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TIIE HERALD. I?Y JOHN K. MM'MII, GREENSBORO, GA : SAltlii-AV MOOTING, : : I SfifT t>, MW llcrctoval of Judge Reese. The pinelicitl wotking of inHilnry suprem acy is iHustiated ir* :|i« ml j lined c irrcs phaderx-e resulting in the tem< val of one cf the best jit hts whose picsence upon the bench ever C'iiu-hI th< Jttdicmy of America. The same ffiflituliy which embarrassed the lien. Augustus Reese in the performance of his duties, must Ik) encountered by ev.-rv court in our district, though lie has been the f -remost in protesting against the interference of military despotism «vhh the sacred privi lege of freemen in the tight ts the decision < f disputed points by a jury of their peers. In this time of radical innovations it may be safer to subvert that right than it proved in n pa»t age to an English monarch. The manly tone of the Judge's protest will lie re garded by an impartial posterity in a cooler and belter age, as the evidence of a higher nobility titan the ephemeral rank of the mill' t*ry ifH er whom accident has given tempo tarv authority bv which he is enabled row to execute his imperial will even to the rie stinotion of tvety tight he'd dtnr by freemen in all »g s. It will he ohsetved that General Tope n« s Li? authority on the claim that r o L gal government lias existed in Georgia since the adoption of the ordinance of se, cession, font which assumption the conclu- , bion is inevitable that the act of tho conven tion recognizing the abolition of slavery in this State, was null and void ; and conse quently slavery is still in full Ajtce. Tut I ere is the correspondence w hich wo copy : [Front the Chronicle Sc Sentinel.] To the People of the Ocmulgee Judicial District. Citizens: Fleeted by you to the Juogeaiiip oi this Circuit, without opposition, it is duo to you that you understand why it is that I do not, from this day, exercise the functions of tho (flea. I refer you to the appended correspondence. Sept. 20, ISG7. Augustus Reese. (no 2.) Madison, Ga., Sept, 5, 1807. Tu Major General Pope, Commanding Third Military District, &c. :’ General : Since 1 have been on tho Bench of the Superior Court. 1 have sedulously en deavored to have justice administered accor ding to luw, “without discrimination ns to classes and individuals.” How furl have suc ceeded is host known to the people, the Bnr, and ‘the Supremo Court fur the Currcetiou of Errors.’ Since the passing of wlmt are commonly cnllcd the Military Hills, looking to my own into csts as well as the interests of my constit uents, I have labored to conform to nil military orders, and until the publication of General Orders Nos. 53 and 55, hoped 1 should be able so to do. Truthfulness, General, requires me to say that I cannot obtain my consent to he made instrumental in carrying out these or ders, and it is due that you should have my reasons, which I will now proceed to give with out much argumentation. General, when I received from (lie people of my Judicial District, through the Executive, us the State, my commission, I took nnd sub scribed the following oath, viz : ‘1 swear that I will administer justice without respect to per sons, and do equal right* to Iho pour and rich, ami that 1 will faithfully and impartially dis charge and perform all tho duties incumbent on nte.as Judgo oi tho Superior Court of this State, according to the best of my ability and understanding, and agreeable to the laws and Constitution of this State and the Constitution of the. Vailed States.'’ When, how, or where I have been absolved from this obligation 1 am not able to under stdi and. With this obligation' remaining, after a careful review of the several theories touch ing the status of the Southern States, 1 am unable to adopt any process of reasoning by winch I can arrive at tho conclusion that the orders referred to are the laws of Georgia : the Constitution thereof; or the Constitution of the I'nitcd States, or are otherwise within the power, view nndprenning of sard obligation. Jly analysis of these orders is, that the competency of jurors is mode to depend upon the polities of the person summoned. If the citizen summoned has registered, ho is a com petent juror, if ho has not regi-ueTcd he must he set aside. Now, if registration, like the payment us taxes, was a legal duty on tho eiti mi, there would he some plausibility in the legislative authority excluding him iioin the jury box until he discharged that legal duty, uut the Military Hills, even, do not moke reg istration a legal dutv ; on the contrary, it is left to the free will and discretion of every ‘citizen who can take the registered oath to register or not. If these orders were intended as a punishment upon such citizens as cannot take the registered oath, it must not be forgot ten that there nre hundreds, if not thon-afids in Georgia, who have ever been considered true to the Federal Government, and who can take the registered oath ; but w lie have not and will not icgistcr, fearing they may, by registering, commit themselves to a programme w hich will, in their judgment, if successfully carried ou*, work an entire change in the form of govern ment uudor which the people of the United States were for so long u time prosperous and happy. This last mentioned class of citizens, T think, are in error, for 1 hold that every citi zen who can, ought to register, and thereby qualify himself to prevent mischief; but these citizens, in declining to register, are hut exer cising the rights of American citizens—rights conceded by the Military Hills, and in declining to register commit uu crime, and violate no legal duty. These orders carried out cannot fail to affect moss injuriously the rights and interests of parties in court, especially an they have the right, under our system, in equity, appeal, and criminal cases, to select impartial jurors. You will pardon me. General, in sayiug that, under the must latitudinarain construction ,ts the ‘.Military Bills,” J can fiud no authority for making the politics of a citizen tliq test of his competency to serve ou a jnry, and thereby, it may ho jeopardizing to parties in court the right of being tried by an impartial jury. If the officers of court were ordered to have tb# juries made up from the list of member ship iu the Baptist, Methodist, Presbyterian, or any other church, 1 cannot see that such order would be more in conflict with American ism than these orders. In the one case the religious creed of the citizen would be the tes of his competency to sit on a jury—in the othe case, the test of his competency is his politics. Wore I absolved front the obligation re "erred to, there are other considerations sufficient to deter me front undertaking to administer jus tice through the instrumentalities indiented.— Precedents, General, ia all public matters, es pecially in judicial matters, if based upon wrong principles, are dangerous things; their it.ifluenco for evil is felt long after the occasion , which gave birth to them," and their nufliors have passed away. Imn unwilling to he made instrumental Ln engrafting upon American ju risprudence the principle that the competency of a juryman is dependent upon his politics. This principle would endanger the impartiality of juries, and sooner or later, destroy nil pro tection to life, lil»erty, nnd property. Again : Without further authoritative legis lation, in riew of my responsibility to the law, w henever the people of the United States shall become sane, and in view of my accountability “to Him that is ready to judge the quick nnd the dead,” no earthly consideration could in duce me to pass sentence upon a person convic ted of a capital offence, by the verdict of a jury organized as indicated in Orders Nos. 53 4 55. Whilst I do not expect you, General, to con cur in the views herein presented, I do claim to have accorded to me frankness nnd honesty of purpose, qualities onco considered virtues, the existence of which among Georgians, I fear you have had too rarely occasion to remark since you were called to your present position. General, I regret to have to present these considerations, but I dare not ignore my con victions of duty. If you should feel it to be your duty to pro hibit mo from tho further cxerciso of Judicial powers, notice of that fact at your earliest con venience is desirable- I shall make no issue with you for the reason that 1 know of no appellate officer or tribunal in the country at tho present time adequate to the occasion. With high consideration. General, lam s, most respectfully, Augustus .eehi. N. 11.—The regular term of Greene county Superior Court begins on Monday next. Ild’qrs 3d Mil. Diet.. Ga., Ala., 4 Fla.. Atlanta, Sept. 18G7. llos. Augustus Reese, Madison, Ga : Dear Sir: I have the honor jo acknowledge receipt of your communication of the sth inst.; in which you inform me that you cannot, as a Judge of a Superior Court of the State of Ga., obtain your consent to bo made instrumental in carrying out Orders Nos. 53 and 55, issued from these Headquarters, and stating your reasons therefor. Whilst 1 thunk you for the candor of your communication I regret that you have reached such a conclusion. I ennoot undertake to enter into an argument to convince you that my orders are legal and obligatory upon you. It seems not improper, however, to state that the position upon which your conclusion is based appears to me to bo totally untenable. Your argument is founded upon the'theory that the State Government of Georgia is a legal one, and that all acts contra ry to the laws of the State, even when done in pursuance of the acts of Congress, nro illegal, The preamble of tho Reconstruction Acts con tradicts this theory in direct terms in the fol lowing words, viz : Whereas no legal State Governments or ade quate protection for life or property now exists in tho rebel States of * * * * Georgia * * * * 4c.. The acts then proceed to recognize tho exist ing State governments ns provisional only, and establish a Military Government to which the provisional government is made in almost every respect subordinate. As the laws of tho United States are para mount iu Georgia, it follows that no proceed" ings of the oxisting State government of Ga., possessed nny validity whatever, prior to the enactment of the Reconstruction Acts, nod that whatever validity they possess now, they owe entirely to that recognition. Whenever tho proceedings of the provisional State gov ernment, either ir, its executive or judicial department, conflict with tho provisions of the Reconstruction Acts, or with the orders of the military commander acting in conformity there to, such proceedings are without legal validity. Tho power is vested in me by the Reconstruc tion Acts to make such orders ns I consider necessary to carry out the objects therein spec ified, and such orders carry with them in this District all the force of law until they are mod ified or countermanded by higher authority than mine. Any law of the Provisional State Govern ment in conflict with orders thus issued is null and of non-effect, nnd any proceedings what' ever, under a law thus set aside by Military Orders are without validity. My Orders oil and 55 were issued by virtue of the power thus vested in me, and I do con sider them ncocssary to the execution of the Acte of Congress above specified. As the Re construction Acts became laws wtf the United States, in the manner provided by the Consti. t ttion, and as the Question of their constitu tionality has been presented to the Supreme Court of the United Ststcs, nnd that highest judicial tribunal of the country has decided that it lias no jurisdiction in the case, the con sideration of that question by subordinate military or judicial officers is scarcely admissi b'e. Your argument against political tests is very good, but totally inanplacablc to the ease. My Orders require the jurors to be selected from the registered voters, but make no dis. crimination asto thoir politics. Whilst I do not, for the present, prohibit you from the further exercise of judicial povr \ ers, 1 do require you to observe the alo e or ders, and will not overlook any failure on your part to carry them fully into execution. I am sir, very respectfully, Your obedient servant, John' Fees, Brt't Maj. Gen. U. S. A. Commanding. Madison, Ga., Sept, 16th, 1867. To Maj. Gen. Pope, Commandant Third Mili tary District, &c.: General : Owing to my absence in holding I Greene County Superior Court, your letter | (without date), in reply to my communication ! of the sth inst., was not received until the af- I ternoon of Saturday last. Your suggestion, in relation to Orders Nos. | 53 and 55, have caused me to give to my com- I munication of the sth inst. a most careful and senrohihg review, to see if 1 could find nny fallacy in the arguments or error in my conclu sions, and candor compels me to say that I have been unable to detect either. You say, “My Orders require the jurors to ho selected from the registered voters, tut ’ make no distinction as to politics.” Now, it is certainly true, that the orders referred to do not, in so many words, make a distinction as j to politics : hat upon what ground is it that a I large number of citizens, who can take the I registration onth, are excluded? Their politics is not to register or otherwise commit themselves to the Military Bills; they ; don’t register—they are excluded from the jury J box. I most rospectfully submit tlint my anal" j ysis of these orders, as contained in my first communication , is correct, to wit: That by these orders the politics of the citizen is made the test of his competency to sit upon a jury. I concede to the full extent the doctrine that the private citizen is ltound to conform to all laws passed by authority until they are de clared void by the judiciary; but a judicial officer, in discharge of his duty, sworn to ad minister his office agreeable to fundamental law, occupies a very different position. I thank you, General, for the deferential consid eration you have been pleased to give to my embarrassments upon this subject. 1 can’t seo that 1 have any alternative in the premises, other than to proceed with the dis charge of my official duties as heretofore until you shall feci it to he your duty to have given to me n prohibitory notice. With high consideration, General, I am yonrs, most respectfully, Augustus Reese, Judge Superior Court, &c. N. I?.—I have an adjourned Court in Raid win county, commencing tomorrow. Next week is the regular term for Putman county- Atlanta, Ga., Sept. 17, 18G7. Dear Sir: I received this morning your letter of the lGth inst., in answer to mine of the sth inst. As our views of your duty to observe and comply with Orders issued by me, as District Commander, arc irreconcilable, and as I consider it my duty to enforce iny own opinion on the subject, and as I am very un willing in the case of a gentleman of your character and standing to resort to so unpleas ant an net ns your removal from offiec, I sug gest that, to avoid unpleasantness, which I am sure neither of us seek, you resign your office. If you should concludo not to do so, be pleas ed to inform me, and consider this letter a pos itive prohibition against the further exercise of your office unless you conform to my Order concerning Juries in this Stale. I regret very much that this disagreement should deprive the State of Georgia of the ser vices of so competent nnd worthy a Judge. I am sir very respectfully, Your obedient servant, John Pope, Hrv’t Muj. Gen. U. S. A., Commanding. Hon. Augustus Reese, Madison, Ga. Milledgeville, Sept. 20, 18GT. To Major General Pope, Commanding Third Military District, Ac. : General :—Yours of the 17th inst. in reply to mine of the lGth, was not received hv me until last night. I cannot, as you have been heretefure advised, consistently with my \iews of duty, be made instrumental in carrying out Orders Nos. 53 and 55, nor can 1 bring my mind to the conclusion that I ought to resiyn. Your letter, therefore, is accepted by me as “a positive prohibition against the further ex ercise of my office,” and will be acquiesced in by me as such. I thank you for the kind and complimentary manner in which you have been pleased to communicate your prohibitory order. With high consideration, General, I remain Yours, most respectfully, Augustus Reese. (Communicated.) Mr. Editor; Your correspondent, Mr. Ketchum, and the Club he represents, having taken in hand to correct certain errors and abuses of a social, economic and moral nature, I take the liberty, through your columns, of suggesting a wider range of their observations nnd labors. I see they have a Committee on Churches, to rebuke misconduct, and promote good order, in that sacred place. This is highly commendable. Now, I venture to enquire, how it would do to Lave also a Committee on Pul pits. I have great veneration for the pulpit, and for all worthy and judicious incumbents of |t, who so preach Christ, as not to give them .reives too much prominence, or importance.— But all men, may not be discreet in all things pertaining to their holy office, even with the best intentions they may err, and then for a layman, however experienced and judicious, to reprove them, might seem impudent and pre sumptuous. So let there be a Committee, who can make some grateful return in timely and respectful hints, for the wise counsels, so free, ly given from tho pulpit, without losing casto or suffering reproach for it. Njw if Mr, K's Committee on Churches, should see any one leave during service the offender would ho marked for it. Should he not he allowed to plead, in self-vindication, that the preacher was so languid, Inng-winded, or soporous that his reverence for the sacred place, requires him »o slip out rather than sli}> in, the Church ? There are many reasons to justify long 6er. monsand services in the country where preach ing is comparatively rare, that don’t apply to towns, where they have it, several times every Sunday nnd frequently in the week. Now in view of that state of things, what can justify a long winded town preacher, in mauling in, for more than a mortal hour, as much gospel (?) as human muscle can drive through a battered book board, or pounded pulpit cushion, into a i tired and- unwilling hearer’s heart; and that too after a tedious introductory service, along song, lined oot, and duly interlarded and dilu ted, with prosy additions, and a prayer longer than the one hundred and nineteenth (llfitb) | Psalm, or Solomon’s dedicatory prayer, and which makes one’s knees ache and feel as if they could never straiten again find all this followed by a “post mortem’’ exhortation pre ceded or succeeded by another prayer from the strong lunged blower, or some fresh hand, ut the bellows. Add to this, the meeting if at night, was commenced at an hour when all country people who make u living for them selves, nnd mfike the bread that keeps the town people living, are either thinking of bed, or snoring in it!! 1 Now thero is a town I wot of, a twain of them, where all the prayer meet ings are bed time affairs, followed by late ris ing, red eyes, and “sour godliness” the next morning, and as effectually banishing the hon est son of toil, from participation in a meeting ordained of God, as if Satrap Pupo lmd issued edict or hull No. 99 against it. Is this too severe for becoming reverence for sacred things ? Is it half so caustic, as what one of the greatest and most pious poets said in a poem contemplating the same object, as this article of humble origin docs? Hear him “ln man or woman, hut far most in man, And most of all in man that ministers And serves the altar, in my soul I loathe All affectation. ’Tie my perfect scorn, Object of my implacable disgust.”— And again “How oft, when Paul has served us with a toxt, lias Epectctus, Plato, Tully preached.” But, says he, "I venorate the man, whose heart is warm, Whose hands are pure, whose doctrine nnd whom life Coincident, exhibit lucid proof That he is hone s t in the sacred cause.” “Would I describe a preacher such as Paul Were he on earth, would hear, approve and own, Paul should himself direct me. I would trace His master strokes, nnd draw from his design. I would express him simply grave,sincere, In doctrine uncorrupt; in language plain. And plain in manner; decent, solemn, chaste And natural in gesture; much impressed Himself, as conscious of his awful charge, And anxious mainly that the flock he feeds May feel it too, atteqlionntc in look Aud tender in address, as well becomes A messenger of grace to guilty men.” It must not he inferred from the foregoing reflections, that all of our preachers are consid ered culpable. Far otherwise. Few sections in this State, or rather Satrapy, are blessed in the denominations, with abler and better man, who know how and what to preach, and when to stop. Men who forget self and all ambi tious views, and hope of personal honor, in holy zeal for their Master’s cause. INCOLA. P. S. Do you think a preacher ought to he always going on with his exhortations and long talks at prayer meetings, thus consuming too much time, and preventing many who might usefully lead in prayer, and all this be cause he loves to talk, and can talk ad'infinitum until his tones <£*c., have become as familiar and impressive as the herdsman’s bell ? Don’t you think a prayer meeting, ought to be a prayer meeting , and not a preach meeting, ex hoi t meeting, or display meeting. I. flic Latest Sews. R. G. Horton, editorthe New York Day Book, is dead. New Orleans, September 24. Interments from fever for twenty-four hours to s’X this morning, eighty-two. Letters from La Grange, Texas, to be laid before the Howard Association here, state that the number of citizens remain ing in the town is barely live hundred,yet the interments reached twenty-four in two days. Average mortality eight.— Those attacked are almost sure to die, the disease proving fatal in nine cases out of ten. Every house is filled with sick ness and death. Whole families are swept away. In some cases theie was no one to bury the dead. The disease is spreading in the country. No provisions are in the town, and country people will not venture in with produce. On the 9th not even meal could be had to make gru el for the sick. Business has ceased en tirely, stores are closed, newspapers have ceased publication and the jail is emp tied of its inmates, who have fled in terror from the scene of desolation. Richmond, September 25. Hd’qrs, Ist Military List., State ] of Va., Richmond, Sept. 24, 1567. / Mr. James McDonald, Virginia : Sir —I have received your communica tion of this date, asking my decision of the question whether delegates to the State Convention will be required to take the oath prescribed by the act of Congress for officers of the United States, and by section 9 of the act of July 19, for all persons hereafter elected or aps pointed to office in said military district under any so-called State or municipal authority, or by detail or appointment of the District commanders. In reply I have no hesitation in saying that dele gates to the State Convention cannot be required to take the oath referred to.— Section 9 of the act of July 19 refers to officers elected under authority of the so called or provisional State Governments. This cannot be construed to include del egates to a State Convention, elected under authority of the Congress of the United States. No oath whatever has been prescribed by law for delegates to the State Convention, and there is no authority but Congress competent to pre scribe such oath. The only restriction imposed upon the registered voters in selection of these delegates to the Con vention is that contained in the sth sec tion of the act of March 2, viz : “Any pcrsoH not excluded from the privilege of holding office, by said pros posed amendment to the Constitution of the United States, shall be eligible to election as members of a convention to frame a constitution for any of the said rebel States.” Yours, very respectfully, J. M. Schofield, Brevet Major General, U. S. A. SOUTHERN MASONIC FEMALE COLLEGE The Exercises of this Institution xvi 11 he resumed On Wednesday, 1-Hli us August, Under the Presidency of GU STATUS J. OUR, A. M. Assisted in the Literary Department by RE V. W. D. ATKIKBO N, A. M. Mrs. V. G. CONYERS, Instructress in Music. and a corps of Competent Instructors The Fees for the Fall Term of Nineteen weeks cl osiug the 24th December, will Leas follows PREFAUATORY DEPARTMENT. First Class : : : : : sl4 00 Sccoud Class : : : : : i-1 00 COLLEGIATE DEPARTMENT. Tuition for Literary and Scientific Instruction, [s36 00 Tuition for Instruction in Music, $36 O 0 Fee for use of Instrument, $3 50 Incidentals, $3 60 Matriculation fees, only on entering, §4 00 No extra charges for instruction in the An cient Languages or Vocal Music. All fees paya ble in advance. No pupil received for a less time th“" a term, and no refunding of fees ex cept in cases of protracted sickness or death. BOARD, including fuel, washing and lights, can be procured at present, at $lB to $22 per month, and will he lower, should there be auy Considerable decline iu provisions. Any Mason or number of Masons sending four pupils from abroad, will bo charged the regular tuition fees of only three; and any gentleman, or number of gentlemen, not Masons, sending in like manner, five pupils, will be charged the tuition fees of only four. Provision has been made for a Fifth College Class, a class of resident graduates, who will be entitled, on standing a satisfactory examination, on certain prescribed studies, at the expiration of twelve months after graduation to receive the second degree-in English Literature. A most successful term has just been closed with a brilliant Commencement, under tne con trol of the gentlemen of the Board of instruction above named, and the attention of tlie public is respectfully invited to the claims of this College. JOHN B. HENDRICK, Aug.2-Cw President cf the Local Board QOFER & MoCALLA, General Commission Merchants, and Dealers in LEATHER, SHOE FINDINGS, 'HARNESS, SADDLES, BRIDLES', &C. AC. Consisting in part of French ami American Calf Skins, various Brands.) Country, Hemlock, and White Oak S3 o 1 c LeatHor, HARNESS LEATHER,• Both Country and Northern. SADDLE MATERIALS, 4o„ and everything needed in a Shoe, Harness or Saddle Simp; We are alab MANUFACTURING' Harness, Saddles, Bridles, &c-, and will sell the same kinds of goods as cliwvi as any House, t aking Freight aud other expenses into consideration. Hereafter we expect, to devote our whole time and energy to the above business, and expect success to crown our efforts. M. 1.-Cofxb, A. C. MoCaila. - Aug. 23 Decatur street, Atlanta, Ga. JJ. BROWNE, . GILD E Tv, Looking Glass, and Picture Frame Manufacturer O and P a nags Restored, I.ined and Varnis ied 2,13 ly 135 Broad street, Augusta, Gnu N E W Milli n o r y E S T A B L I S II M E H T . MRS. C. WTSEBERG, (formerly of Charles ton, S. C,) takes pleasure in informing the ladies of this vicinity, that she lias established herself in the Millinery Business, where can be found a WELL SELECTED, Fashionable stock of Bonnets, Hats, Straw & Millinery Goods Generally, and r-spcctfully in\ites all those visiting the city, to purchase the same, to price her Goods, before purchasing elsewhere. Mrs. C. WIBEBERG, No. 3, Peachtree street, Atlanta, Ga Next door to Cox 4 Hill, Wholesale Liquor Merchants.— Iy3o Holmes & c alder Formerly Holmes 4 Cos. IMPORTERS AND DEALERS IN Paints, Oils. (Hass, Varnishes, BRUSHES, ETC. Nos. J 26 Meeting, and 55 Ilascl Streets CHARLESTON, S. C. W. E. lIOLMrS,. W, CALDEB References. —Andrew Simonds, Pres. Ist Na tional Bank. Win. C. Dukes ,j- Cos., L. W Spratt, Esq., Gen. Johnson Hagood, Col. Clias 11. Simomtun, Capt. James M. Carson msol\u SADDLERY & HARNESS EMPORIUM. Cf C. ROGERS, Decatur Street, %• secono door below Messrs. Moore 4 Marsh and op. the United States and American Hotels ATLANTA, GA. Keeps constantly on hand a good assortment of Saddles, Harness, Collars Wlxips, &c., &c„ All kinds of REPAIRING promptly dome— prices reasonable. Call and examine the stock on hand, which ia complete, and will be sold cheap, before pur chasing elsewhere. HIDES taken in exchange for Goods. wishing BUGGIES or other V»hi vies, can have them ordered through me.—6m3o Special Notices. Information. Information guaranteed to produce a luxuriant growth of hair upon a bald head or beard]#** face, also a recipe for the removal of Pimplua, Blotches, Eruptions, etc., of the skin, leaving tha same soft, clear, and beautiful, can be obtuiuod with out charge bv addressing TUGS. F. CHAPMAN, Chemist, 1y24 SI Broadway, New York. To tConsampUves. rpilE Rev. EDWARD A. WILSON will send (foe. I of charge) to all who desire it, the prescription with the directions for making and using the simple remedy by which lie was cured of a lung affection and that dread disease Consumption, llis oulyob jeet is to benefit tho afflicted and lie hopes every sufferer will try this prescript ion; as It will cost them nothing, and may prove a blessing. Plcast address Rev. EDWARD A. WILSON, No. 165 south second street, Wllliamshurgh, N. T. Errors of Youth. A Gentleman who suffered for yours from Nervous Debility, Premature Decay,‘and all the effects of youthful indisoreton, will, for the sake of suffering humanity, sent free to all v ho need it, the recipe and directions for making tli. simple remedy by which he was eured. Suffer ers wishing te profit by the advertiser's experi. i-noe, tua do so, by addressing, iu perfect c«n£- donee, JOHN B. OGDEN, 24 ly 42 Cedar Street, New York PHILLIPS & CO., J AUGUSTA, GA Importers and Wholesale Dealers Have Just received the Largest Stock of ROPE & BAGGING, and can sell Cheaper than any houso in the oity. Have just opened, and keep constantly ou hand a well selected stock of Brandies & Gin, Bourbon, Ry«, and other Whiskies. a’so a Great Variety of WINES and CIGARS, also a fine Stock of G-RO CERIES, To which (hey respectfully invite the atltnti.n of all Hotel Keepers and Dealers in their lint, ns their intention is to sell As Low as can be Bought in the city ts N£ W YORK. Call at PHILLIPS k CO., 282, Broad street, August*, I #*.. 1,46tf AND LOOK, IF YOU DON'T BBT iofliwlil. 11 E M O y A t . r'F'llK undersigned would l-esp, clfully k iv. J- notice to his friends, p>< ions, and iht tr««. generally, that he has rtmoVeJ hi# Stock »f BOOTS, SHOES, AND THUNKS, To the Spacious Frfalduhinfnt o. 141 M feting Street Opposite if *yn e , CII AULESTO N,‘ S.- & And with inc: cased facilities with the Mai.nfus turies and his spacious tales Roem, is pi.psrcif with a superior ttock lo furnish desirable gsoda for the Southern Market, consistiig of the fol lowing kinds: Men’s, Hoy’s, and Y mlhs' BOOTS, BROGANS, BALMORALS, OXFORTF ’JIICS, AND CONGRESS, Sew ed and Pegged. W onion’s Mi-ses’ and ( h’i'drrn'y PEGGED AND SEWED BOOTS. Mali’s and Lndi-s’ TRUNKS/ VALISES, AND CARPET BAGS ' Also, PACKING TRUNK; of every size aadf* description. The continued patrnnng’ if 1-is friends akc former customers, is invited, and all dealers it!* BOOTS, -SIIdES AND TJtVSjtSf., , are solicited to call nnd examine hid SlC‘ca,' AU orders will be promptly attended, ts.' Ar , EDWARD March la-oOCm. ’ W. U. GOODRICH 1 , o. G 000 nitimi (V G. GOODRICH & Yo'.- COTTON <(■ TOBACCO FACTORS AND GENERAL, Commission Merchants,- 171 Broad Street, : : : : 'AUGUSTA, GA DKAbttRS IN GRAIN, PROVISIONS, AND lilt)COES' fsifAmple Storage for Consignments. Per sonal attention given to the Brnhuse. Sale'ar and Shipment of COTTON and other Products, en tirely dti Commission.—lyre 13 r. iiansberger, Kent biuli P. IIANSBERGEII, & GO: 2C4, Broad Street, Augusta, (**.' Wholesale and Retail Dealers' I N CHEWING & SMOKING TOBACCO,- Havana, and Domestic LI GAB S, SNUFF, riPES, MATCHES,Ac. We deal exclusively in Tobacconists Artic!c»l and can therefore supply the Tr ade at as liber* prices as anyhouse in the city. All orders promptly filled.—asl,4Ba2.3in. WOOL ( tiilimi! AT STEADMAN, Newton County, Georgia HAVING bought a New Set of Improved WOOL CARDS of the best Manufae t :rers, (Cottrell 4 Babcock, Westerly R. 1.,; I shall be prepared by the first of May to com mence Carding, and 1 garantec to the ladies and others who may favor tne witli their pat ronage, to give them Rolls without Napping th* Wool, and Rolls that, can be spun without caus ing a fuss in the family. Having the Best Set of Car ds in the country, I wish to give universal satisfaction. To do #« those sending Wool will please comply with th following directions for Preparing the Wool, Ist. Wash the wool with clean soft water. — Never have it hot. 2d. Pick out all liie Burs and Trash. . 3d. Never put Grease on the wool. 4th. If you have good clean Lard, send ene pound for every 12 pounds ot wool, in a clean veseeL • 6th. Where gbod Lard is not sent, I will fut'fffeh LARD OIL, which is miieh better, and charge it with the Carding, which will be only the price of good Lard, 6th. Have yout names plainly marked oa eaeh Package. My charges are 12£ cents for Plain, and cents for Mixed. F. STEADMAN, Steadman, Ga., April 12, 1867. — 201f