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THE CONSTITUTIONALIST
TUESDAY, APRIL 27, 1875.
A NOTABLE CELEBRATION.
The outpouring of our people, yes
terday, to witness the Memorial cere
monies was the most impressive ever
known in this city. Between Mclntosh
and Jackson streets there was a dense
forest of living faces. Every balcony
was crowded, every window filled, and
the roofs of many of the houses were
covered with spectators. The largo
platform was occupied by judges, law
yers, city fathers, clergy of various
denominations, and the representatives
of all nationalities, Jew and Gentile.
Around the platform, in military uni
form, were stationed the several com
panies of cavalry and infantry, whilst
the sidewalks were lined with citizens
of all creeds and colors.
We have never witnessed so much
enthusiasm at any gathering in our
goodly city. All were anxious to do
honor to the memory of the gallant
dead, whose names are still fragrant,
and whose deeds of valor are still told
with warmth by their surviving com
rades.
Gen. Evans, one of our living heroes,
who won the loftiest honors in the
field, was the orator of the day, and
his telling address, which will be found
in another column, did the highest
credit to his head and to his heart.
Having retired into private life, with
thousands of our brave men, he felt
himself called upon to enter the min
istry of the gospel, aud now stands
high in the ranks of his own denomi
nation as a brave soldier of the cross,
fighting under the Captain of our Sal
vation. He spoke from the heart to
the hearts of thousands, who for forty
minutes hung with breathless atten
tion upon his lips.
The day forms an epoch in the his
tory of Augusta, and the pillar, whose
foundation stone was laid in Broad
street, will perpetuate in all time to
come, not only the daring deeds of the
men who fell iu defense of their coun
try, but the devout gratitude of the
citizens of Augusta, so enthusiastically
attested by the closed doors of all our
business houses, and the thronging
multitudes who assembled to witness
the imposing ceremonies of the occa
sion.
The noble ladies who have so mag
nificently and pathetically inaugurated
this Memorial Day must have felt
proud indeed at the spectacle they wit
nessed. After many years of toil and
trial, they have laid the corner-stone
of the monument, and, along with the
brave men whose names will be in
scribed thereon, these glorious women
should pass also recorded to immor
tality.
In one of her poems, Mrs. Browning
utters the plaint of a Roman matron,
whose sous were slain in battle for their
country. Pointing to heaven she ex
claimed :
My Italy’s there, with my brave civic pair,
To enfranchise despair!
The women of the South, who build
monuments for the heroic dead and
make their graves bright and odorous
with flowers, can truthfully proclaim
that the ideal Confederacy exists in
their devoted hearts and memory,
while
‘•The warrior’s banner takes its flight
To greet the warrior’s soul.”
THE SCARCITY OF BEEF.
The Macon Telegraph sounds a note
of warning on the beef question. We
are told for example that, having
eaten our surplus stock, we have fairly
exhausted Tennessee. If the people of
Georgia do not pay more attention to
the raising of grass and less to the kill
ing of it; and if they neglect the rear
ing of live stock while depending upon
other States for a supply, the time ie
not distant when only the rich can
afford to buy beef or mutton daily. In
England, two years ago, oysters were
abundant and comparatively cheap.
They are now sold at S6O per bushel,
and only eaten by millionaires. It was
thought the beds were inexhaustible,
but time has proved the reverse.
They were dredged to death just
as the Chesapeake Bay beds would
be, if the State of Maryland did
not, by stringent laws and the employ
ment of a costly “ navy,” prevent such
a catastrophe. It is high time our
Georgia farmers devoted a portion of
their lands to grasses and a fraction
of their capital to raising beeves and
sheep. If Capt. C. W. Howard is to be
credited, there is no place on earth
better adapted for diversified industry
and self-support than Georgia. And
yet there are few countries so utterly
dependent upon other commonwealths
for food. The opening of the Air-
Line Railway demonstrated the ca
pacity of the State for raising chickens.
The drain upon that section of coun
try, however, has been so prodigious
that we doubt if the prices of this Win
ter for fowls and eggs will be ever seen
again. When many farmers come to
Augusta to purchase chickens, ducks,
turkeys, etc., instead of bringing them
here for sale, it is a sad commentary
upon the thriftlessness of a portion of
our agricultural community. The only
way for the South to grow rich again
is to live, as muck as possible, within
herself.
Morton. —The Picayune, recounting
what reconstruction has done for the
Crescent City, says:
It is not wonderful that after so woful
an experience New Orleans had a dead
look to Senator Morton. But, after labor
ing so long and so hard to keep us in this
condition, it was rather cruel in him to
say that we deserved to die. because we
did not have enough money left to build a
lot of railroads.
The laws engendered by Morton and
his associates have contributed more
to the ruin of the South and the whole
country tlfhn anything else. The De
mocracy would be participes criminis
if they damned Morton and yet agreed
to consecrate and never question his
deadly legislation.
Another Riohmond.— The Ninth Dis
trict will not want for candidates. It
is thought Col. TANARUS, P. Saffold, of Mor
gan, will make an entry,
MRS. LINCOLN AND ARLINGTON.
Some time since we oopied a commu
nication concerning Mrs. Lincoln from
the columns of the New York Express.
The writer of the communication was
not in sympathy with the Republican
party, but suggested that it would be
a graceful act on the part of a Demo
cratic Congress to pension the widow
of the assassinated President. We
stated that when a Republican Senate
restored the Arlington estate to the
Lee family it would be time enough for
the Democratic House to vote a pen
sion to the widow of Abrahaji Lincoln.
We stated, in addition, it was
popularly believed that Mrs. Lincoln
had been left a comfortable support by
her husband, as well as having received
a liberal sum of money from Congress.
We asked, very naturally, what had
become of that money. If Mrs. Lin
coln has not squandered it, how does
it oceur that she is now, through her
friends, in forma pauperis ? Our re
marks seem to have attracted the at
tention of the person who broached
the subject, and he furnishes the fol
lowing
REPLY TO THE GEORGIA CONSTITUTION
ALIST.
To the Editor of the N. Y. Express:
I thank you for placing before me the
Constitutionalist, of the 19th inst.
As I understand it, Arlington Heights
never was the property of the Confederate
General Robert E. Lee; that it was owned
by Mrs. Lee, or her son. With the fact of
ownership I am not familiar. I understand
the estate never ‘‘escheated” to the U. 8,
by any formal confiscation made by virtue
of an act of Congress; nor am I aware that
the late Gen. Lee’s widow forfeited the es
tate by any overt act of treason or rebel
lion, or by reason of the passage of any
bill of attainder against her. But, that
some department of the national Govern
ment, or administration, appropriated the
wife’s separate property under an assumed
“war necessity” or ‘‘political necessity,”
and converted it into consecrated ground.
I do not discuss the motives which actuat
ed the Washington authorities, nor
whether this private property was con
demned to public uses ‘‘by due process of
law,” or by virtue of the ‘‘ Higher Law ” of
the late Secretary Seward, which finds no
support since the war.
Nor do I understand why Congress ne
glects to pay for private property appro
priated to a national purpose. The press
in Europe have generally condemned this
as a national wrong. For next to taking
life comes confiscation of the means with
which we live. Confiscation caused Scot
land to hate England and its kings for a
century; also raised up an enemy in Ire
land two and a half centuries ago, as hos
tile now as at first.
As to Mrs. Lincoln’s wealth, we knew of
the sale of her wardrobe, and think she has
not, while a widow, revelled in luxury or
lived in state.
The estate of. Arlington, as we un
derstand it, was the property of Mrs.
Lee, and made, by her father’s will,
tranferablo to her son who was his
namesake, now the successor of Rob
ert E. Lee, as President of Washing
ton and Lee University, at Lexington,
Va. It is improperly held by the
United States, and if not restored,
should at least be paid for. When
that shall have been done, we believe
Southern members of Congress would
be willing to succor Mrs. Lincoln, who,
it seems, has managed, in a few years,
by European travel and other extrava
gance, to have lost not only the for
tune left her by her distinguished and
unfortunate husband, but also the
largess voted by the Federal Congress,
We are still of opinion that the resto
ration of Arlington, or payment for it,
should precede any bequest to the
widow of Lincoln.
MUiW
“Tickets.” —The Courier-Journal has
this to say of President Grant’s “dead
head ” adventtre In Connecticut:
There would have been an appoal, but the
brakeman showed in his eye there was no
uso appealing to him. He wasn’t going to
deadhead nobody and then be docked to the
extent of the penalty, no matter who want
ed to go to the Centennial. And, as would
have been said a generation or so ago, this
humble brakeman thus illustrated the maj
esty of law, and the President of the United
States illustrated the equality of the law,
and an approving people gazed upon both
and felt grateful that we had some of each.
Passing vapidly from the political to the
social aspects of the case, wo should say
that tho most forcible illustration of all
was the Inexcusable stupidity of the people
who fixed up the special car and then for
got to provide tickets, or to suggest to
some of the party to go and purchase them.
This is probably a just and sensible
view of the whole matter. Grant is
not the only official, North or South,
who dearly loves to be “dead-headed.”
We could mention one of the highest
names in our Southern history whose
application for dead-head tickets on
lines of transportation has been painful
and humiliating.
Journalism.— ln one great thing the
papers of the present century do not dif
fer from those of a hundred years ago,
as the Salem Gazette, of 1775, thus tes
tifies ;
Our customers are desired to consider
the difficulties with which we, in common
with our country, are now involved; and
that we cannot continue our business with
out regular and punctual payments. We
shall be obliged to discontinue sending the
Gazette to all who are indebted for more
than one year, unless they make immedi
ate payment.
No revolution in that department.
“Base is the slave that pays !”
Funny,— The New York Day Book
thinks it a queer thing for Gov. Cham
berlain to “desecrate the graves of the
sterling patriots of 1775, who shed
their blood and gave their lives for the
sacred right of Massachusetts to gov
ern itself and to manage its own af
fairs.”
Well, it was queer in the South Car
olina Governor, but things have be
come mixed since the National Democ
racy got astride of the Cincinnati
platform in 1872.
Th:s Governorship. —Ex-Gov. Jen
kins tells a good story of the late Hon.
Howell Cobb. When Cobb’s Guberna
torial term was about expiring, his
friends importuned him to run agu? a.
Waving them off, he said : “ Gentle
men, it is well enough to be Governor
of Georgia once ; but I have no respect
for the man who would try it on a sec
ond time.”
iW Cleveland Plaindealer brags that
it was “ disloyal ” during the war, and
says “ this is a good year for rebels.”
THE COLD iJNAF.
We hear on all sides that the Spring
is alarmingly backward, and yet, if
those terrible fellows who keep meteor
logical scrapT books cau be oredited,
other seasons have been worse than
this. Tho Riohmond Dispatch recalls
that on the Ist day of May 1824 there
was a snow storm all over Virginia.
The writer cun recollect a snow in
Maryland on the sth of May, probably
in 1851. It may bo that the earth is
sick and needs this treatment to right
itself. It may be, too, that the dis
agreeable atmosphere we recently “ en
joyed,” was necessary for the preven
tion of greater evils. At all events, the
weather is charming now and pray
heaven it may continue!
The Richmond paper from which we
quoted as to the snow storm of 1824
makes this extact:
The tobacco croj-n in Kentucky, Ohio,
and Indiana, and tho wheat and cotton
crops of Tennessee and North Alabama,
are reported to have suffered greater
damage than any others.—A’ew York World.
The comment is significant and
pointed:
What nonsense! Tobacco is not yet
planted. We know a Virginia planter who,
last year, sowod a plant bed in June, from
which he planted many thousands of plants
that made good tobacco. Wheat stands the
Winter weather of the coldest regions in
the Union, and is, we suppose, not likely to
be greatly injured by weather 40 to 50 de
grees warmer than the coldest, Cotton
may yet bo planted. Indeed, we suppose
that nine-tenths of it is yet to be seeded.
Certainly, in Virginia, it is too soon to plant
cotton.
We are persuaded that the first tele
grams we received were not entirely ac
curate. Much damage has been done
without doubt, but nothing like the
amount recorded by earliest advices.
Crop News. —Having become panic
struck over the cold snap and predict
ed the wholesale destruction of crops,
the newspapers are now engaged in
telling how the crops aforesaid have
largely escaped annihilation. Even
Delaware peaches have an encourag
ing prospect. The first rumors of dis
aster are always exaggerated.
The Reason Why.—The Atlanta
Herald says :
The papers of the Ninth District regu
larly take up half their space iu asserting
that the Herald has killed Mr. Hill, and
the other half in ansAvering what the
Herald says about the canvass.
Perhaps they do that to “keep him
killed.”
i—i •
Delano. —The Cincinnati Gaze Ate says
Delano wants to resign and will do so
whenever he can “catch Grant with a
leisure moment.” Failing that, Delano
can easily catch him, in some other
way.
Filial Piety. —The heirs of Capt.
Eber B. Ward are engaged in a bitter
contest over the $5,000,000 left by that
gentloman. The lawyers are chuckling
with delight, and it is supposed they
will get the lion’s share of the spoil.
Election Puns.— A Price has been
put upon Ben Hill’s head. The alarm
Bell is sounding. Estes has called
upon the Hills to crush him. One of
the candidates flatters himself thus :
In District Ninth Hill a pest is,
Because he blocks the way for Estes.
WASHINGTON.
Sleet Storm--Mexi.can Affairs.
Washington, April 25.—A heavy sleet
storm has prostrated the lines. Iu
New York there is no communication
beyond Jersey City, there being only
two wires to that point.
Details from the Rio Grande show
no abatement of the troubles. The
Mexican bandits seem determined to
prevent telegraphic communication
with Brownsville. They drive away
operators and line repairers.
When Delaao Will Resign--Fatal
Collision on the Potomac Railway-
Order From the P. M. General.
Delano will not resign until the
clould resting over his department dis
sipates.
Gov. Bard has resigned the Atlanta
Postmastership, to take effect the Ist
of Juno.
Sarah Walker alias Puss Oakley, the
child stealer, was sentenced for three
months, with the understanding that,
upon release, she will return to Nor
folk.
The President will appoint two pay
masters in the army to-morrow vice
those the Senate failed to confirm.
The Postmaster General has official
advices that the Post Office at Carizo
was plundered by Mexicans, and Dr.
Lovell killed.
A collision occurred on the Balti
more and Potomac Railroad about five
o’clock this afternoon, just outside of
the tunnel near the eastern branch,
between the 4:53 train from this city
and the New York train, due here at
5:13 p. m. Eight or ten persons
were severely injured, and both
trains badly wrecked. Nine were
seriously injured and others slightly.
Careful inquiry gives no Southern
names either in incoming or outgoing
among the injured, though some will
be delayed by confusion. The baggage,
engines and tenders were demolished
and baggage cars piled on them.
The President has declined to inter
fere in the case of Hope H. Slatter, re
cently convicted in this city of man
slaughter, in having killed Michael
Hussey at a Schutzen festival two
years ago, and sentenced to four years’
imprisonment in the Albany penitenti
ary. The application for his pardon
had been pending for several weeks.
The Postmaster General to-day
issued an order cancelling all awards
of contracts heretofore made in favor
of Jerome J. Hinds, Patrick Laughlin,
John W. Delaney, William Weiss and
Wm. C. Iddings, these being the names
contained in the proposals fraudulently
imposed upon the Department by the
complicity of clerks at the last regular
letting. The order directs the con
tracts to bo immediately awarded to
the respective bidders whose proposals
are next lowest in amount to the pro
posals thus rejected. The routes re
ferred to are all in the State of Texas.
The fraudulent bids haviDg been made
with full knowledge of the amounts of
bona fide proposals or only a few dol
lars below them, the loss to the Govern
ment occasioned by the present order
will be very small.
A number of clerks took to London
eleven million bonds, being the last of
the subscription by the Syndicate.
Wires North, which were prostrated
by the storm on Saturday night aud
yesterday morning, are still down.
The militia in the Pennsylvania coal
regions have been relieved by other
regiments.
The navigation of the St. Lawrence
is open.
FROM NEW YORK.
The Union League Club House
Burned.
New York, April 26.—The Union
League TOlub House eaugkt fire to-day.
The roof and interior were badly dam
aged. Some of the pictures and books
were saved.
Another Defalcation.
John M. Corner, formerly Secretary
of Col. Fisk, Las been arrested for a
$95,000 defalcation, as Treasurer of
the National Stoelc Yard Company.
Cardinal MeCloskey—Ordination of
Bishop dagger.
New York, April 25,—Preparations
for conferring the berretta on Cardinal
McCloskey are almost completed. The
ceremonies will open with a procession
of acolytes from the Sacristy, wearing
white albes, scarlet and black eossacka.
The clergy of the city and visitors will
be followed by the arch-bishops and
bishops, wearing rochets, purple cos
sacks, marteletas and berretta. The
celebrant will next enter, accompanied
by a deacon and sub-deacons. The
Cardinal will then enter, preceded by a
cross bearer bearing the archiepiseopal
cross, aud followed by a train of at
tendant priests. Tho Cardinal will
wear his capa magna, purple robe
fringed with ermiuo, and his
Archiepiseopal dress, consisting of
Rochet purple oasuoek, mantelleta and
bevietta. Count Marifosohi will occu
py a place near tho Cardinal, wearing
the full uniform of tho Pope’s Noble
Guard. Monseigneur Roncetti, A. B.
Legates* attended by Dr. Übaldi, will
occupy a position on the epistle side
of the altar. At the conclusion of
High Mass the oblegate will take the
scarlet berreta and present it to Arch
bishop Bayley, of Baltimore, who will
perform the ceremony of imposition.
The Archbishop will deliver an ad
dress, which will be replied to by the
Cardinal; after which a choir of one
hundred voices will sing the Te Deuro,
composed expressly for the ceremony.
The Cardinal will then retire, and af
ter putting on the robe of Cardinalte,
will re-enter the sanctuary and give
the Episcopal benediction. This will
conclude the ceremonies.
Rev. Thomas A. Jagger, D. D., rector
of the Protestant Episcopal Church of
the Holy Trinity, of this city, will be
ordained Bisbop of Southern Ohio on
Wednesday. In the above church, in
connection with the services of ordi
nation, the following has been an
nounced : Bishop Horatio Potter, of
the diocese of New York, and Bishop
Wm. Bacon Stevens, of this diocese, to
present the elected Bishop. B’shop
Benjamin Bosworth Smith of the dio
cese of Kentucky, presiding Bishop to
consecration, and Bishop Abram N.
Little, of the diocese of Long Island,
to preach the sermon. In order to
prevent overcrowding, it has been de
cided to issue a limited number of
of tickets of admission to the church.
~ NEW'ORLE AN3.
Adjournment of the Legislature.
New Orleans, April 25.—80th Houses
of the Legislature adjourned sine die.
Resolutions suspending Auditor Clin
ton under impeachment proceedings
were postponed by the Senate by a
vote of 18 to 16. But few, if any, of
the reform measures became a law.
The bill, however, appropriating $170,-
000 for the expenses of an extra ses
sion passed.
The officers, passengers and hands
of tho burned steamer lost clothing,
baggage, &c.
Important Cotton Claims.
The Court of Claims takes up tho
eases of Robert G. Johnson and others,
for cotton seized in Mississippi during
the rebellion, to the value of nearly
$4,000,000. Most of the cotton em
braced in the claims was captured with
the city of Vicksburg. Among the
claims is one for a large amount pre
ferred by Robert M. and Stephen A.
Douglas. The Douglas claim was re
ferred to the court by Congress for
decision according to law and the
practice of that court in such cases and
proceedings, and upon the law in the
case. Mr. Goforth, the Assistant At
torney General, holds that reference of
that claim does not give tho court
jurisdiction, the practice of the court
having been not to entertain jurisdic
tion in cases not presented within two
years after the close of tho rebellion.
These cotton cases will be continued
from day to day until disposed of.—
m
FLASHES.
A raid, iu Boston, on a gambling
house by the State police, resulted in
the capture of forty-eigbt gay people
and much material.
Philadelphia was visited by a gale,
with snow, Saturday night.
Lieutenant Austin, of the Sixth
Cavalry, reports a fight with the Chey
ennes in Kaunas. Nineteen Indians,
including two chiefs and one medicine
man, were killed. The soldiers lost a
sergeant and private.
Dead.
Cincinnati, April 26.—John S. Lins
ser was found dead. He is a widower,
with children in Richmond, Va.
London, April 26.—William Selwin,
Chaplain to the Queen, aged 69, and
Henry W. Pickersgill, a portrait paint
er, aged 94, are dead.
NEW AND NOVEL
LOTTERIES !
$12,000 for $2 OO
$12,000 for $2 OO
SIOO,OOO for ‘ S2O OO
SIOO,OOO for S2O 00
MISSOURI STATE LOTTERIES!
On the 15th Day of Each Month during
18/5, will be Drawn the $2
Single Number Lottery !
Capitol Prize, $12,000 !
10,290 FRIZES AMOUNTING TO SIOO,OOO.
Tickets Only $3!-©ft
TRY A TICKET IN THIS LIBERAL
SCHEME.
$1,200,000 IN PRIZES.
Capital Prize, $100,000!
11,593 Prizes, amounting to $1,200,000!
Will be Drawn ... June 30, 1875.
Will be Drawn Kept. 30, 1875.
Will be Drawn Dec. 31, 1875.
Whole Tickets, S2O; Halves, 10; Quarters, $5.
Prizes payable in full and no postpone
ment of drawings take place.
Address, for Tickets aud Circulars,
MURRAY, MILLER & CD.,
P. O. Box 2446. ST. LOUIS, MO.
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FOR SALE!
A Steam Engine, capacity
about Six or Eight Horse
Power, for sale LOW FOR
CASH. Apply at
THIS OFFICE
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NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.
Girardey’s Opera House.
THREE NIGHTs""aN d""oNE MATINEE!
Tuesday, Wwlneaday and Thursday,
April 27th, 28th aud 29th,
Bremond’s Specialty Combination!
POUR GREAT TROUPES COMBINED!
TAEAMA, BURLESQUE, SPECIALTY
and Pantomime, with a lull and ef
ficient CORNET BAND and ORCHESTRA
from the Academy of Music, New Orleans,
in a chaste and elegant programme, intro
ducing the infant wonder, YOUNG APOL
LO, and Thirty-five Talented Artists, in the
laughable, mirth-provoking sensation of
the day, Burlesque “Spelling Bee,” enti
tled
SCHOOL !
Cards of Admission, $1; Reserved Seats
can be secured at Oates’ Book Store without
extra charge. Ladies’ and Children’s
MATINEE WEDNESDAY AT 2 P. M.,
On which occasion the Burlesque Spelling
and a Great Olio of Specialties. ap2s-3
New Cassiineres, Drills, &e.
HENRY L. A. BALK, 172 Broad street—
I have received OASSIMERES,
DRILLS, etc,, for Gents’ and Boys’ wear.
Also more new style Straw Hats for every
one. Ruches, Ribbons, Flowers, Barbes,
etc., at very low prices.
HENRYL. A. BALK,
apr27-l* 172 Broad street.
IT WILL PAY YOU
mo GO TO O. J. T. BALK’S and BUY
X THE BEST CALICOES at Bc. per yard;
RUCHINGS at 5, 10 and 15c. Great induce
ments in all kinds of Dry Goods. Be sure
and find No. 136 Broad street, between
Monument and Centre streets.
ap27-l C. J. T. BALK.
Meeting of the Board of Education.
UNDER resolution of the Board, the
Members are requested to meet at the
Court House on tiie FIRST SATURDAY in
MAY next, at 11 o’clock, for the considera
tion of Accounts, Applications for exami
nation of Teachers, and unfinished busi
ness before the Board.
JOHN T. SHEWMAKE,
ap27-2 President B. E. R. C.
New Styles Extra Quality Prints
AT A BARGAIN!
HENKY L. A. BALK,
172 BROAD STREET.
I HAVE received 6 cases Superior Quality
PRINTS, New Styles LINEN EFFECTS,
2 more cases FINE BLEACHED HOME
SPUN, 1 yard wide, 10 cents; all Linen
HUOK TOWELS, $1 per dozen; LADIES’
STRAW IIATS, 25 cents each; New FLOW
ERS, RIBBONS, etc, etc.
HENRY L. A. BALK,
apr2s-l* 172 Broad street.
OFFICE OF RECEIVER OF )
MACON AND BRUNSWICK R. R., -
Macon, Ga., April 7, 1875. )
IN ACCORDANCE WITH AN ORDER
issu and from tho Executive Department
of this State, published herewith will be
sold on the FIRST TUESDAY IN JUNE
NEXT, between the hours of 10 o’clock a.
rn. and 4 o’clock p. m., at the depot of the
Macon and Brunswick Railroad Company,
In the city of Macon, Bibb county. Georgia,
at public outcry, to the highest bidder, the
MACON AND'BRUNSWICK RAILROAD,
oxtending from the city of Macon to Bruns
wick, in Glynn county, Georgia—a distance
of one hundred and eighty-six miles, with
the bra nch road oxtending from Cochran to
Hawkinsville. a dietauce of ten miles, and
about five miles of side track on the main
line of the road, and about two miles of
extension in the said city of Brunswick,
together with the franchises, equipments
and other property of said company, con
sisting of its road-bed superstructure, right
of way, motive power, rolling stock, de
pots, freight and section houses, machine
shops, carpenter shops, grounds, furniture,
machinery, tools and materials connected
therewith.
Also, the following property of said com
pany, to-wit: Tracts or parcels of land
Nos. 1,3 and 4in District Twenty, and Nos.
124,126, 127, 144, 145, 146, 151, 155,156 and 157,
in District Twenty-one, all lying and being
in Pulaski county, Georgia, and containing
each two hundred and two and a half (202%)
acres.
Also, a certain tract or parcel of land in
the city of Brunswick, known as tho Wharf
Property of the Macon and Brunswick
Railroad Company.
Also, one-half (undivided) of lots Nos. 3
and 4 of block 37, in the city of Macon,
known in the locality as the Guard House
property.
Also, city lots Nos. 1, 2 and a portion of
No. 3, in square No. 55, in the city of Macon.
Also, a tract or parcel of land in said city
of Macon, there known as “Camp Ogle
thorpe,” containing ten acres, more or
less.
Also, city lots Nos. 1 and 7, in block No.
10, in southwest Macon.
Also, city lots Nos. 3 and 5, in square No.
13, in sata city of Macon, with the buildings
thereon.
Also, tract or pai cel of land No. 217, in
District Three, Wayne county, Georgia,
and four hundred and forty shares of stock
in the Southern and Atlantic Telegraph
Company, certificate 1,009.
Tho foregoing property will be offered
for cash, for the bonds of this State, or the
first mortgage bonds of the company, en
dorsed in behalf of tho State under the
authority of the act approved Decomber
3d, 1866. E. A. FLEWELLEN,
Receiver Macon and Brunswick R. R.
Executive Department, i
State op Georgia, \
Atlanta, April 5, 1875.)
Whereas, By virtue of the authority
giveu in the second section of an act en
titled, “An act to extend the aid of the
State to the completion of the Macon and
Brunswick Railroad, and for otner pur
poses,” approved December 3,1866, an order
was issued from this department on the 2d
day of J uly, 1873, seizing and taking posses
sion of all the property of said railroad
company, and placing the same in the
lianas of an agent for the State, to bo held,
managed, and the earnings applied in ac
cordance with the provisions of said second
section of said act; and,
Whereas, Among other provisions of
said second section of said act, it is ex
pressly provided that, after tho seizure of
all the property of said company, as afore
said, the Governor “shall sell the said road
and its equipments, and other property
belonging to said company, in such mann r
and at such times as iu his judgment may
best subborve the interest of all concerned;”
and having become satisfied that it will be
for the best interest of the State and all
concerned that all the property of the
company seized under said order bo sold at
an early day, it is, therefore,
Ordered, That all the property seized as
aforesaid, now in the possession of Edward
A. Flewellen, Receiver of the property of
tho Macon and Brunswick Railroad Com
pany, under said order, be sold to the high
est bidder, at public outcry, at the depot of
the Macon and Brunswick Railroad Com
pany, in the city of Macon, between the
hours of 10 o’clock a mVnd 4 o’clock p.
m., on tho first Tuesday in June next.
The said sale will be made for cash, for
bonds of this State, or the first mortgage
bonds of the company, indorsed in behalf
of the State, uuder the authority of the act
approved December 3,1866. It is further
Ordered, That the said Edward A. Flew
ellen, as Receiver aforesaid, make out an
advertisement under this order, setting
forth with requisite particularity ail the
property to bo sold as aforesaid, and pub
lish the same in such public gazettes ini his
fstate and in the city of New York as in his
judgment will give proper publicity to said
sale.
Given under my hand and the seal of th >
Executive Department, at the Capitol, in
Atlanta, the day and year above written.
JAMES M. SMITH, Governor.
By tho Governor.
J. W. Warren, Secretary Executive De
partment, apr!4-law7t
TAKE NOTICE.
GEORGIA— Morgan County.
NOTICE is hereby given that Capt. J. M.
BURNS is no longer my agent, for
any purpose whatever.
apr22-law4 MARY W. ANDERSON.
Reduction of Freights
Viu Charleston, S. O.
THE following Reductions have been
made on FREIGHTS from New York.
Boston, Providence, Philadelphia and Bal
timore te Augusta. Ga., commencing from
point of shipment on April 26th:
Rato on Sixth Class articles from New
lerk, Boston, Providence and Philadelphia
reduced irom 60c. to 50e. per 100 lbs.
From Baltimore, 55c. to 45c. per 100 lbs.
Arrow and other Ties, Bagging and
Gunny Bags, will be reduced from Fifth
Class to Sixth Class.
S. 8. SOLOMONS,
„ „ „„„ Superintendent 8. 8. R. R.
I. K. HUGER, Agent. apr2B-6
MULTTJM IN PAR.VO !
The Briggs Stove Furnace
OF wliich several hundred have been or
dered by the ladies of Augusta*, are
now *;eady /or delivery, at my store, on
Jackson street, near the Post Office.
For canning Fruit and all kinds of {Sum
mer use they are without a rival. Once
seen or used tney her < me fiidjitteaeible.
So say the ladies •who nave trie® them.
Price, only $3.50
apr2s-tf FRANK SMYTH, Agent,
FITS CURED FREE !
Any person suffering from the above
disease is requested to address Dr. Pbtce,
and a trial bottle of Medleine wiU be for
warded by Express
FREE l
The only cost being the Express charges
which, owing to my large business, are
small. Dr. Piiice 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, and he
WILL CURE YOU.
no matter of how long standing your case
may be, or how many other remedies may
have failed. Circulars and Testimonials
sent with
FREE TRIAL BOTTLE .
Be particular to give your Express, as
well as your Post Office direction, and
Address i>k. cham. t. prick
feb26-d&ely 67 William street, N. Y.
For Sale at Auction.
BY 0. V. WALKER, Auctioneer.
WITL be offered on the First TUESDAY
IN MAY next, at the Lower Market
House, if not previously disposed of,
Opera House and LaFayette Hall.
The valuable property known as Girar
dey’s Opera House; also the still more de
sirable and valuable property, kt:own as
LaFayette Hall, one or both tenements,
situated un Ellis and Broad streets, in the
ve y heart of the city, can be purchased at
private sale.
Terms—Onejthird Cash; balance in two
equal payments, with interest.
aprlß-ta _
GEORGIA STATE LOTTERY 1
FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE
Orphans’ Horae and Free School.
WILSON Si CO., Managers.
ATLANTA, GA., April 21st, 1875.
At A MEETING of the Board of Trus
tees of the Georgia State Lottery, held
THIS DAY, the following resolution was
adopted;
Resolved, That hereafter the business of
this Institution shall be conducted under
the name and style of WILSON & CO.,
Managers. apr2s-lm
Groceries! Groceries!
WE respectfully call the attention of
oonsumeis to the following line of
CHOICE FAMILY GROCERIES:
MAGNOLIA HAMS,
BREAKFAST BACON,
BEEF TONGUES, MACKEREL,
PICKLED PORK AND BEEF,
SUGARS, all grades,
CAN GOODS, CRACKERS, all kinds,
MUSTARDS, Gordon & Dilworth’s
Preserved and Brandy FRUITS,
Cross & Blackwell's CHOW CHOW and
MIXED PICKLES,
PEARL GRITS,
WHEATEN GRITS,
Irish and American OAT MEAL,
JAVA, LAGUIRA and RIO COFFEE,
PARCHED JAVA and RIO, and
GROUND JAVA COFFEE.
Also a full assortment of
Wood und Willow Ware.
TUBS, BUCKETS, MEASURES,
Barrel Covers and Churns.
B ASKETH.
Ladies’ Work and Traveling Baskets.
Work Stands,
Fruit and Flower Baskets,
Market, Clothes and Hamper Baskets.
FEATHER DUSTERS, all sizes.
HAIR BROOMS and DUSTERS, COB
WEB BRUSHES, BLACKING BRUSHES,
SCRUB BRUSHES, long and short handle.
WRAPPING PAPER and PAPER BAGS.
JAMES Gr. BAILIE & BRO.
We are agents for
I* F. KIfIIV ’ M HONEY,
Put up in Tumblers and Cans, from % to 5
its. each.
Also MAPLE SYRUP in hail’ and one
gallon cans. | apr2l-tf
CONSUMPTION CURED.
To the Editor o f the Cbnstitutionalist :
Esteemed Friend—Will you please in
form your readers that I have a positive
CURE FOR CONSUMPTION,
and all disorders of the Throat and Lungs,
and that, by its use in my practice, I have
cured hundreds of cases, and will give
SI,OOO oo
fora case it will not benefit. Indeed, so
strong is my faith, I will send a S,\ mere
Fkee to any sufferer addressing me.
Please show this letter to any one vou
may krow who is suffering from these dis
eases, and oblige, Faithfully, yours,
DR. T. F. BURT.
fob26-d&c6tn 69 William street, N. Y
JAMES LEFFEL’S
IMPROVED DOUBLE
Turbine Water Wheel.
POOLE & HUNT,Baltimore,
Manufacturers for the South
and Southwest.
Over 7,000 now in use, working under heads
varying from two to 240 feet 1 24
sizes, from 6*l to 96 inches.
The most powerful Wheel in the Market.
And most economical in use of Water.
Large Illustrated Pamphlet sent post
free. Manufacturers, also, of Portable and
Stationary Steam Engines and Boilers,
Babcock <te Wilcox Patent Tubulous Boiler,
Ebaugh’s Crusher for Minerals, Saw ami
Grist Mills, Flouring Mill Machinery. Ma
chinery for White Lead Works and Oii
Mills, Shafting, Pulleys and Hangers.
SEX D FOR CIRCULARS,
ileci-ly
SIOO REWARD.
LEFT in a store on Broad street, between
Jaokson and Mclntosh, on Wednesday
evening, about 6 o’clock, a Russian Leather
POCKET-BOOK, with name and residence
in full printed thereon, and containing two
Diamond Shirt Studs and a few papers of
no groat value save to the owner.
W. STEVENSON,
ap2s-3 221 Broad street.
TO RENtT
ADEBIRABLE HOUSE in an excellent
neighborhood. Modern conveniences, i
Garden planted and growing. Rent great- j
ly reduced. Some of the furniture tempo- '
rarily loaned, if desired. Apply at
ap2s-2 THIS OFFICE.
NEW ADVERTIB EM ENT S?**
New Spring Dry Goods.
THE BEST ALWAYS THE CHEAPEST !
JAMES A. GRAY,
194 AND 19fi BROAD STREET.
\T7OULD respectfully inform the public that he is now receiving one of the
T y best SPRING STOCKS of STAPLE AND FANCY DRY GOODS which
he has ever offered in Augusta—NOT ONLY THE BEST, BUT THE CHEAP
EST. He would request SPECIAL ATTENTION to a few of the leading arti
cles, which will indicate prices;
100 pieces BLACK ALPACA at 25c., worth 40.
100 pieces very Superior do. do., 50c., worth 65.
300 pieces Pacific; 1,4.00 Lawn, 12>e., worth 16 %iu New York by the case
100 pieces 4 4 Percales, worth 19.
5 cases 4-4 Prints, 12t£c.
50 cases best American Standard Prints, to 9c.’by the piece or case
500 10-4 White Quilts, 85c.
200 dozen Linen Damask Doylies, 50c. per dozen.
1 case Black Grenadine, 40c., worth 75.
New and Elegant Dress Go.ods of all the latest styles.
200 bales of Domestic Goods, in Shirting, Sheeting, Drillings, Osnaburgs,
Stripes, Denims, lickings, Plaids, Homespuns, Sea Islands, and all the leading
Domestics made in this country, at unusually low prices.
To all of which ho would respectfully invite the attention of the public.
JAMES A. GRAY,
ap27-ly _ 194 anJ 196 BROAD STREET.
Old i£tna Life Insurance Cos.
219 BROAD STREET, AUGUSTA, GA.
ASSETS, - - - $20,657,603.57.
CLAIMS PAID THROUGH THE AUGUSTA AGENCY, $210,180.
A LL KINDS of Policies issued. Premiums payable annually, semi-annually or qu&r
terly. Persons in the city or country desirous of insuring their own or the lives
of their friends or creditors, will consult their best interest by communicating with
this office before insuring elsewhere.
CHAS. W. HARRIS,
General Agent for Georgia and South Carolina.
AGENTS WANTED. ap2s-lm
TO HOUSE-KEEPERS.
NEW SPRING GOODS.
:o:
JAMES G. BAILIE & BRO.
RESPECTFULLY ask your attention to the following DESIRABLE GOODS
offered by them for sale :
ENGLISH AND AMERICAN
FLOOR OIL CLOTHS,
24 feet wide, and of the beat quality of goods manufactured. Do you waut a
real good Oil Cloth ? If so come now and get the very best
Oil Cloths cut any size aud laid promptly.
A full line of cheap Floor Oil Cloths, from 60c. a yard up.
Table Oil Cloths, all widths and colors.
CARPETS.
Brussels, Three-ply and Ingrain Carpets, of new designs. A full stock of
low-priced Carpets, from 30e. a yard up.
Carpets measured for, made and laid with dispatch.
LACE CURTAINS.
French Tamboured Laco,' ‘ Exquisite;” Nottingham Lace, “Beautiful;’ Tam
boured Muslin, durable and cheap, from $2.50 a pair upwards.
CORNICES AND BANDS.
Rosewood and Gilt, Plain Gilt, Y\ alnut and Gilt Cornices, with or without Centres*
Curtain Bands, Pins and Loops.
Cornices cut an and made to fit xvindows, and put up.
WINDOW SHADES.
1,000 New Window Shades, in all the new tints of color.
Beautiful Gold Band Shades, $1.50, with all trimmings.
Beautiful Shades, 20c. each.
Store Window Shades, any color and any size.
Window Shades squared and put up promptly.
Walnut and Painted Wood Shades.
RUGS AND DOOR MATS.
T". i- •
New aud Beautiful Rugs.
Door Mats, from 50c. up to the best English Cocoa, that wear three years.
100 Sets Table Mats, assorted.
O A- TV T O TV ATT INGN.
NEW goods;
* JS&& ft"”
JAMES C. BAL IE & BRO S.
AA all Papers and Borders.
3,50° Rolls Wall Papers and Borders, in new patterns, in gold, pannels, hall oaks
marbles, chintzes, Ac., in every variety of color—boautiful, good andchean.
Paper hung if desired. v
llaii* Clotliss
In ail widths required for Upholstering. Buttons, Gimps and Tacks for the same.
# Curtain Damasks.
Plain and Striped trench Terrys for Curtains and Upholstering purposes.
Gimps, Fringe, Jassels, Loops aud Buttons.
Moreens and Table Damasks.
Curtains and Lambraquins made and put up.
Piano and Table Covers.
English Embroidered Cloth Piano and Table Covers.
Embossed Felt Piano and Table Covers.
Plain and Gold Band Flocked Piano Covers.
Gorman Fringed Table Covers.
Crumb Clotlis and Druggets.
New Patterns in any size or width wanted.
To all of which we ask your attention. All work DONE WELL AND IN SEASON by
JAMES C. BAILIE & BROTHER.
apr2l-tf
AMERICAN WATCH.
WHOLESALE SALESROOM,
David F. Conover & Cos.,
SKOCJESSOBH TO
WM. B. WARNE & CO.,
IMPORTERS, MANUFACTURERS AND
WHOLESALE DEALERS IN
Iffilß i mm;
SOUTHEAST CORNER
Chestnut and Seventh Streets
(FIRST FLOOR),
PHILADELPHIA.
nov7S-Hatuth*ogm
Safe Deposit Boxes.
The NATIONAL BANK of Augusta 18
prepared to lease small SAFES inside its
Fire. Proof Vault, at moderate rates, for the
reception of Bonds, Securities, Deeds, Le
gal Documents, Plate, Coin, Jewelry, and
valuables of every description.
G. M. THEW.
Cashier.
)The Housekeepers’ Friend.
WILSON’S CELEB ARIEL INSECT
POWDER AND POWDER GUN i->
thus testified to by our own citizens:
Augusta, Ga., January Ist, 1875.
The undersigned hereby certify that they
have used the Powder and Powder Gun of
Mr. Thomas R. Wilson, for destroying
Roaches, Bed Bugs, Insects, etc., and heart
ily recommend it for the purpose for which
it is use<i.
E. W. BARKER, M. D., Dentist, 137 Broad
street.
F. S. MOSHER, Augusta Hotel.
PLATT BROS., Furniture Dealers.
J. T. & L J. MILLER, Grocers, 216 Broad
R. M. ROBERDS, Mansion House.
JACOB RENTZ.
P. MAY. Globe Hotel.
MBS. W - THOMAS, Central Hotel.
MRS. E. A. MAHARREY.
CHARLES SPAETH.
TELFAIR A JACKSON.
For sale by
J. H. ALEXANDER,
apr22-7 Wholesale and Retail Agent.
TO RENT,
A DESIRABLE RESIDENCE at Harri
sonville, in perfect order, with all accessa
ry out houses.stable, orchard and garden,
with ten or twenty acres of land.
Possession can be had at once.
For terms, apply to
ap2s-tf GEO. T. JACKSON.