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About Weekly constitutionalist. (Augusta, Ga.) 185?-1877 | View Entire Issue (Aug. 1, 1866)
THE WEEKLY CONSTITUTIONALS. (From the Richmond Times. July 25. “The Murder of the Innocents” seems to go on as methodically in 'England in lSflfi os it did when that sensational Bohemian, C.' Ed wards Lester, published twenty years ago his famous book about the “Glory and Shame of England.” Woyien and children of the' purest Caucasian type are yet worked to death in the Manchester mills and Cornwall mines, although Exeter Hall still sends forth its missionaries to be devoured by the heathen. The Scriptures are still printed by the English Bible Society In we know not how many hundred languages, while there are hundreds ot thousands of bru talized Anglo-Saxon boys and girls who are as ignorant of the divine truths of the Christian religion as are the young Bushmen of Van-Die man’6 Land. These terrible facts have just been ■communicated to the public by certain Com missioners appointed by Parliament to “iuquire into the employment of children and young persons in trades and manufactures not already regulated by law.” The report embraces the result of the labors of the Commissioners during the years 1863, 1864, 1865, and a part of the pre sent year. Nothing can, therefore, be more truthful and' recent than these reports. The statement* of the Commissioners are calm, dispassionate, im partial and unprejudiced. The picture which they paint of the horrors of white slavery are infinitely worse than the fictions of Abolitiou ■ writers like Mrs. Stowe. Negro slavery, in its most hideous forms, was never half as abomi nable as the slavery of infants in England. With the abolition of the ’slave trade in the colonies anew traffic sprung up iu the mother country. To supply the vast manufacturing establishments with victims of tender yeprs, “child jobbers” have for years traversed Eng land, Scotland and Wales, purchasing children from their parents and seilihg them again into worse than Egyptian bondage. The consumption of human life, says the London Quarterly Review , in the manufactories to which.these children were consigned, was frigbtiu). The machinery in some establish ments never stood still. One set of children was worked by day and another by night. The laws of nature were wholly disregarded, and hundreds of the most sensitive and helpless of beings were used up annually by their remorse less task-masters, only to have their places filled by fresh victims. Efforts have again and, again been made to check this wholesale infanticide, but the report of the Commissioners show that these efforts have not been successful. They shite in their report that they have discovered instances in yrhich children began to work at three years of age, that many began at five, and that in many instances they were required to labor sixteen and eighteen hours a day. In many instances the mdre savage and merciless task-masters of these poor infants were their own parents. The commission with whose statements we are dealing has made four reports, which are exhaustive of the whole subject. They furnish a vast mass of evidence as to the fearful abuses which exist in the employment of children* in mauy of the leading manufactories of England. They treat in one of their reports of the em ployment of children of tender years in the, manufacture of earthenware, lucifer matches, percussion caps, paper making, pen making, dte. Iu a single district of England there were 4,605 children between the ages of five and-ten years of age who were engaged in manufactur ing coarse earthenware, one of the most un healthy of occupations. The morality among these children was excessive. In one district, out of 1,130 deaths, 470, or upwards of forty three per cent., occurred in the first year, and 149, or thirteen per cent., before the fif.h year of life; making a total of 619 deaths, or fifty five per cent, of children under five years-of age. In this district young girls and boys were kept at work for sixteen hours a day in crowd ed and ill-ventilated rooms. In the rooms where boys were kept attending to the ovens, the thermometer rose iu one of them to 130, and in another to 148. In the third the thermometer burst from the intensity of the heat. “ The Commissioners report that the boys were kept in constant motion throughout the day, each carrying from thirty to fifty dozen moulds into the stoves,' and remaining in them long enough to take the dried earthen ware, away. The distance thus run by a boy in the course of a day, of not more than ordinary work, was estimated at seven miles. From the very nature of this exhausting occupation children were rendered pale, weak and un healthy. Iu the depth of winter, with the ther mometer in the open air, sometimes below ze ro, boys, with little clothing but rags, might be seen running to and fro on errands, or td their dinners, with the perspiration standing on their foreheads, ‘after laboring for hours like little slaves.’ The inevitable result of such transitions of temperature were consumption, asthma and acute iqflamation. The number of children employed in the exhausting labor ot monld-running was found by the last Census to be 1,850. The most painful portion of these revelations was the fact that the parents of the children themselves were generally the task masters who imposed this slavery upon their offspring. Fathers were even found who scru pled noft to employ their little daughtefs of frbm eight to ten years of age, in running for a whole day iu and out of those heated fur naces. • The practice of dipping the earthem ware into a mixture of borax, soda, potash andcar bonate of lead for glazing it, was also found to be followed by the most fatal- consequences.— The clothes of the workers were constantly saturated with a poisonous compound, which produced paralysis and epilepsy tn adults and epilepsy in children. By constantly handling the pieces of earthenware the fingers of chil dren became so delicate and sensitive that they bled ou the slightest abrasion, and the process of absorbing the poison was thus more certain and rapid. In other branches of manufacture they report the suffering of the children as equally fright ful. The manufacture of lucifer matches pro duces one of the most painful and loathsome disease which ever afflicted humanity, it is a disease of the lower jaw, and “ no narcotic is sufjleieatly powerful to alleviate the sufferings of the patient until fie disease runs itself out, leaving the jaw quite dead.” thousands of children under the age of ten are engaged iu a manufacture which produces such frightful con sequences. The reports of tho commissioners are also full of shocking details of the thousands of English' infants who arc slain by the lace work ers, the percussion cap makers, the hosiery manufactories and straw plaiters. They call loudly for legislation which will prevent or punish abuses which endanger the lives of twelve hundred thousand children in Great ■ Britain. They report the cruelty and avarice of English parents as almost inevitable. In al most every instance they condemn the parents of these wretched infants as wholly responsible for their sufferings and untimely deaths. The practice ot parents sitting np all night and making their children do the same is said to be for from uncommon. The effect of this excessive and premature labor upon young and’ tender infante, huddled together in’ small and unventilated rooms, is that consumption is speedily engendered, the eyes are weakened, the development of the frame is prevented, and the tody becomes permanently stunted and dwarfed. _ , But the most unheard of cruelties are those practiced by the “ metal manufacturers” upon their own offspring. With these wretches, overwork of little children is regular and sys tematic. Au instance is given of a father hav ing worked his three young boys from four in the morning until twelve at night, for weeks altogether. “ A c hain maker, at Wednesfield Heath, work ing in his own shop for a large manufactory, annd who had left the establishment in order That he might employ his little girls to help him instead of hiring boys, which he was obliged to do in the public Workshop, was found by the Assistant Commissioner engaged in making a large chain. Two girls, niue and ten years of age, were working as ‘ stikers,’ and a little girl of eight, occasionally relieved bv a still younger one of six, was working the’ bellows. The gross earning of this man amouted to two guineas per week. It may be doubted whether the world could now produce a more revolting instance of parental oppression than the spec tacle of these two 'young girls, whose little hands would have been appropriately employed in hemming a kerchief or working a sampler, begrimed with the smoke, stifled with the heat and stunned with the din of a smithy, wielding sledge-hammers and forging Iron chains from morning till night. A single in stance of oppression has often had it greater effect in rousing indignation than the most powerful denunciation of a general wrong. The picture of these little Staffordshire girls thus unsexed by an imperious task-master, and that task-master their parent, is well adapted to expose for universal reprobation a system un der which such an enormity could be possible, and to prove the necessity of immediate legis lative interference.” We might fill every page of to-day'6 issue of the Time* with illustrations of slave life in Englaud as horrible ,as those which we have gathered from the reports of the Commission in question, but we forbear. The mental and moral condition of hundreds of thousands of these poor English children is proved by the Commissioners to be not a whit better than that of young Hottentots. The most brutal slaveholder of the South never treated the voung slaves upon his planta tion with one-tenth of the cruelty with which more than a million of English fathers treat their children. The writers of sensational fables about “Afri can slavery at the South” never imagined any thing half as bad it) connection with “negro slavery,” as this horrible servitude of English infants. The brutality of the negtophUists to their own children has no parallel in the his tory of the institution with which they waged so long and successful a war. [From the Baltimore Gazette. The Monetary Boosting Place. The plethora of capital which has now for so many weeks existed at the great money centre Os the North has had its natural effect.' Bor rowing rates have been low, the facility for making and carrying large loans has been un usally great, and the temptation to speculate has been irresistible. Stocks have been carried up to prices far exceeding their values, several “ corners ” have been made which have inflicted heavy losses on. well-known and substantial houses, and but recently an unusually large cor ner has been attempted in- Erie railroad stock, and, so far, carried on very successfully, the stock being to-day far above its intrinsic vfflue, by a party of men, somi*of whom, but a few months mro, were utterly bankrupt. That such a state of things is prejudicial to the legitimate business of the country no one can for a moment doubt. Were the injury, -however, confined merely to the speculators of Wall street and its tributaries, the consequences might not be serious’. But it does not stop here. The rage for speculating, thus fostered in dull commercial seasons by superabundant papef capital, encourages many persons to pur chase fictitious values largely on credit, and when trade resumes its activity, and money is more in demand for the real business of the country, as it is naturally njost readily loaned on solid securities, it becomes more difficult to borrow on fancy stocks. They fall in valhe and the holders are forced to pay high rates of in terest rather than submit to a sacrifice, thus coming into competition with legitimate busi ness men and forcing them rates of inter est by which the cost of their merchandise is increased and an additional and unnecessary tax is laid upon the consumer. . This is the plain, simple and necessary effect of an irresponsible national bank system and of irredeemable paper currency. So long atf these exists, 60 long as the basis of trade is purely artificial, so long mnst we expect, from time to time, wild speculation, uncertainty in trade, and exorbitant prices even for the necessaries of life. Over speculation may at times' hsve the same result as 6ver trade. Prices may break and there may be a temporary lull. But the irredeemable paper stimulus will soon have its effect, and new speculators will rise, as.it were, from the ruins of the old. Great efforts are oc casionally made through the New York jour nals to show that the present currency of the country is really insufficient for its warns. They tell us of large grain purchases which are to abstract an immense amount of money from New York. We hear of large purchases of pro visions, of heavy Investments in tobacco, and of large sums required to pay for cotton. .They assure us that the sums thus required will quite deplete the New York banks, aud that the amount of curaency left there will scarcely be sufficient for the wants of its business com munity. This may be a very plausible argument for those who wish to frighten people into the anticipation of n stringent money market, and thus produce a fall in stocks. But it can have no weigh with those who are even superficially acquainted with the workings of commercial finance. In business, the capital that is ex pended in purchases is replaced by sales. If New York buys from the West and the South, New York expects to and does sell again to the West and the South. The capi tal paid out one day is drawn in again the next; and to suppose for one mo ment that shrewd an*d intelligent men are going to lock up the whole of their funds three fourths of the year in railroad cars, in transitu, for it would amount to this, is simply to sup pose an absurdity. Largfe business operations are conducted, as every one knows, by a system of credits. The currency of a country repre sents but a very small portion of its aetpal busi ness transactions. The immense business op erations which are carried on without the-inter vention of currency, are -almost inconceivable to those not engaged in mercantile pursuits.— Cheques, bills and drafts, drawn on a banker or merchant, are liquidated by t drafts drawn on other bankers 6r merchants. The balance or difference only is paid in money. The great bulk of the currency of a country naturally re mains and must remain in its great business centre, and New York is, in fact, simply the great mercantile clearing house of the country. So long as we have an irredeemable Nfflfoqal Bank paper currency, so long must weefifcpect to see it abundant in New York. It cannot be otherwise. There is no place else for it to go, except to the great purchasing market. Were the currency a met*! one,’ a drain for foreign countries might, jumJ would, no doubt, affect the financial condition of New’Jork very sensi bly. But’ no foreigner wants National Bank notes. No one will have them. There is no circulation for them outside of the country it self, and send them where we will, like curses' and chickens, they inevitably come home to roost. And New York, is their roostlng-place, and there they will and mast congregate, all paper money theorists to the contrary notwith standing. “ Well, my child,” said Mr. Osgood to his little daughter after church, “ what do you re member of all the preacher said?” “ Nothing, gif,” was the tftnid rCply. lt NSthlng?” said he, severely, “now, remember, the next time, you tell me" something he says, or you must stay away from church.” The next Sunday she came home, her eye3 all excitement. “ I re.- member something,” said she. “ Ah, very glad of it, my child,” replied Mr. Osgood, “ what did be say ?” “He said, pa,” cried she de lightedly, “ a collection will now be takeh up.” Asteroid, thefgreat Kentucky raco-horse, has recovered, aud is ready to enter the track. FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL. AUGUSTA MARKET. TUESDAY EVENING, JULY 31, 1566. Financial. The demand this week, for Bonds, Stocks, Gold and Silver, has been very moderate and but little has been done in all kinds of Securities. Gold remains at 14$, and Silver at 142. In Georgia Railroad Stock a few shares have been sold at 82, and some small sales of Augusta City Bondsot 92. 010*91 a. Augusta Insurance and Banking Company...., 9 Bank of Augusta 60 Bank of Athens /.....48 Bank of Columbus ;... .....22 Bank of Commerce 8 Bank of Fulton 40 Bank E moire State ..........27 Bank of Middle Georgia *7 Bank of Savannah fU.,.,,,.14 Bank of State of Georgia 24 Central R. R. A Banking Company.. ...98 City Bank of Augusta.. ......81 Farmers’ and Mechanics’. 12 Georgia R. R. A Banking Company 99 Manufacturers’ Bank. 20 Marine Bank 87 Mechanics’ Bank , II Merchants’ and Planters’ Bank .V.. .7. .1..... 10 Plantera’ Bank 14 Union 8ank...... ...... A... 11 SOUTH CAROLINA. Bank of Oamdgn.., ........50 Bank of Charleston.. . ‘..21 Bank of Chester 20 Bank of Georgetown 20 Bank of Hamburg ....... 18 Bank of Newberry 55 Bank of South Carolina 16 Bank State of South Carolina (old) 20 Commercial Bank, Columbia.....’ 18 Exchange Bank, Columbia 18 Farmers’ and Exchange. •... M 8 Merchants’, Cheraw 20 People’s Bank ~48 Planters’ Bank, Fairfield ~,..18 Planters’ and Mechanics’ Bank ...20 South W. R R AP State Bank. 9 Union 8ank..... ....65 BONDS, AC. Old Georgia 6’s : (*35 < )ld Georgia 7’s. -. .» 90@92 City Savannah , 90ff192 City of Augusta .’ 90(3:92 Centra! Railroad ~... 97@100 Memphis ana Charleston Railroad. .. 85@88 BTOGES. j Central R. R @9O South Western U. It 90 Atlantic A Gulf R. R .63ffla5 Georgia R. R -88@88 Muscogee Railroad...... . i i.. .55@58 Commercial. COTTON.—In our last review we left the market somewhat depressed by the unfavorable news from Europe. Although we did not reduce our quotation* from the advance of the 23d, there have been no sales during the past six d3ys above 32 cents. On Monday the news by the China caused a firmer feeling in the market, and holders asked an advance of lc., but the decline.in gold prevents buyers from re sponding to the demands. We give no quotatiups. DOMESTICS.—Augusta Factory Goods are very stiff at quotations. There is a speculative feelihg.— Yams are in large demand. GROCERIES.—There has been little doing in trade generally. The two or three fine showers have some what revived hopes in regard to the eotton cfop, but the com crop is concidcd by all to have been ruined by the draught. Bacon is in fair demand. Flour is quiet, with good stock on hand. Com is unchanged. Augusta "Wholesale Prices. FOR THB WBBK ENDING JULY 31, 1866. APOTHECARIES. ETC. DRUGS AND CHEMICALS— Bine Pill, Vft 81 10 ® 1 50 Blue Vitrol, B 17 @ 20 Balsum Conaiva—V 111 124 @l5O Calomel, B 1 50 ffl 226 Chloroform, f B 3 00 @ Copperas, p 8..„ @ 5 Castor Oil, Tp gal ; 350 @ 4 25 Camphor, 4P B 1 50 @ l 80 Epsom Salts, ¥ B 5 @ 6 Morphine IP oz.. 9 60 @lO 00 Madder, 18 Opium, ft....’. 9 80 @lO 00 Quinine, Vo* 3 00 @ 3 25 Sulphur, V B 10 ffl 12* * BOOTS AND SHOES. BOOTS—Kipp, pair 2 50 @ 3 60 Buff, V pair 2 50 @ 6 00 Split, Vpatr 2 50 @ 3 50 Calf, pegged, Wpair 4 00 @ 6 00 Calf, sewed, V pair 6 00 @OOO BHOE9— Hen's— Brogans prime wax, V pair 1 60 @ 200 ABA C, V Pair '• 1 20 @ 1 90 Kipp, Vpair.. 190 @2 15 Buff, V pair 1 50 @ 2 25 Split, pair. 100 @1 75 Calf, pegged, V pair 1 59 ffl 2 00 Calf, sewed,fl pair.. 300 ffl 500 South’s Brogans, prime wax V pair ABAC, V pair 1 37K@ 1 50 Kipp, V pair... 125 @l5O Buff, Vpair-.a 1 25 ffl 1 50 Split, V pair 1 00 ffl 1 50 Calf, pegged, V pair......'... 1 50 ffl 2 00 Calf, sewed, V pair 300 @350 Women's— Boots, V pair... Brogans, prime wax, TP pair.. 1 50 @ 2 00 ABA C, V Pair 1 75 ffl 200 Kipp, V pair... Bun; 4P pair 1 25 ffl l 75 Split, pair ;.. 125 ffl 175 Calf, pegged, V pair 1 75 ffl 2 00 Calf, sewed, V pair 200 ffl 3 00 — Misses'— Buff, V pair.;..... 1 50 ffl 2 00 Split, pair ....125 ffl 150 Cqlf, Ip pair 140 ffl 2 00 Morocco, sewed, tp pair 1 75 ffl 2 50 Kid, sewed, Vpair , 1 76 ffl 2 60 CROCKERY. PLATES—Common, V dozen 50 ffl 1 50 Granite, tp dozen 1 00 ffl 260 China, V dozen 250 ffl 4 00 TEAS- Common, V set, 50 @IOO Granite, V set I 00 ffl 1 75 China, set 200 ffl 300 BOWLS—Common, V dozen 60 ffl 400 Granite, tp dozen.., 1 50 @l2 00 GLASSWARE—TumbIers, dozen. 85 ffl 800 Goblets, V dozen . 3 00 ffl 8 00 CONFECTIONERIES, FRUIT, &c. CANDlES—American,V B 66 ffl. 50 , French, V® 1- 75 ffl 100 FRUlT—Apples, 39 bbl.. ./.... none Oranges, V box ffllO 50 Lemons, box ffl 850 Cocoanut, tp 1005...... I X. T. ffllO 00 Raisins, tp box 4 75 ffl 0 25 Prunes, TP B 25 ffl 28 Almonds, soft shell, TP 8.... 41 ffl 43 DRY -GOODS. PRINTS, TO yard 15 ffl’ 21 BLEACHED GOODS, TP yard-... 20 ffl 85 TWEEDS, TP yard 35 @ 75 DELAINES, Mixed, Vyard., 22 ffl .27 All Wool ffl 55 FLANNELS, all Wool 35 ffl 60 GINGHAMS, Domestic 25 ffl 30 DOMESTICS—Augusta— • X, V yard ffl 16* 4-4, TP yard ffl 20 "Drill, TP yard . ffl 22 Montours— \ V yard... ffl 18 4@, IP yard ffl 19* OSNABOROB, TP yard „ 26 ffl 27 YARNS, Assorted, V bunch 2 25_ ffl GRAIN AND FORAGE. CORN—White, V bush.—weight.... I 60 ffl 1 *» Yellow,V bush.-weight..., 160 ffl 155 OATS—Maryland, V bush 1 00 ffl 1 10 Western, Vbush . WHEAT—Red, TP hash 225 ffl 275 White 2 75 ffl 3 60 RlCE—Carolina, Clean, TP BB ffl 14 India, TP ft ffl 12 HAY, TP cwt 1 80 ffl 2 00 GROCfiRfES. BACON—Sides, TPB ffl 23 Sides, clear, TP tt ffl 24)5 Shoulders ffl 21 Hams, TP B 25 @ 27 BAGGING-Gunny, V yard 28 ffl Dundee, TP yard 30 ffl 33 BREAD-Navy, TP B ffl Pilot, TP a a ffl ex Loaf. s,. -9 t* W Soda Biscuit, V B 12 @ II Crackers, V ® 15 @ 34 BUTTER-Goshen, 36 ffl 44 Western, TP ® ffl 30 Georgia. V ® 25 ffl 30 COFFEE-Rio, *■' B 30 ffl 32 Java, VAt ffl 50 CHEESE—Goshen, V 8..( ffl 25 English Dairy, TP ...... ffl 24 Northern Factorv, V B 22 ffl 29 A 40 ffl 45 TaUaw, TP B 15 ffl 17 Adamantine, T??b... 25 ffl 27 FISH—Cod, V B 8 ffl 10 Herrings, V box 75 ffl 1 28 Mackerel, No: 1, half bbl... @l2 60 Mackerel, No. 1, V bbl @24 00 Mackerel, No. 2, half bbl @llOO Mackerel, No. 2, »» bbl 20 00 @2l 0» Mackerel, No. 3, Boston V bbl.lß 00 @l9 00 Sardines, half box ffl 50 Sardines, i) quarter box ffl 26 FLOUR-NORTHERN- Super « : ffl 15 Extra ffl 17 Family ffl 20 Doraastio— v t Excelsior Mill* t i Augusta Canal ffl . Superfine....,'. @lB 00 Extra @l7 00 Double Extra....'. .>f........ ffllfe 00 .Granite Mill* Extra Family- @2O 00 MtUs IWf flB 00 Granite M;ns Superfine....... » ffl Granite Mill*Canal... ffl t Granite Mills Bolted Meal.... ffl 1 60 Granite Mills Cleaned Grits.. @175; Fine Feed (for stock) per 8. . 3 GUNPOWDER—Kegs 25 Ibe. F F F. @ll 00 Blasting, Tp Keg of 25 B 7 60 GRINDSTONES—V .B ffl 3 INDlGO—Carolina, V » 9 1 25 Spanish Float, TP B @2OO Manilla, TP B 100 ffl 1 26, LARD—DuII, TP B. ffl 23 MOLASSES-CuHk Clayed TP gal-• • 5* 'ffl 00v Sorghum. v.... ffl 50 Muscovado, TP gal 56 ffl 60 Sugar House, Jp gab--. ,80 ffl i °° MATCHES—W gross ..T. 400 ffl 400 MAOCARONI—American and Ital ian, y»........... 22 ffl 37 PIOJCLBS—Mixed.s.V. 8 50 @ll 00, Onions 8 50 @ll 00 Gherkins ~..,.. 3 50 fflll 00: PRESERVES-Ginger, TP case @ls 00 Chowchow * @l3 00 POTATOES—Irish, TP bbl ffl T OQ Sweet, V, bviaii. ROPE—Kentucky, 1 TP’S-.. I 18 ffl ’l9'. Manilla. TP B 26 ffl 28 White Cotton;TP 8.... 40 ffl 146' SUGAR-Muscovado, TP B 12Xffl. 14* Crashed, V B 19 ffl 50 Powdered, %5 8............. 19 @ 20 Loaf, V ® 22 A B and C, TP B 17 ffl 19' SALT—Liverpool, indent'd,TP sack.. ffl 300 STARCH —I’earl,V 8.i'.l ffl 14 SOAP—Toilet, TP B 35 ffl 75 Fancy, TP B 60 ffl 2 60 Bar, VB 11 @ I 8 SPICES-Black Pepper, TP 8...ffl 37> Cayenne Pepper, V 8....... ffl Ginger, TP B ffl 30 Spice,TP B ffl 35 Cassia, TPB ’ v ffl 100 Black Pepper, ground, Tp 8., ffl 35 Ginger, ground, TP B ffl -37 J TWlNE—Bagging, Twine, V B 25 ffl 30 Cotton Twine, V B ffl 75 TEA-Hyson, %) B 1 20 ffl 2 25 Imperial, Tp B 1 05 ffl 2 26 Gunpowder, %)B 175 ®225 Black, TP B 1 35 ffl 1 75 VINEGAR-Cider, TP gal 40 ffl 60 White Wine, TP gal 46 ffl 60 French, Tp gal ffl 1 25 HARDWARE. ANVILS—TP B ffl 20 AXES-B.W. Collins, TP dez....,,.. 14 00 @20,00 Blodgett’s, TP uoz ffllS’OO Pick, TP doz 15 00 @lB 00 BELLOWS—Blacksmith’s, TP pair..2l 00 ffISS 00 CARDS—Cotton, No. 10, TP doz pair.lo 00 ffllU 00 Wool, No. I, V dot pair @lO 00 Jim Crow, TP doz ffl 2 00 CHAINS—Trace, V doz pair 12 00 @lB 00 CAST STEEL—TP B ffl 28 . HOES, TP doz. .7 50 fflls 00 IRON—English refined, TP fi> 7 ® 9 • Sweedes.TPß 9 ffl 10 Sheet, TPB 10 ffl 12X NAILS-Cut, 4d. to 40d., TPJb 7 ffl 8 PLOUGH STEEL-TR ft 14 ffl 14 SAWS—MiII, 6 ft. to 6X ft 7 50 @lO 00 Cross Cut, 6 ft. to 7ft 500 ffl 7 00 SHOVELS-Ames’ long h’dle TP doz. @l6 50 Ames’short h’dle, TP d0z.... @l6 50 A mes’Spade, TP do* @l7 00 Short h’dle Cfflt Steal, Tp doz. @l6 60 SKIVES—MeaI, TP dot 3 60 ffl 4 60 SHOT-Buck. TP ft ffl 1* Drop, TP B ffl 14 VlCES—Blacksmith’* Kottoy Key, TP ft ffl 18 Blacksmith's Solid Box, TP ft- ffl 30 Sats. BEAVERS-Flne, TP doz 36 00 @72 00 Black Fur, French, TP doz.. .16 00 @3O 00 BLack Fur, Planter, TP doz.. .24 00 @54 00 Nut Fur, French, TP doz 17 00 @44 00 Nut Fur, Planter, TP d0z....26 00 @54 00 Black Fur, Resqrte, TP d0z..20 00 @4B 00 Nut Fur, Re*orte, V d0z....27 0b @4B 00 Pearl Caps, Res.. @44 00 Black Case, Res. Derby 40 00 @44 00 Blue Cloth Res @33 00 Mixed Cloth Res @3O 00 WOOL—Black Weol 10 00 @ls 00 Black Wool, Planter....;... 16 00 @2IOO Black Wool, Res 1.. 16 00 @24 Ofl Nut Wool ■ I. @l6 00 Nut Wool, Planter.. 16 00 @24 00 Nut Wool, Res @B2 00 BOYS’-Black Wool .10 00 @l2 00 Nut Wool 12 00 @lB 00 Sav. Res @22 00 MEN’S STRAW—Men’s, Leghorn Yeoman.TPdoz.../...i. 7 00 @l2 00 Manilla City, TP doz 9 00 @l4 00 Jeddo, mixed, TP doz @lB 00 Extra Leghorn, TP doz. v .,. ..18 00 @22 00 * Brighton, TP doz 15 00 @42 00 Boys’ Hats, allsizes and qual ities. TP doz 900 ffl22 00 LADIES’ STRAW—Black Flor. N. G, TP doz 18 Q 0 @24 00 Adelaide, TP doz .18 00 @24 00 Sundown E. M 18 00 @24 00 Margarete, Cant and Ped, TP * doz 13 00 @ls 00 Misses’ 11 E. Olive, V doz.. .18 00 @24 00 Misses’ Derby's 7 and 11 E, TP ■'/ . ' doz 18 00 @24 00 LEATHER. Stocks good—prices stiff. OAK—Sole, Phila. and Baltimore, city slaughter, light weight*, TP ft.. ■ @- Sole, Phila. and Baltimore, city slaughter, mid, weight*,TP B @47 Sole, Phila. and Baltimore, city slaughter-, heavy, weight*, , tpb..... .....,r..T7 @ SO Sole, I’hmnix Tannery, city slaughter, light weights, TP ft— 30 ffl 40 Sole, Phoenix Tannery, city slaughter, middle weights, TP ft 35 @ 42 Sole, PhmnJx Tannery, city slaughter, heavy weights, TP ft 40 ffl 45 HEMLOCK—SoIe, Spanish hide, good, light weights, TP ft--.- ffl 38 Sole, Spanish hide, good, mid dle weights, TP ft ffl 43 Sole, Spanish hide, good,. heavy weights, V 9,.., ffl 47 Sofe, Spanish hide, good dam aged, light weights, TP ft ffl 22 Soft, Spanish hide, good dam aged, middle weights, TP ft ffl 33 Sole, Spanish hide, good dam *ged, heavy weight*, V tAMii ’ @ * OAK—Harness. Northern (ln:sh, sides, TP ft 42 ffl 60 Harr.-M*. Northern finish, ♦rimmed. TP ft ... 75 ffl 100 Harness. Phoenix Tannery, sides, TP ft 40 ffl 44 Harness, Phoenix Tannery, butts, Vft 60 ffl 74 OAK—Bridle, Phoenix Tannery, TP side 3 50 ffl 500 Bridle, Northern «ni*b 450 ffl 7 50 WAXED—Kips, Northern finish, light, V f00t..... ffl 30 Kip*. Northern finish; me diurp, TP foot ffl 33 Kips, Northern finish, heavy, TP foot ffl 36 Kips, PhceniX Tannery, all weights, TP dezM 48 00 ffl7» 00 WAXED—Upper, sides, Northern finish, all doz 30 00 @4B 00 Upper, sides, rnceoix Tan nery, all weights, V doz 30 00 @46 00 WAXED—Shoe Splits, Phoenix Tan nery, Vft 46 ffl 50 FRENCH—CaIf, all brands and weights, Tp doz.. 45 00 @75 00 K ip«, all brands and weights, TP doz 75 00 @125 00 AMERICAN—CaIf, Northern and Southern, TP doz 36 00 @4B 00 Goat, Northern and Southern, HIDES—CUy slaughter, Vft ffl 4 Dry Southern and South Western, ?ft 8 ffl 12 LIQUORS. A LCOTtOL—96 TP cent, p ga110n.... ffl 600 BRANDY—Cognac, V ga110n....... 8 00 @l6 00 Domestic, v 10n..... „S.. 360 ffl »00 GlN—Holland, Tr iranon 6 00 @BOO a American, v gallon 2 90 @ 3 50 RUM—.Jamaica. >' gallon 8 00 «vl2 00 New England, T 9 gallon 3 25 ffl 4 50 WHlSKY—Bourbon, V gallon 3 25 ffl 5 60 Rectified, TP gallon 2 50 ffl 3 76 Rye, V gallon 3 00 ffl 6 00 Irish, V gallon... 700 ffl 9 00 Scotch. TP gallon 7 00 ffl 9 00 WlNE—Modefra, V gallon 2 60 ffl 4 50 Port, TP gallon 2 50 ffl 4 50 Sherry, Tp gallon., 2 50 ffl 4 50 Claret, TP case 600 912 0» Champagne, Imported, TP bas ket....ff. 28 00 @4O 00 . Champagne, Inferior, V bas ket 18 00 @26 00 CORDIALS —Antueeed, V ease @l2 00 Raspberry, TP ca5e........... @l2 00 Peppermint, TP com @l2 00 Lemon, TP cose @l2 00 METALS. LEAD—Bar, TP :... ffl 12* ZlNC—Sheet, TP ft-... •’. « 22 COPPER—Sheet, TP ft-... ffl 80 TlN—Charcoal, I. C.tinplhte, 10x14. @lB 60 I. C. Tin plate, *@2o 50 I. X. Tin plate, 14x20 @23 00 I. X. Tin plate, 10x14 @2l 40 Block Tin TP ft ffl « , OILS, PAINTS, ETC. OlLS—Lard, TP gallon 3 00 ffl 3 25 Linseed, TP ga110n....r 200 ffl 2 10 Tanners’, TP gallon 1 55 ffl 1 75 Spermwlnter, TP gallon 8 00 ffl 4 00 Kerosene, TP gallon 75 ffl 77 Benzine, TP gal*tm“s-* ffl 75 Red Rock, TP gallon ffl 75 Olive, TP dozen 8 74 @l2 00 PAINTS—Lead, White, TP lb 16 ffl 22 Lead, Bhtok, TP lb 10 ffl 15 Zina, TP ft 90 ffl 22 VARNISH—-Bright, TP gallon 3 25 ffl 400 Coach, TP gallon ffl 6 50 TOBACCO. OHEWMb-MjW.'".;f. 1 ...f;-/..».*•/.. 36 ffl l 26 SMOKING—.TP ft 60 ffl 300 BEGARB—American, TP M 18 00 @6O 00 Spanish, TP M.,;, ffllio oo WEIGHT’S PATENT Improved Iron Screw, FOR PACKING COTTON. > I HE attention of Cotton Planter* Is invtted to th« claims of JhU Invention, which In SIMPLICITY, ECONOMY, DURABILITY and ROWER, sur passes any machine for tilling cotton ever before pre sented to the country- Its great excellence In the*o respects make lt THB BBST MACHINE FOR PACKING COTTON IN THE WORLD! 1. Its StitPLioiTV.—*lt is anew and improved appli cation of the BCREW POWER ; Just as simple tn its construction as the old fashioned wooden Screw, as easily managed, and no more liable to get Out or or der. No ropes or putUes are used aa In’ tb* cotton presses. 2. Its Ecokomt.—lt has been demonstrated by ac tual experiment to be OHK A PER than the wooden Screw. The timbers need In its construction are much smaller and fewer than those employed In the old Screw; the levers being only sixteen feet long, and tho height of thd whole frame above the bed being only ten-feet. All these timbers can be procured on tho plantation, no matter how exhausted the forest. Any ordinary wood workman oeh build the frame, and half a dozea hand* will put it up In a few houra. 3. Its Doaißititv.—The Screw and Nut are of Iron and WILL LAST FOR YEARS WITHOUT ANY APPRECIABLE WEAR. The whole machine occupies so little apace that it can be completely cov ered at very, small coat. - . 4. Its Powa*.- With a lever only sixteen feet long, ONE MULE la sufficient lor packing the heaviest sales. Plantera ,who have used it aay that with two mule* cotton may be oompresaed on thia machine for shipment. Thia Screw wo* Invented just before the opening of the war, and baa consequently never been generally Introduced. Those who have used it and seen lt used, unanimously concur in the opinion that lt is Unrivalled as a Cotton Screw. The following testimonials from some of the best and most reputable plantera in the country show the estimate In which this Screw stands with those who have tried It: We have used and seen in operation for the lest five years, WRIGHT’S IMPROVED COTTON IRON SCREW, end feel no hesitation tn pronouncing It the very best Cotton Screw,jWc have ever known. So highly do we esteem it, thgt If practicable to obtain one of thorn, we wottlffhSvb no other. It is easily built, simple In its construction, not liable to get out of order, packs well, with great power and with great facility. EDW’D T. SHEPARD, ELKANAH pace, G. Y. BANKS, W. HI MITCHELL. Columbus, Go., July 1,1896. All orders for this SCREW will be filled by F. PHINIZY A CO, , Augusts, Go.,'or r,A>. PALMER, Gen’l Agent Jy37-d«w2m for South Carolina and Southern Qa. TO TEACHERS. Tn accordance with the Bye-Laws of the Associa tion, the Trustees of tho Weston Academy,, situated within two mile* of Augusts, will proceed, on the 15th of AUGUST next, to elect a Teacher for the en suing year, commencing on the Ist September. For Information, apply to ALBERT HATCH, jy2f-eodsctd > f President Board Trustees. AGRICULTURAL and SEED AGENCY, A. H. KETCHAM, JAOKSO* STRSIty HAAjR THB BILL TOWBB, au. IHOUK GENERAL AGENT In GEORGIA for the sale of Field, FloWer and Garden HEEDS, also Agricultural and Horticultural IMPLEMENTS, of every description.: s Local dealers who require FRESH and GENUINE GARDEN SEEDS, which con be fully warranted, and will not disappoint the grower, can be supplied through him with Morris' Garden Seeds, in papers, ready for sole by the 100 or 1,000, os well aa in bulk. Orders received through him for improved labor saving AGRICULTURAL and HORTICULTURAL IMPLEMENTS, will receive our prompt attention, per steamers sailing rcgulsrly-from this port Morris' Garden Manual and Price Lfate, Morris’ Monthly Rural Advertiser, with Catalogue of Imple ments, Live Stock, Ac., will be supplied on applica tion at A. 11. KarcaiM’e Agricultural and Seed Ware house In Augusta, opposite the Bell Tower. PABCHALL MORRIS, Seedsman and Agricultumi/Dealer, > 1120 Market street, Philadelphia. Jy2l-dlmsc3m To Cotton Planters. The “ARROW TIES” and “PAINTED IRON BANDS” are a complete substitute for tope In baling cotton. ‘ They combine the utmost almplleity with the great eetp'jsslblo security. * They are fastened quicker, hold the bale smaller, and cost much leu than rope. These TIES are largely In use and very popular 1n the Gulf States. The undersigned is prepared to fill orders for any qu entity, deliverable in any of the principal sea porta. They ore for sole by Mosers. ANDREW LOW A CO., i&vatmah, and Mr. ROBERT MURE, Charles ton. For further particular*, addreu H. T. BARTLETT, Gen’l Agent, ty2s-dlm*t3m 28 Carondelet st., New Orleans. Administrator’* Sale. "W ILL be sold, at the Lower Market Haase. In the city of Augusta, between the usual hoars of public sale, on the first Tuesday in SEPTEMBER next, the House and Lot on the Southeast corner of Mclntoeb and Greene streets, In tho city of Augusta, belonging to the estate of Mrs. Sarah L. Twiggs, deceased. Tsaas—One-third cash; the balance secured by mortgage on the premises, in two equal payments, oue at six mouths, the other at twelve months, with In tcrest from day of sole. JOS. B. CUNMING, JyD eodtd Adm’r with will annexed.
