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Q\)t Constitutionalist
AUGUSTA. C3-A..:
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Tuesday Moi*ning, December 7. 1875.
The Meeting of Congress.
For the first time in fifteen years, the
Democratic party controls the House
of Representatives. With a Republi
can President and Senate, it would be
a miracle indeed if a game of cross
purposes did not ensue, more especially
as the Presidential campaign is so near
at hand, and so much is to be won or
lost by antagonistic organizations. It j
is a good thing for the oouutry, how
ever, that Republicanism as a monopoly
lias ceased. If Mr. Lamar’s able aud
eloquent speech before the Democratic
caucus may bo taken as an outline of
t.he party programme, there will beau
honest and earnest effort upon the part
of the majority in the House of Repre- ■
sentatives to cultivate national in- j
stead of sectional feelings, and I
put an extinguisher upon lavish expen- j
ditures of the public fund. It is con- :
tended that a reduction can be made in
the expenses of Government at least
§50,000,000. “Running the machine,”
as Lincoln phrased it, now costs §300,-
000,000 per annum. Recent develop
ments show that the robberies in the
pension and revenue departments are
enormous. It will indeed be the work
of Hebculks to clean these Augean sta
bles; but the Democratic party must at
least attempt the task, aud, if it prove
a futile one, throw the responsibility of
failure upon the Senate and the Execu
tive. In fifteen years of almost unre
strained power, the Republican party >
has proven recklessly corrupt aud ex
travagant. The Democratic House
must use the pruning hook with firm- j
ness and decision. §?The chief points
for reformation are said to be the Navy,
Army, Indian Bureau and Civil Service.
Complaints are loud against the U. S.
Marshals and Attorneys. That such
rattling of dry bones will raise a dread
ful howl, and be attended, in some
cases, with hardship, is likely enough ;
but the people at large are determined
that if they have been forced to come
down to hard-pan, the Government
officials shall share in the common ob
ligation.
The Speaker of the House, Mr. Kerr,
is said to be a high-toned, talented and
justly distinguished man. His oppo
nents, however, claim that his advocacy
of the New Idria Mining Company is a
blot on his escutcheon; and his extraor
dinary change of base from extreme
inflation to hard money is quoted
against him, as an indication of insta
bility of opinion. He may claim, on
the other hand, that wise men some
times chaDge their minds wholesomely,
and it would be a difficult matter to
find any statesman who, on issues at
least, has not, in a career of any length,
turned a political somersault. The
most pronounced fear of Mr. Kerr’s
perfect fitness for Speaker is his bad
health. The drain upon his nervous
system will be Immense, and herein
will consist his severest ordeal. The
Democrats no doubt did their best in
selecting Mr. Kerr, since a Southern
man being out of the question, the ma
terial to choose from appeared to be
lather scant and of doubtful propriety.
The Senate is not without difficulties
of its own, so far as the Presiding
Officer is concerned. Mr. Ferry is re
garded suspiciously by the hard money
men. His position on the currency
issue is that there should be no dis
turbance of the present status, unless
the people demand a change. Whether
he shall find it convenient or not to
change his base, as so many others
have done, remains to be seen. The
Senate has a right to displace Mr.
Ferry, but it would be against all pre
cedent.
The President will no doubt throw a
flre-brand into theHoosn on the Span
ish question, and it may be that, under
such pressure, the attention of the
Democracy will be drawn from cur
tailment of ex penses, investigation of
alleged Republican irregularities, and
the financial problem. A great deal
depends upon the potency of business
men and corporations to make them
selves heard above the din of war or
anti-war talk. It is to be hoped that
something will be done to restore :
health and confidence to trade, but the !
prospect is not promising when we con
aider the jarring elements of Congre m i
and the tremendous efforts to be made I
by politicians to get the upper hand of
each other in the great drama of 1876.
In a Nut Shell.—A writer in Frank
Leslie’s paper puts the matrimonial
question pithily thus; “There is al
together too much marrying by form
of law those who, at the most, are only
a thiid or half married in other ways ;
and there is altogether too much urg
ing and coaxing and alluring young
people into the most important and
sacred of all human relations before
they are prepared or moved to assume
its burdens, and by those who ought
to know better and act with more con
sideration. We make too much of
marrying and being married, until it is
thought by many people somewhat of
a disgrace for a woman to pass through
life alone, when, in fact, the life of I
many a single woman is poetry, ro
mance, rapture even, in comparison I
with that of many a wife. So there is j
a vast deai of marrying with very little i
of real marrying; a vast deal of die- i
content, heartache, misery, hypocrisy, j
and unmarryiug at the last. What we
want is, not a more stringent divorce I
law, but a better understanding of the j
moral law, which forbids the marrying i
of those Dot already one; not less
marrying, but less marrying where
there is no real marrying. And above
all, let there be no inciting or bribing
those to marry who are not drawn to
each other, and hold inseparably to
gether by qualities of mind and soul.”
This is as true as the gospel according
to St. Luke.
Astor.— lt has been grimly observed
that Mr. Astor’s death doesn’t seem to
make much difference to most of us.
We are not cutting off any more cou
pons than usual, and ten cents a pint
for peanuts comes just as hard as it
ever did.
Lord Houghton and Slavery.
A few evenings since, Lord Hough
ton was feasted at the Lotus Club of
New York. “Between the sherry and
champagne,” he made a speech to his
Northern entertainers, a portion of
which has been reported as follows ;
There was one ground of sympathy be
tween you and the English people, which
you had the fullest right to believe would
have been absolute and overpowering. The
‘ English nation had put itself forward as
the great opponent of slavery throughout
the world. She had stated at the Congress
in Vienna that the one point which Eng
land required as the sine qua non in all in
ternational arrangements should be the
abolition of the slavery trade. For that
pui pose England not only asserted herself,
but Interfered even beyond the limits of the
laws of nations with all the powers of the
world that di l not live up to that ideal.
Therefore you had a perfect right to be
lieve and suppose that in a matter in which
you were not only nationally, but me rally
implicated, that ques-.ion, by England,
would be fully considered. I cannot say
that it was so, but I as an individual have
not tho right t reproa hmy country upon
that point. That was not my lirst feeling
in the matter. I felt, I knew that slavery
was doomed over the civilized world. My
heart, mr Instincts, far more, ray sense of
the well-being of overy civilized State, was
against the continuance cf that institution.
I knew that though It was possible, aye, I
would say probable, that the condition of
the slave might in many instances be bet
ter than that of the free, laborers of the
world, that the condition of the slave
owner was incompatible with the highest
form of moral culture, and the best condi
tion of the human race.
To which statements of the noble
lord, the Day Book makes a telling
retort as follows: “The English aris
tocracy have sought for a century to
debauch and delude the American peo
ple into miscegenation or mixing with
negroes, for that end reached, there
follows, of necessity, the total destruc
tion of Republican institutions on this
comment. If there had been no Ameri
can Republic in 1776, there would have
been no meddling with the natural re
j lation, or social adaptation of races in
America, but if they could so debauch
! and bedevil our people to think them-
I selves no better than negroes, and
I to ruin their institutions in a vain
i and devil-begotten effort to equal
ize with jthese unequal beings, of
course British aristocracy, based on the
forced degradation of their own flesh
and blood, might have anew lease of
life, and perhaps flourish yet for centu
ries to come. But think of this British
lord expressing his sympathy for the
degradation of Washington, Jefferson,
Madison, Jackson, Clay, Benton, Davis,
Lee, Breckinridge, etc., not only the
grandest types of our kind the world
ever saw, but there is not one in our
history worthy of a memory that was
not a ‘slave-holder’ or a man with their
principles!”
The Day Book might have added
that since the English and New Eng
land policy prevailed, the chances of
having men like the grand and heroic
models of mankind have decidedly de
creased. Look at the Ring-public
which has been substituted for the
Republic, and behold its conspicuous
characters, in and out of the penitenti
ary !
The Wine Harvest in France. —A
sharp calculator has made an effort to
present the French wine product of
1875 to popular understanding. He
says it amounts to 2,000,000,000 gallons,
and asserts that it would fill a canal
| three and a half feet deep and three
and a half feet wide 4,600 miles long.
He calculates further that to draw 25
; gallons a minute it would take 135 years
and 18 days to draw off the whole quan
tity. The most productive department
is that of Herault. It produced 2,500,-
000 gallons of wine. Just think how
many men it takes to consume that
supply, and how many are obliged to
substitute New Jersey champagne and
I St. Louis beer!
Habits of Economy.— Mr. Laurent,
professor of law In the Universy of
Ghent, Belgium, hit upon a capital
plan for promoting habits of economy
among the public schools of that city.
It is said that, by his advice, savings
bauks were established in each of the
j schools, and the children encouraged to
| deposit their pennies. The wisdom of
I the scheme is shown in tho fact that at
[ the present time thirteen thousand of
the fifteen thousaud scholars attending
the public schools in Ghent have suc
ceeded in getting themselves accounts
opened at the State Savings Bank, with
about §90,000 to their credit. This Is
a valuable hint to parents and guardi
ans, as they descend to “hard-pan.”
A New Dodge.—To increase its popu
larity, or in the hope of doing so, the
New York Telegram proposes to insert
in its Sunday edition the advertise
ments of chambermaids, cooks and
other applications for menial positions
free of charge. It is a popular story
that when Bennett, of the Herald, was
offered a handsome sura of money to
support the South in 1860-61, he replied
that his income from cooks and other
servant girls was far greater than the
sum named.
Expectations. —Taking the Paris and
Vienna Expositions as bases of calcu
lation, the Philadelphians expect to
make much money out of the Centen
nial. At Paris ten million people en
tered and, at Vienna, seven million. It
is believed that within a radius of two
hundred and fifty miles of the Quaker
City six million persons will visit the
big show.
Christlancy. —The Michigan Senator
says there is no radical difference be
tween tbe Republican and Democratic
platforms, now-a-day. He adds that
if they were to be placed on the table
side by side, without their respective
captions, he would defy any one to tell
them apart. There is much truth in
this remark. The leaders of the Dem
ocratic party have contrived, within
the last ten years, to make a contest,
on principle, between themselves and
Radicalism, almost impossible.
Salaries.— The Governor of Con
necticut receives $2,000; Delaware,
$1,333; Illinois, $1,500; Michigan, $1,500;
Nebraska, $1,000; New Hampshire,
$1,000; Oregon, $1,500; Rhode Island,
$1,000; Vermont, SI,OOO. The end man
of a minstrel troupe and the clown in a
third rate circus would scorn such
wages.
Centennial.— A wag exclaims : “Just
think on’t I One hundred years from
now will be the centennial of the
whiskey ring.”
The Brain.— A writer in the Balti
more Sun states that Vice-President
Wilson’s brain was not above the aver
age of the American male. If anything,
it was a trifle below it. The same wri
ter adds:
Many of the great statesmen and scholars
of the world have had brains much above
tne average weight. So that while we can
not classify men’s intellects by the num
bers on their hats, it would be as unreason
able to expect a great display of mental
i power from a man with a brain muc * be
low the average as to look for wind and
, physical endurance from a man with a
1 chest below the average standard. Such
i anomalous cases as that of the London
eartman cannot be explained with our pres
ent knowledge, though he is eclipsed by an
Indian woman, whose brain, now in the
Army Medical Museum, was found to
weigh sixty-nine ounces, and is probably
the largest ever recorded. The world never
heard of her as a genius, and it was no
doubt a lusus natures by which she was en
dowed with au organ of such ponderous
dimensions.
A good deal depends upon what we
call the soul, which informs the brain,
and there is much in culture and train
ing.
A Bogus Tell. The Courier-Journal
thus descants upon an imitation of
William Tell which ended tragically ;
“Dr. McWilliams, one of the festive
party, who, with an abundance of
flowing bowls, held high carnival in
Shreveport, La., one night not long
ago, placed an empty bottle on his
head and expressed a desire for some
body to shoot at it. Whereupon Mr.
Cicero Stephens, as obliging a .fellow
as ever broke bread, stepped forward
and generously volunteered to gratify
the doctor’s wish. Accordingly, Mr.
Stephens leveled his pistol and blazed
away. It would be unjust to say that,
as a pistol-shot, Mr. Stephens is a
fraud, for it was agreed by everybody
present—at least by everybody present
who was sober enough to agree to any
thing—that if he had put his ball three
inches higher, the bottle would have
| been shattered Instead of the doctor’s
: brain. For our part, we are confident
that Stephens is a splendid shot, and
shall never cease to regret that, as
soon as the doctor’s funeral was over,
his friends who were present on the
occasion in question did not put bot
tles on their heads and give him a
white man’s chance to show what he
can do when he tries.”
A German Girl.— We read in one of
| our exchanges that as a German girl
: approaches the completion of her edu
; cation, her studies are somewhat re
, laxed, and she attends once or twice a
week at a Nahschule, where lessons
are given her in cutting out, fixing,
piecing, patching and darning, and all
ornamental stitching. She will make
for herself a complete outfit against
the day when she emerges from school
girlhood iuto young ladyism. That’s
the kind of girl deserving of a good
husband,
South Carolina. —The so-called cen
sus of South Carolina is thought to be
a fraud. The Columbia Register is of
the opinion that the black vote does
not exceed that of the whites more
! than twenty thousand.
Schenck.—The New York Tribune
having said that no paper has a good
word to say of General Schenck, tho
New York Commercial Advertiser de
clares that it has persistently and re
peatedly avowed that the General is
probably the very best draw-poker
player that America lias ever pro
duced.
Scarce.— From war service, or some
I other cause, the women in Germany
| exceed the men numerically 755,875. A
; discrepancy like that is not good for
morals.
I Paul Morphy.—lt has been denied
j that Paul Morphy is insane. He only
practices law.
ASSIGNEE’S SALE.
BIGNON & CRUMP, Auctioneers.
11HE entire stock of FAMILY GROCE
. RLES, at store of Calvin <fc Jones, will
be sold at auction, beginning WEDNES
DAY, December Bth, at 10 o’clock. The
personal propertv, such as WAGON, DRAY,
TRUCKS, SCALES, COUNTERS, SHELV
ING, etc., will also be sold at same time.
Any of above property may be treated for
at private sale. Persons indebted are
hereby notified that ail claims not paid by
December Bth will be placed in suit.
JOHN S. DAVIDSON.
nov3o-tuthsat-tdeoß _ Assignee.
ASSIGNEE’S SALE.
By RAMSEY & D’ANTIGNAC. Auctr’s
WILL be sold at the Lower Market
House, in the city of Augusta, on
the FIRST TUESDAY in DECEMBER,
1875, between the legal hours of sale, all the
insol vent Notes, Accounts and Judgments
which were assigned to me by J. W. Apel.
List of i-ame may be found posted at the
Lower Market ana at Office of the under
signed. Claims sold without warrantee of
any kind. A. BRANDT,
nov9-law4w Assignee.
Watches, Clocks, Jewelry,
MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS, ETC,
AT AUCTION.
(BIGNON & CRUMP, Auctioneers.)
WILL sell at Store on Thursday, De
cember 9th, 1875, at 10% o’clock a.
m., and 7 p. m., a large lot of Fine Gold
and Common Jewelry, Watches, Musical
Instruments, Clocks, Pocket Knives, Brit
tania Spoons and Forks. Work Boxes,
Satchels, Spectacles, Eye Glasses, etc., etc ,
being the remainder of the Stock of J,
KAPLAN, left with us for sale.
decs-4
COAL!
CAHABA, COAL CREEK and ANTHRA
CITE CO \LS lor sale at Lowest Prices.
O-ders lert at Roaney & Durban’s, 200
Broad street, or W. I. Delph’s, 265 Broad
street, will receive prompt attention.
F. M. STOVALL,
No. 1 Warren Block.
no v7-suwefrlm
NOTICE.
A. PORTION of the well-known KIRK
PATRICK PLANTATION is for rent For
terms apply to
decl-tf JOHN B. CAMPBELL.
Fruitland Nurseries, Augusta, Ga.
PJ. BERCKMANS, Proprietor. Orders
• for Trees, Plants, Bulbs, Seeds, etc.
etc., left with the undersigned will be promt
lv attended to.
GEORGE SYMMS, Agent,
No. 221 Broad Street,
sepfcJ-6m _____ Augusta, Ga.
NOTICE.
THE firm of S. D HEARD &SON was dis
solved on the 18th inst, bv the death
of 8. D. Heard. The affairs of the firm
will be settled by R. W. Heard, surviving
partner, who will continue the business in
all its branches.
nov2B-tf
SPECIAL NOTICES.
•or ‘'.tit- m
A C ARD.
TO ALL WHO ARE SUFFERING FROM
the errors and indiscretion of vouth, nervous
weakness, early decay, loss of manhood, etc.,
I will send a recipe that will cure 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.
nov2S-tUthsa*c3rn
ColOnLts, Emigrants and Trave.erj Westward.
FOR MAP CIRCULARS, CONDENSED
time tables and general infer > ation in re
gard to transportation facilities to all points
in Tennessee, Arkansas, Missouri, Minne
sota, Colorado, Kansas, Texas, lowa, New
Mexico. Utah and California, apply to or ad
dress Albebt B. Wbenn, General Railroad
Agent Office Atlanta. Ga,
No one should go West without first getting
in communication with the General Rail
road Agept. and become informed as to su
perior advantages, cheap and quick trans
portation of families, household goods,
st ck, and farming implements gene ally.
All information cheerfully given.
W. L. DANLEY,
sepl4-6m G.
Girardey’s Opera House.
ONE NIGHT ONLY.
TUESDAY, DECEMBER 7.
HAYERLY’S MINSTRELS.
The Largest and Mo 3t Refined Min
strel Organization in ths World !
In AN ENTIRE NEW PROGRAMME!
CHASTE, BRIGHT AND ELEGANT!
Seats three days in advance at Oates”
Book Store. dec4-3
LADY WASHINGTON’S
TEA PARTY.
THE Ladies of the Church of the Atone
ment, assisted by the Ladies of St.
Paul’s Church and other kind friends, will
give a LADY WASHINGTON’S TEA
PARTY, at Masonic Hall, on WEDNES
DAY NIGHT, December Bth, 1875, for the
BENEFIT OF PARSONAGE FUND. The
Thirteen original States of the Confedera
tion will be represented by tables decorated
with appropriate shields, mottoes, etc.,
and presided over by Ladles attired in the
costumes of the days of Lady Washington.
The tables will be well supplied with all
the substantiate aud delicacies the season
affords, and a splendid HO P SUPPER can
be obtained for the sum of 75 cents. Oysters
in every style in abundance. Gentlemen
and Ladies are invited to attend in the cos
tume of 1776 if they feel so disposed.
The Doors will be opened at 7:30 o’clock
and remain open until one o’clock. A fine
Band of Music will be in attendance. The
Hall will be pleasantly heated. No raffling
or voting will be allowed. Admission at
the door, 25 cents. decs-3
PLANTERS’ HOTEL]
AUGUSTA, GA.
THE Additions and Improvements made
to this HOTEL during the past Sum
mer, give such an increase of accommoda
tions and facilities that the Proprietor is
now prepared to offer liberal terms to
Families, Single Persons and Table Board
ers. It is the intention, and no pains will
bo spared, to make the HOTEL comforta
ble and home-like, for Local loardefs
well as Transient Guests.
B. P. CHAT FIELD.
decs-4 Proprietor.
GLOBE HOTEL
P. MAY, Pboprietou.
Corner of Broad and Jackson Streets,
AUGUSTA, G A.
IT Has all the Modern Improvements.
Guests will receive the best of atten
tion. All the delicacies served 1n their ap
propriate seasons. Its location is the most
Central in the city. Special Rates offered
to Traveling Agents and Shows.
Local Boarders can find at this Hotel all
the comforts of a home. decs-2m
Flour, Oats, Meal, Hay,
Dry Salt Sides and Shoulders.
ICar Load (700 bushels) Choice MIXED
OATS.
ICar (700 bushels) Choice BLACK SEED
OATS.
2 Cars (1,400 bushels) Choice WHITE SEED
OATS,
2 Cars (800 bushels) WHITE BOLTED
MEAL, in new 2-bushel sacks.
100 bales prime Mixed Hay; 800 barrels
Western Flour, favorite brands, Choice Su
per Family, and Fancy Grades. To arrive,
20,000 lbs, Dry Salt Sides and Shoulders, 20
days in salt, well cured. On consignment
and for sale LOW, for CASH, by
J. M. BERRY,
decs-4 Commission Merchant.
Plumber and Gas Fitter
BRASS COCKS, for Steam or Water Pipes
Pumps, Hydrants, Iron, Lead and
Block Tin Piping, etc., etc.
Repairing and Jobbing promptly attend
ed to bv P. MoAULIFFE,
Bear of Store No. 255, Broad etreot,
decs-6 " Augusta, Ga.
STANDING COMMITTEES
OF THE
City Council of Augusta
AND
BOARD OF HEALTH.
iß7s’-re.
Finance— Sibley, Young, O’Donnell, Walker.
Streetz and Drains— Young, Meyer, Foster,
Evans.
Police—Eveans, Meyer, Philip, Foster.
Houghton Institute—Young, Foster, O’Don
nell, Meyer.
Bridge, River Bank and Wharves—O’Don
nell , Meyer, Bennett, Hill.
Pumps and Wells —Bennett, Thompson,
Evans. Foster.
Engines— Philip, Walker, O’Donnoli,Thomp
son.
South Commons— Pournelle, Bennett, Hill,
Sibley.
Turknett Springs and Water Works—Pour
nolle, Meyer, Hill, Philip.
Markets— Meyer, Pournelle, Bonnet, Foster.
Health—Foster, Thompson, Pournelle,
Philip.
City Hall— Hill, Sibley, Evans, Bennett.
JaU—' Thompson, Pournelle. Philip, Foster.
Lampa—Foster, Young. Sibley, Evans.
Canal— Meyer, Philip, Evans, Hill.
Hospital- -Evans, Foster, Bennett, Meyer.
Printing— Walker, Sitdey, Pnilip, Evans.
Magazine and Military —Hill, Pournelle,
Thompson, Young
Shows ana Exhibitions— Bennett, Thompson,
Evans, Walker.
Railroads— Walker, Pournelle, Young, Sib
ley.
Special Water Works—O’Donnell, Sibley,
Walker, Young.
Cemeteries— Thompson, Pournelle, Walker,
Philip.
BOARD OF HEALTH.
From Council— Foster, Thompson, Pour
nelle, O’Donnell.
lirst Ward- J,T. Bothwell, J. W. Bessman,
Samuel Levy-
Second Ward— Jos. Meyers, Z. McCord, Jno.
M. Clark.
Third Ward—FL. A. Fleming, C. R. Stone,
John J. Cohen, Sr.
Fourth Ward— Dr, J. T. Kinchley, F. Cogin,
W. D, Bowen. decs-3
DISSOLUTION
THE Firm of JOHN C. MOORE & CO. was
dissolved on the first day of Decem
ber, by limitation. JOHN C. MOORE,
Dee. 4, 1875. D.B. HACK.
NOTICE.
IN order to settle up the business of the
late Firm. I will sell the stock now on
hand at COST, for CASH.
JOHN C. MOORE.
December 4,1876. < *<ss-6
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.
CHRISTMAS, CHRISTMAS,
AT THE
FREDERICKSBURG DRY GOODS STORE
BEAUTIFUL GOODS, of all kinds, suits- !
ble for CHRISTMAS PRESENTS, from
an excellent CALICO (not trash) at 6%c., up
to any other kind of Goods you wish.
If you would save money, examine the
Goods at the FREDERICKSBURG STORE
before making your purchases.
Y. RICHARDS & BRO.,
dec7-4 Corner by tho Planters’ Hotel.
SCHOOL WANTED.
A GENTLEMAN (native of France), who,
during the past sixteen years, has
followed the profession of Toacher and
Principal of Female Academics, both in
Virginia and Maryland, desires to take
charge of a School where he can teach.
Winter and Summer, in some pleasant and
healthy locatiou in Georgia.
He has n his possession a large number
of Testimonials from heads of Colleges,
Academies and Seminaries, where he nas
been employed; also, from members of the
Clergy. Will be pleased to correspond with
Trustees or Directors of Schools, in any
part of the State where a vacancy may
exist. Please address
PROF. LOUIS GAN BIN.
No. 2,2201 Street,
dec7-tf Washington, D. C.
WANTED,
A. SUITE OF TWO OR THREE FUR
NISHED ROOMS, without Board-Parlor
aud Two Bed Rooms preferred. Must be
within five minutes’ walk of the Planters’
Hotel. Address
dec7-tf OFFICE CONSTITUTIONALIST.
A BOOK-KEEPER,
Of MANY YEARS’ PRACTICAL EXPE
RIENCE, desires to make an engagement
for the next year. Salary reasonable. Can
lurnish city references. Address
PENDLETON,
dec7-5* {Constitutionalist Office.
SITUATION WANTED
A. YOUNG MAN, of good address, who Is
ABLE and WILLING to WORK, would
like to get a Situation. Address, for two
days, “EMPLOYMENT,"
dec7-l* Care of This Office
TO RENT,
THE Comfortable Dwelling, on Walker
street, second door below Centro, north
side, lately occupied bv the late Mr. Wal
pole. Water aud Bath Tub, and all conve
niences. Rent LOW. Possession given
immediately. Apply to D. GRAHAM,
dec7-l Corner Telfair and Centre streets.
Meeting of tfee Board of Education.
ACCORDING to the Resolution of the
Board, the members are requested to
meet at tho Court House on the SECOND
MONDAY IN DECEMBER, Instant, for the
consideration of accounts and hearing ap
plications for examination of Teachers;
and aiso for considerations and action upon
the subject of High Schools.
A. H. McLaws, J. T. SHEWMAKE,
Secretary. President B. E. R. C.
I dec7-2
E. Barry & Cos
SIGN OF THE TWO MORTARS,
SiGI Broad Stroet.,
• ' ' ’
■ APOTHECARIES, CHEMISTS 4 DRUGGISTS
Compound prescriptions with
accuracy aud dispatch. Sell all
PROPRIETARY MEDICINES
At lowest prices. Have a largo assort
ment of
Colognes, Extracts, Pomades
HAIR OILS, LILY WHITE, ETC.
Offer a large assortment of
HAIR BRUSHES, COMBS,
TOOTH BRUSHES,
At a very moderate profit.
Best Brandy and Whiskey !
For medicinal use.
PURE COOKINGISODA,
COOKING EXTRACTS.
SPARKLING GELATINE
And all kinds of SPICES. Also,
White Lead, Varnish, Turpentine, Etc.
It will be to your interost to call before
purchasing. DO IT, AND SAVE MONEY!
decs-tf
BRIDAL CAKES,
X YRAMIDS, Steeples and Ornamented
CAKES, Wines, Liquors, Cordials, GRO
CERIES, Home-Made Cakes Ornamented
to order, Augusta Stick Candy at Whole
sale and Retail, Christmas Toys, Oranges,
Lemons, Apples, Raisins, Figs, eto., Al
monds, Walnuts, Pecans, Cocoanuts, etc.
Splendid assortment of the very beat
FRENCH CANDY, at FRENCH STORE,
under Central Hotel.
dec2-lm L. GUERIN.
CHINA TEA STORE
BY
K. N. HOTCHKISS.
Cheapest House in the City
TO BUY
Grocer ies.
TEAS-TEAS-TEAS.-Also. a carefully
selected stock of Pure Fresh-Roasted
COFFEES, ground here.
Just arrived, Confectionery. Nuts of all
kinds, New Raisins, Figs, Dates, Currants,
Citron, Cranberries, Oranges, Lemons, Po
tatoes and Apples, by the barrel, at lowest
prices.
Aiso, Choice Wines and Liquors by case
or gallon.
Champagne—Piper <fc Co”—by the basket
—lower than ever before offered.
Call and see us. A word to the wise, <fec.
Remember the holidays are at hand.
Opposite the Fountain—Red Gilt Front.
R. N. HOTCHKISS,
nov9-tf (novlstly) Proprietor.
COLES & SIZER. 1
• vs. i Bill for Account,
JOHN M CLARK, \ Ete,
BEN J. C. FLANAGAN, I
ET AL. J
Richmond Superior Court, April lerm, 1874.
The undersigned having been appointed
Auditor in the above stated case, by an or
der passed at the October Term (1878) of
Richmond Superior Court, with authority,
after notice, to sit and bear evidence, and
investigate all matters of accoqht in said
cause, and to report the result thereof to
said Court, notice Is hereby given to all
parties interested in said cause, whether as
parties or as creditors, to present their re
spective claims and accounts to me, at my
office, No. 225 Broad street, Augusta. Ga.,
at ten o’clock a. ra., on the 9th, 10th and llth
days of December, 1875, with evidence to
sustain the same. CHAS, A. HARPER,
nov2l-sututh tfldeell Auditor.
LEGAL ADVERTISEMENTS.
£3" Ihe following Advertisements are pub
lished at the request of many of our Subscrib
ers, who take the Constitutionalist only.
PETITION FOR LETTERS OF DISMIS
SION—GEORGIA, RICHMOND COUN
TY.—Whereas. John 8. Davidson, Esq,, ap
plies to me for Letters of Dismission on the
estate of Lemuel Dwelle, deceased, late of
said county—
These are, therefore, to cite and admonish,
all and singular the kindred and creditors of
said deceased, to be and appear at my office,
on or before the first MONDAY IN MARCH.
1876, to show cause, if any they have, why said
Letters should not be granted.
Given under my hand and official signa
ture, at office in Augusta, this 8d day of De
cember, 1816. SAMUEL LEVY,
dec6-law3m Ordinary.
Georgia, Lincoln county-to all
WHOM IT MAY CONCERN.-Socrates
G. N. Furguson, having, in proper form, ap
plied to me for Permanent Letters of Admin
istration on the estate of Frederick H. Ed
munds, late of said county—
This is to cite, all and singular, the credi
tors and next of kin of Frederick H. Edmunds
to be and appear at my office, within the time
allowed by law. and show cause, if any they
can, why permanent administration should
not be granted to 8. G, N. Ferguson on Fred
erick H. Edmunds’ estate.
Witness my hand and official signature,
December Ist, 1875. B. F. TATOM,
decs-w4t Ordinary L. C.
Columbia Sheriff’s Sale.
'ITTILL be sold before the Court House
“t door, in Appling, Columbia county,
Georgia, within the legal hours of sale, on the
first TUESDAY IN DECEMBER next, 3,0(0
pounds Cotton Seed, 2,000 pounds Fodder, 70
bushels Corn. The above property is on the
plantation of Mr. A. L. Cooper, and will be
sold by sample. Levied on as the property
of Colline Johnson, to satisfy a distress war
rant, in favor of A. L. Cooper,
Levy made by A. 8. Phillips, Constable, and
turned over to me as Sheriff.
J. M. T ANKERSLEY,
dee6-td Sheriff Columbia County.
Columbia Sheriff’s Sale.
Georgia, Columbia county.—wm be
sold before the Court House door, at
Appling, in said county, within the legal
hours of sale, on the first TUESDAY IN JAN
UARY next, a tract of land containing fifteen
hundred and sixty acres, more or less, lying
in the 134th District, G. M., said county, and
adjoining lands of Thos. A. Blanchard, Mrs.
Merriwether, and others, whereon Marion
McDaniel now lives. Levied on as the prop
erty of Marion McDaniel, to satisfy sundry
fl. fas in my hand, to-wit: One issuing from
the Columbia Superior Court, in favor of W,
M. and M. P. Reese vs. Thos. A, Blanchard
and Marion McDaniel; also five others issu
ing from said Court; first, Z. McCord vs. Ma
rion McDaniel; second, Pollard & Cos. vs.
Marion McDaniel and W. C. Ward; third,
Wm. Willingham vs. Marion McDaniel and
Thos. A.Blanchard; fourth, Pollard A Cos. vs.
Marion McDaniel; fifth, James Miller vs. Ma
rion McDaniel; also, one issuing from the
County Court of said county, in favor of Ru
dolph J. Blount, guardian of John P. Blount.
Written notice of said levy served on the
defondant In possession.
JAMES M. TANKERSLEY,
December 1, 1875. Sheriff C. C.
decs-wtd.
Taliaferro Sheriff’s Sale.
WILL BE SOLD, before the Court House
door, in the town of Crawfordville Tal
iaferro conn; y. on the FIRST TUESDAY IN
JANUARY next, within the lawful hours of
sale, one bay horse, one black horse mule,
and one yoke of oxen. Levied on as the prop
erty of Jas. W• Flynt, to satisfy a fl. fa. from
the Suierior Court aforesaid county, in
favor of J. F. A L. J. Miller vs. Jas. W. Flynt.
Property pointed out by defendant.
This December 2d, 1875.
M. D. L. GOOGER,
dees-wti Sheriff.
EXECUTOR’S SALE.
IN accordance with the last"will and testa
ment of Benjamin Tutt, late of Lincoln
county deceased, will be sold, on the FIRST
TUESDAY in JANUARY next, before the
Court House door, in the town of Lincolnton,
within the legal hours of sale, a tract or par
cel of LAND, containing one hundred and
ninety-eight and seven-tenihs (198 7-io) acres,
adjoining lands of James D. Henderson, es
tate of Benjamin Tutt, R. W. Davie and
others, commonly known as the “ Hawe’s
Tract.” Through said tract runs *' Shiver’s
Creek,” making twenty acres of good bottom
land. A plat of the premises can be seen at
the law office of W. D. Tutt, Thomson, Ga.
Terms cash. Purchaser to pay for papers.
W. D. TUTT.
dec4wtd Executor of Benjamin Tutt.
EXECUTRIX’S SALE.
STATE OF GEORGIA, RICHMOND COUN
TY.—WiII be sold, on the FIRST TUES
DAY in JANUAHY next, 1876, at the usual
place of public sales, in the city of Augusta,
ln said county, between the hours of 10 o’clock
a. m. and 4 o’clock p. m.. Twenty-one Shares
of the Capital Stock of the .Georgia Railroad
and Banking Company, being a portion of
the personal property of Isham J. Sims, late
of the State of Louisiana, deceased.
Terms of the Sale- Cash. This November
29th, 1875. A. M. SIMS, Executrix,
Per her Attorney in Fact,
dee2-td G. R. SIMS
L. P. Q. S.
Augusta Music House,
265 BROAD STREET,
HEADQUARTERS
FOR
PIANOS “ORGANS
LOW PRICES! QUICK SALES!
TWELVE of the Best Makbkh are repre
sented Every instrument warranted
to give entire satisfaction and sold on easy
terms of monthly payment?, 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. K6BINSON * CO.
MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS
In great variety at the
Augusta Music House,
265 BROAD STREET,
IMPORTED direct through the Savannah
Custom House, at lowest importers’
prices.
STL RING INSTRUMENTS.
Violins, Viollncellos, Bass, Double Bass,
Guitars, Zithers and Banjos.
keed instruments.
Accordeons, Flutinas, Concertinas, Mando
lins, Harmonicas, Clarionets, Flageo
lets, Reed Pipos and Violin Mutes.
Brass and Silver Instruments.
Bands supplied with full sets at Manufac
turers lowest prices.
MISCEIXAN EOUS.
Flutes, Tamborinos, Dulcimers, Tri
angles, Plcolos, 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 A CO.
MUSIC BOOKS AID 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 lu
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
g lease give the author’s name, also the
üblisher's.
G. O. ROBINSON A CO.
nov2l-tf
Excursion to Charleston !
An EXCURSION TRAIN will leave Au
gusta for Charleston, TUESDAY, Decern
her 7th, via Columbia and Florence. Round
trip from Augusta, Thb*h Dollars. One
day in Charleston. dec!-2
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.
Something extra T
o
1,500 Ladies’ Silk Ties, all Colors, at 25c., sold
this Season at 75c.
50 doz. Ladies’ Merino Undervests, at 50c. each.
200 doz. Ladies’, Gents’ and Children’s Merino
Undervests, all Grades and Prices.
Misses’ Fancy Hose, a Full Line of Striped and
Solid Colors.
Worsted Fringes, all Colors.
JAMES A. GEAY & CO.
- __ decs-tf . ~
BLANKETS !!
THE MOST MAGNIFICENT STOCK of
BED BLANKETS
Ever Shown in Augusta is now on Exhibition at
JAMES A. GRAY & CO.’S.
nov24-tf
NEW GOODS
PANIC PRICES!!
OUR BUYER has just returned from New York, where, Inconsequence of the dull
ness of the times and the anxiety of Manufacturers and Importers to reduce their
stocks, he h*s bought Goods at prices that have no proportion to the cost of producing
them. Never before have we been able to offer such a VARIED ASSOR LMEN l of
NEW AND DESIBABLE 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 s£.so.
25 Pieces Black Silks from 90c. to $4.
50 Pieces Colored Silks, including 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.
500 Pieces Colored Dress Goods, all New Styles, i elud
ing Cashmere de Baiges, Picardy Suitings, Melange Suitings,
Serges, Diagonals, Plaids, Alpacas, etc., in all colors, at 26c.
per yard, worth at least 45c.
Seal Brown, Navy Blue, Dark Slate and all other desir
able shades in Cashmeres, All Wool Serges, Diagonals,
Mohairs, etc
A splendid line of New Plaid Dress Goods, in the most
desirable colors and patterns.
JAMES A. GRAY & Cos.
nov2l-tf (april 27ctly)
OLOAKS OREATLY REDUCED !
JAMESW. TURLEY
WILL OFFER, THIS WEEK. AT REDUCED PRICES. A COMPLETE STOCK OF
FASHIONABLE CLOAKS:
Our $6.50 Cloaks. English Broadcloth. Braided, reduced to $4.25.
Our SIO.OO Cloaks, English Beaver, Braided, reduced to $6.50.
Our $15.00 Cloaks, German Beaver, Richly Trimmed, reduced to SIO.OO.
Our $21.00 Cloaks, French Coating, Long Fronts and Fringed, reduced to $17.50.
Great Bargains in Black Mohairs and Brilliantines.
Our 50c. Pure Mohair, Rich Blue-Black, selling now at 35c. per yard.
Our 75c. Pure Mohair. Double Face, Rich Black, selling now at soc. per yard.
Our 85c. Black Lustre Brilliantine, Double Face, selling now at 60c. per yard.
Our $1 Pure Silk Finish Brilliantine, Double Face, selling now at 75c, per yard.
nov2l - ly AT JAMES W. TURLEY S.
Splendid Holiday Presents.
U. A. BRAHE,
Successorto F. A. Brahe &: Cos.,
Dealer in Watches, Diamonds, Jewelry, Silver Ware and
Fine Fancy Goods,
206 BROAD STREET,
(corner of Mclntosh street.)
HE has just received, of his own Importation, a magnificent line of ENGLISH
WATCHES, in gold and silver cases, suitable for Christmas Gifts.
An elegant assortment of STERLING SILVER WARE, either In Sets or
Single Pieces.
Beautiful Sets of JEWELRY in the very latest designs, set with CAMEO,
DIAMONDS and PEARLS.
Avery full assortment of the latest fashion of SILVER JEWELRY worked
in charming styles.
FRENCH CLOCKS, GOLD-HEADED CANES, STATUARY, BRONZE
MANTLE ORNAMENTS, etc., in great variety.
A choice selection of JET GOODS.
He has a very large invoice of GERMAN FANCY GOODS on the way, which
will be the handsomest assortment ever shown In Georgia. nov2B-6
James a. loflin,
GROCER
AND
Commission Merchant,
266 BROAD STREET,
AUGUSTA, GA.,
WILL keep constantly on hand a good
assortment of
Staple and Fancy
GROCERIES,
SUITABLE for the trade of this market.
Parties favoring me with their patro
nage, either in this city or Summerville,
can have the goods delivered at their resi
dences if desired.
nov2l-suwefrlm
Thos. Jefferson Jennings
Offers his Services to His Friends for the
SALE AND STORAGE OF GOTTON
OFFICE AT CLAGHORN, HERRING A CO.’.
HE has made arrangements to Receive,
Store, Sell and Advance on Cotton in
Store on the most favorable terms. Charges
for Storage, 25 cents per Bale per month.
Commissions for Selling, 50 cents per Bale.
Interest on advances, 1 per oent. per month.
Consignments solicited, and my beet per
sonal attention given to all business en
trusted to me.
T. JEFFERSON JENNINGS.
octls-fr&c3m
TIE NATIONAL BANK OF AUGUSTA
SAFE deposit BOXEH
THI3 BANK is prepared 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, ana valuables
of every description. G. M. THEW,
novlA-ly* Cashier.
>M SALE.
Will be sold, on the FIRS V TUESDAY
in MARCH, 1876, before the Court House
door. In Sparta, Hancock county, G orgia
between the hours of 10 o’clock a. in 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 the roughly well built; 55 feet
wide by 141 feet long, with two wings 20
feet long; Engine and Picker Room 21 feet
long, the Boiler Room making 55 by 188
feet full length. >
FIRST FCoORo! main building contains
96 looms, Folding Machine, Cloth Shearer
and Brasher, Sewing Machine and Rope
Room, with all necessary machinery for
making Rope.
SECOND FLOOR contains 40 Cards, 36
inches, and ail necessary machjnery for
making Roping, Ac. Second floor over En
gine Room contains 3 Pickers.
THIRD FLOOR contains 32 Spinning
Frames, 160 Spindles, eaen making in ail
5,120 Spindles.
FOURTH FLOOR—Sizing Room, Beam
ing and Reeling Room,(and Packing Room
and all necessary machinery for doing
good work.
I HE 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, Ac., 37 Op
erative Houses, together with si y: acres of
Land, on which said buildings are situated
Also, 615 acres of LAND, known as part
of the Brvant tract, near Mt. Zion—Bß
acres adjoining Turner and others, pur
chased from B. T. Harris’ estate; 106 3-5
acres adjoining Pardue A McCray, also
purchased from said estate; 195 acres ad
joiaing Twillev, Knowles and others our
ohased from M.. A. Sasnett; one Lot in
Sparta, on corner of square on which C W
Dußose’s residence is situated, containing
A acre; one lot between said corner lot and
Ba in Du^ o ? e ’ B T' ,s l id , ence ’ containing l / t 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 nre
mises; interest at 10 per oent. * 1
GEO. W. WAIKINS,
E. F. COTHERN,
... . SAMUEL A. PARDEE,
uovfi-tilmarl Stockholders.