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AUGUSTA. O-A..:
Thursday Morning, Nov. 4, 1875.
The Elections—After the Battle.
The returns from the elections are j
sufficient to furnish a pretty fair esti- j
111 ite of results. The Republicans have ;
turned back the tidal wave of Demo
cratic victory, by Herculean efforts, i
and can now prepare for the gigantic
struggle of 1876, with some confidence, i
It was of the last importance that
something effective should be done,
not only to stay the rout of their forces,
but also to hedge about the great |
Democratic majority in the House of
Representatives with an array of
popular endorsement, for Repulican
principles, which should encourage
their hitherto discomfited minority.
To this end, a supreme effort was made
in Ohio. Never was there such a con
centration of forces and influences to
defeat one man as there was in the
case of Allen. The East poured forth
its treasure and its orators, the Ad
ministration sallied forth manuscript
in hand, and false issues calculated to
arouse religious bigotry and intoler
ance were industriously and pertina
ciously arrayed. By force, fraud,
energy, money and such an outside
pressure as the country has not wit
nessed for many a day, William Allen
was defeated by a small majority—so
small indeed that it was very little for
his foes to crow over. But while
they did uot do much “ crowing ”
they did hard work. They knew
that a Republican triumph in Ohio
was a reasonable assurance of
Democratic reverse in Pennsylvania
and New York. Nor did they wholly
miscalculate. There is a floating vete
which is a phenomenon in politics, and
very wayward when it has a mind to be.
By a surprising turn, last year, the Re
publicans were reminded of its import
ance in any contest at the polls. This
year, the Democracy have felt its
weight and potency. Ordinarily, how
ever, the floating vote gravitates to
ward success. It seems to have obey
ed this instinct, so far as the present
campaign is concerned There are rea
sons, also, for supposing that, in
New York, certain undercurrents were
at work among the simon-pure
Democracy, which may account for
the result in that State. It was
openly avowed that Samuel J. Til
den should taste of the bitter chal
ice he commended to the lips of
William Allen, and so he has. A
worse plucked Presidential aspirant
never was witnessed before, and he
must now be relegated to the grave
yard of unavailable standard-bearers.
Besides this, the selection of John
Bigelow, for Secretary of State, on the
Democratic ticket, was, in our opinion,
a most unfortunate one. He was one
of the most obnoxious of men to true
blue Democrats, and, the game played
so disastrously in the case of Horace
Greeley was essayed with nearly simi
lar results in the case of this man. We
have no doubt in the world that
he lost thousands of votes
of his',; trimming and unsatisfac
tory record. When the party
travels out of its own camp to push
forward as a leader an old abolitionist,
time-server and chameleon, it richly
merits rebuke, and we fancy the rebuff
was intended to be emphatic and ad
monitory.
Iu Pennsylvania, the city of Phila
delphia, with its frauds, has apparent
ly made Hartranft Governor; but the
probabilities are that'the floating vote
we have already alluded to settled the
matter by drifting toward the power
that made itself felt in Ohio. As it is,
however, anti-resumption in the Key
stone State has made a better fight
than hard-money in New York.
Massachusetts, on the whole, has
done well. Gov. Gaston’s campaign
was a creditable one. Though he was
elected last year, the balance of the
State ticket was successful by consid
erable majorities, and it could scarcely
be expected that such a Republican
stronghold would be captured perma
nently.
The contest in New Jersey was im
portant as it involved the choice of a
United States Senator in place of Fre
linghuysen, a Republican. We regret
that the Democracy did not make a
better showing, but it is not easy, at
this time and with such lights before us
as at present, to determine the causes
leading to discomfiture there, save on
the general principle that the tidal
wave had been checked and a counter
current running.
Maryland has doue well. So has Vir
ginia. Mississippi has more than
counterbalanced misfortunes at the
East and West, so far as Southern
people are concerned. We rejoice a
thousand times more over her re
demption than we grieve at the bad
fortune of the party in New York or
Pennsylvania. We doubt [not that the
result there will be as great a sur
prise to the Republicans at the North.,
as the reported back-sliding of New
York may prove to oversanguine
Southerners.
The Presidential contest now be
comes a matter of doubt, with the
chances favoring the Republicans. But
who can tell what an hour or a month
may bring forth ? Aod it may be that
the eccentric independent vote, which
moves in a mysterious way, shall
prove as fickle to Radicalism in 1876
as it was to Democracy in the campaign
just closed. At all events neither
Democrats nor Republicans can afford
to ignore the voters outside of party
lines who seem to constitute the true
balance of power. Both parties are
now on their good behavior, and, un
less the country has become careless of
its true liberties, that party which most
deserves to triumph, next year, will be
placed in power.
It may bs a godsend for the Demo
cracy that their leaders have been ad
monished of the vulnerability of the
organization. The majority in the next
House of Representatives must needs
be very circumspect and pru
dent. The recent elections, if they
mean anything, mean just that. We
take It that the controlling masses
hav# now warned both parties that
they are vigilantly watohed, aud that
there must be no audacious or self
confident trifling.
We gather another moral from the
elections. It is this: That neither
hard money nor greenbacks, as popu
lar slogans, will satisfy the people, who
believe in high principles and are weary
of the juggling and clap-trap of the
rival factions. If the Democratic
party, discarding all shibboleth about
the currency and other side issues, will
plant themselves, under true and tried
leaders, squarely upon a platform
which espouses the grand and glorious
cause of Constitutionalism vs. Central
ism; if they will attack the enemy in his
weakest point, instead of his strongest;
if they will confide in the people and not
betray them, as has been done over and
over again—we believe that victory
next year will be assured. But should
they essay the humbug role, and put
their grand ideas of anti-Centralism in
the back-ground, we believe Grant, or
some other Republican, will put a
quietus upon their dreams. Judging
from the past, we have small hope that
wisdom will prevail. Let us trust,
however, that, made cautious by expe
rience and purified by defeat, the party
wiil purge itself of false prophets, sel
fish and unprincipled commanders, and
venal camp-followers who disgrace and
embarrass it. Thus equipped, with
the rallying point of Constitution
alism vs. Centralism as the glo
rious battle-cry, victory may be ob
tained. But, if false to its true mis
sion, the party becomes a mere faction
struggling for the spoils of office and
not for correct principles; if it over
looks its faithful leaders and seeks in
the enemy’s camp for a General, as
well as for articles of faith, its descent
to perdition will be rapid and decisive;
and as the historian has written an
undying verdict upon the colossal
statue of Julius Gesab, so shall the
annalist of the future inscribe upon the
tombstone of that once mighty organi
zation—“JUSTLY SLAIN.”
General Grant—Complexities of His
Character.
We confess that when the President
permitted his old Vicksburg war-horse
to be sold to a negro for some trifling
sum of “rag money,” he gave many
people a shock to their sensibilities. It
had a hard and very unsentimental
look, that bargain and sale, and he
very properly became a target for just
criticism. But, like everything else,
there are two sides to a question, and
it would be very unjust to his Excel
lency, to asperse him, for this lapse, as
a person unblest with feelings that are
honorable to the human heart. There
are some individuals who are af
fectionate to animals and cruel to
their own kind. Sterne, the famous
moralist, is reported to have
wept scalding tears over the death
of a favorite jackass, and yet
acted in the most barbarous fashion
toward his living wife. We dare say
that there are a good many Sternes in
this world, just as the Abolitionists of
Europe and America were willing to
see white civilization perish, and white
men and women exterminated, rather
than yield their hobby of negro free
dom. It is to the honor of Napoleon
that he declared he would not
consent to the destruction of whites in
order to make negroes free, when con
fronted with affairs in the West Indies,
and assailed by the so-called
amis des noirs at home. For this
hobby, and its carrying out prac
tically, what oceans of Caucassian
blood have been shed, what horrible
outrages committed, what property de
stroyed, what treasure wasted, what
morals wrecked! And what recom
pense has come from it, at all propor
tionate to the sacrifice made? The
negro has either entered upon a career
back into barbarism, or else begun to
tread the path that leads to ultimate
annihilation in several portions of the
globe. But we digress.
Our intention, in the first place, is to
do the President an act of justice, and,
with the evidence before us, show that
he may have precious little sentiment
al care for an old and faithful horse,
but is not, by any means, devoid of
generous and manly impulses to the
human family. We read, for example,
in the Courier-Journal the subjoined
facts, detailed in some Washington
correspondence:
Jefferson’s Granddaughters.
Iu this connection, as a gossip who re
cords all the strange revolutions of the
wheel of fortune. I must tell how the grand
daughter and great-granddaughter of
Thomas Jeffebson have been in this city
for two years seeking employment. They
have been in the most destitute circum
stances, actually wanting food. Mrs.
Michelane was Miss Septimnia Ran
dolph, sister of Thomas Jefferson Ran
dolph. who died at Charlottesville, Vir
ginia, a few weeks ago. Mrs. Michelane
has been a widow for many years. She has
a son and daughter. She, with her two sis
ters, now Mrs. Trist and Mbs. Coolidge,
of Boston, resided at Monticello with their
grandfather untiphis death. For the past
two years Mrs. Micuelane made many at
tempts to see the President and state her
case, but he, not knowing of her illustrious
lineage, avoided the meeting, as he is com
pelled to do with the thousands who send
in cards, but tresspass upon his time
through frivolous pretexts. A kind hearted
lady yesterday undertook negotiations.
No sooner had she stated the case to the
President than ho sent a messenger for
Mrs. Michelane, who was waiting in the
ante-room, to come in. He spoke to her
kindly and sympathetically, and, taking
pen and paper, he wrote a request in the
most touching style to one of the secre
taries that if possible the lady must be pro
vided for. Of course this note was suffi
cient, and the two ladies left the office with
hearts full of gratitude.
Grant’s Kindliness.
There is another lady I have met re
cently who says: “The President has
saved my eyesight.” She is the widow of
a Confederate officer. Her husband was an
old army officer and acquainted with Gen.
Grant before the war. The remembrance
of the old bond of friendship was still
strong, and secured for the widow a posi
tion in the Patent-office several years ago.
The fine tracing work upon which the
ladies are employed iu this office is ex
tremely trying to young, strong eyes, but
fatal to those that are weakened by tears
of anguish. The best oculists warned Mrs.
General S. that total blindness would be
the result of a continuance of her occupa
tion. She tried in vain to impress those
in authority over her of the impending
danger. Not only her own support de
pended on the health of her eyes, but the
ware and education of a young son, Bay
after day as she loft the office, she would
go to her room, and with bandaged eyes
lay on the bed, and try to pierce the fu
ture that seemed fraught with an old age
of utter helplessness and dependence.
When the President returned here two
weeks ago, she sought him, and asked that
he would interfere. She was surprised at
his ready response. A note.from him pro
cured a transfer to the library, where she
is engaged in translating impoitant works
for the use of the Patent-office. How de
lightful it must be to possess power!
What a gratification to be able to use it in
behalf of suffering!
When visiting the Federal Capital, last
Winter, we heard of numerous cases of
Gen. Grant’s delicate and most grate
ful interference in behalf of the female
orphans of Confederate soldiers. He
is certainly a tender father and a most
faithful and devoted husband. Re
membering these things to his credit,
the case of the old war-horse sinks into
insignificance, and it may be that even
that seeming want of sympathetic na
ture has its bright side, when explain
ed. It may be too that though he de
sires the perpetuity of his party, as is
natural, that he likewise wishes the
white Southern people to recover their
State governments. Possibly, Missis
sippi owes him something for
non-interference. At all events,
we gain nothing by refusing to accord
deserts to a political antagonist, and one
who, in the tide of time, has worked us
much ill. Penetrated with this idea,
we have presented some fair sides of
the Presidential character, and the im
partial critic must admit that as the
devil is not so black as he is ordinarily
painted, so Gen. Grant has some shin
ing qualities at once reputable to him
as an Executive and a man.
Something to Think About.
The people of the South may as well
make up their minds that their friends
at the North are not numerous, or
rather not numerous enough to be of
any particular service to them politi
cally. We can apply to them what
Byron applied, for the Greeks, to the
outside world :
“Trust not for freedom to the Franks,
They have a King who buys and sells;
In native swords and native ranks,
Your only hope of freedom dwells.”
We mean by this application that
the South should be wary of her sup
posed allies in the East and West, and,
indifferent to their party jugglery, so
long as it is a mere juggle, striving for
her own recuperation in her own way
and within herself. What we more
particularly need in this section
is commercial independence. Let our
planters be economical; plant less cot
ton, more grain, and raise as much live
stock as they possibly can. Within
ourselves and within our borders we
possess all the elements of wealth,
power and comfort. If the people of
the East and West prefer to run Into
monarchism, centralization of power
and business chaos, so be it. We can
stand such vagaries longer than they
can. If we, one and all, in the city and
country, husband our resources, diver
sify our agriculture, cut down extrava
gance, discourage idleness and put a
premium upon industrious thrift, the
day of deliverance will come eventually
and come in glory.
SPLINTERS.
Lots of apples in England this year.
Green Vermillion is an lowa jailer.
The London bootblacks have a club.
It takes 1,000 Chinese copper cash to
make sl.
Heaven 3ends us misfortune as a
moral tonic.
Advice to autumn poets—Take your
leaves and go.
Cider is selling in England at a
penny a quart.
Violent insanity is very prevalent in
South Australia.
Great Britain sells $600,000 of patent
medicine stamps annually.
One Saratoga hotel used 3,000 bar
rels of potatoes last Summer.
H. J. Byron, author of "Our Boys,”
will visit America next year.
Mrs. Foster, of Muscatine, weighs
three hundred pounds, and has a long
black beard.
There have been forty-eight mur
ders in Boston during the last five
years.
Female “drummers” are the com
mercial novelties on the commercial
lap-is.
Anthony Trolope, the English novel
ist, is visiting the Yosemite Valley.
The Khedive pays $5,000 each for
his Krupp cannon, and for the shells
SIOO.
Don Pedro, of Brazil, who is coming
to visit us, owns the finest diamonds in
the world.
All the oxen In Kentucky have lately
taken to winking at every stranger who
passes.
Cidereal influences have been favor
able to Michigan. That State will have
an excellent apple crop.
Congressmen’s wives affect furniture
iu browns this year, because of the
dust In Washington.
Feeling noses for drinks is the popu
lar method in southern Indiana. The
one that has the worst chill treats.
Chicago is no longer a good place to
die in. The undertakers have struck,
and are making it expensive for
corpses.
If we would build on a sure founda
tion in friendship, we must love our
friends for their own sakes rather than
our own.
“Who reads an American book?”
The total value of books from the
United States during the past year was
$584,950.
So Russia comes in at the eleventh
hour and accepts an invitation to the
Centennial. Sorry, but really we
haven’t got any front seats left.
An old gentleman who went to meet
two pretty nieces for whom he was le
gal guardian, told his wife he was go
ing to a ward meeting.
The women of Wyoming beat John
J. Clark out of a political nomination
because he perpetually wore a red
necktie and walked bow-legged.
Mr. Hen is nominated for office out
in Nevada. The only objection we
should have to him would be his dis
position to be always on the fence.
The decision of an English court
makes the eeronaut responsible for
damages to crops, fences, etc.,- occa
sioned by his balloon, or by the crowd,
when it alights.
Now Is the time to inspect the musk
rats, the beavers, the bark of the trees,
and the squirrels’ nests, to find out
what sort of a Winter we are going to
have.
There is great “cutting up” of large
ranches in California. The owners re
alize five times as much for their land
as could have been done before the
subdivision.
_ BPEOIAX NOTICE*!.
DENTAL NOTICE, j* " '
DR. ZKKE
CALLS THE ATTENTION; OF HIS
friends and the public to his “method of
Filling Natural Teeth with .Gold and
other material for their preservation. Office
Northeast Corner of Greene an-| Campbell
streets. ? oet24-tf
Colonists, Emigrants and Travelers; Westward.
FOR MAP CIRCULARS, CONDENSED
time tables and general infer ; tyion in re
gard to transportation facilities t|> all points
in Tennessee, Arkansas. Missouri, Minne
sota, Colorado, Kansas, Texas, flowa, New
Mexico. Utah and California, apM? to or ad
dress Albebt B. Wkenn. Geneilii Railroad
Agent Office Atlanta, Qa. I
No one should go West without irst getting
in communication with the General Rail
road Agent, and become informed as to su
perior advantages, cheap and i/aick trans
portation of families, household goods,
st ck, and farming implement!, gene ally.
All information cheerfully given.?-
W. L. DANLEY.
sepl4-Cm G. ;* & T. A.
GUN HOUSES INSU RED
AT EQUITABLE RATES, IN FpIST-CLASS
Companies. Call at or write ty my office,
219 Broad street, before insuring
C. W. G ARRIS,
Gon’l Insurance Agent.
FUNERAL NO’I'ICE.
THE FRIENDS AND ACQUAINTANCES
of Mrs. Ann Stringfellow, I|r. and Mrs.
W. H. Page, and Mr. and Mrs. Robert Wig
gins and families, are respectflilly invited
to attend the funeral of the firmer, from
the Cemetery Chapel, THIS D/-Y at twelve
o’clock. j *
CIRARPEY’S OPERIj HOUSE
SOUTHERN TOUR, iep-’76.
FRIDAY ANdTsATURDAY
UNDER THE MANAGEMENT OF
MR. JOHN T. F:RD
OF BALTIMORE AND WASHINGTON.
SALSBURYS TROUBADOURS.
(AMERICAN YOKE;-)
JOHN T. RAYMOND.
(Theres Millions in H)
AND EDWIN BOOTH’S.
Mr. Ford has the honor to introduce to
the citizens of Augusta, November sth and
6th, 1875, SALSBURY’S TROUBADOURS in
their comic absurdity, combining the at
tractive elements of COMIC .OPERA, en
titled PATCHWORK. Each performance
to begin with an exquisite coniedy.
Admission 50 cents and sl. heats secured
at Oats Book store without Ultra charge.
CHAS. J. CROUSE,
oct3l-6t General Agent.
THEAT ifc E.
GREAT EVENT’oFTHjj SEASON.
TWO NIGHTS ONLY, BOV.jflp AND 4th
The Eminent Artisls,
Rose and Harry Watkins,
And the charming young Actions and Song
stress, MISS AMY LEE. in tf.e grand ro
mantic drama entitled “LIT DEUX OR
PHELINES,” a version of which was play
ed in London, England, Throe Hundred
Successive Nights. An adaptation was also
presented at the Union SqiHro Theatre,.
New York, where it achieved, under the
title of 5
THE TWO ORPHANS,
the most signal and complete success of
the Nineteenth Century. §
Henrietta] The I lloseWatkins.
Louise .. ( Two Orphans \ lonyLee.
Pierre Frochard, a cripple.. B?>rry Watkins.
Supported by a nrst-cliss dramatic
troupe. I
Seats can be now secured, ivithout extra
charge, at Oates’ Music stor<* oct3l-i
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.
JUST RECE|VED.
50 BUNCHES BAh^NAS.
2,000 COCOA NUTS. |
1,000 ORANGES—HaJraa and Fla.
Will be sold LOW Wid. FERRIS,
oct4-3 1252 Broad street.
.J. mT BUR(DELL,
COTTON FACTOR AND COMMISSION
Merchant, at old stand, iio. G Warren
Block. I
Continues business in all iff branches as
heretofore, and will make liberal advances
on consignments. j
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FOR REn|i\
,jf
THE enclosed Tract ki,jwn as '.ho
“Starnes Farm,” on Washington road,,
between Raes Creek and City. Rent, $290
A note due December, Ist, 18,6, secured re
quired. Jty. GREGG,
President Augusta Laij-d Company.
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NOTICE]
WE have this day dispefaed of our in
tire stock of Groceries, Liqucrs,
Store Fixtures, <fcc.. to Mr. J.'MES A. LQF
LIN, wbo will continue tne business at Ihe
old stand. No. 266 Broad street. We retire
our thanks to our friends f r their gener
ous support, and beg a conti uance of it to
our successors.
J. D. * f. W. BUTT
Augusta, November 2,18 5.
THE UNDERSIGNED hav ag purchased
the entire stock of Mes; rs. J. D. AJ.
W. BUTT, will continue the usiness at he
old stand, No. 266 |Broad street, in all its
branches, and respectfully sjlicit the pat
ronage of his friends and the public.
JAMES A. LOFLIN
Augusta, November 2,18 '5.
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Dissolution Notice.
THE Copartnership heretofore existing
under the name and style of Timm* .-
man <fc Wisifi is this day £ dissolved by
mutual consent by the withdrawal of w.
T. Timmerman. The busings will be cn
tinued by JOHN A. WISE! who has as
sumed ail the liabilities of tl* late concern,
and to whom alone the payment of all out
standing debts must be inadj.
W. T. TIMMERMAN.
J. A. WblE.
Augusta, Ga., November 3|, 1875.
THE undersigned in withdrawing from
the late firm of Timmilrman & Wish
would take this occasion of returning to
his friends and patrons his vlhanks for the
liberal patronage extended fo the late firm
and would solicit a continue jceof the same
for his late par tner.
W. T. TIfiMERMAN
Augusta, Ga., November 3, 1875.
nov4-3 |
~ SSOO REWARD.
A REWARD OF FIVE HUNDRED Dol
lars wiil be paid for tlw apprehension,
with evidence to convict, of Ithe person >r
persons, who attempted thej assassinatpn
of S. W. Howland on Mondal night last it
Graniteville, 8. C. |
H. H. taCKMAN,
President Graniteville Manufacturing (o.
nov4-3t %
DR. ALEXANDER | DUGAS
Respectfully tendefs ms profes
sional services to the tiublic. May be
found at his residence, No. -T Broad street.
Office hours, 8 to 10 a. m., aifl 2 to 4 p. m.
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w Kite and female,lisso secretad
beautifully Illustrated I*o
- lai m -\* page Novell / Catalogue, ii-
AW A ■ F. Young i Cos., 29 Brood.
wayJNew York. j y29-la~wly
AT REDUCED TRICES
COTTON PRESSES,
AND all other Machlner.i cheaper than
ever before.
PENDLETC S & PENNY
Bept3o-thAßft2m
Dyeing and Gleaning*
IN ALL ITS BRANCHES. GENTS
Clothing cleaned in the best style
Gents’ Clothing Dyed in it superior man
ner, and guaranteed not toiioil the whites
linen. Orders left at 40-J Broad street
above Upper Market, will receive prompt
notice. I
oct!0-su3m Gil). R. DODQE.
DRY GOOODS. !
IfHilFc®
—AT—
MULLAMY BROS.,
SOS Broad Street.
HAVING constantly on hand, and receiv
ing daily, a varied assortment of DRY
GOODS, which, from our facilities, we are
prepared to display at the VERY LOWEST
PRICES. Knowing full well the many ob
stacles placed before the people of Augusta
and community at large during the past
year, we are determined to sell our Goods
at such prices to enable all to procure their
WINTER SUPPLY.
We do not pretend to numerate the arti
cles kept by us, but simply give the names
of those which we are determined not to be
surpassed in, and which we intend making
a specialty of.
DRESS GOODS
In all the newest and most fashionable
shades and styles.
BLACK JSILKS
In the best makes, at unprecedentedly low
prices, and in which we defy competition.
BLACK ALPACAS AAD BRILLIANT!®
Which are of the best and favorite brands,
and will compare with any that can be had
in any market in the South. For our
WOOLEN DEPARTMENT
We simply ask an inspection, as we are
satisfied thereby to convince those that fa
vor us with a call that it is the best assort
ed stock In the city. It comprises
Casfsimeres! Jeans!
RED AND WHITE FLANNELS,
And all the select shades in
OPERA FLANNELS.
—OUK—
NOTION DEPARTMENT
Is, as usual, kept well supplied with all the
leading articles; and for our
CALICOES
It would be wasting time to say anything
about them, as the public are well aware of
the styles and qualities we display in our
Retail Department. Having one of the firm
always in the Northern market, we are en
abled thereby to have the newest and best
styles at quick dispatch.
To City and Country Merchants.
We would call vour attention to our
WHOLESALE DEPARTMENT, as wo are
prepared to offer you for cash the greatest
inducements imaginable. FACTORY
GOODS at manufacturers’ prices. OSNA
BUItG STRIPES and CHECKS of the b,‘St
makes and colors. JEWELL’S GRAY and
BROWN WOOLEN KERSEYS always on
hand. If you wish to derive all the benefits
of a house that purchases strictly for cash,
call at
MULLARKY BROS.
oct3-suthtf 262 BROAD STREET
mini for mm
WE HAVE A COMPLETE ASSORT
MENT of White, Grey and Brown
BLANKETS,
Now in stock. Our Blankets would warm
an Iceberg. If you don’t believe it, just
try them.
JAMES A. CRAY & CO.
SHAWLS.
1,000 Shawls, New Styles, $2 !
THE CHEAPEST GOODS EVER OF
FERED IN AUGUSTA.
A Full Line of SHAWLS, from the Low
est Price up to the Finest Imported.
CRAY & CO.
HOSIERY!
A FULL LINE MISSES’ FANCY
MERINA HOSE.
Ladies’ White Cotton Hose, from 10c. per
pair to the Finest Balbriggan. Gent’s Half
Hose, all prices.
.TA3. A, GRAY & CO.
Kid Gloves and Gauntlets!
Jouvin’s Two-Button BLACK KID
GLOVEB;
Jouvin’s Colored Kid Gloves, cloth
shades;
Jouvin’s Opera Kid Gloves, one and two
button ;
Jouvin’s White Kid Gloves, one and
two button.
A full line of Black, White and Colored
Two-Button Kid Gloves—Good Makes—
from 75c. to $1.25 per pair.
A full line Ladies’ Kid and Lisle Thread
GAUNTLETS for driving.
Jas. A. Gray & Cos.
Corsets.
AT no former period, in any season, have
wo had so complete an assortment of
Corsets as are now in stock.
Twenty-live Different Qualities and
Prices, so that all can be suited, no matter
what quality they want or price they wish
to pay.
JAME* A. GRAY & CO.
HAMBURG EDGINGS
AND
In sertings
ONE THOUSAND Different Patterns,
from 80. to $2 per yard.
H ANMERC HIE FS!
KAA DOZEN Ladies’ Hem-Stitched
tJ Handkerchiefs, from 10c. to $2.00
each.
Something Extra at $3 per dozen.
A full line of Misses’ and Children’s
Handkerchiefs. Gent’s Hemmed L. C.
Handkerchiefs, all prices.
JAMES A. GRAY & CO.
"VTOTWITHSTANDING the defeat of the
IN venerable advocate of inflation in
Ohio, we invite our friends and the public
to call ana examine our Stock, and bring
a little “Rag Money” along, as we still
continue to receive It in exchange for our
goods.
Jas. A. Gray & Cos.
1875. 1875.
FALL OPENING.
MRS. LECKIE
WOULD respectfully call attention to
her unequalled stock of Millinery,
Straw and Fancy Goods, which will be
opened on TUESDAY and WEDNESDAY,
October 12th and 13th, embracing French
Pattern Bonnets and Hats. Also, a very
large stock of Trimmed and Untrimmed
Bonnets and Hats, in Straw, Felt, Velvet,
<kc., together with a full line of Gros Grain
and Plain Ribbons. Fine line of Velvets,
Silks, Feathers, Flowers, <fce., Ac.
My stock of Jewelry and Fancy Goods
was never so complete. All colors in Ze
phyr Worsted.
As I am determined to sell goods at the
lowest possible prices, it would be to the
advantage of alf wanting articles in my
line to call before purchasing.
Goods received twice a week. Orders
from the country will receive prompt at
tention, and satisfaction guaranteed.
MRS. LECKIE,
220 BROAD STREET, AUGUSTA, GA.
oetlO-lm
BROADHURST’S NOVELTY SHOP.
“PATENT AGENCY.”
Jackson street, near corner Broad, north
side.
BAYSIDE SOAP LIQUID-Money sav'd--
50 per cent and labor made easy. Per
fectly harmless to hands or clothes. Cost
only 8 cents for an ordinary weeks wash
finglish Laundry Blueing, very strong
and will not settle, in bottles, something
new.
Prepared Bristol Brick, ground, for clean
ing cutlery, flat irons, tin and brass uten
sils.
Patent Self Feeding Knife Cleaner and
Polishing Board, best article ever invented
for cleaning cutlery anu scouring flat irons
on.
Eureka. Window Cleaner, excellent for
cleaming sash and polishing mirrors, <fcc.
The Little Kitchen Maid, something new,
a helpmate for the cooking stove.
The Little Giant Fluting and Polishing
Iron, most simple and best made, being a
solid iron, and can be used like the ordinary
flat iron.
Eureka Paper File and Bill Holier, an ex
cellent article for merchants and commis
sion houses.
Patent Hame Fastener, “something new,”
made of best maleable iron to take the
place of straps and strings.
Love and Willson’s Anti-Malarial or
Euchymial Belt, certain cure for Chills and
fever, and a perfect antidote to all diseases,
caused by malaria.
Other novelties are being received for
saving money and labor. Call and see.
oct3-su&thlm
JAMES LEFFEL’S
IMPROVED DOUBLE
Turbine Water Wheel,
POOLE & HUNT, Baltimore.
MAN CFAOTUBKBS FOB THE SOUTH
and Southwest.
Over 7,000 now in use, working under heads
varying from two to 240 feet 1 24
sizes, from 6’ito 96 inches.
The most powerful Wheel in the Market.
And most economical in use of Water.
Large Illustrated Pamphlet sent post
free. Manufacturers, also, of Portablo and
Stationary Steam Engines and Boilers,
Babcock <t Wilcox Patent Tubulous Boiler.
Ebaugh’s Crusher for Minerals, Saw aud
Grist Mills, Flouring Mill Machinery, Ma
chinery for White Lead Works and Oi J
Mills, Shafting, Pulleys and Hangors.
SEND FOB. CIRCULARS.
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WANTED.
Address the Publishers,
D. APPLETON & CO.,
549 and 551 Broadway, N. Y.
. octao-suwe&fr-tf.
L. H. MILLER. ) 1 ESTABLISHED 1857
MILLER’S
Safe and Iron Works,
BALTIMORE.
Salesroom, 265 W. Baltimore Street, One
Door Above Hanover Factory. Bqaure
Bounded by Henrietta, Clark, Fre
mont and Warner Streets.
EVERY variety of the Best FIRE and
BURGLAR-PROOF SAFES, BANK
i’ CHESTS, Improved Key and Combi
nation LOOKS, BANK VAULTS and
DOORS.
49T Di.ttOO In Cm and Tested In 300
Fire#. apßo-6m
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.
JAMES W. TURLEY,
VT7TLL OPEN TO-MORROW FOUR CASES OF NEW
PLAID CALICOES,
A FRESH LOT OF GERMAN
BEAVER CLiOAK.B,
And a New line of Ladies and Gentlemen’s
UNDERWEAR.
had in fifteen years. taMES W TURLEY.
Uct3l-M.Th&Su-tf JAMES w.
Augusta Branch
OF THE
FIRE ASSOCIATION.
OP PHILADELPHIA, PENN.,
Incorporated 1820 1
CASH ASSETS JANUARY Ist, 1875, - - $3,098,691.43.
rpHIS OLD AND RELIABLE COMPANY INSURES AGAINST LOSS
1 UY 11 SIBLEY & WHELESS,
RESIDENT ACENTS,
AUGUSTA, &KOROIA.
JAMES H. LOW & CO.,
(FORMERLY OF WOOD & LOW, N. 0.,)
MANAGERS SOUTHERN I>HUE*KT..
oct9-lm ATLANTA, GEORGIA.
TO RENT.
TO RENTr
TWO COMFORTABLE ROOMS AND A
Kitchen, cheap; just suitable for a
small family. Apply at No. 21 Greene
street, or at
oct3o. THIS OFFICE.
FOR SALE OR RENT.
A DWELLING with Eigh't Rooms situa
ted on the north side of Walker, fourth
house below Centre stieet. The painting
of the house is not quite completed. It will
be ready for occupancy November Ist. For
further particulars apply to
JAMES O. BAILIE,
octl2-dtf 205 Broad street.
Desirable Residence to Rent
J WILL RENT, or sell upon reasonable
terms, my RESIDENCE, No. 16 Bay street.
sep29-tf GEO. B. SIBLEY.
FOR RENT,
UNTIL first of next October, the brick
dwelling on Greene street, between
Campbell ad Gumming street, now oc
cupied by Mr. R. S. Burwell. Apply to
oct!6-tf DUNBAR & SIBLEY.
Cottage to Rent.
NO. DO BROAD STREET.
Apply to GEO. A. BAILIE.
sep26-tf
TO LET!
FOUR DESIRABLE ROOMS, suitable
for Offices and Sleeping Rooms.
Apply to BARRETT' & CASWELL,
sep24-tf 296 Broad street.
TO RENT.
FROM the First of October next, the
and welling 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.
Geo. T. Jackson. John T. Miller
Walter M. Jackson. Marion J. Verdery.
GEO. T. JACKSON & 00,
PROPRIETORS OF THE
GRANITE MILLS,
AND
General Produce Merch’ts.
DEALERS IN
MMIT&BITSJAY,
CORN, OATS,
PEAS, CRACKED CORN,
PEA MEAL,
Bran, Middlings, Etc.
*3* Orders are respectfully solicited,
adnprotnpt attention promised. ‘
GEORGE G. HULL,
PROPRIETOR OF THE
EXCELSIOR MILLS
(Formerly Stovall’s Excelsior Mills),
AUGUSTA, GA.,
MAFUFACIUREd FLOUIUnaII grades.
Tho old and well known EXCELSIOR
BRANDS
PRIDE OF AUGUSTA,
GOLDEN SHEAF,
EXTRA,
LITTLE BEAUTY,
Always on hand, and their well earned
reputation will be faithfully
maintained.
CORN MEAL,
CRACKED CORN,
CRACKED WHEAT,
GRAHAM FLOUR,
MILL FEED,
BRAN, Etc.,
Constantly made, and orders promptly
tilled at the
LOWEST RATES.
Je23tf
uorned Beef in Cans,
COOKED ready for the table. Pronounced
by connoisseurs to be excellent. Try
it. For sale by
ootl7-tf JAS. G. BAILIE & BRO.
MANSION HOUSE
PORT ROYAL, 8. C.
SITUATED AT THE TERMINUS OF
the Port Royal Railroad, where connec
tion is made with the fast sailing, ilrst class
steamers Montoomeky and Huntsville,
sailing to New York every Friday.
Round trip from Augusta, S3O.
This is an entirely new and elegantly fur
nished house. Situation unsurpassed, sur
rounded with magnificent live oaks, com
manding a splendid prospeet of the sur
rounding country, tho Beaufort and Port
Royal Rivers, and offers unusual attrac
tions to travelers or to parties who desire
Board or to spend a few days near the salt
Water.
Table supplied with everything the mar
ket affords. Fresh milk, butter, fish veg
etables and fruits in their season ’
Best of Cooks and Attendants.
Terms liberal.
. _ .. C. E. WARREN,
JeJ6-tf Proprietor,
NEW BUCKWHEAT,
MACKEREL, Underwood’s Ploklss,
Gan Goods, New Codfish,
Smoked Salmon,
Freeh Crackers, all kinds,
Fresh Nuts (all kinds), Raisins,
Currants, Citrons, Prunes,
Pickles and Preserves,
With a complete stock of FAMILY GRO
-1 cedes, lust received at
: J. G. BAILIE & BRO.’S,
j oct!7-tf 205 broad street.
NOTICE. _
i
| Young Men’s Library Association.
THE MEMBERS OF THE YOUNG MEN’S
LIBRARY ASSOCIATION are request
ed to meet at the Room of the Association
at 5 o'clock p. in., on MONDAY, November
Ist, proximo, to consider and act on certain
proposed changes in the Constitution.
By order of Board of Directors,
GIO. T. BARNES, President.
J. H. Day. Secretary. oct22-tf
A CARD TO THE PUBLIC.
H. BROOKS,
OF TIE OAK HALL CLOTHING STORE,
Respectfully announces that
his Fall and Winter Stock of Goods is
now ready for inspection. I have pur
chased an unusually complete stock of
MEN’S AND BOYS’ CLOTHING,
FURNISHING GOODS,
HATS. CAPS, TRUNKS,
VALISES, BOOTS, SHOES,
And everything pertaining to a first-class
Clothing Store, and propose to keep my
already well earned reputation of being the
Leading and Cheapest Clothing Home in
this section.
Yours, truly,
H. BROOKS,
Oct3o-tf 182 Broad street, Augusta.
Augusta, Stencil Works
STENCIL BRANDS for marking Barrels.
Boxes, Bags, Wrapping Paper. Ac.,
made to order at short notice. Name
Plates, for marking Clothing with Indelible
Ink, neatly executed. Key Checks and Um
brella Tags stamped with name and ad
dress. Special attention given to Cotton
Brands. Satisfaction In price and work
manship guaranteed.
Stencil Paste, Stencil Brushes, Indelible
Ink, Brass Alphabets and Figures of all
sizes always on hand.
E. W. DODGE,
Practical Stencil Cutter,
16 Mclntosh street, Augusta, Ga.
oetlfl-tf
FINE TOBACCO.
U SE the Calhoun Chewing Tobacco, the
best ever sold In Augusta,
For sale by
G. VOLGER & CO.
sep7-tf
RAILROAD HOUSE,
THOMSON, GA
By Henry McKinney.
CONVENIENT to Railroad Depot. Pas
sengers by Day Down Train take din
ner at this place. sep2-vf
Fontenoy Cotton Mills Cos.
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, That by
agreement of the Corporators, Lists
will be open for twenty days for subscrip
tions to the Capital Stock of the FONTE
NOY COT TON MILLS COMPANY of Greene
county, at Madison, Ga., by Wui. S. High,
Esq.; at Greensboro by C. A. Davis, Esq.;
at Washington, Wilkes, by Hun. Win. 51.
Reese; iu New York, 51 Broadway, by 11.
B. P ant, Esq., and in Augusta, at tne Ex
change Bank, Bank of Augusta and Geor
gia Railroad Bank, by Alfred Baker, H.
Hickman, James W. Davies and Antoine
Poullain, Esqs.
The minimum of capital stock is fixed by
charter at $150,000. The Fontenoy pro
perty, consisting of a water-power availa
ble for 20,000 spindles; a cotton factory of
3,300 spindles, 100 looms, and all necessary
machinery and operative houses, ma
chine aud blacksmith shops, flour mill, saw
mill, water gin, toll-bridge, store house
and stand, and 3,800 acres of fertile laud,
is placed at the very iow figure of $125,000,
leaving the sum of $25,000 for commei cial
use.
The property is situate at Scull Shoals,
Greene county. The land lies on both sides
of the Oconee river, aud produce the finest
uplands. The factory buildings are of
stone and brick, heated by steam, boiler
house and picker house detached; machi
nery, for the moat part new, in excellent
order and ready for operation; and the
store Is noted as one of the best stands in
the,State for the sale of merchandise. Ti
tles clear and indisputable.
Stockholders are exempt from personal
liability by charter.
Subscriptions, payable ten percent, on
call after organization, ten per cent, within
thirty days thereafter, and the remainder
in six-monthly installments. Deferred pay
ments,, to bear ten per cent, and antici
pated payments allowed ten per cent, inter
est per annum.
HENRY MOORE,
Representing Parties in Interest.
nov3-lw
For Sarannak and all ffaj Landings.
THE Steamer CARRIE, Capt. A. C. Caba-
Nias, leaves every FRIDAY at 12
o clock, m. Freights to and from Savan
nah as low as by any other line. Freights
consigned to our agent at Savannah will
receive prompt and careful attention. For
freight or passage apply to
T. p. L\WTON
Special Agent, 218 Broad street,
or to J. S. LAWRENCE,
octO-lm Gen'l Agent, Savannah.
PUBLIC NOTICE.
I HAVE given Mr. Jas. Daly an interest
in my bus,ness; the style of the firm
from this date will be JAMES A. GRAY Jfc
C°* JAS. A. GRAY.
Augusta, Ga., Aug. 96th, 1875.
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