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X Who Waa to Blam« for IV»r<>»t and Boat of tlio Z'odoxa! Forces—A Confed erate Coionel's rijpe c-en—The KestiJta of t% Great Blander “But during the victorlnn?! lull, fsome- thing 1^ happening on mis sido ‘hat of very porious mouient. I.ot up bcc wh.»t it is. The 'jattcrie i of Grffiln and Kkl.f-tts, at the Dogim hoissa, having nothing to lire ut, as we have eeeii, are reatfng, pleased with the toiiseioti re S3 of their brilliant and victorious service against the rebel batter! s and ire ordered :» stiiif, is upon ofocr i j.'i.t - tf> the ir >i t, I house.' ns, *.v U- JLi t ^ nr.d i TI»C SCilKOUs-. Columbia Rogiitrr. It is a plain and unqualified fret EXTRACTS FfJOM QES. LOC%N’3 PE- Tilat so far this bas been one of the | 3CR1PTION OF TSZ CONTEST, tmost inAUMpieioiis seasons ever known j dn Houth Curoiiua. Two almost ur.- ^recedented freezes seriously injured ylttnll grain crop which renderetl! a full crop an impoMibility. d Since the planting season for cotton j afrd corn tliere lias has erven in most ; sections of lire State a continued suc cession of heavy rains and floods which seems to follow the farmers to •£he very point of despair. In some VoCtioiis it is almost impossible to get >1n three dav« of rea} good consecutive 'work. The consequence is we hear of a w 1 hierness of grass in many crops. •Will fat- some, oftlip cropsr.rp in fair condition the most of them are sofely 'pressed with grass and some are sai< to be not worth the work it will take U ifecover them. Whilst vo know how feosy It is to exaggerate fn such mat ters, it is nevertheless plain for an\ map of planting experience to set Lhht tltl- season lias been one of con Cinual and tjcrpius reverses for our far tners. Of course, witli good workinj. Weather for the next twenty-ono days, we will see a wonderful improvemeir all round. Yet with so n#lci-. ibf tlio. area of crops lioi>elessly gone either from flood or grass, it looks now next to an impossibility to make a fuii crop of either small grain, com or cot- 4311. t .■ 1 The EITects of No License. * Piclacn-%.Sci:tincl. A most thoughtful and careful ob server, a citizen of Oconee County, :3ays that Pickens County, certainly i the best example in the United fcJtate of the good effects of the no liccnst system. Ho knew so many men in this country that had quit the use oi wjiiskyr,’entirely, since its sale ha<. been forbidden, by law. and however great may have been the trial to them as Individuals, thev no ilonbt rejoiced In the change. Wo are not so well prepared to speak in regard to the other towns in this county, but under the intense law the streets of this town used''to coin with profanity from the lips of men who culled themselves gentlemen: but now if there is one such, it is sahii to his credit, that lie is heartily Shamed every time lie makes the znistake. . Those in the country who are slil! obliged, from habit, to usu a litlh .whisky, gracefully submit t > the in convenience and trouble necessary to procure it, for the sake of havin'; snares and pitfalls removed from tin youthful and the unwary. Viewed it fi social, moral, political or religion- light, liow infinitely preferable is thi:, to what we were wont to endure. M> b*| And not cl But I sto With love, surpris I looked On i .s i-erij Aud the h" import tint iieeiwioii. Several months ago the town coun cil of Laurens arrested, tried and eon- .victed agentleuinn of the country, as Jie thought, in a harsh, arbitrary and inijust manner, and lie promptly an nounced his intention to appeal to tin- circuit court. Judge Hudson su.-tnin- Ad him, and ordered a new trial on Hie following grounds: i 1st. That before any man can la tried before council he must he served twltb a summons selling forth the tlfnc, the place, and the nature of tin bttence, at least live days before trial. . litl. Tliat the denfendaut was euti- tl^il to a trial i*y a jury, r • The council was represented by So licitor Duiicaii, assisted l»y Williamson JMartin. Col. Irby, the defendent, was represented by Lewis fajiiukius. a tney 3, with his to the 1 yards farther ar tho Kenry toil is a peril-. :uto the order nail ravine is cketts gallantly leatf- i's across the ravine lag pne wheel as it o:*s. y. nieh is at once i-opiacod. A fence i.oro-s the w.iy. The cannoneers de- noiisii it. The Lottery ascends the hill .ear liie i/ niry hoa»e, which is full of the 's tiiarpsliooter-. Soon as Itickett’s . its his gnas in battery, his men and .orsos gin to fail under the fire of these ■ to-u jr !!0 »le.'-;i. lie turns his guns upon .he Henry house and ‘literally riddles it.’ Amid liic m n:j of the woaaded tho cteath creams of a woman is heard! The rniemy ..ad i'trmitted her to remaia in her doomed aouse! lAflOSPKDERATE. COI.OKEL’8 fiPErCH “TTrlffin, ns he comes np with hia puns, zoes into battery on the left of Ricketts, •.nd at once opens briskly on the enemy. One of Griffin's guns has a ball lodged in the bore, -^hich can not bs pot in or out. Hie other five truns, vita the six guns of Ricketts, make eleven pieces, which are now side by side, all of them driving away at H* enemy’s (Stonewall Jackson’s.! strong batteries, not more than HM yard 1 away. They have been at it half a a hour, pernaps when Griffin moves two of his pieces to the right of Ricketts, and com mences firing with them. He has hardly been there five minutei when a rebel regiment, coming out of tho woods at Griffin's right front, pets ever a mil fence, ts colonel stops out between bu regiment (now standing up to the knees in rank grass) and the battery, and commences a speech to his nienl Grlfila orders one of his officers to load with canister and let drive at them. Tlie guns are loaded an 1 read;’ to fire, when up gallops Barry, ex claiming: ‘Captain, don’t lire there; those are your battery supports.’ “At this- supremo moment Reynolds’ gorgeous-looking marines arc sitting down in close column on the ground to the left of the Union batteries. Tho showy Eiov- onth New York Fire Zouaves are a little to the roar of the right of these guns. The gallant Fourteenth New York Chas seurs, in their dust-covcred red uniforms, who had followed Griffith's battery at some distance, have, only a little while ninco, pushed finely up from the ravine at the rear of our batteries into the woods to the right of Griffin and Ricketts at a double-quick. To tho left of the batteries close to the battallion of marines, Heiut- zelman bestrides his horse, near some of Ids own division. To Ida j. Barry’s start ling declaration, Copt. Griffin excitedly .■-bouts: “They are Confederates! Sure as the world, they are Confederates!” But Barry thinks he knows better, aud hastily responds: T know they are you* battery support.’ Griffin spurs towards lii.= pieces, countermands his previous order, and fir ing is resumed in the old direction. “Averell, assistant adjutant general to Gen. Andrew Porter, h-u just ridden to Heintzeknan's side, and now catches sight the relxd regiment. ‘What troops are those?” ho asks of Gen. Heintzelman, vnttng in their direction. While ilcint zeknau Is replying, and just as Averell drops Lis reins an: me ccld-shuteyes; p. rest and calm content, dness there In her features I levels h is fUA l-ffia-; s at tw.iy, th . fiii their pi CCS—i itlss and ‘•higs, an .1 ti:o hably, as Avev ell al Kaffirs g( . SWi nover v> as ci ca a de- Tbo bla ting a few min' ales. It o’clock, t. ml t! man Sac 1 liar .e of i hat at mifluL flit c. wn and died i •ighfc oZ.’ around.— Cor. Huprejm new trial. Going to Meet His Doom. , Columbia Register. Edward Ilunday, the mulatto fiend m 6o .'so'brutally murdered a white woman of bad character in Spartan burg in the early part of 13io, and who ivvas tried, convicted and sentenced to he hanged, and suhsefjqently appealed for a new frial, was taken from the jail yesterday by Deputy Sheriff O. M. Oentry to he carried to Spartan burg for rusenteuee, the Court having refused him a lie has been kept in the jail of Hu h land for eleven months pending tin hearing of Ids appeal. Ho will now certainly meet the late he so justly de- eerved. From a telegram to the Hegister la-1 night, we learn that Dundy arrive, safe at Spartanburg and was sentenced yesterday to be hung on thel’th day os August. Ho received -his sentence with stolid indifference, chewing to bacco during the entire time that tin charge and sentence were being pro nounced. Learning Something. Prom the. Hoston Herald (Ind.) Senators Logan and Blair grow: over Ihe President’s vetoes of private penson hills, for which lie gives very good reasons, but we notice an in crease of adverse reports from the House committee, which indicates that the vetoes have led to more care ward said, ‘there struotivo tiro for seemed as if every ItESULTSOF A TEKIUBLE r.UJypKIi. “It is a dreadful mistake ti.r.t has been made. And thero seemi to i-cve been no excuse for it t^fher. The d' lib-n.-toness o the rebel colonel had given Baiv; abund ant time to have discovered LD error. For Griffin subsequently declare i, und'.v offih. that ‘after the officer who had Lean talk lug to the regiment had got through, he faced them to tho loft, marched them about fifty yards to the woods, then face:’ t^em to the right again, marched them about forty yards toward ns, then opened fire upon us—and that was the lost of usi’ “It is a terrible blander. For up to this moment tho battle is undeniably ours. And while the rebel colonel has been ha ranguing his brave men there has been jilent.y of time to have ‘passed tho word’ along the lines of our batteries, aud poured canister into the rebel regiment from tho whole line of eleven guns at point-blank range, which must have in evitably have cut it to pieces. The fate of tho day hung balanced right thero and then—with nl] the chances in favor of McDowell. But those chances are now reversed. Such are the fickle changes in the fortunes of battle! instead of our batteries cutting to pieces tho rebel infantry regiment the rebel infantry regi ment has mowed down the gallant artil lerists of our batteries. Hardly a man of them escapes. Death and destruction reap a wondrous amrinstanc harvest. Wounded, dying, or dead Ho tho bravo eauuoneers at their guns, officers and men alike hors de combat, while wounded horses gallop wildly back with bounding caissons down the gentle declivity, carrying disorder aud .further danger in their mad flight. The supporting Fire Zpuaves aud marines on the right and left of our guns stand with staring eyes aud dumb, open mouths at the sudden tv.ru of aifairs. They are abso lutely paralyzed with astonishment. They 4 do not run at first. They stand quaking and panic-stricken. They are urged to ad vance upon the rebel reffiment, to ‘give them a volley and then try the bayonet.’ In vain! They fire perhaps a hundred scattered shots and receive In return, as they break and rma down the hill to the rear, volley after volley of deadly lead from the rebel muskets.—Gen. John A. Logan’s Book. hands that had fevered touch, dead who Lad known tho Fstr! pffi'o and the sorrow tjiat we call Life. Wio hid never filtered, beneathber cross, No murmured wile a loss followed swift on loss; N- And the smile that sweetened her lips ‘ alway Lay light on her blessed month that day. I sr oothed from • her hair a silver thread, Ar. ‘ I wept, but I could not think her dead. I felt with a wonder too deep for speech. She mid tell what only the angels teach. AndVver her mouth I leaned my ear, Less there might be something I should not hear. Then out from tho silence between us stole A message that reached to my inmost soul; “Why w»p you today, who have wept before, That the road was rough I must journey o’er?' Why mourn that my lips can answer not When anguish and sorrow arc- both forgot? Behold, all my life I have longed for rest, Yea, e’en when I held you on my breast; And, now that I lie in a breathless sleep. Instead of rejoicing, you sigh aud weep. My dearest, I know that you would not break, if vou could, my slumber, and have me wake; For, to ugh life was full of things that V)l€S3 y I have never till now known happiness.” Then I dried my tears, and with lifted head I left my mother, tho beautiful dead. —James Berry Ueusel, iu Our Society JonraaL The Diamond Fields noar IkimUorly. The scene at the bottom of tho mine Is remarkable. Scattered over tho irregular surface are, perhaps, 3,003 Kaffirs, well- made men, stark naked, and black as obony. These men drill the blasting holes under the orders of the white miners, work out tho loosened ground with pick and shoved, load aud tip the trucks, take up aud relay the tramways as the levels alter, and do all the hard work under white overseers, who are directed by the claim manager. To a stranger tho soene is weird ami uncanny. The noise of the pumping engines, the resounding blows of the heavy hammers on the steel diills, tho jarring nciso of tho iron trucks aud their tipping, and the wild appearance and un earthly shouts ot tho perspiring Kaffirs, all combines to make one cast a longing glance upward, and hail with inward joy the sound of the be’l above, which pro claim that the day’s work is done. The ascending trucks now carry up tho white overseers aud officials, while the Kaffirs swarm like black ants up preci pitous paths and hanging ladders, and in it few minutes the mino is silent, and ap parently deserted. Tiien tho bell rings again, giving the signal to fire the blasts, and solitary figures, white and black, aro seen rushing abo.it with tiny sparks, and -hem making for the appointed shelter places. A few minutes more and tho cannonade !-"/dns. The explosions shake the solid gr .ur.d on which yon stand. The blue ilics into the nil? or fajis In masses. Huge siic- s of dangerous “reef,” or wall, come down with thundering noise. Then ice more all is still. Tho smoke clears ■~j : fttlea, dud again the bell ■ “night shift’’ of miners and o :ing down, to their work. takes, place at 0 and 12 he roar ffotrv r 'ae four mines an be hoard for many miles London Standard. 11 Log C ^ ** . W U fe Y- THE ^ ESSTTOHiC. ;a«dicme cosrbineh Ir.»p inth pure e^fiotAbla t uRCu, md is iur l>isoftses Tiecnluir to all "G load 8 ’criUiry )ivt3. It K«l- -i-iM s f.nd ti.e /il«L>«I 9 r*fhr.alr-Jcs tv mgtiicn* aud i "‘l tL ivoirlil/ I nr J^orateH, ( ■ • i- rfCD-: . 'iv- iv .1 aud make? tta skin smooth, li do )• ./j ••*.: .• t o tenth, c-sirt© headache, or pi ■drj,; ; other iron intdiciUCS do. Y : z. : ' f.. .i I no). #4 F r %rvr©U Ave.. Milwau- > doto of D ' 4 ;. i)6th, 1864: “I » .'s Iren BUterr.and itliRflhooo r r *.*r»j ^ to mo, haviag cured me of the v • kn**vb, i'tej fi.tvv? ic )ifo. Also cured rue oi Liv- c-r L*. a:«d ucvr my ccmnlsxion is clear and -JL :. J' . J a? n boi cu Aiai to n.y children.’* Hs.3. <\ I^KAOroN. Eaet Lockport, J4.T. t l»j!“: “I liAve .-ticffonid ur.toid mi >ery frr-m FnnAla C< rr.;* T -in^, aud ioo*d obtain redcf from nothing Jirorrr.'s lie:*. 3rttcrs. n h m r aboTe Tr*j?o Mark rjid eroe*sd red lii^a on wrapi>«i*. T.ckc co other• Madocaljby cftsze^nc^L vo.. baltlaiokkmik CALL FiaST-CLAQS sao^cesilfoi V TO PARENTS. '• tlftjiy boMns; nn* v^ry p^rnlnlous to hcslth, and while every mn rv<-;irt's his own, h" ehould also hare a a*rw tor the tender ones—tho little children. :-' r ' PEA FOA53 * ' '• contetea none of the b.vi qnalttlesi of beklng e owdera—eeda or seleratus. It contnlns no urtful iJicmilent—ao alum or ammonia. * SCIENTIFIC. All Cbomistj who ba vo analysed Foa Foam corn-rood It. Housekeepers who hare ii'sed it will hare no ot! ;cr. Cooks, whoso best cherts nave y.i'ei with other powdem, are jubilant over Son Foeua. Bavos time, saves labor, saves money. It is nos.Mvely ?:n"qijrJed. Absolutely pure. Used by the leading; hotels and restaurants la New York city and throughout the country. For safe by all first-etasa grocorst GAJTTZ, JOKES <S CO., 27G Duane St., X. Y. Successor to JAMES E. COOX. T T AVE receivofl from Northern and Eastern Markets a full ami carefully AA. selected stock of— General Merchandise. For the Fall and Winter trade. We have a larger stock o Ladies’ Dreei Goods than ever before. All grades of Repeliauts, Cassimeres and Jeans Bleaching, Flannels, and Domestics iu abundance. An extraordinary largi Mock of first-class Boots and Shoes, including the well known Bay Stau Standard Screw Goods and the Clement Wiel & Ball Custom Work. A CLOTHING DEPARTMENT which is full and complete in quality style and prices. A stock of HATS and CAPS in which we can suit and fit nnv man, boy or child who may favor us with a call. An extensive GROCERY Department, in which M ill be found the choicest Family Gro ceries and Plantation Supplies. Hardtvare, Tinware, Glassware aud Crockery cheaper than ever. Having purchased these goods during the past dull season at remarkably low figures, wo propose to soil them at prices M’hich will fully satisfy the closest buyers. TAS. L. QUIN BY & CO. cfilers IP _A. ID C3- S T T . THE MAMMOTH FURNITURE STORE MAN, BEGS TO CALL AT TENTION TO THE FOLLOWING AWFULLY LOW PRICES— GOODS GUARANTEED: An entire Walnut Bed-room Suite, full Marble Top, 10 pieces, $8!); a very Large and Elegant Solid Walnut Parlor Suite, covered with Plush, only $42.f)0; an Elegant Walnut Parlor Suita, covered with either Good Dair Cloth or Fancy Ramie, at $27.59; a Large Assort ment of Poplar Bed-room Suites, full Marble Top, at $32; or, in Wood Top, from 16.50 to 25 dollars. A No. 7 Plat Top Cooking Stove, wi Stove, 25 pieces, $8.75. ith .50 pieces, for 13 dollars; No. 6 Stc Every kiad and every artieleof every kind in the Furniture, Bedding and Stove Line; also, a full line of Window Shades, Carpets, Rugs, Clocks, Pic tures, etc. In Undertaking Department you can find Coffins and Caskets, Gentlemen’s Robes, Ladies’ Robes, Odd Fellow’s and Mason’s Trimmings, and a full Hue of all other trimmings. Any information will be cheerfully given. Write for full particulars and prices. L. F. PADGETT’S Furniture- Store, 1110 and 1112 BROAD STREET, - - _ _ AUGUSTA, GA. ammaamn i ■■ inn ful examination of claims. The Re publican organs do not quite see their way clear to criticise the Presideni’s vetoes i xcepc by an aceasioual slur. \ ~ T * ¥ Tornado in Florence, S. (’. ClIARLKtiTON, S. O., July !.—A tor nado passed through Florence to-day, frightening the people and movingor.e Ljuse from its foundation and levei ling many fences. Tine American Ax t!».' Ro*fr. Mr. Gladstone has many axes sent him as presents, and he says that the American ! ax is one of the best made, though he does not like tho handle, or. account of the slanting edge at its enI.—Chicago Herald. A man, to be supremely happy, only needs the gift of Ceres to Pandc ra—a goou aj>petito aud an irreproachable diges- tions. A yui > Virtue of HottlaS r days ago a repefrtor wien.-'ssod at r'V-ti, '. hilo Hstsnlag to what the iv.:« '.ver.; telling to taeh otiier, the iiito practice of a strange enpersti- tiox: A fi lief oLhiins nniong many of tbs rvcduloue ",:1 over the .'*orhl that c-sca-rt f >r rlv v wr.t-r, if c !’. a-ed iu a cvrt-.. i v.aa.* * <_■ :v .e vos:: i t, 4 . a j.rffiti .-o e.;ro fi.r many ih-.t tlssh is I.eir to. The nest known instance of this belief is ihs . troag l-'.ith ot tk-.« natives of India b: the hv-r.!iug i orverz oi tuo rlvern Gauges and Eupiii-'.te?. At a little covo between Mr-iggs’ wharf and the rfh-lby smelting works two ladles, ■ /Otii apparently belonging to the most r»- s(>sct« >ie ri vciai ranks, we/u tho noten la the strange drama witnofMotl by tho re porter. One of the ladies stool on the here clo.se to tho rising tide, and was counting a long string of black, and white cowrie shells, while repeating a forrnnla of which the reporter could not quite catch tho meaning, but it soaude-i liko re peating a number of numerals in Spanish. Standi vg in tho water kneo deep, regard less of the ruin to her clothing, was tha other participant iu tho ceremonies. In •ne hand she hold a white flint-glass bot- Ho, with an extremely long, thin neck and n capacity of about a pint. With tho other .'laud she was carefully gathering the foam from tho crest of each incoming wavelet, using as a scoop a large bluo shell of the ooquiUo variety. The contents of the shell she carefully decanted into tho bottla. The lady skimmer of the seas refused to answer any of tho inquiries of tho over- enrious, preserving a strict aud freezing ffienco, but the counting lady was more communicative. Sha said: “My friend is gathering the sca-foarn to bathe her little hek dog in. You may laugh-at us, but we .-mow by trial that tho water as wo are now getting it is a sure euro for tho poor thing. Unless we observe all the neces sary forms it is timo and work wasted, ihere! Ah, poor thing! She has to eoin- '•:enco all over again. She put the water '.vitht ut the foam into tho bottle, and that spoils ail she had already got. Wo wore • oiJ of this cure romo timo ago. I tried it ju my maiteso cat, and it cured her, euro. Ail ihere is to do is to wasli the sick ani mal in it; that's ail thero is of it. Yes, it may look very silly, the whole thing, bnt we are willing to bo laughodat if our little darlings can be cured.”—San Francisco Gfil. SCHRODER & THORPE % LAURENS STREFiT, ------- AIKEN, S. C. mW STRING GOODS, We particularly invit**tne attention of the ladies to our New and Beautiful Stock of Spring and Hummer Dress Goods, which we will take pleasure in showing and selling a‘ prices to suit the times. Just think of it! Prints at 5 ets., Dress Gingham* and Seresuckers at 10 ets.. Yard Wide FrujJ of the Loom L. C. at 10 cts. tnd an excellent Yard Wide Long Cloth at sets. FINE SHOES. Our Stock of Lad: and Gents! fine Shoes lias been gotten up as a special attraction, and we are confident that we can suit tho tastes of the most fastid- eous. Straw Hats and Fur Goods for Ladies, Gents and Children. • GROCERIES! ! GROCERIES !! , We keep none hut the best Groceries. Both our Heavy aud Fancy Groce ries are just u hat you want and at just the price you are willing to pay, be cause thev are just, wiiat they are represented, and are marked at Lowest Cash Prices. We are Agents for the AMERICAN SEWING MACHINE, one of the best in the market. Our Stock is complete in every line, and polite and attentive salesmen ready to serve customers. SCHRODER & THORPE. mmnmamrrmummmnmm mm mmmm—MM m ——a w ■ mr*mx mmmsm r V ! V r . RHODES (Successor to RHODES <fc SCOTT.) Wholesale and Retail C 546 Broad Street, « cop Most of the diseases which afflict mankind are orlgtn- ally oan«odbyadi«iT<1srcxl condition of ths LIVER. For all complaints of this kind. Each as Torpidity of tho Liver, Bilionmn**, Nervous Dyspepsia, Indijjea- ticn, Irrofrularity of the Bowels, Constipation, Flatu lency, Eructations and Burning of the Stomach A (sometimes called Heartburn), Miattna, Malaria, Bloody Flux, Ohilla and Fever, Breakbone Fover, Exhaustion before or after Fovers, Chronic Diar- rh/oa. Loss of Appetite, Headache, Foul Breath, Irregularitiea Incidental to Femaloa, Bearing-down STftDIGER’S fiURAWTil ia Invaluable. His not a panacea for all disoaaea, but ^tgsr5«r ail (lledaeesof tho LIVER, wiU^MiSLK! STOMACH and BOWELS. It changes the complexion from a waxy, yellow tinge, to a ruddy, healthy color. It entirely removes low, gloomy aplrlta. It is one of the BEST AL TERATIVES and PURIFIERS OF THE BLOOD, and la A VALUABLE TONIO. 6TAD1CER’8 AURANTII Sht safe td afi DreggfetB. Ptkwtl.OO pec battle O. F. STADIOER, Proprietor, 140 80. FRONT ST.,' Philadelphia, Pa> Augusta, Ga. rr- 1 Tlie UcIobratCG ]| and €iilt .A men*can, Ca’pcuterj Cottage Organs. INDUffiHLY THE BEST!! THE BECKER, ESTEY AND EVERETT PIANOS, Need no Praise, Being the Leading Instruments of the County. The Domestic, Davis, New Home, and Household Sewing: Machines AKU the , Finest Made in the World! CASH OR INSTALLMENTS, Write for Price List and Discounts ‘ - * > V N’ ' - f-‘, . . •Vila**'“vf % > 200 Srcoml-Hand Sewinpr IVIachineg hi Cfi.od Order at $5,!.!05 ^10.00 and j.IO each. 921 BROAD STREET AUGUSTA, GA. A r si X GOODYEAR’S n n trr! .s P p Sa-Ea ?|'f| r u TORY! it; r>t- CAN ALWAYS BE FOUND A FULL LINE OF lum tw.v Cricapor Grades of Open and Top IB XT (3-G-1 IE S, At Lower Priei's than at any other House this side of.Cincinnati. This Work is all made to order, Lighter Running and Better Finished thani ihe class of work generally sold as Standard Vehicles. But I have Just received a Full Line of Fine Family Carriages, Photonstthd Cabriolet! Just received another shijmient of t’ oseFi»e OPEN AND TOPBUG- GIES, made upon special orders, by the best manufacturers North and East. Nothing being u::o<! in the construction of these vehicles but the best materials, and in Queiiry, Style and Finish, are unequalled by any otuer how on the market. In stock a Full Line of . v ’ SADDLE AND IIAR Li J1ju,ok>—■ ALL GRADES. T v IIIV.1I l ill ti v Xu in fntHGstory of the bu.diK-sH. Wagons, all sizep. Oak and Hotnloffi ;3 Milburn, Studebaker and Standard Pla'ntatior lock Sole Leather, Calf Skins, Shoe Find- ingsi Carriage and Wagon ’ Materials, Harness Leather, Belt Lacing of superior quality',Viubteta'and Leather Bolting. Also a full line of Guns, Shells, Powder, Shot, Table and Pocket Cutlery, Plow Points fo? all makes, Nails, Axes, Hues, Picks, and Mattocks, Pitch Forks, Shoygls, Spades, Steelyards and Scale Pa nins, Grind. Stones, Rakes, Paddocks, Cnr^ ^ pen ter Tools, Files, Hinges, Window Sash, Doors and Blinds, Farm an4 Church Bells, which 1 am of' * C U B I have just received a large and well selected Stock of Choice FunHy Gro ceries ,whicii I am ofiering at the very lowest figures. My Specialty is . Fancy Melon Seed. I have been particular in sorting from the finest Richmond County Melons a large lot of Choice Seed and oilei -ameat a Low Figure. I also handle in large quantities Garden Seeds from Hiram Sibley & Co. and D. M. Ferry & Co. My stock of Seed Potatoes are tho finest ever brought South. To the trade I sell close. Nonpareil Flour High Patent Guaranteed to Satisfy the most Fastidious. I keep the Best Selected Stock of Fishing Tackles in Augusta. m r !P "i r T-> v ¥v Ty Q At Xo Old Stan ' I ^ring at LOWEST CASH PRICES. h GOODYEAR, Agent, (Successor to R. H. MAY & CO.) Vi'GyFTA, GA., opposite Georgia Railroad Bank. Augusta Qa. r?t\ A Tf 1 ’ ? / *J e '* .1 j 10 CV.i k^Gm* "" "" vr C% • STULB, Co l*..\ A. Iv luo.v!) -xi) CArtfi’nELL, Streets, Auoustj, Georcjia. -O- w z±*;z.i3c&rj0i LLINERY I E ^-' s ZZt, w* l| Out ADVERTISERS can learn the exact cost of any proposed line of adver tising in American papers by addressing Geo. P. Rowell & Co., Ncwapape? Advertising Bureau, lO Sprue® St., New York. Sand IGo'ta. for ICO-Paa© Pamphlet Under Central Hotel, Augusta, Ga. o With great pleasure Iannounce to the Ladies of A been that I am now exh biting a stock of SPRING and SilMM ER Ml ILLINERY GOODS unsurpass ed in the South. Space will not permit mention of the different articles—siifiie. it to sav, I feel confident I can please every ladv who will give me an oppor tunity *to do so, IN QUALITY STYLE and PRICE OF GOODS and WORK. To the Ladies of Aiken, I extend a cordial invitation to come and see me when in the city, and examine my beautiful and stylish goods. MISS NELLIE PURCELL. ——Pleasure and Pro lit to Aii!~—- JOHN II. FEAEY, iS-OmAWiWEmMIRAVaS Augusta , Ga. Mr. Geo. Wk Williams, of Charles ton, the only surviving member of the original Board of Trustees of Wotlbni College, has been made President ci the Board, and Bishop Duncan, Rev. W. A. Rogers and Capt. J. W. Car lisle, of Spartanburg, members, 'i Rev. A. Coke Smith, et’ Columbia, ha- been elected Professor of Mental and Moral Philosophy in Wofford College, to fill the vacancy caused by the elec tion of Prof. Duncan to the Bishopric of South Carolina, New Disease* In tho >TenRi;erio. Several kinds of quadrupeds in the Lon- . don zoo suffer from corns on their feet, ! due to tho hard floors, aud th -se produce | boring ulcers, which may extend clear j through the foot. Hernia occasionally ' afflicts the monkeys, and a tiger has lately j been killed by an accumulation iu his in testines of sawdust, swallowed with his food. These are new diseases iu mcnage- i ries.—Chicago Times. else : in this wo jar s SO paiufl nervi es? They radii .r tho sira; left here in ; they are ono Florida. ” The Valaefl St Just us Mack. One of her friends, not very well off in a ’ j worldly way had brought her a simple ‘ | bat pretty gift at her birthday. “It’s only a trifle,” the friend began, when Miss Volatila interrupted her with,-“Oh, no apologies, I beg. I shall value it jast ns much as tho presents I have rccaived which are reffily worth something.”— Harper’s Dazar. Charleston thinks it has (he best drinking water in tho world. The water is obtained from its artesian wells and lias, it is claimed, cx f rnor dinary medicinaLqualities—curing ma laria, rheumatism aud other diseases. It is predicted that a great new meth od water curesauitmiuui will be erect ed in that city in the near future, and The Tow Kates to California. It is estimated that nearly 75,030 people took advantage of tha recent low railroad rates to go to California.—Inter Ocean. The electric lights at Loa Angeles, Cal., are visible from fifty miles out to the sea, and tire said to be misleading to mafia* era. Wooden Shoes of the Japonr-s**. The Japanese wear woo tea shoes, which aro h id on by ihe great toe. and they nl- , w ays bilp them cfl before entering a house that h i ml; ids of invalids will ^o there ■ or score. One does utfl wonder at the cu»- aud renew their youth. • torn when ho sees the smooth, polished doom of their houses.—Cor. Inter Ocean. BooinotJ UiiCm-tunates in Florid. - *. But who are tliese I meet »t every turn •ho seem to have stayed awhile—longer or’naps, than they will stay anywhere world, whose hacking cough on tho sympathetic They are the army of invalids, or gglers from the main army, Its northward march. And aud ail “disgusted with They all think it a bad place invalids. They aro all “just waiting | hero a few days, till they get strong j enough’’ to go to Minnesota, Colorado, or i California. Many of them have their j ; ruuka packed to start; one or two tell me | they have bought their tickets and “would have started to-day only I caught a fresh j cold, and so am not gaining strength just i now.” Poor fellows! Poor, doomed, un- | fortunate*, halting feebly on tho verge of j the temb, and still boiieving every siren ! f.ong of licpo. 1 am not hard-hearted, I hope, and I , certainly have personal cause to sym pathise with coc: amptiveii; but I confes* that I arrange ray movements so as to lis- I ten to tfce.n as little as possible. For I am j satisfied, and long have been, that cou- i sumption is contagious—very contagious, : indeed, to those who have a slight ten- ! iency that way—and between two resorts j-of anything of equal attractiveness, I would urg? the incipient conanmptivo to go where ho wiii hear the fewest like him- : self. It is not only breathing a close air with them—that may be avoided—but to hoar them talk and cough will certainly : aggravate the consumptive tendency in | another. I fancy that one reason my! :-oyvn roars 'n Utah and the Reeky Moon- | tains did mo so much good was that 1 associated entirely with healthy people—b miner?, Biormous, Itidie.rwi, railroad men, ! soMtefn, and!) ant-re. Ail the prominent ! people I saw sr thought much about were | hciilthy.—“Parko” in Chicago Times. NERVOUS DEBILITATED MEN* Von are allowed a free trial of thirty dayeot tho _ oro of Dr. Dye’s Celebrated Voltaic Belt with ‘ Electric Susvensory Applianoes for the speedy relief and permanent cure of Aerrous Debility, loss of Vitality and Manhood, ?.nd all kindred troubles. Also for many other diseases. Complete restora tion to Tlealth, Vigor and Manhood cueranteed. No riak ts incurred. Illnstrated pamphlet tnaeolol tHLelai e mailed free, by addreeelnff VOLTAIC 2LLT CO., Marshall, Mich. W find repaired. 729 Broad Street, Opposite Central Hotel, THIRTY YEARS experience in fitting lenses in Spectacles makes tin Optician Department Complete. Solo Agent for Diamond Spectacles. Dealer in Eeliable Jewelry. Also Silver-Plated Ware at the Lowest Prices. OT’Porsonal attention to monogram engraving. a 51 S $ § ^ <J? U O MRS. N. BRUM CLARK Mr. a. w -a- ^TOEB I l> have on hand, and will keep during the entire planting scabon, the VERY BE.*?T aud I ieed Potatoes fi a y* fi j > es a u i Yr ■at et 4 u 1 ilA ZJ S v*~ for planting pm" eo. EARLY ROSE ancPalHotUer v*. tier?. We Luy direct from Bc c Rm, the very l>eht market Seed, and always get the best known to tho lor le. Our Potatacs are carefully selected :ul at n t», Vli-gw. t $ r? r* fT'-ffi & CV a e’VJ Window Sin grain ('an et ;, IP -'izc* and (’olrtr, en tings, Flooi’OilC Laee (.‘nrtain Ebony and Bra: ■2. X\J best that comes to this market. Loffin $t Stu!b, •rner Broad and Cagipbell St., Augusta, Ga. M 5Ui4yil tUli o— OY 1' vl W oods. Fall Trade. 1885 >1 e Curtains, Wflton, Velvet, Brussels, 3-ply In- . <>c')r >falH, ' r! Carpet, Window Shades of every i tlie New Styles, Cocoa, Caton and Napier Mate JJnobiums. nices and Poles, New Walnut, Cherry, Ash Turcoman Curtains and Draperies. Mil! I> oiek. Hair (!!oths, Decorations. V s 1' CJ L Oil P .bits, Walnut and Ru out cold, and ail sold a ■ n :■ -- v te- ir b d c aiM in a vari-dy of Patterns. Fringes in all Colors. 1 Gimp and Bottoms. Wail Papers, Borders and Ail Trades: II! nyr tvingaml Chromos. Brooms, Dusters, Baskets, Door ocr \<\ at hi/f Htri^is for Doors and Window, to keep Lowest Prices. : a r* fo, 'ti? S s ^ a.; ;* r a z *r~ , , ;*!• 1. 1 fi ( V. re 222 .« >3~a 819 Broad Street, AUGUSTA, GEORGIA, ChronicleBuii«iii!g, 714 Broad Street, Augusta, Ga. A BARGAIN IN LAND ! !! ^ Plantation of 1000 Acres for sale kA about 10 miles frotxfcfcAikei One-hundred Acres of auperlor Bot- com*Land, excellent Watc»* Pow^r for mamuteduring purposes." On ne\V projected lineof railroad. Terms liberal—For further paticu- lars apply at store of J. D. TAYLOR, Curve Street, Aiken, B, C. Feb. 23, IS SO.—dm. Has put in a beautiful new line of MILLINERY & FANCY GOODS, TTafrq Aonnets, La^es, Feathers and Flowers and all the Spring Novelties. In greater variety -and Lower in Price than ever before. Examine before you purchase, we will suit you. E3^”DRESSES also made in the very’ Latest Styles. MRS: N. BRU?I Cl.ARK. lOpfW lihiUui (ALU[ fti). miMAi uaJ Ti l !i S. (’. S. Is the cheapest and the bes't and the only Specific Fertilizer for small grain the mai re^c. • ‘A 1 W'l I will announce to tlie public at large that I have resumed business at my old stand on Curve Street in rear of Croft’s block. I will be happy .to re ceive my old customers and the pa tronage of the public at large. I am wc-l] known to the public of Aiken, | Barnwell and Edgefield counties. The j cleaning and trimming of ladies hair j and Misses a specialty. Shampooing is guaranteed without cold. Hair oil ! and tonic for sale. Very respectfully. JOHN R. BOYCE. ! S!L : 1 i JIEXUY BUSCH & CO. ’Sire on hand for the Fall and Winter Trade: Dry Goods, Notions, Fancy Goods, Gent’s Furniihing Goods, Boots and Shoes, Hats, Clothing, Crockery, Glassware and Staple and Fancy Groceries. We keep Choice Lines in all our departments, which are well selected. We ask our friends to give us a chance and we guarantee good Goods, lining prices and polite treatment. HENRY BUSCH & CO. • Wessels Corner, - - _ Aiken, S. C. ASHLEY I feni’ \SIT ELEMENT, a very cheap and excellent non-ammoni* i/WT for m: .11 grain crops, fruit trees, grape vines, &c. COTTON A1 Farm For Sale. \ desirable Farm in a heallhv ]o- # A cality seven mile.s from Aiken, oor.taining Two'-TInrdrcd Acres well V» :fiV'l iioii Dweiiingand Out- b.iiifliags ihoivon; will Ik.* sold at a bargaln j»s tin inv.rtjjieu! Aiki-n, S. (’. March 9, !te>o.-C:n. OTTO T. WIETERS. -WHOLESALE GROCER AND DEALER IN- 3 [) CO!f COMPOUND, a complete fertilizer for ami also used by the truckers near Charleston for vegetables. ASHLEY COMPLETE GARDEN FERTILIZER, specially adapted ta roses, gemmuins, pansies, ilowering anuuals, ix. ETEFor terms, directions, tr instructive publications of .the (. .timo.dais, and for the various attractive and ‘ompany, address, ' • t r*. ?e- » J-'±ffih u r > i t '~e <j 2L i UliatieLnrja, j, to Company, - - .s 0. L.oi.i.na jo > Eg3 -K «f X-: Akic Tayijjh. - JL ik ‘-J W e’ TMi 01 * ownerd sire* toehi.i tr *! So]o aP*' 1 * 1 * for T - T - anrt J. G. FItOST S celebrated SFLF-RA fSING Addrtlea Lwk Box 5,i FLOUR ’ iinA T1I ORN T BROTHERS’cciebrate l BUTTER CRACKERS. tW“Office and Salesroom 181 East Bay; Warehouses, Nes. ICS, 110, 112 114 and 116 East Bay, CHARLESTON, 3. C. COTTON FACTORS AP GIIMI ASHEPOO PHOSPHATE * CENTRA LWIfARF _ _ _ ^ 1 n r ■ ..