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About The Washington gazette. (Washington, Ga.) 1866-1904 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 22, 1871)
(pc TOasJjunfon (Gazette* BY H. F. ANDREWS & CO. Furniture! GIVE ME YOUR PATRONAGE!! I AM \OW PREPARED TO MANUFACTURE AND FURNISH MY PAT RONS and the public w ith all kinds of Furniture. Such as Bureaux, Bedsteads, Wardrobes, Chairs, Window Shades and in reality everything connected with the Furniture business. COFFINS ! COFFINS ! ! BirjilAL CASK IST. JU RJAL CASES. I AM also, prepared to furnish all nixes of Metalie Burial CASKE'Fff and CASES, •f tUe be-t manufacture, and will make to order all oilier kinds of Coffins to suit the partita oideriag the work done. A competent Workman will attend each burial if desired. Parties needing anything in my line are earnestly requested to give me a trial be fore purchasing elsewhere. lam determined to sell at the lowest possible PRICES FOR CASH ONLY. JOHN I>. FLOYD. Feb. 10—3 m ipothecariet WASHINGTON, GA. ty re <\ i Chi \ L'clc m i Het : vl s KEPi’ ( OYSTAVH.vt. >)Y H\\l>. ul til) A Fresh ami Full tssiriineat of Tl SIX ll» KEEI» Jus 1 Uotp«A (and. T. L. ANDERSON & CO. K-b. 23, I 10—1 y 1 PETER KEEIAI \GAIN OFFERS Ills SALUTATIONS TO THE ROOD AM) TRI E PEOPLE of Wi kc t nml her sister counties, and invites I lit m, win n they comedo Augusta, to call at his FIRST-CLASS BOOT & SHOE HOUSE and acquaint themselv -with his nu de of doing business. lie strictly adheres to the ONE PRICE SYSTEM, and never will admit the slightest infraction of the PRINCIPLES CF AND FAIR DEALING. He holds himself responsible for the faithful representation of every article which leaves his store, and will make reclamation in every iustance when work does not give satisfaction, lie cautions his friends to beware of Jhe swarm of “drummers” with which the city of Augusta is infested ; men who are distorting business from its legitimate course, and imposing on (he confidence of their fellow men. With such, he has no fellowship. Never have better goods been offered in this city. He promises big patrons that, compared with the class of shoes he keeps, he will SELL THEM TEX I'llSl « FAT. FOIVi'R THAN AT AAI I‘EKIOO SINCE THE XT til. On the single condition that they be kept clean, shoes will be exchanged inside of three months, ortho price refunded. PETER KEENAN, 230 Br6ad Street, (under Central Hotel) Augusta, Ga. oct!3-3m ETIWAN FERTILIZERS. tTthree very Superior Articles offered by the Sulphuric Acid and Superphosphate _L Company ot Charleston, 8. C., viz: ETIW"AN GUANO. A complete manure, adapted to Cotton, Grain and Tobacco, being the well known article heretofore offered at the very high grade of 15 per cent, dissolved Bone Phos phate of Lime, with the addition, as heretofore, of Peruvian Guano, Ammonia and Potash. Price $55 per Ton, if paid on or before the Ist of April next, and SOO per Ton, payable Nov. 18th 1872 without interest. ETIWAN CROP FOOD. Anew article of the same high grade of Soluble Phosphate, compounded with the elements of Cotton Seed in such a manner, as to ensure one of the best fertilizers for Cotton and Crain, at a lower price than the Etiwan Guano. Price S4O per ton, if paid on or before the Ist of Aprilnext, $45 per ton, payable Nov. 18th 1872, w ith out interest, ETIWAN DISSOLVED BONE. Averaging from 18'or 20 per cent, of Dissolved Bone Phosphate, and thus enabling the planter bv com posting, to obtain two tons of half that grade at a saving of one half cost and freight. Price $35 per ton, if paid on or before the Ist of April next, S4O per ton, davabel Nov. 18th 1673, without interest. *■ TAKE NOTICE, that all these fertilizers are of the highest grade of Soluble Phos phate, and must help for more than one year. WM. C. BEE Sc CO., General A gents, Charleston , S, C. Dec. 15-Om WASHINGTON, GEORGIA, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 22, 1871: Great Inducements A.Y Matey & Benson’s. \V ' E have now iif Stock, and are daily t T receiving the follow ing Foreign and •Domestic DRY GOODS, all ot which we bind ourselves to sell as low as tbSy can be purchased in Augusta or Atlanta. DRESS GOODS •Striped Abyssinian Poplins, Figured ancfStriped Poplinetts, Cheeked, Striped & Figured DeLaines. BLACK ALPACA, Extra Heavy Silk Twisted Elack Alpacas in all the favorite brands. Opera Flannels, in all the newest and most desirable shades. Scarlet and White Flannels, at remarkably low prices. EI^CSFTS. A large and choicely selected Stock of Prints, in all the newest and most stylish patterns. BALMORAL & BOULEVARD SKIRTS, at convincingly low prices. WHITE & GREY BLANKETS. A large lot at a sacritice. BED SPREADS, WHITE &’COLORED. Fronting Linen, Table Damask, Di aper Napkins, Towels, Bed Tick ing, Crash, Corsets, Linen Hk’fs, Hosiery, AVilMje sold at Bottom Prices. ANOTHER LARGE - CONSIGNMENT toots i shoes; AT MOW YORK RETAIL PRICES, j Every pnir of which tslmll be guaranteed. ’ GENTS’ HATS. A large assortment at very low figures. E \ DIE S’ HATS in all the newest and moat approved styles. Gsnaburgs, Shirting, Sheeting, Checks, and Stripes, AT FACTORY PRICES. Gents’ Ready Made CLOTHING, At p rices to suit the closest buyers. GROCEBIES. Planters would be consulting their in terest by examining our large Stock of Family Groceries, such as Sugar, Toa, « ofS<>«-, Ilncon, Lard, C'lieenc, flour, tluhiNscs, Grits, &c. Every article of which will he sold at Augusta lenient Cush prices, with freight added. LIQUORS ATCOST. We are determined to close out our entire stock of Liquors at cost before the Ist January to make room for other less objectionable good in our salesroom. Mahoney & Benson. novlO A VALUABLE PLANTATION FOR SALE. Will be sold on the first Tues day in January 1872 one of the most Valuable Plantations in Wilkes County, lying on the Lexiirigton road one and a half mile from Washington, Contain ing 1027 acres more or less. Plantation generally in fine con dition, Fencing good, Gin House and Packing-screw good, New Barn & Stables, Corn crib & Kitchen, good plan tation Dwelling, Cabins most all recently repaired. Well Ditched. For terms apply 1o 11. 13. POPE on plan tation or to GREEN BROS, Dec, 8-4 t. BAPTIZED IB FIRE. THE CHICAGO PDFAIX. A Universal Newspaper. READ THE FOLLOWING. 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LORING’S COLLEGE POEMS TIIE OLI) PROFESSOR. The old professor taught no more, But lingered round the college walks; Stories of him we boys told o’er, Before die fire, in evening talks. I’ll ne'er forget how lie eaine in To recitation, one March night, And asked our tutor to begin: “And. let me hear these boys recite.” As we passed out, we heard him say, “Pray leave me here awhile, alone, Here in my old place let me stay Just as I did in years long flown.” Our tutor smiled, and bowed consent, Rose courteous from his high-backed chair, And down the darkening stairs lie went Leaving the old professor there. ***** *** From out the shadows, faces' seemed To look on him in his old place, Fresh faces that with radiance beamed — Radiance of boyish hope and grace; And faces that had lost their youth, Although iu years they still were young, And faces o’er whose love and truth, The funeral anthem had been sung. “These arc hoys,” he murmured'then, “My boys, as iu the years long past; Though some are angels, others men, Still as my hoys 1 hold them fast. There’s one don’t know his lesson now, That one of them is making fun, And that one’s cheating—ah ! I see — I see and love them every one. “And is it, then so long ago This chapter in my life was told ? Did all of them thus come and go, And have I really grown so old t No 1 Ilerearo my old pains and joys, My book once more is in my hand, Once more I hear these very boys, And seek their hearts to uuderstand’.i' ***’ * * * They found him there with open book, And eyes closed with a calm content; The same old sweetness iu liis look There used to bo when fellows went To ask him questions and to talk, When recitations wcrefll o’er; We saw him in the college walk And in his former place no more. ——-♦ • *. The Edinburgh Cat Show. The citizens of Edinburgh are boast ing over the fact that they have just had the largest and finest Cat Show ever held. Men learned in Cat ology gathered from all parts of England, Ireland and Beot- Timt to slf tn' jitiTg’eme'nt oh Ptisl Rtilect specimens were sent in from all quarters. Venerable maiden ladies parted with their sleek favourites for a day or two in order that a discriminative public might ad mire their specimens of the feline tribe were pronounced magnificent. One “tabby” w'on the prize for weight. The hevicst known hitherto was a little short of 22 lbs; but in this case the weight reached 24 lbs. (The finest cat county iu Nova Scotia is Yarmouth; let Yarmouth try if it can out weigh that Edinburgh specimen.) Curiously enough there were more gentlemen than old maids exhibiting their favourite cats, notwith standing the popular notion.—lt was found that the cats were all very gentle and quite fond of being handled; and this leads learned Athenians to put in a plea for kindly treatment of cats and in genious excuses for their short-comings in the way of gratitude and loyality. Varie ties of cats, they tell us, are few. There were but five in the Edinburgh Show. There were but 250 eats in the show ; but no previous Exhibition ever numbered more than 150. Tailless cats were iu the Edinburgh show—a rare variety. It is a curious circumstance that one of the Edinburgh University Professors had a cat which was docked of her tail when a kitten and which always produces tail less kittens. As proofs of the cat’s affection it is re lated that a cat belonging to a nobleman in the days of Queen Elizabeth followed her owner to the Tower and when she could not reach him otherwise she came in down the chimney. It is added that a cat at Lyons whose owner was murdered, and' who, by the sign of rage and fierce hatred it exhibited w hen the murderer came into the room, was the means ot getting the criminal suspected and then brought to justice. The story is authenticated by a physician. We cannot readily forget the affecting way in which Sonuicl, the great Egyptian traveller, whose eat was the cherished companion of hi» wanderings, writes of it when it died:—“She washe says, “my principal aj&uscment for several years. How was the expression of her attach ment depicted on her countenance! How many times have her tender caresses made me forget my troubles and consoled me in my misfortunes! After several days of suffering, during which I never forsook her, her eyes constantly fixed on me, were at length extinguished, and her loss rent my heart with sorrow.” The Orientals seem to have a greater respect for cats than we have. In Egypt they built tem ples and made sacrifices to them and fought great battles on their account. Mahometans in some places pay them great respect. The idea of a cat hospital, is not anew one. In the first volume of Churchill’s voyages, published in 1704, we find Daubenton, an Egyptian traveller, giving ail account of a cat hospital he saw at Damascus. lie was told that Mahomet when lie came to live there qrought a pet cat with him which he carried about iu his sleeve, and which ho always fed himself. Since then thy faith ful in Damascus have had a superstitious veneration for cats, and give pubfp: alms to support a Hospital for them. Once upon a time, in England cats were much more prized than they are now. Howell Dda, King or Prince ot Wales, who died a. and. 048, actually made strict lawsto pro tect cats. He fixed their selling price at a penny for a blind kitten, twopence toi one that could be proved to have killed a mouse, and fourpenee for an adult cut that was a good hunter. Sums trifling to us, but of very great value-in those old times, us may be judged of from the fact that if any one killed or stole the cat that watched the King’s Granary, he had (ac cording to Pennant to forfeit a ewe, her fleece and lambs, or as mupn wheat as, when poured on the cat suspended by the tail (its head touching the floor), would form a heap high enough to cover the tip of said tail. So much about the Edinburgh Cat Show, and Cat history. It is expected that the Scottish Capital will have such a show annually, the interest excited by the lute show having been very great.—[Pres byterian Witness. ADVICE TO LITTLE GIRLS. By Mark Twain. Good little girls ought not to make mouths at their teachers for every trilling offense. This retaliation should only be resorted to under peculiarly ugravuting circumstances. If you have nothing but a rag doll stuff ed with sawdust, while one of your more fortunate little playmates has a costly china one, you should treat her with a show of kindness, nevertheless. And you ought not to attempt to make a forcible swap unless your confidence would justi fy you in it, and you know you are able to do it. You ought never to take your little brother’s “chewing gum” away from him by main force; it is better to rope him in with the promise of the first two dollars and a half you find floating down the riv er on a grindstone. In the artless sim plicity natural to his time of life, lie will regard it as a perfectly fair transaction. In all ages of the world this eminently plausible fiction has lured the obtuse vic tim to financial ruin nml disaster. It at any time you find it necessary to correct your brother, do not correct him with mud. Never, on any account, throw mud at him. It is belter to murid him a little Fjr tiivf. y-;. nttii.fi.;.'. result*! —you secure his immediate attention to tlie lessons you are inculcating, and at the same time your hot water will have a tendency to remove impurities from hi ß person, and possibly the skin, in spots. If your mother tells you to do a thing, it is wrong to reply that you won’t. It is better and more becoming to reply that you will do as she bids you, and then af terward act quietly in the matter accord ing to the dictates of your best judg ment. You should ever bear in mind that it is to your kind parents that you are in debted for your food, and your nice bed, and for your beautiful clothes, and for the privilege of staying home from school when you let on that you are sick. Therefore you ought to respect their little prejudices, and humor their little whims, and put up with their foibles until they get to crowding you too much. Good little girls always show marked deference for the aged. You ought never to “suss” old people unless they “suss” you first. Reporters in Church. The New York correspondent of the Boston Post writes concerning the repor ters in Beecher’s church as follows: Just underneath the platform''are the reporters’ tables, an innovation unknown as yet in any other church. The smallest of these tables, at the right of the plat form, is for the exclusive use of the shop hand reporter who is employed to take the sermon for Mr. Beecher's own paper, the Christian Union ; at the table <n the left four others are seated, while the table in the centre is sacred to the feminine members of the profession. At this table sits Eleanor Kirk, w ho “does” Beecher for the Standard; blue eyed, delicate, and slight, dressed in black crape cashmere, with an India shawl carelessly draped over her shoulders, and a black anti white bonnet set on the brown hair, through which brown threads ol silver run; by her side is her sister Rebecca Eusterbrook, who, early in her twenties, is winning lor herself an enviable place in journalism; tailor than -Mrs. Kirk, she has the same blue eyes and intense face, crowned with short, curley, brown hair. Between the two, sitting a little back from the table, and busy with note book and pencil, is Carrie Le Raw, a Boston girl by birth and education, who to her duties as proses or of elocution at Tassar College adds those of lecturer and journalist. Bright, spark ling, animated and vivacious, she is a marked contrast to Mrs. Jlary Butts—cool, self-possessed, and quiet, the only woman in the employ of the Herald, who sits opposite to her and watches the incoming congregation, waiting for the services to open to commence her work. There is a world of ability under that white chip bonnet, with its bands of black velvet, and plenty of force under the quiet and somewhat passive face. If you have a good business advertise and keep it. If not, advertise and get it. YOL. VI—NO. 32. The “ Old Catholic ” Movement m Germany. Those who fuel interested in the Old Catholic religious movement now agitat ing Germany, may perhapijbc interested to learn the views of a correspondent of the London Times, who recently made an independent tour of that country for the purpose of studying the Dollinger reform. He states, as the result of his observations, that the Protestants of Germany have no faith whatever in the movement, and be lieve it will full. They regard lilt; posi tion of the new church as equivocal and weak, because, although the professed ob ject is to reform the church, the leaders are already beyond its pale ; because, al though they regard a breaking off from the Catholic Church as leading directly to Protestantism, Dr. Dollinger and his associates repel the idea of an alliance with Protestants; because, finally, tho new position has not breadth enough for a popular movement. The coirespondent himself expects more from the schism than these Protestant theologians, but has no idea that it will grow into a refor mation. lie thinks it will live ns anew and by no means a .oak sect. l[e called upon Dr. Dollinger, and expressed the opinion that a reformation must be based, not on councils and popes, nor on history, as Dr. Dollinger said it was, but on tho iliblc The Bavarian theologian is de clared to believe as strongly as ever in the church, with all its popes, councils, and edicts, down to the close of the Coun cil at Trent, but he goes no further. Nevei theless, the correspondent believes that the new church will widen its sym pathies and become a force, more or less destructive,) of the church of ltome. These views probably indicate with some accuracy the present scope and limitations of the movement, although Dr. Dollinger was recently reported as having intimated to another English visitor his willingness to unite with the Anglican Episcopal Church, if the latter desired to come into the movement. It is not easy, however, to east the horoscope of its future pros pects. Itivers generally widen and deepen the further they flow. More Soldiers Wanted. The report that the Secretary of War will recommend an increase of the regu lar army is denied, but is is stated that Gen. Sherman is still of the opinion that if troops are to be used in the South us heretofore there will not be enough to supply deumnds elsewhere. That troops are to be used in the Suuth, at least until after the next Presidential election, is us certain as death and taxes; and the party which docs not scruple to employ military force to carry out its own partisan pur poses, surely need feel no delicacy in in creasing this force to an unlimited extent whenever necessary. Os course, there was a time when this sort of thing was not us fashionable as it is now; w hen the army of the United States was employed only for strictly legitimate purposes, and hud noth ing more to do with the manipulation of national politics than with the direction ot European affairs. But under the be nign influences of Ibtdieulism a change has been wrought, and now it is thought no more singular that the President sliould send a few battalions and batteries into a closely contested Souhtein district, than that he should indulge in a cocktail be fore or a cigar after dinner. Therefore, bayonets being a recognized feature of Kadiial policy the supply of the article must not he permitted to run short. The Apaches are getting troublesome and may need a steel bit in their mouths ; the Mormons are fearfully polygamous, and the seventh commandment may have to he heavily reinforced ; Domingo annexa tion is yet on the cards, and benevolent Baez may want backing; there is a speck of war on the Spanish horizon, and wo may have to invade Cuba ; the pestiferous Ku-Klux are said to be considerably thickur than leaves in Yallambrosa and multiplying like Canada thistles, and these may require an armed hand to up root them and last, but not, least, the Rad ical ticket for 1872 will certainly fall unless soldiers are liberally and judicious ly distributed through a large section of our restored Union. Consequently the sweetly persuasivo song, “Let us have peace,” ought to he straightway changed into the stern war cry, “Let us have more army”—and whether Secretary Belknap reports in favor of an increase or not the ltadieal majority in Congress, if they have an atom of consistencv, must listen to and heed that cry.—[Missouri Republican. Important to Cotton Planters. — Washington, December 12. Senator West, of Louisiana, introduced to-day a measure looking to the exemption from duty of all bagging and iron ties used in baling cot ton. This, he stated, would be equivalent to a premium of #1 per bale, and would no doubt stimulate the production of the staple. It is a very important concession, and the effort to obtain it, the friends of the measure claim, should be warmly sec onded by the planting and commercial intorists of the cotton growing regions. Says the Louisville Ledger, “it is an in sult to the people of Mississippi that Ames should register his name at Wash ington as ‘a Mississippi Senator.’ He doesn't own a foot of land in the State, nor pay a single dollarof taxes. He once resided a few months at Vicksburg as an army officer; but on his return there ho even refused to pay his poll-tax.” Akcrman has resigned, to take effect January 10th.
