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gfironicig anb .Sentinel.
W KDNESDAY . .JULY 7. 1875.
MY DEAD BABY.
My little bby i* buried to-dy ;
Gone down in the depths of the church yard
clav,
Dp in the' sky so dim end grey,
Who will take care of my little baby ?
Who will kiss her ? her waxen feet,
That hare never walked, and her small hands
sweet,
Where I left a while lily, as was mete—
Who, who will ku my little baby ?
Who will teach her ? her wings to fly,
Her tiny limbs their new work to ply.
Hew soft, dnmb lips to sing gloriously—
Oh, who will teach my little baby ?
I have a mother, who long ago died ;
We speak of her now with our team all dried;
She may know my pretty one, come to her
side.
And be glad to see my little baby.
Christ, bom of a woman, hear, oh hear '.
Thine angels are far of—she seems near,
Give Thou my child to my mother dear,
Aud I’ll weep no more for my little baby.
Surely in Heaven. Thy saints so blest,
Keep a mother’s heart in a mother's breast;
Give her my lamb and 1 shall rest
If my mother takes care of my little baby.
THE MOTHER'S FIRST GRIEF.
She aits beside the cradle
And her tears are streaming fast
For she sees the present only.
While she thinks of all the paet.
Of the days so full of gladness.
When her first-born's answering kiss
Filled her soul with each a rapture
That it knew no other bliss.
Oh, those happy, happy moments!
They bnt deepen her despair.
For she bends above the cradle,
And her baby is not there !
Then are words of comfort spoken,
And the leaden clouds of grief
Wear the smiling bow of promise,
And she feels a sad relief :
lint her wavering thoughts will wander,
Till they settle on the scene
Of the dark aud silent chamber.
And if all that might hare been
For a little vacant garment,
Or a shining trees of hair
Tells her breast in tones of anguish
That her baby is not there.
She sits beside the cradle
But her tears no longer flow
For she sees a blessed vision
And forgets all earthly woe—
Haintly eyes look down upon her
And the voice that hushed the sea
Htills her spirit with a whisper,
“buffer them to come to me.”
And while her soul is lifted
On the waving wings of prayer,
Heavou's crystal gates swing inward,
And she sees her baby there.
HOME TIME.
Well, either you cr I,
After whatever is to say is said,
Most see the other die.
Or bear, through distance of the other dead,
borne time.
And you or I must hide
Poor empty eyes and faces, wan and wet
With life's great grief, beside
The other's coffin, sealed with silence, yet
borne time.
And you or I must look
Into the other’s grave, or far or near,
And read, as in a book
Writ in the dust, words we made bitter hero,
borne time.
Then, through what paths of dew,
What flush of flowers, what glory iu the grass.
Only one of us two,
Eveu as a shadow walking, blind may pass,
borne time.
And if the meeting song,
Break from the bosom of the bird for love,
No more to listen long
One shall be doaf below, one deaf above,
Some time.
For both must lose the way
Wherein wo walk together, very soon ;
One in the dust shall stay,
The other ttrst shall see the rising mom,
borne time.
Oh ! fast, fast friend of mine!
14ft up the voico I love so much, and warn ;
To wring faint hands and pino,
Tell me 1 may he left forlorn, forlorn,
borne timo.
Say I may kiss through tears,
Forevor failing and forever cold,
One ribbon from sweet years,
Ouo dear dead loaf, ono precious ring of gold,
Some time.
Hay yon may think with pain
Of some slight grace, somo timid wish to
please.
Some eager look half vain
Into your heart, some broken sobs like these.
Some time.
A WOMAN’S ANSWER TO A MAN’S
QUESTION.
Do yon know you havo askod for the oosliost
thing
Ever mado by the hrtnd above ?
A woman’s lioart and a woman's life,
And a woman’s wonderful love ?
Do you know you havo asked for this priceless
thing
Asa child might ask for a toy ?
Demanding what others havo died to win,
With the reckless dash of a boy ?
Yon have written my lesson of duty out—
Manlike have you questioned mo.|
Now stand at the bar of my woman's soul.
Until I shall question thee.
You may require your mutton shall always be
hot,
Your socks and your shirts he whole ;
I require your heart to bo puro as God’s
stars,
And as pure as his neaven your soul.
You roqnire a cook for your mutton and beef—
I require a far greater tiling ;
A seamstress you're wauting for socks and for
shirts—'
I look for a man and a king:
A king for tlio beautiful realm callod home,
And a man that the makor, God,
Shall look upon as ho did on tho first,
And say “it is vory good.”
I am fair aiul vonng, hut tho roso will fado
From my soft young cheek ono day ;
Will you love me then 'mid tho falling leaves,
As you did 'rnoug the bloom of May ?
Is your heart an ocean so strong and deep
I may launch my all on its tide ?
A loving woman finds heaven or hell
On the day she is made a bride.
I require all things that are grand and true—
All things that a man should be ;
If you give this all I will stake my life
To be all you demand of me.
If yon cannot be this—a laundress and cook
You can hire, and a little to pay ;
But a woman's heart and a woman's life
Are not won in that way.
I ITriffen for Sunday Chrontdeand Seniinnl]
THE CITY OF THE DEAD.
Thoughts Suggested Upon a Visit to
the Cemetery.
I walk with slow and pensive tread
In this lone city of the dead.
Where all is beautiful and fair
Aud every breeze seems like a prayer,
Strange city were with rapid feet
Stern business men no longer meet
Bustle and trade find here no place
Pleasure shows not her painted face.
The flowere seem like no other blooms
Is it because they garland toombs ?
The very birds that flit among
The flowers subdue their festive song
Liko soft church anthems, rich and low
Their Bilvery notes of music flow,
Their lays float upward from the sod
As calling worshippers to God.
How blissful seems the dreamless rest
Of sleepers pale with pulseless breast,
No oares their slumbers calm cau break
Their hearts no longer throb and ache;
Dreams of ambition, hopes of fame.
Groans of remose and tears of shame,
Nor any human joy or ill
Can near repose so deep and still.
Those who were once stem, bitter foes,
Here cease to tret o'er fancied woes;
The whole great world seemed once not wide
Enough to hold—now side by side
They sleep in peace, tlieir strife forgot.
Their vengeful dreams remembered not;
Fven Caste now knows no different sphere.
All mortal men are equals here.
Although as fair as artist's dreams
How sad to mo God's acre seems;
Those who once ran with > miles to meet
Beneath mo lie with nerveless feet
The hand out stretched with eager grasp
Lies folded in a pulseless clasp
O'er heart that throbbed with friendship trust
Now crumbling into senseless dust.
How many loved ones here are laid
Beneath the tall magnolia shade,
An honored sire with silver hair
Whose every thought for me was prayer;
Here rests ill deep unbroken sleep,
Nor heeds what oyes above him weep,
And babes who nestled on my breast..
In Death's calm dreamless slumber rest.
Friends of my youth who loved mo well.
For me no words of welcome tell;
1 come and go—they heed me not.
Love* —hates alike are here forgot:
It seems so strange no loved one wakes,
No voice the solemn silence breaks-
Here Friendship's noblest links are riven.
Will they be clasped agaiu in Hoaveu ?
Oh! city beantifnl and fair.
With gravelled walks, and blooming squares.
With pure white shafts to [>oint above
Where dwells the objects of our love:
The rare June roses sheds their sweets
And deck with blooms your silent streets.
In golden verse those sweet flowers toll
How we eur dead remember well.
With lingering steps I pass away
Where beauty fain wonid hide decay,
Where love a monument would rear.
Of blossoms fragrant, choice and fair.
And wonder when the hour shall come
When this shall be my silent home.
And friends stand round my grave to weep
Sven as I here a lone watch keep.
B. A.L.
Acocsta. Ga., June, 1875.
Warden Howard, of Indiana, won’t let
any newspapers come into his peniten
tiary. And he is right. Let the con
victs have newspapers to read every day,
and they would soon know more than
the Warden.
A Minnesota paper made a young
poetess say: “Oh, for a heart fall of
sweet yearlings 1” The poetess wrote
to the editor, declaring that she wrote
“yearnings I” and the printer who set it
up “yearling” was a calf.
NEWS ABOUT COTTON- *
MONTHLY REPORT OF THE
CHARLESTON EXCHANGE.
Abstract ot Information Obtained
from Planters Under Date of Jane
15th.
The Committee of Information and
Statistics of the Charleston Exchange
report the following abstract of Dinety
seven replica from planters in twenty
seven counties of Booth Carolina :
Ist Qneation—What has been the
character of the weather since May 15th ?
Answer—Thirty-fonr report favorable;
nineteen dry and favorable; nineteen
dry to Jane 10th, showers since; nine
too mach rain since Jane Ist; sixteen
nights too cool. 2d Question —Has there
been any additional planting in your sec
tion since May 15th ?
one report no additional planting since
May 15th; twenty-three some little; two
considerable. 3d Question —How are
the stands in yonr section, and is the
plaDt forming and blooming well ? An
swer—Seven report not good; twelve
fair; sixty-two good; fourteen very good;
nine no forms or blooms; thirty-nine few
forms, no blooms. 4th Question —What
is the present condition of the cotton
crop in yonr section, and how does it
compare with the same time last year ?
Answer—Present condition : Fourteen
report small and clean; sixty-eight good;
twelve very good; two bad. Compari
son with last year: Nineteen report
compares unfavorably; thirteen the same
as last year; twenty favorably; twenty
better. sth Question —State any favor
able or unfavorable circumstances rela
tive to the growth or condition of the
cotton crop in yonr section not covered
by the above questions? Answer—
Heavy storms of wind and rain, with
hail, are reported in six counties since
Jnne 7th, doing much local injury. Lice
are reported in fonr counties, checking
the growth of the plants. The average
of twenty counties makes the plant
seven days later than last year.
Report of the Savannah Exchange for
the Mouth {if Jnne.
Savannah, Jnne 25, 1875.
To the Officers and Members of the Sa
vannah Cotton Exchange:
Gentlemen — Your Committee on In
formation and Statistics beg leave to
Rubmit the following report for Jnne.
The twenty-eight counties in charge of
Augusta Cotton Exchange of course do
not form any part of the report:
Georgia—One hundred and twelve re
plies from fifty-nine counties. Ist Ques
tion—What has been the character of
the weather since May 15th ? Answer—
Weather dry and generally favorable.
2d Question— Has there been any addi
tional planting iu yonr section since
May 15th ? Answer—None of any con
sequence. 3d Question —How are the
stands iu your section, and is the plant
forming and blooming well ? Answer-
Stands good, and the plant looks vigor
ous. Generally forming well, but no
blooms yet, except in the southern por
tion of the State, where it is beginning
to bloom. 4th Question —What is the
present condition of the cotton crop in
your section, and how does it compare
with same time last year? Answer—
Good condition, rather better than same
time last year, except a few days later,
and plant somewhat smaller. sth Ques
tion—State any favorable or unfavor
able circumstances relative to the
growth or condition of the cotton crop
iu your section not covered by the above
questions. Answer—The crop is cleau
and well worked. Bain is needed in
some localities.
The uniformity in the replies received
this month from our correspondents was
remarkable.
Florida Twenty-nine replies from
thirteen counties. Ist Question —Dry
and favorable to the plant, and clearing
the fields of grass. 2d Question —No
planting since May 15th. 3d Question
—Stands are good. The plant is form
ing well and commencing to bloom. 4th
Question —The plant is small from tho
dry weather, which gives it the appear
ance of being two weeks behind last
year. Condition good and compares
favorably with last year. Iu the sea is
land district two counties report the
condition not as good as last year. sth
Question —In the early part of tho sea
son lice retarded the growth of the crop.
These havo disappeared without doing
any material damage. The plant, though
Hrunll, promises to he well fruited at the
bottom, which is the principal part of
the crop.
Signed: J. H. Johnston, Chairman;
T. H. Austin, E. I. Moses, R. W. Simp
son, A. Moffat, Committee on Informa
tion and Statistics.
THE COURSE OF COTTON.
Report of the Agricultural Bureau.
In a larger portion of the cotton area,
at the usual time for planting, the soil
was wet and cold in Atlantic coast dis
tricts, and in a less degree in more west
ern arena, and germination was retarded,
but not destroyed. Afterward, tho
weather became favorable for growth
and tho chopping out process, with a
tendency iu places to an injurious lack
of moisture. A frost on the 19th of
Slay, in North Carolina, destroyed cot
ton'on certain swamp lands. Late frosts
were somewhat injurious in all the States
except Florida and Texas. The stand is
much better than that of last year, and
the plants more advanced in growth,
notwithstanding their late start; and
the crop is generally quite clean. No
serious injury has been done by insects,
though the cut-worm is noticed in some
counties of Florida, Texas and Arkansas;
the plant lias been infested with lice in
some fields iu Florida.
The threatened reduction in area has
not been accomplished. While there
has been an increase in corn and wheat
it has not been at the expense of cotton.
Nor has the reduced area of last year
been much enlarged. Our returns make
only Ito 2 per cent, increase. There is
only one State (Georgia) which has an
official bureau for the collection of crop
statistics, which makes the reduction of
acreage 5 per cent., which is within 1
per cent, of the result returned by our
corps iu that State. The comparison
with last year is as follows : North Caro
lina, 102; South Carolina, 106; Georgia,
96; Florida, 99; Alabama, 104; Mississip
pi, 102; Louisiana, 101: Texas, 108; Ar
kansas,lol; Tennessee, 92. The maximum
June condition of cotton, for a period
of five seasons, was reported in 1872.
The order for the other four 1875, 1873,
1871, 1874. The comparison with a crop
of full vitality and normal growth in all
respects is for the present month as fol
lows : North Carolina, 92; South Caro
lina, 97; Georgia, 91; Florida, 94; Ala
bama, 101; Mississippi, 100; Louisiana,
95; Texas, 96; Arkansas, 90; Tennessee,
99. An investigation has been under
taken for the correction of the basis of
area iu cotton in vogue for years past.
The statistican has for years had strong
reasons for beliviug the area heretofore
reported in cotton to have been too
small. For the past two years he has
had a demonstration of that belief, and
has not printed an estimate since 1873.
The figures published in all the commer
cial journals are those originally retnrn
ed by our correspondents, with annual
modifications in accordance with yearly
per centago of increase or decrease.
There are extant no other systematic data
for obtaining the acreage; there is other
wise in fact nothing butindividnal guess
ing from personal observation or desulto
ry facts. ' Now the difficulty is this ; In
estimating average rates of yield per
acre of any crop whatever, farmers al
most invariably assume too high a figure;
whether from pride in the reputation of
their neighborhood for fertility slid good
culture, or from the controlling impres
sion made upon their minds by the ap
pearance of the best fields. On the con
trary, with reference to comparative ag
gregates of yield, to an inquiry whether
the total area in a given crop is greater
or less, or the harvest better or worse
than usual, their judgment is usually
accurate. If there is any bias, it will be
likely to be in the direction of an under
estimate. These general facta will be
acknowledged by all who have any prac
tical knowledge of crop statistics ; they
have been effectually attested by the ex
perience of the past ten years of this de
partment. This being the case, all onr
estimates of yield per acre are now made,
not alone from the direct estimate of
yield of counties of all crops, bat after
harmonizing results of reported local
changes in the rate yield and in com
parative aggregate production.
With regard to cotton, we have ob
tained an actual census, wherever it was
possible, for a given district, whether a
large or small portion of a county, both
of bales produced and the number of
acres upon which they were grown. Our
correspondents were urged to avoid es
timates, and give only ascertained facts.
So a census of a few farmers would be
taken here, a neighborhood there, and
occasionally a larger district. The loeal
officers were in some instances enlisted
in the work. The results are not com
plete, and are not deemed quite
sufficient for an anthoratiye esti
mate which, can Ua relied on,
in the future, as a perfectly accurate
basis of comparison ; yet they aw too
important to be withheld, and will be
received by a fair-minded public as the
best known data for an approximate esti
mate of the area in cotton. In
the following statement the number
of counties are given in which
such enumerations were made, either
for their total or partial area, respec
tively, with the number of bales pro
duced on the acreage given in 1874 :
States. Counties. Bales. Acres.
North Carolina .12 70,402 202,412
South Carolina.. 9 84,249 271,477
Georgia 41 199,810 707,187
Florida 6 17,513 67,751
Alabama ... 13 62,584 245,094
Mississippi 12 105,280 308,060
Louisiana 6 56,450 124,016
Texas 38 139,762 404,005
Arkansas 13 49,544 140,690
Tennessee 11 25,654 83,934
Total 811,198 2,554,626
This makes the average in over 40 per
cent, of the cotton breadth of Georgia,
3.54 acres per bale, while the official re
port of the State of Georgia makes the
number 3$ acres—results almost exactly
alike, as in the reports of the area of
the present crop. Without perfecting
these estimates, it is evident that the
true acreage of 1874 cannot fall very
much short of three times as many acres
as were produced of bales in 1874, or at
least 11,000,000 acres, possibly a figure a
little larger. This corresponds with the
mass of facts bronght to our observa
tion annually for two years past.
In connection with the investigation
to fix the basis of area, preliminary re
turns relative to the present crop were
received. A synopsis of those received
after the middle of May is as follows:
During May preliminary returns were
received from 316 cotton counties. The
season is reported late hi nearly every
instance, from ten days to two weeks
generally, but in some cases three and
even fonr weeks. More than two-thirds
of the returns make the season too wet,
especially in time of planting and ger
minating. In some districts the past
two weeks have been too dry. The
stand is reported good in a majority of
the returns from North Carolina, South
Carolina, Florida, Alabama, Mississip
pi, and Texas, rather above the average
in Arkansas and Tennessee, and scarce
ly average in Louisiana. The condition
is represented below average in Florida,
Tennessee, and Arkansas, slightly be
low in Georgia, Mississippi, Louisiana,
and Texas, and average in Alabama and
in the Carolinas. The following brief
extracts are from the correspondence of
the present month:
South Carolina —Georgetown: Good
stand, and growing. Orangeburg: Two
or three weeks late. Edgefield: Indif
ferent stand, but, according to an old
adage, half a stand will yield a full crop.
Greenville: Last year the rule was, “cot
ton fields and com patches;” this year,
“com fields and cotton patches.”
Union: A remarkably wet and cold
Spring seriously retarded the planting
and growth, rendering it “ possum
cured;” now suffering for rain; stand
generally good, but deficient in all red
lands. Newberry: Stand generally good,
but two weeks backward. Barnwell:
More promising than usual. Laurens:
Early planted, small and dying; late,
not yet up to a good stand. Lexington:
Late good stand, and growing finely.
Darlington: Good stand and doing well.
Georgia. —Columbia : Looking well
in some localities; in others, sickly.
Muscogee : Very small, stand imperfect;
two weeks late. Randolph : Much killed
by the frosts. Troup : Never saw a bet
ter prospect. Wilkinson : Planting un
usually late, owing to rains. Webster:
Small, but healthy, and good stand.
I McDuffie : Dry weather prevents the
cotton from coming up in stiff clay
lands; twenty days later than •in any
Spring for thirty years. Douglas : Area
planted equals that of last year, which
was 10 to 12 per cent, below average.
Walker : A good stand, but late, and
very small. Gwinnett : Good stand,
and fair prospect. Hart: Stand good,
but very small. Laurens : Very smajl.
and not healthy. Clayton: Afairstand;
most of the farmers have it chopped.
Coweta: Excellent promise. Marl
borough : Plants very small, but healthy.
Floyd: A dry May; late planted failed
to come up; stand poor. Putnam : May
a first-rate month for cotton. Hancock:
Very backward, owing to late Spring
and excessively dry weather. Cherokee:
Kept back by extremely dry weather.
Carroll : Much killed by cold nights,
and that standing looks badly. Lin
coln : Small; no rain in May. Upshur:
Two to three weeks late, but good stand
and fine prospect. Pulaski: Good stand,
but two weeks late.
Report of the Mobile Cotton Ex
change.
Mobile, Jnne 25, 1875.
To the Officers and Members of the Mo
bile Cotton Exchange :
Gentlemen —Your committee respect
fully submits the following report of
the condition, etc., of the growing cot
ton crop, for tho period commencing
May 15tli and ending June 15tli:
Alabama—s 2 counties, 126 replies.—
The weather has been generally favora
ble; rather too dry in some places, but
not enough so to injure the plant. There
has been very little replautiug or addi
tional planting. The stands are good
and tho plant is forming well. Very few
blooms. The condition, as compared
with last year, is reported from as good
to much better. There are scarcely any
unfavorable circumstances relative to
the growth or condition of the crop;
only a few reports of lice and grasshop
pers, and complaints of cold nights and
drouth. The crop is clean, in good
condition, aud better cultivated than it
was last year.
Mississippi—l 9 counties, 56 replies.—
Tho weather has been generally favora
ble, fieeding rain in some counties, and
some complaints of cold nights, produc
ing ice. There has been very little re
planting or additional planting. The
stands are good and the plant forming
well; only a few blooms. The present
condition of the crop is better than last
year at same period. The only unfavor
able circumstances are those noticed
above. The favorable circumstances
are, the crop is cleaner, better cultivat
ed, and more advanced than last year at
same time.
Very respectfully,. T. K. Irwin, Chair
man; J. W. Whiting, Julius Buttner, of
Committee on Information aud Statis
tics.
Note.—Many of our correspondents in
Alabama and Mississippi write that
since their reports were made, good
rains have fallen, and from the best in
formation that yonr committee can
gather, these rains have been general
all over our district.
TANARUS, K. Irwin, Chairman, &c.
The Prospective Yalne of Cotton.
June 22, 1875.
To the Editor of the New York Daily
Bulletin :
Allow me a few words in reply to
“South” (your issue of 18th) iu regard
to cotton. He bases an argument in fa
vor of lower prices on the fact that spin
ners in-Europe and America are buying
sparingly, and have been for a long time.
Admit the fact and give it definite shape
by fixing 25,000 bales for ten weeks as
probably within the truth ; then couple
it with the further fact that the visible
supply is 250,000 bales less than same
date last year, and you prove, beyond a
shadow of doubt, that, in spite of all
the croakings of spinners and “bears,’
the consumption of cotton has been and
is going on at a rate never before
equalled. Does this surprise yon ? Will
“South” or any ono else dispute it? If
so, let them explain this stubborn, in
disputable fact of 500,000 bales less cot
ton in the world than a year ago. A
further fact may surprise “South,” and
possibly many others. There is not only
less cotton in sight than last year, but
less than at same date in any year since
1871. What is the inevitable conclusion
from these facts? Palpably, that the
consumption has been greater than the
production. No fair-minded man can
look squarely and candidly at the fig
ures and remain in the least doubt. And
why should not a comparison of stocks
now with four years ago prove that con
sumption has outstripped production ?
What do the figures on the subject of
consumption say ? Without going into
details, it is sufficient to say that the
best authorities agree in fixing the con
sumption in 1870 at 5,347,000 bales, and
in 1875 at 7,011,000— an increase of
1,664,000 bales ! Thirty per cent, in
crease in five years, during which pro
dqetiou his absolutely decreased !
In iimfi of facts like these it is absurd
to talk of diminished consumption this
year. Granted that some mills in New
England run short time during a few
weeks last Fall. Were there not then
some and many more closed entirely
during the Fall .of J. 873 ? To such an
extent was this the case that the Finan
cial Chronicle estimated the lessened
production in consequence at 150,000
bales. If all the mills in New England
were put on three-fourths time for three
months it would not hero lessened the
consumption 50,000 bales, yet it is noto
rious that only a portion of them ran
short at all. The truth is, the increased
number of spindles has acre than com
paisated for any stoppages short
time, even in America. In England
there is no pretense of stoppages or
short time, except in 60 far as the new
law restricts the number of hours some
what, and it is admitted that the in
crease in spindles fully offsets the ope
rations of this taw. On the Continent
it is admitted that the consumption will
be larger than ever before. These, then,
are the prominent facts in connection
with cotton, How a word as to the
reason of them —and they are two.
Cotton spinning all the world oyer has
been enormously profitable, hence the
increase in consumption. Cotton grow
ing has been ruinously unprofitable
since 1870, and that is reason enough
for the diminished production. Is it
disputed that the growing of cotton has
been unprofitable? 1 am sure it will
not be by any 6ne who is at all familiar
with the present condition of the great
majority of cotton planters or of their
factors, who have been sustaining them
during these past years. Does any one
donbt the smaller planting since 1870,
and point to the acreage estimates of
the Agricultural Bureau in support of
their theory? To such I answer, the
Bureau undoubtedly does its best, but
means of information on the subject I
of acreage is meagre and crude even |
now, anil iu 1870 they were still more so.
It is as certain as anything can be that
it very greatly underestimated the area
in cotton in 1870.
Stimulated by the enormous prices
paid during and for five years subse
quent to the war, the whole world strove,
with all the ardor of avarice, and en
couraged by enormous outlays of Brit
ish manufacturers, to make all the cot
ton possible—good cotton, poor cotton,
long cotton and short cotton—anything
which could be used in lien of American
cotton. And in 1870 the acme of cotton
raising was reached ! As never before
had the world been so stimulated to
effort in one direction, so never will it
be again, until the same conditions ob
tain. When cotton goes up to 25 or 30
cents, and remains there for a series of
years, then a prodigious effort will be
made to increase its production and not
before. Does yonr correspondent know
that the average price of middling cot
ton in New York, for ten years prior to
1870, was over 49 cents ? Since then it
has averaged but 18J cants. Now, it is
barely 15 cents, and yet he thinks it ri
diculously high! What “Sonth” says
about the growing crop is scarce worth
considering. Any estimate of a crop
which has full five months of contingen
cies before it mast be absurd if it be
above or below an average. The prob
abilities are, of course, that an average
crop this year—taking the Bureau’s es
timate of acreage and the average yield
per acre of the past six years as basis—
would be about 3,750,000 bales.
It “may be,” as “South” says, that
everything will favor this crop, and
consequently priets “may be” 12J cents
in New York. But it “may be” also
that drouth may scorch it or rains drown
it, that worms will end it, or storms
scatter it, or frosts destroy it, and prices
“may be” 25 or 35 cents. All, however,
that is certain as yet of the growing
crop is, the acreage is smaller than iu
any year since 1871, except last year,
and only “one to two per cent.” greater
than then, and it is very backward.
D. H. W.
Cotton Insurance.
Savannah, Ga., June 17, 1873.
Editor of the Journal of Commerce:
Will you kindly answer the lollowing
inquiries; it is quite possible that the
issues may come up at any time, and
we beg to have your decision before
hand and be prepared: 1. A has at
cotton press or public warehouse 1,000
bales of cotton, which cost him (first
cost) SSO per bale; he insures the cotton
at SSO per bale, say for one month, and
pays the premium; before the expiration
of the month cotton declines so that the
value is reduced to S4O per bale, when
it is burnt. Is the company bound for
the amount for which the cotton was in
sured, or for only the value of it at time
of its destruction ? If the latter, can A
demand that the company replace
the cotton, the same to be equal in
grade and weight ? 2. A makes ‘his
application to an agent here of a New
York company to cover cotton at press
or warehouse for one month; the appli
cation is received and the premium
paid. The agent advises his company
of his acceptance of the risk, but they
do not wish to take it, and order him to
cancel it. The agent then notifies A
that he will cancel the risk at the expi
ration of 24 hours. A applies to the
other first class companies, or to their
agents, but all are “full” on the build
ing. At the expiration of the 24 hours
the agent notifies A that he has cancell
ed the risk, and tenders him back the
premium A had paid, less premium for
the time his company chose to carry the
risk. A informs the agent that he can
not insure in any other first class com
pany and declines to receive the pre
mium tendered, and notifies him that
he considers his cotton covered for the
time it was insured. The cotton is
burnt; upon whom does the loss fall ?
It is contended by the agents here that
they have the right to cancel any risk by
giving a reasonable time to the party
insuring to find insurance elsewhere.
Very respectfully yours, M. B. T.
Reply—l. All that the underwriters
can be called upon to pay in ease of loss
is the fair market value of the cotton at
the time of loss, or tho cost of replacing
it and making it good to the owner. 2.
The nnderwiter, having in his contract
reserved the right to cancel the policy
upon notice to the insured, is not legally
bound to wait more than 24 hours for
the risk to be placed elsewhere, and the
loss after that falls upon the owner,
whether he accepts the cancellation or
not. But a decent regard for the con
venience of his customers will prevent
any shrewd agent from taking advantage
of this technical right, so as to leave
the pvoperty unprotected. Fair dealing
always pays best, whether the dealer is
an individual or a corporation.
BEACH ON BEECHER.
My argument now, gentlemen, is fin
ished. All these disagreeable topics
have passed, and I am rejoiced that I
am relieved, I hope forever, from them;
but please suffer me a few words in con
clusion. We have communed together
a long time upon great themes, lifting
us above the littleness of common con
troversy. They are associated with the
highest interests of humanity. They
affect the civilization of the age. Truth,
morality, religion, divine and human
law, all the great topics which stir the
enthusiasm of our nature, have mingled
with our deliberations. It is impossible
that we should not feel something of
their purifying inspiration. The selfish
and petty struggles of ordinary life often
trammel and debase our thought, chain
ing our souls to mercenary calculation
and sordid desire. If anything can
exalt us to a higher spirituality, to a
nobler conception of truth and duty, it
is a scene like this, so full of dignified
interest and weighty responsibility. We
must rise to this great occasion, or we
belittle ourselves and dishonor our own
nature. Most sensibly have I felt my
inability worthily to meet the duty of
my position, and struggle with the per
plexities of this wide debate, in the face
of adversaries so cunning of defense,
so powerful and skilled as my eminent
friends. But the race is not always to
the swift nor the battle to the strong.
The sling of the shepherd very often
vanquishes the might of the giant.
Weakness is strong in the energy of
truth. I have no faith in my own skill,
but I have abiding hope in the supreme
justice which governs the world, mark
ing the sparrow as it falls. On the great
seal of your city is engraved the noble
motto, “Eight makes might,” on any
day of public celebration it shines upon
the flag which is flung out from the
dome of your City Hall.
It is the sentiment whice encourages
and strengthen weakness in its contests
with arrogant strength. It is the senti
ment which has sustained my client in
all the difficulties and discouragements of
this contest, and it will sustain and even
tually, I trust, redeem him, because it
bears the promise of Him whose words
shall never fail. Wearied and worn
with this trial, gentlemen, I shall part
from you with respectful regret. Our
long association, bringing ns into daily
intimacy, impresses me with kindly
sympathies and interest for each of you.
We have stood together before this com
munity animated by a common object,
seeking after the right in honest sin
cerity. The distempered plea of turbu
lent passions has been against the altar
at which we serve. The boisterous in
terests and sympathies of an interested
people have tried the firm foundation of
this temple, but the spirit of justice
sees nothing of the tumult, hears noth
ing of the uproar. Calm and confident,
she leans trustingly upon a juror’s oath.
Yonr consciences uphold the shaking
temple and the tottering altar. If they
weaken and fail, if the strong pillars of
honesty and truth give way, temple and
altar and God sink to a common ruin.
The struggle thi3 (lay is between the
law and a great character and a great
church. If the latter triumph, and the
law is trodden down, woe unto him who
calls evil good, and good evil.
Yon will credit me, sir, when I again
declare that the duty I have performed
has been most unwelcome and painful.
I have not spoken aught in malice. I
leave this case without the slightest as
perity of feeling toward any, filled with
unaffected admiration for the transcend
ent qualities and generous courtesies of
my distinguished antagonists. No man
venerates more profoundly than myself
the magnificent genius of’this defend
ant. His large contributions to the lit
erature of the times excite the sentiment
of which M*Msauley spoke in his essay
on the Life of Bacon. Rich as he is in
mental endowments, prodigal as his la
bors have been, they can shelter no of
fense agaipet the law. Genius as lofty,
learning more rare and profound, could
not save Bacon. He sinned and felL
Upon his memory history has written
tire enitah, “The greatest and the mean
est of mankind:” Toward great men in
disgrace, like those who taS, Whittier,
New England’s gifted poet, writes in his
poem entitled “lehabod
So fallen! so lost! the light Withdrawn
Which once he wore!
The glory from hia gray hairs gone
Forarennore!
Revile him not—the Tempter hath
A snare for all.
And pitying tears, not scorn and wrath,
Befit his fall!
O, dnmb be passion’s stormy rage,
When he who might
Have lifted np and led his age
Falls back in night.
Scorn! would the angels laugh to mark
A bright soul driven.
Fiend-goaded, down the endless dark,
From hope mid Heaven!
Lot not the land on e proud of him
Nor brand with deeper shame his dim,
Dishonored brow.
Bat let its hambled sons instead.
From sea to lake.
A long lament, as for the dead,
In eaduess make.
Of all we loved and honored, naught
Save power remains—
A fallen angel’s pride of thought, •
Still strong in chains.
All else is gone: from those great eyes
The sool has fled: v.
When faith is lost, when honor dies,
The man is dead!
Then, pay the reverence of old days
To his dead fame;
Walk backward, with averted gaze,
And hide the shame! (
Gentlemen, I commit this case to yon in
the subhme language of the great orator
who speaks to you from his grave at
Marshfield :
With conscience satisfied with the dis
charge of duty, no consequences can
harm yon. There is no evil that we can
not either face or fly from but the con
sciousness of duty disregarded. A sense
of duty pursues us ever. It is omnipres
ent, like the Deity. If we take to our
selves the wings of * the morning and
dwell in the uttermost parts of the earth,
duty performed or duty violated is still
with us for our happiness or misery, and
if we say darkness shall cover us, iu
darkness as in the light our obligations
are yet with us. We cannot escape their
power nor fly from their presence. They
are with us in this life, will be with us
at its close, and in that sense inconceiv
able solemnity wliipli lies yet further
onward we shall still find ourselves sur
rounded by the consciousness of duty to
pain us wherever it has been violated,
and to console us so far as God may
have given ns grace to perform it. [Ap
plause.]
THE H. It. QASEY GRANGE.
An Invitation to me North and West.
[For the 6§Bn%e and Sentinel .]
The following Preamble and resolu
tions were nnaui: lously passed by the
H. B. Casey Grai je, No. 350, Columbia
county, at a meeting held at Bethel
Church, May 29t1, 1875:
Whereas, Muci of our land in Co
lumbia county is idle, awaiting immi
gration; and win reas, said lands thus
remaining dead tapital inures to our
injury, which if iwned and cultivated
by the thrifty an enterprising farmer
of the North ami the West would be
come to them a pod and lucrative in
vestment, and the eby add to the wealth
aud population of the county; aud
whereas, said lane s can be bought cheap
and on good tern, i; therefore be it
Resolved by th i Grange, and in which
we know all the C ranges iu the county
will unite, That \ e to-day issue this our
address to the pe pie of the North and
the West, inviti ig them to come anil
settle these lands and unite with us in
an honest effort ti> reclaim that success
in farming whii k the “results of the
war” and a ruinous polioy adopted since
the “terminatioi of hostilities” have
destroyed. Come, brothers, of the North
and the West and give ns the benefit of
yonr superior knqwledge in husbandry.
“Grain and stock, raising" we have too
long neglected, find which wo cannot
hope for nor do we propose to outer the
markets as competitors with you in
these departments. Yet we feel now the
necessity of making our farms self
sustaining and thus from the pro
ceeds of our cottqn crops we may be left
with a little money, that we may call
our own. We have “ run” cotton cul
ture in the ground, and by dearly
bought experience wo have at last been
taught tho lesson that iu “ diversified
farming ” alone we may look for day to
break upon this long night of bad man
agement and poverty. Come, then, aud
wake us np and help us to shake from
our feet the dust of this ruinous cotton
mania. We promise you a ivarm wel
come and a hospitable and neighborly
relationship. H. R. Casey,
Grange No. 350, Columbia county.
Resolved, That this address be put
upon the minutes of this Georgia
Grange, and that a oopy be sent to the
Chronicle and Sentinel for publica
tion, with the request that all papers at
the North and tho West friendly to the
cause will republish the same.
THE COURSE OF COTTON.
The Liverpool Cotton Market.
[IF. C. Watts <6 Co.’s Circular, June Ut/i.J
The Position, &c.—The breakdown iu
prices this week has been due to an un
expectedly and a further
addition to onr already large stock, to
the very limited demand, the weakness
shown by the American markets, the
large receipts at Bombay last week, the
recent largo shipments from America,
and the "resale by weak purchasers of
cotton tendered on June delivery con
tracts. In April we, in common with
most others, expected that by this date
the stock here would be some 50,000 to
100,000 bales less than last year, whereas
it has now run up to 1,001,830, an excess
as compared with last year of 49,270,
and only 2,080 bales short of the maxi
mum stock attained last year (on the
16th July). Our estimate for April was,
as we explained at the time, based on
the assumption that the trade should
take about their average consumption,
but within the past nine weeks they
have taken about 110,000 bales less.
The imports have not exceeded our esti
mates. The question is how much longer
can spinners keep np this scale of
purchases ? According to our tables
they still hold about 20,000 bales more
than their minimum stock last year (on
the 10th September), and about 4,000
more than their minimum stock in 1873
(20th February). It is therefore not im
possible they may buy 7,000 to 10,000
bales per week less than their consump
tion until the close of this month, aud
they are the more likely to pursue this
policy since all the “Limited Compa
nies” then make up their half-yearly
statements, preparatory to declaring
dividends. By way of explanation, we
would add that our estimate of stocks
now held by spinners represents an in
crease, after reducing the bales deliv
ered as per broker’s circular to pounds
weight at the average of last year, of i
per cent on the average consumption of
last year, whereas the Board of Trade
returns of exports of goods and yarns,
as shown elsewhere, indicate an increase
of 21 per cent.
The supply of cotton at sea from In
dia for this port is now 121,000 bales
less than last year. According to Jones’
List there are now afloat for this port
from Bombay only nine steamers that
cleared prior to 4th instant, containing
41,000 bales, and five sailing vessels that
cleared prior to Ist April, containing
39,000 bales, making a total of 80,000 at
the outside, which can arrive here from
Bombay before the 31st July. Last
year there were 17 steamers containing
122,000 bales and 12 sailing vessels, con
taining 84,000 bales, making a total of
206,000 bales which cleared prior to cor
responding dates, out of which 181,000
arrived here before the close of July.
These figures indicate a decreased im
port from Bombay in next 7 weeks of
say 100,000 to 110,000 bales. If, during
the same period, we allow for an in
creased import from America of 40,000
bales—that being the excess now at sea
—and from all other sources the same as
last year, and assume that spinners
should take 60,000 bales per week, and
actual exports to be the same as last
year, say 9,000 per week, it would run
down our stock on the 28th proximo to
about 877,000 bales, against 954,000 at
same date last year. In any event it
looks as if our stock will certainly in the
next five or six weeks be reduced below
the figures of last year.
No feature of the trade has occasioned
more general surprise than the course of
the New York /aarket. Ou the 3d of
April the stock m that oity was 203,000
bales, against 125,000 at the same date
last year, whereas the stock there now
is reduced to 133,000 bales, against.l3o,-
000 last year. It was then thought if
that market conld be relieved of its ex
cess of stock it would cut loose from
Liverpool, and that we should witness
the ordinary Summer advance; bnt in
stead, middling uplands, which on the
2d Apr;l were quoted at 16fc, have now
deolined to 15f6, or as much as Liver
pool. This, in connection with the re
cent large shipments from America to
this port, has had a very depressing in
fluence on our market.
On Monday, the 7th instant, a public
telegram announced that the Agricultur
al Bureau at Washington had made a
partial report, which indicated less
acreage in cotton this than last year;
this has attracted very little attention,
and so far as we can learn it is generally
supposed the complete report, which we
may expect about 16th instant, win in
dicate some increase in acreage.
In North Carolina there is a Charlotte
Observer, and Charlotte, somehow,
seems to like it.
The New York Herald spells Sam9o n
with a p. The Herald knows better,
but it feels as if it ought to cater to its
subscribers a little.
A letter in the New York Mail says :
“ A novel sight after leaving Chicago is
the'number of windmills.” There mast
be some mistake here.
Gentlemen of the American Rifle
Team, the eyes of the United States are
upon you.—[New York Mail.] Gentle
men of the American Rifle Team, if yon
were all to die of the cholera morbns to
morrow, the United States wouldn’t
weep a minute and a half.
A FLORIDA TRAGEDY.
Murder of a Western Farmer at the
Instance of His Deserted Wife—His
Fate Shared hy the Woman With
Whom He Had Kloped.
About a Year and a half ago a Mr.
Keech emigrated from Wisconsin to
this section, and purchased a farm in
this (St. John’s) county, a few miles
from the old ford, Mantanzas Inlet. He
was industrious and energetic, and soon
became noted as one of the most pros
perous farmers in the county. Mr.
Keech was accompanied by his wife, or
by a woman that purported to be his
wife. To all appearance the two lived
together in the utmost peace and tran
quility.
Some time ago a man calling himself
J. Smith Newton, and representing him
self as a land prospector, made his ap
pearance in Keech’B neighborhood, and
remained several days. He finally left,
and neither Mr. Keech nor his neigh
bors thought any more of the stranger.
A few days ago, however, he again made
his appearance, and after making some
inquiries of a Mr. Williams, proceeded
to Keech’s house. It happened that
Mr. Keech owed Mr. Williams a small
sum of money, and. had promised to
call and pay it the next day after New
ton made his appearance. That day,
however, and the next passed, and still
Mr. Keech did not appear to fulfill his
promise. Knowing his neighbor to be a
very prompt man in his business affairs,
Mr. Williams at once proceeded to in
vestigate the cause of the unusual de
lay. Mounting a horse, he rode to the
farm of Mr. Keech, and there discover
ed that a most atrocious murder had
been committed. Mrs. Keech was
found iu her room shot to death, while
Mr. Keech lay near by with his throat
cut, a bullet hole in the back of his
head, and his skull crushed in.
Mr. Keech’a neighbors immediately
assembled and organized two pursuing
parties, one under command of Mr. Vir
gil Dupont, and the other under com
mand of the Sheriff of St. John’s coun
ty. They followed the murderer nearly
fifty miles, sparing neither whip nor
spur, and finally came up with him iu
Volusia county, where he was endeavor
ing to make his way on foot to the St.
John’s river. The confession of the
murderer, which has been made, invests
the crime with a mysterious interest.
His name is J. Smith Newton, and he
says he was born in Buenos Ayres, of
English parents. He says that his pur
pose was not robbery, but the hope of
ultimate gain. He states that the woman
known as Mrs. Ellen Keech was not the
wife of Mr. Keech, but his mistress, and
that the real Mrs. Keech is a resident of
Fond du Lac, Wisconsin. Keech de
serted his real wife, took up with the
murdered woman and fled to Florida.
The prisoner says he was employed by
Mrs. Keech, who is his aunt, to follow
her truant husband, and murder both
him and his mistress. Asa reward for
his trouble, Newton was to receive a
share cf the estate of Mr. Keech, which
is said to be worth about $30,000. An
attempt was made by some of the citi
zens of Orange county to lynch Newton,
and it was the fear of this that led him
to confess his crime.
THE HOOSIER STYLE.
[lndianapolis Special to St. Louis Republican .J
William Keimer, a negro arrested a
few days ago for ravishing the wife of
William Vaughan, of Hancock county,
was lynched at Greenfield, twenty miles
east of this city, shortly after midnight
on Saturday. The rape was perpetrated
on the wife of Vaughan on Tuesday
while she was alone in her husband’s
farm house. Pursuit was at once in
stituted by the husband and his neigh
bors, who fired at the negro as he fled
from them, one of the shots carrying
away part of the villain’s ear. He was
caught and incarcerated first in the
Rush county jail, and from there re
moved to Greenfield for better safety.
One hundred and sixty armed men from
Hancock, Rush and Shelby counties
met early on Friday evening and march
ed into Greenfield at midnight. They
forced the keys from the sheriff, broke
open the jail and took charge of Kei
mer, who made a desperate resistance
and severely wounded one of the lynch
ers with a heavy bar as they came into
his cell. The negro was taken to the
fair grounds on the verge of Greenfield
by the avengers, a rope was thrown over
a rafter of the floral hall and tied around
the villain’s neck. When the wagon was
backed in he simply said, “Men, you arc
doing wrong,” and then submitted sto
lidly to his dreadful fate. The wagon
was driven out from under him, and he
swung at the rope’s end, his feet only a
few inches from the ground. At the
end of twenty minutes he was dead.
When the deed was over the chief
pinned on to the negro’s coat the follow
ing verdict: “It is the verdict of one
hundred and sixty men of Hancock,
Rush, and Shelby, that his life is inade
quate to meet the demands of justice.”
Then the leader turned to the men and
said: “Whoever discloses what has oc
curred here this night meets the same
fate at the same place, whether he be
white or black. This is done to protect
the honor of our wives, and we believe
God will justify us in the deed.”
Thr<*e Points for Consideration.
Daring the past five years the VEGETINE
has been steadily working itself into public
favor, and those who were at first most incred
ulous in regard to its merits are now its most
ardent friends and supporters.
There are three essential causes for thoso
having such a horror of patent medicines
changing their opinion and lending their influ
ence toward the advancement of VEGETINE.
Ist—lt is an honestly prepared medicine from
barks, roots and herbs. 2d—lt honestly ac
complishes all that is claimed for it, without
leaving any bad effects in the system. 3d—lt
presents honest vouchers in testimonials from
honest, well known citizens, whose signatures
are a sufficient guarantee of their earnestness
in the matter. Taking into consideration the
vast quantity of medicine brought conspicu
ously before the public through the flaming
advertisements in the newspaper columns, with
no proof of merit or genuine vouchers of what
it has done, we should be pardoned for mani
festing a small degree of pride in presenting
the following testimonial from llev. J. S.
DICKERSON, D. D., the popular and ever ge
nial pastor of the South Baptist Church, Bos
ton :
THE TIRED BODY SUES FOE SLEEP.
Boston, March 16,1874.
H. B. STEVENS, Esq. :
Dear Sir —lt is as much from a sense of
duty as of gratitude that I write to say that
your VEGETINE—even if it is a patent medi
cine—has been of great help to me when
nothing else seemed to avail which I could
safely use. Either excessive mental work or
unusual care brings upon me a nervous ex
haustion that desperately needs sleep, but as
desperately deties it. Night after night the
poor, tired body sues for sleep until the day
dawn is welcomed back, and wo begin our work
tired out with an almost fruitless chase after
rest. Now I have found that a little VEGE
TINE taken just beforo I retire gives mo
sweet aDd immediate sleep, and without any of
the evil effects of the usual narcotics. I think
two things would tend to make brain workers
sleep. Ist—A little less work. 2d—A little
more VEGETINE. This prescription has help
ed me.
Now I have a particular horror of “ patent
medicine,” but I have a greater horror of being
afraid to tell the straight out truth. The
VEGETINE has helped me, and I own it up.
Yours, Ac., J. S. DICKERSON.
VALUABLE EVIDENCE.
The following unsolicited testimonial from
Rev. O. T. Walker, formerly pastor of Bowdoin
Square Church, and at present settled in
Providence, R. 1., must he esteemed as relia
ble evidence. No one should fail to observe
that this testimonial is the result of two years’
experience with the use of VEGETINE In the
Rev. Mr. Walker’s family, who now pronounces
it invaluable :
Providence, R. J., 164 Transit Street.
H. R. STEVENS, Esq.;
I feel bound to express with my signature
the high value I place upon your VEGETINE.
My family have used it for the last two years.
In nervous debility it is invaluable, and "I re
commend it to all who may need an invigorat
ing, renovating tonic.
0. T. WALKER,
Formerly Pastor of Bowdoin Square Church,
Boston.
THE BEST EVIDENCE.
The following letter from Rev. E. S. BEST,
pastor M. E. Church. Natick, Mass., will be
read with interest by many physicians. Also
those suffering from the same disease as af
flicted the sou of the Rev. E. S. Best. No per
son can doubt this testimony, and there is no
donbt about the curative nowers of VEGE
TINE:
Natick, Mass., January 1, 1874.
Mr. H. R. STEVENS :
Dear Sir— We have good reason for regard
ing your VEGETINE a medicine of the great
est value. We feel assured that it has bepn
the means of saving our son’s Jifg. He is now
seventeen years of age; f.,r the last two years
he has aufrered from necrosis of his leg. caus
ed by scrofulous affection, apd was so far re
duced that nearly all who saw him thought his
recovery impossible. A council of able physi
cians could give us but the faintest hope of his
ever rallying, two of the number declaring that
he was be vim and the reach of human remedies,
that even amputation eould not save him, as
he hail not vigor enough to emlure the opera
tion. Just then we commenced giving him
VEGETINE. and from that time to the present
he has been continuously improving. He has
lately resumed his studies, thrown away cruich
es and cane, and waits about cheerfully and
strong.
Though there Is still some discharge from
the opening where the limb was lanced, we
have the fullest confidence that in a little time
he will be perfectly cured.
He has taken about three dozen bottles of
VEGETINE, but lately uses but little, ..a he
declares that he is too wei* to be taking medi
cine. Respectfully yours,
E. 8. BEST.
Mrs. L. C. F. BEST.
RELIABLE EVIDENCE,
178 Baltic Street. Bbooklin, if. Y., I
November 14, 1874. j
H. B. STEVENS, Fsq.:
Dear Sir —From personal benefit received
by its use, as well as from personal knowledge
of those whose cures thereby have seemed
almost miraculous, I can most heartily and sin
cerely recommend the VEGETINE for the
complaints for which it is claimed to enre.
JAMES P. LUDLOW,
Late Pastor Calvary Bap. Church,
Sacramento, Cal.
Vegetine is Sold by all Druggists.
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For Coughs, Colds, Hoarseness, and all
Throat Diseases, use
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TUT CP ONLY IN BLUE BOXES.
A TRIED AND SURE REMEDY.
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SSO TO SIO,OOO
Has been invested in Stock privileges and paid
0© SSr. PROFIT.
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WHEREVER IT HAS BEEN TRIED
JURUBEBA
Has established itself as a perfect regulator and
sure r medy for disorders of the system arising from
improper action of the Liver and Bowels.
IT IS NOT A PHYSIC, but, by stimulating the
secretive organs, gently and gradually removes all
impurities and regulates the entire system.
IT IS NOT A lOOTORED BITTERS, but is a
VEGETABLE TONIC,
Wh ch assists digestion, and thus stimulates the ap
petite for food necessary to invigorate the weakened
or inactive organs, and gives strength to all the vital
forces.
IT CARRIES ITS OWN RECOMMENDATION,
ns the 1 lrge aud rapidly increasing sales testify.—
Price One Dollar a bottle. Ask your Druggist for it.
JOHNSTON HOLLOWAY & CO.,
je2’-4w Philadelphia, Pa., Wholesale Agents.
Wool Manufactured
INTO
CLOTH FOR PLANTERS.
HAVING completed our additions to our
Wool machinery, wo would now offer our
services in making CLOTH for planters’ use.
Our terms are liberal and cloth line or coarse
as desired. Samples of our goods can be seen
at Pouter Fleming’s— he will also act as our
agent. Samples sent by mail if desired.
Alliens Manufacturing Comp’} 7 ,
It. L. BLOOMFIELD, Agent.
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BUY ONIjY THE GENUINE
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FAIR BAM KSf
STANDARD SC-YLKS.
ALSO,
THE MOST PERFECT ALARM CASH DRAWER,
MILES ALARM till CO.’S. Also, Her
ring’s Safes, Coffee and Drug Mills.
Letter Presses. Fairbanks’ Standard Scales,
Manufacturers, E. &T. Fairbanks & Cos., Sfc.
Jobnsbury, Vt. Principal Scale Warehouses,
Fairbanks & Cos., 314 Broadway, N. Y.; Fair
banks & Cos., 160 Baltimore street, Baltimore.
Md.; Fairbanks & Cos.. 53 Camp street. New Or
leans; Fairbanks & Cos.. 93 Main street, Buf
falo, N. Y.; Fairbanks & Cos.. 338 Broadway,
Albany, N. Y.; Fairbanks & Cos., 403 St. Paul’s
street. Montreal; Fairbanks A Cos.. 34 King
Williams street, London, England; Fairbanks,
Brown & Cos., 2 Milk street, Boston, Mass.;
Fairbanks A Ewii*g, Masonic Hall, Philadel
phia, Pa.; Fairbanks. Morse <& Cos.. 11l Lake
street, Chicago; Fairbanks, Morse & Cos., 139
Walnut street, Cincinnati, Ohio; Fairbanks,
Morse & Cos., 182 Superior street, Cleveland.
Ohio; Fairbanks, Morse A Cos., 48 Wood street.
Pittsburgh; Fairbanks, Morse & Cos., sth &■
Main street, Louisville; Fairbanks & Cos., 302
& 304 Washington avenue, St. Louis: Fairbanks
& Hutchinson, San Francisco, Cal. For sale by
leading Hardware Dealers. ap2l-eod&w!0
YEA ST POWDER
tmssami
CHEAPEST
O' PR EPfi RAT iO N [ £VER
' OFF F RED FOR MAKING
, - BREAD- A
DOOLEYS YEAST POWDER
Is put up in Full Weight Cans.
DOOLEYS YEAST POWDER
Makes Delicious Muffins, Griddle Cakoß, Com
Bread, Ac.
DOOLEYS YEAST POWDER
Makes all kinds of Dumplings, Pot Pies, Cakes
and Pastry, nice, light and healthy.
DOOLEYS YEAST POWDER
Is the Best, because perfectly pure.
DOOLEYS YEAST POWDER
Makog Elegant Biscuits and Rolls.
DOOLEY A YEAST PO WDER
Is perfectly Pure and Wholesome,
DOOLEYS YEAST POWDER
Is the Cheapest, because full weight.
DOOLEYS YEAST POWDER
Is guaranteed to give satisfaction.
’ Bo sure to ask for
DOOLEYS YEAST POWDER
and do not be put off with any other kind.
DOOLEYS 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
weight. 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.
BOOLRT&BroTBE'R
BEADY MADE DEBSSES!
I—f ADIF.S oaa the latest and most
Stylists Resigns in this Department this
| week, as I have now in Stock anew and
: handsome assortment of Ladies, Misses
and Infants’
READY MADE DRESSES*
In Children’s Suits, White and Color
ed, at $1 50 and upwards.
Boys’ Sailor Suits, White and Color
ed, new designs, at $2 50 and upwards.
Boys’ Gaped Highland Suits, White
and Colored, new designs, at §5 50 and
upwards.
Ladies Suits, White and Colored, new
designs, at $2 50 and upwards,
Ladies’ Traveling Protective Dusters,
White and Colored, new designs, at
85 oO and upwards.
_ Ladies below or above the medium
size, who cannot be fitted satisfactorily
from those in stock, can have suits
“made to order” from any design in
stock without extra charge.
JAMES W. TURLEY.
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MILLWRIGHTS A\l) OWNERS,
SEND FOR CATALOGUE OF
MILL QE^KIlSra
TO FOREST CITY FOUNDRY AND MACHINE
WORKS. AUGUSTA, GA.
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New Advertisements.
THE IMPHOYED
Win ship Cotton Gin ! !
Is ACKNOWLEDGED TO BE THE BEST BY ALL WHO USE IT, or have
seen it in operation. It is now the LEADING COTTON GIN in the South.
VERY LARGE REDUCTION IN PRICES—ONLY $3 50 PER SAW, DE
LIVERED.
THE WINSHIP COTTON PRESS,
The Best and Cheapest WROUGHT IRON COTTON SCREW in the 'market,
made to work by Hand, Horse, Steam or Water Power. Prices
reduced to suit the times, aud now Very Low.
SIOO EACH AND UPWARDS, according to stylo of Press wantod.
EVERY GIN AND PRESS WARRANTED.
For further information and terms, apply to
C. H. PHINIZY & CO., Agents,
jvl—w2m AUGUSTA, GEORGIA,
Christopher Cray
Presents his compliments to the public of Augusta, and begs to advise them
that he has just come out to try and beat even the extraordinary reduc
tions in Dry Goods we have been listening to for some time. Mr. €.
SRAV is not prepared to warrant his goods “the best in the world,” out he
does warrant them the cheapest value in the market.
He is not snre that the Rods of Trade and Commerce smile on his efforts,
but he 1$ perfectly conlident that large capital, long experience and care
ful buying have given him advantages as a caterer which arc hound to
tell in favor of the consumer.
All departments of our STOCK ARE FULL ; prices will be made to suit
the times, aud herewith a cordial invitation is extended the public to
come and see us.
O. GRAY & 00.
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ALPACA
100 Pieces Best Black Alpaca
in the World for 25 cents per yard.
James A. Gray,
50 Pieces Best Black Alpaca in
the World for 50 cents per yard.
James A. Gray,
50 Pieces Best Black Alpaca in
the World for $1 per yard.
James A. Gray,
5 Pieces Pure Silk Warp Alpaca,
Best in the World, for $2 per yard.
James A. Gray,
194 and 196 Broad Street.
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Goldsmith’s Patent Cotton Ties.
THE undersigned has now on hand and will receive a fall supply of GOLDSMITH'S PATENT
COTTON TIES.
1,500 Bundles Wedge Ties, patented 1873.
3,000 Bundles T Ties, patented 1874.
2,000 Bundles Spliced Ties.
Purchasers are invited to call and oxamino these Ties and Price List before ordering elso
whero.
J. 11. OPPENHEIM, General Atenl,
144 Keyijolds Street.
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THE PENDLETON & BOARBMAN
Foundry and Machine Works,
KOLLOCK STREET, AUGUSTA, GEORGIA,
WITH increased facilities and experienced workmen, is prepared to furnish Machinery of
all descriptions, Iron and Brass Castings of the best material and workmanship.
I WOULD CALL SPECIAL ATTENTION TO THE
LEVER GEORGIA PRESS,
A CHEAP, SIMPLE, BUT POWEEFUL HAND COTTON OR HAY PRESS,
STEAM ENGINES : ( GIN GEARING, OF
FOR PLANTATION I lfjj| T j " ALL SIZES AND PAT
USE OF ALL SIZES '\\rfm l~ TERNS, COTTON
CONSTANTLY ON U U j PRESSES FOR HAND,
HAND. WATER HORSE OR WATER
WHEELS, SAW AND ~ // tr~ J L % jWf l POWER. SUGAR
GRIST MILLS, MILLS, COTTON
HORSE POWERS, GINS, Ac.
WM. PENDLETON.
mv2s—eodAwSm SURVIVING PARTNER.
IMPORTANT TO_ PLANTERS !
The Richmond Factory,
NEAR AUGUSTA, GLL,
CONTINUES to mannfacturo Woolen Cloth for Planters at 16 cents per yard for Plains and
20 cents for Twills. If the owners of the Wool wish the same dyed, they are prepared to
do so —making a Gray—the only color they propose making. The charge for Dyeing the 1 tilling
will he 3 cents a yard extra. Wool will be carded at 10 cents per pound. No Wool will he re
ceived from Depot without the owner’s name is distinctly marked upon each Package. Goods
to be paid for on delivery.
O” All instructions and shipments of Wool should be to
ADAM JOHNSTON, YOUNG & IIA.UK,
Provident Richmond Factory. [mv25—dAw2ml Agent. Aufrunfa. fla*
JEWELL’S MILLS.
13. A.. JEWELL, Prop’**.
Post Office, Jewell's, Hancock Go., Ga.
WOOL W ANI'KD.
ON and after May the 20th we will CARD
WOOL for One Fourth Toll, or for Ten
Cents Per Pound.
Will pay market value for Wool or Exchange
for Goods at reduced prices.
When shipping Wool to us by Railroad to be
Carded or Exchanged, mark your name and adr
dress plainly on the bundle and ship to May
field.
4-4 Sheetings, } Shirtings, 8 ounce Osnaburgs,
Yams, Kerseys, and Jeans for sale at Lowest
Market Ratos. Orders solicited.
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NOTICE.
A MEETING of the Board of Directors and
Stockholders of the PLANTERS UNION
AGENCY will be held in Angnstaon WEDNES
DAY, July 7th. A full attendance is required.
G. B. POWELL,
President Board Directors.
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THE .IAS. LKFFLL >
Double Turbine Water Wncel,
POOLE & HUNT.
L Baltimore, Mil.
wZR 7,000 IfO IK J-V VS lit
Jf' a _ Staple, Strong, Durable,
jj always reliable anti eaua-
SiU Manufacturers, also, c!
Portable & htationaiy
nghies. Steam Boilers,
Saw & Grist Kails, Min-
ISsSJ' figgfwg? i ng Machinery,Gearing
HIP for Cotton MR IB - Flour,
Faint, White Lead and
til Kill Machinery, THyapulic and other
Presses, Ac. Shafting, Pulleys and Hangers
a sne-,°ltv. Machine made Gearing, .ten
ate audof very best finish. Send for Ctrculai a-
TIN ROOFING.
TIN GUTTERING.
All manner of work in Tin and Sheet Iron
promptly done at FDLLEBTON - 8 ,
j&nia-Cmo Augusta, Ga.
LORD & TAYLOR,
Dealers in Foreign and Domestic
DRY GOODS,
Are offering Select Lines of
BLACK AND COLORED SILKS.
SPRING AND HUMMER DRESS GOODS,
SUIT AND HOUSEKEEPING LINENS,
FOULARD FINISHED CAMBRICS,
PRINTS, CALICOES, Ac. Ac.,
Together wiih an extensive Lino of Ham
burgs, in all grades. Insertions. Edgings,
Trimmings, Ac., Silk Hose (all colors). Plain
and Fancy Hose for Ladies, Misses and Chil
dren. Also, Gloves, Fans, Parasols, Sun Um
brellas. Ac.. Ac.
t&r Our Ladies’ Shoe Department contains a
stock unsurpassed for elegance, durability and
lowness of price. Directions for self-measure
ment sent on application.
gjf Complete assortment of Gents’ Furnish
ing Goods, Shirts, Collars, Cuffs, Ties, Hose,
Gloves, Ac. Goods sent to any part of the
country. Shirt measurements sent on appli
cation.
63“ For the accommodation of Ladies and
Families, who are unable to visit the city, full
lines of samples of all grades of Dry Goods
will he sent, and orders by mail filled with the
greatest possible care.
BROADWAY AND TWENTIETH STREET,
NEW YORK. ju6-wlmsepAoct
WANTED !
A PARTNER, with $1,500 Cash Capital—
sl,ooo for half interest in the establish
ed PHOTOGRAPH GALLERY and SEWING
MACHINE AGENCY, No. 148 Broad Street,
which includes Stock, Apparatus. Fixtures,
Furniture, Ac., appertaining to both branches
of business, and SSOO (_U‘e advertiser finding
the same amount) to invest hi the purchase of
HOME SHUTTLE SEWING MACHINES, to
sell on the monthly installment plan.
Experience has proved that ten Machines
can be sold on this plan to one on the cash
system, and money made rapidly with little or
no risk.
For other particulars, apply to or address A.
B. CLAIiKE, Box 407, Augusta, Georgia.
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