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FOR THE CAMPAIGN OF 1876. The Augusta Constitutionalist. The Proprietors would announce that the Augusta Constitutionalist will take a leading part in the coming Presidential and Gubernatorial Campaigns of 1876. Next year an election will be held for President and Vice-President of the United States. In Georgia a Governor and other State officers, membTS of Congress and members of the Legislature are to be chosen. It is already known that the Presidential contest will be the most exciting, and cer tainly the most important which has oc curred since 1860. Upon a truthful press the people must almost wholly rely for accurate information, in order to act intel ligently and in concert. To our immediate section, it is of the first importance that its voice should be heard by the country at large, its necessities known and the legisla tion it needs in Congress, and the future policy of the Government, through its Executive, made perfectly clear. The Constitutionalist has a strong corps of editors and correspondents em ployed, and will devote a large amount of its space to the Presidential and the State campaign. • But it will not bo altogether political—it will then, as now, publish each morning in its Daily, every other day in its Tri- Weekly, and its Weekly, the very latest news received up to three o’clock on the morning of publication. This will include telegraphic dispatches from all portions of the United States, dispatches by cabie from the Old World, the markets at home and from Europe, a daily resume of Geor gia and South Carolina local news, the decisions of the Supreme Court of Georgia, and, lastly, the local ne\v3 of the city of Augusta. TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION. Daily—one year sl° oo " six months 5 oo “ three months 2 50 Tbi-Weekly—one year 5 oo “ six months 2 6° / Weekly—one year 2 oo " six months 1 oo Single copies. 5 cts. To news dealers, 2X cts Subscriptions must in all cases be paid in advance, The paper will be discontinued, ut the expiration of the time pai for. JAS G. BAILIE. ) FR\N(TS COGIN. Proprietors. GEO. T. JACKSON. ) ay Address all I etier* to the Constitu tionalist office, AUGUSTA, Ga. Money may be remitted by Post Office order. Regis tered Let ers or by express at our rDk. Notice to Our Readers. We will iu future publish all legal adver tisements of Richtnon t, Columbia, T ba ferro, Lincoln, and any other county that now advertises else heie in this city. We do this at the urgent request of many of our readers, who subscribe only to the Daily and Weekly Constitutionalist. £|je Constitutionalist AUGUSTA.. GA.: Friday Morning, December 24, 1876. Railroad Schedules. One of the most exasperating things iu the South is the frequency with which railroad men change their sched ules. Just as everybody gets accus tomed to a certain routine, a notice appears in the daily papers that, on and after a certain date, trains will run at such and such intervals. There is a growl all along the line, then a subsi dence of anger, and then a desperate reconciliation with fate. A few weeks afterward out pops another notice of another change, and this same dismal, dreary and abominable transmogrifica tion goes on from one year to another, at stated periods. Up to the latest change, everybody was satisfied, we believe, with the arrangement. But this accommodation of the public was too good to last. We are now cursed with about a3 disagreeable a schedule as railway men could inflict, if they were demons instead of fellow mortals. We know not who is to blame for this perpetual tampering with the schedules, but it would be a relief to get such iuformation, in order that a prize chromo might be bestowed upon him. Will some of the railway officials be pleased to inform us like wise concerning the true inwardness of this constant backing and filling? Can not the roads of the South settle down to something like constancy in this matter, just as the Northern lines do? Are we such a wretched set of outlaws that nothing in our system can, when found good, be permanent? Is there no relief from impo sition? Are the Southern roads at the mercy of the Northern companies? Must the Presidents of the Southern roads sneeze every time some schedule smasher beyond them jerks out his souff-box’ There is blame somewhere, aud the public would like to have it located. It is said that a knowing Englishman, while living in Paris, always stipulates With his landlady that he shall be informed, the first thing in the morning, under what form of government he is living, because a change of government in France comes often and mysteriously. We have the advantage of France in one thing, and that is the frequency of our railway schedule changes; so much so, that any one would suppose that members of the Legislature who are paid so much a day to destroy the symmetry of the map of Georgia, by mutilating county lines, had, during the recess of the General Assembly, been hired by the railway companies to make schedules and bedevil them, according to their patent and approved form. Government Expenditure. —The New York Bulletin argues, with great force, that the expenses of the Government can be reduced many millions, without obstructing the wheels of progress. The heads of reduction, as indicated by Mr. Randall, Chairman of the Commit tee on Appropriations, are these : The Army.. ... .. ■ Department of Justice The sundry civil bill Rivers tnu harbors i,oou,uuo A correspondent of the Courier - Journal, treating of this reform, says. “There can be no doubt of the power of the House to effect these reductions. The Senate can kill a bill to reduce the taxes, and probably would do so; but the House can say to Grant, ‘Take this appropriation, or do without.’ ’ O. A. U.—The New York Herald gives a full exposure of what it terms the thiid term conspiracy, which is engi neered by an oath-bound organization styled the “Order of American Union. According to the Herald, Grant, Blaine find Jewell have been sworn in. Gov. Chamberlain and Whipper and Moses. The refusal of Gov. Chamberlain to sign the commissions of Whipper and Moses was a bold act. It may compel the Legislature to revise its action as to these two men, leaving the Governor master of the situation. In case he gains his point, the moderate Republi cans will point to their work and de clare that they are capable of reform within their own ranks and therefore the uprising of the Democratic party, which was held as such a terrible menace over the heads of Elliot & Cos., may be indefinitely postponed. It may be counted upon with something like certainty that Gov. Chamberlain and his allies of the press will not permit the organization of the Democracy in South Carolina, if they can help it, and a successful flank movement, like that upon Whipper and Moses, will act as soothing syrup upon the Conservatives. If the black Radicals force the issue upon Chamberlain, and essay to over throw him, matters will become com plicated, and may end in a political revolution. As the case stands, it would seem that the Governor has the whip-hand. Should this surmise prove true, the Democratic paraphernalia, so conveniently brought forward as a bugaboo, will be returned to the nooks and corners of South Carolina from which it was reluctantly lugged. Should this little game be played, and another outrage similar to that of the Whifper-Moses election take place, in due course of events, even the threat of organizing the Democratic party will not intimidate them. We await with some curiosity the devel opment of this matter. The Columbia Register calls upon the people of the State to organize Democratic clubs. Will the Chamberlain organs echo that call, or are we to be told that the Gov ernor, who uttered a flue speech at the miscegenated university the other day, has made such a course unnecessary, aud that, the present danger being checked, it will be time enough for white South Carolinians to become Democrats when outrages upon the part of the black Radicals are repeated to such au extent that even worms would turn upon and sting them ? If the white people of South Carolina sfiall be lulled to sleep again, by Gov. Chamberlain and his potent auxiliaries on the State press, they will fiud it hard work to redeem themselves, on some future occasion, even under the spur of another outrage from the Elliott gang of conspirators. We see that the Charleston bankers have given the Governor much comfort, and the rank and file may follow suit. Mr. Chamberlain deserves credit for the stand he has taken; but the organization of Democratic clubs should go on all the same. We can well re member when Judge Carpenter was glorified in the same way; but his subsequent course has in no way com ported with the amount of adulation he received from the bench, bar, banks and presses of South Carolina. It may be tiiat Gov. Chamberlain contemplates a species of coup d'etat in favor of Democracy; but the chances are that he will endeavor to kill that kind of organization, by a tremendous effort at making Republicanism respectable. In this endeavor he has most powerful aids, even in the Con servative ranks, and if good care be not taken*the call of the Co lumbia Register for the organization of Democratic Clubs will be like Owen Glexdower’s evocation of spirits from the vasty deep. Never was there such a chance for the white people of South Carolina to redeem themselves, if they comprehend the magnitude of the crisis and its splendid opportunities ; and never were the white people so much in danger of a betrayal of their cause as at this very moment. Caught. —A Boston paper, the Watch man and Reflector, says in one of its editorial columns that dishonest men are rejoicing at the escape of Tweed, and in another remarks: “We are glad that Tweed has run away.” That Amendment. —The Philadelphia Inquirer, endorsing the Randall Amendment, says: “A President who understood that he could not be re elected would devote his term of offi cial life to the study of statesmanship, instead of the trickery of politics. He would have only himself and the peo ple to serve, and he could best serve himself by serving them.” Shocking. —The Washington Chroni cle says Senator Gordon’s friends are complaining that every fence, every rock, and every stable, from Manassas Junction to Pensacola, is decorated with this legend, in flaming red flannel letters: “Try Pendleton’s Liver Reg ulator—The Hon. J. B. Gordon Uses it.” O’Conor. —The Courier-Journal says: “Charles O’Conor has been getting better ever since a friend read the President’s message to him last week.” That kind of medicine would have killed an ordinary sick man. Mr. O’Conor ought to keep Grant’s pic ture in his pocket-book as an elixir of life. A New Paper.— We have received the first number of anew journal called the New Orleans Democrat. It is edited by Hon. Robert Tyler, who was for many years connected with the Montgomery Advertiser. This new candidate for popular favor is ably con ducted hut badly printed. The Army. —The World says: “Un less it is to overawe the Southern States and to manufacture voters, there is no necessity to-day for a standing army of 25,000 men, costing the tax payers about .$40,000,000 per annum. It should be reduced to at most 15,000 men. And with this reduction of the line of the army, the entirely too large general staff, including the general officers, should be reduced.” An Irishman was brought up before a justice of the peace on a charge of vagrancy, and was thus questioned: “What trade are you?” “Sure, now, yer honor, I’m a sailor!” “You a seafaring man? I question whether you have ever been to sea in your life!” “Sure, now, and does your honor think I came over from Ireland in a waggin?” “Buncombe.” Certain sensitive Republicans have been very much afraid that the “Con federate Brigadiers” in the House of Representatives would so control the patronage of that body that the dis abled Union soldiers now employed would have to make way for a hungry crowd of “ex-rebels” so long exiled from the public crib. So to set the mat ter at rest a patriot from the State of Illinois, of course a Republican, lately introduced a resolution, that “wounded Union soldiers, not disabled from the performance of duty, shall be prefer red” in all appointments under the offi cers of the House. A correspondent of the World, curious to see how many such disabled soldiers were so em ployed under the Republican officers of the last House, aud whose official heads were supposed to be iu jeopardy, after careful search, discovered that of the three or four hundred of such employes, only eight of them were Union soldiers, and some of them had not been wounded. The rest, of course, were political hacks and hangers on of loyal Congressmen, who fight nobly about election time at the primary meetings. As somebody says of Pecksniff, “Drunk or sober, he is Pecksniff; in rain or shine, he is Pecksniff; from his hat to his boots, he is always Peck sniff.” So it is with the Republican party. When putting the South under the bayonet, they are passing resolu tions for the disabled soldier; when settiug whiskey rings in motion, and establishing freed men’s banks, they are passing resolutions; when they are set tiug up Governors and investigating elections in certain States of this Union, they are passing resolutions. In sea son and out of season, drunk or sober, in the majority or not, they never for get to pass resolutions for the poor dis abled soldiers. Oh, patriotism! what crimes are committed in thy name! An Opium Eating Woman. A correspondent of the Cincinnati Gazette, writing of the Indiana female prison and the success in managing prisoners of the matron, Mrs. Smith, says: One old woman in the female prison, Mrs. Fannie Morris, had been an opium eater for twenty years. While living at Acton she sold everything in her house for opium. Even the bread upon the table, the feathers iu her pillow, aud the very clothes upon her back were sacrificed. Her husband was com pelled to abandon her and take the children with him. When all was gone, she began to steal articles of clothing and sell them. The wardrobe of the notorious Mrs. Rabb, who married a rich old farmer at Waverly, and swin dled him out of $30,000, bought many an ounce of laudanum. All of Fannie’s neighbors contributed their quota of Monday’s washing. So terrible was her appetite that for two weeks prior to her arrest for grand larceny she swallowed one hundred grains of opium per day. According to De Quincy’s calculations iu his Confessions of au Opium Eater, this would be equal to two thousand five hundred drops of laudanum, or one hundred teaspoons ful, while Dr. Buchan, in his Domestic Medicine, says, “Be particularly careful never to take above five and twenty drops of laudanum at once.” At one time DeQuincy took as high as three hundred and twenty grains per day. “Strange as it may sound,” he says, “I had, a little time before this, (1816) de scended suddenly, and without any con siderable effort, from three hundred aud twenty grains of opium (that is eight thousand drops of laudanum) per day to forty grains, or one-eighth part.” But Mrs. Morris did better than this. Sbe descended suddenly from one hun dred grains to nothing, for after com ing here Mrs. Smith refused to allow her so much as a drop. For a time death seemed likely to ensue. Faint ing fits seized her ; the limbs became cold, and the eyes lost their lustre. — The struggle of De Quincy, as he paints it, was not more desperate. But very soon reason returned, and in two months she thanked Mrs. Smith for being firm in her refusal. Mrs. Morris is now in good health, but the wrinkled, shriveled features, the sunken eyes and the shattered mind, show how thoroughly disease got in its work.— She has been well educated and in her youth, it is said, was very pretty. LOOK HERE J I WIL L SELL American Lead Pencils AT NEW YORK COST. Not Deducting Discount. Call and see Prices. E. H. PUGHE, dec!9- AUGUSTA, GA. The Best Pen in the Market fTTHE ESTERBROOK PEN IS ACKNOWL JL EDGED to be the best in the Market. The Undersigned will sell— FALCON--At 60c. Per Grass. ENGROSSING—At 75c. Per Cross Seventeen other Kinds at 50c. Per Cross. WHO CAN BEAT THE PRICES ? E. H. PUCHE, decl9- AUGUSTA, GA. 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, 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 FIRS! TUESDAY IN JANUARY next, unless sold at private sale previous to that time. Persons wishing to purchase or examine the property are re terred to W. H. Warren, of the firm of War ren, Wallace fc Cos., who will give them any information they desire. W. S. WOOLFOLK, dec2l-tjan4 FINE LIQUORS. A SPLENDID ASSORTMENT OF LIQUORS is offered for sale to close out business. Persons wishing Christmas Liquors will do well to call. Fine Wines, Brandies and Whiskies at the lowest prices. dec22-2 W. D. DAVIDSON. New Confectionery. I WOULD RESPECTFULLY INFORM the citizens of Augusta and vicinity that I have opened at the store formerly occupied by Geraty <fc Armstrong, 263 Broad street, A CONFECTIONERY and FRUIT STORE, where I propose to keep on hand a full stock of Fine Confectionery, Foreign and Domestic Fruits and Nuts, and solicit a share of the public patronage. dec22-wefrsu GEO. O. GOLDSBY. SPECIAL NOTICES. National Exchange Bank of Augusta. AUGUSTA, Dec. 24, 1875. ATURDAY, THE 25th INST, BEING A legal holiday, Fapers maturing to-morrow and on Sunday, 26th inst, must be arranged or paid TO-DAY. J. S. BEAN, dec24-l * Cashier. COMMERCIAL BANE. Augusta, December 24,1875. CHRISTMAS BEING A LEGAL HOLI DAY, all Paper due oh that uay must be provided for TO-DAY. dec24-l J. C. FARGO, Cashier. GRORGIA RAILROAD BANK. • Augusta, Ga., December 24, 1875. TO-MORROW, THE 25th, BEING A Legal Holiday, this Bank will be closed. Persons having Paper maturing on that day will attend to them TO-DAY, dec24-l GEO. P. BUTLE&, Cashier. Georgia. Railroad and Banking Cos., I Augusta, Ga, December H, 1875. j DIVIDEND No. 08. A DIVIDEND OF FOUR DOLLARS per share was declared this day by the Directors o£*this Company, payable on the 15th of January next. No transfers of stock will be made for ten Days from this date. JOHN F. KING, decls-wefrsu&we4 President. NATIONAL BANK! OF AUGUSTA, i Augusta, Ga, Dec. 18, 1875. j AN ELECTION FOR SEVEN DIRECTORS of this Bank for the ensuing-year, will be held at the Banking House of. TUESDAY, the 11th day of January next, between the hours of 11 and 1 o’clock. G. Mi. THEW, iecl4-laws ’ Cashier. A CARD. ? s TO ALL WHO ARE SUFFERING FROM the errors and indiscretion of ycj ath, nervous weakness, early decay, loss of nfanhood, etc. I will send a recipe that will curp you, FREE OF CHARGE This great remedy was dis covered by a Misionary in South America. Send a self-addressed envelope to the REV. JOSEPH Tj INMAN. Station D, Bible House, Ne .vi York City. nov23-tuthsa*c3m ? Coloni ts, Emigrants and Traveler Westward. FOR MAP CIRCULARS, CONDENSED timetables and general infor atlon in re gard to transportation facilities to nil 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 iu communication with the General Rail road Agent, and become informed as to su perior advantages, cheap and quick trans portation of fa : ilies. household goods, st ck, and farming implements gene. ally. All information cheerfully given. W. L. DANLEY, sepU-Cm G. P. & T. A. I DON’T LIKE TO SEE A FANCY YOUNG MAN, WITH A STUNNING CRAVAT, A BIG Shirt Collar, and a little head, wit h the hair parted in the middle; but I do like t > see persons, regardless of .age. sex, color or previous condition, crowihag into my office, opposite the Opera House, for C ( > A I , , Of any kind, in any quantity, or w O O I> , Oi any kind, in any quantity, sawed or unsawed. When you order C( >AL, state if you wish it washed; and in ordering WOOD, state if you wish each stick wrappe#in gilt paper and your monogram on the ends. JOSEPH A. HILL. dec23-thfrsu , _______ DOVELL’S INKS ! T7IOLET, V CARMINE, BLACK, In all sized bottles, and with a New Patent Stopper. For sale by E. H. PUGHE, dec23-tf Augusta, Ga. ~ HILLSBOIiO Military Academy, HILLSBORO, N. C. This institution, reciintly in charge of Horner and Graves, and conducted in I,he large and commodious buildings in which the late Col. C. C. Tew conducted his celebrated Military School, is now in the hands of one of the late Principals, R. H. GRAVES, A. M., assisted by the accomplished instructors Hugh Morson, Jr. (graduate of the University of Virginia), and Maj. D. H. Hamilton, Com mandant of Cadets—the latter o’:' whom has the liberty of referring to Geuj Joseph E. Johnston, of Savannah, and Cos) Simonton, of South Carolina. The Spring Session of 1876 will open 17th January. Fqr Circulars apply to Maj. D. H. Hamilton,r Hillsboro, N. C., or to the Principal. • dec23-2weod* ‘ WANTED.” A BUSINESS MAN AND ACCOUNTANT, of long experience in Life> Fire and Marine Insurance, is desirous <|f effecting an engagement from Ist proximo, with an established Company or Agency. Would travel to supervise, investigate jiind adjust Losses, etc., etc. References first class. Address “INSURANCE,” Lock' Box 148, Charleston, S. C. |deo23-lw* “hay for sale. Best QUALITY LOOSE HAY, by the load or put up in bales, anc| furnished in quantities to suit purchasers, jj W. H. WA RREN, At Office of Warren, Wallace & Cos. doc23-wefrsu4w J Great Sale of Books AT AUCTION. ByBIGNON & CRUMP, Every Evening. 880 BROAD STREET, dei-22-tf > NOTICE. Having resumed my old trade, I am prepared to repair Watches, Clocks and Jewelry, in the be-;t manner and at reasonable prices. The patronage of my friends and the public is respectfully solicited. Satisfaction guarantesid. No in ferior work sent out. i W. J. FREEMAN, At G. H. MILLER’S, 184 Broad street, First door belowslsl. Office. decl9-Bututhu* | The Important Question, WHERE TO BUY | Ladies’ and Misses’? Hats, OF THE RICHEST AND MOST FASHIONABLE Material, at low rates, is answer 'd. Go to MRS. M. RICE, No. 198 BROAD STREET. Ladies’ and Misses’ 1 FELT KaTS, from 50 cents to $2.25. decl2-suwefrtiljanl THE NATIONAL BANK OF AOGUSTA. SAFE DEPOSIT BOXES THIS BANK is prepared to lease small SAFES inside its fire PRuyF vault, at moderate rates, for the reception of Bonds, Securities, Deeds, Legal Docu ments, Plate, Coin, Jewelry, and: valuables of every description. G. M. J-.HEW, nov!4-ly* tGashier. NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. TAKE NOTICE. MAYOR’S OFFICE, ! Augusta, Ga., Dec. 23,1875. j THE FOLLOWING PROVISION OF Section 15 of the 38th chapter the City Code of Augusta will be strictly enforced during the Christmas Holidays: 2. “It shall not be lawful for any person or persons to fire a gun, pistol, or any other lire-arms, within three hundred yards of any house or public road, except in. case of military parade. Persona offending against this section shall be fined in a sum not exceeding fifty dollars." CHAS. ESTES, dec24-2 Mayor C. A. Crescent Flour Mills! NEW PROCESS FLOUR. WE CALL SPECIAL ATTENTION OF Merchants and Consumers to our Brand of Fancy Family Flour, Made by tlic New Process, Being unexcelled by anv Flour in the State, and best ever offered in this market. We guarantee satisfaction. ALSO Call special attention to our PEARL GRITS ANB HOMINY, Being fully equal to any made in the West. For sale by Grocers generally. MILLERS & SIBLEY, Proprietors Crescent Flour Mills, 216 Broad Street, dec24-tf AUGUSTA. GA. Christmas Schedule. AUGUSTA & SUMMERVILLE R. R. C 0.,) Office of Superintendent, • Augusta, Ga., December 24, 1875.) ON FRIDAY, DECEMBER 24th, the Cars oil (he City Line will stop run ning at five o’clock, P. M.; and on Christ mas Day no cars will be run. The cars on the Summerville Line will be run between the depot and United states Arsenal, on Christ i as Day, as follows: LEAVE DEPOT. LEAVE ARSENAL. 7:15 a. m. 8:00 a. m. 2:00 p. m. 3:00 p. m. 4;30 p. m. 5:10 p. m. ED. G. MOSHER, dec24-l Superintendent. BEAUTIFUL FURS,’ Cloth and Velvet Cloaks, SUITABLE FOR HOLIDAY PRESENTS, which we will now sell very low to close out. Also, a lot of TOYS, DOLL BABYS, Etc., Which will bo offered TO-DAY at Cost and below. For Beautiful Goods, at Low Prices, suitable for Presents, call at the FREDE RICKSBURG STORE TO-DAY. dec-24-1 V. RICHARDS & BRO. NO MORE CHIMNEYS REQUIRED For Your Lamps. THE UNDERSIGNED, HAVING BEEN appointed Sole Agent for the City of Augusta and County of Richmond, tor the sale of the EUREKA NO CHIMNEY BURNER, made to fit all Lamps, from the Smallest to the Larges l Parlor and Sitting Room Lamps now in use. Burns Kerosene Oil successfully without Chimney. No smoke or smell produced; giving a steady, clear light. For sale at the New Crockery, Glass and Lamp Store of TV. Stelling’, NO. 144'BROAD STREET, By A. Bleakley, Agent. dec24-3 Special Notice. JgLEGANT FRENCH CANDIES IN Pound and half pound boxes, Have just been received by DR. FRANK J. MOSES, dec24-tf 280 Broad Street. Mrs. C. B. ADAMS WII.L RESUME HER SCHOOL FOR Young Children on MONDAY, Jan uary 3d, 1876, at No. 83 Ellis street. Would like to have a few Music Scholars. doc24-fr24&lT3ljanl-3t WANTED FIRST CLASS BUTLER, who can bring good recommendations. Apply over 310 Broad Street. dec24-2 EXCURSION FROM AUGUSTA to CHARLESTON, SUNDAY, DEC. 2. 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. 3 ickets for round trip, $2. Tickets can be had at the S. C. R. R. Depot Office at any time. THOMAb WALKER, dec2l-6t Proprietor. SANTA CLAUS HAS ARRIVED AT THE CHINA TEA STORE WITH FIRE WORKS FOR CHRISTMAS. ROMAN CANDLES, Sky Rockets, Pin Wheels, Scrolls, Triangles, Garden Pieces, Serpents, Flower Pots, Blue Lights, B-m galas. Mines, Balloons, Lanterns, Flags, Crackers, Double Headeis, Torpe does, Pistol Matches, Match Pistols, Cracker Pistols, Cap Pistols, etc., all of which will be closed out this week, ALSO, A couole of tons of CONFECTIONERY, including Choice French Mixture. Candy Toys of everv 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. 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 (novlctly) 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. dec2 -lm L. GUERIN. E. Barry & Cos. onceTweek. DRUGS. 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 WHISKEY, FOR MEDICAL USE. We have just received a full assortment of TRUSSES*;. 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, 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. decl'J-tf 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 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 1 choose to call for them. If it is not good you can pay when yon 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 vour debts, “just for once.” Try it ami see how pleasant it is. dec.l9-sutuw JOSEPH A. HILL. nill'L IS. SHAMS, BTC. 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 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. 0. BAILIE & BRO., SOS Broad Street, decl2-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. PUGHE’S, decl9- Jackson street, Augusta, Ga. THE POLICIES -OF THE- Old CASH ASSETS OVER SIX MILLIONS, AFFORD ABSOLUTE INDEMNITY FROM LOSS BY FIRE. Call and Get One. CHAS. M. CRANE, dec!2-2weod AGENT. NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. NEW GOODS FOR THE HGLIDA Y mi 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 STUD BUTTONS, Just Received and for Sale at AUGUST DORR’S, MERCHANT TAILOR AND DEALER IN READY MADE CLOTHING and CENTS’ FURNISHING GOODS, 22 3 BROAD ST., AUGUSTA, (IA. dec22-lw CHRIS T MAS. o We call attention this week to the following Goods, suitable for Christmas Presents : A Beautiful line of Ladies’, Misses’ and Children’s Cloaks and Shits. 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. BLANKETS!! THU MOST MAGNIFICENT STOCK o t BED BLANKETS Ever Shown in Augusta is now on Exhibition at JAMES A. GRAY & CO.’S. nov24-tf JAMES A. LOFLIN, GROCER AND Commission Merchant, 2G6 BROAD STREET, AUGUST A, GA., TTTILL keep constantly on hand a good VV assortment of Staple and Fancy GROCERIES, SUITABLE for the trade of this market. Parties favoring me with their patro nage, either in this city or Summerville, can have the goods delivered at their resi dences if desired. nov2l-suwefrlm 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. deel9- Port Royal Railroad. Freight Department. Augusta, Ga., Ctet. 2,1875. NOTICE TO SHIPPERS OF COTTON. ALL shipments of Cotton over the Port Royal Railroad to Port Royal, and over the Port Royul 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. NOTICE. The firm heretofore known as H. MORRISON & CO. will hereafter be carried on by the undersigned, who takes this method of returning his thanks for the liberal patronage bestowed on the 11 rm, and would resquest a continuance of the same. dee22 wdaa JULIUS H. OPPENHKIM. MILLINERY GOODS. CHEAP HATS. (xOOD FELT HATS at 35 cents each. FINEST WOOL FELT HATS at 75c. and $1 BEST FRENCH FELT HATS atsl and sl.2:> 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, can 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 24x30. Address as above at once, if you wish to secure a bargaiu. decl7-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, 1 | 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 BARItE IT <fc 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 Stivet. BARRETT & LAND. OLIVE OIL. THE finest Virgin Oil, for Table use. For sale by BARRET F A LAND, 270 Broad Street. SPICES. THE best SPICES, suitable for the Holi days. For sale by BARRETT & LAND. TEAS. AVERY fine assortment of GREEN and BLACK TEAS. For sale at 270 Broad Street, by BARRETT & LAND. dec!2-tf G-TMUEIVIiI'JS BMIRI COLOGNE. A DELICATE, FRAGRANT and LASTING PERFUME FOR THE TOILET AND HANDKERCHIEF. Prepared from the original formula by CHAS. H. GREENE, Pharmacist, AT DR. JOSEPHHATTON’S DRUG AND PRESCRIPTION STORE,, NEAR THE BELL TOWER, AUGUSTA, OA . N. B.—None genuine that does not bear The written signature of Cl,as. H. Greene novU-d'm 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 deaA in, at the New York Stock Exchange, sent FREF on application to SIMONSON, BARREIRAS & CO., Bankers and Brokers, No. 6 Wall street, Opp. N. Y. Stock Exchange. New Yoke. je!s-tuthsalv PIVFN |To agents auu others, male 1 ” ™ and female, a SSO secret and heautifully illustrated 100- A ill a ’%# .-page Novelty Catalogue. R AW A I F. Young & Cos., 23 Broad, wuy, New York. jy29-lawly