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CONSTITUTIONALIST
ATJGKUSTA, <3-A.
SUNDAY MORNING. JAN. 2.1869
LITERARY NOTES.
THK LATEST BRITISH PERIODICALS.
The occurrence of a destructive Are in
the great publishing establishment of
Messrs. Leonard & Scott, New York, had
delayed somewhat the Issue of their stock
of British periodicals.
Now, however, with the single exception
of The Edinburg , they are all before us.
Blackwood, honest old “ Ebony,” leads the
way, not a sign of decay or feebleness about
him ; on the contrary, as foil ol wisdom
and wit, of ripe learning and genial humor,
as in those jocund times never to be for*
gotten those Norte* Ambrosianm , when
Kit North outpoured the bright floods of
his genius, and the burly Ettuick Shep
herd roared his choruses lilte a veritable
“ Buil of Bashan ” let loose upon what in
highly figurative language is styled “a ben
der.”
We don’t mean literally to affirm that the
places lcit vacant by the demise of the in
tellectual “ giants ” we have mentioned,
are completely filled ; that would be exag
geration, but we can truly declare that
Blackwood , upon the whole, is as able and
clever as the most fastidious critic could
expect.
This (the December number) contains the
opening chapters of no ’ess than two serial
novels ; each, it is evident, written by prac
ticed hands. The first, entitled “ Earl’s
Dene,” carries us in fancy to the French
Republic in the month of Nivose,year one of
liberty, and sets ns down in the vicinity of
the only quiet spot then to be fouud on
Freuch soil, viz : the village of Saint Felix
des Rocliers, in the Department of Doubs.
A proscribed Marquis and his wife, with
a solitary faithful attendant, arc introduced
to us fn the midst of a snow storm, which
causes the party to lose their way, and re
sults finally in the death by drowning of
both the Marquis aud his servant. The poor
lady left half fainting to herself in a rough
waggon, with the thunder of a torrent, and
the more dreadful howling of wolves In her
ears, is joined iu the mournful dawn by a
couple of ferocious Republicans, who seize
upon the wagon, beat the all-but frozen
mules into activity, and coolly anuounce
their design of driving the aristocrat (they
knew her as such by instinct), to the near
est town containing la Sainta Mere, or lu
plain words, the guillotine.
In this unfortunate dilemma the heroine
is abandoned at the end of chapter the
third. Thus far, the story is really one of
great interest. The descriptions are natu
ral aud clear; the characterizations dis
tinguished bv that peculiar firmness and
rapidity of touch, (to borrow a painter’s
phrase) which betoken the skilful, expe
rienced artist.
Very different are the tone and sur
rouudiugs of the second serial tale. With
the simple title of “ John,” the scene opens
in England. We make the acquaintance
of a beautiful young girl about half an
hour after she has been thrown from her
horse, and at the precise moment when re
covering from the shock of a blow upon
the head, she opens her “ dark, violet
blue, large, and limpid eyes, full of a start
led sweetness,” and begins to understand
that something unusual has occurred.
It would have been a thousand pities if
so charming a creature as Kate Orediton ,
with '.hose delicate “gradations of color
soft, rose reflection upon her features and
white throat”—a perfect (benze in fact—lt
would have been unendurable, we say, If
she had been permanently injured by her
fall. But there is no such danger. The
author, oh, fair lady reader! is’nt quite
an ogre! not absolutely a literary “Blue
Beard.” to kill off his beauties just after
creating them. So, Kale disappears, for
the present only, a hale,, lightsome vision
of loveliness, arrayed in tulle and blue
ribbons, and bent upon universal conquest.
In a month’s time she will reappear, of
course, more fascinating and irresistible
than ever.
For the scholar, Black witod furnishes
Severn I articles of weight and ability. We
note particularly “The Jewish Reforma
tion,” ami the unique, origiual and learned
paper ou “ The Faroe.se Saga.”
These “ Saga,” in the old Norse tongue,
constitute an authentic history of the peo
ple of the Faroe Ilea, embracing a period
between A. D. 825 aud A. D. 1035. It must
have beer, committed to writing not later
that the twelfth century, for Snorrt Stur
leson, the great Icelandic chronicler,
quotes it, as authority for his famous
Heirmttkriugia •
So Ion" as the faculty of Imagination re
mains a prime faculty of man’s mind,
mast these weird stories of the distant,
mysterious, ice-bound North retain for
most of us a singular and powerful charm.
The interest they excite is stronger and
more real than the interest of the best
novel ever penned. For ourselves, rejoicing
In this kind of legendary and traditional
lore, we have examined the article in ques
tion with great care. Jts analysis of the
Faroese Saga Is minute and satisfactory.
The quotations are remarkably judicious,
and possess, some of them, at least, an in
tense dramatic force, being crowded with
incidents which offer to tne Foot the no
blest raw material, as it were, of his art.
We have only space to connneut upou this
fact, and to advise our readers, whether
poets or not, to procure and to examine
the delightful essay referred to.
In The London Quarterly, for October,
there is one article, which from the subject
chosen and the manner in which that sub
ject is treated, stands forth with a promi
nence that threatens to cast all other arti
cles in the shade.
We allude to the bold, uncompromising,
exhaustive paper, with its postscript, upon
“The Byron Mystery.” Indeed, at the
present hour, the matter can no longer be
called “ a mystery.”
Free discussion has pierced to the very
sore of dark insinuations, and malign
charges, and has pretty effectually annihila
ted both. As for Mrs. Stowe, confuted
and shlfmed, as to her chief charges by sev
eral previous answers, the present essay
cements the key-stone in that great arch of
demonstration, beneath the heavy, merci
less, intolerable weight of which she
may, serpent-like, squirm, and hiss, and
wriggle, but from whose environment of
stony fact, and pressure of irresistible logic,
she can no more hope to escape, while the
language recording her slanders, and the
reputation thereof continues to be a living
tongue: Surely, we are justified in com
paring this woman to a serpent. She first
stung to death with her pitiless venom the
fair fame of eight million ofherown coun
trymen ; and it la not for lack both of the
will and the endeavor that she has failed
to commit what may be called the most
jnoustrous of moral rapes upon the illustri-
ous dead! How can we picture her more
fitly now than in the attitude of the
“Lamia,” as described by Keats in the
mom.-nt of horrible transformation:
“ Her eyes in torture fixed and auguisb drear,
Hot, glazed aud wide, with lid lashes all sear,
Flashed pbospher, and sharp sparks without
one cooling tear!
The colors all inflamed throughout her train,
She writhed about couvulsed with scarlet p«in :
A deep volcaninu yellow took the place
Os all her milder moon’d body’s grace ;
And as the lava ravishes the mead
Spoilt all her silver mail aud golden brede :
Made gloom of all her freckling;*, streaks and
bars,
Eclipsed her crescents,aud licked up her stars;
So, that iu moments few she was uudtcst
Ot all her sapphires, greeu and amethyst,
And rubious argent; of all these bereft,
Nothing but pain and ugliness was left /”
Os the various other articles lu the Lon
don Quarterly, the review of Lord Lytton’b
“Odes and Epodes of Horace, translated
Into rbytneless metres,” and the elaborate
essay on “ Islam” will be fouud of peculiar
iuterest. The former work, though but a.
“ translation,” derives an importance, not
intrinsically its due, from the fact that
probably it will be the last contribution to
English Literature of the venerable scholar
aud genius whose name it bears. Assuredly
there Is a sort ol artistic fitness in the
thought that the writer who began his
career with “ Pelham” should end it with
“Horatius Flaecus,” a species of antique
“ Pelham,” a Roman literary fop, as witty,
careless, and conveniently immoral as that
iniagiuery Coryphaeus of British dandies
who owed his existence to Bllwer’s nas-
cent fancy. Os course, the Horatian
“ Odes, &c.,” aie charmingly translate I.
Among the most dainty and vigorous
Latinists of Ids age and country, Lord
Lytton possesses, likewise, many of the
natural endowments of the Poet, so that
the union of culture and talent, (to which
we may add, the consummate artistic skill
which comes with a life-time of literary
practice,) has resulted in a work invaluable
alike to the general reader and the student.
Not the least important portion of the book,
according to the Reviewer, is the introduc
tion, with its biographical notes and criti
cal commentaries. Horace, the man , as
well as Horace, the poet, is herein presented
to us. The son of a Roman freedmau, edu
cated first by a tenth rate pedagogue, and
then by a retired martinet, it may seem
strange that Horace should have become
the favorite author of the refined and
fashionable and wealthy. But the secret
is to be discovered in the constitution of
his morale, even more than in the constitu
tion of his mind. Os low birth, of blood
only above the meanest, he was yet one of
Nature’s aristocrats. Ilis tastes were fas
tidiously delicate, aud his tact was perfect.
These supplementing, or rather going be
fore his genius, enabled him to become the
personal friend of the noblest members of
an exclusive oligarcy, and the favorite poet
of a refined dilettante time.
Os Horace, as the courtier, the citizen,
and the poet, Lord Lytton has drawn a
vivid portrait. We see him at one moment
sporting,
—.Sporting with Amaryllis in the shade,”
Or—
“ With the tangle* of Nesera’s hair,”
and at the next reciting anew “ ode ” to
his patron Mecasnas, or confidently pick
ing his way among a crowd of courtiers in
the ante-chamber of the great Augustus
himself. * As for the “ translations,” our re
viewer analyses them with what for a
grave Quarterly critic, may be said to
amount to enthusiasm. He declares that
jority of translators, paraphrasers and
adapters, a mere servile imitator, lias not
failed to “ search the deep and ■ treasurous
heart" of his poet, and “with poesy to
open poesy.” A few examples—a few lines
of the Latin and Euglish side by side—will
show the quality and style of this produc
tion :
“Slve tn mavis, Eryeina tideus,
Qumn Joeus oircumvolnt et Cupklo
[l, 2, 34.
“ Or, com’st thou rather, Eryx’ l&nghing Queen,
Ringed by the hovering play of Mirth and
Love.''
Again :
“ Quern Mortis tin)nit gnulutu,
Qui sicois occulis monstra uatmtia
Qui vi<l it mare turgidum, et
lufames scopulos Acroceraunia.”
fJ, 3, 17.
! “ What approach by which Death could
have daunted
Him, who, with eyelids unraoistened, beheld
Monster forms gliding and mountain waves
swelling,
And the grim thunder-crags dismally famed ?”
These arc not specimens of literal trans
lations, but we agree with the reviewer in
thinking that Lord Lytton should be
thanked even by the sternest critic for such
lyric audacities as, for example, the line so
felicitously rendered:
“ Ri»gtd by the hovering play of Mirth and
Love."
Indeed, we maintain despite all the pedants
! that exist, or are likely to exist, that in
I this special case the original is vastly im
proved upou:
" Quam Jocus circumvolet et Cupido,"
is, if not a common place, at all events a
somewhat mediocre line, iuto which the
translator has iufused a life, radiance and
glow of fancy not its own.
Bulweh —we beg the Baronet’s pardon,
Lord Lytton —is reported to be impenetra
bly deaf and partly blind; but we rejoice
to see that in the senses’ decline the intel
lect remains keeu and strong as ever. It
cannot be said of him in a literary point
of view,
“ Superfluous lays the v teran on the stage !"
Os the Quarterly's paper on “Islam,” we
have barely room to observe that it is a
lucid history of the rise and progress of
the Mahoimnedan Creed, with-a descrip
tion of the personnel of its founder, drawn
from original sources and exceedingly in
teresting.
The October numbers of The Westmin
ster and North British are decidedly above
the average in merit. The former gives us
a “leader” upon the “Quakers,” which
being a thoroughly conscientious resume
of the history and tenets of that eccentric
sect, is deserving of attention from all
theological students and readers desirous
of information on the abnormal sources
and direction of spiritual enthusiasm.—
There is another article on the “ Prose
and Poetical Remains of Arthur Hugh
Clough,” which reveals the workings of
an extraordinary intellect—a mind eter
nally at war with itself, with God, Nature
and Circumstance.
Clough was eminently a philosophical
poet, in precisely the sense which we at
tach to the philosophy of Luchetxus :
“ Lucretius! nobler than his mood,
Who dropped his plummet down the broad,
Deep Universe, and eaid, * No God I’ ”
Couvictions of the trained understanding,
refined logically ad unguent by the culture
of the nineteenth century, were in Clough
opposed by intuitions of the spirit and
protests of the imagination (which is al
ways child like and fnll of faith); but, un
fortunately, understanding and logic were
in his constitution too powerful to be
healthfully modified; hence, turmoil,
wretchedness, everlasting scepticism.
Truly it may be said of him as it was
said of the German Heine, “ he was a man
who made the worst of both this world and
the world which is to come.”
NARHIED,
In Co'utnDitt, 8. C., on the evening of 29th Decern
><*r, Hy 'he Rev. Hr. Schano, T. H. D«*sis« and
Edith Goodwix.
Charleston papers please copy. *
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jan2-1
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STATE : AND COUNTY TAX.
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sell Ijquors in quantities less than Thirty Gallons
are requirnd-to make their returns for the QUAR
TER ENDING DECEMBER 31st, 1869, and pay
the Tax thereon. The return must be made and the
Tax paid on or before JANUARY 10th, 1870, as the
law requites that if any person fail or refu-e to make
his return and pay sad Tax, he shall he asree-ed a
specifv; tax of One Thousand Dollars, to he collected
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Augusta. January 1, 1870.)
DIVIDEND No. 48.—A Quaiterly Dividend of
FIVE l*i£lt CENT., this da., declared, will be paid
to Btoekhold-rs on demand.
W E. JACKfcON,
jati2-5* President.
NOTICE.
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A DIVIDEND of TEN DOLLARS ($10) per
OU.A.RE on the Capital Slocfi of the Graniteville
Mauufac'uring Company is hereby dec'ateJ, and will
be payable on and after the loth Inst.
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janl-3
JEif SAVINGS BANK OK AUGUST A.—Divi
dend No. 7, of FIVE DOLLARS por SHARE, will
he paid to Stockho'di rs on and after 3d tost.
j ml-6 A. C. DeCOTTEH, Cashier.
KT SAVINGS BtNK OK AUGUSTA.—a
Meeting of the Stockholders of this Ba >k is called
on 10th J ANUAiiY, instaut, at 12 o’clock, m , toelect
Diectors tor the ensuing year.
j ml 6 A. C. DeCOTTKS, Cashier.
B3f* SAVINGS BANK OF AUGUSTA. — At a
Moetoig of Directors it was unanimou ly
Resolved, That Books of Subscription be opened at
this Batik tor 30 days, from date, lor Kit*y Thousand
Dollars additional Capital.
j nl-12 A. C. DeCOITES, Cashie>r.
AUGUSTA FREE SCHOOL.—'The next
session wifi begin MONDAY, J ANUAiiY 3d.
Speci and advantages for improvement will be offered
to Pupils this session.
H. J. RAINS, Superintendent.
janl-2
LET COMMON SENSE DECILE.
What is tl e rational mode of procedure in cases of
general debility and neivo'is prostration ? Does not
reason tell ns that .iufiiei us stimu’atlon is required.
To rerort to vi dent purga ion in such a ease la as ab
surd as it would be to bled a starving man Yet it
js done every day. Yes, this stupid and unphi oa ipli
ical prec-iee is continued in the teeth ot the great fact
th .t physical weakness, with all the nervous disturb
; avee~ that ace lupany it, is more certainly and rapi.l
--| ly relieved by Ho tetter’s Stomach Bittern than by
1 fPthgtbm.maiir'VC flfietrauSn'a-rd with’ torpidity or
irregubiity of the bowels, and that thDs.am tom
inns'not he overlooked. But while the di charge of
the waste matter of the sys e n is expedited or regu
lated, its vigor must he recruited. The Bitters do both.
They con'-ine aperient and anti-hilllous properties,
wall ext aordirinry lonic power. Even while remov
ing obstructions from the bowels, they tone and in
vigorate those organs. Through the stomach, upon
which the gre .t vegetable specific acts directly, it
gives a healthy and permanent impetus to every en
feebled function. Dives ion is facilitated, the faltering
circulation regulated, the Mood leinforcod wiih anew
accession of the a'imenfary principle, the neives
braced, and all the dormant powers oftheiystem
roused into healthy action; not spasmodically, jas
would he the ciae it a mere siimulai t were admin s
tered, biit tor a cont nuance It is n this way that
such extraordinary changes are wron rht in the condi
tion of th- feeb e, emac ate 1 aud n< rv..us invalids by
the use of this wonderful correct!• e, alterat ve and
t.mic Let common sense decide la-tween such a pre
paration and a pr strati g cathartic su; plem nted by
a poisonous ast.ingent like itrychnine or qu'nia.
_j.ml -t.i 115
.Sijfht i« the Greatest. of boil’s Blessings.
HENRY JUIES OSBORNE,
OOULIBTIC OPTICIAN,
PRINCIPAL OFFICE, 330 BROAD STREET,
AUGUSTA, GA.,
(Diagonally Opposite the Planteis’ FTo'c 1 ,)
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NOTICE.
Augufitn, December 30, 1860.
THE INTEREST on BONDS of MACON and
AUGUSTA RAILROAD, due January Is*, 1870, will
he paid on presentation of Coupot suit the Georgia
Railroad Bank on and after MONDAY, 31 pros.
J. A. S. MILLIGAN,
dcf3l-3 Secretary and Treasurer.
Ky-HOUGHTON INSTITUTE—The next ses
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PUBLIC NOTICE.
B«y CHURCH OF THE ATONEMENT.—In
accordance with a resolution of the Vestry, notice is
hereby given that on and after SUNDAY next the
Pews in the Church of the Atonement will be free to all
Worshippers, and that the support of the Gospel will
depend ob the voluntary contributions of the Congre
gation.
A uorrsTi, Ga., December 1, 1869.
decl-tf
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Hair and Straw Booms, Dusters, Brushes
Baskets of all kinds
Boots and Shoes.
We Invite the attention of the Citizens
of Augnsta and Vicinity to our new Fall
Supplie of the above Goods.
All of which arc of Good Quality.
Fresh Supplies received Weekly.
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SPECIAL NOTICES.
-A.il Ordinance
TO AMEND THE ONE HUNDRED AND
SEVENTH SECTION OF THE GENERAL
ORDINANCE OF TBE CIIT OF AUGL’B
TA.
Section 1. Be it odained by the City Council
of Augusta, and it is hereby ordained by the
authority of the same, That from and after the
second Saturday in Januaty, 1870, the One
Hundred and Seventh Section of the General
Ordinance of the City of Angusta shall be so
amended as to read as follows:
Sec. 11. There shall be elected annually, on
the second Saturday in January, an officer to
be know n as Chief ot Police, and two other of
ficers to be known as Lieutenants of Police, all
of whom shall be prooerly mounted at their
own expense.
Sec. 111. The Chief ot Police shall give bond
before ealeriug upon the duties of his office iu
the sum of one thousand dollars, for the faith
ful discharge of his duties. Each officer, pri
vate or policeman, before entering on the du
ties ot his office, shall take and subscribe the
following oath :
“ 1 do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will
dutiug my coutinuauce iu office, to the best of
my skill and ability, faithfully discharge all the
duties which maybe rtquhed of me, and that
I will in all cases conform to the ordinances of
the city, obey the regulations which may be es
tablished for my government, and forthwith
report all violations of the urSfnauccs which
may come to my knowledge.”
Sec. IV. There shall also he appointed at the
mrae time, by the Miyor and Police Commit
tee of Council, five Sergeants, and as mmy
privates or policemen as may be agreed upon
by the Mayor aud said committee.
Sec. V. The Mayor and Police Committee
shall make such rules aud regulations for the
government ot the officers and privates, or po
licemen, as may be deemed expedient, to ren
der the department prompt, responsible and
efficient at all times; and for any neglect or
violation of such rules or regulations, the
Mayor or Police Committee are authorized to
impose a fiue not exceeding one month’s salary,
to be deducted bv the Collector aud Treasunr
from the salary of the officer or policeman of
fending ; to suspend or to diech rge the offend
er from office at once, in the discretion of the
said Mayor aud Police Committee.
Sec. VI. No officer, or private, or policeman
of the police force shall receive any pay or
emolument whatever for extra servlcis render
ed, beyond his salary, except us far as author
ized by the uiueteeuth section ; and be shall
uot receive from any person compensation for
service which he may render in the discharge
of his duty, without first, obtaining the permis
sion of the Police Committee.
Sec. VII. The Mayor shall select the suitable
persons whose names shall be registered in the
office of the Mayor and of the Chief of Police,
who 6hall bo styled “ Police Supernumeraries.”
They shall be required to report themselves
daily at the Police Station, iu the same mauner
as the privates, under pain of fiue or disuns
siou for absence, and, in the absence of any of
the privates, their places shall he supplied by
such number of supernumeraries as shall be
needed to fill the vacancies; and, should cir
cumstances require it, the Chief of Police, w ith
the consent of the Mayor, shall he authorized
to employ, for any emergency, such addition *1
number of supernumeraries as shall seem to
them needful ; and when employed (hey shall
have the same authority ami duties, aud be sub
ject to the same rules and discipline as the reg
ular policemen. The pay of the supernumer
aries, when ou duty, shall be the same as that
of the regular policemen, and shall he deduct
ed from the pay of the absent policemen
whose places may be thus supplied. If called
into the service o! the city as an extra force,
they shill be paid out of the Treasury. The
s iid supernumeraries, when their names ire
registered, shall take the same ofith as the t eg-
SiVVIi ii Y’Ay RS' %o I ice ui e It I ,' $ a
Mayor sh ill fill such vacancy from the list of
supernumeraries ; provided tint he or they
shall he recommended by th*- Chief of Police
as qualified for the place; tnd be sha!' appoint,
other supei numer tries in ihe stead of tho • thus
transferred.
Sec. VIII. And belt further ordained, That
all ordinances and parts <>f ordinances militai
ing against this ordinance be, nod the same are
hereby repealed.
Done iu Council this Hist day ot December,
A. D. 1869
J V. H. ALLEN,
|l s \ May " r C - A '
Attest: L. T. Bi.ome, O C.
An Ordinance
TO ALTER AND AMEND ANpRPINANcE
PASSED BY COUNCIL, nth OF MAY,
1866, TO PROVIDE FOR THE CARE AND
MANAGEMENT OF THE AUGUSTA WA
TER WORKS.
Section I. B • it ordained by the City Conn
cil of Augusta, and it is hereby ordained by the
authority of the same, That the cu e and man.
age men tof said Works shall be vested iu the j
Engineer and City Surveyor, who shall appoint J
his oue Assistant Engineer aud Turn Cock, j
and pay for the services of the same from bis I
own salary, which, in consideration thereof, I
shall be at ihe rate of eighteen buuqn.d dollars j
per auuum.
Sec. 11. Be it further ordained, That when
required by Council or the Health Committee,
the Engineer aud Surveyor shall cause the
drains of the city to be washed out, but he
shall be allowed an assistant in the peformauce
of this duty, to be paid by Council, at a rate
not exceeding twenty-five dollars per month,
when in actual service.
Sec. 111. Be it further ordained, That the
Engineer and City Surveyor shall also per
form any other duties in connection with the
other duties now prescribed by the ordinances,
which may be assKacd to hitn by the Major
aud Council.
Sec. IV. And be it further ordained, That all
ordinances aud parts of ordinances militating
ngaiust this ordinance be, aud the same are
hereby repealed.
Done in Council this 81st day of December,
A. 1). 1860
J. V. H. ALLEN,
J L 8 j Mayor C. A.
Attest: L. T. Blome, C. C.
jan2-3
Ordinance
TO AMEND THE ONE HUNDRED AND
FIFTY-SECOND SECTION OF THE GEN
ERAL ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF
AUGUSTA, TO ASSESS AND LEVY A
TAX FOR THE SUPPORT OF THE MU
NICIPAL GOVERNMENT OF AUGUSTA.
Section I. Be it ordained by the City Coun
cil of Augusta, and it is hereby ordained by the
authority of the same. That each and every In
surance Company represented, but not located,
in this city, shall take out a city license, and
pay for such license the sum of twenty-five
dollars.
Sec 11. And be it further ordained, That all
ordinances and parts of ordinances militating
against this ordinance be, and the same are
hereby repealed.
Done in Connell this 31st day of December,
A. D. 1869.
J. V. H. ALLEN,
j L. 8. Mayor C. A.
Attest: L. T. Blome, C. C.
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Sashes and Blinds for Sale.
Four pair of second-hand WINDOW
FRAMES, SASHES and BLINDS, in good or
der, for sale cheap. They are large size—lß
lights; glass, 12x14. Apply at
j*n2 2* THrS OFFICE.
' < ew Advertisemen(s
.An Ordinance
TO FIX TliE SALARIES OF CITY OFFI
CERS FOR THE.YEAR 1870.
Section L. Be it ordained by the City Coun
cil of Augusta, and it is hereby ordained by the
authority of the same. That from and after the
Second Saturday iu January, in 1870, the Sala
ries of City Officers, elected or appointed at
that time, shall be as follows :
Clerk of Council f 1,150
Collector and Treasurer 2,500
Assistant to Collector 1,000
Chief of Police 1,500
Two Liueteuuute of Police, each 1,2(0
One Orderly Sergeant 1,000
Four other Sergeants, each 900
Police aud Bell Tower-men at the rate
of |fio pr mo.
Superintendent ot Streets and Dralrs 1,300
Superintendent Water-Works. Pumps aud
Wells 900
Bridge Keeper, with his Deputy 1,200
Clerk of Lower Market 840
Deputy Clerk of Lower Market, while in
service 600
Clerk of Upper Market - 50
Lamplighter . 1,300
Keeper of City Hill, including SIOO for
attendance on Police Quarters 500
Keeper ot City Cemetery 700
Keeper of City Hospital 700
Keeper of City Clock 125
Keeper of Powder Magazine 400
Recorder 700
City Assessor 900
Keeper of the Jail, with Turnkey T,OOO
Judge of the City Court 1,000
Clerk of the City Court 400
City t beriff Fees.
Engineer of Augusta Water-Works and
City Surveyor, to pay for his own Ass’nt, 1.800
City Sexton Fees.
Cemetery Brink Mason Fees.
Wharfinger Fees.
SEC. 11. And be it further ordained. That all
Ordinances and parts of Ordinances militating
ngain-t this Ordinance he, and the same are
hereby repealed.
Done in Council, this 81st day ot December,
A. 1). 1869.
, . J. V. H. ALLEN,
t.s Mayor C. A.
- ’ A Vest :L. T. Blome, C. C.
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Plantation for Sale
A VALUABLE PLACE, of 800 acres,
well timbered, with Mills attached, oti the
Georgia Railroad, 15 miles from Augusta.
Terms very accommodating, if applied for
within oue week. J. MADDOX.
Chronicle & Seubnellcony once.
JUST RECEIVED,
f l l HE newest fashions in WEDDING EN
VELOPES and CARDS.
Mouograms engraved on envelopes, note
and letter paper. E H. PUGHE,
Jackson street, near Post Office.
jan2-l*
Mr, Christopher Gray
!:?egs to call the attention of the Ladies to
a beautiful line of striped and checked SILK,
which he offers at II 25 per yard. Also an el
eg ant liueof plain aud 6botPOPLINS, at 25
cs nts per yard.
These gooi's will he offered TO-MORROW
MORNING, and decidedly superior to any
goods vet offered for the money in the city.
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SALT. SALT.
250 SACKS SALT, iu fine order, for
i r.llc low llg
jaii 2-1 J. O. MATHEWSON.
Bridal, rhristmas and ¥«ar
PRESENTS.
CrrRAND OPENING of SOLID STERLING
SILVERWARE, ot rich aud beautiful design,
expressly made to order
Tie richest stales of JEWELRY, set with
precious stones, of nil descriptions.
Diamond Sets of EAR K.NGS an! pi NS,
FINGER RINGS. Ac. Fine Ve-t, Guard
and Leontii.e CHAINS. Also, one ot ihe larg
est .assortments of Gold and Silver WATCHES
to bo found in the Souihern Slates, of the beet,
European and American manufacture, which
we have purchased sirn-e the recent fall in (he
gold market, consequently we promise to offer
our goods lower than any house in this oily.
WATCHES and JEWELRY REPAIRED
and executed promptly and warranted at
A. PRO NT AUT A SON’S,
163 Broad Greet,
Below the Augusta Hotel.
nov22-2m
COACHMAN WANTED"
' - FIRST CLASS COACHMAN want,d at
SOUTHERN EXPRESS STABLES.
janl-3
Smoked Clear Ribbed Sides.
lO HMDS. Choice C. R. BACON SIDES,
bright and weft Smoked.
On consignment.
Pnl ~ J O. MATHEWSON.
Q R K AT B \ HO A I NS
IN
EID GLOVES.
A LARGE Lot of KID GLOVES, just re
ceived, of a well known make in all sizes nod
colors, will he offered at the very low price o!
51, worth 51 50.
ALSO,
The Empress Two-Buttoned KID GLOVE
at 51 50, worth 52, at
DRAKE’S,
100 Broad street,
First Dry Goods Store below French Store.
dec3l-tf
WANTED,
A COLORED WOMAN, to do the Cook
ing of a Family on the Saud Hills.
Apply to
dec3l-8 BONES, BROWN & CO.
GOAL CREEK GOAL,
FROM ANDERSON COUNTY, TENN.
Orders for this Coal left on Broad
street, at stores of Wm. H. Goodrich &
Son and Edward O’Donnell, or at my
yard at Georgia Railroad, corner Jackson
and Fenwick streets, will receive prompt
attention. WM. P. DEARING,
decl7eod2m Agent.
COTTON SEED.
HE Genuine “ HUNT COTTON ” SEED
took the Premium for both quantity and quali
ty, per acre, at the State Fair at Macon.
Their pnrity is attested by Mr. W. B, Hunt
himself.
ONE THOUSAND BUSHELS, for sale by
J. J. PEARCE, BUTLER A CO.,
Cotton Factors, Augusta, Ga.
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CORN BEEF. CORN BE EL
20 BARRELS Mess and Extra Mess
CORN BEEF.
For sale at New York Prices, by
dec’2B 5 BARRETT & CASWELL.
CIRARDEY’S OPERA HOUSE
DTAVErB
COMBINATION TROUPE,
From the Cirque de Imperatriee, Paris.
M ile Ufa and Zoe,
Who stand alone aud uurivalled as the Queens
of the Air, will give
Three Exhibitions
ON
Holiday January 3, 1870,
Tuesday, January 4,
Wednesday January 5,
Under the auspices of Major GIRARDEY’S
Friends in this city, for the
BENEFIT
OF THE
New Opera Building.
ARTISTES :
Madame CODONA, the Queen of Beauty.
Mourn CODONA, Comic Acrobat and Pauto
mimist.
Mons, D’LAVE, the Great Ascensionist and
D iring Gymnast.
3ig. MARTINEZ, the Fire Juggler and Irnpal
ate ur.
Mons. DELBRA, the Boneless Man.
YOUNG AMERICA, the ID-y Wouder.
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FOR SALE,
HP DIRTY ONE Volumes of GEORGIA
REPORTS, with Two DIGESTS, good as new.
Apply to
WM. ROBERT McCAY,
j ,1,14 No. 2 Old P. O. Building.
DANCING ACADEMY.
HETT & COOPER would call
the public attention to the continual io» of their
Scholastic Exercises through the Winter and
Spring months.
Having consummated an engagement for the
MASONIC HALL for the eutire season, they
will give Lesson* npou usual days, as follows :
Tuesdays, from 3 to 5 o’clock, p m-
Saturdays, from 10 to 12 o’clock, a. m.
Saturdays, from3 to 5 o’clock, p. m.
Terms— Four Dollars per monih.
A liberal deduction made to parties sending
more than oue pupil.
Visitors are invited to our AIL moon School.
jaul-6 » HETT A COOPER
CORN. ~ CORN.
Two CAR LOADS of £toice White Dry
Noitb Carolina CORN.
One Car Load Prime Teunessee CORN.
For sale at Depot.
jau J. O. MATHEWSON.
GARDENER WANTED.
A COMPETENT MAN to lake charge of
a MARKET FARM ou shares; the owner
piling all expeusis, and guaranteeing a certain
amount of profits.
Appiy at 47 JACKSON STREET, between
the hours of 3 and 4 o'clock, p. in.
janl-3*
An Ordinance
i
! TO AMEND THE 142d SECTION OF TEE
GENERAL ORDINANCE, REQUIRING
PERSONS TO TAKE OUT A LICENSE TO
CARRY ON THEIR BUSINESS.
Suction I. Be it ordained by the City Council
of Augusta, audit is hereby ordained by the au
thority of the some, That any drummer, runner,
or other penon who may solicit trade, or sell
by sample for any non-resident or for hitmen,
not being a resident of tbe city, either on the
street, iu any rtore, warehouse, passage depot,
or elsewhere iu the city of Augusta, shall lake
out a License for one week and pay the sum ol
Ten Dollars for such License, but the Mayor
may Authorise a renewal of his License for four
weeks, upon the payirn nt of Ten Dollars for
every v- etc su<-h License runs.
Sfc. 11. Beit further ordamed, That for every
violation of this Ordinance the party offending
shall be fined iu a sum not exceeding One Hun
dred Dollars.
Sec. 111. And be it further ordained, That all
Ordinances and parts of Ordinances militating
against this Ordinance be, and the same are
hereby, r< pealed.
Done in Council this 31st day of December,
A. D., ISG9.
J. V. H. ALLEN,
Mayor C. A.
Attest: L. T. Bi.ome, C. C. janl-3
GREAT BARGAINS.
IN
DRESS GOODS!
10,000 Yards Plain, Checked and
Mixed POPLINS FROM AUCTION, to
be sold at 25 cents per yard.
5,000 Yards Plain and Cheeked
POPLINS, FROM AUCTION, to be sold at
30 cents per yard.
2,000 Yards, ALL WO OL,
PLAIDS, for Children’s Wear, FROM AUC
TION, to be be sold 40 cents per yard.
ALSO,
A Spleudid Assortment of other DRESS
GOODS, inelnding Irish and French POP
LINS, BIARRITZ, MERINOES, EMPRESS
CLOTHS, Ac., which will be sold at extremely
iow prices.
Mullarky Brothers,
S*ft» BROAD BTRKKT.
let>2B j f25-eepl 3-o:t 1 7rov8 ts
Germany and Ireland.
We draw daily sight drafts
on ENGLAND,
IRELAND and
GERMANY.
Parties wishing to remit their friends
will do well to call and see os, as we pay
special attention to Foreign Remittances.
BRANCH, SONS & CO.,
Bankers, 223 Broad street.
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11 ni a,
; ' J
DISSOLVED BONES,
Land Plaster,
o
3?urity of all articles sold by us guaranteed!
Refer to the prominent of Georgia]
JOHN MEHRYMAN & CO.,
Baltimore. I
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JAB. A. GRAY & CO.
228 BRO AD STREET,
Respectfully invite an examination of the new and desirable Goods enumerat
bt-low, which will be sold at Low Prices, having been purchased at the decreased go! j
rates, with our general large stock, equally attractive in prices and styles :
I
We sell Alexander Jvid Gloves, in Black, White and Colors, at il '
per pair. We warrant every pair perfect.
We have just received :
New high colored Plaid Poplins, Plaid Diagonals, in the desirable coir l
binations, Blue and Green, &c. Low priced Dress Goods, Plaid Pul <Lj
Chevies and Striped Mohairs, at. 2b cents per yard.
Choice Mourning Dress Goods, such as the oelebrated Norwich
bazine Cloth, Black Empress Cloths, Canton Cloths, Alpaca Poplin ,u l|
BlacK Merinos.
Extra fine Black Thibet Shawls, with rich Broche Bordets.
Plain Black Thibet Mourning Shawls, extra fine mediums anllo»
priced.
Handsome, plain and richly trimmed Black Beaver Cloth Cloaks; beat
tiful colored Cloth * Cloaks.
Grout’s superior extra large size Black Crepe Veils, aud Love Veils fvrk
Mourning.
Fine French Lawn Handkerchiefs, richly embroidered in French World
and plain Hem-stitch. Handsome Point Lace and Maltese Lace Collars. 9
Line Nottingham Lace Curtains, in Setts, and Nottingham Curtain Lr I
by tbe yard.
Doeskin aud Kid Gu&ufJete, from auction, very cheap—ll per pair.
JAMES A. GRAY & OO
" 2JB BROAD STREET I
INSURANCE,
K I IR ffi, MA.RL NT K AM ! > \XL AN D
IN THE FOLLOWING FIRST OLA <3 COMPANIES, VIZ:
.El NA INSURANCE CO., Hartford, Chartere.l PIP. wu :
MANHATTAN INSURANCE CO., New York, Cl.ari.-r.ai IfWI. Ca«h Asset- .. !-4
HOWARD INSURANCE CO., New York, Cl-art«-c lIS ’ r A--..is ..
FIREMEN’S INSURANCE CO , New York, Ohotcvd 1*35, i ,sf, A• sets 34, V |
LAMAR INSURANCE CO , Now York, Cash Aker's 1 S ' j
COMMERCIAL INSURANCE CO., New Yoik, C-*h A. <u 371 -
STANDARD INSURANCE CO., New York, flash Amrts -.'1,! I
COMMERCE INSURANCE <lO, New York, Cash Assets 77
AS IOR INSURANCE CO., New York, Cash Assets. 4-7',;
PHENIX INSURANCE CO„ New York ; Cash Assets 1/4 ! I
PIKENIX INSURANCE CO., Hartford, Cash Asset's 1, 1 l
112,737,990 I
RISKS taken on COTTON, MERCHANDISE, STORES, DWELLINGS. FURNITURE, |
LIBRARIES and other property. Also, on COTTON aui MERCHANDISE to New Tark I
and other Northern Cities, via Savannah and Charter-ton to Liverpool and other |
cities, and vice versa. The most important enquiry lo he in ide by every person insurant, K I
" -Are.the Companies able to pay, if losses occur?” Our citizens have insured In some of I
above Companies more than forty years. The assets of all of them are in CASH or its eqaiva- I
lent, aud not in subscriptions, or stock notes to be paid wheu fires occur. Losses will beeq ii- I
tably adjusted aud promptly paid.
RISKS ARE RESPECTFULLY SOLICITED.
SIIC A Si, Agent.
Augusta, Ga., September 18, 1809. sep!9 4onf
ISAAC T. HEARD. q_ jq. giTON’E
ISAAC T. HEARD & CO.,
WAREHOUSE AND COMMISSION MERCHANT
CORNER REYNOLDS AND JtcISTOSU STREETS.
(Fireproot Warehouse formerly occupied by Messrs. Bustin A Walker),
AUGUSTA, GA.
" * ILL devote their strict personal attention to the storage and sale of COTTON and other
PRODUCE. Liberal CABH ADVANCES made at ail times on Produce in store.
Aleuts f>r italfctt’s Patent Improved Steel Bresh Cotton Gins,
as to its merits, to all these who have tr
Mi ' l\. them, and to Cotton Factors generally. Ph'
JctMm ■ ;*»■ , K ire invited to rail and see tbeGUI.I.FT.
GIN, at oar office. Pamphlets giving >’
'■&&. ’"ydescription will be sent to all who wish their
AGENTS FOR HALL’S PATENT (U 1
1 TON GIN FEEDER. A specimen on hand, t°
whieh we call the attention of Planters.
ISAAC T. HEARD <Bs CO.
jy!7-d*c6m
J. T. BOTHWELL,
GROCER
AND
Commission Merchant,
AUGUSTA, GA.
[ HEREBY express mv thanks for the liberal
patronage of the past season, and will con
tinue to keep on haDd the usual PLANTA
TION SUPPLIES, which I will sell for cash
HDtil the first of April; alter which period I
will fnruish supplies (seenred by liens onc>ops)
until Fall. The next season I will charge One
Dollar per Bale for Handling Cotton, hop.ug
by strict attention to business to continue to
receive and merit the patronage of my former
customers.
Januauy Ist, 1870. Janl-lm
MMES. SEGXN
AT THE
FRENCH MILLINERY
AND
DBESS MAKING ESTABLISHMENT
H* 3 received another supply of MB
LINERY GOODS, DRESS and CLOAK TRIM
MINGS, FANCY ARTICLES, Ac. luundiG
to make this our Inst Winter season, we wou •
intorm Ladies that to effect a speedy dispe
ot onr BONNETB and KATS, we haverednefd
them to such figures as will justify atteDU* 2
by all.
Any orders in DRE 33 and CLOAK MU
ING, as well as Bridal Outfits or Ladies’ P
Caps, will be executed with punetn dity.
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