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THE CONSTITUTIONALIST
WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 17,1875.
USURY.
Hardly had the New York Commer
cial Bulletin congratulated the State of
Georgia upon repealing its usury sta
tutes, when the General Assembly is
rampant to re-enact them. Alluding
to the effort made to take the back
track upon free money, the Bulletin
says:
This reactionary agitation appears to
echo the planting interest, who are largely
dependent upon factors’ credits, and who
seem to imagine that they are at the mercy
of lenders in a sense in which they were
not under the old laws. Indeed, in nearly
every State, usury laws And their chief sup
port from the agricultural class, as we
have good reason to know in New York,
where every attempt at reform has been
defeated solely by the farmers. It is not
easy to account for the peculiar affection
for usury laws shown by this class, except
upon the supposition that being less acute
in their observation of the working of laws,
they are less informed than the commer
cial class of the entire and inevitable fail
ure of all such legislation to accomplish its
professed object. The farmers, however,
have had opportunity t nough to learn
that they cannot escape the natural laws
controlling the value of loans. No matter
what limitations the law may put upon
rates of interest, or what penalties it may
impose upon the infraction of its terms,
they have either to submit to the terms of
lenders or go without the money they de
sire to borrow; and there is no lack or ex
pedients by which the lender can protect
himself against obtaining rates really in
excess of what the law permits. But while
the farmers know, by experience, that they
have to pay more than the legal rate, it is
very difficult to convince them of the fact,
generally understood by others, that they
could borrow more cheaply under the free
competition that would exist in the absence
of usury laws than they do now under the
restrictions the law imposes.
The bill passed by the House of Rep
resentatives at Atlanta is rather a mild
one, and, if it be true that the ingenuity
of man cannot devise a law which
will make money cheap to an improv
ident borrower, the legislation now
progressing in the General Assembly
will be, after all, only a “ against
the comet.” The way for farmers to
get cheap money is to economize like
Frenchmen, and not squander like
nabobs.
It may be true that usury laws are
“ relics of barbarism,” but they, luckily,
come to us in a dessicated form and
with many “ modern improvements.”
We have cause to rejoice that Gen.
Toombs’ old time style did not prevail
at Atlanta, and it is consoling to know
that the ancient law of Rome does not
obtain among us. In Rome, “the
debtor could be taken home by the
creditor and kept sixty days, fettered
with irons not exceeding fifteen pounds
in weight; at the end of which time, if
the debt remained unpaid, he could be
brought before the people on three
market days, on the last of which hi3
body could be cut into pieces accord
ing to the number of creditors; or, if
they preferred, he could be sold into
foreign slavery. ’’
The usury law, therefore, likely to
be passed by the Senate as well as the
House, will be comparatively harm
less. Men who have money will lend
it out at enormous rates, just as usual,
and poor devils who want money
grievously will sign any bond, even
Shylock’s, to get the ducats. Then
again, as one Legislature usually re
peals, at seven dollars a day and mile
age per head, pretty much everything
passed by its predecessor, we may ex
pect a repeal of the usury law within a
period comparatively brief.
SCRIBES AND PHARISEES.
The Senate of the United States has
refused the proposition that the chief
officers of the District of Columbia be
elected by the people. When we con
sider that a large proportion of the
“ people ” are negro voters, This snub
is significant. The New York Sun puts
the conundrum thus ; “If universal
suffrage, without regard to race, color,
or previous condition of servitude, is
proper in the States, it is proper in the
District of Columbia.’ The same paper
flagellating the Republican Senators
for their hypocrisy, brands them final
ly In this fashion:
They not only favor negro suffrage in the
old slaveholding States, where the colored
population is a large element, and in some
cases a dominating power, but they help to
enact the most arbitrary and infamous laws
to enforce it by methods which insult the
whites and endanger tho liberties of the
people.
The truth of the matter is that the
14th and 15th Amendments are the
prime causes of all the misery in the
South and will eventually prove, if not
repealed, the destruction of the whole
country. It will be a bitter dose for
Republicans and war Democrats to con
fess this truth and thereby acknowl
edge their own stupidity ; but it will
have to be done eventually, or else the
Union is doomed to worse evils than it
has ever yet known. Already, in the
West, ex-Senator Doolittle, of Wiscon
sin, who was mainly instrumental in
defeating Matt Carpenter, has made a
public address, in which he takes the
ground that Republican liberty, founded
upon true Constitutional guarantees, is
certainly doomed, uuless the negro
suffrage now universal, shall be quali
fied by property and intelligence.—
When an old supporter of Lincoln,
like Doolittle, comes to the front in
this fashion ; and when even the Radi
cal Congress refuses to let the people
of the District of Columbia have the
franchise, simply because the negro
element musters so strongly there ; we
may begin to believe that the pendu
lum which has swung so far in one di
rection is now about to swing to the
other extreme.
Distress. —A Philadelphia paper
makes the statement that an importing
house in that city received over eight
hundred applications for the position
of night watchman in response to an
advertisement inserted in the Ledger.
Most of the applicants were excessively
importunate, and many told sad stories
of destitution.
Eugenie is said to be waisting away
with consumption, and looks much
older than a few months ago.
GREAT MEN.
The Augusta Constitutionalist thinks
Hon. A. H. Stephens the greatest man in
the South—a “grand and illustrious old
statesman”—because he has opposed the
calling of a State Convention in Georgia,
and it is now shown that such a call would
have brought down upon us the displeas
ure of Gen. Grant. We had an idea of
claiming a part of this panegyric—a small
part by reflection—on the score of out con
sistent opposition to a convention. But
we must protest that we never for a mo
ment considered the question whether it
would be pleasing or displeasing to Gen.
Grant ; and if the glory of opposing it is
due to the fact that it would have been
displeasing to Gen. Grant, we don’t claim
any share of it.— Columbus Enquirer.
We did not state the case as our
Columbus friend states it, to suit his
own purpose ; nor did we mean to be
understood that Mr. Stephens opposed
the calling of a convention because of
the supposed displeasure of Gen.
Grant. He opposed it because it was
inopportune and impolitic. Mr. Ste
phens is a great man, a very great man;
but when we wrote the article referred
to, it never entered our mind to com
pare him in excellence with the editor
of the Columbus Enquirer.
BY TELEGRAPH.
[Special to the Constitutionalist.
ATLANTA.
The Legislature—Business in the
House and Senate.
Atlanta, February 16, 1875.
In the Senate, a motion was made
by Mr. Hudson to reconsider the action
defeating the bill to empower the Gov
ernor to complete the North and South
Railroad.
The special order —being McDaniel’s
amendment to the constitution to pro
hibit the payment of the fraudulent
bonds—passed unanimously, 40 yeas,
no nays, with discussion, .and trans
mitted forthwith to the House. An
other special order, the House bill to
repeal the act exempting from taxation
certain manufactories, which the Com
mittee recommend to pass. Arnow op
posed the bill. On motion of Mr. Cain,
action on the bill for the present was
deferred, which is considered by some
as killing it.
The following passed the Senate : To
allow the Treasurer of Lincoln county
to hold the office of Clerk of Court; to
authorize the issue of 8 per ceut. cur
rency bonds for the purpose of retiring
82,900,000 gold bonds : to change the
line of Jbnes and Bibb counties ; to
exempt from jury duty persons over 60
years of age. The following was lost:
To amend the constitution relative to
State, and Lester gave notice of a mo
tion to reconsider.
The House took up the special order,
the bill to appropriate 815,000 in three
yearly installments to the State College
of Agricultural and Mechanic Arts at
Athens, and 83,000 to the North, Ga.
Agricultusal College at Dahlonega. It
was supported by Carlton, of Clarke,
Speer and Lawton, and opposed by
Baker, Hamilton, of Floyd, and Turn
bull. TANARUS! e bill was lost—s 6, ayes 87 nays.
Probai l ’ it will be reconsidered to
morrow.
The next special order, two bills to
regulate the inspection of fertilizers,
one providing for the inspection and
analysis by manufacturers themselves,
the other, the substittte reported by
the Agricultural Committee, providing
for the the appointment of inspectors
by the Commissioner of Agriculture,
who shall examine all importations of
fertilizers at Augusta, Atlanta, Colum
bus and Savannah. After a brief dis
cussion, both bills were indefinitely
postponed—72 yeas, 53 nays. The
next special order was the bill to re
enact the lien law, which provoked a
general debate. Mr. Frederick offered
a substitute allowing liens on supplies
for raising crops. It was favored by
Peeples, Furlow, Nelms and Turnbull,
and opposed by Fannin, Stallings, Tum
lin, Glisson, Warner, Black and Potts.
On motion of Mr. Glisson, the bill was
postponed indefinitely—Bs yeas, 70
nays.
The following bills passed the House:
To make the penalty of hog stealing
the same as cattle stealing ; to prohibit
the sale of liquors near Carsonville,
Taylor county.
The following were introduced in the
Senate :
By Mr. Crawford —To protect inn
keepers and common carriers—the ob
ject being to defeat the provisions of
the Civil Rights bill —by making pri
vate property of hotels and railroads.
By Mr. Black—To amend the act in
corporating the Planters’ Accommoda
tion Line Steamship Cos. H.
ASSOCIATED PRESS DISPATCHER
CONGRESSIONAL.
Bills Passed and Referred.
Washington, February 16—Senate.—
A large number of petitions from Drug
gists were presented for the repeal of
that portion of the internal revenue
law, known as Schedule C. Referred
to the Committee on Finance.
House. —Bills were passed for the re
lief of Albert F. Yerby, of Virginia;
Emile Lapage, of Louisiana; Mark
Davis, of Petersburgh, Virginia, and
Randall Brown of Nashville, Tenn.—
The bill for payment of claims allowed
by the Southern Claims Commissioners
was reported and, on a point of order,
referred to the Committee of the Whole.
The House refused to go into commit
tee on the Tariff bill by a vote of 60 to
96.
The Post Office Route bill and the
bill for the reorganization of the Treas
ury Department were passed, and the
River and Harbor Appropriation bill
was reported from the Committee on
Commerce, and referred to the Com
mittee on Appropriations.
The Sundry /Civil Appropriation bill
was also reported, and made the spe
cial order for to-morrow. It appro
priates over 823,000,000.
The River and Harbor bill reported
to the House and referred to the Com
mittee on Appropriations, gives Mobile
harbor 826,000 ; Cedar Key’s, 815,000 ;
Charleston, 810,000 ; Savannah, 870,000;
Galveston, 8150,000; the Mississippi,
Missouri and Arkanas rivers, 8100,000 ;
the Mississippi, between the mouths of
the Ohio and Illinois, 8200,000 ; Ohio
river, 8300,000; improvement of the
mouth of the Mississippi, 8250,000 ; Red
Fish Bay and Galveston Bay, 810,000;
Red River Raft, 820,000; Chat
tahoochee and Flint River, 8250,000;
Apalachicola, 810,000; Choclowachie,
810,000 ; James River, 850,000 ; Channel
of Galveston Bay, 8250,000; Sabine
Pass, 820,000; Warrior and Tombigbee
Rivers, 8250,000. The Secretary of
War is directed to have the work done
by contract to the lowest bidder as far
as possible.
The bill proposing to amend the
Constitution in respect to the election
of President and Vice-President was
reported from the Committee on Elec
tions, and was under discussion, when
it was interrupted by the funeral cere
monies of the late Representative
Hooper, of Massachusetts.
Senate —The House bounty bill was
read twice and referred to the Commit
tee on Military Affairs.
The Judiciary Committee reported
adversely on the bill to adjust costs,
fees and allowances in the Federal
Courts.
Sargent resumed, but wasf interrupt
ed by the funeral, for which the Senate
took a recers and then adjouPhed.
CONNECTICUT.
State Democratic Conve ation.
Hartfort, February 16. —la the Dem
ocratic State Convention, David A.
Wells, President, in his address said
that t he Republican party had failed to
properly administer the Government,
and restore peace and harmony since
the war. He therefore urged a return
to Democratic principles, which is
stated as opposition to Federal in
terference in affairs of the States,
that government being the best which
governs least; the equality of all men
before the law; a better currency,
based on hard money; and taxation
for revenue only. He thought it im
portant that these principles should be
carried out, farther than in expressions
and platforms. He denounced Federal
interference in Louisiana as dictated
by a vagabond political adventurer.
The Convention unanimously nomi
nated the old ticket.
The following are the resolutions
adopted:
The Democratic and Liberal Repub
lican electors of Connecticut, in dele
gated convention assembled, declare :
1. That free government derives its
just powers from the consent of the
governed; that the Federal Govern
ment is vested with those powers only
which are granted to it by the people,
and enumerated in the Constitution of
the United States.
2. That the public welfare requires
the supremacy of the civil over the
military authority, and freedom of per
son under the protection of the habeas
corpus, and consistent with public or
der for the State ; self-government;
and for the nation a return to the
methods of peace and to constitutional
limitations of power.
3. That we view with apprehension
and alarm, and solemnly condemn as
subversive of free government, the re
cent action of Federal Executive in
terference in the States of Louisiana
and Arkansas, and the avowed deter
mination of the Administration to dis
regard the will of the people of those
States in reference to the organization
of their governments and management
of their local affairs.
4. That the use of bad money im
poses an unequal and dishonest tax
which bears most heavily on those who
work for wages ; that irredeemab e pa
per currency, by whatever name known,
is bad money, and that it is fraud in
time of peace for the Government to
make any tiling legal tender except gold
aud silver coin of afixed standard.
5. That the Republican party has
proved itself unfit to rule; because,
with unlimited opportunity, it has
failed to make the bad money, which it
has forced upon the people, equal to
the good money with which it pays its
bondholders.
6. That it is no time when industry
is depressed aud honest labor every
where is deprived of opportunity for
regular and remunerative employment
to increase the burdens of Federal tax
ation, and that the present acknowl
edged bankruptcy of the National
Treasury, is conclusive proof of the in
competency of the Republican party to
properly administer the fiscal affairs
of the country.
The remainder of the resolutions
point to economic administration of
the State government during the past
two years by the Democrats and point
with pride to the ticket presented for
re-election and approve of certain ac
tions of the last Legislature.
WASHINGTON.
Various Items.
Washington, February 16.—1 tis un
derstood that the Caucus Committee
have modified the bill giving the Pres
ident the right to suspend the writ of
habeas corpus in certain sections. The
President consents, and it is thought
in this shape it will pass.
Cabinet proceedings were only rou
tine, and they adjoured early to attend
Hooper’s funeral.
Capt. Norton is ordered to the com
mand of the Shawmut, at New Orleans.
The Senate, Supreme Court, Presi
dent and Cabinet assisted at the cere
monies of the funeral of Mr. Hooper, of
Massachusetts, after which the body
was taken to Oak Hill Cemetery,
Georgetown.
Department of Justice, )
Washington, D. C.,
February 16, 1875. )
Hon. James O. Blaine, Speaker of the
House of Representatives:
Sir : I respectfully invite the atten
tion of Congress to the following con
siderations, with a view to suitable
legislation upon the subject: Claims
to a very large amount for the pro
ceeds of cotton seized by the authorities
of the United States during the late war,
of the rebellion greatly in excess of the
amount of proceeds now in the hands
of the Government are pending in the
Treasury Department and before the
Court of Claims. I suggest that pro
vision be marje by law that when any
claim for the proceeds of any specific
quantity of cotton is disallowed that
such proceeds be covered into the
Treasury and put beyond the reach
of any other claim that may be
made for the proceeds of the cotton
sold; as for example, one Mitchell
brought a suit to recover the proceeds
of 734 bales of cotton, which has just
been determined by the Supreme Court
adversely to him upon the ground that
the purchase was made in violation of
the laws of war, and these proceeds,
amounting to 8128,692.22 cents, I
think ought now to be regarded as
money belonging to the Government,
and should therefore be covered into
the Treasury. All of this fund now
held by the Government will probably
be consumed by these claims. Unless
this course is taken, it seems to me
that it is of very little consequence for
the Government to defeat claims for
the proceeds of cotton if they may be
held to be paid upon other claims that
may be eventually allowed against the
Government. Very many of these
claims are probably fraudulent, as
their aggregate is greatly in ex
cess of the aggregate amount of
proceeds received by the Government,
but it does not necessarily follow that
because they are fraudulent they will
not prevail, as those who furnish testi
mony very often ars participants in
the frauds, and expect to share in the
amount of the recovery. I am of the
opinion that the interests of the Gov
ernment require some legislation upon
this subject. Respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
Geo. H. Williams.
A Railroad War to the Bitter End.
Baltimore, February 16. —The cor
respondence between President Grant
and Col. Scott has resulted in renewed
hostilities. The Pennsylvania Railroad
has taken steps to shut out the Balti
more and Ohio Railroad from freight
and passenger traffic north of Phila
delphia over their Jersey lines. This
means war to the bitter end. The
quarrel involves freight and passenger
traffic North and West, and indirectly
South.
A Sad Affair.
McConnellsburg, Pa., February 16.
While Mr. and Mrs. Mellot were out
visiting, their house with three children
—was burned up. The children were
locked in the house.
NEW YORK.
Ecclesiastical Appointments—Row
Over the Colored Cadet at Annapo
lis—The Ice Blockade.
New York, February 16. — The ice in
Long Island Sounti compels vessels to
take the outside route. By breaking
ice in the lower bay, manv vessels have
been dragged to sea.
A cable telegram to the Freeman's
Journal announces that Jas. A. Healy
has been made Catholic Bishop of
Portland, Maine ; Thos. Galberry, the
Augustine Bishop, of Hartford ; Kain,
of Harper’s Ferry, Bishop of Wheeling;
Krautbayer, Bishop of Green Bay ;
Hurley. Bishop of the See, created for
Peoria; John Ireland, Vicar, Apostolic
for Nebraska ; Seidenbusb, the Bene
dictine, Vicar Apostolic for a part of
Minnesota. Also that the Pope has
confirmed Boston, Philadelphia, Mil
waukee and Santa Fe to be Arch Epis
copal Sees.
A dispatch from Baltimore savs some
more midshipmen at the Naval* Acade
my have been getting into trouble over
the colored cadet, Baker. On Tuesday
of last week he quarrelled with some
of his classmates, and was snow-balled.
He cursed them liberally, and next day
midshipmen Hood, of Alabama, and
Melton, of South Carolina, came across
Baker in an obscure part of the aca
demic grounds, and, notwithstanding
his apologies, gave him a terrible beat
ing. An investigation is to be made.
In the meanwhile, the two parties are
under quarantine supervision. The au
thorities have made every effort to keep
the matter quiet, and it only became
known through the talking of some of
the midshipmen outside the academy.
I—
FOREIGN.
John Mitchel Elected to Parliament—
Spanish News.
London, February 16.—The election
for a member of Parliament is in pro
gress to-day at. Stoke-upon-Trent.
Three candidates are in the field, in
cluding Dr. Kenealy and a member of
the Tichborne family. Great excite
ment in town, and a riot is apprehend
ed. An election is also being held in
the county of Tipperary, Ireland, to
fill a vacancy. John Mitchel, candi
date of the Irish nationalists, has been
elected without opposition.
The steamer George Batters, from
Porthcawl, for Gibraltar, is supposed
to be lost, with 21 persons.
Madrid, February 16.— The Carlists
are on the Northern coast again. They
fired on cable steamers.
The headquarters of Gen. Mariones
are established near Puenta La Reina.
in the province of Navarre.
Laserna is chief of Alfonso’s Military
Cabinet.
Valmaseda did not sail for Cuba
yesterday, but will do so at an early
day.
Newspaper Change.
Philadelphia, February 16.—The
newspaper Age has been purchased by
a party of gentlemen, who, on the 14th
of March, will issue the Times, a two
cent daily. Semi-weekly and weekly
editions will also be issued. Ample
capital is assured. The editorial de
partment will be in charge of Colonel
A. K. McClure.
A Generous Act.
Montgomery, February 16.—A North
ern lady, lately deceased, left Maj.
Thos. G. Jones, of this place, a legacy
of 8500 for his great service done the
cause of peace and good will between
the North and South by his Confeder
ate memorial oration, delivered here
last May.
CHARLESTON.
The National Grange.
Charleston, February 16. — The Na
tional Grange adopted a preamble and
resolutions looking to the completion
of the Washington Monument before
the Centennial; also, recommending the
Spartanburg and Asheville Railroad
link in the Chicago and South Atlantic
Road, as demanded by the agricultural
interests of the country; endorse and
recommend the resolutions adopted by
the Atlanta Agricultural Congress last
May, which ask the construction by
the National Government of water
ways. Win. Sanders, Washington, D.
C.; J. M. Hamilton, of California, and
W. W. Long, of Texas, were appointed
a committee to present the memorial
to Congress upon the Texas Pacific
Railroad. After thanking the citizens
of Charleston the Grange adjourned.
The Usury Law.
The following is the usury law as it
passed the House:
Section 1. —The General Assembly of
Georgia do enact, That from and after
the passage of this act, it shall not be
lawful for any person, company or
corporation to reserve, charge, or take
for any loan or advance of money, or
forbearance to enforce the collection of
any sum of money, any rate of interest
greater than ten per centum per an
num, either directly or indirectly, by
way of commissions for advances, dis
count, exchange, or by any contract, or
contrivance, or device whatever.
Sec. 2. — Any person, company or cor
poration violating the provisions of the
foregoing sections of this act, shall
forfeit the interest and excess of in
terest so reserved, charged or taken,
or contracted to be reserved, charged
or taken.
Sec. 3. The amount of forfeit as
aforesaid may be plead as a set-off in
any action for the recovery of the prin
cipal sum loaned or advanced by the
defendant in said action, or by any
creditor by process of garnishment or
by the wife of the person to whom such
loan or advance was made for the bene
fit of herself and children, or by any
next friend of the wife and children or
wife or children.
Sec. 4. No contrivance or arrange
ment between parties to any such un
lawful transaction, or their privies,
shall have the effect to discharge such
forfeiture, except it be an actual and
full payment of the amount so for
feited.
Sec. 5. Any plea or suit, for the re
covery of such forfeiture, shall not be
barred by lapse of time.
Sec. 6. The legal rate of interest shall
remain seven per centum per annum,
and any higher rate must be specified
in writing.
Sec. 7. Every provision in the char
ter of any corporation, granted since
the first day of January, 1863, incon
sistent with the foregoing provisions of
this act, is hereby repealed.
Sec. 8. Alljiaws and parts of laws in
conflict with this act, are hereby re
pealed.
TO RENT.
The BURKE HOUSE, on the corner of
Bioad and Washington streets, suitable for
a Boarding House. Possession given im
mediately. Apply to
MRS. M. M. CLANTON.
febl6-2tawlm
CHAS. R. ROWLAND,
Upholsterer and Cabinet Maker.
made to order and reno
vated. Ellis, street, opposite Empire Steam
Laundry. dec2o-su3m
SPECIAL NOTICES.
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AUGUSTA R.\ A.-. CHAPTEB. NO. 2.,
THE REGULAR MONTHLY CONVOCA
TION of this Chapter will be held THIS
(Wednesday) EVENING, the lTth instant, at 7
o’clock, precisely.
The R.'. A.\ Degree will be conferred.
By order W. H. Rich, H.\ P.\
febl7-t GEO. ADAM, Secretary.
DEUTSCHER SCHUETZEN CLUB.
HEUTE (MITWOCK) ABEND 8 UHR
Qndet die Jahres vorsammlung statt. Alle
active Mitglieder werden aufgefodert sioh
puenktlich einzuflnden.
Im auftrage des Praesidenten,
H. A. BRAHE.
febi7-l Secretary D. S. C,
ATTENTION, IRISH VOLUNTEERS.
THE DRILL WHICH WAS TO TAKE
place to-night is postponed till further no
tice.
You are ordered to assemble at Hall, in Fa
tigue Dress, TO-MORROW (Thursday)
NIGHT, at 7 o’clock, shabp, to attend Bat
talion Drill.
By order of the Captain.
febl7-l JOHN TANARUS, BUCKLEY. O. 8.
MEDICAL CARD.
I)RS. 11. & 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, 1875.)
AT A MEETING OF THE BOARD OF
DIRECTORS, held this day, Mr. JOSEPH S.
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. Sehenck’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. Schenck 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.
fob-4rsutu*clm .
Girardey’s Opera House.
TWO NIGHTS ONLY,
FRIDAY AND SATURDAY EVENINGS,
February 19th and 20th.
Mrs. Jas. Maas’ Burlesque Opera Troupe
And Great British Quartette. E. Mars
den’s Brass Band, and Prof. Little’s Superb
Orchestra. MRS. JAMES MAAS, the only
female Caricaturist in the world, pupil of
Prof. Regamy, brought to this country by
Jarritt & Palmer, of Niblo’s Garden New
York City. Mr, James Maas, Banjo King,
Chas. Maas, Mystic Change Artiste, and a
Talented Troupe.
Admission, $1; Gallery, 50c. Scats now
on Sale at Oates’ Book Store, without ex
tra charge. feb!4-6
Girardey’s Opera House.
DE MUBBKA.
The Greatest Musical Event since Jenny
Lind! DE MURSKA CONCERTS, the finest
ever given in Augusta!
Mr. D. de Vivo has the honor to announce
that M’LLE ILMA DE MURSKA, the F.-
mous Hungarian Nightingale, will give
ONE GRAND CONCERT, THURSDAY,
February 18th, assisted by her Superb
Concert Combination —MME. CARRENO
SAURET, the Charming Pianiste; SIG.
FERRANTI, the Greatest Buffo Singer;
MONS. SAURET, the Brilliant Violinist:
SIG. BRAGA, the King Violoncellist and
Composer; MR. GHAS. E. PRATT, Accom
panist.
Admission, $1; Reserved Seats, $1.50.
Sale of seats begins on TUESDAY, at Geo.
A. Oates’ Music Store. febl3-5*
NOTICE.
1 HEREBY give notice that, on the 11th
day of February, 1875, Geo. E. Ratcliffe
<fc Cos. made an assignment to me of all their
property, both real and personal, including
notes and accounts due said firm, for the
benelit of their creditors, as set forth iu
their deed of assignment. All persons in
debted to said lirm are notified to make
payment to me.
EUGENE F. VERDERJ,
Assignee,
febl3-6 No. 227 Broad street.
FHUITLMD NURSERIES,
AUGUSTA, GA.,
P. J. BERCKMANS, Prop’r.,
ORDERS for TREES. PLANTS, BULBS,
SEEDS, etc., left with the undersigned
will be promptly attended to
GEO. SYMMS,
dec6-3m-in Agent.
NOT BELOW COST!
COUNTRY MERCHANTS, and all cash
customers, would do well to call and
examine our stock of
BOOTS, SHOES,
Hats, Trunks,
Valises and Umbrellas.
We will sell at as LOW PRICES FOR
CASH as can be bought in the United States.
TIMMERMAN <fc WISE.
Also, Gents’ Fine Hand Sewed Box Too
CONGRESS GAITERS; Gents’ Machine
Sewed First Class CONGRESS GAIILRS,
and LADIES’ SHOES of all kinds.
All of wtiich will be sold LOW 1 OR CASH.
TIMMERMAN & WISE.
feblo-2w
To Rent—Store and Farms.
A LARGE AND COMMODIOUS STORK.
situate at No. 1 Station, A. & S. R. R..
40 miles from Augusta. Also, FARMS
from 40 acres to 300, lying adjacent to
above Station. Apply to
JOHN D. MUNNERLYN.
feu9-6 Waynesboro. Ga.
GEO. SYMMS,
INSURANCE AGENT,
221 Broad Street,
AUGUSTA, GA.
fleett-6m
NOTICE.
AMEETING of the Board of Directors
and Stockholders of the Planters’
Union Agency will be held in Augusta, Ga.,
on WEDNESDAY, the 3d day of March, at
10 o’clock a. m.
Let every Stockholder be in attendance,
as business of importance to all will be
transacted. G. B. POWELL,
feblVtd P. B. D. of P. U. Agency.
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.
LARD.
100 TUBS PRIME LARD.
On Consignment and for sale by
febl7-l J. H. VANNERSON & CO.
THE WATT PLOW.
UNTIL further notice, we will sell the
WATT PLOWS at the following re
duced Prices, CASH:
A and B, small one-horse $6 00
A and B, No. 3, one-horse 6 25
M and N, two-horse 9 00
febl7-d&w2 J. H. yANNERSOX A; CO.
House and Lot for Sale.
THE commodious dwelling, occupied by
John S. Wright, Esq., known as No.
89 Reynolds street, between Centre and
Elbert. Lot fronts sixty (60) feet on Rey
nolds, andexten is hallway to Bay.
If not sold privately, will be offered at
public outcry, at the Lower Market House,
on the 2d of March next.
, L WM. A. WALTON,
febl7-wefrsutild Trustee Emily McLaws.
WANTED,
A COMPETENT NURSE.
ALSO,
A GOOD HOUSE SERVANT. Apply at
febl7-3 185 BROAD STREET.
NOTICE.
Augusta, Ga., February 16, 1875.
Hereafter the business of bill
POSTERING will be conducted by Mr. C.
R. ROWLAND, opposite Opera House,
Ellis Street.
feb!7-3 J. F, HEUISLER.
THE SPRING TRADE
HAS OPENED AT THE
Fredericksburg Store !
Having secured a large stock
of SPRING OOODS before the recent
advance in the New York market, we are
now opening the same, and will be able to
give our customers the advantage of the
low prices, viz:
New York Mills’ Bl’d Cotton 16c
Wamsutta Bl’d Cotton 15
“Fruit of the Loom” ditto 12%
Lonsdale ditto.... 12%
Pacific Percales 20
Also, a great variety of DRESS GOODS
much lower than last seasons’ prices.
We will also open this week one of the
largest assortments of Hamburgh and
Nainsook EDGINGSand INSERTINGSever
shown in this market, and at prices much
below anything we have ever offered.
We will also keep up the BARGAIN
COUNTERS for awhtie longer, upon which
will be placed many goods at very low
prices, which we wish to close out; amongst
which will be a great variety of Calicos,
cansisting of Merrimack, Spragues, Pacific,
etc., at Bc. Bring your money, you will get
its worth at the Fredericksburg Store.
V. RICHARDS <fc BRO.,
Corner by the Planters’ Hotel.
febl6-dw&triwlt
FOUND!
A LADY’S GOLD BREASTPIN contain
ing a Child’s Photograph. The owner can
get it by applying at this Office and paying
expenses. febl6-lt
wanted!
Five first-class stone masons
immediately at the Locks. None other
need apply. JOHN A. GREEN & CO.
febl6-lw
PROPOSALS
FOR REBUILDING CLINCH ENGINE
HOUSE, No. 2, will be received until Satur
day, 27th February—Council reserving the
right to accept or reject bids.
Plans and specifications can be seen on
application to ALEX. PHILIP,
febl6-2t Chairman Engine Committee.
FRESH SHAD ~
Received Daily, and
Sold very Cheap.
LEAVE YOUR ORDERS WITH
CALVIN & JONES,
febl6-3t 164 Broad Street.
WOOD CHEAPER THAN EVER !
JUST received a train load of FINE
BLA< K JACK, OAK and HICKORY
WOOD, which we offer cheap for CASH.
Orders left at the stores of E. C. Sofge,
Dunbar <fc Harris’ Cigar Store, under the
Central Hotel, and A. J. Pelletier’s Drug
Store, will receive prompt attention.
feb!4-6* JOHN M. COOK & CO.
TO RENT.
THE DWELLING, No. 389 Broad street,
containing four rooms,with all neces
sary outbuildings, and a large garden, un
til the first of October next.
Possession given immediately. Apply on
the premises, or to W. M. JOSEPH.
feb!4-3 At Miller & Bisell’s.
ATLANTA, GA.,
Store and Basement to Let,
IN THE best wholesale or retail business
part of Atlanta, Ga.; 100x24 feet. Front
and rear entrance to both store and base
ment; gas throughout; dumbwaiter; well
of water in basement; high walls and
plenty of light. The finest plate glass
windows in the city.
E. H. CRAIGE,
febl3-3 27 Marietta street.
Dollar Store Depot.
To the Ladies of Augusta and Vicinity.
NEW and Beauiiful Goods, just opened,
at very Low Prices. It will be your
interest to call and examine. M. LEVY,
Dollar Store Depot, 297 Broad street.
febu-3
Notice to Stockholders.
Southern Porcelain Manufacturing
Company, of South Carolina.
AMEETING of the Stockholders of the
above named Company is called for
MONDAY, the 22d of February, inst., at
Mr. E. It. Schneider’s Rooms,* corner of
Broad and Jackson streets, in the city of
Augusta, Ga., at l 1 o’clock a. m.
By order of the Board of Directors.
JAMES HOPE,
feb!4-tilfeb22 President.
Flower Gardens, Orchards and
Cemetery Lots.
VTTE. are prepared to lay out Flowe
W Gardens, Plant Iruit Trees, Trim
Hedges, Grape Vines, and attend to all
tranches of Gardening. Persons desiring
careful work done are respectfully solicited
to give us a trial. Orders sent through
Mill or left with Mr. GEO. SYMMS, No 221
Broad street will be promptly attended to
Wt refer, by permfssion, to Mr. P j‘
Bercl mans, of the “Fruitland Nurseries ”
as to capacity. MURA BROS,
jan24 snh3m Augusta.
Captain Jack’s Cigar Store,
75 JACKSON STREET.
AUGUSTA, GEORGIA. :
fpH E CAPTAIN begs to call the attention ‘
-I- dealers to his large and varied stock
of DOMESTIC CIGARS? which he will sell
fttj bottom prices.
Address, P. QUINN,
oct].7-tt Aag usta, G.
Cahaba Coal
“DON’T DUST UP ROOMS LIKE OTHER COAL,
Because the ASHES ABE HEAVY. It is the nicest Coal for richly fur
nished houses, rooms, parlors, offices, etc., ever used. It is first
class in every particular. It is clean, kindles quick, burns beauti
fully, and makes no cinders. It is Pure Coal, unmixed with
any earthy impurities, and burns up clean, like wood.
Parties from the North and East, who have
used Anthracite Coal, say the Cahaba is “vbttl
the best Coal in the United States.’* -^®
/ don’t say the ah >ve, but the man I bought from does, and “he is an honorable
man.” I have bought a small qu intitv as an expei iment, and will be glad to sou it, ir
you want to buy, at ELEVEN DOLLARS, CASH.
jebjMw JOSEPH A. HILL.
J. S. BEAN, JR, Cashier. | T. P. BRANCH, Pf.i*idext
.Authorized. Oapital,
SAVINGS BANK,
NO. 2123 BROAD 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 oy the Mate,
we offer extra inducements to all guardians, trustees or parties wishing to man- a
profitable investment, and one on which they cun instantly realize their cu pi
Paying the legal rate of interest, we have quarterly settlements with ou; <e-|
tors, when interest is added to principal and compounded, That the auvant - |
benefits of the Bank maybe, available to all, we will receive sums of One Dollar ana
upwards on deposit, and will issue therefor pass books or certificates of depo-.t. tne
latter available in all portions of the United States. We can remit sums to our dep- - -
tors, at any point, by Checks on our New York Corresponds t, the German-Amei ic.-ui
Bank. We snail be glad to increase our friends, by all parties having any business in
our* department. jan3 i-L
- —m. —g y | || Imm ——lfTTn ~
PEERLESS GUANO
ONE YEAR ago we introduced the PEERLESS GUANO to the Farmers of Georgia an i
South Carolina. It was then anew article, entirely unknown to fame. >e tado
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.
orv COTTON, CORN,
And all other crops peculiar to this section, the PEERLESS has proved itself to be a
FERTILIZER
OF THE HIGHEST GRADE!
And has been unsurpassed by any other Manure.
Farmers who have been disappointed in other Fertilizers are earnestly advised to
TRY TIUC 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. PH INIZY & CO.,
COTTON FACTORS.
jant9-lin 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.
jann-tf J. T. NEWBERY, Cashier.
SCHOFIELD’S IRON WORKS,
(Adjoining Passenger Depot,)
|MACON,,GEOBGIA.
SCHOFIELD’S PATENT COTTONi.PRESSES,
FOR Hand, Horse, Water or Steam Power; FAUGHT’S 'CENTRE SUPPORT GIN
PAINES and TOILERS; SAW MILLS; GRIST MILLS;
urarAOTnramrr a . n ;* Residences; IRON STORE FRONTS;
nSmJING PULLEYS and HaNGLRs; PLMPS; WATER WHEELS; COTTON MA
TEeJ>airß °, f Mii Is and Machinery of all i; Tidspn -mp.-*
ly attended to. MR. JOSEPH NEAL, formerly Superintendent of Forest Cit v foundry
roov g wivi? uld i nl ?,i 11 l hs friends that he is now Superintendent or SCHOFI LLD’.s
IKON WORKS, and will lie glad to have their patronage, assuring them thin, with the
increased facilities we now have, that they will get first-class work at the lowest figures
J. S. SCHOFIELD & SON,
SmKl for Circulars and Prices.J PROPRIETORS
PLANTERS
WHO WISH TO ECONOMISE
AVILL USE
BARRY’S
Compound Bi-Phosphate of
LIME
F°4£rt£M EED - “ not an Aoid Pho9pb “ te <* *
Ammonia
DERIVEABLE FROM COTTON SEED TO MAKE IT A
PERFECT MANURE.
The combination contains the most important elements for a
SUPERIOR FERTILIZER
AT A VERY REDUCED PRICE,
e coji e ?oS ° f tUiS WeU aacertainod f£kCt is Presented in our Pamphlet,
The Cash Price will be $45 per Ton.
Time Price will be SSO p er Ton.
* Reliable security will be required on all time sales.
PLEASE FORWARD ORDERS TO
OHIO OF BA Rim CHEMICAL FERTILIZER.
Broad Street, Augusta, Gu.,
AND CALL FOR PAMPHLETS.
EDWARD BARRY Ac Cos.
jan3-8u wefr&cSm
We have in Store 500 Tons of the celebrated E. FRANK
COE’S GUANO, which we are offering at exceedingly LOW
RATES. Also, 300 Tons of the well-known CHESAPEAKE
PHOSPHATE. Special inducements offered to Cash Buyers
in quantities of 10 Tons and over; arrangements will also be
made for Time Sales, with the Cotton option at 15c. per pound.
Apply to GEO. E. RATCLIFFE & CO..
COTTON FA CTO UK,
decw-tuthsaSm 107 Reynolds Street, AUGUSTA, GA