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®Jje Constitationdist
AUGUSTA, a-A.:
Thursday Morning, Sept. 2, 1875.
CURRENT TOPICS.
The Spider, the Hog and Old Proba
bilities.
Another proof of animal Instinct is fur
nished by the Gallatin (Tenn.) blxaminer:
‘•For more than twenty-five years we have
known a sign by which to determine. the
probability of rain for that day. which we
have not seen fail in a single instance, and
we publish it that others may verify its
certainty, if they choose. Go out early in
the morning, in the Spring, Summer and
Fall and if the earth and field spiders have,
over night, woven their fresh webs over the
grass and about the bushes and fences, set
it down for a fair day, even if it looks like the
rain will pour down in five minutes. The
instinct of the spider never fools them.
They are wiser and surer than General
Myers and and all his calculations of prob
abilities. A knowledge of this fact may be
a sure guide to the farmer as to his day’s
work.”
The above statement by the Tennessee
papt r recalls a circumstance which hap
pened under the observation of the writer
during the war, iu Alexander county, North
Carolina, He was riding along a road one
warm, clear, sunshiny day in January.
There was no cloud anywhere to be seen
and from all appearances a man would sup
pose that there might be no bad weather
for a month. On one side the road was a
fence, and the other a copse of wood. “Do
you see that ?” said McCurdy. * I see a
lot of hogs carrying sticks and leaves into
the fence corner and making beds.” “We’re
going to have bad weather,” he replied.
And sure enough when we woke up next
morning the ground was covered with four
inches of snow. Here was the plainest
demonstration that these hogs had a
sagacity unknown to the human species.
This foresight in regard to the weather
is by no means confined to swine, ihe
beaver knows all of four months ahead the
heignt the river will rise and will build
its dam accordingly And all manner of
birds know perfectly well the kind of
weather in the immediate future.
Sending Money Away and Spending It
at Home.
We hold it sound economy, and not only
that, but the duty of every citizen to spend
his money at home if he can get the article
which he wants. He has a perfect right,
however, to buy just the thing he wants,
no matter where it is made or by whom.
Nay, further, it is a duty he owes himself
to get tire cheapest, regardless of place.
But if he can get just as good and just as
cheap, he should patronize his neighbor.
He will then keep the money at home,
which will give him a chance to get it back.
One of the main reasons the South does
not prosper more is because its people are
in the habit of sending abroad for articles
they might purchase at home just as well,
for tire sanre money, and an article every
bit and grain as good. We the other day
printed a protest from a “Typo” against
sending printing to other points, when Au
gusta is so well provided with fine offices.
And we know that work is done just as well
here as it is in New York, and from ten to
twenty per cent, cheaper. We are prepared
to prove this by actual figures—by bills
and receipts. In our own office we have
every style of modern typo which will in
all human probability be required in a job,
and six or seven of the finest power presses
ever made.
The following paragraph in the Savan
nah Advertiser, of yesterday, has led to
these remarks: “A “Typo” iu the Augusta
Constitutionalist complains about drummers
who infest that citv, and solicit ami take
away work and business that legitimately
belongs to the place, and which can be done
as well and as cheaply as it can be done
any where. This is something we have
been fighting for years, and while we be
lieve we have convinced some, there are
others who are joined to their Northern
idols, and though you give them a bonus
for the privilege, would still send their
workaway. Mo far as we are concerned,
we cui assure “Typo” we donut trespass
on what he considers (correctly) his rights.”
Distinction Between the Vice and Dis
ease of lntemperance
i he world utterly refuses to believe that
a man may drink liquor until he “ an’t
quit.” But it is even so. “The British
Medical Association at its recent annual
session discussed very earnestly the feasi
bility of legislation for the control and
treatment or insane drinkers. It was urged
by some of the speakers that a line should
be clearly drawn between the vice and dis
ease of intemperance. The latter required
the most careful treatment, though tire
former needed legislative interference also.
Finally, a resolution offered by Sir Egbert
Christison was adopted, declaring exces
sive intemperance to be a special form or
insanity in many cases, and requiring spe
cial treatment, first, for the recovery of
the patient, and second to the advantage
or protection of society. The present laws
were pronounced inadequate, and appro
priate enactments were called for The
main objections urge 1 to this action were
based on the apprehension of interference
with personal liberty. If, however, insani
ty from any cause justifies restraint, there
is nothing iu that occasioned by alcohol to
justify forbearance.”
It is now conceded that Georgia will be
obliged to build anew Insane Asylum.—
There should be provision made for the care
of inebriates. By inebriates we mean those
persons who have drank whiskey until, so
rar as Urey are concerned, it has become
their absolute master. We meet such men
every day. All the Temperance Societies
in the world would not reform them. They
have as little power to keep an oath as they
have to quit drinking. The only way in
the world to cure such people and restore
them to society is to shut them within
walls and keep the stuff which has been
their ruin from them.
A City Under tlie Sea.
A Kingston (Jamaica) letter tells the fol
lowing wonderful tale: In the latter end
of the last century old Port Royal disap
peared beneath the wav’es in an earth
quake, leaving no other memorial behind
than these few patches of reefs. In calm
nud clear evenings, when there is not a rip
ole on the glassy surface of the sea, you
may look down into lifteen fathoms of
water and see submerged houses, towers
and churches, with sharks swimming qui
etly in and out of the open windows of
their belfries. The work of centuries was
destroyed in a few moments by one single
convulsive throb of the thin film on which
man has lived and speculated for ages past
An American diving company, instigated
in their enterprise by tales of untold
wealth, buried beneath the sea by this sud
den shock, rescued no tieasures but the big
bell suspended in the bell tower, and
donated the same to the museum of the
island, where it may be seen, with many
puzznug inscriptions upon it, which nobody
has as yet been able to decipher.
't he French are already beginning to pre
pare for the opening of the tunnel under
the Straits of Dover. The Avenir des Na
tions, looking forward to the 6th of July,
1884, predicts: “A train from London en
route for Marseilles arrives in Paris; it
bears along on a triumphal car France,
England, Italy and Spain. Peace, station
ed on the engine, holds in one hand the llag
of concord, whereon are inscribed the
names of the seven great powers, and in
the other an olive branch, & c. The Com
mittee of the Ligue de la Paix Europeenne
has offered prizes for the two best cantatas
to be composed on the same subject, and to
be published in six languages."
GEORGIA GENERAL NEWS.
A circus and menagarie is advertised for
Rome on the 11th of September.
Gainesville Southron ; Hogs are dying
rapidly with cholera in this section. Is
there no remedy for this disease?
Northeast Georgian •’ The Augusta Consti
tutionalist, of the 29th ult., comes to us with
a new r , handsome and artistic head. The
improvements of late in this staunch old
journal now make it one of our most inter
esting and refreshing exchanges.
Covington Star: We are pained to an
nounce that Mr. John Meadows died at his
residence, in this county, last Wednesday,
in the 84th year of his age. He was one of
the oldest and best citizens of Newton
county, and his loss will be severely felt.
Rome Commercial: It is known that the
Catnolics in the communitv have owned a
lot for some time. This lot is on Court
street, between the Court llouso and the
Baptist Church. We understand that dirt
will be broken to-morrow for the erection
of a church on this lot.
Zaeh Bird, who is in Monroe county jail
under sentence of death for having mur
dered another negro, recently professed
conversion and joined tne colored Baptist
church. His Honor Judge Hall granted an
order allowing the prisoner to to taken
from the jail lor the purpose of being bap
tised, which was accordingly done on Sun
day last.
Atlanta Herald'. Some throe or four
months since we published an account of a
large potato farm near West Point, Ga.
The farm is owned by a party of Atlanta
gentlemen. They purchased three hundred
acres of land about nine or ten months
ago, and planted it all in sweet potatoes,
from which they expect to realize 40,000
bushels.
Ganesville Southron: Two negroes, John
Wright and Cypius Jones, at New Holland,
concluded to take a twist a few daps ince
and did so. Jones got a little the better of
Wright, which only, incited the rage of the
vanquished, who not wishing to bear such
an imputation upon his valor procured a
double-barrel shot gun, hunted up *is
hitherto antagonist, and fired at him giving
him a mortal wound from which he died
Saturday and was buried Sunday.
A Committee of Baptists will nice , in Ma
con on the 21st of October for the purpose
of locating the Georgia Baptist Female
College. The question Is thrown open to
the t owns and villagesof State. The Ath
ens Watchman savs “the considerations
which will determine its locality are: ac
cessability, health, moral tone and mental
refinement of the community, economy of
living and the bid ol the city or church in
money or buildings, or other property.”
Columbus Sun: Reports of rust aid shed
ding continue to be universal. Never was
seen s .ch ‘ spotty ” crops. One neighbor
hood is good, another very poor, and you
find many such differences iu the individu
al crops in small settlements. Again you
find many farms which may yet bloom. If
they do so it will require a verylcngsea
som for them to be worth anything. A
killing frost came last year on October
10th.
Atlanta Constitution: We learn with pleas
ure that Col. George McGiuley, the present
host of the magnificent H. I. Kimball
House, has entered into anew lease for
that celebrated hotel, the new term to be
for live years. The Colonel will at once
make such additional arrangements for the
coming season as will still further popular
ize that establishment and make it the
most renowned of Southern hotels. This
new lease will be welcome news to the
thousands of Col. McGinley’s fiiends all
over the country.
A Northern Methodist has been to New
nan with what he calls the “Tabernacle,”
a portable contrivance like Bland y’s saw
mill, to be moved from point to point as
the spirit directs. The plan U to post the
thing like a circus for a certain day and
hour, and at the appointed time the preach
ers arrive, when the performance begins
with prayer and ends with a collection.
these collections are strictly for missiona
ry purposes, of course. As the Georgia
darkies' cotton crop is about ripen this show
may be expected to do au active business
for several months.
Atlanta Constitution: “Rev. David E.
Butler is a gentleman of elegant leisure.
He is President of the Georgia Baptist Con
vention, President Board of jTrustees Me -
cer University, President Cotton States
Agricultural Congress, Grand Master
Grand Masonic Bodge of Georgia, Director
of the Georgia Railroad, Director in the
Direct Trade Union, Pastor of the Baptist
hurch at Milledgeville, and one of the
multiform editors of the Christian lndtx.
In order to fill up> his spare time, it is pro
posed to elect him President of the State
Agricultural Society, Master of the State
Gramie, Grand Worthy Primate of the
United Friends of Temperance, Grand Chief
Knights of Jericho, Grand Worthy Chief
Good Templars, Most Noble Grand of the
Grand Lodge of Odd Fellows, Grand Chan
cellor or the Grand Lodge Kuiglits of
Pythias, President of the Baptist female
University, and Governor of the State.”
Besides all this he is a General, Colonel,
Major, Captain, Judge and Squire.
The Hinesvillo Gazette relates a very
strange story. A few days ago Mr. M.
Sharpe, a prominent citizen of Montgomery
county, while driving up some cattle, saw
a large lino deer in the drove. He cracked
his whip, but the deer took no notice of it,
but continued with the cattle. He drove
them for more than a mile, until he came
near a neighbor’s house. He rode up to the
gate and procured a gun, and went back
and took deliberate aim at Mr. Buck—but
the cap popped. The noise startled an old
ox, which nad been shot at for not regard
ing the fence law, and was very suspicious
of gun powder. He stampeded the herd,
the deer al ug with them. Mr. Sharpe fol
lowed. and succeeded in getting them all
together. He rode up as near as ho w ished,
fired and tumbled the deer in its tracks. It
was, lie said, one of the largest deer he had
ever seen. Ho supposed that the deer had
lied to the cattle for protection, a:-sheep
sometimes do when pursued by dogs.
The Next Move Upon the Dai-key’s
Money.
The twenty hundred thousand dollars
stolen from the Southern negroes by the
engineers of the Freedman’s Bank having
nearly run out, the next move to be made
against him is called the Union League, or
rather a revival of that infamous organi
zation. His cotton will soon be in the mar
ket and sold and the money in his pocket.
Northern hypocrites, religious bummers
and dead beats are now planning raids
upon him.
We suggest that these emissaries be ar
rested by the police and sheriffs when they
come here under pretext of organizing se
cret political societies, but really for the
purpose of swindling the poor, ignorant
negro. The negro is our friend, and we
should protect him from the cruelt es of
bad men like we used to do in slavery
times. The simple-minded creature lias no
power to resist tlie oily tongues of sharp
ers who inveigle him into dark rooms un
der the pretext of organizing the republi
can party—protection from Southern white
men—and the whole string of familiar
falsehoods—but for the main purpose of
cheating him out of his hard-earned
little piles of money. It is time the South
ern people were arresting an 1 applying the
full vigor of the law to those thimbla-rig
gers and sharpers.
A country clergyman who had been
accustomed to minister to the spiritual
needs of a congregation in the back
woods was called to occupy the pulpit
of an absent metropolitan brother.—
Tho day being excessively hot, and his
sermon exceedingly long, he made his
preparations accordingly. He first re
moved his cravat and then his collar
and cuffs, and then his coat, and was
proceeding to get rid of his vest, when
there was a stir among the worship
pers, and one of them, rising, said, in a
deep, deliberate voice : “ I don’t know
what may be the brother’s intention,
but perhaps it might as well be nader
stoon before he goes any further, that
this isn’t a bath house.” He preached
with his vest on. __
A young merchant called on a lady a
few evenings since, and was shown into
the parlor. The lamps were unlit, and
just before the lady’e appearance he
removed a large quid of tobacco from
his mouth and threw it out of the win
dow, as he supposed. The lady ap
peared with a lamp, and the most
prominent objeGt in the room was a
very embarrassed young man gazing at
a big chunk of tobacco pinning the lace
curtain to tho unopen window. —[ Mon
mouth Atlas.
In the Bois de Yiueenues, near Paris,
a practical joker hanged himself to a
tree with the rope under his arms, but
arranged so that it appeared to be
around his neck. He did it for the
pleasure of kicking the people who
tried to cut him down.
SOUTH CAROLINA.
LETTER FROM CHARLESTON.
Supreme Dullness —Political Wire-
Pulling—The Water Supply Again—
Decline of the Firo Department-
More Curses of Radical Reconstruc
tion-Mortality Tables—New Rice.
[From Our Regular Correspondent.!
Charleston, September 1,1875.
Things are becoming frightfully dull
in this sober old city, and even the po
litical excitement has lulled. Now that
the preliminary organization of the
party has been effected there is noth
ing to do but to lay wires until the last
days of September, when the fight for
the nominations will take place. The
average ward politician now hangs out
on the street corners, and talks himself
hoarse to a circle of 3 admiring negroes,
but the undercurrent of feeling is be
coming more intensified every day.
There is no disguising the fact that
the German element in Charleston is
steadily and persistently solidifying
against the native element, and the
forthcoming election will in all proba
bility result in au exchange of some
thing more than hot words. But all
this political rivalry must eventually
result in good to the city, because the
closer the contest the more careful will
each party be iu the selection of their
Aldermanic ticket, and much of the
future prosperity of charleston de
pends upon the next administration.
To begin with, something must be done
at once to secure the building of
Water Works,
by which the poor people may be pro
tected from such a water famine as now
prevails. The unprecedented drouth,
which lias now lasted nearly sixty days,
lias caused more suffering here than
can readily be imagined by those who
live iu a city like Augusta, where they
have water at every one’s doors. The
largest cistern in the city will probably
hold water enough to supply the wants
of a family for about thirty days; the
well water is unfit to drink and totally
unfit for washing purposes, and conse
quently when a drouth continues for
over thirty days the supply of water
gives out and people have to do the
best they can without it. This is the
most important matter which will en
gage the attention of the new City
Council, and it is hoped that it will be
promptly attended to.
The Fire Department.
Another important matter which
ueeds immediate attention at the hands
of the city fathers is the reorganiza
tion of the fire department. It is a la
mentable fact that this department,
which at one time was the pride and
boast of the city, ami which was the
crack organization of the kind in the
South, has, since the changes brought
about by reconstruction, dwindled down
to an effete third rate department.—
There are too many engines and not
enough discipline ; and no water and
bad management have done more to
wards raising the rates of insurance
than all the fires that have occurred
within the past ten years. The de
partment needs reorganizing on the
basis of a pay department, and there
are many advocates of this scheme, but
the trouble seems to be that with the
the city government in the hands of
the present rulers, a pay fire depart
ment would of course be converted
into a political house of refuge for all
the indigent negro politicians in the
city. And so old Charleston must needs
plod along the best way she can with a
huge incubus hanging on to her, hop
ing for better times and better things.
Tlie Mortality Report
for the week ending August 27, shows
that the health of the city, which has
been remarkably good this Summer, is
improving. The aggregate number of
deaths during the week was 34, viz: 12
whites and 22 negroes. Of these, there
was not a siugle death from tire mala
rial fevers which generally prevail at
this season of the year. Among the
children, the prevailing disease is scar
let fever, of a very malignant type. Of
the 34 deaths reported 24 of them were
children under 10 years of age.
New Rice.
The first consignment of new Caro
lina rice was received in the city yes
terday, from the plantation of Mr. Ben
nett Bissel. The consignment consist
ed of eight tierces, and was sold at B}f
cents per pound, to Messrs. Talmadge,
Sons & Cos., of New York.
Qui Vive.
Taking Stock.
Let me see what there is in my port
monnaie,
For it cannot be money that fills it so;
Though there was once a time it would
swell in this way
But that has gone by long and long ago.
Here’s a small strip of lace. What does
that do here?
Ah yes! I recall. ’lwas a pattern Grace
gave,
And asked mo to match it for her,—pretty
dear,
In the days when she h Id me her willing
slave.
What is this? An old coin. ’Tis a lucky
piece.
Not a moment of luck have I e’er to it
owed.
Kate’s gift when we fancied our love would
ne’er cease!
It is all that is left of that episode.
And win it is there here? An old recipe
That Louise gave me once for restoring
the hair,
I needed it not in those days; but. ah me!
Howl need it just now let my baldness
declare!
A tin-type. ’Tis Ruth’s, who lived only for
me;—
A sweet little body I once hoped to wed—
She swore that till death mine alone she
would be.
And some six months after eloped with
young Shedd.
What' have we wrapped up in this paper?
A flower.
Maria wore that in her hair at a ball.
She gave it to me in a love-hallowed hour,
And then gave its mate to that booby
Jack Hall.
An address. Whose Is that? I’ve forgot
ten it now;
A flirt’s, who no doubt held me under her
spell.
Seven verses—an old candy motto, I vow.
Let me see what they say. I remember
them well.
Dora into my hand slyly slipped them one
night
At a parting, and told me she felt just so,
They’re of kissing, if I but recall them
aright -
It’s likely I don’t,"Twas so long ago:
•
“My dearest, pray turn not from me;
l ask but for one loving kiss;
Thou can’st surely no harm in It see,
Nor deny me a moment of bliss.
One movement, my love, and ’tis done,
And sue for another i’ll never;
But if ’tis to be on y one,
May our lips press each others’ forever.”
I think that I gave her a dozen or more
In a corner that night; and we plighted
troth.
What a donkey ono makos of himself be
fore
Ho has learned that green love is but
folly and froth!
Here’s a soft little tress of bright golden
hair,
’Twas Rosa’s. I know that she loved but
me;
’Tis the welcomest relic I’ve found, I swear
We meant to have wed, but it wasn’t to be'.
Heigho! I don’t think I’ll search further
to-day.
It makes one feel blue peering into the
past,
I’ll take the porte-monnaie and put It
awav:—
Of its relics and money but memories at
last.
Kate, Susan and Ruth, Laura, Emma and
Jane.
Dora, Ellen and Amy, Grace, Julia and
May-
So much love boiled down here! Who can
think without pain
That love vowed for eternity lasts but a
day.
—Bayard.
citypropert}’ for sale.
PEREMPTORY SALE
AT AUCTION BY CONSENT OF PARTIES
V
On Easy Terms a -jd Long Credit
OF M<s9T
Permanently Valuably and Productive
CITY PROPERTY,
The Lafayette Hall t|nd Opera House
$
Containing Spacious iitores, Ofticess and
Salools,
ALL SUCCESSFUL AN ) POPULAR BUSI
NESS ST NDS.
SITUATED IN lUU MGof CENTRAL
PORTION OF IHE CITY.
With Fronts ou Broadband Ellis. Between
Jackson and Canlobell Streets.
BY C. V. WALKER.... \ Auctioneer.
—j-
TUESDAY, the 7th September, 1875, at 12
o’clock, m., in front of the Opera
House Arcade, in this (Sty, will positively
be sold, at public auctitii, by consent of the
parties iu interest, the following described
and very choice comnjsrcial and invest
ment property, to-wit
That centrally situated, substantially
built and very product j o property popu
larly known as the Lj.fayette Had and
Opera House, situated Sn the city of Au
gusta, county of Kiclirlond, and State of
Georgia, and in the square bounded by
broad, Ellis, Jackson aifl Campbell streets.
The portion of ground lon which they are
built measures a total front on back of
broad and Ellis streets* i>s feet, by an ex
treme depth between plrallel lines and ex
tending from street to Itreet of 271 feet 6
inches, said measuremejt all being more or
less, i lie said properly, it' not sold in
block, will be sold subdif ided into lots, des
ignated by the Nos. I,2|ind 3, according to
plans of J. F. Braun, irlintect, to be exhib
ited on the day of si|o. Tne said lots
measure as]follows: l&ots Nos. 1 and 2
front on the south sldrt of Broad street,
having eaclt 26 feet six inches thereon, by a
depth between p.uailelilines of 126 feet in
depth towards Ellis stn | t.
Lot No. 1 is improvodjwith the Substan
tial Three and Two-story Brick Buildings
known and by the No. 272
Broad street. The low<|r story contains a
spacious and commodljus Store—one of
the finest business staijls in the city and
arranged and adapted l<*r Offices or Dwell
ing above. With Lot |o. 1 and the im
provements thereon wil| be sold the Tene
ment east of th Arcade <lr entrance, erected
immediately above the s|;,me, subje t to all
the conditions of sen; tude hereinafter
specified. 5
Lot No. 2, west of he Arcade or entrance,
measures 26 feet G inches fcront on the south
side of Broad street b;1 a depth between
parallel lines of 126 feet t J wards Ellis street,
together with all the improvements there
on, known and designated by the No. 274
Broad street, and composing the substan
tially built throe-story Fl ick Building with
a spacious two-story li*ick Store in the
rear. The main buildifig contains that
splendid Store and choice business stand
occupied by Messrs, flyers & Marcus,
wholesale dry goods d'JJilers. The upper
portion is arranged for iijwKing and adapt
ed for offices. The forgoing {described
property is leased to an|i occupied by the
well known wholesale dealers in dry goods
and clothing, Messrs. M iers A Marcus, L.
Sylvester and others, ui|;il the Ist of Octo
ber, 1875, yielding an adarregate rental of
$6,400 per annum. i
Lot No. 3 comprises th| remainder of the
property, measuring a tovtal front on Ellis
street of 65 feet by a dep ti between parallel
Hues of 145 feet 6 inches, 'rom which point
it contracts to a width of. 12 feet, and ex
tends to and fronts on Si tit It Broad street.
L’lds said extension is known as the Ar
cade, or entrance from B*oad street to the
Opera House. Also, Ihtf present existing
alleyway, of 7 feet widthiopening on Ellis
street Lots 1 and 2 to Ijive the right, in
common with Lot No. 3, io use, but not to
obstruct, the said Atcatje or alley way—
together with all the im; J’ovements there
on, comprising that cxlnisive, capacious
and subst ntialiy-bu.lt blick Opera House,
covered with slate, copper gutters, cement
ed basement throughoutlweli lighted and
ventilated and with ample en
trance and exit at rangenlants and accom
modations. The stage isill feet depth, the
auitorium has a parq’et, dress circle,
gallery and a seating carficity of about one
thousand—has contained|l, 4oo persons. The
basement is adapted forjsaloon purposes,
lighted with gas throughput, and the only
establishment of its kiijl in the city for
public entertainment. \\|iLli ordinary care
and small expense this property alone is
susceptiole of producing jii large and cer
tain income. It has yielded in ordinarily
prosperous seasons over jo.ooo per annum.
The above decscribed property, compris
ing, as it does, the most <|x tensive and cen
trally located property ill the city of Au
gusta in market, is well worthy the atten
tion of capitalists seeking safe, reliably
productive and permanently valuable city
property for investment. As business
stands, adapted for eithe' the wholesale or
retail trade, banking or insurance business,
no property can be more desirable. It will
be sold free from all inctjmbranco whatso
ever, the whole according to plan of J. F.
Braun, architect, to be exhibited on the day
of sale, and on the fo lowing favorable
terms and conditions: }
Oiie-tliird or one-half dish, at the option
of the purchasers; the Lmainder at one
and two years’ credit forjmtes of the pur
chasers, specially sec u ret J by mortgage on
the property, bearing interest at the rate
of eight per cent, per anrjun from the day
of sale until Huai paymeil; said interest to
be paid half yea; ly from fate, and Uie pur
ehaser to keep the improvements insured
for their value, and to transfer the po icies
thereof to the holders <vi‘ the notes; the
notes, if required, to bt> drawn for such
amounts to suit the part>*s in interest, and
the acts of sale at the expense of the pur
chasers, before Wm. A. Walton, Esq., No
tary Public. J ho rentals <f all the property
are reserved up to tho 3ilh of September,
1875. 5 j y25-td
SALE.
ItAMSEY A D’ANTIGNA J, Auctioneers.
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GEORGlA— Richmond County.
By virtue of an order oj the Hon. A. G.
Foster, Register in Bankruptcy, there will
be sold on the 21ST DAY <*F SERI EMBER,
at tlie warehouse of S. DI Heard & Son, on
Mclntosh street, in city |>f Augusta, at 10
o’clock A. M., the followiiig property: Two
Scales, Two Trucks, Oik* lot of Baskets,
Eight Chairs, 1 hree Tallies, One Bucket
and Dipper, One Wash fiowl, One Letter
Press, Ten Shares Southern and Atlantic
Telegraph Company St(gk, the Journal,
Ledger, Casli Books, One Jron Safe, Ac., be
longing to said bankrupt!*
Also, a large number oil doubtful and in
solvent notes and accounts belonging to
said bankrupts’ estate. I* ds of same may
bo seen at Court House tijor, place of sale
and at office of undersignfd.
Terms : Cash. Claimsisold without re
course or warranty, and tfibject to any and
all defenses which may ejist against them
and to the lien of attorneys when in the
hands of one for collectu>|i. Compromises
authorized and invited be\>re sale.
JOHN S* DAVIDSON,
Assignee of S. I>. Hear*. A Son, Bank
rupts. 1 sepl-law3w
FOR S^LE!
A WINDLASS, with a | Brake attached,
built by Mr. Georg** Cooper, of this
Also, a Ruggles PAPERICUTTER, which
cuts 26 inches wide. All }: good order.
The above mentioned ft a< bines will be
sold CHEAP FOR CASH. I Apply at
this! office.
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ANOTHER GREfIT SALE!
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OF LANGLEY FACTOR ’ SHEETINGS,
Shirtings and Drilhl Avery large
lot of Bleached Shirtings Ind Fall Calicoes
at 1
c. J. T. bIIK’S.
This great offering wiP open on MON
DAY, August 30th, and colitinue from day
to day until all these Goo.js are closed out.
Call early, bring all the|monoy you can
spare, and you will be alonished at the
quantity of goods you willjvceive for a few
dollars! #
Look for No. 116 BroaP street, between
Monument and Centre strt Sts.
C. J. T. BALK.
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ffi T S SAVINGS BANK,
IV O. SS3 BROAD STREET,
Cash Capital SIOO,OOO (with Stockholders Liability A
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,
CABHIEK.
N. B.—Draw SIGHT DRAFTS on Great Britain and Continental Europe
in suras ot' £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. Oliestei*,
Are appointed to sail from PORT ROYAL for NEW YORK, direct, on FRIDAYS of
e ich w ek, afte'- arrival of Morning Passenger Train from Augusta.
The following reduced rates of Passage are offered tiie Travelling Public:
Aug usta, to NewYork Ac Heturn. SUSO
Augusta to New York. Straight,
Augusta to New \ orii,
Which seeuxes Accommodations in ail respects equal totho.->e of other lines.
STATE ROOMS AND BERTHS
Can be secur e 1 by application to
RICH’D. P. RUNDLE, Agent,
Port Royal, S. C.
Or to the undersigned,
T. S. DAVANT, G. P. A.,
Augusta, Ga.
SS’ Tickets on Stale at Planters’ Hotel and Ticket Office, Union Depot je4-3m
TH K Ull mA T
GEORGIA STATE FAIR
8 7 *3-
The Annual Fair for 1875 of the Georgia State
Agricultural Society will be held in
TUE A. O O 3XT, Gr IBS 0.,
At the Beautiful CENTRAL CITY PARK GROUNDS,
BEGINNING
M O TV I> A Y, O C T O B IT: 1 8.
AND CONTINUING ONE WEEK.
Alarge, 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
Held, garden, orchard, dairy and apiary—the contribution of a single farm SIOO
For Ihe 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 Hoi’se or Mare 100
Best Doub e Team, owned by one Exhibitor 100
Best Georgia Raised Mule 1
Best Mule, open to the world 50
Cattle Department.
Best herd—one Bull and four Cows or Heifers—all to be of one bi'eed and owned
exclusively by one exhibitor SIOO
Best Milch Cow 50
Cow giving the Richest Milk 60
S4O and S2O for the Best Bull and Cow, respectively, of each of the following bi-eeds:
Alderney, Ay reshire, Devon and Durham.
Best Sow and Pigs under six months old 50
Poultry Department.
For best trio of each variety $ 10
Best and lai’gest display in merit and variety of Domestic Fowls, l'aised in Geoi’gia.. 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 Garden 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 SSO
Best display of breads by one lady 25
Ornamental Needle Work.
Best display in merit and var ety of Female Handicraft, embracing Needle Work,
Embroidery, Crocheting, Knitting, etc., by one lady SSO
Fine Art Department.
Best Oil 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 of age 25
Best display of Paintings and Drawings by the Pupils of one School or College 50
Best display of Photographs Silver Medal and 25
Best display of 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 ot Clothing 25
Best display ot aj illinery 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 large MONEY Pre-
m THE BEST AND LARGEST LIVE STOCK show ever held in the State or South. More
and liner Horses. Mules, Cattle Sheep. Swine and Poultry than ever before exhibited.
Parties wishing fine 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
secure them.
SEVERAL 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.
A. H. COLQUITT, President.
T. G. HOLT, General Superintendent.
jy4-sututh&ctoct!B MALCOLM JOHNSTON, Secretary.
PUBLIC NOTICE.
I HAVE given Mr. Jas. Daly an interest
in my bus ness; the style of the firm
from this date will be JAMES A. GRAY &.
Cos. JAS. A. GRAY'.
Augusta, Ga., Aug. 26th, 1875.
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“ 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 Sea
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. PHJNIZY, & CO.,
augl3-lm* Augusta, Ga,
NOTICE 7
THIRTY DAYS after date I shall become
a PUBLIC or FREE TRADER, In ac
cordance with provisions of Section 1760 of
the CoJe of Georgia.
SARAH RICH.
I hereby consent to my wife becoming a
Public or Free 1 rader. J. RICH.
Augusta, Ga., August 6th, 1875.
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MANSION HOUSE
PORT ROYAL, S. C.
SITUATED AT THE TERMINUS OF
the Port Royal Railroad, where connec
tion is made with the fast sailing, first class
steamers Montgomery and Huntsville,
sailing to New York every Friday.
Round trip from Augusta, SBO.
This is an entirely now and elegantly fur
nished house. Situation unsurpassed, sur
rounded with magnificent live oaks, com
manding a splendid prospect of the sur
rounding country, the Beaufort and Port
Royal Rivers, and offers unusual attrac
tions to travelers or to parties who desire
Board or to spend a few days near tho salt
water.
Table supplied with everything the mar
ket affords. Fresh milk, butter, fish, veg
etables and fruits in their season.
Best of Cooks and Attendants.
Terms liberal.
C. E. WARREN,
je2G-tf _ Proprietor.
Pay your State, County and
School Taxes.
THE TAX DIGEST for 1875 has been
placed in my hands for collection. My
instructions are to collect without delay.
Owners of Real Estate and Merchandise, as
well as other property, together with those
who are liable to the Poll Tax, had best
come forward and settle.
JOHN A. BOHLER,
Tax Collector Richmond County.
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The Kitson Machine Comp’v,
LOWELL, MASS.,
RICHARD KITSON, 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 verv even
_L lap, at the rate of 300 to 400 pounds per hour. The laps are then Unished on a
TWO-BEATER LAPPER,
WITH
lil IXO.VS PATIENT EVENER
Attached, and owing to recent, improvements in this Evener, the laps wiien ready for
the card, only varies one quarter of an ounce to the yard. The cost of picking by thts
system is only aboutone mill per pound on the cloth produced, and the picker house is
safer from fire than the card ru mi.
.a®* The re is al- o a great saving of room and power over the old system.
These Machines may be seen at the mills of the Augusta Factory, Langlev Manufac
turing Company, and al the best nulls at Lowell, Lawrence, Fall River, Manchester
Lewiston, Providence, Richmond, Baltimore,etc., etc.
The following are a tew among many testimonials whicn wc have received:
AUGUSTA FACTORY, Augusta, Ga., July 5, 1875.
The Kitson Machine Compang, Lowell, Mass.:
Gentlemen: We have been running your Compound Opener Lappers and I inishor
Lappers, with Eveners, for more than one year, and frankly say that they have given
the most eminent satisfaction. We have no hesitancy in giving you our unqualified en
dorsement, and cordially recommend your Machines.
F. COGIN, Superintendent.
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OFFICE LANGLEY MANUFACTURING COMPANY, >
Lanolev, S. C., April 14, 1873. j
The Kitson Machine Company , Lo well, Mass.:
Gentlemen. I have been running your system of Compound Opener Lapper", and
Finisher Lappers, witn Eveners, ‘or more tii m hvn v> ars naet. at the U< tion Mill ot trie
Langley Manufacturing Company, and I have found it to work the most satisfactory of
any opening and picking arrangement I have ever seen, we 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 secur ty against fire.
Yours, &c., M. F. FOSTER, Superintendent.
OFFICE MASSACHUSETTS COTTON MILLS, I
Lowell, February 20, 1874. 1
The Kitson Machine Company, Lowell, Mass.:
Gentlemen : This Company have now in use twenty of your Finisher 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 ‘ Prescolt Mill," where
we have two Compound Opener Lappers, and four t inisher 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. Wo consider them a first class machine in all re
sneets. Yours very truly,
1 F. F. BATTLES, Agent.
MERRIMACK MANUFACTURING COMPANY, i
Lowell, January 23,1874. )
The Kitson Machine Company, Lowell, Mass.:
Gentlemen: We have been using some ol’ your Compound Openei Lappers and
Finisher Lappers, with Even Ts, for nearly three years, and at present are passing a'i
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.
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iron grenadine;
3 0 CENTS,
WORTH ONE DOLLAR!
The BEST IN THE WORLD FOR THE PRICE. JUST RECEIVED FROM
AUCTION, at
JAMESjA. 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, AUCUSTA, 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. m., in the following appointed order:
Steamship ISAAC BELL. 1,600 Tons Capt. BLAKEMAN, Monday.
Steamship WYANOKE, 2.040T0ns 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, oommend this Line to the attention ot North-Bound 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
At antic Coast Line, and Through Tickets sold at all Railway Ticket Offices.
Baggage cheeked to destination, and equal facility of transfer and delivery in New
York as by other Transportation Lines.
AY. U. 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,
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