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CTlic Constitufioiifllbi
AUGUSTA. GA.:
Wednesday Morning, Dec. 22. 1875.
The One Term Constitutional Amend
ment.
Asa general principle we are opposed
to Constitutional Amendments. The
maxim, “Let well enough alone, no
where more pertinently applies than to
the fundamental law under which vre
live. And as the Constitution is the
only compact between the States of
this Union, is itself the bond, it ought
not be -‘changed for light and transient
causes.” That this has been the pre
vailing idea since these States became
united is evident from a history of the
amendments now of force, fifteen in
number.
The first ten were restrictions upon
the powers granted, or supposed to be
granted, to the Federal Government;
were proposed by the First Congress
and ratified by all the States within
two years from the time the last State
acceded to the Constitution, and may
with propriety be considered a part
thereof, as they were discussed in near
ly all the State Conventions, and by
some made, as it were, conditions upon
which alone their ratification was se
cured.
The Eleventh Amendment was pro
posed by the Third Congress, and was
a still further restriction upon the
Federal Government, forbidding a
suit against a State by citizens of an
other State or citizens or subjects of
any Foreign State, and was declared
ratiiied by the President in a message
to Congress, dated January 8, 1798.
Tae Twelfth Amendment arose from
a radical defect in the manner of
choosing the President and Vice-Presi
dent, as prescribed in the Constitution,
an imperfection made manifest at the
Presidential election in 1800, when Jep
fekson and Burr, receiving the highest
and an equal number of electoral votes,
became according to law candidates
before the House of Representatives,
for President. Jefferson succeeded
only after a bitter and protracted con
test. Had Burr been elected it would
have been according to the Constitu
tion, but in direct violation of the will
of the people. This amendment, rati
fied in 1804, required the electors to
name in their ballots the person voted
for as President and Vice-President,
instead of simply voting for two per
sons as theretofore.
From that time for sixty years there
were no Constitutional Amendments;
but since 1864 every cross-roads mem
ber of Congress thinks it a part of his
sworn duty to tinker the Constitution
in one way or another, and he proposes
amendments more heedlessly and reck
lessly than the average Georgia legisla
tor changes the time of holding his Su
perior Court. Of Amendments of this
class there are now three, with whose
history our readers are only too fa
miliar. Suffice it to say, they were
neither proposed nor ratified with an
eye single to the good of the country,
but for the base and dishonorable pur
pose of keeping a political party in
power, and were forced down the
throats of one section at least at the
point of the bayonet.
But in spite of all this, wo make an
exception to the. general rule and de
clare ourselves decidedly in favor of
Mr. Randall’s proposed amendment
limiting the Presidential tenn to six
years with no re-election. The neces
sity which causes it, arises as in the
ease of the Twelfth Amendment, from
circumstances not contemplated by the
framers of the Constitution. By that
instrument any one person is eligible
to the office for life, provided he can
be elected every four years. Until
lately it has not been supposed that
any one desired to hold office longer
than eight years or was able to succeed
in a further election, if so disposed.—
But times have changed, and we now
have a President, who is charged with
the desire for a further election, and
who will not publicly deny it, as, fol
lowing the example of his predecessors,
he might have done in his message,
and who, it is generally conceded, can
be re-nominated by his party if he says
the word.
In the days of the first Presidents,
the possession of the office gave no one
the advantage. The patronage was
small, and not particularly desirable.
Mr. John Jay the first Chief Justice,
being Minister to England at the same
time, resigned both offices to become
Governor of New York, a position which
he refused to leave to be again Chief
Justice upon the appointment of John
Adams.
But as our country grew and expand
ed, as we levied more taxes and paid
out more money and got deeper in
debt, the number of office holders
greatly increased, and before the war
they grew to be quite an army. But
since then they have expanded immense
ly, so that now they number eighty
thousand, who, with their friends and
families, compose a bread and butter
brigade, upon whom the holder of the
Presidential office can rely to pack pri
mary meetings and carry conventions,
and when this is done and the office
holders’ candidate is nominated, as he
is nine times out of ten, the average
party man is reduced to the alterna
tive of voting for one whom he does
not like, or for the candidate of the op
position, a sort of Hobson’s choice,
with which the most of us have, at
some time in our lives, been familiar.
This is the great evil of the law as it
now stands. We are all ambitious and
fond of power, and cannot expect a
President, who desires re-election to
office, to pursue the even tenor of his
way without yielding, in a measure, to
that desire in all his actings and doings,
and keeping it continually in his mind’s
eye.
Remove the temptation ; let him feel
ho has no personal interest in the
office, that nothing he can do can add
to his term or prolong his stay one
hour ; that he is dependent upon no
man, but independent of all; that he
is the representative head of the
American people, and ****
himself, in private life and official sta
tion, so that the Republic shall rsce.ve
■jo detriment, and “to the best of Uis
ability preserve, protect and defend
the Constitution of the United States.”
Increasing Expenditures.
Inclusive of interest on the public
debt, the appropriations of Congress,
!a9t session, were $293,166,177. The
Republican administration is now ask
ing of a Democratic House of Repre
sentatives a total of $314,612,608, or an
excess of $21,446,431 over the past fis
cal year. The “machine” has to be run,
we suppose, but while everybody out
side the Government is retrenching, it
seems to us that everybody inside
should be made to do the same thing.
It would be a capital thing for the De
mocracy if they can contrive to cut
down the Government expenditure be
low last year’s exhibit, instead of al
lowing it to be increased many mil
lions above it. Hitherto, there must
have beeu a large margin of stealage,
if popular report and tho whiskey
frauds mean anything. If that margin
is to be increased, and not de
minished, the rogues in the service
may well rejoice. Hon. Hugh McCul
loch, when Secretary of the Treasury,
stood aghast at the frauds perpetrated
in the collection of the cotton tax, and
is reported to have said that he knew
for certain that some of the men he
appointed to office were honest before
handling Government money, but
seemed to become rogues afterward.
If the Administration wants to get
along with less money for expenditures,
it should recommend economy and
vigorously reform its service. If this
cannot be done by Republicans, the
people will expel them from power.
To prove themselves worthy of author
ity, the Democrats of the House
should, if possible, make economy the
order of the day.
Sad.—A curious tragedy occurred
recently in New Orleans, on the occa
sion of the gathering together of a
number of young girls for the purpose
of enrolling themselves as members of
a religious society known as the
Enfants-Marie. The Picayune, of the
19th, says : “ The postulants
white with flowing veils upon their
heads and lighted tapers in their hands,
were kneeling in front of the altar en
gaged in the services set apart for the
occasion, when accidentally the veils ot
two of the members were set on fire.
One of the young ladies escaped by
reason of the fact that she was dressed
iu silk, and the burning veil, which was
torn quickly from her, failed to do any
damage. The other, however, who
was dressed in a lighter material, met
with a sad fate, for though every as
sistance was rendered at the time, and
every remedy that medical aid could
suggest brought to bear since, the poor
child could not rally under the acute
sufferings resulting from the burns re
ceived, and passed away to the better
land last evening.” This was a repeti
tion, on a comparatively small scale, of
the dreadful catastrophe in a Massa
chusetts Catholic church.
Havenism.— The New York Sun, re
ferring to Bishop Haven’s prayerful
nomination, says: “George Washington
was an Episcopalian, but if he had been
nominated for the Presidency as the
candidate of the Episcopal Church, he
would never have been elected to the
office which he adorned. Thomas Jef
ferson could not have been elected as
the skeptical candidate, nor John
Quincy Adams as the Unitarian candi
date. We have had Presidents of half
a dozen or more religious denomina
tions, but not one of them could have
got the office as the candidate of his
denomination. When Bishop Haven
called on the Methodists to vote for the
re-election of Boss Grant, he took a
new departure in political religion.”
Sermons. —The celebrated Presby
terian divine, Dr. John M. Mason, was
asked, once upon a time, to allow his
Sunday discourses to be printed, on
Monday morning, in one of the jour
nals of the day. He declined on the
ground that a “ thunderstorm could
not be printed.” He likewise compre
hended the difference, perhaps, be
tween a sermon warmly delivered and
a sermon perused coldly in a newspa
per. Few great scholars or great ser
mons can stand such a test. Sargent
S. Prentiss and Henry Clay were
among the most eloquent of men. But
no one would suppose so from reading
their orations.
Titus.— The ex-husbaud of Mrs. Oates,
the opera bouffe actress, comes before
the public with his version of the mat
rimonial trouble which ended in divorce.
According to Tracy Titus, he was a
lamb of meekness, a model spouse,
an epitome of all domestic virtues, and
his wife’s affections were alienated by a
mother-in-law who wanted money,
and a sister-in-law who had the faculty
of playing Paul Pry in female garments.
As both Mrs. Oates and her ex-husband
are in the theatrical line, these dis
gusting details of their family squab
ble are excellent advertisements and
calculated to draw good houses. There
seems to be something attractive in
crime when sentimentalized.
South Carolina. —As early as the
Carpenter campaign, the Constitution
alist warned the people of South Car
olina whither their of “reform”
would lead them. We were denounced
at the time as a “red-hot Democrat,”
an “extremist,” etc., etc. But what we
urged then, and have never failed to
repeat, is rapidly coming home, by
force of events, to even the most big
oted lover of “compromise.” The News
and Courier appears to be well warmed
up to the true Democratic programme.
We hope it will stick to its present
course.
A Mystery Solved.— The statement
made by Gen. Spinner that he favored
the employment of female clerks in the
Treasury because a woman was afraid
to steal more than two dollars leads
the Burlington Haivk Eye to observe
that this is au explanation why a
woman will sell her husband’s thirty
seven dollar overcoat, a twelve
dollar pair of pants and a nine dollar
pair of boots to the rag-man for two
dollars, every time she can get a
chance.
Society— Society forms public opin
ion. If society is disorderly, public
opinion will be inoperative. Upon so
ciety, justly constituted, civilization is
built. If society is disorganized, civili
zation will be a reflex of that disorder.
To make society the instrument of ben
dictions, it must be pure. To be pure
society must protect its lambs against
the encroachment of the wolf.
Bad Example.—When Schiller’s play
of the Robbers was first produced in
Germany, it so turned the heads of
many Teuton nobles that they became
highwaymen and banditti. Schiller
was charged, and justly too, with hav
ing made crime sentimental and at
tractive. The reaction from sentimen
talized crime is disgust.
Example.—Rev. W. G. Stovall, of
Washington parish, La., is recorded to
have made on one-third of au acre the
following:
700 pounds seed cotton.
500 stalks Uf sugar cane.
12 barrels corn.
The croakers say the Soul h cannot
be made a farming country. Rev. Mr.
Stovall is evidently of a different opin
ion.
Hand-Shaking.—Learning that a
movement was on foot in France to
abolish the custom of hand-shaking,
one of our editorial brethren says : “As
we never expect to run for a political
office, we don’t care whether the cus
tom is abolished in this country or not.”
Hebrews in New York.
In his speech at the opening of the
Hebrew charity fair at Gilmore’s gar
den Governor Tilden put down the
present Hebrew population of New
York at 70,000. The figure is thought
to be too high, but it probably is not
much out of the way. The Hebrew
element has certainly increased greatly
in the past twenty-five years. The
Jews now have eighteen synagogues iu
the city, one—the Temple Emmanuel of
Fifth avenue—being as fine a religious
edifice as any in the country, and they
have several charitable institutions
which compare favorably with the best
of those belonging to Christian denomi
nations. In fact the Jews have ad
vanced to the front rank iu every social
relation and comprise a very important
part of our population. A great many
of them, of course, are poor, and yet a
Jewish beggar is never seen. . No class
is more industrious. Even those
occupying the lowest place in the so
clal scale are always engaged iu some
sort of labor. Idleness is unknown
among them. Very few follow trades.
The aim of the Hebrew from the time
he leaves school is to have a “business”
of his own, and whether that business
be peddling matches, selling old clothes,
or importing millions of dollars worth
of dry goods, he gives himself to it
completely. A large part of the whole
sale business of New York is carried on
by Jews. Some of our priucipal bank
ing houses, notably that of August Bel
mont, belong to members of their race,
aud in almost every department of
trade they hold places of prominence
and importance. In a social sense, also
they make constant advancement.
Many of the finest up-town houses are
owned and occupied by Jewish families,
and some handsome brown-stone
neighborhoods are almost entirely
giveu over to them. The total wealth
of New York city is supposed to be
about §1,600,000,000, and probably one
eiglith of this belongs to Jews, although
they comprise only about one-fifteenth
of the population.
SPECIAL NOTICES.
National Exchange Hank of Augusta, I
Augusta, Ga., December 12th, 1875. j
THE ANNUAL MEETING OF THE
Stockholders of this Bank, for the election
of Directors, will be held at tho Banking
House on TUESDAY, January 11th, 1870,
’ at lo o'clock a. m. J. S. BEAN,
deci7-3 Cashier.
Cteorgia It .a 11 Dili 1 Hint Hanking Cos., 1
Augusta, Ga„ December 14, 1875. J
DIVIDEND No. 63.
A DIVIDEND OF FOUR DOLLARS
per share was declared this day by the
Directors of this Company, payable on the
15th of January next.
No transfers of stock will be made for
ten days from this date.
JOHN P. KING,
decls-wefrsu&we4 President.
NATIONAL BANK OF AUGUSTA,)
Augusta, Ga., Dec. 13, 1875. \
AN ELECTION FOR SEVEN DIRECTORS
of this Bank for the ensuing year, will be
held at the Banking House on TUESDAY,
the 11th day of January next, between the
hours of 11 and 1 o’clock.
G. M. THEW,
dec!4-laws Cashier.
A CARD.
TO ALL WHO ARE SUFFERING FROM
the errors and Indiscretion of youth, nervous
weakness, early decay, loss of manhood, etc.
I will send a recipe that will cure you, FREE
OF CHAP.GE This great remedy was dis
covered by a Misionary in South America.
Send a self-addressed envelope to the
REV. JOSEPH T. INMAN,
Station D, Bible House, Now York City.
nov23-tuthsa*c3in
Colonuts, Emigrants and Travelers Westward.
FOR MAP CIRCULARS, CONDENSED
timetables and general infor ation in re
gard to transportation facilities to all points
in Tennessee, Arkansas, Missouri, Minne
sota, Colorado, Kansas, Texas. lowa, New
Mexico. Utah and California, apply to or ad
dress Albert B. Wkenn, General Railroad
Agent Office Atlanta, Ga.
No one should go West without first getting
in communication with the General Rail
road Agent, and become informed as to su
perior advantages, cheap and quick trans
portation of families, household goods,
st ick, and farming implements gene. ally.
All information cheerfully given.
W. L. DANLEY,
sepl4-6m G. P. & T. A.
Wood Given Away!
Any farmer twenty miles from
Market will give you as much Wood
as you wish, if he 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 fir keeping a
full supply of the best Oak and Pine Wood
at my Coal Yard. If you wish any kind of
Wood or Coal, I will sell it to 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 leave your order, and 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 your debts, “just for once.” Try
it and see how pleasant it is.
decl9-sutuw JOSEPH A. HILL.
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 10:50 a. m.,
making close connection at Camak with
train for Macon.
S. K. JOHNSON, Sup’nt.
Augusta, Ga., Dec. 18,1875. decl9-tf
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.
HOUSE.
ONE NIGHT ONLY.
Wednesday, December 22.
THE OLD RELIABLES !
HAPPY CAL WAGNER’S
MINSTRELS A1 BRASS Ml.
REORGANIZED FOR THE SEASON OF 1875-’76.
The LARGEST and niost COMPLETE
Traveling Troupe in America.
Our Comedians, Song and Dunce Ar_
tidi, Quartette and Orche.ira
have no Rivals in the
Profession.
Admission Popular prices.
Reserved seats can be secured four days
in advance at Oates’ Book Store.
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13 K 1 T
OF THE
CAVALRY SURVIVOR’S ASSOCIATION.
WEDNESDAY EVENING, Deo. 22.
Happy cal wagner’s minstrels,
the largest and most popular Minstrel
T roupe now travelling, will give a Benefit
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 lie ob
tained from members of the Association,
and at the door. Reserved seats secured at
Geo. A. Oates’ Book Store, will tout extra
charge. _ dec2l-2
$5 REWARD.
CITRAYED, ON YESTERDAY EVENING,
a Brown and White Pointer Pup, about
twelve months old. Answers to the name
of “Spot,” and lias very light eyes.
Apply at THIS OFFICE.
• LEONARD PHINfXY,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
AUGUSTA, GA,
Office Up Stiirs, Over Brahe’s Jewelry Store
Corner Broad and Mclntosh Sts.
Collections Made and Promptly Remitted,
dec22-6m
Great Sale of Books
AT AUCTION.
By BIGNON & C33HT3IP,
Every Evening.
286 BROAD STREET
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Recently Received.
An assortment of french china
DINNER and TEA WARE. Also,
Fancy Mugs and Cups and Saucers,
Plated Mugs, Goblets, Bouquec. Holders,
etc. Will sell cheap. \
E. MIBTIN,
332 Broad street,
dec22-l* Opposite Planters’ Hotel.
FINE LIQUORS.
AS PLENDlD ASSORTMif,NT OF
LIQUORS is offered for sa Jo to close
out business. Persons wishing Christmas
Liquors will do well to call. Fro Wines.
Brandies aud Whiskies at thji lowest
prices. <
dec22-2 W. D. DA VjiDSON.
New Confectionery.
I WOULD RESPECTFULLY IINFORM
the citizens of Augusta anil vicinity
that I have opened at tho store Ifonuerly
occupied by Geraly & Armstijioug, 263
Broad street, '
A CONFECTIONERY and FRU.t|’ STORE,
where I propose to keep on h qul a full
stock of Fine Confectionery, F >*'eign and
Domestic Fiuits and Nuts, an If solicit a
share of the public pat ronage, i
dec22-wefrsu GEO. 0. GObDSBY.
_______ j
The firm heretofore kMown as
H. MORRISON At CO. will hereafter
be carried on by the undersigned, who
takes this method of returning ids thanks
for the liberal patronage bestowjd on the
firm, and would resquest a coijtinuance
of the same. i
dec22 wdsa JULIUS 11. OPPIfNHEIM.
QTATE OF GEORGIA. RICHMONO COUN-
O TV. —Whereas, J. .J, Pearce 1 applied
Lr Letters of Administration on tins estate of
Charles A. Pearce, late of said county, de
ceased — * | §3
This is, therefore, to cite all concerned to
be and apoear at mv office, on or IMoro tint
first MONDAY IN FEBRUARY, 18?<| t., show
cause, if any they can, why said Lottery
should not begranted. |
Given under my hand and offlci/il signa
ture. at office in Augusta, this 2lst of De
cember, 1876. v '
SAMUEL KEVY,
dec22td Oqiinary.
O TATE O B’ GEORGIA. RICHMOND) COUN-
O TY.—Whereas, Sal vena A. My e. 7 has ap
plied for Letters of Administration on the
estate of Aaron Myers, late of said ciiunty, de
ceased— *
This is, therefore, to cite all cone ‘lined to be
and appear .-.t my office, on or be fori the first
MONDAY IN FEBRUARY, 1876, to shf.wcause,
if any they can, why said Letters al'ould not
be granted. \
Given under my hand and officKl signa
ture, at office in Augusta, this 2ist Jfy of De
cember, 1875.
SAMUEL LEVY,
des22-td Culinary.
INOUR WEEKS AFTER DATE APPLICA
TION will be made before thagdourtof
Or inary of Richmond county for;leave to
sell the property belonging to Nam yiMcCarty
alias Maria McCarty. }
December 2tst, 1875. i
JAS. P. YERtkRY,
Administrator Nancy McC rty aliis Maria
McCarty. dEc22-4w
Petition for Exemption of Pe^sonlty.
Q.EORGIA, RICHMOND COUNT Yv
Ordinary’s Office for said CouLtty, )
Augusta, December 2ist, fyvs. /
Jane Purdey has applied to me for!Exemp
tion of Personalty, and I will pass fipon the
same at my office, in Augusta, Ga., oil Satur
day, January Ist, 1876, at ten o’clock, *. M.
SAMUEL I*SVY.
dec22-wtd Ordinary.
The Important Question,
WHERE TO BUY
Ladies’ and Misses’ llats,
OF THE I
RICHEST AND MOST FASHIONABLE
Material, at low rates, is answered.) Go to
MRS. M. RIOS,
No. 198 BROAD STREET.
Ladies’ and Misses’ FELT HATG, from
50 cents to $2.25. ;
decl2-suwefrtiljanl *
NOTICE.
Having resumed my old trade,
I am prepared to repair Watches,
Clocks and Jewelry, in the best manner
and at reasonable prices. The patronage
of my friends and the public is respectfully
solicited. Satisfaction guaranteed.: No in
ferior work sent out. <
W. J. FREEMAN,
At G. H. MILLEfi’S,
184 Broad Street,
First door below Ter Office.
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ASSIGNEE’S SALE.
BY virtue of an order from A. G.: Foster,
Regibter in Bankruptcy, will be sedd, free
from all encumbrances, at the Lower: Market
House, in the city of Augusta, between the
usual hours of sale, on the first Tut iday in
JANUARY next, at public outer y. to the high
est bider, for cash, three Tracts o’ Land,
lying in Richmond county, on the Washing
ton road, about four miles from said city,
the property of Edward Perrin, Bankrupt,
to-wit:
One tract on the north side of said t oad,
containing one-hundred aud tf y-eight
acres, mo - e or less, bounded on taj north
and west by lands of estate of B. H. Warren,
and on the east by lands of G. S. Fislu’r. Also,
one tract on the south side of said roi;i, con
taining 91 94-u o acres, more or less, bounded
on the east by tho Bankrupt s liomo on
the south by lands of W. S. Skinner,’-md on
the west by lands of H. Skinner. A donetract
on the south side of said road, containing 125
41-100 acres, more or less, bounded on he east
by lands of Planters Loan and Saving; Bank,
on the south by lands of Planters I,g.id and
Savings Bank find Wm. Skinner, and on the
west by the said Bankrupt’s hometead
Plats of the land can be seen at the ffioe of
T. & J. L. Oakman, No. i Warren Block,
Purchaser to pay for papers.
JULIUS L. OAKMAN,
Assignee Estate Edw. Perrin, Bankrupt.
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EXCURSION
FROM
AUCUSTA to CHARLESTON,
SUNDAY, DEC. 26.
AN EXTRA TRAIN WILL LEAVE THE
OLD DEPOT of the South Carolina
Railroad 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.
Arrive at Augusts, Tuesday 5:15 p. m.
Ample accommodation for all. i ickets
for round trip. $2. Tickets can be had at
the S. C. R. R. Depot Office at any time.
THOMAS WALKER,
dec2l-6t Proprietor.
House and Lot for Sale.
The house and lot situated on
Reynolds street, the residence of Mr.
N. B. Moore, deceased. The house contains
nine rooms, besides the basement, and is
in thorough repair, having been recently
painted, xith the necessary outbuildings
and a good brick stable with slate roof, au
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
lerred to W. H. Warren, of the firm of War
i-en, Wallace & Cos., who will give them any
information they desire.
W. 8. WOOLFOLK,
dee2l-tjan4
JAMES A. LOFLIN,
GROCER
AND
Commission Merchant,
26G BUOAD STREET,
AUGUSTA, GA.,
WILL keep constantly on hand a good
assortment of
Staple and Fancy
GROCERIES,
SUITABLE for the trade of this market.
Parties favoring me with their patro
nage, either in this city or Summerville,
can have the goods delivered at their resi
dences if desired.
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LOOK HERE t
I WILL SELL
American Lead Pencils
AT NEW YORK COST.
Not Deducting Discount.
Call and see Prices.
E. H. PUCHE,
(led!)- AUGUSTA, GA.
The Best Pen in the Market
mHE ESTERBROOK PEN IS ACKNOWL-
X EDGED to be tho best in the Market.
Tho Undersigned will sell—
FALCON—At 60c. Per Gross.
ENGROSSING-At 75c. Per Cross
Seventeen other Kinds at 50c.
Per Cross.
WHO GAN BEAT THE PRICES ?
E. H. PUCHE,
deo!9- AUGUSTA. GA.
ff You Want
Presents for Christmas!
CALL AT
E. H. PUCHE’S,
Jackson Street,
j And purchase—
GOLD PENS,
FANCY STATIONERY,
PAPETERIES, for Ladies and Children,
And I.OCO Other Things.
I declO-
i 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 Royal 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.
HAYTA. OL.ATJH
HAS ARRIVED AT THE
CHINA TEA STORE
wn*H
FIRE WORKS FOR CHRISTMAS.
ROMAN CANDLES, Sky Rockets, Pin
Wheels, Scrolls, Triangles, Garden
Pieces, Serpents, Flower Pots, Blue Lights,
Bengalas, Mines, Balloons, Lanterns,
Flags, Craokers, Double Headeis, Torpe
does, Pistol Matches, Match Pistols,
Cracker Pistols, Cap Pistols, etc., all of
which will be closed out this week,
ALSO,
A couple of tons of CONFECTIONERY,
including Choice French Mixture. Candy
Toys of every name, ineluding Lockets,
Babes, Pitchers, Baskets, Cordial Vaces,
Chocolate Creams, Slippers, Trumpets,
etc., together with a full liue of everything
for the Holiday, at the
LOWEST LIVING PRICES.
We ai - e 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)
BRIDAL CAKES,
P 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.
deo2-lm L. GUERIN.
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, ana valuables
of every description. G. M. THEW,
nov!4-ly* Cashier.
E. Barry & Cos.
ONCE T WEEK.
IDUUGMS.
SIGN OF 1
TWO MORTARS
4#*.
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 wo charge a mdderate price.
P U R E
COGNAC BKANDY and WHISKEY,
FOR MEDI AL USE.
We have just received a full assortment of
TRUSSES.
Persons requiring such can have the
peculiar kind ADAPTED TO THEIR CASE
applied and flted in a private apartment by
a Physician, with(%t extra charge.
We have also a large supply ot
PERFUMES, COLOGNES,
[SOAPS, EXTRACTS,
Brushes, Combs,
Teeth Brushes,
Turkish Towels.
Turkish Sponges,
Spices of all kinds.
And everything a first-class Drug Store
should have, at lowest prices possible for
the quality.
Call at sign of TWO MORTARS, 261
Broad street. declU-tf
CARPETS, SHAMS, BTC.
FOR
C HRISTMAS.
New Patterns Brussels
Carpets.
just opened.
New Window Shades,
All sizes, from $1 upwards, j
New Chromos,
200 New Chromos just opened.
Crumb Clotbs,
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 40e. 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 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,
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.,
805 Broad Street,
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BLANK BOOKS!
ALL PERSONS IN NEED OF
BLANK BOOKS,
Such as
LEDGERS,
JOURNALS,
CASH, DAY,
MEMORANDUM,
And all other kinds,
Can he supplied at
NEW YORK LIST PRICES!
By calling at
E. n. PUGHE’S,
decl9- Jackson street, Augusta, Ga.
THE POLICIES
-OF THE
.OId >4Etna,
CASH ASSETS OVER
SIX MILLIONS,
AFFORD ABSOLUTE INDEMNITY
FROM
LOSS BY FIRE.
Call and Get One.
CHAS. M. CRANE,
decl2-2weod 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 noblo, chival
rous hearts that beat under it. They com
manded the admiration of the true and the
brave in every land. But how few admire
a tine head enveloped in grey hair and
whiskers!—very few. We all love admira
tion, and nothing in our appearance is
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
use of Dr. Tutt’s Hair Dye. Its populari
ty is so great that it can bo found on the
shelves of every druggist in the land.
oetl3-suwedfr&cly
FOR RENT.
rjIHE STORE. NO. HI BROAD STREET,
Apply on the Premises.
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NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.
NEW 'GOODS
FOR THE
H OLID A Y S!
SUITABLE FOR CHRISTMAS PRESENTS.
Latest styles of hats, silk umbrellas, dressing robes,
FINEST AND BEST FRENCH KID GLOVES,
CHOICE SCARFS AND TIES,
CHOICE SHIRTS AND SUSPENDERS,
SILK AND LINEN HANDKERCHIEFS,
GOLD CUFF AND STUDD BUTTONS,
Just Received and foe Sale at
AUGUST DORR’S,
MERCHANT TAILOR AND DEALER IN READY MADE
CLOTHINC and CENTS’ FURNISHING GOODS,
22 2 BROAD ST., AUGUSTA, GA.
dec22-lw
GHR I S TMAS .
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. S. and 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.
BL ANKETS !!
THE MOST MAGNIFICENT STOCK o 1
BED BLANKETS
Ever Shown in Augusta is now on Exhibition at
JAMES A. GRAY & CO.’S.
nov24-tf __________________.
NEW DRUG HOUSE.
FRANK J. MOSES,
1280 lAi*o4*xl Street.
FRESH ARRIYALS 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 uit
the times, for medical purposes only. For
sale by
DR. FRANK J. MOSEU,
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
Dlt. FRANK J. MOSES.
280 Broad Street.
~C A L L
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 & Oo.’s preparations of
Calisaya Bark and Iron. Also, a full as
sortment ot Cod Liver Oils, with and with
out Phosphate of Lime. For sale at the
store of DR. FRANK J. MOSES,
No. 280 Broad St root.
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,
1 ABLE, 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,
j^N D CUT GLASS. Also Cologne Bottles,
cut glass, and named. For sale by
DR. FRANK J. MOSES,
No. 280 Broad Street.
MUSTARD,
i* BULK and Packages, Ground Mace,
Cloves, Nutmegs, Cinnamon, etc. .War
ranted fresh, pure, and free from adulter
ations of any kind. For sale by
Dlt. FRANK J. MUSES,
decl2-tf^^^^^^No^BoßroadStreot.
MILLINERY GOODS.
CHEAP HATS.
GrOOD FELT HATS at 35 cents each.
FINEST WOOL FELT HATS at 75c. and sl.
BEST FRENCH FELT HATS atsl imd $1.25
The above Goods in Ladies’ and Misses’
sizes. All other Goods correspondingly low.
FINE LINE OF
FANCY GOODS
for the Hollidays. Very Cheap.
MRS. LECKIE,
Uecl6-thsu&th3 220 Broad street.
Printing Press for Sale.
ANY ONE wishing to buy a good No. 4
Washington Hand Printing Press, c n
hear of a bargain in one by addiessing
“PRESSMAN,” care of the Atlanta Daily
“Constitution.” The Press Is a good one,
and is now printing a paper 24x36. Address
as above at once, it you wish to secure a
bargain. dec!7-tf
HORRIBLE
COAL OIL ACCIDENT!
Is A FREQUENT HEADING in the news
columns of our pap rs. If families will
buy the genuine
FIRE-PROOF OIL,
I
I
j and use no other, such accidents will never
occur. Be sure you 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 *lind a supe
ri r article at our store, 270 Broad Street.
BARRETT & LAND.
OLIVE OIL!
THE finest Virgin Oil, for Table use. For
sale by BARRET C & LAND,
270 Broad Street.
SPICES.
riIHE best SPICES, suitable- for the Hoif
_L da vs. For sale by
BARRETT & LAND.
TEAS.
A VERY line assortment of GREEN and
BLACK TEAS. For sale at 270 Broad
l Street, by BARRETT & LAND.
J dec!2-tf ___
EENE’S
Hll COLOGNE.
A DELICATE.
FRAGRANT and LASTING
I
PERFUME
FOR THE TOILET AND HANDKERCHIEF.
Prepared from the original formula by
i 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 ef Chas. H. Greene.
ovl4-6m
STOCK PRIVILEGES.
$lO. SIOO. SSOO. SIOOO.
Often realizes immense profits when in
vested in STUCK 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, BARREIRAS & CO.,
Bankers and Brokers, No. 6 Wall street,
Opp. N. Y. Stock Exchange. New Yokk.
jels-tuthsalv
OIUPN | To agents ana others, male
w and female, a SSO secret and
beautifully illustrated 100-
A lAI A V TM? Novelty Catalogue. R
AW A Y F. Young &, Cos., 29 Broad,
way,’New York. jy29-lawly