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AUGUSTA, C3-A..:
Thursday Morning, Sept. 10, 1875.
CURRENT TOPICS.
The Financial Condition of Alabama—
The Curse of Reconstruction.
We published yesterday morning a
lengthy telegram from Montgomery, giv
ing in substance the report of the Financial
Committee of the Alabama Constitutional
Convention. They say they have examined
into the condition of the Treasury, which
they find almost exhausted, and have looked
into the financial condition of the State,
which is absolutely appalling. They find
the total indebtedness of the State to be
about $29,000,000, and the total value of tax
able property about $159,000,000; that it
would require nearly 20 per cent, of the en
tire taxable property of the State to liqui
date the debt.
The only hope the Committee have of
freeing the State from this heavy and un
bearable load is to effect a compromise
with creditors. The people are now so
poor, property so valueless and Industry
so unromunerative, it is impossible to pay
even the interest, to say nothing of the
principal.
Had a Chinese simoom passed over the fair
iields ot Alabama from the Gulf to the Ten
nessee river, it would not have been more
blighting than the rule and reign of the
Radical governments which have been
there since the war. For this enormous
debt they have left absolutely no assets.
Indeed private property, public works,
State, county and corporation interests are
far less in value than ever known in the
history of the country.
Northern merchants and manufacturing
towns need not go farther than the above
facts to read the real reason why they are
nearly crushed, why the trade of the coun
try has now the pallor of death upon it .
South Carolina and Louisiana are far worse.
Mississippi and Arkansas no better. Geor
gia is prosperous for the reason that she
ran the Radical leeches from her borders
before they had the time to ruin her.
And where has this money gone ? What
has Alabama to show as an offset ? Two
thirds of it was stolen and the few spavin
ed railways left pay nothing now nor ever
will. The country at large must hold the
Radical party directly responsible for this
deplorable state of things. It was the im
mediate result of the Reconstruction meas
ures enacted by a fanatical Congress in a
spirit of revenge upon the white people,
but these acts have recoiled upon the
whole country and driven it to desperation
and the vorge of bankruptcy. And the end
is not yet. Grant and Morton would to
day, if they had the power, wrest the
Southern States from present hands and
again put them under the heel of the infa
mous crew who brought all this desolation
upon the land. Rut thanks to the wisdom
of the American people, their career is
drawing to a close forever!
The Maine Election—Progress of the
Revolution.
Mr. Speaker Blaine is the most person
ally popular man in the Republican party,
as he is its most prominent candidate for
President. The Democrats like him, and
when censuring him for some of his unjust
ruling in helping through partisan meas
ures in Congress, they always insisted that
he was forced by the party lash. Blaine
is a citizen of Main . He is, of course,
very popular at home, and with his candi
dacy for President in view h • made a great
effort in the canvass just closed to carry
his State by the usual majoiity.
But he signally failed. In 1872 Grant
carried Maine by 32,335. In 1873 tho Re
publicans elected their candidate for Gov
ernor by 11,218 over the Democratic and
Independent nominees on a very light vote
and last year carried the State by 11,397-
The returns indicate that they have just
carried the State by less than 4,500 majori
ty, a loss since the election of Grant of over
27,000, and a loss during the last *year of
nearly 7,000.
The Democrats have not been in favor
there since 1852, twenty-three years ago.
After the election in Massachusetts last
year it was thought that if the Democrats
could carry that State they could carry
anything. But Maine is undoubtedly the
hardest of all to change. It is an out of
the way country—an old-fashioned people,
deeply wedded to prejudices, and nothing
else under the sun could disgust and turn
them out of their regular chanrel of voting
except the course of the Radical party since
the war.
To make the popular current plain, we
give a summary of the votes of the State
during the past seven years;
Rep. Dem. Rep. maj
1874—Governor 52,131 41,734 11,397
1873—Governor 45,674 33,216 13,358
1872—President 61,422 21,087 32,335
1872-Governor 71,917 54,801 17,216
1872—Congress 72,114 53,811 18,303
I*7l—Governor 58,757 48,126 10,731
1870—Governor 54,040 44,534 9,506
1869-Governor 51,578 39,854 11,724
1868—President 70,493 42,460 28,033
A Touch and Go Business.
In the Atlanta Constitution, of yesteiday,
we find the following queer paragraph:
“Mayor Hammock will please take no
tice that the Georgia Railroad Company
lias again agreed to transport to Atlanta,
free of charge, all ‘paupers’ that the au
thorities of Augusta do not care to sup
port. Tho City Council it Augusta con
sider this right worth $2,000 a year to them.
As the full fare to Atlanta is five dollars,
this means that at least 600 of Augusta’s
poor are to be shoved on to us annually.
The matter should be thoroughly investi
gated and exposed.”
“Augusta’s poor,” indeed, when it Is no
torious that we are rich, and have no poor
kin. In this respect we, like Atlanta, do a
“kiting business.” When dead-be its get to
Atlanta Hammock shoves them off on
Montgomery and Chattanooga, and those
cities in turn push them along. They all
finally land in Chicago. For us to stop
them here would be obstructing the com
merce of Atlanta.
Repelling Ants.
Some years ago, says a correspondent ot
the London Times, at my house in the
country', a colony of ants established
themselves under the kitchen llooring. Not
knowing the exact locality' of the nest, I
endeavored to destroy the insects with
treacle, sugar, arsenic, etc., but although I
Blew numbers thus, the plague still in
creased. At last, bethinking myself that
ants disliked the smell of tar, I procured
some carbolic acid, and diluted it with
about a dozen times its weight of water.
I squirted a pint of the mixture through
the air-bricks under the flooring, and my
enemies vanished that day' never to return.
It has always been successful. For crick
ets, etc., also a little of this sent in their
holes acts as an immediate notice to quit.
Too Many Colonels.
A writer in the London Times says “ the
beggers in Amsterdam are as thick as Col
onels in America.” We have too many of
them. The only effectual way to extermi
nate the lot is to enact a law imposing a
fine of one hundred dollars upon every man
who refuses to knock another down who
calls him Colonel. We had enough to sup
ply the standing armies of Europe before
our late war, and now if you sing out to
.any crowd upon a railroad platform,
■“Good-bye, Colonel,” eleven out of every
twelve will reply, “ Good-bye, Colonel.”
We received a circular the other day
printed In blank “Colonel ,” Instead
ot the old way, “Mr.— .”
An effort will be made iu Kentucky
suppress lotteries.
GEORGIA GENERAt NEWS.
•John Jones, of Chattooga county, is dead
of paralysis.
The Baptists have invited Mood e and
Sankey to visit Atlanta. The railroads will
issue return trip tickets, etc.
The Georgian justly rebukes the Atlanta
Constitution for objecting to its publ shing
a daily.
Adairsville has voted for restrict on of
retail liquor selling under the local option
law.
The Athens Georgian advocates the cut
ting of the Western Circuit in two. It says
business is now so great that Court cannot
get through by perpetual session.
A Cartersville special to the Atlanta Cbn
stitution says Mr. Neal Head died there on
Friday from suppuration of the oesopha
gus, caused by swallowing a chicken bone
abouta week agn.
Two brothers, named Dennis and Robert
Sparks, lost their lives at Ayresville, on the
Air-Line Railway, last Friday, from tie ef
fects of poisonous gas in an old well they
were cleaning out.
Newnan Star: Bill Dent lost his fine sad
dle horse, Bohemian, the other night. He
brought Bill safe home from "the Ala
bama” and laid himself down and died.
Bill cons ules himself for the loss by the fact
that he is about out of corn.
The Athens Watchman comes to us as
clear as crystal. It has anew dress. The
main head letter is twice too large and
three shs.des too black. The main bedyis
gotten up iu superior taste. Col. Christy,
the editor, is a verable journalist and gifted
with hard common sense. The fine patron
age he receives is most worthily bestowed.
Gen. Tige Anderson is said t" have ap
plied to tne Khedive for an appointment.
We know the General won’t like that coun
try. There are no district conferences in
Egypt.—(Savannah News.
Well, ain’t it a harem-scarem country,
which will just suit the General?—[Wil
mington Star.
Tige is not much on thescarem, but is
all right with the harem.
Athens Georgian ; It was reported yes
terday. that Dr. Win. Leroy Broun, Presi
dent of the State College, had accepted a
Professorship in Vanderbilt University.
This is but a rumor, however, and we sin
cerely hope it is not so, as Athens anc. the
University of Georgia could ill afford to
lose such a man. We don’t think that
Vanderbilt should be so selfish. She has
taken Dr. Lip-cumb from our community,
and now Dr. Broun.
Covington Star: Our community was
startled by a telegram, early on Monday
morning last, announcing the death of
Judge David W. Spence, which occurred
near Wartrace, Bedford county, Tenn.. at
3% o’clock Monday morning. Judge Spence
was one of the most prominent and highly
respected merchants of Covington, and the
announcement of hi i death cast a gloom
over our city, which was deepened by the
terrible distress of the family and friends
of the deceased.
Columbus Enquirer-Sun Mr. James Law
rence, the barkeeper at the Sans Souci Sa
loon, whil ■ going home Sunday morning,
about four o’clock, fell from a plank cross
ing twenty feet long by five wide, over a
ravine just beyond Girard, Alabama, and
was instantly killed. The fall was ajout
fifteen feet. Mr. Lawrence’s neck was
broken, and he must have breathed his last
in a second. He had been drinking during
the night, and left the city at 3% a. m. for
home with Mr. Thomas Clay, his nephew,
a young man some twenty-three years of
age. * * Mr. Charles Marks and four
deck hands loft yesterday for Pittsbuig to
bring the W. S. Holt to the Alabama river
i his is the new boat the Central Railroad
Company has liad built at Pittsburg, w lich
Captain George W. Whitesides is to com
mand, and Mr. Virgil Powers, of Macon, to
be clerk. She is to run on the Tombigbee
river, between Demopolis, Alabama, and
Columbus, Mississippi, in connection with
the Central Railroad. She has over three
thousand miles of water to traverse before
she reaches her destination.
Genius vs. Capital.
[New York Shipping List.l
It is a noticeable fact novv-a-days,
that most houses which fall in business
make an exhibit of liabilities which are
astonishingly large, and of assets which
are astonishingly small. Instead of
being worth no one knew how much,
the very distressing discovery is made
they are worth no one knew how
little. As these unpleasaut discove
ries come to light in cases where an ex
tensive business has been carried on,
they naturally awaken curiosity as to
how such small assets have made so
great a show.
A generation ago a large business re
quired a large capital. Not so now. Old
houses which are the growth of the
best part of a century, and which are
as strong and as solid as a granite
block, are completely overshadowed by
those which sprung up in a season ap
parently from nothing, yet which are
positively doing the business, and
wielding what seems to have the sem
blance of power. The old ones look on
aghast, while the young ones smile
complacently to think of tho magical
something which they possess, and
which stands to them in lieu of capital.
TJie magical possession may best be
termed genius. Defined in a mercan
tile way, genius is the power of know
ing more or better than your neighbor;
ability to forecast the future; to make
black appear white, and white, black;
and withal, a natural dexterity in fly
ing long-tailed kites and monster bal
loons. Asa substitute for capital gen
ius has its advantages. It is expansive,
and is not subject to vulgar limitations.
A hundred thousand dollars can or.ly
do a hundred thousand dollars’ worda;
but genius may rise to any emergency,
and grapple with the loftiest concep
tions. It can do whatever it dares to
do, so long as its star is in the ascend
ant; and while the public continue to
be dazzled by its scintillations, they io
not hesitate to give it a large place
among the assets of the possessor.
Here appears the discrepancy which
shows so glaringly when the collapse
comes. It i£ an asset which makes
credit, but will not suit creditors. But
why should it be passed over by the m
with such contempt ? It might be set
up again to scintillate for their benefit;
or, better still, it might be divided
around pro rata. The ability to float a
million or so of acceptances based on
nothing, ought to divide up well with a
lot of the small fry, who are not so girt
ed by nature. While, how to make a
neat turn iu stocks or grain, or how to
exchange wild cat bonds for the sur
plus salary of clergymen and school
teachers, would do for creditors of the
larger sort. There is little reason to
think that the offers would be accepted.
Such is man’s inconsistency ! Genius
is made much of only while it soars;
when brought to the earth, it is treated
with ignominy; and a Fourth-of July
pin-wheel with its glory spent, would
pass for as much with the crowd of
quondam admirers.
Genius is irrepressible, and, unfortu
nately for friends and the public gen
erally, must run its course. It it could
only be bottled and corked, and let o it
in small doses, like soda from a foun
tain, it might be permanently realized.
But this is out of the question. Chain
lightning is not more unmanageable.
So there is only one course left to those
who pechanee 'find themselves akin to
one of the rrepressible sort —and th.it
is, to give him a wide berth, as they
would a tank of petroleum on lire, re
membering to remove their valuables
to some safe deposit vault; aud then,
with danger signals placed to warn eff
the unwary, to wait patiently for the
explosion, w hich is sure to come.
Mercantile genius is the natural pro
duct of these unhealthy, speculative
times, Legitimate business profit is
scarce and microscopic. Rich houses
can afford to wait, and to bide their
time, but the host of weak ones must
either die a natural death—go up quiet
ly with a kick and a gasp—or trust to
their genius and try a desperate game
of chance. There is little room for
ohoice in the alternative presented ; :,t
makes little difference to a man who
has got to die, whether he is quietly
smothered, or is blown to pieces from
a cannon’s mouth ; but to the friends
who have to take charge of the re
mains, it makes quite a decided differ
ence. To be left without a decent and
respectable corpse to mourn over, is
far preferable to being forced to gather
the fragments of the dear departed
from other people’s dooryards,
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The Liver, the largest organ in the
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IF you feel Dull, Drowsy, Debili
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Mouth T astes badly, poor appetite
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and nothing will cure you so speedily
aud permanently.
“I have never seen or tried suc h a simple,
efficacious, satisfactory and pleasant rem
edy in my life.”—H. Hainer, S3t. Louis, Mo.
Hon. Alex. H. Stephens.
“I occasionally use, when my condition
requires it, Dr. Simmons’ Liver Regulator,
with good effect.”—Hon. Alex. H. Ste
phens.
Governor of Alabama.
“Your Regulator has been in uso in my
family for some time, aud I am persuaded
it is a valuable addition to the medical
science.”—Gov. J. Gill Shorter, Alabama.
“I have used the Regulator in my family
for the past seventeen years. I can safely
recommend it to the world as the best
medicine I have ever used for that class of
diseases it purports to cure.”—H. F. Thig
pen.
President of City Bank.
“Simmons’ Liver Regulator has proved a
good and eificacious uyjdicine.”—C. A. Nut
ting.
Druggists.
“We have been acquainted with Dr. Sim
mons’ Liver Medicine for more than twen
ty years, and know it to be tho best Liver
Regulator offered to the public.”—M. R.
Lyon and H. L. Lyon, Bellefontaine, Ga.
“I was cured by Simmons’ Liver Regula
tor, after having suffered several years
with chills and Fever.”—R. F. Anderson.
The Clergy.
“My wife and self have used the Regula
tor for years, and testify to its great vir
tues.”—Rev. J. R Felder, Perry, Ga.
Lady's Endorsement.
“I have given your medicine a thorough
trial, and in no case has it failed to give full
satisfaction.”—Ellen Meacham, Chatta
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Professional.
“From actual the use of
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and am satisfied to use and prescribe it as
a purgative medicine.”—Dr. J. W. Mason.
M. E. Florida Conference.
“I have used Dr. Simmons’ Liver Regu
lator in my family for Dyspepsia and Siek
Headache, and regard it an invaluable
remedy. It has not failed to give relief in
any instance.”— hev. W. F. Easterling.
President Oglethorpe College.
“Simmons’ Liver Regulator is certainly a
specific lor that class of complaints which
it claims to cure.”—Rev. David Wills.
No Instance of a Failure on Record,
When Simmons’ Liver Regulator has been
properly t ken.
J. H. ZEILIN & CO.,
sepls-d&cly Proprietors.
LEGAL ADVERTISEMENTS.
CITY TAX—IB7S
Last Notice.
IN conformity to the City Ordinances,
Executions will be issued, with 10 pel
cent, aud costs added thereto, on Ist of Oc
tober next, on all Taxes for 1875 unpaid on
that date.
sepl4-dtoctl I. P. GARVIN, C. T.
AN ORDINANCE
TO AMEND THE FIFTH SECTION OF
THE XXXIID CHAPTER OF THE CITY
CODE OF AUGUSTA.
SECTION 1. Be it ordained by the City
IO Council of Augusta, and it is hereby or
dained by the authority of the same, That
from and alter the Ist day of October next,
the Fifth Section of the xxxiid Chapter of
the City Code shall be so amended as to
make the price of a license for a One Horse
Dray, Cart or Wagon, Ten Dollars; for a
Two Horse Dray, Cart or Wagon, Twenty
Dollars; and for a wagon or other vehicle
drawn by 4 or more horses, Fifty Dollars.
Sec. 11. And be it f urther ordained, That
so much of all Ordinances and parts ot
Ordinances as conflict with this Ordinanoo
be and the same are hereby repealed.
Done in Council this 6th day of Septem
ber, A. D. 1875.
[Signed] JNO. U. MEYER,
Attest: Acting Mayor.
\ l.s. > L. T. Blome, Clerk of Council.
1 —v~ 1 septl4-3t
Rpttti? M Htttt I Llbel for Divorce.
BErTiE M. HULL | Richino nd Superior
James A. C. Hu11, j
IT appearing to the Court that the de
fendant in the abo.e sthted case does
not reside in the State of Georgia, it is, on
motion of Win. R. McLaws, attorney for
libellant, ordered: That service of said li
bel upon said defendant be made by publi
cation in the Constitutionalist, a newspa
per of the city of Augusta, being a public
gazette of this State, once a month for four
months; and it is further ordered that this
order be entered on the Minutes.
Georgia, Richmond County—l, Samuel
H. Crump, Clerk of the Superior Court of
said county, do hereby certify that the
foregoing order has been entered on the
Minutes of the Superior Court, April term,
1875, folio 309, this Bth day of May, 1875.
S. H, CRUMP.
myl3-lam4m Clerk S. C. R. C.
INSURANCE ADVERTISEMENTS.
INSURANCE.
GEO. SYMMS, Agent, represents tho fol
lowing Companies, viz:
Com i ercial Union Fire Assur
ance Company of London,
England, Gross Assets $17,714,578 06
Connecticut Fire Insurance
Company, Hartford, Conn.... 877.594 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 Company, Huntsville,
Ala 121,211 15
John Hancock Mutual Life In
surance Company, Boston,
Mass 2,750,000 00
$22,809,835 71
GEO. SYMMS, Agent,
No. 221 Broad Street,
septl-6m Augusta, Ga.
GIN HOLSKS INSURED
-IN THE-
Insurance Company North America,
ORGANIZED 1794. ASSETS, nearly
FIVE MILLION DOLLARS.
Virginia Fire & Marine Ins. Co 4 ,
ORGANIZED 1832. ASSETS, FIVE HUN
DRED THOUSAND DOLLARS.
Lowest Adequate Rates. Apply lu per
son or by letter to
* J. V. H. ALLEN A CO.
Insurance Agents,
aug29-tf 227 Broad St., Augusta, Ga.
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STOCK PRIVILEGES.
$lO. SIOO. SSOO. SIOOO.
Often realizes immense profits when in
vested in STOCK PRIVILEGES. Circulars
containing full explanation of the mode of
operating, and quotation prices of all
Stocks dealt in, at the
New 'York Stock Exchange,
sent FREE on application to
SIMONSON, BARREIRAS & CO.,
Bankers and Brokers, No. 6 Wall street,
Opp. N. Y. Stock Exchange. New Yobk.
je!s-tuthsalv •
EDUCATIC fAL.
RICHMOND i CADEMY.
Founded and Endowed by tile State of
Georgia iu 783.
THE building is one of le handsomest in
the State and is eit 'ited in an exten
sive and beautiful grove, i The Rooms are
large, well ventilated an* well furnished;
the floors are covered wijli cocoa matting.
The apparatus is the nr it extensive and
complete of any Academ or School in the
South. Session opens Si PTEMBER 13th,
1875, with a full corps of i achers.
sepl3-tusu&sep3o
SCHOOL NOTICE.
THE exercises of Mil 5 CaTONNET’S
SCHOOL will be ope >d on MONDAY,
the 4th of October, at the asidence of Mrs.
Jackson Turpin, on Greer street.
Terms made known on pplication—pay
able in advance. sepl4tufrsu*
THE MISSES ACKSON’S
INSTITI TE,
NO. 147 GREENI STREET.
THE EXERCISES OF HIS INSTITU
TION will be resum 1 on MONDAY,
September 2'Jth.
Scholastic year divided i to two Sessions.
Tuition, one-half payable n entrance; the
remainder February 7th, J 76.
No extra charge for Lat ;. or French.
s p2-th,su&tusw
Houghton I statute.
THE INSTITUTE will l>e reopened for
the reception of Pupil*, on TO-MOR
ROW (Monday) MORNIN|i, at 9 o’clock.
Parents are requested tolenter their chil
dren as early in the sessio* as possible. No
child under six } aars of lige will be re
ceived as a pupil. Teacher 1 and pupils are
requested to assemble i lomptiy at the
above named hour.
J. CUTHBEI T SHECUT,
sepl2-tf Principal.
SELECT SC TOOL.
MISS HEARING, assist 1 by a compe
tent corps of lead rs, will open a
SELECT SCHOOL for Chi ren and Young
Ladies, on MONDAY, Sept ,nber 27th, coi
ner of Telfair and Was ington streets
where they will be pleased j receive pupils
upon reasonable terms.
Tuition to Le paid quart rly, in advance.
No deduction for absence, t cept in cases of
protracted illness.
The course of instruct! l will be thor
ough and complete.
Besides the primary stud is. all the high
er branches ol English, inc iding the h gh
er Mathematics and Natui 1 Sc ences, La
tin, Modern Languages, M jsic, both vocal
and instrumental; Diawi; >, Painting, in
oil aud water colors; an< Fancy Needle
work will be taught.
it being essential to a prt ti :al education
to understand fully Nature Sciences, Lec
tures will be delivered by )le instructors
during the course of these udies.
The Musical Departmen will be under
tho supervision of Dr. L. HgSouthard.
The teachers respectfully efer to the fol
lowing gentlemen; *
Dr. L. D. Ford, Dr. H. H. teiner, Dr. Jos.
A. Eve.
Jiev. Wm. H. Clarke, Ju J. S. Hook,
and Gen.lM. A. Stovall, of A gusta.
Rev. George Patterson, f Wilmington,
N. C.
Rev. R. H. Phillips, Princ ial of Virginia
Female Institute, Staunton, Va.
sep!2-d2w
SCHOOL NC TICE.
ATE. JOHN NEELY wot i respectfully
±TJ_ inform the citizens o Augusta that
he intends opening a SCIIO L FOR BOYS
on Monday September 13 i, on Jackson
street, a few doors from tin Post Ofilce.
Terms per Quarter—sß, $: md $lO.
Refers specially to Hon. J T. Shewmake,
A. O. Holt, Esq., and Prof, b Neely.
sepß-d3vv
INSTRUCT ON.
* }
AND GENTLEX 5N desirous of
instruction in tho German Language, can
be accommodated, on the r ist reasonable
terms, by L. LC IWINSOHN,
sepß- _m Cor. Reynolds an Macat ten sts,
SOUTHERN MASONIC FEM LE COLLEGE.
THE next session opens S ptember Ist.
This Instution is in sa :essful opera
tion under wholesome ' .line, and
affords first class training ■vjng ladies.
Rates for Board and Tuiti juoderate. For
particulars, send for catalogs e.
J. N. Blf DSHAW,
* President.
Covington, Ga., Aug. G, 18
augjO-dAcgw
MADAME SOSNO /"SKI’S
HOME SCHOOL
FOR YOUNG LA >IES,
ATHENS, GE( RGIA.
CALENDA ;.
THE scholastic year is div led into 2 ses
sions. First session co [ meuces Sep
tember 15th: second session February 7th.
Closing Exercises occur on the last
Thursday in June—precedirn 1 two weeks—
devoted to private examinat '.s.
Terms (per session), payab , in advance.
Board, with use of fu* SBO 00
English Department jtt 3t 00
Music—lnstrumental a 30 00
Music—Vocal, Extra Lesson:? .. 30 00
French Department 15 00
German Department 15 00
Drawing 10 00
Painting, in Oil and Pastel 30 00
Use of piano 5 00
Each pupil is required to finish her own
bed linen, towels and lights.
Washing can be secured it moderate
rates. jyl-tf
MISCELLANEOUS.
L. H. MILLER. ' ; ESTABLISHED 1857
millekls
Safe and Iron Works,
BALTIMOF
Salesroom, 265 W. Baltimoi i Street, One
Door Above Hanover Faet< y. Sqaure
Bounded by Henrietta, ( ark, Fre
mont and Warner h nets.
EVERY variety of the B *t FIRE and
BURGLAR-PROOF 8A i’ES, BANK
ERS’ CHESTS, Improved Ke and Combi
nation LOCKS, BANK V rtJLTS and
DOORS.
lU.OOO in Use aml T ited in 200
FJres. " ap3o-6m
FINE TOBACCO.
U SE the Calhoun ChewingSTobacco, the I
best ever sold in Augusta.
For sale by
G.VOLi ER & CO.
sep7-tf
THE TE3 ,/VK
Cotton Worm De; troyer!
A Sure and Safe Remedy for ho Destruc
tion of ttie p
CATERPILLAR.
IT DOES AWAY WITH T E USE OF
Paris Green and all other oisonous ar
ticles; is more effectual, let dangerous,
and much cheaper than any a ticle over of
fered for sale. Having bee. extensively
used iu Texas during the pasißyear, is said
to be by somo of the best pi liters in the
State the only article ever t :ed that will
entirely destroy the CAT ERF LLAK with
out injury to the plant. It is ■ applied
and no uanv er in its use, >stingonly
about 25 Of NTS per acre. F< particulars
as to price, &e., apnly to
I>. J*. MULL,, SslnlannaU,
General Agent ipr Georgia.
M, .A. STOVALIi,
Agent, Alyasta, Ga.
Agents wanted through theSllte. je!B-3m
PUBLIC NoiICET
I HAVE given Mr. Jas. Dal Ran Interest
in my business; the stylefipf the firm
from this date will be JAMES GRAY &
Cos JAS. 1 GRAY.
Augusta, Ga., Aug. 2Gth, 187:j|
f \ |V/ C Ifcl To agents and pthers, male
V* I w Ga I* and female, a *|> secret and
beautifully iUf'trated joo-
A VA# A V page Novelty (Ptalogue, U.
Awl /AT F. Young & Cl, 29 Brc 4-
way. New York, f iyas-iawly
W. DANIEL. | c. A. ROWLAND
Daniel tfc Rowland,
COTTON FACTORS,
COMMISSION MERCHANTS, and agents for the Celebrated Etiwan, Wando, Busey’s
and Cotton Food Guanos, corner of Jackson and Reynolds streets, AUGUSTA, GA.
Consignments solicited. sep!2-lmd&c
Superb Black Silks.
o
We have just received by Express a full Line of Lyon’s
MANUFACTURED BLACK SILKS.
o
These Goods are of BONNETS & JAUBERT ANDRA’S
make, and Excel all Others in Richness of Finish and Dura
bility. Made Entirely of PURE SILK. They are Guaran
teed to give perfect satisfaction.
ALSO
A full Line of Lupin’s Superior 6-4 BLACK CASHMERES,
Lupin's HENRIETTA CLOiHS and BOMBAZINES, bur
ner’s Superior BLACK MOHAIRS and ALPACAS.
NEW FALL GOODS ARRIVING DAILY,
All of which we are Oifering at the Lowest Prices.
Call, Examine and be Convinced.
JAMES A. GRAY & CO.
% __
CARPETS! CARPETS!
Our Senior having visited New York and purchased a full stock of all
Goods embraced in our line and at prices cheaper than we have been able
to obtain sine a the war, we now offer to the Public a great many leading
articles at ante-bellum prices, namely:
BRUSSELS CARPETS at sl.lO to $1.60 per yard.
BODY BRUSSELS at $1.75 to $2 per yard.
THREE PLYS at $1.35 to $1.50 per yard.
INGRAINS at 50 cents, 75 cents, $1 and $1.25.
FLOOR OIL CLOTHS from 50 cents per square yard and to the Finest
Imported English Goods.
A full assortment of WINDOW SHADES and In all sizes and colors for
private houses and store use from $1 to $5. Also to hand, and now open,
the largest stock of WINDOW, CORNICE and PICTURE FRAME MOULD
INGS ever exhibited in this city. Also, anew stock of NOTTINGHAM
LACE CURTAINS in endless variety of New Patterns, varying in price from
$2 to sls each Window.
5,000 Rolls Wall Papers, Borders and Paper Shades.
Call early and make selections.
From this date aur price for making and laying Carpets will be 10 cents
per yard.
JAMES G. BAILIE & BRO.,
OS BROAD STREET.
sepl2-tf
ESS SAVINGS BANK,
NO. BROAD STREET,
Cash Capital SIOO,OOO (with Stockholders Liability ‘
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
Tk/L O O 3XT, Gr ES
At the Beautiful CENTRAL CITY PARK GROUNDS,
BEGINNING
MONDAY, OC T O HER 18.
AND CONTINUING ONE WEEK.
A large, varied and liberal Premium last covering all Departments of Industry, from
wliich the following are extracts:
Field Crop Department.
For the best and largest display in merit and variety of sample products from the
held, garden, orchard, dairy and apiary—the contribution of a single farm SIOO
For the best six stalks of cotton—to become the property of the Society 50
For the best live 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 50
Horse Department.
Best Thoroughbred Stallion SIOO
Best Walking Horse .' 5C
Best Saddle Horse or Mare 75
Best Single Buggy Horse or Mare 75
Best Combination Horse or Mare 100
Best Doub e Team, owned by one Exhibitor 100
Best Georgia Raised Mule
Best Mule, open to the world 50
Cattle Department.
Best herd—one Bull and four Cows or Heifers—all to bo of one breed and owned
exclusively by one exhibitor SIOO
Best Milch Cow ; 50
Cow giving the Richest Milk 50
S4O and S2O for the Best Bull and Cow, respectively, of each of tho following breeds:
Alderney, Ayreshire, Devon and Durham.
Best Sow and Figs under six months old 50
Poultry Department.
Foi best trio of each variety • • $ 10
Best and largest distday in merit and variety of Domestic Fowls, raised in Georgia.. 50
Best and largest display in merit and variety of same, open to the world 50
Best display of Pigeons 20
Best display of Rabbits 10
Horticultural Department.
Best display of Gardou 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 $ 50
Best display of breads by one lady 25
Ornamental Needle Work.
Best display in merit and var etv of Female Handicraft, embracing Noedle Work,
Embroidery, Crocheting, Knitting, etc., by one lady $ 50
Fine Art Department.
Best Oil Painting, (any subject) $ 25
Best Portrait Painting 20
Best Painting in Water Colors 20
Best display of Paintings and Drawings by one exhibitor 25
Best collection of Drawings by a girl under sixteen vears or age 25
Best display of Paintings and Drawings by the Pupils of one School or College 50
Best display of Photographs Silver Medal and 25
Best display of Jewelry, Silverware, etc Silver Medai and 25
Merchants’ Displays.
Best display of Dry Goods SIOO
Best display of Fancy Groceries 100
Best display of Glassware and Crockery 50
Best display of Clothing. 25
Bost display of Millinery 25
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 Homo Industries, all raised, produced or
made’ by the members of that particular Grange $l5O
THE ABOVE ARE BUT SPECIMENS of a comprehensive list of large MONEY Pre
mTHEBE9T AND LARGEST LIVE STOCK slow ever held In the Stale or South. More
and liner Horses, Mules, Cattle Sheep. Swine and Poultry than ever before exhibited.
Parties wishing fine Stock, as a fine Harness or Saddle Horse, Milch Cow, Thoroughbred
Bull, Trio of Chickens, etc., will find the occasion of this Fair a rare opportunity to
EMINENT and representative men from the North an l Northwest, have
been Invited to deliver addresses at the Fair, and many distinguished visitors through
out the whole country are expected. , , . ~. „ . .
THE PUBLIC will be kept posted of the progress and developments of the lair in
future advertisements. , .
SEND TO THE SECRETARY at Macon for Premium Lists, embracing a full schedule
of the Premiums, Rules, Regulations, etc., and containing two engravings of the beau
titul and magnificent Fair uroundn. A H CO LQDITT, President,
T. G. HOLT’, General Superintendent.
jy4-sututh&ctoct!B MALCOLM JOHNSTON, Secretary.
The Kitson Machine Comp’v,
LOWELL, MASS.,
RICHARD KITSON,* President,
SAMUEL E. STOTT, Treasurer and Agent.
build;ers of
PATENT COTTON OPENERS
AND
LAPPERS, WITH RECENT VALUABLE IMPROVE
MENTS, SHODDY and WASTE MACHINES and
RAG DUSTERS, NEEDLE-POINTED
CARD-CLOTHING, Etc., Etc.
Kitson’s Patent Compound Opener Lapper.
rPHE cotton is spread on this •machine from the bale, and is made into a very even
X lap, at the rate of 300 to 400 pounds per hour. The laps are then finished on a
TWO-BEATER LAPPER,
WITH
KITS< )>'S l’A l l .M’ EVENER
Attahed, and owing to reccent improvements in this Evenor, tho laps when ready for
the card, only varies one quarter of an ounce to the yard. Tho cost of picking by this
system is only about one n ill per pound on the cloth produced, and the picker house is
safer from tire than the card ro mi.
#tf-Thetc is al o a great saving of room and power over the old system. •
These Machines may tie seen at the mills of the Augusta Factory, Langley Manufac
turing Company, and at the best mi is at Lowell, Lawrence, Fail River, Manchester
Lewiston, Providence, Richmond, B utimore, ete...etc.
Tho following are a lew among many testimonials wtwen we nave received:
AUGUST A FAC LORY, Augusta, Ga., July 5, 1875.
The Kitson Machine Coir pang, Lowell, Mass.;
Gentlemen : We have been running vour Compound Opener Lappers andlinisher
Lappers, with Evonors, tor more than ono j ear, and irankiy say that they have given
the most eminent satisfaction. We have no nesitaney iu giving you our unqualified en
dorsement, and comialiy recommend vour Machines.
F. COGIN, Superintendent.
o ;:3
OFFICE LANGLEY MANUFACTURING COMPANY. I
Langley, S. 0., April 14, 1873. f
The Kitson Machine Company, Lowell, Mass.:
Gentlemen, f hr ve been running your system of Compound Opener Lapper-, and
Finisher Lappers, witn Eveners, for more than two vears na-t at th-vOotfon Mill ot ino
Langley Manufacturing Company, and I have found it to work the mo-t satisfactory of
any opening and picking arrangement I have ever seen, vve 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 tho 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. i
The Kitson Machine Company, Lowell, Mass.:
v Gentlemen : This Company have now in use twenty of your Finisher Lappers, with
Eveners, and ten Compound Opener Lappers. Some of these machines have been at
work for ten years or more, and have always given us satisfaction, doing a large amount
of work, doing it well, at a low cost tor labor and repairs. In our ‘ Prescott Mill,” where
we have two Compound Opener Lappers, and four Finisher Lappers, we have averaged
the past seven weeks 39,267 lbs. Cloth weekly. Yarn averaging about No. 22. Cost one
14-100 miils (.00114) per lb. of cloth- We consider them a farst class machine in all re
snects. Yours very truly,
bp k F. BATTLES, Agent.
MERRIMACK MANUFACTURING COMPANY, /
Lowell, January 23,1874. J
The Kitson Machine Company, Lowell, Mass.: , .
Gentlemen: We have been using some of your Compound Openei Lappers and
Finisher .Lappers, with Eveners, for nearly three years, and at present are passing all
our cotton through them. The machines have proved satisfactory, and both in Quantity
and quality of their work have answered the expectations formed of them.
Yours respectfully, J OHN C. PALFREY, Superintendent.
(The above Company have in use eight Compound Opener Lappers and sixteen Fin
isher Lappers, with Eveners; ordered at different times.)
Send for a Catalogue to THE KITSON MACHINE CO viPANX.
SAMUEL E. STOTT. Treasurer,
j yG -3m LOWELL. MASS.
WILMINGTON, N. I'.. LINES,
SEMI-WEEK I.V
Fast Freight Route to All Points South or East.
BALTIMORE,
Baltimore and Southern Steam Transportation Company,
SAILING FROM BALTIMORE
Tuesday and. Friday, at 3 I*. IYI
AND FROM WILMINGTON Wednesday and Saturday.
NEW YORK,
CLYDE’S WILMINGTON LINE,
SAILING FROM NEW YORK
Tuesday and Friday, at 3 P. M., and from Wil
mington Wednesday and Saturday,
GIVING through Bills of Lading to all points in North and South Carolina, Georgia
and Alabama. For North or East bound Freight, to Baltimore, New York, Phil*
adelpliia, Boston, Providence. Fail River, and other Eastern cities. Also, to Liverpool -
Glasgow, Bremen, Antwerp, and other European points.
These Lines connect at Wilmington with the Wilmington, Columbia and Augusta
Railroad: connecting at Columbia, S. C., with tho Greenville and Columbia Rail Road,
and Charlotte, Columbia and Augusta Railroad.
At Augusta, Ga., with the Georgia, Macon and Augusta, and Central Railroads, and
with their connecting roads, offer uuequaled facilities for 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-ly Gen’l FreightjAgent, Wilmington, N. C.. and 263 Broadway, New York.
▲ . A
SCOTT’S IMPROVED CQTTQN TU
DOZEER, WALTON & Col
COTTON PACTCES, AGENTS,
AUGUSTA, GEORGIA.
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