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aljc Constitutionalist
AUGUSTA. 0A.,:
Tuesday Morning, December 14,1875.
The Two Parties.
Some days ago, we published the re
mark of Senator Chbistiancy that it
was difficult to see any difference be
tween the Democratic and Republican
party platforms. That has become a
sad truth, in a great degree, and since
the Greeley fiasco It would be hard to
say what distinction there is to be
made. More and more, the contest is
narrowing down to a scramble for men
and not for principles, for the spoils of
office and not for a restoration of the
Republic of our Fathers. Seeing this,
Grant has taken the initiative and
makes a bold bid for success through
the agitation of sectarian issues. He
boldly avows himself a Centralist
and virtually assumes the leader
ship of those who, with the rights of
the States trippingly on their tongues,
are at heart for consolidation and em
pire. We have nowhere seen a better
exposition of the probable political
status than in the columns of the New
Orleans Timet, which says : “We are
credibly informed that it is the purpose
of the National Democratic party lead
ers to adopt a very conservative and
liberal yet cautious policy, a policy
with the corners rounded off and so
nicely adjusted as not to stir up any of
the issues which they have heretofore
found it difficult to combat. They will
investigate, investigate, investigate, but
they will not repudiate, or attack the
constitutional amendments, or revive
war issues. They will be liberal and
enlightened and wise. We like that
very well. On the other hand, the Re
publicans will abandon war talk also,
will embalm the useful Ku Klux and
bleach the bloody shirt. They will inves
tigate, investigate, investigate, as much
as the Democrats want to, and they
will join in the chorus of reform like
a band of brothers. They will be wise
as serpants and harmless as snakes,
and meanwhile will lie in wait for the
blunders which they confidently rely
on their adversaries to commit. We
like that, too. Here is chivalry in po
litics. Each party makes an elaborate
diagram of its proposed movements
and sends it to the other with compli
ments and marginal notes explaining
what will be done in certain contin
gencies. Democracy strikes an atti
tude and exclaims, “ Ha ! behold what
we intend to do whereby we expect to
rout you in a dreadful manner.”—
Republicanism responds, “ Ha! be
hold what we intend not to do
whereby we expect you to rout
yourselves entirely.” Neither party
sets up the common good of the coun
try as an object of special ven
eration and endeavor, but each hopes
to make points by doing some good
things, and so lead on to fortune. We
refer, of course, to the enunciations of
strategy which come to us from the
camps of the politicians in Washington,
and not to the country at large. Larger
people than those who concoct these
little plans must appear as guides. Is
sues cannot be created in caucus. In
due time, they will arise of themselves
and sweep the Congressmen along with
them. But, in the meantime, this cir
cumspection, this forming and retreat
ing, and these artificial hostilities will
amuse the country for a few months,
and may serve to train raw statesmen
down for the great affairs of 1876.”
This is admirably said and, we fear,
ever so true in its conjectures. The
people of this country, while demand
ing conservatism, likewise insist upon
a pronounced policy. They will not
support a party that fails to attack
Radicalism in its weak parts, but as
sails it where it is strongest. They
require that the incubus of business
stagnation be removed, that the cen
tralizing tendencies of the Republican
party be checked, that special legisla
tion, which ruins one section to benefit
another be done away with, and that
the usurpations of the past shall be
reformed, and, if possible,
The Democracy must do something to
show that they are worthy of taking
the reins of authority and controlling
the Republic for its welfare. This
cannot be done by humbug, but by
ideas and statesmanship. If the cam
paign resolves itself finally into a mere
effort to elect this or that man to the
Presidency, we have serious fears of
the future, and do not attempt to con
ceal them.
Biennial Sessions- -The Macon Tele
graph says : “ It Is questionable, there
fore, whether biennial sessions of the
Legislature will be found to work more
satisfactorily in Georgia than in other
States, where they have been tried and
abandoned. We all recognize the great
evil which it is assumed that biennial
sessions will cure — excess of legisla
tion. But is it true that they will work
a cure? and could that evil of needless,
redundant and ill-considered legisla
tion be remedied or at least mitigated
by some other way? We are inclined
to think so.” We should like to have
a remedy indicated. If the Telegraph
can suggest a method which will at all
compensate for one odd year of blessed
and grateful repose, thousands will ap
plaud.
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Governor Smith.— Alluding to Gov
ernor Smith’s recent proclamation call
ing attention to the Transportation
Convention, to be held December 15th,
the Chicago Tribune says . “ We do not
care to agree with all the economical
propositions laid down by the Gover
nor, but we do admire and commend
the interest he takes In this subject of
transportation. The Governors of
other States might; profitably imitate
his example, if not by publishing a
treatise on transportation, at least by
advertising and approving the plan of
the convention soon to be held in this
city.”
Very Queer. — The Vice-President,
Mr. Perry, is an inflationist, and, in
case of Grant’s death, would be Chief
Magistrate. Here’s a specimen of hard
money consistency.
Grant’s Revolutionary Message.
It is not a bad augury that some of
the Republican journals are alarmed
at the revolutionary outcroppings con
tained in the President’s Message. If
some of the suggestions of his Excel
lency were adopted, the structure of
the Government itself would be meta
morphosed, involving changes greater
than those • made by the war or the
Reconstruction Acts. Take, for ex
ample, the proposed taxation of
church property, on the line of
General Grant. This, if adopted,
would be another surrender of States
rights and a dangerous concentration
of power in the Federal authority. If
the States are willing to transfer the
right of direct taxation to the Federal
head, they are ripe for destruction as
limited sovereignties, and their liber
ties, such as they now possess, would
perish muscle by muscle.
To the States the Constitution be
queathed the sole regulation of suf
frage. This, however, left in a large
degree, even by the 15th Amendment,
Grant gravely proposes to have them
abandon, and thus commit “a suicide
where more than blood is spilt.”
On the subject of Grant’s proposi
tion of compelling the States to main
tain schools, even that staunch Repub
lican journal, the Cincinnati Gazette,
shows that “there is no way the Fede
ral Power could enforce this save by
interfering and setting up schools by
its own authority,jWhere the State did
not come up to the standard. And
this would involve, either the laying
and collecting of school taxes by Na
tional authority in the State—which
would require another amendment to
the Constitution —or the support of
these schools by the United States
Government. As to the prohibitions of
religious diversions, or divisions,
or uses of the school money, these
would have to depend on the
courts, and on somebody’s bring
ing suits to contest such misap
propriations, and would require a very
extensive and minute code of United
States laws to give any possibility of
contesting them. The National re
quirement of compulsory attendance
at school could not be carried out
without extending the National police
into States which neglect to make the
attendance compulsory.”
A concession of the President’s pro
positions would centralize the country
and pave the way for empire. He has,
speaking for his party, thrown off the
mask. Are the people willing to sur
render their liberties as embodied in
the rights of the States ? If so, the
final result of the so-called war for the
Union and Constitution will be a com
plete demolition of both. If anything
were needed to prove that the South
was right in her contest for the free
dom of the commonwealths of the
Union against the Imperialists, this
Message of Grant has come as timely
evidence of that great fact.
Sad. —The Cincinnati Enquirer mourn
fully laments that the new Clerk, Geo.
M. Adams, is a salary-grabber, and sets
up this dismal howl: “ Some pure
minded statesmen, who voted against
Mr. Randall for Speaker, because of
his record on the Salary question,
walked up to the support of Mr.
Adams. Some gentlemen from Ohio did
the same thing. It would be well to find
their names and fasten them on the
doors of the Court Houses in their dis
tricts. We have been putting Con
gressmen in the stocks out in Ohio, for
taking the increased pay, and we are in
favor of giving to the pillory the fel
lows who have voted to make Con
gressional piracy respectable. Some of
them whined through their, “destricks”
very piteously about the odious sala
ry-grab previous to election. It will be
in order to dose them with some of
their own medicine.” The Enquirer
commits the mistake of’supposing that
politicians and demagogues of any
party have the slightest regard for
consistency. _
Wilson.— The late Vice-President
was a gypsyjand born in a gypsy camp.
The Utica Observer offers to prove that
in Strafford county, N. H., early in the
century, two wandering tribes of roving
vagabonds] dwelt in huts and tents
and traveled from place to place, pick
ing up a scanty subsistence by making
and selling baskets, and eking out their
uncertain livelihood by fortune-telling,
tinkering, etc. To one of these tribes
the Colbaths belonged, and in their hut
the departed statesman of New Eng
land was born. Had he lived long
enough, Mr. Colbath-Wilson might
have gained the Presidency as a nomi
nee of the “tramps,” who are rapidly
assuming that place In politics once
occupied by the negro slaves.
Third Term.— A Washington special
to the New York Herald says “an inti
mate friend of the President, a Repub
lican, in high official position, asserted
positively that the President intended
the passage in his Message referring to
the fact that this is his last Message pre
vious to the election of his successor to
be understood as a clear and final dis
claimer of third term intentions. He
said that the President had spoken of
it in this sense to a few friends, saying
that what he proposed to utter on the
subject in his Message would put an
end forever to all talk about a third
term for himself, and leave no further
ground for the agitation of that ques
tion.” This has an ancient, flsh-like
smell, and, If Grant so intended, his
calculation was a weak one.
Babcock.— According to Con Megrue,
of the whiskey ring, who has just re
turned from Washington, “things are
very hot,” “Grant will stand by Bab
cock to the last, becauso he Is dearer
to President Grans than any other
person, not excepting his own chil
dren.” “Bab” knows a thing or two
concerning the Executive skeleton.
He would play “1” if he became “Blab”
instead of “Bab.”
McEnery.— And now comes John
McEnery, styling himself “Governor of
Louisiana,” who reluctantly accepts
McMillan’s resignation of his so-called
Senatorship, and declares that he will
forthwith appoint a successor. Will
tne ripping up of that old sore do the
Democracy any good ? We doubt it.
Judge Gibson and State Rights.
We publish elsewhere, from the
Greensboro’ Herald, a charge of Judge
Gibson’s, which meets with our un
qualified approval, and, founded upon
the very rock of Constitutional
Law, must win the plaudits of
all right-minded, patriotic, and hon
orable men. At this time, when
the President of this country and his
powerful faction are conspiring to cen
tralize the Government and attempt
ing, on false issues, to destroy the
rights remaining to the States, it is a
matter of congratulation that an up
right judge should sound the alarm
and endeavor to recall popular at
tention to the true basis upon
which all of our liberties worth pre
serving are founded. There is too
great an inclination, in these days, to
ignore the principles bequeathed us by
the Fathers of the Federal Union, and
Judge Gibson deserves great praise for
his able exposition of the law and facts
by which the country is to be restored
to genuine glory and prosperity.
Ecclesiastical. The Philadelphia
Press, red-hot Radical, calls Grant’s
third term nominator a “Haven of un
rest.” It says he “talks too much with
his mouth;” that he has done “a very
indiscreet and indefensible thing,” and
adds: “He has demonstrated most em
phatically that he understands neither
the political nor religious proprieties of
his relations, and in the dramatic at
tempt at a sensational nomination for
the Presidency has damaged, according
to his best ability, himself, his candi
date, and his Church.” The old mis
cegenationist “plugged his melon too
soon,” that’s all.
Kerr. —Recurring to an old prophecy
that Speaker Kerr would make his
mark in the world, “should he live and
not meet with any serious pull-backs,”
the Chicago Tribune adds that pull
backs have enticed many a genius away
from the path of duty and glory. Ex-
Senator Carpenter might have been to
day in active political life had he not
encountered “a serious pull-back.”
Tweed. —A corked bottle is said to
have been found on Absecom beach
containing a half sheet of note paper
bearing this legend:
“I feel too seasick to write a long
apology. If Dunham had looked In
the refrigerator, he would have found
me; I was heated by the excitement of
the drive, and got in t there to cool.pff.
I expect to sit in my shirt sleeves for
the rest of the season and eat bananas.
W. M. T.”
McPherson. —lt is pathetically an
nounced that Mr. McPherson, late
Clerk of the House of Representatives,
who retires after twelve years’ service,
Is now engaged on a life of Thaddeus
SteVens. The true story of that “ col
ored housekeeper ” may now be given
to the world. At present that inter
esting female Is keeping boarding
house at Washington and suing the
“ Great Commoner’s ” estate “ for
Services rendered.”
Henderson.—Grant and his Cabinet
say Henderson was insulting. Hen
derson denies that he assailed the
President. The Cincinnati Gazette, in a
quandary, quotes Bill Allen, and
avers that while Henderson may not
have personally attacked Grant, some
of his interrogatories had “an almighty
squinting that way.”
Ehem !—An exchange says : “Young
and handsome Senator Whyte, of
Maryland, is frequently in receipt of
baskets of flowers lady ad
mirers.” He is on the shady side of
fifty, and not much on personal pulch
ritude either. But there are a good
many “ladies” about the Capital who
might “shake the saintshlp of an an
chorite,” in pursuit t>f lobby schemes.
A Model Man.— The Macon Telegraph
states that Capt. Birt, of Bibb county,
always raises his own bacon, corn, etc.,
and is as independent as men generally
get to be. When the Birts are num
bered by thousands, as they ought to
be, the South will be rich, happy and
independent—and not till then.
South Carolina.— A New York gen
tleman, a .class-mate of Governor
Chamberlain, attended a recent sossion
of the South Carolina Legislature and
was duly astounded at that phenome
nal body. We are very much afraid
that the Legislature aforesaid will not
change for the better so long as the
papers over there stick to their semi-
Badical “Reform” idol.
A Hint to Politicians. —A Minne
sota lawyer having been elected to of
fice, thus writes : “Agreeable to promi
se before election, I shall be pleased to
give any person who voted for me
(taking their word for it) legal advice
free of charge for two years. For any
town which I carried, or nearly carried,
I will with pleasure prosecute or de
fend suits, or do any business they
may desire for two years free of
charge.”
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Burch. —The high-toned negro who
married in grand style, at New Orleans,
the other day, is demanding Pinchback’s
admission to the United States Senate.
As Pinchback, if admitted, would draw
$20,000 back pay, Burch probably ex
pects a dividend. Having ostensibly
made a fortune out of his membership
in the Louisiana Legislature, by bribery
and corruption, he very likely wants the
United States to help pay the cost of
his extravagant nuptials.
Arithmetical. —A correspondent of
the Philadelphia Times issues the fol
lowing conundrum: “If, as Ulysses says,
church property was worth in 1860,
8166,000,000 and in 1875,81.000.000,000,
six times as much, and in 1900 will bo
worth 83,000,000,000, three times as
much, can he tell what our city debt,
which in 1860 was $18,000,000, and in
1875 $74,000,000, will amount to in 1900?'
And can somebody else tell us, perhaps
yourself,'Mr. Editor, what business a
President’s message has with taxing
real estate, either public or private ?”
Crooked. —A brother-in-law of Fred
Douglass has been arrested for rob
bing the mails.
DIED,
At the residence of her nephew, William
J. Pollard, Hollywood. Richmond county,
Ga., Miss Frances C. Bacon.
The friends of the family are invited to
attend her funeral services, at Hollywood.
TUESDAY, the 14th inst., at 11 o’clock, a. m.
Morning train on Central Railroad leaves
depot at 9a. m.; returning, leaves Holly
wood at 3:15 p. m. *
FUNERAL NOTICE.
THE FRIENDS AND ACQUAINTANCES
of Mrs. Margaret Mullane and family are
respectfully invited to attend the funeral of
her daughter Nora, from St. Patrick’s
Catholic Church, THIS (Tuesday) MORN
ING, at 9 o'clock. , *
SPECIAL NOTICES.
Augusta Real Estate and Building
Association. ; •
THE REGULAR MONTHLY INSTALL
MENT of $2 per share on the capital stock
of this Association, will be payable to the
Treasurer, at his Office, on TUESDAY, 14th
inst. E. It. PERRY,
decl2-su&tu Sec.; nd Treas.
DR. A. S. CAMPBELL
HAS REMOVED HIS OFFICE TO NO. 189
Broad street, north side, belowiMclntosh.
decl2-sutusa-3 \
Cotton States Life Insurance Cornp’y,
Principal Office—Macon, Georgia.
A CARD.
Authorized Capital $2,000,000
Guaranteed Capital 500,000
Deposited with State Comptroller
for security of Policy-Holders.. 100,000
W. B. JOHNSTON ..President
J. W. BURKE Vice President
GEO. S, OBEAR Secretary
J. MERCER GREEN—Medical Examiner
W. J. MAGILL Supt, of Agencies
C. F. MoCAY Actuary
Macon, December Bth, 1875.
MR. J. H. MILLER HAS BEEN, THIS
day, appointed an Agont of the “ Cotton
States Life Insurance Company,” with au
thority to act as such within tue territory
occupied by said Company.
His office will be located in Augusta, Ga.
W. J. MAGILL,
Superintendent of Agencies.
Augusta, Ga., December 9th, 1875.
By the above announcement of the Su
perintendent of Agencies for the “Cotton
States Life Insurance Company, of Macon,
Ga.,” my friends and the public will soe
that I have accepted an Agency of this
sterling Home Company.
The location of the Augusta Ofilco will be
given as soon as it can bo properly fitted
up and furnished. Any letters addressed
to care of Lock Box 142 will receive prompt
attention. In severing connection with the
Southern Life Insurance Company, which
I have served for so many years, and to
which I am warmly attached, I desire to
state that I have great confidence in its
solvency and safo management, and have
the kindest relations with its honored and
capable officers. I wish it abundant pros
perity. I have made the change from con
siderations purely business in their char
acter.
The claims of the ' Cotton States Life
Insurance Company ” for support, and its
great local and other advantages, will
shortly appear in an advertisement in our
city papers. In the meantime, I will be
most happy to give,all desired 1 formation
and will call upon the citizens of Augusta
and ask them to patronize this Georgia
Company, chartered by the State, and with
One Hundred Thousand Dollars on deposit
with the authorities of the State, for the
protection of Policy-Holders. It; commands
the confidence of all classes, including the
Insurance circles of the North,‘as well as
the South.
dec9-tf J. H. MILLER.
A CARD.
TO ALL WHO ARE SUFFERING FROM
the errors and indiscretion of youth, nervous
woakness, early decay, loss of manhood, etc.
I will send a recipe that will cure you, FREE
OF CHARGE This great remedy wa3 dis
covered by a Misionary in South A merica.
Send a sclf-addressod envelope to the
REV. JOSEPH T. INMAN,
Station D, Bible House, New York City.
no v 23-1 ut hs a *c3in
Colonists, Emigrants and Travelers Westward.
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No one should go West without first getting
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All information cheerfully given.
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GIRARDEY’S OPERA HOUSE,
ONE NIGHT ONLY OF THE
ADELAIDE PHILLIPPS
Grand Italian Opera!
Tuesday Evening, Dec, 14th.
The Company comprise the following ar
tists: Miss Adelaide Phillipps, Miss Ma
tilda Phillipps, Miss Violetta Colville, Sig
norier Lambtr, Mr. Tom Karl, Big. Buga
nina. Big. Tagliapietra. Big. Carpi, Big.
Bacelli, Big- Loeateili, and Big. Barber!.
Full Company. Grand Chorus; and Or
chestra. Musical Director, Sig. A! Tomasi.
Verdi’s Popular Opera—lL TF.OVATOEE
—LEONORA. Miss VIOLETTA COLVILLE,
AZUCENA, Miss ADELAIDE PHILLIPPS;
Ma.uri.co, Sig. Buganini; Count be Liena,
Sig. Tagliapietra; Ferrando, Sig. Bacelli;
Inez, Madame lutropidi. \
Reserved Seats, $2; General Admission.
$1.50; Gallery, sl. The sale of Seats com
mence Friday, at 9 a. m., at Oates’ Book
Store. idec9-5
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Girardey’s Opera House.
WEDNESAD Y and THURSDAY!, Decem
ber 15th and 16th, Engagenient at a
great outlay of the celebrated andfpopular
HOLMAN ENGLISH OPERA OOIIPANY,
the oldest and most complete Open; Organ
ization in America, headed by Miss ■ 5 ALL IE
HOLMAN, America’s Brightest and Favor
ite Prima Donna: and nor accomplished
sister, Miss JULIA HOLMAN, supported
by an Efficient Company and Full iOliorus.
WEDNESDAY EVENING, December
16th—Locque’s Brilliant Opera Bojiffe, GI
ROFLE GIROFLA, translated expressly
for this Company, and played originally by
them in New York and Philadelphia.
THURSDAY EVENING, December 15th
—Bellini’s Grand Opera, LA SOMHAMBU
LA. *
In consequonce of the stringency of the
times, the Manager has adopted the- follow
ing very low scale of prices for fchfi Opera:
Admission, $1; Gallery, 50cts.; Reserved
Seats, $1.25. Sale of Beats to commence
Monday, Decinber 13th, at Oatefi' Music
Store. t
N. B.— The Opera House will positively
be in a fit condition for the reception of
Ladies. - y m
The celebrated KNABE PI A NO used, from
the Music Booms of Mr. P. Brenner'.
decll-5
NOTICE. 7
An assignment op all hjs ef-
FECTS was made to the undersigned
by Elmore A. Dunbar, November <4, 1875,
and left for record November sth.; All in
debtedness of every kind due to him must
be paid to us. •;
JOSIAH MILL|2R,
KENT BISELU,
nov9-tf Assignees.
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.
GIRARDEY’S_J)PERA HOUSE.
FRIDAY AND SATURDAY, DEC, il 418.
REAPPEARANCE OF
Hall’s Combination
—OB' —
Distinguished Metropolitan Artists!
FRIDAY,
WILL be produced for the first and only
time, Bronson Howard’s brilliant
satire on the Fancies and Follies of the
day, in five acts, entitled
SARATOGA!
Which will bo produced with the entire
Company in tne Cast, Including Mr.
LOUIS L. James, who appeared In this
Comedy one hundred nignts at the Fifth
Avenue Theatre, New York.
Striking Tableaux—Costumes ala Mode.
SECOND AND LAST NIGHT,
SATURDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 18TH,
Will be produced the great success of an
entire season in Paris and London, entitled
FROU FROU!
A drama of powerful human interest, in
five acts, which will be presented In this
city with all the advantages of Magnificent
Cast and Costumes of the period. Inci
dantal to this drama, occurs the rehear
sal of ANTONY and CLEOPATRA.
So great was the succoss attending the
production of this drama, that it was acted
at the same time in four Theatres in Lon
don. Notwithstanding the great expense
attending the performance (Mr. Hall’s
Company being the largest and most ex
pensive organization that has ever ap
peared in this city), the prices will remain
as usual.
GRAND FASHIONABLE MATINEE,
SATURDAY, AT 3 I*. AT.
(PSeats can now be secured at Oato’s Book
Store. decl4-tf
DOWN! DOWN.! DOWN]
at tub
FREDERICKSBURG STORE.
NOW IN STOCK.
4_A LONSDALE BLEACHED COTTON
TC at 10c, 4-4 Fruit of the Loom at
10%, 4-4 New York Mills at 12%, Beautiful
Calicoes at 6%.
A choice liue of CALICOES and excel
lent GOODS to arrive next week at sc.
Some of the prettiest and best DRESS
GOODS ever seen in this country now open
at 12% and 15c.
Largo sizes SHAWLS from 50c. up.
We always go down with the market,
and next week will have 4-4 Semper Idem
Bleached Cotton at 9c, 7-8 Semper Idom
Bleached Cotton at Bc.
We now have in Stock a good Bleached
Cotton at sc.
V. Richards & Bro.
decl4-l
PAUL O. HUDSON,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
THOMSON, GA.,
WILL practice in the counties of the
Augusta, Northern and Middle Cir
cuits.
Collections a specialty. decl4-2m
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i) 000 EMPTY BOXES, suitable for
packing Dry Goods, Drugs, Hardware or
Groceries, in good condition, and lids
perfect.
J. H. TRUMP,
Gen’l Ag’t Wbeoler & Wilson M’fg Cos.,
decl4-l 149 Broad street.
NATIONAL BANK OF AUGUSTA, /
Augusta, Ga., Dec. 13, 1875. j
AN election for seven DIRECTORS of
this Bank for the ensuing, will be held
at the Banking House on TUESDAY, the
21th day of January next, between the
hours of 11 and 1 o’clock.
G. M. THEW,
decl4-laws Cashier.
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If YOU want genuine GERMAN CO
LOGNE, Atwood’s, Caswell & Hazard’s, the
Golden Bell, and our own; also, Lubin’s,
Atkinson, Low, or any other Extract, you
can be supplied at E. BARRY A CO.’S.
CxROUND GINGER, Pepper, Spice, Mus
tard, Gelatine, Cooking Extracts, etc., etc.,
at E. BARRY A CO.’S.
WE ARE constantly receiving fresh
supplies of everything in our businsss, and
will guarantee all wo offer to be as repre
sented.
Please call and soe us before purchasing.
E. Barry & Cos.
APOTHECARIES,CHEMIST3 & DRUGGISTS
301 Broad Street.
HORRIBLE
COAL OIL ACCIDENT!
Is A FREQUENT HEADING in the news
columns of our papers. If families will
buy the genuine
FIRE-PROOF OIL,
and use no other, such accidents will never
occur. Be sure you get tho genuine FIRE
PROOF OIL. Price, 50 cents per gallon.
For sale in any quantity by
BARREIT & LAND,
270 Broad Street.
FINE BRANDIES.
PARTIES in want of strictly pure Bran
dy for Medical use, will flad a supe
rior article at our store, 370 Broad Street.
BARRETT Jfc LAND.
OLIVE OIL.
THE finest Virgin Oil, for Table use. For
sale by BARRETT & LAND, .
270 Broad Street.
SPICES.
11HE best SPICES, suitable for the Holl
. days. For sale by
BARRETT & LAND.
T E AS.
AVERY fine assortment of GREEN and
BLAOK TEAS. For sale at 270 Broad
.Street, by BARRETT <fc LAND.
dec!2-tf
NEW DRUG HOUSE.
FRANK J. MOSES,
SBO Broad. Street.
FKESH ARRIVALS of everything con
nected with a Wholesale and Retail Estab
lishment.
THE BEST
Brandies, Wines and-Liquors
A.LWAYS on hand, and at prices to suit
the times, for medical purposes only. For
sale by
DR. FRANK J. MOSES,
280 Broad Street.
PRESCRIPTIONS
Carefully PREPARED by an expe
rienced Pharmacist, who has been closely
connected with the business for many
years. Go to the store of
DR, FRANKJJ. MOSES,
280 Broad Street.
~C A L, L
A.T the Drug Store No. 280 Broad Street,
and you will find all articles! fresh, pure
and genuine. Satisfaction guaranteed.
DR. FRANK J. MOSES.
PATENT MEDICINES
Of ALL KINDS, 'Including Hegeman's,
Caswell, Hazard & Co.'s preparations of
Calisaya Bark and Iron. Also, a full as
sortment of Cod Liver Oils, with and with
out Phosphate of Lime. For sate at the
store of DR. FRANK J. MOSES,
No. 280 Broad Street.
*
Perfumery, Soaps,
ToTLET ARTICLES, Hair, Nail and
Tooth Brushes, of both foreign and do
mestic manufacture. For sale by
DR. FRANKjJ. MOSES,
280 Broad Street.
SICK FEEDERS,
TABLE, J Teaspoon'and Drop Glasses, and
all articles necessary and pertaining to the
Sick Room. For sale by
DR. FRANK J. MOSES,
280 Broad Street.
Toilet Sets of Bohemian Glass Ware,
A.ND CUT GLASS. Also Cologne Bottles,
cut glass, and named. For sale by
DR. FRANK J. MOSES,
No. 280 Broad Street.
MI FfBTAHI>,
In BULK and Packages, Ground Mace,
Cloves, Nutmegs, Cinnamon, etc. War
ranted fresh, pure, and free from adulter
ations of any kind. For sale by
DR. FRANK J. MOSES,
decl2-tf No. 280 Broad Street.
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CARPETS, SHADES, ETC.
FOR
CHRISTMAS
New Patterns Brussels
Carpets.
just opened.
New Window Shades,
All sizes, from $1 upwards. .
New Chromos,
200 New Chromos just opened.
Crumb Cloths,
All sizes at cost to close out lot.
Cocoa Mattings.
striped and plain.
New 3-Ply Carpets,
from $1.25 to $1.50 per yard.
Wall Papers and Bor
ders, Paper Shades
and Side Lights.
5,000 Rolls New Patterns Opened this week.
Hearth Rugs and Door
Mats,
New, Pretty and Cheap.
Ottomans and Has
socks,
500 at $1 each.
New Ingrain Carpets,
from 50c. per yard up to the best Scotch.
Genuine English Floor
Oil Cloths,
24 feet wide, cut any size.
Cheap Carpets.
20 Rolls at 25 to 40c. a Roll.
Table Oil Cloths and
Covers.
in all colors and widths.
Oil gCloths, Rugs and
. Mats.
of all sizes.
Floor Oil Cloths,
from 3 to 18 feet wide, pretty a,nd cheap.
Stair Carpets, Stair Rods and Pads,
Stair Oil Cloth and Stair Linen,
Lace Curtains, Lace Lambraquins,
Window Cornices and Bands,
French Terrys, Reps and Damasks,
Picture Cords, Loops and Nails,
Piano Covers and Table Covers,
Fringes and Gimps, all Colors,
Curtain Loops and Table Mats,
Drapery and Lambraquin Tassels,
and many other Goods suitable for
Christmas Presents, usef il and desira
ble, opened and for sale cheap, at
JAS. G. BAILIE & BRO.,
Broad [Street,
decl2-t£ '
GREAT SALE OF CHOICE FRUIT
TREES AT APCTIOH.
BIONON & CRUMP
WILL sell, In front of store, on TUES
DAY next, 14th inst., at 11 o’clock
a. m., a large and choice collection of
FRUIT TREES, from the celebrated “Fair
view Nurseries,” all true to name, and
comprising the following varieties:
Stump the World, Beer’s Smock, Crock
et’s White, Early York, Crawford’s Early,
Solway Yellow, Reve’s Favorite, Craw
ford’s Late, Old Mixon Free, Marker’s
Seedling, Hale’s Early, Yellow Rareipo,
Late Admirable, Ward’s Late, and other
favorite kinds of Peaches; Blood Leaf
Peach, Ornamental Double Flowering
Peach, Shrubbery. Nectarines, Assorted
Pear Trees; Kentish, or Pie Cherry, and
"Van Buren’s Dwarf Peach Trees.
The above are in lots of from 35 to 50,
assorted and in fine condition.
decl2-2
TO PARTIES
Desiring to Hold Cotton.
WE WILL make liberal CASH AD
VANCES on COTTON in store. Also,
Consignments, which are respectfully so
licited: DOZIER. WALTON & CO.,
decl-12dt*c Augusta, Ga.
COTTON STATES
-y j
IllUd COMPANf,
OF
MACON, GEORGIA.
CAPITA! AND GUARANTEE NEARLY
$1,000,000.
WM. B. JOHNSTON, President.
J. W. BURKE, Vice-President.
GEO. S. OBEAR, Secretary.
W. J, MAGILL, Superintendent Agencies.
Dk. JAMES MERCER GREEN, Chief Med
cal Officer.
RESIDENT DIRECTORS—STOCKHOLDERS, AU
GUSTA, GA.
JOHN P. KING, JOSIAH SIBLEY,
JOHN CRAIG, J. J. PEARCE,
JAS. G. BAILIE, GEO. R. SIBLEY.
THE only Company doing business in
the South that has ONE HUNDRED
THOUSAND DOLLARS deposited with the
authorities of the State of Georgia, for the
protection of policy holders.
Policies Upon AH the Various
Plans of Insurance.
All Policies Non-Forfeitable—Strictly a
Home Company, with its capital and in
vestments at home.
ENDOWMENT INSURANCE AT LIFE
RATES.
Low Premiums—Definite Con
tracts.
The Cotton States Life Insurance Com
pany, of Macon. Ga., desirous of meeting
the "demand of the insuring public for low
rates, and contracts that can be under
stood by all, offers the
Endowment Life-Rate Policy,
With confidence that an examination of the
plan is all that is necessary to commend it
to the favor of all desiring insurance.
This plan secures two objects:
Ist. It provides for those dependent upon
us in the event of death.
2d. It provides for our old age In case
we attain a stipulated age.
2e low rate of premiums, and the fact
the insurance is payable within the
ordinary period of life, makes it
The Most Desirable Form of
Policy Now Offered
the Public.
The premium is as low as the usual life
premium where the insurance is payable
only at death, or the age of ninety, and
the time for payment of the insurance
ranges from the age of Cl to 73 years, or at
death if prior. This period may be short
ened at any time, at the option of the in
sured, by additional payments for that
purpose.
To illustrate the difference between this
plan and the usual endowments, the fol
lowing is sufficient:
In all Mutual Companies the ordinary
premium at age 41, payable at age 68, is
$42.75 per SI,OOO.
The premium on Endowment-Life-Rate
plan at age 41, payable at age 68, is $32.47
per thousand dollars. Showing a saving
of Twenty-five per Cent, to the Policy
Holder.
Reasons for insuring on the
Endowment Life-Rate Plan :
Ist. It gives the insurance at the lowest
possible cost.
2b It provides for your family in case of
death.
3d. It provides for yourself in old age.
4th. There can be no loss. In case pre
miums should be discontiuued, paid-up in
surance is given for the amount paid in
premiums.
sth. It is better than a savings bank.
The first premium paid secures a fortune,
and if pa> ments are continued the accu
mulations and amount insured will be
much more than coulfl be earned by the
most fortunate savings bank.
Cth. It secures the amount at a stipulated
age, within the ordinary period of life: and
7th. By this means it is no longer neces
sary to “ die to win.”
Endowments at Life Rates.
Annual Premiums to secure SI,OOO, pay
able at ages indicated beiow, or at death, if
prior:
T annual [P’bhTatj Fannual IP’ble at
§ prom. Death |Age[ prem. | Death
< for SI.<KK) or Ago! Iforgi.oO'j or Ago
20 17 74 61 41 32 47 68
21 18 12 62 42 33 72 68
22 18 53 62 43 35 05 68
23 18 96 62 44 36 46 68
24 19 42 63 45 37 97 69
26 19 89 63 46 39 5 8 59
26 20 40 63 47 41 30 69
27 20 93 63 48 43 13 69
28 21 48 61 49 45 09 70
29 22 07 64 50 47 18 70
30 22 70 64 61 49 40 70
3L 23 35 65 52 51 78 71
32 21 05 65 53 54 31 71
33 24 78 63 54 57 02 71
34 25 66 66 55 59 91 71
35 26 38 66 66 63 00 72
36 27 25 66 57 66 29 72
37 28 17 CG 58 09 82 72
38 29 15 67 69 73 60 73
39 30 19 67 60 77 63 73
40 31 30 67
REASONS FOR INSURING IN THE
Cotton States Life.
Ist. It is a Southern Company.
2d. Its investments are made in the
South.
3d. It has already paid to Southern fam
ilies upwards of $300,000.
4th. All claims are paid promptly—no
long delays in consequence ot distance.
sth. Fdr security of policy holders It has
on deposit with the authorities of the State
of Georgia, $100,000; also, $50,000 with the
authorities of South Carolina.
Gth. It has a Guaranteed Capital of
$500,000.
Good Agents Wanted Throughout the
South.
BRANCH OFFICE,
AUGUSTA, GEORGIA,
29 mcintosh street.
J. H. MILLER,
Special Agent.
STERLING C. EVE, M. D. #
Medical Examinee.
decl2-2m
Molasses and Sugars.
gQ HHDS REBOILED MOLASSES.
Hhds Muscovado Molasses.
200 Barrels Reboiled Molasses.
25 Barrels New Orleans Molasses.
25 Barrels Refined Syrups.
150 Barrels Refined Sugars.
20 Hhds New Orleans Sugars.
WALTON & CLARK.
decl2-6
JAS. A. LOFLIN,
General Grocer & Commission Mercant,
NO. 266 BROAD STREET,
HAS now on hand a full assortment of
STAPLE and FANCY GROCERIES,
consisting of all the different grades of
FLOUR, MEAL, BACON, HAMS. LARD,
and tho finest MACKEREL, NUTS and
FRUITS of all kinds, just received from
Northern markets. EGGS and DRESSED
POULTRY always on hand. A variety of
the best LIQUORS for family use.
Goods delivered in the city and Summer
ville without extra charge. decl2-tf
INSURANCE.
f 1 EO. SYMMS, Agent, represents the fol-
VX 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 38
New Orleans Fire Insurance
Company, New Orleans, La.. 615,566 56
Horae Protection Fire Insur
ance Company, Huntsville,
A1a..... 121,21115
John Hancock Mutual Life In
surance Company, Boston,
Mass 2,750,000 00
$22,809,835 71
GEO. SYMMS, Agent,
No. 221 Broad Street,
septl-Cm Augusta, Ga.
LECAL ADVERTISEMENTS.
Kg’ Ihe following Advertisements are pub
lished at the request of many of our bubscrio
trs, who take the Constitutionalist only.
PETITION FOP." LETTERH 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 admomsn,
all and singular the kindred and creditors of
said deoeased. to be and appear at my office,
on or before the first MONDAY IN MARCH.
1876, to show cause, if any they have, why salu
Letters should not be granted.
Given under my hand and official sign a
ture. at office in Augusta, this 3d day of De
cember, 1875. SAMUEL LEVY,
decs-law3m Ordinary.
Georgia, Lincoln county-to all
WHOM IT MAY CONCERN.—Socrates
G. N. Furguson, having, in proper form, ap
plied to me l’or 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 grantsd to 8. G. N. Ferguson on Fred
erick H. Edmunds’ estate.
Witness rey hand and official signature,
December Ist, 1875. B. F .TAT OM,
decs-w4t Ordinary L. C.
ATOTICE TO DEBTORS AND CREDITORS.
JM GEORGIA, RICHMOND COUNTY.-All
persons indebted to the estate of franklin
Harris, late of said county, deceased, are
hereby notified and requested to make im
mediate payment to the undersigned, and
those having claims against the same are no
tified to present them, duly authenticated,
according to rasHABA HARRIS. .
Administratr ix Estate of Franklin Harris.
deoß-6w
AfOTICETO DEBTORS AND CREDITORS.
JN GEORGIA. RICHMOND COUNTY.-AU
Kdus indebted to the estate of James A. b.
gan, late of said county, deceased, are
hereby notified and requested to make im
mediate payment to the undersigned, and
those having claims against the same are
notified to present them, duly authenticated,
according to
Administrator Estate of J. A. 8, Milligan.
decß-6w
TT'OUR WEEKS AFTER DATE, APPLICA-
Jt: TION will be made to the Court of Ordi
nary of Richmond County, for leave to sell
deoß-4 Adrainistator Louisa Cook.
Columbia Sheriff’s Sale.
Georgia, Columbia county.-whi be
sold before the Court House at
Appling, in said county, within the legal
hours of sale, on the first TUESDAY IN JAN
UARY next, a tract ot land containing fifteen
hundred and sixty acres, more or less, lying
in the 134th District, G. M.. said county, and
adjoining lands of Tliqs. A. Blanchard, Mrs.
Merriwetner, and others, whereon Marion
McDaniel nov? lives- Levied on ns the prop
erty of Marion McDaniel, to satisfy sundry
fl. fas in my Land.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.
Win. Willingham vs. Marion McDaniel and
Thos. A.Blanchard; fourth, Pollard &00. 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
defendant in possession. ______
JAMES M. TANKERSLEY,
Decemborl, 1875. Sheriff C. C.
dee6-wtd. _____
Taliaferro Sheriff’s Sale.
WILL BE SOLD, before the Court House
door, ia the town of Crawfordville Tal
iaferro county, on tho FIRST TUESDAY IN
JANUARY next, within the lawful hours of
sale, one bav horse, one black horse mule,
and one yoke" of oxen. Levied on as the prop
erty of Jas. W. Fiynt, to satisfy a fl. fa. from
the Superior Court of aforesaid county, in
favor of J. F. & L. J. Miller vs. Jas. W. Fiynt.
Property pointed out by defendant.
This December 2d, 1875.
M. D. L. GOOGER,
deos-wtd Sheriff.
EXECUTOR’S SALE.
IN accordance with the lastly ill and testa
ment of Benjamin Tutt, late of Lincoln
county deceased, will be sold, on tho FIRST
TUESDAY in JANUARY next, before the
Court House door, in tho town of Lincolnton,
within the legal hours of sale, a tract or par
cel of LAND, containing one hundred and
ninety-eight and seven-tenths (198 7-io) acres,
adjoining lands of James D. Henderson, es
tate of Benjamin Tutt. R. W. Davie and
others, commonly known as tho “ 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
dec4wtd Executor of Benjamin Tutt.
EXECUTRIX’S SALE.
STATE OF GEORGIA, RICHMOND COUN
TY.—WiII be sold, on the FIRST TUES
DAY in JANUARY next, 1876, at the usual
place of public sales, in the city of Augusta,
in 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,
dec2-td G. R. SIMS. _
ATOTICE TO DEBTORS AND CREDITORS.
GEORGIA, RICHMOND COUNTY.-AU
persons indebted to the estate of Albert Men
dleson, late of said county, deceased, are
hereby notified and requested to make im
mediate payment to tne undersigned, and
thoso having claims against the same are no
lified to present them, duly authenticated, ac
cording to law.
JOSEPH MYERS,
Administrator Estate of Aibert Mendleson.
decß-6w
ADMINISTRATOR’S SALE.
BY virtue of an order from the Honorable
Court of Ordinary of Gwinnett County,
ueorgia, will bo sold, on the FIRST TUES
DAY IN JANUARY. 1876, at public outcry, at
the Lower Market House, in the city of Au
gusta, within the legal hours of sale, the fol
lowing real estate, belonging to the estate of
John J. Maguire, deceased:
A House and Lot on Ellis street, between
Campbell and Gumming streets, having a
front of forty feet, more or less, on Ellis
street, in said city, and running back the
same width about one hundred and thirty
tlifoefeet, being half-way to Greene street;
bounded nerth by Ellis street, south by the
eastern half of lot No. 24, of a plan of lots
made by Wm. Phillips, recorded in Book D,
D.. folios 328 and 329, east by Lot No. 8, and
west by tue western liajf of Lot No. 9.
Terms—One-third Cash, and one-third in
six and twelve months.
For further information, apply to H. D. D.
Twiggs, attorney for estate.
THOMAS MAGUIRE,
J. 11. MECASLIN.
Administrators Estate of J. J. Maguire.
_ dec9-wtd
SHERIFF’S SALE.
Georgia, cqlumbia county.-wui
bo sold, before the Court House door, in
the town of Appling, said county, on tho
FIRST TUESDAY IN JANUARY next, within
the legal hours of sa.o, one-sixth undivided
interest in tiiree hundred and sixty Ogo)
acre^of land, more or less, adjoining lands
of D. P. Marshall, T. K. Blalock, and otkors,
situated and being in the State and county
aforesaid. Levied upon as tho property of
Wm. S. Stovall, to satisfy a fl. fa. from Mc-
Duffie Superior Court, in favor of Daniel &
Rowland.
Property pointed out by plaintiff’s attorney.
Notice given to tenants in possession.
JAMES M. TANKEIiHLEY,
dec9-wtd She riff C. C.
SHERIFF’S SALE.
YT7TLL bo sold, before tho Court House
v“ door, in Columbia county, on tho
FIRST TUESDAY IN JANUARY next. One
Hundred and Seventy U7u) Acres of Land, be
longing to Andrew Gardner, adjoining lands
of James Fleming, Florence, and others.—
Sold to satisfy a tax fl. fa„ in favor of the
Tax Collector of Columbia county. Writien
notice served on J, M. Knox, Special Consta
ble, and turned over to.
J. M. TANKERSLEY.
dec9-wtd Sheriff Columbia County.
Georgia Columbia county-appli
cation FOR LETTERS OF DISMIS
SION.—Whereas, George W, Gray, Adminis
trator on the Estate of Eliza Crawford and
Peter Crawford, late of said county, deceased,
has applied to me for Letters of Dismission
from said estate—
These are to cite all persons concerned, to
show cause, if any they can, at the March
Term of the Court of Ordinary, why said Let
rs should not be granted.
Given under my hand and official signa
6. this December, 7th, 1875.
D. C. MOORE.
deeio.3m Ordinary.
STATE OF GEORGIA—COLUMBIA COUN
TY,—Whereas, W. B, Roebuck has ap
plied for Letters of Administration on the
Estate of Samuel A. Verdory, late of said
county, deceased-
This Is, therefore to cite all eoncorned, to be
and appear at my office, within the time pre
scribed by law, to show cause, if any they
can, why said Letters should not be granted.
Witness my hand and official signature,
this 7th day of December, 1875.
D. C. MOORE,
4e<jlo-w5 Ordinary.
Petition for Exemption of Personalty
and Realty,
Obdinaey’s Office for Said County. )
December 6th, 1875. )
Q.EORGI A—COLUMBIA COUNTY:
John T. Smith has applied to me for an Ex
emption of Personalty and Realty, and I will
pass upon the same at my office, on the 2‘2d
of December, 1875. D. C. MOORE,
decio-wtd Ordinary.