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THE CONSTITUTIONALIST TUESDAY, August 24, 1875. CURRENT TOPICS^ of the Press Upon Mr. Davis’ Letter. The calm, dignified letter of Jefferson Davis to the ruffians of Winnebago county, Illinois, is well received by the Democratic, Conservative and neutral papers of the country. It even makes a few of the most rabid Radical editors ashamed of the coarse, vulgar and ignorant bullies. The whole country is certainly ashamed of them, unless it is that class belonging to the prize ring and cock pit. The Chicago Tribune, a Republican paper, whose editor is a gentleman, says: In his letter to the Secretary of the tVinnebago County Agricultural Society, Mr. Jefferson Davis gives an explanation of his telegram announcing that he had recall ed his consent to deliver an address at the County l air. The tone of the letter is most admirable, showing that the writer, though surprised and disappointed, is neither hurt nor angry at the plain-spoken people who objected to him as the orator of the occasion. Mr. Davis gives a hint of what his address would have been and it is clear# that distasteful allu sions to political questions would have had no place in his tx-eatment of the in teresting subjects of transportation and home and foreign markets lor the vast surplus products of the Northwest. How ever, as he is not wanted, he will not come. It was a question, on one side, not so much of bitterness as of a degree of sensitiveness unfortunate though not reprehensible; and, on the other side, of courteous, graceful ac ceptance of the situation, with only a neat and delicate hint that it might have been otherwise. Mr. Davis’ letter will certainly make him no enemies in Winnebago county. The New York Herald excoriates “the fools in the West” as follows: “We are not near enough to the Millennium for the fools in the West to be all dead, and we are surprised that Mr. Davis expected any such consummation. It is gratifying, how ever, that, even under the exasperating cir cumstances which made Mr. Davis’ letter necessary, he preserved so much good tem per as to exceed any former effort he may have made toward the restoration of friendly feelings between the seciions. There has been great difficulty in the way of his uttering the phrase, “ fellow countrymen;” but when he uttered it at all it was with reference to s .me very short-sighted persons who objected to hearing him address an agri cultural fair in a Western State. No man in the country wax better qualilied for such a task, and the letter shows that the inter ests of the West and Southwest would have been benefited by the full expression of his views. Both sections must gain by promoting mutual confidence and cointelii gence, and in calling attention to this fact Mr. Davis has done much toward the re storation of a better feeling, and, whllo we regret that lie is not to have the opportu nity to make the address he had contem plated, we are pleased that the occasion of the invitation was turned to such excel lent account. His letter is frank and man ly, and must do good, especially in the North. But by reading the following from the Washington Chronicle, the Herald will per ceive that “the fools” do not all live “ in the West:” Jefferson Davis has notified the officei s of the Winnebago Agricultural Society that, owing to the feeling on the subject, he declines delivering the address at Rock ford. For once we give Mr. Davis credit for acting properly—much more so than those who extended the invitation. If the people of Illinois were to act wisely, they would never attend the Agricultural Fair at the Wiunegago County Society, until every one of the present Board had been dismissed- at least those who were con senting to invite Davis—and branded as seuseiess idiots. Men should not occupy public position, who have so little wit as to attempt to barter awav or compromise the solid convictions of a large community, merely to bring a few dollars into the cof fers of an agricultural society. For our own part we are glad Mr. Davis will not go. Kimb ill, the Secretary of the Wiunebago Agricultural Society, confes es that his motive was wholly mercenary— that he thought Mr. Davis would draw a large crowd and put money in the treasury of the one horse show, that he had first in vited that lecherous old scoundrel, Henry W a rd Beecher, that when he declined he invited Tilton who says he kissed Beecher after he had seduced his wife, all because he thought they would “draw a crowded house.” We congi-atulate Mr. Davis upon his narrow escape from such disreputable company. “Gen.” Morris as a Financier. It has not escaped the notice of the reader that “Gen.” Morris, the Insurrec tion Leader, was sound on the financial question of that enterprise. He claimed to be supreme treasurer, and directed his subordinates to forward all funds to him. It Is said that he frequently summoned “conventions” to his house, under pretext that he had matters of great im portance to read to them. When a “convention” had duly assembled, this doughty warrior would rise with great dignity and solemly announce that ten dollars would first have to be paid him be fore he would read. The hat would be passed around, and if the money was forth coming, he would proceed. If it was short, he would announce that he would keep what was taken up, and adjourn the Con vention to a future night, when, if the amount was made up, he would read the important communication he had to make. “Last Tuesday afternoon, during a rain storm, accompanied with thunder and lightning, Messrs. Caffyn and Tinker were walking together by the Catholic Church, on Monk street. The former gen tleman was instantly killed by lightning, while Mr. Tinker was shocked, but not at all injured. This was a most extraordi nary occurrence, and illustrates the words of the Saviour of man, “that one shall be taken and the other left.”—[Brunswick Ap peal. But the Scriptures meant that the one taken should go to heaven, and ’tother sent to hell. According to you, Tinker was weighed and found short. The official majority of McCreary over HaeiiAN for Governor of Kentucky is 30,139. Our estimate two months before the election was 30,1 to, but it didn’t occur to us at the time that Harlan would vote for himself. Cold Water Without Ice. —The fol lowing is a simple mode of rendering water almost as cold as ice, without the use of ice: Let the jar, pitcher, or ves sel used for water, be surrounded with one or more folds of coarse cotton kept co istantly wet. The evaporation of the water will carry off the heat from the inside and reduce it to a freezing point. In India and other tropical regions where ice cannot be produced, this me thod of proceeding is common. A Philadelphia pork dealer was poi soned last week by eating a sausage, and when she heard of it, a venerable maiden lady there, who had lost her pet dog, remarked: “Well, that makes me feel twenty-five years younger.” The average boy now gets out his slate and pencil nightly, figures the rumber of days remaining in the vaca tion, looks sad as he retires to bed, and wakes with renewed determination each morning to make each day more full of mischief than was its prede cessor. Monday, during wheat threshing at the place of the Messrs. Marshall, on the Barterbrook road, the shaft of the machine caught inf the tail of a valu able mare, and, twisting it up, tore it off, stump and ail, within three inches of the root. —[Staunton (Va.) Vindicator. How Miss Mollie if you’ll just draw that dress back just a little tighter, be hanged if your angelic form won’t show to a little better advantage. There, that’s it I—[Rome Courier. LETTER FROM ATHENS. The Troup Artillery—Convention of Veterans and Survivors for Reor ganization and Reunion —The ProCes sion—Speeches of Majors Stanley and Cobb, Col. B. C. Yancey and Captain Carlton. [Correspondence of the Constitutionalist.] Athens, Ga., August 20, 1875. According to a call of their commander, Capt. H. H. Carlton, the Troup Artillery, A. N. V., convened in Athens on the morn ing of Wednesday, the 18th inst., to organ ize an association which should gather up the history of the company, and also in or der to have a general reunion. This gallant body left our city in Febru ary of is6l, and was < ne of the most effi cient artillery companies of the Confederate army. The l'egular business germain to organi zation was transacted, and the following officers elected: President—Maj. Stanley. Vice-Presidents— apt. H. H. Carlton, Lieutenants Jennings, Pope and Motes. Secretaries—Howell Cobb and Pope Bar row, Esqs. Quartesmasters—R. Crane and B. F. Culp. Commissaries—R. T. Durham, R. T. Brit tain. After transaction of other business the Association resolved to have a convivium and general reunion on Thursday, the 18th inst. This was to be held at “ Gum Springs,” a delightful spot five miles from Athens, and accordingly, yesterday morn ing, our entire city, armed and equipped with baskets, provisions, Ac., wended their way to the scene of action. The veterans were accompanied by the Athens Guards and the surviving mem bers of those old organizations mentioned in my telegram. The procession started about 9% o’clock a. m. The veterans were under command of Capt. Carlton, and were preceeded by the Guards in full regalia. Following these were citizens generally in carriages, bug gies, etc. And thus the grand caravan moved on. ‘The steed, the mustering squadron and tne clattering car Went pouring forward with impetuous speed And still were joined by visitors from afar.” (This last line is not found in the original text but serves my purpose at present.) Yes the entire neighborhood around and about got wind of the reunion and there were representatives from Oconee, Jackson and Madison counties. In this general melee your correspond ent woui j crrtainly have been left behind had it not been for the kindness of Corporal J. S. Hamilton, Jr., who furnished us with a modus movendi, and we were soon at the end of our journey. Here we were pleased to see so many of tlxo fair sex who are still with us, and who graced the occasion by their presence. Our neighboring counties were also well repre sented, and we were forced to exclaim that “Beyond blue Oconee’s billowy dash 1 here’s life in the old land yet.” The crowd having by this time become collected, they were called to order by Capt. Carlton, who turned the company over to President Stanley. The latter then arose and welcomed his guests as follows: Major Stanley’s Address. It was my privilege once to have been connected with the veteran company whom I now see before me, and in behalf of this company, ladies and gentlemen, I extend to you a most cordial greeting and hearty welcome. And first, to the ladies i have one word to say. There was nothing in the late war which so aroused the enthusiasm, kindled the patriotism, and sustained the energies of the soldiers of our army as your devo tion, your courage and your zeal; and hence how eminently- proper and inspiring is it to have you with us to-day! This, comrades, as you will heartily corroborate, is no extravagant praise, no expression of mere feeling, when I say that in our failure to gain our cause there was nothing more distressing to us all than to think that the efforts and many sacrifices of the women of the South were in vain. In vain did I say? No, heaven forbid that such should ever be in vain. Temporarily ob scured they may be, but never while God reigns and that God is a just one, will such noble deeds go unrecord ed. The day will come when the ladies of our Southern land will not only receive that praise to which they are so justly entitled, but a higher encomium will embody the assurance that their work was then and is now blessed. Let us continue to hand it down to posterity' that no cau-e was ever so just, no sacrifices so admirable, no labor so untiring as those of our noble women, and future generations in blessing them will dee'are that their work was rot in vain. And having felt it my duty' thus to speak, inadequately'! and yet full of feeling, to our mothers, sisters, wives and daughters; I now extend a greeting to all, a little sadly it may be, yet no less the welcome of our hearts. To our sister organizations, who have so kindly accompanied us to-day, I have but one word to say; that only a soldier knows a soldier’s feeling. For your interest in us I thank you and tender you a hearty wel come, and above all, in the name of our old corps, whom to-day we honor, I greet you. Toward you, fellow soldiers of the Troup Artillery, my heart yearns with a tender feeling indeed. With such a record and such a history you cannot fail to feel the deepest in erest in this occasion. And yet it is not unmixed with sorrow when we think of our fallen comrades. Blit we should remember them to-day. Let us love, honor and protect their orphans and widows wherever we find them, and let us feel when we meet them that we are bound by a most indissolubie tie. Having presumed this much, permit me to hope that all will enter into our reunion pleasantly' and cordially, that the ladies will encourage us as they have ever done; and allow me to introduce to you Major Lamar Cobb, who will now address y'ou. Major CobI) then spoke as follows: When notified a short while ago that I was expected to address you to-day, I was overwhelmed with the honor; yet I was aware of my inability to do justice to che occasion. But having resolved early in life to do my duty when ever called upon I decided to comoly with your wishes as far in my power lay I come before you to-day to' make no set speech, the occasion does not require it; no rhetorical flourish, but to commune and re-unite with you, with a company who ever from the begin ning to the end of the war discharged their duty and their whole duty. Unfortunately I was not with you, and am not acquainted with the full history of the Troup Artillery. I know, however, that on some occasions you were of invaluablefservice. I know that when Sumner’s front attaekei Magruder on the Pennisular your aid was indispen sable. I know that with one gun, supported by two brigades you checked Franklin and saved the army of Lee. True I was not with you, yet I ever followed you with my heart. Aided and equipped by the ladies of Athens, you were ever protected by their prayers; and indeed had it not have been for the faith and energy of the women of the South we would have been paralyzed long before defeated. But fellow-soldiers what most strikes us here to-day, is that many who were with you when you departed in ’6l are not here now. There were many who left their homes expecting to return in a few months, who fell at your sides. Let us as, Maj. Stanley has sa ; d, ever remember them. Let us think of them while we greet our living comrades, and ever resolve to follow their examples In duty, though we meet their fate. I feel that to day we should com mune with them rather than with our selves, that we should hold them up to younger generations and tell them to cherish their examples and follow in their footsteps. Some of you have never seen each other since you disbanded in Virginia, under this banner, torn and tattered, which you res cued from the very clutches of the enemy. We welcome you all here and are glad to see you once more. That struggle, in prin ciple, recollect, in which you were engaged is not over! Truth can never be crushed. Be true to your families, your company, your country and each other, and always bear yourselves worthy of the Troup Ar tillery. In these times, as peace is begin ning to dawn upon us, let us ever be heroes and determine to raise our old State to her pristine condition of power and influence. Col. B. C. Yancey then being called upon said: Comrades and Fellow-citizens That 1 should address you to-day is entirely un expected to me. 1 came here to listen to one whom you all knew and honor, one who gallantly represented the courage and chivalry of the South under Stonewall Jackson; I refer to Gen. C. A. Evens, but who Is not with us lam sorry to say. You must therefore accept my address not with regard to logic or rhetoric. I was connected with Cobb’s Legion and knew vour gallant Captain and watched your movements through the war. I take prido in meeting you now after a lapse of ten short years. How rapid is time. Ten years have glided by since the surrender and yet the grass still grows green over the graves of those who died for that noblest of sentiments, self-government, and would that it ever remain green in the hearts of their living countrymen. I wish I knew all their names. I hope that in gathering up the annals of your company you may get the name of every one who fell in battle. I, for my part, shall only mention three who were connected with our Legion and who now fill soldiers’ graves: And we may all shed tears at the mention of the names of the gallant Lamar, the chivalrous De- Loney and the noble Cobb. It Is well to keep these bright examples in view and to teach our children the great principles for which hey fought and died.” Colonel Yancey then touched upon the slave trade of the New England States, and showed that the Southern States wished to strike out one of the articles of confedera tion in 1787, insisting upon slavery, and that this was refused by Northern States; and that it was not till these slaves -were sold to the South that the Northern con science began to be ti-oubled about the right and morality of slavery itself. Col. Yaficey then closed with the following pero ration: “Keep these great principles of liberty and equal rights ever before you; the great principles for which the rebels, Washington and Lee, fought. Vindicate them whenever an opportunity presents itself at the ballot box, and though it will take time to re-establish them, yet recol lect that, like the Barons of Kunnymede, you will finally be successful. They have been sustained in ’76, were insisted upon in ’6l, and to these great principles you are entitled as a precious heritage. They should be celebrated on every Fourth of July in every city, in every town and in every cross-road store. Keep them, com rades and fellow citizens, burning brightly, and they will be “as a cloud by day and a pillar of fire by night.” Dr. Henry H. Carlton, the last Captain of the Troup Artillery, was then introduced to give a history of the old battle flag which had been presented to his company by Gen. Thos. R. R. Cobb, at Culpepper Court House. The old flag stood before him, faded and torn and tattered: and as it was unwi'apt from the staff, and the gentle bi'eeze once more played among its dingy folds, it seemed to curl amid the ripples of memory and to bring back the many scenes of the loi g ago. It was too much. Event crowd ed upon event, face upon face, and the old banner, together with the many familiar ones around, and the remembrance of those whom they would never see again, called forth old associations and touched a tender chord in the heart of the gallant com mander. ‘*My friend” was all he could say, and he sat down perfectly overcome. There was not a dry eye in the vast assemblage, and hardy veterans who had braved every danger on the battle field, who had marched to the cannon’s mouth unflinch ingly, now covered their faces with their hands, to catch the teai’S that fe l down their cheeks. Ah! in the interval that fol lowed there was an eloquence in the sol emn utterances and a power in the “voice of rilence” which language could not then have embodied, and which words cannot now express. But pleasure soon chased away the ves tiges of sorrow from the assembled sol diers and visitors, and the announcement of dinner put entirely anew phase upon the proceedings. The ladies were drawn up in a bewitching line on one side of the table, while the vet erans and the rest of man-kind presented a formidable array on the other. The chasm between the opposing parties was filled up with substantials of every description.— Several fatted calve3 and pet lambs had been barbecued, and a tempting display of edibles in general completed the bill. Capt. Carlton then, exhorting the veter ans to recollect their record in Virginia and elsewhere they had been engaged du ring the “late unpleasantness,” and beg bing them to sustain their past reputa tion, gave the command “charge,” and ere the last clarion notes of the signaling bu gle had died away, they had charged. Right nobly did the amole fortress sus tain the attack for a while, but when the friends and visitors were brought up as re inforcements the victory was completed. Indeed, there were many there at the table who, though they were not in the late war, nevertheless, amply deserved the title of “veterans.” Where all did so well, Mr. Editor, it would be invidious to particular ize, but we mention Corporals G Cobbs, J. S. Hamilton, Jr., and Private Jno. Lilly, and your coi'i'espondent, as deserving hoif orable mention. After dinner the company were greeted with a perfect shower of peaches, pears and grape (no canister, however), while the entire grounds blushed with the rosy melon. When hostilities had entirely ceased and the “bugle sang truce” Capt. Carlton sum moned a court martial to try Sergt. Dur ham, Privates Moore, Culp and Brittain for breaking into a dairy in Gordon City. This crime was committed during the latter part of the war. but the culprits had never been arraigned till now. The trial was very interesting, some parts exceedingly ludi crous and elicited much applause from the spectators. ’They were all found guilty and sentenced to be shot at the next reunion. But advancing day soon warned us that the pleasantest occasion must have its end, and with three cheers (feeble, however, from the effects of watermelon and barbe cue moat) from the “Guards” for the Troup Artillery, which was respon ed to in gal lant style bv the “Troups” themselves, the crowd began to disperse, and, even now, have all departed to their homes. And as we stand alone under these vener able oaks which throw out their lengthen ing shadows before the setting sun we cannot but hope that even as these veter ans 10 years ago parted upon the bloody field of battle beneath the gloomy canopy of war to meet here to-day in t delightful and social conviviality; so may they when the murky pall of life is di’awn aside, when they have “fought the good fight” in the great battle of the world, reassemble for a final reunion in another land where “the sound of battle never comes and the tread of armies is never heard.” Picciola. A Living Head on a Dead Body. The Pittsburg Telegraph says : Dr. Wm. Wilson, formerly a resident of Alleghany City, but now located at Charlton, Lewis county. lowa, is in the city to-day, and is stopping with his friends on his return from Philadel phia, en route to his Western home. The story of the Doctor’s visit, as re lated to a gentleman from whom we obtained our information, is as follows: Not long since a man, middle-aged, residing near the doctor’s home, met with a railroad accident and sustained a dislocation of the neck. Medical aid was summoned, and everything possi ble done for the relief of the unfortu nate man. The surgeons succeeded in partially adjusting the vertebrae of the neck of the injured man, and he re mained alive. But now comes the singu lar part of the story. While his head is perfectly alive, there is but a feeble circulation in the whole body, and to all appearances it is dead. In fact, it has already begun to wither, and is be coming shriveled and wrinkled, and the surgeons have been puzzled beyond enlightenment. The unfortunate man having relatives residing in Philadel phia, it was decided to take him there and place him in the Medical Univer sity, and to Dr. Wilson was assigned this duty. He performed it. and the patient is now in that institution. Such is the story as it reaches us, and we have no doubt that some of the Phila delphia reporters will straightway pro ceed to interview the man as soon as this item comes under their notice. A live head on a dead body will worry the brain of the best physician, and we anxiously await further developments. Cotton Figures. The New York Commercial and Finan cial Chronicle of the 14th inst., gives the following figures for the week ending 13th : The total receipts for the seven days have reached 1,541 bales, against 2,083 bales last week, 2,377 bales the previous Week, and 2,513 bales three weeks since, making the total receipts since the first of September, 1874, 3,477,278 bales, against 3,802,018 bales, for the same period of 1873-74, showing a decrease from September 1, 1874, of 324,740 bales. The exports for the same period reach a total of 4,706 bales, of which 2,330 were to Great Britain, 1,595 to France, and 871 to the rest of the Con tinent, while the stocks at that date were 105,859 bales. The exports show a falling off compared to the corre sponding week of last season of 1,339 bales, and the stocks were 29,187 less than at the same time last year. The movements of cotton at the in terior towns show a falling off of 566 bales, and the stocks have decreased 12,622 bales as compared with last year. A calculation has been made of the number of persons the great cathedrals of the European continent will hold. St. Peter’s, at Rome, holds 54,000 peo ple; the Milan Cathedral holds 37,000; St. Paul’s, at Rome, holds 25,000; St. Sophia, at Constantinople, holds 23,000; Dame, at Paris, holds 21,000; the cathedral at Pisa holds 13,000, and San Marco, at Venice, holds 7,000, If M If all the world wen; deaf, my love, Excepting you am| roe, Each word I spoke L you, my love, A word-caress shoStd be. But now, it would n< I do, mv love, The world so sliar Jfcas grown, It hears a whisper— id it marks Tne slightest shat;; of tone: And you—another’s < re, my love, And I—am not my) wn. If all the world were: olind, my' love, Excepting y T ou anq ne, Close to my heart 1 clasp you. love, And kiss you tendfjly. But now, it would ; qi ao, my love, The world so shg M has grown That, verily, I think ’ ny love, It sees through wj) and and stone: And you—another’s;( re, my love, And I—am not my] >wn. i— NEW ADVERTL EMENT3. ■ —>? ALBEMARLE FEMA|E INSTITUTE. • charlottsvi;|le, va. 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Cos Ja NOTHING to try m it. Particulars Free. P. O. VICK Eli Tp CO.. Augusta. Me. aug!7-tuthsalm i- FAIRBANKS SCA|ES THE STANDARD! Also, Miles’ Alarnf Cash Drawer. * Coffoe and Drug Mills|Letter Presses, &c. Principal Scale |Warehouses: FAIRBANK)! Ac CO., 311 Bri.adway, N. Y. Fairbanks & Cos., 166 I allimore st., Balti more, Md.; Fairbanks I Cos., 53 Camp st., New Orleans; Fairbanls <fc C0.,93 Main st., Buffalo, N. Y.; Fairbanks & Cos., 338 Broad way. Albany, N. Y.; Fig . banks & Cos., 403 St. Paul’s st., Montreal Fairbanks <fc Cos., 34 King William st., L|ndon, Eng.; Fair banks, Brown & Cos., I Milk st., Boston. Mass.; Fairbanks & Evfng, Masonic Hall, Philadeldhia, Pa.; FaiiS anks, Morse & Cos., 11l Lake st., Chicago; l airbanks, Morse & Cos., 139 Walnut st., C icinnati, O.; Fair banks, Morse A Cos., 18x Superior st.*Cleve land, O.; Fairbanks, M rse & Cos., 48 Wood st., Pittsburgh; Fairb; iks, Morse & Cos., sth and Main sts., L ml vUle; Fairbanks & Cos., 302 and 304 Waehin [ton Av., St. Louis; Fairbanks A Hutchin n, San Francisco, Cal. For sale by leadi ' Hardware Deal ers. | jy4-satuth<fcc3m FOR S|ALE! A WINDLASS, witlta Brake attached, built by Mr. Geogge Cooper, of this city. Also, a Buggies PAI MR CUTTER, which cuts 26 inches wide. , gjl in good order. The above mention!] Machines will be sold CHEAP FOR CA>l|[. Apply at THIS OFFICE. jy!B-tf | THE GREAT GEORGIA STATE FAIR levs. The Annual Fair for 1875 of the Georgia State Agricultural Society will be held in Hi/L C O 3XT, C3r B Om At the Beautiful CENTRAL CITY PARK GROUNDS, BEGINNING MONDAY, OOT OBER 18. AND CONTINUING ONE WEEK. A large, varied and liberal Premium List covering all Departments of Industry, from which the following are extracts: Field Crop Department. For the best and largest display in merit and variety of sample products from the field, garden, orchard, dairy and apiary—the contribution of a single farm SIOO For the best six stalks of cotton—to become the property of the Society 50 For the best five bales, crop lot of short staple cotton, by one exhibitor l.>o For the best single bale of short staple 60 For the best single bale upland long staple 50 Horse Department. Best Thoroughbred Stallion SIOO Best Walking Horse 6C Best Saddle Horse or Mare £5 Best Single Buggy Horse or Mare 75 Best Combination Horse or Mare .. 100 Best Doub e Team, owned by one Exhibitor 100 Best Georgia Raised Mule 5J Best Mule, open to the world 50 Cattle Department. Best herd—one Bull and four Cows or Heifers—all to bo of one breed and owned exclusively by one exhibitor SIOO Best Milch Cow 50 Cow giving the Richest Milk 50 S4O and S2O for the Best Bull and Cow, respectively, of each of the following breeds: Alderney, Ayreshire, Devon and Durham. Best Sow and Pigs under six months old 50 Poultry Department. For best trio of each variety •••••• • 10 Best and largest display in merit and variety of Domestic Fowls, raised in Georgia.. 50 Best and largest display in merit and variety of same, open to the world 50 Best display of Pigeons 20 Best display of Rabbits 10 Horticultural Department. Best display of Garden Vegetables, grown by one person - $25 Home Industry Department. Best collection of Jellies. Preserves, Pickles, Jams, Catsups, Syrups and Cordials, made and exhibited by one lady SSO Best display of breads by one lady 25 Ornamental Needle Work. Best display in merit and varetv of Female Handicraft, embracing Needle Work, Embroidery, Crocheting, Knitting, etc., by one lady $ 50 Fine Art Department. Best Oil Tainting, (any subject) $ 25 Best Portrait Painting 20 Best Painting in Water Colors 20 Best display of Paintings and Drawings by one exhibitor 2j Best collection of Drawings by a girl under sixteen vears of age 25 Best display of Paintings and Drawings by the Pupils of one School or College.. -.. 50 Best display of Photographs Silver Medal and 25 Best display of Jewelry, Silverware, etc Silver Medal and 25 Merchants’ Displays. Best display of Dry Goods SJOO Best display of Fancy Groceries 10 J; Best display of Glassware and Crockery 50 Best display of Clothing 25 Best display of iviillinery 25 Special Premium for Granges. To the Grange in the State making the largest and finest display in merit and va riety, of Stock, Products, and results of Home Industries, all raised, produced or made by the members of that particular Grange $l5O THE ABOVE ARE BUT SPECIMENS of a comprehensive list of large MONEY Pre ra, THE BEST AND LARGEST LIVE STOCK slow ever held in the Stale or South. More and finer Horses. Mules, Cattle Sheep. Swine and Poultry than ever before exhibited. Parties wishing fine Stock, as a fine Harness or Saddle Horse, Milch Cow, Thoroughbred Bull, Trio of Chickens, etc., will find the occasion of this Fair a rare opportunity to SEVERAL EMINENT and representative men from the North and Northwest, have been invited to deliver addresses nt the Fair, and many distinguished visitors through out the whole country are expected. , „.. t, . . THE PUBLIC will be kept posted of the progress and developments of the Fair in future advertisements. „ . . , . SEND TO THE SECRETARY at Macon for Premium Lists, embracing a lull schedule of the Premiums, Rules, Regulations, etc., aud containing two engravings of the beau tlful and magniiicnt fair Grounds. A COLQDnT , Preslaent . T. G. HOD i , General Superintendent. jy4-sututliActoctlß MALCOLM JOHNSION, Secretary. KTfi) SAYINGS BANK, ISO. 233 BROAD STREET, Cash Capitol SIOO,OOO (with Stockholders Liability' 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 Groat Britain and Continental Europe in sums of £1 and upwards. 1 mh3o ' tf Attractions Extraordinary THE ILLUMINATED TEA-CHEST, Presented to the China Tea and Coffee Store TEAS, i EAS, TEAS. Samples Given Away. TTTE HAVE ALSO ERECTED A RE- W VOLVING PYRAMID, containing samples of the choicest Bottled Liquobs, put up expressly for those who are willing to pay for a strictly pure article. Call and soe us. Satisfaction guaranteed inalloo9eS - R. N. HOTCHKISS, Prop’r China Tea and Coffee Store, Red Gilt Front, opp. Fountain, jy2s-tf 143 Broad Street. NOTICE. mHIRTY DAYS after date I shall become X a PUBLIC or FREE TRADER, in ac cordance with provisions of Section 1760 of the Code of Gejrtfia. SABAH BXCH. I hereby consent to my wife becoming a Public or Free Trader. J. RICH. Augusta, Ga., August 6th, 1875. aug6- 30 NOTICE ! I HEREBY NOTIFY ALL PARTIES who have left in the hands of S. Cohen, and Henry Lewis, guns, pistols, watches and jewelry, to call for them in thirty days, if not the same will be sold for repairs, in the augl7-8 176 BROAD STREET. NOTICE. IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT I WILL open ray 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. auglß—wthsu GEORGE G. HULL, PROPRIETOR OF THE EXCELSIOR MILLS (Formerly Stovall’s Excelsior Mills), AUGUSTA, GA., MAEUFACTURES FLOUR in all grades. The old and well known EXCELSIOR BRANDS PRIDE OF AUGUSTA, GOLDEN SHEAF, EXTRA, LITTLE BEAUTY, Always on hand, and their well earned reputation will be faithfully maintained. CORN MEAL, CRACKED CORN, CRACKED WHEAT, GRAHAM FLOUR, MILL FEED, BRAN, Etc., Constantly made, and orders promptly tilled at the LOWEST RATES. je23tf STOCK PRIVILEGES. $lO. SIOO. SSOO. SIOOO. Often realizes immense profits when in vested in STOCK PRIVILEGES. Circulars containing full explanation of the mode of operating, and quotation prices of all Stocks dealt in, at the New York Stock Exchange, sent FREE on application to SIMONSON, BARREIRAS & CO., Bankers and Brokers, No. 6 Wall street, Opp. N. Y. Stock Exchange. New York. je!s-tuthsalv RYE AND BARLEY. SEED RYE and BARLEY, For SALE BY J. O. Mathewwn & Cos. aug2Q-3 INSIT R 'Em IN THAT MOST POPULAR SOUTHERN COMPANY, THE MOBILE LIFE INSURANCE CO. OF MOBILE, ALA. Organized, June, 1871. I Assets, - - - $500,000. Every loss sustained by this company has been promptly paid, without a day s delay. —| ! I j . U H O M I * T . Careful in the Selection PKOGRKHSIVE. OF ITS RISKS. —j j | j ONE OF THE FEW COMPANIES THAT INCREASED ITS POLICY HOLDERS During the Hard Times Last Year. INSURE IN THIS FAVORITE STERLING HOME COMPANY! W ANTED. Live, Active, Working, Energetic Business Men, iu every County in Georgia, as Agents for the MOBILE LIFE. Address, R. O. RANDALL, Cen. Agt. & Manager, jy!4-aw&cly ROME, GEORGIA. The Kilson Machine Comp’v, LOWELL, MASS., RICHARD KITSON, President, SAMUEL E. STOTT, Treasurer and Agent. BUILDERS OF PATENT COTTON OPENERS AND LAPPERS, WITH RECENT VALUABLE IMPROVE MENTS, SHODDY and WASTE MACHINES and RAO DUSTERS, NEEDLE-POINTED CARD-CLOTHINP, Etc., Etc. Kitson’s Patent Compound Opener Lapper. 111 IE 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 finished on a two-beater lapper, WITH KITSON’S PATEjNT EVEIVER Attached, and owing to recent improvements in this Evener, the laps when ready for the card, only varies one quarter of au ounce to the yard. The cost of picking by this system is only aboutone mill per pound on the cloth produced, and the picker house is safer from fire than the card room. .. ~ , _ jWThere is ah o a great saving of room and power over the old system. These Machines may be seen at the mills of tne Augusta I actory, Langley Manufac turing Company, and at the best mills at Lowell, Lawrence, tall River, Manchester, Lewiston, Providence, Richmond, Baltimore, etc., etc. The following are a tew among many testimonials whicn we nave received: AUGCSTA FACTORY, Augusta, Ga., July 5,1875. The Kitson Machine Company, Lowell, Mass.: Gentlemen : Wo have been running; your Compound Opener Lappers anclrinlsner Lanners. 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 unqualiheU en dorsemeat, and cordially recommend your Machines. p C0(JIN _ Superintendent . o OFFICE LANGLEY MANUFACTURING COMPANY, I Langley, S. 0., April 14, 1873. ) The Kitson Machine Company, Lowell, Mas3.: Gentlemen. 1 jrve been running your system of Compound Opener Lappero and Finisher Lappers, with Eveners, lor more than two vrars oart at. the Cotton Mill of tne Langlev Manufacturing Company, and I have found it to work the most satisfactory of any opening and picking arrangement I have ever seen, we have not 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 eentfin labor in this department is saved over the old system. One of the greatest con siderations with this arrangement is its secur ty against fire. . , . . Yours, Ac., M. F. FOSTER, Superintendent. OFFICE MASSACHUSETTS COTTON MILLS, {. Lowell, February 20, 1874. J The Kilson 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 been at work for ten years or more, and have al ways given us satisfaction, doing a large amount of work, doing it well, at a low cost for labor and repairs. In our ‘ Prescott Mill, where we have two Compound Opener Lappers, and four Fiuisher Lappers, we have averaged the past seven weeks 39,207 lbs. Cloth weekly. Yam averaging about No. 22. Cost one 14-100 mills (.00114) per lb. of cloth. We consider them a first class machine in all re spects. Yours very truly, _ _ , p F. F. BATTLES, Agent. MERRIMACK MANUFACTURING COMPANY, I Lowell, January 23,1874. ) The Kilson Machine Company, Lowell, Mass.: . Gentlemen : We have been using some of your Compound Opener Lappers anu Finisher Lappers, with Eveners, for nearly throe years, and at present are passing all our cotton through them. The machines have proved satisfactory, anu 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 EVeners; ordered at different times.) Send for a Catalogue to THE KITSON MACHINE CO VIPANY. SAMUEL E. STOTT. Treasurer, jy6-3m LOVELL, MASS. bLack IRON GRENADINE, SO CENTS, WORTH ONE ‘DOLLAR! The BEST IN THE WORLD FOR THE PRICE. JUST RECEIVED FROM AU'CITON, at JAMESJA. GRAY’S. __ j elO-tf . The Last Ten Bales OF THOSE DAMAGED SHEETINGS and DRILLS wili 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 tire at Langley, S. C., that will be offered in this marxet, and in ordor to p: event specula tors from getting hold of them, NO I MORE THAN FIVE PISCES will be sold to any one person. The price will be marked on each piece in plain figures, at the rate of about. $3.00 For $5.00 W ortli! 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. augl-tf “PURE SEED” “ RUST PROOF OATS.” PRICE $1.25 CASH. PER BUSHEL. Sown in August or September, the most cer tain crop raised—succeeding on the Sea coast, where no other oat ever matures seed, as well as on high'auds. Grown expressly for seed, and for sale by EDWARD BANCROFT. Athens, Ga. For sale by C. H. PHINIZY, & CO., aug!3-lm* Augusta, Ga. Z. W. CARWILE, JR., COMMISSION MERCHANT, AND GENERAL MERCHANDIZE BROKER, 124 Front Street, (near Wall), jel -tilsepl NEW YORK. To agents and others, male VJII V!■ and female, a SSO secret and beautifully illustrated 100- A fAf A [page Novelty Catalogue. R. W Y |F. Young & Cos., 29 Broad-, way. New York. jy29-iawiy