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THE CONSTITUTIONALIST
SATURDAY,"JuIy 31, 1876?
GEORGIA GENERAL NEWS.
The sale of the Western Railroad has
been enjoined.
Americus claims she will receive 30,-
000 bales of cotton this year if no dam
age befalls the crop.
A Bartow county grand jury declined
to have their general presentments
printed because the paper wouldn’t do
it at half rates.
The Governor appointed Bleckley to
the Supreme Bench before the country
press had a chance to tell him what to
do. As we were not a candidate for
that one-horse office we don’t care. We
hope Bleckley will soon decide that
this hot weather is unlawful.
Macon Telegraph : A horse ran away,
at Forsyth yesterday, with a carriage
in which were Mr. Andrew Dunn, and
two daughters of Rev. S. G. Hillyer,
D. D. Mr. Dunn, we learn, had one of
his legs broken in two places, and both
the young ladies were very seriously
hurt, one of them being thrown entirely
over a fence. The many friends of Mr.
Dunn and the Misses Hillyer will re
gret to hear of this accident.
The Commencement Exercises of the
University of Georgia begin to-morrow.
The following is the programme: Sun
day, August 1, Commencement Sermon
by Dr. H. H. Tucker. Monday, 2,
morning, Sophomore Exhibition; even
ing, Address before Literary Societies,
by H. B. Van Eppes, Esq., of Atlanta.
Tuesday, 3, morning, Junior Exhibi
tion; evening, Address before the
Alumni, by Hon. James Jackson.
Wednesday, 4, Commencement Day.
Elberton Gazette: On Thursday last
Pleasant J. Herring was in town, much
ly intoxicated, and left, late in the eve
ning, gloriously drunk. We hear that
on his way home he met a negro boy,
named Judge Cleveland, and began up
braiding him for something he (Her
ring) claimed the boy had said and af
terwards denied. From words they
soon came to l lows, rocks were used,
and the melee closed by Pleasant, who
introduced his little knife twice very
gently into Judge’s body. The wounds
inflicted are painful, but not likely to
prove mortal. One of the parties
“hearing” of something “pleasant” in
the wide, wide world, set out in search
of some more favored clime.
Macon Telegraph: We mentioned in
our issue of yesterday the arrival of
tiie first bale of new cotton in Macon.
This bale was grown by Mr. Primus
W. Jones, of Baker county, and con
signed by him to the warehouse of
Welch, Cook & Bacon, where it was de
livered on Tuesday evening. Wednes
day it was sold at auction, aud was pur
chased by Mr. J. G. Stephens at 21 %
cents, who immediately consigned it to
Messrs. Hardeman & Sparks, of this
city, whom it reached Wednesday eve
ning, and yesterday was again offered
for sale and classed as middling under
the new classification. The purchaser
here was Mr. John S. Cargill, who paid
22 cents a pound for it. The bale left
Macon yesterday evening on a special
car, and will be offered for sale again
to-day.
Atlanta Constitution: There were
three of them sitting lazily upon the
platform, looking like cast-iron tobacco
signs. “Dere’s goin’ to be anoder ’pub
likin paper here purty soon, de folks
say,’ said one. ‘An’ we all niggers got
to subscribe, kase de ’lections is coming
nigh unto hand,’said another. “ ’Scribe
nuthin’!” said the third one, as he loos
ened up his cotton suspender ; “I’m
done wid dis ’publikin business, I is.
Didn’t I hear the preacher readin’ in
de Bible bout the ’publikins. Why, when
de Lord hif self was on de y earth dey
used to set in de high places at de front
gates of de town and take up taxes and
’sessments from de fokes. And now
dese ’publikins doin’ de same ’ting,
don’t yer see? Now, dey don’t git no
more ’sessments outen dis nigger fur
no ’lections, scribins and nothin’! Dat’s
de kind o’ free Afrikin I is—l’m a talk
in’ to yer!”
Albany News: We have read with
infinite delight, the great speech of
Hon. T. M. Norwood, delivered at Ox
ford, on the occasion of the late com
mencement of Emory College. It is not
ouly a production of surpassing merit
in a literary point of view, but is pro
foundly sensible in the views expressed,
and so admirably presented, as to se
cure to the Senator new laurels and ad
ditional evidences of intellectual pro
gress, and the people’s esteem. Mr.
Norwood has no superior in the Ameri
can Senate, and but few men ever
gained so rapidly upon the Nation’s
respect and confidence. He has devel
oped more thinking power, and intel
lectual expansiveness, than any states
man of his day, and we shall not be
surprised if the great questions, that
will be before the Congress during his
remaining two sessions, call forth ef
fort and achievement that will at once
strangle Sll endeavor to retire him, and
send him back with the unanimous en
dorsement of his people.
Of the new Supreme Judge the At
lanta Herald says: Col. Logan E. Bleck
ley was born in Rabun county, Georgia,
on June 3d, 1827. He was admitted to
the bar at Clayton, Rabun county, in
184 G when he was 19 years of age. In
1848 he moved to Atlanta, aud accept
ed a situation as book-keeper of the
Western aud Atlantic Railroad, which
was then under the management of
Wm. L. Mitchell, of Athens. He re
signed this position in 1851, and com
menced practicing law here. During
the same year he was appointed private
Secretary to Gov. Towns. In 1853, he
was made Solicitor of the Coweta Cir
cuit and retained that position until
1857. After that he resumed his prac
tice. In 1864, he accepted the place of
reporter of the Supreme Court. In
1 66 he resigned, and from that time
until now he devoted his whole time to
the law, and has made the reputation
of being the best informed member of
the Atlanta bar, as well as one of the
safest advisers aud most logical speak
ers.
Dr. L. A. Falligant publishes in the
Savannah Morniny News a most timely
and sensible letter, designed to allay all
excitement growing out of the appre
hension of a visit from Yellow Jack in
that city. He says : “ The present sea
son differs widely from that of 1854,
not only in the condition of the lands
surrounding the city and the drainage
of the city, aside from the general up
heaval of the soil during the laying of
the gas pipes in 1854, but in the state
of the general health of the community
existing at the same period of the year
—no general sickness existing now, i
whilst in July, 1854, the city was pros- i
trate under a wide-spread epidemic of
fever of a dengue type, which mani
fested its malignant features the fol
lowing month.”
And again : Fear is a great cause of
fatality in disease, and many a patient’s
life has been saved by keeping him in
ignorance of his danger until the dan
ger had passed. I venture to assert that
many cases of the fever become malig
nant as much from violence of the so
called remedial agents and the depres
sing influences operating on the pa
tient’s mind as from any characteristic
of the disease itself. Yellow fever is
bad enough when it really exists, with
out our toying with the baneful alarms
just to get up something to feel anx
ious about. Our good ministers tell us
to feel anxious about our soul’s salva
tion, and warn us daily that we are
near enough to hell already, without
getting the yellow fever scare to help
ys there this hot weather.
DEATH ON THE GALLOWS.
HANGING OF A NEGRO AT CHAR
LESTON.
History of the Crime Committed—Con
victed by a Full Jury of His Own
Color—The Most Diabolical Murder
on Record.
[Special Dispatch to the Constitutionalist.]
Charleston, July 30,1875.
The execution to-day was very quiet
and orderly. It was witnessed by ful
ly 3.000 persons, mostly negroes from
the Sea Islands; but, unlike the last
hanging, no negro women were admit
ted to the jail yard. At 11 o’clock a
proclamation was received from the
colored Lieutenant Governor who, in
the absence of the Governor from the
State, reprieved one of the prisoners,
Gibbes, and commuted his sentence to
20 years in the penitentiary. Before
leaving his cell for the gallows, Smith
made a confession to your reporter,say
ing, “I did the murder, but I did not
know when I did it. I thank the good
Lord for having mercy on my soul, and
I hope that all of you, white and col
ored, will take warning from me.” In
reply to a question by your reporter
whether he struck the fatal below, he
answered : “Of course I did it. De
debil fooled me, and I done it.
That’s all I got to say.” Upon arriv
ing at the gallows the prisoner, who is
a mere boy about 20 years old, ap
peared very faint and feeble aud could
only move his lips without articulating.
The drop fell at half-past twelve, and
the murderer ceased to struggle in
forty seconds. The gallows used was
the Jone’s patent, which jerks the pri
soner from the ground by means of
weights and pulleys. The best of or
der prevailed. This is the third mur
derer hanged in Charleston within the
month. Moroso.
Sketch of the Murderers.
Joe Gibbes aud John Smith are
both full blooded negroes aud belong
to that peculiar class of negroes who
inhabit the sea islands of the Carolina
coast. They were convicted by a jury
composed of 12 of their own color.
The circumstances of the murder for
which Smith paid the forfeit of his
life stamp it as one of the most un
provoked crimes known to civilization.
They went to the store of an inoffen
sive white man named James
Geraty, on the evening of the
24th of February last, called for some
groceries which he gave them, and
then while their victim was stooping
down to draw some whiskey from a
barrel for them, deliberately beat his
brains out with a club, almost in the
presence of his wife. Mr. Geraty lived
long enough to identify his murderers,
who were captured the next day, and
who after being taken into custody
confessed having committed the mur
der. But each man tried to fasten the
guilt upon the other. Smith stated
that Gibbes, who was the captain of
the sloop upon which they served, had
ordered him to leave the store, and
while he was outside had murdered
their victim. Gibbes, on the other
hand, stated that after getting the
groceries he had left the store, and
that Smith had remained behind and
had done the killing. These confes
sions were brought out on the trial,
and were of course sufficient to con
vict both men. The murderers were
defended by a black vagabond named
F. J. Dl Lawrence, who, under the pe
culiar system of this delightfully re
constructed State, is a practising at
torney. Mr. Lawrence, in the course
of a touching but exceedingly ungram
matical appeal to the jury, besought
them to remember Cain and Abel and
to give a scriptical verdict, which the
jury did without leaving their box.
Duriug their incarceration, and since
sentence of death was passed upon
them, both persons have been visited
by colored clergymen, and have held
prayer meetings in their cell daily.
Both professed religion, but stuck to
the lie they told at first until Monday
last, when Smith admitted that he had
committed the murder, aud that they
had both gone to Geraty’s store for the
purpose of doing the deed. This con
fession was not made public until to
day.
LETTER FROM COLUMBIA.
The People See No Good Growing Out
of the Parker Verdict.
[Correspondence of the Constitutionalist.]
Columbia, S. C., July 30, 1875.
The verdict against Parker, delivered
ten days ago, has had no great effect.
Our people do not see in it any evidence
that the Radical officials mean to purge
and live cleanly. Some of the country
papers are simple enough to think it
was a triumph of honesty over rascal
ity. Others strain a point and proress
to be “truly thankful” for it. But the
bulk of people consider it a hollow
thing. What was it in essence? It
was nothing as regards Parker himself;
it was only the registering of a decree
for an insignificant amount, not collect
able, against one who, in the common
judgment, had long ago been convicted
of stealing his huudreds of thousands.
Only in one point of view did it hive
any significance. It has leaked
out that the jury, in finding
a verdict for exactly the equivalent
of §150,000 coupons, which, it was
proved on the evidence of Ladd, Par
ker had claimed, and had in his pos
session as his share of a big coupon
ring swindle, meant to say and did say,
that the other parties mentioned in
that testimony were his accomplices,
and should be'proceeded against. The
verdict in fact can bear no other con
struction, although they removed all
doubt by putting this upon it. It as
sails the reputation of these other men,
Kimpton, Scott, Neagle, and in a less
degree, Chamberlain. Scott has denied
and gone on his way rejoicing to Ohio,
where he has taken ground for the
payment of the so-called “rebel” debt,
and for the value of the slaves set free
by the emancipation proclamation.
This is a steep bid for the United
States Senate, but don’t wipe out the
coupon stain. Governor Chamberlain
lias not been heard from upon the sub
ject at all. Not a line has he written
that has been made public in his de
fence, not a word has auy friend said
which tends to vindicate him from what
can only be regarded as a charge. He
is still absent from the State, having
been gone already five weeks. In the
office of Governor he has in most things
done well, and we believe meant well,
and the people really desire to accord
to him unqualifiedly the “well done,
good and faithful servant.” But this
trial has staggered men. They recog
nize that an explanation is due. They
j are anxious for the Governor to clear his
skirts from even a taint of suspicion, as
well an from actual stain. They look be
hind the newspapers and refuse to
credit their forward and ready apolo
gies. So much for that. Another
thing has been peculiarly revolting in
our recent experience. It is well cal
culated to impair the small and doubt
ful effect of the Parker verdict. On
the Ist inst. it was announced that the
Bank and Trust Company, more fa
miliarly known as Hardy Solomon’s
bank, had suspended payment. Banks
and bankers break sometimes, of
course, but the peculiarity of this case
was that the public officers—the Gov
ernor Treasurer and Comptroller Gen
eral— had put §207,000 on deposit in the
bank. It was still more peculiar that
they were all aware, or should have been,
that it was financially weak. Indeed, the
Governor had made that as a ground
of objection to depositing in it last
Winter in a special message vetoing a
bill which had passed to make it and
another bank the exclusive deposi
tories of the State’s money. They had,
besides, indubitable evidence at a date
quite near to the failure, when they
put a final §40,000 with Solomon, that
he could not then pay what had already
been deposited with him, viz: §165,000.
They knew, moreover that he had an
ugly way of purchasing pay certificates
and such stuff on the streets at next
to nothing, aud holding them as claims
against money of the State in his
possession. All this they knew.—
Well, the bank broke. There was
no special run on it. It was
subjected to no severe trials. No cause
was put forth at all adequate to ex
plain the result. You ask what was
the sequel; what was done by those in
charge of State affairs to recover the
State’s deposit and protect its interest
and credit? The day after the suspen
sion the Attorney General moved be
fore Judge Carpenter, in Chambers, for
the appointment of a Receiver, and the
Comptroller General, then indicated for
the place, was in a few days appointed
to it. And there we rest. That is all.
Nothing more is known, nothing has
been published. Solomon looks as
happy as usual, sells and advertises
his groceries all the same, and
so far as we can see, South Carolina
may whistle for its money. The sum
is heavy for a little State in the condi
tion this one is, and the effect upon its
credit disastrous. That is even a less
evil than the “fix” into which it has
been brought, which these same poli
tical quacks will seize upon as suffi
cient reason for anew heroic dose of
their nostrums. We shall have some
rare doctoring of our “sick man.” The
money is gone, none ever comes back
in this State, and a job is impending,
meanwhile the parties to this affair are
all comfortable, smiling, taking their
ease, and like Tam O’Shanter,
“O’er all the ills of life victorious.”
What is the use, what the good of a
Parker verdict for §75,000, which can
not be colleected, and which is without
moral force, except perhaps in one
small particular alongside of this
transaction ?
In the language, so often quoted as
applicable to the gallant but much un
married General Gary, slightly altered :
“ Tell me, my heart, can this be fraud ?”
Home.
CAROLINA’S LONG BRANCH.
Summei'ingit at Home—A Pen anil Ink
Picture of Sullivan’s Island—The
Grave of Osceola.
[From Our Regular Correspondent.]
Moultrieville, July 30th, 1875.
The view that is presented on land
ing at the Point is particularly fine. To
the distance of about four miles
stretches a diminutive city whose
houses nestle snugly in the sand hills,
and whose house tops glisten in the
sun. The glare of the sun upon the
glistening sandy beach is relieved by
frequent patches of vegetation—oases
blooming with oleander and teeming
with vegetation. In the distance the
Stars and Stripes flutter above the re
habilitated battlements of the old fort,
around which are scattered clusters of
palmetto trees whose scarred trunks
look as if they might have witnessed
the glorious deeds of Sergt. Jasper and
his brave comrades a century ago.
Fort Moultrie
is situated near the centre of the island,
in the midst of what was once a forest
of palmetto trees. The debris of sand
bags thrown up by the late Confeds
has been removed and all the architec
tural beauties of the work are revealed.
Evidences of the late struggle with
Uncle Sam’s monitors, in which the old
fort bore so conspicuous a part, are
still to be seen in the shape of corroded
shells and dilapidated engines, of de
struction which lie around in every
direction. On the north side of the
fort, near the sally port, is
Tlie Grave of Osceola,
the Seminole Chief, the history of
whose treacherous capture is still re
membered. It is the story of the Mo
doc Capt. Jack reversed. At the time
of the breaking out of the war with the
Seminoles, in 1837, Gen. Jessup was
sent to the scene of hostilities. Osceola,
who was notoriously the noblest and
most civilized of the Seminole Chiefs,
aud who was a strong advocate of
peace, was invited to a conference with
Gen. Jessup. Like Gen. Canby, he
came, under the protection of a flag of
truce, bringing a number of his
people with him, and relying upon
the protection of the white flag.
The commander of the United States
forces, however, like Capt Jack of the
lava beds, seems to have had no regard
for the sanctity of the flag and violat
ing its obligations took Osceola and his
people prisoners. They were sent to
Fort Moultrie, when they arrived June
1,1838, and Osceola and his compatriots
were at once placed in close confine
ment. On the 30th of January the poor
savage died as is stated by the Sur
geon, of quinsy, and the Government
as if to make some reparation for the
outrage that had been committed under
the sanction of its flag buried the
Seminole under the walls of his prison.
The grave is surrounded by a neat iron
railing, and the marble slab which marks
the last resting place of the Seminole
warrior bears the following inscription :
“Osceola,”
Patriot and Warrior,
Died January 30,
1838.
The lone grave under the battle
scarred walls of old Moultrie is not a
pleasant sight for Americans to look
upon. It is too apt to recall the re
membrance of a deed that cannot but
bring a blush of shame to the cheek of
those who owe allegiance to “the best
Government the world ever saw.”
A short distance to the west of the
fort is the new Catholic Church,
Star of tlie Sea,
an edifice that owes its existence to the
uutiring zeal of the Very Rev. Father
Birmingham, the late Yicar General of
this Diocese. The people who reside
on the Island enjoy the advantages of
services in this church as well as in a
Protestant church, which has been
built since the war.
On the Beach.
The magnificent beach of Sullivan’s
Island, one of the finest on the Ameri
can continent, is to the islanders what
the battery is to Charlestonians. For
a distance of three miles there is a line
drive along a hard saudy beach, equal
to the best turnpike road in the coun
try, and the scene is enlivened by a
splendid display of line horses, hand
some equipages and well dressed pro
menaders. The houses which front the
promenade are all new, and in many
instances of exceedingly handsome de
sign. The prevailing style of architec
ture is Milesian, that is to say, each
house is built to suit the owner, but
the general appearance is exceedingly
handsome.
Augusta Represented.
The want of a first-class hotel is
sadly felt, but persons who are in
search of cool breezes and a delight
ful atmosphere can find ample accom
modation at the numberless boarding
houses on the Island. Quite a feature
of the present season is the presenoe
on the Island of a number of families
from Augusta, who have exchanged
the zephyrs of the murky Savannah
river for the more invigorating breezes
of the Atlantic. Among the recent ar
riyals are the P’Antignac family, Mr.
P. M. Cohen and family, Mr. and Mrs.
Ellis, Mr. and Mrs. Davis and family.
Mr. and Mrs. Dr. F. J. Moses and
others, Qui Vive.
Violet.
One name I shall not forget—
Gentle name of Violet.
Many and strange the years have sped;
She who bore that name is dead—
Dead—and resting by the sea,
Where she gave her vow to me.
Rustling in the Autumn wind,
Like these sad thoughts in my mind.
She was light, and soon forgot;
Loved me well and loved me not.
Changeful as the April sky—
Kind or cruel, sad or shy;
Gray-eved, winsome, arch ind fair—
My youth’s passion and despair.
Now, through storms of many years,
Now, through tender mist of tears,
Looking backward, I can see,
She was always true to me.
Yet, with prisoned tears that burn,
Cold we parted, wayward, stern;
Spoke the quiet farewell word—
That neither meant and neither heard;
Spoke—and parted, in our pain,
Never more to meet again.
Sometimes, underneath the moon,
On rose-laden nights of June—
When white clouds float o’er the blue,
And the pale orb glimmers through,
And the honeysuckle-throws
Her fragrant challenge to the rose,
And the liberal pine tree flings
Perfume on the midnight’s wings—
Came, with thrills of hope and fear,
Mystic sense that she was near;
Came the thought—through good and ill,
She loves, and she remembers still.
But, no word ever came or went,
And, when nine long years were spent,
Something in my bosom said—
Very softly—she is dead.
Now, at sombre autumn eve,
Wandering where the woodlands grieve,
Or where wild winds whistle free
On the hills that front the sea,
Cruel thoughts of love and loss
Nail my spirit to the cross.
Frie ds have fallen, youth is gone,
Fields are brown aud skies are wan;
One name I shall not forget—
Gentle name of Violet!
IWilliam Winter, in Arcadian.
Greensboro Herald: AVe regret to an
nounce the death of Mrs. Thomas W.
Thompson, w'hich occurred at the fam
ily residence, near this place, on last
Friday.
PEREMPTORY SALE
AT AUCTION BY CONSENT OF PARTIES
On Easy Terms and Long Credit
OF MOST
Permanently Valuable and Productive
CITY PROPERTY,
The Lafayette Hall and Opera House
Containing Spacious Stores, Officess and
Saloons,
ALL SUCCESSFUL AND POPULAR BUSI
NESS STANDS,
SITUATED IN THE MOST CENTRAL
PORTION OF THE CITY.
Witii Fronts on Broad and Ellis, Between
Jackson and Campbell Streets.
BY C. V. WALKER Auctioneer.
rTAUESDAY, the 7th September, 1875, at 12
JL o’clock, m., in front of the Opera
House Arcade, in this city, will positively
be sold, at public auction, by consent of the
parties in interest, the following described
and very choice commercial and invest
ment property, to-wit :
That centrally situated, substantially
built and very productive property popu
larly known as the Lafayette Hail and
Opera House, situated in the city of Au
gusta, county of Richmond, and State of
Ge >rgia, and in the square bounded by
Broad, Ellis, Jackson and Campbell streets.
The portion of ground on which they are
built measures a total front on back of
Broad and Ellis streets 65 feet, by an ex
treme depth between parallel linos and ex
tending from street to street of 271 feet 6
inches, said measurement all being more or
less. Jhe said property, if not sold in
block, will be sold subdivided into lots, des
ignated by the Nos. 1, 2 and 3, according to
plans of J. F. Braun, architect, to be exhib
ited on the day of sale. The said lots
measure as] follows: Lots Nos. 1 and 2
front on the south side of Broad street,
having each 26 feet six inches thereon, by a
depth between parallel lines of 126 feet in
depth towards Ellis street.
Lot No. 1 is improved with the Substan
tial Three and Two-story Brick Buildings
known and designated by the No. 272
Broad street. The lower story contains a
spacious and commodious Store—one of
the finest business stands in the city and
arranged and adapted for Offices or Dwell
ing above. With Lot No. 1 and the im
provements thereon will be sold the Tene
ment east of the Arcade or entrance, erected
immediately abovo the same, subje t to all
the conditions of servitude hereinafter
specified.
Lot No. 2. west of the Arcade or entrance,
measures 26 feet 6 inches front on the south
side of Broad street by a depth between
parallel lines of 126 feet t owards Ellis street,
together with all the improvements there
on, known and designated by the No. 274
Broad street, and composing the substan
tially built three-story Brick Building with
a spacious two-story Brick Store in the
rear. The main building contains that
splendid Store and choice business stand
occupied by Messrs. Myers & Marcus,
wholesale dry goods dealers. The upper
portion is arranged for dwelling and adapt
ed for offices. The foregoing described
property is leased to and occupied by the
well known wholesale dealers in dry goods
and clothing, Messrs. Myers & Marcus, L.
Sylvester and others, until the Ist of Octo
ber, 1875, yielding an aggregate rental of
$6,400 per annum.
Lot No. 3 comprises the remainder of the
property, measuring a total front on Ellis
street of 65 feet bv a depth between parallel
lines of 145 feet 6 inches, from which point
it contracts to a width of 12 feet, anu ex
tends to and fronts on South Broad street.
This said extension is known as the Ar
cade, or entrance from Broad street to the
Opera House. Also, the present existing
alleyway, of 7 feet width, opening on Ellis
street—Lots 1 and 2 to iiave the right, in
common with Lot No. 3, to use, but "not to
obstruct, the said Arcade or alley way
together with all the improvements there
on, comprising that extensive, capacious
and subst mtially-bu It brick Opera House,
covered with slate, copper gutters, cement
ed basement throughout, well lighted and
ventilated and provided with ample en
trance and exit arrangements and accom
modations. The stage is 41 feet depth, the
auitorium has a parquet,, dress circle,
gallery and a seating capacity of about one
thousand—has contained 1,400 persons. The
basement is adapted for saloon purposes,
lighted with gas throughout, and the only
establishment of its kind in the city for
public entertainment. With ordinary care
and small expense this property alone is
susceptible of producing a large and cer
tain income, it lias yielded in ordinarily
prosperous seasons over $6,000 per an . uni.
The above docscribed property, compris
ing, as it does, tlie most extensive and cen
trally located property in the city of Au
gusta in market, is well worthy the atten
tion of capitalists seeking safe, reliably
productive and permanently valuable city
property for investment. As business
stands, adapted for either the wholesale or
retail trade, banking or insurance business,
no property can bo more desirable. It will
be sold free from all incumbrance whatso
ever, the whole according to plan of J. F,
Braun, architect, to be exhibited on the day
of sale, and on the following favorable
terms and conditions:
One-third or one-half cash, at the option
of the purchasers; the remainder at one
and two years’ credit for notes of the pur
chasers, specially secured by mortgage on
the property, bearing interest at the rate
of eight per cent, per annum from the day
of sale until final payment; said Interest t'
be paid half yea ly from date, and the pur
chaser to keep the improvements insured
for their value, and to transfer the po icies
thereof to the holders of the notes; the
notes, if required, to be drawn for such
amounts to suit the parties in interest, and
the acts of sale at the expense of the pur
chasers, before Wm. A Walton, Esq., No
tary Public. The rentals of all the property
are reserved up to the SGth of September,
1875, Jy2s-td
The Kitson Machine Comp’y,
LOWELL, MASS.,
RICHARD KITSON, President
SAMUEL E. STOTT, Treasurer and Agent.
BUILDERS OF
PATENT COTTON OPENERS
AND
LAPPERS, WITH RECENT VALUABLE IMPROVE
MENTS, SHODDY and WASTE MACHINES and
RAG DUSTERS, NEEDLE-POINTED
CARD-CLOTHING, Etc., Etc.
Kitson’s Patent Compound Opener Lapper.
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rnHE cotton is spread on this machine from the bale, and is made into a very even
lap, at the rate of 300 to 400 pounds per hour. The laps are then Unished on a
TWO-BEATER LAPPER,
WITH
KITSON’S PATENT EYENER
Attached, and owing to recont improvements in this Evoner, the laps when ready for
the card, only vary one-quarter of an ounce to the yard. The cost of picking* by this
system is only aiiout one mill per pound on the cloth produced, and the picker house is
safer from fire than the card room.
3“Thei e is also a great saving or room and power over the old system.
These Machines may be seen at the mills of the Augusta Factory, Langlev Manufac
turing Company, and at the best mills at Lowell, Lawrence, Fall ltiver, Manchester,
Lewiston, Providence, Richmond, Baltimore, etc., etc.
The following are a few among many testimonials which we have received:
AUGUSTA FACTORY, Augusta, Ga., July 5,1875.
The Kitson Machine Oompang, Lowell , Mass.:
Gentlemen : We have been running your Compound Opener Lappers and Finisher
Lappers, with Eveners, for more than one year, and frankiy say that they have given
the most eminent satisfaction. We have no hesitancy in giving you our unqualified en
dorsement, and cordially recommend your Machines. x ,
F. COGIN, Superintendent.
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OFFICE LANGLEY MANUFACTURING COMPANY, {.
Langley, S. C., April 14, 1873. j
The Kitson Machine Company, Lowell, Mass.:
Gentlemen : I have been running your system of Compound Opener Lappers and
Finisher Lappers, with Eveners, for more than two years past at the Cotton Mill of the
Langley Manufacturing Company, and have found it to work the most satisfactory of
any opening and picking arrangement I have ever seen. We h ive no weighed a pound
of cotton upon the picker apron since starting, yet we have had a remarkable regularity
of numbers. The staple is not injured by over beating, and it leaves the picker without
being curled or knitted; the seeding and cleaning is very complete. Over forty per
cent. in labor in this department is saved over the old system. One of the greatest con
siderations with this arrangement is its secur ty against fire.
Yours, Ac., M. F. FOSTER, Superintendent.
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OFFICE MASSACHUSETTS COTTON MILLS, f
Lowell, February 20, 1874. f
The Kitson Machine Company, Lowell. Mass..-
Gentlemen : This Company have now in use twenty of your Finisher Lappers, with
Eveners and ten Compound Opener Lappers. Some of those machines have been at
work for ten years or more, and have always given us satisfaction, doing a large amount
of work doing it well, at a low cost ior labor and repairs. In our ‘ Fresco't Mill,” where
we have two Compound Opener Lappers, and four Finisher Lappers, we have averaged
the past seven weeks 39,207 lbs. Cloth weekly. Yarn averaging about No. 22. Cost one
14 100 mills ( 00114) per lb. of cloth. We consider them a iirst class machine in all re
sneets Yours very truly,
bpe Sl F. F. BATTLES, Agent.
MERRIMACK MANUFACTURING COMPANY, I
Lowell, January 23, 1874. \
The Kitson Machine Company, Lowell, Mass:
Gentlemen : We have been using some of your Compound Oponoi Lappers and
Finisher Lappers with Events, for nearly three years, and at present are passing all
our cotton through them. The machines have proved satisfactory, an 1 both in quantily
and quality of their work have answered the expectations formed of them.
Yours respectfully, JOHN C. PALFREY, Superintendent.
(The above Company have in use eight Compound Opener Lappers and sixteen Fin
isher LaDuers, with Ev- ners; ordered at different times.)
Send for a Catalogue to THE KITSON MACHINE CO VIPANY.
SAMUEL E. STOTT. Treasurer,
jyG-3m LOWELL, MASS.
SUMMER RESORTS.
WARM SPRINGS!
MADISON COUNTY.
WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA.
TIIHESE. SPRINGS are situated four miles
X from the Tennessee line, on the banks
of the French Broad liiver, in the very
midst of the highest ranges of Mountains
east of the Mississippi River, in a country
generally known and truthfully called the
Switzerland of America.
The Hotel accommodations are unsur
passed at any Watering Place or Summer
Resort in the country. The Baths consist
of large pools of a Clear, Powerful Mineral
and Electric Water— temperature, 102 to 104
deg. Fahrenheit—which are wonderfully
invigorating to all invalids, equalizing the
circulation and stimulating the secretory
organs, and will in most cases of chronic
aud sub-acute Gout, Rheumatism, Dispep
sia, Neuralgia, Secondry Syphilis, Nephri
tic and Calculous Disorders, Scrofula, Cu
taneous, and many diseases peculiar to
females eifect a radical cure. There is also
a cold Sulphur Spring near the Warm
Springs, resembling very oosely in tem
perature and color of deposit the Yellow
Sulphur Spring of Virginia, with a sul
phurous odor much stronger. These
Springs are easy of access from all South
ern cities, by all lines of railroads converg
ing into East Tennessee via Atlanta, Knox
ville, Tenn., to Morristown, East Tennes
see. Excursion or Round Trip Tickets are
on sale to and from this place in all South
ern cities, at three cents per mile.
Rates of Board, S4O per month; sl2 50
per week; $2 per day. Childr. n under ten
and over two years, and colored servants,
half price.
The Price of Tickets to Warm Springs,
N. C., via Atlanta, $2).90.
J. A. SAMPLE, Gen’i Manager,
For Warm Springs Cos.
Apply to Manager or Druggists in the
city for Pamphlets aud Circulars. je2-tf
MANSION HOUSE
PORT ROYAL, 8. C.
SITUATED AT THE TERMINUS OF
the Port Royal Railroad, where connec
tion is made with the fast sailing, first class
steamers Montgomery and Huntsville,
sailing to New York every Friday.
Round trip from Augusta, S3O.
This is an entirely new and elegantly fur
nished house. Situation unsurpassed, sur
rounded with magnificent live oaks, com
manding a splendid prospect of the sur
rounding country, the Beaufort and Port
Royal Rivers, and offers unusual attrac
tions to travelers or to parties who desire
Board or to spend a few days near the salt
water.
Table supplied with everything the mar
ket affords. Fresh milk, butter, fish, veg
etables and fruits in their season.
Best of Cooks and Attendants.
Terms liberal.
C. E. WARREN,
je26-tf Proprietor.
The Charleston Hotel
'IT7ILL not be closed this Summer. All
W guests patronizing us during the
Summer and Fall months, and remaining a
week or more, will be allowed a reasonable
discount—except occupants of rooms on the
first or parlor floor.
The attention of the Cou dry Merchants
is respectfully called to this notice.
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MANSION HOUSE,
Greenville, S' C.
On the Ist of January we came in pos
session of the above well known Hotel. It
has been thoroughly renovated and re
furnished. Every attention required is
guaranteed. ,
The comforts and necessities of our
guests are our constant study.
CALNAN & ROATH,
my2B-2m Proprietors.
PIANO FOR SALE.
A. 7H OCTAVE Hallett & Davis Square
Grand PIANO, nearly new and in good or
der. For sale cheap. Call early.
Apply at 135 BROAD STREET,
jell-tf Neariv opposite Monument St.
EDUCATIONAL.
"dancing school.
MONS. BERGER, Professional Teacher,
informs the Ladies and Gentlem n of
Augusta that lie will open a First-Class
DANCING SCHOOL at the Masonic Hall
He wi 1 be there on Thursday, the 24th
June, from 4 to 6 o’clock, to receive pupils.
Mons. 8., being an Artist, teaches what is
really Dancing. He teaches all the new
dances as well as the old ones, which com
bine the harmony of bodies and the poetry
of motion. Mons. BERGER is well known,
and can give the best reference here and in
Charleston.
For circulars, etc., apply at A. Prontaut
& Son. je2o-tf
MADAME SOSNOWSKI’S
HOME SCHOOL
FOR YOUNG LADIES.
ATHENS, GEORGIA.
CALENDAR.
TdHE scholastic year is divided into 2 ses-
X sions. First session commences Sep
tember 15th; second session February 7tn.
Closing Exercises occur on the last
Thursday in June—proceeding two weeks—
devoted to private examinations.
Terms (per session), payable in advance.
Board, with use of fuel SBO 00
English Department 31 00
Music—lnstrumental 30 00
Music—Vocal, Extra Lessons 30 00
French Department 15 00
German Department 15 00
Drawing 10 00
Painting, in Oil and Pastel 30 00
Use of piano 5 00
Each pupil is required to furnish her own
bed linen, towels and lights.
Washing can be secured at moderate
rates. jyl-tf
Southern Female College,
LA GRANGE, GA.
IdHE Thirty-Fourth Annual Session opens
. the 25th of August, with the old corps
of eight thorough teachers. Ten Premiums
for excellence in Music, Painting and Draw
ing were awarded pupils of this College at
the Georgia State Fair within the last four
years. Board, with washing, lights and
fuel, per annum. $155. Tuition, S6O. For
Catalogues, address I. F. COX,
jy27-d&wlm President.
STOCK PRIVILEGES.
$lO. SIOO. SSOO. SIOOO.
Often realizes immense profits when in
vested in STOCK PRIVILEGES. Circulars
containing full explanation of the mode of
operating, and quotation prices of all
Stocks dealt in, at the
New York Stock Exchange,
sent FREE on application to
SIMONSON, BARREIRAS & CO.,
Bankers and Brokers, No. 6 Wall street,
Opp. N. Y. Stock Exchange. New York.
jels-tnthsaly
THE TEXA.S
Cotton Worm Destroyer!
A Sure and Safe Remedy for the Destruc
tion of the
CATERPILLAR.
IT DOES AWAY WITH THE USE OF
Paris Green and all other poisonous ar
ticles; is more effectual, less dangorous,
and much cheaper than any article ever of
fered for sale. Having been extensively
used in Texas during the past year, is said
to be by some of the best planters in the
State the only article ever used that will
entirely destroy the CATERPILLAR with
out injury to the plant. It is easily applied
and no danger in its use, costing only
about 25 cents per acre. For particulars
as to price, &c., apply to
D. I*. HULL, Savannah,
General Agent for Georgia.
M, A, STOVALL,.
Agent, Augusta, Ga.
Agents wanted through the State. jelß-3m
THE GREAT
GEORGIA STATE FAIR
10 73.
The Annual Fair for 1875 of the Georgia State
Agricultural Society will be held in
M A C O KT, Gr ES 0.,
At the Beautiful CENTRAL CITY PARK GROUNDS,
BEGINNING
MO NBA Y, O O T O BE R 1
AND CONTINUING ONE WEEK.
A large, varied and liberal Premium last covering all Departments of Industry, front
which the following are extracts:
Field Crop Department.
For the best and largest display in merit and variety of sample products from the
field, garden, orchard, dairy and apiary—the contribution of a single farm SIOO
lor the best six stalks of cotton—to become the property of the Society 50
For the best five bales, crop lot of short staple cotton, by one exhibitor 150
For the best single bale of short staple 50
For the best single bale upland long staple 50
Horse Department.
Best Thoroughbred Stallion ioo
Best Walking Horse 50
Best Saddle Horse or Mare .. 75
Best Single Buggy Horse or Mare ... ! 75
Best Combination Horse or Mare ' 100
Best Doub e Team, owned by one Exhibitor . 100
Best Georgia Raised Mule ; 50
Best Mule, open to the world 50
Cattle Department.
Best herd—one Bull and four Cows or Heifers—all to be of one breed and owned
exclusively by one exhibitor *IOO
Best Milch Cow ' 50
Cow giving the Richest Milk ...... 50
S4O and £2O for the Best Bull and Cow, respectively, of each of the following breeds:
Alderney, Ayreshire, Devon and Durham.
Best Sow and Pigs under six months old 50
Poultry Department.
For best trio of each variety $ 10
Best and largest display in merit and variety of Domestic Fowls, raised in Georgia.. 50
Best and largest display in merit and variety of same, open to the world 50
Best display of Pigeons 26
Best display of Rabbits 10
Horticultural Department.
Best display of Garden Vegetables, grown by one person $25
Home Industry Department.
Best collection of Jellies, Preserves, Pickles, Jams, Catsups, Syrups and Cordials,
made and exhibited by one lady $ 50
Best display of breads by one lady 25
Ornamental Needle Work.
Best display in merit and var'ety of Female Handicraft, embracing Needle Work,
Embroidery, Crocheting, Knitting, etc., by one lady $ 50
Fine Art Department.
Best Oil Painting, (any subject) $ 25
Best Portrait Painting 20
Best Painting in Water Colors .... 20
Best display of Paintings and Drawings by one exhibitor 25
Best collection of Drawings by a girl under sixteen years of age 25
Best display of Paintings and Drawings by the Pupils of one School or College.... 50
Best display of Photographs *. .Silver Medal and 25
Best display of Jewelry, Silverware, etc Silver Medal and 25
Merchants’ Displays.
Best display of Dry Goods SIOO
Best display of Fancy Groceries 100
Best display of Glassware and Crockery 50
Best display of Clothing ” 25
Best display of Aiillinery ! 25
Special Premium for Granges.
To the Grange in the State making the largest and finest display in merit and va
riety, of Stock, Products, and results of Home Industries, all raised, produced or
made by the members of that particular Grange $l5O
THE ABOVE ARE BUT SPECIMENS of a comprehensive list of large MONEY Pre
miums.
THE BEST AND LARGEST LIVE STOCK slow ever held in the Stale or South. More
and finer Horses. Mules, Cattle Sheep, Swine and Poultry than ever before exhibited.
Parties wishing fine Stock, as a line Harness or Saddle Horse, Milch Cow, Thoroughbred
Bull, Trio of Chickens, etc., will find the occasion of this Fair a rare opportunity to
secure them.
SEVERAL EMINENT and representative men from the North and Northwest, have
been invited to deliver addresses at the Fair, and many distinguished visitors through
out the whole country are expected.
THE PUBLIC will be kept posted of the progress and developments of the Fair in
future advertisements.
SEND TO THE SECRETARY at Macon for Premium Lists, embracing a full schedule
of the Premiums, Rules, Regulations, etc., and containing two engravings of the beau
tiful and magnificent Fair Grounds.
A. H. COLQUITT, President.
T. G. HOLT, General Superintendent.
jy4-sututh&etoctlß MALCOLM JOHNSTON, Secretary.
Pendleton & Boardman Iron Works, Augusta, Ga.
WITH increased facilities and experienced workmen, ca.n furnish at short notice.
IRON and BRASS CASTINGS of the best material and finish, and MACHINERY
of all descriptions. THE GEORGIA COTTON PRESS, HORSE-POWER COTTON
PRESSES, WATER-POWER COTL’ON PRESSES, CAS C and WROUGHT SCREW
PRESSES. PLANTATION STEAM ENGINES, THE BEST HORSE-POWER MADE,
ALL SIZES GIN GEAR, SAW MILLS AND SUGAR MILLS.
Send for Circular for THE BEST WATER WHEEL MADE.
WM. PENDLETON,
my2l-frsuwe&c3m SURVIVOR.
o l, ac k:
IRON GRENADINE,
SO CENTS,
WORTH ONE DOLLAR!
AHE BEST IN THE WORLD FOR THE PRICE. JUST RECEIVED FROM
AUCTION, at
JAMES A. GRAY’S.
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INMAN LINE
Royal Mail Steamers!
FOR QUEENSTOWN AND LIVERPOOL
Sailing from New York on SATURDAY
of Each Week, from Peer 45 North River.
City of Antwerp, City of London,
City of Berlin. City of Limerick,
City of Bristol, City of Montreal,
City of Brooklyn, City of New York.
City of Brussels, City of Paris,
City of Chester, City of Richmond.
Passengers will find these steamers taste
fully fitted up, while the State Rooms are
light, airy and roomy. The saloons are
large and well ventilated, the breadth of
the vessel, and situated where there is
least noise and motion. Smoking-rooms,
Ladies’ Boudoirs,Pianofortes and Libraries,
Bath-rooms, Barber’s Shop, &c.
Instant communication with the Stew
ards by electric bells.
The Steamers of this Company adopt the
Southerly Route, thus lessening the danger
from ice and fogs.
Rates of Passage—sßo and SIOO, gold, ac
cording to accommodation, all having
equal saloon privileges.
Round Trip Tickets—sl4s and $175, gold.
Steerage—To and from all points at re
duced rates. JOHN G. DALE, Agent,
15 Broadway. N. Y.
W. STEVENSON, Local 4i?ent,
mys-3m 224 street, Augusta, Ga.
GEORGE G. HULL,
PROPRIETOR OF THE
EXCELSIOR MILLS
(Formerly Stovall’s Excelsior Mills),
AUGUSTA, GA.,
FLOUR in ail grades.
hraNDS ° ld and WGII known EXCELSIOR
PRIDE OF AUGUSTA,
GOLDEN SHEAF,
EXTRA,
LITTLE BEAUTY,
Always on hand, and their well earned
reputation will be faithfully
maintained.
CORN MEAL,
CRACKED CORN,
CRACKED WHEAT,
GRAHAT& FLOUR,
MILL FEED,
BRAN, Etc.,
Constantly made, and orders promptly
filled at the
LOWEST RATES.
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