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paragrams. -Yeirtiulxy, >n New York, Gold was quoted at 1.34 J. Cotton 25c. —Graphic Forney calls A. J. J* the corporeal wadding of Booth s pistol' They say (“between us”) that Mag gie Mitchell is about thirty-three. —Send hens to Nevada. Eggs are ■ worth nine-pence apiece there. —They ndl n dentist a tusk-hoister j in Chicago. —'Grecian Architecture Tbe*loo/*s that ladies use nt present. —The boysof Danbury, Conu.,skate in the cemetery. -Four Vermont clergymen recently " killed six deer in four days hunt in the Aeirondacks. —The bride s dre»sat a recent Paris wedding cost 812,000. —A dauirhter-of General Humphrey Marshall, of Kentucky, has written a novel entitled, “As By Fire. —Madame Patti Cau.v, after having sung so many other people s songs, it is now said, has coinjosed one for herself. —An illiterate correspondent, who is given to sporting, wants to know when the “Anglo Saxon race,' so much talked about, is to come oft’. —A clergyman, after marrying a couple, made a prayer over them, concluding: “Forgive them. Lord, they know not what they do —What is the difference between a special cotistable and a superannuated constable? The formers sworn in, and the latter’s sworn out. —Chicago has a “ Home" for the reformation of inebriates, which is sustained in part by a tax on the drinking saloons of the city. —God-bye, old red shirt ! The -New York Fire‘Commissioners have ordered the tiremen to wear dark blue shirts after New Year’s. —Dr. A. Pursons, an eminent sur geon of Rhode Island, is dead, aged eighty-eight years, lie was on Lake Erie, and the last surviving officer of Commodore Perry’s fleet. , —“ Mamma, mamma,” cried a little boy, when the sun set gloriously red one Christmas eve, “ see how hot heaven is over there. Santa Claus is baking, 1 guess.” —The plans and maps of the New ■ Orleans and Mobile Railroad have been exhibited. By a bee line Mobile is distant from New Orleans one hun dred and thirty-two miles—by the proposed line of the road one hundred and thirty-eight miles. The bids will be opened in January, and the early completion of the work assured. —General Howard has been mus tered out of his rank as Major General of volunteers, to take effect on New . Year’s, lie is the last of the volun teer line officers in service. His regu lar army rank is that of Brigadier General. —P. P. Stewart, the celebrated stove manufacturer of Troy, died on Sunday. Some years ago he was in New York penniless, and in a barren garret devised the stove which revo lutionized the trade and brought him a fortune. The V- S. District Court at Phil adelphia has found a verdict against & four hundred hogheads of sugar which were invoiced as molasses to defraud custom revenue. The .amount involv ed is thirtv-two thousand dollars. —Pope Pius is in his 77th year, but is active and vigorous. Tic is in the 22d year of his pontificate and has a fair prospect of completing a quar ter of a century of official rule, which no Pope has done before him. His successor is said to be secretly agreed on. —John N. Genin, who became cele brated as the purchaser of the -first ticket for the Jenny land Concerts, and' who has made and lost half a dozen fortunes, has recently, by the death of an unde, come iuto posses sion of nearly half a million of dol • lais. —Moses Beech, the former proprie tor of the New York Sun, has pre sented the worjeidgmen’s association of New York with $50,000 to purchase a building to lie used for industrial purjioscs, in which females will be i" employed exclusively. —“1 don't see as anything is the with this plum-pudding,” said a MHUow at a Thanksgiving dinner; \Vell, who said there was ?” growled out his neighbor. “ Why,” said the first, “I concluded tliere was, you all seem to be running it down!” —The farm of ex-Gm'ernor Wise, in Princess Anne County, Va., so long held by the government was on Thursday surrendered to the owner. ... The Government also ordered the pay ment of rent to the owner of Libby Prison for a year’s use of it. —The Joint Committee on Print ing has determined to invite propo sals for reporting anil publishing the debates in Congress after the 4th of March next, when the contract witli the Globe expires by law. The Con gressional printer bus been invited to . send in proposals also, in order that the committee may judge whether the work can be done cheapest by private parties or by tlie Government. —Planchette has remarkable powers in Texas. Three gentlemen were re cently learning the events of the future by this means in Brownsville, when it was s uddenly discovered they were spell bound. Neither could rise from his seat, and all were so frightened that tltey were unable to speak. For tunately a lady came and spoke, thus breaking the spell and the writing-leg of planchette at the same time. A subscrilxir for Uie Rochester Democrat, marveling nt the continued disappearance of his paper, stationed himself where he could witness how it got beyond his door, if the carrier left it, nnd was not a little odJied to observe his cat demurely' seize it, and c.iutioti»ly earn it Miind a refrigera tor, where, upon looking, lie discover ed -even .nr eigh| mining mimliera, folded ns when h li l>» the Loy, National Republican a A. THURSDAY MORNING....D<c, 24 * 'J list ice. This is a Republic where the Will of the People is the Law of the Land. |U. S. Giu-.r. “ W'ii/cA over th. preservation of Ike Union with zealous eye, mid indignantly frown upon Ike first pawning of every atir.uipt to alienate any pwlion of the Country f ont the rest, in to enfeeble the sacred tics, who h n ic link together the various parts."— Washington's Farewei.i. Address Miscellaneous Editorial Items, Mn, Wm. A. Osborn, of Bourbon county, Ky., has notified Mr. 1). P. Ellis, of Columbus, that he can secure for twenty boys from this section five years’ tuition each, free of charge, in the Kentucky Wesleyan University, situated at Millersburg. The Uni versity is presided over by Rev. Dr. Taylor, from South Carolina. The endowment fund is $50,000, in which Mr. Osborn has an interest. So says the Columbus Enquirer. Tin: Macon Telegraph says the negroes work as well in that section as they did in the days of slavery. Contracts are being made for 1800. W. M. Wadley, of Savannah, seems to be ambitious of becoming the Vanderbilt of the South. Some people think he is too short in the breeehen.. Charity Concerts are a most ex. cellent means of supplying amuse ment for young fashionables, and at the same time silencing the demands of conscience claiming charity for the poor. Letter of Hon*W W. Boyce Attention is invited to the moderate letter of Hon. W. W. Hoyce, of South Carolina. Colonel Boyce is well known to the people of Georgia, and his suggestions arc untitled to the. candid consideration of her people. Read and judge. Senator Pomeroy’s Georgia Bill. The telegraph announced some days ago that Senator Pomeroy,of Kansas, had introduced a bill regulating affairs in Georgia. If this thing continue* there will soon be bills enough to patch the entire State. The Wash ington Express contains a brief epit ome of the provisions of Mr. P.’s bill: This morning, in the Senate, Mr. Pomeroy reported a bill to provide for the reassembling ■ of the Constitutional Convention of the . State of Georgia. It starts out by reciting what was designed by the reconstruction 1 acts in reference to the abolition of all re strictions on account of race or color. »»•> > enacts thut tlie Convention reassemble - within thirt.c » after the passage of the . , net, and so construct the organic law as to define more clearly the rights of its citizens of the colored race, and explicitly orders that the Convention shall so perfect the same as that there shall be no prohibition of : the right to hold civil office, hj- any of Its citizens, on account of color. It further pro -1 vides that the Legislature of the State shall not sit as such body, to represent the people of Georgia, until the amendment to its Con stitution required above shall have _ been made. , Tax Returns for 1808. The . Macon Telegraph has the following L paragraph : - We learn from the watchful and gcntle ' manly Comptroller General of the State of Georgia, Major Madison Bell, that the tax books returned from Uio comities of Berrien. Gwinnett, Chattooga. Fayette, Campbell, Lowndes, Madison, Pierce and Glascock show property valued, April Ist, 1868, at <6,138,351; a falling off from the valuation of 1867 of |689,040. If the other counties fall off in the same proportion, the whole property of the State will not be valued at much over $175,000,000. If this be the case, an assessment for the State purposes will Imve to be made of 35 to 40 cents on the value of SIOO. Interesting Information.—The Washington Evening Express says: The Senate Committee on the Judiciary informally considered the Georgia question, but came to no conclusion, owing to the absence of one of its members, it was de cided that the bill prepared by Senator Edmunds should be presented nnd referrod t 6 that committee, to be taken up after the recess. This is regarded as foreshadowing Congressional action on the subject. -There may be some addition made to the bill, such as that proposed by Senator Stewart for the punishment of persons holding office con trary to the Fourteenth Amendment. The action of the committee thus far is in accord ance with the views presented by Governor Bullock al the commencement of the session. —Two years ago tiff- Roman Catho lics had in the Chinese Empire twenty four Bishops, font' hundred and seven ty Priests, halfof them native Chinese, three hundred students in training for the priesthood, and three hundred and sixty-three thousand live hundred and eighty members. Hie Priests arc throroughly trrined, us in other conn trie*. Tlie Intin language, and latin theological works, occupy a prominent place tn their course of Studios. The ■ toman Catholics of China have large pectin in rv resources nt hand, and arc jiowc’rfitfly -*u|»|»«-»rt<-«l In the French. From the Atlanta Constitution. De ci lions of the Supreme Court of Georgia. Jielivcreil at Atlanta, Dee. 15, 1868. Byrd A Coker vt». H. R. R Johnson eA. Co. Equity from Sumter. McCay, J.—A contract between a factor or commission merchant and a planter, giving a lien upon the crop of the latter for provisions furnished to make it, is not required by the act of the 15th of December, 1866, 10 be in writing Tlie lien is a good one be tween the parties, and their agents and purchasers with notice, though it be only in parol. A bill filed by the factor and sanc tioned, granting a u< exeat against one charged to have a portion of the crop in possession as agent of the planter, and requiring him to produce the same, that it may he subjected to said lien, ought not to be discharged on the coming in of the answer not deny ing the plaintiff's equity, except on information and belief, even though supported by an affidavit setting up title in the affiant to the crop, espe cially when the affidavit does not deny notice of the lien. Judgment reversed. W. A. Hawkinsfor plaintiff in error. Goode it Carter for defendant in error. John B. Berry vs. Wm. 11. llodnett- Assumpsit from Calhoun. Brown, C. J.—l. A and B made and delivered to C their joint and several promissory note, due twelve months after date. C afterwards, for a valuable consideration, agreed with A, without the consent of B, to extend the time of payment twelve months longer. C endorsed and delivered the note to D, after it was due, with no tice of the extension of time of pay ment. D, after said time expired, sued A and B as makers and C as endorser, and obtained judgment. B, who was then absent in the military service, returned, after the rendition of judg ment, and entered an appeal within the time allowed by the ordinance of the Convention of 1865, and set up the defence that he was only a surety for A and had no interest in the consideration of the note. A, who had entered no appeal, died before the trial, and was not a party to the issue on trial. Held, that on the issue be tween D as plaintiff, and B as defend ant, B was a competent witness under our statute to prove that he was only a surety to the note. In a suit by A’s representative, after payment out of A’s estate, against B for contributions, A and B, who were parties on the same side of the original contract, would be opposing parties to the issue on trial, and B would be an incompe tent witness. 2. The evidence that B was only surety, and that C knew that A was to pay the debt, was sufficient to sus tain the finding of the jury ami the extension of time of payment given by C to A, without the consent of B, the surety, released him. 3. A motion was made, which the court agreed to consider in connection with the record, to dismiss this case, on the ground that the new Constitu tion of the State, adopted since the trial in the court below, denies to the courts of this State jurisdiction to enforce any contract, the consideration of which was a slave, it appearing from the record, that the note in suit was given for slaves, held that the judgment which this court pronounces upon the points made by the bill of exceptions, render it unnecessary to decide the questions raised by* the motion. Judgment affirmed. Lyon and DoGraffeureid for plaintiff in error. W. A. Hawkins for defendant in error. i’ciia Thomas vs. the Slate of Geor gia. Murder, from Sumter. • Brown, C. J.—The bill of indict ment contained but one count, which was for murder. The jury returned a verdict of guilty of involuntary man slaughter, which was received by the conit and the jury discharged. A motion was made in arrest of judg ment, on the ground that there are two grades of involuntary man slaughter—one punished as a felony', the other by lesser punishment. Held that the motion should have been sus tained by the court. Judgment re versed. W. A. Hawkins for plnintifl’ in error. • Solicitor General Parker for de fendant in error. S, S. Boone vs. Wm. Sirrene, admin istrator. Equity, from Sumter. Brown, C. J.—Two partners rented a storehouse for one year from 25th November, 1867, the rent to be paid quarterly, and soou after dissolved the partnership, and one of them con tinued the business on his own ac count for a time, and died. His administrator obtained an order from the Court of Ordinary authorizing him to continue the business for the balance of the year, for the benefit of the estate. The widow applied for the year’s sup port allowed by law for herself and children, and the appraisers allowed her 52,700, which was made the judg ment of the Court of Ordinary and which left the estate insolvent. The other partner was also insolvent. The landlord filed a bill praying an injunc tion against the administrator, to re strain him from turning over the es tate to the widow, or otherwise dispo sing of the same till hisrent was paid. Ht ld, that the dissolution of tho firm did »mt affect the rights of the land lord, as a tenant cannot under our stnjiie transfer his lease without th* consent of the landlord; ;md the lease so tar as the landlord’s rights were concerned, icniained partnership prop erty and forms no part of the estate of the deceaKsl partner till the rent is paid, and that the landlord is entitled to his rent out <d the proceeds of the business done in the hmi«c. or the <k>eL in trade: for tin* time tlw* nd ministrator used the premises before the estate is turned over to the widow of the deceased. Judgment reversed. S. C. Elam, for plaintiff in error. W. A. Hawkins, for defendant in error. Delivered at Atlanta, Dec. 22, 1868. Samuel Houston, vs. the State. Burg lary, from Chatham. Warner, J.—When, upon the trial of the defendant, charged with the offence of burglary, it was proved that the parties in jajssession of the warehouse alleged to have been broken and entered by the defendant, were in possession of**the same under written contract for rent or lease, for a definite period of time: Held, that this parol of proof of the possession of the ware house under written contract for ten* or lease at the time the alleged burg* lary was committed, as charged in the indictment, was sufficient to sus tain that allegation without the pro duction of the written lease. Judg ment affirmed. Hartridge, Jones and Richards for plaintiff in error. Jackson, Lawton and Bassenger, (for Solicitor General) for the State. The Savannah and Ogeechee Canal Company vs. John Riley et. al.— Equity, from Chatham. Warner, J.—This court will not control the discretion of the court below in dissolving an injunction, unless there appears to have been an abuse of that discretion, in the viola tion of some principle of law, or equity, applicable to the case, which the record in this case fails to discover. B Judgment affirmed. Ilartridge and Chisolm for plaintiff in error. Jackson, Lawton and Bassingcr for defendants in error. Robuck & Orr et al. vs. John Harkins et al Bill for new trial: from Gor don. Warner, J. —At the April term, 1867, of Gordon Superior Court, a claim case was tried during the first week of the court (the court holding two weeks),"when a verdict was ren dered by the ju£y, finding the land levied on, subject to the execution. The claimautHvft the court for Rome, on business, intending to move for a new trial in the ease during the second week of the court, but lie was taken sick, which prevented his return until after the adjournment of the court. The claimant’s counsel had drawn up a motion for a new trial, but it was jiot offered to the court during the term, and no order was taken in rela tion thereto before the adjournment thereof. The claimant’s counsel, shortly before the adjournment of the court, during the second week of the court, left for his home, inconsequence of sickness of his family, so that the motion for new trial was not made at the term of the court at which the case was tried. On the 16th of October, • 1867, the f9JM?d subject by the verdict of the-jury, was sold by the and purchased by R. M* Young. In February, 1868, this bill was filed for a new trial, in the claim ease, alleging as ground for the new trial, various errors committed by the court upon the trial of the same. The defendants demurred to the bill, which demurrer was overruled by the court. Held, that the demurrer should have been sustained by the court on the ground that the complainant’s bill does not make such a case as will en title him to relief in a court of equity. There is no reason given why the com plainant did not except to the rulings of the court on the trial of case with’" thirty days after the ad journment of the court, so as to have had the alleged errors corrected by this court, or why he remained inac tive until after the land was sold by the Sheriff, before filing his bill for a new trial. Besides,if he had exercised proper dilligenco, he might have ob tained all the relief which he now seeks, under the provisions of the 3,6GBth and 3,G7oth sections of the Revised Code. Judgment reversed. W. 11. Dabney for plaintiffs in error. Smith it Branham and J. W. 11. Underwood for defendant’s in error. Supreme Court.—An important decision was made by the Supreme Court yesterday morning, in the case of Artemus Gould vs. Jonathan Miller, from Richmond county. In 1862, Miller borrowed from Gould $3,000 in Confederate Treasury notes, for which he gave his note payable “three years after date.” Tlie defendant sought to get rid of the payment of the note on the ground that the consideration (being Confed erate currency) was illegal. The Court below overrated the de fence, and held that the note could be recovered on, subject to the provisions of the ordinance of 1865, allowing Confederate contracts to be scaled. The Supreme Court was not unani mous in its opinion, Justices Warner and McCay r affirming the judgment of the Court below, and Chief Justice Brown dissenting. It may be proper to remark that the Chief Justice put his’ decision upon the 2d paragraph of the 17th section of the sth article of the new Constitu tion of the State of Georgia. r P!ie decision of J ustices McCay and Warner is in the very teeth of the present State Constitution, and con trary to the United States Constitu tion, and in conflict with the decision of the United States Courts on the same subject. We predict this decision will be overruled- -the United State* Consti tution anil laws now being paramount. Disagreeable as this paramount au thority may lie to many of ns, we must mibinit to it, and make tlie most of it. | Athanta. e » la-sUt Wnlluck Ims a small moun tain of inanuiicripi -dramatic venture awaiting his inspection. [From the Charleston News. i Letter from Hon. Wm. W- Boyce, of 1 South Carolina. Washington, Dec, 9,1888. | Col. J. P. Thomas— Dear Sir : In , pursuance of my promise to yon, I pro- j tose briefly to give you my impressions , os to the political situation. I did not sooner comply with your , request, because I thought the time was not propitious. The passions en gendered by the Presidential election did not permit a calm consideration of events. The election of Gen. Grant settles much of the past, and opens a new future to us. Gen. Grant’s elec tion is the ratification by the people of universal suffrage, subject to the > Fourteenth constitutional amendment, and establishes the legality of the ex isting State organizations south, which have grown up under the reconstruc tion acts of Congress. Such being the case, I think our people ought to ac cept these results as accomplished facts. The election of General Grant means yet more. The conviction exists north, with the majority of the people, tjiat opinion is not free south, and that ths political action of both whites and blacks is subject to duress, proceeding to the extreme, in some instances of actual violence and even political as sassinations. The election of General Grant is the protest of the North against this alleged condition of affaire, and means that all the power of the Federal Gov ernment will be exerted to put it down. It is the danger arising out of this matter, which strikes me as the most alarming circumstances of our political future. Unless this condition of things is suppressed by the volun tary action of the Southern States, the most decided measures will, I think, be resorted to by the Federal Government to cure the alleged evil; and General Grant, as President, will, I have no doubt, enforce these measures of repression energetically, with military force. This would naurally produce more revolution South, and its results might be a •cries of the most deplorable conse quences. 1 think it is a matter of the greatest importance that the Southern States I should make the utmost exertions to j remove all alleged causes of complaint on this subject, and thus anticipate and render unnecessary the action of the Federal Government. As additional inducement to this line of action on your part, I would remark that what you want above all things, at the South, is internal har mony. If you had this you would re ceive a large influx of white popula tion and capital. This would be of incalculable benefit to you, both in its influence on your material interests and as relieving you from the appre hensions arising from universal suf frage. The obstacle to your receiving this population and capital now, is the apprehension which exists as to the anarchal condition of your society. It is a striking fact that both the great political parties of the country have thought it to be their interest to rep resent Southern society as in a condi tion of chronic insecurity and violence; the Democrats, in order to show the evils of universal suffrage; and the Republicans, to illustrate the disloyal sentiment of the people, and their con sequent unfitness for any part in the control of the Federal Governinent. Between these two sets of representa tions, the movement of population and capacity to the South is almost entirely checked. It is your policy to have it believed that order reigns supreme . South. Hence you ought to do every ■ thing in vour power to order s the co promulgate it. lou should, I think, keep several ideas prominently in view as your policy. 1. You ought to regulate the relations be tween the whites and the blacks, bo as to have as much harmony and good feeling as possible between them. To this end. nothing is so efficacious as kindness to the blacks. 2. You ought to have perfect tolerance of political opinion. Let every one, white and black, vote as lie pleases, and trust to your tact and natural influence for a just share of political power. 3. You ought to extend a cordial and a kind welcome to the Northern people to settle among you, without regard to their political opinions. Once you did this, the troubles of the future would be largely over come, and your material progress ‘would be wonderful. See what immigration is doing for the Northwest in spite of its austere cli mate. Think what immigration would do for the genial South. 4. You ought to seek to conciliate the Fed eral Government Remember the Scripture injunction: “Agree with thine adversary quickly.” The Federal Government for the present, and for years to come, means the Republican party. Do not wage a frantic war against this'party. Remember that the Democratic party is not strong enough now to be of uny ser vice to you. Be calm and conciliatory, and wait the course of events. It would he fortunate if you were in that in dependent condition thafboth parties North would bid for your support. 5. General Grant will, I think, earnestly desire to make his administration national and to restore real peace and harmony to the late Irelligerent sections. A moderate con servative course on the part of the South will facilitate his policy in this direction. G. In conclusion, the thing you want is peace. To get peace you must procure it by peaceful means. Let the Republicans and Democrats North wage a bitter war against each other, if they choose; your condition calls for more reserve. A Crack in a Hog Trough.—The following from a recent number of the Prairie Funner is almost as good as Franklin’s story of the whistle: A few days ago a friend sent me word that every day he gave nearly twenty pails of butter milk to a lot of shoats, and they scarcely improved at all. Thinks I, this is a breed of hogs worth seeing. They insist be of a sheet iron kind. So I called on him, heard him repeat the mournful story, and then visited the sty, in order to get a better view of the miraculous swine. I went into the pen, and on close ex amination, found a crack in the trough through which most of the contents ran away under the floor. Thinks I, here is a type of the failures of our agricultural brethren. Wht’ii I see a farmer omitting all iuiprot cnieuts on account of a little cost, selling all his farm stm k to buy bank or railroad slock or mortgage stork, robbing his lands, while in reality he is also robbing himself, and his heir, thinks I, my friend, you have a crack in your hog trough. When I see n farmer buying guano, but wasting ashes and hen manure, trying all sorts of experiments except intelligent hard work and economy, getting the choisest of seeds regardless of cost, then planting them regardless of cultivation, such a man I will give a written guarantee, has got a crack in his hog trough and one in his head also. When I see a farmer allowing loose boards all over his yard, fences down, hinges off the gate, manure in the bam yard, I come to the conclusion that he has got a large crack in his hog trough. When I see a farmer spending his time travelling in a carriage, when he has to sell all his corn to pay the hired help, and his hogs arc so lean that they have to lean against the fence to squeal, I rather lean to the conclusion that somebody that stays at home will have a lien on the farm, and that some day the bottom will come entirely out of his hog trough. SPEGIxLL NOTICES Ordinary’* Ottiee, . ) Ricmioxn Co., Augusta, Ga., Dec. 10, 1868. ) Proposals for keeping the Poor House in this County for the year 18119, will be received at my office until Monday the 28th, hist. SAM'L LEVY, deci I—t«i Ordinary. Mayor’* Office. at Oity Hall, l Avgusta, December 5, 1868. j On and after Monday, the 7th iust., my office hours will be from p. in ,tos p. m., and all citizens having official business with me will cal at the Mayor's office (faring those hours, and »oi at mil 2>'tace of business. 11. F. RUSSELL, dec6—tf MayorC. A. Assistant Superintbsdent’s Office, ) GEORGIA RAILROAD, j- Augusta, Ga., ovember, 20th, 1868. J Until further notice the SUNDAY HERZ ELIA TRAIN will oe discontinued. 8. K. JOHNSON, no2o—lm Ass’t Sup t. ASS T SUPERINTENDENTS OFFIOS, | Georgia Railroad, Augusta, Ga., November 14th, 1868. ) ON AND AFTER MONDAY November 16th, 1868, the Night Train on the Washington Branch will run only twice a week —Monday and Tuesday nights—leaving Washing ton at 10:00, p. m. Returning, arriving at Wash ington at 3:20, a. m. S. K. JOHNSON, novi s—ts Assistant Superintendent. LOST, " Bank book no. 349, belonging to CHARLES TOOLE. Please return it to the National Freedman’s Savings and Tryst Company, No. 40 Jackson street. dec24- -It HOMESTEAD PAUL BRKNTaLL HAS I’PLIED FOR Exemption of Personalty, and setting apart and valuation of homestead, and I will pass upon the same »t 10 o’olbck a. m., on the first Monday in January next, at my office in Augusta. SAMUEL LEVY, dec24—td Ordinary. I~N~THE DISTRICT COURT OF THE United States for the Southern District of Georgia. In the matter of ) HENRY H. FITZPATRICK, > Inßaxkrlptcy Bankrupt. I No. 103. The said Bankrupt having petitioned the Court for a discharge from nil hia debts prova ble under the Bankrupt Act of March 2d, 1867, notice is hereby given to all persons Interest*! to appear on the 18th day of January, 1869 at 11 o’clock a. ni., at chambers of said Distrie . Court before Albert G Foster. Esq., one of the Registers of the said Court in Bank ruptcy, at his office at the city of Mad ison, county of Morgan, Georgia, and show cause why the prayer of the said petition of the Bankrupt should not be granted. Dated at Savannah, Ga., this 21st dav of De cember. 1868. jas mcpherson, dce24—law2w Clerk. IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF THE United States for tho-Southern District of Georgia. In the matter <>f ] WM. G. SCRUGGS, lIN BANKRUPTCY- Bankrupt. I No. 2UU. The said Bankrupt having petitioned the court lor a discharge from all bls debts prova ble under the Bankrupt Act of March 2d, 1867, notice is hereby given to all persons interested to appear on the 18th day of January, 1869, at 11 o’clock a. m , at Chambers of said District Court, before Albert G. Foster Esq.. one of the Registers of said Court in Bankruptcy, at his office at Madison, Morgan county, Ga , aud show cause why the prayer of the said petition of the- Bankrupt should not be granted. And further notice is given that the second and third meetings of creditors will be held at the same time and place. Dated at Savanuab, Gy., this 21st day of De cember, 1868. james Mcpherson, dec24—2t Clerk. INSURANCE. The subscriber is the agent of the following well known responsible Com panies, representing a paid up capital and surplus of more than $10,000,000—viz: .Etna Insurance Company, Hartford, Conn. Phoenix Insurance Company, Hartford, Conn. Howard Insurance Company, New York Manhattan Insurance Company, New York Standard Insurance Company, New York. Astor Insurance Company, New York Commerce Insurance Company, New York. Fireman’s Insurance Company, New York. Lamar Insurance Company, New York Commercial Insurance Company, New York. Mercantile Insurance Company, New York Phenix Insurance Company, New I’ork The .ETNA, of Hartford, the HO WARD, MANHATTAN Mud FIREMAN’S, of New York, were chartered near a hall century since, and are known as anioug the best and most substantial Companies in the United States, as nre the other Companies mimed with them. lean insuresloo,6ooon Cotton. In any one of our Warehouses. and s7lt,lMK)on Cotton in n good Steamer, from Savanunli or Charleston t.> N>*w York, or otla-r Northern Ports Lows equitably udjiieted ami promptly phkl. The patronage of the public is respect tall vso lieited. , oete.'—3ui Wa. MIEAR. Agotu Aunum. October ’rt, I St*. Book binding a»u BLANK BOOK MANt’FA'TORY, K. H. I'UaUK, IH Street, Aagu>ta, (I*. HEW ADVERTISEMENTS. AN ORDINANCE To provide for th* control and man* -cm.nl o f condemned to labor on th. Public W orbs of the City of Augusta. Section I. /.’• it Ordained b) the dig Conned of Augusta. and it is hereby Ordained by the an. thvriig of the same, That it .ball be tho duty of tho City Jailor, each morning (Sundays ex cepted), to piece,in the keeping ul ,uch a Guard as may be .-eh-med by the Mayor an I Police Committee tor the purpose, all ot ihosu prison ers, able to work, who have been sentenced to tabor on tho Public Works of this city. Site. 2. Tie it further Ordained, That said Guard shall take charge nt said Working Gang shall toe that they faithfully perform all labor required of them, and shall prevent entirely any .ntercourae whatever between citizens and the prisoners whilst they are under its charge and direction. The Guard shall bo governed bv such rules as may be prescribed by the Mayor and Police Committee, and shall enforce such discipline, ami punish insubordination amongst the prisoners in such manner as shall be ap. proved of by the Mayor and Police Committee. SBC. 3. Be it further Ordained, That it shall be the duty of the Mayor to order or procure for the prisoners such clothing as the Police Committee shall determine to be suitable, which clothing shall be worn by them until their dis charge. But no clothing, tools, or other articles shall be purchased for the uso of the Working Gang, except by order of tho Mayor or Police Committee. Sxc. 4. Beit further Ordained, Thattbe labor of the prisoners shall be employed in such man ner and upon such of the Public Works as may be indicated by the Mayor or Street Committee. The hours of labor to be from 6 to 12 o’clock a. m., and from 2 to 6 o’clock p. tn , unless other wise directed by tho same authority. Sec. 5. And be it further Ordained, That all Ordinances and parts of Ordinances militating aga nst this Ordinance be, and the same are hereby, repealed. Done in Council this 18th day of December A. D., 1868. [seal] 11. F. RUS.-; LL, Mayor C. A. Attest; L. T. Blom it, Clerk of Council. de2B—lot Letters of .administration- STATE OF GEORGIA— Riekniotid Couidg. Whereas, William W. Alexander and Oswell E Carmichael apply to me tor Letters of Adminis tration ou the estate of James B. Bishop, de ceased — These are, therefore, to cite and admonish all and singular, the kindred aud creditors of said deceased, to be aud appear at my office on or before the first Monday in February next, to show cause, if any they have, why said Letters should not be granted. Given under my hand and official signature at office iu Augusta, this 2ist day of December, 1868 SAMUEL LEVY, de23 —30t Ordinary. Demorests young ameiiioa-Eu larged. It is the best Juvenile Magazine. 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No person of refinement, economical housewife, or lady of taste, can afford to do without the Model Monthly. Specimen copies, 15 cents, mailed j free. Yearly, $3, with a valuable premium ; two f copies. $5 50 ; three copies $7 50: five copies, fil’d, and splendid premiums at fill each, with the first premiums to each subscriber. r ETA new Bartram & Fanton Sowing Ma chine for twenty subscribers at $3 each. , Publication Office, ’ 838 BROADWAY, N Y. Demorest's Monthly and Young America, to gether f 4, with the premiums for each. • 31 IMORTHERN DISTRICT OF GEORGIA— -1 Madison, Ga., December 21, JB>-8. The undersigned hereby irives notice of his ■ appointment as Assigneeot BERRY M. THOMP] , SON. of Madison county, aud State of Georgia, 1 within said District, who has been adjudged a ' Bankrupt upon hia Own petition by the District Court of said District. Dated this 31st dav of December. A. I).. 1868. R. H. BULLOCH, j de23—lawSvv • Assignee. ' Wanted, A SITUATION, by AN OLD AND EXPE RIENCED BOOK-KEEPER. E Apply at THIS OFFICE. de23—3l Pressman Wanted, { AT THIS OFFICE. ONE WHO IS WELL i -Lx qualified to take charge of aul run an I Adam's Platen, Hoe's Railroad, Potter'd Cyliu f der, Gordon's Jobbers, two styles; Da\ia’ Oscil -1 lator, Babcock's Card Frees, etc., etc., can obtain 1 a good and permanent situation. 5 £3" None but a first rate workman need apply. Address E. H. PUGHE, de22 Augusta, Ga. William Phillips, CI VIL ENGINEER, AIWISTA, ®A., WILL UNDERTAKE TO MAKE . SURVKYb, PLANS, SPECIFICATIONS, And ESTIMATES, For Canals, Water Works, or Factory Buildings. He has had twenty years’ experience in the construction, care, and management of the Au gusta Canal, and more than five years’ expe rience as Chief Engineer of the Augu.-ta Water Works, and would prefer engagements in tho Hydraulic line of hie profession. The Cotton Mills, and various other buildings . in Augusta, and the Water Works, were erected under his superintendence. de22-6t ASSIGNEE’S SALE OF Valuable Real Estate, BY BIGNOX & CRUMP. C. V. WALKER, Auctioneer. Plantation in Richmond County- Homestead in Richmond Co. WILL BE SOLD. IN PURSUANCE OF an order from Albert G. Foster, Register in Bankruptcy, on the FIRST TUESDAY in JAN UARY, 1860, between the usual hours of sale, at the Lower Market House in the city of Augusta, at public outcry, for eash, free from the incum brance of liens (>V the creditors, the entire Prop ertv lielouging to’ the estate of Francis Holman, of said county, a bankrupt, consisting of One Plantation in the county of Richmond, with the improvements thereon, containing dSO acres, more or lest ; bounded north by laud of Hezekiah Wil liams, east by land ot Williams, Thomas Smith, and the estate of William Fulcher; south by land of the estate ot Elisha Allen and Mcßean Creek, and west by land of James Sykes and Jeremiah Atwood, and known as the Templeton Place. st.so, That very desirable Property three miles from Augusta, on both sides of the Georgia Railroad, containing about ten acres, und bounded by lamb of Dr. Dugaa, Jesse Ormond, ami William D. Davidson, und now occupied by Francis Holman On raid land is a house < ontaiumg seven rooms, fluting south, on the north aldo of the railroad, which runs dircc ly in front of it, making the ap proach to the city easy uad convenient a line stable and all oilier usual outbuildings. l'|>ou the whole this la one of the most desirable liomealewis in the rgaMy. Aten, fell Koh** BteU Aacoqhlh •end Mat. HENRY JONES A signs* of Fra title IlMinAa. ■kl i eoWd