ Mrs. Simp
son gasp, and her voice rose to a scream,
‘lie was die head waiter !’
‘Oh 1’ was the answer. ‘So Arabella
has hat} a flirtation with, the head wait
er.’
Arabella hung down her head and
wept. Victoria, Matilda and the three
other Miss Simpsons groaned aloud.
Mrs. Simpson waved her right hand
to the girls tragically.
‘Ungrateful children 1 we start for
home at once. Thus ends your sum
mer trip.
Mr. Simpson, Mrs. Simpson and the
six Misses Simpsons, with seven large
trunks and two small ones, left the
Branch on the next train. Thoy all
wore thic/r veils except Mr. limpson, I
believe the girls are searching dilligent
ly after sense.
Unhappy Arabella!
H QLSENBUCK IS MORTALLY WOUNDED.
—Day before yesterday, about one
o’clok p. jl. While the guard was eat
ing dinner, Ilolsenbake, one of the
murderers of Colonel Fish, who was
confined in jail at Oglethorpe, convicted
of the murdet, attempted to make his
f scape by breaking through the roof
of the jail. He had reached the outer
wall before he was discovered by the
guard, who called to him to halt, but
that being no part of his programme
he refused to obey, whereupon the
guard discharged both barrels of a
double-barrel shot gun at him, each
load taking effect—one in the left
shoulder and the other fracturing the
the right leg above the knee. Passen
gers on the Southwestern train yester
day afternoon report him in a dying
condition from the wounds. Lloyd,
the other murderer, has been removed
to the Albany jail for greater safety.
[Telegraph Mcscnger.
Tiie Search for Livionstone. —The
Livingstone search expedition vessel,
Abydos has arrived at Malta. Foreign
ers have contributed liberally tovva’rds
the fund, which now amounts to SZI,-
210, of which SSOO has just been sub
scribed by burnt-out Chicago.
Tlio .Taps—Thcir Strange Uo
iugs in Washington
It is hard to tell who is ambassador
and who is servant, Japanese dignity
being a peculiar species of article, and
not the kind of dignity we encourage.—
Besides the ‘Japs., so much resemble
each other you can hardly toil which
is which. Saturday I happened to be
in the Arlington when Mr. Sheckles, the
clerk, received ap .order for a sick func
tionary’s mejl. lie had marked more
than twenty‘fancy dishes—that is, rich
things thatasick Yankee will studious
ly avoid. And he told the waiter to
be sure and bring'him plenty of hard
boiled i ggs and ice cream.
The other night, atfout twelve o’clock,
three or four of them got together in
a room and ordered hard-boiled eggs
and icecream for supper. Sheckles says
they will never get around the. world if
they live in other countries as they live
here. They do not seem to eat much,
but they live on the most ‘out iandish’
food. They seem to think all the ho
tels are under one management, if we
may judge from their movements. Yes
terday a lot of them went into the
Ebbitt House, took breakfast, an i walk
ed off without paying or making any ex
planation. When they first came they
were nearly all quartered at the Arling
ton. Some went to other hotels. Now
they are scattered all over the city, some
in hotels, others in hoarding houses.—
But the principal officers of the embas
sy all stay at the Arlington. Yesterday
L was standing at the oltice of the Ar
lington when an angular-faced Jap came
up, with baggage on bis arm, and said
totheclerk, ‘Me goin’away. Me wun’c
be here no more.’ ‘Me goin’ to Ebbitt
House.’
‘Will you give up your room ?’
‘No, me and two other fellows goin’:
free other fellows come from Ebbtt
House to ta/ce our place.’
‘So they go the imperial, Metropoli
tan, Welcker’s, Wormley’s, and all
over. The hotel keepers like it. They
can make from ten to twenty dollars
average a day out of each Jap, from
Iwakura to Hokeppke, and it will be
found that tire 01Jyea3**r>e.riS -wftf save
such bills to pay*for the same Japs lor
the time at two different hotels. It any
one happens to twit them about their
curious antics, they say‘Me don’t care;
me got plenty money, and me goin, to
spend it.’
I Some of them smoke opium almost
continuously. The chambermaids at
the hotel think ‘it’s funny smellin, of
tobacco they smoke.’ They have a bag
full ofivory pieces and aboard on which
they play a game that seems to he very
amusing to them. The other evening
a party got together in a room, and com
menced playing the game, At inter
vals, when a player seemed to be check
mated, they laughed boisterously, and
went through all sorts of performances,
such as turning handsprings and stand
ing on their heads. As I remarked
above, it is hard to tell from their ap
pearance who are tire ambassadors, and
who followers and servants. These ec
centric freaks are probably the diversions
of the latter in all cases
The Ueatli ofc L.owry.
The New York Hearuld prints letters
from a correspondent, who says that
he has spent some days with the Low
ery outlaws of Robeson county, N. G.
Qne of tie se letters gives the following
account of the death of Henry Berry
Lowery, the leader of the gang ;
‘Between February 13th and lGtli,
in company with Boss Strong, Henry
Berry Lowery was ranging the country
in the neighborhood of Moss Neck, in
search of some persons whom he had
been informed w'ere hunting him.
They discovered in the bushes a newly
made ‘blind’ (a place of concealment
or ambush made by intertwinining the
branches of the thickly grown bushes).
It was not then occupied, and Henry
Berry, believing it had been recently
made by one of his pursuers, who
woulJ shortly return to it, eseonced
himself in it, while Boss made a blind
for himself a short distance off, cover
ing the road. But a lew minutes after
they had placed themselves in their res
pective positions the report of a gurt
was heard from Henry’s hiding place,
and vyhen Boss, who waited to hear a
word from his chief or an answering
shot from an enemy, cautiously ap
proached the spot. Henry Berry Low
ery lay on his bacL with one barrel of
bis shot gun discharged, and his nose,
forehead and the whole front of his
head blown off. The broken ramrod
and the missing wiper showed he had
been trying to draw a load from his gun.
Boss drew the body into a thicket "and
notified his companions, who straight
away buried him.’