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FEIDAY MORNING. DEO 30,1870
THE LATE ELECTION.
The Democratic triumph in Georgia has
rattled the Radical dry bones amazingly.
The greatest consternation and surprise
■were felt at Gen. Grant’s headquarters in
Washington city, whither, it is said, the
peripatetic Blodgett has gone for succor
and consolation. A Herald correspondent
at the Federal Capital thus writes, under
date of the 24th :
“ The result, of the Georgia election has
disappointed the Republicans, who expect
ed to carry that State. It is now conceded
that the entire South will go Democratic
in 1872, and the Republicans are considera
bly alarmed at the prospect. If the South
goes Democratic it will be impossible to
elect the Republican candidate, except
Pennsylvania, Indiana and other Northern
States, which are now doubtful, can be
carried. The change of affairs in the
South was not altogether unexpected to
sharp politicians, but it was thought that
a few States would be carried by the Re
publicans.”
We are very glad to hear that the Radi
cal conspirators are so grievously disap
pointed in their calculations; but we can
assure them that the Crown Officer dul all
that was in the power of mortal man to
help and save their cause In this State.—
Where be failed it would be folly for any
body else to try ; and so, if the Republican
managers ave wise they will endeavor to
cultivate Pennsylvania, Indiana, and other
Northern States, letting Georgia and the
South alone. Every time they have tam
pered with Reconstruction it has b. en
the worse for them; and what has been
done in Georgia by Democracy, at the
late election, is not a circumstance to what
will be accomplished hereafter if Congress
puts on the screws. When but ten white
men could be raked and scraped together
in this, the best contested county of the
State, to vote the Radical ticket, it is
about time for Congress to confess that
Georgia has rolled Waterloo, Sedan and
Metz into one tremendous disaster, which
ought to prove final to sensible creatures.
The question, of course, is as to Congress
being composed of “sensible creatures.”
Some gleams of sanity have appeared in
that direction recently, and so there is
hope for a broad awakening after a while
The New York Journal of Commerce thus
speaks of the earthquake here:
“If the returns from Georgia can be re
lied on, that State has been revolutionized,
«nd a lesson taught to the Washington
owers that be, which they had better lay
to heart. In 1868 Georgia elected four Re
publican and three Democratic members of
Congress, and her Legislature chose one
Republican and one Democrat for the Uni
ted States Senate. The Administratioriists
were dissatisfied with this. They wanted
everything. Therefore, Georgia was again
turned out into the cold, and since that
time cni■ >ler.es and threats have been freely
made with the view of achieving a Repub
lican majority in the Senate. The. game
has ignominiously failed. According to
the reports before us, the Democrats have
carried four or five out of the seven Con
gressmen, and elected a clean two-tliirds of
the Legislature. And this has all been
done with perfect quietness and good or
der, happily belying the predictions made
of bloodshed all over Georgia on the22d.
It is strange that the Republicans—some
of them at least—seem to have seriously
expected to win.. Attorney General Aker
man, #ho ought to know something about
Georgia, was so satisfied with the Republi
can prospects in the State that he thought
of resigning his seat, in the Cabinet to take
a United States Senatoiship. He will
doubtless change his mind, and be thank
ful that he is so w :11 provided for, if the re
sult of the elections to the Legislature is
as announced. Virginia, North Carolina,
Georgia!—thns,onebyone.the harsh press
ure which the dominant party puls upon the
South recoils upon it-elf. In each of those
States Republicanism would be much more
than a feeble minority today had a gene
rous and magnanimous policy guided its
councils. Expediency, apart from higher
considerations, as we have often told the
Republicans, dictated the extremist stretch
of condonation and kindness to the South.
Not practising it, they now reap their re
ward. And with these warnings ringing
in their cars we still find a Republican
Congress un villing to grant a general am
nesty, and so placing in continued and
greater jeopardy what little of strength re
mains to the Republican party in the
Southern States.”
The Journal can crave amnesty for us as
much as it pleases, but the South has pass
ed the point of solicitation and really
cares nothing one way or the other on
this subject. Indeed, since persecution has
borne such splendid fruits, we rather prefer
that the bitter-enders should keep up their
hyena-howl to the last chapter, where all
such beastly tilings will be consigned to a
commission of lunacy. A refusal of amnesty
does the South no harm. A concession of
it will do Radicalism no especial good.
Sugar-plums that would have been very
good five Christmases ago have grown
worm-eaten and nanseonsjnow. We have
faith in our people, our State, onr children
and our God. What more do we want, and
wliat can Congress yield us to offset this
reliance ?
TRUE BILL
The Atlanta Intelligencer says:
“ The Democratic majority for Seymour
“ and Blair over Grant and Colfax, in No
“ vember, 1868, was about iifty thousand
“ votes, and if the Democrats had firmly
“ and unwaveringly adhered to the State
“ and National platforms our success would
“ have been more triumphant than it is.—
“ The defeat of the party in certain coun
“ ties ought to teach Democrats that it will
“ never do to compromise the party or its
“ principles. Wherever the issue was
“ made plain and direct, the party was
“triumphant, and it haji always been so,
“ and will be as long as the party remains
“ true to its principles and itself.”
This we believe to be an absolutely true
utterance, and chimes in with what we
said on the day following the election, that
“ the way to victory was the path of principle."
Had the issue been made on principle
everywhere, we would have had seven
Democratic Congressmen instead of four
or five. We should say that trimmers and
policy-men had bad enough of their com
promises to last a lifetime. Richmond
county and the Fifth District were re
deemed by holding up the right standard.
It is to be hoped that the weak-kueed De
mocracy in other places will eschew idola
trous baked meats henceforth and deserve
victory by doing the clean thing.
Ominous.— The World says:
“ All persons wishing to compete for the
“Attorney-Generalship of the United States
“will forthwith submit sealed bids. The
“ Georgia election having gone Democrat
“ ic, Mr. Amos T. Akerman will soon be
“ out of place.”
Beauty, in Spite op Han Teeth.—A
young fellow extolling a lady’s beauty, one
of his companions said she had a bad set
of teeth. “ Very true,” first,
1 but she is a fine woman, in 9pite of her,
teeth.”
[From the Baltimore Bun. 1
A Perversion of. History.
The two hundred and fiftieth anniversary
of the landing of the New- England Pil
grims appears to have been celebrated this
year by their defendants' wHh’evcfi more
than the usual manifestations of a compla
cent and self-glorified sectionalism. At the
celebration at Plymouth we find the follow
ing among the regular toasts: “ Plymouth
and Jamestown-- the Pilgrims and the
Cavaliers —freedom and slavery; they met
on the field of Gettysburg and freedom
conquered.” There may be some captious
critics who on purely historical grounds
will object to the truthfulness of the anti
thesis thus tersely stated, and of the paral
lelism sought to be established between the
men and ideas of 1620 and of 1870. They
may even presume to question whether the
issues which “the field of Gettysburg” is
supposed to have decided are correctly
stated. Mr. Frederick Douglass, the popu
lar colored orator, at a recent celebration
of the same kind, based his claim to partici
pate upou the well-known historical fact
i that the Mayflower, which brought over the
Pilgrims, was subsequently employed by
her Puritan owners in bringing over a
cargo of slaves. From one of these latter
nod involuntary “ pilgrims ” Mr. Douglass
claimed to be lineally descended, and to
have therefore at least an equal interest in
the Mayflower with any son of New Eng
land. That the descendants of the Pilgrims
had far more to do with the introduction
and establishment of slavery in this coun
try than the descendants of the Cavaliers
no one with the slightest knowledge of
colonial history will pretend to deny. It is
not improbable even that among those who
drank to the toast, we have quoted there
were some whose ancestors had attained
to both wealth and social position in the
good town of Boston in the olden time by
their successful participation in the traffic
iu human flesh.
Equally preposterous is the further sug
gestion that the two armies which fought
at Gettysburg were, in the sense indicated,
the representatives of the men who landed
at Plymouth and at Jamestown. On the
Southern side were mingled the descend
ants of the Huguenots of South Carolina,
the sturdy Scotch-Irish of North Carolina
and Tennessee, and the French of Louisia
na, with Georgians, Mississippians and
Virginians; and we presume that (he men
of New York, of New Jersey, of Pennsyl
vania and the West, the men of Irish and
German blood and lineage, had quite as
large a share in Gen. Meade’s victory as
the New England regiments which par
ticipated. We forbear the further inquiry
as to what proportion of those who took
the liberal bounties offered by the New
England towns, and filled up the ranks of
the regiments nominally recruited in those
States, had any affinity in race, feeling or
faith with the Pilgrim fathers. Our ob
ject is not to open old sores, but simp’y to
protest auevv against the attempt to con
vert the results of the war into a mere sec
tional and sectarian triumph, by means of
a deliberate falsification of the facts of his
tory. With as much truth and reasou
might our New England friends substitute
for “Pilgrims” and “Cavaliers,” “Puri
tans” and “ Episcopalians,” and claim the
result at Gettysburg as a vindication of the
doctrines of John Calvin and of Presbyte
rian or Cong rogation at Lt ideas of church
government. The custom of commemorat
ing the. landing of the Pilgrims would lie
more < ffoctually honored iu the .breach
than the observance if the celebration is to
be made the occasion of perpetuating a
geographical and religions leud, founded
upon a wilful misrepresentation noth of
colonial and of recent history.
Hon. Ben. Hill.
HE DENIES COTTONING TO THE RADICALS—
nE DON’T WANT OFFICE HE THANKS
COURTEOUS COMMF.NTATORS OF HIS AD
DRESS.
Atlanta, Ga., Dec. 28,1870.
Editor Constitution : In your issue of
this morning, appears a letter over the
signature of “ Chas. E. McGregor, editor
Warrenton Clipper, iu which occurs this
sentiment:
“If Mr. Hill will publicly deny that he
has written a letter to a known Republican
of this county, in which he leans com
pletely over to Republicanism, we will pro
duce the proof.”
Mr. Sill hereby publicly denies that he
ever, at any time during his natural life,
wrote any letter to any Republican, or
other person, known or unknown, in which
he leans completely nr pirtially over to
Republicanism
In the same letter occurs this sentiment,:
“IfMr. Hill will publicly deny that he
wrote a letter lo the Republican Executive
Committee of this Congressional District,
in which he endorses General Graut for
President in ’72, and in which he uses lan
guage looking to the position of United
States Senator for himself, we will prove
that a member of that committee reports
that tie has the letter iu his possession, and
tli.it he boasts of the fact.”
Mr. Hill hereby publicly denies that he
ever wrote any letter on any subject what
ever to the “Republican Executive Com
mittee” of said Congressional District; or
that he has ever written any letter to any
person anywhere, indorsing any person
whatever for President in 1872, or any other
time; or, that he ever wrote a letter looking
to the position of United States Senator for
himself, to any person or committee.
So far from the above statements being
true, the very contrary is true, to wit:
That, he has written no letter on politics at
all, except to decline expressing any political
opinion whatever, other than the “ Address
to the people of Georgia,” for many months;
and that, he neither expects nor desires the
position of United States Senator or any
other official position. State or National,
civil or military.
Mr. Hill admits no distinction between
political and personal integrity. A politi
cal falsehood is as criminal as any other
falsehood. A conscious, personal integrity
is the only thing of great value he brought
safely and unimpaired through all thc
perils of a fearful revolution, and neither
pow r, ignorance or malice can or shall
tarnish or destroy it.
To those gentlemen of the Press and
others, who have discussed the late address
with the dignity and fairness the important
issues demand, whether differing or agree
ing with the author, he returns his ac
knowledgments. Those who have made
that address the occasion for misrepresent
ation, unfairness and personal injustice,
have only made a record for themselves of
which they will be ashamed if they pos
sess the sensibilities of gentlemen.
Bbnj. H. Hill.
The Governor op South Congoltna
Obtains a Character from Ohio —The
Hon. A. P. Aldiich, of South Carolina,
sends to an Ohio Democrat for a character
of the carpet-bag Governor Scott. The
Ohio man writes back that “Governor
Scott is a high-toned, honorable gentle
man, is a man of trnth and integrity, and
withal a kind-hearted man.” This “ charac
ter from his last place” may satisfy the
Carolinians about the Governor who seems
to be a stranger in their midst. We con
fess, however, that wc are disposed to
doubt the reliability of the endorsement.
No “ high-toned honorable gentleman”
would occupy the position of a carpet-bag
Governor of the State in opposition to the
unanimous wish of the true people of a
Southern States, and no “ man of truth and
integrity” could be elected by negroes,
carpet-baggers and scalawags to that or
any other office. —Savannah News.
Death op Rev. Philip Gadsden.— The
community will hear with pain that this
aged divine, so long known In the State in
connection with the holy labors of the
Episcopal Church, has at last been gathered
to his fathers. A native of Charleston,
born in 1798, and educated partly at Yale
College, he was ordained by Bishop Bowen
in this city about fifty years ago. At first
lie devoted himself to the duties of mis
sionary life, but subsequently became the
rector of St. Paul’s Parish and Summerville,
where he remained until about six years
ago, when he resigned on account of ill
health. Mr. Gadsden suffered during the
last six weeks, and died on Monday at the
house of his son, the superintendent of Rev.
Mr. Porter’s school. —Charleston News.
Two new States will probably be ad
mitted into the Union during the present
session of Congress—Colorado ami New
Mexico. The name of the latter will pro
bably be changed to Lincoln.
BY TELEGRAPH.
I AMociate* Free* Dispatches.
# 4 NOON DISPATCHES.
Havana, December 29.—The rebels are
surrendering everywhere in large numbers.
The Missouri has arrived.
Madrid, December 28.— Last night as
Prim left the Cortes eight shots were fired
at his carriage, wounding Prim in three
places, iu the left arm and right hand. No
arrest.
Berlin, December 28.—The news of the
opening of fire on the Paris fortifications
causes public rejoicing.
Versailles, December 29.—The bom
bardment of Fort Avrou continues. The
French reply with ineffectual vigor.
London, December 29.—8a1100n advices
from Paris, to 4 o’clock ou the 27th, say
citizens and soldiers are in excellent spirits,
and still determined on vigorous resistance.
The intense cold lias suspended military
operations. Preparations are progressing
on a large scale; important results are ex
pected. These preparations imbue the cit
izens with increased confidence.
A Saxon battalion has been dislodged
from'jMuison Blanche.
A dispatch from Strasbourg announces
that the Germans stormed Belfort twice,
and were repulsed with considerable loss.
The Prussians evacuated the left bank
of the Seine. A large force of Germans is
still atYvetot. The Germans evacuated
Dijou upon the approach of the French.
The French claim advantage at the bat
tle of Pont Noyelles.
It is reported that the Crown Prince and
the Duke of Saxony luive been seui to
Amiens to assist Manteuffel.
The Germans are now near Cambray.
It is said the French Army of the North
lias left Arras, retreating toward Vitry.
It is thought they were falling back upon
the Frencli strongholds iu the extreme
north of France.
London, December 29.—-The Roumanian
Government declares its independence and
repudiates the treaty of 1854.
New York, December 29.—The reported
bu-raing McClellan’s residence is false.
Bordeaux, December 29.—Paris advices
state that new fortifications have betu com
pleted beyond Mont Vulerlen, which throw
shells over Versailles. That city is now
considered untenable.
Norfolk, December 29.—A heavy snow
storm prevails.
Washington, December 29—The navi
gation of the Potomac continues closed
Seaboard mails come regularly by the
Orange and Alexandria Railroad, via Rich
mond and Gordonsville.
EVENING DISPATCHES.
Elizabeth, N. J., December 29.—A
man named Michael Donegal), quarreling
with his mother, shot her dead and escaped.
St. Louis, December 29.—The military
have received orders to remove alt settlers
from the Miami Reservation immediately.
The settlers number 3,000 or 4,000, with*a
thriving town of i ,200 inhabitants. The
Reservation embraces many acres of the
finest lauds in Kansas, much of it well im
proved, houses, barns and growing or
chards.
New York, December 29—A Herald
special from London the 29th, says a dis
patch iron) Versailles the 27th states that
the bombard men t of Mont Avion was in
effectual. The French fire caused consi
derable damage to the Prussians.
Judge Blatchford gave a decision to-day,
whereby nearly half a million will be re
funded for excess of duties paid under the
collectorship of Augustus Schncll. The
decision involves the ultimate refunding of
several million of dollars.
Washington, December 29.—Gilbert
Ferris, l'te Deputy Revenue Collector of
the Third Mississippi District, has been
arrested ou a charge of representing him
self as a revenue officer after dismissal,
whereby he obtained money; and is also
charged with the erooezzlcment of one hun
dred and fifty dollars’ worth of stamps.
Pleasanton will assume the Commission
ership of Internal Revenue on Tuesday
next.
Mrs. Belknap, wife of the Secretary of
War, is d&td. the was Miss Tomlinson,
of Kentucky, sister of Lieut. Tomlinson,
who served the Confederacy as aid to Gen.
Sam W. Ferguson.
Fortress Monroe, December 29—7:15,
P. M.—A severe northwest snow storm
set in last night, and continued till noon
to-day. About six inches of snow fell.
The sleamerGeu. Terry, from Ncwbern
for New York, put in for a harbor.
The United States steamer Pawnee
dropped down from Norfolk lo the buoy,
and is now adjusting compasses.
The pilot boat Maryland reports having
passed in for Baltimore the barks India and
Yumoden, from Rio, and the brig Clara
Brown, from Havana. Passed ont, steam
er Ottawa, for Liverpool.
Berlin, December 29.—An attempt of
French prisoners confined near the Rhine
to escape was discovered and frustrated.
Government, organs say that Mont Avran
was first attack and by the Prussians in
order to obtain a standpoint from which to
operate against the adjacent outlying forts
of Paris.
Provincial correspondence adds that the
bombardment of Mont, Avrou may be con
sidered the introduction to a general shell
ing of Paris.
London, December 29.—The Prussians
on Wednesday occupied the line between
Duclnin and Piar, apparently concentrat
ing forces behind Balbac, where an engage
ment, is imminent.
The French Government formally pro
tests to the Vienna Cabinet against the
Prussian use of Austrian railroad stock.
Land commnnicationjbetween Cherbourg
and Calais has been interrupted.
Versailles, December 28.— Mont Avrou
was silent to-day, but the forts in the
neighborhood reply to the Prussian guns.
The Prussians on Monday occupied Bapa
reine, fourteen miles southeast of Arras.
Bordeaux, December 29—The entire
population of the Eastern Department is
aroused, and assist the troops in all bat
tles and skirmishes. The Government is
taking measures to arm all the people.
Gambetta arrived to day from Lyons.
It is asserted that the Prussians are in
censed with the correspondents of English
papers and have sent many outside the
lines of occupation.
It is officially announced that the Prus
sians hastily evacuated Dijon. This is the
first result of the movement ordered bv the
War Department, which was hastened by
Ganibetta’s efforts at Lvons.
Linages, December 27.— 8a1100n advices
represent that military operations have
been suspended since the 25th, in conse
quence of the intense cold.
Lille December 27.—The Prussian vic
tory at Port Noyelles is officially denied.
The Prussians have lost heavily in battles
and from sickness, and the villages are en
cumbered with German wounded. The
Germans are suffering from opthalmia.—
Eighteen thousand sick and wounded Ger
mans are at Chalons Bor Marne.
The advance guard of Garibaldi’s army
entered Dijon this morning.
NIGHT DISPATCHES.
Washington, December 29—Ex-Deputy
Collector Ferris, of Mississippi was held
in $5,000 bail. He protests his innocence.
Poughkeepsie, December 29.—-The
weather is intense cold, the river being
effectually closed from Albany to Rhine
beck. The ice is six inches thick.
New York, December 29.— A Tribune
special from London, the 29th, says the
English Government, upon application of
Count Bernstoff, stopped the ship chartered
by the French Government to lay the sub
marine cable between Dunairk, Cherbourg,
Brest and Bordeaux. The ship was given
in charge of custom house officers in the
river Thames, and the cable on board
seized. Three hours after the seizure ap
plication was made for release, which was
refused.
Boston, December 29. —United States In
ternal Revenne Officers have recently made
several important seizures of tobacco and
cigars at Lowell. From one manufactory
forty thousand cigars were seized and
twenty thousand from another, with llvt
thousand ponnds'of leaf tobacco. Similar
seizures have been made in other places in
ihis vicinity.
London, December 29—Baron Yon
Benst’s reply to Count Bismarck’s circular
declarin'? the treaty of Luxemburg abro
gated is couched in terms similar to that
of Earl Granville.
Hong Kong dispatches of December 13th
have been received. Quiet prevailed in the
north pf China. It was expected that the
river Telso would soon be frozen top, in
which event communication by water with
Tieu-Tsin would be suspended. '
Montevideo advices to November-19th
report continued fighting and trad%ouiet.
The Germans in tiie eastern department
are retreating. They have already evaca
ated tne town of Groy, in the Valley of
Savone. A proclam ition has beenjPSS tied
by the Prussian Government pi acini under
blockade all posts of France now occupied
or hereafter captured by German fotses
The order of accusation againktl Mr
Noel, for alleged complicity In thetoassa
crc committed by the Greek briga*- has
been countermanded. tp
The harbor of Kief is closed by icX
The Paris Press io opposed to tie par
ticipation of France in the congress on the
Eastern question.
Constantinople, December 29—A de
claration of the independence of thellanu
bian Principalities has been announced
here, and causes a profound sensation.
Madrid, December 28.—This efeuing,
while Gen. Prim was proceeding ftom the
Cortes to his residence, some individuals in
Calec Alclla fired into his carriage, wound
ing both the General and his Adjutant, but
not dangerously. No public diatuLbance
occurred, as the authorities took prompt
measures to prevent an outbreak, ind to
arrest the assassins. Great popular in
dignation is manifested at this dattardly
attempt to murder Prim, which happily
failed of success.
The following dispatch was received to
day from Madrid and gives some further
particulars in regard to the attempt to
assassinate Gen. Prime.
Havana, December 29.—Advices from
San Domingo to December 20 contain the
following: “Cabral was in the neighbor
hood of San Juan with 800 half starved
men engaged in spreading false refOrts of
the death of Baez. Stories sent ■»<* Bt.
Thomas and Puerto P.’ata anuijuncing
revolutionary movements were tavtodjans.
The Government of St. Domingo "Scccepts
its notes at the Custom House at./M per
cent, discount, but a law has been tj|tomul
gated that duties shall iu future befipd In
gold.
American provisions are plentiful.
The United States steamer Ya«kic, re
turning from her post, laying off Asplnwall
cable, ran ashore at the cntranc4j>f the
harbor of St. Domingo with a full head of
steam on, and It will be necessary ty dis
charge her armament and coals to get Iter
afloat.
Col. O’Sullivan Ins arrived from Franco,
accompanied by Englishmen, for <he pur
pose of making an examination of the cop
per beds in St. Domingo. %
MARRIED, I
On Wednesday evening, t-B'h I tint., at thefesl-lenoß
of the brldo’s father, hy Rev. H. H. Parke, Ur. A. P.
Woodward to Miss Katie Fbazbr Koval. •
Charleston News and Barnwell Sentinel please
c py and send bill.
In Augusta, Ga., on Tuesday evening, December
27th, by the Rev J. R. Wit on, D D., Ur. B. P.
Rcgkhs, of New York, to Miss Mast Isabel Aits
lev, daughter of 'be late Jesse Ansley, of Augusta,
Ga. No catds. <•
New York papers please copy. *
Georgia state Lottery.
FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE
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The following were the drawn numbers, In the Sup
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Decern b. r 29.
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SPECIAL NOTICES.
SELECT SCHOOL. ,
THE DUTIES OF MY SELECT SCHOOL will
be resumed on MONDAY, January 2d, North side
Ellis, fifth door above Centre street. Iratrnction
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AcotitTA, Ga., December 28(1870 \
A SEMI-ANNUAL DIVIDEND OF PER
CENT, free cf taxes, this day declared will be
paid to Stockholders on demand.
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ON AND AFTER JANUARY 1, 1871, “Ward’s
Station,” on this Road, will be discontinued:
dcc2i-5 W. T. WILLIAMS, Agent.
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In the effects of t> e OLD CAROLINA BITTERS
It is one of the lest medicines ever t Acred to the
pubic. de. 18 Buwfic
SAVINGS BANK OP AUGUSTA.
DIVIDEND NO. 9, DECLARED THIS DAY, of
Fivs (6) Dollars per Share, will bo paid to Stock
holders on and after 29th Inst.
A. C. DsCOITKH,
dec‘ 8 0 Cashier.
STOCKHOLDERS’ MEETING.
Augusta Factory, )
Augusta, Ga., liebember 27,1870. S
THE SEMI-ANNUAL MEETING OF THE
Stockholders of the Augusta Factory will he held at
the Office of the Company, on SATURDAY, the
30tb inst., at 12 o’clock, m.
w. k. Jackson,
_dec2B4* Pre-ident.
Merchants & Planters National Bank,?
. Augusta, Ga., DecemVr 18, 1870. $
The Annnal Meeting of the Stockholders of this
Bank, for the elf ction of Directors, will be held at its
Banking House, at 12, m., on the 10th day of JANU
ARY. J 08.8. B HAN,'‘Cashier.
dedlßtd
THE GBEAT PICTORIAL ANNUAL.
Hostetler’s United States Almanac for ISVI, for
distribution, gratis, througbont the United States and
uncivilized countries of the Western Hemisphere, will
be pubished about the first of January, and all who
wish to understand the true philosophy of health
should read and ponder the valuable suggestions it
oontains. In addition to an admirable mcdicel treat
ise on the causes, prevention and cure of a great
variety of diseases, it embraces a large amount of In
formation interesting to the merchant, the mechanic,
the miner, the farmer, the planter, and professional
man ; and the calculations have been made for suth
meridians and latitudes as aro most suitable for a
correct and comprehensive National Ualsrdar.
The nature, uses and extraordinary sanitary effects
of Hostetters’ Stomach Bitters, the staple tonic and
alterative of more than half the Christian world, are
folly set forth in its pages, which are also Interspersed
with pictorial Illustrations, valuable recipes for tlia
household and farm, humorous anecdotes, and other
instructive and amusing reading matter, original and
selected. Among the Annuals to appear with the
opening ofi the year, this will be one of the most
useful, and may be had for the asking. The proprie
tors, Messrs. Hostetler & Smith, on receipt of a two
cent stamp, will forward a copy by mall to any per
son who cannot piocure one In his neighborhood
The Bitters are sold in every city, town and village
and are extensively used throughout the civilized
world. declß.eodactjanl
DON’T USE ANY OTHER TONIC THAN
the OLD CAROLINA BITTERS. It is the best In
market. declß-suwlss
Is4~ew -A-dvertisements
(HRARDErS OPERA HOUSE.
L F. GIRARDEY Froprleter.
R. D'ORSAY OGDEN, Director and Mi nager.
FRIDAY KVIi.JIINe. toec. 30lli, 18TO k
L4ST WIGHT BUT OWE
OF AUK
INGUSH OPERA TROUPE!
And the Wonderful SAPPHO.
THREE OPERAS—ENGLISH, FRENCH
AND GERMAN.
Tom Dobden’s Operetta,
RING AND THE KEEPER.
Lushen and Fritzchen
By Offenbach,
“THE SAPPHO” In Shakspbabb’s AERIEL
h And the French Opera Translation of the
Loves of Diana.
SATURDAY—Day Performance at 2 o’clock.
Adlaission, half price.
dccSO 1
POTATOES. POTATOES.
eTUST received and for sale:
50 bbts. JACKSON WHITES
50 bbla. PINK EYES
50 bbla. PEACH BLOWS
10 bbla. EARLY ROSE
JAMES G. BAILIE A BhO.
deeSOSif
100 SETS NEW FTJRB.
We HAVE just received one hundred
aets of floe FURS, tor Ladies and Children,
which will be sold at the very lowest prices, ou
account ot non-arrival before Christmas.
VANWINKLE & CO.,
deeßo-8 222 Broad street.
Information Wanted.
At*ERSONS in this City or Couniy owning
or haviDg charge of Libraries (public or pri
vate), containing five hundred volumes or
over, are requested to kindly inform me, giv
ing number ol volume*.
Teachers ot Privato Schools, who have uot
already Informed me as to tho average number
of Teachers and Pupils, are carnes'ly solicited
to do so at once.
Information desired to complete Social Sta
tistics of this County, and may be given by
letter or in person, by calling at the Revenue
Office, Gibabdey’s Arcade.
DAVID PORTER,
dec3ol U. S. Deputy Manual.
TO RENT,
House No. 63 Ellis street, nearly oppo
site Houghton Institute. Apply to
F. W. BTOY,
IX the office of J. C. Deuby.
decSO ts
BAGQINQr~
60 BALES extra heavy BORNEO BAG
GING
75 bales extra h»avy GUNNY BAGGING
200 rolls BENGAL BAGGING
300 half rolls BENGAL BAGGING
200 rolls LUDLOW BAGGING
200 rolls PHG2NIX BAGGING
On consignment and ior sale, in lots to suit
purchasers, at lowest market rates.
decCO 3 BLAIR, SMITH & CO.
ARROW TIESL
1,000 BUNDLES ARROW TIES
For sale by
dic3o 3 BLAIR, SMITH & CO.
LARD. LARD.
90 TIERCES CHOICE LEAF L ARD
50 TUBS CHOICE LEAF LARD
On consignment and for sale at lowest mar
ket rates. BLAIR, SMITH & CO.
dccSO 3
CARGO SALE!
Cub i Muscovado Molasses
AT AUCIJOX,
By BELL & HXJ LL.
On FRIDAY NEXT, December 80tb, at 11
o’clock, at Kklly’B Wharf, Exchange Dock,
Savannah:
200 llbds. Cub* Muscovado Molasses,
Just received from Cuba. Sold in lots to
suit purchasers.
TERMS:
5 Hbds., (tok
5 to 10 Hbds., 30 Days.
Over 10 Hbds., 60 Days for Ap~
proved Paper.
d«28.3
PICKED UP,
On the morulug o 1 the 251 b Inst., a small
SORREL MARE, which the owner can get by
paying expenses. Apply at
WILSON’S PALACE STABLES.
dec2B ts
NOTICE.
I HAVE this day sold to Mr. C. E. Mcstin
my entire Stock of Good., in Store No. 260
Broad street, and solicit for him a continu
ance of the liberal patronage in joyed by me.
Mr. W. P. Roberts still continues at the
store, and will be pleased to see the old cus
tomers as usual. My office is still there.
R. M. ADAM.
REWARD.
IjOST, on the 25th inst., a Black and Tan
TERRIER DOG, for which a liberal reward will
be paid by leaving him at the A. & 8. R. R. Shop.
dec3 °-l* JOHN McCANN.
MOLASSES.
ao HHDS. CUBA MOLA9BES
20 HHDB. REBOILED MOLASSES
150 BBLS. REBOILED MOLASSES
For sale by
deeSO S BLAIR, SMITE A CO.
WM. W. WILCOX. IS. T. WXBB,
I Os Maryland.
WILCOX & WEBB,
Attorneys and Counsellors at Law,
Office—Room 6 New P. O. Building,
AUGUSTA, GA.
deett-tf
fancy dress
SKATING CARNIVAL,
AT THE RINK,
Oh Monday, January 9, 1871.
are now ready at the
rink.
dec24-tjano
18 YEARS OF PRACTICAL SUCCESS.
MAPES; NITHOGENJZED .
STANDARD GUARAJfTLED.
ALL ANA! YSKfI HADE OF THE BUPEH
PHOfiI’HA.TE r,Y DR. A. MEANS AND
OTHERS PROVE IT ABOVE
STANDARD.
FIFTEEN HUNDRED DOLLARS IN PUE
MItMHTOBE DiaritlßU'lED AMONG
THOSE APPLYING MAPES’ NT
TROGENIZKD eUPKRPHOH
PHATE OF LIME
TO THE WINTER AND SPRING CROPS OF
1871.
PRACTICAL RESULTS IN 1870.
Mr. MARX SMITH, Albany, Gu, used fifty
tons ; result splendid ; have been using it for
three years, end prefers it to any other fertili
zer, and will continue to dec it.
Mr E. T. WALTON, Madison, Ga-Yield
doubled; “surpasses am/ 1 ever used;'' will
continue to nee it.
Mr. AMBROSE MURPHKY, Barnesville,
Ga. —At rate of 100 pounds per acre increased
yield l-’O per cent.; “7 t.onstd, r A tapes' equal
to any Phosphate in use ' 1
Mr. W. T. HEARN, Eatonton, Ga., ito-d
twenty tons; an application of 100 to 125
pounds per acre doubled the yield ; will con
tinue Its use.
Mrs. ANN DOVER, Sparta, G».—“ I am con
fident it lias paid me a better pc- cent iban
any F< rtiliz r I ever u.-.ed ; 1 expect to use it
again.”
Mr. ROBERT SHIELDS, Morgan county,
Ga., regards Mapes’ equal to any Fefiillzer
sold, alter thoroughly testing it the past, season.
I)r. N. S. WALKER, Knlonlon, Ga., says,
after frying a vane y of Fertilizers, Mapes’ is
his favorite, ilia cotton, to which lie applied
it, was Hie most heavily fruited he ever saw
for Its 8V.,'..
Mr. WYATT HILLIARD, Sunder couniy,
Ga., says, notwithstanding drought in Jniv
aud August, Mapes’ i litre sed Ids cotton ICO
per cent, as compared with parallel rows un
rnnnured
Mr. J. M. M ADDOX, Eat- nton, Ga., s.ivs he
bought six ions ; applied on cotton at rate of
100 ounds per acre, and on corn 75 pounds
per acre, doubling yield in both instances.
Capt. J 11. GRIFFIN, Oxford, Ga , says iu
pasl two years has lested Mapes’ with seven
other Standard Fortil'zora, and it has proven
better for him Ihan any other, y hiding an in
crease of 200 per cent, each year.
Messrs. E B. WATERS, J. S. BARTLETT,
J. J. RICKS and J. B. DEAVORS, Butler, Ga.,
say they regard Mapes’ one of the host Fer
tilizers in use; has doubled yield and stood
drought better than any other Fertilizer in
that section.
Dr. B I>. MIMS, Bur on's Kerry, Ga., say .
on most of liis land Mapes’ fully cf aided tho
yie *, and in one p’ace. ibe yie’d was three-fold.
Judge A. E. TARVER, Jeff, rson coniiiv,
Ga., used five tons of Mapes’ wilh eight other
Fertilizers, and could sec no difference between
them as in favor of ell her.
Mr. W. J. STRANGE, Mathews’ Bluff, S. C ,
used three Ions; applied #4 worth per acre,
and realized <lO 50 per acre from increased
yield ; over 150 per cent, profit on investment
Prefers Mapes’ to any other.
Mr. C. OVERSTREET, Poor Robin Land
ing, Ga, used four Standard Fertilizers:
“ Mapes’ was equal to, if not better than any I
used. Expect to use it next, year.”
Judge N. L. ATKINSON, West Point, Ga ,
says, after three years’ u e of Mapes’, consid
ers it one of the best Fertilizers sold. Its ap
plic ilion to cotton and corn the present sea
son has doubled and ta t bled the natural yield
of the land to which applied.
Mr. J. M. COLDING, Poor Robin Landing.
Ga —Manured lauds will give 700 to 80‘)
pounds per ace of seed cotton, and unma
nuri and not more than SOO pounds per acre. Will
conlii.lt- to use Mapes’.
Mr. W S GRIFFIN, E t.n ion <1 >. says be
applied 450 pounds on one and three quarter
aer< a, and gathered f>o bu llets ol veiy line
wheat. Natural Imd would have yielded not
ovc’ 15 on hole.
Mr J. J BARNARD, Eatonton, says 125
pounds to lbe acre on outs gave him 28 bushels
per ac e on land that, unaided, would not have
yielded over 8 I ushels.
F r cer<ideates in full, and more particular
do;ails of Premium List , eend for Pamphlet
for ib7o
PURSE & THOMAS, Savannah, Ga ,
General Agegts
For Georgia and Eastern Alabama.
dec2B-d*cßm
-DRY GOODS
SHIPPED FREE Os CHARGE.
All Retail Orders amounting to $lO
for Cash and over, Shipped to
any part of the Country
FREE OF EXPRESS CHARGES.
V. RICHARDS k BROS,
AT THE
Mill* BUY NIK STORE.
AUGUSTA, GA.I
TOEING DESIROUS OF EXTENDING
their RETAIL TRADE, and to give their Re
tail customcs at a distance, who order goods,
the advantages of city buye.rs, have made, ar
rangements by which they will deliver Goods
as above stated, at any Express office in ihe
country FREE OF CHARGE.
Aud in order the better to m. et the wants
of their Retail customers at a distance, will,
upon application, promptly send by mail full
lines of SAMPLES, with prices attached, ol
tho newest and most FASHIONABLE GOODS
of FOREIGN and DOMESTIC MANUFAC
TURES, guaranteeing at all limes to sell as
LOW or LOWER than any house in the South
ern country.
Persons in sending for samples will please
specify the kind of goods desired. Wo keep
the best grades of every class from iho lowest
to the most costly.
When ordering the money cuu be sent by
Express, at our expense, or the amount col
lected on delivery of the goods.
As many may see this who have net visited
our establishment, we take occasion to say that
we keep everything usually kept in a tirst class
Dry Goods House, including DRESS GOODS
Os every description, CLOAKS, t-HAWLS,
ARABS, FURS. CLOTHS, CASSIMERES,
NOTIONS, TRIMMINGS, VELVETS,
PLUSHES, CORSETS SKIRTS, SASH RIB
BONS, BLEACHED .and BROWN C'JTTONS,
SHEETINGS, IRISH and TABLE LINENS,
GOODS, for Boys, of all kinds, Ladies’ and
Gent’s MERINO UNDER VESTS, FLAN
NELS, HOSIERY, GLOVES, Ac., &c.
Always on hand a splendid assortment of
BLACK 81LK8 and MOURNING GOODS,
and keeping a buyer constantly in the Northern
markets, and doing a large trade, wc keep du
ring the season a heavy stock of goods of the
NEWEST AND MOST DESIRABLE KINDS,
so that purchasers may be sure of getting the
latest styles and prettiest goods in the country.
Give us a trial.
V. RICHARDS & BROS.,
Fredericksburg Store, Augusta, Ga.
P. S.—Orders sent as above unaccompanied
with the cash, will be sent C. O. D., without
exception nov4-3md*c
SKATING RINK
On REYNOLDS STREET, opposite St.
Paul’s Church, open lor the regular season.
Assemblies—Every morning for Ladies from
10 to 13 o’clock.
Monday, Wednesday and Friday afternoons,
from 3% to 5 o’clock.
Tneaday, Thursday and Saturday nights, from
to 10 o’clock.
Admission, 50cents; children 25 cents; nse
of Skates, 25 cents.
Package of 12 Admission Tickets fd 00.
Monthly Season Tickets, including use
of Bkates 5 00
Ladles and Children A 00
Ladies admitted free to the day assemblies.
’ pov3-Btn
Notice to the Merchants es Augusta.
M* . JOHN W. KERR has been appointed j
Agent for the PEOPLE’S DAILY LINE
STEAMERS at Savannah. All parties desi
rous of patronizing this Line will have their
goods ordered to his care.
dec2i-6
The Great Medical Discovery!
Dr. WALKER’S CALIFORNIA
VINEGAR BITTERS,
Hundreds of Thousands
Bear testimony to tlielr Wonder- i
ful Curative Effects.
WHAT ARE THEY?
THEY ARE NOT A VILE »
FANCY DRINK.i
FOR FEMALE COMPLAINTS, whether in young or old,
married or tingle, attfce dawn of womanhood or at the tarn of life,
these Tonic Eitiers have no equal. gy Send for n circular.
Made ot Poor Rum, Whiskey, Proof
Spirits and Rofuso Liquors doctored,spiced
and sweetened to please the taste, called ” Ton
108,”“Appetizers,” “Restorers,” *c., that lead
the tippler on to drunkenness and ruin, hut are
a true Medicine,mado from thoNatlve Roots and
Herbs of California, tfroo from nil Alcoholic
(Stimulants. They arc tho GREAT BLOOD
PURIFIER aud LIFE GIVING PRIN
CIPLE a perfect Renovator andlnvlgorator of
the System, carrying off all poisonous matter and
restoring the blood to a healthy comUtlon. « NiV
person can take ttieso Bitters according to direc
tion and remain long unwell.
For Inllnmiiiulory mid Chronic It hen
liiutlni.i mitt Guilt, Dyspnpalu or Indi
gestion, Unions, Komitleut mid luter
milicut Fevers, Diseases of tho Blood,
Liver, Kidneys, mid Bladder, theso Bit
ters have boon most successful. Buch D!»-
enscs are caused by Vitiated Blood, which
is generally produced by derangement of tho
Digestive Oiguim.
DYSPEPSIA Oil INDIGESTION.
Headache. Pain In tho Shoulders, Coughs, Tight
■tees of the Cheat, Dizziness, Sour Eructations of
the Stomach, Bad tusto in the Mouth Bilious At
tacks, Palpitation of tho Heart, Inflammation of
Iho Lungs, Pain in the regions of Iho Kidneys, and
a hundred other paiutul symptoms, arc tho off
springs of Dyspepsia.
They invigorate the Stomach and stimulate tho
torpid liver and bo weis, which render them of un
equalled efficacy In cleansing blood of all
Impurities, and imparting new We and vigor to
the whole system.
SIUN DISEASES, Eruptions,Tetter,
Salt Rheum, Blotches, Spots, Pimples, Pustules.
Boils, Carbuncles, Ring-Worms, Scald-llead, Sere
Eyes,Erysipelas, Itch, Scurfs, Discolorations of
the Skin, Humors and Diseases of the Skin, of
whatever nania or nature, are literally dug up
andeanicd out of 11,0 system lu a short time by
the use of these Bitters. One bottle lu buch
cases will convince tho most Incredulous of their
curative effects.
Cleanso the Vitiated Blood whonever you find
its impurities bursting through thoskiu In Pim
ples, Eruptions or 3oros; cleanse it when you
find it obstructed and sluggish in tho veins;
cleanse it when it is foul, and your feelings will
tell yon when. Keep the blood pare and tho
health of the system will follow.
3IMN, TA PE and other WORMS, lurking in
the system of so many thousands, arc effectually
destroyed and removed. For full directions, read
carefully tho circular around each bottle. »
J. WALKER, Proprietor. R. H. MCDONALD &
C 9., Druggists and Gen. Agents, San Francisco,
Cab, raid 33 and 34 Commerce Street, New York.
SOLD BY ALL DRUGGISTS AND DEALERS.
(U'(-28-tlt*cly
Holiday Presents!
0
THE MOST DECIDED
AT
McCabe, Costello k Daly's.
E will, during this week, offer a very
choice stock of
WANO\T DRY GOODS,
IN TWO LOTS.
At SiOO mid <250 each, many articles of which,
in order to make a uniform price, will be a
SACRIFICE.
LADIES are respectfully invited to call lie
lore piiichasiug. Every article will be funu.l
cheap,and all useful goods.
We will also open some
IVph and Fresh Patterns
IN
PAISLIiV I.O\Ci SHAWLS,
At much lower prices tbiu like goods have
been ever offered in Augusta.
McCabe, Costello & Daly,
OPPOSITE PLANTERS’ HOTEL,
Augusta, Ga.
declS eod3
NOTICE,
From THIS DATE, we will sell
COAL FOR CLASH ONLY.
No orders filled without the tnouey.
d«cls-2w* BORN, DEARING & CO.
Oitllnaiy’s Office, Richmond County,!
Acqujta, Ga., December 24,1870. )
-AaL PERSONS having demands against
Richmond County arc requested to present
the 6J me on or before THURSDAY, the 29th
inst. SAMUEL LEVY,
dec2s-tf Ordinary R. C.
_i\_ Gr IE IS" T S
FOR THE SALE OF
PERUVIAN OUANO,
CHARLESTON, S. O.
The undersigned, having been
appointed their Agents by Messrs. HOBSON,
HURTADO & CO, of New York, who are
sole
AGENTS AND CONSIGNEES
Os Direct importation of Peruvian Guano into
the United States, offer for sale and will keep
on hand supplies of
No. 1 PERUVIAN GUANO.
A Depot is established here for Direct Im
portations. Qoautities of ten (10) tons or
more can be bad at 160 (gold) per ton ot 2,240
pounds of Gnaneppe of high grades, this being
the Government price.
GKO. W. WILLIAMS A CO.,
dec6-tuihusa2m FACTORS.
Further Arrivals
OF
NEW FALL GOODS,
.A.t Reduced [Prices,
AT
Mullarky Bros’.,
Dry Goods Merchant*,
BROAD STREET, AUGUSTA, GA.
have for Inspection, daring the
whole of the eusuiug week, full lines of the
following desirable Goods:
DRESS GOODS, in more extended varie
ties and at prices considerably reduced.
CLOAKS, SHAWLS, ARABS and
LOUNGING JACKETS, In the latest,
styles and fashions.
Gents’ TRAVELING SHAWLS—a new
specialty of the season, to which we de
sire to call particular attention.
BOULEVARD SKIRTS and BALMO
RALS—a full assortment of which will
be offered at tempting prices.
For particular requisites of the season,
we are prepared with a large stock of
10-4, 11 4 and 12-4 WHITE BLANKETS,
and a full line of GRAY BLANKETS, for
Plantation use.
FLANNELS.
OPERA FLANNELS, lu all desirable
shades and colors.
Twilled and Plain WHITE FLANNELS.
Plain and Twilled RED FLANNELS.
Gentlemen's Wear: Cassimeres, Jeans.
A choice assortment at prices to suit all.
They are a Gentle Purgative as wel I as a Tonic, possess
ing also, the peculiar merit ot acting as a powerful agent in relieving
Congestion or Inflammation of the Liver, and all tbs Visceral Organs.
BLEACHED AND BROWN
Sheetings and Shirtings,
of all the favorite brands, and which will
be sol. I by the piece on advantageous terms
to families.
MULLARKY BROS.
novfl-tf
Special Attraction
FOR
Christmas Week
AT
James W. Turley’s.
♦ ' *
tJ UST RECEIVED, a rich line of
FOPLUNT, VEX.OTJR
AND OTHER DRESSES.
Shawls and Cloaks.
Also a large variety of other goods, suitable
for
PRESENTS,
Which will be arranged for convenience of
customs rs, ou two ceulre tables, ut the unlloi m
price of
Fim CENTS and ONE 00LL1K
The stock will be found replete with goods
suitable for the season.
NO. 260 BROAD ST.,
THIRD HOUSE ABOVE GLOBE HOTEL.
declß-tf
New and Elegant
mi, AND WINTER
G O O OA
NOW OPKNINO AT TUB
BEE BITE DRY GOODS STORE.
DRESS GOODS cf tho Latest Styles,
Elegant Shawls, Sacques and Scarfs,
White, Brown and Grey Blankets.
A fine lot of Furs, very cheap.
Cassimeres, Sattinets and Jeans.
ALSO, A FULL ASSORTMENT OF
HOSIERY, GLOVES and NOTIONS.
Which will be offered
AT THE LO WEST TRICES.
I beg leave to return my sincere thanks to
my friends and the public generally lor tho
liberal patronage extended me duriDg the past
year, and assure them that my best efforts will
be directed to merit a continuance of the same.
George Weber,
No. 104 Broad street.
octs-eodtf
JUST RECEIVED,
CHOICE selection of CLOTHS, CAS
SIMERES and VEBTINGB, which will be ooen
for inspection THIS MORNING at
KAVANAGH & LYNCH’S,
dec2l-wi*Bu 86 Jackson street.