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(L\)t Ccnmiifntiomvfei AUGUSTA, a-A.: Saturday Morning, November 20,1575. - L- T"_"' . 111 1 1 ■"' ■" 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.” —i • 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. ■—i II 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. . - t - 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,