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Old Series—" Vol. 25, ISTo.
Railroad Schedules.
Revised ait.l Corrected by B, F. Brown. Gen
eral Ticket Agent, Planters’ Hotel.
PORT ROYAL RAILROAD.
Loaves Augusta... .4:29 a. m. and 8:20p. in.
Arrives at Augusta..7:2s a. in. and 8:00 p.m.
Arrives at Port Royal 3:00 p. in.
Leaves Port Royal ,9:30 a.m.
GEORGIA RAILROAD.
Lea ves Augusta at 8 :45, a. m. and 8:15, p. m.
Leaves Atlanta at 7:00, a. m.and 10:30 p. m.
Arrives in Augusta 3:30,p. m, andß:ls,a.m.
Arrives in Atlanta at 5:45, p.m.aud6:2s,a.m.
SOUTH CAROLINA RAILROAD.
Loaves Augusta at 9:00, a. m. and 6, p. m.
Arrives Augusta at 5:15, p. m. and 7:50, a. m.
MACON AND AUGUSTA RAILROAD.
Leaves Augusta at.10:45, a. m.andß;lsp:m.
Leaves Macon at. .6:30, a. in. and 8:00 p.m.
Arrives at Augusta..2:oo,p. m.and 8:15a.m,
Arri ves at Macon at.6:40, p. m. and 7:10 a.m
CENTRAL RAILROAD.
1 -eaves Augusta at 9:05, a. m. and 8:10, p.m.
Arrives at Augusta at 4:OJ p. m. and 7, a.m.
CHARLOTT E COLUMBIA AND AUGUSTA RAIL
* ROAD.
Leaves Augusta at 9:30, a. m. and 4:15, p.m.
\rii ves in Augusta at 8:05, p.m. and 8:45, a.m
iJV TELEGRAPH
ASSOCIATED PRESS DISPATCHES.
WASHINGTON.
Murderer Sentenced—Preparing for
the Mexicans— Yellow Fever at Key
West.
Washington, March 31.—H. H. Slat
ter, who killed Michael Hussey, at the
Sehuetzen Park, about a year ago, aud
plead guilty of manslaughter, ou the
16th inst, was to-day sentenced to four
years in the Albany Penitentiary.
The Secretary of War to-day tele
graphed to the commanding officer of
the Department of Texas to distribute
troops along the Rio Grande, to pre
vent further outrages by Mexicans.
On dit, that William O. Avery suc
ceeds Douglass as Commissioner of
Internal Revenue.
The following was received at the
Navy Department from Capt. G. M.
Ransom, commanding the Uuited States
steamer Colorado, dated Havana,
March 30th : “ The yellow fever is re
ported to be epidemical. Afloat here.
Will sail for anchorage, off Key West,
to-morrow evening.”
The Governor of Texas Appeals to
the President for Aid Against Mex
ican Banditti.
The following telegram was received
here to-day from the Governor of
Texas:
Austin, Tex., March 30.
His Excellency U. S. Grant, President
United States:
Sir : The depredatiens of organized
bauds of robbers from the Republic of
Mexico have, of late, increased in fre
quency and atrocity to an extent which
threatens the depopulation of the lower
Rio Grande country. The alarm in the
country between the Neuces and Rio
Grande, consequent upon these raids,
in which our people are ruthlessly mur
dered and their property forcibly taken
by the foreign desperadoes is wide
spread, and unless relieved by some as
surances of protection must result in a
general break up of settlements. On the
116th of this month a largo party of these
robbers penetrated the interior as far
as within 18 miles of Corpus Christi,
robbing stores and ranches, and mur
dering aud capturing citizens, and
capturing and destroying the United
►States mails. I appeal to your Excel
lency for protection for the people of
that country against these invasions of
outlaws from Mexico, since they have
been of almost weekly occurrence for
several months past, and are increasing
in force and boldness. The citizens of
that country have been compelled, for
the most part, to move to towns for
protection, and no security exists out
side of these corporations for life or
property, and the people in towns even
hold themselves inconstant readiness
for defense.
I trust that your Excellency will
deem it proper to give security to the
people on the Rio Grande border, in
view of the assurance I now give you
that an extreme necessity exists for it.
Very respectfully,
Richard Coke,
Governor of Texas.
The Secretary of War sent the fol
lowing answer:
Washington', March 31.
To the Governor of Texas:
Tho President being absent, your tel
egram has been sent to me. Orders
will be given to the military authori
ties to take immediate steps towards
the protection of the people of Texas
on the Mexican frontier.
(Signed) Wm. M. Belknap,
Secretary of War.
A telegram was received at the War
Department to-day from the command
ant of the troops at Key West, Fla.,
announcing that two cases of yellow fe
ver existed in that place, and the troops
had been moved to another locality be
yond reach of the disease.
NEW YORK.
Excitement in the Gold Market.
Daniel Drew Settles Up.
New York, March 31.—The Times'
financial article says the cause of vio
lent fluctuations iu stock yesterday is
attributed to Daniel Drew’s wild oper
ations in “calls,” “straddles” and
“ puts.” Drew, it appears, failed to
put in an appearance when the decline
in gold made his customers anxious.
The legion of enquirers at Drew’s
usual plaqe of resort were blandly
told that Drew was sick. Drew’s ab
sence from the street caused a decline
in gold and advance in exchange.
The effect on the street when tho fact
became known was to depress prices
and unsettle values ; but as soon as
it was understood that any permanent
default on his part would place the
number of speculators operating on his
“calls” short of stocks. The feeling
changed, and prices began to advance
just as the Stock Exchange was closed
for the day. The effect in the Gold
Room was even more decided than in
the Stock Exchange, and the price de
clined from 116% to 114%, and mil
lions of long gold were sold out on this
decline in gold. There was a sharp ad
vance in the foreign exchanges. The
operations in the Gold Room Monday
and yesterday are generally interpreted
as meaning a disruption.
Daniel Drew is in Wall street to-day
settling all contracts which came due
yesterday.
Fires.
Davenport, lowa, March 31. — The
Shields Woolen Mills was burned.
Loss, $40,000.
Fairburg, 111., March 31.—Masonic
and Odd Fellows’ Hall, with adjacent
buildings, were burned. Loss, $30,000.
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I lie fails (bontfitutumaust.
FOREIGN.
Abdication of the Emperor of Brazil.
Religious Trouble and Conference in
Germany.
Paris, March 31.— The Publique pub
lishes the following: The Emperor of
Brazil proposes to abdicate in favor of
his eldest daughter, the Countes D’Eu.
The Emperor, upon his abdication, will
make a tour of Europe ; after which he
will proceed to the United States, where
he will make his home.
London, March 31. — Spanish advices
state that notwithstanding the details
of the truthful reports of dissensions
among Carlists, it is known beyond
question t iat there are serious differ
ences between Don Carlos and the
Carlist counsel of the province of Na
varre.
Berlin, March 31.—Dr. Henry Faer
ster, Prince-Bishop of Breslan, has
been summoned to resign his Bishopric,
because he promulgated the Papal
encyclical against the ecclesiastical
laws. The conference of the Roman
Catholic Bishops at Fulda is held with
closed doors. The object of the meet
ing is to discuss and issue a pastoral
letter concerning the bill before the
Prussian Diet, withdrawing State grants
from the church.
Paris, March 31.—France has agreed
to be in postal convention.
Calcutta, March 31. —The trial of the
Guikwar of Barboda, on the charge of
attempting to bribe' the servants of the
Resident to poison Col. Pliayre, the
Resident, has resulted in a disagree
ment of the commission before whh li
the case was tried.
English Races. A Big London
Failure.
London. March 31.—The Northamp
tonshire stakes were won by Peeping
Tom.
Win. Thomas Henly, telegraph engi
neer and contractor, lias failed. His
liabilities are two and a half millions.
Havana, March 31.—The steamer
Worcester, witii Admiral Mullauey on
board, arrived yesterday. The Wor
cester and the flag ship Colorado sail
for Key West. All are well.
PENNSYLVANIA.
Northern Ku-Klux. One of the Re
sults of the War. A War with
the Miners Threatened.
Reading, March 31.— The Sheriff has
seized the Wilmington and Reading
Railroad. The sale takes place April
22d.
The Eagle says that tho announce
ment of a coalition of the two unions is
hailed with joy by miners and sus
pended railroad employes. Jollifica
tion meetings arc being held in Schuyl
kill county, aud Presidents Siney and
Rhoades will issue proclamations.
A later dispatch from the upper Le
high announces the killing of McDer
mott, one of the bosses there. Last
night coffins on hand bills were served
on men obtaining coal foi boilers at
Eckley colliery.
The whole region is in a state of great
excitement. The feeling is general that
property and lives are at the mercy of
these reckless men. This is the third
day that demonstrations have been
made. Sheriff Kirkeudail has declined
to appear unless an actual riot takes
place, and then ho proposes to come
from Wilkesbarre, 24 miles away, to
quell it. The Deputy Sheriff, now here,
declines to act without instructions.
The raiders are called “ Landerburn’s
Regiment,” from the fact that Lander
burn has been selling condemned Gov
ernment muskets.
Hazleton, March 31.—Another crowd
of armed men have started from El
ervale for the Upper Lehigh to stop
men employed by the Jersey Central
Railroad from loading coal at that
place. A special train has left here
with a detachment of police, armed
and equipped, to resist any attempt at
violence by tho mob. The result of
this raiding is awaited with great anx
iety. Our local police force is too
small to contend with the exasperated,
miners, and a call for the military is
expected.
Philadelphia, March 31. —The Sheriffs
are getting the better of the miners,
who generally obey the summons to
come in after concealing their arms.
All who have arms on their persons are
arrested.
FLASHES.
The business portion of Ticonderoga,
New York, was burned to-day. Loss,
$200,000.
Hints.— One ounce alcohol ; two
drachms cayenne pepper; one ounce
kerosene oil; let it stand twenty-four
hours after mixing. It cures the worst
toothache ever known.
Kerosene oil is good for removing
rust from cutlery.
Soft soap should he kept in a dry
place in a cellar, and should not be used
for three months after it is made.
# Lard should be kept hard and white
—and that which is taken from a hog
over a year old is best.
To select nutmegs prick them with a
piu, if they are good the oil will in
stantly spread around the puncture.
When a keg of molasses is bought,
draw off a few quarts, else the fermen
tation produced by moving it will
burst the cask.
Two small arteries branching up
from the main arteries on each side of
the neck, and passing over the outside
of the jaw bone, supply the face witii
blood. If the nose bleeds from the
right nostril, for example, pass the
finger along the edge of tho right jaw
till the beating of the artery is felt.
Press hard upon it five minutes and
the bleeding will cease.
The best way to enjoy things is to
use them, and thus get the worth of
our money out of them. There is no
sense in gorgeous parlors kept in dark
ness.
It Is a Fact that many grocers sell
Dr.. Price’s Baking Powders at tho
same price they do the cheaper kinds,
aud as they have to pay more for it,
make less money, hence they never sell
it unless the purchaser demands it.
They place it ought of sight, and urge
the customers to take the common
kinds because they are more profitable.
Let consumers become acquainted with
fact that it is only necessary to
mix one part flour to two parts Dr.
Price’s Cream Baking Powder to make
a powder as perfect in its results as
other kinds, and there are few who
would pay the same price for the adul
terated articles as for Dr. Price’s, not
when flour costs less than six cents
per pound. Dr. Price’s powder is not
sold in bulk. mh3o-tuthsasu.
The following notice, written on the
door of a village sehoolhouse would
seem to indicate that the schoolmaster
is abroad : “ Kea at the wuden hous
necks dore.”
AUGUSTA, GA„ THURSDAY MORNING. APRIL 1. 1875.
The Georgia Railroad.
Mr. Editor: You will allow me through
the medium of your paper to commune
with all who are sensible of the strug
gles of the corporation, its respec
tability in influence and its struggles
and efforts to make it pay regular,
moderate dividends to its stockholders,
of whom I am one, and to whom a di
vidend is of great importance. Yet I
think the mere dispensing with the
services of baggago masters, and others
necessary to the conducting cf the af
fairs of the road, is but an infinitesimal
beginning. Though you may carry it
through from President down to wood
passers, the evil is not reached. Nor
do I know that it ever will be by this
mode. I admit that the reduction of all
salaries from the highest to the lowest
will aggregate a considerable amount,
say $50,000 to # $75,000 per annum. Well
would this saving enable the road to
make regular and reliable dividends, to
say nothing of maintaining its effi
ciency? While I t hink it would be de
sirable and proper to curtail expenses
in every way consistent with good
management and safety, I am fully
convinced that it would not be a drop
in the bucket. I have thought care
fully over all these matters, aud from
the standpoint of one deeply interest
ed I do not think with all duo respect
for Stockholder's very sensible and very
temperate article that the reduction,
the small reduction in salaries of each
individual employee, though consider
able in 'the aggregate would enable
the corporation to make dividends.
The evil is not in wages, or “misman
agement,” or in having two Presidents,
two Superintendents, or two master
machinists. We are troubling ourselves
about waste at the damp eud of the
barrel, when tho contents are pouring
out at the bung hole.
First, then, consider the profits on
transportation of what are termed
through freights and through travel. I
have over thought that these rates
brought our corporation in debt, and
still think so. Look at the per centage
of gross receipts required to pay our
expenses. Stockholder says about 70
per cent. It is nearer 72, and this
does not include immediate future out
lay for wear and tear of track, new iron
and machinery; but for the local traffic
of the road the balance sheet, I think,
would show less. It is intimated by
Stockholder that the expenses of the
Western and Atlantic Railroad are but
58 per cent, of gross receipts. It is a
shorter line, and has reliable connec
tions so far as Savannah and Augusta
All its freights are promptly paid at
this point, upon presentation of mani
fest or freight list, and in bulk.—
lam of tho opinion they are paid
before presentation. In many in
stances, tho freight reaches Augusta to
be collected in detail from tho con
signees here, then the through freights
to Charleston are charged to the South
Carolina Railroad, to be reimbursed at
convenience. I learn that tiie average
monthly indebtedness of the South
Carolina Railroad to the Georgia Rail
road for the past two years amounts to
$20,000 to $30,000 per month. Tho
amount this day is about $525,000.
This operates hardly upon the poor
old Georgia. It pays everybody prompt
ly, and is reimbursed at convenience, or
not at all, as is the case in one instance,
and that a fostered connection which I
will not name.
Why the difference in expenses be
tween the State Railroad and the
Georgia should be so great I cannot
say, further than the above suggestion
—a shorter line, and perhaps better
management.
But, Mr. Editor, I wish to make the
point intended, which I should have
made at first, without troubling the
printer or reader, if, indeed, any shall
take the trouble to look over this ar
ticle.
It lias been stated by a distinguished
and experienced railroad superintend
ent that “ the abnormal condition of
the Gulf States has bankrupted nearly
every work of internal improvement
within their borders.” I suppose the
same can, with much truth, be said of
the Atlantic States. A distinguished
President, perhaps the oldest in expe
rience, if not in years, ancl continuous
s-rvice, has said that “ the Providence
of God and the malevolence of man
seem to be united for the destruction
of this devoted interest,”
Now, Mr. Editor, wnat I desire to
say is, to quit, and at once.
In my humble opinion, there is not a
road in the South, or but few, which pay
their running expenses and interest
upon their bonded debt. Stockholders
should bo made aware of this, should
be thoroughly informed of the fact,
and let them apply the remedy.
The rates of freight and passage are
too low, and little or nothing can be
made for those who have built the
roads aud have paid for them, and
are entitled to an income of six or
eight per cent, on the investment. Now,
Mr. Editor, I suppose that it will not
be contended that roads shall be run
to utter bankruptcy, once in a while
forcing a dividend for stockholders to
keep up appearances to expedite the
final catastrophe. I say that tho
Georgia Railroad is perfectly solvent—
there is nothing hidden or bogus con
nected witii it, and before we get into
the entanglements of bankruptcy let us
stop our trams, every one of than—sell
out and close out. Let us do it while
we can, and let other and more skilful
men manage, and try their hands for
the delectation of the doar public and
disappointed stockholders. About two
or three years ago Central Railroad
stock sold for, I think, $l3O ; to-day it
would bring about $56 to $57.
Now I want to face the music at
once, avoid utter bankruptcy, and close
out while we may. Let others try
courts, legislation aud law. I have had
enough of all.
Another Stockholder.
■
Bismarck. —Prince Bismarck seems
to have pressed Liis wish to retire from
office on the score of age and necessa
ry rest; but the Emperor, in a person
al interview, referred to the fact that
he was himself thirteen years older
than the Prince, and yet could not re
tire, but must always hold himself sub
ject to the obligations of duty and
honor. Thus urged, the Prince gave
his promise to retain his post.
Spelling school victors should re
member with cautious humility that
the Count and Countess B. Tysz Kie
wicz are still in the country, and are
liable to come West at a moment s
notice.
A man in Wisconsin, whose almanac
says this is spring, had his ears frozen
while planting cabbage-seed last week.
Brigham Young is going round mak
ing friends with his wives and tallying
the children. He is afraid of more di
vorce and alimony.
“ Why did you pass yesterday with
out looking at me?” said a beautiful
woman to Talleyrand. “ Because,
madam, if I had looked I could not
have passed,”
[Washington Cor. Pittsburg Dispatch.
THE VICE-PRESIDENT’S VIEWS.
A Talk with . Henry Wilson—What
- He Thinks of Grant and the South
—The Coming Election.
At this point it occurred to me to put
out a leading question :
“ Mr. Wilson, will the Republican
party elect the next President ?”
The Vice- President paused and said :
“It depends entirely on their be
havior. They'can if they will. But
they cannot do it by terrorizing indi
vidual opinion and expression, aud ap
plying patronage to the cure of natural
indignations. This country is stub
born. The Republican party in it is the
intelligent patriotism and free spirit of
the country. Republicans will not break
up the traditions thoy took with their
mother’s milk and help any one man,
however honorable, to a perpetual suc
cession. The danger with us is the
perversion of the party to individual
ambition. We would have smooth sail
ing if this third-term delusion was out
of the way. In the last thirty days it
has made more haste towards its doom
than in the whole year previous. It is
contrary to our conscience and tradi
tions, and there is no sense iu it. Yet
the existence of the Republican party
may be bound up in this personal
vagary, I saw the third-term crop
ping out a good while ago. It first as
sumed the form of a Conservative can
didature. Bob Toombs, Stephens, and
others, were to start it on behalf of the
South. Mosby boasted that he was to
play a Yankee trick on the Yankees
—annex the President and his patron
age, and make a Conservative candi
date of him. We left the Civil Rights
till over one session because it was
plainly intimated that the President, in
his understanding with his Confeder
ate friends, meant to veto it. Nothing
has happened, that I know of, to make
the President change position on Arkan
sas and the Force bill but a conviction
that lie could not be re-elected by such
a coalition as was originally outlined.
“ You were against these measures,
Mr. Vice-President?”
“ I was. Although a Massachusetts
and a New England man, and a party
man in every sense of fidelity to my
public associates aud the general policy
we begin to introduce, I am positive iu
the belief that we must get white men,
born or bred in the South, to rule it,
and that State governments of negroes
and a handful of white men who ab
sorb the patronage, and are Republi
cans for the sake of it, will not stand
up. Therefore I oppose force bills, if
their objects are suspected of being po
litical and trifling with State govern
ments according as they stand in the
path of a certain ambition or out of it.”
“ Mr. Vice-President,” said I, “ does
the President speak to you with his
former cordiality since you published
your letter of January last.”
“ Yes.. I have no complaint to make.
I respeef the President, but am not
much consulted by him, and do not be
long to the intimate circle of the White
House. I have been told that he said
I was not attending to my own busi
ness, or rather that I was forward in
expressing myself about the succes
sion. Nevertheless, lam too old iu af
fairs to go blind. The pacification of
the country is the first task of the
present time. Every good emotion
should go that way. We want the
Union back in its spirit and the co
operation of the white intelligence of
the late slave States. That is one of
my objects in going South, to instruct
my mind.”
“It would have been better for the
President,,’ I said, “ to have also visit
ed the South as its conqueror and mag
istrate.”
The Vice-President did not reply, so
I asked him to explain to me the cause
of Grant’s change of front in Arkansas.
“ I think the third term had a good
deal to do with it. Besides, lam told
that there are railroad interests out
there to the amount of $5,000,000 or
$6,000,000 at stake ou the possession of
the State government. If the Arkansas
vote had been taken first, aud the
Force bill had been voted on after
wards, the Force bill would not have
passed Congress.”
“Look,” said Mr. Wilson, “at the
want of shame in those Arkausas men.
There is no doubt that Clayton and his
party cheated Brooks out of his elec
tion. When they found the other man,
Baxter, would not work as they want
ed, they turned about and exposed
their own dishonesty. I think Poland
dealt with that question in the spirit of
justice. Justiceis often a compromise.”
“ Then you approve of the Louisiana
compromise ? ”
The Vice-President answered this
question by saying: “ Both sides
down there are wrong; wrong in fact,
wrong in spirit. There’s another thing
delicate to speak of, but I’ll say it to
you : Casey’s appointment there has
been very unfortunate. Warmoth told
me that Casey made tho first break in
the party.”
“ Are liis aspirations for tho Senate
favored at the White House?”
“ I think its understood that the ob
ject of a good deal of the differences
there is Casey’s desire for the Senate.”
“I tell you,” continued Mr. Wilson,
“ political parties aro now askew. Party
lines run in one direction, and tho real
differences between men in another.
There are fully one-half tho Demo
crats who ought to be in our party,
and a proportion of our own that we
could very well dispense with. People
with good intentions toward the whole
country, and willing to see justice done
according to the decrees of the conflict
just passed, and anxious to see the
Government respectable; that should
be the true coalition. Now, our party
and the Democratic party are both the
prey of rival personal ambitions and
resentments. This third term idea
has done a mighty sight of mischief. ’
“The President,” I learn, “or his co
terie, are very severe on Blaine and
Dawes for opposing the Force bill ?”
“So it is said. Blaine, I believe, is
the main object of attack. I met Mur
tagh, who publishes the Washington
Republican, the other day, and I said
to him, ‘Why aro you attacking the
late Speaker? That won’t help har
mony.’ He said that Blaine had been
doing mischief witii his committees.”
“Then, Mr. Wilson, you think the
next Presidency is still a doubtful pro
position ?”
“We must conciliate,” answered the
Vice-President. “John Cochrane wrote
to me the other day that Liberal Re
publicans had been gravitating toward
the Democratic party for some time,
but now were halting, undecided where
to go. We want to be the party of the
mild-dealing nation. We want, in or
out of the party, to co-operate with the
best intelligence of the white men of
the South, and have lost patience with
this experiment of administering large
States by a few whites—conveniently
tew—and ail the rest negroes. Our
party is now rapidly becoming a radi
cal one and a mild majority. When it
was time to be radical I was not in the
rear. Good nature to the front is what
we desire now.”
“ Said I, ‘ Mr. Wilson, will you join
the excursion party to Mexico ?’ ”
“ Who is going ?”
“I hear that Dennis, of Maryland;
Cameron (who gets it up), Anthony and
Ben Perley Poore are going.”
“ I shan’t go, I am too poor, and poor
men in public life suffer more imputa
tion from using a Government ship or
any such perquisites thau rich men.”
[New Orleans Times.
FACT AND ROMANCE.
Sam Ward’s Son—The Young Man
Who Knew not His Father—A Fa
mous Will Case which Deals with
Notable Louisianians—Medoi-a Gry
mes, of New Orleans, His Mother.
An interesting will case has been on
trial before the Surrogate of New York,
the parties to which have been associat
ed with important events and charac
ters in the history of this State. It is
the application of the graudmother. of
Sam Ward, Jr., who deceased in Paris
in 1865, leaving all his property to his
mother, and declaring that he 'did not
know his father. And yet that father
was the well known Sam Ward, the
king of the lobby at Washington and
the most famous dinner giver on this
continent; a gentleman renowned for
his accomplishments, his universal
knowledge, his conviviality, wit, aud
his large circle of acquaintances and
intimates in all the gay capitals of the
old and new world. It should certainly,
too, have been known to the son of
such a man, that his father, when he
first experienced the pride of paternity,
was a member of the then great com
mercial and banking firm of Prime,
Ward & King, iu New York.
It was regarded, indeed, at the time,
more than thirty years ago, a very
briliiant match when the lovely and ac
complished Medora Grymes married
the elegant.
WITTY AND WEALTHY YOUNG SAM WARD,
of the great English firm. Medora was
the petted daughter of our great law
yer, John R. Grymes, who, for more
than forty years, was regarded the
head of our bar. The oldest members
of our bar will remember with what
pride and affection the great advocate
used, even iu the midst of a trial in
court, to draw from his pocket his
gold snuff-box, aud gaze upon the
lovely medallion, painted on it in ivory,
with the inscription, Medora a sonpere.
Upon this daughter the old lawyer lav
ished all his love and devotion. For
the rest of the world he manifested
little regard, charity or indulgence.
Indeed, he was regarded, somewhat
unjustly, as a misanthrope. He cer
tainly was a merciless satirist. But
the utterance of tho name of his dar
ling Medora never failed to dissipate
all his sourness and gloom, and calling
forth all the tenderness of his nature,
and far more of tenderness than men
who had lived the life and experienced
the sorrows and troubles which had
hardened his heart, ever cherish or
manifest. She was the danghter of a
mother from whom her father had
been long separated. That mother is
now the claimant under tho will of her
grandson.
x’HE ONCE LOVELY MEDORA,
the legatee of her sou, having sur
vived him but a few months. Here is
another example of the longevity of
the Creole race. Mrs. Suzette Grymes
was the gay and beautiful widow of
the first Governor of Louisiana, W. C.
C. Claiborne, to whom this Province of
Louisiana was delivered in 1804. The
life and character of Gov. Claiborne
might be familiar to all our readers.
He was a great friend and favorite of
President Jefferson, and had voted for
him as member of Congress, aud, re
ceiving the brilliant position of Terri
torial Governor of Louisiana, bore a
most prominent part in the organiza
tion and defense of this State. No
public official
WAS EVER HELD IN GREATER ESTEEM
and respect by a people thau was Gov.
Claiborne. Marrying as his second wife
a beautiful Creole lady, he died a few
years after retiring from the Guberna
torial Chair, leaving his widow and
several children, who now survive.
Among those are Mrs. M. Marigny and
Mr. Charles Claiborne, late Clerk of the
United States Court in this State. Our
honorable citizen, W. C. C. Claiborne,
who also still lives, is the son of Gov.
Claiborne by his first wife. The Widow
Claiborne, some years after tho death
of the Governor, married Col. Johu R.
Grymes, then in tho meridian of his
fame and distinction as a lawyer. For
some years they lived together in
grand style and wore the leaders of
fashionable life in the city. Finally,
qowover, their matrimonial relations
were interrupted, and Mrs. Grymes de
parted for the North with her young
children, and purchasing a country
seat on Staten Island, resided there
for many years, superintending the ed
ucation of her children.
COL. GRYMES RESUMED HIS OLD BACHELOR
HABITS,
and lived for many years a solitary,
unhappy life, holding little or no in
tercourse with any member of his
family save liis loved Medora, who
made several visits to him, during
which the old lawyer’s moroseness en
tirely disappeared aud his spirits re
sumed their old vivacity. It is the.son
of this lady who testifies his devotion
to his mother by the will which is sow
in controversy, though it is hardly con
ceivable, and, indeed, the fact of her
absence and illness at the time of his
death would disprove such an in
ference, that she could have been a
party to the unfilial reference to his
father as uuknowu to him. Should the
will be maintained, the venerable
grandmother, who must now be iu the
neighborhood of one hundred years
old, will be the chief beneficiary
thereof.
The Scarcity of Good Beef Explain
ed.—W'o often hear the question asked,
“Why don’t our butchers furnish us a
first-class article of beef ?” We have
the finest beef raising country in
America, and yet we have no beef fit to
eat. Why is this thus? The answer
to the question is simple and pointed :
The people want to buy low-priced beef,
and the butchers have to rely on beef
raised on grass, which never of itself
makes good beef. When Maj. Harlan
or Col. Wade stall-feed a beef until it
is fit for an Englishman to eat, they
have to send it to New York or some
other large city where it commands the
highest market price, in order to get
pay for their trouble and expense ; they
find no market for it at home. Rev.
Geo. Beckett is trying to remedy this
condition of things, and we trust he
will succeed. If fifty or more heads of
families will meet together and demand
good beef, and agree to pay a proper
price for it, a revolution will soon be
effected. — Columbia Herald and Mail.
FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL
AUGUSTA DAILY MARKET.
Office Daily Constitutionalist, )
Wednesday. March 31, i P.H.j
Financial.
Gold—Buying at 113 and soiling at 115.
Silver—Buving at 102 and sidling at 105.
Sight Exchange on New York, buying at
par to % premium, and selling at % to %
premium.
Cbtton :
The Augusta Exchange reports the
market continuing dull and nominal to
day, with lower prices.
The closing quotations were: Good Ordi
nary, 14%; Low Middling, 15%; Middling,
15%.
Receipts of the day, 155 and sales, 204
bales. The receipts at all United States
ports were 5,595 bales; same day last
year, 11,115 bales.
Produce:
BACON—firm at quotations, Clear Sides,
13@13%; C. R. Sides, 13@13%; Shoulders, 10.
Dry Salt—o. R. Sides, 12@12% Long Clear
Sides, 12; D. S. Shoulders, 9; Bellies, 12®
12%. Tennessee Meats—Sides, 13%; Shoul
ders, 10%; Hams, 15.
HAMS—Canvassed, 14%@15.
LARD—Choice, in tierce, 16; kegs and
cans, 17.
BAGGING AND TIES—No demand.
BUTTER—Goshen, 40@45; Country, 28
@3O; Tennessee, 28@30.
FLOUR—City Mills are $6.25@6.50 for su
perline, $6.50@6.75 for extra; $7@7.25 for
family; and $7.50@7.75 for fancy; for Wes
tern and Country, we quote superline, $5.50
@6.00; extra, SG@G.SO; family, $6.50©7.00
and fa cy, $7.00@7.50.
CORN—Prime to choice ■white (new dry)
$1.08; yellow and mixed, $1.05. Small
lots or less than car load, 3@5 higher
than car load or depot rates.
WHEAT—Light stock; choice white,
$1.43; prime white, $1.40; amber, $138; rod,
$1.30@1.32%.
OATS—Mixed, 83085; white, 85.
CORN MEAL—City, $1.10; Country, sl@
1.05.
EGGS—Per dozen, 15.
Note—We give wholesale rates. Prices
for small lots of the articles we quote are
higher in proportion
TELEGRAPHIC MARKETS.
FINANCIAL.
London, March 31—Noon.—Erie, 26.
Paris, March 31—Noon.—Rentes, 64f.
New York, March 31 -Noon.—Stocks
active and unsettled. Money 5. Gold, 114%.
Exchenge—long, 483%—short, 487%. Gov
ernments active and better feeling. State
Bonds quiet and steady.
New York, March 31—P. M.— Money
very easy at 4@5. Sterling higher at 483%.
Gold inactive at 514%@114%. Governments
‘lull steady. New o’s, 14%. States quiet
and nominal.
Stocks closed active and weak: Central,
100%; Erie, 29%; Lake Shore, 73%; Illinois
Central, 102; Pittsburg, 92; Northwestern,
44%; preferred, 57%; Rock Island, 10G;
Sub-Treasury balances; Gold, $54,211,285;
Currency. $43,609,363. Sub-Treasurer paid
out $33,000 on account of interest, and
SIOI,OOO for bonds. Customs receipts, $356,-
000.
New Orleans, March 31.—Exchange-
New York Sight, % premium. The price
current gives following stocks on hand.
PRODUCE.
Liverpool, March 30—Noon.—Bread
stuffs quiet.
New York, March 31—Noon.—Flour
dull and unchanged, Wheat quiet slightly,
buyers favor. Corn unchanged. Pork firm
at $21@21.25. Lard heavy—steam, J 4%. —
Spirits Turpentine steady at 36. Rosin
firm at $2.07%@2.12% for strained. Freights
steady.
Baltimore, March 31.—Flour quiet and
steady. Wheat Hum and demand good;
Maryland red, $1.20@1.30; amber, $1.35@1.37.
Corn quiet—Southern white, 83@87; yellow,
83. Rye firm at $1.05@1.08. Provisions ac
tive and upward; moss, $21@21.50. Bacon
active and firm; shoulders, 9%@9%. Coffee
strong, ordinary te prime Rio, cargoes. 15%
@lB%. Whiskey, $1.15. Sugar strong at
10%@10%.
Louisville, March 31 Flour-quiet and
unchanged. Corn firm at 68@70. Provisons
advancing, tendency strong. Pork, $22.
Bacon—shoulders, 8%@9; clear rib, 12%@
12%; clear. 12% for prime. Lard—steam,
14%; tierce, 15; keg, 16. Whiskey, 12. Bag
ging very strong at 12%@13.
Cincinnati, March 31—Flour firm. Corn
firm at 70@71. Pork firm—held at $21.50.
Lard firm—held at 14%; steam, 14% for ket
tle. Bacon firm ; shoulders, 8%; clear rib
and clear, 12%. Whiskey steady at $1.12.
Chicago, March 31—Flour quiet and un
changed. Corn in fair demand; No. 2, mixed
fresh, 68%; legular, 65. Pork buoyant and
unsettled at s2l. Lard active at 1422%.
Whiskey, $1,12.
St. Louis, March 31.—Flour in good de
mand. Corn a fraction higher; No, 2, mixed,
69@70%. Whiskey iirm at $1.12. Bacon
buoyant and demand exceeds supply; shoul
ders, 8%@9; clear rib and clear, 1-2%@13.
Lara held at 14.
New York, March 31—P. M.—South
ern flour quiet and heavy; common to fair
oxtra, $4 95@5.60; good to choice, SS.GS@B.
Wheat %@lc better, moderate demandat
$1,25@1.27; Winter red Western, $1.28@1.29;
amber, do. $1.30@1.40 for while Western.
Corn heavy lc lower for new, 85@86; Wes
tern mixed, 86%; yellow Western, 88@89 for
old Western mixed instore. Coffee firmer at
15%@18%, gold. Sugar quiet and firm.—
Rice quiet and steady. Tallow firm at 8%.
liosin and Turpentine steady. Pork firmer,
new job lots, $21.25@12.50. Whiskey lower
at $1.14@1.25. Freights steady.
New Orleans, March 31 Molasses
quiet. Coffee iu good demand.
COTTON.
Liverpool, March 31—Noon.—Cotton
steady; uplands, 7%@8; middling Orleans,
8@8%; sales, 14,000; speculation and ex
port, 3,000; to arrive easier on basis of mid
dling uplands, nothing below good ordi
nary; shipped February 7 15-16; do. ship
ped March and April. 7 15-16; do deliverable
March, 7%; do.notiliugbelowlowmiddling,
shipped February, 7 15-16, do. deliverable
March. 7%; do. deliberate April and May,
7% on basis middling Orleans, nothing be
low low middling, shipped February, 8%.
Later— Cotton on basis of middling Or
leans, nothing below low middling, de
liverable May and June, 8%.
New York, March 31—Noon—Cotton
dull; sales, 510 bales; uplands, 16%; Orleans,
Futures opened barely seasy as follows:
April, 16 17-32,17 9-16; May, 16 i5-16,16 31-32;
June, 17 9-32,17 5-16; July, 17 916, 17%.
Liverpool, March 31—5 P. M—Cotton
—sales to-day, 6,600 bales American; sales
on basis of middling Orleans, nothing below
good ordinary shipped March and April,
8%; nothing below low middling, deliver
able April at 8.
Savannah, March 31.—C0 ton quiet
middling, 16; net receipts, 523; gross, 660;
exports coastwise, 1,185; sales, 511.
Boston, March 31.—Cotton unchanged;
net receipts, 267; gross, 1,954; exports—to
Great Britain, 333; sales, 405.
Baltimore, March 31.—Cotton quiet
and firm; middling, 16%@16%; gross re
ceipts, 533; exports coastwise, 295; sales,
265; spinners, 100.
Mobile, March 31.—Cotton quiet; mid
dling, 15%; net receipts, 203; exports coast
wise, 35; sales, 500; stock, 40.596.
Charleston, March 31.—Cotton quiet;
middling, 16%; low middling, 15%@15%;
good ordinary, 14%@15; net receipts, 423;
gross, 757; sales, 300.
Galveston, March 31.— Cotton unchang
ed; net receipts, 585 exports coastwise, 8;
sales, 1,035; stock, 55,756.
Wilmington, March 31,—Cotton—net re
ceipts, 803 bales; coastwise, 933.
Norfolk, March 31.— Cotton quiet; net
receipts, 1,199; coastwise, 1,050; sales, 20u.
Memphis, March 31.—Cotton quiet; net
receipts, 301; shipments, 252 ; total, 500.
Philadelphia, March 31. —Cotton quiet’
net receipts, 260; gross, 539.
New Orleans, March 31.— Cotton very
quiet middling, 15%; low middling, 15%;
good ordinary, 14%; net receipts, 1,487;
gross, receipts, 1,567: exports-to Great
Britain, 4,789; to France, 5,630 , Continent
1,249; sales, 2,250.
WE ARE READY!
.iT
J. B. WHITE &Co-’s
WITH
$65,000 AVORTH OF
NEW
Spring and Summer Goods
lAA DOZEN 2 HUTTON KID
A V/V) GLOVES, all colors aud sizes,
at 50 cents; 130 dozen Superior COR
SETS at 50 cents; 100 dozen pure
FLAX TOWELS, 12%c., worth 25e.;
1,500 dozen HOSE, from 50c. up ; 150
pieces 4-4 PIQUE 15c., market value
25c.; 300 pieces well assorted PIQUE,
20c. to 50e.; 150 pieces PERCALES.
12%c.; 100 dozen PARASOLS, 500. to
$lO each ;80 pieces Embroidered Gren
adines 12 Lc., worth last season, Jse.;
85 pieces Black Iron Grenadines, 25c. to
$1.50 ; 75 pieces Striped and Colored
SPRING SILKS, prices low ; 15 pieces
Black Silk, 75c. to $3 per yard ; 5 pieces
Extra Value, $1.50, last week sold for
$2.25; magnificent assortment of
RUCHES and LLAMA LACE POINTS,
$5 to SIOO ; 9 cases 3 _ t Bleached Shirt
ing at 5c., 7 cases % Bleached Shirting
at 7%c., 24 cases 4-4 Bleached Shirting
at 9,10,11% and 12%c.
FOIi CASH.
100 BALES FACTORY SHIRTING at %c.
less than Agent’s prices.
Country and City Merchants will do w*dl
to call and get posted before buying.
J. B. WHITE & CO.,
, 228 BROAD STREET.
mh23-sutu&f r 4 w
FITS CURED FREeT
Any person suffering from the above
disease is requested to address l>r. Price,
and a trial bottle of Medicine will be for
warded by Express
FREE l
The only cost being the Express charges
which, owing to my large business, are
small. Dr. Price has made the treatment of
FITS OR EPILEPSY
a study for years, and he will warrant a
cure by the use of his remedy.
Do not fail to send to him for a trial
bottle: it costs nothing, aud he
wnr cure you.
no matter of how long standing your case
may be, or how many other remedies may
have failed. Circulars aud Testimonial's
sent with
FREE TRIAL BOTTLE.
Be particular to give your Express, as
well as your Post Offioe direction, and
Address i>k. chas.t. prick,
feb26-d&cly 67 William street, N. Y.
Fertilizers !
HIGHEST GRADE
AT
deduced Prices ! !
Important to Grangers and Farmers.
lAM Agent at this point for the GEOR
GIA STATE GRANGE FERTILIZER,
an Ammoniated Superphosphate, made
from pure bone, aud yielding an analysis
3.28 Ammonia, and from 9.50 per cent, to
10.50 per cent, available Phosphoric Acid:
none excel, few eqal it.
Georgia State Grange Dissolved Bone,,
made from pure bone, guaranteed to con
tain 13 per cent Soluble Phosphoric Acid.
Nothing better sold in Georgia.
Georgia State Grange Acid Phosphate,
made from South Carolina Phosphate Rockl
guaranteed to contain 10 per cent. Soluble
Phosphoric Acid, only equalled by one
article made iu Carolina.
The above articles are offered to Grang
ers at prices as per contract with “ Manu
facturers Combination.”
Farmers not Grangers will also be sup
plied at low rates.
For terms and prices, apply to
W. W. RHODES,
Agent for Augusta, at Planters Union
Agency. W. M. MOSES,
General Purchasing Agent
CHAS. 0. HARDWICK,
Local and Distributing Agent,
marl7-wefrsu2w Savannah, Ga.
BLINDNESS CURED.
MIL ANDREW HETT wishes to in
form the public that he has perform
ed some miraculous cures on the eyes of
many people w’ho live in this city. They
can be seen and conversed with on the sub
ject, and will testify as to what he can do.
Mr. Schofield, who was almost blind with
sore eyes, was cured in 14 days so that lie
could read fine print without specks. He
can be seen at his Tin Shop on Jackson
street.
Mr. Stoker, who had one eye paralyzed
and moutii drawn to one side, was cured in
14 days; also, a blind man who was in At
lanta six months under treatment, and
could not be cured there, he was made to
soe in three days. He can bo seen at Mr.
HETT’S residence, 175 Reynolds street.
NOTICE.
A. FEW PERMANENT AND DAY
BOARDERS can laj accommodated at 133
Ellis street, comer of Monument.
mch24-6 A. P. CHERRY.
C. E. I)OI)l> & CO.,
219 BROAD STREET.
OPPOSIT CENTRAL HOTEL.
LATEST
You will find a nice line of
Men’s, Boys’ and Child’s Hats
and Cap3.
nov2-tf
“ BANCROFTS”
“EXTIU PROLIFIC IIERLOAC COTTON,"
THE most productive of all the improved
varieties. PRICES REDUCED. We
will sell the above valuable Seed, from this
date, as follows:
$3 Per Bushel of 30 lbs. for 1 to 6 Bushels.
$2 “ “ for 10 or more “
$1.50 “ “ “ 100 “ “
(Delivered at Athens Depot, Georgia R. R.)
Planters desiring Pure and very Superior
SEED are invited to call at our office and
see sample stalks of this Cotton.
For sale by
C. H. PHINIZY & Cos.,
CO 1 TON FACTORS,
mhl3-sataw* GA.
TO RENT,
A DESIRABLE ROOM, No. 1 Warren
Block.
Inquire at
jan3i-tf THIS OFFICE.
Fashionable l)ressMaking
BY
Miss K. MUSTIN,
Rooms over Derry & Law’s, No. 277 Broad
Street. mch2o-3
iSlew Series— \T ol. 3. No. 67
CANTON MATTINGS.
NE W GOODS!
Best 4-4 Red Check MATTINGS.
Best 4-1 White MATTINGS.
Best 4-4 Fancy MATTINGS.
ALSO
80 Bolls Fresh Canton MATTING, at sl2
a Roil of 40 yards. At
TA MES G. BAILIE A BBO’S.
LACE CURTAINS.
New Patterns Nottinghan Lace, new Pat
terns French Lace. At
JAMES G- BAILIE &. BKO’S.
CORNICES AND BANDS.
New Patterns—just opened. At
JAMES G. BAIL I E & BRO’S.
TERRYS AND REPS.
For Curtains. Couch Covers, and Cushion
Covers, our finest goods at reduced pricey
Also, anew line of low Priced Terrvs and
Damasks.
150 yards Furniture Coverings.
300 \ aids Turkev lied.
Embroidered and Felt Piano and Table
lovers. Hair Cloths, all widths. Table
Mats. At JAMES G. BAILIE & BRO’S.
Window Shades
Of new designs. Just opened at
JAMES Q. BAILIE & BRO’S.
Floor Oil Cloths
Of best makes of all grades. At
JAM ES G. BAI LIE & BRO’S.
Wall Papers and Borders.
Fire Screens and Side Light Papers aud
Rustic Shales. Opened this week at
JAMES G. BAILIE A BRO’S.
mchl9-frsu2m
CARD !
BUY the best Goods in market, and econ
omise by adopting the CASH SYSTEM
in at the China Tea and Coffee Store.
Whether your money can be “lengthened,”
you can judge better by comparing the fol
lowing list of priees. The quality of Goods
we guarantee the BEST IN ALL RE
SPECTS;
Two lbs. good Green or Black Tea for $1;
1 lb. Choice Young Hyson, Gunpowder or
Imperial Tea for $1; 1 lb. of the Best Oolong
or English Breakfast Tea (with caddy),
$1.25; 4 lbs. Choice Rio Coffee (warranted),
$1; Old Government Java, Laguayra—
Roasted and Green; all kinds ground fresh
on the premises. Our sales in Teas and
Coffees the past year are a sufficient guar
antee of success in this department. In
Sugars, the prices continue the same for
the consumer, notwithstanding the addi
tional tax.
Two and a half pounds of Martin’s Gilt
Edge Goshen Butter for one dollar;
5 lbs. Marti u’s Best Cream Cheese for $1:
20 bars Hotchkiss’ Best Soap for $1; the
quality of this Soap beggars description;
4% lbs. Pure French Candy for $1; 6 lbs.
Best Stick Candy for $1; 8 lbs. Ginger
Snaps, Lemon. Cream and Boston Crackers
forSl; Feiris’ Pig Hams 16c., and Dried
Beef, 5 lbs. for $1; 2 gallons California Cider
for sl:s ga lons Best Kerosene Oil for sl.
Also, great bargains in Canned Goods of
every description.
R N. HOTCHKISS,
Proprietor China Tea and Coffee Store,
143 Broad street.
Red Bronze Front, opposite Fountain.
mh2l-ti
HIGHLY MKTANT" Til THE SICE.
The Georgia Cough Balsam.
A SPLENDID REMEDY for affections of
the LUNGS, as well as diseases of the
KIDNEY, i hold two certificates from the
Hon. Alexander H. Stephens, of Georgia,
whose late sickness was caused by both of
these complaints, and were cured by this
medicine.
MONA TROPA TONIC
Compound Bitters.
A GRAND REM ED Y for the cure of
CHILLS AND FEVER, GENERAL
DEBILITY, LOSS OF APPETITE, NIGHT
SWEATS. Ac.
DIARRHOEA, DYSENTERY
AND DIPTHERIA CORDIAL.
A SPLENDID REMEDY in either case.
Has often cured DIARKHCEA of an
agravated form by a single dose, DIPTHE
RIA in half an hour. This is one of the
grandest p reparations in America, and has
been thoroughly tested and so determined
by thousands.
TURKISH OIL OR LINIMENT.
THIS old and well known article for
RHEUMATISM, NEURALGIA, HEAD,
TOOTIi and EAR ACHE, or for PAINS
generally, is still unrivalled.
Rheumatic, Neuralgia and Gout
PILLS.
rpiIEY do not operate, but penetrate the
X whole system, particularly the Head.
Used iu old or stubborn cases with the
Turkish Oil. Price, 75 cents per box.
THE OLD GEORGIA
MEDICATED SOAP
SO long and favorably known, for the
cure of ULCERS and SOR LS generally,
also SKIN DISEASES, BLIND or BLEED
ING PILES, BURNS or SCALDS, RING
or TETTER WORM, BOILS, SORE EYES.
CUTS, Ac. Price, 25 cents a cake.
Egyptian Healing Ointment.
USED in connection with the above Soap,
in old or stubborn cases, always gives
satisfaction. Pri3,Jo cents perbox.
The four first articles are in four ounce
vials. Price, 75 cents each.
All of these are carefully prepared by
C. PFIMISL E, Agent,
AND SOLD BY
REANEY & DURBAN,
DRUGGISTS,
SOO Broad Street, Augusta, Oa.
jan2Q-wesal2&cl2’
SALE OF MACHINERY,
Belonging to the Estate of
GEO. O. LOMBARD,
(OECEASEI)).
One 30-horse power double cyliddor Steam
Engine.
One Force l ump and Shaft for same.
One 25-horso power Steam Engine, cylin
der 10%x16.
One 15-horse power Steam Engine, cylin
der 9%x10.
Two 8-horse power Steam Engines, cylin
der 7%x6.
One set of Head Block Machinery, lor Saw
Mill, complete.
One Portable Grist Mill.
Two sets of Segment Gin Gear.
Two sets of Graham’s Latest. Improved
Solid Rim Gin Gear.
One lot of Grist Mill Spindles, Bridge Free
Drivers an i Brushes, one lot of Geodgens
and Pulleys, and a General Assortment
of CAbIINCW such as are generally found
at a Foundry
The above is sold for the purpose of di
vision of Property among the heirs of the
I said Estate, therefore will be sold very
cheap.
1 For further particulars, apply to or ad
dress
GEO. R. LOMBARD,
At Forest City Foundry and Machine
Works, who will continue the business in
all of it 3 branches. marl4-d3triwlel