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Slic Constitutionalist AUGUSTA, O-A..; ♦ 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 i 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. tar Tickets on Sale at Planters’ Hotel and Ticket Office, Union Depot je4-3m 5 mziKif.'v^mo^& COTTON FACTOIiH, AGENTS, AUGUSTA, GEORGIA. aug24eow2m 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. J I I I J PROMPT. I Careful in the Selection | Iprogrkssive. OF ITS RISKS. I J I I I I I 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. 33 jjj pg" IRON GRENADINE, SO CENTS, WORTH ONE DOLLAR! The BEST IN THE WORLD,,FOR THE PRICE. JUST RECEIVED FROM AUCTION, at JAMES A. GRAY’S. jeio-tr _ _ 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. aug2s-6 _ THE GREAT SIMMER ROUTE NORTH, VIA AUGUSTA, WILMINGTON. PORTSMOUTH, . .■■ ■■ •■ „ . r p 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. Jyl-2m