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Augusta Advertiser . JOHN M. WEIGLE, Editor, Publisher and Proprietor. OFFICE AT PENDLETON’S BOOK STOKE. AUGUSTA, GA., NOY. 10, 1877. A NEW DAILY PAPER. When we commenced the publica tion of the Augusta Advertiser, it was with the intent.’on of increasing its field of usefulness, if circumstances warranted, by making it a daily. With in a few days past we have completed arrangements to this e ad, and will, du ring the ensuing week, issue a daily paper, to be styled the Evening News, into which will be merged the Adver tiser, upon the principle that “A rose by any other name will smell as sweet.’’ The gentlemen with whom the pub lisher of this paper will be associated in the new enterprise we believe will be a guarantee of its success. They are Mr. Jas. L. Gow, long and favorably known to the citizens of Augusta as a first class Book and Job Printer —a gentle man who combines the pleasing in manners with rectitude of principles; and Mr. Wm. H. Moore, almost if not as equally well known as City Editor of the late Augusta Cojistitutionalist, and who, to use the terse expiession of a friend from the Emerald Isle, “Seems to ’ave been born with a quill in his fisht.” The firm name will be Jas. L. Gow, John M. Weigle and Wm. H. Moore. We hope our citizens will welcome the “fledgling” to their homes, and that each one will contribute his or her full quota toward its future growth and prosperity. Contract advertisements running in the Advertiser will be continued in the News to their completion. A Grand Scheme. The Chicago Inter-Ocean , of a recent date, contains the following article : The dispatches from New York a day or two since furnished a brief ac- Economy. Editor Advertiser: Is it not mistaken economy on the part of the City Government to have such a small police force to patrol and protect a city that covers such a large area as Augusta ? Take one beat for instance: One policeman alone has to patrol all that large section bounded by Greene street, East Boundary street, South Boundary street and Centre street. The position of a policeman is not a sinecure. The duties are ar duous often, and the pay not the best. It used to be S7O per month. Now it is SSO. Many citizens think that while the present administration is bringing economy down to such a small focus and gaining the credit of reform, the next one will have to make up for it to the tune of five or ten sboasand dol lars, and bear the brunt of tne blame, if blame there should be. , * Choate and tlie Jury. E. P. Whipple. We heard Rufus Choate make an argument five hours long to a jury. The statement of his case, the reason ing, the appeals to the sensibilities of the jury, were over in two hours. Still the advocate continued speaking, repeating with additional vehemence what he had said before with new il lustrations and arguments. We looked at the jury in order to discover the cause of this seeming useless expendi ture of mind and torce. Eleven of them were palpably convinced*; the twelfth, the foreman, a hard-headed, unimaginative, unimpressible man of business, had on his face a look of in credulity. Choate devoted three hours to the task of breaking down the will of this one man, and of compelling him to admit the cogency of reasoning, wilick was foreign to his habits of thought. He did not stop, and we then thought he never would stop, un til he had conquered this disbeliever. Ij seemed for some time that years of talking would be of no avail. At last, however, the hard countenance soften ed, the stony eyes were moistened, the lips lost their rigidity—in short, the whole man collapsed. Then Choate concluded his argument in a few r quiet and telling sentences, and sat down, sure of the verdict. An Ounce and a Ton Weight. An ounce weight and a ton weight of iron will fall down a pit with equal speed and in equal time. Until about three hundred d men in the ml de -1 if /Jo I MStm aH An Incident of tlie Russian Campaign in Asia Minor. One of the most k remarkable episodes of the present war —which, however, has not as yet received all the attention it deserves—is the defense of the fort of Bayazid, in Armenia, by a Russian gar rison, three thousand strong, against a Turkish army numbering twenty thous and men. Moscow Gazette gives the following interesting extracts from the private journal of one of the offi cers of the garrison: “June 10.—The enemy has blockaded us on all sides and intercepted the acqueducts. Our cistern and a few bags of biscuits is all we have to live on. At night, by the light, of the burning town beneath us, we saw the atrocities perpetrated by the Kurds on the helpless inhabitants. R was horrible beyond description. Women and children were thrust alive into the flames and carried about the streets on lances, horribly mutilated and shrieking with anguish. The sight was so sickening that one of our offi cers was quite overcome by it and had an attack of brain fever that night. June 18.—(General assault of the Turk ish forces, which we succeeded in re pulsing toward nightfall. Our rations have been reduced to half a pound of biscuit and one glass of water per diem. June 20. —A parliamentary came with a summons for us to surrender. Our commander answered that, being so much stronger, the Turks could' well try and take the citadel by storm. * * June 25. —Our ration has been further diminished to a quarter of a pound of biscuit and two spoonfuls of stagnant, rotten water. We suffer terribly from hunger and thirst. After a day’s hard fighting 1 am utterly'' prostrate and scarcely 7 able to write these few words. June 28. —Hpr tv o days and two nights we have been exposed to a terrific can nonade. On the 29th a general assault, which we repulsed, follow ed by repeat ed injunctions to surrender, to which our answer was the same as before. July 1. —Our ration to-day is one elghth pound biscuit and one spoonful of water. Starvation is approaching rapidly. I have seen some of our men cut out slice| of flesh from the half pu trified carcass of a horse and eat them. July ~L—~Asfain a summons to surren der, this tilde written in Russian by a Pole in. thq Turkish service, Colonel Komaroff. Of course our answ T er re mained unakered. July 7.—We have repulsed one more assault. It is the last one We cannot hold out much longer. Mines are laid out to blow up the citadel and the garrison. It is bet ter so tlianAo starve. July 10.— The f V) n -A ■ .unia The Magnolia Passenger Route. Port Royal Railroad, ) Augusta, Ga., August 25th 1877.) The following passeng!r sched ule will be operated on and after Monday, August 27th, 1877: FAST MAIL-DAILY. No. I—Going South. Leave Augusta 4:45 a rn Arrive at Port Royal 1(':25 am Arrive at Charleston 8:00 p m Arrive at Savannah 10:40 a m Leave Savann ah 4:00 p m Arrive at Jacksonville 10:00 a in No. 2—Going North. Leave Jacksonville 3.00 p m Arrive at savannah .. 8:45 a m Leave Savannah 2:20 p m Leave Charleston 5:15 am Leave Port Royal 2:30 p m Arrive at Augusta 8:15 pm May accommodation—daily, Sunday EXCEPTED. No. 3—Going South. Leave Augusta 6:00 am Arrive at Port Royal 3:3pm Arrive at. Charleston 5:30 pm Arrive at Savannah 5:30 p m No. 4— Going North. Leave Savannah . 7:00 a m Lave Charleston 7:00 a m Leave Port Royal 9:80 am Arrive at Augusta , 7:30 p m Trains Nos. 1 and 2 will stop only at the fol lowing stations between Augusta and Yeinassee. viz: Ellenton, Beldoc, Allendale, Brunson and Varnsville. Trains Nos. 3 and 4 will stop at all stations for the accommodation of the local travel. On Trains Nos. 1 and 2 day coaches are run through between Augusta and Savannah with out change. Trains (Nos. 1 and 2) make close connection at Augusta with the Charlotte, Co lumbia & Augusta and South Carolina Rai roads ff2?“Pullman Sleepers on all night trains. Baggage Checked Through. Tickets for sale at Planters Ho tel and Union Depot Ticket Office, Augusta,Ga., and at all principal 7ficket Offices. ROBT. G. FLEMING, J. S. Davant, G. P. A. Superintendent, no. 2 —tf Cor. Greene & Elbert Sts. Has just received one of the largest and best assorted Stocks of to be found in the city, which I am of fering at prices that defy competition. Also, a full line of FANCY GROCERIES, Fruits and Country Produce, all of which will be sold at lowest prices for Cash. KEROSENE OIL always on hand, wholesale and retail. 2 —4 F. VON KAMP, 131 BROAD STREET, Druggist & Apothecary. DEALER IN Foreign and Domestic Drugs, PAINTS, OILS AND CHEMICALS, FANCY GOODS, &c. Genuine Imported Tooth Brushes, a very large at about half cost. A fine stock of Hair Brushes of every kind at greatly reduced prices. Just received —a fine lot of Fancy Arti cles for the Holidays. Dr. F.Von Kamp's Standard Preparations. Rheumatic Mixture, Dysentery Medicine, Diarrhoea Mixture, Eye Water, Whooping Cough and Cough Medicine for children, Remedy for Headache and Neuralgia, Healing Salve. Prescriptions carefully prepared day and night. F. VON KAMP, no. 2—l 131 Broad Street, Augusta, Ga. HARP & FARR, . MANUFACTURERS OF TIN AP SHEET-IRON WARE. In all its branches, and DEALERS in CROCKERY Glassware, Kercsine Oil, Dry Groceries', Cutlery, And a general assortment of goods needed by everybody, and sell them as cheap as the cheapest, ai 158A- Broad street, Augusta, Ga. Friends and strangers, call and see the “Live Tin and Lamp Men,” and the low prices will astonish von. no. 2 —tf J. M. HARP & W. J. FARR. BOOTS & SHOES Any quality, at