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THE CONSTITUTIONALIST
SATURDAY, August 21, 1875.
Mr. Davis’ Letter—Bourbonism, So
called.
The calm, generous and civilized let
ter of Mr. Davis, withdrawing from the
Winnebago war-dance, ought to make
the people of Illinois hang their heads
in confusion. Many excellent persons
in that State will no doubt feel genuine
regret for such an outrage upon de
cency as the Rockford and Chicago
bandits perpetrated, but the chief
actors in this disgusting drama will
find plenty of self-j ustification and re
main as brazen, stolid and brutal as
ever. We of the South can never please
those people. No amount of “color
line breaking” and “accepting the situ
ation” abasement will ever soften their
cruel and unrelenting hearts. They
hate us if we succumb to their infa
mous exactions, and they hate us if we
defy them and refuse to forsake our
principles. Do what we will, they
hate us all the same, and we
might as well try to convert a
brazen image to Christianity as to
bend their stubborn purpose or dis
arm their sullen vindictiveness. Their
sincerity in recent Centennial move
ments has now come under suspicion,
and it will take something stronger
and more substantial than mere mouth
ingsto convince the people of the South
of the genuineness of their proffers of
fraternity. We regret as much as any
body that the circumstantial evidence
of the truth of this statement should
be so inexorably convincing. We have
desired as much as anybody that there
should be a veritable reunion of the
sections founded upon a common bond
of respect and justice. We have hoped
against hope that “friendship was no
name and happiness no dream.” But
no decent man of the South can help
regarding the recent manifestations of
the true temper of the North as any
thing but encouraging to amicable rela
tions. Even the Courier-Journal, which
has waged a war of argument and rid
icule upon what it has been pleased to
style “Southern Bourbonism” perceives
the drift of sentiment beyend us and
thus indignantly rebukes it:
“This temper shows itself on every
occasion. Lamar goes to New Eng
land, and is treated like a dog. Jeff.
Davis is invited to Illinois, and is
warned off in advance. Even the hos
pitality of Boston is desecrated by the
General of the Army, who cannot, even
on such an occasion, repress his belli
cose disposition. Mr. Morton is as
vengefully wild as a quartermaster’s
clerk. Papers like the Inter-Ocean, the
Buffalo Express, the Cincinnati Gazette
and the Pittsburg Commercial remind
one of the three hags on the blasted
heath kindling lurid fires and beating
about with their hands, all the while
dinning the air with their gibberish,
bravest among the brave scarecrows
that delight the thieves, skulkers and
bummers that follow in their wake.
“ Yet we are asked to help pay the
national debt, to aid in sustaining the
national honor, and to hold ourselves
ready to answer the national call to
arms, whilst journals like the Chicago
Tribune and the Cincinnati Commercial,
which refuse to condemn Mr. Morton’s
Bourbonism, denounce us as Bourbons
because we dare resent the proscription
of which they, rather than the flap
doodles we have named, are the most
potent instruments.”
The fact is, the true blue “Bourbons,”
so-called, of the South, are the only
men among us who have not been de
ceived and mortified. They did not
trust Baal or his works, and they are
less likely to trust them now than they
were of yore. Never again need any
man, be he editor or politician, fling
his coarse wit and cheap sarcasm at
the Spartan band of Southern men who
adhered to principle, through good re
port and evil report. The name of
“Bourbon” may be applied to them
contemptuously by pliant, short-sight
ed and credulous poliPcians; but they
hold, after all, the broad-stone of hon
or for a citadel, and can well afford to
disregard catch-penny phrases from
those blind leaders of the blind, whose
intentions, however excellent, are com
posed of the rubbish that paves the
Palace of Despair.
Poutooning “ the Chasm "-An Old
Weathercock on the Situation.
The New York Herald claims not to
make, but follow, public opinion. It
touches upon all topics, sometimes in a
contradictory fashion, but nearly al
ways reflects what it deems the popu
lar vein. Of course, it could not neg
lect the Winnebago war-whoop against
Jeff Davis, and closes a clever edito
rial in this wise : “The true soldiers of
the North and South have forgotten
everything of the past except its glory,
and they think only of their opponents
as chivalrous and brave men. We
never hear of this Grand Army of the
Republic except when it makes the
mischief that is taking place in Illinois.
The business of its leaders seems to be
to fan the expiring flame of civil wrath
and diligently seek offices. An act like
• this in Illinois, this rejection of the
kindness and courtesy of Mr. Davis,
will do more toward exasperating the
South and intensifying the bitterness
of feeling which it has long been the
aim of patriotic men, without distinc
tion of party, to extinguish,
than anything that has occurred for a
long time. There is not a true South
ern man who took part in the Confed
eracy who will not feel that he cannot
be welcome in any community which
renounces the President of his Confed
eracy as an ‘arch traitor and coward.’ ”
Key. —The new Senator from Ten
nessee, Daniel McKendree Key, is cer
tified to as a gentleman without re
proach, of signal ability, and a thorough
Democrat. His father was a Methodist
Minister. The Nashville Union and
American states that during the war
he took an active part on the Confed
erate side, being Lieutenant Colonel of
Col. Gillespie’s East Tennesse regi
ment. In 1870 he was a fellow member
with Gov. Poster, of the Constitution
al Convention, bearing *,a conspicuous
part in its public discussions and more
important committee work. He is
pbout fifty years of age.
A Notable Speech—Dr. Deems and
President Grant.
At a Grand Sunday School Reunion
near Chattauqua Lake and in the midst
of 25,000 people assembled there,
among whom was General Grant, the
following speech, evoked from Dr.
Deems, was the most remarkable fea
ture of the occasion.
Speech of Dr. Deems.
Rev. Dr. Deems, of North Carolina, and
Pastor of the Church of the Strangers, New
York, was then introduced. He said: 1
suppose, sir, it is because I am a Southern
man that I am called upon to participate
in this joyous welcome. It is a good omen
that, representing all sections of our coun
try, we are together here. If by any lack
of judgment, or through any mistake in
the choice of words, I should produce on
this occasion one discordant note, or speak
what would give pain to the dear Southern
people, whom I shall love with an everlast
ing love, or to the good people of the
North, who knowing all my antecedents,
have treated me with the largest liberality,
or let fall a note of gall on the heart of our
common country, I think I would rather
die. I should take no part in this if it were
a political meeting, but every Christian is
bound to try to heal all wounds and to
honor the ruler of the people.
I am happy, sir, that the honor I have of
speaking to you for the first time is under
circumstances so auspicious. All we are,
our honor, our position, our talents, our
opportunities for doing good, we owe to
God. Whatever may be our position, our
personal character remains the same. In
dividuality and personal accountability
cannot be lost either in this world or in the
next. You come among us as the President
of the United— United— UNlTED States,
[tremendous cheering], and you could go to
no better place than this in the country
you govern. Here, sir, you will do much
good or harm, get much good or evil. This
may sound very much like preaching, but
the President of the United States can
stand fire. I believe you will go from these
Christian people profited. You will do much
good and get much good. I pray this may
be the case with all of us. I trust you will
go away rested, restored in body and mind.
One thing is certain—we shall not all meet
again until we stand at the judgment seat
of Christ. Should not we all seek and se
cure a preparation for it?
The living men North and South and
East and West should leave behind them
the struggles of the past and live as breth
ren. I have something in my heart I de
sire to say, and yet it may be it had better
not be said. [Voices, say it! say it I] Turn
ing to the President he said: Sir, there are
many over there looking for you; hundreds
and thousands of them followed you with
devotion as their chief. They died in the
Lord. There are crowds who fell on the
other side, fighting you—men as brave as
yourself, as you know, and men who died
in the Lord. They are now the spirits of
just men made perfect. All hate has died
out of their hearts. They have tongues
more eloquent than mine is. It is a sweet
thought that your old opponents on the
battle field stand ready to welcome you
there. God may delegate someone of
them to meet you on the banks of the river
of life, as His providence seems to have
appointed me to welcome you here. May
you be ready, Mr. President, to stand
among them in white. God grant you a
happy life, a peaceful death, a blessed
memory and a part in the first resurrec
tion.
We can well understand, as the local
press reports, that such an eloquent
and fearless utterance did not fail to
electrify the immense auditory. The
President, to whom it was most point
edly addressed, was evidently much
impressed by it, for we read in the Buf
falo Express, that “as Dr. Deems re
sumed his seat, he arose, went to him,
and most cordially shook his hand and
thanked him for his words of counsel.
Afterwards he sent for him to call at
his tent and the two had a long and
pleasant interview together.”
Opposed to the barbarism of Illinois
and the demonism of Morton, the
South presents the courtesy of Jeffer
son Davis’ letter to Mr. Kimball and
Dr. Deems’ Christian sentiments. It
is creditable to the President that he
should have shown such unmistakable
signs of appreciation, and well would it
be for the country if other members of
his party could display an equal wil
lingness to follow his example in this
respect.
Birthplace.— The origin of the Cau
casian race is said to have been in the
table lands of Hiudoo-Koosh. The
oldest races of men are now fixed by
an eminent geologist on the Western
part of the continent of North Ameri
ca. A California geologist comes to the
rescue of this theory and estimating
that the present town of Cherokee in
that State shows antique vestiges dat
ing back 180,000 years, says :
The traces by which this vast antiquity
is measured are numerous stone household
utensils, found in an undisturbed white and
yellow gravel of a subaqueous formation.
They are principally mortars, some of
which have been found at the depth of 40
feet from the surface of the gravel under
lying Table Mountain. Their distribution
seems to indicate positively the former ex
istence of a human settlement on that an
cient beach, when the water stood near the
level at which they occur; a time anterior
to the volcanic outpouring which Tablo
Mountain records, and anterior to the gla
cial epoch.
The fact is science is in its swaddling
clothes. Despite of wonderful modern
discoveries, the origin of man is
still a mystery that baffles human pen
etration.
The Fiji Islanders attribute the out
break of measles to the propagandi3m of
Christian missionaries, and penitently re
turn to the worship of their own heathen
effigies.— N. F. World.
According to Herman Melville (see
his Typee and Omoo) the islanders of
the Pacific have been inflnitly damaged
by the introduction of Christian states
men and sailors. The true religion
unluckily led the way to commerce,
and commerce brought rum and dis
ease. It may be, however, that the
pagans’ time had come, and so, their
doom is sealed by the ravages of civil
ized disorders, strong drink and that
swift decay which the weaker races ex
perience when brought into contact
with the stronger.
Granger Failure. —The Boston Daily
Advertiser says: “The Charter Oak
Grocery and Provision Corporation, the
establishment of Hartford Grangers, is
reported to have failed, with liabilities
variously estimated at from $2,000 to
$20,000.” We dare say New England
is a bad place for Grangers.
“Jess So.” —The Nashville Union and
American eays: “What a howl about
unreconstructed rebels the Chicago
Tribune would have raised, if Mr. Davis
had “fortunately” declined the invita
tion.”
The Color Line—Disagreeable Exper
ience of Republicans in Breaking
It.
Hon. Mr. Lamar’s eloquent speech in
Mississippi relative to “breaking the
color line” seems to have stirred his
colored friends to a sense of their im
portance not exactly calculated upon.
We read that “the colored people of
Jasper county, Mississippi, held a con
vention a few days since and adopted
what they termed a ‘color line plat
form,’ in which they informed the white
Republicans that unless they then and
there publicly declared that ‘a negro
was as good as a white man,’ and un
less they would ‘eat, sleep and drink
with them,’ they would not be permit
ted to take part in the deliberations.
The white Republicans unanimously re
fused the terms offered, and conse
quently none but negroes were nomi
nated. In Lowndes county, in the
same State, the negroes have also
drawn the color line, and in a county
meeting passed resolutions denouncing
a white Republican editor because he
advised against such a policy. It is
predicted that if this issue is forced in
Mississippi bloodshed will ensue, in
which event it is not difficult to predict
which side will go under. It is the na
tural fruit, however, of the destructive
devices heretofore resorted to by ad
venturers in Republican politics to ob
tain and hold power, and results to the
injury of the negro as well as the whites
of the South.”
If the white Republicans have had
so disastrous an experience with the
colored gentlemen in breaking that
line, what will become of the Democra
cy ? Possibly, Mr. Lamar foresaw that
just such an issue as this might occur
which would make a chasm, bloody or
otherwise, between the Radical factions
of different complexions, and, thus sep
arated, the Democrats would be able
to drive between them and win a vic
tory, without submitting to the tests
proposed as to promiscuous eating,
drinking and sleeping. How far such
strange devices, on the part of Mr. La
mar and his followers, may prosper,
we must wait and see. Such a policy
has not met with any gratifying suc
cess in other localities, and we dare
say Mississippi negroes do not es
sentially differ from their brethren
elsewhere. At any rate, the Democ
racy may be spared, in > Mississippi,
such crucial tests as have been applied
to the carpet-baggers and scallawags,
from the fact that a row in the truly
loyal camp has already occurred, and
when rogues, especially of different
colors, fall out true men, generally get
a chance to recover their stolen prop
erty. It strikes us, however, and we
state it with no arrogance of opinion,
that the true men aforesaid will all the
more satisfactorily regain their plun
dered rights by not compounding with
the felons.
If we are to judge from recent ac
counts of Mississippi broils, the color
line, instead of being broken, will be
drawn severely, and the white Republi
cans forced, by the necessities of the
case, to form a junction with the De
mocracy, leaving the gentlemen of
African descent to look out for them
selves. Take these extracts, in connec
tion with what we have above stated,
as examples :
[Jackson Clarion.!
For some mouths past a furious war has
been in progress over the spoils between
the two wings of the Radical party in
Holmes county, the one led by negroes and
the other by carpet-baggers, O. S. Lee, of
the Governor’s staff, being prominent
among the latter. Of the particular merits
of the controversy we aie not apprised,
only that the strife, which has waged fierce
and hot, was over the offices. On Thursday
last it culminated in a terrible shooting
affair, in which the carpet-baggers aimed
with the usual Anglo-Saxon precision when
business is meant, and two of the leading
colored politicans were slaughtered out
right, their antagonists escaping with the
smell of blood on their hands, but with no
smell of fire on their garments*
[Durant Advertiser.]
Our information is, that at Shady Grove
Church, last Monday night, W. H. Hill,
then negro assessor and candidate of the
Holmes faction for State Senator, charged
Lee and Packer with the responsibility
for the death of the negroes killed at Vicks
burg and indulged in severe remarks about
Mr. J. G. Mills, in a speech delivered by
him on that occasion. As we understand
the case, Capt. Lee was not present when
the speech was made, but that on last
Wednesday there was to have been a spe
cial meeting of the Executive Committee of
that party at Lexington, and the parties
named, except Packeu, were present. Lee,
Mills and friends on the one side, met
Hill, Simmons and friends on the other,
in the Circuit Clerk’s office, and a demand
was made, it is said, that Hill should re
tract. This led to a wordy contest, and
then to a lively fusilade of small arms;
and when the smoke of battle had some
what cleared away Hill lay dead on the
office floor, with four wounds on his body,
either of which was supposed to have been
sufficient to have produced death, while
Tom Ballard, another colored man, was
so badly wounded that he died soon after
ward.
It is always so. The white Republi
can adventurer affects to believe in
“negro equality” until the practical
test is made, and then, like a dis
comfited pugilist, “fails to come to
time.” But, when pushed too far by
his negro associate, he demonstrates
that he has pluck enough to “break
the color line” with a pistol bullet, as
in the case of Hill and Ballard. These
so-called friends of the negro have in
flamed his mind, demoralized his use
fulness, poisoned his heart, and, when
the urgency demands it, kill him or get
him killed in a way that puts his soul,
if Christian teach goes for anything, in
imminent deadly peril of the burn
ing lake. Just at this time, such illus
trations of the XVth Amendment and
carpet-bag rule are worth quoting.
They may not be utterly thrown away
upon misguided blacks in other States,
and we specially draw the attention of
Eastern and Western Republican jour
nals to them, to show that, within the
ranks of their peculiar pets, all of the
murders for political opinion can by no
means be laid at the doors of the
Democracy of the South.
Kate Field writes to the Courier-Journal
that Disraeli cannot be called an orator
save when he is filled with rage and a more
material stimulant.
A majority of orators make asses of
themselves when they get mad and
drunk.
PERSONAL.
Brother Shearman L dub 1 'l “that legal
Niobe." 4
R. W. Barnwell, Jr., of Colombia, was
in town yesterday.
Gen. Coffee of the Cape of l f >od Hope is
only 36 inches high and weig f37 pounds.
J. N. Bradshaw, President; 4 the South
ern Masonic Female College, • | Covington,
Ga., was in town yesterday. |
Orange Judd says half s lillion dol
lars’ worth of advertising h f made him
a millionaire. What d’ye t'uaik of that,
now? Jt
They tell of a whale that sjftually com
mitted suicide because Broth* r Shearman
has so far surpassed him in j.the blubber
line. I
Commodore G. N. Dexter | ave us a call
yesterday. He has just returned from the
Third Georgia Portsmouth expedition, and
left for his home in Madison '#,st night.
Robert Toombs has jus* finished his
Fourth of July address—tha is, finished
writing out what he didn’t deliver. He
mentions “liberty” 1,357,4( times.—[De
troit Press.
R. M. T. Hunter, of Virg, fia, is one of
those honest men whom i e read of in
books, but seldom meet in rej 1 life. He is
acting State Treasurer on a salary of two
thousand dollars per year, c id he donates
the larger portion of this su 1 to the pay
ment of his creditors. f
It is noticed that Mortal in his Ohio
sneeehes, this year, does not*say anything
about the age of Go verm 1 Allen. Last
year, when he referred to tlfit subject, Al
len retorted that, “old as li was, he was
able to stand up and make a speech, which
was more than Morton coul do.”
Those Democratic editoi are hard to
please. When President G int used to go
to horse-races they held uj their hands in
pious horror. Now that he 1 is changed his
habits, and patronizes Sun ay school con
ventions, they say he is ying to be a
Christian statesman. Evei the presenta
tion of Bibles to him at Ft rpoint is made
a theme of profane jests.—[C icago Tribune.
Gen. Sherman, as well as President
Grant, has been visiting the Sunday schools,
He addressed an institution of this kind
last week at Minneapolis, aid, says the St.
Paul Pioneer-Press, “deligited the child
ren’s mammas by taking Ip and kissing
the little girls.” That is a ffcst-torm dodge.
All the Presidential aspirJits have sud
denly become Sunday chool men.—
[Courier-Journal.
If Butler is not truly loyal, who is?
Butler sneers at the Purit is worse than
Gen. Preston did. Messrs. Richmond En
quirer, Charleston News < and Courier, Pe
tersburg I/; d&c and Appea Yorkvillo En
quirer, how long will “loya ilou ’ be allow
ed to indulge in such “tr< .sonable utter
ances” without a word of r oroof ? Union
savers, to the rescue, or she Republic is
lost!—[Charlotte (N. C.) Ob -rver.
POLITICAL N >TES.
The Covington Enterpris, declares: “Sev
eral of our contemporaries sure aggitating
the question of a Constitutional Conven
tion, and urging upon ft, Legislature at
its next session to take steps
to have a Convention lie*.” ’Pon honor
had’ut heard that befort* since way last
Winter. I
“It is not a creditable reaction upon the
integrity of our public m<p generally,” re
marks an exchange, “thatfeovery comment
upon ex-President JoHNsfk should dwell
strongly upon the fact tbyf he would not
steal, and was above thefreach of bribes,
whether in the shape oi gifts or other
wise.”
Pinchb ck, in a recent I peech at Mem
phis, “related the circunnl -nee of a Balti
morean mistaking him foif .vhite man, on
a railroad car, joining rlia in luncheon,
offering to share his bunk | a the sleeping
coach, and at tho end oflthe journey ex
tending a pressing invit f j ion to spend a
few weeks at his residencifLi Baltimore, at
which juncture the erchejige of cards re
vealed the mistake.” If
“Pinch” is so white, why * os he claim the
blacks as “his race?” |
In regard to the result <jf tho recent elec
tion in North Carolina idical organ at
Greensboro takes this vie| of the question
when it says : ‘Theconv | ion will be com
posed of 120 members—or* of these, Gov
ernor Graham, is dead. ffhi Republicans
have elected 61 members’ ind the Demo
crats 58 members. Amoi’g: the latter are
classed four delegates from Robeson and
Sampson counties, who re-Shved certificates
by having Republican precincts thrown out.
These seats will be contested. Among the
former is a Democrat from Jackson, who
is in favor of the immeddhe adjournment
of the convention. There hardly a doubt
now that the convention '*l; 1 not proceed.”
That is to say the Radicals and Inde
pendents, together with <l:|3 or more De
mocrats, will vote to adj<||rn the conven
tion sine die the moment We
wouldn’t be surprised if s|iis would be a
good thing for both the Spte and the De
mocratic party, and we si lull not regret to
see it occur.
JACKSON SVSIEET
Iron and Brassf Foundry,
I *
Corner of Jackson and§Calhoun sts.,
Augusta,iGa.,
-Ji
GKO. COOPER, .%i Proprietor.
STEAM ENGINES, Mill Machinery of all
descriptiods made to f rder, Gin Gear
ing of all Sizes, Store Fronts and Iron
Railing of the Latest Pai A>ru, Horse Pow
ers and Threshing Mach o s, made of the
best material, at prices ’idly ten per cent,
less than ever offered in 1 is city, for cash
only. % ; ; I 1
Also, four enginos, newt,.ad second-hand,
from ten to thirty-horse ver, will be sold
very low for cash. s
jy24-lm GEO. COOPER. Prop’r.
TURNIP fBED!
TURNIP SEED, TIfINIP SEED,
OF EVERY VARIETY fend of the same
reliable quality that tats always given
satisfaction. Call before 1 >u purchase at
our Drug Store, where yo§ can also be sup
plied with our
TURNIP FERTILIZER.
This article has never miled to produce
the largest Turnips anif most abundant
crops. We refer to all th in Rich
mond county, who have vf id it.
For sale in any quantiV -s at the Drug
Store of EDWARD f A RRY A CO,
jy23-frsuwelm ¥ Broad street.
NOTICE!
I HEREBY NOTIFY PARTIES who
have left in the liand.Aypf S. Cohen, an i
Henry Lewis, guns, pistes, watches and
jewelry, to call for them yti thirty days, if
not the same will bo sold repairs, in the
store. lli
augl7-8 176 BI|T>AD STREET.
NOTICj|O.
riIHIRTY DAYS after d.-mi I shall become
JL a PUBLIC or FREIpi RADER, in ac
cordance with provisions 4j Section 1760 of
the Code of Ge rgia. 4
“ARAB RICH.
I hereby consent to my&ife becoming a
Public or Free Trader. * J. RICH.
Augusta, Ga., August t' i£ 1875.
aug6- 30 <
P. of H.
THE SEMI-ANNUAL OF
the Savannah River 'si&lley Association
P. of H. will be held hg AUGUSTA, Au
gust 25th, at the Masonicpiall, at 10 o’clock,
A. M. All Granges nAtj members who
sympathize with us are’irdially invited
to send delegates. A ‘vl attendance is
desired as this meeting srfvery important.
ED WAR A. CARTER,
augl-taug2s > Secretary. I
SPECIAL NOTICES.
CARPETS.
ALTHOUGH CARPETS HAVE ADVANCED,
we are still offering our
BODY BRUSSELS CARPETS,
TAPESTRY BRUSSELS CARPETS,
3 PLY INGRAIN CARPETS,
At Reduced Summer Prices. We invite spe
cial attention to our stock of Body Brussels
which we are closing out very low. Also, a
full stock of
THOROUGHLY SEASONED FLOOR OIL
CLOTHS. New and Beautiful WIN
DOW SHADES, WALL PAPERS
AND BORDERS, at
;JAMES G. BAILIE & BROTHER’S.
augl4-eodlm 205 Broad Street.
RICHMOND COUNTY COURT.
Sitting for County Purposes,
August 12th, 1875.
THE FOLLOWING ASSESSMENTS UPON
the State Tax for County Purposes for Rich
mond County, for 1t75, are hereby made, and
John A. Bohler, Tax Collector of said County,
is instructed and required to collect the
same:
Per centum.
Court Expenses 10
Paupers 10
Roads and Bridges 7
Salaries, etc 3
Poor House 3
Jurors 7
Public Offices 2
Coroner’s Inquests 1
County Map 2
Public Buildings 5
Total 60
CLAIBORNE SNEAD.
augl3-law3 and County Judge.
THE MAGNOLIA PASSENGER ROUTEL
PORT ROYAL RAILROAD, )
Office General Passenger Agent,-
Augusta Ga., Aug. 6. 1875. )
ROUND TRIP TICKETS !
fcft in AUGUSTA to CHARLES- If)
4U TON and RETURN. 'PO.4U
ON AND AFTER THIS DATE ROUND
TRIP TICKETS will be sold, via Yemasee
from Augusta to Charleston, for $5.40, good
until October Ist, 1875.
DAILY SCHEDULE.
Leave Augusta 8:00 a. m.
Arrive at Charleston 4:15 p. m.
Leave Charleston.... 8:10 a. m.
Arrive at Augusta 6:45 p. m.
Passengers en route to the “City by the
Sea,” and those seeking the salubrious cli
mate of Carolina’s Long Branch, Sul
livan’s Island, will And this a pleasant route
by which to reach their destination.
Tickets on sale at Planters’Hotel and Ticket
Office, Union Depot.
T. S. DAY ANT.
augo-lm General Passenger Acent.
EDUCATIONAL.
SOUTHERN MASONIC FEMALE COLLEGE.
THE next session opens September Ist.
This Instution is in successful opera
tion under wholesome discipline, and
affords first class training for young ladies.
Rates for Board and Tuition moderate. Fbr
particulars, send for catalogue.
J. N. BRADSHAW,
President.
Covington, Ga., Aug. G, 1875.
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St. Jolin’s.
ASelect Boardinq School
FOR YOUNG LADIES,
|"N ONE OF THE MOST BEAUTIFUL
and healthful districts of Western Mary
land. *
Parents and gua dians who desire a
pleasant and attractive home for their chil
dren or wards, with iirst-class educational
opportunities, will please address
Rev. GEO. LEWIS STALEY,
Knoxville, Frederick county, Md.
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Southern Female College,
LA GRANGE, GA.
THE Thirty-Fourth Annual Session opens
the 25th of August, with the old corps
of eight thorough teachers. Ten Premiums
for excellence in Music, Painting and Draw
ing were awarded pupils of this College at
the Georgia State Fair within the last fpur
years. Board, with washing, lights and
fuel, per annum, $155. Tuition. S6O. For
Catalogues, address I. F. COX,
jy27-d&wlm President.
DANCJNG SCHOOL.
MONS. BERGER, Professional Teacher,
informs the Ladies and Gentleman of
Augusta that he will open a First-Class
DANCING SCHOOL at the Masonic Hall
He wid be there on Thursday, the 24th
June, from 4to 6 o’clock, to receive pupils.
Mons. 8., being an Artist, teaches what is
really Dancing. He teacnes all the new
dances as well as the old ones, which com
bine the harmony of bodies and the poetry
of motion. Mons. BERGER is wqll known,
and can give the best reference here and in
Charleston.
For circulars, etc., apply at A. Prontaut
& Son. je2o-tf
MADAME SOSNOWSKI’S
HOME SCHOOL
FOR YOUNG LADIES.
ATHENS, GEORGIA.
CALENDAR.
THE scholastic year is divided into 2 ses
sions. First session commences Sep*
tember 15th: second session February 7th.
Closing Exercises occur on the last
Thursday in June—preceding two weeks—
devoted to private examinations.
Terms (per session), payable in advance.
Board, with use of fu# SBO 00
English Department 3) 00
Music—lnstrumental 30 00
Music—Vocal, Extra Lessons 30 00
French Department 15 00
German Department 15 00
Drawing 10 00
Painting, in Oil and Pastel 30 00
Use of piano 5 00
Each pupil is required to furnish her own
bed linen, towels and lights.
Washing can be secured at moderate
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BUTTER. BUTTER.
Choice Tennessee butter on con
signment and lor sale by
D. 11. & J. T. DENNING,
augl9-3 45 Jackson Street.
0. H. PHINIZY. E- B. PHINIZY.
C. H. PHINIZY & CO.
COTTON FACTORS
AUGUSTA, GEORGIA,
Make liberal advances on con
signments, buy and sell Cotton for fu
ture delivery in New York. Furnish Plant
ers with supplies. Keep always on hand a
large Stock of BAGGING, and are the Sole
Agents for the
Beard Cotton Tie,
Winship Cotton Gin,
And the -
Peerless Guano.
Consignments and Orders respectfully so
licited.
augl9-2m C. H. PHINIZY & CO.
RYE AND BARLEY.
SEED RYE and BARLEY,
For SALE BY
T. O. Mathew*on & Cos.
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NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.
NEW MACKEREL
And. Salmon—very choice—
in quantities to suit purchas
ers. Lemons, etc.
CALVIN & JONES,
aug2l-tf 157 Broad Street. *
NEW GOODS FOR FALL
AT the One Price House. HENRY L. A.
BALK, 172 Broad Street. Black Alpa
ca, Mourning < 'alicoes, Jeans, Flannels,
Homespuns, Stripes, Bleached Snirlings,
Sea Islands.
Prices very low, at wholesale and retail.
HENRY L. A. BALK,
aug2l-l* 172 Broad street.
STRAYED,
FROM the Subscriber at Summerville,
THREE HEAD OF CATTLE. ONE
LARGE OX, brown color, with unusual
long horns; one BLACK COW, supposed to
have a Calf with her, also a RED YEARL
ING, some two years old. A liberal re
ward will be paid for their delivery at
Summerville Any Information concern
ing them wili be thankfully received.
aug2l-w2 PORTER FLEMING.
PEREMPTORY SALE
AT AUCTION BY CONSENT OF PARTIES
On Easy Terms and Long Credit
OF MOST
Permanently Valuable and Productive
CITY PROPERTY,
The Lafayette Hall and Opera House
Containing Spacious Stores, Offieess and
Saloons,
ALL SUCCESSFUL AND POPULAR BUSI
NESS STANDS,
SITUATED IN THE MOST CENTRAL
PORTION OF THE CITY.
With Fronts on Broad and Ellis, Between
Jackson and Campbell Streets.
BY C. V. WALKER Auctioneer.
TUESDAY, the 7th September, 1875, at 12
o’clock, m., in front of the Opera
House Arcade, in this city, will positively
be sold, at public auction, by consent of the
parties in interest, the following described
and very choice commercial and invest
ment property, to-wit :
That centrally situated, substantially
built and very productive property popu
larly known as the Lafayette Hail and
Opera House, situated in the city of Au
gusta, county of Richmond, and State of
Georgia, and in the square bounded by
Broad, Ellis, Jackson and Campbell streets.
The portion of ground on which they are
built measures a total front on back of
Broad and Ellis streets 65 feet, bv an ex
treme depth between parallel lines and ex
tending from street to street of 271 feet 6
inches, said measurement all being more or
less, The said property, ir not sold in
block, will be sold subdivided into lots, des
ignated by the Nos. 1, 2 and 3, according to
plans of J. F. Braun, architect, to be exhib
ited on the day of sale, 'l he said lots
measure as]follows: Lots Nos. 1 and 2
front on the south side of Broad street,
having each 26 feet six inches thereon, by a
depth between parallel lines of 120 feet in
depth towards Ellis street.
Lot No. 1 is improved with the Substan
tial Three and Two-story Brick Buildings
known and designated by the No. 272
Broad street. The lower story contains a
spacious and commodious Store—one of
the finest business stands in the city and
arranged and adapted for Offices or Dwell
ing above. With Ho,t No. l and the im
provements thereon will be sold the Tene
ment east of tins Arcade or entrance, erected
immediately above the same, subje t to all
the conditions of servitude hereinafter
specified.
Lot No. 2. west of he Arcade or entrance,
measures 26 feet 6 inches front on the south
side of Broad street by a depth between
parallel lines of 126 towards Ellis street,
together with all the improvements there
on, known and designated by the No. 274
Broad street, and comprising the substam
tially built three-story Brick Building With
a spacious two-story Brick Store in the
rear. The main building contains that
splendid Store and choice^)usiness stand
occupied by Messrs. Myers & Marcus,
wholesale dry goods dealers. Theuppoi
portion is arranged for dwelling and adapt
ed for offices. The foregoing described
property is leased to and occupied by the
well known wholesale dealers in dry goods
and clothing, Messrs. M yers & Marcus, L.
Sylvester and others, until the Ist of Octo
ber, 1875, yielding an aggregate rental of
$6,400 per annum.
Lot No. 3 comprises the remainder of the
property, measuring a total front on Ellis
street of 65 feet by a depth between parallel
lines of 145 feet 6 inches, from which point
it contracts to a width of 12 feet, and ex
tends to and fronts on South Broad street.
This said extension is known, as the Ar
cade, or entrance from Broad street to the
Opera House. Also, the present existing
alleyway, of 7 feet width, opening on Ellis
street—Lots 1 and 2 to have the right, in
common with Lot No. 3, to use, but not to
obstruct, the said Arcade or alley way
together with all the improvements there
on, comprising that extensive, capacious
and subst ntially-built brick Opera House,
covered with slate, copper gutters, cement
ed basement throughout, well lighted an and
ventilated and provided with ample en
trance and exit arrangements and accom
modations. The stage is 41 feet depth, the
auitorium has a parquet, dress circle,
gallery and a seating capacity of about one
thousand—has contained 1,400 persons. The
basement is adapted for saloon purposes,
lighted with gas throughout, and the only
establishment of its kind in the city for
public entertainment. With ordinary care
and small expense this property alone is
susceptible of producing a large and cer
tain income. It has yielded in ordinarily
prosperous seasous over $6,000 per annum.
The above decscribed property, compris
ing, as it does, the most extensive and cen
trally located property in the city of Au
gusta in market, is well worthy the atten
tion of capitalists seeking safe, reliably
productive and permanently valuable city
property for investment. As business
stands, adapted for either the wholesale or
retail trade, banking or insurance business,
no property can be more desirable. It will
be sold free from all incumbrance whatso
ever, the whole according to plan of J. F.
Braun, architect, to be exhibited on the day
of sale, and on the following favorable
terms and conditions:
One-third or one-half cash, at the option
of the purchasers; tho remainder at one
and two years’ credit for notes of the pur
chasers, specially secured by mortgage on
the property, bearing interest at tho rate
of eight per cent, per annum from tho day
of sale until final payment; said interest to
be paid half yeai ly from date, and the pur
chaser to keep the improvements insured
for their value, and to transfer the po icies
thereof to the holders of the notes; the
notes, if required, to be drawn for such
amounts to suit the parties in interest, and
the acts of sale at the expense of tho pur
chasers, before Wm. A. Walton, Esq., No
tary Public. The rentals of all the property
are reserved up to the 30th of September,
1875. jy2s-td
Pay your State, County and
School Taxes.
THE 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, together with those
who are liable to the Poll Tax, had best
come forward and settle.
JOHN A. BOHLER,
Tax Collector Richmond County.
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Bettie M. Hull ! tMV 6 * Divorce.
I Richmond Superior
JAMES A. C. Hull, j April *Term, 1875.
IT appearing to the Court that the de
fendant in the above stated case does
not reside In the State of Georgia, it is, on
motion of Wm. K. McLaws, attorney for
libellant, ordered: That service of said li
bel upon said defendant be made by publi
cation in the Constitutionalist, a newspa
per of the city of Augusta, being a public
gazette of this State, once a month for four
months; and it is further ordered that this
order be entered on the Minutes.
Georgia, Richmond Couniy— l, Samuel
H. Crump, Clerk of the Superior Court of
said county, do hereby certify that the
foregoing order has been entered on the
Minutes of the Superior Court. April term,
1875, folio 309, this Bth day of May, 1875.
S. H, CRUMP,
myl3-lam4m Clerk S. C. R. C.
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.
FALL OPENING, 1875!
o
ARMSTRONG, CATOR A CO.,
237 and. 239 Baltimore Street,
BALTIMORE, MD.,
Importers ciiid Manufacturers !
WILL OPEN WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 25ra, 1875, FRENCH PATTERN BONNETS
Fine French Flowers, Fancy and Ostrich Feathers, with full lints of
Ribbons, Velvets, Mlks, and all the late Pans Novelties. 1 he[trade ie' Will
receive weekly during the season, all the late styles in MILLINERx rURNISHING
GOODS. Orders solicited. aug2i lw
THE GREAT SUMMER ROUTE NORTH,
VIA
AUGUSTA, WILMINGTON. PORTSMOUTH,
AND
The Magnificent Sidewheel Steamships
OF THE
OLD DOMINION LINE!
WHICH leave Portsmouth, Va., upon the arrival of Trains via the Atlantic Coast
Line, at 7:30 p. in., in the following appointed order;
Steamship ISAA i BELL. 1,600 Tons Capt. BLAKEMAN Monday.
Steamship WYANOHE, 2.040 Tons. -Capt. COUCH, Wednesday.
Steamship OLD DOMINION, 2 210 Tons. Capt. WALKER, Saturday.
And upon the above named Schedule during the entire Summer and Autumn The su
perior a.eommodations, luxurious tables any absence of all unpleasant and dangerous
ocean navigation, commend this Line to the attention ot North-Bound Iravelers as the
most pleasant Excursion Route to New York, and within six hours of all rail time.
State Rooms and Berths engaged by Telegraph upon application 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 delivery In New
York as by other Transportation Lines.
W. IX. STANFORD,
Secretary Old Dominion S. S. Company, No. 197 Greenwich Street, New York.
W.M. TIMBERLAKE, Agt. Atlantic Coast Line, Augusta.
B. F. BROWN, Ticket Agent, Planters’ Hotel.
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Pondleton & Boariiman Iron Works, Augusta, Ga.
WITH increased facilities and experienced workmen, can furnish at short notice,
IRON and BRASS OASTINGS'of the best material and finish, and MACHINERY
of all descriptions. THE GEORGIA COLTON PRESS, HORSE-POWER COTTON
PRESSES, WATER-POWER COT CON PRESSES, CAST and WROUGHT SCREW
PRESSES. PLANTATION STEAM ENGINES, THE BEST HORSE-POWEIi MADE,
ALL SIZES GIN GEAR, SAW MILLS AND SUGAR MILLS.
Send for Circular for THE BEST WATER WHEEL MADE.
WM. PENDLETON,
my 21 -f rs u we&c3 m SURVIVOR.
WILMINGTON, N. C., LINES,
SEMI-WEEKLY
Fast Freight Route to All Points South or East.
BALTIMORE,
Baltimore and Southern Steam Transportation Company,
SAILING FROM BALTIMORE
Tuesday and Friday, at 3 P. ML,
AND FROM WILMINGTON Wednesday and Saturday.
NEW YORK,
CLYDE’S WILMIIVGTON LINE.
SAILING FROM NEW YORK-*^
Tuesday and Friday, at 3 P. M., and from Wil
mington Wednesday and Saturday,
O. IVI NG thr ou g h ßillsof Lading to all points in North and South Carolina, Georgia
VX and Alabama. For North or East bound Freight, to Baltimore New York Phil*
adeiphia, Boston, Providence, Fall River, and other Eastern cities. Also to Livorno. 1-
Glasgow, Bremen, Antwerp, and other European points. 1
These Lines connect at Wilmington with the Wilmington, Columbia and Augusta
Raiiroad; connecting at Columbia, b C with the Greenville and Columbia Rail lioad
and Charlotte, Columbia and Augusta Railroad. ’
At, Augusta, Ga with the Georgia, Macon and Augusta, and Central Railroads and
with their connecting roads, offer unequaiod facilities for tho promnt deliverer
Freightto all points The Steamers of these Lines, on arrival in VVUmiWon ston at
Railroad Depot, the Freight transferred under covered sheds to Cars wftlunlt delav
and forwai ded by the Fast Freight Express that evening. louL dolay •
No drayage in Wilmington, and no transfer from Wilmington South. Rates guai -
anteed as low as by any other route. Losses or Overcharges promptly paid k
Mark all Goods “ VIA WILMINGTON LINES.” '
For Further information,apply to either of the Undersigned Agents of the Line;
EDWIN FITZGERALD, Agent Baltimore Line, 50 South street, Baltimore
WM. P. CLYDE & CO., Agents New York Line, 6 Bowling Green, New York
A. D. CAZAUX, Agent Baltimore and N. Y. Lines, Wilmington, N C
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
AUGUSTA TO NEW YORK
VIA
PORT ROYAL, S. C.
The following Comfortable and well-known Steamships,
Montgomery, I,£oo Tons, Capt. F'aix-clotli,
Huntsville, 1,500 Tons, Capt. Oliestei*'
Are appointed to sail from PORT ROYAL for NEW YORK, direct on rfirn.vc „
each w ek, afte • arrival of Morning Passenger Train from AuZb IDAYS of
The following reduced rates of Passage are offered the Travelling Public* 1 '
Augusta to New Vork Ac Return, S3O
Augusta to New York, Straight, S2O
Augusta to New York, Steerage SIS
Which secures Accommodations in all respects equal to those of other lines.
STATE ROOMS AND BERTHS
Can be secure 1 by application to •
EICH’D. P. BUNDLE, Agent,
Or to the undersigned, Port Royal, P. u.
T. S. DAVANT, G. p. A .,
**" 'ticket, on Sale at Planters’ Hotel and Ticket Data, Union Depot A " KUBt “ , ’ , ; i " u