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CALHOUN TIMES E>. l£. I'KEKNAK, Editor Laws Relatfng to Newspaper (Subscrip tione a nil Arrearages. ]• Subscribers who do not give express notice ter lb contrary, ore, considered wishing to’con tinne tlfir subscription. 2. If s ibscribers order the discontinuance vj tie ir p< riulicafs,, the publishers may continue to g oid them untd, oil arrearages ore paid. 3 f I subscribers neglect or refuse to to he their periodicals from the office to which they are di rect'd, thcif ore held responsible untd they hove, settled their bills anil ordered them discontin u'd. If subscribers move to other fjLfjpts without nwifyiny publishers, and the papers ore sent to the former direction, they ore held responsi ble. 5. The. Courts have decid'd that “ refusing to take periodical', from the office, or removing a r.d leaving them uncoiled for, is prima facie evidence of inte.dtiand frond.” G. Any person who receives a newspaper and ■mokes use, of it whether he has ordered it or ti"f, is held in low to be a subscriber. ; If subscribers pay in advance, they are bound ;■> /jive noticefo the publisher, al the end of their time, if they do not wish to continue tab nil it; otherwise tlr publisher is authorized to ■ end it on, and the subscribers will be respon sible unlit an express,notice, with payment of all arrearage*, is sent to the publisher. I II—W i* m WII I mrnTfl\ IMHIUmMBMBHMKMnOMB WEDNESDAY, WAY, 17, 1870* Osh* Centennial Letter. Unii,aJ)EiniiA, May, 10th, 1870. The splendid pageant is ended. Coil tenuia 1 opening day has come and gone, and now i sit here thinking, as it were, among the ruins trying to collectmy ,>nses what I have seen. All is confus ed and mixed. Like Oussio after his : prec, I remember a mass of things, but nothing distinctly. Even now, at mid night, many hours after the great events of the celebration have past, it seems as if the thunder of cannon, the rattle of drums, and the braying of brazen instruments were still ringing in my ears, a> and dancing before my eyes are alt tin; brilliant colors of the rainbow, ta* king all sorts of wonderful shapes, in regiments ami columns, and divisions, battalions, societies, Turn Verines, Spon ger hots, Russian bears, British lions, Chinese pagodas, Japanese monstrosi ties, and soaring above ali, with wings extended in the most patronizing man ner, the magnificent emblem of Amcrk can freedom, the eagle bird, by chance l look out into the night, and the sky is illuminated with various colored fires, lockets shoot up towards the heavens in i-verv direction, illuminating them with a halo ot glory. ft seems like a very -ituple thing to tell what you have seen, but in the pres ent instance it would be like attempting tu describe the color and figures of a Kaleidoscope. The opening could not be said to have commenced this morning; all day yesterday, and for many days before, thousands upon thousands came pour* ing into the Quaker City, till it actuali ty seemed ns if the whole United States must have hem depopulated to furnish the tremendous crowd. V\ here they all found shelter. Heaven only knows. — Indeed, they did not all find shelter, for all through the night previous to the opening, the streets were crowded as they usually are on a grand gala day.— Many of the stores never closed at all And along the principle throughfures from dark til! dawn, vast crowds of peo ple heaved and surged like the waves of a stormy sea. Happy he who could find n resting place on the solt side of a plank, while an individual lucky enough to secure a cot iti a parlor next to the roof, or under the shelter of a balcony, regard? 1 himself ns a man whom kings might envy. It is useless to say that I am tired, sleepy used up, gone in, and, as it were, generally done lor. Whr.t cares my multitude of renders for that? they Want to hear about the big show. S-, with eyes blinded with smoke and dust, and head whizzing with all sorts of sights and sounds, if you will only have patienccc, ladies and gentlemen, [ will do the best I can, and try and begin at the beginning. The roar of hundreds of cannon wel comed his coming; for although it is not yet our Fourth of July, it seemed to he felt, that by general consent, we had made a sort of Gregorian advance of a few weeks, and were celebrating rbo Centennial birthday of the freedom of the American Union. Of course, one feeling rose paramount in every heart, a feeling of thankfulness that we were still a united people; than not withstanding the disasters mid suffer ings of the last few years, we were per mitted, in tho providence of Cod to cel obrute with our great Exhibition, the hundredth year of our National Inde pondenee. Chestnut street has altered material ly since 177(>, but Independence Hall ill remains intact ; and within n few feet of the roar and turmoil of the busy meet, is the quaint old room where a bundled years ago sat the stately John Hancock, flanued by Franklin and Jcf fi.oson and Adams and the rest of that splendid galaxy, whose names have be come immortal. Tho furniiuvo is still substantially tho sauie, voiy plain, very shabby, very old, vet every article of’ it a sacred relic worth inoie than gold, and bringing us back to the better days of thn republic, when calico was respectable, and two* stoiy bustles were unknown. The air was bithny and mild, and it realty seemed as if the Almighty lid smiled on the occasion, and covered it with bepiyou and blessing. It needed no special announcement to tell that something great and i > pnrtant was iui pending; crowds bad been surging through the streets all the night before ; inn!*.* us the day dawned, soldiers in gay uniibrir.s might be seei hurrying in cv. cry- direction, getting ready for the Great Kxhibitn n. Revilie beats, bugle calls, tie shrill shrieks <>l thousands of steam whistles, wi .6 mingled with the thunder of can mins and the rattle of small arms. Lit tle b‘>ys, unrestrained by vicious police* men, set ofl whole bundles ol lire crack ers at a time, while young gintlemm from tho country stood on the street corners di-charging ancient horse pis tols, with flint locks, which looked as though they might have dme sendee against Tuiletin at Cow pens, or have riddh*d the jacket of some cowardly llessia", at Germantown or 'Fronton Everybody looked smiling. It was ev ident that America,young and old, were out for all day. and were bound to hove a good time. Such a display of bunting was never seen in the United States before Flags, flags, nothing but flags, floated in every direction ; out of the windows and doors, and from the sides and roofs of the houses. Flags flags, flags, AuierU can flags, English flags. Hutch flags, French flags, Irish Hags, Russian Prus sian, Austrian. Sweedisdi and Danish flags ; they filled the sky end the air; wherever you turned, flags, flags, flags ; they flapped in your eyes, they hit you on tho nose, thoy smote you on the cheek, they belled you in tho wind, they knocked your new hat into the gutter, 'and raised the devil generally. Men constantly flitted by you in grotes que an l startling costumes ; while on evety hand the ear was stunned with the unintelligible jargon of strange and in numerable tongues. Early in the morn ing the whole city seemed to have turn ed its lace toward the site of tho Cen tennial Buildings. Thousands upon thousands fillet the way; every vehicle from a wheel-barrow to a Fullumn pal ace car was brought into active requisi tion. Philadelphia had made tremen dous preparation for the great event, but all her calculations were swept away, as a rush is swept out ni the pathway of the hurraciue Carriages, go-carts, om nibusscs, railroad cars, all alike were crammed, rammed, jammed All dis tinction ol east or character, were ut terly ignored ; gentlemen ir. white chunkers and swallow*tailed coats fought with bootblacks and hod carriers, for the poor privilege of hanging on by their eye*lids t the front or back plat form of a dirty street cars. The heat of the ears was stifling, but everybody was happy, barring here and there some fat woman, or gouty old man, w \< so fa vorite euro had received an undue press ure, or some unfoitunate countryman who in the squeeze had lost his pocket book, and was suddenly cut off from Centennial f in, and realized that he was a stranger in a strange land, and una ble to see his way back to Skincatles or Blue Lick. At last the grounds were reached. It was indeed like a scene of enchantment. I will not attempt in tlm letter to describe the buildings at all, the subject is so vast, so L abandon it to-day in despair. Suffice it to say, the scene was wonderful, bail lings beautiful in design, and colosl in pro portion, towered on every side. It is almost appalling to think of tho vast amount of wealth and genius that these magnificent buildings contain. The site selected for the opening ceremonies was particularly app-opriate. On the one side was (lie u ost collosial the Cen tennal buildings, and on the other, the most beautiful .structure on the grout ds, know r n as the Memorial Hull. For poi tive grandeur and beauty there is no building in America to compare with it. Its description I re erve fur some future occasion. An immense space had been set apart for distinguished \ isitors, but it w .s im possible to provide for us all, yet Dam Pedro and 1 have no cause to complain, though I somehow fancied that the Cen tennial managers showed hiur. more at tention than they did me. but this may have been imagination. The fortunate holders of tickets to the opening cere monies were early in their places, and as is usual in such rases, about ten times as many tickets had been issued as tin ra were seats for the people, or even stand ing room for the vast multitude that surged, and fought and swo-re, chunking up every avenue, and trampling down every obstacle. The ceremonies wore to have commenced at half past ten sharp, but of course somebody was late, without whom, the show could not go on. t 1 is time the scene was particular ly grand and imposing. Here gather., cd in a narrow space vas the most mag nificent assemblage of distinguished men and women ever seen in America. Roy alty lent the savor of its gracious pres ence. Dom Pedro, the Emperor of Brazil, was there accompanied by h s excellent Empress, now passing under the quiet title of the Lady A’acautia. On every hand there were poets, paint ers, sculptors, historians, men and wo men eminent in literature and art There were reverent and devines, great merchants, distinguished scholars, and galleut sodiers wdioso names are rcnowr.ed fromtho ri sing die setting of the sun. All that art or wealth or beauty could contrib ute to add to tho glory of the scene, seemed to be concentrated in thatsplcn dd and brilliant assembly. The Pres ident of the United States occupied a position near the centre, surrounded by iiis cabinet and the United States Sen ate —a lit lie to the left sat the judge of tho Su> reuie Court and the members of the diplomatic corps. Scattered along right and left were artists, doctors, gov ernors, generals and aldermen. Our own sweet poet, Whittier, had contrib uted *he opening hymn. Richard Wag ner, tne greatest iiving musician, com posed the Centennial March. Th o dore Thomas, tho most famous leader of his time, swayed the magic batou.— One hundred and fifty of the most skill- I ful musicians composed the orchestra. As the President made his appearance on the front of Memorial Hall, sur rounded by bis c;r inet and the orches tra struck up the Centennial March.— Then followed ajprayer by Bishop Simp son, during which the boisterous eie , ments of the crowd calmed down so that you might, have heard a pin drop 'J ben loiluWad W hittier's noble hymn, which I regarduw one of the mast splen did productions of his life. Then a cantata, by Sidney Lanier, of Georgia, sot to music by Dudley Buck, of Con netieut General Hawley, the Presi dent, then made a 'ormal presentation of the Exhibition in a brief and well chosen speech, after which followed a short addns.- by the President id' the United elates, daring with the an n luucemeut that the great Exhibition was open The words had scarcely past his iips, when it. seemed as if pau demori'inn had broken loose Canons boomed by the huudred ; muskets crack ed by the thousand; pistols exploded by the million. The ground fairly trembled, ns if affrighted at the hurii" ble din. Ch or upon cheer rent the air. Men and women went rushing about shaking hands with people they had never seen before. The Japanese Ambassador gave a smile approbation, and exclaimed belty bullv, crowning glory of the ceremonies, Handei’sgrand hallalujah.given by 800 voiees made the welkin ring with the sounds of jubilee. Th * Foreign Commissioners that passed into the main hall, each standing opposite his division. General Grant, accompanied by a numerous cortage. then crossed to tho main long hull and passed tbrough to the Machinery Hull. The great Corliss engine. 2,000 horse power, stood silent and still, as if wait' ing the magic touch that should wake it to activity and life* The President ad vanced, and laying his hand of the po! ished lever, threw it easily forward. In an instant there was an answering thrill and vibration. The mighty piston mov slowly forward. Then came the recoil. Faster and I faster the tremendous iron aroD cleaves the air. Where all was quiet an instant before all is now activL ty and life. Wheels whiz, steam wnis tles roar, cannon thunder, all sarts if machines,conceivable and inconceivable are set in busy motion, and the Great Exhibition may be fair] v said to have be gun. 'i he crowd then scattered all over the grounds wherever their inclination led. I went down to Agricultural Hall at tracted by tho splendid Exhibition in that department. It is a world in itself. I will not attemyt to day to describe anything there. Except in a few notable instances—all was confusion and chaos. Near the fountain was a magnificent Oriental structure erected by the Glen Cvoe Starch Company. This entepris-- ing firm had engaged Beck’s celebra ted band, which discoursed most beauti ful music all the day, fact in it was the only pri-ate band admitted in air. c>f the buildings. But I feel that I must close. I trust it will be no disappointment to my readers that I have made no at. tempt to describe a singlj Centennial building, or in fact to do anything more m the present letter than to give in as few words as possible, a passing sketch of the principal events of the day— while much is described I can only feel how much is important, has utterly and entirely <gcaped me. Great non have passed by me w hoso names and persons were unknown ; frightful accidents have occured without even a passing mention. Many brilliant societies, which oo any o her occasion would have created the profoundest sensation, have been engulphed a r >d swallowed up in the presence of spirits, greater than themselves. For eacdi and tjl of these short com ings, will endeavor in the future to make amends. If my readers will fd low me week by week 1 will do my best to lead them through all the buildings of the gr at Exhibition, and make them see, as far as they can through my eyes i's wonders, its glories, and i's magnifi cent collection of the arts. This I know wiil take many letters and months of pa rent work and study, but with palieuc! and wotk, I hope and expect to accom plish it. In conclusion, let me say that in the life of an ordinary man, there are few such days in any part of the world as the great day we have just passed through, no man living on the continent of America cao reasonably expect to see exactly such another, or even one re.* uiotely approaching it as a gianJ irnpo* sing and magnificent spectacle participa ted in by hundreds of thousands of jeo ple, an distinguished by mighty names and characters that would be considered great in any country or clime. Ido not say that there will not be other national celebrations and Exhibitions where Kings and Queens and Emperors will take part, and mi’lions of people backed by countless millions of debars will contribute everything that can add to the glory of the pageant, and make it memorable forever. It is not any of these things that distinguishes our Cen tennial day. It is not the splendor of the procession, nor the showy co'tumss, nor the lavish expenditure of money, nor the infinitude of numbers, mr the startling vaiiety, “nd magnitude of ihe contributions gathered from the farth est ends of the earth. It is all these added together, and above, beneath and around them all the grand fact that we have reached the hundredth year of our National Independence. For this AF mighty G< and ho thanked with humble <".t;d grateful hearts. 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During all my long and difficult journeys all over America, ard in a very inclement season, 1 used your Pianos, and have been able to use your Pi anos exclusivclv in my two hundred and fifteen con certs, and also in private, with the most eminent sat isfaction and effect. New York, May 24th, 1873. (The above is the only tes timonial ever given by Rubcr.stein to aiy Piano manufacturer.) LISZT. Pray tell Mr. Steinway that his splendid upright Piano shone to’brilliant advantage to. ihe festival performances at the Wart burg, where, last. Tuesday it served under my fingers as “ Vice Orchestra,” ex citing general admiration. (Extract from Dr, Frank Liszt to the celebrated coni poser, Metssdorf,which letter,dated Sept. 27, 1873, is now in possession of Messrs. Steinway & Sons.) MARIE KREBS After thoroughly testing your Pianos, belli in pri vate and public, I can con-, scient'ously say that the Steinway Pianos are supe rior to all American and European instruin cuts known tome- New York, May 17th, 1872.) I)E MEYER. “ During my artistic ca reer of more than forty years, 1 had occasion to use the pianos of all the world renowned makers, in public and private, but 1 have never found an in atrumeni which compares with your pianos. [N>'W York, March 31st, 1868.) JAELL “ Your na ne deserves to be inscribed in golden letters in history of piano making in America, to the improvement of which you have so largely contributed Your pianos may ne pro claimed as incomparable! What noble, distinguished t< ne ! What poetical sing ing quality ! [Paris, April L, 1867. J ART- “ During my long career as Artist and Composer, I have met with many fine European and American Piano Fortes, but none that combine grandeur and poetry of tone, elasticity of touch—in short, every thing that renders a p ano perfect, to such a high degree as your celebrated Piano Fortes.” [New York July 5, 1872.] WE ALWAYS GIVE DATES WITH ALL CREDENTIALS, as there are some “ old,” yes, very old credentials out from different celes brated Artists, given by them—some before Mess. Stein way & Sons ever manufactured Pianos, and others, lore they bad tried these celebrated in struments. S. B. M ILLS, (celebrated Coopos2r. J. N. PATTISON, “ ALFRED H. PEASE, “ B. WOLLENIIAUPT, “ “ JOSEPH WIENIA vYSKI, Direc tor of the Conservatory of Music at Moscow, Russia. THEODORE THOMAS, CIIAS. KUNKEL, S. P. WARREN, WILIjIE B. PAPE, Pianist to 11. 11. 11. the Princess of Wales. E. B. WAftIIBURN, Minister to France. And numbers of others too numerous to mention. Send for Catalogues and see for yourself. Steimcay's Pianos leave taken entry Prize and Medal wherever their 1 ianos have been placed in competition with others. Paris lß6!j\ London 1862, which places their Pianos at the HEAD of TUP WORLD. ALSO Mathuseli , Hardman , Haines Bros, And Other Pianos. Whatever is wanted in the musical line we can supply at lowest rate and at short notice. Reliable agents wanted in Georgia, Ala bama, Floiida, North and youth Carolina and East Tennessee by TURNER & BRAUMULLER, Wholesale Southern Agents, 30 Whitehall Street, Atlanta, Ga. D B. FREEMAN, Special Agent, Calhoun. Oa Til.. .GO 1 td E**- -> *y * THE NEW FAMILY SINGER Sewing Machine. WITH ATTACHMENTS For All Kinds of Work, is f;st winning favor in t! e hou e old, as shown by the rapidly increasii g sales. ’ This New Family Machine is can,-,. ble of"a range and variety of work such as was once thought impossible to perform by machinery. We claim and can show that .it is the cheapo.t, most beautiful, delicately arranged, nicely adjusted, easily operated and smoothly running of all the family sewing machines. it. is remarkable, not only for the range and variety of its sew ing. but also for the variety and different kinds of texture wliicn it will sew with equal facility and perfection, using silk twist, linen, or cotton thread, fine or coarse making the inter-elastic lock stitch, alike on both sides of tlie fabric sewn. Thus, beaver cloth, or leather, may be sewn with great strength and uniformity of stitch T and, in a moment, this willing and never wearying inst alment may be adjusted for fine work on gauze or gossamer tissue, rr the lucking of tarlatan, or ruffling, or’al most any other work which delicate fingers have been known to perform. Ours having long been t he popular and practical machines for manufacturing pur poses, some dealers, using “the tricks of trade,” take advantage of this in trying to persuade purchasers that our Family Ma chine is not equal, for family sewing to our Manufacturing Machines for manufacturing purposes. But purchasers—and they are apt to examine carefully before choosing— have not been n erely persuaded, but con vinced that our sew family n achine embod ies new and essential principles—simplicity of construction ; ease of operation ; uni formity of precise action at any speed; ca pacity for range and variety of work, fine or coarse - leaving all rivals behind it. Sewing Machine Sales 0f1874. The table of sewing machine sales for 1874 show that our sales for that year amounted to 211,697 machines, being a large increase over the sales of the previ ous year. The table shows that our sales exceed those of any other company for the period named, by the number oi' 148,8e2 machines, nearly Three Times Those of any other Com pany. Tt may bo further stated that the sales of 1873, as compared with the sain of 1872, show a relatively large increast beyond the ‘-ales of other makers. For instance, in 1872 we sold 45,000 more machines than pay other compan) ; whereas, in 1873, th sales were 113,254 Machines in Excess of Our Highest Competitor. And in 1974 our sales were Machines More Than Ay Other Company. OFFICIAL HE VO 11T. The following is a correct report of the sales of sewing machines made by the lead ing companies dining the past four years. A careful examination of the figures will show that the “SINGER” have largely in creased each year, while, on tlie contrary, a corresponding decrease is shown in the sales reported by all other companies. This is a highly satisfactory result to us, and is only another prjof that “merit always has its re ward.” Sewing Machine Soles fur 1874. Machines sold. The Singer Manufacturing Cos 241,070 Wheeler & Wilson Manufacturing Cos. 92,827 Hove Sewing Machine Cos., ( estima ted) 35.G0Q Domestic Sewing Machine ( 22,700 Grover & Baker Sewing Mac ine Go. (estimated; 0,000 Florence Sewing Machine (. 0,615 Secor Sewing Machine Go. . , 4,041 Sales of iti 7 . X u bines sold The Singer manufacturing coU 232,444 Wheeler & Wilson manufacturingco. 119.106 Domestic sewing machine co 40,114 Grover & Baker sewing machine co. 30,179 Howe machine co no rcliupg. Florence sewing machine co 3,1)00 Secor sewing machine co— 4 f m Saks of 1872. Machines The Singer manufacturing c0..........219,753 Wheeler & Wilson manufacturing §§. towe machine co., (estimated),,... ,145,000 Grover & Baker sewing machiqg g§. f)2, Q10 Domestic sewing machine eg........... 49,554 Flore: ce sewing machine c 0........... :[5,793 Sales of 18ff. Machines sold. The Singer manufacturing ( ,181,260 Wheeler Wilson manufset ring c 0.128,520 Grover & Baker sewing me lone co, 50,538 liowe machine co.(Jan. 1 t July L) 34,010 Florence sewing machine o* 15,948 Domestic sewirq machine cj, IV, THE SINGER MANUKAURINtt € 172 Broughton St., Savannah, Ga C. S. BEATTY, Agt JJHANCH OFFICES In Atlanta,. Athens, Augusta, Macon, Cos lumbus, and Thomasvillc, Ga. ; Charles ton and C jlumbia, S. C. : Jacksonville, and Tallahassee, Florida. R W. B. MERRITT, Ap,ewt for Bartow CcuntJ- Send your address to the aboveolh ces for a catalogue of the celebrated l ;aiaar Glove Fitting Pattern. They are the best the vheape.-t, aud *hc ciosf ?' ylish pat 1 crua n the market. jnuP^JT