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AUGUSTA, GaT~
Saturday Morning, September 4,1875
CURRENT TOPICS.
I'lie Birth Place of Jefferson Davis.
It was on a dreary winter day of 1867,
when, as Burns says, “Jannar winds were
blawin cold,” the writer, seated in a wretch
ed two-horse public stago, was making his
way from Elkton to Hopkinsville, Ken
tucky. The road was simply abomi
nable, the red clay having retained all
the water which had falls i upon it
for three months. It was high noon
before the coach scored fifteen miles
and made the little town of Fairview.
Why it was called this it was not possible
to conjecture, for a more uninviting
place could haidly be found. It had per
haps one dozen houses,supporting the inev
itable little country store, blacksmith shop
and grocery. A bold little branch ran into
aud across the road just in what might
be called “the edge of town.”
Yet, in this place Jefferson Davis was
born. Going up to the storekeeper, who
stood in his door, we asked: “Was Jef
ferson Davis born here?” “He was, sir,
in that house across the road,” point
ing to it. Stepping across we found
a low, one story, four roomed dwell
ing, with a small half-piazza in front. The
other had been cut off to make a little bed,
or shed room. The house had apparently
been built of logs and subsequently weath
er-boarded. There was a small front yard
with a large solitary tree of great age
growing in it. Here in this humble coun
try cottage and equally humble town
the future President of the Confed
erate States, on the Bth day of June,
1808, was ushered into the world. His
father was a Georgian, who sometime
during the latter portion of the eighteenth
century had wandered into the then al
most unsettled portion of Southern Ken
tucky. When Jeff Davis was born the
house stood in( hristian county. By a sub
sequent act of the Legislature the county
of Todd was formed from Christian and
Lagan, and the line run right through the
lot of the Davis house, leaving it on the
Todd side.
Soon after Jefferson was born his father
took his family, consisting of Joseph, an
older brother, his mother and himself, to
M iss issip pi. _
“ Brother Dick Smith, Fire Up Dat
Uncouvarted Corner.”
A correspondent of the Oglethorpe hcho
sends the following graphic description of
a negro revival in that county:
“There was a three days’ meeting of the
colored Methodists at Green’s Chape . On
Tues Jay night last a most powerful ser
mon was delivered by elder Thomas, of
high renown. After its delivery one of the
brothers (Elder) got ready for shouting.
But the minister cried out, in a loud voie ‘,
“Hold on, brothers and sisters, don’t shout
yet!” He then ordered all the benches
moved to one end of the house, which was
obeyed. At the command, brother Dick
.Smith, of Athens, put on his beaver and
marched around the room. This was the
signal to commence, when the entire con
gregation, little a:.d big, old and young,
turned loose in a style that would have put
a menagerie to blush. The voice of the
minister could be heard far above the
din and noise, uttering such sentences as
“shout, children, until the walls fall!”
“Everybody, saint aud sinner, shout!”
“Miss busAN Yancey, why ain’t you shout
in’ thar V” “Brother Dick Smith, lire up
that unconvarted corner over dar! Put
’em to shoutin’!” Then brother Smith
marched out the door, ail the congregation
following. After marching around the
house three times, all shouting at the top
of their voices, they re-entered the church.
Pen is inadequate to describe the actions
aud expressions of the darkies. Of one
thing they can rest assured; if shouting
will take any one to heaven, the passage of
that congregation is paid.
The Next Move of the Washington
County Negroes.
We find the following advertisement in
the Sandersville Herald, of yesterday :
NOTICE.
VTTE the colored citizens of Washington
VV county call together the colored citi
zens of said county on the 18th of Septem
ber next, to meet at the Court House door
in Sandersville, for the purpose of choosing
two upright and intelligent men, to send to
one or two States, for the purpose of find
ing some suitable place for said people to
emigrate to. sept 2,1875 —1 t
Foiled in their late attempt to lead their
race into an indiscriminate massacre of the
white people, the ringleaders are now mak
ing a move to take them out of the State,
under the oft-repeated falsehood that there
are better lan Is and more profitable em
ployment to be found elsewhere. They
would lead them to the inhospitable
swamps of Arkansas, to die-of disease or
starvation. It is a pity these bad negroes
cannot be driven away and leave the more
peaceable and industrious alone in their
homos where they are only unhappy from
their advice. Their effort to take them
away in a body is only another exhibition
of hatred to the white people, in revenge for
being frustrated in their warlike prepara
tions for the 20tli of August.
1 hey have received no punishment for
this. ( ordy Harris has been acquitted
and the balance of the cases will be no le
prossed. Morris is gone, and will perhaps
never be arrested. So they have success
fully bafiled the State in its efforts to pun
ish them. One would think they would be
only too thankful to return home and
quietly resume their work. But they are
not satisfied with the lenient treatment of
the white people. If the ringleaders would
leave us forever, all the better; but we de
sire the others to stay aud to live in peace
with the white people.
The State Fair—What Are We Doing
for It ?
The annual exhibition of the industries,
stocks and crops of Georgia, begins on the
18th of October. Preparations have been
made upon a grand scale for it. Extraor
dinary inducements have been held out by
the Directors in the way of premiums and
in the selection of the beautiful Fair
Grounds at Macon, upon which are located
large and commodious buildings, stalls and
pastures. The premium list is liberal, the
advantages offered as good as ever were
shown at any preceding Fair.
Eastern Georgia, rich in agricultural and
mechanical products, should take a lively
interest in and be well represented at the
State Fair. We have seen in our own city
a thousand articles which, if sent forward,
would add lustre to our name and be an
honor to our handicraft. As Lebanon
yielded its cedar and Ophir its gold to
a lorn the Temple of Mount Moriah, so
every county in Georgia should send for
ward contributions to the grand represen
tation of our wealth and civilization.
The Secretary, Malcolm Johnson, is do
ing his duty nobly to make it a success.
Success must, however, come from the peo
ple. It must come from the workshops and
manufactories of Augusta and from the
plantations around it. It is the best adver
tisement in the world. And Is it not our
dut y to contribute largely as Georgians to
that which will lend fame to the State?
It is strange that clergymen cannot find
enough to do in their own profession, with
the formidable statistics of crime and hea
thenism before them, which this country
produces. Here is the Rev. Azariole F.t
dridge, D. D., of Yarmouth, Mass., rum
ning fdr Representative in Congress from
the First District of that State. Ho is said
to have been some years out of the minis
terial business, which, doubtless, prepares
him measureably for the life political upon
which he has expressed his willingness to
enter.—[Courier-Journal.
GEORGIA GENERAL NEWS.
The Atlanta Commonwealth has the largest
circulation of any evening paper published
in the South—cause why: it is the only
evening paper published in the South.
New York Herald: “The Independent has
a characteristic four-column article from
the pen of the Methodist Bishop Gilbert
Haven, in which he advocates most vigor
ously the doctrine of the amalgamation of
the races on this continent. The Bishop
thinks Garrison and Phillips did a very un
wise thing when they dissolved the old
Anti-Slavery Society. He calls for its re
storation, that it may “ding-dong in this
behalf until equal rights are, in fact and
not in name, secured to all the people of
this land.”
Chattanooga (September 2d) dispatch to
the Atlanta Constitution: W. S. Bell, for
merly ot Georgia, who made himself noto
rious last spring by defaulting, leaving his
wife and running away with a lewd woman,
made au assault this evening, assisted by a
man named Frank, on Henry Manz, a
butcher, iu his store on Market street,
using knives and clubs. Manz drew a pis
tol and fired four shots, one taking effect in
Bell’s side near his bowels, and another
grazing Frank’s neck. Beil’s wound may
vet be serious, though not now considered
fatal. The difficulty grew out of some old
debt. Manz is peaceable and good-natured
but a bad oue to get aroused in self-defense.
Atlanta Constitution: The year’s cotton
figures are made up. Here are the Georgia
ports:
Savannah 610,984
Augusta 178,291
Atlanta 63,671
Macon 63,531
Columbus 58,107
It was a neck-and-neck race between At
lanta and Macon; but the figures make it
appear closer than it really was. The ac
tual receipts during the cotton year of
1874-5 were: Atlanta, 63,154; Macon, 61,718.
Macon’s stock on hand at the opening of
the year amounted to 1,813 bales, while At
lanta’s was ouly 517 bales. This year At
lanta proposes that big figures shall repre
sent the difference between her receipts
and those of the fourth in the race.
Greensboro Herald: In the course of a
doctrinal sermon, preached by a sable
brother before the Colored Baptist Associa
tion on last Sabbath, the reverend gentle
man drew a contrast between the Baptist
and Methodist Churches denominating the
former the cash system and the latter the
credit system of religion, and in illustra
tion of his position related the following:
“Some ye rs ago a man ’fessed ’ligion, and
’plied to jine the Baptist Church He gin
in his ’sperienee, aud was ’jeeted. So he
went right straight aud jine ! the Mefodis’.
Some time after data brudder Baptis’ axed
him, ‘How dis ? We wouldn’t hab you, and
the Mefodis’ dun tuk you.’ ‘Oh,’ said he,
‘you old Baptis’want to make me pay de
cash down, and, you see, de Mefodis’ gin
me six months’ creciick.’ ”
Covington Enterprise: Mr. Minor Guinn,
father of our friend T. D. Guinu, Esq., died
at his residence near Covington on Tues
day night, at 9o’clock. Aged about 80 years.
Only a few short weeks ago his wife was
called from earth to heaven. He has gone
to meet her in the Spirit land. Mr. Guinn
was one of our purest and best citizens.
He left behind him a number of noble sons
who will emulate his memory by following
the many good examples set forth for their
guidance. One by one our old men are de
parting. Sad to think that we too, though
now young in years, must soon grow old,
and enter the same dark valley of death.
Will we be prepared? Can he who records
our death tell the world of noble deeds
done, and say to all mankind that a good
man has gone? Mr. Minor Guinn was a
man who scorned to do a little act. His
family adored him, his relatives loved him
aud his countrymen and friends admired
him for his purity and honesty.
Marietta Journal: We have received thir
teen pages of particulars relative to the
mysterious murder of James N. Wiiey in
Milton county. Mr. Wiley was an old man,
aud having been driven from home by his
young wife, Nancy Wiley, a perfect virago,
he was returning home with his father-in
law, George Dodd, when shortly alter both
returned to his uncle’s house old man
Wiley died. On examination his skull was
fount! fractured, his breast, arms and back
badly bruised, and his neck was perfectly
black with choking. It was said befell
down a railroad embankment, bu; the tes
timony circumstantially fixes the fearful
crime upon George Dodd through the influ
ence of .Nancy Wiiey, who evidently want
ed the old man out of the way, as she had
violently made him deed all his property
to her before she drove him Iron, home.—
Nancy Wiley and Dodd have both tied to
Alabama. 'J he excitement is great in Mil
ton and wan ants have been issued for their
arrest.
Marietta' Journal: We learn that three
revenue repoiters, who informed on some
illicit distillers up in the mountains on the
Georgia and North Carolina line, were re
cently found suspended from a tree, with a
“tie-back cravat” round tiieir necks, dead
as mackerel, without any salt. It hardly
pays to be an “informer” in that section.
They meet with as swift a punistiment as
did the fraudulent newspaper “informer,”
liev. Copeland, who was tarred and feath
ered at Knoxville. However, Blackor and a
squad of soldiers passed through here last
Saturday, with quite a number of illicit
dist llers, carrying them to Atlanta for
trial. A Revenue officer from Cartersville
went to Cherokee county to arrest some
parties for violating the revenue laws. The
parties demanded his authority. The officer
sat down, laid his pistol across his lap and
pulled his papers out of his pocket, when
the illicit distillers seized his pistol, took
off the caps and tore up the warrants, and
then told the revenue apprehend er to git.
He got.
Oglethorpe Echo: From a gentleman
just arrived from Elbert county we learn
that a most heinous crime was committed
upon the person of a little daughter of Mr.
Asa Fortson, who lives near the town of
Elberton, by a black brute, some eighteen
years of age, last week. From what we
can learn, all the family, with the excep
tion of the old grandmother, were absent
from homo, and that the negro, who is em
ployed by Mr, F., enticed the little one into
a barn near the house, aud then attempted
to commit a brutal crime upon her person.
Her cries attracted the attention of the
grandmother, who, upon going to the barn,
caught the fellow in the act. So soon as he
saw the old lady approaching he lied. The
alarm was at once given, and soon the en
tire neighborhood was in pursuit of the
scoundrel. He was traced to Harper’s
Ferry, some eight miles distant, where he
was arrested, but not until he had received
a severe wound in the hip from a pistol in the
haudsof Mr. Win. liousey. He was at once
carried to the village aud lodged in jail.
Great indignation was justly manifested by
the citizens, aud there was much talk among
some of lynching the prisoner, bat cooler
counsel prevailed. * * It is a sad truth
that the numerous chestnut trees that
once besprinkled our forests, for some un
known cause, are last disappearing from
this section of the State, ana we fear that
the day is not far distant when they, like
the Indian, will be a tiling of the past with
us. Go into our woods, and the dead and
dying trees of this class,on every hand, are
sure to attract your attention, it is the
rarest thing to see a vigorous, hea thy tree.
The young sapplings, as well as die large
trees, are withering and dying. We can but
class this as a lamentable fact, lor aside
from the popularity of the nuts, this tree
nas always been our especial pride in the
oouthern forest, and the rails made from it
are the most durabl • ever found. Will some
one please enlighten us as to the
cause of this. * * * On Sun
day last, in a difficulty between two
civil righters—a brother aged about
seventeen aud sister twenty—the knife was
brought into requisition with telling effect.
It appears that the sister, who, by the way,
is married, was cooking a skillet of biscuit
for breakfast, in which the brother was a
stockholder. The fire was slow in cooking,
and the stomach of the brother growing
louder, each moment, in its demands for
“satisfaction.” As is often the case “pa
tience ceased to be a virtue,” and the
brother “went for” the half-cookod biscuit
in lively style; upon seeing which,
the irate cook seized a board and
“went for” a certain section of the
offender iu a stylo that detract*d much
from his quiet enjoyment of his repast.
Whereupon the brother whisked up a
butcher knife that lay upon the toblo, and
rusaiug up to hi* sister, gave her a rake
across the abdomen, winch let tlie day
light in upon her soul”—we believe it being
a generally accepted fact that a Jaikey s
soul lays in that region. A messenger was
at once dispatched for Dr. Wil ingham,
who, upon arriving, found the bovaels pro
truding from the wound. She was at once
attended to, and strong hopes are enter
tained of her recovery, The brother has
not been arrested, the Uiyil Rights bill
guaranteeing protection to the dgrkey in
all liis rights, privileges and amusements.
The negroes both live on tb farm of Mr-
J. Davenport, near this place.
AO Englishman living at Naples had
a line garden and sold his flowers. He
was informed by t-he flower dealers
that he must sell at prices, but he
declined. Some days later he was
found at the bottom of a well, in his
garden, and his gardener is now on
trial for the murder.
Sixteen Chinese women were sold at
auction in California the other day,
only Chinese being allowed to bid,
Eight dollars was the highest price,
and one sold for sixty-five cents, her
nose being out of plumb.
SOUTH CAROLINA AFFAIRS.
The are twelve persons in the Fair
field county jail.
Ground has been broken for a hand
some building for the bank of Marion.
Sumter Court House has had a $17,-
000 fire, covered by $13,000 insurance.
Abbeville’s first bale was raised by
Mr. J. S. Britt, and brought thirteen
cents.
Some unknown person shot Mr. John
L. Derrick, at his residence in Lexing
ton county, on the 24th ultimo.
Harry Estler and Alf Feaster had a
fight in Winusboro, last week, iu which
Harry stabbed Alf twenty-four times.
Sumter’s first bale was sent to market
by Mr. J. B. Roach. It weighed 465
pounds, and was sold to Mr. A. Solo
mons.
The entertainment given by the la
dies of Greenville, for the benefit of
the Independent Riflemen, realized
$265.30.
Major R. H. Reaves, a prominent citi
zen of Marion county, was killed last
week by an accidental fall from his
piazza.
Mrs. Leonora Osteen, wife of Mr, W.
S. Dinkins, of Sumter, died on August
31st, from puerperal fever, aged 23
years and 6 months.
An attempt was made, on Monday
night, to set fire to the storehouse of
Mr. li. B. Gardner, iu Timmonsville.
The flames were extinguished aud the
building saved.
The Republicans of Spartanburg
Court House have resolved to make no
nominations for municipal offices, but
will support any ticket, by whomsoever
nominated, the members of which
pledge themselves not to license any
bar-room within the corporate limits
of Spartanburg during their term of
office.
Abbeville Medium: Should the lien
law be re-enacted by the next Legisla
ture? Does the present condition of
our farming interests warrant the con
tinuance of such a law upon our stat
ute book ? It was by special favor of
the Legislature that the provisions of
this law were kept in force during the
present year. The law expires by limi
tation this fall. The stringency in the
money market, the low price for cotton
and the financial failures all over the
country last year were thought to de
mand indulgence for the farmers
until another crop could be made.—
The indulgence was granted. Is
the condition of our agricultural pop
ulation a whit bettor now than it was
twelve months ago? * * Twenty
five prisoners are now in jail at this
place at a cost to the county of teu
dollars a day for their board alone.
This sum will amount to three hundred
dollars a month and if it was kept up
through the year to three thousand six
hundred dollars. * * Burglars in
Fairfield county. It is hoped they will
be caught and put in jail but cui bono ?
Judge Mackey will come along with a
dose of habeas corpus aud set the
scoundrels free. Out upon such a
judge! Shame upon any political party
so debased as to elevate such a man to
the judicial bench!
For Survivors of Hart's Battery.
Yorkville, S. C., September 1.
To the Editor of the News and Cou
rier: Permit me to request, through
your columns, of any of the surviving
members of Hart’s Battery who may
remember incidents connected with the
death of Lieutenant Colonel Shelmire,
of the First New Jersey Cavalry, who
fell among our guns at Brandy Station,
June 9, 1863, to communicate their
recollections to Gen. W. W. H. Davis,
at Doylestown, Pa., for the satisfaction
of his family and friends. Au extract
in the Neivs and Courier of the 31st ult.
from the Doylestown Democrat explains
the object of this lequost.
James F. Hart.
Tlie Banker’s Dinner.
BY O. W. HOLMES.
Tlie Banker’s dinner is the stateliest feast
The town has heard of for a year at least.
The starry lustres shed their broadest
blaze;
Damask and silver catch and spread the
rays.
The florist’s triumph crown the daintier
spoil,
Won from the sea, the forest, and the
soil;
The steaming hot-house yields its largest
pines;
The sunless vaults unearth their oldest
wines.
* * * * * *
Of all the cluster round the genial board,
No one so radiant as the banquet’s lord.
* * * * * *
So, with the merry tale and jovial song,
The jocund evening whirls itself along,
’Till the last chorus shrieks its loud encore.
Ana the whito neckcloths vanish through
the door.
One savage word, the menials know its
tone
And slink away; the master stands alone.
“ Well played, by ;” breathe not what
were best unheard.
His goblet shivers as- he speaks the word;
“ If wine tells truth—and so have said the
wise—
It makes me laugh to think how brandy
lies.
Bankrupt to-morrow—millionaire to-day—
The farce is over, now begins the play!”
if. if.
Hark! the deep oath, the wail of frenzied
woe!
Lost! lost to hope of Heaven and peace be
low.
He kept his secret, but the seed of crime
Bursts of itself in God’s appointed time.
£ if. if ]|( if if.
The moral market had the usual chills
Of virtue suffering from protested bills.
The white cravats, to friendship’s memory
true,
Sighed for the past, surveyed the future,
too,
Their sorrow breathed in ono expressive
line:
“ Gave pleasant dinners; who has got his
wine?”
ADMINISTRATRIX SALE
BY C. V. WALKER, Auctioneer.
ON THE FIRST TUESDAY IN SEP
TEMBER next, at the Lower Market
House, in the city of Augusta, within the
usual hours of Public Sales, by permission
of the Court of Ordinary, will be sold:
Two adjoining Lots of Land, with the
Improvements thereon, in the city of Au
gusta, on the southeast corner of Mclntosh
and Calhoun streets, in the square bounded
by Calhoun, Mclntosh, Twiggs and Taylor
streets, fronting on Mclntosh street one
hundred and four feet, more or less, ami
running through, of like width, 10 Twiggs
street—the Improvements consisting of a
store and several dwellings.
If deemed expedient, the above Property
will be offered together, as a whole, or in
separate lots of convenient dimensions
per plan to be shown on the day of sale.
Terms: One-third cash, one-third in
twelve months, and one-third in two years.
Interest from day of sale, at ten per cent.,
payable naif yearly. Bond for titles to be
given. Buildings insured and policy trans
ferred.
. . MARY ALD WORTH,
Administratrix Estate of Richard Ald
worth, deceased. augS-lawtd
RAILROAD HOUSE,
THOMSON, GA.,
By Henry MolCinney.
CONVENIENT to Railroad Depot. Pas
sengers by Day Down Train take din
ner at this place. sep2-tf
DANCING SCHOOL.
NEW SESSION.
MONS. BERGER will open a New Ses
sion at Masonic Hall, on TUESDAY,
August 31st. To the citizens of the Sand
Hills: Mons. Berger proposes opening a
DANCING SCHOOL at the Academy of the
Sand Hills, on the 15th of September, pro
vided a sufficient number of pupils are ob
tained. Names of pupils can be left and
particulars had at A. Prontaut & Son’s.
aag2B-l&sepl&4*
CITY PROPER j'Y FOR SALE.
PEREMPTORY SALE
AT AUCTION BY CCjksENT OF PARTIES
On Easy Terms |nd Long Credit
OF |:OST
PermaDently Valuable and Productive
CITY PR OPERTY,
The Lafayette Hal' and Operr House
Containing Spacious Stores, Offleess and
Saloons,
ALL SUCCESSFUL A iD POPULAR BUSI
NESS S' AMDS.
SITUATED IN ill: MOST CENTRAL
PORTION CT THE CITY.
With Fronts on Eroajl and Ellis, Between
Jackson and (Jalnobell Streets.
BY C. V. WALKER. | Auctioneer.
11U ESDAY, the 7th i|*ptember, 1875, at 12
. o’clock, m., in Jfront of the Opera
House Arcade, in this! city, will positively
be sold, at public auct! an, by consent of the
parties in interest, th* following described
and very choice coin uercial and invest
ment property, to-wit ■
That centrally sit lated, substantially
built and very produc ive property popu
larly known as the jafayette Hail aid
Opera House, situate* in the city of Au
gusta, county of Kiel mond, and State of
Georgia, and in the Square bounded by
broad, Ellis, Jackson : ud Campbell streets.
The portion of groun ! on which they are
built measures a tot and front on back of
Broad and Ellis stree s 65 feet, by an ex
treme depth between >arallel lines and ex
tending from street t* street of 271 feet 6
inches, said measurem ;nt all being more or
less. Ihe said prop* rty, if not sold in
block, will be sold subdivided into lots, des
ignated by the Nos. I,*J and 3, according to
plans of J. F. Braun, to be exhib
ited on the day of Sale. The said lots
measure asjfollows: ILots Nos. 1 and 2
front on the south sille of Broad street,
having each 26 feet sixf.aches thereon, by a
depth between paralktl lines of 126 feet in
depth towards Ellis stfeet.
Lot No. 1 is improvijl with the Substan
tial Three and Two-shfry Brick Buildings
known and designated by Die No. 272
Broad street. The lo( r er story contains a
spacious and comruo* tous Store—one of
the finest business st* nds in the city and
arranged and adapted jr Offices or Dwell
ing above. With Lot No. 1 and the im
provements thereon v 11 be sold the Tene
ment east of the Area*! or entrance, erected
immediately above thtjsame, subje t to ail
the conditions of se vitude hereinafter
specified.
Lot No. 2. west of ht] Arcade or entrance,
measures 26 feet 6 inch* ; front on the south
side of Broad street y a depth between
parallel lines of 126 feet towards Ellis street,
together with all the i aprovements there
on, known and desigf ited by the No. 274
Broau street, and com rising the substan
tially built three-story Brick Building with
a spacious two-story Brick Store iu the
rear. The main buil ing contains that
splendid Store and clfiice business stand
occupied by Messrs, gllyers & Marcus,
wholesale dry good3 lealers. The upper
portion is arranged for dwelling and adapt
ed for offices. The f regoing
property is leased to i ad occupied by the
well known wholesale * ealers iu dry goods
and clothing, Messrs. 7 , yers A Marcus, L.
Sylvester and others, ■ util the Ist of Octo
ber, 1875, yielding an ggregate rental of
$6,400 per annum.
Lot No. 3 comprises I le remainder of the
property, measuring a ,otal front on Ellis
street of 65 feet by a defth between parallel
hues of 145 feet 6 inches, from which point
it contracts to awidthiof 12 feet, and ex
tends to and fronts on south Broad street.
This said extension is jknown as the Ar
cade, or entrance from liroad street to the
Opera House. Also, tie present existing
alleyway, of 7 feet widtli, opening on Ellis
street—Lots 1 and 2 toghave the right, in
common with Lot No.:! to use, but not to
obstruct, the said A- elide or alley way—
together with all the injprovements there
on, comprising that (gitensivo, capacious
and subst ntially-bu lt|brick Opera House,
covered with slate, copier gutters, cement
ed basement through*>ilt, well lighted and
ventilated and provkiid with ample en
trance and exit arrangements and accom
modations. The stagejs 41 feet depth, the
auitorium lias a paAjuet, dress circle,
gallery and a seating capacity of about one
thousand—has contain fii 1,400 persons. The
basement is auapted Mr saloon purposes,
lighted with gas throu|hunt, and the only
establishment of its ifind in the city for
public entertainment. |With ordinary care
and small expense thijs property alone is
susceptible of producing a large and cer
tain income. It has yielded in ordinarily
prosperous seasons ov<|r $6,000 per annum.
The above decscribecj property, compris
ing, as it does, the mogf; extensive and cen
trally located propertjsin the city of Au
gusta in market, is wo I worthy the atten
tion of capitalists se*jiing safe, reliably
productive aud permaijmtly valuable city
property for investment. As business
stands, adapted for eitSer the wholesale or
retail trade, banking ol insurance business,
no property can be mole desirable. It will
lie sold free from all hfcumbrance whatso
ever, the whole accordjig to plan of J. F.
.Braun, architect, to be Exhibited on the day
of sale, and on the following favorable
terms and conditions: I
One-third or oiie-hablcash, at the option
of the purchasers; th? remainder at oue
and two years’ credit i ir notes of the pur
chasers, specially seeu od by mortgage on
the property, bearing iterest at the rate
of eight per cent, per e mum from the day
of sale until final payn snt; said interest to
lie paid half yea. ly iro a date, and the pur
chaser to keep the im movements insured
for their value, and to transfer the po icies
thereof to the holder? of the notes; the
notes, if required, to joe drawn for such
amounts to suit the patties in interest, and
l.he acts of sale at theJixpense of the pur
chasers, before Wm. ii, Walton, Esq , No
tary Public. The renta of all the property
are reserved up to th< 30th of September,
PUBLIC pOTICE.
[HAVE given Mr. JRs. Daly an interest
in my bus ness; thf stylo of the firm
Irom this date will bo JIiMES A. GRAY &
Cos. IJAS. A. GRAY.
Augusta, Ga., Aug. 2<|ii, 1875.
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“PURE |SEFD”
“ RUST PRCIOF OATS.”
PRICE $1.25 CASH, F! 3R BUSHEL. Sown
in August or Sept mber, the most cer
tain crop raised—sucij ceding on the Sea
coast, where no other oat ever matures
seed, as well as on high ands.
Grown expressly for ij eed, and for sale by
EDWAI D BANCROFT,
Athens, Ga.
For sale by ;
C. 11. lIiIINIZY, & CO.,
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FOR SALE!
A WINDLASS, with a Brake attached,
-lj. built by Mr. Geoi go Cooper, of this
enty.
Also, a ltuggles PAP 1R CUTTER, which
cuts 20 inches wide. A1 in good order.
The above mentioue< Machines will bo
sold CHEAP FOR CAS l. Apply at
THIS OFFICE.
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ANOTHER GREAT SALE!
OF LANGLEY FACT DRY SHEETINGS,
Shirtings and Dr lls. Avery large
lot of Bleached Shirtirj sand Fall Calicoes
at
O. .1. T. E ALK’S.
This great offering ill opan on MON
DAY, August 30th, and continue from day
to day until all these C >ods are closed out.
Call early, bring all he money you can
spare, and you will b< astonished at the
q uantity of goods you \ ill receive for a few
dollars!
Look for No. 136 BrVad street, between
Monument and Centre greets.
C. J. If. BALK.
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If* I\# P |A| TO agei :s and others, male
'UI I V b II and feu lie, a SSO secret and
boautifi lly Illustrated ioo-
A VA # A V page N< velty Catalogue. R.
M YVM T F, You' a A Cos.. 29 Broad
way. New York. jya-iawly
SMS SAYINGS BANK,
IVO. 223 BROAD STREET,
Cash Capital (with Stockholders Liability v
TRANSACTS A
General Banking, Exchange and Collection Business.
6 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 on Great Britain and Continental Europe
in sums of £1 and upwards. jan!2-ly*
AUGUSTA TO NEW YORK
VIA
PORT ROYAL, S. C.
The following Comfortable and well-known Steamships,
Montgomery, 1,500 Tons, Capt. Faii*clotli,
Huntsville, 1,5500 Tons, Capt. Chester,
Are appointed to sail from PORT ROYAL for NEW YORK, direct, on FRIDAYS of
each w ok, after arrival of Morning Passenger Train from Augusta.
The following reduced rates of Passage are offered the Travelling Public:
Augusta to NewYork Ac Return, S3O
Augusta to New York, Straight, S3O
Augusta to NewYork, Steerage, sl3
Which secures Accommodations in all respects equal to those of other lines.
STATE ROOMS AND BERTHS
Can be secure 1 by application to
RICH’D. P. RUNDLE, Agent,
Port Royal, S. U.
Or to the undersigned,
T. S. DAVANT, G. P. A., *
Augusta, Ga.
Tickets on Sale at Planters’ Hotel and Ticket Office, Union Depot je4-3m
OFFICE OF TIIE
Piedmont and Arlington Life Insurance Company,
RICHMOND, VIRCINIA,
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 o\r 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 Homo Office, at Richmond, Va., your correspondence will receive prompt atten
tion. Very Respectfully,
w. C. CARRINGTON, President.
O
AGENCY OF THE
Piedmont and Arlington Life Insurance Company,
AUGUSTA, GA., August anil, 1875.
Referring to above Card, by 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 notified, 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
it-! of the Security Life, I would ask your liberal patronage to the PIEDMONT AND
ARLINGTON LLFE, a Company so well known to you for its solidity and strength, as
well as its conservative and able management, as to need at my hands no 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. IIUTSON 9 Jr.,
General Agent Piedmont and Arlington Life Insurance Cos.,
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WILMINGTON, N. C., LINES,
SEMI-WEEKLY
Fast Freight Route to All Points South or East.
BALTIMORE,
Baltimore and Southern Steam Transportation Company,
SAILING FROM BALTIMORE
Tuesday and Friday, sit 3 I*. Nl.,
AND FROM WILMINGTON Wednesday and Saturday.
NEW YORK,
CLYDE’S WILMINGTON LIMC,
SAILING FROM NEW YORK
Tuesday and Friday, at 3 P. M., and from Wil
mington Wednesday and Saturday,
G1 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*
adelphia, Boston, Providence, Fall River, and other Eastern cities. Also, to Liverpool-
Giasgovv, Bremen, Antwerp, and other European points.
These Lines connect at Wilmington with the Wilmington, Columbia and Augusta
Railroad: connecting at Columbia, S. 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 unequaled facilities for the prompt delivery of
Freight to all points. The Steamers of these Lines, on arrival in Wilmington, stop at
Railroad Depot, the Freight transferred under covered sheds to Cars without delay,
and forwarded 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 Overcharges 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 Baltimore and N. Y. Lines, Wilmington, N. C.
E. K. BURGESS, Agent W. C. & A. Railroad, 263 Broadway, New York.
JOHN JENKINS, Agent, Augusta, Ga.
A. POPE,
novs Gen’l Freight]Agent, Wilmington, N. C.. and 263 Broadway, New York
GINS ON TIME!
To Any And All Persons Desirous of Purchasing Gins
ON TIME,
CAN DO SO BY PAYING ONE-HALF CASH; THE BALANCE PAYABLE 15th
October, 1876, with interest at 8 pe- 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.
THIRTY DAYS after date I shall become
a PUBLIC or FREE TRADER, in ac
cordance with provisions of Section 1760 of
the Code of Ge rgia.
SARAH RICH.
I hereby consent to my wife becoming a
Public or Free 1 rader. J. RICH.
Augusta, Ga., August 6th, 1875.
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Pay your State, County and
School Taxes.
THE 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 County.
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MANSION HOUSE
PORT ROYAL, H. C.
SITUATED AT THE TERMINUS OF
the Port Royal Railroad, where connec
tion is made witii the fast sailing, first class
steamers Montgomery and Huntsville,
sailing to New York every Friday.
Round trip from Augusta, S3O.
This is an entirely new and elegantly fur
nished house. Situation unsurpassed, sur
rounded with magnificent live oaks, com
manding a splendid prospect of the sur
rounding country, the Beaufort and Port
Royal Rivers, and offers unusual attrac
tions togravelers or to parties who desire
Board or to spend a few days near the salt
water.
Table supplied with everything the mar
ket affords. Fresh milk, butter, iish, veg
etables and fruits in their season.
Best of Cooks and Attendants.
Terms liberal.
C. E. WARREN,
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The Kitson Machine Comp’v,
LOWELL, MASS.,
RICHARD KITSON, President,
SAMUEL E. STOTT, Treasurer and Agent.
BUILD EES OF
PATENT COTTON OPENERS
AND
LAPPERS, WITH RECENT VALUABLE IMPROVE
MENTS, SHODDY and WASTE M ACHINES and
RAO DUSTERS, NEEDLE-POINTED
CARD-CLOTIIING, Etc., Etc.
Kitson’s Patent Compound Opener Lapper.
THE cotton is spread on this machine from the bale, and is made into a very even
lap, at the rate of 300 to 400 pounds per hour. The laps are then finished on a
TWO-BEATER LAPPER,
WITH
UI’CSONS 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 Are than the card r< tin.
flS’There 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 anus at Lowell, Lawrence, Fall River, Manchester
Lewiston, Providence, Ricnmoua, B.utimore, etc., etc.
The following are a lew among many testimonials whicn we nave received:
AUGUSTA FACTORY, Augusta, Ga., July 5,1875.
The Kitsm Machine Compang, Lon ell, Mass.;
Gentlemen: We have been running your Compound Opener Lappero and finisher
Lappers, with Eveners, tor more than one year, and frankiy say that they have given
the most eminent satisfaction. We have no hesitancy in giving you our unqualified en
dorsement, and cordially recommend your Machines.
F. COGIN, Superintendent.
0
OFFICE LANGLEY MANUFACTURING COMPANY, )
Langley, S. C., April 14, 1873. f
The Kitson Machine Company, Lowell, Maos.:
Gentlemen. I have been running your system of-Compound Opener Lapper'. and
Finisher Lappers, witn Eveners, for more tii r two years nast at the otton Mill of tin'
Langley Manufacturing Company, and I have found it to work the mo.-t 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 seeding 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 fire.
Yours, Ac., M. F. FOSTER, Superintendent.
OFFICE MASSACHUSETTS COTTON MILLS, I
Lowell, February 20, 1874. j
'The Kitson Machine Company, Lowell , Mass.:
Gentlemen : This Company have now in use twenty of your Finisher Lappers, with
Eveners, and ten Compound Opener Lappvrs. 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 39,207 lbs. Cloth weekly. Yarn averaging about No. 22. Cost one
14-100 mills (.00114) per lb. of cloth. We consider them a first class machine in all re
spects. Yours very truly,
1 F. 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, JUHN C. PALFREY, Superintendent.
(The above Company havo in use eight Compound Operier Lappers and sixteen Fin
isher Lappers, with Ev ners; ordered at different times.)
Send for a Catalogue to THE KI ISON MACHINE CO U PANY.
SAiVSUEL E. STOTT. Treasurer,
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IRON GRENADINE,
SO CENTS,
WORTH ONE DOLLAR!
The BEST IN THE WORLD FOR THE PRICE. JUST RECEIVED FROM
AUCTION, at
JAMES A. GRAY’S.
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ATTENTION ! PLANTERS. 7
WE ARE GENERAL AGENTS FOR THE
PRIDGEON COTTON PRESS.
Which is highly recommended for its simplicity and very moderate cost, $125
complete.
Planters in need of a PRESS should examine this new invention.
SIBLEY & WHELESS,
COTTON FACTORS, AUCUSTA, CA.
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thel&eat^suiim route north,
VIA
AUGUSTA, WILMINGTON. PORTSMOUTH,
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AND
The Magnificent Sidewhee! Steamships
OF THE
OLD DOMINION LIND!
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, 1,600 Tons Capt. BLAKEMAN, Monday.
Steamship WYANOKE 2.040 T0n5..... Capt. COUCH, Wednesday.
Steamship OLD DOMINION, 2 240 Tons Capt. WALKER, Saturday.
And upon the above namod Schedule during the entire Summer and Autumn The'su
perior 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 ail Railway Ticket Offices.
Baggage checked to destination, and equal facility of transfer and delivery In New
York as by other Transportation Lines.
w. 11. STANFORD,
Seoretary 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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