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THE CONSTITUTIONALIST
WEDESDAY, MAY 5, 1875.
Index to New Advertisements.
Inman Line Royal Mail Steamers •
W. Stevenson, Agent.
Brick Residence for Sale —By *. \Y.
Barron. T ANARUS,
TLe Magic Needle, Threader—lor
sale by Mr. Shepard.
Boots, Shoes and iJfcts —At Gallaher
& Mulherin’s. _ . , „
Eveiy Flavor True —i)r. Prices Ex
tracts. ~ 0 ~
Assignee’s Sale—By Bignon & Crump,
Auctioneers.
McKughan’s Medicated Soap—For
sale by F. M. Stubbß & Cos.
Explanatory.
The Constitutionalist’s elaborate
and full report of the cyclone, yester
day, crowded out much matter pre
pared for our city department.
Installation of Officers.
At the regular weekly meeting of
Richmond Lodge, No. 43, I. O. G. TANARUS.,
held on Monday night, the following
officers elect were installed by D. G.
W. C. T. Dr. Eugene Foster, to serve
for the ensuing quarter :
W. C. TANARUS., Samuel H. Shepard ; W. V.
T Mrs. S. H. Shepard ; W. R. S., Ja.s.
P. Meredith ; W. F. S., M. B. Hatcher;
TV. TANARUS., A. M. Yerdery; TV. C., P. H.
Ward ; TV. M., C. J. Blount; TV. I. G.
John Moore ; W. O. G., S. C. White ;
W. A. S., Miss Sallie Stubb ; W. D. M.,
Miss Lucy Holliday ; TV. R. H. S., Miss
Ellen Hodge; TV. L. H. S., Mrs. A. M.
Verdeiy ; P. W. C. TANARUS, Geddings Lamb.
A Pleasing Incident.
Last night, at the regular meeting of
Vigilant Steam Engine and Hose Com
pany No. 3, Col. E. V. Sharpe in a few
pertinent and feeling remarks, in which
he referred to the memories which the
occasion brought to his mind and the
many changes which had taken place
since last ho stood in the hall as a sol
dier presented to the company a Roll
of the “Vigilant Riflts,” which was
composed of members of the fire com
pany and went into the service in 1861.
President John S. Davidson, in behalf
of No. 3, received the roll with appro
priate remarks. The roll is a very
handsome one, in the form of a Con
federate battle flag, ornamented with
wreaths and rich coloring.
JUDICIAL.
Superior Court.
This court met at 9 o’clock yester
day morning, Judge William Gibson
presiding. Argument was had in the
case of Paul F. Hammond vs. Port
Royal Railroad Company (in which evi
denee was given the day before). Ihe
case was given to the jury just after
the hour of noon with instructions to
return a sealed verdict, and court ad
journed until 9:30 this morning. The
jury remained out but a, short time
when they reached a decision and re
turned a verdict sealed to the Clerk of
Court.
4*.
Election of Non-Commissioned Officers
in Oglethorpe Infantry, Cos. A.
An election was held to fill vocancies
among the non-commissioned officers
of* Oglethorpe Infantry, Cos. A., last
night, with this result:
A. R. Goodyear, Ist Sergeant; L. r.
Taliaferro, 2d; C. I. McLaughlin, 3d;
TV. P. Cole, 4th; A. F. Austin, sth; H.
M. Young, Ensign; J. T. Mayne, Ist
Corporal; T. H. Oates, 2d; C. F. Agrell,
3d; H. C. Cashin, 4th; G. C. Oates, Sec
retary; L. T. Taliaferro, Treasurer; TV.
D. Bowen, Armourer; A. P. McCalister,
Quartermaster Sergeant.
After the election the successful candi
dates, with the self-same liberality
which has characterized them from time
immemorial, gave a substantial treat to
their comrades and a few invited
guests. Act first was opened by
Orderly Sergeant Goodyear mounting
the rostrum (on this occasion a bench)
with a defiant-lookingglass of some
thing (not water) in his hand who
offered a toast to the invited guests,
and called on Lieut. P. L. Cohen, of the
Hussars, to respond. Lieut. Cohen
arose with a smile on his face as if he
possessed in him the wit to cause the
walls to shake with laughter and ex
pressed a wish that the coming year
would be to them like their newly
elected Sergeant—a Goodyear.
The Clinch were then honored in the
person of Sergeant Fitzsimmons, who
saw through the dim vista of a glass
the abolition of all bad feeling between
the companies, which happy result
was produced in a great extent by so
cial reunions.
Company B, next fell a victim in
the person of private McCoy, who
was so busily engaged in trying to find
the level of a seed at the bottom of his
glass that he resigned to Lieut. Cohen,
who blandly hoped that Cos. A. would
feed on success through the rest of its
earthly stay.
Lieut. Jones, after vociferous calling,
treated the assembly with a smile; that
was all, and nothing more.
Lieut. Harris, of the Hussars, after
vain endeavors to extricate himself
from the embarrassing position of a
public speaker, calmly vished them
some more of the above mentioned
food offered by Lieut. Cohen.
Eloquence flowed at this rate till
sweet-voiced melody took its place,
and continued till eyes began to grow
sleepy and voices to grow dry, when all
dispersed, after having passed one of
the most enjoyable evenings of their
fife.
The Presbyterian Church of this City i
The regular quarterly communion
was dispensed in this church yesterday.
The audience chamber and gallery
were crowded. The Pastor preached
the sermon called, in Presbyterian
phraseology, the action sermon, from
Matt, xxvi., 26 and 27; after which he
baptized ten adults aud admitted twen
ty-four members on profession, three
by letter, and five as corresponding
members until their letters shall be
forthcoming from churches in sister
States.
During the recent religious interest
in our city seventy-two have been ad
mitted to the fellowship of this church
by profession of faith, and five by letter.
The pastor, as we are informed and
believe, attributes the recent interest
in his church mainly to the commend
able labors of the Young Men’s Chris
tian Association, of Augusta, and its
climax to the three daily services of Mr.
Needham, the devoted Evangelist,
whose labors have been so signally
blessed in Canada, Philadelphia, and
every other place where he has
preached, and known “nothing among
them but Jesus Christ and Him cruci
fied.” He labored here three weeks,
and gave twenty-two services.
It may not be out of place to say of
this Messenger of Christ that he has
no means of living save what Christian
Professors offer him. Like John the
Baptist, he is a tax on no man and no
body of men. If Christians among
whom he labors are able and willing to
aid in supporting him, he receives it;
if not, he leaves his blessing and de
parts.
We have not heard to what extent
he was remunerated for his services in
Augusta. Of one thing we are certain,
no one will ever hear from him.
We learn that during the incum
bency of the present Pastor nearly two
hundred have been added to the com
munion role of the Presbyterian Church
pf Augusta.
JOHN BULL IN GEORGIA.
Meeting of Englishmen in Augusta
Last Night—Formation of a Society —
Address of Capt. St. Andrew 7 , of Vir*
ginia.
Last night, pursuant to notice by ad
vertisement, the Englishmen resident
in Augusta met in Mr. Schneider’s
rooms, for the purpose of considering
the propriety of forming a society for
social and general advantages. There
are in most of the States St. George’s
Societies, whioh do great good, and, in
Virginia there is a British association
which last year celebrated Queen Vic
toria’s birthday with a series of splen
did fetes. The Anglo-Aug us tans have
long felt the lack of an organized soci
ety, and they at length decided to meet
for consultation as to the best means
of combining. TVe trust that the efforts
now being made may prove useful to
the members of the proposed society
an d of advantage to our city.
The meeting was composed of about
fifty English settlers. A splendid por
trait of Queen Victoria, loaned by a
citizen of Augusta, was placed over the
Chairman’s head.
The meeting was called to order by
Mr. E. H. Pughe, who nominated Mr.
George A. Oates for Chairman. Mr. TV.
T. Hammond was appointed Secretary.
Mr. Oates, on assuming the Chair, ex
pressed his pleasure at seeing so many
Englishmen present.
Mr. E. H. Pughe, at the call of th
Chair, stated the object of themeetin
as being to promote the formation of
St. George’s Society.
By special invitation, Capt. J. A. H.
St. Andrew, editor of the Farmville
News, in Virginia, addressed the meet
ing. He said he gloried in the facts
that he was an Englishman by birth
and a Southerner by adoption. The
English people and the Southern peo
ple were alike in social and political
sympathies, and Englishmen in the
South were always found on the side
of good order and good government.
He described the grand celebration of
Queen Victoria’s birthdiy, which last
May extended over a week’s festivities
in Richmond, aud said that in Old Vir
ginia, when the English settler said
“God Save Virginia 1” the Virginian
responded with “God Save the Queen !”
In that section of the Old Dominion
where he resided there was a large
English and Northern settlement. From
Farmville to the North Carolina border
there were twelve saw mills, four grist
mills, and many other works owned
by settlers. There were also three new
churches built by the settlers during the
last year. Altogether, 700 families were
located in Southside, Virginia, and it
was estimated that during the past five
years twenty millions of capital had
been invested by the settlers in Vir
ginia in trade and agriculture. Geor
gia was offering a premium to settlers,
and he had come here to see how
manufactures progressed under the ex
emption law. He was delighted with
all he had seen, and was sure that
Georgia had a glorious future. He
hoped the society would endeavor to
promote colonization and would espe
cially look after the welfare of new
settlers. Capt. St. Andrew concluded by
referring to the pride ho felt at learn
ing that two English soldiers of the
famous “Six Hundred” at Balaclava
were living in Augusta, and wished the
society God speed.
The address was listened to with
marked aud pleased attention, and ap
plause followed when Capt. St. An
drews resumed his seat.
On motion of Mr. A. H. Spraelden,
the following committee was appointed'
to draft a constitution and by-laws
and to nominate officers, viz ; Messrs.
E. H. Pughe, Geo. A. Oates, T. Ham
mond, J. M. Roberts and TV. Barron.
The committee was instructed to re
port on May 24th, being Queen Victo
ria’s fifty-sixth birthday.
Several gentlemen subsequently ad
dressed the meeting, and the most en
thusiastic and unanimous feeling was
manifested. TVe understand that a
banquet on Queen Victoria’s birthday
is contemplated, when a most enjoya
ble occasion may be anticipated. Vivat
Regina!
MONTHLY SALE DAY.
A Small Number of Sales.
Yesterday was the regular monthly
legal sale day in this county. There
was only a small amount of property
offered. The following were the sales
made :
By C. V. Walker, Auctioneer.
The four-sevenths of one thirty-sixth
part Interest in the Planters’ Hotel—
of Lydia, Walter, Peter F. and Emily A.
Combs, minors—J. M. Curtis, guar
dian; to B. P. Chatfleld, for $634.82.
One thirty-sixth with interest in com
mon in the same property, of Charles
D. Curtis, minor, J. M. Curtis guardian;
to B. P. Chatfleld, for $1,111.11.
Two-sevenths of one-thirty-sixth part
in the same property, of Eleanor and
TV. H Curtis, minors, John M. Curtis,
guardian; to B. P. Chatfleld, for
$4,444 44.
One-ninth interest in common in the
same property, of Josephus, Frank,
Carrie L. and Levi Curtis, minors, Jno.
M. Curtis, guardian; to B. P. Chatfleld,
for $317 46.
[Mr. Chatfleld is the present owner
of the Planters’ Hotel.]
The building formerly the parsonage
of the Greene street Baptist Church,
sold to J. J. Cohen & Sons for $3,000.
Ninety-nine shares of the .®tua Iron
Company and sixty shares of the
Stonewall Iron Company, of Cherokee
county, Alabama, sold to John J.
Cohen & Sons for SSO per share each.
Ten shares of the Augusta Ice Com
pany, to T. P. Branch, at sl3 per
share.
Ten shares Republic Life Insurance
Company, of Chicago, to T. P. Branch
at $9 per share.
Seven shares of Augusta Real Estate
and Building Association to L. F. Good
rich at S6O per share.
A Few Minor Sales
of stock, vehicles, &c., were made by
Messrs. Bignon & Crump, auctioneers,
and others.
City Topics.
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Thermometer yesterday afternoon,
71 degrees.
Only one bale of cotton sold in our
market yesterday. Thi3 is almost
without precedent since the war.
The hose companies of the Fire De
partment are nightly practising for the
coming contest.
Amos T. Akerman, Esq., of Carters
ville, aod Miles G. Dobbins, Esq., of
Atlanta, are in the city attending to
professional business. Cases in which
they are interested will probably come
up in the Superior Court to-day.
The open air meetings of the Young
Men’s Christian Association are be
coming popular on account of their
interesting character. The one held at
the City Hall Sunday afternoon was
very largely attended, every one there
appearing to be deeply Impressed.
We noticed a number of colored peo
ple present.
The annual picnic of the German
Lutheran Sunday school took place
yesterday afternoon at the Schutzen
Platz, and proved a most enjoyable af
fair. This was the first picnic of the
season.
The City Council refused the appli
cation of the Ladies’ Memorial Asso
ciation for aid in the erection of the
monument, so far as paying for the
foundation. It is to be regretted that
the city finances did not warrant dif
ferent action.
ANOTHER RAILROAD SUIT.
Injunction ABked to Keep the Georgia
and! Central Railroads from Paying
the Past-Due Coupons of the Mont
gomery and West Point Road.
It was stated on the streets yester
day that an application was pending
before J udge Gibson made by a stock
holder or stockholders for an injunc
tion to restrain the Georgia and Cen
tral Railroad and Banking companies,
respectively and jointly,from discharg
ing the proposed payment of the past
due coupons of the first mortgage
bonds of the Montgomery and West
Point Railroad of Alabama, now em
braced in the TVestern railroad of
Alabama.
By an Alabama chancery decree, the
Western road, which embraces the
Montgomery and West Point railroad,
was sold to the Georgia and Central
on the 19th of April, ultimo, and the
confirmation of this sale is appointed
to be made by the court on the 10th
inst., and after this completion of the
transaction of the purchase holders of
these past-due coupons have been no
tified that all such coupons forwarded
to the Central Bank in Savannah, or
to the Georgia Bank in Augusta, by
the 6th inst. (to-moraow,) will be paid.
The bill prayed for is to bar this pay
msnt, and the writs of nisi injunction
will doubtless be served at the re
spective offices to-day.
Lecture.
On Friday night, under the auspices
of the Young Men’s Christian Associa
tion, at their Hall, Capt. John H.
Woldridge, of Pulaski, Tenn., will lec
ture on “ The Way to Win Success—
the Genuine and Humbug.” Capt.
Woldridge was originally a lawyer. At
the battle of Perryville, as a soldier
of the South, he was wounded
so dreadfully that loss of sight
supervened. Ho has resorted to lec
turing for a support, and his efforts in
this line are spoken of most highly by
the press of the country as being re
plete with wit, wisdom and practicality.
It is a touching thing to see a soldier
or the South, full of intellect, deprived
of the sight of the eyes; but it is a glo
rious thing to know that the cultivated
intellect and light of the soul remain.
The Huntsville Democi'at says “his re
membrance and description of the last
time he ever saw the sun rise; of how
its rays fell upon the marshalled hosts
and bright bayonets of the opposing
armies; and later, when the battle was
almost over, how the sun shown like a
ball of fire through the smoke and
clouds, and how the bright flash of the
last volley came that put nut his eyes,
contained a pathos, a thrilling blind
man’s eloquence that can never be imi
tated by one who has not been de
prived of Heaven’s greatest gift—
sight.” TVe bespeak for this unfortu
nate but gifted man an immense audi
ence.
SUICIDE.
A Citizen of Conyers Kills Himself.
Last night telegraphic tidings came
to the Constitutionalist that on yes
terday Mr. Robert C. Mayfield, of Con
yers, Georgia, had shot himself in the
head with a pistol and expired almost
immediately.
Young Mayfield was until recently a
member of the firm of S. Mayfield &
Son, of that place.
Dissipation is said to havo brought
on the mental condition iu which the
rash act was perpetrated.
Injunction Against the Purchase of
the Alabama Railroad.
It was rumored on the streets last
night that at the instance of some of
the stockholders an injunction had
been issued against the Central Rail
road purchasing the TVestern Ala
bama. The rumor went further aud
said that it had originated at Wash
ington, Ga. We telegraphed the Wash
ington Gazette to know about the mat
ter and received the following reply:
[Special to the Constitutionalist.]
Washington, Ga., May 4,1876.
Know nothing of the injunction here.
Judge Reese says Mr. George Barnes
can tell you all about it. G.
Richmond County Oata.
We saw yesterday on exhibition at
the auction house of Messrs. Bignon &
Crump specimens of Richmond county
raised red rust-proof oats, which would
do honor to any portion of the whole
land. They were raised upon the
Riverside farm of Mr. Bignon, are now
an average of five and a half feet high,
whilst the fruitage is far superior to
anything we have ever seen produced
in this country. Forty-five bushels to
the acre will be raised. These oats
show what planters can do in this
country in the way of making their
plantations self-sustaining.
THE SPELLING BEE.
A Few Words With “One of the Boys.”
Mr. Editor—ln yesterday’s Chronicle
“ One of the Boys ” states that he did
not spell “ Sibilant ” with a “ y,” as re
ported in that paper, aud I am glad to
be able to corroborate his statement,
for I was listening attentively. “S-y-b”
would have been too bad.
But I am sorry he finds fault because
the third prize was not contested for in
the same way that was originally
proposed. Now, I hope he will visit
solely upon me all the blame which he
may think due for that change of pro
gramme, since it was at my suggestion
Mr. Randall put to the vote of the au
dience the question whether Mr.
Weiseger were entitled to the Wor
cester. A moment’s reflection will
surely be convineive that it had be
come impracticable to carry out the
original idea, for it was already late,
and a large number of the audience
were going. It is well known by those
sitting near Mr. Weiseger that he pro
tested against taking the prize, but he
wa3 evertuled by the voice of the au
dience.
As to “irregularities,” it could hard
ly be expected that an enterprise of
this kind would go through smoothly
on a first trial, and it is just possible
that unintentional irregularities help
ed to bring about a result other than
might have been. That the mode of
spelling adopted is competent to afford
anything like a crucial test as to merit,
no one who reflects will maintain; but,
for the match which is shortly to come
off, a plan will bo considered which, it
is to be hoped, will in a large measure
exclude the element of chance, and, at
the same time furnish to the audience
a larger fund of interest and amuse
ment. “One of the boys” is expected to
try his hand again, as a matter of
course.
Yours respectfully,
Burry Benson.
Probabllltes for To-Day.
Washington, May u, 1. A. M.—For
Wednesday in the South Atlantic and
Gulf States, rising followed by falling
barometer, warmer, south and east
winds, clear or partly cloudy weather.
ALABAMA.
City Election—The Democrats Make a
Clean Sweep.
Montgomery, May 4.—The city elec
tion was unusually quiet. A large vote
was polled. The Democrats make a
clean sweep, electing the Mayor, Clerk
and twelve Aldermen. This is the first
time the Democrats ha,ve carried the
city since reconstruction. There is
great rejoicing, cannons firing, etc.
Majority, semi-official, 440,
The Mysteries of the Female Toilette.
The Pall Mall Gazette says: “ The
‘latest novelty’ in woman’s attire does
not sound comfortable. She has, it
seems, adopted a garment in which it
is almost impossible to w 7 alk or to sit
down, or to enter a carriage, and which
can only be worn by throwing the body
into the most paiuful contortions ac
cording to instructions specially given
by the dressmakers who manufactured
it. The Paris correspondent of the
Queen gives the following account of
this new article of dress: ‘Demitrains,’
says the correspondent, ‘are inconven
ient for the street and even for getting
into a carriage, and they are so tied
back and banded with elastic that
walking and, above all, sitting down
are not the easy, careless move
ments of yore. Some dressmakers
give instructions as to the managment
these demi-trains. The best manner
of gathering up the train is to turn to
the right, bending slightly back
wards, and to take hold of the dress as
low down as possible w 7 ith the right
hand. When you straighten and stand
upright again the skirt will bo slightly
lifted, and thus become no longer than
a short costume. When you wish to
let the skirt trail again you must throw
it back with a sweep of the right hand.
This will be found a much more grace
ful way of preserving the train from
contact with the streets than by lifting
it on each side with both hands. Man
dressed in a coat or pair of trousers
involving so much trouble and agony
would hardly feel up to performing
those duties which woman kindly pro
poses to take on her own hands ; she
is, however, very strong-minded, and
delights in a life of active occupation.”
The Great National Smoker. —A
lady traveling from New York to Bos
ton, a short time ago, took her seat in
a drawing room car, the only occu
pants of which were two gentlemen.
One was smoking, the other held a
fresh aud unlighted cigar just ready to
apply the match. The fair traveler did
not like the odor of smoke, and calmly
remarked aloud that this was the
drawing-room car, and they would
please find the smoking car forward,
for the smoking was very offensive to
her. The gentlemen removed the ob
noxious weeds, but looked extremely
serious about it, aud had a word or
two with the conductor when that
functionary entered. He mildly re
quested the lady to step into another
car, but she was comfortably seated
and declined to move. By and by other
gentlemen appeared and addressed the
would-be smoker as “Mr. President,”
and when at last someone let drop the
mystic word “Grant,” the obtuse but
well meaning dame recognized her
company, and summoning the con
ductor, sought another car.— Boston
Saturday Evening Gazette.
Mr. John D. Carter, well known in
this vicinity as a lively newspaper
man, has taken charge of the city de
partment of the Augusta Constitution
alist. He will be quite an acquisition
to the staff of that journal.— Savannah
News.
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It will Pay Pou to buy your Boots,
Shoes and Hats from Gallaher &
Mulherin. n.yS-wetf
McKughan’s Medicated Soap and
Magic Polish will be found for saie at
the store of F. M. Stulbs & Cos., No. 145
Broad street.
—
The attention of buyers is directed
to the Assignee’s Sale of Stock of
Hyams & Neufville, to take place to
day at 10% o’clock, at the store of
Messrs. Bignon & Crump, auctioneers.
Lime ! Lime 1 Lime ! —Alabama and
Georgia Lime at Kiln price by car load.
We have special rates of freight to
points in North aud South Carolina
and Georgia. We sell low by barrel
and car load. Our Alabama is 98. per
cent. Carbonate Lime. None purer in
the world and white as snow. Orders
solicited. Sciple & Sons, Atlanta, Ga.
ap29-10.
Congress Water, constantly arriving
fresh from Saratoga Springs, kept on
Draught and in Bottles, also the best
Soda and Kissengen W atkr and Ginger
Ale, at
J. H. Alexander’s Drug Store.
apr23-3m __
Buffalo Spring Lithia Water, and
Gettysburg Ivatalysine Water, at
J. H. Alexander’s Drug Store.
apr2B-3m
“Neuril.” —The instantaneous cure
for Neuralgia. Depot, No. 291 Broad
street. ap7-ly
Call at the office of C. W. Harris,
No. 219 Broad street, for Insurance at
adequate rates in non-Board Com
panies dec4-tf
The Most Certain Cure for Chills
and All Fevers, and all disorders
arising from malarial influence is the
Magio Cure, to be had at
J. H. Alexander’s Drug Store.
apr2B-3m _
The Best and Pleasantest Throat
Lozenge, at
J. H. Alexander’s Drug Store.
apr2B-3m
Fine Valentia Oranges, for sale by
J. F. Quinn, 48 Jackson street.
my 4-6
Every Flavor True. —With great
care, by a process entirely his own, Dr.
Price is enabled to extract from each
of the true select fruits and aromatics,
all of its characteristic flavor, and place
In the market a class of Flavorings of
rare excellence. Every flavor as rep
resented, of great strength and perfect
purity. For any flavor that may be
wanted for flavoring ice cream, jellies,
custards, pastry, etc., we recommend
Dr. Price’s True Flavoring Extracts,
and feel sure that like his celebrated
Cream Baking Powder will give per
fect satisfaction. There is no imposi
tion in these articles. mys-tuthsa&su
GEORGIA STATE LOTTERYf
FOB THE BENEFIT OF THE
Orphans’ Home and Free School.
WILSON & CO., Managers.
ATLANTA, GA., April 21st, 1875.
A.T 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 *fc CO.,
Managers. apr2s-lm
FITS CUBED !
Any person suffering from the above
disease is requested to address Dr. Price,
and a trial bottle of Medicine will be for
warded by Express
FREE!
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, and he
WILL CURE YOU,
no matter of how long standing your case
may bo, or how many other remodies 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 mi. chas. t. prick,
feb26-dscly 67 William street, N, Y,
FINANCE AND TRADE.
The Angusta Markets.
Constitutionalist Office, I
May 4,1875. j
Business was very quiet yesterday, with
a general dullness pervading all lines of
trade. No important transactions in finance
occurred.
New York Exchange quiet, buying at %
premium and selling at %.
Savannah and Charleston Exchange, buy
ing at % off and selling at par.
The Cotton Market.
The market continued quiet and easy to
day, with little doing. The Augusta Ex
change closed at 4p.m., with reports and
quotations as follows:
Ordinary . Nominal
Good ordinary 14%
Low middling 15a15%
Middling 15%a15%
Receipts all all U. 8. ports to-day 5,828
Similar receipts same date 1874
Receipts at Augusta to-day 42
bales in Augusta to day 1
The Meat Market.
The meat market to-day was steady. We
quote:
Clear Ribbed Bacon Sides 14% a
Dry Salt Clear Ribbed Sides 13 a
Dry Salt Long Clear Sides 12% a
Bellies 13 a
Smoked Shoulders 11% a
Dry Salt Shoulders 10% a
Sugar Cured Hams 15 a 15%
Pig Hams 16 a
ieunessee Hams 14% a
Lard—in tierces, 16%a17; in cans, kegs
or buckets. 17%a18.
The Corn, Oata and Wlieak Market.
Wheat is still active, with a good de
mand and small arrivals; holders appear
unwilling to sell at quotations. Choice
white, $1.70; prime white, $1.65; amber,
$1 60; red, $1.50.
Corn steady and in good demand. White,
$1.12; yellow and mixed, sl.lO, sacks in
cluded.
Corn Meal—City bolted, $1.12<&1.15;
Western, sl.lO. s
Oats—Feed Oats. 85a90 cents.
The Hay and Stock Feed Market.
Hay—Choice Timothy—car load lots,
$1.50 per hundred; Western mixed, $1.36@
1.40 per hundred; Eastern Hay, $1.65@
I.7oper hundred; Northern. $1.40/31.50.
Bran and Stock Meal—Wheat Bran,
S3O per ton; Stock Meal, 90@$1.
Peas—Mixed, $1.25; Clay, $1.35.
Fodder—sl.7s@2 per hundred.
Country Hay—sl per hundred.
The Flour Market.
The market to-day was firm with steady
prices.
city mills quotations:
Supers $6 25 a 6 75
Extras 6 75 a 7 26
Family 7 25 a 7 75
Fancy 7 75 a 8 25
western quotatirns:
Fine $5 50
Supers 6 50
Extias 6 75
Family 7 25
Fancy 7 75
The General Grocery Market.
Butter—country, per pound, 25; Goshen,
35©40; Beeswax, per lb., 25; White Table
Peas, $1.25(3)1.50: Chickens—Spring, 35;
grown, 40; Ducks, 50; Geese, 65; Eggs, per
doz., 18; Honey, strained, per lb., 2(>; Irish
Potatoes, per bbl—Western, $4.60; North
ern, $4; Unions, new per bunch, 6 cts:
Sweet Potatoes, $1.50 per bushel; Dried
Peaches, peeled, 14c. per lb.; Dried Ap
ples, 10c. per lb.; Soda, 8; Turkeys, $1.75
@2 apiece; Tallow, 7@9; Grits, per bushel,
$1.40@1.50; Western Pearl Grits, per bbl.,
$5.75(36; Pearl Hominy, $5.50@5.75.
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European Money Markets.
London, May 4—Noon.-Street rate,
3% , which is % below bank.
Paris, May 4—Noon.—Rentes, 64f. 30e.
United States Money Markets.
New YoRK.May 4—Noon.—Stocks active
but lower. Money. 3 per cent. Gold. 115%.
Exchange—long, 488; short, 491. Govern
ments active and strong. State Bonds
quiet.
New York, May 4-P. M.—Money ae
tiver at 8%a4. Sterling quiet Gold ac
tive at 115%a115%. Governments active;
new s’s, 53%. State Bonds quiet and nom
inal.
Stocks closed dull and steady: Central,
105; Erie, 30%; Lake Shore, 71%; Illinois
Central, lo 5; Pittsburg, 93%; Northwest
ern, 4t%; preferred, 54%; Rock Island, 104%.
Sub-Treasury balances: Gold, S6O 054,-
61 1; Currency, $41,481,143. The Sub- Treas
urer paid out $358,000 on account of interest,
aud $501,000 for bonds. Customs receipts,
$406,700.
New Orleans, May 4.—Exchange-
New York Sight, % premium. Sterling,
563. Gold. 115%.
European Produce Markets.
Liverpool, May 4—Noon.—Breadstuffs
quiet. Corn, 345. 6d.a345. 9d. Lard, 07s.
Western Produce Markets
St. Louis, May 4 —FI ur higher—super
fine Winter, $5.15a5.30. Corn dull—No. 2
mixed, 74%a75%; closing easier. Whiskey
firm at slls. Pork dull—small lots at
$22.25; round lots offered at $22, without
buyers. Bacon firm—shoulders, 9%a9%;
clear rib, 12%a13; clear, 13%a13%. Lard de
clining, sales on private terms supposed to
be 15%.
Cincinnati, May 4—Flour firm. Corn
active and higher at 77a80. Pork steady at
$22 25. Lard dull—Summer steam, 15;
Winter. 15%; kettle. 15%a16. Bacon quiet
but firm; shoulders. 9%; clear rib, 12%a
12%; clear, 13%a13%. Whiskey firm at
$1 04.
Chicago, May 4.—Flour, demand light
and holders firm. Corn dull and drooping.
No. 2 mixed, 74a74%; rejected at 71%a71%.
Pork in fair demand, and lower at s2i.soa
21.60. Lard dull and drooping at 15%,
Whiskey quite and unchanged.
Louisville, May 4 Flour firm and un
changed. Corn steady at 75a76. Prov.sions
strong. Pork $22.50a23. Bacon—shoulders
9%; clear rib, 13%; clear sides, 13%, all
packed. Lard—prime stoam, nominal;
tierce, 16a16%; keg, 16%. Whiskey. $1.14.
Bagging—advancing tendency and very
strong at 13a13%.
New York Produce Market.
New York, May 4—P. M —Southern flour
firm and in moderate demand. Wheat quiet
and without decided change; shippers gen
erally insist upon lowor prices, which hold
ers ivfuse. Corn about lc. lower, with a
moderate demand, at 90a91% for Western
mixed; 91% for yellow Western. Coffee
quiet and steady. Sugar quiet and firm.
Rice quiet and steady. Tallow steady at
8%a9%, Rosin dull at $2a2.05 for strained.
Turpentine dull at 36. Pork lower; now,
$22. Lard heavy; 15% for prime steam.
Whiskey firmer at $1.17. Freights dull and
heavy; cotton, by sail, %; by steam, %a
5-16.
New York, May 4—Noon.—Flour steady.
Wheat quiet and unchanged. Corn heavy,
l’ork heavy at $22.20. Lard heavy; steam,
15%. Spbits turpentine, quiet at 86%.
Rosin quiet at $2.05a 2.10 for strains.
Freights dull.
Baltimore aud Wilmiugton Produce
Markets.
Wilmington, May 4.—Spirits Turpen
tinoduliat 31. Rosin steady at $155 for
strained. Crude Turpentine quiet at $1.50
for hard; $2.40 for yellow dip. Tar quiet
at $1.65.
Baltimore and Wilmington Produce
Markets.
Baltimore, May 4.—Flour quiet but
very firm and unchanged. Wheat strong
and very firm; Maryland amber, $1.47.
Corn quiet and weak; Southern white, 90a
92; yellow, 92; Western mixed, 89. Oats
and Rice dull and unchanged. Provisions
firm with an advancing tendency. Pork
unchanged. Bacon higher; family active;
shoulders, 9%a10. Lard dull and steady.
Coffee quiet and unchanged. Whiskey, of
ferings light at $1.16a1.17. Sugar strong at
10%.
Liverpool Cotton Market.
Liverpool, May 3—Noon.—Cotton dull
and easier; middling uplands, 7%; middling
Orleans, 8a8%; sales, 8,000; speculation and
export, 1,000; to arrive. 1-16 cheaper: sales
on a basis of middling uplands, nothing be
low low middling, deliveiable in May,
713-16; do., deliverable May and June,
713-16; do., deliverable June and July,
7 15-16; do., deliverable July and August,
81-16,
3 P. M.—Sales of Cotton on basis of mid
dling Orleans, nothing below low middling,
shipped May and June, 813-16.
3 ;30 P. M—Sales of American, 3,500.
5, P. M.—Cotton—Basis of midling up
land, nothing below low middling, shipped
April and May, 7%.
Yarn and fabrics dull but not quotably
lower.
New York Cotton Market.
New York, May 4—Noon.—Cotton dull;
sales, 855 bales; uplands, 16%; Orleans,
16%.
Futures opened easier as follows: May,
16 3-16a16%; June, 16%a16 5-16; July, 16 7-16
a16%; August, 16%a16 11-16.
New York. May 4—P. M.~Cotton—net
receipts. 806; gross, 1,244. •
Futures closed barely steady; sales.
33,300 bales,as follows: May, 16 1-16, 168-82:
June, 16 3-32; July, 16 1-32; August, 16%;
September, 16%; October, 15 13-10, 15 27-32;
November, 15 11-16; December. 15%, 16;
Januaryi 15 27-32,15 1-16.
Cotton heavy and nominal,
Southern Cotton Market.
Savannah, May 4.— Ootton quiet; mid
dling, 15%; net receipts, 253 bales; sales.
673. The 2,350 bale3 reported as channel
yesterday should have been for Cork for
orders, and included In the exports to
Great Britain.
Mobile, May I.—Cotton weak: mid
dlings, 15%; low middling, 14%; good or
dinary, 11;*; net receipts 152 bales; ox
ports coastwise, 199;5a1e9 100.
Charleston,Mav 4.—Cotton quiet; mid
dling, 15%; net receipts, 278 bales; sales,
300.
New Orleans, May 4.—Cotton dull and
easier: middling, 15%; low middling, 15;
good ordinary, 14%; net receipts, 2,818
halos; gross, 3,077; exports to Great Brit
ain, 3,325; sales, 1,750.
Boston, May 4 Cotton dull and nomi
nal; middling, 16%; low middling, 15%;
good ordinary, 15% jsalos, 109; actual stock,
18,157.
Memphis, May 4.—Cotton quiet; mid
dling, 14a15%; shipments, 714; sales, 110.
Baltimore, May 4.—Cotton dull and
easy at 15%a16; gross receipts 642 bales;
exports coastwise, 415.
Norfolk, May 4—Cotton dull; mid
dling, 15%; net receipts, 232; exports coast
wise, 200; sales, 100.
Marine News.
New York, May 4.—Arrived: Charleston,
North Point.
Arrived out: City of Montreal.
Port Royal, May 4— Arrived: Nathant
al Stevens.
Sailed: Steamship Leo.
Charleston, May 4.—Arrived: .Champ
ion, D. J. Foley. Cleared : Bio De LaPlata,
Clelra.
Sailed : South Carolina, Missouri.
SPECIAL NOTICES.
LADIES, ATTENTION !
THE MAGIC NEEDLE THREADER HAS
arrived, and is being sold on the street by
MR. SHEPARD, at the Globe Hotel corner,
and for threading Sewing Machines or Hand
Needles, it can’t be beat. Don’t fail to go and
see it. for it is one of the most ingenious
little inventions that has ever been intro
duced in that line. mys-3*
PAY YODR BPECIFIC TAX.
THE TAX ACT OF 1876 REQUIRES ME TO
collect from each Agent of any Insurance
Company doing business in this State the
sum of Fifteen Dollars. Agents of such Com
panies are herewith notified that said Tax
must be paid on or before the Bth inst.
JOHN A. BOHLER,
myl- r t Tax Collector, R. C.
NOTICE.
City Teeabobeb’s Office, May a, 1875.
HOLDERS OF CITY OF AUGUSTA
Bonds, Lettered Y, and payable on ist of
JULY next, are notified that such Bonds,
with interest to this date, will be paid on
presentation at the City Treasurer’s office.
I. P. GARVIN.
my;-3 Collector and Treasurer.
GEORGIA RAILROAD A BANKING CO.. \
Augusta, Ga., May 2d, 18J5. f
THE ANNUAL MEETING OF THE
Stockholders of the Georgia Railroad and
B inking Company will be held in this city on
Wednesday, the 12th of May, 1875.
J. A. 8. MILLIGAN,
my2-td Cashier.
NOTICE to stockholders.
Superintendent’s Office, )
GEORGIA RAILROAD, i
Augusta, Ga., May 4th, 1875. )
GEORGIA RAILROAD AND BANKING
COMPANY.—Stockholders and thoir families
will be passed over the Georgia and Macon
and Augusta R ailroads to Augusta and re
turn, to attend the Company’s Convention,
which will meet at Augusta on WEDNESDAY',
May 12th, 1875.
The Down Day Passenger Train, from At
lanta to Augusta, on Tuesday, May lith. will
carry oars sufficient to accommodate all
Stockholders and their families wishiug to
attend the Convention.
Stockholders will not be allowed tho privi
ledge of riding free to any point on this
Road or branches other than Augusta and
return, to attend the Convention.
Athens, Washington. Madison, Covington,
Atlanta, Greensboro and Millodgeville pa
pers will copy until the 13th.
S. K JOHNSON,
may2-tilmay]3 Superintendent.
NOTICE TO HOLDERS OF UNPAID
COUPONS.
THE HOLDERS OF PAST-DUE COUPON 8
of the first Mch tgage Bonds of the Montgom
ery and West Point Railroad Company of
Alabama, are hereby invited to send said
Coupons to the Georgia liaiiroad Bank in
Augusta. Ga., or to the Central Railroad
Bank, in Savannah, Ga., previous to the 6th
day of May next, that the same may be paid,
in accordance with tho requirements of the
decree of the Chancery Court of Montgomery,
Alabama, and under whioh decree tho West
ern Railroad eff Alabama—which embraces
said Montgomery and West Point Railroad—
was duly sold in Montgomery on the 19th day
of April, instant, and was bought by the Geor
gia Railroad and Banking Company, and the
Central Railroad and Banking Company,both
of Georgia,
Upon the confirmation of said sale of the
Western Railroad of Alabima, to the two
aforesaid Railroad Companies in Georgia, by
the Chancery Court of Montgomery, to be
hold on the P th day of May next, the Coupons
so sent in to us will be paid by us to the pur
tios remitting the same.
Holders of such Goupons not forwarded to
us by the 6th of May will look to the Register
of the Chancerv Court of Montgomery for the
payment of them.
T. M. CUNNINGHAM.
Cashier C. R. R. & B. Cos., of Georgia,
J. A. S. MILLIGAN.
Cashier Ga. R, R. <k B. Co-, of Georgia.
APRIL 23D. 1875. apr23~2W
STATE OF GEORGIA. )
RICHMOND COUNTY. $
To the Honorable the Superior Court of said
County :
The petition of the Southern Express
Company showeth:
That at a regular term of this Court, on
the fifth day of July, eighteen hundred and
sixty-one by an order and decree of this
Court, your petitioners were duly created
a body corporate and politic for tho pur
pose of carrying on the business ol oxpress
forwarding from, between and to any
E laces all manner of parcels, goods, specie
ullion, and other articles and property,
animate and inanimate, except such as are
or may be prohibited by law, and bills,
notes and securities and for the collection
thereof, and of all claims and demands, and
for other purposes set forth in the original
petition for said order of incorporation of
record in this Court, to which record your
petitioners ask leave to refer, which order
of incorporation was to be of force for 14
years from the Ist day of July, then inst.
Ann your petitioners further show that
under said order of incorporation they
have, from the date thereof until now, ex
ercised and enjoyed the rights and privi
leges thereby granted to them, without in
terruption, let or hindrance, and are still
in the full exercise thereof.
Your petitioners further show that by
tho terms of said order and decree of in
corporation their rights under it will oease
on the Ist day of July, now next ensuing,
unless said order and decree be renewedin
terms of the statute, in such case mado
and provided.
Your petitioners, therefore, pray for a
further order and decree of this Court, re
newing and extending their corporate priv
ileges aforesaid, under their corporate
name aforesaid, for 14 years from the Ist
day of July now next ensuing.
And your petitioners will ever pray, eto.
March 16th, 1875. H. B. PLANT
GEO. H. TILLEY, President.
Secretary. WM. T. GOULD,
Solicitors for Petitioners.
GEORGlA— Richmond County.
I, Samuel H. Crump, Clerk of the Supe
rior Couft of said county, do hereev certify
that the foregoing petition tor ala exten
sion of charter of the Southern Express
Company, has been entered on the minutes
of said Court, of the date above, folic 237
Witness my hand and the seal of the
Court this 9th day of April, 1875
fr- B.] 8. H. CRUMP,
aprio-satlm Clerk S. C. R. C., Gil.
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