Below is the OCR text representation for this newspapers page.

©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, f SITUATED IN i! |iJ MOST CENTRAL PORTION (If THE CITY. % With Fronts on Brlid and Ellis. Between Jackson and <|*impbell Streets. “j 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 trwzxmmtmmammam] ■mhhhmmbh 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. au2B | “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. jyiß-tr 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. a.ug29-tf I 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. o 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., aug29-tf AUGUSTA, GEORGIA. 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. aug6-30 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. aug!s-3Qd 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. o 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. o 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. jelO-tf 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. aug2s-6 THE GREAT SUMMER ROUTE NORTH, VIA AUGUSTA, WILMINGTON. PORTSMOUTH, .G. %. t | \ .; t-x ' 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. jyl-2iu