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THE CONSTITUTIONALIST
SATURDAY, DECEMBER 19. 1871
The Little Nun.
BY MILLIE W. CABTENTKR.
My window overlooks the street,
And, drifting ever down,
I hear the hundred passing feet,
The idlers of the town.
Gay traders in from foreign ports,
And sailors from the main,
With soldiers from sea-girded forts,
Loiter and pass again.
Sometimes an airy form flits by,
And flings a backward glance;
1 know the proud, alluring eye,
The daring grace of France.
But daily through the checkered street,
Where vice and virtue stray,
One tender girl’s face, fresh and sweet,
Passes and fades away.
With dove-like eyes whoso glance shuns
mind,
And modest braided hair.
No lily could so whitely shine.
No rose bloom half so fair.
She comes am goes, and no one knows
Whither her footsteps tend;
No prickly thorns protect my rose
From lover, foe, or friend.
I think that down some pictured aisle,
Some vast, dim church within,
She kneels, and withher nunlike smile,
Prays for the souls in sin.
Bhe comes! I lose her in the throng;
But still my pulses thrill—
As echoes of a sweet love-song
Touch when the keys are still.
And ah! the senseless blocks, sweet nun,
On which your light feet tread.
Should spring like gardens overrun
With blossoms whi:e and red.
[New York Times.
A Phase of Southern Life.
In a letter lately published in the
Times, from one of our special corres
pondents in the Southwest, there was
incidentally presented a characteristic
picture of one phase of the life in that
region. The writer was traveling in
Southern Arkansas ; he was on horse
back, taking his journey leisurely,-and
making his way among hamlets and
small towns. He seems to have pre
sented a faithful photograph of the
people and their life. In those south
western counties of Arkansas, our cor
respondent found the people devoted
to cotton culture with an unthinking
and dogged determination, and absorp
tion of mind that showed they had but
one idea iu life—to raise and sell that
single ample. Repeated failures had
taught them nothing.
Rain, drought, frost, sun, cotton
worms, and other causes of destruc
tion to their crops, had not been suf
ficient to drive them to new experi
ments. There was no money in the
country; nobody attempted to raise
anything but cotton ; and, in the midst
of fertile fields, land-owners starved on
an abominable diet of “hog and corn.”
A man who o,.ned a saw mill sold his
lumber readily—but nobody paid him.
His valuable water power brought him
tolls from the cotton that he ginned,
and the grist he ground for his neigh
bors ; and this was the main source of
his income. But when cotton failed the
bottom of things dropped out. The
one-crop system does not work well
iu Southern Arkansas; we have never
heard that it did anywhere. But the
Ai kansians stick to it.
lu a country where farmers neglect
the natural and bountiful resources of
the soil, “the man on horseback” is one
who talks about the New York money
market, the probability of capital find
ing its way into Arkansas, and who
lends money at fifty per cent per an
num. Such a philanthropist our cor
respondent met on the road at Dixie.
No wonder the poor cotton-grower, who
had just raised his fourteen bales to
one hundred acres, recognized a de
scription of the harpy, filled his pipe
and changed the subject
Perhaps there is some other reason
why the people of Arkansas are poor
in purse and poor in spirit. Their diet
is peculiar. They have almost no vege
tables or fruit; their fresh meat is
ohieil} taken from their supplies of
wild game—when they have the time
and “ gumption ” to get it In a land
that might flow with milk and honey,
the people devour a hot paste of corn
rneai, swimming in bacon-fat and mo
lasses, washed down with copious
libations of strong coffee. As the un
tutored tillers of the soil in wheat
growing States destroy their diges
tions with saleratus, so these unfortu
nates are sodden with black coffe. In
stances are given of families who con-
sume more than 300 pounds of coffee
annually, at a cost of over slls, and
these people deny themselves the lux
ury of sugar and milk : but they cannot
exist without whiskey and tobacco.
Si me of them And morphine necessary
to soothe the nervous tumult into
which they force themselves. Is it any
wonder that they are unintelligent in
their farming, depressed as to their
social and economical condition, and
often wrong in their politics ?
Immigration is the hope of Arkan
sas ; at least, the people say so. Those
who are intelligent enough to think
about it, long for Northern capital to
build railroads, and Northern immi
grants to settle up their unoccupied
lands. The handful of bilious hog and
corn-eating people scattered over the
State make feeble resistance to the
barbarism of the wilderness. They
murmur about the hardships of the
homestead law, which enables a wretch
ed creditor to keep his little property
out of the reach of executions and
judgments. They have a languid sat
isfaction in considering that the new
constitution, against whichjthe fugitive
V. Y. Smith protests, does away with the
contemned homestead law. It is clear,
ho we ver, that no influx of Northern capi
tal and population can help any. such
people as that which we have described,
unless that people is reformed, or else
overpowered by fresh arrivals. How
far the colored race may bean element
of returning strength, we cannot guess.
In the absence of any attempt by the
law forcibly to mix the blacks and
whites into a condition of formal so
cial equality, there is amity between
the two races. But the blacks, though
intelligent, long for the exercise of a
national power to make them “just
like white folks.” Meantime, we sup
pose, they are waiting, with a vague
seace of dissatisfaction, for something
to turn up to their advantage. The
prime necessity of such a people is a
practical education. It is folly to teach
the negroes geometry and ancient his
tory, while they do not know how to
cook their food, build their houses,
and clothe themselves. It is vain to
Hie jails Constitutionalist,
expect intelligent business habits of a
people who live miserably In the midst
of plenty, and persist in burning their
candle at both ends.
[Washington Republican, 10th,
The Texas Pacific Road.
The memorial presented to Congress
yesterday in behalf of the Texas and
Pacific and the Atlantic and Pacific
Railway Companies is signed by Thomas
A. Scott and A.” Pierce as the respective
Presidents of those corporations, and
sots forth the following, amofig other
arguments, in favor of the enactment of
the bill, whose main provisions were
published last Monday: They say a
Southern trunk line of railroad to the
Pacific Is a necessity, and its construc
tion should be insured by the Govern
ment as a practical means of settling
the Indian question and enabling its
vast territories to be safely Inhabited
and developed. The completion of this
line would, it is claimed, enable the Gov
ernment to move troops cheaply and
rapidly, dispense with probably three
fourths of these escorts employed in
Texas and the Southern Territories, and
thus release the Government an ex
penditure amounting to millions of
dollars yearly ; and it would moreover
be of Immense advantage to the na
tion “by bringing into market hun
dreds of millions of acres of good land
which are now dead property to the
United States ; by adding millions of
population to the present number of
producers and tax-payers of the coun
try ; by more than doubling, or, in
deed, indefinitely increasing the annual
yield of precious metals in the United
States ; by a vast increase in our reve
nues to be derived from importations
from Asiatic countries ; by the general
stimulus and trade in all the States
east of the Mississippi to supply the
wants of the settlers in the near regions
to be traversed by the road ; and by all
that diversified good, in the pur
suit of which England, France, Belg
ium,Holland, Russia, and Austria have
spent such enormous sums of money,
pledged without stint to their public
credit, and found their reward in the
control of the commerce and trade of
the world.” It is further argued that
the construction of this open highway,
unobstructed by snows during the en
tire year, across the continent, would
prove to be a practical measure of re
construction for the South, and that
the increased yiel<! of cotton and tobac
co from the newly-developed country
would swell the value of our ex
ports, and thus aid materially in the
retention of our gold and silver for
home circulation. The memorialists
assert it is conclusively established
that the saving to transportation alone
of Government supplies has averaged
two thousand dollars per annum for
every mile of Pacific railroads hereto
fore built, and call attention to the fact
that the same amount of interest which
the Government is asked to guarantee
in order to secure the construction of
this Southern line is $1,750 per
mile per annum. No guaranty of the
principal of the bonds is solicited, and
as security for the guaranty of the
interest on the bonds the Govern
ment is to have a first mortgage on
ail the property, franchise and net
earnings of the railroad ; the entire
proceeds of sales of lands heretofore
granted by the United States to the
two companies ; a restoration to the
Government of about 30.000.n00
of land heretofore granted and reserv
ed to aid the construction of the two
lines to the Pacific, some fifteen hun
dred miles of which are to be dispens
ed with under the plan proposed ; and
the retention in the United States
Treasury of one-eighth of all the bond*
issued, to be sold by the Government
if at any time during construction the
sale of lands, the Government trans
portation, and the entire net earnings
of the road shall not prove sufficient to
provide for the interest guaranteed
and the sinking fund required. The
memorialists say in conclusion that
they do not purpose to besiege Con
gress by personal pressure and solici
tation, but to rely confidently on the
merits of the ease as now presented.
Mammoth Cave—A Scene in the
Star Chamber.
The “ ball room ” is a mighty cham
ber, admirably fitted for the dance,
with even a rocky gallery, in which an
orchestra has, from time to time, been
placed when gay parties, from Louis
ville and other neighboring cities, have
engaged in festivities, and with music
and torches. A short distance beyond
looms up a huge rock known as the
Giant’s Coffin. Passing the deserted
chamber, the “Wooden Bowl Cave,”
where oxide of iron and lime are sprink
led on the floor, and crossing the
“ Bridge of Sighs ” we came at last to
the “ Star Chamber.”
Here our guide had prepared a
genuine surprise for us. Mysteriously
commanding us to be seated in a dark
corner, he suddently seized the lights,
and saying that he would return to find
us on the morrow, withdrew. We heard
his sonorous voice echoing along the
galleries as he hurried back over the
pathway, and while we were yet won
dering what was the object of this sud
den manoeuver we saw above us twink
ling stars, and seemed to catch a glimpse
of the blue sky from which we had
thought ourselves shut out by the
solid rock. Indeed, so strange was
the illusion that we fancied we could
feel the fresh air blowing upon us, and
for a few momenta imagined that the
guide had conveyed us by some round
about way to the mouth of the cave,
and then had hastily left us, that he
might enjoy our surprise. But pres
ently we heard his voice, confessing
the cheat which he had practiced
upon us. The dark ceiling of the Star
Chamber is covered with a myriad of
sparkling incrustations which resemble
the stars, and the artful guide, by a
careful display of his lamps and the use
of Bengal lights, had produced a magi
cal effect. The ceiling, which was not
more than forty feet from our heads,
had seemed remote as the heavens. It
was like the early dawn, when ~ the
stars seem no longer to.belong to the
sky, and when they are gradually fad
ing awav. The guide in the distance,
imitated to perfection, the crowing of
the morning cock, and then burst into
loud laughter as, removing the lamps,
he took away with them the deceit,
and returned to us. —Edward King;
Scribner's for December.
An amusing case was tried in a Kan
sas City (Mo.) court the other day. One
Irishman sued another for killing his
dog. “Did you kill the dog, Pat?”
asked the Judge. “ I did yer honor,”
promptly responded J?at; “but dlvfi
take me if I don’t make him prove it.”
The case was proceeded with, and Pat’s
guilt was established. Then turning
to the plaintiff, the Judge asked,
“ What was your dog worth, Dennis ?”
“ Divil a cint was he worth, yer honor ;
but, be jobbers, sure, I’m going to make
him pay the full value of the baste!”
AUGUSTA, GA„ SATURDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 19, 1874.
Weekly Review of Aupsta Markets.
Fbzday, December 13.1874—P.M.
FINANCIAL.
Gold—Buying at lio and selling at 112.
Hilvkb —Buy ink at 106 and selling at we.
Exchange on New York—buying at k dis
count and selling at k to k discount—small
sums at par.
Exchange on Savannah buying at k@kdls
eount and selling at par. Exchange on Charles
ton buying at k discount and selling at par;
Philadelphia and Boston. 4-10 discount.
There is a plentiful supply of money sent
here for the purpose of buying eotton and
the heavy sales of the staple puts in circulation
a considerable amount Good paper is readily
negotiable at regular rates, but doubtful notes
are touched with a chary hand. Good colla
terals are generally desired by lenders for all
paper.
There is no considerable demand for se
curities ; prices are generally nominal for
nearly all stocks and bonds in this market. A
sale of 85.000 Augusta City Bonds at SIX, long
date, was made Thursday.
SECURITIES.
Ofifed. Ask’d.
Georgia Railroad Bonds 92
Georgia Railroad Stock 70 72
Central Railroad Bonds (old) 97 98
Central Railroad Stock 65 50
Southwestern Railroad Bonds 80
Southwestern Railroad Stock 77
Atlanta and West Point Bonds 86 86
Atlanta and West Point Stock 66 70
Montgomery and West Point Rail
road First Mortgage Bonds 76
Macon and Augusta end’d Bonds... 82 8*
Macon and Augusta mort’d Bonds.. 80
Charlotte. Columbia and Augusta
80nd5...., 70
National Bank of Augusta Stock— 180
National Exchange Bank. .......100
Merchants and Planters Nat. Bank. 80
Planters Loan and Savings Bank.... 6 7
Commercial Ins. & Banking Cos 96 97
Bank of Augusta I°o
Augusta Bonds 82 97
City of Savannah Bonds 82 86
Augusta Factory Stock. 146 150
Graniteville Factory Stock 160
Langley Factory Stock 120 126
Atlanta 7 per cent Bonds 72
Atlanta 8 per cent. Bonds 80 81
Rome 7 per cent. Bonds Nominal.
Macon City Bonds 70
Port Royal Gold Bonds, endorsed... 80
State of Georgia B’s 190 101
State of Georgia 7’s mortgage 90 93
Western R. R.lAla.) Endorsed Bonds 71 73
•According to date.
COTTON.
Friday. December 18 -P. M.
We condense the following regarding the
cotton market from the daily reports of the
Augusta Exchange: , ,
The market during the week has been
steady and at times active with but little
variation in prices, though it opened quiet
and easier on Saturday than the day _ before.
Good ordinary was 12@12k; low middling. 13k
and middling, 13k. Monday it was irregular
with a downward tendency, quotations for the
three grades being, 12, 13 and 13k. Tuesday
it was firm with an active demand at 12k —13
and I3k®i3k. Wednesday it was steady with
E rices unchanged. Thursday it was again
rm with the demand active at 12,12 k, IS and
13k. Friday it was firm with good demand
and rather better prices, 12 k, 13 and 18k,
closing steady.
The stock on hand was counted Thursday,
when it was found there was 20,821 bales on
hand inthecity. This is 2,561 bales less than
that made by the running statement last Fri-
following are the receipts and sales
of each day, commencing Saturday, with the
ruling quotations of Low Middling and Mid
dling :
Receipts. Sales. Low Mid. Middling.
Dec. 12. ..1,897 1,759 13k 18k
Dec. 14... 1,860 1,201 13 13k
Dec. 16.. .1,273 1,697 13k 13k
Dec. 16... 1,449 1,465 13 18k@13k
Dec. 17... 2,551 1,551 13 13k
Dec. 18. ..1,719 1,437 13 13k
Total... 10.739 9.010
COMPARATIVE COTTON STATEMENT.
Receipts for this week of 1873 12,698
Showing a decrease this week of 7,969
Sales for this week of 1873 were 11,443
(At prices ranging from 14k@14k.)
Showing a decrease (this week of 2.423
Receipts the presentscason to date 116,311
Receipts last season (1873-’74) to Dee. 19.108.937
Showing an increase this season so far
Of 7.374
Receipts of 1872-’73 exceeded 1873-’74 to
this date 8,15 t
Shipments during the week 8,900
Shipments same week last year 10,917
Stock on hand at this date of 1873 19,186
AUGUSTA COTTON STATEMENT. DEC. 18 1874
via ii ala u, dcljl i, 1311 0.400
Received since to date 116,311—121.799
Exports and home consumption. 100,978
Stock on hand this day 20,821—121,799
PRODUCE.
Augusta. Ga.. Friday, December 18. 1874.
Business for the past week has been only
moderately active, not as much has been done
as sxpectsd at. this season of the rear.
Bacon—Some few lots of Bacon Sides have
been offered and freely taken, the arrivals are
yet limited. .... , . ...
D. S. Meats—Arrivals have been free while
the demand has been good, which has pro
duced a good trade in the article.
Tennessee Meats—None offering.
Bagging has been in very good demand for
the past week with firm prices.
Ties quiet with no change in quotations.
Domestics continue in fair demand with
no change in prices.
Wheat—Demand good and prices firm.
Coen in fair demand with very light stock.
Oats firm with fair sales.
Seed Grain is still in good demand parti
cularly for Oats and Wheat.
Lard quiet with a decline in prices.
Hay in good demand with a slight decline in
prices,
Tobacco—No change to note either in price
or demand.
Sugar and Cqnyee are steady with no change
to note in price.
All other leading articles remain unchanged.
Country Produce is in moderate demand
with a light supply.
Note.—We give wholesale rates exclusively
Small transactions in all cases require an ad
vance on the figures quoted.
BACON-
Olear Sides lb.. 13Xa
C.R. Sides.. lb.. l3Xa
Shoulders lb.. —a
Dbs Salt Meats—
C. B-Sides lb.. llXa UX
Long Clear Sides ,Ib.. liXa
Bellies ..lb.. liXa
Shoulders lb.. 8X a 8X
Tennessee Meat—
Sides lb.. ) Vnrw* offur
Shoulders lb.. P° n ? n
Hams 1b..) ing>
Hams—
Canvassed lb.. 13Xa14
BAGGING AND TIES-
Doinestic Bagging—lb.. 13Xa
Borneo Bales lb.. IBXa
Gunny Bales lb.. 12X
Ties. Arrow lb.. 7 a
Pieced lb.. 6X a 6
BUTTER-
Country ..........lb.. so a
Tennessee lb.. 80 a
Goshen lb.. 40 a 45
CANDLES—
Adamantine lb.. 18Xa 19
Sperm ..lb.. 40 a
Patent Sperm lb.. 50 a
Tallow lb.. 12 a 13
COFFEK-
Rlos—Common lb.. 19 a 20
Fair lb.. 2lXa 22
Good lb.. 2uXa 23
Prime lb.. 24 a 24X
Cboioe lb.. 24Xa 25
Laguayra. ..lb.. 24 a 26
Java. lb.. 36 a
CORN MEAL—
City Bolted bu.. l 11 a
Country 1 10 a
DOMESTIC COTTON GOODS-
Augusta and Gbanitbville
Factobies—
-4-4 Sheeting yd.. 10 a
X Shirting .yd.. BXa
X Shirting yd.. 6>ia
Drilling yd.. lOXa
Langley Goods—
A 1 heavy Drills yd.. ISXa
B heavy Drills yd.. 13 a
Do. Standard 4-4 Shirt
ing yd.. 12Xa
Do. A l and Edgfield
4-4 Sheeting yd.. 12 a
Do. X Shirting yd.. lOXa
Do. X Shirting yd.. BXa
HopewellX .yd.. T a
Do. 7 oz. Osnaburgs...yd-. 18 a
Montour X Shirtiag..yd.. 8 a
Do. 4-4 Sheeting yd.. 9Xa
Jewell’s Mills. X yd.. 8 a
Jewell’s Mills,4-4 yd.. 9Xa
Do. 3 oz. Osnaburgs...yd.. 13Xa
Richmond Factory Osna
burgs yd.. lOXa
Do. Stripeß .......yd.. n a
Eagle and PhoenixCPs .yd.. 12 a
Do. h’y WoolenTwills.yd.. 40 a
Athens Stripes yd.. l* a
Do. Checks...... ..yd.. 12 a
Randleman Checks...yd.. li a
Do. Stripes yd.. 10 a 10X
Yarns—Nos. 0 to 12... $1 l7Xa 1 20
Pulaski Mills. X heavy
Brown Shirtings —yd.. • a
Do. Stripes ..yd.. 12 a
Milledgkvillb—
a oz. Osnaburgs yd.. llXe
Boz “ yd.. IBXa
Tboup—
a oz. Osnaburgs yd.. uxa
8 OZ. dF.. 14Xa
DRUGS. CHEMICALS. DYES.
*O.
Alum lb.. 8 a
Allspice lb.. 18 a 20
Blue Mass lb.. 125 a1 85
Blue Stone lb.. 15 a
Borax, refined lb.. 25 a 80
Calomel. lb.. 226 a9 so
Camphor Lb.. 80 a
Gloves lb.. 76 a 84
Copperas lb.. 8 a
Epsom Salts lb.. 6 a
Ginger R00t... lb.. 17 a ao
Glue lb.. 28 a
Gum Arabic lb.. 80 a
Indigo—Span.flot. lb., 160 a1 66
Indigo—Common lb.. 1 26 a
Logwood—chipped., lb.. 6 a
Do Extract.... lb. a
Lye—Concentrated, per
oase 7 60 a 8 25
Madder lb.. is a 20
Morphiar-Sulphate...oz.. 676 a 7 00
Nutmegs lb., 160 a1 76
Oils—See Paints, Ac.
Opium lb.. 11 00 al2 00
Potash—in cans by case... 900 a
Ouinine—Sulph oz.. 2 76 a
Sal Soda lb.. 6 a
Soda—Bi-Oarb, kegs...lb.. 7 a
Sulphur—flour lb.. 6 a 8
EGGS—Per doz a 30
FLOUR-
City Mills—
Superfine bbl.. 6 26 a 7 00
f xtra bbl.. 660 a6 76
amily... bbl.. 7 06 a7 75
Fancy bbl.. 7 50 a 7 76
Country and Western—
Superfine bbl.. 600 a
Extra bbl.. 5 50 a
Family bbl.. 600 a
Fancy bbl.. CSO a6 76
GRAIN
PRIME New Wheat—
Red...i bu.. iso a1 86
Amber bu.. 138 a
White bu.. no a
For choice White bu.. 146 a
Hacks returned.
Prime White bu.. 110 a
Tennessee White bu.. 1 10 a
Yellow and Mixed bu.. 106 a
Small lots or less than car
load, are 3asc. higher
than, depot rates.
Oats—Mixed bu.. 85 a 90
Prince Edward
Island pure Black, bu.. l 12 a
Rye— bu.. 176 a
Barley—...., bu.. 175 a
HAY-
Choice Timothy cwt.. 150 a
Western mixed cwt.. 1 35 a 1 40
IRON—
Castings lb.. 6ka
Steel, cast. lb.. 22 a 25
Nail Rod lb.. 11 a 12k
Horse Shoes lb.. Bka
Horse Shoe Nails I'd.. 25 a
Nails, ten penny, per keg.
with extras keg.. 660 a
LARD —
Tierces lb.. I6ka
Kegs or Tubs lb.. Iska
Cans lb.. 16 a
weight, me
dium to extra.
No. 1 Kit (15 lbs.) 1 75 a 200
No. 2 Kits 160 a 1 75
No. 3 Kits 135 a 1 60
No. 1, Bbls 16 00 ai7 00
No. 1, k Bbls 8 60 a
No. 2, Bbls 12 00 al3 00
No. 2, k Bbls 6 60 a 7 60
No. 3, Bbls ll 00 a
No. 3. k Bbls 6 76 a
MOLASSKS-
Reboiled, hhds gal 88 a
Tierces 40 a
Barrels 42 a
Syrups, refined 65 a 76
N. O. Molasses gal 70 a 75
N. O. Syrup gal 70 a1 00
PAINTS. OILS, AG-
Chrome—green, in oil 16 a 25
Yellow, do 20 a 28
Lampblack 8 a 12
‘Do., refined 33 a 40
Litharge lb.. 20
Oils—
Castor gal.. 260 a2 75
Kerosene gal.. 16 a 20
Lubricating gai.. 65 a 1 00
Lard gal.. 1 30 a l 40
Linseed gal., l 10 a 1 15
Putty 6 a 6k
Bed Lead 14 a 15
Spanish Brown 5 a
Turpentine, Spts 45 a 50
Varnish—
Coach 2 50 a 5 00
Furniture 2 00 a 3 00
Japan 1 60 a 2 00
Yenitian Red 6 a 6
White Lead, Ground in Oil—
American, pure I3ka
2d quality 12 a
Whiting 6 a
Zinc—White, inoil. French 14 a
POTATOES-
Ibish—
Now Northern bbl.. 375 a4 00
Sweet-
Now bu.. 76 a 90
POULTRY-
Chickens— Coop ....each... 20 a 26
Hons each.. 26 a 30
Dressed Chickens lb.. 12 a
Dre§s9d.X4rkera*....lb.. 15 a
Ducks lb.. 13
POWDER AND SHOT-
Kegs 6 25 a
Half Kegs 8 38 a
Suarter Kegs. l 80 a
lasting 4 25 a
Shot bags 260 a
Buck Shot bags 2 75 a
The above are wholesale
prices to the trade.
RICE- lb.. Tka 8
SNUFF—
Maocaboy 76 a
SALT-
Liverpool. sack.. 1 40 a1 60
Virginia, fine sack.. 226 a 0
SOAP—
Family lb.. 6ka 10
SUGARS—
Muscovado lb.. loka
Porto Rico lb.. 11 a 12
A lb.. 11 a Ilk
Extra 0 lb.. loka ll
C lb.. 10 a 10k
Demerara ..lb.. loka Ilk
Crushed, Powdered and
Granulated lb.. Ilka 12
TOBAOCO-
Oommon grades lb.. 50 a
Mediums lb.. 65 a
Fine Bright lb.. 80 a
Extra Fine and Fanoy.lb.. 1 00 a1 25
Smoking Tobacco lb.. 60 a
Im large lots these figures
could be shaded.
VINEGAR—
Cider gal.. 30 a
White Wine gal. 40 a 45
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ACCOUNT SALES,
BILLS OF LADING,
INVOICES. RECEIPTS.
CHECKS, PROMISSORY NOTES,
BUSINESS CARDS,
WEDDING CARDS,
BALL AND VISITING CARDS,
LABELS, WRAPPERS, <fcc.,
Executed with the utmost neatness and dis
patch.
Briefs Printed Promptly.
The legal fraternity can have their
BRIEFS, ARTICLES OF AGREEMENT,
CITATION NOTICES, ABSTRACTS OF
TITLES, and everything pertaining to their
profession executed at short notice and
reasonable rates.
Fine Book Work a Specialty.
We would invite the attention of the
various evangelical, educational and indus
trial associations to our facilities for doing
FINE BOOK WORK. Minutes of religious
societies carefully gotten up and at exceed
ingly low rates.
Posters, Handbills, &c.
We are prepared to do all manner of
AMUSEMENT PRINTING, such as
POSTERS OF ALL SIZES,
HANDBILLS, DODGERS,
GUTTER SNIPES, PLAY BILLS,
PROGRAMMES, CHECKS,
hi xnacK xnx or'Y'JdibVS, Ahtf'at pfibes nttle
above those of Cincinnati and Buffalo.
Orders by mail particularly attended to.
Address
GEO. ADAM,
MANAGER.
JOHN M. WEIGLE, Foreman.
NEW CROCKERY STORE!
No. 187 Broad Street,
(Opposite Jas. Gray & Co.’s Store.)
MRS. V. V. COLLINS (late with Eli Mus
tin) respectfully calls the attention of
her friends and the public to her Large As
sortment of Goods, consisting in part of
FRENCH CHINA,
Gold Band Decorated and Plain Chamber
Sets.
Gold Band Decorated and Plain Tea Sets.
Gold Band Decorated and Plain Mustache
Cup and Saucer.
Match Boxes in Parian and Bronze, Vase*,
China, Lava, and Bohemian Candlesticks,
Gold Band and Bronze; together with Toy,
Dinner and Tea Sets, very pretty; Plain
and Decorated Bed Room Sets, Japanned
Tea Trays, Tin Ware, Brittania Ware, Cof
fee and Tea Pots, Spoons, Knives and
Forks, Bar Tumblers, Bar Bottles. Decan
ters, and a tine assortment of Engraved
and Plain Glassware.
Orders from the Country solicited.
My city friends and the public will please
give me a call. I will convince them that I
am selling as CHEAP AS THE CHEAPEST.
declS-suwefr-6
How Money Can be Made
lii "Wall Street,
BY investing small or large amounts, in
Puts, Calls and Double privileges
which have paid 200 per cent, the past
month, are now bought by the largest op
erators as a security against loss ands,
capital. Pamphlet giving full explanation
sent on application.
Stocks bought and sold on three per
cent, margin. Address
DARRAGH, BRIDGEMAN <fc CO.,
Bankers and Brokers,
52 and 56 Broadway, and 7 Exchange Court,
(P. O. Box 5026) New York.
nov2B-d&cSm
Catoosa Springs, Georgia,
Will be opened for the reception ol
Visitors on
JUNE Ist f 1874.
All are invited to come to the
HEALING ~W ATEBS.
BOARD, SSO PER MONTH. Children and
Servants, half price.
mylO-tf W. O. HEWITT.
DISSOLUTION.
THE COPARTNERSHIP heretofore exist
ing under the name and style of LAW
TON <fc LAWTON was dissolved on the Ist
day of this month by mutual consent. T.
P. LAWTON will assume all the liabilities
of the late firm. He will continue the
WOOD AND COAL BUSINESS in all ite
branches. Thankful for the patronage so
liberally bestowed on the late firm he re
spectfully solicits a continuance of the
same. All orders left at either No. 213
Broad street or Wood Yard will be prompt
ly filled.
E. M. LAWTON,
T. P. LAWTON.
Augusta, Ga., December 12th, 1874.
I HAVE on hand a large lot of BLACK
JACK. DRY PINE and FAT LIGHT
WOOD. Also, EGG and NUT GOAL.
decl2-tf T. P. LAWTON.
HENRY JAMES OSBORNE,
OCUILISTIC OPTICIAN.
NO 171% BROAD STREET,
o rider the Augusta Hotel. aogao-fcf
Wool Undervests,
For Ladies, Misses, Men and Boys,
at J. W. TURLEY’S.
Blankets and Flannels,
Of the very best makes, very low at
J. W. TURLEY’S.
Cloaks and Shawls,
PARIS and Berlin makes; also, Do
mestic Productions, in great variety
and beauty, opening every day at
J. W. TURLEY’S.
Bleached Long Cloths.
20 OASES, 7c.. Bc., 9c., 10a and 12c. ]
Wholesale and Retail.
J. W. TURLEY.
Southern Made Domestics.
JA BALES Southern Domestics, at
jtv/ Factory Prices. Wholesale and
Retail J. W. TURLEY.
Kentucky Jeans and Buck
skins.
-i K CASES Jeans and Deerskins, at
JL fj lowest figures ever reached.
Wholesale and Retail.
J. W. TURLEY.
Hosiery.
3,000 DOZEN Men’s Women’s,
Boys’ and Girls’ Hose and Half Hose.
Wholesale and Retail.
J. W. TURLEY.
BlackSilksT
Elegant Gro de Rhine, $1.25, $1.50
and $2.00. Very Great Bargains.
* J. W. TURLEY.
Paris Made Colored
Silks.
Clear,Bright Colors, $1 $1.25, $1.50,
$1.75, $2.00 and $2.50. Charming
Goods.
J. W. TURLEY.
Foreign Dress Fabrics.
The latest and choicest Novelties
that have yet arrived.
novlS-suwely J. W. TURLEY.
ATTRACTIVE OPENING
OF
AND
Dress Gobds.
On MONDAY MORNING we will
display an assorted Stock of COLORED
GROS GRAIN SILKS, which we will
offer at FORTY PER CENT. LESS than
the real value. These Goods are in
the most popular New Cloth Shades,
are rich and heavy, and having been
purchased in short lengths, suitable for
Skirts or Redingotes, at GENUINE
BARGAINS.
In the same lot will be, found Heavy
GROS GRAIN BLACK SILKS at Con
vincingly Low Prices.
We have also received anew and
complete stock of CASHMERES, DI
AGONALS, and All-Wool SERGES, in
the Fashionable Cloth Colors, among
which will be found a variety of Shades
in Navy Blue.
Also Late Styles and New Colors in
SILK SCARFS and KID GLOVES, to
gether with a full assortment of RUCH
INGS, LACES, EMBROIDERIES,
ETC., ETC.
MULLAKKY BROS.,
262 BROAD iSTREET.
nov39-us&thly
FURNTTUBE
E. G. ROGERS,
147 and 140 Broad @t.,
OPPOSITE THE FOUNTAIN.
A Full Assortment of all Kinds.
CHAMBER SUITS.
New Handsome Styles at reduced prices
PARLOR SUITS,
Ckuat Bargains offered.
DINING ROOM SUITS,
A Handsome assortment.
OFFICE FURNITURE.
A great variety of Office Desks and Chairs.
UNDERTAKING.
MET ALIO OASES and GASKETS. COF
FINS of all grades, home-made and from
the best manufacturers, always on hand.
octls-8m _
Musical Instruments
OW BVKRY DESCRIPTION, AMD
Musical Merchandise!
nr BVHRY VABHTY.
TMFORTED direct from Bremen, through
X Savannah Custom House, at New York
Prices, by G. O. ROBINSON & CO.,
AUGUSTA MUSIC HOUSE* 260 Beoad at.
aovaa-sowefnm
STANDING COMMITTEES OF
City Council of Augusta,
AND BOARD OF HEALTH,
1874-75.
FINANCE COMMITTE-Barrett, Sibley,
Ford, Carwile.
Streets and Drains—Meyer, Bennett,
Boardman, Evans.
Police —Evans, Meyer, Philip, Carwile.
Houghton Institute—Ford, Carwile,
Sibley, Barrett.
Bridge, River Bank and Wharves—
Sibley, Barrett, Bennett. Boardman.
Pumps and Wells—Bennett, Thompson,
Evans, Boardman.
Engines— Philip, Carwile, Barrett,Thomp
son.
South Commons— Sibley, Pournelle, Ben
nett. Hill.
Turknett Springs and Water Works
—Boardman, Meyer. Evans, Philip.
Market— Pournelle, Meyer, Bennett, Hill.
Health— Ford, Thompson, Pournelle,
Boardman.
City Hall —Hill, Sibley, Evans, Bennett.
Jail— Thompson, Pournelle, Philip, Hill.
Lamps— Hill, Ford, Sibley, Evans.
Canal— Meyer, Philip, Barrett, Hill,
Hospitals— Evans, Ford, Hill, Meyer.
Printing —Carwile, Sibley, Philip,Barrett.
Magazine and Military —Pournelle,
Hill, Thompson, Ford.
Shows and Exhibitions— Bennett,
Thompson, Evans, Boardman.
Railroads— Carwile, Pournelle, Sibley,
Ford.
Special Water Works—Boardman, Bar
rett, Sibley, Bennett.
Cemeteries —Thompson, Pournelle,
Boardman Philip.
Board of Health.
From Council—Ford, Thompson, Pour
nelle. Boardman.
First Ward—J. T. Bothwell, J. W. Bess
man, Samuel Levy.
Second Ward—Joseph Myers, Z. McCord.
John M. Clark.
Third Ward—R. A. Fleming, C.-R. Stone,
John J. Cohen, Sr.
Fourth Ward—Dr. 11. Rossignol, F. Cogin,
W, D. Bowen. dec6-
AGENTS WANTED.
Every Family to be Canvassed.
WE want local Agents everywhere, and
one General Agent in each State, for
The Christian Age,
a weekly Journal of 16 pages, beautifully
printed, unsectional, unsectarian, a record
of Christian Thought, Effort and Progress;
of Current Literature and News; of Finance
and Commerce. It is to supply all Cris
tian Families througnout the enuntry just
such a metropolitan paper as they need.
Our Editor-in-Chief,
CHARLES F. DEEMS, D‘ D.,
is so widely known as a ripe scholar, an el
oquent and popular Divine, an earnest
workor in the cause of Christ, and as the
possessor of the highest order of Literary
ability, that his name is a tower of strength
to our enterprise; and supported by the
eminent and efficient corps of assistants
that he has called to his aid, we have no
hesitation inasserting that, in point of Edi
torial excellence, we shall publish a sur
passingly Christian Newspaper. We
shall endeavor to make each weekly issue
transcend its predecessor
DR. DEEMS’ SERMONS.
It is proposed to publish once a month
or oftener, a full report or abstract of a
Sermon or Lecture by Rev. Dr. Deems.
Thus the thousands from dinerent parts of
the land who crowd the “ Church of the
Strangers” will have a memorial of the
service which they attended, or the rep re
duction of some other discourse from the
same preacher. ■The CHRISTIAN AGE is
furnished at $3 a year, and to each sub
scriber is given the great Historical En-
THE”'Fuujnujsjss aix.l> rju.euj
METHODISM.
It contains 250 portraits of leading Meth
odists in all parts of the world, and in all
its branches; artistically arranged in an
oval picture, for the walls of the drawing
room.
Wo want only active Agents, those who
will do the work thoroughly. We give ex
clusive control of territory, and do not wish
to waste our Held upon poor agents, and
will insist upon active work, regular and
prompt reports, and a strict following of
our terms and instruction*; and if this i*
done, there is no business you ean engage
in, with anything like the same capital, and
make as much money, in these times, or
make it as easily. We give as much terri
tory as an agent can handle to advantage,
ana give the territory desired and called
for, so far as we can. Terms, Circulars, etc.
sent to any address.
If you want to make money, try it I
Remittances by Mail should be made by
Registered Letters or Drafts, or Post Office
Orders. Drafts or Orders should be made
payable to the “Christian Age.” Poet
Office Money Orders should be made paya
ble at Station D, New York.
Send ten cents for specimen number.
Address
UNITED STATES PUBLISHING CO.
FOR THE CHRISTIAN AGE.
jy!3-tf 13 University Place, New York.
Fall and Winter, 1874!
c. j.XTbalk,
No. 130 Broad, below Monument Street,
HAS NOW IN STORE a full assortment
of Dry Goods for Fall and Winter.
Great bargains in Jeans and Oassimores.
Great bargains in Black Alpacas.
, Good Black Silk at $1 per yard.
Velveteens, in black and colors, from 00c.
up; 1,000 Ladles’ Felt Skirts, the cheapest
in town; the best 25c. Towel in the city;
Cotton Goods lower than ever; 600 dozen
Coats’ Thread, at 70c. per dozen; the best
assortment of Calicoes, Bed Ticking, Blan
kets, Linseys, Flannels, etc., cheap. Look
for No. 136 Broad street, between Monu
ment and Centre street. Special induce
ments to wholesale buyers. Orders care
fully attended to. My one price system
(prices being marked In plain figures) se
cures the same advantages to the most in
experienced buyer* as to the best judges of
Dry Goods. Gboda cheerfully shown and
samples given. C. J. T. BALK.
sep2o-suwefrtf
Sugars and Molasses.
900 BBLS - KEJ?urED SUGABS
-1 A A BBLS. N. O. MOLASSES, prims
I \ and choice.
ff/Y BBLS. REBOILED MOLASSES.
Vfi HHDS. REBOILED MOLASSES.
WALTON, CLARK <fc CO.
deol3-3aw2w
WHISKEYS.
1 f\f\ BBLS. RECTIFIED and CORN
XUU WHISKEY.
| BBLS. RYH WHISKEY, of good (
CLARK * 00.
decl3-9awiw . -
Fire - Works!
WE HAVE NOW IN STORE our This
Year’s Supply of FIRE-WORKS, con
sisting of
ROMAN CANDLES,
SKY ROCKETS,
PIN WHEELS,
SERPENTS,
SAND CRACKERS,
EIRE CRACKERS,
CANNON CRACKERS,
JAPANESE TORPEDOES,
MINES,
VERTICAL WHEELS,
Variety of EANCY PIECES, Ac., Ac.
For Sale, Wholesale and Retail, at LOW
PRICES, by
C, VOLCER & CO.,
Mo. 196 and No. 254 Broad Street,
AUGUSTA,
duilt twwnliw
-New Series—Vol. 2. No. 321
AMERICAN WATCH.
WHOLESALE SALESROOM,
David F. Conover & Cos.,
SBOCtESSOBS TO
WM. B. WARNS & CO.,
IMPORTERS, MANUFACTURERS AND
WHOLESALE DEALERS IN
IIMISI JIiWELRI,
SOUTHTAST CORNER
Chestnut and Seventh Streets
(FIRST FLOOR),
PHILADELPHIA.
nov2B-satuth*eam
Dissolution of Copartnership.
THE COPARTNERSHIP HERETOFORE
existing between Jiles M. Berry and
l rienry A. Merry, under the firm name of
Berry & Merry, Produce Commission Mer
chants, of this city, was dissolved on the
first day of September last.
Jiles M. Berry, having purchased the en
tire interest of Henry A. Morry in the con
receives ail the assets, assumes all
the liabilltleß, and will settle the business
of the late firm.
JILES M. BERRY.
Augusta, Ga., December 1,1874.
A Card.
Having purchased from Mr. Henry A.
Merry his entire interest in the firm of
Berry & Merry, I will oontinuetho Produce
Commission Business at the old stand, and
hope, by strict attention to business, to
merit and receive a continuance of the
patronage so liberally extended the late
firm; JILES M. BERRY.
•*
Having sold my interest in the firm ot
Berry & Merry to Captain Jiles M. Berry,
I hereby tender my sincere thanks to the
patrons of the late firm, and solicit for the
new firm a continuance of their favors.
decl-2w HENRY A. MERRY.
Foreign Exchange.
Merchants & Planters National Bank, )
Augusta, Ga., November 17, 1874. )
THIS BANK draws Sight Bills of Ex
change, in sums to suit purchasers, at
lowest rates, on England, Ireland. Scot
land, France, Germany, Prussia ana other
European countries.
novl7-tf J. S. BEAN. Cashier.
BUI Offll Tl BIST.
HOWE’S
U. S. < STANDARD
SCALES
REPORT of the Judges at the Georgi -
State Fair, held at Macon, Novembei
Ist, 1873, and Atlanta, October 25,1874:
“We, the Judges, agree that the HOWE’S
are entitled to the Premium for the
BEST AM MOST ACCURATE SCALES.”
ALSO.
TWO PREMIUMS
&a.L luo ottvcumaxi jcau*.
PAGE & CO.,
General Agents.,
3 PARK PLACES, New York.
Full line of
Scales, Weigh-Masters and Cotton
Beams and Frames
constantly on hand.
MOORE & CO.,
AGENTS,
AUGUSTA, GA.
iftii22-lr __
THE NEW STYLE!
Neat and Light, Prelty, Cheap !
HOME SHUTTLE!
JUST received and on inspection at
Rooms 148 Broad street.
Call and see it before buying any other
make; It is to your interest to do so, and is
all I ask. It lies flush with the table,
makes the Elastic Lock Stitch alike on
both sides, precisely the same as the high
price Machines, ana does every variety of
work done by any Machine (no matter
what the price paid for it) or no sale, and is
the most simple and durable in construc
tion of any in the United States. Money
refunded, after one week’s trial, If disap
proved of.
Six different styles. Price, $25 to SBO.
Sent to any address on receipt of price, or
byExprweO.O.D.
148 Broad street,
©cl3-suwefr&ctf General Agent.
MUSIC BOOKS and SHEET MUSIC
THE latest publications at the AUGUSTA
MUSIC HOUSE, 265 Broad street.
Orders lor Music and Strings promptly
by o. O. ROBINSON * 00.
COAL. COAL.
WE HAVE just received a large and su
£rior lit of ANTHRACITE COAL.
We warrant this a first class article, and
“ be 8011
ocES-tf 213 Broad street.
A Great Book for Agents !
Personal Reminiscences, Anecdotes and
Letters of
GEN. ROBERT E. LEE,
BY REV. J. WM. JONES, D. D., formerly
Chaplain Army Northern Virginia,
and of Washington College, Virginia. Pub
lished by authority of the Lee family, and
of the Faculty of Washington and Lee Uni
versity.
SIXTEEN SPLENDID PORTRAITS AMD EN
GRAVINGS.
Prioe, In Cloth, $3.50: Sheep, $4.50; Half
Turkey, $5-50; Full Turkey, $7.50; applica
tions for exclusive Agencies for Counties
should be made at once, naming first, sec
ond and third choice of territory.
D. APPLETON & CO., Publishers,
nov22-w3 549 and 551 Broadway, NY
HOME ENTERPRISE.
Cigars for the Million!
MANUFACTORY AND STORE
Corner 1C Ilia and Mclntosh Streets
HAVING recently occupiedthespaohuw
stores comer Ellis wid Mclntosh
streets, I now have Increased facilities for
manufacturing CIGARS of * l^jf d iS , ee t o d
keep on haiuFconstantly a well se
ffboek of ..
Cigars and Smoker’s Articles Generally,
P. S.—Orders for specie l brands solicited
and promptly catt,
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