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LARGEST CITY* CIRCULATION.
AUGUSTA, O A.. »
THURSDAY MORNING July 26. 1866
Liberian Emigration.
The Macon ((in.) Journal <t Messen
ger is informed tlmt there is a very gen
rrnl excitement among the freedmcn in
f.ivor of going to Liberia, and tlmt an
expedition upon a pretty large scale is
in process of elaboration.
There is, in our judgment, much to
commeud this movement to the colored
people of the South. In Liberia there
is a Government in which the colored
people are alone concerned. It is a re
publican form of government; and under
the authority of a constitution modeled
upon that of the United States, they
possess the rights of suffrage, of holding
ollice, and every other that they can de
sire. There they will have no white
antagonism to contend with, no inter
meddling Abolitionists and Radicals to
stir up strife between them. There they
can go to the City Councils, to the Legis
latures, to Congress, be Presidents, Vice
Presidents, J udges, or anything to which
the popular suffrage can elevate them, if
they possess the talent or the capital to
reach such positions. How much bet
ter for them to go at once to such a coun
try, where every political privilege is al
ready granted to them, than to remain
here contending for rights which will
probably never be accorded to them, for
the simple reason that they are not en
titled to them, or not properly qualified
to exercise them here.
Besides these political reasons, which,
after all, are of not much moment—and
it is a pity that the colored people can
not be so convinced—there are others-
For instance: in an agricultural point
of view, inducements are offered to the
immigrants which they cannot possess
here. The soil is principally of a virgin
character, and will amply reward culti.
ration. Those who go from the South
would enrfy with them a knowledge of
husbandry and civilization that, pro
perly applied, would make “the wilder
ness” of that beautiful region “to blos
som as the rose.” They would redeem
Africa from its degraded condition,
render it, in time, a great and prosper
ous country, and establish for themselves
a home of Comfort and independence,
coupled with wealth and political power.
The subject is one which commends
itself to the intelligent colored people of
the South, and is worthy of their closest
investigation ; and it would be well for
the Journal <t? Messenger to throw more
light upon it, if possible, so that what
ever movement is being inaugurated in
that section of the State, may be partici
pated in by the people of the other por
tions, if they so desire.
In making this suggestion of Liberian
emigration we are actuated by none
but the kindliest feelings to the frecd
nien of the South. We should be
pleased to have them remain in their
native land in peace and hsrmony with
the whito people. We have been ac
customed to them. They were our
playmates in childhood; they were our
nurses, our servants. But, alas! “a
change has come over the spirit of our
dreams.” The wicked Abolitionists
will not permit the two races to dwell
together in peace. They teach the
negro that the white man of the South
is his enemy —that he can get no jus
tice here—that he must vote and hold
office, and must be socially and politi
cally the equal of the white man. In
put ing these stupid notions into his
head, they are doing him the most
serious injury—they are preventing him
from working for his daily bread—they
are putting a stop to labor, precluding
the possibility of cultivating the soil,
and interfering, in the most destructive
manner, with the prosperity and happi
ness of black and white. Under these
circumstances it appears to be a profit
less and a hopeless task to raise crops
by the free labor system, or to establish
that harmony between the two races
which must enure to the benefit of
both.
To avoid the evil consequences of
this unfortunate state of affairs, and to
place the negro in a position where he
can do most good to himself and to the
world at large, we advise him to go to
Liberia. It is the land of his fathers ;
and if he goes there in the proper spirit
and works with the proper energy, he
will soon build up a country of which
he can proudly boast as his own land,
undisturbed by those pests of the world,
Abolition intermeddlers, and with no
one to be jealous of his greatness, or
covetous of his prosperity.
—Woman—An essay on grace, in one
volume, elegantly bound.
Brownlow.
The following dispatch needs no com
ment ; it needs not even the signature to
let the world know that its author is
Brownlow. The name is low enough—
his deeds have made it so ;
lion. J. H\ Forney, Secretury of the Senate,
Wathinyton :
We have fought the battle and won it.
We have ratified the Constitutional amend
ment in the House—forty-three (43) votes
for it j cloven (11) against it—two of An
drew Johnson's tools not voting. Give my
respeots to the dead dog of tho White
House. W. G. Brownlow.
The President will survive this infa
mous document. It cannot injure him
in the least.
Firkwouks and Flirtation.—The
New York 'rimes has found a now sub
ject for political economists, and demon
strates that the prodigal waste of fire
works on the Fourth of July is not so
profitless a matter after all, ending in
mere “fizz” and smoke. Some timid
and bashful young gentleman, who has
more courage to face a battalion of
Chasseurs d’Afrique than to “pop the
question” to the girl he loves, has only
to go armed with a pack of Chinese
crackers to perform the popping ollice
for him, and fill his arms at once with
one hundred pounds or more of blush
ing, trembling femininity. The Times
says:
Though a man may use up in fire
works a hundred dollars about as speed
ily as in almost any other way, it is by
no means generally a bad investment.
Aside from the nnmixed delight it gives
the children, there are beneath the sul
phurous smoke Hot unfrequently most
admirable opportunities for flirtation.
When a cracker goes off with an extra
bang, a timid young lady may be kissed
before she recovers from the shock, and
if, perchance, she is very much startled
bj the frizz of a Roman candle, or the
upward whirr of a rocket, she will not
unfrequently or unnaturally fall back
ward in her fright, especially if a pre
vions observation has assured her that
the right pair of arms are in waiting to
receive her. So says one who knows—
or who says he knows—and you can
either take him at his word or try the
experiment yourself.”
—lt has been customary since the
close of the war to style it the bloodiest
one in the history of the world ; but the
following paragraphs clipped from our
exchanges, may astound those who are
not familiar with history:
At the taking of Jerusalem, by Titus,
1,000,000 Jews died by slaughter with
famine.
Marius, in one slaughter of the Teu
tons, near Aix, left 20,000.
Cassius at one time slaughtered thir
ty-seven thousaud inhabitants of Selen
cio.
Prohus put to death seven hundred
thousand Gauls, upon reducing then
country.
Belisarius once had to kill three hun
dred thousand people to stop a revolt in
the city of Constantinople.
The Jews of Antioch got mad at one
time and killed over one hundred thous
and of the other inhabitants.
At the three day’s battle of Chalons
over one hundred thousand Huns were
killed, with proportionate numbers of
the Gauls and their allies.
Gibbon estimates that in the various
crusades five millions of Europeans lost
their lives.
The Philadelphia Convention.—
Arrangements for sending delegates to
the Philadelphia Convention, of August,
are in progress in Rhode Island, Con
necticut, Pennsylvania, Vermont, Mary
land, Virginia, South Carolina, Geor
gia, Alabama, Louisiana, Tennessee,
Mississippi, Missouri, Illinois, Indiana,
Ohio, Wisconsin, and lowa ; and the
other States will no doubt be represent
ed. From Louisiana there will be two
(contesting) delegations.— Exchange.
A correspondent says: “I have au
thority for stating that at the Philadel
phia Convention, on its organizing, a
resolution will be offered ‘that no one
shall be admitted as a delegate who
may have borne arms against the Gov
ernment,’ and that James Brooks and
Fernando Wood expect to commit the
New York Delegation against the reso
lution.”— 'Washington Chronicle.
—lt appears from an official docu
ment recently submitted to the Senate
of the United States, that private grants
of public lands have been made, since
1860, to the extent of fifteen millions
two hundred and thirty-five thousand
nine hundred and thirty-nine ucres.
This estimate does not include grants to
the Pacific Railroad or to agricultural
colleges.
—Since the abolition of the New
York swill milk establishments, the
Gothamites are furnished with a sub
stantial article, composed principally of
water, starch, grease and roasted sugar.
Me-ulk I
—Fire crackers are a useless article,
and inasmuch as they cause conflagra
tions, a dangerous luxury. Portland, at
least, will be likely to advocate a Maine
Law to abate them as something less
than a nuisance.
—An official in Chicago bought a
ticket in a lottery for the purpose of ob
taining evidence against the proprietors
and indicting them. The ticket hap
pened to draw a thousand dollar prize,
and the olliccr is not inclined to prose
cute.
State News.
Macon has been visited with fiue
rains during the past few days.
There wag a heavy fall of rain at
Savauuuh, on Monday afternoon.
A young man named Bud Hammond
was killed by a negro, in Atlanta, last
Saturday.
Several negroes have been arrested
in Atlanta for acts of revolting brutali
ty against two defenceless white ladies.
Au interesting and gracious revival
is in progress in the Methodist Church
at Kingston.
Col. George W. Brown, Tax Collector
of Bartow county, died last week. He
leaves a large and helpless family to
mourn his loss.
Seventeen persons, four whites and
thirteen blacks, passed through Macon
on Monday, en route for the “State
Hotel” at Milledgevilie.
During a dance on the Louisville
road, near Savannah, on the evening of
the 22d, one negro beat another one so
badly that he died shortly afterward.
The cotton crops about Albany are
reported to be very good. It is thought
the yield will approximate the old aver
age.
It is in contemplation to erect a cot
ton factory on the site of McClatchy's
Mill, just below the Railroad bridge, on
the Etowah river. A meeting of the
friends of tho project has been called at
Cartersville, first Tuesday in August.
A meeting of the citizens of Car
tersville was held on Wednesday (yes
terday) for the purpose of appointing
delegates to the District Convention at
Atlanta.
Two business houses in Savannah
have been recently and suddenly broken
up, by the sudden departure of tho man
aging men. One was E. P. Deyo ; the
others Lyon, Beardsley & Cos. Both
parties victimized the press before
taking their departure.
It will be recollected that a Mrs.
Rollins and her child were murdered by
two negro men on the Central Road
near Macon, a short time since. One
of the men was caught and executed by
the citizens. The other has been ar
rested in Florida.
—ln the case of William Dean, who
was convicted in a Michigan Circuit
Court, for illegal voting, on the ground
that he was not a white man, because
he was adjudged to have one-sixtuenth
of African blood in his veins, the Su
preme Court have rendered a decision
to the effect that persons with only one
fourth negro blood should be regarded
as white. This decision is opposed to
the received interpretation derived from
the Southern whites, that a single drop
of negro blood works a tainture of race.
—A Connecticut exchange says that
several mouths since a peacock, near
one of the rail road stations on the Dan
bury and Norwalk Road, which was
sitting on the rail at the time the cars
were passing, jumped off, leaving his
tail across the rail. The cars passed
over it, cutting it off. As soon as ho
saw the extent of the damage, he start
ed for the woods and did not return
until his tail had entirely grown out
again.
—Agents from some of the large
maiiufacturors in England have made
their appearance in New Orleans and in
other parts of the South, for the purpose
of looking into the prospects for the next
crop of cotton, what dependence can be
placed upon the freedmen as laborers,
the position of the planters, &c. The
inquiries are made with a view to tho
'government of manufacturers and spin
ners in their future operations.
—The last European steamer brings
intelligence of a great battle on the river
Platte river, resulting in a complete vic
tory for the Brazilians. The Paraguay
ans, some twenty thousand strong, com
menced the battle, and were ultimately
compelled to retreat, leaving, it is said,
five thousand dead upon the field, be
sides a large number of wounded. As
the Brazilian loss is set down at only
one thousand, we suspect that only one
side of the story has been heard.
—Mrs. Nerrels, in Accoinac county,
Virginia, has given birth to two child
ren, each having two heads, tour eyes,
and three legs.
Special Notices.
Jffigy 3 " TO TEACHERS. —In accord
ance with the By-Laws of the Association,
tho Trustocs of the Weston Academy, sit
uated within two miles of Augusta, will
proceed, on the loth of August next, to
elect a Teacher for the ensuing year, com
mencing on the Ist of September, Fur
information apply to
ALBERT HATCH,
jy2s—eod td I'resident Board Trustees,
jg@~ Dit. J. I>. H. BROWN, Dentist,
tormorly of Atlanta), Office •ao.-n-v
220 Broad Street, over Her- at
sey’s Clothing Store.
AH Dentnl Operations executed in the best,
neatest and most durable manner.
my]9—3m*
NOTICE.
The southern medical and
bUItUICAL JOURNAL, first Kumber,
for July, New Scries, containing One Hun
dred and Eighty-Four Pages Reading Mat
ter, is now ready for delivery.
PRlCE—Singlo Copies...ONE HOLLAR
Per Annum...FlVE DOLLARS
IX ADVANCE.
Orders respectfully solicited by
E. 11. PUOIIE,
Publisher,
juoO—if Augusta, Ga.
New Advertisements.
Barbecue.
there will be one
or the
.SSh# Barbecues
AT ROBERT PHILIPS’,
IN HAMBURG 8. C.,
ON THURSDAY, JULY 26tii.
Dinner ready at 2 o'clock, P. M.
jy2"-»» ;
New Books ! New Books !
ORIGIN OF THE LATE WAR,
By George Lunt.
History of Slavery in Massachusetts.
Also, another supply of—
Diary of Kitty Trevylyan
Schouberg Cotta Family
Early Dawn
Winifred Bertram
Strathmore
Cbandos
Granville dc Vigne, and others.
Just received at
JNO. C. SIIREINER & SONS.
jy26—3t _
NEW GOODS.
JUST RECEIVED—
A fine invoice of New Styles of
JEWELRY, consisting of Ladies’ and
Misses’ FULL SETTS, EAR RINGS,
PINS and CUFF BUTTONS, Etc.
Also, a fine assortment of MOURNING
JEWELRY, at
A. PRONTAUT’S,
163 Broad Street,
jy26—tf Below Augusta Hotel.
FREE LUNCH.
OYSTER SOUP
AND
DEVILLED TERRAPIN
Will he served up for LUNCH at tho
“ ST. CHARLES,”
TO-DAY—FROM 11 TO 1 O’CLOCK.
jy2G-l* Come and try some.
WANTED,
A SITUATION AS
WET NURSE
By a respectahlo White Woman.
Apply to DR. PETARD,
jy26—6 139 Ellis Street.
PRESERVE YOUR SIGHT !
PROFESSOR COHEN,
The Renowned Optician and
PEBBRE SPECTACLE MAKER,
From Louisville, Ky., is stopping in this
city on a professional visit for
ONE WEEK ONLY,
With a largo assortment of those Cele
brated
Spectacles,
Suitable for all eyes and sight.
Persons afllictod with deficient sight
would do well to call on the Professor.
Professor COHEN uses a scientific in
strument which is called the OPTIMETEIt,
by which he determines the power of the
eye which enables him to adjust the exact
lenses to suit the eye, by whieh he relieves
the sii;ht.
OFFICE at AUGUSTA HOTEL, Ladies'
Reception Room. jy2o—lw*
Wood for the City.
Clerk or Council's Office, )
Augusta, da., July 18, 1806. J
SEALED PROPOSALS WILL RE RE
CEIVED at this office, until 12 o'clock
M., of Friday, the 10th day of August next,
for furnishing tho City Council of Augusta
with ONE THOUSAND CORDS of good
Oak or Hickory Wood, and ONE HUN
DRED CORDS good Dry Pine, and half
light wood—to be delivered, properly corded,
along the linos of the Georgia, Augusta
and Savanuah, or South Carolina Rail
Roads.
Didders will state in their proposals the
kind and quality of Wood they intend to
furnish : the price per cord, and the station
on the Kail Road, or number of miles from
the city, at which they will deliver it.
By order ot lion. James T. Gardiner,
Mayor C. A. L. T. BLOME,
jylO—tf Clerk of Council.
NEW BOOKS
QUINN’S, IS9 BROAD STREET.
PRISON LIFE OF JEFF. DAVIS.
THE MUTE SINGER, by Mrs. Ritchie.
JAR GAL, by Victor Hugo.
THE APOSTLES, by Renan.
JUNIUS BRUTUS BOOTH.
HABITS OF GOOD SOCIETY.
THE ART OF CONVERSATION.
LOVE L’AMOUR.
MACKENZIE'S 16.000 RECEIPTS.
ALL THE LATEST
PUBLICATIONS, NEWSPAPERS
And PERIODICALS
ALWAYS ON HAND. jyll—lm
Mr. Robert Weber,
(Graduate of the Conservatories of Leipsic and
Berlin),
Respectfully informs the
public that he gives instruction in
INSTRUMENTAL and VOCAL MUSIC.
may be left at J. C.
SCHREINER & SON’S Music Store, Broad
etre.it ju3o—lm
French and Music Lessons.
Madame ballot announces
that she has oponed a FRENCH
CLASS, for Lndios, on every Monday,
Wednesday, and Friday, at Four o’clock
P. M.
FRENCH CLASS for Gentlemen, same
days, at 8 P.M.
Madame B. will also resume her MUSIC
LESSONS on and after Monday next.
TERMS —Very moderate.
Residence—96 REYNOLDS STREET.
jy2l—lm
Light Cassimeres
CLOTHS—
For Gents’ and Boys’ Wear
Aro selling at Reduced Prices, at
I. KAHN & CO.’S,
jul7—6m 262 Broad Street.
Every kind of printing
and BOOK BINDING
Neatly and Cheaply Executed
AT THIS OFFICE.
Auction Sales.
Day, Rnsseii & Benjamin,
AUCTIONEERS.
WILL SELL—
At LOWER MARKET—
-Ist TUESDAY in AUGUST
TWO LARGE BAY MARES,
Well matched, young and sound, works
well in single or double harnees.
Titles good. Terms Cash.
jy2f>—td
Government Sale at Macon, Ga.
THE FOLLOWING PROPERTY WILL
be sold at public auction, at the Macon
Arsenal, or Findlay Iron Works Buildings,
at Macon, Ga., on
THURSDAY, JULY 26th, 1866,
Sale commencing at 10 A. M.:
40,000 lbs. CAST IRON—shell metal
MACHINES and TOOLS for both Iron and
Wood
Unfinished MUSKET BARRELS
SPORTING RIFLE BARRELS, BLOCKS
and PULLIKS, Rope, Harness, Horse
Equipments, Leather Accoutrements,
Four-wheeled Drays, Wagon Poles,
spare parts for Muskets and Pistols.
100 feet of IRON FLANGE PIPE
35 tons SCRAP IRON —and many other
articles.
ALSO,
200,000 COMMON BRICKS, in the unfin
ished wall around the new Laboratory.
Terms—Cash, in U. S. or National Bank
currency. D. IV. FLAGLER,
Captain of Ordnance and
Brevet Bt. Col. C. S. A.,
jyls—td Com’g Augusta Arsenal.
Stocks & Bonds ! Stocks & Bonds !
Day, Russell & Benjamin,
AUCTIONEERS.
WILL SELL EVERY
WEDNESDAY and FRIDAY
(In connection with their regular sale)
At 11 1-2 A. M. Precisely,
Bank Stocks *
Rail Rond stocks*
Loan Association Stocks
Factory Stocks
Bonds
Real Estate
Coupons
AND
Securities of every description.
All Stocks, Bonds, and Real Estate en
trusted to us will have our prompt personal
attention.
jel7—tf
Lost.
LOST,
ON WEDNESDAY LAST, A MEMO
RANDUM BOOK, containing about
Twenty Dollars in Bank Bills, between
Twelve and Fifteen Dollars in Greenbacks,
and some private papers.
There was also a Note, payable to B.
Mclnnes, for $1250 in Gold ; said Note has
been paid.
Whoever finds said Book and returns it
to the DAILY PRESS Office will be lib
erally rewarded. jy2o—6*
For Rent and Sale.
For Rent.
TWO STORES AND A COMFORTABLE
DWELLING, containing four rooms
and a double kitchen. There is a large lot
attached to tho building.
ALSO, to Rent, half a STORE near the
Bell Tower. Apply to
JOHN ROSS,
jy22—6t* Near the Bell Tower.
forTsalk
piNE AVENUE GARDEN—
Located in Ilarrisonville—
FOR SALE.
jy2l—tOctl* W. W. BARRON.
. TO RENT.
PART OF A HOUSE—
On Greene Street, third door below
Bell Tower, North side, consisting of four
Rooms, Kitchen and Stable.
Apply on the Premises.
TO RENT,
Ij'ROM THE FIRST OF OCTOBER
next, that desirable Two Story DWEL
LING, No. 45 Watkins Street, North side
of the Parade Ground, containing seven
Rooms, besides Pantry. Has a two story
Kitchen, and Stable, a Well of Water under
cover, large Garden, a Cistern, and other
conveniences. Inquire at
jyl9—tf 197 GREENE STREET.
TORENT,
ASTOEE
UNDER PLANTERS’ HOTEL,
With Counters, Drawers aud Shelves.
Immediate possession given.
Rent, moderate.
jy4—tf
Lots for Sale.
Twenty building lots, situate
on Marbury street, west side, adjoining,
but out of, the City limits.
For terms, etc., apply to
F. A. MAUGE,
jn.*»o—lm At 11. Caffin's, Broad st.
FOR SALE.
House and lots in Hamburg—
House containing 2 Rooms, Kitchen 2
Rooms ; Lots 54J by 200 feet each, all in
good order—in the best part of Town. Pos
session given Ist October. For further
particulars apply at the Cigar Store of
ti. H. MEYER,
ju29—lm Augusta, Ga.
FOR SALE,
NO. 1 COW AND YOUNG CALF.
Apply at No. 32 Ellis Street, or to
R. F. BOUYER.
jylS—tf Newton House.
Wheat Wanted.
Wheat! Wheat! Wheat!
WHEAT WANTED AT THE
GRANITE MILLS.
TIIE HIGHEST MARKET PRICE
WILI, BE PAID BV
GEO. T. JACKSON <£• CO.,
2-1S Broad Street,
jul7—3m Masonic Hall Building.
WHEAT ! WHEAT!
WHEAT I WHEAT! WHEAT I
Tho Market Price paid for WHEAT.
THOS. P. STOVALL,
juD—tf At tho Excelsior Mills.
Dry Goods, Notions.
]f)o BROAD J3TREET. jg
Mrs. E. 11. Pughe
HAS SOW OX
A Fixe Stock
New Goods
(osOOvV^
Etc., Etc.,
CONSISTING OF
iN MOURNING GOODS:
GRENADINE BAREGE
CREPE MERETZ
Ir
CHALLIES
DeLAINES
BOMBAZINES
LAWNS —Black and Plain
LAWNS—Figured
LAWNS—PIaid
ALPACA
POPLINS—BIack and White
GINGHAMS
CALICOES, Etc.
«DEESS
character, eal
GRENADINE—CoIored
GRENADINE BAREGE-fijrurei
CAMBRIC MUSLlNS—Figured
LAWNS
ORGANDIES
BISHOP LAWN
MESSELIA
- NAINSOOK—Checked and Plain
SWlSS—Dotted and Plain
SW’lSS—Striped and Checked
BRILLIANTES
CHAMBREYS
DEBAGE
MOHAIR—Leno
MOHAIR—PIaid
PERCOLES
POPLINS
PARIS POPLINETTES
CALICOES
MUSLINS
GINGHAMS, etc.
Ladies’ and Misses’
TRIMMED
and UNTRIMMED
| Bonnets
• IIATS^^
LATEST AND IMPROVED STYLES
Flowers and Ribbons
IN GREAT VARIETY.
WHITE GOODS :
FLANNEL—for Infant's Wear
LINENS
SHIRTINGS
TABLE DAMASK
TABLE NAPKINS
LINEN SHEETINGS
I>. C. COTTONS
VARIETIES:
PARASOLS
SUN SHADES
FANS
HOOP SKIRTS
HOSlEßY—Ladies’ and Misses’
HOSIERY—Boys’ and Gents’
LACE MITTS
KID GLOVES—aII Colors
L. C. Pocket HANDKERCHIEFS
SHIRT BOSOMS
COLLARS—Linen and Paper
LADIES’ LINEN COLLARS ant
CUFFS—Embroidered St Plain
HAT ORNAMENTS
DRESS ORNAMENTS
DRESS CORDS
ALPACA and SILK BRAID
SKIRT BRAID
MANTILLAS A
LACE MANTILLAS iljj§
SILK MANTILLAS
LACE POINTS
AND EDGINGS I
CAMBRIC
JACONET
SWISS, etc.
LADIES’ EMBROIDERED at*
HEMSTITCHED HDKFS
EfSL.AH of the above Goods, with H
great variety of valuable and necessalß
articles, can be bought cheap, at M
190 Broad Street, I
Mbs. E. H. PUGHE'S-fl