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THE CONSTITUTIONALIST
WEDNESDAY, August 25,1875.
The Wheat Crop—lts Importance—Sup
port of Home Institutions.
The New York Express has
densed and grouped together some
very interesting statistics of the mag
nitude and importance of the wheat
crop in this country. We learn that
the crop in 1870 was 287,736,626 bushels;
in 1871, 230,722,000; in 1872, 249,000,000;
in 1873, 281,372,000, and in 1874, 285,-
000,000; from which it appears that the
average crop and the basis of compari
son for the last five years preceding the
present has been 266,766,125 bushels.
The prospective yield of the present
season is elaborately figured out by
the Chicago Tribune. It says ; “Tak
ing into account the excess of acreage',
the crop under favorable conditions
should have been 300,000,000 bushels,
of which the Winter wheat would have
contributed 200,000,000 and the Spring
Wheat 100,000,000. But the rains have
considerably modified this prospect.
According to the Agricultural Bureau,
in July, wheat was then eighteen per
cent, below the average, and since that
•time rains and floods have occurred in
many of the grain-producing States,
so that the total crop of both Spring
and Winter wheat in 1875 will be re
duced to 212,000,000 bushels, to which,
when exportation is to be considered,
we must add a large balance to the
crop of 1874 still on hand.”
The general impression in well-in
formed circles is that the above esti
mate, if any tiling, falls below the mark.
The Agricultural Bureau usually ex
hibits much caution in its speculation
as to results, and the more so because
Western floods have operated upon its
conservative timidity. There will be a
handsome and even splendid yield in
the United States, and if the latest
foreign advices are to be credited, Eu
rope will largely demand any surplus
wo have on hand.
Asa collateral, and by no means in
significant, branch of this subject, we
are struck with the almost identical
prices of flour ruling in Eastern and
Western cities with the Southern rates.
Now, we are of opinion that our Au
gusta flour is better, or at all events
quite a§ good as that manufactured
abroad. If this be so, and few will
deny it; and if the quotations afe the
same or in our favor—why, in the name
of reason or patriotism, not to speak of
trade inducements, do Southern buyers,
especially country people, make their
purchases in St. Louis, Baltimore and
Chicago, when they have equal if not
superior inducements in Augusta and
other Southern cities where flour is
made? This is a subject worth con
sidering. If our farmers, for example,
really desire to keep money at home,
secure something like prosperity here,
and obtain many business advantages
besides, they should, in the language
of the tradesman’s advertisement, “Try
Augusta before going elsewhere.”
Grasshopper Gastronomy—Some Rea
sons for Eating the Locust Family.
A noted scientific man, Professor
Riley, prepared and read before a
learned society a treatise showing that
locusts or grasshoppers could, with
great propriety, be included among the
cheap and elegant accompaniments of
American dinner tables. He proposes,
in point of fact, that grasshopper on
or off toast shall become a regular edi
ble in this country, and that the people
of the West may have the satisfaction
of eating the pest that eats their crops,
on the same principle that a cannibal
devours fried missionary, because he
loves his fellow man. It is true that
an absurd prejudice, at present, stands
in the way of grasshopper diet, just as
men at some time or other disliked
oysters and tomato sauce. But, this
prejudice once removed, Prof. Riley
feels a moral and gastronomic convic
tion that men will learn to have an ap
petite for lucusts and grasshoppers,
just as impecunious Frenchmen have
become enormous consumers of horse
flesh. Read what the Professor says :
These insects are accounted among the
“clean meats” in Leviticus, and are else
where spoken of in the Bible as food for
man. Herodotus mentions a tribe of
Ethiopians that fed on locusts “ which
came from Southern and unknown dis
tricts.” Livingstone states that this is
still the case with many African tribes. In
Morocco, where locusts do damage every
year, they are used for food whenever
their increase seriously diminishes the
crops. The inseots are roasted and offered
for sale in the market at Tangiors, and in
other cities. Certain dark markings on the
under part of thß thorax of the female in
sects are regarded by the Jews of Morocco
as Hebrew characters, and are said to in
dicate that the female is “clean,” while
the male is unclean—hence the females are
principally offered for sale. The locust is
also used for food in Southern Russia.
Many American tribes of Indians, as is well
known, make use of locusts for food.
As to the method of cooking, the Romans
are said to have roasted them to a bright
golden yellow. Locusts of the Old World
are mostly large, and can be easily pre
pared by first detaching their legs and
wings, and then by roasting, boiling, broil
ing, frying or stewing. In Russia they are
salted and smoked; in Morocco they are
salted by the Hebrews, but' are ordinarily
boiled and then fried. The Hebrew popu
lation use the salted locusts as part of the
composition of a dish which contains al
most everything eatable, is put into the
oven on Friday night and taken out on the
Jewish Sabbath, so that a hot meal is pro
vided without committing the sin of light
ing a fire on the latter day.
Precedents abound to sustain the
learned Professor, and it may be that
when the Western people become as
civilized as the Romans and; Jews of
old, they will seek for these insects
with avidity. We dare say the time is
remote when such a fashion will pre
vail; but we do not despair of the final
accomplishment of Prof. Riley’s sug
gestions. When a delicious perfume,
by chemical action, can be extracted
from bed bugs, no good reason exists
why grasshoppers shall not take a
place of honor alongside of frogs’ legs
and other delicious, but repulsive, cu
linary articles.
Money Men. —And now comes
Mr. William A. Groesbeck, a politician
out of employment, who is prompt to
declare his hostility to Allen Democ
racy. Mr. Groesbeck is probably a
owner of U. S. bonds, and will
consent to bleed the people so long as
*hey will stand the drain.
Liberal Republicans—The Plain Truth
About Them.
Some of our Southern leaders, so
called, have been willing to go to great
lengths in order to secure the “Liberal
Republicans.” The New York Herald
and the Evening Post are letting the
cat out of the bag on this subject and
telling the truth about these soreheads,
whose junction with the Democracy is
supposed to be of the last importance.
We learn from these authorities that
“there has never been* a Liberal Re
publican Party in New York worthy of
serious consideration. The issue upon
which the leaders of that organization
retired from the Republican Party was
purely selfish. The first indication of
difference was when in the distribution
of Government patronage the Liberal
Republicans were overlooked by the
President. So long as President Grant
was swayed by the counsels of one of
the Senators from New York and made
appointments to satisfy his personal
sense or party duty, there was no ques
tion of Liberal secession. As soon as the
President changed his mind, and in
doing so changed the personnel of
several of the Federal officers, we had
the formation of what grew to be a
noisy, ambitious, but never a very suc
cessful organization. Therefore, if the
Democrats have given the Liberal Re
publicans but little, it is because they
deemed them of indifferent conse
quence. For the last two years the
only value of the Liberal party as an
organization has been to dicker with
the Republicans and Democrats for
terms. * * * The politicians who
have kept the skeleton before the
public, rattling it about from commit
tee to convention and from convention
back to committee, have done so solely
that they might by the occasional ap
parition frighten one or the other
into making terms with them. They
succeeded for a time with the Demo
crats, and the price they secured at
the last election has been regarded as
extravagant. But the Democrats seem
to have had enough of it, and it is pro
bable that the Liberal politicians will
disposo of their skeleton to the Repub
licans. It is scarcely Wv.rth buying,
either for its voting capacity or as a
curiosity.”
That any Southern • “leader,” so
called, should go into huckstering with
a corporal’s guard of noisy and
venal demagogues, is simply farci
cal. There will be plenty of Republi
cans to vote for the Democracy, under
certain circumstances, but they are not
to be caught by mere lip-service. They
will be guided chiefly by the damage
sustained to their business from Radi
cal misrule. The floating voters of the
country will decide its destiny in 1876-
men who have little care about politi
cal distinctions, but great concern for
the prosperity of their trade. The
Liberal Republicans of the Murat
Halstead school are penetrated with a
single idea, and that is the forcing of
their detestable principles upon the
Democratic party, accompanied with a
ravenous claim for the spoils of office.
Such men hang like dead-weights upon
the neck of any organization, and their
room is better than their company.
The KeeLy Motor.— The wonderful
Kelly motor is being quietly pushed
to completion. The Philadelphia pa
pers state that a stationary engine will
bo completed within three or four
weeks, when a private exhibition will
be given to members of the press at
Mr. Keely’s residence. The machine,
it is reported, is now under perfect
control; that while an immense power
can be generated in an instant, yet
such improvements have been made as
to allow the engineer to so manipulate
it as to reduce the pressure from 15,-
000 pounds to the square inch down to
zero. An engine for railroad purposes
is also being made. The gauge to be
used on the apparatus has been com
pleted, and will be on exhibition in
Philadelphia in a few days. It reg
isters as high as 54,000 pounds pres
sure. It is stated on the same author
ity that the control of the patent will
not be vested in a stock company.
Shares have been sold by Mr. Keely
to parties who advanced him money to
finish his work and secure the patent
right, and the shares almost imme
diately afterward were disposed of to
other parties at a great profit.
Parallels. — The Philadelphia Times
takes its Troy namesake to task for
expecting the South to bo patient un
der exactions. Recommending the
Troy editor to read up in English
history, it says: “It took England and
Scotland fifty-seven years to become
reconciled to the bloodless revolution
which brought in the family of which
Queen Victoria is the present repre
sentative. Yet all the Southern peo
ple are expected to be completely re
conciled and in a lamb-like state of
submission after four years of war, fol
lowed by ten years of the most terri
ble misgovernment that civilized his
tory has ever recorded. Determined
fault-finders would be satisfied with
nothing short of impossibilities.”
Centennial.— And now comes Lucy
Stone, who writes to Mr. Loring, ask
ing that the President of the United
States shall, on the 4th of July, 1876,
conduct Lucretia Mott, Lydia M.
Child and Frances D. Gage upon the
Centennial platform under a black flag,
commemorating the fact that women
are ranked with idiots, felons and ig
norant men. We dare say Grant
would rather stay at the White House
than mount the platform with those
old crowing hens.
Persistent. —We learn that Mr. Jef
ferson Davis has accepted an invita
tion to deliver an address at the Knox
county, Illinois, agricultural fair next
•month. The Courier-Journal says
Galesburg, the county seat, is an old
anti-slavery stronghold, but the people
as yet do not seem to coincide with
their neighbors of Winnebago county
in their anti-DAVis sentiments.
Grain. —ln spite of grasshoppers and
other pests, Minnesota will harvest
32,000,000 bushels of grain. The St.
Paul Pioneer-Press estimates that of
this crop 25,000,000 bushels will be for
sale, and that it will bring to the State
over $23,000,000 or more than twice as
much as was obtained for the crop of
1874.
PERSONAL.
The thousandth child answering to the
description of Charlie Ross has been dis
covered at Schuyler’s Falls, near Platburg.
He is with a colored family.
The reason Sambo doesn’t “insurrect”
better in Georgia is that probably the
bloody shirt has not been well sent round,
and the whites have not been so cruel as a
well conducted population should be.—[New
York Herald.
Ex-Senator E. G. Ross, of Kansas, is now
foreman of the Lawrence Journal compos
ing room, and in very reduced circum
stances. He has written an account of the
impeachment trial of Andrew Johnson for
the Hannibal (Mo.). Clipper.
The blew York press are loud in their
abuse of the Tail-tower youth because his
Tribune building has a bar-room on the
lower floor. Why, bless their New York
souls, we have the same on our ground
fiat, and yet preserve our sobriety and
moral temperature.
Kate Field, who is writing letters for
the Courier-Journal, in her last letter to that
paper begins a paragraph thus: “Dear,
kind Lady Franklin has at last gone to join
her husband in regions that are not Arctic.”
This is a grave reflection on the “dear kind
lady,” though some people may regard it
as an over-warm compliment.
Mrs. Hicks, of Rome, Ind., does consider
able damage with her pistol to the Romans.
Three weeks ago she shot Mr. Sutton in the
leg; now she has fatally wounded Mr. Ken
ny in the head. Mr. Kenny, who was in
toxicated but inoffensive, was “passing
from a saloon to her house by an alley;”
hence she will try and prove an alibi.
This is the way they read the Governor’s
speeches in the irreverent town of Buffalo:
“In such a grave crisis as this now impend
ing in the State of New YorK,” says Gov
ernor Tilden, with beautiful self-abnega
tion, “mere party considerations disappear.
Let us rise above patties, my friends, and
especially let me rise above parties. Let
me rise, I say, and in the name of canal re
form (and gammon) don’t stop me until I
give the word. For lam the people’s only
friend and my name is ‘Sham Tilden’ ”
(Movement.)
There is something in the suggestion of
the Chicago Iribune that Jay Gould’s ac
cession to the Western Union Telegraph
Company will give new strength and ad
vocacy to the scheme of the Government
telegraph system. It will be a real addi
tion to Gardiner Hubbard’s stock-in-trade.
No man in America is perhaps so deeply
distrusted by the country as Mr. Gould,
and with reason. There is no limit to the
measure of his ambition, as there is, ap
parently, no hesitation to use his power to
amass private fortune at the expenso of the
public interest.—[Springfield Republican.
The Washington Republican is remarka
ble for courteous conduct and polite lan
guage. Speaking of ex-Senator Doolittle,
who is to be the orator at the Winnebago
Fair, instead of Jeff Davis, that high-toned
advocate of Grant and pensioner upon the
Government says: “It is probable, how
ever, that what Doolittle knows about
farming will not prove to be very instruct
ive, because, if reports are true, his knowl
edge in that regard is limited to observa
tion in stealing cotton from the Govern
ment. Nevertheless, as a cotton thief and
apolitical renegade and deserter, he will
prove to be a worthy substitute for Jeff
Davis.”
Mr. Samuel Wagner, a colored preacher,
is trying to reform the morals of Virginia
City, Nev. On a recent Sunday evening,
when a crowd was returning from a foot
race, he went out into the street, ringing a
bell to attract attention, and said in a
solemn voice: “Dare’s divine worship dis
even’ at 7 o’clock. Hear ye! hear ye! Ye’s
been upon dis cost for years, follered yer
vanities and yer sins, an’ neber prayed a
prayer since yer come har; and ye knows
very well yer souls am in danger, dat yer
never kin be saved until yer borned agin,
for what did Nickademus say?” The an
nouncement is said to have been successful.
Mr. Beecher spends his time at the
White Mountain House between bowling,
croquet playing, morning prayers and
preaching on Sundays. Here is an anec
dote of himself told by himself: “Once
upon a time” a clergyman visited him, and
insulted him and his wife in his own par
lor. In an instant he (Mr. Beecher) arose,
grasped the clergyman by the baen of the
neck, shoved him to the front door and
kicked him out of it. The man’s face as he
unexpectedly found himself in M r. Beecher’s
grasp, and his look of terror, as he was
about being pitched down the front steps,
were so ludicrous that, as Mr. Beecher re
turned to the parlor, his anger vanished,
and the whole affair seemed so ludicrous
that he “rolled upon the floor like jelly,
and laughed till he almost cried.”
POLITICAL NOTES.
So far only twenty-seven deaths are re
ported as tho result of the Williamson
county, Illinois, “Vendetta,” but there are
several back townships to hear from.
Where’s Sheridan!— [Boston Post.
A correspondent writes: “Allen’s faith
that lie is to be the next President is simple
and touching. When one of his familiars,
in the style of a true courtier, said to him,
‘Governor, you will be the next Democratic
candidate for President,’ he replied, ‘Well,
by —-, sir, it would be just my luck to bo
elected.’ ”
It is announced that ex-Senator Doolit
tle, of Wisconsin, has been chosen to de
liver the address at the Winnebago County
Fair, in Illinois, Hon. Jefferson Davis
having declined. Tho Radicals who raised
the clamor against Mr. Davis really hate
Mr. Doolittle about as bad, but as he
was conspicuously “ loyal ” during the
war, they will have to swallow their rage.
The Republicans in Mississippi have split
on the color lino, and have two candidates
running against Mr. Lamar—a white man
and a black man. The Democrats on the
other hand
“Have found, with keen, discriminating
sight.
Black’s not so black, nor white so very
white,”
That is, for political uses.—[Capital.
In tho colored convention at Richmond
last Friday, a resolution was adopted peti
tioning the Legislature against the pro
posed amendment to the constitution dis
franchising a person convicted of petit
larceny. The interests of colored humani
ty demand this concession. “Happiness,”
says Rochefoucauld, “lies in the taste,
not in the things. It is from having what
we desire that we are happy, not from
having what others think desirable.”
Therefore let the man and brother go to
the hen-coop without restraint: let him
steal his neighbor’s chickens by night and
vote the Republican ticket by day. Why
not?
White Sulphur Springs editorial corres
pondence of the Washington Capital:
Among the many distinguished guests at
the White Sulphur is Gen. Toombs. We
have never met a man who possessed so
much of that indefinable attractiveness
which we endeavor to describe by the term
personal magnetism, There is something
very fascinating about this type of the un
reconstructed, a frankness of manner,
boldness of utterance and originality of
thought and expression which enchain the
listener. * You forget his political unortho
doxy, you forget how peculiarly he is an
object for a sixteenth amendment, or of
special missionary work, or of a day of
fasting and prayer throughout the politico
religious churches of the land, and feel that
you are in the presence of a man who has
been always a leader among men, a man
bigoted as John Knox as' to his faith, and
in all other respects as generous and broad
minded as the Halifax who never deserted
a sinking cause.
THE FRENCH jfIMY.
Exaggerated Accounts l| its Efficien
cy—Wliy France Keeps! |the Peace.
The August number ||f Blackwood
contains an article upofg the French
army which is calculate?!#© create a
sensation in France, thaiiio little sur
prise generally. It i3 dirUitly contrary
to the statements whi;* have been
everywhere published, at;f France was
universally believed to be ifjgain making
herself so formidable as ifco indirectly
threaten the tranquilityJf Europe.—
Victorious Germany, Jmed at all
points and entrenched behind her dou
ble line of fortresses, might have to
commit herself any daj|yto a war of
self defense against the )>wer she had
dismembered and impoverished. With
such an army as we were taught to be
lieve reconstructed Fran< \ might count
upon, when some prelimi £ary arrange
ments were completed, might con
tract alliances with any l owers which
might share its dislike %|> German as
cendancy. If the writet& u Blackwood
can be relied upon, tffese popular
notions of the State of. the French
army are as far fro \ reality as
can well be imagii Pd. Accord
ing to him, and in sp |e of the se
vere schooling they have deceived, the
Frendh have learned thei \ lesson most
imperfectly. They are |j wedded as
ever to old ways, and we | the war to
recommence to-morrow £ they would
break down at the sarm The
Central Bureau, with th |r paralyzing
influence, are paramour |as ever, and
nothing whatever Las I *?en changed
either in the staff corps < § the Intend
ance. In brief, the so n|,ich vaunted
“gradual improvement” lfeia resulted In
the apparently steadily fettling back
of things into the old fe ooves. Now
as to some of the facts a|<i figures as
stated by Blackwood : Li e law of or
ganization, which imitate? |±he Germans
In creating corps d'armet > complete in
their several parts, pron |ses to work
well, but only so far as it for in
stead of being drawn f |m a district,
so that at the first nob alarm tb >
men would find themselvt inclose to their
colors, the corps is recru fed promiscu
ously from all the depari grants, and a
sudden summons would [fed to a gen
eral scramble. By the >,ri des Cadres
the standing army wfe nominally
swelled by one hundred , id sixty bat
talions, and this menacing augmenta
tion was made the moi |of at Berlin.
In fact the effect of the 1; has been to
suppress 480 companies, fed the result
a loss of 120,000 men insl fed of a gain
of 160,000. The budget [ takes credit
for 425,000 men under ar |s, but “there
are abundant proofs tha • these figures
are fictitious and imagii: fey ;” all de
ductions made, the wri pr sets down
the strength in France i id Algeria at
something like a quarter : ? a million of
combatants. Then as to The indispen
sable materiel of war : V \ are told that
the authorities have hith [to been mak
ing shift with “ prov feonal ” field
pieces, the defects and inferiority of
which have been admi fed, and they
have iust come to a tai fe decision on
a better model, which \ 4s shown for
the first time at a revie }• in June last.
As for their rifles, their §aw/usii Gras
is a good one, but at the present rate of
manufacture it will be feir years bo
fore the necessary numb f is provided.
In purely defeusive matt t of fortifica
tions, more satisfactory -progress has
been made.
An artificial frontier if being created
to replace the lost one, rut the exten
sive works which this i febraces must
necessarily be a labor of I? ears, and in
the meanwhile the countil 4 has only ad
mitted its vulnerability. [Much more is
related, going to show t! | general ab
sence of method—thatth .war direction
is supine or indifferent wfere it has not
been positively obstructive. Nor, it is
remarked, has studied 11. gleet in par
ticular departments beei^ compensated
by intelligent preparation in others.
This, it may be suppose! is quite bad
enough, but, the writer af? is, there is a
growing sense of discoid,ent, profes
sional jealousies and a pant of confi
dence in the chiefs, the s|item and the
army which must be esjfc daily unfor
tunate in its effects on ilfeops so emo
tional as the French. t:
In commenting upon tie article the
London Times is dispcpjd to think
that it contains interna! evidence to
substantiate its general ffecuracy, and
remarks that if the naiifeitive is eveD
approximately faithful, Iff shows not
merely that the French ullUtary prepa
rations are far less advarf|?d than was
supposed, but that they i:V 1 being made
on mistaken principles, a|. | that then
much vauuted military r<|.|aneration is,
in a great measure, a delusion, “We
must conclude, too, that ffe apprehen
sions of the Prussian vsffe party had
even less reason than t,h<| feost skepti
cal imagined, for there ca be no ques
tion that they are at le;j.fe, as well in
formed at Berlin as the writer of the
article in Blackwood. T ANARUS! we ask why
French journalists have b |n silent and
left it to an Englishman I speak out,
we are reminded that .' fence is in a
state of siege, and awkw |d indiscre
tions involve severe penaii|3S.”
GERDEMANbfe
What They Think of Hjja& Out West.
We notice the ex-Roiv&ja Catholic,
Gerdemann, is not provi|uj successful
as a lecturer against his fqfeaer church,
and his announced lectuife are with
drawn. This Gerdemannlfe the person
who left the Romish Chulcfe of Phila
delphia under suspicious! feircumstan
ces, and until his record proved to
be clear of embezzlement !<• had better
not abuse his old friends, jfeome week
or more since a newspaper? abstract of
Gerdemann’s lecture agafpst Roman
ism, delivered in Philadelphia, was sent
to us with request to publjfei. We had
already seen the abstract! ip our ex
changes, but had no and: position to
publish it. It looked to u>- as evident
on its face that the man tjfei what was
not true, for wholesale prharges of
crime and immorality agetfest Romish
bishops and priests in feds county,
coming from a man who -rs just left
that church, will not bo* received as
true by sensible people. |
But more than that, on $ .oral prin
ciples we would not publish the article,
as we take no stock in de&Lters, seco
ders or renegades, turned, reformera
We have no faith In ex-Catf die priests
or escaped nuns, or secedid wives of
Brigham Young, or reformt|i blacklegs,
or reformed drunkards, wR go about
exhibiting themselves f- brands
snatched from the burnir%, and who
advertise to expose the cri|aes of their
former bosom friends. If Sit be true,
what they say of their fon||er associa
tions, it becomes them to|j>e exceed
ingly modest, and in privap to repent
them of their sins, and noipto parade
their former rascalities tg a gaping
crowd. Even the politieianpvho aban
dons his party associated laud goes
over to the enemy, looks letter in a
back seat than in a front! fone. And
surely one of these reformMi culprits
had better not turn saint j.'titil he or
she has done penance a wifle for the
sins they have lately beeniiconvicted
of.—[Cleveland Heraid. I
They have a pretty way d| relieving
the sufferers by the floods |i France.
Instead of sending unpoetice pork and
flour, the big-hearted phiß ithropiets
write letters of condolence t- the news
papers.
When a Massachusetts nam walked
seventeen miles to see a mai f'luug, and
the prisoner was respited, tlfi disgust
ed traveler sat down in a fej ce corner
and hoarsely inquired if thf. country
was drifting back to barbarifn.
SPECIAL NOTICES.
THE BOARD OF HEALTH,
Ordinary’s Office, Richmond County, )
Augusta, Ga.. August 21, 1878. )
THE FOLLOWING TWO SECTIONS OF
the law creating the “Board ol Health of the
State of Georgia” is published for the infor
mation of all parties concerned •
Sec. 11. Be it further enacted, That all Phy
sicians in the practice of Medicine in this
State shall be required, under penalt/ 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.
ll 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 den’l Insurance Agent.
~ DR. FALKS
WILL BE ABSENT FROM THE CITY FOR
six weeks. Due 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.
aug!4-eodim 205 Broad Street.
fllT MAGNOLIA fMMR ROUTE.
PORT ROYAL RAILROAD, j
Office General Passenger Agent,
Augusta Ga m Aug. G, 1875. )
ROUND TRIP TICKETS !
40 AUGUSTA to CHARLES- dfi JA
SJ.4U TON and RETURN.
ON AND AFTER THIS DATE ROUND
TRIP TICKETS will be sold, via Yemasee
from Augusta to Charleston, for $5.40, good
until October Ist, 1875.
DAILY SCHEDULE.
Leave Augusta 8:00 a.m.
Arrive at Charleston 4:15 p. m.
Leave Charleston 8:ioa. 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.
Tickeis on sale at Planters’Hotel and Ticket
Office, Union Depot.
T. S. DAVANT,
aug6-lm General Passenger A-ent.
EDUCATIONAL.
SELECT .SCHOOL.
Mrs. WM. C. DERRY’S Seloct School for
girls will be reopened on Monday, Septem
ber 20th 1875, Rates of Tuition, $lO, $8 and
SG, per Term of eleven weeks.
aug2sw&stilsept2o
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 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. For
particulars, send for catalogue.
J. N. BRADSHAW,
President.
Covington, Ga., Aug. 6, 1875.
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St. J ohm’s.
A Select 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 first-class educational
opportunities, will please address
Rev. GEO. LEW IS 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 SCHOOL.
MONS. BERGER, Professional Teacher.
informs the Ladies and Gontlem'-n of
Augusta that he will open a First-Class
DANCING SCHOOL at the Masonic Hall
Ho wi l be there on Thursday, the 24th
Juno, from 4 to 6 o’clock, to receive pupils.
Mons. 8., being an Artist, teaches what is
really Dancing. He teaches 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 well known,
and can give the best reference here and in
Charleston.
For circulars, etc., apply at A. Pbontatjt
& Soil je2Q-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 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 30 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
rates. jyl-tf
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.
BARGAINS IN NEW GOODS
AT THE
ONE PRICE HOUSE,
HENEY A. L. BALK. 172 Brood st. Cm
brellas, Corsets, Ribbons, bea Island,
Bleached Shiritings, Checks, Stripes, Jeans,
White Dress Goods. Prices very low at
Wholesale and Retail. Coats’ best Machine
Thread all Nos 70c. per dozen.
HENRY L. A. BALK,
aug2s-l* 172 Broad street.
NEW FALL GOODS!
NEW FALL GOODS!
—AT—
The Fredericksburg Store.
WE ARE NOW RECEIVING our Stock
of Fall and Winter DRY GOODS,
and which will soon be complete in every
department. We now have in stock choice
styles of new Calicoes at 8 and 10c.;
Black Alpacas at 25, 35, 40, 45, 50, 60, 65, 75,
85, $1 and $1.25 to $1.50; Black Mohairs
from 45c. to $1.50; Black Cashmeres, Hen
riettas and Bombazines from 75e. to $1.50;
Beautiful Colored Dress Goods from 25 to
75c.; Kentucky Jeans at 15, 20, 25, 35, 40, 45
and 50c.; Tweeds and Oassimeres at 50, 60,
75, 850. and $1 to $1.50; Kerseys and Sati
nets from 40 to 75c.; New York Mills and
Wamsutta Bleached Cottons at 15c.; Fruit
of the Loom and Londsdale do. at 12%c.;
other makes of Bleached Cotton at lower
prices.
Purchasers will do well to examine our
stock, and we particularly wish them to
notice the superior black and finish of our
Alpacas, Mohairs, Cashmeres and Bomba
zines.
To those of our country friends who can
not pay us a visit wo will, upon application,
send them samples of any Goods we keep
that can be sampled. Also, a Price List of
all the leading articles we keep.
We are agents for the celebrated Domes
tic Paper Fashions, and will, upon applica
tion, send Catalogue with Prices and De
signs, and upon receipt of the price of 'any
Pattern, will forward same by mail or
otherwise.
Country merchants who buy close for
cash, or city acceptance, will do well to ex
amine our wholesale stock, and we respect
iully invite them to do so.
V. RICHARDS & BRO.,
Corner by the Planters’ Hotel,
301 Broad street.
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NOTICE.
State Board of Health.
Augusta, 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. CAMPBELL, M. D.,
Health Commissioner for the Eighth Dis
trict of Georgia.
OFFICE STATE BOARD OF HEALTH, I
Atlanta, Ga., August 16, 1875. )
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 roquired by law;
the returns to the Ordinary to date from
the Ist of August, and the returns from the
Oidinary to the Secretary of the Board to
commence the Ist of September.
V. H. TALIAFERRO, M. D.,
aug22-3 Secretary of the Board.
P. of H.
THE SEMI-ANNUAL MEETING OF
the Savannah River Valley Association
P. of H. will be held in AUGUSTA, Au
gust 25th, at Girarqley’s Opera House, at 10
o’clock, A. M. All Granges not members
who sympathize with us are cordially in
vited to send delegates. A full attend
ance is desired as this meeting is very im
portant.
EDWARD A. CARTER,
augl-taug2s Secretary.
Attractions Extraordinary
THE ILLUMINATED TEA-CHEST,
Presented to the
China Tea and Coffee Store
TEAS. TEAS. TEAS.
Samples Given Away.
\\TE 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 see us. Satisfaction guaranteed
In all cases.
R. N. HOTCHKISS,
Prop’r China Tea and Coffee Store,
Red Gilt Front, opp. Fountain,
jy2s-tf 143 Broad Street.
GEORGE G. HULL,
PROPRIETOR OF THE
EXCELSIOR MILLS
(Formerly Stovall’s Excelsior Mills),
AUGUSTA, GA.,
MAFUFACTURES 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.
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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 Yobk.
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TURNIP SEED!
TURNIP SEED, TURNIP SEED,
OF EVERY VARIETY and of the same
reliable quality that has always given
satisfaction. Call before you purchase at
our Drug Store, where you can also be 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 & 00,
jy23-frsuwclm 288 Broad street.
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. __
!PLANTERS
We are general agents for the
PRIDGEON COTTON PRESS.
Which is highly recommended for its simplicity and very moderate cost, 3125
complete.
Planters in need of a PRESS should examine this new invention.
SIBLEY & WHELESS,
COTTON FACTORS, AUCUSTA, CA.
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ISCOTTS IMPROVED COTTON Tit
OOTTOIV FACTORS, AGENTS,
AUGUSTA, GEORGIA.
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TALL OPENING, 1875!
_o
ARMSTRONG, CATOR Sc CO.,
337 and. 33D Baltimore Street,
BALTIMORE, MD.,
,ul Manufacturers !
WILL OPEN WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 25th, 1875, FRENCH PATTERN BONNETS,
Fine French Flowers, Fancy and Ostrich Feathers, together with full lines of
Ribbons, Velvets, t>ilks, and all the late Paris Novelties. The trade is invited. Will
receive weekly during the season, all the late styles in MILLINERY’FURNISHING
GOODS. Orders solicited. aug2l lw
THE Gr¥aT SUMMER ROUTE NORTH,
VIA
AUGUSTA, WILMINGTON. PORTSMOUTH,
AND
The Magnifiicent 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 IS A A' 1 BELL, 1,600 Tons Capt. BLAKEMAN, Monday.
Steamship WYANOKE, 2,040 Tons Capt. COUCH, Wednesday.
Steamship OLD DOMINION, 2 240 Tons. Capt. WALKER, Saturday.
And upon the 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 qi North-Bound Travelers as the
most pleasant Excursion Route to New York, arid 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. H. 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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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 !r*. IVI..
AND FROM WILMINGTON Wednesday and Saturday.
NEW YORK,
CLYDE’S WILMINGTON LINE,
SAILING FROM NEW YORK
Tuesday and Friday, at 3 P. M., and from Wil
mington Wednesday and Saturday,
/JIVING through Bills of Lading to all points in North and South Carolina
U and Alabama. For North or East bound Freight, to Baltimore New V’l.'rl
adelpliia, Boston, Providence, Fall River, and other Eastern cities AlsoNo Lirarn™ l
Glasgow, Bremen, Antwerp, and other European points. ’ ij ‘ Vol l'ool-
These Lines connect at Wilmington with the Wilmington Columbia and
Railroad: connecting at Columbia, S. 0.. with tho Greenville and Colunfbia U lLa?£ U ,??
and Charlotte, Columbia and Augusta liailroad. Columbia Rail Road,
At Augusta, Ga., with tho Georgia, Macon and Augusta, and Central w.,11,. i
with their connecting roads, offer unequaled facilities for the nr on! nr , lci ß '? 8 * an< J
Freight to all points. The Steamers of these Lines, on arrival in L UmuLoL. ‘ v ? r y °!
Railroad Depot, the Freight transferred under covered shods to Cai! wuimm S ,n at
and forwarded by the Fast Freight Express that evening. uaia WitUout delay,
No drayage in Wilmington, and no transfer from Wilmington South
an teed as low as by any other route. Losses or Overcharge:} promoUvnai j ® ruar “
Mark all Goods “ VIA WILMINGTON LINES.” V
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. O
E. K. BURGESS, Agent W. C. & A. Railroad, 263 Broadway, Now York
JOHN JENKINS, Agent, Augusta, Ga.
A. POPE,
novs Gen’l Freight Agent, Wilmington. N. 0.. and 263 Broadway. New York
FOR SALE!
A WINDLASS, with a Brake attached,
built by Mr. George Cooper, of this
Also, a Ruggles PAPER CUTTER, which
cuts 26 inches wide. All in good order.
The above mentioned Machines will be
sold CHEAP FOR CASH. Apply at
THIS OFFICE.
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Pay your State, County and
School Taxes.
THE TAX DIGEST for 1875 has been
placed mmy hands for collection. Mv
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 'lax, had best
come forward and settle.
To „ n ~ /OHN A. BOHLER,
augls-Md X ec^or Richmond County,