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TUESDAY MORNING February 11. 18*3
Ex-Gov. Jbkkins and Qkk. Meads.—
The Washington correspondent of tlie
New York Tim « says: “The action of the
Senate authorizing the War Depareont to
employ counsel to defend Gens. Grant,
Meade, and Ruger, in threatened suits,
was occasioned by the fact that Gov.
Jenkins, of Georgia, has taken steps to
bring action against them for alleged
assumption of power in appropriating the
public fimds of that State for the benefit
of tlio Reconstruction Convention. It
should be understood that Gov. Jenkins
eluded arrest by Gen. Meiqje by flight, as
that officer had made preparations to
arrest him for impeding reconstruction
and embezzlement. This latter charge
was based on the fact that Jenkins trans
ferred the funds in the State Treasury to
New York without authority, and caused
them to be deposited there to the credit
ot private parties.”
Soothers Chivalry.—lt is the habit of
the old leaders of the South to denounce the
Reconstruction Conventions as composed of
the lowest sort of characters. Here is a
sample. It is from the Augusta (Ga.)
Chronicle, and fairly represents the manner
in which the opponents of the Conventions
speuk of them :
Florida Hadical-Scalawao-Nkgro Cos
vbntiok.—One of those vilo and loathsome
abominations, yclept a Convention, composed
of carpet bag bummers irom New England,
mean, low-down white men, with black hearts,
from the South, and negroes of unknown
nativity and doubtful paternity, is now in ses
sion at Tallahassee, Florida, ostensibly for the
purpose of legislating that State back into the
parental embrace of the late so called Union ?
How obvious it is that persops who write
in this way are model statesmen and per
fect patriots, the flower of civilization, the
true support of the Republic. Clearly it is
wrong to deny to them the absolute man
agement of affairs. Those who refuse lo
accept such leaders uiust be ‘‘radical scala
wags.” Why will they not bow down to
this chivalry so pure and so noble ? Why
strive to lead their States back to the ‘"late
so called Union?” —Utica (A*. Y.) herald.
Gen. Grant and the Copperheads.—
A special Washington dispatch to the New
York Sun says: “It is universally conceded
that Grant’s letter read to day in the House
severs the last connection between him and
all Copperhead interests, including Mr.
Johnson, and guarantees beyond perad
venture his nomination for the Presidency
by the loyal men of the country.
Rumored Recall of Gen. Rousseau.
—lt is rumored, in Washington, that the
President has recalled Geneial Rousseau
for the purpose of placing him in command
of the District now commanded by General
Meade,
GENE UAL ITEMS.
Mrs. Stowe has got out anew hook.
The dress for pugilists—collars and enffs.
They have had black snow at Ashtabula,
Ohio.
Mrs. Yelverton is styled “the lovely and
litigous.”
A man who always warrants his work—
the sheriff.
Everything is “lor rent” or “for sale’’ in
New Orleans.
New York spends SIOO,OOO a day on
sleigh-riding.
In England and Wales there are 513,000
more women than men, and over 1,500.000
of the former are unmarried.
The snow-storm of the middle of Decem
ber was the first Cadiz, Spain, had seen for
forty-six years
If a man in proportion to his weight
could jump as far as a flea, he could cross
the Atlantic in twenty two bounds.
Nearly two million dollars’ worth of shoes
were manufactured by some nineteen firms
in Chicago last year.
Wolves are so troublesome in Minnesota
that the settlers have to mount guard over
tbeir sheep and cattle.
Ristori still talks of making this country
her permanent home, and of selecting New
York as her place of residence.
A woman in Australia crushed her child
to death in her arms in her excitement to
see the Duke of Edinburgh.
One of the Harper brothers has not been
up stairs in the immense publishing house
for 25 years.
The official statemeutof the branch miut
at San Francisco for 1867. shows the total
deposits of bullion to be $19,500,00; coin
age $19,380,000.
Dr. Stone writes to tb > London Times
that cooked potatoes are as efficacious
against scurvy as raw ones—a fact not
generally known.
About seventy-five weeklies arc pub
lished in New York, and before the year
ends they are likely to be increased to a
hundred.
It is estimated that in this country one
woman out of forty remains unmarried,
except in New England, where the propor
tion is one in twenty.
A man in New Hampshire has given
$25 ,000 toward the establishment of a
Methodist Theological Seminary in Ger
many.
Punch approves of short dresses because
they give plain girls a chance. What nature
denies the face she sometimes gives the
understanding.
Peoria has two causes of rejoicing ; one
is the killing of a rat weighing three pounds
and a half, and the other is the erection of
anew jail.
The Boston Ti anscripl says: “Some of
the active spirits of the Universal Peace
Society are among the most contentious and
belligerent public speakers of the country.”
An Englishman of learning is to translate
a history of Russia, which is much needed,
as we know very little of the early events ot
that immense empire.
•It is thought fewer Americans will go
abroad this year than for a long while ; the
exodus to the Paris Exposition having sur
feited us tor the time with Continental
wanderings.
The New Orleatis mint, which has been
idle since the outbreaking of “the rebellion,
is about to resume, operations. It will
commenco by coming nickels.
About one hundred nml forty *• star”
actors and actresses died during the past
year. No such mortality in the profession
has been known for twenty years.
A Swiss inventor, it it reported, has ad
dressed letters to several European Gov
ernments and to our own, stating that ho
has discovered a motive power which super
sedes steam. He asks $10,000,000 for his
secret.
GRANT IS THE MAN FOR TBS
TIMES!
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General Grant to Fret ideal Johnton.
Headers Army or the United States, \
Washington. D.C., Feb. 3, 1868. J
Hie Excellency A. Johnson, President oj' the
United Statet:
Sir: I have the honor to acknowledge
the receipt «f your communication of the
3 lit ultimo, in answer to mine.’of the 28th
ultimo. After a careful reading and com
parison of it with the article in the National
Intelligencer of tho 15th ultimo, the article
over tho initials “J. B. S.” in the New York
World of 27th ultimo, purporting to be
based upon your statement and that of
members of tbe Cabinet therein named, I
find it only to be but a reiteration—only
somewhat more in detail of the "many and
gross misrepresentations” contained in these
articles, and which my statement of tho
facts set forth in my letter of the 28th
ultimo was intended to correct, and here I
reassert the correctness of my statements in
that letter, anything in yours, in reply to It,
to the contrary notwithstanding.
I confess my surprise that the Cabinet
officers referred to should so greatly misap
prehend the facts in the luatttcr of admis
sion alleged to have been rnado by mo at
the Cabinet meeting of the 14th ultimo as
to suffer their names to he made tho basis
of tho charges in the newspaper articles
referred to, or agree in the accuracy, as
you affirm they do, of your account of what
occurred at that meeting.
You know that we parted on Saturday,
the 11th ultimo, without any promise on
my part, either expressed or implied, to the
effect that I would hold on to the office of
Secretary of War ad interim against the
action of the Senate, or, declining to do so
myself, would surrender it to you before
snch action was had. or that I would see
you again at any fixed time ou the subject.
The performance of the promises alleged
by you to have been made by me would
have involved a resistance of the law and
an inconsistency with the whole history of
my connection with the suspension of Mr.
Stanton. From cur consultation and my
written protest of August 1, 1867, against
the removal of Mr- Stanton, you must have
known that my greatest objection to his re
moval or suspeusion was the fear that some
one would be appointed in his stead who
would, by opposition to the iaws relating to
the restoration of the Southern States to
their proper relation to the Government,
embarrass tho army in the performance of
the duties especially imposed upon it by the
laws, and that it was to prevent such an
appointment that 1 accepted tbe appoint
ment of Secretary of War ad interim, and
not for the purpose of enabling you to get rid
of Mr. Stanton by my withholding it Irom
him in opposition to the law, or not doing
so myself, surrender it to one who would,
us the statement and assumptions in yout
communication plainly indicate was sought.
And it was to avoid this danger, as well
as to relieve you from the personal embar
rassment in which Mr. Stanton’s reinstate
ment would place you, that 1 urged the
appointment of Governor Cox, believing
that it would be agreeable to you, and also
lo Mr. Stanton, satisfied, as 1 was, that it
was the good of the country, and not the
office, the latter desired.
On the 13th ultimo, in the presence of
Gen. Sherman, I stated to you that I
thought Mr. Stanton would resign, but did
not say that I would advise him to do so.
On the lbtli, 1 did agree with Gen. Sher
man to go and advise him to that course ;
and, on the lOlli, I had an interview alone
with Mr. Stanton, which led me to the
conclusion that any advice to him of this
kind would be useless, and so informed
Geti. Sherman. Before 1 consented to
advise Mr. Stanton to resign, I understood
from him, in a conversation ou the subject
immediately after his reinstatement, that it
was bis opinion that the act of Congress,
entitled “An act temporarily to supply
vacancies in the executive departments in
certain cases,” approved Feb. 20, 1863, was
repealed by subsequent legislation, which
materially influenced my act?6n. Previous
to this time, I had no doubt that the law ol
1863 was still in force, and notw thstandftig
my action, a fuller examination of the law
leaves a question in my mind whether it is
or is not repealed. This being the case, I
could not now advise his resignation, lest
the same danger 1 apprehended from his
first removal might follow.
The course you would have it understood
I agreed to pursue was in violation of law,
and without orders from you ; while the
course I did pursue, and which I never
doubted you fully understood, was in accord
ance with law, and not in disobedience to
any orders ot my superior. And now, Mr.
President, when my honor as a soldier and
integrity as a man have been so violently
assailed, pardon me for saying that I can
but regard this whole matter, from beginning
to end, as an attempt to involve me in the
resistance of law, (or which you hesitate to
assume the responsibility in orders, and thus
to destroy my character before the country.
I am in a measure confirmed in this conclu
sion by your recent orders directing me to
disobey orders from the Secretary of War,
my superior and your subordinate, without
having countermanded his authority I am to
disobey.
With assurance, Mr. President, that no
thing less than a vindication of my personal
honor and character could have induced this
correspondence on my part, I have the honor
to he, very respectfully, your obedient ser
vant, U. 8. Grant, General.
There is a jolly shoemaker in Vermont
who advertises himself as “Shoemaker to
his Honor the Lord Mayor of Vergennes. ”
This reminds an exchange of the man in
London whose sign reads : “Breeches-maker
to the Queen.”
The country papers are copying an ac
count ot a terrible death, by tire, ot Peter
Oleum, of Milwaukee, Wis., without seeing
that it is one of those weak and worn-out
jests lor which the Western journals are no
torious.
A curious French law requires that every
infant born in France must be presented at
the Mansion bouse of its parish within
twenty-five hours of birth. An effort is
making to have the law repealed on account
of the danger to the rising generation from
the exposure to inclement weather.
Bangor, Me., is actively forwarding the
railway enterprises in which she is interested.
On the one hand, she proposes to loan her
credit to the Piscataquis road for $15,000 a
mile, instead of $500,000 in all. On the
other, she proposes to abandon her lien on
that part of the European and Notth Ameri
can railway from Winn to the boundary, ac
cepting instead a clean mortgage to the road
from Bangor to Winn.
Another Letter from Mr. Johnson
Grant's Letters Denounced as Disre
spectful—Washington, Februnry 5 —The
President is extremely irritated ut the con
duct of Wejierul Grant in sending copies of
Ins letters to Secretary Stanton to forward
to Congress, and has not allowed General
Grant to have the last word, but to-day
replied to his letter in very sharp and
strong lunguage, reminding him, it is said,
that he (Grant) is subordinate to the Pres
ident, and that it ill becomes him to uso
such lunguage ns that contained in his last
letter to the Commander-in-chief ot the
army.
The President further intimates that ho
will not submit to such language again.
It is probable that Congress will call for
this letter.
[From the Atlanta Opinion.
State Constitutional Convention
Atlanta, Ga., Feb. 8,1868.
The Convention met at 9} o’clock.
Prayer by the Chaplain.
The journal was read and approved.
Mr. CoNLxr moved to reconsider the vote
on the adoption of the report of the Com
mittee on the Executive Department.
The yeas and nays were ordered, and
resulted—yeas 64, nays 48.
Tho motion to reconsider prevailed.
Tho report was taken up.
Mr. Con lev moved to strike out the word
“ten" in the third section and insert “six,”
so that a residency of six years would ren
der citizens eligible to the office of Governor.
Tho motion prevailed—yeas 71, nays 37.
On motion the report ns amended was
adopted, and referred to the Committee on
Revision.
Mr. Shropshire, from the Committee
on Finance, leported tho following ordi
nance and resolutions :
An ordinance to provide the means of de
fraying the expense* of this Convention,
ana the compensation of officers and
members.
Sec. 1. Re it ordained by the people of
Georgia, in Convention assembled. That
an ordinance of this Convention paesed on
the 20th day ot December, in the year 1867,
entitled an' ordinance to levy and collect
a tax to pay the delegates and officers con
nected with the Convention, as well as all
other incidental expenses, except the sec
ond section thereof, is hereby rescinded,
and the following is ordained in lieu thereof,
to-wit:
That it shall he the duty of tho Comp
troller General of the State of Georgia to
levy aud assess a tax of one-tenth of one
per cent, on all the taxable property of this
State, as returned upon the digest for the
year 1867, for the purpose of defraying the
expenses of this Convention, and the com
pensation of officers md members. And it
shall be the duty of the Tax Collectors in
the several counties of this State to collect
the tax so assessed, and to pay the same to
the Comptroller General on or before the
first day of May, 1868. And it shall be the
duty of the several Tax Collectors to issue
executions against all persons subject to
taxation under this ordinance whose tax is
unpaid after twenty days notice to pay it,
for the amount of tax duo them, and fifty
per centuin thereon and all costs; and of
sheriffs and constables to levy and sell un
der such executions, and to return the
proceeds to the Tax Collectors, as soon as
tho same can be done under tho provisions
of existing laws.
Sec. 2. Be it further Ordained, That any
scrip which may be issued by the authority
of this Convention tor the purpose aforesaid
shall be receivable by the Comptroller Gen
eral from the Tax Collector i in payment of
the tax aforesaid.
Sec. 3. Be it further ordained, That the
Tax Collectors shall receive the same per
cent, for collecting the tax aforesaid as they
are now allowed by law for collecting the
State tax.
Sec. 4. Be il further ordained, That the
Comptroller General shall issue to the tax
collectors all necessary orders for the eol
lection and payment ol the tax aforesaid,
which orders shall be binding upon said
tax collectors.
Sec. 5. Be it further ordained, That the
moneys and scrip received by the Comptrol
ler General under the ordinance be paid by
him into the Treasury of the State to be
disposed of as this Convention may direct.
Resolved, That the General Commanding
the Third Military District be requested to
enforce an ordinance of 1 his Convention,
passed this day, entitled “an ordinance to
provide the means of defraying the expenses
of this Convention, and the compensation of
officers and members.”
Resolved, That copies of said ordinance
and resolutions be transmitted by the Presi
dent to Major General Meade, to the Provis
ional Governor, and Comptroller General of
the State.
On motion, the rules were suspended,
and the report was taken up and adopted,
on division, by more than a two thirds vote.
Mr. McCay, from the committee ap
pointed to investigate the charges against
Mr. Bradley, made a majority report, as
follows :
report of members of committee on the
CASE OF A. A. BRADLEY.
The undersigned, members of the Com
mittee to investigate and report upon the
charges which have been made against Mr.
A. A. Bradley, one of the delegates from
the First District, report:
That they have examined the evidences
they have been able to obtain, with the
following result:
It appears, by a certified copy ot the
record in the case, that, on the 15th day of
June, 1861, Aaron Bradley was convicted
before the City Court of the City ot Brook
lyn, N. Y., of the crime of seduction, and
sentenced to two years’ imprisonment iu tho
State’s Prison.
It further appears, from what seems to us
tolerably satisfactory testimony, to wit: A
published copy of what purports to be a
certified copy of a record o! the Superior
Court of Suffolk, of the State of Massachu
setts, that ou the 4th day ot October, 1856,
A. Bradley, or A. A. Bradley, was dis
missed or stricken from the bar, for mal
practice in the duties of an attorney.
Your committee are satisfied from these
papers, to which Mr. Bradley’s attention lias
been called, and which he has not even at
tempted to deny, in any position, nay, that
he is the identical person alluded to.
We are not prepared to say what should 1-e
the action of the Convention in this matter.
It can not be denied that these are very
grave charges against the person implicated,
but we are not sure that any remedy L in
the power of the Convention.
There is no law fixing any qualifications
for membership in this body, except the act
of Congress of 2d March, 1867. That act
makes but one qualification, conformity to
the 3d section of the proposed Constitutional
Amendment, Art. XIV. It is true that act
prescribes conviction for felony at common
law as a disqualification of a voter. Seduc
tion is not felony at common law, nor is sim
ple seduction felony by the laws of Georgia
at all. It appears to us that this Convention
would be adopting a dangerous rule to pre
scribe jguilty of any offence, disqualification
for a seat.
A Convention is, in its nature, a body
which meets, above all rules, oxcept those
prescribed in its call. Perhaps half of the
members of this Convention, as well as of
that of 1865, are held by the United States
to have been guilty of treason.
It is true they have been pardoned, but
wo greatly doubt if the pardon is at all
necessary to make them eligible.
This Convention has, without doubt, pow
er to expel a member guilty of a serious
crime whilst a member, but we aro not clear
that it can, within the scope of its powers,
examine into the past history of one of its
membors, and finding it grossly immoral or
criminal, go behind the voto of the people
and expel him. We, therefore, report the
facts and ask to be discharged.
11. K. McCoy,
x J. E. Bryant,
S. W. Braird,
John T. Costin,
R. H. WIUTKLEY.
by 11. K. McCay.
Mr. Burnett, from the same Commute*,
presented the minority report, and recom
mended the immediate adoption of the
following resolution :
Resolved , That in view of the evidence
against A. A. Bradley, a member of this
Convention, of criminal conduct, said Brad
ley be, and is hereby expelled from the ha!|
of this Convention-
Gio. P. Bennett, Chairman.
Henry O. Cole.
On motion, the rules were suspended and
the reports were taken op.
Mr. Hotcuxiss moved to refer the reports
to tbe Commanding General of the Third
Military District.
Mr. Adkins moved to lay the whole matter
on the table. Lost.
Mr. Bradley asked leave to present a
denial. Request was granted, and tho fol
lowing was read at the clerk’s desk :
Hall Constitutional Convention. ?
February 8, 1868. >
In the matter of A. A. Bradloy, charged
with imprisonment for seduction nndcr
the laws of New York.
The Delegate charged, occupying a seat
in this Convention by order of Major Gen
eral John Pope, comes and denies the
charges set forth in the report of tho Com
mittee, and also denies tho truth of any
supposed legal evidence upon which the
same is founded ; and prays that he person
ally be heard in his own defense and by
the members of this Convention, and that
said examination be conducted under the
resolution presented by Mr. George P.
Burnett, and adopted by the Convention.
A. A. Bradley.
Mr. BRYAN»naoved that Mr. Bradley he
allowed to remain in his sent until the vote
is taken, whioh motion prevailed.
Mr. Hotchkiss asked leave to withdraw
his motion to refer, which was granted.
Mr. Blount moved that the report of
the minority be adopted.
Mr. Hotchkiss moved the previous
question, which was lost.
Mr. Bryant moved that the report be
laid upon the table, and made the special
order for Tuesday next, upon which ques
tion the yeas and nays were ordered and
resulted—yeas 61, nays 56.
So the motion to postpone prevailed.
The regular order was taken up —the re
port of the Committee on Franchise—the
question being on the adoption of the first
amendment of Mr. Akerman to the second
section, providing that voters shall have paid
their taxes to be eligible. The amendment
was adopted.
The question then recurred on the second
amendment, offered by the same gentleman,
to provide for an educational qualification for
the electors after the year 1873.
Mr. Turner moved the following amend
ment to the section:
That the Governor shall issue a proclama
tion so soon as the common school system
shall have become in full operation, declaring
that fact; and no person who becomes 21
years of age five years after the date ot said
proclamation shall vote, unless he possesses
himself such educational qualifications as
the Legislature may prescribe.
Mr. McCay moved to amend Mr. Aker
man’s amendment by adding the words,
“Provided that the General Assembly shall
not require a greater educational disqualifi
cation greater than ability to read intel
ligibly.”
Mr. Akerman accepted the amendment
by incorporating tho idea in his own, so
that the latter would read as follows:
Provided, That the General Assembly
shall have power to require ability to read
the English language intelligently as a
qualification of voters who shall arrive
at the age of twenty-one years after the Ist
day of January, 1373.
Mr. Bryant moved that debate on the
second section now cease. Lost.
All the propositions following Mr. Aker
man were lost, when the question recurred
upon his amendment, and the yeas and
nays wero ordered, and resulted, yeas 40 to
nays 69.
The amendment was lost.
Mr.-BWYAST moved to amend by inserting
after the word “inhabitant,” the words
“citizens of the United States," and after
the word aforesaid, the words “except as
herein provided.” Amendment agreed to.
Mr. Foster, of Paulding, offered a sub
stitute. Lost.
Mr. McCay moved to amend by adding
the following:
No person who shall, if challenged, refuse
to take tho following oath, shall vote at any
election in this State : “ I do swear that I
have not given or received, nor promised lo
give or receive, nor do I expect to give or
receive, any money, treat or other thing of
value by which my vote is affected or ex
pected to to be affected at this election ; nor
have I given or promised any reward, or
made any threat by which to prevent any
person from voting at this election.
The amendment was adopted.
Mr. Bryant moved that the section as
amended be adopted, which motiou pre
vailed. The second section is as follows:
Sec. 2. Every male person born in the
United States, and every male person who
has been naturalized, or who has legally
declared his intention to become a citizen
of the United States, twenty one years old
or upward, who shall have resided in this
State six months next preceding the elec
lion, and shall have resided thirty' days in
the county in which he offers to vote, and
shall have paid all taxes which may have
been required of him, and which he may
have had an opportunity of paying agree
ably to law, for the year next preceding the
election, except as hereinafter provided,
shali be deemed an elector; and every male
inhabitant, citizen of the United States, of
the ace aforesaid, except as herein provided,
who may be a resident of the State at the
time of the adoption of this Constitution,
shall he deemed an elector, and shall have
all the rights of electors as aforesaid.
Provided : That no soldier or sailor or
marine, in the military or naval service of
the United States, shall hereafter acquire a
residence by reason of being stationed on
duty in this State ; no. person who shall, if
challenged, refuse to take the following oath :
“I do swear that I have not given or re
ceived, nor promised to give or receive, nor
do 1 expect to give or receive, any money,
treat, or other thing of value, by which my
vole is affected, or expected to be affected,
at this election; nor have I given or prom
ised any reward, or made any threat, by
which to prevent any person from voting at
this election.”
The Convention then adjourned.
AN ORDINANCE
To amend an Ordinance passed January 3,
1868, to issue Bonds I'or tho payment of sub
scription to the Macon & Augusta K&ilrond.
Sec. I. Jia it ordained, etc., That the words
“five hundred each" be stricken out, and the
words “ouo thousand each” bo inserted.
Sec. 11. And be it further Ordained, That
all Ordinances and parts of Ordinances milita
ting against this Ordinance be, and the same
are hereby repoalod.
Done in Council, this seventh day of February,
1868.
[L. £>.] FOSTER BLODGETT,
Mayor C. A.
Attest: Jas. N. Ells, Clerk of Council.
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w. b. gSiffinT
Commission Merchant and Auctioneer,
CORNER OF
Jackson and Ellis Streets,
AUGUSTA, GEORGIA,
IFKSI’ECTFULLY ANNOUNCES TO TIIE
XV publi* that he is now prepared to attend to
any AUCTION or COMMISSION BUSINESS
which may bo entrusted to his care, and that ho
will exert himself to make prompt and satlsfao
tory returns of any business thAt may be con
fided to him.
Consignments of Merchandise, Heal Estate,
eto., solicited. Commissions moderate.
Liberal cash advances made on Consignments.
ja3o—tui
FUNERAL NOTICES.
ygf The Relatives, friends and ac
quaintances of VVM. BLAIR are respectfully
Invited to attend bin Funeral Services at Spring
field Baptist Church, THIS (Tuesday) AFTER
NOON, at Three o’clock. •
SPECIAL NOTICEB
yy CONSIGNEES PER CENTRAL
RAILROAD, February 10, IBAB.—Jeff Jennings,
J S tk Cos, Conley F A Cos, B B A Cos, J Nelson A
Son, M Cohen, V Richards & Bro, Mullarkey
Bros, O A D,.J C Moore A Cos, V A M, W A K
Cos, IV M Jacobs, W H Tutt, JO M It Cos, C A
W A Cos, fA], B S <fc Cos, Susan Hooks, G W
Evans b Son, J M Dye, A I’oullain, S D Heard,
I T Heard b Cos, R A Rowland.
gy THE SIXTH REGULAR MEET
ING of the RELIANCE LOAN AND BUILD
ING ASSOCIATION will bo held at tbe City
Hall on THURSDAY NEXT, 13th inst., at 7J
o’clock p. m.
Members can pay tbeir instalments to the
Treasurer, S. H. SHEPARD, at Jonos, Stnythe
b Co’s, until 5 o’clock of same day.
fobl)—Etfcth W. H. EDWARDS, Sec’y.
ey hTo T 1 C E TO STATE AND
COUNTY TAX PAYERS.—By instructions
from tho Comptroller General of Georgia, I am
required to collect at onco the unpaid Taxes of
this county. As tbe law bolds mo to a strict ac
countability, I shall surely issue executions
against all who fail to pay by the 20th of Feb
ruary, after which time settlement will have to
bo made with the Sheriff.
JOHN A. BOHLER,
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8 a. m. to 1 p. m., and from 2 to 5 p. m , every
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NOTICE.—
Acgusta, Ga., Dec. 21, 1567.
To the Stockholders of the Milledgeville, or
Macon and Augusta Railroad Cos :
Calls for payment on Subscriptions to the
Capital Stock of this Company havo been made
up to fifty-five per cent. Stock upon which this
amount has not been paid will be forfeited to the
Company.
A further call is now made for twenty-five
per cent., payable on or before February 20tb,
1868, at which date eighty per cent, will be due,
and Stock forfeited, if not paid.
All Stockholders in arrears will at onco cor
respond with the Treasurer..
The Road is now iu operation to Miilcdge
ville, and is doing a large business. It is
believed that arrangements will be made by
which further calls will be avoided, if prompt pay
ment is now made.
By order of the Board of Directors.
It. B. BULLOCK, President.
J. A. S. Milligan,
Secretary and Treasurer.
de2l—6ot
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Macon Telegraph, Journal aud Messenger ; Mil
lodgevillo Recorder , Federal Union ; Atlanta
Intelligencer and New Era, will please cogy
above for sixty days, and send bill to the
Treasurer of Macon and Augusta Railroad, at
Augusta.
TAX NOTICE.
OF COUNCIL’S OFFICE,
Augusta, Ga., January 14, 1868. —A1l persons
liable for City Taxes (except those who urc re
quired to make quarterly returns), are hereby
notified that the CITY TAX DIGEST for 1863
is now open at my office (City Ilall), and will
remain open until the first day of March next,
by which time all.returns must be made.
All those who fail to return by that time will
bo roturued for double taxation, aud a fine of
not less than ten dollars per day will be imposed
for each day of such failure to return.
Office hours: From 0 o'clock a.m. Cos 1
o'clock pan., and from 3 o'clock p.m. to a o’clock
p.m., daily (Sundays oxcopted).
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jnnls—M Clerk of Council.
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febll—2t Poet Office, Philadelphia.
IN BANKRUPTCY.
THIS IS TO GIVE NOTICE: That on the
fith day of Febrnary, A. D., 1868, a War
rant in Bankruptcy was issued against the ea
tate of
DAVID B. TOMLINSON,
of Savannah, in the connty of Chatham, and State
of Georgia, who line been adjudged a Bankrupt ou
his own petition ; that tbe payment of any debt,
and delivery of any property belonging to said
Bankrupt, to him or for liis use, and the transfer
of any property by him, are forbidden by law;
that a meeting of the creditors of said Bank
rupt, lo prove tlicir debts, and to choose one or
more assignees of his estate, will be held at a
Conrt of Bankruptcy, to be holden at the Regia
ter's office, comer of Bay and Drayton streets.
Savannah, Georgia, before F. 8. Ilesseltine. Esq.,
Register, on the 29th day of February, A. l).,
1868, at 10 o’clock a. m.
WM. G. DICKSON.
febll—lt U. S. Marshal as Messenger.
IN BANKRUPTCY.
rpHIS IS TO GIVE NOTICE: That on the
X 6tb day of February, A. D.. 1868, a War
rant in Bankruptcy was issued against tbe es
tate of
ALBERT M. HAPPOLDT,
of Savannah, in the connty of Chatham, and State
of Georgia, who has been adjudged a Bankrupt on
his owu petition; that the payment of any debts
and delivery of any property belonging to said
Bankrupt, to him or for his use, and the transfer
of any property by him, are forbidden by law ;
that a' meeting of the creditors of said Bankrupt,
to prove their debts, and to choose one or more
assignees of his estate, will he held at a Court of
Bankruptcy, to be holden at the Register’s office
corner of Bay and Drayton (streets. Savannah,
Georgia, before F. S. Ilesseltine. Esq., Register,
on the 29th day of Febrnary, A D., 1868, at 11
o’clock a.m.
WM. G. DICKSON',
febll—lt U.S. Marshal aa Messenger
IN BANKRUPTCY.
THIS IS TO GIVE NOTICE: That on the
31st day of January, A.D., 1868, a Warrant
in Bankruptcy was issued against the estate of
GEOKCE LAURANT,
of Savannah, in the county of Chatham, and State
of Georgia, who has been adjudged a Bankrupt
on liis own petition; that the payment of any
debts, and delivery of any property belonging to
said Bankrupt, to iiim or for his use, and the trans
fer of any property by him, are forbidden by law;
that a meeting of the creditors of said Bankrupt,
to prove their debts, and to choose one or more
assignees of his estate, will he held at a Court of
Bankruptcy, to be holden at the Register’s office,
corner of Bay and Drayton streets. Savannah,
Georgia, before F. S. Hesseltiue, Register, ou the
11th day of March, A. D., 1868, at 10 o’clock a.m.
WM. G. DICKSON,
febll —It U. S. Marshal as Messenger.
IN BANKRUPTCY.
THIS IS TO GIVE NOTICE: That on the
3d day of February, A. I)., 1868, a War
rant in Bankruptcy was issued against the es
tate of
LEWIS COIIN,
of Macon, in the county of Bibb, and State es
Georgia.' wbo lias been adjudged a Bankrupt
on his own petition ; that the payment of any
debts and the deli very of any property belonging
to sapl Bankrupt, to him or for his use. and the
transfer of any property by him, are forbidden
by law ; that a meeting of the creditors of said
Bankrupt, to prove their debts, and choose one or
more assignees of his estate, will be lield at a
Court of Bankruptcy, to be holden at the Regis
ter’s office, iu the Court House, Macon, Georgia,
before Alexander G. Murray, Register, on the sth
day of March, A. D., 1868, at 10 o'clock a. m.
WM. G. DICKSON,
febll—lt U. S. Marshal as Messenger.
IN BANKRUPTCY.
THIS IS TO GIVE NOTICE : That oil the
29th day of January, A. D., 1868, a War
rant in Bankruptcy was issued against the es
tate of
WM. R. W. YOUNGBLOOD,
of Columbus, iu the county of Muscogee and State
of Georgia, who has been adjudged a Bankrupt on
his own petition; that the payment of any debts and
delivery of any property belonging to said
Bankrupt, to him or for lii’sjgse, and the transfer
of any property by him, are forbidden by law ;
tliat a meeting of the creditors of said Bankrupt,
to prove their debts, and to choose one or more
assignees of his estate, will be held at a Court
of Bankruptcy, to be holden at the Register’s
office, in the city of Columbus, Georgia, before
Charles G. McKinley, Register, ou the 21et day of
February* A. D 1868, at 10 o'clock a. m.
WM. G. DICKSON,
feVj—2t U. S. Marshal as Messenger.
IN BANKRUPTCY.
THIS IS TO GIVE NOTICE : That Oil the
3d day of February, A. D., 1868, a War
rant in Bankruptcy was issued against the es
tate of
RICHARD S. WRIGHT,
of Warreutou.iu the connty of Warren, aud State
of Georgia, who has been adjudged a Bank
rupt on his owu petititg!; that the payment of any
debts and delivery of any property belonging to
said Bankrupt, to him or for his use, and the trails *
fer of any property by him, are forbidden by law:
that a meeting of the creditors of said Bankrupt,
to prove their debts, and to choose one or more
assignees of his estate, will he held at a Court of
Bankruptcy, to be holden at the office of A G.
Foster, iu the city of Madison, couuty of Morgan,
before Albert. G. Foster, Register, on the 21st day
of February, A. D., 186S, at 12 o’clock in
WM. G. DICKSON,
feb9—2t U. S. Marshal as Messenger.
IN BANKRUPTCY.
rpiIIS IS TO GIVE NOTICE: That on the
A 31 day of February, A.D.,1868, a Warrant
in Bankruptcy was issued against the estate of
TfIO.WAS K. BLALOCK,
of the comity of Columbia, and State ot
Georgia, who has been adjudged a Bankrupt ou
hi* own petition; that the payment of any debts
and delivery of any property belonging lo said
Bankrupt ,to him or for his nse, and the transfer
of any property by him, are forbidden by law;
that a meeting of the creditors of said Bankrupt,
to prove their debts, and to choose one or more as
signees of fiis estate, will be held at a Court of
Bankruptcy, to be holden at tho office of A.
G. Foster, in the Court House, city of Madison,
and county of Morgan, betore Albert G. Foster,
Register, on the 21st day of February, A. D., IS6B,
at 10 o’clock a. m.
WM. G. DICKSON,
feh9—2t U. S. Marshal as Messenger.
IN BANKRUPTCY
-puis IS TO GIVE NO lUE:, That on the
X 3d day of February, A D., 1868 , a Warrant
in Bankruptcy was issued a- „inst, the estate of
GEORGE T. DUNN,
in the county of Columbia, and Stale of
Georgia, who has beeu adjudged a Bankrupt on
his own petition; that the payment of any debts,
and delivery of any property belonging to said
Bankrupt, to him or for bis uso, and the transfer
of any property by him, are forbidden by law;
that a uieetiug of the creditors ol said Bankrupt,
to prove their debts, and to choose one or more
assignees of his estate, will be held at a Court of
Bankruptcy, to be holden at the otßce of A. G.
Foster, in the Court House, city o# Madison,
county of Morgan, before Albert G. Foster. Reg
ister, on the 21st day of February, A.D., 1868, at
10 o’clock a. m.
WM.G DICKSON,
fob!)—2t U. S. Marshal as Messenger.
in~bankruptcyT' ‘
rpms IS TO GIVE NOTICE: That on tho
A 23d day of February, A. D., 1808, a War
rant in Bankruptcy was" issued against the es
tate of
ROBERT 11. LAND,
of Augusta, in the comity of Richmond, and State of
Georgia,who has been adjudged a Bankrupt on his
own petition; that the payment of any debts
and delivery of any properly, belonging to said
Bankrupt, to him or for his use, and the transfer
of any property by him, me forbidden by law ;
that ii meeting of i lie creditors of said Bankrupt,
to prove their debts, and choose one or more
assignees of hie estate, will he held at a Court
of Bankruptcy, to ho holden at the otlico of
Messrs. Hook &. Carr, Post Olilce corner, second
,floor, at the south-west cornor of Broad and
Mclntosh streets, city of Augusta, before A. O.
Foster, Register, on tho 13th day of March,
A. D., 1868, at 10 o’clock a. in.
Wit. G. DICKSOJf,
febO—2t U. S. Marshal as Messenger.
Fish and Oysters,
Cl A ME, *
* POULTRY,
VEGETABLES
FAMILY GROCERIES
OF EVERY DESCRIPTION,
Always ou hand and for sale low.
CALL AND SEE ME,
* WM?IIALH (Colored),
Washington street,
aul—tf Between Broad aud Ellis.
fpm is to
NATHAN
of Columbus, in Ui. couurton!**
of Georgia, who has ■**•«
on his own petition ; u , al “Mg
debtu end tiio delivery of a. tUe J*
to said Bankrupt, to/hi L
transfer of any pro (#rt S
law : that a meeting ~f »
rupt, to prove their debt. .?
assignees of hi, e„ au . ' .'■‘"ekn
Ba.Wey.tob. hold.? 1 , ?
in the city of Columbus r le|l
O McKinley, Uegj«>r , ■"»
ruary, A. D., 1868,' a ,
f.bh 2t r.sj&y
IN BANKRUPT*
TT If T 0 ‘W
X 4th day of -February An
tot'eof' 1 a ' lkra, ‘ ,C - T
of Columbus,
of Georgia, who has been'afijgSj
Ins own petition ; ,| mt thc
and delivery of m v y
Bankrupt, to him or for
of any property by him,
hat a meeting of, ! iC
.o prove their debts, arid
assignees of his estate, win ij*H
Bankruptcy, to be holden at tL a
n the city of Columbus. G*a~L‘ 8
G. McKinley, Reingter
March, A. D„ 18081 Ht lu o’dock^
IN bANKRUPTci
T>'« IS TO GIVE NOTICE
A 27th day of January \ r»'
tate of* W,
•f Lllerslie, in tbe connty°'f
of Georgia, who Ims been a dj«u7!
his own petition; that ffi* ££
and delivery of any propertyS
Bankrupt, to him or for hi'a
any property by him, are fo;bid<W
a meeting of the creditors
prove their debts, and to (h,Z
assignees of liis estate, will be l,rfS
Bankruptcy, to be holden atthefc
in the city of Columbus. Georgia £
McKinley Register, on the
A. D., 1868. at 10 o clock a. m.
IN BANKRUPTCY
THIS IS T° GIVE NOTICE:
J- —t ii day of January, A 0 i
rant in Bankruptcy was
tate of ' **
. . JACOB HECHT,
of Columbus, iu tbe couniy A.
State of Georgia, wbo has been adh
rupt on liis own petition : that tbe nu
debts and delivery of any i—JC
said Bankrupt, to’ him or for hi*
transfer of any property be him n
law : that a meeting of tbe‘eredta»
rupt. to prove tlicir debts, ami to
more assignees of his estate, willbeh(
of Bankruptcy, to be boliieaattheEe
In the City of Columbus, beforeCh
Kinley. Register, on the l*Ui day
A. D., 1868, at 10 o'clock a. a,
WM. G.DIt
feb9—2t 1 S. MavshMn!
IN BANKRUPT
This is to give notice:'
4th day of February. A D,t
rant in Bankruptcy was issued aa
tate of
WM. KOXAB,
of Columbus, in the county of tlusea
of Georgia, who has Been adjudga
on his own petition ; that the pymert
and delivery of any prcpeify' beta
Bankrupt, to him or’forkis usc.andfi
any property by him, are forbidden!
a meeting of the creditors of sail
prove their debts, and to choose ot»
signees of his estate, will be held it
Bankruptcy, to be holden at the Reg
in the city of Columbus, Georgia, h
G. McKiulev. Register, on tbe 2d
ruary, A. D. 1868, at 10 o'clock a. m.
WM. G. DIC
feb9—2t U. S. Marshal is i
J. J- BROWNE,
QARVER AND GIIDEB
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Old ITCTUItE and LOCKE
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STORED, LINED and VARNISH
'AT 135 BROAD STBII
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fe9 law if g
City Sheriff's Sale
ON TIIE ISTII DAY OF FEB
STANT, will be sold by rata
from the Hon. John C. Snead, Jad
Court of Augusta, at the Loweii
in the City of Augustafwithin»
of sale: “
Three three H-udSt
on as the property of Theodore A T .
virtue of an attachment
ruary Term, 1868, of the City Court
in favor of Fleming & ItewlauAu.
Lundy. ISAACI
feb7—td
TJ. S- Marshal's Sale
UNDER AND BY VIRTUE Os
of fieri facias, issued oat of*
the Filth Circuit Court of the Iffl*
the Southern District of Georgian!
plaintiff, in the following cause.tos
Graydon A: Cos. versus Jared Tcm
levied upou, as the property of ®
six Mules, one Mare, one old ul
Wagons, iiftv Head of Cattle, fifty na
and all the Household and Kite™ V
tamed ia his residence, in the lustl#
county, Georgia i and will seHM*
auction, at the Court House in theWJ
ville, county of Lee, aud Stateof w
THIRD TUESDAY IN FEBRUiI
tween the lawful hours of sale. ’
Dated at Savannah, G.v, KM*
1868. WM.G.MO
ja'-’fl—3w _ ii
U. S. Marshal's
UNDER AND BY YIKW
of fieri facias, issued out
the Fifth Circuit Court of the Up
the Southern District of Georgia,#
plaintiff, in the following case.to™
Col lender versus John Finn &bM
upon, as the property °CG-“*n
defendants, a stock of Dry
Notions, etc., etc., containediuwji
in# known as Masonic Hall, situate
Preston, Webster county, Geoi#*jj
the same at public auction, Ht the vp
the said town of Preston,
State of Georgia, on the THIRD JJj
FEBRUARY* next, between the W
Sale. nc ’
Dated Savannah, Januarv 2SW.J
WM.G.SI
ja29—3w
UNITED STATES OF AMS* 10
ERN District of Georgia- .
Whereas, Au information ““L
the District Court of the United
Southern District of Georgia, °"j‘
October, in the year 18o7,by“*r
Esquire, Attorney of the
District, m behalf of the UaU" ?
ica, against Forty-six (46) barn
Spirits, marked “W.
in said information
usual process and monition ot ' „
behalf to be made, and that
in said property limy bo cited uj Iw
cial to answer the premises, ana.
ings being had that the said U'K
be condemned, and the proceeds' 5
according to law. _
And wherons, the said Conrt h*
its Warrant of Arrest, commas"*
said property; and whereas. 1 .
said Warrant; Now. therefore,'
tify all persons interested
ertv has been seised in pursuance
ami monition of said Court, 8 ,rS
any claim, or know or have a"s*“9
the same should not be coudy"*.
and tho proceeds thereof be distrt
to the prayer of said inform ßll ,
aud appear before tho said tyuna
aud tor said District, ou the » .
DAY IN FEBRUARY next, »“*
forenoon of that day, if the same i
of jurisdiction, otherwise oil then
diction thereafter, then and there
claim for tlie same, and make then
that behalf. „ aft
Dated at Savannah, January *<•»
WILLIAM
U. S. EITC&*
*9f—l4d U. S. D**