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AUGUSTA, a-A.:
Saturday Morning, November 20,1575.
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The Centennial aud a War with Cuba.
The New York Herald gives many
potent reasons why the United States
had better not go to war with Spain for
Cuba, many of them, being hard facts
and harder figures, but we detect some
thing like crocodile tears in the fol
lowing wail: “We have our Centennial,
which is slowly becoming a national
event in which every American will,
sooner or later, feel a personal pride.
We propose to celebrate with due
honor this one hundredth anniversary.
We propose to show to the world what
we have done in the arts and sciences,
in the perfection of government and in
material prosperity in these hundred
years. We propose to give an account
of the century of stewardship which
Providence has imposed upon the
Anglo-Saxon race in this New World.
A war or the apprehension of a war
would fall upon the Centennial as a
blight. Although it might well be
reasoned that no free people should for
a moment permit a sentiment like the
celebration o! an anniversary to inter
fere with the honor or the duties of a
nation, still these sentimental questions
are very often the most important. It
would be a great disappointment to the
people of this country to have the cele
bration of tfie one hundredth anniver
sary of its independence a failure. Nor
would there be any recompense for
this in winning Cuba at the cost of a
war.”
Now this is a notification in due form
that, in case President Grant, Gen.
Cushing and the war-making arm of
the Government try the battle issue
with Spain, the Centennial -as well as
the credit of the country in bonds—
will be, like Beecher’s book, “ knocked
higher than a kite.”
The Richmond Dispatch is thorough
ly ashamed of such mercenary con
siderations. and reads the New York
paper a sound lecture as follows :
If there be indeed a case for arms, will it
noc be better to sanctify the Centennial
with anew baptism of blood of the princi
ples of 1776? Away with any such fastidi
ousness! Coming so soon after the late
“unpleasantness,” it reminds us of the case
of the marriage of the widower of two days
to anew wife, and the shook he felt at
being serenaded on the night of his mar
riage to his new wife. Hoisting the window
of the bridal chamber, aud in great indig
nation, he thus chided the serenaders:
“Boys, are you not ashamed of yourselves
to make this noise so soon after the
funeral?”
We trust that if the President has a case
he will not be deterred by any such fastidi
ousness. When the “ life ”or the “honor ”
of tho nation is assailed it is no time for
festivities—it is no time for “ grim-visaged
war ” to “ smooth his wrinkled front,” nor
for him to “ caper into a lady’s chamber
to the lascivious plainings of a lute,” nor
t<> waste time on blooded horses and dogs,
or wine and cigars. The stern warrior who
“rover surrenders” should not be guilty
of any sort of dalliance with pleasure when
bis country calls him to the saddle of his
war-horse. The Centennial be . Gen.
Grant should not hesitate, though it re
quired that he should take charge of the
Administration for a third term. The Cen
tennial may be postponed, as is the Fourth
of July, often; but guns, and drums, and
war —odds locks and triggers—never!
The above is humorous and touches
the Herald on the raw. But there are
some local considerations which must
make war unpopular in certain quar
ters. Philadelphia, for example, ex
pects to make “ gold galore ” out of
that big show, aud if any truly loyal
city is in need of a good, substantial
lift it is the Quaker town, so-called.
Tho New Orleans Picayune has taken
tho trouble to examine into the finan
cial situation of Philadelphia and dis
covers that the debt of that city in
1854 was $16,573,614.77 ; in 1864, $28,-
911,084.52 ; in 1870, $44,654,839.03 ; in
1875, $64,390,463.65. J.t is also stated
that during the last year Philadelphia
real estate depreciated $100,000,000 in
market value, and the tax valuation
was increased $20,000,000. ' The debt is
now over $64,000,000, and it is expected
to bo increased duriog tho current
year nearly $100,000,000. Borne six or
eight millions of this amount will have
to be actually paid in full, to save tho
honor of the corporation, as the re
strictions of the constitution prevent
its being funded.
The proposition made to meet this
gigantic debt is to levy a tax of three
per cent,, for two years, on the market
value of city property. The statistician
has figured out that this would be in
excess of the average profits of the
city business. But the worst of all is
that Philadelphia is cursed with a Re
publican municipal government, which
has a bad eminence for stealing with
impunity, and to the members of
which Boss Tweed’s fate has no terrors.
Keeping some of these facts and
figures in view, the reader may under
stand why Philadelphia will raise an
ungodly howl, if Grant & Cos., by war
like projects, desolate the Centennial
profits of the City of Brotherly Love,
so-called.
Bayard.—The Richmond Dispatch
does not like Senator Bayard’s state
ment that “upon the subject of the
currency and finance in general there
is very little fixed opinion among the
masses of the Southern people, and
sound information is assuredly needed.”
To this the Dispatch replies: “There
never has been a day when the states
manship of the South was not superior
to that of the North; nor when the
masses of the Southern people were
not better informed than thoA of the
North on ‘the subject of the currency
and finance in general.’ Mr. Bayard
will never reach the Presidency by
flattering the bullionists of New York,
nor by expressing pity for the ignorant
‘masses’ of the South.”
Savage.— Mr. Schurz’s German paper
at St. Louis, the Western Post, says the
thieves at St. Louis were warned in
advance of the attack to be made on
their ring, by cipher telegrams from
Washington. As only the President
and Mr. Bristow knew a% that time
that the raid was meditated, and Mr.
Bristow certainly would not have
given the warning, the Post concludes
that it came from “the noiorious Bab
cock, Grant’s body-villain, false mea
surer, and swindler in general.”
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t And now it is said that a
youDg Philadelphia lady has broken
hei engagement because her lover
“made fun of the Centennial.”
Revels-His Letter to the President.
Htram Bevels, a colored preacher,
once a Senator from Mississippi, has
written a pungent letter to President
Grant. He says “since Reconstruction
the masses of his people have been,
as it were, enslaved in mind by un
principled adventurers, who, caring
nothing for country, were willing to
stoop to anything, no matter how in
famous, to secure power to themselves,
and perpetuate it.” This is a true pic
ture of the abominable rascals who
descended upon the South after the
war and carried out the schemes of
Wilson, Sumner, Greeley & Cos., by
literally enslaving the souls aud intel
lects of the unfortunate blacks, foT
merely selfish purposes, and ultimately
to rob them of their hard earnings
through the Freedman’s Bank swindle.
Bevels says, further, that though the
negroes are naturally Bepublicans, they
have, in Mississippi, found out tho white
villains who betrayed them, and at
the recent elections, overthrew them.
He goes on to say that, after this puri
fication, tho blacks will organize for a
Republican victory in 1876, but how far
this is correct remains to be seen-
After such a Waterloo, it will be hard
for any party calling itself Radical to
take the field successfully again. Since
the close of the war, this candid witness
says Republicanism has meant corrup
tion, theft and embezzlement. After
some more sops of comfort, relative to
the resurrection of a pure and undefiled
Republican faction, he adds ; “ I give
you my opinion that had our State
Administration adhered to Republican
principles and stood by the platform
upon which it was elected, the State,
to-day, would have been on the high
way of prosperity. Peace would have
prevailed within her borders, and the
Republican party would have embraced
within its folds thousands of the best
and purest citizens of which Missis
sippi can boast, and the election just
past would have been a Republican
victory of not less than eighty to a
hundred thousand majority; but the
dishonest course which has been pur
sued has forced into silence and re
tirement nearly all of the leading Re
publicans who organized and have led
them to victory.” Revels seems to forget
that'the very ingredients he alludes to
—theft, embezzlement and corruption—
really constituted the backbone of Mis
sissippi Republicanism, and had not
the white men of the State made a pro
digious effort to demolish these mon
strosities, at any cost, Ames aud his
party would still be on rising ground,
and the great body of negroes blindly
supporting them.
If the Democrats are wise, and we
believe they are and will be, Republi
canism is forever moribund in Missis
sippi. The white man once entrenched,
in power’, in any Southern State, never
yields it. The contest to keep what
has been so hardly won will be as vig
orous as the combat to dislodge the
infamy of carpet-baggers and scala
wags. The negro naturally gravitates
toward power, and the use, isolation or
neutralization o? the black vote is of
no difficult accomplishment, now that
the reins of authority have been trans
ferred.
Russell Sturgis. —The failure of
Russell Sturgis & Cos. has thrown a
damper upon certain circles at the
North. The Express mournfully says :
“Time, to many advanced in years,
could hardly tell a more impressive
tale than this. In its day no house
was more honored or more successful.
For long years it led the way in enter
prise and thrift between Old EDgland
and New England, New York and the
East, making merchants of clerks,
captains of mates, mates of seamen,
building splendid ships and covering
the waters with the best products of all
the continents and commercial ports of
the world. If anything were needed to
convince men of change, mortality and
utter extinction on earth, it is a simple
record like the above. The old all dead,
and their successors not successful.”
Such things, and many more to follow,
will at last convince even the North
that the war on the South, since 1860
to the present day, was the most mon
strous folly and crime ever committed
by men supposed to bo rational.
Holland. —Dr. A. W. DeLlerck has
made an estimate of the amount of
American securities held by the people
of Holland, which has been condensed
as follows:
Whole Sold at
issue. Amsterdam.
Erie $78,000,000 $5,000,000
Partially dividend
paving-shares.. 67,496,000 9,230,000
Dividend-pay in g
shares 123,602,000 12,000,000
Partially interest
paying bonds... 22,450,000 5,200,000
Interest-p ay in g
bonds 128,378,500 52,075,000
N on-interest-pay
ing bonds 112,480,000 52,265,000
$532,306,500 $135,790,000
U.S. Bonds 100,000,000
Investments in various dubious
State bonds and real estate.... 50,000,000
$285,790,000
Rivaling Keely.— lt is now report
ed that Father Martin Egger, a Tyrol
ese Jesuit Priest, has taken out a pa
tent in Vienna for an electro-motor
which makes the electro-magnetic cur
rent as available for driving purposes
as steam. The Vienna Academy of
Sciences have admitted the practicabil
ity of the invention, and have agreed
to assist the inventor till his machine
is completed. It will be sent to Phila
delphia.
Wilson. —The wag of the New Or
leans Times says when the Vice-Presi
dent woke up the other morning, he
immediately asked for the morning
papers, to see what sort of obituary
notices they had given him. He inci
dentally remarked that if Childs, of
the Philadelphia Ledger, had got out
that poem about the golden stair on
him, he would be obliged to interview
G. Washington with a shot-gun.
Chameleons. —The New York Finan
cier says : “The readiness of a certain
class of Southern politicians to agree
to anything —hard money or repudia
tion, general jobbery or administrative
reform, provided only they can get
power in the nation, is one of the un
pleasant features of the situation,”
The Speakership and Vice-Presidency.
There is a good deal of “bulling”
of Speakership and Vice-Presidential
stock. The most prominent men for
the first named office are Randall, of
Pennsylvania, and Kerr, of Indiana.
We are not partial to either of them.
Mr. Randall is a shrewd parliamen
tarian, but not, in our opinion, a man of
that high and spotless character, not
to speak of breadth of statesmanship,
required for the position he has, in a
rather demagogical way, aspired to fill.
Kerr is a man of more ability, and has
a quasi fame for returning, or refusing
to take, back pay. The most pronounc
ed charge made against him is by the
Greensburg, Ind. Press which says:
Hon. M. C. Kerr, Representative from the
Third District of this State, is a candidate
for speaker of tnat body. Mr. Kerr is a
hard-money Democrat aud the tool of the
Eastern bondholders, and does not repre
sent the views of tne Democracy of this
State. He was oniv elected by the skin of
iiis teeth, after falsifying his views and
pretending to be in accord with the Demo
cratic State platform. Now, we take this
method of informing Judge Now that ho
will be expected to vote against Mr. Kerr
e ch and every time. The Democrats and
Republicans of Decatur county who elected
him to his present position demand this of
him, and wo believe it to be the setiment of
the whole party in this district.
Fernando Wood, of New York, has
some ambition for the Speakership,
and no doubt some considerable num
ber of adherents. The Democratic
party need not saddle itself with any
of his family, and we should not re
joice at the election of this New York
politician to the Speakership.
The probabilities are that neither of
the men now prominently mentioned
will succeed in his endeavors. They
will most likely embarrass aud defeat
each other, so much so as to compel
the choice of a gentleman not now
publicly canvassed.
As to the Vice-President, the Balti
more Gazette is horrified at the talk of
choosing such a candidate from the
region south of the Potomac, and,
branding such an idea, if it exists, as
folly, thus majestically assumes the
front and nod of Jove : “Gordon and
Lamar, the candidates mentioned, are
excellent gentlemen—brave, honest
and true. We do n<st believe they de
sire any nomination of the kind. We
certainly do not believe they will re
ceive it, although it is talked about by
some of the more inconsiderate South
ern journalists. They may bo assured
that the North is in no condition to-day
to vote for a Southern man for a posi
tion. It would be making political cap
ital for our adversaries. Of course
such latent distrust in the minds of the
more ignorant voters is to be depre
cated.” There is a good deal of clap
trap talking and writing, South
and North, but we are of the
opinion that neither Gordon nor
Lamar cares the snap of his finger
about the nomination, and the
vast majority of Southern men, what
ever notion they may entertain of
the cowardice of weak-kneed Demo
crats in the region beyond us, are
perfectly willing to let the East and
West have the standard-bearer of the
party, with no ex-Confederate to make
them afraid. The South is more con
cerned about principles than about
men. The contest of 1876 is moment
ous to us as one that shall make a
square issue between Constitution
alism aud • Centralism. If the
oi l Greeley juggle is to be practic
ed over again, we have precious little
care about the scramble for mere
spoils, and the South will not turn on her
heel for a choice of masters. The peo
ple of this section have about reached
hard-pan. Let the people of the North,
Democrats and Republicans, look to
themselves. They need not waste any
tears over our situation. Let them look
their own future in the face and beware
how they trifle with it.
Kirk.— A notorious fellow named
Kollin H. Kirk is supposed to be the
author of a sensational anonymous
letter to Gen. Gordon. This fellow, we
are inclined to believe, inposed some
Columbia correspondence upon us,
about one year ago, under a fictitious
name. As soon as we caught him at
his fabrications, he was given a very
wide berth in these columns.
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A Good Crow.—The chicken and egg
crop of France foots up $80,000,000
gold, per annum. Great country,
France.
The Times.—One of the liveliest and
best newspapers in the world is the
Philadelphia Times. It circulates thir
ty thousand copies daily.
Fox.—The pantomimist Fox swears
ho is not paralyzed.
INSURANCE P< FFS.
How They Are Managed.
[Hartford, (Conn). Post].
“It is a notorious fact that the so
called insurance journals charge very
highly for their laudatory articles or
for ceasing to blackguard any man or
company they chance to select for vic
tims. Occasionally these black-mailing
operations get into print, .as has the
following :
New York, May 17,1871.
Knickerbocker Life Insurance Compamj,
Dr:
To personal services to date, and to
the articles entitled ‘The Thug Warfare
in Life Insurance,’ and ‘The Vindica
tion of the Knickerbocker Company,’
$5,000. Received payment.
J. H. & C. M. Goodsell.
Asa rule the ‘insurance journal’ has
no circulation outside insurance offices.
It js very rarely seen by the outside
public, and when it is, its opinions are
regarded as of little or no account, for
it is known how readily they may be
purchased. No honest company need
fear the malignity of one of these vam
pires: and money paid to silence them
or induce praise is worse than thrown
away. And yet the companies pay for
long advertisements in these sheets,
the circulation of which is almost wholly
confined to the advertising patrons.
Of course, nothing but a fear of attack
would induce them to throw money
away upon such shysters. Why should
they fear, when every man who reads
one of these assaults knows that it is
simply a flourish of the instrument for
the extortion of money? The company
that resolutely turns its back upon the
whole pack, and spends its money
where it will do good, will find that the
ill-will of the ‘insurance journal’ can do
it no harm. On the contrary, the well
informed public will honor it for re
fusing to pay hush-money.
The Southwestern Georgia Agricul
tural and Industrial Association is get
ting along finely.
SPECIAL NOTICES.
SOCIAL LODGE NO 1, WEBB LODGE NO.
166, F. A. M.
THE MEMBERS OF SOCIAL LODGE No.
1. and Webb Lodge No. 166, are hereby sum
moned to attend at Lodge Room, Masonic
Hall, on SATURDAY MORNING, promptly at
10 o’clock, for the purpose of paying the last
tribute of respect to Brother Stephen D.
Heard, late W. M. of Social Lodge.
By order S. F. Webb. S.\ W.\, acting H.\
John 8. Davidson, V.’. M.‘.
W. H. CRANE,
Secretary.
* GEORGE ADAM.
novl9-2t Secretary.
THE PEOPLE'S TICKET FOB COUNCIL
in the Fourth Ward:
BERNARD DORIS,
Db. M. J. JONES,
C. Y. 'WALKER.
nov2o-tdect
FOURTH WARD.
THE FOLLOWING NAMED CITIZENS
■will be supported for nominaticir for Coun
Oilmen at the ensuing meeting <3‘ the Demo,
eratic Club of the Fourth Ward. J
M. E. HILL,
C. Y. WALKER, l i
W. H. FOSTER. !
novl9-3t* MAN’f VOTERS.
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FOURTH WARD TICKET.
FOB MAYOR: j
CHAS. ESTES. |
FOR COUNOILMEN hi*
M. E. HILL, l
GEO. W. CONWAY-
C. Y. WALKER. ?
Messes. Editors: You will please insert
the above ticket as the choree of j many voters
of the Fourth Ward.
novls-3 MAN'? VOTERS.
DENTAL NOTICE.
DR. ZEKE
CALLS THE ATTENTION OF IDS
friends and the public to his method of
Filling Natural Teeth with Gold md
other material for their preservation. Oflce
Northeast Corner of Greene f|nd Campbell
streets. i oct24-tf
Colonists, Emigrants and Travelers Westward.
FOR MAP CIRCULARS, CONDENSED
time tables and general infor | ation in re
gard to transportation facilities; to all pouts
in Tennessee. Arkansas, Missouri, Hinie
sota, Colorado. Kansas. Texa;, lowa, Njw
Mexico. Utah and California, apply to or ad
dress Albebt B. Wbenn, Gonprul Railroad
Agent Office Atlanta. Ga. ■
No one should go West without first getting
in communication with the General Kiil
road Agent, and become informed as to su
perior advantages, cheap and auiek trans
portation of families, household golds,
st ck. and farming implements gone diy.
All information cheerfully given.
W. L. DANLEY,
sopl4-6m G. P. & T. A
FUNERAL. .[NOTICE,
THE FRIENDS AND
of Mr. and Mrs. S. D. Keaeo and famly
are invited to attend the funeral of tie
former from the residence, on Tellur
street, at 10% a. m., TO-DAY.
MABBIE1).
By the Rev. Alfred Mann, at tho refi
dence of the bride’s father, on tho 17thof
November, 1875, Anselm I. Miller to
Miss Lillie Wright, daughter of John
Wright, Esq. All of Beech Island, S. O. *
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.
Dobbin’s Electric Soa}>!
AND RETAIL.
JAMES Gr. BAILIE & BRO.,
nov2o-5t Agents fob Augusta, Ga.
NEW YORK MILLS
• AND ;
WAMSUTTA BLEACHED COTTON.
A FEW CASES ABOVE RECEIVED
xTL at the Fredericksburg Store, to be
sold by the pieee. at 14c. Cifil early and
get a piece. V. RICHARDS & BRO.,
nov2o-l Cor. by the Planters’ Hotel.
Apples on Consignment
FEW BBLS. SHOCKLEY APPLES,
At $4.50 PER BARREL.
nov2o-3 JAMES G. Ba|'LlE & BEL
SUNDAY DINNER..
DRESSED T|lJ Rli E Y3,
CHICKENS AND GEEp’ at
nov2o-l PETER < >. BURUM3.
City Loan and
Association*.
A MEETING OF THE BORROWERS ard
Non-Borrowers affected bv the decree
of Judge Hul!, will be held at ihe City Hall
on MONDAY EVENING NItXT, at TANARUS/„
o’clock. Ali are requested to Ju end.
WM. A. V/ALTON,
nov2o-2 ■ Receiver.
TV K"W II MT SS
FOR, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN,
AT THE ONE PRICE HOuAe. HENRY
L. A. BALK. 172 BroelJ Street.—l
have received, to-day, New Calicoes, Rib
bons, Ruches, Feathers, Flowers, Jeans,
Gassimeres. Checks, Shirtings, Sheetings,
Cotton Flannels, Ail Wool FSannels, and
another assortment of thosve Hats for
Ladies and Gentlemen. HENRY L. A.
BALK, 172 Broad street. 1 nov2o 1*
TO SHIPPEjRS7~
J
November Deliveries
The mammoth steamships south
CAROLINA, Capt. Nickerson, and
CITY OF ATLANTA, Capt. Woodhull,
(aggregating seven thousand bales ca
pacity) will sail from Charleston for New
York, respectively, WEDNESDAY and
SATURDAY next, 24th and 20th instant
affording abundant margin Cor current
deliveries. Engagements guaranteed and
rates of freight as low as by any other com
peting line. ‘
For Freight or Passage apphj to
W.BTE\ENSON,
nov2o-3 Agent Steamship Lines.
Municipal Election.
|
MAYOR’S OFFICE, [
Augusta, Ga., Nov. 1 jth, 1875. |
THE ANNUAL ELECTION F|)R MAYOR
and for three Members of Council from
each Ward, to serve for the en&uing year,
will be held on WEDNESDAY, tlhe first day
of December, A. D.. 1875, at the; places and
under the Managers of Llectjon'hereinafter
designated, to-wit:
Ward No. I.—At the Scale House, under
the management of A. JB. Crilmp, J. P.;
J. W. Rigsoy, and F. T. Lockhart, or any
two of them.
Ward No. 2.—At the City Haij, under the
management of Fred. Williams* N. P, and
ex-officio J. P.; F. A. Whitlock* and John
M. Clark, or any two of them. *
Ward No. 3.—At the Vigilant Engine
House, under the management; of W. W.
Smvthe, J. P.; Wm. H. Goodrie|i, and Den
nis Owens, or any two of them.i
Ward No. 4.—At the Uppjr Market
House, under the managemelit of E. D.
Wingard, J. P.; Wm. Mulherla, and Eli
Branson, or any two of them, f
JBE3“lh6 polls will be opened thorn eight
o’clock a. m. to two o’clock p. n*
4Sr After the votes in the several Wards
are counted, the Managers sin ill repair to
the City Hall, and consolidate the vote for
Mayor, declaring the person [laving the
highest number of votes for thaL office duly
elected Mayor; and the personsfhaving the
highest number of votes for Members of
Council in the respective Wards duly
elected Members of Council. f
CHAS. j3STES,
ifayor C. A.
[L.S.] Attest: L. T. Blome, 1
nov2o-td Clerk of Cdimoll.
OPERA HOUSE.
GIRARDEY’S OPERA HOUSE.
—
One Night Only.
Thursday Evening, November 25.
THE EVENT OF THE SEASON,
HALL’S COMBINATION!
Mb. T. A. H ILL Manager.
This Brilliant Combination of Distin
guished Dramatic Artists, numbering
THIRTY E I£Il!SOTV!S
Will appear in the greatest dramatic suc
cess of the age, entitled
THE TWO ORPHANS!
Produced with new and appropriate
scenery, rich and elegant wardrobes, new
mechanical effects and a cast of characters
UNEXCELLED IN THIB COUNTRY,
including, as it does, the names of accom
plished artists and established Metropoli
tan favorites.
Admission, $1; Gallery, 50 cents. Seats
now on sale at Geo. A. Oates’ Book Store,
without extra charge. nov2o-5t
Friday and Saturday,
November 19th and 20th.
GRAND MATINEE SATURDAY AT 2
O’CLOCK P. M. *
The Most Elegant Company in America!
THE
BERGER FAMILY
LADY ORCHESTRA!
AND
SOL WMITII RUSSELL!
“The Greatest Comic Artist in the
Universe.”
REORGANIZED and PiECONSTRUCTED
Entirely New Programmes!
Presenting all the Latest Musical Novel
ties OF THE DAY.
The management respectfully announces
that it is confidently believed that the
present series of entertainments will excel
in an artistic point of view, any which the
Bebger Family have ever had the h nor of
giving in Augusta.
Admission sll Gallery..... .50 cents.
Seats can be secured in advance at Oates’
Book Store. W. W. FOWLER,
novll-suwefr Business Agent.
ABTA JOfflf U
3E&.A.OJS®.
SECOND ANNUAL PALL MEETING,
NOV. 23, 24,25, 26 & 27, 1875.
FIRST DAY, TUESDAY, NOV. 23d,
commences wi h a splendid Match Race,
for SSOO a side, between J. W. Crawford’s
trotting horse Basil Duke and John M.
Mclntosh’s pneiug mare Lucy. Mile heats,
best three in live, to harness.
SECOND DAY, WEDNESDAY, NOV. 25th.
First Race—Colt stake for two j ear olds.
One mile. $25 entrance, P. P. To name aud
close <-n November 1,1375. If two or more
start the Club to add J2OO. Second horse to
receive SSO from sakes.
Closed with six nominations:
Ist. Barton and Medinger names ch. f.
Libbio L., by Bay Dick, dam by Joe Stoner.
2d. Starling & Cos. names s. c. Santuc, by
Patriot, dam Fanny Fisher, bv Charley
Bali.
3d. John A. Bolder names ch. f. by
Dickens, dam Felici y, by Claud Meli
noto.
4th. L. A. Hitchcock names g.g. Johnnie
8.. by Fire Bali, darn Jennie C.
sth. Bennett Barnes names , filly
Abdella, by Abdel Ivader, dam Fanny by
Jeff. Davis.
6th. Kernagnan & Brown names ch. c.
Mark Twain by Brown Dick, dam Boquet,
by Bui etin.
Sec nd Race—Mile heats, for all ages.
Purse $200; $l5O to first rnd SSO to second
horse.
THIRD jDAY, THURSDAY, NOV. 26T11.
First Race—Stake for three'year olds.
Mile heats. $25 entrance, P. P. To name
and close November 1, 1875. If two or more
start the Club to add $250. Second horse
to receive SSO from stakes.
Closed with three nominations:
Ist. Barton & Medinger names b. c.
Charley Cheatham by Lynchburg, dam by
Lightning out of Elizabeth McNary.
2d. Gen. Johnson Haygood names b. f.
Katy Lee, by Lynchburg, dam Little Ella
by Lexington.
3d. L. A. Hitchcock names ch. f. Spring
lette by Australian, dam Springbook by
Lexington.
Second*Race-Dash of two miles for all
ages. Purse $260; $l5O to first and SSO tq,
second horse.
FOURTH DAY, FRIDAY. NOV. 27th.
First Race—Dash of one and a half
miles. Purse $150; SIOO to first and SSO to
second horse.
Second Race—Milo heats, best three in
five, for all ages. Purse $250; S2OO to first
and SSO to second horse.
• nn t m i
FIFTH DAY, SATURDAY, NOV. 28th.
First Race—Dash of half mile for all
ages. Purse $100; S7O to first and S3O to
second horso.
Second Race—Dash of three-quarters of
a mile for all ages. Purse $150; SIOO to
first and SSO to second horse.
Third Race—Consolation race; mile
heats, for horses that have not won money
during tho meeting. Purse $150; SIOO to
first and SSO to second horse. Horses
beaten once allowed seven pounds weight:
twice, ten pounds; three times, twelve
pounds.
In all Purse Races, five per cent en
trance will be required. Entries to be
made with the Secretary at 5 o’clock p. m.
one day bofore the race.
A walk over entitles the horse to
first money only.
S®, The various Railroads leading to the
city have kindly offered to give return
tickets to visitors attending the Races.
LEWIS JONES,
nov!6-7t Secretary.
JUST ARRIVING.
Dutch herring,
ANCHOVIES,
EDAM & SAP’S SAGO CHEESE,
DUSSELDOEF and IMPERIAL MUSTARD
E. It. SCHNEIDER,
nov!9-3 IGI and 256 Broad Street.
mo BE RAFFLED, DURING RACE
j WEEK: Trotting Mare MAY BIRD.
She is well bred, handsome, stylish and
gentle. Valued at SSOO. One hundred
chances, at $5 each. The Mare can be seen
at the Race Track, where she is being
trained by Mr. Edward Brown. For
further particulars, apply at
HEGGIE BROS’. STABLES.
novlß-6l*
Fruitland Nurseries, Augusta, Ga.
PJ. BERCKMANS, Proprietor. Orders
• for '1 rees, Plants, Bulbs, Seeds, etc.,
etc., left with the undersigned will be promt
ly attended to.
GEORGE SYMMS, Agent,
No. 221 Broad Street,
septl-6m Augusta, Ga.
Shirts, Shirts, Shirts.
I AM prepared to furnish all kinds of UN
DERWEAR for Gentlemen, guarantee
ing, in every instance, a PERFECT FIT.
SHIRTS cut to fit exactly around the neck,
and which will not bulge up, but always
remain smooth in any position, and at
LOWER PRICES than can be furnished by
Northern drummers, or obtained elsewhere
in the city.
JOHN KENNY, Agent,
novl4-6 No. 25 Jackson street.
COTTON FACTORS.
aTf. PARROTT,
(Late 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. Office
No. 9 Mclntosh Street. octl3-tjanl _
ANTOINE POULLAIN,
Cotton Factor,
AUGUSTA, GA.,
TTTILL continue the busmess at my fire-
YY proof warehouse, corner Jackson and
Reynolds streets, and will give my person
al attention to the sale of cotton. Consign
ments respectfully solicited. sepltf.
A. if. BENSON. W. N. MERCIER.
BENSON & MERCIER,
CIOTTON FACTORS AND GENERAL
) COMMISSION MERCHANTS, No.. 3
Warren Block, Augusta, Georgia. Will
make cash advances on Cotton in store, and
hold in lirst class fire-proof storage for in
definite time, at very low rates of interest.
sepl2-d&c3m
J. J. PEARCE.
COTTON FACTOR,
Anil Commission Mtrchant,
JACKSON STREET, AUGUSTA, GA.
sep7-d&c3m
S. D. HEARD & SON,
CDotton Factors
AND
Commission Merchants
AUGUSTA. GA.
STRICT personal attention given and
promt returns made.
Liberal GASH ADVANCES made upon
cotton in store.
Consignments solicited.
oct3-3m
BELVIMRE COLOGNE.
A DELICATE,
FRAGRANT and LASTING
PERFUME
FOR THE TOILET AND HANDKERCHIEF.
Prepared from the original formula by
CHAS. H. GREENE, Pharmacist,
AT
DR. JOSEPH HATTON’S
DRUG AND PRESCRIPTION STORE,
NEAR THE BELL TOWER,
AUGUSTA, GA.
N. B.—None genuino that does not bear
the written signature of Chas. H. Greene.
novl4-6m
CHINA TEA STORE
BY
11. N. HOTCHKISS.
Cheapest House in the City
TO BUY
iLOJS
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, Dates, 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. &e.
Remember the holidays are at hand. •
Opposite the Fountain—Red Gilt Front.
R. N. HOTCHKISS,
. nov9-tf Proprietor.
A CARD TO THE PUBLIC.
H. BROOKS,
OF THE OAK HAIL CLOTHING STORE,
Respectfully announces that
his Fall and Winter Stock ot Goods is
now ready for inspection. I have pur
chased an'unusually complete stock of
MEN’S AND BOYS’ CLOTHING,
FURNISHING GOODS,
HATS, CAPS, THUNKS,
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: House in
this section.
Yours, truly,
H. BROOKS,
Oct3o-tf 182 Broad street, Augusta.
FINE TOBACCO.
jjSE the Calhoun Chewing Tobacco, the
best ever sold in Augusta.
For sale by
Gr. VOLGEE ii CO.
aepT-tf .
THE ORIGINAL
AUGUSTA MUSIC HOUSE.
ESTABLISHED 1848.
240 Broad Street, Augusta, Ga.
—WHERE—
ppn A fitTl'C Still continues to deal
ULU. A. UAIIjO in PIANOS, ORGANS,
MUSIC, and MUSICAL, INSTRUMENTS of
all kinds, which he will at as low prices
and on as good terms as any other estab
lishment (without exaggeration) for the
Same Quality of Goods. Everything sold
by hi Hi is warranted as represented, and lie
takes pleasure in referring to hundreds to
whom lie has sold.
Italian, and German Violin anti Guitar
strings always on hand. geo. a. oates
deals largely in SCHOOL, MISCELLA
NEOKS and BLANK BOOVS. Also, Sta
tionary of all kinds.
rffi P fi Dealer and manufac
llMh Uil I IiO) turer of Picture Frames.
Looking Glasses of all qualities and sizes
supplied. Old Gold Frames re-gilt and
made equal to new. Old Oil Paintings re
stored, cleaned and varnished. All he wants
is a trial, and wai-runts satisfaction.
nov!4-l
new advertisements.
W. S. ROYAL & CO
188 BROAD STREET.
BOOT & SHOE HOUSE.
— i O .
vr , THP rtusit ASSORTED STOCK OF BOOTS AND SHOES.
made.
Alto, a large and well-selected stock of 80LLIER & CO.’S Celebrated
“ PROTECTION TOE ” SHOES,
for CHILDREN AND MISSKEJB.
WE WILL SEND BY EXPRESS, “C. 0. D.,” ANY OF OUIt FINE GOODS, AT THE
LOWEST PRICES.
nov2o-6d&4w ————■ ——————
DRY GOOODS.
wiiMiii
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 I
THE CHEAPEST GOODS EVER OF
FERED IN AUGUSTA.
A Full Line of SHAWLS, from the Low
est Price up to the Finest Imported.
J AS. A. C RAY & CO.
HOSIERY!
A FULL LINE MISSES’ FANCY
MERfiNA HOSE.
Ladies’ White Cotton Hose, from 100. per
gtir to the Finest Balbriggan. Gent’s Half
ose, all pricesi D „
JAS. A, GRAY & CO.
Kid Glov es and Gauntlets l
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 75e. 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-live Different Qualities and
Prices, so that all can be suited no matter
what quality they want or price they wish
to pay.
JAMBS A. GRAY & CO,
HAMBURG EDGINGS
AND
In sojrtiiiAjsfSJ
ONE THOUSAND Different Patterns,
from Bc. to $2 p; r yard.
HANDKERCHIEFS!
AA DOZEN Ladies’ Hem-Stitehed
t)vu Handkerchiefs, from 10c. to $2.00
each.
Something Extra at $3 per dozen.
A full lino of Misses’ and Children’s
Handkerchiefs. Gent’s Hemmed L. C.
Handkerchiefs, all prices.
JAMES A. GRAY & CO.
the defeat of the
_L\ venerable advocate of inflation in
Ohio, we invite our friends and tho public
to call and examine our Stock, and bring:
a little “Rag Monev” along, as we still
continue to receive it in exchange for our
goods.
Jas. A. Gray & Cos.
Mrs. V. V. Collins*
187 HTJOAI) STREET.
TX/'OULD inform her friends and the
VV public that she has 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, <fcc., all of
which wilt be disposed of at such moderate
prices as to make it an inducement for ail
to give her a call. novlS-thsasulm
LONGLEY, MARCH & GO.,
COMMISSION MERCHANTS
CINCINNATI, OHIO.
Cousi frii ments oi*
PEANUTS, DRIED FRUIT,
AND OTHER
Southern Products Solicited.
LIBERAL ADVANCES when desired.
Refers to Fourth National Bank and
merchants generally. novl4-eod3m
NEW BUCKWHEAT,
MACKEREL, Underwood’s Pickles,
Can Goods, New Codfish,
Smoked Salmon,
Fresh Crackers, all kinds,
Fresh Nuts (all kinds), Raisins,
Currants, Citrons, Prunes,
Pickles and Preserves,
With a complete stock of FAMILY GRO
cories, just received at
J. G. BAILIE & BRO.’S,
octl7-tf 205 Broad street.
Ladies’ Work Baskets,
WORK STANDS,
CHILDREN’S SCHOOL BASKETS,
Market, Traveling and Lunch Baskets,
Tubs, Buckets, Churns, etc., at
oct!7-tf J. G. BAILIE & BRO.’S.
notice 7
An assignment of all his ef
fects was made to the undersigned
by Elmore A. Dunbar, November 4, 1875
and left for record November sth. All in
debtedness of every kind due to him must
bo paid to us.
JOSIAH MILLER,
KENT BISELL,
nov9-tf Assignees.
ATTORNEYS AT LAW.
O. N. BUTLER,
attorney at law,
Has removed his office oppo
site the Central Hotel, Augusta, Ga.
Will pay special attention to cases in Bank
ruptcy iand Collections. novlß-6t*
CHAS. B. KELLEY,
A.t to r ri e y at a\v 9
SWAINSBORO,
Emanuel County. Georgia.
riPEGIAL ATTENTION GIVEN TO THE
O COLLEC HON OF CLAIMS.
CHAS. B. KELLEY,
novl7-ly Swainsboro, Ga.
ARTHUR 8. TOMPKINS
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
No. Sl3 Broad Street,
AUGUSTA, GEORGIA.
nov9-tutbsulm
JOHN E. 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 collec
tions. octlf)—tu&suGm.
John s. & wm. t. davidson,
ATCORNEYS AT LAW,
WILL practice in the State, and United
States Courts of Georgia.
OFFICE NO. 1 WARREN BLOCK.
jel7-ly _____
W. T. GARY,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
AUGUSTA, GA.
as- Office No. 206 Broad street, Ove%
Brahe’s Jewelry Store.
“~YYTiII practice in all the Courts of South
VV Carolina and Courts of Georgia.
Special attention to collections.
augl2-sustli ly
~ SEED WHEATI
Choice Kentucky white seed
WHEAT, BARLEY and RYE for sale by
sep22-tf BARRETT & CASWELL
J. W. NELSON,
BETAIL GROCER, No. 3C4 Broad Street,
(old stand of John Nelson & Son,) has
opened a First Class Grocery Store. He
will keep constantly on hand choice GRO
CERIES of every description, and hopes,
by close attention to business, to merit the
prtronage of his friends and the public
generally. Having secured the agency for
Fairbanks’ Standard Scales, he is prepared
to furnish these celebrated Scales to all.
Scales promptly repaired. sep.Vsuthtf
NEWSPAPER for SALE!
A RARE OPPORTUNITY!
For sale, a splendid country
WEEKLY, located above Augusta,
Ga., in a growing town, and in one of the
largest, wealthie-t and most 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 coining year. Locatod between three
largo cities, each of which is anxious for
the trade of its section. Its advertising
patronage is unsurpassed by any Weekly
in the State. The office does not owe a dol
lar, and a good man can clear s2,r>oo per an
num after all expenses are paid. Every
thing new. Not an old type in the office.
Price, $1,500 cash. Address
“NEWSPAPER,”
Care Morning News Office,
nov7-3w Savannah, Ga.
mia n sid rTh OUSE
PORT ROYAL, 8. C.
SITUATED AT THE TERMINUS OF
the Port Royal Railroad, where connec
tion is made v, T ith the fast sailing, first class
steamers Montgomery and Huntsville,
sailing to Now York every Friday.
Hound trip from Auguita, S3O.
’Phis is an entirely new and elegantly fur
nished Louse. Situation unsurpassed, sur
rounded with magnificent live oaks, com
manding a splendid prospect of the sur
rounding country, the Beaufort and Port
Royal Rivers, and offers unusual attrac
tions to travelers or to parties who desire
Board or to spond a few days near tho salt
water.
Table supplied with everything tho mar
ket affords. Fresh milk, butter, lish, veg
etables and fruits in their season.
Best of Cooks and Attendants.
Terms liberal.
C. E. WARREN,
je26-tf Pro priotor.
Valuable Property for Sale.
T OFFER FOR SALE the well-known
X 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 set 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 implements, em
bracing Mowers, Harrows, Wagons, Carts,
Plows, Hay Press, Tedder, Roller, and the
btock consisting of 4 Horses, are offered
for sale. The profits arising from the
crops have been of >the most satisfactory
character. Persons are partieularlv in
vited to examine this property as it affords
an opportunity for a good investment.
I also offer for sale the House and Lot
situatedron Reynolds street, the late resi
dence of Mr. N. B. Moore, deceased. The
house contains 8 rooms besides the base
ment, 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
?? brst 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
fiimot Warren, Wallace & Cos., who will
give them any information they may de
el^ e ’ W. G. WOOLPOLK,
—nov6-tf ______ Trustee.
THE NATIONAL BANK OF AUGUSTA.
S XFE DEPOSIT BOXES
THIS BANK is prepared to lease small
oArLb inside its Finn proof vault,
at moderate rates, for the reception of
Bonds, bocurlties, Deeds, Legal Docu
ments, Plate, Coin, Jewelry, and valuables
ot every description. G. M. THEW,
novlMy* Cashier,