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TVKSDAT MORNING OoL 16. 1666
‘‘Under which King. BeronianV’
In nn article entitled “Congress
Supreme,” the Baltimore .AauxiVuw
•eye:
Considering the frailty of human na
ture, it would he scarcely possible so to
construct a government that uot a single
branch of the governing power could
under any circumstances transcend the
privileges to which it was constitution
ally entitled. Sir William Blackslotie
says that in every government despotic
power must rest somewhere. According
to the same authority this power in
England is vested in the Parliament,
and is of a nature not onlv absolute, but
almost divine. “It (Parliament)," says
he, “can, in short, do everything that is
not naturally impossible; and, therefore,
some have not scrupled to call its power,
by a figure rather too bold, the omnipo
tence of Parliament." Any one who
trace* the history of England from the
earliest ages down to the present time
will find that the estimate here given of
the power of Parliament is by no means
exaggerated.
It is difficult to conceive what the
“omnipotence” of the British Parliament
has got to do with the supremacy of the
United States Congress. They are not
analogous bodies. Thg one is a repre
sentative of all the nobility and a small
portion of the people, while the other
emanates entirely and wholly from, and
represents entirely and wholly the peo
ple. The ane is, by the British Consti
tution, clothed with absolute powers,
just as the great jurist Blackstone has
decided it. The other is a limited body
of delegates, elected to act only in con
junction with other departments of the
same government, and unauthorized to
act only in accordance with the limita
tions of the American Constitution. The
comparison is, therefore, an unhappy
one, and is suggestive of no argument in
the premises whatever—unless it be
that the Congress of the United States is
emulative of the British Parliament, and
is desirous of possessing similar au
thority. Whether that kind of argu
ment will succeed is a question fnr the
other co-ordinate branches of the g.w
ernuieut, in conjunction with the people
themselves, to decide.
Having laid its premises down in the
paragraph which we have quoted above,
the American proceeds to argue that if
“the people were permitted to decide
whether to risk their happiness and
prosperity in the hands of an absolute
monarch, or of representatives chosen
from among themselves, they would most
unquestionably choose the latter.” That
may be true; but when a people are not
permitted to “choose representatives
from among themselves,” but are com
pelled to submit to the tyranny of repre
sentatives chosen by other people, wbat
then ? What difference does it make to
the former whether their tyrants be one
or many ? That argument does not
prove that Congress is supreme, or that
the people of the whole Union would
prefer to submit to the tyranny of Con- !
gress rather than to the tyranny of the
President. But it does prove what its
author never intended it should,.viz.:
that the policy of the President is cor
rect; that be desires that the Southern
people should enjoy their constitutional
right of representation; and that, iu
opposing the President, Congress is the
usurper, the tyrant, and the Executive
the legitimate and absolute branch of
the government.
Our cotemporary having proceeded to
his satisfaction iu his preliminary state
ments, continues as follows, to show that
Congress is the “absolute, supreme, and
plenary” power.
Now, which branch of this government
did the people invest with the most ab
solute, supreme, and plenary powers?
Are they possessed by the legislative, the
judiciary, or the executive ? The very
causes which led to the revolution give
us a satisfactory solution of these ques
tions. “We acknowledge no govern
ment,” said our forefathers, “in which
we ourselves have no voice.” It was
natural, therefore, that when they as
sembled in convention to form a govern
ment, they should have reserved to
themselves and their representatives
every power and privilege not absolutely
necessary to be delegated to the Chief
Magistrate of the Republic. The name
of republic, and democracy also, implies
that the people here govern themselves,
and are responsible to no authority out
side of the Constitution, the laws, and
their own wills, as expressed through
their representatives in Congress assem
bled. The words of the Constitution
leave no douht on this point:
“ The Congress shall have power to
lay and collect taxes, provide for the
common defence and general welfare of
the United States.
“To declare war, grant letters of
marque and reprisal; * * *
“To raise and support armies ; * *
‘‘To provide and maintain a navy ;
“To make rules for the government
and regulation of the land and naval
forces;
“To provide for calling forth the
rnilitia to execute the laws of the
Union, suppress insurrections, and repel
invasions/’
These are bat a small p-irt of the
powers which have been deh-gatud to
the Congress of the Uuited Stales, But
was any tribunal in the world ever
clothed with fuller, more absolute
powers than those which are here
enumerated ?
We answer in the affirmative. The
Parliament of England is clothed with
“ fuller and more absolute power, 1 ' as
our Maryland eotempoiary has already
shown. And instead of these powers be
ing full and absolute, they amount to
nothing at all, unless the Executive ap
proves of them, or two-thirds of the men •
tiers of both Houses pass their bills over
his veto. Their action inuit he submitted
to him for his approval or rejection;
and if not ao submitted such action
is unconstitutional, illegal, and void.
Again, any law passed by Congress may
be declared by the Judicial Department
unconstitutional, and therefore uull a»d
void, and of no tffecL If ii» authority
was so fall and complete aa our cotem
porary would argue, then it could not be
set aside by the vwto of the President or
the decision of the Supreme Court. No,
instead of being the fullest and most ab
solute legislative body in tho worid, it is
the ftiost limited and restricted. When
it assumes to act otherwise, it becomes
an uMOMtitulional aud revolutionary
tribunal, and the duty of the Executive
is to suppress it, as he would any other
rebellion against the constitutional and
lawful authority of the Government.
Iu his policy towards the South, Pre
sideut Johnson has, evidently, kept the
Constitution, os well as the principles
upon which this Government was found
ed, in view. He has declared that “ the
people must be trusted," that “sovereign
States cannot be remanded back to a
territorial condition,” and that the “con
stitutional right of representation must
be respected.”
Admitting, thoujjW, for the sake of
argument, that supreme power is vested
in Congress, we mnst have a legitimate
Congress. Tho Constitution fixes the
status of that body, defines the qualifi
cations of its members, and declares
that all the States in the Uuion shall
be entitled to representation. All of
these provisions being ignored or vio
lated, it follows, that the present body
and Representatives, sitting
in Washington, and styling itself the
Congress of the United States, is a
mere faction, unconstitutional and ille
gal—and their acts rebellious and void.
During the war, a portion of the States
having refused to avail themselves of
of the right of representation, those who
remained at the Capitol were, constitu
tionally and legally, the Congress; but
the moment the war ceased, and the
revolutionary States resumed their
places in the Union, the Constitution
again took effect over them, and enti
tled them to their places in Congress.
That body having refused them admit
tance, it is no fault of the said States,
or Representatives, that they are not
in the Congress; and the latter body,
existing contrary to the requirements of
the Constitution, is illegal and its ac
tion revolutionary.
Admit that President Johnson is a
mere Executive Officer, it becomes his
duty in the absence of a legal Congress,
to execute the laws in accordance with
the Constitution and the decisions of
the Supreme Court, or the opinions of
his law-officer —the Attorney General.
This he has done to the best of his
ability, and if the people of the North
had not been misled by false political
teachers, deceitful demagogues, and a
corrupt press, they would have sustained
the Constitutional President as over
whelmingly as they have sustained the
unconstitutional Congress.
It may be of little avail to us to argue
questions of political economy with
those in whose power the fortunes of
war have placed us, or even to sustain
President Johnson in his reconstruction
policy; but we cannot be indifferent to
our situation, or to the question we have
asked, “Under which King, Bezoniau ?”
under which “supreme power” are we
to be placed—the President or the Con
gress ? Time will soon give the answer,
and then it will be seen whether Consti
tutiona! Liberty is still to abide in Ame
rica, or whether, amidst the roar of
fanaticism and the clash of rebellious
arms, it shall bid farewell to this erst
while “the land of the free and the
home of the brave.”
Home Interests vs. Politics.—We
have so often urged the importance of
attanding to our State and municipal
interests to the exclusion of politics, that
we do not deem it necessary to advance
any further arguments in behalf of dis
position. It may be well to observe,
however, that while we urge this policy
on the part of the press and the people,
yet it is the duty of the former to keep
the people posted in regard to the politi
cal situation. This we shall endeavor
to do, without entering—too deeply into
any political discussion, or deviating
from our policy. We have no politics
of our own, but we naturally feel some
interest in those of the North, so far as
they relate to our section of the Union,
and it would not be advisable to ignore
them altogether.
With this explanation, we greatly ap
prove of the following, which we find in
the Macon (Ga.) Citizen of a late date ;
“We err greatly in our idea of the
present political situation, if it do not
turn out greatly to our advantage here
after, to leave the cares of State at
present to those who have denied us any
share in them, atel concentrate our
thoughts, discussions, energies, action,
on those numerous subjects of State and
city concernment which, having attained
a magnitude by neglect during the un
settled state of things the past few years
they would not otherwise have reacted,
are now in such condition that the well
being of State and city can only be
assured by a wise, judicious and practi
cal disposition of them at the earliest
possible moment.
u In earnestly interesting ourselves in
all matters involving the welfare of city
and State, we have, after attending to
our private concerns, quite enough todc-
Let us put our shoulders to the wheel o‘
progress, and with concentrated power
urge it onward until it has penetrated
every nook and corner of city and State,
and we can hail wi‘h joy wide spread
and extending prosperity, based on as
enduring a foundation as human wisdom
can provide.”
No Pmoi’ehtv to he Sold fob Old
Claims.— The Dniubridgc Argue, of the
13th inst., is informed by ft reliable gen
tleman that the citizens of Memwether
county, in this Suite, hold a public meet
sn. at Greenville recently, and passed
resolutions, recognising the impover
i ,hed conditHm of the country, and de
caring that no property in that county
should be sold by the Sheriff for the
payment of ol<l claims.
The Women of the South.
We receive, among our exchange*,
tie Mobile (Ala.) Jtoily Gaz:tte, a
paper published by Semmos, Hews,
Ellison A Cos., and edited by the gallant
Raphael Semmes, with Pendleton Col
ston, Esq., as Assistant Editor. Its
editorial columns have “ the ring of
true metal,” and shows that the Ad
miral can wield a pen os gracefully and
effectually as a sword. Success to him
aud his associates.
Ids late issue of the Gazette we find
the following graceful and deserved
tribute to the noble women of the
South:
“Our matchless Southern women
showed the breeding nnd the blood that
ware iu them during our late fearful
struggle with the North. Tried by every
vexation and sorrow, the more they were
tried, the more resplendently shone their
virtues. In courage, they equalled the
Spartan matron, who, when she sont her
son to the war against Athens, presented
him with a shield and toldhim either to
bring it back, or to be borne back upon
it. Their self-sacrificing, patient, un
complaining toil; the privatious which
they bore without a murmur, aud the
hopefulness which sustained them to
the last, showed how fervently burned
withiu them the holy fires of patriotism.
They are as noble iu peace as they
were in war. Their persuasive voices are
heard everywhere in behalf of charity—
that virtue which is twice blessed, bless
ing him that gives and him that receives.
They are burying the unknown Confede
rate dead, aud with pious hands, scatter
ing flowers over their graves; for they
see iu each dead soldier a father, a
brother, or a son, who ouce made some
hou.-ehold cheerful, now cheerful no
longer. And having buried the dead
father, they take charge of his orphan
daughter, as though she were a sacred
legacy bequeathed to them. Mrs. Geor
giana Ilulse McLeod, a talented daugh
ter of an old friend of the writer (Sur
geon Isaac Hulse, who lived honored,
and died beloved, in Pensacola, Fla. )
makes known through the press, that
she has donated to.Jier native State, one
full scholarship, in the Baltimore South
ern Literary Institute, which is a board
ing and day school for young ladies,
under her charge—said scholarship to be
conferred upon the daugher of some
deceased soldier, aud to include board,
as well as tuition. Besides this .scholar
ship, she denotes ten other scholarships,
one lo each of the oilier late Confederate
States, to consist of tuition only.
“We see, also, in a Nashville ex
change, that the Cedar Bluff Female
College (Woodburn Postoflice) of War
ren county, Kentucky, will receive and
educate, board and clothe, any one
young girl from Middle Tennessee, Ala
bama, or Mississippi, whose father was
killed in battle, and whose means were
destroyed by the late war. ‘She will
not be received (says this noble institu
tion) as a charity scholar, but one
whose father’s blood left a double inher
itance to his child.’ With such women
to breed heroes, verily the South ought
not to have been conquered.”
The Fenians.
The Providence (R. I.) Press con
cludes an article on this subject ns
follows:
Mr. Stephens and his friends, how
ever, know their resources and strength
better than we do. Our sympathies are
always with a people unjustly oppressed,
and wo have a prayer of God-speed to
any people who are seeking to shake off
the bonds of despotism. If Ireland is
ever to be emancipated, tho work must
lie done on her own soil and by her own
children. The eyes of the public will
he upon Ireland, while the proclama
tions of Sinnott will amuse and thus
relieve the tediousness of suspense.
By all means letSinnott keep proclaim
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We are pleased to note this change
for the better on the part of our Provi
dence cotemporary. There was a time
that it did not sympathize “with a people
unjustly oppressed,” or “have a prayer
of God speed to any people who are
(were) seeking to shake off the bonds of
despotism.” Now, however, it has ; aud
we call upon it to unite its voice with
ours in behalf of the South against the
unjust and oppressive policy of its party.
What say you, Mr. Press i
Antiquity of Man.—The State geo
logical survey of California has recently
made a discovery that will attract atten
tion all over the world, that will become
a notable fact in the history of geology.
Every person of intelligence is supposed
to know that the age of the earth, ac
cording to the unanimous opinions of
geologists, is not less than a million of
years; that there have been successive
epochs of animal and vegetable life, the
remains of which are found deep in the
rocks ; that the animals and plants of
the earlier epochs differ from those now
living on earth; and that, until very
lately, nothing had been found to show
that man lived on our globe before the
beginning of the present era. A few
yqjirs since, however, some human bonus
were found in England and France,
showing that men lived in these islands
in a former epoch coteuiporaneously
with the hyena, rhinoceros, the elephant,
and numerous other animals which dis
appeared from Europe long before the
beginning of our historical records.
This discovery made a great sensation
in the learned world, and was the basis
ol Lyell’s great work on the “Antiquity
of Mankind.” The ancient hutnau bones
of Europe were fouud in the formation
known as the lias ; but now a human
skull has been found in California in the
pleiocenc, a much older formation. This
skull is, therefore, the remnant not only
of the oldest known pioneer of that
State, but the oldest known human
being.
Death of an Eminent Irishman. —
Irish papers report the death of Mr.
J.J B. Dillon, who was well-known in
1848 ns a leading member of “Tie
Young Ireland Party.”
[communicated.]
The Railroad Qaoetion.
Mr. Editor: Upon reading the re
port of the Committee of Council on
Rail Roads, to whom was referred the
matter of assistance to the Columbia
and Augusta Railroad Company, I was
very forcibly reminded of the story of
the mountain that labored and brought
forth a mouse. After the tremendous
throes which that august Council has
sustained for somo time past, not to the
admiration of tho public, it was to be
expected that we should have something
that would satisfy ns, that we were all
mistaken in our views of tho advantages
to result (rom rendering aid to this
great project. But the people of Au
gusta, very nearly unanimous in their
expressions of favor towards the appli
cation of the Road, are curtly dismissed
with the declaration, in effect, that they
are iucapable of judging whut is best
for themselves, and that their wishes
cannot be carried out. The people
have read the “ Report ” —sucii as it is.
They are not powerfully impressed with
its lucidity. They are not charmed by
its eloquence. They are not paralyzed
by its force. The fact is, they consider
it “ bosh.” They, too, have considered
the subject, with about as much of an
eye, possibly, to fte interest of the City
as their servants have who stretch their
legs under the Council board. They
are anxious to improve every opportu
nity of promoting those interests, and
adding in every practicable way to the
material prosperity of a community in
which their lot has been cast. Our
merchants, our mechanics, our citizeus,
ot every class, are deeply interested in
this question, and they will not let it
rest where it is. Mark that I
The Road, as I am informed, has not
asked for a subscription to the stock.
When a committee makes a report, it is
perhaps as well that they should have
some slight idea of what they are re
porting about. The Road Ifas only
asked the credit of the-City as a loan to
enable it to complete a great work,
which, when completed, will, beyond all
question, prove of greater benefit to
Augusta than any project that has been
carried out for years. The Bonds of the
City could be loaned to the Road and
the interest would be paid by the Com
pany. Where could the loss be here?
It is not possible th it Council desires to
use the credit of the City for less worthy
purposes, although we all know that
J'acilis decensus averni, and that to
sometime past, in the estimation of a
discerning public, they hare been going
down, down, down. I have resided in
Augusta over forty years ; I am not pe
cuniarily interested in the Road, directly
or indirectly, to the amount of one dol
lar, except that by its completion I
shall, I hope, participate in the increased
prosperity of our City, in common with
all our citizens, I am solely actuated
by a desire to benefit Augusta, and I
am morally certain that were this ques
tion left to the people the opposition t*
rendering the aid asked would be mi
croscopically imperceptible.
Ax Oi.d Citizen.
Origin of the Term “ Blue Ssock
ing.”—The following tit-bit we find in
the Pacific Monthly —edited by a “Blue
stocking,” it seems—which will attract
the attention of our intelligent lady read
ers : “ This term had its origin from
the society ‘ De la Calza’ (of the stock
ing), formed at Venice in the year 1500;
the members being distinguished by
their stockings, the prevailing color of
whic.i was blue. The society De la
Calza lasted till the year 1590, when the
foplings of Italian literature took some
other symbol. The rejected title then
crossed the Alps and branded female
pedantry in Paris. It emerged from
Franco to England, and for a while
marked the vanity of the small advances
in literature in female coteries. But
the propriety of its application is gr««
dually ceasing; for we sec in every eir
>cle that high attainments in literature
can be reached without any loss of
womanly virtue or attractiveness. An
other supposed derivation of the appella
tion of ‘ Blue-stocking’ is understood to
have originated in the dress of old Ben
jainin Stillingfleet—grandson of the
bishop—as he used to appear at the par
ties of Mrs. Montague, of Portman
square, London. He was jilted by a
mistress, to whose remembrance he re
mained faithful, and, in spite of a disap
pointment which he then deeply felt,
remained to the last one of the most
amiable of men and entertaining of
companions. Mr. Stillingfleet almost
always wore blue worsted stockings;
and whenever he was absent from Mis.
Montague's evening parties, ns his con
versation was very entertaining, the
company used to say, ‘ We can do noth
ing without the blue-stockings,’ and by
degrees the assemblies were called
1 blue-stocking clubs,’ and learned people
‘ blue-stockings.’ ”
The Queen and the Late Prince
Consort.—Her Majesty’s outward ob
servances of veneration for the Prince
Consort continue to be as marked as
they were four years age. I may re
mark that it is known the Queen has
the strongest objection to the terra “late”
as applied to the prillce. In a certain
fashionable journal, which enjoys the
patronage of the county, you will find
thut when his Royal Highness is referred
to, it is always us “the Prince Consort,”
and never ns “the late Prince Consort.”
All the saddle-horses of the lute princo
are kept in the stables at Windsor; but
no one is permitted to mount nny of
them. To do so would be a case of dis.
missal for the groom.— Correspondent
of the Liverpool Albion.
A Body Snatcher Come to Grief.—
Last Monday night, a man was shot in
tho Eastern Cemetery, near Cave Hill
Ky., while in of robbing a grav
His name was Peter Weiman, a Gorman,
and an old hand at the trade.
DIED-
At Aiken, 8. 0., October Id, of Typhoid
Fever, JOHN BOLLING Kit ALISON (Lieu
tenant in the ISth Georgia Battalion, C. 8.
A.,) ton of Stephen Lee and Lavinia Alison.
Special Notices.
jjgg- SOCIAL LODGE, NO. 1, F-..
A A.'.M.'.—A Called Comment- a
cation of SOCIAL LODGE, NarJjLA
No. 1, will be held at Maeonie /Y/K
Hall, THIS (Tuesday) EVE- T '
NING, at 7 o’clock.
The E.-. A.-. Degree will be conferred.
By order S. D. Heard, VT.-.M.-.
WM. H. CRANE, Jr.,
ocl6—lt Secretary.
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CITY TAXES—IB6ff—LAST
NOTICK.—AII persons interested are here
by notified that, in eonfonplty with the City
Ordinance, Executions with interest and
Ten Per Cent, damages added thereto, will
bo issued on Ist November next, against
every one who shall fail to pay all City
Taxes remaiojEf dke on that day.
I. P. GARVIN,
ocl6—td Col. and Treas, 0. A.
jgjgt- WE, TIJE GRAND JURY OF
RICHMOND COUNTY, chosen and sworn
for the first week, October term, 1666, beg
leave to make the following presentments :
We find the records of the Ordinary kept
in splendid order, reflecting great credit
npon that moat efficient officer.
The records in the office of the Judge of
the County Coart, and of the Clerk of the
Superior and Inferior Courts, are kept in a
neat, correct, and business-like manner.
We would call tho attention of the proper
authorities to the condition of some of the
reoords in the office of the Clerk of the Su
perior Court, which have been so badly
injured ky the dampness of the room and
inscots of some bind as to render portions
of some of the most important and valuable
papors illegible.
We have examined the Jail, and regret to
say that every apartment is crowded with
oriminals; while we are pleased to .sport
that its inmates are in a healthy and com
fortable condition. With the exception of
two or three cases of chills and fever, there
is no sickoess on the premises, and great
credit is due to Mr. Bridges, the Keeper, for
the remarkably oleanly condition of every
apartment in and about the building. The
number of prisoners reported by tho Jailor
are fifteen whites and eighty five blacks,
many of whom havi been in prison more
than six months, aud some since Januaty
last, without being brought to trial, thereby
imposing a heavy burthen of expense on
the City, and inflicting great injustice on
tho entire community. We would therefore
respectfully and earnestly call tho attention
of tho Court to this great evil of procras
tination, and trust the wisdom of the
Coart will devise some arerns by which
criminals may be brought to a speedy trial.
It is believed thatmany of these offenders
could he triod without throwing such unne
cessary burdens on the Superior Court, and
we recommend that some means be devised
by which they may be disposed of by the
lower Courts. We have been informed that
provision has beeu made for all necessary
repairs on tho Jail building. We have as
certained, by diligent enquiry, that the
Poor House is in a dilapidated condition,
and requires immediate repairs.
We find that the Bridges across Big and
Little Spirit Creeks,on the Savannah Road
are iu a very bad condition, and that the
liridga at Richmond Factory and at
McDade’s Mill needs thorough repairing;
that Patterson’s Bridge is almost impassa*
bio, aud no Bridge at all at Bvnes’ Mill;
and that the roads generally are in a very
bad condition, and requiros the immediate
attention of the contractors ; and the branch
of tho Milledgeville Road, leading from
Morgan’s former residence, requires re
opening.
So much has already been said on tho
subject of Education by onr predecessors,
in times past, with little or no effect, that it
is deemod almost unnecessary to aliudo to
tho matter in those presentments; yet we
cannot but regret that our elegant and spa
cious Academy is not now occupied by expe
rienced and qualified teachers at a timo like
this, when their services can be so easily
procured, and so much needed by our youth
who have been deprived of the means of
education for the past six yoars. While we
are not ignorant of tho fact that this seat
of learning is at present occupied by the
military authorities, wo feel hopeful that it
will soou ho turned over to tho Trustees,
who should lose no time in securing a num
ber of teachers capah'e of instructiug in all
the various branches of education, which
would he a blessing to tho community, an
ornament to our City, and a credit to tho
State.
It is dosirabie, and such we believe to be
the intention of ail legislation upon tho
subject, that the burthens incident to tho
operation of the State Government should
be distributed equally among its citizens,
that the few should not be made to dis
charge the duties which belong to the
many. The jnsticqgf the proposition re
quires no vindication, it is manifest to
every ono, besides the duties will ho more
cheerfully, and necessarily, more effectually
performed when the rule of equal burthens
is regularly enforced. With this prcfaco,
we hope we shall receive the indulgence of
his Honor in directing his attention to the
inoqnality named in which the duty as
Grand Juries is now dirtribn'ed. Those
that are drawn, aud whose duty it is to
servo lor the term or time for which they
ate drawn, aro vory often a minority of the
body, and their placos have to he filled by
Talesmen. Tho result is, that many
of our citizens have to sorro on tho Jury
many terms of the Court as talesmen, and
.also the regular term for which they may
he drawn. This is not just, and a romedy
should be applied to correct tho evil. Wo
are awaro that tho power is with tho Court,
and our oordial approbation of his Honor’s
administration of the laws makes this ap
peal the more pleasant, as we trust at the
same time it wilt be effective. In connec
tion with this subjeot we would recommend
to the Senator and Kopreseutatives from
this District and County, to solicit tho
Legislature to chnnge the time of holding
the Superior Court of Hiehmond County
from the second Monday in October to the
seoond Monday in January ; and from the
second Monday in April to tho socond
Monday in June. This change would work
beneficially to merchants and planters—
April nnd October being the busiest months
with the latter, nnd absenosSfroin the City
with tho former, boing one of the causes
of inequality in the disohage of Jury duty,
of which wo have so much reason to com
plain.
As many of tho Counties in this State
l ave recommended the totnl abolishment of
the County Court, wo doern it our duty, at
lossl so fur as this Couuty is concerned, to
urgo its continuance, being folly satisfied,
from our ewn investigation of th* subject,
that under the peculiar circumstadcee Id
which we are placed, that it is highly benefi
cial to that class of persons for wham itwaa
created. We would, however, recommend
that some modification be made in the Law
as to render Jury duty less onerous and
burdensome.
The condition of th# Country so far as
relates to the indebtedness of its oitiiens,
we do not consider-any of oor- prescribed
duties to present. It however, a subject
worthy the attention of all good eitisens,
We, therefore, venture, to express our
opinion on that very perplexing subject,
and we can in no way express our views
hatter than to adopt the language and sea
thnCntt es that distinguished gentleman,
Judge Roese. We woald, therefore, earn
astlv recommend the Press of Georgia to
keep his sddresa to the Grand Jury of
Baldwin County before the people. In oar
opinion, Judge Reese has hit npon the very
best and most honorable plan of aettling
tho difficulty. It is the unanimous opinion,
of this bedy, that those persona who are
making attempts to excite our people to
repudiation are doing more to bring dis
tress upon that class of eitiseos who are so
unfortunate as to be in debt, than any
other influence now at work. The idea of
repudiation makes creditors distrustful aud
Let the word repudiation be
forever bfiried, and let it be the earnest de
sire of each debtor to show by his good
works that he is ready and willing to do all
in his power to satisfy the creditor, rnd we
have no doubt but success will be the result
in almost every instancy We desire in
our presentments to call the attention of
the p'oper authorities to the destitute poor
of our country —both white and colored. We
ask the early aud prompt attention of those
whose duty it is to tee after them.
The approaching winter and shortness of
the crops will find them in a condition to
require all the assistance that ean be brought
to bear in their behalf.
We call the attention of the county and
city officers to the reckless use of fire-arms
which has becomo a great and growing evil
—particularly in the country, where, night
and day, Sundays and week-days, constant
reports of guns arc heard, greatly disturt
ing the quiet and good order which ought
to prevail; where, also, the lives of our
citizens are endangered.
As the term for which His Honor, Judge
Hook, was elected is about to expire, we
deem it our duty to express our individual
approbation of his course during the whole
term, now about to close, and are gratified
to observe (bat be has oonsented to a re
election to the position he has filled with so
much honor and ability.
Our thanks are also due the Attorney
General for his uniform courtesy as well as
to the other gentlemen of tho Bar, with
whom we have had official intercourse.
JOSEPH C. FARGO, Foreman.
Joseph M. Newby, Charles Baher,
Albert Hatch, John F. Jackson,
Thomas B. Pblnizy, Wm. T. Timmerman,
Lucius 3. Morris, William J. Owens,
Thomas W. Coskery, Charles W. Hersey,
Isidor P. Girardey, 11. H. Hiokmau,
Gustavus A. Parker, John A. Barnes, Jr.,
John Gonody, Aaron H. Cook,
Jacob R. Davis, George W. Moore.
Tho above General Presentments of the
Grand Jury, of Richmond county, having
been made in open Court, and such being
the desire of that body, on motion of the
Solicitor-General, ordered that they bo pub
lished in papers of the Cily of Augusta.
ocl6—lt
PURE MEDICINES AND
CHEMICALS. —We have on hand a full
assorted stock, and are constantly receiving
fresh supplies of Drugs, Pure Medicines,
and Chemicals, Choice Perfumery, Brushes,
etc., etc., whioh we are prepared to sell at
the lowest prices for cash.
PLUMB & LEITNER,
212 Broad Street,
oc2—lm Augfista, Ga.
GEORGIA RAILROAD, )
Augusta, Sept. 29, 1866. J
ogp°> NOTICE TO MERCHANTS
AND SHIPPERS.—Through Freight Tar
iffs from the West via Nashville and Mem
phis having been agreed on, Through
Bills of Lading will be given, etc. Copies
of such Tariffs can be had at this Office.
We have also Through Tariff in operation
from points in East Tennessee to this plaoe.
E. W. COLE,
oc2—tf General Superintendent.
Dr. J. P. H. BROWN, Dentist,
formerly of Atlanta), Office gar iL—
-189 Broad Street, next house
below the “Constitutionalist” I ' ' r
Office.
Nitrous Oxide, tho safe and popular
annosthetic, for preventing pain in extract
ing teeth, administered. au2B—2m*
JNO. C. SCHREINER A SONS, Macon, Ga.
JNO. C. SCHREINER A SONS, Savannah, Ga
J. C. Schreiner & Sons,
NO. mu BROAD STREET,
AUGUSTA, GA.
BOOKS, STATIONERY,
MUSIC, and FANCY GOODS.
Keep constantly on hand a choice selec
tion of the above articles,
All orders from the Country promptly
attended to.
THE BEST OF ITALIAN
VIOLIN and GUITAR STRINGS.
AGENTS FOR
Stoinway A Sons’, Soebbolcr A Schmidt’s,
and Gale tb Co.’s
CELEBRATED PIANOS.
fe4—l y _
FRENCH STORE,
200 BROAD STREET.
WEDDING OAKES,
ORNAMENTS,
PYRAMIDS,
STEEPLES,
CHARLOTTE RUSSES
WINE, /
LIQUOR,
FRUIT.
Home-made Cakes ornamented at the
shortost notice. ooll—lm
GUN AND LOCK SMITH!
A " D
13 ell Hanging I
I respeotfuily infbrm the puhlio that I am
prepared to do all tho work in my line of
business entrusted to my care.
Parties dosiring work done, will find me
in my shop all hours of the day, over tho
store of John C. Schreiner A Sons, one I
door below the Natioual Hank
oe4—lm . A. B. PICQUET. i
New Advertisements.
Gofartawilup Motto-
From and after this- dAte,
our former Cashier, Major C. A.
WITHERS, bewares a member of our firm.
B. M. BRUCE A CO.
- Avgntta, On., Oct. 16, 1866.
oel6—2w
~ JOSEPH P. CAKE,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
POSTOFFICE fORNEK (Up Stairs).
COMMISSIONER OP DEEDS FOR
Massachusetts, New York, Conuecti
eit, Pennsylvania, Sooth Carolina, Alaba
ma, Mississippi and Louisiana.
90(4 —lm
HfrancTs
JIJEION
AMD
Brass Foundei*
MANUFACTURER OF
STATIONARY ENGINES,
SAW MILLS
SUGAR MILLS, SUGAR BOILERS, COL
UMNS AND GIRDERS; PIPES, PUL
LEYS, WHEELS, EAILROAD WHEELS
AND MACHINERY CABTINGS OF
EVERY DESCRIPTION.
SPECIAL ATTENTION PAID TO
General Jobbing Machiue Work
NO. 170 FENWICK STREET,
Opposite the Water Tower,
AUGUSTA, GEORGIA,
oel-i—3m
mbt wan
SUITS will he the name of the new style
of garments shortly to be introduced to the
public. As early as brought out will be
offered to the fashionable public at our New
Store, where a more perfect
RECONSTRUCTION
in the improvement of our premises has
lately been achieved. It is our old stand
beautifully and tastefully remodelled and
finished, where we hope to meet our numer
ous friends and customers. We assure
them that our old
POLICY
in conducting our business on the ONE
PRICE SYSTEM has proved a success
beyond our most sanguine expectations.
Low prices and fair dealing are bound to be
TRIUMPHANT
in every part of tho globe, and in every
branch of commerce. The commercial year,
just opening, will find us well prepared to
meet the wants of our numerous customers.
Our goods are of tho best quality
AND WILL BE
found as cheap as the cheapest. The
scarcity of money in our midst, combined
with the partial failure of the principal
crops, will necessitate a rigid economy to be
ADDPTED BY
the majority of our citizens. Our varied
stock will enable them to make such selec
tions as are suitable to their incomes. The
beautiful styles of our clothing are not only
proverbial at home, but also by travellers
passing here from
ALMOST EVERY STATE
who accord us the praise for cheapness and
the durability of our garments. We also
offer at tho very lowest prices, Gentlemen’s
Furnishing Goods, Hats, Yankee Notions,
either at wholesale or retail, as cheap as any
house
IN THE UNION.
Our motto is “THE NIMBLE PENNY
IS BETTER THAN THE SLOW SHIL
LING.”
Wo guarantee lowest prices—latest fash
ions. Clothing made of the best materials.
Call and examine for yourselves at
I. SIMON & BROTHER
Fashionable Clothing Emporium,
224 BROAD STREET,
oc2—ly
- v.i—. . ,■
For Rent and Sale.
TO RENT.
ipWO COMMODIOUS ROOMS—
With Fireplaces in each,
Situated on the corner of
ELLIS AND MONUMENT STREETS,
Apply to r S. LECKIE,
oc!4—lw* On the Premises.
TO RENT,
NEW DWELLING—
Not yet finished,
Ready for occapation about the Ist Nov,
In Walker Street,
Third bouse below Cet tro Street,
North side, and directly opposite to
H. F. RUSSELL, Esq.,
Containing Eight square Rooms,
Pantry and Grossing Rooms.
Apply to JAMFB G. BAILIE,
ocl4—tf 205 Broad Street.
TO RENT,
THE RESIDENCE ON THE CORNER
of Liucoln and Bay Streets.
It contains nin* Rooms* Pantry, etc.
Apply to wM. CRAIG,
oc3-tf President Bath Paper Mills.
HOUSE TO REN-r
QNE HALF OF
A HOUSE TO RENT.
Situato in Woodlawn,
Near the Toll Gate,
Containing 1 Three Rooms
And a Kitchen.
Apply to C. 11. STRICKLAND,
00l I—ts Augusta Factory.
TO RENT,
A DWELLING HOUSE—
On tho south side of Greene street,
Between Mclntosh and Washington
Containing Scvon Rooms.
JAMES W. WALKER,
oo3—tf No. S Mclntosh street.
Auction Sato. 35
Cits Bkeriff» 8al«r~~~~~
0 N TUE TUESDAY ‘
W HOVKMBI* Mtxr
Will be sold, at the Lower Mark* a"
in the City of Augusta, within
hour* of .ala— ’ “** l*g*|
ONE WOODEN BUILDING
With Briek Pi 11.,,, IN0 »
Situ Ate on A Lot owned bv A L.. „ „
erteon, on the sonth tide of B «l>-
between Centra And WartS. *
and known as Manikeo’.
Levied on as tfceproperty of Jsnres
*”d James S. U*rZl, to **“,**•
Warrant in favor of Abner P
said Mullikcn and Harrot K ' jbtrt *w *«•
ocs— td LEVY, Sheriff C .
Amusements.
DANdnrG BchooiTT~
at masonic hall,
T P - T - ® BAWIN 8K (
dLV Is now open, hnd will •(.. ’
for the reception of Pupil, a«d fonninrT!
Classes at any tune. ,o2it-, "fjf*
dancing
A* SKPAMWB SCHOOL KEPT by
MONS. BERGER, ArtuL .t fhVk n
room of the Angusta Hotel, ih rre
are open. One for grown , o , ng
Gensemen! “
Apyly at Mr. Prontant’s jewelry slew
next to jhe Augusta Hotel. 7 "° n>
ocs—tf
Oysters.
~oystersT
FRESH, DAILY,
AT THE
St. Charles’ Saloon,
ELLIS STREET,
Near Postoffice corner.
oclO—6t
OYSTERS
111 th.© Shell,
RECEIVED DAILY,
AT
SCHNEIDER'S RESTAURANT,
Together with all the other SBAhOSA.
BLK LUXURIES, oc3-iv
photograpTalbumT
OF NEW AND
C3 BEAUTIFUL
JUST RECEIVED AT THE
Gallery of Perkins & Cos.
192 Broad Street, Augusta, Ga.
PLAIN RICH PATTERNS-
For sale at extremely low priest,
Ranging from $1 50 to $2 50
For TURKEY MOROCCO ALBUMS,
Os the best manufacture,
Holding FIFTY PORTRAITS.
Less than HALF the PRICES of then
last year.
ALSO, TUE MOST EXTENSIVE COLLECTIOI
OF
Stereoscopic Pictures
Ever offered in Augusta, embracing RE
PRESENTATIONS of tho grand anil bets
tiful in Nature and Art, in every past of th
Globe.
GROUPS OF CHILDREN, ETC.
Instantaneous Pictures of life in
London, Edinburgh and New York.)
THE PANORAMA
OF THE SWISS ALPS!
Representing the greatest Mouittn
Scenes in the world.
ALSO,
Representations of Persons and thiip
of absorbing interest, are found in thi*
Collection.
These beautiful pictures, with imprond
instruments for viewing them, are sold •*
very low Prices.
•ocl3—lm ,
Cliarter Oat
COOKING STOVB’
This celebrated stove, *
favorably known in Mobile,
leans, St, Louis, and other Southern
is now being offered to the citizens of
gusta, as one of the best and cheapest F
class Cooking Stoves in the niarze
baking qualities are ansurpassed, *
acknowledged by all who have used! a nd„
Tho draught flues are so construct
ensure a perfect draught, while amiss
which surrounds the oven insures tl
and roasting of bread and meats,
satisfaction. Ws warrant W*
baking of every Stove we sell., ggTff,
Ih our stock will be found TO) ajblS,
CHURNS, TUBS, COFFEE
SCOURING BRICKS, TEA TR?„|; A kS
[RONS, CAKE CUTTERS, ■ a
P4NO, etc.
.A lull assortment of Bon**", ««•
Goods always on hand. We * r * n j»r
pared to do ROOFING, and all
work in tho Tinnen'Un.o^
186 Bread l#*
oc9— lm
ICE.
fJIHE McINTOSH STREET
Ice House
(OPPOSITE THE POSTOZKJE'djJ
’test,Prices for the presoul, ‘*“““101*®
(25) cents a pound, retail. For AW *
or more, two (2)."WrpBR * *
aul(S-tf ’ t