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/ee constitutionalist
/ SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 7, 1875.
THE GREAT CRISIS.
Hon. A. H. Stephens’ Views.
A distinguished Georgian, a man. o?
*ar head and the soul of honor, has
itten from Washington, to a friend
this city, the following letter. His
rds are those of “ truth and sober
.-s they breathe the patriotic im
dses of a heart and mind devoted to
e best interests of the beloved South ;
.and, what may be more interesting to
i e majority of readers, they put at
; -:t the misrepresentations recently in
•eration against Hon. Alexander H.
: jephens. We consider this letter so
. imirable and opportune that no place
: honor in these columns is too con
; >icuous for it. We make no apology,
terefore, for presenting it editoriaiiy.
. he sentiments vouched for as those
Mr. Stephens have long been in our
ossession confidentially. We rejoice
that they are at last made public, in so
mphatic a manner, by this corre
spondent :
Washington City, D. C., )
February 2,1875. )
My Dear Sir : “ I have been here
now, long enough, I think, to judge of
the temper of the party in control of
tiie Government, and I regret to say
/hat I see many manifestations both
on the floor of the Senate and of
the House, of a settled purpose to
arouse, if possible, the animosities of
the late war, and thus secure anew
lease of power. But I can but feel that
he sober second thought has come to
he people at large, and that this gen
ration at least will not and cannot be
lurried again into fraternal strife and
bloodshed. I was gratified to hear
Senator Gordon on the floor of the
Senate the other day, after declaring
his fealty to the Constitution and the
Union of these States, make his appeal
from the sectional hate on that floor,
to the popular heart and patriotism of
the whole country. The speech was a
masterly one in all its features, but
in its manhood, its unsectional
patriotism and comprehensive appre
ciation of the great issues of the pend
ing crisis. Asa Georgian, my heart
beat high with emotions of pride and
as he stood erect with his
line martial form dilating with the no
ole thoughts and sentiments that stir
red within him, and boldly denounced
he spirit that would fan into live
coals the dying embers of the late un
happy strife, and declared that his
nope and confidence were in the hearts,
•onsciences and courage of the soldiers
md people of every section of this
broad land.
“ From this focal centre a man has
better opportunities to see and appre
ciate the popular sentiment of this
-ountiy as it is reflected from all sec
dons. It would be well if all the citi
zens of this country could occasionally
visit Washington, and put their fingers
n the popular pulse, and know how
the great heart of the nation beats. It
vould surely tend to delocalize and
nder less sectional and bitter our
imerican politics. This, however, be
g impracticable, how important the
iry resting on the press and public
: m; for they constitute the chief, if
i the sole means of information to
; - great body of the people. If they
e unfair, partial and sectional in
: .r outgivings ; if they do not truth
fly represent all shades of public sen
uent, so their patrons and constit
i mts can for themselves judge of the
ration, they are recreant to their
■ urh calling and obligation, and do
\ .oily more harm than good. Instead
ol faithful sentinels, they are deceivers
—instead of pacificators, they are fac
uists, and instead of pouring oil on
t e troubled waters, are in fact raising
me whirlwind and the storm. The
great need in this country at this time
less passion and more principle in
>ur politics. This line of thought leads
me to congratulate you, as well as all
other Georgians, that your immediate
representative, Mr. Stephens, belongs
to that class of statesmen (greatly in
demand just now) who subordinate
passion to principle, and look away
from mere ephemeral party tactics and
triumphs to the higher ends of good,
peaceful, prosperous and permanent
government for all.
“ Whether he, and others of like wis
dom and prudence, will be able to stem
t he wild current that seems to be rush
ug us on as a people into the vortex of
sectional passsion, that will surely re
mit in a Democratic defeat in 1876, re
mains to be seen. No one, from this
national standpoint can fail to perceive
hat any policy which will awaken and
ekindle the asperities of the late con
flict between the States must eventuate
i u a new' and indefinite lease of power
:o the now dominant party with all its
bnoxious tenets and direful tenden
cies to centralization. Mr. Stephens
,ees ail this and, with his heart full of
a. patriotism that comprehends the
•hole country, and the self-poise which
belongs only to the truly great, is
watching the rapidly developing phases
f the present crisis (which he regards
is the most alarming since the dark
days of 1880), hoping that at the proper
moment he may ba able tc aid in
bringing forward and duly inaugurating
a policy that may avert the impending
evil ana rescue Constitutional liberty.
As there seems to be some general
anxiety to know his position on certain
pending questions, I will mention here
a little incident tnat occurred when I
happened to be in the room of the
illustrious commoner —several others
being present at the time. By the by,
his room is frequently thronged with
visitors from all parts of the Union
who call to pay their respects to the
enowned Georgian. A citizen of our
State just arrived, and passing through
to New York, came in to see him, and
not having but a minute or two to stop,
inquired after his health, and then said
—“ Mr. Stephens some of our Georgia
people want to know why you don’t
speak on the Louisiana question ; and
,vh tiier you are going to speak on it?”
Sa: 1 Mr. Stephens: “Say to them I never
att apt to cross a river until I come to
it. The Louisiana question has’nt
reached the House yet; and when it
does it will be time enough to speak
upon it. And even then I shall not
speak upon it, unless in my judgment I
can see some good to be accomplished
by so doing. If I don’t know when to
speak and what to say for the security
and welfare of our people, better than
they far away fft>m the scene of action
possibly can, I’ve no business here !
And if my past record and life do not
give assurance of my integrity as well
as j udgment in such patters, I have no
business here.” He went on to say in
conversation, in substance, that he was
deeply anxious for the condition of the
country ; that he regarded the re-elec
tion of Grant by the Radical party to
the Presidency as the greatest possible
calamity which could befall the coun
try ; and that it would be his utmost
endeavor now, as it had been for two
years past, to prevent that state of
things which would bring it about.
Imprudent speaking did much mis
chief sometimes. There are occasions
in the life of a great party when silence,
prudence and a masterly inactivity are
its highest policy, because then the
Opposition is allowed to develop its
pernicious schemes and show its
hand fully, and then can find no shel
ter from the storm of popular indigna
tion certain to come upon it. These
seem to be his views, and, further,
that it is of the first importance that
the friends of Constitutional Freedom,
with whom is the hope of the future of
this Government, should fully under
stand and wisely appreciate the truth
that “in their patience possess they
their souls.”
“It is believed that Mr. Stephens’
great fear is, that wild and fiery speak
ing on the Louisiana question, denun
ciations of Grant and the military, and
persistent ‘ filibustering ’ in the House
will rekindle the animosities of the late
struggle and bring about a condition
of things that will lead the Republi
cans to re-nominate Grant (whom they
do not really want, but will take, in
order to win), and who, in Mr. Ste
phens’ opinion, is the strongest man
they can run ; and that Grant, at the
head of that party, however practical
and conservative he might otherwise
be in his own views and feelings, will
be carried along by the mad whirl of
reinstalled Radicalism until the list
vestige of the liberties vouchsafed by
the founders of the Government will
be swept away. He believes that the
past and present acts of the Radical
party are rapidly crushing it out of ex
istence, and that it must die in the next
election, unless the Democrats and Con
servatives, by inexcusable blundering,
revive its sinking fortunes. His policy in
a nutshell, as bis friends understand it,
is to avoid all violence in word as well
as action, and to appeal only to the
peaceful remedies of the Constitution,
the courts and the ballot-box. In
this way the Democrats and Conserva
tives can easily hold the vantage
ground obtained in the late elections,
and by addressing themselves to the
calm and patriotic judgment of an op
pressed and impoverished people will
most surely succeed in hurling the
present dominant party from power.
Meantime some wise scheme of finan
cial relief, whereby money shall be
made more accessible to all classes of
industrial pursuits, throughout the
entire land, may be devised and some
general policy adopted looking to paci
fication and kind relations between all
the peoples of ail sections.”
Drinking Made Easy.— An ingenious
German chemist has discovored a sim
; pie method of converting sawdust into
; brandy. The results must necessarily
. be appalling, and a Tennessee paper
pictures them thus:
We are a friend of the temperbnee move
ment, and we want it to succeed, but what
chance will it have when a man can take a
rip-saw and go out and get drunk with a
fence rail ? What is the use of a Prohibi
tory Liquor law if a man is able to make
brandy smashes out of the shingles on his
roof, or if he can get delirium tremens by
drinking the legs of his kitchen chairs ? You
may shut an inebriate out of a gin-shop,
and keep him awiy from taverns, but it he
can become uproarious on boiled sawdust
and dessicated window-silis, an effort at re
form must necessarily be a failure, It will
be wise, therefore, if temperance societies
wiil butcher the German chemist before he
goes any further.
Our friends, the Good Templars,
should have all of their furniture made
of iron, as wood has grown into the
proportions of a monstrous temptation.
Hon. J. H. Christy. —One of our ex
changes, we think the Sparta Times
and Planter, has this paragraph ;
The question of who shall become Mr.
McMillan’s successor is agitating the
Ninth Congressional District. There is a
strong outside pressure in favor of Ben
Hill; Solicitor Emory Speer has an
nounced himself, and there are something
less than a hundred other names mention
tioned in connection with the position. It
appears strange that Mr. John Christy is
not thought of. Elected to Congress soon
after the war, and rejected by the Radicals,
it would be no more than justice to a good
man to send him up again.
Some of the Democrats are not after
“ justice” just now, but “ great Colum
bian oratory.”
Convention. —Our friends of the
Chronicle and Sentinel put the mattej
thus :
The Hon. Pismire Honey-Fugole must
go to the Convention or the bill falls!
The Hon. Pismire Honey-Fuggle and
Col. Loaves-and-Fishes are running the
machine to suit themselves. They are
both grangers and both have a straw
berry mark on the left arm.
Not So —. The Washington Chronicle
alludes to Hon. B. H. Hill as General
B. H. Hill. In the next war perhaps,
but not now, Mr. Chronicle.
Mr. Stephens is frequently annoyed
by titles which he does not claim. On
several occasions we heard him ad
dressed as “ Governor” and “ Colonel”
Dr. Hicks.— -We publish, by request,
and in justice to Dr. Hicks, an article
from the Tallahassee Floridian, which
will no doubt interest many readers of
this paper.
Grant. —The President has informed
the Republican Senators that he did
not want any interference with Ar
kansas.
Carpenter. —Senator Morton says
“Louisiana defeated Matt Carpenter;”
but the popular opinion is that “ Long
Branch ” did it. Mr. Cameron, his suc
cessor, is a nephew of old Simon, the
Pennsylvania Senator, which may or
may not be a good thing.
Lamar. —The New York Herald says
Mr. Lamar,, of Mississippi, was the only
member engaged in the Civil Eighta
squabble who met the matter with
proper dignity and decorum, and he
did himself honor by making his point
without any bitter words of his own.
BY TELEGRAPH.
[Special to the Constitutionalist.
FROM ATLANTA.
The Legislature Proceedings—Sundry
Bills Offered and Some Passed—
Many Members Gone Home for a
Little While.
Atlanta, February 6.
In the Senate, this morning, a reso
lution by Mr. Black was agreed to re
questing the Governor to furnish copies
of reports of the principal keeper of
the Penitentiary as Inspector of Con
victs ; all violations, if any, by con
tractors ; by contractors of contract;
and also copies of bonds required from
lessees of Penitentiary convicts.
The following bills were introduced
in the Senate:
By Mr. Black —To confer additional
jurisdiction on County Courts in cases
of garnishment.
By Mr. Reese—To amend the act
relative to giving in land for taxation
By Mr. Howell—To amend the con
stitution so as to prohibit the payment
of illegal bonds.
The following bill passed the Senate:
To amend the act organizing the
County Court of Muscogee.
The following House bills passed the
Senate:
To prohibit camping under or by
public and private bridges without con
sent of the owner; to authorize the
hiring out of convicts in Quitman
county.
The Committee of the Asylum for the
Blind reported the institution in a
prosperous condition. There are fifty
two pupils. They speak in high terms
of the musical department and recom
mend an additional appropriation of
$3,000.
In the House, this morning, Mr. War
ner moved to reconsider the appropria
tion act in order to call the ayes and
nays on the bill, so as constituents
might know h.ow members voted. The
motion to reconsider was tabled by 82
ayes to 40 nays.
The House consumed the remainder
of the day on the special order bill to
establish a State Board of Health. The
bill was supported in able speeches by
Mr. Thomas, of Chatham, and Mr.
Carlton, of Clark, and opposed by Mr.
Baker, of Bartow. The bill passed by
50 ayes to 48 nays. There is a motion
to reconsider on Monday.
The House adjourned till Monday.
Many members have gone home to
spend Sunday.
The following bill was introduced in
the Senate:
By Mr. Cain—To amend the act lim
iting the assessment of taxes in the
State, so as to except Augusta.
ASSOCIATED PRESS DISPATCHES.
CONGRESSIONAL.
Bills Offered. No Interference with
. Arkansas.
Washington, February 6.—Senate.—
Shermau presented a memorial of the
; Cincinnati Chamber of Commerce
i in favor of granting aid, asked by
! Texas Pacific Railroad.
In the Senate, tne credentials of
j Theodore F. Randolph, from New Jer
: sey, were read and placed on file.
Flanagan, of Texas presented the
memorial of citizens of Brownsville,
Texas, in favor of modification of the
tax on leaf tobacco. Referred to
Finance Committee.
Pratt, of Indiana, from the Commit
tee on Pensions, reported back a bill
I granting pensions to certain soldiers
i and sailors of the war of 1812 and
widows of deceased soldiers, and to re
store to the pension rolls the names o:
persons stricken therefrom in conse
quence of disloyalty, with an amend
ment in the nature of a substitute.
Placed on the Calendar.
In reporting the bill, Pratt said the
substitute admitted to the pension
rolls the names of all surviving officers,
soldiers and sailors of the war of 1812
who served in that war for a period of
thirty days and also were honorably
discharged and did not voluntarily en
gage in the late rebellion. It also ad
mitted all surviving officers and sol
diers who served in the Indian war of
1811 and surviving members of the
Seneca Indian Nation who served in
the war of 1812, and finally restored to
the roll the names of all persons now
surviving stricken therefrom by act of
1862 to be paid from passage of the
act.
West, of Louisiana, presented the
memorial of P. B. 8. Pinchback asking
action on his claim for admission to a
seat in the Senate. Referred to the
Committee on Privileges and Elections.
In presenting it, West said : “I pre
sent the petition of P. B. 8. Pinchback,
Senator elect from the State of Louisi
iana.”
Cooper, of Tennessee, introduced a
bill to remove the political disabilities
of James M. Quarles, of Nashville,
Tenn. Referred to the Judiciary Com
mittee.
Sprague, of Rhode Island, from the
Committee on Public Lands, reported
favorably on the bill construing the act
for the benefit of the Mobile and Gi
rard Railroad Company of Alabama.
Placed on the Calendar.
Johnston, of Virginia, introduced a
bill to remove the political disabilities
of Robert Tansill, of Virginia. Refer
red to the Judiciary Committee.
Morton, of Indiana, from the Com
mittee on Privileges and Elections, re
ported back a bill to regulate the
counting of votes for President and
Vice-President, and a concurrent reso
lution to amend the 22d joint rule, and
asked that the committee be discharged
from their further consideration. So
ordered.
He also reported from the same com -
mittee a bill to provide for and regu -
late the counting of votes for President
and Vice-President, and the decisions
of questions arising therefrom. Placed
on the Calendar. notice that
he would ask the Senate to consider
the bill on Monday next.
The Senate discussed the House bill
to amend the steamboat laws, but
reached no vote.
The Louisiana discussion wiil be re
sumed on Wednesday.
The Civil Rights bill was received
from the House of Representatives,
and referred to the Judiciary Commit
tee.
House. —An investigation was direct
ed into the expenditures of the Wes
tern Judicial District of North Carolin *,
since 1872. A bill in relation to the
transfer of cause in the United States
Circuit Courts in Alabama was passed.
A bill to allow construction of a rail
road bridge over the Onachita river at
Monroe, Louisiana, and over Red
river at Shreveport, was report and re
committed.
A resolution to compel the New Or
leans, Mobile and Texas Railroad Com
pany to build a bridge over Pearl
river was offered by Lynch, of Missis
sippi, and referred to the Committee
on Commerce.
Majority and minority reports were
made by the select committee on Ar
kansas affairs, and recommitted. The
majority report recommends no action
by Congress or the Government and
the minority report insists that Joseph
Brooks is the legal Governor of Ar
kansas.
WASHINGTON.
Reported Compromise of the Louisi
ana Conservatives.
Washington, February 6.—Dispatch
es from New Orleans to the New York
Times and Herald, report a comprom
ise which has been adopted by the
Conservatives by a .vote of 39 to 27.
It involves the recognition of the Kel
logg government, and the re-seating of
1 the five members expelled by the mili
tary from the Lower House. McEnery
and Penn protest, and Wiltz offered
his resignation, which was not accept
ed. The clique here, who are in con
stant communication with New Or
leans, have no account of these occur
rences.
The United States and Mexican Claims
Convention.
Washington, February 6.—The recent
convention between the United States
and Mexico, having been ratified by
both countries, is now proclaimed by
the President. It extends, until the
31st day of January, 1876, the joint
commission for the settlement of
claims, but it does not alter or extend
the time originally fixed by the conven
tion of 1868 for the presentation of
claims to the commission. If, at the
expiration of the time when the func
tions of the commissioners shall ter
! rninate, the umpire shall not have de
cided all the eases referred to him, he
shall be allowed a further period of
not more than six months for that
purpose. The second article of the
convention reads as follows : “ All cases
which have been decided by the Com
missioners or by the umpire heretofore,
or which shall be decided prior to the
exchange of the ratifications of this
convention, shall from the date of such
exchange be regarded as definitely dis
posed of, and shall be considered and
treated as finally settled, barred and
thenceforth inadmissable, and pursu
ant to the stipulation contained iu the
fourth article of the convention of the
4th day of July, one thousand eight
hundred and sixty-eight. The total
amount awarded in cases already de
cided, and which may be decided be
fore the exchange of ratifications of
this convention, and in all cases which
shall be decided within the times in
this convention respectfully named for
that purpose, either by the commis
sioners or by the umpire, in favor of
citizens of the one party, shall be de
ducted from the total amount awarded
to the citizens of the other party, and
the balarre, to the amount of three
hundred thousand dollars, shall be
paid at the city of Mexico, or at the
city of Washington, in gold, or its
equivalent, within twelve months from
the 31st day of January, one thousand
eight hundred and seventy-six, to the
Governor in favor of whose citizens the
greater amount may have been award
ed without interest or any other deduc
tion than that specified. The residue
of the said balance shall be paid in an
nual instalments to an amount not
exceeding three hundred thousand dol
lars in gold or its equivalent in any one
year until the whole shall have been
paid.
The ratifications above referred to
i where exchanged on 28th January.
Special Message on the South Forth
coming.
The President will send a special
message to Congress on Monday re
garding the South.
Nomination: A. S. Gray, Marshal
Western District Virginia.
Confirmation; Sabin, Postmaster Gal
veston, Texas.
FOREIGN.
The Carlists Still Plucky but Un
fortunate. An Inter-Oceanic Canal.
Madrid, February 6. —Eight bat
talions of Carlists made a furious
attack on Alfonso’s troops near
Orteiza, making a bayonet charge.
They were repulsed with great loss.
A decree has been issued that mili
tary and naval officers shall abstain
from political meetings.
Paris, February 6. —The Consul Gen
eral of Nicarauga addressed a note to
Lesseps, asking support for an inter
oceanic canal, which he promises.
FALL RIVER.
A Bilious Time at the Cotton Mills.
Fall River, Mass., February 6. - The
strike among mill operatives continues.
Nearly 2,000 weavers and spinners,
mostly females, have been idle nearly a
fortnight.
ELECTRIC FLASHES.
John Stalcup, telegrapher at the
Western Union office in Washington,
and well known to the fraternity South,
died there yesterday of consumption,
aged 23.
Thirty-seven cases of small-pox have
developed in the Cook county, 111.,
Poor House.
Wheeling will probably become the
capital of West Virginia.
Savannah Races.
Savannah, February C. — Fine day,
fine track and large attendance. First
race, dash of two miles, between Gran
ger and Limestone. Declared a 'dead
heat; time, 3:44. Owners divided mo
ney, and declined to run another heat.
Second race, three mile heats—Jim
Hinton won two straight heats, beat
ing Occident; time, 7:04, 6:21. Poor
race ; nothing more than a walk over.
Third race, mile heats—Three started,
Volcano, Denver and Warfare. Vol
cano won two straight heats—l:s7)£,
1:52X- Races continue on Monday, the
last day.
NEW ORLEANS. ~“
Th® Conservative Compromise. Mo
Enery Disgusted.
New Orleans, February 6. —ln the
Conservative caucus last night the pro
position under consideration was that
the Conservatives should have a qaa
jority of about ten in the House, and
that the past action of the Kellogg
government should not be inquired
into. The vote stood 38 in favor of
this compromise to 27 against it.
Governor McEnery said by this ac
tion of the caucus it was evident to
him that it was time to lower the Dem
ocratic banner, and he therefore wished
to retire.
She threw a shawl over her head,
ran down SUth street two blocks,
turned into E, and went one block, and
as she entered a house she remarked :
“ Good evening Mrs. Smith ; how’s all
the folks ? Husband’s sick, baby com
plaining, John’s foot is no better, rent l
is due and the coal is out, but I really
felt as if it was duty to get out of the
house for a few minutes and inquire if
they’ve convicted Beecher yet.”
FUNERAL NOTICE.
THE FRIENDS AND ACQUAINTANCES
of Mr. -John A. Millen are respectfully in
vited to attend his funeral, from his late resi
dence, on Shultz’s Hill. S. C., THIS (Sunday)
MORNING, at 10 o’clock. *
SPECIAL NOTICES.
ATTENTION, IRISH VOLUNTEERS.
APPEAR AT YOUR DRILL ROOM ON
MONDAY, Bth inst., at T:80 p. m., for Regular
Meeting of the Corps.
M. J. MoAULIFFE,
febT-l Secretary.
GEORGIA COMMANDERY, NO. 1, K.\ T.\
A CALLED CONCLAVE OF THIS COM
MANDERY will be held at the Asylum. Ma
sonic Hall. TO-MORROW (Monday) NIGHT,
Bth inst., at 7 o’clock.
By order Captain-General.
C. F. LEWIS.
feb7-l Recorder.
Augusta Real Estate and Builing Associa
tion.
THE REGULAR MONTHLY INSTALL
MENT of $2 per share on the Capital Stock of
this Association will be payable to the Treas
urer, at his office, on TUESDAY, 9th inst.
E. R. DERRY,
feb7-2 Secretary and Treasurer.
MEDICAL CARD.
DRS. R. & A. S. CAMPBELL.
HAVING RETURNED TO THE CITY, I
offer my professional services to the citizens
of Augusta and vicinity.
My son, Dr. A. S. Campbell, is associated
with me in practice.
Office and residence No. 19 Mclntosh street,
between Broad and Reynolds,
ROBERT CAMPBELL, M. D.
In accordance with the above I have re
moved my office to No. 19 Mclntosh street.
feb2-2w A. SIBLEY CAMPBELL. M. D.
NATIONAL EXCHANGE BANK, I
Augusta, Ga., January 23d, 1876.)
AT A MEETING OF THE BOARD OF
DIRECTORS, held this day. Mr. JOSEPH 8.
BEAN, SR,, was elected to fill the office of
Cashier of this Bank. ALFRED BAKER,
jan24-tf President.
CONSUMPTIVES, TAKE NOTICE.
EVERY MOMENT OF DELAY MAKES
your cure more hopeless, and much depends
on the judicious choice of a remedy. The
amount of testimony in favor of Dr.Schenck’s
Pulmonic Syrup, as a cure for consumption,
far exceeds all that can be brought to support
the pretensions of any other medicine. See
Dr. Schenck’s Almanac, containing the certi
ficates of many persons of the highest respec
tability, who have been restored to health,
after being pronounced incurable by physi
cians of acknowledged ability. Schenck’s
Pulmonic Syrup alone has cured many, as
these evidences will show; but the cure is
often promoted by the employment of two
other remedies which Dr. Schenek provides
for the purpose. These additional remedies
are Schenck’s Sea Weed Tonic and Man
drake Pills. By the timely use of these medi
cines, according to directions. Dr. Schenck
certifies that most any case of Consumption
may be cured,
Dr. Schenck is professionally at his princi
pal office, corner Sixth and Arch streets,
Philadelphia, every Monday, where.all letters
for advice must be addressed.
feb-4rsutu*clm
JUST RECEIVED,
CIPRING CALICOES, and a complete line
io of WHITE GOO DS, at prices which will
insure immediate sale. Dress Goods, Flan
nels, Hamburg 1 mbroidories, Beaded Belts,
&0., cheaper than ever.
feb7-l KEAN & AIOKRISON.
WANTED,
A. COMPETENT WHITE CHAMBER
MAID. Inquire at
feb7-l* 174 GREENE STREET.
LOST,
On the night of the sth inst., a CHAIN,
with Gold Locket attached. The finder
will be rewarded by leaving it at
feb7-l THIS OFFICE.
ACADEMY OF RICHMOND COUNTY.
A SCIENTIFIC, CLASSICAL AND COM
MERCIAL SCHOOL.
THE SPRING TERM of this Institution
will commence on MONDAY, the Bth
of February and close on the last Friday in
JUQe ‘ J. T. DERRY,
Secretary of Faculty.
Note.— Extra lessons in Penmanship and
Book-Keeping given at night.
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China Tea I Coffee Store.
A good cup of Tea gives to the housewife
To the laboring man solace,
A clear head and refreshing sleep for all.
its votaries.
A CARD.
CHINA. JAPAN. AUGUSTA
A CARGO OF TEA generally pas-es
through the hands of five or six par
ties before reaching the consumer, and, of
course, has to leave profit with eaoh, thus
making yery “ dear goods.”
1 have a large assortment of TEAS, and
make a “ specialty ” of them in my busi
ness, regarding the quality and price.
They are bought from the IMPORTER,
direct from CHINA and JAPAN, thus get
ting them from first hands, with only
freight and United States Receiver’s com
mission added to cost in China.
I would sav to the public they can rely on
the quality of my TEAS, and the price will
be LOW, because there is only ONE instead
of several profits. a3 is generally the case.
Retailers furnished in chests, at as low
rates as the same quality can be bought in
large cities.
On.© Dollar Will Buy
Two pound v of good Green or Black Tea,
four and a half pounds of good Rio Coffee,
three pounds Gillies’ celebrated Crushod
Coffee, 5 pounds of the best Cream Cheese,
two and one-half pounds good Goshen But
ter, four pounds pure French Mixed Oandv,
six pounds pure Stick Candy, six pounds
assorted Nuts (Pecans and Brazils), twelve
giunds good Carolina Rice, twenty bars of
otch kiss’ Best Laundry Soap, sixteen
pounds of the best Soda Crackers, eight
pounds of Sugar, Cream, Lemon or Milk
Crackers; two gallons California Nectar
Cider; and last, but not least, of all, we give
five gallons of the Best Kerosene Oil.
Respectfully.
jan24-tf R. N. HOTCHKISS.
TO RENT,
A DESIRABLE ROOM, No. 1 Warren
Block.
Inquire at
janßl-tf THIS OFFICE.
!
A SITUATION AS TEACHER (English
Branches and Primary Latin), or a
Clerkship in some office, by a young man
who is willing and expects to work. Refer
,na!iven. Addr,
A CARD.
Augusta, Ga., January 23d, 1876.
Having accepted the Oashiership of
the NATIONAL EXCHANGE BANK, of
this city, I respectfully solicit from my
friends their patrongae for that institution.
jan24-8 J. S. BEAN,
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.
THE OLDEST REGULAR
Segar and Tobacco House
S O TJ T H -
ESTABLISHED IN 1843.
1,000,000 SEGARS.
REDUCTION IN PRICES.
WE HAVE now in store a large and well
selected stocks! SEGARS, of all dif
ferent popular brands and grades, among
which are
250,000
Of our own well known and popular brand,
LA FIDELIDAD,
Of all sizes, viz;
Imperiales, Regalia Conrbai,
Regalia Brittania, Cone had.
Regalia Londreg, Conchitaa.
All of which we offer to the trade at
REDUCED PRICES.
Also, CHEAP SEGARS, SMOKING TO
BACCOS. PIPES, etc.
Call and examine for yourselves.
G. VOLGER & CO.
HAVANA SEGARS7
AFRESH lot of imported HAVANA SE
GARS just received by
G. VOLGER & CO.
SMOKING TOBACCOS
HAOKWELL’S GENUINE DURHAM
SMOKING TOBACCO.
DUKE’S DURHAM TOBACCO.
FRUITS AND FLOWERS
SMOKING TOBACCO,
And many other brands, on hand and for
sale by
G. VOLGER & CO.
feb7-suth&su-3
THE GREAT
Clearance Sale of Dry Goods
ON THE
Bargain Counter’s
AT THE
FREDERICKSBURG STORE
WILL continue another week. We have
many Goods not offered before, with
Bargain Tickets on them, which we will
offer this week. We will also continue the
sale of some of the best brands of Calicoes
at Bc. Also, Shirting Calicoes at Bc.; Pa
cific Percales at 15 and 20c. A large va
riety of White Goods will be offered thn
week. Those Goods are slightly soiled, but
they will De offered very low, and hundreds
of other articles which we wish to close,
but too numerous to mention, will be offer
ed. Come every day! Bring your spare
change, as we are not opening accounts or
making memorandums. You will save
money by visiting the Fredericksburg
Store this week.
V. RICHARDS & BRO.
Corner by the Planters’ Hotel.
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NOBODY HURTI
AT
POWELL & MULLER’S !
STILL giving away Goods for a little
money. Dress Goods at 10c., worth 25;
Dress Goods at 15c., woith 50c.; Dress
Goods at 25c., worth 60c.; Silk Poplins at
50c., worth $1 25; Black Silks at sl. wort l
$1.75; Black Silks at $2.50, worth $3.50; all
wool Flannels at 20c. A large Jot of Rib
bons just in, at from 2c. per yard up.
Table Linens at 50c., worth 75c.; at 60c.,
worth 80c., and at sl, worth $1.50.
Doylies and Napkins at from 60c. per
dozen up.
Ladies’ and Gents’ Undervests at 50c.
Also, many job lots of Goods to close out.
Now is the time to come.
POWELL & MULLER,
189 BROAD STREET.
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RACESI
The First Day's Race Over the Augusta
Jockey Club’s New Track, at the Fair
Grounds, on the 16th instant.
COLT STAKE, MILE DASH, FOR 3-
YEAR OLDS—B2S ENTRANCE ;
CLUB TO ADD 8300.
*
First Horse to receive $253
Second Horse to receive 30
Third Horse to receive 20
Closed on the 19th January, 1875, with
seven nominations.
I—T. G. Bacon names ch. c. Mainsail, by
Jack Malone, dam Seabreeze, by Imp,
Albion.
2—J. W. Weldon & Son name ch. c. War
fare, by War Dance, dam Wagonette.
3—Messrs. Burton & Wilson name br. c.
Denver, by Pamlico, dam Young Utility.
4—Geo. B. Rice names b. c. Volcano, by
Vandal, dam lodine, by Imp. Sovereign.
5—L. A. Hitcljpock names b, c. Bayline, Dy
Bay Wood, dam Miss Music, by Whale.
6—W. H. Gordon names b. c. Goethe, by
Vandal, dam Velvet, by Wagner.
7—A. M. Burton names br. c. by Hiawatha
d&m, by Brown Dick.
SECOND RACE, STAKE, TWO MILE
DASH. FOR 4-YEAR OLDS ; 825
ENTRANCE—CLUB TO
ADD 8300.
First Horse to receive $250
Second Horse to receive 30
Third Horse to receive 20
Closed on the 19th January, 1875, with
four nominations.
I—T. G. Bacon names ch. f. Flower Girl, by
Australian, dam Neutrality, by Revenue.
2—J. H. VI organ names b. c. Crown Prince,
by Asteroid, dam Kate Anderson, by
Imp. Sovereign.
3—W H. Gordon names ch. c. Valentine, by
Vandal, dam Velvet, by Wagner.
4—L. A. Hitchcock names ch. F. Busy Bee,
by War Dance, dam Laura Spellman.
Fine sport anticipated. A large number
of Horses are expected, both runners and
trotters. The track will be in fine condi
tion. The citizens are invited to drive on it
for the next two or i hree days.
LEWIS JONES,
feb7-tf Secretary.
TRUSTEES’ SALE.
BY direction of the Trustees of the Chris
tian Church, the following property
will be offered at private sale, and if not
previously sold, on the FIRST TUESDAY
in MARCH will be exposed at public outcry
at the Market House:
All that LOT on Reynolds street, known
as the Christian Church, fronting ninety
feet on Reynolds street, with a depth oi
one hundred and sixty feet. Upon the lot
is a substantial Brick Church Building,
forty-six feet wide and eighty-four feet
long, wilh all modern conveniences and
comfoits. Would make an elegant High
School. Apply to
feb7-lawtd GEO. W. CRANE.
Bananas and Seed Potatoes.
300 BUNCHES FINE bananas
IJ BBLS. PEERLESS POTATOES
BBLS. PEACH BLOW POTATOES
BBLS. EARLY ROSE POTATOES
BBLS. EARLY
t)U GOODRICH POTATOES
50 BBLS. PINK EYE POTATOES j
100 BBLS. Choice Baldwin APPLES
In store and to arrive, to which we invite
the attention of the trade.
TIMBERLAKE A CAMPBELL,
Produce Commission Merchants,
feb7-2if 3*B Broad street.
ACID PHOSPHATE
50 TONS ACID PHOSPHATE,
For Composting with COTTON SEED or Other, Manure.
CASH, TIME PRICE, #43.
FOR SALE BY A TSTT\
DANIEL & ROWLAND.
J. S. BEAN, JR, Cashier. | T. P. BRANCH, President
Authorized Capital, #1,000,000.
SAVINGS BANK,
NO. 223 BROAD STREET,
AUGUSTA, GA.
SOLICITS the accounts of all who wish to deposit money for theStav’
on which it pays seven per cent, interest. Beiig =peciaLypriY l £ • mak '
we offer extra inducements to all guardians, trusses
profitable investment, and one on which they can realize t P and .
Paying the legal rate of interest, we have quarterly settlements wrth■ouroep
tors, when interest is added to principal and compounded. That Dollar a'
benefits of the Bank may be available to all, we will receive sums; of On® Dollar and
upwards on deposit, and will issue therefor pass looks oerDhcat pc depu-i
--iatter available in all portions of the United States. Vo i
tors, at any point, by Checks on our New York Correspondent the Germani Amenca
Bank. We shall be glad to increase our friends, ty sll parties having an> in
our department.
PEERLESS GUA NO
ONE YEAR ago we introduced the PEERLESS GITANO to the
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.
OIV eOITO.V, CORA.
And all other crops peculiar to this section, the PEERLESS has proved itself to be .
FERTILIZER
OF r J IIE HIGHEST GRADE!
And has been unsurpassed by any other Manure.
Farmers who have been disappointed in other Fertilizers are earnestly advised
try THE PEERLESS!
We warrant its standard to be fui.lv 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. PHINIZY & CO.,
COTTO> FACTORS,
AUGUSTA, CA.
MERCHANTS AND PLANTERS NATIONAL BANK.
Capital Stock, $200,000 00
Undivided Profits, - 58,313 20
$258^313 20
4 Per cent, paid on Daily Balances, subject to CHECK AT SIGHT.
T. P. BRANCH, President.
J. T. NEWBERY, Cashier.
PIjANTBRS
WHO WISH TO ECONOMISE
[WILL use;
BARRY’S
Compound Bi-Phosphale of
LIME
TT'OR Composting with COTTON SEED. It is not an Acid Phosphate but a
Jj COMPOUND requiring only the
[Ammonia,
t DERTVEABLE FROM COTTON SEED TO MAKE IT A
PERFECT MANURE.
The combination contains the most important elements for a
SUPERIOR FERTILIZER
AT A VERY REDUCED PRICIi
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
OFFICE f BARRFS CHEMICAL FERTILIZER,
288 Broad Street, Augusta, Ga.,
AND CALL FOR PAMPHLETS.
EDWARD BARRY &c Cos.
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PIANO! ORGAN
EMPORIUM.
Augusta Music House,
SG;”S BROAD HTREKT,
GEO. O. ROBINSON & CO.,
Order and Receive Music Every Day.
THE LATEST PUBLICATIONS.
Maic llookjj, Sheet Muic and Musical
Merchandise sent by Express or mail
post paid.
A COMPLETE assortment of PIANOS
and ORGANS, of the best Makers, at
the Lowest Factory Prices, for Cash, Part
Cash, and Monthly Payments. Also:
Violins, Guitars, Flutes, FJutinas,
Clarionets, Pieolas, Flageolets, Banjos,
Zither, Accordeons, Concertinas, Cornets,
Harmonicas, Fifes, Tamborines, Diums,
Musical Albums, Music Boxes,
Violincellos, Double Bass,
Silver Instruments, Brass, Instruments,
Tuning Forks, Tuning Pipes,
Cavalry Bugles, Triangles,
Piano Stools, Piano Covers,
Music Stands, Music Folios,
Music Books, Sheet Music,
New Songs, New Music,
Italian Strings, and every variety of
MUSICAL MERCHANDISE.
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C. E. DODD & CO.,
219 BROAD STREET.
OPPOSITE CENTRAL HOTEL.
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The latest sff
You will find a nice line of
Men’s, Boys’ and Child’s Hats
and Caps.
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Fall and Winter, 1874!
c. j.TTbalk,
No. 136 Broad, below Monument Street,
HAS NOT.' IN STORE a full assortment
of Dry Goode for Fail and Winter.
Great bargains in Jeans and Casoiineres.
Great bargains in Black Alpacas.
Good Blat k Silk at $1 per yard.
Velveteens, in black and colors, from 60c.
up; 1,000 Ladies’ Felt Skirts, the cheapest
in town; the best 25c. Towel in the dtv;
Cotton Goods lower than ever; 500 dozen
Coats’ Thread, at 70c. per dozen; the best
assortment of Calicoes, Bed Ticking, Blan
kets. Linseys, Flannels, eiy., cheap. Look
for No. 136 Broad street, between Monu
ment and Centre street. Special mduer
' meats to wholesale buyers. Orders care
fully attended to. Mv one price system
(prices being marked in plain figures* ee
cures the sane advantages to the most n.
experienced buyers as to the best judges e.
Dry Goods. Goods cheerfully shown and
samples cwi, O. J. TANARUS, BALK.
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Dissolution Notice.
THE firm of James A. Gray & Cos. is
this daj dissolved by mutual consent.
Mr JAMES A. GRAY, having purchased
the interest *>f Mr. Deuane in the firm, is
alone author, zed to sign in liquidation.
JAMES A. GRAY,
WM. DELANE.
Augusta, Ga., February 3d, 1375,
REFERRING to the above card, I would
respectfully inform the public 1 will
continue the DRY GOODS BUSIN ESS in all
its branches at the old stand. Nos. 194 and
196 Broad stroet, Augusta, Ga.
JAMES A. GRAY.
TN withdrawing from the firm of James
A A. Gkat <£ Cos,, I beg to thank the pub
lic for their linerai patronage and to solicit
a continuance of the same for my late part
ner, JAMES A. GRAY'.
WLM. DELANE.
Augusta, Ga, February 3, 1875.
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HENRY TAMES OSBORNE,
OCULIUTIC OPTICIAN.
NO 171 y, BROAD STREET,
Under the Augusta Hotel. uugao-tt