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AUGUSTA. C3-A.:
Wednesday Morninff. Dec. 29, 1875.
Are the South Carolina Democrats to
Fight Under Chamberlain ?
The News and < mirier, of Monday
last, contains a notice of a meeting to
be held by the citizens of Charleston to
return thanks to Governor Chamber
lain for his refusal to sign the commis
sions of Whipper and Moses, the late
ly elected judges. Up to within a verj
recent period it was not considereo
necessary in our sister State to hold
public meetings for the especial pur
pose of applauding a Governor for a
mere performance of duty, much less
for a violation of the Constitution of
the State, which he as an officer has
sworn to support, and which makes it
his duty as the executive branch of
the State Government to affix his signa
ture to all commissions of State offi
cers, leaving the legal question, if any
arises, to the Judicial Department with
which he has aothing to do.
But as the action of Governor Cham
berlain seeks to accomplish in an ille
gal way a result which all desire to ar
rive at legally, it is not to be wondered
at that many good people are ready on
the spur of the moment to feel grateful
to the Governor.
Right here, however, the question
arises, What good will the meeting do ?
What steps will it take looking to the
redemption of the State ? W T hat plan
will it propose which will so reform the
government of South Carolina, that no
one will feel that a Radical Governor
alone stands between him and ruin ?
If the citizens there assembled content
themselves with fulsome praise of the
Governor, in a series of windy resolu
tions, it were better that they had not
met. By such a course they will have
put themselves under his lead and
must look to him as their Moses, in
contradistinction to the other Moses, to
lead them out of bondage.
But if they will then and there take
the first step towards the reorganiza
tion of the Democratic party of the
county of Charleston, and appoint a
committee of earnest and determined
men, able and willing to weld the dis
organized masses into a firm and com
pact army of Democrats ready for
action, much good will have been ac
complished. By so doing they will
place themselves in line with the great
Democratic party of the country now in
possession of the popular branch of
the government.
Now they are solitary and alone, in
accord with no man or set of men.
Of all the States, South Carolina only
has no organized Democratic party and
of all the States, South Carolina has
been the most devoted worshipper at
the shrine of the Genius of Mis-govern
ment.
If the meeting, preparatory to ad
journment, chooses to applaud the
Governor, well and good. It matters
little, it will not retard or advance the
progress of the Democratic columns one
inch, nor hinder their restoration to
power one second.
Cheering. —Tbe New Ofork Bulletin
says: “The year is closing with symp
toms of some improvement in the con
dition of business affairs. During this
month there has been a marked falling
off in the number of failures, which is a
rather remarkable fact, considering
that the settlements to be made in the
last month of the year are always the
severest test of the resources of men
of business. Failures are in the best
times expected at the end of the year;
but at present they are few and insig
nificant. Another welcome symptom is
the growing activity in the money mar
ket. It is refreshing to find the rate
for call loans quoted at plump seven
per cent.; and this not as the result of
any temporary speculative manipula
tion, but of a healthier demand for
loans, and of a growing disposition
throughout the country to employ
capital which has long lain idle. There
seems to be reason to hope that 1876
will open with a better feeling.”
A Good Point. —Hon. Carl Schurz,
who is said to be a Rationalist and not
controlled by any orthodox creed in
religion, makes this good point: “ You
raise the ‘No Popery ’ cry in our na
tional polities, and make it the ab
sorbing issue, and you will see all the
Joyces and McDonalds will be in a
blaze of excitement against the Pope,
in the meantime looking for an oppor
tunity to steal all the money they can
lay their hands on.”
The Radicals will raise any hue and
cry, on false issues, rather than go be
fore the country on trial for usurpa
tions of power and unlimited roguery.
This is the great danger in 1876.
Unburied. — One Henry Jones, a col
ored man, who died recently in Phila
delphia, is still unburied. He owned a
lot in a white cemetery, but the Radi
cal trustees refuse interment, on the
ground that such a desecration would
depreciate the property of their fash
ionable graveyard. In New Orleans,
faithful slaves were frequently buried
at the feet of their master or mistress,
with monumental inscriptions bearing
the most touching tributes to their
virtues and constancy.
Horrible. — Discussing the subject of
high-toned cuisine, and incidentally
dissecting a Chicago bill of fare, the
World, makes moan as follows : “ Ten
roasts follow, one of them, eheu ! being
‘a turkey stuffed with oysters and
cranberry sauce/ a combination only
to be paralleled by the blasphemous
wretch who recently in a Western town
insulted his Maker by eating two dozen
raw oysters, ' rolled in Muscovado
sugar.”
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Just So.— Hon. Carl Schurz and
Harper's Weekly pretend to believe
that, in case Grant shall secure the
Presidential nomination, there will be
a split in the Republican party. We
are of a different opinion. Grant may
find it difficult to secure Hie nomina
tion, but, if successful, the party will
jback him.
Christmas—A Monstrous Paradox.
The Nashville American has this
squib in its issue of the 26th inst:
The boys had a high old time, if not a
high old drunk, yesterday. But then it was
Christmas.
What a ghastly paragraph that is!
The advent of the Child Jesus is cele
brated with a “high old drunk” and a
very carnival of crime. The natal day
of the Prince of Peace is turned into a
Saturnalian orgy, as shocking as
disgraceful.
When we contemplate the riotous
manner in which Christmas day is
passed by only too many persons, it
need not be marvelled at that the infi
del is hardened in his want of reverence
for those who pretend to be Christians.
Surely there can be no particular joy in
heaven over the way thousands of the
so-called followers of Jesus celebrate
his first appearance on earth for the
redemption of the world. If it were
not for the sanctity thrown round the
day by those who piously and decently
regard it, we should be inclined to be
lieve that its abolishment as a licen
tious holiday would be a credit to the
legislation of any commonwealth or
country where sdandals so grievously
abound as they do in the United States.
Russian Etiquette. —Washington so
ciety is said to be absorbed by the high
rank and scenic display of the Russian
Minister’s establishment. The Minis
ter and his wife go about on visits of
ceremony accompanied by a chasseur
who wears a sword and a cap with a
long drooping white feather. This
chasseur sits on the box alongside the
coachman, and dismounts when the
carriage stops, and with drawn sword
uplifted assists Her Royal Highness
and His Royal Highness to alight, and
conducts them to the house, and then
stands military fashion until they ap
pear.
A Good .J oke. —Anent the latest sen
sation of Mr. Bennett, we find the fol
lowing good joke going the rounds :
Managing editor’s mouth at the Herald
pipe—“ Here, Teddy Tyrone!” “Yis,
sir.” “ Have the boys write five pages
for to-morrow, illustrated with maps
and diagrams, showing that Queen
Victoria is a member of the Molly Ma
guires.” “ Yis, sir.”
Lincoln.— Gen. Magruder is trying
to show what Lincoln would have
done had he not been assassinated. We
have frequently wondered what Adam
would have done had Eve failed in
persuading him to eat that fatal apple.
Weights and Measures.—The'Wash
ington Republican says:
Ex-Confederate Vice-President Stephens
is Chairman of the Committee on Weights
and Measures. We have no fear of the
old gentleman’s weight, but his measures
have not always proved to be harmless.
Mr. Stephens’ measures have always
carried weight with the friends of Con
stitutional liberty, and are hurtful
only to the enemies of a Constitutional
Union.
Grant. —The New York Het'ald thinks
Bishop Haven’s attempt to make Grant
a third term candidate is founded upon
banding the Southern blacks in a mass
in favor of him. The Herald seems to
think nearly all of the Southern ne
groes are Methodists. We think the
greater number of the freedmen are
Baptists.
Wood.— The lottery policy owner of
two Wood, has had to
disgorge 37,581 for what is claimed to
be “ crooked advertising,” in New York.
Something ai!s Bass, the great brewer.
Ho is not expected to reoover.— N. Y. Her
ald.
Perhaps he can no longer bear his
own “ bruin, ” and so turns to bier.
Failed.— Prof. Jevons, in the Fort
nightly Review, demonstrates that pos
tal telegraphy in England, under Gov
ernment control, is an enormous
failure.
Colored Congressmen.
[Washington Letter to the Pittsburg
Dispatch.]
The lamented Sumner always had a
partiality for black, and we cannot but
regret that he did not live long enough
to take the colored brethren of the
House by the hand. The most critical
cannot complain of any assumption or
presumption upon their part. Quietly
and orderly, genteel-looking and well
dressed, they defer to their white
brethren, and gracefully step back un
til he has passed. They will not make
any mistakes of etiquette, if they take
a good model for their subject, for the
aptitude of the negro in imitation will
insure him success. It is rather in
teresting to watch the colored brethren
visiting them. They send in their
cards after the manner of “de white
folks,” and our member immediately
responds. They are favored with more
cards in the course of a day than the
white members. However, one com
fort the Republican side have with
their “niggers,” they do not have
to put them under training as are the
rural Congressmen of the Democratic
party. “You blow me up,” says Fer
nando Wood to Kerr, “for not keeping
them in hand, but what in can a
fellow do with a set of pig-headed
pumpkins who, when invited out to
dinner, drink water out of their finger
bowls, wipe their noses on their nap
kins, and then go to bed and blow the
gas out?” And Fernandy went home
and kicked a waiter down the back
stairs in the intensity of his disgust.
Centennial Catholic Memorial
Fountain. —The contract for supplying
marble for the Catholic Memorial Foun
tain at the Centennial grounds in Phila
delphia has been awarded to a firm in
this city, and it is to cost $75,000. The
structure will be composed principally
of marble from the Beaver Dam quar
ries in Baltimore county, and in design
will be very handsome.* It represents
Moses as the central figure, smiting a
rock, from which gushes 'orth water,
which streams down the side of a high
mound upon which he stands, into a
basin below. Situated upon the four
corners of a broad terrace surrounding
this will be smaller figures, represent
ing Archbishop John Carroll, Charles
Carroll of Carrolton, Commodore Barry
and Father Mathew, and from the
pedestal of each will be fountains. The
statues will cost $14,000 in gold, and
will come from the studios of several
of the most distinguished Italian sculp
tors. Five car loads of marble con
signed to the Centennial Commission
have already been shipped to this city
by way of the Northern Central Rail
way —i Baltimore American, Dec. 20.
SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS.
LETTER FROM CHARLESTON.
Gov. Chamberlain’s Revolutionary
Proceedings—The Real Difference
Between Him and Whipper and Mo
ses—SouthCarolina Invited to Choose
Between the One Man Power and
White and Black Rascality—Hob
son's Choice with a Vengeance.
[From an Occasional Correspondent.]
Charleston, December 27th, 1875.
The revolutionary action of Governor
Chamberlain in defining to commission
two of the Judges lately elected by the
Radical Legislature of South Carolina
is an epoch in our civil fife. The State
Constitution imposes the duty of sign
ing the commissions of those thus
elected in the most imperative words:
“ He shall, etc.”
Like everything else which is con
cocted beneath the smooth pate of his
Excellency, this coup d'etat must be
inquired into as to its history and its
future prospects before we can presage
good or evil in its intents and operation.
These two Judges, Moses and Whip
per, as fortune will have it, were lately
Independent Republicans, as contra
distinguished from the regular Repub
licans or followers of Chamberlain—
who then occupied as infamous an at
titude before the nation, according to
the representations of the press, as
Chamberlain does to-day. They both
supported Judge Green for Governor
against Chamberlain, and ran on his
ticket for the Legislature. They were
recreants from the regular party, wfien
Chamberlain had it, and hence his per
sonal antagonism.
In their independent movement they
were assisted by the press of the State
and many of the Conservative or Dem
ocratic party. After his election Cham
berlain conciliated the press, and, presto
change, these poor Independents are
regretting the fickleness of their for
mer confreres.
Before the election Chamberlain, who
was the candidate of the foreign credi
tors of the State, having been their
lawyer, was earnest to get the support
of the boss niggers in the State. He
appealed to Elliot and Whipper for
their support. His cunning and lack
of faith was so well knowu that they
demanded a “written agreement” from
him for their future support—the form
er for the next United States Senator
ship and the latter for Judge of the
First Circuit. The first of these agree
ments is in this city, the second in the
possession of a Judge, as I am in
formed. They were not alone. Anoth
er Judge demanded a like security, and
afterwards rescinded the agreement in
Chamberlain’s presence.
The election of Judges came on at
this session of the Legislature. Whip
per had gone back on his agreement
with Chamberlain by becoming an In
pedendent Republican and voting
against him. Moses had been paid by
the Independent Republicans twenty or
thirty thousand dollars to assist them
in the last election, and was in the same
category with poor Whipper, who had
martyrized himself, rejecting the office
of Judge, as far as Chamberlain’s hos
tility was concerned.
They were elected. Chamberlain de
clined to commission them, notwith
standing his constitutional obligation,
and runs the muck as to his endorse
ment for the revolutionary act.
In such a condition, we must look at
the question from a high standpoint.
In a republican form of government
“the law” is supreme. If Chamberlain
is right in his revolution, then “the
law” which permits such an outrage as
he makes it is wrong.
Politicians play with fire-brands; and
Chamberlain, as he fights this revolu
tionary torch, is applying a fire-brand
to his principles. Chamberlain took
the idea from the independent Repub
lican history of Moses and Whipper in
their personal antagonism to himself.
He cannot see, or is unwilling to see,
the consequences.
Another and more probable view
than either is, that he is managing with
his legal skill the flaunting red tape
which “the law” has thrown before him.
What would have been the conse
quences of his action in either way, ac
cording to the situation?
To obey the Constitution, and sign
the commissions of Judges Moses and
Whipper, would be simply to turn them
over, Dot to “The Law,” but “The
Laws” delays. Their commissions
would entitle them on the 26th of next
August, during the home stretch of the
Centennial quarter race for the Presi
dency to demand their seats from the
recorded Judges of the first and third
circuits—Messrs. Reed and Shaw, the
incumbents. These gentlemen have
commissions from Gov. Chamberlain,
for unexpired terms, which are said to
expire on the 26th August, 1876. But
they have lately claimed that any elec
tion for a Judge shall be for a term of
four years under the new State Con
stitution. On the 26th August, there
fore, it was reasonable to suppose they
would not retire but contest their seats
during a litigation, which would con
tinue through the election then on
hand, which would thus be held under
a Democratic or Conservative judi
ciary.
To obviate this difficulty, it was ne
cessary to precipitate the adjudication
of the constitutional question thus
raised before the 26th of August. In
order to do this, his Excellency de
clined to commission the new Judges,
upon the technical point alone. He
also had Messrs. Reed and Shaw to
come in and enter “caveats” against
the issue. This entry will make them
parties to the litigation between Judges
Moses and Whipper and his Excellency
for a mandamus from the State Su
preme Court to compel him to sign
the commissions, and will bind them
to abide by the decree.
The consequence the refusal to
sign the commissions will demand from
Whipper an attempt to get the Su
preme Court to issue a mandamus
against his Excellency. Moses has to
defer his ease, on account of his con
sanguinity with the Chief Justice. The
Supreme Court will issue the manda
mus, and Judges Moses and Whipper
will be seated, unless Governor Cham
berlain’s revolutionary idea is carried
out by our Democratic friends.
We, the Democracy, endorse the re
volutionary idea in Loto, and are willing
to carry it out, so that a commission—
if forced from his Excellency by the
Supreme Court—shall be of no avail.
Some of us do not expect to take
Gov. Chamberlain on our shoulders
in this emergency—as contradistin
guished from the Cleopatric Moses,
the elegance of the stronger race in
fused upon aj border Israelite—but wo
are willing to stand by him as a prac
tical exponent of “ The Law,” if he will
go no further.
His past is horrible—worse than that
of the Independent Republicans, Moses
and Whipper. The question, there
fore, between Chamberlain alone on
the one side, and Moses, with Whipper
combined, on the other, is simply,
shall a systematic wrong, reduced to a
one man’s power, be set against white
and black in mutual rascality.
Democracy.
The richest man iu Boston is said to
be Weld, of Weld & Cos., East India
merchants, worth $18,000,000. Joshua
Sears, who died several years ago, left
to a young son property estimated now
to be worth $30,000,000. There are or
dinary milliomfires without number in
Boston. They all live unpretentiously
in fine mansions, and read the Daily
Advertiser through from end to end
every morning.
SPECIAL NOTICES.
NOTICE.
Treasurer’s Office 1
Charlotte, Columbia & Augusta Rail- !
road Company^
Columbia, S. C., Decern v-r 27,1875. J
THE COUPONS ON BON f S OF THIS
Company, which become duet bn the Ist of
JANUARY, 1876. will be paid* .it the Bank
ing House of Jessup, Paton Cos., in New
York City, or at the First NaUjpnal Bank at
Charlotte, N. C.; or at the CeijSral National
Bank of this city; or at National Exchange
Bank at Augusta, Ga. ft
JOHN C. il- SMITH,
dec29-4 ; Treasurer.
Annual Meeting of Board of
Education. ;
THE ANNUAL MEETINGS OF THE
Board will be held at the Cos lift; House, at
11 o’clock a. m., on SATURDAY, the Bth
day of.January, 1876, at whicj at he regular
election will be held for Secretary and
County School Commissidfier for the
ensuing year.
John T. Shewmake, Pres’t.j'.'.E. R. C.
A. H. KoLAWS,
dec29-5 | secretary.
The Planters Loan and Savings Bank
THE PLANTERS LOAN Alt D SAVINGS
BANK has this day declared it>j dividend of
Four per cent, on its capital stpuk, payable
on and after Ist JANUARY ni:t.
J. T. N^WBERY,
dec2B-2 1 Cashier.
Augusta Factory.
AUGUSTA FACTORY, |
Augusta, Ga., Decembe* 28, 1875. j
THE SEMI-ANNUAL MEETING OF
the Stockholders of the Augusta Factory
will be held at their Office on ijjRIDAY, 31st
lust., at 12 o'clock m. |
W. E. JICKSON,
dec2B-4* ; President.
Georgia Ruiirourt and lianlijng C 0.,)
Augusta, Ga., December sH, 1875. J
DIVIDEND No. 03.
A DIVIDEND OF FOUL; DOLLARS
per share was declared this ;day by the
Directors of this Company, payable on the
15th of January next. - o''
No transfers of stock will be made for
ten and \ys from this date.
JOHN £>. KING,
dec!s-wefrsu&we4 ■ ’President.
NATIONAL BANK. OP AUGUST A, i
Augusta, Ga., Dec. 13 'XB7S. j
AN ELECTION FOR SEVEN DIRECTORS
of this Bank for the ensuing tear, will be
held at the Banking House o:si TUESDAY,
the 11th day of January next, Between the
hours of 11 and 1 o'clock. and
G. m THEW,
decl4-laws : Cashier.
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A CARD. j
TO ALL WHO ARE SUFFERING FROM
the errors and indiscretion of yoftth, nervous
weakness, early decay, loss of manhood, etc.
I will send a recipe that will curif you, FREE
OF CHARGE This great remedy was dis
covered by a Misionary in South ‘America.
Send a self-adaressed envelope;to the
REV. JOSEPH T.fjNMAN,
Station D. Bible House, New [fork City.
nov23-tuthsa*c3m
Colonists, Emigrants and Traveled Westward.
FOR MAP CIRCULARS, CONDENSED
timetables and general infornation in re
gard to transportation facilities i]i.i all points
in Tennessee, Arkansas, Missouri, Minne
sota, Colorado, Kansas, Texas ’jiowa, New
Mexico. Utah and California, ap|dy to or ad
dress Albert B. Wrenn, Geneva Railroad
Agent Office Atlanta. Ga. b
No one should go West without jlrst getting
in communication with the General Rail
road Agent, and become informed as to su
perior advantages, cheap and xuick trans
portation of families, houseabld goods,
at ck, and farming gene ally.
Ail information cheerfully given.*
W. L. DAILEY,
sepl4-6m G. V. & T. A.
DOVELL’S INIKS!
VIOLET, '
CARMINE, !
<s BLACK,
In all sized bottles, and with a Sew Patent
Stopper. For sale bv-
E. H. PTJGHE,
dec23-tf AiVgusta, Ga.
WANTED. 1
A BUSINESS MAN AND ACCO UNTANT.
of long experience in Life Fire and
Marine Insurance, is desirous cX effecting
an engagement from Ist proximo, with an
established Company or Ageisfy. Would
travel to supervise, investigate sand adjust
Losses, etc., etc. References first class.
Address “INSURANCE,” Lock; Box 148,
Charleston, S. C. klec23-lw*
—
House and Lot for: Sale.
THE HOUSE AND LOT SITU ATED ON
Reynolds street, the residf-iace of Mr.
N. B. Moore, deceased. The house contains
nine rooms, besides the basement, and is
in thorough repair, having beep, recently
painted, with the necessary outbuildings
and a good brick stable with slaitt roof, an
alley giving access to the yard B;iid stable.
The price will be reasonable, and:the terms
liberal to a responsible purchasof.
The above property will be 'offered at
public sale on the FIRS 1 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 fling of War
ren, Wallace & Cos., who wifi give them any
information they desire.
W. S. WOOL FOLK,
dec2l-tjan4
The Important Question,
WHERE TO BUY 1
Ladies’ and Misses’ flats,
OF THE I
RICHEST AND MOST FASHIONABLE
Material, at low rates, is answered. Go to
MRS. M. RI€!E,
No. 193 BROAD STREET,
Ladies’ and Misses’ FELT HATS, from
50 cents to $2.25.
docl2-suwefrtiljanl _J i ■./
The Best Pen in the Market
11HE ESTERBROOK PEN IS ACKNOWL
. EDGED to be the best in the Market.
The Undersigned will sell— ; ,
FALCON—At 60c. Per Giioss.
ENGROSSING-AI 75c. Per Cross
Seventeen other Kinds at 50c.
Per Cross.
WHO CAN BEAT THE PRICES i
E. H. PUCNE,
dec!9- AUGUSTA, GA.
HAY FOR SALE.
BEST QUALITY LOOSE HAY: by the
load or put up in bales, and famished
in quantities to suit purchasers. ?:
W. H. WAR KEN,
At Office of Warren, Wallace & Cos.
dec23-wefrsu4w
BRIDAL OAKES,
JP YRAMIDS, Steeples and Ornamented
CAKES, Wines, Liquors, GRO
CERIES, Home-Made Cakes Ornamented
to order, Augusta Stick Candy at Whole
sale and Retail, Christmas Toys, Granges,
Lemons, Apples, Raisins, Figs, cite., Al
monds, Walnuts, Pecans, Cocoanuss, etc.
Splendid assortment of the vitjy best
FRENCH CANDY, at FRENCH GTORE,
under Central Hotel.
dec2-lm L. GUERIN.
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.
LARGE SALE OF
FURNITURE and BEDDING
RamNoy & D’Antiguac,
AUCTIONEERS,
W 7ILL sell THIS DAY at 10:30 a. m.. in
W front of Store, a large lot of FUR
NITURE, BEDDING, FARMING UTEN
SELS, POTATOES. FISH, and many other
articles of merchandise. Sold without re
serve. dec29-l
QTATE OF GEORGIA, RICHMOND COUN
IO TY.—Whereas, William Stewart has ap
piied for Letters of Administration on the
estate of Thomas Stewart, late of aaidcQunty,
d6C6flß6d
This is, therefore, to cite all concerned to be
and appear at my office, on or before the first
MONDAY IN FEBRUARY, 1876, to Bhow cause,
if any they can, why said Letters should not
be granted.
Given under my hand and official signa
ture, at office in Augusta, this 28th day of De
cember, 1875. SAMUEL LEVY,
_dec-J9td Ordinary.
Good Land at Auction
BY C. V. WALKER.
WILL sell at the Lower Market House,
within the usual hours of sale, on
the FIRST TUESDAY in JANUARY, one
hundred and sixty-nine acres of Land,
about two and a half miles from the city,
on the Savannah road, running back to the
A. AS.R. R. This Land is very desirable
and only sold to change investment. Can
be treated for privately.
T. N. HOPKINS,
dec2B-td Trustee.
LOST COTTON 7"
TAKEN from the Canal, through the
carelessness of the Wharfinger, on
Wednesday, the 15th instant, ONE BALE
of COTTON, marked with lard and soot
“P. H.” A liberal reward wifi be paid the
finder of the Cotton by applying to
dec2B-2 PORTER FLEMING.
WANTED,
A. COMPETENT STEWARD to take
charge of the Dinning Room at the Globe
Hotel. P. MAY,
dec2B-3 Proprietor.
COURIERTOR 18761
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Letters from England, France, Italy,
Egypt, Palestine, Ac.
These Letters alone will be Worth to
any Intelligent Family at Least
Double the Cost of the Paper
for a Year.
IN presenting the prospectus of the
COURIER for the ensuing year, we are
happy to announce, as a pleasing feature of
the programme, that the Proprietor of this
paper contemplates making a tour through
the Principal Countries and Cities of South
ern Europe, the Holy Land and Egypt
during the year. While en route he will
give our readers the benefit of his observa
tions in a series of letters, pleasantly writ
ten, detailing incidents of travel, descrip
tive of the countries and scenes visited, the
manners, customs and habits of the pe'ople,
dwelling particularly on those places made
sacred to the Christian icorld by the personal
presence of the Saviour of Mankind.
These letters will be written in a plain,
direct style, with the hope of interesting all
the ambitious young people, and especially
the Sunday School children of the South.
The COURIER, now edited by Col. B. F.
Sawyer, will continue to be a first-class
Democratic Family Newspaper, and the
exciting political events of 1876—including
election of President and Vice-President,
and, in Georgia, of Governor, Members to
Congress, Legislature and county officers—
wifi make the paper in its ordinary features
highly interesting to the people.
Weekly Courier, including postage,
Two Dollars a year; Tri-Weekly, includ
ing postage, Four Dollars a year. Remit
tances by Post Office orders or in registered
letters at our risk. Address
COUKIEB OFFICE,
ROME, GA.
M. DWINELLE, Proprietor. dec2B-tf
Manure for Sale.
SEALED proposals will be received at
the office of the Augusta and Summer
ville Railroad Company until the 31st inst.,
for the purchase and removal of the
manure from the stables of this company
during the year 1876.
dec2s-tifijaulst ED. G. MOSHER,
Superintendent.
NOTICE.
ALL persons are hereby forbiden to
Hunt, Fish, or in any other manneT
trespass upon the lands of the undersigned
under lull penalty of the law :
POLLARD A CO.
C.C. MEYER,
W. H. HATFIELD,
D. B. H ACK,
JOHN W. COLLINS,
li. D. BOYD,
T .P. BRANCH,
v J. B. GREINER,
L.R. COLLINS,
DR. L. L. BEALE,
J. (’. F HAN CIS. Jr.,
C. B. B ASTI AN.
W. 11. HOWARD.
dec2s-satu4w
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,
rov!4-ly* Cashier.
Crescent Flour Mills!
NEW PROCESS FLOUR.
WE CALL SPECIAL ATTEN -ON OF
Merchants and Consumers to our
Brand of
Fancy Family Flour,
Made by the New Process,
Being unexcelled by anv Flour inf 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.
Special Notice.
LEG ANT FRENCH CANDIES IN
Pound and half pound boxa^,
Have just been received by
DR. FRANK J. MOSES,
dec24-tf 280 Broad Street.
HILLSBORO
Military Academy,
HILLSBORO, IN. C.
This institution, recently in
charge of Horner and Graves, and
conducted in the large and commodious
buildings in which the late Col. C. C. Tew
conducted his celebrated Military School,
is now in tbe 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 of whom has
the liberty of referring to Gen. Joseph E.
Johnston, of Savannah, and Col. Simonton,
of South Carolina. The Spring Sessions
1876 will open 17th January. For Circulars
apply to Maj. D V H. Hamilton, Hillsboro,
N. 0., or to the Principal.
dec23-2weod*
E. Barry & Cos.
ONCE A WEEK.
DRUGS.
SIGN OF
TWO MORTARS
\KTE GENERALLY ORDER AND RE
VV 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
TBUSSES.
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. declO-tf
NEW
OAiiim mm, ra.
FOR
CHRISTMAS.
New Patterns Brussels
Carpets.
just opened.
New Window Shades,
All sizes, from $1 upwards. ‘S
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 Xiinen, .
Lace Curtains, Lace Lambraquins,
Window Cornices and Bands,
French Terrys, Reps and Damasks,
Picture Cords, Loops and Nails,
Piano Covers and Table Covers,
Fringes and Gimps, all Colors,
Curtain Loops and Table Mats,
Drapery and Lambraquin Tassels,
and many other Goods suitable for
Christmas Presents, usef il and desira
ble, opened and for sale cheap, at
JAS. H. BAILIE & BRO.,
205 Broad. Street,
_deel2-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,
Jackson street, Augusta, Ga,
THE POLICIES
—OF THE—
Old
CASH ASSETS OYER
SIX MILLIONS,
AFFORD ABSOLUTE INDEMNITY
FROM
LOSS BY FIRE.
Call and Get One.
CHAS. M. CRANE,
decl 2-2 wood AGENT.
MANSION HOUSE
PORT ROYAL, H. C.
SITUATED AT THE TERMINUS OF
the Fort Roval Railroad, where connec
tion la made with the last sailing, first class
steamers Montgomery and Huntsville,
sailing to New York every Friday.
Round trip from Augusta, S3O.
This is an entirely now and elegantly fur
nished house. Situation unsurpassed, sur
rounded with magnificent live oaks, com
manding a splendid prospect of the sur
rounding country, the Beaufort and Port
Royal Rivers, and offers unusual attrac
tions to travelers or to parties who desire
Board or to spend a few days near the salt
water.
Table supplied with everything the mar
ket affords. Fresh milk, butter, lish, veg
etables and fruits in their season.
Best of Cooks and Attendants.
Terms liberal.
C. E. WARREN,
je26-tf Proprietor.
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. 4
NEW “ GOODS
FOR THE
HOLIDA 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 STUD BUTTONS,
Just Received and for Sale at
AUGUST DORR’S,
MERCHANT TAILOR AND DEALER IN READY MADE
CLOTHING and CENTS’ FURNISHING GOODS,
22 2 BROAD ST., AUGUSTA, GA.
dec22-lw *
CHRISTMAS.
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 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.
|M_U_..LJUUMMIWBIIHMIII „
BL ANKETS!!
THE MOST MAGrINIPICENT STOCK of
BED BLANKETS
Ever Shown in Augusta is now on Exhibition at
JAMES A. GRAY & CO.’S.
nov24-tf
JAMES A. LOFLIN,
ÜBO C E If
AND
Commission Merchant,
206 BROAD 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.
nov2l-suwefrlm
Port Royal Railroad.
Freight Department.
Augusta, Ga., Oct. 2,1875.
NOTICE TO SHIPPERS OF COTTON.
ALL shipments of Cotton over the Port
Royal Railroad to Port Royal, and
over the Port Roy.tl 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.
MILLINERY GOODS.
CHEAP 11 ATS.
Gf OOD FELT HATS at 35 cents each.
FINEST WOOL FELT HATS at 75c. and sl.
BEST FRENCH FELT HATS at $1 and $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,
doclG-thsu&th3 220 Broad street.
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,
lLngalas, 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 couple of tons of CONFECTIONERY,
including Choice French Mixture. Candy
Toys of every name, including Lockets,
Babes, Pitchers, Baskets, Cordial Vaces,
Chocolate Creams, Slinpers, 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 (novlctly)
Great Sale of Books
AT AUCTION.
ByBIGNON Sc CRUMP,
Every Evening.
aSO BROAD STRKKT,
dc22-tf
HORRIBLE
COAL OIL ACCIDENT!
Is A FREQUENT HEADING in the news
columns oi our pap rs. If families Will
buy the genuine
FIRE-PROOF OIL,
and use no other, such accidents will never
occur. Be sure you get the genuine FIKE
PROOF OIL. Price, 50 cents per gallon.
For sale in any quantity by
BARREI'T & 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.
THE finest Virgin Oil, for Table use. For
sale by BARRETT <fc LAND,
270 Broad Street.
SPICES.
THE best SPICES, suitable for the Holi
davs. For sale by
BARRETT <fc LAND.
TEAS.
AVERY fine assortment of GREEN and
BLACK TEAS. For sain at 270 Broad
Street, by BARRETT & L AND.
dec!2-tf
GREENES
mwm COLOGNE.
A DELICATE,
FRAGRANT and LASTING
PERFUME
FOR TIIE 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.
novl4-G n
STOCK PRIVILEGES.
$lO. SIOO. SSOO. SIOOO.
Often realizes immense profits when in
vested in STOCK PRIVILEGES. Circulars
containing full explanation or the inode 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. 0 Wall street,
OPP- N- Y. Stock Exchange. New Yokk.
jels-tuthsalv
CI E N |T° a geits auu others, male
1 w and female, a SSO secret and
beautifully illustrated 100-
A lA # A V <P a f? e Novelty Catalogue. li-
M¥* M 1 F. Young & Cos., zu Broad,
wvy, New York. jy29-lawly
