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THE CONSTITUTIONALIST
SATURDAY, August 28, 1875,
CURRENT TOPICS.
Russia’s War with Khokand.
Perhaps there are a few of our readers
who take an interest in the rapid advance
of Bnssia towards the certain annexation
of Asia to her dominions. To such the fol
lowing brief history of the war which has
just broken oul will be of interest:
‘A few weeks ago a revolution broke out
in Khokand, and the Khan fled to parts un
known. The telegraph now brings the in
iormation that the rebels have attacked a
Russian bodyguard, and that Gen. Kauf
man is preparing an expedition against
them. Khokand lies between Khiva and
Kashgar, in Turkestan, and Russia has a
commercial treaty with the Khan, which,
like other similar treaties of that power in
Central Asia means the next thing to abso
lute possession. Khiva, the next Knana
ite west of Khokand, is under the
rule of Russia, and the possession
of Khokand is necessary to ward off the
menaces of the ferocious tribes of Eastern
Turkestan. The attack of the Khokand
rebels, therefore, is just the pro* ixt Russia
wanted to accomplish her Central Asia*
schemes. The revolution in Khokand, if
we may judge by the statements of Mr.
Eugene Schuyler in his letter to the Hon.
Marshall Jewell, on the Russian ad
vance iu Asia, has been accomplished by
Russian gold. It will result in her posses
sion of both Khokand and Kashgar. Of
course, this is in violation of Russia’s sol
emn pledge to England, made two years
ago, that she would not advance beyond
Khiva; but it is easy to urge military ne
cessity, and as it is a Russian idea, first
promulgated by the Czar Nicholas, that
“ Russia has no boundary in Central Asia,”
there is no telling where the forward
movement will end. Russia has, independ
ently of the army of the Caucasus, amount
ing to 150,000 men, and 60,000 Cossacks, an
available force in Turkestan of 60,000 in
fantry, 2,800 horses and 28 cannon, besides
30,000 men scat.ered over the country in
garrisons. She also has on the Caspian,
Euxine and Aral waters about 80 war ves
sels and transports. It is no wonder that
England feels a little nervous lest the
boundary line of Russia, in Asia, may touch
that of her own Indian possessions, be
tween which and the ‘ Northern Bear ’ now
only lies the country of Afghanistan, in
which the English are doing their best to
control affairs.”
The Wealth of the South and North-
Swapping Hands.
Gov. Smith said in his Augusta H tel
speech I hat Georgia was much better off
than many of the Northern Stales. He
also told his audience that if we would just
go along as we have been doing, attending
to our own business and let other people’s
alone, the contrast would still farther in
crease. The situation of the North is be
coming more and more desperate every
day. They helped the abolition fanatics to
abolish slavery because they hated the
Southern people—hated to see anybody do
ing well but themselves. But if these
curses are not going home to roost we are
the blindest man in America. Says the
Macon Telegraph:
“Merchants returning from their North
ern business trips tell a doleful tale of the
state of affairs there. Business is utterly
prostrate and the people despondent to an
extraordinary degree. Failures are nu
merous and constant, only the more im
portant ones being reported to the press.
The depreciation in real estate is very
great—in many cases exceeding fifty per
cent, and thousands of merchants and
nianufae urers, who, in flush times,
were tempted into buying costly house
hold outfits. now find themselves
unable either to keep them or to sell
them, except at ruinous loss. Curtailment
is the order of the day. In the face of such
a depreciation of property, we asked how
is it that everybody is clamorous for still
more contraction ? The reply was, we have
not met a single business man in tho North
in favor of contraction. They all denounced
it as impracticable. The clamor comes only
from the newspapers, Land is in the inter
es'.so: bondholders and capitalists. The
people are ail against contraction. The
current opinion North is that the bottom
has not yet been reached there, and a long
period of hard times and heavy pressure is
before them. They insist that the South is
as well off as they are. She has felt the full
effects of the war, while their experience is
just beginning. And these are the ‘‘results
of the war,” which they do not feel dis
posed to insist on so strenuously.”
Influence of Food.
An excellent hint is given in the follow
ing item : Dr. Ham. relates the case of a
man who was cured of his biliousness bj r
going without his supper and drinking free
ly of lemonade. The next morning his pa
tient arose with a wonderful sen e of rest
and refreshment, and feeling as though the
blood hud been literally washed, cleansed
and cooled by ;he lemonade and fast. His
theory is that food can be used as a remedy
for many diseases successfully. As an exam
ple, ho cures spitting of blood by the use ot
:-alt; epilepsy, by watermelons: kidney af
fections, by celei y; poison, by olive or
sweet oil; erysipelas, by pounded cranber
ries applied to the part affected; hydro
phob a, by onions, etc. So the way to keep
in good health is really to know what to eat
,ii;d to know what medicines to take.
“ Weak Baptist Church.”
“One good effect has followed the move
ment to have Jefferson Davis appear before
:i Northern audienee-au appearance often
,-ii.lv for the purpose of giving his notions
on an agricultui al, or some kindred topic,
but for tiie more hidden object ot gratify
ing the old copperhead sentiment—and
that is, the bringing forth of the settled
views of the people, as regards the heinous
features of tiie rebellion, and the criminal
ity attaching to the unrepentant instigat
ors thereof.”— [Washington Chronicle.
It has also had the effect of ‘‘bringing
forth ” “ weak Baptist Churches ” in Thad
Stevens’ old district, where a good broth
er was perfectly willing to sit and listen to
the “ arch traitor ” deliver “ a series of lec
tures ” provided he was able to pick up a
little loose change by the operation.
A letter from Martha’s Vineyard says:
“I said to an old gentleman whom I met
tills morning, who is at home here. ‘Why
do they call this place Martha’s Vinoyard?
I have not s en Martha or grapes since I
have been on this Island.’ ‘I will tell you,’
he replied. ‘You see, a long time ago, a
rich old fellow owned all this country
about here. He had threo daughters,
Martha, Elizabeth and Nancy. This
island he gave to Martha, and as there
was a large vineyard upon it he added
that name. Yon island he gavo to Eliza
beth. Nancy said she must have one,
an i c'aimed the other one, called now Nan
tucket (Nancy took it).’ Now, if this is not
the true explanation of the nomenclature,
I can only say it was as good as was re
ceived.”
The negro has ceased to bo at all profita
ble to Northern trade. Asa slave he,
through his master, made the fortunes of
the merchant, shop keeper and manufac
tures. Blind fanaticism has led that people
to the brink of destruction. What would
they not do, what would they not give, to
go back to the prosperous days before the
war ? They are, however, too bigoted to
admit these truths now. The danger is
when they do admit them they will turn
pro-slavery.
The Memphis Avalanche utterly discredits
the telegram which states that Jefferson
Davis has accepted an invitation of the
Knox county, Illinois, Agricultural Society
to deliver an address. Invitations are
pouring in from the North, but the Ava
lanche believes Mr. Davis has made up his
mind not to speak in Illinois for some time
to come.
GEORGIA GENERAL NEWS.
Columbus has reduced its rents about
two per cent.
Six more bales of new cotton have
been received at Columbus from
Florida.
In a radius of 600 yards in the town
of Monroe, Walton county, there are
six pairs of twins. All of them were
born this year.
Rome and Floyd county have been
trying to compromise their couniy
bonds with Col. Shorter, the principal
holder. The Colonel offered to take off
one-half the interest, aDd the other
party is now Looking up loops in the
law, and a town fugleman is begin
ning to talk about “the Supreme Court
of the United States.”
Charley Willingham ; Grady’s last
editor is not a boy, but a fashionable
female, and it should bo christened
Henrietta Wilhelmina. So named we
are perfectly willing to substitute the
little mis3 as our neice in the place of
her father, that rapid young man who
winsomely addresses us as h s aunt.
All the affections of our heart reach
out tenderly for that boy and his baby.
Columbus Times: The gentleman re
ferred to stated to us that a store which
rented one year since the war for $5,-
000, now rents for SI,OOO per annum.—
The same store rented before the war
for S6OO, and Columbus did a much
larger business then than now. He con
tends that rents at present are high
enough under present circumstances.
He assigns as the cause for excessive
rents in 1866-’67 the fact that we had
too many merchants, and stores were
iu excessive demand.
Columbus j Enquirer: Complaints from
all quarters of rust, which is said to be
destroying cotton. The grumble is
loud, frequent and very general, and
there is no doubt but there is a. great
deal of truth iu it. The cool v/eather
succeeding the drouth and heavy rains
is peculiarly adapted to producing it,
and the ravages are reported immense
and increasing every day. Rust just
now is existing all over the South, and
the loss elsewhere is as great as it is
here.
The bonded debt of Columbus is
$602,800. The Enquirer : Considering
our population inside the corporation
at 8,000 (it is 15,000 including a radius
of a mile and a half from the Court
House) this makes a debt of $75.35
against every man, woman and child,
white and black, in the city. When the
people voted that $200,000 to the North
and South Railroad they added twenty
five dollars to the individual debt.
Affairs were very easy before that
amount was voted. It was done during
Mayor Cleglioru’s administration.
Home Commercial : We learn from a
citizen of Rome who yesterday came
from Cross Plains, Alabama, that a
bloody affray occurred at Tecumseh
Iron Works, on last Monday, between
several negroes and a party of white
men. Our informant tells us taathe
heard at Crobs Plains the following ac
count of tbe affair: A white man car
ried some beef to Tecumseh for the
purpose of selling it. While there, for
some cause, not stated, he was attack
ed and driven off by several negroes.
Gathering a party of friends he return
ed with them to Tecumseh. As the
white party approached the negroes
fired upon them, and the white party
immediately returned the fire. During
the fight four negroes were killed and
two white men wounded, one of them
mortaliy. The above is all we could
learn concerning the affair.
Covington Enterprise: Wm. June
field, of our sister county, Henry, who
is cow over 90 years old, I as been pro
posed as a candidate for Governor. He
his twenty-six children, two hundred
and sixty graud and sixty great grand
children, none of whom ever raised a
bushel of corn or wheat since the revo
lutionary war, but have been princi
pally engaged in the gooseberry busi
ness, but they all agree, if the old man
is elected, to give up their occupation
and accept the appointment of Judges
and Solicitors, or any other office the
old man may see proper to give them.
* * Mr. John Meadows died at his
residence in Newton county, on Wed
nesday evening, at 4 o’clock. Mr.
Meadows was one of the first settlers
of this county, and one of its oldest and
best citizens. He was in his 84th year
at the time of his death. He leaves be
hind him a record filled with good and
noble deeds. * * A gentleman in
Covington has about finished a motor.
It is intended to be worked the same as
the Keely. When finished it will be ex
hibited in our office for three days,
where all of our friends can call and
examine the thing.
Does White Labor or Black Labor
Make the Cotton Crop.
[From the Mobile Register.]
The negro does not produce half the
cotton which he produced before the
war. Hordes of able-bodied negroes
have removed from the rural districts
to the ejties. Those who have not died
from epidemics are engaged, very
many in honest and industrious pur
suits, but the larger number in occu
pations which furnish but a scanty and
uncertain livelihood. Of those which
remain in the rural districts a urge
number cultivate their patches of
ground in an uncertain and profitless
manner. Reliable negro labor in
the cotton fields has been still
further reduced by the withdrawal of
women and children from the field.
The truth is that the 4,000,000 sales
of cotton are due rather to white than
to black labor. Counties in Tennessee,
Kentucky, South Missouri, North Ar
dansas and Texas, where not a bale of
cotton was made ten years ago, now
produce tens of thousands of bales,
made by white men—the men whose
minds were enlarged and whose indus
try was stimulated by the lessons
learned as a soldier. If the late war
did no other service to the Sou :h, it
transformed the Southern peasant into
an intelligent, frugal, peaceable ard la
borious citizen, such as no other coun
try in the world can boast.
That the Eegintei' is correct in its
opinions that black labor has retro
graded, it need but point to the condi
tion of Alabama, where, until the last
year, negro rule in one or the other
branch of the government has frowned
upon and repulsed white immigration.
In 1860 there were in Alabama 19,000,-
000 acres of land in farms; in 1870 there
were less than 15,000,000. Here are
4,000,000 acres of land thrown out of
employment by the destruction of la
bor. The value of the farms in 1860
was over §175,000,000, but in 1870 i t had
sunk to less than §68,000,000. While
Alabama and other States in which the
negro race largely predominated con
tinually retrograded year by year after
emancipation, wo find those States
which became free of the rule of Re
construction advancing rapidly in
wealth and quite restoring the pros
perity of former days. Let the people
of the North understand this thing!
The bulk of the cotton crop is now
made by white labor, and there is
money in it!
A widower was asked why he did not
have the picture of his departed wife
framed, as a memento of her who was
gone before. “Sir,” said the man ad
dressed, “there is no necessity for it;
her memory is kept verdant by asso
ciation. I keep a hardware store, and
see sadirons, frying pans and roiling
pins every day. I used to feel ’em.”
There are men who think they are
healthy when they are ouly sunburnt.
SOUTH CAROLINA AFFAIRS.
RUMORED NEGRO INSURRECTION
THE PEOPLE OF BARNWELL EX
PECTING AN OUTBREAK.
Three Hundred Guns and Three
Thousand Cartridges on Hand—The
White People with, no Arms and at
Their Mercy.
[Correspondence of the Constitutionalist !
Barnwell Court House, S. C., )
August 26th, 1875. )
Rumors of an uncertain character, as
to time, are rife in our midst indicating
that we will probably be visited in a
few days by the terrors of an insurrec
tion similar to those that were so prov
identially and speedily crushed in Geor
gia and Florida. Many of our leading
men are inclined to discredit the report,
alleging that the negro can have no
possible cause in this State for an out
break, South Carolina being so largely
Republican. My apprehension is that
the negroes find sufficient cause in their
intense hatred of the whites, and the
inducement held out by Morton & Cos.
in the “forty acres and a mule” divis
ion, which tho deluded wretches are
-led to believe will be made “after the
war.”
Below here about ten miles the ne
groes are more pronounced iu their de
monstrations, and profess to be expect
ing 500 stands of arms on Saturday,
from some unknown source, to carry
out their hellish purpose. Corroborat
ing this statement comes a rumor that
there are 300 guns and 3,000 rounds of
ammunition now in the depot at Black -
viile for the negroes. The whites are
absolutely without arms, and would
necessarily suffer great slaughter for a
time. Here’s work for our Governor,
and we will be glad to see him act.
Yours, in haste, Fritz.
LETTER FROM EDGEFIELD.
Crop News—Nego Labor Satisfactory—
The Colored “Melish”—Trial Jus
tices —Religious Meeting—The Gran
gers.
[Correspondence of the Constitutionalist.]
Edgefield, S. C., Aug. 25,1875.
More corn was planted this year by
farmers living in close proximity to
the Savannah, than for the year past.
The drouth of July was most disas
trous to the corn as well as the cotton
crops. Since then the continuous rams
have been very unfavorable for saving
fodder, the cotton will not make more
than a half, and in favored localities
two-thirds of a crop; therefore our far
mers, a proverbial race of croakers,
have just cause for despondency iu the
gloomy prospect ahead of them.
Since the exodus of the redoubtable
Ned Teunent and his ragged army, the
negroes work well, and are cheerful
and satisfied with less money than at
any time since the war. With the excep
tion of wife-beating (a privilege, I be
lieve, exclusively their own) they are a
law abiding people. The Tax Unions
are discussing the propriety of allow
ing the negro militia to return or find
homes for another year. Among us
are many who have to “nurse their
wrath to keep it warm” against the
proscribed militia, and no possible
amount of nursing will keep it alive
beyond “cotton chopping” or other
busy seasons on the farm, when the
half starved “milish” will, I fear, find
ready employment among some of our
farmers.
“Uneasy is the head that wears a
crown,” nor are the judicial robes of
the county folded around them in
peace. Dire are the threats and loud
tlie anathemas hurled at their one
horse courts, when a “case” is not de
cided to suit all parties.
Avery interesting meeting has been
in progress for two weeks past at Mt.
Lebanon (Sweetwater) Church. The
ministers have been most faithful and
untiring in their efforts, and many have
joined the church and been baptised.
l r e grangers move and have their meet
ings with their accustomed punctuality.
Three granges, Ivy Island, Holmesville
and Curryton, met at Republican
Church on Tuesday, the 24th of August.
Col. James P. Lipscomb, State Lectur
er, P. of H., gave a most pleasing and
entertaining lecture on “The Duties of
Patrons.” Quite a feast was spread by
the notable housewives of Republican
and neighborhood, and altogether it
was an enjoyable occasion.
We endeavor to possess, in patience,
our tempers whilst-reading of Parker’s
bogus bonds, the rascality of the riug
in Columbia, and the corruption of the
State Government generally, but al
most despair of seeing the dawn of
brighter days ; yet wait, Micawber
like, hoping something will turn up for
the redemption of our State.
Savannah.
NILES. G. PARKER.
SoutH Carolina’s Convict Ex-Treas
urer on His Travels—Reported to
Have Spent Wednesday in This City.
[Atlanta Constitution. 1
A South Carolina gentleman who was
in the city the past several days, ex
pressed himself satisfied that
Niles G. Parker,
ex-Treasurer of South Carolina, whose
conviction, escape from jail, recapture,
and recent discharge by Judge Mackey,
under a writ of habeas corpus, have
been detailed by us, was in this city all
day of Wednesday. The informant
says Parker is somewhat changed in
appearance since he last saw him, but
that he has no doubt of the identity
between the man he saw and Parker.
If Parker was here he did not register
by his own name at any of the hotels,
if he stopped at them. Our informant
thinks he was
Using a False Name,
and was just out from some place of
concealment, attempting to escape from
the South. He had a friend with him
when they boarded the Northern bound
train on the State Road, and this latter
individual is supposed to have bought
New York exchange from more than
one of our city banks on Wednesday or
the day before.
We do not know that the South Caro
lina authorities are anxious to catch
Parker, but if they are, and do not
know where to put their fingers upon
him, it may be that this was he who
was here, and detectives be given the
clue for bringing him to taw in New
York, if that is his destination.
Metamorphosed in Three Days.
The rapidity with which females
adapt themselves to the circumstances
and fashions with which they are sur
rounded, and especially the fashions,
is simply marvelous. On Monday last,
a lady, who employs several domestics,
got anew table girl, just arrived in the
city from rural districts, a bright-eyed,
rosy-cheeked damsel, who blushed
whenever any of the male members of
the household looked at her; a girl
whose hair was combed smoothly back
from off a tanned forehead ; whose
dress had sleeves to it, came up to her
throat and down to her feet. On Tues
day her hair went up on to the top of
her head, and was coiled up over a—
something ; on Wednesday she cut the
sleeves off her dress, turned it in at
the throat, pinned it back and humped
it out behind, and could look all the
men in the house square in the face for
half an hour without the hue of modes
ty showing through her prepared chalk
complexion, yesterday she completed
her degradation by cutting off all but
an inch or two of her front hair.
Love’s 1 eward.
For love I labored ali v.he day,
Through morning ?j.ill and midday heat,
For surelv with the eV ming gray,
I thought, Love’s gtjerdon shall be sweet.
At eventide, with wea|y limb,
I brought my laborslto the spot
Where Love had bid nil come to him;
Thither I came, but found him not.
For he with idle folk Mid gone
To dance the hours If night away,
And I that toiled was lift alone.
Too weary now to d,|ace or play.
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PEREMPTORY SALE
AT AUCTION BY CONSENT OF PARTIES
On Easy Terms ai|d Long Credit
OF M(|sT
Permanently and Productive
CITY ir*RC|PERTY,
The Lafayette Hall Opera House
Containing Spacious 'ltores, Ofiicess and
Salooijs,
ALL SUCCESSFUL AN|) POPULAR BUSI
NESS STANDS,
SITUATED IN THE |iIOST CENTRAL
PORTION wF tv HE CITY.
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With Fronts on Broad jmd Ellis. Between
Jackson an 1 CamLbell Streets.
BY C. V. WALKER | Auctioneer.
rIIUESDAY, the 7th September, 1875, at 12
L o’clock, m., in f}ont of the Opera
House Arcade, in this city, will positively
be sold, at public auction, by consent of the
parties in interest, the 'Allowing described
and very choice commercial and invest
ment property, to-wh. : <
J hat centially situated, substantially
buiit and very productive property popu
larly known the Lafayette Ha.l ad
Opera House, situated fa the city of Au
gusta, county of RichaJjnd, and State of
Georgia and in the stjiam bounded by
Broad, Ellis,-Jackson anl Campbell streets.
The portion of ground urn which they are
built measures a totals front on back of
Broad and Ellis stieets|6s feet, by an ex
treme dep.h between pa|-aJlel lines anil ex
tending iiotn street to tvireet of 27. feet 6
inches sa ! d me&su'.emei ; all being.jore or
less, ibe said p operiv, j' not sold in
block, will bo sold suof’i'.fcdae into lots, des
ignated by the Nos. • 2 ;§ud 3 according to
plans of J. P. Braun, a eliiteet, to be exhib
ited on the day of saj.-. The said lots
measure as]follows: L{>ts Nos. 1 and 2
front on the south side* of Broad stroet,
having each 26 i'cet six liiihes thereon, by a
depth between parallel sines of 126 feet in
depth tow."ids Ellis stre<s...
Lot No. 1 is improved |vith the Substan
tial Three and Two-stor * Brick Buildings
known and designated* by tho No. 272
Broad street. The lowey storj contains a
spacious and commodiciis Store—one of
the finest business stands in the city and
arranged and adapted fo>; Offices or Dwell
ing above. With Lot KjO. l and the im
provements thereon wil’ibe sold the Tene
ment east of the Arcade or entrance, erected
immediately above th > same, subje t to all
the conditions of servitude hereinafter
specified. j
Lot No. 2. west of he A 'cade or entrance,
measures 26 feet 6 inches (font on the south
side of Broad street byla depth between
parallel lines of 126 feet tolvards Ellis street,
together with all the imjlrove merits there
on, known and designated by the No. 274
broad street, and comprising the substan
tially built three-story Bsck Building witli
a spacious two-story Bifck Store in the
rear. The main buildif-.g contains that
splendid Store and choice business stand
occupied by Messrs. M*ers & Marcus,
wholesale ary goods dealers. The upper
portion is arranged for d\|ellingand adapt
ed for otticcs. i’lie fon|foing described
property is leased to ancA occupied by the
well known wholesale dea|e:s in dry goods
and clothing, Messrs. Aiyjrs A Marcus, L.
Sylvester aml others, until the Ist of Octo
ber, 1875, yielding an aggregate rental of
$6,400 per annum. y
Lot No. 3 comprises theiremainder of tho
property, leasming a front on Ellis
street of 65 feet a deptl- between parallel
lines of 14.5 feet 6 me tes, fyoai wiiicii point
it contracts to a width oL 12 feet, and ex
tends to; nd fronts on Soi&h Broad street.
This sc'u extension is k).{jwn as the Ar
cade, o entrance from Brjad street to the
Opera House. Also, the present existing
alleyway, of 7 feet width, Ipening on Ellis
street—Lots 1 and 2 to luSve the right, in
common with Lot No. 3, til use, but not to
obstruct, the said At cadi or alley way
together with all the improvements there
on, comprising that exttiisive, capacious
and subst ntially-bu It br|:k Opera House,
covered with slate, copper-gutters, cement
ed basement throughout, *vll lighted an and
ventilated and provided * with ample en
trance and exit airangeimiits and accom
modations. The stage is feet depth, the
auitorium has a parqu*t, dress circle,
gallery and a seating capebity of about one
thousand—has contained Jltoo persons. The
basement is adapted for , aloon purposes,
lighted with gas througlujrt, and the only
establishment of its kin<]( in tho city for
public entertainment. With ordinary care
and small expense this jl operty alone is
susceptiole of producing if large and cer
tain income. it has yieklid in ordinarily
prosperous seasons over £*,ooo per an um.
The above decscribed pri party, compris
ing, as it does, the most extensive and cen
trally located property m/he city of Au
gusta in market, is weil worthy the atten
tion of capitalists seekinjj- safe, reliably
productive and permanently valuable city
property for As business
stands, adapted for either *he wholesale or
retail trade, banking or insurance business,
no property can be more di sirabie. It will
be sold free from all incut jibranco whatso
ever, the whole according ro plan of J. F.
Braun, architect, to be exhibited on the day
of sale, and on the following favorable
terms and conditions: l
One-third or one-half at the option
of the purchasers; the reiaainder at one
and two years’ credit for notes of the pur
chasers, specially secured |>y mortgage on
the property, bearing into |>st at the rate
of eight per cent, per anni *u from the day
of sale until final payment! said interest to
be paid half yea’ ly from date, and the pur
chaser to keep the improiements insured
for their value, and to transfer the po icies
thereof to the holders oil the notes; the
notes, if required, to be Mrawn for such
amounts to suit the part'el in interest, and
the acts of sale at the exp3 i.se of the pur
chasers, before Wm. A. Walton, Esq., No
tary Public. 1 he rentals onall the property
are reserved up to the 3utn of September,
1875. ; jy2s-td
GEORGE G.l HULL,
PROPRIETOR (f? THE
EXCELSIOR! MILLS
(Formerly Stovall’s Excelsior Mills),
AUGUSTA. C\.,
MAFUFAOI URE'< FLOr.'Kinall grades.
'I he old and well EXCELSIOR
BRANDS %
\
PRIDE OF AUGUSTA,
GOLDEN SHSAF,
EXJTRA,
LITTLE BEAUTY,
Always on hard, and thctir well earned
reputation will be flithfuily
maiutainedj
CORN MEAL, J
CRACKED CORN, I
CRACKED WHEA|fi,
GRAHAM FLU UR,
MILL !FEED,
|B R A N, Etc.,
Constantly made, and orders promptly
Idled at the|
LOWEST RATES.
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Sira SAVINGS BANK,
NO. 223 BROAD STREET,
Cash Capital SIOO,OOO (with Stockholders Liability *
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.
J. T. NE WBERY,
CASHIEU.
N. B.—Draw SIGHT DRAFTS on Great Britain and Continental Europe
in sums of jEI and upwards. janl2-ly*
AUGUSTA TO NEW YORK
VIA
PORT ROYAL, S. C.
The following Comfortable and well-known Steamships,
Montgomery, 1,500 Tons, Capt. Fair'clotli,
Huntsville, 1,500 Tons, Capt. Chester,
Ar ■ appointed to sail from PORT ROYAL for NEW YORK, direct, on FRIDAYS oi
e ich w ok, afte arrival of Morning Passeng-r Train from Augusta.
The following reduced rates of Passage are offered the Travelling Public:
Aug-usta to NewYork Ac Return,
Augusta to New Yoi*k, Straight, S2O
Augusta to New York f
Which secures Accommodations in all respects equal to those of other lines.
STATE ROOMS AND BERTHS
Can be secure 1 by application to
RICH’D. P. BUNDLE, Agent,
Port Royal, S. C.
Or to the undersigned,
T. S. DAVANT, G. P. A.,
Augusta, Ga.
ttff Tickets on Sale at Plantei’s’ Hotel and Ticket Office, Union Depot je4-3m
COTTON FACTORS, AGENTS,
AUGUSTA, GEORGIA.
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ATTENTION ! PLANTERS.
We AliE GENERAL AGENIS FOR THE
PRIDGEON COTTON PRESS.
Which is highly recommended for its simplicity and very moderate cost, $125
complete.
Plauters in need of a PRESS should examine this new invention.
SIBLEY & WHELESS,
COTTON FACTORS, AUGUSTA, CA.
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THE GREAT SUMMER ROUTE NORTH,
VIA
AUGUSTA, WILMINGTON. PORTSMOUTH,
‘
■* /' k.-'.iiiE ' 'LL
.r' I ■ r
AND
The Magnificent Sidewheel Steamships
OF THE
OLD DOMINION LINE!
WHICH leave Portsmouth, Va., upon the arrival of Trains via the Atlantic Coast
Line, at 7:30 p. m., in the following appointed order*.
Steamship ISA A ' BELL, 1,600 Tons Capt. BLAKEMAN, Monday.
Steamsiiip WYANOk E, 2.040 Tons Capt. COUCH, Wednesday.
Steamship OLD DOMINION, 2 210 Tons Capt. WALKER, Saturday.
And upon the above named Schedule during the entire Summer and Autumn The su
perior a commodations, luxurious tables any absence of all unpleasant and dangerous
ocean navigation, commend this Line to the attention ot North-Bound Travelers as the
most pleasant Excursion Route to New York, and within six hours of all rail time.
State Rooms and Berths engaged by Telegraph upon application to all Agents of the
At antic Coast Line, and Through Tickets sold at all Railway Ticket Offices.
Baggage checked to destination, and equal facility of transfer and delivery in New
York as by other Transportation Lines.
W. IT. 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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GINS ON TIME!
To Any Anil All Persons Desirous of Purchasing Gins
OIV TIME,
CAN DO SO BY PAYING ONE-HALF CASH; THE BALANCE PAYABLE 16th
October, 1876, with interest at 8 per cent. Or i will sell the entire Gin on Time, with
APPROVED NOTES OR GOOD REFERENCES.
P. S.-SEND FOR CIRCULAR.
THOMAS WYNNE,
augl9-law2w BELAIR, GEORGIA.
Communications.
SSO TO SIO,OOO
ilegos, and paid 000 per cent, profit. “ How
to do it.” A book on Wall street sent free.
TUMBRIDGE & CO.. Bankers. 2 Wall St.
N. Y. jel9-d*e3m
BANK,
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 lor them in thirty days, ll
not the same will be sold for repairs, In the
8, uugl7-a 17G BROAD STREET.
I 2V £3 XT 3F5. ES
IN THAT
MOST POPULAR SOUTHERN COMPANY, 1
fS
THE
MOBILE LIFE INSURANCE CO.
OF MOBILE, ALA.
Organized, June, 1871. t Assets, - - - $500,000.
Every loss sustained by this company has been promptly paid,
without a day’s delay.
I*ItOAY l* T . j Careful in 111 e Selection |
jPROGRKHSI VK. j OF 1 ITS RISKS.
ONE OF THE FEW COMPANIES THAT INCREASED ITS POLICY POLDERS
During the Hard Times Last Year.
INSURE IN THIS FAVORITE STERLING HOME COMPANY!
W ANTED.
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
L A PEERS, WITH RECENT VALUABLE IMPROVE
MENTS, SHODDY and WASTE MACHINES and
RAO DUSTERS, NEEDLE-POINTED
CARD-CLOTHING, Etc., Etc.
Kitson’s Patent Compound Opener Lapper.
TUIE cotton is spread on Uiis machine from the inle a n .i IYin ,u
. lap, at the late of 300 to 400 pounds per hour. The laps are then 11 nishod on a ° V ‘ in
TWO-BEATER LAPPER,
WITH
KITSON’S PATENT EYENER
Attached, and owing to recent improvements in this Evener, the laps when ready for
the card, only varies one quarter of anounce to the yard. The cost of picking by this
system is only about one mill per pound on the cloth produced, and the picker house is
safer from fire than the card room.
3”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, Langlev Manufac
turing Company, and at the best raids at Lowell, Lawrence, Fall River, Manchester
Lewiston, Providence, Richmond, Baltimore, etc., etc.
The following are a tew among many testimonials whicn we nave received:
AUGUSTA FACTORY, Augusta, Ga., July 5,1875.
The Kitson Machine Company, Lowell, Mass.:
Gentlemen : Wo have been running your Compound Opener Lappers and Finisher
Lappers, with Eveners, tor more than one year, and irankiy say that they have given
the most eminent satisfaction. We have no hesitancy in giving you our unqualified en
dorsement, and cordially recommend your Maciiines.
F. COGIN, Superintendent.
o
OFFICE LANGLEY MANUFACTURING COMPANY, l
Langley, S. C., April 14, 1873. \
The Kitson Machine Company, Lowell, Mass.:
Gentlemen. .v ve been running your system of Compound Opener Lappers and
Finisher Lappers, witn Eveners, for more thin two years oa c t at the Cotton Mill of tee
Langley Manufacturing Company, and I have found it to work the mo-t satisfactory of
any opening and picking arrangement I have ever seen, we have not weighed a pound
of cotton upon tlie 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
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, Ac., M. F. FOSTER, Superintendent.
O
OFFICE MASSACHUSETTS COTTON MILLS, \
Lowell, February 20, 1874. J
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 maciiines have been at
work for ten yours 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, wo have averaged
the past seven weeks 89,267 lbs. Cloth weekly. Yarn averaging about No 22. Costone
14-100 mills (.00114) per lb. of cloth. We consider them a first class machine in all re
spects. Yours very truly.
F. F. BATTLES, Agent.
MERRIMACK MANUFACTURING COMPANY, )
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 throe years, and at present are passing all
our cotton through 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 Evt-ners; ordered at different times.)
Send for a Catalogue to THE KITSON MACHINE CO VIPANY.
SAMUEL E. STOTT. Treasurer, „
jy6-3m LOWELL, MASS.
BjuAC K.
IRON GRENADINE,
SO CENTS,
WORTH ONE DOLLAR!
The best in the world.for the price, just received from
AUCTION, at
JAMES A. 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
Langley, S. 0., that will bo offered in this
marKet, and in order to p'event spo 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.
#3.00 For #5.00 Worth!
In consequenoe 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, tho most cer
tain crop raisod—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. PHINIZY, & CO.,
aug!3-lm* Augusta, Ga.
Z. W, CARWILE, JR.,
COMMISSION MERCHANT,
AND GENERAL MERCHANDIZE
BROKER,
124 Front Street, (near Wall),
j el-tilsepl NEW YORK.
f* I \f jpT PJ To agents and others, male
VA ■ f b and female, a SSO secret and
beautifully illustrated loa-
A \hl A V page Novelty Catalogue. R.
Ml* ¥ |F. Young & Cos., 29 Broad
way, New York, jy29-iawiy