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THE CONSTITUTIONALIST
TUESDAY, August 10,1875.
GEORGIA GENERAL NEWS
There are 401,603 dogs in Georgia.
Mr. Wiley Phillips, a citizen o£ Jas
per county since 1808, died last Wed
nesday, aged about eighty yerrs.
We learn from the Griffin News that
the McDonough Collegiate Seminary
building was burned by an incendiary
last Wednesday.
Burke county owns 11,905 hogs of
which number 5,166 are for killiug next
Winter. She also owns 2,274 dogs and
only 892 sheep, of which number 204
have been killed by dogs this year.
V> ilkinson county has been truly hot
and dry this Summer. The Appeal
says the rain fall during July was only
three-fourths of an inch, and the mean
temperature 93 degrees.
Chatham county has 4,978 white, and
5,309 colored polls. Total number of
acres of laud, 151,394 ; value, $1,503,344.
Aggregate value of city and town prop
erty, 812,554,703; merchandise, $1,956,-
821 ; money and solvent debts, $4,089,-
817 ; stocks and bonds, $760,715. Ag
gregate value of whole property. $23 -
913,979.
The ease of Inman, Swann & Cos. vs.
the city of Griffin, to enforce the pay
ment of interest on bonds issued by the
Mayor and Council to the Griffin, Mad
ison aud Monticello Railroad, has been
decided against the city in the Superior
Court, but the News says that the case
will go to the Supreme Court, the suit
involved $21,000, and the defense set
up was the invalidity of the bonds.
Col. Jas. Davison, a prominent citizen
of Greene county, had a severe stroke
of paralysis last Saturday, says the
Greensboro Herald. It also states that
“Mr. Win. Terrill, an old and highly re
spected citizen of this county, who has
been in a precarious state of health for
some months, apparently died Friday,
and preparations were being made for
his interment. After being in a coma
tose condition for some time, he revived,
aud is still living.”
Friday afternoon, about three o’clock,
while a heavy rain was falling, $2,000
in gold and silver was stoleu from a
trunk in the residence of Major W. S.
Stroud, who lives in Russel couuty,
Ala., some eight and a half miles from
Columbus. Parties who gave the in
formation know not whom to suspect.
The money belonged to Major S., and
he had been treasuring it for a long
time. It does seem madness in men to
keep such a large amount of money in
a trunk in a house in a lonely neigh
borhood, when bank vaults are so
near. *
The Griffin Star-Cultivator under
stands “that a black fiend in human
shape, by the name of Green Waters,
attempted a brutal outrage on the per
son of a young lady in the vicinity of
Brooksville on Sunday evening last.
The screams of the lady brought to
her relief two gentlemen who were
near by, and at their appearance the
negro made for the woods, The gen
tlemen secured dogs, and, after a chase
of a mile or two, captured the scoun
drel. He was taken in charge aud
chained securely to a tree, and, fortu
nately, about the hour of twelve o’clock
at night made his escape. This is the
way to serve them. In such eases
there is uo need of judge or jury.”
Rome Commercial: It was generally
thought in the city yesterday that Hon.
Alex. H. Stephens would arrive in Rome
to-day; however, a comparatively few
got an inkling that he would be here
yesterday afternoon. When the train
from Cave Spring arrived yesterday
afternoon at 5:30 o’clock, quite a re
spectable crowd of the citizeus of Rome
had collected at the depot to see and
welcome this distinguished statesman,
whose name is so closely interwoven
with the affairs of this government
during the last half century. As the
frail, crippled ex-Vice-President hob
bled ou his crutches from the car to the
carriage, into which he had to be as
sisted, those who had uever seen him
before looked in sheer wonderment up
on the pallid, pinched face, in which
were set the strangely brilliaut eyes of
Georgia’s most gifted son.
Marietta Journal: We learn from Mr.
J. R. Groover, of Pickens county, that
a sad and fatal accident occurred to
Mr. Wm, Page, who resitted near
Heard’s Store, in Dawson county, on
Thursday week, 29th ult. Mr. A. J.
Kelley recently erected anew circular
saw on Yellow Creek, near the Chero
kee line, aud Mr. Page having never
seen a circular saw in operation went
to see it. When the stock had been
put on, and the saw had cut off the
first slab, Mr. Page and his neighbor,
Mr. Nealins, picked up the slab to carry
it off, when the saw caught the slab
and jerked Mr. Page against the saw
which inflicted a wound that killed
him instantaneously. The saw struck
him between the point of the right
shoulder and neck, ripping his body
open to the lower part of his breast
bone, exposing his lungs, while the
quivering flesh was covered with his
life’s blood. He leaves a wile and two
or three children to mourn his untime
ly loss.
On last Sunday evening, as the
daughter of Mr. James Travis, residing
five miles south of Fayetteville, was
passing the public road, en route to her
brother’s-in-law, and but a few hundred
yards from her own house, she was
seized by a surly black negro and
dragged some distance into the woods.
Her cries at once attracted the atten
tion of a neighbor who arrived iu time
to frustrate the designs of the brute,
when he fled. The intelligence quickly
spread through the neighborhood, aud
a pack of hounds were soon on the track,
ami the perpetrator was apprehended
early that night by a large crowd of
respectable citizeus. It is proper to
add that the young lady is of one of
the most respectable families in Fay
ette county, and though bruised by the
attempt to choke her, she fortunately
escaped without serious injury. This
is the second offense of the kind that
lias occurred in Fayette county recent
ly. and it is to be hoped that others
will be deterred from the commission
of such a brutal outrage. We know
nothing more of the facts, but state
the above as communicated to us.
Statement of a Brooklyn Scandal
Case. Thomas Ivinselia, one of the
proprietors of the Brooklyn Eagle, and
late member of Congress, was sued by
Thomas Field, a superintendent of the
public schools of that city, for damages
for seducing plaintiff’s wife. The case
was referred, and it was subsequently
agreed that no defense should be made
aud that tnc damages should be sls -
000, and the referee so reported and
judgment wits entered accordingly.
The plaintiff then announced his inten
tion to invest the $15,000, the income
to be set apart for the support of Mis.
Field while she lived; after her death
it was to be known as the “Ivinselia
Trust” for the relief of fallen women.
The defendant thereupon refused to
pay the judgment, and though he was
supposed to be possessed of considera
ble property, the Sheriff was unable to
hud any goods on which to levy execu
tion. It is understood that, by the in
tervention of friends, the supplement
ary controversy has been adjusted sat
isfactorily to both parties, and that
the defendant is to pay the $15,000,
the income of which will go to the sup
port of Mr. Field, but that it is not to
be designated the “Kinsella Trust,”
which designation he regarded as a
etigma on his family.
SOUTH CAROLINA.
LETTER FROM BARNWELL.
‘ Libeling” the Commissioners Spoil
ing Rotten Eggs—A Defense of “ Car
olinian”—Some Facts in the Law of
Libel - What Constitutes a White-Ne
gro—Convenient Dodges to Patch
Wounded “ Honor.”
[Correspondence of the Constitutionalist]
Barnwell Court House, S. C., I
August 6, 1875. j
So our County Commissioners have
been libeled ? Well, this information
is, to say the least, refreshing in the
superlative degree! Why, we had
thought, in these parts, that such a
tiling was simply impossible. Bravo,
Carolinian Upon what a happy
realization have our eyes been opened
in the announcement of this fact. But
is it a fact, Messrs. Editors? We very
much distrust, dear sirs, the ability of
this offended body to make it clear.
There can be no doubt that any true
“ Caroliuiau” would willingly undergo
the condign punishment attendant
on a conviction of the crime of libel, in
this particular case, aud enjoy large
satisfaction therein, as any other mar
tyr amidst all his sufferings sees only
the advantage his physical agonies
bring to the cause he espouses, aud so
ignores his pains in the contemplation
of his glory. I say any man ought to
be willing to suffer in order to convince
the people of this county that the
Board of County Commissioners are a
virtuous, honorable and upright set of
(tod fearing men. Alas! I am sorely afraid
it will require more than one victim
to convince the good people of Barn
well county of that fact, even to the ex
tent of preventing an open expression
of sentiment. Upon the whole, we are
rather glad to learn that this happy
trio profess an intention to indict “Car
olinian” for libel. You are aware of
the license allowed in the examination
of witnesses in such cases, and won’t
we have a glorious old time ? We only
apprehend that this threat is mere
bragadocio.
The most surprising part of George
E. Osborne’s indignation is that he
rises in his wrath at that portion of
Carolinian's article which imputes to
him a pretence of being part negro.—
That, certainly, he is too well informed
to regard as being libelous. A libel I
judge to be the writing of anything
calculated to bring one into public con
tempt. But how, if lie is there already ?
But, again, Osborne cannot mean to
say that he is offended at being placed
ou a {tar with his African confreres, be
cause he has bound himself, body and
soul, to that race, and now enjoys the
dubious honor of County Commission
er through their suffrage.
Under our present form of govern
ment it would not be libelous to liken a
mau to a negro. Once differently—the
negroes were slaves then, but now they
are freemen—so-called, as your illustri
ous Bill would say. Now, the only re
cognized distinction between a white
mau and a negro (barring complexion)
is in the conduct of the men. There
fore, Osborne either believes his politi
cal allies are his moral inferiors (God
save the mark!) or that they are his
inferiors by the Divine flat; in either
curse ho would hardly have the
temerity to affirm it, as it might be sui
cidal to his future political prospects.
What, will he do then? Why, simply
nothing! I very much mistake if he
has any idea of prosecuting Caroli
nian, and I believe his only object iu
writing to you was to find out who
Carolinian was. Once upon a time
men didn’t settle these things this way.
However, I don’t mean to quarrel with
the mode Mr. Osborne has taken to re
pair his wounded honor. There be men
of peace as well as otherwise, and I ara
an advocate for a man’s settling his
difficulties any way he sees lit. Aud
then I suppose, of course, Mr. Osborne
knew that he could uot get any matter,
“through a friend,” adjusted. In short,
I judge he was aware that Carolinian
would not compromise himself by going
on a brief and early morning ramble
about Sand Bar Ferry with him, and he
chose the ouly road open to appease
his offended manhood. Knowing all
these facts and keeping in mind the
first Napoleon’s words, “Wounds in
flicted on honor are incurable,” how
else was the irate County Commissioner
to satisfy his vengeance?
Just as a matter of public notoriety,
and to convince you that there is no
ground for the eharge of slander against
this immaculate liad., as well as to con
firm your first impressions that you
were doing only a fair part by your
South Carolina readers in publishing
Carolinian's article, let me inform
you that this self-same Geo. E. Os
borne was, on Monday last, presented
by the investigating committee of the
Tax Union, among other things, for
charging the county with work he never
performed; indeed, he was so loose
and reckless about the perpetration of
the base fraud that the committee de
tected his Commissiouership iu charg
ing the county for work done on the
first day of the week! What do you
call this? Is it stealing ? Ob, no ! If
you say such a hard word as that you
slander the virtuous! [For particu
lars, %'ide Barnwell Sentinel of present
date, wherein the report of the com
mittee is published.]
I dare say you will never hear from
any correspondent in the interest of the
Commissioners, unless it be from the
pen of one of their paid tools.
By the way the very latest informa
tion is to the effect that Osborne will not
wait for the slow, lazy process of the
majestic law to work out his desires,
but that he intends to shoot Carolin
ian at this place to-morrow morning !
Isn’t this horrible to contemplate? And
yet I don’t believe Carolinian will
take out a warrant to arrest the pur
pose of this ferocious adversary ! Of
course we all recognize the imminent
peril of Carolinian's position. As
Osborne’s flight after the deed will pos
sibly be through your city do not say
after this that you have had no warn
ing. I warn you now to flee from the
wrath of the infuriated Commissioner.
Fly to the mountains—anywhere. Any
tranquillity you may feel is treacherous
—beware of it aud decamp while you
yet have time. If you will remain—if
your arduous duties compel you at
tendance at your office call ou the
Mayor for an extra force of police to
guard you. Fritz.
A Card from Commissioner Osborn.
Williston, S. C., Aug. 7, 1875.
To the Editor of Constitutionalist :
Df.ak Sir: In reference to the in
famous libel published in your paper
of the 4th inst., over the signature of
Carolinian against my private and offi
cial character, I would beg to state as
matter of information to yourself that
the letter referred to was dated August
Ist, and that on the 4th day of said
month the Treasurer of this county
sent ia his monthly report as required
by law, showing that he had on hand
to the credit of the Commissioners
funds amounting to SS,O(K). Said report
is now on file in my office. By enclosed
letter you will see at once that the por
tion of the letter referring to the luna
tics is a palpable falshood. As to the
charge against my private character
I am safe in saying that there is not
one decent citizen in this county who
does not know that the author of the
said article is a low fellow entirely un
reliable. It is all done as a matter of
prejudice on account of the difference
of opinion in a local matter in this
county, and I have instructed an at
torney to institute legal proceedings
against the writer of said article, for
which purpose please send me the
M S of the libel. O. E, Osborn.
THE SCYTHIA AND THE WHALE.
A correspondent of the Boston Globe
writes to that journal on July 20: The
chief topic of conversation in shipping
circles to-day is the wonderful story
which has come to light of the killing,
by the Cunard steamer Scythia, of an
immense whale in the Irish Sea. The
collifion occurred on Saturday, off
Ballycotton, and, although the steamer
sustained no injuries except a “bump”
aud a little rocking, the monster of
the deep was instantly killed. When
the news reached Liverpool first
that the steamer and a whale had
been in collision, the story was treat
ed as a joke. The Captain of the
steamer, it was alleged, had mis
taken his course, and instead of
being in collision with a whale, had
only struck a buoy off Ballycotton,
with which all navigators accustomed
to that part of the coast were acquaint
ed. It was useless to appeal to the ev
idence of passengers ou board the
steamer, that after the collision the sea
was “covered with blood.” This was
held to be a mere fragment—-the inven
tion of the fertile brain of some Yan
kee newspaper correspondent on board
the steamer. In fact, the existence of
the whale off Ballycotton, and its en
counter with the Cunard liner, would
have led to as much disputation as the
reality of the great sea-serpent, had
uot the whale been found floating, dead,
near the place whei'e the steamer was
said to have been in collision with it.
How the great fish got into collision
with the steamer is Jikely to remain a
mystery. There are different theories.
One is that the whale was taken at an
unguarded momeut. Not suspectiug
that it was iu the track—or “laues,” as
the Cunard Captains call them—which
the steamers of this line take in cross
ing to America, the whale was floating
peacefully ou the billows and asleep,
aud that its slumbers were rudely in
terrupted by the propeller of the
Scythia comiug smack against its snout.
This is the theory of those who believe
that whales sleep. Another theory is
that the unfortunate whale, which had
been drifted down from northern lati
tudes by forces which it could not con
trol, on getting near the Irish coast
was in a sportive mood, and that, while
it was
“Playing high its buoyant roll and leap,”
the Scythia suddenly came up, aud the
propeller of the steamer, striking the
monster of the deep, brought its gam
bols to a sudden termination. What
ever may have led to the whale’s un
happy end, that it is dead, and, as
sportsmen say, “bugged,” is beyond
doubt, for the carcass of the creature
was safely towed into the Mersey last
night by the tug British King, com
manded by Captain Roose.
On Saturday, the 17th, while between
Ballycotton aud Roche’s Point, the
yacht Killmany “picked up” the car
cass of the whale. The yacht took the
whale in tow for the purpose of taking
it to Queenstown. The yacht, with its
extraordinary prize, became becalmed.
While iu this position the British King
hove in sight, and, those ou board the
yacht communicating the position of
affairs, it was agreed that the tug
should take the yacht and whale in tow
to Queenstown. The hawser given by
the yacht to the tug was uot strong
enough for the strain, aud after rowing
a short distance it gave way. The crew
on board the tug, however, were deter
mined not to lose the whale now that it
was captured, but resolved to bring it
to Liverpool, for the purpose of show
ing that the encounter between the
steamer and the monster was not mythi
cal. Some tackle was lashed about
the tail of the whale, the tug’s
hawser was employed, and ulti
mately the carcass of the “king of
tbe sea,” was towed into Queenstown
by the British King. The Scythia, the
slayer of the whale, happened to be iu
the harbor at the time. The carcass
of the whale was towed alongside the
steamer, and the crew and passen
gers, on seeing it, gave a hearty cheer.
The tug and the whale remained in the
harbor until 11 o’clock on Sunday, and
during their stay were visited by
thousands, who were anxious to see
the “great creature that was kilt by the
steamer.” The British King ou Sun
day morning set sail for Liverpool
with her strange charge iu tow. In
crossing the channel the invariable
signal was, “Where are you bound
for, and what have you got iu tow?”
When the reply was, “A whale,” the in
terrogatories were uot continued. The
British King and the whale, which
measures fifty-six feet long, reached
the Mersey late last night, and took up
a position off the Albert wall, to the no
small wonderment of those who wit
nessed the strange arrival. The Mer
cury announces that the monster will
be beached this afternoon, but as the
Parthia sails before the ceremony
takes place, I hasten to send you these
hurried particulars.
WIT AND W ISDOM.
A correspondent suggests that the
thing that will make a boy yearn for
the resumption of study has at last
been discovered. It is rolling a baby
around in a wagon while a base ball
match is being played.
John Morrissey wants a library at
Saratoga, and says : “That library is a
necessity for the risihg generation, and
to keep people among us. We can’t
livejon horses and regattas alone. Ev
ery one of them nine Muses must be
taken by the hand and set on his, her
or its feet. The age has to progress
harmoniously.”
Four Petersburg policemen have been
discharged for leaving their beats to
find a comfortable place to sleep. We
should think they would be discharged.
The man who can’t sleep soundly on
his beat has no business on the police
force.
An exchange says : “It is astonishing
to see how little there is of some ladies
in these days of contracted skirts.”—
Yes, that’s so ; aud yet, we can see a
great deal more of them now than be
fore' — St. Joe Herald.
The other day Mr. and Mrs. Crab
apple answered the door-bell, and
found a step-sou in the basket on the
door-step. They didn’t want any of it,
but they took it in, aud it yelled, and
hooted, and shrieked, and tore around
with the bilious colic, and kept the en
tire family awake all night, just as fa
miliar and sociable like as if it belonged
there. — Cincinnati Saturday Night.
A Philadelphia minister who does not
believe in ghosts threw a brick through
the front window of a house that was
said to be haunted, and the result was
a hasty exit of a number of tramps and
sneak thieves who had made the empty
house their headquarters.
One of the Siamese Ambassadors, on
returning home from Europe, gave the
following description of a piano-forte,
or, as he called it, “a great trunk set
upon legs.” He said: “A woman sits in
front of this and, tickling a sort of tail
it has with her toe, produces a variety
of souuds by beating rapidly with her
Ungers on a number of little bits of
ivory in front of it.” Those Siamese
are unbiased, and therefore reliable
critics.
“I’ll bet a sheep,” said an old farmer
to his wife, “that our boy ’Zekiel is
going crazy!” “Why, what on earth
makes you think so?” exclaimed the
alarmed mother. “’Cause he’s grinning
at the cart, and grinning at the pump,
and grinning at the barn, and grinning
at the oxen, and grinning at every
thing.” “Nonsense!” said the experi
enced matron, “don’t you know he re
ceived a love letter this morning?”
Late to Church.
IFrom Harper s Bazar.]
Along the road, on either side,
The elder boughs are budding,
The meadow lands a rosy tide
Of clover bloom is flooding;
The sunny landscape is so fair,
So sweet the blossom-scented air,
That when I went to church to-day
I could but choose the longest way.
Loud sang the bobolinks, and round
The milk-weed flowers the bees were
humming:
I sauntered on, but soon I found
Behind me there was tome one com
ing.
I did not turn my head to see,
And yet I knew who followed me
Before Tom called me—“ Kitty! stay,
And let me share with you the way!”
We did not mind our step * grew slow,
Or notice when the beil stopped ring
ing,
Or think of being late, but, lo!
When we had reached the church, the
singing
Was over and the prayer was done,
The sermon fairly wa- begun!
Should we go in, snould we stay out,
Press boidly on, or turn about ?
Tom led the way, and up the aisle
I followed—all around were staring—
And here and there I caught a smile;
1 tried to think I was uot caring;
Aud yet I blushed, 1 know, and showed
A face that like a poppy glowed,
For every one seemed saying, Kate,
We all know why you are so late.”
Another Sunday, come what will,
I mean to be at church in season;
But to regret this morning still,
1 trust i never shall have reason;
For should I wear a wedding-dress
A year from now, perhaps you’ll guess
What Tom said to mo when, to-day,
We walked to church the longest way!
PEREMPTORY SALE
AT AUCTION BY CONSENT OF PARTIES
On Easy Terms and Long Credit
OF MOST
Permanently Valuable anil Productive
CITY PROPERTY,
The Lafayette Hall and Opera House
Containing Spacious Stores, Oftlcess and
Saloons,
ALL SUCCESSFUL AND POPULAR BUSI
NESS STANDS,
SITUATED IN THE MOST CENTRAL
PORTION OF THE CITY.
With Fronts on Broad and Ellis, Between
Jackson and Campbell Streets.
BY C. V. WALKER Auctioneer.
rpUESDAY, the 7th September, 1875, at 12
JL o’clock, m. t 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 tbe Lafayette Had a id
Opera House, situated in the city of Au
gusta, county of Richmond, and State of
Georgia, and in the square bounded by
liroad, 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 C 5 feet, by an ex
treme depth between parallel lines and ex
tending from street to street of 271 l'eet 6
inches, said measurement all being more or
less. Ihe said property, if not sold in
block, will be sold subdivided into iots, des
ignated by the Nos. 1, 2 and 3, according to
plans of J. F. Braun, architect, to bo 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 eaeli 2G 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 iinost 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 above the same, subjo t to nil
the conditions of servitude hereinafter
specified.
Lot No. 2. west of he 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 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. Mvers A 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 by a depth between parallel
lines of 145 feet 6 inches, from which point
it contracts to a width of 12 feet, and ex
tends to and fronts on South Broad street.
I’iiis said extension is known as the Ar
cade, or entrance from Broad street to tiie
Opera House. Also, tiie present existing
alleyway, 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 Ai eade or alley way—
together witii all the improvements there
on, comprising that extensive, capacious
and subst ntially-bu It brick Opera House,
covered witii 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 i,400 persons. The
basement is adapted for saloon purposes,
lighted with gas throughout, and the only
establishment of its kind iu tiie city for
public entertainment. With ordinary care
and small expense this j>roporty alone is
susceptible of producing a large and cer
tain iucome. It has yielded in ordinarily
prosperous seasons over $6,000 per annum.
The above decscribed property, compris
ing, as it does, the 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 be 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 ou
the property, bearing interest at the rate
of eight per cent, per annum from the day
of sale until linal payment; said interest to
bo 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; tiie
i otes, if required, to be drawn for such
amounts to suit the part.'es 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 30th of September,
1875. jy2s id
L. H. MILLEK. (- \ ESTABLISHED 1857
MILT.ER’S
Safe and Iron Works,
BALTIMORE.
Salesroom, 2G5 W. Baltimore Street, One
Door Above Hanover Factory. Sqaure
Bounded by Henrietta, Clark, Fre
mont and Warner Streets.
I VERY variety of the Best FIRE and
U BURGLAR-PROOF SAFES, BANK
ERS’ CHESTS, Improved Key and Combi
nation LOCKS, BANK VAULTS and
DOORS.
D,OOO in Use am! Tested in 300
O I \# IT lyj To agents and others, male
■ w II and female, a SSO secret and
_ ___ _ beautifully illustrated 100-
A \A/ A page Novelty Catalogue. >R.
I jF. Young & Cos.. 29 Broad
way, New York. jy29-lawiy
The Kitson Machine Comp’v,
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, Eta., Eta.
Kitson’s Patent Compound Opener Lapper.
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milE cotton is spread on this machine from the bale, and is made into a very even
JL lap, at the rate of 300 to 400 pounds per hour. The laps are then llnished on a
TWO-BEATER LAPPER,
WITH
KITSON’S PATItINT EYENER
Attached, and owing to recent improvements in this Evener, the laps when ready for
tho 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.
SSrThere 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, Langley Manufac
turing Company, and at the best mills at Lowell, Lawrence, Fall River, Manchester,
Lewiston, Providence, Richmond, Baltimore, etc., etc.
The following are a few among many testimonials which we have received:
AUGOSTA FACTORY, Augusta, Ga., July 5,1875.
The Kitson Machine Company, Lowell, Mass.: .
Gentlemen: We have been running your Compound Opener Lappers aud Finisher
Lappers, with Evener*, for more than one vear. 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.
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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 for more than two years past at the Cotton Mill ol the
Langley Manufacturing Company, and have found it to work the most satisfactory of
any opening and picking arrangement I have ever seen. We hive no; weighed a pound
of cotton upon the picker apron since starting, yet we have had a remarkable regularity
of numbers, 'file 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.
office Massachusetts cotton mills, /
Lowell, February 20, 1874. j
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 these 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 for labor and repairs. In our ‘ I’resoolt Mill,” where
we have two Compound Opener Lappers, and four Finisher Lappers, we have averaged
the past seven weeks 39,267 lbs. Cloth weekly. Yarn averaging about No. 22. Cost one
14 100 mills (.00114) per lb. of cloth. We consider them a lirst class machine in all re
spects. Yours very truly,
p F. F. BATTLES, Agent.
MERRIMACK MANUFACTURING COMPANY, /
Lowell, January 23, 1874. )
The Kitson Machine Company, Lowell, Mass :
Gentlemen: We have been using some of your Compound Openei Lappers and
Finisher Cappers, with Eveners, for nearly three years, and at present are passing all
onr cotton through them. The machines have proved satisfactory, and botli in quantil y
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 CO vtPANYd
SAMUEL E. STOTT. Treasurer, _
jy6-3m LOWELL, MASS.
SUMMER RESORTS.
WARM SPRINGS!
MADISON COUNTY,
WESTERN NORTH_ CAROLINA.
rnHESIi SPRINGS are situated four miles
X from the Tennessee line, on the banks
of the French Broad River, in the very
midst of tho 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
and sub-acute Gout, Rheumatism, Dispep
sia, Neuralgia, Secondry Syphilis, Nephri
tic aud Calculous Disorders, Scrofula, Cu
taneous, aud 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 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 aud 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. Children under ten
and over two years, and colored servants,
half price.
The Price of Tickets to Warm Springs,
N. C., via Atlanta, $24.90.
J. A. SAMPLE, Geu’l Manager,
For Warm Springs Cos.
Apply to Manager or Druggists iu the
city for Pamphlets and Circulars. je2-tf
MANSION HOUSE
POFtT ROYAL, S. C.
SITUATED AT THE TERMINUS OF
the Fort Royal Railroad, where connec
tion is made with the last 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 witli 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,
je2G-tf Proprietor.
The Charleston Hotel
WILL not be closed this Summer. All
guests patronizing us during the
Summer and Fall months, and remaining a
week or more, will be allowed a reasonable
discount—exceptoecupants of rooms on the
first or parlor lloor.
The attention of the Con ,try Merchants
is respectfully called to tnis notice.
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Tile Pines,
AIKEN, S. C.
rpHIS centrally located establishment is
A. now open for the reception of Summer
Boarders. The house is capacious, airy
and within one minutes’ walk of the Ac
commodation train from Augusta.
Fare first class.
Aiken is well known to be the most pleas
ant Summer resort within an hundred miles
of Augusta. Just one hour’s ride. Three
trains daily each way.
Board S3O per month.
P. B. WILLIAMS,
augl-suwefrsu Proprietor.
PIANO FOR SALE.
.A. 7H OCTAVE Hallelt A Davis Square
Grand PIANO, nearly new and in good or
der. For sale cheap. Call early.
Apply at 135 BROAD STREET,
jell-tf Nearlv opposite Monument St.
EDUCATIONAL.
DANCING SCHOOL.
MONS. BERGER, Professional Teacher,
informs the Ladies and Gentlem n of
Augusta that ho will open a First-Class
DANCING SCHOOL at the Masonic Hall
He vn l be there on Thursday, the 24th
J une, 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.
ALT IIENB, GEORG IA.
CALENDAR.
JYHE scholastic year is divided into 2 ses
sions. First session commences Sep
tember 15th; second session February 7th.
Closing Exercises occur on the last
Thursday in June—proceeding two weeks—
devoted to private examinations.
Terms (pev session), payable in advance.
Board, with use of fee 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 (X)
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.
THE Thirty-Fourth Annual Session opens
the 25tli 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, SOO. For
Catalogues, address I. F. COX,
jy27-d&wlm President.
St. Jolm’s.
A Select Boardinq School
FOR YOUNG LADIES,
TN ONE OF THE MOST BEAUTIFUL
1 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 iirst-class educational
opportunities, will please address
Rev. GEO. LEWIS STALEY,
Knoxville, Frederick county, Md.
aug3-2taw&tri-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, 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-tuthsalv
SIOO JtEWARD!
Waynesboro, Ga., July 3.
A REWARD OF ONE HUNDRED DOL
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 jail at this
place on the night of the 2d instant.
By order of the Board of County Commis
sioners.
JNO. D. MUNNERLYN,
jys-30t Clerk, B. C.
THE GREAT
GEORGIA STATE FAIR
18 7 5.
The Annual Fair for 1875 of the Georgia State
Agricultural Society will be held in
M A C O KT, Gr El 0.,
At the Beautiful CENTRAL CITY PARK GROUNDS,
BEGINNING
>1 o TV 1> A V. o C T O BK R 18.
AND CONTINUING ONE WEEK.
A large, varied and liberal Premium List 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—t he contribution of a single farm SIOO
ror the best six stalks of cotton—to become the property of the Society 50
For the best live 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 SIOO
Best Walking Horse 50
Best Saddle Horse or Mare 75
Best Single Buggy Horse or M are . 75
Best Combination Horse or Mare 100
Best Doub e Team, owned by one Exhibitor 100
Boat 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 SIOO
Best Milch Cow 50
Cow giving the Richest Milk 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 months old 50
Poultry Department.
For best trio of each variety $ jo
Best and largest display in merit and variety of Domestic Fowls, raised in Georgia., 50
Best and largest display in merit and varftty of same, open to the world 50
Best display of Pigeons 00
Best display of Rabbits , xo
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 ’s6o
Best display of breads by one lady ‘ 25
Ornamental Needle Work.
Best display in merit and var ety of Female Handicraft, embracing Needle Work,
Embx-oidery, Crocheting, Knitting, etc., by one lady $ 50
Fine Art Department.
Best Oil Painting, (any subject) $ 25
Best Portrait Painting 20
Best Painting in Water Coioi’s 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 Ai illinery 25
Special Premium for Granges.
To the Gi’ange 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 s’ ow ever held in the Stale or South. More
and finer Horses. Mules, Cattle Sheep, Swine and Poultry than ever before exhibited.
Parties wishing lino Stock, as a, fine Harness or Saddle Horse, Milcli Cow, Thoroughbred
Bull, Trio of Chickens, etc., will find the occasion of this Fair a rare oppoi-tunity 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 Pi-emiums, Rules, Regulations, etc., and containing two engravings of the beau
tiful aud magnificent Fair Gx’ounds.
A. 11. 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, can furnish at short notice.
IRON and BRASS CASTINGS of the best material and linish, and MACHINERY
of all descriptions. THE GEORGIA COTTON PRESS, HORSE-POWER COTTON
PRESSES, WATER-POWER COTTON PRESSES, CAST 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-frsuwesc3m SURVIVOR.
bEj ac e:
IRON GRENADINE,
SO CENTS,
WORTH ONE DOLLAR!
The BEST IN THE WORLD FOR THE PRICE. JUST RECEIVED FROM
AUCTION, at
JAMES A. GRAY’S.
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The Last Ten Bales
OF THOSE DAMAGED SHEETINGS
and DRILLS will be opened on Mon
day Morning, August 2d, at
C. J. T. BALK’S,
This is positively the LAST LOT of
those Goods, damaged at the recent tire at
Langley, S. 0., that will be offered in this
mar net, and in order to p event spe ula
tors from getting hold of them, NOT
MORE THAN FIVE PIECES will be sold to
any one person. The price will be marked
on each piece in plain figures, at the rate of
about.
#3.00 For #5.00 Worth!
In consequence of the extraordinary rush
during the past week, it was impo isible to
avoid delay in the delivery of purchases.
This week none of these goods will be sent
out.
Call early and get first choice, at
C. J. T. BALK’S.
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Communications.
SSO TO slo,ooogffAslW*:
ilegos, and paid 900 per cent, profit. "How
to do it.” A book on Wall street sent free.
TUMBRIDGE & CO.. Bankers, a Wall St.
N. Y. jei9-d*cßm
GEORGE G. HULL,
PROPRIETOR OF THE
EXCELSIOR MILLS
(Formerly Stovall’s Excelsior Mills),
AUGUSTA, GA.,
MAFUFACTURES FLOUR in all grades.
'I he old and well known EXCELSIOR
BRANDS
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 made, and orders promptly
filled at the
LOWEST RATES,
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