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IHE CONSTITUTIONALIST
SUNDAY, August 22, 1875.
Gov. Smith and the Eberhart Case,
la our Atlanta letter of the 19th in- j
stant, published upon Friday morning
last, occurs a paragraph which vfa feel
calls for a special mention. It is this :
Everybody says Smiih has made a good
Governor. No doubt l e has. Being sim
ply an executive officei, he has enforced the
laws, and in those cases made and provided
he has exercised good judgment (and dis
cretion) when the law allowed him the long
end of the rope. There is no necessity for
not re-electing him. With the exception of
hanging a poor wretch of a woman when he
might with all propriety (and sympathy) have
sent her to the penitentiary for life, he has not
overreached his pole," .fee., Ac.
As respects the question of the gu
bernatorial succession we have nothing
to say, but as regards that portion of
the extract put in italics, Gov. Smith
is entitled to a word ‘Of explanation.
The “ poor wretch of a woman ” re
ferred to was Susan Eberhart, execut
ed along with her accomplice and para
mour, Spann, for the murder of Spann’s
wife. The circumstances of the crime
are too vile to bear repetition, but suf
fice it to say that the woman assisted
Spann in choking to death his crippled
and bed-ridden wife, and then, in the
presence of the still warm corpse, yield
ed to the embraces of the assassin. So
utterly horrible an offense demanded the
extreme punishment of the law, and as
upon a fair and impartial trial in the
Superior Court and on a careful re
vision of the case by the Supreme
Court not the slightest mitigating cir
cumstances in favor of the murderess
appeared, the Governor would have
grossly prostituted the high preroga-
tive of mercy committed to him by the
constitution had he pardoned her or
commuted the death penalty into im
prisonment for life as our corres
pondent suggests. So far from de
serving censure for his refusal to in
terfere in this case, Governor Smith
merits the public approbation for his
firmness in resisting maudlin solicita
tations for clemency and his j ust and
conscientious performance of the most
painful, and yet necessary, duty which
can devolve upon an Executive. And
while thus approving his course in this
instance, it is proper to give him his
just meed for a like manly and honora
ble fulfillment of his oath of office in
enforcing tbe laws in other capital
cases. Crime stalks rampant over the
land, and it is well that in Georgia, at
least, no wretched sentimental com
plaisance robs the laws of their terrors
in those cases, only too rare, where
courts and juries remember-that they
are under solemn obligations to pro
tect the honest, upright, and innocent
portion of the community by curing off
guilty members.
As to “ imprisonment for life” who
does not know that in practice this
punishment is a farce and in nine cases
out of ten only means until anew Gov
ernor comes in? We remember to have
seen statistics taken from the prison
records of Massachusetts, Illinois, and
other leading Northern and Western
States, some of them extending over a
period of half a century, which de
monstrated that the average term of a
life sentence was less than that of the
ordinary burglar forger, or thief. In
lowa where the experiment of life sen
tences has been tried for eight years,
there having been for that time no re
sort to the gallows, capital punishment
being forbidden by law, we hear that
the consequences are so disastrous that
even the clergy, men whose mission is
emphatically one of peace and mercy,
have been compelled, in the interests
of men’s lives and women’s virtue, to
ask for the restoration of the death
penalty. A just magistrate, mindful of
the welfare and safety of the people
entrusting themselves to him, beareth
not the sword in vain.
Oh!—The Cincinnati Gazette gives
tho “true inwardness” of the Rockford
invitation to Mr. Davis. It says: the
Directors of the Agricultural Associa
tion “ had no more of respect for the
person invited than if a two-head calf,
or a cow with six legs, or a fat woman,
or any other monster, had been the ob
ject sought. It was. a shameless show
man imposition on Mr. Davis, whose
character he must have been unaware
of when he accepted the invitation, but
probably his finding it out caused him
to withdraw his acceptance.” We dare
say he withdrew his acceptance under
the combined pressure of Barnumism
and brutality. But what a people the
Winnebagoes are!
Gen. Boum.—A Republican candidate
for Congress, named Gen. Plaisted,
having delivered himself of a ferocious
speech against the South, is thus taken
to task by the Philadelphia Chronicle:
“A man who at this day gives utter
ance to such sentiments is about as fit
to boa representative in Congress as
Boss Tweed would be to preside at a
meeting of the Young Men’s Christian
Association.” He had heard from
Winnebago probably, and did not like
to be out of the fashion.
Grim wood. —Mr. Gbimwood, who sail
ed away with Donaldson, wrote a let
ter to the Joliet Sun, which was pub
lished on the day he started on the fa
tal voyage, and it is noted as singular
that the last word of that letter was
mortality. ”—A r . 0. Picayune.
A more singular thing still was found
in the notes on his dead body. These
documents contained frequent allusions
to a desire to rise in the world. The
poor fellow rose at a bad time and in a
bad way/
Centennial— The Springfield Repub
lican says that “if the Centennial does
not hide the rebellion behind the revo
lution it will be a failure. We are one
country, North and South, East and
West—that is the emphatic fact of the
great festival.” We should be pleased
to hear from the Republican how it ex
pects to hide the Winnebago savages
behind the Grand Army of the Repub
lic? __
Victoria. —Witnessing the dreadful
collision of her yacht with a schooner,
by which three lives were lost, Queen
Victoria was deeply agitated, wringing
her hands and in a state of dreadful
suspense.
Ben Butler Persists in Stirring Up the
Animals.
Gen. Butler’s recent exposition of
the “true inwardness” of the Puritan
forefathers fell like a bombshell out
side of Boston, although, in that cos
mopolitan city, it was received as a
roaring good joke, and all the more
spicy for being so very true. Hardly
ha3 this sensation of the General’s
subsided, when he pops up again and
sends a monster shot into New York*
which has made a decided impression.
Regretting that he cannot accept an in
vitation to address the Legal Tender
Club at Cooper Institute, on the Ist of
September, he thus writes:
I am unable to comprehend, appreciate,
and much less admire, that system of Gov
ernment finances which ha3 so wrought
upon the business and production of the
country that over two million workingmen
and women who desire productive employ
ment have not had it for the last two years,
and by which the production v hich they
would have added to the country in that
time is lost. How the country is to grow
rich enough to pay its debts by the non
production of its able-bodied workers is
something that I cannot comprehend. As
suming that each one of that number,
skilled and unskilled, could have averaged
S2 per day for the working days of the
past year, and that. I suppose you will
agree with me, is little enough, then we
have lost $1,200,000,000, or equal to half of
the national debt, by their enforced idle
! ness, to say nothing of the loss of morale
of the working men and women. How long
men in active business, and property
holders, and holders of those kinds of prop
erty which are open to the tax-gatherer,
will permit a system of financial adminis
tration to go on by which their property
shall depreciate 33 per cent, in its value,
while owners of property such as notes,
mortgages and bonds, which are untaxed,
because not open to the tax-gatherer, have
their property appreciated and escape tax
ation, is a problem which the good sense
of the people of this county will solve in
the coming Presidential election. Regret
ting that I cannot be with you and elabo
rate these views, as I should be gl id to do
in New York City, where the docks are de
serted by shipping, where the stores are
unrented, and where dwelling houses have
so depreciated as hardly to meet the mort
gages upon them, and where I think sound
financial doctrines are as much needed as
anywhere, my necessities compel me to
forego this, which would be a pleasure to
me, and, I trust, a profit to o hers. I am
informed tflat Mr. Duncan, of Duncan,
Sherman & Cos., went to Washington when
the Currency bill was before the Preside:.t,
to advise him to veto it, because it was ne
cessary to depreciate values. The Presi
dent did veto the bill. Values have been
depreciated, I trust, to an amount entirely
satisfactory to Messrs. Duncan, Sherman
& Cos., however little their creditors may
relish the process. I have the honor to be
very truly yours,
Benjamin F. Butler.
That tells its own story and bears its
own comment.. It is simply a crusher
and no mistake. Ben may be a knave
but he is not a bit of a fool. No one
helped more than he did, by agitation,
to bring on just such “results of the
war ” as he so graphically describes ;
but a charmfng candor which cuts to
the very marrow of his fellow-citizens,
seems to be his policy at present. He
may be sneered at but lie will be heard.
Now that he has made the Puritans
smart and Wall street howl, we should
not wonder if his next appearance
would be in denunciation of the Win
nebago Savages for their atrocious
treatment of Lis old friend Jeef Davis
who was his persistent choice for the
Presidency in 1860. Prof. Tice made
no mistake when he predicted some
startling convulsions in the month of
August.
Copeland. —Tbe fellow who owes the
Atlanta Constitution for a coat of tar
and feathers Is thus described: “In ad
dition to his other accomplishments,
ho was a Sunday School man, a tem
perance lecturer, a ‘beautiful’ singer.
His dress was in style and faultless,
and be no doubt took some pride in his
personal make-up.” When a newspa
per Inan puts on all those high-toned
airs, he subjects himself to suspicion.
If Copeland had dressed like a Gran
ger, his final “make-up” might not
have been so disagreeable.
Gladstone. —English writers are try
ing to show that Mr. Disraeli is losing
his intellectual grip. Something must
be the matter likewise with Mr. Glad
stone. Not long ago he located the
wrong Bible man in the fiery furnace,
and now, strangely forgetful of the
work under the Thames, he thus writes:
“Assuredly it will seem strange to fu
ture times that we should in 1875 have
been far advanced in maturing a pro
ject for a tunnel under the Straits of
Dover, while we have not yet tunnelled
under a single river of the.many that
indent our shores.”
Sherman. —And now comes the Wash
ington Chronicle with a felicitous re
mark that “the people of Charleston
have never appreciated how much they
owe to Gen. William T. Sherman—
how much they saved, and really how
little South Carolina lost, by the march
inside to Goldsboro.” Well, invite him
to address an Agricultural show, and
let him say what he pleases, without
any disparagement.
Campaign Thunder.— Gov. Ames knew
what Morton & Cos., wanted when he
said “The blood of twenty-five or thir
ty negroes would benefit the Republi
can party.” The blood of fifty white
men would not amount to a row of piDs
for a similar purpose, especially the
blood of Southern men.
Army Statistics.— Turkey has a reg
ular army of 140,000 men, but could
raise 400,000. Montenegro can muster
24,000 soldiers, Servia 132,000, and
Roumania 135,000.
Greenback.— A Greenback Conven
tion is called to meet at Detroit this
week. Matt Carpenter and General
Gordon are advertised as speakers.
Binding.— The Baltimore Gazette calls
the new party In Maryland “ Potato-
Bugs.” There is nothing mealy
mouthed about that.
Stunning.— The debt of Brooklyn
which was $6,000,000 fifteen years ago
is now $41,000,000, and $7,000,000 more
bonds are to be issued.
Booth. —The great actor had a run
away accident the other day. He was
thrown from his carriage, and had an
arm and two ribs fractured.
The Woes of An Editor—A Specimen
Tormentor.
The New York Nation, the most
scholarly paper in the country, had, in
a recent issue, a very elaborate article
upon the philosophy of journalism.
We may, at some future rime, repro
duce the article in full, but have only
space to make the subjoined extract.
Alluding to the “Stop-my-paper” gen
try, the Nation gives an illustration of
how they pile on the agony. We
quote:
Sib: My name is Brown: I have sub
scribed to your paper for many years and
generally concur in your opinions. But
your article on the grasshopper ravages in
last Tuesday’s issue was something for
which I was certainly not prepared and
which I have read with the deepest pain. I
have no knowledge of the subject except
what I get from the papers, dnd have not
given it any particular consideration; but
am satisfied you cannot honestly have
reached conclusions so widely differing
from mine. Nor have I the time or inclina
tion to discuss the matter with you. If I
1) ad I doubt if you have intelligence enough
and candor enougli to consider what I would
say. What Ido say now is that you are
entirely wrong, and wrong, I fear, through
the workings of a malignant and disingen
uous mind.
That grasshoppers are not the beasts you
take them to be, is the. opinion of many
good men of my acquaintance; your asser
tion that the damage they did has been ex
aggerated has been a great shock to many
of your admirers. If you cannot take any
other position than this on the matter, pray
let it alone. I have burnt your last num
ber in order to keep it out of the hands of
my family.
Hastily yours,
John Browi .
We once received a letter of this
character from a party who wanted the
paper run in his interest solely. He
concluded his tirade by requesting that
his bill be forthwith sent. The amount
due was only SI.OO. We have yet to
see the greenback. The Baltimore Ga
zette, ruminating upon this theme and
its representative, says: “We fear
Stopmypaper’s importance has been
overlooked by everybody but himself.
The editorial mind is philosophical as
well as mathematical, and it has found
by experience that when avo men sub
scribe for the very reason that Stop
mypaper quits, which is an invariable
rule, bankruptcy is not near at hand.
Hence Stopmypaper is ignored. His
name is eliminated from the books
without a sigh or regret. He is not
even called an ass. He is accepted as
simply an inevitable and infinitesmal
incident and forgotten, Now this
is all wrong. Stopmypaper is a
man and brother, and is worth
saving. He is not to blame for seeing
only one side of the shield. A great
many of us do that. We ought to have
patience with him, and denude him of
the error which he holds that the
newspaper is of no use to him unless
is a reflex of his sentiments, and that
he is in any way reforming it or bet
tering himself by ceasing to read it.
There is a great problem here for so
lution. The Stopmypapeus are a large
family, and when a newspaper has ten
thousand readers, and is outspoken
and plain, some of the family are daily
getting hurt. And the worst of it is they
are always getting hurt. It is utterly im
possible for them to get a newspaper
that -will agree with them for any
length of time, and they are plunged
into a state of chronic unhappiness.
Suppose some of the writers who are
whiling away the sultry houis in evol
ving mild essays on “Summer Re
sorts,” “Totty,” “The Marriage Ques
tion,” and the like, or in airing their
hobbies on the kind of journalism they
would like for themselves, consume a
little phosphorous iu serious thought
on the solemn topic which we have
suggested—How can we make one of
the Stopmypapers happy without of
fending some of tbe rest ?”
A South-Side View of Winnebago—
What an ex-Co ifederate Says.
The Uylon-Herald, of Columbia, S.
C., contains the following communica
tion :
The recent excitement in Illinois in rela
tion to Jefferson Davis and his proposed
address before one of.tho agricultural soci
eties in that State has unfortunately pro
duced an impression in many minds that
the people of Illinois are still bitterly hos
tile towards the South, and do not share in
the general desire to forgive and forget.
I, for one, cannot believe that this is so,
for I have travele i through Illinois more
than once sinco the war, and met with
nothing but the kindest treatment, al
though known as a Southerner and an ex-
Confederate soldier. I think the true
explanation of the cause of the excitemont
alluded to is this: Those people, whether
right or wrong, looked upon Jefferson
Davis with much the same feelings that
we look upon Sherman, but do not regard
Jefferson Davis as typifying the South
any more than we regard Sherman as
typical of the entire North and West. They
regard Davis as tho cruel and wanton de
stroyer of the Andersonville prisoners; we
regard Sherman as the vandal whose or
ders consigned Columbia to the flames.
Their excitement and indignation is just as
natural, in view of their belief, as would be
ours should Major Woodward so far for
get his self-respect as a Carolinian as to
invite Sherman to deliver an address be
fore the State Agricultural Society of
South Carolina.
Ex-Confederate.
We do not know how much “ex-Con
federate” there really is in the above
plausible document, but, assuming the
genuineness of the signature, the
answer is not difficult. In the first
case, we cannot conceive the possibility
of Major Woodward acting the part of
a trickster, as Kimball did; but had
he, in any event, and with an honest
purpose, invited Gen. Sherman to ad
dress an Agricultural society at
Charleston, we believe the gentlemen
of South Carolina would have never,
in word or deed, violated the laws of
hospitality. If they did so, it would
be because they buve sunk into an
abyss of degradation deeper even than
that Gen. Preston thinks he discovered
too late.
Too Thin.— Old Bill Allen does not
seem to accept the Toledo Blade’s invi
tation to retire “in consequence of ill
health.” The Blade is anti-Democratie
and would only be too glad to have
Uncle William out of the way. He is
to speak op the 28th of this month, and
he will stand up like a sound man to
do it.
When does a man have to keep his
work ? When no one will take it.
PERSONA!!
Joaquin Miller -ays ! don’t like to
walk with Olive Logan,beca | e she squeezes
his arm so. |
Sam Cary seems to the Ipringfield Re
publican like a cheap We |irn edition of
Butler, with the brains left |ut.
Fanny Elssler, the fan. Jus danseuse, is
living at Bremen, the wife|b' a physician,
and is a well-preserve 1 w* ilan of seventy
one. I
H. T. Hembold, of Bucbf | fame, who re
cently arrived from Euro;! | after a stay of
three years and a half a* j‘oad, has been
pronounced insane by fit t physicians of
Philadelphia, and was takj|, Friday last,
to a private insane asyluni |
The death at Paris, at tn& age of 102, o'
the Marquis de Ponson d’Al egre, the last
representative of an ancioA family, whose
scutcheon figures in t{ie of the Crusa
ders, at Versailles, toot pipe on the 30th of
July. The deceased leave ! a considerable
fortune, the larger part ? which goes
the Assistance Publique. ?;
Peper, of Boston, who stiis arrested for
the murder of little Mab<iU Young, is to be
tried for the murder of B|l|?get Landergan.
The detectives think t r - r the evidence
against him for the murder is
stronger than that Cotimifting him with
the belfry murder, and tut latter amounts
to almost positive certaiib&.
Florence Marryatt ( I as. Ross-Church)
is said to be not far frortg orty years old
and the mother of a mart. Jl daughter, but
sue is generally spoken c?fas a young lady.
She is a blonde of T he; j4'e English type
and does not look more - 4in twenty-years
old. She is said to have; J iven up her idea
of coming to this country io read.
The body of John Blppford, an Ameri
can, has recently been fm‘pd in a large ice
block in the neighborho of Mont Blanc,
after several days of tnajfcv. The unfortu
nate tourist tried, three fears ago, to as
cend Mont Blanc withoufji guide, and was
never heard of. His fo: f ires and clothes
are said to be perfectly p#|served.
Senator Morion has | rived in Wash
ington. He will remain J’o or three days,
and go thence to New Haf a/on., and from
there to Maine, for wo|s in the political
campaign in that State, if > talks hopefully
of Ohio, and believes t 1 $ Republicans will
be successful. Ihe succ-fs 6t the Republi
cans of North Carolina |ue thinks signifi
cant and encouraging. *
Certain members of til* Fourth Presby
terian Church, Chicago, ve signified their
purpose in the fortheomlig Synod to give
their reason for retuinin;l as their pastor a
man—Dr. Swing -who ha* been pronounced
by the Synod to be uns*|md in faith and
heretical. A call will all. be made on the
Church, under pain of :S.?missal from the
brotherhood of the Pro 1 yterians, to give
up Dr. Swing as their pajtor.
In an account of hisf .dve :turos in the
Upper Nilo, Col. Long fof the Egyptian
army, says that the LI | k King of Niam-
Niam decapitate 1 thirty* >f his subjects in
honor of the visitor, w |* also acceptod a
gill as a royal gift. Thrqjfgh an interpreter
she said: “I want very|much to go with
you, but it must be on J ndition that you
will not eat me.” Thl Colonel said he
wouldn’t eat her on any consideration.
The Hon. J. B. Well/MI, who died on
Tuesday in New Orleari. was a native of
Ohio, and represented *. district of that
State in Congress fion t 1839 to 1815. He
was the first United 3tf#:s Commissioner
to Mexico under the ire* y of Guadaloupo
Hidalgo, and subsequei*: y settled in Cali
fornia. In 1851 ho was But to the United
States Senate from thafff State as a Demo
crat, and was afterward fleeted Governor.
Iu December, 1860, he wt Minis
ter to Mexico. ; ;
Mrs. Mary Ashley ’ ;;>wnsend (“Xarif
fa”), the well known Soi Hern poetess, has
been for some time past In Mexico, and is
writing a book on tb ,i country. Mrs.
Townsend’s reputation rind well known
literary ability will d* .btless make the
book a success. Indeed oy those who have
seen the advance sheets fit is pronounced
one of the most readabl books ever writ
ten on that country, and Hie South can well
bo proud of her efforts |>the more, as the
North has so long claim 1 pre-eminence iu
literary matters. ‘
t
POLITICAL IVOTES.
When the news was Ijcelved at Chatta
nooga that Key had bee ! appointed Sena
tor, ne was serenaded, a his speech, ac
knowledging thecompl: >ient, he said that,
though a Democrat, lie *as no mere parti
san. lie should regard ’mself not merely
the representative of 1 section, but as
bound to work for the b* A interests of the
whole country.
We have the proclama on of Gov. Hous
ton convening the Alaba *a Convention, re
cently chosen by the p.i >ple, on the first
Monday in September. r Ji Governor gives
the vote of the State as fj Hows: Total vote
for Convention, 77,703; ? |*tal vote against
Convention, 59,928;. Tot;| vote of the State,
137,691; total majority;! for Convention,
17,835, * I
Mr. Marble Mantel, l of the New York
World, is doing what hef jan to defeat the
Democratic ticket in Oh#>. It is fortunate
that he can do so little; *ut the Democrats
of Ohio should rememljr that he is their
bitter enemy. The twejfe subscribers he
lias in Ohio should with J-aw their patron
age. They had better Jtonate money to
some decent Republican ifiper.— [Cincinnati
Enquirer. J
Bill Allen was asketsf the other day if
he thought ho would feat them. “Beat
them, did you say?” 'Jfchy, certainly we
will beat them,” said t.) Governor, with
strong emphasis, as I Eiquired what he
thought of the “Don’t the Cin
cinnati Commercial say I pn a man of des
tiny and in a close light ?Lre to win?” face
tiously continued the coijgpeer of Clay and
Webster; “and, besides, me people are with
us in the fight, and I do iftt regard the re
sult as likely to bo close.’*
“It looks very much although tho Hon.
Sam J. Randall has th® inside track for
tho Speakership of tho P'xt House. The
Democracy evidently the k that tho peo
ple have forgotten all B>out the salary
grab.”—[Chicago Tribunes TLo Democracy
have neither forgotten th£ back salary grab
nor the Black Republic." ii-Congress which
votedior it. There is abot|r as much chance
for Sam Randall being pected Speaker as
for a man to get to Hii&ven with tho in
scription upon his tom)|-tone as creden
tials ! 4
“The next great light *:, says Governor
Allen, “is to be wh<4 ~er those who
pay the taxes shall levy ttem, or whether
those who receive them ;§isill do it. Now,
those who receive the tai* [ say how much
shall be levied, and when!- fid in what man
ner they shall be eollect| / The bondhol
ders and the money povg*g pay less than
one-fifth of the taxes ofjUje country, and
yet they have so manipul*. jxi and controll
ed legislation that tho pet Jie who pay four
fifths have had virtuali;? *io voice in Che
matter of the levy orf Election. This
should and will be chang<| | and we are this
year in Ohio beginning ti|i||oqntest that is
to give the people some v : * e in these mat
ters. Next year it will h c ontinued, with
Gen. Grant representing iige money power
and the nation’s tax ret. vers, and some
other men representing four-fifths of
the taxpaying people of land. Who can
doubt the result of such m >ntest either in
Ohio or in the nation ? 1/11 you, sir, the
people and not money will ulethis country
hereafter.” When the v* ran statesman
gave utterance to thesei/iords he grew
mope in earnest than #■, and, running
his long fingers through! /Us spow white
hair and standing it strait v : ;t up, he looked
the counterpart of AnprjJ*[Jackson.
SPECIAL NOTICES.
THE BOARD OF HEALTH.
Obdinaky's Office, Richmond County, J
Augusta, Ga.. August 21, 1875. )
THE FOLLOWING TWO SECTIONS OF
the law creating the “Board of Health of the
State of Georgia”.is published for the infor
mation of all parties concerned •
Sec. 11. Be ibfurther enacted. That all Phy
sicians in the practice of Medicine in this
State shall he required, under penalty of ten
dollars, to be recovered in any Court of com
petent jurisdiction in the State, at the suit of
the Ordinary to report to the Ordinary, in
the forms to be provided, all. Deaths and
Births which come under his supervision,
with a certificate of the cause of death. &c.
Sec. 12, Be it further enacted, That where
any Birth or Death shall take place, no Phy
sician being in attendance, the same shall be
reported to the Ordinary, with the supposed
cause of death, by the parents, or, if none, by
the next kin, under penalty of ten dollars, at
the suit of the Ordinary, as provided in Sec.
11 of this Act.
Physicians or other persons can obtain
blank forms for the return of Births or Deaths
at my office, and a blank form for the return
of Marriages will hereafter be furnished with
the Marriage License, the same to be prop
erly filled out by the officiating minister or
officer and returned to this office.
Physicians are required to make their re
turns from the Ist of August.
SAMUEL LEVY,
aug22-3 t Ordinary.
GIN HOUSES INSURED
AT EQUITABLE RATES, IN FIRST-CLASS
Companies. Call at or write to my office,
219 Broad street, before insuring elsewhere.
C. W. HARRIS,
aug22-tf Gen’l Insurance Agent.
DR. FALKS
WILL BE ABSENT FROM THE CITY FOR
six weeks. Lue notice of his return will be
published in this paper. augLß-wed&su
CARPETS.
ALTHOUGH CARPETS HAVE ADVANCED,
we are still offering our
BODY BRUSSELS CARPETS,
TAPESTRY BRUSSELS CARPETS.
3 PLY INGRAIN CARPETS.
At Reduced Summer Prices. We invite spe
cial attention to our stock of Body Brussels
which we are closing out very low. Also,* a
full stock of
THOROUGHLY SEASONED FLOOR OIL
CLOTHS, New and Beautiful WIN
DOW SHADES, WALL PAPERS
AND BORDERS, at
JAMES G. BAILIE & BROTHER’S,
augU-eodtm 206 Broad Street.
THE MAGNOLIA . PASSENGER ROUTE.
PORT ROYAL RAILROAD, )
Office General Passenger Agent,
Augusta Ga., Aug. 6, 1875. )
ROUND TRIP TICKETS !
ItUn AUGUSTA to CHARLES- &N 474
•pJ.dU TON and RETURN.
ON AND AFTER THIS DATE ROUND
TRIP TICKETS will bo 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 on route to the “City by the
Sea,” and those seeking the salubrious cli
mate of Carolina’s Long Branch, Sul
livan’s Island, will find this a pleasant route
by which to reach their destination.
Tickets on sale at Planters’Hotel and Ticket
Office, Union Depot.
T. S. DAVANT,
aug6-lm General Passenger Auent.
EDUCATIONAL.
Academy' of Richmond Cos.
THE EXERCISES of this Institution will
be resumed on MONDAY, 13th of Sep
tember, 1875. It is important that pupils
should be present at the opening of the
session.
J. T. DERRY,
aug22-3w Secretary of Faculty.
SOUTHERN MASONIC iFEMALE COLLEGE.
ITHE next session opens "September Ist.
. This Instution is m opera
tion under wholesome discipline, and
affords first class training for young ladles.
Ratos for Board and Tuition moderate. For
particulars, scud for catalogue.
J. N. BRADSHAW,
President.
Covington, Ga., Aug. 6,1875.
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I St. Tolin’s.
ASelect Boardinq School
FOR YOUNG LADIES,
IN 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 tirst-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 four
years. Board, with washing, lights and
fuel, per annum. $155. Tuition, S6O. For
Catalogues, address I. F. COX,
jy27-d&wlm President.
DANCING SCHOOL7
MONS. BERGER, Professional Teacher,
Informs the Ladies and Gentleman of
Augusta that ho will open a First-Class
DANCING SCHOOL at the Masonic Hall
Ho wi 1 be there on Thursday, the 24th
June, from 4 to 6 o’clock, to receive pupils.
Mons. 8., being an Artist, teaches wliat is
really Dancing. He teaches all the new
dances as well as the old ones, which com
bine the harmony of bodies anil the poetry
of motion. Mons. BERGER is well known,
and can give the best reference here and in
Charleston.
For circulars, etc., apply at A. Pbontaut
& Soil 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 7tn.
Closing Exorcises 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, i 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 scoured at moderate
rates. jyl-tf
P. of H.
THE SEMI-ANNUAL MEETING OF
the Savannah River Valley Association
P. of 11. will be held in AUGUSTA, Au
gust 25th, at the Masonic Hall, at 10 o’clock,
A. M. All Granges not members who
sympathize with us are cordially invited
to send delegates. A full attendance is
desired as this meeting is very important,
EDWARD A. (JASTER,
augl-taug2s Secretary. I
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.
GOOD NEWS!
2,000 PAIRS OF BOOTS AND
SHOES AT COST.
A LARGE ASSORTMENT OF
GENTS’ FINE SHOES,
At2s percent. Less than Cost.
NOW IS THE TIRE TO SELUPR BARGAINS
A MEMBER OF THE FIRM is now iu
the North purchasing the Fall Stock, and
the above Goods will be positively closed
out as advertised, for the purpose of
making room for Fresh Stock.
NEW GOODS ARRIVING DAILY.
Call soon, if you want to procure CHEAP
BOOTS and SHOES, at
Gallaher & Mulheriu’s,
aug22-2 289 Broad street.
NOTICE.
State Board of Health.
Aug usta, Ga., August 21st, 1875.
I WOULD respectfully call attention to
the following official notice from the
Secretary of the State Board of Health,
HENRY F. CAMBELL, M. D.,
Health Commissioner for the Eighth Dis
trict of Georgia.
OFFICE STATE BOARD OF HEALTH, 1
Atlanta, Ga., August 16, 1875. j
Physicians, Ministers, Coroners, Jus
tices, and all interested, will receive, by
application to the Ordinary of the county,
the requisite forms for making their re
turns to the Ordinary, as required by law;
the returns to the Ordinary to date from
the Ist of August, and the returns from the
Ordinary to the Secretary of the Board to
commence the Ist of September.
V. H. TALIAFERRO, M. D.,
aug22-3 Secretary of the Board.
NEW GOODS RECEIVED DAILY
AT THE
ONE PRICE HOUSE,
HENRY L. BALK, 172 Broad street. I
receive new good daily from head
quarters. Prices very low at Wholesale
and retail. Coats’ best Machine Thread
per doz. 70c. HENRY L. A. BALK,
aug22-l.* 172 Broad street.
Shirt’s for the Million.
INSURRECTIONARY Shirts, from $2 to
$3 a piece. The very things to tight in,
of heavy liven, which will act as an armor
or shield. At JOHN KENNEY’S, No. 163
Broad street. aug22-l*
ECONOMY !
PRACTICE ECONOMY by Laving your
Faded Clothing to be Dyed and Cleaned
to look equal to new. Gents’ Clothing
Cleaned in superior manner. Gents’ Cloth
ing also Dyed in the best style, and war
ranted not to soil the whitest linen.
Orders left at 406 Broad street, south
side, above the Upper Market, will receive
prompt attention.
aug22-lt* GEO. R. DODGE.
PERSONAL.
A YOUNG LADY of eighteen, good look
ing, industrious and steady, tired of
the single state and desirous of launching
upon the sea of matrimonial bliss, respect
fully solicits communications from young
men under twenty-eight who may be simi
larly inclined. Address A. M. C. J., through
P. 0., Augusta, Ga. aug22-lt*
A GOOD PIANO !
For SALE CHEAP AT THE UNITED
STATES ARSENAL, SAND HILLS.
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WINDOW SHADES, HASSOCK AND
PICTURES!
SELLING AT COST PRTCE for next
week, at H. W. MORAN’S, 315 Broad
street, above Planters’ Hotel, in order to
make a change in his business. aug22-lt
NEW MACKEREL
And Salmon—very choice—
in quantities to suit purchas
ers. Lemons, etc.
CALVIN & JONES,
aug2l-tf 157 Broad Street.
BANKRUPT SALE.
BIGNON & CRUMP, Auctioneers.
WILL BE SOLD, in front of the Auction
House of Bignon & Crump, No. 286
Broad street, on MONDAY, 23d inst.,atll
o’clock a. m., the following property of
Met srs. Isaac T. Heard & Cos., Bankrupts,
viz;
1 Second Hand Gullett Steel Brush Gin.
1 pair Fair banks’ Piatforu Scales.
1 pair Trucks.
2 Stoves.
1 Gold Watch.
1 Clock.
1 Water Cooler and Table.
1 Lot Maps.
1 Lot Ink Stands, Pen Racks. &c.
1 Stampod Check Book.
1 Merchant’s Calculator.
3 Cotton Trays.
30 feet 1% in. Hose.
Irons complete for twq Brooks’ Cot
ton Presses.
The above articles can be seen at the
store of Messrs. Bignon & Crump.
Terms: Cash.
THOS. H. JOHNSON,
Assignee of Isaac T. Heard & Cos.
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JACKSON STREET
Iron and Brass Foundry,
Corner of Jackson and Calhoun sts.,
Augusta, Ga.,
GEO. C3ool*Kit. - Proprietor.
STEAM ENGINES, Mill Machinery of all
descriptions made to order, Gin Gear
ing of all Sizes, Store Fronts and Iron
Railing of the Latest Pattern, Horse Pow
ers and Threshing Machines, made of the
best material, at prices fully ten per cent,
less than ever offered in this city, for cash
only.
Also, four engines, new and seoond-hand.
from ten to thirty-horse power, will be sold
very low for cash.
Jy24-lm GEO. COOPER. Prop’r.
TURNIP SEED!
TURNIP SEED, TURNIP SEED,
OF EVERY VARIETY and of the same
reliable quality that has always given
satisfaction. Oall before you purchase at
our Drug Store, where you can also bo sup
plied with our
TURNIP FERTILIZER.
, This article has never failed to produce
the largest Turnips and most abundant
crops. We refer to all the farmers in Rich
mond county, who have used it.
For sale in any quantities at the Drug
Store of EDWARD BARRY & CO,
jy23-frsuwolm 288 Broad street.
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.
fpe above mentioned Machines will be
sold CHEAP FOR CASH. Apply at
THIS OFFICE.
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NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.
FALL OPENING, 1875 !
o ——
ARMSTRONG. CATOR Ac CO.,
237 and. 339 Baltimore Street,
BALTIMORE, MD.,
Importers and Manufactiirers !
WILL OPEN WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 25th, 1875, FRENCH PATTERN BONNETS,
Fine French Flowers, Fancy and Ostrich Feathers, together with full lines of
Ribbons, Velvets, silks, and oil the late Paris Novelties. The* trade isi invited. Will
receive weekly during the season, all the late styles in MILLINERS FURNISHING
GOODS. Orders solicited. aug2llw
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. m., in the following appointed order;
Steamship IS A A 1 ’ BELL, 1,600 Tons Capt. BLAKEMAN, Monday.
Steamship WYANOKE, 2,040 Tons Capt. COUCH, Wednesday.
Steamship OLD DOMINION, 2 210 Tons. .Capt. WALKER, Saturday.
And upon (lie above named Schedule during the entire Summer and Autumn The su
perior a commodations, luxurious tables any absence of all unpleasant and dangerous
ocean navigation, commend this Line to the attention ot North-Bound Travelers 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 chocked to destination, and equal facility of transfer and delivery 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, Agt. Atlantic Coast Line, Augusta.
B. F. BROWN, Ticket Agent, Planters’ Hotel,
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savings bank;
NO. 333 BROAD STREET,
Cash Capital SIOO,OOO (with Stockholders Liability v
TRANSACTS A
General Banking, Exchange and Collection Business.
6 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,
CASHIER.
N. B.—Draw SIGHT DRAFTS on Great Britain and Continental Europe
in sums of £1 and upwards. mh3o-tf
WILMINGTON, N. C„ LINES,
SEMI-WEEKLY
Fast Freight Route to All Points South or East.
BALTIMORE,
Baltimore and Southern Steam Transportation Compauy,
SAILING FROM BALTIMORE
Tuesday and Friday, at 3 I*. M.,
AND FROM WILMINGTON Wednesday and Saturday.
NEW YORK,
CI.YDE’S WILMINGTOX MMI,
SAILING FROM NEW YORK
Tuesday and Friday, at 3 P. M., and from Wil
mington Wednesday and Saturday,
CL IVING through Bills of Lading to all points in North and South Carolina. Georgia
VI and Alabama. For North or East bound Freight, to Baltimore, Nmv York Phil*
adelphia, Boston, Providence. Fall River, and other Eastern cities. Also, to Livoruool-
Giasgow, Bremen, Antwerp, and other European points.
Those Lines connect at Wilmington with the Wilmington, Columbia and ’\ugusta
Railroad: connecting at Columbia, S. C., with the Greenville and Columbia Hail Road
and Charlotte, Columbia and Augusta Railroad. ’
At Augusta, Ga., with the Georgia, Macon and Augusta, and Central Railroad? and
with their commuting roads, offer unequaled facilities for the prompt deliverv or
Freight to all points. The Steamers of these Lines, on arrival iu Wilmington stoo ut
Railroad Depot, the Freight transferred under covered sheds to Cars without delav
and forwarded by the I ast Freight Express that evening. *
No drayage in Wilmington, and no transfer from- Wilmington South. Ratos iruar
anteed as low as by any other route. Losses or Over charger promptly paid.
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 Gea’l Freight Agent. Wilmington. N. O. and MS Broadwnv. New York
AUGUSTA TO NEW YORK
VIA.
PORT ROYAL, S. C.
The following Comfortable and well-known Steamships,
Montgomery, 1,500 Tons, Capt. Fair-clotli,
Huntsville, 1,500 Tons, Capt. Chester,
Are appointed to sail from PORT ROYAL for NEW YORK, direct, on FRIDAYS of
Thn froi ed,C 7 w ek ’ aft ? r arrlvalof Morning Passenger Train from Augusta,.
J ho following reduced rates of Passage are offered the Travelling Public:
Augusta to New York Ac Return, S3O
Augusta to New York, Straight, S2O
Augusta to New York f
Which secures Accommodations in all respects equal to those of other lines.
STATE ROOMS AND BERTHS
Can be secured by application to
RICH’D. P. BUNDLE, Agent,
Or to the undersigned, ort lioyal, G '
T. S. DAVANT, G. P. A.,
—lChets on Sale at Planters Hotel and Ticket Office, Union Depot je4-3m
RYE AND BARLEY.
SEED RYE and BARLEY,
FOR SALE BY
J. O. Mathewson & Cos.
aug2o-3
NOTICE.
IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT I WILL
open my Meat House at the old stand
on Thursday, August 19th, and will keep
the very best Beef, Veal, Lamb and Pork,
and will use every effort in my power to
please my old customers and the public
generally. J. W. RIGSBY,
110 Broad street.
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