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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. aug6- 30