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THE CONSTITUTIONALIST
SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 9,1875.
[communicated.]
Hon. A. H. Stephens and his Critics.
Southwestern Georgia, Feb. 3,1875.
Mr. Editor : It is presumed your
readers will understand that your
merely publishing this communi
cation is by no means endorsing it You
do so at the request of the writer—a
man well acquainted in your com
munity.
To one who accepts as truthful cer
tain editorials which have recently ap
peared in some of the Georgia news
papers, it must seem strange, passing
strange, that such a man as Alex
Stephens, was, in November last, re
elected by the Democrats of the Eighth
Congressional District to represent
them in Congress. He must also,
greatly wonder why one of the many
abler and far more reliable men whom
the Georgia press could have furnished,
was not selected as their standard
bearer. This public obtuseness will
yet ruin the country. In the late war
it was clearly demonstrated by the
press that the Confederacy was defeat
ed in the field solely by her real mili
tary genius being detained at home to
run newspapers.
There is reason for supposing San
der-.ville, Ga., could have presented a
candidate suitable in every respect to
represent the Eighth District, or, by
merely passing beyond their district
lines, it is possible the voters might
have secured the honor of being rep
resented by the very able editor of one
of our heavy dailies of the seaboard,
and how greatly preferable as a M. C.,
this very talented and immaculate live
editor would be to “ the ninety pounds
of dried Confederacy,” by which they
are now being disgraced and betrayed.
However, as Alex. Stephens has never
occupied so high a position before, or
been known to any previous President,
charity should be heard in his behalf;
but then he ought not to permit “ the
pinnacle he has reached” to “seem so
great he cannot see the fellow-suf
erers below,” or allow “ the ex
altation that intimacy with Presi
dent Grant brings to conceal
from his view the rights of a sovereign
State, which the soldiers have over
ridden.” How astounding too, that the
Alex. Stephens we know, should “ re
buke the citizens of his own State for
devotion to their homes! How we
have been deceived by this man ; what
a consummate hypocrite; and how
much we all owe to the papers that
have exposed him. Notwithstanding
his present apparent inactivity is sus -
tained by the gifted Forsyth and other
leading members of Congress, Alex.
Stephens could not conceal his recre
ancy to the South from the Alabama
press. The editor of the Eufaula Times
soon detected it, and patriotically step
ping forward gallantly slew him. Public
thanks are due to those patriotic edi
tors who have labored to show the
voters of the Eighth District how very
foolish they were in re-electing Alex.
Stephens their Representative. If they
have any shame about them, each of
these electors must blush whenever he
thinks of his “ ninety pounds of dried
Confederacy ” in Congress.
It is true that Alexander Stephens
made the ablest argument against the
Civil Rights bill offered in Congress
last session, and that the proper time
for discussing the Louisiana outrages
wili be after the Investigating Commit
tee shall have reported. But Alexander
Stephens should have made a speech
for buncombe, to gratify certain South
ern editors.
We remember having heard, many
years ago, this sentiment offered at a
public dinner in South Carolina: “John
C. Calhoun, the apostate of the South.”
Afterward our best men declared his
course to be “ a masterly inactivity.”
In conclusion, Mr. Editor, permit one
who has long known Hon. Alexander
H. Stephens, to suggest to newspaper
quill-drivers, that the Georgian who
attempts to question the patriotism, in
tegrity or devotion to the South of the
present Representative of the Eighth
District must fail with all who know
the gentleman, and he will find It most
difficult to convince any such that he,
himself, is both intelligent and truth
ful. Lawrence.
UNFAIR TREATMENT.
Our Representatives Not to be
Blamed.
fAthens Watchman.
It is decidedly unfair to blame Ste
phens, Bhl and other Democratic mem
bers of the House, for failing to speak
on the Louisiana question.
While we fully agree with every word
that has been written in praise of Gen.
Gordon’s speech in the Senate, we can
not join in the condemnation of Demo
cratic members of the House on ac
count of their alleged reticence, simply
because Louisiana affairs have not yet
been discussed in that branch of Con
gress. Our Representatives will, no
doubt, be heard from, if they can get
an opportunity.
[Macon Telegraph.
Some of the newspapers and a great
many people, all of whom, it seems to
us, ought to know better, are disposed
to criticise and condemn the silence of
our Representatives in the House at
Washington on the Louisiana outrage.
A moment’s reflection should show
these parties that the Louisiana case
has not been before the House, and of
course our members could not debate
it Mr. Thurman’s resolution in the
Senate brought up the question, and
so far the discussion has been con
fined to that branch of the Congress.
Not a member of the House of Repre
senatives of any party has made a
speech on Louisiana, for the simple
reason that he has not had the oppor
tunity. When it comes up in that
body, there will doubtless be discus
sion enough all round to glut the most
voracious appetite.
“ Where’s the molasses, Bill ?” said a
red headed woman sharply to her son,
who had returned with an empty jug.
“ None in the city, mother. Every gro
cery has a big black board outside,
with the letters chalked on it —* N. O.
Moiasees.’ ”
®l]c Jails iomtMicmalist.
ISpecial to the Baltimore Sun.
WASHINGTON..
The Civil Bights Bill—Butler’s Ma
noeuvres in Ultra Legislation—A
Scene in the House—High Words
and Hot Tempers—Butler Stigma
tized as a Murderer.
THE IRREPRESSIBLE BILL.
Washington, February 3. —The Civil
Rights bill will pass the House in some
form or other, but it must necessarily
go back to the Senate for concurrence.
After it shall have passed to-morrow
Gen. Butler’s hope is that he will be
able to go to business on the Speaker’s
table, take up the Senate bill and pass
it, and thus prevent the ultimate defeat
of the measure at this session, which
might be the result of a prolonged dis
cussion in the Senate. On the question
of takiug up the bill reported from the
Judiciary Committee to-day, the fol
lowing Republicans ivoted against it
with the Democrats, viz.: Messrs.
Butler, Harrison and Thornburg, of
Tennessee; Lowndes, of Maryland ;
Sener, of Virginia ; Stannard, of Mis
souri, and Strait, of Minnesota. These
gentlemen|have hituerto voted steadi
ly against the bill, and yet not one of
them, except Mr. Sener, had
THE MORAL COURAGE
to break through the party lines to
the extent of voting with the Demo
crats against the adoption of the rule
which made the passage of this ob
noxious measure possible. In this
connection the fact should be stated
that the most strenuous efforts were
made to induce Mr. Sener to change
his course, the argument being that
the Republicans wanted to present a
solid front in favor of the rule. He
was approached by at least thirty mem
bers, but he invariably insisted that,
as the proposed new rule was sprung
for the express purpose of passing the
Civii Rights bill, that consistency re
quired that he should steadily vote
against it. One or two other Republi
cans who opposed the bill did not
have the nerve to vote against the
rule.
ABSTRACTION BEFORE BUSINESS.
The regular order iu the House to
day was what is known as the Henne
pin canal bill. Its discussion and the
final vote upon it would have tested
the sense of the House upon the ques
tion of giving the aid of the National
Government to internal improvements.
Illinois is the State most deeply inter
ested in that bill, and yet Mr. Hawley,
of that State, who has charge of it,
permitted its consideration to be post
poned for the purpose of taking up
this mere abstraction of the Civil Rights
bill.
THE COLORED TURNOUT.
In anticipation of the Dill coming up,
the colored population turned out in
force at an early hour. The crowd was
so great that Door-keepr Buxton issued
orders to his subordinates not to admit
any more than couid be seated. Con
sequently the corridors were also
crowded all day. The colored citizens
looked upon this as a great outrage
upon their rights and privileges and
became clamorous for admission even
to the ladies’ and the members gal
leries. This was of course denied,
whereupon they made dire threats of
what they would do when the Civil
Rights bill became a law.
BUTLER’S HATRED OF THE SOUTH.
The only effect that this bill has had,
so far, has been to develop a vast
amount of bad blood. The pulse of
the House is at fever heat. The whole
House is a magazine, ready to bo ex
ploded at the lightest touch. Had such
an occurrence as that of to-day, in
which Gen. Butler and Mr. McLean, of
Texas, were the principals, taken place
before the war, there would have been
at least a duel or an attempt at one.
That Gen. Butler hates the Southern
people with an intense hatred no one
doubts, and he never lets slip an op
portunity to demonstrate his hatred.
He went a little too far to-day, how
ever, when he was understood to inti
mate that the majority of the people
in the Southern States were murderers,
horse-thieves and banditti. Mr. Me-
McLean requested an explanation of
the remark. The explanation was not
satisfactory, and Mr. McLean remark
ed that Butler was.
THE ONLY MURDERER
he knew of on the floor, and that he
had hanged a man in New Orleans.
Butler did not at first hear the remark,
and when it was told to him he became
very wrath, and so characterized Mc-
Lean’s language that he was himself
declared out of order by the Speaker
after the question was brought to his
attention. The mo a t intense excite
ment prevailed on the floor. Both Mc-
Lean and Butler occupied seats in the
front circle, near the Speaker’s desk,
and consequently the Republicans and
Democrats left their seats and congre
gated in the area in front of the
Speaker, and seemed ready for a con
flict. In fact, Mr. Pelham, of Alabama,
an extreme Radical, whose constituents
have left him at home, and. who stood
by Butler’s side, suggested in a tone
loud enough to be heard in the report
er’s gallery, and using a horrible and
most disgraceful oath,
let’s have a eight.
Many of the Democrats regret that
Mr. McLean should have made the re
mark he did, because of its unparlia
mentary character ; but at the same
time all Southern members admit that
the aggravation was very great, for all
understood Mr. Butler’s remark just
as Mr. McLean did.
Magdalens Taking the Black Veil.—
A New York letter says : “ Eight addi
tional Magdalens have taken the black
veil at the House of the Good Shep
herd. They left the altar with crowns
of thorns on their heads, and will be
required to rise half the year at a
quarter to four, and the other half at
a quarter past four; bedtime at nine.
The only literary stimulus their minds
will experience will be prayers, learn
ing daily a sentence of scripture, the
recitation of matins, and the listening
at dinner to a lecture read from a book,
and to a chapter from the mle. Soli
tary meditations, work and short re
creations under supervision are to fill
the rest of the time.”
A Chicago Alderman tried for three
hours to think of George Washing
ton s last name, but he couldn’t do it.
He said he knew it was George, and
that the man had something to do
with the Mexican war, but he couldn’t
remember further.— Detroit Press.
An Illinois court has rendered a
curious decision. A boot-dealer in
Plano sold a pair of boots, both lefts.
The purchaser clamored for his rights,
but the court decided that a pair of
boots was a pair of boots, and if a
man had to wear them both on one
foot it was a case which the laws of
Illinois could not reach.
AUGUSTA, GLA., SATURDAY MORNING. FEBRUARY 6, 1875.
A HUMBUG EXPOSED.
The £I,OOO Book—End of the Tale of
a “Fox.”
To (he Editor of the New York Times:
We have had many inquiries as to
the name of a mysterious book, for
which the enormous price of £I,OOO is
offered by a Mr. Golbourne in London,
or a Mr. Brown in New York ; aim the
question seems to have acquired so
much importance in the newspapers
that we have thought it worth while to
say that, in our judgment, the whole
story is a sublime humbug, or else au
obscure method of advertising a “cer
tain book” which has lately been pub
lished in this country. We have ascer
tained that there is no B. R. Brown to
be found at No. 599 Broadway, and
there is no G. Golbourne, No. 35 Duke
street, in the London Directory of last
year. But we are met this morning
with a statement in the newspapers
that a certain “Mr. Fountain T. Fox,”
of Louisville, is the fortunate possessor
of this precious work. We hope that
“Mr. Fountain T. Fox” will not, on ti*e
strength of that forthcoming (?) £I,OOO,
indulge in any riotous living, for the
book which is described is nothing
more nor less than
" Memoirs of George the Fourth. De
scriptive of the most Interesting Scenes
of his private and Public Life, with
Characteristic Sketches of all the Cel
ebrated Men who were his Friends,
Ministers and Counsellors. By Robert
Huish, London : Printed (by William
Clowes, Stamford street,) for T. Kelly,
Paternoster row; Fisher, Son & p’.
Jackson, Newgate street; Jones & Cos.,
Temple of tlje Muses, FiDsbuiy square,
andG. Virtue, Ivy lane, 1830.” Two
vols., Bvo. With.Portraits of his Court
and Courtezans.
This work was said to have been
suppressed, but it is by no means rare
—we have sold several copies at
about $lO ($lO per set), and will under
take to furnish it to any anxious in
quirer at about that figure.
The story of George IV. and his al
leged marriage with Mrs. Fitzherbert
is all told by Hon. C. Langdale in his
Memoirs of Mrs. Fitzherbert, Bvo, Lon
don, 1856—a book which has not been
suppressed, and it is surprising that
the newspapers should have been so
easily led into the discussion of this
“ humbug.” Mr. Fox’s name and the
fact that he has “ received a number
of dispatches,” is suggestive of still
another sell.
We might add that there can be no
reason for offering any such reward in
view of the political importance of
proving the existence of a claimant to
the throne of England. Such import
ance is entirely suppositious; for, from
the nature of the Royal Marriage Act,
and the law of Protestant Succession,
even an ordinarily regular marriage
was illegal under the circumstances,
and the issue of any such marriage ille
gitimate. Mrs. Fitzherbert was a sub
ject and a Roman Catholic.
J. Sabin & Sons.
84 Nassau street, Monday, Feb. 1,1875.
[Washington Correspoaco of the New York
Tribune.
THE VEBGE OF BANKRUPTCY.
TiaploroW® iLw ru>blvuul
Finances—No Prospect of Economy
and Retrenchment.
That the expenses of the Government
now far exceed its income, is a fact
which the Treasury Department no lon
ger seeks to conceal; and there are
none so ignorant as not to know how
impossible it is to escape bankruptcy,
if an individual or a government spends
two dollars while only one is earned.
The President has known the condition
of the Treasury for several months,
and the Ways and Means Committee
have not been ignorant of the desperate
straits into which the finances
were tending, but more especially was
the Secretary of the Treasury aware of
the hopeless condition of his depart
ment. Long before the begining of
the present session of Congress, it was
foreseen that increased taxation was
inevitable. Every thirty or forty mil
lion of dollars had to be added to the
Government revenues, or else the ex
penses of the Government had to be
reduced by that amount. The esti
mates were scanned in vain; no
chance for retrenchment presented it-
self. Economy was not a thing to be
considered. So increased taxation
must be enforced, and the leaders
have been casting about to find how
the immense sum required may be
obtained without inquiring the party.
The question on the part of the Com
mittee of Ways and Means is, “ what
is to be done ? ” The tax on whiskey,
as the Secretary is now convinced, can
not be increased with any hope of add
ing to the revenue for the first year,
because there is nearly a year’s supply
on hand, and none will be made with
the tax at 80 cents until the stock
already on hand, which paid but 70
cents, is exhausted. It is estimated by
the department that $18,000,000 could
be derived from tea and coffee. Two
hundred and ninety million pounds of
coffee are sold yearly in the United
States. Tho old tax was three cents
per pound. Of tea about 60,000,000
pounds are sold, the old tax being 16
cents per pound. It is claimed by mem
bers of the committee, by heavy mer
chants in tea and coffee, and by the de
partment officers, that the tax on these
articles has been already discounted,
and that consumers are paying the in
creased price incident to the tax, but
that the Government is deriving no
benefit.
It is very evident that the Secretary
of the Treasury is in favor of making a
wholesale attack on the free list, and it
seems likely that the committee will
favor such a course ; yet it would be
unjust to transfer the whole free list to
a tariff basis. But each article has its
dealers, and the committee well know
that they cannot hope to accomplish
anything if they throw the doors open
for every interest - represented in the
free list to be heard against the pro
posed action. It would be a constant
and prolonged warfare against the
committee. The free list amounts to
$180,000,000, and Treasury officers say
that 10 per cent, could be imposed on
all articles in that list without hardship
to any particular interest. The pro
posed restoration of the 10 per cent,
horizontal tariff will unquestionably
take place.
The Chicago reporter is too erudite
to write that a man is “ stopping ” at a
hotel when he is only staying there.
In point of fact the reporter doesn’t
use either verb. He says, “ John Smith
antographed yesterday at the Tre
mont.”
A goose yoke, made by a boy who
has sines become the wealthiest man in
Indiana, is now one of the adornments
of a jeweler’s store in Indianapolis, and
causes people mournfully to remark,
“ What a pity it is that a man who
could whittle goose yokes so well
should have wasted his time in making
money!”
Weekly Review of Augusta Markets.
FINANCIAL.
Friday. February 5,1875—P. M.
Gold—Buying at 112 and selling 114.
Silver —-Buying at 105 and selling at 108.
Exchange on New York—buying at par
to % discount, and selling at par to % pre
mium.
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.
Money has been more abundant and seek
ing investment during the past week, the
demand being especially for City Bonds of
Augusta, which we have advanced in our
quotations; also for Georgia Railroad
Stock, which we quote to-day in demand at
75; also for State of Georgia Bonds, which
are in demand at full quotations. Macon
City Bonds, Western Railroad Bonds, and
all strong Securities are much sought after.
We report, also, quite a good demand for
Augusta Factory Stock, which has been
sold at 160, Graniteville Factory Stock at
161, and Langley Factory Stock at 124.
securities.
_ . _ „ , OfiTed. Ask’d.
Georgia Railroad Bonds. 90 9 i
Georgia Railroad Stoek 76
Central Railroad Bonds (old) 97 98
Central Railroad Stock co
Southwestern Railroad Bonds 80
Southwestern Railroad Stock 74
Atlanta and West Point Bonds 86 86
Atlanta and West Point Stock 65
Montgomery and West Point Rail
road First Mortgage Bonds 80
Macon and Augusta end’d Bonds... 80
Macon and Augusta mort’d Bonds.. 80
Charlotte, Columbia and Augusta
Bonds
National Bank of Augusta Stock..." 145
National Exchange Bank 98
Merchants and Planters Nat. Bank. 80
Planters Loan and Savings Bank.... 5 7
Commercial Ins. <& Banking Cos 90 92
Bank of Augusta ioo
Augusta Bonds 84 97 *
City of Savannah 80nd5..... 82 85
Augusta Factory Stock 16 )
Graniteville Factory Stock 160 161
Langley Factory Stock 124
Atlanta 7 per cent. Bonds 71 7a
Atlanta 8 per cent. Bonds 80 81
Rome 7 per cent. Bone’s 40 50
Macon City Bonds 72 76
Port Royal Gold Bonds, endorsed... 80 82
State of Georgia B’s 102 103
State of Georgia 7’s mortg ige 90 93
Western R.R.t Ala.) Endorsld Bonds 76
•According to date.
COTTON.
Friday, February 5—P, M.
We compile the following regarding the
market from the daily reports of the Au
gusta Exchange:
There has been a good market all the
week, with a good demand and fair prices,
good grades being %@%c. better than last
week.
Saturday it was firm, with good ordinary,
13; low middling, 13%; and middling. 14%,
Monday and Tuesday it continued firm and
unchanged, while Wednesday it was steady,
quoted 14%@14%; and
Jhursday it was still better, each grade be
mg quoted up—good ordinary, 13%; low
middling 14 @ 14 %, and middling, 14%@14%.
(ihe Exchange quoted middling 14%, which
was considered too high.) To-day ( Friday ) it
continued strong, with the prices of yester
day well sustained, and middling quoted full
14%@14%. The following were the closing
quotations: Good ordinary, 13%; low mia
uling, 14%; and middling, 14%@14%.
The following are the receipts and sales
of each day, commencing Saturday, with
the ruling quotations of low middling and
middling:
Receipts. Sales. Low Mid. Middling.
Jan. 30... 625 927 13% 14%
Feb. 1.... 662 880 13% 14%
Feb. 2.... 547 855 13% 14%
Feb. 3....G59 1.054 13% 14% @14%
ieb. 4 693 1,005 14@14% 14%@i4%
keb. 5 881 1,310 14% 14% @14%
Total. 3,967 6.031
COMPARATIVE COTTON STATEMENT.
Receipts for this week of 1874 s 530
Showing a decrease this week of l'soo
Showing an increase this week of 1,016
Receipts last season (1873-’74)to Feb. 6.. .161.642
Receipts the present season to date 150,345
Showing a decrease this season so far
Of. 10,697
Receipts of 1873- 74 exceeded 1872-73 to
this date ie 733
Shipments during the week 5’.045
Shipmentssame week last year 4,t63
Stock on hand at this date of 1874 27.733
AUGUSTA COTTON STATEMENT. FEB. 5. 1875.
Stock on hand, Sept, l, 1874 6,488
Received since to date. 160,346—155,833
Exports and home consumption.l36,B44
Stook on hand this day 18,989—155,833
The stock given in the above statement
was found by actual count yesterday, and
the amount of shipments and home con
sumption found by comparison with the
total receipts. The count shows the stock
on hand to be 2,127 bales less than our run
ning count made by comparison.
PRODUCE.
Augusta, Friday, February 6,1875.
There was considerable activity in nearly
all lines of business during the week. There
was an increased trade from the country,
which was principally on a cash basis.
Note.—We give wholesale rates exclusively
Small transactions in all cases require an ad
vance on the figures auoted.
APPLES are dull at $3.75a4 per bbl., ac
cording to size and quality.
BACON in active demand at higher
C - B ' s,de8 '
< Halt Meats in active demand; C. R.
Sides, lRjll%: Long Clear Sides, llall%;
Bellies, 11%; Shoulders. Baß%.
Tennessee Meat —Sides, Shoulders and
Hams, none offering.
HAMS—I 4.
BAGGING is quiet with no material
change in price. We quote: Domestic
Bagging,,l2%; Borneo Bales, 12%; Gunny
J3illGßj 11/^.
£^r'i u i> et 7; Arr ? w - 7 ; Pieoed . 5 -
_bb I * Lit—Country, 25; Tennessee, 25;
Goshen, 40a45.
G £A DL^-AdamaDti ne, 18%al9; Sperm,
40 /JfeSßs£, S I >erm f 50 : Tallow, 12a13.
COFJjEE continues unsettled. An ad
vance is quoted in prices. We quote: Rios,
common, 21a21 %; P air, 22%a23; Good, 23%
aM; Prime, 24%a25; Choice, 2i%&25; La
guyra. 24a25; Java, 35.
CORN MEAL—City Bolted, $1.05al.08;
(inimtrv nn
FERTILIZERS AND GUANOS—The
traue has fully opened for the season, with
a prosoect of good sales.
DOMESTIC COTTON GOODS are in
good demand, with no change in prices.
Augusta and Graniteville Factories—
i% fifrmSS W S “ rtl “ e ' ** ! * Shlrti ° K '
Lanomy 6oods-A 1 heavy Drills, 13%;
B heavy Drills, 13; do. Standard 4-4 Shirt
ing, 12% : do. A 1 and Edgefield 4-4 Sheet
ng, 12 ; do. % Shirting, lo%; do. % Shirt
ing, 0%; Hopowell %, 7; do. 7 oz. Osna
burgs, 13; Montour % Shirting, 8; do. 4-4
Sheeting, 934; Jewell's Mills %, 8; Jewell’s
Mills, 4-4, 9%; do, 8 oz. Osnaburgs, 1334;
Richmond Factory Osnaburgs, 1014; do.
Stripes, 11; Eagle and Phoenix Oo.’s, 13; do.
heavy Woolen Twills, 40; Athens Stripes,
10; do. Checks, 12; Randleman Checks, 12;
do. Stripes, lOallM; Yarns, Nos. 6 to 12,
$1.22%a1.25; Pulaski Mills, % hoavy Brown
Shirtings, 8; do. Stripes, 12.
MuiLedoevtlle—o oz. Osnaburgs, 11%;
8 oz. Osnaburgs, 1334.
DRUGS, CHEMICALS, DYES, AC.—
Alum, 6; Allspice, 18a20; Blue Mass, $1.25a
L 35; Blue Stone, 15; Borax, refined, 25a30;
Calomel, $2.25a2.50; Camphor, 50; Cloves,
75a80; Copperas, 3; Epsom Salts, 5; Ginger
Root, 17a20; Glue, 28; Gum Arabic, 80; Lye,
concentrated, per case. $7.50a8.25; Morphia,
Sulphate, $6.75a7; Nutmegs, $L50a1.75;
Opium, $llal2; Potash, in cans, by case,
$9; Quinine, Sulph, $2.50; Sal Soda, 5; Soda,
Bi-Carb, kegs, 7.
EGGS—Good demand with light stock.
We quote 2234a25.
FLOUR in good demand, with no change
in prices. ?,We quote:
City Mills— Superfine, $6.25a7; Extra,
$6.50a6.75; Family, $7.00a7.75; Fancy, s7.s(*a
7.75.
Country and Western— Superfine, $5.00,
Extra, $5.50; Family, $6.00; Fancy, $6.50,
6.75.
GRAIN
WHEAT—demand good, with light stock
and small arrivals. We quote:
Prime—Red, $1.35a1.37; Amber, $1.38a1.40;
White, $1.40; for Choice White, $1.4234.
Sacks returned.
Corn in fair demand. Tennessee 'white,
$1.07; choice white, $1.10; yellow and mixed,
$1.05.
Oats—Fair stock and good demand. Mix
ed, 85.
HAY—Light stock and good demand. W
quote: Choice Timothy, $1.40; Western
mi ya/1 <fcl Qsal
IRON—Castings, 6%; Steel, cast, 22a25;
Nail Rod. Ilal2%; Horse Shoes, 8%; Horse
Shoe Nails, 25; Nails, ten penny, per keg,
with extras. SSM.
LARD hrm at our quotations: Tierces,
14%; Kegs or Tubs, 15%; Cans, 16.
LIQUORS-We quote:
Whiskey— Double rectified, $1.20 per gal.;
double distilled, $2.00 per gal.; do., double
distil'ed Rye, $2.10; do., Deodora, $6.50a7.
Brandies— Domestic, $1.30.
Gin— Domestic, $1.30.
MACKEREL— FuII weight, medium !o
extra—No. l Kit, (15 lbs.) $1.75*2.00;-No. if
Kits, $1.50a1.75; No. 3 Kits, $1 35a1.50; No.
bbls, $16.00al7.00; No. 1, half bbls. $8.50;
No. 2, bbls. $12.00a13 00; No. 2, half bids,
$6.50a7.50; No. 3, bbls, $11.00; No. 3, half
bbls, $5.75.
MOLASSES—The old stock is almost en
tirely exhausted, while the new is not yet
coming forward freely, which causes firm
prices. We quote: Reboiled, hhds, 38;
llerces, 40; Barrels, 42; Syrups, refined,
56*75; New Orleans Molasses, 70a75; New
Orleans Syrup, 70a51.00.
OlLS—Castor, $2.50a2.75; Kerosene, 18a20;
Lubricating, 65a51.00; Lard, $1.30a1.40; Lin
seed, $1.i0a1.15; Turpentine, Spts., 45a50.
POTATOES—Good demand for planting.
Irish—New Northern, 3.50a3.75.
Sweet —New, 75a80. .
POULTRY—Arrivals 1 light and -demand
good. Prices vary according to the weath
er. We quote:
Chiokens—Coop, each 20a25; Hens, 25a
30 J Dressed Chickens, lb., 12%a15; Dressed
Turkeys, 16al8; 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 prices to the trade.
RICE—7%aB.
_ SA *f T ~Liverpool, $1.40a1.50; Virginia,
fine, $2.25.
griAP—Family, 6%a10.
SUGARS continue steady. Fine Sugars
We quote: Muscovado, ’
J?^!A^ orto Rico * lla12 : A > U%a11%; Extra
C, 10%all; C, 10al0%; Demerara, 10%all%;
Cr^o e . d %F,?, wt l < i re ( 1 aud Granulated, 11%a12.
~ \GBA-CCO— Moderately fair demand, with
light stock; Common grades, 50; Me
diums, 65; Fine Bright, 80; Extra Fine and
Fancy, $1.00a1.25; Smoking Tobacco, 60. In
Lrge lots these figures could be shaded.
VINEGAR-Cider, 30; White Wine, 40a45.
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.
BALTIMORE FEMALE COLLEGE.
Incorporated in 1849 with authority to con
fer degrees, and endowed by the State of
Maryland in 1860. The College is beauti
fully situated in a grove, within the city
limits, on a lofty eminence that commands
a v i^ w til® country, the city, and river
and bay for many miles. The College has
a good library, cnemical and philosophical
apparatus, cabinets of minerals, medals,
coins, gems, Ac., and the course of instruc
tion is thorough. Board and tuition $250
per annum. N. C. BROCKS, LL. D.
President.
DOLLARS
TO THE AMOUNT OF TWO MILLION
FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND are to be
distributed on the 27th FEBRUARY by the
PUBLIC LIBRARY OF KENTUCKY, upon
CONCERT* 1 ° f thei1 ’ FIFTH AND
Drawing Certain or Money Refunded.
One Grand Cash Gift *250 000
One Grand Cash Gift 100 000
One Grand Cash Gitt 75*000
One Grand Cash Gift sqooo
One Grand Cash Gift 25 000
5 Cash Gifts, $20,000 each loojooo
10 Cash Gifts, 14,000 each 140,000
15 Cash Gifts, 10,000 each 150,000
20 Cash Gifts, 5,000 each 100,000
25 Cash Gifts, 4,000 each 100 000
SO Cash Gifts, 8,000 each 90,000
50 Cash Gifts, 2,00£ each 100,000
100 Cash Gifts, 1,000 each 100,000
240 Cash Gifts, 500 each 120,000
. „ s°° 9 as ! 1 Gift8 > 100 ea ch...... 50,000
19,000 Cash Gifts, 50 each 950,000
Whole Tickets, $ 0. Halves. $25. Tenth, or
'' * '*“* ~ l *' t ~ ol °T'ioketa. SSOO
- tickets, or Information, address
THO. E. BRAMLETTE,
Agent and Manager Louisville, Ky.
PUBLIC LIBRARY OF KENTUCKY.
Dtath of Gov. Bruratetts Action of tile
Trustees—A Sncr.ur Appointed \o
More Postponements —Drawing Certain
February DTth.
At a meeting of the Trustees of the Public
Library of Kentucky, January 16, 1875, it
was resolved that C. M. Briggs, Esq., who
under the late Hon. Tho. E. Bramlette vas
the real Business Manager of the Gift
Concerts already giveu in id of the Public
Library of Kentucky, be and he is hereby
authorized to take the place made vacant
by the death of said Bramlette, in the man
agement of the affairs of the fifth and last
gift concert, and that the drawing an
nounced for February 27, 1875, shall posi
tively and unequivocally take place on that
day without any further postponement or
delay on any account whatever.
R. T. DURRETT, President.
John S. Cain, Secretary.
Hereafter all communications relating to
the Fifth Concert should be addressed to
the undersigned, and I pledge myself that
the drawing shall come off February 27th
or that every dollar paid for tickets shall
be returned.
C. M. BRIGGS, Agent and Manager,
Room 4 Public Library Budding,
Louisville, Ky.
HUSBAND’S
Calcined Magnesia
Is free from unpleasant tastes, or rough
nessto the touch or palate. In one-third
the dose of common magnesia it relieves
bick-Headache, Sour Stomach, Costiveness,
and other diseases of tho stomach and
bowels. The World’3 Fair Medal and four
First Premium Silver Medals awarded it as
the best in the market. For sale by
d' wgiste and country storekeepers, and by
T. J. HUSBAND, Jr.. Philadelphia, Pa.
Auvkrtisimg I Cheap : Good: Syste
matic. All persons who contemplate
making contracts with newspapers for the
insertion of advertisements, should send
35 Cents to Geo. P. Rowell & Cos., 41 Park
Row, New York, for their PAMPHLET
BOOK {ninety-seventh, edition), containing
hsts of over 2,000 newspapers and estimates,
showing the cost. Advertisements taken
for leading papers in many States at a tre
mendous reduction from publishers’ rates.
Get the Book.
A week, to Agents to sell an
VP I O article saleable as flour. Profits
immense. Package free. Address
BUCKEYE MANUFACTURING 00..
Marion, Ohio.
S2OO
Mich.
£*7 to $lO Da v? fco Ladies or~Gente
T * Patent Novelties. Address
H. D. BRIER & CO., Atlanta. Ga.
“pSYCHOMANOY, OR SOUL CHARM-
X ING.” How either sex may fasci
nate and gain the love and affection of any
person they choose, instantly. This art all
can possess, free, by mail, for 25 cents;
together with a Marriage Guide, Egyptian
Oracle, Dreams, Hints to Ladies, etc. 1,000,-
000 sold. A queer book. Address
T. WILLIAM & CO., Pub’s, Philadelphia.
— The choicest in the world.—lm
porters’ prices—Largest company
In America-staple article—pleases
everybody—Trade continually increasing
Agents wanted everywhere—best induce
ments—don’t waste time—send for Circular
to Robebt Wells, 43 Vesey St., N. Y.,
P. O. Box 1287.
Cl Of! f )or day at home. Terms free.
j-i Address, Geo. Stinson <fc Cos.,
Portland, Me.
F'FPJF A WEEK guaranteed to Male
/ / and Female Agents, in their lo-
M M eality. Costs NOTHING to try
m m it. Particulars Free.
P. O. VICKERY & 00.. Augusta. Me.
api-5-suwdfmctf
NOTICE.
WE are now ready to wait on all of our
customers who wish anything in the
line of BOOTS and SHOES. Will use every
exertion to please in quality and in price.
fftb2-2 W. S. ROYAL & CO.
FARM WANTED. '
ANY ONE having a Small FARM to rent,
near the city of Augusta, having a
small and comfortable dwelling thereon,
and who will rent the same on reasonable
terms, will please address “H.,”
foba-3* At This Offtoe,
ACID PHOSPHATE
50 TONS ACID PHOSPHATE,
For Composting with COTTON SEED or Other Manure.
CASH, #3B. TIME PRICE, #43.
FOR SALE BY
jan3o-2w DANIEL & ROWLAND.
J. 8. BEAN, JR, Cashier. | f. P. BRANCH, President
Authorized Capital, #1,000,000.
ftiFS SAVINGS BANK,
IVO. SS3 BROAH STREET,
AUGUSTA, GA.
SOLICITS the accounts of all who wish to deposit money for thirty days or longer,
on which it pays seven per cent, interest. Being specially privileged by the State,
we offer extra inducements to all guardians, trustees or parties wishing to make a
profitable investment, and one on which they can instantly realize their capital.
Paying the legal rate of interest, we have quarterly settlements with our deposi
tors, when interest is added to principal and compounded. That the advantages and
benefits of the Bank may be Available to all, we will receive sums of One Dollar and
upwards on deposit, and will issue therefor pass books or certificates of deposit, the
latter available in all portions of the United states. We can remit sums to our deposi
tors, at any point, by Checks on our New York Correspondent, the German-American
Bank. Wo shall be glad to increase our friends, by all parties having any business in
our department. jan3o-tf
PEERLESS GUANO
ONE YEAR ago we introduced the PEERLESS GUANO to the Farmers of Georgia and
South Carolina. It was then anew article, entirely unknown to fame. We take
pleasure in stating that its use has given
PERFECT AND ENTIRE SATISFACTION,
And we now offer It again with renewed assurances of its great value.
ON COTTON, COIf.Y
And all other crops peculiar to this section, the PEERLESS has proved itself to be a
FERTILIZER
OF THE HIGHEST GRADE!
And lias been unsurpassed by any other Manure.
Farmers who have been disappointed In other Fertilizers are earnestly advised to
TRY THE PEERLESS!
We warrant its standard to be fully equal to that hitherto
sold by us, and guarantee it to be wholly free from any adul
teration.
CIRCULARS mailed free on application.
C. H. PHJAIZY & CO.,
COTTON FACTORS,
jaalfl-lm AUGUSTA, CAT
MERCHANTS AND PLANTERS NATIONAL BANK.
Capital Stock, $200,000 00
Undivided Profits, - 68,313 £0
$268,313 20
4 In OHF.CK AT KTGHT
X. P. BRANCH, President.
janl7-tf J. T. NEWBERY, Cashier.
PLANTTESRS
WHO WISH TO ECONOMISE
IWILL USE
BiARRY’S
Compound Bi-Phosphate of
LIME
FOB Composting with COTTON SEED. It is not an Acid Phosphate but a
COMPOUND requiring only the.
Ammonia
DEBIVEABLE FROM COTTON SEED TO MAKE IT A
PERFECT MANURE.
The combination contains the most important elements for a
SUPERIOR FERTILIZER
AX A VERY REDUCED PRICED
Satisfactory evidence of this well ascertained fact is presented in our Pamphlet,
which please call for.
The Cash Price will be $46 per Ton.
Time Price will be S6O per Ton.
Reliable security will be required on all time sales.
PLEASE FORWARD ORDERS TO
OHM OP HA Itltßi (IHICAL KRTUH,
288 Broad fStriiot, Augusta, Ga.,
AND CALL FOR PAMPHLETS.
EDWARD BARR Y Ac Co.|
jan3-suwefr*c3m , _ _ .
SPECIAL NOTICES.
AMERICAN WATCH.
WHOLESALE SALESROOM,
David F. Conover & Cos.,
SECCESSOBS TO
WM. B. WARNE & CO.,
IMPORTERS, MANUFACTURERS AND
WHOLESALE DEALERS IN
WAm SJWHLRf,
SOUTHTAST CORNER
Chestnut and Seventh Streets
(FIRST FLOOR),
PHILADELPHIA.
nov23-patuth*o6m
SOFT COAL AT $3!
Coal can be bought at above price, but
not from ME, except under peculiar circum
stances 1 Any of you, white or black, can
have as much as you wish at sll per ton,
provided you havfc the Eleven Dollars.
The COAL is fresh from the Mines, but If
free of dust, it Is the first I have ever seen
that was.
1 don’t propose to have it washed, or even
rushed off!
Jana 4- JO&ItPH A. HILL.
AUGUSTA & PORT ROYAL
COMPRESS COMPAM.
JOHN F. TAYLOR. I W. M. READ,
President. | Treasurer
The New Taylor Press
OF THIS COMPANY Is new in operation
on the lot opposite the Central Rail
road Depot-
Shippers, Railroads, Shipmasters and
others desiring COTTON COMPRESSED
are solicited to confer with the Agents of
this Company before contracting elsewhere.
The work done by this Press is guaranteed
to be equal to any in amerioa.
Besides patronizing a Home Enterprise,
shippers will find it to their interest to
have their Cotton oompressed here, as it
will insure them a less rate of freight to
any out-port.
The Company is fully organized.
READ & CAMERON,
decls-lm " Agents.
Dyeing and Cleaning.
THE UNDERSIGNED WOULD RE
spectfully announce to the citizens of
Augusta, ana vicinity, that he still con
tinues to do Dyeing and Cleaning in ad its
branches.
Ladies’ Dresses, Shawls, Saeques, Capes,
etc., dyed and cleaned in the best of style.
The cleaning of Gent’s Clothing a speci
ality.
N. B. -The above work done in the best
manner at low prices.
Ailc*. tersleit with me on south side of
Broad 1 treet, between McKinne and Mai -
bury, will oromnt attention.
i GSO. ii. DODGE.
JNfew Series—Vol. 3. No. 3]
LOOK LOOK!
$1,200,000 IN PRIZES!
ra^ e *L,? illSle Scheme
on Record, will be drawn In Public in
St. Louis on March 31st, 1875
Capital Prize, $100,000!
MISSOURI STATE LOTTERIES!
Legalized by State Authority.
Murray, Miller & Cos., Manaqers,
£T. LOUIS. MO.
1 of SIOO,OOO
10 Prizes of. *ll'**
20 Prizes of ®>ooo
ioo Prizes of
And 11,451 other Prizes of from $1 500 to SSO
AMOUNTING IN THE AGGREGATE TO
#1,200,000!
Whole Tickets, S2O; Halves, 10; Quarters $5
Prize payable in full and no postnone
ment of drawings take place. P p n
Address, for Tickets and Circulars
MURRAY, MILLER & CO.
P. O. Box 2446. ST. LOUIS MO
jans-tuthsa&ctilaprs ’ * dU -
For Sale or Exchange.
T 0I; . Exchange for a GOOD
mv RFsmrwr m or Carolina,
v;Lr i ° n Creene Street, and a
stock of GROCERIES on Broad
street, both centrally located
Por further information addres^
-jau2l-2w care of This Ofllce.
Foreign Exchange.
MERCHANTS <fe PLANTERS NATIONAL Bank. I
Augusta, Ga., November 17, 1874. ’ J
T HI S BAX , K draws Sight Bills of Ex
frirT.J?. an ? e ’ sums to suit purchasers, at
rates ? n England, Ireland. Scot-
Lmd, France, Germany, Prussia and other
European countries.
-ggg-j* J S. BEAN. Cashier.
FRUITLANI) nurseries,
AUGUSTA, GA.,
F. J. BERCKMANN. Prop’r.,
OE2I^0 E 2l^Q fo r TBEES - PLANTS, BULBS.
i SEEDS, etc., left v, Ith the undersign. ’
wni be promptly attended to
- "■KL
DR. B. H. WASHINGTON
T. ENDEBS hbf Piofeeslonal Hgrvioes to
the citizens of Augusta aDd vlctnity. Office
at his residence, No. 26 Fenwick street,
second door above Centre, opposite Colum
bia R. B. Depot. jan2G-tuthsa3
City Taxes for 1874.
XTERSONB IN ARREARS for City Taxes
for 1874, are hereby notified that Execu
tions for the amount of Tax will be placed
in the hands of the City Sheriff, on the Ist
day of February next.
. JAMES W. WALKER.
J' in2G -3 Ass’t Col, and Treasurer.
Notice of Dissolution.
THE firm of Walton, Clark & Cos. waa
_ili^U.yfidAULtlWbV ! t,bY-6eT}uiitmucd dv
55® T U^^x- sl jss®d under the firm name of
vv alton & Clark.
ROBERT WALTON,
J. A. A. W. CLARK.
IN retiring from the firm of Walton,
C lark Cos. I cordially recommend
“®. succeeding firm, Messrs. WALTON A
( uAKK, to the public, as being in every
way deserving of confidence and patronage.
janß-tf EOB’T W. ROBERTSON.
r Safe Deposit Boxes.
The NATIONAL BANK of Augu -ta is
prepared to small SAFES inside its
£*"* *J°°f } a % u > moderate rates, fur the
reception of Bonds, Securities, Deed -, Le
gal Documents, Plate, Coin, Jewelry, and
valuables of every description.
, G. M.THEW,
jeas-ly* Cashier
Notice to the Public.
I HFBF BY give notice that Mr. JOSEPH
~x FAIj 18 nolonger the Superintendent
oi the ‘Forest City Foundry/’ and has no
authority to do anything in regard to the
busines of the same.
The work will go on as before, and the
fiatSf® 0 “oSo 6 e.ISSKed 117 "■
jan26-3 Proprietor.
NOTICE.
Dissolution of Partnership.
fTIHE FIRM OF LAMB & PURCELL was
.L dissolved on the 26th inst., by mutual
consent.
. 88 -’JJARD T. PURCELL will continue
the business. He is the only person author
ized to settle all claims due the firm
. R. LAMB,
jan29-lt R. T. PURCELL.
STOP THIEF"!
STOLEN from my stabie at Aiken, S. C.,
on or about the 22d of January, a
DARK B VY MARE, six or seven years old,
with white spot on right hind feet. Stolen
by a white man named John Green; said
Green is 5 feet, 2 or 3 inches high, face pit
ted with small-pox, front teeth broad and
projecting. I will give a reward of $25 for
the delivery of saia Mare and for the arrest
of the Thief.
J. A. GIVENS,
jan3l-7 Aiken, S. C.
UNITIJD STATES
Type nd Electrotype Foundry,
AND
PRINTERS’ WAREHOUSE.
NOS. 28, 30 and 32 CENTRE STREET,
Corner of Reade and Duane Sts.,
NEW YORK.
•A LARGE Stock of English and German
-■X Faces, both Plain and Ornamental
kept on hand.
All Type cast at this establishment is
manufactured from the metal kuown as
“ Conner's ” unequalled Hard Type Metal.
Every article necessary for a perfect
Printing Office furnished.
The Type on which this Paper is printed
is from the above establishment.
octia-tf
Captain Jack’s Cigar Store,
75 JACKSON STREET,
AUGUSTA, GEORGIA.
THE CAPTAIN begs to call the attention
of dealers to his large and varied stock
of DOMESTIC CIGARS; which ho will sell
at bottom prioes.
Adaress, t. QUINN,
oatl7-tf vO guf 1 • (in
720 ACRES OF LAND
For Sale, or Rent. r .
I OFFER as above the LAND lying about
half in Columbia and half iu McDuffie
county, on Little River and Cane Creek—
the Creek tho dividing line (jetween the
two counties. The Laud is well Umbered
with oak, hickorv and nine. The open
lauds, uplands and lowlands are fertile, and
as good producing lauds for grain andoot
ton as any in this sc Hon of Georgia. There
is good fall and loo* tior for water power on
the'keek. For further particulars address