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WEDNESDAY, .FEBRUARY 16, 1876.
TWO CHRISTIANS.
Two Chmtians travelled down a road.
Two viewed tbe world with different eyes ;
The one waa pleased with earUi's abode,
The other longing for tbe snea.
Bor one, the heavens were eo bine,
They filled his mind with fancies food;
The other a eTes kept piercing through
Only for that which lies beyond.
For one enchanting were the trees,
Hie distance waa divinely dim.
The birds that flattered on the breeze
Nodded their pretty heads for Ua.
The other scarcely saw the flower,
And never knew the trees were grand.
He did not count the days and hours,
Hll he might reach the promised land.
And one a little kind caress
Would to a tender rapture move;
He oaly opened his lips to blese
The Goa who gave him things to love.
Hie other Journeyed on his way.
Afraid to handle or to touch;
He only opened hie lips to pray
He might not love a thing too much.
Which was tbe best ? Decide who can;
Yet why should we decide twixt them (
We n*ay approve the mournful man,
No- yet the Joyful man condemn.
He is a Christian who has found
That firth, as well as Heaven, is sweet;
Nor leee is he who, Heaven bound
Ha* spurned the earth beneath his feet.
v —[good Word*.
ON THE SHORE.
If I were a noble lady,
And he a peasant born,
With nothing but his good right hand
’Tween him and the world's soorn—
Oh, I would speak so humble,
And I would emile so meek,
anil cool with tears this fierce hot flash,
He left upon my cheek. .
Sing heigh, sing ho, my bonme, bourne boat.
Let's watch the anchor weighed ;
For he is a great sea captain,
And Ia fisher-maid.
If I were a royal princess _
And he a captive poor, w
I would cast down these steadfast eyes,
Unbar this bolted door.
And, walking in the whole world's sight,
Low at his feet would fall;
Sceptre and crown and womanhood,
My king should take them all!
Wng heigh, sing ho, my bonnle, bonnie boat,
Alone with sea and sky.
For he is a bold sea captain,
A fisher-maiden I.
If I were a saint in heaven,
And he a tinner pale.
Whom good men passed with fact avert,
And left him to hia bale,
Mine eyes should weep rivers.
My voice reach that great Throne,
Beseeching—"O, be merciful 1
Make thou mine own thine own !"
Sing heigh, sing ho, my bonnie, bonnie boat,
Love only cannot fade;
Though he Is a bold sea captain,
And Ia fisher-maid.
Close stood the young sea captain,
His tears fell fast as rain;
•‘lf I have sinned. I’ll sin no more—
God judge between us twain !”
Hie gold ring flashed in sunshine,
The small waves laughing ourled—
“ Our ship rooks at the harbor bar;
Away to the under world."
Farewell, farewell, my bonnie. bonnie boat,
Now Heaven ns bleßs and aid,
For my lord is a great sea captain,
And I was a fisher-maid.
UNTIL DEATH.
Make me no vows of constancy, dear friend,
To love me, though I die, thy whole life
long,
And love no other till thy days shall end—
Nay, It were rash and wrong.
If thou oanst love another, be it so ;
I would not reach out of my quiet grave
To bind thy heart, if it should choose to go ;
Love should not be a slave.
My placid ghost, I trust, will walk serene
In clearer light than gilds those early morns,
Above the jealousies and envies keen
Whioh sow this life with thorns.
Tho wouldst not feel my shadowy caress,
If, after death, my soul should linger here ;
Men's hearts crave tangible, close tenderness
Love’s presence, warm and near.
It would not make me sleep more peacefully
That thou wert wasting all thy life in woe
For my poor sake ; what love thou hast for
me,
Bestow it ere I go !
Carve not upon a stone when I am dead
The praise which remorseful mourners give
To woman* graves—a tardy recompense—
But speak them while I live.
Heap not the heavy marble on m.v head
To that away tbe sunshine and the dew ;
Let small blooms grow there, and let grasses
wave,
And rain drops filter through.
Thou wilt meet many fairer and more gay
Than I; but, trust me, thou canst never find
One who will love and serve thee night and
day
With a more single mind.
Forget me when I die ! The violets
Above my rest will blossom just as blue,
Nor miss thy tears; e'en Nature’s self forgets ;
But while I Uve, be true !
THE (SIREN WITH THE HEART OF ICE.
From Miss Preston's artiole on Jasmin, in
tbe Atlriitic Monthly for February, we extract
the following song:
Thou whom tho swains environ,
O maid of wayward will,
O icy-hearted siren.
The hour we all desire when
Thou too, thou too shall feel!
The gay wings thou doest flutter,
Thy airv nothings utter,
While the crowd can only mutter
In ecstasy complete
At thy feet.
Yet hark to one who proves thee
Thy victories are vain,
Until a heart that loves thee
Thou haßt learned to love again!
Sunshine the heavenß adorning
We welcome with delight ;
But thy sweet faoe returning,
With every Sunday morning,
Is yet a rarer sight,
We love thy haughty graces,
Thy swallow-like, swift paces.
Thy song the soul upraises,
Thy Ups thine eyes, thy hair,
All are false,
Yet hark to one who proves thee, etc.
Thy. loing from them widows
Ml places utterly;
The hedgerows and the meadows
Turn soeutless ; gloomy shadows
Discolor the blue sky.
Then, when thou comest again,
Farewell fatigue and pain!
Life glows in every vein;
O’erjevery slender finger
We would linger.
Yet hark to one who proves thee, eto.
Thy pet dove in his flitting
Doth warn thee, lady fair!
Thee, In thy wood forgetting,
Brighter for his dim setting
He shinee, for love is there !
Love is the life of all.
Oh answer thou his call,
Leet the flower of thy days fall,
And the grace whereof we wont
* Be forgot!
For till great love shaU move thee
Thy victories are vain.
Tis Uttle men should love thee,
Learn than to love again!
THB OLD SWEET SONG.
I remember a song whose numbers throng
Ae sweetly in memory’s twilight hour
Aa the voice of the blessed in the Bealm of
Itost,
Or the sparkle of dew on a dreaming flower.
Tie a simple air, but when others depart,
Ufa, mj angel whisper, it dings to my heart.
I have wandered far under sun and star,
Heard the rippling music in every clime.
From the carol dear of the gondolier
To the wondrous peal of a sacred chime ;
I have druuk in the touee which bright lips let
fall
To thirsting spirits in bower and hall.
The anthems bland of the masters grand
Have borne me aloft on their sweeping
wings ;
And the thunder roll of the organ s soul
Drowns not the murmur of fairy strings,
Or tha shepherd's pipe, whose music thrills
With the breath of mom o'er the sleeping
Wills.
But none recuain like the simple strain
Which my mother sang to my childish ears.
As nightlv and oft o’er my pillow soft
She gently hovered to soothe my fears.
I see her now with her bright head bent
In the light which the taper so feebly lent.
1 can see her now. with her fair pure brow, |
And the dark locks pushed from hot temples j
dear.
And the liquid rays of her tender gaze
Made eloquent by a trembling tear.
Ae she watched the sleep that is sweet for all
Like rose leaves over my spirit fall.
And the notes still throng of that old sweet
song.
Though silent the lips that breathed them to
me.
Like the chimes so clear which mariners hear
From tbe sunken dues beneath the sea ;
And never, ah ! never can they depart
While shines my being and beats my heart.
That song, that song, that aid sweet song!
I gather it up like a golden chain.
T.inir by link, when to slumber I sink,
And lint by link when I wake again ;
I shall bear it, I know, when the last deep
rest
Hhall told me eloee to the earth's dark breast,
ELECTRIC NFABKS.
At New Castle, Pa., Miss Leah Koohe
suicided—threw herself into a cistern.
At Qloversville, N. Y., James H.
Johnston, dealer in glovers’ materials,
made assignment. Liabilities, $70,00?.
At Baltimore, Jos. M. Rothroek plead
Ruilfjf to taking letters from the post
office, and was sentenced for three
years.
The First- Congregational Church, of
Methuen, Mafia,, accepts the invitation
fo the Plymouth Church advisory
mniisil.
Dale & Bro., flannel And woolen deal
ers, of New York city and Boston, have
failed. Liabilities, over a million. As
aetts nominally twice that. # >- •*'
Captain Eads has received a dis
patch from Colonel Andrews, contractor
for jetties at the month of the Mississip
pi river, announcing thirteen feet of
water through the crest of tike bar at
South Pass, being an increaae of three
feet for the past eight days. Seven feet
additional of water will entitle Captain
Eads to the first payment by the terms
of Ids greet from Congress.
THE STATE CAPITAL
LROIStATtVE PROCEEDINGS YES
TERDAY XM ATLANTA.
far Ike Lawyer*—A Railroad Bill—Tbe
Taw Bill tbe Special Order far To-Day—A
BUI by Mr. Black for tke Consolidation of
tke Office* of Mayor aad Recorder of Aa
gu.t*—Tke Ceraty Oaart at Rlehmead—
l uiuwittee Report* aad C—ipliweet*, Ac.
-Uformatlea Warned Cuaiiarnlaa tke
Hkare la tke State Read Olvea to tke State
ky Hob. A. H. Stepkeaa—Goveraor Brow*
aad tke State Road Leaae—laveatlgatlag
< ommittee Appointed— Realgaatlaa of Hoa.
T. W. Grimes.
[.Tecta! Dispatch to ths Chronicle and Sentinel.]
THB STATE SENATE.
Atlanta, Ga., February 7. —ln the
Senate to-day, Mr. Reese introduced a
bill to prescribe the practice in the Su
perior and Sapneme Courts in cases
where the State is a party interested.
Honse bills were read the first and Sen
ate bills the second time. Mr. Kibbee, of
the Fourteenth District, introduced a
bill to require railroad companies incor
porated under the laws of the State to
begin work within two years from the
date of incorporation. The bill for the
relief of A. B. and B- Kersey of Worth
eounty, passed. The bill to define for
whom a trast may be executed, aud tbe
reason therefor, passed. The general
tax act was made the special order for
to-morrow. The bill to provide stenog
raphers for Superior Court* passed. The
bill to repeal section 11 of the act to in
corporate Madison passed. The Senate
adjourned.
HOUfeK OF REPRESENTATIVES.
In the House, Mr. Meadors, of Madi
son county, moved to reoonsider the bill
to regulate the sale of opium. Mr. Ba
ker, of Bartow, supported the motion;
Messrs. Pittman and Chappell opposed.
The motion prevailed. Mr, Williams,
of Musoogee, moved to reconsider the
bill regulating the sale of liquor in Mus
cogee outside of Columbus. Mr. Wil
liams made a speech in favor of the mo
tion and Mr. Grimes against. The mo
tion prevailed and the bill passed. Bill
for the relief of H. B. and Bennett
Keerse, securities on a criminal bond,
passed. The following bills were intro
duced:
By Mr. Speer, of Spalding: To incor
porate the Merchants’ and Planters’
Bank, in Griffin.
By Mr. Black, of Richmond: To pre
scribe the manner and time for making
motions for new trials in County Courts;
to require the Mayor of Augusta to dis
charge the duties of Recorder, and limit
his salary to $2,600, to take effect at the
expiration of the present term for which
the Recorder is elected; also, to require
Courts to render judgment at the first
term, where no issuable plea is filed.
By Mr. Revill, of Meriwether: To or
ganize a Criminal Conrt in Meriwether.
By Mr. Jones, of Burke: To provide
for printing reports for the Department
of Agriculture.
Bills passed: To fix the compensation
of the Jndge of the County Conrt of
Richmond; to create a Board of Com
missioners in Lee county.
The Committee on the Lunatic Asy
lum report that institution in good con
dition and compliment the officials in
charge. It, recommends an appropria
tion of $260 for medioal works and
$20,000 for increased water facilities.
The Committee on the Academy for
the Blind compliment Mr. Williams and
his assistants and recommend an appro
priation of $15,000 for current expenses.
Mr. Baker, of Bartow, offered a reso
lution calling on the Governor for infor
mation concerning the share of Hon. A.
H. Stephens in the State Road which
was given to the State; what amount of
dividend has been received, etc. The
Herald yesterday published a statement
that Governor Brown expended seventy
one thousand dollars in the Legislature
ot ’7l to procure the lease.
Mr. Bacon, of Bibb, offered a resolu
tion asking the appointment of a com
mittee of investigation. Adopted.
Messrs. Furlow, Peeples and Walsh
were appointed from tbe Honse.
Hon. T. W. Grimes, of Muscogee, re
signed his seat in the House this morn
ing. This was caused by the passage of
a bill regulating the sale of liquor in
Muscogee outside of Columbus. The
bill was defeated Saturday. Mr. Wil
liams, of Muscogee, moved for recon
sideration, which prevailed, and the bill
passed. The Governor accepted the
resignation. Mr. Grimes proposes mak
ing an issue before the people, as the
bill does not reflect the sentiment of the
people of Muscogee. Ho made an effi
cient member and his resignation ia re
gretted. It is thought the House will
not accept it it.
A Number of Bill* Passed in the Keoate—Or
dinance* of Augusta for 1874 Declared of
Force—Convention Bill the Special Order
for Friday—Parage of the Tax Act—The
Senate Appoint* a Committee to Investl
gale the Charge of Bribery of the Legisla
ture of ’7l by Joe Brown—Ratification of
the Sale of the First Baptist Church of Au.
gjista—Limitation of the Issuance of Canal
Bonds by the City of Aogustn—Memorial
From Augusta Business Men.
[Special Dispatch to the Chronicle and Sentinel. |
THE STATE SENATE.
Atlanta, February B.—ln the Senate
to-day, Mr. Hudson, of the Twenty
eight District, moved to recommit the
bill authorizing the creation of trust es
tates for certain persons, to tbe Judi
ciary Committee. Mr. Arnow’s reso
lution that the Governor transmit to the
Seuate the fforrespondence between the
Executive Department and Clews A Cos.
relative to the $146,000 in bonds alleged
to have been twice paid by the State
was adopted.
Bills passed:
To charter tbe Merchants’ Bank, of
Atlanta; to incorporate tbe Blue Ridge
Mining Company; to regulate and define
the liability of the State as the owner of
the Macon and Brunswick Railroad and
prescribe the mode of bringing suit
against the same—the laws in reference
to the State Road when run by the
State are made applicable to the Macon
and Brunswick Road. To regulate the
sale of liquor in Twiggs and Glascock
counties; to exempt from taxation cot
ton and oorn and other produce of the
previous year in the hands of the pro
ducer; to'fix the pay of jurors in Bnrke
county, and to change the time of hold
ing the Superior Court there;to declare of
force the ordinances of Augusta for
1874; to appoint trustees of the Macon
Guards, and to grant them certain
privileges; to amend the charter of
Miliedgeville.
The Convention bill is the special order
for Friday. The ta* act passed. The Sen
ate concurred in Mr. Bacon's resolution
for the appointment of a joint commit
tee to investigate certain oharges in the
Herald as to Governor Brown bribing
the Legislature of 1871 to procure its
endorsement of the State Road lease,
and appointed Messrs. MoDaniel and
Dußoee. The committee meets to-mor
row to begin the inveatigatin.
THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
In the House, the general bill re
quiring county oflloers to collect fines
and forfeitures and pay them into the
county treasury and provide for the dis
bursement of the same was made the
special order for Friday.
Bills passed : •
To regulate the bond of the Ordinary
of Greene county, and to abolish the of
fice of County 'treasurer; to prohibit
lawyers from becoming sureties on
bonds of county officers; to authorize
parties making voluntary assignment to
require the assignee to give bond; to
ratify the sale of the parsonage of the
First Baptist Church of Angnsta; to
regulate the pay of jurors in Macon
countv; to amend the act to regulato the
j weighing of cotton, rise, and other pio
i duce; to amend the set establishing a
! board tf education and orphanage in
! Bibb conntv; to amend the act creating
a County Court in Clarke county; to
submit the question prohibiting the sale
of liquor fo the voters of Beutland dis
trict, in Bibb to*utv.
The following subslitote was passed
in lieu of the original bHI luniring the
issuing of bonds by the city of Arigusta
for the completion of the canal-*
A bill tobeeutiti*** an act to define
and limit the power ot tiifi mnmeipal
authority of the city of to
issue bonds W tbe completion of the,
August i eaasl. ##4 *9 confirm the
bonds already issued fojr foe enlarge
ment of said canal as valid ss4 bind
jug.
Ssobox 1. Be it enaoted by the Gen
eral Assembly of Georgia, That the City
Oouucil of August* shall have power to
issue bonds, not to exceed GJ?e hundred
thousand dollars, to comjflflto fito Au
gusta canal. i
Sec. 2. Be it further enacted, Ac.,
That all the bonds heretofore issued by
the said City Council for the enlarge
ment of said Angnsta canal are hereby
confirmed and declared to be binding
and valid.
Sec. 3. Be it further enacted, Ac.,
That the second proviso of the fourth
section of “An act to provide for the
manner of issuing county and municipal
bonds, and to declare all bonds issued
contrary thereto null and void," ap
proved February $3,1874, as well as all
laws or parts of lavs in eonfliet with
this act be and the same are hereby re
bill to loan the credit of the
State to the Marietta, Canton and Eli
jay Railroad was made the special or
der for Friday.
A message was received from the Gov
ernor announcing the resignation of
Hon. T. W. Grimes. j
I Mr. Walsh presented a memorial from
manufacturers and dealers in fertilisers
1 at Augusta, praying foe a redaction of
inspectors’ fees to twenty-five cento per
ton. Referred to the Committee on
Agriculture.
A large number of local bills passed
in both houses. The general bill for
working roads and the appointment of
commissioners was lost after several
hours debate.
BILLS BY RICHMOND MEMBER*.
The following are the bills introduced
in the House of Representatives last
Monday by Mr. Black, of Richmond :
Jslffoeiu at tk* First Tern.
A Bill to be entitled an act to require
the Courts of this State to render judg
ment at the first term in certain cases,
and for other purposes.
Section 1. Be it enacted by the Gene
ral Assembly of Georgia, That from and
after the passage of this act the Courts
of this State shall render judgment at
the first term in all suits upon contracts
where an issnable plea is not filed on
oath.
Sec. 2. Be it farther enacted, That
nothing herein contained shall interfere
with the right of continuance in any
cases as now authorized by law.
New Trial* la County Court*.
A Bill to be entitled an act prescrib
ing the time and manner of making
and hearing motions for new trials in
criminal cases before the County
Court.
Section 1. Be it enacted by the Gene
ral Assembly of Georgia, That from and
after the passage of this act, all motions
for new trials in criminal cases tried be
fore the County Coarts of this State
shall be made within ten days from the
date of conviction, and in the same
manner and under the same rales of
practice as are now of force in the Su
perior Courts of the State.
Akolisbing tke Recorder's Office.
A bill to require the Mayor of the city
of Augusta to discharge the duties of
the Recorder of said city, to limit the
salary of said Mayor and for other
purposes.
Section 1. Be it enaoted by the Gen
eral Assembly of Georgia, That after
the expiration of the present term of
the Recorder of the city of Augusta the
duties of said office shall be discharged
by the Mayor of said city, who shall be
clothed with all the power, authority
and jurisdiction heretofore conferred by
law npon said Recorder.
Sec. 2. Be it farther enacted, That the
salary of said Mayor shall not exceed
$2,500 per annum.
Mr. Clark, of Richmond, introduced
the following bills, of which .we have not
received the full text:
An act to amend an aot entitled “An
act to amend section 4441 of the Code of
Georgia” in regard to hunting on unen
closed lands. A’s’o, an act to
section 4560 of the Code of 1873 in re
gard to vagrancy.
Bill* Introduced and Bills Passed—DUcus
lion on the Bill to Repeal the Act Creating
a State Board of Health—lnformation
Wanted Concerning tho Agricultural Land
Scrip Fond.
[Special Dispatch to the Chronicle and Sentinel.]
THE STATE SENATE.
Atlanta, Ga., February 9.— ln the
Senate to day, the bill to modify the
lottery law of the State, repealing the
act incorporating the Masonic State
Lottery was lost. Yeas, 15; nays 21.
The‘following bills were passed:
To provide a Board of Commissioners
for Putnam county; to regulate the fees
of the Attorney-General in certain cases;
to repeal the act to establish a County
Court in Screven; to authorize the
Jndge of Hancock County Court, and
other citizens, to negotiate bonds to
build anew court honse; for the relief
of B. H. Ivey and G. W. Cody from the
penalty on a criminal bond of E. B.
Parham; to amend the charter of San
dersville and Tennille Railroad Com
pany; to regulate legal advertising by
amending the present law; to provide a
penalty for escapes from chain gangs.
The bill to incorporate the Atlanta
College of Dental Surgery, the general
tax bill and the bill to exempt from tax
ation orops in the hands of the producer
on the first of April, passed yesterday,
were reconsidered. The following bills
were introduced:
By Mr. Peavey, of the Thirty-sixth
District: To authorize executors and
administrators to buy property at their
own sales in certain ceses.
By Mr. Reese, of the Twenty-ninth
District: To provide a remedy for cer
tain persons having liens under section
1979 of the Code.
THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
Mr. Furlow, of Sumter, was excused
from serving on the committee to in
quire into the charges of bribery against
the Legislature of 1871, and Mr. Smith,
of Lowndes, was appointed in his place.
The investigation begins to-morrow.
The following bills were introduced :
By Mr. Lamkin, of Columbia: To
regulate thewgranting of liquor licenses
in Columbia county.
By Mr. Wessalousky, of Dougherty:
To consolidate the offices of Clerk of
Superior Court and Treasurer in Dough
erty county.
By Mr. Battle, of Jefferson: For the
relief of J. W. Grubb, as Tax Collector
of Burke.
By Mr. Black, of Richmond: To in
corporate the Augusta Insurance Com
pany; to prescribe the duties and fix the
term of Solicitor of t}je County Court
of Richmond; to authorize the Treas
urer to pay certain past due coupons of
the State.
By Mr. Walsh, of Richmond: To in
corporate the Atlantic and Mexican
Gulf Canal Company.
By Mr. Colley, of Wilkes : To amend
the aot creating a County Court in
Wilkes.
The bill to repeal the act creating tho
State Board of Health was taken up and
disoussed at length. A motion to in
definitely, postpone was lost. Mr. Bacon
moved to recommit, which motion pre
vailed. The will not be repealed,
though there Is a strong pressure to
break it down. hfegsrs. Carlton, Law
ton, Pittman, Warren, Harrison and
Thomas spoke against the repeal;
Messrs. Baker, Revill and Turnbull fa
vored the bill.
Mr. Carlton introduced a resolution
calling on the Governor for a detailed
statement of the funds received from the
agricultural land scrip.
Mr. Candler offered a resolution re
questing our representatives in Congress
to use efforts to procure such modifica
tion of the law as will stop prosecutions
where the acts complained of date back
two years.
DORSEY DONE FOR.
Tke Liffkt* and Shadows of a Carpet-bag
Senator’s Career.
Senator Dorsey haying, by his own
petition, been adjudged a bankrupt,
notices have bpsn fprwarded to his
creditors that a meeting will be held in
Helena, Arkansas, March 4, 1876, to
prove debts against his estate and to
ohoose an assignee. The total liabili
ties are $183,580. Among the creditors
named is J. E. Gregg, of Urbana, Ohio,
who has a claim of $8,200. This man
came to Washington in the Summer of
1873, with a letter of introduction from
Senator Dorsey, then and now a mem
bei of the Senate Committee on District
Affairs. Although he was entirely un
acquainted with the kind of work that
the Board of Publio Works was then
prosecuting, Mr. Shepherd at oDce as
signed him contracts Nos. 806 and 809,
for laying wood pavements and con
structing sewers, the cost of which was
estimated to exceed $200,000. He at
once farmed them out. About the same
time £he S.enatqr bought a house on
Connecticut avenge Um Hr. Shepherd !
for $16,000, aud pqrobased forniture
from a Northern firm to piaoe iu it
for $15,000 more. The wand house
warming with which the Senator cele
brated hia removal to the honse will
be remembered by *ll the members of
tbe mg'’ fp4 their friends who were
present m h obp ot the most brilliant
events of the season*." Soon after, the
cash resources of the Distriot govern
ment were exhausted, and its securities
and certificates, in which contractors
were paid, were depreciated like the
French assignates, so that the Allowing
Board prite* proved to be a cheat, and
the large anticipated profits dwin
dled into nothing. After the downfall
of the Shepherd maladministration, Sen
ator Dorsey was compelled tt) return the
mansion to i£i. Shepherd. The drafts
on London given 'in payment for the fur
niture earn* back protested, but Mr.
Shepherd toot the furniture off;
the ntri c TL- / y, a hands, ana gaje his note
in exohang a fo* top goto* outstanding.
Thus Mr. Shepherd l 6 nothing, but
Mr. Gregg is still on the list of creditors.
Of course, the fact that Mr. Gregg got
contests through Senator Dorsey s in
fluence" aud tot* he flow appears as one
of Dorsey’s creditor*, proves nothing
improper, but it is, to say the leas., sug
gaatiye. | ,
A SAASHiNqTBAito49I7ON.—LMt Mon
day night some unknown fcdjylaual
smashed one of the panes of dsss in the
show window of Mr. C. Elias- store, on
the south side of gro#d street, between
Campbell and Jackson streets and ap
propriated two bottles Ot champagne
and about a hundred and twenty-five
cigars. Value between twenty-five and
thirty dollars. The thief first tned to
ant oat tbe glass, but, filing to ti>,
adopted tbe easier plan of smashing it.
This is tbe seeond time that Mr. miss
has been robbed. The tbtof in the first
instance was captured.
Scotch saying—A doar plant wi’ a
men’s naam on’s a vaaiy goad thing, but
a plast wi’ a men’s dinner on’s a
better.
TURNING THE TABLES.
JEFF DAVIS’ OPINION OP BLAINE
AND THB "SKULKERS OF THE
FIGHT.”
Tke Confederate Attempt* fat Bdhalf ot tke
Vrlmun-A Remarkable Interview Be
tween Lee and Grant—The Ex-President
1* Net to a Honor to Sue for Amnesty.
Washington, February 6.r-Jefferson
Davis has written the following letter to
Judge Lyons, of Riohmond, Va.:
New Orleans, January 27, 1876.
Hon. James Lyons— My Dear Friend
—Your very kind letter of the 14th inst.
was forwarded from Memphis and has
been received at this place. I have been so
long the object of malignant slander and
the subject of unscrupulous falsehood by
partisans of the class of Mr. Bliine,
that, though I cannot say it has become
to me a matter of indifference, it has
ceased to excite my surprise, even in
this instance, when it reaches the extre
mity of accusing me of cruelty to pris
oners. What matters to one whose ob
ject is personal and party advantage,
that the records, both Federal and
Confederate, disprove the charge; that
the country is full of witnesses who
bear oral testimony against it; and
that the effort to revive the bit
ter animosities of the war obstruct
the progress toward the reconciliation
of tbe sections. It is enough for him if
his self-seeking purposes be promoted.
It would, however, even seem probable
that such expectations must be disap
pointed, for only those who are wilfully
blind can fail to see in the circumstances
of the case the fallacy of Mr. Blaine’s
statements. The published fact of an
attempt to suborn Wirz, while under
sentence of death, by promising him
pardon if he would criminate me in re
gard to Andersonville prisoners, is con
clusive as to the wish of the Government
to make such a charge against me, and
the failure to do so shows that nothing
could be found to sustain it. May we
not say the evidence of my innocence
was such that Holt and Conover,' with
their trained band of suborned witnesses,
dared not make against me this charge,
which Wirz, for bis life, would not
make, bat which Blaine, for tbe Presi
dential nomination, has made ? Now
let us review the leading facts of the
case. The report- of the Confederate
commissioner for the exchange of pris
oners shows how persistent and liberal
were our efforts to secure the relief Of
the oaptives. Failing in those attempts,
I instructed General Robert E. Lee to
go under a flag of truce and seek an in
terview with General Grant, to represent
to him the suffering and death of the Fed
eral prisoners held by ns, to explain the
causes whioh were beyond our control,
and to urge, in the name of humanity,
i the observance of the cartel for the ex
change of prisoners. To this, as to all
previous appeal, a deaf ear was turned.
I will not attempt from memory to
write the report made to me of the in
cidents of this mission. Lee no longer
lives to defend the cause and country he
loved so well and served so efficiently;
but Gen. Grant cannot fail to remember
so extraordinary a visit, and his objec
tions to executing tbe cartel are well
known to the public. But whoever else
may choose to forget my efforts in this
regard, the prisoners at Andersonville
and the delegates I permitted them to
send to President Lincoln to plead for
the resumption of the exchange of pris
oners cannot fail to remember how will
ing I was to restore them to their homes
and to the comforts of which they were
in need, provided the imprisoned sol
diers of the Confederacy should be in
like manner released and returned to us.
This foul accusation, though directed
especially against me, was no doubt in
tended, and naturally must be the ar
raignment of the South by whose au
thority and in whose behalf my deeds
were done. It may be presumed
that the feelings and the habits of
Southern Bolders were understood by
me and, in that connection, any fair
mind would perceive in my congratula
tory orders to the army after a victory,
in which the troops were most commen
ded for their tenderness and generosity
to the wounded and other captives, as
well the instincts of the person who
issued the order as the knightly temper
of the soldiers to whom it was address
ed. It is admitted that the prisoners in
our hands were not as well provided for
as we would like to have had them; but
it is claimed that we did as well for
them as we could. Can the other side
say as much ? To the bold allegations
of ill treatment of prisoners by our side
aud tbe humane treatment and adequate
supplies by our opponents, it is only
necessary to offer two facts. 1. It ap
pears from the reports of the United
States War Department that, though we
had 60,000 more Federal prisoners than
they had Confederates, 6,000 more of
tbe Confederates died than Northern
prisoners.
The want and suffering of men in
Northern prisons caused me to ask for
permission to send out cotton and buy
supplies for them. The request was
granted, but only on condition that the
cotton should be Bent to New York, and
the supplies be bought there. Gen.
Beale, now of St. Louis, was authorized
to purchase and distribute the needful
supplies. Our sympathy rose with the
occasion, and responded to its demands,
not waiting for ten years, and then to
vaunt itself when it could serve no good
purpose to the sufferers. Under the
mellowing influences of time aud occa
sional demonstrations at the North of a
desire for the restoring of peace and
good will, the Southern people have
forgotten much and have forgiven much
of the wrongs they bore. If it be less
so among their invaders, it is but
another example of the rule that the
wrong-doer is less able to forgive than
he who has suffered causeless wrong. It
is not, however, generally among those
who braved the hazards of battle that
unrelenting vindictiveness is to be
found. The brave and generous
are gentle. It is the skulkers
of the fight, like Blaine, who dis
play their flag on an uutented field.
They made no sacrifice to prevent
tlie separation of the States. Why
should they bo expected to promote the
confidence and good will essential to
their union ? When closely confined at
Fortress Monroe I was solicited to add
my name to those of many esteemed
gentlemen who had signed a petition
for my pardon, and the assuranoe was
given that on my doing so, the Presi
dent would order my liberation. Con
fident of the justice of our cause, and
the rectitude of my own conduct, I de
clined to sign the petition and remained
subject to the inexcusable privations and
tortures which Dr. Craven has but faint
ly described. When, after the two
years of close confinement, I was admit
ted to bail, as often as required I ap
peared for trial under the indictment
found against me, but in which Mr.
Blaine’s fictions do not appear. The in
dictment was finally quashed on no ap
plication of mine; nor have I ever evad
ed or avoided a trial upon any charge
the General Government might choose
to bring against me, end b a ? e no
view of the futnre which makes it de
sirable to me to be # included
in an amnesty hill. • Yiewed in the
abstract, or as a general question, I
would be glad tQ see tfle repeal of all
laws inflicting the penalty .of political
disabilities on classes of people, that it
might, as prescribed by the Constitu
tion, be left to the Courts to decide the
cause aud to affix penalties according to
legislation.
The discrimination made against our
people is unjust and unpolitic if the
fact be the equality and the purpose be
fraternity among the citizens of the
United Conviction and sentence
without a hearing, without a jurisdic
tion, aqd the affixing of penalties by ex
post facto legisjation are part of a pro
c eding which had ij® appropriate se
quel iff the assumption bjF Congress of
the executiye function of granting par
dons tq remove political disabilities
Which th.ere was no legal power to im
pose. 'J?his not §n act of so much
gracp as tq form A plqqsiblp pretext for
the reckless diaippe pf Mr- slaine.
The papers preserved by Dr. Ste
venson happily furnish full proof
of the causes of disease and
death at Andersonville. They are
now, I believe, in Richmond, and it
is to be hoped their publication will
not be mnch longer delayed. I have no
taste for recrimination, though the aad
recitals made by oar soldiers returned
from Northern prisons can never be for
gotten, and yon will remember the ex
citement those produced, and censori
ous Dublications wliioh was uttered
againsi me because I would not visit on
the helpless prisoners in oar handß such
barbamies as, according to reports, had
been inflicted upon our men. Impris
onment is a hard lot at be§t, and pris
oners are prone to exaggerate their
sufferings. Such was probably the case
on both sides. But we did not seek by
reports of commissioners with photo
graphing illustrations to inflame the
passion* of our people. Row was it
with our enemy i Let one example
suffice : You may remember the pub
lished report of the oommittep of the
Unjtefl States Gongress,which was sent to,
Annapolis to jisit apme exchanged pris
oners, and which had appended to it
photographs of some emaciated sub
ject*, which were offered as samples of
prisoners returned from the South.
Wh,en s copy of that report was repeiwpd,
I sent to CoL Oulfl, commissioner let
the exchange of prisoners, and learned,
as J aniimpstefl, that the photographs
had been taken from men who were in
our hospitals when they were liberated
for exchange, and whom the post Bur
geon regarded aa convalescent, bnt too
weak to be removed with safety to them
selves. The anxiety of the prisoners to
be sent to their homes had prevailed over
the objections of the surgeon. Bat this
is not all, for I have recently learned
from a priest, who was then at Annapo
lis, that the moßt wretched looking of
these photographs were taken from a
man who had never been a prisoner, bnt
who had been left on a sick list ai An
napoils when tbe command to which he
w as attached had passed that place on its
southward march. Whatever may be said
in extenuation ol such imposture because
of the exigencies of war, there can be
no each excuse uow for the attempt of
Mr. Blaine, by gross misrepresentations
and slanderous accusation, to revive the
worst passions of the war, and it is to be
hoped that much aa the event is to be
regretted it will have the good effect of
evoking truthful statements in regard to
this little understood subject from men
who would have preferred to leave their
sorrowful story untold, if the subject
could have beeu allowed peacefully to
sink into oblivion. Mutual respect is
needful for the common interest and is
essential to a friendly feeling, and when
slander proceeds from high places, the
public welfare demands that truth
should strip falsehood of its power for
evil. I am, respectfully and truly, your
friend,
[Signed] Jefferson Davis.
THE WHLBK.Y CANES.
Additional Reiaforcrments far Babcock—
“He Tkou*ht He Was Servlag the Admin
istration and His Party”—The Presideut
Expected ta Testify.
Sx. Louis, February 7.—C. C. Smif
fin, Assistant Secretary to the Presi
dent, is here. The defense will explain
Babcock’s notes, and support McDon
ald and Joyce by showing the high po
sition held by these men with Babcock’s
superiors. Babcock thought he was
advancing the interest of the Adminis
tration aud his political party by sup
porting their views, but had no knowl
edge of a whisky ring. It is expected
the President will testify.
Sf. Louis, February 7.- Babcock ap
peared in Court to answer the indict
ment charging him with complicity in
the whisky frauds, attended by Judge
John K. Porter, of New York ; Emory
A. Storrs, of Chicago ; ex-United States
Attorney-General Williams, and Judge
John M. and Chester H. Krum, of St.
Louis, as coflbsel. His father-in-law, U.
S. Marshal Campbell, of the Northern
Distriot of Illinois, and his brother, C.
W. Babcock, of Kansas, sat in the Court
room near him. District Attorney D.
P. Dyer and special counsel, James J.
Broadhead and Major Lucien Eaton,
' appeared for the Government. It was
General Babcock’s first appearanoe in
Court since his indictment.
The formality of pleading “not guil
ty” was gone through with. The
jurors remaining on the old panel
and those especially summoned for this
case were called over. But half of them
responded, they having been selected
from outside of St. Louis county and
some of them not having had time to
arrive. Mr. Storrs stated that the coun
sel for defense very much needed an
other day for consultation and also
awaited the arrival of very important
documentary evidence. The counsel
for the Government made no objection
to delay and after a brief consideration
Judge Dillon announced that the case
wouid go over until to-morrow morn
ing, but that at two, p. m., the jurors
would be called again that it might be
seen who were present.
THE WHISKY FRAUDS.
Opening of tlie Babcock Case*
St. Louis, February B.—There was no
delay in securing a jury. Three or four
were put through a rigid inquiry. The
jury ia well distributed throughout the
State. The District Attorney announc
ed no more whisky cases for this special
term, and the jurors.outside of this
panel were discharged. The District
Attorney then addressed the jury on the
part of the prosecution.
He repeated the history of the con
spiracy, which was organized in 1871,
stating that it involved all distillers and
rectifiers, and Government officers and
employees here, and had its ramifica
tions even in Washington. He cited
several dispatches alledged to have pass
ed between Joyce, McDonald, Avery
and Babcock, to show that the two lat
ter persons were engaged in the con
spiracy and corresyrnded with the con
spirators. Tho dispatches between
Joyce and Babcock, touching the ap
pointment of Col. C. Constantine Ma
guire as collector of internal revenue,
after the death of Chas. W. Ford, were
cited, and Col. Dyer stated that it would
be proved that from that time on the
defendant furnished information to the
ring here. The Department was thwart
ed in all efforts to get an investigation
that would reveal the frands, for
the reason that all revenue agents sent
here to examine affairs were either
bought up on their arrival, or advices
had been received here of their contem
plated visits, and opportunity thus
giv-m the distiller to straighten up and
show regular work. Mr. Dyer claimed
that it would be clearly shown that
Babcock not only had full knowledge of
the existence of the frauds which were
carried on, but that he aided the con
spirators in their work, and received
money directly from Joyce, who mailed
it to him. Baboock and Avery were the
two men at Washington who kept the
ring posted, even after the indictment
of General McDonald. Babcock, it
would be proved, was in secret corres
pondence with him. The evidence, Col.
Dyer said, would, iu a measure, be cir
cumstantial, but there would not be a
link missing in the chain.
From New Orleans.
New Orleans, February B.—By order
of Judge Woodhull, telegraphic dis
patches are at the disposal of the. grand
jury- _
THE BABCOCK CASE.
Proceedings in the Trial Yesterday.
St. Louis, February 9.—Acting under
the advice of the Court, given just be
fore adjournment ]ast night, the Gov
ernment counsel in the Babcock trial
to-day passed over the conspiracy in ’7l
and ’72, and produced the testimony to
show the expenses and operations of the
whisky ring from ’73 to ’76. No direct
evidence was brought out against Gen.
Baboook, the testimony being general
in character, and tending to show who
were in the conspiracy and to what ex
tent. James M, Fitzroy was put on the
stand at the opening of tbe morning
session, and kept there an hour and a
half. Fitzroy was Deputy Collector of
the Internal Revenue, and after the de
parture of Conduce McGrue in Novem
ber, ’72, became the active business
man of the ring. Serlentoff, foreman of
Ulrio’s distillery, waa also examined.
Auother Postponement—How the Presided
ie to Be Examined.
Mr. Storrs stated that thq defense had
intended to have the personal attend
ance of Fresjdeut Qrant as a witness,
but as the case now stands he thought
this would not he nepessary, particular
ly as the exigencies of pubfiic affairs re
quire his attendance at Washington.
He then proposed ta the cannsej far the
prosecution that they should meet with
the counsel for the defense and agree
upon the questions and cross questions
to be put to the President, and that the
examination should be made before the
Chief Justice of the Supreme Court.
Col. Dyer said he had no particular
objections to such an arrangement if it
.should appear, after examining the in
terrogatories of the defense, that the
Government could boas well in this way
as by the personal presence of the Presi
dent.
Mr. Storrs seated that they had their
questions written out',’ and asked the
Court to prolong the session until 3, p.
m., to give counsel for the government
time to prepare their cross questions.
This the pourt agreed to.
Qn the reassembling of the Court Dis
trict Attorney flyer stated that the coun
sel for the Government flafl met tffe ooun
sel for thp defense regarding the ques
tions to bp gent to Washington, but
they had not time to prepare the inter
rogatories. Re therefore asked the
Court to adjourn until to-morrow morn
ing to aflbrd both sides an opportunity
to properly arrange their questions and
cross questions, and that counsel may
leave to-night for Washington, and ar-_
rive there in time to have a deposition
taken on Batnrday, and the Court ad
journed until to-morrow.
A. LEAF YEAR TRAGEDY.
• . [From the Chicago Tribune.]
They stood together in the entry be
neath the hall-lamp. “Then, Henry,”
she said, in a low voice, wherein were
blended determination, melancholy and
loye, “you refuse my suit?” “Yes,
Ella,” he replied, in accents that were
firm, though the speaker’s voice trem
bled. “I admire you; I will be a
brother to you, and watch With pride
yonr course through life, and if ever
troqble should hefall you there will at
least be one friend to whom you can
come for succor; but I can never, never
be your husband." “It is not because
I am poor, Renry ? For, oh, if that
were all, ? could toil gladly from morn
till night for you, and strive and win a
home for you, humble it might be, but
Our own." ‘‘Jt is useless to attempt to
indqce m® to change my determination.
Though Jam but a poor, weak man, I
can never, never change my sum. ’
“Then, cruel young man, so fair, and.
yet so false, farewefl. To-morrow you
will see my mangled remains on the lec
ture platform, and know that it has been
your work. But it will be too late,” and,
clasping him to her bosom in a wild em
brace, she fled into the oatop darkness.
som Timm news.
Josh Billings will be in Columbia the
15th.
The river bridge near Orangeburg is
completed.
The bridges and highways in Aiken
county need attention.
They had a jail breaking in Laurens
ville the night of the Ist.
J. St. Julien Yates, Esq., has located
at Kingstree to practice law.
Mr. F. B. Johnson has a beautiful
residence overlooking Louisville.
The tramway connecting Manning and
Foreston will be completed by April.
The Blue Bidge Mountains, for miles
around Walhalla, are oovered with
snow.
Mr. Edward H. Burton has been ap
pointed Deputy Collector of the Colum
bia distriot.
It cost eight dollars in Clarendon to
convict a thief of stealing one hen. Ex
pensive justice. *
Miss Julia Smith, of Union oounty,
was recently severely injured by a fall
from her horse.
The Aiken Hook and Ladder Com
pany, No. 1, are to have an entertain
ment on the 22d.
Mr. James O. Saxon was in Laurens
ville on the 4th, on a visit to that place
after a two years’ absence.
■ Miss Mary P. Eldredge, of Virginia,
has charge of the musical department of
Laurensville Female College.
Mr. James C. Foster, with his young
bride, has returned from Arkansas to
Spartanburg to settle permanently.
Stephen Young, negro, was hung at
Chester, January 28th, for the murder
of Geo. Mercer, negro, at Blaokstook,
last December.
The Charles Pinckney Literary So
ciety of Anderson was reorganized on
Tuesday evening last, and the following
officers elected : W. H. Frierson, Presi
dent; A. S. Todd, Vice-President; H.
G. Scudday, Secretary and Treasurer.
Orangeburg News and Times : “The
Augusta Chroniot.e and Sentinel is
taking the Democratic Executive Com
mittee of that State to task for a usur
pation of power. Our contemporary is
certainly right, if its version of the ac
tion of the committee be correct.” „
It is reported that a large amount of
greenbacks and bonds—about $6,000 —
was stblen from the residence, in Co
lumbia, of Col. L. Cass Carpenter, the
Collector of Internal Revenue, the
morning of the 4th. Col. Carpenter and
family were chloroformed, it is said.
Governor Vance will deliver in Ches
ter, S. C., his popular lecture, “The
Scattered Nation,” the proceeds of the
lectnre to be given to the Ladies’ Me
morial Association, to aid in completing
the monument to be erected at Colum
bia in memory of the Confederate dead.
The Sooiety of Mount Zion College at
Winnsboro, mei at Winnsboro on the
Ist, and elected Joseph B. McCauls,
Esq., President, and G. H. MoMaster
Secretary and Treasurer. This sooiety
is over a hundred years old, and the
school was at one time a chartered col
lege.
Hon. Joel B. Skipper, of Horry, is
dead, aged seventy-six. He was Jus
tice of the Peace twenty-four years, and
served in the State Senate from 1843 to
1852. In 1865 he was elected delegate
to the Perry Constitutional Convention,
and in the same year elected to the
Senate, where he served two sessions.
The average number of inmates per
day of the penitentiary for the first
three months of the last fiscal year was
148. There are now 359 in oonfinement.
There are about 60 inmates of the va
rious county jails to be sent to the peni
tentiary. The superintendent requires
an appropriation of at least $40,000 for
its maintenance.
After an inquest over the body of
Jackson Johnson, the'verdict of the
jury was that the deceased came to his
death from a gunshot wound, in the
hands either of Wesley Brooks or Albert
Kirkland. Nine witnesses testified in
the case, whose testimony was conflict
ing. The parties are now in the oounty
jail. The shooting took plaoe near
Dr. Peeples’s plantation, in Barnwell
oounty.
The penny readings in Columbia are
delightful.
Mr. C. J. Davis, of Monok’s Corner,
killed a Chester pig, six months old,
weighing 305 pounds.
The Senate has unanimously confirm
ed the appointment of James M. Braw
ley as auditor of Chester county.
The reported thieving from Hon. L.
Cass Carpenter’s residence, in Colum
bia, seems to be enveloped in a sort of
mistiness, as it were.
The Williamston Female College has
opened its Spring session. Eighty
three pupils were enrolled the first day
—the largest opening ever had.
Mr. Charles E. Edmondton has been
appointed olerk of the Court of General
Sessions of Aiken county to fill the un
expiredjterm of Joseph Quash, deceased.
There is a colored Presbyterian
Church near Fairview, in Greenville
county, with a membership of seventy
or eighty. The pastor is from North
Carolina.
The Town Council of Pendleton has
recently planted shade trees in the pub
lic square. They consist entirely of
water oaks and elms, which in the
course of a few years will add much to
the appearance of the plaoe.
A State Convention of the Union Re
publican party of South Carolina will
be held at Columbia, on Tuesday, the
11th day of April, 1876, at 12 o’clock,
m., in the State House, for the purpose
of choosing fourteen delegates to repre
sent the Union Republican party of the
State in the National Convention of the
Union Republican party, to be conven
ed at the city of Cincinnati, Ohio, on
the day of June next. The Con
vention will transact such other business
as may be deemed necessary. The
Convention will be composed of 184
delegates, apportioned among the several
counties in aocordanoe withThe ratio of
representation iq the House of Repre
sentatives.
•Harried in South Carolina,
In Winnsboro, Thomas R. Brown, of
Camden, to Mattie Poteet.
In Spartanburg, Julius Melton to
Jane Bridges; A. Gibson to Nanoy New
ton; J. Holland to Miss Arkansas Mc-
Combs.
In Chester county, P. W. Hardin to
Laura Brown; Ephraim Hudson to Mrs.
Emeline Allen; Waturs Pendergrass to
Rhoda Ann Wise; David P. Morrow to
Harriet Jane Lowry; Jeremiah Brake
field to Lizzie Worthyj R. Curtis Stew
art'to Miss M. M. Allbright.
Med in South Carolina.
In Kingstree, David Epps.
In Newberry, Reuben Chick.
In Tim mops ville, Daniel McEacbern.
In Orangeburg county, Dr. Joseph A,
Kellar.
In Chester county, Mrs. Sarah Wylie,
aged 9a
Sals of Securities. —The following
securities belonging to the estate of Nel
son Carter, deceased, were sold in front
of the National Exchange Bank, yester
day, at half-past twelve o’olock, by. Col.
C. V. Walker, auctioneer:
Oue SI,OOO bond of the Atlantic and
Gulf Railroad Company (consolidated
mortgage) 7 per cent., currency, interest
Ist July and Ist January, to Mr. Wayne,
of Savannah, at 7'o|.
One SSOO same to same buyer, at 70$.
One SSOO same to same buyer, at 70}.
One sooo same to T. P. Branch, at
72J.
One SSOO same to T. P. Branch, at
72*.
One SSOO same to Mr. Wayne, at 725.
One SSOO same to T. p. branch, at
72*.
One £ I,OOC| bond of the Burlington,
Cedar Hapids and Minnesota Railroad
Company, 7 per cent, gold, to Wm. A.
Walton, Esq., at 36.
One SI,OOO City of Augusta bond, due
Ist December, 18$Q, interest 7 per cent.,
to J. A. Ghristian, at 94}.
One SI,OOO same to same buyer, at 94.
One SI,OOO same to same buyer, at 94.
One SI,OOO same to T. P. Branch, at
931.
One SI,OOO same to T. P. Branch, at
93.
One SI,OOO bond, same, to Mr. Wayne
at 93.
One SSOO bond of the Mississippi and
Tennessee Railroad Company, 8 per
cent., currency, to W- A. Walton, Esq.,
at 64*.
One SSOO, same, to same buyer at 64.
One SSOO, same, to Alfred Baker at
63}.
One SIOO, same to W. A. Walton, Esq.,
at 64.
One SI,OOO bond of the Mississippi
Central Railroad Company, 8 per cent.,
currency, second mortgage, to G. P.
Curry at 62}.
One SI,OOO, same, to Alfred Baker at
62}.
One $1 ,000 bond’of the Selma, Ma
rion, and Memphis Railroad Company,
endorsed by the State of Alabama, 7 per
cent, interest in gold, to J. B. Carter at
“Ik e SI,OOO, same, to J. B. Carter at 12.
One SI,OOO, same, to J. B. Carter at
jjne SI,OOO bond of the State of Geor
gia, 7 per cent, gold quarterlies, recog
nized number, to Mrs. E. H. Tubman
at 103}.
One SI,OOO, same, to same buyer, at
103*.
One SI,OOO, same, to same buyer, at
103}.
One SI,OOO, same, to same buyer, at
103}.
DIED,
On the morning of the 29th of Jimury, et his
residence in Columbia oounty, Mr. OBEKN J.
DOZIER, in the B*th year of hie ege. A pure Chris
tian, e model planter end eetimeble neighbor, i *
FOB THE SEM
BLANKETS.
12*4 Fine While Blanksts for sl.
COMFORTS,
Woeltn and Cotton Spreads.
• Heavy Ca§§imeres.
Jeans and Flannels.
UNDERSHIRTS FOR LADIES, MEN
AND CHILDREN*
SUPER STOUT HOSE AND HALF
HOSE.
Woolen Hosiery for Children.
UMBRELLAS.
CHRISTOPHER GRAY k GO.
decs
THE GREAT REPUTATION
Which Vkoetini has attained in all parts of
the country as a
Great and Good Medicine,
And the luge number of testimonials which
are constantly being received from persons
who have been cured by its use, are conclusive
E roofs of its great value. It is reoommended
y physicians and apothecaries. Asa Blood-
Purifier and Health-Keßtorer it has do equal.
Veqetine is not prepared for a fancy drink
made from poor liquors, which debilitates the
system and tends to destroy health instead of
restoring it.
Are not the many testimonials given for the
different oomplaints satisfactory to any reason
able persons suffering from disease that they
can be cured ? Bead the different testimoni
als given, and no one can doubt. In many of
these cases the persons say that their pain and
suffering cannot be expressed, as in the cases
of Scrofula, where, apparently, the whole body
was one mass of oorruption. If Veqetine will
relievo pain, cleanse, purify and cure such dis
eases, restoring the patient to perfect health
after trying different physicians, many reme
dies, buffering for years, is it not conclusive
proof, if you are a sufferer, you ean be cured ?
Why is this medicine performing such great
cures ? It works in the blood; in the circula
ting fluid. It can truly be called the Great
Blood Purifier. The great source of disease
originates in the blood; and no medicine that
does not act directly upon it, to purify and
renovate, has any j ust claim upon public atten
tion. When the blood becomes lifeless and
stagnant, either from of weather or
climate, want of exercise, irregular diet, or
from any other cause, the Veqetine will renew
the blood, carry off the putrid humors, cleanse
the stomach, regulate the bowels and impart a
tone of vigor to the whole body. The convic
tion is, in the public mind as well as in the
medical profession, that the remedies supplied
by the Vegetable Kingdom are more safe, more
successful, in the cure of disease, than mineral
medicines. Veqetine is composed of roots,
barks and herbs. It is pleasant to take, and is
perfectly safe to give an infant. Do you need
it ? Do not hesitate to try it. You will never
regret it.
Cannot Be Excelled.
Chablestown, Maroh 19, 1869.
H. R. Stevens:
Dear Sib— This is to certify that I have used
your "Blood Preparation” ia my family for
several years, and 1 think that, for Scrofula or
Cankerous Humors, or Rheumatic Affections,
it cannot be excelled; and, as a blood purifler
and Spring medicine it is the best thing I have
ever used, and I have used almost everything.
I can cheerfully recommend it to any one in
need of inch a medicine.
Yours, respectfully,
MRS. A. A. DINSMORE,
19 Russell Street.
What h Needed.
Boston, February 13, 1871.
Henry R. Stevens, Esq.:
Deab Sir—About one year since I found my
self in a feeble condition from general debili
ty. Veqetine was strongly reoommended to
me by a friend who had been much benefltted
by its use. I prooured the article, and after
using several bottles was restored to health
and discontinued its use. 1 feel quits confi
dent that there is no medicine superior to'it for
those oomplaints for which it is especially pre
pared, and would cheerfully recommend it to
those who feel that they need something to re
store them to perfect health.
RespecifulJy. yours,
U. L. PETTINGILL,
Firm of 8. M. Pettingill & Cos.,
No. 10 State St., Boston.
Gives Health, Strength and Appetite.
My daughter has received great benefit from
the use of the Veqqtine. Her declining health
was a source of great anxiety to all of her
friends. A fow bottles of the Veqetine re
stored her health, strength and appetite,
N. H, TILDEN,
Insurance and Beal Estate Agent,
No. 49 Sears Building, Boston, Mass.
Gained Fifteen Founds of Flesh.
South Berwick, Ms., January 17, 1872.
H. R. Stevens, Esq.:
Dear Sir— l have had dyspepsia in its worst
form for the last ten years, and have taken
hundreds of dollars’ worth of medicine without
obtaining any relief. In September last I com
menced taking the Veqetine, since wbieh time
my health has steadily improved. My food
digests well and I have gained fifteen pounds
of flesh. There are several others in this
place taking Veoitine, and .all have obtained
relief. Yours, truly,
THOMAS E, MOORE,
Overseer of Card Ream, Portsmouth Co.’s
Mills.
Fegetine is Sold hy All Druggists.
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Tie Merchants ami Hiners
TRANSPORTATION
Company’s Steamships,
JOHN HOPKINS, WM. KENNEDY,
WM. @&ANE BLACKBTONE,
WM. LAWRENCE McCLELLAN,
GEORGE APPOLD SARAGOSSA,
AMERICA.
WILL, on and after the 6th January, 1876,
ply regularly between Savannah, Ga.,
Baltimore, Md., and Providence, R. 1., carry
ing freight and paseengere at reasonable rates.
The first steamship of this line is appointed to
sail from Savannah on Wednesday, January
12th. Through bills lading will be signed for
cotton destined to the principal manufacturing
towns in the New England States, to Liverpool
by the Allen and Beaver Lines, and to Bremen,
Moscow, and St. Petersburg, by the North
German Lloyd’s Line from Baltimore.
For freight and passage apply to
JAB. B. WEST A Go,, Agents,
174 Bay street, Savannah.
A L. HUGGINS, Agent,
Baltimore, Md,
E. H. ROCKWELL, Agent,
Providence, B. I. ja9-3awlm
Exchange Saloon
AND
BEBTAURAN T.
THE EXCHANGE SALOON and BESTAU
BANT has been greatly unproved, and is
now a first-class Establishment in every re
spect. During the season I will be prepared
to serve meals at short notice and on reason
able terms. The RESTAURANT will be kept
constantly supplied with the choicest oysters
and the finest game and meats which can be
prooured. Meals prepared by the best cooks
and served in any style.
The LADIES’ RESTAURANT is entirely sep
arate from the gentlemen’s. Is in the second
story, with a separate entrance. It is hand
somely famished, and ladies receive the most
careful attention.
PRIVATE AND HANDSOMELY FURNISH
ED BOOMS for gentlemen and for private din
ners have been added to the building; also,
lodging apartments for transient boarders.
The BAR is supplied with the CHOICEST
WHISKIES, BRANDIES, WINES, etc., and the
best brands of CIGARS.
LEXIUS HENSON,
Near Comer Ellis and Mclntosh Streets.} |
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The Stager Sewing Machine Again
Triumphant.
rpHE WORLD’S AWARD AGAIN received by
1 the World’s Favorite. Number of sales
for 1874, 241,679, or 148,852 machines more
than was sold by any other oompany during
that year. See the sworn statements of
each company at the office of the Singer Man
ufacturing Company,lll Broad street, Augusta,
Ga. Agents wanted. WM. H. HAUL,
Jell- Ageat.
New Advertisements
GREAT
DRY GOODS SALE.
u P° n 4 change in my house, I desire to sell my present STOCK OF
CLEAN, NEW, FIRST'CL ABS GOODS at from oost to fifty per cent below cost. Twenty
five Cases Bleached and Brown Sheetings, Shirtings, Prints, Pant Stuffs, Ac., just received, will
So at net cost. Also, White Goods, Table Linen, Napkins, Towels, Hosiery, Gloves, Embroi
eries, Ribbons/
DRESS GOODS,
Colored Silks, Alpacas, <fcc., White and Colored Flannels, Cotton Flan
-11 j °°£ t I riß h Linen, Ac. Come early and secure best bargains.
i*No Goods charged, and 1 beg all who owe me to be good enough to settle by first Feb
rury, and greatly oblige, very respectfully,
M. S. KEAN.
Jan2B-d&w
The Dickson Fertilizer Company,
AUGUSTA, G A.,
Offers to Planters a fail Assortment of Fertilizers and Fertilizing Material
Of the best grade, and on terms favorable to all parties.
Ou.i* Cash Prices :
DICKSON COMPOUND $55 00 Per ton.
DIAMOND [A] COMPOUND 60 00 Per ton.
Our Time Prices.
DICKSON COMPOUND S6O 00 Per ton.
DIAMOND [A] COMPOUND 65 00 Per ton.
Drayage to boat or railroad, $1 per ton.
_ tTTj OUR TERMS.
f AUR terms for Time Sales are adapted to meet the wants of the Planter, and are arranged
W for accommodation. When deßired we GUARANTEE 150. Per lb. FOR COTTON—that is,
we agree to take cotton to cover the draft, delivered at our Warehouse in Augusta, at fifteen
cents per pound (for New York Middling, and proportionally more or loss for better or lower
grades) and to give you the choice when the time comes to deliver the cotton or pav the money.
Also. ALL STANDARD FERTILIZING MATERIALS.
Peruvian Guano, Nitrate of Soda,
Superphosphates and Dissolved Bone, Sulphate of Ammonia, •
Pure Fine Ground Raw Bone, Muriate of Potash,
Sulphuric Aoid, Nitrate of Potash,
Land Plaster, Fine Ground Prussian Rook Salt.
All at the lowest market prioes fbr articles of like quality. Special Formulas
, made to order,
JAMES T. GARDINER, President.
febß-tuth<fesa2m
5,000
LADIES’ WINDSOR TIES,
ALL SILK,
AT 25 CENTS EACH
THE
Greatest Bargain Ever Offered
iisr such goods r
135 DIFFERENT STYLES 1
JAMES A. GRAY & CO.
PLANTERS LOAI AID SAYINGS BANK,
223 Broad Street,
CAPITAL, - - - SIOO,OOO, WITH STOCKHOLDERS LIABILITY*
Interest Allowed on Deposits,
T. P. BRANCH, President. J, T. NEtVBKHY, Caßliier.
DIRECTORS :
THOS. W. OOSKERY, GEN. M. W. GARY, JAMES L. GOW
JUDGE WM. GIBSON, E. H. ROGERS, M. I. BRANCH.
Jan2o-tf
11(1 WAIT Mate or Female. Send your address
* ,W,J and get something that will bring you
WANT in honorably over $l5O a month sure.
MUIIJf Hasr-INVENTORS’ UNION,
mynahsj anls -4 W r,sGreenwich St., New York.
“ "DSYCHOMAIVCY, or SOUL, CHARMING.
X How either sea may fascinate and gain the
love and affections of any person they chooso in
stantly. Thla simple mental acquirement all ran
possess, free, by mail, for 86c., together with a Mar
riage Guide, Egyptian Oracle, Breams, Hints to La
dies, Wedding Night Shirt, Ac. A queer book. Ad
dress * T. WILLIAM & CO.,
janls-4w Publishers, Philadelphia.
A GREAT OFFER.
We will, during the Holidays, dispose oi 100
Pianos and Organs of first class makers, Including
Waters, at lower prices than ever before offered.
Monthly installments received running from 12 to 36
months. Warranted for 6 yearn. Second Hand In
struments at extremely low prices for cash. Illus
traied Catalogues Mailed. Agents warated. Ware
rooms 471 Broadway, N. V.
janlS-Bw HORACE WATERS A SONS,
B iqiALOGUE of New Books on BUILDING FREE.
* Bioknxu. A Cos., 27 Warren st., N. V.
_ decliMw
Wife No. 19.
BY ANN ELIZA YOUNG, BRIGHAM
YOUNG’S REBELLIOUS WIFE.
The only 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 Secrets, Mysteries and 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 Lave employment and
make from $5 to $lO daily. All Live Agents are
writing for Illustrated Circulars with Large Terms.
Sent free. Do not delay, but address DUSTIN, GIL
MAN & CO., Hartford, Ct., Chicago, 111., or Cincin
nati, Ohio. decliMw
ARTHURS
Household
* Magazine of America.’’ Two Serial Stories in
1876. “EAGLEBCLIFFE,” by Mrs. Juba C. R. IJorr;
and “MIRIAN,” by X. S. Atrhur. BUTTERICK’S
Newest Patterns in every nnmber. Terms, $2 60
per year; 8 copies for $6 80. Splendid Book offers
sud Premiums. Specimen nnmber, 10 cents.
TANARUS, 8, ARTHUR A SON, Philadelphia. Pa. nov2l4w
For
COUGHS, COLDS, HOARSENESS,
AND ALL THROAT DISEASES,
U*e
WELLS’ CARBOLIC TABLETS,
PUT UF ONLY IN BLUE BOXES.
A tried and sure remedy.
For sale by Druggiatf generally, and
JOHNSON HOLLOWAY & CO., Philadelphia, Pa.
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Coming’s German Cologne.
.A. NEW AND ELEGANT ARTICLE for
the Teilet. Sold at wholesale or retail by
BARRETT A LAND,
feb6-tf 270 Broad Street.
Dye four Hair!
By USING THE GEORGIA HAIR DYE. It
is the best in the market. Always Black, and
leaves the Hair with its natural gloss.
For sale by BARBETT A LAND,
feb6-tf 270 Broad Street.
Bathing Sponge.
A LOT, OF VERY SUPERIOR QUALITY,
just received and for sale by
BARBETT’ A LAND,
feb6-tf 270 Broad Street.
Teas ! Teas!
A FINE assortment of Green and Black
TEAS, for sale cheap, by
BARRETT A LAND,
feb6-tf 270 Broad Street.
A New Supply
OF GREEN’S AUGUST FLOWER and BOS
CHEE’S GERMAN SYRUP, just received
4t BARRET A i.AND’B,
feb6-tf 270 Bread Street.
Trusses! Trusses!
OF everv design and style, for sale low at
BARRETT A LAND’S.
feb6-tf 270 Broad,
NOTICE.
THE subscribers wish to employ a Male
or Female I’EAOHEK, IO take eharge of
a ■vnn.il eehooj, wbP can come well recommend
ed aa to character and qualification to teach
the English Branches, persons wishing the
situation can address either
* Die. D. B. VERDEL,
Or B. O. WALL, Sr.,
Janl6-w4 Flatwwd f. Q., Elbert Cos., G*.
BUGGY HARNESS FOR $10!
A GOOD substantial borne made Buggy
Harness may be bad at the above
price by calling on W. L. Sherman, Saddle and
Harness Maker, at Royal’s Shoo Store, opposite
Express office. Saddles and Harness of all
kinds made to order at prices in proportion to
the above figures. Orders from the country
promptly attended to. Don’t forget tho place—
Royal’s Shoe Store, opposite Express oflfee.
oclo-w3m W. L. l-HERMAN.
RAW FURS WANTED.
SEND for Prioe Current to A. E. BURK
11ARDT A CO.. Manufacturers and Ex
porters of American Fur Skins, 113 West
Fourth street, Cincinnati. They pay the high
est prices current in America. Shipping to
them direct will save the profits of middle men
and bring prompt cash returns. nov27-wßmo
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nailed free
> all appli
!*. This is
tb.c largest
t complete
fMftPub*
liiu about .
r 600 G'jfJ
igant r and
es lull dr -
direc ia is
aritZ .es of
s,l*;dJng
alapabfjto
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CGk,
Mich.
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THE J A6. LIXI'VEL
Double Turbine Water Wheol,
JZL MskUttLicturea oy
y? POOLE & HUNT.
Baltimore, Md.
IffH 7,000 AO W XV i iSEi ,
blmplo, Strong, Durable,
yjr always reliable aud satia-
Mauuthetorers, also, ci
Portable & Stationary
iri|/Enfries, Steam Boiler.
%llWi MiinrsSM Ha< ’ i/ * fa ri3t Mills, Mi- J,
'3UBS, slK?gFing Machinery,lieari as
for Cotton Kills, 11 JU r
tdlim&lneAffllo^an^itlie-
Presses,&c. Shifting, Pulley Band 7/ an g ei g
a spe<rnlf;7. Machine made 7 Gcar'^y
talc und of very best finish. Bend t< * clrculaW
FOR SA^E!
A VALUABLE
Farm in Oglethorpe County, Georgia.
T WILL SELL MY VALUABLE FARM,.
X lying on Littie River and Sill Fork Creek 1
in Oglethorpe, eonnty, four miles east of
Bairdstown, containing 320 acres of as fin*
land as is in Middle Georgia ; 100 acres in
wood land, and 50 acres rich bottom. On the
place is a comfortable dwelling, good stables
and aJi necessary out-bmldings. The societ y
of ihe neighborborhood is good ; schools vjj
churches are convenient. The water ia ay
good as can be found anywhere.
The Stock, Corn, Fodder and Cotton Seed
can be bought with the land.
Terms—Line half cash, balance in twelve
months, without interest. For portion] ars ad
dress THOMAS A. BRO’iVN,’
Bairdstown, Ga.,
Or THOMAS T. BR OWN,
novl9-d6Aw2m Green.,sboro, Ga.
To Persons Desiring Homes in
Arkansas.
I HAVE twenty thousand acres of lan-’a or
more in Columbia county, Arkansas, whieb-
Iwillsellin and on terms to suit
purchasers. The climJte is entirely healthy
and the land produces any and eve,.* product
raised on Southern soil. B. F. aSKEW
oc3B-wßm Magno' Jft . Arkansas.
w. D. T^TT,
at Law,
THOMSON, GA.
TTy ILL practice in the connties of Hancock,
V Glascock, Warren, Taliaferro, Wilkes
and Lincoln of the Northern Circuit, and
MoDuffie, Columbia and Richmond of the Au
gusta Circuit. Special attention given to the
collection of claims. ocßl-dAwtf
Gold, Stocks, Cotton and Tobacco
BOUGHT and Bold o> the most liberal
terms. Satisfactory advances on con
signments. Stock Privileges negotiated on an
entirely new prineiple. Perfect satisfaction
guaranteed, price lists and circulars free.
CHARLES BMEDLEY A CO„
Bankers and Brokers,
P. O. Box 3774. No. 40 Broad Street, New York,
janl9-d*ff? New Gold w 4 Btqek £l<