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AUGUSTA. GJ-A.:
Wednesday Morning, Dec. 8, 1875.
ASTORIA N FACTS.
HOW A GREAT FORTUNE WAS
MADE AND HOARDED.
Points in the History of the Dead
Millionaire—Epitaph: He Never Re
duced a Rent—The Great Landlord
Compared with the Great Lawyer.
(Special Cor. of the Cincinnati Gazette.]
New Yoke, December 2.
The last month in the year opens
with a cold snap whose severity is sel
dom paralleled. This has given a sud
den impulse to the sale of everything
that assists human comfort. At this
bitter season one of the most cheerless
spectacles is the slow march of a fune
ral procession. Astor was buried be
fore the “cold snap” set in. At the
present temperature a drive of eight
miles would have been very unpleas
ant. His last ride was the longest he
had taken in many years. He kept a
carriage, but seldom made personal
use of it until the last year of his life.
A daily walk of a half mile each way
gave him good exercise, and this was
his practice for thirty years. The de
ceased capitalist finds his sepulture in
a spacious tomb, in what Is called
Trinity Cemetery, being the only one in
the precincts of the city in which inter
ment is permitted. It is In the upper
end of New York, and the surround
ings form an aristocratic suburb. In
this vault are the remains of the origi
nal John Jacob, and bis idiot son of the
same name, who died a few years ago
at an advanced age; also, those of Mrs.
Langdon (sister of William B.), and of
his wife, who died about three years
ago. They lived together sixty years,
a duration of married life seldom at
tained anywhere; this was, however,
paralleled in the history of Commo
dore Vanderbilt.
ASTOBIAN EACTS.
A great deal has been written con
cerning the late Wm. B. Astor, a large
part of which is very incorrect. Much
of the history of suck a family is man
ufactured out of street gossip. My
own memory of the Astors goes back
a third of a century, and previously to
that our families were intimate. The
first feature in their American history
is the German emigrant landiug with
a few guilders in his pocket, and receiv
ing protection from his brother Henry.
Next appears the same emigrant sell
ing fancy goods; then comes the fur
merchant; then the shipper to foreign
ports; then the owner of a vast estate;
then old age and death. Socially con
sidered, he is first the husband of Sa
rah Todd, who was just such a woman
as would take up with a German emi
grant of humble rank; then comes the
family—two sons and three daugh
ters; then the mother dies, and the
young people get married, while the
father remains a widower to the end.
The circle spreads. One daughter
marries Langdon, and another marries
Bristed; the third marries a German
baron, and spends her life in the father
land. The oldest sou becomes idiotic,
and the next one is the chief heir. For
twenty-seven years he wields the es
tate, aud last Saturday he was buried.
Another aspect is social position. The
two brothers, Henry and John Jacob
Astor, were at first among low people.
Henry was a butcher, and he aud John
Jacob were for years intimate, but the
family of the latter gradually dropped
the German associations. Henry died
and left his brother’s children half a
million. They were the most successful
pair of brothers New York has ever
seen.
FAME WANTED.
Old John Jacob early had a craving
for distinction. Thia at iast led to the
construction o£ a grand hotel which
bore his name. Up to the building of
the Astor House few had heard of the
capitalist. In addition to this, he em
ployed Washington Irving to write him
up in “Astoria,” and this book was pub
lished before the Astor House was
finished. In order to facilitate Mr.
Irving, a clerk was employed with a
salary of 53,000 to arrange all the old
papers, and thus relieve the author
from drudgery. It gratified the old
man to have Irving as a guest, and the
author passed much of his time during
the progress of this work at Aster’s
residence, near Hell Gate. The eclat
of entertaining such an author was fol
lowed by his retaining the learned
Cogswell in his service, and he soon
conceived the idea of a library which
should perpetuate his name. Halleck
had an ill-paid berth at the land office,
and with Irving and Cogswell, formed
a gifted trio who gave a distinction to
their patron. The old man died in
March, 1848, in his city residence—a
plain two-story brick house in broad
way, bearing on the door-plate, “Mr.
Astor.” After his death Tom Hamblin
occupied it, being then the lessee of the
Park Theatre, which also belonged to
the same owner. Tom died in that
house, after which it was pulled down,
aud the theatre was burned. To per
petuate fame and the dignity of the
family the library was planned. It has
cost about a half year’s income, and is
now known ali over the civilized world.
HOW TO MAKE MONET.
William B. Astor was born when his
father was twenty-seven. The latter
had been in this city five years and had
got to making money rapidly. He had
bought a piece of real estate, and
thenceforth he ventured to purchase at
every good opportunity. These pur
chases averaged one every three
months during the space of sixty years.
The avidity of acquisition was sharp
ened in the youth’s breast by this rapid
accumulatiou of land, and until he
reached his fifty-eighth year he was bis
father’s assistant in these dperations.
Then the 1 atter dies and leaves the
largest part to his son, who wields pos
session for twenty-seven years and
then demits it by death. Before coming
into possession of the inheritance, Wil
liam B. Astor was rich on his own ac
count. His wife brought him a for
tune, and his Uncle Henry left him
nearly a half million. Being very eco
nomical, he laid up money rapidly, and
hedged himself from the appeal of
charity in order that nothing should
diminish the growing pile. He was
thus early in life inspired by the senti
ment which Crabbe thus describes:
“Perseverance never to decline
The chase of riches till the prey is thine,
And firmness never to be d#awn away
By any passion from that noble prey,
By Jove, ambition, study, travel, fame.
Or the vain hope that lives upon a name.”
This sentiment controlled the entire
life of the lately deceased capitalist.
OCCASIONS OF ADVANCE.
The city has grown steadily, so that
the 30,b00 inhabitants at Wm. B. As
tor’s birth had increased to a round
million at the time of his death. There
were, however, three extraordinary im
pulses to increase of value. One was
the opening of the Erie CaDal, another
was the discovery of California gold,
and the third was the rebellion. Each
of these grand movements almost
doubled the prices of real estate. When
inflation began, Astor raised the rent
from 8500 to 81,500 on every house,
and a proportionate rate on stores. In
this way the rebellion added about
$400,000 to his income, but I never
heard of his assisting the soldiers.
James Lenox gave 825,000 to the sani
tary commission, but I never saw the
iiame of an Astor in that connection.
In the cool business way of advancing
rents William B. Astor was unrivalled.
The rent roll was closely studied, and
the character of tenants was well un
derstood; also, the adaptation of his
property to different purposes. Every
January the roll was manipulated for
an advance if it were possible, and
when the Ist of February arrived and
the tenant paid bis rent he was notified
with respect to the future. When the
decision was made there was no chance
for appeals to sympathy or commis
sion. “Pay or leave” was the order.
ASTOR AND THE PREACHER.
The hard way In which the colossal
landlord met all solicitations for abate
ment was illustrated by the case of one
of his tenants who was a noted preach
er. I refer to John McElroy, a man of
high rank in his profession. At the
time of inflation he was receiving a
salary of 86,000. This may seem large,
but at the prices then prevalent it was
easily spent. Everything advanced,
and rents aloDg with others. Mr. As
tor took advantage of the opportunity,
and put the clergyman up to 83,000.
The latter was astonished when the
agent announced the terras, for the ad
vance was enormous, and he determin
ed to appeal to the landlord’s sympa
thies. He called at the Prince street
office and solicited an abatement in
consideration of his being a good ten
ant, and added “ that the rent would
exhaust half his salary, leaving him
hardly enough to support his family.”
Astor heard him through and then
simply replied, “ You can pay 83,000 a
year for that house or leave it.” The
Astor House contains eight small shops
about eighteen by forty feet, which
formerly rented at 81.500 a piece.—
They have been gradually advanced
until they yield 86,000. The old ten
ants have been driven away and others
are trying their chances. The tenants
of the hotel have made nothing. The
rent has been continually raised, and
the profit went into the pocket of the
landlqrd instead of those of the tenant.
profitable lives.
The Astors, father and son, lived
each eighty-five years, and their bene
factors, thus far, are little more than
the library, which cost less than the
legacy inherited by Wm. B Astor from
his uncle, the butcher,. Perhaps his
will may contain some beneflcient pro
visions, but of this there is little prob
ability. It was urged by Astor that
his money was bis own, and that peo
ple had no right to complain at his re
fusing to adopt a liberal course of eon
duct. This is correct in a legal sense.
A man may do as he will with his own,
providing he does not transgress law,
and there is no statute against covet
ousness outside of the Scriptures; but
the common sense of mankind
unites in this verdict that society
has a right to expect a degree
of beneficence from the rich cor
responding with their wealth. Such is
general propriety of this sentiment
that it inspires Virgil, who describes in
the sixth book of theEueid, among the
wretched inhabitants of Tartarus va
rious grades of criminals, such as adul
terers and robbers, among whom are
aut qui divitiis soli incubuere repertis,
which may be translated, “those who
brooded over their hoarded wealth.”
Such was the occupation of the late
capitalist. His fear of being over
reached gave him frequent distress.—
Thirty years ago he desired to enlarge
the Astor House, aud proposed pur
chasing lots in the rear, but when the
price was mentioned he exclaimed,
“Too high,” and declined Ihe opportu
nity. He lived to see those lots double
In value, and the enlargement was
never made.
MERE NEGATION.
The greatest capitalist ia America
was in all points, but tenacity, a mere
agitation. Like a sponge on a rock, to
bloat, to absorb, to die, was his entire
destiDy. Iu no point was he united
with the race outside of his family. He
belonged to nothing, not even a church
nor a political party. He was not in
need of society ; he sought not friends
and possessed none ; he had no expen
sive tastes. Fine horses, fine pictures,
and works of art, generally, were not
in his line. He was of a low grade of
mind, and although all that might
minister to a refined nature was within
his reach, he turned from it. His
frame was large and healthy, and
he lived on, fulfilling his great
purpose to be the richest man in
America. This was his only positive
point of character—all else being nega
tive, even to the emotionai nature. I
never heard of his getting into a pas
sion. He was too stolid for that. The
only thing that could affect him was
unproductive property, and this must
have of late occasioned much annoy
ance. About seventeen of his houses
are now vacant, the tenants having
been driven away by extortionate rent.
In addition to this it may be said that
one house which he priced 89,000 stood
empty three months’ and has lately
been let at 86,000. This dreadful state
of things has been felt, mid no doubt,
in addition to old age, hastened his
death. It was anew and unexpected
mis'ortune at his late period in life to
be obliged to reduce rent.
MANAGEMENT OF PROPERTY.
Mr. Astor seldom lent money on bond
and mortgage, because the record
would lead to taxation. He seldom
bought real estate, because it was dear.
His enormous income was invested in
building on his lots, and also in first
class stocks. In this manner he laid
up more than 86,000 per day. His
rents were deposited in the Gallatin
National B ink, and he always had a
heavy balance, which enabled him to
be always investing.
“With cautious prudence put his gains to
use,
Inquiring always what will this produoe?''
In former days he omitted insuring
his property, but of late he found that
it could be added to the rent and acted
on this idea. He became a large stock
holder in one of the most successful
companies in the city, and gave it his
enormous business, which, after all, was
but another method of insuring himself.
There is something surprising in the
good luck which has followed this family.
How strange that almost all of John
Jacob Astor’s purchases should be in
spots which either business or fashion
should afterward select as their chief
resorts. On the east side of the city
real estate has not advanced in a half
century, but Astor owus nothiag there.
It so happens that his forty acres
(bought when it was commons) should
be the subsequent scene of opulence
and traffic, or of social rank. As far as
this world is concerned, it would seem
that a charm has worked continually
in favor of this man, in order to gratify
his ambition to be the richest man in
America.
THE DYING COUNSELLOR.
Near the cemetery in which the dead
capitalist is buried stands the palatial
mansion of Charles O’Conor, who is
now near his end. That O’Conor is as
great in law as Astor was in real estate
is no news to the legal profession over
which he has for twenty years towered
like a giant. He wss very impressive
as an advocate, and yet differed from
such men as Beach, E volts and Fuller
ton in a very marked degree. He was
Irish in brogue and in countenance,
and yet he was different from any of
the race jthftt I have ever seen. In
fact, O’Conor was latency peculiar
and uuique in his gifts He
never exhibited the eloquence of the
Irish school of oratory, and yet he
generally mastered the jury and the
court. One great secret of his suc
cess was his wonderful knowledge
of law, then his readiness tv meet
the exigencies of the case. It
was impossible to surprise him by
what Would be considered anew and
unexpected point. He was ready
with argument and authority for any
emergency. In addition to this, he
carried a vivid view of the range of
testimony, and could handle witnesses
in a masterly manner. The last time I
saw him in public was at the Walworth
trial, in which he defended the unfortu
nate youth with admirable skill. I
also attended the last trial intheJu
mel ejectment suits, which he carried
successfully through eight years of le
gal warfare. His ease and felicity in
handling legal points was shown all
through this tedious litigation. A
number of suits grew out of the first
action, and his client was obliged to
combat a variety of important claims,
all of which the great attorney silenced.
Knickerbocker.
NORTH GEORGIA CONFERENCE.
Sunday Service, December 5.
Bishop Keener preached at 11 a. m.,
and ordained the following traveling
preachers to the office of Deacon : G.
W. Thomas, J. W. G. Watkins, W. L.
Wooten, W. H. Speer, D. F. C. Tim
mons, W. L. Yarbrough, J. H. Bentley,
W. R. Foote, G. E. Bonner,W. W. Lamp
kin ; also, the following local preach
ers : D. L. Parrish, W. S. Foster, W. D.
Payne, and J. T. Holmes.
Dr. Jesse Boring preached at 7p. m.,
after which the following traveling
preachers were ordered Elders: J. R.
Smith, H. C. Christian, J. R Pate, and
G. K. Quillian, of the local ranks.
The day was very unfavorable for
church going people—damp and cold.
Monday, December 6th, 9 a. m.
Rev. W. A. Simmons concluded the
religious service. After the
of some little routiue business the Bish
op introduced Dr. Redterd, agent of
Southern Publishing House at Nash
ville Tennessee, who addressed the
Conference in the interest of the busi
ness iu his hands. The Dr. has an eye
to business, and made a sharp, cheeky
speech.
AFTERNOON SESSION.
Rev. C. A. Evans opened the Con
ference with religious service. Rev.
Dr. Potter, President of the legal Con
ference, took the chair and announced
ready for the transaction of legal busi
ness. The preachers’ Aid Society re
ported, through their Treasurer, C. A.
Evans, a balance on hand of 853,00 00.
after the transaction of some
other business, not of general in
terest, the Conferece elected the
following officers for the next year:
Rev. W. H. Potter President, Dr.
Jesse Boring Vice-President, and J. W.
Heidt Secretary. The legal Conference,
then adjourned. The Eelesiastical Con
ference was at once called to order.
Rev. Dr. Potter in the Chair. Rev. W.
F. Cook read an interesting report from
the Committee on Education, showing
that the several colleges and schools
under the patronage of this Conference
were in a prosperous condition, especi
ally Emory College at Oxford and Wes
ley Female College at Macon. Dr. A.
G. Haygood briefly addressed the Con
ference, setting forth the claims of
Emory College upon the church for a
eiberal support. Rev. J. R. Mayson
made a speech In behalf of LaGrange
Female College.
NIGHT SESSION.
Rev. J. P. Duncan, the sweet einger
of other days, and the noble blind
preacher of the present time, opened
the Conference with a most solemn
prayer. The Treasurer of the Special
Relief Board reported showing 8244 dis
tributed between some twenty persons.
The Trustees of the Orphans’ Home re
ported, giving an interesting account
of this benevolent institution. Collected,
81,926 for the Home. There are twenty
six children in the Home. The farm
yielded about 81,000. There is no agent
for the next year, the Board of
Trustes will canvass for supplies.
This will save near a thousand dol
lars.
Rev. Peter A. Heard has been ap
pointed superintendent of the Home.
Mr. Richards, now of Gainesville, but
formerly of Asbury Church of Augusta,
has presented a valuable hotel in
Gainesville to the Home.
The Committee on the Bible reported,
giving an account of the labor of the
Bible Agent iu Geoi'gia. There are one
hundred Bible Associations in Geor
gia.
The Report of the Committee on
Church Buildings show five hundred
and eighty-one churches in the hands
of the North Georgia Conference, two
hundred fifty-five ceiled, and two hun
dred and fifty-six with stoves in them.
SUNDAY SCHOOLS.
There are in this Conference six hun
dred and fifty-three, three thousand
four hundred and seventy teachers,
and twenty-seven thousand one hun
dred and sixty-one pupils, an increase iu
pupils of over two thousand.
The Conference pledged its heaity
support to Dr. Haygood’s successor as
Sunday School Secretary. J. R. May
son was elected Sunday School Secre
tary for the North Georgia Conference.
THE SOUTHERN CHRISTIAN ADVOCATE.
The Committee of Books and Peri
odicals submitted the following :
Resolved, That we congratulate' the pat
rouiziu < conferences on the fact that the.
publishers are now realizing an income
over and above the expenses of the paper,
of $1,700 per annum, and hope that such an
increase will continue until the indebted
ness of the paper is canceled.
Resolved secondly. That we not only ap
prove, but are highly gratified at the act
of the publishers in securing the services
of Rev. Dr. ilaygood as corresponding
editor.
Respectfully submitted,
G. H. Pattillo,
Chairman of Committee.
The statistical report show an In
crease of 2,630 iu church members,
making the total membership 53,686.
The conference raised for pastors 870,-
200.10. This amount does not Include
money raised for Bishops, presiding
elders and missionary purposes.
The Conference Is to meet next year
at Sparta.
APPOINIMENT9 FOR 1876.
Athens District—T. F. Pierce, P. E.
Athens—W. H. Potter; P. A. Heard,
sup.; E. W. Speer, Professor State Uni
versity.
Oconee Street—A. W. Williams.
Factory Mission—G. L. McCleskey.
Watkinsville—W. W. Oslin and W. H.
Trammell.
Madison—A. T. Mann.
Morgan—J. L. Lupo.
Greensboro—F. G. Hughes.
White Plains—W. F. Smith.
Lexington—L. P. Neese; E. G. Hur
rah, sup.
Winterville—C. C. Cary.
Washington—Jesse Boring.
Broad River—J. F. Mixon.
Little River —D. L. Anderson.
Crawfordville—G. W. Hardaway.
Lincolnton—D. Kelsey.
Atlanta District—J. E. Evans, P. E.
First Church—W. P. Harrison.
Payne’s Chapel—T. H. Timmons.
Trinity—W. F. Cook. •
Evans and Oakland—J. H. Harris.
St. Paul—W. A. Dodge.
Sixth Church —W. C. Dunlap.
Edgewood—W. M. Crumly.
Fulton Circuit—O. A. Thrower".
East Point—J. E. England.
Decatur—J. A. Reynolds.
Conyers—W. D. Heath.
Covington—W. R. Branham.
Newton—A. W. Rowland and W. A.
Candler.
Oxford—A. G. Haygood.
Social Circle—W. 4. Florence.
Monticefio—A. Gray.
Monroe—M. F. Malsby and D. F. C.
Timmons.
Bmory College—A. G. Haygood,
President; M. Callaway, Professor.
Augusta District-—R. W. Bigham,
P.E.
St. John—C. A. Evans.
St. James—H. H. Parks.
Asbury—F. A. Kimball.
St. Luke—C. W. Key.
Jones Chapel—W. L. Wootten.
Richmond—R. A.: Seale and W. E.
Shackelford, Sup. \
Bel- Air—E. P. Bonner.
Appling—B. F. Farris.
Thomson—W. T. Hamilton.
Warrenton—F. B. Davies.
Warren Circuit—F. P. Brown.
Sparta—H. J. Adams.
Sparta Factory—E. Christian.
Hancock—J. L. Pierce, J. Newell.
Milledgeville—G. H. Patillo.
Baldwin—W. F. Foote.
Eatonton—W. D. Anderson.
Putnam—W. T. Caldwell.
Dalton District—D. J. Myrick, P. E.
Dalton—T. A. Seals.
Dalton Circuit—W. G. Harrison and
J. T. Richardson, sup.
Summerville—W. P. Lovejoy.
Ringgold—G. W. Thomas.
Subligna—W. L. Yarborough.
La Fayette—W. W. Lampkin.
McLemore’s Cave— H. C. Christian.
Spring Place—J. S Embry.
Resaca—H. M. Quillian.
Calhoun—A. C. Thomas.
Kingston—J. J. Singleton.
Murray Mission—John Oates.
Dalton Female College—W. A. Rog
ers, President.
Gordon—P. G. Reynolds.
Elberton District—A. G. Worley, P.
E.
Elberton—J. M. Dickey.
Elbert Circuit—C. A. Mitchell.
Bethlehem—J. W. Quillian.
Mulberry—C. A. Couoway.
Carnsville—W. P. Smith.
Danielsville—J. W. G. Watkins.
Homer—J. M. Perryman.
Gilusville—J. H. Mashburn.
Hartwell—W. T. Norman.
Clarksville—E. A. Gray.
Tueooa—J. J. Morgan.
Gainesville District—J. R. Parker,
P. E.
Cumming—M. W. Arnold.
Alpharetta—J. J. Harris.
Canton—R. R. Johnson.
Cherokee—J. N. Myers.
Narcoochee—W. R. Branham.
Roswell—J. Chambers.
Gainsville—D. D. Cox.
Flowery Branch—R. P. Martyn.
Loganßville—J. H. Bently.
Duluth —M. H. Eakes.
Lawrenceville—Y. V. Hariand.
Ellijay—A. J. Hughes.
Jasper— J. H. Mashburn.
Griffin District—G. W. Yarbrough,
P. E.
Griffin—L. J. Davies.
Zebuion—T. S. L. Harwell.
Fayetteville—B. Sanders.
Jonesboro—J. R. Smith.
McDonough—J. W. Yarbrough.
Hampton—J. D. Gray.
Jackson—R. J. Harwell.
Ocmulgee—J. G. Parks.
Pleasant Hill—A. E. Wood.
Milner—R. W. Rogers.
Thomaston and The Rock—J. P.
Payne.
Forsyth—G. E. Gardner.
Clinton—W. T. McMicbael.
LaGrange District—J. W. Heidt, P. E.
LaGrange—Geo. G. Smith.
West Point—P. M. Ryburn.
Newnan—J. H. Baxter.
Troup—H. J. Ellis.
Long Cane—J. S. Bryan, J. P. Howell,
supernumary.
Whitesville—Miller 11. White.
Greenville and Trinity—W. A. Sim
mons.
Chalybeate Springs—Jas. Jones.
Grautville—W. J. Cotter.
Whitesburg —D. Nolan.
Hogansville—F. M. T. Brannon.
Senoia—L. Rush.
Palmetto and Jones Chapel—J. Carr.
Fairburn—J. M. Bowden.
Carrolton—W. F. Quillian.
Bowden—E. K. Aiken.
Franklin—W. H. Speer.
Heard Mission—W. H. Graham.
Missionary to China —Y. J. Allen.
Agent American Bi bie Society—W. A.
Parks.
Rome District—W. P Pledger, P. E.
Rome—W. H. LaPrade.
Rome Circuit and DeSota Mission—
S. P. Jones.
Forrestville—D. J. Weems.
Cedartown—A. M. Thigpen.
Ledar Yalley Circuii—Supplied by J.
W. Trawiek.
Cave Springs—B. E. L. Timmons.
Yau Vert—J. W. Lee.
Villa Rico—F. F. Reynolds.
Haralson Mission—Supplied by W.
W. Simpson.
Cartersville—A. J. Jarrell; J. T. Nor
ris, supernumerary.
Marietta—W. F. Glenn.
Acworth—W. li. Forte, Sr.; R. H.
Jones, supernumerary.
Powder Springs—S* Leake.
Dallas—G. W. Duvall.
Douglassville—M. L. Underwood.
A Specimen Cincinnati Gambler.
[From the Cincinnati Commercial.]
John M. Cozad, now retired from
the sporting arena, was one of the
most successful of Cincinnati gamblers
in his time, aud, strange to say, his
success was not in backing or dealing
games, but in playing against them.
For several years after he became a
full-fledged faro player, he was the
terror of all the games he played
against, almost uniformly
largely every day he played. His suc
cess continuing to the utter demoraliza
tion of the men he played against, it
was finally concluded by all the deal
ers that he was either possessed of
some secret charm from the Almighty
or in league with the devil, and he was
“barred off” altogether—that is, none
of them would allow him to play
against their games. Now, the fact is
that Cozad was neither protected from
on high or from below, nor was he able
to exercise any charm of magic over
the checks he pitted his own against.
But he was gifted with a singularly
keen eye and a remarkably retentive
memory. By tbe aid or the former he
was able to detect any peculiarity in
the scrollwork or flowering on the
backs of the cards as the dealer shuf
fled them, and by the latter was
capable of so arranging such pecu
liarities in his mind as to have a per
fect knowledge of their faces on
seeing their backs. This was his great
and only “percentage” against faro
banks. It is said by gamblers that no
two cards in a square deck of flfty-two
are exactly alike, and Cozad so watched
the cards and memorized their pecu
liarities that in two deals he was bound
to know twelve or fourteen of them.
This knowledge, of course, gave him
a big puli against the turn of the last
three cards ‘in the box, as he would
keep the run of the known cards
through the deal, and if he caught any
of them in on the last turn, would “call
the turn” sure, and win hundreds of
dollars. The only way the gamblers
had to stand him off on the remarkable
faculties he possessed was to change
cards every deal, and when that was
done, Cozad stood them off by not
playing at all. He has not been identi
fied with the gambling fraternity for
some years now, having taken to real
estate speculations as a better invest
ment than faro or poker. The money
he won against faro he invested with
a shrewdness that marks him as the
same close calculator he was when
playing “the bank,” and to-day, be
sides owning a large amount of valua
ble city property, he has a town named
after him in the suburbs of Cincinnati,
“Cojsaddale,” and another growing up
in Nevada, known as Coaad City.
L. P. Q. S.
Augusta Music House,
365 BROAD STREET,
HEADQUARTERS
FOB
PIANOS-ORGANS
LOW PRICES! QUICK SALES!
TWELVE of the Best Makers are repre
sented. Every instrument warranted
to give entire satisfaction and sold on easy
terms of monthly payments, at lowest
factory prices.
SPECIAL INDUCEMENTS
TO
OAJSB PURCHASERS.
PIANOS with a good stool and cover,
and GROANS at New York and Boston
prices forwarded to any point freight paid,
with no advance in price, by
G. O. ROBINSON <fc CO.
MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS
In great variety at the
Augusta Music House,
265 BROAD STREET,
IMPORTED direct through the w-wannah
Custom House, at lowest
prices.
SIRING INSTRUMENTS.
Violins, Vioiincellos, 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.
MISCEI .LANEOUS.
Flutes, Tamborines, Dulcimers, Tri
angles, Picolos, 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 BOOKSAMD 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
JAM ES A. LOFLIN,
GBO C E R.
AND
Commission Merchant,
266 BROAD STREET,
AUGUST A, G A.,
TT7TLL keep constantly on hand a good
▼ V 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 desited.
nov2l-suwefrlm
Port Royal Railroad.
Freight Department.
Augusta, Ga., Oct. 2,1875.
NOTICE TO SHIPPERS OF COTTON.
ALL shipments of Cotton over the Port
Royal Railroad to Port Royal, and
over the Port Roy <1 and Savannah and
Charleston Railroads to Charleston and
Savannah, are insured in the Fireman’s
Fund Insurance Company of California.
T. S. HAVANT,
oetß-3m General Freight Agent.
THE MILD POWER
CUBES
HUMPHREY’}
HOMEOPATHIC SPECIFICS
Havf. proved from the most
ample experience, an entire success.
Simple, Prompt, Efficient and Reliable.
They are the only medicines perfectly
adapted to popular use—so simple that
mistakes cannot be made in using them; so
harmless as to be free from danger, and so
efficient as to be always reliable. They
have the highest commendatian from all,
and will always render satisfaction.
CUKES. GENTS
1 Fever., Congestion, Inflammations. 50
2 Worm*, Worm Fever, Worm Colic.. 50
3 Crying Colic, or Teething of Infants 50
4jDinrriiee, of Children or Adults... 50
5 Dysentery, Grlpingß, Bilious Colie.. 50
6 Cliolera. Morbus, Vomiting 50
7 Coughs, Oulds, Bronchitis 50
8 Neuralgia, Toothache, Faeeache... 50
9 Headache, sick Headache, Vertigo 50
10 Dyspepsia, Bilious Stomach 50
11 Suppressed, or Painful Periods...... 50
12 whites, too Profuse Periods 50
13 Croup, Coughs, Difficult Breathing 50
14 Salt Rheum, Erysipelas, Eruptions 50
15 Rheumatism, Rheumatic Pains .. 50
J 6 Fever and Ague, Chill Fevers,
Agues *... 50
17 Plies, Blind or Bleeding. 50
18 Opthaimy, and Sore orvVeak Eyes.. 50
19 Catarrh, Acute or Chronic influenza 60
20 Wfinoping-cough, Violent Coughs.. 50
21 Asthma, Oppressed Breathing 50
22 Far Discharges, Impaired Hearing 50
23 Scrofula, Enlarged Glands, Swell
ings .. 50
24 General Debility, Physical Weak
ness 50
23 Dropsy and Scanty Secretions 50
26 Sea-sic hues*, sickness from Riding 50
27 Kidney Disease, Gravel 50
28 Nervous Debility, Seminal Weak
ness or Involuntary Discharge*,.. $f 00
29 Sore Mouth, Canker 50
30 Urinary Weakness, Wetting the
Bed 50
31 Painful Periods, with Spasms 50
32 Disease of Heart, Palpitations, eto. I 00
33 Epilepsy, Spasms, St, Vitus' Dance 1 00
31 Dipfheria, ulcerated Sore Throat.. 50
35 Chronic Congestions and Eruptions 50
Vials, 50 cents; (except 28, 82 and 33) 1 00
FAMILY CASES.
Case (Morocco) with above 35 large
vials and Manual of directions #lO 00
Case (Morocco) of 20 large vials and
Book 6 00
Single Boxes and Vials as above.
19* These remedies are sent by the case
or single box to any part of the country,
free of charge, on receipt of price.
Address
HUMPHREY’S
HOMEOPATHIC MEDICINE CO.,
Office and Depot, No. ooa Broadway, New
York.
For sale by W. H. Tutt & Remsen, 264
Broad street; Fleming Bros., 318 Broad
street; J. H. Alexander, 212 Broad street;
Reaney fe Durban, 200 Broad street, Agents
for Augusta, Ga.
dees-dsoly
TAKE
SIMMONS’ LIVER REGULATOR
For all diseases of the Liver, Stomach and
Spleen. MALARIOUS FEVERS. BOWEL
COMPLAINTS, DYSPEPSIA, MENTAL
DEPRESSION, RESTLESSNESS, JAUN
DICE, NAUSEA, SICK HEADACHE, CON
STIPATION, COLIC and BILIOUSNESS.
It is eminently a Family Medicine,
and by being kept ready for immediate
resort, will save many an hour of suf
fering, and many a dollar in time, and
doctors’ bills.
After Forty Years’ trial, it is still re
ceiving the most unqualified testimo
nials of its virtues, from persons of the
highest character and responsibility.
Eminent physicians commend it as the
most
EFFECTUAL SPECIFIC
for Constipation, Headache, Pain in the
Shoulders, Dizziness, Sour Stomach, Bad
Taste in the Mouth, Bilious Attacks, Palpi
tation of the Heart, Pain in the Region of
the Kidneys, Despondency, Gloom, and
Forebodings of Evil, all of which are the
offspring of a diseased Liver.
The Liver, the largest organ in the
body, is generally the seat of the dis
ease, and if not Regulated in time,
great suffering, wretchedness, and
DEATH will ensue.
IF you feel Dull, Drowsy, Debili
tated, have i're<fueut Headache.
Mouth Tastes ba ily, poor appetite
and Tongue Coated, you are suffering
from Torpid Liver or ‘ Biliousness,”
and nothing will cure you so speedily
and permanently.
“I have never seen or tried such a simple,
efficacious, satisfactory and pleasant rem
edy in my life.”—H. Hainer, St. Jjouis, Mo.
Hon. Alex. H. Stephens.
“I occasionally use, when my condition
requires it. Dr. Simmons’ Liver Regulator,
with good effect.”—Hon. Alex. id. Ste
phens.
Governor of Alabama.
“Your Regulator has been in use in my
family for some time, and I am persuaded
it is a valuable addition to the medical
science.”—Gov. J. Gill Shorter, Alabama
“I have used the Regulator in my family
for the past seventeen years. I can safely
recommend it to the world as the best
medicine I have ever used for that class of
diseases it purports to cure.”—H. F. Thig
pen.
President of City Bank.
“Simmons’ Liver Regulator has proved a
good and efficacious medicine.”—C. A. Nut
ting.
Druggists.
“We have been acquainted with Dr. Sim
mons’ Liver Medicine for more than twen
ty years, and know it to be the best Liver
Regulator offered to the public.”—M. It.
Lyon and H. L. Lyon, Bellefontaine, Ga.
“I was cured by Simmons’ Liver Regula
tor, after haviug suffered several years
with Chills and Fever.”—R. F. Anderson.
The Clergy.
“My wife and self have used the Regula
tor for years, and testify to its great vir
tues.”—Rev. J. R Felder, Perry, Ga.
Rady's Endorsement.
“I have given your medicine a thorough
tr al, and in no case has it failed to give full
satisfaction.”—Ellen Meachah, Chatta
hoochee, Fla.
Professional.
“From actual experience in the use of
this medicine in my practice, L have been,
and am satisfied to use and prescribe it as
a purgative medicine.”—Dr. J. W. Mason.
M. E. Florida Conference.
“I have used Dr. Simmons’ Liver Regu
lator in my family for Dyspepsia and Siek
Headache, and regard it an invaluable
remedy. It has not failed to give relief in
any instance.”— Lev. W. F. Easterling.
President Oglethorpe College.
“Simmons’ Liver Regulator is certainly a
specific for that class of complaints which
it claims to cure.”—Rev. David Wills.
No Instance of a Failure on Record ,
When Simmons’ Liver Regulator has been
properly tiken.
H. ZEILIN & CO.,
sepls-d&cly Proprietors.
TO PARTIES
Desiring to IToltl Cotton.
WE WILL make liberal CASH AD
VANCES on COTTON in store. Also,
Consignments, which are respectfully so
licited. DOZIER, WALTON & CO.,
decl-12d+&c Augusta, Ga.
LONGLEY, MARCH & GO.,
COMMISSION MERCHANTS
CINCINNATI, OHIO.
Consignments ol*
PEANUTS, DRIED FRUIT,
AND OTHER
Southern Products Solicited.
LIBERAL ADVANCES when desired.
Refers to Fourth National Bank and
merchants generally. nov!4-eod3m
HOW AWFULLY CULPABLE
MUS r be those afflicted w ith Consum p
tion, Bronchitis, Asthma, or any di -
ease of the Lungs, Throat or Chest, who
neglect to use Dr. Tutt’s Expectorant
after reading the following letter, written
by one of the most estimable ladies in the
South:
Savannah, Ga., April 28,1872.
Dr. Tutt In gratitude for the benefit
received by the use of your Expectorant, l
do cheerfully add my testimony to its won
derful power in curing deep-seated couehs.
For several years I suffered dreadfully with
a cough, attended wi h great difficulty of
breathing. I was induced to try your Ex
pectorant, and it gave almost immediate
relief. I took six bottles, and am now per
fectly restored. It is about live months
since I began its use, and I have not had an
attack since. It has been a great blessing
to me; I cannot afford to be without it and
heartily recommend it to all who have,lung
or throat disease. Very respectfully,
Mrs. A. M. Wellborn.
ootl3-dsuwefr<fccly
E.TUTTs^
CSTABLE 11
er_pua^^^
INCREDULITY.
HOW potent is this trait of the human
mind. The Bible refers to it and
says: “Were an angel to come down from
heaven, ye would not believe.” It is the
cause of much injury. We are disposed to
doubt the sincerity of our best friends, and
so far is it indulged, that ii often leads to
misanthropy.
This is particularly applicable to the vir
tues of many truly valuable remedial
agents, however strong they may be en
dorsed. .
Reader, if you have Dyspepsia, Fever
and Ague, Sick Headache, Torpid Liver,
Bilious Colic, Kidney Disease, Flatulence,
Constipation of the Bowels or General De
bility, and hesitate to use Dr. Tult's Liver
Pills, write to him and he will furnish you
with hundreds of certificates from the
moat reliable men and women in the coun
try, who have been cured by them, of whom
you can make direot inquiry. It will cost
you but a postage stamp. The proprietor
solicits the investigation of all wno need a
truly valuable medicine.
Mrs. V. V. Collins*
187 BROAD STREET.
YX7OULD inform her friends and the
Yt 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. novlH-thsasulm
t I \M p |kg To agents auu others, male
■ w tlm and female, a SSO secret and
beautifully illustrated 100-
a a page Novelty Catalogue. R
AWAY F. Young & Cos., 29 Broad,
way, New York. jy29-lawly
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 reduce their
stocks, he has 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 ASSORTMENT of
MW AND DESIRABLE GOODS
and we have marked them at PRICES THAT PRECLUDE COMPETITION. We wtll
offer THIS MORNING:
10 Pieces Heavy Gros Grain Black Silk at $1.60, never
before sold under $2.60.
25 Pieces Black Silks from 90c. to $4.
60 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, ail New Styles, includ
ing Cashmere de Baiges, Picardy Suitings, Melange Suitings,
Serges, Diagonals, Plaids, Alpacas, etc., in all colors, at 26c.
per yard, worth at least 46c.
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 (aprll 270t1y)
BLANKETB!!
THE MOST MAGINIFICENT STOCK of
BED BLANKETS
Ever Shown in Augusta is now on Exhibition at
JAMES A. GRAY & CO.’S.
nov24-tf
SOMETHING EXTRA!
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. GRAY & CO.
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EGkROGERS,
FURNITURE DEALER,
147 & 149 BROAD STREET.
I CAN SHOW THE LARGEST STOCK OF FURNITURE IN THE CITY AND MY
prices will be found as low as the lowest. octl7-ly
carpets: carpets:
Tlio Largest Stock in tlio South at
PRICES TO SUIT THE TIMES!
\YTE invite attention to our NEW STOCK of ELEGANT CARPETS, now open for
Vt Fall Trade, consisting of
BEAUTIFUL BRUSSELS and VELVET 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 FlftE SCREENS.
LOW PRICES and QUICK SALES for CASH or city acceptances is our motto.
Any New York bill duplicated.
JAMES G. BAILIE & BRO.,
Elabiniud Twenty-five Years at
SOS BROAD STREET, AUGUSTA, Ga.
nov23-ct
!K SAYINGS BANK,
NO. BROAD STREET,
Cash Capital SIOO,OOO (with Stockholders Liability *
TRANSACTS A
General Banking, Exchange and Collection Business.
6 Per Cent, allowed on DAILY balances, subject to
CHECK AT SIGHT.
Interest allowed on Time Deposits as may be agreed upon.
T. P. BRANCH, President.
J. T. NEWBERY,
‘j ■ CASHIER.
N. B.—Draw SIGHT DRAFTS ou Greet Britain and Continental Europe
n sums of £1 and upwards janl2-ly*
Holyoke Machine Cos.,
HOLYOKI2, MASS,,
MANUFACTURERS OF THE
Boyden, Bisdon and American TURBINES.
WATER POWERS ESTIMATED AND PUNS FURNISHED.
O
RECORD OF ALL THE TESTS OF THE RISDON WHEELS MADE BY JAMES
EMERSON FOR THE HOLYOKE MACHINE CO„ TO APRIL 29, 1875.
®be ©sc ©sc L Wheel gave only 79 per cent., the pat
s "3-3 11-S terns were then changed to coriespond
eh ° g O g with the 36 Inch and 25 inch Wheels. The
H =5 -.© N-g © new Wheel gave 90 per cent—See test No.
.H [2© © © 10. We are now changing the 20 inc h and
a? a* I m I hi a, 50 inch patterns, and hope for equally
No. l-l 25 in. I 87.04 81.12 77.19 67 85 good results. The above Wheels were
No. 2. 25 in. 85.93 tested by Mr. Emerson, at the request of
No. 3. 20 in 79.58 the purchasers. We have notesting flume
No. 4. 50 in. 80.54 of our own,and, therefore, have no means
No. 5. 25 in. 85.83 82.00 78.64 of knowing what our Wheels will do until
No. 6. 30 in. 82.03 77.81 59.43 public test is made. These Wheels were
No. 7. 50 in. 77.79 77 63 75 59 70 47 all of our ordinary construction and
No. 8. 4in. 79.63 75.79 70.09 65 27 finish. In addition to the above ten
No. 9. 36 in. 89.79 82.23 77.95 70 85 Wheels, we tested last December a2O inch
No. 10. 40 in. 90.01 75.85 Experimental Wheel, which gave 70 18.100
per cent. This Wheel was condemned,
10 838.17 and no more will be made until patterns
Average, 83 81.100 per cent. are made to correspond to the 36 inch and
Icm tify that the above report of tests is correct. JAMES EMERSON.
WE ALSO MANUFACTURE
Paper Engines, Web Super Calenders, Sheet Super Calenders, Friction Calenders,
Platers, Hydraulic Presses with Iron or Bronze Pistons, Littlefield Pumps, Boiler
Pumps, Gould’s Patent Beating Engines, Holyoke Rag Dusters, Pin Dusters, Rag
Thrashers, Ruling Machines with Kneeland’s Patent Layboys, Hammond’s Patent
Dimension Cutter, Stop Cutters, Trimming Presses, Patent Expanding Pulleys for Paper
Machines, Size Washers, Size Pumps, Felt Washers, Rotary Bleachers, Holyoke Eleva
tors, Morgan & Thompson’s Elevators with Patent Self Closing Hatches, Hydrant
Valves, Warp Beamers, Pulleys for Angular Belting, Head-Gate and Flume Work.
Send for Illustrated Catalogue.
REFERENCES: F. Coqin, Superintendent Aagusta Factory, Augusta, Ga.; M. F.
Fosteb, Superintendent Langley Company, Langley, S. C.;S. W. Howland, Grauite
viile, S. C.; J. S. Davis, Superintendent Atlanta Cotton Mills, Atlanta, Ga.; James
Bahkett, President Bath Paper Company, Bath, B. C. nov2l-tuwefr3m