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THE CONSTITUTIONALIST
FRIDAY, JANUARY 1, 1875.
(Baltimore Sun.
GERRIT SMITH.
Sketch, of His Career.
Hon. Gerrit Smith was well known in
other days as a prominent anti-slavery
agitator. He was born at Utica, N. Y.,
on the 6t,h of March, 1797, and was con
sequently, in the 78th year of his age.
He was the son of Peter Smith, a for
mer partner in business of the late
John Jacob Astor. The partners had
£ carcely any money, but they kept a
small shop in the city of New York,
where they dealt in the furs of the
period. In the summers they used to
go up the Hudson to bargain with the
Indian tribes for the furs which the
sons of the forest had obtained during
the previous winter, the result of which
was the accumulation of considerable
money, This continued for several
years, when the partnership was dis
solved, Mr. Astor continuing in the fur
business, and Mr. Smith, Sr., retiring
to the interior of the State, where he
purchased hundreds of thousands of
pieces of land, for which he paid a nomi
nal price. To Gerrit, his favorite sod,
when he became of age, he gave the
entire town of Florence, in Orange
couuty, together with other immense
tracts of land in State of New York.
Gerrit Smith graduated at Hamil
ton College in 1818, bearing off the
honors of his class. He was destined
for the legal profession, but his fa
ther’s large landed property and wide
ly extended business drew him into his
office as the manager of his affairs. He
was from youth a politician. He was
a member of the State Convention held
at Utica in 1828, to promote the elec
tion of John Quincy Adams to the
Presidency, in opposition to Gen. Jack
son, and wrote the address to the peo
ple adopted by the convention. He
next ran for the State Senate against
the Jackson candidate, and was de
feated. From that time forward he
never held any close alliance with either
of the great parties of the country, un
til down to very near the outbreak of
the late war, but always preferred to
speak and act in public affairs from an
independent standpoint.
Early in life Mr. Smith evinced a
warm interest in the colored race, and
in 1825 devised a plan for raising SIOO,-
000 for the American Colonization So
ciety, to which he became a leading
contributor. Ee continued to support
his colonization enterprise from an
emancipation stand-point, both by pub
lic speeches and the liberal use of his
muars for some years. In the autumn
of 1835 a convention was held at Utica
for the purpose of forming an anti
slavery society as an auxiliary society
to the American Anti-Slavery Society,
of which Arthur Tappan was the presi
dent. Mr. Smith tended, rather as an
observer than a participant, but the
convention having been broken up by
a mob, he invited the delegates to ad
jour to Peterboro’, his home, assuring
them they should have free discussion
there. The delegates accepted the in
vitation, and Mr. Smith addressed them
in a lengthy speech.
Soon after this he openly abandoned
the colonization scheme, and in the fol
lowing Spring, at the anniversary of
the American Anti-Slavery Society, de
livered h!s first elaborate abolition
speech. From this time forward, till
the fifteenth amendment was incorpo
rated Into the Constitution, his course
on the anti-slavery subject is a part of
the history of the country. He was
known as the special friend of the
runaway negro, ai.d at his palatial res
idence, in slavery times, his board was
frequently surrounded by fugitive
slaves, who had learned of his peculiar
characteristics.
John Brown, when he conceived the
wild scheme of trying to revolutionize
the government of Virginia by raising
an insurrection and abolishing slavery
in the State, visited him at his home
at Peterboro. It is asserted by his
friends that Mr. Smith endeavored to
dissuade him from his plan, both on
the ground of its utter impracticability
and because he was opposed to the
shedding of human blood, even to pro
mote a cause which lay so near his
heart. But it is a historical fact that
Smith did give Brown some money,
which was to be used to purchase arms
to put in the hands of the slaves, who
were expected to rise en masse. The
fate of Brown seriously depressed Mr.
Smith, and, in fact, partially beclouded
his mind. The sunken condition of
his health made a resort to the Utica
Asylum for a short period an absolute
necessity.
In addition to his active anti-slavery
efforts, Mr. Smith was a decided advo
cate of temperance, to which cause lie
contributed .liberally. He also contribu
ted freely to the cause of the Cuban
patriots. In 1852 Mr. Smith ran as an
independent candidate for Congress,
in the Madison and Oswego Districts,
and was elected. During this session
the Missouri compromise repeal was
effected, against which he spoke and
voted. This was his only public service.
He was known as a strong Union man
during the war, but after its close his
heart softened towards the Southern
people, a proof of which he gave in
signing the bail bond of ex-Preeidenfc
Jefferson Davis.
He was a man of strong religious
sympathies. In early life he was a rigid
Calvinist. Later he liberalized his
views and adopted the creed promulga
ted by such divines as Nathaniel W.
Taylor and Charles G. Finney. Still
later he modified his opinion till he
finally stood pretty much upon the
ground occupied by William Ellery
Channing.
Mr. Smith was twice married. His
first wife was a daughter of the Rev.
Dr. Backus, then President of the
Union College. She lived only about a
year after their marriage, and left no
offspring. He subsequently married a
daughter of Col. Fitzhugh, then resid
ing in the county of Livingston. Mrs.
Smith still survives. He leaves but
two children—Green Smith, who is an
occasional lecturer at Cornell Univer
sity, and Mrs. Elizabeth Smith Miller,
the wife of Col. Charles D. Miller, who
resides at Geneva.
A city fop who was taking an airing
in the country, tried to amuse himself
by quizzing an old farmer about his
bald head, who solemnly remarked:
“ Young man, when my head gets as
soft as yours, I can raise hair to sell.”
When the axe touches thy neck,
still hope in God’s saving grace.
fie Jails (foustitutionafot
Farewell Old Year.
Farewell Old "Sear, farewell 1
Yet not without a sigh,
For hopes and years gone by,
We listen to thy knell;
Or see thee in thy prime,
Grown white with age’s rime,
Glide down the tide of Time,
In gloomy roalms to dwell.
Beneath the Past’s dim sky,
Farewell, Old Year, farewell!
Adie'u, Old Year, adieu!
Jn thy twelve epochs’ reign
We’ve met with grief and pain,
But met with gladness, too;
Though on thy snowy pall
Sad Memory’s tears may fall.
Yet would wo fain recall
Some pleasures once we knew.
Some past scenes back again—
Adieu, Ola Year, adieu 1
(New York Times.
The City Sharper.
When a young man from the coun
try visits New York for the first or
second time in his life, he bears with
him many warnings. His parents and
experienced friends picture to him the
city rogue as a thinly-disguised roar
ing lion, continually seeking the callow
youth whom he may devour. He
thinks he is too smart to be caught by
the polished villians of the Metropolis,
and he coldly turns from the seedy
colporteur by his side in the railway
car, morally sure that he is “ one of
those scamps.” The frank, bluff, and
jolly-talking young drover whom he
meets on the train is a pleasa.it ac
quaintance, and our young friend likes
the free-and-easy way with which he
produces a flask of spirits from his
frieze overcoat, and shares its contents
with a stranger from the country. The
drover has not been to the city often; he
only comes once or twice a year to see his
sister, but even that is often enough to
find out how the sharpers flock about
the railway depots, hotels, and other
places where unsophisticated people
do congregate. And he warns Rusti
cus, with the impressiveness of a man
“who has been there,” of the snares
and pitfalls of wicked Gotham. Our
young friend, strong in his own keen
ness, is a little nettled by this far-off
echo of the paternal counsel, and warm
ed with the genial drover’s dram, says
that he is not afraid of anything, al
though he was born in the woods. When
the slim, scholarly-looking gentleman
in black, who has been playing three
card monte in the smoking-car, passes
through, Rusticus does not see the tele
graphic quiver of the eyelid with which
the honest drover says to the pale gen
tleman, “I’ve got him.”
The rest of the story has been in the
morning papers so often that it hardly
bears repetition. Rusticus likes his
honest friend, who has been in the city
once or twice before, and who speaks
of his sister up town as “a little stuck
up and stylish, but, a good gal.” And
the drover has such a pleasant, taking
way that Rusticus goes to his sister’s
house with him, and has a cup of tea
and a sandwich with that charming
young woman. For her part, she is
modestly “glad to see any friend of
brother John’s.” Our young philoso
pher from the country, who would give
odds to tho sharpest sharper in New
York and beat him at his own game, is
unaccountably sleepy after supper, falls
into a doze in the corner of the sofa,
where his kind friends have left him. He
finds himself, about daylight next day,
shivering on the streets, with a queer
feeling in his head, and with scarcely
garments enough his limbs to cover
him. He never sees the honest drover
again, nor the honest drover’s sister,
nor the few hundred dollars he had
when he went into the honest drover’s
? ister’s houso ; nor is he ever able to
dentify that house, though he seeks it
carefully and with many contrite
groans. His simple story is duplicated
in the experience of numberless confi
dent young men, and older men, too,
for that matter. The too-confiding
stranger, much warned and counseled,
avoids the swaggering ruffian and
sleek-looking Pharisee, only to be en
meshed by “one of the best-hearted
fellows in the world.”
But the ingenious wolf has many dis
guises and divers prey. Rusticus at
home, and smarting with his wounds,
has a savage joy as he reads -of city
men made the easy victims of his old
acquaintance. The wolf, by way of
diversion, called in elegant attire and
with easy manners, the other day, with
a lady’s card and a letter of introduc
tion to a fashionable dame from an
esteemed acquaintance. Shown into
the drawing room, he departed with a
silver vase, a pair of candlesticks, and
sundry costly knick-knacks, ere Ma
dam had settled her collar and looked
at herself twice in the glass, before de
scending the stairs* On another day
he flattered a good dentist by ordering
a set of teeth on the recommendation
of an eminent tradesman, insisted upon
paying for the work in advance, gave a
large check for the amount, received
the dentist’s draft for the balance, and
went away richer by just the difference
between the figures of his worthless
check and the dentist’s good one. This
sinful game was played more than
once ; and we regret to add that the
victims of the gentlemanly stranger
were intelligent citizens of the metro
polis. So it appears that the artistic
rogue does not always seek those who
are sometimes mentioned as having
hay seed in their hair.
Whether it is because times are dull
or men more than usually dishonest,
the art of thieving is now certainly car
ried to a high, degree of perfection. The
coarse bully who knocks down a pass
enger in a dark street, or the masked
burglar who crawls in at a basement
window, is a low type of the city thief.
Tne accomplished scamp has a multi
tude of disguises; he is polished and
insinuating, or he is frank, bluff, and
kindly in his affected roughness. He
surprises the coolest with his sudden
dash and readiness. He “ hath a snare
for all,” as Whittier says of the temp
ter. "Whether he runs breathless up to
the hall-door, with the message that
Mr. Gunnybags has sent home
for his overcoat, or quietly pockets
a pile of bank notes from under a
chasier’s nose, he always calcu
lates on the chances that boldness,
quickness, and suddenness give him.
The city sharper is a good actor. It is
a pity that his accomplishments are
not turned to better use. He confides
in you with a fine delicacy which makes
you hesitate to question him, and with
a pathos that, is genuinely dramatic.
His transformations are complete ; and
even unceasing vigilance cannot ward
off his blandishments nor break down
his artifices. It is discouraging, but it
seems to be true, that instant suspicion
must be raised against every approach
to an unexpected confidence*. It is, per
haps, useless to add another to the
volume of warnings addressed to excel
lent young persons from the country ;
it seems necessary to say once more to
city readers that sharpers are this year
uncommonly numerous and artful.
~ i
“ Rents are enormous,” all the loafer
said on looking at his pants.
TAtlanta Constitution.
SUPREME COURT DECISIONS.
The Mechanics’ Bank 3ase.
Thos. P. Branch vs. the Mechanics’
Bank. Assumpsit, from Richmond.
Trippe, J.
1. Under the decision in Kimbro vs.
the Bank of Fulton, 49 Ga. R., 419, the
plea in this case was defective in not
fully setting out the facts relied on to
sustain it, and the demurrer, on that
ground, should have been sustained.
2. The other questions raised on the
trial are decided in the cases of M. G.
Dobbins us. Sibley, and Thos. P. Branch
vs. Alfred Baker, pronounced in at the
present term. ,
Judgment reversed.
Henry W. Hilliard, Z. D. Harrison,
for plaintiff in error.
W. T. Gould. W. H. Hull, for defend
ant.
Miles G. Dobbins vs. Josiah Sibley.
Debt, from Richmond. Thos. P.
Branch us. Alfred Baker. Assumpsit,
from Richmond.
Warner, C. J.
The Mechanics’ Bank was chartered
prior to the war, and authorized to
issue bills, to circulate as money. By
the terms of its charter, “ the persons
and property of the stockholders, for
the time being, in said bank, shall be
pledged and bound in proportion to the
amount of the shares that each indivi
dual, or company, may hold in said
bank, for the ultimate redemption o f
the bills or notes issued by or from said
bank during the time he, she or they
may hold such stock, in the same man
ner as in common commercial cases,
or simple cases of debt.” When the
stockholders accepted the charter of
the bank, it became a contract between
them and the State, by which they
were bound, in accordance with the
terms thereof. The plaintiffs in the
several suits now before the Court,
are the billhoders of the bank
suing on that contract, and are en
deavoring to enforce the same. The
pleas of The defendants do not allege
that contract to have been illegal, be
cause it was in aid of the rebellion ;
aud if the several matters of defense
set forth in defendant’s pleas, are au
thorized by the 17th section of the sth
article, paragraph 2 of the constitution
of 1808, the same is unconstitutional
and void as to contracts made prior to
the date thereof, because it impairs the
obligation of the contract sued on by
enacting a defense to that contract*
which did not exist when the contract
was made, and otherwise invades the
rights, of the plaintiffs as to their
remedy to enforce that contract, which
did not exist at the time the contract
was made. The pleas of the defend
dants, and the evidence offered there
under as to the illegality of the con
tract sued on by the plaintiffs, consti
tuted no legal or valid defense there
to—as against the plaintiffs who are
the holders of the bills of the
bank issued in pursuance of its char
ter. If the stockholders of the bank
had redeemed bills of the bank prior
to the commencement of the plaintiff’s
suits to tho amount of their respective
shares of stock therein, or a propor
tional part thereof, then such stock
holders might plead such redemption
of the bills of the bank in discharge of
their liability as stockholders to the
extent of such redemption of the bills
of the bank by them, before the com
mencement of the plaintiff’s suits.—
The plaintiffs, as tho billholders of the
Mechanics’ Bank, are ontitled to recov
er from the stockholders thereof, in
proportion to the amount of the shares
that each individual stockholder held
in said bank, bore to the Indebtedness
of said bank to the bill holders thereof,
at the time of tho commencement of
the respective suits against the bank
and the stockholders therein, for the
redemption of the bills issued by the
bank in pursuance of the terms of its
charter. In other words, whatever
amount the bank was indebted to the
bill holders thereof, at the time of the
commencement of the plaintiff’s suits
on their bills, the stockholders are lia
ble to redeem the same, in proportion
as their respective shares of stock in
said bank bears to the indebtedness of
the bank to the bill holders thereof—
that is the measure of their liability un
der the charter of the bank as accept
ed by them. In my judgment, the
judgment of the court below should be
reversed in each of the cases against
the stockholders of the Mechanics’
Bank, as well as thut against the Me
chanics’ Bank.
A. T. Akerman, for plaintiff in error
in first ease.
W. H. Hull, for defendant.
Henry W. Hilliard, Z. D. Harrison,
for plaintiff in error in second case.
W. T. Gould, W. H. Hull, for defend
ant.
Trippe, J., concurs in first case, as
follows :
I concur in tho judgment rendered in
this case on the grounds and for the
reasons, I give for the decision in the
case of Thos. P. Branch vs. Alfred Ba
ker, this day pronounced.
Trippe, J. concurs in second case as
follows :
1. Actions brought by the bona fide
holders ol bank bills which were issued
by the bank payable to bearer, and
which passed into circulation as money,
cannot be controlled by the provisions
of the second paragraph of the 17th
section of article 5 of the constitution
of 1 868, nor can the illegality of such
issue by the bank, as contemplated in
said provision, be set up as a defence
against the light of such holder to a
rocovery.
2. If said provisions of tho constitu
tion were intended to apply to such
case8 s they are void under the tenth
section of the first article of the Federal
Constitution, inasmuch as they not
only annul existing contracts which
were otherwise legal and valid, but im
pose upon the holder of such bills im
practicable conditions in cases of cer
tain defenses, and which practically
deny all right of recovery.
3. The measure of recovery by the
owners of bank bills in an action against
a stockholder In the Mechanics’ Bank
is to be ascertained from the amount
of outstanding bills of the bank at the
time action is brought, and such stock
holder’s liability therefor is in propor
tion to his share of stock in the bank,
subject to be reduced by the amount of
bills he has taken up before the com
mencement of the suit against him.
Judgment reversed.
McCay, J., dissented in both cases.
■ .
One of the resolutions adopted at a
recent caucus of the Southern Republi
can members assures the country, in
the most pathetic manner that unless
immediate action is taken in regard to
the disturbances in the South they will
have to pack their carpet-bags and
and come North. God forbid.
[Bonn Piatt.
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Physical! and Surgeon, 104 Duane St., N.Y
mhls-sututh&cly
A Great Book for Agents 1
Personal Reminiscences, Anecdotes and
Letters of
GEN. ROBERT E. LEE,
BY REV. J. WM. JONES, D. D. t 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 AND EN
GRAVINGS.
Price, in Cloth, $3.50: Sheep, $4.50; Half
Turkes r s&&>; Full Turkey, $7.50; applica
te exclusive Agencies for Counties
/Sh'ffuid be made at once, naming first, sec
ond and third choice of territory.
D. APPLETON A CO., Publishers,
S HOV22-W3 543 and 551 Broadway, NY
PRESENTS
POR
Christmas New Year!
AT THE
Augusta Music House,
305 BROAD STREET,
A COMPLETE assortment of PIANOS
and ORGANS, of the best Makers, at
the Lowest Factory Prices, for Cash, Part
Cash, and Monthly Payments. Also:
Violins, Guitars, Flutes, Flutinas,
Clarionets, Picolas, Flageolets, Banjos,
Zither, Acoordeons, Concertinas, Cornets,
Harmonicas, Fifes, Tamborines, Drums,
Musical Albums, Music Boxes,
Violincellos, Double Bass,
Silver Instruments, Brass, Instruments,
Tuning Forks, Turing Pipes,
Cavalry Bugles, Triangles,
Piano Stools, Piano Covers,
Music Stands, Music Folios,
Music Books, Sheet Music,
New Songs, | New Music,
Italian Strings, and overy variety of
MUSICAL MERCHANDISE.
Geo. 0. Robinson & Cos.
doc2o-Buwefrtf
TAYLOR IRON WORKS
MANUFACTURING CO.,
—OF—
OH A. R LIE 2 M r J7 O IN, !*. O.
Works anil General (Mice,
EAST BAY & PRITCHARD STS.
Treasurer’s Office,
At Carolina Saving* Hank, Ckurcit, near
llayne Street. P. O. Bor 5:40.
DIRECTORS :
G. W. WILLIAMS, F. J. PELZER,
J. C. MALLONEE, D. C. EBAUGH,
C. A. CHISOLM, A. A. GOLDSMITH.
OFFICERS :
JOHN F. TAYLOR, President.
FRED. BROTHERHOOD, Superintendent.
W. H. I'RIOLEAU, Secretary.
W. E. BREESE, Treasurer,
At Carolina Savings Bank,
H. BUIST. Solicitor.
FORGINGS and CASTINGS
of every description.
BOOSE PRAMS. HUMS, BOILERS, if;.
Marine, Stationary an<l Portable Steam
Engines, Boilers, Tanks,
Hoisting Engines, Saw Mills,
llice Threshers ail Mills, of every
description,
Shaftings, Pulleys and Gearings,
Iron Fronts for Buildings,
Castings of every kind in Iron or Brass,
Forgings ol nil deserijitions,
Phosphate Washers,
Phosphate anti Ore Crushers,
Steam Fittings, Wrought. Iron Pipe,
Sheet Rubber and Gaskets,
Water and Steam Gauges, Belling,
Put king, die.
MANUFACTURERS OF
TAYLOR’S PATENT
DIRECT ACTING STEAM
—AND—
HYDRAULIC PRESSES.
Also, Manufacturers of
SAMUEL J. CHAPMAN’S
PATENT TRAP STRAINER,
For Bilge Pumps, Bilge Injections, Ac.
Boilers can be taken from or put on board
steamers by the crane on our wharf.
my2o-tu&fr6m
holm nn i
AMONGST the most nunmerous articles
for Holiday Presents, wo offer a full
lino of Bohemian Toilet Sets, Bohemian
Vases, Parian Vases, Parian Figures, Mus
tache Cups, Motto Cups, Motto Mugs,
China Candles ticks. Bisque Figures and
Fancy Baskets. In Glassware wo offer the
Greatest Variety, and at the most aston
ishing prices ever seen in this city.
Wo arc selling our White Granite and C.
C. Ware at prices thatdefy competition.
Buying our Goods strictly for Cash, we
are always in a position to offer the cheap
est and best selected stock in the city.
BLIGH & HAMMOND,
dec2o-sututhS 280 Broad Street.
THE NEW STYLE!
Neat and Light, Pretty, 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 Hush with the table,
makes the Elastic Lock Stitch alike on
bodi sides, precisely the same as the high
price Machines, and 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 rooeipt of price, or
by Express C. O. D. Address
A. B. CLARK,
148 Broad street,
ecl3-euwefr&ctf General Agent.
Executor’s Sale of Land.
BY virtue of a decree’ in equity, in Burke
Superio: Court, in . favor of V. L.
Jones, ei al. vs. Francis A. Jones, el al. ren
dered at the November Term, 1873, of said
Com, tho undersigned. Executor and Com
missioners of the estate of M. D. Jones,
late of Burke oounty, deceased, will sell, at
public outcry, on the FIRST TUESDAY In
JANUARY, 1875, beforo the Court House
door, in the town of Waynesboro, said
county, at the risk of the first purchaser, a
tract or parcel of land, situate,, lying and
being in said county, conta ning Four
Hundred and Sixty-Three and a Half (463%)
Acres, be the same, more or less, being that
part of the Gil strap Place, belonging to
said deceased’s estate, known as Lot No. 1.
and adjoining Lot No. 3, and Lot No. 2, of
same place, and lands of Mrs. N. Warnoek,
Merritt and estate of D. Corker.
Sold for the benefit of creditors of said
estate, and at the risk of first purchaser.
Terms CASH. F. A. JONES,
Exocutor M. D. Jones, deceased.
JOHN T. SHEWMAKE,
W. W. MONTGOMERY,
J. J. JONES,
STEPHEN A. CORKER,
nov2B-td Commissioners.
NOTICE,
('IHARLES G. GOODRICH has made an
J assignment, dated December 8, 1874 to
us for tho benefit of his creditors. All per
sons having claims against him are re
quested to give notice of the amount and
character of the same, in order that they
may be properly classified for payment
pro rata. GEO. W. SUMMERS,
JAMES J. BROOM.
and eel 2-3
COALCREEK
AND
ANTHRACITE COAL,
OF all sixes, wholesale retail. Weight
and quality *uarantf4 HOOK£T>
novl-tf Over Brutta Street.
Fall and Winter, 1874!
C. J. T. BALK,
No. 136 Broad, below Monument Street,
HAS NOW IN STORE a full assortment
or Dry Goods for Fall and Winter.
Great bargains in Jeans and Cassimeres.
Great bargains in Black Alpacas.
Good Black Silk at $1 per yard.
Velveteens, In black and colors, from 60c.
up; 1,000 Ladies’ Felt Skirts, the cheapest
in town; the best 25c. Towel in the city;
Ootton (jroods louver than ever; 500 dozen
Coat ® Thread, at 70c. per dozen; tho 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) s*>-
eures the same advantages to the most in
experienced buyers as to the best judges of
Dry Goods. Goods cheerfully shown and
samples given. 0. J. T. BALK.
sep2o-suwefrtf
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, Vases,
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 fine 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.
decl3-suwefr-6
DISSOLUTION.
THE COPARTNERSHIP heretofore exist
ing under the name and style of LAW
TON A LAWTON was dissolved on the Ist
day of tliis month by mutual consent. T.
P. LAWTON will assume all the liabilities
of tho late firm. He will continue the
WOOD AND COAL BUSINESS In all its
branches. Thankful for tho patronage so
liberally bestowed on the late firm he re
spectful ly 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 PJNE and FAT LIGHT
WOOD. Also, EGG and NUT COAL.
deel2-tf T. P. LAWTON.
Sugars and Molasses.
2QQ BBLS. REFINED SUGARS.
1 441 1 BBLS. N. O. MOLASSES, prime
Xv/\f and choice.
gQ BBLS. REBOILED MOLASSES.
JQ HHDS. REBOILED MOLASSES.
WALTON, CLARK & CO.
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WHISKEYS.
144A BBLS. RECTIFIED and CORN
iUU WHISKEY.
1 / \ BBLS. RYE WHISKEY, of good
JLv / grade.
WALTON, CLARK & CO.
dec!3-3aw2w
WOOD. WOOD.
ON hand and constantly receiving a fine
lot of OAK, BLACK JACK and HICK
ORY WOOD, which will be delivered in
any portion of the city at $5.50 per cord.
All orders left at REANEY & DURBAN’S
Drug Store, accompanied by the Cash, will
receive prompt attention. dec2o-l*
Choice Timothy Hay, Pea
Meal, Bran, Fine Feed, Mid
dlings, Grits, Corn Meal and
Granite Mills Flour. For sale
by GEO. T. JACKSON & CO.
doc2o-3
CHAS. R. ROWLAND,
Upholsterer ;iud Cabinet Maker.
M.A'ITRESSES made to order and reno
vated. Ellis street, opposite Empire Steam
Laundry. dec2o-su3m
CT. E. DODD & CO.,
219 BROAD STREET.
OPPOSITE CENTRAL HOTEL.
You will find a nice line of
Men’s, Boys’ and Child’s Hats
and Caps.
nov2-tf
FURNITURE
E. G. ROGERS,
147 and 140 Broad
OPPOSITE THE FOUNTAIN.
A Full Assortment of all Kinds.
CHAMBER SUITS.
New and Handsome Styles at reduced prices
PARLOR SUITS,
Great Bargains offered.
DINING ROOM SUITS,
A Handsome assortment.
OFFICE FURNITURE.
A great variety of Office Desks and Chairs.
UNDERTAKING.
METALIC CASES and GASKETS. COF
FINS of all grades, home-made and from
the best manufacturers, always on hand.
octl6-3iu
FOR SALE CHEAP.
A COMPLETE SET OF SPLENDID
MAGICIANS’ INSTRUMENTS, comprising
about 200 Illusions or Tricks. Apply to
deelß-3 L P. GIRAKDEY.
New Series—V"ol. 3. No. 1
TRUSTEE’S SALE.
Maiket House, in the city of Augusta be
tween the legal hours of sale:
L A ll those I_four 1 _ four lots of land with tene
ment houses, known as “Goodrich Banc.- ”
commencing at the southeast corner of Mo-
Cartan and Reynolds streets, in the city of
Augusta each having a front on Reynolds
street of twenty-five feet, more or less, and
running through of equal width to Jones,
street, except the corner lot, which runs
through to the Engine Houso. Each house
has eleven rooms and attic. Two of these
tenements are rented at S6OO a and
the rental for the balance of the* year will
be the property of the purchaser. Posses
sion will be delivered immediately of the
tenements not occupied.
2. All that lot in said city, known as No.
271, on the north side of Broad street, be
tween Campbell and Jackson streets, front
ing on Broad street twenty-four feet, more
or less, and running back of equal width
one hundred and ninety feet, more or less,
to an alley, and including one-half interest
m said alley, occupied by C. G. Goodrich.
Possession of the Store will bo delivered
immediately if desired, and the purchaser
to have the rental of the rooms over head
, a y of purchase. This property is
rented, above and below, for $2,000.
3. AU that warehouse lot in said city, on
the north s’de of Reynolds street, between
MeCartan ard Campbell streets, having a
fronton Reynolds street of ore hundred
and thirty-one feet nine inches, more or
less, and running back of equal width a
riistanoe of forty feet, when it increases in
width to one hundred and fifty feet, and
runs bck of this width to a lino parallel to
Reynolds street, and two hundred and
thirty-four feet six inches more or less,
distant therefrom; at present occupied by
Pollard A Cos., and Robert A. Fleming This
property is rented until September Ist
1875, and rent paid to that date.
Terms of Sale—One-thhd Gash, balance
Ist of July and November, 1875. with inter
est from dry of sale. Titles by bond or by
deed and mortgage back, to be at the op
tion of the Trustee, and at the expense of
the purchaser; the property to be insured
and policies assigned.
This sale is made pursuant to the deed
fromWm.H. Goodrich to me, dated De
cember 3d, 1874, and ratified at the meeting
of creditors held Docember 21st, 1874.
This sale is to pass title free from all
liens, except taxes to the city of Augusta
for 1875, which the purchaser is to pay.
J , FRANK H. MILLER,'
dec24-td Trustee.
110 011 ill BEST.
HOWE’S
U. S. STANDARD
SCALES.
REPORT of the Judges at the Georgi _
State Fair, held at Macon, November
Ist, 1873, and Atlanta, October 25, 1874:
“We, the Judges, agree that the HOWE’S
are entitled to the Premium for the
REST AND MOST ACCURATE SMIAS."
ALSO.
TWO PREMIUMS
At the Savannah Fair.
PAGE & CO.,
General Agents.,
3 PAltli PLACE, New York.
Full line of
Scales, Weigh-Masters and (Min
Beams and Frames
constantly on hand.
MOORE & CO.,
AGENTS,
_ „ AUGUSTA, GA.
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Foreign Exchange.
Merchants & Planters National Bank, (
Augusta, Ga., November 17, 1874. j
THIS BANK draws Sight Bills of Ex
change, in sums to suit purchasers, at
lowest rate 6, on England, Ireland. Scot
land, Franeo, Germany, Prussia and other
European countries.
novl7-ti J. S. BEAN. Cashier.
COAL. COAL.
WE HAVE just received a large and su
perior lot of ANTHRACITE GOAL.
We warrant this a first class article, and
it will be soul at reasonable rates.
LA WTON A LAWTON,
octlß-tf 213 Broad street.
HOME ENTERPRISE.
Cigars for the Million I
MANUFACTORY AND STORE
Corner KUis and Mclntosh Streets
HAVING recently occupied the spacious
stores corner Ellis and Mclntosh
streets, I now have increased facilities for
manufacturing CIGARS of all grades, and
keep on hand constantly a well selected
stock of
Cigars and Smoker’s Articles Generally.
P. S.—Orders for special brands solicited
and promptly attended to.
P. HANSBERGER.
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WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY.
SCHOOL OF MEDICINE l
BALTIMORE, MD.
The next annual session will begin Octo
ber Ist, 1874, and end Februrry 25th, 1875.
The Hospital and General and Special Dis
jiensaries furnish ample material for Clini
cal Instruction. For Catalogue with infor
mation as to plan of instruction, Fees, coat
of living, etc,, address
J. k LINDSAY, M. D., Dean.
HENRY JAMES OSBORNE,
OCULISTIC OPTICIAN.
NO my, BROAD STREET,
under tha Augusta Hotel. augfle-tf
720 ACRES OF LAND
For Sale, Lease or Rent.
I OFFER as above the LAND lying about
half in Columbia and half in McDuffie
county, on Little River and Cane Creek—
the Creek the dividing line between the
two counties. The Land is well timtiered
with oak, hickory and pine. The open
lands, uplands and lowlands are fertile, and
as good producing lands for grain and cot
ton as any in this section of Georgia. There
is good fall and location for water pewer on
the Creek. For further particulars address
me at Clay in person on thepiace.
octlS-wara J. A. COLLINS.
For Rent Cheap!
rriHE Desirable Residence on Broad street,
X over the store occupied by Greene A
Ilossignol, will be rented from January Ist
to October Ist. for SSOO. Would Rent the
FIRST and SECOND FLOORS separately;
three rooms on each, gas in every room,
with roomy closets, and a Servant Room
for each suite. Prices: For First Floor,
$300; Seoond, S2OO. Being centrally located,
very near tho restaurants, hotels and
boarding houses, makes this house very
desirable.
dee27-BuWed&Su3t WM. E. MoOOY,