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P, CONSTITUTIONALIST
THURSDAY, May 27, 1875.
Index to New Advertisements.
Choice Irish Potatoes—For sale by
Titnberlake & Campbell.
Notice to all Members of Wasliing
tou Lodge, No. 7, L 0. O. F.—By order
of the N. G.~-Jno. E. Wheeler, Trea
surer.
Three Pounds of Butter for SI —By
Calvin & Jones.
Washington Light Artillery—Execu
tive Department-—James M. Smith
Governor.
Notice to Holders of Rome Bonds—
James M. SpuUook, Mayor.
ft IK WEATHER TO-DAY.
Washington, May 27, 1 a. m.—For
P.arsday throughout the Atlantic
Suites, rising barometer, north and
• winds, cooler, partly cloudy and
cu ur dry weather. For the Gulf
States, stationary barometer and tem
perature, partly cloudy weather and
l ssibly light rain with southerly
winds. For Tennessee and, the Ohio
Valley and the Lower Luke region,
rising, followed by falling barometer,
stationary temperature, northeast
veering to southeast winds, partly
cloudy and clear weather. For the
Upper Lakes, the Upper Mississippi
and Lower Missouri Talleys, stationa
ry or falling barometer, northeast to
southeast and south wiuds and partly
cloudy weather, and possibly, in the
Lower Missouri Talley, light local
rains. The rivers will continue sta
tionary or slowly falling.
Thermometer May 20, 4:16 p. in.
Augusta, 88 deg.—Fair.
Boston, 81 deg.—Clear.
Buffalo, 73 deg.—Clear.
Charleston, 78 deg.—Threatening.
Chicago, 58 deg,—Clear.
Cleveland, 64 deg.—Cloudy.
Galveston, 71 deg.—Threatening.
Knoxville, 84 deg.—Cloudy.
Lynchburg, 84 deg.—Clear.
Montgomery, 95 deg.—Fair.
New Orieaus, 87 deg.—Fair.
New York, 82 deg.—Clear.
Portland, Me., 77 deg.—Clear.
Toledo, 0., 68 deg. —Clear.
CITY "TOPICS.
Palestine Commandery, of Savannah,
is accompanied by the German Forest
City Brass Baud.
The prizes of the Hussars and the
Irish Tolunteers look out at you from
Brahe’s show windows.
Twelve States were represented in
the Grand Conclave yesterday by
Grand Representative Knights.
All Odd Fellows, resident and tran
sient, are invited to attend Washington
Lodge to-night.
Anew track is being put down on the
Washington Street Railroad curve,
where engines delight to run off.
Deatli of George W. Morgan.
This old citizen of Augusta, but more
recently Postmaster of Washington,
Wilkes county, died yesterday. His re
mains will arrive this afternoon at 3:30
on the Georgia train, and will be buried
from the Cemetery Chapel.
CENTENNIAL.
Governor Smith and Secretary Fish.
Mr. Editor —Gov. Smith’s second let
ter to Secretary Fish on the Centennial
business may be explanatory, like
Judge Reese’s denial, but I fear it does
not in the minds of the public alter
what he said in his first letter. Most
any man, after he knows the other
side can construe what he did say to
mean thus and so, but the public gen
erally and correctly, too, judge a man
trom the common construction of his
language and the impressions created
at the time in connection with surround
ing circumstances. In his first letter, in
which he returns the “iron-clad oath,”
he says : “ I know of no provision of
law which requires any such' oath to
be taken by the Commissioners, and
what good is expected to be accom
plished by going beyond the require
ments of the law in this regard, I am
at a loss to imagine.” There can be
but one construction of this, and that
is Gov. Smith knows of no law requir
ing Commissions to take an oath, etc.
Now, when the Secretary courteously
informs his Excellency that ever since
July 2d, 1862, there has been in exist
ence a law requiring “ all persons ap
pointed to any office of honor or profit
under the United States to take the
oath which he enclosed, and that on
July 11th, 1868, Congress modified the
oath for those who had participated in
the “late rebellion,” and that it was
his duty to see that one or the other
of these oaths was taken by all persons
accepting the “'President’s commis
sion.” The Governor explains what
he did say in his first letter, thus :
When I wrote my letter of the 18th ult.. I
was not unaware of the existence of tne
laws of 1862 and 1868, mentioned by you;
but I then thought, and am still of the
opinion, that those laws are applicable
only to cases of persons appointed to of
fices of honor or profit under the Govern
ment of the United States. Ido not con
sider the place of Commissioner such an
office; and it does not, therefore, in my
opinion, come within the meaning of either
of the statutes referred to.
If the Governor was really so “learned
in the law” as he would now have us be
lieve he would have known that no
person can exercise any duty by virtue
of any appointment from the President
of the United States without taking an
oath of allegiance, one or the other of
the above, and he would have known
that by act of March 3d, 1871, it was
enacted that “The Centennial Celebra
tion shall be a National one and shall
be under the auspices of the Govern
ment of the United States, and that
the President shall appoint a commis
sion, to consist of not more than one
delegate from each State and Terri
tory, to conduct it, whose functions
shall continue until the close of the
celebration, and whose duty it shall be
to prepare and superintend the execu
tion of the plau for the holdiug of the
exhibition.” He would have also known
that by act of June Ist, 1872,
a corporation was created with an
authorized capital of ten million dol
lars to be known as the “Centennial
Board of Fnanee,” and that said cor
poration was authorized to prepare and
conduct the celebration under the “di
rection,” etc., of the “Centennial Com
mission,” which was by said act also
made a body corporate with power to
annul and set aside the acts of the Board
of Finance, veto the appointment of
judges, and to award and deliver all
prizes and premiums. That said
Commission had absolute supervis
ing power over the celebration
and was required to report to
the President, from time to time, and
to hand in a final report of the entire
celebration after its close. The office
of Commissioner, therefore, seems to
be one of not only honor but of great
trust and responsibility. If any one
thinks it is not also an office of profit
let him see at what price he can buy
any of the Commissioners out. As to
which one of the officials has the ad
vantage, viewing the correspondence
as either a question of law or good
taste and courtesy, the public can judge.
Governor Smith is doubtless satisfied
with his legal construction, but I doubt
if tbwere are many of his Justices of
the Peace appointees who could con
scientiously agree with him.
Centennial.
Buffalo Spring Lithia Water, and
Gettysburg Katalysine Water, at
J. H. Alexander’s Drug Store.
Rpr2B-3m
“IN HOC SIGNO VINCES.”
Fourteenth Annual Grand Con
clave ot the Knights Tem
plar of Georgia.
BRIEF HISTORICAL SKETCH OF
THE ORDER.
Address by Right Eminent Sir J. Em
mett Blackshear—Prize Drill—Pal
estine Yictor —Election of
Grand Officers.
In contrast with the occasion last
year in Savannah, the annual return of
the day for the Grand Conclave of the
Knights Templar of Georgia yesterday
was greeted with bright beams and
balmy breezes. No clouds obscured
the fair cerulean, and a fleecy banner
here and there spread out in the dis
tant heavens served rather to make
yet more distinct the golden smiles that
played over the universal face of nature,
With the early dawn the Knights in
brilliant paraphernalia, were moving on
the streets, Georgia Commandery, No.
1, of Augusta, hastening in full armor
to the several depots to receive with
due honors their visiting fratres arriv
ing by the morning trains, and these
were escorted to quarters at the Au
gusta Hotel.
HISTORICAL SKETCH.
As pertinent to the assembling of
these gallent Knights in our fair city,
wo have collated a brief history of the
order, which may be found interesting
to our readers :
Hugh de Pajens, Godfrey do St. Ul
demar, and seven other Knights, es
tablished the order of Knights Tem
plar in the year 1118 or 1119, for the
protection of pilgrims on the roads of
Palestine annually visiting the Holy
Sepulchre. This most celebiated and
powerful of the religious military
orders of Christendom was founded by
the addition of a fourth vow to
this effect to the three knightly vows
of chastity, poverty and obedience. —
Subsequently its objects became the
defence of the Christian faitli and of
the holy sepulchre against the Saracens.
At first the Templars lived on the
charity of the Christian lords in Pales
tine. The military character associated
with the new order attracted immediate
attention, and after its formal incor
poration by Pope Honorius II in 1128
at the council of Troyes at the insti
gation of St. Bernrd do Clairvaux, its
numbers rapidly increased, members of
the noblest families of Europe seekiug
admission into its ranks and people of
every degree vieing with each other in
endowing it with gifts of land or money.
In the same year the Templars also re
ceived from this pope a peculiar dress
consisting of a white mantle, to distin
guish them from the hospitallers who
were habited in black, and in 1146 they
added a red cross on the left breast.
This emblem was also borne on their
banner, formed of striped black and
white cloth, and called “ beauceant ” —a
word rendered famous as their battle
cry. King Baldwin 11, of Jerusalem,
gave them an abode in that city, on the
east side of the Jewish temple, whence
they were called Knights of the Tem
ple or Templars. The different classes
of the order were Knights, Squires and
Servitors, to whom were added in 1172
by a bull of Pope Alexander 11, some
spiritual members who officiated as
Priests, Chaplains and Clerks. From
the class of the Knights, who were re
quired to be of approved nobility and
were the actual lords of the possessions
of the order, the officers were chosen
by the assembled chapters, namely,
marshals and bannerets, as leaders in
war; drapiers, as inspectors over their
wardrobe; priors, as superiors of sin
gle preceptories ; abbots, commanders,
and grand priors, as rulers over prov
inces (similar to the provincials of the
monastic order), and the Grand Master
as Chief of the whole Order. The latter
had the rank of a Prince, and consider
ed himself equal to the sovereigns of
Europe ; since the Order acknowledged
the Pope alone as its preceptor, gov
erning itself and administering its
estates according to its own pleasure,
the occupants and vassals of which
had to pay them tithes. Uniting the
privileges of a religious order with
great military power, and always pre
pared for service by sea and land, it
could use its possessions to more
advantage than other corporations, and
also make conquests on its own ac
count. The principal part of the pos
sessions of the Order were in France ;
most of the Knights were also French,
and the Grand Master was customarily
of that nation. In the year 1244 the
Order possessed 9,000 lordships and es
tates, independent of the sovereigns of
the countries in which they were sit
uated. Its members were devoted to
the Order with body and soul, and their
entrance into it severed all other ties.
None had any private property.
The Order supported all. The arro
gance that made Bishops and Princes
their enemies is easily explained by
their power and wealth, as is also the
extreme luxury into which they
ultimately fell. During the grad
ual decline of the Christian
Kingdom of Jerusalem, the Templars
endeavored to secure their own posses
sions in that country by means of trea
ties with the Saracens. Nevertheless,
they were obliged in 1291, with the last
defenders of that Kingdom, to leave
the Holy Land entirely; and they trans
ferred their chief seat, which had been
in Jerusalem, to the island of Cyprus,
having previously maintained a foot
ing in Antioch, Acre and the Pilgrim’s
Castle near Casarea. There the
Grand Master resided, with a select
body of officers, Knights and brethren,
who exercised themselves in warfare
by sea against the Saracens.
Though driven out of Palestine the
organization evinced no signs of decay,
and its extensive ramifications through
out Europe drew upon it the suspicion
and jealousy of Princes, whose cupidity
was also excited by its immense wealth
in landed revenues and hoarded coin.
In the quarrels between Philip the Fair
and Pope Boniflce VIII, the order took
part against the King. In consequence
of this, Clement V, Philip’s friend, un
der the pretence of consultations for a
new crusade, aud for a union of the
Knights Templar with the Knights of
St. John, summoned, in 1306, the Grand
Master, James Bernard Molay, of Bur
gundy, the last successor of the first
Grand Master,Hugh,with sixty Knights,
to France. After their arrival, these
and all the other Knights present were
suddenly arrested, October 13, 1307, by
the King’s soldiers. Philip seized upon
the estates of the order, removed his
Court into the temple (the residence of
the Grand Master in Paris) and ordered
the trial of the Knights to be com
menced without delay by his confes
sor, William of Paris, inquisitor and
Archbishop of Sens. Historical records
represent the accusers for the King as
some expelled Templars who calumni
ated the order at the instigation of its
enemies. By means of the most hor
rid tortures, confessions of crime
which had never been committed were
extorted from the prisoners. Overcome
by long captivity and torment, many
Templars confessed whatever their
inquisitors wished, since a persevering
denial of the crimes with which they
were charged was punished with death.
On this 13th of October by command
of this provincial council in Paris fifty
four members of the order were burned
at the stake in the field behind the abbey
of St. Antoine, This example was imita
ted elsewhere, and on May, 2, 1312,
Clement on his own responsibility—the
general council of Vienne then in ses
sion bring averse to precipitate meas
ures—-issued a bull for the abolition ol
the Templars. They had maintained
themselves longest in Germany, where
they were treated with justice and
mildness, although in England, Spain,
Portugal and Italy, Templars had been
arrested, but almost universally
acquitted. Their movable property in
their misfortunes was for the most part:
appropriated by the sovereigns of the
countries in which it was deposited;
and although their landed possessions
were nominally transferred to the
black-gowned hospitallers, the crown as
a general thing secured the disposition
of them. The order ceased at once
throughout Christendom, except in
Portugal, where it merely assumed
the name of the Chevaliers of Christ,
which order still exists. The last act
of the drama was the execution at the
stake of De Molay, Guy of Auvergne,
and other high dignitaries of the or
der, of whom the two first named died
protesting their innocence, having pre
viously recanted the confessions ex
torted from them by hopes of absolu
tion or by torture.
grand conclave.
At 9 o’clock a. m. the Fourteenth An
nual Graud Conclave of the Grand
Commandery of Knights Templar for
the State of Georgia assembled in the
Asylum of Georgia Commandory, No. j
1, in Masonic Hall, on Broad street,
with the following Officers, Past Graud
Officers, Grand Representatives, Dele
gates and visiting Knights present.
grand officers.
Right Eminent Sir Samuel Pugh
Hamilton, of Savannah, Grand Com
mander.
Very Eminent Sir George Thomas
Anderson, of Atlanta, Deputy Grand
Commander.
Eminent Sir William Johnston Pol
lard, of Augusta, Grand Generalissimo.
Eminent Sir Thomas Hardeman, Jr.,
of Macon, Grand Captain General.
Eminent Sir Rev. Caleb Witt Key, of
Augusta, Grand Prelate.
Eminent Sir Archibald Henderson
Sneed, of Forsyth, Grand Senior War
den.
Eminent Sir Amos Fox, of Atlanta,
Grand Junior Warden.
Eminent Sir Joseph Eastburn Wells,
of Macon, Grand Treasurer.
Eminent Sir Charles Rudd Armstrong,
of Macon, Grand Recorder.
Eminent Sir John Gltting Deitz, of
Macon, Grand Standard Bearer.
Eminent Sir William Edward McCoy,
of Augusta, Grand Sword Bearer.
Eminent Sir William Hopson Han
cock, of Atlanta, Grand Warder.
GRAND REPRESENTATIVES.
Alabama—Eminent Sir Joseph E
Wells.
California—Eminent Sir Charles R.
Armstrong.
Illinois—Right Eminent Sir S. P.
Hamilton.
Indiana—Right Eminent Sir J. E.
Blackshear.
lowa—Eminent Sir Charles R. Arm
strong.
Maryland—Eminent Sir J. G. Deitz.
Massachusetts and Rhode Island-
Eminent Sir Charles R. Armstrong.
Nebraska—Eminent Sir J. F. Greer.
New York—Eminent Sir Charles R.
[ Armstrong.
New Hampshire—Eminent Sir G. T.
Anderson.
Pennsylvania—Eminent Sir Wm. T.
Gould.
Sir Knight Geo. C. Connor, of Look
out Commandery, No. 14, of Chattanoo
ga, Grand Captain General of the Grand
Commandery of Tennessee, was pre
sent at the conclave.
Sir Knight W. T. Gould, first Graud
Commander for the State of Georgia,
and successively re-elected for eight
years, was present for the first time in
many years.
DELEGATES.
The following delegates from the
several subordinate Commanderies of
the State were in attendance upon the
Grand Commandery :
Georgia Commandery, No. 1, of Au
gusta :
Eminent Sir William J. Poliard, Com -
mander.
Sir William B. Young, Generalissimo.
Sir William E. McCoy, Captain Gen
eral.
Saint Omer Commandery, No. 2, of
Macon:
Eminent Sir Thos. Hardeman, Jr.,
Commander.
Sir John G. Deitz, Generalissimo.
Sir John J. Cornell, Captain General.
Saint Aldemar Commandery, No. 3, of
Columbus :
No representative or delegate pres
ent.
Coeur de Lion Commandery, No. 4, of
Atlanta~.
Eminent Sir William D. Luckio, Com -
mander.
Sir Amos Fox, Generalissimo.
Sir William H. Hancock, Captain Gen
eral.
De Molay Commandery, No. 5, of
Americus:
Sir John R. Cain, Captain General.
William Tracy Gould Commandery,
No. 6, of Forsyth:
Sir Archibald H. Sneed, Generalis
simo.
Palestine Commandery, No. 7, of Sa
vannah :
Eminent Sir Thomas Ballantyne,
Commander.
Sir Jas. Manning, Captain General.
Tailored Commandery, No. 8, of Al
bany :
Eminent Sir Andrew M. Wolihin,
proxy for Commander.
ROLL OF KNIGHTS IN FULL UNIFORM.
Georgia Commandery. No. 1, of Au
gusta :
Sir W. J. Pollard, Sir Francis Cogin,
Sir W. B. Young, Sir D. H. Denning,
Sir W. E. McCoy, Sir J. L. Fleming,
Sir J. H. Parker, Sir L. F. Goodrich,
Sir A. M. Brodie, Sir I. N. Hartsell,
Sir A. F. Crombe, Sir C. W. Key,
Sir A. E. Blalock, Sir C. Kinsler,
Sir F. T. Fleming, Sir C. E. Staples,
Sir W. T. Gould, Sir Boswortli,
Sir C. W. Harris, Sir C. K. Carter,
Sir N. T. Harman, Sir J. W. Apel,
Sir O. G. Lynch, Sir Jno. G. Marsh,
Sir G. W. Conway, Sir W. N. Little,
Sir W. E. Barrick. Sir C. B. Day,
Sir Geo. Adam, Sir C. A. Robbe,
Sir Frank McCabe, Sir J. Pendleton.
St. Omer Commandery, No. 2, of Ma
con :
SirT. Hardeman, Jr., Sir J. G. Deitz,
Sir J. J. Cornell, Sir J. W. Truman,
Sir R. E.. Hall, Sir G. P. Cornell,
Sir G. R. Barker, Sir C. H. Freeman,
SirM. S. Freeman, Sir F. Corput.,
Sir J. E. Wells, Sir C. R. Armstrong,
SirJ. E. Blackshear, Sir A. P. Tripod,
Sir M. E. Sperry, Sir G. S. Obear, Jr.,
Sir M. Loh, Sir S. S. Dunlap,
Sir E. L. Cook, Sir W. M. Key,
Sir J. L, Kennedy, Sir H. Ellis,
Sir E. J. Jeffers, Sir S. G. Bonn,
Sir J. F„ Greer. 25.
Coeur de Lion Commandery, No. 4, of
Atlanta:
Sir W. D. Lucky, Sir Amos Fox,
Sir W. H. Hancock, Sir Samuel Hope,
Sir R. H. Goodman, Sir C. T. Watson,
Sir H. Banks, J r., Sir D. C. McPhee,
Sir W. Goodman, Sir H. D. Austin,
Sir W. Mackie, Sir G. T. Anderson,
Sir W. W. Boyd, Sir Donald M. Bain,
Sir L. H. Bradfleld, Sir R. C. Young,
Sir Thos. J. McGuire.
DeMolay Commandery, No. 5, of
Americus:
Sir John R. Cain, Sir J. Lott Price,
Sir Pat B. Sims, Sir W. T. A. Dunn,
Sir Alf. C. Bell, Sir S. Wise Parker.
Wm. Tracy Gould Commandery, No. 6,
of Forsyth :
Sir Archibald H. Sneed, Generalisi
mo.
Palestine Commandery, No. 7, of Savan
nah :
Sir T. Ballaatyue, Sir C. J. Miller,
Sir Jas. Mauuing, Sir S. P. Hamilton,
Sir Jos. A. Roberts, Sir W. W. Chisholm,
Sir John Oliver, Sir J. C. Bruyn,
Sir T. S. Wayne, Sir John F. Herb,
Sir J. C. Rowland, Sir I). J. Ryan,
Sir J. S. Sibley, Sir At A. Winn,
Sir John Foley. Sir A. Jfi. Moynllo,
Sir W. H. Bennett, Sir Alex. Irviug,
Sir J. H. Smith, Sir J. 11. Eatill,
Sir W. S. Hawkins.
Tancred Commandery, No. 8, of Albany:
Sir Andrew M. Wolihin, proxy of
the Commander.
After the formation of the Sir Kuights
in proper Knightly array and the open
ing of ihe Grand Commandery in full
Knightly form, the Grand Commander,
Right Eminent Sir S. P. Hamilton, read
his admirable and most excellent an
nual address.
Sir Kuight W. T. Gould submitted
his report as Chairman of the Commit
tee on the History of the Order.
GRAND OFFICERS.
Right Emiuent Sir S. P. Hamilton
was re-elected Grand Commamler, but
persisted iu decliuiug to continue in
this eminent position, and the ballots
ultimately resulted as follows :
Right Emiuent Sir George Thomas
Anderson, of Atlanta, Grand Com
mander.
Very Eminent Sir William Johnston
Pollard, of Augusta, Deputy Graud
Commander.
Einiuet Sir Thos. Hardeman, Jr., of
Macon, Grand Generalissimo.
Eminent Sir Archibald Henderson
Sneed, of Forsyth, Grand Captain Gen
eral.
Eminent Sir Clement A. Evans, of
Augusta, Grand Prelate.
Eminent Sir Amos Fox, of Atlanta,
Grand Senior Warden.
Eminent Sir Thomas Ballantyne, of
Savannah, Grand Junior Warden.
Eminent Sir Joseph Eastburn Wells,
of Macon, Grand Treasurer.
Eminent Sir Charles Rudd Armstrong,
of Macon, Grand Recorder.
Eminent Sir John Gitliug Deitz, of
Macon, Grand Standard Bearer.
Eminent Sir William Edward McCoy,
of Augusta, Graud Sword Bearer.
Eminent Sir William Hopson Han
cock, of Atlanta, Grand Wardes.
Subsequent to the election, the grand
officers were formally installed by
Right Eminent Sir S. P. Hamilton,
Right Eminent Sir J. Emmett Black
shear acting as Grand Marshal.
Subsequent to the election, the new
ly chosen officers were installed by
Grand Commander Hamilton, Emi
nent Sir J. Emmett Blackshear acting
as Grand Marshal.
Having transacted other business,
the Sir Knights marched to St. John’s
Methodist Church on Greene street,
preceeded by the Forest City German
Brass Band, and entering by the cen
tral aisle proceeded to seats in pews on
the right and left. The Grand Officers
arrayed themselves iu the chancel, the
Grand Prelate, in Ivuightly robes
and mitre with golden cook, Emi
nent Sir Caelb Witt Key, occu
pying the central chair, with the
Grand Commander on his right
ami the orator of the day on his
left. Garlands of ivy wound round
about tiie pedestals of the lamps on
I the altar, vases of flowers added to its
pleasing beauty, and the brilliant ban-
I ners of the order were disposed, the
banner of the Grand Commandery,
of Coeur Leon and of Palestine Com
manderies, on the right, and of Geor
of Georgia, St. Omer Commanderies on
the left. The Grand Prelate offieiated
in the devotional exercises, assisted
by the Episcopal choir, composed of
Prof. Weigand, who presided at the or
gan, Mrs. Oates, alto, Mr. Pelot and
Mr. Goodrich, and Miss Gardner whose
full and admirable sophano lead the
fine rendition of the solos, duets, trios,
and quartettes of the Liturgy of the
order.
Grand Commander Hamilton stated
that Eminent Sir Luther J. Glenn, of
Atlanta, who had been chosen as orator
for the day, was unavoidably absent,
and took pleasure in introducing Right
Eminent Sir J. Emmett Blackshear,,
Grand Representative of the Grand
Commaudery of Indiana, who had con
sented to serve for the absent brother
as orator for the occasion.
Dr. Blackshear deliveied the sub
joined able and eloquent address :
ANNUAL ORATION BY EMINENT SIR J. EMMETT
BLACKSHEAR.
R. E. Grand Commander aud Sir Knights,
Ladies and Gentlemen:
Appearing before you as I do to-day, in
cheerful obedience to the command of my
chief, I must nevertheless be permitted to
'express my sincere regret that the position
I now occupy is not filled by the distin
guished, talented and accomplished Fratre
who was regu’arly chosen as the orator of
this occasion. Fully conscious of my in
ability to approach the glowing eloquence
as one so gifted in the art of oratory, I can
but feel the embarrasement of the situa
tion. Trusting, however, that your criti
cisms will bo tempered with charity, 1
shall, to the best of my ability, endeavor to
perform the duty assigned me. The
present is an occasion of much inte
rest to every Templar Knight of Geor
gia—an occasion on which all nature
teems approvingly to smile. Appro
priate indeed is the season chosen for our
coming together. The glorious luminary
of the universe, leaving the Winter sols
tice, has raised the sable veil which had
o’er nature’s brow been cast, and with his
genial beams once more made glad the
earth. The vegetable world, resurrected
from the grave of Winter, comes forth in
newness of life, robed in the richest gar
ments of the Spring. Sweet May, with
smiling face resumes her flowery throne,
and gladdened by her joyous reign, all
things created willing tribute pay.
“Wide Hush the Helds, the softening air is
balm,
Echo the mountains round, the forest
smiles;
And every sense anil every heart is joy.”
In this season of* universal rejoicing the
valiant Knights of our Order have come up
from every section of this Empire State of
the South for social reunion and festive en
joyment. Turning aside tor a brief
period, from the daily iound of
toil and care, we have again taken
our places iu the mystic circle of our
annual Conclave, and clasping each other
by the hand as fratres true, felt soft flow
ing from heart to heart the gentle current
of fraternal love, which ever yields to way
worn weary souls “that peace the world
can neither give nor take away.” But ia
the midst Of our rejoicing it is moot that
we should pause aud render thanks to the
beneficent author of our existence, “for our
creation, preservation and all the blessings
of this life.” To this end wo have assem
bled to-day in this house dedicated to the
service of God, and in the true spirit of sin
cere devotion united our voices in the
Liturgy of our beloved Order. But, it may
be asked, why this military display in the
House of the Lord?” Who are these
Knights, so devout in their exercises, yet
armed for wir’s inhuman strife? What
manner of men are they who have suddenly
burst upon a peaceful community in
“Battle’s magnificently stern array?”
What cause to vindicate commands the
service of this mysterious baud? What
conquests in prospective animates each
breast, and nerves each arm to deeds of
dauntless courage worthy of the valiant
Templar ?
Such inquiries, on the part of thoso who
have honored us with their presence
should meet witli a willing response. Know!
therefore, that we wield our swords to
gratify no temporal ambition, or love of
sordid gain. We are engaged in no ignoble
crusade against the rights of men, whether
natural or assumed, corporate or individual
Wo would not disturb the reign of whito
robed peace,
“The bounteous goddess who bestows
Weddings and holidays, and joyous feasts,
Relations, friends, health, plenty, social
comforts,
And pleasures which alone make life a
blessing."
And yet, the spectacle here presented is
no unmeaning pageant—no frivolous dis
play of the toggery of war, no rallying for
an onslaught upon imaginary forces—ad
versaries arrayed in the field of romance,
existing only in fancy’s bright and gay
creation:
“ We are bidden to a nobler strife,
Not to destroy, but rescue human life.
No added drop in misery’s cup to press,
But minister relief to wretchedness.
To give the long-lost father to his boy,
To cause the heart to sing for joy;
Bid plenty laugh When hufigry famine
howls,
And pour the sunlight o’er the tempest’s
scowls,
Bring to the soul that to despair is given,
A new-found joy—a holy hope of heaven.”
Humanity has been commonly represent
ed as acting under the influence of two op
posing principles, the good and tko evil:
the former emanating from a Supreme, All
perfect, and Omnipotent Deity, the Creator
and preserver of all things; tho latter from
some demon or fallen angel, a Typhon, a
Sioa, or a Satan, who first falling, tempted
man to his fall, and thus brought sin into
the world Not only among thoso whose
religious views are based upon Holy Writ,
do we recognize this as the prevailing belief,
but when we travel back into the distant
past, and approach the ruins of those an
cient religions—spurious calleJ—that onoe
ruled the minds of men, the principle of
God and the principle of Evil, prominent
among those strange mysterious doctrines
and faiths that lie shrouded in tho mists of
antiquity, rise before us and dimly glide
along the narrow boundary that separates
Time from Eternity. Variously personified,
they were the leading characters in the mys
terious; and whether as Osiris and Typhon,
or Ormuz and Aurtrnan, or Vishun and
Siva, it was through them that the an
cients nnde of every human soul, as they
did also of the world and the universe, a
battle-field; for their whole system of imi
tation was intended to allegorize the in
cessant struggle between Light and Truth
and Good against Darkness aud Error and
Evil, and the final triumph of Truth against
tho combined powers of men aud of de
mons. From the ancient mysteries, with
which it is so intimately related. Masonry
imbibed the same doctrine; and iu all the
systems of Masonic initiation the strug
gle incessantly going on in every mau’s
nature between the Divine will, implant
ed in man by God, and the natural will,
prone to vice aud error, is fully recog
nized; aud every Mason, “bound by his
tenure to obey the moral law,” armed
with tho implements of moral warfare,
and duly instructed in their uses, is ex
pected to subdue his passions, conquer his
desires, protect the innocent, defend the
helpless, succor the needy, and under the
broad and spotless banner of Charity,
struggle to dispel the adversaries of Truth
and light up the pathway of life with the
pure and effulgent, rays of friendship, hu
manity and love.
As members of tho valiant and magnan
imous Order of Knights Templar, which
Ord*-*r is to symbolic Masonry what Chris
tianity is to the Mosaic religion, we are
still battling, though under anew leader,
against the enemies of 1 ruth. From the
old dispensation we have passed to the
new, “from the Temple of Solomon to
Betldahem and Calvary ; from types aud
shadows to the revealed Gospel.” Having
enlisted in the army of tho Prince
Emanuel, clad in now armor, and
armed with weapons more formidable
and effectual, we are inspired with renew
ed courage, feeling fully assured that if we
continue faithfully to the end our efforts
will be crowned with complete und glori
ous victory. Behold our motto inscribed on
the symbolic banner of our Order— ln Hoc
Signo Vinces— Under this sign thou shalt
conquer. Tho Crux Ansata, which among
the ancient Egyptians was tho hieroglyph
ic of Life, converted into the Christian
cross, has become the emblem of our faith
in Him “ whose coming brought, life into the
world, and light to those who sat in dark
ness and in tho valley and shallow or
death.” Potent, indeed, is this dearest
symbol of our beloved Order. More forci
bly than language, however eloquent, does
it proclaim the redemption of the world
through the precious blood of a cru
cified Saviour, it stands as a perpetual
reminder of the vanity of all world
ly pursuits, and tho glorious re
wards of virtue and godliness. It re-
bukes our sordid passions, purifies our
thoughts, and enables us to look upon tiie
evils of the world as but temporary, and
permitted by the Supreme Ruler of the
Universe for wise and beneficent purposes;
upon tiie season of sorrow anil affliction,
as the hour before sunrise, and upon disas
ter as the threshold of delight. It casts
over the dark and terrible gulf of endless
death the rainbow of hope, and opens the
way to the blissful realms of light and life
eternal Emblazoned on the banners of tiie
great Roman Emperor, who had been so
deeply moved by its mysterious appear
ance m tiie heavens, it led on his mighty
armies conquering and to conquer. Il was
the talisman that awakened the burning
eloquence of Peter the Hermit, ruled in the
zeaiifus councils of Urban 11, that caused,
in short, the great heart of Christen
dom to throb with the mighty pur
pose, and set on foot the gigantic
enterprise of rescuing Palestine, with tiie
places hallowed by the birth, tiie life, and
deatii of the blessed Redeemer, from
the peifsession of Saracen and Turk
It was the stimulus aiforted by the
blessed promises shadowed forth in tiie
mysterious sign that enabled the cru
saders to undergo the severest hard
ships, to make the most heroic sacri
fices, and to peiform deeds of valor that
must ever challenge the admiration of tho
world. It was around this sacred emblem
that Hugues do Paynes and Geoffrey de
St. Aldemar, with several other Knights of
noble birth, laid tho foundation of that
valiant and magnanimous order of which
we are tiie representatives. Like that mira
culous token of Divine presence and care
that appeare lt the children of Israel, a
pillar of cloud by day and a pillar of fire
by night, it guided the Templars of old to
the .oiliest heights of prosperity, and
sustained them in tho darkest hour
of adversity. Even amid tne flames
kindled lor their destruction by the
barbarous Philip the Fair, its sacred
influence enabled them to meet death with
the same heroic fortitude which they had
ever exhibited on the field of battle, to feel
that they were but martyrs to the great
and eternal principles which Christ Him
self, their Divine Leader, on the cross had
poured out his life to establish. We are
not called upon to-daj r to bathe our swords
in the purple current of life in a vain effort,
to to rescue Palestine from Mahommedan
rule. The spirit which inaugurated that
strange enterprise of the olden time, com
ports not with the higher civilization and
purer Christian sentiments of tho nine
teenth cem ury. Nor shall we attempt to
controvert the opinion generally enter
tained at the present day, that the holy
wars were a sad perversion of the very
principles the Crusaders struggled osten
sibly to defend. But when we remem
ber that they lived iu the times
when ignorance and barbarism pressed
heavily upon the nations—when all that was
left of the Christian religion was a bare
shadow, “the substance having given place
to a degraded superstition which threat
ened to ruin the name and dignity of man,”
we are forced, after all, to admit that it was
an exalted spirit that sounded tiie bugle
note of war which thrilled the mighty
heart of Europe, and rolled up an army of
nations, of all ranks, classes and conditions
of men, to battle, as they earnestly be
lieved, in t he service of the King of Kings.
Nor should we lose sightof the tact that the
Crusades, though failing iu the full aceom
filishmeutof theobjecl lor wh eh they were
nstituted,and though attended by terrible
sufferings,horrible excesses,and an expendi
ture of human life almost beyond computa.
tion, were nevertheless, of incalculable ben
efit to the world; aye, tiie influenceof the
magnanimous sacrifices they called forth,
tho martial courage, heroic daring, lofty
sentiments of honor, aud sincere devotion to
the sweet dignity of woman have been felt
ii all subsequent times; have shaped the
politenoss of modern manners, instituted
m the place of feudal force the courtesies
of life, and elevated to their proper dig
nity and sphore of usefulness those lovely
beings who were made a little lower than
the angels.
But the days of the old Crusades have
passed away. No more do pilgrim warriors
go forth from homes and friends to battle
for the redemption of the Holy Land- No
more do the brave defenders of the Sepul
chre of tho blessed Saviour ropel with valor
unsurpassed the ferocious attacks of bar
barous Saracens. No more the highways
to Jerusalem resound with tho rattling
steel of crested knight in burnished armor
clad.
“The lance is rusting on the wall,
No laurel crowns are wove,
And every Knightly strain Is hushed,
in castle, camp ami grove.
“No manly breast now fronts the spear,
No strong arm waves the brand,
To vindicate the rightful cause,
Or stay oppressor’s hand,
“The ministrol’s pilgrimage has ceased.
Ohivalric days are o’er.
And fiery steeds bear noble men
To Palestine no more.
“Rejoice in beauty more than gain,
Guard well the dreams of youth,
And with devoted firmness live
Crusaders of the Truth ”
The age that called for the valor of
tlcse ancient Knight has passed away;
yet we love to dwell upon tho record of
their heroic daring anti ehivalric deeds, aud
to muse admiringly on their unselfish de
votion to tho Christian faitli and their no
ble defence of Ihoao whoso weakness ex
posed them to oppression and wrong. They
were a noble band of Christian w arriors,
who faithfully fulfilled their Knightly vows
and won for themselves imperishable re
nown; and one of the earkest pages in his
tory was produced when, under a fearful
cloud of persecution and calumny, the no
ble Order went down—an Order which had
been
“So clear iu its great office that its virtues
Did plead like angels, trumped-tonged,
against
The deep damnation of its taking off.”
But above the power of despots. I
whether of Church or State, were I
the great truths, the lofty senti
timents and noble conceptions ot human
duty, in which consisted the real life of the
Order. Surviving the touch of theorg—uz
ed body they soon sprang forth again, like
the vegetable germ that survives the decay
of the parent stalk, into new forms of life
and beauty. '1 hey found a congenial home
in the fraternity of Free and Accepted Ma
sons, by whom the noble but persecuted
Order reorganized, w T as received and as
signed to an upper apartment in the Mys
tic Temple. Thus was this beautiful out
growth of Christian chivalry, supposed to
have been crushed out of existence by the
Iron heel of tyranny, preserved by being in
grafted on the stock of Masonry, that grand
old tree then white with the moss of many
centuries, and too deeply rooted to bo
shaken by the storms of persecution and
calumny. Thus nourished aud sustain
ed, this cherished scion has grown and
unfolded Itself In loveliness and beauty,
until, by tho Christian Mason, who has
climbed to the heights of its real excellence,
partaken or its precious fruit aud Ix'en re
galed by the fragrant odors emitted from
its ever-green, over-budding and ever
blooming branches it is regarded as the
crowning glory of the institution. The
duties that devolve upon us as the soldiers
of the cross, are of a different nature from
those which called forth tho dauntless
courage and heroic fortitude of th se noble
Knights who sustained tho dignity of the
Order in its early existence; yet great bat
tles have we to light and glorious victories
to win. We have entered upon a sublime
crusade, not against Turkoman and Isla
mite, with wa.ving crescent and Hashing
steel, but against vice and immorality in
all their variant forms for the recovery not
of the holy sepulchre where once reposed
in the arms of death the Saviour of the
world, but of that high estate lost by
“ Man’s first disobedience and the fruit
Of that forbidden tree, whose mortal taste
Brought death into the world, and all our
woe.”
Each knight is expected to light ‘ his first
battle with himself, conquering the wild
realm of passion aud selfish desire within
his own heart;” to guard his weary spirit
through the pilgrimage of life, against the
attacks of the world, iho llesh and the
devil, and safely to conduct it to the New
Jerusalem beyond the skies. While, there
fore, the enemies wo are called to meet and
conquer are not clad in burnished armor,
nor marshalled in military array; they are
none ti e less real, and for us to be victori
ous in the strife, requires that we should
possess and exercise the same undying
courage and daring that animated tue
breasts of the valiant Templars of the
olden The campaign upon wliich we
have entered is not the parade of a holiday,
but a fierce and continuous struggle with
the forces of evil; and duty, stern aud in
dexible, bids us bare our breasts and nerve
our hearts for the conliict. Then in the
language of Paul, the great Apostle of
the Gentiles, t con jure you, Sir Knights,
to “ Put on tho whole armor of God, that
ye may be able to stand against the wiles
or the devil; for we wrestle not against
flesh and blood, but against principalities,
against powers, against the rulers of the
darkness of this world, against spiritual
wickedness in high places. Wherefore,
take unto you the whole armor of God,
that ye may be able to withstand the evil
day, and having done all to stand. Stand,
therefore, having your loius girt about
with truth, and having on the breastplate
of righteousness, and your leet shod with
the preparation of the gospel of peace.—
Above all, take the shield of faith, where
with ye shall be able to quench all the fiery
darts of the wicked; and take the helmet
of salvation, and the sword of the spirit,
which is the word of God,” l bus panop
lied will ye be ready for the conflict, and
prepared more glorious victories to win
than ever achieved with carnal weapons on
gory field, when
“Bank to rauk contending armies meet,
Trampling the dead beneath their bloody
feet.”
Kir Knights, having cast aside the stall'
and taken up the sword; having taken out
places in the ranks of those who light for
the cruse of truth, and wiio are ever ready
to wield their swords in the defense of in
nocent maidens, destitute widows, helpless
orphans aud the Christian religion, it is ex
pected that we will manfully light our way
aud with valor run our course.
“Therefore, what things are just and true,
Pure, honest and of good repute,
Bet us maintain and not dispute,
But boldly hold them up to view.”
In performing the duties devolving upon
us we labor for the advancement of the tm
tuau race—for the benefit not only of our
selves and tho. e around us, but of t hose
also who may come after us. The desire to
accomplish something in life that, will ben
efit the world to leave behind us when we
Itass away into the silent land, an influence
for good that will flow on forever, blessing
mankind aud elevating the standard of
moral excellence—is tho noblest ambition
of man, the purest aud most exalted aspi
ration of the worthy Templar. Nor is such
ambition hopeless, such aspiration vain
“ Lives of great men all remind us
We can make our lives sublime,
And departing leave beh nd us
Footprints on the sands of time.”
“ The good men do live after them,” and
it is this that can render them immortal
before the general resurrection. The
thoughts of dead men rule in the councils
of the living. Words perish not with the
lives of those who gave t .em utterance,
but often live when both name and memo
ry are forgotten.
“ As each vibration of the air
Flows onward, ceasing never;
A word once spoken, foul or fair,
Repeats itseir forever.”
Thus are the voices of the dead inces
santly breathing in our ears—though
imperceptible their tones may be-and
as we these voices instructively obey, so
will the living when we are dead, lor
weal or woe, obey us. Let us, then, bo
daily impressed with the heavy respon
sibility that rests upon us, and constrain
ed so to shape our fives that, good rather
than evil may result therefrom. Let us
strive to imitate the example of the good
and virtuous Knights who have preceded
us in the pilgrimage of life and been
admitted to the honors and awards that
await the valiant Templar in the Grand
Asylum above. Let truth be our watch
word and Heaven our aim, and as we ad
vance upon the enemi s of the good, the
virtuous, the innocent and the Christian
religion, let our pathway be marked by
acts of charity and pure beneficence, re
membering ever that
“The drying up a single tear has mure
Of honest fame than shedding seas of
gore.”
Let us ally ourselves with those who
struggle to release the world from “error’s
thrall,” and thus aid in hastening the mil
lennial dawn, when “humanity redeemed
ami sanctified shall hail the coming glories
of the Prince of Peace.” When that period
arrives, and not till then, will the strug
gle between the principle of Good and
the principle of Evil be over. Then,
as in tlio occupation of Orion
the star clad “hunter of the beast,” be
fore tlio pale-faced Queen of Night, stood
“agha t in strange alarm,” so the Prince
of Darkness before the Son of Righteous
ness with fear will quail on the oblivion
sink, no more the sons of men to lead
astray. Then will the Pilgrim Warrior
cease from his labors and be at rest, and
wars aud rumors of wars be known and
heard no more forever. Then will the sym
bol fado, and the poets “dream sublime,”
thus in conclusion sung, become of glorious
reality.
“Though the silence overhead,
An angel with a trumpet said,
•Forevermore, foreveruuno,
Tho reign of viotouee is o'er,’
And like an instrument that flings
its music on another s strings,
The trumpet of the angel cast
Upon the heavenly lyre its blast
And on from sphere to sphere the words
Re-echoed down t io burning cords—
‘Forevermore, forevermore,
Tho reign of violence Is o’er.’ ”
At tho conclusion of the address, the
Sir Knights reformed, and returning to
the Asylum of Georgia Commandery
reoeived special orders and were dis
missed.
PRIZE DRILL.
At about 4:30 p. m. the Knights re
formed ou Jackson street, north
of Broad, Georgia Commandery
and Palestine Commandery only re
porting to contest for the handsome
and costly epergne offered by the Grand
Commander as a prize to the best
equipped and best drilled Command
ery.
The following gentlemen, not Knights
Templar, were chosen as judges;
General M. A. Stovall, Colonel
Claiborne Snead, surviving Colonel
of the Third Georgia, Captain J. O.
Clark, of the Clinch Rifles, and Lieu
tenant J. \Y T . Clark, of the Richmond
Hussars.
In the lot for order of drilling, Geor
gia Commandery secured first place,
and Palestine Commandery the second
place, all other Comraauderis declining
to participate, and the two rival Coru
manderies drilled for a half hour each,
in corps evolutions and the manual of
arms, as follows :
Georgia Commandery, No. 1, of Au
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gusta, with twenty-four Knights, com
manded by Captain General W. B.
Young.
Palestine Commandery, No. 7, of Sa
vannah, with twenty-three Knights,
commanded by Captain General Jas.
Manning.
At the termination of the drill con
test, which was witnessed by a vast
number of ladies and gentlemen, on
the sidewalks and in the windows and
balconies of the Globe Hotel and adja
cent stores and residences, the judges
announced their award of the prize to
Palestine Commandery, of Savannah.
At night, eight o’eloek, the Knights
reassembled for business in Masonic
Hull.
NEXT CONCLAVE.
Macon was by vote selected as the
place for holding the Annual Grand
Conclave of next year, on the first
Wednesday in May, and the Grand
Commandery adjourned till this morn
ing.
to-day’s festivities.
The Knights are to participate in and
enjoy a pic-nic and barbecue tendered
them by Georgia Commandery, No. I,
at the Schutzeuplatz to-day.
The grounds will be opened at 11
o’clock, and a committee of Knights at
the entrance gate to receive ladies.
Eminent Sir Chas. R. Armstrong,
Grand Recorder, by request of Grand
Commander Hamilton, will deliver the
prize to Palestine Commandery.
Visiting Knights and ladies wifi be
supplied with street ear tickets to the
Sell ut zeupiatz.
All Knights whether in fatigue uni
form or citizen’s dress ate expected to
bo present.
Serenade.
We ate indebted to the Forest City
German Band, of Savannah, for a su
perb serenade and three lusty cheers
for the Constitutionalist office last
night.
Caution not Necessary. — Although
it requires but two teas)) loufais of Lit.
Price’s Cream Biking Powder to pro
duce better bread, biscuits, cukes, &c.,
tliuu three teaspoout'uls of any other,
it is uot necessary to caution the public,
as do makers of the rauk, common
kinds, to use no more for fear of ex
posure and injury. The purity of Dr.
Price’s powder admits of twice the
quantity or more.being used with per
fect safety, and without detriment to
the articles prepared. Households
where true economy is studied will use
Dr. Price’s Cream Baking Powder aud
also his True Extracts, Lemon, Vanilla,
&c., for they are truly excellent, pure,
and unadulterated. Baking Powder sold
in bulk for Dr. Price’s is an imposition,
us Dr. Price’s is only sold in cans.
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Daily arrivals at W. H. Tutt & Bem
sen’s. Fresh and pure Drugs, Per
fumery, Soaps aud Fancy Articles, per
sonally selected by Dr. Wm. H. Tutt in
New York, at low prices. my 23-6
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Call at the ollice of C. W. Harris,
No. 219 Broad street, for Insurance at
adequate rates in non-Board Com
panies dec4-tf
More Light!—lt you want your
stores and houses brilliantly illumi
nated, send to George D. Connor, 53
Jackson street, for your Kerosene
Price, 25 cents a gallon. iny9tf
The Most Certain Cure for Chills
and All Fevers, and all disorders
arising from malarial influence is the
Magic Cure, to be had at
J. H. Alexander’s Druo Store.
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Patronize the only Paiut and Oil
Store in Augusta. I keep none but the
best goods, and will sell you any quan
tity you want from a teaspoonful up
wards. George D. Connor,
my9tf 53 Jackson street.
The Prescription Department at W.
H. Tutt & Remsen’s is kept fully sup
plied with a fresh stock of the best
chemicals, and presided over by well
known and experienced apothecaries.
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J Uot received at W. H. Tutt & Rem
sen’s a large and elegant stock of Pure
White Lead, Linseed Oils, Turpentine,
Ready-Mixed Paints, Varnishes, &c.,
&c., at lowest prices. my 23-6
Strictly Pure White Lead, Linseed
Oil, Turpentine, Varnishes, Window
Glass, Colors and all house Painters’
Supplies at
George D. Connor,
my9tf 53 Jackson street.
“Neuril.” —The instantaneous cure
for Neuralgia. Depot, No. 291 Broad
street. up7-ly
Congress Water, constantly arriving
fresh from Saratoga Springs, kept on
Draught aud in Bottles, also the best
Soda and Kissengen Water aud Ginger
Ale, at
J. 11. Alexander’s Drug Store.
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The Best and Pleasantest Throat
Lozenge, at
J. H. Alexander’s Drug Store.
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J3IKI),
In Washington City, D. C., on the morn
ing of TUESDAY, May 25th. 1875, after an
illness of a few days, Miss Charlotte U.
DeW. Preston, second daughter of the late
Rev. Willard Preston, D. D., of Savannah,
Ga. Her remains will he deposited in their
final resting nlaee in Laurel Grove Ceme
tery, Savannah, on FRIDAY, 28th inst.
FUNERAL NOTICE.
THE FRIENDS AND ACQUAINTANCES
of Mr. George W. Morgan, and of Dr.
Henry F. Andrews and family, are respect
fully requested to attend the funeral of the
former, from the Cemetery Chapel, at 4
o’clock THIS AFTERNOON.
SPECIAL NOTICES.
WASHINGTON LIGHT ARTILLERY.
EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT, t
Statu of Geobuia, J
Atlanta, Ga., May 19, 1875. )
ORDERED, THAT AN ELECTION BE
held at Augusta, in Richmond county, on the
Ist day of JUNE, 1875, for a Captain and
Subaltern Officers of tho Washington Light
Artillery, said election to beheld under the
superintendence of one Justice of the Peace
and two Freeholders, who shall transmit,
under seal, the returus of the same to this
office.
JAMES M. SMITH. Governor,
By the Governor:
J. W. Warrrn,
Secretary Executive Department.
MEMBERS OF THE WASHINGTON
Light Artillery are herewith notified that the
election will take place at the Hall of Wash
ington, No. l, at 8:30 o’clock p. m.
W. A. PICKERING.
n y 27 - 5 Secretary.
NOTICE
THE HOLDERS OF ROME BONDS ARE
RESPECTFULLY invited to meet Colonel
I’rintup and Mr. Bones, of Rome, in regard
to settlement of City of Rime Bond litigation,
at office of John J. Cohen & Sons, on May
3ist, at 10:30, a. m.
JAMES M. SPULLOCK.
may-27-* Mayor.
BLUELICK WATER.
ON DRAUGHT AND FOR SALE AT THE
Exchange Saloon, ou Ellis street, near Mcln
tosh.
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FINANCE AND TRADE.
THE AUGUETA MAKKETS.
Constitution a list Office, >
6 P. M. May 26,1675. I
The Cotton Market.
The daily market report of the Augusta
Cotton Exchange, issued at 4 o’clock p. m.,
is as follows for this day:
T
one of the market—Dull and inactive,
light demaud and light offerings--prices
nominally unchanged; 250 bales of the
sales reported to-day, ought to have been
reported yesterday. Quotations for to
day, are:
Ordinary Nominal.
Good Ordinary 14%
Low Middling G i5
Middling 15%
Good Middling 15%
STATEMENT.
Days. Receipts. Sales.
Saturday 65 126
Monday 42 167
Tuesday 20 2u3
Wednesday ’ 47 286
Thursday
Friday
Total
Stock in Augusta, 19th May 5,855
Stock this day last year 13.902
Receipts since September Ist 174,098
Shipments since September ls> 1t>5,0;3
Liverpool market.
Tone dull Mid’g Upl’ds.. 7%
Sales .10,000 j Mid’g Orle’io. Sits 1 ,
NEW YORK MARKET.
Tone -Spots .. weak 1 Go'd . .116
Middling 16 Esc’, com. bii Is 434* a
Futures—Closing tone, quiet.
Jan i 15 13-32 July 1515-16
Feb 15% August .... 16 3-32
March 15 13-16 (Sept 15 29-32
April 16 1-32 I Qct 15 7-16
May 15 25-32 j Nov 15 9-32
June 15 25-32 | Dee 15 9-32
RECEIPTS AT ALL U. S. PORTS.
Cor. Week Last
'I his Week. Last Year. Week.
Saturday 3,050 3,9.>8 4,393
M0nday....... 2,571 5,104 3.627
Tuesday 3,497 3,027 2, 119
Wednesday 2,237 3,586 2,62.1
Thursday 3,173 l.foj
Friday 3,020 3.373
Total for week. 11.634 21,853 17,73/
Receipts since Ist September 3,371,813
Receipts same time last year .3,639,924
Receipts at ad U. S. ports to-day.. 359,487
Stocks at all IJ. S. ports iast year 32-7,352
Stock in New York to day 151,57/
Stock in New York last year 12 ,565
The Meat Market.
Tho market is weak, with supply ade
quate to demand; prices a shade lower
We quote Lo-day:
Clair Ribbed Bacon Sides .13% a 13“
Dry Salt Clear Ribbed Sides . . .12% a 13%
Dry Salt Long Clear Sides 12% a
Bellies 13 a
Smoked Shoulders ...n all 1
Dry Salt Shoulders 10 a lu%
Sugar Cured Hams 15 a 17 1
Big Hams ie a
lennessee Hams 14% a
LAKD-in tierces, 16%a17; in cans, kegs
or buckets. ]7%:i13.
The Corn, Oats aud Wheat Market.
Wheat is in very light simply with a de
mand sufficient to absorb all offerings
Prices are firm. We quote: Choice whit.*
$1.70; prime white, $1.65; amber Si 60:
red, 51.55a1.63.
Corn firm with light demand, and light
stoea. White, Si.l2a 1.15 pet car lord; wl
low and mixed, 51.10a1.12, sacks included.
Corn Meal—City bolted, $!.12fa1.13;
Western, sl.lO.
Gats—Feed Oats. SI, and scarce.
The Hay and Stock Feed Market.
Hay—Choice Timothy—oar load lots,
$1.50 per hundred; Western mixed.
$!.35a1.40 per hundred; Eastern Har, $1.6.5
a1.70 per hundred; Northern. $1 40al sj.
Bran and Stock Meal—Wheat Bran,
S3O per ton; Stock Meal, 9oasi.
Peas—Mixed, $1.20a1.25; Clay, $1.40.
Fodder—si.7sa2 per hundred
Country Hay—sl per hundred.
The Flour Market.
A general steadiness continues to per
vade this market with firm prices.
CITY MILLS QUOTATIONS:
family 7 75 a 8 00
Fal cy 8 25 a 3 50
WESTERN QUOTATIONS:
Fino $5 50
Supers 6 50
Family 7 £
Fancy 7 75
European Money Markets
London, Mav 26-Noon.—Erie, 17a17%.
Paris, May 26—Noon.—Rentes, 64i. 60e
United States Money Markets.
New Yok, May 26 -Noon.—Stocks active
and prices better. Money. 2. UokL $1 p;
Exchange—long.437%—short, 490%- Gov
ernments dul:. State Bonds quiet and nom
inal.
New York, May 26-P. M—Monev c;
2%i. Exchange quiet, $4.97%. Gold
H5%a116. Governmon's active aud j mams
Bonds quiet and nominal. I L,
’Bl coupens, 124%; ’62 coupons 'll
coupon. 118; 65’s, 12u%; new,
124%; ’63’s, 123;%; new fives* mm .
coupons. 1 18. I
European Produce Markets.
Liverpool, May 25.—1-readsttiffs quiet.
Beef, 71s. for new mess. Lard, 655.a655. o.J.
Western Produce Markets.
Louisville, May 26.--F 1 <ur unchanged.
Corn dull at 73a77. Provisions dull. Pork
nominally $21.50. Bacon-shoulders 9%-
clear rib, 12%; clear sides, 13%; sugar
cured hams, 10%a14. Lard—steam render
ed, 15%; tierce, 15%a13; keg, 16%. Whis
key, $1.15.
St. Louis, May 26.—Frour unsettled ami
lower to sell; very small order trade. Com
dull; No. 2 mixed, C2a62%. Whiskey. $1.19
Pork, $20.75. Bacon is only in limited job
bmg demand. Lord nominal.
Cincinnati, May 26.—Flour dull. Corn
dull, 73a74. Pork nominal, $21.25 asked.
Lard nominal; steam, 14%a14%; kettl ,
14%. Bacon, in demand; shoulders, 9%a
9%; clear rib, 12%a12%; cleer sides, 12%a
12%. Whiskey quiet, $1.15,
Chicago, May 26.—Flour, duil and un
changed. Corn, in fair demand and uset
tled: No. 3 mixed, 63% bid; rejected, 6ir
Pork, active and paniky, sl9 49. Laid, fair
demand but unsettled. *i4.2ua14.25. Whis
key, $1.16 offered, $1.17 asked.
New York Cottou Market.
New York, May 26-Noon -Cottou weak •
sales 1.710; uplands, 16; O leans, 16%. Fu
tures opened easy, as follows: June, 15 27-32
a15%; July, 16a16 1-32; August, 16 5-32a
16 3-16; September, 16 1-32.
New York, May 26 P. XL-Cotton—net
receipts, 56 bales; gross, 527.
Futures closed quiet; sales, 43,2u0 bales,
as follows: May,1525-32,1513-16; June, 15 7
July, 15 29-32, 15 15-16; August, 16 3-32, 16%’
September, 15 29 32, 15; October, l i 7-16..
15%; November, 15 9-32, 15 5-16; December
15 9-32, 15 5 17; January, 15 13 32, 15 1.5-32,
February, 1 >%, 15 21-32 ;March ( 1513-lb, 15% ,
April, 16 .'.-3216 3-32.
Liverpool Cottou Market.
Liverpool, May 26-Noon —Cotton dull;
middling uplands, 7%; middling Orleans
9a9%; sales 10.0(H) bales; speculation and
export, 2,0u0; basis middiug uplands, noth
ing below good ordinary, deliverable Juue
and July, 7 /4 ; do. nothing below low mid
dling, deliverable May, 7%; do. July and
August, *7%.
1:30 F. M. - Cotton—on a basis of mhidßng
uplands, nothing below low middlii de
liverable #uoe lind July, 7%; basis of mid
dling Orleans, nothing below low middling
shipped April, 8.
3. P. M.—Cotton—sales of American, 6,000
bales.
Boston and Philadelphia Cotton Mar
kets.
Boston. May 26.—Cotton dull and nomi
nal; middling, 16; low middling, 15%; good
ordinary, 14%; gross receipts, 33; exports
—to Great Britain, 104; sales, 83; stock,
15,435,
Southern Cotton Markets.
Baltimore, May 26.—Cotton dull and
easy; middling, 15%; not receipts, 2
bales; gross receipts, 32 aides; exports
coastwise, 90; sales, 145; spimers, 30.
Galveston, May 26.—Colton dull; mid
dling, 14%Jnet receipts, 68 bales; gross
receipts, 70; sales su; stock. 26,656.
Norfolk, May 26 —Cotton dull and
nominal; middling,*s%; net receipts, 452;
exports coastwise, 3za; sales, 50 bales;
stock, 3,523.
Wilmington, May 26—Cotton nominal •
middling, 15; net receipts, 24; exports’
coastwise, 22 bales; stock. 147.
a Y 2®-' -Cotton in fair demand;
middling, i4%a14%; low middling, 14%.
good ordinary, 14 ; net receipts, 37; exports
coastwise, 46j; sales, 1,000; stock, 12,555.
New Orleans, May 26.—Cotton dull;
middling, 15%; low middling, 14%; good or
dinary, 14; net receipts, 647 bates; gross,
90o; exports to the continent, 702; sales,
1,000; stock, 81,145.
Charleston, May 26.—Cotton quiet;
middlings, 15%a15%; net receipts, 154 bales;
sales, 300; stocK, 14,497.
Savannah, May 26.—Cotton dull; mid
middling, 15%; low middlings, 15; good or
dinary, 14%; net receipts, 775; sales, 11;
stock, 11,807,