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®J )t CojTStiMioiwlist AUGUSTA, GA.: Saturday Morning, September 4,1875. The Business Outlook—What the Or gans Say. As no man can possibly tell what de velopments are about to take place, what unexpected smashes and unlook ed for complications, so it is a matter of mere conjecture whether or not this Fall and Winter will bring the couutry considerable prosperity. The general opinion is, that, so far as the South is is concerned, matters can be no worse, and, in view of the cotton crop now coming to market, every branch of trade must be bettered. The New York Herald gives the following opinion: As to the immediate business of the Autumn the prospect is fair, but not ex hilarating. Agriculture, the greatest of our interests and the chief piilar of the national wealth, is not suffering like manu factures and mining. As much labor has boon employed in agriculture as in any preceediug year, and the crops are gener ally good, especially products which we raise for exportation, foreign demand is sufficient to insure reasonable prices, and as soon as the crops of the country begin to move to their markets there will be a re vival of activity which will make quite a contrast to the recent torpor and stagna tion. But all our groat resources of varied production will not be called into full ac tivity until the Government shall have wis dom aud energy to lay a bold reforming hand on affairs and give us a sound cur rency, moderate taxes, and an example of that honest economy which must be prac ticed by the people. There is much reason and sound sense in the above paragraph. The United States have all of elements of wealth-production, but bad laws and wicked State-craft have paralyzed the very sources of money-making as well as social tranquillity. If the Republi can programme has been proven so disastrous, the people should drive from power the architects of ruin and, as far as possible, reverse their blighting administration of affairs. The September book of the Mercan tile Agency of Dun, Barlow & Cos., of New York, descanting on the immedi ate business future, has the following: Whether the expectations which have been entertained of an improved condition of trade for the present year are to be re alized or not, the next ninety days will de termine. That these hopes of revival have not been sanguine is true, but tho disap pointment which may follow their non fulfillment will be none the less serious. The same authority, reviewing the crop movement as one of the prime agencies for the recovery of business, thus speaks: Though it may take many months to re alize this wealth, tho operation by which that realization will be carried forward ought soon to be manifest, and the proba ble result pretty definitely anticipated. It is undeniablo that there exists now a very uncertain aud feverish condition of things that business in first hands is almost at a stand still, and that to induce purchases something is needed more tangible than bright prospects, which have too often proved delusive. We are, therefore. on the eve of a most important and critical sea son io the commercial history of tho coun try, and closo observers will watch with some anxity the indications which the next few weeks will afford. The true case seems to be this: If Eastern and Western dealers are com pelled to sacrifice their stocks in trade nothing can save them from financial ruin. If Southern planters realize very low prices for their cotton, they will not be on the high tide to fortune, es pecially such of them as have made their cotton by borrowing money at usurious rates. If the planters have an unsatisfactory market they will not buy largely from the city merchants, and those, in turn, will cut their ex penses down to a minimum. We must hope for the best patiently. The chances are that, in any event, the South will go through this Fall and Winter with much more satisfaction than many portions of the East or W e st. A Humorous Yiew a Serious Matter. An attempt has been made on the part of the hard money men to prove the fallacy of their opponents’ argu ment by a bar-keeper’s story of “in flated cock-tails.” It was a capital hit and much more readable than most of the lumbering speeches on the same subject; but the Detroit Free Press, in a much smaller compass, and with su perior wit, thus turns the tables: “Well, bub,” replied Bijah, as he finished hanging up the broom, “this currency ques tion bothers many besides you, though it’s ® clear enough to me. You see that twenty live cent scrip, don’t you?” The boy remarked that lie did, and Bijah placed it on the window sill, weighed it down with a peach stone, and continued: "That bit of paper is marked *25 cents,’ but is it twenty-flvo cents? Is it anything more than a piece of paper?” “I dunno,” solemnly replied the boy. “Has that bit of paper any real value be yond its being a promise to pay?” demand ed Bijah. “W 7 hat paper?” “That ’ere twenty-five ” He stopped there. Someone had sneaked up the alley and slyly stolen both scrip and peach stone. “Never mind,” condoled the boy, “ It hadn’t any intrinsic value.” “It hadn’t, eh?” growled the old janitor; “I just want to catch the wolf who ab sorbed it!” Volumes could hardly say more, and the crowning argument of all is this : If greenbacks are “rags,” so are bonds. Both are backed by the “credit of the nation.” If the “nation” has precious little credit —as some folks contend— the time is not very remote when a common fate will befall the national securities, bond or greenback. In the language of Mother Goose, adapted to the occasion, it is : Kockaby, Sam, on the tree top, When the wind blows the “nation” will rock; . When the bough breaks the “nation” will fall, And down will come bonds, greenbacks and all! Enterprise.— Decoying hundreds of young men into a city by newspaper puffing is very questionable enterprise. It i3 better to tell the truth and let the man who is doing moderately well in the country remain where he is. A farmer boy who has ambition and pluck will, if needs be, find his way to town without any trouble. All others had better cultivate the paternal acres and thank God for their lot. The New Radical Change of Base. In Ohio and Maryland the ne w Know Nothing movement has grown most vociferous. So far as the currency question is concerned, it has become, with the Republicans, only a secondary consideration in the former State, everything of that character having been subordinated to an attack upon the religion of a large number of Dem ocrats. In Maryland a Know Nothing party, called “Potato Bugs,’ : makes quite a loud display, and it is a notice able fact that the chief organ is a Rad ical newspaper and the prime movers are Radical politicians and religious bi gots. All of the paraphernalia of Know Nothingism has been brought out for service. The head fuglemen call them selves “reformers” and “friends of the people”—just as Robespierre and Marat did in France — and their deliberations and nomina tions are all in secret conclaves, lit by dark lanterns and hedged about with mystery. The Baltimore Gazette, which is waging fierce war against th s cabal, truthfully says : “ Beneath the surface of all this hidden movement the work of Radicalism is plainly visible. It is only part and parcel of the plot of Rad icals in tho last ditch. In Ohio the same hidden movement is at work. Ail over tho State the Know-Nothing organizations have been reviv ed, and, as if by a preconcerted signal, tho dis cussion of the currency issue has been dropped, and the campaign turned to a discussion of Know-Nothing princi ples. In other States the drift of Rad icalism is the same, and it shows itself in hideous Know-Nothing guise here, as elsewhere. The fact cannot be dis guised, no matter how plausible the surface appearance. The ass is plain ly outlined beneath the lion’s skin ; in nine cases in ten underneath the re form cloak you will find a Radical.” Senator Thurman, in a recent speech, before thousands of the people of his State, closed with these eloquent and memorable words: I stand here to defend the rights of every church, and to maintain that every man, be lie Christian or Jew, Protestant and Catholic, priest or layman, believer or un believer, shall enjoy, to the fullest extent, his rights as a citizen; that he shall have the rights guaranteed by our Constitutions —Federal and State—the right of free speech, the right to petition the law-mak ing power, the right to vote as he sees fit, the right to hold office, and, most sacred of ail, the light to worship Almighty God j according to the dictates of his own con science. I stand here to maintain that he shall not be traduced and proscribed be cause he exercises them; that he shall be, to all intents and purposes, what the Con stitution makes him—a freeman. I stand here to denounce the agitators who would practically deprive any man of these rights; to denounce the Know Nothing spirit that seeks to reduce Catholics aid foreign-born citizens to the status of a degraded class in the com munity; to denounce the hypocrisy ihat pre tends that our schools, are in danger, or that our legislation is controlled bg any priesthood whatever; and I stand hero to appeal to you, wha Lever may be your religious belief or disbelief, whatever are or may have been your political affiiliation-, whatever may be your calling or occupation, whatever may be the land in which your eyes first beheld the sun, to set the seal of your con demnation upon the most heartless, insin cere, illiberal, anti-American and danger ous attack upon freedom of conscience, the rights of the citizen, the peace of society and the welfare of your Government, ever made in America since the Know Nothing banner, twenty years ago, went down in the dust! Wise and brave words, fearlessly ut tered ! It is characteristic of partisans like Morton, and his rule-or-ruiu follow ing, to abandon a legitimate subject of discussion, such as the currency,and then perfidiously, and with diabolical intent, shift the ground in order to arouse the passions and prejudices of men, iioping thereby, like cuttle-fish, to escape destruction by blackening the waters in which they move. When the Balti more Gazette expressed a hopes that William Allen and the Democracy of Ohio should bo defeated, and did what it could to accomplish that purpose, little did the conductors of that journal dream how mischiev ous such a policy wa?. In its anxiety about hard money, the fact seemed to escape the Gazette that anything like such an issue should be made second ary to an overthrow of the Democracy and William Allen. Doubtless the Gazette, confronted with Know-Noth ingistn at home and abroad, perceives at last that good men everywhere should either place no barrier in the way of Allen’s overwhelming triumph, or else work day and night, with un flagging efforts, to make his victory secure beyond a peradventure. Well Pot. —The New York Bulletin notes that “for years the whole conmer and financial life of San Francisco has been in a state of high fever, and the Inflation of values baa cernainly equalled if not exceeded that which prevailed on this side the Rocky Moun tains before September, 1873. And all under a gold system of currency the most rigid that can be found In almost any part of the world, the paper circu lation being in the proportion of only about 1 in 5 to the metallic. What, then, shall be said of the potency of a gold currency to avert the evils of speculation ? There are few or no evils for which the greenback currency is held responsible which are not found to have existed undor the hard money system of California, and in an equal if not a larger degree. What, then, is the inference ? Not that the character of a currency has no sort of connection with the character of the business for which it is employed ; but that the in fluence of the currency is much less vi tal than is commonly supposed; and that the abnormal Inflation of values, under speculation, general extrava gance of expenditures and unsound banking—evils which culminated in the panics alike of New York and San Francisco—may exist independently of either a paper or a specie currency.” Washington.— A Granger writing to the Cincinnati Gazette thinks the city of Washington is a failure in point of material splendor. We cannot agree with this Patron. It is true that mil lions of money have been squandered there and millions stolen; but, whatever may be the turpitude of Boss Sheppard and his gang, they have made the Federal Capital one of the grandest cities in the world. “Plantation Manners.” In the halls of Congress, the co ordinate departments of Government, and in social life at Washington, the people of the North used to make great boasts of how they would reform matters, when power departed from the South. They styled the high-toned customs of sixteen years ago “planta tion manners.” Well, time passed, the South went to the wall and the North has had her chance. In what way has the Government been improved? Are the army and navy better off in point of manners? Has social-life at Wash ington grown more refined and moral ? Very great, indeed, is the hardihood that would answer affirmatively We have talked with men in all branches of the service, and the newspapers re cord what fashionable circles in Wash ington are. And in every part of the country, in all the ramifications of its religious, professional and mercantile existence, what infamy has not been developed by tho withdrawal of the true Southern element! The powerful and brilliant declaration of Elihu Bur ritt that the supplantiug of Southern influence by shoddy shams had worked infinite harm to the whole land remains uncontradicted to this day, and can never be controverted. We very much fear that the time has gone forever when the South could restore the hon esty and genuine chivalry of former years, but it may be that enough of her ancient spirit remains to check the wholesale depravity now existing, if a full restoration of wholesome life be impossible. Bitterly i3 the North reaping her ruin of our institutions and an attempted degradation of our manhood. Just as the trade journals are admitting that a recuperation of Southern industry is necessary for the reestablishment of their dwindling prosperity, so the people of this sec tion may yet be called upon to purify the public and private morals in the States beyond the Border, and restore the Kepublic of our Fathers by reform ing the .Rmgbpubiic of the Radicals. Ralston Apotheosized.— When Don Jose took his life rather than go before a divorce court—preferring death to Doctors’ Commons—he must have been actuated with the same pride that hounded Ralston to his final leap into the dark. The Chicago Tribune sup plements its reasons for the poor man’s suicide with a broadside at tho “eulo gistic” discourses of tho San Francisco clergymen, thus: What was there in his life, character, or exploits which justified his being held up by the clergy as an example to young men, or to old men, or to bank rs, merchants, or politicians, or any other class of society? That he was popular in one sense is true; all prodigals are while tne money holds out. That he was generous with other peo ple’s money is unquestionable; neverthe less, there is little in that kind of popu larity, ability, or generosity that is either honorable, commendable, or exemplary, or of which a man might be proud. Neverthe less, the clergy of San Francisco seem to have found in his career someth ng to exalt and hold up to the admiration and respect of their congregations. Perhaps they were more charitable than the Chicago editor; aud perhaps, unlike the generality of mankind, they were grateful for favors bestowed. Louisiana.— The new census of Lou isiana makes the entire population of the State 851,000, an increase over 1870 of 125,005. The whites number 401,901 and the blacks 450,029, giving the lat ter an excess of 45,008. The increase of whites since 1870 is 42,896, and that of the blacks 95,819. New Orleans has 203,308 inhabitants, of whom 145,721 are whites, an increase of 4,798, and 57,047 blacks, an iucrcaso of 7,191. A Louisiana census is generally taken when many white people have tem porarily deserted the State ; that is, in the hot summer season. The excess of blacks in the State is, if a true exhibit, largely attributed to the absenteeism of the whites, and because large numbers of the negro population of other States are drifting toward the tropicoid re gion. Truth. — Even in old days it was hard to get ut the truth ; much more so is it the case In these times of steam and electricity. The latest phase of this matter comes from the Memphis Ava lanche, which thus speaks: “Counting every acre of corn and cotton lately inundated by water in the country bordering the river between this city and Hale’s over one hundred miles above, and It will not sum up three thou sand acres altogether. The clo-er the subject is scanned the more insignificant the late overflow bugaboo becomes.” Perhaps the Herzegovinian revolt is a “barren ideality” after all.— The wires may be moved by a European Jay Gould, who is only “cornering” on Turkish bonds. But wo shall know a thing or two by the Ist of October, when the “original Jacobs” controls the telegraph and the Press. Plain “ Dave.” —And now comes Col. Carey W. Styles and thus ventilates one of the topics of the day : The Telegraph and Messenger, in one short article, referring to David E. Butler, dubs him “Colonol” three times and “Dr.” twice. Others apply the “Rev.” handle, and others a gain the “ Hon.” Wifi someby toll us what his real entitlement is? “ Dave Butler, ’ plain and simple is what he answers to among the Masons, and as we learned to call him so, its hard to catch the new symphony. No man in America who has so many irons in the fire as David E. Butler (we omit the titles for the present) can ever hope to be “ plain.” New Novels.— Through Quinn & Pendleton we are in receipt of three new novels, all of them quite interest ing, from the publishing house of Estes & Lauriat, of Boston. These works of fiction are gotten up in very handsome style. The paper covering is exquisite and the letter-press a GoD-send to weak eyes. Among these books we specially note “Counterparts,” written by a lady whose literary career ended all to soon, and whose promising flower of life was nipped by tho un timely frost of death. “ Jess So.” —The Chicago Tribune says It was not specie, but the lack of it, that swamped the Bank of Califor nia. Just so. When the breath is gone the man will die. PERSONAL. A Saratoga belle las shave 1 off her moustache. ‘ Dio Lewis, who advjses everybody what to eat, has the dyspepsia. Finally the French Republicans have got a nickname for |he Prince Imperial. They call him “Invasif n IV.” A Saratoga pool-se|er is to have a mon ument, and George 'Viashington’s not up yet.—[Courier-Journal) How about the Baltimore monumentV “I am having mysel. taken in oil,” said a well known physiciai , complacently look ing around. “Cod liv< r, I suppose,” an ex perienced patient gro\ led. That was not bad o an opulent old gen tleman, recently dec( ised, of whom it is asked, “How much c dhe leave?” “Oh, everything; he took m thing with him.” A fashion writer si 1 ys: “Garters of ce rise satin, costing ss§, are now worn by some of the fair sex,” Jut we see very little of them hereabouts, dij;pite the rains.” Now we know whr tho Chicago folks want Mullett’s Custonj House hewn down, even to the foundations, thereof. There are three bottles of whisky in the corner stone. Two hundred yearslago a man by the name of Loomis emigrated from. England to this country, and n >w nine thousand of his descendants are ski mishing around for a living. John Green, of ft innesota, has shot three men for callin ; his sister “stub nosed,” and yet put ic opinion in that neighborhood is still against her nose.— 1 Detroit Free Press. Joseph Sooy, Jr., tin Treasurer of New Jersey, has been arre tod for embezzling $50,000. It is strange t. mt somebody didn’t notice those two o’s n the man’s name when he was.electionei ring for the office.— [Courier-Journal. 1 The New England Republicans do not take kindly to Senator' Horton. They asked bread of him and he I, is giving them blood. Indeed, a Republican paper there has denounced the $' war Governor’s ’’ speeches as “ bosh.” tjj'hich they are. Governor Kirkwood, of lowa, believes in the advent of wojjan’s suffrage. So would any other Governor in a State where women were more scarce than men. But what says Governor Ci ’ston, ot Massachu setts, where the won an are more than ,50,000 in the majority? Here Is a puff of an ; dvertiser by an ed itor; "Mr.—, the istinguished deco rative painter (see advertising column), In forms his patrons thjt his imitation of iiardwood is superior ’S') the natural arti cle; the latter, for being yellow oak, his yellow oker.” I i Charles Green, the Silver of tho trotter Lula, is the son of a Congregational min ister. Whether tho youf g man looked upon his sire’s theology as s'lible, we cannot say, but it is probable thatllie gave the rein to Lis fancy for horseilefh early in life, and thought it best to strikeout on a fast track. • j A Michigan paper te Is, on one page, of a man who has lived .05 years, drinking Y/hiskey most of the t me but over on an other page it tells of me, Sir. Mibbelink, much younger, ,vlio 1 is just died of de lirium tremens, leavii ? a wife and five children. Now, what’s t man to do? The Elizabethtown J eics appeals to the promptness of its s bscribers, on the ground that there is a r >w baby in the fam ily of its foreman. Ass milar catastrophes are continually occurrii g in the families of the subscribers thems< ives, the notion of tho News that s ;ch ai: appeal will touch them is, as the venerab 3 William Allen of tho neighboring State >f Ohio would say, “a d—d barren ideality ’ The most elaborately dressed lady at the Springs is from the Sui 1 ty South. She lias been here a little over ; fortnight, and ar rived fresh and rosy fn*n tho death-be 1 of her husband. Since it transpired that she wore her mourning half liments but forty eight hours, and left tJem at home, there has been considerable rcan. mag. on her callousness. But the psor woman is to be pitied, for the dear departed was her fourth, and she is herelin search of a suc cessor to him, with S7C?OQO a year thrown in. Earnest women, su|h as she, ought to be encouraged. No ngawkish sentimen tality with sucli a bank ficcount and pros pect for a monument, if j r ou please.—[Sara toga Letter. 1 Herr Ernst von Ban|>el, the sculptor of the Hermann monilnent, is thus de scribed by a correspond!nt of the London News: “As to the mafer of this monu ment, you must imaging a white-boarded hermit, but without the hood and gown, standing in the doorwr y of this hut, as 1 saw him yesterday. A r ost remarable life is Ernst Von Bandel’s. Ho is now 75 years old, and he has spent 37 yearr. of the best part of his life on tho er ction of the mon ument to Hermann the ( he rusean. He was born at Ansbach on the 17tli of May, 1800, aud is by birth a Prussia i. When about 19 yoars of age he put on p .per his idea of a monument to Hermann. POLITICAL COTES. The next election com s off in tho State of Maine. It lias voted the extreme Rad ical ticket since the yei c one. The silent wharves of Portland pie. and somewhat elo quent] y for a change. The Democratic party is solidly organize , and wifi poll its full strength. The Mobile Register, : aturally enough, is not at all pleased with :.ho insinuation of a Northern paper that D .vis, the Lieuten ant Governor of Missise 1 ppi, is a mulatto. It regards this as an atte apt to account for Davis’ rascally propensi ios “on the score of white blood in his veijis.” He is a gen uine African. We want our next Govi rnor to be a man whose political status ha not been ques tionable since the war. file who failed to show his hand in the daj 3 of reconstruc tion, when it was almost i personal risk to boa Democrat , but pn Itable to boa Re publican, and not danger us to be silent, is not a fit object just no ' for Democratic favors. A bold man then s a jewel now in our Democratic crown.- [Rome Commer cial. The Republicans of ( hio have about given up the ghost up n the financial question and taken up ;is Holiness, the Pope of Rome! The o) i man is nearly ninety, has no army or t rritory, and yet, according to tho stump sp uteru of the Rad ical party, there is great Ginger of his con quering this American Ssite and bringing it under the “Roman yiko.” Just here the old saying that tho 'ools are not all dead yet comes in. If tl 3 Pope does cap ture Ohio, we nominate Bill Allen for Cardinal! Si nce the enactment la it winter of tho law to make specie payi ; ents and reduce cur rency, to take place in 879, not a sale of real, estate has taken pi ,co in Now York city except for sale of tru st estate, or divi sion ol property to heirs. Except in a very slight degree, all the sal s that have been made were by the Sheriff >n foreclosure of mortgages. The property has declined, in New York city in 1874, $E ,050,000 in its as sessed value, and this and( 38 not represent more than one-half the ac ual shrinkage in its value. Thousands aid tens of thou sands of people are out o. employment, in every department of bush ess. In all busi ness of every kind the one cry is dull and hard times, and the const nt shrinkage of values, constant lessei ng of men’s means, and of course u dversal failures every where, from the 1 rgeto houses to thousands of small ones, i all our cities.— [Nashville American. __ When will there be ofly twenty-five letters in the alphabet? j Answer —When you aid I are made one. I SPECIAL NOTICES. THE BOARD OF HEALTH, Ordinary's Office, Richmond County, I Augusta, Ga.. August 21,1875. ) 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 be 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. &e. Sec. 12, Be it further enacted. That where any Birth or Death shall take 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 the 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 reauired to make their re turns from tho Ist of August. SAMUEL LEVY. aug22-3 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 cash or nett thirty days. JAMES G. BAILIE A BRO. augll-eodlm 205 Broad Street. 'NIK MAiiMILIA PASSENGER ROUTE. PORT ROYAL RAILROAD, j Office General Passenger Agent, Augusta Ga., Aug. 6,1875. ) ROUND TRIP TICKETS ! AUGUSTA to CHARLES- qLK 40 ton and RETURN. 'PO.TU ON AND AFTER THIS DATE ROUND TRIP TICKETS will be sold, via Yemasee from Augusta to Charleston, for *s.4o, good until October let, 1876. DAILY SCHEDULE. Leave Augusta > 8:00 a. m. Arrive at Charleston 4:15 p. m. Leave Charleston 8:io a. m. Arrive at Augusta 6:45 p. m. Passengers en route to the “City by the Sea,” and those seeking the salubrious cli mato 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, augG-lm General Passenger Ayent. GIN HOUSES INSURED AT EQUITABLE RATES. IN FIRST-CLASS Companies. Call at or write to my office, 219 Broail street, before insuring elsewhere. C. W. HARRIS. aug22-tf Gen’l Insurance Agent. NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. M. P- STOVALL, COTTON FACTOR —AND— COMMISSION MERCHANT,- NO. 5 WARREN BLOCK, JACKSON Sr., AUGUSTA, GA., (CONTINUES to give his personal atten- J tion to the STORAGE and SALE of COTTO N and other Produce. ear Liberal advances made on Consign ments. sep4-satuth&c3m NOTICE! ELECTION OF TEACHERS. OFFICE CLERK OF COUNCIL, 1 Augusta, Ga., September 3, 1875. j THE ANNUAL ELECTION FOR TEACHERS of the HOUGHTON IN hTlTUi’E—one Principal, one Male As sistant and six Female Assistants—will be held at the Regular Meeting of Council, MONDAY. SEPTEMBER Cth, 1875. 3r Candidates must hand in their ap plications to this office by 12 o’clock, in., of the day of election. By order of the Mayor. L. T. BLOME, sep4-2 Clerk of Council. ANTOINE POULLAIN, Cotton Factor, AUGUSTA, GA., WILL continue the business at my fire proof warehouse, corner Jackson and Reynolds streets, and will give my person al attention to the sale of cotton. Consign ments respectfully solicited. sepltr. NEW CALICOES, RIBBONS, CORSETS, at the One Price House. HENRY L. A. BALK, 172 Broad street. 1 have receive 1 a full as sortment Kentucky Jeans, Bed Ticking, Stripes, ( hecks. Shirtings,Sheetings, Drills, Calicoes, Ribbons, Corsets, now Grecian Gray Stylo Calicoes, new stylo Mourning Calicoes. Prices verv low, at wholesale and retail. HENRY L. A. BALK, sep4-l* 172 Broad street. SCHOOL NOTICE. MISS JULIA M. TOBIN will continue her Primary School for Boys and Girls on the first MONDAY IN OCTOBER, at the dwelling on the north side of Ellis street, second house belevv Elbert street. Terms Reasonable. sep3-sus 19 BUSINESS NOTICE. WE HAVE CHANGED OUR PLACE OF business to No. 295 BROAD STREET, near the Planters’ Hotel, on tho block above our old stand. Having ample storage and better ar rangements for handling Bacon, Grain and allkiads of Produce, we solicit the continu ance of patronage which has been so liber ally extended to us. C. A. WILLIAMS A CO., Augusta, Ga., September 2, 1875. sep4-tf SELECT SCHOOL. MRS. J. H. VANNERSON will open a SELECT SCHOOL FOR GIRLS on the Second Monday in OCTOBER next, at No. 102 Ellis street. Number of pupils limited to ten. Terms reasonable. sep4-lw 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 twenty-four hours in advance. Tho 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. JUST mceiyebT SEVERAL cases beautiful FALL CALI COES. Several cases of KENTUCKY JEANS, cheap, and a variety of seasonable goods. Cheap for CASH. sep2-thsatu-2w M. S. KEAN. WANTS. •Advertisements not over five lines will be inserted under this head for fifty cents each, insertion, cash. FOR SALE—IOO Pure-bred Buff Cochin Fowls, at $5.00 per pair, or $7.00 per trio. Address A. P. Dealing, Jr., Athens, Georgia. sept4susweß&sul2 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* WANTED— 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. I Mis lißi -IN THE- Insuranee 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 A 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., MAFUFACTU RES FLOUR in all grades. The old and well known EXCELSIOR NDS PRIDE OF AUGUSTA, GOLDEN SHEAF, EXTRA, LITTLE BEAUTY, Always on hand, and their well eax-ned reputation will be faithfully maintained. CORN MEAL, CRACKED CORN, CRACKED WHEAT, GRAHAM FLOUR, MILL FEED, BRAN, Etc., Constantly made, and orders promptly filled 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 ROYAL, S. C., at 2 p. m., where dinner will be served at the Mansion House at 4 p. m„ after which there will be a GIRANI) I 5 A LL. Music by Chapman String Band. Return Train leaves Port Royal a 2 a. m., or at such later time as the party desires. This will be the finest affair of tho season —FAS L’ 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. 11. TuttA Remsen, Druggists; W. H. Fleming, Druggist; Rich ards & Sons, Booksellers; P. H. Primrose, O. E. O’Connor, C. K. Carter, at Blair, Smith & Co.’s. Every ticket holder is entitled to a chance in a raffle for the set of SILVERWARE on exhibition at Brahe’s Jewelry Stor *, to be raffled 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. UaVING 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 prepared to offer to my patrons and the trade generally, tho 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 into 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 bale. aug29-suwefr&c2w Attractions Extraordinary THE ILLUMINATED TEA-CHEST, Presented to the China Tea and Coffee Store TEAS. TEAS. TEAS. Samples Given Away. WE HAVE ALSO ERECTED A RE VOLVING PYRAMID, containing samples of the choicest Bottled Liquobs, put up expressly for those who are willing to pay for a strictly pure article. Call and see us. Satisfaction guaranteed in all cases. R. N. HOTCHKISS, Prop’r China Tea and Coffee Store, Red Gilt Front, opp. Fountain, jy2s-tf 143 Broad Street TO RENT. FOR RENT, ’ RESIDENCE AND STORE at 236 Broad street, opposite C. V. Walkers y° ° house. Apply to 3. T.DEKi augl2-tf M. HYAMS. TO RENT, FRAME DWELLING, with eight rooms, on the north side of Walker, fourth be low Centre street. £pgiyto G bailie> augiO-tf 205 Broad street* TO RENT, FROM the Ist of October the HOUSE next to Dr. Garvin’s, with five Rooms, and double Kitchen in yard, water and gar- Jyl4df ,P^ y NO. 84 WALKER STREET^ STORE TO RENT. S TORE No. 290 Broad street, now occu pied bv P. G. Durum. For Terms, apply to jy!s-tf H. H. D’ANTIQNAC. TO RENT. On Washington street, the 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, lor uierly occupied by Wheless A Cos., Rey nolds street. Wil be rented low to a good U aug3i-G W. T. WHELESS. TO RENT, 171 ROM THE Ist OF OCTOBER NEXT, ' that LARGE and COMMODIOUS STORE, No. 338 Broad street, at present oc cupied by F. A. Tiflaborlake Go. fy3l-tf t 0 P- H. PRIMROSE. For Rent or to Lease. THE WARRENTON HOTEL, newly fur 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, rjIHE OFFICE No. 3, Exchange Building, at present occupied by Messrs. Beall, Spears A Cos. Anply to aug22-tf DANIEL A ROWLAND TO RENT. FROM the First of October next, the duelling on the North side of Broad street (4th door from Mclntosh) now oc cupied by Dr. J. P. 11. Brown. wm. a. Walton. No. 10, Old Post Office Range, Mclntosh street, up stairs. aug7-tf. TO RENT. 13 ART OF A HOUSE with water, gas and every convenience for house-keeping. Price, $250 a year. Possession given Ist September if desired. Also a suite of rooms ana 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, From the first of October next, the elegant and commodious STORE, 2u9 Broad street, at present occupied by M. S. Kean as a dry goods store, apply to H. F. CAMPBELL, Or A. S. CAMPBELL, jy29-tf 207 Broad street. TO RENT, fjWIE STORE NOW OCCUPIED BY YOUNG A HACK. Apply to JOHN M. CLARK & CO., aug 29-4 t TO RENT, BY E. W. BARKER, No. 83 Broad street, below Lower Market, fine HOUSE, with Bath Room, Ac. Rent low. No. 18 Washington street, first door from Broad street; has four rooms and four kitchen rooms, and large store For sale cheap, 100 aoes 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. R. Y. Harris. The lot has a front on Broad and Ellis streets of 44 feet, more or less. The improvements consist of a com fortable two storv brick dwelling, a kitchen, Ac. 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 tho property will be rented on reasonable terms, and applications are so licited. WM. A. WALTON, No. 10 Old Post Office Range, auglO-tf Mclntosh St., up stairs. Geo. T. Jackson. John T. Miller Walter M. Jackson. Marion J. Verdery. GEO. T. JACKSON & CO.. j PROPRIETORS OF THE GRANITE MILL'S, AND General Produce Merch’ts. dealers in FLOUR, MEAL, GRITS, HAY, CORN, OATS, PEAS, CRACKED CORN, PEA MEAL, Bran, Middlings, Etc. Orders are respectfully solicited, and prompt attention promised. apr2s-tf RAMSEY & D’ANTIGNAC, AUCTION AND Commission Merchants No. 304 BROAD STREET, Old Stand of •Jolin IVelson Sc Son, 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 cau rely on their interest being faith fully attended to. We shall be thankful to our friends for all favors. W. A. RAMSEY, H. H. D ANTIGNAC. auglß-wedfr&sulm EDUCATIONAL. SELECT SCHOOL. Mrs. WM. C. DERRY’S Select School for girls will be reopened on Monday, Septem ber 20th 1875. Rates of Tuition, $lO, $8 and $6, per Term of eleven weeks. aug2sw&stilsept2o Academy of Richmond Cos. IYHE 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 aug22-3w Secretary of Faculty. St Jotin’s. ASelecl Boardinq School FOR YOUNG LADIES, IN ONE OF THE MOST BEAUTIFUL and healthful districts of V estern Mary ldParents and gua dians who desire a pleasant and attractive home for their chil dren or wards, with first-class educational opportunities, will please address F Rev. GEO. LEWiSSJALEY, Knoxville, Frederick county, Md. aug3-2tawAtri-wlm MADAME SOSNOWSKI’S HOME SCHOOL FOR YOUNG LADIES, ATHENS, GEORGIA. CALENDAR. rHE scholastic year is divided into 2 ses sions. First session commences Sen tember 15th; second session February 7th. Closing Exercises occur on the last Thursday in June-preceding two weeks— devoted to private examinations. Terms (pec session), payable in advance. Board, with use of fu* SBO 00 English Department 3) 00 Music—lnstrumental 30 oo Music—Vocal, Extra Lessons 30 00 French Department. 15 00 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. T HAVE BEHOVED TO NO. 330 liKOAD JL STREET, opposite Planters’ Hotel and C. V. Walker’s Auction House. Come and see us. J- A. BoNDUItANT. sepl-tf NOTICE. From this date Mr. george w. CALVIN becomes a copartner of the undersigned. The firm name will remain as heretofore. CALVIN A JONES. September Ist, 1875. sepl-tf Fruitland Nurseries, Augusta, Ga. PJ. BERCKMANS, Proprietor. Orders • for Trees, Plante, Bulbs, Seeds, etc., etc., left with the undersigned will be prorat ly attended to. GEORGE SYMMS, Agent, No. 221 Broad Street, septl-Gm Augusta, Ga. BEALL, SPEARS & CO~ COTTON FACTORS AND Comnitesion Mer<*liunt> ! HAVE REMOVED to Office and Ware house formerly occupied by them. Warehouse, No. G Campbell street; Office and Salesroom, No. 177 Reynolds street, Augusta, Ga. sepl-3w NOW’S THE TIME To Patronize (lie Neiv Store AT IVO. 330 Broad Htreet. Opposite C. V. Walker’s Auction House. Come and sea us. sepl-tf J. A. BONDURANT. NOTICE. 4 LL persons having left Watches, Clocks, 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 (docks, Watches, Jewelry, Fancy Goods, Pistols, Musical In struments, Ac , 25 per cent, below cost till September 29th, to close business. JACOB KAPLAN, 150 Broad street. Augusta, Ga., August 26th, 1875. aug2G-30_ ASSIGNEE’S SALE. BY BIGNON A CRUMP, Auer oneers. BY virtue of an order from the Register in Bankruptcy, will be sold for cash, at public out-cry, at the Lower Market Dome in this city, on the FIRST TUESDAY IN SEPTEMBER next, between the usual hours of sale, the doubtfuli and insolvent notes and book accounts, (amounting in the aggregate to about $4,00o), of tho late firm of Hvams A Neufville, Bankrupts, subject to all equities, set-offs and defenses. A list of said claims can be seen at the Court House, store of Bignon A Ciump, and the office of T. A J L. Oakman, No. 2 Warren Block. JULIUS L. OAKMAN, Assignee of Est. Hya is A Neufville, Bankrupts. au2B-t O. H. PHINIZY. F. B. PHINIZY. C. H. PHINIZY & CO. COTTON FACTORS AUGUSTA, CECRCIA, TVfAKE LIBERAL ADVANCES ON CON -ITJ_ signments, buy and sell Cotton for fu ture delivery in New York. Furnish Plant ers with supplies. Keep always on hand a large Stock of BAGGING, and are the Sole Agents for the Beard Cotton Tie, Winship Cotton Gin, And the Peerless Guano. Consignments and Orders respectfully so licited. aug 19-2 m C. H. PHINIZY A CO. INSURANCE. GEO. SYMMS, Agent, represents the fol lowing Companies, viz: Commercial Union Fire Assur ance Company of London, England, Gross Assets $17,714,578 OG Connecticut Fire Insurance Company, Hartford, Conn.... 877,594 58 Manhattan Fire Insurance Company, New York City.... 700,885 30 New Orleans Fire Insurance Company, New Orleans, La.. G45.5GG 50 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. _ THE TEXAS Cotton Worm Destroyer! A Sure and Safe Remedy for the Destruc tion of the CATERPILLAR. IT DOES AWAY WITH THE USE OF Paris Green and all other poisonous ai - tioles; is more effectual, less dangerous, and much cheaper thau any article ever oi fered for sale. Having been extensively used in Texas during ilie past year, issaii to be by some of the best planters m t State the only article ever used that w entirely destroy the CATERPILLAR with out injury to the plant. It is easily applmd and no darner in its use, costing onl\ about 25 cents per acbe. lor particular as to price, Ac., apply to 13. B. HULL, Savannah, General Agent for Georgia. IVI, .A. STOVALL. Agent, Augusta, Ga. Agents wanted through tho State, jelß-3m