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THE CONSTITUTIONALIST
SUNDAY, August 15,1875.
British Military Strength and Chicago
Parallels.
A mania for discussing the relative
war-strength of Europe prevails. Ger
many, France, Russia, Italy and Aus
tria have all been passed in review,
and were we to be guided in the discus
sion by the tone that governs, we
should inevitably be forced to a con
clusion that in these latter days of civ
ilization, as in the ancient or semi-bar
baric, the real strength of a nation
lies wholly in the number of trained
soldiery that could be brought into the
field. Numbers, to be sure, are import
ant elements in estimating the strength
of a nation—quite as important .as in
the days of Alauic; but we submit that
in estimating the strength of a nation
mere numbers are not to preponderate
in adjusting the balance: if so, China
should rank as a first-class war power,
and the King of Siam be placed at no
great distance from the leading pow’er
of Modern Europe. No doubt, num
bers influence public opinion at this
day as in the days of Xerxes, whose
soldiery were probably as well trained
in the art of war as the best German
or French soldiers are in our day, and
yet, we dare venture the assertion
that even the Czar of Russia, with his
million and a half of warriors in con
stant training would meet with another
Thermopylae, when another Leonidas
commands. Evolving in our minds
the seventeen or eighteen decisive bat
tles of the world, the fact stands forth
that popular opinion awards the first
place to the leader. Philosophic his
torians affect to scrutinize more closely,
and gravely tell us that it is the charac
ter of the soldiery that gives victory,
forgetting all the while the more ele
vated the characteristics of the men,
the greater and more elevated will be
tho requirements of the leader, be
cause he must necessarily be of the
highest type of the race he commands.
If ho fall short of the standard re
quired, there is an intuition which dis
covers his defects and mars success.
Fully up to that standard, and the sol
dier in the field as well as the civilian
in his counting-house accords to him
the full faith and belief that he is in
vincible. There is not a German to
day but believes that Yon Moltke is
the greatest of Generals. But we doubt
if Marshal Bazaine could find a corpo
ral’s guard among the French people
that would enlist to serve under his
banner. Now, disguise it as we may,
that feeling which pervades and influ
ences armies, and which has existed
and manifested itself in all ages of the
world, as to individual commanders,
exists and affects nationalities in their
relative estimates of each other. When,
therefore, we read, as in a late number
of Fortnightly Magazine, facts from Mr.
Horace White, that German}', possess
ing a million of trained soldiers, and
Russia a million and a half, are great
military powers, while England has
only 40,000, wo feel inclined
to ask Mr. Horace White, and the Chi
cago Tribune, to point out the period in
modern liistorv in which t.h roitiw<
difference was not as great as it is to
day. Was it under Marlborough or
under Wellington ? The fact is, Great
Britain seldom achieved a victory or
won a campaign unaided—by the mere
strength of native soldiery. But some
how or other, the English soldier has
always managed to gather around him
allies equal to the occasion, and causes
the page of modern history to chronicle
tho renown of the British Lion, from
tho days of the Spanish Armada, as
without a peer, until the battle of Sa
dowa and the capitulation of Sedan ;
and we venture further to say that for
many years to come, possessing a full
money chest, abundant material for
war, and unrivalled workshops, Bri
tish power and intelligence will be
equal to any emergency in the control
of the affairs of the world that may
arise. \e would not disparage the !
Germans, nor under-estimate the pro
gress which their wonderful political sa
gacity and patient skill, under the Ho
henzollerns, has annealed German
principalities and States into a magni
ficent and powerful military empire—
an empire advancing with rapid strides
to full equality with the greatest of
modern nations. But we are no less
indisposed to degrade Great Britain
below the level of the Khedive
of Egypt, because her muster
roll for home defence only
exhibits a numerical strength of one
hundred thousand men and an ap _
parent surplus of forty thousand for
efficient warfare.
It is curious to observe, however,
that iu discussing the relative mili
tary ranks of Germany and England a
parallel is drawn from the relative con
dition of the Northern and Southern
sections of the Federal Republic during
the late war; and the strangest part is
that the policy which so distinctly marks
the military history of Great Britain
was that policy which as distinctly con
tributed to the success of the Federal
over the Confederate arms. This policy
was to draw recruits from all quarters
of the globe, from every nationality—
from Sweden and from Norway, from
Germany and from Italy, from Switzer
land and Spain, and Portugal. Even
the African negro, the North American
Indian, and the border Mexican con
tributed to swell the ranks; and we saw
negro regiments, Irish brigades and
German divisions, while Swiss sharp
shooters, Tyrolese marksmen and
T rairie Indian hunters were all ma
nceuvered and directed by West Point
oflicers. And yet this very point, at
which a true parallel might be drawn
in comparing English power with that
of Germany, is wholly ignored by such
able writers as Mr. Horace White and
the editor of the Chicago Tribune !
Collie.— Who ever thought during
the war, when blockade running con
stituted such a mine of wealth for so
many patriots in the South and Eng
lishmen abroad, that the two Collifs
would one day be treated as no better
than common rogues ? And yet that
seemingly improbable contingency is
now an inexorable fact.
Lincoln attended the Presbyterian
phurch once a day.
Eui'ope’s Study—The Story of the
Camp.
All Europe seems to be busily en
gaged in studying the art and provid
ing the means for war. Russia plans
and executes strategic lines of railway,
keeping constantly on a war footing
her immense standing army. The
Russian soldiers are not only drilled
with severity, but what is more they
are inured to fatigue by constant mo
tion and exposed to all the exactions
of a terrible climate. Although it is a
time of peace the Russian soldier is
instructed in the barrack, and taught
the hardships of an active campaign in
braving by day and by night the rigors
of a Northern winter and the heats of
summer in the tropical steppes of that
vast Empire. But in Russia the army
is the chief prop of the government.
Russia, however, seems to be the model
in this particular for Modern Continen
tal Europe. Germany continues her
policy of making every citizen a sol
dier, not a Grenadier for dress-parade
iu a court pageant, but a thoroughly
trained soldier. Here is a Frenchman’s
description of the exercises of the
German training school:
“Military marches take place daily,
no matter what the weather or temper
ature may be. The men are invariably
in heavy marching order. They start
at 5 a. m., after having taken coffee,
and return to quarters about 11 or 12.
The forces are divided into two corps
one of them, iu forage caps, are sup
posed to represent the enemy. The
cavalry is specially trained in recon
noitring duties, and a couple of troops
invariably accompany the infantry.
The troops are never allowed to enter
a village; each man takes some bread
and meat with him, and when the halt
is called, if near any town or hamlet,
each squad of twenty men detaches
two, who are sent to purchase wine or
brandy. The men who have no money
are generally allowed to have a pull at
the flask of their comrades better off
than themselves. This is an under
stood thing. The officers mostly do
without eating; the few who require re
freshment are content with a sandwich.
Each halt lasts three-quarters of an
hour. At the signal given by the bugle
the sentries and outposts, which are
stationed all round to a distance of 800
metres, instantly fall in. The return
homeward is widly different from the
marching out. There is no more ma
uoeuvering; the body of the men
march in two lines right and left of the
road, with a group of singers in the
middle. Patriotic songs are the rule
where the words ‘ Konig ’ and ‘ Vater
land ’ are of frequent occurrence. The
Bavarians are partial to warlike ditties
in which the Erb-fiend seems severely
handled. Ever since last Thursday all
the ncn-comtnissionod officers are en
gaged in making fascines and throwing
up earthworks. They start at Gp. m.
and remain out all night. On dark
nights a powerful lamp, like that of a
light-house, is used.
“ They are specially practiced in
markmanship and gymuastics. For
two hours every day they are kept
firing at targets which bear a strong
resemblance to tho distant outline of
zouaves and Tureos. The instructors
in musketry are all Prussians, and
come from the school of musketry at
Spandau. Moreover, they are fre
quently practiced in the operations of
real warfare. Quito recently tho rail
way station at Ulm was “captured by
surprise” by a body of Bavarian re
cruits, the employes were all made
prisoners, while the special “railway
battalion ” took possession of the rail
way stock and organized railway
etappen .”
But these are only the outside work.
In the interior life, field pieces and
siege pieces and mitrailleuse are being
constructed; fortifications are strength
ened, arsenals enlarged, and all tho mu
nitions of war gathered in immense
quantities ; steam, the telegraph, and
the balloon have become as necessary
implements for war as Krupp guns
and the breech-loading rifle, and drill
and instruction in their uses as much
a part of the training of the soldier as
the manual of arms or evolutions in
the field. Austria is almost as active
as Germany in preparing for war, and
France and Italy quite as emulative.
Indeed, throughout Continental Eu
rope, from the Golden Horn to
the North, with the single exception of
effete Spain, (now too busily engaged
in internecine strife) the study of the
art of war and the uses of the me
chanic arts and sciences for warlike
purposes seems to engross the public
mind, and is pursued with assiduity
as of urgent importance for immediate
national existence. War seems to have
become not so much an elegant pro
fession as in the days of Chivalry, but a
parcel of the business of life of by far
the largest half of the popula M on.
Confronted with this prodigious array
there are not wanting writers in Eng
land and America who attempt to get
up periodical frights about the insecur
ity of those nations whose armament
on land is comparatively insignificant.
The Chicago Tribune, whose editor
seems to have a strong tendency'to
ward imperialism, marshals the Ger
man host before the imagination of
Queen Victoria, and says: “As against
“ such a nation from a military point
“ of view, the raw militia of England is
“ utterly powerless. England has fol
“ lowed the old system so long that,
“ even were she to adopt that of the
“ Germans, it would take her a whole
“ generation of time to get the system
“ into full operation. But the sooner
“ she begins it the better, if she hopes
“ or desires to regain any of her lost
“ standing among the great powers of
" Europe.”
Luckily, the rulers of the British Em
pire are not easily alarmed. They
know that, protected by the sea and
an unequalled navy, the successful in
vasion of their shores by a foreign foe
would be no easy matter. They know
too that their gold would purchase all
the auxiliaries needed. And, best of
all, they are convinced that the bul
wark of England is her free institu
tions, against which, as well as against
her heroic sons, the billows of foreign
hostility will beat in vain^
Grant is a trustee iu the Methodist
church.
The Sphinx—What He Told an Au
gusta Minister.
A year or two ago, Hon. Matt Car
penter journeyed to New Orleans, and,
in a public speech, advised the people
to plant cotton more and talk politics
less. But the people of Louisiana, see
ing that such a procedure would entail
unlimited Radical domination, began a
course of political agitation which has
been the beginning of the end of Re
publican despotism, without at all ne
glecting the cultivation of cotton, corn
or cane.
Rev. M. B. Wharton, of this city, has
been on a visit to Long Branch, and
had a conversation with the Sphinx
there, who substantially repeated, as
applicable for Georgia, what Matt
Carpenter urged upon Louisiana. —
Writing to the Christian Index, Mr.
Wharton undertakes to report what
Grant said, thus:
He regarded Georgia the most prosper
ous of all the Southern States, and was
glad to see the people paying so much at
tention to agriculture and manufactures.
Thus it should be with all the South, he
said. If they would pay more attention to
these things, and less to politics, it would
be better for them.
A judicious admixture of agriculture,
manufacturing and politics has made
Georgia what she is to-day. Had Gen.
Grant’s idea prevailed, we should have
been stripped of our possessions and
cursed with carpet-bag and negro
domination, just as South Carolina and
Mississippi are. Not meaning to be
discourteous to the President, but
simply exchanging advice, we say to
him that had he paid more attention
to his duties as a patriot and confined
himself less to the politics of Wil
liams, his name would be much
more honored and the country a
million times better off. Sauce for the
goose is sauce for the gander. Geor
gia would have gladly had less to do
with politics in the past, if he and his
party had not compelled us to agitate
within tho law until redemption came.
Doubtless, the Republican leaders are
outraged at the idea of a member of
the “ old thirteen ” assorting her pre
rogative of freedom, even amid bay
onets and unfriendly legislation ; but
it is well we did so, and our course in
future will not be guided by orders
or even advice from “ these headquar
ters,” whether situate at Washington
or Long Branch.
“ Three Proclamations ami One Brig
ade” —Why Sherman Spared Au
gusta.
We havo already published Col. Donn
Piatt’s theory as to the reason gov
erning Gen. Sherman to avoid Augusta
on his march to the sea. Our readers
will remember that it was more than
intimated that blockade-runners and
other cotton owners here put a round
sum of money into one side of the
scale which weighed down the sword of
tho barbarian placed in the other.
This attempt to clear up what is
deemed by some persons a mystery
has gone the grand rounds of the
press and, so far, without comment or
contradiction, if we may except a com
munication addressed to tho Consti
tutionalist by a most worthy citizen,
who attributed the salvation of the
city to a direct interposition of
Almighty God. Some military crit
ics contend, outside the news
papers, that General Shipman far
from having been bribed to swerve
from Augusta, did so upon sound laws
of strategy, just as he compelled the
fall of Charleston by a flank move-
ment toward Columbia. There *s a
reminiscence among our citizens which
goes very far to show that Sherman
would just as soon have plundered and
burned the city of Augusta as either of
the centres of Atlanta or Columbia. It
is well known that Sherman’s line of
march from Atlanta deflected at Madi
son, and that during this march his
scouting parties tried every ford on
the Oconee, from Daniel’s Ferry to
Milledgeville, and that numbers of
them were captured and killed by
Wheeler’s cavalry, which hung upon
the left flank of the great marauder.
Oa one occasion an officer of Whar
ton’s Texas Brigade captured one of
those “bird’s eye views” issued by the
Federal War Department, which gave
at a glance the topographical features
of the country, upon which were traced
three lines, one to Augusta through
Burke and Jefferson, one to New Sa
vannah, and one to Savannah, and that
this map was brought to Gen Bragg,
then in command, having been ordered
to the deferse of Augusta. Upon re
ceiving this map General Bragg dis
patched three couriers to Wheeler,
one of which ordered him to dispute
every inch of ground, as ho was weak
and desired time for reinforcements,
and two with dispatches which were
designed to be captured, and were cap
tured and carried to Sherman’s head
quarters, ordering Wheeler to retreat,
fighting slowly, so ?.s to lure the enemy
to given points on Briar creek, so that
he could move to his rear, as Sherman
would then have the forts and forces
at Savannah on one side, and the
swamps of Briar creek on the other,
and the Savannah river iu front. It is
very certain that Sherman’s lino of
march again deflected southward from
Augusta to the points in Burke county
indicated. We rather “guess” that
Joe Wheeler’s cavalry and Bragg’s
three proclamations and a brigade
saved Augusta from the invader, and
not the blockade runners ; or, as Sher
man himself expressed in a parlor in
Savannah, “Augusta ivas saved by ly
ing.” An adopt in the fine art of men
dacity should have known the differ
ence between a falsehood and a “bluff.”
We understand that the “Silver Grays”
take credit for helping rescue this city,
and that there are as many candidates
for that honor as there are aspirants for
Governor, or claimants to the reputa
tion of being the “savior of Georgia”
from Radical rule. Nai ileon lost the
battle of Leipsic because, having eaten
a tough beefsteak, his liver became
disordered and clouded his brain. Old
Tecumseh may have faltered in his
purpose as he neared our boundary, by
a confusion of intellect arising from a
drink of Confederate corn whiskey ta
ken upon an empty stomach.
Washington was a vestryman in the
Episcopal church.
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Dan Voorhees —His Reading of the
Sphinx’s Ridjjle.
The “tall sycamoreV* >f the Wa
bash,” Dan Voorhees to ’vit, who would
have been one of the gr|:’\test men in
this country if he had c:’;l “caved” on
Greeley, has given h jsl opinion of
Grant and the third teriU He says :
It is more and more be I? forced upon
me that Grant will be the of the
Republican party in 1876. s|e has not de
clined a renomination, and if lie seeks it he
will get it. People should *i|it forget what
kind of man Grant is. EH possesses con
centrated will-power above Hpy other prom
inent man in the nation. |)l has never yet
been forced to back down %>}f his party, al
though he has many times| deen his stand
in direct opposition to Reift-blican leaders
and Republican policy. veto of Mor
ton’s finance measures, liring the last
Congress, was the boldest exhibition of
sjlf-will any President eve* -bowed. Why,
it was a kick square in Morton's face, for
up to the very hour of th| veto, Morton
contended that Gil. n r won*;, not dare veto
the measure. So he servec|cen. Logan on
the soldiers’ equalization txjpujfcy bill. Grant
holds the key to the situatili;, because he is
their strongest and only* available man,
and I would not be at all fsurprised if he
was renominated next yeai|by acclamation.
This is the estimate! Frank Blair
placed upon Grant, aril it is a true
one as to his power amf ability. Men
who think him a “ fool j and an “ ass ”
had better revise their ’decision. Mr.
Stephens gauged this rerjiarkable mans
character, years ago, an *1 to underesti
mate him is to commit egregrious
folly and possibly prepaj i for a morti
fying mistake. s
Butler Going for tjJe- Irish Votf..
Gen. Butler’s bid for tjei Irish vote at
the late O’Connfll I mgniet iu Boston
has led to the painful lifquiry whether
he has gone back on hij f 'ilow-citizens
of African descent, in \fhose cause he
£
has been laboring violently to agitate
the nation for nearly a lecade. One of
the pointed sentimental! of his O’Con
nell oration was this : I‘As a not very
remote son of Ireland | look forward
to the time when Ireland shall govern
New England, and New!England gov
ern the United States.”! If any Demo
cratic politician can gel ahead of this
it would be well for him* to begin early.
There is certainly no gavor of Know
Nothingism in it. Whether the Irish
themselves, in lieu of,governing Old
England, will be contemjto govern New
England, remains to bejseeu. It looks
as if there must be a |good many of
tlyem in Butlfr’s neqSib* rhood. He
also complimented the yPope a bit, and
manifested consideraole|concern for the
spiritual welfare of m;|nkiud. He ex
pressed the opinion th.'t it would be
better to be a good Christian than to
follow those infidels will thach us that
man is like unto thebea|ros that perish.
The Essex statesman i* in a now role,
and if his actions correspond hence
forth to his words, it v|ill be another
proof that “while the lamp holds out
t) burn” there is hope jjfor all. — Balti
more Sun. s
Tunneling. —Not satisfied with the
project of tunneling under t he English
Channel, it is proposed to perform a
similar operation under the Straits of
Gibraltar, between the Spanish and
Morocco iiuie. iu aino miles
long. Difficult as the; Anglo-Fr noL
work must be, the Hispajio-Morocco en
terprise is said to offer shueSi mor j for
midable embarrassmentm iinly owing
to the difference in the ifepth of water,
the channel being 163 f|et deep, while
the Straits are 2,621 feet l Commenting
upon this stupendous schem •, the Balti
more Sun says, “supposing that the
tunnel under Gibraltar Tie bored at a
distance of ono thousams feet under the
bed, its total depth undi|’ the sea level
would be over 3,600 feetj while the en
try and exit galleries frouM be each
three" miles in lentil.’ | The daring
achievements of moder|i science, and
the still more daring i|ropbsitions of
engineers and haVe led men
to believe that, whimskv 1 hud absurd
as it seems at present, fhere may be,
iu the future, an all rail |ine to Europe.
“Are there any hai-d-|nonoy men in
your community?” I ask<|l.
“Yes, plenty of hard-mo>*ey men, but no
hard money A GreenbruYo , Farmer.
That’s the rub ! Har*| soup is excel
lent ; but first catch youf liai;o.
A Mississippi planteif who owned
many slaves in the ofd days, now
boasts that all his “iigg(]fs” have
turned out well. Not oc|> of t hem has
been elected to the Legislature. Per
haps he taught them better manners
and went to the Legislature himself.
Dean Stanley has declined to assign the
smallest space in the cloiste rs of Westmin
ster Abbey for a monumental tablet to the
memory of Balfe. He h;;h received ad
dresses from the loading 'irofei-sors and
amateurs of the United Kingdom asking
for such erection. |
Mark Twain’s joking advertisement for
the body of the boy who stx|e his umbrella
at a base ball match, recoil# rat tier heav
ily upon him. Somo student left a
“case”—the corpse of a boy —at his house,
and Mark was thought to Shave, been his
murderer until the janitor wf the medical
college claimed the “subject?'
The English Catholic jo urnals; say that
the question of Cardinal M innimfs prece
dence was indirect’v settled at toe Prince
of Wales garden party, whu.i He;; Majesty
Queen Victoria was present.- Th<“Princo of
Wales. We are told, advance i to'-meet the
Cardinal on his arrival, cordially shook
hands with him, and then .presented his
eminence to his royal mother, wh> received
him most generously, and conversed wfih
him fora while. The Cardinal >remained
within the royal circle for; sonic time—a
privilege accorded only tcE t .ose of the
highest rank. ' \
j
The Life of Sub-Margie ulables. —
An officer of the pastern Telegraph
Company, a£ a recent me.itingi in Lon
don, stated that sub-myriad cables,
like better wi# age. This
may be fIM of their insu Htiog, but it
is doubtruTwhether thejiflo nbt suffer
material injuries which twill; shorten
their fives. The example! of improved
insulation are of the tjhe East
ern Company, which are§aai<s to have
gained from 45 to 77 percent, iu power.
It is further stated this thy cables
longest laid have improved tjhe most.
The boy with the bare iyet, l esselat
ed pants, father’s coat, had H gaudy
base ball cap on his head? aphears to
have gained a permanent jjtand in the
community. —Danbury I
Chicago, August 13.— T|ie residence
of Wra. P, Milburn, at Frr|a Pbrt, 111.,
was burned. His wife pei |shei r ,
PERSONAL.
Plimsoll is 51 years old.
Donaldson's fiancee thinks he will ma
terialize yet, and she ought to know.
Marshal Bazaine is endeavoring to se
cure a command in the Russian army. His
chances for success are not very flattering.
How does Mr. Bristow like the returns
from Kentucky? Anything "crooked”
there ?
Mrs. Elizabeth Schubert, who hanged
herself to the family bed-post with her hus
band’s suspenders, thus exhibited social af
fections which should have kept her from
the rash act.
The noble Said Ben-Buragasch, Sultan of
Zanzibar, partook of too much melon at tlio
dinner given him by President McMahon,
at Versailles, and he went home with the
stomach-ache.
Judge Fullerton tells of meeting an In
dian guide in his wanderings in the wilder
ness of the Adirondacks, who surprised
him by the following answer to his ques
tion : “My friend, did you ever hear of tlio
Beecher trial?” “No, me never hoard of
him, but me heard of Jim Fisk.”
Gen. Burnside is reported to have re
plied to the remark of a friend at Long
Branch, concerning the pleasures of that
resort: ‘ Oh, yes, I feel a sonse of freedom
here that is perfectly delightful. The fact
of it is, I always like to get out of Rhode
Island. I like to be where I can stretch my
legs without being sued by my neighbor
for trespass,”
Mare Twain will not lecture the coming
season. In reply to a letter from a lecture
agent of Boston Mr. Clemens writes: “I
really cannot go upon the platform the
coming season. All last Winter I sat at
home drunk with joy over every storm that
howled along, because I knew that some
dog of a lecturer was out in it. I am ex
pecting to have just as good a time next
Winter and do not think it is noblo in you
to want to deprive mo of it.”
Miss Olive Harper writes to the Globe-
Democrat an account of her travels in the
East. She went to some games in Albania;
and “after this,” she says, “came wrest
ling, where the men were stripped entirely
naked. I watched breathless, admiring the
beauty and strength of the men.” Fie, fie,
Olive! You ought to have turned away
and left the place at once.
Mrs. Abraham Lincoln is givfm up as
hopelessly insane. She sits down silent
and alone in her solitary room to keep im
aginary company with Senators and Am
bassadors in the light of that gracious,
kindly smile, long since hidden beneath the
coflin-lid. It is one of the mercies vouch
safed her to live her life over again with
her loved onos—dear little WiPie, and rol
licking, boyish Tad—to sit at the head of
the table, and hold familiar converse with
them all.
An amusing story is told of Gov. Bagley,
of Michigan, who is a good Sabbatarian.
He was lately in Detroit on Sunday, and,
passing a billiard hall with some friends,
heard the balls clicking as if it were a week
day. He politely inquired or the proprie
tor if he made a practice of keeping his
hall open on Sunday, and wa3 astonished
when the man replied: "No, Governor,
not as a general thing; but if you and your
party would like to play a quiet game, I
guess I can fix it for you.”
Grace Greenwood lecently attended a
party in London, given by an American
artist, where she met Miss Gabrielle Gree
ley, who, she says, “is distinguished by her
bloom and the lino classic character of her
head and face, as well as for the perfect
simplicity and maidenly modesty of her
toilettes, the litness and lit of her dress.”
Psho! She probably is distinguished for
com mon-sense; but Grace Greenwood, of
course, would not recognize that.
Joaquin Miller has bullets in various
parts of his body, which prevent him from
doing anvthing hut ait in a large arm-chair
and discourse to the natives on poetry.
Meanwhile lie draws inspiration through a
straw. If a man asks him to play billiards,
lie says he has a bullet in his arm; if a
woman asks him to walk, he says ho has a
bullet in his leg; but if any one, man,
woman, or child, asks him to talk, he does
not say he has a bullet in ills bra’n, where
it would do the most good.
POLITICAL NOTES.
The Columbus Enquirer-Sun lias, some
interesting reminiscences of twenty-two
years ago, or in 1853. Gen. A. H. Colquitt
ran for Congress in the Columbus District
as a straight out Democrat against James
Johnson, and was elected. In the newspa
per discussion ono side claimed he was an
aide-de-camp of Gen. Taylor, at the battle
of Monterey and Buena Vista, and the op
posite ono that his name was not on the
army roll—just as papers now compli
ment each' other and their candidates. The
General beat Judge Johnson by a fair but
not 1 j >- ge majority. His father, the dis
tinguished orator, jurist, ex-Senator and
preacher, Judge Walter Colquitt, can
vassed the district for his son. This year
Ilersclicl V. Johnson, Democrat, also boat
C’has. J. Jenkins, of Augusta, some 700
votes for Governor of Georgia.
The New York Herald thinks we might
confer many blessings on Africa during
this centennial period by shipping thither
some of those “surplus sources of our
greatness and power which we could be t
spare without feeling tlio 1053.” It says
that “on the evening of the first Tuesday
after the iirst Monday in November, 1876,
there will be a great number of enterpris
ing, active, ingenious, more or less intelli
gent and ambitious American citizens to
whom life will app ar a failure; whose oc
cupation, like Othello’s, will bo gone; who
will be cast down, disappointed, disgusted;
to whom the world will seem a hollow and
not very glittering fraud. Africa offers a
career to those disappointed patriots.”
The Courier-Journal says “tho North
must henceforward look at home for tho
bona fide Bourbon. He has quitt>d the
South. He has moved into Ohio, Indiana
and Illinois. He reads tho Cincinnati Ga
zette and tho Inter- Ccea.i, He listens to
General Logan and Governor Morton. Ho
has not learned that the war is over. He is
still lighting the rebels. With his head
wrapped in a bloody shirt and his hands
stuck in his breeches pockets, his back to
tho enemy and his face sot town :d the
North Star, he keeps his courago up by
whistling Yankee Doodle, just as he did
when better men were in the lield.”
Ex-Treastjbeu Spinner has beon inter
viewed and speaks pretty strongly concern
ing Secretary Bristow: For fourteen years
thero was not a report or a message of any
sort sent from the Treasury Department to
the President or to Congress without con-
sultation with me. It was considered at
least courtesy to allow an expression of my
viows; and my own annual report was con
sidered a distinct document, a message
from the Treasurer of the United States to
Congress, until last year, when Secretary
Bristow mutilated it, altered it, and cut out
some things he knew I wanted very much
to say. Secretary Bristow is a very ambi
tious man. He wants to be President, and
a3 he hasn’t got a very long time in which
to mako a reputation, he is working as
hard as he can. He wants the entire credit
of running the Treasury, and is getting in
subordinates that will not bo liable to de
tract any from his personal credit or make
any reputation for themselves.
Dr. Sam Bard, late of the Atlanta Post
office, is out in favor of a third term. We
regret this deeply, for wo don’t think that
the question should be thus prematurely
settled.—Courier-Journal.
The Cleveland Leader thinks it is about
time to call in the police and stop that pre
cious row on the currency question be
tween the New York World and the Cincin
nati Enquirer.
SPECIAL NOTICES.
I. 0. of 0. F.
MEMBERS OF MILLER LODGE, NO. 10.
will meet at Odd Fellows’ Hall, promptly, at
8K o’clock, THIS (Sunday) A. M„ 15th, to at
tend the funeral of our deceased brother,
Aaron Carpenter. Members of Washington
Lodge, No. 7, and transient brethren are fra
ternally invited to attend.
By order of N. G.
HENRY ROGERS.
augis-l Secretary.
BOSTON, MASS., AND PORT ROYAL, F. C.
AN A 1 VESSEL NOW ON BERTH AT
Boston. Mass., loading with cargo for Port
Royal, 8. C. For freights to Port Royal apply
to Messrs. Lewis & Hall, No. 9 Merchants’ Row,
Boston, Mass. augl3-3t.
THE MAGNOLIA PASSENGER ROUTE.
PORT ROYAL RAILROAD, f
Office General Passenger Agent, ■
Augusta Ga., Aug. 6, 1875. )
ROUND mill? TICKETS !
Jfcrt AH AUGUSTA to CHARLES- t(j
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, 187 G.
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 And this a pleasant routo
by which to reach their destination.
Tickets on sale atPianters’ Hotel and Ticket
Office. Union Depot.
T. S. DAVANT,
augG-im General Passenger A ent.
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.
M. A. STOVALL,
WAREHOUSE AND COMMISSION!
MERCHANT,
No 1 WARREN BLOCK,
AUGUSTA, GA.
rp HANKFUL for the liberal patronage
1 heretofore bestowed, would take this
occasion to notify the Planters of Georgia
and Carolina tint he continues the Com
mission Business in all its branches, (ex
cept buying and selling futures), and so
licits Consignments of Cotton for sale or
storage. He will give the selling of cotton
his personal attention. He is, as hereto
fore, for the justly celebrated Pa
tapseo cruauo and Grange Mixture.
augls-w3iu M. A. STOVALL.
To the Ladies of Augusta.
rpHE UNDERSIGNED has opened an
JL agency forthe sale of sundry articles
which are for constaut use in well regu
lated families, which have never been on
sale in this market before, and are First
Class Goods and no humbugs; and would
ask the Ladies to call and examine them:
ANTI-MALARIAL or EUCHYVIIAL
BELT or PAD, which when worn prevents
all sickness caused b" Malaria.
BAYSIDE SOAP Liquid, the best article
ever manufactured for washing clothes, Ac.
PREPARED PULVERIZED BRICK for
cleaning cutlery, Ac.
SELF-FEEDING PATENT KNIFE POL
ISHER.
PATENT POLISHING BOARD.
PATENT WINDOW CLEANER-best in
market.
And I am also agent for sale of Book
called “MARIA MONK’S DAUGHTER”
GEO. W. BROADHUIISr, Agent,
Jackson street, opposite Warren Block.
_augls-l ■
LINSEED OIL.
1,000 Gallons
FOR SALE AT
S3 JACKSON STREET,
GEO. D. CONNOR.
auglS-suwofrlw . _____
LOST !
A PAIR OF GOLD SPECTACLES A
Liberal Reward will be paid for their
recovery if leftat Mrs. Chews, Greene street.
augl4-tf
Pay your State, County and
School Taxes.
ITB E TAX DIGEST for 1875 has been
placed in my hands for collection. My
instructions are to collect without delay.
Owners of Real Estate and Merchandise, as
well as other property, to 'ether with those
who are liable to the Poll Tax, had best
come forward and settle.
JOHN A. BOHLER,
Tax Collector Richmond County.
augls-30d
GREEN SEAL ZINC,
IMPORTED BY
TIEMANN & CO.
For salo by
CEO. D. CONNOR,
augls-suwe&fr 53 Jackson street.
AT MORAN’S.
PICTURES, WINDOW SHADES, HAS
SOCKS and CORNICES, Selling out
at Cost Price during next week.
H. W. MORAN,
315 Broad street,
augls-l* Above Planters’ Hotel.
ECONOMY! -
PRACTICE ECONOMY by leaving your
faded clothing to be dyed and cleaned
to look equal to new. Gents’ Clothing
Cleaned in a very superior manner. Gents’
Clothing also Dyed in the best style and
warranted not to soil the whitest linen.
Orders left at 406 Broad street, south
side, above Upper Market, will receive
prompt attention. _
augl4-l* GEO. R. DODGE.
Strictly Pure Lead!
Atlantic,
Missouri,
Philadelphia,
jn as, 50, ioo and 30 Pound Kegs, for sale
53 Jucksun Sircet,
augl4-su,w,fr3 GEO. D. CONNOR.
GROUND STOCK FEED
—AND—
OUT HAY
BEADY FOB MIXING.
For sale by
Z*etei* Gr. Burum.
aug 13-3
FOR SALE!
A WINDLASS, with a Brake attached,
built by Mr. George Cooper, of this
city.
Also, a Ruggles PAPER CUTTER, which
cuts 26 inches wide. All in good order.
The above mentioned Machines will be
sold CHEAP FOR CASH. Apply^at
THIS OFFICE.
jy!B-tf
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
Slocks 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-tuthsalv
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.
Paint and Oil Store.
—o
T HAVE a full line of all COLORS, both DRY, in DISTEMPER and ground in OIL,
J. One of the best selections of
BRUSHES of all kinds, PAINT, WHITEWASH, DUSTERS, &c.
All kinds of VARNISHES in any quantity you may want.
MACHINE OIL,
KEROSENE OIL,
TURPENTINE,
WINDOW GLASS
and PUTTY.
o
ALSO,
AVERILL CHEMICAL PAIiVT,
Readv mixed for Immediate use, in one gallon cans. Sample card of colors furnisln and
FREE on application to QJJQ, D . CONNOR,
augls-suwedfr3 F ’_
THE GREAT SUMMER ROUTE NORTH,
VIA
AUGUSTA, WILMINGTON. PORTSMOUTH,
AND
The Magnificent Sidewheel Steamships
OF THE
OLD DOMINION I^INTE!
WHICH leave Portsmouth, Va., upon the arrival of Trains via the Atlantic Coast
Line, at 7:30 p. m., in the following appointed order:
Steamship ISAAC BELL. 1,600 Tons Oapt. BLAKEMAN Momiay.
Steamship W YAN() kE, 2.040 Tons Xafit. COLCH, Wednesday •
Steamship OLD DOMINION, 2 210 Tons. Capt. WALKER, Satuiday.
And upon the abovo named Schedule during the entire Summer and Autumn Ihe su
perior a-commodations, luxurious tables any absence of all unpleasant ana dangerous
ocean navigation, commend this Line to the attention ol North-Bound liavelers as the
most pleasant Excursion Route to New York, and within six hours of all lail time.
State Rooms and Berths engaged by Telegraph upon applicationl to all Agents of the
At antic Coast Line, and Through Tickets sold at all Railway Ticket Offices.
Baggage checked to destination, and equal facility of transfer and delivei > in New
York as by other Transportation Lines.
w. 11. STANFORD,
Secretary Old Dominion S. S. Company, No. 197 Greenwich Street, New York.
W.M. TIMBERLAKE, Agfc. Atlantic Coast Line, Augusta.
B. F. BROWN, Ticket Agent, Planters’ Hotel.
jyl-2m ■ ■■
KTS 'savings bank,
NO. 223 BROAD STREET,
Cash Capital SIOO,OOO (with Stockholders Liability v
TRANSACTS A
General Banking, Exchange and Collection Business.
5 Per Cent, allowed on DAILY balances, subject to
CHECK AT SIGHT.
Interest allowed on Time Deposits as may be agreed upon.
T. P.’BRANCH, President.
J. T. NEWBERY, £3
CASHIER. J3B
N. B.—Draw SIGHT DRAFTS on Great Britain and Continental Europe
in sums of £1 and upwards. mh3o-tf
AUGUSTA TO NEW YORK
VIA.
PORT ROYAL, S. C.
The following Comfortable and well-known Steamships,
Montgomery, 1,1500 Tons, Capt. Fairclotli,
Ilnntsville, 1,500 Tons, Capt. CTiestei%
Are appointed to sail from PORT ROYAL for NEW YORK, direct, on FRIDAYS of
e ich w ek, afto arrival of Morning Passeng.-r Train from Augusta.
Tho following reduced rates of Passage are offered the Travelling Public :
Augusta to NewYork Ac Return, S3O
Augusta toNew York, Straight, S2O
Augusta to New York, Steerage
Which secures Accommodations in all respects equal to those of other lines.
STATE ROOMS AND BERTHS
Can bo secured by application to
RICH’D. P. RUNDLE, Agent,
Or to the undersigned, * OII al ’ *
T. S. DAVANT, G. P. A.,
as- Tickets on Sal ? at Planters’ Hotel and Ticket Office, Union Depot AUgU& je4-3ni
WILMINGTON, N. C„ LINES,
SEMI-WEEKLY
Fast Freight Route to All Points South or Fast.
BALTIMORE,
Baltimore and Southern Steam Transportation Companv
SAILING FROM BALTIMORE * ’
Tuesdiiy and Friday, sit 3 Z*. 3X.,
AND FROM WILMINGTON Wednesday and Saturday.
NEW YORK,
CLYDE’S WILMINGTON HIVIC,
SAILING EROM NEW YORK
Tuesday and Friday, at 3 P. M., and from Wil
mington Wednesday and Saturday,
/'I IVING through Bills of Lading to all points in North and South Carolina
U and Alabama. For North or J&ist bound Freight, to Baltimore, New York
adelphia, Boston, Providence, hall River, and other Eastern cities. Also to LlvarnAXi
Glasgow, Bremen, Antwerp, and other European points. ’ pooi-
These Lines connect at Wilmington with the Wilmington, Columbia ami *
Railroad: connecting at Columbia, S. C.. with the Greeuville and Columbia liu
and Charlotte, Columbia and Augusta Railroad. lumuu liaii Koad,
At Augusta, Ga., with the Georgia, Macon and Augusta, and rfentrai >
with their connecting roads, offer unequaled facilities for the promotumi™ 8 ’ au< J
Freight to all points. The Steamers of these Lines, on arrival in ?vnmKLln y °£
Railroad Depot, the Freight transferred under covered sheds to L St V D i ttt
and forwarded by the Fast Freight Express that evening. Lais without delay,
No drayage in Wilmington, and no transfer from WilmincLm „ *
anteed as low as by any other route. Losses or Overcharge 3 nr™ nt?Uv?’ i , Ilateß uar "
Mark all Goods “ VIA WILMINGTON LINES.” l y P Ui ’
For Further information, apply to either of the Undersigned Agents of the Line:
EDWIN IITZGERALD, Agent Baltimore Line, 50 South street Baltimore
°°rJsr New , ¥ork Lhw ’ 6 g™.
A. D. CAZAUX, Agent Baltimore and N. Y. Lines, Wilmington N n
E. K. BURGESS, Agent W. C. & A. Railroad, 263 Broadway New York
JOHN JENKINS, Agent, Augusta, Ga!
A. POPE,
novs Gen’l Freight Agent, Wilmington, N. C., and 263 Broadway, New York