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Til W CONSTITUTIONALIST
SUNDAY. FEBRUARY 7, 1875.
Cotton Factories.
The subjoined article, which we clip
from the Atlanta Constitution , gives an
interesting account of the progress of
the cotton factory enterprise in the
Gate City, and pays a high and de
served compliment to Mr. Francis
Cogiu, of this city:
We are pleased to learn that the en
terprising gentlemen who have the
matter in hand are still at work, and
we are convinced that at an early day
a mill will be built and put in success
ful operation. The matter of aston
ment to the reporter is, that Atlanta
should have been so long without one.
It is amusing sometime to hear men
say that the soil of the country is poor.
Ah ! the soil of Massachusetts, of New
Hampshire, and of Maine is not rich
enough to brag on. Yet to-day, Boston
capitalists own and control a large ma
jority of the mills in these States.
Many of these mills have paid for
themselves over and over again since
they were built.
S- me say that there is no use to have
a factory, unless by water power. Why,
the Naumkeag steam cotton mill, in
Salem, Massachusetts, built nearly
thirty years ago, has paid to its stock
holi lers the amount of their original sub
scription several times over, and for
years before the war,made semi-annual
dividends of ten per cent., and that
with coal never less than six dollars,
and often ten or twelve per ton.
It is folly to say that the business of
cotton manufacturing will not pay here,
a good distributing point, with the ad
vantage of tolerably cheap fuel, cheap
labor, the raw material in sight of the
city, and many other advantages that
might be named. If our natural ad
vantages for manufacturing cotton were
properly developed, the profits arising
from it would be such as to attract
abuudant capital and skill from other
quarters. Let our people go to work
to aid in building up this industry. Let
them lend a helping hand with their
money and enterprise, and push the
enterprise with ali their might.
But the reporter did not intend
writing an article on factories, but to
state that he called upon Mr. H. I.
Kimball yesterday, one of the commit
tee to solicit subscriptions, who handed
him a letter to read, which had been
received from Mr. Francis Cogin, gen
eral manager of the Augusta factories
for sixteen years past. Mr. C. has re
contly declined the position of general
manager of the Pacific mills, at Law
rence, which are the largest in the
world, covering thirty acres, and em
ploying over 10,000 operatives. The
position was held open to Mr. Cogin
for six months, at a salary of 825,000
per annum. He writes to Mr. Kimball
as follows :
“ I see no reason why a factory in
Atlanta cannot be as successful as the
Augusta factories, good location, and
the advantages of all new and improv
ed machinery, which could be pur
chased at very low figures, less by 20
per cent, than ours cost. You only
need two things to make it an absolute
success -plenty of capital and good
management. Upon your assurance
that these can be secured, you may
put my name down for twenty shares.”
How to Evade Taxation.
The Nashville Union and American
comments ou the fact that many of
the wealty men of Newark, N. J., have
been detected in a clever ruse for
evading taxation, by which the city
treasury has been cheated out of over
four million dollars, which we com
mend to our Georgia Legislators :
On the day before assessment, Mr.
Dives has his note for 850,000, or
such matter, discounted for thirty
days; the amount is placed to his
credit, but to avoid the tax on depos
its, he orders it to be converted into
United States bonds. Thus there is no
deposit to tax, and the bonds are not
taxable. Meanwhile, in returning his
other property for assessment, he de
ducts 850,000 for the discounted note,
as being a debt he owes the bank.
After assessment day ho lifts the
note by selling the bonds. The next
result of the transaction is that Mr.
Dives escapes taxation on 8100,000 of
his property. The grand jury of the
county in which Newark is situated
presented those facts and stated that
this practice has become an inveterate
habit with bank Presidents, Directors
and other men of means. Jersey law
seems powerless to reach the shirkers,
and the jury could do no more than ex
pose the facts.
We need hardly point out how the
same device can be resorted to under
our laws. The present assessment act
sets January 10 of each year as the
day for assessing. A man is not re
quired to tell what he owns on January
9 or January 11. If, meanwhile, he
converts all his available property into
United States bonds he escapes taxa
tion on that much, and may be seen as
above, manage to screen as much more
of the property that he cannot hide
under the plea of a temporary debt.
This matter opens up many other modes
of fraud, independent of bonds, which
should be guarded against by legisla
tion so far as may be found possible.
It presents something of a conundrum,
and at present but one means towards
solving it occurs to us. In assessing
the capital of merchants, the system of
monthly averages of stock, or yearly
averages, or the largest amount at any
time during the twelve months, have
been successively tried. Something
similar, applied to individuals, if it
were only tne largest amount of taxa
bles owned during January, or the
average of the month, would prevent,
pro tanto, such temporary tricks of
evasion.
According to a Washington paper,
all the gentlemen at a recent party
there wore “ striped silk stockings and
low shoes with buckles and rosettes.”
Those gentlemen’s legs must have
Jtieen bewitchingly sweet and lovely,
fie fails ionflMicmalist.
[Baltimore Sun, 2d.
THE NEGRO.
His Past, Present and Future. Lec
ture by a Haytien Lady.
Madam Parque, a native of Hayti,
lectured last night before a large audi
ence, composed of colored people, in
Ebenezer Church, Montgomery street,
on the subject of “ The Negro—his
Past, Present and Future.” She was
introduced by Rev. J. H. A. Johnson,
pastor, and spoke over an hour. In
person she appeared a portly, dignified
and prepossessing woman, of about
thirty years. Her manner was earnest
and unaffected, and h ir elocution more
than ordinarily pleasing.
She defended the character of Hay
tiens and others of the colored race,
and sought to prove by the authority
of Macauley, Ctesar and other histori
ans that the people of her own native
isle are not inferior to the inhabitants
of many other countries. Rome had
white slaves, and Sp irtacus led them
against the emperors of the world. The
blacks of Hayti had proved their claims
to valor, endurance and patriotism by
the genius of their leaders, the prowess
of their arms and the glory of their
military achievements. The negro had
never been called in vain when his
country was invaded. Christopher
Attick, a colored man, was the first
slain in the revolutionary war, and in
the late civil war the negroes of America
fought well for their own freedom.
[Applause.]
There was a mistaken prejudice
against the colored people in this coun
try, when she was glad to say did not
exist in Europe. She had herself been
often subjected here to insult because
of her color. There was no reproach
in being black, and she liked the term
negro. In fact, she thanked God for
life and happiness and was satisfied in
being a negro. ]Great applause.] She
did not care to be called colored, for
her skin had never been dyed, and it
was as nature gave it to her. It was
human nature to reupect whatever re
spects itself; and any exhibition of
brute force of passion by one of the
colored race was no evidence that the
race was not susceptible of intellectual
culture. [Applause]
There were many mistakes common
among the negro race of the present
day, notwithstanding their increased
intelligence and larger freedom of ac
tion. There was a want of union and
a lack of stability, and she recommend
ed that negroes everywhere follow the
example of Hebrews, and trade one
with another, as well as strengthen
their position socially, politically and
financially by more organization. An
other drawback was the prevailing im
providence of the negro. Too much
money was spent in liquor and tobacco
by the men, and in ribbons and gew
gaws by the women. They should be
saving, and in spending aim to acquire
taste and intelligence. She also re
commended that they read the news
papers, even though the newspaper
leaned toward Democracy. [Laugh
ter.] It was no excuse for indolence
that the race had been * enslaved and
could not recover in a hurry, for if a
man is pulled from a mud hole, must he
remain inactive with the mud clinging
to him ? Shake off the habits acquired
of slavery. Shake off the mire and for
get the mudhole. Be saving, buy a
house, and learn to be good citizens.
Money goes a great ways. A Haytien
gentleman, very black, went by invita
tion to a prominent church in New
York. He was recognized and shown
a front pew. The owner of the pow, a
member of the shoddy aristocracy, ac
costed the sexton and demanded to
know who placed that negro in his pew.
“ He’s a Haytien gentleman,” said the
sexton. “ Can’t help it, put him out,”
said the man of shoddy. “ But he’s
worth half a million of dollars,” said
the sexton. “ Ah, indeed, said the
shoddy man, “ be so kind as to intro
duce me to the gentleman.” [Great
laughter.]
The lecturess referred to the admira
tion in which some of the colored race
was held in various walks of life, and
instanced Fred. Douglass, the orator;
Wm. Dietz, the architect; Stephen
Smith, the engineer ; Annie Lewis, the
sculptress; Alrich, the actor, and others.
Another fault of the colored people
was that when trod upon, like oysters,
they got mad and and shut their
mouths. And then they do not listen
to advice ana do not show'a disposition
to learn. They are like the magpie
that stands alone, refusing to listen to
the other birds, and hence it does not
know how to build its own nest. In
formation should be sought, and used
to advantage when gained. She thought
the day far distant when Africa would
be an independent republic, and said
she was proud of the universal im
provement and elevation of the race
In Liberia. Colonization and the
dissemination of religious principles
were doing incalculable good. She
read extracts from a paper by Prof.
Upham, of Bowdoin College, Maine, to
show the development of intelligence
and the general advancement that had
been brought about in Africa through
Missionary and other influences. In
conclusion, she said that at the present
day native Africans were navigating
ships and entering European ports, not
with cargoes of human freight, barter
ing manhood and womanhood for
money, but with supplies from the rich
resources of their native land for the
wants of civilization. They came not
with a weapon in one hand and a string
of beads in the other, but they came in
a peace born of a social elevation, of
which the true conception of Christi
anity was the inner principle.
Madame Parque was frequently ap
plauded, and her lecture would have
entertained almost any audience.
Randall Beats Btjtler. —The Demo
crats were very jublilant over their
victory. Randall, who had led them,
and who had remained at his post dur
ing the entire struggle, showed him
self to be by far the best manager on
the floor of the House. Keen, quick,
always on the alert, and wonderfully
amiliar with the rules and parliamen
ts l aw ’ he led his Bide of the House
with far greater ability than was dis
played by Butler, and when the fight
was over eft the chamber carrying a
bouquet in one hand, a teapot in an
other, and a canister of tea under his
arm. This afternoon he was on the
floor of the Senate listening to Gor
don’s speech, and apparently none the
worse for his long watching.
{N. Y. Tribune.
Nevada ice dealers are already pre
paring to double their prices next Sum
mer, upon the ground that the crop
will be almost entirely eaten up by the
grasshoppers.
A citizen of Syracuse, N. Y., has 13
children, all girls, and !b.as spent enough
for hair-pins to equip a respectable
telegraph line with wires, or at least he
says he has.
AUGUSTA, SUNTLAY MORNING, FEBRUARY 7, 1875.
ALEXIS AND HIS BRIDE.
The Gossip a Lady Sends to America
from Berlin—The Handsome New
Villa and its Charming Transient
Occupants.
A Berlin correspondent writes: In
the pleasant suburbs of a city not a
day’s ride from Berlin there stood this
summer anew and handsome unoccu
pied villa, whose outward proportions
and pleasant yard were a constant
source of admiration to a cosy little
party of summer guests that assem
bled for coffee ou the piazza of the ad
joining house. Our little circle was
thrown into a flutter of excitement one
morning by the announcement that the
villa had been rented for a few months
to a wealthy Russian family. The ar
rangements afforded us an endless
theme of conversation and conjectures,
and the coffee hour was often pro
longed as late as it was for us to use
our crochet needles, in the hope of
seing the arrival of the family or the
mistress, who, we all agreed, must be
young and beautiful to harmonize with
the charming decorations of her home.
One bright afternoon our anxious wait
ing was relieved by the sound of
wheels and the quick steps of spirited
horses,jand soon a magnificent car
riage rolled up to the gateway. The
footman sprang from his seat, opened
the door, and assisted an elderly gen
tleman of prepossessing appearance to
descend the steps ; then came a pretty
child of two ot three years ; then the
mother, a beautiful young woman.
HER GRACE AND CARRIAGE
indicating noble birth. She was dress
ed in an elegant and becoming costume
of the latest mode. Her broad-brim
felt hat, turned up at the side and
edged with gray ostrich feathers, while
a long plume of the same color droop
ed gracefully from the crown, set off
her handsome face to the best advan
tage. She gathered up her velvet man
tle and walked proudly into the house,
without deigning a glance at the curi
ous eyes who overlooked her from the
neighboring piazza above, but bowed
graciously to the servants who assem
bled to receive her. Passing weeks did
not serire to allay our curiosity, for no
one could tell who the pretty Russian
was, and after a few days the elderly
gentleman disappeared. She seemed
to have no friends or acquaintances.—
No one ever c rne to the house, and
when she drove out it was always with
her child and a lady, evidently her
companion. The prolonged quiet be
came wearisome to most of the guests
in the adjoining house, and the eager
curiosity had settled down to an occa
sional conjecture as we awaited the
postman, and were often disappointed
in our pleasant expectations, while he
invariably passed on to the handsome
villa. Individually, my interest, in
creased rather than abated, for as I
often sat alone enjoying the gathering
twilight in my room, which faced the
chamber of
THE PRETTY SOLITARY WOMAN,
the gas wa3 lighted, and, without
drawing the curtains, the child arrayed
by the nurse in his nightly garments,
under the careful supervision of the
mother. This seemed to be the one
hour for which the mother lived, and I
saw her tender caresses, and the frolic
some gambols of the beautiful boy,
with a growing interest that. I did not
care to impart to others ; for I was
jealous of the friendly carelessness
with which they regarded me. Know
ing that I still sat by my window, and
could see directly into the room, they
did not care to shut me out by loosen
ing the falling drapery of the window.
So my kindly interest kept pace with
my imagination that wove for them
many aromatic tale. A rumor reached
us that the pretty woman wen the ban
ished wife of a certain member of a
royal family ; but nothing occurred to
confirm the report. The magnificent
open carriage had been put away and
replaced by an elegant, close two-seated
cab, in which the lady and child
took their usual airing. The short
days and cool evenings admonished
the summer guests it was time to dis
perse to their winter quarters, and I
confess that it was with a feeling of
real regret that I looked for the last
time on the bright boy and his interest
ing mother, for my interest had grown
to be more than mere idle curiosity. A
friend, who had remained, promised to
announce to us anything unusual that
might happen to our interesting neigh
bor. Soon we heard, “Since a certain
royal family are reported to be in Paris
our pretty neighbor has received a dis
patch regularly every morning.” The
messenger who chanced to bring a dis
patch to our landlady, complained that
he had made that long walk every
morning for some days, in order to
carry a dispatch to the adjoining villa.
This seemed to confirm the floating
rumor, and the lady grew to be more
an object of interest than ever. Not
long after an unusual excitement at the
villa attracted attention, and the anx
ious appearance of the pretty woman
at the window announced.
AN EXPECTANT ARRIVAL.
Presently a tall, handsome man in
plain black dress walked quietly up
from the depot. The butler and foot
man were waiting at the door fairly
laughing from the crown of their pow
dered heads to the soles of their slip
pered feet. At the first sound of the
opening gate, the pretty woman, re
gardless of all ceremony and everything
but giving sway to her long pent-up
feelings, flew down the stairway, and
in an instant more was clasped in the
loving arms of her husband, the Grand
Duke Alexis, of Russia. He remained
with her Friday, Saturday and Sunday,
only going out with her and the child
for a drive in the close cab. Sunday
evening she took him alone in the cab
to the depot, and Tuesday morning our
papers announced that Sunday, half
-12 p. m., the Grand Duke Alexis ar
rived in Berlin, from. Paris, and took
lodgings with the Russian Embassa
dor. We knowing ones smiled over
the pretty deception, but out of regard
for the devoted wife said nothing, and
now that all danger Is over, I entrust
the secret to the generosity of your
readers, who I know will sympathize
with the situation of the pretty Count
ess, who dares not to be the acknowl
edged wife of a possible claimant of the
Russian throne.
An old aphorism 'says : “At the ap
proach of night, nature puts on an at
titude of expectation.” But if nature
expects the street lamps of Washing
ton to be lighted on dark nights when
tne almanac says the moon shines, na
ture makes a mistake.
Philadelphia is well called the “Poor
KlH Paradiß6i ” Smad dwellings/ hi
reß P. ectful and healthful,suit
f°r . farrulies of small means, are to
be had there as low as 8<; per month.
Hence it is essentially a city of homes
and of filial as well as brotherly love.
A TALE OF TREASURE.
In Which the " Suddenly Acquired
Wealth of a California Man Is Ex
plained Not at All to His Credit.
The Sacremento Union of the 21st
tells this singular story :
When the Confederate army, under
Gen. Lee, was forced back from the
trenches at Petersburg by the Federal
army, President Davis hurriedly order
dered about fourteen millions of dol
lars, the property of the banks of Vir
ginia and ot the Confederate States, to
be placed on trains at Richmond and
sent South, intending to convey it to
the trans-Mississippi Department, if
possible, there to make a final stand.
The treasure was carried down to
Charlotte, N. C., where the railroad
ended. At this place it was decided to
leave the money belonging to the Con
federate States. It was placed in wagons
and the* retreat continued. The bri
gades of Gen. Basil Duke and Vaughan,
who had succeeded in escaping from
East Tennessee and had arrived at
Charlotte a few days before, were
placed, under the orders of Gen. John
C. Breckinridge, to act as an escort to
the treasure, and the command
proceeded South until Greensboro,
Washington county, Georgia, was
reached. At this point information
was received that the Federal Gen.
Wilson had captured Macon, a few
miles distant, and in the line of retreat
to the trans-Mississippi department.
The news soon got among the men.
They became demoralized, and a rush
was made for the wagons containing
the treasure. It was speedily divided
up among them, the officers being un
able to restrain the men. Among the
lucky ones were two soldiers belonging
to Company B, Third Tennessee Moun
ted Infantry of Vaughan’s brigade,
from Munro county, Tennessee. One
of them was named Albert Stevens,
and the other we will call J. T. Jones.
They had charge of a wagon contain
ing one hundred and fifty thousand
dollars in gold; and when the panic
spread among the soldiers and the cry
was “sawe qui peut," they retained
their presence of mind and drove off
in the woods, where they divided the
money, making some seventy-five thou
sand dollars apiece and separated, Ste
vens taking his to his home in Tennes
see, where he buried it, confiding its hid
ing place to his mother, a very old lady.
Finding that it would be dangerous
for him to remain in Tennessee, owing
to the unsettled condition of things
there, the people being equally divided
on the questions of the war, he went
to Georgia, where he found Jones, who
had bought a small place and was
quietly waiting until it would be safe
for him to return home. Stevens stay
ed awhile with Jones, and then went of
to another part of Georgia to visit some
relatives. Before going, however, he
informed Jones about the hiding of his
money and his mother’s knowledge of
its whereabouts. As soon as Stevens
was gone Jones mounted his hoise and
made a bee-line for Tennessee, to the
place where Stevens lived. Arriviug
there he presented his comrade’s
mother with a forged letter, purpo ting
to come from her son directiug her to
deliver the money to Jones, which the
old lady did. Jones then started direct
for California. Arriving here he pur
chased a la r ge tract of land in Mendo
erno county, land being very low at
that time, and has since amassed a
largo fortune in addition to his ill
gotten gains, and is now highly re
spected and a member of the church.
In the course of time, Stevens, hav
ing ascertained that it would be safe,
started for home, possibly dreaming of
a future life of ease and comfort on
some blue-grass farm—raising fat cat
tle and blooded horses—this being your
average Kentuckian’s or Tennessee
nean’s idea of an earthly paradise. On
reaching home he soon found out his
loss. Buckling on his revolver, he
scoured the entire South and West in
search of his faithless friend, vowing
to shoot him on sight, and only recent
ly ascertained his whereabouts. He is
now in correspondence with a promi
nent lawyer of this city, and an at
tempt will shortly be made to bring
Jones to account through the courts.
[Tallahassee Floridian.
The Member from Dade.
The Savannah News has made two
or three allusions of late to Dr. Hicks,
the member of Assembly from Dade,
the purpose of which is not particu
larly apparent, unless it be to depre
ciate him in public estimation and im
pair his usefulness for good if he is
disposed to a conservative course and
prepared to exert his admitted abili
ties towards furthering the best inter
ests of the State. Whatever the Doc
tor’s course may have been politically
in South Carolina and Georgia, he is
known here as a Liberal or Conserva
tive Republican : in this character we
do not think there has been any waver
ing. In his Centennial address, which
was very much admired by all class
es for the broad and liberal views
avowed on current topics, and which
the News makes the occasion for
a personal attack on its author, we do
not remember to have heard him say
that “he had never been a Democrat,”
nor do we think that he made any such
declaration, for it was not germane to
the line of thought ho was pursuing;
but he did unquestionably declare that
he was a disciple of Horace Greeley.—
With the views he then indicated, and
which ho iterates on all occasions, his i
true position is with the Conservatives,
as these come nearer in profession and
practice to the later utterances of the
great man whose political son he pro
fesses to bo than the party with
which he classes himself. So far as a
member of the Legislature, he hat
shown as little party spirit as could be
expected In one who was reared in the
Republican school and imbibed many
of the errors of that persuasion. The
election of a Conservative Speaker was
due, in a great measure, to him, and if
an ultra Republican Senator is not
chosen as the successor of Mr. Gilbert
we believe that the credit of prevent
ing such a calamity will also be ad
judged to him—at any rate he has ad
vertised his opposition to the election
of an extremist from that party or any
other, and there is little doubt that
he will be as good as his word. If we
understand Dr. Hicks correctly, his aim
Is to unite the liberal minded of both
parties in the effort to rescue the State
from Impending bankruptcy and ruin,
and we certainly know of propositions
coming from him, which, if concurred
in, would have tended immensely, in
the judgment of many good and true
men, to so desirable an end.
When we compare him with his pre
decessors in the Legislature from the
same county, who obtained a seat in
the Assembly twice by questionable
means, and measure him by the side of
others who call themselves Republi
cans and even Liberal Republicans,
the comparison is so infinitely in his
favor that we can only wish there were
more like him in the Legislature and
fewer of the other sort. We think
probably he is mistaken in some of the
means by which he hopes to inaugurate
a better state of things politically but we
have no doubt that his intentions are
good, and we can see no advantage to
be gained by assaults on his character
or attempts to show that his position
now is inconsistent with his attitude
somewhere else, and perhaps under
different circumstances. We could wish
that he were more of a Conservative,
but the Republican party of this State
is in sad need of some reforming leav
en, and If he can regenerate and make
it better, or any considerable portion
of it, he will do a work which will em
balm his memory as a performer of
miracles.
The News speaks of him as “ Glea
son’s protege,” when the fact in his
connection with that gentleman is al
together fortuitious. He became a
resident of the county now represented
by him by reason of becoming inter
ested, with several citizens of Augusta,
Ga., in a valuable property at Fort
Dallas,, and he was a candidate for the
Legislature on a no-party ticket, in op
position to a pronounced Republican.
The county went Conservative, Mr.
Hicks himself voting, as we have rea
son to believe, for Gen. Finley for Con
gress, and Gleason for Walls, the vote
being for Finley 26, Walls, 12; Hicks,
26 ; Brickell, 10.
List of Marriages in Augusta.
_ 1869.
Jan. 2—William A. Lawhon and C. H.
Pritchard.
Jan. 2—Gusput Brown and Isabella Gant.
Jan. 6—Daniel Williams and Amanda Wil
liams.
Jan. 7—Samuel Glover and Frances Gant.
Jan. 7—John W. King and Arabella J. Sav
age.
Jan. 7—Thomas Raddin and Mary Little.
Jan. Sullivan and Maria Dur
ham (c).
Jan. 9—Charles H. Rain and Laura Hen
derson (c).
Jan. 13—Johnson Mcßride and Polly Lee
(c).
Jan. 13—Benjamin Byas and Isadora
Frazier (ok
Jan. 19—Henry Barley and Elizabeth
Barnes (c).
21—James M. Watts and Catherine
Migell.
Jan. 25—Jacob Hutto and Allie Edwards.
Jan. 26—John Sullivan and Annie Murphy.
Jan. 27—Commodore Ivey and Eliza Ann
Baker.
Jan, 27—Elias W. Hatcher and Sarah E.
Beal.
Jan. 27—Andrew Graves and Eliza L. Hop
kins. v
Jan. 27—Gust Bennett and Adeline Col
lier (c).
Jan. 28—George Barnes and Fanny Hen
derson (c).
Jan. 28—Hugh H. Scott and Harriet A.
Nelson.
Feb. 2—Wm. McKinney and Mary 8.
Shirey.
Charles Roll and Jessie Addison.
C * c j^3— Patrick Sharkey and Mary Ann
. Feb. 4--Samuel Smith and Emily Lov
mgton (c).
Feb. s—Augustus Watson and Laura
Dickerson (c).
Feb. s—William J. Smith and Lucy Cobb.
heb. 7—William Alexander and Alena W
Campbell (c).
S Sutton and Lizzie Sutton (c).
Deb. B—Whitfield Cunningham and Annie
Cunningham.
Feb. B—Samuel Brown and Vinnie Ham
mond.
Feb. B—Andrew Chase and Louisiana
Pinkney (c).
Feb. 9—William Dixon and Mary Hagerty.
l'eb 10—John F. Miller and Anna M. Fra
zier.
Feb. 11—Robert E. Trader and Elizabeth
E. Seago.
Feb. 15—Edmund Ward and Sarah Kana
dy.
Feb. 15—Abraham Mitchell and Rose Ann
Adams.
Feb. 16—Enoch Hale and Harriet Rhodes.
Feb. 17—Cicero Harris and Ellen A. Stan
sell.
Feb. 18—William Cleapor and Susan Wil
liams.
Feb. 21—John J. Reeves and Martha John
son.
Feb. 24—William R. Palmer and Martha
M. Cheatham.
Feb. 25—John Tilman and Rachael An
thony (c).
Feb. 26—John Bryant and Betsey Cooper.
Feb. 26—Lucius Deyer and El' za Nanier.
Feb. 27—Andrew Jackson and Nancy
Jones (c).
Feb. 29—Wilson Hunter and Louisa John
son (o).
„ Feb. 29—Hartwell Hampton and Henrietta
Sadler (e).
March 2—Ben Fishburn and Louisa Skin
ner.
March 3—Wesley Walker and Adeline
Kennedy (c).
March 7—Albert Hopkins and Rebecca
Anderson.
March 7—Doctor Robertson and Tempy
Jones (c).
March 10—Joseph M. Mitchell and Mrs.
Lucy Benjamin.
March 11—Riley Davis and Annie Thomp
son.
March 11—Howell C. Walker and Corinne
L. Greiner.
March 11—Washington March and Jane
Kelsey (c).
March 12—Nicholas B. Clarke and Aman
da C. Jones.
March 13—Henry Smith and Lucinda
Clemmonds.
March 13—Handy Brown and Lucy Har
bin.
March 14—Wm. Giles and Flora Giles (c).
March 18—Joseph Bierman and Sarah J,
Pardue.
March 19—Francis M. Dugas and Mary J.
Summervillejo).
March 21—Elbert Corker and Nelly Clarke.
March 21—Allen Chavous and Hannah
Gibbs (c).
March 24—William Thompson and Sarah
Blgnon (c).
March 27—John A. Neeley and Emeline
Cnbb.
March 31—Richard Darlington and Lou
Laugham (c).
April I—Silas J. Cary and Annie L. Par
ker.
April I—Mary P. Scott and Mary M.
Yonce.
April I—Moses Jackson and Eliza Haines
(o).
April B—Aaron Minis and Henrietta John
son.
April B—John H. Smith and Harriet E.
Ingalls.
April 11—William Bird and Louisa Bar
ron.
April 12—Thomas J. Woods and Savannah
Earnest.
April 13—John Miles and Eliza Shivey.
April 13—Wm. Harris and Sallie Lee (c).
April 14—Philip Campbell and Jane Mills.
April 15—John W. Clark and M. Emma
Schaub.
April 15—Henry Whiteman and Adeline
Murray (c).
April 15—Nicholas P. Haffler and Mary J.
Knight.
April 18—Monday Williams and Lettuce
Carter.
April 21—Washington A. Gibbs and Eliza
beth F. Hunt.
„ April 22—Madison Danfort and Tenney
Williams (or Jenny Wilbourne).
April 22—Charles Heery and Mary S.
Haney.
April 23—Edward Tillman and Infelia
Duggett (c).
April 24—Lewis Hoffman and Mary Neese.
April 25—Albert Wavman and Gussie
Evans (c).
April 28—Nero Green and Catherine Hines.
April 29—Peter Pardue and Caroline E.
Calvin.
April 29—Dennis Scott and Easter Wil
liams (c).
May I—Theodore Frederick and Martha
Thomas (c).
May 4—William M. Wilkinson and Annie
E. Bartlett.
May s—Thomas J. Crews and Cecelia J.
Snead.
May s—William W. Hensley and Marian
W. Lanier. *
May 6—Gilbert Fountain and Mattie Deas.
May B—Allen Pinkney and Venus Pink
ney (c).
May B—-Jackson Grant and Milley Grant
(c).
May B—DanielO’Conor (or O’Conyers) and
Elizabeth Foley.
May 10-Wiley Wright and Phillis Wil
liams, c.
May 12—Alexander E. Guidron and Cathe
rine E. Harris.
May 12—James Brown and Annie Wal
ton, c.
May 13—John R. Lee and Mary E.
Thomas.
May 13.. Jerry Bugg and Nancy Tur
ner, c.
May 16—William R. Adams and Hester
Green.
May 20—Julius Hill and Chaney Fran
cis, c.
May 23—Thomas Tarver and Catherine
E. Medlock.
May 25—Mark Jennings and Kitty Me*
Tyre, c.
a May 25—Joseph Hill and Rose Irwins, c.
May 26—John D. Hutchinson and Lizzie
Hensley.
May 26—Abner T. Parrott and Mary
Edings.
May 26—Elias Harris and Affle Bellice, c.
May 27—George Maul and Margaret
Winter.
May 27—Michael Lehane and May O’Con
ner.
May 30—John J. King and Eliza Free.
May 30—Isaac Simon and Johannah Heatz
May 30—Ceaser Anderson and Hannah
Anderson, c.
.June 2—Henry Graves and Henrietta D.
Milligan.
June 2—Augustus Barnes and Rhina Win
ters, c.
June 3—Alexander Arant and Lucinda
Carpenter.
„ June 3—Thomas J. Holmes and Florida
H. Calvin.
June 3—David A. Ritter and Caroline E.
Stearnfe.
, Juu? 6—Harrison Bryson and Caroline
Aldridge, c.
June B—James Grant and Julia Ann
Hooper, c.
June 10—Aaron J. Adkins and Jane Pritch
ard.
June 12—Alexander Grayson and Celia
Williams.
June 3—James Craighton and Catherine
Reed.
June 13—Miles Scott and Catherine Scott,
c.
June 13—Isaac Moore and Rola Irwin, c.
June 13—Gust Butler and Jenny Benja
min, c.
June 14—James E. Sharb and Frances
Payne.
June 14—Thomas Altman and Susan Par
ker.
, June 15—William M. Timberiakeand Mary
W. Ramey.
June 15—Orlando Langston and Betty
Lucas.
June 16—Thomas B. Green and Mamie L.
Nelson.
June 22—John H. Martin and Augusta A.
Mixon.
June 24—Philip Golphin and Camilla
Lewis, c.
June 27—Thomas K. Wallace and Emma
Arnett.
June 27—James H. Collins and Oregon G.
Ra msey.
June 27—Randle Bryant and Margaret
Bryant.
June 30—James Brown *and Harriet Wil
liams, c.
June 30—Sam Noble and Harriet Gai
nes, o.
June 30—Joseph W Roynolds and Mar
garet Jane Mills.
June 30—Daniel Mathews and Mary
Parish.
July 4—Wilson J. Wells and Mary M.
King.
July 4—Thornton Campbell and Betsy
Dawtry (or Doutzy), c.
July 7—William H Lemon and Marie N.
Setzler.
July B—William Dennis and Nancy Hop
kins. c.
July B—Smith Washington and Harriet
Chow, c.
July 11—Handy Thomas and Hannah
Twiggs, c.
July 11—John Barnes and Charity Fal
ley, c.
July 14—John C. Nagle and Annie Saxon.
July 14—George B. Snowdon and Virginia
Danforth, c.
July 17—Lewis Vinson and Charlotte
Thompson, c.
July 18—Nathan Perry and Nancy
Thomas, c.
July 20—Robert Simmons and Emma
Watts, c.
July 20—Solomon Cole and Poulain Rober
son, c.
July 22—Henry Smith and Clanda
Smith, c.
July 26 —Joseph Thorn and Julia Cawley.
IFrom the Troy Times, January isth.
AN ARMY OFFICER’S CAREER.
A Story of Elopement, Marriage and
Shame.
The doors of the Albany peniten
tiary yesterday closed upon a man
whose brief history is, indeed, a sad
one. His name is Virgil S. Eggleston,
and he fell from one of the most re
sponsible and honored positions in the
army of the United States. Born of
greatly respected parents in the village
of Palmyra, in this State, he received a
good education, and was prepared to
discharge with credit and intelligence
the duties of a worthy, if not a promi
nent member of society. He possessed
inflential friends, who secured for him
a position in the Paymaster General’s
Department of the army. While re
siding in Washington, and performing
with fidelity the duties of a clerk In
the employ of the Government, he be
came acquainted with the daughter of
Henry Wilson’s landlady, and eloped
with her. They were married and re
turned to the maternal domicile. Mr.
Wilson now interested himself in the
young man, whose character was ex
cellent, morals unexceptionable and in
telligence superior. With the assist
ance of other friends, Mr. Wilson pro
cured for young Eggleston the posi
tion of paymaster in the regular army,
with the rank of Major. His appoint
ment was one of the last acts of An
drew Johnson’s administration.
The fact that he had been taken
from civil life and given a position in
the army which so many lieutenants
and captains coveted, caused Egcleston
to be guarded with a jealous eye, and
from the start he was unpopular in the
service. However, he was sent to
Oregon, and went thither, taking with
him his young wife, a giddy, thought
less creature, over whose shameless
career subsequently we will draw the
vail of silence. Major Eggleston was
in the Modoc war, and was one of the
first to enter the lava beds after the
cruel murder of Gen. Oanby. His
heroism gained him some favor with
the officers, and his military career
now became more promising. The
subsequent discovery of the bad con
duct of his wife made him desperate,
and, for the first time in his life,
he became reckless, and engaged in a
life of wild disorder and disgrace.—
The more he tried to do for
her the worse She grew. Debts multi
plied, and sorrows filled his cup to
overflowing. At last he began to us?
the public money to meet his own and
wife’s extravagances. The sum of $12,-
000 had been embezzled and squander
ed, when he was arrested, tiled by
court-martial, and sentenced to be
cashiered, and imprisoned In the Al
bany Penitentiary for the period of five
years, and to remain in confinement
until the amount of money embezzled
was restored to the Government, which
practically amounted to a life sentence.
President Grant approved the proceed
ings of the court, but, with a generous
endorsement regarding Eggleston’s
bravery in the Modoc war, fixed the
limit of the imprisonment at ten years.
A lady living in the West End, fear
ing that her washerwoman would suf
fer from the intense cold, dispatched a
member of the family to pay a little
back bill of fifty cents. The m. off.
found the washerwoman broiling q uails
for supper, and the whole colored col
ony in high feather.
During the crush in the Brooklyn
Court room yesterday an easily exacer
bated spectator kept grinding his heel
for about fifteen minutes against the
shin of the party behind him, before he
discovered that this party had a wooden
leg.
TRUSTEE’S SALE.
Bx C. V. WALKER, Atjctioneee.
First Tuesday in
HnnoA in ii,oii lß7s i Lower Market
Mouse, m the city of Augusta hi'twwn tho
legal hours of sale, pursuant to the deed of
trust from Wm. H.’ Goodrich to ml dated
December 3d 1874, and ratified at the nS
mg of creditors December 21st, 1874, the
following described property :
1. All that Lot in said city known as No
271, on the north side of Broad street be
tween Campbell and Jackson streets, front
ing on Broad street twenty-four feet, more
or less, and running back of equal width
one hundred and ninety feet, more oi less
to an alley, and including one-half interest
in said alley, occupied by (J. G. Goodrich.
Possession of the store will be delivered im
mediately if desired, and the purchaser to
have the rental of the store and rooms
overhead from January Ist, 1875. This
property is rented above and below for
terms—One-third cash; balance first of
July and November, 1875, with interest
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
the policies assigned.
This property is sold at the risk of the
former purchaser.
2. All that Warehouse Lot in said city,
on the north side of Reynolds street, be
tween MeCartan and Campbell streets,
having a front on Reynold street of one
hundred and thirty-one feet nine inches,
more or less, and running back of equal
w uith a distance of forty leet, when it in
creases in width to one hundred and fiftv
feet, and runs back of this width to a line
parallel to Reynolds street, and two hun
dred and thirty-four feet six Inches, more
or less, distant therefrom. At present oc
cupied by Pollard & Cos., and Robert A.
Fleming. Ihis property is rented until
September 1, 1875, and rent paid to that
date.
Terms—Cash.
3. Those two Lots of Land, with tene
ment houses, known as Goodrich’s Range,
below the southeast corner of MeCartan
and Reynolds streets, in the city of Au
gusta, each having a front on Reynolds
street of twenty-live feet, more or less, and
running through of equal width to Jones
street. .Each hou* e has eleven rooms and
attic. One of these tenements is rented at
S6OO a year, and the rental will bo the pro p
erty of the purchaser. Possession will be
delivered immediately of the tenement not
occupied.
Terms—Cash.
Those two Lots of Land, with tene
ment houses, on the northeast corner of
Reynolds and MeCartan streets, in the citv
ol Augusta, each having a front on Rey
nolds street of twenty-nine feet, more or
less, and running back of equal width one
hundred and thirty-two feet, more or less.
The houses are rented until October Ist
1875, at $475 each, and the rental from Jan
uary Ist, 1875, will be the property of tho
purchaser.
Terms—Cash.
5. Those two Lots of Land, with tene
ment houses, on the east side of MeCartan
street, between Reynolds and Bay streets,
in the city of Augusta, each having a front
on MeCartan street of twenty-six feet,
more or less, and running back of equal
width ninety feet, more or less. These
houses are rented until October Ist, 1875, at
$340 each. The rental irom January Ist,
1875, will be the property of the purchaser.
Terms—Cash.
6. All that Lot, with improvement there
on, on the north side of Reynolds street,
below MeCartan street, fronting forty-six
feet nine inches, more or less, and running
back of equal width one hundred and thir
ty-two feet, more or less. The house is
rented until October Ist. 1875, at s3oo. The
rental from January Ist, 1875, will be the
property of the purchaser.
Terms—Cash.
7. All that Lot,with improvements there
on, on the north side of Reynolds street,
between MeCartan and Campbell streets,
with improvements thereon, consisting of a
large three-story dwelling house and out
houses, kuown as the residence of William
H. Goodrich, having a front on Reynolds
street of seventy-one feet, more or less,
and running back of equal width two hun
dred and ninety feet, more or less.
Terms—Cash.
8. All that Lot. on the north side of
Roynolds street, between Campbell and
MeCartan streets, having a front on
Reynolds street of sixty-four feet six
inches, more or Jess, and running back of
equal width one hundred and thirty-two
feet, more or less, when it widens fourteen
foot six inches, more or less, on the west
and extends of this additional width fiftv
one feet eight inches, more or less, when‘it
widens ninety feet, more or less, on the
west to MeCartan street, and thence back
with this additional width to Bay street,
widening also on the east, after proceeding
two hundred and ninety feet, more or less,
to the rear of the lot on which the dwelling
house is situated, seventy-one feet, more
or less, so as to have a front on Bay street
of two hundred and sixty-five feet, more or
loss, together with all the improvements,
consisting of Machine Shops, Carpenter
Shops, Blacksmith Shops. Gin Shops, Kilns,
Store Houses and Servants’ Houses there
on. Also, all the Machinery, consisting of
Engine, Running Gear, Ac., &c., also, all
the stock of material on hand, to be sold
separately, and the amount determined by
experts. The plat of these promises will be
exhibited at the sale.
Terms—Cash.
9. All that Tract of Land* in Richmond
and Columbia counties, kuown as tae Sum
mer Residence of Wm. H. Goodrich, and
containing one hundred and fifty-four acres,
purchased from Edward Perrin, February
21, 1860.
Terms—Cash.
10. All that Tract of Land, in Richmond
county, known as the Cliett blace, contain
ing one hundred and sixty-nve acres, pur
chased from Edwin Perrin, September 1,
iB6O.
Terms—Cash.
11. All that Tract of Land, in Richmond
county, on the Miiledgeville and Murray’s
Mill Road, kuown as the Haywood place,
containing fifty-five acres, more or less,
purchased from E. W. Doughty, August
18th, 1866.
Terms—Cash.
12. All that Tract of Land, in the county
of Richmond, on the north side of the Co
lumbia county road, about three miles
distant in a westerly direction from the
city of Augusta, containing about fifty
eight and three quarter acres, purchased
fiom E. B. Goodrich, June 26th, 1871.
Terms—Cash.
13. All that tract of Land, in Richmond
county, containing forty-one acres, more
or less, bounded north and northeast by.
lands of Emma DeLaigle, now Harriss.'
south by land of Silcox, and west by land
formerly August Kempse, deceased, and
being a portion of the estate of Charles
JeLaigle, deceased, purchased by Kempse
from the heirs of DeLaigle.
Terms—Cash.
This sale is to pass the title free from all
encumbrances or taxes, except taxes on the
city land for 1875, which the purchaser is
to pay as well as expense of conveyance to
him. FRANK H. MILLER,
feb3-tf Trustee.
Dyeing and Cleaning,
rpHE UNDERSIGNED WOULD RE-
X spectfully announce to the citizens of
Augusta, and vicinity, that he still con
tinues to do Dyeing and Cleaning in all its
branches.
Ladies’ Dresses, Shawls, Sacques, 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.
All oilers left with me on south side of
Broadstreet, between McKinne and Mai
bury, will receive prompt attention.
uyU2aw°r- GEO R. DODGE.
A RARE CHANCE
FOE A SPLENDID LOCATION! For
Bale—the large STORE, being three
stories—brick building—south side Broad
street, In front of the Opera House, next to
T. W. Carw”e A Cos. For terms, apply to
I. P. GIRARDEY,
nov22-tf Proprietor.
PEN LUCY SCHOOL,
FOR BOYH.
THE next Half Session of this School, two
miles north of Baltimore, will beirin
on MONDAY, the 4th of February. Rates
have been reduced in accordance with the
Umee. „ R. M. JOHNSTON,
Jn24-2w Waverly, Baltimore oounty, Md.
-New Series—Vol. 3. No. 23
lor Sale or Exchange.
T Exchange for a GOOD
mv T KmVtvp m £ eor *' a or Carolina,
ru , oo Greene Street, and a
* irstclass stock of GROCERIES on Broad
street both centrally located
For further information address
. „ „ MLJ. 0.,
janJl-2 w In care of This Office.
Foreign Exchange.
Mebc ha;sts A Planters National Bank. )
Augusta, Ga., November 1/, 1874. j
rpHES BANK draws Sight Bills of Ex
tTk.r.of 11 ? 6 ’ 1,1 Bums to suit purchasers, at
n England, Ireland. Scot
ly,FrUßaiA other
J. s. BEAN, Cashier.
FRUITLAND NURSERIES,
AUGUSTA, GA.,
P. J. BERCKMANS, Prop’r.,
/~\E DERB for TREES. PLANTS rttt t>u
will uatlar6ieL.>:l
OEO
DR. B. H. WASHINGTON
Tenders hi. Piofessional Service, to
the (itizens of Augusta and vicinity. Office
at bis residence, No. 26 Fenwick street,
second door above Centre, opposite Colum
bia I;. I;. Depot. jan26-tulhsa3
City Taxes for 1874.
.PfRSONS IN ARRRARS for City Taxes
for 1874. are hereby notified that Execu
tions for the amount of Tax wUI bo placed
in the bands of the City Sheriff, on tho Ist
day of February next.
. 'JAMES W. WALKER,
Ass’t Col, and Treasurer.
Notice of Dissolution.
r pi ; E firm of Walton, Clark A Cos. was
ROBERT WALTON,
J- A. A. W. CLARK.
IN retiring from the firm of Walton,
'•<I4RK A Cos. I cordially recommend
i-rm succeeding firm, Messrs. WALTON A
uLAhii, to tzie public, as being’ in ©very
" fY deserving of confidence and patronage.
jaiß-tr BOB’T W. ROBERTSON
r Safe Deposit Boxes.
The NATIONAL BANK of Augusta
small SAFES inside its
\ a 'i u * at moderate rate®, for the
reception of Bonds, Securities, Deeds, Le
falGwuments, Plato, Coin, Jewelry, and
valuables ol every description.
Littuixr* G. M. THEW,
U'26-l y* Cashier-
Notice to the Public.
T Kive notice that Mr. JOSEPH
fu t
or the Forest City lias no
authority to do anything in regard to the
busines of the same.
The work will go on as before, and the
patronage of the public is respectfully so
li Cl ted. GEO. R. LOMBARD,
lin*6-3 Proprietor.
NOTICE.
Dissolution of Partnership.
riIHE FIRM OF LAMB A PURCELL was
X dissolved on the 26th Inst., by mutual
COlepuf ■
T. PURCELL will continue
the business. He is the only person author
ized to settle all claims due the firm.
jnn29-lt* k T^PUfeCELL.
STOP THIEF !
STOLEN from my stable at Aiken, S. C.
t he - 22d of January, a
GARK BAY MARK six or seven years old,
with white spot on right hind feet- Stolen
by a white man named John Green • -aid
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
tbo delivery of said Mare and for the arrest
of the Thief.
J. A - givens,
j.ic3l-7 Aiken, 8. C.
UNITED STATES
Type ad 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
JIL Faces, both Plain and Ornamental
kept; on hand.
All Type cast at this establishment is
manufactured from the metal kuown av
Conneris ” unequalled Hard Type Metal,
article necessary for a perfect
Printing Office furnished.
The Type on which this Paper Is printed
is from the above establishment.
octl2-tf _
Captain Jack’s Cigar Store,
75 JACKSON STREET,
AUGUSTA, GEORGIA.
rjIHE CAPTAIN begs to call the attention
J. of dealers to his large and varied stock
of DOMESTIC CIGARS, which he will soil
at bottom prices.
Address, P. QUINN,
octl7-tf Angnwta. Ga
720 ACRES OF LAND
For Sale, Lease or Rent.
T as above the LAND lying about
1 half in Columbia and half in McDuffie
a unty, on LJttle BLiver and Cane Creek—
tie Creek the dividing line between the
counties. The Land is well timbered
with oak, hickory and pine. The open
lands, uplands and lowlands are fertile, and
as good producing lands for grain and cot
ton as any in this section of Gfeorgla There
is good fall and locatior for water power on
tlio .keex. For further particulars address
ou: rt Clay Hill, in personouthen ae
J. A. COLLIN>
GEORGIA
COTTON PRESS
Patented Mat 10th, 1870.
.1 HIS PRESS, in use the past five years,
has still further been improved, and is now
considered the
REST and CHEAPEST HAND
POWER PRESS IN USE.
We have a few on hand, made up the past
season, which we will sell at
Reduced Prices,
If ORDERED ATONOE WITH THE CASH.
Parties who intend purchasing next Fall,
will do well to take advantage of this offer.
Pendleton & Boardnmn,
IRON FOUNDRY,
Kollock Street, AUGUSTA, GA,
janSNUcUn