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THE CONSTITUTIONALIST
THURSDAY August 5,1875.
GEORGIA GENERAL NEWS.
The caterpillar appeared in Southern
and Southwestern Georgia last year
before the 10th of July. Up to'the
29th the Albany News had heard no
intimation of even the appearance of
the fly.
Bishop Gross, of Savannah, arrived
in Rome on Saturday last. He is de
sirous of building a church in that
place, and has strong hopes of doing
so at an early day. The Bishop com
menced a series of services in the City
Hall on Sunday last.
The Atlanta Herald says Mr. Good
now, the receiver of the rolling mill,
has earned sufficient to pay the wages
or the hands, amounting to §2,000 for
their first week’s work. As many as
fifty tons of iron had been rolled in a
single day, and shipments had com
menced.
A gentleman who had recently beeu
in Jackson, Hall, Gwinnett and Walton
counties, informs us that the condition
of crops is absolutely distressing, par
ticularly the upland corn. Ho saw
fields of twenty-five acres which he
does not believe will yield a bushel to
the acre. —Athens Watchman.
Macon Telegraph: The August rains
set in in this vicinity on the first in
stant lightly. There were five showers
in Yineville during the day, with the
aggregate result of wetting the earth
to the depth of an inch. There was
more rain in town. Yesterday there
were heavier showers, and the clouds
promise abundance. There will be
doubtless rain enough and to spare be
f are another dry season.
The Macon Telegraph snys that Dr.
Tucker, Chancellor of the State Uni
versity, refused to plead to the ridicu
lous charges tabled against him, and
with a sublime faith exclaimed: “My
trust is in God; He will not deliver me
into the hands of mine enemies.” Now,
we would like very much to know, says
Harris, if the foregoing is a verbatim
report of the Doctor’s remarks on the
occasion referred to.
Columbus Enquirer: A gentleman
who lives in the city and employs an
overseer went to his farm in one of the
lower counties the other day to stir up
a rain by artificial means. He had
made a great big tiro of logs. After
this feat, he went off to another part of
the plantation and forgot his confla
gration. The result was his fence
caught fire, and before it could be put
out about 5,000 rails were consumed
and only a very slight shower fell on
his place. He has been busily employed
since “cussing” and replacing that
fence. He is convinced firing logs is
not the way to make a plantation self
sustaining.
Rome Commercial : We publish else
where a call signed by a number of
citizens for another meeting to con
sider the bond question. Perhaps there
never was a question more considered
and discussed already than this.
There are two papers published here
in the city, one of which we know is
open to the free discussion of the bond
question in all its aspects. We pre
sume the other paper, also, is open to
fair discussion. Another meeting, there
fore, seems to us hardly necessary, and
little likely to result in doing much
good.
Columbus Times: -The abundant rains
of the past two days have very mate
rially helped the cotton crops. The
damage already sustained however, is
so great that the crop will necesarily be
a very short one. Corn cannot be
helped much by good seasons now.
Most of it in this section is yellow,
“spindling” and stunted. Our farmers
have bravely planted a much larger
area than usual in corn this year, and
it seems a pity that adverse seasons
should go against them. We should
not be surprised if we hear the cry of
too much rain all over the State in the
next fifteeu days. August rains are
hurtful when in excessive quantities.
A friend of the Constitutionalist,
writing from Hart county, says: Up to
July 15th the prospect for a fine crop
of cotton and corn was never better.
Since then the excessively hot, dry
weather has injured crops in about one
fourth of the county very much, balance
of the county has had occasional show
ers and may make good crops. Our
farmers are not so badly in debt, as
some counties owe notliiDg for rail
roads, and have no use for them, as
the Savannah river floats our cotton to
Augusta cheaper than a railroad, and
the experience of all our merchants is
that it pays better to ship cotton to
Augusta than New York or Charleston.
An indignant tax-payer of Atlanta
writes to ihe Herald that one citizen of
that place with only one child to edu
cate, is taxed §1,500 per annum to sup
port the high schools of that city, and
another, §9OO per annum, who also had
but one child. The tax-payer calls
this “ oppression ” and adds: “ I invite
the people to recur to the true question
involved in this discussion, which is
simply this : Is it right to tax the prop
erty of our citizens for the establish
ment and sustenance of free high
schools ? The friends of these institu
tions have dodged, and will continue to
dodge, the question of principle, for the
the reason that the policy cannot be
justified by the rule of common right.”
Macon Telegraph : Our readers will
remember that about a mouth ago we
reported the killing, at Myrick’s mill,
in Twiggs county, of David Hudson by
a negro man named Joe Redding. Red
ding was arrested for the crime, and
after a preliminary examination was
committed to jail to await trial before
the Superior Court. About 12 o’clock
Saturday night, a party of disguised
men, variously estimated at from 30 to
00 in number, went to the house of Mr.
Jas. T. Evans, Sheriff and Jailer of the
count}’, entered his bed room, with
drawn pistols, seized him and. demand
ed the keys of the jail. He told them
that if they intended to force him to
give up the keys, he could do noth
ing to prevent it, but that he had
only the keys to the outer door of the
jail, the keys to the dungeons being
locked up in the large iron safe in the
Court House, and that Judge C. A.
Solomon, Ordinary, and Mr. F. A.
Finch, County Treasurer, were the
onij’ persons who had keys to the safe.
The party immediately blind-folded
Mr. Evans, put him on one of their
burses and proceeded to Mr. Finch’s
residence, awoke him and took him
with them to the Court House, when
they procured the keys to the cells of
the jail. Some twenty or thirty of
them entered the jail and brought out
Joe Redding, then sent Messrs. Finch
and Evans back to their homes. In about
five minutes both of these gentlemen
heard six or seven pistol shots fired,
seemingly about cue huudred or two
huudred yards from the jail. On Sun
day morning Mr. Finch and Mr. A. M.
Smith found the dead body of Joe
Redding hanging to a limb of a tree
with seven bullet holes in his back and
face. That is all the information we
have been able to get of the unfortu
nate tragedy. No one about Jefferson
ville has the least idea as to who com
posed the party of outlaws who did the
deed. Men and horses were all dis
guised iu white, and it is believed that
they came from a considerable distance.
The people of Jeffersonville greatiy la
ment the occurrence. The negro was in
the hands of the law, and would un
do übtedlyiiave received such penalty
as was due the crime which he had
committed, and the law should have
been permitted to take its course.
SOUTH CAROLINA.
OCEAN SPRAY.
The Pleasures and Miseries of Surf
Bathing—Marine Pinbacks and Sub
marine Nilssons—Summer Notes
from Carolina's Long Branch.
[From Our Regular Correspondent.]
Moultrieville, August 3, 1375.
Barring the delightful breezes of the
Atlantic, which never cease to blow,
and which effectually put a squelcher
upon the mercury k and keep it down [to
respectable figures, surf bathing is, par
excellence, the attraction of Moultrie
ville. It is very much like surf bathing
at Long Branch, Newport and Coney
Island, except that it is infinitely bet
ter. When you desire to do the surf,
the first thing to be done is to provide
yourself with a picturesque costume, as
there are strict municipal laws against
bathing inpuris naturalibus.The prevail
ing style of marine dress among the la
dies this Summer is a handsome zouave
costume, consisting of an ultramarine
blue jacket and crimson unmention
ables, of liberal dimensions, the whole
topped off with a jaunty fez cap of pie
bald brown. Some of tbe ladies with
more progressive ideas did attempt to
introduce the pin-back style of archi
tecture, but finding that the water was
not exactly suited to a proper preserva
tion of the toute ensemble, abandoned
it iu disgust and returned to the zouave.
The gentlemen as a general thing have
no prevailing style, a very slender pair
of tights, cut after the fashion of the
scanty wardrobe of a first class bare
back rider, is about the thing. Having
thus procured the necessary rigging
you waltz into one of the neat little
bathing houses which line the front
beach and prepare your toilette, having
first ascertained the fact that it is high
water and that there is a good surf on.
All these details having beeu attended
to it remains but to launch yourself into
The Briny Deep
and that is a feat easy of accomplish
ment. Five minutes after entering the
bathing house you trip airily out upon
the beach a full-flown mermaid or
merman as the case may be, and
plunging into the waves of the ocean
enjoy the pleasures or the miseries of
a surf bath according to your inclina
tion, for the surf bathing is a kind of
equivocal luxury. To those who are
accustomed to it the pleasures are in
finite, but to au indifferent looker on
from terra Jinna the suif bath pre
sents a problem which it is somewhat
difficult to solve. To be knocked down
by a tremendous breaker rolled on the
sand and scratched and bruised, does
not offer attractions to the ordinary
mind; but then it is considered that
the average Moultreville surf bather is
not a person of ordinary mind, and as
fashion which holds powerful sway
has made it “the thing” to buffet
the surf at certain hours of the
day, they do it as becomes well bred
people. Iu these days of paniers, pin
baeks aud polonaises, the average bach
elor looker on will find food for reflec
tion by watching the surf bathers. He
will see a lady friend, probably an Ul
timate acquaintance, step into a bath
ing house arrayed in a neat pin-back
skirt, natty seaside and striped hose.
In a few minutes au airy looking non
descript in bloomer costume trips out,
looks around in a frightened manner,
and then bolts into the water. Then
the dream is over—don’t wait until she
emerges, because if you have anything
of an imagination you will be haunted
forever afterwards, whenever, you set
your eyes on that girl, with pictures of
urowued mermaids aud bedraggled pin
backs.
The Ankle Club
is the name of quite a handsome coterie
of Augusta people, ladies and gentle
men, who make it an invariable prac
tice to bathe together. They dress
very handsomely from a house on the
beach, walk into the water until it
reaches their a depth of about 3
inches and then sit down in the sand
and wait patiently for a long breaker,
which at intervals of about 3 minutes
breaks over their shoulders, and then
sit in the “ puluphoisboio thalasses ” un
til another roller overtakes them. But
they enjoy it all the same, and an hour
afterwards can be seen driving out
along the hard sandy beach iu the most
joyous spirits.
There is much more to be said about
suif bathing but the writer who at
tempts to describe all its miseries aud
pleasures undertakes au almost end
less task, aud leaving the readers of
the Constitutionalist to do as Qui Vive
has done —try it on for themselves —I
turn to other topics.
No Summer,
It is not an exaggeration to say that
those who spend their Summers on
Sullivan’s Island scarcely know what
Summer is. Day and night the in
vigorating breezes of j ocean blow
steadily, keeping the miosphere cool
aud pleasant. Of course, iu the mid
day, the sand, under the influence of
the sun’s rays, is very hot, and it is
not pleasant to have to go out, but the
visitor who seeks Summer recreation
has only to lie in his room with the
blinds closed, and, as far as a fine tem
perature and bracing air can make one
contented, he will be so. The great
want of the island is
A First-Class Hotel
such as the Moultrie House which, be
fore the war, stood directly to the east
of Fort Moultrie —a hotel fitted out
with the latest modern improvements
with billiard rooms, wine rooms, card
rooms and croquet lawns. Many per
sons are averse to private boarding
bouses, and I have beeu informed by
several of my friends from Augusta
that if a caravanserai of this kind were
built a much larger number of Geor
gians would spend the Summer on the
Island. Several attempts have been
made to start an enterprise of this kind
but without success, aud now another
effort is to be made in that direction by
a joint stock company, composed of the
property owners of Moultrieville. It is
the one thing needed to make the place
in every respect equal to Long Branch,
New Port or Coney Island. Among the
social institutions is a gentleman's
club and a fishing club, the members of
which spare no effort to make the stay
of strangers agreeable, but for the la
dies there is nothing to do but to re
main indoors until evening, when they
are at liberty to take the usual drive or
walk on the beach Q UI Vive.
LETTER FROM ALLENDALE.
No Rain Yet—Sick Crops—A Desper
ate Outlook—Law ami Lawyers.
Allendale, S. C., August 2,1875.
Since your letter from this place, of
the 28tli of July, opr condition has up
to to-day grown more hopeless and dis
tressing. To-day, from rains in tlje
neighborhood, the atmosphere lias
been made cool and refreshing, and
crops may imbibe some moisture from
the damp winds. We still have no
rain, Unmitigated torrid heat has
added blow after blow to the languish
ing crops, and cotton may be said to
be in the “sere and yellow leaf/* aud
corn tassels and silks have long since
been swept away. Some have plowed
up their cotton and put in peas, aud
some are cutting their corn in the fields
and feeding it to stock, TJio counte
nances of our planters, on.ee raejiant
with joyous smiles and happy antici
pations, now look as if their hearts
were sick and hope had taken wings.
The question of bread siqks all our
other troubles into insignificance. An
other year may relieve or lessen the
heavy burdens which political subjec
tion, ruinous spoliation and official cor
ruption and rottenness generally have
imposed upon us, but we fail to see
means of escape from actual suffering
for the absolute demands of existence.
These dispensations we dare not at
tempt to scrutinize, and wish that we
could bear them with uncomplaining
patience.
Your correspondent of the above date,
has sandwiched a matter of only small
local importance, between his descrip
tion of the terrible hail storm of last
raonday, and the destruction found in
its pathway. We refer to the trouble
between the Trial Justice and the law
yers at Allendale. We fail to see what
interest the good Georgia folks could
find in a mere local matter, of which
three-fourths of the people of our town
ship are ignorant, and nine-tenths in
difiereut. These good folks are doubt
less familiar with courts for the trial of
“small and mean causes.” They were
numerous, and their machinery in full
operation in the days when the “Geor
gia Scenes” amused the professional,
as they did the desultory reader, when
witnesses were sworn on au improved
pocket copy of Hoyle’s Games, and
when after the trials, the attendant
lawyers drew their chairs around the
seat of “His Honor” and the defeated
parties sought revenge in a game of
draw-poker. In those days Judges re
quired very many qualifications to re
tain their seats. Rotation in office was
almost always a conclusive argument
against the incumbent, and thus the
title was passed round, until Judges
became as common iu Georgia, as
“leaves in Vallambrosa.” We re
member on a public occasion in Au
gusta, someone recognizing a friend on
the opposite side of the street, address
ed him with, “Good morning, Judge,”
and nineteen men, forming part of the
groups uear by, were seen to lift their
hats and bow most respectfully in the
the direction of the salutation. It is
probable we shall soon he in a worse
condition on this side the river. Ne
groes are iu some instances appointed
Trial Justices, and iu almost every case
the appointees are men who either pan
der to or profess allegiance to the
dominant party. Ignosunee and in
competence is the lule; honesty and
capacity the exception. And now, since
they are salaried officials, if they can
succeed in reducing their work to a fair
proportion with their pay, according to
their own estimate of their time and
importance, no doubt very many will
cling to these positions, iu spite of the
public will, until literally choked away.
Since this matter has been brought
into public notice in your columns, we
desire only to put the truth on record.
Every one who knows our Trial Jus
tice i* aware that he is a jovial, good
uatured, friendly person. If he has
enemies at Allendale they belong to the
harmless class. The lawyers here, like
all men who look to their interest, de
sired to concentrate business at Allen
dale. They knew that a prompt, in
dustrious and capable man was essen
tial to that end. It was important that
the office of the Justice should be kept
open, aud that the rights of parties
should be adjudged under principles
and practice established in our higher
courts. Whatever may have been the
previous habits of the party exercising
that office, it was now important that
he should at ail times be accessible,
aud whatever his previous reading, it
was now impossible to properly dis
charge his duties without application
and close attention to his books. These
very reasonable expectations wore not
fulfilled, aud hence complaint. There
was no personal ill will, no malice iu
the matter. It was a duty which the
lawyers owed to themselves, and those
who gave them business. No breath
of suspicion has fallen on the good in
tentions of our Justice. No one ques
tions the honesty of his convictions;
but every one will admit that the vast
use made of “good intentions” in pav
ing the great thoroughfares of the
lower regions would hardly justify the
building up with the same material the
great highway leading to the temple of
our rights under the law. A good sup
ply of these “intentions” would as
egregiously fail to obtaiu mercy iu the
former as justice iu the latter.
Business of any kind needs induce
ment to concentrate aud fix it, and un
less invited, by close attention to its
ordinary demands, it will seek proper
accommodation, frequently at great
inconvenience and expense. The juris
diction of our justice covers au exten
sive territory largely populated. We
desire to see our town the focus of
trade aud enterprise for the surround
ing country, and perhaps the county
seat of anew county when Barnwell
and Blackville shall have exhausted
themselves iu their varying contest,
and Allendale confront our law makers
with fresh and vigorous energy. That
an eye was had to these results ia the
effort to perfect the system of justice
here there can be no doubt; and while
we are free to confess'that we attach
no blame to the lawyers for what they
did, we shall hot regret that they failed
to remove the present incumbent if he
shall in the future give his time and at
tention to the duties of an exacting of
fice and shall enlighten his “ good in
tentions ” with the learning of the
books. “ Fiat justitia mat caelum ”
should become the leading rule of his
court, aud when he sits in judgment on
the rights of others, his opinions should
not fail to illustrate that noble senti
ment. Merchant.
“When General Cass was President or
the United States’’—How Old Preston
Won a Ret,
A Michigan paper tells the follow
ing good story: A Front street saloon
keeper is a great historical scholar, and
will argue for hours on issues, events
and men of past celebrity. Old man
Preston was aware of this, and lie
dropped into the place one warm day
last week and said: “By cracky, but
this is warm! I haven’t beeu so warm
since old Genera] Cass was President oi
the United States.” “What!” said Jim,
“General Cass never was President of
the United States,” “ Why, yes, he
was,” replied Preston, with weil-feignetj
astonishment. “ I’ll bet you the drinks
for the house he wasn’t,” said the ex
cited proprietor. “ Done,” answered
the old man, and he drew forth his
poeketbook, unfolded a page of the
Congressional Globe of 1818-’49, and
proceeded to read that President Tay
lor having died on Saturday, and
Vice President Fillmore not be
ing in Washington City, the President
qf the Senate, General Lowls Cass,
became prosidpqt of the United States
until the following Monday, ponding
Fillmore’s inauguration. When the old
man had finished reading, he looked
around and said : “Como up, boys. A
little Stoughton in mine, Jim. Must ex
cuse ignorance, you know.” Theu ho
rambled out, while Jim rammed the
bottles back on the shelf, soused the
tumblers iu the rinse, and as he wiped
up the counter remarked, “1 have seen
a good many mean men in ipy time,
but for a first-class* star beat old
Preston can take the money.”
Motternich is credited with saying :
“ I have had to struggle against the
greatest of soldiers, gnd to maintain
harmony between three Emperors, a
Czar, a Sultan, a Pope, Kings, Princes,
and republics; to entangle twenty times
£>nd tangle also court intrigues; but the
thing that gqye mo most thread to up,
ravel was a little seoundrel of an Ital
ian-thin, pale, uncombed, sloven, but
eloquent as a tempest, stormy as an
apostle, cunning as a thief, ready as a
comedian, and indefatigable as a lover.
They called him Joseph Mazzini.”
To the Editors of the Richmond Dispatch:
Can’t you republish this ode of Praed, for
the bene'fit of those who are “ riding stick
horses around the ring after the circus is
gone?"
[Yes. Here it isl:
Mars Disarmed by Cupid.
Aye, bear it hence, thou blessed child,
Tho’ dire the burden be,
And hide it in the pathless wild,
Or drown it in the sea.
The ruthless murderer swears and prays,
So let him swear and pray;
Be deaf to all his oaths and prayers,
And take the sword away.
YVe’ve had enough of fleets and camps,
Guns, glories, odes, gazettes,
Triumphal arches, colored lamps,
Huzzas and epaulette 3.
We could not be ir upon our head
Another leaf of bay,
That horrid Buonaparte’s dead:
Yes! take the sword away.
We’re weary of the noisy boasts
That pleased our patriot throngs,
We’ve long been dull to Gooch’s toasts,
And tame to Dibdin’s songs:
We’re quite content to rule the waves
Without a great display:
We're known to be extremely brave,
But take the sword away.
******
Let Portugal have rulers twain;
Let Greece go on with none;
Let Popery sink or swim in Spain,
While we enjoy the fun.
Let Turkey tremble at the knout,
Let Algiers lose her Dey;
Let Paris turn her Bourbons out;
But take the sword away.
Our honest friends in Parliament
Are looking vastly sad;
Our farmers say, with one consent,
It’s all—-immensely bad.
There was a time for borrowing,
But now it’s time to pay;
A budget is a serious thing—
r. o take the sword away.
And oil, the bitter tears we wept
In those our days of fame;
The dread that o’er our heart-strings crept
With every post that came.
The home affections waged and lo t
In every far-off fray;
The price that British glory cost I
Ah! take the sword away.
We’ve plenty left to hoist the sail,
Or mount the dangerous breach;
And freedom breathes in every gale
1 hat wanders round our beach.
When duty bids us dare or die,
We’ll fight another day:
But till we know the reason why,
'lake, take the sward away.
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, Offlcess and
Saloons,
ALL SUCCESSFUL AND POPULAR BUSI
NESS STANDS,
SITUATED IN THE MOST CENTRAL
PORTION OE THE CITY,
With Fronts on Broad and Ellis, Between
Jackson and Campbell Streets.
BY C. Y T . WALKER Auctioneer.
rIIUESDAY, the 7th September, 1875, at 12
X 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 aud invest
ment property, to-wit :
That centrally situated, substantially
built and very productive property popu
larly known as tho Lafayette Had a id
Opera House, situated iu the citv of Au
gusta, county of Richmond, and State of
Georgia, 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 lines and ex
tending from street to street of 271 feet C
inches, said measurement all being more or
less. Jhe said property, if not sold in
block, will bo sold subdivided into lots, des
ignated by the Nos. 1, 2 and 3, according to
plans of J. E. Braun, architect, to be exhib
ited on tlie day of sale. The said lots
inoasure 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 120 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 aboye the same, sqbie t to all
the conditions of servitude hereinafter
specified.
Lot No. 2, west of Ihe Arcade or entrance,
measures 26 feet 6 inches front on the south
side ot Broad street by a depth between
parallel lines of 126 feet towards Ellis street,
together with all the improvements there
on, known and designated by the No. 274
Broad street, and comprising 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 A Marcus,
wholesale dry goods dealers. The upper
portion is arranged for dwelling and adapt
ed for offices. Tne foregoing described
property is leased to ana occupied by the
well kqown wholesale dealers in dry goods
and clothing, Messrs. Myers A Marcus, L.
Sylvester and others, until the Ist of Octo
ber, 1875, yielding an aggregate rental ot’
86,44)0 per annum.
Lot No. 3 comprises the remainder of the
property, measuring a total front on Ellis
street of 65 feet by a deptii between parallel
lines of 145 feet 6 inches, from widen point
it contracts to a tyidtl] of 12 feet, and ex
tends to aud fronts on South Broad street.
This said extension is known as the Ar
cade, or entrance from Broad street to the
Upera House. Also, the present existing
aileytyaVi of 7 feet width, opening on Ellis
Street—Lots 1 and 2 to have 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. Pem prising that, extensiye, capacious
and subst ntially-bu It brick Opera House,
covered with slate, copper gutters, cement
ed basement throughout, well lighted and
ventilated and provided with ample en
trance apd exit arrangements and accom
modations. The fitage fe 41 feet depth, tlie
auitorlum has a parquet, dress circle,
gallery and a seating capacity of about one
thousand—lias contained 1,400 persons. The
basement is adapted for saloon purposes,
lighted with gag throughout, and the only
establishment of Us kind hi the city for
public entertainment. With ordinary care
and small expense tills property alone is
susceptiole of producing a large arid cer
tain income. It has yielded in ordinarily
prospermia seasons over $6,000 per an .um.
The above decscribed property, gompiis
iiig, as it does, the most extensive ana cen
trally located property Ip the city’ of Au
gusta iu market, is well worthy the atten
tion of capitalists seeking safe, rellahlv
productive and permanently valuable city
property for investment. As business
stands, adapted for either tlie wholesale or
retail trade, banking or insurance business,
no property can be more desirable. It will
be sold free from all incumbrance whatso
ever, the whole according to plan of J. F.
Braun, architect, to bo exhibited qn the day
of sale, and pn thp following favorable
terms and conditions:
One-third or one-liaif 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 tho day
of shle until final pnymeiil; said interest t/>
be paid half yea, ly from date, and the pur
chaser to keep the improvements insured
for tliur 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
tho acts of sale at tlie expense of tho pur
chasers, before Wm. A. vValton, Esq., No
tary Public, 'lfie rentals of all tho property
arj? reserved up to the 3oth of September,
1875. jy2s-td
Lost or Stolen.
THE public are cautioned against Buying
or Trading for the Coupons of Bond
No. 2, City of Augusta, signed by John
Foster, Mayor, tlie Coupons from Hteptem
berlst, 187 1, to Hep temper, 1888, having been
lost or stolen from me.
jy29-tf E. LEIBBCHER.
The Kitson Machine Comp’y,
LOWELL, MASS.,
RICHARD KITSON, Presiden*,
SAMUEL E. STOTT, Treasurer and Agent.
BUILDERS OF
PATENT COTTON OPENERS
AND
LAPPERS, WITH RECENT VALUABLE IMPROVE
MENTS, SHODDY and WASTE MACHINES and
RAO DUSTERS, NEEDLE-POINTED
CARD-CLOTHING, Etc., Etc.
Kitson’s Patent Compound Opener Lapper.
■■ O ■
TITUE cotton is spread on this machine Irorn the bale, and is made into a very even
_L lap, at the rate of 300 to 400 pounds per hour. The laps are then Unished on a
TWO-BEATER LAPPER,
WITH
KITSONS PATUNT EVENER
Attached, and owing to recent improvements in this Evener, the lap3 when ready for
the card, only vary one-quarter of an ounce to the yard. The cost of picking by this
system is only about one mill per pound on the cloth produced, and the picker house is
safer from lire than the card room.
*3rThere is also a great saving of 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 raids at Lowell, Lawrence, Fall River, 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 Company, Lowell, Mass.:
Gentlemen : We have been running your Compound Opener Lappers and Finisher
Lappers, with Eveners, for more than one year, and frankly 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.
F. COGIN, Superintendent.
o
OFFICE LANGLEY MANUFACTURING COMPANY, )
Langley, S. C., April 14, 1873. f
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 ivo 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 lire.
Yours, Ac., M. F. FOSTER, Superintendent.
office Massachusetts cotton mills, i
Lowell, February 20, 1874. |
The Kitson Machine Company, Lowell, Mas?.:
Gentlemen : This Company have now in use twenty or your Finisher Lappers, with
Eveners, and ten Compound Opener Lappers. Some of these machines have been at
work for ten yen rs or more, and have al ways 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,” whore
we have two Compound Opener Lappers, and four Finisher Lappers, we have averaged
the past seven weeks 39,267 lbs. Clotn weekly. Yarn averaging about No. 22. Cost one
11 100 mills (.00114) per lb. of cloth. We consider them a first class machine in all re
spects. Yours very truly,
F. F. BATTLES, Agent.
MERRIMACK MANUFACTURING COMPANY, /
Lowell, January 23, 1874. j
The Kitson Machine Company, Lowell, Mass :
Gentlemen: We have been using some of your Compound Oponei Lappers and
Finisher Lappers, with Eveners, for nearly three years, and at present are passing all
our cotton through them. The machines have proved satisfactory, and both in quantity
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 Lappers, with Eveners; ordered at different times.)
Send for a Catalogue to THE KITSON MACHINE COMPANY.
SAMUEL E. STOTT. Treasurer,
jy6-3m LOWELL, MASS.
SUMMER RESORTS.
WARM SPRINGS!
MADISON COUNTY,
WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA.
mHESft 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 Wafer—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 elnonie
and sub-acute Gout, Rheumatism, Dispep
sia, Neuralgia, Hecondry Syphilis, Nephri
tic and Calculous Disorders, Scrofula, Cu
taneous, and many diseases peculiar to
females effect a radical cure. There is also
a cold Sulphur Spring near the Warm
Springs, resembling very closely in tem
perature and color qf 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 Roqii<4 Trip Tickets are
on sale to and from this place in ail South
ern cities, at three cents per mile.
Rates of Board, S4O per mouth isl 2 50
perweok; $2 per day. Children 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. SAM PL F, Gen’i Manager,
For Warm Springs Cos.
Apply to Manager or Druggists in the
city for Pamphlets and Circulars. je2-tf
MANSION HOUSE
PORT ROYAL, S. C.
QII'UATED AT THE TERMINUS OF
IO the Port Royal Railroad, whero connec
tion is made with the fast calling, first class
steamers Montgomery and HuntsvuiLe,
sailing to New York every Friday.
Round trip from Auginta, s3i>.
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
rqifnding 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, lish, veg
etables and fruits in their season.
Best of Cooks and Attendants.
Terms liberal,
c. e. warren,
jo2G-tf Proprietor.
The Charleston Hotel
WILL not be closed this Summer. All
guests patronizing us during the
Summer and Fail months, and remaining a
week or more, will be allowed a reasonable
discount—exeeptoecupants of rooms on the
first or parlor floor.
The attention of the Cou ,try Merchants
is respectfully called to this notice.
MANSION HOUSE,
Gi'eeiiville, 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 Nearly opposite Monument St.
EDUCATIONAL.
Trancing school.
MONS. BERGER, Professional Teacher,
informs the Ladies and Gentlem n of
| Augusta that he will open a First-Class
DANCING SCHOOL at the Masonic Hall
He wi 1 be there on Thursday, the 24th
I June, from 4 to 6 o’clock, to receive pupils.
Moms. 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. Pbontaut
& Son. je2o-tf
MADAME SOSNOWSKI’S
HOME SCHOOL
FOR YOUNG LADIES,
ATHENS, GEORGIA.
CALENDAR.
TAHE scholastic year is divided into 2 ses-
J sions. First session commences Sep
tember lath; i econd session February 7th.
. 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 ft e SBO 00
English Department 3) 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.
rpHE Thirty-Fourth Annual Session opens
X the 25th of August, with the old corps
of eight thorough teachers. Teg Premiums
for excellence in Music, Painting and Draw
ing were awarded pupils of tips College at
thp Georgia State Fair within the last l our
years. Board, with washing, lights and
fuel, per annum, *153. Tuition, S6O. For
Catalogues, address I. F. COX,
jy27-d&wlm President.
St. John’s.
A Select Boardinq School
FOR YOUNG LADIES,
TN ONE OF THE MOST BEAUTIFUL
JL and healthful districts of Western Mary
land.
Parents and gua dians who desire a
pleasant and attractive home for their chil
dren or wards, with lirst-clasa educational
opportunities, will please address
Rev. GEO. LEWIS STALEY,
Knoxville, Frederick oounty, Md.
aug3-2taw.fctri-wlm
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, $4 the
New York Stock Exchange,
sent FREE on application to
SIMONSON, BARREIRAS & CQ.,
Bankers and Brokers, No, ii Wall street,
Opp. N. Y. Exchange. New York.
jels-tnthftalv
SIOQ BE WARD!
Waynesboro, Ga., July 3.
A REWARD OF ONE HUNDRED DOL
YX LARS will be paid for the apprehension
and delivery to the Jailer of Richmond
county, at Augusta, Ga., of R. COLUMBUS
WIMBERLY, late Tax Collector of Burke
county, who escaped from the jjaU at this
place on the night of the 2d instant.
By order of Hie Board of County Commis
sioners.
JNO. D. MUNNERLYN,
jys-30t Clerk, B. C.
THE GREAT
GEORGIA STATE FAIR
18 75.
The Annual Fair for 1875 of the Georgia State
Agricultural Society will be held in
M A C O KT, C3r E 5 0.,
At the Beautiful CENTRAL CITY PARK GROUNDS,
BEGINNING
MO NBA Y, OOT O BER 18.
AND CONTINUING ONE WEEK.
u- 'FfL®* varied .and liberal Premium last covering all Departments of Industry, from
which the- following are extracts:
Field Crop Department.
For the best and largest display in merit and variety of sample products from the
held, garden, orchard, dairy and apiary—the contribution of a single farm. . SIOO
ror the best six stalks of cotton—to become the property of the Society 50
lor the best live bales, crop lot of short staple cotton, by one exhibitor iso
For the best single bale of short staple 50
For the best single bale upland long staple 7/77. 50
Horse Department.
Best Thoroughbred Stallion
Best Walking Horse /'./ 77/7.7.7/ /. 5
Best Saddle Horse or Mare k-
Best Single Buggy Horse or M are ....77.77.7.. 75
Best Combination Horse or Mare 77. ioi)
Best Doub e Team, owned by one Exhibitor 100
Be-t Georgia Raised Mule 7.7 7. no
Best Mule, open to the world 77777 7/7 7 7 50
Cattle Department.
Best herd—one Bull and four Cows or Heifers—ali to be of one breed and owned
Best Milch Cow
Cow giving the Richest Milk 7 ! 50
S4O and S2O for the Best Bull and Cow, respectively, of each of the following breeds •
Alderney, Ayreshire, Devon and Durham.
Best Sow and Pigs under six mouths old 50
Poultry Department.
For best trio of each variety j ((
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 on
Best display of Rabbits .7.. 7. .7 77..77 77 7 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
Best display of breads by one lady 7.7 7 7.7.7.7.7.7. *25
Ornamental Needle Work.
Best display in merit and var'ety of Female Handicraft, embracing Needle Work
Embroidery, Crocheting, Knitting, etc., by one lady ’sso
Fine Art Department.
Best Oil Painting, (any subject) 0 r
Best Portrait Painting *
Best Painting in Water Colors 7.7 .1!
Best display of Paintings and Drawings by one exhibitor..
Best collection of Drawings by a girl under sixteen years or age ok
Best display of Paintings aijd Drawings by the Pupils of one Schooi or College. . 7 flo
Best display oi 1 hotographs Silver Moda.l -im-I 0.0
Best display of Jewelry, Silverware,etc ' Silver Medal and 25
Merchants’ Displays.
Best display of Dry Goods
Best display of Fancy Groceries 7. .7.7.7 7. *IOO
Best display of Glassware and Crockery 17,
Best display of Clothing ‘ * or.
Best display of Ai illinery 7 7/7/7 7////////// 05
Special Premium for Granges.
To the Grange in the State making the largest and finest display in merit and va
riety, ol Stock, Products, and results of Home Industries, all raised, producod or
made by the members of that particular Grange $l5O
THE ABOVE ARE BUT SPECIMENS of a comprehensive list of large MONEY Pre
miuras.
THE BEST AND LARGEST LIVE STOCK si ow ever held in the State or South. More
and finer Horses. Mules, Cattle Sheep, Swine and Poultry than evor before exhibited
) vls ‘‘ ti ne Stock, as a line Harness or Saddle Horse, Milch Cow. Thoroughbred
Lull, Trio of Chickens, etc., will find the occasion of this Fair a rare opportunity to
secur© 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 countr y are expected.
THE PUBLIC will be kept posted of the progress and developments of the Fair iri
future advertisements.
SEND TO THE SECRETARY at Macon for Premium Lists, embracing a full schedule
?• , 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&ctoctlß MALCOLM JOHNSTON, Secretary.
Pendleton & Boardman Iron Works, Augusta, Ga.
WITH increased facilities and experienced workmen, can furnish at short notice.
IRON and BRASS CASTINGS of the best material and finish, and MACHINERY
aL inscriptions. THE GEORGIA COTTON PRESS, HORSE-POWER COTTON
PRESSES, WATER-POWER COTTON PRESSES, CAST and WROUGHT SCREW
PRESSES. PLANTATION STEAM ENGINES, irfE BEST HORSE POWER MADE
ALL SIXES GIN GEAR, SAW MILLS AND SUGAR MILLS.
Send for Circular for THE BEST WATER WHEEL MADE.
WM, PENDLETON,
my2l-frsuwe&c3m SURVIVOR.
BLACK
IRON GRENADINE,
SO CENTS,
WORThIoNE DOLLAR!
IN THE WOBLD FOR THE PULE. JUST RECEIVED FROM
JAMES A. GRAY’S.
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INMAN LINE
Royal Mail Steamers!
FOR QUEENSTOWN MD 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 tttted up, while the State Rooms are
light, airy and roomy. The saloons are
large and well ventilated, the breadth of
the vessel, and sitqatod where there is
least noise and motion. Smoking-rooms,
Ladies' Boudoirs,Pianofortes and Librai ies,
Bath-rooms, Barber’s Shop, Ac.
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 Paasage-SBO 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 A-ent,
mys-3m 221 Broad street, Augusta, Ga.
GEORGE G. HULL,
PROPRIETOR OF THE
EXCELSIOR MILLS
(Formerly Stovall’s Excelsior Mills),
AUGUSTA, GA.,
MAFUFAC1 U RES FLOUR in all grades.
The old and well known EXCELSIOR
DKANDo
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,
GRAHAM FLOUR*
MILL FEED,
BRAN, Etc.,
Constantly madq, hnd orders promptly
filled at the
LOWEST RATES.
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