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THE CONSTITUTIONALIST
THURSDAY, August 12,1875.
The Washington Chronicle and the
Issues of 1876 Again.
The three labored ai tides of the
leading organ of the Republican party
at the seat of Government, in reply to
our comments upon its presentation of
the issues of the great political cam
paign to come off next year, have been
upon our table for several days. Other
matters have prevented an earlier no
tice of them. We now resume the sub
ject, with an assurance to our contem
porary that it was far from our inten
tion to be understood, in what we said
in those comments, as arrogating to our
selves the position of having put forth
a “crusher” against this most adroit
and skillful champion of Centralism.
We did think, however, that we put
some questions to him which he could
not answer without uncovering his sub
tle attempt at misleading the public
mind in a presentation of the issues of
1876.
It will be remembered that the organ
of the Republican party at the Federal
City had announced, in substance, that
one of the leading issues of the can
vass next year would be the question
of Secession—that the people of the
Southern States were organizing with
a view of reopening that question, etc.
It was on this point chiefly we joined
issue with our contemporary and called
for the proof. We put the question di
rect and asked for the citation of a sin
gle acc on the part of a single South
ern State, since the resumption of their
obligations under the Constitution, up
on which such a charge could be justly
founded. We maintained that in their
abandonment of the cause of Seces
sion, as a remedy for any evils under
Federal administration, that they had
acted in perfect good faith: and we put
the plain question, calling for the cita
tion of a single act on their part since
the surrender at Appomattox, in which
any well-founded suspicion even could
be entertained that that act had not
been done in perfect “good faith.”
Our contemporary took time to con
sider these questions; and whether they
were “crushers” or not, he has certainly
failed to adduce the proof called for.
No act, not a single one, of any of these
Stales, has been cited in support of the
labored article of the Chronicle, from
which an imputation can be cast upon
the honor and good faith with which
the Southern States renewed their obli
gations under the Constitution after
the conflict of arms was abandoned by
them.
Now’, how does our contemporary
meet the issue as we presented it ? He
says: “We have never charged that the
“ Southern States have ever taken any
“ steps looking to secession since the
“ surrender at Appomattox, etc.”
Very well. Where, then, is that “or
ganization” at the South looking to a
renewal of the question of Secession in
1876? On what was that charge
founded ? Was it not a figment of the
brain to stir up apprehension at the
North that the Southern States were
about to get up another “rebellion,”
so called ?
One remark in the last article of our
contemporary, on this subject, was the
source of no less surprise than aston
ishment to us. It is that in which he
says “he does not think that that act
of surrender was in good faith.”
Why does our contemporary ques
tion the good faith, of that act ? We
give him the full benefit of what he
says on that point: “Our reason
“for thus thinking is that all or
“nearly all the leaders of the South
“are talking just as they did in ante
“ helium days, and none of them appear
“to have discarded doctrines which
“lead inevitably to Nullification and
“Secession. Will our contemporary
“(the Constitutionalist) point out an
“instance that controverts this posi
tion?”
We say we are not only surprised but
astonished at this remark, and espe
cially at the question put to us.
We have only to remark to the edi
tor of the Chronicle that as it was he
who charged that another Secession or
ganization was forming at the South,
it was incumbent on him to adduce the
proof of his charge. While we utterly
deny that Southern leaders in general
or particular talk on this question just
as they did in ante helium days, we call
upon the Washington Chronicle to cite
a single instance in which any South
ern leader has so spoken since the war.
He asks us to cite an instance to the
contrary of his assertion. We call his
special attention to the utterances of
Gordon and Ransom, in the Sen
ate ; to those of Lamar, Stephens,
and other Southern men in the House,
and to those of Gov. Kemper, of
Virginia, and Gov. Smith, of Geor
gia. If a single Southern leader
has ever uttered a sentiment which,
even by implication, could be construed
into an imputation against the honor
and good faith with which the obliga
tions of the Federal Constitution were
received by the Southern States in
1865, we are not aware of it, and would
be obliged to our contemporary, who
answers questions by asking others, to
point it out. He refers to the recent
speeches of Mr. Beck, of Kentucky.
These we have not seen, and can pro
nounce no judgment upon them, as the
language is not given. But the Wash
ington Chronicle well knows that Mr.
Beck was not before and during the
war a Southern leader, and the people
of this section are in no way responsi
ble for his utterances.
With a few words more we shall con
clude what we have to say on this sub
ject to-day. We wish our contempo
rary at Washingten distinctly to under
stand that in this controversy we do
not intend to be led into a discussion of
the doctrines or the right of Secession.
We proclaim that all those “ante
bellum” questions have beon abandoned
“in good faith” as practicable issues
forever in American politics; and what
we protested against in the Chronicle’s
articles was the adroit movement on
his part to attempt to revive these
questions ia the issues of 1876.
We have said and repeat that the
great question in the canvass of next
year will be, not whether a State has a
right to secede, but xohether a State of
this Union has not some reserved rights
which are not subject to the control of the
Federal Government. It is to this
living issue we intend to hold our con
temporary. It is an issue between
Constitutionalism and Centralism.
From the manner in which the Choni
cle editor speaks of the “bugaboo” of
those reserved rights, and “twaddle”
uttered in their advocacy and mainte
nance, we feel justified in what we be
fore said as to his position on this great
issue when it is fairly presented. His
ill-concealed sneers at the reserved
rights of the States clearly demonstrate
that he either believes they have
none or ought to have none. These
sneers also appear in juxtaposition with
his avowed confession of faith, that all
powers of the Government, not dele
gated by the States to the General
Government, arc reserved to the States
respectively.
One word more. Our contemporary
at Washington says that the Supreme
Court was established to decide all
questions between the States and the
Federal Government, and he intimates
that the people of the Southern States
are unwilling to abide by that sort of
arbitrament. When or where, we ask,
have the Southern States ever showed
any disposition to disregard any de
cision of that high tribunal ? Was it
the Republicans or Democrats who
“rebelled” against the decision of
that Court in "ante-bellum” days? Was
it the Republicans or Democrats who
refused acquiescence in the decision of
that Court in the McArdle case, since
the war ? Who was it, the Republicans
North, or the Democrats North and
South, that gave a most cordial sup
port to the decision of that Court in
the Slaughter House case, from Lou
isiana ?
Suffice it to say to our contemporary,
in conclusion, to-day, that the people of
the South, now as ever, look to the Su
preme Court as one of the great bar
riers of the Constitution against Con
solidation, Centralism and Despotism.
Rome Votes Down the Bond Compro
mise.
The last effort made by the city of
Rome to compromise with the Au
gusta holders of her bonds has been
voted down. It will be remembered
that the second effort to adjust the
matter was made in this city a few
weeks ago, between representatives of
Rome and the bondholders, that terms
were agreed upon, and that the matter
only needed the sanction of the tax
payers to complete the bargain. To
this end a formal vote was taken on
Monday, and the agreement rejected.
We copy from the Rome Commercial,
of Tuesday, as follows:
Notwithstanding the importance of the
question at issue yesterday, a full vote
was not polled. There wore only 231 votes
polled, while we think there are something
over 300 registered city voter- 3 . There are
in the city, counting registered and un
registered, between live and six hundred
voters.
The election yesterday passed off very
quietly. The polls wore opened at the City
Hall at 7 o’clock a. m, and closed at G
o’clock p. m. So quietly did the election
concerning this, the most important ques
tion ever referred to our citizens pass off,
that a stranger in the city would not have
known that the people of Rome were vot
ing on this matter whore their money was
at stake. The issue was “For Compro
mise” and “Against Compromise.” The
result was as follows:
Against Compromise 123
For Compromise 108
Majority against Compromise 15
As the Supreme Court has decided
the validity of these bonds, wo advise
the Augusta holders to trifle no more
with their rights, but go forward
and demand the last farthing they
are entitled to.
Mississippi. Politics—“ Stooping to
Conquer.”
It seems that Col. Lamar did not
have unanimous support at the late
Mississippi Convention, though he car
ried a very large majority ofl the dele
gates with him. We learn that Col.
McArdle, of the Vicksburg Herald,
in ante-war days a Whig, but now, as
he declared himself, a thorough sup
porter of the preeminence of the Cau
c isian race, protested vigorously
against the amalgamation policy of se
curing voters. The report goes that
“he moved to strike out the word Con
servative, saying he never traveled
under an alias, and never would. No
honorable man could do so. He didn’t
mean that the people of Mississippi
should travel by the name of Jones,
when he knew their name was Smith.
All this folderol must stop. Therefore,
he would write his ticket straight
Democratic, and disregard the hybrid
alias Conservative. He was sustained
by the delegates from his own county,
one of them asserting that the Democ
racy had lost every contest by trying
to conciliate and pacify the negro.”
On the other hand, it is stated that
“Mr. Harris was frank enough to avow
that the party was doomed unless it
could succeed iu dividing the colored
vote. His idea of the way to get the
negro out of politics was ‘to put him
plum through at once and be done with
him.’ ”
The eloquence and influence of La
mar, backed by the anxiety of gentle
men who want votes for office and are
not squeamish about their origin, pre
vailed over McArdle by a vote of 136
to 31. Time will show which was the
wiser, if less eloquent, man, Lamar or
McArdle. The Cincinnati Gazette
(Rep.) calls the movement of Missis
sippi “Conservatives” the game of
“stooping to conquer.” In some of the
Southern States there has been a deal
of this “stooping” and precious little
valuable or satisfactory “conquest.”
Bad. —A prominent Republican politi
cian in Mississippi acknowledges that
Gov. Ames conspired with Sheriff Crosby
to arm the blacks who, some time ago,
marched against Vicksburg. He says
Ames declared at the time that “the
blood of twenty-flve or thirty negroes
would benefit the Republican party in
the State.” This is the policy that in
stigated nearly every “massacre” of
negroes in the South. The blood of
these unfortunates is on the heads of
those who pushed them purposely into
the jaws of the lion.
What Might Have Been—A Lost Op
portunity for the Country.
It is not forbidden to revive the past,
although it has been accounted folly
“to cry over spilled milk.” Merely,
then, in the way of retrospect, and in
no spirit of repining, we shall briefly
speak of “ what might have been,” had
our Northern brethren acted with wis
dom just after the war.
Suppose, to begin with, instead of
spending one or two thousand millions
of dollars on Reconstruction, they had
expended that sum upon rebuilding
the waste places of the South, restock
ing plantations, erecting cotton and
other mills, etc.? There would have
been a golden return for such an ex
periment, and the country would not
now be in imminent danger of
universal bankruptcy. It is true
that much money was spent by
Northern men in buying and run r
ning cotton, sugar and rice planta
tions, but the disorganization of the
whites and the demoralization of labor
by negro suffrage, aided by the con
sequent agitation of carpet-bag and
scalawag adventurers, made such iso
lated experiments futile and disastrous.
Many Northern men, likewise, came
southward with sublime ignorance of
the Southern character, a false idea of
negro nature and an all-pervading be
lief in their own superior qualifications
to cultivate our great staples. We
have no doubt that the mistake made
has been corrected mentally by a vast
number of persons; and by, individual
experience or the results of the war
and Reconstruction brought home to
their pocket-books, they now know
that this crusade for universal suffrage
will eventuate in greater ultimate mis
fortunes to them than it will to
the South. When the “goose hung
high” at the East, “fancy stocks”
were more attractive than Southern
recuperation, and wo have witnessed
and are daily witnessing the demoli
tion of those wind-blown securities and
the downfall of men who pinned their
faith and fortunes to them. It is true,
again, that much money was risked on
Southern railroads, to be built, as some
one wittily observed, “from somewhere
to nowhere.” It is also true that rail
roads were built between points which
had some other claim than that of be
ing a “geographical expression.” But,
on the one hand, it was madness to
peril money upon enterprises which
were mere Radical devices to rob citi
zens inside and outside the State; and,
on the other hand, it was not the su
premo of wisdom to institute great
trade-carriers so long as an “ or
ganized political hell” was ram
pant in the South. Such railways
as were of established value have
proved, or will eventually prove, good
investments to the capitalist; but it
cannot be questioned that much good
money has been swamped in enterpri
ses of this character, which were not
demanded by the laws of trade and
were only the footballs of restless spec
ulators and politicians. We are not of
those who abuse the Southern Security
Cos. The members of that corporation,
while naturally desiring to make a
profit by their experiment, certainly
did not seek the hurt of the section
upon whose prosperity their roads de
pend for existence. They have un
! questionably improved their property so
far as the South is concerned and with
considerable peril to their pockets.
Be this as it may, the principal ob
ject of the Northern capitalist should
have been to improve the lands and
labor of this section and not make ste
rile the one and debauch the other. We
dig our solid wealth out of the earth
after all, and anything which militates
against the prosperity of the agricul
tural community finally shocks the
whole commercial system. Had the
South been helped by the North, just
after the war, to remodel her own sys
tems as she knew best how to do; had
the North insisted upon an immediate
restoration of the outlying States, as
equal members of the Federation ; had
the wounds of combat in the field been
bound up by patriotism in the forum—
the prospect now would bo far different
from what it really is.
It may be that just as the South was
taught many a useful precept by the
fiery ordeal of Mars and the crucial
test of unfriendly and unnatural laws,
when the battle flags were furled ; so
it was necessary and essential that her
victorious and purse-proud antagonist
should be made to understand that
vengeance is followed by remorse, in
justice by retribution, and mad extrava
gance and speculation by hard times,
depressed commerce, shrinkage in
values, explosion of monetary frauds
and a general breaking of false images,
from the gilded divinity of Jay Cooke
to the whitewashed sanctity of Beech
er.
Richness—A Washington Organ’s Idea
of “Representative Southern Men.”
The Washington Republican must
have been poor indeed in argument
when it thus exploded a Chinese stink
pot :
The forbearance of the ex-Union soldiers
of the North, nearly all oT whom are Re
publicans, toward their political opponents
was never more forcibly illustrated than in
their patient treatment of ex-Governor R.
K. ScoTr, of South Carolina, when on a re
cent occasion, he addressed them at Youngs
town, Ohio, and advocated the payment of
the claims of ex-slaveholders for the slaves
emancipated by the General Government.
They should have ridden him out of town
on a rail.
If this man Scott, who was, by
permission of Satan and the Radical
Sanhedrim, fastened upon South Caro
lina as her Executive officer, can be
classed as an “opponent of Union sol
diers,” he has become so recently. He
is credited with having been a “Union
soldier” himself, and backed by “Union
soldiers,” of the regular army, he help
ed, with Chamberlain & Cos., to drag
South Carolina into an abyss of finan
cial and political ruin. The robberies
prevailing when he was Governor were
of enormous proportions; and the
principal actors or abettors seem to
have shared the common spoil, as they
nearly all grew rich from very extreme
poverty, and some have lived long
enough to play the role of" reformers,”
but never that of penitents who dis
gorge plunder. Ex-Gov. Scott was
on© of those monsters sß'anded upon
the shore of the Palmett 1 State by the
refluent wave of Shermln's invasion.
He and his fellow’s did nop stay strand
ed long ; but, by means ow Reconstruc
tion, so-called, which p< t red a black
wave of negro ballots up n the South,
and by the protection of Congress and
the army, he and his sa 1 llipes rose to
power and wealth. To c issify such a
creature as a representigive Southern
man is about equal to thl absurdity of
comparing Beast BoTLEgto the Angel
Gabriel. J
Mr. Stephens and the Governorship—
Mr. Willingham Explains.
Endorsing, in the maitl what we re
cently wrote concerning lie mention of
Mr. Stephens for Goveilor, the Rome
Courier says it did nof suggest that
statesman’s candidacy. It adds : “Oth
“ erwise, the Constitutionalist takes
“ our view of the matter, which Mr.
“ Stephens fully and unequivocally en
“ dorses. This much v| are author
“ ized to state upon authority of
“ that distinguished gentleman. Mr.
“ Stephens is perfectlyjsij&isfied to leave
“ the field open to youlger men and
“ has no doubt that iEi Democratic
“ party will place in npmination the
“ right man when the tigie for action
“ comes.” f
The same paper quot|- a paragraph
from our contempora:|- on Broad
street, relative to this su -ject as it was
supposed to concern ti e Patrons of
Husbandry candidate, i lid thus com
ments :
The gentlemen with pit liforks in their
hands and hay seed in thei hair need not
fear Mr. Stephens in th Gubernatorial
race. If they can win the upport of the
grangers they are at pe: ect liberty to
visit all the granges in t • State without
fear or molestation, as far the “Sage of
Liberty Hall” is concernedg
Now, as to the nature of Mr. Stephens’
visit to Cherokee, Georgia. He had an en
gagement with Col. J. D. M uddell to ex
amine a memoir of the 1; ;e Hon. t.inton
Stephens, written by tba: entleman, and
soon to be put to press. Hi was induced to
visit also Col. J. O. Wad >ell, of Cedar
town, and coming so near t Rome a num
ber of Mr. Stephens’ frieni s induced him
to visit Rome on his return t This accounts
for “his appeal ance ii he i fountains,” and
all political aspirants call rest assured
there was no political motive in Mr. Ste
phens’ visit to Cherokee, Georgia. This is
the whole of his “dexter|.us flank move
ment.” |
We bad uo communictlion with Mr.
Stephens on this subject but felt per
fectly satisfied that he w mid not aban
don his seat in Congress to bo Gover
nor for two terms.
“Rag Money.” —ln T< xas gold is a
circulating medium ; bit, the Galves
ton News takes a view of lhard money,”
as applicable to our llnailcial situation,
w’hich does not square \4 th the theo
ries of the New York W&rld and Balti
more Gazette. Wequotei
“What do they mean If rag money?
Do they mean the original inflation of
legal tender paper which|gave Eastern
speculation wflngs to sjir to heights
never reached before ? I‘o they moan
the cheap money which * astern manu
facturers, Eastern Eastern capi
talists got, wholesale, forla mere song,
when gold was 260, and \yfc n Jay Cooke
and others of his persuasion were as
cending in mammoth by loons, inflated
with patriotic gush and fas about the
national blessing of a ;|reat national
debt ? Or do they mean die rag money
which a vulpine policy nlder the cloak
of specie resumption hiss sought to
convert into a terrible |ustringent for
values and expander foridebts—which
would reduce cotton t: ten cents a
pound and wheat to fifty Seats a bushel,
while compelling the pay aent iu gold
or its equivalent of dei|,s contracted
in paper at eighty, sevifity, sixty or
fifty per cent, depreciati U below the
gold standard ?” j
————
Longstreet. —lnc trie position of
Gen. Longstreet, and a ; plausible ex
planation of much that a* repulsive in
his political career, has i eeu ventured
by the Richmond Enquir ”, which says:
“Touching this same ;construction
record, Gen. Longstreet I gas been sadly
misunderstood. He joiifd a number
of other Confederate Gfjierals in an
eariy movement in tho “ay of recon
ciliation and an oblivion* of all past
difficulties. Th movcm<;|t proved un
popular and the other Generals with
drew. Gen. Longstreet ‘ | ought it was
right and went ahead, an 4 after a while
he was forced by ostracistfjfi into the Re
publican party. This is tiho head and
front of his offending.’' j Poor man!
He had better have been lisa stubborn,
in the first place, and lu|s zealous, in
the second, after he bad ||en joined to
Republican idols. Aecepjr.nco of Radi
cal wages and his military exploit
against his own people ill New Orleans
—these are the bitterest If his faults.
la
- PeteG'burg News
makes a good point on the English
judges who have recently awakened to
the superior virtues of the lash in pun
ishment of criminals. Hear the News:
“The people to be floggij are white
folks, and now is the time for Exeter
Hall to raise a lugubrious howl over
‘man’s inhumanity to man.’ If these
seventeen judges were onfy in favor of
flogging people of color, ‘what a pre
cious row’ would at once be started
by the tender-hearted people in Eng
land.’ But, as the cast? is, nobody
bothers himself about it.”:
j: ;
The Convention voted upo|i by the peo
ple of Alabama was carried t* from twelve
to fifteen thousand majority to
it were elected at the same t rue, resulting,
as the Montgomery Advertia ; ri says, in the
choice of 80 Democrats, 9 Independents and
10 regular .Radicals. Only short while
ago the Radicals governed (the State, but
lo! the sceptre has departed Their last
hope is Sam Bard, who lias recently gone
to them from Georgia. We think if Potash
Farrow and Jeff Long would go over and
“jlne” the Alabama party it would greatly
strengthen it. Georgia is wiling to make
the sacrifice, and when they depart will
sing the plaintive wail— ‘
i:
“Sweet Innisfallen, fare the v>
May calm and sunshine long W- thine,
How fair thou art lot others t •}!,’ etc., etc.
During the O’Connell dlnnt jat Dublin,
on Friday, Mrs. Fitzsimon, ;\#ed eighty
four years, the widow of Chr|->fbpher Fitz
simon, of Glencullon, and th#only living
daughter of O’Connell, appeqrt and in one of
the galleries, accompanied p'.- the lady
Mayoress and her daughter did a numer
ous party of distinguished lad cj. She was
received with enthusiastic cbeafs.
POLITICAL NOTES.
Sam Bard arrived in Alabama just in
time to attend the funeral of the Radical
party. Sam was valuable upon that occa
sion, for he is one of the oldest political
pall-bearers in the South.
Senator Anthony says Governor Hen*
dricks will be the next Democratic candi
date for President. If Allen carries Ohio
by fifty thousand, Hendricks will receive
something which will make him change his
mind.
It is the belief of “many wise men” that
the candidates for “next Governor” have
started too soon. If the result of the Con
vention is like it is generally, some man
not much talked of before it met will get
the nomination. The whole crowd now in
the field are “banking heavily” upon the
Grangers.
The Macon Telegraph announces that the
two opposing and enduring political forces
in this country have chosen their leaders.
Bard, of Atlanta-Montgomery has taken
the field for Grant. “And while Bard and
Atlanta,” it says "are thus shaping great
events on the Radical side of the House,
the dispatches show us that the Atlanta
Herald and Bob Alston are no less conspi
cuous on the Democratic side. Alston is
pervading the West as the great apostle of
love and harmony. We trust he will
smother that silly and impracticable green
back and specie basis quarrel in Ohio under
an unctious libation of the cream of sec
tional love and fraternity.”
The Democratic papers all over the coun
try are denouncing the New York World for
its opposition to Gov. Allen and the Ohio
Democracy. We deem it necessary to break
the force of this Punic newspaper before
the opening of the Presidential campaign,
for it is certain to try to sell out the party
before that fight is over. It is doing its
best to defeat the Ohio Democracy. The
New York Bay Book truthfully says : “Its
instincts have never been Democratic; it is
of no consequence to anybody; and the
Manhattan Club would get relieved of a
troublesome and expensive pauper, whose
existence depends upon their bounty.”
The Cincinnati 7?nqiuVer says “it is unne
cessary to argue the question. The elec
tion of Allon is conceded by the most intel
ligent men in this end of the State. Against
him there are no wagers worth taking.’’
Referring to the same subject the St. Louis
iJcpuWt'can—anti-'‘inflation,” too—remarks;
“One fact is worth remarking, viz., that
the Republicans are actually tame and spir
itless in their speeches, while the Demo
crats alone exhibit enthusiasm and aggres
siveness. The indications at present are
strongly in favor of the latter, but there is
no conjecturing what may turn up between
now and the day of election.
From the comments made by the press
upon the result of the election in North
Carolina, we conclude that few men outside
of the State understand the real character
of that people. It was an election to change
the organic law, to which they are, as a
rule, ever opposed, or at least approach a
revolution more slowly than any other
class in the United States. 'J hsy natural
ly receive propositions to annul old habits
and systems with suspicion, and reject in
novations of whatever kind until ail the
balance of the world has tried and proved
them. The State was filled with tories
during the revolutionary war, and with
Union men during the late struggle. They
suspected the late movement was a revolu
tionary one, and opposed it.
A Southern editor who had received the
Bost m circular nominating Banks for the
Presidency thus endorses it: “ How many
a ragged Rob has risen in the morning, cold
and hungry, and at the toot of Stonewall’s
horn, marched over to the camp of the
Federal General and partaken of a smoking
breakfast, while the redoubtable Banks
would quietly retreat, and leave the hungry
rebels to enjoy his abandoned stores. We
repeat, the Southern soldiers have not for
gotton all these acts of kindness, but have
treasured them up in grateful remem
brance, and will show their appreciat on of
them by voting for the Hon. N. P. Banks
for President—if they can find no one that
suits them better.”
PERSONAL.
When Vinnie Ream marries she wants a
“model man.”
Washington w r as 6 feet 2 inches in height,
and had a stalwart frame.
Wendell Phillips is going to make another
farewell tour of lecturing.
Roger Sliermau is to have a monument in
his native town, Nov'ton, Mass.
A son of Martin Van Buren was recently
sent to the insane asylum at Poughkeepsie,
N. Y.
When Win. 11. Aspinwall’s estate was set
tled, there was nothing scarcely left for the
heirs.
Nast will chalk and walk again. Bencher
will talk, but will not chalk. That is to
say, each of them will lecture the coming
season.
When Joaquin Miller goes in bathing at
Long Branch the ladies flock along the
bluff by the hundred, and marvel mightily
at the extreme thinness of his legs.
Jenny Lind dresses her hair in the same
style precisely as when she was in America,
twenty-five years ago. She has two daugh
ters—one eighteen and the other twenty.
Storey, of the Chicago Times, appears to
know all about it. He says a great deal of
attention is being paid to the “fast mail”
now-a-days, but the fast female is not al
together neglected.
When Joaquin Miller returned to his ho
tel at Long Branch, after his first plunge
into the surf, he came very near being ar
rested as an impostor. Nobody recognized
him, he was so clean.
Major Bonaparte, brother of Colonel Je
rome Bonaparte, of Baltimore, is at the
Ocean House, Newport, and one of the •‘so
cial lions” of the hour, a distinction, by the
way, he does not relish.
Olive Logan refuses to put on a bathing
suit, and this gives her enemies an oppor
tunity to remark that she’d be so homely
with her hair down and powder washed off
that even the men would faint away.
Clara Louise Kellogg is said to assist in
churning, at her residence on the Hudson,
and that’s perhaps the reason why no fel
low to suit her has the face to stand around,
and swear he won’t have any but-her.
Charlotte Cushman isn’t ashamed of her
age; she gave a party at Newport last
week, to celebrate her 59th birth-day. Her
health continues very poor, and she will
probably never appear again in public.
Captain Paul Boyton has offered his ser
vice in aid of the inundation sufferers, by
proposing to Madainoisello MaeMahon to
give at Paris, on the 16th inst., a series of
experiments with his life-saving dress. His
offer has been accepted.
At the death-bed of M. Remusat he paid
adieu to M. Thiers, and added, “We shall
meet again shortly in a better world,” a
reilection not agreeable to Thiers, who once
on the other side of the door said, “This
Remusat never had any tact.”
Barron Brothers, proprietors of the Twin
Mountain House, have ordered of a Boston
firm an elegant croquet set for the exclu
sive use of the Beecner party; there are 12
balls and mallets, each of a different kind
of wood, and the hoops are nickel-plated.
The statue of Richard Baxter, which was
unveiled at Kidderminster, England, on the
21st of July, had upon its pedestal the fol
lowing inscription: “Between the years
1641 and 1600 this town was the scene of the
labors of Richard Baxter, renowned equal
ly for his Christian learning and his pasto
ral fidelity. In a stormy and divided age
he advocated unity and comprehens'on,
pointing the way to ‘everlasting rest.’—
Churchmen and Nonconformists united to
raise this memorial A. D. 1875.”
SPECIAL NOTICES.
THE MAGNOLIA PASSENGER RODTE.
PORT ROYAL RAILROAD, j
Office General Passenger Agent,
Augusta Ga., Aug. 6,1875. )
ROUND "Trill* TICKETS !
tfet; in AUGUSTA to CHARLES
TON and RETURN .
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:ioa. m.
Arrive at Augusta 6:45 p. m.
Passengers en route to the “City by the
Sea,” and those seeking the salubrious cli
mate of Carolina’s Long Branch, Sul
livan’s Island, will find 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,
augo-im General Passenger Ac ent.
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.
FOR SALE,
English Durham cow and calf, good
stock. Apply to
GEO. A. BAILIE,
aul2-3t 88 Broad St reet.
GRAPES !
I AM RECEIVING, fresh from Colonel
Clark’s vineyard, Covington, Ga., every
day, the following varieties: Hartford Pro
lific, Delaware, Ives, Seedling, Concord,
Rentz and many others.
JoHN T. QUINN,
augl2-thsatu-3 48 Jackson street.
Board of Education.
THE regular monthly meeting of the
Board of Education will be on Second
Saturday in August, to pay accounts and
hear applications for teachers’ positions.
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A Complete Stock ot
BLACK IRON BEREGES!
Embracing all the different makes and
qualities, j ust received at
MULLARKY BROS.’
LATEST AND MOST FASHIONABLE
STYLES IN
Parasols and Sun Umbrellas,
with handles in new and pretty designs,
just received at MULLARKY BROS.’
Every quality and pattern in Striped and
Figured
French and English Pique,
and a variety of qualities in French Welt,
or Cord Piques, just received at
MULLARKY BROS.’
Cassimeres in New Spring
Styles,
And at Greatly Reduced Prices. Also, a
great variety of Choice Shades in Doeskin
Cashmerett, an excellent material for boys
and Men’s Spring Suits, just received, and
will be offered 25 per cent, cheaper than
heretofore. MULLARKY BROS.
A Large and well assorted Stock of
Cottonades & Rodman Jeans,
in good styles and colors, just received at
MULLARKY BROS.,
BROAD STREET
JUST RECEIVED
New and Beautiful Styles,
IN Hamburg Embroideries, Imperial
Trimmings in pretty designs. Patent
Valenciennes Edgings, latest patterns;
Linen Collars, Cuffs, Ruehings and Neck
Wear in a great variety of styles.
TUCKED LAWNS, TUCKED CAMBRIC
and REVERE CORD MUSLINS, suitable
for BIAS TRIMMING, at
MULLARKY BROS.
THIS WEEK.
Misses and Children’s SPRING STYLES,
in Striped Cotton Hose, colors now and
pretty, and prices lower than heretofore.
Also, a full line in all qualities of Ladies’
and Gents’ Hosiery, at
MULLARKY BROS.
A SPECIALTY".
Consisting of a well assorted Stock of
Bleached and Unbleached Taolo Damasks,
Towels, Napkins, Doylies, Linen and Cot
ton Diapers and RICHARDSON’S CELE
BRATED
IRISH LINENS,
Will be offered THIS WEEK at pi ices to
suit the times.
MULLARY BROS.
mh7-suthtf 262 BROAD STREET.
THE MOST PERFECT MADE.
\ TRA:, Em
LEMON SUGAR, ETC.
cfPNE THIRD IS SAUEDfc)
in quantity by their perfect purity and great
strength; the only kinds made by a prac
tical Chemist and Physician, with scientific
care to insure uniformity, healthfulness, deli
cacy and freedom from all injurious substan
ces. They are far superior to the common
adulterated kinds. Obtain the genuine, Ob
serve our Trade Marks as above, “ Cream’'
Baking Powder, “Hand and Cornucopia.”
, ii j Powder only in cans securely
labelled. Many have been deceived in loose
or bulk Powder sold as Dr Price’s.
Manufactured only by
STEELE & PRICE,
Chicago , St. Louis and Cincinnati.
mehlß-tuthsasutly
STOCK PRIVILEGES.
$lO. SIOO. SSOO. SIOOO.
Often realizes immenso 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 Yobk.
je!s-tuthsaly
TO RENT.
FOR RENT,
rjMIE RESIDENCE at No. 336 Broad
street, opposite C. V. Walker’s Auction
House. Apply to J. T. Derry, at the Rich
mond Academy. augl2-tf
TO RENT,
JjUtOM Ist October next, the Store and
Dwelling No. 230 Broad street, at present
occupied by N. W. Peacock.
Apply to A. D. PICQUET.
augl2-6
TO RENT.
COTTAGE HOUSE No. 90 Broad Street.
au!2-3t GEO. A. BAILIE.
TO RENT.
PART OF A HOUSE with water, gas and
everv convenience for house-keeping.
Price, $250 a year. Possession given Ist
September if desired. Also a suite of rooms
and a furnished lodging room. Location
central. Apply to
augl2-tf M. A. STOVALL.
FOR RENT.
The DWELLING over the Store notv oc
cupied by W. D. Davidson, No. 282.
A,,p,yto J. D.iJ.W. BUTr,
augl2-lw or J. M. TURPIN.
FLOOR TO RENT,
WITH WATER AND GAS.
Apply at
NO. 26C 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 wat r in
the yard. Also 4 acres of land attached
All in good order. Apply to JOHN BRAN
SON, Augusta Factory, or JAS. G. BAILIE
<fc 8110., Broad street. augl2--tf.
For Sale or to Rent.
HOUSE and lot on the south side of
Broad street, between Cenl re 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 twcMfiory brick dwelling, a kitchen,
&c.
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 & WHELESS.
TO RENT,
37MIAME DWILLING, 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.
THAT Desirable Brick Store and Dwel
ling, No. 330, opposite Planters’ Hotel.
Apply to
J. H. SPEARS,
M. L. SPEARS.
W. E. SPEARS.
augß-tf Executors.
TO RENT,
]jMt()M the 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. aug7-tf.
TO RENT.
171 ROM THE Ist OF OCTOBER NEXT,
; the Store on the corner of Broad and
Washington streets, now occupied by Air.
J. B. Norriss. Apply at
augs-tf THIS OFFICE.
TO RENT,
IriROM THE Ist OF OCTOBER NEXT,
1 that LARGE and COMMODIOUS
STORE, No. 338 Broad street, at present oc
cupied by F. A. Timberlake & Cos.
Apply to
jy3l-tf P. U. 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,
]7UU)M THE FIRST OF OCTOBER next,
. the elegant and commodious STORE,
209 Broad street, at present occupied by M.
S. Kean as a dry goods store, apply to
H. F. CAMPBELL,
Or A. S. CAMPBELL,
jy29-tf 207 Broad street.
TO RENT
OIN CONDITIONS.
Tiie dwelling oyer our store
for one year from October Ist, 1875.
jy 24-1 in BONES, BROWN <fc CO.
TO RENT,
From October first, the store
No. 182 Broad Street, now occupied by
Timmerman & 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.
The store at present occupied by Calvin
A Jones to rent. Apply to
HENRY MYERS,
jy!6-tf 102 Broad Street.
STORE TO RENT.
TORE No. 290 Broad street, now occu
pied by P. O. Burma.
For Terms, apply to
jy!s-tf H. H. D’ANTIGNAC.
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
j y 14-tf NO. 84 WALKER STREET.
FOR RENT,
XpROM OCTOBER FIRST, THE STORE
No. 212 Broad street, now occupied by
Messrs. O’Donnell & 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.
TO RENT,
FROM the llrst of October next, the store
No. 271 Broad street. Apply to
VAUGHN & MURPHEY, or
M. S. KEAN.
jy23-frsuwetf __
TO RENT,
ONE Brick Dwelling, No 98, south side
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
SUMMER RESORTS.
WARM SPRINGS!
MADISON COUNTY.
WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA.
mHESE SPRINGS are situated four miles
I from the Tennessee line, on the banks
ot 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 are unsur
passed at any Watering Place or Summer
Resort in the country. Ihe Baths consist
of large pools of a Clear, Powerjul Mineral
and Electric Water— temperature, 102 to 104
de°\ Fahrenheit—which are wonderlully
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. I here 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, lhese
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 Tenne.s-
SGO Excursion or Round Aiip Tickets tiio
on sale to and irom this place in all South
ern cities, at three cents per mile.
Rates of Board. S4U per month; sl2 50
per week; $2 per day. Childr n under ten
and over two years, and colored servants,
half price. _ .
iho Fnce of Tickots to Warm Springs,
N. C., via Atlanta, $2..99.
J. A. SAMPLE, Gen’l Manager,
For Warm Springs Cos.
Apply to Manager or Druggists in the
city lor Pamphlets and Circulars. je2-tf
MAN SIO DI 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 Augusta, sl9.
This is an entirely new and elegantly fur
nished house. Situation unsurpassed, sur
rounded with magnilicent 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.
Be-t of Cooks and Attendants.
Terms liberal.
C. E. WARREN,
je26-tf Proprietor.
The Charleston Hotel
WILL not be closod this Summer. All
guests patronizing us during the
Summer and Fall months, and remaining a
week or mure, 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 this notice.
jy!s-lm ___ __ _ _____
The SPiries,
AIKEN, S. C.
lIHIS centrally located establishment is
notv open for the reception of Summer
Boarders. The house is capacious, airy
and within one minutes’ walk of the Ac
commodation train irom 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.
ATTORNEYS AT LAW.
JOHN S. & WM. T. DAVIDSON,
ATTORNEYS AT LAW,
WILL practice in the t-tate, and United
States Courts of Georgia.
OFFICE NO. 1 WARREN BLOCK.
_jel7-ly
W. T. OARY,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
AUGUSTA, GA.
Office No. 213 Broad street.
Will prac'ice in all the Courts of South
Carolina and Courts of Georgia.
Special attention to collections.
augl2-su&th3m
! faro iroinaifecolpt Jtmo inpossess-ionofime ]
l ofite Company. 01h?y were originally j, i
j rcinnmmaod tv a relehr ale and French Chemist and 1
HTcilu* outyToNic & Stimulant permitted to T>e ;
usedinthe Armies andGovcmment Hospitals !
of France. They are a certain proven i ive.al' J
■ in
; byttsingftmmleißtiy tluee times adapJfart&eSsrf™ '
lia s kraiTedncodhv SicknEasnr disease.fi is |
uneqpaledas anlnvigoralor andßccupcrant;
| e^xnKCTXONSMj<a~
i. Uitevdal glass fait taken ci&tt Wore qi after ji
„ meals tiuer, tutus w day. , i
| MOMiniLVSHOULOBEWITHOUTABaTTtE. V
i * JOaegemanAttiUimiine tupuOurv. i
Prepared. By The
HOME BITTERS CO., St. LOUIS.
FOR SALE BY
Druggists and Dealers Generally.
augß-6m
THE TEXAS
Cotton Worm Destroyer!
A Sure and Safe Remedy for the Destruc
tion of the
CATERPILLAR.
TT DOES AWAY WITH THE USE OF
_L Paris Green and all other poisonous ar
ticles; is more effectual, less dangerous,
and much cheaper than any ai tide ever of
fered for sale. Having been extensively
used in Texas during 1 ho past year, is said
to be by some of the best planters in the
State the only article ever used that will
entirely destroy the CATEKPiLLAK with
out injury to the plant. It is easily applied
and no darner in its use, costing only
about 25 c. nts per ache. For particulars
as to price, fcc., apply to
T3. 18. HITIjLj Savannah,
General Agent for Georgia.
M, A. STOVALL,
Agent, Augusta, Ga.
Agents wantod through the State. jelß-3m
NOTICE.
fIMIIRTY DAYS after date I shall become
X a PUBLIC or FREE TRADER, in ac
cordance with provisions of Section 1760 of
the Code of Ge rgia.
_ , SARAH RICH.
I, hereby consent to my wife becoming a
Public or Free J ruder. J. RICH.
Augusta, Ga., August 6th, 1875.
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