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Cfttonute an& .Sentinel. WEDNESDAY... DECEMBER 9,1874. A PERSIAN LOVE SONG. BT THOMAS BAILEY ALDRICH. Ah! Md are they who know not lore. Bat fer from peesion'e teen end ami lea Drift down moonless sea, beyond BTse eilvery coeete of fairy lend.; Andsadier they whose longing Ups Kim empty air and never touch The dear warm mouth of those they lore— Waiting, wasting, suffering much. But clear as amber, fine as musk. Is life to those Who, pilgrim wise. Move hand in hahd from dawn to duu. Kaoh morning nearer Paradise. Oh, not for them shall angels pray; Ther stand in everlasting light : They walk in Allah's smile by day. And nestle in his heart by night. [For the Sunday Chronicle and Sentinel.] IN MEMORIAM OF QUI VIVE, The Columbia correspondent of the Charles ton Newt and Courier , who lost his life by the explosion of a kerosene lamp while at the poet | of duty. r.ifca a vet'ran in battle with face to the foe, Obedient to duty’s stem call; His country’s defender in the hour of woe, He fell as a hero should fall. Only a pen for a weapon, yet deadly that aim While straggling for freedom, and when Even hope it had faltered he strove to sustain The rights of his loved countrymen. Firm 'mid temptations he stood at the van Guarding a God-given trust; And the nation that mingled its praise for the mjkn. Now weeps o'er Ms sanctified dost. Let the rue and the laurel entwine o'er his grave, As tributes of sorrow and glory. On the tablets of fame live the deeds of the brave, Emblazoned in song and in story. Viaonnus. TIMES GO BY TURNS. An English Jesuit, Robert Southwell, wrote the following Unes of much merit two centimes and a half ago. The philosophic strain of the piece is worthy of admiration : The lopped tree in time may grow again. Most naked plants renew both fruit and The sorriest wight may find relief from pain. The direst soil suck in some moistening Times' 1 go*by turns, and chances change by course. From foul to fair, from better hap to worse. The sea of fortnne loth forever flow. She draws her favors to the lowest ebb ; Her tides have equal times to come and go, Her loom doth weave the fine and coarsest web; . . No joy so great bnt runneth to an end; No hap so hard but may in time amend. Not always fall of leaf, nor oven Spring ; No endless night, nor yet eternal day ; Though sad lest birds a season find to sing, The roughest form a calm may soon allay ; Thus, with succeeding turns God tempereth That mau may hope to rise, yet fear to fall. A chance may win that by mischance was lost ; That net that holds the great takes little flah : In some things all, In all things none, are Few all they need, but none have all the wish ! . . „ Unmingled joys here to no man befall, Who least, have some ; who most, hath never all. BHORT AND SWEET. A BTTLB or VERSIFICATION THAT SHOULD BE EN OJUIUOCD BT THE INTELLIGENT COMPOSITOB. An lowa editor who attended a party was ■mitten with the charms of a fair damsel who wore a roso on her forehead, and thus gushed about it: * Above her ncse There is a rose; Below that rose There is a nose. Bose, nose, Nose, rose, Sweet rose, Dear nose. Below her chin There is a pin j Above that pin There is a chin. Pin, chin, Chin, pin, Sweet pin, Dear chin. Whereupon a rival editor thus apostrophisos the lowa chap : Above t he stool There is a fool; Below the fool There is a stool. Stool, fool, Fool, stool, Old fool, Damphool. Below his seat There are two feet; Above these feet There is a seat. Seat, feet, Feet, seat, Soft seat, Big feet. [For the Sunday Chronicle and Sentinel.] NOVEMBER LEAVES. BEHTF.LLE. 81owly pass the melancholy hours, Sad mourners o'er tho wreck of Summer's bloom; And o’er tho graves of fadod flowers, November winds bemoan the woodland’s gloom. Softly, sadly, on the chilly ground, Like perished hopes, the leaves are falling ; And hushed and still oaoh cheerful sound— E'en the jay has ceased its calling. O where aro the sweet wild birds that sang Through the long bright Summer's prime, Whose carols through the woodlauds rang At morn and noon and e’en time ? As if frightened by the echo of their Own sweet notes, in the changed and silent vales, They have flown to climes more fair, To warble their songs on soft Southern gales. Deserted and lonely is tho glade And tho glen, bereft of the birds and the Flowers, ah! dear little buds, ye bloomed but to fade! So short were your young lives of beauty. Not now flows along tlie brook with a song, As softly it hurries alone on its way; It sighs for the flowers, the bright, gentle throng, That smiled on its banks in warm, sunny May. My heart grows sad as I wander All alone o'er the leaf-covered hillside ; And. thinking of loved oues, 1 linger With tears o'er the changes of time's rolling tide. Though the Summer soon hastens to Autumn, Ana the hillsides are strewn with the leaves of November, Yet why should sad change to the heart ever come; O why should it cease to remember! O would that the chill which falls on the heart. Like the snow-drifts that cover the flowers. When the Springtime returns, as quickly de part, With its. remembrance of dark, weary hours. O then would the flowers of affection appear, And spring in the heart once again ; They'd bring recollections of friends loved and dear. Forgetting the heart's bitter pain. November, 1874. THE VOICE AND THE ,PEAK. TENNYSON. The voice end tho peek Far over summit end lawn. The lone glow end long roar. Green rushing from the rosy thrones ol' dawn. All night hare I heard the voice Rave over the rocky bar ; Bat thou wert silent iu heaven— Above thee glided the star. Hast thou no voice, oh. peak. That standee! high above all ? “I am the voice of the peak, * I roar and rave for I fall.” A thousand voices go To north, south, east and west ; They leave the heights and are troubled. And moan and sink to their rest. The fields are fair beside them. The chestnut towers in his bloom ; But they—they feel the desire of the deep Fiji— and folUyr their doom. The deep has power on the height. And the height has power on the deep ; They are raised for ever and ever, And sink again into sleep. Not raised for ever and ever. But when their cycle is o'er. The valley, the voice, the peak, the star Pass, and are found no more. The peak is high and flush'd, At his highest with sunrise fire; The peak is high, and the stars are high. And the thought of a man is higher. A voice below the voice. And a height beyond tho height: Our hearing is not hearing. And our seeing is not sight. - The voice and the peak. Far into heaven withdrawn; The lone glow and long roar, Green rushing from the rosy thrones of dawn. The successful employment of an Anaesthetic which prevents pain without destroying consciousness is a matter of interest and importance to medical peo ple everywhere. Dr. B. W. Richardson, in the "London Lancet, describes two operations of this kind, by him perform ed, for removal of cancerous tumors of the breast, both patients being ladies. — A spray of common ether was directed upon the tumor until thoroughly chill ed. The lighter fluid, a compound of ether with hydride of amyl, specific gravity 0.720," was then applied until the whole breast was frozen like a snow ball. Instead of with a scalpel, the in cisions and removals were effected by means of small, strong, sharp and curv ed scissors. The use of this instrument is considered essential. The operations were successful, and healing speedy without discharge or trouble of any kind. Pio Nono College has sixty-one stu dents, with six or eight professors. TREASURE TROVE. Strange News from San Francisco— Midnight Work, on Gloat Island—A Chinaman In the Bay. San Francisco, October —“A China man in the Bay" is no nnusnal occur rence here—indeed most of the newspa pers keep the paragraph in standing type, having occasion to use it several times a week. A Chinaman was found in the bay this day a week ago, however, under circumstances rather peculiar. He turned up in the wake of El Capitan, the Oakland steamer, and when exam ined was found to have two Spanish doubloons firmly clenched in his right hand, while a keen Italian stiletto, with a blade twelve inches long, was driven hilt deep into his breast, with wonderful force and precision, cleaving his heart in twain. The dagger was recognized as belonging to an Italian fisherman known by the name of Francisco Calsa bigi, part tenant of a hut near the north west point of Qoat Island. Calsabigi, when searched for, however, was found to have disappeared, and no traces can be found of him. There are some cir cumstances connected with this China man in the bay and the disappearance of Calsabigi that are of snch a startling and singular nature that I think them worth narrating to the World , and shall do so without farther preamble, merely premising that I cannot indicate the sources of my information more clearly than to say simply that the leading facts here narrated are known at Police Head- quarters. To begin at the beginning, when Con gress met last December much laughter was excited here by a petition presented in the Senate, I am not certain by whom, but I think by Mr. Sargent. This peti tion was signed by several well-known Spiritualists of this place, and asked Congress to give them the privilege of digging for treasure on Goat Island, otherwise called Yerba Buena Island, and to give them also a title to and pro tection in such treasure as they might find. The thing was laughed at by everybody except James Turner, a fa mous prospective and the most adven turous speculator in dips, spurs, and angles, that this coastful of speculators has ever developed. “Who knows,” said Jim—every one calls him Jim—-“but what the ‘mother lode,’ after twisting around in some unaccountable way, has taken a notion to crop out on old Yerba Buena?" Jim wrote to Sargent fora complete list of the signers to the peti tion, and when, in due conrse, he got his copy and found the name of one the shrewdest bankers in Sacramento sand wiched between those of two obstre perous woman’s rights advocates, he felt his suspicions confirmed, and from that time forth constituted himself a sort of amateur detective with right of promis- cuous search. It would be too long a story lor me to tell you all about Jim Turner’s efforts to detect the secret whioh he fancied lay hidden nnder the petition to Congress. He prospected on Goat Island for a while, but could find neither “color” nor “indication,” and soon gave it up for a bad job. He turned a Spiritualist, and speculated in seances with the ut most ardor. Here he met with better success, for a leaky sister, indignant at having been left “out in the cold,” be trayed the fact that the petition was gotten up by a “ring” who wanted to search Goat Island, not for original gold, but for buried treasure, which, so they seemed to think, was to be found somewhere under tlie Government bar racks on the island. “Sarah Jane Mau pin pretends to know the very spot,” said tho sister, very contemptuously; “and makes out the spirits told her.— Fudge! the spirits never communicate with such a wretch. I suspect the pirates who buried it were some of her kinsfolk 1” After searching and inquiring further, Jim Turner thought it would be worth his while to take a trip to Sidney, New South Wales, und preparing for that ecd, he sought some letters of introdua tion. Among those to whom he applied was the Sacramento banker mentioned above as having signed the Spiritualists’ petition, and who, as he knew, had re cently visited Australia. This gentle man kindly gave Turner letters to sever al persons, both in Melbourne and Sid ney. Among these letters was one to Commodore Hanee Sglyage, a retired British naval officer liviug in the out skirts of Sidney. Upon his arrival in Sidney, Turner made it his first business to inquire into the facts concerning the execution of two pirates who were hung there Juno 8, 1819. One of these pirates was a Sicilian named Domnico Calsabigi; the other, an American, who gave the name of “Claude Livingston,” which was sus pected to be an alias. Ha found that an American schooner, running lades from California to Boston, had in 1817 or thereabouts been captured when one day out from Tumbez, on her return voyage. The captors, who were thought to’have been part of the crew, and a lot of reputed passenger* who had en gaged the vessel to transport them down the coast to tho Roads of Islay, set the captain and some of the crew ashore on Lobos Island, threw the dry hides over board and sailed away. They were next heard of in Frisco, where, apparently by previous arrangement, they shipped a miscellaneous crew, took on “board provisions, ammunition, muskets and cutlasses, and three cannon, two earro nades and a long gun amidship. Thus equipped, the pirate soon beoame noto rious under the name of the “Fly-by- Night. ” Tho schooner was a fast and taut little clipper, and she ravaged the whole Pacific coast from Cape Mendo cino to Cape Horn for more than a year, escaping to the Galapagos whenever any pursuit was made. Several treasure ships were captured, and many atroci ous deeds done by the reckless and ruthless scoundrels aboard of her. At last, after capturing several vessels of different nationalities, a combined effort was made to suppress the Fly-by-Night. Our own navy combined with that of Spain to drive her off the coast, while two British cruisers watched for her at the Galapagos. One of these vessels, the sloop Auck land, was famous for her speed, and be fore long had a chance to test it. The Fly-bv-Niglit came in sight, and the Auckland started immediately in pur suit. Alter some perilous dodging in and out among the islands, finding she could not shake off her pursuer thus, the Fly-by-Night steered eastward and sailed boldly away towards mid-ocean, the Auckland after her.. An exciting chase ensued, lasting seven days, so nearly were the vessels matched in speed. At last the Auckland began to overhaul hi r, very slowly, and the pi rates to fire their long tom at her, in hope to carry away some of her spars. Tho Auckland did not reply, and pres ently the long gun of the pirate ex ploded, killing her captain, helmsman and several of the crew, cutting the shrouds to windward, and smashing the wheel so that she could not be steered. The pirate fell off, and daring the ten minutes of confusion that eusued, the Auckland was near enough to have fler under her broadside and at her mercy. “Surrender!” shonted the captain. “Never !” cried a voice from the pirSte —it was afterwards found out that it was “Liviugston” who apoke—and a ball from one of the carronades smashed into the cruiser’s sides. The reply was a broadside, another, a third—and, when the smoke from the last volley hail cleared away, the Fly-by-Night was no longer to be seen. She had sunk with all on board. Four of the pirates were picked up by the Auckland’s boats. "Claude Livingston,” Jacob Tegg, Domenico Calsabigi, and a Lascar named Tooms Shallybang. Livingston, who was badly wounded, was said to be the mate of the pirate, and to have been one of the vessel’s original crew out of Bostou. Tegg turned King’s evidence before the vessel got to Sidney, and upon his testi mony the other three w.re convicted. The Lasear's sentence was not carried out; he was pardoued, after a year’s im prisonment; but the the other two were hanged in Sidney on the day stated In the course of his investigations. Turner found that Commodore Hance Selvage had been a midshipman aboard the Auckland at the time when she cap tured the pirate. He at once pre sented his letter of introduction, and was cordially received by the British officer, a frank, bluff, hearty, jovial, red faced specimen of the true Briton, rather the worse for years, salt water and brandy, and a victim of the gout. “ How does our friend the banker get along ?” He asked. “A clever Yankee, that! keen as a razor sharp as a Dyak’s lanee. I wonder if he ever found that treasure I gave him an inkling abont ? Did you ever learn?” Jim Turner, all ears now, said he thought he had, judging from some cir cumstances ; but the banker was not in the habit of speaking nuieb about his affairs. " That’s so—close as a anpff box. He’s right. You need not tell him I told you anything about it But the dog promised me an invoice of Mis sion wine if he was successful; and I have not received so much as a sork.” Turner, seeing the Commodore was dis posed to tell his yarn, let him flow on without interruption. “I learned it when I was middy on the Auckland, in T 9, and when" we captured those pirates.” Turner said he had heard of that brilliant achievement, and of the sut>so<ju6iit executions. \©s t I listed to see those fellows hang, for all- 1 knew they were guilty, and stained with blood to the core. What devilish glit tering eyes that Sicilian east around at the crowd ! How gamely that Yankee died! He would have made a splendid naval officer, if he hadn't been such a d-d rascal.” “Who? Livingston, you mean ?” “ Livingston be hanged I That wasn't his name—his name was— I’ll be banged if I haven’t forgot it. This gout plays thunder with the mem oir. Tell you what—if you want to know it, you'll find all about it in the Sidney Timet , June 20,1819, with a let ter he wrote to his sister some place in New England. It was a shame to pub lish it, but the letter was sent in good faith.” Turner thanked the Commodore, and said he had taken snoh an interest in the capture of the Fly-by-Night that he thought he Wbnld make a magazine article about it for the Overland Month ly, and hence he wonld like as many de tails as possible. “I took a deal of in terest in (he matter myself," said Com modore Selvage. “There was a Lascar among the men picked up, a young fel low about my age, named—named Too ms Shallybang—hanged if I didn’t almost forget it, too—well, I saved that fellow’s life, sir—saved his life. He was going to be hung with the rest, bnt I deter mined he shouldn’t and I got the cap tain to intercede for him. By Jove, when that wouldn’t do, we went right to the Governor’s lady aud interested her in the case, and she worked np all the big wigs. It was pretty hard to do, but we got him off. He was pardoned. The most grateful creature you ever heard of, sir. He’s the one that told me about that buried treasure in San Francisco Bay, on Yerba Buena Island—he even drew me a map of the place, and show ed me the spot where it was hid. I kept it some years, but lost it frolicking round somewhere. He said they buried more than a hundred thousand Spanish doub loons—but he must have exaggerated. I don’t think they could have taken all that specie, and most of their treasure must have gone down in the schooner. What a waste of prize money it is to sink a pirate !’’ “What became of the Lascar ?” asked Turner. Dead ! singularly enough, he was killed by pirates. He went from here to Hong Kong, and used to run a little lorcha from there to Canton and up the Hang Kiang. Onca he made a voyage to Wanchow, and the Hainau pirates got after him, caught him, and cut off his head. I met him several times while I was cruising in the China seas. Ho turned out a great rascal, opium smug gler and the like, but he always had a chest of the finest tea in the world for me when I came across him. Scamp or not, he was grateful.” “ Can’t you re collect the real name of thut pirate who was hung, Commodore ?” “ Can’t for tho life of me. He wrote to his sister, concealing his circumstances, saying he was doing well, and alluding obscurely to the buried treasure on Yerba Buena. 1 think he wanted to give his home folks a hint about it, without putting others on the trail.” “ Did the Italian make any confession ?” “ No, he had a priest, you know ; aud I remember he gave him a letter.” “ Was the Yankee’s name Dixon, Commodore ; James Dixon ?” “No; I don’t think it was Dixon, I’m sure it was not.” “ Was it Maupin ?” “ Maupin ! That’s it—Maupin ! Doo little Maupin ! I recollect it now. How the dickens did you guess it?” “O, I didn’t guess it, exactly. I have been investigating the affair a little, you know, and I’ve seen that copy of the Sidney Times." “Yes, that was the name he signed —Maupin. Had the making of a man in him—and died a pirate with a rope round his neck !”. When Turner returned to Frisco, whioh he did promptly, his interest in Goat Island was very much increased. He visited the place often, and, without digging or prospecting, studied both its geology and topography with scientific minuteness. About a month ago, for some reason or other, he took to visiting the island at night, aud was several times challenged, and once shot at by the sentinels at the barracks. He fonnd that he was not the only visitor who had a taste for noctural rumbles over its rug ged surface. An Italian fisherman, liv ing in one of the huts on the far point of the island, did a good deal of that sort of thing ; and a Chinaman who landed on the west side of the island, just off the highest point, and pulled his boat close in to shore, was often a night visitor. As for Turner, he used to go over in a sail-boat, with a crew of two men. These landed him and then stood out in the bay with their craft until lie signalled them to come and take him off. One night, about ten days ago, Jim Turner went over to the island about 10 o’clock, and climbed quietly to the hill whioh marks the highest point, and whioh looks down equally upon the barracks at one end of the island and tho flshesmen’s huts at tho other end. Upon the ridge not near sohigli as the point where he stood, and much nearer to the fishermen’s huts, are some old graves, sunken and dingy looking, as if they had been there, undisturbed and neglected, for a century or more. There was light in one of the fishermen’s huts when Turner first reached the promon tory, but that was soon extinguished and all was quiet. Presently, in the vicinity of the old graves, he seemed to see a faint and glimmering light which at tracted and puzzled him. He covered his boots with a pair of moccasins and crept noiselessly down towards the place until he was within tweuty yards of it. Then he saw that it was a Chinaman, digging away for dear life with pick and spade right down into the central and largest grave of the lot. It was curious to note the sweating eagerness with which the man dug, and his complete absorption in his task as he got deeper and deeper, until he could not be seen except when he stood erect now and then to straighten his back. Jt was daik all around, too, for the dark lan tern lie carried he kept down in the hole to guide his strokes. Turner watohed and waited, silent as the night. At last tho pick seemed to strike into and splinter some hard substance. There was a pause, and tlien he peard the Chi naman give utterance to an uncontrolla ble, wild, exultant ery, accompanied by the unmistakable click of coin. At the same moment there was a rush, a man leaped into the hole upon the China man’s back, there was the flash of a knife-blade in the air, once, twice, three times. Turner had not time to move hand or foot. T he roan came out of the hole—Turner saw it was the Italian fisherman dragged the Chinaman’s body out, shouldered it, and staggered with it down hill. Turner crept nearer to the hole and waited. After what seemed an hour the Italian came swiftly back, leaped into the pit, and seemed to exhaust his vocabulary in exulting cries. Suddenly he beard a terrible voice in hia ear, “You git J” and felt the cold steel of Turner’s pistol-barrel against his temple. Lithe as a tiger and des perate as death ha seized the weapon and tried to wrest it from Turner’s hands. There was a struggle, short but sham, aud at the end Turner knelt upon the Italian’s breast, tied his hands and feet with a rope, and gagged him secure ly. “I could kill yon, and I ought to do it, for killing that heathen Chinee,” said Turner, “but I wont. Rut you cap'/; have this treasure. It’s mine, and by a better right than any pirate’s legacy can confer. Your name’s Calsabigi, ain’t it The Italian nodded. “ Nephew of him that was hung at Sidney. You’ve made a good hunt for it; but the treasure’s mine, not yours. If yen’ll lay quiet, I’ll give you money enough to get away on. If you don’t I’ll beat you till you’re drill. ” Turner now signalled to his craft, and report has it that it took the three men sll nearly daybreak to carry off their treasure, fa regard to this I can not say. 1 do know that Turner left Frisco two days later ; that Calsabigi, the fisherman, disappeared before tfic Chinaman’s body was found in the bay, and that the Sacramento millionare re ceived tbp following letter : “Dear Sib : I off for Paris. En closed find cheek for S2BO lov which you will oblige me by purchasing and send ing, carriage free, one case best Old Mission wiue to Commodore Hance Selvage, Sidney, N. S. W. By the way, I do not think there’s any more use iu searching Goat Island fo? treasure or petitioning Congress on the subject. That pocket’s panned out. It may in terest yon to read the following para graph from the New Bedford Herald, of October 12, 1817 : “Captain Jabez Turner,formerly of the schooner Will o’ the Wisp, trading be tween Boston and the Pacific, arrived at this port yesterday in the whaler Naney, late from "Callao. Buck Jones, the ne gro cook ; J. B. Cotton and Salem Our sLer, of the crew, are also with him. Captain Turner reports that when one day oat from Tsjmbez some of the crew, headed by Doolittle Jlappin, first mate, and assisted by some Spanish passen gers, mutinied, and seized the yeasel The Captain and the faithful of the crew were unceremoniously put ashore. Captain Turner says he heard before he ! left the Pacific coast that the captured | vessel had be- 31 ) armed and turned into pirate. Captain Turner is deeply to he pitied. 1 He owned the schooner, and by this i high-handed outrage is deprived of the | earnings of an industrious life-time. Maupin. who belongs to this town, has i gone far to fulfiUtl* prophecies of all | who knew him best—that he would cer- I tcjnly come to a bad end sooner or later. 1 This Captain Jabez Turner, as it hap pens, was my gyapdfather. The pirates’ ; treasure, even were it &s large as the | Lascar said it was to Commodore Selv age, would not more than suffice to pay the principal and interest of what my grandfather lost by them. Yours truly, Jakes Turner. ” I inquired yesterday of one of my Chinese merchant friends if he knew anything about this Chinaman, who was found with Calsabigi’s stiletto in him, and whose name, by the way, was Wat- Fun-Hang. “JSTogpodj no good!” answered the old merchant. “He Bay he come to ■earchee treasure—he come searchee pockets, I spec ! He pilate—ent heads off—um—bad man—come from Hainau ! j Pilate, air, Pilate l POSTAGE. The following in relation to newspaper postage is of general interest. At the lsst session of Congress the subject of postage on newspapers and periodicals was taken into consideration by that body, resulting in tho passage of a bill compelling advanoe payment of postage, and fixing tho rate at two cents per pound on all that class of matter pub lished onoe a week, or more frequently, and transmitted to regular subscribers through the mails, and three cents per pound on snoh matter issued less fre quently than onoe a week. The provis ions of this law are to go into effect January 1, 1875. The Postmaster-Gen eral being by law confined to a choice 6f one of three modes of collecting the postage by means of stamps, considerable attention has been giv en to the matter by this office; and, after a careful review of the plans proposed, it was deemed best to recom mend the adoption of the system of pre payment by postage stamps affixed to a memorandum of mailing, or, in other words, to a stub in a book retained 'by the postmaster at the mailing office, a receipt showing the weight of matter and the amount paid given by the post master to the person mailing the same, the stamps affixed to the stab tp be can celled by a cutting punch, thus prevent ing their reuse. This plan, it is believ ed, is more practicable and less expen sive in its operations than either of the others, while at the same time it will be qnite as effectual in collecting the post age. A series of stamps been de vised of twenty-fonr denominations, by means of which any sum which is multiple of either the two or three cent rate, from two cents to 875, can be made by the use of not more than four stamps. It is ex pected that, notwithstanding the reduc tion of rates by the larw, the system of compulsory pre-payment of newspaper postage will yield a larger revenue to the department than has ever been col lected. In the city of New York alone a comprehensive inquiry seems to war rant the belief that not less than $60,000 per annum will be paid—a sum which is little less than one-half of the entire newspaper postage throughout the United States during the fiscal year just closed. It is, however, impossible to estimate the actual increase for the whole country, owing to that provision of the law which allows the free mail circulation of newspapers in the coun ties in which they are prin ed. THE MARR FORTUNE. An American Family Claiming a Scotch Estate Said to be Worth $350,000,000! Battle Creek, Mich., Nov. 19. Probably no one thing—not excepting McArdill’s famous pursuit of his buried treasure—has occasioned more curious comment or wandering speculation in this State than the announcement dar ing the past Summer that the Marr family were making vigorous though quiet efforts to obtain possession of one of the most colossal fortunes that has been accumulated in modern times. The family had kept the matter very quiet; but, by means known only to themselves, certain correspondents of metropolitan journals had become cognizant of the facts, and of course the whole world was made acquainted therewith imme diately. In September last a meeting of the family was held at Lausing, and an organization formed for the purpose of making a systematic effort to secure the fortune whioh awaited its rightful own ers in Scotland. At this meeting mem bers of the family were present from Saginaw, Gratiot, Wayne, Tuscola, Genesee, Livingston, Calhoun and Ber rien oounties, in this State, and also from Maine, Louisiana, Wisconsin, Illi nois and Canada. Daniel R. Marr, of Dowagiac, was chosen President, and Charles S. Marr, of Battle Creek, Cor responding Secretary. From the latter gentleman your correspondent obtained the facts contained in this communica tion. In the possession of Mr. Daniel R. Marr, of Dowagiac, are copies of the records which fully substantiate the claims of the family. It appears from these records that the earliest known ancestor was Thomas Marh, of Bally shannon, province of Ulster, Ireland, who was born about 1600. His son Pat rick Marh emigrated to Scotland, and settled in the county Arg.vle, where he became quite wealthy. He had but one child, a daughter named Mary, who married John Erskine, who assumed the name of Marh, changing it, however, to Marr. For some valuable services to the King he was created Duke of Argyle, and afterwards Earl of Marr. A daugh ter, Helen Marr, married a distant rela tive, Henry Erskine, who assumed the name of Marr, as the Earl had no sons, aud succeeded to the title and estate. He had four sons—Henry, Richard, James and John—of whom the eldest, Henry, of course, succeeded to the es tate. Henry had two sons—Henry and Lawrence. The eldest again took the property and title, while Lawrence came to America and settled in New Jersey. Henry died some sixty years ago at Lin lithgow, Scotland, without heirs. Since that period numerous claimants to the estate have appeared. In 1870 the family of Erskine endeavored to establish their right, but failed ; and in 1872 the Duke of Hamilton, who married a Marr, also vainly tried to make out a case. A miss ing link in the chain of evidence has been recently discovered by Mr. Charles S. Marr, of this city, who is a direct de scendant of the Duke of Argyle and Earl of Marr, from whom comes the es tate in question. A correspondent, writing from Lon don recently, has thought to throw ridi cule on this laudable movement of the Marr family to obtain their just rights. Mr. Marr informs your correspondent that this London writer was wholly in error in hjs assertions, and in fact knew nothing whatever of the matter he was writing about. The necessary proofs to sustain their oase are nearly completed, and the presentation of the olaim will be made to the proper tribunal without delay. - HI ■ m Patent Fifth Aot.— Now, our idea of a red hot fifth act for a rod hot society play—aud Mr. Daly can use it without paying us a cent for it—-is about as fol lows ; The heroine has a misunderstand ing with the hero, they part in anger, he goes to Baden and she goes to the bad. [This gives an opportunity for plenty pf prurient pathos, and will make the ladies weep buckets of tears, j In the first scene of the last act the heroine goes out riding, and is thrown from her horse and breaks her leg. (Realistic runaway scene, the horse knocking down stuffed apple women and practicable lamp posts, and the comic policeman turning on the fire alarm.) Slip refuses to have it ampntated, and gangrene sets ip. Last scene: The stage set as a medi cal college operating room, students throwing peanuts t the porter and giv ing cat calls. The heroine is chloro formed aud laid on the operating table. (This brings in the leg business, which can he road® a good deal of.) The eminent surgeon (it would add to the realistic effect pa have the leading surgeons of the pity app ear in tarns) trifles with his knife, and at last makes an incision in the plump member, followed by a spurt of blood and a scream. A handsome young stu dent in a masji: leaps npon the stage and scatters them figbl sl)4 left. “Batchers, beware ! that is the wrong leg (” Con fusion. The student, like one inspired, presents his theory how, by stimulating the osmic nerves with saturated bipro taside of hydrocephalus, amputation will hot be necessary. The eminent sur geon says: “Young maii, Astley Cooper was an ass to you. Gentlemen, Galen has come to earth; he is our superior. The unamputated woman awakes. That —vQiee 1 Who —spoke ! I—thought— I heard—” “Ay®. Fautinptte; ’tis I, Ar mand <” shouts the student, tearing off his mask. “Spring to my bosom and grow there.” “Fantinette I ‘ Ar mand!” “The hidgis past is forgotten, and we twain stand in the sunrise, my life, my wife.” If this play wouldn’t run till the night before the day of judgment, we are very much mistaken. A Fbesch Newspaper Office. —A Paris correspondent says, in describing the office of the Figaro : “Opening upon the grand gallery that runs around the Spanish palio or rotunda, are the rooms or hajls that lead to the rooms of the va rious employees- These are all furnish ed in magnificent style, with rosewood furniture, rich carpets, tapestry, bronzes, and marble statues. Some rooms ac commodate a single writer, others two or three. The principal editor, De Vil lemessant, occupies a small room on the ground floor, to the right pf the princi pal entrance. There are also a riohly furnished council room, in which all the literary force meet each month ; bed ropms, bath rooms, and breakfast and dining rooms—for all the literary force of the paper, save the editor-in-chief, eat, sieep and live in the building- There is also a very large room whose sides are hung with masks and glitter ing foils. Each day, at 2 o’clock, all the employees assemble in this room and receive lessons in fencing from an ex pert. This is obligatory on each one, for the reason that each individual is expected to hold himself in readiness to call or be called to the field of honor at a moment’s notice. Any hesitation in such a case would secure the instant dis missal of the individual involved.” SOOTH CAROLINA. Announcement ol* the House Commit tees—A Queer Mixture—Protests In the Senate—The Preparations for the Installation Of Chamberlain. [Special Dispatch to the News and Conner.] Columbia, S. 0., November 30.—1n the House to-day the standing commit tees were announced. The committee of ways and means consists of Paris Simkins, chairman, T. B. Johnson, W. M. Thomas, A. W. Curtis, C. P. Leslie, G. A. Trenholm, N. B. Meyers, Joseph Crews, J. D. Boston, Nelson Davies and M. McLaughlin. The committee of privileges and elections consists of M. J. Hirsch, Guffin, Simkins, J. L. Orr, Reedish, Crittenden, Holland, Harriott and Coker. Mr. G. A. Trenholm is chairman of the committee on commerce, W. C. Beatty of the committee on the judiciary, Cnrtis of the committee on printing, Joe Crews of the committee on railroads, T. B. Johnson of the com mittee on contingent accounts, Boston of the committee of incorporations, W. M. Thomas of the committee on claims. Vanderpool gave notice of a bill to pnnish sheriffs for allowing prisoners to vote, and also a bill to abolish the Infe rior Court of Charleston. Barnwell gave notice of a bill to amend the char ter of the Mount Pleasant and Sullivan’s Island Ferry Company, and a bill to establish a juvenile reform school in Charleston. Freeman gave notice of a bill to make the office of county treas urer of Charleston elective. In the Senate notice of protests were filed against the Senators from Claren don (Ind. Rep.) and Lexington (Con). All the bills on the calendar were re ferred to committees. Great prepara tions are making for the inauguration, which takes place to-morrow. Whitte more is chairman of the committee of arrangements. The United State? Band has been engaged for the occasion, and a salute of artillery will be fired in the Capitol grounds. CHAMBERLAIN INAUGURATED. He Promises to Reform Existing Abuses. Charleston, December I.—Governor Chamberlain was inaugurated before the Legislature at Columbia, to-day, with great eclat. The hall of the House of Representatives was densely crowded with spectators, including the Judges and officers of State and Federal Courts, army officers and prominent members of the Charleston bar. Music was fur nished by the 18th Infantry band. After the oath had been administered by the Chief Justice, the new Governor was greeted by a salvo of artillery outside the State House. Gov. Chamberlain then delivered his inaugural address, fore shadowing his policy for the reform of governmental abuses in South Carolina. He calls attention to the fact that in the late canvass the two political parties which fought for supremacy were equal ly emphatic in their demand for the correction of abuses. Only two parties appeared at the polls, both of which professed to seek similar ends by similar means. Chamberlain says that he will, therefore, rely for support upon those members of the General Assembly who were opposed to him as con fidently as upon those who fa vored his election. The paramount duty, he says, is the practice and en forcement of economy and honesty in the administration of the government. In his opinion, our evils are chiefly those of the administration, and the earliest and most earnest attention should be directed to the subject of the collection, appropriation and disburse ment of the public funds. He admits that valuations of property for taxation have been unjust and oppressive, but the total assessments have been reduced $30,000,000 or $40,000,000 this year, and he stands ready, he says, to co-operate with the General Assembly in any measure calculated to obtain a just valuation of all property for taxation according to its true money value, and so far as the faithful execu tion of law depends upon officers ap pointed by him no county shall have just cause for complaint. !£he taxes, lie says, should be strictly limited to the actual requirements of the government, and contingent funds should be totally abolished. The legislative expenses must be reduced he says to an eco nomical limit by reducing the length of the session to thirty days; by avoiding the consideration of special acts which can be covered by general laws; by reducing the number of sub ordinate officers and attachees and by cutting off the contingent or incidental legislative expenses, which have been as much as $90,000 a session with $500,000 of legislative pay certificates still unpaid. The public printing system he declares to be incapable of defense or excuse. In three years its cost was $918,629. He urges also that the expen ditures of the State be kept within the receipts. The issuing of certificates of indebtedness and of orders or warrants when no money is in hand to pay them is condemned. In the matter ol abol ishing unnecessary offices and reducing salaries, Governor Chamberlain will agree to any measure which the General Assembly may adopt. In emphatio words he declares that the settlement of the public debt under the aot of last Winter must be regarded as final as far as legislative and popular influence and ac tion can make it so. About two million dollars of bonds have been funded un der the aot in question, and the actual State debt when so funded will amount to only $5,740,016. For • the outstand ing bills of the Bank of the State Gov. Chamberlain holds the State to be Re sponsible, and advises that they be de clared receivable for all past due taxes, and he receivable in installments for fu ture takes,, as was done in a similar case by the State of Tennessee. The Trial Justice system he looks upon as costly, inefficient and oppressive and he promises that he will appoint as Trial Justices only persons who well know the law and who will use their powers to preserve the rights and protect the interests of all. The passage of a law for registration of voters is reoommend ed as a matter of obvious justice, as well as a mandate of the Constitution. The repeal of tho law requiring insurance companies doing business in the State to make a deposit of bonds or stocks with the Comptroller-General is strongly recommended. The pardoning power will no longer be abused. Governor Chamberlain promises that oooasions will be rare when he will be justified in setting aside judgments of courts and the verdiot of juries. He advises that there be no reduction of the sum now ap propriated for eduoational purposes, but" the General Assembly is invited to see if the want of efficiency on the part of the county school commission ers cannot be remedied. To these meas ures of reform Gov, Chamberlain de clares himself to be unalterably pledged. The inaugural is universally recognized as au able and statesmanlike address, and the tax payers are hopeful that if Governor Chamberlain’s administration will enforce in good faith the policy marked out good government and pros pe#ity will be restored to South Caro lina. Certified Giiecka, [New York Journal of Commerce.] A tradesman received a check which had been raised from the original sum for which it drawn, sent it to the drawee to bay© it certified, and then deposited it in his bank for collection. It passed through the Clearing House and was duly presented and paid. On the dis covery of the fraud, the bank which had paid it sued the bank which had collected it to recover the difference be tween thp sijip paid and that for which the check was drawn. Thi suit went against the claimant in the General Term of the Supreme Court, but the Court of Appeals has now allowed it, thus reversing the decision of the Court below, and the collecting bank must pay back the money- Jf it- cannot recover the sum of the customer who deposited it for collection, and who was duly paid the money, it must lose it. In render ing this decision the learned Judge says that ff jf a bank which certifies a check warrants not only the genuiness of the drawer’s signature and the sufficiency of his credit, but also the genuineness of the check in all its parts, including the specification of the amount to be paid and the names and identity of the payees, then obviously there must occur an’ immediate and complete change in the modes of doing business which would defeat and practically put an end to the use of certified checks. For no bank under such a rule could safely cer tify a check without in the first instance investigating its origin and history by inquiry of the makers and payees.” The Greenes boro Herald says: The resolutions passed by a meeting of the good people of Union Point, condemn ing the payment of the fines of the con victed rioters at that place, and which were handed jn too late for pur last is sue, have been withdrawn. We neverthe less take the liberty of publishing the first resolution, which is as follows: Resolved, That we will not recognize any man as a gentleman who shall aid or in any way assist in the payment of said fines. We heartily endorse this resolution. Asa principle, it is wrong that the pun ishment of violators of the law should be commuted to the payment of mopey. Money is no equivalent for eorporeal punishment. Especially is this the ease with the CQlored element of our popula tion. We wish our whole people, as one man, would always refuse to pay the fines imposed on culprits. The result of such a course would soon be apparent. FROM WASHINGTON. The Pale of Forney’s Frees— How It Was Slopped — The Kepnbliean Alarm. Washington, November 30.—1 tis known that the ringleaders in Philadel phia are bringing every influence to bear on Forney to induce him to revoke the sale. It was negotiated by cable, and therefore he has an opportunity to wrig gle out if he chooses, when the agree ment comes to bepnt formally in writing. Forney had given an obligation, prior to sailing for Europe, to certain members of the ring, that he would not attempt to exercise any control of the Press, politically, for one year, and in consid eration therefor a ioan of 820,000 was advanced to him. Now, since it has transpired that ihe Press is to pass into McClure’s hands, these same ring men are attempting to hold Forney to his agreement with them, and have made him large offers of pecuniary aid, if he requires it. George W. Childs is said to be very active in opposition to the transfer of the Press, and has cabled Forney that he will guarantee him any amount of money he may need to retain control of the paper. Colonel McClure, speakiDg of these efforts to defeat the sale to him of the Press, says that if Forney asks to be relieved from his ob ligation t.o transfer, as agreed upon by cable, he will not object. He would prefer to have the Press, br cif Forney backs down, the gentlemen he represents will either buy some other establishment in Philadelphia or start anew paper. He says, further, that nine-tenths of the money put up for this purpose is from Democrats, and that Tom Scott has not a dollar in the pool. There is an undertone of feeling in cer tain circles here that Forney may be of fered the Russian mission. The combi nation which has succeeded in buying the controlling interest of his paper (it is thought) may otherwise wean him from the endorsement of the administra tion of Grant, which he has heretofore so reluctantly supported. It is deemed politic to take care of him. The Arkansas Project. The game is to put Brsoks forward as the Governor rightly elected in 1872 over Baxter. Messrs. Poland and Ward, of the House Committee, are to report in bis favor ; and an effort is to be made to have Congress recognize this faction and upset all the people have lately done in Arkansas. The difficulty in the way of this little game is, that the Democrat's will fight such a pro position to the death. In the Sen ate, there is no previous question ; and in the House, dilatory motions may be kept up by the forty-five resolute men till the close of the session. The effect of all this will be to bring the Radicals unpleasantly near to the loss of some of the appropriation bills, and thereby involve a Spring session of the next Congress, with a Democratic House to poke fun at the animals in power. It is already known that the Radicals have no stomach for the meeting of the next House, and thus Clayton’s prospects are very blue. These are the calculations of the Hon. James B. Beck, who was here yesterday. The Talk About a March Session—lts Bearing on the Appropriation Bills. The discussion that some of the news papers have been carrying on with refer ence to the meeting of the next Con gress in March has no response from the Republicans who have been heard from in Washington. The law which was passed early in the war, providing for the meeting of Congress in March instead of December, was repealed on the deliberate judgment of a Republi can Congress that no meeting in March was necessary or desirable. The Re publican majority will naturally think that there is no more reason for a Demo cratic Congress to meet in March than for a Republican, and they have no idea of restoring the repealed law, but on the contrary will resist any attempt to restore it. Bearing upon this question, the forwardness of the appropriation bills is important, because the only way in which the Democrats could secure a meeting before December would be by defeating some of the appropriation bills, so that an extra session must be called by the President. The New Architect, Washington, December 2.—Secretary Bristow has tendered the office of Su pervising Architect of the Treasury to William McAuthur, of Philadelphia. Naval News. • The hydrographic steamer Fortune is at Kingston, Jamaica. All well. The Manongahela is detailed to observe the phenomena of the Yenus transit at Lay Table Bay. The King of the Cannibal Islands leaves San Francisco for Wash ington Saturday. Mullett’s Report. The sites for proposed public build ings at Helena and Little Rock have been purchased. It was necessary to re sort to condemnation to secure the property at Grand Rapids. In many instances North appropriations are in adequate, the Juices assessed under con demnation being in excess. Memphis has presented property to the Govern ment for public buildings, valued at •8300,000. The old Custom House lot at Norfolk was sold at auction. The Cus tom House, Court House and post office at Knoxville have been completed with in the appropriation. The buildings at Columbia, S. C., will be completed with in the present year. The recommenda tions regarding the Custom House at New Orleans are renewed. Special at tion is called to remodeling and extend ing the Custom House at Pensacola. [Correspondence of the Morning News.] A '‘Herald” Sensation. Washington, November 29. “The young man,” as Mr. James Gordon Ben nett, of the New York Herald, is styled, has determined to take anew departure —so far as his Washington correspon dent is concerned. The Herald, like other rich journals of the North and West, has always spent a large amount of money in maintaining a oorps of cor respondents at the National Capital. But Mr. Bennett, who is always on the alert for new sensations, has concluded to startle Washington sooiety by spend ing here a few more thousand dollars per annum of the enormous profits of his paper. Accordingly, Mr. Charles Nordhoff, the eminent literateur, is to be re-established here as the Washing ton editor of the Herald. Mr. Nord hoff is to have a magnificently fur nished mansion, with the most com plete appointments, and dashing equip ages, with liveried attendants. He is to be provided with a large fund from winch to give princely enter tainments, the intention of Mr. Bennett being that the Herald house shall, in all the essentials of style and sumptu ousness, take rank With the establish ments of the Cabinet ministers and foreign embassadors. Society is all agog over this new sensation. The im pression is that this whim of Mr. Ben nett will cost him a pretty penny, as it is already generally understood that Washington is to be gayer than ever this year, and entertainments will be on an unusually lavish and extravagant scale, No one thinks that this venture will, in the practical sense of the term, pay, but it is probable that Mr. Ben nett appreciates this, and will be satis fied with the notoriety that will attach to his undertaking. None of the resi dent correspondents are at all apprehen sive that Ml. Nordhoff will beat them in the gathering of news, and Mr. Nord hoff himself remarked yesterday to a friend that he had no such expectation. Officials, high and low, will, no doubt, flock to the Herald house to partake of its hospitalities, but that will put no news in the fferatd hopper. THE ROME ELECTION. Judge James M. Spnllock the Next Mayor—The Platform On Which He is Elected. [Special tQ the Atlanta Herald.] Rome, Ga., December I.—The mu nicipal election passed off quietly. Out of a registered vote of three hundred and forty-six the whole vote cast amounted to two hundred and ninety one—two hundred and thirty-five whites and fifty-six colored votes. Judge James M. Spullock was elected Mayor, with a fnll Board of Aldermen, by a majority of over ninety votes. Judge Spnlloek received votes for Mayor, and Capt. M Dwinell 99. The Spullock ticket re ceived about 40 majority of the white votes. The following are the Aldermen elect: Jesse Lamberth, J. G. Daily, W. M. Shropshire, William West, J. L. Camp, G. W. Bower. 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Its operation is Dot violent, but is characterized by great gentleness; the patient experiences no sud den change, no marked results, but gradually his troubles “Fold their tents, like the Arabs, And silently steal away.” This is no new and untried discovery, but been long used with wonderful remedial results, and is pronounced by the highest medical authorities, “the most powerful tonic and alterative known.” Ask your druggist for it. For sale by jy2s-4w WM. F. KIDDER & CO., New York For COUGHS, COLDS, HOARSENESS, AND ALL THROAT DISEASES, Use WELLS’ CARBOLIC TABLETS, PUT UP ONLY IN BLUE BOXES. A TRIED AND SURE REMEDY. Sold by Druggets. 4w Attorneys at Law. WM. D. TUTT Thomson, Ga. W. M. <fc M. P. REESE Washington. Ga. W. G. JOHNSON Lexington, Ga. J. T. JOBDAN Sparta, Ga. J. T. BEIL. Crawfordville, Ga. GEO. F. PIERCE. Jr Sparta, Ga. JURIAHH. CASEY Thomson, Ga. F. L. LITTLE Sparta, Ga. R. O. LOVETT Waynesboro. Ga. BILLUPBA BROBBTON Madison, Ga. C. E. KINNEBREW .Greenesboro, Ga. WM. H. BRANCH Greeresboro, Ga. CRAWFORD & WILLIAMSON. .Milledgeville. A. S. MORGAN Warrenton, Ga. PAUL C. HUDSON Thomson, Ga. SEWING SILK. THE BEST IS THE CHEAPEST! Use Salter & Cotter’s Sewing Silk. DIRECTIONS FOR USING SALTER Sc CUT TER’S SPOOL SILK. NB.— The Spools are numbered on one . end, like spool cotton, viz: 70, 80, 100, Ac., thus showing the Size of Machine Needle to be used, and are lettered on the other end, A, B, C, See., in the usual way. BLACK. —For Hemming Dress Goods, by Machine, nse our No. 120. For Stitching the Skirt of a Dress, use our 100. or, if of very heavy materia], use our 80. For Stitching the Waist of a Dress or Cloak, by Machine, use our No. 80; or, if of very heavy material, use our No. 70. Fox Stitching Vests or Pantaloons, nse our No. 70; or, if of very heavy material, use our No, 00. For Stitching a Coat, No. 60; or, if of very heavy material, No. 50. For Stitching a very heavy Overcoat, No. 40. For Embroidery, by Machine or Hand, nse our No. 30 or 21. For Hand Sewing, use our No. 60. COLORS—N. B.—We make all shades of color in two sizes, via ; No. 100 and No. 70. For Hemming ex Sewing the skirt of a Dress, use our No. 100, which is equal in strength to A, of the ordinary quality of silk. For Stitching the waist of a Dress or Cloak, for Vest or Pantaloons, or for Hand Sewing, nse onr No. 70, which is much stronger than A, of the ordinary quality of silk. JAMES A. GBAY & CO., nov26-tf Sole Agents, Augusta, Qa. APPLES, APPLES. JUST received, on consignment, one hnn, dred barrels APPLES, direct from Boston which we offer at *3 per barrel. nevl7-tf JAMES G. BAILIE St 880. New A (Ivtjrlintiinnii.iM 5125,0d0 Worth of New and Fashionable DRY GOODS! AT RKDUCED PRICES. :o: W E OFFER OUR ENTIRE STOCK, FROM THIS DATE, at GREATLY REDUCED PRICES, for CASH. Every article in the House Marked DOWN. Ten cases yard wide BLEACHED SHIRTING, SUPERIOR QUALlTY— undressed-finished for family use—at 10 cents per yard* Twenty oases CHOICE CALICOES, at 10 cents per yard. Five cases SLPERIOR KENTUCKY JEANS, at 1G 2-3 cents per yard; former price, 25c. Four cases KENTUCKY JEANS, at 25e.; former prioe, 40c. Six cases KEN TUCKY JEANS, at 30 and 35c.; former price, 50c. Forty bales RICHMOND STRIPES, by the piecCor bale, at lie. per yard. LINEN GOODS, TABLE DAMASK, TOWELS, NAPKINS and DOYLIES, at less than Cost. DRESS GOODS, ALPACAS, MOHAIRS and SILKS, at Extraordinary Low Prices. SHEETINGS, CANTON FLANNELS, P. C. COTTON FLANNELS and BLANKETS—aII included in this sale ; also, HOSIERY, EMBROIDERIES and NOTIONS. Merchants will find this an opportunity to assort their Stocks at Prices Lower than Charleston, Savannah or any other markets. Samples forwarded upon application. All orders shall receive immediate attention. JAMES A. GRAY & CO. nov29—dtriA-wlw A Great Book for Agents. Personal Reminiscences, Anecdotes and Letters of GENERAL ROBERT E. LEE. By Rev. J. WM. JONFS, D.D., formerly Chap lain Army Northern Virginia, and of Washing ton College, Virginia. (Published by authority of the Leo family, and of the Faculty of Washington and Lee University.) SIXTEEN SrLENDID PORTRAITS AND ENORAVINOS. Price, in Cloth. $3 BO; Sheep, $4 50: Half Turkey. 85 50; Full Turkey, 87 50. Applica tions for exclusive Agencies for Counties should be made at once, naming first, second and third olass of territory. D. APPLETON & CO., Publishers, 549 and 551 Broadway, New York. nov2l-dl<tw3 ■ Don’t Bay Until You Hare Care fully Examined Our New AND LOW RESERVOIR As we have 12 GOOD REASONS why they will do your work. Quick (lihl Kasy, Clietip si lid Clean. They are cheapest to buy, HH . They are best to use, rf~) They bake evenly and quickly, Their operation is perfect, j ) They have always a good draft, t~ They are made of the best material, They roast perfectly, They require but little fuel, OThey are very low priced, They are easily managed, They are suited to all localities, pH Every Stove guaranteed to give jTj Satisfaction. SOLD BY Excelsior Manufacturing Cos., ST. LOUIS, MO. AND BY D. L. FULLERTON, Ju9-tuth<tsaiweowtjalo AUGUSTA, GA. The Universal Pet I The People’s Machine. Everybody’s Eriend. THE HOME SHUTTLE. THE public is positively assured that this popular, cheap and greatly improved Family Sewing Machine is fully equal to any iu use for all domestic and light manufactur ing purposes, nor is it inferior to any (as may be inferred by some minds) on account of its low price. It makes precisely the same stitch as the expensive Machines, and does every variety of work done by any in market, or no sale, and is warranted for five yea: s to every purchaser. Buy it, and evade the enormous commission paid to canvassers for selling the high price Machines which alone will more * pay for the HOME SHUTTLE out and and out. Call and examine, and try it beforo buying any other make, and be convinced that it is “a good article at a reasonable price.” Sold for cash, or on installments. Cash Prices, *25, *37, *42 and *75. Sent to any address on receipt of price, or by Express, C. O. D. Refer, by permission, to Mrs. Dr. L. D. Ford. Augusta, Ga.; Mrs. Dr. Wm. Pettigrew, Langley, S. C. Illustrated Circulars and sam ples of work sent free on application. Agents, with small capital, wanted. A. B. CLARKE, Gen’l Agent, j un24-wtf 148 Broad at., Augusta, Ga. ; L. 3. OCILMAKTIN | JOHN FLANNERY. ; j L. J. GUILMARTIN & CO., i ; Cotton Factors, ; —AND— : : COMMISSION MERCHANTS, : Kelly’s Block, Bay St., Savannah, Ga., j : Agents for Bradley’s Phosphates,*: ; Jewell’s Mills Yarns and Domestics, Ac. ; I Bagging and Iron Ties for sale at low-'. • est market rates. I : Prompt attention given to allbusinesss ■ ; entrusted to us. • Liberal cash advances made on con-; ; signments. au27-w6m - Horse Strayed or Stolen ! FROM Dr. Hutson "s Plantation, in Edge field county, on the Savannah river, a SORREL HORSE, stiff in the hind quarters, blind in the right eye. and spotted white on the shoulders. A reward will be paid for his de livery to MARSHALL FISHER, nov2o-(lAw3 At Dr. Hutson’s Plantation. NOTICE, A MEETING <rf the Board of Directors of the Augusta and Hartwell Railroad Com pany will be held in the city of Augusta, Ga., on THURSDAY, DECEMBER 10th, next. By order of the President. H. J. LANG ? novl9-dl Aw3 Sec’y A. St H. B. B. Cos. M. P. STOVALL, COTTON FACTOR AND COMMISSION MERCHANT, Ho. 5, Warren Block, Jackson St., AUGUSTA, GA. CONTINUES to give his personal attention to the STORAGE and SALE of COTTON and OTHER PRODUCE. Commissions for Belling Cotton, *1 per bale, O" Liberal advances made on consignmenta. aepl3-sntnAfrAw-Biß C. V. WALKER’S Furniture Rooms 319 AND 321 BROAD STREET, AUGUSTA, GEORGIA. Elegant furniture at low figure*, ail styles, direct from the Factories, consist ing of Chamber Suits, Dressing Case Suits, Bedßteads, Lounges, Washstands, Chairs, Ta bles, Desks, etc., etc. Give me a call. C. V. WALKER, Auction Commission Merchant And Furniture Dealer, oct4-2m 3X7, 319 and 821 Broad St. THe Oiliest Fptnre House in tie Slate. PLATT BROTHERS, 212 & 214 BROAD STREET, AUGUSTA, CITY., Keep always or hand the latest styles of • FURNITURE Of every variety manufactured, from the lowest to the highest grades. Chamber, Parlor, Diaing-Room, AND Library Complete Suits, or Single Pieces, At prices whioh cannot fail to 8c if the purchaser. UNDERTAKING In all its branches. METALIO CASES and CASKETS, of various styles and make. Imported Wood Caskets and Cases, of every design and finish. COFFINS and CASKETS, of our own make, in Mahogany, Rosewood and Wal nut. An accomplished Undertaker will be in attendance at all hours, day and uighfc. PLATT BROTHERS, 212 and 214 Broad St., Augusta, Ga. oct26—janl4-d+Awlv EST'd; 7853. pooLEr's YEAIST POWDER • THESFAN D ARD BAKINfiPOVVDER 4 IS THE BEST AND CHEAPEST PREPARATION EVER OFFERED FOR MAKING r ;i BREAD. — DOOLEY a, YEAST POWDER Is perfectly Pure and Wholesome, DOOLEYS YEAST POWDER Is put up in Full Weight Cans. DOOLEYS YEAST POWDER Makes Elegant Biscuits and Rolls. DOOLEYS YEAST POWDER Makes Delicious Muffinß, Griddle Cakes, Com, Bread, &o. DOOLEYS YEAST PO WDER Makes all kinds of Dumplings, Pot Pies, Cakes and Pastry, nice, light and healthy. DOOLEY sTyE AST POWDER Is the Best, because perfec ly pure. DOOLEYS YEAST POWDER Is the Cheapest, because full weight. DOOLEY’S YEAST POWDER Is guaranteed to give satisfaction. Be sure to ask for DOOLEY’S YEAST POWDER and do not be put off with any other kind. DOOLEY’S YEAST PO WDER Is put up in Tin Cans of various sizes, suitable for Families, Boarding Houses, Hotels, Restaurants and River, Lake and Ocean Vessels on short or long voyages. The Market is flooded with Cheap, Inferior Baking and Yeast Powder of light or short weigh. DOOLEY’S YEAST POWDER is war ranted full strength and full weight. Sold at wholesale and retail, generally throughout the United States, by dealers in Groceries and Family Supplies. 545 .Actually Saved. Dooley&Brother >, Manufacture ST. NEV V YORK , apl-dAwl' ; ABDOMINAL SUPPORTERS AND PILE PIPES. Relief, comfort and cure for Rpptdbe, Fe male Weaknesses and Piles, unlike all other appliances known, will never rust, limber, break, chafe, soil nor move from place—inde structible. The fine steel spring being coated with hard rubber, light, cool, cleanly, used in bathing, fitted to form, universally recommend ed by all surgeons as the best mechanical sup ports known. Send for Pamphlet. Establish ments, 1347 Chestnut St., Philadelphia, and 737 Broadway New York. Complete assortment for sale, with careful adjustment, by J. H. ALEXANDER. 212 Broad street, Augusta, Ga. Beware of Imitations. oc!4-w3m Lumber ! Lumber ! Lumber TWO hundred thousand feet of LUMBER, sawed from the very best selection of long leaf pine, and thoroughly seasoned for build ing purposes. Parties wishing lumber will make it to their interest to write to the under tigned -at Camak, on the Georgia Railroad, before purchasing elsewhere. oc9-dß<fcw3m W. W. SWAIN. | N.F. BURNHAM’S 1874 TURBINE_ per cent, guaranteed -with NOTICE. TO RENT, until November, 1875, a commo dious STORE HOUSE, at Gunn's Mills, convenient to Depot. Apply to J. F. A JONES, novlß-dlAw3 Wriglitsboro, Ga. JAMES LEFFEL’S IMPROVED DOUBLE Turbine Water Wheel. POOLE Manufacturers for the South and South west. OYER 7,000 now n use, working under heads varying from 2to 240 feet! 24 sizes, from 5} to 96 inches. The most powerful Wheel in the Market, And most economical in use of water. Large ILLUSTRATED Pamphlet sent post free. MAN UFA CTUEEES, ALSO, OF Portable and Stationary Steam Engines and Boilers, Babcock & Wilcox Patent Tubulous Boilers, Ebangh’s Crasher for Minerals, Saw and Grist Mills, Flouring Mill Machinery, Ma chinery for White Lead Works and Oil Mills, “•'“"“SEFOBCrKLAIffI. f#b2s-wly .WATER WHEEL ■ The best in the Market, and sold at less price than any other first-class ‘Wheel. , : Send for a Pamphlet and he oon visaed. N. f. BcuNUAM.York, Pa.
