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Slic Constitutionalist
AUGUSTA, O-A..;
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Tuesday Morning, August 31, 1875.
CURRENT TOPICS.
Birds, Shotguns, Grasshoppers and
Caterpillars.
It is related that during the life of Baron
Cuvier the people in one of the Depart
ments of France took up the notion that
the birds were injurious to their crops, and
killed the whole of them. The second year
after their destruction myriads of insects
attacked and devoured every green thing.
The King sent Cuvier to the distressed
country, and he at once told the people
that the birds protected their crops, by de
stroying the insects, and called their atten
tion to a great many curious facts in re
gard to the amount ohe would destroy in a
single day.
American ornithologists who have had
their attention called to the grasshopper
plague in the West, Insist that the destruc
tion of birds out there is the direct cause of
it. A writer upon the subject says the mar
vel is that the grasshopper plague does not
sweep over the whole region, when we read
of the wanton destruction of birds. An
item in a Chicago paper lately stated that
10,000 quail and prairie chickens wore fed to
swi ein a single day in that city. It goes
on to say that in the country west of Chica
go, quails, ruffled grouse and prairie chick
ens are destroyed by the million, irrespec
tive of law or season. Tons of birds snared
and shot out of season are boiled down and
fed to swine. On one day there stood on
the corner of two streets a wagon eontain
ing 180 dozen of prairie chickens, while on
the near sidewalk were piled 37 boxes, con
taining 560 dozen of quails, dec mposing
and condemned by the health officers as
only fit for swine. They are trapped, shot
tmd snaied and sent to the market, where
they find a ready sale down to the middle
of March, and yet the indiscriminate
slaughter continues. The young birds and
sotting hens are alike captured and sent to
Chicago and other cities on commission,
and destined to be fed to swine.
'J ho birds must soon disappear before
such reckless slaughter. Yes, the birds
have disappeared, almost entirely', from
many Western localities, and grasshoppers
and other noxious insects have multiplied
and swarmed forth to spi'ead famine and
desolation. The providentially an'anged
balance between birds and insects has been
destroyed by ruthless bird killers, and the
cry of desolation and famine rings out over
the land. Such is the retribution for the
violation of the equipoiso of nature, and
destroying the divine harmony of nature’s
work.
We believe there is a partial game law in
Georgia. It should be made universal and
most rigidly enforced. There is perhaps
no danger of a visit from the grasshopper,
but there is apprehension of the caterpillar
and boll worm, equally as destructive to
our great crop, cotton.
Masonic Honors to the Baroness Bnr
dett-Coutts.
We lead in Leslie’s paper that an un
usual honor is to be paid to Bai’oness Bun
dett-Coutts by the Masons ol London in
the form of an invitation to join them in a
banquet. It cannot be denied that this dis
tinguished lady has done more for her poor
countrymen than any other person. In
heriting in 1837 the immense wealth of her
maternal grandfather, Thomas Cocjtts, she
at once began a wise and beneficent dispen
sation of her riches. Besides giving large
sums for the erection and support of
churches and schools in various poor dis
tricts, she erected and endowed the elegant
edilice of St. Stephen's, Westminister, with
a parsonage and three schools, at an out
lay of £50,000. She founded the bishoprics
of Adelaide, Cape Town and South Austra
lia. When Sir Henry James was contem
plating a topographical survey of Je
rusalem, she promptly placed fn his
hands the necessary means for prose
cutiug that important work. Turn
ing her attention to the wants of the
destitute of her own sex, she estab
lished the Shepherd’s Bush as a shelter and
means of reform, and a sewing school for
adult women at Spitalfiel Is. Then she
purchased the old Nova Scotia Gardens
and exeeted the grand group of model
dwellings now called Columbia square. In
the immediate vicinity of this happy set
tlement she reared a market famous for
the magnificence of its architectural dress.
Sixe effected arrangements by which a large
amount of suffering, both for the want of
food and of employment, has been relieved,
and she has erected two remarkable drink
ing fountains —one in Victoria, and the
other in Regent’s Bark. In addition to all
this charity, her time is further taxed by a
careful supervision of the great banking
institution founded by her grandfather,
one of the staunchest houses in the King
dom. We have noted the labors of Miss
Jennie Collins, in Boston, who had no
capital but her own industry; and the life
of the Baroness affords a grand contrast
of what can be done where Industry and
large wealth arc combined.
The Citadel of Seo de Ur if el.
The surrender of this citadel has been
announced, Gen. Lizarraga having struck
his flag to Gen. Campos, the Alfonsist com
mander. There was only a small garrison,
and the loss is not by any means fatal to
the cause of Don Carlos. He has main
tained the unequal struggle in the face of
greater misfortunes, and at this distance
seems a Spaniard of more than ordinary
courage and sagacity to govern. He will
perhaps, in tho end, convince his country
of Iris greatness, and that bigoted, indo
lent people will accept him as their ruler.
Urgel is situated near the frontier of
France, and its garrison obtained its sup
plies chiefly from the French. The Cai lists
took possession of it nearly two yeai’s ago.
In July last Gen. Martinez de Campos ap
proached with the Alfonsist troops, the in
habitants of the surrounding country tak
ing refuge in tho town. On July 29 the
bombardment commenced, and was prose
cuted with vigor until, on August 10, Mar
tinez de Campos captured the Olsana tow
er, one of the three forts which defended
the city. Dobregaray, the Carlist Gen
eral, marched to tho relief of Lizarraga,
but was compelled by a superior force of
Alfonsists to take refuge in the mountains
about thirty miles southwest of Urgei.
Gen. Saballs also tried to relieve the be
sieged without success. In the meantime
the Alfonsists mounted a battery on the
t -vver they had captured. The posting of
this battery was the death knell of the cit
adel. Tho Alfonsists will probably next
march on Estella, a stronghold of the Carl
ists, and endeavor to take it. Dobregaray
is cut off from Don Carlos and the main
army, but the Alfonsists have hitherto
shown no disposition to try a campaign in
the mountains, and, in spite of the fall of
Urgel, the war is likely to be prosecu'ed as
it has been during the pa-t year.—[Courier-
Journal.
Another Lift for the Centennial.
When Andrew Johnson was Governor of
Tennessee, the Chief Justice of that State
was an ex-blacksmith. The Governor, by
way of a compliment, made with his own
hands a vest for the Chief Justice, while the
latter in return, made a shovel and a pair
of tongs, which he presented to tho Gover
nor.—[Anonymous.
The old vest and shovel and tongs should
be hunted up and sent to the Centennial.
They could be hung upon a peg and placed
L-t the tire place of the “A. Johnson,
Tailor,” shop. We have no doubt a mode
rate reward would produce three or four
dray loads of the original.
GEORGIA GENERAL NEWS.
Coal is selling in Columbus at $5 per ton.
Columbus has received its first new bale,
brought ou a wagon.
The'final sketch of Tallulah Falls has
been written and published. Let her rest
awhile.
Mr. J. G. Chalmers, an ex-Alderman of
Columbus, took twenty-nine grains of mor
plxine ou Friday and died Saturday after
noon. He was in great pain from a local
disease arid took the drug to alleviate it.
George W. Bull, who assassinated a man
by the name of MitcheH, near Macon, two
years ago, has been sentenced to the chain
gang for twelve months. The opinion now
is that the jury that didn’t hang him made
a mistake. He lias turned out the worst
sort of a desperado.
A citizen of Franklin county, by the
name of Addiholt, mounted one of his
horses. which was ve y gentle, to ride a
few steps, without any bridle, as he had
often done, and from some cause the horse
took fright and dashed off, throwing the
old gentleman and wounding him so seri
ously that he died in a short time.
Dahlonega Signed: Deputy Findley ar
rested about twenty citizens of .Dawson
county, including three women, for retail
ing liquor without license, a few daps ago.
Twenty-nine of the citizens of Dawson are
now arraigned to appear before United
States Commissioner Harrison, in this
piaee, for alleged Ku Klux outrages upon
the persou of one Mr. £. A. Binion, a
United States Deputy Marshal, of Dawson
county.
The grow4h of Georgia is something won
derful, and as the authentic figures may be
of interest to our readers, we give them as
follows: In 1b65 the taxable property of
Georgia was $126,635.87; now it is $273,085,-
uoo—more than doubling since the war.
There are thirty-five railways in the State,
with an aggregate length of 2,300 miles.
i‘he State debt is $8,’05,009, and this Is par
tially offset by property owned by ti e State
worth stl,ouo,ooo, leaving the net indebted
ness $2,105,000. It has 53,602,000 invested in
cotton and woolen mills, $735,190 in iron
foundries, and $6,0'j0,000 in tonnage.
Sumter Republican: There is a lady living
in Marion county whose father - was the
owner of over one hundred negroes. She
has beam married eighteen years, and is
the mother of nine children, eight of whom
are living and at home witli her. She su
perintends her own household affairs, does
all the sewing for her family, and makes an
average of twentv-fivo dollars a in< nth by
sewing for the public. She has a pretty lit
tle daughter, just fourteen, as can be found
anywhere. Make a note of this, boys, and
come to this office three years from now,
well recommended, and you shall have her
address.
Columbus Times: “It is plesisaut to note
the increasing domesticity of Georgia
girls. They are beginning to consider the
art of making biscuit aud a good cup of
coffee as accomplishments to be proud of.
Talk as you will about our revolutionary
dames, we have scores of girls in Georgia
now just as noble and just as self-sacri
tieing.’’ We have great respect for the
memory of our grant mother, but we don’t
believe the old lady kept house any better
than her granddaughter. On tins other
hand, not half as well. The claim of su
periority of these old people is disallowed.
They used to walk to town, cook in pots
and skillets, boil coffee in a tea kettle for
an hour, cook enough on Saturday to last
til Monday, and believe everything they
read on a tombstone.
Columbus Sun: Last afternoon about
four o’clock, xi youth, James Names,
sou of Mr. Thomas Names, appealed
at the drug store of Dr.F. L. Brooks,
and asked him for a bottle ol! laud
anum for his mother. Dr. Jones gave
him an ounce vial and received payment.
Ihe youth then went to his house and
swallowed the whole of the poison. His
mother saw him do it, but was powerless to
pxevent. Dr. Staxidford was immediately
sent for and the remedies promptly applied.
Late last night it was thought the patient
was out of danger. He is seventeen years
of age. When young ho was bitten by a dog
severely on the head, and since, at long in
ternals, he has apparent fits of depression
and almost madness. This was the cause
of yesterday’s action. It was with difficulty
that he was kept from drowning Himself
last year.
Sumter Republican .-As we go to press we
learn that Mr. Mally Miller shot Air. Jack
McMath yesterday afternoon, inflicting a
very serious if not fatal wound. A full
report of this unfortunate affair has not
reached us. We only know that the shoot
ing grew out of the action at law, reported
in our last issue, brought by Mr. Bradford
against Mr. Mally Miller for whipp ng his
child, as was claimed, too severely at
school. And that yesterday, (Friday) after
noon Mr. McMath and sevei’al patrons ot
Mr. Miller’s school were at the school
house (at)ou' three miles from the city)
when a difficulty occurred between Mr. Mil
ler and Mr. McMath, resulting in Mr. Mc-
Math being seriously wounded in the ab
domen. We refrain from saying more until
we learn the particulars iu full.
Hanging on Friday.
We never heal’d but one reason as
signed for hanging criminals on Friday—
because our Saviour was crucified on that
day. There is no p sitive law upon the
statute books of any State so directing. It
is simply a custom. Gov. Hartkanft, of
Pennsylvania, has not permitted an execu
tion to take place on Fi iday since he has
been Governor.
We presume because it is hangman's day
it has led foolish and superstitious people
to regard it as especially unlucky. There
are plenty of men and women, otherwise
sensible, who will not start upon a journey
or commence a particular job of work upon
Friday. We suppose they think if they do
there is danger of ending their days
upon the gallows. There is, however, more
fear on the part of their wise friends of
their bringing up in a lunatic asylum.
In regard to hanging, the better plan
would be for the Judge to fix the day ac
cording to circumstances, like the Texas
J udge is said to have done. In sentencing
a prisoner, he said: “The fact is, Jones,
that jail is an old, rickety affair, as cold as
an iron wedge. You applied to this Court
for release on bail, giving it as your opin
ion that you would freeze to death in there.
The weather has not modei’ated, and, to
keep you from freezing, 1 will direct the
Sheriff to hang you at four o’clock this af
ternoon.”
The Vanderbilt University.
The people of the South owe Commodore
Vanderbilt a deep debt of gratitude. He
has munificently endowed a University at
Nashville, which is rapidly approaching
completion. The Nashville Banner of Wed
nesday says everything presents a busy ap
pearance at the Vanderbilt; The bell,
which arrived from Troy, will be put up at
once. The seats arrived Monday from New
York city, and the balance of the furniture,
consigned to Messrs. Atwell & Snead,
will be there in a few days. All the energy
possible will be used in getting the build
ing in proper order for the reception of
our distinguished guests, Mr. Vander
belt and others, the first Monday in Octo
ber next.
As Ben Butler was waiting for a train
at the Lowell depot the other day, a boy
hailed him with the query, “ Mister want
a bouquet, only five cents?” Tho General
looked at him for a minute, and then took
out a bank bill to make the purchase. Tho
boy took it and coolly observed, ‘ Well,
Mister, I can’t change that; hold these
bouquets, won’t you, while I go and get it
broke?” The General did as he was bid
den, and the boy soon came back with the
change.—[ Wash ington Chronicle.
Mor’n Butler would have done.
He was evidently going West. Peo
ple generally get aboard a train head
ed for the West when they have plan
ned to go in that direction. He sat by
the car window telling his wife and two
daughters, who had accompanied him
to the depot, what to do during his ab
sence, when the bell rang and the train
started. “Good-bye, pa!” the three
shouted. “Good-bye!” he shouted back.
The mother suddenly remembered
something, and running down the plat
form after the car, she called at the top
of her voice, “Pa ! pa ! don’t make a
mistake and drink that hair oil in the
basket in place of the cold tea!”—[De
troit Free Press.
After listening to a reading from
Shakespeare, given by a good elocu
tionist, a little girl remarked: “O
mamma, if Mr. Smith would only
preach like that I should never want to
leave church before it is over!”
SOUTH CAROLINA AFFAIRS.
OUR BARNWELL LETTER.
The Insurrectionary Movement—All
Quiet—The Action of Our Citizens—
Railroad Meeting.
Barnwell C. H, S. C., August 29th.
As my feliow correspondent from this
place lias already informed you. our
citizens—or at least some of them—
were greatly excited during the first
paft of last week, in consequence of in
formation divulged by one of Africa's
sons to a citizen of the town that the
negroes were making preparation for
an insurrection iu Aiken, Orangeburg,
Barnwell and Colleton counties, but up
to this time everything has been per
fectly quiet and our people have had
no further cause for apprehension of
any such hellish and diabolical measure.
True, the negroes in many portions of
the county are
Drilling Every Week,
but it is nothing more than they have
before done. It was rumored here to
day that the town of Wiliiston was
guarded last night by a large body of
armed citizens, information having
been received there that some three or
four hundred of the “ colored troops ”
were to make a march on that village.
How true the story is, 1 am not pre
pared to say—suffice it, nevertheless,
that nothing serious has resulted
therefrom. Our people, though, be
lieving in that old saying that, “in or
der to preserve peace, we must pre
pare for war,” are beginning to form
Protective Unions and organize milita
ry companies throughout the coun
ty, as much for pleasure and
amusement as for our common pro
tection, and rather than aggravate any
hostile action between the races, will
exercise every means possible iu their
power to encourage aud increase the
amicable feeling now existing between
them, well knowing that a contrary
mode of procedure on their part would
only two well gratify the wishes of the
leading Republicans North and South,
and be the means of rebuilding their
now shattered aud tottering party, as
it is patent to every clear-sighted man
that the only thing in God’s world to
save that rotten and damnable organi
zation from utter ruin is for them to
incite the deluded blacks to the execu
tion of some such iucendiary and cut
throat measure as those recently at
tempted and happily frustrated iu
Georgia aud Florida, hoping that the
whites might become so exasperated
that, on the impulse of the moment,
they may commit some imprudent
act whereby the Radical press
eould manufacture political material
for the next Presidential cam
paign, and swear by all the gods iu
iieaven aud elsewhere that the ex-Con
t'ederates and old hot headed and fire
eating rebels were butchering the “p >or
negroes” by the hundred. Whereupon
the “chief Rumsucker” of the United
States, Grant, would hurry the military
among us aud again place us under
martial law, that our Southern spirit
may be cowed to such an extent that
no effort would be made on the part of
the whites to defeat the election of
their bloodsucking and corrupt office
seekers. But we opine the laugh will
be on the other side of the lantern-like
jaws before many months hence,
for just so sure as the day
god sends forth his refulgent
rays on a cloiuxless day, the Rad
ical party of the United States will
breathe its last foul political breath in
the next Presidential election, for the
people of the South are too wise to not
see clearly through the political dodges
they have already commenced to play,
and their efforts to arouse the Democ
racy of the North in indignation against
the South, and thus cause them to re
taliate by adopting for the time the
candidate of the Radical party, will
surely prove abortive. The South and
West, instead of losing the support of
their Northern friends, will daily grow
in strength until the glorious day when
polluted Radicalism will be absolutely
and eternally dead.
Railroad Meeting.
There is to be a meeting at Long
Branch Church, live miles from this
place, to-morrow, for the purpose of
raising subscriptions to build a railroad
from this place to either Elko or Wil
iiston, on the S. C. R. R. There is a
deep interest felt in the matter, and it
is expecteu that very nearly, if not
quite, all the necessary amount will be
subscribed, as the enterprise is a want
sadly needed, and will prove a profita
ble and beneficial investment in more
than a few respects. Expect to attend,
and will send you proceedings in
another letter about Wednesday.
Carolinian.
General State Items.
The Times reports the rust in many
of the cotton Helds of Union county.
Hog cholera is doing deadly work
among the swine in Clarendon county.
The bonded debt of the Air-Line
Railroad is said to amount to $7,787,-
560.
The Georgetown Rifle Guards will
participate in the Fort Moultrie Cen
tennial.
Mr. Bennett, of Union county, has a
farm of fifteen acres, which will yield
him $842.50.
The Georgetown Township Tax Union
have a meeting on tho 31st, on import
ant business.
The State Convention of the Colored
Young Men’s Christian Association is
in session at Newberry.
Newberry’s first bale weighed 501
pounds, and was sold by Mr. A. M.
Nichols to Mr. T. F. Harmon at fifteen
cents.
The Dauntless Base Ball Club of
Beaufort, of which Congressman Rob
ert Smalls is President, challenges any
colored club south of Washington for a
match game.
R. B. Elliott, who has been retained
by the Columbia City Council to assist
in the defense of the injunction case, is
to receive SI,OOO for his valuable ser
vices.
On Tuesday last a negro entered the
residence of Mrs. Nelson, at Rock Hill,
stole all the money in the house, and
then made her get him something to
eat. He is believed to be one of the
Winnsboro gang of burglars.
A letter came to the Georgetown
post office with the following explicit
address: “This Letter to Go to George
town in Caro of Meoiey Blaiu she not
zacley in the town But on the nec of
Georgetown to the Place Call friend
fleld.”
The Times does not know why the
revenue cutter Moccasin has been or
dered to Georgetown, but assorts that
“our citizens will be glad to welcome to
Georgetown such well fired gentlemen
as the officers in command of the Moc
casin.”
Mr. W. P. Hix, deputy grand master
of the Fifth Masonic District, dedicated
St. Clair Lodge, No. 154, at Centreville,
Lexington county, on Wednesday. He
conferred the Eastern Star on about
one hundred candidates, ladies and
gentlemen.
The Laurensville Herald regrets to
state that the work on the Laurens
Road will cease unless the stockhold
ers and subscribers at Clinton pay up.
Mr. Magrath, however, has expressed
a willingness to push on the work, pro
vided a guarantee is given that the
amount of money promised shall be
paid by the Ist of November next.
Boyton left America a Captain. They
call him Colonel now.
Do Not Sing Tli.ft Song Again.
—K
BY HUGH P. DERIIOTT.
Do not sing that sofig again,
For it fills my hear* with pain;
I am bending to th< ' blast,
Ar 1 it tells me of tr i past,
• f the years of lolg ago,
Wnen my days weri young aud fair,
And my heart was light as air—
When one feeling fl.£ed the breast,
And one image gav j it rest,
In the long, long ;*go.
Do not sing that solg again,
I have lived my yeafs in vain,
And my hair is thinjand gray,
And I’m passing fat} away;
On the dark and downward streams
I’m a wreck of idle i reams;
And it put s me on tie rack
At the weary lookinj- hack,
At the ebb and at tht How
In the long, long s^o.
Do not sing that soifg again,
There’s a tear in its $ efrain;
It brings sadly b irkohe time
When my manhood Lit its prime;
When the comrades,Gear aud true,
Closer, warmer, fomfer grew,
In the hour of fi ienejihip’s proof,
When the false onesf stood aloof,
And their friendshipßvas but snow,
In the long, long a|:o.
Do not sing thatsonj; again,
It distracts my weaiiv brain.
Ah, too well, alas! I J:now
It is time for me to u>.
A nd to leave to youn'rer eyes
The mild myst’ry of * he skies.
And this mighty woijnl I tread,
And the grander agelihead.
There’s a mist upon fhe river,
And there’s bleakness on the shore.
And in dreams I pas forever,
While soft music visits me o’er.
CITY PROPERTYI FOR SALE.
- ■
PEREMPTORY SALE
A f , AUCTION BY CONSf,NT OF PARTIES
On Easy Terms anr Long Credit
of hos|'
JVrniaDently Valiublej and Productive
CITY PROPERTY,
The Lafayette Hall aijjd Opera House
Containing Spacious Stores, Olficess and
Saloon^
ALL SUCCESSFUL AND TOPI) LAB BUSI
NESS STANDS.
SITUATED IN THE CENTRAL
PORTION OF TilE CITY.
With Fronts on Broad xfid Ellis, Between
Jackson and Cami|iell Streets.
BY C. V. WALKER f Auctioneer.
rIAUESDAY, the 7th September, 1875, at 12
JL o’clock, m., in frc|ut of the Opera
House Arcade, iu this city, will positively
be sold, at public auction* by consent of the
parties in interest, the billowing described
and very choice eormnucial and invest
ment property, to-vvit :
That centrally situaijid, substantially’
built and very productive property popu
larly known as the Lajayette Had and
Opera House, situated is the city of Au
gusta, county of Richmond, and State of
Georgia, and in the sqjfare bounded by
Broad, Ellis, Jackson ancj Campbell streets.
The portion of ground fn which they are
built measures a total ffront on back of
Broad and Ellis streets feet, by an ex
treme depth between pa • illel lines and ex
tending from street to street of 271 feet 6
inches, said measurement ail being more or
less. Jhe said propert % it - not sold in
block, will be sold subdivided into lots, des
ignated by the Nos. 1,2 iJid 3, according to
plans of J. F. Braun, architect, to be exhib
ited on the day of salfi. 'J he said lots
measure as,follows: Lets Nos. 1 and 2
front on the south sidegof Broad street,
having each 26 feet six inches thereon, by a
depth between parallel J ues of 126 feet in
depth towards Ellis strep*.
Lot No. 1 is improved frith the Substan
tial Three and Two-storu Brick Buildings
known and designated fby the No. 272
Broad street. The lowef story contains a
spacious and commodious Store—one of
the finest business stamf , in tiie city and
arranged and adapted fol Offices or Dwell
ing above. With Lot Nf>. 1 and tho im
provements thereon vill*>e sold the Tene
ment east of the Arcade o§ entrance, erected
immediately above the sti; ue, subje t to all
tho conditions of servitude hereinafter
specified. .
Lot No. 2. west of he A|cade or entrance,
measures 26 feet 6 inches t ont on the south
side of Broad street by ia depth between
parallel lines of 126 feet towards Ellis street,
together with all the improvements there
on, known and designated by the No. 274
Broad street, and comprising the substan
tially built three-story Beck Building with
a spacious two-story Bifek Store in the
rear. The main buildiiWf contains that
splendid Store and choice business stand
occupied by Messrs. Mjers A Marcus,
wholesale dry goods dealers. The upper
portion is arranged for dwelling and adapt
ed for offices. The fortigoing described
property is leased to ami occupied by the
well known wholesale dealers in dry goods
and clothing, Messrs. Aiytrs A Marcus, L.
Sylvester and others, uußl the Ist of Octo
ber, 1875, yielding an aggregate rental of
$6,400 per annum. I
Lot No. 8 comprises thejremainder of the
property, measuring a toil! front on Ellis
street ot 65 feet by a deptlf between parallel
lines of 145 feet 6 inches, if-om which point
it contracts to a width ol? 12 feet, and ex
tends to and fronts on Soi’th Broad street.
This said extension is k.town as the Ar
cade, or entrance from Bread street to the
Opera House. Also, the |iresent existing
alleyway, of 7 feet width, opening on Ellis
street—Lots 1 and 2 to injve tho right, in
common with Lot No. 3, t| use, but not to
obstruct, the said Arcadi or alley way—
together with all the iinpilivements there
on, comprising that exbfasive, capacious
and subst 'ntiaily-bu;lt brick Opera House,
covered with slate, coppeilgutters, cement
ed basement throughout, well lighted an and
ventilated and provided* with ample en
trance and exit arrangements and accom
modations. The stage is *1 feet depth, the
auitorium has a parquet, dress circle,
gallery and a seating carnality of about one
thousand—has contained i 400 persons. The
basement is adapted for *aloon purposes,
lighted with gas through!Jut, and the only
establishment of its kin] in the city for
public entertainment. Wi h ordinary care
and small expense this ]lroperty alone is
susceptible ot producing * largo and cer
tain income, it has yiehlid in ordinarily
prosperous seasons over SB.OOO per anuum.
The above decscribed piiiperty, compris
ing, as it does, the most el tensive and cen
trally located property infthe city of Au
gusta in market, is well worthy the atten
tion of capitalists safe, reliably
productive and permanency valuable city
property for investment As business
stands, adapted for eitherltho wholesale or
retail trade, banking or insurance business,
no property can be more ifesirable. It will
be sold free from all incuiibranco whatso
ever, tho wholo according*!*! plan of J. F.
Braun, architect, to bo exlibited on the day
of sale, and on the following favorable
terms and conditions: f
One-third or one-half caJh, at tho option
of the purchasers; the n|inaiiider at one
and two years’ credit for lutes of the pur
chasers, specially secured t>y mortgage on
tho property, bearing intelest at the rate
of eight per cent, per anmjtn from the day
of sale until final paymenlf said interest to
tie paid half yea ly from elite, and the pur
chaser to keep the improvements insured
for their value, and to tray sfer the po icies
thereof to the holders ov the notes; the
notes, if required, to be drawn for such
amounts to suit the parties in interest, and
the acts of sale at the exrfinse of tho pur
chasers, before Wm. A. V< alton, Esq., No
tary Public. r J he rentals ofall the property
are reserved up to tho 3ot|i of September,
1875. | jy2s-td
MOSQUITO NETS-
Mosquito Net Supporters.
Bedstead and Ceiliijg Fixtures.
Child’s Crib Nets, j
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Skeleton Frames tc( Make Nets
On. f
ALSO, *
Moth Proof Cedar Chests.
Opened and for sale by
my2ssu&tu-2m JAMES G. .BAILIE & BRO.
ESIfS SAVINGS BANK,
ISO. 223 BROAD STREET,
Cash Capital SIOO,OOO (with Stockholders Liability ‘
TRANSACTS A
General Banking, Exchange and Collection Business.
5 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. NEWBERY,
CASHIER.
N. B.—Draw SIGHT DRAFTS on Great Britain and Continental Europe
in sums of £1 and upwards. janl2-ly*
AUGUSTA TO NEW YORK
VIA.
PORT ROYAL, S. C.
The following Comfortable and well-known Steamships.
Montgomery, 1,500 Tons, Capt. Fairclotli,
Huntsville, 1,500 Tons, Capt. Cliestei*,
Are appointed to sail from PORT ROYAL for NEW YORK, direct, on FRIDAYS of
each w ek, after arrival of Morning Passenger Train from Augusta.
The following reduced rates of Passage are offered the Travelling Public:
AugusOi to York Ac Return, s>3o
Augusta to TVow Slraiglit,
Aug iisla to New Y r ork f Steerage^
Which secures Accommodations in all respects equal to those of other lines.
STATE ROOMS AND BERTHS
Can be secure 1 by application to
RICH’D. P. RUNDLE, Agent,
Port Royal, S. (J.
Or to the undersigned,
T. S. DAVANT, G. P. A.,
Augusta, Ga.
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COTTON FACTOIiH, AGENTS,
AUGUSTA, GEORGIA.
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INSURE
IN THAT
MOST POPULAR SOUTHERN COMPANY,
THE
MOBILE LIFE INSURANCE CO.
OF MOBILE, ALA.
Organized, June, 1871. I Assets, - - - $500,000.
Every loss sustained by this company has been promptly paid,
without a day’s delay.
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PROMPT. I Careful in the Selection |
Iprogrkssive. OF ITS RISKS. I
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ONE OF THE FEW COMPANIES THAT INCREASED ITS POLICY HOLDERS
During the Hard Times Last Year.
INSURE IN THIS FAVORITE STERLING HOME COMPANY!
WANTED.
Live, Active, Working, Energetic Business Mon, in every County in Georgia, as Agents
for the MOBILE LIFE. Address,
R. O. RANDALL, Cen. Agt. & Manager,
jy!4-aw&cly* ROME, GEORGIA.
WILMINGTON, N. C., LINES,
SEMI-WEEKLY
Fast Freight Route to All Points South or East.
BALTIMORE,
Baltimore and Southern Steam Transportation Company,
SAILING FROM BALTIMORE
Tuesday and Friday, al; 3 I?. I\f
AND FROM WILMINGTON Wednesday and Saturday.
JSEW YORK,
CLYDE’S WILMINGTON LINE,
SAILING FROM NEW YORK
Tuesday and Friday, at 3 P. M., and from Wil
mington Wednesday and Saturday,
/T IVING through Bills of Lading to all points in North and South Carolina. Georgia
vX and Alabama. For North or East bound Freight, to Baltimore, New York, Phil*
adelphia, Boston, Providence, Fall River, and other Eastern cities. Also, to Liverpool-
Glasgow, Bremen, Antwerp, and other European points.
These Lines connect at Wilmington with the Wilmington, Columbia and Augusta
Railroad; connecting at Columbia, S. C., with the Greenville and Columbia Rail Road,
and Charlotte, Columbia and Augusta Railroad.
At Augusta, Ga., with the Georgia, Macon and Augusta, and Central Railroads, and
with their connecting roads, offer unequaled facilities for the prompt delivery of
Freight to all points. The Steamers of these Lines, on arrival in Wilmington, stop at
Railroad Depot, the Freight transferred under covered sheds to Cars without delay,
and forwarded by the Fast Freight Express that evening.
No drayage in Wilmington, and no transfer from Wilmington South. Rates guar
anteed as low as Ly any other route. Losses or Overcharges promptly paid.
Mark all Goods “ VIA WILMINGTON LINES.”
For Further information,apply to either of the Undersigned Agents of the Line:
EDWIN FITZGERALD, Agent Baltimore Line, 50 South street, Baltimore.
WM. P. CLYDE & CO., Agents New York Line, 6 Bowling Green, New York.
A. G. CAZAUX, Agent Baltimore and N. Y. Lines, Wilmington, N. C.
E. K. BURGESS, Agent W. C. & A. Railroad, 263 Broadway, New York.
JOHN JENKINS, Agent, Augusta, Ga.
A. POPE,.
novs Uen'l Freight Agent, Wilmington, N. C„ and 263 Broadway, New York
The Kilson Machine Comp’v,
LOWELL, MASS.,
RICHARD EITSON, President,
SAMUEL E. STOTT, Treasurer and Agent.
BUILDERS OF
PATENT COTTON OPENERS
AND
LAPPERS, WITH RECENT VALUABLE IMPROVE
MENTS, SHODDY and WASTE MACHINES and
RAG DUSTERS, NEEDLE-POINTED
CARD-CLOTHING, Etc., Etc.
Kitson’s Patent Compound Opener Lapper.
THE cotton is spread on this machine from the bale, and is made into a very even
lap, at the rate of 300 to 400 pounds per hour. The laps are then Hnished on a
TWO-BEATER LAPPER,
WITH
IiITSOX S PATI'N I' EVENER
Attached, and owing to recent improvements in this Evener, the laps when ready for
the card, only varies one quarter of an ounce to the yard. The cost of picking by tins
system is only aboutone mill per pound on the cloth produced, and the picker house is
safer from fire than the card room. ~
j*S"There is al- o a great saving of room and power over the old system.
These Machines may lie seen at the milis of the Augusta Factory, Langley Manufac
turing Company, and. at the best mius at Loweli, Lawrence, Fall River, Manchester
Lewiston, Providence, Richmond, Baltimore, etc., etc.
The following are a few among many testimonials which we have received:
AUGUSTA FACTORY", Augusta, Ga., July 5,1875.
The Kitaon Machine Company, Lowell, Mass.;
Gentlemen : Wo have boen running youi Compound Opener Lappers and finisher
Lappers, with Eveners, lor more than one year, and irankiysaytliat they have given
the most eminent satisfaction. We have no hesitancy in giving you our unqualified en
dorsement, and cordially recommend your Machines. ~ . , , .
F. CCGIN, Superintendent.
OFFICE LANGLEY MANUFACTURING COMPANY. {
Langley, S. 0., April 11, 1373. \
The Kitaon Machine Company , Lowell, Mass.:
Gentlemen. I have been running your system of Compound Onenev Lnp:> m ■an !
Finisher Lappers, with Eveners, tor m-wo tlv' v< ars oa<d •+ the <■> tfon Mill nt tno
Langley Manufacturing Company, and I have found it to work the mo t satisfactory of
any opening and picking arrangement 1 have ever seen. o 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 beating, 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. One of the greatest con
siderations with this arrangement, is its seeur ty against lire. . , ,
Yours, Ac., M. F. FOSTER, Superintendent.
OFFICE MASSACHUSETTS COTTON MILLS, I
Lowell, February 20, 1874. f
The Kitaon Machine Company, Lowell, Mass.:
Gentlemen : This Company have now in use twenty of your 1- misher Lappers, with
Eveners, and ten Compound Opener Lappers. Some of these machines have been at
work for ten years or more, and have always given us satisfaction, doing a large amount
of work, doing it well, at a low cost ior labor and repairs. In our ‘ Present t Mill,” whore
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. Cost one
14-100 mills (.00114) per lb. of cloth. We consider them a first class machine in all re
spects. Yours very truly,
F. F. BATTLES, Agent.
MERRIMACK MANUFACTURING COMPANY, )
Lowell, January 23, 1874. j
The Kitaon Machine Company, Lowell, Maas.: ,
Gentlemen : Wo have boon using some of your Compound Onenei Lappers and
Finisher Lappers, with Eveners, for nearly three years, and at present are passing all
our cotton through them. The machines have proved satisfactory, and both In 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 Eveners; ordered at different times.)
Send for a Catalogue to THE KITSON MACHINE CO vIPANY.
SAMUEL E. STOTT. Treasurer,
jy6-3m LOWELL, MASS.
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IRON GRENADINE,
SO CENTS,
WORTH ONE DOLLAR!
The BEST IN THE WORLD,,FOR THE PRICE. JUST RECEIVED FROM
AUCTION, at
JAMES A. GRAY’S.
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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 SIMMER ROUTE NORTH,
VIA
AUGUSTA, WILMINGTON. PORTSMOUTH,
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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. m., in the following appointed order:
Steamship ISAAC BELL. 1,600 Tons Capt. BLAKEMAN, Monday.
Steamship WYANOKE. 2,040 Tons Capt. COUCH, Wednesday.
Steamship OLD DOMINION, 2 240 Tons Capt. 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-Hound Travelers 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
Atlantic Coast 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. P. BROWN, Ticket Agent, Planters’ Hotel.
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