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©jc Consfitiitiondist 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. uu2B | “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., augl3-lm* | Augusta, Ga. 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. jy!B-tf 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. aug29-tf 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., aug29-tf AUGUSTA, GEORGIA. 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. aug6- 30 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. aug!s-30d 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, je26-tf Proprietor. 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, j yG-3m Lf >WE CL, M ASS. ■fZfe \ m "gpg“ ~ IRON GRENADINE, SO CENTS, WORTH ONE DOLLAR! The BEST IN THE WORLD FOR THE PRICE. JUST RECEIVED FROM AUCTION, at JAMES A. GRAY’S. jelO-tf 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. aug2s-6 thel&eat^suiim route north, VIA AUGUSTA, WILMINGTON. PORTSMOUTH, -g-f&yzk ' *. . ..... 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. jyi-2m