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Madeline Lavalei
On the 17th of May, 1830, a F
officer of infantry-Capt. Au
Malsherbes-was found in the s
of Toolon, severely wounded. 1
roi of gendarmes, in making
early morning rounds, discoverer
lying in a pool of blood, tha
evidently flowed from an ugly s'
thrust \n 'he ribs. " He was. p
up by the soldiers and carried 1
Being a person 'so well ki
every atteutiou was paid to him
every effort made to discover tl
sassin. The dangerous state o
Captain made it impossible to o
the slightest information ?rom
The police could discover bul
trace of the unknown. Blooc
tracked from the scene of cn o
to the sallyport at the ?astigt
then it ceased. Thc waters ?
could tell the story. /
No clue was ever found, alth
the sharpest detectives Boul
could boast were on the alert.
Captain Malsherbes recovered
ly, and as soon as he could bear
tioning, inquiries innumerable
asked him. At fir-it he seem?
know nothing, except that he
sudd.nly attacked: then that
assault Vas too sudden and the i
too dark for him to recogniz?
enemy ; then that he was too
bear further questioning, &c.
But from the fact that whet
covered he had his sword in h
that b's wound was in front;
more than all this, that a richly
broidered handkerchief was alt?
. to his sword; that his watch
other valuables were untouched,
statements were received with
belief.
The authorities gave up the mi
in despair, and it ceased to bo the
of wwapt among his corps; and t
polite oirolti ia which the. Cat
moved, There it was considere
au ajfaire d' tonneur, ppneer
some fair one ; and many were
jests the Captain had to stand a
that queer poke in the ribs-an
place for a professedly crack swo
man-about the moicchoir, and
deed, everything concerning
whole affair.
The Captain bore it in silence,
word of his confirmed the slight
ueudoes smilingly thrust at hin:
clever little lawyers in petticoats.
faux pas in convivial hours ever .
ni8hed a stray glimpse at this d
bit of history.
Time passed. The Captain
pearea as much as ever in soci<
was as social and gallant as of <
and won troops of friends. His p
tion was a distinguished one.
cultivated mind, genial mann?
generous nature, his iriendship \
ever cultivated. But, though j.
sexsed of a moderate fortune, rat
good looking, and decidedly distvng
he never married. When banty;
on the subject, he answered evasive
looked grave, and shuddered,
could have made his choice amid 1
pretty girls of Toulon easily, but
rather avoided paying any exclusi
attention to any one, and never cc
versed gaily on the subject of mat
mony, as the other men did. Arno
the members of his corps, he w
looked up to'asa brave, daring offici
and, to the ladies of hisacquaintan?
he was the favored beau-his escapa
with the unknown but unhancing 1
interest in their eyes. Alas ! this
ever so. Mother Eve will show h<
self in her descendants, and Capta
Malsherbes was feted and lionize
more than ever when he emerg?
from the .seclusion of his sick rooi
The trou les just then broke o
in Paris. The King, Luui .. Philipp
was deposed, and ordered to the ea?.
tal. The Captain arrived too late
take part in the street fight, that o
curred, but Was placed on guard wil
his company in the Ailee Longcham
Buis de Boulogne.?
At midnignt, a feeble cry for he!
was heard in this wood. His me
rushed forward, and found him badi
wounded, and as before. He wt
conveyed to the Longchamp Hospita
and there his wound was dressed, hi
company, during the ti .ne, searohin
every nook for the assailant. The
were as unsuccessful as the gendarmt
at Toulon. Footsteps were traced a
far as Port Dauphine-no furthei
The disturbed state of Paris prevent
ed ad inquiry. The Captain recov
ered slowly as before, attended b;
skilful surgeons ; and to all the anx
ious inquiries of his comrades h
answered evasively. That the un
known '.vas no aerc^in was very evi
dent. The Captain fcjnd'swon
in Hand, at the mercy ot 1??3 antago
nist, who might have taken his lil
had he chosen.
Malsherbes returned to his regi
ment, after a convalescence of severa
weeks, cheered by the consolation
and Sympathetic " attentions of thi
fair of Toulon. The regiment wa
stationed at Lyons, and quartered a
the barracks at Fort Brotteaux.
One week afterwards the Captaii
was found severely wounded, and ly
ing in a by-path, the fallowing euri
ons billet pinned to his coat:
" I have, at last, reached your leg.'
It was true ; it was his right leg. A
savage thrust had penetrated th.
knee, near the patella, or knee-pan
and rendered amputation necessary.
No clue still to the assailant. The
only trace was, that shortly before
Captain Malsherbes was lound, a
naval officer sprang quickly into a
boat waiting at the quay at the Tete
d'Or, and pulled rapidly towards a
man-ef-war, that sailed a few houri
alter for Mauritius. Ku further clue.
The brave Captain suffered the ampu
tation unflinchingly ; but his trieuds
.sorrowed, fur hw burgeons gave no
hope. Brave soldiers and fairy lunns
thronged the door ol his quarters
lur, beloved by his equals and supe
riors? and respected by thc men un
der,his command, the grief was uni
versal that . one .su brave and noble
shotild fall a victim t<< au assassin.
As a brave man lives, so he meei s
his death. - Calmly and courageously
Le summoned the attending physician
and he heard his doom, and then he
toidib the few who surrounded him
-1 being one of the number-the
following strange but thrilling pas
sage of a portion of his youthful life.
".Several years before, when J. had
jusfrentered upon life as a military
man, I met in the military circles ol'
Paris' u beautiful orphan girl, a daugh
terof a Captain of artillery who died
at ' Quatre Bras. This lady, whose
name was Madeline Lavalette, was
remaxl?able lor her spirit and dash.
Her ?parentage, whicu was very re
spectable,'her exceeding beauty, and
a little fortune she possessed, gave'
her the entree of the best society ;
but alas: uer extraordinary freedom
of manner and badinage made her
envied ? and shunned by her lemai'i
acquaintances, and only the prestige
of her father's nam2, and her many
male friends, sustained her in the
position she ocoaj i*L I secretly
admired, hufc7-ali<fg(p^:38iste
openly spoke of her. While
myself yielding to her beauty
esprit, I also felt thatj had no
trust necessary for a lever to fe
fore he places his happiness :
chosen one. One evening after
ing her, surrounded by a gre
young officers on the Bouleva
attended a party where she
the brightest and gayest there
a fit of unaccountable -pique,
marked io some gentleman
whom I was couver ing:
" ' That poor girl is evidently
ing for a husband ; but, ala?
will never get one.'
".' Why not Y asked a bystand
.* We were chatting gaily and
ly, as men are too prone to d
meant tu be witty-I was cruel.
"4 Because, pauvre enfant ! sh
a wooden leg.'
"At this al! eyes were turn?
wards Mdlle. Lavalette. To cc
ter discomfiture, she was withii
shot, and overheard every wt
my malicious joke. A deadly
ness overspread her countenanc
was horrified ; and having to
Paris the next day, knew not thi
sorry jest was the joke o? the
Nothing was talked of but A
Lavalette s wooden leg. , Laval
wooden leg was the standiug ji
the club, and the ladies-fie
forgive them ! I have avoided
ever since-said evef)thing,
the only foundation for thia, e:
my canard, was an almost impe
tibie halt in Madeline's step,
defect had never before been nul
out now it was the theme of a I
! sand fenule tongues* The an
that had long been ?j nourished
found vent, and nothing was h
of but the jambe de bois.
" Madahne Lavalette, couraj
as she was, could stand it no loi
she disappeared from society,
nothing could be atcirtaincd of
whereabouts. Thi jambe de bo is
killed her as effectually as th<
she had committed a crime. Rid:
is mure potent than hate.
" On my return to Paris, I hi
with dismay, of all this. I j
never ceased io regret my cruelty
endeavored in every way to find
address ; and my life was- one
search for the gay> young, thou
less maiden, 'who.-e future I ha
marred. I expected a hostile cs
from some of. her numerous admii
but although my address was 1
known, I received none. .
" Time wore on, and my regret
came soft .-ned ; when, walking hi
ore evening from the theater at 1
lon, on the 17th of May, 1830,1
j suddenly confronted by a stranj
j whose striking likeness to Madel
Lavalette stamped him at once as
' brother. I. attempted to apoiog
but, calling me by name, he* challe
ed me on the spot, and, bidding
defend myself, fiercely assaulted i
" I soon found I had no mean
tagonist. He parried my favoi
lunge, and but for a nb, his sw<
would have pierced my heart. 1
avenger ol asisier'sfame disappear
I remember nothing more.
"Again I was met in the Bois
Bouiogue, and again we fought. ?
utikno'Vu would not hear one wc
of his aster. Again we met at F<
Brotteaux, and here 1 lie. I km
nothing of my tormentor, accept tl
he is an accomplished swordeuu
and has always aimed at my leg ; a
I have no doubt it isa bro her
Mdlle. Lavalette, who is determin
to avenge the foolish fling I made
his sister."
Thoroughly exhausted with his loi
confession, tue Captain fainted, ai
his alarmed mend* thought 'that ti
end had come. A good constitutio
and every care, however, triumph*
over the grim moust- r Death, ai
slowly but surdiy Captain Malsherb
recovered ; then a relapse oectirrt
when hope w?? brightest, and tut
again ho. slowly recovered his heult,
ms soldierly bearing unaltered ; bi
ai?8 ! he had a wouden leg.
" There is little doubt who has
wooden leg now," he said to me wit
a loreed smi:e ; " bur allliough I lei
fiercely incensed at the Joss of m
leg, 1 look upon it as a just reveng
-a lesson to me, as to every othe
never, even in jest, to wound tb
feelings of another.
Captain Malsheibe1? soon threw II
his commissid? and retired to Toulot
and in the erjjbymeut of a mod?r?t
competency, almost, lorgot the myste
rious fatalities ot his past life.
The marriage ol an old comrad
drew him again buck to Paris. Th
week alter, the Paris journals wer
lilied with the uccuunts ul* a sever
duel in the Bois de Boulogne betwee
a Mons. Malsherbes and Lieuteuan
Lavalette. At this time the use c
side arms had fallen into disrepute
and such affairs were settled with th
pistol. The papers stated that th
antagonist of Mons. Malsherbes* wa
seriously wounded, and I hurried fc
tba city to hear the true particulars
I was stopping at the St. Cloud thee
and soon reached the quartern of rn;
friend, who, in an agitated jnannei
gave me the following :
" A day before the duel I receiver
a cartel from the hands of a Captaii
in the navy, in which the writer, whi
signed himself Lieut. Lavalette, con
gratulated me upon my recovery
and imagining a desire for revcugi
must actuate Capt. Ma:sherbes, offeree
a full opportunity to gratify thal
revenge, ii Mons. Malsiierbes did no
feel himself Unfit on account of hil
wooden leg. Tho writer would mee!
?.ila ut any place appointed, the chal
lenged part) to choose the weapons
It cou cl uded iu this manner: "The
spirit, and courage uf M>>ns. Malsher
ue.s is Eu-- We 1 ki.uWU to be duubted,
but the WM Lei' uSsU-eS Ultu, Whethel
he accept-. . r rein es thc offer now
m .?lt, ne vvid b?: encountered until
"lie ur ihe uther lull.'
" (J: course I a. cepted : I could do
UaU^hi vise. The pike?: and time
Bin-. .[ . Boulogne, ai 5 u cluck in ?.ne
mur in?-was appoint'd ; pistols fur
our weapon-. '1 made an al usi?.?n to
my wooden leg, waiving ult inequali
ties un that score ; but. this was re
ccivtd with a grim smile by my pulitc
friend. 1 am generally a dead shot
with my pistol, but, candidly, I felt
that 1 hud serious misgivings as tu
thc result. I had already three strong
reasons for not despising my antagu
mst. I selected my second, an old
military comrade, aud we repaired to
thu Bois de Boulogna, and there 1
wounded-Ceil.' lean "ay no more.
Another time I will tell yon the
rest."
I gazed at him in bewilderment.
His rapid utterance, his flushed cheek,
hie evident reluctance, all astonished
me, and I hastened to our mutual
friend, the surpeun, who attended
him fo the bostw meeting. He told
me these additional particulars.
" We met at the appointed hour.
Every formality was gone through.
Mon*. Malsherbers waa propped
against the tree, so that hi? wooden
infirmity bora not this disadvantage ;
and, to make ali even, Liout. Lava
lette, who was in the full unifc
the royal navy, was likewise b
by a tree. The main conditii
the duel were, ?hat at the word
party was to deliver fire, and if
er was wounded, the seconds
tu reload their pieces, and allow
to commence dc novo. The ci
was restricted to three shots
tance, twenty paces. At the
fire, Lavaletttt's-csp was carried
and -Malsher-bes-Woundeiiin 4hh
part of the. left arm.- They rej
the offer of relea-se. Each secoi
loaded their pistols. Both ev
thc greatest cocluess and prec
The seconds, bot h veterans, wen
fectly charmed. Ali was . sile
the grave. It was early dawn
swallows twittered through the ]
the fresh air of morning hore i
cense o? fragii.nt leaves and
washed flowers ; the gray sky .
them brightened every moment
the ascending sun, and looked
deringly upon these two mac
bent upon sending each other c
this beautiful world, . for what 1
in folly and ended in passion. I
did this lovely park look lovelier
now. Nature, upon all sides, f
mote eloquently for peaqe and
.will among men than, ever an i
did. Nevertheless, the duel
m. At the second fire, both pi
received a flesh wound ; but, as
were mutually agreed upon rene
hostilities, again were the pisto
loaded. Upon this fire M. Malsh
aeceived no: further hurt, but I
lette fell, as we thought at first,
tally wounded. I hastened, ass
by them all, to unfasten the tl
jzear and coat of .the .wounded.
Tue delicate, fair throat and neel
tray ed to our qstonished ' gaze
Lavalette's dress was but a ski
disguise. We were all too paral
fora few moments even to tl
Weplaoed the lady in& fiwt,
GAcor.d detaining the vehicle ont
ment, to assure us, on h.ia honor,
the discovery just made was astoi
ir,g to him as to us. He had ss
for several years with Lieut. JJ
lette, who, as an officer of the pi
had, of course, been regarded
man, and a man, he assured tl
generous,skillful, and brave. Mais
bes was too bewildered to. exe!
aught but 'Madeline.!' and ho*
"Paris is ringing with this last
manee."
I listened,- wonderingly. Knov
Malsherbes as well as I did, I uni
stood the matter at a glance. '
wilful, high, imperious Mdlle. La
lette had thiis sought to avenge
"scandal he had placed upon 1
That my friend was just the om
like her the more for this spirit, I v
knew, and I lingered near to see j
d?noue, nent that would follow. I}
called, and assisted to extract the I
let from Lieut. Lavalette. I foum
glorious looking woman, a little p
the summer of life, lying insensi
on a couch; and near the door
caught a glimpse, in adjoining apa
ment, of a gentleman, evidently i
sorbed in his own thoughts.
" Save Her for me, and my life
at your service !"
He grasped my hand. My bra
Captain was-certainly upset. T
lady lingered, and recovered b
slowly. I happened, accidentally,
come across his will about this time
He had prepared it on the eve
his last duel. One extract ran thu
"i leave tu Mdlle. Lavalette,
Bois, to whom I have unintentional
been the canse cf lasting unhappine?
all I possess, and who, I trust, wi
receive this residuary legacy as ;
earnest'of the atonement of a na
who alway? admired her, and, dyir
through he vengeance, ackiiowl?dgi
it to he ju*t, and, dving, admires- lu
still."
He now acknowledged what he lin
feared, and what was the.fact. .' Tl
orphan girl, almost friendless emslie
beneath ? load o'* ridicule -she ronl
not remove; had devoted her life t
punish tho author of it. She ha
disguised herself as a man, had ot
tafiied a com m i ??sion in the navy-, am
became a skilful officer, lifev?r or nu
moment'losing sight of h'ere>;iny
never taking advantage of him whn
unarmed, and, althot ;?h not spekin;
his life, ever risking her-own'.. ?Thi
hard life she had chosen., the patienc
incidental to the profession, the skill
the heroism she- had displayedf^wen
well calculated to make ty profonnc
impression upon a man like Malsher
bea. . He hovered around her dwell
ing, contributing in every way hi
could to her comfort. When hei
recovery was pronounced certain,
was the bearer of one of those hal
tender, half chiva'rous letters thal
only such men can write. It was re
turned with the forgiveness of Made
line Lavalette.
My friend and I left Paris and so
journed for many months in England
but I noticed that MalsHerbes was
hardly the same genial companion ai
of old, and we returned home.
In the following spring we enterec
the private drawing-room, by mistake,
of a lady, who was stopping at th?
same hotel that we were. I approach
ed to excuse an intrusion. It wai
Madeline Lavalette, more beautiful
than ever in her black robes of vel
vet falling around her, her short curls
circling her fair, open brow. Hu
eyes softened as she welcomed me,
but she crimsoned. to the temples a<s
she caught sight of my" companion.
Hastily leaving them, I heard, asl
left the roora, Captain Malsherbes'
eager, impassioned voice:
"Madeline, at last again we meet.
Seal your forgiveness with your lovV.
I kept guard at th.'t door for some
time, and then lef:.
lu the autumn of that year I attend
ed a wedding iii IIK- fashionable quar
ter of Parin, and the bride was ihe
lady from whose left Ung I hud ex
tracted a bullet, The groom Was
Captain Auguste Malsuerb?s The
are a n-ble pair. She is one ot' the
finest looking women I ever saw. Her
eyes glis-en as she L oks up to her
husband. . They live happily. Hi
calls her Lieutenant ; she calls him
Captain. Any such jokes as that ol'
swinging hammocks ur splicing the
main brace are sn rato cover the beau
tiful face of Madame Malsherbes with
blushes; while the Captain never
looks prouder than when an allusion
is made 'o his wooden leg
M. mat ure?, in little faces, surround
them ; and often does the Captain
tel) to his boys the story of a woman's
spirit in punishing tfye scandal of -an
officer, aqd tells it tQ them as a warn
ing against speaking lightly or un
generously of one especially depen
dent upon, th? love and sympathy Of
the sterner and stronger sex.'
--f "Hn-r
p9: J^n affectionate Detroit njan was
sent for the other day, to remonstrate,
with bia sister who had been trying to
take poison. He knocked her down and
dragged her round the*rooni by her hair,
and flois|red'by teftdefly e^iijg^?r
that " if* she didn't go t? W?fl?'. apjd ;IeV
the suicide business alone, he would]
break her nock for ber." J
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defima A^ES.' '' .-V/i '
' Will hh glad at all/times to see one Byefield, friends, and .will sell .the'
Best GradeV ?pj ?PK UyMMvfft wSS. " ^ffifS %
Hari3 ' r| -:t' . ' tf' ?-. 13 ,
D. QUINN,
WHOLESALE AND RETAIL DEALER IN
BOOKS, STATIONERY, MUSIC,
AND PERIODICALS,
183 BROAD STREET,- AUGUSTA, GEORGIA.
Manufacturers' Agent end Wholesale Dealer in ?ill kinds oj? Blank Books,
for Mercantile' use',.'including Ledgers, Jour iuds,. Day Books, Records, Pass
Books,-Memorandum Books, Time Books, Drawing and Scrap Books, Auto?
graph Books, Copy, Cyphering and*Exerci3e Books, for School use, &c, &c.
The Writink PapCl?8? including Cap, Letter and Not?, American.
English and Frenen, Ruled and Plain, Stamped and Unstamped.
The stock of. Envelopes, embraces Letter, Note and Official sizes, of
all eolore and qualities, besides a full line of General Stationery, including
all the innumerable minor-items for use in the Counting Room.
Also, many articles that would be appropriately designated as Fancy Sta
tionery. '
' In the Book'Department, will be found the Sfamhfril Text Bpolcs frr Schools
and Colleges, Dictionariesy Bibles add Prayer Books; Music Bocks, ?md a
large assortment of Juvenile and iToy -Books, aoid a. w.ell selected st ck an
General Literature. ' ...
In the Miscellaneous Stock, ih' which we deal; *we -can offer to buyers fi*
favorable terms as any establishment io the trade. ' ' :. '
Anew Price List will soon .be issued, which- wiil enable purchasers to
make selections .and order by'ma.il, if desired. Such orders will receive
prompt and careful attention, since the most thorough system marks the
mode of doing business?in this establishment.
Augusta, Aoril 3, 1872-15m3
Be Place Where to Buy
?ll Al PROVISIONS
IS AT
MILLER, HACK & HOWARD'S
298 Broad St., Augusta, Ga.
On Hand, and Receiving:
Corn,.
. . : './
Bacon Sides,
'.'- Shoulders,
D. S; Sides,
" Shoulders,
Canvassed Hams,
-.Country Hams,
Prime Leaf Lard,
Pickle Beef,
Dried Beef,
Pickle Pork, :.' . ..
Breakfast Strips,
Excelsior1 Extra Flour,.
.Little Beaty Flour,
% . Golden Sheaf? Flour,
.. fi ; Pride of Augusta Flour,
Western. Flour,
Reboiled Molasses, *
Cuba Molasses, '.: .
Golden Syrup,.
New. Orleans Syrup,? ' . :
Richmond Stripes,
"* '. ! Osnaburge,
Matches, .. . .
8?"We are Agents' for the BUFFALO SCALES
styles, and warranted equal to?tho best.
Merqhants and Planters should be sure to look" for the place and Si^n.
EMPIRE AJVD PALMETTO GROCERY HOUSE.
Mar 6 .' tf ll
Meal,. .
Oats,
Salt, '
Sncar,
Coffee,
Mackerel,
Assorted Soda, . ,:
B. C. Soda; '
Soap,.
Starch,
Candles,
Pickles,
Sauce, .
Brandy Peaches,
Can Goods,
Whiskies, .
Bran dj.
Wines,
Tobacco,
Snuff,
S ega rs,
Candy, &c, &c]
Scales of all sizes and
At the Fredericksburg Store
. NOW OPEN
NEW, BEAUTIFUL,
AND
ELEGANT fcOOUS!
TT fWOUM) DE A TREAT for uny
1 ponton, whother thoy wWied to pur
chase or not. hvtak? a stroll through tito
FREDERICKSBTJRG STOKE ?ind view
the elegant goods, embracing everything
that is new and desirable, and.repro.-ent
hig the handicraft of nearly WI civil ized
nations throughout the world there dis
played.
Beginning with the Elegant SHAWL.
SUIT and SILK- DEPARTMENTS,
where all thc ojeirant fabrics ol' tho season
are to bo seen in beautiful Plain, Striped,
Checked and Dolly Varden Silks, made
up Suits of tho newest styles, Llama
Lace Points, Shawls, and other Wrap
tungs; beautiful Parasols, Sun Umbrell
as, Ac,, ?re.
In the DRESS GOODS DEPART
MENT, everything that is novel, hew
and desirable can be found-commencing
with Dress Goods theft will make a hand
somelooking dress?t 10e. per yard up to
the lin est. .
In tho WHITE. GOODS DEPART
MENT afc Piques, in plain, striped,
robes and figured. .Percales from 20c. to
fine Chintz at 50c. ? in all the hew designs
of figured Robes and Dolly Vardens ; all
the new varieties of Mitslins, . Linen
Lawns, hi white and .figured, plain col
ors, ?Sc., Ac. A full assortment of White
Goods, ol' oven' description. '
In the MOURNING DEPARTMENT
will be found all the new fabrics of tho
season-some new and elegant goods, ?us
well as some verv low priced. . '
In die LACE DEPARTMENT, will be
found all the new stvlcs of Lace Collars
and Sleeves, Sets. ?dgiugs, Insertiugs,
Embroideries, Black Silk Laces, Puff
ings, Rufflings, fine Furs, Ac, ,
In tho HOSIERY, GLOVE lind N0: i
TION DEPARTMENTS will bo fourfd J
a most superb assortment of these goods, |
and at tho lowest pr ces.
Tho CLOTH, CASSIMERK and DO- I
MESTIC DEPARTMENTS aro all full
of good and useful -goods, -aud fit the.,
lowest pricos possible.
Persons who buy for Cash and wish to
save money, should always buy of ?>
Cash House-a houso that buys for Cash
as well as sells for Cash. In a, house nf
this kind ail the advantages can be priven
a Cash purohaser ; no extra profit pnt on
because the merchant bought his goods
on time', and he having paid extra
Erice for the time, which all (merchants ]
avs to do who buy their goods on time. :
These are ideas every Cash buyer should :
not forget? " A penny saved is ?-penny j
made.!'.
The FREDERICKSBURG STORE is !
a house that buys its goods for Cash, and
pays no oxtra prices- for timo. It sells
upon a Cash.basis, and charges no extra
prolit to make up for bad -debts; Its I
stock is laid In by a buyer who has been j
selecting ??foods suited to the wants of the I
people for near a-quarter of a ccntnry.1
Iiis success in pleasing them is verified
by the Fredcricksburg Store never hav- j
ing gotten bohlnd from the day of Its >
start, in 1850, to the present time. So |
you may-bo sure, when you go .to the
Frcdorlcksburg Store to buy goods, yoii
are in the right house. Tho house that
buys right sells right, and trys to do the
best it can for its customers.
We continue to send samples when re
quested, and pay freight on goods when
ordered from our stock to the amount of I
310 and over, for Cash, at retail.
V. RICHARDS A UROS.j
Corner by the Planters' Hotel.
April 3 - tf 15
S. COHEN, "
142 Broad Street,
AUGUSTA, GA.,
Wholesale and Retail Dealer in
WATCHES, CLUCKS,
JEWELRY, &C.
HAVING at a great outlay, secured
tho services of a FIRST-CLASS WATCH
MAKER, from Switzerland, is now pro-.
Sared to Repair aU kinds of Watches,
l?sio-Boxesand Jewelry of all descrip -?
tions, with neatness and dispatch, and;(
guarantees all work.
He offers, alsc, a great variety WATCH -
ES, CLOCKS,-JEWELRY,, SILVER
WARE, MlOSf^yEL ! INSTRUMENTS,
GUNS? PISTOLS, ; CARTRIDGES, f?c. j
at New York-prices!; L -i;? '>.,-n >.<
Look out for me sfen,a? the'B?G GUN,
li2 Broad Street I
Augusta, Dee 9 6mS2 1
W???mtmm.
J. TViLEIt, Provnrior. R. H. HtWiUVOft, Drti?rtt? and
(l*n. At'l?, SID Frsudico. Cal., sod ti kn Cpmmtree St. if. T.
511 X.l.?ONS ' Bear Tc?timuny io. their
Wonderful Curative Effect?.
Thor aro nota vile "Fancy Drink, Mado of Poor
Ram, Whiskey, Proof Spirit* and Refusa
Liquor*?doctored, sliced end sweetened to picoso tho
tisto, called "Tonics," " Appetizers," '.Restorers," Ste,
that load the tippler on to drunkenness and ruin, but are
a true .Medicino, ir.a Jc from tho native roots and herbs
of California, freo from nil Alcoholic Stimu
lants. They aro tho G Ii E .VT BLOOD PURI
FIER and A LIFE Ol VINO PRINCIPLE,
a perfect Renovator and Invigorator of tho System,
'carrylngoffall poUcnous matter and restoring thc blood
to a healthy condition. Ko person can take these Bit
te? recording ta directions, and remain long unwell,
provided their bones arc not destroyed by mineral
poLson or other means, and the vital organs wasted
beyond thc point of repair.
They arc a Gent?o Pnrjrntlvc as well as a
Tonie, possessing also, Hie peculiar merit of neting
a,s a powerful agent In relieving Congestion or Inflam
mation of thc Liver, and all thc Visceral Organ?.
FOR FEMALE COMPLAINTS, whether In
young or old, married or single, at the dawn of woman
hood or at th? turn of life, these Tonic Bitters have no
equal.
For Inflammatory and Chronic Rheuma
tism and Cunt, Dyspepsia or Indication,
Bilious, Remittent und Intermittent Fe
vers, Diseases of the Blood, Liver, Kid
ney? aad Bladder,(tess Bitters'have been most
successful. Such Dur use? arc caused by Vitiated
Blood, which IsVrncrally produced by derangement
of thc DI|i?stIvc,Or?ran?.
.'DYSPEPSIA. OR I Vii I GESTION. Head
ache, Paln'In Oio',Slioutdcrs, Toughs, Tightness of the
Chest, Dizziness," Souf Eructations of tho Stomach,
Bad Tasto In thc Mouth, Billons Attacks, Palpitation of
tho Hear*, Inflammation of the Langs, Tain In tho
regions of tho Kidneys, and n hundred other painful
symptoms aro th? offepritjgs of Dyspepsia.
They Invigorate thc Stomach and stimulate thc torpid
Liver and Bnwtl-, vhich rehder them of .unequaled
efficacy in eteahsSng the Mu..: of all impurities, and Im
parting new lifo and vigor toJUc whole system.
FOR SKIS DISEASES, Eruptions, Tetter, Salt
Bheum, Blotches, Spots, PImprcs, Pustules, Boils, Car
buncles, Rlng-Wbrms, Scald Head, Coro Eyes, Erysipe
las, Itch, Scurfs, Discolorations of the Skin. Humors and
Diseases of tho Skin, of whatever name or nature are
literally dug np and carried out of thc system In a short
Hmo by (ho uso of these Bitters. Ono bottle In such
Cases will convince thc most Incredulous of their cura
tive effects. ?; . "
, Cienoso thc Vitiated Blood whenever yon find Its im
purities bursting through tho skin ia Pimples, Erup
tions or Sores; cleanse it when you And lt obstructed
and sluggish In tho veins; cleanse lt, when It la fouL
and your feelings will tell.you when. Keep tho blood
pure, and tho health of tho system will follow.
Pin, Tapo and other Worms, lurking in the
system of so many thousands, are effectually destroyed
an'' removed. Says n distinguished physiologist,
there is scarcely an individual upon the face of the
earth whose body is exempt from the presence of
worm*. It ls not upon tho healthy elements of tho
body that worms exist, but upon the diseased humors
and slimy deposits that breed these living monsters of
disenso. No system of Medicine, no vermifuges, no
anthelmlntics, will free tho system from worms like
theso Bitters.
Sold by all Dmoralists and Dealers.
J. WALKER, Proprietor. R. EL MCDONALD ACO,
Druggists and General Agents, San Francisco, Cali
fornia, and 32 and St Commcrco Street, New York.
Jung jj_t ly_
T,
AUGUSTA HOTEL,
AUGUSTA, GA.
HIS popular and well-known Hotel
is now fnlty open' for the reception of
visitors, having recently been thorough
ly renovated, nowly painted, ?md put in
tho most completo order.* Wo aro deter
mined to maka ours a first-class Hotel,
not to bc surpassed North or South.
We respectfully''soli-.-it tho patronage
of our Ea?oileld friends and thc .public
generally.
UUKPUY'ifcaiAY, Prop ictors.
Fob 14 ? ._ tf 8
Ice! Ice! Ice!
ACONSTANT supply ot Puro, solid
ICE, can bo lound, at the lowest
price, at PENN'S Dru? Store.
May? tr ?0
Lemons ! Lamons J
AT reduced prices, at i
PENN'S Drug Store.
May 8,_tf . .
hrUSTreceived' T?ni:Barrels: Choice;,
tl SYRUP and MOLASSES:
; ?. ?. A. CLI8BY.
May 28, tf ?
Insurance Notice,
THE Undersigned have'this day entered into Co-partnership in the Gen
eral Agency of the COTTON STATES LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY
for South Carolina. Office at Columbia and Edgefield, S. C;
M. W. ABNfcY,
. J.' W. PARKER.
Columbia, S. C., Mar 7,1871*
Having established the Office* for th? above Company in Columbia, we
invite attention to one or two* of the advantages offered to the.m who may
desire to effect insurance on their lives in a safe Home Company:
The Board of Managers at a recent meeting passed unanimously the fol
lowirg Resolution :
" Resolved, That in view of the fact that there are unusually large sums
paid for Life Insurance, to the Companies -of the North and East, which
sums, being there invested, contribute to tlr enrichment of those sections,
whilst our own South is great y in nee i of cash capital to prosecute success
fully our Agricultural and Mechanical enterprises ; 'it is ordered, that for
tho purpose of retaining these sum3 in our midst, hereafter a certain pro
portion of the net cash receipts from premiums, amounting to not m ?re ?han
70 per cent, of the same be invested in such manner as may be in accord
ance with the regulations of the Company, in those sections from which the
said premiums are attained."
(Signed) . WM. B. JOHNSON, Pres't.
GEORGE S. O'BEAR, Sec'ry.
In accordance with the above Resolution a Board of Advisory Trustees
has been regularly organized at .Edgefield C. H., S. C., with the following
Officers, viz : . *
Maj. W. T. GABY, President."
Capt. B.-C. BRYAN; Vic'e Pr?sident. ; . *
R. 0. SAMS, Esq.,.Secretary. "\\.m '.
This-Board is now prepared-to transact business, and-'invest the funds .of
the ( ompany agreeable to the prescribed, regulations. .
The Financial strength of tbe Company places it in high rank. Its last
Annual Statement'shows tnijt the Company possess, besides its large, Guar
antee, $170 for'every'$100 pf Italia bi li.ty.
. i .. ABiYEY <fc PARKER. Slate Agents.
Mar 13 ? ? . tf . -il
Y "INSURE YOUTTT?F?^ _
IN THE' ?. .
Brooklyn Life Insurance Co.
Of New York.
Cash Capital and Assets, Over $?000.000.
1. Because it is acknowledged to be perfectly solvent by all Insurance
Commissioners.
2. Because it is the clieapest.
3. Because it endorses the Surrender Value on its Policies, in Dollars
.ind Cents, for ten consecutive years..
According -to the statement of the rates of the different Lif : Insurance
Companies of first-class, standing in the United States, made by "The Uni
versal," in its advertisement entitled " Facts are Stubborn Things," and
published in the Edgefield Advertiser, it appears thsl the Mutual Rates
of the Brooklyn are Cheaper than those of any named Company.
For -instance, according to that statement :
In the Brooklyn
" 44 Equitable.
Balance in favor of the Brooklyn
In the Brooklyn......
M ? Piedmont it Arlington.,
At the agc?H?"
SISO
Will1 Insure
&,875 73|
7,541 47
81,334 20|
$8,875 43
8,455 46
At the age oi 30,At the :ige of 10
$200
Will Insure
$9,250 69
8,810 57
Balance in favor of the Brooklyn."
In the Brooklvn.
" " New Yo'rk Life.
Balance in favor of tiia Brooklyn.
In the Brooklyn.
V Carolina Life....
Balance in favor of the Brooklvn,
In thc Hreoklyn.
". 44 .Etna.
$420 27
88,875.73
7,541 47
$1,334 2G
$8,875 73
8.503 41
Balance in favor of the Brooklvn.
In the Brooklyn......
44 " Cotton States.
$372 32
$8,875 73
8,426 96
$440 12
* $0,250 69
8,810 57
$440 12
$0,250 69
8,810 00
$440 69
$9,250 09
8,841 73
$2)0
Will Insure
$8,380 ?7
7,9i>7 22
$408 96
$9,250 69
8,798 94
Balance in favorof.ihc Brooklvn.
In thc Brooklyn.
" " St. Louis Mutual.
Balance in favor of the Brocklvn.
i 148 77
$8,875 7S!
.8,455 46
$451 75
$9,250 69?
8,810 57
?? the ilrooklyn...
44 " Southern Li
Balance in favor of the Brooklyn.
'n the Brooklyn.
44 " Knickerbocker
$420 27
$8,875 73?
8,811 30
$3-1 37|
$$?$73 78
8,rtI5 73:
$260 0U;
$8.875 T'A
8,005 50
$140 12
$9,250 C9
8,$41 73
$408 96
$9,250 69
a.s" 55
$373 14
j
$:>.?">0 69?
s,isa 80
Balance in favor pf the Brooklyn.!
STOCK
ino
sm 39;
$102 05
$8,3Sn 27
7,9b7 22
$4fci 05
$8,389 27
7,987'22
~$402 03
$8,389 27
7,916 40
$472 87
$S,389 27
8,10? 10
?281 17
$8,3S9 27
?L987 22
C--:U2 05
$8,389 27
7,916 40
$472 87
>>:.w 27
7.?36 50
$4-">2 77
$8.:?89 27
7,859 10
$530 17
RATES.
At tho age of SO,
8200 will i us aro
In thc Brooklyn.
In the Universal
$11,750 00
11.3?W 01
fcioS 99
At the agc of 40,
$250 will insure
. $10,651 80
10,260 90
$385 00
Bal. in,favor of thc Brooklyn at ?tock rates
Tire .grratly advantageous'feature of tho Brooklyn iii endorsing the 8itr~
render Values-uyon it.? Policies, in Dolla.-*-.and Cats, for ten consecutive
yearn, lins met wr-h unqualified praise from the ino.?! celebrated American
Actuaries, ns ,:il>o Jr-m rh.?- Press. E;:st, North and South.
Tho Hon. .Eli/ntvWrigui, who is .-idrai't rcd lo be the greatest Insurance
.Mathematician and Actuary in America,.congratulating The Brooklyn
upor. this, new and distinctive feature, says, among other things, '' I am
? particularly pleaded by your departure in th?; righi direction frou the
.ordinary method of computing the Surrender Vaincu.". "One of tho great
est drawbacks io the popularity of Life Insurance, has been the disap
pointment and dissatisfaction of retiring Folicy holders, at the smallness
of thc surrender value paid," &c. "All this would have been prevented
'by a distinct statement on (he Policy, tn advance, if ike sum lo be paid."
This statement, it will bs seen.. The- Brooklyn makes in dollars and
cents, so that there can be no mistake.
Rcarf ?V?iat Souillera Papers Say of j his Feature :
The Sentinel, (Raleigh, JSioiih Carolina,) Jan. 27, 1869.-"This great
feature of cash sun-ender values is an improvement that signalizes the era
?li Life Insurance."
&m, {Columbus^Georgia?)-"There is no better Company in the ?and;
i comparison with'other corporations of asimilar character, will convince
di of the Slljierior safely in taking risks with Thc Brooklyn Life '
i ?patch, (St. Louis, Mo..) Jan. 7, 1869.-" A Policy iu The B.ookfyn
Life is thus worth so much th ready money. TLis is the only Life Com
pany iri the- country that has carried this' excellent f aherc (of endorsing
the cash surrender values' in dollars and cents,) info its business/' "Pol
icy holders being doubly assured, the system cannot fail to become very
popular.". . . .
It will bc seen that we assert nothing in the above advert?; emc-nt, but
make a simple statement of rhe superior advantages of Thc Bracklyn, as il
appears from dispntercsitd parties.
Tho Hon. M. L. Bonham has been associated with us in the General
Agency ul' The Brooklvn for this State.- .
mmi mm & BCTLER,
General Agents and Managers.
'Office over the Citizens' Savings Bank, Columbia, S. C.,
Ami at Edgclield S. C. '_'__L
M. O'DOWD & CO.,
GROCER AND CO m MI SSI ? Fi
Merchant,
248Bread Street, Augusta, Ga
AS on hand and for ?ale at LOWEST M RKET PRICES for or
Factors'Acceptances, payable next Fall, a FULL -STOCK ol {jSl?icc
Groceries and Plantation Supplies, .among which may be
found the following :
50 HHDS. C. R. Bacon Sides,
10,000 lbs. ?. S. Shoulders,
10 casks Hams,
100 packages Lard,
200 boxes Cheese-,
300 bbls. Flour, all grades,
300 sacks Oats, -
40 . 44 Seed Rye, %
100 bbls. Irish Potatoes,
500 packages New Maekorel-Nos.
1, 2, and 3.
100 packages Extra Mess Mackrel
10 obis. Buckwheat, I .~
100 chests Tea, all grades, ll)
50 bbls. Syrup-different grades 1 *
200 casos Oysters, 1 and 2 lb. cans,
200 cases Canned Fruits and Veg
etables.
300 cases Pickles, all sizes,
50 44 Lobsters, laud2lb.cans
200 cross Matches,
200 boxes Candles.
50 M Charles Dickens' Segara,
50 M Georgia Chiefs do.
50 M Our Choice. do.
200 M various grades do.
">,000 Bushels Corn,
2
? HHDS. Demarara Sugar,
?55 hhds. Brown Sugar,
10 hhds.'Scotch Sugar. ?
25 boxes Havana S ugar,
Augusta, Jan 16
!; i,
50 bbl?. Crushed, Powdered and
Granulated Sugar,
200 bb!s. Extra C and A Sugar,
200 bags Rio Coffee,
50 " Laguayra Coiree,
50 poeketsOldGovernmcntJava
Coll?e, .
100 boxes No. 1 Soap,
200 44 palo "
158 44 Starch,
100 " Soda, .
100 dozen Buckets,
50 44 Brooms,
BARRELS Pure Baker Whisky,
50 bbls. Old Valley Whisky,
200 44 Rye Whisky, allgrades.
50 44. Pure Cora Whisky,
30 " Brandy, Gin and Rum,
10 quarter casks imported Cog
nac Brandy,
8 quarter, casks Scotch and Irish
* Whisky,
20 quarter casks Sherry, Port
and Madeira Wine,
20 casks Ale and Porter,
10 casks Cooper's Half and Half,
' 50 cases Champagne,
40 44 Claret,
50 44 Schnapps,
100 " Bitters,
20O boxes Tobacco, alljjrades,
100 cases Smoking do.
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