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©je Constitutionalist
AUGUSTA, GA.:
Friday Morning, Sept. 3, 1875.
CURRENT TOPICS.
Commodore Foote ou Africa.
Commodore Andrew H. Foote, of the
l nited States Navy, spent many years of
his life on the coast of Africa, in command
of a vessel for the suppression of the slave
trade, lie had peculiar advantages for
forming a correct opinion of African char
acter and African civilization. He wrote
a book on the subject, and we give below
the result of his conclusion:
“The Afi ieau has never leached, until the
settlement of Liberia, a higher rank than a
King of Dahomey or the inventor of the
last fashionable gris-gris to prevent the
devils from stealing sugar-plums. No
philosopher among them has caught sight
of the mysteries of nature; no poet has
illustrated heaven, or earth, or the life of
man; no statesman has done anything to
lighten or brighten the links of human pol
icy. In fact, if all that the negroes of all
generations have ever done were to be ob
literated from recollection forever, the
world would lose no great truth, no profit
able art, no exemplary form of life. The
los iof all that is African would alfect no
memorable deduction from anything but
the earth's black catalogue of crime.
“If the whole negro nations were swept
away there would not remain a monument
on the face of their continent to tell that
such a race of men had occupied it.
“Africa is guilty of the slavery under
which she suffered; for her people vuide it,
us well as suffered it."
What a contrast between him in his na
tive c untry and in America. Foote was
there, directed by fanatics for the purpose
of keeping him shut up in his native
jungles—“to suppress the slave trade”—
yet to encourage that trade would
be to convert a barbarian into a
civilized man. New England is much
abused for bringing the negro to
America, but so far as the negro is con
cerned he should feel very thankful. The
humanitarians who have forced the great
maritime nations of the earth to maintain
squadrons on the coast or Africa to sup
press the slave trade, are doing that people
a questionable service. We want no more
of them here, but if any enlightened peo
ple could bo persuaded to take and civilize
any portion of them they would be doing
good service to God and man.
The War Between Colombia and Pan
ama.
As war is now prevailing on the Isthmus
of Panama, more or less affecting North
American interests, it nay be of interest to
understand what it is all about. Says the
Baltimore Sun: “There has been reason for
some time past to look for a general revo
lution in the United States of Colombia. A
quarrel has existed between the interior
and coast States in relation to the choice of
a President of the Republic. The promi
nent candidates were Parka and Nunez,
the former of whom is the favorite of the
Government and is supported by the inte
rior, and the latter is backed by the coast
States. The present Federal Chief Magis
trate, Perez, has abused his power to force
Parra upon the people as his successor,
using both the civil and military arms for
that purpose, and in direct opposition to
the constitution and compact between the
States. When Panama and some other
of the coast States threw their influence
in favor of Nunez, the President sent a
military officer to take command of the
troops in Panama and use them in oppo
sition to the coa-t party. The Governor of
Panama arrested this officer and defied the
national-government. Out of this collision
of authorities grew the pi*esent war. Last
month there was a light between a Bolivian
and a national steamer carrying troops
down the river, in which the latter was
worsted. If the other coast states unite
with Panama in this war the Federal Gov
ernment is likely to be defeated. Our own
country, however, has interests which are
likely to be put in peiil by this conflict.
'The Panama Railroad is owned by Ameri
can capitalists, and the Government of this
country was guaranteed a protectorate
over the road when ihe agreement to build
it was accepted. It is not surprising, there
fore, to learn that the Navy Department
has ordered United states vessels to look
out for Amer.can interests on the isthmus.
The steamer Omaha is already at Panama,
and can protect the depot and property of
the company at that point.”
Chicken Subscription—Humiliation of
the Press.
The Benton (Tenn.) Banner says, and
quite seriously: “Remember, chickens
are just the same as money. We will send
our paper one year to any address, for one
dozen spring chickens delivered at any de
pot on the railroad.” An editor who would
thus disgrace the profession of journalism
has no business in it. It is at once a con
fession that his paper is worthless, which
is only too true. The trouble with many
papers is their editors and proprietors are
at all times ready and willing to tra le them
off for trilling articles in store and from the
farm, generally the offal of each. Run
upon this plana paper lives out a miserable
short life, overwhelmed with debt, witii no
credit or standing commercially, and its
assertions and opinions worth no more in
the community in which it is published
than the note of the editor. He is willing
at all tim< s to take “a few chickens as
money,” or trade it off for drinks at
the bar-room, in doing which incurring the
contempt of the other party to the bargain.
It is a profession which should not be tri
lled with in this way. The sooner all such
newspapers die out or change their plan
the better. Since the w r ar the death of po
litical parties in the South, and the sever
ance of newspaper- from party allegiance
in the North, publishing a paper has be
come a strict matter of business. They
used to be run upon the plan of the town
pump, every politician in town could seize
the handle (the editor) and work it to his
heart’s content without money and with
out price. People would take them be
cause it was a duty to the party. But now
they subserit>e for the intrinsic value, and
nothing else. Such clap-trap as the Ten
nessee paper tries to palm off will not an
swer. It is not only disgraceful, but a slur
upon the profession.
Disappearance of a Planet.
From the Waynesboro Expositor of yes
terday, we copy the following most inter
esting statement:
“On Tuesday night last, about half past
ten o’clock, a beautiful star in the south
western portion of the lirmament dropped
from its orbit, and descended for the space
of live seconds, in a vertical line toward
the earth, when it burst, emitting vivid
scintillations and various colors, with a
brilliancy almost as dazzling as the sun at
noonday—and then all was dark again;
the star had gone out in night, whither and
tor what end the soul of man cannot com
prehend. Astronomers may sweep the heav
ens by the aid of their powerful lenses,
and may call the stars by their names, but
that one star must ever more be nameless;
it has lied away, and never more will any
place be found for it. At first we thought
it was Mars, the evil star of nations, that
had gone out, but no, he still sparkled; and
we puzzled our brain for a long while in
speculation, but arrived at no satisfactory
conclusion. And now, we accept the fact
that a star (probably of the first magni
tude) has gone out forever, and its going
regaled us with a most beautiful and mem
orable display, not to be adequately de
scribed—and in accepting which we leave
further speculation to savans."
Auiericus handled 24,717 bales last year.
GEORGIA GENERAL NEWS.
Columbus received 58,107 bales, against
01,099 the previous season—decline 2,992.
Jackson L. McMath, who was sot at a
school house in Sumter county by J. Wad
ley Miller, is dead. The Coronal’s jury ac
quitted Miller.
The Savannah News says Mr C. H. Way,
cotton broker of.Savannah, bought on Tues
day 1,000 bales of cotton for October de
livery, at 13 41-04 cents. The Advertiser says
he sold them.
The Griffin News learns from good au-,
thority that three young ladies, residing in
the good old county of Pike, have gather
ed, cut, dried and sold $250 w >rth of fruit
this season in Griffin, and invested the
money in a carriage.
The Columbus police have captured a ne
gro hailing from Mobile, who travels with
a trunk containing SBOO to SI,OOO worth of
silk dresses and jewelry. He spouted a
gold chain for a square drink of benzine,
and the “cops” immediately lit upon
him.
We learn from the Atlanta Herald that
Commissioner Janes is trying the experi
ment of preserving fine fruits and other
perishable products on ice until the meet
ing of the btate l air, so as to exhibit then
line specimens of our summer production.
We are informed that last week, iu Pick
ens county, a man named Jackson, who
was a principal witness in several illicit
distillery cases, was murdered by being
shot to death, and the crime is supposed to
have been committed by friends of those
against whom he was to appear.
McDuffie Journal: Mr. James A. Bryan,
Traveling Agent of the Augusta Constitu
tionalist, was iu Thomson yesterday in the
interest of iris paper, and paid us a call.
The Constitutionalist is oue of the most ably
edited dailies iu the South. We cheerfully
recommend Mr. Bryan lo our people.
Governor Smith has sent S. C. Williams,
one of his secretaries, to Laurens county to
investigate the riot there the other uay,
in which two negroes were Killed in an at
tack upon the sheriff. The Atlanta Cos sti
tution says the Governor telegrpahed the
sheriff to summon such a posse hs would
be necessary for the restoration f order.
The respect we have for the sincerity, tr uth
and high standing of the gentleman above
referred to induces us to give Mr. White
the benefit of his statement, for while we
are dete, mined to guard witii our lives if
need be the purity and sociability of South
ern society, injustice we are yet unwilling
to do to any man.
Columbus hnquiner: The cotton season of
1874-’75 closed yesterday. The total receipts
at the United States ports, as telegraphed,
are 3,473,614 bales- 290,180 less than last
year. The Financial Chronicle makes the
difference about 330,000 bales. If the over
land and Southern consumption be 350,0(30
bales, as is generally estimated Iwe hardly
believe it will reach that much), the total
United States crop for the year is 3,823,634
ba1e5—346,754 less than last season. The
exact amount of overland will require some
days to determine.
Columbus Enquirer: The new cotton
which is being sent to market is wretched
stuff. It is too green and the gins have cut
it badly. We heard two of our largest com
mission merchants say yesterday that they
could not fill orders with it, for it would
eertaiuly be rejected. It is policy in plant
ers to sun and dry their cottons belore
placing them in the gins. The staple thus
becomes of a prettier c lor and tne saws
will uot cut it so much, and hence a better
price can be obtained. Most of the new
cotton which has ttius far appeared is very
inferior, and rendered more so by the want
of dryness and tne consequent cutting by
gin saws.
Atlanta Commonwealth-Herald: In our
Monday evening edition we referred to tne
shameless conduct of A. J. White, iu put
ting a couple of negro children, under his
care, ou the Fullman Sleeping Gar. In that
article we commented severely upon the
character and life of Mr. White. Our arti
cle has called forth the earnest protest of
a geuth man in whose character, judgment
and veracity we have tho utmost confi
dence, and who assures us that we have
done Mr. White a great injustice, and that,
however much circumstances may appear
against him, he is innocent of the grave
ehai ges urged against him ; that he is not
tin father of the mulattoes, and that fie
did not force them ou the sleeper, but put
them there with the e nsent of the conduc
tor, who surrendered his own ber th to ac
commodate them.
McDuffie Journal: Sunday morning last a
negro woman on the plantation of Mr. Jesse
Morris gave birth to twins of the female
gender, who are curiosities, and who, bad
they lived, would have been tire caief of ail
twins yet heard of. Their bodies and limb
were perfectly developed, as were the or
gans of speech, heaiing and sight. The
botes of the face were also perfect, but
they had no skull bone, and the train was
only hid from view by a thin membrane.
Tne parent gave her consent for the dead
infants to be given to the medical fraterni
ty lor the benefit of that science, and it is
the opinion of physicians who examined
them before they were embalmed, that
they were joined together by a slender
cord at the back of their heads. They are
now iu tire possession of Dr. E. S. Harri
son, who, we believe, contemplates sending
them to Augusta to be added to the mu
seum of the Medical College.*
Columbus Times: Yesterday we learned
from a Stewart county gentleman that a
serious fracas occurred in that county on
Saturday. Mr. Poindexter Cherry and Mr.
Whit Cain had sflmedifficulty about a crop.
Cain was arrested ou a warrant taken out
by Cherry and put in jail. He was subse
quently acquitted of the charge against,
him and released. On Saturday Cherry
wei t to Cain’s house to have another fuss
with him, and made an endeavor to break
in. He was told to go away, but w mid not.
He continued his efforts to break in, when
Cain shot him five times, infli ting wounds
from which he eaunot recover, it is said
that Cherry had made several previous
attempts to renew the old quarrel. At last
accounts he was not dead, but it is said he
cannot live long. We are not iuformeci
whether Cain has been arrested or not.
“II H.J,”the perambulating Bohemian*
was in town the other day and writes to his
paper “Augusta sadly needs a first-class
hotel. The opulent denizens of that staid
old city can well afford it, and should be no
longer without the luxury. Augusta has
earned the reputatiou of being the champ
ion city for watermelons ail the world
over.” Crossing the river, which lie de
clares “is as broad as the Mississippi at iSt
Louis, he exclaims, “poor old Shultz’s fol
ly, negro-ridden, decaying Hamburg. Not
a white face was visible in the home of In
tendant “Maj. Gen. Livers,” lie or the
“blue uniform,” and “louped up” starry,
low crowned hapeau, which appear&l for a
little while at saiidersviile. The dog fen
nel covered all the streets and areas of the
black nabob’s domain, and we could but
think had the “general” and his lieuten
ant, Morris, succeeded in their villainous
machinations, how soon the soil of Geor
gia also would have brought forth nothing
save a similar crop.”
The Rome Commercial knocks every
squash editor out of the ring as follows:
The liev. J. A. Clement, a well known
minister, of Forestvillo, while formerly re
siding in Alabama, had growing on his
place a squash of most remarkable size and
self-recuperative powers. This squash
wouid sometimes grow to such a size as
to weigh between two and three hundred
pounds. This, of itself, is sufficient to give
it high claims to distinction. One of them
will supply one person with squash for an
entile season. This squash is not pulled
from the vine, but whenever any of it is
needed for the table a slice is cut there
from. Now here conies the remarkable
feature in this squash. Instead of, like
other squashes, decaying when a slice has
been cut from them, this 7 squash heals up
and anew piece grows in tne place where
the slice had been cut out. And thus it
continues to heal up as often as a slice is
cut uutil the vegetable season is passed
Truly this is a most wonderful vegetable.
If any of the seed were saved we should be
glad to get some of them.
ALanta Constitution: , And now DeKalb
steps forward with her candidate for Gov
ernor, Dave Longshore, B. S., a sturdy
blacksmith 117 years old, father of 27 chil
dreu, mostly boys and girls, who never
buttoned his shirt collar, tied his shoes or
wore a beaver in his life. He can beat any
man in the State shoeing hoi’ses or putting
a tire on a wagon wheel. * * At a meet
ing of the Directors of the Georgia Na
tional Bank yesterday, two vacancies in
the directorship were supplied for the un
expired year. Mr. E. L. Jones was then
elected President and O.F. Simpson cashier.
The Directors now are H. T. Phillips. Sam
uel Hape. Theodore Schumann. O. P. Simp
son and E. L. Jones. Colonel John
T. Grant resigned the Presidency of
the Citizens’ Bank on account of ac
cumulation of private business. * *
Miss Kate Boykin, eldest daughter of Rev.
T. C. Boykin, died at the residence of her
father, in this city, at 3 o’clock yesterday
morning, of typhoid fever, after at. illness
of two montlfcs.
An Indiana school boy has written
his name high up on the scroll of fame
this time. His teacher wanted to know
the number of zones. “Four,’ - was the
reply—the horrid, the frigid, the tem
perate, and —the intemperate.” He will
enteethe lecture field this Fall.
A party of Fiji! Islanders are to at
tend the Centennia}. Sealed proposals
for supplying them with roast mis
sionary during their stay sh9uld be
sent io at ouce,
Willis Gaylord Clark.
Woodland Cottage, )
Stewart Cos., Ga., Jnue 8,1875. j
Editor Enquirer-Sun : The following poem
was written by Willis Gaylord Clark (who
at that time was editor or the Philadelphia
Uazttte), in 1841, soon after the death of his
beloved wife. Mr. Clark’s mortal suffer
ings, on account of the bereavement, which
it is said bore upon him with unusual
weight, ad>!ed to consumption, soon hur
ried him to tho grave. It was a short t iine
before his death that he penned this poem,
and though it seems to inadequately ex
press the author’s grief, it is considered
one of the richest poetic gems iu the lan
guage. Very respectfully,
J. B. Gilb kr.
I see thee still!
Remembrance, faithful to her trust,
Calls thee, in beauty, from the dust;
Thou eomest in the morning light,
Thou’rt with me through the gloomy
night.
In dreams I meet thee, as of old,
i hen thy soft arms my neck enfold,
And thy sweet voice is in my ear;
In every scene to memory dear,
I see thee still!
I see thee still!
In every hallowed token round;
J his little ring thy linger bound—
This lock of hair thy forehead shaded—
This silken chain by thee was braided—
These flowers, all withered, now, like thee,
Beloved, thou did’st cull for me—
This book was thine—here thou did’st read;
This picture; ah! yes, here indeed
I see thee still!
I see thee still!
Here wa< thy summer-noon’s retreat—
This was thy favorite fireside seat
This was thy chamber where, each day,
I sat and watched thy sau decay;
Here, on this bed, thou last did’st lie—
Here, on this pillow, thou did’st die!
Dark hour! once more its woes unfold—
As when 1 saw thee, pale and cold,
I see thee still!
I see thee still!
Thou art not iu thy tomb confined.
Death cannot claim tli immortal mind!
L t earth close o’er its sacred trust,
Yet goodness dies not in the dust.
Thee, oh ! beloved, tis not thee
Beneath the coffin’s lid I see;
Thou to a fairer laud, art gone!
T here, let me hope, my journey done,
I’ll see thee still!
England and Russia.
The Loudon Army and Navy Gazette
closes a leading article on England’s
chances in war with Russia by saying:
There is no such Mahometan popu
lation in Russian provinces to arouse
tho revolt ns we have to dial
with in India, and although the
Czar’s authority has been reject
ed by rebels, who more than once
shook t lie very empire and menaced
its integrity, there seems no element of
danger within the limits of the empire
comparable to that which burned so
fiercely in Hindostan in 1857-8. It
really is enough to make the reader
“jump” with astonishment when he
finds the leading journal gravely set
ting forth that, iq.ease of war between
England and Russia, it would be waged
on such a scale as to leave Russia no
forces to spare for an attack ou our In
dian Empire, at an immense distance
from her base of operations. “We
should take care to drain her strength
at the point most convenient to our
selves, as we did during the Crimean
war!” If the Times can suggest where
that point is. we may afford to treat
the advance of Russia in the East witii
indifference, but, meantime, let us point
out that the “we” who might have this
dispute would probably be ourselves,
and that “we” certainly would uot be
“identic” with the “we” who be
leaguered Sebastopol. The “we” of
1854, who imposed ou Russia the
treaty of Paris of 1856, were—
first, Erauce; second, Great Britain;
third, Turkey; fourth, Sardinia; fifth,
Austria, which occupied the attention
of 100,000 of the best Russian troops;
sixth, Prussia, which came iu as co
siguatory of the very treaty that iu
1870 Russia tore up into very small
pieces and flung in our faces. It is,
indeed, putting a bold face on it to say
that India is au assured base of opera
tions, considering that we have to
send to India, by thousands of miles of
sea, every man, musket and cannon on
which we could rely.
—i m i
A wealthy Arabian merchant has fur
nished a German journal some inter
esting Information about Mecca. The
grand sheriff, he says, is richer than
his master, the Sultan; he speaks
French and has French dishes at liis
table, and eats on the finest china, but
never uses a knife, fork or spoon. The
furniture of his house is made iu the
European style and comes from Con
stantinople. Life in Mecca daring the
pilgrim season, when there are about
100,000 pilgrims in the town, is much
more expensive than at other
times; beef is Bd. a pound and bread
1 2-3d. a pound. The streets are light
ed up with petroleum, and the expense
of lighting is borne, not by the munici
pality, (which, however, 'provides the
lanterns), but by each householder. —
The streets are all paved, and many of
the houses are seven stories high.—
There is a post office in the town, which
seuds mails once a day to the harbor of
Djeddah. Letters are brought to the
houses to which they are addressed,
and it is customary to give the post
man a piastre (3d.) for his trouble. —
There is also a photographer in the
town ; but no Christian books are to be
found in the booksellers’ shops, as
their sale is not permitted.
Cotton Manufacture in India. —No
less than 600,000 spindles are now em
ployed in the manufacture of cotton
goods iu East India, and as many more
iu course of construction. This sudden
development of native industry has as
tounded the Manchester (England)
manufacturers who, having controlled
almost the entire trade of the country,
now see their chances of future profits
fading away. Consequently an effort is
being made to do away with the five
per cent, import duty which protects
India manufacturers against the
competition, in the markets of that
country, of the Manchester mill own
ers. But even if the import duty were
removed in India, it would not interfere
with the progress of her cotton manu
facturing industry, for manufacturers,
on account of the abundance of labor
ers, could work the relay system much
easier iu India than in England. The
natives sleep as easily by day as by
night., and, by changing forces every
twelve hours, the mills would bo kept
constantly going, and thus doubly dis
comfit the Manchester mill owners. —
New York Express.
Coming Htate Elections.
Arkansas Monday, Sept. C
Maine Monday, Sept. 13
lowa Tuesday, Oct. 12
Ohio Tuesday, Oct. 12
Virginia Tuesday, Nov. 2
Kansas Tuesday, Nov. 2
Maryland Tuesday, Nov. 2
Massachusetts Tuesday, Nov. 2
Mississippi Tuesday, Nov. 2
Minnesota ..Tuesday, Nov. 2
Missouri Tuesday, Nov. 2
New York Tuesday, Nov. 2
New Jersey Tuesday, Nov. 2
Pennsylvania Tuesday, Nov. 2
Texas Tuesday, Nov. 9
What is the difference between sper
maceti and a school-boy’s howl ? One
is the wax produced by the whale, and
the other is the wail produced by the
whacks!
It a good plan for the President to
keep a rascal in his Cabinet, knowing
him to be a rascal, merely because the
said official desires to be permitted to
keep his place “till after the Ohio elec
tion !”—[Hartford Times.
Superstition changes a man to a
beast, fanaticism makes him a wild
beast, and despotism a beast of burden,
-—[La Harpe.
CITY PROPE RTY FOR SALE.
PEREMP 1 ’ORY SALE
AT AUCTION BY ' ONSENT OF PARTIES
On Easy Term and Long Credit
O MOST
Permanently Vallable and Productive
CITY PROPERTY,
The Lafayette Hi 11 and Opera House
Containing Spacioi ■; Stores, Officess and
Saj oous,
ALL SUCCESSFUL AND POPULAR BUSI
NESS Stands,
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SITUATED IN i! |iJ MOST CENTRAL
PORTION (If THE CITY.
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With Fronts on Brlid and Ellis. Between
Jackson and <|*impbell Streets.
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BY C. V. WALKERf Auctioneer.
TUESDAY, the 7th|September, 1875, at 12
o’clock, m., in front of the Opera
House Arcade, in thi t city, will positively
be sold, at public aui .ion, by consent of the
parties iu interest, ti e following described
and very choice coi imereial and invest
ment property, to-wl , :
That centrally s mated, substantially
built and very prodi ctive property popit
iily known its the Lafayette Hail a.id
'oora House, situat a in the city of Au
gusta, county of Rit iimond, and State of
Georgia, and in till square bounded by
Broad, Ellis, Jackson and Campbell streets.
The portion of grouj id on which they are
built measures a tc; tal front on back of
Broad and Ellis straits 65 feet, by an ex
treme depth between parallel lines and ex
tending from street > street of 271 feet 6
inches, said measure! lent ail being more or
less. Jbe said pro; 1 erty, if not sold in
block, will bo sold ju , divided into lots, des
ignated by the No 3. | 2 and 3, according to
|ilans of J. F. Braun,, nchitect, to be exhib
ited on the day oil sale. Ihe said lots
measure as] follow- Lots Nos. 1 and 2
front on the south : ide of Broad street,
having each 26 feet si . inches thereon, by a
deptli between paral el lines of 126 feet in
deptli towards Lllis s reet.
Lot No. 1 is impro ed with the Substan
tial Three and Two-s ory Brick Buildings
known and designa ed by the No. 272
Broad street. The 1<: wer story contains a
spacious and conmn; dlous Store—one of
the finest business s ; ands in the city and
arranged and adapted for Offices or Dwell
ing above. With L< t No. 1 and the im
provements thereon dll be sold the Tene
ment east of tlu* Area* e or entrance, erected
immediately above tl * same, subje t to ail
the conditions of s irvitude hereinafter
specified.
Lot No. 2, west of 1 a Arcade or entrance,
measures 26 feet 6 incl ;s front on the south
side of Broad street by a depth between
parallel lines of 126 fo< Howards Ellis street ,
together with all the mprovements there
on, known and desifjiated by the No. 274
Broad street, and con; prising the substan
tially built three-stor! Brick Building with
a spacious two-story Brick Store iu tiie
rear. The main bu; ding contains that
splendid Store and c mice business stand
occupied by Messrs. Myers A Marcus,
wholesale dry goods dealers. The upper
portion is arranged fo 1 dwelling and adapt
ed for offices. Tne oregoing [described
property is leased to md occupied by the
well known wholesale iealers iu dry goods
and clothiug, Messrs. Vlyers A Marcus, L.
Sylvester and others, until the Ist of Octo
ber, 1875, yielding an aggregate rental of
$6,400 per annum.
Lot No. 3 comprises Hie remainder of tire
property, measuring i total front on Ellis
street of 65 feet by ad ptii between parallel
Hues of 145 feet 6 inch* s, from which point
it contracts lo a widtl of 12 feet, ami ex
tends to and fronts onaSouth Broad street.
Phis said extension i. known as the Ar
cade, or entrance fron Broad street to the
Opera House. Also, lie present existing
alleyway, of 7 feel wid h, opening on Ellis
street Lots 1 and 2 tv have the rignt, in
common with Lot No. i, to use, but not to
obstruct, tiie said A*'ado or alley wav
together with all the i iprovements there
on, comprising that xtensive, capacious
and subst ntially-bu 1 book Opera House,
covered witii slate, coj per gutters, cement
ed basement throughq it, well lighted and
ventilated and provi ed with ample en
trance and exit arraDfj unents and accom
modations. The stagifis 41 feet depth, the
auitorium lias a parquet, dress circle,
gallery and a seating ( ipaoity of about one
thousand—has contain iu 1,400 persons. The
basement is adapted fir saloon purposes,
lighted with gas throe rhout, and the only
establishment of its ind in the city for
public entortaiument. j With ordiuary care
and small expense tha-r property alone is
susceptiole of produciilg a large and cer
tain income. It lias yielded in ordinarily
prosperous seasons ovlr $6,000 per annum.
The above decscribeil property, compris
ing, as it does, the moig, extensive and cen
trally located propertvjin the city of Au
gusta in market, is wet worthy tne atten
tion of capitalists setidiig safe, reliably
productive and permaismtly valuable city
property for investnleut. As busiuess
stands, adapted for eitjer the wholesale or
r etail trade, banking o* insurance business,
no property can be mole desirable. It will
l>e sold free from all iilcumbranee whatso
ever, the whole accord lig to plan of J. F.
Braun, architect, to be Inhibited on the day
of sale, and ou the following favorable
terms and conditions: J
One-third or oue-hali cash, at tho option
of the purchasers; th* remainder at oue
and two years’ credit i >r notes of the pur
chasers, specially seeu 3d by mortgage on
the property, bearing i .terest at the rate
of eight per cent, per a mum from the day
of sale uutil final pa vmflint; said interest to
be paid half yea ly front date, and tiie pur
chaser to keep tin 1 im rovements insured
for tlnir value, and to ransfer the po icies
thereof to the holder! of the notes; the
notes, if required, to re drawn for such
amounts to suit the pa;|oes in interest, anil
the acts of sale at the xpense of tiie pur
chasers, before Wiu. A Wuiton, Esq., No
tary Public, 'ihe rental of all tho property
are reserved up to theiluth of September,
1875. jy2s-td
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PUBLIC |*OTICE.
]IIAVE given Mr. Jils. Daly an interest
L in my bus ness; tlufl style oT the firm
trom this date will be A. GRAY &
Cos. JJAS. A. GRAY.
Augusta, Ga., Aug. 2Glh, 1875.
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“PURE |eED”
“RUST PROj)F OATS.”
] 3RICE $1.25 CASH, P§R BUSHEL. Sown
in August or SepUSnber, the most cer
tain crop raised—suce >eding on the Sea
coast, where no other 1 ,iat ever matures
seed, as well as on high! uids.
Grown expressly for s jed, and for sale by
EDWAE I) BANCROFT,
Athens, Ga.
For sale by
C. 11. P IINIZY, &, CO.,
augl.3-lm* Augusta, Ga.
FOR S\LE!
A WINDLASS, with a Brake attached,
built by Mr. Geor; ;e Cooper, of this
c.ty.
Also, a Ruggles PAPI R CUTTER, which
cuts 26 inches wide. A in good order.
The abuvo mentioned' Machines will bo
gold CHEAP FOR CASI,. Apply at ‘
THIS OFFICE.
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ANOTHER GR|AT SALE!
OF LANGLEY FAC'D RY SHEETINGS,
Shirtings and Drfj s. Avery large
lot of Bleached Shirting] and Fall Calicoes
at
C. -I- T.
This great offering will open on MON
DAY. August 30th, and jontinue from day
to day until all these Gelds are closed out.
Call early, bring all tie you can
spare, and you will be |i,stonished at the
quantity of goods you for a few
dollars! *
Look for No. 136 Brold street, between
Monument and Centre sl|eets.
C. J. Tl BALK.
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Ck ■ \f p |k| To agentf and others, male
11 If Emlv and femtle, a SSO secret and
beautifully illustrated ioi-
A \Ai AV' page Noijdty Catalogue. R.
W I F. Younc! & Cos., 29 Broad
way. New York. I iy29-lawly
loan™ SAVINGS BANK,
NO. 353 BROAD STREET,
Cask 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,
CASHIER.
N. B.—Draw SIGHT DRAFTS ou Great Britain and Continental Europe
in sums of £1 and upwards. janl2-ly*
AUGUSTA TO NEW YORK
VIA
PORT ROYAL, S. C.
The following Comfortable and well-known Steamships,
Montgomery, 1,500 Tons, Capt. Faircloth,
Huntsville, 1,500 Tons, Capt. (Chester,
Are appointed to sail from PORT ROYAL for NEW YORK, direct, on FRIDAYS of
each w ek, afto ■ arrival of Morning Passenger Train from Augusta.
The following reduced rates of Passage are offered the Travelling Public:
Augusta to New Y ork A I toi urn, S3O
Augusta to New York, Straight,
Aiigusia Jo New York, HJeorage sls2
Which secures Accommodations in all resp ets equal to those of other lines.
STA T E R 0 <) M S AN D UER TH S
Can be secure i by application to
RICH’D. P. BUNDLE, Agent,
Por t Royal, S. C.
Or to the undorsigued,
T. S. DAVANT, G. P. A..
Augusta, Ga.
W Tickets on Sale at Planters’ Hotel and Ticket Office, Union Depot je4-3m
O FFICE O F TII E
Piedmont and Arlington Life insurance Company,
RICHMOND, VIRGINIA,
August 27th, 1875.
To Our Friends and Policy Holders in South Carolina and Augusta, Ga.:
We have arranged with Wm. M. Hutson, Jr., lately of South Carolina, to take
charge of our Agency at Augusta, Ga., and control the business heretofore conducted by
M. A. Ransom as our Agent.
We beg to assure you of the continued prosperity of your Company, and to ask your
earnest assistance in advancing our mutual interests by increasing its business.
We commend to your courtesies our new Agent, and would cite the con ection of one
so worthy and experienced in Life Insurance, as a substantial evidence of how high your
Company stands with those best qualified to judge.
Mr. Hutson can give you all needed information as to your interest, or by address
ing the Home Office, at Richmond, Va., your correspondence will receive prompt atten
tion. Very Respectfully,
W. C. CAUItIIVGTOSr, President.
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AGENCY OF THE
Piedmont and Arlington Life Insurance Company,
AVGUSTA, GA., August 27th, 1875.
Referring to above Card, bv which your attention is called to my appointment as
General Agent of the PIEDMONT AND ARLINGTON LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY,
at their Augusta Office, I think it proper to state to you that you may rest assured all
your interests with Company will be well cared for by me; you will be duly notilied, al
ways before the time, when your payments on policies becomes due, which payments
you will please either make personally at my office, or send to me by Post Office Order,
by Sight Draft, or in a Registered Letter, or by Express, upon receipt of which you will
have sent you promptly the Company’s receipt for payment.
To my friends in South Carolina, known through my connection with Security Life
Insurance Company, of New York, since 1871, I would commend most heartily the Com
pany I now represent as General Agent. While not detracting from well deserved mer
its of the Security Life, I would ask your liberal patronage to the PIEDMONT AND
ARLINGTON LIFE, a Company so well known to you for its solidity and strength, as
well as its conservative and able management, as to net and at my hands do recommenda
tion.
I will, as soon as possible, visit the different Counties of my Agency, and make local
arrangements for the convenience of our Policy Holders in paying their premiums.
Very Respectfully,
W . M. HUTSON, Jr.,
General Agent Piedmont and Arlington Life Insurance Cos.,
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WILMINGTON, N. C., LINES,
SEMI-WEEKLY
Fast Freight Route to Ail Points South or East.
BALTIMORE,
Baltimore and Southern Steam Transportation Company,
BAILING FROM BALTIMORE
Tuesday and Friday, at 3 P. _TVX.,
AND FROM WILMINGTON Wednesday and Saturday.
NEW YORK,
CLYDE’S WILMINGTON LINE,
SAILING FROM NEW YORK
Tuesday and Friday, at 3 P. M., and from Wil
mington Wednesday and Saturday,
G~l IVING through Bills of Lading to all points in North and South Carolina, Georgia
T and Alabama. For North or East bound Freight, to Baltimore, New York, Phil. 1
adelphia, Boston, Providence, Fall River, and other Eastern cities. Also, to Liverpool-
Glasgovv, Bremen, Antwerp, and other European points.
These Lines connect at Wilmington with the Wilmington, Columbia and Augusta
Railroad: connecting at Columbia, B. C., with the Greenville and Columbia Rail Road,
and Charlotte, Columbia and Augusta Railroad.
At Augusta, Ga., with the Georgia, Macon and Augusta, and Central Railroads, and
with their connecting roads, offer uuequaled facilities for tho prompt delivery of
Freight to all points. The Steamers of these Lines, on arrival in Wilmington, stop at
Railroad Depot, tho Freight transferred under covered sheds to Cars without delay,
and forwaided by the Fast Freight Express that evening.
No drayage in Wilmington, and no transfer from Wilmington South. Rates guar
anteed as low as by any other route. Losses or Overcharge3 promptly paid.
Mark all Goods “VIA WILMINGTON LINES.”
For Further information, apply to either of the Undersigned Agents of the Line:
EDWIN FITZGERALD, Agent Baltimore Line, 50 South street, Baltimore.
WM. P. CLYDE & CO., Agents New York Line, 6 Bowling Green, New York,
A. D. CAZAUX, Agent and N. Y. Lines, Wilmington, N. C,
E. K. BURGESS, Agent AVC. & A. Railroad, 263 Broadway, New York.
JOHN JENKINS, Agent, Augusta, Ga.
Jl. pope,
novs Gen’l Freight'Ageivt, Wilmington, N. C.. and 263 Broadway, New York
GINS ON TIME!
To Any Ami All Persons Desirous of Purchasing Gins
oiv TIME,
CAN DO SO BY PAYING ONE-HALF CASH; THE BALANCE PAYABLE 15th
October, 1876, with interest at 8 per cent. Or i will sell the entire Gin on Time, with
approved notes or good references.
P. S.-SEND FOR CIRCULAR.
THOMAS WYNNE,
augl9-law2w BELAIR, GEORGIA.
NOTICE.
rnillßTY DAY'S after date I shall become
X a PUBLIC or FREE TRADER, in ac
cordance with provisions of Section 1760 of
the Code of Geargia.
SARAH RICH.
I hereby consent to my wife becoming a
Public or Free I rader. J. RICH.
Augusta, Ga., August 6th, 1875.
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Pay your State, County and
School Taxes.
I'iHE 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 Cqunty.
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MANSION HOUSE
PORT ROYAL, IS. 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, S3O,
This is an entirely now and elegantly fur
nished house. Situation unsurpassed, sur
rounded with magniticent 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 cays near the salt
water.
Table supplied with everything the mar
ket affords. Fresh milk, butter, libit, veg
etables and fruits in their season.
Best of Cooks and Attendants.
Terms liberal.
C. E. WARREN,
je2ti-tf Proprietor.
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.
rnHE cottonAs spread on this machine from the bale, and is made into a very even
1 lap, at the rate of 300 to 400 pounds per hour. The Japs are then llnished on a
TWO-BEATER LAPPER,
WITH
KITSON’S PATENT EVENER
Attached, and owing to recent improvements in this Evener, the laps when ready for
the card, only varies one quarter of an ounce to the yard. The cost of picking by this
system is only aboutone mill per pound on the cloth produced, and the picker house is
safer from fire than the card r<> >m.
.03“Thare 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, Langley Manufac
turing Company, and at the best mi'is at Lowell. Lawrence, Fall River, Manchester
Lewiston, Providence, Rich mono, Baltimore, etc., etc.
The following are a tew among many testimonials wbicn we nave received:
AUGUST A FACTORY, Augusta, Ga., July 5,1875.
The Kitson Machine Lompang, Lowell, Mass.:
Gentlemen: We have been running your Compound Opener Lap per sand Finisher
Lappers, with Eveners, tor more than one year, and frankly say that they have given
the most eminent satisfaction. We Dave no hesitancy iu giving you our unqualified en
dorsement, and cordially recommend your Machines.
F. COGIN, Superintendent.
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OFFICE LANGLEY MANUFACTURING COMPANY, l
Langley, S. C., April It, 1873. J
The Kitson Machine Company, Lo vell, Mass.:
Gentlemen. I have been running your system of Compound Opener Lappers and
Finisher Lappers, witn Eveners, for mere th ■:> two vears nart :>t the Ortt< n Mill of tin*
Langley Manufacturing Company, and I have found it to work the mo-1 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 seoding 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 tire.
Yours, <!fcc., M. F. FOSTER, Superintendent.
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OFFICE MASSACHUSETTS COTTON MILLS, I
Lowell, February 20, 1874. j
The Kitson Machine Company, .Mwelt, 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 for labor and repairs. In our ‘ Prescott Mill,” where
we have two Compound Opener Lappers, and four Finisher Lappers, we have averaged
the past seven weeks 39,267 lbs. Cloth weekly. Yarn averaging about No. 22. Costone
14-100 mills (.00114) per lb. of cloth. We consider them a tirst class machine in all re
spects. Yours very truly,
1 k F. BATTLES, Agent.
MERRIMACK MANUFACTURING COMPANY, {
Lowell, January 23,1874. j
The Kitson Machine Company, Lowell, Mass.:
Gentlemen: We have been using some of your Compound Openei Lappers and
Finisher Lappers, with Eveners, for nearly three years, and at present are passing all
our cotton through them. The machines have proved satisfactory, and both in quantity
and quality of their work have answered the expectations formed of them.
Yours respectfully, JOHN C. PALFREY, Superintendent.
(The above Company have in use eight Compound Opener Lappers and sixteen Fin
isher Lappers, with Eveners; ordered at different times.)
Send for a Catalogue to THE KITSON MACHINE CO vi PANY.
SAMUEL E. STOTT. Treasurer,
jyfi-Sm LOWELL, MASS.
IRON* GRENADINE,
so CUNTS,
WORTH ONE DOLLAR!
The BEST IN THE WORLD. FOR THE PRICE. JUST RECEIVED FROM
AUCTION, at
JAMES:A. GRAY’S.
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AXTKMI ON ! PLANTERS.
We are general agents for the
%
PRIDGEON COTTON PRESS.
Which is highly recommended for its simplicity and very moderate cost, $125
complete.
Plauters iiyneed of a PRESS should examine this now invontion.
SIBLEY & WHELESS,
COTTON FACTORS, AUGUSTA, CA.
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THE GREAT SUMMER ROUTE NORTH,
VIA
AUGUSTA, WILMINGTON. PORTSMOUTH,
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AND
The Magnificent Sidewheel Steamships
OF THE
OLD DOMINION LINE!
WHICH leave Portsmouth, Va., upon the arrival of Trains via the Atlantic Coast
Line, at 7 :30 p. m., in the following appointed order:
Steamship ISAAC BELL, 1 COO Tons.. Capt. BLAKEMAN, Monday.
steamship W YANOKE, 2.040 Tons. Capt. COUCH, Wednesday.
Steamship OLD DOMINION, 2 210 Tons. Capt. WALKER, Saturday.
And upon the above named Schedule during the entire Summer and Autumn The su
pertor accommodations, luxurious tables any absence of all unpleasant and dangerous
ocean navigation, commend 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 checked to destination, and equal facility of transfer and delivery in New
York as by other Transportation Lines.
W. H. STANFORD,
Secretary Old Dominion S. S. Company, No. 197 Greenwich Street, New York.
W.M. TIMBERLAKE, Agt. Atlantic Coast Line, Augusta,
B. F. BROWN, Ticket Agent, Planters’ Hotel.
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