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AUGUSTA, Gr-A..;
Tuesday Morning, September 7, 1875
Sharp Biography of N. C. Thompson,
one of the Winnebago Chiefs.
We find in the Perry Home Journal the
following first-rate notice ot' the renegade
Georgian, N. C. Thompson. It seems that
what we have said didn’t do him half jus
tice:
“The Macon Te'ejraph an l Messenger of
last Saturday contains an account of one
N. C. Thompson, of Rockford, Illinois, who
refused to exhibit anything of his manufac
ture in the event Jeff. Davis should speak
at the agricultural fair at that place. In
response to the question, “Who is Thomp
son?” we reply that he was the son of Nob
man B. Thompson, a shrewd Vermont tra
der, who some forty years ago opened a
bar room at Knoxville, and made money by
selling mean liquor at five cents a drink. He
then moved to Pond Town, where ne sold
goods awhile, after which he established
himself In business in Perry, occupying
the corner store where George Killen
now holds forth. He had two brothers,
Egbert and Horace. Egbert, a very clever
man and good merchant, left Perry just to
get away from his brother Norman, who
carried on a very unfraternal and competi
tive war against his business; located in
Americus, and grew quite wealthy, when
he moved North. He died, highly respected,
a few years ago. Horace, a very clever,
but shrewd little Yankee, married a daugh
ter of Judge Scarboro, and now lives at
St. Paul, Minnesota. Norman Cornelius,
son of Norman B. Thompson, was
a worthy son of a skin-flint sire,
and a little more so than nis
lather. They were bosom friends,
shrewd and tricky. They made money and
got rich. They bought negroes, none of
whom they set free, but sold them for
money, with which and their mercantile
gains they established just before the war
a bank and other speculative enterprises
at Rockford, among the Illinois Winnebago
Savages. While a mere boy, Cornelius’
disposition would crop out. He had few as
sociates, but would always drink wine and
frolic with the other boys until his time
came to “ante,” when he wouldn’t want
any. His brothers and mother were hated
by him, and it is alleged that he tried
to have his own mother confined under
a false charge of lunacy in an asylum.
He caused his brother Frank, a paroled
Confederate prisoner, to be imprison
ed in Rocklord in order to gratify his
malice, but never once during the war did
he enter even the Federal service, and risk
his corrupt carcass in the field. He staid
in Illinois and speculated, and grew richer,
until now with his ill-gotten hundreds of
thousands his righteous wrath finds vent j
in upbraiding the noble, chivalrous, true, |
brave Jefferson Davis. The article of the j
Augusta paper in regard to Frank Thoinp- >
son was incorrect. Frank was a whole
souled chivalrous young man, very
talented. He entered the Confederate
service and made an excellent soldier. He
was as brave as Cornelius was cowardly.
After the war he found himself penniless. His
father and brother revelling in luxury, cast
him off, he became dissipated and died
two years ago. lie was attended in his
last hours by some of our best citizens,
and buried in a very hadsome manner.
We believe his father paid his burial ex
penses when the bill was sent him. No pa
triotism prompted N. C. Thompson to the
course he pursued in regard to Jeff
Davis. By pleasing the cowardly black
guards composing the Grand Army of the j
Republic, he begat popularity, advertised
himself, and will make money. But the
devil has a bill of sale to this sanctimon
ious truly loyal hypocrite, and then—
“ Whose shall all these riches be?”
The Chicago Times, and Democratic pa
pers in Illinois generally are requested to
copy iu plain type and tell their readers to
read slowly.
What Inflation Will Do for the South.
“The advocates of ‘more money’ con- j
stantly assert that inflation would benefit i
the South and all other places where money -j
is scarce. They do not tell us how wo are 1
t) get the newly issued greenbacks without
we have something to give in exchange for
them, There is no scarcity of currency |
where there is anything to sell which any- i
body wants.”—[Columbia'-Union-Herald.
We wiil tell you something you have j
“for sale” at your very door: Enough
water power to turn one hundred thousand
spindles. Go twenty miles further up ,
stream and you will find enough for sale to j
run one hundred thousand more. Go twenty
miles below and you will find one hun
dred thousand more, and so on down with- i
in fifty miles of its mouth. You can take \
ali the other streams iu South Carolina
and you can find the same. And when you
sell out all the water-power on your ini tnd
streams, come over to the border, and
commence just this side of the Blue Ridge
on the Savannah river, and sell for every
five miles until you get to the ocean.
Should you have any greenbacks left, cross
the river and enter Georgia, where we have
enough water-power now running to waste
to turn all the spindles now in motion in
this world. And when you get enough cot
*t.jn factories in operation to make
up every pound of the raw ma
terial that grows, then you can
go into North Georgia and Alabama
and pitch into iron and coal and slate.
You there can find active employment for
at least three hundred million of green
backs.
Returning, you can take up the kaolin
beds of South Carolina and Georgia, run
sling in deep, broad and well defined stra
ta from Aiken county to the Chattahoo
chee, in Muscogee. This clay is now used
by New England sugar refiners and manu
facturers of candy, and flour for adultera
tion.
Wo want you to sell the right to make
fine porcelain ware, the bowl you wash
out of, the pitcher you drink from, cups,
saucers, plates, fruit stands, ornaments for
your brackets, statuary for your lawns,
and everything your merchants are now
buying abroad, which can be made from
this clay.
In one word, sir. nature denies your right
to go beyond your State and Georgia to
buy one single article you eat, drinK, wear
or which would be a pleasure to your sight.
She has provided them all here in a crude
state and demands of you to go to work anil
fashion them. Youaie of the Impression
she only requires you to make cotton and
ship it in bags. Your reply is just what we
want you to admit: “I would do all this if
1 had the money.” Go North and there
you will ti and the same answer. Well, then,
let the Government give us more money.
But you say if the Government issues more
money it will depreciate in value. Not true,
for then these factories and industries
would be started with this money. The
tramps of the North and the loafers in the
South could be put to work in them.
With these factories in operation, vil
lages, cities and railways would follow 7 ,
and where you have one ship on the ocean
you would have twenty then. Your pa
per would be an eight-page, with twenty
thousand circulation, and filled with ad
vertisements. Follow your Radical lead
ers, though, and they will still further
plunge the country into bankruptcy. They
have now reduced it to the very verge of
starvation, and propose to still further
drag it down in order to satisfy the bond
holders, who care not a groat if you live
forever poor.
Slang- Whanging.— The “ Independ
ents” in California are called “Chloral
hydrates.”
GEORGIA GENERAL NEWS.
The people of Liberty Hill, near Griffin,
were in a ferment the other day over a re
ported intention of the negroes to get up
art insurrection. It all originated by an
idle tale of an irresponsible black boy.
Stanley’s “Tabarnaele,” the traveling
Northern Methodist show 7 , has left Newnan
going in the direction of Atlanta.. Sheriffs
will examine and due inquiry make
whether this thing does not come under the
head of strolling shows; and if so, is it
liable to tax for State, county and common
school purposes.
Madison Journal: We are informed by a
reliable gentleman, living in the neighbor
hood, that the negroes around Brook’s
Chapel have their secret* meet ngs every
night from 10 o’clock until day-light, and
have the church guarded, so that no ap
proach can be made during their libera
tions. This looks very suspicious and
should be looked into by the whites in that
settlement.
Columbus Times: We hear about a dozen
barrels of cents have been ordered for trade
purposes by leading houses. One great
good they produce is teaching the value of
a penny. Now to get anything we have to
spend a nickel. When we getsma.ler money
we can find many things to buy with them,
and sometimes one cent will buy all a mau
wants, whereas now to get it he would be
compelled to spend five and get more than
he wanted.
Macon telegraph: It is again very warm
and dry in Middle and Southwestern Geor
gia, with the result of great damage to the
cotton crop. The new and tender growth,
superinduced by the wfct weather of the
middle of August, succumbs to the sudden
drouth and blazing sun, and even the field
peas, which were relied on to supplement
the meagre corn crop, are perishing under
these combined influences. * * A friend
told us a few days ago that in the course
of twenty miles’ travel in the neighboring
county of Houston, the total wreck
of crops is distressing. The cotton
fields are as black from rust as
they ordinarily get to be after the heaviest
frosts of November, and are absolutely
bare of foliage. Even the pea crop is al
most an entire failure. * * * One
of the largest planters in Lee an i Dough
erty told us a week ago that in twenty
years of farming he never approached any
where so near a total and absolute failure
ot 11 crops as he does this fall, ar and the talk
of twenty acres to the bale in the South
west is no joke, but a sober reality. We
judge, therefore, that the cotton crop of
this part of Georgia is not likely to be
equal to even that of last year, while, it is
true, that the cotton crop at large may go
beyond it.
Houston Home Journal: During the pres
ent week, however, facts have come to the
knowledge of many of our citizens which,
to say the le st, should cause us to be pre
pared for any emergency, and especially to
keep on the qui rive to detect the conspira
tors in the incipiency of their ignorant but
infernal plans. There can be out little
doubt that there have been, during this
week, unlawful assemblies at at least two
places in this county, and that they were
prompted by notice of threatened out
breaks in the eastern part of the State.
These assemblies are frequently held, and
protected against intrusion by pickets
A few days ago a laborer was missing
from a plantation a few miles north of
Perry. The employer asked a small boy
where he was, and received the informa
tion that" he had gone off, and would not
be back "till the war was over.” It was
known that he and several other’s had uni
forms, badges and arms. Tuesday night,
about four miles west of Perry, some gen
tlemen passed a church, found the road
picketed, and overheard the negroes say iu
substance that “ the white people have the
arms, but we have the numbers.” There
is, we believe, no cause for alarm. Only
caution and prudence suggest that our peo
ple should bo well a: med and watchful that
those families who are surrounded by
ignorant and easily*aroused negroes might
be protected. Indeed, it would do no harm,
and probably might do some good to have
a detail on the roads and by-ways of
nights, to keep us informed and let these
malcontents know that they are under sur
veillance. Asa few of our citezens are un
duly alarmed, it is only necessary, as Judge
Killen (who is no alarmist) says, “to 06
quiet and watch.” Of course if positive
proof can be had against any one for inci
ting insurrection, he will be arrested and
dealt with as the law directs.
The Muster 1101 l of European Armies
Europe is a vast military camp with a
liberal system of furloughing, M. Amedee
le Faube publishes in La Fran e a com
plete analysis of the military strength of
the various nations in 1875. Germany, it
appears, has an army comprising 4G9 bat
talions of infantry, 405 squadrons of cav
alry, 300 campaign batteries, 29 battalions
of fort artillery, 18 battalions of pioneers,
and 18 battalions of service corps. When
are added the reserves, the laudsturm, the
landwehr, and the navy, a total of 1,700*000
men is arrived at, with annual estimates of
£20,000,000. The English army and navy,
including militia and volunteers, comprise
535,000 men, and cost £24,800,0: 0; Austria
has 535,000 men, costing £10,800,000; Bel
gium, 43,00 ) men, with an expenditure of
£1,659,200; Denmark, 54.000 men, costing
£360,000; Spain, according to the regu
lations of 1870, possesses 270,000 men,
with a yeaily budget of £0,400,000.
The law passed by the Cortes in 1872 h s as
yet been imperfectly applied. France has
152 regiments of infantry, 30 battalions of
j chasseurs, 77 cavalry regiments, 40 regi
ments of artillery, 4 of engineers, and 20
I squadrons of service corps. With the re
i -erve and navy the total effective strength
J of the country Is 1,700,000, costing £26,600,-
000; Greece, 51,000 men, aud estimate £36 ),-
o ;Q; Italy, 760,000 men, expenditure £9,840,-
000; Holland, 100,000 men, estimate £1,120,-
; 000; Portugal, 73,000 men, costing £180,000;
Russia has an army in time of peace of 188
| regiments of infantry, 82 battalions of
! riflemen, 48 battalions for frontier service,
56 regiments of cavalry, 310 batteries of ar
| tillery, 14 battalions of engineers, besides
l regulars and reserves. With the fleet the
1 effective strength of the country is 1,550,-
i 000 men, with a budget of £27,000,0C0; Swe
den, 160,000 men, costing £1,120,000. The ef
fective strength of Switzerland is approxi
mately ISO.OOO men, costing only £160.000;
Turkey, 300,000 men, with estimates of £5,-
680,000. On a war footing, therefore, the
; armies of Europe are 9,330,000 men, costing
annually 136,804,000 pounds.
An Early Poem by Edgar Allan Poe.
The following verses, never before pub
lished, were written in the album of a Bal
timore lady, by Edgar A. Poe, at the age
of nineteen, shortly after he left West
I Point, in 1829. They are given in facsimile
iu Scribner for September;
ALONE.
From childhood’s hour I have not been
As others were—l have not seen
As others saw—l could not bring
My passions from a common spring;
From the same source I have not taken
My sorrow—l could not aw 7 aken
My heart to joy at the same tone—
And all I loved—l loved alone!
Then, in my childhood, iu the dawn
Of a most stormy life—was drawn
From every depth of good and ill
The mystery which binds me still.
From the torrent, or the fountain—
From the red cliff of the mountain—
From the sun that ’round me roll’d
in its Autumn tint of gold.
From the lightning in the sky
As it passed me flying bv—
From the thunder, and the storm—
And the cloud that took the form
(When the rest of heaven was blue)
Of a demon in iny view.
—[Scribner for September.
Horses.— Russia owns more than
20,000,000 horses, Siberia having the
best supply and Poland the poorest.
A gentleman who has investigated this
subject writes as follows: “There are
seven crown studs in Russia, and one
in Poland, containing altogether 3,602
brood mares and horses, with twelve
crowm stables having 945 stallions.
There are also 2,441 private studs, con
taining 0,496 stallions, and about 70,000
brood mares, besides upwards of
69 000 stallions and 62,000 brood mares
in’the copach and steppe “tabures.”
Three hundred and eighty horse fairs
are annually held iu Russia, at which
about 150,000 animals are sold out of
about 263,000 brought to market. The
ayepage price per horse is about 69
roubles, making the yearly returns
9,000,000 roubles, or $6,250,0()().
Irwin. —The Governor-elect of the
Golden State is a native of Ohio. He
has resided in California for 26 years.
For sometime he was an editor.
OUR BARNWELL LETTER.
“Bourbon" and Gov. Chamberlain —
The Railroad—September Court —
The Weather &c.
Barnwell Court House, S. C., j
September, 7th, 1875. [
Well, as we anticipated, “Bourbon”
has replied to our letter of last month
in reference to the Governor of this
State, though we verily expected a
different answer to that which our
friend and brother knight of the quill
has put before the good folk of Georgia.
Nevertheless, “Bourbon” writes up the
carpet-bag Governor as making rapid
strides toward reform. This we agree
to in parr, but hardly think he will
ever succeed in establishing himself so
much in the favor aud good graces of
the Conservative element of the State,
to say naught of the Democratic party,
as to make them feel assured of doing
their duty in granting unto him their
solid support. Asa scholar and a man
of culture, as one who has the possi
bilities of usefulness jn him iua higher
degree than any man in his party; as a
man who has said a good deal that they
commend, and done something of the
same sort, the Conservative party will
treat him with proper consideration
and respect. But Chamberlain’s
ideas of the work that he has
to do are not such as even they can
wholly accept. And wherefore? It is
because he adheres to “the opossum
ou the fence” policy, in consideration
of the deplorable condition of the rot
ten Republican party of this State.
Possibly, yea, very probably, if our
carpet-bag Governor could be perfectly
satisfied that the ides of last October
made a corpse of the Party of Progress,
there would not be so much of the “go
between” policy to be complained of by
the people. Chamberlain certainly has
the intelligence to understand the politi
cal situation of affairs, hut for fear that
“something may turn up” to his per
sonal disadvantage, should he, like
Henry the Fifth, courageously cut loose
from his former corrupt associates, he
waits, Micawber like, to see what tiiat
“turn up” (if any) will be. Chamber
lain stands accused of being connected
with the coupon swindle, the Hardy
Solomon Bank swindle and other grave
matters of vital interest to the State, and
while he forcibly denies these charges
in an “interview” with the Charleston
News and Courier reporter, yet he
fails to do his duty iu not explaining
these matteis in an official publication
over his own name. If he is not guilty
of the charges laid at his door, he
ought certainly to find out who the
guilty parties are, and inaugurate pro
ceedings against them. But the fact is,
the truth as to whom the real offenders
are is the last thing in the world that
Chamberlain desires to be made known
—at least just now. He will not prose
cute, himself, because he well knows
that the real thieves will not institute
proceedings against his Chief Magis
tracy, for fear of their conviction and
just punishment, and from his official
silence we are constrained to believe
the case vice versa. If Chamberlain is
in genuine earnest about reform, he
would prove it to the world by severing
his connection altogether with the cor
rupt party that placed the reins
of power in his hands by elect
ing him to the Gubernatorial
chair of the State, and by bold
ly coming entirely over to the side of
honesty and decency. But, no! He is
not siucere in his professions, ipso facto.
He don’t really care a curse for reform
unless he can be pecuniarly benefited
thereby. He is possibly feeling his
way, aud if he finds that he is “in the
wrong pew,” aud that the old Scott-
Moses system will be the most benefi
cial, he will not be long in following in
the wake of his predecessors. If Cham
berlain wishes the hearty approval,
support and applause of the Demo
cratic party of South Carolina, he
must bring to justice the thieves con
nected with the coupon frauds, the
Land Commission and Sinking Fund
swindles, &c., and must set himself
right ou the Solomon Bank failure iu a
better manner than by “interviews”—
against all corruptionists his blows
must be heavy and fast, and not main
tain a deathlike silence for fear of his
own probable guilt being found out.
Will have more to say another time.
Barnwell-Elko Railroad.
We were unavoidably prevented from
sending you an account of the meeting
held in the interest of this enterprise
on Monday last, but will give you a few
dots at this writing. There was not as
much stock taken on that day as we
thought would be—about one-third of
the necessary amount having only been
subscribed. Another meeting will be
held here to-morrow though, and it is
confidently expected that at least two
thirds of the shares will be disposed of.
Those mostly interested positively as
sert that the road will he built by the
first of next year, if not sooner. If
this work is successfully carried out,
Barnwell in a short while will have
grown to be a young city, for her won
derful water power and other advan
tages will soon be developed, which
will inevitably make this place the com
mercial centre of the county. The
ball is fairly in motion, and we hope
will be pushed triumphantly forward.
September Court.
Our September term of Court will
convene at this place on the 20th in
stant, notwithstanding the dirty aud
unfair measures of the Leslieites of
Blackville to have it otherwise. The
decent people of the county are anx
iously looking forward to this happy
date, as the tax unions of the county
are going to bring our county commis
sioners “to the bull ring” aud make
them “face the music” of a trial for
malfeasance in office, the consequence
of which will doubtless be their free
transportation to Columbia and lodg
ment in the penitentiary. The probate
judge and clerk of the court brothers
are also up for drunkenness and incom
peteney. Our school commissioner is
also to have a showing that he may the
better inform the tax-payers as to the
disbursement of the free school funds.
The trial of the above cases alono will
make the session intensely interesting,
but added to these will be the trial of
one Asa Hazel, a mulatto, for the al
leged murder of his wife, and also the
case of the two negroes arrested for
the murder of Mr. Hennesey. From au
“interview” with these alleged felons, a
few days ago, we think their attorneys
will have their hfinds full if they
accomplish their acquittal. Another
interesting feature for these ses
sions is the good set of jurymen
drawn for the term. From the action
of certain officials, though, who favor
Blackville for the county seat, it was at
onetime thought that no jury would
be dpawn, but his Honor Judge Maher
couldn’t see it that way, and demanded
the empanneling of a jury, threatening,
so we learn, to rule the Clerk of Court
and others for contempt should they
fail to obey his orders immediately.
\ye learn, filso, that Miles Bennett, the
Jury Commissioner for this county
(and to his praise be it said,) was of
fered SSO to not exercise his duty, and
eveii threatened with his life if he did
so; but Miles knew which side his
bread was buttered on, and acted
rightly. The jury drawn is said to be
the beet we have had in the last six
years.
The Weather, &e.
We have had no rain for some time,
and to pay for some delightful weather
last month we are suffering intensely
\viili the heat, the thermometers rang
ing in the nineties all day to-day.
Cotton Is opening rapidly, and is be
ing picked and shipped right along.
A party of our Loung men returned
yesterday from a lour days deer hunt
on the Edisto, together with other
friends from Aike| and different por
tions of tuis county. Result —three
bucks and a “ jolljf good time.” Sergt.
M. G. Oakman, of j the Clinch Rifles, of
your city, and of| tin cup and prize
rifle fame, was ou| of the happy party.
I Carolinian.
CITY PROPERTY FOR SALE.
PEREMPTORY SALE
AT AUCTION Bi’ CONSENT OF PARTIES
1
On Easy Terms sand Long Credit
OF JiIOST
Permanently Valulble and Productive
CITY PROPERTY,
to
The Lafayette Half and Opera House
|
Containing Spacious- Stores, Offlcess and
SaliLns,
!
ALL SUCCESSFUL <4ND POPULAR BUSI
NESS STANDS,
SITUATED IN Till MOST CENTRAL
PORTION Oa THE CITY.
With Fronts on Broad and Ellis. Between
Jackson and Cbm obeli Streets.
BY 0. V. WALKER..I ..Auctioneer.
riIUESDAY, the 7tb jeptember, 1875, at 12
_L o’clock, m., in ifront of the Opera
House Arcade, in thisjeity, will positively
be sold, at public auetSon, by consent of the
parties m interest, ths following described
and very choice con|tnercial and invest
ment property, to-witv:
That centi ally sitpuated, substantially
built and very productive property popu
larly known as the Had and
Opera House, situ a !,e| in the city of Au
gusta, county of KiciSmond, and State of
Georgia, and in the Square bounded by
I’.road, Ellis, Jackson |nd Campbell streets.
The portion of groin l on which they are
built measures a ten il front on back of
Broad and Ellis stree .s 65 feet, by an ex
treme depth between >arallel lines end ex
tending from street t< street of 27 1 feet 6
inches, said measuren jnt all being more or
less. Jhe said prop' rty, i not sold in
block, will be sold sub iviueri into lo;s, des
ignated by the Nos. J 2 and 3 according to
plans of J. F. Braun, b chitect, to be exhib
ited on the day of .ale. The said lots
measure asjfollows: Lots Nos. 1 and 2
front on the south sifie of Broau street,
having each 26 feet sbqiuches thereon, by a
depth between parallel lines of 126 feet in
depth towards Ellis street.
Lot No. 1 is improved with the Substan
tial Three and Two-st|ry Brick Buildings
known and designated by the No. 272
Broad street. The logger stor\ contains a
spacious and commodious Store—one of
the finest business stjads in the city and
arranged and adaptedjor Offices or Dwell
ing above. With Lof No. 1 and the im
provements thereon v*;ll be sold the Tene
ment east of th Arcadgf or entrance, erected
immediately above thisame, subje t to all
the conditions of servitude hereinafter
specified. f
Lot No. 2, west of hi Arcade or entrance,
measures 26 feet 6 inchL front on the south
side of Broad street fy a depth between
parallel lines of 126 feeft awards Ellis street,
together with all the improvements there
on, known and designated by the No. 274
Broad street, and comprising the substan
tially built three-storyfßrick Building with
a spacious two-story zßrick Store in the
rear. The main buillling contains that
splendid Store and clloice business stand
occupied by Messrs. 'Myers & Marcus,
Wholesale dry goods Dealers. The upper
portion is arranged foi|dwelling and adapt
ed for offices. Toe foregoing (described
property is leased to sad occupied by the
well known wholesale coalers in dry goods
and clothing, Messrs. j) yers & Marcus, 1..
Sylvester and others, Sntil the Ist of Octo
ber, 1875, yielding an S.ggregate rental of
$6,400 per annum. |
Lot No. 3 comprises Ihe remainder of the
property, measuring a|x>tal front on Ellis
street of 65 feet by a dtjtth between parallel
liues of 145 feet 6 inehe|, from which point
it contracts to a widthfof 12 feet, and ex
tends to and fronts on |outh Broad street.
This said extension isjknown as the Ar
cade, or entrance from llroad street to the
Opera House. Also, tie present existing
alley way, of 7 feet widtli, opening on Ellis
street—Lots 1 and 2 tolhave the right, in
common with Lot No. 1. to use, but not to
obstruct, the said Arciide or alley way—
together with all the irlprovements there
on, comprising that t|:tensivo, capacious
and subst ntially-bu ltgjrick Opera House,
covered with slate, copier gutters, cement
ed basement throughout, well lighted and
ventilated and providid with ample en
trance and i xit arrangements and accom
modations. The stage js 41 feet depth, the
auitorium has a parquet, dress circle,
gallery and a seating capacity of about one
thousand—has contain**! 1,4i)0 persons. The
basement is adapted f<|- saloon purposes,
lighted witli gas throughout, and the only
establishment of its kind iu the city for
public entertainment. J.Vith ordinary care
and small expense this; property alone is
susceptible of producin ' a large and cer
tain income, it has yi Ided in ordinarily
prosperous seasons ove $6,000 per an.ium.
The above decseribed compris
ing, as it does, the moslj extensive aud cen
trally located property In the city of Au
gusta in market, is well?worthy the atten
tion of capitalists seeding safe, reliably
productive and permanently valuable city
property for investment. As business
stands, adapted for eithlir the wholesale or
retail trade, banking orlnsurance business,
no property can be inorf desirable. It will
be sold free from ail injjumb ranee whatso
ever, the whole according to plan of J. F.
Braun, architect, to be tjdiibited on the day
of sale, and on the flilowing favorable
terms and conditions: I
Oi.e-third or one-half fash, at the option
of the purchasers; the\remainder at one
and two years’ credit fcS notes of the pur
chasers, specially secui l l by mortgage on
the property, bearing interest at the rate
of eight per cent, per arj.um from the duy
of sale until final pay mt jit; said interest to
be paid half yea' ly lrou|date, and the pur
chaser to keep the impEovements insured
for their value, aud to transfer the po icies
thereof to the holdersDf the notes; the
notes, if required, to Up drawn for such
amounts to suit the parses in interest, and
the acts of sale at the expense of the pur
chasers, before Wm. A.I Walton, Esq., No
tary Public, the rentals' A all the property
are reserved up to the toth of September,
PUBLIC NOTICE.
I HAVE given Mr. Jal Daly an interest
in my bus ness; the style of the firm
from this date wiil be JAkIES A. GRAY
Cos. ,|AS. A. GRAY.
Augusta, Ga., Aug. 26tl| 1875.
I
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-IN THJ*—
Insurance Company l|orih America,
ORGANIZED 1794. JSSETS, nearly
FIVE MILLION DO|LARS.
Virginia Fire & Maine Ins. Cos.,
ORGANIZED 1832. ASSETS, FIVE HUN
DRED THOUSAND DOIgLAIiS.
Lowest Adequate Rate| Apply in per
son or by letter to i
J. V. H. AIfLEN & CO.
Insurance Agents,
aug29-tf 227 Broad Sj., Augusta, Ga.
ADMIJiISi’iUTII IX SALE
BY C. V. WALKER .^Auctioneer.
ON THE FIRST IN SEP
TEMBER next, at tls- Lower Market
House, in the city of Augusta, within the
usual hours of Public Salq3, by permission
of the Court of Ordinary, *yi!l be sold:
Two adjoining Lots ofcLand, with the
Improvements thereon, i$ the city of Au
gusta, on the southeast ccS ner of Mclntosh
and Calhoun streets, in tha square bounded
by Calhoun, Mclntosh, Tv igge and Taylor
streets, fronting on Mclntosh street one
hundred and four feet, lfiore or less, and
running through, of like \Sidth, to Twiggs
street—the Improvement! consisting of a
store and several dweiljng|.
If deemed expedient, th<"above Property
will be offered together, & a whole, or in
separate lots of convenient dimensions
per plan to be shown on toe day of sale.
Terms: One-third casl? one-third ip
twelve months, and in two years.
Interest from day of sale, .t ten per cent.,
payable half yearly. Boii'J for titles to be
given. Buildings insured lud policy 7 trans
ferred. I
MARY LuV WORTH,
Administratrix Estate Richard Ald
worth, deceased. \ augß-lawtd
9
KPS SAVINGS BANK,
NO. 333 BROAD STREET,
Cash Capital SIOO,OOO (with Stockholders Liability 1
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. janl2-ly*
THE GREAT
GEORGIA STATE FAIR
18 73.
The Annual Fair for 1875 of the Georgia State
Agricultural Society will be held in
TUE O O IST, C3r E 30.,
At the Beautiful CENTRAL CITY PARK GROUNDS,
BEGINNING
M O IV 1> A Y, OC T O BE li 18.
AND CONTINUING ONE WEEK.
•
A large, varied and liberal Prem'um liist covering all Departments of Industry, from
which tho following are extracts:
Field Crop Department.
For the best and largest display in merit and variety of sample products from the
field, garden, orchard, dairy and apiary—the contribution of a single farm
For ihe best six stalks of cotton—to become tlie property of the Society o 0
For the best five bales, crop lot of short staple cotton, by one exhibitor 150
For the best single bale of short staple 50
For the best single bale upland long staple " 60
Horse Department.
Best Thoroughbred Stallion
Best Walking Horse
Best Saddle Horse or Mare
Best Single Buggy Horse or Mare
Best Combination Horse or Mare jou
Best Doub e Team, owned by one Exhibitor foO
Best Georgia Raised Mule • “0
Best Mule, open to the world
Cattle Department.
Best herd—one Bull and four Cows or Heifers—all to bo of one breed and owned
exclusively by one exhibitor
Best Milch Cow ; jj®
Cow giving tho Richest Milk —■• • ■:•• ■ ■ ■. — —•• • ■
S4O and S2O for tlie Best Bull and Cow, respectively, of each of the following breeds:
Alderney, Ayreshire, Devon and Durham.
Best Sow and Pigs under six months old
Poultry Department.
For best trio of each variety • ••••••• —; ••: •; • • : • $
Best and largest display in merit and variety of Domestic B owls, raised in Georgia.. 50
Best and largest display in merit and variety of same, open to the world 50
Best display of Pigeons
Best display of Rabbits 10
Horticultural Department.
Best display of Garden Vegetables, grown by one person $25
Home Industry Department.
Best collection of Jellies. Preserves, Pickles, Jams, Catsups, Syrups and Cordials,
made and exhibited by one lady SSO
Best display of breads by one lady
Ornamental Needle Work.
Best display in merit and var'ety of Female Handicraft, embracing Needle Work,
Embroidery, Crocheting, Knitting, etc., by one lady $
Fine Art Department.
Best Oil Painting, (any subject) $ 25
Best Portrait Painting 20
Best Painting in Water Colors ■••••• if’
Best display of Paintings and Drawings by one exhibitor. •• • 25
Best collection of Drawings by a girl under sixteen years of age.... ..... 25
Best display of Paintings and Drawings by tlie Pupils of one School or College.... . 50
Best display of Photographs Silver Medal and 2a
Best display of Jewelry, Silverware, etc Silver Medal and 2j
Merchants’ Displays.
Best display of Dry Goods
Best display of Fancy Groceries
Best display of Glassware and Crockery ?o
Best display of Clothing
Best display of Millinery
Special Premium for Granges.
To the Grange in the State making the largest and finest display in merit ana va
riety, of Stock, Products, and results of Home Industries, all raised, produced or
made by the members of that particular Grange
THE ABOVE ARE BUT SPECIMENS of a comprehensive list of largo MONEY Pre
m, 'ITIE BEST AND LARGEST LIVE STO K slow ever held in tlie State or South. More
and liner Horses. Mules, Cattle Sheep. Swine and Poultry than ever before exhibited.
Parties wishing line Stock, as a line Harness or Saddle Horse, Milcli Low, JLlioioughbieu
Dull, Trio of Chickens, etc., will lind the occasion of this Fair a rare opportunity to
b( SEVERAL EMINENT and representative men from the North an 1 Northwest, have
been invited to deliver addresses ><t the Fair, and many distinguished visitors through
out the whole country are expected.
THE PUBLIC will be kept posted of the progress and developments ot the I air in
future advertisements. „ . , . „
SEND TO THE SECRETARY at Macon for Premium Lists, embracing a full schedule
of tlie Premiums, Rules, R< gulations, etc., and containing two engravings ol the beau
tiful and magnificent Fair Grounds. A H COLQDITT , President.
T. G. HOLi, General Superintendent.
jy4-sututh&cloctlß MALCOLM JOHNSTON, Secretary.
NOTICE.
mHIRTY DAYS after date I shall become
i a PUBLIC or FREE TRADER, in ac
cordance with provisions of Section 1760 of
the Cos ie of Ge rgia. SARAH ItICH.
I hereby consent to my wife becoming a
Public or Free I rader. J. RICH.
Augusta, Ga., August 6th, 1875.
augO- 30
Pay your State, County and
School Taxes.
11HE 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, to -ether with those
who are liable to the Poll 1 ax, had best
come forward and settle.
JOHN A. BOHLER,
Tax Collector Richmond County.
aug!s-30d
DANCING SCHOOL.
NEW SESSION.
MONS. BERGER will open a New Ses
sion at Masonic Hall, on TUESDAY,
August 3lst 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. .
aug2B-1 &sepl&4*
INSURANCE.
Gi EO. SYMMS, Agent, represents the fol-
T lowing Companies, viz:
Commercial Union Fire Assur
ance Company of London,
England, Gross Assets $17,714,578 06
Connecticut Fire Insurance
Company, Hartford, Conn.... 877,504 58
Manhattan Fire Insurance
Company, New York City.... 700,885 36
New Orleans Fire Insurance
Company, New Orleans, La.. 645,566 56
Home Protection Fire Insur
ance Compauy, Huntsville,
Ala 121,21115
John Hancock Mutual Life In
surance Company, Boston,
Mass 2,750,000 00
$22,809,835 71
GEO. SYMMS, Agent,
No. 221 Broad Street,
soptl-Gm Augusta, Ga.
“PORE SEED”
“RUST PROOF OATS.”
PRICE $1.25 CASH, PER BUSHEL. Sown
in August or September, the most oer
tain crop raised—succeeding on the Sea
coast, where no other oat ever matures
seed, as well as on high’ands.
Grown expressly for seed, and for sale by
EDWARD BANCROFT,
Athens, Ga.
For sale by
C. H. PHINIZY, & CO.,
augl3-ltn* Augusta, Ga.
MANSION HOUSE
POKT ROYAL. S. C.
SITUATED AT THE TERMINUS OF
the Port Royal Railroad, where connec
tion is made with the fast sailii®, first class
steamers Montgomery' and Huntsville,
sailing to New York every Friday.
Round trip from Augusta, s3u.
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 to travelers or to parties who desire
Board or to spend a few days near the salt
Tabie supplied with e\'erything the mar
ket affords. Fresh milk, butter, fish, veg
etables and fruits in their season.
Best of Cooks and Attendants.
Terms liberal.
C. E. WARREN,
je26-tf Proprietor.
NOTICE.
A 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 Clocks, Watches,
Jewelry, Fancy Goods, Pistols, Musical In
struments, &c, 25 yer cent, below cost till
September 29th, to (-lose business.
JACOB KAPLAN,
150 Broad street.
Augusta, Ga., August 26th, 1875.
ASSIGNEE’S SALE.
BY BIGNON & CRUMP, Auct.oneers.
BY virtue of an order from the Register
in Bankruptcy, will be sold for cash,
at public out-cry, at the Lower Market
House in this city, on the FIRST TUESDAY
IN SEPTEMBER next, between the usual
hours of sale, the doubtfull and insolvent
notes and book accounts, (amounting in the
aggregate to about $4,00o), of the late fjrm
of Hyams & 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 & Crump, and the
office of T. & J L. Oakman, No. 2 Warren
Blook. JULIUS L. OAKMAN,
Assignee of Est. Hyai.*s & Neufville,
Bankrupts. au2B-tsep7 _
FOR SALE!
A WINDLASS, with a Brake attached,
built by Mr. George Cooper, of this
C ‘ Also, a Buggies PAPER CUTTER, which
cuts 26 inches wide. All in good order.
The above mentioned* Machines will be
sold CHEAT FOR CASH. Apply at
THIS OFFICE,
jy!B-tf
f\| \g g&l To agents and others, male
I V C lw and female, a SSO secret and
beautifully illustrated 100-
A UU A V page Novelty Catalogue. R.
A W T |F. Young & Cos., 29 Broad
way, New York. jy29-i.Twiy
The Kitson Machine Comp’v,
LOWELL, MASS.,
RICHARD KITSON, President,
SAMUEL E. STOTT, Treasurer and Agent.
BUILDERS OF
PATENT COTTON OPENERS
AND
LAPPERS, WITH RECENT VALUABLE IMPROVE
MENTS, SHODDY and WASTE MACHINES and
KAO DUSTERS, NEEDLE-POINTED
CARD-CLOTHING, 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
KITSONS PAI'I'NT EVENER
lllir
Attahed, and owing to reccent improvements in this Evener, the laps when ready for
the card, only varies one quarter of an ounce to tlie yard. The °°®t of picking by t .
system is only aboutone mill per pound oil the cloth produced, and the picket House
safer from fire than the card ro nu, ~ ,
4®”There is al o a great saving of room and power over the old system. ,
These Machines may be seen at tlie mills of the Augusta I aetorv, Langlev Manure -
turing Company, and at the best mu is at; Lowell, Lawrence, tall River, Mancneste
Lewiston, Providence, Richmond, Baltimore, etc., etc.
The lollowing are a tew among many testimonials whicn we have received:
AUGUSTA FACTORY, Augusta, Ga., July 5, 1875.
The Kitson Machine Company, Lowell, Maas.:
Gentlemen: We have been running your Compound Opener Lappets andrinisnei
Lappers, witli Eveners, lor moie 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. p CQGIN> Supei intonden t.
OFFICE LANGLEY MANUFACTURING COMPANY. /
Langley, S. C., April 14, 1873. (
The Kitson Machine Company, Lowell, Mass.:
Gentlemen. I have been running your system of Compound Opener Lappers and
Finisher Lappers, witn Eveners, for more than two wars naft. at the (!otton Mill ol too
Langley Manufacturing Company, and I have found it to work the most satisfactory ol
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 regu.anty
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 torty 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, &c., M. F. FOSTER, Superintendent.
OFFICE MASSACHUSETTS COTTON MILLS, (
Lowell, February 20, 1874. j
The Kitson Machine Company, Lowell, Mass..- „. . . . T „
Gentlemen : This Company have now in use twenty' of your 1- lnisliei Lappets, w itli
Eveners, and ten Compound Opener Lappers. Some of these machines have been at
work for ten years or more, and have always given us satisfaction, doing a large amount
of work, doing it well, at a low cost for labor and repairs. In our ‘ Prescott Mill, where
we have two Compound Opener Lappers, and four I inislier Lappers, wo have averaged
the past seven weeks 39,267 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
snects Yours very truly,
sptcts - fe. F. BATTLES, Agent.
MERRIMACK MANUFACTURING COMPANY, /
Lowell, January 23,1874. j
The Kitson Machine Company, Lowell, Mass.: . T ,
Gentlemen : W have boon usin# some ot your (ompound Openei Lappers and
Finisher Lappers, with Eveimrs, 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.
lours respectfully, JOHN C. PALI REY, Superintendent.
(The above Company have in use eight Compound Opener Lappers and sixteen Fin
isher Lappers, with Ev liers; ordered at different times.)
Send for a Catalogue to THE KITSON MACHINE COviLANY.
SAMUEL E. STOTT. Treasurer.
j v6-3m LO V? ®Hi, MASS.
, hi, ii mm~i —rm —rftnT
DOZIER, WALTON & CO.,
(j qTT OTV FAC TOTt S, AOETNT S,
AUGUSTA, GEORGIA.
aug24eow2m
OFFICE OF TIIE
Piedmont and Arlington Life Insurance Company,
RICHMOND, VIRGINIA,
August 27th, 1875.
To Our Friends and Policy Holders in South. Carolina and Augusta, Ga..
We have arranged with Wm. M. Hutson Jr., lately of South Carolina, to take
charge of our Agency at Augusta, Ga., and control the business heretofore conducted by
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 com ection of one
so worthy and experi6nc6d in Lifo Insurance, as a substantial evidence of how high your
Company stands with those best qualified to judge. . _ ,
Mr Hutson can give you all needed inlormation as to your interest, or by address
ing the Home Office, at Richmond, Va., your correspondence will receive prompt atten
tion Very Respectfully,
W. C. CARRINGTON, President.
0
AGENCY OF 1 THE
Piedmont, and Arlmgton Life Insurance Company,
AUGUSTA, GA., August 27th, 1875.
Referring* to above Card, by which your attention is called to my appointment as
General tlm 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 persoually at my office, or send to me by 1 ost Office Order,
by Sight Draft, or in a Registered Letter, or by Express, upon receipt of which you will
have sent vou promptly the Company’s receipt for payment. _ „
To nfy‘friends in South Carolina, known through my connection with Security Lite
Insurance Company, of New York, since 1871, I would commend most heartily the Com
pany I now represent as General Agent. While not detracting from well deserved mer
its of the Security Life, I would ask your liberal patronage to the PIEDMONT AND
ARLINGTON LIFE, a Company so well known to you for its solidity and strength, as
well ap its conservative and able management, as to need at my hands do reoommenda
tiUni will, as soon as possible, visit the different Counties of my Agency, and make local
arrangements fur the convenience of our Policy Holders in paying their premiums.
Very Respectfully,
W. IVI. HUTSON, Jr.,
General Agent Piedmont and Arlington Life Imurance Cos.,
aug29-tf AUGUSTA, GEORGIA.
Fruitland Nurseries, Augusta, Ga.
PJ. BERCKMANS, Proprietor. Orders
• for Trees, Plants, Bulbs, Seeds, etc.,
etc., left with the undersigned will be promt
ly attended to.
GEORGE SYMMS, Agent,
No. 221 Broad Street,
septl-Gm Augusta, Ga.
NOTICE.
From this date Mr. george w.
CALVIN becomes a copartner of the
undersigned. The firm name will remain
as heretofore.
CALVIN & JONES.
September Ist, 1875. sepl-tf
RAILROAD HOUSE,
THOMSON, GA,
By Henry McKinney.
CONVENIENT to Railioad Dopot. Pas
sengers by Day Down Train take din
ner at this place. _.
LACE CURTAINS
CLEANED AND WHITENED,
AT
123 BROAD STREET.
aug27-12 JAS. H. HULSE,