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<£Jjc Constitutionalist
!AUOUBTA. O-A.,5
Wednesday Morning, Nov. 10, 1875.
Examples for Young: Men—Premiums
on Industry.
We are glad to see that from Vir
ginia to Louisiana there comes from
the press of the South au entreaty for
our people to plant less ’cotton, culti
vate more small grain, and engage in
various industries. The New Orleans
Bulletin tells us that “the truth of the
oft-repeated assertion that not only
must they study to diversify their in
dustries, but that wherever at all prac
ticable, the manufacturing interest
must be studied and advanced with all
possible speed, is gradually but surely
forcing itself upon their minds, and in
some instances has been productive of
great and beneficial results.”
While it, is the best policy for our
planters to feed themseles, as far as
possible, at home, it is likewise the
duty of all persons in this sec
tion to patronize their own mer
chants. The Richmond Enquirer
puts the case truthfully thus:
“What we most need is to bring the
manufacturers, the bread-makers, and
the cotton, sugar, and tobacco growers
closer together, and unite them, not
only in interest but in sympathy ; and
in this great undertaking the merchant
will have an important part to play,
and there should be a mutual bond be
tween the farmer or planter, the manu
facturer and the merchant, to work to
gether for the attainment of this great
object even though it may cause a lit
tle temporary inconvenience. \ Sinking
every purely selfish aim, all should
earnestly co-operate to bring about an
era which cannot fail to be prod uctive
of substantial and lasting , blessings.
We shall be glad to see any movement
in this direction which will bring, these
three important interests] into closer
alliance and establish a more perfect
bond of union and abetter understand
ing between them. It will be the dawn
of anew era for the entire South.”
For many years we have patiently
and persistently preached this doctrine,
and we are not yet weary of the theme,
vain as have been the results, com
paratively speaking.
Asa collateral issue to this diversifi
cation of our industry, it is highly im
portant that our young men, especially
those who fritter away their time in
the cities and at county cross-roads,
should gird up their loins, change their
courses, and join the new army of la
borers in this bountiful vineyard.
The trouble with a majority of young
men is that their ideas of farming, for
example, are entirely too big for their
capacity. If they will be satisfied to
make a small beginning success will
follow at last, and anything in the way
of good, hard honest work is better
than an idleness which consumes the
production of the industrious classes
and demoralizes a whole community.
Strumming on a guitar or singing love
ditties under a pretty girl’s window, at
midnight, may do very well if the sere
nailpr haa haan ctcadlly at during
the day; but if the sun rises and sets
upon the idler, it seems to us that any
pretty girl of sense would rather sleep
soundly than be awakened by a man
with an operatic voice and an empty
pocket-book. The expenses or the
country are very insignificant compar
ed with those of the city, and the inde
pendence there to the thrifty youth is
worth a deal more than a small salary
in the town and a hard task-master.
From time to time, we have given il
lustrations of how men, boys and even
women have prospered by degrees, un
der the most adverse circumstances.
In our own neighborhood these exam
ples are not wanting. We find, in the
New Orleans Times, the following apt
example:
Mr. John W. Collens, son of our esteem
ed fellow-citizen, Judge Thomas Wharton
CoELENs, although entirely raw in the du
ties of a farmer, took a small farm last
year and made the following crop by the
labor of his own hands: Five bales of cot
ton. ninety-seven barrels of corn, fodder
and hay enough to feed his working stock,
and chickens enough to furnish the means
to buy such articles of diet and raiment as
he requires. This was done in Wilkinson
county, Mississippi, and he expects next
year to far exceed his last year’s profits.
Commenting upon this boy’s work
and its results, the editor of the agricul
tural department of the Times says :
“This is an example worthy of being
followed. There are hundreds of
young men in this city who would be
come far happier and better by doing
it. They need not fear to meet the
difficulties which lie in their way, for
those they meet daily are far more to
be feared. What is required is pluck.
That is all. Who will try it?” We
echo his remarks and make the appli
cation to Augusta. Many young
men here claim to have the requisite
“pluck.” Let them prove it by their
good works and not by mere verbal
bravado. _________________
Majorities.— lt is now said that
Hartranft’s majority will not be over
14,500. Eliminating Philadelphia frauds,
the State is Democratic. The major
ity for Carroll, in Maryland, will not
be more than 500, according to latest
reports. It is only fair to state that
the claim is made that frauds in Balti
more causod the defeat of Harris, the
Republican-Reform candidate.
The intelligent compositor made our
correspondent, “Tax Payer,” in yesterday’s
issue say in one place j ust the reverse of
what he wrote. In the sentence, “For
banking, be it remembered, in the hands of
discreet men who have loanable capital.”
etc,, the word “discreet” was published dis
honest.—Nashville American.
How would “discreetly dishonest”
do ? There seems to be such a thing.
The Matter.— Some of the papers
are asking what’s the matter with the
Democratic party, and they put it into
the question: “Who struck Billy Pat
terson’s son ?” Hon. A. H. Stephens
rather grimly answers that “young
Billy struck himself.” Which is a fact.
It was not a murder, but a felo dese.
Taylor’s Grave.— We are glad to
learn that the relations of ex-President
Taylor have become ashamed of his
neglected and desecrated grave. They
have recently patched it up.
A Notable Article-Grant and the
Third Term.
Hon. A. H. Stephens is not the soli
tary sagacious man In the country who
accredits Grant with being not only
one of the most remarkable individuals
who has illustrated its annals, for good
or evil, but also, by vast odds, the most
adroit politician now within the Repub
lican ranks. Long ago, Mr. Stephens
foresaw this man’s tremendous power
and possibilities, before the Sphinx
himself suspected them, and every day
justifies the Sage of Liberty Hall In his
divination of persons and events. The
political panorama has shifted so
strangely within a year that It is hard
to believe ourselves the same people.
Such a rattling of dry bones, such a
sifting of parties, such a wreck of rep
utations, such betrayals of trust, such
momentous campaigns have seldom
been witnessed in the world’s theatre.
And yet, despite the chaos and con
fusion, what conspicuous figure has
come forth, not only unshaken, but ab
solutely advanced in stature, if not
that of Ulysses S. Grant ? There is no
use of his party trying to throw him
off as their leader, unless suicide is
contemplated; but, in our opinion,
just as he has captured hesitating
friends, he will also compel the alle
giance of hostile partisans like the
New York Times and kindred sheets.
By far the most weighty, incisive,
logical and profound article we have
seen, for many months, touching the
President-General’s power, prestige, in
tellect and prospects, may be found in
the latest number of the Spirit of the
Times. Whether written by George
Wilkes, or his associate, Mr. Buck, is
of no consequence, save the fact
that the senior editor of the Spirit
was once a great chum of Grant’s,
made peace between him and But
ler, and when it suited the Man of the
White House to do so, had his lemon
squeezed and the peel incontinently
thrown away. Mr. Wilkes’ wrath hav
ing spent itself, or else taken anew de
parture, we find him as an incompara
ble exhibitor of the President’s ambi
tion, policy and extraordinary astute
ness. However the reader may be dis
posed to agree with the premises or
conclusions, we may safely promise
him a rich treat in perusing a really
first-class political article.
And now that Gen. Grant holds so
many trump cards and wields such
terrific influence and is hourly more
prominent as the leader of the
Republican host in 1876, what
should the Democratic party do
to defeat him and save themselves?
Grant will, in all human probability
make his fight on hard money and re
ligious sectarianism, with Cuba possi
bly thrown in as a make-weight be
tween the two. What policy and what
leaders will the Democracy adopt and
follow ? We confess that just here the
gravest apprehensions arise. The De
mocracy have such a fatal facility for
taking up wrong doctrines and mala
droit commanders that we fear there
will either be a dangerous wrangle
among themselves or else a wicked
compromise with unprincipled dema
gogues. j.i me past Detrayai or tne
people shall be repeated In 1876, by the
Democracy; if they stone their
prophets and, to use a plain
Scripture phrase, “go a-whoring af
ter false gods ”; if they make the
Presidency a mere scramble for spoils,
instead of a patriotic contest for Con
stitutional principles ; if they confront
Radicalism where it is most formida
ble, and not where it is most vulnera
ble ; if, in a word, they stake their for
tunes upon humbugging side-issues,
instead of grand principles—-the con
solidation of the Centralizing forces
will prove almost irresistible, and it is
seriously to be dreaded that Gen. Grant
will not vacate the Presidency. That
the party will commit no monstrous
blunders in its policy or leadership we
do most fervently hope ; but we have
little security in past experience that
this hope is anchored upon a certainty.
Venice—Danger of Its Existence.
According to the correspondence or
the London Times, the Italian Parlia
ment is very much puzzled to know
what shall be done to save Venice from
impending destruction. We learn that
“ the danger is not from the sinking of
the city, which hasj been going on for
centuries, but from the filling up of the
lagoons from the washings of the
rivers, after which it is held that the
whole district will be swallowed up by
the sea, and that the last vestige of the
great commercial and Republican peo
ple of early times will disappear.—
There are in Venice what are called the
‘ living lagoons ’ and the ‘ dead la
goons,’ the former of which are flooded
by the ordinary tide, and the latter
only reached by very high tides. The
ancient Venetian Republic apprehend
ed the danger of disease and disaster
from the rivers—the first from the
mixture of the salt and fresh water,
and the second from the washing of the
sands—and so contrived to turn the
courses |of the rivers Brenta, Bacchi
glione, Piave and Sile, and forced them
to empty into the sea outside the la
goon. But the Brenta frequently over
flowed its banks, spreading disease
throughout'the adjoining districts,and
the Austrian Government, then In do
minion, and at the instance of the Pro
vince of Padua, diverted the Brenta
from its channel, \ and permitted it to
empty into the lagoon. This was in
1840, and ever since that time Its de
posits have been filling up the bed of
the lagoon, ruining the commerce of
Chioggia, a seaport town of 727,000 in
habitants near by, infecting the sur
rounding district with marsh fevers,
and threatening the existence of Ven
ioe.”
To avert this calamity it is proposed
to dredge the lagoon and turn the
course of the Brenta. It happens, how
ever, that Italy has well nigh beggared
herself to keep up a military establish
ment, and the money necessary to help
save Venice is not easily procurable.
Over Venice, as over every sick patient,
the medicine men, be they doctors or
engineers, are divided into hostile
camps. The dredge advocates are op
posed by persons equally scientific,
who think the proper remedy must be
the filling up of the lagoon, which
would at last make Venice an inland
city. The curse of Marino Faliero
seems to have come upon a town
which, as Queen of the Adriatic, was
“throned on her hundred isles” when
Liverpool was a mere ditch. In case
of the submersion of the city, Byron’s
wail will be remembered :
“O, Venice! Venice! when thy marble walls
Are level with the ocean, there shall be
A cry of nations o’er thy sunken halls,
A loud lament along the sweeping sea!”
In case the proud city should be
stripped of her romance as an Ocean
Venus, her mystery gone with her wa
tery thoroughfares and her fleet of
gondolas, what a prosy life will her fu
ture be oompared with a glorious past?
Whatever* fate may betide, that
which Is behind her, historically, Is at
least secure, graven forever upon the
historian’s pictured page and the poet’s
undying song.
A Home Thrust. —The Nashville
American says Grant, with a foreigner
for a son-in-law, is a very proper per
son to stand at the head of the pro
posed Native American movement.
The Failure of the Russian Harvest.
[New York World.J
There seems to be no longer any room
to doubt that the Russian Empire has
been visited this year with one of the
worst calamities which can befall a peo
ple so extensively agricultural, and
condemned by their governmental sys
tem to so exclusive a dependence upon
their own resources for the prime ne
cessaries of life. The Russian harvests
have failed, not here and there in scat
tered districts of the empire, but from
end to end of the vast dominions of
Alexander 11. in Europe. There have
been premonitions here and there of
this great disaster for some time past,
and a steady rise in the price of grain
at Odessa has prepared those who
watch such phenomena with the atten
tion they deserve, for the news which
now reaches us. But hardly for the
extent and gravity of the calamity. A
carefully prepared article in the Allege
meine Zeitung of October 19, fore
shadowing pretty plainly the putting of
anew and important Russian loan upon
the markets of the West, gives us a
most impressive picture of the unhap
py condition to which the rural districts
of the Russian Empire now find them
selves reduced.
From Orel to Keirn, from Tambow
to Podolsk, comes up one universal
wail from the ruined peasants and far
mers. “It is not a local lamentation
like that which reached all hearts from
the great famin in Samara,” says the
Allegemeine Zeitung, “it is an absolute
prostration of nearly the whole grain
growing region of Russia.” The dis
tricts which are confronted by a vision
of famine steadily approaching with
the inexorable winter, can look no
where for help, since the peril is uni
versal. And the catastrophe is the
more complete that the failure of the
cereals has been accompanied by a
failure of the grass crops. The
peasants have neither fodder for their
cattle nor food for themselves.—
The price of straw and hay has gone
up in all the afflicted regions to a fab
ulous figure. The peasants who have
lost with their grain crops all their
means of supplying the failure of their
grass, find themselves compelled to
part with thqjr cattle at ruinous prices,
and, of course, in parting with their
cattle, they part with the future of
their hardly-tilled acres. In many re
erions of Western Russia these unhap
py people are onKmiHing to iho most
oppressive conditions, in the hope of
finding themselves not completely
stripped of all their farm stock when
the Spring shall give them anew op
portunity to retrieve their ruined for
tunes. In one place in Podolia, for
example, well-to-do farmers are put
ting their cattle out to keep for the
Winter on the condition that for every
yoke of oxen delivered back to them
in the Spring, the landlord who keeps
them during the Winter shall retain
two yokes of oxen. Of course, it does
not certainly follow, from this terrible
condition of the agriculture of Russia,
which is the main industry of the em
pire, that Russia will entirely disap
pear from the grain markets as an ex
porting power during the curient sea
son. Grain was exported from Ire
land, it will be remembered, even du
ring the height of the dreadful famine
of 1847, and the internal communica
tions of Russia are still so inadequate
that there are doubtless districts of
Southern Russia particularly from
which it will be more easy to export
grain at Western prices to Western
Europe than to send it at famine prices
into Western and Northern Russia.
But the Russian export of grain to
Great Britain, for example, must neces
sarily fall off very greatly under the
stress of such a condition of the
domestic supply and demand; and
the Russian export of grain to Great
Britain, in the year 1873, amounted
in value to no less than £8,990,-
238 sterling, or in round num
bers to $45,000,000 iu gold, against an
American export of grain in the same
year to Great Britain of more than
£16,000,000 in round numbers, or about
$80,000,000. It is obvious, therefore,
that the disaster which has befallen
Russia has a direct and serious im
portance for this country. Upon the
general resources of the Russian em
pire itself this calamity, as the Allege
meine Zeitung is at some pains to show,
is already making its mark in a great
falling off of the public revenues, as
well as in a formidable increase of the
prospective demands upon those reve
nues. The peasants, who are simply
unable to pay their taxes this year, will
be knocking at the doors of the pub
lic treasury next year for relief and
for the means to resume their indus
try. They must be heard and answer
ed. The great issues of the Russian
people, already fermenting with all
manner of strange and mystical no
tions, dreams and ambitions, tinctured
all of them with a high tone of what in
the West is known and abhorred as
“communism,” cannot be safely left to
the maddening influences of famine
and despair. The agriculture of the
empire must be helped when the new
year begins. How shall it be helped,
and by whom? The condition of the
peasantry forbids the hope of any ef
fective help from associations formed
among themselves. They are all in
volved in one disaster, and that a com
plete and sweeping disaster. Shall
they be assisted by private capital
organized in some such form as
the Agricultural Institutions of
Credit which have done so much
for Eastern Prussia, or by the State
directly? The traditions of the Rus
sian government point to the latter al
ternative, and this the Allegemeine Zei
tung thinks will be chosen. In other
words, the famine of 1875 will lead to a
great Russian Loan in 1876. The credit
of the empire, as was shown but the
other day in London, Is excellent, and
a great loan could probably be raised
in Western Europe by Russia to-day on
more favorable terms than by any
other power. But it is quite another
question, what will be the effect upon
Russian credit hereafter of such a loan
raised for such a purpose and dis
bursed as under the existing adminis
trative system of Russia, it is quite
sure to be, no more wisely or honestly
than a similar loan would be for exam
ple by a Delano or a Beikliap in ur
own country. (
With this question we dtl not, how
ever, concern ourselves to-d jy. Let it
suffice us now to have callecl the atten
tion of our readers to a !£ict of the
greatest import, both politically und
commercially, in the present stab) of
Europe, which has but ju&s begui to
appear in its full proportion upon the
horizon. That this fact m at already
have exerted a very decided influence
upon the general policy of t]ie Russian
Empire need scarcely be sa : ;d. Ttose
who have been looking in ah directions
and under all manner o. 'plomatic
green tables to find an explanation of
the singular forbearance winch Russia
has shown during the recent distur
bances in the Ottoman Eilipire, may
see in the prostration of her agricul
ture a strong determining fdree on tAe
side of temperance and patience eren
to the Turk. The probable cfmsequaice
of the failure of the Russian hanest
upon our own export of fani-products
iS ObviOUS. |
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SPECIAL NOTICES.
MEETING OF THE BOARD OF EDUCATION.
ACCORDING TO RESOLUTION OF THE
Board, the members are request od to moit at
the Court House on the SECOND SATUR
DAY IN NOVEMBER instant, At 11 o’clock,
for the consideration of accounts and hear
ing applications for examinatio i of teachers.
JOHN TANARUS, SHEW MAKE.
Preside*® B. E. R. C.
A, H. McLaws, Secretary. novio-3t
THERE WILL BE A PUBLIC LECTURE
on the Life of Benjamin Banckls (colored), a
cotemporary of Thomas Jefi-sbson, third
President of the United States, *n which oc
casion will be read a letter fronvMr. Banceeb
to Mr. Jefferson, and Mr. Jei febson’s re
ply. in behalf of the Colored Race, at the Af
rican Methodist Episcopal Church, WED
NESDAY, November loth, at 8 o’clock, p.m.,
by William Benefield. j
Admission, 35 oents; for the benefit of the
Church. The Public are respectfully invited.
nov9-2 i
DENTAL NOTICE-'
DR. ZKK :jC
CALLS THE ATTENTION OF HIS
friends and the public to h|i method of
Filling Natobal Teeth wifti Gold and
other material for their preservation. Office
Northeast Corner of Greene t|ad Campbell
Btreets. *’ oct24-tf
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Colonists, Emigrants and Travelers Westward.
FOR MAP OIRCULARB, -iONDENSED
time tables and general infor j, ation in re
gard to transportation to all points
in Tennessee. Arkansas, Missouri, Minne
sota, Colorado, Kansas, Texaf, lowa, New
Mexico. Utah and California, afpply to or ad
dress Albekt B. Wbbnn, General Railroad
Agent Office Atlanta, Ga. j
No one should go West without first getting
in communication with the general Rail
road Agent, and become infoijjned as to su
perior advantages, cheap andi quick trans
portation of families. household goods,
st >ek, and farming implements gene ally.
All Information cheerfully given.
W. L. iJVNLEY.
sepl4-6m Cj P. & TANARUS, A.
GIN HOUSES INJURED
AT EQUITABLE RATES. IN PIRST-CLABS
Companies. Call at or write-to my office,
219 Broad street, before insurirj? elsewhere.
C. V* HARRIS.
g22-tf den’l Insu >anee Agent.
WANTS.!
be inserted under this head tor fifty cents
each insertion, cash. | _
SERVANT WANTED.—Warded, a woman
to cook and do general housework, with
reference. Apply to
. MRS. JOHN TILKEY,
nov9-tf Corner Kollock afid Telfair sts.
FUNERAL NOTICE.
THE FRIENDS AND ACQUAINTANCES
of Mr. and Mrs. Edward H. jeavanagh are
respectfully invited to attendjthe funeral of
their youngest son Arthur Patrick, at
St. Patrick Catholic Church, THIS AF
TERNOON, at naif-past thre* o’clock. *
I^--—™LJ ' —S.'-
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.
r-.--.T-— —j.-- „
New Hats for Radies,
At the one price house.-henry
L. A. BALK. 172 Broad street. I have
received New Hats for Ladi;s and Gentle
men, Feathers, Flowers, Ribbons. Dress
Goods, Black Alpacas, Jeans*, Casslmeres,
Checks. Stripes, Shirtings, Sheetings, Bed
Tick, Felt Skirts, Shawls, Laoques, Blan
kets—which I will sell cheaper than they
have been in fifteen years. lIIENRY L. A.
BALK, 172 Broad street. * novlo-l*
DISSOLUTION.
TH E Copartnership between the Under
signed, under the firm naiiie of THOM P
SON, HEINDEL & CO., is ahls day dis
solved by mutual consent. ?
JESSE THOMPSON and * GEORGE S.
HEINDEL have purchased tlbe interest of
WILLIAM K. THOMPSON ill he property
and assets of the firm, and wUI pay all its
liabilities. ;
THOMPSON, HEIf DEL & CO.
Augusta, Ga„ Novembers?, 1875.
COPARTNERSHIP.
*
WE have formed a partiership under
the firm name of ifIOMrSON A
HEINDEL, and will continue to manufac
ture Doors, Sash, Blinds, Ma iding, New
els, Brackets, Mantels, Balusters, Varan
das, Ac., and keep always ok hand a large
stock of dressed and undressed lumber,
at our i
FLARING MILL AND LUpER YAPD,
On Hale street, between Washington and
Center streets.
THOMPSON A HEINDEL.
Augusta, Ga., November 9,1875.
A CARR.
I CO EDI ALLY recommend ;my late part
ners to my old patron and friends.
They will be found prompt, capable and
obliging. W. K. THOMPSON,
Augusta, Ga., Novembei(9, 1875.
novlO-6 •' a
notice}.
AN ASSIGNMENT OF ALL HIS EF
FECTS was made to th i undersigned
by Elmore A. Dunbar, November 4, 1875,
and left for record November sth. All in
debtedness of every kind dua to him must
be paid to us.
JOSIAH MILLER,
KENT IdSELL,
nov9-tf Assignees.
BAGGING. BAGGING.
AAA A ROLLS and Half Rolls Extra
OUUU Heavy DOMESTIC BAGGING
arriving to-day. For sale tcithe trade, in
lots to suit purchasers, at ti e lowest mar
ket rates. |
TJ2RMS CASH?
nov9-3 BLAIR, SMITH & CO.
NEWSPAPER foi; SALE!
A RARE OPPORTUNITY!
FOR SALE, A SPLENDID COUNTRY
WEEKLY, located above Augusta,
Ga., in a growing town, and none of the
largest, wealthie.-t and me at populous
counties in the State. Has a large sub
scription list, now due, and every dollar of
the same can be collected in? advance for
the coming year. Located between three
large cities, each of which Li anxious for
the trade of its section. It* advertising
patronage Is unsurpassed by any Weekly
In the State. The office does Hot owe a dol
lar, and a good man can clear ;$2,500 per an
num after all expenses are oaid. Every
thing new. Not an old type fit the office.
Price, $1,500 cash. Address i
*' NEWSPAPER,”
Care Morning N(iws Office.
nov7-3w Savannah, Ga.
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.
CHINA TEA STORE
BY
It. N. HOTCHKISS.
Cheapest House in the City
TO BUY
G-rocer ies.
TEAS— TEAS—TEAS.—Also, a carefully
selected stock of Pure Fresh-Roasted
COFFEES, ground here.
Just arrived, Confectionery, Nuts of all
kinds, New Raisins, Figs, Oates, Currants,
Citron, Cranberries, Oranges, Lemons, Po
tatoes and Apples, by the barrel, at lowest
prices.
Also, Choice Wines and Liquors by case
or gallon.
Champagne—Piper & Co”—by the basket
—lower than ever before offered.
Call and see us. A word to the wise, &c.
Remember the holidays are at hand.
Opposite the Fountain—Red Gilt Front.
R. N. HOTCHKISS,
nov9-tf Proprietor.
Valuable Property for Sale.
I OFFER FOR SALE the well-known
Farm of MR. N. B. MOORE, recently
deceased, situated one mile East of the city
of Augusta. The tract consists of 102 45-100
acres, surrounded by an embankment, with
anew plank fence. Upon the place are
three large, well planned barns with
storage capacity for the products of the
farm, and the necessary buildings for la
borers. The land lies beautifully level, and
is sot In Clover, Vetches, Guinea and differ
ent grasses, affording a succession of hay
crops, and has been brought to a high state
of fertility by constant manuring and the
judicious management and skill of the de
ceased. All the necessary irnplements, em
bracing Mowers, Harrows. Wagons, Carts,
Plows, Hay Press, Tedder, Roller, and the
Stock consisting of 4 Horses, are offered
for sale. The profits arising from the
crops have been of the most satisfactory
character. Persons are particularly in
vited to examine this property as it affords
an opportunity for a good investment.
I also offer for sale the House and Lot
situated on Reynolds street, the late resi
dence of Mr. N. B. Moore, deceased. The
house contains 8 rooms besides the base
meut, and is in thorough repair, having
been recently painted, with the necessary
outbuildings and a good brick stable, with
an alley giving access to the yard and sta
ble.
The above property will be sold publicly
on the first Tuesday in January next, at
the Market House in Augusta, unless sold
privately before that time. Persons wish
ing to purchase, or examine the property
are referred to Capt. W. H. Warren, of the
firm of Warren, Wallace & Cos., who will
give them any information they may de
sire. W. G. WOOLFOLK,
nov6-tf Trustee.
WILL bo sold, on the FIRS I’ TUESDAY
in M ARCH, 1876, before the Court House
door, in Sparta, Hancock county. G orgia,
between the hours of 10 o’clock a. m. and 4
o’clock p. in., if not disposed of sooner at
private sale,
THE
Montour Cotton Mills,
LOCATED AT SPARTA,
On the lin 1 of the Macon and Augusta Rail
road, for the manufacture of
SHEETINGS, SHIRTINGS,
OSNABURGS, COTTON YARN
and COTTON ROPE.
The main building is of brick, four sto
ries, and thoroughly well built; 55 feet
wide by 141 feet loDg, with two wings 26
feet long; Engine and Picker Room 21 feet
long, the Boiler Room making r.v Hjr iaa
leetiulf lengtn.
FIRST FLtXJRof main building contains
96 looms, Folding Machine, Cloth Shearer
and Brusher, Sewing Machine and Rope
Room, with all necessary machinery for
making Rope.
| SECOND FLOOR contains 40 Cards, 36
inches, and all necessary machinery for
making Roping, &c. Second 11 or over En
gine Room contains 3 Pickers.
THIRD FLOOR contains 32 Spinning
Frames. 160 Spindles, eaon making in all
5,120 Spindles.
FOImTH FLOOR—Sizing Room, Beam
ing and Reeling Room.Jand Packing Room,
and all necessary machinery for doing
good work.
THE STEAM ENGINE is 150 horse-power
and in line order. All necessary Out
houses, Machine Shop, Blacksmith Shop,
two Cotton Houses, Wood Shed and Sta
bles, Waste Houses, Oil House, Ac., 37 Op
erative Houses, together with 51% acres of
Land, on which said buildings are situated.
Also, 615 acres of LAND, known as part
of the Bryant tract, near Mt. Zion—Bß
acres adjoining Turner and others, pur
chased from B. T. Harris’ estate; 106 3-5
acres adjoining Pardue & McCray, also
purchased from said estate; 195 acres ad
joiaing Twilley, Knowles and others, pur
chased from M. A. Sasnett; one Lot in
Sparta, on corner of square on which C. W.
Dußose’s residence is situated, cont.iining
Y a acre; one lot between said corner lot and
said Dußose’s residence, containing % acre.
All said Lauds lying in said County, and
all other property belonging to said Mon
tour Company.
Terms—Une-half cash; the other half
credit 12 months, with mortgage on pre
mises; interest at 10 per cent.
GEO. W. WA I KINS,
E. F. COTHERN,
SAMUEL A. PARDEE,
nov6-tilmarl Stockholders.
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Address W. A. HEMPHILL & COL
nov3-tf Atlanta, Ga.
DRY GOOODS.
“ WHY THOSE SILENCE’”
AT
J. B. WHITE & CO.’S?
The great rush of business we
have had for weeks. It has been impossible
to wait on our many customers.
This is the reason you have not heard
from us through the papers. We will now
call your attention from Monday morning
forward to some specialties, and at prices
not to be beaten this side of or even in New
York.
FOR MONDAY MORNING,
500 dozen Kid Gloves, all sizes and colors
at 45 cents, worth double the money.
20 Pieces Elegant Black Silk, from 90 cents
per yard to $4.
50 Patterns Beautiful colored Silks, at 58
cents on the dollar.
125 Pieces Black Alpacas, the best in the
market, from 25 cents to $1.25 per yard.
10 Pieces Black Oashmers, from $1 to $2
per yard, the best goods made.
20 Pieces Plaid dress goods, latest styles.
Anew line of Plain colors, dress goods,
at all prices.
A Beautiful line of Beaver Cloth Cloaks,
at from $4 up to $45.
Anew line of Furs, in sets, from $1 to
SSO.
Real Seal Skin Cloaks, at SIOC and $l5O
each
FOR TUESDAY,
700 Ladies Ties, at 10 cents each, all col
ors.
500 dozen all Linen Towels, at 10 cents,
one yard long.
SPECIAL.
50 Pieces 10-4 Bleach Sheeting, at 25 cents
per yard, cheaper than when cotton was 8
cents per pound.
500 Pairs Bed Blankets, all sizes, 10-4 to
13-4 from $2.15 a pair up.
2,000 Pieces beautiful Prints, at all prices,
from 6% cents up.
Casimeres and Jeans for men and boys
wear, at all prices.
We want our country friends to look out
for
J. 13. White Ac Cos.
Country merchants buying for cash will
find it to their interest to call on us. We
have a large stock of Factory goods which
we can sell at less than Factory prices.
J. B. WHITE & CO.,
nov7-suwe&fr _ Augusta, Ga.
PREPARE FOR WINTER.
WE HAVE A COMPLETE ASSORT-
M ENT 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 I
THE CHEAPEST GOODS EVER OF
FERED IN AUGUSTA.
A Full Line of SHAWLS, from the Low
est Price up to the Finest Imported.
JAS. A. 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.
JAS. A. r.R V Sr 00,
Kid Gloves and Gauntlets!
Jouvin’s Two-Button BLACK KID
GLOVES;
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
we had so complete an assortment of
Corsets as are now in stock.
Twenty-five Different Qualities and
Prices, so that ail can be suited no matter
what quality they want or price they wish
to pay.
JAMES A. GRAY & CO.
HAMBURG EDGINGS
AND
In sertin.g’s
ONE THOUSAND Different Patterns,
from Bc. to $2 per yard.
HANDKERCHIEFS^
PCfY/Y DOZEN Ladies’ Hem-Stitched
GUU 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.
JAMBS A. CRAY & CO.
I\TOTWITHSTANDING the defeat of the
i-i 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.
CASTING
OF every kind in IRON or BRASS made
to order at short notice at FOREST
CITY FOUNDRY.
REAIRING Of STEAM ENGINES and
MACHINERY promptly and neatly exe
cuted at “ Forest City Foundry and Ma
chine Works,” near the Water Tower.
WATER WHEELS.
The ECLIPSE DOUBLE TURBINE is the
simplest, cheapest and most powerful.
Send for pamphlet. “ Forest City Foundry
and Machine Works.”
Fox* Mill G-etiring'
Send for catalogue to ** Forest City Foun
dry and Machine Works.”
SUGAR KETTLE®,
40 to 100 Gallons, at “Forest City Foundry
and Machine Works."
PATTERN WORK
Promptly and Neatly Done at “Forest
City Foundry and Machine Works.”
MA CHINERY,
Of all kinds, Made and Repaired at “ Forest
City Foundry and Machine Works.”
Engines.
THREE FOR SALE at tho
Forest City Foundry & Machine Works.
nov6-suwefr2w
COAL l
CAHABA, COAL CREEK and ANTHRA
CITE COALS lor sale at Lowest Prices.
Orders left at Reaney & Durban’s, 200
Broad street, or W. I. Delph’s, 265 Broad
street, will receive prompt attention.
F. M. STOVALL,
No. 1 Warren Block.
nov7-Buwefrlm
OI \M cr M| To agents anu others, male
¥ and female, a SSO secret and
beautifully Illustrated 100-
A MU A V No velty Catalogue. R
•* M ¥ F. Young & Cos., 29 Broad,
way, New York. jy29-lawly
COTTON S-AGTOHS.
A. F. PARROTT,
(Lute Houston & Parrott)
LIBERAL advances made on Cotton in
Store or for shipment to my friends in
New York or Liverpool. Future Contracts
in New York and Liverpool, through re
sponsible houses, made a specialty, or at
daily call of Augusta Exchange. Margins
retained In this city when desired. Oflice
No. 9 Mclntosh Street. octlS-tjqnl
J. M. BURDELL,
Cotton Factor
AND
COMMISSION MERCHANT,
AT OLD STAND,
NO. 6 WARREN BLOCK,
CONTINUES business in all its branches,
as heretofore, and will make liberal
advances on shipments.
nov4-suw&fr-clm.
ANTOINE POULLAIN,
Cotton Factor,
AUGUSTA, GA.,
WILL continue the bus'ness at my fire
proof warehouse, corner Jackson and
Reynolds streets, and will give my person
al attention to the sale of cotton. Consign
ments respectfully solicited. sep4tf.
A. M. BENSON. W. N. MERCIEB.
BENSON & MERCIER,
COTTON FACTORS AND GENERAL
COMMISSION MERCHANTS, No. 3
Warren Block. Augusta, Georgia. Will
make cash advances on Cotton in store, ana
hold in iirsteiass fire-proof storage for in
definite time, at very low rates of interest.
sepl2-d&c3m _____
J. J. PEARCE,
COTTON FACTOR,
And Commission Mr reliant,
JACKSON STREET, AUGUSTA, UA.
sep7-d&c3tn
S.D. HEARD & SON,
Cotton Factors
AND
Commission Merchants
AUGUSTA. GA.
STRICT personal attention given and
promt returns made.
Liberal CASH ADVANCES made upon
cotton in store.
Consignments solicited.
Fontcnoy Cotton Mills Cos.
XTGTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, That by
JNI agreement of the Corporators, Lists
will be open for twenty days for subscrip
tions to the < apital stock of the fONTE
NOY CCT ION MILLS COMPANY of Greene
county, at Madison, Ga., by Wm. S. High,
Esq.; at Greensboro by C. A. Davis, Esq.;
at Washington, Wilkes, by Hon. Wm. M.
Keese; in New York, 51 Broadway, by H.
B. Piant, Esq., and in Augusta, at the 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 and 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, and 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 most part new, in excellent
order and ready for operation; and the
store is noted as one of the best st ands in
the State for the sale of merchandise. Ti
tles clear and indisputable.
Stockholders are exempt from personal
liability by charter.
Subscriptions, payable ten per cent, ob
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 oent. inter
est per annum.
HENRY MOORE,
Representing Parties in Interest.
nov3-lw
uorned Bsef in Cans,
COOKED ready for the table. Pronounced
by connoisseurs to be excellent. Try
it. For sale by
ootl7-tf JAB. G. BAILIE & BRO.
NOTICE.
From this date Mr. george w
CALVIN becomes a copartner of the
undersigned. The firm name will remain
as heretofore.
CALVIN & JONES.
September Ist. 1875. sepldf
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 &
Cos. JAS. A. GRAY.
Augusta, Ga., Aug. 26th, 1875.
au2B
INSURANCE.
F EO. SYMMS, Agent, represent® the fol
\JT lowing Companies, viz:
Commercial Union Fire Assur
ance Company of London,
England, Gross Assets $17,714,578 06
Connecticut Fire Insurance
Company, Hartford, Conn.... 877,594 58
Manhattan Fire Insurance
Company, New York City.... 700,885 36
New Orleans Fire Insurance
Company, New Orleans, La.. 645,566 56
Home Protection Fire Insur
ance Company, Huntsville,
Ala 121,211 15
John Hancock Mutual Life In
surance Company, Boston,
Mass 2,750,000 00
$22,809,835 71
GEO. SYMMS, Agent,
No, 221 Broad Street.
gaptl-Gm Augusta. Ga.
FINE TOBACCO.
U SE the Calhoun Chewing Tobacco, the
best evor sold in Augusta.
For sale by
G. VOLGER & CO.
sepT-tf
RAILROAD HOUSE,
THOMSON, GA.,
By Henry McKinney.
CONVENIENT to Railroad Depot. Pas
sengers by Day Down Train take din
ner at this place. sopt-tf
ATTORNEYS AT LAW.
JOHN S. &WM. T. DAVIDSON,
ATTORNEYS AT LAW,
WILL practice in the State, and United
States Courts of Georgia.
OFFICE NO. 1 WARREN BLOCK.
je!7-ly
W. T. GARY,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
AUGUSTA, GA.
■ Office No. 206 Broad street, Over
Brahe’s Jewelry Store.
Will practice in all the Courts of South
Carolina and Courts of Georgia.
Special attention to collections.
aug!2-su&th ly
JOHN R. ABNEY,
ATTORNEY
And Counsellor At Law,
EDGEFIELD, C. H., S. C
WILL PRACTICE IN THE STATE
and Federal Courts of South Caro
ina. Prompt attention given to collee-
OOtld—tu&außm.
MISCELLANEOUS.
MANSION HOUSE
PORT ROYAL, S. C.
SITUATED AT THE TERMINUS OF
the Port Royal Railroad, where connec
tion is made with the fast sailing, first class
steamers Montgomery 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 prospect 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
wfttor#
Tabie 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. 0 . E. WARREN,
je26-tf Proprietor.
lTh. MILLER. } 1 ESTABLISHED 1857
MILLER’S
Safe and Iron Works,
BALTIMORE.
Salesroom, 265 W. Baltimore Street, One
Door Above Hanover Factory. Sqaure
Bounded by Henrietta, Clark, I re
mont and Warner Streets.
TT'VERY variety of tho Best FIRE and
Vj BURGLAR-PROOF SAFES, BANK
ERS’ CHESTS. Improved Key and Combi
nation LOCKS, BANK VAULTS and
DOORS.
jgj- 12,(300 In One and Tested in 200
Pirn. ap3o-6Ui
Ladies’ Work Baskets,
J ADIES’ WORK STANDS,
CHILDREN’S SCHOOL BASKETS.
Market, Traveling and Lunch Baskets,
Tubs, Buckets, Churns, etc., at
octlT-tf J. G. BAILIE & BRO.’S.
NOTICE.
ALL persons having claims against the
late Mr. N. B. MOORE will present
them in due form for payment, and all
persons indebted to same will call and set
tle without delay.
W. H. WARREN.
Augusta, Ga., November G, 1875.
nov6-6
MANSION HOUSE
REOPENED AND REFURNISHED.
mHE subscriber having taken charge of
X the “Mansion House,” No. 258 Broad
street, second entrance above Schneider's
corner, desires to inform her friends and
the traveling public that she is now pre
pared to furnish good Board by the day,
week or month, at very reasonable rates.
eti3-wefrsulm MRS. W. M. MOORE
Mrs. V. V. Collins
-187 BRORD STREET.
TYTOULD inform her friends and tho
▼ T public that she lias now on hand a
complete and beautiful assortment of
HOUSE FURNISHING GOODS,
Consisting of Crockery, China and Glass
Ware, Decorated Chamber Sets, Fancy
Ornaments, Japanned Chamber Sets, Tea
Trays, Cutlery, Lamps, Baskets, &c., all of
which will be disposed of at such moderate
Prices as to make it an inducement for all
) give her a call. octl7-suwefrlin
ATTHESIGKOF THE TWO MORTARS,
S!01 Broad Street.
WE respectfully invite public attention
to our
Prescription Department.
It is supplied with reliable Chemicals, Ex
tracts and Powders, from “Squibb’s Labor
atory.” All our Tinctures, &e, Ac., are pre
pared with strict official accuracy.
PRESCRIPTIONS
Are compounded by an experienced Phar
macist, at prices most satsfactory.
EDWARD BARRY & CO.,
Apothecaries.
INVALIDS
Requiring Moller’s God Liver Oil. Hel
geman’s Cod Liver Oil, Burnett’s Oil.
Rushton’s Cod Liver Oil, Wilber’s Cod
Liver Oil, with Phosphate of Lime, Aro
matic Oil, with Hypophosphatos, Sharp <fc
Dame’s Cod Liver Oil, Lacto Phosphate of
Lime, Gowdon’s Wine of Pepsin, and all
kinds of proprietary medicine. Can pro
cure them at lowest prices from
EDWARD BARRY & CO.,
Sign of* tlxe Two Mortars,
261 BROAD STREET.
At the Sign of the two Mortars, 261
Broad street, you will find all kinds of
Cologne, Perfumery, German Cologne,
genuine,, French Cologne, Atwood’s Co
logne, Carswell & Hazard’s, Our Own,
equal to any. Also, Lubin’s Extracts,
Atkinson’s Extracts, Eede’s Extracts,
Lowe’s Extracts, Hinman’s Extracts, ana
every article in the perfumery line.
EDWARD BARRY & CO.,
Druggists.
SUCH A LOT OF SOAPS !
Lubtns, Thibet, Muse, Elder Flower,
Mammoth Rose, Tonquin Muse, Turkish
Bath, Almond, Alba Rosa, Cashmere Bo
quet, Old Brown Windsor, Honey and
Glycerine. Get at same time a Turkish
Towell and Sponge and preserve yourself.
EDWARD BARRY & CO.,
AT SIGN OF THE TWO MORTARS,
261 BROAD STREET.
E. BARRY & CO.,
DRUGGISTS,
octlO—eodl y.
sm
HOW AWFULLY CULPABLE
MUS r be those afflicted with Consump
tion, Bronchitis, Asthma, or any dis
ease of the Lungs, Throat or Chest, who
neglect to use Dr. Tutt’s Expectorant
after reading tho following letter, written
by one of the most estimable ladies in the
South:
Savannah, Ga., April 28, 1872.
Db. Tutt In gratitude for the benefit
received by the use of your Expectorant, I
do cheerfully add my testimony to its won
derful power in curing deep-seated coughs.
For several years I suffered dreadfully with
a cough, attended wi' h great difficulty of
breathing. I was induced to try your Ex
pectorant, and it gave almost immediate
relief. I took six bottles, and am now per
fectly restored. It is about five mouths
since I began its use, and I have not had an
attack (since. It has been a great blessing
to mo; I cannot afford to be without it and
heartily recommend It to all who have,lung
or throat disease.' Very respectfully,
Mbs. A. M. Wellborn.
octl3-suwedfr&clv
Fruitland Nurseries, Augusia, Ga.
PJ. BERCKMANS, Proprietor. Orders
• for Trees, Plants, Bulbs, Seeds, etc.,
etc., left with the undersigned will be promt
ly attended to.
GEORGE SYMMS, Agent,
No. 221 Broad Street,
sepW-6m ___ Augusta, Ga.
SEED WHEAT.
Choice Kentucky white seeu
WHEAT, BARLEY and RYE for sale by
eep2g-tf BARRETT <fe CASWELL
“THE BOYS IN GREY.”
WE were wont to admire the boys who
wore the grey, though it was not for
the grey alone, but for the noble, chival
rous nearts that beat under it. They com
manded the admiration of the true and the
brave in every land. But how few admire
a fine head enveloped in grey hair and
whiskers!—very few. We all love admira
tion, and nothing in our appearance is
more calculated to secure it than pretty
hair. If old age, sickness or sorrow lias
robbed you of it, you can regain it by the
use of Dr. Tutt’s Hair Dye. Its populari
ty is so great that It can be found on tho
snelves of every druggist in the land.
oetl3-Buwedfr<fccly