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Haying heard of the prevailing fashion,
the Countess d’Eu, Dom Pedro’s daughter,
has given birth to a son.
Boston is just now rejoicing in a run on
one of her SaviDgs Banks. There will be
more of the same sort of amusement be
fore the winter has passed away.
According to our foreign dispatches, the
Turks have captured the last stronghold
of the insurgen s. The holders of Turkish
bonds have been so badly fooled by tele
grams that this announcement may or may
not cause a flutter on ’change.
People who attend the funerals in Fgypt
are not put off with a paltry hack ride. At
the funeral of the Khedive’s daughter 450,-
000 silver coins were distributed among the
grief-stricken crowd, and 24 buffi aloes were
killed and roasted for them.
Another valuable racer has died on the
track. We fear that there is much cruelty
in forcing horses on the turf, but if the fel
lows who own high-priced stock can afford
that fatal kind of amusement we suppose
the outside world, under protest, may en
dure it.
And now Don Carlos has imprisoned, it
is sa.d, the valiant Dorrbgaray. If the
Don pursues his piesent course much
longer he may have a rabble for an army,
but precious few chiefs of any consequence
to lead it. By the way, why does not the
Don himself march at the head of his
forces to victory or death?
A murder of uncommon proportions is
reported from St. Pierre, in British North
America. An entire family was slain in a
single night. The head of the household
kept an immense amount of money on the
premises, and thereby tempted destruction.
But gold secured by blood-guiltiness will
never recompense hellish assassins and
robbers. 1
We hear a great deal of the “Augusta
Canal Ring.” Who compose it? Does any
body know? A correspondent of the News
and Courier, from this place evidently thinks
Mayor Estes is the Big Indian. Who are
his co-conspirators? Does any body know?
The correspondent .aforesaid, in his sum
ming up of so-called popular opposition
charges, says the Mayor “has refused to
make any detailed statement of the cost of
the arrangement or of the prices at which
himself and his agents, John J. Cohen <fc
Sons, negotiated the city bonds which have
been issue lin aid of the work.” Does the
correspondent moan to say that Joun J.
Cohen fc Sons are or were members of the
“ring?” Really we think there must be a
confusion of ideas in that sapient intima
tion. By deduction—which may also be
reduction to absurdity—we have, as pos
sible members of a supposed “ring,” Mayor
Estes and John J. Cohen & Sons. This
will surprise many people by the contra
diction of combination. Perhaps the News
and Courier correspondent will furnish a
list of other ring-masters in his next revela
tion at Charleston.
The Charleston News and Courier has, in
its issue of yesterday, some Augusta cor
respondence, under flamboyant head
lines, which treats of the “Canal Ring.”
Mayor Estes* is described as of Napole
onic size and pictured as the “embodiment
of energy, perseverance and cunning.”
The statement is dwelt upon that the
cost of the canal has been dreadfully over
estimated and that Eiie contractors have
played havoc with the whole affair. Ad
mitting that Mr. Estes is hard to beat, and
grouping together the elements he pos
sesses for maintaining his power, the cor
respondent panoramically shows how op
position to him should and could be
organized. A long list of suspicious
circumstances, bounded only by the im
agination or susceptilibity of the au
thor, is arrayed. While mildly sug
gesting that such a bill of particu
lars is Boss Tweedian, if true, the corres
pondent care Sully concedes that several
bushels of salt may be allowed in believing
them. Hon. R. H. May comes in for the
following dig in the riba: “It was at first
generally supposed that Hon. K. H. May,
who has frequently been Mayor before,
would be the man. In fact he had been se
lected as the Moses to lead the children of
Israel out of the bondage of Egypt. But
Mr. May is a man wise in his generation,
and has, with the harmlessness of the
dove, all the wisdom of the serpent. He
had rather take the chance of obtaining the
throne by an abdication than by a revolt.
Instead of fighting each other, as the peo
ple expected them to, they now sleep ami
cably in the same bed and Imbibe gin-twist
from the same bottle. Mr. May will give
his support to Mr. Estes in this campaign,
and expects in return for his services to
have the privilege of administering upon
the Mayoralty a year from next December.
Some say, however, that it may be more
easy to make the sale than to deliver the
property. But the defection of Mr. May is
causing the insurgents to look elsewhere
for a leader, and, as far as I know, nothing
definite has been done.” Maj. Allen andJ.T.
80. h welL, both worthy citizens, are sug
gested as formidable competitors against
Mr. Estes. The correspondent then goes
on to say that Mayor Estes has hitherto
been successful through the support given
him by the newspapers, and that the peo
ple “wish a paper that will have independ
ence to publish their grievances and sup
port them in their resistance to the admin
istration. They complain that they have
not been given a fair showing, and that
with the assistance of either the Constitu
tionalist or the Chronicle and Sentinel
they could easily win the battle.” This is
very rich reading, and, really, it does look
like a pity that the battle for the Augusta
Mayoralty should have to be fought in
Charleston by a newspaper which has just
elected one Cunningham, who never had
any “ring” proclivities, no, never! This
correspondence shows us that the
opposition to Mr. Estes however
noisy is not compact.. The
Constitutionalist, sometime, ago
plainly told the opponents of Mr. Estes
that they could not vanquish him by abuse,
and, if they meant business, hail better or
ganize. We have, fairly and candidly,
pointed out what we conceived to be some
of Mayor Estes’ mistakes, but have also
declared, and still do so, that he has too
great a support in this community to be
easily put aside, especially by an opposi
tion which seems to be .divided into rival
factions under rival aspirants. Avery
large majority of our citizens, we think,
while very sore on the canal subiect, are
agreed that Mr. Estes shall be permitted,
if possible, to continue the work he has
been engaged in, and receive the glory or
discomfiture of future consummations. In
this suggestion we coincide.
At the proper time, we have no doubt
Mayor Estes will reply to all his assailants
worthy of notice, and, from former exhi
bitions of his skill in managing controver
sies, it*nAy be confidently predicted that
he will not discredit himself.
A Pretty Girl Kisses a Judge ou the
Bench.
A pretty girl named Anna Connett whs
tried for burglary in New Jersey the other
day, and when she was acquitted of the
charge she threw her arms around the
neck o£ the judge and kissed him. Of
course it was a case of bargain and cor
ruption—a case of an acquital fora kiss—
and the judge ought to be impeached. No
he oughtn’t either. Pretty girls are two
scarce, as abundant as they are, to be hid
den away in the penitentiary, no matter if
they do break into houses and walk off
with the spoons. To tell you the truth,
that judge ought to be raised to the Su
preme Bench.— Courier-Journal,
Cotton Mather takes a hand in Ne
braska politics.
Established 1799.
FROM MACON.
The State Fair—Brilliant Prospects—
Distinguished Men to be Present —
Gordon to Deliver the Welcome Ad
dress.
[Special Dispatch to tbe Constitutionalist.]
Macon, Ga., October 16, 1875.
Exhibitors, articles for exhibition
and visitors are arriving in great num
bers, and the prospect of a great fair
is already assured. Dispatches have
been received announcing the arrival
or: Monday of Gen. Hawley, Senator
Bayard, Hons. Fox, Norton, Campbell
and Robb. A number of distinguished
strangers will arrive in the early part
of the week. The Fair will undoubted
ly be an immense success. Gen. Gor
don is to deliver the address of wel
come. M. J.
FROM NEW*YORK.
An Ecclesiastical Missionary—Dread
ful Murder of a Family—Tweed’s
Case.
New York, October 16.—Bishop Lit
tlejohn sailed for Europe to-day. His
mission is to inspect the American
Episcopal Churches in Europe, under
the appointment of the presiding
Bishop of the Episcopal Churches of
the United States.
An evening paper of this city pub
lishes the following : “Through a gen
tleman who arrived to-day from St.
Pierre, in the French colony in British
North America, intelligence has been
received of a most terrible series of
assassinations. In a single night, and
for the purpose of robbery, a whole
family, consisting of an aged man, a
millionaire named Francois De L’Es
cale, his son-in-law, Mons. Cartier, and
his wife and two sons and daughter,
and one Folquet, the keeper of their
villa, were foully murdered on the
morning of the sth, or late in the
night of the 4th instant, at M. De
L’Escale’s mansion, situated about half
a mile outside of the town of St. Pierre.
M. De L’Escale never had had the cus
tom of depositing his money in banks,
and it is therefore certain that the
burglars and assassins have secured
an enormous booty.
Tweed’s answer, after protesting
against the denial of a stay and pro
claiming his right to withdraw the an
swer should the appeal result favor
ably, makes a general denial of all the
charges. It specifically denies the ex
istence of any conspiracy or combina
tion with the late James Watson,
County Auditor, to defraud the city or
county, and alleges that the county of
New York, not having been made a
party to the action, renders the com
plaint defective.
FROM RALEIGH.
Senator Bayard Heartily Welcomed —
His Speech.
Raleigh, October 16.—Senator Thos.
F. Bayard was serenaded to-i ight at
the Yarborough House. He was intro
duced by Mayor Manly to a large and
enthusiastic crowd. He did not enter
into partisan politics, but asked the
people of North Carolina, in 1876, to act
upon the principle that-party trickery
was not politics, but that duty to coun
try was next to devotion to God. He
wanted the men of the South united,
not for Southern preponderance or
Southern centralism, but to secure the
first great principle of a happy union—
the equality of the States. He urged
the people of North Carolina to culti
vate good will between the sections,
and hoped the people of all the States
would do likewise. He concluded
amidst great cheering. He was escort
ed to the depot by music and the two
military companies of the city, the
route being illuminated with bon-fires.
CRIMES AND CASUALTIES.
Marine Disasters—Burning of a Dis
tillery—A Valuable . Race Horse
Driven to Death.
Halifax, October 16.—There w*as a
storm in the Magdaliue Islands on the
10th. The steamer Martha T. Pike was
lost. The brig Pierre Nolosque was
wrecked at North Beach on the 28th
and the crew lost. The bodies of the
captain and cook were recovered.
Cincinnati, October 16.—The Eagle
Distillery at Palatka, Indiana, has been
burned.
Norwich, Conn., October 16.— Palmer
Boy, worth §5,000, with a record of 2:23,
9 years old, fell dead in a race.
Incendiary Fires—lndians on the Ram
page.
Providence, R. 1., October 16.—An at
tempt was made to burn the mansion
of Geo. C. Buiton, in Woonsocket. An
hour later an incendiary fire destroyed
Woonsocket High School, with valua
ble chemical and philosophical ap
paratus.
San Francisco, October 16.—A dis
patch from Portland, Oregon, says the
Umatilla Indians have driven off work
men on the Nevada and Northern tele
graph extension, threatening to kill
them if they continued the work.
Marine Disaster —Tornado —Mysteri-
ous Drowning.
Charleston, S. C., October 16.——'The
British bark M. Wood, Capt. Wilmot,
sixteen days from Sydney, C. 8., went
ashore on Pumpkin Hill shoals last
evening. This morning a tug got her
off and brought her to the city. She
leaks badly and water is up to her
decks.
Milford, Pa., October 16. —A terrific
tornado, accomponied by heavy bursts
of rain, passed over this village and
immediate vicinity between six and
seven o’clock this evening. Trees were
uprooted,fences blown down, outbuild
ings upturned, windows broken in, etc.
The storm lasted thirty minutes.
Savannah, October 16.—Gilbert But
ler, an old and respected citizen, aged
78 years, was found drowned in the
canal this afternoon. Deceased was a
vigorous and active man, and was out
attending to his business as a contrac
tor in the morning. His sudden death
is envoloped in mystery.
FROM BOSTON.
Run on a Savings Bank.
Boston, October 16. The run on the
Home Savings Bank continued to-day,
but depositors exhibted more confi
dence. Commissioner Gatchel has ex
amined the bank, and certifies that it
is perfectly safe and able to pay all de
positors. Offers of assistance, if need
ed, have been made by several city
banks.
Failure of a Boot and Shoe Firm-
At a meeting of the creditors of C. &
M. Cox, wholesale boot and shoe deal
ers, to-day, the assets of the firm were
shown to be §105,425, and their liabili
ities §225,568. The firm offered forty
cents on the dollar, which offer was
held in abeyance.
They tell the story of a woman who
called on a Troy, N. Y., dentist and
the loan of ten dollars “for old ac
quaintance sake.” She talked so fa
miliarly of his and her own family that
he thought there must be some trace
of consanguinity between the two, and
inquired: “Madame, are you a rela
tive of mine?” Said she: “Well, I al
ways felt as if I was a sort of a rela
tive. You know you pulled teeth for
all my children ten years ago.”
Anthony Trollope is in Frisco. *
®k Qlnnustu Constitutionalist.
FOREIGN DISPATCHES.
Bismarck’s Substitute— I The Turks
Corner the Insurgents—Don Carlos
Imprisoning His Generals.
Berlin, October 16. —Secretary of
State Von Bulow will accompany Em
peror William to Italy in place of Prince
Bismarck.
London, October 16.—The Standard
publishes a special telegram announc
ing that the Turks now hold the Dis
trict of Zubcie, the last refuge of the
insurgents.
Madrid, October 15.—The Correspon
dencia, of this city, publishes a letter
from Victoria, dated 14th of October,
stating that Don Carlos had imprison
ed Gen. Dcrregaray and some other
chiefs.
Rivalry of Thiers and MacMahon—
English News.
London, October 16.—A Paris special
to the j Echo says the popularity of
Thiers is causing uneasiness among
MacMahonites. The Times' Paris cor
respondent says if the ministry dis
agrees on the question of a system of
voting, MacMahon will form an extra
parliamentary ministry under M. Gour
ton, which will delay dissolution as long
as possible.
Twenty thousand persons are home
less by tlie floods in the neighborhood
of Abmedabad, in the province of
Guzerat.
Fifteen workmen were injured, and
it is feared fatally, by an overflow of
metal at Walsall iron works.
Reinforcing the Spanish Army in
Cuba—Resignation of the Bava
rian Ministry—Turkish Bonds.
Havana, October 16.—Four steamers
have arrived here recently with rein
forcements for the Spanish army. The
Government is drafting horses to
mount the recruits. Epizootic in a mild
form is prevalent.
Munich, October 16.—The Bavarian
Ministry has resigned.
London, October 16. —The Pall Mall
Gazette published a special from Ber
lin that negotiations with the Great
Powers are in progress for the purpose
of demanding from Turkey a guarantee
for payment in full of interest on the
debt after five years.
Launch of a Man-of-War—A Royal
Birth—Good-Bye, Wales.
London, October 16.—The Boadicea
was launched to-day. She is a sixteen
screw corvette, constructed of iron and
cased with wood.
Rio Janeiro, October 16.—The Count
ess of Eu, eldest daughter of the
Emperor, has a son.
Brindisi, October 16.—The Prince of
Wales embarked to-day for India.
FROM WASHINGTON.
Ex-Senalor Pease Talks with the
President and Gets a Sop of Comfort.
Washington, October 16. —Ex-Sena-
tor Pease had a long interview to-day
with the President on the subject of
Mississippi, including the causes of the
difficulties and the present condition of
affairs and their remedies. The Presi
dent talked freely and said he was
much gratified that the two political
parties had effected an amicable ad
justment by which a fair election
would be held and peace maintained in
that State.
Efforts have heretofore been made
by Senator Bruce and his friends for
the removal of four Federal officers in
Mississippi, but Mr. Pease has assur
ances that no removals would be made
in that State for mere partisan reasons.
Attorney General Pierrepont assured
him that none coming under his De
partment would be disturbed.
Postal News.
Washington, October 16.—Postmas
ter-General has directed, in compliance
with the request of Postmaster Filley,
of St. Louis, that a rearrangement of
schemes for fast mall service between
New York and St. Louis and the
Southwest be made prior to the first
proximo for all such matter as natur
ally belongs to the Pennsylvania Rail
road, and can be advanced thereby,
and orders it to be sent by that line
instead of the New York Central and
, Lake Shore route. This new
arrangement wiil save to
the Department the expense
of an unneccessartly long haul, and in
sure quicker delivery of mall between
the East and Southwest, and points on
or near the line between St. Louis and
Pittsburg, to which closed pouches are
sent. It will also, in a measure, alle
viate the inconveniences and delays
uow caused by lack of railway postal
car service between Pittsburg and St.
Louis. The Postmaster General says
he views this matter in a business
light, and desires justice done to all.
SPORTING NEWS.
Nashville, October 16.—At the fourth
and last day of the Albion Jockey Club
fall meeting, the attendance was very
large. The track was heavy, on ac
count of rain. The meeting has been
a success, and wound up with a fox
hunt, in which about one hundred la
dies and gentlemen participated.
The first race, for the Lincks Hotel
stakes, mile heats, was won by Sue
Wynn ; Geo. Graham second, and Katie
third. Time, 1:46,1:45%.
In the second race, for the club purse
of §2OO, mile heats, best three in five,
Sallie Gardener won in three straight
heats, beating Brakesman, who was
second. Time, 1:47%, 1:47%, 1:48%.
In the third race, for the consolation
purse, §l5O, mile heats, Pythias won
in two straight heats, beating Red
Man, who was second, Newborn third,
Summer Rose fourth and Zebra fifth.
Time, 1:47, 1:45%.
JACK FROST.
He Trippeth the Light Fantastic Toe.
New Orleans, October 16.—There
was frost last night as far south as
Pascagoula aud yellow fever there is
reported dying out.
There was frost on the Jackson Rail
road last night within fifty miles of
this city. The weather is quite cool
here.
Memphis, October 16.—There was a
killing frost last night which probably
did some damage to late cotton in bot
toms.
FROM LOUISVILLE.
Sale of Blooded Cattle.
Louisville, October 16.—At a recent
sale of blooded stock In the Blue Grass
Region, the following prices were ob
tained: Forty-four native cows and
heifers brought §5,821, and twenty im
ported ones §51,225; four native bulls
sold for §17,150, and five imported ones
for §12,300. TUe total for seventy
three animals was §123,450.
Telegrams.
Fort Monroe, Va., October 16.—The
United States frigate Hartford, which
sailed from Lisbon September 19th, ar
rived in the |toads last night. All
New York, October 16.—1 tls stated
that a pigeon shooting match for §5,000
has been between James
Gordon Travis Van Buren,
fn tAkft nlace
St Louis Qftober 16.—The United
States Dist r j‘ c *| tfc f or A ey ’lS er ' e S™ e a d
onit t/A Hav <igafcist the Ohio and Mis
mssffiDi RaP ad Company to recover
linn , i leged to be due as unpaid
revenue ta£ on the net earnln ? B of the
rold from f Jaauary> 1868 ’ t 0 JaQuary
-1872.
AUGUSTA, GA., SIT Is DAY, OCTOBER 17, 1875.
LETTER FROM ATLANTA.
Smoke and Smokers—The Weed and
its True Inwardness and Outward
ness—The Freedman and His Bank -
Counterfeit Money Afloat—The Horse
Disease not to be Sneezed At.
(From Our Regular Correspondent.!
Atlanta, October 15.
The Atlantadite is a great smoker.
There is something soothing in the rich
fragrance of a good cigar that wooe
the progressive ooze from his enter
prising na ' ire and leaves him the or
dinary mau whilst watching the blue
ish smoke, fancifully curling and inter
curling about the Hyperian locks that
embower the broad expanse of Web
-Bterian brow of all Atlanta men. The
nerves become quiet, and are toned
down to a balmy degree of repose by
the complacent operation of seducing
the fragrant smoke through the nico
tined ducts of the cigar. The cares and
wears of rasping business float away
on the sweet vapor and dissolve into
smoky, filmy nothingness. It is a de
licious respite from the burly bustle
and rabid rattling of the street and the
noisy nonsense of the store and office
to drop easily and languidly into the
cushioned loveliness of a mohair rock
er, and there before the lurid warmth
and genial glow of a winter night fire,
with the slippered feet resting upon
some spare place of the mantel, give
yourself up to thoughts of your capi
tal. This is the indoor luxury, where
the gummy mud from your boots has
imbued the door mat with its yellow
tinge, or the dust has been carefully
brushed away from your dry goods.
The business man enjoys his smoke
not quite so well. As he rushes ou his
way hither and thither, buying, selling,
loaning, borrowing, the lips compress
the small end of a “Charlie Ross” with
a business vehemence, and the smoke
instead of lingering around his olfac- j
toies is blown away by the mountain
breezes and wastes its sweetness on the
dusty air. But he clings to the cigar,
and when the parting moment comes
it is like Juliet’s fond good-night to
Romeo—such sweet sorrow—that the
abbreviated stump seems to be the best
part.
Young America, he of the short jacket
and red-topped boots, emulating the
sire, invests his spare nickels in “2 for
5 centers” and gracefully retires to the
back yard to luxuriate in lengthened
sweetness long drawn out. It may be
wrong of him —may smack strongly of
vice and youngster naughtiness—but
for all that his consumption of the
weed furnishes a cipher or so for the
statistician. Rapid young ladies, too,
find a moment or so lrom the study of
the toilet to drink in the naughtiness
of a cigarette. And when we cor e to
figure it all up, we find that just seven
millions of cigars are smoked annually
iu Atlanta. Of this number half a mil
lion are home-made, 6,475,000 are from
the North, and 25,000 genuine import
ed. There is expended annually by
Atlanta smokers only §500,000. Thirty
million are sold annually by jobbers
and|retail dealers, which, at an average
of §30.00 per thousand, foot up the
enormous amount of §900,000 at cost
from manufacturer. There is a profir
of 25 per cent, to the jobber, which
makes, §225,000. These figures look
appalling, but they are correct, and in
some instances should be larger.
, - Cigar Manufacture.
One hand can make from two to three
hundred cigars a day, and receive on
an average from six to eight dollars a
thousand. Girls are usually employed,
as they are more deft of finger than
men. Until recently cigars were made
and formed by band; now they are
made in moulds, which gives the cigar
a uniform shape and size—besides mak
ing them ready for service when they
come from the makers’ hands.
The Leaf.
Manufacturers here pay §6,400 an
nually for the leaf. The beat leaf in the
world is the Havana, and the next best
is the Connecticut. It grows only in
Havana, Vuelto Abajo, Connecticut,
Pennsylvania, New York, Massachu
setts, Ohio, lowa, Missouri, Florida,
Maryland and Illinois. Virginia tobac
co is too oily and can’t be used for
cigars. One leaf will furnish about
three wrappers, but usually four can
be obtained from good Connecticut
leaf.
How to Tell a Good Cigar.
There isn’t one man in a thousand
who can tell a good cigar. There are
nearly five hundred different shades,
but the standard colors are Madura,
Colorado Madura, Colorado and Claro.
These are always branded on the box.
The mildest and marked Claro, aud
the strongest Madura. Most people
imagine that a dark cigar is always
strong and a light one mild. This is
an error. The filling of a cigar may be
as strong as thunder, and yet be
wrapped in a dark wrapper, and vice
versa. Like wine, age improves a
cigar, but we can’t tell by its appear
ance whether a cigar was made years
or minutes ago. The only way, then,
of determining the merits, is by a
smoke. Experience is a dear school,
even with cigars.
Popular Brands.
The finest and best imported cigars
are the Henry Clay and Excepcion; of
Northern makes, the Mirabilia; of
home-made, Victory, Capitol, Charlie
Ross, El Plato, &o. These are all
standard brands and are the most
popular. The home-made cigar
ranges from §25 to §75 per thousand;
Northern, about the same, and im
ported, from §IOO to §2OO. The Charlie
Ross, made by Liebman and Rosen
baum, has a tremendous sale. It is a
small, free-smoking cigar, with a mild,
sweet taste. The brand has more to
do with the sale of cigars than its
merits. You have only to take up the
echo of the last sensation, brand it on
the box and it takes like hot cakes.
Boxes.
The boxes generally used by cigar
makers are bought ready-made from
the North. The wood, cedar, is im
ported in large logs from Cuba, Rierta,
Rico aad San Domingo. The boxes
cost from 12% to 15 cents each. Very
few cedar boxes are to be found, how
ever. Poplar and laurel wood is most
generally used. Boxes can be made
entire in Atlanta, and preparations are
now on foot to establish a factory for
that purpose. The labelling and orna
menting of the boxes is done by the
cigar manufacturer.
A Mammoth Factory.
It is proposed, and is meeting with
general favor, to erect a large factory
in Atlanta, and organize a stock com
pany with a cash capital of §250,000.
They propose to employ at least five
hundred hands, and will be able to
turn out daily 100,000 cigars. When
we look at the immense profit to be
made on cigars, aud the enormous con
sumption, we must admit that there is
a better prospect for fat dividends
than could be expected from a cotton
factory. Cigar making is a healthy
business, physicians say, and if you go
around a cotton factory and see the
yellow faces and bloodless lips of the
operatives, you will confess that tnat
business is unhealthy.
The revenue tax on 1,000 cigars is §6;
State and county tax % of 1 per cent;,
city license of manufacturer, §lO. Thus
you see the profit is larger and the tax
lower than on any other factory busi
ness. It is confidently claimed that the
capital would double itself in five years;
As Mark Twain says, “there’s millions
in it.” The cigars made here are even
better than those made at the North
for the simple reason that the climate
is far better—dryer. If capitalists would
think over this matter, the result would
be that an Atlanta cigar factory on a
: large scale would soon be under way
and coining money.
The Freedman’s Bank.
■ Sambo is somewhat hopeful. He has
had a meeting and has concluded to
see if he cau’t get a small portion of
the dividends. The case is a deplorable
one. The idea of putting his fractional
in bank, and his own bank, too, was a
glory almost too brilliant for Cuffee.
He sav his nickels gradually expand
by “intrust,” his stock of worldly
goods heaped to a big pile, and afar in
the prospective he saw a respite from
hoeing cotton arid a stroll through the
luxurious meauderiugs of gorgeous
wealth. But the power that be iu tbe
big city of Washington with one fell
scoop swooped up the xpanding nick
els and where is Sambo! alas!
Counterfeit Money.
The Memphis papers announced a
few days ago that just after the depar
ture of the London circus from that
and other cities, a flood of counterfeits
were discovered. Whether or not the
;:ircus had anything to do with shoving
Shis “queer” is not known. Several
bills of a spurious appearance have
’been seen in the city, and people are
cautious. The peanut vender micro
scopes your nickles, and your butcher
ceases in his sanguinary strife to read
the romantic legends of your last dol
lar bill. Even barkeepers minutely in
spect your fractional before concocting
your usual cocktail. The washerwo
men are not so careful. It is so deuced
ly seldom that she gets her pay that
she is willing to take it so long as it is
green on one side with a picture on the
other. There are several counterfeits
in the city, and the passers are anxious
ly awaited.
Tlie Episnootic.
The horse consumption, or epizooty,
has again made its appearance here.
The noble animal asthmatically coughs
and snuffs his morocco nostrils like a
school boy with a bad cold. Several |
horses are affected, but as the disease
is of a mild character no danger is
feared. Our horses are necessarily
obliged to have it, if horses of larger
cities have it. Atlanta can’t be out
done iu anything. If New York was
uo go Democratic and sneeze, we’d
roll up a Democratic majority that
would astonish you, and sneeze so loud
that it would shake Stone Mountain
iiom base to summit. Martha.
OBSCENE LITERATURE.
The Trade in Vulgarity and the Diffi
culty in Suppressing it.
[New York Herald.]
Anthony Comstock said, iu the course
oi his examination, that he was the
Secretary of the Association for the
Suppression of Vice. He made it his
special duty to prosecute dealers in ob
scene literature and immoral articles.
He found more difficulty in this city to
procure indictments than almost in any
other place, aud at the request of Mr.
Townsend read a list of offenders who
had been indicted at his instance and
hover tried. In the first case, in 1872,
the goods t hat had been deposited with
the clerk of the District Attorney as
proofs of dealing in immoral articles,
could not be dour, oil the day of trial,
and the latter, therefore, proved a fail
ure. In the nejpva.se, one Farrell, in
■-iicted in %ay, 187*2,• h bench warrant
was iosuod, but somebody informed
him of it and he absconded. One Sick
les had a factory of immoral goods and
had some twenty little children to work
tor him. He was indicted here, bailed
aud went over to Brooklyn, where he
started the same business. The wit
ness pursued him all over the country
for two years, obtained his price lists,
etc., and at last had him convicted in
Springfield, Mass.
After great difficulty, one Simpson
was sentenced to the State prison for
dealing in obscene literature. While he
was in the State prison his clerk car
ried on the business, and he had him
indicted in December, 1872, but this
indictment was never tried for the rea
son, as Assistant District Attorney Al
len told him, that the name was spelled
wrongly in the indictment. During this
year he obtained new evidence against
him and he was convicted, so that
nothing was done on the old charge for
three years.
Thomas Holman printed 143,000 in
decent books for one Farrell. This man
Holman was for twenty-five years a
member of the Baptist Church.
Church Members and Improper
Books.
Mr. Townsend—Do you find many
members of churches who indulge in
obscene literature ?
Mr. Comstock—Yes, sir. I Laughter.]
I found one yesterday. [Laughter.]
This man Holman printed books for
Hynes & Foley, and these men could
never be tried, for the then District At
torney, Garvin, refused to try them.
Holman was indicted in 1872, but the
indictment was mysteriously changed
changed in the District Attorney’s office
aad consequently he was not tried.
The books printed by Holman were
bound by some twenty little girls in
tlie employ of Charles and Joseph Har
row, aud iu the bindery it was noticed
that all these little girls had, through
their occupation and through the sight
of the lewd pictures iu the books,
learned to use the foulest terms in their
conversation. The Harrows were ar
rested, but never tried.
To give an idea of tlie extent of this
vile trade, Mr. Comstock stated that in
the last three years twenty-two tons of
indecent books, pictures and immoral
articles had been seized by him. Those
had gone among the very best schools
and seminaries in the country, aud
among the children of the very best
families. Very often lists of children
in all the principal seminaries and
young ladies’ boarding schools were
seized, and the manner in which the
dealers had procured these names was
vtiry ingenious. The dealer would send
to each principal ti circular stating that
he was about to publish a United States
directory of all boys aud girls in
schools, etc., offering to pay five cents
for every name sent to him. These
lists of names would henceforth be
come a matter of merchandise, and
Other dealers would pay high prices
for obtaining them. In 1872 there were
two large factories in this country
where immoral goods were made.
Witness said here incidentally that
Judges Hackett, Benedict and Suther
land always supported him, but he
found the greatest opposition on the
part of Mr. Comb, the clerk iu the Dis
trict Attorney’s office, and ou the part
of some of Mr. Garvin’s assistants.
James Reilley was arrested in June,
1872, for selling obscene books, was
> evicted, but sentence was suspended,
aad the mail was never punished.
Mr. Comstock finally said that a
lt.rge number of cases were ready to
be brought before the grand jury as
I ng ago as Juno last, but no indict
ments could be procured through the
District Attorney’s office on the plea of
the great press of other business.
The committee, after privately ex
amining specimens of immoral goods
which Mr. Comstock had brought with
him, adjourned until Friday morning
at 11 o’clock.
This is the latest story of servant
gal-antry. It was at Watertown, N. Y.
“I want §3 per week,” said the appli
cant ; “and my Mondays and Thurs
days. I also insist that family prayers
shall be said regularly each day.” Then
she ran over a considerable number of
“modern conveniences” which she
| would require. She was not hired.
LETTER FROM COKESBURY.
Fall Court—Life Insurance—Abbeville
Fair—Cokesbury—Belle Boyd-
Weather aud Crops.
Cokesbury, S. C., October 25, 1875.
The fall term of Court has just
closed for this county. The grand jury
were discharged Thursday. Their pre
sentment was a short one. A%ong
other things presented was some of the
county officers, for dealing in county
scrip. It is infamous for officers to re
fuse to pay claims in order that they
may buy them up at a discouut. The
report of the jury exhibits the affairs
of the county iu a prosperous condi
tion and much more satisfactory than
heretofore. Under former county offi
cers the county has been saddled with
an onerous debt, which is gradually
being extinguished. There arc many
trivial cases before the Court, which
might otherwise have been settled. I
noticed a good many cases of petit lar
ceny. The cost of trying these cases
is very heavy, and adds materially to
the county debt. It was provoking to
note the time consumed in the trial,
and the speeches of counsel seemed
more long-winded than usual. Judge
Cook presided with his usual ability,
and it was plain to be seen that he is
desirous of re-election. No doubt
there will be several candidates, both
for the position of Judge and Solicitor.
As the Radicals have but few men in
their ranks fit for such positions, we
indulge the hope that a good mau, ir
respective of party, wiil be elected. We
have iio objections to the present So
licitor, as he has discharged the oner
ous duties of his position with fairness
and ability.
Life Insurance.
The Press and Banner has been stir
ring up tlie life insurance agents. Their
arguments, exhibition of facts aud
figures look formidable, aud no doubt
will do a great deal to discourage the
people from foolishly spending their
money In this way for the support of
rich corporations at the North. There
is only one way to be benefited, and
that is to take out a policy for a large
amount and die before many premiums
are paid. Few persons are willing to do
this much for posterity.
What South Carolina Has Lost.
An official statement of life insurance
is;
“Since the war South Carolina has paid
to Northern companies eleven million dol
lars in excess of all amounts paid back
on death policies.”
In this statement the vast amount
paid to Southern companies is not in
cluded. The amount thus thrown
away is enough to pay our State debt
twice over.
What Abbeville County Has Lost.
Let us look at Abbeville’s account
with the companies :
DR.
Estimated amount paid since the
War $600,000
Estimated interest on same 240,000
Total amount invested $840,000
CR.
Estimated amount of poli
cies paid $115,000
Estimated interest on same.. 40,000
$161,000
Total loss $670,000 |
Or more than all the taxes 3lass SHOE fl
beville, County has paiu binLe*uitLe.csl<}h>
Where Everything Sinks.
With these facts before us, how can
any man conscientiously urge our citi
zens to put their money into this great
whirlpool in which everything sinks, to
be seen no more. Can the man who
does so, simply for the commissions he
receives for its passing through his
hands, have the good of the country at
heart?
Abbeville County Fair.
Our County Fair opens on Wednes
day 20th iast. It is expected that there
will be a fine display of stock and crops.
The premiums are liberal and varied to
suit all cases. It is proposed to ship
all the articles to the State Fair at
Columbia so that there shall be a rous
ing entry on the books of the Secretary
of the skill, industry and ingenuity of
the farmers and Mechauics of Abbeville
county, and thus secure the §3OO pre
mium" to the county exhibiting the
greatest number of articles. We will
be glad to see our Augusta friends on
that occasion.
Cokesbury.
Our little town has been quite gay of
late by reason of several marriages,
and the prospect of more. L ist week
the pretty and accomplished Miss R. C.
Connor was lead to the hymeneal altar
by Mr. Caldwell, of Newberry. The
wedding was elegant, and the supper
superb. We had the pleasure of meet
ing many friends from Newberry and
elsewhere. The young ladies were
richly dressed and looked pretty
enough to tempt almost any one into a
declaration of love. If lam not greatly
mistaken the beginning of several
courtships was made and probably
other engagements will grow out of tli
affair. We noticed in particular one of
the gay sprigs of the law from New
berry paying his devotions to a very
pretty blue eyed lassie from the city by
the sea. A case of love on sight; evi
dently there was music in the air.
Belle Boyd.
Miss Belle Boyd, so-called, lectured
here to a very slim audience last week,
and goes hence to fairer fields aud
more appreciative audiences.
Someone showed her “Martha’s”
letter to the Constitutionalist, from
Atlanta. When she read the letter, it
was evident that a stormy cloud was
rising. When the females (?) meet
there will be a demolition of chignons,
sure.
Weather and Crops.
We are having fine weather, and very
favorable to cotton picking. As I pre
dicted, not more than half a crop will
be made. The staple is short and does
not sample well.
I am glad to say that the farmers
are sowing largely br oats and other
small grain.
Timon.
Afraid of the Box.— About a week
since Mr. John Dixon, a butcher in the
Hanover Market, found a box beneath
his stall. Upon opening it, it was
found to contain the remains of a Pick
aninny, the sight of which caused him
to lose liis appetite for breakfast. On
last Saturday morning Mr. Dixon found
another box under his stall. He at
once sought Officer Mortimer, the
Mayor of the market, and complained
to him that there was a “nigger ba! y”
in a box at his stand; that he could not
stand the stench of it, and that, he
would like to have it removed. As the
officer raised the lid from the box an
Irish woman came rushing up, crying:
“Hold on there, Mr. Mortimer and Dix
on; that box of eggs belongs to me.”
All parties present enjoyed a hearty
laugh at the mistake, and Dixon joined
in the chorus.— (Baltimore Evening
News. _ __
A flock of 100 swallows, more or less,
thirsting for knowledge or hungry for
bookworms, lately entered the State
Libraiy, at Richmond, Va., and were
with difficulty expelled.
Missouri got mad and grew a cucum
ber that beats the Boston cucumber.
That’s right. This great West can’t al
low any Puritanic cucumber to climb
over it. —[Detroit Free Press.
According to a recent enumeration
there are 2,600 of the Brethren and
Christian Brethren denomination in
Ireland, and it sounds like a bull to
say a majority of them are women.
THOUGHTS ON FAILURES.
The Old Style and the New—Modern
Improvements—Suggestions of Re
form.
[Boston Commercial Bulletin. 1
In times past the word “failure”
seem to have had a deeper and more
significant meaning than at the present
time. In the old-style novel the un
fortunate husband and father is repre
sented as reluming to his once happy
home and burying his face in h<B
hands, groaning out to the wre f
partner of his joys and share- —s
sorrows that he was ruined, th ouse
aud furniture, goods and chattels,
must be given up to his creditors. His
faithful wife was pictured as cheer
fully giving up all her accustomed lux
uries, aud returning with her unfor
tunate but honorable husband to an
humble cottage, where they begau
life anew.
Quite different the picture now. The
unfortunate bankrupt does not return
to his house, because he knows that,
well stocked with everything, it is se
cured in his wife’s name, but, finding
himself in a tight place, h quietly an
nounces to his confiding creditors that
he must suspend, and will pay 15 or 20
cents on the dollar. The said confid
ing creditors, with past experience of
the evaporating power of assignees aud
insolvency proceedings, are ready to
accept anything that is money, and the
cheerful bankrupt, having purchased
his stock for an eighth of its value, is
prepared to start in business again
with a chance of competing pretty suc
cessfully with his more honest neigh
bors; while his faithful wire dons her
solitaire diamonds again, and blithely
plans for the summer at a fashionable
watering place.
This picture, we know, is one-sided,
perhaps highly overdrawn, but who,
that has had business dealings of late
years but will recognize its essential
correctness ? And it is more than a
subject for pleasantry; Indeed, the di
rect frauds upon creditors indicate but
a fraction of the importano* of this
question. The laxity of moral senti
ment in mercantile affairs—the poison
which has for several years been stead
ily creeping through the veins of the
whole community—and of which this
modern system of business liquidation
isjbut the mere out-cropping, is, in
the opinion of some of the wisest finan
cial doctors, sapping the very founda
tions of our commercial strength. Tt is
the merest folly to talk of remedying an
evil of such proportions by more strin
gent ly amending the bankrupt law, or
by abolishing it altogether and adopt
ing anew one. The root of the trou
ble lies in the loose moral sentiment of
which wo have recently seen so many
lamentable examples, and which affects
more or less, almost in spite of them
selves, even the sturdiest of old-school
merchants. This moral feeling of all
of us must be lifted up bodily. “ That
chastity of [business] honor which felt
a stain like a wound ” must be made
something more than a by-word,
something more than a tradition of the
dead past.
And, as a necessary part of this pro
cess, the word “ failure,” about vgbifi’g
we began this little serincc? anil
restored to something .cast of its
IOUSE; also a generate"
by any of the
methods with which we
are all so familiar, should ding to a
man in all his after transactions. He
should be shunned by business associ
ates, and his actions meet the severest
reprobation, in the public, prints as
well as on the street. It may safely
be said that there are very few failures
which are not somebody’s fault; of
those in which the liabilities mount up
among the hundred thousands, and in
which the creditors get 10,15 and 20
per cent of their claims, the proportion
of cases where there has not been
either outright swindling or criminal
negligence is Insignificantly small. A
more general censure of these cousplo
uous examples would do much to re
duce the large class of smaller men
whose greatest success is in “failing.’
While the pressure of the times just
now has without doubt forced many
strictly honest and industrious men
into bankruptcy, yet it is tbeoomplalnt
that others are ever ready to take ad
vantage of a season like the present,
aud rather than draw upon that which
they have set aside from other pros
perous years and make any decided
sacrifice to sustain their credit, prefer
to fail upon present misfortune and ex
hibit only such assets as were actually
used for the time being in business.
That this is reprehensible and that
the offender ought to be made to feel
it so is none the less true than that an
honest trader overtaken by misfor
tunes beyond human ken should re
ceive every consideration and en
couragement to enable him to regain
his lost footing.
While we are on the subject of fail
ures we will mention another point that
is worth thinking of. There is more
instruction to be got out of faithful ac
counts of the causes and consequences
of mercantile embarrassments than out
of any other class of contemporary
business literature. The compact re
sumes of failures and suspensions that
we publish In the Bulletin each week
contains, many of them, the essence of
years of business experience. The les
sons to be drawn from them are gen
erally so evident as to suggest them
selves to the dullest comprehen
sion. But these statements are from
the necessity of the case Incomplete;
many of the first rough accounts are
likely to be distorted. And yet, when
the full particulars are published, how
few have time or inclination to peruse
them, still less to sift the true from
the false, the valuable from ths incon
sequential, and to gather the all-im
portant lessons that can be obtained.
Not only in this case, but many of the
chief facts in relation to the principal
failures nuver see the light. The pub
lic eagerly read the first incomplete
statements of fact and rumor, and
form hasty conclusions which they
never have opportunity to either cor
rect or firmly establish. Much of the
most valuable instruction that might
be obtained from failures is therefore
lost,.
Now what we propose is that a pub
lic functionary or commissioner be ap
pointed whose duty it shall be to ex
amine closely into the causes of fail
ures, carefully sift the evidence on
both sides In relation to fraud or poor
business management, censure the
blameworthy, and publish to the world
an impartial summary of each case,
from which the business community can
draw its own moral. Only failures of
general interest need be investigated, or
such as a sufficient number of merchants
ask to have light thrown upon. It
might be impossible or Inadvisable to
have these functionaries appointed bv
the Federal Government; but each
State could have its own failure exami
ner or board of examiners. Perhaps
it would be well to have the registers
in bankruptcy take oharge of such
cases as go to the courts, and our
boards of trade and other commercial
bodies might be recognized In the ap
pointment, of the other examiners. The
whole scheme may bo Impracticable,
but it is worth thinking of.
A young man in Wisconsin was fined
§IOO the other day for kissing a girl.
Of course the girl did not estimate the
kiss at that price herself. The average
Wisconsin girl would be satisfied with
six and a fourth cents, and would not,
insist upon the cash eithsr.—fOourier-
Journal.
New Series —Vol. 28, No. 82
MINOR ITEMS OF THE CITY.
Thanks.
The Secretary of the Greensboro
Fair Association has our thanks for a
complimentary ticket. We trust as
many as possible of our citizens will
attend.
The Smith Press.
Our old friend, W. M. Smith,is meet
ing with much encouragement in the
Southwest with his excellent press. The
papers give him high testimonials. Mr.
Smith is an inventor of great ability,
and we wish his talents could be em
ployed in our midst. If times are not
too hard, it seems to us that such a
press as that of Mr. Smith’s might be
manufactured here by a compauy with
moderate capital. We want more small
industries, like Columbus, and if, a3 we
believe the Smith press is such as com
petent persons declare it to be, why
would it not pay to be manufactured
here and shipped to all points need
ing it ? ___
Serious Affray.
A middle-aged negro man, accompa
nied by his wife, was proceeding to
wards home last evening, between
nine and ten o’clock. When near
Bassford’s brick-yard, on the outskirts
of the city, the couple met a party of
five negroes, who came out of tine
brick-yard. One of the negroes bore a
gun on his shoulder, and, as the parties
met, he addressed insulting remarks to
the woman. The husband naturally
resented the insult, when the fellow
with the gun raised it like a club and
struck the other man over the head a
most crushing blow, felling him to the
ground. The brick-yard party then
ran away. The shrieks of the woman
and the noise of the affray brought
assistance, and the injured man was
conveyed to Schley’s. It is thought
the man will die of his injuries.
The lateness of the hour prevented
our getting further partioulars.
Runaways.
About 4 o’clock yesterday afternoon,
a pair of very spirited horses attached
to a top wagon, belonging to Harmon
Rowley, Esq., were left standing In
Broad street, while the driver went into
a store to purchase something. The
horses became frightened, and dashed
up the street, and in their wild flight
collided with a buggy belonging
to Dr. Mann, but fortunately did no
damage. The frightened horses kept
on, and when near Campbell street,,
they dashed into a tree, upsetting the
wagon, and one of the horses broke
loose, kept on, but was finally stopped.
The other horse was severely injured
by the collision with the tree.
Between seven and eight o’clock last
evening, a horse attached to a buggy,
left unattended in Jackson street, near
Ellis, started to run away, but one of |
the Southern Express wagons
passing at the time, and the 4fiver
drove his wagon across tb's*j^. eet j D
front of the runawayjfe^ by prevent .
ing an accident —~^
—*♦*
. Amusements.
-*Tun without vulgarity” is evidently
the slogan of the famous Duprez &
Benedict’s Minstrels, and the perform
ance of last evening fully sustained the
fine reputation that has always dis
tinguished the band ever inm . its
formation in 1852. The Opera House
was crowded by an appreciative audi
ence, among whom was many ladies.
The programme was a most varied
one, and of a character to please the
most fastidious, embracing fine music,
side-splitting jokes (mostly r>9w),
dancing and dialogues between the
end men, which kept the house in a
roar of laughter. When an audience
demand an encore four or five times,
it is evidence of popular approbation
of the character of the entertainment;
such was the case last night, The
band will perform again to-morrow
evening, and no doubt they will be
greeted by a crowded house. They
will return here again on the 25th inst.
The company left a line reputation be
hind them at Savannah, judging from
a most flattering notice in yester
day’s issue of the News of that city.
Murder.
Last evening, nearly at midnight, a
man named Tinley appeared at Chief
Christian’s headquarters, and stated
that his brother, Morris M. Tinley, had
been murdered by Helpheus Tilley at
about 2 o’clock yesterday afternoon, at
Porterville Academy, hall! a mile from
Mcßean 'station. It appears aii the
parties formerly lived in Burke county,
and a feud has existed some years be
tween them. Tinley was in a wagon
and Tilley was on horseback, when
they met in the road and at once re
newed the quarrel. Tinley threatened
to whip the other man, and invited him
to dismount and settle their disputes
by a game of fisticuffs. Just as Tinley
was stepping out of the wagon Tilley
drew a pistol and fired on Tinley twice,
both shots taking effect, and from
which he died immediately. About fif
teen men were standing around at the
time, and no one attempted to arrest
the murderer, who made good his es
cape across the country. Both men
have families. A reward is offered by
Tinley’s father for the murderer’s ar
rest.
REPUDIATING MANIA.
Honesty and Integrity Our Only Sal
vation—What the New York “Ob
server” Says.
Mr. Editor: I clip the subjoined ex
tract from the New York Observer,
which should be republished by every
paper throughout the country, and beg
you will give it a place in your Sunday
Issue, that it may reach the eyes and
ears of learned jurists and others who
may never place themselves in a posi
tion to hear a little sermon. If the
public press, like the Observer, would
all “cry aloud and spare not,” we would
soon hear very little about repudiating
corporations, and men of high standing
would change their tactics with public
opinion and cry, “Lay on, McDutf!” on
your side of the question. Inculcate
good morals, and useless litigation is at
an end. This, we admit, you have been
trying to do, but keep on.
The Observer says: “There isjsuch a
thing as national morality, a sense of
right and wrong prevailing among the
people as a body, a national conscience.
So long as such a conscience exists in
the majority public faith will be kept—
faith with the creditors of the Govern
ment, faith with the holders of its
bonds, however small. Repudiation by
a State or kingdom is never thought of
except by those who have become de
moralized, for repudiation is only
swindling and stealing in a legalized
form. ‘A promise to pay’ once made
by a corporation or government is just
as binding in morals upon the promiser
as a note of hand given by an indi
vidual is upon the giver When con
science becomes dull and payment is
difficult then the promiser meditates
evasion of duty or repudiation, which
is only another name for fraud and
rascality.” Subscriber.
“Pull on this rope,” wrote Mr. Wlne
gardner, of Williamsport, “you will
find me in the canal.” Now, that kind
of a corpse deserves encouragement.
No fuss, no noise, no dragging the
water nor firing of cannon. J ust pull
the rope and up he comes, fresh and
dripping. A child five years old could
find him.
Our roaming President objects to
Rome.
To Advertisers and Subscribers.
°N AND AFTER this data (April 21. 1875.) aU
trip 0 f 9 0f ! he Goustitu fi°nalist will ba sant
tree of postage.
Advertisements must be paid for when han
ded in, unless otherwise stipulated.
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Religious Services To-Day.
St. John’s Church—Preaching this
morning and to-night, by the pastor
Clement A. Evans. p r *
Presbyterian Church—Services in the
church to-day at 10:30 a. m. and 7-30
P. m. Also in Lecture Rooms, Wednes
day evening at 7:30. Subject, “ The
Apocalypse.”
Jones’ Chapel (Methodist)—Sunday
* &t 9a. m. Preaching at night
at 7:30 o’clock. Protracted meeting
begins on Wednesday night; all are in
vited to unite with and help us.
St. Paul’s Church—No morning ser
vice. Sunday school at 3:30 p. m. The
Rev. Mr. Kramer will officiate at 7:30
p. m. Regular quarterly offerings for
diocese missions presented at this ser
vice.
Christian Church.—Preaching by the
pastor, Z. T. Sweeney, at 10:30 a. m.
and in the evening, at 7:30 o’clock, will
preach, by request of Richmond Lodga
of Good Templars, og “Temperance.”
Sunday scuool at 9a. m. Prayer meet
ing Wednesday night at 7:30 o’clock.
The Hephzibah Baptist Association
will meet with the First Baptist
Church, Greene street-, ou Wednesday
morning, at 10 o’clock. Many eminent
ministers will be present, wo learn
among them, Dr. H. H. Tucker, Chan
cellor of the State University; Dr. A. J.
Battle, President of Mercer University*
Dr. T. E. Skinner, of Athens; Dr. W*
H. Mclntosh, of Macon. Families
that wish to entertain delegates are
requested to report to Z. McCord or
J. J.Pearce.
St. James’ Church (Methodist)—So
cial meeting at 9a. m. Sunday School
at 2:30 p. m. Preaching by tho Pastor,
Habersham J. Adams, at 10:30 a. m.,
and reception to church membership.
Night: Voluntary meeting, beginning at
7:30 o’clock; sacred songs until 8
o’clock. Monday night ; Stewards’
meeting. Tuesday night; Association
meeting. Thursday night: Prayer and
praise meeting. The audience and
Sunday School rooms will be comforta
bly warm.
The First Baptist congregation will
worship in the First Ward Baptist
Church again to-day, corner of Greene
and Houston streets, where the ordina
tion of S. W. Bothwell, Pastor elect,
will take place in the following order:
Bermon by Rev. M. B. Wharton, D.D.;
charge by Bev. W. H. Davis; ordaining
prayer by Rev. J. S. Patterson; presen
tation of Bible by Rev. J. T. Robert
LL.D. The new lecture room of
First Baptist Church will be dii*’ j „ tl /' n ?
Thursday night by Rev. Er/
Tucker, Chancellor of ti^Ty.’.rv-r ,
veraity. Prayer ryvfc?***
night in
*^“ es P ha^ v el—We are informed that;
Phnnp| lC will be organized at Jones
vjuapej. an( j a p as t or w jp be appointed
Bishop, who will preside at tha
ession of the Conference of the Meth
odist Church South, which will be held
at Griffin, December Ist. This will be
a groat convenience to the Methodists
residing in the eastern (lower), part of
the city. The Chapel has been con
nected with St. James Church, the pas
tor rendering such service as was prac
ticable. But this arrangement, is not
the best nor the most satisfactory to
the people, and the officers of St.
James Church have agreed to permit
such*of the members as desire to do
so to withdraw from it and constitute a
o&urcn at tne (Jhapei. Until the pastor
comes In December, the citizon (local)
preacher will occupy the pulpit on Sun
day nights, and the pastor of St. James
will lead the services on Wednesday
and Friday nights. As will be seen by
reference to our church notices, a se
ries of revival meetings begins there
on Wednesday night.
Crop Report.
The Committee on Statistics and In
formation for the District of Augusta
have just issued their report for Sep
tember, which is as follows:
The Augusta Exchange, )
Augusta, Ga., October 7, 1875. l
To the President and Board of Directors
of the Augusta Exchange:
Gentlemen: We respectfully submit
the following report for the month of
May as to the prospects and condition
of the cotton crop in the district allot
ted to this Exchange. Our report is
based on fifty-two replies from twenty
four counties. Average date of replies,
Ist Inst.:
Ist Question—What has been the
character of the weather since the
20th of August?
Answer —The weather is generally
r eported as having been very dry and
hot up to about September 15th.
Thei oaf ter, to October Ist, cool, cloudy
and rainy, with an excessive rainfall in
a few localities.
2d Question —What damage, if any,
has been done to the crop by the rust,
rot, or storms?
Answer—With the exception of three
counties, more or less, and in many lo
calities, serious damage is reported by
rust, very little by rot, and from three
to five per C6nt. by storms. The rains
prevalent during the last fifteen days
of September, are reported to have im
paired the quality of the crop, both in
grade and staple.
3d Question —When did picking gen
erally commence with you, and how la
it progressing?
Answer—Picking commenced in a
few counties as early as August 20th,
but did not become general until about
September sth. The hot weather of
the proceeding three weeks, having
forced open much cotton; rapid pro
gress was made until the middle of
September, since when rainy weather
has interferred materially.
4th Question —With frost at the same
time as last year, will the yield in your
seotlon be the same—greater or less ?
Answer—The tenor of a great ma
jority of our replies indicates that a
killing frost at same date as last year
cannot materially affect the yield now
in view, and which is almost unani
mously estimated at less than last year.
It may possibly be reduced by about
five per cent.
sth Question —State any material
fact not covered by foregoing ques
tions.
Answer—The majority of our corre
spondents express the conviction that
the yield of this territory will not reach
that of last year, by from fifteen to
twenty per cent., while many speak of
from twenty-five to thirty per cent.
The largest portion of the crop is now
open and ready for picking, and in
some few counties from one-half to
two-thirds of the crop is reported as
already picked. Tho movement to
market is generally reported as having
been prompt thus far.
Very respectfully your obedient ser
vants, * L. L. ZULAVSKY,
Chairman.
J. J. Pearce,
E. D. Kelley,
It. D. Heard,
L. C. Nowell,
A. M. Benson,
Wm. M. Read,
Committee on Statistics and Informa
tion.
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Blobbs, speaking of an acquaintance
whose stock of brains was heavily
mortgaged, remarked, “Why, he’s next
door to a fool, and sometimes moves
in.”
How many people there are in the
world, whose sensitive and idealistic
natures will not permit them to con
template the gross reality of board
bills unpaid.
The boss dress in Cincinnati con
sumed forthy-three yards and costs
$750.