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THURSDAY*MORNING, JAN’Y 25.
NOT A HOWL.
The exposure being made in regard to
the management of the affairs of the
Now York Custom House, though stifled
in every possible manner by the majori
ty of the committee, are of the most dis
reputable and disgraceful character, yet
we do not hear a single howl about cor
ruption from the Grant organs. They
were in intense agony about Tamma
ny Hall, but are sublimely calm in con
nection with the frauds of the Grant of
ficials in the Custom House. We have
no cartoons from Nast, no anathemas
from the New York Times, and no
shrieks of horror from the lesser organs
of Radicalism. The merchants and
business men of New York have been
robbed and swindled without stint, but
not a word of censure comes from the
organs of the Grant faction. The Cus
tom House at the principal port of the
nation has been turned into a den of
loafers and thieves by the Grant admin
istration, but no word of condemnation
comes from the organs or supporters of
that party. They have exhausted all
their patriotic horror over the Tamma
ny ring. _
MR. BUMNER—AMNESTY.
Mr. Sumner’s Supplementary Civil
Rights bill does not, by any means,
meet with the frank approval of either
his Radical associates or of many of the
Radical journals.
It was the trick of a naturally mean
mind to insist on tacking this bill to the
Amnesty bill. The plea was that Sena
tors “should do justice before they
granted mercy." It was a shallow plea
for a malignant act. If Mr. Sumner ex
pected to carry his amendment to the
Civil Rights bill on its merits, he could
much more easily have done so by bring
ing it forward as an independent bill, as
it would then have required but a ma
jority of the Senate to pass it. On the
other hand, as an appendage to the Am
nesty bill, it can only be passed by a
two-thirds vote; so that, in reality, by
jeopardizing the passage of the Amnesty
bill, through saddling it with his Civil
Rights amendment, he deliberately chose
to risk the failure of the very measure
in which he professes to tnkc the great
est interest.
His purpose is apparent enough, how
ever much as he may seek to cover it np
with a catch-phrase. Ho knew that the
country was ripe for the passage of an
Amnesty bill. He knew that the most
influential Republican journal outside
of New England had demanded that the
amnesty should be sweeping nnd general.
Ho knew, also, that the members of the
House of Representatives—fresh from
the people, and therefore impressed the
more deeply with the change in popular
feeling—had actually gone to work at
once and passed a bill, which, whilst it
made some exceptions to entire amnesty,
would yet have reduced the list of the
proscribed to a comparatively small num
ber.
His real object, therefore, was to de
feat the Amnesty bill by saddling it with
an obnoxious rider. In doing this he
Jim],) hiu phiUntliivpy »iit>ordinrtto to
his malignity by showing that he wonld
ratlior that his Civil Rights amendment
should miscarry than the Amnesty bill
should pass.— Exchange.
THE LEGAL TENDER ACT.
Its Constitutionality Affirmed.
Washington, January 15.—1 n the Su
premo Court, Associate Justice Strong
delivered the opinion of the Court affirm
ing the constitutionality of the legal
acts of Congress, Justice
Hwayne, Davis, Miller anil Bradley con
curring. Justice Bradley read his views
on one branch of the question. Chief
J ustice Chase delivered the dissenting
opinion for himself, Justices Field,
Clifford nnd Nelson. Views on the
same side were read bv Justices Clifford
and Field. Justice Nelson was absent.
The opinion read bv Justice Strong was
substantially as follows :
No. 10, December term, 1870.—Knox
against Lee, and No. 17, June term,
Parker against Davis. Error to the Cir
cuit Court for the Western District of
Texas and the Supreme Judicial Court
of Massachusetts. Tlio debts which
have been contracted since February 25,
1862, are by far the greatest portion of
the indebtedness of the country. They
were contracted in view of the acts of
Congress declaring treasury notes a le
gal tender and in reliance upon that
declaration, and legal tender notes have
lieoome the universal measure of value.
If now the decision of the Court estab
lishes that these obligations can only be
discharged by gold coin, and that con
trary to the expectation of all parties to
contracts legal tender notes are render
ed unavailable, the Government has be
come an instrument of the grossest in
justice ; all debtors are loaded with an
obligation it was never contemplated
they should assume ; a large percentage
is added to every debt, and such must be
come the demand for gold to satisfy con
tracts that ruinous sacrifices, general
distress nnd bankruptcy may be expect
ed. These consequences are too obvi
ous to admit of question, and there is
no well bounded distinction to be made
between the constitutional validity of
an act of Congress declaring treasury
notes a legal tender for the. payments
contracted after its passage and that of
an stet making them a legal tender for
the discharge of all debts, as Well those
incurred before as those made after its
enactment. There may be a difference
in the effects produced by acts and in
the hardship of their operation, but in
both cases tho fundamental question—
that which tests the validity of the lega
tion—is, can Congress constitutionally
give the treasury notes the character and I
qualities of money ? Can such notes be
constituted a legitimate circulating me
dium, having a defined legal value ? If
they can, then such notes must be avail
able to fufill all contracts not expressly
•xcepted, solvable in money without refe: -
ence to the time when the contracts were
made. It is not, therefore, strange that
those who hold the legal tender aots
unconstitutional when applied to' con
tracts made before February, 1862, find j
themselves compelled also to hold that
the acts are invalid as to debts con
tracted after that time and to hold that i
both classes of debts alike can be dis
charged only by gold and silver coin. .
A lengthy examination of constitutional :
construction is made and the conclusion
is that Congress has the authority in all
cases to enact laws necessary and proper
for tho execution of all powers created
by the Constitution, and that the neces- ;
sity spoken of is not absolute, but with
in the judgment and discretion of Con
gress. It is determined that one of the 1
duties of government is to preserve j i
itself, and held that this Government is I.
possessed of all necessary powers to i
that end, and after a statement of the I.
condition of the country at the date of 11
the issue of legal tenders, the eirenm- 1 1
_ —j
stances of the war, and the means re
quired to maintain the army and navy, |
it is said that if it w-ere certain that <
nothing else would have supplied the .
absolute necessities of the Treasury, j
nothing else would have enabled the |
Government to maintain its armies and 1
navy, that nothing else wonld have j
saved the Government and the Constitu
tion from destruction, while the legal
tender vts would, it cannot be said that
Congress transgressed its powers in the
enactment of those laws ; or 3 these en
actments did work the results, it cannot
be maintained now that they were not i
or a legitimate end, and appropriate,
and adapted to that end. In the lan- !
guage of Chief Justice Marshall, in Me- i
Cullough vs. the State of Maryland, that
they did work such result cannot be i
doubted, and if it be conceded that
some other means might liave been
chosen for the accomplishment of the
same necessary object, the argument is
not weakened ny the concession. Con
gress had the choice of means, and it
chose a sufficient and proper one, and
that it had a right to do, and that was
all it could have done.
If the Court were to hold that the
means selected were beyond the consti
: tutional power of Congress, because, in
, their opinion, some other means would
I have been equally appropriate and effi
> cient, that would be to assume legiNa
tive power and to disregard the accepted
j rules for construing the Constitution.
, But the view is taken that none of the
other means suggested could have been
; successful. The credit of the country
had been tried to its utmost endurance.
; Every new issue of notes which had
nothing more to rest upon than Govern
ment credit must have paralyzed it more
and more, and rendered it increasingly
! difficult to keep the army in the field or
the navy afloat. It is a historical fact
1 that many persons and institutions re
: ; fused to receive those notes that were at
j first issued, and the head of the Treas
| ury Department represented to Congress
the necessity of making the new issues
1 legal tenders, or rather declared it im
. ! possible-to avoid the necessity.
The grant to Congress of the power
to coin money cannot be regarded as
1 containing an implied prohibition
’ I against the issue of legal tender notes,
) and if it raises any implications, they
[ are of complete power over tho currency
rather than restraining. The objection
that the legal tender act impairs the ob
-1 ligation of contracts cannot be accepted,
* for it is not an obligation of the debt to
i I pay gold or silver as to contracts to pay
■ money generally ; not contracts to pay
specifically defined money, of the kind
1 of money recognized by law at the time
r when the contract was made, nor is it
r j'his duty to pay money of equal intrinsic
I value in the market. The expectation of
the creditor and the anticipation of the
’ debtor may have been that the contract
i , would be discharged by the payment of
. coined metal, but neither the expecta
! tion of the one party to the contract
concerning its fruits nor the anticipation
' \ of the other constitutes its obligations,
i The obligation of contract to pay money
j is to pay that which the law shall recog
[ nize as money when the payment is to
:be made. If there is anything to be
' settled by decision it is this, and it is
■ not understood to be controverted. Nor
j ; can it be said that Congress may not by
its action indirectly impair the obliga
tion of contracts, if by the expression bo
*<j meant rendering them fruitless or par
l j tially so. Directly it may ; confessedly,
i ; by passing a bankrupt act, embracing
. | past as well as future transactions. This
‘i is obliterating contracts entirely. So it
1 may relieve parties from their apparent
t , obligations indirectly in a multitude of
, ways. All such measures may and must
; ■ operate seriously upon existing con
tracts, and may not merely hinder, but
relieve the parties entirely from further
j performance.
- i As to the objection that the legal ten
, 1 der acts wore prohibited by the consti
! tutional provision prohibiting the taking
of private property for public use with
* ■ out just \eomponsat:ail, it - 11 that.
I ' provision has always been understoooTo
t ; refer only to direct appropriation and
I not to consequential injuries resulting
from the exercise of lawful power. The
objection that the unit of money value
must possess intrinsic value is regarded
as foreign to the subject. The legal
tender acts do not attempt to make a
standard of values. Their validity is
i not rested upon the assertion that their
. emission is coinage or any regulation of
. the value of money, nor is it asserted
’ that Congress mny make anything which
I has no value money. What is asserted
, ! is that Congress has the power to enact
thut the Government promises to pay
, ; money shall be for the time equivalent
t in value to tho representative value, de-
I ' termiued by the coinage acts or to mul
! tiples thereof. It is hardly correct to
, speak of a standard of value. The Con
stitution does not speak of it, and con
! templates merely a standard for that
which has gravity or extension. Value
is un ideal thing. The coinage act fixes
its unit as a dollar, but the gold or sil
ver thing called a dollar is in no sense
: the standard of a dollar, but a represen
tative of it.
This decision overrules so much of
what was decided in Hepburn against
Oriswold (8 Wall, 603,) as ruled the legal
tender acts unwarranted by the Consti
tution so far as they apply to contracts
made before the enactment.
It is said that it is no unprecedented
thing in courts of last resort, both in
; this country and in England, to overrule
; decisions previously made, even in cases
j involving private interests. If this Court
. is convinced it has made a mistake, it
will hear another argument and correct
the error. It is agreed this should not
!be done inconsiderately; but in a case
of such far-reaching consequences as the ,
present, thoroughly convinced as the I
' Court is that Congress has not trans
| grossed its powers, itr is regarded as a ;
duty so to decide and affirm the judg- ;
, ments below in both cases. It is also
1 remarked that the Court is not accus
tomed to hear such cases in the absence
of a full Court, if it can be avoided.
Mr. Justice Bradley read a lengthy i
opinion concurring in the conclusions of
Mr. Justice Strong, the Chief Justice, 1
i and Justicles Clifford and Field. All j
the dissenting Justices, except Mr. Jus
tice Nelson, who was absent, read dis
senting opinions, setting forth at great
length the minority views, with which
the country is familiar as hnving been
the opinion of the Court in the former
decision of the legal tender question.
In concluding, the Chief Justice says :
“If, then, the plain sense of words, if
the contemporaneous exposition of par
ties, if tho common consent in under
standing, if the opinions of Courts avail
anything in determining the meaning of
the Constitution, it seems impossible to j
doubt that the power to coin money is a
power to establish a uniform standard
of value, and that no other power to es
tablish such a standard is conferred up
on Congress by the Constitution. j\fy
brothers Clifford and Field concur in i
these views, but in consideration of the
importance of the principles involved will
| deliver their separate opinions. My
brother Nelson also dissents.’’
No other opinions were delivered, and ;
the Court sat until five o’clock for the ;
‘ reading of the five opinions in these
cases. The Chief Justice announced j
that the Court would not sit to-morrow,
but would be engaged in conference.
The dissenting opinions refer to the fact
that the question on its former decision
was so ably argued, and decided with as
mature deliberation as any cause ever
before the Court, and by a full Court. I
The decision before was concurred in by
five Justices against three dissenting. ,
The Court by law then consisted of I
eight Justices, and its decision is now :
overruled by five Justices to four, the 1
Court now * being composed of nine | .
Justices, and all those then upon the
bench retaining the views then express- :
ed.
BY TELEGRAPH. j
TO THE ASSOCIATED PRESS.
CONGRESSIONAL.
Washington, January 24.—Senate.—
The relief of Chicago sufferers occupied
to-day.
No action upon final adjournment.
House.—The morning hour was ex
hausted upon education without action.
Butler presented a petition, signed by
35,000 women, for female suffrage, say
ing they only desired a declaratory reso
lution, as they claimed the right under
the Constitution. Butler favored early
action. The matter was referred to the
Judiciary Committee.
Mr. Shellabarger, Chairman of the
Committee on Commerce, reported a
resolution directing that committee to
inquire : First, Whether the commerce
among the several States was injuriously
affected by any inadequacy in the pres
ent means of laud transportation, or by
any combination or monopoly in the
control or ownership thereof, or by means
of any excessive or inequitable rates of
freght or fare charged by common car
riers, or by means of other burdens or
restraints imposed on such commerce by
carriers. Second, Whether the com
merce with foreign nations and on the
coasts and waters of the United States,
i or at any port thereof, was subjected to
I any oppressive or illegal requirements,
j or restraints, under color of quarantine,
health, or other law or customs of any
State. Third, Whether at any ports of
the United States of America seamen or
foreign immigrants on arriving thereat
are subjected to wrong or deprivation,
which require legislation. Fourth, What
legislation or other means is requisite to
relieve, revive and sustain the tonnage
and foreign commerce of the United
States. The committee and sub-committee
to have power to send for persons and
papers, and to set at such places as may
be convenient. The resolution, which
was reported unanimously from the com
mittee, was adopted. Adjourned.
NEWS SUMMARY.
San Fbancisco, January 24.—William
A. Johnson, of Austin Ranch, insane
from grief, shot himself dead when his
wife was placed in the coffin. They were
buried together.
Madison, Wis., January 24.—The Wis
consin Legislature instructs its Congres
sional delegation to support the postal
telegraph bill.
Nashville, January 24.—General R.
i S. Ewell is seriously sick with pneumo
nia. His wife died yesterday with the
same disease.
New York, January 24.—Countess
Van Etta has been arrested for bigamy.
The man she married a month ago
complains that her husband, a German
Count, still lives.
j Baltimore, January 24.—Henry P.
: Pluinhoff suicided.
Omaha, January 24.—There is still no
■ quorum.
The worst storm of the seaaon is re
ported.
Cheyenne, January 24.—1 tis snowing
and blowing a gale. No trains from the
West for several days. The road is now
blocked both sides of Cheyenne.
Memphis, January 24. Scott, Mc-
Comb, Garther, Plant, Walters, and
other railroad men, are looking to the
absorption of the Memphis and Little
Rock Road by the Pennsylvania Central
combination.
f Boston, January 24.—The crew of the
? bark Warren Hallet, hence to Cape
c Verde, mutinied. One was killed and
' one fatally wounded,
f Albany, January 24.—A bill has been
1 introduced vacating every director’s of
" fice in the Erie Road.
1 Hartford, January 25.—Jewell was
r renominated.
Providence, January 24.—Rev. Dr.
E. J. Robinson has been elected Presi
‘ dent of Brown College.
ji 4a- * *&&&&
) [ London, January 24, noon. The
1 Bishop of Exeter was insulted while pre
j 1 siding at a temperance meeting. A row
j ensued, when policemen used their
> i clubs.
1 A hurricane occurred last night. The
1 rain penetrated the roof of the House of
i Parliament, damaging the decorations,
i | Paris, January 24, noon.—MacMalion
: j refused the nomination for Vice-Presi
f j dent, tendered him by the Right Centre.
I ! Havana, January 21, noon.—Trouble
i j is brewing between Spain and France
[ over the capture of several persons, in
; eluding slaves, by a French steamer.
• The close of Cuban ports against French
; vessels is threatened, unless the fugi
tives are returned. Cubans have bum
. ed Uuica, killing several volunteers and
i regulars. The Spaniards sent for re
. iuforcements and re-occupied the ruins.
The Cubans captured forty carts near
; Jjos Tunas. Several wero killed on
. both sides. The Cubans outnumbered
i the Spaniards.
Madrid, January 24, evening. Sn
i ' gosta and Maleampo, of the Ministry,
j have resigned.
London, January 24, evening.—A mass
' | meeting in support of Delke has been
; called at Trafalgar Square, February sth.
Paris, January 5, evening..— Prince
Napolen has been elected to the Council
of Ajaccio, Corsica.
FROM NEW YORK.
New York, January 24.—Margaret
I Sanders gets live thousand dollars for
j the loss of her husband by the West- I
field disaster from the Staten Island j
I Ferry Company. The jury regretted ,
legal inability to give her more.
The concert saloons, notwithstand
ing the raid of Monday, are in full blast.
A kerosine lamp explosion burned an
elderly lady and three houses.
The trial of Stokes, Fisk’s murderer,
has been postponed on account of the
' sickness of Judge Ingraham.
Specie shipment to-day, $250,000.
Three garroters entered a street car
and robbed a passenger without moles-
J tation from the conductor or driver.
It is stated that Secretary Conklin, of
Market Savings Bank, is a defaulter to
; the amount of $400,000.
Thomas J. Whittemore, formerly edi
; tor of the Universalist paper, the Trum
pet, is dead ; aged, 75.
The small pox has appeared in several
! parts of Canada.
PROM WASHINGTON.
Washington, January 21, noon.—lt is
stated, upon the authority of General
1 Young, of Georgia, that Senator Morton
I will push Herschel V. Johnson’s dis
ability bill through the Senate.
The Louisiana Committee departed
| to-night.
1 Nominations—Jas. Shepard, Collector
| Customs, St. Mary’s, Ga.
Emory telegraphs that all is quiet,
and that the parties seem preparing for
Congressional investigation.
MRS. WHARTON ACQUITTED.
Annapolis, January 24.—Mrs. Whar
ton has been acquitted.
Annapolis, January 24, evening.—
Mrs. Wharton was admitted to bail upon
au indictment for attempting to poison
Van Ness, and discharged. The scene
, was touching, but there were only mur
murred applause.
WHITE CASTILE SOAP.
A superior article. For sale by
T. W. CHICHESTER,
Janl3 _ 288 Broad street.
Western Lager Beer Depot.
WHOLESALE and Retail. Swiss Cheese,
Bologna Baneage, Ac.
A. BOHNE,
mvlO—tf Opposite Planters' Hotel
FIXBHAI, NOTICE.'
THE FBIENDS AND ACQUAINTANCES Os
Dr. M. E. Swlnney and Family aud of Mr. and Mrk
John Robinson are requested to attend the funeral
of Mr. JOHN ROBINSON, from the Catholic Church,
THIS (Thuraday) MORN I NO, at 10 o'clock.
•MED, , [**
In this city, January 2i*t, 1872, of heart diae&ae, »
her mother’s residence, Mrs. ANNE AUSTIN, wlddr
of the late Dr. Robert Austin ; aged, 47 years.
Savannah papers please copy.
SPECIAL NOTICES.
NOTICE !
AUGUSTA CONSISTORY, NO. 1, S.\ P.\ R.\ B.*±-
The Regular Monthly Meeting of this Body will Ve
held THIS (Thursday) EVENING, 7# o’clock, at
Masonic Hall.
By order of *~T
111.*. T. H. Nexjbon, 33d Commander. i
WM. J. GOODRICH,
jan2s—l Registrar.
A MEETING OF THE DEMOCRATS OF |
the Third Ward will be held at Vigilant (No. 3) Est- j
gine House, on THURSDAY EVENING next, 29th.
to nominate a candidate to All the vacancy occa
sioned by the resignation of James Gargan
bex of Council. Meet at 1% o’clock p. in.
By order of tke President.
Janß4—l O. W, BOUCHII.LON.
SPECIAL NOTICE.
AN OLD ESTABLISHED IMPORTING HOCttf
representing in this country mw*l of the best
known Arms in Champagne, Bordeaux, Cognac asd
Xerez, is desirous of making arrangements with a
First-Class House in Augusts, Ga., for the exclusive
sale of these Wines in the Utter city.
Please to address “ Sole Agent,” Box 2729 P. 0.,
, New York.
New York, January 16, 1872. Jan22—^
DR. J. P. H. BROWN,
DENTIST, 189 BROAD STREET, NEXT HOUMT
above John tt T. A. Bones’ Hardware Store, j&nl-tf
PAY VOIR POLL TAX. A
THE COMPTROLLER GENERAL HAVING 18-
' SUED instructions for the immediate collection of the
: unpaid Toll Tax for the years 1868, 1809, and 1871,1
herewith gixe notice that all in arrears must come up
j and settle without deUy, or they will be placed ufon
| the insolvent list, and thereby debarred from voting.
JOHN A. BOHLER, T. C. R. R.
j N. B.—The above will apply also to those in arrears
j for the year 1871. deeM—
Office Life Association of America, ; )
St. Louis, December 28th, 1871. /
| AN ELECTION FOB DIRECTORS OF THE LIFE
I ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA will be held at the
• office of the Association, in the city of St. Louis, Mo.,
' on the 30th day of January, 1872.
j Polls open from 11 A. M. to 3P. M.
W’M. HANLEY, Secretary.
! jan3— 2awtiljan3o
LEA A PERKINS’ SAUCE,
PRONOUNCED BY CONNOISSEURS “THE ONLY
i GOOD SAUCE.** It improves appetite and digestion,
| and it is unrivalled for its flavor,
j We are directed by Messrs. Lea & Perkins to pros
ecute all parties making or vending counterfeit
JOHN DUNCAN’S SONS,
I augl.i—tuthAsaOm Agents, New York.
CHARLOTTE, COLUMBIA AND AUGUSTA It. 8.,)
General Superintendent’s Office, -*■ V
Coh'mbia, 8. C., January 1,1872. )
j ON AND AFTER THURSDAY, JANUARY 4TH,
j the following Schedule will be run over this Roa<^:
. GOING NORTH.
Train No. 1. Train
! Leave Augusta 3:15 a. m. 6:00 p. in.
j Leave Columbia 8:22 a. m. 11:04 j* in.
j Arrive at Charlotte 2:09 p. m. 6:15 a~jn.
GOING SOUTH. *
Train No. 1. Train No. 2.
'■ I<eavo Charlotte 7:15 a. m. 7:30 p. m.
Leave Columbia 1:35 p. m. 2:00 arm.
Arrive at Augusta 6:50 p. m. 7:30 a. m.
E. P. ALEXANDER,
jan4-tf General Superintendent.
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HAPPY RELIEF FOR YOUNG MEN FROM THE
! effects of Errors and Abuses in early life. Manhood
restored. Nervous debility cured. Impediments to
Marriage removed. New method of treatment. New
! and remarkable remedies. Books aud Circulars sent
free, in sealed envelopes.
Address HOWARD ASSOCIATION, No. 2 South
NiLth^Btreet^hiladdphia^Pa^^^^jan^Awarn
A Splendid Water Power for Sale.
I
THE aito of the VAUCLUSE COTTON FAC
TORY, burned in 1867. This property
i consists of the ruinß of the mill, a village for
I 200 handa, a large superintendent a house,
1 office, store warehouse, paa worka, Ac. The
i wheel pit ia on solid granite, aud is intact, the
stream. Horse Creek, is clear and never failing,
j and has a fall of forty-two feet (12), affording
; three hundred home power. The tract consists
of 2.464 acres of well timbered land, situated
on the Charlotte, Columbia and Augusta Rail
road. two miles above GrauitcviUe, a mill of
twenty thousand spindles, and fourteen miles
from Angusta, Ga. This is a splendid Water
Power, situated in a healthy manufacturing
district, and is admirably suited for a Pajier
i Mill or Cotton Factorv. Apply to
J. J. GREGG.
| janll-lm Augnsta, Ga.
KING WILLIAM TOMATO SEfiD
FOR SALE 1
THE FRUIT on exhibition at CHICHES
TER'S Drug Store, 288 Broad Street.
janl4—tf
NOVEMBER ACCEPTANCES.
PLANTERS, or others, can get their Fac
tors’ acceptances cashhd bv applying
promptly to BRANCH, SONS A CO.,
_Ja»l7— ts Augusta. Ga.
Pianos and Cabinet Organs
OF superior quality can bo purchased on
monthly instalments, by applying to the
subscriber. GEO*. A. OXTES,
janlß—tf 240 Broad street.
D. O’NEILL & SONS,
WHOLESALE DEALERS IX
Boots, Shoes
AND J:
TRUNKS,
>'o. 38 Hayue Street, Charleston, S. C
novl2-«awß(lfriAA»
Philadelphia and Southern .Hail
Steamship Co.
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Cabin Passage, S2O ; Deck, $lO.
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i T ILI. sail for the above port on
FRIDAY, JANUARY 26t11, 1872.
At o'clock M.
Through Rills Lading furnished at Augusta
by these steamers in connection with Central
Railroad to Philadelphia and Boston.
For Freight or Passage apply to Agent Cen
tral Railroad, Augusta;
HUNTER A GAMMELL,
declS-tf Savannah.
HOREHOUND CANDY,
OR COUGHS, COLDS, Ac. Fresh every
day- T. W. CHICHESTER, ; i
jan23—tf 288 Broad Street._ j
For Sale Cheap.
i
r T'ViE House and Lot corner Linooln and Cal- 1
X houn streets. Apply to l
ROGERS A DeGRAAF, t
J»n21 —2w 145 Broad street, i
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS, j
1000 12-4 HONEY COMB QUILTS
AT 90 CENTS!
“A Terile Temptation!”
:Q:
Nothing related by Charles Reads.
!in bis last novel bearing the above title
j could equal the Temptations offered
this .week
TO THE LADIES OF AUGUSTA'
* I
j,- - BV
Christopher Cray, ;
- Who has arrived from New York, and,
as usual, when he visits Augnsta, is
Reducing tlio Prices
> DRY GOODS!
o
j Prominent among many other Tempt
| ing Bargains, will b© found
1,000 12-1 HONEY COMB QUILTS
AT 90c. EACH.
STRIPED SILKS at 50e.
PLAID SILKS at 75e.
SOLID COLORED SILK at SI.
100 sets FURS, from $1 50 to $5, to
be sold forty per cent, under importers’
prices.
Christopher Gray & Co.
_jau2s-thsuAtutf
• John J. Cohen. Pmnir L. Cohen.
John Jay Cohen. *
I JOHN J. COHEN f SONS,
BAAKERS AM. imOkEQ*.
BANK OF EXCHANGE Affl DEPOSIT.
TT
| J —LAVING provided ourselves with a first-class
Herring's Burglar and Fire Proof Safe and
Vault, we are now prepared to do a General
Banking aud Deposit Business,
t (Business same as an Incorporated Bank).
We allow INTEREST ON DEPOSITS by spe
cial agreement!,
FOREIGN EXCHANGE for sale on England.
Ireland, Scotland, Germany and Franco.
We BUY ,and SELL EXCHANGE on New
Y'ork, Charleston and Savannah at current rates.
| COLLECTIONS promptly attended to.
REVENUE STAMPS’ FOR SALE.
STOCKS, BONDS and SECURITIES bought
; and sold on commission.
SEW YORK CORRESPONDENT. NATIONAL
_ PARK BANK. *
• ; *.. - . ........
TO NEW YORK.
j Atl. ANTIC COAST LINE RAILROADS,
' via Columbia, Wilmington ami Weldon -uu
| HurpaHHed for speed, comfort, safety and
; reliable connections*.
j Take Columbia and Augunta Train at Union
Depot at 3.15 A. M.
Through to Wilmington without change of
| Cars.
Splendid Sleeping Cars on all Night Trains.
Double Daily Traina from Columbia North by
this Route, at 9 A. M. and 6 P. M.
Time aa Quick and Fare an Low aa by any
other Rail Route. jan2s ts
II AUDI GRAS.
for thid splendid first-class EX
_L CURBION are now on sale at Georgia
I Railroad Ticket Office, to take effect February !
i 9th. good for thirty days. Through Sleeping
C or» nui from Augusta to New Orleans via
the popular Blue Mountain Route, to be at the
disposal of the excursionists during the stay in
New Orleans. 'Through Ticket to New Orleans
and return, £2B 50. Ditto, including Sleeping
Berth, S3B 50. Two persons occupying same
Berth, $67. For further particulars, address,
by mail or telegraph.
REAU CAMPBELL,
Passenger Agent, No. 4. 11. I. Kimball House,
Atlanta, Ga.
B. W. WRENN.
G. P. and T. A.. W. A A. R. It.
JOHN B. PECK, !
G. P. and T. A., 8. R. A D. R. R.
jau2s—tf
NOTICE !
G1 LOItGIA, BURKE COUNTY.—I hereby
I forewarn any and all persons trading for
a note for SIBO, dated January 26th. 1871, held
I by Davis & Marks against ‘me, and pavable
twelve mouths after date, as a plea of failure
of consideration will he set up agaiust said i
note.
January IBth, 1872. T. H. MURDOCK.
jan2o—dlAw4
DANCING ACADEMY.
PROF. DE LARRANAGA will open his i
School on FRIDAY AFTERNOON, at 1
Ctkra s Hall, for Young Ladies. Misses and
Masters, at 3 o’clock, and for Gentlemen’s
Class in the evening, at 74 o’clock,
j- jan2s—2
Plantation Supplies.
XAM now supplying Planters and Farmers
with CORN, BACON, OATS, FLOUR, BULK
MEAT, LARD. HAY, GROCERIES, Ac., 01.
time until 15th October next. The cash trade
will also receive mv careful atteution.
A. K. SEAGO,
jan2s—dAw3m Merchant, Atlanta. Ga.
WANTED!
A GOOD HARNESS MAKER, that can mako
the body parts of Harness. Apply to
R. HANNAN,
i jan2s—2* Columbia. S. C.
Lubiu’s Extracts,
Rose Geranium, Yiolette,
Boquetdc Caroline,
Augusta Belle, Husk,
Jockey Club,
Patchouly,
Ess Boquet,
Sweet Briar,
White Rose,
Poppinack.
For sale by T. W. CHICHESTER.
janl3 289 Broad street.
Augusta Ice Works.
HAVING demonstrated that Ice can be well
and cheaply made here, I propose to get
up a Company to make it in larger quantity. ,
Books of subscription are open at my Store, 276
Broad street. I hope the merits of the enter
prise will commend it to our citizens, and that
the capital necessary will bo promptly sub- j
scribed, notwithstanding tho groat scarcity of
money. Tho sooner the Company is organized
lif at all) the better, in order to lio in time for
the ensuing Summer.
Jan 24 —8 R. F. ITRQUHART.
WE ARE NOW DISPLAYING
A LARGE AND ,
♦ J
Varied Assortment
% VI
OF
f. \ j
FRENCH KID GLOVES,
WITH 2,8, AND A BUTTONS.
*
Three Button Kids at sl, worth SI ■CS-, Two 1
and four Button Seamless Kids at 60,
worth $2/ This lot is from Auction,
and is remarkably cheap—tbs
$1 (0 Oloves being the
jpnsfhs retailed Lu
9 New York at \
qWe will also offer a Complete Variety ■jf ,
DOUBLE- SHAWLS !
XT GREATLY' REDUCED TRICES. ’
Handsomo Double Shawls 72x144, in j
* new and Beautiful Patterns and Coldrffi
to he sold at $0 50, $7, $8 59r the
regular prices of which are
aud sll. Fine Waterville Grey
Mixed Double Shawls, 72x # -
144. at $6 50, original
price $9.
ALSO,
A LARGE STOCK
i 1
OF
COLORED BLANKETS,
.
To he closed out at $2 50, $3 being the price at
which the same Blanket was sold last Winter.
! „ MILLIRKY BROTHERS,
262 SR<ftI(jTRBET,
decl7—tf • L ’ Angustk .*
NEW GOODS.* :
FOR SPRING TRADE.
Durable, Pretty and Cheap !
O
1 Jas. C. Bailie Bro.,
\ 7
CARPJjJiIF,ALERS,%OS BBOAD ST., *
i Are now opening for early Spring trade a beau
| tiimi stock of
,! CARPETING,
1 In Brussels, Three plys, Ingrain and cheap
1 Carpets.
Mattings, Rugs, Mats, Druggets,
A Beautiful Assorted Stock.
Floor aud Table Oil Cloths
Os new designs ; best goods ; all widths ; cut
any size. ■%
r WINDOW SHADES, all bizes wanted.
The prettiest stock over shown in Augusta.
} Rustic 81 iados, $1 25 and $1 50 each.
I • LACE CURTAINS of exquisite finish—now
| goods— from $2 to SSO a pair.
Cornices and Bands,
t Rosewood and Gilt. Walnut and Gilt; and Plain
and Gilt Cornices, w ith or without centers.
Rep/Terr*. and . Cartels,
TASSELS, GIMP, LODI’S, LINING, Ac.
Mail Papers, Borders and Paper
Shades
In beautiful Htyles for Spring trade, at
JAS. (4. BAILIE & BROTHER'S,
t P. B.—Carpets made aud laid, Oil Cloths laid
and Shades hung with dispatch.
jan7—thwe&w J. G. B. A Bbo.
t
A GEORGIA BOOH !
GREATEST SUCCESS OF ANY BOOK EVER
PUBLISHED IN GF.OROIA !
3,000 COPIES SOLD IN THREE DAYS.
Manual and Biographical Register,
/'“'IONTAINING Biographical Sketcheeof Gov-
V J emor Smith. ITeHident Trammell, Speaker :
Camming. Dr. Angier, and all the white
members of the Legislature. Head the sketch
|of Harrison 8. Riley. Valuable statistical in- ;
formation.
Agente are now making from S2O to S3O per |
week Belling tliiH Book. An Agent wanted to
canvass Augusta and other part« of Richmond I
county. Agcntn wanted in every county of the j
I State. Send for circular. Liberal inducements !
to Agents. Price, 60 cents per copy. Addrehs
A. ST. CLAIR ABRAMS.
ja»24—2 Box 572. Atlanta. Ga.
FOR ONE WEEK !
•T. Murphy Sc Co
w ILL sell their entire stock of SHOES, re
gardless of cost, when the balance on hand
will be closed out at auction in lots to suit j
purchasers. Families in need of Shoes had
better caU in time, as we are determined to be
exclusively in the Crockery and House Fur
nishing Business.
J. MURPHY A CO.,
jail'll—6 214. Masonic Hall.
Great liar^-aiiiw
IN
DRY GOODS,!
AT
C: J. T. BALK’S,
No. 130 Broad Street,
Half a Square above the Lower Market. I
.
Having Reduced tho Prices of my
LARGE ‘AND WELL SELECTED
STOCK,
GREAT BARGAINS CAN BE OB
TAINED,
By giving mo a call at
NO. 136 BROAD STREET.
Where only One Price is Asked,
AND PRICES ARE MARKED IN
PLAIN FIGURES.
SPECIAL BARGAINS
IN CLOAKS AND SHAWLS.
€. J. T. BALK.
dec 17—3 m
Exemption of Personalty.
RICHMOND COUNTY.
Ordinaiw’h Office fok Haid County, )
Auocsta, January 23, 1871. /
Lazprus Stokes has applied for Exemption of Per
sonalty, and I will past* upon the same at my office,
in AuKuata. Ga., on Saturday, FEBRUARY 3d, 187 »
at 10 o’clock a. m. SAMUEL LEVY,
jan24—we2 Ordinary.
_* -
THE fSOI rtA
FREIGHT *ip . A\D'F\SSE\GER ROUTE
£• '/4K. ' ™
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' v
. * T O -?
* * •• •
THE SHORI'ESiT EINE
TO AND FROM tft! ’
NEW TORE, PHILADELPHIA, BALTIMORE AND BOSTON,
AND ALL POINTS SOJiTH AND SOUTHWEST.
TIIIS “ OLD RELIABLE” ROUTE offers unequalled advantages to Shippers
Mid Travelers.
“ ,• >
RATES GUARANTEED AS LOW AS THOSE OF COMPETING LINES.
Marine Insurance to New York, Philadelphia or Baltimore, One-half of
One per cent.
To Boston by Direct Line, Fire-Eighths of One Per Cent.
0
THROUGH BILLS OF LADING AND THROUGH TICKETS cm l h« had at all the Principal
Railroad Offices in Georgia and Alabama. ■
STATE ROOMS may be secured in advance, without extra charge, by addressing Agents of
the Steamships, in Savannah, at whose Offices, in all cases, the Railroad Tickets should be ex
hanged and Births assigned.
THE THROUGH TICKET by this Route includes Transfers, Meals and State Room while on
; Shipboard.
The superior advantages offered by this highly favored Route are
FttJR STEAMERS WEEKLY TO NEW YORK.
‘A 1 O
*<w tt
trt.EO ...» Nt..., £ Dearborn, Commander.
JwiUWU. T. —* .* '. ,i ...Buoki.hv, Commander.
• *’ Hunter ,fc OainmclL.Agents, Savf iinaliX *
Ferris A ££., and 62 South V.
ON THURSDAYS. ~
- * * v*%' t »
HERMAN UVWJOSTON ; 4 Cheeskman, Commander.
GENERAL BARNES p MalloAv, Commander.
sty Wilder A Fnllarton, Agents, Saauuiah.
Livingston, Fox & Co., Agents, 88 Liberty street, N. Y.
" ON SATURDAYS—Two Ships.
| SAN JACINTO m . Atkins, Commander.
| SAN SALVADOR Niorrbson, Commander.
W. Gumming & Co., Agents, H&vaunah.
W. R. Garrison, Agent, 5 Bowling Green, N. Y.
! HUNTSVILLE Crowbll, Commander.
! MONTGOMERY Faibcloth, Commander.
O. Cohon & Co., Agents, Savannah.
R. Lowden, Agent, 93 West street, N. Y.
TO PHILADELPHIA—ON FRIDAYS.
i TONAWANDA Bartiett, Commander.
WYOMING Thai., Commander,
Hunter A Gammell, Agents, Savannah.
W. L. James, Agent, 130 South 3d st., Philadelphia.
I TO BALTIMORE—ON THURSDAYS. .
1 AMERICA ‘ * ...... :V.....'Tr. ."7T~'.. r.'.'.'T... lln.r.nrs.V'ommander.
SARAGOSSA Hoopkb, Commander.
J. B. West A Co., Agents, Savannah.
J. B. Andrews, Agent, Foot Long Dock, Baltimore.
BOSTON TA N K
FROM EACH PORT ON 20th and SOth OF EVERY MONTH.
KENSINGTON Mathews, Commander.
ORIENTAL Snow, Commander.
ALHAMBRA WatonT, Commander.
Richardson & Ban aid, Agents, Savannah.
F. Nickerson & Co., Agents, Boston.
O
WITH EXTRA STEAMERS IN READINESS TO BE PLACED IN SERVICE
WHEN NECESSITY REQUIRES IT.
O
These Steamers are fitted up in the most Elegant Style, being Unsurpass
ed by any on the Coast,
And are commanded by men whose namos are familiar to all Shippers and travelers, and a guar
antee that the interests of the patrons of this Line will be protected. Tho tables are always
i supplied with the delicacies of the Northern and Soutliom markets.
The Cf.ntbal Railroad ok Georgia, with its various connections, being mombem of this
line, and having added largely to their equipment in both Freight and Passenger Departments,
are fully prepared to transport without delay every thing that may offer. The management of
the line are fully determined that in point of comfort, speed and safety, none shall equal it.
Consignees will always find thoir Shipments to meet with obkatkr dispatch, and their goods
arrive in bf.tteb condition, when shipped by this than any other lino.
ELEGANT SLEEPING CARS on nil Night Trains. Day Cars Unequalled bt any in the
1 South.
GEORGE YOUNG, J. F. WARING,
Agent C. 1!. R., Broadway, N. Y. Forwarding Agent, C. R. R., Savannah, Ga.
WILLIAM ROGERS,
_ janH-tf (in) , General Superintendent It., Savannah. Ga.
ENTIRE STOCK SELLING AT REDUCED PRICES.
Until Removal to their New Store
JAMES A. GRAY & CO.
WILL continue to offer bargains in every department, and at all count**. In addition to many
Goode heretofore mentioned, we invite attention to the following Goode reduced from
30 to 50 per cent, in prices :
Our entire stock of English and German
HOSIERY.
Ladies’ White Cotton HOSE, all qualities re
duced.
Ladies’ Brown Cotton HOSE, all qualities re
duced.
lialbriggan HOSIERY, all qu allies reduced.
Misses’ Cotton and Wool HOSU4RY, all sines
and qualities reduced.
Boys’ Brown Cotton HOSIERY’, all qualities
reduced.
Men's Brown Cotton HOSIERY' reduced.
Ladies’ Berlin lined and Wool GLOVES re
duced.
Ladies' silk lined Colored and Black GLOVES
reduced.
Gcute’ Berlin lined and Wool GLOVES re
duced.
Gents' fine Taffeta and Silk Good* reduced,
Our entire stock real Valenciennes LACE
EDGINGS reduced; Valenciennes Lace Sets
reduced; real Valenciennes and Paint Applique
: Collars reduced; imitation Y'alenoiennes Lace
Collars reduced.
Bear in mind, Every Article in the House selling at Reduced Prices.
Janl3 James A. CJray & Co., 226 and 228 Broad St.
D. H. & j7t. dunning,
DEALERS IN
Window Sashes, Doors, Blinds, Shingles, Laths, Nails, Lime,
CEMENT, PLASTER PARIS, HAIR, FIRE-BRICK, ETC.
Comprising a Complete
Stock of Building Material,
45 Jaukson Street, Ncnr Po wt Office, Augusta, On,
PRICE LIST SENT ON APPLICATION. /| «
O a
We beg leave to call attention to our Price List of Building Material, and invite
examination of the same.
Our stock of Doors, Sashes and Blinds are of White and Southern Pine, and,
having connection with manufacturers South, can till orders with promptness.
D. H. & J. T. DENNING.
janltt—sntuthAwlm
JACONET, SWISS and LINEN EDGINGS and
INSERTINGB reduced. Our entire stock of
RIBBONS reduced.
Linen Cambric HANDKERCHIEFS reduced.
Hemstitched Handkerchiefs, all qualities re
reduced; Embroidered Hemstitched Handker
chiefs reduced; fancy Corded Border Hand
kerchiefs reduced; Mourning Bolder, Plain
and Fancy 11. S. Handkerchiefs reduced;
French Clear Lawn H. S. Handkerchiefs re
duced.
Shirt FRONTS, Plain Linen and French Plaid,
reduoed; Linen and Housekeeping reduced ;
Bleached and Unbloaclied Table DAMASKS re
duced ; NAPKINS, DOYLIES, all qualities re
duced ; Marseilles and Domestic Counterpanes
Slid Quilts reduced ; Piano COVERS, all quali
ties reduced; Table Covors, all qualities re
duced ; handsome embroidered Piano Covers in
all colors soiling at reduced prices ; more of
those celebratod Gold Medal Black SILKS,
Uiveronad maker, selling at roduced price*.
FLANNELS. BLANKETS. JEANS, CASBI
MERES, SHAWTJJ, CLOAKS, Ac., all at re
duced prices.