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Old Series —"Vol. ISTo.
THE CONSTITUTIONALIST
WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 27, 1875.
PIKE’S PEAK IN WINTER.
Perils of the Signal Service—Fourteen
Thousand Feet Above the Sea-
Snow One Hundred Feet Deep-
Three Months of Exile.
Seventy-five miles south of Denver a
part of the Snowy Range swings to the
east of South Park, and stands out
boldly on the very edge of the plains.
Like a buttress at an angle of a wall,
Pike’s Peak lifts its mighty dome into
the clouds—sublime, desolate and
alone. At its foot are the famous
Soda Springs and the Garden of the
Gods. And stretching away from it is
a magnificent park, full of wierd and
fantastic monuments which the storms
have sculptured from solid stone.
The following account from the Cleve
land Herald gives one an idea of the
Signal Service Station which the Gov
ernment has established on Pike’s
Peak, at an altitude of 14,366 feet. Its
time is not quite two hours slower than
AVashington time. Excepting the dwar
fish, insecure, rectangular observatory,
there is no other visible property on
the Peak. i
But for the house being insulated, ,
the lightning would have long ago j
shivered it in fragments, or consumed
it by its own lire. As it Is, the light- '
niug has struck the telegraph wire \
within three feet of the house. Thun- ;
d.-r storms are frequent in the Sum- "
rner, when the electricity gets on the 1
rampage and threateningly pursues ,
animate objects, striking terror in all
who behold it. Sometimes it display
is so vivid that no artificial light is 1
needed in the darkest hour of night. ,
Sometimes it runs down stovepipes' ,
like molten iron, or escapes from bed
posts, crackling like a discharged pis
tol. Then it will leap with fiery fury j
on the operator’s head, and every hair ,
will stand erect, and feel as if some (
one were pulling at it with tremendous |
force. At such times the pulse in- t
creases from 75 to 140, palpitation of j
the heart sets in, and it is no wonder ■
that great is the uneasiness that pre- j
vails. i
/is to the duties of the officers in 1
charge of the Station, they are various,
difficult at times to perform, but when
performed are of great service to the ]
country. j
Now, it is part of the duties of these <
officers to take seven daily observa- i
tions of the condition of the weather, i
and to transmit reports three times <
every day to AVashington. Considering j
that the weather is often inclement, i
and that the observer must go upon i
the roof of the house to take some of
his observations, hq has before him <
every day an unpleasant routine of du- ]
ties. The appointed hours for report- 1
ing are the following: 5:42 a. nr, 7a.
rn„ 10:07 a. m., 2 p. m., 2:42 p. m., 9 p.
m , and 9:09 p. in.
Recently one of the observers had to
plant his feet against the parapet of the (
house to prevent himself from being j
blown away while in the discharge of .
iiis perfunctory duties.
in the intervals they amuse them
selves in talking by telegraph with dis
tant operators, or reading from a scant ,
library of scientific works. They have
no postal facilities, and receive no mail
during the winter, unless they come
down on snow shoes and get it. For
more than a mile the trail is covered
with snow one hundred feet deep. They
wear the Norwegian snow shoe, an
elliptical shoe, one yard in length and
twenty inches at the greatest width. It
consists of an oblong frame of pine
wood, not over two inches In thickness,
with cord (said to be made of the en
trails of an animal) stretched over it in
both directions, and forming a net
work, on the centre of which the foot
is placed and fastened by a strap. The
price of one pair is $lB. A single shoe
looks like ua oblong sieve.
The supplies are carried up on pack
mules during the pleasant months of
the fall, and they intend to lay in a suf
ficient store; but they ran out of all
delicacies, and even some of the neces
saries, last Spring, and it was reported
that they suffered for the want of food.
Not to be caught in the same plight
again, they have now on hand a year’s
supply, and fear no destitution. Stove
wood costs them $lB per cord, but re
member, it has to be earried up on
mules.
[Danbury News’ Irish Correspondence.
The Modern Kate.
There was one feature, not of the
gap, as it is just out of it, which
pleased me amazingly. This was the
maid who occupies Kate Kearney’s cot
tage, and sells photographs ana po
theen. I got some of the potheen. It
isn’t so pleasant as a beverage as Is
cumphene, but it is more dangerous.
But the maid interested me. I had
heard so much of the wondrous beauty
of Kate Kearney, that I was glad in
deed to look upon the present occu
pant of the cottage, who is a direct
descendant from Kate. Her name is
Kearney, too, which struck me as being
singular, for obvious reasons.
Miss Kearney came to the door of
the cabin on my application, and smiled
when she saw me, displaying two rows
of teeth as she did so—one in each
row. Then she had freckles, and coarse
red hair, and a scar over her left eye.
and one foot turned in, and a voice like
a file, and she squinted.
I withered before her glance.
“Are you a descendant of the beau
tiful Kate Kearney?”
“Yis, sir.”
“Is Kate dead?”
“Min) years ago, sir.”
“Thank Heaven,” I ejeculated. “Rig
up a tiowing
A Model Wife.— A Japanese lady
has invented means of reconciliation
between quarrelsome partners which
could not be confined in practice to
tnat distant part of the world. Having
quarreled with her husband, she de
cided upon dying. Not content with re
knquishing this dreary world, she en
deavored to do it at the greatest pos
sible sacrifice. She bit out her tongue
and awaited death. Fortunately for
all parties, death did not arrive as soon
as her husband. She was therefore
saved. And now Nakamura has a
model wife. When he complains of the
toughness of his steak, she can merely
look at him. Turning his eyes in an
other direction, he can make the most
satirical comments upon feminine econ
omy ; can wonder why women never
do learn how to keep down the grocer’s
bill, to save a portion of k their hus
band’s salary ; can assure her that a
little variety of delicacies for break
last is something that any woman of
sense could find ; can grumble at the
milliner’s bill, and growl about the coal
being out, without a word of remon
strance. He can tell her why the baby
ories without being challenged to rem
edy the evil, and can generally enjoy
jimnsSlf without danger of a squall.
Why should Japan monopolize such a
jbooa ? **
®e fails (fetitntionalist
EXTRAORDINARY FANATICISM, j
A Young Lady Burns Herself to Death
to Obtain Forgiveness for Having
Committed “ The Unpardonable
Sin.”
Honesdale, Pa., January 14.—Crissey
Hacker, an intelligent and beautiful
young lady, living at AVhite’s Valley,
sixteen miles west of this place, de
liberately burned herself to death yes
terday while under the influence of" ex
traordinary religious fanaticism. She
was the daughter of William Hacker,
a wealthy and prominent farmer of this
county. For some five or six years
past she has at times been subject to
temporary insanity , during which lapses
she imagined that she had committed
sins against “her Immanuel” which
could be only absolved by the making
of burnt offerings. While laboring un
der this delusion she would erect altars
in the fields of her father’s farm and
sacrifice lambs, and also burn clothing
and household articles of different
kinds. Her father, her mother being
dead, fearful that she might during one
of these intervals do herself bodily
harm, kept a strict watch on her move
ments.
Yesterday Mr. Hacker had occasion
to go to a neighboring village, and as
his daughtor manifested signs of the
recurrence of one of her insane inter
vals, he cliarged his hired man to
watch her during his absence. At noon
the man went to his dinner, leaving the
young lady in the kitchen reading the
Bible. For some reason he did not re
turn to the house until Mr. Hacker
came back, which was about 2 o’clock.
When the latter entered his kitchen he
was paralyzed with horror at the sight
that confronted him. On the ashes and
coals of what had evidently beeu one
of Miss Hacker’s altars lay the body of
his daughter literally burned to a crisp.
Both legs and the left arm were entire
ly consumed, and the abdomen was re
duced to ashes. The hair was all burn
ed off her head, but her face was not
burned. Notwithstanding the intense
agony she must have endured, her
face was not distorted in the least, but
wore an expression of calmness and
peace, her lips being parted in a smile,
as if she died believing that through
that fiery ordeal she was to pass into a
joyful eternity.
While the hired man was absent Miss
Hacker had formed out of a set of quilt
ing frames a pyre or altar. On this
she had spread some carpeting and
made herself a pillow. At one side of
the altar she had piled up a quantity of
combustible wood, and, when all was
in readiness, had fired it, from which
the flames soon spread and enveloped
the altar.
In the family Bible, which was found
open at the Book of Job, the following
note was found, in the handwriting of
the deceased:
Dear Father ; My Immanuel ap
peared to me to-day. He reveals to
me the fact that I have committed the
Unpardonable Sin ; which I can only
obtain forgiveness for by passing
through the cleansing of Fire. I will
intercede for you, ray dear Father.—
You will find my purified body in the
northeast corner of the house. I wish
to have my ashes buried in my Imman
uel’s ground at the northwest corner of
the house. Good bye. Meet me in the
Eternal Ground. Ckissey.
Mr. Hacker went to the corner of the
house indicated in the note as the spot
where the remains were to be buried,
and found that his daughter had
staked out there a space for her grave.
Martin Prentiss summoned a jury
and held an inquest on the remains. A
verdict in accordance with the above
facts was rendered.
[Detroit Tree Press.
She Wanted It in Red Type.
Soon after noon yesterday a very fat
woman, “going on fifty years old,”
toiled up the four pai rs of stairs, rested
her breath awhile and then wanted to
see the “ head reporter.”
“I’m all alone in this world,” she
commenced, as she sat down and pulled
out her handkerchief.
“ A widow, eh ? ” queried the head
reporter.
“ Yes, a poor, striving widder, whose
husband has been dead these fourteen
years.”
“Death is a sad thing, madam. It
crushes hopes, severs ties and breaks
hearts.”
“He was such a good man! ” she
sobbed, covering her face with her
handkerchief, “ and such a good pro
vider. AVe allers had meat, and ’taters,
and wood, and preserves ; and do you
know, he never gave me an unkind
word ! ”
“He must have been an excellent
man.”
“He was—he was. He’d git up nights
and cover up the children and shake
down the stove, and if his meals wasn’t
ready, or he found buttons off his shirt,
he’d never open his head.”
“And your grief is yet strong—your
sorrow just as deep ?”
“Just the same as the day he lay
dyin’ and took my hand and whispered :
‘Cortilda. don’t take on so.’ Yes, I’m
grieving just the same, or I wouldn’t
care what folks said. That’s what
brought me up hero—folks are talking
about me.”
“They are, eh ?”
“Yes, they are. They’ve said that I
was after a widower ; that I fell in love
with one of the boarders ; that I was
keeping up correspondence with an un
dertaker, and that I was dead in Jove
with a dozen men.”
“And is it not true ?”
“True, young man! Look at me!
Great Heavens! do I look like one who
wanted to get married?”
“Well, n-o.”
“How could I marry again?” 3he
exclaimed. “ How could I forget that
dear form beneath the sod and smile
on another man ! Marry ? Great stars !
young man ; but how could they start
such stories ? ”
“ And you want them denied ? ”
“ That’s it. Here’s ten cents, and I
want you to come out in to-morrow in
a piece so long, and say that I’ll prose
cute these slanderers if these stories
don’t cease. Put it in red type,
mister—in red type and big letters at
that, a Detroit widder can’t escape the
vile slanderers, no matter how well she
behaves. Marry again—think of it
young man! ”
“ But widows often do remarry.”
“ Alars! they do, young man. Sum
how it seems lonesome to be a widder,
and have no one to defend you, and be
all alone, but—l couldn’t think of tak
ing another husband— not unless he was
rich! ”
And she wiped her eyes again and
felt her way down stairs.
The parental consent in a county in
Illinois was expressed in this way :
To the County Clerk—Sir : This is
to certify that the undersigned are
willing that shall have our daugh
ter and be d—<l, and if you will issue
Uoense you will not bo disturbed.
AUGUSTA, GA., WEDNESDAY MORNING, JANUARY 27, 1875.
[Huntsville (Ala.) Cor. N. Y. Times.
BACKSLIDING AMONG COLORED
BRETHREN.
Religion Among the Alabama Ne
groes.
Soon after the war ceased it was re
marked that the negroes of the South
had changed in many respects, and
that, among other things, they had
given up dancing and singing. * Now
their principal amusement consists in
going to church and shouting them
selves hoarse in what they call the
“ holy dance.” Here, in Huntsville,
nearly every negro in the place has
“’sperienced religion,” as he will tell
you with a sly affectation of meekness
that is truly laughable. Having ex
perienced religion does not mean
with them, however, that they shall
try to live pure, good lives, or that they
shall sacrifice anything for the sake
of their faith. Religious negroes steal
as much and get drunk quite as often
as do the very few who are not in the
church, and I am informed on the very
best authority that black men and wo
men, after passing half the night in a
protracted or revival meeting, will
leave the house of God to engage in
scenes of dissipation that are too dis
gusting for description. In a former
letter I tried to convey an idea of how
terribly immoral the country negroes
were. At this time it is only necessary
to add that several colored preachers
in North Alabama are known to have
more than one wife, and that the lead
ing sister in the Methodist Church in
this place is the keeper of a den fre
quented only by negro thieves and wo
men of the lowest class. In Chuich
matters the colored people are very
exclusive ; at the same time they are
excessively proud of the particular de
nomination to which they belong, and
loud in their denunciation of those who
join other churches. In Huntsville the
so-called Hard-shell Baptist congrega
tion is by far the largest, numbering
upward of two thousand members. A
day or two since I asked an old darkey,
who is a prominent elder in the Metho
dist church, how it was that the Bap
tists were so numerous. “Lor’, sah,”
said he, “dat’s easy ’nough ‘splained.
Niggers is sinful fond of show, aud the
Baptists gives it to ’em sure; no na
tural nigger can’t refuse of a public
baptisin’.”
[New York Sun.
ROMANCE IN EARNEST^
A Rich Merchant Who Had Two
Wives and Two Large Families of
Oiaildren.
Henry Shields, an opulent flour mer
chant of this city, died March 15, 1874,
leaving a large estate, the greater part
of which was devised to his children,
without mentioning them by name.
The will was duly admitted to probate.
Soon afterward a lady residing in the
Eastern District, Brooklyn, and calling
herself Jane Shields, began an action
against the executors of Henry Shields
for dower, representing that thirty or
forty years ago she was married to
Henry Shields, who was then in com
paratively poor circumstances. She
had five children by him, some of whom
are dead.
About twenty-six years ago, when
Mr. Shields’ circumstances had consid
erably improved, he began to absent
himself from his family, who resided in
Brooklyn. He returned them only at
long intervals. He continued, however,
to support his wife and family. After
his demise Mrs. Jane Shields ascer
tained that he had left a lady in New
York calling herself Mrs. Shields and
claiming to be his wife, and that she
and nine children borne by her to Mr.
Shields had inherited a vast estate
under his will.
It is alleged that twenty-six years
ago, at the time when Mr. Shields be
gan to absent himself from his Brook
lyn family, he married the lady now in
heriting as his widow. He established
himself in an elegant residence in New
York, and the lady with whom he was
living was known as his wife. The nine
children before mentioned were born,
and their education was conducted In
the most expensive manner. They are
said to be very highly accomplished.
The case was before Justice Tappan
in Brooklyn yesterday.
[New York Tribune.
Logan on His Feet.
Pranced there in upon the arena of
the great debate, like a trick mule in a
circus, or a spavined nightmare upon
the track of a beautiful dream —Logan,
of Illinois. There was a vision of
mustaches, eyebrows and hair, piled on
each other in arches ; a large brandish
ing of arms, a pose, and a strlduloue
war-whoop ; and much as though a
picture of the Deerfield massacre had
stepped out from the pages of our ear
ly history, Logan took the American
Senate by its large, capacious ear. And
then he went for his mother tongue.—
He smote it right and loft, hip and
thigh, and showed no mercy. Swing
ing the great broad-ax of liis logic high
in the air, be turned it ere it fell, and
with the hammer side struck the lan
guage of sixty millions of people fairly
in the face, and mashed it beyond re
cognition. Under his stroke the floor
of the American Senate was spattered
with the remnants Of a once proud vo
cabulary, and messengers, doorkeepers
and pages were covered from head to
foot with spray. In the fearful two
hours which followed the first roar of
his oration, all the parts of speech were
routed and put to flight. There were
orphaned adjectives and widowed
nouns, bachelor verbs driven to poly
gamy, and polygamy verbs left lonely,
conjunctions dissevered, prepositions
scattered, adverbs disheveled and dis
torted, and syntax flung Into wild dis
order. It was a great day for Logan.
Field’s Tbbbiblb Revenue. — There is
something terrible in the threat of Mr.
Field to consign the name of Kinaella
to perpetual infamy by the establish
ment of a charitable fund to be known
as the “ Kinselia Fund,” and make that
miserable wretch supply the material
for perpetuating his own infamy. It is
Field's declared intention to bestow the
$15,000 damages wrung, through the
court#, from Thomas Kinselia upon his
guilty wife during the term of her na
tural life, and at her death to devote it
to the purpose mentioned. Undoubt
edly Field has a right to take what re
venge ho may. Undoubtedly this
champion of debauchery, Kinselia,
has wrought upon Field an injury
which, in the words of another victim,
“ not even Almighty God can repair.”
Little, however, as the wretch deserves
mercy, he has a family of innocent
children upon whom he has cast the
shadow of his own blackened reputa
tion, and Mr. Field will do well to re
consider his determination before he
adds to their unmerited distress so
poignant a pang as this act would in
flict,— Chicago Tribune,
Weekly Review of Aupsta Markets.
FINANCIAL.
Friday. January 22,1875—P. M.
Gold—Buying at 111 and selling 112.
Silver—Buying at 105 and selling at 108.
Exchange on New York—buying at 1-10
premium and selling at % premium.
Exchange on Savannah buying at %@%
discount and selling at par. Exchange on
Charleston buying at % discount and sell
ing at par; Philadelphia and Boston, 3-10
discount.
There is a better feeling in securities this
week, yet we have no important transac
tions to note as there is but little money
seeking investment at present. This can
not be on account of a scarcity of money as
our banks and brokors appear to be plenti
fully supplied with funds, but it is probably
attributable to the remarkable shrinkage
in values of many securities, not only in
this section, but throughout the country,
which causes a loss of confidence in them.
Our banks are prepared to make loans on
short time on good paper or collaterals at
the usual rate. All nave a sufficiency to
meet the demand now exist ing, which is
not large. The sales of cotton continue
large which brings a large amount of funds
to our market.
There has been no material change in
quotations of
securities.
n it,,, it. Off’ed. Ask’d.
Georgia Railroad Bonds do
Georgia Railroad Stock oo 68 *
Central Railroad Bonds (old) 7 aa
Central Railroad Stock 52% 66
Southwestern Railroad Ronds. so
Southwestern Railroad Stock 77
Atlanta aud West Point Bonds 85 86
Atlanta and West Point Stock eo
Montgomery and West PoiutJUaii
road First Mortgage Bonds 75
Macon and Augusta end’d Bonds... 82 83
Macon and Augusta mort’d Bonds.. 80
Charlotte, Columbia and Augusta
Bonds
National Bank of Augusta Stock."..." 145
National Exchange Bank 100
Merchants and Planters Nat Bank. 80
Planters Loan and Savings Bank.... 5 7
Commercial Ins. & Banking Cos 05 07
Bank of Augusta 100
Augusta Bonds 82 97 *
City of Savannah Bonds 82 6
Augusta Factory Stock 155
Graniteville Factory Stock 100
Langley Factory Stock 120 125
Atlanta 7 per cent. Bonds 70 71
Atlanta 8 per cent. Bonds so si
Rome 7 per cent. Bonds 60 65
Macon City Bonds 70
Port Royal Gold Bonds, endorsed... 80
State of Georgia B’s 102 103
State of Georgia 7’s mortgage 00 93
Western R. R.lAla.) Endorsed Bonds 71 73
•According to date.
COTTON.
Friday, January 22—P M.
Ihe cotton market during the week was
generally firm with sales considerably in
excess of the receipts, while prices wore
rather better than last week. The local re
ceipts show an increase each day over those
of last week.
Wo compile the following regarding the
market from the daily reports of the Au
gusta Exchange:
Saturday the market was quiet and a
shade easier than the day before, but Mon
day it became firm again and a good de
mand resulted in large sales—quotations
benig—good ordinary, 13; low middling, 14
and middling, 14%@14%. Befote the close
of the day, however, the latter grade was
quoted at 14%. Tuesday and Wednesday it
continued hi m and unchanged in price, 13,
14 and 14% for the above grades. Thursday
-though reported still firm, prices of good
grades were easier; low middling, 13% and
middling, 14%. To-day {Friday) —it was
again firm with bettor prices for good
grades; good ordinary, 13; low middling,
13%@14, and middling, 14%(514%.
The following are the receipts and sales
oi each day, commencing Saturday, with
the ruling quotations of low middling and
middling:
Receipts. Bales. Low Mid. Middling.
Jiiq/IG 577 1,094 133* 14)*
Jiffi. 18 796 1,103 14 143*<au‘,
Jan. 19 707 635 14 14%
Jan. 20 889 1,167 14 14%
Jail. 21....1,931 1,377 13% 14%
Jan 22....1,162 1,112 14%@14 14%@U%
Total... 5.145 6.488
COMPARATIVE COTTON STATEMENT.
Receipts for this week of 1874... 7 ibh
Showing a decrease this week 0f...’! 2"210
Bales for this week of 1874 were e 500
(At prices ranging from u>,@iii%.)
Showiaga decrease this week of 12
Receipts last season (1873-’74)to Jan.23.."14.7 575
Receipts the present season to date 140)966
Showing a decrease this season so far
of. g gofl
Receipts of i873-’7i exceeded 1872-’73 to
tnis dato 12 57Q
Shipments during the week .!.’.".!!.’!! 6’.23l
Shipments same week iast year..,, 6,471
Stock on hand at this date of 1874 24,864
AUGUSTA COTTON STATEMENT. JAN 22. 1875.
Stock on hand, Sept, l, 1874 5.488
Received since to date 140,966— 146,454
Exports and,home consumption.! 25,260
Stock on hand this day 21,194— 148.454
PRODUCE.
Augusta, Friday, January 22,1875.
Business has been only fair during the
week, owing to the almost impassable
condition of the roads in the country, but
there is a decided improvement over the
three weeks previous, and as soon as the
roads get in a good condition we can look
for a good trade.
Note.—We give wholesale rates exclusively
Small transactions in all cases require an ad
vance on the figures Quoted.
APPLES are dull at $3.75a4 per bbl., ac
cording to size and quality.
iu fair demand; Clear Sides, 12%
a12%; 0. R. Sides, 12%; Shoulders, 9%a
Dry Salt Meats in active demand; C. It.
Sides, 11%; LongCiearSides, 11%; Bellies,
11%; Shoulders. 8%.
Tennessee Meat—Sides, Shoulders and
Hams, none offering.
HAMS—I4aI4%.
BAGGING Is dull with no material change
in prloe. Wo quote: Domestic Bagging.
Borneo Bales, 12%; Gunny Bales,
LlES—Arrow, 7; Pieced, 5%.
BUTTER—Country, 25; Tenuessoe, 25;
Goshen, 40a45.
CANDLES—Adamantine, 18%aL9; Sperm,
40: Patent Sperm, 50; Tallow, 12a13.
COFFEE is unsettled, owing to recom
mendation of the President to reinstate the
duty. Coffee would no doubt decline but
fortius. Ihesi me remarks apply to Teas
—both articles now being on the free list
Rios, common, 19a20; Fair, 21%a22;G00d
22%a23; Prime, 24a24%; Choice, 24%a25;
Laguyra, 24a25; Java, 35.
CORN MEAL—City Bolted, $1.05a51.08;
Country, SI.OO.
DOMESTIC COTTON GOODS are in
good demand, with no change to note in
prices:
AUGUSTA AND GRANITEVILLE F LOToRIES—
Sheeting, io; % Shirting, 8%; % Shirting,
6%; Drilling 10%. 4 K
Langley Goods—A l heavy Drills, 13%;
B heavy Drills, 13; do. Standard 4-4 Shirt
ing, 12%; do. A 1 and Edgefield 4-4 Sheet
mg, 12; do. % Shirting, 10%; do, % Shirt
ing, 8%; Hopewell %, 7; do. 7 oz. Osna
burgs, 13; Montour % Shirting, 8; do. 4-4
Sheeting, 9%; Jewell’s Mills %, 8; Jewell’s
Mills, 4-4. 9%; do. 8 oz. Osnaburgs, 13%;
Richmond Factory Osnaburgs, 10%; do.
Stripes, 11; Eagle and Phoenix Cos. ’s, 12; do.
heavy Woolen Twills, 40; Athens Stripes,
10; do. Checks, 12; Raudleman Checks, 11;
do. Stripes, 10al0%; Yarns, Nos. 6 to 12.
$1.17%a1.20; Pulaski Mills, % heavy Brown
Shirtings, 8; do. Stripes, 12.
Milledgeville—6 oz. Osnaburgs, 11%;
8 oz. Usnaburgs, 13%.
DRUGS, CHEMICALS, DYES, AC.—
Alum, 6; Allspice, 18a20; Blue Mass, $1.25a
1.36; Blue Stone, 15; Borax, refined, 26aS0;
Calomel, $2.25a2.50; Camphor, 60 ; Cloves
75a80; Copperas, 3; Epsom Salts, ;>; Ginger
Root, 17a20; Glue, 28; Gum Arable. 80; Lye,
concentrated, per case. $7.50a8.25; Morphia,
Sulphate, $6.75a7; Nutmegs, H.50a1.75;
Opium, sUal2; Potash, in cans, by case,
$9; Quinine, Sulph, $2.50; Sal Soda, 5; Soda,
Bi-Carb, kegs, 7.
EGGS—Good demand with light stock.
Wo quote 22%a25.
FLOUR—Bettor feeling in the market for
all kinds, city, country and Western, but
no ehange in quotations. There is a good
supply on hand.
City Mills—Superfine, $6.25a7; Extra,
l $6.50a6.75; Family, $7.00a7.75; Fancy, $7.50a
7.75.
Country and Western—Superfine, $5.00,
Extra, $5.50; Family, $6.00; Fancy, $6.50,
6.75.
GRAIN-
Wheat—demand good. We quote:
Prime—Red, $1.37; Amber, $1.40; White,
$1.40; for Choice White, $1.45. Sacks re
turned.
Corn—Tennessee white, $1.07; choice
| white, $1.10; yellow and mixed, $1,05.
j Oats—Scarce and in good demand. Mix
ed, 85a90; Prince Edward Island pure
Black, 96.
I HAY—Light stock and good demand. We
quote: Choice Timothy, $1.40; Western
1 mixed, $1.a0ai.35.
IRON—Castings, 6%; Steel, cast, 22a25;
Nail Rod, llal2%; Horse Shoes, 8%; Horse
Shoe Nails, 25; Nails, ten penny, per keg,
with extras. $5.50.
LARD firm at our quotations: Tierces,
15a15% ; Kegs or Tubs, 16%a17; Cans, 16.
LIQUORS-We quote:
Whiskey—Double distilled, $1.30 per gal.;
do., double distilled Rye. $2.10; do., Deodo
ra, $6.50.
Brandies—Domestic, $1.30.
Gin—Domestic, $1.30.
MACKEREL—FuII weight, medium to
extra—No. 1 Kit, (15 lbs.) $1.75a2.00; No. 2
Kits, $1.50a1.75; No. 3 Kits, $1.35a1.50; No.
bbls, $16.00al7.00; No. l, half bbls. $8.50;
No. 2, bbls. $12.00a13 00; No. 2, half bbls,
$6.50a7.50; No. 3, bbls, $11.00; No. 3, half
bbls, $5.75.
MOLASSES—Stock and demand light,
with no change in quotations. Reboiled,
hhds, 38; Tierces, 40; Barrels, 42; Syrups,
refined, 55a75; New Orleans Molasses, 70a
75; New Orleans Syrup, 70a51.00.
OlLS—Castor, $2.50a2.75; Kerosene, 18a20;
Lubricating, 65a51.00; Lard, $1.30a1.40; Lin
seed, $1.10al.l5; Turpentine, Spts., 45a50.
POTATOES—The planting season is just
opening, but there is yet no pronounced de
mand as the weather is bad.
Irish—New Northern, 3.75a4.00.
Sweet—New, 75a80.
POULTRY—Demand good with light ar
rivals, especially of dressed, which have
advanced in price in consequence since last
week. We quote:
Chickens—Coop, each 20a2£; Hens, 25a
30 ; Dressed Chickens, lb., 15 ; Dressed Tur
keys, 18a20 ; Geese, 15; Ducks, 15.
POWDER—Kegs, $6.25; Half Kegs, $3.38;
Quarter Kegs, $1.80; Blasting, $4.25.
Shot—s2.so; Buck Shot, $2.75. The above
are wholesale pricos to the trade.
RICE—7%aB.
SALT—Liverpool, $1.40a1.50; Virginia,
fine, $2.25.
SOAP—Family, 6%a10.
SUGARS—There is a rather stronger feel
ing with a tendency to advance. Musco
vado, 10%; Porto ltico, llal2; A, ll%all%;
Extra C, 10%all; C, 10al0%: Demerara, 10%a
11%; Crushed, Powdered and Granulated,
11/ / al2.
TOBACCO—Moderately fair demand, with
light stock; Common grades, 50; Me
diums, 55; Fine Bright, 80; Extra Fine and
Fancy, $1.00a1.25; Smoking Tobacco, 60. In
large lots these figures could be shaded.
VINEGAR-Cider, 30; White Wine, 40a45.
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1
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Fine Book Work a Specialty.
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trial associations to our facilities for doing
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Posters, Handbills, &c.
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POSTERS OF ALL SIZES,
HANDBILLS, DODGERS,
GUTTER SNIPES, PLAY BILLS,
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Address
>. AI3AM,
MANAGER.
JOHN M. WEIGLE. Foreman.
PEN LUCY SCHOOL,
FOR BOYS.
THE next Half Session of this School, two
miles north of Baltimore, will begin
on MONDAY, the 4th of February. Rates
havo been reduced in accordance with the
times. R. M. JOHNSTON,
jan24-2w Waverly, Baltimore county, M<L
HOUSE FOrTrENT.
CENTRALLY LOCATED, containing nine
Rooms, water In the yard, garden and
stable, at the rate of $450 per year.
Furniture for Rent or Sale- Apply on
ELLIS STREET,
First door above Campbell, north side.
jan2A-2
How Money Can be Made
In "W"all Street,
BY investing small or large amounts, In
Puts, Calls and Double privileges
which have paid 200 ner cent, the past
month, are now bought by the largest op
erators as a security against loss and a
capital. Pamphlet giving full explanation
sent on application.
Stocks bought and sold on three per
cent, margin. Address
DARRAGH, BRIDGEMAN & CO-,
Bankers and Brokers,
52 and 56 Broadway, and 7 Exchange Court,
(P. O. Box 5026) New York,
nov9B-daoam ~ ...
CHAS. R. ROWLAND,
Upholsterer and Cabinet Maker.
Mattresses made to order and reno
vated. Ellis street, opposite Empire Steam
Laundry. deoto-auSm
A full and well assorted
stock of Laces, Embroideries,
Hosiery, Handkerchiefs, Col
lars, Gloves, Corsets, Belts,
Ribbons, Linens, Marseilles
Guilts, and White Goods of
every description, at
MULLARKY BROS’.
All sizes in the best two
button Kid Gloves, at ex
tremely low prices ; all sizes
and qualities in the best fit
ting Corsets, at greatly re -
duced prices; every width
and quality in Bleached and
Unbleached Table Damask ; a
variety of patterns in Red and
White Table Damask ; a com
plete stock of Towels and Nap
kins, at
MULLARKY BROS’.
All brands in 10-4 Bleached
and Unbleached Sheetings.
42 in. 46 in. and 46 in. Pil
low-casing.
All the best known makes
of 4-4 Bleached and Unbleach
ed Shirtings, at
MULLARKY BROS’.
Also, 60 Bales of Assorted
Factory Goods,
Sheetings,
Shirtings,
Drills, i
Plain and Striped Osnaburgs,
Plaid Osnaburgs
And Fancy Plaids,
At manufacturers’ prices, by
the Bale, at
MILLAKKV BIMB’J
janlO-su&thtf
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one General Agent in each State, for
The Christian Age,
a weekly Journal of 16 pages, beautifully |
printed, unsectional, unseetarian, a record i
of Cnristian Thought, Effort and Progress; !
of Current Literature and News; of Finance
and Commerce. It is to supply all Crk
tian Families throughout the country just
such a metropolitan paper as they need, j
Our Editor-iu-Chief,
CHARLES F. DEEMS, D- D.,
is so widely known as a ripe scholar, an el
oquent and popular Divine, an earnest
worker in the cause of Christ, and as the
possessor of the highest order of Literary
ability, that his name is a tower of strongt i
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, wo shall publish a sui
passingly Christian Newspaper. We
shall endeavor to make each weekly issue
transcend its prodecet-sor
DR. DEEMS’ SERMONS.
It is proposed to publish once a month I
or oftener, a full report or abstract of a
Sermon or Lecture b> Rev. Dr. Deems.
Thus tbe thousands from diuorent parts of !
the land who crowd the “Church of the
Strangers” will have a memorial of the
service which they attended, or the repre |
duction of some other discourse'from tlw
same preacher. The CHRISTIAN AGE u
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THE FOUNDERS AND PIONEERS OF
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odists in all parts of the world, and in all
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147 and 14A> Broad Nt.,
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.
j
A great variety of Office Desks and Chains.
UNDERTAKING.
METALIC CASES anti CASKETS. COF
FINS of all grades, home-made and from
the best manufacturers, always on hand.
octls-8m
A RARE CHANCE
TAOR A SPLENDID LOCATION! For
J? Sale— the large STORE, being three
stories—brick building—south side Broad
street, in front of the Opera House, next to
T. W. Carw*’e & Cos. For terms, apply to
i. p. girardeY,
aoYaa-tt Proprietor.
JAMES LEFFEL’S
IMPROVED DOUBLE
Turbine Water Wheel.
POOLE & HUNT, Baltimore,
Manufacturers for the South
and Southwest.
Over 7,000 now in use. working under heads
varying from two to 240 feet! 24
sizes, from 5% to 96 inches.
The most powerful Wheel in the Market.
And most economical in use of Water.
Large Illustrated Pamphlet sent post
free. Manufacturers, also, of Portable and
Stationary Steam Engines and Boilers,
Babcock &, Wilcox Patent Tubulouo Boiler
Ebaugh’s Crusher for Minerals, Saw Aud
Grist Mills, Flouring Mill Machinery, .Ma
chinery for White Lead Works an 1 Oi;
Mills, Shafting, Pulleys and Hangers.
SEND FOIL CIRCULARS.
decSPly
M. P. STOVALL,
COTTON FACTOR
AND
COMMISSION MERCHANT,
No. 5 Warren Block, Jackson Street,
C CONTINUES to give his_personal atten
) tion to he STORAGE and SALE of
COTTON and other PRODUCE. Commis
sions for selling COTTON $1 per bale,
m Liberal advances made on Consign -
ante. frisutnftc-Sm
LOOK LOOK!
$1,200,000 IN PRIZES!
The Grandest Single Number Scheme
on Record, will be drawn i< Public in
St. L< >uis on March 31st, 1875.
Capital Prize, $100,000!
MISSOURI STATE LOTTERIES!
Legalized by State Authority.
Murray, Miller & Cos., Managers,
ST. LOUIS. MO.
1 Prize of SIOO,OOO
1 Prize of 60,000
1 Prize of 12,500
1 Prize of 10,000
5 Prizes of 10,000
10 Priz( of 5,000
20 Prizes of 2,500
100 Prizes of 1.003
And 11,451 other Prizes of from $1,500 to SSO.
AMOUNTING IN THE AGGREGATE TO
#1,800,000!
Whole Tickets, S2O; Halves, 10; Quarters, *5.
Prize payable in full and no postpone- i
meat of drawings take place.
Address, for Tickets and Circulars,
MURRAY, MILLER & CO.,
P. O. Box 2446. ST. LOUIS, MO.
jans-tuthsa&ctilaprs
HOME ENTERPRISE.
*♦
Cigars for the Million!
MANUFACTORY AND STORE
Oorner XCllisi and IVlclntowli 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 anil Smoker’s Articles Generally.
P. S.—Orders for special brands solicited
and promptly attended to.
P. HANSBERGEB.
oct2s-suwfr2m
Headquarters for Prize Candies!
X HAVE the largest and best stock of
PRIZE CANDIES
Ever brought to this market. Every bos
contains
MONEY PRIZED!
As the holidays aro approaching Jobbers
and Country Merchants will find it to their
advantage to call and examine my stcek
and prices. A liberal discount made to the
trade. All orders from country merchants
or orders left with news agents on the dif
ferent railroad trains will meet with
prompt attention. P. QUINN,
76 Jackson street, Augusta, Ga.
NOTICE TO FARMERS !
, 3 LOWS!
'1 HIE undersignod has on hand a Fine Lot
1 of Ready-Made STEEL and IRON
PLOWS, which will be sold at verv reason
able rates.
The ALLEN PLOW of both Steel and
Iron, nicely stocked, with turned handles,
and very superior, will be sold at a price to
suit the times.
SOLI') and WING SWEEPS, of all sizes,
SCOOTERS, SHOVELS, HEEL BOLTS,
RODS, CLEVISErs, aud SCOOTER-STOCKS,
all of which will be sold low for Cash.
Persons who havo been annoyed by hav
ing work badly done, as well as material
wasted, will find it to their advantage to
call and examine my work before making
their arrangements.
JOHN J. EVANS,
Cor. Bay and Centre streets, Augusta, Ga.
jaus-c4*
GREAT
TEXAS LAND
DISTRIBUTION!
A FARM FOR Ss3l
A Fine Dwelling, a Splendid Buainesa
llouae, or a Building Lot, for $3.00.
$300,000
Worth of Real Estate
WIEL bo distributed among the ticket
holders at Houston, Texas, March
i 15, 1875. The first gift will be a Fine Brick
House, on Main street, rental SI,BOO, valued
at SIB,OOO, and the smallest gift will be 40
acres of Land or a Building Lot. The dis
tribution comprises over 60,000 acres of
good land, In thirty-eight growing coun
| ties. The press of Texas and the South
i west commend it to the kind attention of
! the public. The State authorities en
dorse it.
Circulars, giving description of the prop
erty, the plan of drawing and other infor
mation regarding Texas, will be furnished
j on application.
Every Postmaster is authorized to act as
! local agent. Tickets, $3. Ten per cent,
discount allowed on a club of ten tickets or
more.
' Wo refer to all Banks, Bankers and busi
ness men of Houston.
For tickets, agencies and full particulars,
address WAGLEY <fc LOCKART,
Managers, Houston, Texas.
jaaUKUaw*osw
-New Series— Vol. 3. No. 22
HIGHLY IMPORTANT TO THE SICK.
The Georgia Cough Balsam.
A SPLENDID REMEDY for affections of
thfLUNGS. aa we fi as diseases of the
JU.DNLY. I hold two certificates from the
u ll, Alexander H. Stephens, of Georgia,
whose late sickness was caused by both or
these complaints, and were cured bv this
medicine.
MOTVA TROPA TONIC
Compound Bitters.
DIARRHCEA, DYSENTERY
AND DIPTHERIA CORDIAL.
A SPLENDID REMEDY in either ease
Has often cured DIARRHCEA of an
agravated form by a single dose, DIPTHE
RIA in half an hour. This is one of the
grandest preparations in America, and has
been thoroughly tested and so determined
by thousands.
Turkish on, or
ole and well known article for
NEURALGIA, HEAD,
lUOTH aid EAR ACHE, or for PA NS
generally, is still unrivalled.
Rheumatic, Neuralgia and Gout
PILLS.
THEY do not operate, but penetrate the
whole system, particularly the Head.
1“ old or stubborn cases with the
Turkish Oil. Price, 75 cents per box.
THE OLD GEORGIA
MEDICATED SOAP
SO long and favorably known, for the
cureof ULCERS and SOR tis generally
also SKIN DISEASES, BLINDor BLIND
ING PILES, BURNS or SCALDS, RING
rrmFI^SP BII,
CUTS, <fec. Price, 25 cents a cake.
Egyptian Healing Ointment.
USED in connection with the above Soap,
m old or stubborn cases, always gives
satisfaction. Price. 50 cents per box.
The four first articles are in four ounce
vials. Price, 75 cents each.
All of these are carefully prepared by
L • I* lti 31S LE, Agent,
AND SOLD BY
REANEY & DURBAN,
DRUGGISTS.
‘JOO Broad Street, Augusta, On.
jan2o-wesu 12&c12
HENRY JAMES OSBORNE,
OCULISTIC OPTICIAN.
NO 171% BROAD STREET,
“d er the Augusta Hotel. aug2o-tt
AUGUSTA & PORT ROYAL
JOHN F. TAYLOR, IW. M. READ,
President. | TreasiW
The New Taylor Pr&
OF THIS COMPANY is now in operation
on the lot opposite the Central Rail
road Depot.
Shippers, Railroads, Shipmasters and
others desiring COTTON COMPRESSED
are solicited x> confer with the Agents of
Jus Company before contracting elsewhere
I lie work done by this Press is iruarnntoed
to be equal tc any in America.
Besides patronizing a Home Enterprise
shippers, will find it to their interest to
have their Cotton compressed here, as it
will insure them a less rate of freight to
any out-port.
The Company is fully organized.
, RKAD A CAMERON,
dec!s-lm Agents.
fashionableT
Silk Crochet Jet Trimming*
AT CLARK’S.
JET FRINGE, JET GIMPS,
AT CLARK’*.
Jet Embroidery Cord,
Jet and Silk Buttons,
Jet aud Silk Cloak Loops,
Jet and Silk Cloak Tassels,
Jet and Silk Belting,
Silk Fringe, Silk Cord,
AT CLARK’S.
Cord and Tassels, Girdles,
Embroidery Slipper, and
Cushion Patterns.
ISephyr, Embroidery Silk,
Filling Floss, Beads,
. Bugles, &c., & c.,
Worsted Bali Fringe,
New Style Corsets,
Now Style Bustles,
.Lace and Lisse Ruching,
Smoked Pearl Buttons,
Leggins,
Black and otiler Velvets, Swan’s Down,
Ermine, Real Hair Switches,
Real Hai;r Curls,
Veil Luce, Veil Tissue,
Crepe Veils, English Crepe,
Crt.pe Lisse, Crap 3 Collars,
Beaded Belting,
Silk Belting.
BEMORESTS RELIABLE PATTERNS.
Bracelets, Combs, Necklets, Crosses,
Chains, Silk Sashes, Silk Ties,
And many other articles.
HAT©!
All the New Styles Felt Hats.
HUNTRESS AND OTHER SHAPES.
Sash R : bbcns, Hat Ribbons, Neck
Ribbons, all silk fine quality Ribbons,
Laces, Cambric Edgings, Stocking Sup
porters, Steel Buttons, Spool Silk,
Embroidery Cord, Fur Trimmings,
Hercules Braid, Jet Arrows, Pearl
Arrows, Dress Caps, at
CLARK’S
361 Broad Street.
WOOD!
The undersigned having opened a WOOD
and LUMBER YARD on Washington
street, opposite C. R. R. Yard, are prepared
to fill orders promptly for any portion of
the city. Orders left at W. G. Matheny &
Oo s, E. 0. Sofge, and A. J. Pelletier’s Drug
Store, will receive prompt attention.
dec3l-2w JNO. M. COOK fe CO.
Captain Jack’s Cigar Store,
75 JAOIvSON STREET,
AUGUSTA, GEORGIA.
THE CAPTAIN begs to call the attention
of dealers to his large aud varied stock
of DOMESTIC tUIGARS, which he will sell
at bottom priest. -.nA • ■
Adaress, P. QUINN.
, octl7-tf Augusta. G%,