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0)c Constittrtioiwilwt AUGUSTA. C3-A.: Tuesday Moruing, December 21. 1875. South Carolina Politics. The spirit manifested by the black party of South Carolina, in the recent election of Judges, is of such a start ling and hostile character, that even the News and Courier is shaken from its preconceived ideas of reform. The Greenville News talks boldly out in meeting, thus: “Thecoalition or amal gamation schedule of the News and Courier has hoisted a nigger to the bench in Charleston. How? Why if the Democratic party had been organ ized in the last campaign, and made a fight against Radicalism and corrup tion, it would have entitled the party to some respect from the dominant party. But the white people, under the advice of the News and Courier, having voted the Liberal Republican ticket, lost their prestige and strength, and the re sult is the election of Whipper and Moses. Had our people stood square up like men, and asserted their man hood at the ballot box, denouncing at all times Republicanism in every shape and form, they would have command ed respect from the opposition—and they would have been able, at least, to compel the dominant, party in the State to elect competent and honest men to all offices within their gift. As it is, we have lost the respect of the Republi cans and have not the strength to make them either respect us or do jus tice to the peoplein their appointments.” The language employed in the above extract may not be very classical, but it is forcible, and, to our mind 9, just. The dominant negro faction that could insult the white minority of the State by appointing such monstrous carica tures of decency and honesty, as Whip per and Moses, to the judicial author ity, is unworthy of any toleration, much less coalition. Not by policy-monger ing and soft words, not by compromise and juggliug, will the true people of South Carolina redeem their State and protect themselves. The so-called Con servatives, as opponents of the black Radicalism of the commonwealth, are just as much an obstruction to the barbarism and rascality of their ene mies as so many turnstiles. They are, to a certain degree, in the way of cor ruption and villainy, but do not stop it at all. Elliott and his gang are de termined to rule the State and their success will be certain unless they are met with a determined opposition, on square issues. The compromise folly of the past ought to be blown to the four winds. It has been actually ex ploded by the black Radicals them selves, and any man who continues to follow that phantom, is just as wise as the little boy who thinks he is a veritable equestrian artist,, because he rides a stick horse round the circus ring, when the circus is gone. The comparison is not anew one, but it is none the less true for all that. The Culumbia Register, the Green ville News, and Anderson Intelligencer, have been the best advisers of the peo ple of South Carolina within their own borders. The policy they have sketched is such as can do the Carolinians no harm, but, on the contrary, if vigorous ly adopted and unitedly pursued, will bear good fruit. Falling Houses. —The New York Ex press, alluding to the fact that the year 1875 has been one of the most disas trous on record for business failures, makes the following judicious remarks: “It is said in Boston, where so many of these failures have taken place, that those falling houses have struggled too long under the pressure of obligations tending all the time to bear them down. Unwilling to recognize the fact that prices have fallen permanently, and in some classes that goods are still fall ing, they have staggered on under a heavy load of merchandise unsalable at a profit, rather than realise what could be had for it, to bid good-bye to the capital sunk, and proceed more cau tiously on a less extended basis. The houses that to-day stand firm are those which contracted their business when disaster overtook trade. These have avoided all uncertain ven tures until the clouds lift once more. The chief cause of all this difficulty has been a disordered cur rency. The best remedy for the evil is in an improvement of the currency and a more stable basis, that will encourage legitimate enterprise. The houses now falling one by one are making reforms more practical. Being heavy bor rowers, they relieve the money market. A heavy failure is followed usually by a decline in the price of the goods in which the house deals; and when fail ures are numerous the result is a sensi ble decrease in the amount of currency needed to do a given amount of busi ness. The argument now is that every failure is an admonition to the houses that remain, and tends to persuade them to contract their business and to borrow as little as possible. In this way everything is held to be working to make the task of reform easy. This is a very hard medicine, but we trust it will work a cure in the end.” Who Bids? —The New York Tribune thinks that the spectacle of that active little man, Mr. John Y. Foster, holding up the Republican party of New Jer sey by the tail, and promising to de liver it to the highest bidder, is exhil arating. It wants to know, however, whether it is the opinion of the aver age Republican Jerseymen that Mr. Foster can “deliver the goods?” The State Debt of Massachusetts has increased from $23,813,204, Janu ary 1, 1875, to $33,904,464, November 5, an increase, says the Boston Journal, larger by millions than has marked any corresponding length of time for wtJoy years. The total valuation of the State for 1875 is $1,840,785,000, a net increase of $9,183,835. The loss on personal is $12,588,361, and the gain on real, $21,773,196. They catch mullets in Florida. Hope they don’t try to make architects of 'em. Grant and the Third Term. We publish elsewhere a remarkable article from Harper's Weekly, in which strong ground is taken against the re nomination of Grant for a third term. The writer points out that Grant’s candidacy would be the inevitable defeat of the Republican party. The balance of power in a “truly loyal” nominating convention will be with the Federal officeholders. So far as we can ascer tain, these men are a unit for General Grant. It may be that sufficient pres sure can be brought to bear upon this element to drop their present prefer ence, for the good of the political or ganization to which they are attached. It will be a difficult matter to accom plish, but it may be done. At all events, a powerful press and influence will move in concert to accomplish the defeat of the President’s nomination, and this vigorous onslaught of Har per's Weekly is a type of what may be expected from many quarters. We heard one of our most distin guished statesmen say that, in his opinion, Grant’s nomination by a Republican convention, ruled by the Federal officials, would be a good thing for the Democracy, because, thus nominated, Grant would be beaten. In ease Grant was not nominated, and grew ugly toward his own party in consequence, the Democracy would be the gainer, not by anything he should actively do to help them, but by what he should omit to do for the Republi cans. Some of our contemporaries think the vote in the House of Representatives against a third term is a settlement of the question, not to speak of the Cin cinnati Gazette's semi-official announce ment that the President had fully made up his mind to retire to private life at the end of his official career, on the 4th of March 1877. We do not much be lieve in these semi-official announce ments, which are so liable to reversion and revision. As to the House vote, it might have some effect upon an ordi nary man or a sensitive one; but Grant is a sphinx and a stubborn one at that. He is roused by opposition, and the effect of that vote in the House, far from driving him into a retirement from the Presidential contest, may re ally act as a stimulant for his more de termined assertion of third term aspi rations. At all events, we should not count too certainly upon his being, either voluntarily or involuntarily, out of the race; and we want no better evi dence than the philippic of Harpei''s Weekly to prove that the philosophers of the Republican party only too much dread the ambition of the Executive to succeed himself. Byron. The celebrated Spanish scholar and statesman, Emilio Cas telar, has written a remarkable me moir of Lord Byron. Here is a pen pieture of the poet: His remarkable face; the beauty of his Grecian head; his spacious forehead; his arched eyebrows; the depth of his eyes, which in repose assumed the pure blue of the heavens, but which any emotion deep ened to black, like an ocean of changing thoughts; the perfect line of his lips, sculptured as if to vibrate eternal har mony; his aquiline nose; his beard, divid ed with incomparable grace; his Olympic gestures; his majestic attitude; his state liness, tempered by softness; the genius flashing from his features; his pale and delicate complexion, resembling the color of antique marble, gilded by the suns of centuries; all his being, all his person, de clared that, in chiselling the perfect vase, the Creator did not design that it should remain empty, but be filled witn immortal fragrance. The following epitome of Byron’s character is very eloquent : He believed that to live was to feel every thing, to experience everything; to pass through the different gradations of the warmth of universal life; to plunge heavi ly into the depths of the ocean, like the fishes; to scale the snowy peaks, like the eagles; to roll among the dry leaves of au tumn; to trample on the snows of winter; to languish under the burning sun of sum mer ; to hover, like the butterfly, among the spring flowers; to boa pilgrim, wandering continually from the Alhambra to the Vat ican, from the Vatican to the Parthenon, from the Parthenon to the Pyramids; to be the orator who wrestles in the tribune, and the brawler who fights in the streets; to be the aristocrat, the noble who rejoices in the remembrance of his blazonings, and in the pride of his long descent, and the Demo crat, the man of the people, who protests against ail tyrannies and demands com plete liberty; to be by turns a cenobite and an epicure; chaste and voluptuous; skepti cal and believing; a criminal and an apos tle; an enemy of humanity and a philan thropist ; an angel and a demon, as if his spirit embraced all things and aii ideas; as if his being was the abstract of all life, his personality the protagonist of the grand scene of the universe, of the great tragedy of history. No people ever hated a man as the British people hated Byron; and yet no race was ever more faithfully represented in its characteristic qualities, and above all in its haughty individuality, than the Eng glish people were represented by Byron. And yet, there seems to be very little substantial enthusiasm in England over the proposed memorial statue to the author of Childe Harold. Byron’s greatest popularity is outside of Eng land. • a Henderson. —Ex-Governor Reynolds, in a conversation with an editor of the Globe-Democrat, of St. Louis, gives a “true inwardness” of ex-Senator Hen derson. Alluding to Grant and the whiskey trials, he is thus reported : “I am perfectly convinced that President Grant, whom I have known for years, and whom I regard with the warmest friend ship, is entirely inuocent of any complicity or knowledge of this thing. If he had any knowledge of it, he would never have ap pointed Senator Henderson to the position of special counsel, because he might have known that Jock Henderson would take just such a shoot as he did. We old Demo crats know him better, don’t we General ?” 1 he gentleman referred to was General D. M. Frost, who was the commandant at Camp Jackson, in tho suburbs of St. Louis, at the breaking out of the war, and who was a prominent Democratic politician of that fierce time. “Yes,” said General Frost, “we do. I re member when I was in the Legislature, and Jock Henderson was a Democrat. Ho was regarded as a nullifler, and we more conservative Democrats did our best to tone him down.” “I remember,” added Governor Rey nolds, “his making a speech at Mexico, the homo now of Governor Hardin, when he was running for Congress in that dis trict, and his appealing to me, as a native of South Carolina, if ho was not ‘sound on the goose,’ to which, of course, I replied to the crowd, that be was. And six months afterward he was a fierce Republican.” Words. —When a man wants to bor row money here, he is asked to state his “collateral.” In Wall street the same commodity is called “squibulum.” Good.— Gen. W. Montgomery Gard - ner is suggested by the Rome Courier for State Treasurer. He would make a good one. A young man who went about yes terday morning snuffling and blowing his nose, explained to a friend that, “ she didn’t have ady fire id de parlor Suddy aight ad id dwas blabe code.”— \ Hartford Times. Matrimony. Mr. Editor :—Having read your ar ticles upon the subject of matrimony, I feel constrained to put in a few words in defense of my much abused sex. I will review the history of the average married couple, praying your patience the while. I will take you to the start ing point, courtship. It isn’t pleasant I know, to a married man, to be invited to a glance into this period. I will lead you now into the parlor with the lovers. You behold the man upon his knees, his countenance beaming with love, his lips quivering with the ex pressions of devotion. He is actually a worshipper. The woman before him is his idol. He vows that his life shall be devoted to her happiness—that his every thought shall be of her—-that he finds his happiness only in tier's. He calls her the queen of his heart. The poor, thoughtless girl before him re ceives his adoration, listens to his honeyed words, and finally consents to mount the throne he has placed before her. We will now take a glimpse of the honey-moon. The blooming bride wears a joyous smile for she sits a queen upon the throne of her husband’s heart. All is ‘couleur de rose.’ Life is glorious to her—the world radiant with sunshine, and her heart, so full of love, over flows at every touch of kindness from even the most distant hand. The honey-moon over—“My Lady” begins to learn buttons are to be sewed on, socks darned—one step ehe de scends from her throne. Next she must see that the house is neat in every part—meals in time, aud at evening, slippers warmed upon the hearth rug—foot-stool, chair, candle stand and book in readiness; for her whilom servant, now lord, has discov ered that his happiness is found not so much in her’s, as, in his comforts, and there he sits (selfish creature) book in hand amusing himself with imaginary men and women while the weary wife by his side, pining for companionship, plies the busy needle in silence; her thoughts the while mournfully reverting to the pleasant evenings spent beneath the parental roof, where brothers and sis ters mingled in social converse or whiled away the joyous hours with musifl or some pleasant game. She be gins to realize her changed position. She has dismounted her throne aud now finds herself to be not “queen,” but “upper servant.” Her lord not satisfied with this, his whilom queen is requested to enter the kitchen. Here she is expected to be mistress of the culinary arts. She must know when turkey is “done to a turn,” how to broil beefsteaks, how “rare” a roast should be, how thin to slice potatoes, which she must “drop into boiling lard” and from which they must come “brown, crisp, and not at all greasy." (Methinks this selfish lord might very properly be treated to a similar bath.) She must understand how to make a “good cook of a poor one”—a flue dish from poor material, etc., etc. Now, from this greasy, sooty employ ment (her delicate complexion scorched and Augers blistered) she must emerge sweet and clean (no time to change attire, for dinner would get cold and husband consequently cross). She must meet him with a welcoming smile aud preside with grace at the table. Added to these trials came the cares of maternity. She is now nurse, seam stress (still lower) cook. From a queen she has descended to a servant; her throne having long since been kicked by her former servant now soiereign into “the lumber-loft of forgotten things.” Upper Servant. FINE DIAMONDS, FINE GOLD JEWELRY, GOLD AND SILVER WATCHES, ETC,, AT AUCTION. BY BIGNON & CRUMP, Auctioneers. ON TUESDAY NIGHT NEXT, 20th inst., at 7 o’clock, and during the week, we will sell at Store, A large lot of PINE DIAMONDS, GOLD JEWELRY,GOLD aud SILVER WATCHES, OPERA GLASSES, etc., etc., being the stock of Mr. M. 11. Prince, of Washington City, who will be present, and cordially invites the public to call and patronize him. declß-td If You Want Presents for Christmas! CALL AT E. H. PUCHE’S, Jackson Street, And purchase— GOLD PENS, FANCY STATIONERY, PAPETERIES, for Ladies and Children, And 1,000 Other Things. dec!9- SANTA CLAUS HAS ARRIVED AT THE CHINA TEA STORE WITH FIIIE WORKS FOR CHRISTMAS. ROMAN CANDLES, Sky Rockets, Pin Wheels, Scrolls, Triangles, Garden Pieces, Serpents, Flower. Pots, Blue Lights, Bmgalas, Mines, Balloons, Lanterns, Flags, Crackers, Double Headeis, Torpe does, Pistol Matches, Match Pistols, Cracker Pistols, Cap Pistols, etc., aii of which will be closed out this week, ALSO, A couple of tons of CONFECTIONERY, including Choice French Mixture. Candy Toys of every name, including Lockets, Babes, Pitchers, Baskets, Cordial Vaces, Chocolate Creams, Slippers, Trumpets, etc., together with a full line of everything for the Holiday, at the LOWEST LIVING PRICES. We are trimmed and evergreened for the approaching anniversaries, and we wish our customers and friends all the compli ments of the season. R. N. HOTCHKISS, PROPRIETOR, Opposite Fountain, Red and Gilt Front, 143 Broad street. decl9-tf (novlotly) NOTICE. IN ORDER TO ACCOMMODATE PAS SENGERS for Macon, and points on the Macon and Augusta Railroad, on and after MONDAY. December 20th, a Passenger Car will be attached to Up Through Freight No. 1, which leaves Augusta at 10:5u a. m.. making close connection at Carnak with train for Macon. S. K. JOHNSON, Sup’nt. Augusta, Ga., Dec. 18, 1875. deeio-tf BRIDAL CAKES, 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, etc., Al monds, Walnuts, Pecans, Cocoanuts, etc. Splendid assortment of the very best FRENCH CANDY, at FRENCH STORE, under Central Hotel. decS-lm L. GUERIN. SPECIAL NOTICES. CJHLAJVGUS OIP ON THE GEORGIA AND MAdON AND ATJGWSTA RAILROADS. , ■ i SUPERINTENDENT’S OFFICE. ) GEORGIA ANDMACON& AUG ('STAR. R., } Augusta, Ga., DecemO-.r n, 1876. ) ON AND AFTER SWNDAY. J EC. 12. lßif. the Passenger Trains on the Georgia an Macon and Augusta Railroads will run aa follows: GEORGIA RAILROAD. DAY PASSENGER TRAIN WILL Leave Augusta at 8:00 a. m. Leave Atlanta at , ..12:C2p. m. Arrive in Augusta at 8:(6 p. m Arrive in Atlanta at *:oo p. m. NIOHT PAB3KNGXE TRAIN. Leave Augusta at 8:20 p. n; Leave Atlanta at ..10.So p. in. Arrive in Augusta at 7:15 a. m. Arrive iu Atlanta at 6:05 a. ir. MACON AND AUGUSTA RAILROAD. DAY PASSENGER TRAIN WILL Leave Augusta at..- 10 5) a. m Leave Macon at 5:30 a. m. Arrive in Augusta 2:15 p. m. Arrive in Macou J... 7.45 p. m NIGHT PASSENGER TPaVN. Leave Augusta at 8:20 p.m. Leave Macon at 9;OJ p a . Arrive in Augusta at ... 7:15 a. m. Arrive in Macon at 6 45 a. u. HAIiLEM AND AUGUSTA I’ASSENGEK TRAIN WILL Leave Augusta at 4:15 p. m. Leave Harlem at "... 8:05 a. m. Arrive in Augusta at 3:45 a. m. Arrive iu Harlem at 6:10 p. m. Passengers leaving Augusta jn either the Day or Night Train will make close connec tion at Atlanta with trains leave for Chat tanooga, Nashville, Louisville trad all points West. First-class Sleeping Cars on all night pas senter trail s on the Georgia and Macou and Augusta Railroads. dec2l-tf S. K. JOHNSON. Sup’t. SOUTH CAROLINA RAILROAD. Charleston. December 19. 1876. On and after SUNDAY, 7th instant, the fol lowing Schedule will be run on the SOUTH CAROLINA RAILROAD : Between Charleston and Augusta. Charleston time ten minutes ahead of Au gusta time. DAY PASSENGER TRAIN. Leaves Augusta 9:00 a. m. Arrives at Charleston 4:45 p. m Leave Charleston 9: 15 a. in, Arrives at Augusta — 6:15 p. in. NIGHT EXPRESS TBA. N Leaves Augusta ....8:3) p. m. Arrives at Charleston 7:4 f ) a. m. Leaves Charleston . ....8:30 p. m. Arrives at Augusta 7:45 a. in AIKEN TRAIN. Leaves Augusta 2:45 p. m. Arrives at Aiken 4:oo p. m. Leaves Aiken 9:oo a. m Arrives at Augusta ~.10:1> a. nr. Between Augusta and Columbia, both trains from Augusta will connect at Branch villa for Columbia. DAY PASSENGER TRAIN. Leave Augusta 9:01 a. ro. Arrive at Columbia 6:00 p. m. Leave Columbia 9:CO a. m. Arrive at Augusta .. 6:15 p, m. NIGHT EXPRESS TRAiN. Leaves Augusta 8.33 p. m. Arrives atColumbla 7.2) a. m. Leaves Columbia 7:oo 0. n . Arrives at Augusta. 7:45 a. m. Night Train out of Augusta m ake close con nection at Columbia with Greenville and Co lumbia Railroad. Passengers for points on the Greenville and Columbia Railroad will avoid a tedious delay and hotel expenses rtf night in Columbia by taking this route. Elegant new Sleeping Cars oh night train between Augusta and Charleston. S. B. PICKENS. S. S. SOLOMONS, General Ticket Agent. Suet, dec2l-tf National Exchange llank of. Auguxta, [ Augusta, Ga., December i‘4th, 1875. THE ANNUAL MEETING OF THE Stockholders of this Bank, for the election of Directors, will be held at the Banking House on TUESDAY, January 11th, 1176, at lo o’clock a. m. J. S. BEAN, decl7-3 j Cashier. Georgia Kiiilroml and Hunting Cos., Augusta, Ga., December 14,1875. DIVIDEND No. 63. A DIVIDEND OF FOUR DOLLAES per share was declared this day by the Directors of this Company, payable on the 15th of January next. 1 transfers of stock will be made lor ten days from this date. ; JOHN?P. KING, decls-wefrsu&we4 \ President NATIONAL BANK OP AUGUSTA, ) Augusta, Ga., Dec. Is, 1875. j AN ELECTION FOR SEVEN'-DIR ECTOBS of this Bank for the ensuing year, will be held at the Banking House uii TUESDAY, the llth day of January next, between tha hours of 11 and 1 o’clock. G. M. THEW, decl4-iaws Cashier A CARD. TO ALL WHO ARE SUFFERING FRCM the errors and indiscretion of youth, nervous weakness, early decay, loss of manhood, etc. I will send a recipe that will cure you, FREI OF CHARGE This groat 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. Nerv York City, nov‘23-tuthsa*c3m Colonists, Emigrants and Travelers Westward FOR MAP CIRCULARS. CONDENSE! time tables and general infor i ation in re gard to transportation facilities to all poinifc in Tennessee. Arkansas, Missouri. Minne sota, Colorado, Kansas, Texas, lowa, Nov Mexico. Utah and California, apply to or ad dress Albert B. Wkenn, General liailroai Agent Office Atlanta, Ga. No one should go West without first gettin? in communication with the General Rail road Agent, 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. HANLEY, sepl4-6m C. P, A T. A. FLORAL PIECES, MOTTOES and NEW CHROMG3, To be opened Monday, for Christmas. decl9-2 JAMES G. BAILIE & BRQ Wood Given Away! Any farmer twenty miles from Market will give you as much Wood as you wish, if ho choses to, I don’t in tend to give away any, but I will sell it SO CHEAP the poorest of you will feel like having Roast Turkey for Christmas. I have made arrangements f r keeping a full suppiv of the best Oak and Pine Wood at my Coal Yard, if you vmh any kind of Wood or Coal, I will sell it lo you VERY LOW. If your credit is good, you can pay your bills whenever I choose to call for them. If it is not good you can pay when you lrave your order, am ■ then sleep soundly and eat heartily, untroubled by a little debt for fuel. It’s a pity some of you in search of anew sensation would not try paying vour debts, “just for once.” Try it and see how pleasant it is. decl9-sutuw JOSEPH A. HILL. Printing Press for Sale. ANY ONE wishing to buy a good No. 4 Washington Hand Priming Press,c in hear of a bargain in one 1 y addressing “PRESSMAN,” care of the Atlanta Daily “Constitution." The Press Is a good one, and is now printing a paper i4x36. Address, as above at ones, If you wis h to secure a I bargain. dscl7-tf NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. HOUSE. ONE NIGHT ONLY. Wednesday, December 22. THE OLDRELIABLES 1 HAPPY CAL WAGNER’S MINSTRELS BRASS BAND. BIORGANIZED FOR THE SEASON OF 1875-76. The LARGEST and most COMPLETE Traveling Troupe in America. Our Comedians, Song and Dance Ar tists, Quartette and Orchestra have no Rivals in the Profession. MR. CAL WAGNER will positively ap pear at each entertainment. Admission Popular prices. Reserved seats can be secured four days in advance at Oates’ Book Store. deelß-4 13 E 1 T OF THE CAVALRY SURVIVOR’S ASSOCIATION. WEDNESDAY EVENING, Dec. 22. HAPPY CAL WAGNER’S MINSTRELS, the largest and most popular Minstrel Troupe now travelling, will give a Benelit Wednesday Evening, 22d inst., for the Cavalry Snrvivor’s Association. CAL WAGNER will appear at this entertain ment. Admission—Parquette and Dress Circle, $1; Gallery, 50 cents. Tickets can be ob tained from members of the Association, and at the door. Reserved seats secured at Geo. A. Oates’ Book Store, without extra charge. decjJt-2 EXCU RS 10 N FROM AUGUSTA to CHARLESTON, . SUNDAY, DEC. 526. AN EXTRA TRAIN WILL LEAVE THE OLD DEPOT of the South Carolina Radroad on the following schedule: Leave Augusta, Sunday 6:15 p. m. Arrive at Charleston, Monday... 5:40 a. m. RETURNING, Leave Charleston, Tuesday 9:15 a.m. Ai’rive at Augusta, Tuesday 5:15 p. m. Ample accommodation for all. tickets for round trip. $2 Tickets can be had at the S. C. R. R. Depot Oilice at any time. THOMAS WALKER, dec2l-6t Proprietor. House and Lot for Sale. rnilE HOUSE AND LOT SITUATED ON A Reynolds street, the residence of Air. N. B. Moore, deceased. The house contains nine rooms, besides the basement, and is in thorough repair, having been recently painted, with the necessary outbuildings and a good brick stable with slate roof, an alley giving access to the yard and stable. The price will be reasonable, and the terms liberal to a responsible purchaser. The above property will be offered at public sale on the FIRST TUESDAY IN JANUARY next, unless sold at private sale previous to that time. Persons wishing to purchase or examine the property are re ferred to W. 11. Warren, of the firm of War ren, Wallace & Cos., who will give them any information they desire. W. S. WOOLFOLK, deS2l-tjan4 Sweet Cream for Sale. AT AIRS. SUMERAU’S ON THE SAND HILLS. OR THROUGH POST OFFICE BOX C 52. dec2l-l* No. 1,330. NOTICE IN BANKRUPTCY. I’UIIS is to give notice that on the 6th day . of December, A. D., 1875, a warrant in Bankruptcy was Issued against the estate of E. P. CLAY'D >N & CO., and of EDWA RD P. CLAYTON, of Augusta, county of Rich mond and State of Georgia, who have been adjudged Bankrupts on their own petition, and that the payment of any debts, and the delivery of any property helonging to such Bankrupts, to them or for their use, and the transfer of any property by them are forbidden by law; that a meeting of the creditors of the said Bankrupts, to prove their debts and to choose one or more assignees of their estate, will be held at a Court of Bankruptcy, to be holden at tne Register’s Office, at Central Hotel, Au gusta, Ga., before Albert G. Foster, Esq., Register, on the fiftli day of January. A. D., 1876, at ten o’clock, a. m. W. H. SMYTH, deo2J-l U. S Marshal, as Alessenger. LOST, BUNCH OF KEYS, WITH NAME ENGRAVED ON TAG. A suitable reward will be given by leaving them at 282 Broad street. dec2l-l ORANGES. QQ Bbls. CHOICE FLORIDA ORANGES For sale at lowest market rates. BLAIR, SMITH & CO. _ dec-21-1 Dolls! Dolls! Dolls! 11HE LARGEST AND FINEST ASSORT MEN I OF DOLLS in the city at Mrs. WEEDENS, 182% Broad Street. SPEAKING AND CRYING DOLLS. FELT HATS GIVEN AWAY. VELVET CLOAKING & VELVET CLOAKS Made to Order. JEWELRY. NECK TIES, EMBROIDERIES, And a Fine Assortment of Fancy Goods for Christmas. HATS and BONNETS, Stylish and Cheap, selling at Cost. decl9-2* Handsome Silk i Ties, JUST RECEIVED by M..S. KEAN. BEAUTIFUL RUCHINGS, Just received by M. S. KEAN. • TO ARRIVE MONDAY, Sevoral cases PRINTS. Some Standard Makes atf l i% cents. M. S. KEAN. TO GOOD HUSBANDS AND FATHERS we will offer extra inducements in BLACK SILKS, and all other Dress Goods, FURS, etc. And what more appropriate present can you make your loved ones? deol9-sutu M. S. KEAN. LOOK H ERE] I WILL SELL American Lead Pencils AT NEW YORK COST. Not Deducting Discount. Call and see Prices. E. H. PUCHE, deo!9- _____ AUGUSTA. GA. Tlye Best Pen in the Market ITHE ESTERBROOK PEN IS ACKNOWL EDGED to be the best in the Market. The Undersigned will sell— FALCON—At 60c. Per Gross. ENGROSSING—At 75c. Per Cross Seventeen other Kinds at 50c. Per Cross. WHO CAN BEAT THE PRICES ? E. H. PUCHE, deel9- AUGUSTA, GA. THE NATIONAL BANK OF AUGUSTA. safe deposit boxes This 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, and valuables of every description. G. M. THEW, novl4-ly* Cashier. E. Barry & Cos. onceTweek. DRUGrS. —. —.*►. SIGN OF TWO MORTARS WE GENERALLY ORDER AND RE CEIVE ONCE A WEEK Pure Chemicals and Medicines, With which we prepare all PRESCRIP TIONS our friends may favor us with, and tor which we charge a moderate price. P U R £ COGNAC BRANDY and WHISWEY, FOR MEDICAL USE. We have just received a full assortment of TRUSBEB. Persons requiring such can have the peculiar kind ADAPTED TO THEIR CASE applied and fited in a private apartment by a Physician, without extra charge. We have also a large supply of PERFUMES, COLOGNES, [SOAPS, EXTRACTS, Brushes, Combs, Tooth Br us lies, Turkish Towels. Turkish Sponges, Spices of all kinds, And everything a first-class Drug Store should have, at lowest prices possible for the quality. Cal! at sign of TWO MORTARS. 261 Broad street. decl'J-tf IV E W CARPETS, SHADES, ETC, FOR C HRISTMAS. 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 Openod 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 yard. Table Oil Cloths and Covers. in all colors and widths. Oil Cloth, Rugs and Mats. of all sizes. Floor Oil Cloths, from 3 to 18 feet wide, pretty and cheap. Stair Carpets, Stair Bods 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. Plano 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., SOS Broad Street, dec!2-tf _ ________ BLANK BOOKS! ALL PERSONS IN NEED OF BLANK BOOKS, Such as LEDGERS, JOURNALS, CASH, DAY, MEMORANDUM, And all other kinds, Can be supplied at NEW YORK LIST PRICES! By calling at E. H. PTJGHE’S, decl9- Jackson street, Augusta, Ga. THEPOLICIES -OF THE- Old CASH ASSETS OVER SIX MILLIONS, AFFORD ABSOLUTE INDEMNITY FROM LOSS BY FIRE. Call and Get One. CHAS. M. CRANE, decl2-2wttod AGENT. “THE BOYS IN GREY.” WE were wont to admire the boys who wore the grey, though It Was not for the grey alone, but for the noble, ehlvtil rousnearts that beat under It. They com manded the admiration of the true and t he brave in every land. But how few admire a line head enveloped In grey hair ami whiskers!—very few. We all love admira tion, and nothing In our appearance la more calculated to secure It than pretty hair. If old age, sickness or sorrow has robbed you of it, you can regain It by the useof Dr. Tutt’s Hair Dm Its populari ty is so great that It can be found on the shelves of every druggist, In the land. octl3-suwedfrAely FOR RENT. rjAHE STORE. NO. I*l liROAD STREET, Apply on the Premiss*, deoo-tf QHRiSTMAS. 0 We call attention this week to the following Goods, suitable for Christmas Presents : A Beautiful line of Ladies", Misses’ and Children’s Cloaks and Suits. Black Silks, universally conceded to be the cheapest ever offered in Augusta. Colored Silks in great variety. Ladies’ and Gents’ Colored Bordered H. S. Handkerchiefs. Ladies’ and Gents’ H. Sand Tape Bor dered L. C. Handkerchiefs, in endless variety. Ladies’ and Gents’ Kid Gloves. Table Damasks, a splendid line. Towels, Napkins and Doylies, all prices. Those who desire to make Presents that are useful, and therefore certain to be appre ciated, will do well to call and examine these Goods. JAMES A. GRAY & CO. BLANKETS !! Tilt: MOST MAGNIFICENT STOCK of BED BLANKETS Ever Shown in Augusta is new on Exhibition at JAMES A. GRAY & CO.’S. nov24-tf NEW DRUG HOUSE. FRANK J. MOSES, S§o Broad Street. FItESH ARRIVALS of everything eon nectad 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 medieal purposes only. For sale by Dll. FRANK J. MOSES, 280 Broad Street. PRESCRIPTIONS Carefully PREPARED by an expe rienced Pharmacist, who has been closely connected wi:h the business for many years. Go to the store of DR. FRANK J. MOSES. 280 Broad Street. CALL At 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 O F ALL KINDS, including Hegeman’s, GasweD, Hazard & Co.’s preparations of Ualisaya Bark and Iron. Also, a full as sortment of Cod Liver Oils, with and with out Phosphate of Lime. For sate at the storeof DR. FRANK J. MOSES, No. 280 Broad Street. Perfumery, Soaps, Toilet ARTICLES, Hair, Nail and Tooth Brushes, of both foreign and do mestic manufacture. For sale by DR. FRANK.J. MOSES, ■ 280 Broad Street. SICK FEEDERS, TaBLE, Teaspoonand 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 GbASS. Also Cologne Bottles, out glass, and named. For sale by DR. FRANK J. MOSES, No. 280 Broad Street. MUSTARD, 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. 289 Broad Street. 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.il and Savannah and Charleston Railroads to Charleston and Savannah, are insured in the Fireman’s Fund Insurance Company of California. T. S. DAVANT, oct3-3m General Freight Agent. The Important Question, WHERE TO BUY Ladies’ and Misses’ Hats, OF THE RICHEST AND MOST FASHIONABLE Material, at low rates, is answered. Go to MRS. M. RICE, No. 198 BROAD STREET. Ladies’ and Misses’ FELT HATS, from 50 cents to $2 25. deel2-Buwefrtiljanl j MILLINERY GOODS. CHEAP HATS. ( Tool) FELT HA i'S at 35 cents each. FIN EST WOOL FELT HATS at 75c. and sl. BKST FRENCH FEL I' HATS at $1 and $1.25 I'hu above Goods in Ladles’and Misses’ sl/.es. All other Goods correspondingly low. FINE LINE OF FANCY GOODS for the Hollidays. Very Cheap. MRS. LECKIE, <loel6-thsu&th3 220 Broad street. NOTICE. H aving resumed my old trade, . 1 am prepared to repair Watches, Clocks and Jewelry, in the best manner and at reasonable prices. The patronage of my friends and t he public is respectfully solicited. Satisfaction guaranteed. No in ferior work sent out. W. J. FREEMAN, At G. H. MiLLER’S, 184 Broad street, First door below Tel. Office. decl9-sututhu* 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. 3e sure vou get the genuine FIRE PROOF OIL. Price, 50 cents per gallon. For sale in any quantity by BARRETT & LAND, 270 Broad Street. FINE BRANDIES. PARTIES in want of strictly pure Bran dy for Medical use, will find a supe rior article at our store, 270 Broad Street. BARRETT & LAND. OLIVE OIL. milE 11 nest Virgin Oil, for Table use. For 1 sale by BARRETT & LAND, 270 Broad Street. SPICES. THE test SPICES, suitable for the Holi days. For sale by BARRETT & LAND. TEAS. A VERY fine assortment of GREEN and BLACK TEAS. For sale at 270 Broad Street, by BARRETT A LAND. decl2-tf _ JAMES A. LOFLIN, G ROGER, AND Commission Merchant, 266 BROAD STREET, AUGUSTA, G A., TXJILL keep constantly on hand a good t V assortment of Staple and. Fancy GROCERIES, SUITABLE for the trade of this market. Partii'e favoring me with their patro nage, either in this city or Summerville, cau have the goods delivered at their resi dences Iff desired. nov2l •suwcfrlm GREENE’S HIH UOLOm. A. DELICATE, FRAGRANT and LASTING PERFUME FOR THE TOILET AND HANDKERCHIEF. Prepared from the original formula by CHAS. H. GREENE, Pharmacist, AT DR. JOSEPH HATTON’S DRUG AND PRESCRIPTION STORE, NEAR THE BELL TOWER, AUGUSTA, GA. N. B.—None genuine that does not bear Ihe written signature of Chas. H. Greene. aovU-Sm STOCK PRIVILEGES. $lO. SIOO. SSOO. SIOOO. Often realizes Immense profits when in vested in STOCK PRIVILEGES. Circulars containing full explanation of the mode of operating, and quotation prices of all Stocks dealt in, at the New York Stock Exchange, sent FREE on application to SIMONSON, BARREIEAS & CO., Bankers and Brokers, No. 6 Wall street, Opp. N. Y. Stock Exchange. New York. jels-tuthsalv I \£ p M |To agents auu others, male V4l w bll and female, a SSO secret and beautifully illustrated 100- Jk \akg * w I page Novelty Catalogue. B AW A T F Younq & Cos., 29 Broad, way,’New York. Jy29-lawly