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WEDNESDAY. .NOVEMBER 3. 1875.
little fingers.
Bo*y little fingers, ,
Everywhere they go ;
Boot Uttle Anger*.
The (weeteat that I know.
Sow into my work box,
All the button* finding.
Tangling up the knitting,
Every spool unwinding !
Now into the basket
Where the key* are hidden,
80 miachieToo* looking.
Knowing it forbidden.
Then in mother'* tresses.
Now her neck enfolding.
With each sweet caresses
Keeping off a eoolding.
Darling little fingers,
Nerer, nerer still.
Hake them, Heavenly Father,
One day do Thy wuL
NO BABY IN THE HOUSE.
No baby in the house, I know,
Ti far too nice and clean ;
No tops by careless finger* strewn
Upon the floor are seen ;
No finger marks are on the panes,
No scratches on the chairs ;
No wooden men aet up in rows,
Or marshalled off in pairs;
No little stockings to be darned.
All ragged at the toes;
No pile of mending to be done.
Hade up of baby clothes;
No Uttle troubles to be soothed,
No little hands to fold;
No grimy fingers to be washed,
No stones to be told ;
No tender kisses to be given.
No nicknames, "Love" and ‘'House;
No merry frcUca after tea—
No baby in the house.
OCR OWN.
If I had known in the morning
How wearily all the day,
The words nnkind would trouble my mind
That I said when you went away,
I had been more careful, darling.
Nor given you needless pain,
But we vex our own. with look and tone
We might never take back again.
For though in the quiet evening
You may give me the kiss of peace.
Yet it well might be that never for me
The pain of the heart should cease!
How many go forth In ths morning
Who never come horns at ■ 1 1
And hearts have oroken at harsh words spoken
That sorrow oan ne'er set right.
We have careful thought for the stranger,
And smiles for the sometime guest;
But oft for our own the bitter tone,
Though wo love our own the best.
Ah ! lips, with the curv impatient;
Ah ! brow, with the shade of soorn;
'Twere a cruel 'ate were the night too late
To undo the work of morn !
TOUJOURH AMOUR.
Prithee, tell me, Dimple chin.
At what age does love begin ?
Home blue eyes have scarcely seen
Summers three, my fairy queen,
Bat a miracle of sweets,
Soft approaches, sly retreats,
Show the Uttle aroher there,
Hidden in your pretty hair!
When dids't learn a heart to win ?
Prithee, tell me, Dimple chin!
“ Oh.” the rosy Ups reply;
"I can’t tell you if I try,
'Tie so long I can't remember ;
Ask some younger lass than 11”
Tell, O, tell me, grizzled face,
Do your heart and head keep pace ?
When does hoary love expire ?
When do frosts put out the fire ?
Can its embers burn below
All thst chill December snow ?
Love you still soft hands to press.
Bonny heads to smooth snd bless?
When does love give up the chase ?
Tell, O, tell me, grizzled face !
" Ah 1" the wise old lips reply,
“ Youth may pass and strength may die ;
But of love I can’t foretoken
Ask some older sage than I!"
KATE.
"Who hath not felt with rapture smitten frame
The power of grace, the magic of a name ?”
[Campbell.
Of ladies' names the bard must choose but one,
Of whose supernal charms to prate—
“My pretty Jane” or “Black-eyed Susan,”
To me there's none so sweet as Kate.
Burns, Moore, and Byron never vary
When they their love-delights relate,
In singing to the praise of Mary—
But they had never seen my Kate.
The Bard of Avon, more judicious,
Did never one as peerless rate;
But gave to each a puff delicious.
From Rosaline to quoenly Kate.
On this important question, mußing,
My rev’nes were resolved by fate,
Which interposed to save my choosing.
And let me have a glimpse of Kate.
I came, Isa I was conquered;
No more a rover from that date ;
My bark of life was surely anohored,
1 thought of nothing else bnt Kate.
TO MARY.
Will not my memory be treasured up
Fresh as the dews that in lily’s cup—
And as those dropping dews upon the flowers
Sweeten their leaves through all the dreamy
hours
When my eyelids close.
So may memory in their hours of gloom
Be to thy soul a balm, soft perfume,
To sooth thy woes.
And when thy wandering feet are roaming o’er
The golden sands of some bright distant shore,
Where the chanting waves
Murmur their dirge, like music low and deep.
Over the depths where wild, wild spirits sleep
In their dark oaves,
Then think of him whose .heart 'mid scenes
like these
Would thrill and echo the passing breeze
And to the water’s ohime—
Into whose eves unbidden tears would rush
Till from his'heart his feelings all would gush
Iu uutaught rhyme. John.
THE DEATH OF HUMMER.
[FV>r the Sunday Chronicle.}
The old vear’s loveliest daughter,
Sweet Hummer, is dying now,
A garland of withered roaee
Encircling her pale brow.
Her reign as a queen is over,
But she lies in royal state,
While her proud successor. Autumn,
Is nearing the palace gate.
Where are the beautiful gardens.
Late teeming with fragrant flowers
To deck the fair young Summer
And her handmaids, the rosy hours ?
Alas! they are pale and withered,
With the yellow grass o’ergrown,
They would not live to witness
Queen Autumn on Summer's throne.
Bare are the blooming orchards,
I ate rich with their golden fruit;
Hushed is the insects' humming;
The voioe of the fountain mute
Will be as the days grow shorter,
And the Frost-King dams his own;
While through the leafless forests
Hie courtiers, the wild winds, moan.
Autumn is fair and stately.
And queen of the harvest time,
And the soft breeze bids her welcome
In volumes of nuguessed rhyme.
But we mourn for the rosy Summer—
The Summer so young and fair.
And we search 'mid the hills and valleys,
For we miss her everywhere.
Ah! Autumn, yo proud, new-comer;
Fair is your brow to-day,
But vour reign will be brief—your beauty.
Like Summer's, will fade away.
They who now dance at your coming
Will smile o'er your early bier.
As they crown thst gray-beetd Winter
The last king of the year. B. A. L.
THE DEAD PRINCEBH.
Magnificent Funeral of the Khedive's
Favorite Daughter.
[fVom the Cologne Gaeette.]
The Princess Hanem Zeinub—only 15
wears of age—a favorite daughter of the
Khedive of Egypt and wife of Ibrahim
Pasha, died recently in Alexandria of
typhus fever, following shortly after her
confinement. The Khedive and his
family, as well as his guest, the Saltan
of Zanzibar, and the whole city of Al
exandria were much disturbed by the
sad event, and the theatre was closed
for three days. The body was taken to
Cairo the same day and placed in the
Kasr-el-Nil palace. An immense con
course followed the body to the depot
in Alexandria, and hundreds of thou
sands of lire were distributed among
the poor people. The interment took
place in the Ril&li mosque on the follow
ing morning. Twentv-fonr bullocks,
thirty camels and twenty wagons were
in the funeral procession. These ani
mals were laden with bread, dates,
cooked meats and vegetables; the wagons
carried casks of water and syrup, and all
along the route distribution of the pro
visions was made to the poor. Eu
nuchs, meantime, threw 450,000 pieces
of silver coin to the people who thronged
the streets. Three thousand priests,
some clad in rich vestments of gold aud
silk, others half naked, followed the
wagons, repeating prayers as they
marched and clapping their hands.
After them came the family of the poor
yonng princess and the high officials of
state, and then the coffin, borne by of
ficers of rank. Behind this walked
three eunuchs, bearing on golden
shovels copies of the Koran, to be
buried with the deceased. The ooffln
was of simple, rough-hewn wood, and
the corpse was sewn up in a linen doth.
Upon this coffin were placed the jewels
of the prinoees, worth a million and a
half dollars. After the banal, the
priests slaughtered the twenty-four
bollocks before the mosque, roasted
them and them up. The priests re
mained for seven days in the neighbor
hood of the grave to pray for the soul
of the departed. The Khedive was so
overcome with grief that he could not
receive any visits of condoleuee.
STONEWALL JACKSON.
.
Reminiscences of the American Bona
parte —His Early Life—At Weat Point
—His Eccentricities —An Independ
ent Command The Army of the
West.
[Richmond Whig.]
Everything which oan illustrate the
character of Jackson is of value aud of
especial interest now. In June, 1842, A.
P. Hill, George E. Pickett, B. D. Fry
and the writer, having passed our first
week at the military academy, were
standing together on the south side of
the old South Barracks at West Point,
when a cadet segeant came by us con
ducting a newly-arrived cadet to his
qnarters. This new comer attracted our
attention at once. He was apparently
about 20 years of age, etc.; was well
grown; his figure was angular and
clumsy; his gait was awkward. He was
clad in old-fashioned Virginia homespun
woolen cloth; he bore acroes his should
ers a pair of weather-atained saddle
bags, and his hat was (me of those heavy
low-crowned, broad-brimmed wool hats
usually worn in those days by overseers,
county constables, wagoners, etc. He
tramped along by the side of the serge
ant with an air of resolution, and Ibis
stolid look added to the inflexible deter
mination of his whole aspect, so that
one of us remarked, “ That fellow has
come here to stay ?”
So much did he impress me that I
made inquiry at once about him, and
found he was from Virginia. I then
sought him out aud endeavored to show
him some eepoial interest and to let him
know he was not without friends in
that strange land. He was not at all
demonstrative, however, and seemed to
be determined to hew out his own ca
reer by his own earnest energy. His
name was T. J. Jackson ! He had a
right rongh time in the academy at
first; for his want of previous training
placed him at a disadvantage, and it
was all he could dc to pass his first ex
amination. We were studying algebra,
and maybe analytical geometry that
Winter, and Jackson was very low in
his class standing. All lights were pnt
out at “taps;” but just before the eigual
he would pile his grate up with the an
thracite coal, and lying prone before it
on the floor, would work away at his les
sons by the glare of the fire, which
scorched Ms very brain, till a late hour
in the This evident determina
tion to succeed not only aided his own
eflorts directly, bnt impressed his in
structors in his favor, and he rose
steadily year by year till we used to say,
“If we had to stay here another year
‘Old Jack’ would be head of the olass.”
By the fourth year he attained a posi
tion in the first section, but his lower
standing during the early years pf the
course, and in drawing, French, and
some other studies of a lighter and more
ornamental character, brought his aver
age below the point to which he had ac
tually attained by the end of our course.
In the riding-hall I think his Butter
ing must have been great—he had a
very rough horse—and when the order
came to “oross. stirrups” and “trot,”
“Old Jack” swayed about and struggled
hard to keep on his horse, &c. When
we had advanced to riding at the heads,
leaping the bars, &0., his equitation was
truly fearful; but he persevered through
the most perilous trials, and no man in
the riding-honse wonld take more risks
than he, and certainly no one had our
good wishes for sucoeas and safety more
than he. I believe he wgnt through the
very trying ordeal of the four years at
West Point without ever having a hard
word or a hard feeling for or from cadet
or professor. And while there were
many who seemed to surpass him in the
grace of intellect, in geniality, in good
fellowship, there was no one of our class
who more absolutely possessed the re
spect and confidence of all than he did.
I met him after we separated at West
Point in the Autumn of 1846 at Camar
go, Mexico. He had come down from
Monterey to take up some siege guns to
Gen. Taylor, and the squadron of
mounted rifles to which I belonged was
ordered to escort those guns. The route
was pretty rough, the guns were very
heavy, and the energy, the resource,
the concentration on the arduous
duty before him which Jackson
evinoed impressed us all with the fact
that he was a great “duty officer.”
Some years afterwards Jackson came
up to West Point from his station at
Governor’s Island, to visit several of us,
his classmates, who had been ordered
to duty at the academy after the close
of the Mexican war. McClelland was
of our number. We had a very large
and pleasant mess, and Jackson so
journed several days with us. He had
then become hypocondracal. He had
queer ideas about his health;he thought
oue side of him was heavier than the
other, and sometimes he would raise one
hand up to the arm’s length to let the
blood now downwards and lighten that
arm. He told me that he was about to
accept a professorship at Lexington,
whither he soon after went.
I next saw him, at a distance, in his
camp at Manassas, two days after the
first battle, and never again has it been
my privilege to see him. His was a pure
and simple character. He had the true
afflatus of war; and while there was no
self-seeking in all his great oareer, there
was that inevitable expansion of charac
ter, and of consciousness of his capaci
ty, whioli grew by what it fed on, and
pointed out to him the great destiny be
fore him. A distinguished general offi
cer of Jackson’s corps has related a re
markable illustration of this expanding
oonsoiousness of power.
Gen. J * * * * says that two or
three days before Jackson was shot near
Chancellor's, he went late in the evening
to his tent to see him on business. He
found the great soldier alone. They
were friendß of long standing, and Jack
sou cordially invited him to come in and
sit down and have a chat, saying he was
tired and did not like talking about bu
siness. In a maladroit way Jackson ex
plained that he desired to have an inde
pendent command. General J * * *
inquired if he desired independent com
mand of the Valley. “Oh, no,” Jackson
replied, “there is little to be done there.
But the Army of Tennessee is a fine ar
my, and can accomplish much; I would
like to have command of it.” Had he
not been cat down, as he was a few
nights later, Hooker would have sur
rendered his army, and Jaokson could
have had the Army of Tennessee. It is
vain and sad now to speculate upon the
ohanares which might have ensued from
that. X-
THE VIRGINIA CITY FIRE.
Further Par tlcularß—Distressing State
of Affairs.
San Francisco, October 27.—Wells,
Fargo k Cos. sent one thousand dollars
to Virginia City and ordered their
agents to forward supplies from all
points free. The Board of Brokers sent
$5,000. Insurance on the burnt district
will reach a million. A rough estimate
places the loss at $1,000,000. No loss of
life reported.
Approximate figures from Insuranoe
Companies place the losses sustained by
them in the neighborhood of $1,200,000.
Among the heaviest losers are the .Etna,
Imperial, Queen and Commercial Union,
about SIOO,OOO each; North British and
M. $60,000; London Assurance and
Underwriters’ Agenoy, $50,000 eaoh;
Hartford and Phenix, about $35,000
each, and other Eastern and Foreign
oompanie# for smaller amounts. Among
the local companies the Commercial
loses SIOO,OOO, Home Mutual $50,000 or
more, and the Fireman's Fund $30,000.
None of the companies admit that they
are at all embarrassed by their losses. A
dispatch from Los Angelos promises
liberal subscriptions of money and
supplies. A dispatch from Virginia
City says it is impossible at present to
state the loss of life occasioned by the
fire. Two were killed on C street by a
falling wall, and there are numerous
rumors of other casualties. Hundreds
of families are homeless aud hungry.
School houses are the only public build
ings left unharmed, and they are open
to the people, but if immediate relief is
not extended mnch suffering will ensue.
Utter demoralization reigns in the
city. Men, women and children are
wandering about the streets seeking
shelter. The surrounding hills are dot
ted with camp fires. But few saloons
remain, bnt supplies of liquor have not
been lacking. The streets are alive with
drunken mobs. The military are pat
rolling the streets for the protection of
property. No definite advices have yet
been received as to the extent of damage
to several mining properties involved.
The total loss by are is now placed at
from three to four million dollars.
POLITICAL
Official Vote of Ohio.
CoLOEBrs, October 27.—Official vote:
Governor—Hayes, 297,815; Allen, 292,-
264; Hayee’ majority, 5,549. For Lieu
tenant-Governor—Young,297,93l; Casey,
287,968; Young’s majority, 9,963. High
est prohibition vote, 3,630.
Baltimore Municipal Election.
Baltthork, October 27.—1n the elec
tion for Mayor and City Councilmen the
contest was very dose, exciting the larg
est vote ever cast. The vote was 52,509,
of which Gen. J. C. Leteobe, Demo
cratic oan didate for Mayor received 27,-
620 and EL M. Warfield, Reform and
Republican candidate, $4,889; Latrobe's
majority, 2,731. The Democrats elect
10 of 20 members of the first branch of
the City Council and Bof the 10 mem
bers of* the seoond branch. The elec
tion passed off quietly. * -S
——
It has been figured out that we ate to
have twenty-six snow storms this Win
ter.
HEPHZIBAH BAPTIST ASSOCIATION
s *COKD DAY’S SESSION.
The Hephzibah Baptist Assoeintioi
met yesterday morning, pursuant U> ad
journment, the Moderator, Rev. W. la
Kilpatrick, in the Chair.
After prayer by Rev. W. J. Rodgers,
the roll was called as follows:
Bethel—J. B. Smith, E. Smith, J. A.
B. Watkins, A. McNeely.
Bethany-J. M. Cross, J. P. Cayle,
F. A. Polhill, EL L. Battle.
Deharts—W. T. Holmes, B. Jordan,
J. T. Clark, J. M. Jordan.
Fellowship—Henry Logue.
Providence—J. M. Hudson.
Bark Camp—W. C. Musgrove, James
Roberson, J. J. Davis, A. J. Holmes.
Bethlehem—J. H. Chandler.
Bottsford—G. B. Powell, J. J. Boyd.
Buckhead—W. L. Kilpatrick, S. E.
Perkins.
Moßeaa D. J. Smith, M. B. Smith,
W. Smith, M. Miller.
Rocky Creek—C. Carpenter, S. Wyatt,
A. M. Rogers.
Sardis—A. F. Graham, Robt. Chan
dler, H. Burgaman, J. A. Radcliffe, G.
W. Ellison.
Little Briar Creek—W. B. B. Cason,
R. R. Cason, D. G. Story, W. H. Lucky,
J. F. Cason.
Reedy Creek—Jos. Hobbs, F. Thomp
son, J. F. Adkins, B. L. Ursry.
Fort Creek—J. B. Wren McGahee.
Old Union—F. H. Powell, M. Black
stone, J. W. Powell, J. L. Connell,
Henry Hooper, N. C. Fitzgerald, G. M.
Holsonbake.
Connell—G. W. Powell, W. Lansdell,
Jas. Clony.
Silver Run—M. Fuller, J. B. Fitzger
ald, J. G. Phillips, B. C. Gay, L. B.
Connel.
Ways—W. J, Rogers, N. Smith, J. W.
Brinson, H. E. Smith, J. W. Oliphant,
D. N. Sanders, J. W. T. Jones, J. T.
Jordan. •
Mt. Horeb—J. Howard, W. P. S.
Powell, J. T. Hughes, S. G. Phillips,
B. C. Gay, T. J. Connel.
Mt. Pleasant—E. Morris, A. Salvage,
M. H. Reed, W. A. Samuels.
Harlem—Jno. Whitaker, E. Fitzger
ald, W. B. Roebenk, L. W. Harrall.
Abilene—G W. Evans, J. T. Smith,
C. Bastin, J. F. Skinner, W, H. Jones,
C. Skinner.
Angnsta First—M. B. Wharton, H.
H. Hickman, Z. McCord, F. T. Lock
hart, Chas. McCord, J. T. Robert.
Augusta Second—J. S. Patterson, W.
S. Lockhart, S. L. Moncrief, L. Walker,
J. B. Armstrong, W. G. Glen.
Bel-Air—W. Shaw, H. Cooper, H. S.
Bugg, 8. Wane, J, M. Atkinson, Lind
say Quinn.
Hephzibah—W. M. Verdery, A. W.
Rhodes, C. Hudson, Jas. A. Carswell,
B. E. Fyer.
Pine Grove—H. Williams, J. W. Tin
ley, A. W. Smith, J. W. Fulcher.
Brushy Creek—E. R. Carswell, Jas.
Atwdl
Hopeful—W. H. Davis, J. E. Cars
well
Grove—G. T. Florence, O. W. New
nan, J. T. W. Newnan, W. J. S. Cliett,
O. Florence.
Mount Lebaon—H. J. Wilass, E.
James.
First Ward—T. J. Holmes, J. C.
Scheout, S. W. Both well.
The minutes were read and confirmed.
Resolutions of Respect.
Mr. C. Z. McCord arose and paid a
beautiful tribute to the memory of Mr.
N. B. Moore, who died Friday night.
He then offered the following resolu
tions:
Resolved, That Hephzibah Associa
tion, in Convention assembled, do re
gret to learn of the death of Brother N.
B. Moore.
Resolved, That in expressing this tes
timonial of esteem and love for the
memory of the departed, that we do
mingle our sorrow aud suffering with
that of the family, assuring them and
citizens in the loss of one who wore so
well the Christian character that we
partake of their sorrow and grief.
Resolved, That as a further token of
esteem, that this Association do suspend
business at 3 o’clock, and meet at 4, p.
m., that the| friends and members
of this body may pay their last tribute
to the noble dead.
Resolved, That a copy of these reso
lutions be handed the Chronicle and
Sentinel, with a request for the publi
cation of the same.
Alpheus Rodgers, Esq., seconded the
resolutions and spoke in eulogy of the
deceased. He moved as an amendment
to the resolution that a copy be furn
ished to the family of the deceased.
Mr. McCord accepted the amendment.
Rev. W. M. Verdery suggested that
the resolutions be published in both the
city papers and the Christian Index.
Mr. McCord accepted the suggestion.
Gen. G. W. Evans arose and spoke in
feeling terms in regard to the deceased.
The resolutions were adopted by a
unanimous rising vote.
Rev. D. E. Butler, editor of the Chris
tian Index, was received as a visitor.
Committee Reports.
The Committee on Circular Letter re
commended that the circular be read and
published. Rev. W. H. Davis then read
the letter. The subject was “ Destitu
tion in the Boards of the Hephzibah As
sociation.” The letter went on to state
that the churches in the Association are
partially destitute of the preached word.
The committee did not know of any
Baptist Church in the bounds of the as
sociation, outside of the city of Augusta,
which has preaching regularly more than
once a month. This is neither the fault
of the churches nor the ministers ; no
body is to blame. The preaohers are in
the main self-sacrificing and laborious.
Recommend that the enurohes write and
call someone for pastor who can teach
school. This union of offices, it is con
tended, will accomplish the two-fold
purpose of supporting the pastor and
giving to the ehurches preaching at least
twice a mopth. It is fully admitted that
the school room is more compatible with
the work of a gospel minister than any
other secular calling. The plan in many
cases is impracticable.
On motion, a oommittee of five was
appointed to consider and report on the
oironlar letter at the present session of
the Association. The Moderator ap
pointed the following as the committee:
M. P. Cain, J. J. Davis, R. Jordan, J.
A. Carswell, H. L. Battle.
The Oommittee on Deceased Minis
ters reported in regard to the death of
Revs. Thos. Granberry and L. F. Mc-
Norrell. On motion, the report was
adopted.
The Oommittee on Education reported
at length. Recommended for the sup
port and prayers of Baptists, Mercer
University and Hepbzibah High School.
Home Missions.
Rev. W. H. Mclntosh, Secretary of the
Home Mission Board. He stated that
the Board owed a debt to its mission
aries and others employed by it amount
ing to aboat $12,000. But what was
that debt to the constituents of the
Southern Baptist Convention if the
amount oould be equally represented ?
There were over a million Baptists in the
South. The Southern Baptist Conven
tion represented fully two hundred and
fifty thousand of these. They were dis
tributed among twelve States. If each
State contributed one thousand dollars
the debt could be liquidated. Separate
the idea of missions from the Gospel
and what will be left? Every pastor
could arrange his own plan forcollecting
money for these oharitable objects.
Rev. W. H. Davis said that the truth
is that the debt of the Board must be
paid. He would become responsible for
fifty dollars of that debt. He called
upon others to subscribe. A subscrip
tion was at once opened and $519 80
pledged, S7B 80 of the amount was col
lected in cash.
The Christian Index.
Rev. D. E. Butler advocated the claims
of the Christian Index. Every Baptist
ought to take it. He didn’t care how
many other papers they subscribed for,
but he did want them to take the Index.
Mercer University.
Rev. A. J. Battle, D. D., President of
Mereer University, delivered an inter
esting address in reference to the ad
vantages of Mercer University to the
Baptiste of the State. He was not here
to solicit contributions, bnt their pat
ronage, their confidence and their pray
ers. During the last year there were
registered one hundred and fifty stu
dents. Of these one hundred ana forty
followed the regular collegiate oooree.
The removal of the college to Macon in
stead of proving injurious to the morals
of the students has had a contrary
effect.
Foreign Missions.
Rev. W. EL Davis said a few words in
reference to Foreign Missions.
Rev. M. B. Wharton said there was
never a time when their Foreign Board
needed the sympathy, the prayers and
the contributions of the Hephzibah
Baptist Association more than right now.
Query Committee.
The Committee on Queries —from
Bottsford Courch, “la it necessary to
build the proposed Female College, and
if it is, is it practicable to build it at
this time ?” reported in the affirmative in
regard to both propositions. On mo
tion, the report was adopted.
Sabbath Schools-
The Committee on Sabbath Schools
repotted in favor of churches meeting
Sabbath after Sabbath or as often as
practicable, and form themselves into
Bible classes, while the children are be
ing instructed in the truths of the Gos
pel Stated that the work of Union Sun
day Sohoois in the State wan not ignor
ed by them.
Rev. E. R. Carswell was opposed to
countenancing the Union Sunday School
Association. They wanted Baptist Sun
day Schools. They were not sectarian,
bat they were denominational. They
should not look to even giving negative
countenance to Union Sunday Schools.
He moved that so muoh of the report as
referred to Union Sunday Schools be
stricken out.
Rev. M. B. Cain hoped Mr. Carswell
would not insist upon his motion. He
was not prepared to accept anything that
would discourage Sunday School work.
He didn’t think they compromised any
troth, any principle, by adopting the
language of that report.
Bey. W. H. Davis said, in order to
stop discussion, the committee would
withdraw so mnch of the report as was
objected to. The report was then, on
motion, adopted.
Temperance.
A. M. Rodgers, Esq., Chairman of the
Committee on Temperance, made a clear
and comprehensive report on that sub
ject. The churches had not retrograded
in that particular, and no efforts should
be relaxed to advance the cause. On
motion, the report was adopted.
The Association then adjourned until
4, j>. m.
Afternoon Besaion.
The Association met, pnrsnant to ad
journment, and, after prayer by Rev. W.
T. Holmes, proceeded to the regular or
der of business.
On motion, the Moderator was au
thorized to appoint a committee of five
to nominate delegates to the Georgia
Baptist Convention.
The Moderator appointed A. J.
Holmes, J. F. Cason, F. H. Powell, H.
Williams and L F. Adkins as the com
mittee.
Rev. J. H. Kilpatrick explained how
representation was obtained in the
Southern Baptist Convention. They
were elected upon the basis of one hun
dred dollars for every delegate.
Rev. W. H. Verdery moved that the
Association appoint the delegates to
which they are entitled to in the South
ern Baptist Convention upon the basis
of the funds handed to the Board or its
agent.
Rev. J. T. Robert moved that the
whole subject be referred to a commit
tee to consider and report back to the
Association.
After some discussion Dr. Robert with
drew his motion and that of Mr. Verdery
was adopted.
Rev. W. H. Verdery moved that a
committee of five be appointed to nomi
nate delegates to the Sonthern Baptist
Convention. Adopted.
The matter was referred to the same
committee previously appointed.
The committee to nominate delegates
to the Georgia State Convention report
ed the following:
W. H. Davis, W. L. Kilpatrick, E. R.
Carswell, J. T. Robert, G. W. Evans,
W. T. Holmes, A. M. Rodgers, J. C. C.
Black, M. B. Wharton, W. J. Rodgers.
These gentlemen were unanimously
elected, and the Association adjourned
until 9 o’clock Monday morning.
The following committees were ap
pointed Friday:
Committee on Business—Dr. J. N.
Ol'phant, Jas. Atwell, Jas. Jordan.
On Preaching— N. Smith, F. H.
Powell, Rufus Jordan, and the pastor
and delegates from this church.
Nominations —A. J. Holmes, R. S.
Usry, J. T. Hughes.
Missions—J. J. Davis, 0. Z. MoCord,
5. E. Perkins.
Temperance—A. M. Rogers, M, Fuller,
W. J. Rogers.
Circular—G. W. Evans, M. B. Whar
ton, E. Morris.
Deceased Ministers—E. R. Carswell,
W. B. B. Cason, J. B. Wren.
Education—S. W. Bothwell, J. S.
Patterson, C. Carpenter.
Sabbath Schools—J. W. Brinson, W.
A. Davis, M. P. Cain.
Finance—J. N. T. Jones, F. A. Pot
hill, F. T. Lookhart.
Committee on Query from Bottsford
Church—W. H. Davis, M. B. Wharton,
W. M. Verdery.
THIRD DAY’S PROCEEDINGS.
The Hephzibah Baptist tjfissooiation
met at the lecture room yesterday morn
ing, pursuant to adjournment, Rev. W.
L. Kilpatriok, Moderator, in the Chair.
After prayer by Rev. S. W. Bothwell,
the roll was called and the minutes read.
Rev. J. J. Davis, from the Executive
Committee, read a report relative to es
tablishing a mission among the Indians
in the far West. On motion, the report
was adopted.
Rev. E. R. Carswell moved that after
thirty dollars be paid to the clerk and
twenty-five dollars to Dr. J. T. Robert
for the Colored University in Augusta,
the balance of the fund in the hands of
the Executive Committee be turned over
to the Greenville subscription. He af
terwards changed this so as not to name
any exceptions, but directing that the
unappropriated balance in the hands of
the Executive Committee be devoted to
the Greenville subscription. This mo
tion was adopted.
The treasurer of the Hephzibah High
School made his report, showing a bal
ance on hand of $54 45.
The districts were called in order for
general meetings and answered as fol
lows:
Second District —Bethlehem —Friday
before the third Sabbath in July.
Third District—Mount Pleasant—Fri
day before the first Sunday in August.
Fourth District—Hephzibah—Friday
before the fifth Sunday in April.
First District—Pleasant Grove —Fri-
day before the third Sunday in Septem
ber. '
The Finance Oommittee presented its
report, showing the total amount sent
forward by the churohes composing the
Association to be $794 35.
Mr. H. H. Hickman, Treasurer, made
the annual report of receipts aud ex
penditures of the Association for the
past year, showing a balance on hand of
$142 42. On motion, the Treasurer’s re
port was adopted.
The committee to nominate the dele
gates to the Southern Baptist Conven
tion reported the following names -
E. R. Carswell, W. H. Davis, W. L.
Kilpatrick, W. M. Verdery, Dr. L. T.
Robert, M. B. Wharton, M. P. Cain, J.
C. O. Black, J. S. Patterson, W. B. B.
Cason, G. W. Evans.
On motion, the report was adopted.
The special oommittee on the sugges
tion in the circular letter reported. Ist.
That the churches be urged by their
pastors and deacons to oollect and send
funds quarterly to the Executive Com
mittee. 2d. That the sum of SSOO or
more be raised by the churches and sent
to the oommittee to be disbursed by
them to suoh ministers as they may em
ploy to fill regular appointments in our
bounds, thus supplying as far
as possible the destitution mention
ed in the oircular. 3d. That the
Executive Committtee be instructed
to make such contract only after the
cbarches shall have furnished cash or
given pledges for definite amounts to
meet said contract, bo that no debt shall
be created by the Association.
Some discussion ensued upon the re
port. On motion, the report was
adopted.
Rev. E. R. Carswell moved that twen
ty-five dollars be appropriated to the
Colored University in charge of Rev. J.
T. Robert—the Freedman’s Ministerial
School. Adopted.
Rev. W. H. Davis moved that a com
mitee of one from each district com
posing the Association be appointed,
whose duty it shall be to look after the
Sunday school interests and report to
Rev. T. C. Boykin, State Sunday School
Superintendent. Adopted.
The Moderator appointed the follow
ing oommittee : Thos. Hardeman, J. J.
Davis, R. L. Usry, F. T. Lockhart.
Rev. E. R. Carswell moved that the
Clerk be instructed to have twelve hun
dred copies of the .minutes pub
lished, to pay for them and
receive thirty dollars for his services.
Adopted.
Gen. G. W. Evans, offered the follow
ing resolution :
Resolved, That our sincere thanks are
hereby tendered to the members of
Greene Street Baptist Church and other
friends for their generous and unbound
ed hospitality to us during this session
and to the press of the city and rail
roads for favors extended. Adopted by
a unanimous rising vote.
It was announced that the next an
nual meeting would be held at Provi
dence Church, Jefferson county, on Fri
day before the fourth Sabbath in Octo
ber, 1876.
On motion, the Clerk was instructed
to place the copies of the published
minutes at Mr. Z. T. McCord’s, in this
city. After prayer, the Association ad
journed.
Thh Univkrsitt. —The Athens Geor
gian says: There are now in the Uni
versity something less than two hun
dred students. They are all orderly and
steady, and are prosecuting their dnties
vigorously. More will undoubtedly
come in after awhile, and we hope to
Bee our college well filled. Prof. Lump
kin tells us that the average agee of the
students are greater than usual, the
majority being between eighteen and
twenty, and very few below seventeen.
We are glad to near this, because every
body knows that the older a boy is the
better oan he appreciate the advantages
of such an institution as ours. And
again, younger boys are more apt to be
led astray by the influences which
necessarily surround him, at any and
every college. Prof. Camming, of the
chair of Nataral Philosophy and Astro
nomy, has been heard from and will be
here about the Ist November next.
Ira Beard, dealer in millinery goods,
New York, has suspended.
NEW fORK MERCHANTS.
GOSSIP ABOUT THE BUSINESS
MEN OF NEW YORK.
The Ways of Merchants Now and the
Olden Times Contrasted—Clerks and
Their Pay—How the Bich Men Made
Their Millions.
A New York letter says: The old
fashioned merchants of this city, np to
forty years ago, were wont to live over
their stores, paying, in most instances,
not over SBOO for the whole building.
Many Wall street cashiers also lived
over the banks. In those days clerkß
boarded with their employers, merchants
lived plainly, their wives and daughters
dressed in an economical manner, and a
fifty dollar shawl was a matter of sur
prise. Business was done safely, and
money was made in a sure manner. If
a man had $20,000 he was rich, and to
retire on a fortune of $50,000 was a great
success. Many of our veteran merchants,
such as Peter Cooper, William E.
Dodge, and Samuel Schiffelin oan re
member this primitive condition, and
they no doubt regret the change. The
success of these men rose from their
education in economy.
Modern Style.
At present the merchant, if a resident
of this city, lives from two to four miles
from the store—bnt in many instances
he is an ont-of-town man. If be be an
in-town man he pays $2,500 house rent,
and has twice that sum invested in fur
niture. This is a low mark, for when
Howes k Macy failed their furniture
was rated at $45,000. If economical, a
modern merchant can live on $7,000 a
year. He pays from $6,000 to $15,000
store rent, even at present reduced rates.
The clerk, instead of being under his
employer’s guardian eye, lives at a
boarding house, and becomes a fash
ionable young man, who attends the
theatre and indulges in other dissipa
tion. If his salary be not sufficient to
meet his expenses he will steal. To
meet this danger the merchant defends
himself by a system of “checks,” and
hires a detective to watch his clerks.
In almost every estsplishment in this
city where theft or defalcation is possible
it is practiced. New York olerks are
among the best patrons of gaming es
tablishments, and other places equally
bad, where pleasure is offered at cheap
rates.
Clerks’ Wastes.
There are now 50,000 clerks in this
city, one-tenth of whom are out of em
ployment. Those who are so fortunate
as to retain their situations are working
at redueed rates. The largest employer
is Stewart, whose pay-roll in both stores
contains nearly 1,000 names, and re
quires $12,000 per week. Claflin is next
in importance, and his pap-roll is equal
to $6,000 per week. Entry clerks re
ceive $500; salesmen, SBOO to $1,200.
Some of these, who sell on commission,
make from $2,000 to $3,000, the commis
sion being one per cent. Book-keepers
receive from SBOO to $1,200. In every
large concern there is the head book
keeper, who is in the confidence of the
firm, and draws a large salary, generally
$2,500. Stewart has 150 men who use
the pen, and this department occupies a
space in the wholesale house thrice the
size of his first retail store. A half
dozen men are employed to answer let
ters. Four men fill up bauk checks and
attend to finances. About thirty are at
the books, steadily posting and drawing
off accounts, and all these are under the
mastery of a chief accountant, whose
salary is said to be $4,000. Avery large
part of the wholesale domestic trade is
done in the basement, which is very un
wholesome, and yet about sixty men are
here most of the time. A clerk is at
best a floating character. They shift
from one place to another and generally
get broken down early in life. It is a
mystery what becomes of that crowd of
youth which every season flocks to the
metropolis in pursuit of wealth, but it
may be said that few ever reach success,
and a very large proportion go to ruin.
A Curious Fact.
The greatest merchant in the world
bears one exceptional mark of peculiar
character. I will explain by saying that
A. T. Stewart never was a clerk. He
was, in fact, not bred to any business,
but came to America an educated young
man, whose expectations were to become
a teacher. He found employment in this
business until he was instinctively led to
the dry goods trade, which he has pur
sued to his present greatness. Claflin
was a clerk near Worcester, and subse
quently beoame a dry goods retailer in
that thriving town, whence he came to
this city as a partner in the firm of Bulk
ley k Claflin. As Stewart never had any
business education to prepare him for
a mercantile career, we see more vidid
ly the power of liiß genius in creating a
vast business, and ordaining a system of
government such as the world has never
seen equalled. It is, perhaps, because
Stewart has uever been a clerk that he
has so little sympathy with this unfortu
nate class. He has the reputation of being
a very hard task master, and I have been
told that one of his rules.is to never give
employment to any one who had ever
left his serviee, either voluntarily or by
discharge.
How Great Fortunes Were Made.
If there be anything in example, then
we are brought by this question to see
the power of little things. Here is the
pedagogue Stewart transformed into
the merchant prince by the very same
rule which made the once poor boy
Stephen Whitney the possessor of ten
millions. The Goelets, the Lenoxes,
the Vanderbilts, the Shorelanders and
the Roosevelts all commenced small.
The principle on which they begun was
one .that insured success. Jay Gould,
the present magnate of Wall street, was
once an obscure leather dealer. It is an
astonishing fact that no great estates
have been made in this city since the
extraordinary prevalence of fashion.—
Permanent success is impossible when
the great object is show rather than
substance.
THE LAST OF A DESPERADO.
A Major In the U. S. Army Found •
Be at the Head of a Band of Horae
Thieves—Shot Down in His Tracks.
[Denver ( Col .) Tribune. ]
The complications surrounding the
Pocahontas mine, situated at Rosita, not
far from Canon City, have finally result
ed in a fierce and fatal conflict, by which
one life has been sacrificed, if not more.
The man killed was the notorious Major
Graham, who was well known in Denver
as one of the most dangerous of daring
desperadoes. The Major was a native of
New York, and in the early part of the
war became a conspicuous partisan com
mander of the Union forces in North
Carolina. He was perfect athlete, a
splendid horseman, an accurate shot,
and as daring and unscrupulous as any
man who ever drew a sabre. For his
services he was appointed, at the close of
the war, a First Lieutenant in the regular
army, and assigned to duty in the West.
By the services he rendered against the
Indians, aided by more or less political
influences, Lient. Graham soon became
a fall blown Major, and as suoh became
a special favorite at Fort Leavenworth
and in the city of that name. While at
this post he paid his addresses to one of
the most attractive ladies of Leaven
worth, and it was only by an accident
that the marriage was not consummated.
The night previons to the day on
which the ceremony was to take place
the commanding officer at Fort Leaven
worth received direct instructions from
the War Department to place Major
Graham in irons, and keep him in soli
tary confinement till further orders.
Although the order created an immense
surprise at the fort, it was literally obey
ed, and Major Graham found himself in
a felon’s cell, instead of occupying, as
he had hoped, a bridal conch. A court
martial, however, subsequently explain
ed what seemed at the time to be inex
plicable. The evidence before the court j
established the fact that Major Graham,
while wearing the honorable uniform of
a United States officer, had been the se- :
cret head of a band of horse thieves in I
Kansas; had also, while in Utah, been j
in league with the lowest class of gam
blers and thieves; and that he had sys
tematically stolen and sold horses from
the stables of the Government. The
court martial sentenced the Major to be j
dishonorably dismissed from the ser
vice, to be debarred from ever holding
any office of honor or trust under the
Government, and to serve a term of ten
years in a military prison. Through
some unknown influence this sentence j
was endorsed only so far as it related to
the dismissal of the Major from the ser
vioo.
As soon as he was in possession of a
qualified freedom, the Major started for
Denver, and here became, as of yore,
the associate of evil and dangerous
classes. His first attempt at pnblio
robbery was made on Paymaster Brooks,
at River Bend. For this offense he was
tried and sentenced to two years in the
penitentiary. Before his term expired
he organized an escape, which proved
partially successful We say partial be
cause he and his associated made good
their escape, but they were all subse
quently captured, one of them being
killed, and the Major himself severely
wounded. He served out the rest of his
term, and when released went to Rosita,
where he opened a whisky den. It was
probably here that he arranged, with
otiers, the jumping of the Pocahontas
min* The “jumpers” kept possession
until day before yesterday, when all the
miners in the neighborhood reselved on
clearing the mine of its fraudulent pos
sessore. How this was done the dis
patches tell. The Major waa caught on
his way to Rosita. On being halted ha
turned to ran, bnt fell dead in his
tracks, pierced by some twenty-five
balls. Graham’s partner, a man named
Boyd, was arrested shortly afterward,
and is likely hnng before this. The
rest of the “jumpers” have been arrest
ed, but as to what disposition will be
made of them we have as yet no means
knowing.
GEN. JOBR MORGAN.-
How He Lived and Hied in Oregon
Under an Assumed Name.
ffVom the Oregonian, Portland, Oregon .]
His was a name that in the dark days
of the rebellion was heard with fear and
trembling by many a loyal heart. His
daring exploits in Tennessee and Ken
tucky, his bold and devastating raids
into Indiana and Ohio, made his name a
terror throughout the Western States.
It seemed as if nothing was beyond his
daring, for within the very sight of Cin
cinnati he plundered, burned and pilag
ed ; yet this dreaded character, it ap
pears, for ten years has been a resident
of Oregon, and so quiet has bis demean
or been, so gentlemanly his conduct,
that his nearest neighbors never sus
pected that he was any other than John
Pendleton, of Upper Cascade. Until
very recently the world has been taught
to believe that the guerilla Morgan met
hi3 death in 1864 in Eastern Tennessee,
having been shot from his horse and
killed by a Federal home guard. But
now comes a singular and apparently
authentic tale relative to this remark
able man. The source from which we
have it is of unquestioned veracity, and
if John Pendleton and John Morgan
were not one and the same man then
our informant must have been laboring
under a strange hallucination.
John Morgan was wounded and fell
from his horse, as reported, but made
his escape, and in due time reached
Oregon. His mother resided in Upper
Cascade, and thither he went and set
tled, taking also his mother’s name—
Pendleton. Three years ago he came to
Portland, and here met our informant,
and each recognized the other. Their
conversation reverted to old times, long
before the war and after its commence
ment, while both were residents of Mur
freesboro, Tennessee. Mr.—- (we
have been requested not to use his name)
was present a Morgan’s wedding there,
and that, among other things, was talked
over. Morgan enjoined secrecy upon
the friend whom he had so unexpectedly
met here, and not until the news of Pen
dleton’s burial at Upper Cascade, on
September 21, reached him, did he feel
at liberty to reveal the secret. About a
year and a half ago the bullet which
pierced his lung in Tennessee was ex
tricated at Cascade, and it is believed
that the same wound was at this late day
the cause of his death. Morgan’s fath
er-in-law, a man named Nelson, is now
living on the west side road, some twen
ty miles from Portland. He, it seems,
is also aware of the circumstances here
related. Morgan, as our informant tells
us, was a well proportioned man, five
feet ten or eleven inches in height, dig
nified in his bearing, and having a pair
of keen eyes in his head and a full beard.
It seems quite probable that Pendleton
was the real John Morgan, but, whether
or not, there are doubtless many persons
who can tell us more, at least about
Pendleton, from which we can ascertain
in time whether our story is well found
ed or not.
THE AUGUSTA DISTRICT.
[Nashville Christian Advocate.]
The baptism by the Spirit, of the
North Georgia Conference this year, has
been pentecostal. The presence of Jesus
in the churches imparted to us the emo
tion of Daniel when God came so close
to him that he put his lips in the dust
in great humility; yet it crowded our
hearts so quickly with hosannas as al
most to suffocate confession with praise
for forgiveness and blessing. The Au
gusta Distriot has shared largely of that
baptism. We report about 800 conver
sions. Many an old experience has
been freshened, deepened, enlarged;
many family altars established; devotion
to Sunday Schools intensified, and taste
for religious literature imparted or ren
dered tasteful. It gathered preachers and
people very close together in its works
of faith and love, itshopesand joyful re
alizations. Seldom have the ministers
excelled the consecratiqn to pastoral,
pulpit and altar labors they manifested
just before and amidst this outpouring
of the Spirit. And we are hoping that,
however startling the money panic real
ly is, the great, anxious heart of our
veteran Missionary Secretary, Dr. Mc-
Ferrin, will be made glad by our Con
ference report of collections. For a real
revival sets gold aflow to praise God as
well as the heart. To this spiritual bap
tism of the Conference Bishop Pierce
ministered by visiting the churches far
and near, in city and country, stirring
by the thrill of example and precept;
and Bishop Wightman’s ministrations at
several of the District Conferences
gave the work an impulse forward
delightful to feel and to observe.—
The Augusta city churches —four in
number, with 1,558 members were
signally revived. One of them, St.
Luke’s, was organized in April with 12
members, increased now to 40, with 70
Sunday school scholars and officers, and
property valued at $2,000, The first
name upon its list is John W. Wight
man, a brother of Bishop Wightman.
When he was approached with the sug
gestion that; severing connection with a
church of several hundred members, he
would join the Mission Church, he re
plied : “I will do so if lean do the
more good, for I love to help the weak
and struggling.” The reply descends
into the heart, and, like the angel in
Bethesda’s pool, stirs it to heavenly vir
tues. His is a great heart—womanly in
tenderness, Pauline in courage. Dur
ing the fearful scourge of Augusta by
yellow fever, in 1839, when the crowds
ified the city, he stayed there, and pur
sued the plague from house to house,
from victim to victim, helping to rout it
by faithful nursing of rich and poor,
day and night, till its dark shadow was
withdrawn from the desolated and
appalled plaoe, Augusta —population
about 20,000—genial, judicious, slow,
yet enterprising, is invested with a
dreamy witchery. The encircling hills,
the belting river, the overflowing, tor
tuous canal of water power to run a
dozen or more huge factories, the broad
streets centered here and there with
tasteful monuments, bordered with large
elms, and water oaks, in whose shadows
grasses and flowers clump about the
homes, are “pleasant to the eye.” One
of its elegant Christian homes is Mr.
H. F. Russell’s, which gave from among
its magnolia flowers, to Nashville, one
of its daughters to grace its society and
jewel the home of its railway magnate,
Col. E. W. Cole. The principal acade
my is directed by a son of our far
famed Sunday school superintended W.
C. Derry, Prof. J. T. Terry, a graduate of
Emory College, Oxford, who shared the
fortunes of Lee’s army to the close of the
war, and is author of a “History of the
United States.” recently published, elic
iting favorable comments of the press,
North and South. At least one-fifth of
its white population hold membership
in the various Protestant Churches,
while the Roman Catholic Church is
largely represented. Its press, the Con
stitutionalist and the Chronicle and
Sentinel, scouts sensationalism, ignores
slang, is courteous, fearless, yet conser
vative, treats its readers to newsy para
graphs, publishes occasional notes of the
religious and literary movements of the
day, and excels in erowding brains into
short, pertinent editorials on the great
industries and political questions. It is
not only an honor to the city, but to
American journalism. Bishop Keener
is to preside at our Conference session,
December 1. He is anew man to us,
but God is with our Bishops. We are
sure that he will find some relief from
the cares of the Conference in its hope
fulness and fraternity. R. W. Bmham.
Warrenton, Ga.
Peoperty of Individuals Liable for
Municipal Debts. The following,
which appeared in the New York Jour
nal of Commerce of a late date, will be
of interest to onr readers;
New York, October 9, 1875.
Editor of the Journal of Commerce:
I once more am lacking information,
and humbly bend before the throne of
the oracle, where I trust to find a lenient
: and willing adviser, as before.
| The point in dispute is between two
! friends aa to the final responsibility for
i the debts of a community. For instance:
! the city of New York fails to pay the in
; terest on the contracted debt, which en
; tails a foreclosure by the bondholders,
i who seize the city’s property, convert it
| into cash, and apply it towards paying
interest and principal. Now, if the
: amount thus realized falls short to eover
the full debt, what other means have the
creditors to collect the balance ? Is
every citizen property balder individ
ually liable, or would the matter rest
with the bankruptcy of the city, the
same aa with any business man ? Your
information would be thankfully receiv
ed, and add another link to the chain of
my obligations to you. H.
Keplt. —All the taxable property of
the city, including all the real estate and
the taxable personal of the resident tax
payers, is held for the debt. If the city
authorities will not raise enough to pay
by taxation then a decree of the Courts
may be had to enforce the claim and
eompel them to satisfy it out of the
last dollar of visible property within the
city limits.
Col. Baker’s relatives in London paid
a photographer £I,OOO to prevent the
sale of the unfortunate soldier’s picture
on the streets.
A Connecticut little girl oaught 147
mosquitoes in one night Her father had
promised her a cent apiece.
A MYSTERY SOLVED.
Startling Disclosures About the Hon.
Lucius W. Pond.
[/Vom the Boston Advertiser.]
It has been ascertained that a large
part of the extraordinary paper bearing
the name of the Hon. Lucius W. Pond,
of Worcester, who was supposed to have
been drowned from a Fall river steam
boat, is forged. The Worcester Gazette
says that the suspicion of forgery arose
from the fact that Mr. Pond’s endorsers
fonnd coming in on them notes to the
amount of double what they supposed
was in circulation—notes of which they
had no record and no recollection of
signing. Suspicion led to investigation
and experiment, and detection followed.
Certain of these notes were examined
with the microscope and treated with a
chemical preparation. It was found that
their faces had been removed and re
written, while the endorsements were
genuine. The plan was evidently this:
The original notes were made payable
at Mr. Pond’s office, or without naming
any particular bank. It thus happened
that when they were paid they remained
in his possession without any marks of
cancellation, or anything to show that
they were dead paper. It was then a
tolerably easy matter to remove the
writing on the face with an acid, and
write in fresh dates and amounts and
add Mr. Pond’s own signature. The en
dorsements on the back were allowed to
remain. In some instances only the
dates were changed; in others there was
a palpable alteration of both dates, time,
and amounts. Out of five notes ex
amined yesterday, four of them, when
placed under the microscope, showed
plainly that they had been altered in
this way. Other notes have been treated
with a solution of nntgalls, which has
the effeot to restore the ink blotted out
by the acids. The original writing is
thus brought out plainly, nnder the
fresher writing, and proves the decep
tion without the shadow of a doubt.
One note thus treated read as follows on
its face, before treatment:
$llOO. Worcester, Mass., May 27, ’75.
Four months after date 1 promise to
pay to the order of myself, Eleven
Hundred Dollars at my Office.
Value received.
No. •
Due Lucres W. Pond.
Under the application of nntgalle
there now appears, with considerable
distinctness, the original note under
neath. The date was formerly Decem
ber 22, 1874, and the amount SSOO. The
time was the same, but the whole face
of the note, including the signature, was
rewritten. Nobody knows how much of
Mr. Pond’s indebtedness consists of the
forged paper, but it is set as high as
SIOO,OOO by interested parties. In all
these cases the loss will fall, of course,
on the money lenders. The endorsers
of Mr. Pond will be released from a
corresponding amount. Two or three
years ago a man was in Worcester sell
ing an acid to remove blots and errors
from account books. The preparation
was looked upon at the time by bank
men with considerable alarm and dis
favor from its possible use for wrong
purposes. It is quite likely that Mr.
Pond bought the. acid of the traveling
peddler, and trying experiments first out
of curiosity, was led to use it in the way
described.
A Proclamation.
Washington, Ootober 27.—1n accord
ance with a practice at onoe wise and
beautiful, we have been accustomed, as
the year is drawing to a close, to devote
an occasion to the humble expression of
our thanks to Almighty God for the
ceaseless and distinguished benefits be
stowed upon us as a nation, and for His
mercies and protection during the closing
year. Amid the rich and free enjoy
ment of all our advantages we should
not forget the source from whence they
are derived and the extent of our obli
gations to the Father of all mercies. We
have full reason to renew our thanks to
the Almighty God for favors be
stowed upon ns during the past
year. By His continuing mercy
civil and religious liberty have been
maintained, peace has reigned within
our borders, labor and enterprise have
produced their merited rewards, and to
His watchful providence we are indebt
ed for security from pestilence and
other national calamity. Apart from
national blessings each individual
among us has occasion to thoughtfully
recall and devoutly recognize the favors
and protection which he has enjoyed.
Now, therefore, I, U. S. Grant, Presi
dent of the United States, do recom
mend that on Thursday, tho 25th
day of November, the people of the
United States, abstaining from all
secular pursuits and from their accus
tomed avocations, do assemble in
their respective places of worship, and
in such form as may seem most appro
priate in their own hearts, offer to Al
mighty God their acknowledgments and
thanks for all His mercies and their
humble prayers for a continuance of His
Divine favor. In witness whereof I
hereunto set my hand and cause the
seal of the United States to be affixed.
Done at the City of Washington, this
27th day of October, in the year of our
Lord one thousand eight hundred and
seventy-five, and in the Independence
of the United States the one hundredth.
U. S. Grant.
By the President:
Hamilton Fish, Secretary of State.
Beantiftal Plaid Dress (roods.
New FABRICS In Mixed and Self Colors.
JAMES A. GRAY St CO.
Phin Dress Goods
In Frenoh Diagonals, Mohair Twills, Cash
meres and Serges in the new dark and fashion
able shades. JAMES A. GRAY A CO.
Black Silks!
The Finest Stock ever shown in Augusta.
From lowest price up to Bonnet's best.
JAMES A GRAY <fc CO.
Black Goods!
Lupin’s Celebrated Bombazines, Henriet
tas, Gashmares, Biarritz, Tamise and Mousse
lines.
TURNER'S Famous Mohairs, Briliiantinee
and Alpacas. JAMES A. GRAY A CO.
Cloth Department!
NeyER BEEGRE have we been able to
show so complete an assortment of Broad
Cloths, Beavers, Doeskins, Cassimeres,
Jeans, Ac.
Something entirely new In Waterproofs
for Ladies' and Childrens’ Cloaks and Snits.
JAMES A. GRAY A CO.
Flannels*
A FULL line of Red and White Flannels
Plain and Twilled.
Opera Flannels in all the desirable shades.
Plaid Opera Flannels. A splendid assort
ment.
Canton Flannels —Bleached and Brown—
all grades.
JAMES A. GRAY A CO.
Linens.
W e INVITE special attention to our
Damasks, Towels, Napkins, Doylies, Sheet
ings, Pillow Case and Fronting Linens,
Our Towels at $3 per dozes, just see them.
JAMES A. GRAY A CO.
Cloaks, Snits and Underwear.
The T.AIITBB are respectfully invited to
examine the stock in this Department, which
is now replete with all the novelties of the
season. JAMES A. GRAY A CO.
The Public are respectfully Invited to ex
amine our stock. We hade made prices so low
this season that, in order to sell Goods, a close
inspection only is necessary.
NEW YORE PRICES guaranteed to whole
sale dealers.
James A. Gray & Cos
oelO 1M AND in BROAD fTTKBBT.
Nw Aclvertisemunts
YOUNC a HACK™
GROCERS,
TTAVE REMOVED TO
296 BROAD STREET, CORNER OF CAMPBELL.
WE HAVE CONSTANTLY ON HANdTFULL STOCK OF THE BEST
GROCERIES AND PLANTATION SUPPLIES
Anil respectfully invite our friends and customers to call and see us before they
purchase. YOUNG & HACK.
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COOKE’S CLOTHING STORE^
203 BROAD STREET, AUGUSTA, GEORGIA.
FALL AND WINTER CLOTHING !
For Men, Youthis and Boys.
cexei
WE RESPECTFULLY INVITE THE ATTENTION OF OUR FRIENDS AND THE
public generally to our large and well-selected stock, consisting of all grades of clothing,
from medium to fine, and of the latest styles. Also, a nice line of HAT'S and GENTS’ FUR
NISHING GOODS, all of which we are selling at a very email profit. We offer special induce
ments to country merchants wishing to buy a stock of olotbing, or replenish their stock.
Special attention given to orders.
0020-w6w . . A. W. BLANC HARD.
Goldsmith’s Patent Cotton Ties.
:o.— —
THE undersigned has now on hand and will receive a full supply of GOLDSMITH’S PATENT
1 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 examine .’jese Ties and Prioe List bofore ordering else
where.
i. H. OPPENHEIM, General
144 Reynolds Stroet.
elfi-ea&tnfim
Blew AdTertlnemeni ■.
• Illi'WTfi 20 ELEGANT OIL CHROMOS mount-
AtfCil, 1 o 6 j i a]ZO 9xll, for sl. Novelties and
Chromos of every description, National Chbomo
Cos., Phila., Pa, oct9i-4w
SBK A DAY guaranteed using our WELL AUGER
?* k drills. SIOO a mouth pai to good Agents,
Auger book free. Jilx Anver Cos., St. Louis, Mo. 4w
AGKIVTB WANTRIM Medals and Diplomas
Awarded for Holman’s Nkw PICTORIAL BIBLES,
1,300 Illustrations. Address for new circulars,
A. J. HOLMAN A CO., 939 Arch Street, Phil., Pa. 4w
MIND READING, PBYCHOMANaY, Fascination,
Soul Charming, Mosul risrn, and Marriage
Guide, showing how either sex may fascinate and
gain the love and affection of any person they choose
instantly, 400 pages. By mail B 0 cents. Hunt & Cos.,
139 8. 7th St., Phila,, Pa. outatMw
alii i A .tAh in Wall Street often leads to
$ I Ml yllvU fortune. A79 page book en
titled : “Men a-d Idioms of Wall Street,’’ explaining
everything SENT FREE. John Higkuno & Cos.,
Bankers and Brokers, 73 B’DWAY, NEW YORK 4w
THIS SSO,O(hTBONANZA
a* in Invested in Wall Street often leads
111 V** * to a Fortune. Fall particulars sent
free Address PENDLETON & READ, 65 Wall St.,
New York, oct22-4w
Agents for the lest soling Priae
ft Ail 1 MbU Package in the world. It oontains 15
sheets paper, 15 enve opes, golden Pen, Pen Holder,
Pencil, parent Yard Measure, and a piece of Jewelry.
Single pacUage with elegant Prize, postpaid, 25 o nls.
Circular free. BRIDE & CO., 769 Broadw y, N. Y.
OCi|U i EXPLANATORY CIRCULAR howA* A f A
OHjII 1 sio to |SOO invested in Stock Privi-V* v IU
leges has paid and will pay Larne
Profits, Railroad Stocks, Bonds
E'QV'ffand Gold bought on Margins. ftKAft
" ""“Interest Six Per Cent.allowed on V"””*
deposits subject to sight draft. BUCKWALTER it
CO., BankoiH and Brokers, Mo. 10 Wall Street, New
York, P. O. Box 43,17. oct22-4w
For
COUGHS, COLON, HOARSENESS,
AND ALL THROAT DISEASES,
Une
WELLS’ CARBOLIC TABLETS,
PUT UF ONLY IN BLUE BOXES.
A TRIED AND SURE REMEDY.
For sale by Druggist* ge -erally, and
JOHNSON HOLLOWAY it CO., Philadelphia, Pa.
oct22-4w
AN OUTFIT FREE.
We want someone in every county to take oraers
and deliver goods for the old and original C. O. D.
House. Largo cash wuges. Splendid chance in
every neighborhood for the right person of either
sex, young or old. SAMPLES, new lists, circulars,
terms, etc., a complete outfit SENT FREE aud POiT
PAID, send for it at once and make money at your
homes. Address, H. J. HALL & CO., 6N. Howard
Street, I‘altimore, Md. 00t22-4w
Wife No. 19.
BY ANN ELIZA YOUNG, BRIGHAM
YOUNG’S REBELLIOUS WIFE.
The enly complete Expose of all the Secrets of
Brigham’s Harem ever written. Born in Mormon
ism, Ann Eliza now exposes to the world, As No
Other Woman Can,the Seer, ts. Mysteries and Crimes
of the horrible system of Polygamy, from the very
beginninT. Nearly 200 Illustrations beautify the
work. It is the best selling book published. 10,000
more men and women can bav* employment and
make from $5 to $lO daily. All Live Agents are
writing for Illustrated Circulars with Large Terms.
Bent free. Do not delav, but address DUSTIN, GIL
MAN & CO., Hartford, Ct., Chicago, IU., or Cincin
nati, Ohio. 00t22-4w _
MARK YOUR COTTON P. U. A.
Grange Warehouse,
CONDUCTED BY THE PATRONS OF
HUSBANDRY.
Planters 5 Union Agency,
no. 6 Mclntosh street,
AUGUSTA, GEORGIA,
At the Commodious Fire-Proof Ware
house formerly occupied by Jen
nings, Smith & Cos.
CHARGES:
Commission for Selling Cotton per Bale.. .Eoo.
Storage—First Week 10c.
Storage Each Additional Week .... sc.
Drayage—Per Bale 100.
fST Those outside of the Order admitted oh
the same terms, Commissions included.
Grange seal required on all orders.
Bagging and Ties Famished to
Patrons.
W. W. RHODES,
Superintendent.
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lobdTtitlob,
Importer* and Dealers in Foreign and Domestic
0 ‘
Dry Goods,
WILL, owing to their great success during
the past season, in filling orders from
ail parts of the United States, give greater AT
TENTION to OUT OF TOWN business. With
an enlarged DEPARTMENT and increased FA
CILITIES. they will fill all orders by mail with
their usual PROMPTNESS, and, they trust,
with COMPLETE SATISFACTION,
BLACK and COLORED SILKS, FALL and
WINTER DRESS GOODS, SHAWLS, CLOAKS,
LINENS. PRINTS, Ac. Also, HAMBURGH,
INSERTIONS, EDGINGS, TRIMMINGS. Ac.
PLAIN and FANCY HOSIERY. GLOVES, UM
BRELLAS, Ac., Ac. Each department being
complete and replete with all the novelties to
be found in the European market.
tSotr Our Ladies' Shoe Department oontains a
stock of Winter Shoes unsurpassed for ele
gance. durability and lowness of price. Direc
tions for self-measurement sent on application.
Complete assortment of Gents’ Furnish
ing Goods, Shirts, Collars, Cnffs, Ties, Hose,
Gloves, Ac. Goods sent to any part of the
country. Shirt meaanremente sent on appli
cation.
For the accommodation of Ladies and
Families who are unable to visit the city,/ull
lines of samples of all grades of Dry Goods
will be sent, and orders by mail filled with the
greatest possible care.
BROADWAY AND TWENTIETH STREET,
NEW YOBK. ju6-wlmsepAoot—sepl-2m
Rare Business Chance!
Fob sale, an equal inter
est IN AN ESTABLISHED, SAFE
AND PROFITABLE CASH BUSI
NESS, CAPABLE OF UNLIMITED
EXTENSION. A LIVE MAX AS
PARTNER, WITH $1,500 CAPITAL,
WANTED. NONE OTHERS NEED
APPLY. ADDRESS, "MONOPOLY,”
BOX 407, AUGUSTA, GEORGIA.
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STOLEN!
ON the night of the 6th instant, in Jasper
oounty. Georgia, twelve miles north of
Montusello, TWO HORSES, one a medium size
Sorrel,startn face,white hind feet,marks around
both hind legs made by a rope below the
knees, and branded D. M. on one shoulder.
The other is a tolerably large Gray, fburteen
or fifteen years old; aoapital Buggy Horae, but
trots very hard under the saddle; although okl.
looks young and is full of life and vigor. The
thief went with both Horses to Madison,
whither he wae tracked. .. . ,
Twenty dollars each will be pmd for delivery
of said Horses, or information that wU lead
to their recovery. Any information will be
thankfully received by } _ p
Monroe, Walton county, Ga., or CHARLES F.
THOMPSON, Eudora, Jasper Cos., Ga.
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CLiGHORN, HERRING & CO.,
COTTON FACTORS
AND
COMMISSON MERCHANT^,
No. 7 Warren Block,
Augusta, Georgia.
SOLICIT Consignments of COTTON from
Planters and Merchants. Make Liberal
Advances on Cotton in store, and buy and sell
Cotton for future delivery in New York and
Liverpool.
CHARGES REASONABLE.
Will also make Liberal Advances on Cotton
consigned to their friends in Liverpool.
Sterling Exchange for sale In sums to suit
purchasers.
Also Agents for
WHANN’S RAW BONE SUPER PHOSPHATE
and
BAHAMA SOLUBLE GUANO.
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THOM, JEFFERSON JENNINGS
Offers his Services to His Friends for
the
SALE AND STORAGE OF COTTON !
HE has made arrangements to Receive,
Store, Sell and Advance on Cotton in
Store on the moat favorable terms. Charges
for Storage, 25 centa per Bale por month.
Commiaaiona for Selling, 50 centa per Bale.
Intereat on advancea, 1 per ceut. per month.
Consignment solicited, and my boat personal
attention given to all business entrusted to me.
Cotton sent to me will be stored in the ware
house of Claghorn, Herring & Cos., Warren
Block. T. JEFFERSON JENNINGS.
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M. A. STOVALL,
Warehouse & Commissiou Merchant,
No. 1 Warren Block, Augusta, Ga.
THANKFUL for the liberal patronage here
tofore bestowed, would take this ocoasion
to notify the Planters of Georgia and Carolina
thac he continues the Commission Business in
all its branches (except buying aud selling fu
tures), and solicits consignments of Cotton for
sale or storage. He will give tho selling of
cotton hia personal attention. He is, as here
tofore, Agent for the justly celebrated Patapsoo
Guano aud Grange Mixture.
aug!s-w3m M. A. STOVALL.
THE .3 AS.
Double Turbine Water Wheel)
Q POOIE a &EUHT,
Raltinsorc, Mid.
|| 7,000 JV O W J y vs Et
f fl Simple, fetroug. Durable,
[ always Tollable and tatia-
also, oi
PoiUuio & bUtiouary
Engines, Steam Boilers,
aaw & Grist Mills, Min.
kHQagggjra fiSgwP'ing Machinery, bearing
for Cotton Mills, Flour,
, . Taint, White Lead and
(al Mill Machinery, Hydraulic and other
Presses,Ac. Shafting, Pulleys and Hangers
a spsc’eitv. Machine made Gearing; seen.
ate aud of Very best finish, bemlfor Circulars
THE MEDICINE THAT CORES
-IS
VEGETINE.
Taking into consideration the oharaoter of
its vouchers, the history of itß cures and the
immense increasing demand, VEGETINE may
be fairly entitled the leading medicine of the
age.
For scrofula in the blood. VEGETINE la
an infallible remedy, and no person need suf
fer from tumors, ulcers, and all diseases aris
ing from impure blood, if VEGETINE is used
according t* directions. There is not a case
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tions have not lost their power of action, all
that may be aid to the contrary notwithstand-
is pleasant to the traste, mild in
its influence, and absolute in its action on dis
ease, as the following unquestionable evi
dence will Bhow:
Paid early
$ 4 0 0.0 0 I I
Jancaet 2, 1876.
11. It. Stevens, Esq.:
Deab Sib -When about six months old I was
vaccinated. The parties who were vaccinated
from the same virus died from the humor.
The humor spread over me to such an extent
that I was rolled in brau to prevent me from
scratching my person. The disease finally set
tled in my head. I remained in this condition
about twenty years, troubled all the time with
sores breaking in my head and discharging
corruption from my ear. At this time a small
kernel appeared on my neck, gradually increas
ing in size until a tumor formed of suoh im
mense size I could see it by turning my eyes
downward. All this time 1 was taking various
remedies for my blood without any substantial
benefit.
I then went to a prominent physician in Bos
ton Who, during his treatment of six mouths,
lanced the tumor eight times, which cost me
nearly S4OO. This loft me with a rough, ag
gravated sore, without at all diminishing the
size of the tumor, and in a sickly, feeble con
dition. I consulted another physician in Na
tick, who, after considerable time, succeeded
in healing the sore without reduoing the size.
At this point I commenced to use VEGETINE,
through the earnest persuasion of a friend.
After I had taken this medicine about one
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whole body seemed to be undergoing a radical
change, until, finally, the tumor broke and dis
charged frightful quantities. From this time it
decreased iu size until the bunch disappeared,'
but my neck still boars the ugly scars of tho
sore aud lance. lam now healthy and strong
and able to work every day
I will also mention that I have bosn an aoute
sufferer from inflammatory rheumatism ever
since I can remember, until commencing the
use of VEGETINE, when almost immediately
all rheumatic pains ceased. This statement I
volunteer for the purpose of benefiting other
suffering humanity, and you will confer a favor
by giving it as much publicity as thought
proper. Very gratefully,
0. M. HAVELS, Ashland, Mass.
What Is Vegetine!
It is a compound extracted from barks, roots
and herbs. It is nature’s remedy. It is per
fectly harmless from any bad effect upon the
system. It is nourishing and strengthening.
It acts directly upon the blood. It quiets tho
Dervous system. It gives yon a good, sweet
sleep at night. It is a great panacea for our
aged fathers and mothers, for it gives them
strength, quiets their nerves, and gives them
natnre’s sweet sleep—as has been proved bv
many an aged person. It is the great Blood
Purifier. It is a soothing remedy for our chil
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It is very pleasant to take; every child likes
it. It relieves and oures all diseases originat
ing from impure blood. Try the VEGETINE.
Give it a fair trial for your complaints; then
you will say to your friend, neighbor and ac
quaintance, “Try it; it has cured me.”
Report from a Practical Chemist and
Apothecary.
Bobtok, January 1,1874.
Diab Bib— This is to certify that I have sold
at retail 154f dozen (1852 bottles) of your
VEGETINE since April 12, 1870, and can truly
say that it has given the best satisfaction of
any remedy for the complaints for which it is
recommended that I ever sold. Scarcely a day
lasses without some of my customers testify
ing to its merits on themselves or their
friends. I am perfectly cognizant of several
cases of Bcrofulous Tumors being cured by
VEGETINE alone in this vicinity.
Very respectfully yours,"
AI GILMAN, 468 Broadway,
To H, B. Stevens, Esq.
VEGETINE 18 SOLD BY ALL DRUGGISTS.
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MERCHANTS and others who desire Legal
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Proprietors,
