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WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER S, 1875.
THE SUPERNATURAL.
A CLERGYMAN ON GHOSTS AND
DEMONS.
[Cincinnati Gazette.]
Those who heard Mr. Conway’s lec
ture on the Devil were informed that a
belief in demonology was not indige
nous to man, and that the superstitions
which arose In course of time were fast
being dispelled under the influence of
scientific research. That all men of
learning are not of the same mind has
just been proved by the appearance of
a remarkable book, entitled “Glimpses
of the Supernatural” (New York: G. W.
Carleton & Cos.; Cincinnati: Robert
Clarke & Cos.) Its author is no Spirit
ualist in the modern acceptation of the
term, but a highly ritualistic clergy
man of the English Establishment, Rev.
Frederick G. Lee, D. C. L., Vicar of All
Saints’, Lambeth. Dr. Lee believes
thoroughly in the Catholic Church, in
which he includes both the Roman and
his own. He claims that there have
always been witches, ghosts, haunted
houses, and persons demonically pos
sessed. The advent of Christ lessened
their number, and the presence of the
Catholic Church has kept down their
increase. Demons and perturbed hu
man spirits haunt houses where great
crimes have been committed, and also
lonely forests and mountain tops.
He quotes Addison and Blackstone
to support his positions. The former
says in the 110th number of the Specta
tor: “I think a person who is terrified
with the imagination of ghosts and
specters much more reasonable than
one who, contrary to the reports of all
histories, sacred and profane, ancient
and modern, and to all traditions of all
nations, thinks the appearance of
spirits fabulous and groundless.”
Blackstone, it is well known, de
clares that, “to deny the possibility,
nay, actual existence of witchcraft and
sorcery, is at once flatly to contradict
the revealed Word of God in various
passages, both of the'Old and New
Testament, and the thing itself is a
truth to which every nation in the
world hath in its turn borne its testi
mony.”
Fortified by these and similar au
thorities, Mr. Lee thinks it wicked and
foolish skepticism to deny the reality
of possession, witchcraft,’, etc., and
shows also that the Catholic Church
has always believed in it. He prints in
full the very long form for exorcising
persons possessed of devils still in use
in the Church of Rome, and attacks
modern spiritualism as anew form of
ancient demonology. He refers with
out censure, and possibly with ap
proval, to the numerous burnings of
witches in by-gone centuries, and en
deavors to support his theories by a
large number of alleged facts, old and
new. Some of these are very curious,
and, judging by the ordinary rules of
evidence, seem well attested. Yet, if
accepted as true, there is no reason
why all supernatural stories that are
not lacking in evidence should not be
credited. Passing by the record of the
thundering legion; the strange, and ap
parently miraculous interference with
Julian’s attempt to rebuild the Temple
at Jerusalem, which even the skeptical
Gibbon can not satisfactorily dispose
of, and a long array of mediaeval won
ders, we have some very interesting
modern marvels. One which occurred
forty-five years ago is well attested.
The Rev. Mr. Perring, a Vicar in the
outskirts of London, lost a son seven
teen years old. The body was put in a
vault under the parish church. Two
nights later the father dreamed that
his son appeared to him in a blood
sprinkled shroud, his countenance
marked by an expression of pain, and
cried, “Father, father! come and de
fend me. They will not let mo rest
quiet in my coffin.” The next night he
had nearly the same dream, and in the
morning went to the vault. The clerk
pretended to have lost the key, but he
forced his way in and found that his
son’s coffin had been removed from a
recess in which it lay, to the floor. The
lid was loose, and on examining the
corpse, it was discovered that every
tooth in the head had been drawn. The
young man had a fine set of teeth, and
the clerk’s son, who was a barber
dentist, had stolen them for nse in his
business.
Dr. Lee quotes many accounts of
persons who were impressed with the
belief that friends at a distance had
died by seeing their spirits, among
them the case of Lord Brougham, who,
in 1799, while in a bath-tub, saw the
spirit of a friend who had died in India
on that very day. Seven years before
they made a compact, signed with their
blood, that the first who died should, if
possible, appear to the other. Lord
Brougham mentions the circumstance
in his recollections, written only a few
years ago, but tries to explain it a way.
The Tiehborne dole, given to the poor
for centuries, was withdrawn about one
hundred years ago. There was an old
prophecy that when this took place, the
old house should fall and the family
name would become extinct from the
failure of heirs male; the extinction
being preceeded by a generation of
seven sons, being followed by a genera
tion seven daughters and no son. This
came to pass, as the readers of the fa
mous trial of the claimant will remem
ber. A white bird makes its appear
ance whenever any head of the Oxen
ham family, of Devonshire, is to
die. This was first observed in
the seventeenth century, and
recurred as late as Christmas, 1873.
The sound of the beating of a drum
betokens death in a noble Scotch fami
ly, and was heard a few years ago when
the head was visiting in England. He
received news a day or two later that
his wife had died. In another family of
rank a female figure dressed in brown
appears as a death warning. To the
members of an old knightly family in
the west of England, there always
comes, before the death of its chief,
the sound of a heavy carriage with
maDy horses, driven round the paved
court-yard of the Elizabethan mansion.
“It is equally notorious,” adds Dr. Lee,
“that in a certain noble English family,
the form of a spectral head appears as
a sign of death to any member of it,
and invariably so when the chief of it
dies—a fact which the editor has been
assured of in writing from a member of
a junior branch of the same.” A black
dog serves as a warning to a family in
the east of England, and has been seen
as late as 1861.
The death of Thomas, Lord Lyttle
ton, in 1779, is one of the most curious
and inexplicable of these supernatural
phenomena, and comes down to us
from so many witnesses that it is as
hard to deny the facts as to explain
them. He was a witty profligate, and
one night, on retiring to bed, saw or
dreamed that he saw, a fluttering bird,
and afterwards a woman appeared to
him in white apparel, warning him that
he should die in three days. One ac
count adds that she was a woman
whom he seduced, and who had com
mitted suicide. He tried to laugh the
the matter off, and with a gay com
pany, went to bis country house. It is
said in one of the narratives that the
servants had secretly altered all
the clocks and watches in the
house. At all events, on going to
bed shortly before midnight, on the
third day, in apparently fair health,
he suddenly fell back dead. Some
have affirmed that he killed himself,
but of this there seems no proof. The
theory is also inconsistent with another
occurrence hardly less strange, and
equally well supported, A Mr. Andrews,
one ot Lord Lyttleton’s guests, had
gone home the previous day. He had
been in bed about half an hour, and
was, as he imagined, wide awake. Sud
denly. his bed curtains were pulled
open, and he saw Lord Lyttleton in his
chamber robe and night-cap. He
thought it a trick, but got up to re
ceive his speechless visitor when he
found that he had disappeared. He
rang the bell for his servant, but he de
clared he had let no one in, and the
house and grounds were searched in
vain. Lord Lyttleton was dead at the
hour of the singular visit. Dr. Lee re
fers to several contemporary versions
of the affair, and he himself quotes
one furnished from the family papers
by the present Lord Lyttleton.
In regard to haunted houses the book
is peculiarly rich. Lady Hobby, of
Bisham Abbey, in Berkshire, who lived
in Queen Elizabeth’s , reign, had a lazy
dunce of a son who used to blot his
oopy-books out of sheer malice. She
punished him severely for this, and one
day hit him so hard that he died.
Tradition goes that her remorseful
spirit has since haunted the house, and
especially the room in which the unfor
tunate blow was administered. Thirty
i years ago, in taking down an old oak
j window shutter, a packet of antique
copy books of the sixteenth century
j were discovered pushed into the wall
I between the joists of the skirting, and
j several of these books on which young
j Hobby’s name was written was covered
I with bolts, thus supporting the ordinary
tradition. Creslow, in Buckinghamshire,
is one of the many old houses in which
the rustle of a long silk train and a
majestic walk are heard at night. Some
times the noise is such as if a desperate
struggle were going on. This is con
fined to a certain haunted room very
rarely used. About 1850, a gentleman
who has occupied the position of High
Sheriff of the county, tried in vain to
sleep there. Ho was not superstitious,
and used every precaution against
trickery, but, though he saw nothing,
he heard enough to make him resolve
never to try the room again. The foot
steps and rustling were kept up at in
tervals through much of the night. Dr.
Lee says the incident “may be de
pended on as authentic.” Ghosts have
been seen in the Tower of Loudon. Mr.
E. L. Swifte, keeper of the Crown
jewels from 1814 to 1852, was sitting at
supper, in October, 1817, when, he says:
“I had offered a glass of wine and
water to my wife. On putting it to her
lips, she paused and exclaimed, “Good
God, what is that?” I looked up and
saw a cylindrical figure like a glass
tube, seemingly about the thickness of
my arm, and hovering between the
ceiling and the table. Its contents ap
peared to be a dense fluid, white and
pale azure, like to the gathering of a
summer cloud, and incessantly rolling
and mingling within the cylinder. This
lasted about two minutes, when it be
gan slowly to move before my sister
in-law, then following the oblong shape
of the table, before my son and my
self; passing behind my wife, it paused
for a moment ever her right shoulder
—observe there was no mirror op
posite to her in which she could
j then behold it. Instantly she
crouched down, and with both
hands covering her shoulders, shrieked
out, “Oh, Christ’ it has seized me.”
Even now, while writing, I feel the
fresh horror of that moment. I caught
up my chair, struck at the wainscot
behind her, rushed up stairs to the
other children's room and told the ter
rified nurse what I had seen. Neither
my sister-in-law nor my son beheld
this appearance. I am bound to add
that shortly before this strange event
! some young lady residents in the
I Tower had been suspected of making
| phantasmagorical experiments at their
windows, wflich, be it observed, had no
command whatever on any windows in
my dwelling. Let it be understood
that to ail which I have herein set
forth as seen by myself I absolutely
pledge my faith and my honor.”
There is a haunted room in Glam’s
Castle, access to which is now cut off
by a stone wall, and none are supposed
to know where it is except Lord Stroth
more, his eldest son, and the factor on
the estate. Fearful noises are heard
within it, and the sights are supposed
to be equally terrible, as, after looking
in, a late head of the house fainted and
would never tell what he saw. There
is a tradition that some refugees in the
olden time were locked in the room and
suffered to starve by the Strothmore of
the day. It is said that their bones lie
there still, and these were what the late
lord saw when he opened the door. A
lady occupying another room was one
night startled by seeing a figure in
armor walk across her chamber after
she had gone to bed.
We might multiply our citations had
we room. Dr. Lee is obviously a sin
cere believer in what he writes, and
maintains that no other position than
that which he holds is compatible with
genuine Christian belief. Though not
a member of the Church of Rome, he is
in, apparently, accordance with its
dogmas in everything except acknowl
edging its exclusive authority and the
sovereignty of the Pope. He does not al
ways give names, but says thatjhe omits
them only out of regard to the feel
ings of his informants. As far as second
sight and fulfilled presentiments go,
there have been many occurrtnces par
allel to those which he relates, but
when he descants on witchcraft and
spiritualism, his dates are much less sat
isfactory. Many readers will pooh at
all he says, and quote Moore’s lines, in
spirit if not in fact:
Ye shall have miracles, aye, sound ones
too.
Seen, heard, attested, everythin a v>._it true.
Some few will accept most that they
are told, while others will find their
perplexity well expressed in Shakes
pear’s
There are more tnmgs in neavenand earth,
Horatio,
Than are dreamed of in your [our] phi
losophy.
CROOKED WHISKEY.
Result of the Trials.
Milwaukee, December 4.—The jury
iu the Taft-VYiemer case returned a
verdict of guilty.
St. Louis, December 4.—The jury,
after four hours consultation, returned
a verdict of guilty on oue count of the
indictment, the other three having been
pronounced bad by the Court. Avery
left the Court. No additional bond
will be required for the present. Coun
sel gave notice of a motion for anew
trial.
Pierrepont in the Whiskey Trials.
Pierreport telegraphed the Attorney-
General at St. Louis, instructing him
that the appointment of the Military
Court is in no manner to stay any pro
ceedings that the court authorities may
determine upon as being proper in the
case.
MINOR TELEGRAMS.
New York, December 4.—Charles
Conner, billiard player, is dead.
Nashville, December 4.—The Demo
crats of the Fourth District have nomi
ted H. H. Riddle for Congress.
Louisville, December 4.—George
McLeod has been appointed Receiver
of the Louisville, Cincinnati and Lex
ington Short Line Road vice Samuel
Gill, who is suffering from aberration
of the mind from brain fever.
San Francisco, December 4.—Grass
Valley had a ten second earthquake.
Boston, December 4.—Forty of the
strongest men headed by President
Shepard, bolted the Republican mayor
alty 7 convention, organized separately
and nominated Mayor Cobb. The
Democrats also held a meeting but
made no nomination.
MATRIMONIAL.
Bloody Work of a Husband.
Cleveland, December 4. —An en
raged Englishman, named Wm. Aiden,
cut off his wife’s head with an axe, and
mortally wounded his step-daughter
and a woman who came to her assist
ance, with a hammer.
FROM NEW YORK.
Mrs. Moulton and Plymouth Church.
New York, December 4.— A1l matters
were referred to the Examining Com
mittee of Plymouth Church. Mrs.
Moulton’s letter was not read, because
it had been distributed to the news
papers for publication. Without fur
ther action on business the meeting of
the church adjourned.
Bank Statement.
New York, December 4.—The bank
statement shows loans decrease one
million ; specie decrease one and one
eighth midion ; legal tenders one and
three-eighth million ; deposits decrease
five and one-eighth million; reserve
decrease one and onejelghth million.
PROM ATLANTA.
Renfroe Appointed Treasurer.
Atlanta, December 4.—Hon. J. W.
Renfroe, of Washington county, was
appointed State Treasurer to-day.
The Vicksburg Herald says: The
other day a Vicksburg father finding it
necessary to reprove his son, gently
said : “Don’t stuff victuals into your
mouth that way, my son; George
Washington didn’t eat after that fash
ion.” The boy accepted the reproof
without comment, and, after pondering
for a while, he remarked to himself,
“And I don’t believe George Washing
ton licked his boy for finding a bottle
of whiskey in the shed when he was
hunting after a horseshoe, either.
“Our Spanish relations”—better,
thank you.
Jay Gould’s father brought him up
as a tanner.
What relation is Profanity to Crime ?
First eussin’.
Leather from the skins of serpents
is made in Paris.
The lakes in Central Park are pro
nounced nuisances.
Lord Houghton praises the beauty
of American women.
John G. Saxe says he isn’t so sick as
reported. Happy to hear it.
New York milk dealers put up the
price to 12 ce.jts a quart to-day.
Alice Tilton has left her mother and
returned to her father’s house.
The new rag baby. The cry that our
common schools are in danger.
Von Bulow says no person can be a
musician who cannot see the sunlight.
Nervous Debility.— Vital weakness
or depression : A weak exhausted feel
ing, no energy or courage; the result of
mental over-work, indescretions or e:
cesses, or some drain upon the system,
is always cured by Humphreys’ Homeo
pathic Specific No. 28. It tones ur>
and invigorates the system, dispels tno
gloom and despondency, imparts
strength and energy—stops the drain
and rejuvenates the entire man. Been
used twenty years with perfect success
by thousands. Sold by dealers. Price,
SI per single vial, or §5 per package of
five vials and ®2 vial of powder. Sent
by mail on receipt of price. Address,
Humphrey’s Homeopathic Medicine
Company, 562 Broadway, New York.
decs-dscly
FINANCE AND TRADE.
WEEKLY REVIEW OF THE AU
GUSTA MARKETS.
Constitutionalist Office, I
6 o clock P. M., December 3d, 1873. )
Remarks.
The week opened somewhat heavy, but
closes with a brisk trade, and quite a de
mand for bulk meats and general groceries.
in Cotton, the market has been somewhat
dull and prices have gradually declined.
The only demand has been for the be ter
grades. The low grades have been utterly
neglected, and sales could only te effected
at a considerable reduction.
Financial.
it i r s? n< y 3 remarkably scarce. New
York Exchange was % off for banks.
CALL AT THE AUGUSTA EXCHANGE—I P. M.
Bonds and Stocks—Georgia Railroad
Stock, bid; 81 asked; Central Rail
road Stock, 55 bid; 56 asked; S. C. Railroad
Stock, 9 bid; 10 asked; Atlanta and West
Point Railroad Stock, 76bid; 80 asked.
Banks and Factories.—National Ex
change Bank of Augusta, 91 bid; 99 asked;
Planters Loan and Saving Bank, 6 bid; 7
asked; Commercial Bank,Bo bid; 85 asked;
Augusta Factory, 119 bid; 121 asked; Au
gusta Gas Company, 40 bid; 41 asked; Au
gusta Ice Stock, 7 bid; 10 asked.
Cities—Augusta— Long dates, 84bid; 85
bid.
Railroad BoNDS-Port Royal Railroad,
nrst mortgage, endorsed by Georgia Rail
road, 76 bid; 76 asked.
Sales—l JI Port Royal, endorsed by Ga.
R - IT. At'<B; ISI Port Royal, endorsed by
Ga. R. R„ at 76.
Cotton.
Tone of the market—Dull, with a demand
for good grades only.
Ordinary
Good Ordinary . . . . li
Low Middling li 13-16
Middling 12 3-16
Good Middling 129-16
WEEKLY STATEMENT.
Days. Receipts. Sales.
Saturday 1,348 977
Monday 1,048 833
Tuesday 1,334 1,083
Wednesday i,364 975
Thursday 1,827 1,086
Friday 1,595 1,380
Totals 8,567 6,334
AT ALL POINTS.
Stock in Augusta by count Nov. 26th. 12,184
Stock last year 16,459
Receipts since September Ist 90,786
Shipments since September Ist 78,602
FUTURE DELIVERY IN AUGUSTA.
Bid. Asked.
November
December
LIVERPOOL MARKET.
Tone steady I Mid’g Upld’s.,6%
Sales 12,000 | Mid’g Orleans.. 7 3-16
NEW YORK MARKET.
Tone--Spots steady I Gold .14%
Middling 13 1-16 Exc’ com. bills, 481
Futures—Closing tone, quiet and steady.
Jan 13 5-32 | July 14%
Feb 1311-32 August 14 11-32
March 13% \ Sept
April 13% 1 Oct
May 1315-16 Nov
June 14% [Dec 13 1-16
RECEIPTS AT ALL U. S. PORTS.
Cor. Week Last
This Week. Last Year. Week.
Saturday 24,610 22,514 23,420
Monday 36,184 37,710 36,735
Tuesday 25,654 24,358 37,805
Wednesday.. 22,788 28,656 26,230
Thursday.... 26,202 18,911 < - q 7 „„
Friday 23,542 36,048 (
Total, 6 day5..158,986 168,197 183,823
Receipts since Ist September 1,431,278
Receipts same time last year 1,277,298
Stock at all U. S. ports 612,291
Stocks at all U. 8. ports last year.. 570,286
Stock in New York, actual count..
Stock in Now York last year 97,441
COTTON BY RAIL.
RECEIPTS.
Received. Shipped.
C. C. and A. R. R 594 436
Port Royal R.R 244 1,099
Georgia R. R 4,371
South Carolina R. R 5,079
Central R. R 257 2.953
Totals 5,466 9,567
Sugar and Coffee.
Sugars.—O, 10; extra C, 10%al0%; yel
lows, 9%a10; A, 10%all.
Coffees.—Rio, 23a25; Java, 33a36.
Syrup and Molasses.
Molasses.—Muscovado, lihds. 50; b.tr
rols, 50a52; reboiled, hhds. 30; barrels, 33;
sugar house syrup, 45a75; New Orleans
syrup, 70a85 ft gallon; Silver Drip, 75 cents;
Sugar Drip, $1.50, nominal.
Flour.
City Mills.—Supers, $0.00aG.25; Extras,
$G.25a6.50; Family, $7.50a7.75; Fancy, sß.ooa
8.25.
Western.— Supers, $6.00; Extras, $6.50;
Family, $7.00; Fancy, $7.50.
Meats.
Clear Ribbed Bacon Sides none offering
Dry Salt Clear Bibbed Sides 12 a
Dry Salt Long Cleat- Sides ll%a
Belli's 12 a
Smoked S'houlders 10%a
Dry Salt Shoulders 9 a
Sugar Cured Hams 15 a
Pig Hams 16 at 9
Laisd.—ln tierces, 14%; in cans, kegs or
buckets, 15%.
Corn, Wheat and Oats.
Corn.—Car load prime lots in depot:
White, 75; Yellow and Mixed, 70—sacks
included.
Wheat.—Choice White, $1.45; Prime
Whit- 1 , $1 46; Amber, $1.35; and Rod, $1 30.
Oats—Red Rust Proof, $1.25; Feed, 60.
Meal—7oo.
Hay.
Choice Timothy—car load lots, $1.45 per
hundred; Western Mixed, $1.15at.25 pel
hundred ; Eastern Hay, $1.50 per hundred;
Northern, $1.25; Country, $1 per hundred.
Bagging, Ties and Twine.
Bagging.—Domestic, (2% lbs.) 13%; (2%
lbs) 13%a14; India, 11.
Ties— s%a6.
Twine—l6alß.
Pieced Ties—3%.
General Groceries.
Butter—country, per lb., 28 a 39; Goshen
choice, 40a45: Beeswax, per lb., 25; White
Table Peas, $1.25a1.50. Eggs, per dozen, 25
a2B, and scarce. Honoy, strained, ft lb.. 20;
Newlrish Potatoes, bbl. s2as2 25, according
to quality; Onions, per bbl. $3.50a55, ac
cording to quality; Sweet Potatoes, 75
cent- bus.; Dried Peaches, peeled, 14
per ;ed Apples, 10c. per lb; Tal
low, in.-. Grits per bus. $1.40 to 1.42;
Western Pearl Grits, per bbl., $5.70 to $6.50;
P“arl Hominy, $5.50 a $5.75; Western pearl
$7a7.50.
i/Ui.Jles —Adamantine, light weight, 10a
17; full weight, 19a20; sporrn, 35a40; patent
sperm, 50; tallow, 12a13 per pound.
Cheese —State Dairy, 14a15; Factory, 14%
aIG; Cxtra Cream, 15; English Dairy, 17al8.
Rice—7aß cents per pound.
Salt—Liverpool, $1.25a1.50; Virginia, $2.15
a2.25 per sack.
Soap— No. 1,6 c.; Family, 6%a7.
Mackerel—We quote full weights only as
follows: No. 1-mess in kits—s2.soa3.so;
half barrels, $9.00; No. 1, In kits, $2.25a2.50;
No. 2, in barrels, sl2; half barrels, $7a7.50;
kits, $1.75; No. 3, barrels, large, $10.50all;
hall’ barrels, large, $6a0.50; kits, $1.35a6.50;
Salmon—Per dozen, pound cans, $2.50;
two pound, $3.50; Salmon in kits, $3.50.
French Peas—Pound cans, per dozen,
$4.50.
Pickles—Underwood’s, quarts, $4.75;
common brands, $2.75; s4as6 as per quarts
to gallons.
Green Com—Two pound cans, $3.50.
Gelatine—Nelson’s, $3 per dozen.
Ground Peas—Tennessee, $1.50; Georgia,
$1.50 per bushel.
Manufactured Cotton Goods.
Augusta Factory—3-4 Shirting, 6%.
Shirting, 7%; 4-4 Sheeting, 9; brills,
&RANITEVILLE Factory—3-4 Shirting,
6%; 7-8 do., 8; 4-4 Sheeting, 10; Drills
10%.
Langley Factory—A Drills, 10; B Drills,
10; Standard 4-4 Sheeting, 10; Edge
field 9%; and A 4-4 do., 9; Langley A 7-8
Shirting, 8; Langley 3-4 Shirting, 6%.
Princeton Factory—7-8 Shirtings, 7%;
4-4 Sheeting, 8%; Yarns, per bunch, $1.16.
Jewell’s—7-8 Shirting, 7; 4-4 Sheeting,
8%; Kerseys, 35; Osnaburgs, 12.
Athens Manufacturing Company—
Stripes, 9%; Checks, 11; Yarns, sl.lO.
Liquors.
Ale and Porter—lmported, $2.25a 2.75
Brandy—Apple, $2.50a3.00; American,
1.40a2.00; French, :s6al2; Schleifer’s Cali
fornia, $5.50; New, $4.
Gin—American, $1.40a2.50; Holland, $3.00
a6.00.
Whiskey Proof.—Corn, country, per gal
lon, $1.40a2.50; Bourbon, $ gallon, $1.50a
5.00; Gibson’s gallon, $2.50a7.00; Rye,
19 gallon, $1.35a6.00; Rectified ft gallon,
$1.40a2.75; Robertson county, ft gallon,
$1.6Qa2.50; Diodora, $7.00.
Wine.—Madame Clicquot Champagne,
$30a32; Napoleon’s Cabinet, $30a32; Roedo
rer’s, $33a35; Roederer’s Schreider, $30a32;
Imperial American, $29a22 'ft case of pints
and quarts; Madeira, $1.50al0; Malaga, $2.50
ft gm.; Port, $1.50a6.00; Sherry, $1.50a5.00.
High Wines, $1.19a1.25.
Tobacco.
Manufactured—Common, 50a55; Medium.
65a75; Extra Fine to Fancy, $1a1.25; Smok
ing Tobacco (according to quality), 45a
$1.25.
Paper.
Book, 14c; Manilla, 8al0; News, best rag,
10%all; Wrapping, 5%a7%.
Poultry Market.
We quote turkeys 20c.; grown chickens,
17; geese, 18.
Powder and Shot.
Rifle Powder, kegs, 25 lbs $6 25
Rifle Powder, half kegs, 12%1bs 3 50
Rifle Powder, qrt kegs, 6% lbs 190
Blasting Powder, kegs, 25 lbs 4 00
Blasting Fuse, per 100 feet 1 00
Di op Shot, bag 2 50
Buck Shot, bag 2 75
Oil.
Headlight, per gallon, 38a40; Kerosene
20; Eard, $1 30al 40; Linseed, bulled,
87; Linseed, raw, 82; Sperm, $2 25a2 50;
Taniior’a, 55a60; Spirits Turpentine, 45a50.
The Course of Cotton.
[New York Bulletin, November 30.]
The market has de.eloped no very stir
ring features during the week, the general
volume of business proving small and the
tone slack. The gain has been almost
entirely In favor of the buying interest,
especially marked on contracts maturing
at an early date, without attracting much
of an increase of demand. Indeed, we think,
if anything, there has boon some loss of
faith in cotton, tending, in a measure, to
check the call for actual supplies, and to
prevent purchases of futures as an invest
ment; yet, at the rates ruling, the prospect
of a shrinkage are not considered suffici
ently encouraging to warrant “short”
sales to any extent, or to induee a decided
pressure. This is undoubtedly due in a
great measure to the continued oversold
condition of the market, and the natural
timidity of the “bears,” and many of
the trade are of opinion that, under
other circumstances, the weight of the re
ceipts of the ports, and the slow state of
the consumptive business, would prove
sufficient to cause a more serious break.
Taken altogether, the “ bullish ” feeling is
not strong at the moment, and while their
opponents are fairly confident, they await
a more positive support before operating
freely on their convtolions.
1 he movement of "spots” has been some
what irregular, but not very liberal, and to
dispose of supplies dealers have been com
pelled to gradually modify their views.
On home account the demand has merely
covered the ordinary small parcels re'-
quired by spinners to carry them through
some immediate pr ssing want, and was
quite uncertain in character. From buyers
on foreign orders the call was, like last i
week, confined to special lots and prinei- j
pally for shipment to the Continent. Ex
porters generally were receiving a full sup- :
ply on eo .tract; indeed, rather more, it!
was hinted than they carod to han- t
die, but deliveries in this way do j
not always afford an opportunity
to satisfy the requirements as to certain
grades, and hence the special inquiry as
noted. Values have given way about %c.
per pound for the period covered by th s
review, and at the close of the week did not
show any signs of recovery. Holders have
been somewhat more liberal in their offer
ings, and while at no time wus the pressure
to realize of a decided character, tliero was
throughout rather more cotton available
than the wants of the market required—
Parcols to arrive from the South, too, have
been offered with some little freedom and
at comparatively liberal terms, but were
not much wanted. A fair business was
done free on board at Southern ports early
in tho week, but afterward became dull,
though full r ites were still asked, and the
amount offered was not largo.
For future delivery, the market has been
somewhat .fitful, but, on tho whole, weak,
and values have averaged lower. The!
heavy tone was most decided on the near 1
by months, and this was due to tho disap r j
pea ranee of all indications of a November
corner, with some pressure brought to i
bear upon December. The issue of short J
notices was pretty full; indeed, rather in
excess of calculations, and though they j
were stopped and generally supposed to go j
where they would ultimately result in
shipping so much cotton out of the mar- I
ket, a surplus still remained, and the effect j
was weakening. Among other influ
ences were the continued free ar-1
rivals at the ports, the absence of vitality
at Liverpool, and a not alt.oghther en
couraging outlook on the general goods
market. Stocks at this point, too, have
kept u;j well, and though it is known that
the running count covers a considerable
amount on shipboard not cleared, this is in
a me sure considered as neutralized by the
slow sale of spots, with a probability that
there is a gradual addition to the amount
of cotton remaining in first hands unsold.
The operations during the week have been
largely confined to manipulations on con
tracts already outstanding, and there lias
probably been no increase of either tho
“beer” or the “bull’’ interest.
WANTED,
AN ENERGETIC MAN to control the
sales in this district of a staple article
in the grocery line. An active man may
secure a permanent cash business and a
monopoly that can be mado to pay $5,000
per annum, by addressing, with stamp en
closed for answer,
MANHATTAN M’F’G CO.,
147 Reade St., New York.
nov3o-3tw2
TO PARTIES^
Desiring to Hold Cotton.
WE WILL make liberal CASH AD
VANCES on COTTON in storo. Also,
Consignments, which are respectfully so
licited. DOZIER, WALTON & CO.,
docl-12dt&e Augusta, Ga.
Old lace is the object of the latest
fashionable mania, and the factories
are running double time to supply the
demand. —Alabama State Journal.
THE MILD POWER
CURES
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HOMEOPATHIC SPECIFICS
Havf. proved from the most
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Simple, Prompt, Efficient and Reliable.
They axe the only medicines perfectly
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mistakes cannot be made in using them: so
harmless as to be free from danger, ana so
efficient as to be always reliable. They
have the highest eommendatian from all,
and will always render satisfaction.
cubes. cents
1 „* ver ' 1 ’Congestion, Inflammations. 50
2 Worms,'Worm Fever, Worm Colic 50
3 tvying Colic, 0 r Teething of Infants 60
4jOiarrhoe», of Children or Adults... 50
5 Dysentery, Gripings, Bilious Colic.. 50
6 Cholera Morbus, Vomiting 50
7 Coughs, Colds, Bronchitis 50
8 Neuralgia, Toothache, Faceache... 50
,3 JJeadache, Sick Headache, Vertigo 50
10 Dyspepsia, Bilious Stomach 50
ri Suppressed, or Painful Periods 50
12 w bites, too Profuse Periods 50
7? £ r ?“S’ Cou ß hs - Difficult Breathing 50
14 halt Rheum, Erysipelas, Eruptions 50
lo Rheumatism. Rheumatic Pains.... 50
lfa Fever and Ague, chill Fevers,
Agues 50
17 Piles, Blind or Bleeding 50
18 Opthnimy, and Sore or Weak Eyes.. 50
19 Caiavrh, AcuieorChronic Influenza 50
20 W hooping-c ough, Violent Coughs.. 50
21 Asthma, Oppressed Breathing 50
22 Ear Discharges, Impaired Hearing 50
23 Scrofula, Enlarged Glands, Swell
ings 50
24 General Debility, Physical Weak
ness 50
25 Dropsy a nd Scanty Secretions 50
26 Sea-Sickness, sickness from Riding 50
27 Kidney Disease, Gravel 50
28 Nervous Debility, Seminal Weak
ness or Involuntary Discharges... $1 00
29 Sore Mouth, Canker 50
30 urinary Weakness, Wetting the
Bed 50
31 Painlul Periods, with Spasms 50
32 Disease of Heart, Palpitations, etc. 1 00
33 Epilepsy, Spasms, St. Vitus’ Dance 1 00
34 Diptheria, Ulcerated Sore Throat.. 50
35 Chronic Congestions and Eruptions 50
Vials, 50 cents; (except 28, 32 and 33) 1 00
FAMILY CASES.
Case (Morocco) with above 35 large
vials and Manual of directions $lO 00
Case (Morocco) of 20 large vials and
Book 6 00
Single Boxes and Vials as above.
P These remedies are sent by the case
or single box to any part of the country,
free of charge, on receipt of price.
Address
HUMPHREY’S
HOMEOPATHIC MEDICINE CO.,
Office and Depot, No. oca Broadway, New
York.
For sale by W. H. Tutt & Remsen, 264
Broad street; Fleming Bros., 318 Broad
street; J. H. Alexander, 212 Broad street;
Heaney & Durban, 200 Broad street, Agents
for Augusta, Ga.
decs-d&cly
LECAL ADVERTISEMENTS.
TJETITION FOR LETTERS'OF I)ISMIS
JL SION—GEORGIA, RICHMOND COUN
i?Y.—Whereas, John S. Davidson, Esq,, ap
plies to me for Letters of Dismission on tho
estate of Lemuel Dwelle, deceased, late of
said county—
These are, therefore, to cite and admonish,
all and singular the kindred and creditors of
said deceased, to be and appear at my office,
on or before the last MONDAY IN MARCH.
1876, to show cause, if any they have, why said
Letters should not be granted.
Given under my hand and official signa
ture, at office in Augusta, this 3d day ofDe
cember, 18’5. SAMUEL LEVY,
decs-law3m Ordinary.
G2-EORGIA, LINCOLN COUNTY-TO ALL
X WHOM’ IT MAY CONCERN.—Socrates
G. N. Furguson, having, in proper form, ap
plied to me for Permanent Letters of Admin
istration on the estate of Frederick H. Ed
munds, late of said county—
This is to cite, all and singular, the credi
tors and next of kin of Frederick H, Edmunds
to be and appear at my office, within the time
allowed by law, and show cause, if any they
can, why permanent administration should
not be granted to S. G, N. Ferguson on Fred
erick H. Edmunds’ estate.
Witness my hand and official signature,
December Ist, 1875. B. F. TATOM,
decs-w4t OrdinaryL. C.
Columbia Sheriff’s Sale.
WILL bo sold before the Court House
door, in Appling, Columbia county,
Georgia, within the legal hours of sale, on the
lirst TUESDAY IN DECEMBER next, 3,0r,0
pounds Cotton Seed. 2,000 pounds Fodder. 70
bushels Corn. Tho above property is on the
plantation of Mr. A. L. Cooper, and will be
sold by sample. Levied on as the property
of Coll me Johnson, to satisfy a distress war
rant, in favor of A. L. Cooper.
Levy made by A. S. Phillips, Constable, and
turned over to me as Sheriff.
J. M. TANKERSLEY.
decs-td Sheriff Columbia County.
Columbia Sheriff’s Sale.
/GEORGIA, COLUMBIA COUNTY.-Will be
yx sold before the Court House door, at
Appling, in said county, within the legal
hours of sale, nn the first TUESDAY IN JAN
UARY next; a tract of land containing fifteen
hundred and sixty acres, more or less, lying
in tho 134th Di-trict, G. M., said county, and
adjoining lands of Thos. A. Blanchard, Mrs.
Merriwether, and olhers, whereon Marion
McDaniel now lives. Levied on as the prop
erty of Marion McDaniel, to satisfy sundry
fl. fas in my hand, to-wit: One issuing from
the Columbia Superior Court, in favor of W.
JI. and M. P. Reese vs. Thos. A. Blanchard
and Marion McDaniel; also five others issu
ing from said Court; first, Z. MeCo»J vs. Ma
rion McDaniel; second, Pollard & Cos. vs,
Marion McDaniel and W. C. Ward; third.
Wm. Willingham vs. Jlarion McDaniel and
Thos. A.Blanchard: fourth, Pollard <fcCo. vs.
Marion McDaniel; fifth, James Miller vs. Ma
rion McDaniel: also, one issuing from the
County Court of said county, in favor of Ru
dolph J. Blount, guardian of John I’. Blount.
Written notice of said lovy served on the
defendant in possession.
JAMES M. TANKEBSLEY.
December 1, 1875. Sheriff C. C.
dees-wtd.
Taliaferro Sheriff's Sale.
\\ T 11.1. BE SOLD, before the Court House
T r door, in the town of Crawfordville Tal
iaferro county, on the FIRST TUESDAY IN
JANUARY next, within the lawful hours of
sale, one bay horse, one black horse mule,
and one yoke of oxen. Levied on as the prop
erty of Jas. W. Flynt, to satisfy a li. fa. from
the Superior Court of aforesaid county, in
favor of J. F. A, L. J. Miller vs. Jas. W. Flynt.
Property pointed out by defendant.
This December 2d, 1875.
M. D. L. GOOGER,
decs-wtd Sheriff.
EXECUTOR’S SALE.
IN accordance with tho last"will and testa
ment of Benjamin Tutt, late of Lincoln
county deceased, will be sold, on the FIRST
TUESDAY in JANUARY next, before the
Court House door, in the town of Lincolnton
within the legal hours of sale, a tract or par
cel of LAND, containing one hundred and
ninety-eight and seven-tenths (198 7-io) acres
adjoining lands of James D. Henderson, es
tate of Bonjamin Tutt. R. W. Davie and
others, commonly known as the “ Hawe’s
Tract.” Through said tract runs "Shiver’s
Creek,” making twenty acres of good bottom
land. A plat of tho premises cm be seen at
the law office of \¥. D. Tutt, Thomson, Ga.
Terms cash. Purchaser to pay for papers.
W. D. TUTT,
declwtd Executor of Benjamin Tutt.
EXECUTRIX’S SALK
STATE OF GEORGIA, RICHMOND COUN
TY.—WiII be sold, onthe FIRST TUES
DAY in JANUARY next, 1876, at the usual
place of public sales, in the city of Augusta
in said county, between the hours of to o’clock
a. m. and i o’clock p. m., Twenty-one Shares
of the Capital Stoqk of tho (Georgia Railroad
and Banking Company, being a portion of
the personal property of Isham J. Sims, late
of the State of Louisiana, deceased.
Terms of the Sale—Cash. This November
29th, 1875. A. M. SIMS, Executrix,
Per her Attorney in Fact,
dec'2-td G, R, SIMS.