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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. ?! 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