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Sljc Constitutionalist
AUGUSTA. GA.:
Thursday Morning, Nov. 25, 1875.
Thanksgiving Day—Some Reflections
on Gastronomy.
The Governor of Georgia has seen fit
to makejio response to the President
on the subject of Thanksgiving Day,
leaving it, no doubt, entirely to the
option of all whom it may concern to
celebrate it or not as their judgments
dictate. After a violent struggle with
their feelings, the Constitutionalist
folks, at the eleventh hour, consented
to observe the day, by generously per
mitting the employes of the concern to
take a little rest and allow the public
to have a breathing spell of news on
Friday morning. Many of our patrons
complain that we publish so much en
tertaining matter that they cannot take
it all in. Out of consideration for these
sufferers, we have agreed to suspend
publication for one day in order that
they may catch up with their reading,
and be prepared for a fresh start on
Saturday.
At the North, Thanksgiving Day is
specially consecrated to a small amount
of religious worship and an immense
supply of the immortal turkey. There
is scarcely a man, woman or child, in
th 6 region beyond us, who will not,
this day, have his or her mouth well
greased with the delicious flesh of this
succulent fowl. In Augusta, we have
noted on this occasion a scarcity of
turkeys, which is not creditable to our
purveyors. It may be that the pur
veyors aforesaid either could not get
supplies or else came to the conclusion
that the Hon. Jas. M. Smith would In
stantly imprison or execute any man
-who dared partake of turkey upon this
momentous occasion. At any rate, there
was a wild hunt, and in many cases a
vain one, for the great dish of the day
—without which it is but a sorry feast
and a mere mockery of what it was in
tended.
As we are not to have any turkey,
some substitutes must be taken. 'I he
only way we 6ee to propitiate the
Furies is to give tlieso substitutes a
new zest by artistic preparation. Uncle
Ham Ward, Rex Vestibuli, who gains
wealth and power by knowing how to
dine; who can capture the vote of a
rustic Congressman by giving him a
slice of ham boiled with Madeira wine,
and, through the turnpike road of the
stomach finds his way to the citadel of
a Senator’s heart — Uncle Sam Ward,
we say, in one of his triflings with the
Muse, demonstrates how even an Au
gusta barbarian can have something
nice to-day, as a partial excuse for the
absence of turkey. He says :
Always have lobster sauce with salmon,
And put mince sauce your roasted lamb on.
In dressing salad, mind this law—
With two hard yolks use one that s raw.
Roast veal with rich stock gravy serve,
And pickled mushrooms, too, observe.
Roast pork, sans apple sauce, past doubt,
Is “Hamlet’' with the Prince left out.
Your mutton-chops with paper cover,
And make them amber brown all over.
Broil lightly your beefsteak—to fry it
Argues contempt of Christian diet.
To roast spring chickens is to spoil ’em
•Just split 'em down the back ana broil em.
It gives true epicures the. vapors
To see boiled mutton minus capers.
The cook deserves a hearty cuffing
Who serves roast fowls with tasteless stuf
fing.
Smelts require egg and biscuit powder—
Don’t put fat pork in your clam chowder.
Egg sauce—few make it right, alas !
Is good with blue-fish or with bass.
N ice oyster sauce gives zest to cod—
A fish,'when fresh, to feast a god.
But one might rhyme for weeks this way,
And still have lots of things to say;
And so I’ll close, for, reader mine,
This is about the hour I dine.
By observing some of the above
rules, the man who can afford to buy
the ordinary run of provender may
contrive to get a dinner to-day some
what out of the usual order of things.
We have alluded to Sam Ward. In
some respects he is the most powerful
individual at Washington City, and all
because he issues a Thanksgiving pro
clamation, that is, an invitation to a
dinner royal, at least ninety times per
annum, especially when Congress is in
session. His occupation is well known.
He is a notorious lobbyist, but here is
the way the telegraph heralded him
the other day :
Sam Ward, known in Washington and
throughout the country as the ‘King of the
Lobby,’ gave a dinner this evening in honor
of Lord Houghton, who is spending a few
days in this city. Among the gue6ts were
Chief Justice Waite and Justices Field,
Bradley and Swayne, of the United States
Supreme Court, Sir Edward Thornton, At
torney General Pierrepont, General Gar
field, Secretary Robeson, Don Luis du
Potestad, Secretary of the Spanish Lega
tion, and Dr. Lindermann, Director of the
Mint.
The reader will perceive that though
Sam Ward is an avowed corruptor of
legislation at the Federal Capital, he
has but to issue his pronuneiamento
that a banquet is on hand, when down
upon their bellies grovel the high and
mighty of the land, craving a seat at
the table of a man who knows how to
dine well. An instance of the influ
ence this enteitainer wields is thus
given in some recent correspondence:
None can easier obtain access to the most
exclusive than Sam Ward. Illustrative of
this is the following incident, related tome
by a well-known New York gentleman: He
called not long ago at the Navy Depart
ment to see Secretary Robeson. The time
of his call was about 11:30 a. m. The mes
senger in the ante room told him the Secre
tary would see no one but members of Con
gress, except between the hours of 12 m,
and 2p. m. At this he sat down and waited,
with a half dozen other unfortunates. A
moment after Sam Ward came up. The
messenger bowed him in with a flourish, as
if he were the President, without keeping
Mr. Ward a moment in waiting for the for
mality of announcement. An hour later
Mr. Ward called again with a convivial
party of frjends, ana they were bowed In
the same way. The New York gentleman
had important business with Robeson. He
sat in the ante-room until 2 p. m.. and then
was informed that the Secretary would no
longer receive that day. He, in common
with the other occupants of the ante-room,
went away blessjng God that they lived in
a simple-mannered, free republic.
Now, if &am Ward can exercise such
magical authority in the cause of de
moralization, why should not the bet
ter classes of society utilize the noble
art of gastronomy in the cause of vir
tue? The purist may venture upon
the same objection to this plea that
some persons make to grand music in
churches. But the retort is apt and
sensible, that If the devil is to monopo
lize all the good things the cause of
true religion will be all the harder of
advancement. Perhaps, when the
great and good men of Augusta un
derstand these things, we shall become
a more enterprising people; and, if the
matter is well conducted, morals need
not suffer, but, on the contrary, be im
proved. As it is, we plod along in an
old rut, while distant cities rob us of
our trade at our own doors, and the
pious but civilized seeker after a
Thanksgiving turkey knocks at every
tradesman’s door in vain, hardly know
ing which to anathematize the more
vehemently, a Governor who makes
men forget the day we ought to cele
brate, or a people who submit to a
Thanksgiving dinner composed of beef,
mutton or fried ham.
Mississippi—lmportant Figures.
The Mississippi majority, as figured
by the Aberdeen Examiner, gives the
following totals for sixty counties :
T< >tal vote..
Hemmingsway (Dem) 87,381
Buchanan (Rep) 56,237
Democratic majority 31,144
The remaining fourteen counties,
which have been heard from unofficial
ly, will nearly balance each other, leav
ing the majority about as it now stands.
The following is the vote of Missis
sippi since Reconstruction :
Year. Rep. Opp. Total.
1869 76,186 38,097 114,283
1872 81,916 47,191 129,107
1873 74,307 52,904 127,211
1875 Rep. Dem. Total.
63 counties. .56,237 87,381 143,618
The total vote iu those sixty counties
is 1,400 larger than any previous vote
in the State, and the Democratic vote
therein exceeds the white "egistration
in the whole State under the Recon
struction acts, while the Republican
vote falls behind the colored regis
tration. The making a citizen and voter
of the negro gives the South several
more Representatives in Congress, and
it looks very much as if the colored
vote, in Mississippi, at least, prefers
that Democrats shall have all the ad
vantages of the increased representa
tion.
Pistols and Coffee.—We have al
ready given some choice specimens of
personalities now being bandied about
by the editorial brethren of St. Louis.
We continue the record by reproducing
what Hutchins, of the Times, thinks of
the Knapps, of the Republican. Hear
him:
Whenever a convenient opportunity
arises, they encourage their bully to do it
for them in their newspaper. Back of
them, or conveniently at hand, are such
witnesses as Wakefield and Megrue. It
will end some time probably as they desire.
Whenever they conclude to push it to a
settlement, they have simply to decide
upon the time. It is quite as likely, too,
that they can select the mode. Either time,
place or mode, is a matter of indifference to
the writer.
Now, that is “business.” Generals
Johnston, Sherman and Beauregard,
assisted by the many hundreds of
journalists now iu attendance upon
Tom Scott’s railroad convention, ought
to form a Board of Honor and settle
this little difficulty before it proceeds
to “line shots.”
Kerosene vs. Gas.—We read iu the
World that a few days ago the officers
or representatives of the various gas
companies of the city of Brooklyn held
a secret conference to consider what
course of action to pursue in reference
to the very extensive substitution of
kerosene oil for gas iu lighting of fac
tories, stores and dwellings. Mr. Wil
liam P. Libby, President of the Citizens’
Gas Company impressed upon those
present the necessity of improving the
quality of the gas now made, and of
reducing the rates charged for it. It
was his opinion that nothing else would
be sufficient to check the manner of
lighting stores, which has already very
materially affected the receipts of some
of the ga3 companies. The representa
tives of many of the younger com
panies favored Mr. Libby’s views,
but the officers of the old Brook
lyn Gas Company, not yet so much af
fected by the change as some of the
others, objected. So that as this com
pany controls most of the stock of the
others, the latter are powerless to
make the change suggested.
A Sop for Cerberus. —A good story
Is being revived of Martin Yan Buren,
who, when a candidate for office—as
he frequently was—found his wife
v/eeping over a bitter personal attack
upon him in one of the newspapers.
“Why, my dear,” said the wily sage of
Kinderhook, “I paid fifty dollars to
have that printed.” Alluding to this
anecdote, the New York Times says:
“The incident, whether historical or
imaginary, is a good example of the
value which many politicians set upon
political abuse. With them nothing is
so fatal as neglect. It is better to be
assailed than to be let alone.”
Butler. —The Vicksburg Herald, of
the 21st, puts it thus :
A telegram yesterday announced a ru
mor of Butler’s death. Alas, we fear the
nimor is not true. If it was true, the
Herald and our Lamar would have to say
something good of him, and we would be
pressed for a text. Lamar could, for he
can build on a very slender foundation, but
the Herald would be sadly left.
Mr. Lamar has a happier text in the
late Mr. Wilson, who was pushiug his
abolition theories, along with Charles
Sumner, when Ben Butler voted for
Jeff. Davis for President some fifty
six times.
White people, it Is proved, aau labor in
the fields of Louisiana, where iormerly the
climate was considered an insurmountable
barrier.— N. Y. Herald,
White people can labor in the fields
all over the South, and many do so.
Men who use an argument to the con
trary are generally too lazy to work
anywhere.
Bossism.—Even in Massachusetts
cities Tweedism is manifest. We are
now told that, in 1860, their indebted
ness aggregated 819,852,109 ; now It is
reported at 880,427,254, being an in
crease of sixty millions in the past de
cade.
The Rev. Mrs. Antoinette Augusta
Brown has blossomed out in New York
State as a woman’s Tighter, and some
of the papers are tacking “ Esquire ”
on to her brief cognomen.
It is a singular fact that amid the
temporamje reform the pernicious habit
of opium eating should be revealed as
an evil worse, in many respects, than
intoxication from alcohol.
LETTER FROM ATLANTA.
A Radical Effort to Regain Municipal
Power—The Centennial Gastronom
ically Considered—A Strange Affair
—Mrs. Westmoreland’s Scheme—Ac
tivity in Newspaperdom.
[From our Regular Correspondent.]
Atlanta, November 23,1875.
A terrible effort is being made by the
Rads to run a ticket in the municipal
race. They have endeavored by every
artifice and dodge known to political
trickery to bring the scattered rem
nants of the defunct party together,
and have only succeeded after a sort
of fashion. Last night they held a
meeting, organized a club and an
nounced that they would put up a
ticket that would knock the socks from
the Democratic party and send the
“ring” higher than Gilroy’s kite. It
is a spasmodic gasp—a flickering
flutter—and will end in smoke. The
negro here has opened his eyes, and
finds himself better off when he lets
politics alone. It would be a deal bet
ter for some white people if the would
follow the same example.
the centennial supper.
The newly built Markham House is
ablaze with beauty and alive with
pleasure as I write to-night. The
weather is deuced bad without—dark,
rainy and streets muddy—but never
theless a good time is progressing, and
the Young Men’s Library will be the
richer thereby. Prizes are voted for
the most popular journalist, railroad
conductor, ticket agent, young and
married ladies. At the Rhode Island
table is a lady attired in a dress of the
same style as worn at Queen Marie
D’Orange’s first court reception on her
arrival in England in 1691. At the
South Carolina table are specimens of
old Colonial money of 1762; a chair of
Gen. Oglethorpe brought from Europe
in 1733, and a letter dated 1775. At the
Virginia table, a frame containing an
arch made of the coats of arms of the
fourteen Southern States, the base be
ing portraits of Confederate monu
ments erected in the South. The pho
tograph of the handsome monument at
Savannah occupies the centre, and un
derneath is a picture of the recumbent
statue of Gen. Lee. The keystone of
the arch is the great seal of the Con
federate States. The old seal of the
Old Dominion is also on exhibition at
this table. Nearly every State in the
Union is represented, and shaking
hands across the chasm is a reality so
far as the party is concerned. It is a
grand success.
RATHER MYSTERIOUS.
A little girl of four or five years was
yesterday brought to the city by Con
ductor Bell, of tho Atlanta and West
Point Railroad. She was entirely alone,
and beyond a strip of paper, on which
was written the following, nothing is
known of her, as she is too young to
givo any account of herself:
“ Put Emma Douglass in charge of
conductor of the sleeping car from
Montgomery to Augusta. At Augusta
let him place her in charge of the con
ductor on the Charlotte Columbia and
Augusta Railroad, to be put off at Pine
House station for Mrs. Lucy B. Stroth
er, who will meet her there.”
The little girl is well dressed and
very pretty. She says her “mama is iu
Heaven,” but can tell nothing more.
She is here with Mr. Bell’s family who
have become greatly attached to her.
It is a mysterious piece of business
from the fact that no money was sup
plied or friend to protect the little
waif on her journey. Perhaps some of
your South Carolina readers may be
able to clear up the mystery.
THE WOMAN’S HOME.
Mrs. Westmoreland, the well known
authoress of Heart Hungry, Clifford
Troup, etc., is contributing articles to
the city press in which she is endeavor
ing to enlist support for the institution
here of a home for working women.
She writes clearly and logically on the
subject, and is throwing her whole heart
in the enterprise. The object is the
same as that attained by similar homes
in all large cities—to provide work and
assistance for homeless women. A
home, such as Mrs. W. is endeavoring
so hard to establish, could be easily
instituted if the ladies here would take
hold of tho matter. A party with the
same interest manifested as in the cen
tennial party to-night would form a
nucleus of a few hundred dollars, and
when once started it is bound to be
built. While wishing the enterprise that
success it so heartily deserves, we
hardly think a house necessary for so
small a city as Atlanta.
THE COMMONWEALTH
has been sold to Dr. Craig, formerly
of the News, and W. R. Hanleiter. They
propose to give a newsy paper, free
from connection with riugs, etc. The
paper has never made more than four
or five fortunes, and for what reason,
we can’t conjecture. It looks as if the
enterprise ought to pay. The town
should support a first-class evening
paper. And, by the way, several well
known printers here are striving for
the organization of a stock concern,
(hang these stock newspapers!) to run
anew daily here. The whys and where
fores are being discussed now, and it
is quite probable that they will succeed
iu starting it. There is no doubt that
a real good morning paper, void of
red-hottedness and iciness, would gain
a good living here. There is no money
in daily papers, any way you can fix it,
but then there is a good living when
conducted right. That the movement
is on foot is no rumor, but a fact.
Martha.
Is Grant a Great Man ?
[N. Y. Day Book.]
It is hard to make up one’s mind
whether General Grant is a great genius
or a great fool, for there are many
things in his career that might indicate
either. Napoleon, in that last terrible
campaign of 1814, when with a hundred
thousand Frenchman, he was striving
to hurl back two millions of Germans
and Russians, it became necessaay, at*
the combat at Arcis-sur-Aube, to load
the “ Young Guard” in person, and on
striving to draw his sword, found that
it was so rusted in the scabbard that
he could not do it, and it re
quired the efforts of two of his
staff, and seriously wounding one of
them, before it could be done. It was
then discovered that he had not drawn
his sword for txoo years, and had gone
through the horrible Russian cam
paign, and the scarcely less horrible
German campaign of 1813, without ever
performing that feat! Well, there is
an incident in Grant’s career that
seems to equal this affair in the life of
the grandest man the world has seen
since Julius Caesar. At the famous
“Apple-tree” surrender of Gen. Lee,
who appeared in grande tenue to hand
over his sword to Grant and thus end
the greatest “ civil war ” of all history,
Grant himself appeared without any
sword at all, and apologized to the
Confederate chief for its absence by
saying that he put it in a baggage
wagon and had forgotten it!
The Princess Frederica, daughter of
the ex-King of Hanover, is said to be
without doubt the most beautiful Prin
cess of Europe. She is the devoted
companion of her blind father.
The jaws of some remarkable women
have recently been produced in plaster
for the Albany Museum, but it said
none of them were found to set well.
They could not preserve perfect repose
for an appreciable time,
SPECIAL NOTICES.
THE SECOND WARD
DEMOCRATIC CLUB WILL HOLD A
Meeting at the City Hall, on FRIDAY, the 26th
inst, at 7:30 o’clock p. m.. for the purpose of
nominating candidates for Council and other
business.
By order of the President.
W. P. BOTTOM,
nov2s-l Secretary.
THIRD WARD.
A MEETING OF THE DEMOCRATS OF
the Third Ward will be held at the Engine
House of Vigilant No. 3. SATURDAY NIGHT,
at 7:30 o’clock, for the purpose of nomina
ting Members of Council.
ROBERT 11. MAY.
President Third Ward Club.
nov2s-2
FOURTH WARD.
AT A MEETING OF THE COLORED
Voters of the above Ward, held fast night, it
was resolved that they support
F. P. JOHNSON : y
as their candidate for Member of Council
for the Fourth Ward. nov2s-2t
THIRD WARD.
MR. EDITOR: PLEASE ANNOUNCE, AS
a suitable candidate for Council, the namo of
capt. w. b. young:
nov2s-2t* Many' Friends.
THIRD WARD NOMINATION.
for council:
Db. D. FORD.
ALEX. PHILIP.
Wm. BENNETT.
nov24-3t* __ ,
SECOND WARD TICKET.
THE FOLLOWING NAMED CITIZENS
will be supported for nomination for Coun
cilraen at the ensuing meeting oi the Demo
cratic Club of the Second Ward:
JOHN B. POURNELLJS.
J. K. EVANS.
Z, McCORD.
nov23-tf MANY VOTERS.
NEW TERRITORY TICXjBT.
MESSRS. EDITORS: WE. THU CITIZENS
of the New Territory, Fourth Ward, respect
fully suggest the nomination of
C. H. JOHANNSEN
as our representative in the City Council,
We claim the right to nominate one, pledg
ing ourselves to support any otlu r two names
chosen in connection.
nov23-3* NEW TEPRITORY.
FOURTH WARD.
DANIEL GARDNER WILL BE Sup
ported by many citizens of the Fourth Ward
for Member of Council, nov23-5
THE POPULAR TICKET.
THE FOLLOWING GENTLEMEN WILL
be supported for Mayor and Couneilmen in
the Fourth Ward:
for mayor:
CHAS. ESTES.
for councilmen:
M. E. HILL.
C. V. WALKER.
E. H. PUGHE,
novff-6*
THE PEOPLE’S TICKET FCFit COUNCIL
iu the Fourth Ward:
BERNARD DORIS.
Db. M. J. JONES,
C. V. WALKER.
nov2o-tdeci*
FOURTH WARD DEMOCRAT]: MEETING.
THERE WILL BE A MEETING OF THE
Registered Voters of the Fourth Ward Demo
cratic Club, on FRIDAY NIGHT next, at 7 :30
o’clock, at the Upper Market House, for the
purpose of electing a President, Vice-Presi
dent and Secretary. Also, to nominate Three
Members of Council to represent said Ward
for the ensuing municipal year and to choose
Ten Delegates to the Mayoralty Convention,
By order Matthew Sheron, President.
E. H. PUGHE,
nov24-3t Secretary.
DENTAL NOTICE
DR. ZKKE
CALLS THE ATTENTION OF HIS
friends and the public to his method of
Filling Natural Teeth with Gold and
other material for their preservation. Office
Northeast Corner of Greene and Campbell
streets. 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 points
in Tennessee, Arkansas, Missouri, Minne
sota, Colorado. Kansas, Texan. lowa, Now
Mexico. Utah and California, apply to or ad
dress Albebt B. Wbbnn, General Railroad
Agent Office Atlanta, Ga.
No one should go West without first getting
in communication with the General Rail
road Agent, and become informed as to su
perior advantages, choap and quick trans
portation of families, household goods,
st ck, and farming implements gene. ally.
All information cheerfully given.
W. L. DANLEY,
sepl4-Gm O; P. & T. A.
A CARD.
TO ALL WHO ARE SUFFERING FROM
the errors and indiscretion of youth, nervous
weakness, early decay, loss of manhood, tc„
I will send a recipe that will cu.fe you, FREE
OF CHARGE This great remedy was dis
covered by a Misionary in South America.
Send a self-addressed envelope to the
REV. JOSEPH T. INMAN.
Station D. Bible House. New York City.
nov23-tuthsa*c3m
Municipal Election.
MAYOR’S OFFICE, )
Augusta, Ga., Nov. 19th, 1875. t
THE ANNUAL ELECTION FOR MAYOR
and for three Members of Council from
each Ward, to serve for tho ensuing year,
will be held on WEDNESDAY, the first day'
of December, A. D.. 1875, at tho places aid
under the Managers of Flection hereinafter
designated, to-wit:
Ward No. I.—At the Scale House, under
the management of A. B. Clump, J. P;
J. W. Rigsoy, and F. T. Lockhart, or any
two of them.
Ward No. 2. — At the City Hall, under the
management of Fred. William 4, N. P. and
ex-officio J. P.: F. A. Whitlock, and Join
M. Clark, or any two of them.
Ward No. 3.—At the Vigilant Engins
House, under the manage me tit of W. W.
Smvthe, J. P.; Wm. H. Goodrich, and Den
nis Owens, or any two of them.
Ward No. 4.—At the Upper Market
House, under tho management of E. D.
Wingard, J. P.; Wm. Mulhe, in, and Eli
Branson, or any two of them.
as-The polls will be openea from eigh;
o’clock a. m. to two o’clock p. m.
tar After the votes in the s /oral Ward*
are counted, the Managers shall repair to
the City Hall, and consolidate the vote foi
Mayor, declaring the person having th
highest number of votes for that office duly
elected Mayor; and the persons having the
highest number of votes for Members o!
Council in tho respective Wards duly
elected Members of Council.
CHAS. ESTES,
Mayor 0. A
[L. S.] Attest: L. T.Blomu,
nov2o-td Clerk of Council.
A CARD.
OWNERS of CITY LOTS who have
changed the shape or dimensions of
such Lots by purchase,-exchaiuso or other
wise, within the last twenty years, and
have not had their deeds, plats, etc., re
corded, are respectfully requested to fur
nish me with such notice “in writing” as
will enable me to place tbeir I. t,s correctly
on the Map of the City I am now making.
WILLIAM PHILLIPS.
Office at City Hall (up stairs); or Post
Office Box 198, nov23-3
LOST!
A POCKET-BOOK contain!ag two hund
red and fifty ( s2so] dollars, in bills
varying from five dollars to twt nty dollars.
A suitable reward will be paid the finder If
left at the Drug Store of Mr. J. H. Alexander.
*nov34-3
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS,
operjT houhe.
GIRARDETS OPERA HOUSE.
Mr. T. A. HALL has the honor to an
nou; cetliat his
GRAND COMBINATION
of Distinguished Artists, numbering
OVEK THIRTY ARTISTS!
will appear in this city
One Night Only.
This (Thursday) Evening, Nov. 25.
When the wonderful dramatic romance
entitled
THE TWO ORPHANS!
will be produced for the first time in this
city with all its remarkable features, and a
cast which cannot be surpassed in America,
including, as it does, some of the first favor
ites of the Metropolitan stage.
Notwithstanding the unusual outlay
attending these performances, the prices
will remain as .usual. Admission, $1;
Gallery, 50 cents. Reserved seats can be
obtained at Geo. A. Oates’ Book Store, with
out extra charge. nov2o-5t
DOWN! DOWN! DOWN!
THEY GO!
AND before the end of the week we would
not be surprised if we forced some
person to advertise to sell
NEW YORK MILLS
AND
WAMSUTTA LONG CLOTH
AT 8 1-2 CENTS.
THIS being THANKSGIVING DAY what
would make many a poor person more
thankful than for some kind person to
call at the
Fredericksburg Store
THIS MORNING and get them a Dress off
one of those Beautiful CALICOES we are
selling at G'Ae., or one of those splendid
WORSTED DRESSES we have at 12V„ 15
and 20c. per yard, or one of those large
SHAWLS we are offering at 50c. each?
We have just, received a case of DOUBLE
FOLD POPLINS which we wilt sell at 25c.
per yard, the best and prettiest goods ever
offered for the price. Call and see them.
V. RICHARDS & BRO.,
Corner by the Planters’ Hotel.
_nov2s-lt __
BANANAS! BANANAS!
100 BUNCHES of BANANAS,
50 Barrels NORTHERN APPLES,
ALSO,
NEW RAISINS, FIGS, DATES, PRUNES,
and a choice lot of
FRENCH CONFECTIONERY
Just received and for sale at wholesale
and retail.
WM. FERRIS,
nov2s-4 125 Broad street.
THE PLANTERS’ HOTEL
IS IYOW OPEN
FOR THE RECEPTION OF GUESTS.
B. P. CHATFIELD,
MUSIC NOTICE.
MISS MATTIE MORGAN will be in
Augusta in December for the pur-
I ose of giving instruction in SINGING.
She has just returned from the Conserva
torie in New York, where she was fully
qualified for teaching by the celebrated
Italian Instructor-, Steffanoni. She also
respectfully s llcits a place in the choir of
one of i he city churches. nov24-lt
Augusta Music House,
265 BROAD STREET,
HEADQUARTERS
FOR
PIANOS and ORGANS
LOW PRICES! QUICK SALES!
fTUVELVE of tho Best Makers aro repre-
X sented. Every instrument warranted
to give entire satisfaction and sold on easy
terms of monthly payments, at lowest
factory prices.
SPECIAL INDUCEMENTS
TO
CASH PURCHASERS.
PIANOS with a good stool and cover,
and ORGANS at New York and Boston
prices forwarded to any point freight paid,
with no advance in price, by
G. O. ROBINSON & CO.
MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS
In groat variety at tho
Augusta Music House,
265 BROAD STREET,
IMPORTED direct through tho Savannah
Custom House, at lowest importers’
prices.
SIRING INSTRUMENTS.
Violins, Violincellos, Bass, Double Bass,
Guitars, Zithers and Banjos.
REED INSTRUMENTS.
Accordeons, Flutinas, Concertinas. Mando
lins, Harmonicas, Clarionets, Flageo
lets, Reed Pipes and Violin Mutes.
Brass and Silver Instruments.
Bands supplied with full sets at Manufac
turers lowest prices.
MISC EIXANEOUS.
Flutes, Tamborines, Dulcimers, Tri
angles, Pieolos, Fifes, Drums, Cym
bals, Music Boxes, Music Albums,
Metronomes. Italian Strings for Violin,
Guitars and Banjos, received monthly,
direct from European Manufacturers, by
G. O. ROBINSON & CO.
MUSIC BOOKS AND SHEET MUSIC.
Augusta Music House,
265 Broad street.
The Latest Publications.
MUSIC RECEIVED EVERY DAY BY
MAIL OR EXPRESS. Any piece
of Music or Music Book advertised in
any paper or catalogue will be forwarded
promptly by mail or Express. Charges
paid by us on receipt of retail price. To
prevent mistakes parties orderiug will
please give the author’s name, also the
Publisher’s.
G. O. ROBINSON <fc CO.
nov2l-tf
LONGLEY, MARCH & GO.,
COMMISSION MERCHANTS
CINCINNATI, OHIO.
CouHignmentM of*
PEANUTS, DRIED FRUIT,
AND OTHER
Southern Products Solicited.
LIBERAL ADVANCES when desired.
Refers to Fourth National Bank and
merchants generally. nov!4-eod3iu
AUGUSTA JOCKEY CLUB
SECOND ANNUAL FALL MEETING,
NOV. 23, 24,25, 26 & 27,1875.
THIRD DAY, THURSDAY. NOV. 26th.
First Race—Stuke for three year olds.
Mile heats. $25 enti ance, 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 $2o0; $l5O to first and SSO to
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-Mile heats, best thr. e in
five, for all ages. Purse $250; S2OO to first
and SSO to second horse.
FIFTH DAY, SATURDAY, NOV. 28th.
First Race—Daslt of half mile for all
ages. Purse $100; S7O to first and S3O to
second horse.
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 the 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 bo required. Entries to be
made with the Secretary at 5 o’clock p. m.
one day before the race.
jW A walk over entitles the horse to
first money only.
fca- The various Railroads loading to the
city have kindly offered to give return
tickets to visitors attending the Races.
LEWIS JONES,
nov!6-7t Secretary.
FOR SALE.
WILL be sold, on the FIRS ! TUESDAY
in MARCH, 1876, before the Court House
door, in Sparta, Hancock county, Giorgia,
between the hours of 10 o’clock a. m. and 4
o’clock p. m., if not disposed of sooner at
private sale,
THE
Montour Cotton Mills,
LOCATED AT SPARTA,
On the lin' 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 long, with two wings 26
feet long; Engine and Picker Room 21 feet
long, the Boiler Room making 55 by 188
feet lull length.
FIRST FLOOR of 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 Hoping, &c. Second fi or over En
gine Room contains 3 Pickers.
THIRD FLOOR contains 32 Spinning
Frames, 160 Spindles, each making in all
5,120 Spindles.
FOURTH FLOOR—Sizing Room, Beam
ing and Reeling Room,|and Packing Room,
and all necessary machinery for doing
good work.
THE STEAM ENGINE is 150 horse-power
and in fine order. All necessary Out
houses, Machine Shop, Blacksmith Shop,
two Cotton Houses, Wood Shed and Sta
bles, Waste Houses, Oil House, &c., 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.
Dußosc’s residence is situated, containing
% acre; one lot between said corner lot and
said Dußose’s residence, containing % acre.
All said Lands lying in said County, and
all other property belonging to said Mon
tour Company.
Terms—One-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.
INSURANCE.
GEO. SYMMS, Agent, represents the fol
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 86
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 Lifo In
surance Company, Boston,
Mass 2,750,000 00
$22,809,835 71
GEO. SYMMS, Agent,
No. 221 Broad Street,
septl-6m Augusta, Ga.
“Tcaedto the public.
H. BROOKS,
OF THE OAK HALL CLOTHING STORE,
Respectfully announces that
his Fall and Winter Stock of Goods is
now ready for inspection. I have pur
chased an unusually complete stock of
MEN’S AND BOYS’ CLOTHING,
FURNISHING GOODS,
HATS, CAPS, TRUNKS,
VALISES, BOOTS, SHOES,
And everything pertaining to a lirst-elass
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.
BAGGING.
7 AAA ROLLS and HALF ROLLS
,UUU DOMESTIC BAGGING.
For sale at tho lowest market rates.
TERMS STRICTLY CASH.
nov24-3t BLAIR, SMITH & CO.
Druse Store for Sale.
A RARE opportunity for any Druggist
having a small capital. The Store is
located in a thriving village on the Rail
road and about 40 miles from Augusta.
For particulars apply to
BARRETT & LAND,
nov2l-ti fsepl9otly) 270 Broad street.
Races at the Fair Grounds!
POOLS on the Running Races will be
sold and paid off at the Globe Hotel,
commencing each Evening at seven'o’elock,
by
nov23-3* IIIA BRIDE & CO.
WANTED,
A COMPETENT and reliable BOOK
KEEPER.
Applicants will give references, and state
salary expected. Address
nov24-8t P. O. BOX 110.
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. _
BLANKETS!!
THE MOST MAGNIFICENT STOCK oi
BED BLANKETS
Ever Shown in Augusta is Exhibition at
JAMES A. GRAY & CO.’S.
nov24-tf _■ —:
NEW GOODS
AT
PANIC PRICES!!
OUR BUYER has just returned from New York, where, in consequence of the dull
ness of the times and the anxiety of Manufacturers and Importers to leduoe t *
stocks, he has bought Goods at prices that have no proportion to the co&t or pi°s*, uL &
them. Never before have we been able to offer such a VARIED AbbOß I MEN oi
NEW AND DESIRABLE GOODS
and we have marked them at PRICES THAT PRECLUDE COMPETITION. We will
offer THIS MORNING:
10 Pieces Heavy Gros Grain Black Silk at $1.60, never
before sold under $2.50.
25 Pieces Black Silks from 90c. to $4.
60 Pieces Colored Silks, including 1 Seal Brown, Navy Blue,
Dark Slate and all other desirable shades. These are extra
fine quality, and we offer them at prices heretofore unknown
for such goods.
600 Pieces Colored Dress Goods, all New Styles, i 1 elud
ing Cashmere de Baiges, Picardy Suitings, Melange Suitings,
Serges, Diagonals, Plaids, Alpacas, etc., in all colors, at 25c.
per yard, worth at least 45c.
Seal Brown, Navy Blue, Dark Slate and all other desir
able shades in Cashmeres, All Wool Serges, Diagonals,
Id!olidirs ©tc
A splendid line of New Plaid Dress Goods, in the most
desirable colors and patterns.
JAMES A. CRAY & Cos.
nov2l-tf (april 27ctly)
The Bottom is Out
AND
DRY GOODS
ARE GOING
DOWN! DOWN ! DOWN !
rpHERE is no use trying to keep the price up longer as they must go, and TO-DAY
X at the
FREDERICKSBURG STORE
we shall offer, at RETAIL ONLY, good Bleached Cotton at sc. per yard, and from that
up to the very best, such as New York Mills and Wamsutta at 12%e; 5-4 Pillow Case,
cotton, at 12%c.; some of the best makes of Calicoes, such as Spragues’, American,
Washington’s, etc., at 6/4C.; Checked and Plaid Homspuns at 8 and 10c.; Dress Goods,
recently sold for 25c. and 35c., at 12% and 15e.; Dress Goods, recently sold for 40 and 50c.,
at 25 and 35c.; Beautiful Full Size Shawls from 50c. up to the best and at less prices than
ever sold at before; the largest and best assorted stock of Cloaks from very low prices
to the very finest ever seen in this market, and at prices never before offered, amongst
which are a few very choice and elegant ones, costing from S4O to S6O to import, which
we will offer at S2O, $25. S3O and $35 each. And hundreds of other articles which we can
not now enumerate, but as fast as the mark-t declines we will go through our stock and
mark down the Goods. Our customers must use their own judgment as to whether
they- will purchase now or not, as the Goods may go much lower, but should they touch
bottom again they may rebound and go as high as before, but there is one thing certain,
those who have the cash to pay for their goods can get more for the same amount now
than could ever be gotten before. The Goods we are offering at these VERY LOW
PRICES are not Auction trashy goods, but good Goods, purchased in a regular way for
cash. Call and see them.
V. RICHARDS & I {HO..
CORNER BY THE PLANTERS’ HOTEL.
nov23-3
CARPETS. CARPETS.
Tlie Earnest Stock in tlie South at
PRICES TO SUIT THE TIMES!
WE invite attention to our NEW STOCK of ELEGANT CARPETS, now open for
Fall Trade, consisting of
BEAUTIFUL BRUSSELS and VEL VET CARPETS,
HEAVY 3 PLY and INGRAIN CARPETS,
1,000 YARDS STRIPE CARPET at 24, 35 and 50c„
HEARTH RUGS, CRUMB CLOTHS and DOOR MATS,
FLOOR OIL CLOTHS of all widths, including the best English,
LACE CURTAINS, CORNICES and LAMBREQUINS,
3,000 CLOTH WINDOW SHADES, all sizes, from $1 a piece up,
CANTON and COCOA MATTINGS,
TABLE OIL CLOTHS, HAIR CLOTHS,
1,000 ROLLS WALL PAPER and BORDERS.
1,000 PAPER SHADES and FIRE SCREENS.
LOW PRICES and QUICK SALES for CASH or city acceptances is our motto.
Any New York bill duplicated.
JAMES G. BAILIE & BRO.,
EitablUlitd Twenty-five Years at
3015 BROAD STREET, AUGUSTA, Ga.
nov23-ct
WILLIAM PENDLETON. HUGH H. PENN'/
PENDLETON & PENNY,
PROPRIETORS OF THE
PENDLETON BOARDMAN
FOUNDRY Jyjafea, MACHINE
Augusta, ;'V- |i' Georgia.
Patentees and manufacturers of the Georgia
Cotton Press, furnish to [. or der Steam Engines
and Boilers, Saw Mills, ~,JL Crist Mills, Flour Mills,
Horse owers, iug Machines, Pumps,
Iron Railing, Water s, Gin Gearing
all sizes; Cotton Presses for Hand, Horse and Water Power.
Repairing neatly executed in any part of the country. sep3o-thsattu3m
mmm ooloonb.
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 genuine that does not bear
the written signature of Chas. H. Greene.
novl4-6m
Dobbin’s Electric Soap!
AND RETAIL.
JAMES G. BAILIE &, BRO.,
uov2u-5t aen** far Aduvbta, 11a.
Mrs- V- V- Collins*
lr BROAD STREET.
WOULD inform her friends and the
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, &c., all of
which will be disposed of at such moderate
prices as to make it an inducement for all
to give her a call. novlS-thsasulm
THE NATIONAL BANK OF AUGUSTA.
SAFE DEPOSIT BOXES
THIS ?! R re Pared to lease small
SAFES inside its fire proof vault
at moderate rates, for the reception of
Bonds, Securities, Deeds, Legal Docu
ments, Plate, Coin, Jewelry, and valuables
of every description. G. M. THEW
novli-ly* Cashier.
SHOES! SHOES! SHOIS!
Boots ! Boots! Boots!
*433 Broad Street. fJBB
(D. R. Wright's Old Stand,)
Oppoiit* Masoni# Hall.
. ■ a*
Call and price my Goods.
The Best and Cheapest in the
State.
No one can sell cheaper.
Ask for any make and size.
You can get it.
J. A. WISE,
338 BROAD STREW, Augusta, Ga.
nov2l-uwe*w