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SATURDAY MO RHINO Tekt+rj 8. IS*B
THE RELIEF MEASURE.
We me glad that this vexatious and
troublesome question has at last been put
to rest in the Convention. The measure
adopted, though perhaps it may prove un
satisfactory in some respects, is yet the Inset
that could be adopted under the circum
stance*. Almost every delegate had a plan
of his own, and the proposition of Col.
Bullock was a compromise, which, while it
did not satisfy extremists, commanded the
support ot the moderate men. Some relief
was demanded by the people, and they
looked to this Convention, representing
their interests, for it. The present measure
was adopted as one which, wliile satisfy
ing the demands of the people, did as little
injustice as possible between debtor and
creditor.
Had the demands of extreme relief men
been listened to, every debt existing or
created before or during the war would
have been blotted out at once. Some were
in favor of repudiating all debts, even to
the present time. But the exception made
in Col. Bullock's plan of all fiduciary
debts, and of such as were contracted for
property, still existing in the hands of the
purchaser, were so manifestly proper and
just, that even the extreme men felt com
pelled to forego their opposition.
If the plan adopted passes the ordeal of
ratification by the people, there is nothing
to be feared from tlnf courts. Aside from
the inherent difficulty of bringing tlie
question before the Courts, closed against
it by the Constitution itself, if rati
fied, until reopened by the Legislature
such questions are very reluctantly en
tertained and tardily decided by the
Courts—as we have an example in the
Stay Law, only lately declared uncon
stitutional. It is to be hoped, therefore,
that if it be declared inoperative by the
Courts, as it is not likely to be, still so
much time may be gained that the people
may be able to extricate themselves in a
great measure from their present pecuniary
troubles.
THE WRONG WAY.
The Constitutional Convention of Geor
gia has just
"Resolved, That the Congress of the
United States be respectfully petitioned to
appropriate thirty millions of United States
currency, to be loaned under proper regu
lations, to aid the development of the
agricultural interests of needy Southern
planters ”
We respectfully advise the aforesaid
Convention that Congress will do no such
thing, and we add an avowal of our con
viction that therein Congress will do just
right, and especially what is best for the
South. The chief misfortune of that sec
tion is that too many of her people are to
day looking for “relief’ from something
else than their own faithful labor. There
are thousands on thousands of whites col
lected day by day in the various grog shops,
cursing the laziness of the negroes as
ruining the South, when it is their own
laziness that equally damages the South
and themselves. Then there are thousands
of blacks who ore waiting for land, or
males, or tools, or something else, to he
given or allotted them, which they will
never get except by solid, hard work'. Let
them all understand this and just go to
work as they best may, and the South will
soon be all right. Waiting for reconstruc
tion, or for help of some kind, reminds us
of the Irishman who grumbling!}’ wonder
ed why Father Mathew did not hurry along
and give him the pledge before he drank
himself to death.
Thirty millions of dollars would make a
large hole iu the Treasury, but would nowise
satisfy the needs of the South. A week’s
failbfnl work from every man in lhe South
would effect vastly more good. Twenty per
sons would wait and watch, and run to
county seats or State capitals, in quest of
their share of the greenback shower, where
oue would get the first cent; and thus pre
cious weeks would be squandered, and the
great body of the planters would turn to
their work too late, disappointed, disgusted,
and disqualified for manly exertion.
The South needs, not more debt, but less.
She would not be bewefitted by enabling her
great landholders to hold on a few years
longer to their unwieldy estates, which are
unsuited to free labor, and need to bo broken
up into farms and smaller plats, owned by
their cultivators. In short, the thirty mil
lions would only serve further to demoralize
and distract the South, postponing that In
dustrial Reconstruction which is of more
account than any other. Her true relief is
to be found in fixed adherence to the stern
maxim, "Root, hog. or die I” — New York
Ti ibune.
j i mn the Atlanta New Fra.
A ( A HD.
Hall Ga. Constitutional Convention, i
Atlanta, Ga., Jan. 31, 18G8. t
To the Public:
Several of the newspapers in the State,
editorially and through their correspond
ents from Atlanta, having referred to the
unfortunate encounter between Captain
Timoney and Major Richardson, in such
a manner as to give it a political signifi
cance, and for the purpose of making it
appear that the dispute was the result of
their respective preferences for a Guber
natorial nomination, I desire, in this public
manner to say, that upon the article in the
Opinion 1 icing brought to my notice, I was
assured by Major Richardson, and by other
gentlemen who were present at the meet
ing referred to in the said article, that
Major R. did not “ hold up his hands,” as
charged, and I, therefore, dropped the
subject, as one altogether personal between
the writer and the Major, nor did I advise
or recommend any action to be taken by
Major R.; nor was 1 informed as to what
action he proposed to take, or had taken,
until informed on Monday evening that
Major R. had been shot byCapt. Timoney.
It will, therefore, be seen that the meet
ing between the parties was the result of
personal feeling upon a question of verac
ity exclusively, and lias no political sig
nificance.
While it was to be expected that the
opponents of reconstruction would be
greatly gratified at any want of harmony
among the friends of that policy, I am
sure that no one can regret it more sin
cerely than Col. Farrow and myself.
R. B. Bullock.
The Methodists of (he North and West
have proved their claims to enlarged
Christian liberality by raising within a
limited period the amount of $8,241,000,
which is known as the Methodist Cente
nary collections, and is di voted to the
establishment of churches in destitute sec
tions and to the spread of education.
from our Own Comipondent.J
LETTER FROM WASHINGTON.
The Situation — Reconstruction—l'lant of Con
gress lmportant* of tkt Preeidential ateetion
Tkt Breaker* Aktad — Tkt Bail Ontlongkt of
tkt President—Our Minuter at St. Jamtt —
Something Agricultural— Reorganising the
Treatury Department — Society —Scotched, not
Killed — Freedmen'e Burton — The Savings of
Freedmen.
U. S. Skxatk, Washington, l). C., I
Wednesday, Feb. 4,1868. f
If 1868 is not more pregnant with big
events than any preceding year, then I
have east my horoscope wrong. Every
fundamental change in the history of this
country has required seven years for partu
rition. For instance—it is unnecessary to
go farther into the past—the proprietary
war between the French and English, the
war of the Revolution, the disturbance
with the mother country arising out of the
Right of Search, and kindred questions,
each run a period of seven years, and the
Savans who believe in the historical "riot,’’
and some who do not, are quite sure the
great Slaveholder’s Rebellion will be
finally closed, and tho States restored du
ring the present year, which completes the
magic cycle of seven, peculiar to affairs on
this continent, and the grandest in
American history. During this year, also,
the life or death of the nation is still in
issue ! —whether this experimental Repub
lic is a success or a failure—whether the
nteu who breasted treason's iron hail, and
died that tho nation might live, died in
vain. All this and more is involved in
the Presidential question to he finally
decided in November next. As is well
known, a large majority of the Democratic
party in the Northern Stales are in close
fellowship with those who for four
years, with arms in their hands, at
tempted to destroy the Republic—
none other thau a sympathizer with this
class can receive a nomination for the Presi
dency from the Democratic party. The
success of such a party, it is honestly be
lieved, will involve the nation in irretrievable
ruin. Prominent Southern men, embold
ened by President Johnson and political
successes last fall, have openly avowed in
the streets of Washington their determina
tion to accomplish at the ballot box, and
through the agency of the Democratic or
ganization, what they failed to do through
the agency of bayonets and bullets. Promi
nent Democrats have no objections to
make to such a result. Success of
this kind would add to the present na
tional debt the value of the slaves liberated
by the Emancipation Proclamation, and
probably the Confederate debt, and pensions
for disabled traitors and relatives of traitors.
The chief object sought by the Democratic
party—Repudiation—would be the natural
result of this most unnatural accumulation
of debt.
I need not tell your readers what would
become of the loyal men in the Southern
States if the Democratic party triumphs
next fall. The Congressional majority fully
recognize the situation, and have determined
that the work of reconstruction shall be com
pleted the present year, and that every legiti
mate effort shall be made to prevent a rebel
triumph itt November next. They feel to
day that they committed a blunder, if not a
crime, in not impeaching Johnson one year
ago. The real evidence rebed upon to im
peach, it is believed, was never laid before
the committee. It may yet be, will be, used,
it Jlr. Johnson’s course should really again
endanger the Union cause. Loyal men at
the South may rely upon it that they will not
be abandoned by Congress, and can shape
their course of action accordingly. The
irresponsible Rebels at the South, and Cop
perheads at the North, die hard, but die they
surely most. Their struggles for power are
the last throes of the monster—Treason.
Thus much I have said to give a cursory
view of the situation from our standpoint at
the capital.
THE breakers ahead
Consist in part of financial embarrass
ments. the interference with the Recon
struction laws by the Supreme Court, the
lights of American citizens abroad, and
numerous other minor matters. The Su
preme Court will be thwarted iu any at
tempt to trifle with the legislative branch
of the Government. In revolutionary
times like these, when the life of a nation
is in danger, will men adopt just such
means as may he necessary to secure
safety. The reconstruction laws, as
amended, will he enforced to the letter. If
these lews are not sufficient to restore the
Southern States forthwith, oilier amend
ments will he added until the efforts of
Southern loyalists cannot be frustrated.
The subject of finance is a more difficult
one than any other to arrange satislacto
rily. Os one thing rest assured, however,
the national honor will be maintained at
all liazzardß.
the last onslaught of the
PRESIDENT:
Was made yesterday, by sending to the
Senate the name of Colonel N. A. Wise
well for the place now held by Mr. E. A
Rollins, as Commissioner of Internal Rev
enue. The present incumbent having
failed to see the beauties of Mr. Johnson’s
‘•policy,” has thereby become offensive—
hence the attempt to remove him. Col.
Wisewell has a fair military reputation,
hut is claimed by the Copperheads us one
of their set. The Senate will hardly lend
itself to this new scheme of Mr. Johnson.
THE PRESIDENCY.
Everj movement just now is guaged by its
bearings upon the Presidential election.
General Grant continues to be much talked
about by a certain class of Republicans;
but a large majority of other than pro
fessional politicians prefer Mr. Chase,
or some one like him of pronounced
political views. I may be mistaken, but I
think the Republican candidate for the Presi
dency has not yet been named in connec
lion widi that office. The recent election in
Ohio, and the campaign thus far in New
Hampshire, have so raised the hopes of
ihe Republicans that they begin io feel as
the ptople always have, that they can e’leet
any sound progressive Republican they
please with proper exertion. The Democ
racy have really only two men to choose
between—Pendleton, and Seymour, of New
York- Both are men of groat ability •
both fairly i epresent the political views of
the great majority of the Democratic party.
OUR MINISTER AT ST. JAMES.
Memorials have been presented to the
Senate urging the recall of Charles F.
Adams, our Minister at too Court of St.
James. t is well understood that Mr.
Adams’ stock has pretty well run out—in a
word, the elder Adams has been so long
abroad uh to have fallen behind the progres
sive strides of his own nation. Simultaneously
with these memorials, comes a rumor that
Mr. Adams has already resigned. Mr.
beward refuses to confirm or deny the
rutnor, und therefore it is taken for granted
that there is some foundation for the rumor.
RRODUCTS OF AGRICULTURE.
The Director of the Bureau of Statistics
has compiled the following statemout of
tho products of agriculture for the years
named;
1840.. value $612,796,684
1850.. “ 974,495,089
1860.. “ 1,624,844,498
1860.. “ (currency) 2,453,957,065
From 1840 to 1860 the agricultural pro
portion of tho laboring population in the
State* decreased from 65 to SO per cent es
the whole.
REORGANIZING THE TREASURY DEPART
MENT.
A *y*tematio effort is being made to
reorganise the Treasury Department to
secure greater efficiency. * The Depart
ment was organised, as it now exists, in
1853. In 1860 the aggregate receipts and
expenditures of the Government were
$154,214,136, and 412 clerks only were
employed. On Juuo 30,1867, the receipts
and expenses of the Government amounted
to $2,224,140,575 (nearly fifteen times
larger than iu I860) and only 2.213 clerks
were employed. The facts show on an
average a olork of to-day does three times
as ranch work os a clerk did in 1860. It
is estimated that $200,000 per annum will
be saved under the new plan.
SCOTCHED, DVT NOT KILLED.
The old rebel element crops out here oc
casionally so as to attract attention. Even
women sometimes so far forget themselves as
to manifest ill breeding. Only yesterday an
aged and blind colored man, led by a little
boy, asked a female, dressed in the garb of
a woman, and possessing the external indi
cations of a lady, to give him a penny to buy
bread, when she, with an impertinent smirk,
said, ‘‘Go and see Sumner” (meaning, doubt
less, Senator Sumner), and passed on. She
will doubtless, at some time or other, find a
hotter place than Washington.
SOCIETY.
The present is admitted by all to be the
gayest season ever experienced in Washing
ton. A majority of the Senators, and many
of the Representatives, have their families
here. All members of the Cabinet, numer
ous civil office holders, and a number of
army and naval officers, besides private
citizens, keep open house, and give frequent
entertainments. There is an unusual num
ber of foreign visitors spending the winter at
the capital, and it is generally remarked that
more of the elite of American society is
represented here than ever in any one season
before.
freedmkn's bureau.
A committee of Congress will, iu a few
days, report in favor of continuing the
Freedmen’s Bureau indefinitely, and some
plan ot the kind will doubtless be adopted.
The total expense of the Bureau since its
organization in June, 1865. has been
$5,959,457.01 —this is up to January, Ist,
1808. The amount originally appropriated
was $10,780,750 —30 that a large sum still
remains.
THE SAVINGS OF FRESHMEN.
The annual report of all the Freedmen's
Savings Banks show tho amounts deposited
in the different Banks, during the year 1867,
to be as follows :
Augusta sl9 372 54
Baltimore 81.191 42
Beaufort 397,396 21
Charleston 261.526 52
Huntsville 10,818 11
Jacksonville 136,018 12
Louisville 163,017 00
Memphis 50,432 64
Mobile 82,848 69
Nashville 56,362 40
New Orleans 95,514 92
Newbern 29,488 95
New York 51,486 53
Norfolk 110,677 15
Richmond 21,464 37
Savannah 43,585 43
Tallahassee 27,368 31
Vicksbnrg 51,210 21
Washington 211,1G6 56
Wilmington 2,792 02
Total $1,906,741 71
Os the total amount $272,749 32 remains
in bank, and the balance was drawn out.
Capitol.
From the Atlanta Era.]
Stale Constitution nl Comentiou
Atlanta, Ga„ Feb. 0, 1868.
The Convention met at 9j o’clock.
The journal was read and approved.
-Mr. Dunning moved to reconsider the
action of the Convention yesterday on Re
lief.
The motion to reconsider was laid on the
table by a vote of yeas 82 to nays 45.
Mr. Speer offered the following, which,
after being amended, was adopted :
Resolved, That the three Pages of this
Convention shall receive for their services
one dollar each, per day, and the Assistant
Doorkeeper, and Assistant Messenger, each
three dollars per day, and that the Auditing
Committee be authorized to issue their
warrant to each of the said persons for the
respective amounts due to each to date,
which account shall be countersigned by
the President; and the Messenger is here
by authorized to purchase fuel for the use
of the Convention.
The report of the Committee on the Ex
ecutive Department was taken up, as the
special order, and read.
Mr. Parrott (Mr. Trammel in the
Chair) offered the Constitution of the
State of 1865, with amendments which he
had prepared, as a substitute for the
section
The Chair deciding that such a substi
tute could bo offered.
Mr. Ashburn appealed from the deci
sion of the Chair.
The decision of the Chair was sustained
by a vote < f 65 to 57.
Mr. Whiteley moved to lay Mr. Par
rott’s substitute on the table. Carried—
yeas 82, nays 37.
Mr. Conley moved to take up the report
of the Committee on the Executive Depart
ment as a whole. Carried.
Mr. Foster Blodgett moved to
amend the report by the cieation of the
office of Lieutenant (Governor.
During the discussion of this proposition
it was announced that Hon. C. C. Rich
ardson. a member of the Convention, had
departed this life.
Mr. Bedford introduced tho following,
which was unanimously adopted :
Whereas, Information lias been re
ceived in this Convention of tho death of
Hon. C. C. Richardson, delegate from the
20th district; therefore be it
Resolved , That a committee of five lie
appointed by the President to draft a
suitable memorial in honor of the deceased,
and report the same to this Convention on
to-morrow morning,
Messrs. Bedford, Bryant, Seeley, White
ley, and Bullock were appointed that
committee.
Mr. Wallace offered the following, which
was unanimously adopted :
Resolved, That, as a mark of respect to
the memory of Hon. C. C. Richardson,
deceased, this Convention do now adjourn.
The Convention adjourned.
A Change of Tune. —The Augusta
Chronicle, which sang peans over the re-'
moval of Gen. Pope, and hailed his suc
cessor with songs of personal laudation and
political satisfaction, now says :
“We think that there can be very little
doubt now, on the mind of any impartial
man in the State, that Gen. Meade is as
thorough and ns bitter a Radical ns John
Pope or Thad. Stevens. Ho implicitly
believes in tho omnipotence of the Rump
Congress, and makes it "a labor of lovo to
ontorce, with the groatest degree of severity
and vigor, all the behests of his Radical
friends. — N. F. Tribune.
Shipboard is the pluee to read character ;
all there is iu a man pops out when he is
sea-sick.
SCISSORS.
Pennsylvania expended .$1,012,787.02 on
her public schools in 1867.
Chicago ha* a imputation of two hundred
and eighty thousand.
Major Gen. Sheridan has just buried his
only sister, Mrs. John Wilson.
Forty-eight million acres of land in Ne
braska are unimproved.
The forty-six Banks in Boston have about
forty-two millions on deposit.
The Germans in Cincinnati have waltz
ing matches for barrels of lager beer.
The Chinese claim to have discovered
America, from tho west, a thousand years
before Columbus.
The present average daily production of
the Pennsylvania oil regions -is 11,035
barrels.
The widow of General Miramon has, with
her children, taken up her residence at
Vienna. She is to receive a pension from
the Austrian Government.
Speak of men’s virtues, says a Chinese
moralist, as if they were your own, and of
their vices as if you were liable to their
punishment.
Printing with moveable types was known
in India at least one thousand years ago,
according to discoveries recently made by
English Savans.
Colonies of birds have been sent from
England to New Zealand to gladden the
eyes ot the Britons who pined for a glimpse
o! the familiar songsters of “Merrie Eng
land.’’
Secretary Browning's daughter,Emma.is
described as a beautiful girl of the porce
lain type. She says she would rather
scrub all day than stand up at a reception
talking to people that don’t care anything
about Iter.
OBITUARY.
THE LATE CAPTAIN PARKER, OF TIIE
S. C. IRISH VOLUNTEERS.
At a meeting of the Survivors’ Association of
the First Regiment South Carolina Volunteers,
held on the evening of the 23d ultimo, the
following preamble and resolutions were unan
imously adopted. They are a deserved and
fitting tribute to tho memory of our deceased
friend:
Whereas, We, his former comrades, have
heard of the death of Captain Michael P. Par
ker, late Captain Company K, First Regiment
South Carolina Volunteers, and recalling our
service with him in camp and field, desire to
give our testimony to his worth, and to put on
record some brief mention ot his services.
Resolved, That we remember the earnestness
and zeal with which he served the cause of his
adopted State from the evening when among
the first he entered her service, to the day when
her cause was surrendered, and hear witness to
his great gallantry upon the field of Mechanics
villc, Cold Harbour, Frazier’s Farm, Manassas
(iu which he was wounded), Ox Hill, Sharps
burg, in which last battle he received the wound
from which he never recovered, and which has
now caused his death.
Resolved, That his conduct upon each of those
fields, and iu camp, assure us that iu his death
our State has lost one of the noblest of her
adopted sons, and our people one of the truest
of those who fought and bled for them.
Resolved, That his high sense of honor in the
discharge of duty, his gentleness as a comrade,
and bis gallantry in the field, endear his mem
ory to us.
Resolved, .That we sincerely sympathize with
his family in their affliction, and recommend
them to. the assistance of all our people who
would aid the widow and orphans of one who
served his country according to his convictions,
and gave his life for it.
Resolved, That a committee of three be ap
pointed to devise means, and to solicit assist
ance for tbe relief of his family, and that a copy
of this preamble and resolutions be sent to his
family, and that the Augusta and Charleston
papers be requested to publish them.
Extract from the minutes.
-A. J. SAMSON, SWvctary.
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OLINA RAILROAD, February 7, 1868.—J 0
Matkcwson A Cos, Gerarty A A, VY M Jacobs, E
H Summer, T W Carwile, Wyman A May, D
Stalling, T Lyons, J A T A Bones, Gto A Oatos,
M Hyams A Cos, Stevenson A Skelton, F U
Cooke, T Sweeney, D R Wright A Cos, E B, D H
Denning, E It Derry A Cos, J M Clark A Cos, G
S Hookey.
gig-GEORGIA, RICHMOND COUNTY
—CLERK'S OFFICE, INFERIOR COURT.—
All persons holding Certificates of Jury Service
performed since the Ist day of January, 1867>
will please present them at this office, within ten
days, to be acted on by the Justices of the In
ferior Court.
LAFAYETTE McLAWS. Clerk.
February 6th. 1863. feb7 2t
REPUBLICAN STATE CONVEN
TION POSTPONED.
Atlanta, Ga., Jan. 31, 1868.
Hon. Foster Blodgett, Chairman State Central
Committee —
Dear Sir: We, the undersigned, members o
the State Central Committee, request that tho
call for a State Convention es the Republican
party, on the 19th day of February, be suspen
ded. Among other reasons, wo would call your
attention to the fact that tho Constitutional
Convention will not have closed its labors by
that time, and, therefore, if said Republican
Convention desired to nominate State Officers,
it would not know what offices would be created.
We fear that tho party will not be fully repre
sented at that time. We, therefore, very respect
fully request you to suspend tho call ior said
Republican Convention.
Very respectfully, yours,
William Markham, C.C. Richardson,
J. E. Bryant, Georgy Wallace,
B. Smith, John Bowles,
W. 11. Noble, P M. Sheibley,
Robert Alexander, 11. M. Turner,
Benj. Dunnegan, G . W. Ashburn,
S. W. Beaird, T. G. Cjmi'Bell.
Hall Ga. Constitutional Convention, 1
Atlanta, Ga., Jan. 31, 186S. J
In compliance with the request of a majority
of the State Central Committee of tbe Republi
can party, and over two-thirds of the members
signing tho call for tho meeting on the 19th
instant, said call is hereby suspended, for the
reasons stated.
Due notico will be given of such date as way
be deemed advisable for tho meeting of the Con
vention, and for the purpose for which it will be
held. FOSTER BLODGETT,
Chairman State Central Committee.
P. S.—All papers in this State friendly to Re
publicanism are requested to copy.
feb4—4t F. B.
gTEACHERS, TAKE NOTICE.—
The Board of Education of Richmond County
will meet again on SATURDAY next, the Bth
instant, at 2 o’clock p. m. at the Ordinary’s
Office, for tho purpose of granting license to
those who may apply for leave to teach in any
of the public schools of said County for the
present year. feb4—td
NOTICE TO STATE AND
COUNTY TAX PAYERS.—By instructions
from the Comptroller General of Georgia, I am
required to collect at once the unpaid Taxes of
this county. As the law holds me to a strict ac
countability, I shall surely issue executions
against all who fail to pay by tho 20th of Feb
ruary, after which time settlement will have to
bo irade with the Sheriff.
JOHN A. BOIILER,
Tax Collector Richmond County.
ja2s—t2oth Feb
QGgr MARRIAGE AND CELIBACY,
AND THE HAPPINESS OF TRUE MAN
HOOD—An Essay for Young Men on (he Crime
of Solitude, and tho Physiological Errors, Abuses
and Diseases which create impediments to MAR
RIAGE, with sure means of Relief. Sent in
sealed letter envelopes, free of charge.
Address Dr. J. SKILLIN HOUGHTON,
Howard Association,
fel— .3m Philadelphia, Pa.
jflsffi-CITY SEXTON.—THE SEXTON
will he found at his office, at the Cemetery, from
8 a. ra. to 1 p. m., and from 2 to 5 p. m., every
day.
All orders left at any timo will he promptly
attended to.
Residence—No. C Fenwick street.
P. 1). II ALL,
ja2l—lm City Be.\ton.
NOTICE.—
Augusta, Ga., Dec. 21, 1567.
To the Stockholders of the Millcdgcville, or
Macon and Augusta Railroad Cos :
Calls for payment on Subscriptions to the
Capital Stock of this Company have boon made
up to fifty-five per cent. Stock upon which this
amount, has not been paid will bo forfeited to the
Company.
A further call is now made for twenty-five
per cent., paj’ablc on or before February 20tb,
1868, at which date eighty per cent, will be due,
and Stock forfeited, if not paid.
AH Stockholders in arrears will at once cor
respond with the Treasurer.
Tho Road is now in operation to Miilcdgc
villo, and is doing a largo business. It is
believed that arrangements will bo made by
which further calls will be avoided, if prompt pay
ment is now made.
By order of tho Board of Directors.
11. B. BULLOCK, Frcsident.
J. A. S. Milligan,
Secretary’ and Treasurer.
de2!—6ot
Savannah Republican, Nctcs and Herald;
Macon Telegraphy Journal and Messenger ; Mil*
ledgeville Recorder, Federal Union; Atlanta
Intelligencer and New Era, will please copy
above for sixty days, and send bill to the
Treasurer of Macon and Augusta Railroad, at
Augusta.
WNOTmE.
jygp-CLKRK OF COUNCIL’S OFFICE,
Augusta, Ga., January 14, IS6B.—AII persons
lialdo for City Taxes (except those who are re
quired to make quarterly returns), are hereby
notified that tho CITY TAX DIGEST for 1868
is now opon at uiv ofliqe (City Hall), and will
remain opon nut;! the llrot day of Mareh nest,
by which timo all returns must bo made.
All tlioso who fail to retuin by that timo will
bo returned for double taxation, and a lino of
not less than ton dollars per day will be imposed
for each day of such failure to return.
J0B“ Office hours: From 9 o'clock a.ui to 1
o’clock p.m., uud from 3 o'clock p.m. to o o'clock
p.m., daily (Sundays excepted).
JAMES N. ELLS,
janli—td Clerk of Council- (
MEW ADVERTISEMENTS.
ATTENTION
Mechanic Fire Company,
A SPECIAL MEETING OF TBE COMPANY
will be held THIS EVENINO at tbe En
gine House, at 7 o’clock.
All the members are requested to be present,
as-business of importance will be considered.
P. IIANSBERGER, Vice Pres’t.
February 8, 1868. febß—lt
LOOK, LOOK, LOOlffigte
J P. Doris & Bro.
C. V WALKEK, Auctioneer,
WILL SELL, AT TIIE CITY HOTEL, ON
MONDAY NEXT, February 10th, com
mencing at 10 o'clock a. m.—
An elegant collection of Fruit Trees, Rosea,
Ja : onican, Bulbous Hoots, Ornamental Sbrnbr,
G anion Seed, Flower Seed, etc., etc., all imported
direct ftom Paris.
Ladies especially invited to attend.
febS—td
City Sheriff’s Sale.
ON TIIE 18TH DAY OF FEBRUARY, IN
ST A NT, will be sold by virtue of an order
from tee llod. John C. Snead, Judge of the City
Court of Augusta, at the Lower Market House,
in the City of Augusta, within the legal hours
of sale:
Three Mules and three bets of Harness, levied
on as the property of Theodore N. Lund}', by
virtue of an attachment returnable to the Feb
ruary Term, 1868, of the City Court of Augusta,
in favor of Fleming A Rowland vs. Theodore N.
Lundy. ISAAC LEVY,
feb7—td Sheriff C. A.
C. H. Johansen,
CORNER op •
Marbury & Sauth Boundary Streets,
(NEAR RACE TRACK),
AUGUSTA, GEORGIA,
Keeps always on hand fresh
LA iEK BEER and tho very best LI
QUORS of all kinds.
Visitors will find Shuffle Boards Bagatelle Ta
ble?, Air Guns, and amusements of all kinds.
Be sure and give mo a call.
nov26-3m
Macon and Augusta Railroad.
SCHEDULE OF MACON AND AUGUSTA
O RAILROAD—
Leave Camak daily at 12.30 p.rn
Leave Milledgeville 5.30 a.m.
Arrive at Miliedgeville 4.10 p.m.
Arrive at Camak 9.00 a.m.
Passengers leaving Augusta or Atlanta on the
Day Passenger Train of the Georgia Railroad
will make close connections at Camak for inter
mediate points on the above Road, and also for
Macon.
Passengers leaving Milledgcville at 5.30 a. in.
roaches Atlanta and Augusta the same da}', and
will make close connections at either place for
tho principal points in adjoining States.
E. W. COLE, General Superintends
Augusta, January 7, 1868. jaS—tf
Change of Schedule on the Central
Railroad.
ON AND AFTER FRIDAY, JULY STH, the
following Schedule will be run between
Augusta, Macon and Savannah ;
Leave Augusta at 8.45 a. m. A 8.05 p. tu.
Arrive at Macon 5.25 p. in. A 5.00 a. m.
Arrive at Savannah* 6.25 p. in. A 4.50 a. m.
Leave Macon 7.05 a. m. & 6.15 p. in.
Leave Savannah 8.00 a. in. A 6.25 p. w.
Arrive at Augusta 5.45 p. m. A 3.15 a. m.
A. M. Train from Augusta vrill connect with
S. A. & G. P. R. train at Savannah, and Mil*
ledgeville at Gordon.
P. M. Train from Augusta will connect with
Trains on South Western, Muscogee, and Macon
and Western Railroads.
J. M. SELKIRK,
ju4—tf .Master of Transportation
Change of Schedule of South Carolina
Hail Hoad Company.
Office South Carolina It. R. Cos., 1
Augusta, October 2, 1867. j
r TMIE FOLLOWING WILL BE THE LEAV
-1- ING and arriving times of Trains over
this Road, commencing on and after Sunday,
October 6th, 1567 :
MAH, AND THROUGH PASSENGER TRAIN —
AUGUSTA TO COLUMBIA.
Charleston Running Time.
Leave Augusta 3.40 a. m.
Arrive at Kingville 11.15 a. m.
Arrive at Columbia 1.10 p. m.
Passengers for Wilmington Road, Charlotte
Road, and Greenville and Columbia Road, can
only make connection by taking this Train.
mail and passenger train to augusta
FROM COLUMBIA.
Charleston Running Time.
Leave Columbia ..- '. 10.00 a. m.
Arrive at Kingville 12.05 p. m.
Arrive at Augusta 7.40 p. m.
AIL AND PASSENGER TRAIN—AUOVSTA AND
CHARLESTON.
Charleston Punning Time.
Leave Augusta 3.40 a. m.
Arrive at Charleston 12.20 p. m.
Leave Charleston 10.40 a. m.
Arrive at Augusta 7.40 p. m.
NIGHT EXPRESS FREIGHT AND PASSENGER
ACCOMMODATION TRAIN AUGUSTA AND
charleston.—Sundays excepted.
Charleston Running Time.
Leave Augusta .' 4.10 p. m.
Arrive at Charleston 4.00 a. m.
Leave Charleston 7.30 p. m .
Arrive at Augusta 6.50 a m
H. T. PEAKE, "
oo3—tf General Superintendent.
Change of Schedule on the Georgia
Railroad.
ON AND AFTER THURSDAY, OCTOBER
10th, 1867, tho Passenger Trains ou the
Georgia Railroad will run as follows :
DAY PASSENGER TRAIN.
■ (Daily, Sundays Excepted.)
Leave Augusta at 7.30 A. M.
Leavo Atlanta at 5,00 A. M.
Arrive at Augusta at 3.30 P. M.
Arrive at Atlantaat 6.30 P. M.
NIGHT PASSENGER TRAIN.
Leave Augusta at s.l 5 P. M.
Leave Atlauta at 5.45 F. L
Arrive at Augusta at 3.00 a'. M.
Arrivo at Atlanta at 6.45 A. m!
BERZELIA PASSENGER TRAIN.
Leave Augusta at 4.00 P. M.
Leavo Berzolia at 7.10 A. m!
Arrrivo at Augusta 8.50 A. m!
Arrivo at BorzeUa 5.45 p. jj’
Passengers for Sparta, Washington and
Athens, Ga., must take Day Passouger Train
from Augusta and Atlanta.
Passengers for West Point, Montgomery,
Selma, Mobile, and New Orleans, must leave
Augusta on Night Passenger Train at 5.15
P. M. to make close connoctious.
Passengers for Nashville, Corinth, Grand
Junction, Memphis, Louisville, and St.. Louis
can take either train and make close eonnootious
THROUGH TICKETS and Baggage Cheeked
through to the above places.
PULLMAN’S PALACE SLEEPING CARS
on all Night Passongcr Trains.
E. W. COLE,
General Superintendent.
Augusta, Ga., Dot. «, 1867. ootti—tf
"DOOK AND JOB PRINTING
Exeouted at this Offiao
At the Lowest Terms and in the Best Style!
Cone and see samples.
CLOSING 0U
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GOODS AT \ SACRIPK
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