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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. je23tf 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.