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AUGUSTA, CGA..;
Sanday Morning, August 29, 1875.
CURRENT TOPICS^
“Too Mucli Pointer Dog.”
Are They Tramps or Bandits ?—Con
ditmn of the Northern States.
Vhat are known as “tramps’* are now
attracting a great deal of attention In the
New England States. The term “tramp.” as
applied to them, seems to boa mistake,
they look more to us like men starved and
Houseless, who have taken to highway and
house robberies for subsistence. The New
poit (Rhode Island) Mercury gives the l'ol
li>\\ ing description of the condition of that
State relative to these strolling robbers:
The excessive dull times have Hooded
the country with the genus tramp, and as
long as the times remain dull their num
bers will continue to increase. They travel
alone and in gangs or from three to half a
dozen, and their lawlessness, particularly
for the last few months, is a subject of
terror to all defenceless women and chil
dren. Tiie amount of mischief done by one
of those gangs can hardly be estimated.
heir ravages far exceed those of the army
worm and grasshopper combined. Even a
genuine Western flood is less to be dreaded
than one of these useless mortals.
J ust no w Fall river is producing material
for tramps more rapidly than Is conven
ient or agreeable for the surrounding
towns. The 20,000 people out of employ
ment there have determined that the
world owes them a living, and they are
not particular as to how they get it pro
vided they do not have to work at reduced
wages. Lands of these operatives, who
have voted themselves a “vacation,” are
prowling through the towns along the
borders or Massachusetts and Rhode
Island, digging potatoes by night, robbing
melon patches, plundering clothes lines,
harvesting chickens and laying tlreir hands
upon ever ything that comes in their way.
►Soon, unless work comes, they will seek a
wider held for their exploits and will be
even less scrupulous how tlrey obtain what
they want.”
“The 20,000 people out of employment”
at Fall River have been voting the Radical
ticket for years, and joined in the cry
against Southern industries, not dreaming
that by tire prostration of tliirteen States,
the factories of all New England would be
ruined. Rut such has been the result.
The Whole Case Summed Up.
The nut has been cracked and the kernel
exposed. The whole question has been in
vestigated from side to side, end to end,
and the answer correct given. In the Au
gust report of Thomas P. Janes, Commis
sioner of Agriculture for the State of Geor
gia. which wo published Saturday morn
ing, occurs the following:
Ist. Only 2u per cent, of the farmers pay
cash for what they buy.
2d. Those who buy on a credit pay an
average of 41 per cent, per annum interest
on the cash prices.
3d. The farmers ot Go rgia pay in inter
est on supplies—nearly all of which can le
raised on their farms—the sum of $4,250,-
000, which is more than half of the bonded
debt of Georgia, and is 14 per cent, of the
value of the entire cotton crop of the
State.
4th. Eighty per cent, of those who raise
their supplies make a profit, while 75 per
cent.of those who buy lose.
Before these statements were made Com
missioner Janes carefully examined the
whole system and condition of Georgia
planting. They are not 100 eor blind as
sertions, but stubborn facts. There is not i
a bank, not a cotton factory, not a railroad,
not a merchant, not a calling in the whole
State of Georgia which can afford to pay
44 per cent, interest. It would swamp any
thing. Certainly no farmer can borrow
money at any such rate without swift and
inevitable ruin. In the above classifications
those who borrow are those who do not
raise their own provisions. The time is now
at hand when full crops should be taken
into consideration and plans and calcula
tions made for next year.
All the State of Georgia now needs to
become once more rich, free and happy is
for her farmers to go back to the old sys
tem of making their provisions—to buy
nothing which can be raised on their farms
They will then have no debts. They will
then have money. They will then be free.
They will no longer be the humble servants
of factor, banker and merchant.
The Would-Be Masaniello of Georgia.
Prince Rivers, the sometimes Lord
Mayor of the flourishing city of Hamburg,
and Major General of the South Carolina
militia, and who is charged by some of the
ringleaders in the late effort to get up an
insurrection in Georgia, which he denies, is
thus sketched by the Hartford entrant :
“Prince” Rivers, who is named as being
the he id and front of the threatened insur
rection in Georgia and South Carolina, was
before the war a slave, owned by Mr. H. M.
Stuart, of Branford, S. C. He was Mr.
Stdabt’s coachman, and was said tube the
finest looking negro at the South. In 1862
Gen. Saxton sent him North in charge of
a clergyman, who exhibited him in public
meetings as a fair specimen of the planta
tion negroes. After getting all tlio money
they could, they returned to the
South. Rivers purchased a lot of the
abandoned property of the Government and
went in as a planter. Not succeeding in this
he went into one of the colored regiments.
After the war he turned up in one of the up
country parishes, where lie was elected to
the Assembly. He there became one of the
rings of scalawags and carpet-baggers,
consisting of General Scott, of Ohio,
Whittemore, of Massachusetts, Dennis,
of Connecticut, Moses, Small, De Large,
Bowen, Whippeb, and others of that sort.
The militia was organized, and from a sub
ordinate oflicial position Rivers has risen
to the rank of Major-General. He is a man
of unbounded ambition, and much in
fluence, and it is thought that it will be
found that this spirit of insurrection per
vades other States. The idea among the
negroes that the land is theirs, and that
their fathers earned It by their labor, has
been preached to them for years until they
have become imbued with that feeling to
such an extent that a war of races would
not be the most surprising occurrence of
the day.”
Money Plenty.
Here is an advertisement which wo ilnd
in the New York Tribune . of the 17th:
“ Loan Wanted—Of lifty thousand dol
lars, lirst mortgage, 7 per cent., on first
class city real estate, salable to-day for
three times that sum. A first class Invest
ment In every particular. None but prin
cipals treated with. Address A. B.C.,lri
bune office."
New York is the city, you know, where
money is lying idle in the banks, appealing
for investment. It is the city wherein, we
are told, money can be had for from two to
four percent. If money is so cheap and so
abundant in the “great money centre,”
perhaps somebody will explain why it is
that borrowers are compelled to advertise
for loans when they are willing to pay
seven per cent., securing the same with
tillable first mortgage? This proposition,
we presumo, needs no discussion, so says
the Cincinnati Enquirer. Here in Nashville
money was never known to be scarcer. We
heard yesterday a leading broker say that
fifteen hundred dollars could not be bor
rowed in the city on United States bonds
as a collateral. And still we are told that
money is plenty.—[Nashville Union and
American.
And the Radical party and bondholders
cry aloud that there is too much afloat—
let us contract, let us reduce greenbacks to
gold.
Oxen are a dollar a head in Egypt.
GEORGIA GENERAL NEWS.
The Georgia Paper Mills, in Carroll
county, are to be sold again in September
next, at Sheriff’s sale, this time at the risk
of M. P. Kellogg, the last purchaser,
making the third time within a few months.
A negro was captured in Americus with a
biblo and hymn book in his possession,
which were stolen from the Presbyterian
Church, Geneva. Ga. It was found, out
that he had broken into the church and
robbed it.
Six hundred and eighty barrels of dried
peaches have been shipped from Griffin so
far this season, which at an average o: $25
the barrel, would reach $16,000. In 186 r ', the
sales in that town did not fall sho;:t or
$60,000.
The Central Railroad has had anew boat
built for the Chattahoochee river called the
W. S. Holt. Capt. George Whitesides went
on to Pittsburg, whore she is being about
finished, to bring her around. She is said
to boa pleasant steamer.
• Jonesboro’ News: The negro who com
mitted rape upon a white lady in Fayette
county, several weeks ago, was brought
down on Tuesday evening to static his
trial. May the fullest extent of the law
“grasp him around the neck.”
Darien Gazette: Governor Smith refused
to commission Mr. A. W. Corker as a Jus
tice of the Peace in the place of Tunis G.
Campbell, Sr., on the grounds tha; he
(Campbell) Is innocent until the Supreme
Court decides otherwise. The Governor is
right.
Macon Telegraph: Major Nathan H. Beal,
formerly a resident of this city, and well
known here, died on Thursday at the resi
dence of his son-iu-law, Dr. George G. Grif
fin, iu Harris county, at the advanced age
of 77 years.
The following oflih ial statistics of Banks
county are published in tiie Gainesvile
Eagle•' Polls, white, 750; polls, colored, 145;
professions, 11; children, 2,156; acres of
land, 135.904; average value of land per
acre, $3.52; town property, $15,425; money
and debts, $91,200; merchandise, $12,907;
household and kitchen furniture, $21,350;
plantation tools, $2,655; all other property,
$168,796; aggregate value whole property,
$795,847; amount professional .tax, $l2O.
Of the trade in peaches, the Columbus
Enquirer says: The trade in them is im
mense. One Columbus firm paid out last
season for them $5,000, which, at ten cents,
will purchase 500,000 pounds, or about 13,500
bushels. Other parties were also buying
them. It is asserted that twice as many
have been brought in this year as reached
the market during the last. July, this sea
son, will be in the neighborhood of a mil
lion pounds. As soon as a car load is ob
tained they are sent North. The largest
shipments this season have been sent to
the great Northwest, and fair profits real
ized.
Gainesville Eagle: Atlanta has sixty doc
tors and one hundred and thirty lawyers,
and only two of the doctors and about a
dozen of tiie lawyers own proporty to the
value of ten thousand dollars. Rather a
hungry set. Farming would beat this. *
* Gen. Longstreet closed a contract with
Col. Candler, on Monday, for building Ids
residence on the proporty recently pur
chased from Mr. W. G. /lenders >n. The
house will be located on tiie beautiful emi
nence on the Clark’s Bridge road, just out
side tiie city limits, and when completed
will probably eclipse any private residence
in or about the city.
Lagrange Reporter : Mr. Wiley Rowland,
quite an old man, aged about seventy-six
years, died Thursday, the 19th, at his home
near Antioch, and was buried on Friday
according to the Grange burial service by
the Antioch Grange, having requested be
fore his death to be thus buried. By re
quest of the Grange, J. I’. Awtrey acted as
master, J. H. Fanuiu as chaplain, and J. T.
Boykin as marshal. The service is pro
found and Impressive, and we believe this
is the first time it lias been performed in
this section. Rev. J. G. Goss preached the
tuueral sermon at the house, and the
Grange then took charge of ihe remains
for interment.
Romo Commercial: A scene occurred a few
days ago, on Judge Mobley’s place, near
Rome, which strikingly illustrates how the
“end justifies the means.” A youthful dar
key, who had been working oil the Judge’s
farm, and who had reached that age when
lie desired to “strike out for himself” and
see more of the world, determined to leave
“the old plantation” and graze in new pas
tures. Ready to leave, with a bundle of
clothes tied to a stick and swung over his
shoulder, he shook hands with each one of
his fellow workmen to see him off The
last one whom he bade good-bye was a
gray-haired old darkey, who, having sha
ken hands, impressively gave him this
farewell advice: “Bam, ’have yerself and
work hard. And Bam, whatebber you do,
nebber do you steal nullin’ ’eoptin’ ’tis for
de preacher; and den don’t be a fool and git
kotched at it.”
Alter asking the question, “Was he pray
ing or stealing a watermelon,” the Colum
bus Sun relaies: Several miles above Co
lumbus is a colored church. “Squire” Jen
kins has a very fine watermelon patch ad
joining the road leading to this church. A
great many colored people muss by on their
way to church, and the “Squire” has lost
much of his finest fruit. He waited in the
patch one Sunday nigld, when the church
was in full blast. H<- had a shot gu t for a
companion. A coloi ed brother climbed the
fence and knelt in front of a superb
melon. As in kneeling he brought a full
back appearance “Squire” J. let him have a
load of bird shot. 'I here was a sputtering,
yelling and kicking. Darkey became q iiet
after a while, when he told his story, that
religion had greatly affected him; that as
he was passing that field the Lord had
called on him to pray in private, and he
climbed that fence so as to be by himself.
He was praying, and had no thought of
melon, lie accounted for the fact that it
was pulled from the vine by the sudden
jerii up the gun shot gave him. He was al
lowed to go, but lie can’t sit down in a chair
yet.
Washington (Wilkes county) Gazette:
On last Monday night our quiet communi
ty was thrown into a great state of excite
ment. Early in the night two street
walkers went into the store of Mr. Henna
berry, on the Public Square, and asked him
to read a letter which they said they found
on the window sill of the warehouse in pro
cess of construction by Green Bros. The
letter was in an envelope and sealed up.
Mr. Hennabcrry opened and read the let
ter, the contents of which were, errors anti
all, literally as follows:
Mr. henry Haoions you will Meet us at
the Graveyard to night We have our Men
all Reddy at twelve oclock do not fail we
will kill every damned one of the waite
Rascals we have three huddred with arms
Bring as much powder and lead as you can
Louis M Williams
Kill from the Cradle to the grave do not
for get the our wo are to meet at twelve.
L M W
“Mr. 11. immediately made the facts, to
gether with the contents of the letter,
known. A great state of excitement was,
of course the result. The news spread
rapidly through the town, and there was
arming in a hurry. All the shot guns,
pistols and big knives were hurriedly
seized. All the old rusty swords which
had hung quietly against the wall
since their owners ceased to follow Lee and
Stonewall and other chiefs, came rattling
down, frighteniug the mice and rats and
making the women turn pale, as their
thoughts went back to the days when they
waited, and prayed, and watched, and
longed for the coming of those who wore
the then bright and Hashing blades.”
The whole thing was a hoax. We are
surprised men will allow themselves to
be thus sold.
The industrious farmer who is anno yed
and injured by at least one shot gun to
every two freedmon on his own and his
neighbor’s plantations, who is used to
seeing young men in the country idling
away their lives hunting birds instead of
devoting their time to their planting in
terests, will not object to our protest, the
anonymous scribbler for a shreet in tiffs city
to the contrary notwithstanding. His as
sertion that we intended “to cast a f-lur up
on the Southern people” is entirely gratui
tous. We will let his iling at this paper
pass with the remark that we owe him
nothing and have no favors to ask of him.
His effort to make it appear that this
paper printed an article with any such
meaning as he puts upon it is absurd. As
to his charge that:
“The farmers have been so long robbed
“by money shavers, short weighers and
“ measurers as to allow them no means to
“feed one of these things, being only able
“ to p 1 ovule food and clothes of the coars
“ est kind for his children ”
the factors, grocers and bankers will an
swer for themselves.
In Paris there is a very wealthy mis
anthrope who never smokes anything
but the vilest cigars—those which are
sold for a sou. The other day a friend
‘asked the causo of this eccentricity.
“It gratifies mo in this way. I arrive
at the theatre in my carriage. The
prancing horses are pulled up, and I
alight with dignity, at the same time
throwing away my half-smoked cigar.”
“ Well, what then ?” “ I think how
badly sold the fellow is who picks up
the stump, ttroking he has hold of a
fragrant Havana |”
SOUTH CAROLINA AFFAIRS.
LETTER FROM CHARLESTON.
The Bowen-Wagener Coalition Se
rious Divisions of Democracy—States
manship and Leadership Badly Want
ed—General Political Eugineering-
The Gubernatorial Contest—Cham
berlain and “Honest John”—Health
of the City—Fearful Negro Mortality.
[From Our Regular Correspondent.]
Charleston, August 28.
The Citizens’ Conservative party—by
which I mean those who advocate the
election of Gen. Wagener by the instru
mentality of Bowen—organized their
Executive Committee last evening, and
are now ready for the fight. This Ex
ecutive Committee is composed of
forty-eight respectable old citizens,
who are incapable of seeing through
a mill stone, and who expect confident
ly to elect Gen. Wageuer over the heads
of the Conservative and Democratic
voters of the city. It is impossible to
say at this time what the upshot of the
whole matter will be, but it is very evi
dent that the Democrats, as usual, are
badly split and widely divided iu senti
ment. As near as I can judge at this
early stage of the canvass, the white
voters are divided into three parlies ;
First, the German element backed by
the white Radicals, who support Gen-
Wagencr for the Mayoralty; sec
ond, the Irish element, who out
number the Germans about two
to one, and who go tooth and toe
nail for Cunningham, the present
incumbent. This element is backed by
a strong force of native Democrats and
by the entire strength of tho Mackey
faction of tho Republican party, and,
as things look now, stand to win in the
approaching contest. Lastly, there is
the bulk of the tax-paying element, the
solid men in the community, who never
attend the primary meetings in the
wards, and who would like to see au
independent Democratic nomination,
but dou’t like to be put to the trouble
of coming out and securing it by their
presence at the primaries. As between
Wageuer and Cunningham, I think
it probable that this class will
support the latter, provided he
is backed by a good Aldermauic
ticket. So it will be seen that, with a
community so disordered in sentiment,
it is impossible to secure a strong un
objectionable Democratic nomination.
If this could be done tho Democrats
could easily win. The white and negro
vote of the city is very nearly equal,
with a slight preponderance iu favor of
tho negroes, but the superior intelli
gence of the whites could easily influ
ence a sufficient number of the latter
to secure a victory, provided they could
unite themselves, a thing which the
past history of the city proves to be an
impossibility. Tiie latest move ou the
political clit ss-board is that Gen. Wage
uer will decline iu favor of Mr. John
H. Devereaux, a young architect,
who could bring considerable strength
to his ticket, but scarcely enough to
elect him. In view of all these con
flicting elements which enter into the
municipal campaign, the election will
resemble a handicap race, and the can
didate who brings the best ticket into
the field will probably get tho bulk of
ti e Democratic vote.
State Politics.
Although the State election does not
occur until October, 1870, the sooty pol
iticians and their carpet-bag allies are
already laying the wires for the
campaigu. Governor Chamberlain,
by his fearless administration of
the law, and by his persistent
opposition to legislative and judicial
rascality has alienated the leading
lights of his party and will doubtless
bo thrown overboard by the Republi
can Convention. It is believed, how
ever, that lie can carry a strong bolt
with him, in which event ho will proba
bly be supported by tho entire strength
of tho Conservative party. Tiie Repub
licans (by which term L mean the horde
of thieves who infest tho State and
who have been kept down by Governor
Chamberlain during the past two
years,) will nominate some man who
can be depended upon to follow in tho
footsteps of Moses and Scott, and throw
open the doors of the treasury to them.
The distinguished gentleman who is
regarded as eminently qualified for
this position is tiie Hon. John J. Patter
son, at present United States Senator.
Mr. Patterson I should state is known
among his intimate friends and brother
rogues by the name of
Honest John,
Which is a very appropriate namo con
sidering the fact that he is ono of the
most unprincipled and unblushing
rogues of the many bummers who have
plundered the Palmetto State since the
advent of the new regime. This honest
John two years ago openly bought his
election to tho United States Senate,
and is now the bosom friend of Grant,
and one of tho leaders of tho White
House ring.
A Satellite.
His agent and tool, H. G. Worthing
ton, soon after honest John’s election
to tiie Senate, was appointed Collector
of Customs for this port, and has lord
ed it here ever since. It will be readily
understood that ihe officers of the
Revenue Marine service, most of whom
are respectable gentlemen, are recog
nized here, but tin's don’t suit the col
lector, and it lias just transpired that
the Revenue cutter Moccasin, to whose
officers many of the citizens are in
debted for many courtesies, lias been
ordered to Georgetown.
The Health of the City.
Tho mortality report for the week
just closed confirms what I lmd occa
sion to write some time ago concerning
the health of tho city. The aggregate
number of deaths were 4G, viz: 38 ne
groes and 8 whites in a population of
over 50,000. The causes of death were
numerous, but the most significant fact
is that there was not one death fr6m
fever of amj kind. The large mortality
among the negroes is attributed by
leading physicians to tiie use of well
water and to the scarcity of any kind of
water for cleansing purposes. Of the 8
white deaths reported, only three were
adults, the balance being children un
der five years of ago. Tho city is iu a
very clean condition, the authorities
being very attentive to their duties, in
view of the approaching election. Upon
the whole, I think all danger of Yellow
Jack is passed for this season, and
those of your readers who would like
to take a jaunt to tho City by the Sea
can do so with safety. Qui Vive,
Boarding Round on Prayers and
Prating. —-It is humiliating to see a
man in Mr. Beecher’s position lending
himself for hire to the proprietor of a
hotel for the purpose of drawing trade.
Mr. Beecher can take a company of
satellites to a hotel, and receive board
for weeks for his presence, sermons,
Scripture readings, and prayers. This
is revolting to a common sense of de
cency, and if Mr. Beecher can see in it
nothing low, mercenary, and unworthy
his profession, the more’s the pity.—
Those who in the olden time bought
and sold sacrificial offerings were first
class merchants in comparison to one
who will board around on prayers and
prating. —Boston Neivs.
$
This fashion of wearing striped stock
ings is bound to make trouble. A
pretty womau in Quincy, 111., was stand
ing in front of a shop window, and see
ing a young man peeping at her from
a basement grating, she coolly poked
him in the eye with her parasol, just to
let him kuow he wasn’t looking at a
barber’s pole.
CITY PROPERTY f|OR SALE.
PEREMPTORY SALE
AT AUCTION CONSENT OF PARTIES
4
On Easy Terms and *Long- Credit
of most \
Permanently Valuable |nd Productive
CITY PROPERTY,
The Lafayette Hall and* Opera House
Containing Spacious StoiLs, Offlcess and
Saloons, |
ALL SUCCESSFUL AND POPULAR BUSI
NESS ST AN JiS,
i
SITUATED IN THE M<fST CENTRAL
PORTION i F TilS CITY.
With Fronts on Broad and Ellis, Between
Jackson and Campbell Streets.
BY C. V. WALKER f. .. Auctioneer.
1 TUESDAY, the 7th September, 1875, at 12
. o’clock, in., in froui of the Opera
House Arcade, in this city Swill positively
be sold, at public auction, ’ consent of the
parties in interest, the fob ,wing described
and very choice commercial and invest
ment property, to-wit : jj
That centrally situated substantially
built and very productive Property popu
larly known as the Lalasette Hail and
Opera House, situated in ihe city of Au
gusta, county of RichmonJ, and State of
Georgia, and in the squaje bounded by
Broad, Ellis, Jackson and Campbell streets,
'the portion of ground oni.vhioh they are
built measures a total fis>nt on back of
Broad and Ellis streets 65. feet, by an ex
treme depth between parallel lines and ex
tending from street to Street of 271 feet 6
inches, said measurement all. being more or
less, ihe said property, 4 f not sold in
block, will bo sold subdivide'! into lots, des
ignated by the Nos. 1, 2 ancf 3, according to
plans of J. F. Braun, architect, to be exhib
ited on the day of sale. tj'J’he said lots
measure asj follows; Lott* Nos. 1 and 2
front on tho south side o| Broad street,
having each 26 feet six inches thereon, by a
depth between parallel lin®s of 126 foot in
depth towards Ellis street, i
Lot No. l is improved v/if i the Substan
tial Three and Two-story Trick Buildings
known and designated by the No. 272
Broad street. The lower s*ory contains a
spacious and commodious. Store—one of
the finest business stands ; n the city and
arranged and adapted for Cftices or Dwell
ing above. With Lot No. tl and the im
provements thereon will bei sold the 'Tene
ment east of the Arcade or el trance, erected
immediately above the sam* subje tto all
the conditions of servitude hereinafter
specified. |
Lot No. 2, west of he Arcrfio or entrance,
measures 26 feet 6 inches fro-tt on the south
side of Broad street by a .depth between
parallel lines of 126 feet towards Ellis street,
together with all tho rnpreiements there
on, known and designated* by tho No. 274
Broad street, and comprisiiL the substan
tially built three-story Brief Building with
a spacious two-story Brie* Store in the
rear. The main building that
splendid Store and choice jjusiness stand
occupied by Messrs. Myefs & Marcus,
wholesale dry goods dealers. Tiie upper
portion is arranged tor dwesingand adapt
ed for offices. The foregqng described
property is leased to and tTcupied by the
well known wholesale dealers in dry goods
and clothing, Messrs. Myer, & Marcus, L.
Sylvester and others, until *he Ist of Octo
ber, 1875, yielding an aggregate rental of
$6,400 per annum. >
Lot No. 3 comprises the remainder of the
property, measuring a total; front on Ellis
street of 65 feet by a depth I ■■itween parallel
lines of 145 feet 6 inches, from which point
it contracts to a width of lj? feet, and ex
tends to and fronts on Broad street.
This said extension is knofrn as the Ar
cade, or entrance from Broajt street to the
Opera House. Also, the psasent existing
alley way, of 7 feet width, opening on Ellis
street—Lots 1 and 2 to hav| the right, in
common with Lot No. 3, tonse, but not to
obstruct, the said Arcade |>r alleyway—
together with all tho improvements there
on, comprising that oxtonlive, capacious
and subst ntially-bu It bricll Opera House,
covered with slate, copper glitters, cement
ed basement throughout, wld lighted and
ventilated and provided vfith ample en
trance and exit arrangements and accom
modations. The stage is 41 .feet depth, the
auitorium has a parquet! dress circle,
gallery and a seating capacit y of about one
thousand—has contained 4a) persons. The
basement-is adapted for saloon purposes,
lighted with gas throughout, and the only
establishment of its kind In tho city for
public entertainment. V.\ .l| ordinary care
and small expense this property alone is
susceptible of producing a *argo and cer
tain income. It has yieldeti in ordinarily
prosperous seasons over $6,.y)0 per an.,um.
The above dec-scribed property, compris
ing, as it does, the most extensive and cen
trally located property in tso city of Au
gusta in market, is well wouhy the atten
tion of capitalists socking [ safe, reliably
productive and permanently* valuable city
property for investment, * As business
stai ds, adapted for eilher tile wholesale or
retail trade, banking or instancebusiness,
no property can be more de ni able. It will
be sold free from all incum-Irance whatso
ever, the wliolo according t| plan of J. F.
Braun, architect, to be exhibited on the day
of sale, and on the following favorable
terms and conditions: *
One-third or one-half cash* at tho option
of the purchasers; tho renLinder at one
and two years’ credit for no*es of the pur
chasers, specially secured h? mortgage on
the property, bearing interest at the rate
pf eight per cent, per annum' from tho day
of sale until final payment; laid interest to
be paid half yeai ly from dal|j, and tiie pur
chaser to keep the improvements insured
for their value, and to transfer tho po ieies
thereof to tho holders of -no notes; the
notes, if required, to be di-awn for such
amounts to suit the parties ii Interest, and
the acts of sale at the expense of the pur
chasers, before Wm. A. YVijiton, Esq., No
tary Public. The rentals of till the proporty
are reserved up to the 30th lof September,
1875. | jy2s-td
GEORGE G. j HULL,
T
PROPRIETOR Oi’jTHE
EXCELSIOR MILLS
*
(Formerly Stovall’s Excelsior Mills),
AUGUSTA, G&,
f
MAFUFACTURES FLOLjlin all grades.
'lhe old and well known EXCELSIOR
BRANDS j
PRIDE OF AUGUSTA*
GOLDEN SHEkF,
EXf’BA,
LITTLE* BEAUTY,
Always on hand, and the* well earned
reputation will befajhfully
maintained.
CORN MEAL, j
CRACKED CORN, \
CRACKED WHEA’j,
GRAHAM FLCtIJR,
MILL EE D,
R A N, Etc.,
Constantly made, and orders promptly
filled at the I
LOWEST RAt'ES.
je23tf |
MOSQUITO sMETS-
Mosquito Net Supporters.
Bedstead and Ceiling^Fixtures.
Child’s Crib Nets. *
Skeleton Frames to ikake Nets
On. j
ALSO, 1
Moth Proof Cedar C|iests.
Opened and for sale by |
my2ssu&tu-2rn JAMES G. BAILIE & BRO.
C ommunicatio’| s.
SSO TO $lO 000 H i s invest
pwvr 1 y pix/jVrvfl/ od in Stock Priv
ilege, and paid HOO per cent, {profit. ”How
LVr^’Jh!’,,4. (,n ™ stfeet sent free.
TUMBRIDGE & CO., Bankers, 2 Wall St.
N. Y. ; ,iel9-d*c3m
ESS SAVINGS BANK,
NO. 223 BROAD STREET,
Cash Capital SIOO,OOO (with Stockholders Liability'
TRANSACTS A
General Banking, Exchange and Collection Business.
6 Per Cent, allowed on DAILY balances, subject to
CHECK AT SIGHT.
Interest allowed on Time Deposits as may be agreed upon.
T. P. BRANCH, President.
J. T. NBWBERY,
CASHIEII.
N. B.—Draw SIGHT DRAFTS on Great Britain and Continental Europe
in sums of j£l and upwards. jan!2-ly*
AUGUSTA TO NEW YORK
VIA.
PORT ROYAL, S. C.
The following Comfortable and well-known Steamships,
Montgomery, 1,5500 Tons, Capt. Faircloth,
Huntsville, 1,5500 Tons, Capt. Chester,
Ar; appointed to sail from PORT ROYAL for NEW YORK, direct, on FRIDAYS of
e ich w ok, afte'' arrival of Morning Passenger Train from Augusta.
The following reduced rates of Passage are offered the Travelling Public:
A.iig'iistJi t o ]\ew York Ac Rotiirn, S3O
Augusta <o New York, Straight, S2O
Augusta to NewYork, Steerage, sl2
Which secures Accommodations in all reap* els equal to those of other linos.
STATE ROOMS AND BERTHS
Can bo secured by application to
RICH’D. P. RUNDLE, Agent,
Port lio *il, S. C.
Or to the undersigned,
T. S. DAVANT, G. P. A.,
Augusta, Ga.
#S“ Tickets on Sale at Planters’ Hotel and Ticket Office, Union Depot je4-3m
THE GREAT
GEORGIA STATE FAIR
1 O 7 SI.
The Annual Fair -for 1875 of the Georgia State
Agricultural Society will be held in
IMC Ji. O O Gr E O m
At the Beautiful CENTRAL CITY PARK GROUNDS,
BEGINNING
]>l O N I A Y , O C T O BE R IS.
AND CONTINUING ONE WEEK.
A large, varied and liberal Premium List covering all Departments of Industry, from
which the following are extracts:
Field Crop Department.
For the best and largest display in merit and variety of sample products from the
field, garden, orchard, dairy and apiary—the contribution of a single farm SIOO
For i lie best six stalks of cotton—to become the property of the Society 50
For the best live bales, crop lot of short staple cotton, by one exhibitor 150
For the best single bale of short staple 50
For the best single bale upland long staple 50
Horse Department.
Best Thoroughbred Stallion SIOO
Best Walking Horse 50
Best Saddle Horse or Mare 75
Best Single Buggy Horse or Mare 75
Best Combination Horse or Mare 100
Best Doub e Team, owned by one Exhibitor 100
Best Georgia Raised Mule '
Best Mule, open to the world 50
Cattle Department.
Best herd—one Bull and four Cows or Heifers—all to be of one breed and owned
exclusively by one exhibitor
Best Milch Cow 50
Cow giving the Richest Milk * • 50
S4O and S2O for the Best Bull and Cow, respectively, of each of the following breeds:
Alderney, Ayresliire, Devon and Durham.
Best Sow and Pigs under six months old * 50
Poultry Department.
For best trio of each variety • •$ 10
Best and largest disiday in merit and variety of Domestic Fowls, raised In Georgia.. 50
Best and largest display in merit and variety of same, open to the world 50
Best display of Pigeons 20
Best display of Rabbits 10
Horticultural Department.
Best, display of Gardon Vegetables, grown by one person $25
Home Industry Department.
Best collection of Jellies. Preserves, Pickles, Jams, Catsups, Syrups and Cordials,
made and exhibited by one lady 50
Best display of breads by one lady 25
Ornamental Needle Work.
Best display in merit and variety of Female Handicraft, embracing Needle Work,
Embroidery, Crocheting, Knitting, etc., by one lady— $ 50
Fine Art Department.
BostOil Painting, (any subject) $ 25
Best Portrait Painting... 20
Best Painting in Water Colors 20
Best display of Paintings and Drawings by one exhibitor 25
Best collection of Drawings by a girl under sixteen years or age 25
Best display of Paintings and Drawings by the Pupils of one School or College 50
Best display of Photographs Silver Modal and 25
Best display or Jewelry, Silverware, etc Silver Medal and 25
Merchants’ Displays.
Best display of Dry Goods. SIOO
Best display of Fancy Groceries 100
Best display of Glassware and Crockery 50
Best display of Clotldng 25
Best display of Millinery 25
Special Premium for Granges.
To the Grange in the State making the largest and finest display in merit and va
riety of Stock, Products, and results of Home Industries, all raised, produced or
made by the members of that particular Grange $l5O
THE ABOVE ARE BUT SPECIMENS of a comprehensive list of largo MONEY Pre-
m TIIE BEST AND LARGEST LIVE STOCK show ever held in the State or South. More
and iiner Horses. Mules, Cattle Sheep, Swine and Poultry than ever before exhibited.
Parties wishing lino Stock, as a line Harness or Saddle Horse, Milch Cow, Thoroughbred
Bull, Trio of Chickens, etc., will find the occasion of this Fair a rare opportunity to
EMINENT and representative men from the North and Northwest, have
been invited to deliver addresses at the Fair, and many distinguished visitors through
out the whole country are expected. _
THE PUBLIC will be kept posted of the progress and developments of the Fair in
future advertisements.
SEND TO THE SECRETARY at Macon for Premium Lists, embracing a full schedule
of the Premiums, Rules, Regulations, etc., and containing two engravings of the beau
tiful and magnificent Fair Grounds. T> ,
A. H. COLQUITT, President.
T. G. HOL i’, General Superintendent.
jy4-sututh&ctoetlß MALCOLM JOHNSTON, Secretary.
RAMSEY & D’ANTIGNAC,
AUCTION AND
Commission Merchants
No. 304 BROAD STREET, Old Stand of
John Nelson & Hon,
BEG to inform their old friends and cus
tomers that thev have opened an Auc
tion and Commission House in this city,
and hope, by strict attention to business,
to merit the confidence of all who may con
sign goods to them. Every effort will bo
used to give ontire satisfaction. Our
motto is
Quick Sales and Prompt Returns.
Commissions the same as any other First-
Class House. All parties consigning goods
to us can rely on their interest being faith
fully attended to.
We shall be thankful to our friends for
all favors.
W. A. RAMSEY, H. H. D’ANTIGNAC.
auglß-wedfr&sulm
“PURE SEED ”
“ RUST PROOF OATS:
PRICE $1.25 CASH. PER BUSHEL. Sown
in August or September, the most cer
tain crop raised—succeeding on the Bea
coast, where no other oat ever matures
seed, as well as on high’ands.
Grown expressly for seed, and for sale by
EDWARD BANCROFT,
Athens, Ga.
For sale by
C. H. PHINIZY. & CO.,
augl3-lm* Augusta, Ga.
Z. W. CARWILE, JR.,
COMMISSION MERCHANT,
AND GENERAL MERCHANDIZE
BROKER,
124 Front Street, (near Wall),
jel-tilsepl NEW YORK.
The Kitson Machine Comp’v,
LOWELL, MASS.,
RICHARD KITSON, President,
SAMUEL E. STOTT, Treasurer and Agent.
BUILDERS OF
PATENT COTTON OPENERS
AND
hAPPERS, WITH RECENT VALUABLE IMPROVE
MENTS, SHODDY and WASTE MACHINES and
RAO DUSTERS, NEEDLE-POINTED
OAIUM LOTHINO, Etc., Etc.
Kitson’s Patent Compound Opener Lapper.
rpHE cotton is spread on this machine from the bale, and is made into a very even
1. lap, at the rate of 300 to 400 pounds per hour. The laps are then finished on a
TWO-BEATER LAPPER,
WI T H
KITSONH I 3 A.Tld]>T EVENER
Attached, and owing to recent improvements in this Evener, the laps wnen ready for
the card, only varies one quarter of an ounce to the yard. The cost of picking by this
system is only about one mill per pound on the cloth produced, and the picker nouse Is
safer from fire than the card room. ~
aarThere is ah o a great saving of room and power over the old system.
These Machines may be seen at the mills of the Augusta Factory, Langley Manufac
turing Company, and at the best mills at Lowell, Lawrence, Fall River, Manchester
Lewiston, Providence, Richmond, Baltimore, etc., etc.
The following are a lew among many testimonials whicn wo have received:
AUGUSTA FACTORY, Augusta, Ga., July 5,1875.
The Kitson Machine Company, Lovell, Mass.:
Gentlemen: We have been running your Compound Opener Lappors and r inisher
Lappers. with Eveners, for more than one year, and frankly say that they hav© given
the most eminent satisfaction. We have no hesitancy in giving you our unqualified en
dorsement, and cordially recommend your Machines. . ,
F. CCGIN, Superintendent.
O 'i?>
OFFICE LANGLEY MANUFACTURING COMPANY. I
LANGLEY, S. 0., April 11, 1873. \
The Kitson Machine Company, Lowell, Maw.:
Gentlemen. I have been running your system o! Compound Opener Lipnei” find
Finisher Lappers, witn Eveners, ; or ni' i<> tli' 1 wars oa < ■>[ tlr> • tten Mill and t.m
Langley Manufacturing Company, and I have found it to work the mod, satislactory ot
any opening and picking arrangement 1 hav© ©ver s*un. wo have not weighed a pound
of cotton Upon the picker apron since starting, yet we have had a remarkable regularity
of numbers. The staple is not injured by over boating, and it leaves the picker without
being curled or knitted; the seeding and cleaning is very complete. Over forty per
cent, in labor in this department is saved over the old system. Ono of the greatest con
siderations with this arrangement is its securty against lire. , .
Yours, &c., M. F. FOSTER, Superintendent.
OFFICE MASSACHUSETTS COTTON MILLS, I
Lowell, February 20, 1874. j
The Kitson Machine Company, Lowell, Mass.: . _ ...
Gentlemen : This Company have now in use twenty ot your I inisher Lappers, with
Eveners, and ten Compound Opener Lappers. Some of these. machines have beta at
work for ten years or more, and iiave always given us satisfaction, doing a large amount
of work doing it well, at a low cost for labor and repairs. In our ‘ Prescott Mill, ’ where
we have two Compound Opener Lappers, and four Finisher Lappers, we have averaged
the past seven weeks 39,267 lbs. Cloth weekly. Yarn averaging about No. 22. Costone
14-100 mills (.00114) per lb. of cloth. We consider them a first class machine in all ro
sneets - Yours very truly,
° peCtS - F. F. BATTLES, Agent.
MERRIMACK MANUFACTURING COMPANY, I
Lowell, January 23,1874. )
The Kitson Machine Company, Lowell, Mass.:
Gentlemen: We iiave been using some of your Compound Openei Lappers and
Finisher Lappers, with Eveners, for nearly three years, and at present are passing all
our cotton through them. The machines hav© proved satisfactory, and both m quantity
and quality of their work have answered the expectations formed of them.
Yours respectfully, JOHN C. PALFREY, Superintendent.
(The above Company have in use eight Compound Opener Lappers and sixteen Fin
isher Lappers, with Ev nor*; ordered at different times.)
Send for a Catalogue to THE KITSON MACHINE CO vi l’AG\.
jvMin SAMUEL E. STOTT.
BxjAC 3ESL
IRON GRENADINE,
so ce; JNTTS,
WORTH ONE DOLLAR!
The best in the world, for the price, just received from
AUCTION, at
JAMES A. GRAY’S.
jelO-tf - -
ATTENTION ! PLANTERS.
We are general agents for the
PRIDGEON COTTON PRESS.
Which is highly recommended for its simplicity and very moderate cost, $125
complete.
Planters in need of a PRESS should examine this new invention.
SIBLEY & WHELESS,
COTTON FACTORS, AUGUSTA, CA.
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THE GREAT SUMMER ROUTE NORTH,
VIA
AUGUSTA, WILMINGTON. PORTSMOUTH,
••• ■ .
AND
The Magnificent Sidewheel Steamships
OF THE
OLD DOMINION LINE!
WHICH leave Portsmouth, Va., upon the arrival of Trains via the Atlantic Coast
Line, at 7:30 p. rn., in the following appointed order:
Steamship ISA A-’ BELL, 1,600 Tons Capt. BLAKEMAN, Monday.
Steamship WYANOKE, 2.040 Tons Capt. (’OUCH, Wednesday,
Steamship OLD DOMINION, 2 210 Tons Oapt. WALKER, Saturday.
And upon the above named Schedule during the entire Summer and Autumn The su
perior accommodations, luxurious tables any absence of all unpleasant and dangerous
ocean navigation, commend this Line to the attention ot North-Bound Travele s as the
most pleasant Excursion Route to New York, and within six hours of all rail time.
State Rooms and Berths engaged by Telegraph upon application to all Agents of the
At antic Co#jt Line, and Through Tickets sold at all Railway Ticket Offices.
Baggage checked to destination, and equal facility of transfer and delivery in New
York as by other Transportation Lines.
W. H. STANFORD,
Secretary Old Dominion S. S. Company, No. 197 Greenwich Street, New York,
W. M. TIMBERLAKE, Agt. Atlantic Coast Line, Augusta.
B. F. BROWN, Ticket Agent, Planters’ Hotel,
Jyl-2m