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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, TAKE SIMMONS’ LIVER REGULATOR For all diseases of the Liver, Stomach and Spleen. MALARIOUS FEVERS, BOWEL COMPLAINTS. DYSPEPSIA, MENTAL DEPRESSION, RESTLESSNESS, JAUN DICE, NAUSEA, SICK HEADACHE, CON STIPATION, COLIC and BILIOUSNESS. It is eminently a Family Medicine, and by being kept ready for immediate resort, will save many an hour of suf fering, and many a dollar in time, and doctors’ bills. After Forty Years’ trial, it is still re ceiving the most unqualified testimo nials of its virtues, from persons of the highest character and responsibility. Eminent physicians commend It as the most * EFFECTUAL SPECIFIC for Constipation, Headache, Pain in the Shoulders, Dizziness, Sour Stomach, Bad Taste in the Mouth, Bilious Attacks, Palpi tation of the Heart, Pain in the Region of tho Kidneys, Despondency, Gloom, and Forebodings of Evil, all of which are the offspring of a diseased Liver. The Liver, the largest organ in the body, is generally the seat of the dis ease, and if not Regulated in time, great suffering, wretchedness, and DEATH will ensue. IF you feel Dull, Drowsy, Debili tated, have frequent Headache, Mouth T astes badly, poor appetite and Tongue Coated, you are suffering from Torpid Liver or “Biliousness,” 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 hoochee, Fla. Professional. “From actual the use of this medicine in my practice, I have been, 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. ■U' I '■ " ! 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. aug24eow2m