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CTiic Constitutionalist.
AUGUSTA, 0A.,1
Friday Morning, Sept. 3, 1875.
The Demoralization of the Country.
The political shani3 of the United
States had a terrible exposition and
downfall in the clouded latter days of
Greeley and Sumner ; the financial
shams have been unmasked in Clews,
Jay Cooke, Claflin and Ralston ; the
theological shams were punctured in
Beecher. Many wrecks, commercial, po
litical and social, strew the reefs of
time, and will continue to do so till
huge fragments of hypocrisy, cant,
galvanized roguery and false religion
shall be swept from the surface of af
fairs, preparatory to the raising of an
other and a future crop. We have to
deal now with the gigantic impostures
which rose principally upon the blood
of the valorous, the wail of the
orphau and the ruin of the South.
Thackeray exclaimed of George 11,
4 ‘o strutting turkey-cock of Herren
hausen! 0 vile little Sultan !In what
Mohammedan paradise are you now ;
and where be your painted houries ?*
With not a great deal of modification
this question could bo asked concern
* iug very many personages who affec
ted, in the name of “God and Morali
ty’’ to perpetrate the most diabolical
schemes against this soction.
In a recent number of the Richmond
Dispatch appeared a masterly article on
this theme the demoralization of
the country. Proper lessons were
drawn from the collapse of Rals
ton and Stirling & Ahrens. It
was shown that the curse of
this country has been for years, es
pecially since the war, bloated monop
olies, whose hand being against hon
esty in the beginning found the hands
of other immense gambling corpora
tions against them, even to the disas
trous end. The Dispatch draws from
these illustrations tho following con
clusions:
“Look over the country and see the
trouble and prostration—the discon
tent that comes of these greedy and
proud ambitions of men. Look at the
railroad corporations and their wars,
and greedy, not to say vicious, ambi
tions. The railroad kings, essaying to
monopolize transportation, are redu
cing rates so that they fall below fair
compensation; and the result is, they
fail to pay interest on their debts—not
to mention dividends to stockholders—
and we see them in arrears to their mi
nor officers and to their poor laborers.
And still they go on hectoring over the
land as though the property they man
aged was all their own and the land be
lffbged to them. These kings in many
cases get inordinate salaries. They
display an ambition for ruling
long lines—an ambition which it is
no inapt illustration to say that it is as
if they hoped to make the moon itself
one of their termini. It would indeed
be blessing to society if they could
take up their headquarters there. The
great ambition of the kings is to mono
polize “through freights,” and to do so
they l'educe rates until one would
think that road best off which gets the
least of them. But they seek to reim
burse themselves by inordinate charges
on local freights, imposing heavy bur
thens upon those generally whose votes
created the property they control, and
who are beyond the protection of a
wholesome competition to shield them
from unscrupulous exactions to make
up deficits from mismanagement.
“ Thus the people are involved in
trouble from the insolvency of im
mense properties the creation of which
still burthens them with taxation. If
railroads paid dividends their stocks
would bo available as a basis of credit,
and would be at this time a great help
to a people who intensely need it. But
the kings flourisif, roll in palace-cars,
feast and wear fino linen, draw high
salaries, and all for doing much to ruin
the country.
“Here is demoralization general—
here are the causes of national distrust
and general depression (for every dis
aster sends confidence flying away to
Seek shelter)—here are the causes that
are quite enough to plunge a great
country into misery—and this is all
added to a social revolution fraught
with troubles unexampled in the his
tory of mankind. Retributive justice
is certain, and will in time bring about
a needed revolution, without which the
nation cannot get along. Would that
it could be expedited so that the long
sufferings of the people could be soon
ended.
“In the South wo have great conso
lation. If we have tho ambitions of
tho day, we have not the means to run
riot in imitation of the immense ras
cals in other parts of the Union. We
can’t be worsted, and we are in a safe
and health}’ way of growing better off.
We have the best reason to be careful
and hopeful.”
Home Again.— The proprietor of the
N. O. Picayune has returned to his ar
duous labors, after an elegant and ex
tensive summer jaunt His re-appear
anee in the sanctum causes the boys of
the editorial staff to make salaams which
would do credit to the courtiers of an
Eastern King. The leading man makes
his obeisance as follows:
We have learned to value his experience
and knowledge since he left us. and now we
need have no fear of encountering an un
appreciative crowd. Here, he is no stranger
amongst strangers, but a brother amongst
brethren. Mr. Holbrook has been for
nearly forty years the chief editor and pro
prietor of this journal. Like the sun above
the clouds, his judgment has never shared
In the pertubations of things below. Ho
has had three ambitions: The glory of
Louisiana, tho beauty of New Orleans and
the prosperity and welfare of our people.
These have been the supreme objects of
his life, all of which will be fulfilled. His
ideas are grand and beneficent, and time
will do justice to him. We welcome him
home again.
Bully for you! The staff will hardly
bo re-organized after that sublime
burst. .
Bosh. —And now it is currently re
ported that the guano supply is in dan
ger of running out. A case of this sort
well-worked up may prepare our far
mers for high prices next year.
The Fall Trade—Will It Improve?
It is a matter of significance that,
amid the shrinkage of values at the
East and West, and a general financial
disquietude, the better classes of mer
chants and editors there are anxiously
looking to the oppressed South for aid
and comfort this Fall. We read, for
example, in the New York Bulletin, a
trade journal, that great expectations
of relief are based upon our cotton
crop. We quote : “ The new crop of
cotton, according to present prospects,
may be estimated at 4,250,000 bales ;
and the cost of raising it is estimated
at Balo cents—so that, if the crop re
alizes 10al2 cents on the plantation, a
profit, about equal to that of ante-war
years will be realized. * * * The
agricultural populations of the West
and the South will require a full aver
age quantity of goods for the Winter
trade; but when we say ‘ quantity,’ it
must be kept in mind that, at the
greatly reduced prices of goods, this
may yet imply a reduced volume of
transactions as measured by a money
valuation—a consideration tho over
looking of which leads to a great deal
of misapprehension as to the compara
tive activity of current business.
“ The building trades in the Middle
and Eastern States aro absolutely stag
nant ; and the thousands of workmen
employed in them have little to spend.
The same may be said of nearly every
branch of manufacturing industry. All
this means a limited demand for goods
in Pennsylvania, New York and New
England. The strictly mercantile in
terest has just now got through the
process of decline in prices by which
such heavy losses have been made
during the last two years. It has the
advantage of reduced rents, lower sal
aries, and exceptionally low interest.
Stocks of goods also are generally very
low; which diminishes the liability to
cutting down prices in order to pro
vide for payments. We feel justified
ia concluding that the results of the
business of this Fall are likely to be
more satisfactory than anything expe
rienced since the panic.”
A planter who raises the larger part
of his supplies at home, lives thriftily
and compels his family to do the same
and who avoids borrowing money at
destructive rates of interest, may make
cotton at from 8 to 10 cents and sell it
at from 10 to 12 cents with a small
margin of profit. But we fear the ma
jority of our cotton planters are not
prepared to admit the figures o: the
Bulletin, and we hear numbers of them
complain that they will become bank
rupt, in case the staple should fall be
low 14 cents per pound. If our advices
by telegraph and correspondence can
be relied upon, the South will not buy
anything like from the East and West
what she has been accustomed to do
since or before the war. It is true that
extraordinary cheapness of such fabrics
as are needed may, and probably will,
coax the dollars out of them, if any
dollars exist; but w r e have all of us
been learning lessons of economy and
independence which cannot but blight
tho hopes of the me&antile communi
ties beyond us, in case they are of an
inflated or over-sanguino character.
So many large enterprises, at the
North and on the Pacific slope, not to
speak of the West, are falling into ruin
that “ confidence which is an indispen
sable requisite for a healthy and pros
perous traffic, is sadly lacking and
must continue to be so, when no man
t
can tell what an hour may bring forth
in the way of disclosing tho rottenness
of concerns which defy scrutiny, up to
the very hour of suspending, and
whose stability is compared to that of
tho everlasting hills.
While, therefore, we trust the rose
. colored prospect of the Bulletin may
be realized, we have our doubts, and
warn the East and West, both, that we
of the South are not to be made beasts
of burden any more, and the dupes of
a cunning policy, which too much has
resembled in the past Dr. Sangr ado’s
bleeding and hot-water treatment. The
Bulletin, if it really wishes the North
to prosper—and we have no question
of that — should remember that behind
its array of facts and figures there
are certain political and moral features
of the case which defy mere
ciphering. The rolling back of the
Radical policy since 1865 and a conse
quent enfranchisement of Soutaern
wealth-production are essential to
Northern prosperity. If that be not
done the Bulletin may lean upon us, but
lean in vain.
Rival Hamlets.— The Nashville Union
and Amei'ican says: “ Hamlet wa3 the
theatrical rage in New York Monday
night, no less than two delineators of
tho melancholy Dane appearing to
crowded houses—one at Booth’s Thea
tre and the other at the Grand Opera
House. What gave spice and anima
tion to the performance was tho fact
that national rivalry was brought into
play f Barry Sullivan representing the
Irish element aud associations, and E.
L. Davenport the American. The lat
ter is supported by a strictly American
company, while the clan of Sullivan is
mixed, with perhaps the Hibernian ele
ment preponderating. Perhaps it ought
to be stated that Sullivan attracted
the largest crowd.” Barry Sullivan is
the most original actor we ever saw.
Davenport is not in his way at all. We
hope this really great Irish tragedian
will visit tho South during his stay in
America.
Recent letters from Hayti relate that
cannibalism exists to an alarming extent
in that enlightened Republic, in the pro
pensity of mothers to puncture their
children's bodies and then tuck the blood
out of them. Children are found with
holes in their heads and backs and t.ielr
veins sucked dry. There is a premium on
fat young babies.— Ocntrier-Journal.
Not only have the emancipated and
enfranchised blacks of that rich island
degenerated since “freedom,” in the
way of making money commercially,
but they have, in numberless instan
ces, the white influence being subor
dinated or removed altogether, gone
back to the horrors of Dahomey. If the
whites of the South wero to abandon
everything that now exists here to the
negroes, the land would be a howling
wilderness in less than a quarter of a
century.
Reform in Mourning.
Coincidental with tho Duke of Suth
erland's attempt to cheapen funerals
by introducing basket-burial, certain
English women propose a reform in
the “trappings and the suits of woe.”
These women, like the noble Duke afore
mentioned, are of the highest classes,
and have formed an association that
may be called “a society to prevent
cruelty to the living.” This is no mis
nomer, for, in England, if not in the
United States, expensive black attire
has become a “rage” and a “mania.”
Despite much opposition, this noble
band of sisters has organized and
adopted tho following regulations,
which aro made pubiic in the British
press:
1. That the putting on of mourning for
any person deceased be limited to bona fide
mourners— i. e., very near relatives.
2. That it be strongly recommended to
members of this Society to shorten the pe
riod dictated by custom for wearing
mourning, but that the exact period be left
entirely optional.
3. That the heavy and expensive crape
trimmings on skirts of dresses and on man
tles bo disused, as tending to extravagance
and ostentation.
I. That the custom of wearing “compli
mentary ” mourning, viz., for connections,
distant relatives and friends, be discarded
by members of this Society.
5. That children under four years of age
be not put into black clothes, and over that
age only on the death of parents, brothers
or sisters.
6. That servants of a household w’here
death has occurred bo not put into mourn
ing.
7. That the use of mourning stationery
be in no case deemed essential, and that its
entire disuse bo recommended to members.
8. That it be optional with all members,
on the death of friends, connections or dis
tant relatives, to wear as a token of re
spect a band of crape on the arm or hat in
the ease of men, and in the case of women
a black sash or scarf over one shoulder and
crossing the breast.
9. That the previous rule be applicable
at will in the case of servants and children.
The clothing of footmen, cooks, but
lers aud bootblacks of the household
in sable raiment is not customary in
this country, but prevails universally in
the higher classes of English life. But
the absurd custom of making gloomy
mourners out of very young children
does exist in the United States and is
obnoxious on many accounts. In New
Orleans it is customary for the female
members of a Creole family to “go into
black” for dead relatives, no matter how
l’emote. So extensive is this custom
that the appearance of a Creole lady
in any other dress is almost a rarity.
When there is a ball, party or opera
the sombre dress is cast aside; but in
public Madame and Mademoiselle
are nearly always attired in midnight
colors. It is true that tho French
girl walks abroad with a modes
ty as to her skirts which native Amer
ican women rarely emulate; but the
effect of so many funereal garments is
anything but calculated to make the
observer cheerful. There can be sim
plicity in other dresses ; and God knows
the world is sad and ill-conditioned
enough without adding another pang
to death, or another shade to the mel
ancholy side of an earthly pilgrimage.
—. _'_-rr
Sarcastic.—The Petersburg News
closes a verv clever article on tho Pa
cific coast, drama in these words : “The
gold bank failure in California has at
least one redeeming quality over that
of any large failure east of the moun
tains. Tho President of the firm, Rals
ton, drowned himself immediately
after the discovery of his failure and
disgrace, while none of the large paper
houses of Jay Cooke & Cos., or Duncan,
Sherman & Cos., have ever thought of
committing such an act of public jus
tice.” If all sinners should commit
suicide tho world would be depopu
lated. Even Ralston might have, at
45 years of age, repented and redeemed
himself. It is a woak thing to plunge
into eternal darkness when the sun
goes down. It may rise again.
Judge Herschel Y. Johnson, of Geor
gia, in charging the Grand Jury which
is to inquire into the alleged insurrec
tionary plot in that State, commands a
wisdom and moderation which are
highly complimentary to his judicial
foresight and fairness. Tho poor de
luded negroes, if they have been en
trapped into a plot against tho whites,
must be severely punished ; but it is
highly important that neither preju
dice nor passion should enter into the
deliberations of tho Graud Jury. If
there was no plot there must be no in
dictments, and this point Judge John
son took care to impress upon the jury.
—N. Y. Herald.
John Paul fixed those Saratoga waiters.
Ho put a now fifty cent scrip under a gob
lot. It was magnified till it looked like ass
bill. The waiter was the most active man
in America. John Paul never before en
joyed such a gorgeous dinner. When he
arose he coolly put that slip in his vest
pocket, aud in a fatherly way told tho ex
pectant waiter not to sink any more money
which otheri might give him into French
pools.—ElccAa nge .
An old, old joke. We heard it told
about a silver quarter twenty years
ago. John Paul has committed petty
larceny, and should be sent to the
chain gang for six months.
Going. —“ One by one the roses fall,”
and one by one the so-called Liberal
Republicans aro returning to their
vomit. We now read that “Reuben E.
Fenton, being invited by the Ohio Re
publican State Committee to bear a
hand on the stump, replies that he
would be happy to do so but for his
bronchial difficulty. The ex-Governor,
ex-Senator is beginning to get back
into the Republican party.” Good-bye,
Reube !
Sea Serpent.— A sea captain of “ un
impeachable veracity” saw the sea
serpent last July. The monster was
over one hundred feet long, tape meas
urement, striped black and white, head
like a bull-frog and protruding black
eyes. Had his snakeship remained
visible a few minutes longer the Cap
tain would have interviewed him. We
are not told where the Captain gets his
whiskey.
Exactly.— The Sparta Index says:
“As some of us may not live to see an
other Centennial, will it not bo well for
us to make much of this one ?” Many
now living will fail to see the first show
of the kind.
PERSOMAL.
The scene of George I iot’s new novel is
in America.
An old sea chest, whioi oame over in the
Mayflower in IC2O, was s> Id at auction last
week, in Boston, for onei lollar.
There is no such wore? as "liar” in the
Chinese language, and!the Chinese get
along about as well as aly other nation.
Rev. Henry Ward Bi|:cher discoursed
at the Twin Mountain blouse, Sunday, to
an immense crowd, and <|osed with a high
compliment to the Jews.|
Vanderbilt is said \ o own no real
estate in his own name. |His son does the
owning, and when the o i gentleman gets
into trouble there’ll bo i } occasion for his
committing suicide.
The newest object of ii terest at Niagara
is a steep hill and cliff c .lied the “ragged
edge.” “This way to tlj i ‘ragged edge!’”
shouts the guide. Then the people on the
hotel piazza “step down a; id out ."—Graphic.
A New York Herald personal says:—
“Black Eyes—You arc t ie one; will bo on
the saint! avenue WeJne clay and Saturday
evenings. Trust me. Ia; mire you greatly.
Write again to same plat •. Straw Hat.”
Mr. Beecher being int oduced to a Qua
ker gentleman at tho |Vhite Mountains,
said to him: “I understand your belief de
prives you of some of th| pleasures of this
life.” The other replkjh: “ft shields us
from some of the temptations, also.”
Happy Bridegroom— More money, mad
am! more money! Hrjpe you forgotten
that my money has fclmght everything
that you possess—tho vlv dress that you
stand in! Fair Bride—Mi, sir; nor have 1
forgotten that your rnfmey has bought
what stands in it! §
We thought the story |>f Burke, the Ken
tuckian, being struck dt|id for blasphemy
was a silly lie. Mr. Bur*:e did blaspheme,
but he is none the worse 'for it. The news
paper which published ■ ae Item would do
well to remember why , manias was extin
guished.— Globe-D mocra
Han Francisco “per anal” advertise
ment: “Blond Broker- You had better
stop twirling your mu; .ache and leering
at me as I pass along the street, or I will
bo compelled to call u on some ot my
male relations, and alsij call your wife’s
attention to it.” How criming.
The Czar Alexander ha s as his constant
companion a big black dog, with a keen
nose for assassins. It cently, when an
English gentleman stoo l aside to let the
Emperor pass, the deg; {regarding the ac
tion as suspicious, helpjid hi a; self to the
seat of the Briton’s pan 'Saloons. The Em
peror came up and ex*mined the rent,
smiled, and departed. H| offered no sylla
ble of apology. |
Don Rafael Gonzale:| died recently in
Cafientes, in the V’uelta A|iajo district, aged
105 years. He had but jvvo sick spells in
his life—one when he ran a nail into liis
foot, and the last, wliiili carried him off.
He had 10 sons, 7 mar’iodfand 3 singlo. The
married sons gave him |0 grandchildren,
and these in turn had 166|‘.hildren; to those
last 4 children have beeij born. 80, upon
his death, Mr. Gonzalez lift 279 immediate
descendants, 4 of whom 'l’ere great-great
grandchildren. |
I’EorLE are condemning Disraeli for his
.strong speech in favor tjf a monument to
Byron, and on account |>f Byron’s moral
character—as if any woulfl be led to prac
tise his vices from seelijf his monument!
Byron had genius, and itlis that, not his
private character, which ]> commemorated
by a monument. Tho plivato life of few
great men would bear tlie strictest test.
Bacon was dishonest; blit all the more
docs his monument teacli to imitate his
virtues aud avoid his elrors. Hamilton,
Franklin, Webster, Laliyette, Nelson,
Goethe, Burns—all have tifeir monuments—
perpetuating not their fillings nor their
vioes, but their genius, ijo one ever sang
more sweetly than Bynli in his Hebrew
melodies; and his brief little love songs
are among the tenderesi known to any
language. |
Mariette Remy, a bolutiful girl, who
had led rather a gay’ life, Jlied in Paris the
other day. She -was knlwn among her
frieucs as Opal, from tjie fact that she
always wore a very handsome opal neck
lace. This necklace was driven her by her
first lover, who, at the ime, said: “You
know that opals are gems which live. My
fate is inseperable from hose. When you
see them become dull an I die. I too shall
bo at the point of death ’ One day they
thought they were tired i f each other and
they separated. But af; ?r ho had gone
Marietee found Ihather love for him was
still ardent, and she sougl i to recall him. It
was too late, he had left ti e country. She
console 1 herself, howeve . looking at her
nocLclace ami saying : “X e opal still lives,
J. shall see him again.” 15 t about a month
since the opals beg mto t :ow dull; then,
ono by one, they lost all their lustre, and
became dead. A few days ;igo but ono re
mained, and that gave o ly a faint reflec
tion. “He is about to die, thought Mari
ette. She fell into profo nd melancholy,
and said: “Then I, too, must die.” And
when one evening the la it opal gave the
last gleam, she took poise and died. The
same day this telegram from Luchon
reached Paris: “Paul Boi lay, ill here for
some time back, died y sterday.” Paul
Bor day was Marietta’s loi !r.
POLITICAL ]> OTEH.
“Let us take a c;I;o in illustra
tion. Ben Butler is hefl in much the
same estimation in the that Jeff
Davis is in the North. Thole are numerous
agricultural societies in *he South who
have been inviting orator! to deliver ad
dresses before them. We lave yet to learn
that any’ of them have extended an invita
tion to Butler to go Soitli and apeak.
There is faint prospect that he will over
receive an invitation, and :get Builer was
a subordinate officer of tl|i army’.”—Chi
cago Tribune. We certalnlr will never in
vite him to come to an Alfrioultural Fair
where silver cups aro offgred for premi
ums. Your parallel betw<l)n Davis and
Butler won’t hold wates. Davis is a
brave man and a gentlemaJi. Butler is a
coward and a thief. I
The Cincinnati Enquire explains the
origin of the “rooster” in p litics. It says:
It was not so late a peri id ns 1849; the
year of the “log cabin,” “ iard cider” and
“coon skin” campaign, w. ieh resulted in
the election of General H.i prison, that he
first made his appearance Indiana then
had her State elections ii August. The
editor of the Indianapoli Sentinel was
J. W. Chapman. In those df.ys locomotion
was slow, and it required flays and even
weeks to got the returns from the back
counties. It so happened tsat in some par
ticular county in Indiana it he Democrats
made a gain over previous* elections. An
enthusiastic Democrat wro fc to a friend in
Indianapolis the news, anit not knowing
Mr. Chapman, the editor .If the Sentinel,
personally, requesled his ifriend to com
municate the facts to \Ch| pm an, adding
these significant words, “Till Chapman to
crow.” Catching the inspiration from his
second-hand correspondent! Chapman did
“crow” in his paper, and aslthe business of
“crowing” is usually done |)y the chanti
cleer, he brought out oni of those fine
largo birds at the head oj* fiis columns.
This was the first rooster e’er placed in a
Democratic paper to rejoice over a Demo
cratic victory. As the gei iral results of
that election were against ii, it was a mat
ter of derision for the Whff papers, when
any Whig victory was ob ained, to add
these words: “Tell Chap: : an to crow.”
This assisted to fix the mat; ir in the popu
lar mind, and to nationalk|! the emblem.
No better one* could have! been adopted.
The rooster is probably the inost bravo and
gallant of the birds. He 3is never con
quered as long as he has lift,
SPECIAL NOTICES.
THE BOARD OF HEALTH,
Oedinaby's Office, Richmond County, 1
Augusta, Ga„ August 21, 1875. j
THE FOLLOWING TWO SECTIONS OF
the law creating the "Board of Health of the
State of Georgia” is published for the infor
mation of all parties concerned-
Sec. 11. Be it further enacted, That all Phy
sicians in the practice of Medicine in this
State shall be required, under penalty- of ten
dollars, to bo recovered in any Court of com
petent jurisdiction in the State, at the suit of
the Ordinary to report to the Ordinary, in
the forms to be provided, all Deaths and
Births which come under his supervision,
with a certificate of the cause of death. &c.
Sec. 12, Be it further enacted. That where
any Birth or Death shall tako place, no Phy
sician being in attendance, the same shall be
reported to the Ordinary, with the supposed
cause of death, by the parents, or, if none, by
the next kin, under penalty of ten dollars, at
tho suit of the Ordinary, as provided in Sec.
11 of this Act.
Physicians or other persons can obtain
blank forms for the return of Births or Deaths
at my office, and a blank form for the return
of Marriages will hereafter be furnished with
the Marriage License, the same to be prop
erly filled out by the officiating minister or
officer and returned to this office.
Physicians are required to make their re
turns from tho Ist of August.
SAMUEL LEVY.
aug-22-3 t Ordinary.
CARPETS.
ALTHOUGH CARPETS HAVE ADVANCED,
we are still offering our
BODY BRUSSELS CARPETS,
TAPESTRY BRUSSELS CARPETS,
3 PLY INGRAIN CARPETS.
At Reduced Summer Prices. We invite spe
cial attention to our stock of Body Brussels
which we are closing out very low. Also, a
full stock of
THOROUGHLY SEASONED FLOOR OIL
CLOTHS, New and Beautiful WIN
DOW SHADES, WALL PAPERS
AND BORDERS.
As we are daily competing with New York
prices and quotations, we will sell in future
for ea3h or nett thirty days.
„ JAMES G. BAILIE & BRO.
augU-eodim 205 Broad Street.
THE liGSOOr I'ASSKMIKii lIIILTL
PORT KOVAL. RAILROAD, j
Ollice General Passenger Agent, l
Augusta Ga., Aug. 6, 1875. )
ROUND r JTI4I £* TICKETS!
ill AUGUSTA to CHARLES- six 4(4
•>L4U TON and RETURN. 'P' 7 ' lU
ON AND AFTER THIS DATE ROUND
TRIP TICKETS will be sold, via Yemasee
from Augusta to Charleston, for $5.40, good
until October Ist, 1875.
DAILY SCHEDULE.
Leave Augusta 8:00 a. m.
Arrive at Charleston 4:15 p. in.
Leave Charleston 8:10 a. m.
Arrive at Augusta 6:45 p. m.
Passengers en route to the "City by the
Sea,” and those seeking the salubrious cli
mate of Carolina’s Long Branch, Sul
livan’s Island, will find this a pleasant route
by which to reach their destination.
Tickets on sale at Planters’Hotel and Ticket
Office, Union Depot.
T. S. DAVANT,
augo-lm General Passenger Asent.
GIN HOUSES INSURED
AT EQUITABLE RATES, IN FIRST-CLASS
Companies. Call at or write to my office,
219 Broad street, before insuring elsewhere.
C. W. HARRIS,
aug22-tf Gen’l Insurance Agent.
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.
New Fall and Winter (toads
J~UST RECEIVED, and arriving daily.
AUGUST DORR,
Merchant Tailor,
sep3-l 222 Broad St.
NOTICE !
¥ HAVE THIS DAY associated with me in
L my GROCERY BUSINESS, at 102 Broad
street, and WOOD BUSINESS, at S.O. R. K.
Yard, my brother, J. M. WOODWARD, and
will continue the business under the firm
name of A. P. WOODWARD & BRO.
A. P. WOOWARD.
Augusta, Ga., September Ist, 1875.
sep3-l
Special Notice to Passengers and
Shippers via Charleston.
DURING the pressure of inward freights
we will be compelled to sail for New
York without regard to days, as formerly,
say Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays,
but will endeavor to advise Passengers and
Shippers twentv-four hours in advance.
The CHARLESTON, Captain Berry, will
sail TO-MORROW MORNING, at 8 o’clock.
Passengers from Augusta and vicinity will
Breakfast on board. The GEORGIA will
follow and sail on TUESDAY', p. m. For
Through Tickets, State Rooms and Freights
apply to W STEVENSON,
sep2-tf Agent Steamship Line.
$5 REWARD,
a
O BOLEN, from the Christian Church, a
SURVEYOR’S SPIRIT LEVEL. Any one
returning the instrument will receive the
above reward.
sepl-3 T. O. BROWN.
Engines | Ginning Cota.
o ss o
"W ANTED—Locations for Portable En
gines for Ginning Cotton. Call on or ad
dress DANIEL & ROWLAND.
sep2-dsel* Augusta, Ga.
Geo. T. Jackson. John T. Miller
Walter M. Jackson. Marion J. Verleky.
do, t. mm & co..
/
PROPRIETORS OF THE
GRANITE MILLS,
AND
General Produce Merch’ts.
DEALERS in
FLOUR,
MEAL, GRITS, HAY,
CORN, OATS,
PEAS, CRACKED CORN,
PEA MEAL,
Bran, Middlings, Etc.
ter Orders are respectfully solicited,
and prompt attention promised.
apr2o-ti
7UST RECEIVED!"
SEVERAL cases beautiful FALL CALI
COES. Several eases of KENTUCKY'
JEANS, cheap,and a variety of seasonable
goods. Cheap for CASH.
sep2-thsatu-2w M. S. KEAN.
WANTS.
4®" Advertisements not over five lines will
be inserted under this head for fifty cents
each insertion, casJi.
WANTED.— A FIRST-CLASS EXPERI
ENCED TEACHER, to take charge
of the Baptist Middle Association High
School. Address Trustees, at Lawtonville,
Burke county, Ga. aug3l-st*
TT7" ANTED—A situation as Porter in a
\\ Store, Warehouse, Office Boy or Car
riage Driver. Good reference given. Ap
ply to Charley Jones, opposite Georgia
Passenger Shed, Walker street.
Sep2thusattu-3
LACE CURTAINS
CLEANED AND WHITENED,
AT
123 BROAD STREET.
aug27-12 JAS. H. HULSE. _
urns mm
-IN THE-
Insurance Company North America,
ORGANIZED 1794. ASSETS, nearly
FIVE MILLION DOLLARS.
Virginia Fire & Marine Ins. Cos.,
ORGANIZED 1832. ASSETS. FIVE HUN
DRED THOUSAND DOLLARS.
Lowest Adequate Rates. Apply in per
son or by letter to
J. V. H. ALLEN & CO.
Insurance Agents,
aug29-tf 227 Broad St., Augusta, Ga.
GEORGE G. HULL,
PROPRIETOR OF THE
EXCELSIOR MILLS
(Formerly Stovall’s Excelsior Mills),
AUGUSTA, GA.,
MAFUFAOI URES FLOUR In all grades.
Tho old and well known EXCELSIOR
BRANDS
PRIDE OF AUGUSTA,
GOLDEN SHEAF,
EXTRA,
LITTLE BEAUTY,
Always on hand, and their well earned
reputation will be faithfully
maintained.
CORN MEAL,
CRACKED CORN,
CRACKED WHEAT,
GRAHAM FLOUR,
MILL FEED,
BRAN, Etc.,
Constantly made, and orders promptly
tilled at the
LOWEST RATES.
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Grand Excursion and Ball!
THURSDAY, Sept- 9, 1875.
A FAST TRAIN WILL LEAVE AU
GUSTA at 7:30 a. m., arriving at PORT
ROI'AL, S. C., at 2 p. in., where dinner will
be sorved at the Mansion House at 4 p. m.,
after which there will be a
CtR AN I > 15 ALL .
Music by Chapman String Band.
Return Train loaves Port Royal a 2 a. in.,
or at such later time as the party desires.
This will he the finest affair of the season
-FAST TRAINS, GOOD DINNER and
ENCHANTING BALL.
Tickets $4, including Fare, Dinner and
Ball. Tickets for sale at Geo. Oates’ Book
Store, Quinn A Pendleton, Book Sellers;
Brahe, Jeweller; W. H. Tutt & ltemsen,
Druggists; W. H. Fleming, Druggist; Rich
j ards & Sons, Booksellers; P. H. Primrose,
O. E. O’Connor, C. K. Carter, at Blair, Smith
A Co.’s.
Every ticket holder is entitled to a chance
in a raffle for the set of SILVERWARE bn
exhibition at Brahe’s Jewelry Store, to be
rallied at the Mansion House on the night
of the Ball.
TICKETS LIMITED TO 150.
Those wishing to visit the Fleet will have
an opportunity of doing so. sep2-tilsep9
M. O’DOWD,
Cotton Factor, Grocer and
Commission Merchant,
283 BROAD STREET, AUGUSTA, GA.
Having recently returned from the
Northern Markets, after having purchased
a large and very carefully selected stock of
Groceries, etc., of the first quality, I am
now prepare;! to offer to my patrons and
the trade generally, the following at lowest
prices, and of which I shall make a special
ity, viz:
Sugar, Coffee, Bacon, Lard,
Flour, Butter, Cheese,
Molasses, Syrup,
Pickles and Canned
Goods, Brooms, Buckets, Etc.
My stock of TEAS are superior to any
ever brought iuto this market, and which
I offer at
GREATLY REDUCED PRICES!
A trial is respectfully solicited.
SPECIAL PERSONAL ATTENTION will
be given to all consignments of Cotton, Ac.
Commission for selling Cotton, 50c. per
bale; storage, 25c. per hale.
aug29-suwef r&c2w
RAILROAD HOUSE,
THOMSON, GA.,
By Henry McKinney.
CONVENIENT to Railroad Depot. Pas
sengers by Day Down Train take din
ner at this place. sep2-tf
RAMSEY & D’ANTIGNAC,
AUCTION AND
Commission Merchants
No. 304 BROAD STREET, Old Stand of
•John Nelson Hon,
BEG to inform their old friends and cus
tomers that they have opened an Auc
tion and Commission House in this city,
and hope, by strict attention to business,
to merit the confidence of all who may con
sign goods to them. Every effort will be
used to give entire satisfaction. Our
motto is
Quick Sales and Prompt Returns.
Commissions the same as any other First-
Class House. All parties consigning goods
to us can rely on their interest being faith
fully attended to.
We shall he thankful to our friends for
all favors.
W. A. RAMSEY, H, H. D’ANTIGNAC.
auglß-wedfr&sulm
TO RENT.
FOR RENT,
RESIDENCE AND STORE at 236 Broad
street, opposite C. V. Walker’s auction
house. Apply to J. JT. DERBY,
augl2-tf Or M. HYAMS.
TO RENT,
I’IRAME DWELLING, with eight rooms,
on the north side of Walker, fourth be
low Centre street. Apply to
James g. bailie,
auglO-tf 295 Broad street.
TO RENT.
From, the ist of October next.
the Store on the corner of Broad and
Washington streets, now occupied by Mr.
J. B. Norriss. Apply at
augs-tf THIS OFFICE^
TO RENT,
FROM the Ist of October, tho HOUSE
next to Dr. Garvin’s, with five Rooms,
and double Kitchen in yard, water and gar
den. Apply at
jy!4-tf NO. 84 WALKER STREET^
STORE TO RENT
iS TORE No. 290 Broad street, now occu
pied by P. G. Burum.
For Terms, apply to
jy!s-tf jEL H. DANTIGNAC.
TO RENT.
On Washington street, tho TENEMENT
HOUSE, next door to Dr. J. H. Eve’s.
Apply to
jy7-tf W. F. EVE
FOR RENT,
ONE-HALF of the first and second sto
ries of a large Brick Warehouse, for
merly occupied by Wheless & 00., Rey
nolds street. Wll he rented low to a good
tenant.
aug3l-6 W. T. WHELESS.
TO RENT,
171 ROM THE Ist OF OCTOBER NEXT.
F that LARGE and COMMODIOUS
STORE, No. 338 Broad street, at present oc
cupied by F. A. Timberlake & Cos.
Apply to
jy3l-tf ‘ P. H. PRIMROSE.
For Rent or to Lease.
rpHE WARRENTON HOTEL, newly fur-
L nished, and as desirable a location as is
in the country. Applications entertained
till September 10th next. For particulars
address Post Office Box No. 3, Warrenton,
Ga. aug2o-30d
TO RENT,
mHE OFFICE No. 3, Exchange Building,
at present occupied by Messrs. Beall, Spear3
A Cos. Ar.ply to
aug22-tf DANIEL & ROWLAND
TO RENT,
I7XROM the First of October next, the
dwelling on the North side of Broad
street (4th door from Mclntosh) now oc
cupied by Dr. J. P. H. Brown.
WM. A. WALTON.
No. 10, Old Post Office Range, Mclntosh
street, up stairs. aug7-tL
TO RENT.
PART OF A DOUSE with water, gas and
every convenience for house-keeping.
Price, $250 a year. Possession given Ist
September if desired. Also a suite of rooms
and a furnished lodging room. Location
central. Apply to
augl2-tf M. A. STOVALL.
Rooms to Rent.
A. SUIT OF FIVE ROOMS TO RENT
over Dr. F. A. Beall’s Drug Store. Apply
to GEO. D. CONNOR,
sepl-wefrsu 53 Jackson St.
TO RENT,
] 7l ROM THE FIRST OF OCTOBER next,
7 the elegant and commodious STORE,
209 Broad street, at present occupied by M.
S. Kean as a dry goods store. \ pplv to
H. F. CAMPBELL,
Or A. S. CAMPBELL,
jy29-tf 207 Broad street.
TO RENT,
rjIIIE STORE NOW OCCUPIED BY
YOUNG A HACK.
Apply to JOHN M. CLARK & CO.,
aug 29-4 t
TO RENT,
BY' E. W. HARK Eli, No. 83 Broad street,
below Lower Market, fine HOUSE,
with Bath Room, Ac. Rent low.
No. 18 Washington street, first door from
Broad street; lias four rooms and four
kitchen rooms, and large store
For sale cheap, 100 acies LAND in De-
Laigle’s old place. * aug27-lm
For Sale or to Rent.
HOUSE and lot on the south side of
Broad street, between Centre and El
bert, known as No. 84. now occupied by
Gen. li. Y'. Harris. The lot lias a front on
Broad and Ellis streets of 44 feet, more or
less. The improvements consist of a com
fortable two story brick dwelling, a kitchen,
&c.
Georgia Railroad stock, at a liberal price,
will be taken in exchange, or long time
given, if desired, to an approved purchaser.
If not sold the property will bo rented on
reasonable terms, and applications are so
licited. WM. A. WALTON,
No. 10 Old Post Office Range,
auglO-tf Mclntosh St., up stairs.
FOR SALE,
8 HORSE PORTABLE ENGINE, Shap
ley’s Patent Safety Boiler. Perfectly
safe from fire and explosion. Took first
premium at New York Stite Fair. 1
bought it on the ground. It is now running
my Plaining Mill, at Harlem, where it can
be seen at any time for the next ten days.
I am putting in a 30 horse engine and have
no further use for this one. Warranted in
perfect order and to give perfect satisfac
tion. Come and look at it and buy itif you
want the Best Portable Engine in the World
at a bargain.
H. A. COOK,
aug27-lw Hariem, Ga.
INSURANCE.
/ EO. SI’MMS, Agent, represents the fol
vT lowing Companies, viz:
Commercial Uuion Fire Assur
ance Company of London,
England, Gross Assets $17,714,578 06
Connecticut Fire Insurance
Company, Hartford, Conn.... 877,594 58
Manhattan Fire Insurance
Company, New York City.... 700,885 36
New Orleans Fire Insurance
Company, New Orleans, La.. 645,566 56
Home Protection Fire Insur
ance Company, Huntsville,
Ala 121,211 15
John Hancock Mutual Life In
surance Company, Boston,
Mass 2,750,000 00
$22,809,835 71
GEO. SYMMS, Agent,
No. 221 Broad Street,
septl-Gm Augusta, Ga.
TIII2 TEXAS
Cotton Worm Destroyer!
ASure<and Safe Remedy for the Destruc
tion of the
CATERPILLAR.
IT DOES AWAY WITH THE USE OF
Paris Green and all other poisonous ar
ticles; is more effectual, less dangerous,
and much cheaper than any aiticle ever of
fered for sale. Having been extensively
used in Texas during the past year, is said
to be by some of the best planters in the
State the only article ever used that will
entirely destroy the CATERPILLAR with
out injury to the plant. It is easily applied
and no danaer in its use, costing only
about 25 ci-.nts pek acre. For particulars
as to price, Ac., apply to
J ). 11. HULL, Savannah,
General Agent for Georgia.
m, A. STOVALL.
Agent, Augusta, Ga.
Agents wanted through the State. jelß-3m
EDUCATIONAL.
SELECT SCHOOL.
IVErs. WM. C. DERRY’S Select School for
girls will be reopened on Monday, Septem
ber 20tli 1875. Rates of Tuition, $lO, $8 and
$6, per Term of eleven weeks.
aug2swfcstilsept2o
Academy of Richmond Cos.
THE EXERCISES of this Institution will
be resumed on MONDAY, 13th of Sep
tember, 1875. It is important that pupils
should be present at the opening of the
session.
J. T. DERRY,
aug22-3vv Secretary of Faculty.
St Jolin’s.
ASelect Boarding School
FOR YOUNG LADIES,
TN ONE OF THE MOST BEAUTIFUL
JL and healthful districts of Western Mary
land.
Parents and gua dians who desire a
pleasant and attractive home for their chil
dren or wards, with first-class educational
opportunities, will please address
Rev. GEO. LEW ri Wi’ALEV ,
Knoxville, Frederick county, Md.
aug3-2ta w&tri-w Itn
MADAME SOSNOWSKI’S
HOME SCHOOL
FOR YOUNG LADIES,
ATHENS, GEOKGIA.
CALENDAR.
IJHE scholastic year is divided into 2 ses
sions. First session commences Sep
tember 15th; cecond session February 7th.
Closing Exercises occur on the lust
Thursday in J une—preceding two weeks—
devoted to private ex uninations.
Terms (per session), payable in advance.
Board, with use of fus SBO 00
English Department 3 > 00
Music-Instrumental 30 00
Music—Vocal, Extra Lessons 30 00
French Department 15 no
German Department ■ • 15 00
Drawing 10 00
Painting, in Oil and Pastel 30 00
Use of piano 5 00
Each pupil is required to furnish her own
bed linen, towels and lights.
Washing can be secured at moderate
rates. Jyl tf
REMOVAL.
I HAVE REMOVED TO NO. 330 BROAD
STREET, opposite Planters’ Hotel and
C. V. Walker’s Auction House. Come and
see us. J. A. BONDURANT.
sepl-tf
NOTICE.
ROM THIS DATE Mr. GEORGE W.
CALVIN becomes a Copartner of the
undersigned. The firm name will remain
as heretofore.
CALVIN & JONES.
September Ist, 1875. sepl-tf
Fruitland Nurseries, Augusta, Ga.
PJ. BERCKMANS, Proprietor. Orders
• for 'J rees, Plants, Bulbs, Seeds, etc.,
etc., left with the undersigned will be promt
ly attended to.
GEORGE SYMMS, Agent,
No. 221 Bread Street,
septi-Gm Augusta, Ga.
BE AL L, SPEARS & CO.,
COTTON FACTORS
AND
CoinmiKision 3lcrchunts !
HAY'E REMOVED to Office and Ware
house formerly occupied by them.
Warehouse, Nu. 0 Campbell street; Office
and Salesroom, No. 177 Reynolds street.
Augusta, Ga. _ sepl-3w
NOW’S THE TIME
To Patronize the New Store
AT
INTO. 330 Broad Htreet.
Opposite C. V. Walker’s Auction House
Come and see us.
sepl-tf J. A. BONDURANT.
NOTICE.
4 LL persons having left Watches, Clocks,
j V Jewelry, Guns or Pistols for repairs at
J. Kaplan are hereby notified to call for
them within 30 days from date, or they will
be sold at auction to pay expenses.
I will sell my stock of Clock-, Watches,
Jewelry, Fancy Goods, Pistols, Musical In
struments, Ac., 25 per cent, below cost till
September 29th, to close business.
J A COB KAPLAN,
150 Broad street.
Augusta, Ga., August 2Gth, 1875.
aug26-3Q
ASSIGNEE’S SALE.
BY BIGNON At CRUMP, Auor oneers.
BY virtue of an order from the Register
in Bankruptcy, will be sold for cash,
at public out-cry, at the Lower Market
Hou-e in this city, on the FIRST TUESDAY
IN SEPTEMBER next, between the usual
hours of s&le, the doubtfull and insolvent
notes and book accounts, (amounting in the
aggregate to about $4,0 and), of the late firm
of Ilvams A Neufville, Bankrupts, subject
to all equities, set-offs aud defenses. A list
of said claims eau be seen at the Court
House, store of Bignon at Oiump, and tne
office of T. & J L. Oakman, No. 2 Warren
Block. JULIUS L. OAKMAN,
Assignee of Est. Hya is A Neufville,
Bankrupts; au2B-tsep7
RAMSEY & D’ANTIGNAC,
AUCTIOIV Id Id 1454.
V¥TILL SELL ON FRIDAY, at 10 o’clock
v V a. m., in front of their Auction House,
the following Goods:
CHAIRS, MATTING, CLOTHING,
MACKEREL, in kits, H and y 9 bbls.,
FEATHERS, PLOWS and Plow Points,
IRON TIES, BEDSTEADS,
PILLOWS, PAINTS, SCALES,
PAILS, BUCKETS, BRUSHES,
SCHOOL BOOKS, HOODS,
And sundry other Goods. sep2-2
Attractions Extraordinary
THE ILIUMIMTED TEA-CHEST,
Presented to the
China Tea and Coffee Store
TEAS. TEAS. TEAS.
Samples Given Away.
\T7-E HAVE ALSO ERECTED A RE
IT YOLYING PYRAMID, containing
samples of the choicest Bottled Liquors,
put up expressly for those who are willing
to pay for a strictly pure article.
Call and see us. Satisfaction guaranteed
in all eases.
R. N. HOTCHKISS,
Prop’r China Tea and Coffee Store,
Rod Gilt Front, opp. Fountain,
jy2s-tf 143 Broad Street
O. H. PHINIZY’. F. B. FHINIZY.
C. H. PHINIZY & CO.
COTTON FACTORS
AUCUSTA, CEORCIA,
\TAKE LIBERAL ADVANCES ON OON
■IVL signments, buy and sell Cotton for fu
ture delivery in New York. Furnish Plant
ers with supplies. Keep alv\avs ou hand a
large Stock of BAGOI>iG, ami are the Sole
Agents for the
Beard Cotton Tie,
Winship Cotton Gin,
And the
Peerless Guano.
Consignments and Orders respectfully so
licited.
augl-2iu C. H. PHINIZY’ & CO.