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THE LAW.
The Round Table is one of the ablest
literary journals in ibis country; and
sometimes, stepping aside from the
beaten path of Literature, it turns into
the pastures of 'novels, politics, and law,
and says something good and true. Os
this kind is the following article, which
we take.from a recent number. It is
well written and worthy of serious con
sideration. A distinguished jurist once
. observed that there was too much law in
this country. We thought he was right-
The Round Table says that there is too
much ‘‘law making and law breaking.”
And we think the Round Table is right.
What is the proper remedy, we are not
prepared to say; but there must be
some, and we should be pleased to hear
from some of our legal triends on this
subject. Communications, plainly and
briefly written containing suggestions in
regard to it, will And a place in our col
umns.
The following is the article from the
Round Table, referred to:
Law Makers and Law Breakers.—
Epicurus once remarked, in order to ex
emplify the weakness of human nature,
according to Plutarch, that even the
worst laws were so necessary (or us that
without them men would devour one
another. Putting the point of canni
balism aside, and thus obviating a trip
to the Fiji Islands for example, it cannot
be denied that the dictum of the Epi
curean philosopher is based on a funda
mental truth which is fairly exhibited in
every day life. Men are prone to error
even as the sparks fly upwards, we are
told on biblical authority ; and it would
be far from our purpose to dispute the
axiom. As error is, therefore, inherent
in us, it has been the object of civiliza
tion to combat its progress and counter
act its effects by every means in its
power; hence the origin of law itself,
and the task of law makers from the
day3 of Moses down to the present time.
There is little doubt that in Mr, Cax
ton’s great work on the History of Hu
man Error, as sketched by Bulwer. the
progress of the blind goddess with the
sinister and dexter scale would have oc
cupied the major portion of the treatise,
for, great as evil is, more imposing still
is the power which controls it.
The state of society without law, of
which we have one or two prominent
instances in the history of the last cen
tury—an allusion to the French revolu
tion will be sufficient—becomes so
frightfully demoralized as to sink man
kind to the level of the brute creature ;
and thus even the most interior speci
mens of law making that we possess are
necessary to operate against the thou
sands of law-breakers there are in the
world. Epicurus certainly was not one
of the Stoics in his phyloeophy, but this
maxim of* his which we have quoted
. mi;, lit well have been numbered among
the principles and tenets of Zeno’s
disciples, for it is pregnant and practi
cal, and as pointed in the present day as
it was, perhaps, when first uttered so
many hundred years ago.
Granting, however, that laws are
necessary to human progress, tue phil
osphical enquirer is still as much at
fault as ever, for he becomes, as it
were, like Hamlet, plunged into a sea
ol troubles which no opposition will
limit, the moment he begins his search
into the mysteries of jurisprudence.
The name of laws is legion, and be
tween good laws and bad laws, and
what may be termed legal laws and
moral laws, there are as wide differ
ences and as great discrepancies as
exist among the several offenders and
offences against the same. A law may
be a good law and a necessary law,
and yet be a bad law speaking accord
ing to law ; while a bad and unjust
law, merely regarded as a piece of law
making, becomes good when weighed
in the same forensic balance. This
seems paradoxical, but it is a fact
which can be easily proved by ex
amining the legal code of any country.
Law itself is good and necessary, but
law-making has by no means advanced
to the dignity of a science, and is conse
quently at the mercy of the merest tyro
who, puffed up by the pride of transient
authority, desires to dabble his Angers
in Themis’ pie, and finishes with leading
blind J ustice into the gutter. No wonder
that there are so many breakers of the
law when the law itself invites destruc
tion. It is so patchworked with prece
dents and hampered by technicalities
that the rogue gets off scot free while
the honest man often stumbles into a
pitfall. There are thousands of 'acts
and statutes at present existing in the
laws of England and of Americu —the
latter of which is founded on the former,
and partakes of its errors —which might
just us well be swept away. They are
♦ of no earthly utility, and they are known
at their just worth by the men who tnake
a study ol jurisprudence; while, as they
are unknown to the general throng, to
them their existence is a thing of naught.
Simplicity, one would tbiuk, should be
the acme of justice, and yet it is the
exception and not the rule. Law, as it
is at present understood, is like Sanskrit
or hieroglyphics; it requires a lifetime
to acquire the art of setting about how
to acquire" it. Take Bottom, in The
Midsummer Night's Dream, it is so
translated that even its oldest friends
know it not under its new shape. Shades
of Blackstone and Coke, Littleton and
Eldon, arise in judgment on the law
makers of the nineteenth century!
In all things there should he a system
in order to nurture them on u fair basis;
and why should there not be one in this?
Let us have a school of law makers, by
all means; and likewise a school of
offender-. Let each graduate in some
especial point of legal intricacy, •» each
does in crime; aud if we mete out a
heavier punishment to the bigamist or
robber than to thorn* guilty oHeas.-r fel
onies, let the most ingenious decision of
the bench be honored with somd special
recognition Iroiu the exeeu ive or from
the people. The American bar and the
American bench ere not by sny means
what we would wish them to be. It
makes n mockery of law when we read
of some yerdict being given which an
nuls every idea of justice and morality.
We do not mention any particular in
stauees, but the readers of the daily
papers will fit and umplo food fire imiuent
in the decisions given each dav in the
sittings of the various courts. By some
technical farce or oilier, they will see
that criminals are continually escaping
the just cousequences of their acts.
Some plea is allowed weight which
should never for a moment he tolerated,
nnd influences admitted which contra
vene directly the idea of impartiality,
which ought, at least, to be kept up. It
i-eems never to be reflected that those
decisions of the venerable benchers of
New York are so many specimens of
law making; tor, acting as precedents,
they disarm the laws themselves ol their
very force. Itichard Sheridan once ob
served with reference to the laws of
England that he could drive a coach and
hor.-cs through any act of Parliame t,
but we much wonder whether a whole
train of cars might uot be propelled
through a statute of Congress. The
judges seem to go each man on his own
opinion, without any reference to law or
the commentaries thereon, and the li
brary ot Themis gradually expands with
folios of rubbishy precedents. Law
breaking thus grows a driving and un
firofitable, as it is useless, trade ; and
aw breakers combine in these evil
doinirs.
There are so many cities of refuge
provided within the statutes ot the
justice book, so many loopholes for
chicanery and fraud to sneak through
and escape, that no man need trouble
himself at committing any offence in
the necalogue or calendar short of mur
der, und eveu that often becomes justi
fled under the appellation homicide.
Law making aud law breaking go hand
in hand together. It is a pitiful thing
for any one who takes an interest in
the “proper study ot mankind” to read
of the number of criminals there are in
this land of ours. But as long as lalse
law exists and reason deliberately
spreads a veil of flimsy dust across the
eyes of truth, such will he the case.
Instead of trying to better our legal
code by revising it and restoring it
back to its original simplicity, the law
makers of the period interpret Epicu
rus wrongly, and seem to think that
-the worst laws only are necessary iu
this age of falsehood aud crime.
GEORGIA ITEMS.
We failed to notice a sad accident
which happened in the family of Rev.
Mr. Cramer, formerly ot St. James’
Church, aud now stationed at Madison.
A servant girl was holding his sick child
by the fire, when the clothes of the ser
vant caught fire, and communicated to
those of the child. She threw the child
on the bed, in which Mr. Cramer was
lying, and before she could extinguish
her clothes, was so badly burned that she
died. Mr. Cramer succeeded in saving
the child, but in doing so was bimsel 1
painfully burned. The bed and curtains
caught fire and the house was saved
with difficulty.
The storehouse of Dr. T. N. Pitts, of
Newberii, Newton county, was burned
on the night of the 30th ult., with its
contents, including $4,000 in money.
Rev. W.‘E. Hamilton, a talented and
highly esteemed minister of the Presby
terian Church, has become a citizen of
Bainbridge and pastor of the Church of
that denomination in that city.
Mr3. Dr. Dannelly has written an
heroic epic on the burning of Colum.
bia.
Rev. G. W. Pratt proposes to start a
paper in Apalachicola, Fla.
The Savannah News says that on
Saturday morning the train on the At
lantic and Gulf road, near the Withla
coochee bridge, ran over an unknown
man, cutting his body in two.
The new fire engine for Savannah is
completed, and on a trial a few days
ago got up steam in seven mmntes,
and with a nozzle 1J inches, and 6 inch
pressme threw a distance of 175 feet;
with 8 inch pressure, she threw 200 feet.
Pool and Hunt are the builders.
On last Sabbath the rile ot confirms’
tion was administered to 35 persons, by
Bishop Wilmer, in Columbus.
Owing to some illegality in the re
turns from Catoosa county, in the late
election for Judge, the returns have
been thrown out, which gives Judge
James Milner a majority ot 20 votes
over Colonel J. A. W. Johnson, who,
the Cartersville Express learns, will
contest the election.
The Thomasville Enterprise states
that large numbers of the freedmen of
the lower part of Thomas county have
been persuaded to go to East Florida
and other points, and many farms here'
tofore well cultivated must now be
neglected or only cultivated in; part.
Tbe town of Thomasville has been
relieved of soldiers, and is again a quiet
and peaceable place.
Tbe Bainbridge Argus says tbat the
bed of Flint River,, for several miles
both above and below the city, is covered
with a deep stratum of lime rock, which
iu several places forms its banks for
considerable distances, and that few
points offer superior advantages for the
erection of manufactories and other
machinery establishments. Let the
people ot Bainbridge be thnnkful for
wbat nature has done for them, and
make the most of their natural advan
tages.
Rents in GoTHiv.a-The landlords In
New York are now making contracts for
rents for the next year—the first ol May
being the beginning of the rent year.
They are trying to get The prices of last
year, but the papers, declare tbat the (
income every man in the city
is less than in 1865, and must be still
less in' 1867, and therefore landlord,,
must reduce their rents. We hope they
may, nnd that thus, in one respect, at
least, the solid men of New York will
set an example worthy of imitation far
ther South.
8; ecial Notice*.
NOTICE.—NOTIC eYs HERE
by given to all concerned, tbat, oa Tues
day last, at I‘ublle Outcry, «« bought of
Day A Inman, a House and Lot, fronting
nu Calhoun street 41 feat, betwoen Wash
ington and Centre, running back toward
Fenwick street 178 feet ; sold as the prop
erly of Fanny Howard, aliae Fanny James,
(i Hut Georgia James. All persons ara
warned that we shall Insist in lnw upon
having titles made to us for the premises—
having paid in part for the same, and ten
dered the balance of the purchase money.
micuabl McDonald,
fo7—tf MALACIII DORLAN.
ENOCH LODGE OF PER
FECTION.—The Regular Meeting will be
bold THIS EVENING, at 7 o’clook.
Ily order
J. D. Butt, T.-.P.-.M.-.
WM. R. SCIIIRMER,
fc7—lt Secretary.
Consigners per Central Raii.uoad,
Fob 7—Twiname A S, Phillips A Cos, J O
M A Cos, W F Brodnax, Cook A M, John
Ross, Sherman A J, B fk S, C II Warner,
Platt Bros, D Sidling, P Fleming, l evy A
J, II Myers, C A Robbe, 0 A D, J McAn
drews, G A A, 0 M, Schofield, W it Cos, J C
Galvan, A, Myers A M, W II Tutt, G A J
ltappold, T W Apel, J G Bailie A Bro,
A Bleakley, J Farrow, D L Fullerton,
H Caffin, J C Galvan, J W Oetjen, Mrs E T
Belt, C H Prince, M P Stovall, W II
barton.
PUBLIC MEETING.—ALL
Citizens disposed to unito in an effort to
establish a Public Library in Augusts, are
invited to attend s meeting, to be held at
the Rooms of the Young Men’s Association,
on the corner of Mclntosh and Ellis streets,
on FRIDAY' EVENING, the Btb inst., at
7 P. M. fe6—3t
TO MEDICAL STUDENTS.—
We are prepared to furnish the Graduating
Class with the Choicest Mediciuos and
Chemical Reagents, at the very lowest
prices. A carefully selected outfit, to meet
the requirements of a Country Practitioner,
furnished for Fitty Dollars.
STEVENSON A SHELTON,
Pharmaceutists, 288 Broad Street,
fe(3—St Established in 1823.
BUREAU OF R., F. AA. L. j
Office A. S. A. Commissioner, s
Augusta, Ua., Jan. 2D, 1867. J
ORDER NO. 1.
osg“ INFORMATION HAVING
been received at this office that numerous
parties are in this city employing Freodmcn
for laborers; that some of these parties are
in the habit of giving the Freedmen liquor
for the purpose of inducing them to sign
contracts, also inducing them by this means
to violate contracts previously made.
Therefore, it is hereby ordered, That no
contract will be considered binding until
approved at these Headquarters, neither
will any contract be considered binding
when made through the influence of intoxi-'
eating liquors ; neither will the advancing
of money or rations have any effect in
binding the parties made in relation of
this order. W. F. WHITE,
febl—tf Capt A A. 8. A. Com.
MRS. HEUISLER WOULD
inform the Ladies of Augusta that she is
prepared to do Braiding and Embroidery,
and desires a liberal share of their patron
age. Fancy worsted work also taught.
Corner Broad aad Lincoln streets, No. 53.
ja29 -ts
DENTISTRY.—DR. D. S.
WRIGHT, successor to bis
brother, the late Dr. Cnas.
M. Wrigut, will continue
tbo business, in all the branches of tbe
Profession, at the old Parlors, No. 258
Broad street, two doors above the Globe
lintel- ja!7—tf
MRS. PICQUET WOULD IN
FUKM the Ladies of Augusta tbat sbe is
prepared to dc Dressmaking, Plain Sewing,
and Braiding, and desires a liberal share of
their patronage. She can be found at tbe
corner of GREENE and CENHIE STS.
No. 96. ja23—tf
Pilil!u!mEß.
212 BROAD STREET,
AUGUSTA, GA.
jalO—tf
YARNS."
Georgia factory (white’s)
CELEBRATED YARNS,
BY THE BALE,
A constant supply at Factory Prices, for
sale by
ja23—tf D. R. WRIGHT fk CO.
Alexandre’s Kid Gloves,
ENGLISH HOSE ...
And Half hose—
And a variety of other Goods.
Just received by
ja22—tf D. K. WRIGHT A CO.
Miss Lucy J. Read
Having improved her facili
ties FOR MAKING
Grain and Flour Sacks,
WILL MAKE
From this date, until further notice,
BURLAPS OR DUNDEE SACKS,
For Two and a Half Cents.
OSNABURGS AND SHIRTING SACKS,
For Two Cents.
ft3—6t L. J. READ.
Domestic Woods,
RICHMOND STRIPES
OSNABURGS
BROWN SHIRTINGS and SHEETINGS
BLEACHED SHIRTINGS-
And SHEETINGS,
All qualities, for sale at low prices, by
ja22—lf D. R. WRIGHT * CO.
New Advertisements.
Intelligence Office*
Advertising and Business Agency.
Having opkneit-an office at
296 BROAD STREET, we will attend
to any business entrusted to us with
promptness.
We will attend to the hiring of Field
Laborers for farmers, or servants, either
white or colored, for the citlieua of Au
gu»<* and vicinity.
We will also attend to the sale, lease, or
renting of Real Estate.
All who ore idle should coll and register
their names, and we will assist them m
finding situations.
JEFFERSON A BROWN,
296 Broad street, Augusta, Ga.,
Up c fairs, over Fleming A Rowland.
fc7— Stood
Hice! nice!
2Q TIERCES PRIME NEW
CAROLINA RICE,
Just received, on consignment, and for
sale low, by
BLAIR, SMITH A CO,
fe6—St 298 Broad street.
Whiskey.
BBLS. WHISKEY—
VARIOUS BRANDS
On consignment and for sale low, by
BLAIK, SMITH <f* CO.,
fe6—6t 298 Broad street.
Take Notice.
TO ALL WHOM IT MAY CONCERN !
Thirty days after date, i
shall, with the consent of my Husband,
become a FREE TRADER, and shall hold
my own estate separate from that of my
Husband, THOMAS O’CONNOR, and shall,
according to law, sue and be sued in my
own proper name, for my own contracts.
MARY O’CONNOR. [L. S.]
•
I consent to my wife, MARY O’CONNOR
to become a FREE TRADER in every
sense of the term.
THOMAS O’CONNOR. [L. S.]
Test; H. B. Kemine, W. C. Dillon.
FOSTER BLODGETT,
Notary Public, Richmond co., Ga.
Augusta, Ga., Feb. 5, 1867.
fe6—3ol*
Take Notice!
TO ALL WHOM IT MAY CONCERN.
Thirty days after date, i
shall, with the consent of ray husband,
become a FREE TRADER, and shall hold
my own property separate from his, and i?
ray own business transactions, shall sue.
and be sued in rav own proper name.
MARY HEALY. [L. S.]
I consent to my wife, MARY IIEALY.
to become a FREE TRADER.
MICHAEL HEALY. [L. B.]
Augusta, Ga., Feb. 4, 1867.
Test: H. B. Ketnine, W. C. Dillon.
FOSTER BLODGETT,
Notary Public Richmond co., Ga.
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PICTURES
OF THE LATE
Bishop Elliott,
wim HIB
EPISCOPAL ROBES, OR IN ORDJ
NARY ATTIRE,
nr *
NOW HEADY!
AND FOR S ALE AT
PERKINS’ GALLERIES
192 BROAD STREET,
AUGUSTA, GA.,
(Next door above the Daily Press Office)
AND
BROUGHTON ST., SAVANNAH, GA.
(Opposite Marshall House),
AT TIIE FOLLOWING PRICES, to wit
Size Bxlo, for Framing $1 00 each.
Cardes dc Visite, for Albums.. 25 “
“ , “ “ .. 225 per doz
A liberal discount to the trade.
PICTURES, single or by the dozen, per. (
by mail to any address to those enclosing
stamp for postage and price of Pictures, a*
above. ja22—tf
WRAPPING PAPER
A LARGE LOT OF VARIOUS SIZES
and qualities, just received. Also, an
additional supply ot Books and Stationery,
and a great variety of Fancy Goods. For
sale by THUS. RICHARDS Sc SON.
feb2—4*
1867. 1867.
DRY GOODS
AT WHOLESALE!
D. R. WRIGHT & CO. ;
(Globe Hotel Building),
250 Broad Street, Augusta, Oa.
WE BUY FROM FIRST HANDS—
MANUFACTURERS, AGENTS, and
IMPORTERS. Goods arriving almost daily.
COUNTRY MERCHANTS
need go no farther. We aro prepared to
show them a very complete and
choice assortment of
staple And fancy goods,
NOTIONS, Etc., Etc., Etc.,
at prioes as fo4r tal they can lay them down,
bought of Northern Jobbers. For proof,
EXAMINE OUR STOCK!
jrtlfi—2m
PRINTS.
A FEW CASES—
NEW STYLES—
At Wholesale or Retail, cheap, at
ja22—tf D. R. WRIGHT dc CO’S.
Amusements.
Concert Hall.
Positively for One Week Only!
COMMKKCINB
MONDAY EVENING,'Fr.fi. 11th, 1867.
THE WONDERFUL AND WORLD
FAMOUS HANLON BROTHERS
nod their great European Combination—
look a, the array of taIent—WILLIAM
HANLON, GEORGE HANLON, ALFRED
HANLON, the acknowledged Champion
Gymnasts and Athletes of the world Pro
lessor W. TANNER, of London, England,
nnd his wonderful performing truupe of
Dogs and Monkeya. S.nurita KOSETI,
Principal Dauseuse and Tight Hope Per
former, from the Grand Opera, Madrid.
Mans. HENRI AGOUBT, tbe most extra
ordinary Juggler, Dancer, and Panto
rnimist. M’ile. AUGUSTINE, Premier
Dauseuse and Pantomintist, from the
Parisian Theatres. Tbe latest European
Novelties, the Sphynx, Illuminated Foun
tain Golden Shower, and the HANLON’S
, mirth-provoking Shadow Pantomine, form
■ ing >h« greatest combination of artistic
I talent ever witnessed.
Notwithstanding the great expense at
tending the engagement of the above mam
moth organization, the management have
resolved upon the following reasonable
PRICES OF ADMISSION i
Parquette. SI.OO ; Gallery, 75 ceDts ;
Freedmen, 75 cents.
Seats can be secured three days iD ad
vance at J. C. Schreiner A Sons’ Book
Store.
GRAND HANLON MATINEE,
SATURDAY AFTERNOON, at THREE
O’CLOCK.
Children to MatiDee, 50 cents. No half
price at nights.
C. AMORY BRUCE, Advance Agent.
MORRIS SIMMONDS, Manager.
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Concert Hall.
Opens MONDAY Night, Feb 4th,
And every night during the week, with
the exception of Thursday.
GRAND MATINEE, SATURDAY, 3 P. M.
AT RRprOED PRICES.
The most Remarkable Exhibition of the age !
The Celebrated Miltonian Tableaux of
JParadise Lost,
The same which visited Augusta last sea
son, and which has attracted so much atten
tion in all of the large cities of the South,
the past year. Together with tbe latest
European Sensation, by Gustav Dore and
John Martin, Tableaux of the
APOCALYPSE,
OR THE BOOK OP REVELATIONS ILLUSTRATED.
Price of Admission 75 cts.; Children, 50
cents. Secured Seats, $1.00; Gallery, 50 cts.
Doors open at 7, commence at 7J o’clock.
Diagram of Hall, and Tickets for sale at
the Music Store of J. C. Schreiner dc Sons.
f*3—lw
Public Lecture.
BY INVITATION FROM THE CITI
ZENS of Augusta, an ADDRESS will
be delivered by the Right Rev. Dr. LYNCH,
Bishop of Charleston, on
Thursday Evening Next, 7th inst.,
AT THE
COKCEKT IIALL,
To commence at 8 o'clock.
Subject—TllE EARLY HISTORY OF
AMERICA.
Proceeds to be devoted in aid of the
Orphans of South Carolina, made destitute
‘ by the war.
Tickets, One Dollar May be purchased
at the Book Stores of Messrs. Oates, Rich
ards, and Schreiner. fe3—4t
AN OI tUMNANVE
'To Add to, Alter, and Amend the Eighty
seventh Section of the General Ordinance
of the City of Augusta.
SEC. I. lie it Ordained by the City Council
of Augusta , and it is hereby Ordainrd by the
authority of the same, That the Recorder’s
Court shall bo held daily at 10 o'clock A.
M.. for the trial of all violations of the City
Ordinances that may be reported to said
Court ; and for all failures on the part of
t ie Recorder in attending the daily session
of said Court a corresponding reduction bhall
be made in his salary.
Sec. 11. And be it further Ordained , That
all Ordinances and parts of Ordinances mil
itating against this Ordinance bo, aud the
same aro hereby repealed.
Done in Council this Ist day of February,
A. D-, 1867. JOHN FOSTER,
[L. S.] Mayor C. A.
Attest : L. T. Blome, C. C.
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REGISTRY LIST OPENED.
REGISTRY CLERK’S OFFICE, 1
City llall, Augusta, Ga., Jan. 14, 1867.)
THE REGISTRY LIST IS NOW OPEN
at m3' office for the purpose of register
ing the names of, and giving certificates to,
the legal voters of the City of Augusta, in
accordance with the Act of the Georgia Leg
islature, approved Februar}* 18th, 1856, and
with the City Ordinance providing for
carrying said Act into effect, the said list to
he kept open until the first Monday in April
next.
Office hours daily (Sundays excepted)
from 9 o'clock A. M. to 2 o'clock P. M.
Each and every applicant, before register
ing, will be required to take the following
oath :
“You do solemnly swear that you are a
citizen of the United States; that you have
resided in the State of Georgia for the last
two years, aud iu this City for the last six
months ; that you are 21 years of age ; that
you have paid all City taxes and assessments,
aud have made all returns required of you
by the City Ordinances which have been in
your power to pay or make, according to
said Ordinances; and that you are uow
entitled to registration, and thereupon to.
vote, according to the terms of the Act of
the General Assembly, in the State, in such
cases made and provided, so help you, God V*
JOHN C. GREEN,
ials—id Registry Clerk.
Tax Notice.
CLERK OF COUNCIL'S OFFICE,)
Augusta, Ga., Jan. 18, 1867. )
ALL PERSONS LIABLE FOR CITY
TAXLS (except those who are re
quired to make Quarterly Returns), are
hereby notified that the CITY TAY DIGE&T
for 1867 is now open, at my office, aud will
remain open until the first day of March
next, by which time all returns must he
made. All those who fail to returu by that
time will be returned for double taxation,
aud a fine of not less than $lO per day for
each day of such failure to return.
fpgT Offico hours from 9 o’clock, A. M.,
to 1 o'clock, P. M ; und from 3 o’clock, P.
M., to 5 o'clock, P. M., daily (Sundays
excepted). L. T. BLOME,
jal9—td Clerk of Council.
ESTABLISHED IN 1850.
Extensive and attractive sup
plies of Rich Jewelry, Gold and Silver
Watches, and solid rdlverware of every de
scription, Diamond Rings and Pins, Ladies’
Gold Leontine and Chatelaine Chains, Gent’s
Guard, Vest, and Feb’ Chains, Wedding
Rings, Bridal Setts of Pearls,
ALSO,
STERLING SILVER
FOR
BRIDAL FH ' S^NTS
AND a great variety <IJ
FAMY All lie LBS).
Fine Watches and Jewelry repaired at
A. PRoVIAIiT’K UI.D STAND,
163 Dread street.
One door below Augusta Hotel.
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Auction Sales.
IST inety Head
OF FINE YOONO
MULES AND HORSES
AT
PUBLIC AUCTION.
ON THURSDAY, 7th FEBRUARY
next, J will sell at Public Auction, in
front of Palace Stables, Augusta, Ga.,
without reserva,
SIXTY-FIVE HRAD OP FINE
YOUNG MULES,
Three and four years old, broks and un
broke, ranging in height from fourteen to
fifteen and a half b.nds.
More than fifty head of these Mules were
received this day, direct from Kentucky,
and are pntupon tbe market upon the idea
that “Quick Sales and Small Profits” are
best for both buyer aud seller, and embrace
as GOOD STOCK as any to be found in
thin or any of the Western States.
TWENTY-FIVE HEAD OF
HOUSES
r * e y •- » - - . ' i
Os all classes, including several pairs of
first class Carriage and Family Horses, to
gether with Horses for the single harness,
saddle, and plow. In short, if you want
Stock for any purpose, come to this sale.
Parties sending in Stock for the sale, must
do so a day or two prior to the day of sale;
for selling whieh a small Commission will
bo charged.
TERMS CASH.
M. A. DEHONEY,
Proprietor Palace Stables.
Augusta, Ga, Feb. 1, 1867.
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Groceries and Liquors.
BAGS!
GRAIN BAGS ! FLOUK BAGS I
WE HAVE ON HAND AND WILL
keep a constant supply of
g BUSHEL BURLAPS BAGS.
BUSHEL BURLAPS BAGS.
£ BUSHEL SHIRTING BAGS,
gg LB. FLOUR BAGS.
LB. FLOUR BAGS.
Orders to any extent filled promptly.
J. 0. MATHEWSON A CO.
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Bacon for Sale.
IQQ TIERCES
WRV SALTED BACON!
In quantities to suit.
Will sell it at my Horse Auction, in front
of the PALACE STABLES—whore a sam
ple may be seen—on
THURSDAY, THIJ 7th INSTANT,
At 12 o'clock, precisely,
By the single package, w ith the privilege,
if not sold privately before,
fed—td M. A. DEIIONEY.
Whiskey! Whiskey!
100 BARRELS wiuskey >
C/Y BARRELS J. N. NEAL’S
OKJ CELEBRATED ItYE WHISKEY
Cf Y BARRELS ADAM CROW’S
OLD BOURBON
On hand and for sale low by
jal9—lm A. STEVENS.
Bacon, Flour, Cora, Etc
on BOXES CLEAR SIDES, TO AR
rive this week ;
500 bbls. FLOUR, to arrive this week;
New Tennessee CORN, carload to ar
rive ;
10 hhds. bright New Orleans SUGAR;
5 bbls. choice New Orleans SYIIUP;
50 bbls. Refined SUGAR,
For sale low by
C. A. WILLIAMS & CO.
ja2fl—ls
GROCERIES
OF THE BEST QUALITY
Wholesale and Retail.
Norfolk Oysters,
FRESH AND FINE.
For sale by
JAS. STOGNER A CO.,
jatß—tf 308 Broad street.
Fish and Oysters,
GAME,
ft *j. POULTRY,
VEGETABLES,
FAMILY GROCERIES
OF EVERY DESCRIPTION
Always on hand
and for sale low.
CALL AND SEE ME.
WM. HALE (Colored),
Washington street,
between Broad and Ellis.
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ON CONSIGNME NT
CA DOZ. BROOMS, ASSORTED SIZES
and qualities, very cheap.
bbls. common to fine OLD RYE.
2 bbls. N. E. RUM.
ALSO,
SVPER-PHOSPIIATES
AND
BOISTE DUST
For sale cheap for cash by
JAMES STOGNER A CO.,
febl —ts r .808 Broad 6treet.
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VALENTINES, VALENTINES!
SELECT VARIETY,
AT
MISS LUCY J. READ’S,
fo3 —lw 326 Broad street.^
Carpets & Upholstery.
Hew Supplies
OF
CARPETS!
MATS,
H U Gr S,
DRUGGETTS,
FLOOR OIL CLOTHS
TABLE OIL CLOTHS,
Window Shades,
PICTURE TASSELS,
Cord and Kails,
COCOA AND^CANTON
MATTINGS,
WALL PAPER
AND
SOIIIIE
Lace Curtains,
JR NEW STYLES,
WITH FINISHED BORDERS !
DAMASK, REP, AND MUSLIN
CURTAINS!
' CORNICES,
Bands and Pins!
JUST RECEIVED,
IN NEW STYLES
AND AT
REDUCED PRICES!
The attention of those in want of sucb
articles is invited to the above New and
Beautiful
LINE OF GOODS!
J. G. BAILIE & BRO.,
205 BEGAD STREET.
Groceries!
Anew and beautiful stock of
GROCERIES just received, embrac
ing all of those
Fancv Groceries
required about Christmas times.
ALSO,
Tablo and Cooking WINES,
OLD BRANDY,
OLD WHISKEY,
RUM, and GIN.
5 kegs Pure Old IRISH and SCOTCH
WHISKEY.
Just arrived and for sole by
JAS. G. BAILIE ft BRO.,
a , ABROAD STREET
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City Ordinances.
' AIS OUDIKAXCE ~
To authoriie tbe issue of Bonds of the Clt.
Council ot Augusta, to the amount of
hundred thousand dollars. D °
Sec. I. Be it Ordained Ly tke Oitu Can
oil of Augneta, and it ie kertby Ordained U
tke Authority of tke eame, That his IlonoT
the Mayor, be, and he is hereby authorised
and required to have mad., uod«r the seal
and in tbe name of the City Council of Au
gusta, Ninety five Bonds of On# Tboosand
Dollars each, numbered from odc to ninety,
five, inctufive, and Ten Bonds of Five Hon
dred Dollars each, numbered from one t 0
ten, inclusive, said Bonds to be marked c
and A, dated the first day ot March
Eighteen Hundred and Sixty-seven, « n j
payable to Wm. Johnston, or bearer, on the
first day of March, Eighteen Hundred and
Eighty-eight, bearing interest from the dite
of said Bonds at tbe rote of seven per cent,
per annum, aud the interest payable iemi
anoualy on the first days of September
and March in earh year, according to the
Coupons to be annexed to said Bonds, which
said Bonds and Coupons shall be signed by
ti e Mayor and countersigned by the Clerk
of Council of tbe City of Augusta.
Ssc. lie And be it further Ordained, That
His Honor, the Mayor, is hereby authorized
and required to deliver said bonds Vo the
Presidefat of the Columbia and Augusta
Railroad, or to any person authorized to re
ceive the same, in payment on the part of
the City Council of Augusta to their sub
scription to the Capital Stock of the Colum
bia and Augusta Railroad Company, upon
the signing and completion of tbo contract
entered into between the City CouDciiof
Augusta and the President snd Directors of
the said Columbia and Augusta Railroad
Company.
Sue. 111. And be it further Ordained,
That all Ordinances and ; arts of Ordinances
militating against this Ordinance be, and
the same are hereby repealed.
Done in Council, this Ist day of February,
A. D. 1867. JOHN FOSTER,
Mayor C. A.
Attest: L. T. Bloke, C C.
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AN OKDINANCJb',
To establish tbe Rates of Wharfage in the
City of Augusta.
Be it Ordained by the City Connr.il of
AuguHto, and it ie 1 ertby Orda-ned by the
authority of the eame, That from and after
the passage of this Ordinaure, the rates us
Wharfage in said City shall be as follows:
Andirons, brass, per pair, each 2c.; ditto.
Iron, per pair, each, lc.
Anvils, each, 4c.
Barrels of ail kinds, each, sc.
Bellows, smith’s, each 10c.; house do,
each, 2c.
Boilers, steam, each, $5.
Boxes axes, soap, candles, starch, choco
late, cheese, figs, dates, indigo, prunes,
raisins, segars, herrings, tin plates, pipes,
oil,.cordials, liquors, and wines, each, 3c.
Boxes oranges and lemons, each, sc.
Buriat cases, full size, 50c.; small do, 25c.
Boxes tobacco, each, 4c.
Boxes segars, each, 10c.
Bales aud trunks of dry goods and shoes,
lie. per cubic foot.
Boxes, etc., same proportion.
Bales gunny bagging, each, 15c.
Bales Cotton, each, 10c.
Bales carpets, domestics, yarns, etc., each,
sc.
Bales hay, fodder, etc., each, 61c.
Bales rope, per coil, each, 4c.
Bacon, per box, 10c.
Bolts bagging, osnaburgs, etc., each, 3c.
Butts and casks, 200 gallons and upward,
30c.
Butts, empty, 10c.
Brick aud tile, per thousand, 25c.
Barrows, wheel, each, 124 c.
Bags coffee, pepper, ginger, etc., each, 4c.
Bags guano and other fertilizers, each, 3c.
Bureaus, each, 15c.
Bundles brooms, collars, bames, scythes,
pans, sifters, spades, shovels, trees aud axo
helves, spokes, hubs, etc., each, sc.
Cordage, large coils, each, 6Jc.
Cotton gins, each, 25c.
Cotton planters, each, 10c.
Cultivators and c m shelters, each, 12*c.
( rates crockery, hardware, etc., each, 2oc.
Carte, gigs, buggies, sulkies, etc., each,
60c.
Carriages, barouches, 4 wheel, each, 51.25.
Chairs, sitting, each, le ; rocking, each, 2c.
Copper, per bar, 3c.
Castings, hollow ware, etc., under 40 lbs.,
la.
Castings, over 40 lbs., per 100 lbs., 3c.
Castings, grates, stoves, etc.. lUc.
Carboys vitriol, etc., each, 10c.
(’able chains, per ton, 50c.
Corn wills, hand, each, 10c.
Corn mills, horse, each, 25c.
Coal, per ton, 50c.
Cattle, per head, 25c.
Demijohns, lull, each, 3c.: empty,each, 2c.
Gunpowder, in kegs, each, sc.
Gunpowder, half barrels, each, 25c.
Grain of all kinds, in bulk, per bushel, Jc.
Grain, per sack,2 bushels and under, lie.;
over 2 bushels, |c. per bushel.
Hogsheads sugar, molasses, bacon, etc.,
each, 15c.
Hampers of bottles, each, sc.
Hampers potatoes, each, 3c.
Harrows, each, 10c.
Hides, each, Ic.
Hides, per bale, each, 10c.
Horse powers, each, 25c.
Horses, jacks, mules, etc., 37£c.
Jugs and jars, each, 2c.
Jugs and jars, empty, lc.
Iron, bar and pig, per ton, 50c.
Ice, per ton, 50c.
Jack screws, each, 2c.
Kegs nails, liquor, etc., each, 4c.
Kegs paint, small, lc.
Kegs paint, large, 2c.
Kitts fish, each, 3c.
Lime in casks or boxes, 6c.
Load, per 100 lbs., 4c.
Leather, per bale, Bc.
Lumber, per 1,000 feet, 40c.
Mowing machines, each, 50c.
Mill machinery, heavy, per ton, 50c.
, Marble, per ton, 50c.
Nests tubs, buckets, measures, baskets,
etc., each, sc.
Paper, wrapping, per ream, 2c.
Paper, printing, per bale of 2 reams, sc.
Pipes liquor, 100 gallons, 10c.
Pipes liquor, 60 gallons, 10c.
Pianos, each, 25c.
Plows, each, 3c,
Quarter casks liquor, etc., Bc.
Rice, per tierce, 10c.
Slate, per ton, 75c.
Salt, in sacks, each, Bc.
Salt, in bulk, per bushel, |c.
Sideboards, each, 25c.
Sofas and settees, each, 20c.
Stones, grind, each, 3c.
Stones, mill, each, s*'c.
Shot, in bags, each, lc.
S’eel, per ton , 50c.
Shingles, per 1,000, 25c.
£*ills and sugar boilers, each, 25c.
Tables, each, 10c.
Tables, extension, 15c.
Tierces hardware, stc . 10c.
Tea, per chest, large, sc.
Tea, per chest, small, 3c.
Threshing machines, each, 25c.
Tub-bail, each, 10c.
Vices, smith's, Bc.
Wood, per cord, if t&keo away upon ar
rival, 20c.
Wood, per cord, remaining on wharf two
days, 25c.
Wagons, common two horse and pedlars,
50c-
Wagons, four horse, 75c.
Sec. 2. Re it further Ordained , That all
goods, wurcs, and merchandise, uot herein
specified, shall be charged pro rata, in tbe
discretion of the Wharfinger, and ail goods
remaining on wharf over twelve hours shall
bo liable tor extra wharfage for every subsc*
quent twenty-four hours, such goods may
remain ou wharf.
Sec. 3. And be it further Ordained, That
a ’l Ordinances and parts of Ordinances,
militating against this Ordinance, he and
the same aro hereby rcpca'od.
‘Done in Council this Ist day of February,
A. D., 1867 JOHN FOSTER,
Attest: Mayor.
L. T- Bloke, C. C.
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VALENTINES!
VALENTINES !
Also new books—the youth’s
(Southorn) History of the War, St
Elmo, The Merchant of Berlin, etc., at
QUINN’S NEWS DEPOT,
j#3l—2w 189 Broad strest.