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The DAILY PHKSS I. nl.o the
Official Paper •* «he CUjr of
Augusta, toarln* been elected by
the City Council a. their Official
orfan.
Action ▼*. Non-Action.
We are not among those who far or
the do nothing, Micawber line of policy
—which allows the opportunity for suc
cessful action to pass, iu waiting tor
something to turn up. Nor are we for
action that is hasty and precipitate. Iu
the startling whirl of events which is
creating such paintul changes in our
social and political fabric, we are co n*
fronted by issues which call for prompt
and decisive action.
When the team of the wagoner got
fast in the mud, and he stood passively
invoking the gods, Jupiter told him to
put his shoulder to the wheel, and he
reached the top of the hill in safety.
It is difficult to conceive of a more
trying position —of a deeper or more
disagreeable Slough of Despond—than
that in which the South is placed by
the Military bill ; and every considera
tion of patriotism, as well as policy, dei
mands wise and earnest and immediate
effort to find the safest mode of extrica
tion.
It is the conviction of wise and good
men, that it the provisions of the Mili
tary bill go into operation, and we relnse
to accept the mode of reconstruction
pointed out therein, a severer plan will
be adopted, in which most of our people
heretofore voters or property holders
will be disfranchised and impoverished-
But it is declared to be unworthy and
dishonorable to accept terms that are
unjust and odious trom considerations
of policy, or to save our property. Do
we escape the terms by refusing to ac
cept them ? Do we get out of the mud
by standing still and calling on the gods?
It is said that the Supreme Court may
come to our aid. We confess we despair
of relief from that quarter ; but we need
take no step that will deprive us of the
benefit of its decisions. If help comes
from that source, it must come speedily,
and, in the meantime, we lose no right
by promptly accepting the terms of the
bill, should it be declared to be law. The
organization of that tribunal is such
that unless the law is resisted, and an
immediate issue made by the President,
Congress will so enlarge the Court as to
deprive the South of any possible bene
fit from its action. Meantime, why not
accept events and endeavor to control
them ? Is there humiliation or dishonor
in aceepting the terms ol the conqueror?
In accepting the law we neither endorse
it as wise or just. We accept it just as
a general who is overpowered accepts
the terms of surrender offered him.
Were Lee or Johnston disgraced or dis
honored in their capitulation ?
The issue is made up—can we evade
it by non-action? We think not. The
bill provides that these States “shall be
entitled to representation in Congress.”
If we do not embrace the mode pointed
out under the acceptance of the bill, it
will unquestionably be forced upon us
by conventions in which those who are
now voters will have no voice—should
we be so fortunate as to escape with no
harsher measure. On this point—
though not exactly in support of this
policy—the Charleston Mercury says:
So far as the bill goes, the Southern
States might remain forever, if they
chose it, under military rule, rather than
use the means it requires, and fulfil the
conditions its prescribes for their admis
sion into the Union. We presume how
ever, that they will not be permitted to
do this in peace. (Italics ours.) Vol
untary meetings wiil most probably be
stimulated to be held, aud fraudulent
conventions will be gotten up, to give
the semblage of authority, to the en
forcement of the terms of this act, in the
constitutions, which will be thus fraud
ulently framed.
It is to avert such outrage, and to
prevent the violence likely to result,
and to gain a speedy restoration of
order and civil law, that we caution our
people against a policy of inaction. And
by action, we do not mean the precipi
tate avowal of any policy in advance of
a full knowledge of the scope and effect
of the bill, or in disregard of any
action of the Supreme Court. In a
very short time the President will un
doubtedly issue orders to the command
ants of the various departments. These
orders will inform us of the extent to
which onr present political forms will
be recognized—who may sit as Legis
lators or in Conventions—who vote—
and who administer the laws. In the
meantime, we would commend to our
readers the importance of preparing for
prompt and general action, and the
great responsibility ot choosing prompt
iy between this bill and the evils that
lie beyond its rejection.
A card appears in the Marietta
Journal, signed by Gen. A. J. Hausell,
Judge Irwin and other leading citizens,
expressive of respect and appreciation
for the conduct of Lieut. Wm. Mitchell,
who has had charge of the Freedmen’
Bureau iu that couuty.
ON TASTE.
A city editor, whose head is evidently
fUllsr of anything else than of a knowl
edge of French, copies a paragraph in
reference to the means used in Tennes
see, or elsewhere, to conciliate the freed
men, and adds:
It if rumored that the importance of
our dear colored people is already ap
preciated not a thousand milea from
here. Chacum son gaut.
Now we have no idea that the editor
intended in the above classical inusndo,
any allusion to the articles which
have appeared in the Daily Press,
counseling a spirit of kindness and con
ciliation between the two races in their
new relations, because he uever stoop
to notice us (save when he stooped to
take that bonus). We should not, there
fore, notice the paragraph, but from a
tense of duty as a journalist, which im
pels us to seek to preserve the lan
guage from the innovations ofignorance.
We venture to assert that the wretched
spelling and grammar of the little tit
bit of French which adorns the above
sentence cannot be beaten by the most
stupid negro organ this side of Tim
buctoo 1 Will our resptectable neighbor,
(though he has been to college) pardon
us for the intimation that his version of
the old maxim, U chacun and son gout" is
in very bad taste.
Gov. Jenkins' Opinion.
He thinks that the whole South sbonld
be united in whatever action may be
necessary to be taken, and fears that
precipitate action will not only divide
our people, but at the same time defeat
the ends proposed to be accomplishsd.
The questions involved in the enforce
ment of the Sherman Bill should be
submitted upon a proper case made, to
the action and decision of the Supreme
Court, and if that tribunal shall decide
against the constitutionality of the mea
sure, he hopes and believes there is
sufficient vitality lelt in the Government,
of the United States to enforce its de
crees ; but it the Court should, contrary
to his expectations, sustain the law, or
the Government prove powerless to
enforce its judgment, if in our favor, he
thinks it will be time enough then to
take into consideration the various plans
suggested for making the best we can
of ihe Sherman Bill.— Chronicle and
Sentinel, March 9.
It would be presumption in us to
offer an opinion differing from that of
onr most estimable Governor; but it is
possible that our daily examination of
papers from all portions of the South,
reflecting, as they do, the almost uni
versal acquiescence in the Sherman
bill, and the hope that the South will
show a disposition toward settling polit
ical differences by prompt reorganization
under the law as it now stands; may
lead us to believe the best interests, in
fact the safety of this country, can only
be found in prompt action by every
white man who is allowed to act, toward
an expression of willingness on our part
to make the best of the present unhappy
state of affairs.
The question of the validity of this
law cannot be brought before the Su
preme Court until some time next win
ter, and, judging the future by the past,
if, at the next regular meeting of the
Fortieth Congress in December, the
South is found waiting, as plaintiff, for
a decision of (he Supreme Court, having
taken no step except to defeat the ac
tion of Congress, will not the devilish
measures of Stevens, assisted by Butltr,
be enacted' ' •" pwlielming majorities?
We do not a, p-„ . to the fears of any,
but it is the part of wisdom for those
who have anything to lose, to think and
act for themselves.
The New York Times, March 6,
says:
There is little doubt that if the Presi
dent had adopted a middle or concila
tory course, had relaxed somewhat his
natural obstinacy and consulted with
Congress upon fbe most reasonable and
equitable mode of • reconstruction and
bringing our erring sisters of the South
once more around the warm and genial
family fireside of the Union, much good
might have been accomplished, and
those severe measures adopted by Con
gress in regard to military reconstruc
tion never have been conceived. But
the country must take the situation as
it stands. There will surely be no step
backward taken by Congress which
came into power yesterday ; and if the
President persists in his antagonism to
the will of the people, as expressed at
last elections, he may be likened to the
ship wrecked mariner who, with compass
lost, rudder unshipped, sails split and
blown to ntoms, dings to a solitary spar,
and, in the midst of a tempest, with the
breakers roaring and seething around
him, eries out, “no compromise with the
underwriters 1”
Perhaps our marine writer in the
“ Old Conservative," can tell us what
would be the proper course for this
shipwrecked mariner to do in order to
save the whole crew ?
[Prom the New York Times, March fith.
The Situation at the South
The temper in which the Southern
journals are discussing the Congres
sional plan of reconstruction is, on the
whole, creditable. Here and there an
article appears full of abuse and rebel
defiance; but, for the most port, there
is a remarkable moderation of tone and
a marked disposition to discountenance
causes of offence as between the Houth
ern people and the Nutional Govern
ment. There is an increase, moreover,
in the number of those who advocate
the acceptance of the terms prescribed,
as the best mode of escaping the rigors
and amioyauces of military authority
and regaining the full privileges ot
Statehood. The letter of ex-Governor
Brown lias operated beneficially upon
portions of the Georgia Press, ami added
strength to the journals which, like the
Savaimah Republican, favored the Con
stitutional Amendment prior to the
recent action of Congress. The ex
tremists who contended that the Amend
ment might he discarded with impunity
have lost caste with the people; and
writers who have kept silent on the sub
ject of ratification, or temperately hos
tile to it, now urge compliance with
the more summary conditions of the
new law. Even some who were not
temperate in their hostility, recognize
the chauging current of public opiuion,
and predict the speedy consummation of
the work. The Wilmington [IN. C.)
tbuTepeaks- a ta ‘ r lJpu oi this clm » Bud
“Ther* Is hut little doubt that the South
ern Bute* will make haata to falfill the re
quirement* of the Sherman bill in the event
tnat it shall become a law ; and that they
will do all they can speedily to rid them
selves of the military eurveiliance to which
they will be reduced under the operation of
that echetne.
This will ha dons with the hop* that
many of the disqualifications whioli wilt be
resultant, may be avoided, and that the
peace for wbioh they bare so ardently long
ed may be enjoyed. But whatever the
motive, there is loft no room to doubt that
prompt notion will be taken to avail them
selves of all the benefits to he derived by a
surrender of oppositiou to the purpurea of
the Radicals who wield the power of the
Federal Government.”
“In less than sixty days, ’ adds the
Dispatch, “we shall have u Convention,
whi.-h will have fixed things for North
Carolin
The occurrence of local elections in
several of the excluded States will ne
cessitate an early use of the means pro
vided by Congress, unless the present
constituencies are prepared to allow the
matter to go by default. Their inactiv
ity certainly will not prevent the asser
tion of its supremacy by the loyal ele
ineot. Virgiuia will be one of the first
States to feel its power. The municipal
election at Alexandria, yesterday, affords
a glimmering of the condition of affairs
that will be developed two months hence
throughout the State. The Richmond
Examiner, in an address “to the people
of Virginia,” plainly puts forward the
fact:
" On the fourth Thursday in May next,
if the terms of the act of Congress have
not, meanwhile, been fully complied with,
and your State restored—a result physically
impossible—an electiou will bo held in Vir
ginia for Governor, Lieutenant Governor,
Attorney General, and for members of the
Legislature. At that election all may vote
(and none others) who are qualified by this
act to vote. All will be eligible (and none
others) who are by the act made eligible.
Meanwhile, however, the necessary steps
will be taken by Radical whites, aud such
of the blacks as they can influence, to com
ply with the provisions of the act. * * •
If you continue to defy and resist the out
rages inflicted on you. by persisting in your
resolution to take uo part in the scheme, it
will pass almost without dissent, and will
bo recognized and accepted by Congress as
soon as ottered.”
The situation of Virgiuia is not pecu
liar. Elections will take place in Geor
gia, Alabama, Louisiana, and other
States long before any decision can be
rendered by the Supreme Court, As
suming, then, that the present Provis
ional .Governments for a time coexist
with the Military Government, and that
no independent movement toward a
Convention takes place, they will lapse
with the period for which their incum
bents have been elected. Then, if not
before, negro suffrage will come into
play; aud the rebel politicians who
managed to control the Atlanta meeting
wiil be disfranchised as well as excluded
from office. We repeat, all this will
occur mouths in advance of any possible
action of the Supreme Judicial y, to
whom dozens of our Southern cotempo
raries continue to look, as for deliver
ance. The futility of this reliance could
not be better stated than in the follow
ing sentences frbm the World, which
has vainly exercised its ingenuity in
attempting to discover methods ol trus
trating the law :
“The greatest expedition and celerity
cannot secure a decision lrofii the Supreme
Court much short of a year, since the Court,
after its spring adjournment, will not meet
again until next winter. In the meantime,
the existing State Governments will bo
utterly broken down aud demolished, as tho
hill legislates out of office all theincumkents,
and requires them to be replaced by persons
not distrauchised by the proposed Csnstitu
tional Amendment. When those Govern
ments are once thrown down, there is no
authority in the Supreme Court to set them
up. It has no power but to decide litigated
cases teuveen plaintiffs aud defendants,
determining what is law only as a means of
awarding justice to parties. The best that
could be hoped, therefore, even from a fa
voia'oio decision of the Supremo Court,
would bo au exchange of military govern
ment for anarcuy. Too Statu Governments
being already gone, the displacement of the
military government by a tribunal having
uo power to supply anything iu its place,
would leave the ten States without any sort
of governmental protection, either military
or legal. Moreover, the Supreme Court
decided, twenty years age, that it was bound
to fallow the action of Congress in deter
mining what is the valid State Government
in any State, aiguing that, as the question
was political, it could only follow the deci
sion of the political branch of ihe Govern
ment.”
These considerations will rapidly force
themselves upon the mind ot the South.
It can no longer hope for anything in
the shape of reconstruction, except as
Oougress lias decreed. The President
is powerless in the premises. He is
bound to enforce the iaw, anil he will
enforce it. Federal troops yesterday
protected the Alexandria negroes in the
exercise of their newly acquired right;
aud Federal troops will perform the
same duty throughout the South. Noth
ing can defeat the law but successtul
revolution, and of that not even uure
pented rebels dare to dream. Besides,
the people will gradually perceive the
reasonableness ol the hope inculcated by
the Wilmington Dispatch —that by a
ready compliance with the terms ind.-
cated they may incuce Congress to
mitigate their harshness. They may be
expected, indeed, to realize the hope
lessness of all efforts to resist Congress,
and the prudence of doing readily what
caunot be sately deferred.
“ And after all, wo do not lose much in
the loss of that system of State self gov
ernment which has been far more shadowy
than substantial since the close of the war.
Our Governor, our Judiciary, and onr Leg
islature have been little more than puppets
playing their pantomimic role, when all the
world knew that there was an unseen master
hand pulling the wires. A Presidential
ukase, era general military order, has keen
sufficient at any time to arrest the entire
farce, just us it is now being done by a Con
gress that represents a minority of the
American people.”
The most serious obstacle we discover
arises from a prevailing fear thut the
Reconstruction Law does not embody
the entire and final will of Congress.
Fverywhcre we trace signs of this feel
iug, and of its potency as a. hindrance
to unqualified submission. “If we com
ply with these terms,” the argument
runs, “still other terms inay be pro
posed. We prefer waiting until we
know the worst." It must be confessed
that the impression is not wholly unrea
sonable, iu view of the menacing mo
tions and measures of Messrs. Sumner
and Stevens. But we believe that,
though plausible, the apprehension is
groundless. We have no doubt that had
the South accepted the Constitutional
Amendment, It would have secured
restoration to the Union. And we are
convinced now, that conformity with
the reconstruction just enacted, will
iusure the end sought by the South and
desired by the country. The Stevenses
and Sumners may decline to pledge
themselves on the subject. But Con
gress has pledged itsell by the adoption
of this measure, and the large majority
of its members will adhere to it in good
faith. If other measures ever pass, it
will be because the South throws away
its present opportunity ; and, according
to preseut appearances, this will not
occur.
The young men of Rome, Ga., have a
debating society.
Telegraphic Geography.
Mr. Editor: Perhaps the most »b
--*iird specimen of telegraphic blunder
ing that ha* ever came under onr notice,
appeared in your issue of yesterday
morning, relating to the Fenian riots in
Irelaud. In the first place, we are
gravely informed that a fight occurred
eight miles south of Dublin, between the
Fenians and police, the former being
repulsed and driven to the hills north
of Dublin. You will perhaps be a little
surprised to learn that there are no hills
north of Dublin, nearer than the classic
hills of Tara, distant at least forty
miles. Again we are told that a police
station was attacked, 19 miles north of
Limerick, Min.,ter county. There is
no such county in Ireland. The para
graph is probably intended to read
“City of Limerick, province of Munster.''
But one’s geographical forbearance is
almost too heuvily taxed when we are
told further on, that tke“Poiice Barracks
of Dromore county were burned.” There
is no such county in Ireland, There
are two villages in the North, of that
name; one in the county Down, the
other in the county Tyrone. But it is
altogether improbable that the Fenian
rioters have dared to make any demon
stration amongst the intensely loyal,
stalwart yeomen of the province of
Ulster.
Until reliable details reach us we
would advise our Irish fellow-citizens to
keep cool, and receive these ridiculous
telegraphic reports with great caution.
It is very evident, from the inexcusable
geographic and topographic errors ex
pressed above, that the text of the tele
grams received here is not penned by
any Englishman. We have designated
the disturbance as the Feuian riots; with
the lights before us now, we cannot cor
rectly designate it otherwise, as it appears
so far, that the affair has been altogether
confined to attacks upon isolated police
stations, in retired districts, where no
more than four constables and one ser
geant are usually stationed. We re.
member that the revolution (so-called)
of ’4B culminated in a cabbage garden,
after a glorious(l) attack upon one of
these isolated inoffensive police stations.
Up to the present time, we have no
evidence that the Fenian braves have
not taken particular care to keep out of
the way of sach points as are occupied
by the British troops. Verily the end is
not yet. N.
The South aud its Opportunity.
The New York Sun, of the 6th inst.,
contains the following timely and forcible
article, in reference to the policy of the
South in the present crisis, which we
commend to the attentive perusal of our
readers. The Sun is a conservative
paper, and has firmly opposed the harsh
aud vindictive policy of Congress toward
the South :
The South and its Opportunity.—
The second opportunity for immediate
and complete restoration is now offered
to the excluded States. The Recon
struction bill, which was passed in the
last hours of the late Congress, proposes
terms upon which these States may at
once resume their old status in the
Union, with full representation in Con
gress. It now devolves upon the
Southern people to decide whether they
will accept tins opportunity, or reject it
as they did iu tile case of the Constitu
tional Amendment. Never did they
have a graver or more important ques
tion to consider. Never did they have
greater need of sound judgment and
clearsightedness. The question before
them is plaiu and practical, one which
every Southern man can fully under
stand, and whose importance all ought
to thoroughly appreciate, it is simply
whether it would be better for them to
gain their old place in the Uniou upon
a basis which they dislike, or remain in
a state of political chaos, subject to the
caprices of ultra partisans, and with
every prospect of less favorable terms iu
the luture.
The present reconstruction bill is un
questionably distasteful to the South. In
fact, a more nauseous admixture could
hardly be compounded, for its chief con
stituents are negro suffrage, disfran
chisement of leading ex rebels, and the
supremacy of military government until
the process of reconstruction is finished.
By submitting to these odious terms the
South will at once reach the end of its
political troubles, and be ready to start
out again upon the road of prosperity,
wealth, and happiness. It is not neces
sary to predict what the consequences
wili be in case these terms be rejected.
The Southern people have already seen
enough of Radicalism to form an idea
of their political fate in case they de
cline to accept the present measure.
Another point that must he remem
bered is the fact that some of the con
cessions demanded by the law are ob
ligatory upon the South. Martial law
will be established whether the Southern
people are inclined to accept the new
terms or not, and constitutional conven
tions, with suffrage for the negroes, will
likewise be held. The part that is lett
optional with the people of the excluded
States is the adoption of the Constitu
tional Amendment, which disfranchises
the leading ex-rebels, and confers equal
rights upon the negroes. It is tolerably
certain that if the Southern people allow
their present leaders to control them in
this matter, the new basis of reconstruc
tion will not be voluntarily accepted.
These leaders are the very class whom
the new law disfranchises, and, of
course, they will do all in their power
to defeat its operation. Itis about time,
however, for the people of the South to
cast aside the politicians, and to speak
for themselves.
It is no time for them to quibble over
abstract questions or to hesitate upon
general principles. Policy and expedi
ency are the chief points for them to
consider at this junction. We fully
appreciate their aversion to negro suf
frage and the disfranchisement of their
leaders; but is it not better for a pa
tient to take nauseous medicine and
live, than to refuse medicine and die ?
This is the light in which the Southern
people must consider the proposition
that is now made to them, and it is
hoped, for their own sake and for that
of the country at large, that they will
reach an intelligent, thoughtful and cor
rect decision.
The Macon Telegraph says the Hon.
Howell Cobb, after a sojourn in Wash
ington several weeks, returned to his
home iu Macou on Tuesday last.
[communicated.]
Editor Daily Press : The Rev. J
O. A. Clark will deilver a lecture in our
City on Monday evening next, at the
Masonic Hall. His subject will be,
“The Altar—the Tebernecle—the Tern
pie—and their Worship.” We hope a
large and appreciative auditory will be
present to bear the lecture, as Mr. C_
has bestowed much care in the prepa
ration of the subject. Apart from his
claim as a former resident of our Cityj
the intrinsic merits of his lecture will*
we are sure, repay all who may hear
him.
Doors open at V} —lecture to com
meuce at 8 P. M.
Joseph R. Wii-son,
Pastor Ist Presbyterian Church.
J. H Cuthbert,
Pastor Ist Baptist Church.
A. Wright,
Pastor St. John's Methodist Church.
The Hungarian Ministry. —The
statesmen who have been nominated for
tbe new Hungarian Ministry have ter
minated their conferences, aud they were
received on the 14th by the Emperor. It
is stated that on the 21st an Imperial
rescript will be communicated to the
Hungarian Diet, replying to the address
of that body, and sanctioning the for
mation of a Hungarian Ministry.
Tenure op Office Bill. — By this
measure, which has become a law over
the veto of the President, the appointing
power of the Executive is greatly cir
cumscribed. It deprives him of the
power of removing civil officers whose
appointments come before the Senate
for confirmation ; or rather limits the
exercise of the power to cases in which
the Senate concurs. And in this pro
vision the Cabinet advisers of the Presi
dent are included.
Special Kotices.
Consignees per Central Railroad,
March 18—J AA A Cos, B A Cos, J Hahn,
Mrs Frederick, F Lotz, L A J, E Mustin
E S Bleak ley, M lob, J J Bredenburg, D
Stellings, B II Brodnax, Mrs Edgar, Sher
man, J A Cos, J G Tucker, J 0 M A Cos,
0 A I), W C Hewitt, J D B A Bro, CAW
A Cos, C V Walker, W Behrman, H F
Russell A Cos, V Richards A Bro, J Miller,
F W Apel, Platt Bros, E O’D, Gray A TANARUS,
Gray, M A Cos, J Hertz, Conley, F A Cos,
W H Tutt, A Blerkley, [T], Myers & M,
Wyman A M, G EB, T A S, J 11. Blauvelt
S D Heard, G T Jackson, H F Clark’
T Richards A Son, M P Stovall, T P
Stovall, Fisher AL, Chronicle Sentinel.
WEBB’S LODGE, NO. 166
F.\ <fc A.*. M.\—A Called Corn*
munieation of this Lodge will bo
held at the Lodge Room, Masonic /
Hall, TO-MORROW (Monday) EVENING
tbe 11th instant, at 7 o'clock.
The E.\ A,*. .Degree will be conferred.
By order
C. F. LEWIS, W.\ M.%
Wm. R. Davis, Secretary.
inalO—lt
SOLDIER’S LOAN AND
BUILDING ASSOCIATION.—The Month
ly Meeting of Stockholders of this Asso
ciation will be held at the City Hall, WED
NESDAY EVENING, the 13th inst., at 7J
o’clock.
W. R. DAVIS, Secretary.
mhlO—fit
GEORGIA COMMANDERY,
NO. 1, K.\T.\—A Called Conclave of
this Commandery will be held in tho
Asylum (Masonic Hall), TO-MORROW
(Monday) NIGHT, 11th inst., at 7 o’clock.
Officers elect for the ensuing year will he
installed.
By order B. B. Russell, E.\C.\
0. F. LEWIS,
marlO—lt Recorder.
STONEWALL JACKSON
LOAN AND BUILDING ASSOCIATION.
—The Tenth Regular Meeting of this As
soeiation will be held at the City Hall, on
TUESDAY NIGHT next, the I2th instant,
at 7 o’clock. Dues may be paid during tho
day to E. R. Derry, Treasurer, at No. 277
Broad street. W. G. WHIDBY,
marlO—2t Secretary.
Jgfcsr AUGUSTA ROYAL ARCH
CHAPTER, NO. 2.—A CALLED Con
vocation of this Chapter will be held
at tbe Chapter Room, Ma?ouic Hall, THIS
(Saturday) .NIGIIT, at 7 o’clock.
The Degree of M.\ E.\ M.\ will be
conferred. Candidates and Officers will be
punctual.
By order of
SOL. ROBINSON, M.\E.\H.\P.\
W. B. Britton, Sec.
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RICHMOND COUNTY AG
RICULTURAL SOCIETY.—The Regular
Meeting for March of this Society, will be
held at tho Race Track, on SATURDAY
NEXT, tho 9th inst., at 12 M. Members
are requested to ho prompt in their at
tendance. Business of importance will bo
brought before the meeting.
-W. G. WHIDBY,
rnarG—td Secretary.
NOTICE.—ON AND AFTER
MONDAY NEXT, the 4th instant, all
Freight Bills by ihe Home Line of steamers
must bo paid at the office of the Company
No. 229 Broad street, before the delivery ot
goods.
the Bills will be ready and Consignees,
notified of the amount of their bills on the
arrival of each Boat.
The labor and time necessarily con
sumed in the distribution and collection of
bills on the streets, makes this rule impera
tive, and I teel assayed that the patrons of
this Line will cheerfully concur in a
measure which 1 find absolutely necessary.
JOHN A MOORE,
marl)—6 Agent.
WE ARE AUTHORIZED TO
announce Dr. WM. E. DEARIN'G as a
Canditate for MAYOR at the approabhiDg
election. mar3 —td
JBSTFOR MAYOR.—I HEREBY
publioly offer myself as a candidate for
Mayor of the City of Augusta, the eleotion
of which is to come off in April next. As
I don’t wish any person to be deeeived oat
of bis vote, I here take occasion to say that
lam for tho Union—the best we can get. I
believe that taxation should be equal on
property, or income, or both, therefore, I
am opposed to she License system alto
gether. JACOB R. DAVIS.
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New Advertiaemente.
]NTew .A. r rival.
5 CASKS R. YOUNGER’S
SPARKLING ALE—Genuine.
Fy CASES BYAR’S LONDON PORTER
ICASK WINE—
Suitable for Communion Service.
E. R. DERRY A CO.,
marlO—lw 277 Broad street.
Notice to Planters !
AT AUCTION.
IN FRONT OF THE PALACE STA
BLES, on THURSDAY, the 14th inst ,
I will sell
500 BARRELS OF
Ford’s JPbosphate of Lime,
Known to be a splendid Manure for Cotton,
Corn, Wheat, and the other products of
the Fielld and Garden. Will be sold in
lot* to suit. The attention of Planters
and others in search of a valuable fertilizer
is called to this sale. The artiole has
been consigned te me and mm-t be sold.
marlO—tf M. A. DEHONEY.
FAIBBBAHKB’
STANDARD PLATFORM
AND
COUNTER SCALES!
ADAPTED TO EVERY BRANCH OF
Business where a correct and durable
SCALE is required.
Used by all the principal
RAILROADS
EXPRESS COMPANIES
FACTORIES
WAREHOUSES
AND
WHOLESALE A RETAIL MERCHANTS
in the United States and
Great Britain.
A full and varied assortment always kept
on hand, and for sale at Manufactories'
prices, by
JOHN NELSON & SON,
304 Broad street, Augusta, Ga.,
Agents for the Manufactories.
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MEW STYLES OF
Hoop Skirts !
gILK SACKS AND CIRCULARS
DRESS GOODS
MOURNING GOODS
LINENS
WHITE GOODS
FMBROIDERIES
ENGLISH HOSIERY, Etc , Etc.
Just opened, and offered at low prices, by
D. R. WRIGHT 4 CO.
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J. J. BROWNE,
QARVER AND GILDER.
LOOKING GLASS And
PICTURE FRAMES
CORNICES,
BRACKETS,
CONSOLE TABLES,
Made to Order -B.S\;
Old PICTURE and LOuKING-GLASS
FRAMES RE GILT, and OIL PAINTINGS
RKSDOKED, LINED, and VARNISHED
At 135 BROAD STREET,
Augusta, Ga.
Old CHANDELIERS made to look EQUAL
TO NEW, at a moderate price.
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ESTABLISHED IN 1850.
Extensive and attractive sup
plies of Rich Jewelry, Gold and Silver
Wafehes, aud solid Silverware of every de
scription, Diamond Rings aud Pins, Ladies’
Gold Leontine and Chatelaine Chains, Gent’s
Guard, Vest., aud Fob Chains, Wedding
Kings, Bridal Setts of Pearls,
ALSO,
STERLING SILVER
FOR
BRIDAL PRESENTS
AND A GREAT VARIETY OF
FANCY ARTICLES.
Fine Watehos and Jewelry repaired at
A. PKONTAUT’S OLD STAND,
163 Broad street.
One door below Augusta Hotel.
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Received,
AT MRS. O’CONNOR’S,
227 BROAD STREET,
TWENTY DOZEN
STAMPED YOKES!
BEAUTIFUL PATTERNS.
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BACON.
gQ HUBS. PRIME
BACON SHOULDERS
For sale by
mar9—3t MAUDE <k WRIGHT.
Tax USTotice.
Clerk op Council's Office, )
Augusta, Ga., March 7th, 1867. |
All fersons liable for city
TAXES, and who have not yet made
their returns for 1867. are hereby notified
that they must make them by Monday
next, if they do not wish to be double taxed
and fined. L. T. BLOME, C. C.
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ICE!
rpilE McINTOSH STREET
Ic© House
IS REOPENED..
I trust my old patrons will remember it,
and send in their orders.
R. A. HARPER.
mar5 —lm
“grain, flour,
AND
Provisions !
3000 BUSHBLS OATS
1000 BUSHELS CORN
500 BBLS ‘ FLOUR
OAfl BOXES CLEAR SIDES
Z\J\J and SHOULDERS
BBLS. SUGAR CURED HAMS
OA BBLS. SUGAR CURED
/U BREAKFAST BACON
1 A HHDS. HANDSOME
1W NEW ORLEANS SUGARS
On hand and for sale low, by
mar3 —tf C. A. WILLIAMS A CO.
WILCOX GIBBS & CO’S I
MANIPULATED GUANO!!
This article is being prepared by us at our place op busing 1
io this City, where we inrite Planter® and others interested f> call and exaai*
stock, and witness the preparation of tbe above named MANURE. It is com Si
entirely of pure and unadulterated GUANOS (of which 25 per cent of the whole
U warranted to be pare No. 1 Peruvian Guano), and we warrant each and every
i l * f ® cont * ,n t * ie •sact ingredients and same proportions as the sample - J
Prof. Shepard, whose analysis and report we annex, as follows: "J
Messrs. Wilcox, o m. * Cos,, Cxa.L.STO*, S. C., February l«th, 188;.
GEirrLr.HEX i The following is my analysis and report upon the sample jot t, «
placed in my bands, of Wilcox, Gibbs A Co.’s Manipulated Guano : Mt « |
Hygrometric water „„
Combined water and organic matter rich in ammoniacal salts.
Phosphate of lime 41 „ ;j§
C rbonate of lime j'?:
Insoluble silicious matter, with considerable traces of per oxide of iron.."!] ljs!
Chloride of sodium, sulphates of ammonia, lime, and soda, with loss j’jJ
lOO.Ot) i
The present sample shows a very advantageous mixture. It has enough of Pern
Guano (say 25 per cent.) for any soil or crop ; while the great bulk of the prepay!* . '
is obviously an unadulterated natural Guano, rich in organic matter, with constf.,,? 1 L
already formed Ammonia (and the material fur its continued produciion as required " -
the crop), together with 44.50 per cent, of Phosphate of Lime, nearly two per wni l ;sl
which is in a soluble state. If kept up to the standard of this sample, there is no huard’ U
predicting that lands treated with 250 or 300 pounds of it to the acre, will be placed ; la
an effective condition for any crop. * *5
Very respectfully, yours, CHARLES UPHAM SHEPARD.
Knowing the composition, as well as judging from tbe analysis and report of lyi 1
Shepard, we are confident it will prove to be an excellent MANURE, and pay |
Planter handsomely who uses it judiciously. We would recommend the use of 17j to 2m 1
pounds per acre for Cotton or Corn ; 250 to 300 pounds for Wheat, and that it be a-; , i
the same as other Guanos—under the bed for Cotton, in the bill for Corn, and broader f
lor Wheat. This Guano is ready for use, all the lumps having been thoroughly jmue i
and the whole passed through a serve before packing, aud it is a very bandsonuartitli
in appearance and condition. It is packed in barrels ot about 300 pounds, aud baa
-200 pounds, and the price will be unifoitn, as follows: $65 per Ton of 2,000 pouni ?
Cash.
Our Agents will sell at the same price, with necessary expenses added.
We are now prepared to deliver this Guano in quantities to suit, and solicit orden Is
for the same, which will be promptly filled.
We will also keep, both here and in Savannah, a good supply of Pure So 13
PERUVIAN GUANO, which will be sold at the market price; also, Pure Ko’iH
PHCENIX GUANO, at $55 per Ton of 2,000 pounds, in Savannah, or S6O here—Cun.
AU orders should be addressed to us at AUGUSTA, GA.
"Wilcox, Gribbs & Cos.,
(Successors to DANIEL H. WILCOX A CO.)
Commission Merchants, and Dealers in GUAXO and
Shalcr’s FAMILY SCALES,
241 Broad Streep Augusta, Ga. *
mar B—lm
FINE RESIDENCE FOE SALE
W. ~W. BARRON
QFFERS HIS FINE RESIDENCE FOR SALE, SITUATE ON ELLIS STREII
NEAR THE CONCERT HALL.
mar3—tf APPLY ON THE PREMISES.
Wants.
W anted,
A GOOD SECOND HAND PIL33TON,
WITH HARNESS.
Enquire at this Office until Saturday
next. mar5 —ts
"Wanted.
A GOOD WHITE WOMAN TO ACT
as DAIRY WOMAN and attend to
Cows.
Any one who can come well recom
mended will get liberal wages and a per
manent situation.
Apply at THIS OFFICE.
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Cook Wanted.
WHITE PREFERRED. NONE BUT
those who thoroughly understand the
business, and can offer best recommenda
tions, need apply.
Good accommodations and liberal wages
paid. Apply at THIS OFFICE.
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Wanted Immediately*
A FIRST CLASS MILLINER. AD
dress KEY BOX 76,
marl—ts Augusta, Ga.
Boarders Wanted
TIIE “OID SHADES SALOON,”
Situate on Ellis street, near the Grey
Eagle Stables.
TERMS.
For Table Roarders $25 per month
For Board and Lodging 30 per month
W. B. BEAVOR,
mars—6t* Proprietor.
BOARDING.
A FEW SINGLE GENTLEMEN CAN
fie accommodated with BOARD AND
LODGING, by application to
J. J. LATIIROP,
Corner Lincoln and Ellis streets.
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PRIVATE BOARDING.
Gentlemen furnishing best
References can obtain good DAY
BOARD by applying at the Northeast cor
ner of Mouumcnt and Lllis street.
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I. W. REESE,
AUCTION AND COMMISSION
MERC II AN TANARUS,
And dealer in
PRODUCE, FLOI’R, LARD, Etc.
MADISON, GA.
CONSIGNMENTS SOLICITED.
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Piano-Fortes Tuned.
TO MEET THE TIMES, I HAVE RE
duced the charge for TONING to
THREE DOLLARS.
Orders left at Mr. GEO. A. OATES’,
240 Broad Street, or at my Shop, opposite
the Post-Offioe, promptly attended to.
sol—ts ROBERT A. HARPER.
COAL.
A CARGO OF SUPERIOR COAL TO
arrive, and will be sold on the Whnr*
by the Ton and upwards, to suit pur
chasers, by A. POULLAIN.
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Cotton Yarns,
i r\r\ bales superior
I UVJ COTTON YARNS
From Fontenoy Mills,
Now in store and for sale ; assorted num
bers, from 6’s to 12’s. constantly on hand.
n0 29 ts A. POULLAIN.
COKE FOR SAXE.
CIOKE CAN BE HAD
J At the GAS WORKS
AT ALL TIMES.
Tickets ean be prooured at the Office from
9 A. M. until 2 P. M., every day.
de4—tf G. S. HOOKEY, Sup’t.
WHITE ALPACA,
BEAUTIFUL QUALITY, FOR SALE
by MRS. PUGIIB,
dels 190 Broad street.
Books a. and Stationary.
ALUMINUM PENS.
.pHE UNDERSIGNED
ARE APPOINTED AGENTS
For the sale of the above justly celebrau
English. Pen
Made from a Mineral found in the Mist
of Cornwnll.
They are superior to any Pens nov 1
use, inasmuch as they will not c-rodq
which is of great advantage.
They are cheaper than any other Pen in
in use.
J. SCHREINER A SONS, f!
199 Broad Street
GEO. A. OATES,
us—ts 240 Broad Str
TooWdsli
AT
REDUCED PRICES,
AT
M. COHEN’S,
182 Broad Street,
TO MAKE ROOM FOR
SPRING STOCK.
mar 2 ts
Mosher, Thomas & Schanb,
.i4 A BROAD STREET—
Under Masonic Fall
AUGUSin, 0..—,
Direct Importers and Dealers in
ENGLISH AND FRENCH
China I
BOHEMIAN,
FRENCH
and AMERICA
Glass "Ware!
AND
KEROSENE LAMPS,
AND
AGENTS OF KAOLIN WARE.
>5%., Try us, and we will convince T<*
that you can save tho Freight from S’*
York to this point.
JO3IAII MOSHER,
J. JfiFFERSON TIIOMAS,
GEORGE SCHAUB.
oo 2—6 m
New Crockery House.
BEAN & ADAM,
369 BROAD STREET,
Augusta, Ga.,
Agents for English Manufacture 1
IMPORTERS
AND
WHOLESALE DEALERS
IN
CHINA, GRANITE,
AND
COMMON WARE.
On hand, and arriving, 200 Crates, selected
by one of our firm in Europe, to soit
THE SOUTHERN TRADE.
Being sole Agent* for one of the Isrl®-*
Potteries in England, our facilities for °
tainisg Gsiodswlll enable us to compete* 1
any city in the United States.
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