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Sljc Constitutionalist
AUGUSTA, GA..:
Tuesday Morning, October, 5, 1875
Grant’s Speech—Another Conundrum.
That President Grant should read a
moderately long speech from manu
script was an event sufficiently start
ling to be telegraphed, and, of course,
has set the press-hive in motion. The
Washington politicians are reported as
regarding this Des Moines oration
“an unerring indication that the Presi
dent means business, and that dealing
as it does with live topics, is a distinct
notice to politicians and people that he
does not mean to be remanded to a
back seat without, at all events, a very
vigorous and determined resistance.
Some are satisfied, and among them
are more than one personally familiar
with the Presidential characteristics,
that the occasion now availed of by
Gen. Grant Is an Indubitable token of
the possession of that remarkable pres
cience which has seemed on former oc
casions to have come to him just in the
nick of time. That the speech will
create a sensation throughout the
whole country is certainly to be expect
ed, as also that it will bring the Presi
dent prominently forward in the politi
cal arena. It looks as if this Presiden
tial sphinx had arrived at the conclu
sion that for him silence no longer is
golden.”
If the President-General really means
to try for a third term, in spite of the
snubbing he has experienced from
every State that has had a voice, save
South Carolina, we may look for lively
times in Republican ranks. Grant
will fight hard for his loaves and fishes
and die game, if ho has to succumb at
all.
When the President said he had “no
apology to make for the past,” he pos
sibly conceded that all who differed
from him were equally tenacious of
their opinion.
The liberal sentiments expressed
toward the South are not new. We
have heard them before and know
just what they are worth, although we
do not believe the President half as
wicked in carrying out bad laws as
Sumner, Greeley, Wilson, Trumbull,
Thad Stevens & Cos., were in instituting
them. It has been shrewdly remarked,
in this connection, that recent events
have made hi3 declarations of kindness
toward the South somewhat super
fluous. “Southern outrages” have
ceased to pay in more ways than one
as Radical campaign slogans.
The President’s statement that the
dividing line hereafter will not be Ma
son and Dixon’s, but between patriot
ism and intelligence on one side, and
superstition, ambition and ignorance
on the other, is somewhat puzzling. If
he claims for the Republican party a
surplus of intelligence among the
voters, there are 900,000 negroes who
rather take the conceit out of him; if
patriotism shall consist in perpetuating
the illegitimate results of the war, he
will find perchance that that sort of
tom-foolery is at a serious discount
even in the East. We would have been
glad to know what Gen. Grant’s ideas
are respecting the constituents of “su
perstition” and ‘ambition.” Of the latter
wo recognize His Excellence as a model;
did he mean by denouncing “supersti
tion” that the colored brethren must
clear the track ?
The President has a word of com
mendation for free speech, free thought,
free presses, pure morals and unfet
tered religious sentiments. Until the
advent of Lincoln and Seward, who
paved the way for Grant, all of these
blessings wore of vigorous enjoyment
iu the United States. The President’s
party was the first to make them a
nullity for a considerable period. “Pure
morals ” are sadly needed, and it is to
be hoped that, under a Democratic Ad
ministration, a sweeping reform shall
be inaugurated, especially at Washing
ton.
We subjoin the comments, in part,
of the Baltimore Sim,which are admira
bly to the point:
Wemustsay for the President that he
has not only proved In his Des Moines ad
dress that he can compose an oration of
some length, but that he exhibits in it
creditable acquaintance with the elemen
tary principles of civil and religious liber
ty. When we are told to ‘‘keep the church
and State forever separate,” we recognize
a maxim which we remember to have seen
in the primer of American Republican
education. Wo trust that there is at any
rate no danger of an immediate union of
church and State here The practice of
preaching political sermons in the pulpits,
which has prevailed somewhat northward
of us from the earliest times, seems now to
be gradually dying out, and it must be at
least fifteen years since deputations of the
clergy waited upon the Executive at Wash
ington to influence his public action in a
particular direction. We can also recog
nize the excellence of General Grant’s
advice, which would indeed be appro
priate in any pulpit in tho land.
“Leave the matter of religion to the
family altar.” We do not suppose
the President to mean by this excellent sen
timent that religion should be left at the
family altar so as not to be taken by a man
into any of the duties of life, or to be prac
ticed at all except when he is on his knees.
On the contrary, his idea no doubt is that
religion should be kept out of politics.—
Hence we suggest to those who would in
troduce religious tests for political office
that the learned and exemplary theologian
at the head of the Government is entirely
opposed to such a policy. As to what the
President says of the dividing line here
after being between patriotism and intelli
gence on one side, and superstition, ambi
tion and ignorance on the other, we cannot
doubt that the former will be always over
whelmingly in the ascendant in this free
and educated country. If by superstition
is meant an ignorant or irrational wor
ship of the Supreme Being, the allusion
of the President may possibly be
to the “ heathen Chinee,” who are,
however, in a helpless minority ;
or, if it refers to fanaticism, which
often disregards Scripture and reason
under the false assumption of enjoying a
direct guidance from heaven, or acting
under a “higher law,” we have seen no re
cent exhibition of it which ought to cause
any uneasiness. As to ignorance and ambi
tion, they are, no doubt, dangerous to this
Republic, as they always have been to for
mer republics, and the President does well
to put his countrymen on their guard
against their public enemies. An ignorant
man is not the best material out of which
to make a voter. Imueh less an official in a
republic; and an ambitious man, in the
sense in which that word is used by Gen.
GBANT-that is, having an immediate ten
dency to self-exaltation and to holding on
to public honors and pelf without regard to
the general interests, deserves from the
community the emphatic condemnation
which the President invokes upon his head.
There are catch-penny phrases in the
President’s speech which he very likely
hopes may become proverbs for per
sonal utility, in case the office-holders
and carpet-baggers put him forward
I for the Presidency in 1876, which is by
!no means improbable. Already the
Chicago Tribune proclaims that he
“has struck the key-note of future
politics.” If this opinion be shared
considerably, Grant will come forward
again to succeed himself, or else be sub
jected to a drubbing which may remind
him that Appomattox has some “ re
sults” not calculated upon in 1865-66.
The President as a Parmer—A Bad
Show for His Excellency.
Details have reached us of the sale
of President Grant’s thoroughbreds.
This sale was caused by an annual loss
of $9,000, a flow of cash in the wrong
direction being hateful to the redoubt
able Ulysses as it is to every other man
of thrift. The President, we learn, at
tributes his failure as a stock farmer
to the fact that he could not give his
property in the West the benefit of
personal supervision. Be this as it
may, the sales were ludicrously low, as
a general thing, and, In two instances,
must have galled his self-esteem. The
“Nellie Grant team.” two beautiful
black mares, could not be forced above
$112.50. That was bad enough, but
here is something much worse and
may be very ominous. We quote from
the St. Louis Globe-Democrat, a Re
publican paper:
Considerable sensation was created when
the “Vicksburg mare” was led out, and an
nounced as tho animal which the great mil
itary chieftain rode in his far-famed Vicks
burg campaign. The “Vicksburg mare”
appeared to be a most gentle and patient
creature, her mild eyes surveying the
crowd that surroundod her with a marked
expression of docility and tractableness.
She had nothing of that fierce look, nor the
dilating nostrils, nor the impatient pawing
which is popularly supposed to character
ize the war horse. In color she is a dark,
mouse-hued animal, and her hair and hide
<iid not glisten as if she had been groomed
with assiduous care. Her height Is about
fifteen hands, and her size a little below the
medium, though an exceedingly well knit
frame betrayed unusual strength for such
a size. She must have been quite a comely
and graceful animal once upon a time, but
long service upon the farm and arduous la
bors and responsibilities as a brood mare
have destroyed all her original elegancies
and given her the appearance of an ordi
dinary plebeian beast.
The first bid for the "Vicksburg mare”
was $lO, a disgracefully low price for such
a famous equine relic. The bidders, how
ever, seemed to be as eminently practical
in refusing to place any value upon the
glorious associations of the mare as tho
President was unsentimental in sacrificing
what many would have regarded as a
valuable souvenir of the past. Horsemen
have very little sentiment when it comes to
buying horse flesh, and the noted animal
was fated to go for a song as did her com
panions. The final bid was $56, and Mr.
H. D. Hatch the bidder.
Another relic was “Old Joe,” the Presi
dent’s saddle-horse before the war. Joe
looked like he might be seventy-five years
old, and various accidents by flood and
field had left their Imprint upon his ancient
skin and bones. His left hip had been
stove in, and, as a by-stander remarked,
his gait was exceedingly cranky and un
dulating. His tail seemed to be the health
iest part of his anatomy, and the auction
eer eloquently remarked that he was not
much of a horse, but that he had a splendid
tail to grow to. “Old Joe” was bought by
Bill Evans, a gentleman of color, for SlO.
Considering the “ services rendered”
by these animals, and the fact that so
remarkable a man as Grant once be
strode them, in memorable days, it
would seem that some enterprising
relic hunter might have bought them
in honor of the President-General or
for show purposes. It may occur to
the ordinary reader that Grant himself
might have purchased and taken care
of them, as old and faithful servants.
The probability is that Grant has little
use for “squeezed lemons,” man or
beast, and no sentiment at all. The
by-standers apparently shared his ma
terial views and had no more heroical
notions about the President than he
had about his discardedjfanimals. Cer
tain it is, at any rate, that Gen. Grant
has suffered severely from shrinkage
of securities, and as a Granger is a
first-class failure. His long run of
luck has begun to turn. If the people
have so little care for him and his now,
what will their feelings be when he
“steps down and out” as the Executive
of the United States and Dispenser of
Patronage. We shudder at his fall
and its inevitable results.
Poe’s Remains.— The Baltimore Sun
says : “It was found necessary, in or
der to get space required for the foun
dation of the monument, to remove the
remains of Poe to’ the grave of Mrs.
Clemm, his relative, buried near by.
The remains were found about five feet
below ground. The coffin at first ap
pearances seemed to be sound, but
when raised the sides were found de
cayed and fell to pieces. Nothing re
mained insidq the coffin but the skele
ton, all the flesh and grave clothes
having long since returned to dust.
Some hair yet attached to the skull,
and the teeth, which appeared all white
and perfect, were shaken out of the
jaws and lay on the bottom of the cof
fin. The old coffiQ and contents were
placed entire as exhumed in a wooden
case and lowered into the new grave
and closed up. The stones for the
foundation of the monument were put
in place, and everything is now pre
pared for the superstructure.”
A Rare Bird.—The Courier-Journal
says : “Bankers about to fall have been
set a bright example by Mr. J. W. Vir
tue whose assets amount to $264,277.43,
and his liabilities are $148,981.51, leaving
balance in his favor of $115,295.91. No
man need go off and drown himself as
long as he can produce such figures as
these.” Here we have an example, and
a rare one, of a man who got, “der capi
tal and der oxperience” both.
Tit for Tat. —The Baltimore Gazette
fulminates against Mr. Wallis for try
ing to disorganize the Maryland De
mocracy. The editor seems to foiget
that he was recently engaged in the
effort to defeat Gov. Allen in Ohio and
disorganize the Democracy in that
State. Mr. Wallis has given him a
home thrust and while he exulted at
tweedledum he squeals at tweedledee. j
Mr. Estes and City Affairs.
Whatever may be the opinions of
the Constitutionalist of Mayor Estes
and municipal affairs, we shall express
them respectfully. The Mayor is very
well able to defend himself, as he has
proved before to-day; and no harm will
be done him by buffoonery. We adhere
to the sentiments outlined in former
issues of this paper, viz: that the or
dinance increasing the Mayor’s salary
should be repealed; that economy
should pervade all branches of the city
government; that no broker should ever
again handle the unsold bonds of this
city ; and that if the present members
of Council are, as intimated, mere men
of straw or men of Jputty, they should
be displaced and other men elected
who will control affairs. For our part,
we have not charged thattthe members
of Council are mere ciphers and, in
justice to these gentlemen, we would
say that their concurrence with the
Mayor’s policy has' most likely been
founded upon confidence in his judg
ment and practical character. If the
people, however, think otherwise, the
remedy is in their hands, and there is
plenty of material for gratifying their
wish for a change.
We are likewise impressed with the
belief that a large majority of the
voters of this city desire Mr. Estes to
accept the nomination for a sixth time.
If this boa mistake, let the opposition
organize and prove its fallacy.
One thing is very certain: Mayor Estes
can not be defeated by abuse. That he
has committed mistakes we are confi
dent, not the least memorable of which
is having permitted, along with the
Finance Committee, many bonds of
this city to pass out of the hands of
the Treasurer and Into those of John
J. Cohen & Sons, whose failure, no
matter how caused, has shown that
whatever of the Dutchman’s “ oxperi
ence ” Mayor Estes may have, he cer
tainly did not, keep the “ capital.”
If It be an error to suppose that a
majority of the people’of this city en
titled to vote favor Mr. Estes’ nomi
nation to the Mayoralty for the sixth
time, on the ground that he shall have
the odium or the glory of carrying to a
conclusion the great works inaugurated
under his regime, .we say, in all frank
ness, that no time is to be lost in orga
nizing against him. Until such an orga
nization shall assume proportions really
formidable, we must, most respectfully,
decline to believo that he is doomed to
defeat. If this is defending the Mayor,
be it so. Wo quarrel with no man’s
privilege of assuming or asserting what
he conceives to be a fact. But, in our
judgment, Mr. Estes will be found very
capable of defending himself, and, it
may be, unless he has lost his pluck
and acumen, that some persons who do
not seem to recognize the gravity of
the case will consider his defence the
very reverse of “amoosin.”
Tw r addle. —Vice-President Wilson
said, at the Massachusetts Convention:
“We cannot, as Americans, take pride
in the singular fact that a stray note
from an unknown bank in one of the
British Provinces can be sold in State
street for a premium of more than
twelve per cent, over one of our legal
tender notes, with all the wealth of
forty millions of people behind it.” If
such men as Wilson and his Abolition
tribe had never existed, the United
States would be to-day the foremost
country on the globe in wealth, pro
gress and morality. Men who are howl
ing about the maimed finances of this
country had better regard its maimed
morals.
Binding.—As an offset of General
Grant’s present hard money theory,
somebody haa called attention to the
following 'extract from his message in
1873:
“In view of the great actual contraction
that has taken place in the currency, and
the comparative contraction continually
going on, due to the increase of population,
increase of manufactories, and all the in
dustries, I do not believe there is too much
of it now for the dullest period of tho
year.”
Tho President has changed his mind,
we presume.
Settled—The Milledgevillo Union
and Recorder declares that all are
wrong about the “State News.” It
says: “J. H. Nisbet, editor of the
Federal Unwn, in 1851, claims this
little honor, if honor it be. The flies
of the Federal Union, from 1851, will
prove it. His column was ‘Georgia
News Items.’ ”
South Carolina.— The Anderson In
telligencer reads a severe lecture to the
News and Courier. If the people of
Charleston really want reform worth
having, they might take counsel from
such a paper as the Anderson Intelli
gencer and be the better for it.
Morrissey.— Rumor hath it that
John Morrissey has abandoned gamb
ling and sold out his establishments,
preparatory to re-entering political
life. Perhaps John is quitting one
form of gambling for another.
The Quickest. — The steamer City of
Berlin has accomplished the quickest
ocean trip on record. She made the
passage from Queenstown to New
York in seven days, eighteen hours and
two minutes.
Massachusetts.— The recent action of
the Republican State Convention is
looked upon as a defeat of Vice Presi
dent Wilson. As a third term was de
nounced, it can hardly be called a vic
tory for Grant.
Mr. Rice is one of the best known
and most respectable business men of
Boston. He was born in Newton, Mas
sachusetts, in 1818, graduated at Union
in 1844, was elected to the Common
Council in Boston in 1853, being Presi
dent of that body, and Mayor of Bos
ton in 1856 and 1857, and in Congress
for eight years. He has great strength
in Boston and the eastern portion of
the State, and is respected by the mer
chants of that city. He was also for
several years President of the Boston
Board of Trade, and has long been a
prosperous merchant.
Delano is the tenth member of the
Cabinet that has resigned since Grant
became President. There has been less
fixity of tenure in the Cabinet Depart
ments than has characterized any pre
vious Administration.
SPECIAL NOTICE^,
DIVIDEND NO. 25, i
National Bane, of Augusta, i
Augusta, Ga., Octobv l. 1875. j
A QUARTERLY DIVIDEND '}? THREE
per cent., this day declared, wil| be paid to
stockholders. G. M, -HEW,
oc t2-3 f Cashier,
DIVIDEND NO. 66 f~
Augusta FaDt-ory, )
Augusta, Ga., Octo;|r l, 1875. f
A QUARTERLY DIVIDEND <l>| TWO PER
cent., free of taxes, will be paid M stockhold
ers on demand. W. E. J.f CKSON,
oct2-3 President.
NOTICE. [ ;
OFFICE OF THE ORANGEVILLE )
MANUFACTURING CO., [
AugUsta. Ga., October l \ 1875. )
A QUARTERLY DIVIDEND |‘j> TWO PER
cent, will be paid to shareholder- on demand.
H- H* HICKMaFI, President.
octl-3t *
PAY YOUR STATE AND COUNTY TAXES.
THE TAX DIGEST FOR TI|E YEAR 1875
will be closed on November and exe
cutions issued against all who ;£-e in arrears.
Tax Payers will save themselfjs costs and
me an unpleasant duty byjeomif g promptly
forward and settling. J
I will attend the Country Pji'oincts upon
theij respective Court Days. I
JOHN A. | OHLEIt,
Tax Collector Richmond County.
sep26-30t
Colonists, Emigrants and Travehji Westward.
FOR MAP CIRCULARS. \ ONDENSED
time tables and genoral infor ation in re
gard to transportation facilities to all points
in Tennessee, Arkansas, Misti suri, Minne
sota, Colorado, Kansas, Texa lowa, New
Mexico. Utah and California, a ply to or ad
dress Albert B. Wrenn. Get ral Railroad
Agent Office Atlanta, Ga.
No one should go West withoii first getting
in communication with the 0 moral Rail
road Agent, and become infor! led as to su
perior advantages, choap and; juick trans
portation of families, hous: rold goods,
st >ck, and farming implemeij 3 generally.
All information cheerfully give i .
W. L. li! .NI EY,
sepl4-6m C; P. & T. A.
GIN HOUSE S INb! JRED
AT EQUITABLE RATES, tn I; RST-OLASS
Companies. Call at or write o my office,
219 Broad street, before insuring elsewhere.
C. W: HARRIS.
g22-tf Gen’l lnsuj;j nee Agent.
%
es~ Advertisements not over live lines wlli
be inserted under this head H,r fifty cents
each insertion , cash. S
SAFE FOR SALE—ONE LAl,jffilE SECOND
Class Safe at a low price#an be seen
at the office of E. Sibley, Mclndish street,
oct3-lt*
WANTED. A BOY WiTH IjODLEGs]
and willing to use thdin for little
pay. JOSEPH A. HILL. M
■■ 1 ■
.s£
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.
InorioiiiT
it.
TOSEPH COHEN is my duly:constituted
*} Attorney in fact and is authorized to
carry on the business of an OPTICIAN in
travelling from place to placG in Georgia.
I being bound for all contracts? .made in my
name by him. RO&v COHEN.
octs-lw* i
CONCERT!
BY ST. PAUL'S <|hOIR,
Assisted by ameteuiH of the
CITY. Six Concerts wifi be given.
ONE EACH MONTH, com fencing tho
latter part of THIS MONTH, a f-T. PAUL’S
SUNDAY SCHOOL ROOM. Lii % ted number
of seats for sale. octs-l
TO RENIr
A. LARGE BACK STORE, tear Broad
street. Also two Bed Rooms. ,11 centrally
located. Apply to
M. P. STOVALIJ ■
octs-l* No. 5 Wai> :en Block.
stokT
BOYS OF AUGUSTA, I prr, you hold
off! I have secured one <’ your num
ber with a magnificent pair of , gs !
I take this occasion to cong itulate the
city of Augusta upon the largi number of
incipient men finely developed fe legs, and
not afraid to use them! Boy i don’t any
more of you apply for a si ration, but
thousands of you wall bo welc- aed if you
come tor COAL OF ANY Kit j>!
octs-6 JOSEPH L HILL,
Excursion to Tho won.
AN EXCRBION TRAIN WI L LEAVE
the Union Depot nex ! SUNDAY
MORNING, at 8 o’clock, for ’Jftomson. A
LECTURE will bo*delivored .1 Thomson
after tho arrival of the train, b j the Right
Rev. Win. H. Gross, Bishop of ilivannah.
Tickets for the round trip, $1 a They can
be procured from members >1 the Com
mittee, or from either of the bi lk stores.
octs-lw f
BUGGY HARNESS I i)R $lO
A GOOD, Substantial Homo-liliJo Buggy
ijl Harness may be had foij the above
price by calling on
W. 8. SIIERT I AN,
Saddle and Harness I, aker,
At Royal’s Shoe Store, e Express
Office. Saddles and Harness c all kinds
made to order, at prices in prrljortion to
above figures. Orders from fcj ■) country
will be promptly attended to. I*.)n’t forget
the place. Royal’s tho i Storf, opposite
Express Office.
octS-tf W. S. SIfSEMAN.
NOTICE. |
R RICHMOND COUNTY, GA., lor. 1. 1875.
All persons are hereby fvgbidden to
hunt, fish, or otherwise trespass upon the
lands of the undersigned, south Imd south
west of tho city of August::. 'she law on
the subject will be rigidly enforG !.
A. MoDADE, *
BERRIEN RUTIELS,
THOS. T. BR ANDON,
JE-SE JOHNSON,
WM. SEAGOJ:
B. N. SFAGOA
J. H. GOFF, >
H. H. SMITH r
GEO. H. BODEXEN,
WM. DEAS, $
S BROWN, :
WM. H. HARGRAVES.
octs-tusulm X ,
JOHN XfcAjJG,
MANUFACTURER OF
jfc
Custom Boots and §3hoes!
296 BROAD STREET 1 ]
Corner Campbell, over Barrett 4‘OasweH’s.
THANKING my many friendsiand custo
mers for their liberal support fer the
■past ten years, I again beg to inf irm them,
and the public generally, that I ii-m still at
the old stand, and prepared to riake up to
order, all the varied styles Jf BOOTS.
SHOES and GAITERS, and incite the at
tention of those in want of a firsts class ar
ticle of Boots or Shoes, and at is: reason
able a price as a first class artsde can be
made. J octs-l*
R E M O V A JL!
Edward Barry & (<>.,
APOTHECARIES, WHOLESALE |AND RE
TAIL DRUGGISTS. I
WE H AYE removed our business to
201 BROAD STREET, n<fe; to Wr
T. Richards & Son’s Book Store, id nearly
opposite our old stand, where wv.viii con
tinue to sell Drugs, Chemicals, i'l r umery,
Family Medicines, Faints, Oils, tarnishes,
Brushes and every article connect- and with
the Drug business of tho best q fU ty and
at lowest prices.
Persons desirous of obtainii genuine
articles at lowest prices will pie, ie call at
261 Broad street. Sign of the Tw; Mortars.
EDWARD BAKIIY & CO.
octs-eodlw. 4 ;
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.
Tiniro-crixism cfc Wise,
DEALERS IN
BOOTS, SHOES, HATS, THUNKS ID lIBIMAS.
HAVE MOVED from 182 to the Large Iron Front Store, No. 233 opposite the M a "
sonic Hall, formerly occupied by Mr. D. R. Wight, 3d door below Poullains’ Oorne r -
We intend to keen first class Goods always on hand. Also a general assortment of DO*
MEBTIO GOODS which we will sell at Manufacturers Prices.
Merchants who are in want of any of these goods would do well to call and examine
our Stock. Call and see us.
TIMMERMAN & WISE.
octs—lm.
AUGUSTA MUSIC HOUSE.
365 Broad Street.
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Italy, superior to all others.
The LATEST PUBLICA TIONS, SHEET MUSIC, SONGS and MUSIC BOOKS.
Our stock is largo, and we are receiving music daily. Orders for Music, Strings, &c.,
forwarded promptly, at regular prices by mail or express, charges paid by us.
G. O. ROBINSON & CO., Augusta, Ga.
oc3-eod3in
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.
House and Lot on Washing
ton Street at Auction.
BIGNON & CRUMP, Auctioneers.
XITILL be sold at the Lower Market
YV House, on TUESDAY, October sth,
a desirable two-story House and Lot, situ
ated on Washington street, between Walker
and Watkins. Lot fronts 50 feet on Wash
ington street, and runs back to Twiggs.
House contains 8 rooms.
Terms—Cash; purchaser to pay for pa
pery sep2B-tu&sutu
Port Royal Railroad.
Freight Deprtment.
Augusta, Ga., Oct. 2,1875.
NOTICE TO SHIPPERS OF COTTON.
ALL shipments of Cotton over tho Port
Royal Railroad to Port Royal, and
over the Port Royal and Savannah and
Charleston Railroads to Charleston and
Savannah, are insured in the Fireman’s
Fund Insurance Company of California.
T. S. DAVANT,
oct3-3m General Freight Agent.
“ A. AS liE St,
Wholesale and Retail Dealer in
CLOTH l>G,
Gents’ Furnishing Goods, Hats,
BOOTS AND SHOES, ETC.
Xo. IV6 Broad street,
AUGUSTA. GA.
I BEG to inform the public that I have
removed to the capacious store No. 176
Broad Street, Augusta, Ga., three doors
above Bothwell’s corner, opposite Augusta
Hotel, where I will continue to keep con
stantly a full line of
MENS, YOUTHS, BOYS and CHILD BENS’
CLOTHING
Of the latest style and cut; also, a full as
sortment of HATS and GENTS’ FURNISH
ING GOODS, all of which I will sell at tho
lowest market price.
Thanking you for past favors, I hone for
further patronage. Respeetfullv,
A. ASHER,
oct3-lm 175 Broad Street.
"wanted,
A PAIR of second-hand Fairbanks, or
other reliable SCALES, in good order, 1,500
to 2,000 capacity.
Apply at
oct3-2 NO. 1 WARREN BLOCK.
W. A. ARCHER,
TAILOR,
WOULD inform his friends and cus
tomers tiiat he has removed to Ellis
street, in rear of Central Hotel, where he is
B repared to carry on the TAILORING
USINESS in all its various branches.
Repairing and renovating a specialty.
oct3-12
PUBLIC NOTICE.
I HAVE given Mr. Jas. Daly an interest
in my business; the stylo of the lirm
from this date will be JAMES A. GRAY A
Cos. JAS. A. GRAY.
Augusta, Ga., Aug. 26th, 1875.
au2B
DR. TUTT’S IIAIII DYE
POSSESSES qualities that no otner dye
does. Its effect is instantaneous, and
so natural that it cannot be detected by the
closest observer. It is harmless and easily
applied, and is in general use among the
fashionable hair dressers in every large
city in the United States. Price, $1 a box.
Sold everywhere. Office, 18 Murray street,
New York. je!3-SuWdPrAcly
SEED WHEAT.
Choice Kentucky white seed
WHEAT, BARLEY and RYE for sale by
sep22-tf BARRETT & CASWELL
NOTICE.
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
FINE TOBACCO.
"JJ'SE tho Calhoun Chewing Tobacco, the
best ever sold in Augusta.
For sale by
G. VOLGER & CO.
sep7-tf _
A CARD.
MRS. S. T. REDD wishes to inform her
friends and the public generally tiiat
she will be prepared on the Ist of October
to receive BOARDERS, with or without
lodging, at her new residence, 233 Broad
street, opposite Masonic Hall.
sep29-wthfsa&su
“BOARDERS.
TWO Gentlemen an and their Wives can b
accommodated with Board and neatly
furnished rooms, with usj of Piano and Li
brary, if desired.
Enquire of
GEO. SYMMS,
sep3o-thsu&tu 221 Broad street
Notice of Election.
OFFICE OF CLERK OF COUNCIL, )
Augusta, Ga., Sept. 30th, 1875. J
AN Election for a Clerk of the Lower
Market, to fill the vacancy occasioned
by the death of Robert Philip, Esq., will be
held at the next Regular Monthly Meeting
of Council, Monday, October 4th, 1875.
s”Caudidates must hand in their appli
cations to this office by 12 m., of the day of
election.
By order of Council.
L. T. BLOME,
sep3o-td Clerk of Council.
COTTON FACTORS.
S. D. HEARD & SON,
Cotton Factors
AND
Commission Merchants
AUGUSTA, GA.
STRICT personal attention given and
promt returns made.
Liberal CASH ADVANCES made upon
cotton in store.
Consignments solicited.
oct3-3m
ANTOINE POULLAIN,
Cotton Factor,
AUGUSTA, GA.,
"VYTTLL continue the business at my fire
\ t proof warehouse, corner Jackson and
Reynolds streets, and will give my person
al attention to the sale of cotton. Consign
ments respectfully solicited. sep4tf.
C. H.. PHINIZY. F, B. PHINIZY
C. H. PHINIZY & CO.
COTTON FACTORS
AUGUSTA, GEORGIA,
Make liberal advances on con
signments, buy and sell Cotton for fu
ture delivery in New York. Furnish Plant
ers with supplies. Keep always on hand a
large Stock of BAGGING, and are the Sole
Agents for the
Beard Cotton Tie,
Winsliip Cotton Gin,
And the
Peerless Gnano.
Consignments and Orders respectfully so
licited.
ang!9-2m C. H. PHINIZY & CO.
ML P. STOVALL,
COTTON FACTOR
—AND—
COMMISSION MERCHANT,
NO. 5 WARREN BLOCK, JACKSON ST.,
AUGUSTA, GA.,
C CONTINUES to give his personal atten
) tion to the STORAGE and SALE of
COTTON and other Produce.
J3GT Liberal advances made on Consign
ments. sep4-satuth&c3m
A. H. BENSON. W. N. MEECIER.
BENSON & MERC9ER,
COTTON FACTORS AND GENERAL
COMMISSION MERCHANTS, No. 3
Warren Block, Augusta, Georgia. Will
make cash advances on Cotton in store, and
hold in first class fire-proof storage for in
definite time, at very low rates of interest.
sepl2-d<fcc3m
J. J. PEARCE,
COTTON FACTOR,
AnJ Commission Merchant,
JACKSON STKEET, AUGUSTA, GA.
sep7-d&c3m
MISCELLANEOUS.
SOMETHIN G USEFUL
PLATES,
UMBRELLA TAGS,
KEY CHECKS, and
STENCIL BRANDS,
For Marking Cotton, Barrels, Boxes,
Bags, Ac.
E. W. DODGE,
Practical Stencil Cutter,
No. 1G Mclntosh street,
Between Broad and Reynolds,
Augusta, Ga.
N. B.—Special attention given to orders
fromabroad. oc3-tf
271. REMOVAL. 271.
J HAVE movod my stock of DRY r GOODS
from 200 to 271 Rroad street (few doors be
low Bones, Brown & Cos.), Which, with large
additional supplies, will be ready for exhi
bition Tuesday or Wednesday next.
A cordial invitation is extended to all to
examine our full stock, at the lowest living
prices.
TERMS CASH.
M. S. KEAN.
oct3-G
TO SINGLE GENTLEMEN.
FURNISHED, INCLUDING
WateJ and Gas Privileges.
W. W. BARRON,
sep7-tu&euntf 185 Ellis street.
Notice to Shippers.
PORT ROYAL RAILROAD, )
Augusta Agency, September 10, 1875. j
ON AND AFTER MONDAY, September
13. 1875, Freight for Local Stations on
line of this road will not be received after 5
o’clock p. m. W. H. TKEZEVANT,
sepll-lm Agent.
WIRE HAY BANDS.
■gEING AGENTS for the EXCELSIOR
WIRE BANDS, we will always have a full
supply at low figures.
PRINTUP BRO. & POLLARD,
Cotton Factors and Commission Merchants
sepll-lm
TO RENT.
FOR SALE OR RENT.
THAT fine Truck Farm on East Boundary
street—known as the “Easterling
Place,” having 17 acres with large dwelling,
good store and other houses thereon.
Apply to
oct3-lw H. H. HICKMAN.
Desirable Rooms lo Rent.
3 GOOD ELIGIBLE ROOMS to Bent over
our store. Possession given immediately.
BIGNON & CRUMP,
oct3-2 No. 286 Broad Street.
FOR RENT,
JF applied for immediately, part of a
DESIRABLE, LARGE RESIDENCE, pleas
antly located.
Apply at
oct2-tf THIS OFFICE.
TO RENT,
A. COTTAGE. No. IGS Telfair street.
Apply to
sop29tf MRS. S. T. REDD.
Desirable Residence to Rent
J WILL RENT, or sell upon reasonable
terms, my RESIDENCE, No. 16 Bay street.
sep29-tf GEO. R. SIBLEY.
TO RENT.
PART of the first iloor of a Broad street
Residence, consisting of five rooms,
suitable for house-keeping; centrally lo
cated. Terms, S2O per month.
Also, a Lodging Room, with or without
Furniture. Apply to
sep26-tf M. A. STOVALL.
Cottage to Rent.
NO. OO BROAD STREET,
Apply to GEO. A. BAILIE.
sep2G-tf
TO LET!
FOUR DESIRABLE ROOMS, suitable
for Offices and Sleeping Rooms.
Apply to BARRETT & CASWELL,
sep24-tf 296 Broad street.
TO RENT,
FOR s3so—a nice house on Reynold street,
containing four good rooms and large
hall, with veranda in front, large yard, all
necessary outbuildings and good hydrant.
The house has just been thoroughly repair
ed, a±l the rooms newly plastered, and is
being painted inside and out. It will be
ready for occupancy by October Ist. Ap
ply to PAUL R. SLEDGE.
At S. C. Depot or at residence, 127 Broad st.
sept22-tf
TO RENT.
The DWELLING over store occupied by
N. W. fc E. J. Peacock, No. 130 Broad St.
Apply to
sepl9-tf A. D. PICQUET.
TOEENL
THE large STORE In front of the Opera
House, at present occupied by Messrs.
Myers & Marcus. Possession given on the
first of October.
Apply on the premises, or to Wm. A. Wal
ton, Law Range, or to
seplO-tf I. P. GIRARDEY.
TO RENT,
FROM the Ist of October next, that eligi
ble STORE, No. 297 Broad street,
third tenement below the Planters’ Hotel,
and the STOREHOUSE in the rear, will be
rented together or separately. Also, the
desirable DWELLING over said store.
Apply to JOHN CRAIG,
Corner Telfair and Kollock streets.
seplO-tf
TO RENT,
From the ist of October next,
that LARGE and COMMODIOUS
STORE, No. 338 Broad street, at present oc
cupied by F. A. Ximberlake A. Cos.
Apply to
jy3l-tf P. If. PRIMROSE.
TO KEINTT,
FROM the First of October next, the
dwelling on the North side of Broad
street (4th door from Mclntosh) now oc
cupied by Dr. J. P. H. Brown.
WM. A. WALTON.
No. 10, Old Post Office Range, Mclntosh
street, up stairs. aug7-tf.
toTrent^ -
ITiRAME DWELLING, with eight rooms,
; on the north side of Walker, fourth be
low Centre street. Apply to
JAMES G. BAILIE,
auglO-tf 205 Broad street.
, . TO RENT,
FROM the Ist of October, the HOUSE
next to Dr. Garvin’s, with five Rooms,
and double Kitchen in yard, water and gar
den. Apply at
JylLtf NO. 84 WALKER STREET.
STORE TO RENT.
StORE No. 290 Broad street, now occu
pied by P. G. Bururn.
For Terms, apply to
jy!s-tf H. H. D'ANTIGNAC.
TO RENT,
From the first of October next,
the elegant and commodious STORE,
209 Broad street, at present occupied by M.
S. Kean as a dry goods store. Apply to
H. F. CAMPBELL,
Or A. S. CAMPBELL,
jy29-tf 207 Broad street.
For Sale or to Rent.
HOUSE and lot on the south side of
Broad street, between’Cent re and El
bert, known as No. 84, now occupied by
Gen. R. Y. Harris. The lot has a front on
Broad and Ellis streets of 44 feet, more or
less. The improvements consist of a com
fortable two story brick dwelling, a kitchen,
Ac.
Georgia Railroad stock, at a liberal price,
will be taken in exchange, or long time
given, if desired, to an approved purchaser.
If not sold the property will bo rented on
reasonable terms, and applications are so
licited. WM. A. WALTON,
No. 10 Old Post Office Range,
auglO-tf Mclntosh St., up stairs.
FOR SALE.
FOR SALE !
A WINDLASS, with a Brake attached,
built by Mr. George Cooper, of this
city.
Also, a Ruggles PAPER CUTTER, which
cuts 26 inches wide. All in good order.
The above mentioned Machines will be
sold CHEAP FOR CASH. Apply at
THIS OFFICE.
jyl 8-tf
FOR SALE,
The Edwards House,
AT SPARTA, GEORGIA.
rjYHE above capacious Brick Hotel is of
fered for sale on reasonable terms. At
tached to the Hotel is a fine Stable that will
accommodate forty to fifty horses. For in
formation apply to
COTHERN & WATKINS,
Or J. O.
sep l s-lm Augusta. Ga.
NOTICE.
ONE MONTH AFTER DATE (my hus
band consenting) I will become a free
trader, and do business in my own name.
MARY L. SMITH,
Augusta, Ga., Sept., 13,1875.
The above notice is given with my con
sent. H. SMITH.
sepl4-lm
COAL! COAL! COAL!!!
FOE THE CONVENIENCE OF
COAL CONSUMERS
FROM this date orders for COAL left at
the stores of either the following gen
tlemen will receive prompt attention.
REANEY & DURBAN’S 200 Broßl St.
W. J. DELPH’S 265 llroaa
I am offering COAL CREEK, ANTHRA
CITE and CAIfABA COAi-S on ™? 8 J: ™ aS f ™l
able terms. C* the merits of the two tor
“The UAHABaTsespecially recommended
for domestic purposes, burning cheerfully
and creating less soot, d st a nd ash.ALL
other Goal. D. M..
octi-tf
CEO. S. HOOKEY,
Wholesale and Retail Dealer In
Coal Creek,
Anthracite,
Blacksmiths’
c O Jk. JLJ !
T HAVE NOW ON HAND, (Fresh from
1 the Mines,) a full suppiyof the above
! 'GALS, and will take pleasure in filling ox -
ders for any quantity desired, and at prices
as low, if not lower, than can be purchased
in this city.
Office Over 210 Broad Street.
sep!s-tf ,
INSURANTCE ADVERTISEMENTS.
GIN HOUSES INSURED
4 T LOWEST ADEQUATE RATES, and
in strongest and oldest Companies.
J V. 11. ALLEN & CO.,
Insurance Agents,
227 Broad Street.
oc3-eodlm Augusta, Ga.
INSURANCE.
/ 1 EO. SYMMS, Agent, represents thofol-
UT 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,u94 j 8
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 ... 121,21115
John Hancock Mutual Life In
surance Company, Boston,
Mass 2,7.50,000 00
$22,809,835 71
GEO. SYMMS, Agent,
No. 221 Broad Street ,
Augusta.
ATTORNEYS AT LAW.
JOHN S. & WM. T. DAVIDSON,
ATTORNEYS AT LAW,
WILL practice in the State, and United
States Courts of Georgia.
OFFICE NO. 1 VURREN BLOCK.
je!7-ly
W. T. GARY,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
AUGUSTA, GA.
Office No. 206 Broad strebt, Over
Brahe’s Jewelry Store.
Will practice in all the Courts of South
Carolina and Courts of Georgia.
Special attention to collections.
aug!2-su&th ly
BARRETT & LAND,
WHOLESALE DRUCGISTS,
NO. 270 BROAD STREET,
OFFER to the trade a large and varied
stock of
Drugs, Medicines, Chemicals, Drug
gists’ Sundries, &c.,
At prices as LOW as any house in the South.
All the popular Patent Medicines of the
day always on hand.
Retail Department.
We have set aside a part of our store for
Retail purposes, and will be glad to serve
all in want of Drugs, Medicines, Perfumery,
etc., at any and all times, at reason ible
prices.
STOCK COMPLETE.
One of our firm has just returned from
the Eastern markets, and wo have a largo
and complete stock In store and arriving
all bought at the very lowest prices.
BARRETT & LAND.
Georgia Hair Dye Is instantaneous—the
best in the world.
Gilder’s Liver Pills never fail.
sep!9-tf
MANSION HOUSE
L’OFS’r ROYAL, C.
SITUATED AT THE TERMINUS OF
the Port Royal Railroad, where connec
tion is made with the fast sailing, first class
steamers Montgomery and Huntsvit.t.v
sailing to Bow York every Friday *’
Round trip from Augusta, S3O. ’
1 his 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
l l l lverB ,’ an(} unusual attrac
tions to travelers or to parties who desire
water ° r 10 Bpond a few da y ß bear the salt
Table supplied with everything the mar
ket affords Fresh milk, butter, fish veg
etables and fruits in their seas. >n!
Best of Cooks and Attendants.
Terms liberal.
ie26 tf °- E - WARREN,
_Jo26tf Proprietor.
L. H. MILLER. J- \ ESTABLISHED 1857
MILLER’S
Safe and Iron Works
BALTIMORE.
Salesroom, 265 W. Baltimore Street, One
Door Above Hanover Factory. Suaure
Bounded by Henrietta, Clark.
mont and Warner Streets.
■Has
I * ooC * ln u ® an 'l Tested In JJOO
Notice to Draymen, Liquor
Dealers and Others.
OFFICE OF CLERK OF COUNCIL I
Augusia, Ga., Sept. 30, 1875. [
D R T^,P ar^-Waffon ’ Omnibus, Hack anil
Liquor Licenses. Nos. l and 2 issued
Dy the City Council, must be renewed Sr
BER a m5 b DAY OF GOTO
thoSOthdayolslpSbeSr “ piro ™
procuie tho
allowed. 0 ray8 ’ Carts or Wagons
be strictly enforced! 8 °“ tMs BU *’ J “ tiu
Office Hours : Daily (Sundays except
ed) from 9 o Mock a. m. to 2 o’clock p. m.
sep3o-lw cierk o/couucil.