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THE CONSTITUTIONALIST
SUNDAY, JANUARY 3, 1875.
A NEW MOVEMENT.
Somebody in Kentucky, who signs
himself R. Tillery, is agitating a sub
ject which may prove a little trouble
some to certain parties who have made
a great deal of capital out of the posi
tions they held during the war. The
proposition of R. Tillery is that the
fattest offices in the land are nearly all
filled by “ slioulder-straps.” This dis
charge of R. Tillery has been sharply
responded to by someone who styles
himself “ Enfield.” Hear him :
This tiling of majors, colonels and brig
adiers monopolizing all the offices in both
the North and South has been carried far
enough. These gold-lace fellows had all
the good things during the war, and shall
they have a monopoly of all the “fat
things” now? They arc always calling on
the “boys” to help them into office. When
did they call upon one of the boys to run
for a fat office or one of high honor? Not
fcheyl It is, “Come, boys, I want you to
help me out now; I’m running for Con
gress. We used to stand together when we
were lighting the robs down South, and
I’m still lighting them, and you must help
me once again.” Very much the same
talks the gentleman who managed to wear
a ’ramsfeu gold-lace on nis coat-sleeves as
an officer of Dixie.
Lets.us have a convention of the boys in
blue and the boys in gray, all below the
Tirii‘iftlfWi'A '1“"t * and talk over these
things and see if we can not right up mat
ters in both the North and South, and start
out on anew plane of peace and prosperity.
Let this convention meet in Louisville, and
there, midway between the extreme sec
tions, we will organize, picket the political
Held, nominate two privates, if we think
proper, one from the United States and the
other from the Confederate States side,
and in a pledge of perpetual peace elect
them to the two highest positions within
the gift of the American people. Up, boys,
up, all along the line, and let us hear from
you.
It may be said to this that the same
qualities which helped a man to office
during the war have helped him to
high positions during -a so-called
peace. But it must be admitted
that a formidable movement could
be made in the direction sug
gested by R. Tillery and Enfield.
In the Confederate army there were
thousands in the ranks who were en
dowed with the highest types of intel
lect, as well as peerless intrepidity.
No doubt the same was true of the
Federal forces. If the politicians can
not present men for President and Vice
President of the United States capable
of healing the wounds of war, by all
means let the high privates of both
armies meet together and select the
men who are to accomplish so great a
desideratum. Meanwhile, we should
not wonder if the “high privates” had
come to the conclusion that the Gen
erals, Colonels and Majors had had
their share of the honors, and the time
arrived for “the men” t© come to the
front and assert their claims to prefer
ment.
GRANT.
A Washington correspondent of the
Cincinnati Enquirer, referring to the
appointment of Gen. Sheridan, with
plenary powers, to the Louisiana Mili
tary Distiu t, says:
There is direct authority for stating
that Grant’s feelings for the South are
of the most, bitter and vindictive character,
and are freely expressed in conversation.
Those who are in a position to know say
that if he could get a plausible pretext for
it, he would shoot down the people of Lou
isiana like dogs.
We do not believe one word of this.
A great deal of direct testimony may
be had to prove just the reverse. We
believe that Gen. Grant is rather hurt
than otherwise by almost wholesale
hostility of the South, or what is sup
posed to be such,* than “ bitter ” and
“vindictive” In his feelings. He is
much bitterer against the uitra-Radi
eals than anybody else, and they, on
their part, hate him like poison. We
believe that thejrupture might be made
complete, if the South would patiently
and cautiously bide her time and pre
serve her temper. If there be any
truth in the Enquirer's statement of
Grant’s attitude toward this section,
then indeed is the madness that pre
cedes a fall rapidly developing In a
?han who has hitherto been unusually
self-contained and sphinx-like. A ma
jority of the Washington correspond
ents are mere Bohemians who deal in
sensations, either manufactured out of
Whole cloth or the dregs dipped from
the gutter of scandal-mongering gos
sip. We are of opinion that Grant
would gladly make friends with the
South, if he ocJy knew how to go about
it, so as not to lose the hold he has
on his party. It is a bough job, and we
shall see what we shall aee in that and
many other directions.
Moß'Ui Politics. —As the Northern
journals are regretting Gerrit Smith,
chiefly on account of his “ moral poli
tics,” the Baltimore Gazette thinks it
queer that conniving with old John
Brown to “ organize hell ” in Virginia,
should be sated among the cardinal
virtues. Mr. Smith himself hardly
thought so, since the ignominious
death of Brown drove him temporarily
to a mad house, where marplots of
his character properly belong.
Fame. —The World an
nounced the death of Col. Eugene
Sc hardy, the celebrated engineer. It
•was Col. Eugene Le Hardy, but such is
lame I
Myt fkiily fonstihitionaiisi.
[Washington Letter (13th) to Boston Globe.
THE WHITE HOUSE.
Somewhat as to the Cost of Run
ning the Establishment—Economy
of Former Presidents—Grant Al
leged to Keep House on SB,OOO
per Annum.
There has always been a popular
misapprehension concerning the cost
of living in the Executive Mansion.
Previous to the war, when everything
was cheaper than now, it was seldom
suggested that the President’s salary
of 825,000 a year was inadequate to his
support. Quite a number of the ante
bellum Presidents retired from office
comparatively poor, but this fact was
never regarded nor usod as an argu
ment in favor of increasing the com
pensation of the Executive. Their
poverty was almost uniformly due to
their want of tact and shrewdness in
the management of their private affairs
or to their utter want of appreciation
of the value of money. Of the former,
Thomas Jefferson was a notable illus
tration, and Franklin Pierce of the
latter. I have heard Colonel John
W. Forney, the intimate friend of
Pierco all through his adminis
tration, say that the New Hamp
shire statesman was frequently known
to give money out of his own pocket to
mendicant office seekers when he could
not secure them a place at the public
crib. His successor, James Buchanan,
with liis shrewd, thrifty Pennsylvania
training, knew the value of ten cents—
you remember the Fremont-Buchanan
campaign song entitled “ Ten Cent
Jimmy ” —and saved money during his
term, besides maintaining the fame of
the White House for elegant and liber
al hospitality. Buchanan’s dinner par
ties both before and after he became
President were models in every respect.
He always superintended the prepara
tions for them himself, even to the
most minute details, and calculated
their cost in advance to within a few
dollars. During the war, when the
premium of gold advanced to 185,
and everything else went booming
up with it, contractors and oth
ers, who had suddenly come into
possession of large sums of money,
which they scarcely knew how to ex
pend, wondered how “poor Lincoln”
lived on 825,000 a year. The truth is,
Mr. Lincoln not only managed to live
on this sum, but to save something.
But for the wild, shoddy extravagance
of his wife, he might have saved more,
for his own habits and tastes, as well
as those of his children, wero exceed
ingly frugal and simple. It was among
the gossip of the times that Mrs. Lin
coln had other resources, besides the
purse of the President, upon which she
drew, and there was propably some
thing in it, for her ballooning ideas of
living, if humored, must necessarily
have swamped Lincoln. The “-house
hold,” under Andrew Johnson, was
most economically administered by his
daughters, two sensible, unpretending
ladies, who were general favorites,
even when their father was a sort of
Ishmaelite, politically and socially.
Mr. Johnson saved between 860,000 and
870,000 ouL of his salary ; but, unfor
tunately for him, it was gobbled up by
those Christian bankers—Jay Cooke &
Cos. —in whom poor Andy, like many
other misguided persons, placed some
confidence.
grant’s SHREWDNEBS AND THRIFTY MAN
AGEMENT.
Gen. Grant is unquestionably the
most thrifty President who has occu
pied the Executive Mansion for years,
not even excepting James Buchanan.
He will retire at the close of his term
the richest of all our Presidents. His
extraordinary and uniform good for
tune has followed him in the invest
ment of his money as in everything
else, and every “talent” has been
made to yield a full harvest. Grant’s
habits and tastes, like those of Mr.
Lincoln, are very frugal and simple.
He has one weakness, which, in other
men, might lead to extravagance, viz:
an inordinate fondnes for horseflesh.
But with his “ canny ” Scotch shrewd
ness, he indulges this luxury at com
paratively little expense to himself.—
He is a good judge of a horse, and has
beeu known to make some very advan
tageous “trades” or “swaps.” It is
said that the famous Michigander, who
is the terror of the British lion—Zach
Chandler—once sold Grant a pair of
horses which did not turn out as rep
resented, and which he purchased on
Chandler’s word, without having seen
them. If the Senator expected to “ sell ”
the President as well as the horses
he was doomed to disappointment, for,
Grant did not drive them but half a
dozen times until he discovered their
weak points, and he made Chandler
take them back and refund. The
President’s St. Louis farm, which is
stocked with some of the beat-blooded
animals in the country, furnishes him
all the horses he needs at compara
tively little cost. But for the fact that
a regular annual sale of thoroughbreds
at the St. Louis farm, such as take
place at the leading stock farms of
Kentucky, might furnish a column or
so of scandal for the New York Sun
and papers of that ilk, it is probable
Grant could make as good a display ol
fine colts as McDaniel, Alexander, Mc-
Grath, or.the late John Harper. As it
is, the surplus stock is quietly worked
off at private sale, yielding, it is said,
a good profit. Mrs. Grant, though not
the handsomest woman in America, is
perhaps one of the best managers. The
fact of his having such a wife is only
another illustration of Grant’s rare
luck. If he knows how to fight a battle
and drive a horse, she understands all
about housekeeping, marketing, shop
ping, and how to keep the buttons
on the children’s clothes. These
are excellent accomplishments in any
woman, or rather they were so regard
ed when Mrs. Grant was a girl. That
was before it was considered the acme
of a young lady’s glory to be able to
“ dance the German,” and fritter away
the hours of au evening with small
talk to a vealy, brainless booby. From
what I have said of the habits and
tastes of the President and of the char
acter of Mrs. Grant, you will not be
surprised to learn that Grant saves
more of his salary than any of his pre
decessors. The household of tho Ex
ecutive mansion is run upon sensible,
economical principles, and yet there is
no lack of hospitality. It is very sel
dom that it is without a guest or two
of some kind. In addition to the cus
tomary “ State dinners,” which consist
of members of the Cabinet, of the Dip
lomatic Corps, Justices of the Supreme
Court and mobs of Congressmen, the
family or private dinuing-room is fre
quently the scene.of quiet little din
ners composed of the President's per
sonal friends. I have heard bon vivemts
say that the President’s dinners are
, nothing to brag of, either in point of
' substance or service. In his early days
Grant lacked the training which would
i enable him to compete, in this line,
with men like Sam Hooper or the late
AUGUSTA, QA... SUNDAY MORNHSTGK JANUARY 3, 1875.
Charles Sumner. He is not much of a
judge of wines, and his stock is mostly
selected at random. Champagne is
about the only wine for which he has
any partiality, and his taste for it is
rather acquired than natural.
ACTUAL RUNNING EXPENSES AT THE WHITE
HOUSE
A large proportion of the expenses of
running the White House is borne by
the Government. The entire appro
priation for this purpose for the pres
ent fiscal year is 8128,209. This in
cludes the President’s salary, the sal
aries of his secretaries, clerks, messen
gers, policemen, ushers, watchmen,
furnace keeper, steward, and for fuel,
light, taking care of the mansion, re
pairs, plumbing and gas fitting, station
ary, and contingent expenses. With
the exception of the steward, the Presi
dent employs and pays out of his salary
all his household servants, cooks,
waiters, chambermaids, coachman, foot
man, etc. But the list is not long, and
the cost no more if as much as for the
servants of any private gentleman.
Some of the wicked members of that
party which frightened Massachusetts
out of her propriety, last November,
and came near upsetting her, insinuate
that Grant is in the habit of plac
ing his coachman, footman, waiters,
etc., on the regular Government pay
roll as “messengers,” but this, no
doubt, grows out of party malice. I
heard President Johnson say, on one
occasion, it cost him 89,000 a year to
live while he was in the Executive
Mansion, and he remained there all
tiie year round from January to Janu
ary. President Grant is usually ab
sent six months of every year on an
average, and it is presumed that his
expenses when traveling or at Long
Branch are less than in the White
House. Thegeneral impression is that
it costs Grant about 88,000 a year. He
has hosts of friends, not only at home,
but abroad, who never fail to remem
ber him, and it is no secret that some
of the expensive luxuries of life are
supplied by them at very little cost to
the Presidential purse. Men’s opin
ions differ about what Mr. Sumner
termed “gift-bearing Greeks.” An
drew Johnson, for instance, wauld not
accept a span of horses while
he was President. His tailor related
an instance !o me the other day about
him which shows how very particular
he was in such matters. When he be
came President, after the assassination
of Lincoln, this tailor thought he would
make and present him with a suit of
clothes in honor of the event, or rather
as a celebration of it. Having his
measure, and knowing exactly what the
President liked, nothing was said about
it until the suit was finished and sent
to Mr. Johnson with a receipted bill,
and the compliments of the tailor.—
Next day the tailor was summoned
into the Executive presence, when Mr.
Johnson gave him to understand that
he could not accept any present, gave
him a check for the amount of the bill,
and admonished him, if ho valued the
Executive as a customer, never to re
peat the operation. But, as I have
said, the views of men, iu and out ol'
office, differ upon these matters, and
this being a free country, every man
lms a right to his opinion, from the
President down.
[Springfield (Mass.) Republican.
The Sewing Machine Monopolists.
Wilson, the patentee of the sewing
machine feed, the possession of which
sustains the sewing machine monopoly
in this country, will apply to this Con
gress for a second extension of the
patent, it is said. We hope it will be
peremptorily refused. On the occasion
of the previous extension, Wilson sold
out his rights to the quadrangle of
companies—Singer, Grover & Baker,
Wheeler & Wilson, and Howe, for
850,000, and, if he did not ask a big
enough price, it was his own fault. At
all events, under that extension, the
sewing machine monopolists have
charged the American people 825,000,-
000 a year for machines that did not
cost a fifth of that sum, and which
would have been sold at a reasonable
profit to manufacturers and middle
men for two-fifths of it, at most.
Meantime, the machines have been
exported to foreign countries, and sold
at a profit for half what they are sold
for at home. Half a million dollars’
worth liave.been sold iu England the
past year, iu the face of Birmingham,
and a quarter of a million iu Germany.
The patent has already run twenty
four years, and ought to be allowed to
expire.
A Reminiscence of the Vicksburg
Troubles.— The Vicksburger of the 12th
thus speaks of old Ben. Montgomery, a
former slave of Jeff. Davis, now living
on Davis’s Island, twenty miles below
here:
On Tuesday last in obedience to the
command of the law-trembling Crosby,
about seven hundred negroes, armed
with shot-guns, left the vicinity of Hur
ricane Island to come to Vicksburg.
They were met by Ben, Montgomery,
who confronted them, and bade them
return to their homes, and to their busi
ness. The old man was so determined,
and spoke to the poor deluded fools so
eloquently that, notwithstanding the de
termination of some to ignore his ad
vice, all turned back, and thus was
much bloodshed spared.
If such men as old Ben. Montgomery
were more plentiful, what a land of
peace and harmony we should have.
What a lack of Ames, Hills, Browns,
and such vagabonds there would be in
our State. All honor to tho old slave
of Jeff. Davis.
A Wife Sold for Five Hundred
Dollars. —Spending last Sabbath at
the quarterly meeting of the Gentropo
lis Circuit, we were informed by Mr.
Pray that Mr. Hamilton, who has been
residing in tho south part of Douglass
county, lost his wife about two years
ago. Soon after he paid special atten
tion to a niece of Mr. Bear, who finally
gave him the mitten. He then sought
the hand of Mr. Bear’s daughter, but
the young lady declined to place her
affection upon him. Asa last resort
he visited Mr. Bear and proposed to
give him 8500 for his wife. Mr. Bear!
consented, received the money and left
for Pennsylvania. Mr. Hamilton has
live children and Mr. Bear eight. The
eight children have been turned over to
Mr. Hamilton, according to agreement,
together with somo stock for their
maintenance. Mr. Hamilton and his
new chattel arc about starting for Cal
ifornia.
Recently the local paper at Grass
Valley said: “The prettiest girl In
Grass Valley doesn’t carry herself
straight enough when promenading.”
For a week after that all the Grass
Valley girlp stalked about like so many
ramrods; and ayeyy girl said, “That
horrid paper! Ma, -don’t I walk
straight?” " ..
What is it that you can call forcin'
any restaurant and fail to have brought
directly ? The cheek,
[Detroit Free Press.
• A MODEL WIFE.
The Woman Who is a Helpmeet to
Her Husband in Storm and Sun
shine.
She is a little bit of a woman, all
patience and sunshine, and I’d spoil the
best silk hat that money could buy for
the privilege of lending her my um
brella in a rain storm.
She’s married, aud she’s got an old
rhinoceros of a husband. He makes it
a practice to come home tight at 11 <
o’clock every other night, and has for
four yoars, aud he cau’t remember that
she ever gave him a cross word about
it. When he falls into the hall she is
waiting to close the door and help him
back to the sitting-room, where a good
fire awaits him. She draws off his
boots, unbuttons his collar, helps him
off with his coat, and at the same time
she is saying ;
“ Poor Henry! How sorry lam tiiat
you had this attack of vertigo ! lam
afraid that you will be found dead by
the roadside some night.”
“ Whazzor mean by verzliigo ? ” he
growls ; but she helps him off with his
vest, and pleasantly continues :
“ I’m so glad you got home all right.
I hope tho day will come when you
can pass more of your time at home.
It is dreadful how your business drives
you! ”
“ Whaz bizshness—whaz yer talking
’bout?” lie replies.
“ Poor one—how hot your head is ! ”
she continues, and presently he breaks
down, aud weeps and exclaims :
“Yez, zu zic’s a ’orse—wearing
zelf out fhast’s can—wishzi was dead !”
Next morning she never refers to the
subject, but pleasantly inquires how
he slept, and if his mind is clear. His
boots may be missing, and he yells
out:
“ Whar’n thunder’s my boots ? ”
“ Right here, ray dear,” she replies,
and she hands them out, all nicely
blacked up.
If she wants a dress, or a hat, or a
cloak, and he yells out that household
expenses are eating him up, she never
“sasses ” him back, nor tells him tiiat
she could have married a Congress
man, nor declares that sho will write to
her mothor, and tell her just liow it is.
“ That’s so, my dear—times are
hard,” she says, and sho gets up just
as good a dinner as if he had left her
fifty dollars.
Ho may come home tight at supper
time, but she is uot shocked. She re
marks that it is an unexpected pleas
ure to have him home so early, aud
she pretends not to notice his stupid
look. He sees throe chairs where
there is but one, and in trying to sit
down he strikes the floor like the fall
of a derrick.
“ Whazzor jaw zhat chair way for ?”
and she replies:
“It’s that holeiu the carpet—l knew
you would stumbleand she helps
him up and brings him a strong cup of
tea.
They do not keep a servant, and
when cold weather came sho never
thought of planking herself down in a
a chair opposite him and saying :
“Now, then, you’ll either got up and
light tiie fires or there won’t be any
lighted—mark that, old baldhead.”
No, slio didn’t resort to any such
base and tyrannical measures. When
daylight comes, she slips out of bed,
makes two fires, warms his socks, and
then, bonding over him, she whispers :
“Arise, darling, and greet tiie festive
morn!”
He’s sick sometimes, and I’ve known
that woman to coax him for two straight
hours to take the doctor’s medicine,
turn over his pillow twenty-two times,
keep a wet cloth on his head, pare his
corn down, and then wish that she had
a quail to make him some soup.
When he gets into a fight down town
and comes home with his ears bitten up
and his nose pointed to the northeast,
she inquires how the horse happened
to run away with him, and she says
that she is so thankful that he wasn’t
killed. She has an excuse for every
thing, and she never admits that any
one but herself is to blame about any
thing. Lor’ bless her—l hope she will
slip into heaven and never be asked a
question.
A Curious Experiment.—Take a piece
of pasteboard, about five inches square,
roll it into a tube with one end just
large enough to fit round the eye, and
the otker end rather smaller. Hold
the tube between the thumb and finger
of the right hand (do not grasp it with
the whole hand); put the large end close
against the right eye, and with the left
hand hold a book against the side of
the tube. Be sure and keep both eyes
open, and there will appear to be a hole
through the book and objects seem as
if through the hole instead of through
the tube. The right eye sees through
the tube, and the left eye sees the
book, and tiie two appearances are so
confounded together that they cannot
be separated. The left hand can be
held against the tube instead of a book,
and the hole will seem to bo through
the hand.
Big Granger’s Fees.
-The following is found in the Chicago
Times:
“ A Grange Master in good standing
recently informed a Times missionary
that, in his opinion, Kelly & Cos., the
kid-gloved and silk-stockinged Grang
ers wno fatm in Washington, D. C.,
had accumulated at least 8250,000 cash
for dispensations, at 815 each, during
the last three years.”
Commenting upon which, a Falmyra
(Wisconsin) correspondent of tho Times
remarks as follows:
If your “ missionary ” would consult
a Grange map, ho would find the about
figures to be much less than those
given by the Grangers themselves. —
They say, up to last July, “ there were
k 22,000 Granges, embracing a member
ship of over 2,000,000, with nil lucreaso
of organizations . about 2,500 per
month.”
Now, taking those figures, we find In
stead of 8250,000 for “dispensations,”
we have 8330,000 to July last. The
initiation fees at the moderate esti
mate of 83 per head amount to 86,000,
000, the ten cent monthly dues per
annum, amount to 82,400,000, the six
cent quarterly dues to tho State Gran
ges annually amount to 8480,000, be
sides tho fifty cents for females, aud
the dollar for males. The ten cent
annual dues to the National Grange
amounts to 8200,000, in addition to
what they get for “charters.” It is
not to be wondered at that the bowels
of the Grangers begin to be In pain, as
indicated by the resolutions they are
passing.
m i i m
Cqicago has a young lawyer who
clips from the newspapers all the ac
counts of persons Injured on the rail
roads, in the streets, or in any way
that may render someone else amenable
damage, and writes offering his
legaTsorvfees for one-third of the pros
pective verdict"
[Associated Press Dispatches.!
THE SPANISH DRAMA.
Progress of Prince Alfonso—Reported
Submission of the Carlists.
Paris, January I.—lsabella, in re
sponse to the dispatch of General
Primo de Rivera, sent the following
telegram; “The King proceeds to
Spain immediately.”
Alfonso telegraphed to the Pope ask
ing his blessing, and promising that he
will, like his ancestors, defend the
rights of the Holy See.
King Alfonso’s Ministry is announced
as follows : Caßtro, Minister of For
eign Affairs; Cardenas, Minister of
Justice ; Jovellar, Minister of War ;
Salavera, Minister of Finance; Molcus
Minister of the Marine ; Robtedo, Min
ister of tho Interior : Trovio, Minister
of Commerce ; Ayala, Minister of Colo
nies.
Alfonso did not pass through Paris,
but has gone to Spain direct. He will
disembark either at Cadiz or Valencia.
General Martinez Campos has en
tered Valencia at the head of the troops
tiiat were sent to oppose him when he
pronounced for Alfonso.
The Carlist leaders, Dorregaray, Al
varez and others, have enterod Cata
lonia.
Paris, January I.—Dispatches from
Spain say it is rumored that the Car
list general Dorregaray has laid down
his arms, and that other prominent
Carlists are about to give in their ad
hesion to King Alfonso.
The Spanish Ambassador at Paris
lias resigned. Disturbances are appre
hended at Barcelona.
London, January 1. — In his interview
with the Paris correspondent of the
London Times, Don Alfonso said:
“ The Liberal Constitutionalists all
know well that it is not a matter of
pleasure to be King of Spain at this
moment, but I shall try to understand
my duty aud do it.”
A special dispatch from Madrid to
the London Times says Gen. Primo del
Rivera some tiuio since informed Mar
shal Sorrano tiiat he intended to have
Alfonso proclaimed King, and persisted
in this intention despite the offers of
Serrano to him of tho most elevated
positions in his government, including
tiiat of Captain General of Cuba. Mar
shal Serrano was unable to supercede
Rivera, as he alone had the disposal of
the military forces in Madrid. The
Times correspondent also says that tiie
new Ministry have telegraphed to the
Captain General of Cuba, ordering him
to announce tho proclamation of King
Alfonso to tho army in Cuba, which
the King trusts will more determinedly
than ever defend the integrity of Span
ish territory.
Madrid, January I.— The Republican
armies iu Catalonia and Saragossa
have accepted Don Alfonso as King.
It is reported that ono of the first
acts of the new Ministry will be to tel
egraph to the Captain General of Cuba
to exercise a eouciliatory spirit, and
to pacify the Cubans by re-establishing
as far as possible a cordial understand
ing between the liome and provincial
governments and tiie Creoles.
The Spanish army and navy yester
day* everywhere accepted Don Alfonso
as King. Marshal Serrano has quiet
ly transferred the command of the ar
mies to Gen. Lozernot.
Paris, January I.— The Duke de Mont
pensier and the Orleans Princes have
congratulated Don Alfonso upon his
accession to the Spanish throne.
London, January 2. —A special to the
News says Sagosta, who was President
of the Serrano Ministry, upon the
proclamation of Alfonso as King, tele
graphed to Serrano, and receiving re
ply that the army of the North were
Alfonsonists, resigned after protesting
against the accession of that Prince to
the throne.
Paris, January 2.—King Alfonso
awaits tho arrival of a Spanish fri
gatb at Marseilles to proceed to Spain.
He will visit Amiens before entering
Madrid.
New Orleans, January 2. —Ferrer
de Canto, a prominent Spanish resident
of this city, who was in Madrid only
four weeks ago, says the coronation of
Alfonso was then being talked of in
Spanish Government circles, and his
accession to the throne was conceded
to be acceptable then to the army and
navy and all classes. He believes that
Spaiu will now have a responsible gov
ernment, and will submit to no inter
ference in its affairs by any foreign
government,
Havana, January 2.—Captain General
Concha has issued a proclamation an
nouncing the accession of Prince Al
fonso to the Spanish crown.
WASHINGTON.
New Year’s Day at the Capital.
Washington, January 1. —The mem
bers of the Cabinet and hundreds of
others opened their homes to visitors
and dispensed hospitalities to-day.—
During the afternoon there was a
slight fall of snow. The usual recep
tion took place at the Execuelve Man
sion to-day, the Foreign Ministers,
Cabinet officers, Judges of tho Supreme
Court, army and navy officers, and
many others, paying their respects to
the President. A large delegation of
Mexican War Veterans, under the mar
shalshlp of ex-Gov, Hebert, of Louisi
ana, were received by tho President in
a cordial manner. He is decidedly in
favar of having pensions granted* to
them. Ex-Gov. Hebert afterwards
entertained his old comrades iu arms
at the Ebbitt House.
THE
Shocking Brutalities—A Chance for
General Sheridan.
Vinita, Indian Territory, January 2.
—We aro momentarily expecting an at
tack from Ross and his party. All the
women and children are aboard. The
passenger train is ready to pull out at
a moment’s notice. The Missouri, Kan
sas aud Texas passenger train has been
detained, and it Is feared that It has
been overhauled by tho mob. They
number 200 well armed men, mostly full
blood. Soouts report them within 20
miles oi this place. Troops are badly
needed. Intense excitement prevails,
and trouble is anticipated, as there are
men arriving hourly from the lower
part of the Nation and reporting brutal
murdors all along the line of their
march.
The Plus did not attack us last night
as was anticipated, but are reported to
be 12 miles from here making good
time. Almost every white person has
left the place, and the probabilities are
that there will not be a woman or child
here at 12 o’clock to-day. They num
ber about seventy-five men well armed.
Further and more reliable reports say
tho Pins are 100 strong. Every person
has left Chautau, a station south of
hero. The Cherokees residing on
Grand river are oorning into town by
droves. An advance guard starts in
half an hour to meet the enemy, We
must have troops.
NEW ORLEANS.
Progress of the Investigating Com
mittee.
New Orleans, January I.—Geu Em
ory testified before the Congressional
Investigating Committee as follows ;
“I have been commander here for
three years. I was here before and du
ring the election. All my troops wore
brought here before the election.”
After giving in detail the disposition of
troops as they existed on election day,
he stated that they wore so placed by
order of superior military authority
based on a requisition from Attorney
General Williams. “ I was directed to
arrange my men so as to preserve
peace. There was no disturbance. I
I could not say any troops wero used
ou electionjday. llavo no' knowledge
of the White League. My impression
is that peace was kept on election day
only by the presence of troops. There
were sevoral reviews before election,
but they were not made to affect public
sentiment.”
Much interest is manifested in the
proceedings before the Investigating
Committee. Their rooms are crowded
during the examination of witnesses.
The investigation progresses very
smoothly. The committee will prob
ably get through iu two or three days.
There being a large number of persons
in the city to attend the meeting of tho
Legislature, all tho witnesses wanted,
or rather, necessary, can be summoned
at once. The grand jury yestorday
declined to find a true bill against War
moth.
NEW YORK.
Inauguration of Governor Tilden and
Mayor Wickham.
Albany, January I.— The inaugura
tion of Gov. Tilden took place to-day
in the presence of a large concourse of
citizens. The Governor elect was es
corted to the capitol by tho military.—
About coon Gov. Dix entered the As
sembly chamber, escorting Mr. Tilden,
followed by the lattor’s staff. Gov.
Dix addressed a few appropriate re
marks to Mr. Tilden, to which Willers,
Secretary of State, then administered
the oath of office to Gov. Tilden. The
same oath was also administered to
Lieut.-Governor Dorsheimer.
In administering the oath to the
Governor, the Secretary of State asked
him which oath he would take, and he
responded, “ The! new.” Ex-Gov. Dix
then escorted Gov. Tildon to the Ex
ecutive Chamber, the band playing
“ Hail, Columbia,” and the audience
dispersed. At 2 o’clock the Tenth Reg
iment escorted Gen. Dix to the Hudson
River Depot, the procession being
flanked on either side by citizens, who
entered the depot aud surrounded the
car assigned to the General. Three
cheers were given for Gen. Dix, who
appeared on the platform of t,ljf car
aud made a farewell speech. . the
conclusion, a Major General’s salute
was fired, and the train moved off.amid
tho cheers of tho crowd.
New York, January I.—To-day Mayor
Wickham aud Register Jones were for
mally inaugurated into office, and sub
sequently they hold receptions. That
of the Mayor was unusually largely at
tended.
SPECIAL NOTICES.
ELECTION notick.
. OFFICE COUNTY JUDGE.
Richmond County, December 28. 1874. j
AN ELECTION FOR SHERIFF, FOR
Clerk of the Superior Court, Clerk of the
County Court, Tax Collector. Receiver of Tax
Returns, County Treasurer. County Surveyor
and Coroner, will be held on the FIRST
WEDNESDAY (the 6th) of January, 1876. The
following Superintendents of Election are
hereby appointed:
119th District O. M.—E. S. Keadrick. J. P.,
Harmon Rowley and S. W. Maya.
12lst District O. M.—James Brandon, J. P..
Absalom Rhodes and James E. Cashin.
123d District G. M.-E. S, Mims. J. P„ Adam
Johnston and L. D. Duval.
124th District O, H.—John W. Fulcher. J. P..
Berrien Rachels and R. J. Dickinson.
1269th District G. M.—James E. Thomas.
J. P„ Henry Moore and Edward Perrin.
City of Augusta-Alex. Philip. J. P.; E. M.
Habersham, J, P.; G. A. Snead, J. P.
Polls open in Country Precincts at 8 o’clock,
a. m., closes at b o’clock p. m,, and at the City
Precinct the polls will open at 7 o’clock a. m.,
and close at 6 o’clock p, m.
CLAIBORNE SNEAD.
deo29-td County Judge.
FORCLERK of the SUPERIOR COURT.
PLEASE ANNOUNCE MR. ROBERT
WIGGINS as a candidate for Clerk of the Su
perior Court of Riohmond County, at the en
suing Election in January next.
deo22-td* MANY VOTERS.
FOR TAX COLLECTOR.
I HEREWITH RESPECTFULLY AN
NOUNCE myself as a Candidate for Re-elec
tion to the office of TAX COLLECTOR of
Richmond County.
nov24-tf JOHN A. BOHLER.
FOR CORONER.
I HEREWITH RESPECTFULLY AN
NOUNCE myself as a candidate for Election
to the office of Coroner of Richmond County.
deciT-thsatutf THOH. A. KUNZE.
FOR BHERIFF
PLEASE ANNOUNCE MR. B. F. MoDADE
as a candidate for Sheriff of Richmond
County, at the ensuing Election in January
next.
doc3o-td* MANY VOTERS.
Schenck’B Pulmonic Syrup, Bea Weed Tonic,
and Mandrake Pills.
THESE DESERVEDLY CELEBRATED
and popular medicines have effected a revo
lution in tho healing art, and proved the fal
lacy of sovoral maxims which have for many
years obstructed the progress of medical
scienoe. Tho false supposition that “Con
sumption Is incurable” deterred physloians
from attempting to find remedies for that
disease, and patlenta aftllcted with it recon
ciled themselves to death without making an
effort to escape from a doqm which they sup
pssed to be unavoidable. It la now proved,
howavor. tiiat Consumption can he cured, and
that It has been cured in a very great number
of eases—some of them apparentjy desperate
ones-'by Sehonck’s Pulmonio Syrup alone;
and in other oasee by tho same medicine. In
connection with Schenck’s Sea Weed Tonic
and Mandrake Pills, one or both, according
io the requirements of the case.
Dr. Schenek himself, who enjoyed uninter
rupted good health for more than 40 yoars,
was supposed, at one time, to be at the very
gate of death, his physicians having pro
nouncod his case hopeless, and abandoned
him to his fate. He was cured by the afore
said medieluos.and, since his reoovery.many
thousands similarly uffeotod have used Dr
Schenck’s preparations with the same re
markable supcess.
Full directions accompany each, making it
notabsolutely necessary to personally see Dr.
Schenck, unless patients wish their lungs ex
amined, and for this purpose he is profes
sionally at his principal office, corner of
Sixth and Arch streets, Philadelphia, every
Monday, where all letters for advice rnustbe
addressed. Schenk’s medicines are sold by
all Druggists, janl-treuUuoim
Poetry.
This remarkable piece of poetry has been
floating about In search of ay author and a
name. It is well adapted to music, and pro
perly arranged would make a very dra
matic and effective monody. If not sung
it would make a lino theme for a descrip
tive sonata.
“Sho is dead!” they said to him; “come
away;
Kiss her, and leave her; thy love is clay.”
They smoothed her tresses of dark brown
hair,
On her forehead of stone they laid it fair;
Over her eyes which gazed too much,
They drew the lids with a gentle touch;
With a tender touch they closed up well
The sweet, thin lips, that had secrets to tell;
About her brows and beautiful face
They tied her veil and her marriage lace,
And drew on her white feet her white silk
shoes—
\V hich wore the, whitest no eye could
choose;
And over her bosom they crossed her
hands;
“Come away,” they said; “God under
stands.”
And there was siienco, and nothing there
But silence, and scents of eglantare,
And jasmine, and roses, and rosemarv;
And they said, “Asa lady should lie lies
she;”
And they held their breath, as they loft the
room
With a shudder, to glance lat its stillness
and gloom.
But he who loved her too well to dread
The sweet, the stately, and the beautiful
dead,
He lit his lamp, and took the key
And turned it —alone again, he and she!
He and she, yet she would not speak,
Though ho kissed in the old place the quiet
cheek.
He and she; yet she did not smile,
Though he called her the name she loved
erewhile,
lie and she; still she did not move
To any one passionate whisper of love.
Then he said, “Cold lips, and breast with
out breath,
Is there no voice, no language of death,
Dumb to the ear and still to the sense,
But to heart and to soul distinct, intense?
See, now, I will listen with soul, not ear;
What was the secret of dying, dear ?
Was it the infinite wonder of all
That you over could let life’s flower fall ?
Or was it a greater marvel to feel
The perfect calm o’er the agony steal ?
Was the miracle greater to find how deep
Beyond all dreams sank downward that
sleep ?
Did life roll back its record, dear,
And show, as they say it does, past things
clear ?
And was it the innermost heart of the bliss
To find out so what a wisdom love is ?
O perfect dead! O dead most dear!
I hold tiie breath of my soul to hear;
T listen as deep as to horrible hell,
As high as to heaven, and you do not tell.
There must be pleasure in dying, sweet,
To make you so placid from iiead to feet.
1 would tell you, darling, if I were dead,
And ’twere your hot tears upon my brow
shed;
I would say, thougii the augel of death had
laid
His sword on my lips to keep it unsaid;
You should not ask vainly, with streaming
eyes,
Which of all deaths was the chiefest sur
. prise—
The very strangest and suddenest thing
Of all the surprises that dying must bring.”
Ah foolish world! O most kind dead!
I hough he told mo, who will believe it was
said ?
Who will believe what he heard her say,
\\ ith the sweet,jsoft voice in the dear old
way ?
The utmost wonder is this; “I hear
And see you, and love you and kiss you,
dear;
‘YhIJ am your angel who was your bride;
Ana know, that though dead-I have never
died.”
Fall and Winter, 1874!
C. J. T. BALK,
No. 136 Broad, below Monument Street,
HAS NOW IN STORE a full assortment
of Dry Goods for Fall and Winter.
Great bargains In Jeans and Cassimeree.
Grea„ bargains iu Black Alpacas.
Good Black Silk at $1 per yard.
Velveteens, in black and colors, from GOc.
up; 1,000 Ladles’ Felt Skirts, the cheapest
in town; tho best 25c. Towel in the city;
Cotton Goods lower than ever; 500 dozen
Coats’ Thread, at 70c. per dozen; the best
assortment of Calicoes, Bed Ticking, Blan
kets, LI nseys, Flannels, etc., cheap. Look
for No. 130 Broad street, between Monu
ment aud Centre street. Special Induce
ments to wholesale buyers. Orders care
fully attended to. My one prloe system
(prices being marked in plain figures) se
cures the same advantages to tho most in
experienced buyers as to the best judges of
Dry Goods. Goods cheerfully shown and
samples given. C. J. TANARUS, BALK
sep2o-suwefrtf
O. E. & 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 .
FUENITURE
E. G. ROGERS,
*47 and 140 Broad St.,
OPPOSITE THE FOUNTAIN.
A Fall Assortment of all Rinds.
CHAMBER SUITS.
New aud Handsome Styles at reduced pr'oeg
PARLOR SUITS,
Greet Bargain?, offered.
DINING ROOM SUITS,
A Handsome assortment.
OFFICE FURNITURE.
A great variety of Office Desks and Chairs.
UNDERTAKING.
MLETALIO OASES and CASKETS. OOF
* INS of ail grades, home-made aud from
the best manufacturers, always ou hand.
ocU5-3
JN'ew Series---Vol. 3. No. 2
TRUSTEE’S SALE.
W ll ™ TaSrrl S^r th ® FIBST TUESDAY
IN JANUARY, 1875, at the Lower
Market House, in the city of Augusta be
tween the legal hours of sale:
those . fourlots of land with tene
ment houses, known as "Goodrich Range "
commencingat the southeast corner of Mc-
Cartan and Reynolds streets, in the citv of
hvln f a tront ou Bevnolds
street of twenty-flvefeet, more or less and
running through of equal width to jor>a*
street, except the corner lot, which runs
through to the Engine House. Each house
has eleven rooms and attic. Two of these
tenements are rented at S6OO a year, 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.
07? n il i^ ald , ci^- v ’ knowu as No.
-<l, _n 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
F? on l - and inc ludjjig one-half interest
in said alley, omipied by C. G. Goodrich.
Possession of the Store will be deliver.*!
i immediately if desired, and the purchase!
to have the rental of the rooms over he;id
££?ia da £ of P u T ckas - This property is
rented, above and below, for $2,')00.
~3- A J]. that warehouse lot in said city, on
xiw? 01 ?* 181 *!® of Reynolds street, between
MeCartan and Campbell streets, naving a
a r^ n !°^ Rey,lol i !B street of one hurufred
and thirty-one feet nine inches, more or
loss, and running back of equal width ;i
of * or t y when it increases in
width to one hundred and fifty feet, and
runs back of this width to a lino parallel to
Reynolds street, and two hundred and
thirty-four feet six inches more or less,
distant thorefrom; at present occupied bv
Pollard A Cos., and Robert A.Fleming. This
property rented until September Ist
1870, and rent paid to that date.
Teiims of Same —One-third Cash balance
Ist of July and November. 1875, with inter
est from day 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
from Wm. H. Goodrich to me, dated De
cember 3ti, 1874, and ratified at the meeting
°‘creditors held December 21st, 1874.
Tins sale is to pass title free from all
liens, except taxes to the city of Augusta
for 1875, which the purchaser is to pay
, „ _ frank h. miller;
doc24-td Trustee.
Bill IIMI THK BUST.
HOWE’S
U. S. STANDARD
SCALES.
REPORT of the Judges at the Georgi
ld <itMacon, November
xol, 1873, and Atlanta, October 25,1874:
“We, the Judges, agree that the HOWE’S
are entitled to the Premium for the
BEST AND HOST ACCURATE SCALES."
ALSO,
TWO PREMIUMS
At the Savannah Fair.
PAGE & CO.,
General Agents.,
3 PARK PLACE, New York.
Full line of
Scales, Weigh-Masters ami Cottoi
Beams and Frames
constantly on hand.
MOORE & CO.,
AGENTS,
ian22-ly AUGUHTA ’
Foreign Exchange.
Merchants A Planters National Bank, i
Augusta, Ga., November n, 1874. f
THIS BANK draws Sight Bills of Ex
change, In sums to suit purchasers at
lowest rates, on England, Ireland, Scot
land, I ranee, Germany, Prussia and othor
European countries.
novl7-tf j. S . BRAN, Cashier.
COAL. no at.
\\T E HAVE just received a large and su
perlor lot of ANTHRACITE COAL.
o ZZXS™?} a ,lrst class article, and
it will be Bold at reasonable rates.
onfia f, LAWTON & LAWTON,
ootlß-tf 213 Broad street.
HOME ENTERPRISE.
Cigars for the Million 1
MANUFACTORY AND STORE
Corner HHHh 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 lor special brands solicited
and promptly attended to.
P. HANBBEKGEK
ooUo-suwefnim
WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY.
SCHOOL OF MEDICINE !
BALTIMORE, MD.
Tho next annual session will begin Octo
ber Ist. 1874, aJid end Februrry 25th, 1875.
Ihe Hospital and General and Special Dis
ponsaries furnish ample material for Clini
cal Instruction. For Catalogue with inl’or
mation as to plan of instruction, Fees, cost
of living, eto,, address
J. E. LINDSAY. M. D„ Dean
HENRY JAMES OSBORNE*
OCULISTIC OPTICIAN.
NO lU% BROAD STREET,
udar the Augusta HoteL augfti-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 timbered
with oak, hickory and pine. The open
lands, uplands and lowlands are fertile, ana
as good producing lands for grain ana cot
ton as any In this section of Georgia. There
is good fall and location for water power on
tho Creek. For further particulars address
me at Clay in person on the place.
octl3-w*m J. A. COLLLNS.
For Rent Cheap! ~
ItflE Desirable Residenoe on Broad street
. over the store occupied by Greene A
itossignol, will be rented from January Ist
£ r JM? ber , ls & for S SOO - Would Rent the
FIRST and SIkOND 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; Second, S2OO. Being centrally located’
very near the restaurants, hotels and
boarding houses, makes this house verv
desirable. J
dec27-SuWedASu3t WM. E MoCQX,