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01i Series —Vol. 25, No. 122.
Railroad Schedules.
iievisftd and Corrected by B. F, Brown, Gen
oral Ticket Agent. Planters’ Hotel.
TORT ROY All RAILROAD.
LeAves Augusta —4:20 a. m.and 8:20p.m.
Arrives at Augusta.,7 :25a. m.and 8:00 p.m.
Arrives at Port Royal 8:00 p.m.
leaves Port lioyaf. 9:30 a.m.
GKO! SOI A RATIiKOAD.
Leaves Augusta at 8:45, a. m. and 8:15, p.m.
leaves Atlanta at 7:00, a. m.and 10:30 p. m.
Amv<*sin Augusta 3:30,p. m. andß:ls,a.m.
Arrivesin Atlanta at 5:45, p.m.andG:2s,a.m.
SOUTH CAROLINA RAILROAD.
Leaves Augusta at 9:00, a. m. and 0, p. m.
A rrlves Augusta at 5:15, p. m. and 7:5f1, a. m.
MACON AND AUGUSTA RAILROAD.
Leaves Augusta at.10:15, a. m.andß;lsp.m.
Jjcuvos Macon at. .6:30, a. m.and 8:00 p.m.
Arri ves at Augusta. .2:00, p. m. and 8:15 a.m,
Arrives at Maconat.6 :40, p. m. and 7:40 a.m
CENTRAL RAILROAD.
Leaves Augusta at 9:05, a. m. and 8:10, p.m.
Arrives at Augusta at 4:00 p. m. and 7, a.m.
CHARLOTTE COLUMBIA AND AUGUSTA RAIL
ROAD.
Leaves Augusta at 9:30, a. m. and 4:15, p.m.
Arri ves 1a August aat 8:05, p.m. and 8:45, a.m
The Weather.
War Department, 1
Ok kick ok Chief Signal Officer, V
YVaslu nuton, March 16—1 p. in. )
Probabilities:
Per the Gulf and South Atlantic
States, higher pressure, northwest to
southwest winds, clearing and colder
♦feather.
Report of the United States Signal
Service Bureau.
Augusta, March 15—4:16 P. M.
Augusta, 70 cleg.—Threatening.
Charleston, 67 deg.—Threatening
New Orleans, 70 deg.—Cloudy.
New York, 11 deg.—Foggy.
Washington, 61 deg.—Heavy rain..
A Card.
Editor CorstituUcnaMst:
Please withdraw my name os a can
didate for Second Assistant Engineer
of the Augusta Fire Department.
Than lug my friends for their generous
offers of assistance cud support, lam,
very respectfully,
W. M. Dundar.
BY TELEGRAPH.
ASSOCIATED PRESS DISPATCHES.
WASHINGTON.
A Ku-Klux Pardoned—Still Harping
on Pinchback.
Washington, March 15.—Wm. C.
Whitesides, of South Carolina, convict
ed in 1872 of Ku Kluxiug, has been par
doned.
In the Senate a resolution was pass
ed to print 2,000 copies of the report of
Commission of Engineers upon the re
clamation of thea"uvia 1 basin of the
Mississippi river.
Consideration of theresoluion for the
adtp’esionof Pinchback was resumed,
pud Feriy, of Connecticut replied to
the argument of Morton.
The Louisiana Discussion in the
Senate.
In the Senate, to-day, the resolution
fdT the admission of I inch back being
before I lie Senate, Feriy, of Connecti
ve, said the Senator from Indiana
(Morton), a few days ago, argued that
when the President was called upon to
suppress domestic violence under the
act of 1795, his compliance with the
call Involved the determination of the
hwvfulne. s of authority making the
onli, anil that the Senate was conclu
sively bound by the action of the Pres
ides. He (Ferry) did not concur in
that argument. The proposition was
repugnant to the Constitution in its
plainest terms, and destructive of the
independence of both Houses of Con
gress.
The Senate derived its powers from
the constitution. It required no legis
late m. no act of Congress, to define the
mode by which the Senate should exor
cise its power. The President derived
his authority from the act of 1795, but
the Senate had the powor to inquire
into the election of any of its members
before the act of 1795 was passed. If
tiie effect of that act was to confer upon
Die President power to determine con
clusively upon the legitimacy of a legis
lature, the election of a Senator or the
Executive of the State signing his cre
dentials so as to control the Senate
when making inquiry as to the elf etion
of a member, then the act was void.
He (Ferry) did not, however, give to
Die act of 1795 any such construction
as that placed upon it by the Senator
/rom Indiana (Morton.)
Mr. Ferry then argued that the Sen
ate, in judging of the election of its
members, was not bound by any de
cision of the President which might be
made incidentally by him solely for
the purpose of preserving the peace.
AJI the President was doing in Louis
iana was to keep the parties from fly
ing at one another's throats, and in
the meantime, a strange assertion was
set up here by Die Senator from Indi
ana that the Senate or House of Re
publicans was bound by this incidental
decision. If this proposition was true,
then, even if the Senate should find
that the person signing the credentials
of the applicant was not the lawful
Governor of Louisiana, and the
Legislature which elected him
wasn’t the legal Leg : slat.iro, yet
the Senate must accept them both,
solely because the President has
ao decided. He (Ferry) knew it was
proposed to argue before this debate
■was finished that the report of the
Senate Committe, which investigated
Louisiana matters in 1873, was false in
point of fact. It was too late now to
set aside that report, which was based
upon fax or seven hundred pages of
testimony, open to all. A careful ex
amination of that testimony would
show that it was against the legality
of the Kellogg government, even worse
than the report of the committee. That
report was against the personal and
political wishes of the very gentlemen
who signed it.
* 'i'he Senate knew, from the great
■volume of testimony before it, that the
Legislature of Louisiana, iu 1873,which
elected Mr. l’inchback, was not the
legal Legislature of the State. The
Senate also knew that Wm. P. Kellogg,
whose name was signed to the certifi
cate of election, wrs not the legal Gov
ernor of the Si ate. The Senate, in ad
mit; mg Pineliback, would admit the
person iQcation of fa'sehood and forg
ery. Such claims as these put forth
by the Senator from Indiana only indi
cated the desperate character of the
case. Ho (Ferry) was not surprised
that,, at the last moment, the Senate
should have anew version of the Lou
isiana trouble ‘when all the 600 pages
of the -testimony before the Senate,
showed that Kellogg’s authority was
ph a sham ; that the Legislature which
2hr fails Cmwslitutumalisf.
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elected Pinchback was not the legal
Legislature of the State. The friends
of the applicant needed to change their
base; the proposition of the Senator
from Indiana (Morton) was that the
Senate was bound to find a falsehood
the truth.
Morton said the Senate did not know
that Kellogg was not Governor, and
that the Legislature which elected
Pinchback was not the Legislature of
Louisiana, as had been stated by the
Senator frbm Connecticut. That Sena
tor did know it himself, and a careful
analyzation of the testimony, he
(Morton) thought, would c intradict the
statements of the Senator frdm Con
necticut. He then quoted from the de
cision in the case of Luther against
Boyden, and argued that the Supremo
Court of the United States must recog
nize the Governor recognized by the
President, and that the power to re
verse the recognition of tho President
was only to be found in the joint ac
tion of tho two Houses of Congress.
West, of Louisiana said tho Senator
from Connecticut (Ferry) had claimed
that the Republican government of
Louisiana had no basis but falsehood
and forgery. This charge had been
made hero for months, and he (West)
thought it time that it should be met.
Tho fraud and forgery iu Louisiana
originated with the opposition party,
and was cairied out by them aud not
by tho Republican party. He argued
that the Republicans wore iu tho'ma
jority in Loirsiaua in 1872 and wore in
the majority to-day. That Kellogg
was legally elected Governor, and that
the claim of Pinchback now beforo the
Senate was just, that he was legally
elected Senator and outside of all party
considerations, should be admitted
to his seat. Then the vexod
question in regard to Louisiana
would be settled and peace in the State
would prevail again. The Democrats
had claimed that the colored registra
tion in Louisiana was greater than the
colored voting population, and that tho
white registration was 10,000 below the
white voting popu'ation, according to
the census of 1870, This was easily
accounted for. In some of tho States
near Louisiana, where tho Democrats
had obtained control, tho colored men
had left and emigrated to Louisiana
since the last census wrs taken. When'
Democratic Senators argued that tho
white registration was t>elow the num
ber of white males over 21 years of
age they seemed to have forgotten
that tliero were 15,000 unnaturalized
foreigners in tho State not entitled to
vote. Hio did not mean to say that all
tho frauds in Louisiana originated
with the Democratic party there. They
wero origiuatod and perpetrated by a
few adventurers, through whom the
Democratic masses in tho State had
been led to believo they wero outraged.
West then quoted at some length
from the testimony beforo tho Senate
Committeo to show that Kellogg was
lega’ly elected, and also from tho re
port made to the House of Represent
atives by Messrs. G. F. Hoar, Wheeler
and Frye, in which they expressed tho
opinion that Kellogg received a ma
jority of tho votes in 1872. Referring
to this report, ho said those gontlemon
had investigated the matter.
Dawes, of Massachusetts, said he
had privato conversations with those
gentlemen, and ho believed it was their
opinion that Kellogg had received a
majority of votes, but they had not in
vestigated the subject.
West, resuming ks argument, said
his State had been outraged in keep
ing out one of her Senators.
Christiancy, of Michigan, inquired
if it was expected that aH the damage
which had boen inflicted upon Louisi
ana would be repaired by the admis
sion of Pinchback ?
West replied that it was a lamenta
ble fact that the bill for the relief of
persons in the overflowed districts of
the Mississippi failod on account of
Louisiana not having her two Senators.
If the other Senator from that Stato
had been in his soat tho bill would
havo been passed. Refuse to admit
Pinchback now aud the verdict would
go out to the country once more that
the Kellogg government was a fraud ;
crime and violence would have full
sway in the State again; White
Leagues would muster, and there
would be no peace.
Williams and Fish for the English
Mission. Candidates for the State
Department. Confirmations.
They are polling the Sonato for Wil
liams for the Court of St. James, vice
Sckenck. Fisli is a’so mentioned in
connection with the St. James Mission,
and Judge Pierrepont and Andrew D.
White, President of Cornell University,
as successors to the Stato Department.
The Senate confirmed pay masters
and other army promotions; also, L.
Cass Carpenter, Collector of the Third
South Carolina District, aud M. N.
Brewster, Collector of tho First Texas
District.
The North Carolina delegation vis
ited the President urging Cov. Hol
den’s removal from the Raleigh Post
mastership.
Invited to New York. Pinchback
Uncertain. The Macon Postmaster
ship. Belcher Resigns. The Presi
dent Creates Indignation by Slight
ing His Colored Friends.
The Democratic members of the
Senate have been invited to attend the
reception of the Manhattan Club of
New York upon adjournment.
The poll of the Senate give 33 —some
shaky—for Pinchback, and 36 against
him.
The squabble over the Macon Post
Office involves ten applicants.. Long
thinks the President and Senate will
close the row by making Glover Post
master. j
Belcher has resigned the Macon
Postmastership.
Somo two thousand persons, mostly
colored, marched to tho White House
with bands to complain to the Presi
dent that the money given by Con
gress went to contractors while they
got nothing. The President declined
to review them. There is much indig
nation.
The Louisiana Committee. A Flood
Feared at Port Jervis.
New York, March 15.— Tho Louisi
ana Committee terminated its proceed
ings to-day. The claims of 18 or 19
contestants have been passed upon,
and the award of the arbitrators is to
be sont in to the Governor, at New Or
leans, to-night. Subsequent action on
it will be as is deemed expedient by
the Governor and House of Represent
atives.
Port Je avis, March 15.—A flood is
regarded as inevitable'. Two to three
million dollars worth of property is en
dangered. The blasting of ice pro
gresses.
Da Koven.
Louisville, March 14.—The standing
committee of Kentucky gave its con
sent to the consecration of De Koven,
AUGUBTA,IGA. t TUESDAY MORNING, MARCH 16, 1875.
VIRGINIA.
An Editor and Legislator Coma to
Blows in Richmond. Change of
Railroad Guage.
Richmond, March 15.—%. personal
rencontre took place this morning be
tween Mr. James A. Cowardin, editor
of the Dispatch, and Mr. A. FuikersoD,
member of the House of Delegates
from Washington county. It appears
that Mr. Cowardin, who, in company
with two gentlemen, was walking along
Main street, near the post office, was
accosted by Mr. Fulkerson with the re
mark, “This is Mr. Cowardin, I be
lieve when Mr. C. immediately an
swered, “ Yes, sir; and you aro tho
scoundrel Fulkerson. I know you!”
At this remark Mr. Fulkerson either
struck at, or drew back to strike Mr. O.
wdh a cane, when the latter closed
with Fulkerson, and seized him by the
throat. A short scuffle ensued, when
ft tends interfered and separated them.
Tho difficulty originated in remarks
made by Mr. Fulkerson in *ho House
of Delegates, somo time since, in re
cord to the editorial columns of tho
Dispatch, to which Mr. Cowardin made
some severe personal rejoinders. Much
contempt is expressed at Mr. Fulker
son’s conduct as ho is a young and ro-
bust man and Mr. Cowardin is over
sixty years of age and was entirely un
prepared, either with cane or weapon,
for tho assault.
In consequence of therocont decision
of the Supreme Court tof North Caro
lina, giving validity to the lease of the
North Carol!ua Railroad to tho Rich
mond and Danville Railroad Company,
tho latter company have beon actively
at work, night and day, changing the
gauge of the road between Greensboro
and Charlottee, N. C., which will be
completed by to-morrow, when trains
will bo run through by tiio Air Line
Railroad from Atlanta to Richmond
without change of cars.
FOREIGN.
Liverpool Cotton Returns—A Papal
Brief Explaining the Vatican De
crees.
Liverpool. March 15—The Cotton
Broker’s Association of this city
adopted resolutions declaring it advis
able to make separate returns of cot
ton sold here, and that forwarded from,
the ship’s side directly to spinners, in
estimated daily sales. Cotton for
warded from ship’s side to bo returned
iu a separate column, and that no offi
cial quotation of airival business will
bo taken after one o’clock p. in., on
Satuidays, and after four p. m., on
other days. Daily spJcs will appear
smaller under these regulations.
Rome, March 15.—Tho Archbishop of
Baltimore has been designated by tho
Vatican to confer the Barrett a on
Archbishop MeCloskoy, who will re
ceive the other insignia of the Cardi
nalate when he visits Romo. Roneetti,
the delegate sont to notify tho Arch
bishop of New York of his appoint
ment, is also chaiged with a mission
from the Propaganda in regard to new
dioceses in the United States.
Berlin, March 14.— Kosiolok, for
merly editor of the G< rmania, has been
sentenced to two years’ imprisonment.
He lias fled from Germany.
A Papal brief, in answer to tho ad
dress or t he German Episcopal, is pub
lished. It declares that the Vatican
decrees contain nothing which alters
the relations of the Pope and Roman
Catholics, or which can afford a pro
text for further oppressing tho enureh
and interfering with the election of the
next Pope. It endorses the statement
made by the Bishops t hat judgment as
to the validity of a Papal election ap
pertains to the church alone, and con
cludes by urging the Bishops to con
tinue to resist and expose error.
—
NEW YORK.
Painters’ Strike—Another Spanish
Outrage.
New York, March 14.—Tho Master
Painters’ Association havo passed a
resolution that hereafter they will em
ploy no mau who will not agree to the
ten hour system. Should the resolu
tion be carried out a general strike of
painters will begin to-morrow. There
are about two thousand journeymen
paintors in the city, and most of them
are union men.
The Nun says a letter received by a
Spanisli houso la this city says:
Twenty-two young men of Cuban birth,
residents of Cienfugos, Cuba, wore
arrested at their houses in that city by
volunteers and shot outsido tho walls
without trial.
A Terrible Mississippi Tornado.
Mobile, March 15.—A special just re
ceived says that Rienzi, Mississippi,was
visited at 1 o’clock to-day by a terrible
tornado, lasting half an hour, and des
troying a number of buildings, among
the number, tho Presbyterian and Bap
tist churches. The following are tho
names of the killed : Col. Poiter Wal
ker, Hon. Jno. Reese and child, Miss
Mattie Palmer, also several negroc -.
M. B. Armar, wife and child danger
ously injured, and a number of others
seriously hurt. EstlD ted loss in the
town, $150,000. The country has not
been heard from.
Corinth, Miss., March 15. —A severe
rain and hail storm passed over this
section last night. The town of Rien zi
was nearly destroyed, and tho follow
ing persons were.killed: Porter Wal
ker, Miss Mattio Palmer, and Jordan
Reese and daughter. Soveral others
were dangerously, and many slightly
injured. Tho waters are fast subsid
ing. The damage to railroads and tel
egraph lines is inconsiderable.
Change of Gauge. Quick Work.
Atlanta, March 15.— Last night the
gauge of the North Carolina Railroad,
for 90 miles, was changed between 11
o’clock aid daylight to correspond
with the gauge of the Atlanta Air Lino.
This opors a through line from New
Orleans to New York, with no change
of cars between Now Orleans and Rich
mond.
Convicted of Embezzling.
New York, March 15. —John H. F.
Hannon, who was arrested in Jersey
City last October, on a charge of em
bezzling S2OO from tho Southern Coast
Steamship Company, has been con
victed and sentenced to three years in
tho Stato pi Ison.
A Bad Thing for the Centennial.
Berlin, March 15,—The papers pub
lish a notification to persons who pro
pose to send articles to tho American
Centennial that should tho exhibition
prove bankrupt their goods will be
liable to seizure.
DeKoven—“ls this a Jagger th°t I
see before me T’—Mochester Democrat.
[Washington Letter to the New York Sun.
THE STORY OF PINCHBACK.
A Statesman Who was Once Lost on
Two Pairs of Sixes and Won on
Three Deuces—A Curiously Chec
quered Career.
The history of tin's man has nevor,
to my recollection, been published. He
is unquestionably a very remarkable
man. His father was an old Georgian,
named Holmes, who won somo dis
tinction as an officer in the Creek war.
He had a favorite quadroon slave girl
who bore him one child. Tho old
Major was a man of letters, as well as
a follower of Mars. H’s favorite poet
was S_,elley, and ia a sportive mood he
dubbed his illegitimate slave son Percy
Bysche Shelley Pinchback. Holmes
moved to Mississippi in 1848, and be
came a very successful planter. He
had, however, one ruling passion which
finally impoverished him : Ho was an
inveterate gambler, and his favorite
pastime was traveling up and down
tho Mississippi on a steamboat.
LOST AND WON.
Iu those days there was always high
gaming on Mississippi steamers. They
wero the favorite resort of all the great
gamblers in the country. One day
Major Holmes took a trip on tho Mag
nolia, and became ongaged in an un
limited game of draw poker with the
commander, St. Clair Thommasson.—
Holmes had an unusually bad streak
of luck. He undertook to “bluff” the
Captain on two pair of sixes. Thom
masson was famous for his nerve, and
ho soon “raised” Holmes out of cash.
Iu a fit of desperation tho old man
“put up” little Pinch, as he always call
ed his boy. A show of hands revealed
three deuces in Thommasson’s, and of
course Holmes’ two pairs of sixes were
nowhere. With perhaps a slight sigh
of regret tho old man bid little Pinch
good bye, aud went back to his planta
tion a poorer but not a wiser man.
Pinchback now becarao tho valet of
Capt. Thommasson, and made himself
generally useful on board tho Magnolia.
Ho was quick and bright, and had
learned to read and write while with
his father. When the city of Now Or
leans was taken by the Federal forces,
Pinchback, having saved a considera
ble sum of money which he had picked
up in various ways during his river
life, invested it in a restaurant. lie
was a good caterer, tasty and neat, and
ambitious of being the first in his busi
ness. In a very short time his restau
rant became famous, end and was
largely patronized by the speculators
who flocked thither, as well as by tho
officers of the Federal army. To ac
commodate all tho tastes of ids lavish
patrons, Pinchback
opened a faro hank
in the second story, and a privato can
can in tho third story. His intimate
knowledge of tho river, and his exten
sive acquaintance with tho negroes,
gave him exceptionally good facilities
for obtaining contraband nows. Cot
ton speculators, blockade runners’
agents, Confederate spies, and all other
classes who had any interest in Bond
ing or receiving messages through tho
lines, always found Pinchback ready to
do them a good turn for a considera
tion. Of coarse ho prosporod. Indeed
he made piles of money, and having
good business qualifications he invest
ed judiciously in real estate. He got
into troublo, linwovnr, just boPoro Bon
Butler was relieved of the command of
the Department of the Gulf. Tho Gen
eral’s brother wanted to monopolize
tho contraband trade as well as tho cot
ton permits.
In some way or anotlior Pinchback
interfered, aud Butler had him arrest
ed on a clmrge of keeping a disorderly
house. He was tried, convicted, and
sentenced to the penitentiary for a
term of years, but was released after
only a few months’ confinement. He
was now a rich man and courted tho
daughter of a rich mulatto, who, prior
to tho war, had been a largo slave
holder. Thero was quite a flutter in
aristocratic colored circles over this
event. Pinchback was not of tho creme
de la creme. He was a contraband—a
low nigger who had become rich
through very questionable means. His
bride was of the first colored circle, cul
tivated, accomplished and rich. Her
parents objected strongly to the match,
but tho dusky maid was constant In
her fidelity to her handsome, clever
lover, and finally her pleadings moved
the obdurate heart of her sire, and tho
twaiu were made one.
HE BECOMES A POLITICIAN.
Pinch back’s star wan now in the as
cendant. The war over, the slaves
emancipated and enfranchised, he be-
a great political power. His in
fluence over tho ignoraut blacks was
almost unlimited, aud he really laid the
foundation of the Ring power which
has been dominant iu Louisiana since
tho close of the war. He discovered
Warinoth, who was an obscure munici
pal judge, and attracted by his winning
ways and handsome persoual appear
ance, as well as by his intellectual
power, Pinchback determined to make
him the leader of the Republican party
in Louisiana. He suggested him as a
candidate for “delegato to Congress
from the Territory of Louisiana,” and
instructed his agents to direct all tho
negroes not only to cast thoir ballots
for him, but also to contribute a dollar
apiece as an election fund. Warmoth
was elected and enriched at the same
time. Pinchback’s little scheme netted
his friend about $40,000. Warmoth
came to Washington and spent the
winter ; but, as all remember, the ter
ritorial delegates were not admitted.
AN EYE TO THE UNITED STATES SENATE.
When the Stato was reconstructed,
Warmoth was elected Governor. Pinch
back could have made himself Lieuten
ant-Governor, but ho was not ambiti
ous of the honor. Ho preferred to bo
a member of the Legislature. Thero
was more money in it, ps well as more
advantages to him ns a politician. Ho
had li's eye oven then on tho United
States Sonatorship. This was his am
bition, and it is not strange, therefore,
that he should be savage at. his Radi
cal friends deserting him when lie was
about to pluck the long-coveted prize.
While in tho Stato Lcgislat ure, Pinch
back was the captain-general of tho
jobbers. Every scheme that was brought
in hhd to recoivo his approval beforo it
could havo the slightest show. Of
courso he made money rapidly. Ho
certainly made a half million of dol
lars while he was a legislator. It is
admitted by well-informed New Orleans
people that Pinchback’s property would
be worth, under favorable circumstan
ces, fully three-quarters of a million.
He has still unlimited influence with
tho negroes, notwithstanding ho has
broken with Packard and Gasqy.
It must be unpleasant for a stutter
ing man in Berlin to hail a streot car,
because there they call a street car
pferdestrasseneisenbahnwagen, for
short.
NEW YORK.
The Stamp Tax on Checks-What
Papers are Liable to the Tax--A
Flurry Among Banking Men.
New York, March 11.
Banking men aro very much excited
over the action of tho Internal Reve
nue Dopartmoni at Washington, to es
tablish an inquisitorial system of in
vestigation into the manner of trans
acting business at tho banks, with a
view to learning whether any checks
which were not properly stamped havo
been paid. Tho banks were called upon
to furnish ovideuco of any careless
ness or omission on their part in this
respect, tho object being to collect the
penalty of fifty dollars for every check
discovered to have been paid without
stamps. At an informal conference
yesterday between Messrs. Williams,
President of the Metropolitan Bank;
Toppen, President of tho Gallatin, and
Vormillo, President of the Merchants’
National Bank, tho subject of the
stamp tax on chocks was considered.
Tho bank officers had written to tho
Commissioner of the Revenue Depart
ment some time before, asking for an
official ruling or interpretation of the
tax law. Yesterday they telegraphed
for a reply, and received in answer a
telegram stating that an answer was
coming.
IMPORTANT TO BANKERS —WHAT PAPERS ARE
LIABLE TO A STAMP TAX.
On March 4 F. D. Tappen, President
of the Gallatin National Bank of this
city, addressed, iu behalf of himself
and other bankers, a lettor to the Com
missioner of Internal Revenue, asking
his decision of tho following questions:
1. Are notes, drafts and acceptances,
when made payable at a bank, subject
to a stamp tax of two cents? And if
so, does tiie tax apply to "notes, drafts
and acceptances drawn or accepted
prior to February 8, 1875, and which
have matured and since boen paid ?
2. Does the tax apply to checks
drawn by a bank upon itself for the
purpose of paying its own dividends,
coupons or interest of other corpora
tions ?
3. Are checks drawn by a State, coun
ty or city government on a bank sub
ject to this tax ?
Tho following is the reply from tho
Commissioner:
I reply to your specific questions :
1. That if there is any understand
ing between tho bank and tho maker of
tho notes, or acceptor of checks, drafts
or orders payable at the bank, that ail
sucli notes and acceptances shall be
paid by the bank and charged on ac
count of the maker, drawer or accept
or, in tho same manner as ordinary
checks would be; such notes and ac
ceptances aro considered liable to a two
cent stamp tax as vouchers for tho
payment of money by tho bank. This
applies to notes, drafts, etc., mado,
drawn or accopted prior to February
Bt,h, 1875, when paid by the bank on or
after that time.
2. This tax applies to checks drawn
by a bank upon itself for tho purposo
of paying its own dividends, coupons
or interest of other corporations, or for
other payments.
3. Cheeks drawn by State, county or
city officers in their official capacity,
upon public bonds deposited in a bank
are exempt, if said bonds aro kept
separate from any privato account, it
not being within intent of law public
treasure.
I will add, with refereneo to some
other questions proposed frequently to
me, that orders for dividends are sub
ject to a tax, if drawn for a definite and
certain sum, but not otherwise. An
ordinary certificate of deposit, usod in
the ordinary way, is not liable. Interest
coupons are considered exempt. Bills
of exchange, foreign ns well as inland,
when drawn on banks, banker or trust
companies; are held to be subject to tho
tax, where payable at sight or other
wise. Duplicates of bills, orders, etc.,
are liablo tho same as tho originals.
Receipts not relating to banking busi
ness, for instance, for rents, are ex
empt.
Very respectfully,
J. W. Douglass, Commissioner.
[New Orleans Times.
The Louisville Lottery.
Disclosures concerning the Louis
ville Library Lottery, as furnished by
the Chieano Inter-Ocean, seem to indi
cate that the scheme has been all along
strongly tainted with more than the
suspicion of a job. In fact, one of the
managers—Joseph M. Simmons —
stated to the Inter-Ocean that all the
five library lottery schemes were frauds
of the first water, and that the project
was conceived in sin and born in ini
quity.
It is charged that thp bill granting
the charter was engineered through
the Legislature by nine persons, of
whom two wore Henry Watterson and
Walter N. Haldemau, of the Courier-
Journal, and by the terms of the bill,
the Library—which it was proposed to
build—was to revert to the original
nine Incorporators, after tho final
drawing.
It appears also that at present the
Courier-Journal Company is erecting a
building to cost over S2SO,(MX), but
whether that fact has rny reference to
Watterson’s connection with the lotte
ry is purely conjectural.
Concerning the last drawing, it is
stated that, instead of but 38,000 tick
ets having been sold, as reported by
tho company, tho sales aggregated 75,-
000 tickets, and that measures are al
ready on foot to compel tho company
to restore to ticket holders the price of
their tickets, on the ground that fraud
was perpetrated in the drawing.
Parties in Chicago and Louisville are
advertising to pay twenty-five cents on
tho dollar for all tickets which did not
draw prizes, intending to sue tho com
pany for the full paid up value. Blan
ton Duncan, of Louisville, sent a letter
to a gentleman connected with the
Times, proposing to pay this prico for
coupons, requesting tho publication of
his proposition, and, with a liberality
with which we shall not cease to be as
tonished for a long while, offered to
pay for tho advertisement in case any
commissions wore sont him.
But, then, Louisville always was a
conservative town.
Beecher.— One Sunday Mr. Shear
man called on Mr. Beecher to talk over
some points in tho case. Mr. B. de
clined to havo anything to do with the
matter. It was Sunday, ho said, aud
ho wanted to rest. Tho lawyer re
minded him that tho case was coming
on, f id as defendant ho must attend to
it. He also told him of tho “ox and
the ass ” that was drawn out of tho pit
on tho Sabbath day, to which the Pas
tor of Flymouth Church, shrugging up
; his shouldeis, replied : “ Shearman,
look at mo. Did you ever know a big
ger ass fall into a deeper pit!”
Bruce, tho negro Sonator from Mis
sissippi, looks exactly like Kalakua.
[Special Dlspateh to tho Chicago Tribune.
SATANIC.
Danville, 111., Exhibits to the World
the Champion Fiend—Relation of
the Cruelty of an Unlynched Step
father-Other Criminal Matters—
Passing Bolief.
Danville, 111., March 11.
A terriblo aud disgusting case of
cruelty to a child has Just beon un
earthed in our city, in which John
Trent and his little stepdaughter, aged
five years, are the actors. The testi
mony elicited at a preliminary trial
yesterday (Trent having been arrested
tiie day previous by Deputy Sheriff
Hooteu on a complaint of one of the
neighboring women) went to show the
most brutal treatment of the cliihi by
the stepfather. Upon tho examination
of the child’s body by tiie authorities,
its head was found to bo almost bald,
its hair having been plucked out ly
the roots by Trent in his rago. Its lit
tle body was covered with black and
blue spots caused by blows from the
hand of this monster. The bottom of
its feet wore almost solid blisters,
caused by being bent back and slap
ped with a flat board.
Its eyes were red and inilamod from
tobacco juice having been squirted
into them by this brute in human
shape. Tho skin on its wrists was
broken and torn by being jerked and
swung from side to side, and around iu
a circle. Some of the witnessc 3 testi
fied that Trent would keep the little
innocent thing dancing up and down
for hours at a time for his own amuse
ment, and, if tho child would cease, he
would apply tho strap, and this kind
of cruelty would continue till the child
could dance no longer, and would sink
down overcome by exhaustion. Fre
quently, during tho coldest weather of
this Winter, the child has been locked
in a cold room, with sc ' reply enough
clothing to cover Its na .odnoss, and
forced to rema’n thus for a half a day
at a time. One witness testified that, on
the return of the stop-father on one
occasion, he forced the child to eat its
excrement 1 The child’s mothor, who is
a feeble, weakly woman, in her exami?
nation before the Justice, showed great
fear of her husband at times, her wiioie
body being in a tremor. Considerable
excitement exists, and there is some
serious talk of lynching him, though it
is hoped that better counsel will pro-,
vail. He was placed under $1,500 bail
in default of which he was committed
to jail.
INow Orleans ricayuno.
Senator Gordon on Advice.
A polns has boon mado on Gen. Gor
don’s advice. The anti-adjustment
party were a little hard up for points
or they would scarcely have brought
in Gen. Gordon and his advieo. Our
commissioners, Messrs. Burke, Zacha
rie and Leonard, telegraphed, while the
question of adjustment was ponding,
that everybody they bad spoken to on
tho subjoct advised oar acceptance of
the proposition, and among several
others they mentioned Senator Gor
don. It did not appear that Senator
Gordon knew much or cared any
thing about the troubles of Louis
iana, and it was conspicuously evi
dent that ho didn’t propose to interest
himself. Nevertheless, when tho case
was directly put he condescended to
any that adjustment seemed to De our
best chance, and this circumstance was
recorded, like an eye-wrtaess’s state
ment, for what it might bo worth. We
have no idea that Messrs. Burke, Zacha -
rio and Leonard considered Senator
Gordon’s views on tho Louisiana im
broglio as being of any spocial value,
but Mr. Booth and others had been
boasting of their friends abroad, and
porhaps they thought it as well to let
.the community know just how eomo of
thoso friends felt about it.
The anti-adjusters, howevor, doubtod
Senator Gordon’s having counseled de
gradation. Whether they considered
him too staunch a Democrat, or too ex
alted a patriot, or too sentimental an
individual to favor harmony, wo are
not able to say. They doubtod, how
ever, and the result was a letter from
him to Dr. Brickell, published by the
Bulletin, in which he denied that ho
had given any advice whatsoever, and
rather intimated that the suggestion of
his feeling concerned in Louisiana was
preposterous. And this letter' was
paraded as an evidence of the folly of
adjustment, and the shining merit of
Senator Gordon. It so happened,
though, that Major Burko and Mr.
Loouard, who were present at tho inter
view with Senator Gordon, had return
ed meanwhile to New Orleans, and they
insisted that their version of his lan
guage was strictly correct. Gen. Gor
don might have forgotten the occur
rence, or he might bo coquetting with
the term “advice.” But they main
tained that they had reported him accu
rately, and, to make quite sure, Major
Burke telegraphed two or threo days
ago, asking Mr. Zachario for his recol
lection of tho conversation. To this
telegram Mr. Zachario replied Tuesday
as follows:
Washington, March 9.—Major E. A.
Burke : Gordon stated to us in the room of
Senate Oommitte on Public Lauds, if we
were satisfied that there w;is not cheat in
adjustment, it was best to be done. I
answered, that a majority of the committee
having reported twenty-nine majoritv.
there could be no chea-. Boberts hoard
him say so to Sprague. Zaoh ai e.
We are not sure wo understand what
Senator Gordon means by “advice.”
We arc positive, however, that we don’t
care ; which is just as satisfactory. The
only point of consequence is the fidelity
of Messrs. Burke, Zachario and Leon
ard, who told us that Sonator Gordon
had spoken of adjustment as the best
course we could adopt. We always
behoved in tho accuracy of those gen
tlemen. We continued to believe in it
after the publication of Sonator Gor
don’s letter to Dr. Brickell. And wo
fancy the community will join us in our
bolief henceforth. Not that Senator
Gordon’s advice is of any intrinsic con
sequence—wo refer merely to tho fact
of liis having given it.
Hog Packing in the We5t—6,057,000
Porkers Slaughtered.
Cincinnati, March 11.— Tho Cincin
nati Price Current, while not prepared
to publish a full detailed roport of
packing in the West to-morrow, will
present a brief statement showing the
total number of hogs packod iu tho
West from Nov. 1 to March 1, is about
5,057,000, against a total last season of
5,446,200.
Chicago, March 11.— Messrs. Howard,
White, Crowell & Cos., publishers of the
Daily Commercial Bulletin, will issue
their sixth annual report of tho pack
ing of Chicago to-morrow. Numbor of
hogs packed during the regular season,
1,61)0,348, against 1,520,024 last season.
Average net weight this season, 214.26
pounds, against 216.47 pounds last
year. Average yield of lard, 87.3
pounds, against 37.41 pounds last year.
PENNSYLVANIA.
A New Belt of Oil. The Ice in the
Delaware Breaking. The Railroad
War.
Urie, Pa., March 15.— 0il was struck
on a farm In Warren eounty, I’a., 654
feet. Gas forced petroleum above the
derrick. This strike dovelopes an en
tirely new belt of oil territory.
Philadelphia, March 15.—The Ice in
tho Delaware is honeycombing and
sinking. The gorge at Schuylkill will
soon be a thing of past.
Tho railroad war Is unabated, Persons
known as scalpers aro iu force at all
points to trade tickets.
FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL
AUGUSTA DAILY MARKET*
Office Daily Constitutionalist, i
Monday. March 15. 4 P. M. 1
JTmmcua;
Gold—Buying at 113 and sidling at 115.
Silver—Buying at 102 and selling at 105.
Sight Exchange on New York, buying at
par to % premium, and selling at %(<£%
premium.
Cotton.
The Augusta Exchange reports the mar
ket quiet to-day, though a rather better
demand resulted in larger sales than on
Saturday, at unchanged prices.
Tho closing quotations were: Good
Ordinary, 14%; Low Middling, 16%; Mid
dling, 15%.
Receipts of the day, 209 and sales, 292
bales. Tho receipts at ail United States
ports were 21,000 bales; same day hist year
1C,241 bales.
• Produce.
BACON—Clear Sides, 12%<012%; C. R.
Sides, 12%@12%; Shoulders, 9%. Dry Salt
—O. R. Shies, 11%GJ11%; Long Clear Sides,
41%; D. S. Shoulders, 8%@8%; Bellies,
ll%r<£ll%. Tennessee Meats —Sides, 13;
Shoulders, 10; Hams, 15.
HAMS—Canvassed, 14%.
LARD—Choice, in tierce, 15; kegs and
cans, 16.
BAGGING AND TIES Domestic bag
ging, 14%; Ties, Arrow, 5%; Pieced, 4.
BUTTER—Goshen, 40(yj45; Country, 25;
Tennessee, 25.
FLOUR—City Mills are $6.25@G.50 forsu
poriino; $C.50@6.75 for extra; $7@7.25 for
family; and for fancy; for
Western and Country, we quote superfine,
$5.50®6.00; extra, so@6 s>; family, $G.50@7.00
and fancy, $7.00@7.50.
CORN—Prime to choice white (now dry)
$1.08; yellow and mixed, $1.05. Small
lots, or less than car load, 3@3 higher
than ear load or depot rates.
WHEAT—Light stock; choice white,
$1.43: prime white. $1.40; amber, $1.38; ml,
$1.32%^.35.
OATS —MixM, whito, 85.
CORN MEAL—City, $1.10; Country, sl@
1.05.
EGGS—Pe&dozeu, 18.
Note.— We givo wholesale rates. Prices
for small lots or tho articles wo quote are
higher in proportion.
TELEGRAPHIC MARKETS.
FINANCIAL.
London, March 15—Noon—American Se
curities—small sales and unchanged.—
Street rate, 1-16 below bank.
Paris, March 15 -Noon.—Rentes, *sl'. 75c.
New York, March 15—Nix>n.—Stocks
(Inti. Money. 3. Gold. 115%. Exebanoo —
long, 481; snort, 485. Governments du.l
State Bonds quiet and nominal.
Gold opened at 115%.
New York, March 15—P. M.—Money In
fair supply at 4@5. Sterling lower at 481.
Gold firm at 5%. Governments active and
a little oft'; new s’s, 15%. State Bonds quiet
aud nominal.
Stocks closed dull and steady, except Pa
cific Mail, Lake Shore and Erie which is
lower; Central, ox-div., 100%; Eric, 26%;
Lake Shore, 73%; Illinois Central, 100%;
Pittsburg, 91%; ‘Northwestern, 45%; pre
ferred, 59; Rock Island, 106%.
Sub-Treasury balances: Gold, $50,240,328;
Currency. $47,280,125. The Sub-Treasury
oaid out $39,000 on account of interest, and
$75,800 for bunds. Customs receipts, $349,-
000.
New Orleans, March 15.—Exchange-
New York Sight., % premium; Sterling,
553%. Gold, 114%.
PRODUCE.
Liverpool. March 15—Noon.—Bread
stuffs quiet. Lard, 625. 6d. Long middles,
48s. 6d.; short, 50s.
London. March 15—P. M.— Tallow, 40s.
6d. Turpentine, ‘£53.3d.@265.
New York, March 15—Noon -Flour quiet
and Very firm. Wheat a shade firmer.—
Corn advancing. Pork firm at $19.87%@20.
Lard firm; Steam, 14%. Turpentine dull at
85%. Rosin quiet at $2.05@2.10 for strain
od. Freights quiet.
New York, March 15-P. M.—South
ern Flour firm and moderately active.—
Wheat 1 better with active demand at
at 227 for Winter red Western, $2.28(82.29
for amber ditto. $2.28 for amber State:
$2.3U@2.36 for white Western. Corn opened
a shade firmer aiul dosed with holders a
little more disposed to realize. Cofiedull
lit 1G%<5418%, gold, Kio, common to m ime.
Sugar dull anu heavy. Klee quiet. Tallow
firm at 8%. Rosin and Turpentine steady.
Pork active and firmer; new, $20.25; prime
mess, $18.80019. Lard firmer; prime steam,
14%. Whiskey firmer at $1.1Kj51.14%, in
side price cash. Freights heavy; cotton,
steam, %.
Baltimore, March 15.—Flour qulot and
steady. Wiieat firmer and nominally high
er. Corn buyantand stronger; Southern
White, 82(®83; yellow, 81@83. Gats aud Rye
quiet and steady. Provisions strong and
higher. Pork, f19.50@20. Bacon firm and
active; shoulders, 8%. Lard quiet and
firm. OofTeo quiet; ordinary to prime liio.
cargoes, 16%fe)18%. Whiskey—small sales
at Sugar steady at 10%@U>%.
New Orleans. March 15.—Sugar in
good demand and linn with light supply;
inferior, 5%?&6%; common, 6%^6%; fair
to fully fair, 7f®; prime to choice, B%(<f|B%.
Molasses firm with giKXI demadd anti light
supply; common to prime fermenting,
57; fair to choice boiled, 62@65. (JotTeo in
fair demand; fair to prime, 17®18.
Wilmington, March 15.—Spirits Turpen
tine firm at 31%. Bosin.tirm at for
strained. Crude Turpentine nominal at $1.30
for hard, s'2 25 for vet lo w dip, $2.25 for vir
gin. Tar steady at $1.49,
Louisville, March 15.—Flour in fair de
mand and firm. Corn firm at Pro
visions advancing tendency and strong.—
Pork nominally S2O. Bacon—shoulders,
B%©H%; clear rib and clear,
Lard (irm at 14%; tierce, 14%; keg, 15%.
Whiskey firm at $1.12. Bagging quiotaud
firm at 12%@13.
COTTON.
Liverpool, March 15—Noon Cotton
quiet aiul unchanged; middling uplands,
7%; middling Orleans, 8@8%; sales, 12,-
noo bales; speculation and export, 2.000;
sales on basis middling uplands, nothing
below good ordinary, shipped March and
April, 7%.
Liverpool, March 15—2 P. M.—Cotton
sales on basis middling uplands, nothing
below low middllgg. deliverable March and
Aprii, 7%; ditto, deliverable and May, 7 15-
16; sales on basis middling Orleans, noth
ing below low middling, deliverable March,
8; sales of uplands, new crop, on Lists of
good ordinary, 7 15-16; sales of American,
7,300 bales.
Liverpool. March 15—P. M.—Cotton-
Sales on basis of middling uplands, noth
ing below good ordinary, shipped Februa
ry and March, 7%; ditto, nothing below
low middling, deliverable May and June,
8 1-16; ditto, shippod February and March,
7%@7 15-16; salos on basis middling Or
leans, nothing belrtw low middling, ship
ped February anti March, 8%.
New York. March 15 -Noon— Cotton
dull and nominal: sales, 394 bales; uplands,
16%; Orleans, 16%.
Futures opened easier, as follows: March,
16%; April, 16%, 16 21-32; May, 17 1-32;
June, 17 6-16, 17%; July, 17 19-32, 17 21-32.
ISlew Series— V~ol. 3. No. 64
hKW York, March 15—P. GHUm
quiet; sales. 487 bales at J6%rv • \
receipts, 704; gross, 3,479. ? * * ’ “
Futures closed quiet and ■ w
14,100 bales, as follows: March *6 lileV
I April 16 9-1 G: May, 16 ifi-ie; i.jne %
17 9-32; July, 17 17-32, 17 9-16; Aumc4j7
23-32, 17%; September, 17 S-16; kj
11-16; November, 16 7-1 C; DeromlK*!-’ la
7-16,16%. ' ’
Baltimore, March 18.—-Ootton quiet
and firm; middling, 16%; low me l -Iling,
15%; good ordinary, 15%; net n vents
91 bales; gross, 396; exports—; A Ore* t Bi :
am, 400; coastwise, 250: sales, 375; spin
ners, 115.
Galveston, March 15.—Aitlon firrur
middling; 15%; low middling, Jr,; goof
ordinary, 14%; net receipts, t 4 Ivios;
gross,9l9; exports coastwise, 4.2; sales,
254*
BniLAmjLi’HLA, Marc)i 15.—Gotten quiet •
middling, 16%; low middling, 16; q or .’
diuary, 16%; net receipts, 622 bale.;; gross,
i>oo.
Boston, March 15,—Cotton quiet* mid
dling, 10% ; net receipts, 429 baS.*,- g . -s
1,252; exports to Great Britain, ktoi; sales*
48.
Norfolk, March 15,-Ootton quiet;
middling, 15%; net receipts, rj, uu.w ■
exports coastwise, 1,325; sale , ; . ’
Wilmington, March 15.—<v,tt >. out el
and steady; middling, 15%; nc
701 i .ales; sales, 30.
Memphis. March 15.— Cotton qW and
steady; middling, 15%@15
1,463 bales; shipments, 1,570; sit! • , 1,. o’.
Charleston, March 15.—Cotton quiet;
middling, 15%; low middling, 15* ~'; good
ordinary, 14%® 14%; net. . . j,oos
bales; ekporte— to France, 1,185: to the
Continent, 1,420; coast wise, 1 1 it; -at -s J -
200; stock, 22,277. ' ‘
Savannah, March 16,—C0 ton dutfi mid
dlmg, 16; low middling, 15%: good onllna
ry. 14%; not receipts, 1.134 bub s: exports
Continent, 8,002; coastwise, 241; sates,
New origans, March 15.—Ggt, * quiet
and unchanged; middling, iy.; net re
ceipts, 5,865 bales; gross, 6,015; oxporte—
to Groat Britain, 9,165; to Continent 1 250*
coastwise, 1,610; sales, S,tXV).
Mobile, March 15.—Cotton quiet and
steady; middling, 15%; low middling, i.v
good ordinary, 14%; net. receipts. 1,795
bales; exports coastwise, 1,470; et - Mit).
MARINE NEWS.
New York, March 15.—Arrived; Now Or
loans.
Arrived out: City of Brooklyn, Algm In.
SALE OF MACHINERY,
Belonging to the Estate oX
GEO. O. LOMBARD,
(OKCKASKD),
Ono 30-horse power double cylidder Steam
Engine.
One Force Pump and Shaft for same
Ono 25-horse power Steam Knapjc, evlfn
dor 10%xlG.
Ono 15-horse power Steam Engine, cvlln
dor 9%x10.
Two 8-horse power Steam Engines, cylln
der 7%x6.
One set of Head Block Machinery, for Saw
Mill, complete.
One Portable Grist Mill.
Two sets of Seemont Gin G*nr.
Two seta of Graham’s Latest Jranroved
Solid Him Gin Gear.
Ono lot of Grist Mill Spindles, Bridge £■
Drivers and Brushes, one lot.efO-xlg'ns
and Pul and a Genoral Assor4unt
of CASTINGS such as are generally i< awl
at a Four try.
The above Is sold for the putpeso of di
vision of Property among the heirs of the
sdd Estate, therefore will bo sold very
cheap.
For further particulars, apply to or ad
dress
GEO. R. LOMBARD,
At Forest City Foundry and Machbie
Works, who will continue the bueir ••-•-in
all of its branches. marU-dSAriwlol
HIIIHLV liPBRMT_W (HR MIA,
The Georgia Cough Balsam.
A SPLENDID REMEDY for aflr<v‘hn* of
the LUNGS, as well a l * diseases of tho
KIDNEY. J hold two certificates U ;n Die
Hon. Alexander H. Sto-phens, < ? C-.-orgt*.
whose late sickness was caused by both <<f
these complaints, and were cured by this
medicine.
MONA TBOPA TONIC
Compound Bitters.
A GRAND REMEDY for the earn of
CHILLS AND FEVER. GENKKah
DEBILITY, LOSS OF ApPEiTfE, NIGHT
SWEATS, Ac.
DIARRHCEA, DYSENTERY
AND DIPTHEIHA CORDIAL.
AH SPLENDID REMEDY In Cither case.
Has often cured DIARRHCEA r an
agravaled f rm by a single dose, Dli'i ti K
RIA in half an hour. This Is one ot the
grandest preparations in America, ami has
been thoroughly tested ami so determined
by thousands. _ _
TURKISH OIL OR LMMESI. "
fTULLS old and well known article for
1 RHEUMATISM, NEURALGIA, HEAD,
TOOTH and EAR ACHE, or for PAINS
generally, is still unrivalled.
Rheumatic, Neuralgia and Gout
PILIX
rnUEY do not operate, but penetrate the
JL whole system, particularly the Head.
Used in old or stubborn eases with the
Turkish OH. Price, 76 cents per box.
THE OLD GEORGIA
MEDICATED SOAP
QU long and favorably known, for the
IT eureof ULCERS and SORFS generally,
also SKIN DISEASES, BLIND op BLEED
ING PILES, BURNS or SCALDS. BING
or TETTER WORM, BOILS, SORE EYES,
OUTS, Ac. Price, 25 cents a cuke,
Egyptian Healing Ointirient.
USED In connection wflh Ihe a? v* S< ap,
In old or stubborn cases, al wars gives
satisfaction. Price, 50 cento per box.
Tho four lirst articles are in four nufioe
vials. Price, 75 cents each.
All of these are carefully prepared br
C. PIiIMULK, Agent,
AND SOLD BT
REANEY & DURBAN,
DRUGGISTS*
200 It rood Siroet, Augusl, Gn.
Jan2o-wesu 12&c12
GEEA T
TEXAS LAND
DISTRIBUTION!
A FARM FOB
A Fine Dwelling, a Splendid
Ilonac, or a Ru tilling Ix*t. for MJW.
8300,000
Worth of Real Estate
WILL be distribute*! among Ovrtlcket
holders at Houston, Texas, March
16, 1875. Tho lirst gift will be a Fin# Brick
House, on Main street, rental 81,8110, valued
at SIB,OOO, and the smallest girt wMlbc.tt
acres of Land or a Building Lot Tho dis
tribution comprises over 60,000 a ova of
good land. La thirty-eight growing coun
ties. Tho pirns of Texas and the South
west commend it to tho kind attention of
tho public. Tho State authorities en
dorse it.
Circulars, giving description of the prop
erty, the plan ol drawing and other infor
mation regai-ding Texas, will bo fund* hod
on application.
Every Postmaster is authorized to act ns
local agent. Tickets, $3. Ten per cent,
discount allowed on a club of ton ticket* or
more.
We refer to all Ranks, Bankers and l>eci
ness men of Houston.
For tickets, agencies and full particulars,
address WAGLEY & LOCKART,
Managers, Houston, Tetfis,
ianlo-dlaw*o4w