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AUOUeITA. .
WEDNESDAY MOBNIHa .--Y«*>n»MlW.lß* 8
THE COUNCIL INVESIIGA TION.
The enemies of the present Mayor anil
City Council of Augusta appear to be
considerably chagrined at the failure ot
their elaborate plan for ousting them nml
getting possession of the City Government.
They attempt to mitigate their disap
pointment by impcaching the integrity of
the Commissioners sent here to investigate
the charges, and even insinuate that one
of the officers was bribed by the payment
of his hotel bill by one of the gentlemen
who were accused.
This paltry accusation is worthy of
those who trumped it up, and is cliarac.
tcristic of the spirit that has animated
them throughout the affair. They as
cribe to others the mean motives which
would have influenced their own judg
ment. No officer of the IT. S. Army
would be so lost to all sense of honor as
to be bribed in such a matter, and no man
of character, however lowly and needy he
might be, would be bought with so poor
a bribe. Those who make the accusation,
judge others by their own standard of
integrity and morality. The charge is
not worth the trouble of refutation.
It was well known that these charges
were the result of political spite, and not
of a desire to promote the welfare of the
city, or to economize its funds. It is
acknowledged by unprejudiced men that
•Ahc city has been better governed than
for many years before, and that an im
portant saving has been made in its
expenses. So, despite the alleged in
crease in the salary of the Mayor,
the City Treasury seems to have gained
instead of lost thereby. The other
charges were so frivolous that they scarcely
deserved notice, and were plainly' the in
ventions or discoveries of busy-bodies
nosing around to find causes of complaint;
and what they could not discover they
invented; so they were declared “not
proven” in General Meade’s letter to
Messrs. H. H. Steiner, Michael Walsh and
others. The disappointed accusers may
attempt to impeach the integrity of Gen.
Meade, and the gentlemen of his commis
sion, but no one who has read impartially
the evidence, as published on both sides,
can come to any different conclusion.
No, the whole 'affair grew out of the
bitter, venomous and blind party spite
which prompts the action of too many
men in this city. Had the Mayor and
Council been of the Copperhead persua
sion, we should have heard nothing of
these charges, had they done a thousand
things ten thousand times worse than those
ascribed to the present city government.
But they happened to be Republicans—
men anxiously desirous to see the State
restored to the Union, and prosperity to
both State and city. To this end they
were willing to expend time and labor,
and to encounter the vile blackguardism
which every one must endure who labors
for the same ends. The accusers thought,
when they preferred their charges, that
Gen. Meade was a bird of the same feather
as themselves. They and others judged so
from the circumstances of his appointment;
but as they find him possessed of a sense
of justice and a patriotism which they
cannot comprehend, we may expect that
hereafter the vials of their wrath will be
poured out upon him as lavishly as they
were upon Gen. Pope. Asa matter of
course they will continue their libels
against Mayor Blodgett and the members
of Council; though, to-day, they would
be willing to pay any price to have them
on their side.
[communicated.
REPLY TO “TAX PAYER."
Mr. Editor: “Tax Payer,” in the
Chronicle Sf Sentinel, a few days ago,
some of the county officials a great injus
tice. Mr. Johnson has done all in his
power to place the roads in good order
He should have the thanks of the travelling
community for what has been done. We
all know the roads, in places, are in a very
bad condition ; this is the natural result of
so much rainy and otherwise inclement
weather, and the very frequent passage of
the various vehicles uow passing over the
road. lam assured the bids were much
higher than were anticipated by Tax
Payer. The highest he states to be $4,000.
while the highest was really $12,000, just
three times the amount. I will admit that
the bridge over Spirit Creek, alluded to in
the article referred to. is a splendid, sub
stantia], and very reliable one, not often
surpassed by similar structures, and the
builders thereof stand ready to make simi
larimprovenients over the so-called bridges,
which now disgrace the name, placed there
by. the former administration. “Tax
Payer,” no doubt, was laboring under the
wrong impression when he penned the
•ommunication. Respectfully,
Another Tax Paver.
Zb be Pardoned.
The Reconstruction Committee has agreed
to report in favor of removing political
disability from a number of prominent
Southerners, including Governor Orr, of
South Carolina; ex-Governor Brown, of
Georgia; ex-Governor Holden, General
Alfred Dockery, General Rufus Baringer,
Hon. Victor M. Baringer, and ex-Congress
man William H. Bm:th, of North Carolina;
and ex Congressman Flournoy, of Missis
sippi.
Professor Swallow, tho .State Geologist
of Missouri, has made a protest against the
refusal of the Legislature of tbat State to
publish tbe reports of tbe geology of the
State. Dr. Litton has* made thorough
analyses of over one hundred specimens of
soils irom different parts of tho State, all
of which are valueless until published for
tbe infirmation of the people.
Tbe English sparrows which have taken
00 kindly to the squares and parks of New
York, are now numerous in Newark and
other neighboring cities, and by their har
diness and cheerfulness under adverse cir
cumstances, put to shatno their coieins of
American birth.
J %* Supreme Court.
There it no assurance, in tho action of
the Supreme Court in the Georgia case,
that the Court will not interfere with the
Reconstruction acts. The Court does indeed
decide that tho particular question pre
sented is a political and not a judicial ques
tion—and on that ground declares that it
has no jurisdiction. The principle is right,
and if properly understood and applied,
would end all dispute as to the laws in
question. But it is by no means clear that
the Supreme Court will properly apply it.
On the contrary, the objection to the Geor
gia petition seems to be, merely, that it
presents the question in one form rather
than another. The Court gives the impres
sion that if a case involving a direct issue
of personal rights or property should come
before it, that question would be regarded
as a judicial and not a political one, al
though it should turn altogether upon the
lawfulness of the reconstruction measures,
and should involve in its decision a decision
upon the constitutionality of those very
measures.
There is a very wide difference, if we are
not mistaken, between the position which
the Court has taken in this matter, and the
doctrine held by the Court in its earlier
days—a difference which leaves ample
room for a decision at any time affirming
the unconstitutionally of the political acts
of Congress. If tlic Court has the right
to question the validity of acts of Congress
in organizing Territorial or State govern
ments, then there is really no question
upon which the decision of Congress can
be final, and the result which Thomas
Jefferson so much deprecated will follow
—tho Court will become virtually the
supreme power in the land.
It is to prevent such an abuse of power
that a bill regulating the apellate jurisdic
tion of the Court lias been proposed. Os
the power of Congress to fix the majority
by which the Court may set aside laws,
there can be no reasonable doubt; and of
its power to regulate tile appellate juris
diction of the Court, there can be no doubt
at all. *
IMPORTANT LETTER.
Washington, D. C., Feb. 8,1808.
I)k\a Sir: The resolutions introduced by
the Hon. D. G. Cotting, and adopted by the
Republican delegates to the Georgia Con
stitutional Convention, are before me.
Allow me, in acknowledgment, to return
you, and through you to the Republicans
of Georgia, my sincere thanks for this
manifestion of your joy over the success of
the loyal men in the recent election in the
Bth Congressional District of Ohio; and
let mo hope further, that the gentlemen
who send these resolutions may be success*
ful in their effort to reorganize Georgia on
a loyal basis, and officer her with loyal
men. We cannot sufficiently express our
love and admiration for the brave men of
the South who have been, throughout the
recent terrible war, true to the old flag. * I
feel assured that every Republican in the
North will rejoice with exceeding great
joy, should you be successful, and that every
Republican hand will be extended to wel
come the loyal delegation of Georgia back
again to their seats in Congress.
With assurance of my great regard, I
remain your friend and servant,
Joux Beatty.
Hon. Foster Blodgett, Chairman.
FOR GOVERNOR.
To the Editor of the Netc Era :
The tiny; rapidly approaches when the
Reconstruction party of Georgia must
select a suitable person to be tlie standard
bearer of its principles before the people
in tlie great contest for Governor of tbe
State.
It is very important that tlie person
selected by the Reconstruction party as
candidate for Governor should be a mem
ber of tbe Constitutional Convention.
Such a one would be more intimately
acquainted with the provisions of tbe new
Constitution of Georgia, and .would have
a deeper interest in its success before the
people of tbe State than any outsider could
have.
Again such a candidate must stand fair
before the people of tlie State as a
thorough business man, and as a good
financier. He must also be thoroughly
imbued witli tlie principles of tlie recon
struction party of Georgia, and must
stand prominently before the people as
committed to the success of tlie Recon
struction measures, in all their bearings
on the white and colored population of
the State. He must also be identified by
long association with our people, with
tlieir nearest and best interests. He must
be a man of broad, comprehensive views.
Such a man, we undertake to say, is tlie
Hon. R. B. Bullock, a delegate from
Richmond. The white and colored popu
lation of the State would elect him Gov
ernor despite of any opposition. Tite
fact tit at Mr. Bullock received so nearly
tlie unanimous endorsement of the Con
vention for tli’e position of Provisional
Governor of tlie State, would give the
entire confidence of tlie people in his
candidacy. Public Good.
ITEMS FROM 'THE ATLANTA ERA.
Gen. Gordon will, we presume, be tho
Democratic candidate for Governor of
Georgia. It will take a strong man to
beat him. The Keconstructionists will do
well to bear this hint in mind. No second
class nag can contest the ground with
a man of Gordon’s popularity.
Ail tho hell hounds in Georgia are after
Foster Blfdgett Up to this writing
they are not supposed to have overtaken
him.
Radicalism is now at a very low discount
in tho ranks of the Republican party.
Moderato men from this on will shape
its policy nnd govern its action. Tho
causes lor Radical measures have ceased to
exist, and tho people of tho North will do
ntanil moderation and kindness toward tho
gallant people of tho South.
Ben. Hill is u millstone tied to tho necks
of a considerable class in Georgia. Ho
hos been on all sides iu politics, and has
never failed to snag and sink every craft
lie ever sailed in. We like Benjamin as a
tnan, hot the devil take him as a politician.
Vallandigbam, of Ohio, predicts that tbe
Republican party will carry that State lty
fifteen to twenty thousand majority in No
vember next. •
From the Atlanta Maw Era ]
State Constitutional Convention
Atlanta, Feb. 17,1868.
The hour for the auerabling of the Con
vention having arrived, and the Conven
tion having received information that the
President, Hon. J. R. Parrott, wonld not
be able to be present at the time of meetiug,
on motion of Mr. Miller, Hon. Benja
min Conley, from the county of Riobmond,
was requested to oall the Convention to
order.
The Convention was called to order by
Mr. Conley, and prayer offered by tbe
Chaplain.
On motion of Mr. Miller, tbo Conven
tion proceeded to elect a President pro
tempore, whereupon Hon. J. L. Dunning,
of the countv of Fulton, was elected to
that position by acclamation, and took tbe
chair.
The Journal was read.
Mr. Miller moved a reconsideration of
the amendment to the lGth paragraph, 4th
section of tbe report ot the Committee on
the Legislative Department, whereby it is
required that acts passed by the General
Assembly shall be “attested by the Secre
tary of the Senate and Clerk of the House
of Representatives.” The motion prevailed,
and the section as amended was adopted.
Mr. Maddox offered tho following:
Resolced, That the roll of the members
shall be called every morning before tho
reading of the journal, and that the Clerk
shall mark the absentees.
Resolved further, That no members of
this Convention shall, while absent on his
own business, receive any pay per diem—sick
ness and other providential cause alone
accepted.
Mr. Adkins moved the reconsideration
ot the action of the Convention on Satur
day on the paragraph in the report on the
Legislative Department in relation to the
per diem of members of the General As
scmbly, with the view, he said, of offering
a provision that tho “per diem of members
shall not exceed $4 in specie or its equiva
lent, and ten cents, going nud coming
ouce per mile, to the House of Assembly,
for travelling expenses.”
Mr. Bedford called tho previous ques
tion, which was sustained.
The motion to reconsider did not prevail.
The Convention took up, as the unfin
ished business, the report of tho Commit
tee on the Legislative Department.
The following paragraphs were adopted:
section 4.
9. Whenever this Constitution requires a
vote of two-thirds of either or both Houses
for the passing of an act or resolution, the
yeas and nays on the passage thereof shall
be entered on the Journal or Journals. And
all votes on confirmations or refusals to
confirm nominations to office by the Gov
ernor, shall be by yeas and nays; and the
Jeas and nays shall he recorded on the
ournal.
10. Every Senator and Representative,
before taking his seat, shall take an oath
or affirmation to support the Constitution of
the United States and of this State ; that
bo has not practiced any unlawful means,
directly or indirectly, to procure his elec
tion, and that he has not given, or offered, or
promised, or caused to he given, or offered,
or promised, to any person any money, treat
or thing of value, with intent to affect any
vote, or to prevent any person voting at the
election at which he was elected.
section 5.
1. The General Assembly shall have
power to make all laws and ordinances,
consistent with this Constitution and not
repugnant to the Constitution of the
United States, which they shall deem ne
cessary and proper for the welfare of the
State.
2. The General Assembly may alter the
boundaries of, or lay off and establish new
counties, or abolish counties, attaching the
territory thereof to contiguous counties,
hut no new counties shall be established
but by a vote of two thirds of each House,
nor Bhall any county bo abolished except
by a vote of two thirds of each House,
and after tho qualified voters of the county
shall, at an election held for the purpose,
so desire.
Paragraph 3, section 5, was stricken out.
The secti-m gave the pardoning power to the
General Assembly.
Paragraph 4 was taken up, which reads
as follows :
The General Assembly shall have power
to repeal or modify any charter granted
either by the General Assembly, or by the
courts.
Mr. Bedford moved to strikeout the para
graph.
Mr. McCay was opposed to striking out,
and moved to amend by giving to the Gene
ral Assembly the power to regulate the
charges of railroads, turnpikes and ferries.
The amendment was lost.
Mr. Crane offered a substitute, which was
lost, substantially the same a3 Mr. McCay’s
amendment.
Mr. Bedford’s ruo'ion to strike out was
lost by a vote of yeas 79, nays 39.
Section six was taken up, and paragraphs
one, two and three were adopted, as fal
lows :
section 6.
1. No money shall he drawn from the
Treasury except by appropriation made by
•law, and a regular statement and account
of the receipt and expenditure of all public
money shall he published from time to
time, and in the volume of laws published
by the General Assembly.
2. No vote, resolution, law or order shall
pass, granting a donation or gratuity in
favor of any person except by the concnr
rence of two-thirds of each branch of the
General Assembly, or to any sectarian
corporation or association at all.
3. No law or section of the Code shall be
amended or repealed by mere reference to
its title or the number of the section in the
Code, but the amending or repealing act
shall distinctly and fully describe the law
to be amended or repealed as well as tho
alteration to be made, hut this clause shall
be considered as directions only to tho
General Assembly.
On motion of Mr, Steer, the Convention
adjourned.
THE SOUTHERN CONVENTIONS.
While the Reactionist and Rebel presses
have violated all truth and decency in the
effort to caricature, malign, and misrepre
sent the personnel of the Reconstruction
Conventions, it is a somewhat notable fact
that they have been unable to find fault
with their acts. Conventions which are
described us so many crazy Bedlams are
found to be slowly and deliberately framing
and adopting constitutions which arc un
exceptionable. The moment their wild
frenzy erystiflizes into action, it is seen to
be sensible and discreet.
The Georgia Convention, which was
represented by the Rebel press ns being
intent on confiscating the lands of planters,
and dividing them up among the negroes,
is, on the contrary, discussing a petition to
Congress to loan tho planters $30,000,000
to keep their plantations from being sold
out for debt, and to enable them to stag
ger through the burden of financial diffi
culties entailed upon them by tlicir rebel
lion.
In one respect, however, the present Re
construction Conventions contrast strongly
with any legislative assemblies ever con
vened in the Southern States. They are
thoroughly anti-slavery, and loyal. The
Johnson Conventions, elected by white votes
only, could with difficulty bo coerced into
recognising slavery as abolished, secession
as void, and the National debt as inviolate.
Several of them toflk steps to recover for
emancipated slaves- The Committee on the j
Bill of Rights of the North Carolina Con
vention have unanimously reported the fol
lowing section on these points :
“To maintaio the honor and good faith of
the State untarnished, the public debt regu
larly contracted before and after the Rebel
lion shall be regarded inviolate aud never be
questioned; but tbe State shall never assnmo
or pay any debt or obligation incurred in aid
of insurrection or rebellion, either expressed
or implied, against the United States, or any
claim for the emancipation of any slaves.”
Is it not time that the ancient Conserva
tives of the Snath had abandoned abuse as a
policy? Even the Saints are advised to
make friends of the mammou'of unrighteous
ness. Why, then, should not Rebels con
descend to make friends of tbe mammon of
loyalty I—Neuf York Tribune.
POLITICAL.
Pendleton to be tbe almost
unanimous chffice of the Missouri Demo
crats. ®
A Washington correspondent of the Bos
ton Advertiser says a third-party movement
is on foot to nominate Gen. Dix for the
Presidency.
Jesse L. Bright (late of Indiana) is a
candidate for the vacancy in the United
States Senate, caused by the resignation ot
Mr- Guthrie, of Kentucky.
Besides Reverdy Johnson and Gen. Mc-
Clellan, the names of Jeremiah Black,
George Ticknor Curtis, and Robert C. Win
throp, have bedh mentioned in connection
with the mission to St. James.
The Aberdeen (Miss.) Examiner notes
with pleasure that Mississippi is rapidly
losing the negro majority that enabled the
Convention to prevail at the late election.
They are leaving for other States, nnd great
numbers go to the Northwest. The Ex
aminer wishes them all possible prosperity,
and congratulates Mississippi on their loss.
The Ohio Democracy are beginning to
resent the imputations respecting the divi
sion in their ranks, made from outside
quarters. The Cincinnati Enquirer says
that the party was never more harmonious
than at present, and the Ohio St desman
requests the New York World not to meddle
with Democratic politics in that State.
GENERAL ITEMS.
Private letters from Chicago state that
Mrs. Lincoln is insane beyond all donbt.
The Ballard House in Richmond has
been closed.
Anew evening paper is to be established
in New York nnder the editorship of Mr.
Young, late of the Albion.
The lower house of the Minnesota Leg
islature has passed a bill, leaving capital
punishment at tbe discretion of juries
Queen Victoria has sent to every hospital
in Scotland a copy of her “Journal in the
Highlands."
The leg that Princess Bacciochi broke
is said to he one of the most beautiful in
Europe.
There is a man in Brooklyn called By,
and his enemies declare that his very name
is a by-word,
The San Francisco, Vallejo, and Hum
boldt Bay Railroad has been incorporated,
with a capital of $10,000,000,
The Pennsylvania Sunday Liquor Law
has been repealed by the Legislature of
that city.
Tho California Legislature are con
sidering a proposition to remove the cap
ital of that State from Sacramento to San
Jose.
Nearly every physician in New York
has under treatment one or more broken
bones or sprains caused by slippery side
walks.
The New Orleans Bulletin rejoices over
the arrival of 89,852 bushels- of corn in
that city, by barges down the Mississippi,
from Cairo.
Subscriptions have been made by over
two hundred thousand persons for a statue
of Voltaire, to be erected in some public
place in Paris,
One Myers has sued tho Ciucinnati
Commercial for calling him a gas-pipe. If
they had called him a fool it would have
been nieeter.
Sir Morton Peto, in 1863, had an estate
worth nearly $2,000,000, and a busi less
of over -2,000,000. He is now hopelessly
insolvent.
Connecticut is opposed to speculators.
The Dickens ticket speculators in New
Haveu have come to grief. They were
arrested for peddling without licenses.
Gov. Geary, of Pennsylvania, has par"
doned Wm. Meeser, editor of the Philadel
phia Sunday Mercury, convicted of libel on
the District Attorney of that city.
Anew style of scarf pin is finished with
imitation human heads, the eyes of which
open or close at the will of the owner by
means of electro-moter.
The Boston ice crop this season is the
largest and best ever gathered. Ice twenty
two inches in thickness was cut at Wen
ham Lake on Saturday.
Jacob Thompson has sold all ins prop
erty in Mississippi, which used to be
worth over $1,000,000, for SBO,OOO, and
there is a prospect that his self-exile will
be perpetual.
The latest musical sensation in New
York State is a young woman of Batavia,
who plays two airs with her right hand,
one with her left, and sings a fourth,
simultaneously. Sweet medley.
The Mayor of St, Louis has vetoed a
bill repealing the Sunday liquor law
passed by the councils of that city. He
says lie would sign it bill allowing tho
billiard saloons to‘be kept op6tt Sunday.
Admiral Engle died at Philadelphia on
Wednesday night, aged sixty-nine. At the
commencement of the rebellion he brought
home from China the steamer Hartford.
Prentiss B. Walton, for many years an
assistant in the office of the Associated
Press, Boston, died in that city on Wednes
day.
Montreal is suffering for water. In some
places in the neighborhood of the city ice
and snow have to he hauled for miles and
melted to supply the needs of the inhab
itants.
The Cleveland, Ohio, paper company’s
mill was damaged by fire on Tuesday, to
the extent of $20,000, which is covered by
Insurance.
The woollen factory of Messrs. Sterne,
in Peru, Indiana, was destroyed by fire on
Tuesday. Loss sso,ooo—fully insured.
It was tho largest factory in Indiana.
A vivandiere who accompanied the ar
mies of Napoleon I. lias just died in the
asylum of La Salpetriere, at the age of one
hundred nnd four years. She went through
the Russian campaign, nnd was at Water
loo. She retained her faculties to tho last.
Tho new revolution in Hayli is extending,
and the revolutionists wore, at last advices,
advancing on Capo Haytien. Three hun
dred of Saluave’s followers had been cap
tured, and some of them shot. It was gene
rally believed that Salnave woald be over
thrown.
SPECIAL NOTICES.
(gp- CONSIGNEES PER SOOTH CAR
OLINA RAILROAD, February 18, 18*8.—Z
McCord, F <t R, D Stalling, Gcraty A Arm
strong, J McAndrew, J M Clark A Sons, S A
Frain, W A Ramsay A Cos, R W Maher, Both
well Whitehead A Cos, E O'Donnell, U Kabrs &
Bro, C Baker, L J Miller, O'Dowd A Mulberin,
O, Ramey Story A Timberlake, Georgia Rail
road Company, M Hyams A Cos, O P Carry, M
lob, J A Gray & Cos, D R Wright A Cos, Wyman
& May, Gray it Turley, T Root, W M Jacobs,
Oetjen A Descher, C B Day A Cos, J J Bredon
burg, F VonKamp, L J Miller.
CONSIGNEES PER CENTRAL
RAILROAD, February 18, 1888.-J A T A
Bones, Perkins A P, Vaughn & M, W H Tatt,
P Hansberger, OKA Bro, G Volger A Cos,
V Richards A Bro, C A W A Cos, J Hertz, Gray
A TANARUS, Conley F A Cos, J W Gray A Cos, J C
Moore A Cos, My era A M, Hatch AG, B BA
Cos, J W Apel, W A R A Cos, K F U, W C Hewitt
A Son, F Lotz, B A 11, C Pemble, 0 A D, A
Poullain, F H Miller, C C, [B], J M Hand,
L J M, J M Reynold, I T Heard A Cos.
AUGUSTA A SUMMERVILLE R. R. C 0.,)
Superintendent's Office, )
February 18ib, 1868. J
SEASON TICKETS, FOR ONE,
THREE, and SIX Months, over tbe City Line o
the Augusta A Summerville Railroad, can be
obtained at tho office of the Treasurer.
fe!6-3t A. HATCH, Superintendent.
HEALING THE SICK BY THE
LAYING ON OF HANDS!-Professor ROB
ERTS, late of New Orleans and Memphis, Tenn.,
who has performed some of the most astonishing
cares, by ANIMAL MAGNETISM, of ancient
or modern times, and has treated over 55,000
patients in the last six years, will heal the sick
at the Augusta Hotel, Augusta, Ga., far one
month, commencing February 15th and ending
March 17th, 1868. Prof. ROBERTS treats all
curable diseases.
Circulars, giving particulars and reports of
cases, will be distributed in a few days. Letters
of inquiry should be accompanied with a stamp.f
Consultations free. Charges reasonable.
febl3—l2t#
NOT 1C E TO STATE AND
COUNTY TAX PAYERS.—By instructions
from the Comptroller General of Georgia, I am
required to collect at once tbe unpaid Taxes of
this county. As tbe law holds me 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,
Tax Collector Richmond County.
ja2s—t2othFeb
MARRIAGE ANI) CELIBACY,
AND THE HAPPINESS OF TRUE MAN
HOOD—An Essay for Young Men on the Crime
of Solitude, and the 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.
jgjQp-CITY SEXTON. —THE SEXTON
will be found at his office, at the Cemetery, from
8 a. m. to 1 p. m., and from 2 to 5 p. m., every
day.
All orders left at any time will he promptly
attended to.
Residence—No. 6 Fenwick street.
P. B. HALL,
ja2l-—lin City Sexton.
JB@“ NOTICE.—
Augusta, Ga., Dec. 21, 1867.
To the Stockholders of the Milledgcville, or
Macon and Augusta Railroad Cos :
Calls for payment on Subscriptions to the
Capital Stock of this Company have been made
up to fifty-five por cent. Stock upon which this
amount has not been paid will be forfeited to the
Company.
A farther call is now made for twenty-five
per cent., payable on or before February 20th,
1868, at which date eighty per cent, will be due,
and Stock forfeited, if not paid.
All Stockholders in arrears will at once cor
respond with the Treasurer.
The Road is now in operation to Miiledge
ville, and is doing a largo business. It is
believed that arrangements will be mado by
whicb further calls will be avoided, if prompt pay
ment is now made.
By order of the Board of Directors.
R. B. BULLOCK, President.
J. A. S. Milligan,
.Secretary and Treasurer.
de2l—6ot
Savannah Republican, Netcs and Herald;
Macon Telegraph, Journal and Messenger ; Mil
ledgevillc Recorder, Federal Union; Atlanta
Intelligencer and Nets Era, will please copy
above for sixty days, and send bill to tho
Treasurer of Macon and Augusta Railroad, at
Augusta.
TAX NOTICE.
CLERK OF COUNCIL’S OFFICE,
Augusta, Ga., January 14, ISOS. —All persons
liable for City Taxes (except those who arc re
quired to make quarterly returns), arc hereby
notified that tho CITY TAX DIGEST for IS6B
is now open at my office (City Hall), and will
remain open until tho first day of March next,
by which timo all returns must be made.
All those who fail to rctuin by that timo will
be returned for double taxation, and a fine of
not less than ton dollars per day will be imposod
for each day of such failure to return.
Office hours: From 9 o’clock a.m to 1
o’clock p.m., and from 3 o’clock p.m. to 5 o’clock
p.m., daily (Sundays excepted).
JAMES N. ELLS,
janlo—td Clerk of Council.
WANTED—AGENTS.— TO IN
troduce the STAR SHUTTLE SEWING MA
CHINE, an entirely new invention, unlike
any other sewing machine in the world.
Patented March 13, 1867. It uses two threads,
nnd makes the genuine LOCK STITCH, alike
on both sides, that will not rip or unravel.
All other low priced machines make the
Chain Stitch. It combines simplicity, dura
bility, and beauty, is as large as other first
class machines, and will do efery variety of
family sewing and tailoring. In order to in
troduce our new and novel machine ns rapidly
as possible, wo propose to furnish them com
plete with one shuttle, extra bobbins, a full
set of needles, oil can, screw driver, direc
tions, etc., etc.—at the low price of $35.
Each agent supplied with a copy of Letters
Patent.
M. M. BEACH & CO., General Agants,
corner Second and Madison sts.,
de3-8m Memphis, Tenn
Post OFFICE, AUGUSTA, Ga.,
Ootobcr 12th, 1867.—Until further notico THE
OFFICE WILL BE OPEN from S A. M. to
3.36 P. M., and from 4 P. M. to 6.15 P. M.
The door to tho Koy Boxes will bo open from
7 A. M. to 8.30 P. M.
Sundays open from 8.30 to 10 A. M.
All mails will oloso at 1 P. M. on Sundays.
FOSTER BLODGETT,
00*12— tf Post Master .
00K AND JOB PRINTING
Executed at this Office
At tbe Lowest Terms and iu the Best Style
Come and see samples.
HEW ADVERTISEMENTS
IN THE DISTRICT COUHT OF THE
United States for tbe Northern District of
Georgia,
In the Batter of 1
ELIJAH BOSWELL, .
of Morgan county, who ) IN BANKRUPTCY,
has bean adjudged a |
Bankrupt J
To all whom it may Concern ; Tbe undersigned
hereby gives notice of his appointment as As
signee of Elijah Boswell, of Morgan county, and
State of Georgia, within said District, who has
boon adjudged a Bankrupt upon his own petition
by the District Court of said District.
ALBERT U. THRASHER,
Madison, Feb. 15, 1868. Assignee.
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IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF THE UNITED
States for the Northern District of Georgia,
In the matter of
WILLIAM O. CHENEY,
IN BANKRUPTCY.
Bankrupt upon his own
petition. »
Notice is hereby given, once a week for three
weeks, to all persons interested, that I, the un
dersigned, of tbo town of Penfield, and county of
Greene, have been appointed Assignee of the es
tate of William O. Cheney, who has been ad
judged a Bankrupt.
JOHN. U. IIOLTZCLAW,
fcbl9-law3w Assignee.
NEW SPRING GOODS!
I HAVE RECEIVED
A FINE ASSORTMENT of
NEW SPRING PRINTS,
GINGHAM,
ROB ROY, for Balmorals,
PARASOLS, etc., etc.
These goods were bought before the recent ad
vance in prices, rftad will be sold LOW.
H. L. A. BALK,
febl6 ts 172 Broad Street.
Lost,
ON SATURDAY, THE Bth INSTANT, BE
TWEEN the South Carolina Railroad Depot
and the Presb terian Lecture Roon, a GRAY
FUR COLLAR. Tho finder will be suitably re
warded by leaving it at THIS OFFICE.
fe!6 St
An Outline of Musical Form.
Designed for musical students,
both Amateur and special. By S. B.
Mai hews. The material for this book has been
drawn from such German works as were accessi
ble to the writer, and from a very thorough and
patient study of Musical Form, as manifested in
the works of the greatest Masters. It is the only
treatise in English on this department of Musi
cal Science. Prico 60 cents, sent post paid.
OLIVER DITSON & CO.,
Publishers, 277 Washington Street, Boston.
CIIAS. H. DITSON A Cos.,
felC-tf 711 Broadway, New York.
THE MUSICAL SCALE.
BY HORACE P. BIDDLE. This work is an
effort to throw some light upon a subject
which has received the attention of first class
minds at different periods. Many new principles
are explained, and the facts laid down are all
capable of demonstration; but whether the basis
of induction is sufficiently broad and firm to
sustain the conclusions given is a question sub
mitted to the judgment of the reader. Price
$1.25. Mailed post-paid.
OLIVER DITSON A Cos.,
Publishers, 277 Washington Street, Boston.
CHAS. H. DITSON A CO.,
fel6-tf 711 Broadway, New York.
House and Lot for Bale,
NO. 65 REYNOLDS STREET—THE HOUSE
is large, with Four Rooms up stairs and Two
below. Terms easy. Apply to
febls—eod6t GEORGE W. WALTON.
READINGS
FROM THB
English and American Poets.
HON. MRS.TELVERTON
WILL GIVE
AT THE MASONIC HALL,
On Wednesday Evening-, 19th Inst.,
HER SECOND READING.
Tickets 50 cents. Reserved Seats SI.OO. Tick
ets can only he procured at the Planters’ Hotel
lteaiiiug to commence at 8 o'clock.
Doors open at 6j o’clock. feblS 3t
SIOO A Month Salary
WILL BE PAID FOR AGENTS, MALE
or female, in anew, pleasant, permanent
business; full particulars free by return mail, or
sample retailing at $4.50 for 50 cents.
A. D. BOWMAN Je CO. •
48 Broad Street, New York.
(Clip out aud return tbb notice). felß 6t*
D is solution.
The firm of Fleming & Rowland
is this day dissolved by mutual consent, Por
ter Fleming withdrawing from tlie same. The
Grocery Business will be continued, and the aifairs
of the old concern settled bv Chas. A. Rowland.
PORTER FLEMING
CHAS. A. ROWLAND,
Augusta, Ga., Fell. 10,1868. feblß-3t
ESTABLISHED 1855.
THOMAS “RUSSELL,
JEWELLER.
198 b Broad St.,
NEXT BOOR BELOW THE FRENCH STORE.
WATCHES, CLOCKS, and JEWELRY RE
PAIR UD at the shortest notice. All work war
ren ted.
All orders will be thankfully recoivod, and
promptly attended to.
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Watches, Clocks and Jewelry* -
EH. SUMMER, IS4 BROAD STREET,
. AUGUSTA, GA.
SPECTACLES, BYE-GLASSES, etc.; Watch,
makors’ Tools, Materials and Glasses.
WATCHES and CLOCKS REPAIRED and
WARRAN i ED. Jewelry made and repaired.
AH kinds of Hair Braiding done. Agent for
Singer’s Sowing Machinos. All kinds of Sewing
Machines repaired and warranted.
fel6—i aw 5 m
J. J. BROWNE,
OAR VE R AND GILDER.
Looking Glass and Picture Frames
CORNICES, BRACKETS,
console: tables
MADE TO ORDER.
Old PICTURE and LOOKING GLASS
FRAMES RKGILT, and OIL PAINTINGS RE
STORED, LINED aud VARNISHED,
A T 135 BROAD STREET,
Augusta, Ga.
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To Rent.
THE LARGE AND COMMODIOUS STORE,
2d door from the corner of Jaokson and
Ellis streots, will bo ronted very oheap to an ap
proved tenant. Apply to
W. B. GRIFFIN,
Auction it Commission Merchant,
febls—4t cor. Jaokson and Ellis it*.
Auction
J T 7. 8. Marshal's Sal* '
AMES DEANE, ET AL ,
GEORGE, ete. ' '* T Hg
IN ADMIRALTY
Under and byvirtne of an order „
Honorable tbe District Court of th. pt o *
to, the Southern District of Geor^
entitled case, I will sell at
Hen, Georgia, on the 28th day 0 r y*r*b»
o'clock, a. m„ the Bng George, her
uUm ’ n K*|§
TJ- S- Marshal’s Sale'"
TTNDER AND BY VIRTUE 0 9,
vJ of fieri facias, issued out of the 1
Fifth Circuit Court of the United fc® 011
Southern District of Georgia V**»l
plaintiffs, in the following cases to
Wells & Cos. versus Silas nSSA'N
Hoyt Ic Cos , versus same • Ixmi, Ta'i ®
same ;U. E. Dibblee &. Cos. verso! ,
levied upon, as the property of,!??'I
Silas Overstreet, Six (6, IJ e 0 \ deft,
with all the improvements thereon'SL' t l
and being in the county of Piem- T* 1
Georgia, and known in the r | an of ”t"“l
lots number 99, 183, 193, 33 ; ’88 3o f ßl ?.® o *
9th District, ami containing, ’in in £
more or less. *“■
One lot of Land, together with all ,k.-
meats thereon, situate, lying ami tab?-®
District of Pierce county, Georgia 2?
the plan of wild county at,l distritta.Jr
99, aud containing t'J'i acre.,, more or ta? 1
One lot of Laud, together with all T
ments thereat,, situate, lying and behjj
District of Pierce county, Ga. known,
her 93, nnd containing lhd acre,
One lot of Land, together
ments thereon, situate. Icing and *
town of Black,hear, Fieri-., county <s*
ing one acre—hounded ns follows-ftTiP
east by lands of Silas Overstreet nL?
lauds of the late A. C. Strickland S*
lands formerly owned by H. \v Ord!2
in the northeast corner of the Public ft,’
Two lots of Land, together with *ll*s
provements thereon, situate iu t] le “
shear, both lying on ti.., .-ast *ide<,f™i»
joining each other, and hounded as follow
one lot frontin', on “A" street, and ronsi
19., lec-t; hounded on the southwest hv“T
and on the northwest by lauds of th.
Moses C. Eason, and on the northeast bra
lot to he hereafter describe I, and on th.
land owned by Mrs. .Shaves, Second 9
lying northeast of the one just described’ °
mug hack in a northeast direction ten?
containing 9} acres, more ..r less-boj!
northwest by lands owned by II r gjj?
on the northeast by lauds owned bv thT,
A. C. Strickland : on the southeast by 1
Charles Ration ; on the southwest by I
Mrs. Shaves. 11. \V. Grady, and Moses L,
One lot of Laud, together with ali thek
ments thereon, situate in tin- -own us Blin
Piece comity. Ga.. hounded a. follows-jl
“A ’ street 95 feet, running hack 45feet■ u
on the southeast tiv lot owned by Bram
Douglass; on the northwest i y lot own3
Overstreet, aud lying o:i the southweT,
“A’’6treet.
One lot of Land, togetln r with all them
ments there.lll. situate in the town of Biaci
Pierce county, Ga.. and hounded as ft
Fronting in yards on “A” street, naming |
yards; hounded on the southeast by land
li. Robinson; on the northeast by lands
late A. C. Strickland ; on the northwest by)
S. Overstreet. ‘
One lot of Land, together v. itb all the in
ments thereon, situate in the town of Blaei
Pierce county. Ga.. known in the planc
town as lot number I.
One lot of Land, together with ail the iu
ments there*!. situate in the town of Blac
Pierce county, Ga., known in the plan;
town as tot number —. fronting, he right*
the 8. A. and G R. R.. and naming backli
hounded on the southwest by lands of&
street: southeast bv lan is ■ f the late AC
land . northeast by lauds of J. X. Stephen!
One lot ot Land, together with all then
meats thereon, situate in the town of Black
Pierce comity, Ga.. known in the plan of so
as lot number 24.
Two lo;s of Land, together with all in
meats thereon, situate in the townofßlael
Pierce county, Georgia, known in lie ;
said town as lot No. , and lot No. 26,
26 being bounded os follows: fronting “A*
75 feet, and fronting S. A. A G. R. R, 11
lot No. bounded by and fronting S.A
R. R., running back 105 feet, bounded)
northeast by ;. A. A G. R. K., southwest!
Kinney’s lon and on all other sides by 1
A. C. .rtrickianJ and Win. Scheely.
One io: of Land, together with all im
menu th-tre-.:.. situate in the town of Black
Picr: - r.cr-y, Georgia, known ayNo.lt.
c-tt th; ntrtn side of A street, bounded )
east it ’.at. is of- . Cut tier, west by lands ol
dry A r-tephens, fronting A street 30 fee
ning back 120 feet.
Ocelot of Land, together with all im
ments ti.reuc, situate in the town of Black
Pierce leumy. Georgia. . ntuining ! acre
or less, and bounded as follows: on the
lands of b. Overstreet, south ! y Smith’s Is
One lot or parcel of Land containing 3
more or less, together with ail the impron
thereon, consisting of Dweiiing, Barn
buildings, etc., situate in the ivu ofjllzc
county of Pierce, and State of ueorgi
known as the late town resi fence of fill
street, the same being rtow occupied b
Nichols, Esq.
One lot of Land containing jacre,!
less, together with all the improvement! 1
consisting c l c t ire, Dwelling, etc., situate,
and being in the town ol Waresboro,
county, Go rgia. and bounded as follow
tile north by what was I' rmcrly known
Old c ourt iioiise Square, cost by back el
said town, south by lots us Austin Smith
by main street of said town.
One lot of Land containing 1 acre, n
less, together with ail improvements tl
consisting of Dwelling, etc., situate, lyin
being iu the town of U’aresboro, Ware!
Georgia, and hounded as follows ; on thi
by old public road to Tcwton’s Ferry,!
main street of sai 1 town, south by lots of
Smith, aud west by Cox Creek.
And will sell alt of the above described pr
at public .motion at the Court iiouse in tl
ol favaunah, Chatham varnty Georgia,
first Tuesday it: March next, between the
hours of sale.
Dated Savannah, January 51. 1563.
\VM. G. DICK3OI
jan3o-30t l • S. Mzrd
U. S. Marshal's Sale.
UNDER AND BY VIRTUE OF A M
fieri facias issued out of the HonoraW
Fifth Circuit Court of the United States 8
Southern District of Georgia, in l*) 01 ,
plaintiffs, in the following case, to wit: i
& Collender vs. John Fiuu & Cos., I h» se
upon, as the property of G. M. Hay, owe
defendants, a House and Lot, eontatfUßj
acres, more or less, situate iu tho town of t
cus, Sumpter county, Go., now occupy
George M. Hay, Esq. Two storehou**
Lots, situate on tho northwest cornet ■
public square of said town. Also, enst
lot number 32, iu the Thirty-first
originally Lee, now Webster county, “L
half of lot number 15, in tho
trict of originally Lee, now Webster
Ga.; in all containing 3024 acres, mot*
Three Lots, together with ail the impro
thereon, situate in the town of Preston, .
county, Ga., known and distinguish™ '
plan of said town as Lots num ,
21, in block B, and known as the res,*®*'
M. Hay, Esq. One Lot, situate in said
’ county, together with all the
thereon, consisting of a Storehouse,
and distinguished iu the plan of -f.
lot number 4, iu block B. One
said town and county, containing
or less, together with all the 10 P”,
thereon, consisting of a House, etc.,
follows: on the north by vacant iotC'
W. Josey; on the south by J. D. ***?
the east by lot of 8. I>. Hawkins; on . j
tho Lumpkin road—basement story o
ing known as tho Alasonie llall, w .
shod, more particularly described
2, and 3, in Block 0, in said to** c.
county of Welistor and State of whOgjj
will sell tho same at public auction,*
houso iu the city of .Macon, 00U „ nt L?c.cni]
Stato of Georgia, on tho FIRST 11 - ,
MARCH next, between the lawful hoM!
Dated Savannah, January 3tst, I a.*
WM. a.
ja29 — 3od U.Sjmw
ASSIGNEE'S
TN THE MATTER OF THOMAS B-J*"
A Bankrupt—ln Bankruptcy—Bo» ul *"(
trict of Georgia—Will bo sold botore
Houso door in tho city ot Savsn _
third day of March next, bofwcoa olev ,
o’clock, that parcel of land lying m
county, on the Qontral RaUroa®,
miles from Savannah, containing to,
acree; aud two other tracts of l»**Jjj
Montgomery county, on Little 00“)* j
containing two hundred and a halt
Returned as tho property oHim
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