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IHB CONSTITUTIONALIST
FRIDAY, August 13, 1875.
The “ Cat ” as a Friend of Civilization
—lts Growing Popularity in Eng
land.
Garroting became so unpleasantly
frequent in England that, all other
inodes of striking terror to bandits
having failed, resort was had to the
cat-o’-nine-tails, which had grown into
disuse for sixty years. We gather from
the reports of the English Judges and
other concurrent testimony that the
lash has had a salutary effect in check
ing one line of crimes, and it is no won
der that the chiefs of the judiciary
should clamor for its application to the
largest number of offenses. The Lon
don Daily Times, of July 22d, describes
the punishment, by flogging, of two
garroters. The account is so interest
ing that we quote it entire :
James Debuss, aged twenty-one, and
Charles Lewis aged nineteen, yesterday
underwent the punishment of twenty-live
lashes each from a cat-’o -nine-tails, in.the
jail of Newgate. The prisoners were tried
at the Central Criminal Court, before Mr.
Commissioner Kebb, upon several charges
of robberies in the streets, accompanied by
personal violence. As regarded Debuss
three previous convictions for felony were
proved against him. Ho was sentenced to
seven years’ penal servitude, and the
other prisoner, Lewis, against whom no
previous conviction was established, was
sentenced to receive twenty-five lashos.
Ever since their conviction both prisoners
appeared to have felt the utmost dread at
the prospect of being flogged, and nearly
as much terror to them as the thought of
the bodily suffering they were to experience.
Debuss was the first who was fastened t >
the whipping-block.Ho was only a thin strip
ling, and his skin appeared very thin and
white. At the first lash there was a broad,
angry red mark all across the shoulders,
and the prisoner began to shriek and en
treat for mercy in tones of the utmost an
guish. At every lash his cries seemc Ito
increase, and in piteous tones he entreated
the warder to have mercy. Two warders
were employed to inflict the punishment,
and they went about their work in a very
cool manner, and, of course, the entreaties
of the culprit fell upon deaf ears. The
stripes came down leisurely, and the chief
warder called out the number after each
until the whole were inflicted. Debuss
gave a deep sigh of relief when he was
taken down, and he was at once removed
to his cell. The other prisoner, Lewis, al
though the younger of the two, bore his
punishment with greater fortitude than
his companion, although he shrieked and
cried piteously while the sentence was be
ing inflicted. They both received the full
measure of chastisement, and there was no
doubt that they suffered severely.
It should be remarked that the cul
prits dreaded the whipping more than
they did transportation for a term of
years. Very little love of country, we
dare say, exists among hardened crimi
nals, and when it is remembered that
the penal colonies of Great Britain are
by no means unattractive and un
promising even to a thief, it may be
tolerably well understood how bodily
chastisement should abash the prison
ers moro than transportation. Besides,it
is frequently the fact that all cowardly
assassins or ruffians, however indiffer
ent to tho infliction nf pain, have an
intense horror of physical suffering
when applied to themselves. This is
specially the case with the white man,
who suffers as much in mental
torture as he does by the gashing
of his sensitive cuticle. Wo believe that
Delaware has adopted the right princi
ple in maintaining her whipping post
and executioner; and England, slow to
begin a reform, slower to abandon any
thing once made a part of her system,
and slowest of all to return to what
has been once rejected, is getting back
again to a good old fashion which ought
never to have been abolished. It is
the merest cant and humbug to howl
against the reign of the lash, when the
eold shower bath, the bucking and gag
ging, and other dreadful modes of tor
ment prevail without a murmur from
long-haired friends of humanity
that monstrous spawn of sickly senti
mentalists who made Sunday Schools,
pulpits and literature vocal with the
‘•woes” of the negro slave, and finally, ed
ucating a generation to hate the South,
plunged the land into a war, which led
to woes unnumbered whoso end is not
yet. Nothing is fiercer and more de
monic than a French mob, which Haz
litt described to be “like unto gun
powder, smutty and insignificant in the
grain but terrible in the mass.” And
yet these ravening men of blood, who
charge barricades, face cannon and
bayonets, and overthrow empires amid
blood and tears, are said to disperse
ingloriously and promptly under a
shower of rain ! This fact was said to
be so patent that it was proposed se
riously, under Louis Napoleon, to bring
against the brigands of the Parisian
slums, not soldiers of the line, but
the fireman’s brigade. They were not
to be scattered by bullets but by water.
Now, if an apparently trifling thing
can have so powerful an effect,
we may begiu, by illustration,
to comprehend why so small a weapon
as the cat-o’-nine tails should strike ter
ror to the souls of evil men. The curse
of this country is an undue squeamish
ness in dealing with gross offenders.—
How many assassins, robbers, social
bandits, etc. go unpunished. Look at
the record of Williamson county, Ills,
where 27 homicides have sprung from
a quarrel between two families, where
a reign of terror exists, and from
whose accused confines many of the In
habitants are preparing to flee, because
red-handed Murder stalks abroad
gigantically and defies the Law and the
Government. Think you, if the au
thorities boldly advanced into that
“ dark and bloody ground,” seized
upon the perpetrators of crime, and
after conviction scourged their flesh
with many stripes well laid on,
prior to imprisonment or hanging—
think you, we say, if this were done, a
curb would not be put upon sneaking
ruffians who are a disgrace to humani
ty and an intolerable nuisance to the
community? Thus, let it be understood
by the dangerous classes, whether clad
in broadcloth or homespun, that the
cat-o’-nine-tails hangs, over their heads
or backs, like an avenging sword, and
our word for it, not only would we have
less crime but fewer criminals. It is
the farce of jury trials and the im
punity given ruffians by mealy-mouthed
laws, or their failure to be operative,
that adds to the rank growth of wicked
deeds. We favor the introduction of
the lash into our system of punishment
and the sooner that instrument comes
into vogue judiciously, the less neces
sity will then exist for vigilance com
mittees and mob violence.
Hard Times East and West—Misery
in Company.
Southern men traveling Northward
this season have been universally im
pressed with the fact that the South is
not alone in commercial depression,
but that, if anything, there is greater
financial gloom in the East and West
than in their own section. Even un
happy, spoliated Louisianians have
plucked up courage by witnessing per
sonally, beyond their borders, a shrink
age of trade which grows worse and
worse. The New Orleans Times has
been looking into the statistics and re
ports that “throughout the whole
“West the shrinkage of real property
“amounts to nearly one-lialf, as com
pared with five years ago. Incomes
“are curtailed, profits reduced. Debtors
“struggle hard but in vain to pay their
“debts. Yet there is an abundance of
“currency seeking investment at low
“rates of interest ‘on good security,’ as
“the money factors say. There is the
“rub. Good security will unlock
“vaults and command checks at
“will, but what was regarded
“as good security five years ago,
“ is now looked upon as unsafe or in
“ adequate. The amount which Money -
“ bags will now place on a row of tene
“ ments is extremely exasperating and
“ disheartening to the erstwhile buinp
“ tious owner thereof. But Money
“ bags is not to blame. He has no soul,
“ no heart, but he has a god, which is
“ Prudence. Prudence whispers and
“ without any theoretical refinements
“ in regard to the whys and where
•‘ fores, he obeys. Shaken confidence
“ and gradual collapse—a part of the
“ price we pay for our prolonged infla
“ tion debauch—explain tho not very
“ profound mystery. Of all the evils of
“ inflation this is the most subtle, dev
“ lish, remorseless and exhausting. It
“is a worm gnawing at the vitals.
“ ‘Good security’ is corroded, eaten up,
“ and cannot be restored except upon
“ a return to a true and stable basis of
“ values. When that occurs, prices
“ will become fixed and real property
“ will become again the best security.”
What is hero said of the Western sit
uation is equally true of the Eastern
portion of the country. The Times
makes this statement as a basis for ad
vocating a return to specie payments
and in ridicule of “ inflation ” theories.
Now, the Democracy are not responsi
ble for greenbacks, and they would
welcome a return to solid values as
much as anybody. But how this de
sired jubilee is to be brought about,
since the havoc made by Radical Re
construction, no one seems able to
clearly demonstrate. The evil will
probably cure itself in time; mean
while the only hope appears to be
making the best of a bad bargain, and
bringing, as far as possible, the curren
cy we havo to a p ax tviill gold, so iar
as the United States are concerned.
The Times continues : “The rich prai
“ ries of Illinois wear a seedy, weedy
“ and despondent aspect. There is an
“ unwonted lack of fresh paint, and
“ loose boards flap drearily on the
“ barns. The people, long used to pros
“ perity, are loth to wako up, and but
“ imperfectly comprehend what is the
“ matter. The advantage we have in
“ the South is that other misfortunes
“ have contributed to bring us to the
“ North and West. We shall bo ad
justed to the new order of things
“ sooner than they by two or three
“years. We have a better and|more
“ profitable crop about to be] harvested.
“ Other things being equal, our crops
“ are also more certain year by year.
“ Let us but have a continuance of or
“ der and peace under governments
“ sufficiently represenative to be toler
“ able, together with a determined re
“ turn to a par currency and specie
“ payments, and tho advance of tho
“ South will be astonishingly rapid. In
“ five years we shall outstrip the West
“ in the race for prosperity and our
“ advantage will be permanent.”
Verily our Eastern and Western
brethren are having their share of the
“results of tho war.” It looks now,
that, just as Austria, in her extremity,
had to lean upon oppressed Hungary
for assistance, the East and West may
erelong find that the South, so merci
lessly scourged, insulted and trampled
upon, is after all the great bulwark of
the Republic, not only in the way of
Constitutional principles, but commer
cial salvation.
The Roll of Congress.— Some in
quiring statistician has figured out that
of the present Congress, composed of
336 members, 200 are lawyers, 50 mer
chants and the rest editors and farm
ers. In the United States there are
40,000 lawyers and 2,500,000 farmers—
therefore, there is one lawyer in Con
gress for every 200 of that profession,
and only one farmer for every 130,000,
as the latter class, in reality, only num
ber 18 in our national legislature. Com
menting upon this statement, the
Washington Chronicle says “it is emi
nently necessary then, that the legal
element in this country should be care
ful to select its representative men for
public position, else a popular preju
dice may be engendered which will be
unpleasant in its exhibition.” We
heartily concur with this advice, more
especially as it has been charged that
many Congressmen from Northern
States represent great corporations as
hired attorneys rather than the people
of the Districts who vote them into
place.
Pullman. —The Nashville Union and
American says the Pullman Palace Car
Company give notice that they will pay
the outstanding bonds, amounting to
81,000,000, bearing 8 per cent, interest,
first series, and due November 15,1875,
at any time prior to that date, with ac
crued interest, on presentation at the
office of the Farmers’ Loan and Trust
Company in New York. The same pa
per adds that the Pullman Palace Car
Company is a plethoric monopoly that
has fattened on the folly of a too-long
thoughtless people.
California Wheat—Grangers and
Speculators.
California had a surplus of 350,000
tons of wheat, and yet, indifferent to
an advance in prices, continued to hold
for higher rates. This determination
is said to have been caused by the
Grangers, who are, like the house cat,
blamed for every accident not other
wise explicable. The New York Bulle
tin says the result of this is manifest;
“that many large crop owners who
could have closed out their entire crops
at high figures and pocketed the cash,
have now to stem the current for a
while longer, and take the chances of
a future market. When prices began
to turn downward in the Liverpool
market, the Grangers naturally began
to realize the awkwardness of their po
sition. Still they continue to advise
their friends not to be discouraged by
what they are confident will only be a
temporary depression. This may be
sound advice, but in view of the heavy
losses incident to the hoarding system
last season, one would suppose the par
ties most directly interested would be
careful now how they accept the seri
ous risks which it implies. At present
it is certain some people are carrying a
pretty heavy load.”
Asa general thing merchants and
planters, especially the latter, are not
easily taught by disastrous experience
from year to year, and, in proof of this,
hear the San Francisco Commercial:
Dr. Toland is carrying 35,000 ctls old
wheat and 50,000 ctls of this year’s crop,
and he, as we are told, is among the num
ber of those unwilling to accept a equal e
offer of 2%c. for his entire crop. So far as
we are advised, exporters generally have
purchased but little wheat at the rise. One
month since, some of our large t shippers,
boldly said 425., and advised their friends
here to operate cautimsly; and now, for
sooth, those same parties have gone to the
other extreme and have, we are told, pur
chased a number of cargoes at the rise for
the purpose of a clearance to several large
ships now here In waiting.
Perhaps a perpetual ding-dong from
the press may do some good occa
sionally.in the way of impressing farm
ers with the folly of certain courses;
but ordinarily when a Granger or any
other man gets his mind “sot” on a
speculation, the only thing that moves
him for the moment is a depleted
pocket book and queer conviction that
somebody has been fooling him to the
top of his bent.
A Presidential Limbo—Saratoga as a
Political Graveyard.
The newspaper men are a sadly
abused class, but what would the
world do without them? It is true
they have their faults and do many
things that ought not to be done, just
as other mortals ; but how many pro
jects for the good of humanity and
civilization have been fostered and
made available by their pens and
brains? And then, what is ic they do
not find out that is rare, interesting,
curious, instructive and diverting ?
Whoever supposed before the New
York Sun’s editor took the trouble to
discover it that Saratoga Spring,
though an excellent resort for fast
! people and diseased livers, was and
is fatal to Presidential aspiration.
Broadly stating the proposition that no
fashionable sojourner at that famous
watering place has ever been elected
President, the Sun says :
“Indeed, candidates for a nomina
“ tion who have been wont to gather
“ there to plot and play cards, and
“ drink water and other beverages, have
“ generally failed to carry national
“ conventions. Adams and Jackson
“ were never there at all. Van Bueen,
“ though living near by, always
“ shunned the festivities and frivoli
“ ties of.the springs until in 1839, when
“ ho was a candidate for a second
“ term, with prospects overclouded.—
“He then hied to the gay watering
“ place to put on airs and look as if he
“ was not frightened at the risiDg
“ storm in the political horizon. Plain
“ old Harkison annihilated him the
“ next year. Clay went to Saratoga at
“ the same time with Van Buken. The
“ great Kentuckian was the pet of the
“ ladies. The splendid widow of Clin
“ ton cut Van Buren, but she warmed
“to Clay. It was of no avail ; Clay
“ was not even nominated. Polk, Tay
“ lor, Pierce, Buchanan and Lincoln
“ were never at the American Baden.
“ The reporters tell us that nearly
“ all the Presidential aspirants are or
“ have recently been encamped at Sar
“ atoga— Wilson, Church, Tilden, Fen
“ ton, Hoffman and Hendricks, and that
“Morgan, Blaine, Conkling and Morton
“ are expected. The lessons of the past
“ should warn those who are now there
“ to leave at once, and those who have
“ not arrived to keep away. Some of
“ them have already stayed too long.”
This is a melancholy review for the
contemplation of those who are eager
to become Grant’s successor ; but they
may console themselves that this is the
age of wonders and changes; that
never before the present Pope’s exist
ence had any of his predecessors at
tained “the years of Peter” in length
of reign. Possibly one of the promi
nent names mentioned above will break
the spell that has hovered over Sara
toga, and the fatalism that now sur
rounds Congress water may be trans
ferred to Long Branch breezes.
Zulueta.— The Courier-Journal has
been investigating Cuban affairs and
finds that Don'Julian de Zulueta, who
was re-elected President of the Spanish
Club the other day, is a millionaire and
the most powerful man on the island
of Cuba. He has four estates worth
86,000,000, besides other property. He
is at the head of the slave-holding in
terest, and directs all his efforts and
the machinery under his control to
avert catastrophe to his interests like
the abolition of slavery. The Spanish
Club controls an army of soldiers in
its interest, and constitutes the strong
est bulwark which the insurgents will
have to overcome, and an obstacle to
foreign intervention in behalf of the
“patriots.”
McCreery.— The newly elected Gov
ernor of Kentucky, James C. McCreery,
is about forty years of age, and a
nephew of the Senator of the same
name. He was Speaker of the State
House of Representatives, and is a man
of ability and probity.
PERSON LL.
Moody is only 38.
Plimsoll wears spec He isn’t see
worthy.
Victor Hugo’s fortun* is estimated at
$700,000, all made by his en. He received
$150,000 from his plays a ne.
Mrs. John C. Breckin dge is about to
take up her permanentSresidenee in Ar
kansas. The removal wilStake place in the
Fall. S
Nordhoff has gotinh jjict water in the
Yellowstone Valley. Irfiother words, he
fell into a geyser. a
Mr. James Lick, of California, is steadily
improving in health, a;3l it is feared by
numerous parties in sejie also. At any
rate college, telescope, sjir spangled ban
ner, monument and trusif a stocks are not
as good as they were sort*' l! tie whilo ago.
Gertrude Jackson, of Jsssissippi, corner
as near being the fool-tiler as anybody.
She smiled equally on f<ir admirers, and
each rose thirsting forihe other’s gore,
Their thirst was satisfied all around, and
now Miss Jackson smileApon a fifth.
Miss Annie Oliver, a yAng lady of about
twenty, preached Sund,# evening in the
Fleet Street Methodist ilmrch, Brooklyn.
New York. She was inSoduced as a wo
man who had “conquer]# eight hundred
liquor dealers, closed the|| saloons and won
them all to a Christian lijj.”
The Galveston News g%3 that Antoine,
the negro Lieutenant Gl| ernor of Louisi
ana, was recently in thf city with L. G.
Smith, a white friend. ifey took passage
in a steamer, but when Sfaith found that
they had been assigned || the same state
room, he raised a row witfcfthe ticket agent.
“Slim Jim” has arrived||.nd the Milesian
literateurs of the Ne 7 Y||k Herald are on
the ragged edge. It is u||erstood that the
changes usual unon his ||pearancfe from a
foreign trip will now be ifjli.de. The eleva
tor boy will be made cneditor, the dra
matic critic will be puUii charge of tho
press room, and so on tpfough the entire
establishment. \ f
There is at present rci-| |ing in Dublin a
grand-niece of the poet |(j>ldsmith, a very
aged woman, (she is now ifyoars old,) suf
fering from ill-health anahfxtreme poverty,
her whole maintenance being a weekly
allowance of four shilling from a chari
table fund. |I
k 3
Bismarck has now fortj|R:wo decorations
They comprise German* -Belgian, Greek,
Italian, Dutch, Austrian, Danish, Swedish,
Turkish, Tunisian, Persia Siamese or
ders; also tho Danish Dinneborg grand
cross, the grand cross eg l.ho French Le
gion of Honor, the Aus||m iron crown,
the San Marino grand <s|c|, and a medal
for saving a drowning majJ the last being
the first in point of date. “ |
Mr. Sankey, the fello; laborer of Mr.
Moody, in a letter onclos|;fg a fine photo
graph of Queen Victoria? |.nd her grand
children, says: “The litifbf folks are just
such shy lookiug youngsters as wo have
by millions in our Sunday schools and
their grandmother just ?-ach a pleasant,
womanly body as we see Ivory Sabbath in
the Amen corner of Methodist
churches in America.” \ \
Willard Richardson, w!|i£ at the time
of his death was senior pfipprietor of the
Galveston (Texas) News, ,'las one of the
oldest and most accompli- ed journalists
in the Southern States. ; e was born in
Massachusetts, but in a f irit of boyish
adventure, emigrated to ':%■ itli Carolina at
tiie age of sixteen years, id finished liis
education at the State Col j |eat Columbia.
Tho early part of his bus|i| bss career was
passed in teaching in variy s parts of the
South. During tho civil ||r ho espoused
the Confederate cause, bij.. [vas known as
one of the few independent |.nd outspoken
journalists in hi action oj Jio country.
Win, Grace, who recently died at Pitcher,
Chenango Cos., had a son|; ivhat singular
career. He was at one t|*fo a candidate
for member of Assembly. \ Shout 30 years
ago he was arrested for roiU ng the Otsego
Cos. Bank in Cooperstown o| i 32,000, but on
his examination was cleai| g and another
person sent to State Prison; I He was doing
a prosperous business in o|;|ord, and this
arrest was a shock to his p|i|le from which
ho never recovered, and h(; laen commenc
ed a life of dissipation. SiiiS) then he has
wandered about, earning > lia’-oly money
enough for a living. He w? It to Oxfords
years ago, and for the pasrlybar was com
paratively steady. Ho waf Duried by the
town. j
POLITICAL Nf’TES.
The Ohio election comes i on the 12th
of October. A Governor, IpTutenant Gov
ernor and members of the | legislature are
to be chosen.
The Utica Observer objecf| to Sam Ran
dall as the next Speaker House. It
calls him an “inflationist, al’Cyotectionist, a
back-payster, and a salary? grabber,” and
say: “Ho is not only out f# accord with
tho great body of the Di ocracy on is
sues of vital importance! but ho lacks
the ossential qualification)- for leader
ship honesty. While |Vat miserable
scheme was in progress fipp robbing tho
tax-payers of $2,000,000 a A-'l dividing it
among Congressmen in thfjame of back
pay, Mr. Randell made hin.i lf offensively
prominent. On one occasi|| ho provoked
the thieves to laughter br telling them
that he never heard of bull one man who
refused to take all the he could get.
and that man was left at by his dis
gusted constituents.” Theban whom the
Observer prefers for Speaktf is M. 0. Kerr,
of Indiana, “whose purf&y was never
shadowed by suspicion,” ||id who is in
“ perfect accord with the pafjy on the vital
issues of the day.” As fos|Mr. Cox, tho
Observer thinks tho time Inf )come for him
“ to render tho party a conspicuous service
through a sacrifice of his isonai ambi
tion” by voluntarily withdrawing his
name from the contest. ||
The leading New York papers are a unit
against inflation, all favori| a return to
specie payments as soon iif practicable.
Ihe cry is a humbug. Lob< iy denies that
a silver or a gold dollar Is better than a
paper. But the truth is theri is not enough
bullion in this country to red) m the green
backs afloat. Just let the Go) -rnment open
a redemption office for one d| y, and a rush
would be made upon it like j l Mississippi
crevasse. S
The Boston Globe says: j Senator An
thony, of Rhode Island, ha been asked
what ho thinks about the ditical pros
pects, and says it is a pretty* hard conun
drum. The great will be, the
maintaining of the Union “ i the princi
ples that prevailed during lie late war,”
(which is rather a foggy sb oment,) and
the currency question. The t; iff and labor
issues will have to wait. Hi doesn’t be
lieve the Southern Democrat! win be un
wise enough to insist on havii ' the Presi
dential candidates, and thinl! Hendricks
has the best chance for the nomination
among those talked of, though one to fifty
against the field would be ab> it a square
bet on the chance that some i> in not now
talked about will be pret nted. The
Liberals, he thinks, will retur to the Re
publican fold, but ho does not lazard any
prediction as to the results c the Presi
dential campaign.”
New York has nine candidate for Presi
dent in the field, and fifty-six V hear from.
For the Republicans, there ■ re Evarts,
Pierrepont, Morgan, Fish an ; Conkling;
for the Democrats, Tilden, ( urch, Sey
mour and McClellan.
There seems to be no lack o local inter
est in the Ohio campaign. Thl Cincinnati
Gazette received on Saturday; n order for
one hundred and twenty-six w, usand sup
plements, containing the Bpe<: hesofGen.
Hayes and Senator Sherman,• elivered at
Marion,, Ohio,
SPECIAL NOTICES.
RICHMOND COUNTY COURT.
Setting for County Purposes,
August 12th, 1876.
THE FOLLOWING ASSESSMENTS UPON
the State Tax for County Purposes for Rich
mond County, for it 76. are hereby made, and
John A. Bolder, Tax Collector of said County,
is instructed and required to collect the
same:
Per centum.
Couit Expenses 10
Paupers 10
Roads and Bridges 7
Salaries, etc 3
Poor House 3
Jurors 7
Public Offices 2
Coroner’s Inquests 1
County Map 2
Public Buildings 5
Total 60
CLAIBORNE SNEAD,
augl3-law3 and County Judge.
SOCIAL LODGE NO. 1, F.\ AND A-’. M.\
THE REGULAR MONTHLY COMMUNI
CATION of Social Lodge No. l, will be held
at Masonic Hall THIS (Friday) EVENING, at
8 o’clock.
By order S. D Heard, W.\ M.\
WM. H. CRANE.
augi3-i Secretary.
BOSTON, MASS., AND PORT ROYAL, S. C.
AN A 1 VESSEL NOW ON BERTH AT
Boston. Mass., loading with cargo for Port
Royal, S. C. For freights to Tort Royal apply
to Messrs. Lewis & Hall, No. 9 Merchants’ Row.
Boston. Mass. augl3-3t.
THE MAGNOLIA PASSENGER ROUTE.
PORT ROYAL KAII, ROAD, j
Office General Passenger Agent, -
Augusta Ga., Aug. G, 1875. )
ROUND r J’RII J TICKETS !
<fcfi in AUGUSTA to CHARLES- ft!) JO
4U 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 onsale at Planters’Hotel and Ticket
Office, Union Depot.
T. S. DAVANT,
augc-im General Passenger A^ont.
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.
BANKRUPT SALE.
BIGN.ON & CRUMP, Auctioneers.
WILL BE SOLD, in front of the Auction
House of Bignon & Crump, No. 286
Broad street, on MONDAY, 23d inst., at 11
o’clock a. m., the following property of
Met srs. Isaac T. Heard & Cos., Bankrupts,
viz:
1 Second Hand Guilett Steel Brush Gin.
1 pair Fairbanks’ Platforn Scales.
1 pair Trucks.
2 Stoves.
1 Gold Watch,
l t 'lock.
1 Water Cooler ana Tame.
1 Lot Maps.
1 Lot Ink Stands, Pen Racks, &e.
1 Stain ped Check Book.
Irons complete for two Brooks’ Cot
ton Presses.
The above articles can be seen at the
store of Messrs. Bignon & Crump.
Terms: Cash.
TIIOS. 11. JOHNSON,
Assignee of Isaac T. Heard & Cos.
augl3-frsuwsu
“PURE SEED”
“ RUST PROOF OATS.”
PRICE 51.25 CASH, PER BUSHEL. Sown
In August or September, the mi >st cer
tain crop raised—succeeding on the Sea
coast, where no other oat ever matures
seed, as well as on liigh'ands.
Grown expressly for seed, and for sale by
EDWARD BANCROFT,
Athens, Ga.
For sale by
C. H. PIIINIZY, & CO.,
augl3-lm* Augusta, Ga.
For Sale to Merchants,
4 GOOD stock of English Pocket and
Table CUTLERY, and Rogers’ im
ported direct. For sale at cost. Orders
mini the country will be properly attended
H>. R. F. URQUHART.
augl3-3
FOR SALE,
I ENGLISH DURHAM CO Wand Calf, good
stock. Apply to
GEO. A. BAILIE,
aul2-3t 88 Broad Street.
GRAPES !
XAM RECEIVING, fresh from Colonel
Clark’s vineyard, Covington, Ga., every
day, the following varieties: Hartford Pro
lific, Delaware, Ives, Seedling, Concord,
ltentz and many others.
JOHN T. QUINN,
augl2-tlisatu-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.
aull-2t
Moonlight Excursion
—DOWN—
THE SAVANNAH RIVER,
-TO
NEW SAVANNAH
The steamer rosa will leave
her wharf at 8 o’clock p, rn., August
13th, and return August 14th, at 4 o’clock
a. m.
The Managers have secured a No. 1 String
Band for the occasion. Ample room for
dancing.
No pains will be spared to make it a
pleasant and in every way respectable ex
cursion.
Refreshments of all kinds, except intoxi
cating drinks, will be aboard.
Purchase your tickets at once, as there
will be only a limited number sold.
Tickets on sale at all the hotels, music
and bookstores.
NELSON & THOMASSON,
jy2s s2t<fcstwifcth Managers.
FOR SALE!
A WINDLASS, with a Brake attached,
built by Mr. George Cooper, of this
Also, a Ruggles PAPER CUTTER, which
cuts 26 inches wide. All in good order.
The above mentioned Machines will be
sold CHEAP 808 CASH. Apply at
THIS OFFICE.
jy!B-tf
TURNIP SEED!
TURNIP SEED, TURNIP SEED,
OF EVERY VARIETY and of the same
reliable quality that has always given
satisfaction. Call 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 BARRY & CO,
jy23-frsuwclm 288 Broad street.
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.
LARGEST SCHOOL.
Dr. Ward’s Seminary for Young Ladies,
Nashville, Tenn., is the largest in the South
and fifth in the U. S. Send for new cata
logue. Full Session September 2d.
nu him a si\ mil,
NEW LONDON, CONN.,
Manufacturers of Cotton Gins, Cotton G >
Feeders, Condensers and Cotton Gin Mate
rials of every description. Our Gins have
been in use thirty years, and have an estao
lished reputation for simplicity, light
running, durability, and for quality ana
quantity of lint produced. Our feeder ij
easily attached to the Gin, and easilv
operated by any hand of ordinary intelli
fence. They are the simplest and clieapes
eeder in tho market and feed with more
regularity than is possible by hand, in
creasing the outturn and giving a cleaner
and better sample. At all Fairs where ex
hibited and by Plantershaving them in use.
they have been accorded the highest en
comiums. Our Condensers are well-made,
durable and simple in construction, and do
what is required of them rapidly and well.
No additional power is required to drive the
Feeder or Condenser, and no Gin House is
complete without them. Wo are prepared
to warrant, to any reasonable extent, per
fect satisfaction to every purchaser. Circu
lars, prices and full information furnished.
Address as above, or apply to
3X00141C A CO.,
_ Augusta, Ga.
MILD, HEALTHY CLIMATE.
FRESH, RICH LANDS.
Stable anil Benelicient Government.
HOMES, FARMS, &c.,
CHEAPER THAN ANYWHERE.
For circular of full information, address
S. J. MATTHEWS, Monticello, Ark.
Albertson’s Segment Screw
COTTON PRESS.
Unrivalled for simplicitv, speed, con
venience and durability. Makes a 550 in.
bale with one horse and only 18 rounds.
Screw, io inches diameter and 10 feet long.
For circular with description, testimonials
and names of agents in the South, address
J. M. ALBERTSON, New London, Ct.
ja IST, E\ BURNHAM’S
O TURBINE
Jpk WATER WHEEL
Was selected, 4 years ago,
anc * P’ work in the Pat
“* office, Washington, D.C.,
and has proved to be the het.
vlSrjflP'jfSPjl 19 sizes made. Prices lower
-i- 3 than any other first-class
w heel. Pamphlet free.
N. F. BURNHAM, York, Pa.
WATERS’" NEW SCALE PIANOS
are the best made; the touch elastic, and a
tine singing tone, powerful, pure and
even.
WATERS’ Concerto Organs
cannot be excelled in tone orbeauty; they
defy competition. The Concerto Stop is a
line Imitation of the Human Voice.
PRICKS EXTREMELY LOW for cash
during this month. Mont lily Instalments
received ; Pianos anti Organs to Let, and
Rent-Money allowed if purchased. Second
hand Instruments AT GREAT BARGAINS,
YtIKJV'TS WASTED. A Liberal discount
to Teachers, Ministers, Churches, Schools,
Lodges, etc. Special Inducements to the
trade. Illustrated Catalogues Mailed.
HO RACK WATERS St SONS, 481 Broad
way, New York. Box 3,567.
SSO TO SIO,OOO
Has been invested in Stock Privileges and
900EPROFIT
"How to Do It,” a Book on Wall st, sent
free. TUMBRIDGE A GO., Bankers &
Brokers, 2 Wall street, New York.
DOUBLE YOUR TRADE
Druggists, Grocers and Dealers! Pure
China and Japan Teas in sealed packages,
screw top cans, boxes of Half chests—Grow
ers’ prices. Send for circular. THE WELLS
TEA COMPANY, 201 Fulton street, New
York, P. O. Box 4560.
THE WEEKLY SUN,
now to Now Years, post-paid, en cts. Address
THE SUN. New York.
jffa A WEEK guaranteed to Male
/ M and Female Agents, in their 10,/
,/ / cality. Costs NOTHING to try
m m it. Particulars Free.
P. 0. VICKERY & CO.. Augusta. Me.
66 T3SYCHOMANCY, OR SOUL CHARM-
I INU.” How either sex may fasci
nate and gain the love and affections of any
person they choose, instantly. This art all
can possess, free, by mail, for 25 cents;
together with a Marriage Guide, Egyptian
Oracle, Dreams, Hints to Ladies, etc.* 1,000,-
000 sold. A queer book. Address
T. WILLIAM & CO., Pub’s, Philadelphia.
jy2l-wefrsu
TKMOST PERFECT MADE.
LEMON SUGAR, ETC.
cIoNE third is saved^
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.”
Buy the Baking Powder only in cans securely
labelled. Many have been deceived in loose
or bulk Powder sold as Di Price’s.
Manufactured only by
STEELE & PRICE,
Chicago, St. Louis and Cincinnati.
mchlß-tuthsasufly
STOCK PRIVILEGES.
$lO. SIOO. SSOO. SIOOO.
Often realizes immense profits when in
vested in STOCK PRIVILEGES. Circulars
containing full explanation of the mode of
operating, and quotation prices of all
Stocks dealt in, at the
New York Stock Exchange,
sent FREE on application to
SIMONSON, BARREIRAS & CO.,
Bankers and Brokers, No. 6 Wall street,
Opp. N. Y. Stock Exchange. New York.
je!s-tuthsaly
Z. W. CARWILE, JR.,
COMMISSION MERCHANT,
AND GENERAL MERCHANDIZE
BROKER,
124 Front Street, (near Wall),
jel-tilsepl NEW YORK.
TO RENT.
FOR RENT,
rjiHE 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,
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.
\J aul2-3t GEO. A. BAILIE.
TO RENT.
PART OF A HOUSE with water, gas and
every 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 now oc
cupied by W. D. Davidson, No. 282.
Apply to
J. D. & J. W. BUT r,
augl2-lw or J. M. TURPIN.
FLOOR TO RENT,
WITH WATER 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
& BEO., Broad street.* augl2-tf.
For Sale or to Rent.
HOUSE and lot on the south side of
Broad street, between 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,
&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,
IMIE BRICK HOUSE on the corner of
. Ellis and Monument streets, contain
ing seven rooms.
Apply to
auglO-tf SIBLEY & WHELESS.
TO RENT,
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.
riYHAT Desirable Brick Store and Dwel-
X ling, No. 330, opposit e Planters’ Hotel.
Apply to
J. H. SPEARS,
M. L. SPEARS.
W. E. SPEARS,
augß-tf Executors.
TO RENT,
T3ROM the First of October next, tho
I 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.
From the ist of October next,
the Store on the corner of Broad and
Washington streets, now occupied bv Mr.
J. B. Norriss. Apply at
augs-tf THIS OFFICE.
TO RENT,
13 ROM TIIE Ist OF OCTOBER NEXT,
1 that LARGE and COMMODIOUS
STORE, No. 338 Broad street, at present oc
cupied by F. A. Tiinberlake A Cos.
Apply to
_ iy3l-tf P. H. PRIMROSE.
TO RENT,
A COTTAGE HOUSE containg five
rooms, a good Kitchen, Store House,
ami other Buildings, water in yard. No. 9
Fenwick street, near the Parade Ground.
Apply to
jy3l-lm _ A. M. BRODIE,
TO RENT,
13 ROM THE FIRST OF OCTOBER next,
the elegant and commodious STORE,
2U9 Broad street, at present occupied by M.
S. Kean as a dry goods store, a pplv to
H. F. CAMPBELL,
Or A. S. CAMPBELL,
jy29-tf 207 Broad street. .
TO RENT
ON CONDITIONS.
riMIE DWELLING OVER OUR STORE
X for one year from October Ist, 1875.
jy24-lrn BONES, BROWN A GO.
TO RENT,
From October first, the store
No. 182 Broad Sti'eet, now occupied by
Timmerman A Wise.
ALSO.
The Dwelling and Saloon on Ellis street,
between Mclntosh and Washington, occu
pied by Josepii Heitzman. Apple 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,
jyl6-tf 162 Broad Street.
STORE TO RENT.
TORE No. 290 Broad street, now occu
pied by P. O. Burum.
For Terms, apply to
jyls-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
jyl4-tf NO. 84 WALKER STREET.
FOR RENT,
JMtOM 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, 7
FROM the first 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.
rpHESE SPRINGS are situated four miles
L from the Tennessee line, on the banks
of the French Broad River, in the very
midst of the highest ranges of Mountains
e ist of the Mississippi River, in a country
generally known and truthfully called the
Switzerland of America.
The Hotel accommodations are unsur
passed at any Watering Place or Summer
Resort in the country. The Baths consist
of large pools of a Clear, Powerful Mineral
and Electric Water— temperature, 102 to 104
deg. Fahrenheit—which are wonderfully
invigorating to all invalids, equalizing the
circulation and stimulating the secretory
organs, and will in most cases of chronic
and sub-acute Gout, Rheumatism, Dispep
sia, Neuralgia, Socondry Syphilis, Nephri
tic and Calculous Disorders, Scrofula, Cu
taneous, and many diseases peculiar to
females effect a radical cur e. T 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. These
Springs are easy or access from all South
ern cities, by all lines of railroads converg
ing into Exist Tennessee via Atlanta, Knox
ville, Tenn., to Morristown, East Tennes
see. Excursion or Round Trip Tickets are
on sale to and from this place in all South
ern cities, at three cents per mile.
Rates of Board. S4O per mouth; sl2 50
per week; $2 per day. Childr- n under ten
and over two years, and colored servants,
half price. „ .
The Price of Tickets to Warm Springs,
N. C., via Atlanta. $2 >.90.
J. A. SAMPLE, Gen’l Manager,
For Warm Springs Cos.
Apply to Manager or Druggists in the
city for Pamphlets and Circulars. je2-tf
MANSION HOUSE
rOI4T 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, s3l*.
This is an entirely new ami elegantly fur
nished house. Situation unsurpassed, sur
rounded with magnificent live oaks, com
manding a splendid prospect of the sur
rounding country, the Beaufort and Port
Royal Rivers, and offers unusual attrac
tions to travelers or to parties who desire
Board or to spend a few bays near the salt
water.
Table supplied with everything the mar
ket affords. Fresh milk, butter, fish, veg
etables and fruits in their season.
Best of Cooks and Attendants.
Terms liberal.
C. E. WARREN,
je26-tf Proprietor.
The Charleston Hotel
WILL not be closed 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 tho
first or parii r floor.
The attention of the Con dry Merchants
is respectfully called to this notice.
jyls-lm
TDe Fines,
AIKEN, S. C.
fTYHIS centrally located establishment is
A now open for the reception of Summer
Boarders. The house is capacious, airy
and within one minutes’ walk of the Ac
commodation train from Augusta.
Fare first class.
Aiken is well known to be the most pleas
ant Summer resort within an hundred miles
of Augusta. Just one hour’s ride. Three
trains daily eacii way.
Board S3O per mont h.
P. B. WILLIAMS,
augl-suwefrsu Proprietor.
ATTORNEYS AT LAW.
•JOHN S. & WM. T. DAVIDSON,
ATTORNEYS AT LAW,
WILL practice in the State, and United
States Courts of Georgia.
OFFICE NO. 1 WARREN BLOCK.
jel7-ly ___
W. T. GARY,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
AUGUSTA, GA.
5r Office No. 213 Broad street.
Will practice in all the Courts of South
Carolina and Courts of Georgia.
Special attention to collections.
augl2-su&th3m
. | ThcscßiUCTsarepTepayedwitlithc greatest 4
I &ouraßeceiptlong inpossesaonafone 3
ol thD Company. They were. oriAiimlly- j
' coin p Darkled by awl ebr.iled Bench. Chemist *ad
arethr only Tome A Stimulant pmniUedtobe !
Ifos^itaTs
I
has ULXTiTcducettbySickxiEsaor diseasejl is j 1
i uneqpiuccf as an I
vcCv 1 i
, Oms hom glass fuataken, aaer or teftar >
: .. meats three tuAstc day. _ i
HOlrAmiLY SHOULD BE, WITHOUTADQTTLE. \
* . JSmegemwias/UlmitMe upxahiitA %
Prepared By Tile
HOME BITTERS CO., SI. 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
A Pans 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 the past year, is said
to be by some of the best planters in the
State the only article ever used that will
entirely destroy the CATERPILLAR with
out injury to the plant. It is easily applied
and no danger in its use, costing only
about 25 ciiNtsi per acre. For particulars
as to price, fcc. ( apply to
I>. B. HULL,, Savannah,
General Agent for Georgia.
m:, A. STOVALL.
Agent, Augusta, Ga.
Agents wanted 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. igia.
, SARAH RICH.
I hereby consent to my wife bocoming a
Public or Free Trader. J. RICH.
Augusta, Ga., August 6th, 1875.
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