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THE CONSTITUTIONALIST
SATURDAY, August 14, 1875.
“Wliat’s the Law?”
Now that the Supreme Court of
Georgia has been in a manner re
organized by the appointment of two
new judges, and has fairly opened a
new term, we feel impelled to recur to
a subject already mentioned in our
columns. Vague, uncertain, and shift
ing laws are u curse to any community,
and particularly so to a State situated
like our own. The great prosperity of
England and the wonderful recupera
tive strength of Franco have been at
tributed, and we think justly, to the
stability of the jurisprudence of those
nations, so far, at least, as their busi
ness interests are concerned. The mer
chant, capitalist, farmer, mechanic, or
in one word the business man, using
the term In its broadest sense, knows
exactly where he stands as regards the
acquisition, the retention, or the dis
position of property. The rule, while
by no means either just or perfect in
itself at all times, is at least a rule and
is suffered to remain unchanged long
enough for a knowledge of its pro
visions to be generally diffused among
those who are to regulate their actions
thereby.
As regards this State, we are forced
to give it as our firm persuasion that
such a condition of things does not ex
ist. Of the quality of our laws we do
not propose to speak. Asa rule, the
legislation of our General Assembly is
to be graded, as the English tourist
classified Norwegian butter, “from
very bad to indescribably beastly,” nor
is a change for the better to be ex
pected until better timber composes
our Legislature than has been the case
for some years past. At the last ses
sion, a deplorable state of affairs was
revealed in the Treasury, and instead
of straightening out the crooked
places and insisting upon the State’s
business being conducted on the same
principles as those by which the ordi
nary commercial world is governed,
our sapient law-makers fairly turned
tail, adjourned, and ran away. So long
as the cross-road politician continues
to lead the dear people captive we can
not expect wise or beneficial laws, and
so far as legislation promotes popular
prosperity must endure our lamentable
lack of public brains as best we may.
But while this is the case as respects
our law-making bodies, it must be
borne in mind that our Legislatures do
not often make inroads upon long es
tablished laws of general operation.
The mighty intellects of our Solons are
commonly exercised upon local and
private bills, and only as the exception
are ancient legal principles invaded.
The Code, of course, is plenteously
amended; it is now a Joseph’s coat of
many colors, and at every new session
the “rising young men” clap on a score
or two of fresh clouts and patches, but
upon inspection it will be found that
the changes are chiefly in matters of
detail. An official fee is increased or
cut down; a notice is to be given in
some new number of days; or the du
ties of this functionary are developed
in whole or part upon another; the
great body of the law is not seriously
impaired by such small nibbling by
Ciceronian mice.
Is is reserved for our courts, and
above all, the Supreme Court, to make
“the rule of action” a football for fancy.
Years ago an able jurist of the old
school, residing in another State, a man
who lived up to the judicial oath of
administering justice, “agreeable to the
laws and Constitution,” asked of a dis
tinguished citizen of Georgia this un
flattering question, “Does Chief Jus
tice continue to deliver orations
in your Supreme Court ? ” The stern
old jurisprudent could not abide the
idea of a Judge putting the law to one
side and deciding each case on his own
private conceptions of justice. It was
too much like the rule of the Roman
empire that what pleased the Emperor
had the force of law. The sarcasm
was a cutting one, but was it unde
served? And is not the same course
of judicial law-making, which prevailed
years since existent now to the confu
sion and damage of the people of this
State? Just before the war the evil
had risen to such a magnitude that the
Legislature was compelled to intervene
and passed an act which, in effect,
positively prohibited the Supreme
Court from overruling or reversing its
own decisions, or declaring that to be
no law to-day which it had yester
day unanimously declared to be
the law of the land. A poor
foolish citizen of Georgia who had all
the previous decisions of the court in
his favor sought to assert his rights
under the law as expounded by those
decisions and declared irreversible (ex
cept by the Legislature) by this statute,
but with surprising alacrity the court
skipped round the law, found it did not
apply to this particular case, and re
versed all its prior decisions, to the
poor litigant’s loss of divers thousands
of dollars. The war coming on, this
re-affirmation of the old evil of shifting
decisions was overlooked and has re
mained unattended to up to this time.
The law to reform it still lingers on the
statute book, but for all practical pur
poses is as inefficient as a Quaker gun.
The decision of this term overrules the
decision of last, and it has oven been
decided that this is quite the natural
and legal order of things. We have
been handed a decision to this general
effect delivered on the 25th of May last j
and reprint it in full as follows :
T. J. Spriggs va. E. M. Bramlett, Equity,
from Whitfield.
Tbippe, J.
Where one, on account of the decisions
of the Courts being of a character adverse
to his claim, settled a matter in litigation
between him and his adversary—the latter
yielding a portion of his rights under the
rule of law, as then held—the former cannot
avoid the settlement on the ground that
subsequent decisions overruled the former,
and that by his mistake of law he had lost
his rights, there being no displaced confi
dence, and artifice or fraud shown on the
part of the other party.
Judgment affirmed.
W. K. Moore, by Shumato and William
son, for plaintiff in error.
Johnson & McCamy for defendant.
We italicize one sentence in this de
cision as particularly worthy of re
mark, viz., that where a man has en
tered into a transaction on the faith of
the decisions of the Supreme Court that
the law is so and so, and subsequent
decisions overrule the former, “by his
mistake of law he has lost his rights.”
But is it the man’s mistake of law ?
And is it not rather the Court’s fault?
The citizen is told by our highest ju
dicial tribunal that the law upon such
and such a point is so and so, and on
the faith of this statement arranges
his business or disburses his money ;
then his rights are invaded and he ap
peals to the Courts only to be told that
he has mistaken the law, that it is not
what he was officially informed it was
yesterday but what he is now officially
iaff-nned it is, and by consequence that
his business is ruined or his money
lost —“ by his mistake of law.”
Where such a fast and loose style of
jurisprudence prevails is it any wonder
that domestic interests suffer and for
eign capital stands aloof ?
The Cost of Living—Thrifty Farming
the Road to Success.
What would the newspaper world do
without those quiet and sagacious ob
servers who have a knack of storing
their memories and scrap books with
all kinds of valuable information?
These useful and modest mortals exist
everywhere and to them the editorial
fraternity are frequently indebted for
valuable suggestions, communications,
and the. like.
One of these collectors of Notes and
Queries has sent to the New York /Ship
ping and Commercial List a brief expo
sition of the comparative price of those
articles which enter directly into the
cost of living of laboring men, and the
relative position of wages to the cost of
living, at three several dates, viz: 1860
(before the war), 1865 (the time when
everythiug was at the highest), and at
the present time. The conclusion he
arrives at is that the laboring man is
able to purchase as many of the com
forts, and luxuries of life, for the
amount received for his daily toil, as at
any previous time. That he is better
off now than in 1865. He also finds
that about the only extra expense in
living comes in the cost of provisions,
other than flour. The usual products
of the farm have not declined in price
during the last ten years, with other
articles. The reason is evident to any
close observer. It is the only line of
business that is not overdone. Far
from being overdone, in any part of
the country, it is remarked that the
young men of New England and the
Middle States are leaving their farms
aud flocking to the cities. “ The pop
ulation of our manufacturing towns,”
he says, “is rapidly increasing by the
increase of families, and as the boys
grow up they are kept at home to be
come operatives. Immigration is also
adding large numbers. Thus we have
consumers and manufacturers increas
ing, while the producers from the soil
are decreasing ; the result is inevita
ble, manufactured goods cheap, manu
facturing towns overrun with help, and
always poor, while provisions are high
and the farmers are well off. I have
taken pains to inquire while traveling
iu the country, if the people knew of a
hard-working, industrious, frugal farm
er, who did not succeed, and the uni
versal answer has been, no! Any man
who will cultivate his farm faithfully
is sure of a comfortable support.”
The conclusion drawn is that “could
the young men who are growing up,
understand fully the advantages that
would accrue to themselves from a life
in the country, and the greater cer
tainty they would have of a comforta
ble and happy career, our country
would be richer in productions, and in
noble men.”
Now what is above said of the
young men of the New England and
Middle States is relatively true of the
South. How many country boys, who
ought to be helping their parents in
farm work, are either idling their time
away at home or flocking to the cities
and towns for the obtainment of clerk
ships? In this way the municipalities
are crowded with men out of work and
the rural districts aro deprived of til
lers of the soil or directors of labor.
What we want in the South is
fewer professional men, fewer trades
men and more farmers, not plan
ters. If all laws of thrift are
not set at defiance, it stands
to reason that the sons of men
who own and cultivate the soil ought
to succeed much better on the ancestral
acres than in a wild hunt for politi
cal offices or clerkships in the city.
There is something radical)y wrong in
parental discipline or in the character
of the rising generation, when hun
dreds and perhaps thousands of young
men, born and raised in the country,
are skulking and sulking at home or
else making periodical forays upon city
merchants for paltry employment. Now
and then, aspiring boys, full of brain
and pluck, and not fully adapted to
farm labor, emerge from their bucolic
retreats and make their way handsome
ly in other pursuits. But as a general
proposition, if country boys will seek
employment in the town, we are satis
fied that they have the best chance
for prospering who can establish the
fact that they were not drones when in
the country. As the case stands now,
we see but little encouragement for
any industrious young man to abandon
the farm or plantation and come to the
city. Trade may revive this Fall and
Winter, but, from all we can learn,
there are more persons seeking work
in stores and counting-room3 than even
the flushest season could supply places
for. And yet, despite this truth and
warning, we fear Augusta and all other
Southern towns will be invaded by a
host of young fellows from the coun
try, intent on clerical duty, who had
much better be trying to make a living
out of the soil.
Nomenclature. —Some days ago one
of the Columbus papers alluded to
“Arsenic” Houssaye,” and now the New
York Times calls that unfortunate
French writer “Obscene” Houssaye,
Perhaps the Times was dead in earnest,
and thought obscene ought to be the
translation for Arsene.
“Extended Empire, like extended gold,
Exchanges solid strength for feeble splen
dor.”
The Whirligig of Time—Jefferson Da
vis to “Go West.”
A special telegram to the Chicago
Tribune, which we reproduce, is full of
significance:
Rockford, 111., August 9.—Ten years
ago, had Jeffrson Davis ventured into
Winnebago county, he would have stood a
good chance of being shot. The ltth
proximo he will appear in the banner
county of the Union to deliver a speech be
fore an audience of husbandmen, artisans
and tradesmen who fought him, and would,
a few short years since, gladly have sent a
bullet winging through his head. H. B.
Kimball, the Secretary of the Agricultural
Society, announced this morning that
Jefferson Davis had accepted the invita
tion extended him by the Board of Direc
tors of the Association, and that he will
this year deliver the annual address at
the Winnebago County Fair, held next
month in Rockford. In his letter of accep
tance, Mr. Davis said: “I have long desired
to visit your country and see the wonderful
development which has been made since I
left it, as then it was a wilderness occupied
by savages.”
While our contemporary of the Wash
ington Chronice is essaying to get up a
“big scare” on the subject of the Demo
cracy of the South forcing Jefferson
Davis upon the country as a prominent
candidate for the next Presidency; and
while the same power in the land is at
tempting to re-open the dead issues of
Secession as a programme for the cam
paign of 1876—the Board of Directors
of an Illinois Agricultural Society, many
of whose guild would have, a few years
back, “sent a bullet through his head,”
cordially invite the ex-President of the
Southern Confederacy to come into
their midst peacefully aud deliver the
annual address. And the “monster,”
Davis actually accepts this invitation
and will no doubt make them just such
a speech as they would like to hear, not
for the purpose of fomenting strife but
in due acknowledgement of their re
ciprocal sentiments of patriotism, for
giveness and respect. It is very hard
for an old statesman, and especially
one “out of business,” to make speeches
of any sort without lugging in political
scraps which may or may not be offen
sive to his auditory. Even Jefferson
Davis displayed this weakness on sev
real memorable occasions; but within a
recent period his utterances have been
opportune and in good taste, and we
cherish fond hopes that his discretion
will be admirably exhibited when he
stands before the yeomanry of the
West and beholds their array of prize
pigs and cattle. He is too conspicuous
a man not to be watched by those of his
enemies, on the press especially, who
will be on the alert to catch him trip
ping and some of whom, we apprehend,
have the diabolical talent of distorting
the most innocent words into most
leprous and “treasonable” language.
From past experience, Mr. Davis must
be aware of the delicacy of his posi
tion and the scrutiny to which he must
of necessity be subjected. He should,
and we hope does, appreciate these
facts, and therefore being forewarned
will approach his task entirely equipped
to please his friends and confound the
eager malignity of his adversaries. If
Mr. Davis were a mere political hack,
on half pay, we should be apprehensive
of any speech-making from him in the
Western country ; but he is nothing of
the sort. Few men of this age or
country have been so thoroughly train
ed, few have so many stores of widely
diffused learning at command, and
few are more fertile in ideas and more
eloquent in the delivery of them. We
trust, therefore, that he will make just
such an address as the farmers will
enjoy, and, by thus doing, com
mand the affection of his own fellow
citizens of the South and the esteem
of the East and West. That he is ca
pable of so conducting his cause we
are assured; that he will disarm a
thousand foolish prejudices by his
grace and wisdom, wo trustfully be
lieve.
Really, then, to return to the first
point of departure, is not this appari
tion of Jefferson Davis in the West,
remembering the gory Confederate
drama, another proof among many
that time works wonders? No doubt,
Western as well as Eastern men have
found out that the South is not such a
bad place after all, and that the wild
theorists who drove the sections into
cutting each others’ throats are least to
l e respected. Then a wide-spread
commercial misfortune has brought
men of all parts of tho country to
gether again by a common mis
fortune, and taught the victorious
section especially that Restoration
of the Union and not “Reconstruction”
of a fragment of it, is the only policy
for sound prosperity and something
akin to happiness. Many determined
foes of Jefferson Davis have passed
away, and many have been visited with
a retribution worse than death. We
are glad to see that he has survived
amid the wreck of States and reputa
tions, and not the least proud day of
his life may be that when, beneath a
September sun, he stands upon tho soil
of Illinois and responds in fitting words
to the hospitality of men who, a few
years ago, would have deemed it su
preme bliss to put him to death with a
lethal weapon or “hung him on a sour
apple tree.” The world moves, gentle
men, the world moves!
Worth Remembering.— lt is worth re
membering that the public debt at the close
of the war was $3,000,000,000. It about ten
years it has been reduced nearly one-third
—or at the rate of more than $90,000,000 per
annum. This has been done exclusively by
the Republican party. Would the Democ
racy, if in power, have made any such
creditable record as this ? Wo doubt it.—
Washington Chronicle.
Not so bad, if “figures do not lie.”
But, had the Democracy never lost
power in the Government, -it may be
that there would have been no debt at
all of this magnitude to reduce.
Hungry Aspirants.— The Columbus
Enquirer says :
When we see a groat falling off in the
rush for Judicial and Executive offices in
Georgia, we may reasonably conclude that
great inducements are needed to tempt
competent men to accept them. But this is
notably not the case at present.
Wherefore, the Enquirer very pro
perly thinks the Supreme Judges of this
State are sufficiently well paid—far bet
ter than many professional men who
work much harder—and in this opinion
we heartily concur. '
PERSONAL. | !j
Gov. HARTRANFTis trying o?jbreak up
“hangman’s day” in Pennsylvania, not by
pardoning murderers, but b;| Sentencing
them to be hung on other day J i’ the week
than Friday. | ?
Sad, if true. Col. Sellers’ rSi;|l name is
not Raymond, but O’Brien, an| lie used to
be basket-boy in a Buffalo fbf’atre. But
he’s a gentleman and an ahi r, all the
same. } I
Senator Sprague wears c 4 alls when
he visits his mills, and not ane|ening suit
with gloves and opera hat, ah J was popu
larly supposed. :
Joel Parker, of New is men
tioned for President by a correspondent of
the New York Tribune, wh > tfiinks this
would be a good time to res’so'tate a War-
Governor
Mr. H. T. Helmbold, the : Celebrated
patent medicine proprietor, flaMarrived in
Philadelphia, and as he says, “i;i the best
of health and eager for the
Lord Dudley wishes peoi ,e would not
tell how much he won on thp '? urf, for no
sooner does ho make a few tfc< tisand than
a crowd of women and minhiujs come to
him begging him to build a cfi.i|rch with it.
Robert Collier’s new lectin I on “Salt”
is now in pickle, and will be until
Winter. But it will keep an well.
Mr. James Gordon Bennet enduring his
recent visit in Europe, receiv (h|,he annual
gold medal of the Irish Emigi ..ifilon Society.
His asylum in America was spoken of in
the warmest terms. I
-is a remarkable fact tut-i- while not
one ex-President is living, the Vives of five
of them survive—Mrs. Polk, M|b. Fillmore,
Mrs. Tyler, Mrs. Lincoln andJohnson.
Of these ladies one is insane anf another at
the point of death.
A grand-daughter of ABeSij, 101 years
old, is on a visit to some you) id'ul compan
ions at Springfield, Mass.-f Ethan Allen,
that is .—Toledo Commercia l. ? )
Mrs. Laura Gordon, editcl- it the Stock
ton (Cal.) Leader, has temporarily retired
from the tripod, bee tuso, ad %he says, the
present campaign promises *o|6e too boy
strous for a lady to appear ii t public.
Before the coffin-lid is renewed down,
study the figure of Andrew iojmson. The
shaft of death was so well dinted that the
features retained their aec|s|;bmed look.
Nothing is lost but the red of health.
Nothing is missing but thp ‘ Strong soul
which animated this toi|?bj compact
frame— Utica Observer. [ Not ranch missing,
certainly, from an undertaker's point of
view, but just about all there hi!to a man.]
Archbishop Allemany, Iff. San Fran
cisco, on the twenty-fifth Inlfiversary of
his consecration, which occufrqd last week,
was made the reeippient ||i check for
$5,000, a span of fine full set of
archieplscopai robes, and in 1 r<|.| otiier pres
ents, embracing smaller sijiffit of money,
services of silver plate, flowers] and works
of ait. 1 :;
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POLITICAL NGflj&S.
The New York World has 'n.Vn forced to
publish the speeches of Ra< orators on
the Ohio stump in order t| pany out the
wish of its heart—the defeat dij Gov. Allen.
It is now a grand receptacle |u|<il fulminate r
of Radical thunder. Marble] had better
take another trip to Cuba foj bis health.
Gen. T. L. Cl<ngman, one<|a ?ioted states
man, but who has been a quilt citizen of
North Carolina, recently wcht over to
Sewanee and delivered an ?ad|iress before
the University upon “Dobvlls of Public
Speakers and Characterist ijhj of Popular
Orators.” >{
The St. Louis Adminis
tration o'gan, says: “ K 'ntfieb y has givon
her usual brutal majority,for the Demo
cratic candidates. It alwdy| takes them
about a week to count the-, vpto, but it is
generally safe to bet on 50,< ; *)0..
President Johnson lefts bis family in
good circumstances. His ftlrtiine was mod
erati, but was the honost savings of a life
time, and ample for their w^hts.— Baston
Post. • i
He never took presents, ahd never cor
rupted Congressmen in or Ljr to get his
salary doubled. His memtA y will be hon
ored when the avarice aQlj basfhess of
Grant are despised and ex| cfated.— N. Y.
Sun. t '•
We aro afraid Gen. Banksfkf not making
that progress towards receif iiig the Demo
cratic nomination for Prosb oii his friends
wish. The only recruit he hhs gained in
the South is an old Confou -who used to go
with Stonewall Jackson over to his camp
every morning and get a smoking hot
breakfast. Banks, like a good cook, retiring
whilst the eating was goifis on. He has
a solid following in the main who had the
bills printed with “Banks !i.*l Lamar" on
them. The bills made a s<fn • ition in this
town. A great many gvoffery keepers
found them just the size ft* wrap up a
quarter’s worth of candy. | ■
The Washington ChromVez shudders at
one suggestion following of Andy
Johnson: “Tennessee,” itfsYys, “is in a
great stow over the Jobfi&dn successor
business. Pome name Bath, somo Brown,
some Thomas, some Harris? and one gush
ing simpleton, who, no d|>ufot, parts his
hair in the middle, lisps, and reads Byron
by moonlight, sentimentally produces the
name of Jefferson Davis. At the same time,
he mildly swears he has |.lv ays been for
him, and says, with a g< utjje whoop, “ let’s
have Davis!” We think wo so tho Gover
nor of Tennessee commissMnkig Jeff. Davis
as Senator!” We don’t kn| w.anybody out
of the Senate at the prete|f; time we’d
rather see in it than Jefff’stfn Davis. In
him you would find no trite’' or abler de
fender of the Constitution, land just about
the last man your Northern ; representa
tives would approach with aide eving propo
sition. i
The Washington Clironiie.. of tho 11th,
has a regular glorification I irtiole over the
North Carolina election, la which occurs
such sentences as “There to bo no
doubt over the result in Ijor'ah Carolina.”
“The Republicans will havijja <*lear working
majority in the Conventkfi.’l “This will
protect the present State C* institution from
those radical changes w.|icl:| Democracy
had calculated upon makirj'.” : “It is quite
probable that the Republicans will favor an
adjournment of the Conve jlion as soon as
it meets, thus leaving thejConstitution as
it now stands.” “The victory will have a
good effect North and Sou Li.” “It will as
sure our friends everywlie|e that Republi
canism still lives in North Carolina, and
that the State can be rellid upon in the
Presidential battle of 1876.’* As the official
figures show an election of Jifty eight Radi
cals, sixty Democrats, and £ne Independent
Democrat, these bombasti# s< ntences will
have to be hauled down foi|re\ sion.
A large number of office-lv Id rs and poli
ticians in Chicago are salt to. have sent a
letter to President Grant! isljng him to
accept a re-nomination, on., le ground that
the growth of the inflation j sentiment
creates an emergency whi<*i w; grants him
to make the sacrifice. T* -jy promise to
support him if he will tail t e field for a
third team. In this conrlctiln the New
York Tribune, says: “Therein n! doubt that
careful efforts have been mfde ih New York
to feel the pulse of financial inen on the
same subject. The idea ha| been seduously
impressed upon them withi| tli- last mouth
by- persons coming directl* fi m General
Grant, that it would be werth hundreds of
millions to the business off the country if
the financial community c: uld be assured
now of an unchanged polk jor the part of
the Government and a stoa ly j Iherence to
hard money ideas, and t at nothing can
give such assurance but tl \ nomination
of Grant. Tho idea has n adefsome head
way.” > j
SPECIAL NOTICES.
CARPETS.
ALTHOUGH CARPETS HAVE ADVANCED,
we are still offering our
BODY BRUSSELS CARPETS,
TAPESTRY BRUSSELS CARPETS,
3 PLY INGRAIN CARPETS.
At Reduced Summer Prices. We invite spe
cial attention to our stock of Body Brussels
which we are closing out very low. Also, a
full stock of
THOROUGHLY SEASONED FLOOR OIL
CLOTHS, New and Beautiful WIN
DOW SHADES, WALL PAPERS
AND BORDERS, at
JAMES G. BAILIE & BROTHER’S.
augU-eodtf 205 Broad Street.
RICHMOND COUNTY COURT.
Sitting for County Purposes,
August 12th, 1875.
THE FOLLOWING ASSESSMENTS UPON
the State Tax for County Purposes for Rich
mond County, for 1; 75, are hereby made, and
John A. Bohler, Tax Collector of said County,
is instructed and required to collect the
same:
Per centum.
Court Expenses 10
Paupers 10
Roads and Bridges 7
Salaries, etc 3
Poor House 3
Jurors 7
Public Offices 2
Coroner’s Inquests l
County Map 2
Public Buildings 5
Total 60
CLAIBORNE SNEAD,
augl3-law3 and County Judge.
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 Port Royal apply
to Messrs. Lewis & Hall, No. 9 Merchants’ Row.
Boston, Mass. augl3-3t.
fillMoUA PASSENGER ROUTE.
POItT ROYAL RAILROAD, )
Office General Passenger Agent, -
Augusta Ga., Aug. G, 1875. )
ltOUNI) TRIP TICKETS !
10 AUGUSTA to CHARLES- <LK If)
TON aud RETURN. tfO.GU
ON AND AFTER THIS DATE ROUND
TRIP TICKETS will be sold, via Yemasee
from Augusta to Charleston, for $5.40, good
until October Ist, 1875.
DAILY SCHEDULE.
Leave Augusta 8:00 a. m.
Arrive at Charleston 4:15 p. m.
Leave Charleston 8:10 a. m,
Arrive at Augusta 6:45 p. m.
Passengers 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.
Tickeis on sale at Planters’Hotel and Ticket
Office, Union Depot.
T. S. DAVANT.
augG-lm General Passenger Auent.
BANKRUPT SALE.
BIGNON & CRUMP, Auctioneers.
WILL BE SOLD, in front of the Auction
House of Bignon A Crump, No. 28G
Broad street, on MON I >AY, 23d inst., at 11
o’clock a. m., the following property of
Messrs. Isaac T. Heard & Cos., Bankrupts,
viz:
1 Second Hand Gullett Steel Brush Gin.
1 pair Fairbanks’ Piatforn Scales.
1 pair Trucks.
2 Stoves.
1 Gold Watch.
1 Clock.
1 Water Cooler and Table.
1 Lot Maps.
1 Lot Ink Stands, Pen Racks, &e.
1 Stamped 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.
TUGS. 11. JOHNSON,
Assignee of Isaac T. Heard & Cos.
auglS-frsuwsu
“ PURE SEED”~
“ RUST PROOF OATS.”
PRICE $1.25 CASH, PER BUSHEL. Sown
in August or September, the most cer
tain crop raised—succeeding on the Sea
coast, where no other oat ever matures
seed, as well as on high'ands.
Grown expressly for seed, and for sale by
EDWARD BANCROFT,
Athens, Ga.
For sale by
C. 11. PHINIZY, & CO.,
augl3-lm* Augusta, Ga.
For Sale to Merchants,
VGOOD stock of English Pocket and
Tattle CUTLERY, and Rogers’ im
ported direct. For sale at cost. Orders
from the country will be properly attended
to. K. F. ULQUHART.
augl3-3
GRAPES!
TAM 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 F. QUINN,
augl2-thsatu-3 48 Jackson street.
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-frsuwclin 288 Broad street.
NOTICE.
THE Books of Account of W. A. RAM
SEY, Agent, having been placed in tho
hands of Messrs. Harper & Bro., Attorneys
at Law, No. 225 Broad street, Augusta, Ga.,
for collection, all persons indebted, by note
or account, are requested to make immedi
ate payment of the same. Timely atten
tion to the above will save expense and lit
igation. HARPER & BRO.,
Attorneys for W. A. Perry, W. A. liam
sey. Agent. jy29-thsututf
PIANO FOR SALE.
7OCTAVE Hallott & Davis Square
Grand PIANO, nearly new and in good or
der. For sale cheap. Call early.
Apply at 135 BROAD STREET,
jell-tf Nearlv opposite Monument St.
JACKSON STREET
Iron and Brass Foundry,
Corner of Jackson and Calhoun sts.,
Augusta, Ga.,
GEO. COOPER, - Proprietor.
STEAM ENGINES, Mill Machinery of all
descriptions made to order, Gin Gear
ing of all Sizes, Store Fronts and Iron
Railing of the Latest Pattern, Horse Pow
ers and Threshing Machines, made of the
best material, at prices fully ten per cent,
less than ever offered in this city, for cash
Also, four engines, new and second-hand,
from ten to thirty-horse power, will be sold
very low for cash.
jy24-lm GEO. COOPER, Prop’r.
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.
Petition for Corporation.
STATE OF GEORGIA, Greene County.
lo the Superior Court of aaid County:
The petition of antoine poul-
LAIN, Thomas N. Pouliain, Jr., Philip
Poullain, Celeste Moore, Marion B. Moore,
Harriet M. Ware,-Julia C. Poullain, Sarah
N. Poullain, Henry B. Plant, John P. Ken
nedy, Maurice Wilkinson, William M. Reese,
Augustus Reese and William L. High shew
eth that your petitioners have associated
themselves together under the name of the
“FONTENOY COTTON MILLS,”
for the purpose of engaging in the busi
ness of manufacturing Cotton or Woolen
Fabrics, Grist, Flour and Lumber, at
SCULL SHOALS, in the county of Greene
aforesaid, upon a body of land which your
petitioners nropose to acquire, known as
the “Fontenoy Tract,” lying on both sides
of the Oconee river, in the counties of
Greene, Oglethorpe and Oconee, and con
taining thirty-eight hundred acres (more
or less); also’, of using so much of said
land in the prosecution of their said busi
ness as may be requisite or necessary, and
dividing the remainder into farms of ten,
twenty, forty and one hundred acres, or
into village lots, with convenient avenues
or streets, and leasing or selling the same
to immigrants or actual settlers, in fur
therance of the objects above specified.
The capital stock of the Company to be
One Hundred and Fifty Thousand Dol
lars, divided into shares of One Hundred
Dollars each, and to consist in part of the
land aforesaid representing Seven Hundred
andFfty Shares, with the improvements
and Droperty thoreon, to-wit: A large Cot
ton Factory, containing 3,300 spindles, 116
looms, and other machinery; a grist mill,
having two run of corn stones and two of
wheat stones; a saw mil 1, a water gin. a
blacksmith shop, atoll covered bridge upon
stone piers, a brick warehouse, brick dwell
ing house, a two-story store house, and
sundry operative houses, cabins, etc., and
in part of seven hundred and fifty shares in
cash subscriptions, to be made by the said
Henry B. Plant, John P. Kennedy, Maurice
Wilkinson, William M. Reese, Augustus
Reese, William L. High, and others.
And to this end your petitioners desire to
be incorporated, under said name, for the
period of twenty years, renewable at the
expiration of that time, with the privilege or
acquiring for themselves, their associates,
successors, and assigns, the legal title to
said land, imp.overuents and property, and
of using, laying off, and lea-ing or selling
the same, or any part thereof, as aforesaid;
of making and using a common seal; and of
issuing coupon bonds, to an amount not ex
ceeding said capital stock, and mortgaging
said land, improvements, and p operty, to
secure payment of the same, by deed of
trust to three or more persons, upon the
following conditions, to-wit: That in case
'default is made in the payment of the prin
cipal or interest, at the time stipulated,
said Trustees shall be authorized and requir
ed, upon the written request of any bond
holder, to advertise said land, improve
ments, and property, once a week for sixty
days, in a newspaper published at Greenes
boro’, Georgia, and another in the city of
Auguste, and to sell the same for cash, at
public outcry, before the Court House door
in Greenesboro aforesaid, on the first Tues
day in the month next after the expiration
of said sixty days; and if after demoting
the expenses of sale, and paying the prin
cipal and interest due on said bonds, any
surplus remains, sucii surplus shall be paid
to said Company, or divided among the
stockholders thereof; Provided, That said
bonds shall contain, upon their face, notice
to the holder that not less than five per
centum of the amount issued, to be selected
by lot, shall be redeemable annually after
the expii ation of two years from their
date.
A Iso the privilege of conducting the affairs
and business of the Company through a
President, Secretary and Treasurer, and
three Directors, who shall bo elected by a
majority of the Stockholders in person or
by proxy, and hold their offices during
good behavior, and until removed by the
Stockholders at an annual or special meet
ing : Also of making such By-Laws for the
government of their affairs and—business,
and the compensation of their officers, as
shall be deemed expedient or necessary; of
increasing said Capital Stock hereafter
from time to time as the said corporators,
their assigns and successors may see tit, to
the sum of Five Hundred Thousand Dol
lars, and generally, of exercising all other
corporate powers necessary to the purpo
ses of their organization, with no other lia
bility than that fixed by Section 167 G, of the
Revised Code of this State, to-wit: “In
case of the failure of said Corporation, the
Stockholders shall be bound, in their pri
vate capacity, to any creditor ot said Cor
poration, for the amount of stock suberib
ed for by him until the said subscription is
fully paid up, or until the stockholder shall
have paid, out of his private property,
debts of the said Corporation to an amount
equal to his unpaid subscription.”
WHEREFORE your petitioners pray that
this declaration be recorded and published
once a week for a month, in the Gretnes
boro ’ Herald, and that the usual order
granting the same, be passed by the Court
at the next Term.
W. A. & J. M. WALTON,
aug!4-lw Petitioners Att’ys.
FOR SALE,
A BAY HORSE eight years old. Good
for any work. Apply on Telfair street,
MR. KING’S House.
augl4tf
Y. M. C. A.
Hon J. C. C. BLACK, President, will de
liver an address before the Association on
Ihe subject of Christian Work, on Mon
day night next at 8 o’clock, at their Hall.
Alfaro invited. Especially let every member
of the Association be present. augl4-lt.
GROUND STOCK FEED
-AND
CUT HAY
READY FOR MIXING.
For sale by
Peter Cx. Burum.
aug 13-3
THEMOST PERFECT MADE.
LEMON SUGAR, ETC.
<£ONE 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 Dr Price’s.
Manufactured onlv by
STEELE & PRICE,
Chicago, St. Louis and Cincinnati.
mchlß-tuthsasu f 1 y
STOCK PRIVILEGES.
$lO. SIOO7 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
Slocks dealt in, at the
New York Stock Exchange,
sent FREE on application to
SIMONSON, BARREIRAS & CO.,
Bankers and Brokers, No. C Wall street,
Opp. N. Y. Stock Exchange. New York.
jels-tuthsaly
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,
JMtOM 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.
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 ,_ _
aug!2-tf M. A. STOVALL.
FOR RENT.
The DWELLING over the Store now oc
cupied by W. D. Davidson, No. 282.
Appiy to j D & j w BUTrf
augl2-lw or J. M. TURPIN.
floorTtcTrent,
WITH WATEIi AND GAS.
Apply at
NO. 266 BROAD STREET.
augll-2vv
TO RENT,
] 7l ROM 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 vard. Also 4 acres of land attached.
All in good order. Apply to JOHN BR AN
SON, Augusta Factory, or JAS. G. BAILIE
A BRO., Broad street. aug!2-tf.
For Sale or to Rent.
HOUSE and lot on the south side of
Bi'oad street, between Centre and El
berc, known as No. 84, now occupied by
Gen. B, 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,
THE BRICK HOUSE on the corner of
Ellis and Monument streets, contain
ing seven rooms,
Apply to
auglO-tf SIBLEY & WHELESS.
TO RENT,
I7IRAME DW FILLING, 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,
I7IROM 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.
371R0M THE Ist OF OCTOBER NEXT,
. the Store on the corner of Broad and
Washington streets, now occupied by Mr.
J. B. Norriss. Apply at
augs-tf THIS OFFICE.
TO RENT,
171 ROM THE Ist OF OCTOBER NEXT,
' that LARGE and COMMODIOUS
STORE, No. 338 Broad street, at present oc
cupied by F. A. Timberlake & Cos.
Apply to
jy3l-tf P. H. PRIMROSE.
TO RENT,
A COTTAGE HOUSE containg five
rooms, a good Kiichen, Store House,
and other Buildings, water in yard. No. 0
Fenwick street, near the Parade Ground.
Apply to
jy3l-lm A. M. BRODIE.
TO RENT,
Til ROM THE FIRST OF OCTOBER next,
.1 the elegant and commodious STORE,
209 Broad street, at pra-ent occupied by M.
S. Kean as a dry goods store. pplv to
H. F. CAMPBELL,
Or A. S. CAMPBELL,
jy29-tf 207 Broad street.
TO RENT
OIV CONDITIONS.
riMIE DWELLING OVER OUR STORE
X for one year from October Ist, 1875.
jy 24-1 m BONES, BROWN &, CO.
TO RENT,
From October first, the store
No. 182 Broad Street, now occupied by
Timmerman <fe Wise.
ALSO.
The Dwelling and Saloon on Ellis street,
between Mclntosh and Washington, occu
pied by Joseph Heitzman. Apnlv to
T. W. GUMMING,
jy22-tf Augusta Water Works Office.
STORE TO RENT.
rp
HE store at present occupied by Calvin
A Jones to rent. Apply to
HENRY MYEBS,
jylG-tf 102 Broad Street.
STORE TO RENT.
Store No. 290 Broad street, now occu
pied bv P. G. Burum.
For Terms, apply to
jy!s-tf H. H. D’ANTIGNAC.
TO RENT,
If! ROM the Ist of October, the HOUSE
1 next to Dr. Garvin’s, with five Rooms,
and double Kitchen in yard, water and gar
den. Apply at
jyll-tf NO. 81 WALKER STREET.
FOR RENT,
-pROM OCTOBER FIRST, THE STORE
No. 242 Broad street, now occupied by
Messrs. O’Donnell & Burke. Apply to
jy9-tf J. 11. MONTGOMERY.
TO RENT.
On Washington street, the TENEMENT
HOUSE, next door to Dr. J. 11. Eve’s.
Apply to
jy7-tf W. F. EVE.
TO RENT,
J ROM the first of October next, the store
No. 271 Broad street. Apply to
VAUGHN & MURPHEY, or
M. S. KEAN.
jy23-frsuwetf
FOR SALE!
AWINDL A.SS, with a Brake attached
built by Mr. George Cooper, of this
C Also, a Ruggles PAPER CUTTER, which
cuts 26 inches wide. All in good order
The above mentioned Machines will ho
sold CHEAP FOR CASH. Apply at
THIS OFFICE.
jy!B-tf
SUMMER RESORTS.
WARM SPRINGS!
MADISON COUNTY.
WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA.
rnHESK SPRINGS are situated four miles
1 from the Tennessee line, on the banks
the French Broad River, m the very
rnaifknomT.SFUhfuily called the
owitzoi'icXiicl of Amei lea.
b The Hotel accommodations are unsur-
T s are wonderfully
invigorating to all invalids, equalizing the
circulation and stimulating the secretory
organs and -will in most cases ot chionic
and sub-acute Gout, Rheumatism, Dispep
sia Neuralgia, Secondry Syphilis, Nephri
tic and Calculous Disorders, Scrofula, Cu
taneousr and many diseases Witlar to
females effect a radical cure, liiere isaiso
L eJ cold Sulphur Spring near the Warm
Onrimra very closely in tern
perature aud color of deposit the Yellow
Sf.iMh.ir Sorinir of Virginia, with a sul
b|, odw much "stronger. These
Springs are easy of access from all South
ed cities, by alf lines of railroad? converg
ing into East Tennessee via Atlanta, Knox
vifle Tenn., to Morristown, East Tennes
see Excursion or Round Trip. Tickets are
on sale to aud Jroin this place in ail South
ern cities, at three cents per mile.
Rates of Board, S4O per month; sl9 50
per week; $2 per day. Children under ten
and over two years, and colored servants,
1 Price of Tickets to Warm Springs,
N. 0., via Atlanta, $21.90.
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
I J OIi r D ROYAL, H. U.
OITUATED AT THE TERMINUS OF
O the Port Royal Railroad, where counec
tion is made with the fast sailing, lirst class
steamers Montgomery and Huntsville,
sailing to New York every Friday.
Round trip from Augu-ta, $3".
This is an entirely new and 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 nays near the salt
water.
Table supplied with everything the mar
ket affords. Fresh milk, butter, fish, veg
etables aud fruits in their season.
Best of Cooks and Attendants.
Terms liberal.
C. E. WARREN,
j026-tf Proprietor.
The Charleston Hotel
WILL not be closed this Summer. All
guests patronizing us during the
Summer and Fall months, and remaining a
week or more, will be allowed a reasonable
discount— exceptoccupants of rooms on the
first or parlor floor.
The attention of the Cou 1 try Merchants
is respectfully called to this notice.
jy!s-lm
Tlie Pines,
AIKEN, S. C.
rpiIIS centrally located establishment is
X now T open for the reception of Summer
Boarders. The house is capacious, airy
and within one minutes’ walk of the Ac
commodation train from Augusta.
Fare first class.
Aiken is well known to be the most pleas
ant Summer resort within an hundred miles
of Augusta. Just one hour’s ride. Three
trains daily each way.
Board S3O per mont h.
P. B. WILLIAMS,
augl-suwefrsu Proprietor.
ATTORNEYS AT LAW.
JOHN S. & m. T. DAVIDSON,
ATTORNEYS AT LAW,
WILL practice in the State, and United
States Courts of Georgia.
OFFICE NO. 1 WARREN BLOCK.
je!7-ly _
W. T. ( J VIS V .
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
ADGUSTA, GA.
Office No. 213 Broad street.
Will practice in all the Courts of South
Carolina and Courts of Georgia.
Special attention to collections.
aug!2-su&th3m
arc Tif wihrToNic & Stimulant pennitiadtote
iiscdmlhe Armies andGoraronent Hospitals
It*# I—' 1 —'
1 1 1
Prepared 11 y Tli
HOME BITTERS CO., St. LOUIS.
FOR SALE BY
Ur-iigjvists and 13ealera Generally
augß-0m ’
THE TEX.A.S
Cotton Worm Destroyer!
A Sure and Safe Remedy for the Destruc
tion of the
CATERPILLAR.
TT DOES AWAY WITH THE TTSP op
J- 1 ans Green and all other poisonous 2?
entirely destroy the CAT I’HP IT! It
ssyyrs: s&fs*-
1 Bl HIJL L, Savannah,
General Agent for Georgia.
A. STOVALL.
. . Agent, Augusta, Ga.
Agents wanted through tho Stato. jelß-Sm
NOTICE.
T' i l SußL\^o l 1, Mh d rrilDK l E , rM O
the C““ ”t‘GeSS BloU3 of >■ ’ t
PuMlfm- , FrTradS.”‘ y Wi '“ b f IRiM *
augfi-llif ’ Ga "’ Augusfc oth 1875 <