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AtjaUSTA. G-A-.i
Tuesday Morning, December 12,1876
J. R. RANDALL, Editor.
The Oldest Democratic Paper in the
State of Georgia.
CURRENT TOPICS.
A conflagration that would warm the
hearts of the people might be kindled by
splitting up a few returning boards.— St.
JLouia Times.
Frederick Douglas said he prayed
three years to be delivered from bondage,
but he never got any answer till he prayed
with his legs.
In the private opinion of Mr. Josh Bil
lings, ‘‘a man with much wealth, and no
pedigree, should do as the bob-tailed kats
do. set down on himself, and keep still.”
Sew Orleans Democrat: The Radical Leg
islature, just elected, is black enough. The
Senate consis s of four white Radicals and
fifteen negroes; the House of forty-four
negroes and twenty-seven white Radicais,
sh jwing a negro majority in the Radical
Legislature of twenty-eight. No color line
there.
This is a sample Washington advertise
ment:
Wanted.— Two ladies, attractive, to pros
ecute several good bills to passago by both
Houses of Congress. To those who will be
satisfactory a liberal salary will be paid.
Address W. W., City Post-office.
Baltimore Gazette: It is well now for the
Radicals to howl about that Oregon elec
tor, but they appear to forget that one
Returning Board murdered and thtew out
more Democratic votes in Louisiana than
tho entire Radical vote, people, electors,
etc., of Oregon.
The howl which the Republican Senators
and Republican organs raise about that
Oregon Democratic elector is very amus
ing. The appetite that can swallow three
illthv returning board swindles, is sick
ened at the strictly lawful and constitu
tional action of the Governor of Oregon,
which deprives Hayes of a single vote.
The howl is chiefly interesting because it
shows that they are hard hit.
The Cincinnati Commercial, in saying
Grant has destroyed the Republican party,
has reversed the proposition. The Repub
lican party has destroyed Grant. He
might have lived as a hero, his character
unknown, his faults obscured by the
shadow of a great name and great achieve
ments. He fell among thieves, and his bad
points came to the surface. They have de
stroyed a great reputation. Perhaps it is
well. No price is too great to pay for de
stroying one mighty sham.— Nashville
American.
London correspondence New York Times:
Touching the Jews, I dined the other eve
ning with a strict family of the chosen peo
ple, and they were talking about Daniel
Deronda. It interested me to hear their
views. They regard Deronda as a weak
visi nary, and Mordecai as a common
madman. “And as for that wild notion
which so many of you Christians enter
tain about Jerusalem,” said a pretty Jew
ess, “let me disabuse your mind of it. The
Jews don’t want to go to Jerusalem; they
wouldn’t if they could. Only fancy being
compelled to live in Jerusalem, the very
idea is enough to make one shudder.” She
shrugged her pretty shoulders as she
spoke, and flung the second book of Daniel
Deronda into a waste-papor basket, among
the evening newspapers which her father
had consulted for the benefit of his guests,
with regard to the latest news from Ameri
ca and the East.
Donn Piatt: “The national programme
is to be carried out if the attempt involves
us in a civil war. The sooner we make our
selves acquainted with this fact the better
it will be. The quiet manner in which this
is taken by the majority of the people who
elected Tilden emboldens these scoun
drels, and the arrest of ‘a shrinkage of
values,’ evidenced in the fall of gold and
the rise of stocks, encourages the conspir
ators. The sooner they are given to un
derstand that their frauds will be resisted
to the bitter end and violence met with vio
lence, the sooner will their backers find
that wo are not prepared to submit without
a light, and a ‘sudden shrinkage of values’
will fetch the commercial centers to a true
sense of the situation.”
Philadelphia Times : In such a terrible
calamity as that which has visited Brook
lyn, it is worth while to notice that this
awful page of horrors is not blackened by
signal instances of craven fear and brutal
cowardice. Their professional associates
and the world will recall with pleasure
the noble, unselfish courage with which
Mr. Studley and poor Murdoch, Mrs.
Farren and Miss Claxton advanced to
the front as if with one accord, saying :
“We are between you and the fire,” and
the calmness with which they stood when
a bit of blazing canvass fell at their feet-
Oily when the danger was over and Miss
Claxton was safe did her mind give way
and she felt herself a very cow
ard. And even alter that Mr. Thorpb,
when escape for himself was doubtful,
walked to the front and said: “If you must
go, go out quietly.” We read of captains
who were the last to leave their sinking
ships and engineers who looked death in
the face with the throttle in their hands.
And we may think with loving admiration
of the policeman, a man whose only duty
was to keep order in the gallery, and whom
we might have expected to be the first to
leave. But he was a hero. He stood back
to the railing and with the words “get out
of here as soon as you can,” helped out the
women, and the last that was seen of him
his hat was gone, his coat was gone and
his shirt torn open, but he was still at his
post in the rear of the maddened crowd.
Not a man failed of his duty—not one but
thought of others first and self last.
Judge Black doesn’t despair of the Re
public yet, notwithstanding all that has
happened and is threatened. In a written
opinion, marked by even more than his
usual vigor and acumen, he scouts the idea
that the people have no legal and peace
able remedy against the conspirators who
have undertaken to count in Haye3. He
finds tho remedy in the constitutional
power of the House, acting by and for it
self, to scrutinize papers purporting to be
the votes, and to reject any that may be
proved to be fraudulent. The power ex
ists, he says, whether the twenty-second
joint rule is still in force or not, and it is
ample for the purpose. A lraudulent elec
toral certificate, no matter how attested,
ia a nullity, a piece of blank paper, and to
be treated as such, Exami niug the law
under which the Louisiana Returning
Board acted, Judge Black finds their pro
ceeduie as illegal as it was shameless. He
is of the opinion that an indictment for
forgery would hold, and is clear that the
House must throw out the bogus votes.
The power to choose a President when
there has been no constitutional election
by the people necessarily implies and in
cudes the power to ascertain whether
there has or has not been such election.
This the House must do for itself. If it
decides that there has been no election,
and proceeds to choose a President, the
Senate cannot interfere. If the Seneto de
cides that Mr. Wheeler has been elected
\ ice-President, and accepts him as such,
the House cannot interfere. The claim
that the presiding officer of the Senate hae
the power to count the votes, as well as
open them, Judge Black characterizes as
sheer impudence.
An Artful Dodger.
The President Grant of to-day is
the same trickster who deceived An
drew Johnson in the Stanton affair.
From : delations in the telegraphic
dispatches, published elsewhere, we
should suppose that Messrs. Stephens,
H ewitt, Randolph and Dorshkimer had
had about enough of this “patriot,”
so-called.
The President admits that he said,
in conversation with Mr. Hewitt, that,
in his opinion, 63 members, holding
certificates from the South Carolina
Returning Board, would constitute a
lawful House of Representatives. He
now sneaks out of the logical result
of his opinion by declaring that he
spoke as a private person, that he
might be wrong, and that, anyhow,
his confidenee was abused by Mr.
Hewitt in so reporting him.
Whether spoke privately or
officially his arithmetic is precisely
right as to the necessary number to
constitute a valid House of Represent
atives in South Carolina, and it is a de
liberate evasion of duty when he recog
nizes a bogus Legislature. The fact is
Mr. Grant did not expect that the
Hampton men would succeed in secur
ing the requisite number, and, having
been disappointed in that idea, he ex
hibits his usual duplicity. As to any
body abusing his confidence, we know
not; but this we do know that never did
mortal man so abuse the confidence of
the people of the United States as
Ulysses S. Grant.
The President says that but for the
United States troops at Columbia,
Chamberlain would be a fugitive, as
Ames is. Why not? Is a coward and
a knave to be propped by bayonets in
South Carolina? Is that the function
of the administration and the army ?
Mississippi never knew peace until
Ames was driven forth, back to his real
home, and South Carolina will be a
land accursed so long as Chamberlain
and his gang of rogues are permitted
to lord it over the people, under the
protection of satrap Ruger and his
military policemen.
Mr. Grant takes occasion to say
that Gen. Ruger acted without instruc
tions, or rather mistook instructions
given. Who credits this flimsy apol
ogy? If Ruger acted in contravention
of instructions, why was not the evil
he did promptly repaired? The usurpa
tion he inaugurated and protected Is
still in force, and while it continues,
either Grant is an enemy to the truth,
or else, having permitted usurpation
in a subaltern, he allows it to exist.
The President dwells with mali
cious pleasure upon the fact that Mr.
Tilden carried but four “loyal” States,
and that his chief strength lay in the
Southern commonwealths. Suppose
this to be true, what has that to do
with his legal title to the Presidency ?
Does Mr. Grant assume that the war
is still going on, and that the Union is
not intact?
His Majesty likewise refers to what
he is pleased to cail the frauds in New
York; but he is discreetly silent as to
frauds in Philadelphia, which, gross,
and monstrous as they were, barely
saved the State of Pennsylvania to
Hayes.
His Excellency, the President, even
condescends tojread us a chapter upon
Laurens and Edgefield counties, in
South Carolina. He is very glib about
Democratic frauds there, but tells us
nothing about the prodigious Radical
frauds aud intimidation in Beaufort,
Colleton and Charleston counties. Ob,
this is a very fair, upright and patriotic
President !
The “Patriot” likewise dwells upon
the fact that he likes “rebels” better
than their Northern allies. By North
ern allies he doubtless means every
man in the East or West who had the
hardihood to vote the Democratic
ticket. Well, if it had not been for
these Northern Democrats, who filled
the armies and raised the sinews of
war, to help destroy the South and
Constitutional liberty, where would U.
S. Grant have been? We will
not refer to the wood-cart
of St. Louis or the gutter of Galena ;
but certainly he would not have been
President of the United States. Ter
rible indeed was the crime of the War
Democracy of the North in making the
election of Grant a possibility, and
dreadfully are they now being punish
ed by receiving sneers and insults from
the man they made conspicuous, whose
path to power has been over every
muniment of freedom they madly
hoped to preserve by battle.
The President hopes there is some
way out of this difficulty. There is
one way, and that is the supremacy of
the civil law over the bayonet, and the
peaceable inauguration of Mr. Tilden.
It is true that the operation of the law
would result in the obscurity of Grant,
the infamy of his tools and the subor
dination of the sword. This necessary
issue is where the shoe pinches, and
against which the demens of misrule
are struggling. But it has come to
this: Either the Democracy must
maintain their rights at all hazards,
having no confidence whatever in the
patriotism or word of Grant & Cos., or
else slavishly permit their owu liberties
and the liberties of the Republic to
perish utterly and irremediably.
Chamberlain.
We had always been satisfied that either
the Chamberlain of 1868-72, or the Cham
berlain of 1874-75 was an arrant impostor.
Once we hoped and believed that the true
Chamberlain was he who, as Governor,
stood like a stone bulwark in front of the
rogues and dolts in the Legislature. This
is of the past. The true Chamberlain is
the Chamberlain of to-day, and the sham
Chamberlain is the pretended reformer
of a year* and more ago.—News and
Courier.
We were never deceived in this fel
low, and unmasked him long ago,
when he played his hypocritical
pranks of reform. Even Grant’s or
gan, the Washington Republican, told
the truth about him, when there was
some danger of his coalition with the
Democrats of South Carolina.
So long as the Democratic leaders
treat Grant & Cos. as patriots and law
abiding men, so long will they continue
to be baffled and deceived,
Mr. Wattrrson, of the Courier-Jour
nal, now a member of Congress, sends
some sound sense to his paper. Allud
ing to the Hewitt-Grant interview, he
thus writes: “Mr. Hirwrwr is a gentle
man of honor and culture. General
Grant is a desperate gamester who will
keep faith with nobody. It is not ma
terial what passed between the two.
Because, if the President talked nicely,
he could not well talk otnerwise, and
would of course cloak his intentions be
hind a pretense of decency and fair
play. Conspirators do not begin by
confessing conspiracy. Mr. Hewitt is
quite above intriguing; but even if he
were the first of political diplomatists,
he, nor any of us, could make anything
by intriguing with the author of the
military usurpation in South Carolina
and Louis'aua. Already the Adminis
tration has told two tales as to its
operations in the contested States.
The selection of such partisans as
K ass on, Logan, Hale, Garfield and
John Sherman to go South showed the
temper of the President in the first in
stance, whilst the acts of Chamberlain
and Ruger since have established be
yond controversy the fixed design
of the conspirators. Hayes is merely
a weak tool. He is now, as he would
be if he were President, the creature of
Zach. Chandler and Chandler’s con
federates, Morton, Cameron and Lo
gan. There is not the of
this. He Is in constant communication
with the .party managers here and will
do whatever they tell him to do.
“Precisely what they will tell him to
do cannot be clearly surmised. But it
is tolerably safe to predict that the
Senate will count him elected, and that
Grant will try to iaatall him at the
point of the bayonet. The congrega
tion of troops In the National Capital
has this design—no other. Force is
the only law recognized by the desper
ate and despicable leaders into whose
custody the once great Republican
party has come, and their sole hope is
a pretext for a bloody collision.”
Pettifogging and Usurpation.
While one party resorts to political
pettifogging, the other quietly usurps
with the bayonet. Since the day that
Chief Justice Taney was thrust from
his orbit by the mercenarie;3 of Abra
ham Lincoln, there has been one long
conspiracy against the Constitution
and the laws. The conspirators usurp
and then apologize. But the usurpa
tion goes on all the same. What does
Grant or Chandler or Cameron cars
for the Constitution and the laws? The
sword has been driven into the bowels
of the Constitution and the laws.
Will the Northern people submit to
this enslavement ? We shall see.
Meanwhile, the Southern Congress
men, as they should be, are most con
servative. If the Northern people lose
their freedom, the South stands before
the world justified in her bloody strug
gle for liberty, and Lee and Jackson—
as Andrew Johnson confessed—pass
into history alongside of Hampden and
Sydney.
If the Northern people revolt against
political chains and slavery, the suc
cess of their revolt depends upon the
annihilation of the vile men and meas
ures of the Radical regime.
So, brethren, we await events, in
blissful serenity. You can break or
make, as suits you best. It; is none of
our funeral.
Charles O’Conor is “intemperate,”
but he has told the truth. Let the
Democratic leaders pouder It.
Dr. Helmbold, tho monarch of Buchu,
has been divorced from his wife on her ap
plication. Although he had expressed
great regard for her, and was accustomed
to say President Grant had spoken of her
as “the handsomest woman in the United
States,” he changed his tune when the de
cree was granted, and professed to be
highly delighted. He said he mußt have a
banquet to celebrate the occasion, and
thereupon dispatched finely-engraved in
vitations for an entertainment at Delmon
ico’s to prominent gentlemen in all parts
of the country.
To Z. Chandler, Esq.: Is there any
other game you play better than “bluff"
or “oount-out?" Answer by postal card.
The time has passed when It is possible
for President Grant to play the role of an
unsophisticated Innocent, who is being per
petually led into scrapes by bad advisers,
and who is being perpetually imposed upon
by false friends: and the nation Is in no
such mood of toleration of him and his
vagaries as It was six or seven years ago.
—Philadelphia Telegraph, Rep.
Mr. Carlyle said to Prof. Huxley not
long ago: “You Darwinians are spending
your fives in trying to prove that men are
descended from apes;—and it needs more
than onr civilization to keep them from be
ing ogres.”
FOR SALE.
800 BUSHELS RED RUST PROOF
OATS, by BRANCH & SMITH.
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T. HARRY OATES
OFFERS his services to his friends and
the public as a I’UNER and REPAIR
ER of PIANO-FORTES. Satisfaction guar
anteed. Orders from the country punctu
ally attended to.
Recommended by Professors A. Iverson
and E. 0. Sofge. dec3-sututh3 wl
APPLES, APPLES.
WE are now receiving and have in
store shipments of choice APPLES, PO
TATOES, ONIONS, EGGS, BUTTER,
GROUND PEAB, <fcc. Also, choice FEED
OATS and HAY. For sale at lowest mar
ket price.
D. H. & J. T. DENNING,
D olo*3 171 Broad street.
For Business Men.
The Bouth Georgia Conference with its
large number of ministers and lay dele
gates, will hold its session in Sandersville,
beginning on the 13th inst. A large extra
edition of the Herald and Georgian will
be printed on the 14th, containing a com
plete list of names of members and of their
homes during t{usir sojourn, to all of whom
copies of thl3 vapor yrlU be furnished.
Many copies* l paaßas will be circulated
throughout thekfljtjtfce, thus furnishing a
rare medium for aaySitiiSers. Rates cheap.
Send your orders at mpS. Adpress
Herald amd Georgian.
declo-2t papdertiville, Ga.
THE FRIENDS AND ACQUAINTANCES
of Charlie Hitt are invited to attend his
burial from the Cemetery Chapel, THIS
MORNING, at 10 o’clock. *
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SPECIAL NOTICES.
Btetional Exchange Hank of Augusta
Augusta, Ga., December 9th, 1876
THE ANNUAL MEETING OF THE
Stockholders of this Bank, for the election
of Directors, will be held at the Bank, on
TUESDAY, January 9th, 1877, at 10 o’clock.
J. S. BEAN.
dec!2-3 Cashier.
Augusta Real Estate f and Building
Association.
THE USUAL MONTHLY INSTAL
ments due to this Association will be paya
ble to the Treasurer, at his office, on
TUESDAY, 12th instant.
E. E. Derby, Secretary and Treasurer.
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NATIONAL BANK OF AUGUSTA. |
Augusta, Ga., 9th December, 1876. f
An election will be held at this Bank on
TUEBDAY the 9th January next, between
the hours of ten and twelve o’clock for
seven Directors to serve for the ensuing
year. G. M. THEW, Cashier.
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ANNOUNCEMENTS.
MR. EDITOR, PLEASE ANNOUNCE
Mr. C. A. FLEMING as a candidate for
Sheriff of Richmond county—subject to
the ratification of the Democratic Conven
tion. MANY VOTERS.
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FOR TAX COLLECTOR.
DR. ROBT. M. McNAIR WILL BE Sup
ported for Pax Collector of Richmond
county, subject to the ratification of the
Democratic Convention, by
declO-td MANY VOTERS.
FOR ORDINARY UKHIIOXD COUNTY
MAJ. A. H. McLAWS IS A CANDIDATE
for Ordinary, subject to nomination by the
Democratic Convention. nov7-tf
Mr. Editor:— PLEASE ANNOUNCE
JAMES T. BOTHWELL as a Candidate for
Ordinary of Richmond County. Subject to
the ratification of tho Democratic Conven
tion. MANY FRIENDS.
MR. EDITOR:—PLEASE ANNOUNCE
JAMES E. HARPER, Esq., as a candidate
for Ordinary of Richmond County, subject
to the ratification of the Democratic Con
vention.
aug23-tf MANY VOTERS.
THE FRIENDS OF MAJOR WM. E.
EVANS desire his nomination by the Dem
ocratic party of Richmond County, for
Ordinary.
THE FRIENDS OF COL. C. V. WALKER,
desire his nomination by the Democratic
party of Richmond county for Ordinary.
aug6 tf MANY VOTERS.
THE UNDERSIGNED RESPECTFULLY
announces himself as a candidate for re
election to the office of Ordinary or Rich
mond county. SAMUEL LEVY.
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THENAMEOF JOHNB. POURNELLE
is announced as a candidate for the office of
Ordinary of Richmond county, subject to
the nomination of the Democratic party.
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Historical Lecture,
66 T>ISE AND FALL OF CARDINAL
Xu WOLSEY,’’ Minister of the Much-
Married Monarch. Henry VIII, by Prof.
WM. HENRY PECK. For the benefit of the
Young Mens’ Library Association, at Ma
sonic Hall, Tuesday, December 12th, at 8
o’clock p. m. Tickets 25c.
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D. R. WRIGHT,
lnsnrance Agent,
14 Jacksoa St. opposite Warren Block,
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A FORTUNE for only sl. First Dollar
Quarterly Drawing, at New Orleans,
Tuesday, January 2. 1877.
Louisiana Slate Lottery Company.
This Institution was regularly incorpo
rated by the Legislature of the State for
Educational purposes in 1868. with a Capi
tal of $1,000,000, to which it has since added
a reserve fund of $850,000. Its Grand Single
Number Drawings will take place monthly.
The season of 1877 opens with the follow
ing scheme:
CAPITAL PRIZE, $15,000.
1 Prize, SIO,OOO 1 Prize, $5,000
1898 Prizes, Amounting to $66,525.
100,000 Tickets at
ONLY ONE DOLLAU EACH.
Write for Circulars or send orde s to
Chas. T. Howard, New Orleans, La.,
Or to B. Fernandes, Savannah, Ga.
Regular Quarterly Drawing on February
4,1877. Tickets, $lO eaeh. Capital Prize,
$30,000. dec6J&clm
Hurrah lor Henry Hear, 140 Broad St.
A CAR LOAD OF FRUIT.
JUST received for the Christmas holi
fidays a varied and large supply of
fruits, Oranges, Apples; 5,000 Coeoanuts,
Bananas, barrels or all kinds of choice
Nuts. Brazil Nuts, Peacans, English Wal
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and other candles in full supply. The
lowest price* to all customers.
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J. F. & J. C. HART,
Real Estate Agents
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CLOAKS!
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WE will open to-day the most magnificent line of Extra Long Matela 8 ® e ’
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Our stock of Medium and Low-Priced CLOAKS will be found to surpass
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For Fine Black and Colored Silks, Black and Colored Cashmeres, and
Dress Goods in general; Damasks, Towels, Napkins, Doyles, Handkerchiefs,
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Parties desiring to make handsome and useful CHRISTMAS PRESENTS
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OPERA HOUSE.
Monday and Tuesday, Dec. 11 and 12.
Immense Attraction.
The New York Olympic
PANTOMIME TROUPE
and production of the burlesque comic
trick Pantomine entitled
KING COPPERNOSE,
With beautiful costumes, new scenery
and comical effects. Prices as usual. Re
served seats on sale at Oates’ Music Store.
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dec9-3t Managers.
FOR RENT,
A DESIRABLE FARM, three miles from
Augusta. About thirty-two acres
cleared laDd. The buildings are in perfect
order and convenient. Possession given
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MACON & BRUNSWICK
RAILROAD
FOR SALE OR LEASE.
Office Macon & Brunswick 11. R., )
Macon, Ga., December C, I87tl.)
BY virtue of authority given by the Gen
eral Assembly of the State of Georgia,
in the act approved March 5, 1875, the un
dersigned offer for sale or lease the Macon
Jt Brunswick Railroad, together with the
franchises, equipments and other property
which was sold on the first Tuesday in
June, 1875, as the property rf the Macon &
Brunswick Railroad Company, and bought
by the Governor of Georgia, in the name
of the State Also, such additional prop
erty as has since been acquired for said
railroad.
This road extends from thecity of Macon
to thecity of Brunswick, a distance of 186
miles, with a branch from Cochran to Haw
kinsville, about 10 miles.
Sealed bids are invited up to 12 o’clock
m., January 23, 1877. Cash bonds of the
State of Georgia, or bonds of the Macon &
Brunswick Railroad, endorsed in behalf of
the State by authority of the act approved
December 3,1866 will be reoeived.
Special information concerning the road
or its property will be furnished on appli
ed tion.
The right to reject any and all bids is re
served. E. A. FLEWELLEN,
W. A. LOFTON,
GEO. 8. JONES,
Directors Macon & Brunswick R. R.
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days of our grandmother.” The number
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and so yell “Short Weight and Measuie”
till his throat aches to his most exclusive
customers, then dodges into his hole! We
always give DOWN WEIGHT, and don’t
weigh paper either.
R. N. HOTCHKISS,
Proprietor Tea and Coffee Store,
Opposite Fountain.
P. S.—Fire Works have arrived.
dec3-tf
Opportune Pactiones
Emoluments Parra.
Those who wish a good Piano,
Finished in the latest manner.
Go to Oates’ Music Hall,
He has styles to please you all.
THE Subscriber has just returned from
the Northern cities, where he has
made an inspection of the principal Piano
Factories aud he has completed arrange
ments whereby he can furnish PIANOS,
with makers’ name attached, at as LOW
PRICES as cau be sold by any one for the
same class of instruments. All assertions
by various dealers that they can or will
sell PIANOS at SSO to SIOO less than others,
is all stuff. All he asks is a trial. Terms
cash or approved acceptance. Pianos sold
in the country will bo delivered free at the
nearest depot, and a competent Tuner sent
to put them up and leave in good order.
Those sold in the city kept in tune one year
free of charge. Every Piano warranted.
An assortment of first-class CABINET OR
GANS always on hand. Pianos Tuned and
Repaired. Orders from the country punc
tually attended to.
GEO. A. OATES,
240 Broad, St., Under Central Hotel.
declO-tf
FINE GOODSESTABLISHED
t ( L J
Popular Prices V J — lB6O.
Frederick Loeser & Co.’s
Brooklyn Mammoth Establishment.
DRESS GOODS, Millinery, Fancy Goods,
Silks, Laces. Hosiery, Buttons, Rib
bons, Gloves. Underwear, Ladies’ and
Children’s Outfits.
OUR “FASHION LIGHT,”
published monthly, contains choice read
ing matter and gives all the latest infor
mation on fashions. It will, on applica
tion, be mailed free of charge. Orders
from the country solicited ana filled with
great care and dispatch. Orders from $lO
upward forwarded at our expense, when
prepaid by P. o. order or draft.
FREDERICK LOESER & CO.
Fulton, Tillary and Washington sts.,
Brooklyn/New York.
L. P. Q, S-
Augusta Music House.
G. O. ROBINSON. LUDDEN & BATES
0. 0. ROBINSON & CO.
o
Lomotiliiig* New J
THE
PIANO-HARP ORGAN!
A BEAUTIFUL and ' harming Combina
/I tion of Musical Tones. Can be used
separately or in connection with either or
all the stops of the organ. A small cash
payment, monthly, will secure the new
and beautiful
Piano-Harp Organ !
PIA N ()S
To Cash Buyers.
@SO TO Sion SAVED.
Eight of the Most Celebrated Makers
Are Represented.
The Largest Stock,
The Greatest Variety,
The Best Makers,
The Lowest Prices.
A GOOD STOOL AND COVER,
With Freight Paid to any Point.
EVERY IXSTRLIIE.XT WARRANTED
To Give Entire Satisfaction.
ONE HUNDRED PIANOS,
for small monthly payments, arranged to
suit all responsible parties.
ORGANS
Church, Hall or Parlor.
FOUR of the BEST M AKERS, inc udirg
thece obrateil MASON A HAMLIN, which
have been una’liuously assigned, by th°
Judges of the United States Centennial
E* position. “THE FIRST RANK IN
THE SEVERAL REQUISITES OF
SUC H 1N STJK U MEN TS.”
Superiority Everywhere
ACKNOWLEDGED.
First prize at the “World’s Fair,” in
Paris, 1867: at the “Vienna Exposition,” in
1873, and the Exposition ol Linn, Austria,
1875, always receiving the highest medals
in competition with celebrated European
makers. Now styles, new impr vemen* a
and elegant new designs, as exhibited at
the Centmnial. Two hundred O'gang
at factory prioee, for cash, or small month
ly payments.
Musical Instruments,
Of Every Variety.
Sheet Music and Musk Books,
The Latest Publications. "
Orders promptly filled at Publishers’
prices.
Beat Italian Strings, and everything per
taining to a iirst.olasu Music House.
PIANOS AND ORGANS FOR RENT.
Tuning and repairing by a first-class
workman, of 25 years’ piactical experi
ence. Orders f rmu the country will receive
prompt attention.
G. O. ROBINSON & CO M
Augusta Mumc House,
tB-ly 265 broad Street.
A MONTH a certainty to anv
►flzeJwv/ person selling our LETTER
Book. No press, brush or water used. Sam
ple Book, worth $3, sent free. Send stamp
for circular. EXuELSIuR CO., 17 Tribune
Building, Chisago, novls-Cw
11 nib 1 nil unis!
.. o ■ , _
A Duplicate Invoice of the New and Fashionabla CLOAKS
which were Closed out Last Week, will arrive by E xpr
on Tuesday, which for Style, Quality and Cheapness
be Equaled in the City.
A Job Lot of “EUGENIE” 2 BUTTON KID GLOVES ha ,
just arrived, and will be Sold at 75 cents per pair—u eVfc
offered before for less than $1.26 —all the Newest and M .
Desirable Shades. Also a full line of 1 and
2 BUTTON KIDS have just been received, at
MULL ARK Y BROTHERS,
262 BROAD STREET.
nov26-ct
GREAT EXCITEMENT
EVERYBODY ON THE LOOKOUT!
CHRISTMAS ALMOST HERE ! CHRISTMAS PRESENT;
ALL THE GO ! THE PLACE TO GET THEM !
XXY HERE you will find the most magnificent stock of Dry Goods and Notions in
W city. Dress Goods of ever description, from the finest to the cheapest in a u
new colors. Black Goods-Crape Cloths, Bombazines, Henrietta Cloths, Cashed'
and Alpacas—from the finest to the lowest prices. Calicoes, best makes, from sx, -
Miscellaneous—Furs from line to $2 per set. Cloaks from fine to $2 each. - hawk u
fine to 25c. each Ladies’ Neck Ties-a great variety—from the finest to beautiful 4
silk at 25c. each. Belts of every kind, from the fine Zone Beit to 10c. each. Han /.,
chiefs, Embroidered 811 k Hemstitched, from th • finest to the lowest prices dec"
Neck Ties. Bows and Scarfs—the newest styles and colors. Gents’ Handkerchief- -
Linen and Silk, from the old fashioned Bandana to the cheapest. Gloves for G-V- - *
Ladiee and Children-great variety. Gents’Cotton Flannel Drawers of the best mu.
rial, made In a superior manner. Gents’ Merino Shirts and Drawers from fine to
each. Ladies’and Hisses’ Merino Under vests and Pantelettes from fine to .>* .■
Doyles and Napkins from fine to 50c. per dozen. Towels from line to 6 each TV ~
Dam isk from tine to the lower grades. ! urkey Red Damask, a superior article Wi
per yard. Turkey Red Table Cl<ths, beautiful designs, all sizes. Piano Covers beum.
fully embroidered, all colors. Bedspreads from fine M-rseilles to 75c. each Red
Blankets from the finest to the lower grades. Flannels, all kinds and price. Cot \
Flannels fr m the fine English to 10c. per yard. Cloths— Cassimeres, Waterrruok
Jeans, tne Fredericks Cassimeres, at the lowest prices. The "Wenck’’ Perfume* v
Toilet Preparations. Extracts-Colognes, Florida Water, etc.—the best in use, p...
fumers and Atomizers. A Ladv’s Toilet not complete without one Fancy Article. Jr
Jewelry, Necklaces, Shawl Pins, Scarr Pins, Hair Pins, Hair Brushes, Tooth Brusr .*
Comb-, Satchels, Pocket Books. Razor Steel Scissors, Machine Needles, and thousa ,
of articles, all at the lowest prices All Domestic Goods at Factory Prices by the Lir
MOTTO: NOT TO BK UNDERSOLD! P
Old friends and customers from the eountrv will please give me a call before nuk
ing purchases elsewhere. I will guarantee to do better by them than I could wh
eoune ted with the Fredericksbuig Store, as I am now all alone and expenses a e r x
deal less. I hse at a distance, that cannot visit the city, send for samples, and mis
y our selections lrorn the best stoca in the city, at the lowest prices. Will pavaliihp;e*
Charges to your nearest depot wnen your order e mounts to Sit) and over, at ft-uii •
Cash, or the Goods to be sent C. O. D. Please send your orders direct, as I will u
great pleasure in filling them, whether small or large.
L. RICHARD*.
PROPRIETOR OF THE AUGUSTA DRY GOODS STORE,
209 BROAD STREET, AUGUSTA Gi.
nov!9-tf (next door to Jas. G. Bailie A Bro.
13 DAYS’ WONDER!
—AT—
W. T. Anderson & Co’s
COMMENCING MONDAY MORNING, DEC. 11th, AND
ENDING SATURDAY NIGHT, DEC. 23d.
WE WON’T give prices this time, though every one who has visited our esto la
ment heretofore, will know what we mean, viz: LOW PRICES. Everyth;:*'
mentioned is less than market value—Regular SLEDGE HAMMER PRICES.
Undervests, Corsets, Cuffs and Collars, Gents’Collars,
Buttons, Hooks and Eyes, Coat Binding, Ladies' Hose,
Pins, Ribbons, Note Paper, Misse*' Hose,
Needles, Lares, Envelopes, Gents' Half Hose,
Thread, Edging, Hair Pine, Gents’Ties,
_ , Handkerchiefs, Linen Floss, Gents’ Scarf?,
Hau Brushes, Velvet, Pocket Books, Gents’ Gloves,
Combs, Tooth Brushes, Bracelets, Cardinal Ties,
Braid, Embi’d Sacques, Gloves, bilk Han kerchief?.
Tapes. Boots* s. Collar Buttons, Balbriggan Hose,
Machine Needles, Wool Mits Cuff Buttons, Belts,
Red Hannel, Bleached Shirting, Gingham, Cassimeres,
White do. Brown shirting, Lindsey. Cottonades,
Twilled do, Bleached Sheeting, Drills, Dress Goods,
Opera do. Brown Sheeting, Jeans, Alpaca-.
Plaid do. Mattress ii k. Kersey. Cashmeres,
Canton do. Feather Tick, Water Proof, DeLaines,
Oil Clotu. Stripes, Italian Ck.th, Silks.
Our celebrated 'v amsutta Shirt, at 75c.
Furs, Muff and Cape at $1 9i.
Harris’ beamless 2 button Kid Gloves at $2.
Harris’ Donna Maria Kid Gloves at $1 25.
Jouvln’s Kid Gloves at sl.
Alexander’s Black Kid Gloves at 60e.
TO THU CASH TRADE,
W- T. ANDERSON A CO.,
nov26-tf 242 BROAD STREET, AUGUSTA, GA
STANDING MMIW
OF THE
CITY COUNCIL OF AUGUSTA,
AND
BOARD OF HEALTH FOR 1876-7.
FLNANCE—Sibiey, Young, O’Donnell,
Clark. *
STREEIS AND DRAINS—Young, How
ard, Stovall, Evans.
POLIO r—Howard, Evans. Stovoll Philln
HOUGHTON INSI l l UTil—ltovaU’, SiSi
Ihompson, O’Donnell.
BRIDGE RIVER BANK AND WHARVES
Hill mp8 ° U * u ’Donnell, Bennett,
PUMPS AND WELLS-Bennett, Thomp
son, Daniel, Clark.
ENGINES-PMUp, Hill, O'Donnell, Thomp-
SOUTH cOMMONS—Bennett, Sibley, Hill,
TUK and water
Philip* an * e ’ Thompson, Hill,
MAli StovaU~ EVanS ’ Howar<J - Bennett,
HEA^huipClark ’ TJlom P s <>m. Daniel,
VPir'3rh LE "~ 11i,, ‘i f ' ibley > Eva Q3. Bennett,
i a\Vp<— v mpson K l)anlel Philip, Clark.
X ou,, tf. Daniel, Howard, Evans
HOSPrrAT tUVa i' 1 ’ Phill P> Evans, Sibley. ’
Howani; anS ’ Btoval1 ’ *®nett,
Malia/Vnl’ H °w& r d,Philip, Evans.
MILITARY- Daniel
sttoyvh Youn <LHill.
bHm Thnm^ ND v. EXHIBITIONS— Hill,
RAII ROAii! 01 ii EvaU j’ Hennett.
Clark S "~“° Ward ’ ODonneU . Young,
SPEC ii I hVv W v ATEB —WORKS—O’Donnell,
rvx . u. r % y ’Y° un . Clark.
LM o’Dom^ir Bit,ley ’ Phlllp ’ st °vail,
hoard of health.
1 R > hHip ll " ' Clark ’ Thora P Bt,n . Dan
‘““rawf s. l±, T ' Bothwell ' '• •
SEC °Mrt3ord A1 I D h w r- & B> Phinl2y . Z
m’tt i p vd, John M. Clark.
Ford ' RA *-•
w -
O. W. HARRIS. FRAN K BLAISE ELI
HARRIS & BLAISDELL.
BROKERS
NO. 219 BROAD STREET.
* AUGUSTA, GA.,
rpRANSACT a Genera! and Strictly 0® *
X mission Brokerage Business.
Buy and sell Stocks, Bonds and Real ' l ■"
tate In city or country.
Make or change Investments, r'gu *•
Loans, collect Notes, Drafts, Coupon®' r • ■
Rents, etc., etc.
And attend promptly to ail business J
our line entrusted to our care.
Doing business strictly for oommissieW
enables us at all times to give our cusu
ers full advantage of best market pritv.
We have Correspondents at ail
cities and points throughout the coun
and solicit a share of the patronage 01
having business in our lme.
REF KB BY PERMISSION TO
W. E. Jackson, President of the Nat
Bank of Augusta, Ga.
H. H. Hickman. President of the Ban
Augusta, Augusta, Ga.
H. B. Plant, President of the S° utb s?£iß
press Company, New York. no>i ‘ ‘
The Augusta Hotel.
THE undersigned having leased --;? oS
and well-gnown Hotel Pjope .
Broad street, takes this occasion to w
his friends aid the public at large. .
has thoroughly refitted, lot
enlarged the building, and will ope
the reception of guests, on
WEDNESDAY, DECEMBB ®
He flatters himself, that long
and a faithful discharge of dutr *
guests, warrants him in ® a ?j n sL,
will ever go away from his house
11 His terms shall be in accordance"
tL jsr l Give the old Augusta Hotel a J
under the management wH ££iX)CK,.
deeS-tf proprieU