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SATURDAY MORNING .February «. I***
For PRESIDENT
Os the United States:
HASSES S. GRAM.
The Homestead Question.
By reference to onr report of the pro
ceedings. says the Atlanta Opinion, it
will be seen that Mr. Blodgett, Chairman
of the Special Committee on the Home
etcad question, reported the views of the
Committee with reference to providing for
a homestead. # Mr. B, has labored unceas
ingly to introduce a liberal homestead
feature in the Constitution, aud in the
oarefally prepared report presented, which
ia unanimously signed by gentlemen rep
resenting every section of the State, and
all shades of political opinion, wo have a
liberal provision, and one which, if adopted,
will be another advance that its advocates
claim will meet the hearty approval of the
people, and add thousands to the vote for
ratification. The question will be consid
ered at an early day.
Vatagin Alabama.
Tl>e official rote in Alabama shows
79,908 for Constitution; 409 against it.
Total, 80,817. In two counties (Dale aud
Henry) there was no election held. On
the question of Convention, last fall, the
former county voted 621, the latter 810
for it. The friends of the Constitution
claim that, had an election been held in
those two counties, the Constitution would
have been ratified by the requisite vote.
Er-Gov. Jenkins and the State Treasury,
The New York Tribune's Atlanta cor
respondent, alluding to the reported con
versation between Gen. Meade aud Gov.
Jenkins, thus winds up :
Now, the first part may possibly be true,
for Gov. Jenkins and Gen. Meade did
have an interview in Atlanta, and it is
very possible some such conversation as
represented took place between them ; but
the remainder, as I said before, is pure
romance. The Treasurer's office is kept
in Milledgeville ; the vault, if there is any,
is there also. Gen. Meade was never
within 100 miles of Milledgeville, and if
he ever saw the immortal martyr, Jodcs,
neither of them know it. Gov. Jenkins
never gave the correspondent of The
Post any such account, simply for the rea
that the Governor is a man of truth. His
conduct in respect to the matter referred
to above, however, deserves reprehension.
He, a Governor, holding only in a pro
visional capacity, whose term had for two
months expired, and holding over only till
bis successor is appointed or elected, find
ing that there was a likelihood that the
successor would lie appointed, spirits off all
the funds in the State Treasury and leaves
that successor the empty bag to hold. No
one can consider his conduct as anything
else than an usurpation, to call it* by no
worse name. No one supposes that Gov.
Jenkins intends to appropriate the treasure
of Georgia to h's own use, but if a less
honest man had done the same thing there
wou'd have been good grounds for suspi
cion, and the precedent that an out-going
officer shall grab all the funds belonging
to his office, because he don’t like his sue
cessor. is not a very wholesome one to es
tablish.
Some attention has been attracted to
Gov. Jenkins's threat to institute legal
proceedings in the Supreme Court of the
United States to determine his right to
his office, bat before it adjourns, this Con
vention will take action denying his right
to represent the sovereignty of Georgia.
He will not be suffered, without opposi
tion, to plunge the State into expensive
litigation, with no more authority to do so
than any private individual.
notification of the Alabama Constitution.
Our latest intelligence from Alabama
makes it virtually certain that the new
Constitution is ratified by a majority of the
registered voters now living in the State.,
notwithstanding the storm which kept thou
sands away from the polls, and the hercu
lean efforts of the rebels, who, by fraud,
force, or intimidation, kept away many
thousands more. The Philadelphia Press,
of yesterday, has an article on this sub
ject, from which we copy the following :
This result secutes not only the adoption
of a perfectly iree Constitution for Alabama,
but the election of all the Republican can
didates for State officers, including a Repub
lican delegation in Congress, and a Legis
lature that will choose two Republican
United States Senators. It will be recol
lected that the Republican ticket for State
and Congressional officers was voted for on
the same day that the Constitution was
submitted to the people, and is, therefore,
elected by the same vote that ratifies the
Constitution.
No new State ever entered upon her
political career with a better constitution,
or with a larger vote, or airier representa
tives in Congress, than those which usher
and help Alabama to her old place in the
Government; and Congress will have the
proud assurance,in restoring Alabama, that
her loyal people exercised their right not
only under great disadvantages, but that
her rebel leaders enjoyed the privilege of
exercising a greater power against recon
struction, by not voting, than if they had
squarely opposed the constitution at the
elections.
The capital of the rebel confederacy
where the foundations of the rebel govern,
ment were laid, has now become the capital
of the first State of the South reconstructed
in the interests of freedom by act of Con
gress, after having been betrayed, impover
ished, and desolated by her ungrctcfulsons.
At last Alabama may thank God that she
has escaped heUwfrst foes, and is now, for
the first time, in the hands of her only true
friends, the friends of liberty, justice, and
Union.
The first of the lost stars has been found,
and soon all the others will be moving in
their old orbits, ami shining and singing
for joy over their complete redemption.—
Washington Chn nicle, Feb. 18.
There are four practical printers now
living in Boston, all upward* of 70 years
of age, who were apprentices together, at
the same time, in the Journal office at
Portsmouth, N. 11., vix : George W. Bazin,
Nathaniel Greene (late postmaster of Bos
ton), Thomas Spinney and Thomas H.
Granville. What city can equal this quar
tette of veteran typos T
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From *• AUaaU N.w Era 1 #
State tomlltulional Convention
Atlamti, Feb. 20,1868.
The Convention met and the Journal ww
rend. „
Mr. Blodokit, (Vow the Special Com mi t
teo to report on a homestead bill, submitted
tho following, 500 copies of which were
ordered to be printed tor the use of the
Convention, end was made the special order
for Monday next :
Your committee, to whom was referred
tho duty of preparing a substitute for the
thirty-second section of the Bill of Rights,
as presented to this body, beg leave to
submit the following
REPORT:
Sec. 32. Each head of a family, or
guardian, or trustee of a family of minor
children, shall be entitled to a homestead of
realty, to the value of twenty-five hundred
dollars in specie, and personal property to
the value of two thousand dollars in specie,
both to be valued at the time they are set
apart, and no court or ministerial officer of
this State shall ever havo jurisdiction or
authority to enforce any judgment, Ji. fit.,
decree or execution against said property so
set apart, except for taxes and moneys
borrowed of Building and Loan Associations
for improving the homestead ; and it shall
be the duty of the General Assembly, as
early as practicable, to provide by law for
the setting apart and valuation of said
property, and to enact adequate laws for
the full aud complete protection and secu
rity of the same, to the sole use and behoof
of said families as aforesaid. All the
property of the wife in her possession at
the time of her marriage, and all property
given to, inherited, or acquired by her, shall
remain her separate property, and not liable
for the debts of the husband.
Foster Blodgett, Chairman.
N. P. Hotchkiss,
J. E. Blount,
Samuel F. Gove,
H. V. M. Miller,
W. T. Crane,
P. B. Bedford.
Mr. Angier offored the following as an
amendment to paragraph 5, soction 4, of
the report of the Committee on the Legis
lative Department:
The rate of interest in this State shall be
that mentioned in the contract, but if the
contract specifies no rate of interest, tile
legal rate of interest shall be seven per
cent, per annum : Provided, that the Gen
eral Assembly, by a vote of two thirds cf
both branches, may change or modify this
section.
After considerable discussion, Mr. Mc-
Cav raised the point of order, that the sub
ject under dißCtission had been acted on
before, and was Legislative in its charac
acter. The point of order was sustained ;
any furthei consideration of the subject
was ruled out of order.
Mr. Wuiteley. from the Special Com
mittee appointed fertile purpose, submitted
the following report:
report op the special committee on rep
resentation.
To the Convention: Your Committee have
considered the second aud third sections of
the report of the Committee on the Legisla
tive Department, and beg leave to report
and recommend the adoption of the fol
lowing :
1. The first paragraph of the second sec
tion as reported by the said Committee. 2.
In lieu of the second paragraph the fol
lowing :
Paragraph 2. The Senators shall be citi
zeus of the United States, who have attained
the age of thirty years, and who have been
citizens of this State for two years, and for
one year a resident ot the district from
which elected.
Paragraph 3. The presiding officer of the
Senate shall be styled the President, and
shall be elected viva voce from the Senators
elect.
Paragraph 4. The same as reported by the
Committee.
Sectiou 3, paragraph 1. The House o
Representatives shall consist of one hun
dred and seventy-four representatives, ap
pointed as follows: To the six largest
counties, to wit: Chatham, Richmond, Ful
ton, Bibb, Houston, and Burke, three repre
sentatives each ; to the thirty one next
largest, to wit: Bartow, Columbia, Coweta,
Cobb, Clarke, Decatur, Dougherty, Floyd,
Gwinnett, Greene, Hancock, Harris, Jeffer
son, Lee, Muscogee, Monroe, Merriwether,
Macon, -Newton. Oglethorpe, Pulaski, Ran
dolph, Sumter, Stewart, Troup, Thomas,
Talbot, Washingto t, Wilcox, Warren, two
representatives each ; and to the remaining
ninety five counties, one representative each.
Paragraph 2. The above apportionment
may be changed by the General Assembly,
after each census taken by the United
States Government, but in no event shall
the aggregate number of representatives be
increased.
Paragraph 3. The representatives shall
be citizens of the United States who have
attained to the age of twenty five years, and
who have been citizens of this State for one
year, and (or six months residents of the
comity from which elected.
Paragraph 4. Recommend the adoption
of paragraph 3 ol report.
Paragraph 5. Recommend the adoption
of paragraph 4 of report.
Paragraph 6. Recommend the adoption
of paragraph 5 of report.
Mr. Miller moved that the report be
printed, aud laid on tho table for the
present.
Mr. Bryant moved that the report lie
recommitted, and that the Committee be
instructed to report a plan of representa
tion to the General Assembly, based upon
population, gtTing to the House 109 mem
bers, and to the Senate not more than one
third, nor less than one-fourth of that
number.
Mr. Miller withdrew his motion, and
submitted the following provision with
reference to the House of Representatives,
in lieu of the provision reported by the
special committee of representation :
The House of representatives shall con
sist of eighty-eight members, to be elected
by general ticket, but no elector shall
be entitled to vote for more than fifty can
didates.
Mr. Whitf.ley moved the previous
question, which motion was subsequently
withdrawn.
Mr. Bryant withdrew his motion, and
moved the following in lieu thereof:
That so much of the report of the
Special Committee on Representation, as
refers to the apportionment for the Senate,
be recommitted to the committee, with
instructions to report a Senatorial Repre
sentation based upon population.
Mr. Whiteley renewed his motion for
the previous question, which motion was
sustained.
The question then recurred upon the
second motion of Mr. Bryant, which was
lost.
Mr. Campbell moved that tlic bnsis of
representation should be one for every
2,500 persons, and twelve additional mem
bers of the Senate. Lost.
The proposition of Mr. Miller was lost.
The Chair decided that the question
then reeurred upon tire adoption of the
report of the committee, from wliich deci
sion Mr. Bryant took an appeal.
The question then recurred upon ihe
adoption of the report, and the same was
adopted.
Mr. Shropshire moved to suspend the
rules to allow the introduction and consid
eration ol the lotlowiug preamble aud reso
lutions :
Whirxas, Georgia was thrown out of her
orbit on the 19th day of January, 1861, upon
a principle which many of her ablest states
men believed to be constitutional and right;
but it has been clearly demonstrated, after a
prolonged aud sanguinary struggle, that
howevor correct the principle in their judge
ment, they have failed to establish it; and
Whereas, As it is oar policy to close the
breach, which now divide us into two hostile
political parties, by imitual forbearance and
concessions, by recognizing all who assist us
in the great work of reconstruction as friends
and faithful allies Be it, therefore,
Jtesolceil, That the Governor of this State
shall immediately alter the ratification of
the Constitution, which will be submitted to
her people by It his Convention, cause the
names of all such persons to be transmitted
to Congress, and, in the name of Georgia,
request them to remove their disabilities.
The rules were suspended, and the reso
lution was referred to the Special Commit
tee of Seven, heretofore appointed.
Mr. Turner moved a suspension of the
rules for the consideration ot the following:
Whereas, Charles Patterson has acted
as porter to this body since the commence
ment of our session, and should be con
tinued in the performance of those duties
Resolved, That said Charles Patterson is
hereby engaged as porter to tins Conven
tion, and that his duties be in the future as
in the past, making fires, briuging water,
sweeping and keeping in order the Ilall
used by the Convention, and that he shall
receive therefor the sum of $o per day, out
of which he shall pay for such assistance as
he may employ.
Rules suspended and resolution adopted.
Mr. Speer offered a resolution to pay
Patrick Fitzgibbon, for services as Messen
ger. the stun of $27.
Mr. Harris, of Newton, moved to add
the name of Henry Camp.
On motion, the subject was referred to a
special committee, Messrs. Smith, Dunne
gan, and Ellington.
Provisional Governor, Gen. Roger, and
Provisional Treasurer, Capt. Rockwell,
entered the Hall and were introduced to
the Convention, when
Mr. Saffold moved a recess of fifteen
minutes to enable delegates to pay their
respects individually to the distinguished
gentlemen, which motion prevailed.
After recess, tho report of the Committee
on Judiciary was taken up, and made the
special order for to morrow morning, when
the Convention adjourned.
NEWS FROM GREAT BRITAIN.
We make the following extracts from the
Tribune's Own Correspondent:
London, February 1, 1868.
If Train were a man who carried more
guus. or even more ballast, he might do not
a little mischief in Ireland. It was a
blunder to arrr st him; perhaps it was
equally a blunder to permit him to remain
in Ireland after he had become an object
of attention and sympathy. Mountebank
as he is, he knows how to reach a certain
level of Irish opinion. English correspon
dents describe his audiences at Cork as
consisting of an “ unwashed mobbut,
then, all the Fenians, and nearly all Irish
men, are considered by the same writers to
belong to the same class. Beside, there are
ladies in the case, and it is clearly impolite
to call the ladies a mob. Train’s lectures
have been crowded, and he has been bold
enough, or, if you please, impudent enough
to get himselt arrested twice over. He
threatens war with America, talks of
Ireland’s opportunity, denounces English
tyranny, all in a style which English
tyranny is not just now in the habit of
tolerating. The habeas corpus is suspended,
the civil authorities not less vigilant and
austere than the military. It is certain
that Train’s excesses would be cut short
but for the mistitke of his first arrest, and
for the fear that he would be a more
troublesome character in prison than out
of it.
How to deal seriously with a man who
assumes to speak for the United States
Government, and who proposes to buy
Ireland, stock and lock, for $150,000 in
gold ? ** It is difficult.” says the Cork cor
respondent of a Liberal paper in London
“ s to exaggerate the mischief which these
harangues are doing here. The persons
to whom they are addressed are chiefly
men and lads of the lower classes, these
who form the back bone of Fenianism,
who greedily receive every statement, no
matter how absurd, as to flic decadence of
England ; entertain the wildest hopes of
succor from the United States, and cherish
the most exaggerated notions of the power
of the American Republic. To these
people Mr. Train presents himself as an
American politician in the confidence of
the American cabinet, and his undisguised
assuarances of American sysmpathy for
Ireland are more calculated to keep alive
disaffection than all the writings of The
Irishman , or all the speeches of Mr. John
Martin.” If all this be true, it will give
Train at least as much gralification as the
addresses, caps (not fool’s caps in shape),
wreaths, kisses, and garters which the
young ladies of Cork have presented him.
GREAT SCANDAL IS THE QDEES's BENCH.
On the Ist of February, an action in
which the Countess d’Alteyrac was the
plaintiff, and Lord Willoughby d'Eresby, the
Hereditary Grand Chamberlain of England,
the defendant, was brought before the Court
of Queen’s Bench. In 1847, the Countess
d’Alteyrac was the wife of an officer of
high position and connections in- France.
Her husband was travelling, she formed the
acquaintance of the defendant, and, in
1849, she left her husband, and came to
England to live with Lord Willoughby
d’Eresby as his wife. She was visited by
many of his friends, and for many years
lived happily with him. She tended him
very affectionately during a long illness, and
on his recovery, they removed from town to
Caen Lodge Twickenham, which was partly
purchased by the Countess’ money, aud
lurnished at her expense. They had one
daughter, who was brought up in ignorance
of the fact that her father and mother were
not man and wife.
Up to 1864, when the Countess went
over to Paris to bring her daughter to
London, no great difference had arisen
between herself and Lord Willoughby, ex
cept that occasioned by some scandal about
Lord Willonghbv's bebavionr to one of the
maids; but on the Countess return she
was told by an agent of Lord Willoughby
that she must give op possession of Caen
Lodge, which she considered as her prop
erty. She refused, and was then waited
on by a friend of his lordship, who nego
tiated a separation on the understanding
that an allowance of £1,200 a year, and
£4,000 down should be made to the
Countess, together with an adequate pro
vision for her daughter, These terras were
not considered unreasonable, as Lord Wil
loughby has an income of £70,000 or
£BO,OOO a year. The Countess then left
Caen Lodge, the furniture of which was
sold and realized £B,OOO.
None of the money was given to her, and
of the promised allowance she received only
£9OO. She never saw Lord Willoughby after
her return from Paris, and her maid was
soon after installed mistress of Cten Lodge.
The action was brought to recover the money
realized by tho sale of the furniture. The
key to Lord Willoughby's conduct was to be
found in tho fact that the bulk of the prop
erty he inherited from his father was leu him
on condition of bis separating from the
Countess. The Lord Chief Justice intimated
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that the whole matter had belter be referred
to the arbitration of a man of hotior, and
the counsel on both aides seemed to tbink
that this would bb the moat desirable course.
Mr. Coleridge handed to the Lord Chief Jus
tice a draught of the terms to which his
client, the Countess, would consent; but, as
Lord Willoughby was not in town, the esse
was adjourned until the following Monday.
The family of the Willoughby D’Ersby
is one of the most ancient among the
English nobility. The holder of the title
is for the time beiug the hereditary
Grand Chamberlain of England, and the
present lord, who is defandant in this salt,
is the fortieth baron in a direct line. Wbat
is thought of his nobility in the Court of
Queen’s Bench may be judged by the fol
lowing peroration of Mr. Colepdge’s
speech, in which the Lord Chief Justice, by
tne course he pursued, seemed entirely to
agree.
Mr. Coleridge said : It was true that she
bad not been married to the defendant but
tho absence of tho religious obligation
would make tho relations between them
under the circumstances in some respects
more sacred to a man of honor. She had
left her husband for him, had borne him a
daughter, and lived with him for fifteen
years. She was as faithful to him as woman
ever was to man In health and in sick
eess she devoted herself to him with un
wearied attention. She had but one fault;
and if lie had in him one spark of the feel
ings of a gentleman, it did not lie m his
mouth to reproach her with it. Os course,
in the abstract, these things are wrong,
but to what extent they are wrong, and
what the complexion is cf this or that case,
it is not for man to judge. Burns wrote :
“What’s done we all can well compute,
But never what’s resisted.”
There may bo men who have never strayed
beyond the sacred circle of legitimate love.
Let them thank God for it; but let no
man set himself up as a judge of those
who had. Men of the highest gifts of
heart and mind, men of stainless honor,
men whose lives in other respects were
patterns of every grace and every excel
. lence and every virtue, had in this respect
departed from the true standard of morals;
but it would bo miserable cant and hypoc
risy to deny on that account the high and
noble qualities they possess. The man
would be the biggest scoundrel that ever
breathed who, having lived with a woman
during her best years, and taken from her
love aud her means, could then deliber
ately fling her off.' The defendant here
had acknowledged his obligation, and
would no doubt have carried out his ex
pressed intention had bo not come under
baneful influence. Being so. he seized her
wretched furniture and turned her into the
street.
But let the Lord High Chamberlain of
England—the man whose duty it was to
marshal the noble of the country to the
throne of the Sovereign—let him say in that
action: “I, an English nobleman, au Eng
lish gentleman, have sold your property, and
have the proceeds; but you are a married
woman—you can not maintain this action.
I will take advantage of this legal techni
cality to defeat your just claim. Let the
Lord High Chamberlain of England do this
if he dare—let him go to Court and tell his
high souled and pure minded Royal mis
tress what manner of actions her Chamber
lain commits; and let him add that he
resorted to a defense which miserably
failed—a defense as bad in law as it was
unfounded in honesty and honor. | Ap
plause.]
The case terminated on the 3d of Feb
ruary by reference to arbitration. The
Lord Chief Justice was to appoint the
referee.
the court.
The coming season is to be the most lively
that has occurred since the death of the
Prince Consort. It is expected that the
Queen will open Parliament in person, and
the London journals have been authorized
to state that the Queen will hold a Court at
Buckingham Palace on Tuesday, March 3,
to receive the Corps Diplomatique, her
Majesty’s Ministers, and other official per
sonages, with the ladies of their tamilies,
who will receive notifications of her Majesty’s
gracious intention through the Lord Cham
berlain. The Queen will also hold three
drawing-rooms at Buckingham Palace, viz.,
on Thursday, March 12, Wednesday, April
1, aud Tuesday, May 12, to which ladies will
be-admitted under the same regulations as
Mere formerly in force at St. James’ Palace.
The Queen will be present at each drawing
room as long as her Majesty’s strength will
permit, one of the Princesses representing
the Queen during the remainder ot the time.
His Royal Highness, the Prince of Wales,
will, as usual, hold levees on her Majesty’s
behalf, during the season, at St. James’
Palace.
Gen. GarlreU for notification.
We understand that Hon.*L. J. Gartrell,
of this city, will support the new Constitu
tion of Georgia, and that he will probably
enter the field and make a square, stand up
fight for Ratification under the Reconstruc
tion programme. If we are correctly
informed, he will not ally himself with the
fortunes of any particular party or political
organization, but will advocate Reconstruc
tion on the basis of the Congressional plan,
and urge his many friends in Georgia to
ratify the Constitution now being framed
by the Convention.
General Gartrell is an able and eflicient
speaker, is extensively and favorably known
in this State, and his influence in behalf of
Reconstruction cannot fail to tell in the
approaching campaign.— Atlanta Opinion.
ITch. It. C. Yancey.
In a most agreeable interview with Hon.
B. C. Yancey, yesterday, we learned that,
if the Convention continue the same wise
and liberal spirit that has been manifested
so far, he will favor a ratification of the
Constitution by the people, that the State
may he restored under it to its proper dig
nity in the Union. He endorses the Con
stitution as far as completed, and has so
reason to fear that the future action of the
Convention will be such as to alter his
determination.
Mr. Yancey also regards Gen. Grant as
the most prominent man for President now
before the people. He thinks he will be
elected as certainly as he is nominated, as
he has infinitely more prestige than any
man in the country.— Atlanta Era.
Elections.
We rejoice to see that Mr. Trumbull
yesterday reported to the Senate, from the
Judiciary Committee, a bill providing that
any future election held under the Recon
struction acts shall be determined as elec
tions are determined elsewhere—by the
majority of the votes cast. It also contains
a provision that at the elections in which
the question of the adoption or rejection of
any constitution is submitted, any person
duly registered may vote in any part of the
State iu which he shall have been regis
tered, where he may reside at the time of
such election, before presentation of his
certificate of registration, under such regu
lations as the District Commanders may
prescribe.
This bill is offered ns a substitute for the'
House bill passed several weeks ago. It
seetus to meet the main requirements of the
case, and we presume there is no doubt
that either with or without amendment, it
will be promptly passed by the Senate.—
Washington Chronicle, Feb. 18.
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A Sound Platform.
The Digest, a campaign paper published
in Washington City, has the following
platform:
We advocate reduced taxation.
Wc advocate a reduction of offices.
Wo insist on a redaction of expenses.
We protest against any more stealing.
Wc demand one currency for rich and
poor.
We say, disband that large standing
army.
Call back those exiled States.
Abolish those bureau poor houses.
And let every able man in the South,
black and white, have fair play and plenty
of work, and all will go well again, as it
was before the war. Come forward, then,
and stand by the poor man’s friend.
General Grant.
There is every prospect of a brilliant
and enthusiastic Presidential campaign,
and the Grant enthusiasm pervades every
State from Maine to the gold-capped hills
of California. Gen. Grant, thank God, is
the people’s candidate, not the politician’s.
He is honest and reliable, and has no po
litical aspirations. His unwavering fidelity
to the laws and the Union has constituted
him in every particular the man of all
others, as the nation’s standard hearer.
He alone can bring order out of chaos.
The time has come when an honest man
must take the helm—Gen. Grant is the
inuu. —Atlanta Era.
SPECIAL NOTICES
HE RIFF’S NOTICE.—THIS IS
to give notice to the citizens of Augusta and
vicinity, that I have had a large number of tax
fi.fa. placed in my hands for collection. All who
havo not paid their taxes will do well to call on
me and settle the same, and thus avoid levy.
JNO. D. SMITH,
feb22-lt» Sheriff R. C.
CONSIGNEES PER CENTRAL
RAILROAD, February 21, 1868.—T Richards
& Son, W M Jacobs, J C Moore A Cos [W], E
O’D, J G Bailie A Bro, P W A Cos, Mullarky
Bros, J Hertz A Cos, Bones B Cos, G Kahrs A
Bro, C B Day A Cos, Jones S & Cos, Platt Bros*
D Stellings, F riolman, E Mustin, Cook A M, 0
D, Whiting & Dunn, McK A o’B, [B], Z MeC, B
A Stovall, G W Evans & Son,
Chief Engineer’s Office. Aug. Fire Def’t, l
Augusta, Ga., February 19, 1868. )
THE REGULAR SEMI-ANNUAL
PARADE of the Augusta Fire Department will
take place on SATURDAY, the 22d inst. Com
panies, with their apparatus, will meet promptly
at ‘he Bell Tower at 2J o’clock, p. in. The line
will be formed by the Assistant Engineor, with
the right resting on Mclntosh street.
The two Independent Companies are respect
fully invited to attend.
By order of J. B. PLATT,
Chief Engineor.
W. 11. Crane, jr., Sec. A. F. D. feb2o-3t
ffgp- 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
cures, by ANIMAL MAGNETISM, of ancient
or modern times, and has treated over 58,000
patients in the last six years, will heal the sick
at tho Angusta Hotel, Augusta, Ga-, for 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.
feb!3—l2t
gjg- MARRIAGE AND CELIBACY,
AND THE HAPPINESS OF TRUE MAN
HOOD—An Essay for Young Men on the Crime
of Solitude, and the Physiological Errors, Abases
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.
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 be promptly
attended to.
Residence—No. 6 Fenwick street.
P. B. HALL,
ja2l—lm City Sexton.
NOTICE.—
Augusta, Ga-, Dec. 21, 1867.
To the Stockholders of the Milledgeville, or
Maco - m l Augusta Railroad Cos :
Calls lor payment on Subscriptions to the
Capital Stock of this Company have been made
up to fifty-fivo per cent. Stock upon which this
amount has not been paid will be forfeited to tho
Company.
A further call is now made for twenty-five
per cent., payable on or before February 20th,
1868, at which date eighty per cent, will bo due,
and Stock forfeited, if not paid.
All Stockholders in arrears will at onco cor
respond with the Treasurer.
The Road is now in operation to Miiledge
ville, and is doing a large 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 the Board of Directors.
R. B. BULLOCK, President.
J. A. S. Milligan,
Secretary and Treasurer.
de2l—6ot
JBSS- Savannah Republican, Netcs and Herald;
Macon Telegraph , Journal and Messenger ; Mil
ledgeville Recorder , Federal Union ; Atlanta
Intelligencer and New Era, will please copy
above for sixty days, and send bill to tho
Treasurer of Macon and Augusta Railroad, at
Augusta.
TAX NOTICE.
OF COUNCIL’S OFFICE,
Augusta, Ga., January 14, 186 S.—All persons
liable for City Taxes (except those who are re
quired to make quarterly returns), are hereby
notified that the CITY TAX DIGEST for 1868
is ndw open at my office (City Hall), and will
remain open until the day of March next,
by which lime all returns must be made.
All those who fail to return by that time will
bo returned for double taxation, and a fine of
not less than ten dollars per day will be imposed
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 excoptod).
JAMES N. ELLS,
janls—td Clerk of Council.
OFFICeTTuGUSTA, Ga.,
October 12th, 1867.—Until further notice THE
OFFICS WILL BE OPEN from 8 A. M. to
8.30 P. M., and from 4 P. M. to 6.15 P. M"
The door to the Key Boxes will be open from
7 A. M. to 8.50 P. M.
Sundays open from 8.30 to 10 A. 5!.
All mails will close at 1 P. M. on Sundays.
FOSTER BLODGETT,
ooM2—tf Post Master.
Bookbinding
ruling
BLANK BOOK MANUFACTORY
and all kinds of
BOOK AND JOB PRINTING
AT THIS OFFICE.
WEW ADYBRTIBgMirrg.
Bublie Notice.
Aw. persons who hold policies
unexpired, of tho HOME INSURANCE
COMPANY, of Selma, Alabama, issued by B. H.
Brodoax, as Agent, are hereby notified that Use
Company intend cancelling tho same. Insurers
are therefore required to present tbnir policies
AT ONCR to A. O. BALL, 221 Brood street, who
will pay them tho unearned premium.
[Signedl A. E. KENNEDY,
feb22-6t Eee'y Home Ins. Cos., of Selma, Ala.
IS BAHISUPTCY
IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF THE
United States for tho Northern District of
Georgia.
in the matter of )
JONII W. WOOD, 1
of the county of Morgan, fIN BANKRUPTCY,
who bos been adjudged |
a bankrupt. j
This* is to give notice, once a week for throe
weeks, to all persons interested, that I, the un
dersigned, of the town of Rutledge, and county
of Morgan, have been appointed Assignee of the
Bankrupt in tho above stated case.
JOHN F. JACKSON,
feb22—law3w Assignee.
Buckley’s Banjo Guide
CONTAINING ELEMENTARY PRINCI
PLES ; New, Easy, and Progressive Exer
cises, Songs, Dances and Molodies. Many of them
□over before published. This new book for the
Banjo has been prepared by Mr. James Buckley,
who has bad twenty six years’ experience as a
teacher and player, and will be found to be supe
rior to alt former publications of its class. It
contains over one hundred of the very best
pieces of music for the Banjo. Price, 75 cents'
Sent post paid.
OLIVER DITSON & CO., Publishers, Boston.
CHAS. H. DITSON A CO., New York.
feb22—tf
FOR THOROUGH INSTRUCTION
In Vocal Music.
USE BASSINI’S ART OF SINGING. AN
Analytical, Physiological, and Practical
System for the Cultivation of the Voice, a work
of the greatest excellence, thorough and scien
tific. Price, for Soprano Voice, complete $4.00,
abridged $3.00. The same for Tenor Voice
$4.00. Copies will be sent by mail post paid, on
receipt of the price.
OLIVER DITSON A CO., Publishers, Boston.
CHAS. H. DITSON A CO., New York.
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WE HAVE THIS DAY SOLD OCR
entire interest in the Auction and Comuis
sion business to Messrs. Bignon and Crump, aud
cheerfully recommend them to our friends.
February 19th, 1868. P. <s• B. DORIS.
WE HAVE THIS DAY PURCHASED OF
Messrs. P. & B. Doris their entire interest
in the Auction and Commission business, and hav
ing engaged the services (of Mr. C. V. WALKER
(of the late firm of C. V. Walker & Cos.) as Auc
tioneer, will contiuue the business at the Old Stand,
No. 273 Broad street, We Will give our personal
attention to the sale and purchase of goods.
Prompt remittances made for sales. Consignments
solicited. BIGNON & CRUMP.
A. P. Bignon, G. H Crump.
February 19, 1868. feb2olw
NEW SPRING GOODS!
I HAVE RECEIVED
A FINE ASSORTMENT of
NEW SPRING PRINTS,
GINGHAM,
ROB ROT, for Balmorals,
PARASOLS, etc., etc.
These goods were bought before tho Teeent ad
vance in pricer, and will be sold LOW.
11. L. A. BALK,
febl6-tf 172 Broad Street.
Lost,
ON SATURDAY, THE Bth INSTANT, BE
TWEEN the South Carolina Railroad Depot
and the Prcsb tcrian Lecture Roon, a GRAY
FUR COLLAR. The finder will be suitably re
warded by leaving it at THIS OFFICE.
felfi-fit
House and Lot for Sale*
NO. 65 REYNOLDS STREET—THE HOUSE
is large, with Four Rooms up stairs and Two
below. Terms easy. Apply to
febls—eodfit GEORGE W. WALTON.
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 & CO.
48 Broad Street, New York.
(Clip ont and return thi i notice). felß 6t*
PROSPECTUS
OF
“THE BANNER OF THE SOOTH.”
Rev. A. J. RYAN, Editor.
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undersigned propose publish
ing, in the city of Augusta, Ga., a journal
to be called
“THE BANNER OF THE SOUTn,”
To be devoted to
Religion, Literature and Art.
It will be published weekly, and will be under
tho control of
REV. A. J. RYAN,
Author of “ The Conquered Banner," etc., etc
TERMS:
Per Annum, in advance $3 00
Six Months, in advanco 1 50
Single Copies 10
first number will be issued on or
about MARCH Ist, IS6S.
JSB'AII communications for publication must
be addressed to the Editor. Subscription and
business letters to the publishers.
L. T. BLOME & CO., Publishers,
febls—tml Augusta, Ga.
O. H. Johansen,
CORNER OP
Marbury & South Boundary Streats,
(NEAR *ACE TRACK),
AUGUSTA, GEORGIA,
Keeps always on hand fresh
LAGER BEER and tho very best LI
QUORS of all kinds.
Visitors will find Shufflo Boards Bagatelle Ta
bles, Air Guns, and amusements of all kinds.
Be sure and give me a call.
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