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THE CONSTITUTIONALIST
SUNDAY, August 15, 1875.
CURRENT TOPICS.
A New Insane Asylum.
A great deal has been said in the Georgia
press recently about the abominable con
dition of our lunatics. Six hundred of
them are crowded into a building at Mil
lodgeville incompetent to accommodate
over four hundred. Dr. Greene, the War
den, is forced to put five and six in one
room, and, we are told, obliged to make
many of his patients sleep in the halls, in
the yard, or in whatever other place he can
find for them. Whilst this is t.ue of those
confined, new applicants are now neces
sarily refused admission at all. When thus
turned away, the more dangerous aie sent
to jail. Any one who has ever inspected a
county jail in Georgia knows that its cells
are small, badly ventilated, intolerably
hot in Summer and intensely cold in Win
ter. Then they are unhealthy, and instead
of reason having any chance of being re
stored the probabilities are that such
treatment of the body would craze tho mind
the more. It is, moreover, in the last
degree inhuman. Dr. Green, the Warden
of our Asylum, has not his equal in ability
in the United States. He has made the lu
natic the study of his long life. He should
have commenced refusing admission sev
eral years ago, but being a man of large
heart, he hated to turn one away as long
as he could furnish any sort of accommo
dation. When the negro was a slave he
seldom lost his mind. He did not have
enough to think of to bring about de
rangement. But with freedom, came the
care of himself and family, the disappoint
ments and thousand vexations of life, all
of which his master used to entirely
take off his mind. Our Asylum had to open
its doors to the colored people, and
new members have utterly exhausted its
capacity. These being briefly the facts,
what is the remedy ? It is in short tho im
perative duty of the State of Geor
gia to build a second Asylum. It is impos
sible to avoid tho conclusion, unless we
abandon the insane to their own care and
the care of their friends, which no one with
a spark of humanity wishes to see done.
The new Asylum should be located above
the malarial line. Gainesville, Toccoa City,
Athens, Dalton, Tunnel Hill, would all be
line points to erect the building. To
the new place the white people should be
sent, with Dr. Greene in charge, and the
negroes retained in their present quarters,
and a competent Warden appointed over
them.
The Herzegovinian War.
If left alone the Turk can and will
speedily crush the rebellion in his province.
But there’s the rub. The Ottoman in Eu
rope has no real friend aside from policy.
He is as hateful to the Christian to-day as
six hundred years ago. He holds his posi
tion in Europe as a repulsive dead weight,
but necessary to keep up the balance of
power. The New York Herald thinks it
likely the little war may lead to a greater
one. “Should it become necessary,” it says,
“for the European Powers to interfere in
all probability that ugly Eastern question
will loom up again, and the result will, in
all probability, be such a war explosion as
Europe has not witnessed since the allies
overthrew Napoleon. Sooner or later that
big light is coming, and in all probability
Bismarck and his friends think that the
present is just as favorable a moment to
settle the Eastern and Western questions
as they are likely to find. It is in view of
this dangerous inclination to war *n Berlin
that trouble in such an out of the w T ay
place as Herzegovina becomes important
to the rest of the world.”
That Stolen $47,000.
There is a blunt ho iesty about old ex-
Treasurer Spinner which we can’t help ad
miring. The Government lost a valuable
man when he threw up the office. The only
cloud on the old man’s mind when he left
was the $17,000 stolen by one of his clerks.
He is now immensely happy over his de
tection, and let off as follows last Sunday:
To think that tho boy would have taken
the money when I thought so much of him
and trusted him so; dear me, I’ll be damned
if the ways of God are not mysterious in
unravelling sorrow. How damned sorry I
am to think that little Billy Hallick would
have robbed me.
The Trenton Ku-Klux.
The massacre of negroes at Trenton,
Tennessee, a year or more ago, is fresh in
the minds of newspaper readers. A great
many arrests were made soon afterwards,
the upshot of which we find in the Milan
Exchange: The celebrated Trenton ku
klux caso came up for trial last week. Out
of forty-nine indictments, twelve were tried
and dismissed, and in the others a nolle
pros entered. Ben Davis, the main witness
for the State, it seems, could not recognize
anyone of the prisoners as being present
at the jail breaking. Was he the only
guilty one. or has he been try mg a little
game of black mail ?
Foley’s Stonewall Jackson.
Foley’s bronze statue of “ Stonewall ”
Jackson, which is to be sent to Virginia, is
now in the Loudon ltoyal Art Gallery, and
is thus described by a correspondent of the
Southern Churchman: “The figure is of he
roic size, erect and noble; head uncovered;
right hand, grasping a gauntlot, rests nat
urally upon the hip; on the left arm hangs
a military cloak, while the left hand holds
the hilt of a sword, whose point touches a
pile of hewn stones, its empty scabbard
hanging from a belt around the waist. The
form, the attitude, the face and the expres
sion of the countenance combine to make
one of the most impressive statues we have
ever seen.”
Brooklyn Religion at a Camp Meeting.
The New York Times has a special from
Media, Pennsylvania, telling how brother
E. S. Kenney, a Northern Methodist divine,
and who was captain-in-chief of the entire
camp meetiug then going on there, tried to
introduce the Brooklyn religion. The fel
low tried the Beecher game upon a daugh
ter of Mrs. Van Meter, whom “he found
lying there looking like marble statues I
have seen in Europe.” The girl bellowed
lustily for her mother, who was in another
tent cooking, and when she arrived brother
Kenney made a feeble effort to turn it all
off as a joke. Failing in that, ho suddenly
wont perfectly crazy.
We told our colored friend that his cra
nium was horizontal, and receiving his
name and his money, congratulated him
upon his investment. "Yes, sail,” ho con
tinued, winking at us with his ivories, “Iso
dun found out data pusson widout a paper
is a mighty wuflless indywidyul, an’ ef I
can’t understan’ de ting, Ise gwine ter git
as nigh thar as I kin. De faek is, an’ its no
use a talkin’, a paper’s powerful handy ter
have ’bout de house. It gits people out o’
trouble, an’ keeps ’em out. Why, Boss, ef
’taint no use ter sich as me, think uv what
its wuth ter der ehillun.”
Professor Patton, of the Jefferson Park
Presbyterian Church, in Chicago, has con
cluded to adopt the vestments in uso by
the Protestant Episcopal Church. A great
hullabaloo has been raised about it, but the
Professor Is very sensible In desiring to
bide his long, spindle like legs and un
gainly figure beneath the classic folds of a
eilk gown or surplice.—Courier-Journal.
“When the fast young men of Fort Valley
wish to ask a frieni to take a drink, they
say ‘let’s kill a coon,’ ” says the Hawkius
ville Dispatch. If they kill a coon every
time they take a drink the tribe will soon
exterminated.
GEORGIA GENERAL NEWS.
The reported killing of an Irish ped
dler in Twiggs county, by negroes, is
denied.
Mrs. Brown, wife of C. P. Brown, of
Pulaski, and Mr. Daniel Finleyson,
are dead.
The Rome Courier informs us that
Mr. Stephens’ views of the currency
question are the same as those of Gov.
Allen and Mr. Pendleton, of Ohio.
Gainesvilie Eagle: Gen. Lcmgstreet
has bought one hundred acres of land
from W. G. Henderson, which partly
lies in this city. He will improve it at
once, and make Gainesville his future
home. We extend to him a hearty wel
come.
The Liberty county Messenger says a
lad named Baggs, who was bitten by a
rattlesnake one day last week, was en
tirely cured by whiskey internally and
in large doses, and a mixture of salt
and the white of eggs applied to the
wound. The snake was a seven footer.
Toccoa Herald : The camp-meeting,
held at Poplar Springs, in Franklin
county, last week, was well attended.—
About 2,000 persons were present ton
Sunday, aud listened to an able sermon
delivered by the presiding elder, Rev.
A. J. Worley. The meeting was expec
ted to close on Tuesday, the 10th.
The following are the statistics of
Meriwether: Corn, 32,304; wheat, 7,620;
oats, 7,658: rye, 167; barley, 73; cow
peas, 11,788; clover, 33; cotton, 34,350;
sugar cane, 27; sorghum, 70; sweet po
tatoes, 845; Irish potatoes, 36; melons,
265; apple trees, 26,808; peach trees,
125,704; No. horses and mules, 2,914;
cattle, 7,666; hogs, 8,829; killing hogs,
5,568; sheep, 2,150; goate, 237; dogs,
2,348; bee hives, 2,532; poultry, 26,780;
negro laborers, 3,110; acres pasturage,
7,138; acres under fence, 157,259; acres
of original forest, 1 2,615.
Columbus Sun: On examination of
the Muscogee tax returns, we liud only
two items which are reported at greater
valuation than in 1874. These are
money and solvent debts, which are
81,187,855, against 81,073,883 last year,
showing a gain of 8113,972; and iron
works foundries, etc., which are valued
at 8167,000, against 8131,225, showing a
gain of 835,775.
The cotton manufactories report
81,529,500, against 81,583,900, showing
a decline of 854,400. This is due to de
preciation in goods.
Columbus Enquirer: The whites of
Muscogee county have returned to the
tax receiver 122,933 acres of laud, val
ued at 8899,125, or an average of seven
dollars per acre ; while the blacks have
given in 2,915 acres, at a valuation of
842,124. or an average of fourteen dol
lars per acre. Have the negroes the
best laDd, or do they put a higher esti
mate on their possessions than the
whites? Lands in the county, exclusive
of wiln lands, are returned at seven
and a half dollars per acre. The true
explanation is that the negroes report
patches, and on them are located their
cabins, etc.
The Atlanta Constitution prints the
following :
National Rifle Association, 93 Nas
sau street, New York, July 30, 1875.
To His Excellency Janies M. Smith , Gov
ernor of Georgia : The Board of Direct
ors of the National Rifle Association
have decided to include in the matches
of tho Association, a competition
to be kuowu as the “ Inter-State
Match,” to be open to teams of
twelve men, selected from the mil
i*Ary organizations of any State or
Territory of the United States. The as
sociation would be pleased if your Ex
cellency would bring the subject to the
attention of your organized militia, so
that measures may be taken to have
the State represented. The distances
will be 200, 400 and 600 yards, Prizes
and condition of entry will be an
nounced at an*early day.
Very respectfully,
A. Shaler.
H. A. Gildersleeve, J. B. Woodward,
Henry Fulton, G. W. Wingate, J. W.
Judd and TANARUS, McMahon, Executive Com
mittee.
Mr. James Wiley, a respectable and
inoffensive old gentleman, aged about
seventy-five years, of Milton county,
came to such a mysterious death as to
excite investigation. From what we
can learn, Mr. Wiley, who had some
property, had occasion to leave home
because of domestic trouble with his
wife, who is a middle-aged woman, and
he went to his uncle’s house to stay.
Oa last Saturday his father-in-law
started to accompany him to his home,
and shortly after traversing the public
road they returned to the house, and
in fifteen minutes’ time Mr. Wiley
very unexpectedly died. Prepa
rations were made for his burial, but
a relative demanded a post mortem ex
amination, and Drs. R. B. Anderson,
T. G. Greer and Stanford, in their in
vestigation, discovered three bruised
prints on the breast of the deceased,
apoareDtly made with a boot heel, and
on removing his scalp they found that
his skull had been fractured in one or
two places. Evidently the old gentle
man was foully dealt with. Tho case
is being worked up. The whole affair
occurred near Roswell, just across the
line, in Milton county, and some feel
ing is excited.
Too Much Oil. —While other products
of the earth have been diminished by
the ravages of storms and insects, the
oil crop in Pennsylvania appears to be
embarrassing the opperators and oper
atives by its very richness. The yield
lias been so profuse that tho supply
has far exceeded the demand. The
despair of the operatives in their ina
bility to keep price up is said to have
extended to the operatives, who, it is
alleged, have resorted to communistic
devices to save themselves from the
threatened trouble. One conspiracy is
declared to have beeu discoveied to
burn up 6,000,000 ban els of oil above
ground, and another to plug all the
wells. In the face of this curious con
dition of things hundreds of new wells
are being drilled, which will prove an
infatuation of a very costly descrip
tion. TJiere is already said to be enough
petroleum in store in the oil regions to
last the world six mouths. At last ac
counts the dealers and operators, al
though they had had several consulta
tions, had failed to find any way out of
their dilemma, except by absolute shut
ting down of all the producing wells,
and this *hey fear to do on account of
the lack of good faith hitherto shown
by operators in keeping such agree
ments.
A Specific for Diarrhoca. —As cold
milk, and even boiled milk are sup
posed—and I beMeve correctly—to act
as laxatives, it may seem extraordina
ry that new milk, warmed to blood
heat, should have a contrary effect; but
such undoubtedly it has. Many years
ago I read in the London Lancet a let
ter from an army physician in India,
recommending warmed milk as a rem
edy for diarrhoea, cholera, etc., in which
he averred that he had even found it
to cure cases of Asiatic cholera. About
six years ago I first had occasion to
put to test tho novel prescription, giv
ing my two hundred pound mascu 15 ne
patient, who was suffering from chol
era-morbus, one pint of warm milk at
short intervals of about an hour,
sometimes putting in toasted bread,
and at other times a little flour. Five
or six quarts effected a cure, and that
after other remedies had proved inef
fectual. Every Summer since I have
had occasion to use the warm milk
more or less as a remedy in such cases,
and have always found it to succeed.—
Correspondence American Grocer,
SOUTH CAROLINA.
LETTER FROM CHARLESTON.
Opening of the Municipal Campaign-
The Candidates for Mayor—The
Cart Ring—Parker Again-The
Great Drouth in the City—The Ritie
Clubs.
[From Our Regular Correspondent.]
Charleston. August 13.
Charleston has stripped for the fight,
and from now until the first Wednes
day in October, despite the warm
weather, the average ward politician
who has just emerged from an obscur
ity of two years, will walk the streets
with new clothes and increased impor
tance. I suppose it is the same in all
other cities as here, We are afflicted
with a class of politicians—l mean
white conservatives—whose only visi
ble means of support are the elections.
When a canvass is about to be inaugu
rated, these gentlemen, who, for a year
or six months previous, have, like
chameleons, been living upon air, and
who, like Prof. Barlow, have been
sweltering in rags, come out full
fledged in anew suit of clothes, and at
once waltz to the front. They have al
ready set the pot boiling, and from now
out, as I have already said, ward
meetings, wire-pulling and political
gasconade will be the order of the day.
The Campaign
opened last night with meetings held
in the various wards. The meetings
were called as Conservative meetings,
but the negroes, as usual, were out to
each of them in full force and had
pretty much their own way in most of
them. For the Mayoralty there are
two known candidates in the field be
sides a dozen possible or contingent
ones: The two known are Mayor Cun
ningham, the present incumbent, and
General John A. Wagener, his prede
cessor. The latter seeks the Conserva
tive nomination, but will scarcely get
it; and even if he does, stands scarcely
a ghost of a chance of being elected.
The truth is, General Wagener is an
amiable and estimable old gentleman,
very popular among tho German ele
ment of our population ; but besides
these, very few people have much faith
in his fitness for the position. During
the two years of his administration,
although he was elected by the Con
servatives, he seemed to fear, or at any
rate to seek to conciliate tho negroes.
Whatever his motive he filled up the
police force with them, and on one oc
casion when the Longshoremen in
augurated a series of riots in the city
instead of promptly crushing it out
and arresting the rioters who were ne
groes, Mayor Wagener fairly knuckled
to them, and for two weeks they rioted
around doing whatever their evil
minds prompted them to do. When
his term of office expired he was again
nominated by the Conservatives ; but
the negroes whom he had endeavored
to conciliate voted against him and the
Conservatives rather disgusted with
his policy did not make much of an
effort. And besides all this Bowen and
his cohorts imported several hundred
voters from Edisto, stuffed two or
three ballot boxes right under Wage
ner’s nose, and carried the election
against him. If General Wagener gets
the nomination this time a great many
Conservatives will vote against him,
and if any other Conservative gets it
the German element will vote against
him. So, between these two fires, there
is not mueh chance for a Conservative
victory. Cunningham, the present im
cumbent, will doubtless receive the
Radical nomination ; and if he lias the
good sense, as I think he has —being a
very long-headed, shrewd business
man—to give the Conservative element
a proper representation on his Alder
manic ticket, he stands to win. There
seems to be no particular objection to
Cunningham.himself, but he has a most
rascally Board of Alderman, the ma
jority of whom are ignorant negroes or
unprincipled white men.
A Cart Ring.
A ring has been formed by some of
them, by which the city is annually
swindled out of thousands of dollars.
These gentlemen seem to havo no com
punctions whatever. One of them lias
a fat contract for furnishing drugs to
the city institutions at fancy prices ;
another furnishes provisions, another
wood, and all of them have carts at
work on the public streets. The way
this little swindle is worked is as fol
lows : Alderman Smith or Brown goes
to the Street Inspector and tells
him that he knows of a poor
widow with three small child
ren, and who has three or forr or
a dozen carts and mules which she
would like to hire to the city.—
The Inspector takes the hint, and
hires the three or four or a dozen carts
at 83 or 84 a day, and the widow John
son draws the pay on paper, wsich is
pocketed by Alderman Smith or Brown.
These are quite modest specu'ations
compared to what we are used to in
this State, but they manage to absorb
a good portion of the city’s revenue,
and hence the poor people of Charles
ton to-day are perishing for want of
work. But although I see no chance
for a Conservative candidate for the
Mayoralty to win, I think an active
Conservative canvass will bo-product
ive of much good. It wili frighten the
other side into giving the white tax
paying element a fair representation
on the ticket, and witii a good Alder
manic Board, presided over by Cuu
nirgham, a greqt dec’ in the way of
economy and honesty in the admiirs
tratlon of the municipal affairs can be
accomplished.
Parker the Possum.
At first wo were rather disposed to
regard the recapture of Parser, the
boss buzzard, as unfortunate, but pub
lic sentiment seems to have changed
since the knight of the quilt has resum
ed his old quarters in the Columbia
jail. I think myself that Parker in
tends to make a clean breast of the
whole matter. He states that he would
not have attempted to escape, but that
he was pushed up to it by his friends,
and he complains very bitterly that
these same friends of his drove him
from their doors on the night
when he made his escape. Par
ker seems to be very despondent,
and will probably before he goes to the
Penitentiary open his mouth and let us
know who divided those 8450,000 of de
tached coupons with him. The dis
patches from Columbia to-hight give
every indication of a very decided sen
sation at the State capital. Williams,
the policeman who arrested Parker,
has been arrested on a trumped up
charge and states that the prosecution
is instigated by some of the leading
lights of Radicalism, who are anxious
to get him out of the way. The signifi
cance of this is in the fact that Wil
liams is an important witness for tho
State to convict those who aided Par
ker to escape. In time we shall proba
bly have a full expose of the whole
affair.
The Drouth
in the city still continues, although
there have been several slight showers,
which have afforded temporary relief
to the suffering poor. The weather
still continues cool and refreshing, the
thermometer not having reached 90
degrees since the first of August, and,
with the exception of that terrible
scourge, the diphtheria, there is very
little sickness. A report has reached
here that it is generally believed in Au
gusta that the yellow fever prevails in
Charleston. Your correspondent has
been at some pains to find out whether
this is true, and with that view hrs
seen every certificate o: burial that has
been issued for t jirty days. So far
from there being a | ise of yellow fever
in Charleston, it isla curious fact that
there are fewer crises < f any kind of
fever than I have kliown to be the case
in twenty years. |?he readers of the
Constitutionalist c|ay rest assured that
they will be promptly advised by your
correspondent of th*' fir t case of yellow
fevei that occurs inline city, should it
so unfortunately hcippefi. This I think,
however, extreme!* improbable. The
atmosphere is dry! aud cool, and old
residents profess tL have no fears of
the disease this Slimmer, the atmos
pheric conditions b liugi unfavorable to
the development of idle [germs.
The Kill) Clubs.
It seems that tin* brilliant achieve
ments or the Auui'icaln Rifle Team at
the International Rifle Match in Ireland
has stirred up an eigcbuMasm in almost
every city in the So|ith but Charleston.
True, we have sotmlten or fifteen rifle
clubs here, but th?r| is very little tar
get practice done esrepi in the German
Sehutzen Verein, thtlinembers of which,
however, use glob* sights, muzzle
loaders, and shoot two hundred yards
from rest. If the flan of organizing
these rifle clubs intcl regular State mil
itia succeeds (and Governor Chamber
lain has expressed l.is approval), there
will be some hope of leaking something
out of the club here!
I Qui Vive.
PEREMPTORY SALE
AT AUCTION BY CONSENT OF PARTIES
On Easy Terms aid Long Credit
OF A | iST
Permanently Valuafc and Productive
CITY PROPERTY,
I
The Lafayette Hall Jand Opera House
Containing Spacious IS tores, Officess and
Saloc|.s,
ALL SUCCESSFUL Aljl) POPULAR BUSI
NESS SIJVN OS.
SITUATED IN THE * MOST CENTRAL
PORTION OF |? HE CITY,
With Fronts on Broad and Ellis. Between
I
Jackson and Campbell Streets.
BY C. Y. WALKER ;l Auctioneer.
rfIUESDAY, the 7th September, 1875, at 12
X o’clock, m., in .froM of the Opera
House Arcade, in this tit*. will positively
he sold, at public auction, by consent of the
parties in interest, the |f- (flowing described
and very choice corntf.e ial and invest
ment property, to-vvit
That centrally situated, substantially
built and very productive property popu
larly known as the liafnyette Had and
Opera House, situated} in, the city of Au
gusta, county of Kichiio’id, and State of
Georgia, and in the .‘La•ire bounded by
Broad, Ellis, Jackson afd Campbell streets.
The portion of grouncf on which they are
built measures a totil Iront on back of
Broad and Ellis streets 65 feet, by an ex
treme depth between j |tr dlel lines and ex
tending from street to J.sa-eet of 271 feet 0
inches, said measurem<|if all being more or
less. Jhe said propeltf , if not"sold in
block, will be sold subdivided into lots, des
ignated by the Nos. 1, ij a’ad 3, according to
plans of J. F. Braun, ai* Ijitect, to be exhib
ited on the day of sM). The said lots
measure as;follows: Lois Nos. l and 2
front on the south shit)! of Broad street,
having each 26 feet six Julies thereon, by a
depth between parallel dues of 120 feet in
depth towards Ellis strjsei.
Lot No. 1 is improves! iyith the Substan
tial Three and Two-stov j” Brick Buildings
Known and designated fby the No. 272
Broad street. The lowe| story contains a
spacious and commodious Store—one of
tho linost business sta.ufs in the city and
arranged and adapted u Offices or Dwell
ing above. With Lot'ffb. I and the im
provements thereon wfllgbe sold the Tene
ment east of thv Arcadedentrance, erected
immediately above thejh|me. subjo t to all
the conditions of seiivf ude hereinafter
specified. f |
Lot No. 2, west of heftreado or entrance,
measures 26 feet 6 inehe* Font on the south
side of Broad street by j a depth between
parallel lines 0f126 feet vcUards Ellis street,
together with all the illi(lrovements there
on, known and designpil>d by the N0..274
Broad street, and com|w ping the substan
tially built three-story silick$ilick Building with
a spacious two-st >ry *4tick Store in the
rear. The main building contains that
splendid Store and eh. ije business stand
occupied by Messrs. Uiors & Marcus,
wholesale ury goods filers. The upper
portion is arranged for Celling and adapt
ed for offices.. The forlgoing described
property is leased to ajrf occupied by the
well known wholesale Gqlers in dry goods
and clothing, Messrs, ni vers & Marcus, E.
Sylvester and others, ly-nfil the Isl of Octo
ber, 1875, yielding an q'gjjregate rental of
$6,400 per annum. ; v i
Lot No. 3 comprises tbd remainder of the
property, measuring a total front on Ellis
street of 65 feet by ade t *|,h between parallel
lines of 145 feet 6 niche I- fro u which point
it contracts to a width ipf 12 feet, and ex
tends to and fronts on Broad street,
l’hi.s said extension is lown as the Ar
cade, or entrance from jEload street to the
Opera House. Also, tlmj present existing
alleyway, of 7 feet width, [opening on Elns
street—Dots 1 and 2to fiijive the right, in
common with Lot No. Ldfo use, but not to
obstruct, the said Au#a or alley way—
together with all tho in*! lovements there
on, comprising that e*'-bnsive, capacious
and subst ntiaily-bu ltMiHck Opera House,
covered with slate, cop s ?f t gutters, cement
ed basement throughout'well lighted and
ventilated and provide! with ample en
trance and exit arrangements and accom
modations. The stage ib *ll feet depth, the
auitorium has a parl&et, dress circle,
gallery and a seating c*ylicity of about one
thousand—has contained a,400 persons. The
basement is adapted fof jsaloon purposes,
lighted with gas throughput, and the only
establishment of its Laid in tho city for
public entertainment, w/jith ordinary care
and small expense thi Jjf property alone is
susceptiolo of producin') a large and cer
tain income, it has ykjsded in ordinarily
prosperous seasons ovefi $6,000 per an mm.
The above deescribed gvoperty, compris
ing, as it does, the iuoslfi xtensive and cen
trally located property tho city of Au
gusta in market, is welijNortliy the atten
tion of capitalists see|ig safe, reliably
productive and permanS.'tly valuable city
property for investm >‘t. As business
stands, adapted for eitii tj tho wholesale or
retail trade, banking or bsurance business,
no property can be moi desirable, it will
be sold free from all ini mbrance whatso
ever, the whole accurdii; ; to plan of J. F.
Braun, architect, to be <j bibited on the day
of sale, and on the ljj Mowing favorable
terms and conditions: j
One-third or one-half) ish, at tho option
of the purchasers; thc#emainder at one
and two years’ credit !'■ notes of the pur
chasers, specially securi il by mortgage on
tho property, bearing ir; ;rest at the rate
of eight per cent, per ai; run from the day
of sale until linal pavim isaid interest to
be paid half yea ly lrou date, and the pur
chaser to ke p tho imp kjvements insured
for their value, aud to tli nsfer tho po icies
tlioroof to tho holders*';f the notes; the
notes, if required, to ! drawn for such
amounts to suit tiic pari es in interest, and
the acts of sale at the*! penso of the pur
chasers, before Wm. A Walton, Esq., No
tary Fublic. 4 lie rental? ' i‘ all tho property
arc reserved up to the; )th of Sonternber,
1875. jy 25-til
ATTORNEYS LT LAW.
JOHN S. & WM. 'j DAVIDSON,
ATTORNEYS AT LAW,
WILL practice in tin ktate, and United
States Courts of f^eorgia.
OFFICE NO. 1 WAIiREN BLOCK.
je!7~l y j; *
W. T. G ARY,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
AUGUST, ,j GA.
tar Office No. 21 f, broad street.
Will practice in all f > Courts of South
Carolina and ('• rts of Georgia.
Special attention to coif; -tions.
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[Christian Eeid in Appletons’ Journal.]
llegret,
If I had known, O loyal heart,
When, hand to hand, we said farewell,
How for all time our paths would part,
\V kat shadow o’er our friendship fell,
I should have clasped your hand so close
In the warm pre-sure of my own,
That memory still would keep its grasp,
If I had known.
If I had known when, far and wide,
We loitered through the Summer land,
What Presence wandered by our side,
And o’er you stretched its awful hand,
I should have hushed my careless speech,
To listen, dear, to every tone
That from your lips fell low an 1 sweet,
If I had known.
If I had known, when your kind eyes
Mot mine in parting, true ami sad—
Eyes gravely tender, gently wise,
And earnest, rather, more than glad
How soon the lids would lie above,
As cold and white as sculptured stone,
1 should have treasured every glance,
If I had known.
If I had known how, from the strife
Of fears, hopes, passions, here below,
Unto a purer, higher life
That you were called, O friend, to go,
I should have stayed my foolish tears,
And hushed each idle sigh and moan,
To bid you then a long God-speed,
If I had known.
If I had known to what strange place,
What mystic, distant, aile t snore.
You calmly turned your steadfast face
What time your lootsteps left my door,
I should have forged a golden link
To bind the heart so constant grown,
And keep it constant ever there,
If I had known
If I had known that, until Death
Shall with his linger touch my brow,
And still the quickening of the breath
That stirs with life’s lull meaning now,
So long my feet must tread the way
Of our accustomed paths alone,
I should have prized your presence more,
If 1 had known.
If I had known how soon for you
Drew near the ending of the light.
An i on your vision, fair and new,
Eternal peace dawned into sight,
I should have begged, as love’s last gift,
That you, before God’s great white
throne,
Would pray for your poor friend on
earth,
If I had known.
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Sick Headache. Fullness of Blood in the
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tering at the Heart, Dull Pain in the Head,
Yellowness of the >• kin and Eyes, Nausea,
licking Sensations when in a lying pos
ture, Disease of the Liver, Kidneys and
Bladder, Nervous Affections, Pam in the
Side, Chest and Limbs, Sudden Flushes of
Heat, and many of the diseases incident to
females.
dk. tutt’S pills are warranted harm
less, and will effect a positive cure < f these
disorders. They can be taken at any time,
without restraint of diet or occupation -
Price, 25 cents. Laboratory, 18 Murray
street, New York.
1)11. TUTT’S HAIR DYE
J POSSESSES qualities that no other dye
does. Its el feet is instantaneous, and
so natural that it cannot be detected by the
closest observer. It is harmless and easily
applied, and is in general use among the
fashionable hair dressers in every large
city in the United States. Price, $1 a box.
Sold everywhere. Ollice, 18 Murray street
New York jel3-SuWdPr<fccly
LLAU
SCROFULA, ERUPTIVE DISEASES OF
THE SKIN. ST. ANTHONY’S FIRE, ERY
SIPELAS, BLOTCHES. TUMORS, BOILS,
TETTER, AND S ILL 1 RHEUM, SCALD
HEAD, RINGWORM, RHEUMATISM.
PAIN AND ENLARGEMENT OF THE
RONES, EE MALE WEAKNESS. STERILI
TY, LEUCOKRHCEA OR WHITES, WOMB
DISEASES, DROPSY, WHITE SWELL
INGS, SYPHILIS, KIDNEY AND LIVER
COMPLAINT, MERCURIAL TAINT, AND
PILES, all proceed from impure blood.
DR. TUTT’S SARSAPARILLA
is the most powerful Blood Purifier known
to medical science. It enters into the cir
culation and eradicates every morbific
agent; renovates the system; produces a
beautiful complexion and causes the body
to gain ilesh and increase in weight.
KEEP TIIE ULOOD HEALTH V
and all will be well. To do so, nothing lias
ever been offered that can compare with
this valuable vegetable extract. Price $1
a bottle. Sold by all Druggists. Office 18
Murray street, N. Y. jol3-suwefr&cly
j c.wt) S trolrmifwSpiSonA inpossesshpiafane
of the Company.
Ki'nrhtk^sbinil
time timet
has hmiTcdu ml by Sidmcs-kor disease,!! is
nequMcdasaiiln.\ifionitorant] Kccupcrant ;
KTXDEISPhrU'* j
Qaß vruUqtas* full taken ritbet btfbao qftar Ii
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No Family should be withouTAßamE.i
. gtmnnn-h/ilAm tmm atynatvJXA 1
Prepared By The
HOME BITTERS CO., St. LOUIS.
FOR SALE BY
Druggists and Uenlers Generally.
angß-(lm
Attractions Extraordinary
THE ILLUMINATED TEA-CHEST,
Presented to the
China Tea and Coffee Store
TEAS. TEAS. TEAS.
(Samples Given Away.
TT7"E HAVE ALSO ERECTED A RE
VV VOLVING PYRAMID, containing
samples of the choicest Bottled Liquors,
put up expressly for those who are willing
to pay for a strictly pure article.
Call and see us. Satisfaction guaranteed
in all cases.
R. N. HOTCHKISS,
Prop’r China Tea and Coffee Store,
Red Gilt Front, opp. Fountain,
jy2s-tf 143 Broad Street.
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.
LARGEST SCHOOL.
Dr. Ward’s Seminary for Young Ladies,
Nashville, Tenn., is the largest in the South
and fifth in the U. S. Send for now eata
logue. Full Session September 2d.
THE BROW N COTTON GIN COMPANY,
NEW LONDON, CONN.,
Manufacturers of Cotton Gins, Cotton Gm
Feeders, Condensers and Cotton Gin Mate
rials of every description. Our Gins hav<
been in use thirty years, and have an estate
lished reputation for simplicity, light
running, durability, and for quality am,
quantity or lint produced. Our feeder i;
easily attached to the Gin, and easily
operated by any hand of ordinary intelli
gence. They are the simplest and eheapes
Feeder in the market and feed with more
regularity than is possible by hand, in
creasing the outturn and giving a cleaner
and better sample. At all Fairs where ex
hibited and by Planters having them in use
they have been accorded the highest en
comiums. Our Condensers are well-made,
durable and simple in construction, and do
what is required of them rapidly and well.
No additional power is required to drive the
Cos <b>r or Condenser, and no Gin House is
complete without them. We are prepared
to warrant, to any reasonable extent, per
fect satisfaction to every purchaser. Circu
lars, prices and full information furnished.
Address as above, or apply to
MOOIIE & CO.,
Augusta, Ga.
MILD, HEALTHY CLIMATE.
FRESH, RICH LANDS.
Stable and Beneticient Government.
HOMES, FARMS, &e.,
CHEAPER THAN ANYWHERE.
For circular of full information, address
S. J. MATTHEWS, Monticello, Ark.
Albertson’s Segment Screw
COTTON PRESS.
Unrivalled for simplicity, speed, con
venience and durability. Makes a 5",0 lb.
bale With *; lioise and only IS rounds.
Screw, 10 Indus diameter and 10 feet long.
For circular with description, testimonials
and names of agents in the South, address
J. M. ALBERTSON, New London, Ct.
jga, N. F. BURNHAM’S
fjl TURBINE
& WATER WHEEL
yalfV'i, Was se I reted, 4 years ago,
jdmm IKsha and put to work m .the Pat
emt oilier, Washington, D.C.,
and has proved to be the beat .
jo sizes made. Prices lower
than any other ilrst-class
%—s-wmesi:. -wheel. Pamphlet free.
N. F. BURNHAM, York, Pa.
WATERS’ NEW SCALE PIANOS
are the best made; the touch elastic, and a
line singing tone, powerful, pure and
even.
WATERS’ Concerto Organs
cannot be excelled in tone or beauty; they
defy competition. The Concerto Stop is a
fine Imitation of the Human Voice.
PRICES EXTREMELY LOW for cash
(luring tikis Month. Moodily Instalments
received ; Pianos and Organs to Let, and
Rent-Money allowed if purchased. Second
hand Instruments AT GREAT B AROAINS,
AGENTS WANTED. A Liberal diseouut
to Teachers, Ministers, Churches, Schools,
Lodges, etc. Special Inducements to the
trade. Illustrated Catalogues Mailed.
HORACE WATERS & SONS, 481 Broad
way, New York. Box 3,507
SSO TO SIO,OOO
Has been invested in Stock Privileges and
paid
900SPROFIT
“How to Do It,” a Book on Wall st, sent
free. TUMBRIDGE & CO., Bankers &
Brokers, 2 Wall street. New York.
DOUBLE YOUR TRADE
Druggists, Grocers and Dealers! Pure
China and Japan Teas in sealed packages,
screw top cans, boxesof half chests—Grow
ers’ prices. Send for circular. THE WELLS
TEA COMPANY, 201 Fulton street, New
York, P. O. Box 4560.
THE WEEKLY SUN,SiI?
now to New Years, post-paid, go cts. Address
_ THE SUN. New York.
WEEK guaranteed to Male
H- i M and Female Agents, in their 10.
. i M cal it y. Costs NOTHING to try
M m it. Particulars Free.
P. O. VICKERY A CO.. Augusta. Me.
“-pSYCHOMANCY, OR SOUL CHARM
-1 ING.” How either sex may fasci
nate and gain the love and affections of any
person they choose, instantly. This art all
can possess, free, by mail, for 25 cents;
together with a Marriage Guide, Egyptian
Oracle, Dreams, Hints to Ladies, etc. 1,000,-
000 sold. A queer book. Address
T. WILLIAM & CO., Pub’s, Philadelphia.
jy2l-wefrsu
-A.TJ OX7 STA
SAVINGS INSTITUTION!
No. 249 Broad Street,
AUGUSTA, GEORGIA,
(National Exchange Bank Building.)
INCORPORATED FEB. 16, 1875.
Commenced Business May lsr, 1875.
Deposits Received to July 3lst, just three
months from day of opening,
OVER $60,000!
And Over SIOO,OOO Declined
BECAUSE NOT OFFERED ACCORD
ING TO OUR TERMS
OF DEPOSIT.
lIHIS INSTITUTION is founded upon the
. best and only safe principles for sav
ings and accumulations. The manage
ment is in the hands of eleven of our best
citizens, worth, in the aggregate, over ONE
MILLION DOLLARS, (*1,000,000); and
while all the property is liable for t s ie de
posits, they ate prohibited by the charter
from borrowing or using a dollar of the
funds of the Institution.
Deposits received in sums of one dollar
and upwards. Interest paid on deposits re
maining under six months, and all profits
divided amongst permanent depositors, in
stead of paying them out to stockholders,
as is done in all other Institutions in this
State.
Mechanics, Laborers, Charitable Institu
tions, Executors. Administrators, Women
and Children will find it to their interest to
deposit their money here, where it will not
only be safe and secure against fire and
thieves, but will also be accumulating.
Foreigners and others, wishing to send
money abroad, can obtain Sight Drafts
here on England, Ireland and Scotland, in
sums of £.l and upwards; on Fiance, Swit
zerland, Belgium, Italy and the Orient in
sums of 10 francs and upwards; on all the
cities of Germany, Holland, Russia and
Poland, Denmark, Sweden, Norway, Hun
gary, Portugal and Spain, in small or large
sums, in the currencies of the various
countries.
Have Your Earnings
AND BE INDEPENDENT! !
ALFRED BAKER, J. S. BEAN, JR.,
President. Treasurer.
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The Kitson Machine Comp’y,
LOWELL, MASS.,
RICHARD KITSON, President,
SAMUEL E. STOTT, Treasurer and Agent.
BUILDERS OF
PATENT COTTON OPENERS
AND
LADDERS, WITH RECENT VALUABLE IMPROVE
MENTS, SHODDY and WASTE MACHINES and
HAG DUSTERS, NEEDLE-POINTED
CARD-CLOTHING, Etc., Etc.
Kitson’s Patent Compound Opener Lapper.
O
11 HE cotton is spread on this machine from the bale, and is made into a very even
lap, at the rate of 300 to 400 pounds per hour. The laps are then Unislied on a
TWO-BEATER LAPPER,
WITH
Ivi rSOTVS PATENT EVENER
Attached" and owing to recent improvements ih~thTs™Bveiier, the'laplTwhen" ready for
the card, only vary one-quarter of an ounce to the yard. The cost of picking by this
system is only about one mill per pound on the cloth produced, and the picker house is
safer from lire than the card room.
4®"There is also a great saving of room and power over the old system.
These Machines may be seen at the mills of the Augusta Factory, Langley Manufac
turing Company, and at the best mills at Lowell, Lawrence, Fail River, Manchester,
Lewiston, Providence, Richmond, Baltimore, etc., etc.
The following are a few among many testimonials winch we have received:
AUGUSTA FACTORY, Augusta, Ga., July 5,1875.
The Kitson Machine Company, Lowell, Mann.:
Gentlemen : We have been running your Compound Opener Lappers and Finisher
Lappers, with Eveners, for more than one year, and frankly say that they have given
the most eminent satisfaction. We have no hesitancy in giving you our unqualified en
dorsement, and cordially recommend your Machines.
F. COGIN, Superintendent.
0
[OFFICE LANGLEY MANUFACTURING COMPANY, I
Langley, S. C., April 14, 1873. J
The Kilßon Machine Company, Loicell, Mass.:
Gentlemen : I have been running your system of Compound Opener Lappers and
Finisher L ippers, with Eveners, for more than two years past at the Cotton Mill of the
Langley Manufacturing Company, and have found it to work the most satisfactory of
any opening and picking arrangement I have ever seen. We h ive mu. weighed a pound
of cotton upon the picker apron since starting, yet we have had a remarkable regularity
of numbers. The staple is not injured by over beating, and it leaves the picker without
being curled or knitted; the seeding and cleaning is very complete. Over forty per
cent, in labor in this department is saved over the old system. One of the greatest con
siderations with tills arrangement is its secur ty against lire.
Yours, &c., M. F. FOSTER, Superintendent.
OFFICE MASSACHUSETTS COTTON MILLS, f
Lowell, February 20, 1874. j
The Kitson Machine Company , Lowell, Mass.:
Gentlemen : This Company have now in use twenty of your Finisher Lappers, with
Eveners, and ten Compound Opener Lappers. Some of these machines have boon at
work for ten yeiirs or more, and have always given ns satisfaction, doing a large amount
of work, doing it well, at a low cost ior labor and repairs. In our ‘ Prescoit Mill,” where
we have two Compound Opener Lappers, find four Finisher Lappers, we have averaged
the past seven weeks 39,267 lbs. Cloth weekly. Yarn averaging about No. 22. Costone
14-100 mills (.00114) per lb. of cloth. We consider them a first class machine in all re
spects. • Yours very truly,
F. F. BATTLES, Agent.
MERRIMACK MANUFACTURING COMPANY, I
Lowell, January 23,1874. j
The Kitson Machine Company, Lowell, Mass.:
Gentlemen: We have been using some of your Compound Openoi Lappers and
Finisher Lappers, with Eveiwrs, for nearly three years, an l at present .art; passing ali
our cotton through them. The machines have proved satisfactory, and both in quantity
and quality of their work have answered the expectations formed of them.
Yours respectfully, JOHN C. PALFREY, Superintendent.
(The above Company have in use eight Compound Opener Lappers and sixteen Fin
isher Lappers, with Ev ners; ordered at different times.)
Send for a Catalogue to THE KITSON MACHINE CO uPANY.
SAMUEL E. STOTT. Treasurer,
jy6-3m LOWELL, MASS.
Pendleton & Boai’diiian Iron Works, Augusta, Ga.
WITH increased facilities and experienced workmen, can furnish at short notice?
IRON and BRA'S CASTINGS of the best material and finish, and MACHINERY
of all descriptions. L'HE GEORGIA COLTON PRESS, HORSE-POWER COTTON
PRESSES, WATEIi-POWEII COTTON PRESSES, CAST and WROUGHT SCREW
PRESSES. PLANTA'I ION STEAM ENGINES, THE BEST HORSE POWER MADE.
ALL SIZES GIN GEAR, SA W MILLS ANI > SUGAR MILLS.
Send for Circular for THE BEST WATER WHEEL MADE.
WM. PENDLETON,
my 21 -frs u w e&c3m SURVIVOR.
IRON GRENADINE,
3 O CENTS,
WORTH ONE DOLLAR!
T.HE BEST IN THE WORLD. FOR THE PRICE. JUST RECEIVED FROM
* IJ V 1 lv/iA , UU
JAMES A. GRAY’S.
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The Last Ten Bales
OF THOSE DAMAGED SHEETINGS
and DRILLS will be opened on Mon
day Morning, August 2d, at
C. J. T. BALK’S,
This is positively the LAST LOT of
those Goods, damaged at the recent lire at
Langley, S. 0., that will be offered in this
market, and in order to p event spe ula
tors from getting hold of them, NOT
MORE THAN FIVE PIECES will be sold to
any one person. Tiie price will be marked
on each piece in plain iigures, at the rate of
about.
#3.00 For #**s.oo Worth!
In consequence of the extraordinary rush
during the past week, it was impossible to
avoid delay In the delivery of purchases.
This week none of these goods will be sent
out.
Call early and get first choice, at
C. J.T. BALK’S.
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Communications.
SSQ ft 910,000
ilegos, and paid s>oo per cent, profit. “How
to do it.” A book, on Wall street sent free
TUMBRIDGE & CO.. Bankers. 2 Wall It.
*• iel9-d*e3m
fiIVrSU To agents and others, male
and female, a SSO secret and
_ ___ _ __ beautifully illustrated iom-
A %A# A page Novelty Catalogue. li.
** ■ iF. Young & Cos.. 29 Broad
way. New York. jy29-i'iwiy
GEORGE G. HULL,
PROPRIETOR 04’ THE
EXCELSIOR Mitts
(Formerly Stovall’s Excelsior Mills),
AUGUSTA, GA.,
MAFUFACTURES FLOUR in all gundos.
BRANDS ° l(i aUd Well known EXCELSIOR
PRIDE OF AUGUSTA,
GOLDEN SHEAF,
EXTRA,
LITTLE BEAUTY,
Always on hand, and their well earned
reputation will bo faithfully
maintained.
CORN MEAL,
CRACKED CORN,
CRACKED WHEAT,
GRAHAM FLOUR,
MILL FEED,
BRAN, Etc.,
Constantly made, and orders promptly
tilled at tho
LOWEST RATES.
je23tf
Z. W. CARWILE, JR.,
COMMISSION MERCHANT,
AND GENERAL MERCHANDIZE
BROKER,
124 Front Street, (near Wall),
jel tilsepl NEW YORK,