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IHE CONSTITUTIONALIST
WEDNESDAY,
SHERMAN AS A MYSTERY.
A. Startling Theory of his Deflection
from Augusta when Marching to the
Sea.
A few years ago, we had occasion to
state that many reasons were- given
why Gen. Sherman did not capture the
city of Augusta when engaged in his
famous or infamous tramp to the Ocean.
At that time too, an anecdote was re
lated to us, which was supposed to
throw some light upon an otherwise
dark subject. It was said that the
General, when quite a youngster and
in command of our arsenal, was hand
somely entertained by citizens of this
place. On one occasion, he was present
at tho wedding of a very lovely girl,
whose beauty was of * that character
which haunts the memory of man
though he should wander to the utter
most verge of the world. Years after
ward, when the young Lieutenant had
grown to be a commander of mighty
armies, and, instead of bringing smiles
with his presence in the South, carried
desolation and barbarity, tho fortune of
war found him at Atlanta which he had
reduced to ashes. Amid the ghastly
scenes his power had wrought, a party
of Georgians sought him for tho pur
pose of conference and possibly a
treaty. The head of tho delegation
tvas a well known Union man, whose
sons had fought in the grey lines of
the Confederacy, and two of them were
then sleeping their last sleep where
they fell in the vanguard of battle. At
the interview alluded to above, Sher
man inquired most feelingly of Au
gusta. He seemed to dwell upon his
old life here with peculiar sympathy
and affection. Asking after many
friends of “lang syne,” he particu
larly desired to know what
had been the after-career of that beau
tiful girl whose wedding he attended.
Cleaving the clouds of war, her bright
eyes shone star-liko and rose upon the
morning of his memory, as an exquis
ite dream sometimes gilds the slumber
of those who are least liable to pleas
ant visions, and perhaps least worthy
of them. At all events, the interviewing
Georgians were struck with Sherman’s
emphatic tenderness in speaking of Au
gusta, and, years ago, we suggested
that it may have been a pair of daz
zling orbs and a face of beautiful
charms, and the subtle spell of a noble
and attractive woman, that made the
modern Hun pause before the spires of
this city and point his sword toward
Savannah.
So much for the romance of this
matter. We now come to the practical
conjecture of an ex-Federal officer,
backed up by the statements of a dis
tinguished ex-Confederate General now
established at London. In his latest
letter to the Washington. Capital , Col.
Donn Piatt, now sojourning in the
British metropolis, writes that Sher
man’s book has made but a trining rip
ple in European discussion and that, in
point of fact, the indifference of the
average foreigner on the subject of our
“late unpleasantness” was truthfully
represented by a cartoon in the Figaro
of Paris. A long, lean, comical-looking
philosopher was represented peering,
through a glass, across the Atlantic at
our troubled shores. A curious fellow
asks, “Canst thou make out anything
over there ?” Philosopher responds,
“I believe, neighbor, I can perceive a
few people moving about, not yet killed
off.”
There was a class of Englishmen,
however, the blockade-runners, who
had considerable interest in the mat
ter, and, in some respects, did not be
long to the parties ridiculed by Figaro.
Then, too, there was quite a number
of Britons who had genuine sym
pathies with the South in her agony,
primarily beeauso they did not like the
North, and, collaterally, because the
under dog in the fight will always com
mand a high-minded Englishman’s re
spect and pity, if not his active assist
ance. In these latter circles, spiced by
cx-Confederates who have drifted to
the second Babylon, Col. Piatt heard
much talk of Sherman and some sharp
criticisms upon his military career.
That which provoked the most pro
nounced strictures was the General’s
campaign from Atlanta to the coast,
especially as it involved the deflection
from Augusta. This portion of the
narrative is so interesting, and has so
much local significance, not to speak
of the crisp, terse, sparkling style of
composition, that we quote it entire :
“General Sherman’s avowed object in
his march to the sea was to cut the
Confederacy, so as to deprive Lee at
Richmond of the support to be gath
ered from supplies in the larger, richer
and heretofore untouched portions of
the Confederacy. Without this ho was
committing a military blunder, by so
dividing our forces as to enable Lee to
deal with either division in detail, with
out one being able to come to the sup
port of the other. He had cut loose
from his base of supplies, and was sub
sisting a huge army on the enemy’s
country, and had the enemy retreating
before him laid waste his line of march,
our army under Sherman would have
in a few days been in a pitiable condi
tion, scarcely worth the capture. Sher
man had reason—taking the violent
presumption that he had reason for or
in anything—to expect this. It would
have been a desperate measure, but the
South had proven herself capable of
such desperation. The whole war on
her part was of that sort, and nothing
but the fact that the conflict had in
reality ceased through the exhaustion
of the Confederacy, added to the im
becility of Jeff. Davis, prevented this
extreme measure, that would have
caught victory from the jaws of de
feat.
“ Under these circumstances it was
Sherman’s object, or should have been,
to strike the first deadly blow he could
at the. source of supply he sought to
cut off. Now, it was well known that
Augusta, Georgia, was the one import
ant depot of arms and ammunition
possessed by the Confederacy. It had
been selected as a point easiest to de
fend, owing to its position in the in
terior, and for the same reason became
the store-house of the immense supply
of cotton left the Southern Govern
ment. This place was at tho mercy of
Sherman. He could, without effort,
have captured and destroyed cotton
and arms, and had he done no more
than this, he would have accomplished
all that was necessary to end, without
loss of life, the deadly struggle that
had already survived the ordinary
limits of civilized warfare. He did no
thing of the sort, and was guilty of a
mystery that, done by a sane man,
would have left him open to a grave
suspicion of treachery. We entertain
no such suspicion ; for we have always
regarded Teccmseh as of that unbal
anced sort of brain one finds capable of
the most eccentric and unaccountable
conduct. It was, however, asserted and
generally believed among the classes
above enumerated in England, that
Grant and Sherman received from the
noble army of blockade runners a hun
dred thousand dollars in gold in re
turn for their humane act in thus
sparing their_cotton.
“We were sitting in Bowles’ reading
room one day, when a mutual friend
introduced us to a distinguished Con
federate officer, now here in exile. The
roast beef, ale and fogs of old England
had told upon the hero, and we saw
him ruddy of face and stout of person.
The conversation soon turned on one
of the two absorbing topics among
Americans in London—one being Bee
cher and the other Sherman. Our
newly-made acquaintance had held a
distinguished position, and deservedly
so, under the Confederacy, and he
dealt with Sherman from that point of
view. He told us that the amazement
throughout the South was beyond ex
pression when the fact became evident
that Sherman had spared Augusta.
His comments and criticisms were so
remarkable that after we separated we
addressed the gentleman a note asking
for information, and in reply received
tho following. We do not give the
name ; but if General Sherman or his
friends wish to rise for explanation
they are welcome to a knowledge of
our informant, or rather non-inform
ant ; for it will be observed that he
only gives us the fact, that he does not
know that which we were so desirous
of obtaining. The letter reads :
London, July 10, 1875.
My Dear General: I am not able to
give you information which would refute
the tale which you have heard to tho effect
that Gen. Sherman neglected to occupy
Augusta, Ga., when on his “March to the
Sea,” from personal, pecuniary considera
tions. Nor do I know positively that such
was the case. I can only give you, in reply
to your inquiries, the reports current at the
time.
In the condition of the Confederacy at the
commencement of the year 18C5 it was a
matter of intense surprise that the over
whelming Federal army should have
paused within a few short marches of the
only arsenal for providing ammunition to
the Confederate troops, when it was abso
lutely at its mercy, the Confederate com
mander having at his disposal for defense
only “a few straggling battalions and five
proclamations." The destruction of the Au
flfiicta arcana 1 wmiW havft hAAtI mnra afTan
tual in at once terminating the war than
all tho “bumming” committed by Sher
man’s troops from Dalton to Goldsboro’.
Moreover, Augusta was full of cotton, at
that time of great value, and as a large pro
portion was the absolute property of the
Confederate Government, the inducement
of legitimate “lost” was not wanting to
tempt the Federal General to move in that
direction.
Barring extraneous influences, it yet re
mains a mystery why Augusta was spared,
from whatever high official the orders
guiding “the march” emanated, whether
from Lincoln, Mr. Stanton, Gen. Grant
or Gen. Sherman, and can only be account
ed for by attributing it to gross incapacity
or a desire to prolong the strife and inflict
injuries upon private citizens rather than
upon the resources of a hostile govern
ment. I have not seen Gen. Sherman’s
book, aid do not know whether he at
tempts to explain the matter or not.
In conclusion, I can only mention the ex
planation current at the time with Confed
erates, and that is that Gon. Sherman re
ceived from wealthy holders of cotton in
Augusta a large sum of money in hand, in
consideration of his avoiding the town
and sparing their property. Names of
those reported as having paid and the
rumored amount can be given; but I do
not think that either party to tho transac
tion would now acknowledge tho truth,
and it is not probable that vouchers passed
between them.
Perhaps Gen. Sherman and his friends
can best rely for defense against the impu
tation, should it become more public, upon
Gen. Sherman’s high character for truth
fulness and probity, as well as his strict
regard for the usages and requirements of
civilized war.
Yours truly, .
We do not wonder that Col. Piatt
should have been somewhat startled
at these revelations ; and ho candidly
declares that, considering the gift-tak
ing conspicuous chiefs
of the so-called Union forces, there
may be more truth than poetry in this
allegation. He points out, too, that
Sherman’s book does not clear up this
mystery, and that Sherman’s character
is not such as to strike dead at once
the charge brought against him. He
even goes so far as to relate an anec
dote of the Great Bummer, when a
banker in California, which leaves one
“in doubt whether he would not have
regarded the payment of money to
spare the cotton in Augusta as a purely
business transaction, of no especial in
terest to any but the parties of the first
and second part known to the con
tract.” Shadowing that doubt and de
clining to give the party most interest
ed the benefit of it, Col. Piatt satiri
cally says: “An old German proverb
tells us that war leaves a country three
armies—an army of cripples, an army
of mourners and an army of thieves.
To judge of our civil service, and an
administration that boasts of two such
great lights as Grant and Sherman, we
certainly have our standing army of
the last named.”
We have no disposition to interfere
in this matter of controversy between
these two loyal men, and so leave the
pretty quarrel to be made up between
them, simply stating that General
Sherman, by all rights of courtesy, has
possession of the floor for explana
tion or confession.
Credit Mobilier Kelley will open his
“wild barbaric? yawp,” as Walt Whitman
would say, from the housetops of Indian
apolis next week in behalf of inflation. It
is not announced whether that other watch
tower of Radicalism—Mr. Morton—will
also speak, but he sympathizes with the
Credit Mobilier pig-ironist to the fullest ex
tent.— [Baltimore American.
Negro Religion—“ Vibrating a Cord.”
A Northern clergyman who has lately
made a clerical tour of observation
through the South suggests to the Ob
server that negro suffrage be abridged
and points out what he considers the
duty of Northern and Southern Chris
tians in regard to the debased popula
tion—especially the freedmen. He
says :
Now they are sadly neglected, and that
for a variety of reasons. Meeting a young
Presbyterian minister recently from South
Carolina, I asked : Are the Presbaterians
of the South, as a body, doing anything for
the elevation of the freedmen? “No sir.”
Do you know of any denomination of South
ern Christians which, as such, is moving
for this end? “No sir.” And when I said
to one and another: “You Southerners can
best do this work; you know the negro
best; you are nearer to him; you can do it
without rekindling prejudice; now, if you
would set about this work in earnest, acting
as denominations, I am sure the Northern
churches of the same name would back you
financially,” I found I had touched a cord
that vibrated.
We venture to say that pretty much
every thing practicable has been done
by all religious denominations in this
section for the negro’s spiritual welfare.
But no one who has not a knowledge
of negro nature, especially his religious
peculiarities, can imagine the obstacles
in the way. In the first place, a negro’s
ideas of religion and religious exercises
are sue generis. When an attempt is
made to move the Ethiopian by methods
adapted to the Caucasian, a dismal
failure must ensue, as it has ensued.
But, send along the cash, “vibrate that
cord” with greenbacks, and we will see
what wo can do in the performance of
miracles.
Pagans.— Tlie Chicago Tribune, hor
rified at the frequent recurrence of out
rages upon women, in all sections of
the country, but particularly in the
Northwest, asks : “Are we lapsing into
Pagans ?” It adds “that the abolition
of capital punishment is mainly re
sponsible for the present laxness and
insufficiency of criminal prosecutions
in the State of lowa, where fifty-seven
criminal assaults of the character indi
cated have been perpetrated within six
months, and gone unpunished.” The
State of lowa should not only re-estab
lish the gibbet, but add tho whipping
post as well. The man who descends
to bestial crimes of a felonious kind
should be soundly and publicly thrashed
as a preliminary to any other expiation
of his infamous transactions.
Curious Calculation.— Some West
ern wag has estimated that the pres
ence of Barnum's circus in Lafayette,
Indiana, on the 9th of July, cost the
farmers of Tippecanoe county $400,000.
That was a beautiful sunshiny day, and
hundreds left their harvest fields to
see the show. Next day the rain be
gan to fall, and has continued ever
since. Sometime ago the South was
spared the circus, during harvest, but
what costly shows the carpet-baggers
and scalawags used to get up, for their
own benefit, and everybody else’s dam
age !
Undertakers. — The London under
takers are wroth with the Duke of
Sutherland and his basket-burial idea.
In fact, they held an indignation meet
ing and protested “ against the spread
of notions which threaten to injure our
craft and degrade, the remains of our
common humanity.” Now, “ dying
sinners,” as all mankind are supposed
to be, should hold monster assem
blages and protest that all notions
should be encouraged which mako it
practicable for death to mean some
thing else than bankruptcy.
B. T.—The Brooklyn Argus gives this
effect, among many, of Tilton’s reopen
ing of his case : “Another trial!” ejac
ulated the sick man, starting up in bed
with a look of pain and weariness upon
his face. “Another trial,” repeated his
wife, gloomily. “Well, Mary,” he re
plied, falling back on the pillow, “you
can discharge the doctor; I guess I
want to die.” Other men we dare say
want to live in order to see the end of
the nastiness and the fate of the promi
nent dabblers therein.
Big Indians. —Tho red devils now in
durance in Florida petitioned most
dolorously to have their wives and
children with them. The Great Father
at Washington, yielded acquiescence
to his copper-colored childrens’ prayer;
but the Sioux and Comanche women
will not return to their lords in the
Land of Flowers unless compelled to
do so at the point of tho bayo net.
Breadstuffs.— The New York Times
thinks American exports of corn will,
of course, be affected by the stimula
ted demand, and, in round numbers,
we are justified in expecting for our
breadstuffs from abroad 20 to 25 mil
lions dollars more during tho coming
harvest year than during the one about
to close.
In its strenuous opposition to the elec
tion of Gov. Allen, it will not be forgotten
that the desertion of the Democratic stan
dard in its battle hour is no new thing to
the New York World. In the Seymour and
Blair campaign it proposed “to change the
candidate” one month before the election,
which greatly weakened the ticket and
lost thousands of votes. That paper be
longs, body, soul and gizzird, to Wall
street, and unless the Democratic party is
controlled out and out by those gamblers
it incurs the displeasure of the World.
The sooner it is known that that paper
does not represent the party the better.
The Indianapolis Journal is in great tra
vail over the condition of its party in Ohio.
It sings the following melancholy tune: “It
maybe none of our business, but it looks
to us very much as if the Republicans in
Ohio were not making the best possible use
of their time and opportunities. It is as
certain as anything can be that they can
only carry the State in October by thorough
organization, hard work, and stirring up
an enthusiasm that shall bring out a full
Republican vote. But thus far we do not
see, either in the reports of meetings or in
the tone of the Republican press of the
State, any very convincing evidence of or
ganization or enthusiasm. Have Ohio Re
publicans lost spirit, have they forgotten
the advantage of being the attacking par
ty, or what is the matter ? At present it
looks very much as if they are allowing
themselves to be put on the defensive, and,
instead of pouring hot shot into the rotten
record and stinking principles of Democra
cy, are engaged in protecting their own
rear and keeping open lines of retreat.”
PERSONAL.
Spotted Tail’s daughter has a sewing
machine.
Senator Sharon pays $540,000 taxes in San
Francisco, although he lives in Nevada.
Joaquin Miller drives out with the Presi
dent at the Branch. They talk about poetry,
of course.
The Baroness Burdett Ooutts makes a
feline plea for the cats. They owe her a
mew-nificent reward.
Old Bill Allen is a native of North Caro
lina, and is sixty-nine. He is said to be the
“dressiest” man in Ohio.
Colonel Boudinot wants the Choctaw In
dians represented in Congress. He thinks
they are as good as negroes.
Bessie Turner, it is whispered, will write
a story—whether of her life or drawn from
imagination is uncertain.
Miss Newton, of Delaware, poisoned her
self because her mother mispronounced a
word in the presence of company.
John Bright is writing his autobiogra
phy. It will appear in a short time, and
will probably create some sensation,
Mr. Hepworth Dixon has finished his new
book, and it will bo out in the autumn. It
is entitled “White Contest; America in
1875.”
Prof. Baird announces the death of the
entire shipments of 300,000 or 400.000 shad
sent to Germany. This is Baird news,
truly.
Verdi is to write anew opera at the re
quest of the Emperor of Austria, and have
it ready to be brought out at Vienna next
year.
The Pope has wonderful will-power. Ho
is old, and daily grows more feeble, but he
is always ready for his numberless duties,
business interviews and audiences.
Mme. Nilsson has been compelled to de
cline the liberal offer of SIOO,OOO for 100
nights, made her by Mr. Max Strakoseh, of
New York, on account of indisposition.
She is now in Paris.
Johnson is the third President whose re
mains are in Tennessee, and there is a pro
ject to bury him with the others in Nash
ville and erect a grand monument; but his
family prefer a simpler grave in East Ten
nessee.
The richest woman in America is the wife
of Professor Gammel, formerly of Brown
University, It. I. She has an income of at
least a million a year, H r father’s estate,
winch she has just in crited, being esti
mated at fully $20,000,01 i.
General Spinner’s fa ler was a German
priest, his mother a German nun; but
somehow love slipped i to the cloister and
abbey and triumphed c or monastic vows.
Although the civil la /s of their native
country sanctioned tb or marriage, their
church forbade it, so j they emigrated to
America, settling in I rkiraer county, N.
Y., where tho General v os born.
The last production ■ of the late Wm.
Henry Rinehart, Mar. Rand’s eculptor, ar
rived lately in this cou iry. They are tho
property of Mr. J. W | Garrett, of Balti
more, and the collectlo||consists of a statue
of Endymion, fourteenAmsts, a medallion,
and a number of has reliefs. Another work
of Rinehart’s a statug of Atalanta, lias
also come into the p of a Balti
more gentleman. End mion and Atalanta
are said to be rare spe imons of the sculp
tor’s art, and the fact i iat they are among
the last by Rinehart a taches to them an
additional interest.
A young Englishma named Harcourt,
said to be a scion of nc ulity, but who has
been a resident of this country some six
teen years, lately mar led a colored girl in
Baltimore. The act, i fsoems, has created
such a feeling that wli [never he appears on
the street, with his wif Is fallowed by a,
mob and insulted gros sly. The other day
ho was arrested (thou h what for remains
a mystery) and comp* led to give bonds to
“keep the peace.” He declares that ho will
walk on the streets wi ii his wife when he
pleases, and calls upo; [ the United States
authorities to protect am. The most ag
onizing part of this usiness is the fact
that the young man i an ex-Confederate
officer, and for some ime seryed as com
mander of the famous Louisiana Tigers.
Our ex-Presidents at , in this generation,
not remarkable for le gth of years. Ex
cept Fillmore and B iclianan, no one of
our Presidents for thi by years has reach
ed the allott.od three s> ire and ten. Before
Polk, and after Wasl ngton, not one ex
cept Harrison, who t ed aged 68, left tho
world at less than 73. The series is
noteworthy. Washir ’ton died at 67;
but John Adams live* to 91, Jefferson to
83, Madison to 85, Mon oo to 73, John Quin
cy Adams to 81, Jacks a to 78, and Van Bu
ron to 80. At this p iut. a signal change
occurs. Polk died at 1, Taylor at 60, Fill
more at 64, Pierce a! 65, Buchanan at 77,
Lincoln at 56, and 1 ohnson now passes
away at 67. The first en of our Presidents
averaged 77.8 years of ifo. Tho next seven
averaged 64.7 years.
Robert Dale Owen f insanity, judging
from recent reports, . assuming an incu
rable phase, and one * ’ tho lofty intellects
of the time and a brq it light of tho mod
ern literary world is probably destined to
rest un ler a cloud ur; il the groat healer,
Death, applies the n ver-failing panacea
for all human misery; In his autobiogra
phy Mr. Owen lias le g the trail by which
wo trace him to his p] esent abode. A na
ture too serious, a tl mght too intense, a
faith too confiding, w re the defects of his
mental composition . id tho cause of ids
now unhappy condit in. At present Mr.
Owen, who is an inmi e of the Indiana In
sane Asylum, imagin 3 himself heir to an
immense property in ngland, a relation of
Queen Victoria, and n evangelist whoso
mission is to Christi; lize the community
of lunatics of which li is a member.
POLITICA , NOTES.
The result of the Cimvent ion election in
North Carolina will a [fconish those not ac
quainted with the a erago character of
that people. In 1801 it; ,vas overwhelmingly
Union, and the people thought they so re
turned delegates to a <| inventiouwhich took
them out of tho Ui| ted States and em
broiled them in aw. which they never
would have voted fo They, in the late
election, expected a petition of that old
game, resulting in rj arly a defeat to the
Democracy. The elec lon, however, had no
material signifinance ; and there is not the
slightest danger of tlr State going Radical
at the next Presidentii election.
The Radicals are . u seeding beyond their
expectations in gettin up a diversion from
the real issues before the country. They
have thrown “rag ir ney” dust into the
eyes of many Democr; os, keeping the great
question whether this ;ountry shall for the
next four years be go ernod by thieves well
to the rear. The hi jnbug cry of “specie
payments” is a trumj card, but it has Seen
played too soon. The >eoplo meantime cry
aloud they have no loney at all, neither
greenbacks nor gold, hey are like the fel
low who wrote the auk officer: “If you
can’t send me good m ney send a tolerably
well executed counter lit.” The commerce
of the country demc ds more instead of
less money.
We suppose the Cfk holies of Ohio arc a
unit against the Rail cals. Says the Cin
cinnati Gazette, “Tin*Catholics hate the
Republican party beaiuso it opposes a di
vision of the school fi id. Why does it not
antagonize the Demoi atlc party when that
takes the same positb l.” And again: “The
Catholics control th Democratic party
from head to foot. They know their
strength, and can afft and to wait. This year
they have allowed the Democratic party to
denounce the scheme to divide the school
fund. That is simpl a game of policy.
Next year, or the ne; or at some future
time, thewwill demai ;i and exact pay for
the humiliation they i ; e suffering, and the
concessions they hav< made this year.”
SPECIAL NOTICES.
THE MAGNOLIA PASSENGER ROUTE.
PORT ROI'AL RAILROAD, j
Office General Passenger Agent,
Augusta Ga., Aug. 6, 1875. )
ROUND TRIP TICKETS !
(A AUGUSTA to CHARLES- *5 Af)
<t>o 4U TON and RETURN. VO.W
ON AND AFTER THIS DATE ROUND
TRIP TICKETS will be sold, via Yemasee
from Augusta to Charleston, for $5.40, good
until October Ist, 1875.
DAILY SCHEDULE.
Leave Augusta 8:00 a.m.
Arrive at Charleston 4:15 p. m.
Leave Charleston 8:10 a. m.
Arrive at Augusta 6:45 p. m.
Passengers on route to the “City by the
Sea,” and those seeking the salubrious cli
mate of Carolina’s Long Branch. Sul
livan’s Island, will flud this a pleasant route
by which to reach their destination.
Tickets on sale at Planters’Hotel and Ticket
Office, Union Depot.
T. S. DAY ANT.
aug6-lm General Passenger A.ent.
NEW ADVERTISEM ENTS.
New Goods for Fall at the One Price
House.
HENRY L. a. BALK, 172 Bro id street.
i receive New Goods daily, New
Prints, Jeans, Drills, Osnaburgs, Checks,
Stripes, Ac., Ac., which I will sell very low
at Wholes le and Retail.
HENRY L. A. JJALK,
augll-1* 172 Broad street.
Board of Education.
milE regular monthly meeting of the
X Board of Education will be on Second
Saturday in August, to pay accounts and
hear applications for teachers’ positions.
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PEREMPTORY SALE
AT AUCTION BY CONSENT OF PARTIES
On Easy Terms and Long Credit
OF MOST
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CITY PROPERTY,
The Lafayette Hall and Opera House
Containing Spacious Stores, Oilicess and
Saloons,
ALL SUCCESSFUL AND POPULAR BUSI
NESS STANDS,
SITUATED IN THE MOST CENTRAL
PORTION OF THE CITY.
Wit h Fronts on Broad and Ellis, Between
Jackson and Campbell Streets.
BY C. V. WALKER Auctioneer.
rIIUESDAY, the 7th September, 1875, at 12
X o’clock, m., in front of the Opera
House Arcade, iu 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 iu tlio city 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 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 asj 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 Dweli
ing above. With Lot No. l and the im
provements thereon will be sold the Tene
ment east of the Arcade or entrance, erected
immediately above tlie same, subjo t to all
the conditions of servitude hereinafter
specified.
Lot No. 2. west of he Arcade or entrance,
measures 26 feet 6 inciies 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. Myers A Marcus,
wholesale ury goods dealers. Tho 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. AJ yers & 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
linos of 145 feet 6 inches, fro u 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 have the right, in
common with Lot No. 3, to use, but not to
obstruct, the said Arcade or alley way—
together with all tho improvements there
on, comprising that extensive, capacious
and subst uitially-buJt 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 ol producing a large and cer
tain income, it has yielded in ordinarily
prosperous seasons over $6,000 per anuum.
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 on
the property, bearing interest at tho rate
of eight per cent, per annum from the day
of sale until final payment; said interest to
be paid half yeai ly trom 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 ol 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-td
NOTICE.
THE Books of Account of W. A. RAM
SEY. Agent, having been placed in tho
hands of Messrs. Harper A Bro., Attorneys
at Law, No. 225 Broad street, Augusta, Ga.,
for collection, all persons indebted, by note
or account, are requested to make immedi
ate payment of the same. Timely atten
tion to the above will s tve expense and lit
igation. HARPER A BRO.,
Attorneys for W. A. Perry, W. A. Ram
sey, Agent. jy29-thsututf
TO BENT.
FLOOR TO RENT,
With watek and gas.
Apply at
NO. 266 BROAD STREET.
augll-2w
TO RENT,
FROM the Ist of October next, D. F. Tan
ner’s RESIDENCE, situated first
house above Toll Gate, on Summerville
Railroad. House contains 8 rooms, double
kitchen and stables, with good water in
the yard. Also 4 acres of land attached.
All in good order. Apply to JOHN BRAN
SON, Augusta Factory, or JAS. G. BAILIE
A BRO., Broad street. augl2-tf.
For Sale or to Rent.
HOUSE and lot on the south side of
Broad street, betwoen Centre and El
bert, known as No. 84, now occupied by
Gen. R. Y. Harris. The lot has a front on
Broad and Ellis streets of 44 feet, more or
less. The improvements consist of a com
fortable two story brick dwelling, a kitchen,
Ac.
Georgia Railroad stock, at a liberal price,
will be taken in exchange, or long time
given, if desired, to an approved purchaser.
If not sold the property will be rented on
reasonable terms, and applications are so
licited. WM. A. WALTON,
No. 10 Old Post Office Range,
auglO-tf Mclntosh St., up stairs.
FOR RENT,
THE BRICK HOUSE on the corner of
Ellis and Monument streets, contain
ing seven rooms,
Apply to
auglO-tf SIBLEY A WIIELESS.
TO RENT,
IMtAME DWELLING, with eight rooms,
on the north side of Walker, fourth be
low Centre street. Apply to
JAMES G. BAILIE,
auglO-tf 205 Broad street.
For Sale or Rent.
ridHAT Desirable Brick Store and Dwel-
X ling, No. 330, opposite Planters’ Hotel.
Apply to
J. 11. SPEARS,
M. L. SPEARS.
W. E. SPEARS.
augß-tf Executors.
TO RENT,
175 ROM tho First of October next, the
; dwelling on the North side of Broad
street (4th door from Mclntosh) now oc
cupied by Dr. J. P. H. Brown.
WM. A. WALTON.
No. 10, Old Post Office Range, Mclntosh
street, up stairs. ang7-tf.
TO RENT.
From the ist of October next,
the Store on the corner of Broad and
Washington streets, now occupied by Mr.
J. B. Norriss. Apply at
augs-tf _ THIS OFFICE.
TO RENT.
IMIE FIRST’ FLOOR of a RESIDENCE
. on Broad street, centrally located.
The rooms are situated so as to accommo
date two families if desired. Water and
Gas. Enquire of
M. A. STOVALL,
aug4-tf No. 1 Warren Block.
FOR RENT,
THAT DESIRABLE RESIDENCE,corner
of Centre and Telfair streets, at pres
ent occupied by Mr. J. B. Preston.
ALSO,
the HOUSE adjoining, fronting on Centre
street, with seven rooms, Pantry, Closets,
etc. Both places have large yards.
augl-suwAsu3t WM. E. McCOY.
TO RENT,
From the ist of October next,
that LARGE and COMMODIOUS
STORE, No. 338 Broad street, at present oc
cupied by F. A. Timberlake & Cos.
Apply tu
jy3l-tf P. 11. PRIMROSE.
TO RENT,
A COTTAGE HOUSE containg live
rooms, a good Kitchen, Store House,
and other Buildings, water in yard. No. 9
Fenwick street, near the Parade Ground.
Apply to
jy3l-lm A. M. BRODIE.
TO RENT,
From the first of October next,
the elegant and commodious STORE,
2U9 Broad street, at present occupied by M.
S. Keau as a dry goods store, a ppl vto
11. F. CAMPBELL,
Or A. S. CAMPBELL,
jy29-tf 207 Broad street.
TO RENT
O IV CONDITIONS.
milE DWELLING OVER OUR STORE
X for one year from October Ist, 1875.
jy 24-1 m RONES, BROWN A GO.
TO RENT,
From October first, the store
No. 182 Broad Street, now occupied by
Timmerman A Wise.
ALSO.
The Dwelling and Saloon on Ellis street,
between Mclntosh and Washington, occu
pied by Joseph Heitzman. Applv to
T. W. GUMMING,
jy22-tf Augusta Water Works Office.
STORE TO RENT.
r r
i HE store at present occupied by Calvin
& Jones to rent. Apply to
HENRY MYERS,
jylG-tf 162 Broad Street.
STORE TO RENT
OTORE No. 290 Broad street, now occu
pied by P. G. Burum.
For Terms, apply to
jyls*-tf H. H. D’ANTIGNAC.
TO RENT,
ONE Brick Dwelling, No. 93, south sido
Reynolds between Centre and Elbert
streets. Also, two Wooden Dwe lings on
same block.
JOHN T. SHEWMAKE,
J. B. CAMPBELL,
Executors estate A. P. Robertson.
jyls-satuthtf
TO RENT,
FROM the Ist of October, the HOUSE
next to Dr. Garvin’s, with five Rooms,
and double Kitchen in yard, water and gar
den. Apply at
jyl4-tf NO. 84 WALKER STREET.
TO RENT,
THE DWELLING No. 134 Broad street,
containing six rooms, bath room and
outhouses, will be rented with or without
the stores.
Also, the Two-story Wooden Building
on Ellis street, back of the above.
Also, two small, neat HOUSES on Greene
street, next below M. O’Brien’s, with four
rooms, kitchen, etc., in each.
Also, the large GARDEN on Telfair
street, with Dwelling Houso and out
houses, with live hundred feet iront,
known as Smith’s Garden. Apply to
MRS. FANNY SMITH,
Corner of Marbury and Race Track,
jyii-tf
FOR RENT,
"CUiOM OCTOBER FIRST, THE STORE
No. 242 Broad street, now occupied by
Messrs. O’Donnell A Burke. Apply to
jy9-tf J- H. MONTGOMERY.
TO RENT.
On Washington street, the TENEMENT
HOUSE, next door to Dr. J. H. Eve’s.
Apply to
jy7-tf W. F. EVE.
PIANO FOR SALE.
A 7H OCTAVE Hallctt A Davis Square
Grand PIANO, nearly new and in good or
der. For sale cheap. Cull early.
Apply at 135 BROAD STREET,
jell-tf Nearly opposite Monument St.
EDUCATIONAL.
DANCING SCHOOL.
MONS. BERGER, Professional Teacher,
informs the Ladies and Gentlemen of
Augusta that he will open a First-Class
DANCING SCHOOL at the Masonic Hall
He wid 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. Pkontaut
A Son. je2o-U’
MADAME SOSNOWSKI’S
HOME SCHOOL
FOR YOUNG LADIES,
ATHENS, GEORGIA.
CALENDAR.
THE scholastic year is divided into 2 ses
sions. First session commences Sep
tember 15th; second session February 7tli.
Closing Exercises occur on the last
Thursday in J une—proceeding two weeks—
devoted to private examinations.
Terms (per session), payablo in advance.
1 Board, with use of fue ■. .SBO 00
English Department 3> 00
Music—lnstrumental 30 00
Music—Vocal, Extra Lessons 30 00
French Department 15 60
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 ights.
Washing can be secured at moderate
rates. jyl-tf
Southern Female College,
LA GRANGE, GA.
riUIE Thirty-Fourth Annual Session opens
X the 25th of August, with the old corps
of eight thorough teachers. Ten Premiums
lor 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. ror
Catalogues, address I. F. COX,
jy27-d&wlm President.
St. Jotua’s.
ASelect Boardinq School
FOR YOUNG LADIES,
TN ONE OF THE MOST BEAUTIFUL
I 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 first-class educational
opportunities, will please address
Rev. GEO. LEWIS STALEY,
Knoxville, Frederick county, Md.
aug3-2tawAtri-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 iu, 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
JACKSON STREET
Iron and Brass Foundry,
Corner of Jackson and Calhoun sts.,
Augusta, Ga.,
GEO. COOPER, - Proprietor.
CJTEAM ENGINES, Mill Machinery of all
O descriptions made to order, Gin Gear
ing of all Sizes, Store Fronts and Iron
Railing of the Late -t Pattern, Horse Pow
ers and Threshing Machines made of the
best material, at prices fully ten per cent,
less than ever offered in this city, for cash
only.
Also, four engines, new and second-hand,
from ten to thirty-horse power, will bo sold
very low for cash.
_j y 24- 1111 GEO. COOPER. Prop’r.
TURNIP SEED!
TURNIP SEED, TURNIP SEED,
OF EVERY VARIETY and of the same
reliable quality that has always given
satisfaction. Cail before you purchase at
our Drug Store, where you can also be sup
plied with our
TURNIP FERTILIZER.
This article has never failed to produce
the largest Turnips and most abundant
crops. We refer to all the farmers in Rich
mond county, who have used it.
For sale in any quantities at the Drug
Store of EDWARD BA BUY A CO,
j y23-frsuwclm 288 Broad street.
PILLS^
100,000 Living Witnesses
ATTEST the valuable properties of these
Pills for the cure of Constipation, Dys
pepsia, Biliousness. Fever and Ague, Piles,
Sick Headache. Fullness of Biood iu tiie
Head, Sour Stomach, Disgust of Food,
Fullness of Weight in the Stomach, Flut
tering at the Heart, Dull Pain in the Head,
Yellowness of the - kin and Eyes, Nausea,
1 hoking Sensations when in a lying pos
ture, Disease of the Liver, Kidneys and
Bladder, Nervous Affections, Pate in the
Side, Chest and Limbs, Sudden Flushes of
Heat, and many of the diseases incident to
females.
dr. TUTT’S pills are warranted harm
less, and will effect a positive cure of these
disorders. They can lie taken at any time,
without restraint of diet or occupation -
Price, 25 cents. Laboratory, 18 Murray
street, New York.
snt l IGH^
SCROFULA, ERUPTIVE DISEASES OF
THE SKIN. ST. ANTHONY’S FIRF, ERY
SIPELAS, BLOTCHUS. TUMORS, BOILS,
TETTER, AND SALT RHEUM, SCALD
HEAD, RINGWORM, RHEUMATISM,
PAIN AND ENLARGEMENT OF THE
BONES, FEMALE WEAKNESS. STERILI
TY, LEUCOKRHCEA OR WHITES, WOMB
DISEASES, DROPSY, WHITE SWELL
INGS, SYPHILIS, KIDNEY AND LIVER
COMPLAINT, MERCURIAL TAINT, AND
PILES, all proceed from impure blood.
DR. TUTT’S SARSAPARILLA
is the most powerful Blood Purifier known
to medical science. It enters into the cir
culation and eradicates every morbific
agent; renovates the system; produces a
beautiful complexion and causes the body
to gain flesh and increase in weight,
KEEP THE ULOOO HEALTHY
and all will be well. To do so, nothing has
ever been offered that can compare with
this valuable vegetable extract. Price, $1
a bottle. Sold by all Druggists. Office 18
Murray street, N. Y. jel3-suwefr&cly
DR. TUTT’S HAIR DYE
POSSESSES qualities that no other dye
does. Its effect is instantaneous, and
so natural that it cannot be detected by the
closest observer. It is harmless and easily
applied, and is in general use among the
fashionable hair dressers in every large
city in the United States. Price, $l a box
Sold everywhere. Office, 18 Murray street’
New York. jel3-SuWdFr&cly ’
P. of H.
THE SEMI-ANNUAL MEETING OF
the Savannah River Valley Association
r - o?h W 1 i 1 .. b 0 A UGUSTA, Au
gust 2oth at the Masonic Hall, at 10 o’clock
A. M. All Granges not members who
sympathize with us are cordially invited
to send delegates. A full attendance is
desired as tins meeting is very important,
n- EDWARD A. CARTER,
&.ugl-taug2o Secretary.
SUMMER- RESORTS.
WARM SPRINGS!
MADISON COUNTY,
WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA,
rPHES ’r- SPRINGS are situated four miles
X from the Tennessee line, on tho banks
of the French Broad River, 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 aro 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 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 of deposit the Yellow
Sulphur Spring of Virgiuia, with a sul
phurous odor much stronger, i beso
Snrings are easy or access irom 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 irom this place in all South
ern cities, at three cents per rmle.
Rates ol' 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. 0., via Atlanta, $2.>.90.
J. A. SAMPLK, Gen i Manager,
For Warm Springs Cos.
Appls r to Manager or Druggists in the
city for Pamphlets and Circulars. je2-tf
MANSION HOUSE
PORT ROYAL, S. 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 Augu-ta, s*>.
This is an entirely new and elegantly iur
nislied 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,
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—exceptoccupants of rooms on the
first or parlor floor.
The attention of the Country Merchants
is respectfully called to tiffs notice.
jy!s-lm
THe Pines,
AIKEN, S. C.
mHIS centrally located establishment is
I now open for the reception or Summer
Boarders. The house is capacious, airy
and within one minutes’ walk of the Ac
commodation train trom Augusta.
Fare first class.
Aiken is well known to bo the most pleas
ant Summer resort within an hundred miles
ol' Auguste. Just one hour’s rido. Three
trains daily each way.
Board S3O per month.
P. B. WILLIAMS,
augl-suwefrsu Proprietor.
ATTORNEYS AT LAW.
JOHN S. & WM. T. DAVIDSON,
ATTORNEYS AT LAW,
WILL practice in tho State, and United
States Courts of Georgia.
OFFICE NO. 1 WARREN BLOCK.
jelT-iy
W. T. GARY,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
AUGUSTA, GA.
Office No, 213 Broad street.
Will practice in all the Courts of South
Carolina and Courts of Georgia.
Special attention to collections.
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i fromaßeceipf long inpossessionofonr j
of the Company; T or i *iiml Ly )
' romnnuraeslljy a celebraled EradtChetnist ami y
are% raflyTonjc & Stimuunt pmnificdtotc S |
usedittflie Annies nadGovernment Hospitals \
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t (lnemMiglasT fda taken nOa fa&re <n ttfUr v J
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Ho MryilLY SHORED BE withoutaßottle, V
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PwparfU By The
HOME BITTERS CO., St. LOUIS.
FOR SALE BY
Druggists and Dealers Generally.
augß-Gm
TIIE TEXAS
Cotton Worm Destroyer!
A Sure and Safe Remedy for the Destruc
tion of the
CATERPILLAR.
TT DOES AWAY WITH THE USE OF
tides;
used in Texas during I lit yoaSs Sil.’i
l som 9 Hie best planters in the
State tho only article ever used that will
entirely destroy the CATERPILLAR with
out injut vto the plant. It is easily applied
and no (burner in its use, costing onS
about 25 c,-nts per acre. ’For paiticufars
as to price, &c., apply to
U- U- HULL, SSavannali,
General Agent for Georgia.
M, A . STOVALL,
. . , , Agent, Augusta, Ga.
Agents wanted through tho State. jelß-3m
SIOO REWARD !
Waynesboro, Ga., July 3
A LARsS?i? P 0! ?? HUNDRED DOL
mai delivery to 6 tii\ Kl |°V. tho apprehension
counl vat An.^f Jiul, ; u : of Richmond
S’“eoluhn.mSm' 1 *?,!. ro " [ , the will*
place on the night of the 2d instant.
sioners. dei ° f theßoardof bounty Comiuis
ivs 0/14. JN U. D. MUNNERLYN,
Clerk, B. C,