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THE CONSTITUTIONALIST
WEDNESDAY, August 25,18757^
CURRENT TOPICS.
The Insurrection Law of Georgia.
By the Code of Georgia the negroes who
raised the recent revolt have committed a
•rime for which they deserve death. Gov.
Smith intimated in his speech at the Au
gusta Hotel the other night that he did not
intend to pardon any of them if lawfully
convicted. Whilst the ringleaders should
be punished, we do not believe thata whole
sale hanging is at all necessary for the
future peace and repose of the State, and
therefore hope that the jails will soon be
m ptieu and their inmates sent back to the
cotton patches. We have no idea that those
ignorant creatures really knew what they
were doing, or what “Gen. Mokris and
Staff ” were after. Darkey-like they joined
the procession, the company, following the
drum and tile without knowing or stopping
to inquire what it was all about. It was
not the case, however, with the captains
and lieutenants of the crowd. They per
fectly well understood what a massacre
meant, and confess that in this case it
was for the purpose of robbing and taking
possession of the property of the whites.
The Code of Georgia provides as follows,
in reference to the offense of insurrection:
Code, section 4315. Insurrections shill
consist in any combined resistance to the
lawful authority of the State, with intent
to the denial thereof, when the same is
manifested, or intended to be manifested,
by acts of violence.
Sec. 4316. Any attempt by persuasion, or
otherwise, to iuduce others to join in any
combined resistance to the lawful authori
ty of the State shall constitute an attempt
to incite insurrection.
S c. 4317. Any person convicted of the
offense of insurrection, or an attempt to
incite insurrection, shall be punished with
death, or, if the jury lecommeud to mercy,
confinement in tne penitentiary for a term
not less than five nor more than twenty
years.
Our feeling towards the poor dupes of
Morris is one of pity. They little dreamed
that in raising an insurrection they would
first be met by the whqle power and force
of the State of Georgia, and if that was not
strong enough to put them down, the army
of the United States would have marched,
not to th irs, but to the assistance of the
white people. Their idea was that the
United States would help them in their un
dertaking. The sooner these creatures are
disabused of such nonsense the better for
them and the country at large.
The Geox-gia Crops.
The Augusta correspondent of the Courier-
Journal, who must have got his data from
some gorgeous cabbage patch in his garden,
writes that paper as follows: “And just
here I would remark that the prospects for
Georgia crops not yet matured have not
been better in ten years.” There is nothing
outside of Stevenson's cabbage patch to
justify such uu opinion as this; but we do
nope and trust that the yield of that patch
will exceed anything which has ever been
seen in Georgia for the past ten years.—
1 Macon Telegraph.
That cabbage patch will about go as far
as a bundle of toothpicks in a famine. It
was getting along very well until a bull
yearling calf unlocked the gate, and in half
an hour there wasn’t enough cabbages in
it to furnish a respectable mess of krout
for a Dutch grasshopper.
“ Negroes Slaughtered by the Hun
dred.”
The Radical press are doing their best to
turn the Georgia insurrection to account
to help their party in some way. Nobody
has yet had the audacity to telegraph ‘ the
slaughter of negroes by the hundred.” In
the absence of this telegram they fall back
upon the horrible suggestion that tliey no
doubt will be killed by the hundred before
the oxeitement is over. Well, gentlemen,
the excitement is now entirely over, the
whole matter in the quiet and honorable
Courts of Georgia,’ where your friend
Morris, if caught, and his following, will
iiave fair trials, the main witnesses against
them being members of the rebellion. You
may hear, in a few months, of a few quiet
hangings, but depend upon it there will be
no slaughter by the hundred, much to your
disappointment and vexation.
Sunday Cotton.
Aiken, August 23,1875.
11. Stevenson, Augusta, Ga.:
Dear Sir : I looked in vain in your Sun
day’s paper for the New York cotton mar
ket, both spots and futures, and if you don’t
accuse a poor devil of “wanting the paper
run his ,own way,” I suggest more of the
markets and less of negro riots. When a
man is in the country your paper is eagerly
sought and read, and an omission like that
to a cotton man is a disappointment. I
rode live miles to the train for that paper.
(No Signature.)
We advise our irate South Carolina cus
tomer to let such carnal matters as cotton
alone on Sunday. He no doubt spends his
time that day alternating between a jug
and studying the cotton market, consider
ing them both horses in a ditch which he is
bound to pull out. He carefully prepares
ditches on Saturday for horses to fall into
on Sunday, making them broad and deep
enough to ditch whole droves. Some of
these days Col. Gabriel will blow for him
to come to the Judge’s stand and find him
mounted on a bob-tailed pony% ring-boned,
spavined and hip-shotten.
Cutting Cold Steel Witli Soft Iron.
The invention of Mr. Jacob Reese, of
Hll3 city, for cutting bars of hardened
steel, has already been noticed in these
columns. On Saturday last, Prof. R. S.
Hedrock read before the American As
sociation for the Advancement of Sci
ence, in session at Detroit, an essay
on “The Requisite Amount of Simple
Friction of Soft Iron against Cold Steel
to Melt it.” He said the development
f heat by friction has been long known.
For some time it has also been known
that the operations of rubbing and
rolling had the effect of changing
the molecular structure of iron and
steel. These operations will toughen
and compact cold iron, and will harden
and condense steel. Some time since
Mr. Jacob Reese, of Pittsburg, Penn
sylvania, had occasion to construct a
machine for cutting tyirs of cold-hard
ened steel. For this purpose he mount
ed a disc of about forty-two inches in
diameter, made of soft wrought iron
upon a horizontal axis, so as to be ro
tated with great velocity. With any
moderate speed no cutting was pro
duced. But on giving the disc such
a speed of rotation as to cause the
periphery of the disc to move a ve
locity of 25,000 feet per minute
(nearly five miles) the steel was ra
pidly cut, especially when the bar to
be cut was slowly rotated against the
disc. Sparks in a steady stream were
thrown off. At first it was supposed
that the steel was simply rubbed or
ground off. But-on examining the pile
of accumulated particles beneath the
machine they were found to be welded
together in the shape of a long cone,
similar to the stalagmites in the lime
stone caves ; they were nearly like the
spikes of frost as formed in winter on
Mount Washington, and illustrated at
the Troy meeting. lical fusion takes
place. The steel is meitcd by the
swiftly moving smooth edge of
the soft iron disc, but the disc
itself is but little heated. The bar of
steel on each side of the cut receives
but a slight heat; not at all drawing
the temper or oxidizing it By this
process a rolled, polished, and harden
ed steel tor of two or three inches di
ameter may be cut in two in a few
minutes. The soft metal disc of iron
used was about forty-two inches in
diameter. The particles fly off in a
thick jet or stream, through which the
naked hand may be passed without in
jary. They glance off without burning
the* hand having assumed the condi
tion which causes the spheroidal state
of liquids. —[Pittsburg Commercial.
GEORGIA GENERAL NEWS.
The Atlanta Constitution publishes a
list of the rich people in that town.
The wealthiest man in the lot is Alfred
Austell, who is put down at $107,000.
The Central Railroad Company was
made liable in a garnishment case tried
in Savannah, a few days ago, in which
it weis shown that the company had
paid an employe his salary one day
after it had been served with notice of
garnishment.
Mr. Tinker, who was killed by light
ning in Brunswick on Tuesday last,
was from England, and came to
this country when thirteen years of
age. His comrade, Norris, and himself
each insured their lives for the other’s
benefit to the amount of £I,OOO.
A species of fish called clam crackers
have made their appearance in Skida
way river, at Isle of Hope, in the vicini
ty of Buckingham pavilion. These
large fish are attracted by clams which
are planted on the beach. They are
from four to six feet across the back,
and are spotted like leopards.
The Cuthbert Appeal tells of a negro
who refused to work in digging a cel
lar, at 50 cents a day, saying it was too
little. At night he was caught stealing
corn and sentenced to the chain gang
for twelve months. He is now hauling
off the dirt from the cellar, which he
ref us 3d to dig at 50 cents a day, and he
don’t get the 50 cents.
This gloomy report concerning the
cotton crop ot Clay county is from the
Cuthbert Appeal ot Friday : “ The cot
ton crop of this eounty has been so se
riously iujured by rust that we cannot
hope for more than a two-thirds crop,
and if fhe rains, which have been so
general, continue but a few days, we
capitally doubt eveu if a half crop be
made.”
The Savannah Advertiser reports that
“eleven countrymen,” who had put
their carts and wagons in the wagon
yard of Ellarbee & Sutton in that city,
and who slept in the back piazza and
basement of the building on the same
lot, had their money taken from their
pockets during the night of the 18th
mst. Their aggregate loss was over
S4OO. It is supposed that chloroform
must have been used, as it is impro
bable that all of them would otherwise
have slept soundly while the thief was
searching their pockets, Two men
lately from New York were suspected.
Columbus Enquirer-Sun: The dam in
our river, constructed by the Eagle and
Phoenix Mills, is of 3,000 horse power
and will run 180,000 spindles. There is
room for a dozen factories along the
cauai. * * There is one colored man,
almost white, in this county, who is re
ported to be worth $25,000 or more, and
is highly esteemed and respected by all
classes. He is said to own several
thousand dollars in United States
bonds. He is giving his family
the very best of education, and
a daughter is reported to be an
accomplished musician. * * Mr.
Isaac McGeliee, one of the old settlers
of Columbus and Girard, died at Por
ter’s Springs, Lumpkin county, Ga., on
the 13th inst. * * The negroes of
Musopgee county return one thousand
dollars more of property now than they
did a year ago. At the same time the
vagrants have increased. * * To Fri
day night Columbus had received
57.964 bales of cotton —3,013 less than
the same date in 1874. By the South
western Railroad the receipts are 2,858
bales —1,348 less than last year ; Mobile
and Girard 14,487—3,772 less ; Western
Railroad 1,828—1,071 less; river 11,069
—2,715 more; wagons 25,280—909 more;
North and South Railroad 2,442—446
less. Thus the total losses amount to
6,637 and the gains 3,624 (2,715 of which
were by river) leaving the net loss 3,013.
The decrease by the M. and G. Rail
road is due to the increase of through
cotton. 5,036 bales, which is double
what it was last year.
Atlanta Constitution: It has been
hoped for some weeks that the rolling
mill troubles were virtually at an end
and its matters progressing in a way
to give every confidence of a final
equitable anil amicable adjustment.
But it now appears that the imbroglio
grows deeper in its entanglement, and
that the later phases affect the most
vital interests of the concern. It is true
that immediately after the appointment
of Mr. Wm. Goodnow as Receiver, the
mill began work and appeared to be in
a fair way to recover its lost ground, but
really the affairs were being worsted, it
would seem, rather than bettered by
the reign of the new administration.
For the past week the mill has been
idle, and the entire force left to roam
at will, without employment or the
early prospect of a resumption. This,
of course, is no insignificant affair to
the large corps of people dependent
upon their labor in this branch of in
dustry for the means of support. Idle
ness and stagnation in the trade means
sufferings and privations to them. The
alleged cause for the singular state of
affairs is that Mr. Goodnow, the re
ceiver, is not fitted for the manage
ment of the mill, either by education in
the business of rail making, or by
a reasonable knowledge of the
methods and requirements of those
charged with conducting the ac
tual operations. It is charged that
this is a patent fact and has all
to do with the trouble. It is true Mr.
Scofield does know all these things and
is the Superintendent of the mill under
Mr. Goodnow, but if Mr. Goodnow does
not supply the mill with proper mate
rial in the shape of ore fitted and re
quired for the manufacture of a proper
acceptable character of rail, what can
Mr. Scofield do? The rails now on hand
are said to be of such inferior quality
as to cause their rejection by buyers.
Railroad men cannot be deceived in
this matter, and are now, more than
ever, desirious of supplying their roads
with the best quality of rails. Hence
the inferior qualities are left
upon the hands of the manu
facturers. This is asserted to be the
case with the ore and rails of our mill
at present. If true, this is a deplorable
matter, since it has not only stopped
the mill’s operations, but will injure its
reputation. The remedy for this state
of affairs is not so easily found. Some
of the workmen think Mr. Scofield
should be at once restored to the man
agement of the mill; that this would
be best for both creditors and stock
holders. But of this we have no opinion
to express. For the sake of Atlanta
and these idle people, we desire to see
affairs straightened out and the mill
permanently and successfully in opera
tion. _
A little girl up in Gallioa has devel
oped parts as a dentist. She tied a
string to her little brother’s tooth, tied
the other end of the string to the stove
leg, and then touched a red-hot coal
to the little victim’s nose. The tooth
came out.
An exchange says “the Sandwich
Islanders believe that Beelzebub
the earth in the form of a woman.”
And now and tl£p you will find a man
in this country believes so too, and
that he has married the woman.—
[Louisville Courier-Journal.
i tell you what it is,” remarked a
critical person standing upon the bluff
at Long Branch, the other afternoon,
“if American girls get any thinner,
bathing dresses will have to be padded,
or gentlemen will have the surf all to
themselves.”
The oply time that a boy ever has an
idea of reforming and becoming good
is when he is treed among the cherries
by a lank farmer and a couple of mas
tiffs.
St. Andrew’s Links.
BY CAROLINE NORTON.
As I came over St. Andrew’s Links
So sweet a face I saw,
I thought—“ Could I that maiden win,
I’ made her mine by law.”
The sweet face turned, with a rosy blush,
The sweet mouth smiled on me;
And a sweet voice said, “O Cousin Fred,
Can I so forgotten be ?”
My heart leaped up with a sudden throb;
My pulse beat hard and wild;
It was Cousin Jean! whom I had not seen
Since she was a slender child.
And since we met, the sister I loved,
In her blooming youth had died;
And Jean had wept for a father’s loss,
By her widowed mother’s side.
So we turned and spoke of the dear old
home,
And the tranquil days gone by,
And the friendly folk we both had known
Ere we learned to weep or sigh.
And so we walked—and so we talked—
Till we plighted our hearts and hands;
While the slow white waves, like a bridal
veil,
Crept over gleaming sands.
But small was the fortune I could boast,
And Cousin Jean had none;
So it was agreed I should toil a while
Where gold might yet be won.
One light kiss on her tender cheek
To bar her gentle tears;
O ne long clasp of the fast-locked hands,
Which might sunder, perhaps, for years ;
One glad smile on the care-worn face
Of her mother weak and lone ;
One warm thought in my eager breast,
While Jeanie was vowed my own;
And away I sailed from St. Andrew’s Bay
To many a distant shore,
In the North, where the glittering icebergs
rise,
And the South, whore the tempests roar.
And in all the lands I have known and seen,
Far over the restless main,
I have never yet met with so sweet a face
As that of my Cousin Joan.
So I still plod on, through the yearning
days.
For my heaven of peace and rest;
Till the ship’s white sail, like a seagull’s
wing,
Shall point to my rock-bound nest.
But beyond that patience which tries both
hearts,
No better thought can come,
For she knows I am true in the far-off
■ lands,
And I know she is true at home.
And oft, in the comfort of happy dreams,
I see ’neath a summer sky,
The long green stretch of St. Andrew’s
Links,
And the sweet face passing by!
—Macmillan’s Magazine.
SOUTH CAROLINA.
Release of Edward F. Stokes.
[Columbia Register.]
This citizen of Greenville, who has
been in confinement for a long time
(near two years), on the charge of con
tempt, was examined by a medical
board, and then brought before Judge
Cooke for release from confinement
until the further order of the court. In
the course of his remarks to Mr. Stokes,
Judge Cooke spoke as follows:
Either your obstinacy or peculiar con
dition of mind has entailed this punish
ment upon you, against every laudable ef
fort on the part of the court to relievo you.
Amidst the trying duties of the bench,
your case has most largely contributed to
its unpleasantries. And if the finding of
the medical board be correct, of which the
court entertains no doubt, your relatives
are responsible for the sore ordeal through
which you have been made to pass. Some
of them, it is fair to presume, are largely
indebted to you, and we e importuned by
the court to settle the demands against
you. Yes, even the decree of the court has !
been rendered— directing the payment of j
your debts—which, if attend' and to, would |
have resulted in your discharge long since.
Again, why your relatives failed to take the
necessary steps t o have you declared a
lunatic, cannot be accounted for by the
court. Instead of availing themselves of
these different modes of bringing relief to .
you, you have been permitted to languish
in the common prison, without an effort on
their part to relieve you.”
Judge Cooke then issued the follow
ing order:
On hearing the report of the Medical
Board appointed to re-examine the said
Edward F. Stokes, Esq., and it appeal ing
tiiat said Board have reported that the
said Edward F. Stokes is laboring under
an abnormal condition of mind, amounting
to impartial ideational insanity, and on ac
count of his impaired physical condition
the said Board has recommended that he
be discharged.
It is therefore ordered, that tiio said
Edward F. Stokes be, and he is hereby, dis
charged from further confinement in ttiß
common jail of Greenv lie county until the
further order of this court.
It is further ordered, that the said Ed
ward F. Stokes, having failed to purge
himseli of the contempt for which he was
committed, do show cause before me, ou
the first day of the next term of the Court
of < lorn moil Pleas and General Sessions for
Greenville county, why he should not bo
debarred from practicing as an attorney,
solicitor and counsellor in the circuit and
probate courts of this State, and until the
said first day of said term of said court,
the said Edward F. Stokes be restrained
from practicing as such attorney, solicitor
and counsellor in the circuit and probate
courts of the eighth judicial circuit.
It is further ordered, that the costs of
the two examinations of the said Edward
F. Stokes, and also the dieting fees of the
said stokns during his confinement, be tax
ed by the clerk of this court, and that the
parties entitled have leave to issue their
executions, respectively, for the amounts
so ascertained.
General State News.
The population of Cainilen is 939
white, and 1,233 colored; total, 2,172.
Lancaster will gather the largest corn
crop since 1866. Cotton promises fairly.
The crops in Marion county, west of
the Great Pee Dee, are unusually prom
ising.
The population of Spartanburg is :
Whites, 1.298, and colored, 1,122 ; total,
2,420.
Col. W. C. Gist, one of the most ex
tensive planters, died at ilia residence,
near Jonesville, Union county, on Wed
nesday night last.
A burglar entered the shoo shop of
Mr. Martin, of Tiramonsville, last Thurs
day night, and took therefrom leather
to the value of $lB.
A colored man named Ben Ham
mond was drowned on the 12th inst. at
Boone creek, near Parker’s place,
Mount Pleasant, Charleston county.
The Orangeburg conference of the
South Carolina Synod of the German
Lutheran Church will meet at the Lu
theran Church in that place on Friday.
Mr. Thomas T. Lynn died suddenly
from apoplexy ou Thursday, at half
past 2 p. m., iu his drug store, corner
of Coming and Cannon streets, Charles
ton.
There will be a reunion of company
F, Hampton legion, at Greenville Court
House, on the 17th of October next.—
The call is made by Captain W. B.
Charles.
Mr. W. M. Mason, of Winuaboro,
killed forty-three snakes a few days
ago while cleaning up a small piece of
low ground. It must haye been a good
day for snakes.
The population of Greenville is:
Whites, 2,752, and colored, 2,734; total,
5,486. This does not include many of
the citizens temporarily absent and the
floating population.
The first bale of the new crop of
South Carolina cotton was received in
Charleston last Saturday. It was grown
by Mr. C. T. Dowling, of Barnwell
county. This is eight days earlier than
last year,
A colored girl, about eighteen years
old, living in Timmonsville, while run
ning from her father, who was after
her to chastise her, jumped from the
second story of a house a few nights
since and broke her leg.
New Era: A colored child, about 12
years of age, daughter of one of the
operators at Taggart’s mill, was play
ing on the iron shaft which drives the
flour mill Tuesday |vening last, when
her clothing becamelwound round the
shaft, and she weis ilvolved by it with
3uch force as to maiS'le her fearfully
before the mill eould*be stopped. She
died in a very few Jinutes after she
was extricated. i
The jury empannel jl to inquire into
the caufe of the dilvth of Mr. John
Egan, who put an enefto his existence
at his house in Queen* street, Charles
ton, on Sunday, remjbred a verdict of
“suicide by hanging.’ i
Mr. H. J. Moulton, |ho built the tele
graph line from Uniojl to Spartanburg
and Glenn Springs, is bow getting up a
company to build ali from Spartan
burg, via Woodruff’s jr Cross Anchor,
to Laurens and Newt f rry.
The wife and dauglfer of Mr. Jesse
Carmon, who lives near Chick Springs,
Greenville, were takla sick suddenly
on Friday last, and bf th died on Sun
day morning. It is siliposed that they
were attacked with dijtheria.
The two colored aember3 of the
Marion Town Counci Thompson and
Bass, resigned their ositions as war
dens as soon as Mr. Y J. Montgomery
was elected Clerk ol Council. Their
resignations were proi ptly accepted.
Union Times : Dr. .W. Thompson
has a field of about tb ee acres of corn,
which he thinks will yUld one hundred
bushels per acre. field is on Tosh’s
branch, about half a jmile from town,
and numffbrs of perse ts take the walk
merely to look at it. tf
Mrs. Nancy Moore, elderly lady
living at Mr. Wm. "fogies’ place in
Orangeburg, was struck and killed by
lightning on Tuesday list. Mrs. Moore
was standing in the piazza at the time,
and when found was q| ite dead.
Messrs. li. M. Marshall & Brother, of
Charleston, sold at Auction on Tues
day the following stocks at the follow
ing rates: Five shares People’s Na
tional Bank at $1.10; 11,380 city scrip
at 54 % ; $1,500 fire loa7 bonds at 63^;
100 shares gas stock atl2s)£.
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PEREMPTORY SALE
AT AUCTION BY CONSIST OF PARTIES
4.
On Easy Terms anc-| Long Credit
OF MOS§?
Permanently Valuable law] Productive
> .
CITY PROPERTY,
The Lafayette Hall anji Opera House
Containing' Spacious Stip es, Officess and
Saloons|*
ALL SUCCESSFUL AND POPULAR BUSI
NESS STAMPS.
SITUATED IN THE m|)ST CENTRAL
PORTION OF TRija CITY,
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With Fronts on Broad afjd Ellis, Between
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Jackson and Carap[Yll Streets.
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BY C. V. WALKER .< Auctioneer.
rgMJFSDAY, the 7th September, 1875, at 12
JL o’clock, m., in fro A of the Opora
House Arcade, in this cit* will positively
bo sold, at public auction, y consent of the
parlies in interest, the foi lowing described
and very choice commer ial and invest
ment property, to-vvit :
That centially situate , substantially
built and very productive property popu
larly known as the Lafi ,vtte Hail and
Opera House, situated in the city of Au
gusta, county of itichinoi 1, and State of
Georgia, and in the squ re bounded by
broad, Ellis, Jackson and 1 .impbell streets.
The portion of ground oi 'Which they are
built measures a total JTont on back of
Broad and Ellis streets feet, by an ex
treme depth between parcel lines and ex
tending from street to stij&et of 271 feet 6
inches, said measurement being more or
less, liie said propertyif not sold in
block, will be sold subdivi-Sd into lots, des
ignated by the Nos. 1, 2 an;? 3, according to
plans of J. F. Braun, aichi§rct, to be exhib
ited on the day of sale® '1 he said lots
measure asj follows: Lot]:-' Nos. I and 2
front on the south side o' Broad street,
iiaving each 26 feet six iuclps thereon, by a
deptii between parallel liv es of 126 feet in
depth towards Ellis street.;:
Lot No. 1 is improved wr?h the Substan
tial Three and Two-story J|rick Buildings
known and designated lyy the No. 272
Broad street. The lower |j;ory contains a
spacious and commodious < Store—one of
the finest business stands; jin the city and
arranged and adapted lor eldices or Dwell
ing above. With Lot No;;*l and the im
provements thereon will bij sold the Tene
ment east of th Arcade or <; [trance, erected
immediately above the said,!, subje t to all
the conditions of servitude hereinafter
specified.
Lot No. 2, west of he Arcade or entrance,
measures 26 feet 6 inches frocit on the south
side of Broad street by . -depth between
parallel lines of 126 feet towards Ellis street,
together with all the improvements there
on, known and designated? by the No. 274
Broad street, and compris.jfg the substan
tially built three-story Brick Building with
a spacious two-stury Bri<#. Store in the
rear. The main buildings- contains that
splendid Store and choice-business stand
occupied by Messrs. My**; s <fc Marcus,
wholesale ury goods dealers. The upper
portion is arranged for dw* .[ling and adapt
ed for offices. Tne foregoing described
property is leased to and Occupied by the
well known wholesale deal O s in dry goods
and clothing, Messrs. Mye &, Marcus, L.
Sylvester and others, untU jdie Ist of Octo
ber, 1875, yielding an rental of
$6,400 per annum. T
Lot No. 3 comprises the : mainder of the
property, measuring a totn.S front on Ellis
street of 65 feet by a depth Wat ween parallel
lines of 145 feet 6 inches, fnltn which point
It contracts to a widtli of feet, and ex
tends to and fronts on Sou;!® Broad street.
This said extension is kn >vn as the Ar
cade, or entrance from Broi l street to the
Opera House. Also, the present existing
alleyway, of 7 feet width, opening on Ellis
street—Lots 1 and 2 to haty the right, in
common with Lot No. 3, to |se, but not to
obstruct, the said Arcade alley way -
together with all the improvements there
on, comprising that extensive, capacious
and subst ntially-bu it britij* Opera House,
covered with slate, copper gutters, cement
ed basement throughout, w*'ll lighted an and
ventilated and provided ;}ith ample en
trance and exit arrangements and accom
modations. The stage is 41 feet depth, the
auitorium has a parqudy dress circle,
gallery and a seating capa(ii[;y of about one
thousand—has contained I,CO persons. The
basement is aoapted for u.,;;]oon purposes,
lighted with gas throughoiqj, and the only
establishment of its kind tin the city for
public entertainment. With ordinary care
and small expense this pipporty alone is
susceptiole of producing i,‘large and cer
tain income. it lias yield in ordinarily
prosperous seasons over per annum.
The above decscribed property, compris
ing, as it does, the most ex insiVe and cen
trally located property iu lie city of Au
gusta in market, is well woiahy the atten
tion of capitalists seeking* safe, reliably
productive and permanent! f.| valuable city
property for investments! As business
stands, adapted for either iao wholesale or
retail trade, banking or ins 7'ance business,
no property can bo more d< durable. It will
be sold free from all iucumJ.ranoe whatso
ever, the whole according t 2 plan of J. F.
Braun, architect, to be exhi on the day
of sale, and on the following favorable
terms and conditions: j
One-third or one-half casbjat the option
of the purchasers; tin. rouminder at one
and two years’ credit for n< ;es of the pur
chasers, specially secured liv mortgage on
the property, bearing inter* *H at the rate
of eight per cent, per annuo; from the day
of sale until final payment; aid interest to
be paid half yeai-ly from daTa, and the pur
chaser to keep the improvement* insured
for thejr value, and to trari fer the po icies
thereof to the holders of the notes; the
notes, if required, to be <;rawn for such
amounts to suit the parties ni interest, and
the acts of sale at the expense of the pur
chasers, before Wm. A. Wfriton, Esq., No
tary Public. The rentals of i the property
are reserved up to the 30tl pof September,
1875. £ jy2s-td
RYE AND BARLEY.
SEED RYE anfi B SRLEY,
For sale by I
J. O. Sfc, Cos.
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THE GREAT
GEORGIA STATE FAIR
1 s ■z s.
The Annual Fair for 1875 of the Georgia State
Agricultural Society will be held in
M A C O KT, C3r E 0.,
At the Beautiful CENTRAL CITY PARK GROUNDS,
BEGINNING
MONDAY, OCT ODER 18.
AND CONTINUING ONE WEEK.
A large, varied and liberal Premium liist 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
Held, 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 lot
For the best single bale of short staple **■
For the best single bale upland long staple
Horse Department.
Best Thoroughbred Stallion
Best Walking Horse
Best Saddle Horse or Mare 'i 1
Best Single Buggy Horse or Mare
Best Combiuation Horse or Mare JJj”
Best Doub.e Team, owned by one Exhibitor. - K™
Best Georgia Raised Mule
Best Mule, open to the world • M
Cattle Department.
Best herd—one Bull and four Cows or Heifers—all to be of one breed and owned
exclusively by one exhibitor
Best Milch Cow ™
Cow giving the Richest Milk —■•••■•-••• ■••• •• • •. — •••••••• 50
S4O and S2O for the Best Bull and Cow, respectively, ol 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. . ••••••■• •••••••••• SlO
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 : *0
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 $ jjo
Best display of breads by one lady
Ornamental Needle Work.
Best display in merit and var'etv of Female Handicraft, embracing Needle Work,
Embroidery, Crocheting, Knitting, etc., by one lady $ M
Fine Art Department.
Best Oil Painting (any subject) $ 25
Best Portrait Painting
Best Painting in Water Colors. • •••.■• ~
Best display of Paintings and Drawings by one exhibitor. 25
Best collection of Drawings by a girl under sixteen years of age. 2o
Best display of Paintings and Drawings by the Pupils of one School or College.. ... 50
Best display of Photographs §?} ver ?J ft *j a } aI1 j E
Best display of Jewelry, Silverware, etc Silver Medal and 2j
Merchants’ Displays.
Best display of Dry Goods.
Best display of Fancy Groceries
Best display of Glassware and Crockery ™
Best display of Clothing
Best display ot M illinery M
Special Premium for Granges.
To the Grange in the State making the largest and finest display in merit and va
rietv of Stock, Products, and results of Home Industries, all raised, produced or
made’ by the members of that particular Grange v k l5O
THE ABOVE ARE BUT SPECIMENS of a comprehensive list of large MONEY Pre
“the BEST AND LARGEST LIVE STOCK show ever held in the State or South. More
and finer Horses. Mules, Cattle Sheep, Swiue and Poultry than ever before exhibited
Parties wishing fine Stock, as a fine Harness or Saddle Horse, Milch Cow, Thoroughbred
Bulk Trio of Chickens, etc., will find the occasion ot this Fair a rare opportunity to
Several EMINENT and representative men from the North and Northwest, have
been invited to deliver addresses at the Fair, and many distinguished visitors through
out, the whole country are expected. , , , , . .
THE PUBLIC will be kept posted of the progress and developments of the Fair in
fU KENDTO r THESECRETAItYat Macon for Premium Lists, embracing a full schedule
of the Premiums, Rules, Regulations, etc., aud containing two engravings oi the beau
tiful and magnificent Fair Grounds. A R COLQUITT> Pre Mdent.
T. G. HOLi , General Superintendent.
jyl-sututb&ctocttß * MALCOLM JOHNSTON, Secretary. __
EM! SAVIN G S BANK,
NO. 383 BROAD STREET.
Cash Capital SIOO,OOO (with Stockholders Liability 1
TRANSACTS A
General Banking, Exchange and Collection Business.
5 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. _
A J. T. NEWBERY,
CASHIER.
N B.—Draw SIGHT DRAFTS on Great Britain and Continental Europe
in sums of £1 and upwards. mh3o ' tf
AUGUSTA TO NEW YORK
“VIA.
PORT ROYAL, S. C.
The following Comfortable and well-known Steamships,
Montgomery, 1,500 Tons, Capt. Fairclotli,
Huntsville, 1,500 Tons, Capt. Chester,
Ar j appointed to sail from PORT ROYAL for NEW YORK direct, on FRIDAYS of
e ich w ek, afte arrival of Morning Passenger Train from Augusta.
The following reduced rates of Passage are offered the Travelling Public:
to iVexv ox*l£ Ac Ytot 111*11,
A ngusla t o Yew Y ork, Straight-,
AiigiiHlJi to Now York, Steerage, #l3
Which secures Accommodations in all respects equal to those of other lines.
STATE ROOMS AND BERTHS
C„„ 1* secured by .pplicstiou to MOTD> p RUNDLE, Agent,
Port Royal, S. C.
or to the übdersKrued, T s DAVA NT, Q. P. A.,
Augusta, Ga.
as- Tickets on Sale at Planters’ Hotel and Ticket Office, Union Depot je4-3m
NOTICE.
THIRTY DAYS after date I shall become
a PUBLIC ov FREE TRADER, In ac
cordance with provisions of Section 1760 of
the Code q! Georgia, SABAH RICH,
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
St aug’l7-8 176 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
JACKSON STREET
Iron and Brass Foundry,
Corner of Jackson and Calhoun sts.,
Augusta, Ga.,
GKO. COOPER, - 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 percent,
less than ever offered in this city, for cash
only.
Also, four engines, pew and second-hand,
from ten to thirty-horse power, will be sold
very low for cash.
jy24-lm GEO, COOPER. Prop’r.
Communications.
SSO TO SIO,OOO Priv
ileges, and paid 900 per cent, profit. " How
to do it.” A book on Wall street sent free.
TUMBRIDGE & CO.. Bankers, 2 Wall St.
N. Y. jel9-d*c3m
INSURE
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.
— L L I . L
I* R G M P T • Careful in the Selection
jpROGRBfiSIVE. OF ITS RISKS.
i * ii i
ONE OF THE FEW COMPANIES THAT INCREASED ITS POLICY HOLDERS
During the Hard Times Last Year.
INSURE IN THIS FAVORITE STERLING HOME COMPANY!
■ •
WANTED.
Live, Active, Working, Energetic Business Men, in every County in Georgia, as Agents
for the MOBILE LIFE. Address,
R. O. RANDALL, Cen. Agt. & Manager,
jy!4-aw&cly* ROME, GEORGIA.
The Kitson 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
BAG DUSTERS, NEEDLE-POINTED
CARD-CLOTHING, Etc., Etc.
Kitson’s Patent Compound Opener Lapper.
THE cotton is spread on this machine from the bale, and is made into a verv even
lap, at the late oi 300 to 400 pounds per hour. The laps are then finished on a '
TWO-BEATER LAPPER,
* WITH
PATEN T EVENER
Attached, and owing to recent improvements in this Evener, the laps when ready for
the card, only varies one quarter of an ounce to the yard. The sost 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. ,
jgs-There is al-o a great saving of room and power over the old system.
These Machines may be seen at the mills of the Augusta Factory, Langley Manufac
turing Company, and at the best miiis at Lowell, Lawrence, Fall River, Manchester
Lewiston. Providence, Richmond, Baltimore, etc., etc.
The following are a few among many testimonials whicn we have received:
AUGUSTA FACTORY, Augusta, Ga., July 5,1875.
The Kitson Machine Lompcuig, Lowell, Mass.:
Gentlemen: We have been running your Compound Opener Lappers andlinisher
Lappers, with Eveners, for more than one year, and frankiy say that they have given
the most eminent satisfaction. We have no hesitancy in giving you our unqualified en
dorsement, and cordially recommend your Machines. , T , T „ . , , ,
F. COGIN, Superintendent.
OFFICE LANGLEY MANUFACTURING COMPANY, 1
Langley, S. 0., April 14, 1873. f**
The Kitson Machine Company, Lowell, Mass.:
Gentlemen. 1 jrve been running your system of Compound Opener Lapper?; and
Finisher Lappers, witn Eveners, for more than two vears at the Cotton Mill of tr.o
Langley 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 leaven the picker without
being curled or knitted; the seeding and cleaning is very complete. Over forty per
cent, in labor in this department is saved over the old system. One of the greatest con
siderations with this arrangement is its secur ty against fire. . , . ,
Yours, &c., M. F. FOSTER, Superintendent.
OFFICE MASSACHUSETTS COTTON MILLS, (
Lowell, February 20, 1874. \
The Kitson Machine Company, Lowell, Mass.: .
Gentlemen : This Company have now in use twenty of your Finisher Lappers, with
Eveners, and ten Compound Opener Lappers. Some of these machines have been at
work for ten years or more, and have always 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 Finisher Lappers, we have averaged
the past seven weeks 39.267 lbs. Cloth weekly. Yarn 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. j
The Kitson Machine Company, Lowell, Mass.:
Gentlemen : We have been using some of your Compound Opener Lappers and
Finisher Lappers, with Eveners, for nearly three years, and at present are passing all
our cotton tnrough them. The machines have proved satisfactory, and both in quantity
and quality of their work have answered the expectations formed of them.
Yours respectfully, JOHN C. PALFREY, Superintendent.
(The above Company have in use eight Compound Opener Lappers and sixteen Fin
isher Lappers, with Eveners; ordered at different times.)
Send for a Catalogue to THE KITSON MACHINE COMPANY.
iyc . 3m SAMUEL E. STOTT. Tr^ggr.^
BxjACK
IRON GRENADINE,
SO CENTS,
WORTH ONE 'DOLLAR!
The best in the world for the price, just received from
AircriON, at
JAMESJA. GRAY’S.
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The Last Ten Bales
OF THOSE DAMAGED SHEETINGS
and DRILLS will be opened on Mon
day Morning, August 2d, at
C. J. T. BALK’S,
This is positively the LAST LOT of
those Goods, damaged at the recent fire at
Laugley, S. C., that will be offered in this
market, and in order to prevent spe ula
tors from getting hold of them, NOT
MORE THAN FIVE PIECES will bo sold to
any one person. The price will be marked
on each piece in plain figures, at the rate of
about.
03.00 For 03.00 Worth!
In consequence of the extraordinary rush
during the past week, it was impossible to
avoid delay in the delivery of purchases.
This week none of these goods will be sent
out.
Call early and get first choice, at
C' J.T, BALK’S.
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“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’ands.
Grown expressly for seed, and for sale by
EDWARD BANCROFT,
Athens, Ga.
For sale by
C. H. PHINESY, & CO.,
aug!3-lm* Augusta, Ga.
Z. W. CARWILE, JR.,
COMMISSION MERCHANT,
AND GENERAL MERCHANDIZE
BROKER,
124 Front Street, (near Wall),
j el tilaepl NEW YORK.
To agents and others, male
I v &1H and female, a SSO secret and
beautifully illustrated io>-
A A N/ page Novelty Catalogue. R.
AVf AT |F. Young & Cos.. 29 Broad
way. New York. jy29-iawiy