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WEDNESDAY....JANUABY 12, 1876.
BNTOILSD.
BT GBOBOE DOUGLAS, (BBACBT.)
A cam etre detsdlusione.
Where, my sweet enemy, lies ycrar power
To more men’s wills ?
Yon sre s desdly perfumed flower
TL*t shines snd kills.
Your fees is brighter thsn s diamond's splen
dor
Or sny Jewel,
Swift-eyed, yet ssd. snd seeming tender,
Demure snd cruel.
Thrown bsck in wsrm snd frmgrsnt treeeee
Your mingling bsir
Fslls from s brow too chsste for lovers ca
resses.
Too chaste sqd fsir.
Your lips blushed deeper thsn the roses,
Your murmuring words
Are better thsn the bresth of violet closes
Or song of birds.
I wstch you, love: my hesrt is trembling
To find von there,
Bo strangely seif-ssme, undissembling.
So fsir. so fsir!
Ctimer thsn desth ; s white-fsced ststne,
How esn I move von ?
I love yon. dsrling. wondering at yon,
Hate you and love you!
Leave go my soul snd let us hasten
Far from your spell;
These bonds you bind me with unfasten
While all is well!
Why do you glis en with such beauty,
80 strange snd fateful, - . .
When walking coldly down the paths of duty
You seem so hateful '<
1 think of treason, plot defiance ;
Your vivid presence
Comes on and holds me with a magic science
That never lessens.
You are so subtile, so magnetic,
I thrill and crave
Bervile beneath you snd ecstatic
Like a dragged slave.
Eyes swift like lode stars in clear Winter
weather.
Lids lasbed and curled,
Ob. face, more fair than the world’s, together,
Than all the world.
Why will your glory ever pursue me,
With pleasant pain,
Bright eyes that kill me with your burning
through me,
And quicken me agam ?
1 ask not love, nor love's endearment, R
But only this;
To kiss the hem of my lady’s garment
W.h a soul’s whole kiss.
To have you near me, waking, sleeping,
Li, mg and dead;
Tj give my heart, sweetheart, info your keep
ing'
And keep you in its stead!
A VOICE IN THE DESERT.
[ The Hex. Horatio N. Potters, in Harper’s Mag
azine for January.\
Tho West was gorgeous with the sunset splen
dor—
The gathered flowers of Light's resplendent
crown;
Bloom after bloom did Paradise surrender,
As if the Gardens of the Biest came down.
The earth was piled with ciouds of storm and
thunder—
Huge mountains seamed with bolts of hurt
ling fire—
Now swept by gales that tore their cliffs asun
der,
And tnen in weird convulsions heaving
higher.
O’er the son’s couch the roses still kept blow
ing.
And royal lilies, starred with purple eyes;
And banks of golden daffodils kept growing,
Soft ridge on ridge, along the glowing skies.
But down the gorges of the storm’s sierras
The rain and hail in roaring cascades fell;
The lightning, playing like a dance of Furies,
Pictured the nameless scenery of hell.
On the vast plains where I beheld the vision,
On the one side beauty, on the other dread—
Between the Tempest and the scene Elysian—
An antelope nnfrigbted bowed its head.
Beside a stunted shrub, alone, unfriended,
It waited ’midst the awful desert place,
As if at home and tenderly defended,
Eve’s radiance and the storm-glare on its
faoo.
1 saw the dying of the Western splendor,
I saw the darkness of the tempest fall,
And beard a mystic voice in acoentß tender
Out of the brooding Terror to me call:
“O wanderer o’er Life's deserts and its moun
tains.
In storm and sunshine, with nncerlam feet,
Pining for joy of the immortal fountains,
And clinging still to all of earth that's sweet,
“One hesrt is in the thunder and the roßes,
One hand the honey and the gall distills ;
He who upon the Ikkisit* reposes
His place in heaven’s grand order meetly
fills.
■“Whate’er his path, however sad its seeming,
The glory or the darkness overhead,
Upon it Love's unchanging smile is beaming,
And to the perfect Good his steps are led.’’
[For the Sunday Chronicle and Sentinel.]
A WREATH FROM MEMORY.
/ DEDIOAPKD TO MRS. M. E***S.
Tie Bwoet yet sad to meet again
With friends nnseeu for years ;
Wo welcome them with smiles ’tis true.
Yet smiles unite with tears.
For memory—like the sea-shell fond,
That softly sings forever
Of its owri heme, the distant sea
Naught from the past can sever.
And we recall with tender thought,
The years too swiftly flown;
Once bright like Panoramio views 1
Alas ! too quickly gone.
Pale phantoms from the shadowy Past,
These lost years ghost-like pass,
And we behold ourselves in youth
Once more in memory's glass.
The sparkling eyes, tho sunny brow,
Uudimmed by care we see;
When Fancy wove her Oircean Bong
Of brighter seems to be,
And tho 1 we’ve marked those visions fade
Like fairy gold away,
To leaves and dust—still we remain
Hope’s trusting dupes to-day.
As Bhips on ocean's broad expanse
Pass after friendly greeting!
So friends upon life’s pathway part
Nor know if future meeting
In coming years will e’er atone
For that sail word good-bye ;
If ever .gam will be exchanged
The mutual smile or sigh.
Full many a fair young moon, my friend,
Has witnessed love's fond vow,
The gentle night-bird many a time
Snug from the forest bough ;
And oft the mower’s cruel scythe
Hath reaped the bearded grain,
riinoe thou and I at partiug hoped
So soon to meet again.
Yet oft hath Bummer dropped her leaves
On valley and hill sides,
The grass grown to fade again.
The roses bloomed and died;
Tho snow has woven her tapestry
To oover earth’s still form.
Since last onr hands were fondly clasped
In friendship true and warm.
And now since near a score of years
Have floated down Time’s river
Our barques once more sail side by side,
I trust no mere to sever ;
And tho' for a- youth's roses fair
Their ch rms’ no longer lend,
Yet in one thing we are still the same.
Our hearts—old friend. R. A. L.
•‘HAS NOT SINC E BEEN HEARD OF !*
Blow, blustering wind! thy lond alarms
Hat* got no terrors for me ;
Thr gjdes will wft to my longing arms
My darling over the sea.
Bluster thy might, thou lusty wight
I've never a thought for thee!
When first we parted, my darling and I,
The gentles: bretze I curs’d.
And gazed in fear on a stormy sky
As t witness'd the tempest burst.
And the breakers roar on the dread lee shore.
Or a bark by the billows toss’d.
But now l we'come the wiud that brings
My lave ever uearer home ;
Though sea-birds strive with quivering wings
To battle the rising foam.
But blow, oh. gale ! and fill the sail;
No more shall my darling roam !
The sea is speaking ! The distant main
Is ecann'd by an anxious crowd ;
And w th a terrible shuddering pain
Many a head is bow'd !
But what care I—my darling nigh—
For fisher-folks' weary load !
The sea is silent ’ A strange sad tale
Is writ on the pebblv strand !
Why do the storm worn faces pale,
While some of the fisher band
In sympathy-point silently ?
There's Jrifl cm the “Shivering Sand!”
Bpeak out, man. speak ; what dost thou say ?
Goue down !—ail hands .' -all gone ?
Not one permitted to see the day—
Never a glimpse of the sun !
The ship!—her name ? No. not'the same—
It cannot hate been that one !
Oh. Sea what terrible deed is thine ;
My love hast thou cast away ?
Lies she deep m yon treacherous brine,
A toy for thy monsters' play ?
No tidings yet ? From rise till set
Weaniv drags the day ’.
—London Society.
- NEW YORK.
laurd'sUrels'' Oratorical Coateat—Tom
lluctK- Can’t Conic. Which is Very Sad,
Indeed—Pit mouth Pcvrw.
New York, January s.—The second
annual oratorical contest of the Inter
collegiate Literary Association came off
last night. Eleven colleges were repre
sented. Julian M. Elliott, of Hamil
ton, took the first, and D. J. Tomkins,
of Cornell, the second prize.
A special dispatch from London says
Tom Hughes is compelled to decline the
invitation to come to this country to
witness the inteanational rowing match
between the British and American oars
men, should one take place. The decli
nation is on account of pressing home
duties*
The salee at Plymouth Church pews
reached $63,000 against $70,000 last
Ground has been broken on Meeting
street for the erection of anew and
handsome building for the Gas Light
Company,
EMANCIPATION.
CELEBRATION OF THE PROCLAMATION.
Parade of Colored MlUtorr—Speech by Ed
win Belcher— Commendable Coadnet of the
Colored People.;
The colored military companies of the
city celebrated the anniversary of the
Emancipation Proclamation yesterday.
At half-past nine o’clock a large United
States flag was presented to the Dong
lass Infantry by Sergeant A. R John
son on behalf of the wife of Lieut. Q. B.
Mitchell, and received by Lient. P. P.
Johnson. At half-past ten o’clock the
military column was formed in the fol
lowing order: Douglass Infantry, 36
men ; Georgia Infantry, 27 men ; Rich
mond Guards, 13 men. The battalion
was under the command of T. P. Beard,
senior captain. The command, preceded
by Gardner’s Brass Band and a field
band, marched np Greene street to Mar
barv, through Marbnry to Broad, down
Broad to Elbert, through Elbert to
Greene and up Greene to the City Hall.
The companies presented a very credit
able appearance and displayed a con
siderable degree of proficiency in the
drill exercises. At the City I|all a
large crowd of colored people had assem
bled. These behaved in the most orderly
manner. There was no disturbance of
any kind, and not a drunken man wasio
be seen. After prayer by Bev, Henry
Watts the emancipation proclamation
was read by Rev. A. A." Johnson. The
following address was then delivered by
Edwin Belcher, one of the most intelli
gent colored men in the Sonth :
Fellow-Citizens —We have assembled
to-day to celebrate an event that marks
an epoch in the history of the colored
race, an act that gave an impetus to the
struggling masses the world over, who
were trying to lift themselves from the
degradation to which the exactions of
tyranny had consigned them. The
emancipation of the colored people of
the United States was the day star of
hope not only to the race it freed, but
to all races and peoples who were op
pressed. It revived in the breast of the
Irish people the determination to free
their beautiful isle from English domi
nation and themselves from British op
pression. The spirit that made Robert
Emmett a martyr was resurrected from
Ins unmarked tomb, and the gallantry
thalrbas characterized that people upon
every battle field in the old and n eir
worlds was reanimated by this the
grandest anil ncost glorious act
that adorns tho pages of American
Instory. The heroic people of ruin
ed and dismembered J*oland re
ceived encouragement and monarebs
upon their despotic thrones felt the
time upproaching when oppression
would cease to exist, when they would
no longer rule with arbitrary power, but
with the consent of their subjects and
in consonance with the principles of
abstract justice and the rules of estab
lished law. Previous to the promulga
tion of the Emancipation Proclamation
we had neither a legal nor political ex
istence, and consequently none of the
rights we now possess.
It is unnecessary at this day to ad
vert to the manner in which slavery was
introduced into this country. Neither
section was directly responsible for its
introduction and both were responsible
for its continuance to the abolition in
1863. Southern men owned slaves and
Northern men owned slaves,,and it was
the interest of Northern men in this
species of property that so long retarded
the efforts of the Abolitionist to secure
its elimination.
Numbers in this audience will bear
testimony that the most cruel masters
were men of Northern birth, and to-day
the most prejudiced and intolerant ene
mies of the colored race are the labor
ing masses of the North.
In September, 1862, when Mr. Lincoln
gave the Southern people one hundred
days to decide whether they would hold
their slaves in perpetual bondage and
acknowledge the supremacy of the Fede
ral Government or fight to the end the
contest in which they were engaged and
lose their slaves, the feeling was almost
universal in the Federal army against
emancipation, and this feeling mani
fested itself so strongly as to require au
order from General McClellan to his
.soldiers informing them that they had
nothing to do with civil affairs, but as
soldiers it was simply their duty to obey
orders.
Emancipation then resnlted from a
combination of circumstances that were
brought about through the agency of no
human being. It was the reverses sus
tained by the national arms and the <Je
monstrated inability cf the Federal
Government to subdue the South that
rendered the assistance of the colored
race necessary, and hence the “ military
necessity ” that made you free. To
God alone are the praises due, and to
that inscrutable and All-wise Being let
the paens of thanksgiving and gratitude
ascend, and to no man or political party
who asserts this claim in the faoe of his
tory and truth, in order that you may
forever be used by them to perpetuate
their own power.
We should show our appreciation of
the benefits conferred upon us by seek
ing to benefit others. All disabling acts
for political offenses should be repealed,
and every cue permitted to exercise the
same rights. Enoourge and labor for
the freedom of all raee* and peoples.
Our Government should aid the strug
gling patriots in Cuba. Our interest in
good government is oommon with other
citizeus. We are the slaves of no po
litical party. Just principles must be
the tie that bind us and not mere pro
fessions. Our safety and the perpetua
tion of our liberties rests in an obser
vance of the law uud established Ameri
can usage. The third term project is
contrary to American usage, and how
ever much any man may desire to be
President,he should be content to follow
the example set by his illustrious prede
cessors.
The refusal to admit Pinchback was
unjust. If the Kellogg government, as
the President and Congress had declar
ed, was the legitimate government of
Louisiana, and if that State is entitled
to two Senators, as provided by the Con
stitution, PiDchback having been elect
ed by the Legislature of the recognized
government, it follows that he was en
titled to the sent to which elected.
The removal of Langston from the
head of Howard University by a clique,
after his labors in educating colored
youth, ought to be condemned. Party
ism is one thing and principle another.
The interests of the two races in the
South are identical and tbeir destiny in
separable. It is absurd to talk about
negro empires. Look at Hayti, look at
San Doming >, at Liberia J They are
examples of exclusive negro sovereignty.
Have they succeeded ? One day they
have a republic, another an empire and
another chaos. It is useless to talk
about going away. Stay at home, aDd
if evils exist correct them. The white*
of the South are not naturally hostile to
the colored race. It was but natural at
the close of the war that people who
had lost their property should feel
bitter. Any of you who were suddenly
deprived of your property "would 'feel
the same way! There can be no more of
the bloody shirt business. That
played out. The working classes of the
North are the worst enemies of the ne
gro race. The progress of the colored
people in Georgia since the war in
schools, churches and property is an
evidence of the brilliant future of the
colored race in this section.
RrllgiM is Polities.
The s : gus of the times and the utter
ances of men high in authority indicate
that new issues are to be introduced into
polities and thitt the passions which al
ready enter so largely into political oon
j tests are to be intensified and embitter-
I ed by religions controversy, with its ac-
I eessories of bigotry and intolerance.—
Warned l>y the evil example of the Gov
| ernmeuts of Europe who bad coupled
I Church and State, descended from an
! cestors who bad sought in the solitude
of the wilderness beyond the ocean .the
! freedom of conscience which was denied
: them in their native land, the framers of
: our Constitution provided in that in
-1 strument for their perpetual separation.
| Every subsequent period of our history
j has tended to confirm onr judgment of
; the wisdom of that provision and the
I salutary influence it has exercised over
| our free institutions. “Just and
; liberal principles on this subject,”
| ssys Mr. Rawle, in his commentaries
on the Constitution, “throw a luster
around the Constitution in whioh
; they are ffoand, and while they
[ dignify the nation, promote its in
j ternal peace and harmony.”
Bat, if disregarding the Lessons of his
l tory and the admonitions of the foand
! era of onr Government, if in oppoei
| tiou to the spirit of the Constitution
• questions of a religions nature are drag
, ged upon the political arena, if Catho
; iicism and Protestantism are to be the
watchwords in the party conflicts of tile
; future, the colored people of the South,
I divesting themselves ol all feeling of
| prejudice, should calmly make their de
j cision and take the position which their
consciences, guided by fee light of the
; past, shall approve.
The majority of the colored people are
! Protestants, but they can not join in
any unholy crusade against the Catho
lics or any other religions sect. We
can not forget the labors of that church
in the great work of educating onr peo
ple, and appreciating the necessity of
lifting onr people from ignorance and
degradation,' we cannot smite the breast
that is warming ua into life.
Let the dead past bury its dead. With
slavery let ns relegate into the Umbo of
forgotten things the heartrburnings. the
animosities, the bitter memories which
it brought into existence. Let us re
member only that we are free citizens of
the freest of Governments—the proud
est, the grandest Republic—whose aspi
rations, whose struggles and whose suc
cesses adorn the annals of nations. We
are entering upon anew era. The old
era of sectioned strife and hatred is pass
ing away. The tide of public opinion,
which a few years ago set in so strongly
against the South, is rapidly flow
ing backward. The ebnllition of
intense feeling which accompanies ev
ery popular uprising, which creates and
follows every great upheaval of society
or fundamental change in government,
and which so strangely characterized the
momentous struggle which culminated
in the overthrow of slavery and the en
franchisement of the slave, is now on
the wane. History repeats itself. The
revulsion which invariably follows the
exhibition of strong popular passions
has set in. The beginning of the sec
ond century of onr national existence
will be signalized by the restoration of
harmony and fraternal feeling, the
absence of which has so long divided
and estranged the people of this coun
try. Let ns enter into the spirit of the
hoar, looking no longer mournfully back
into the past, bat hopefully forward
into the future. The welfare of the
Sonth depends upon the maintenance of
amicable relations between the two
races that dwell npon her soil. Let ns
then invoke the spirit of concord and
cultivate the feeling of confidence and
trust. Let us unite in developing her
vast resources and ‘harmoniously blend
ing our efforts in that great work we
will launch her upon a career of ever in
creasing prosperity, in comparison to
which the brightest days of the past
will seem bnt a period of gloom and de
pression.
At the conclusion of the address the
procession marched to the Bell Tower
and was dismissed.
A STORY OF THE SEA.
Eighteen Days in a Small Boat—How
the Albert Gallatin Went Down in
the Pacific—A Plucky Woman—Thrill
ing Adventures.
[From the San Francisco Chronicle .]
On the steamer Mikado, which ar
rived in this port on Saturday last, came
Oapt. Groves and his wife and two chil
dren—one a Rabe—who had a most re
markable escape from the never-satisfied
jaws of old ocean. AU that hnman
beings could suffer, endnre and live, fell
to their unfortunate lot. The captain
and his wife are both comparatively
young and look sufficiently careworn to
have borne the burdens of many more
years than have yet rolled over their
beads. The lady is small, delicately
formed, and yet plucky or courageous
and full of animation when detailing
the thrilling adventures through which
she and her husband have passed. On
April 29th they left Antwerp for Callao
in the ship Albert Gallatin. They
had a prosperous voyage for three
months. But August 2, off Cape Horn,
56 degrees sonth and 79 degrees west, a
heavy sea struck the ship and carried
away the rudder at about 10 o’clock, p.
m. Then for fourteen days every effort
was made to replace it; but the weather
continued severe and the rough winds
and waves tossed the rudderless ship to
and fro like a cork. And all this time,
as the heavy seas rolled over the vessel,
every sdul on board was continually
so that-not one of them wore
a dry garment for two weeks. At length,
August 15, the overwashed ship was
found to be within two miles of the
Udefonso islands and drifting on the
rooks. Immediately all on board the
unmanagable vessel were compelled
hastily to abandon her, which they did
in two life-boats at about 2, a. m. The
captain, his wife, two children and five
seamen took one boat and tho remainder
of the crew the other, and the latter
have not been heard from since. After
all were in the small boat,
The Captain’s Brave Little Wife
Rushed on to the ship and snatched the
ohronometers and charts and brought
them away safely. The life-boat soon
filled with water, and was well nigh
swamped beside the ship. The boat got
away with 60 pounds of bread, but this
was saturated with saft water when she
filled. They brought away no fresh
water, and for two days were without a
drop, ’bile driven about by the bois
terous waves and seeking a landing
place. August 17th the got on sho.re on
Hermit Island, but the six days they
remained there it thundered, and light
nined and snowed, and was so cold that
they were little better off than on the
ocean. The rocky isle was barren, un
inhabited and desolate. August 24tb,
they left this island hoping to make
Staten Land some hundreds of miles
distant, but near the Straits of Lemaire
through which the vessels often pass.
They were out but a single day, how
ever, when the sea became too heavy
for them to proceed and drove them
back into Scourfleld bay on Herschell
Island. But the sea was so rough they
could not land, and had to stay in the
boat all night. Everything was wet,
and they had to bail constantly to keep
the boat from going down with them.
That night was very cold and the can
vas over their heads froze stiff. They
Gonld not lie down nor sleep, and had to
sit in a stooping position, which Mrs.
Groves did with
Her Babe on Her L a P>
While the snow on the awning pressed
it down so low and hard upon her head
thst her attitude was anything but com
fortable, Nejct day they navigated
around this island and landed on Wol
laston Island. While on these black,
barren and rocky islands they often
found it difficult to get a fire, and suf
fered intolerably from the cold. Here
they found a little wild celery, which they
mixed with their Balt sea-soaked bread
and some preserved meats, which they
bad served in small quantities. The
daily allowance of each one was bnt a
couple of ounces of this coarse fare,
whioh was warmed altogether, and each
one took a spoonful. There were nine
soul3 of them in all; They re
mained in this distressing con
dition pntil the following Tuesday,
when they again started for Staten Land
with a light wind from the southwest.
At midnight they were becalmed an hour
or two, after which the wind freshened
from the northward- Next day it blew
a gale from the northwest, and in the
evening the tempest became so deice
they were obliged to make a raft of their
oars and lash the boat to them and let
bar drag, while they were kept constant
ly bailing. They again lost all the fresh
water on board, the boat filled and de
stroyed all their provisions, and Mrs.
Groves looked up to her husband and
said godly, “ I guess we are gone this
time." 'That night they drifted back
about forty miles from the land they
were approaching. Next day was more
moderate, Some of the men
Fell Asleep on Their Oars
And lost three of them. Bnt in the
heavy seas, whenever a w ive came, they
were all obliged to pull for Ufa. After
a week of such voyaging the captain’s
wife one day saw a ship. They pulled
for her, bnt were not observed. The
day following, about 3, p. m., they saw
an island about twenty-five miles off.
At 5, p. m., they sighted a vessel and
made for her. She proved to be the
ship Syren, from Boston to Honolulu.
The shipwrecked wanderers had now
been afloat or on frozen islands for
eighteen days, in all of which time they
had never had a change of garments,
having lost everything when they
abandoned the ship. When they were
token on board the men were al
most blind. AH were nearly
starved, and one sailor was out
of his mind. They had to be raised
on board the ship, and not one of them
could stand or walk, their knees being
almost stiff and theii strength being
nearly exhausted. Yet during all those
eighteen days of dreadful suffering Mrs.
Groves had managed to nurse her babe
and preserve both its Ufe and her own.
Capt Newell, of the Syren, was ex
tremely kind to the sufferers, and they
say words can neither portray his good
ness nor express their gratitude. When
they reached Honolulu some of the good
people there cared for the sufferers, and
the Mikado brought them to our city.
The captain and his wife appear to be
very nice people, and it would seem as
if Borne of onr worthy citizens could not
bestow & wiser charity than to aid these
helpless ones in this their time of need.
SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS.
The residence of Mr. S. A- Woods,
and the bake room of Mr. John E-
Schmid, in Darlington, were visited by
thieves lately. Clothing to the value of
about sixty dollars was stolen from the
former. Mr. Schmid's loss was also
about sixty dollars.
At Blackstoek, December 24th, Jack
Mathis, a white painter, shot Lee Phin
ney, a negro, with a pistol, dangerously,
bnt not necessarily fatally. At the same
place a fatal stabbing affray occurred
( between Stephen Young, Sam Dnffieand
* George Mercer, all colored, resulting in
! the death of the last named. The others
■ were arrested and taken to Chester to
1 await trial.
A number of poor white men are go
ing to leave Union county for the West.
; They say they cannot compete with
colored men in renting land; that land
owners give them no chance at renting
; lauds until the negroes are supplied, so
that aH the beet toads are rested, to the
negroes, sod the white man aen only get
the poorer qualities, from which, in an
average erop year, it to almost impoasi
igMSr:
TWB PACIFIC COAST PRESS.
LIGHT AND 6HADE IN A CALIFOR
NIA COMPOSITOB’B LIFE.
The Career of One of the Most Success
ful Publishers in the Golden State—’
Journalism’s Infancy In the Enter
- prising Orates on the Western Side of
the Continent.
[N. T. Sun.]
Mr. Charles de Young, one of the
brothers who own the San Francisco
Chronicle, was met yesterday by a Sun
reporter, and a conversation ensured
about journalism on the Pacific coast.
Mr. de Young’s own career illustrates
the subject thoroughly, in its range from
boyish impecuniosity to greqt success in
early manhood. He went to California
in 1855, when 9 years old, and two years
afterward went to work in a wire factory
at $4 a week. Next he made cigar boxes
and changed from that to apprenticeship
in a job printing office. Learning the
trade faster than is nsnal with boys, he
was soon a foreman in a type-setting
room. His first ventnre on his own ac
count was The School Circle, which
printed contributions from pupils in the
pnblic schools, and was a success in a
small way; bat be had an uncongenial
partner, and the npshot of their dis
agreement was an agreement upon a price
at which either would bny or sell. De
Yonng had no money with which to buy, i
and was forced to sell. Then he went
to work in a job printingoffice again, and
at the and of two years came in conflict
with a rule of the Typographical Union.
He was oniy sixteen years old—too
yonng to beoome a member, although a
good printer. The Union allowed ap
prentices in the proportion of one to five
regular cotr positors, and, as the office
had its allotted number of boys without
him, he was compelled to qnit. He went
to Sacramento, and started there a daily
theatrical programme, distributed
throughout the city in the day time, and
need as “house bills” in the theatre f t
night. The enterprise prospered seem
ingly. There were many advertisements,
yet no dividends of profits between de
Yonng and a partner. The yonng prin
ter, who had a mother, sisters and broth
ers to support, made an investigation,
and found out that the partner had col
lected the dues from advertisers very
punctually, but had accounted for only
money enough to pay running expenses.
A rapture ensured, and the partner fixed
upon a very small sum at which he
would buy or sell, supposing that the
boy could not bny at any price. At that
instant the manager of the theatre en
tered, and upon learning the facts, lent
the perplexed junior partner the money
with which to purchase. Left alone in
the business, he was compelled to over
work, spending the days out of the of
fice and much of the night in it. At the
end of the year he ambitiously changed
the publication into a newspaper at
twelve and a half cents a week, but gave
up competition with the established con
cerns after a month of trial. He paid
every debt, however, and when, in a few
weeks, a great flood kept Sacramento
submerged for a long period, he was
reasonably glad that he had no business
to be destroyed by that oatastrophe.
A Young Foreman’s Besetments.
The next remove by de Young was in
1861 to Virginia City, Nevada, which
was then tn the heyday of silver-mining
excitement; and from thence to near-by
Carson City, where he set type on the
Independent, and did book-binding,, and
nearly lost bis. life at the hands of a des
perado. The foreman of the newspaper
department was incompetent, and was
replaced by the boyish new-comer. The
deposed printer was resentful, and re
fused to submit gracefully to the altered
circumstances. His refusal to obey an
order brought on a crisis in the form of
an attaok upon the youthful foremar,
who retreated toward the imposing-stone
and armed himself with an iron “foot
. stick.” The assailant drew a revolver,
but was hindered in using it by another
printer; and de Young gained the oppor
tunity of borrowing a pistol, and show
ed so much determination to use it if
necessary that the discipline was restor
ed. The next day the rebel was dis
charged; and in the afternoon, having
gone to a horse race and got drunk, he
returned to the office in a vengeful
mood. “Put that np,” uttered in a
loud tone, brought de Young to an erect
position from a stooping position over
the “forms,” and he saw the desperado
trying to shoot him, but restrained by a
companion. His life had been in immi
nent peril. Soon after this episode he
heard that a newspaper was wanted in
Dayton, fourteen miles distant. He
went there and talked with citizens—
Adolph Sutro, now famous by reason of
the Sutro tunnel, among others—about
the feasibility of starting, one. The
promise of money was encouraging,
and he went to Gold Hill to interest a
[printer acquaintance—“Doo” Barnes, a
little and jovial fellow —in the enterprise.
Together they visited Dayton. Half an
hour of talking with the oitizens weari
ed Barnes of the task, and he retired to
a saloon to drink and play cards, while
de Young kept on the errand. Mr. Sutro
acoompanied de Young from store to
office, until $1,300 had been subscribed
in sums of from $25 to S2OO. They had
just succeeded in interesting a citizen,
who had taken up a pen to subscribe
SIOO, when a great outcry in the street
arrested his hand. Everybody ran to
the door to see. As in most minin'-
towns, Dayton had one business street,
and in a-twinkling that thoroughfare
held nearly the entire mercantile popu
lation.
An Unfortunate Enterprise.
What the coucourse saw was “Doc”
Barnes.the man whom many had a short
time before been made acquainted with
as one of the editors and proprietors of
the forthcoming newspaper, in a fight
with several gambling thieves, and get
ting beaten and kicked in a disfiguring
way. He had become very drank, prob
ably on drugged liqttor, arid been rob
bed. He was shontiDg profanely and
denouncing the citizens of Dayton col
lectively as scoundrels. De Young went
to the rescue pf his partner, and was
compelled to use a revolve? to counter
act a knife in the hands of a gambler,
“To make the situation still worse,”
said Mr. de Young, in recalling this in
cident, “Barnes was too crazy even to
to know me. He turned upon me furi
ously, apd struck a hard blow at my
head. I dodged, and he went sprawling
into the deep mud, shearing himself
from head to feet. Finally, in the pres
ence of the whole populace, I got him to
a stable, held his head under a pump
spout, and then put him into a stage
bound for Virginia City. Seeing the
dubious faces of the subscribers to the
newspaper subsidy I tore np the sub
scription list, and declared if ever I
started a newspaper in Dayton it would
be with my own money. I rode home
alone that night in a manger that cli
maxed the events of the day. It was
bitter cold and utterly dark. My hands
got so chilled that I could not hold the
reins, and had to fasten them between
my knees. Suddenly I heard a rushing,
ro tring sound. I palled np, got ont, and
found that I fiad stopped on the brink
of a high bluff overhanging the rapid
Carson river. The horses had wandered
om the road; and when I got back into
it I was compelled to occasionally get out
of the wagon and feel for the ruts, on
my hands and knees, to know that I was
not astray again. In attempting a short
out I drove past Carson City, and had to
go back. Tf hen at last I got home I was
half frozen to death. The next day I
went to Virginia City, and sec type that
night on the Enterprise. The exposure
had settled a dreadful cold upon me,
and it closed my eyes before the night’s
work was half done. F°r six months af
ter that I was blind, and when I did get
to work again it was on two or three
nights a week, I returned to San Fran
cisco in 1864, still disabled by impaired
eyesight. That Dayton enterprise was
indeed eventful with mishaps.”
A Snccessfnt Enterprise.
It was at this time that the 8m Fran
cisco Chronicle —whioh now has a daily
circulation of 40,000 copies, an advertis
ing patronage not unlike the Sun’s in
character, is printed from duplicate
stereotype plates, and leads the journal
ism of the Pacific Coast—was modestly
started. Mr. de. Young was not asham
ed to describe the beginning.
“I was only a boy yet in years,” he
said, “bnt had ‘roughed it’ enough to
gain some experience. I determined to
start a gratuitous theatrical paper, like
the one I had published in Saoramento,
and it the Dramatic Chronicle/ bnt
I hadn't a dollar in the world. I got
credit at a job office for the use.of ro'-m,
type, press, and for paper, by promising
to pay at the end of a week. Then came
a struggle. In the day time I solicited
advertisements, and at night, with the
help of a young fellow, I eet op the type.
In that way I worked five days to get
the first edition ready for the press, and
in the whole time slept not more than
five hours, and that on the floor of the
office on papers. Well, I was exhausted
by the strain. I had borrowed five dol
lars to live on during the week, and I
bought plenty of stroDg, black coffee,
aud kept awake by drinking it. The ex
haustion nearly caused what would then
have been to me a great diets ter. The
form was ready for printing, end l was
holding it up, while my only assistant
was ‘underlaying’ lines of display type.
I grew ao faint that I staggered, and the
form was eared from falling into pi by
the boy. I was hardly able to feed the
sheet* on the press. But at the end of
a week I was encouraged. The payments
of bills by advertisers enabled me to pay
the expenses, and the venture continued
to prosper. Very soon I was able to
employ an editor, who wrotes harp,
zpiey, satirical paragraphs on events
of the day. ’Hurt ©aimed toe Chronick
to be sought after, especially as it was
given away. We made the criticisms
honest and independent, so that and
jl may be excused for saying it, inas
much as yon have asked me to tell
yon about the growth of the Chron
icle— our verdict made or unmade days
and actors so far as success in San Fran
cisco was concerned. Not only that, bnt
we competed with regular newspapers
very often in the matter of news. The
dramatic and musical editor was rein
forced by another clever writer, and
onr reading matter was as original as
though it wasn’t given away. In about
a year my younger brother entered the
concern, as a carrier at first, and to his
business talent superior to mine
much of the success of the Chronicle is
due. We soon purchased onr own mate
rial, and laid aside the profits, for the
profits became jl,ooo a month without
a cent from circulation. Onr plan, how
ever, was to enlarge the Chronicle and
make it a regular newspaper. We did so
on September 1, 1868. I don’t know
that we deserved the immediate success
we attained; we tried to, at least. It was
a week before we conld get in all the ad
vertisements that were offered.”
Journalism on the Coast.
"Can yon tell ns at the East what were
the elements of success in the far West?”
“Well, we have all along believed in
the policy of printing the news, and have
intended to spend money liberally for it.
We cover everything on the Pacific coast
as we did the Modoc war, for example,
as thoroughly as the best New York pa
pers do occurrences in this part of the
country. The Chronicle, started with
out capital, has never used a dollar not
earned by itself. We believe in the Sun’s
policy of exposing fraud, and have had
twenty libel suits without losing one,
our defense invariably being the truth
and good motive. We called a man a
desperado, and proved him a robber; we
accused another of fraud, and convicted
"him of. blackmailing. We have had nu
merous personal encounters. A bullet
from a derringer has grazed my scalp.
But it has become known that we can
defend ourselves, and are now let alone.”
A Leading Journal Killed in a Day.
In San Francisco we have another
case of a marked reverse in jonrnalism.
We refer to the Alta California, which
had the opportunity of becoming the
most prosperous newspaper on the Pa
cific coast. It is more than twenty-five
years old. It achieved success by an
accident. In 1856, the famous Vigilance
Committee having been brought into
existence bo the shocking murder of
James King, of Williams, editor of the
Evening Bulletin, the question arose
what policy the Alta would adopt—
whether one of the approval of the Vig
ilantes, or of the opposition. Deciding
the question by the toss of a silver half
dollar, it gave its endorsement to the
Vigilance Committee, and thereby had
transferred to it the entire advertising
patronage of the Herald, the then lead
ing paper of Sah Francisco. The Herald,
which was edited by a former reporter
of the New York Herald, and opposed
the Vigilance movement, was killed in u
day by this move of the Alta. It had
enjoyed all the advertising patronage of
the city before that. The morning after
the Alta's appearance on the side of the
vigilance movement, the Herald came
out in the form of a half sheet, and soon
afterwards was discontinued. The Alta,
at the moment of this extraordintry
change of circumstances, was on its last
legs. It was doubtful whether it could
hold out a week longer. In one day it
became a fortune to its proprietors.
GIL HAVEN’S MANIAS.
He Hates the Catholics and the South
ern Whites—Hia Third Term Plat
form.
[Charles Nordhojf in the New York Herald.]
Among the objects Bishop of Haven’s
■bigoted destation and fear the most
prominent, I suppose, are the Roman
Catholic Church and the Southern white
people.
His desire to renominate Gen. Garnt
is no new thing. More than a year ago,
and after his return from Mexico, about
which country he was then issuing what
proved to be, in the general opinion, a
very offensive book, he surprised me
with the declaration that “Well must
have that country,” holding a map of
Mexico before me; and when I replied
that it could not be got without a war,
he said, “We must have it; it belongs
to us; our people want it; what do yon
think of Grant and Mexico as a platform
in 1876? Don’t you snppose that would
sweep the country?” I was a little shock
ed that any clergyman, even Bishop
Haven, should deliberately propose a
scheme of public robbery, but he ex
claimed, “You will Bee that I am right;
and you are all wrong about this matter.
Yoh are opposed to a third term, I hear;
you don’t like Gen. Grant; yon don’t
know any thing about it; you’re as
wrong as you can be.” He is detested
all over the South for public expression
in favor of an amalgamation of the negro
and white races, and I became satisfied
(during a tour of the Southern States)
he has done a great deal to keep up and
even embitter wherever he labored, not
only race prejudices, but the feelings
naturally remaining from the war.
When he comes to the North he indus
triously spreads tales of the “disloyalty”
of the Southern whites, and of the
wrongs suffered by the “poor negroes,”
and of the danger to their future. In
fact, he talks of the South precisely like
the average political carpet-bagger, and
the final clause of his argument, like
that of the political carpet-bagger, is
always, “We must re-elect Gen. Grant to
keep down the rebels and protect the
negroes.” He presumes to sit in judg
ment upon the late Vice-President, and
to declare that he was st uck down by
God because he would not support the
Force bill. If on the other hand, de
clars that in a journey through six
Southern States, made for you during
the last Spring and Summer I saw,
with one exception, not a single honest
and respectable Republican who did not
freely tell me that there was no need of
a Force bill; that even the present En
forcement act was useless; that what
the Republican party needed in those
States was purification from the control
of rogues and plunderers, and that what
kept up the ill feeling against negroes,
so far as it exists anywhere, was their
too ready and constant affiliation with
low whites and artful demagogues who,
under the plea of being Republicans,
use the negro vote to rob the tax-paying
and property-owning citizens.
i.a f-
WHO IS SHE ?
A Washington Lobby Character of the
Time.
[ Washington cor. Neu> Orleans Times.]
As I came up the avenue this morn
ing I noticed at a fashionable jewelry
establishment a very neat phaeton
drawn by a superb pair of browns. I
also noted the fair mistress, who was
daintily descending, as a woman to be
observed. Nothing could be in better
ton than her entire equipage. Her dress
was one in which the quietest tints
blendid in perfect accord. The delicate
hat could never have been fabricated
outside of the world's gay oapital, Par
is, and it seemed only a happy accident
when the wanton wind blowing too rude
ly, swept aside the dress for a moment
and revealed a foot to wear the slipper
of a Cinderella, and an ankle rivaling in
beauty and delicacy the swift-footed
Atalanta’s own. Very quiet and de
pi ure was the face, in which there was
no color, nor remarkable beauty, save
a pair of loyely eyes, which were of a
soft brown, changing sometimes to a
dark gray, The low, trainante voice
was one to remember, for it seemed la
den with a cadence of a sad heart. Yet,
under the influence of these eyes, men
old enough to have wisdom, if gray
hairs conld bring it, have forgatton
wives, honor, all, and bowed themselves
in the dusk If lest hopes and rained
homes could kill, tips woman could rear
a pyramid to her conquests higher than
Timour the Tartar’s monument of hu
man skulls, In spite of her attractive
exterior the man of the world should
soon become aware of the ahaenee of
the je ne sots pa* (fuoi, which is the
bora heritage of good blood and line
age; find them where yon may. This is
no venial Venns, only the lobby queen.
She lives quietly here, keeping hand
some rooms, through whose petals the
names which have for years been part
of the nation’s history are too frequent
ly sent. She has an ample fortune,
made in Credit Mobilier, Pacific Mail,
and kindred devices for robbing the na
tion's coffers. Yet, with yonth, money
and marvelous fascination, she is doom
ed to wander up and down the earth,
with a brand upon her as enduring and
unchangeable as the mark of Cain.
Few women will deliberately seek dis
honor, but this one surely must have
done sa. 4 wife once, with the best
love of a chiva nc devotion, a high so-'
cial position and an historic name. All
these she cast from her for a man utter
ly worthless, and without even a spe
cious advantage of handsome face and
bearing. Qae would have thought that
the contrast between this worthless roue
and the gaUant gentleman whose life
she wickedly wrecked was so great that
if honor and honesty held their peace,
worldly prudence would have spoken in
trumpet tones. But it boots not talk
ing of this. It is only the story of Fer
dita, with modern adaptation. If his
tory repeats itself, even in like manner
does romance. It is the ancient story
of “The Lost Qne,’' with modern im
provement, and not of the dark ages,
bnt in this virtuous and Christian 19th
century.
The Episcopal Church of Snmtez net
ted $276 by a fair recently given by the
iadiep,
SHALL WE HATE WART
A REPUBLICAN ORGAN’S ANSWER.
Ab Ex-Cathedra Stataaaea* WhU the
“Time*” Says—The United States and
Spain—Efforts el Onr Government to Re
store Peace to Cuba—How the Result Mar
Be Reached—A Decisive Military Campaign
by Spain Probable—What May Follow Its
Failure.
f A', f. Times (Adm) ]
Washington, Friday, December 31.
The President in his message to Con
gress gave a sort of promise that, be
fore the end of the session, he would
make a farther qommunication with ref
erence to the questions under discus
sion between this Government and
Snain. Until this supplementary mes
sage has been received frequent cock
and-bull reports oi what our Govern
ment has done, or intends to do, may
be anticipated.
At the same time there is no doubt
that the efforts of our Government to
secure the pacification of Cuba and the
purposes of Spain to meet onr just de
mands would be materially strengthen
ed by the knowledge that our policy is
approved, by other powerful nations,
and by their declaration to Spain of
such approval. There is nothing in the
“Monroe doctrine” which prohibits the
United States, in dealing with any
foreign power, from the adoption of a
polioy which meets the approbation of
the whole world, except a few adven
turers at home who desire war. There
is not now a nation in Europe that does
not understand and respect the views of
the United States with reference to
foreign intervention in political affairs
on the American continent. It is on
this account, doubtless, that some of
them, whose commercial interests are
almost as much affected by the straggle
as our own, have refrained from giving
particular attention to the Cuban disor
ders. While the United States reserve
the right of solving the problem present
ed, there seems to be no reason why
the Government may not take advantage
of the moral support of the approval of
other powers, especially as it may aid in
a solution of the difficulties through
peaceful measures.
Spain herself, we are confident, agrees
with the other powers, which are re
ported to have received the circular of
our Government, that our demands are
reasonable, and that some end of the
long-enduring troubles must be made.
Spain must be quite as anxious for
peace as any other nation can be. It is
expected, therefore, as the first and
readiest means of settling the questions
at issue that an unusual effort will be
made by Spain to subdue the insurrec
tion. if anything is to be accomplished
in this way, it is evident there must be
a “short, sharp, and decisive” military
campaign, and this is, withont doubt,
decided upon and projected. The prac
tical end of the opposition of Don Car
los to the Alfonso Government leaves
the latter free to direct its power vigor
ously against the Cubans. Whether
the result of a campaign this Winter
will be sufficiently decisive to establish
Spanish supremacy, and render her
Government strong enough to fulfill
her obligations toward other powers, is
wholly a matter of the future, whioh a
few months will make known. Mean
time, negotiations will continue, and it
may be that, without reference to the re
sults of military operations, a treaty will
be made covering all possible contingen
cies of the future. The correspondence
will no doubt proceed with some ur
gency, but it is clear that somo time
must elapse before the occasion can
arise for the special message to be writ
ten. It is sufficient for the present to
have the assuranoe that,the views of this
Government are met ia a friendly spirit,
and that the Spanish'Government seems
sincerely desirous of a peaceful and just
arrangement.
It is clear on the other hand that if
Spain should not be able to control in
Cuba the message might, with or with
out her consent, have to propose meas
ures of mediation or intervention to end
the contest. It would seem to be of the
utmost importance for the successful
issue of such measures that they should
be undertaken with the moral support of
great powers like Great Brirain, Ger
many, France, and Russia, and if the
Secretary of State has taken pains to se
cure it ia advance, we cannot see wherein
his action is not in harmony with the spirit
of the Monroe Doctrine, about which
some newspapers are just now so much
concerned. It is not likely that in case
such measures should be contemplated,
the Monroe Doctrine would be unheed
ed, or the honor of the nation be un
protected. All contingencies have been
foreseen and considered, and the Execu
tive power will not be rashly or unlaw
fully exercised. There is every reason
to hope that wise and peaceful counsels
will prevail, and that before the adjourn
ment of Congress the last of the serious
questions, which Mr. Fish found in the
portfolio of the State Department when
he opened it nearly seven years ago,
will have found an honorable and satis
factory solution.
REPUBLICAN DUPLICITY.
Senator Morton’s Organ Calls for tlie Repent
of the Resumption Act.
[From the Indianapolis Journal .]
The.news from Washington is to the
effect that the House will pass, by a very
large majority, the bill for the repeal of
the Resumption act. In the Senate, as
it now stands, the vote will be close, the
chances being in favor of the passage of
the repealing bill. In oircles, supposed
to know best the mind of the President
on the subject, it is freely conjectured
that he will veto any repeal. There is
not a corporal’s guard in either House
favoring inflation. The danger from
that source, if any ever existed, has
passed with William Allen. “Alas ! how
soon we are forgotten when we’re gone.”
Nearly all classes of people admit the im
possibility of resuming at the time fixed
in the act, but they argue that a repeal
would be damaging to our foreign
credit, and would unduly stimulate
trade and again lead to the reckless con
tracting of debts. There is nothing
more desirable than the maiiftenance of
our national credit, but we apprehend
no serious consequences from this
source, especially when we are paying
from I to % per pent, more interest an
nually tbaa is being paid by other na
tions. The second argument is one to
whioh we would address ourselves now.
When the average American becomes a
law maker he is liable to assume more
responsibility and a more complete
guardianship of his constituents than is
“nominated in the bond.” In this case
he is attempting to control the laws of
trade, supply, and demand, by legisla
tion. The penalty for over-trading and
reckless debt making is bankruptcy and
failure, and Congress can take no ac
tion that will prevent a oertain
class of persona from getting into
debt as long s they oan obtain
credit- The tendency to gambling con
tracts’, which are purely speculative, is a
pernicious one, yet the laws of Congress
to prevent its operation in gold was a
signal and laughable failure. When
Congress has attempted to regulate val
ues by legislation it has always accom
plished exactly the opposite result from
the one intended. It is a matter of
record that the currency eame nearer to
par with gold before the passage of the
Resumption act than it has ever sinoe,
and the depreciation is greater to-day
than it was the day the bill was passed.
Yet we are told that its repeal would
work a greater depreciation of currency
and stimulation of values. This may be
the result, but it is not the natural se
quence, nor in harmony with our na
tional experience. The Resumption act
was a mistake, and it requires a brave
man to correct his own mistakes. It re
quires a brave and honest party to cor
rect its mistakes, and the correction of
this, by the repeal of the act, is the
first great step to be taken by
the Republican party. Let there
be no inflation; let there be
no legislation for a few years, and re
sumption will come as naturally and
easily as the falling rain. The lick in
the face of American commerce, result
ing from the panic, was deserved. Our
subsidized railroad, real estate and com
mercial schemes were wild and prepos
terous, but they do not warrant us in
flying to ruin by measures pointing to an
opposite direction. The repeal of the
Resumption act, and then hands off, is
the platform of the people. They want
no unlimited greenback or interconver
tible bond schemes; they require noth-,
ing, simply nothing, bnt to be let alone.
Let us have jm> steps backward, bnt
let speeie payment be the haven of desti
nation, into which we may glide gently
and carefully, and not the rock-bound
coast on which we dash in the dark.—-
When our paper is at or near par, as it
will soon be if the policy of inflation is
disregarded, then resume, aye, resume
in a day. In the meantime let resump
tion be inscribed in every business
ledger.
The grateful citizens of Green Bay,
Michigan, have presented Mr. Jackson,
of that place, with a silver-headed cane
for having refrained from kicking his
wife out of bed daring a married life of
seven years. As nobody has psesented
Mrs. Jackson with a silver-headed soap
stiek, it is presumed that the fatal facil
ity with which she handles her heels has
caused Jackson to bite the floor more
than once within the time named.—
Louisville Courier-Journal.
Fishes swallow their food whole.—
They have no dental machinery furnish
ed them.
TOCLE SAMS MAIL.
THE NEW POST OFFICE.
Completion of the Building and Fitting Up of
the Interior—The Officer* With the Mail
Arrangement* to Take Possession Next
Week.
In the early primitive days of the
world’s history the representative mail
carrier was the god Mercury. Whether
this perpetual office holder had a de
partmental building or received an
equivalent for his services, we know not.
Mythology is silent on the snbjeot. The
ancient Greeks, doubtless, managed such
affairs in a quiet way. But Mercury
failed to supply the wants of modern
correspondents, and steam became his
successor. Now the iron horse is the
winged messenger, assisted by thou
sands of disciplined agents of the post
offioe departments throughout the civil
ized world. But carriers alone do not
suffice to meet the public requirements.
Buildings to hold the mails and offices
to distribute them are required. In
every city, town and hamlet the post of
fice is a place of universal interest. None
are so poor and so humble as not to ex
pect to receive or send a letter through
its postals some day. In Augusta the
post offioe has always been located near
the centre of the city and received a
large share of public attention. In
ante helium days the lower portion of
the building on Mclntosh street, still
known as the “old post office,” was
used for this purpose. Hundreds of
feet now still forever have stood open
its steps and worn awaythe rock as the
years went by. Administration after
administration came into power and
went out. The post offioe remained in
the same old place. But when the war
had passed away anfl the United States
Government took control of the postal
facilities throughout the South, the Au
gusta post • office wbb found to be too
small and cramped for the necessities of
the town and the Department, there
fore, commenced looking about for a
more appropriate building. Soon the
Odd Fellows’ Hall was built at the cor
ner of Ellis and Jackson streets. As the
location was a good one, and the ground
floor of the structure adapted to use as
a post office, negotiations were entered
into by the Department, with the par
ties having charge of the building, and
a lease secured. This lease being about
to expire, a few months sinoe the Post
Offioe Department sent out a special
agent to investigate and report
upon the advisability of renewing that
lease or of removing the post office to
another building. After remaining in
several days and examining va
rious proposed localities, the agent re
turned to Washington City. Among the
proposals submitted was one from Dr.
W. H. Doughty, offering to construct a
building suitable for post office pur
poses, on the corner of Ellis and Moln
tosh streets, and lease the same to the
Department for the term of ten years.
This proposition was accepted, and the
Augusta postmaster, Capt. C. H. Prince,
directed to make the necessary arrange
ments and have the proper papers ex
ecuted. This was done. Early in Octo
ber the old wooden buildiDg at the
southeast oorner of Ellis and Mclntosh
streets was removed. The contract for
building the new post office was awarded
to Mr. Wm. Painter, with Mr. T. O.
Brown as sub-contractor. On the 25<h
of October, 1875, the first ground was
broken for the new building. The work
was delayed for two weeks and a half
afterwards on account of the inability to
obtain bricks. As soon as possible,
however, the walls vei pushed rapidly
upwards, and on the first day of Decem
ber the rafters were put in position. A
few days since the lock boxes and inside
wood work, manufactured by the Yale
Lock Manufacturing Company, of
Stamford, Connecticut, arrived and were
at once put up. The entire post office
has now been completed. The entire
working time occupied in erecting the
building was not over six weeks. But
the contractors fully understood their
business, and while pushing the work
rapidly forward, saw to it that it was
well done. The building is one of the
most substantial and best constructed in
the city, ana reflects much credit upon
Messrs. Painter and Brown. The paint
ing was done by Wallace & Curtis.
The building is constructed of the
best quality of hard brick. The walls
on Ellis and Mclntosh street show press
brick, laid in white mortar. There are
four large doors on Mclntosh street and
two on Ellis. Doors and windows have
circular tops. The first floor, whioh is
to be used exclusively for post office pur
poses, is fifteen feet high in the pitoh
and is well lighted. It is ninety feet
long and forty wide. In the rear are
two comfortable rooms, bath rooms,
water closets, eto. One of the rooms is
to be used as a sleeping apartment and
the other as a lumber room. Near the
front, next to Ellis street, is the post
master’s offioe. The general delivery
windows, stamp window, registered let
ter window and money order window are
all on the front. Above these an orna
mental frame work of walnut and white
pine, fitted with glass, extends to the
ceiling. Over the lock boxes is the
same style of work. The whole pre
sents a very handsome and ornate ap
pearance. The lock boxes are all on the
southern side of the office. They are
five hundred and fifty in number and
are numbered from 1 to 688, omitting 9
and 10, 29 and 30, 39 and 40, and so on
throughout, thus reduoing the total
number of boxes from the apparent
maximum. Horiaontally there are eight
rows of boxes. The numbering com
mences at the top, left hand corner, and
runs downward. For instance, the first
vertical row is numbered from 1 to 8 in
clusive, the second from 11 to 18 inclu
sive, the third from 21 to 28 inclusive,
and so on. Thus, in the first horizontal
row are all the final l’s, in the second
are all the final 2’s, in the third all the
final 3’s, and thus in progression to the
bottom of the 55Q boxes—3lß are large
and 232 are small. The large boxes will
be rented for two dollars per quarter and
the small boxes for one dollar per quarter.
There will be no glass boxes, but the
same price will be charged for the small
lock boxes as for the glass boxes at the
old post office. Besides the boxes there
are twenty-five drawers, which will be
suitable for large establishments, news
paper offices, eto.
The post offioe will be removed to the
new building some time next week.
Captain Prince, the postmaster, has
given general satistisfaction in Augusta,
and is undoubtedly a good officer.
The new office is close to the Chron
icle and Sentinel office.
#IO,OOO
WORTH OF
BOOTS, SHOES
AND
HATS !
At Cost for Cash !
In view of the great scarcity of Money and
the dullness of Trade, we have determined
to reduce Stock, and for this purpose we offer
our Cuetomere and the public generally
Tea Thousand Dollars Worth
OF
BOOTS, SHOES AND HATS
AT COST FOR CASH ONLY !
This ia a good opportunity for GRANGERS
and others who wish to buy for CASH.
WE ARE IN EARNEST. Our Stock must and
SHALL BE REDUCED.
CkßEearly and get choice of the BARGAINS.
GALLAQER & MCLHERW,
289 BROAD STREET.
jan2-dsuifeth<fcwlm
BUGGY HARNESS FOR $10!
A GOOD substantial home made Buggy
Harness may be had at the above
pnee by calling on W. L. Sherman, Saddle and
Harness Maker, at Royal’s Shoe Store, opposite
Express office. Saddles and Harness of all
kinds made to order at prices in proportion tfi
the above figures. Orders from the country
promptly attended to. Don’t forget the place—
Royal’s Shoe Store, opposite Espraesoffice
OCIO-w3m W. L. SHERMAN.
JAS. A. LOFLIN
H. now on hand a full assortment of
Staple and Fancy Groceries, consisting of the
different grade* of Flour, Meal, Bacon, Hams,
Lard and the Finest Mackerel. Nuts and
Frnite of all kinds Just received from Northern
markets. F.ggs and Dressed Poultry always on
hand, and a variety of the Best Liquors for
family use.
Goods delivered in the city and Summerville
without extra charge. decl2-tf
New Adverfl se mi, fs
1876. Centennial. 1876.
TO MY PATRONS.
-A.T the close of a year which in spite of croakers to the contrary has proved
fairly successful, I desire to return thanks for the patronage with which I have
been favored, and tq asssre them that it shall be my constant endeavor to desire a
eontinuanee of the same. It requires hard work, prudence and eoonomy to make
a success of any business at any time, but especially are they prime requisites now,
and by adhering strictly to these necessary virtues, and by keeping a full
stock of FIRST CLASS 8
DRY GOODS,
And selling for CASH as low as any house in the conutry, I hope my friends
and the public generally will be convinced it will be both prudent and economical
to buy of me. Again thanking you for your favors bestoned, I remain,
Very truly yours,
IM. S-8. KEAN.
Ten years ago Messrs. Geo. P. Rowell A Cos. established their adver
tising agency in New York City. Five years ago they absorbed the busi
ness conducted by Mr. John Hooper, who was the first to go into this kind
of enterprise. Now they have the satisfaction of controlling the most- ex
tensive and complete advertising connection which has ever been secured,
and one which would be hardly possible in any other country but this.
They have succeeded in working down a complex business into so
thoroughly a systematic method that no change in the newspaper sjstem
of America can escape notice, while the widest information upon all topics
interestiu? to advertisers is placed readily at the disposal of the public.
NEW YORK TIMES, June 14, 1875,
dco22-lm
PLANTERS LOAN AND SAVINGS Biff,
223 Broad Street,
CASH CAPITAL, SIOO,OOO, WITH STOCKHOLDERS LIABILITY*
TRANSACTS a GENERAL BANKING, EXCHANGE and COLLECTION BUSINESS. Five per
cent, allbwed on Daily Balances, subject to CHECK AT SIGHT.
Interest allowed on Time Deposits, as may be agreed upon.
T. F. BRANCH, President. J. T. NKWBKKY, Cashier.
N. B.—SIGHT DRAFT’S on GREAT BRITAIN and CONTINENTAL EUROPE in sums o 7 £1
and upward. inliffl—tf
CARPETS
AT REDUCED PRICES!
X WILL sell for the NEXT THIRTY DAYS my Stock of CARPETING at NEW
YORK PRICES, consisting of INGRAIN 3-PLY and TAPESTRY CARPETS,
DRUGGETS, RUGS of all kinds; OIL CLOTHS of all widths; RATTAN and
COLORED MATTINGS and MATS; WINDO W SHADES of all kinds; PICTURE
CORD of all sizes; PICTURE NAILS, &c., &c.
EDW. MURPHY.
janl-Batn<tth2w
Now AdverliHemei,is
FOR THE SEASON.
blliykets.
12-4 Fine White Blanksts for sl.
COMFORTS,
Woolen and Cotton Spreads.
Heavy Cas§imere§.
Jeans aid Finals.
UNDERSHIRTS FOR LADIES, MEN
AND CHILDREN.
SUPER STOUT HOSE AND HALF
HOSE.
Woolen Hosiery for Children.
UMBRELLAS.
CHRISTOPHER GRAY & CO.
decs
fIT ALOGUE of New Books on BUILDING FREE.
* Bicknell & Cos., 27 Warren st., N. Y.
Mind Reading, Pr ychomancy, Fascination, Soul
Charming, Mesmerism and Marriage Guide,
showing how either sex may fascinate and ga n the
love and affection of any person they choose instant
ly; 400 pag s. B mail, 60 cents. Hunt k Cos., 130
8. 7th at. Philadelphia, Pa. dec!9-4w
TVIG Agents Wanted. Good chance for ma-
A UiAtyo king money, to parties who devote whole
or part of time in selling our Teas. Liberal com
missions. Hend for terms. P. O. Box 5643. Great
American Tea Cos., 31 & 33 Vesey st., N. Y.
dec 19-4 w
Wife No. ID.
BY ANN ELIZA YOUNG, BRIGHAM
YOUNG’S REBELLIOUS WIFE.
The only complete Expose of all the Secrets of
Brigham’s Harem ever written. Bom in Mormon
ism, Ann Eliza no -v exjjoses to the world. As No
Other Woman Can,the Secrt ts, Mysteries ana Crimes
of the horrible system of Polygamy, from the very
beginning. Nearly 200 Illustrations beautify the
work. It is the best selling book published. 10,000
more men and women can have employment and
make from to $lO daily. All Live Agents are
writing for Illustrated Circulars with Large Terms.
Sent free. Do not delay, but address DUSTIN, GIL
MAN A CO., Hartford, Ct., Chicago, 111., or Cincin
nati, Ohio. dec 19-4 w
Pats! SIOO Calls!
Stock privileges bought and sold by us on members
of the Stock Exchange. W give all orders our per
n nal attention and guarantee satisfaction. Expla
natory Pamphlet Sent Free. TUMBKIDGE A
CO., Bankers and Brokers, No. 2 Wall at. New York.
Spreads! S2OO Straddles!
deol9-4w
itl* , f n.—An energetic men to control the sales
" id this district of e staple *rticle in the grocery
line. Any active man may secure a permanent cash
business and a monopoly tbat can be made to pay
$5,000 per annum, by addressing, with stamp en
closed for answer MANHATTAN MT'O CO.,
decl9-4w H 7 Beade st„ New York.
ART HU R’S
ILLUSTRATED HOME MAGAZINE. ‘The HoUSeho
Magazine of America.” Two Serial Stoics *n
1876. “EAGLESCLIFFE,” by Mrs. Julia C. R. Dorr;
and “MIRIANby T. 8. Atrhur. BUTTERICK’S
Newest Patteres in every nnmber. Terms, $2 60
per year; 3 copies for $6 60. Splendid Book offers
and Premiums. Specimen nnmber, 10 cents.
T. 8. ARTHUR k BON, Philadelphia, Pa, nov2l-iw
Ilf 1 ITfimn Agents for the best sell
W A lu'l'rl 11 -eg Prize Package in the
If HII I Bill world. It contains 15 sheets
If 1111 XUU paper, 16 cnve'opes, gold
en Pen, Pen Holder, Pencil, patent Yard Measure,
and a place of Jewelry- Single package with elegant
Prize,postpaid, 25 c nts. Circular free. BRIDE fc
CoT 768 Broadway, N. V. oc3i-tw
AN OUTFIT FREE.
We want someone in every county to take orders
and deliver goods for the old and original C. O. D.
House. Large cash wages. Splendid chance In
every neighborhood for the right person of either
sex, young or old. SAMPLES, new lists, circulars,
terms etc., s complete outfit SENT FEEE and POsT
PAID Bend for it at once and make money at yonr
homes. Address, H. J. HALL k CO., N Howard
Street, Baltimore, Md. ° ct22 ~ 4w
For
COUGHS, COLDS, HOIRBENES&,
AND ALL THROAT DISEASES,
Use
WELLS’ CARBOLIC TABLETS,
PUT UF ONLY IN BLUE BOXER
ATRIEO AND SURE REMEDY.
AelphU, Pa.
oct22-4w
Executors’ and Administrators’
Deeds
TPOB SALE AT THE CHRONICLE AND
ft SENTINEL OFFICE.
° ‘ WALSH A WRIGHT,
Proprietors
MYSTERY SOLVED.
The Great Seoret of the Wonderful
Success of Vegetine
It strikes at the root of diseese by purifying
the blood, restoring the liver and kidneys to
healthy action, invigorating the nervous sys
tem.
RELIABLE EVIDENCE.
Mr- B. li. Stevens :
Dear .Sir—l will most cheerfully add my tes
timony to the great nuir der you have already
received in favor ol’ - our gro„t and good medi
cine, Vegetine, for do not ti ink enough cau
be said in its praise, for I was troubled ovor
thirty yoars with that dreadful disease, Ca
tarrh, and had such bad coughing spells that it
would Beem as though I could never breathe
any more, and Veoeiine has cured me ; and I
do feel to thank God all the time he e is so
good a medicine as Vegetine, and I also think
it one of the best medioines for coughs and
weak sinking feelings at the stomaeL and ad
vise everybody to take the Vkoetine. or I can
assure them that it ia one of the best medi
oineß that ever waß. MltS. L. GOKE,
Cor. Magr-iinc and Walnut Ktß.,
Cambridge, Mass.
THOUSANDS SPEAK.
Veoetine is acknowledged and recommend
ed by physicians and apothecaries to be the
best purifier aud cleanser of the blood yot dis
covered, and thousands speak in its praise who
have been restored to health.
Report from a Practical Chemist and
Apothecary.
Boston, Januaiy 1, 1874.
Dear Sir— This is to cortlly that I have sold
at retail 1511 dozen (1,852 bottles) of your
Vegetine since April 12. 1870, ano can truly
say tbat it has giVen Ihe best satisfaction of
any remedy for the complaints for which it is
recommeislod that I ever sold. Scarcely a day
passes without some of my customers testify
ing to its merits on hemselves or their friends.
I am peneotly cognizant of beveral cases of
Scrofulous Tumors being cured by Veoetine
alone in this vicinity.
Very respectfully, yours.
AI GILMAN,
To H, R. Stevf.ns, Esq. 488 Broadway.
VEGETINE
Will Cleanse Scrofula from Hie Sys
tem.
HONEBT OPINION.
Mr. B. B. Stevens:
Dear Sib—This is to show that my son was
taken sick in January, 1864, with Scrofula,
which came out in large sores and ulcers on
his leg and hip. His leg was swelled more
than twice its natural size. He had several
doctors of high standing in their profession
two from Boston and throe Tom Charlestown—
withou. getting a bit better. He was obliged
to He wnerever be was placed, for he had no
use of his limbs whatever. When we had
given up all hopes of biH living we were told
to try VEGETINE, the great blood remedy;
and he had taken it but a short time before we
could see a great change. 'J he sores run so
bad that we had to change the cloths four or
five times a day. Still, he was netting better;
for he could move his limbs and help himself a
little. He was soon ble to sit tip in bed, and,
bv constant use of VEGETINE, it has cured
him. He has a lame leg, which he will proba
bly have for life; but we all honestly believe,
if we had used VEGETINE before we had
bothered with those doctors, it would have
saved the use of his leg. and restored it to
natural health. I Hope all those troubled with
Scrofula will read this testimony of me and my
i on, uho is now well and able to speak for
himself. CATHERINE MAHONEY,
DANIEL MAHONEY,
19 Trenton St., Charlestown, Mass.
May 10, 1872.
The above plain but honest statement con
clusively shows the qnick and thorough clean
eing effects of the VEGETINE in Scrofula.
VEOETINE is acknowledged by all classes
of people to be the best aud most reliable
blood purifier in tbe world.
VEOETINE IS SOLD BY ALL DRUGGISTS.
nov23-4w
Gardener and Florist. Address,
■F • n. non ii v & co.,
Seed amen an<i Florists, DETROIT, Mich.
decl7-wecnV2w
Tin; JAS. i.s-.i' e l-Tj
Double Turbine Water Wheel,
liamUaUutua oy
f ?f POOLE & HUNT,
ilaltimore, 91 <l.
7,<>00 BO IE J .v is El
Re,4* n bitnplc, Strong, Durable,
IB I ulwa ya reliable and talis-
Mauo&eturers.also, ot
Portables Stationary
Engines, Steam Boilers,
&Onst Mills, Kin.
vIBW airing Macluucrv,Gearing
tor Cotton Kills, Flour,
— J** Paint. White Lead and
(;1 Mill Machinery, Hydraulic and other
Presses,Ac. bh-’fting, Pulleys and Hangers
a specialty. Machine made Gearing; accu
rate aud of Very best finish. Send for Circulate.
Rare Business Chance!
X^OR SALE, AN EQUAL INTER
EST IN AN ESTABLISHED, SAFE
AND PROFITABLE CASH BUSI
NESS, CAPABLE OF UNLIMITED
EXTENSION. A LIVE MAN AS
PARTNER, WITH *1,500 CAPITAL,
WANTED. NONE OTHERS NEED
APPLY. ADDRESS, “MONOPOLY,”
BOX 407, AUGUSTA, GEORGIA.
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