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CONSTITUTIONALIST.
AUGULFSTA, GhA.
FRIDAY MORNING. FEB. 4, 1870
PROGRESSIVE BLACKNESS.
The election of the mulatto, Revet., in
Mississippi, to the Senate of the United
States, has been promptly followed by the
South Carolina Legislature, so-called, in
the choice ol a negro named Wright, to
till the utfexpired term of a white ad
venturer Cldled Hoge on the Supreme
Bench of the State. In Mississippi the ne
groes claimed their share of National
honors on the solid ground that, consti
tuting live-eighths of the Radical element
of the State, they were entitled to at least
one seat in the Senate. Hence the election
of Revet., a bright mulatto. Had he been
a typical negro, the selection would have
been more consistent with the demand. If
Mississippi negroes can thus make good
their claims on the Radical party, how
much more should the South Carolina
blacks require such honors and emolu
ments ? They are the Radical party, pure
and simple, for they are ninety-nine hun
dredths of it, and, without them, the hand
ful of native and imported vermin could
not stand a single hour. It appears that
this idea is rapidly making itself felt; for,
as we said above, Wright, a negro, has
been sent to the Bench, to the utter dis
comfiture of Jas. L. Orr, aud Whipper, as
black as Vulcan’s smithy,” will no doubt
press his claims very shortly as a Repre-
sentative in Congress.
Now, though the Radical party in Geor
gia has a better and fuller white backing
than Mississippi and South Carolina, the
negroes constitute the backbone of it, and,
without them, the trooly 101 l ranks would
resemble the mimic armies occasionally
exhibited on the boards of our Opera House.
So, the Georgia blocks have an unques
tionable right to demand that a substantial
share of the high offices of the “ nation”
shall fall to them. We therefore suggest
that the Hon. Aaron At.peoria Bradley,
late of Sing-Sing, but of undoubted loyalty,
has a perfect right to insist upon at least
one senatorship. Indeed, he has a further
right to claim that this distinguished place
shall accrue to himself. Let him lay pipe
for the succession. His beaver hat is of
the latest style. His dress clothes are unex
ceptionable. His overcoat is a trifle shabby.
His dirty yellow kids simply damnable. Let
him look to the yellow kids ; change them
instantly for something newer and better.
Thus presentable as to dress, and backed
by the blacks who really keep the party
alive, let him peg away at the Senatorship.
Heaven forbid that we should have the mis
fortune of being a Georgia Legislator, so
called ; but, if we had met with that evil
fortune, and It became incumbent upon us
to choose between Bradley and some
white knave or conspirator, we should not
hesitate a moipeut in the premises. In
deed, it would be rather A good thing if
the National Congress could be crammed
with negroes from every reconstruct
State. The fiery civilization of the Anglo-
Saxon is fust destroying them with its un
natural experiments, just as moles are ex
terminated by being thrust into the sun
shine. It is now or never with the negro.
And so, we insist that Bradley shall
take time by the nape of the neck, as well
as the forelock. Present those yellow kids,
Aueorta, to Benjamin Conlet as a keep
sake; and, If needs be, go for the Senator
ship without, shrinking and without gloves.
A STUPENDOUS FARCE.
The adoption of the XlVth and XYth
Amendments by General Terry’s Legisla
ture was one of those wretched farces
which “make the judicious grieve.” A
more complete mockery has not been per
petrated in this country, and, though done
under the fiction of authority, it is none
the less a fraud, an imposition, a humbug
and a crime. It is not Georgia’s ratifica
tion, but Terry’s. As such, the people
repudiate, spit upon and deny it. So long
as the country permits a military despot
ism to have full swing, these Amendments
may pass muster. Beyond this, they will
have no virtue and shall not stand. Why,
what a monstrous infamy is this ratifica
tion, and, as inconsistent as monstrous !
Georgia can not be trusted to come into
the Uniou and ratify amendments in due
form; but she is enough of a State to
ratify and then come m. Even the New’
York Herald , which has shown some zeal
in hurrying up these matters, has the hon
esty to treat, such a ratification as bogus.
And now that there is a consummation
reached, Mr. Bennett does not hesitate to
pronounce the entire affair inconsequential,
and, when the test shall have come, revo
lutionary, null and void. The case may be
put sharply thus: Georgia IS not enough of
a State to participate in the Government;
but she is euough of a State to ratify an
Amendment. Not being represented in
Congress, she is out of the Union ; but, by
assuming to pass upon an Amendment, she
is In the Union. What follows ? Either
that all the Reconstruction acts are in
valid, or the amendments thus ratified are
fraudulent and illegal. If Georgia was in
the Union—as the war decided—what need
of admitting her? If she is out of the Union,
as the Reconstruction acts declare, how can
she make laws for and impose conditions
upon States that never were out ? Now
that’s a very pretty dilemma. How is it
solved? By Grant’s order, the will of a
perfidious Congress, the apathy of the North
ern people, and Terry’s discretionary bayo
iiets. We point out this absurdity, this
■vile hypocrisy, this outrageous sham, not
in the hope of stopping its present execu
tion, but that the exposure may be on re
cord, and that the protest of the pen may
he wrapped about the bayonet: Side by
side we leave them. The future will settle
the fate ot; both, and it may happen, in the
time to come, that the scrap of paper shall
prove more powerful than the bit of crooked
steel.
Ames’ Election.— General Ames virtual
ly elected himself a Senator of the United
States at the point of the bayonet. Presi
dents, so-called, will be chosen in this way
in the future, if the people permit it. Still,
■we must do the military men justice. They
have not corrupted the people. The peo
ple debauched themselves, and shoulder
straps are only assuming what swallow
tail coats have, thrown, a way.
Leaders Wanted. —The Washington
correspondent of the. Courier-Journal says
the Democratic party in Congress is perish
ing for want of a leader. One-half the
speeches published are never delivered in
either House. Buncombe is the deity in
fashion, especially on Democratic side.
4
Blodgett.— The New Era declares that
C'upt. Blodgett left his company in Vir
ginia so soon as he could do so “ with a
reasonable shbw of prosperity.”' It makes
no mention of- his running for the Majority
pi the regime^-
Bullock's Message.
We have not room to publish the whole
of this document this morning, but we give
the main points. Bullock, after quoting
his note to Terry informing him of the or
ganization of the Legislature, and Terry’s
reply of the honor of receiving the same,
goes into a resume of the action of Congress
on reconstruction, and quotes in full the
act of Congress of March 2d, 1867, the
proclamation of General Meade, command
er of the district, in his General Orders No.
90, with selected parts of the report of the
Reconstruction Committee of Congress, and
concludes as follows : ~ : r •
If our legislative organization had been
perfected as required by the laws, there
would have been no power resting in Con
gress to interfere which would not apply
equally to the adhering States —New York
or Massachusetts—but when it was ascer
tained that we had not complied with the
laws, aud had not organized the Legisla
ture by excluding men who were disquali
fied by the law. Congress could in nowise
be bound by the action of such a body, and
the right, we may say the duty, of Congress
to adopt such measures as seemed to them
proper to enforce their own laws, was not
only indisputable but freely admitted. As
will be subsequently shown, Congress aud
the President concur in requiring us to
commence again the work of reconstruc
tion at the precise point where a failure in
the execution of those laws becomes ap
parent, viz : the fourth day of July, 1868.
That both Houses of Congress moved in
harmony upon this subject is established
by the adoption of the following preamble
and resolution in the House of Representa
tives of Congress after the report of the
Judiciary Committee was made in the
Senate:
‘ Whereas, It is reported that the Leg
islature of Georgia has expelled the colored
members thereof, and admitted to their
seats white men who received minorities
of votes at the polls, and that members of
said Legislature who had been elected
thereto by the votes of colored men joined
in such action, and that twenty-mien dis
qualified white men hold sente in said, Legisla
ture , in violation to the Fourteenth Amend
ment to the Constitution and of the Recon
struction Acts of Congress; and Senators
from Georgia have not been admitted to the
Senate of the United States,
“ Resolved, That the Committee on Recon
struction be ordered to inquire and report
whether any, and if any, what further ac
tion ought to be taken during the, Fortieth
Congress respecting the representation of
Georgia in this House.”
[Adopted Jauuary 28—yeas, 127; nays,
33d
While this action was being taken by
Congress, indicating plainly the desire, the
judgment and the purpose of the Govern
ment, this illegal legislative organization of
ours, on the 13th January, 1869, re-assem
bled, aud after being in session until the
18th day of March following, refused to
heed the recommendations then repeated to
perfect its organizatiou in accordance with
the laws of Congress, by the exclusion of
the disqualified persons aud the restoration
of members expelled- on account of their
color.
All that has since been done could theu
have been avoided. Wc all knew what was
required of us, and should have promptly
complied.
Valuable lives would have been saved.
The peace, good order and good name of
our State would have been maintained, and
our material prosperity greatly enhanced,
by following the dictates of wisdom and
ceasing uselesswiud fruitless opposition to
the inevitable. But unfortunately other
counsels were heeded and the policy of re
action and resistance prevailed at that time.
Ccngress assembled again on the first
Monday of December, 1869, and in accord
ance with the rCe o UiWendation of the Presi
dent proceeded prompt!" to prepare and
adopt an act to promote the recdo'ftnictlon
of Georgia, and thus overcome the obs! a
cles which had been placed in the way of
restoration by the men who had embraced
every previous opportunity -to defeat that
wise and just policy which is involved in
the Congressional enactments for the estab
lishment of - civil governments in this and
other Southern seceding States.
The act under which you are now assem
bled and organized was adopted in the
United States Senate on the 17th of Decem
ber, 1869, by a vote of 46 to 9, and in the
House on the 21st of the same month by a
vote of 121 to Sl.Rnd became a law by the
approval of the President on the following
day, thus displaying the united determina
tion of Congress and the President that the
machinations of defeated rebels should not
prevail by civil proceedings after their
armed opposition had been so signally de
feated .
In accordance with the letter and the
spirit of the action of Congress, the Presi
dent on the 24th of December, 1869, as
signed “an officer of the army, not below
the rank of Brigadier General ” —Brevet
Major General Alfred H. Terry—to the
command of Georgia as a Military District.
I have thus recapitulated the facts covering
our political history from the time of the
adoption of the act of March, 2d, 1867—which
declares “ that until the people of said rebel*
States shall by law be admitted to repre
sentation to the Congress of the United
States, the civil governments that may ex
ist tnerein shall be deemed ‘provisional only,
and shall be in all respects subject to.the
paramount authority of the United States,
any time to abolish, modify, control and
supersede the same,” &e.—up to the present
hour, and it will not, I think, be seriously
argued that the right reserved by Congress
in that act has ever been withdrawn by
the action of Congress, or expired by rea
son of any legal act of our own.
But 1 he argument made by General Terry
in his report is so cogent and conclusive
that I repeat it here. I quote from Major
General Terry’s report, dated “ Atlanta,
Ga., August 14th, 1869. * • * *
[We omit Terry’s report, as we have here
tofore published the gist of it.]
That the foregoing presents the correct
legal view of the case, and that Congress
and the Administration have so decided,
is fully established by the fact that Con
gress has assumed to legislate upon this
subject, and that the President has ap
proved such legislation, and has assigned a
commander to this district, by the follow
ing order:
Headquarters of the Army, 1
Adjutant General’s Office, >
Washington, January 4, 1870. )
General Orders No. .1.
By direction of the President of the
United States, so much of General Orders
No. 103, dated Headquarters Third Milita
ry District (Department of Georgia, Flori
da and Alabama), Atlanta, Ga., July 2,
1868 ; and so much of General Orders No.
55, dated Headquarters of the Army, Adju
tant General’s Office, Washington, July
28, 1868, as refers to the State of Georgia,
is hereby countermanded. Brevet Major
General Terry will, until further orders,
exercise within that State the powers of
the Cummauder of a Military District, as
provided by the act of March 2, 1867, and
the acts supplementary thereto, under his
assignment by General Orders No. 83,
dated Headquarters of the Army, Adjutant
General's Office, Washington, December
24,1869.
By command of General Sherman:
E. D. TowififlEND,
Adjutant General.
That it is a political question upon which
Congress is the sole and final judg> will
not be denied.
It therefore follows that, having perfected
an organization as required by law, you are
prepared aud required to pass upon the
several subjects submitted for your action
by the acts of Congress, known as the re
construction acts, and to elect Senators.
These subjects are the ratification of the
Fourteenth Amendment, giving the assent
of the State to certain modifications of the
Constitution, and the adoption of the Fif
teenth Amendment. Should it be urged
that we have already acted upon the Four
teenth Amendment, etc., it is a sufficient
answer to quote the action of Congress,
wherein they hold that no legal organiza
tion of a Legislature has heretofore been
perfected. And should it be argued that
Georgia was counted as having ratified the
Fourteenth Amendment, it is answered by
the following joint resolution of Congress,
adopted before Georgia acted, and in which
Georgia is not named:
Concurrent Resolutions of Congress respecting
the ratification of the Fourteenth Amend
ment to the Constitution , July 21,1868 :
Whereas, The Legislatures of the States
of Connecticut, Tennessee, New Jersey,
Oregon, Vermont, West Virginia, Kansas,
Missouri, Indiana, Ohio, Illinois, Minneso
ta, New York, Wisconsin, Pennsylvania,
Rhode Island, Michigan, Nevada, New
Hampshire, Massachusetts, Nebraska,
Maine, lowa, Arkansas, Florida, North
Carolina, Alabama, South Carolina and
Louisiana, being three-fonrths and more of
the several States of the Union, have rati
fied the fourteenth article of amendment to
the Constitution of the United States, duly
proposed by two-thirds of each House, of
the Thirty-Ninth Congress; therefore
Resolved, By the Senate (the House ol
Representatives concurring), that said four
teenth article is hereby declared to be a
part of the Constitution of the United
States, and it shall be duly promulgated as
such by the Secretary of Stats.
July 21—Passed the Seuate without a
count.
Same day the House passed the resolu
tion—yeas, 126 ; nays, 32 ; the preamble
yeas, 127; nays, 35.
Such action having been accepted aud
approved by Congress by the admission of
Senators aud Representatives, we will,
after nearly ten years of wauderiDg estray,
be once more a State in the Uniou. Our
constitution will then become of force, and
upon the election by your now legal or
ganization of the officers provided for by
the constitution, the State government will
become a government de jure; the mem
bers of your honorable body will enter upon
the terms for which they were elected, and
it is hoped aud believed that nothing will
ever again occur to disturb the harmonious
relations which should be forever maintain
ed between this State aud the National
Government.
I transmit herewith authentic copies of
the joint resolutions of the Thirty-Ninth
Congress proposing an amendment to the
Constitution of the United States, known
as Article XIV, and the joint resolution of
the Fortieth Congress proposing an amend
ment known as Article XV ; also the act
of June 25th, 1868, which requires the as
sent of the State to be given to certain
modifications of the constitution of the
State.
The party in this State which has pro
moted reconstruction may properly be men
tioned in a communication of this charac
ter, because party lines here, as in all the
Southern States since the rebellion, have
been drawn between those who favored re
storation of State governments under Con
gressional enactment and those who op
posed such restoration, the former party
being in favor of compliance, and the lat
ter party opposed to any settlement which
did not practically yield all the issues
which the General Government had estab
lished by force of arms.
This party, therefore, has been and is the
narty of peace, and the other the organiza
tion of all t’e elements of discord, discon
tent and defiance. And I speak of the party
favoring the reconstruction measures, now
to recognize the fact that its course has
been consistent and persistent in support of
the measures provided by Congress as a set
tlement and for a restoration of civil gov
ernment In the South, and the party has
been equally as deterraiued in its opposition
to every scheme which the old political
tricksters have devised to defeat this wise
and just policy of Congress.
In pursuing their opposition to Congress,
these political charlatans have resorted to
every conceivable baseness, abandoning ar
gument to take up with murder and assas
sination ; disregarding principles to indulge
in vinification, and now, in their hopeless
despair, wc find them endeavoring to grasp
a Republican livery, under which they
hope to hide their nefarious purpose. They
now loudly proclaim their hot haste to pro
mote reconstruction and to adopt measures
which will successfully perfect it.
While we congratulate the State, and
the country, even upon this outward evi
dence that wisdom is returning to our mis
guided brethren, the party door is wide
and open for any and all who desire to en
ter and support the great principles of
equal rights anil republican liberty, which
have triumphed over secession and rebel
lion.
' v "c ,‘b'SU'e the good of the whole people;
that the rights of the poor laboring men
shall be equ ally protected with those of the
rich ; that the avenues of intelligence shall
be open for all, and that a citizen’s worth
shall be determined by his own efforts and
his own character, neither advanced nor re
tarded by his birth, his color, his religion
or Ills politics. Upon this platform all can
unite The industrious, the intelligent and
those w T ho love peace rather than strife,
will soon abandon the lead of disappointed
politicians, and aid in sustaining the Gov
ernment.
The wrongs which have been done, the
lawless outrages which have been commit
ted in many parts of the State, are the acts
of but a few irresponsible persons. When
all good citizeus exert their influence In
favoF of justice, lawlessnesss will cease.
Let us, therefore, unite in a complete re
cognition of the rights of men, irrespective
of birth, colon or previous condition, and
frankly admit that under and before the
law all men are equal—that all are respon
'sible—and see to it that by future legisla
tiou the requirements of our constitution
are recognized—that free schools are estab
lished and maintained, and that protection
is secured for person and property, and for
the free expression of political opinions.
* Let party lines he extended so as to wel
come and include all who are in favor of
impartial suffrage and universal amne-ty.
Under our State constitution no man is
disfranchised, and under the Constitution
of the United States no man will be dis
qualified from holding office who is ready
to maintain and uphold the Government.
I would respectfully recommend that the
Fourteenth Amendment and the funda
mental conditions required by the act of
June 25, 1868, and the Fifteenth Amend
ment be adopted at once, and that your
honorable body then take a recess until
Monday, the 14th inst.
Should it be deemed desirable by any
member to attempt general legislation at
this time, his attention is invited to the
rollowing extract from the opinion of the
Honorable Attorney General of the United
States in the case of Virginia :
“It is required under the previous law
to act upon the question ot adopting the
* * [Amendments] to the Constitution of
the United States before the admission of
the States to representation in Congress. 1
am of opiuion, therefore, that it may come
together, organize and act upon that
Amendment, but that until Congress shall
have approved the constitution, aud the
action under it, and shall have restored the
State to its proper place in the Union, by
recognizing its form of government as re
publican, and admitting it to representa
tion, the Legislature is not entitled and
could not, without violation of law, be al
lowed to transact any business, pass any
act or resolve, or undertake to assume any
other function of a Legislature, if the test
oath has not been required of its members.”
In a subsequent opinion the honorable
Attorney General-decided that the election
of Senators, at the proper time, was a part
of the work of reconstruction.
Your organization having been recog
nized from to-day, the time fixed by the
United States for the election of Senators
will occur on Tuesday, the 15th instant,
and as it is unwise to attempt any general
legislation while the government is pro
visional, and pending our recognition by
Congress, the recess recommended seems
desirable.
I shall esteem it a personal and an official
favor if your honorable body will authorize
a Joint Committee to sit during the recess,
and investigate the indirect charges made
by the Treasurer through the public prints
against the Executive, as well 1 as any and
all charges he may now have to present. I
would respectfully recommend that the
committee be authorized to send for per
sons and papers, and to administer oaths ;
and I am confident that such validity will
be given to the acts of the committee, by
the Commander of the District, as may be
necessary to insure justice.
Rufus B. Bullock,
Provisional Govern«r.
Atlanta, Wednesday, Feb. 2,1870.
A correspondent df the Washington
Chronicle draws attention to a grammatical
error in Byron’s “ Prisoner of Chlllon.”
He says he discovered it in a dream. It
occurs in the fourth of the following lines :
“ My hair is gray, but not with years,
Nor grew it while
In a single night,
As men’s have grown by sudden fears.”
The error is in the use of the plural verb
“have grown,” when its nominative hair is
in the singular. It is rather strange that
this error has never been noticed before,
and now only in a <\re&m.—Hartfo>d Times.
(From the New York World.
General Tate, ~ j
The rise and fall of General Tate were
equally sudden and surprising. We never
heard of the General till a couple of months
ago, when, without a moment’s warning,
he appeared in Washington as Envoy Ex
traordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary
from the Republic of Havti to the Govern
ment of the United States. As he bore the
proper credentials from President Sal nave,
and as he was the first high diplomatic
functionary of the colored school who had
ever been sent to this country, he was re
ceived with distinguished honors. The
State Department made preparations for
his reception, and the President “ granted
him an audience” which was considered
worthy of a glowing description in the
newspapers. In his address to Gen. Grant
he descanted on his mission, on his Govern
ment, on his country, and on its prospects.
He complimented the President and people
of the United States, and assured us of the
distinguished consideration in which we
were held in Hayti. His rhetoric was trop
ical, his language glowing, and his pa
triotic and personal eulogies very affecting.
Grant replied to the Extraordinary Envoy
by one of the longest and profoundest
speeches he ever delivered ; and we are free
to say that we did not think any the less of
the speech because its learned and diplo
matic sentences gave us assurance that it
had been composed for him by Secretary
Fish. Grant welcomed Tate warmly, com
plimented him sweetly, referred in touching
terms to the colored race of which he was
a distinguished example, and expressed his
hope, in conclusion, that the bonds of amity
between Hayti and this country would be
close and enduring.
Os course, General Tate was in high
feather. He soon took occasion to visit the
departments, to make the acquaintance of
Senators, to display himself iu the diplo
matic gallery, and so firth. Everything
was lovely, and the Plenipotentiary Ex
traordinary of Hayti was evidently a man
who understood himself.
It wafe not long, however, before it be
came known to certain parties in Wash
ington, as well as to certain persons iu
New York, that General Tate’s mission
was quite as ‘‘extraordinary” as his offi
cial title implied ; that, in fact, he had not
come here to defend his country’s rights
and honor, but to try to sell out his coun
try. President Salnave, whom he repre
sented, was in trouble, and needed money
desperately. He had been at war with the
Cacos, under General Saget, for over a
year, and his power was endangered by the
progress of their savage arms. Money
alone could save him ; five millions would
be sufficient, but a million would do for the
present, and a hundred thousand dollars
cash down would be better than nothing
This would be an easy matter for General
Tate to negotiate. We were known to be
eugaged in negotiations for the purchase of
numerous ports and islands in the West
Indies. President Salnave could sell us
the Mole St. Nicholas as President Baez
had sold us the Bay of Samaua ; or, if we
wanted the whole of the half of Hayti
which Salnave ruled over, he could sell it
to us on as good terms as Baez had offered
to sell the other half of the same island.
The bargajn was easy, the opportunity was
excellent, and Tate was happy in the pros
pect ol being able to sell hiscountry cheap
for cash.
But hail, horrors! and what is this we
see and hear rjght in the midst of business ?
It is nothing less than the news that Sal
nave and Salnave’s power have beeu utter
ly overchi'own, that the price of $5,000 has
been offered for his head, that his principal
generals are being executed with all possi
ble rapidity, and that General Tate himself,
the Envoy Extraordinary and Minister
Plenipotentiary at Washington, has been
outlawed, so that he can only return to
Hayti to suffer death ! Surely this is the
wreck of matter, the crush of worlds, and
the cruel discomfiture of Tate.
Farewell, Plenipo 1 Adieu, General!
Good-bye, Tate. All hail! colored man and
brother! This is a hard ami uncertain
world. Such is fume. Hayti is a great
country.
If Tate’s career ivas glorious, it was also
brief. If he was the first colored minister
to Washington, he will quite certainly not
be the last, for President Saget will soon
be as anxious to sell out his country as was
Salnave, whom he has overthrown.
A Villain Confessed—The Truth of
the Gold Conspiracy. —lt seems that Mr.
Corbin squarely owns up that he acted the
full part of the villain in the gold conspira
cy throughout. He cheated all around.—
He cheated Gould; cheated Fisk, and it
Mrs. Grant had any interest in the specula
tion, he cheated her. He swears that she
had not; but while he does this he asserts
that he falsely represented that she had ;
and by so doing obtained, fraudulently,
from Gould and Fisk, twenty-five thousand
dollars, which he pocketed !
Mr. Corbin’s excuse is, that he consider
ed that lie was dealing with unscrupulous
men, and therefore was at liberty to prac
tice fraud. Saint Corbin ! This is a pret
ty doctrine for the canting old hypocrite!
If it is. right to be dishonest because deal
ing with sinners, it is not often that a man
will have occasion to be honest in the
world.
It is impossible to read the testimony—
extraordinary as that testimony is—of Mr.
James Fisk, Jr., before the committee, with
out feeling that, it is true. And Mr. Corbin
himself has confirmed it in most respects.
Whenever he contradicts the statements of
Mr. Fisk, Mr. Corbin will receive little cre
dit; because a witness who confesses to
such villainy as he does stamps himself as
a man unworthy of belief.
The choice spirits of the Administration
who figured at the Prince’s ball must have
felt depressed amid the festivities of that in
teresting occasion as they reflected on their
late confrere, sad and lonely at his'lodg
ings on Capitol Hill.
If it were only possible now for some
other Corbin to come forward and get
Grant out of the matter of bestowing of
fices on people who had given him money
as successfully as this Corbin has sworn
him clear of the gold speculation, the Ad
ministration might get on its legs again.
But, unfortunately, theJacts of the case do
not admit of any such escape in that case.
Exit Corbin, who sold the house that
Grant bought—and sold out Grant, Fisk,
Gould and his own soul!— N. 7. Sun.
The Negro Exodus from Southside
Virginia. —Persons arriving here by the
Danville Railroad, on Saturday, report hav
ing as a fellow-passenger a colored man
who seemed to be employed to encourage
negro emigration Southward. At every
statiou he addressed the crowd of negroes
assembled to meet the train, setting forth
the glories of the Sunny South, and repre
senting it to be a land of milk and honey,
corn bread and molasses, little work and
big pay—this “land where the good dar
kies go ” He succeeded in arousing no lit
tle enthusiasm among his auditors, even
though his speeches had to be short. Giv
ing notice that, he would be along the same
route and speak again on Tuesday, he
will doubtless have more to hear him on
that day.
The Southside farmers fear a direful re
sult unless this tide of emigration can be
stemmed. Though less has been said about
it in the papers for.the last week or two,
the exodus continues and the number of
emigrants daily increases. From Pittsyl
vania county we are informed that there
are semi-weekly shipments, and the colo
nies average perhaps twohuodred persons,
a large proportion of whom are able-bodied
laboring men or hearty women. Mecklen
burg, Charlotte, Halifax, Franklin, Prince
Edward and Lunenburg, have all been
more or less depleted, and some farmers re
port that all their hands have deserted. —
The worst of it is that a furore has taken
possession of the blacks, and emigration is
becoming almost as popular as “ leaving
the old place” was just after the war.
[Richmond Dispatch.
Revenue Frauds in Virginia.—On
Saturday the trial of F. Bannasch indicted
for dealing in counterfeit, tobacco’ stamps,
was concluded in the United States Circuit
Court, at Richmond, and the prisoner re
manded to await sentence.
Charles Brooks, of Norfolk, was brought
before Commissioner Chahoon on Satur
day, on the charge of violating the internal
revenue laws, by manufacturing cigars and
without keeping the books prescribed bv
law. He waived an examination "nd gave
bail in the sum of SI,OOO to appear bafore
the United States Circuit Court in May to
answer an indictment.
Georgia State JLotierj
FOR TH» BENEFIT OF Ttfk
Orphan’** lioiu» and ITr«e Hchool.
The.following were the drawn numbvnt, in the Bnp
plemeutary delieme, drawn at Auguelu, Georgia,
February 3.
MORNING DRAWING— CIass 57.
43 47 15 08 AO 30 HO *3 40 18 70 34 56
13 Drawn Numbers.
EVENING DRAWING—CIass 58.
70 35 3 0 41 30 46 53 33 3 33 33 1
12 Drawn IS umbers,
iebl-l
SPECIAL NOTICES.
MILEAGE TICKETS.
Charlotte, Columbia &. Augusta ]
Railroad Company, I
Gensral. Freight anp TiCEIT Cffioe, j
Columbia, 13. 0 , January 28,1870. J
MERCHANTS AND OTHERS DESIRING
MILEAGE TICKETS, good for Five Hundred or
One Thousand Miles, can procure them by leaving
their address with any Bration Agent on line of road,
or upon applicrtlon (o the undersigned, at following
prices:
For One Thousand Miles }3O 00
For Five Hundred Miles 18 00
E. R. DORSEY,
ianSO-6 General Ticket Agent.
WIRE RAILING, FOR
a 7\ iH Knc osing CemeTry Lots,
iS 'tk./Vr' §1 C ttsges, drc.; Wire Guards
titJS&u h r t- tore Fronts, Factories,
Asylums, &c ; Wire Webbing Rice Cloth, aud Wire
Work. Also, Manufacturers of
FODRDRINIKR CLOTHS.
E - ery information by addressing
M. WALKER A BON,
No. 11 North Sixth Street, Philadelphia.
jau29-ly
B 3T GETTING MARRIED —Essays f r Young
Men, on the delighis of Home, and the piopriety or
impropriety of getting Married,‘with sanitary help for
those who feel unfitted for matrimonial happiness.
Beut free, in sealed envelopes. Address,
HOWARD ASSOCIATION,
,ian2F-3m Pox P, i hiladelphia, Pa.
JUST OUT.
CHERRY PECTORAL TROCHES, superior to
all others for Colds, Coughs, Bore Throat, Bronchitis
and lloarsenese.
None so pleasant. None cure so quick.
Manufactured by ROSHTON At CO., Aator House,
New York.
No more of those horrible tasted, nauseating Brown
Cubeb things.
For sale by V . H TUTT & LAND at Proprietors’
Pdces. .janß-dAc3m
IEP.ITABLE INVALIDS.
Indigestion not only effect* tbe physical health, but
the dispositions and tempers of its victims. Tho
dyspeptic becomes, too, in a measure, demoralized by
his sufferings. Lie is subject to fits of irritation, snl
lenuess or and spair, as the case may be. A preter
natural sensitiveness, which he cannot control, leads
him to misconstrue the words and acts of those
around him, and his intercourse even with those
nearest and dearest tojrirn id not (infrequently marked
by exhibitions of testine-s foreign to his real nature.
These are the mental phenonuna of the disease, for
which the invalid cannot be justly held responsible,
but they occasion much household discomfort. It is
to the interest of the home circle, it is essential to
family harmony, as well as to tbe rescue of the prin
cipal sutferer from a stale not far removed from in
cipient insanity, that these symptoms of mental dis
turbance be promptly removed. This can only he
done by removing their physical cause, a derangement
of the functions of the stomach, atd its allied viscera,
the liver and the bowels. Upon these three import
ant organs Hostetter’s Stomach Bitters act simulta
neously, producing a thorough and salutary change
in their condition. The vegetable ingredients of
which the preparation is compos.d are of a renova
ting, regulating and alterative, character, and the stim
ulant which lends activity to their remedial virtues is
the purest and best that can be extracted from the
mort wholesome of all cereals, viz: sound rye. No
dyspeptic can take this genial restorative for a single
week without experiencing a notable improvement in
his general health. Notoaly will his bodily suffer
ings abate from day to day, but his mind will recover
rapidly from its restlessness and irritability, and this
happy change will manifest itself in his demeanor to
a 1 around him. tebl-tfebld
MERCHANTS, PLANTERS, GARDENERS
• AND HOUSEKEEPERS
Wishing to get the BEST and Most Reliable Va
rieties, should buy
UNION BETS,
REAL BUNOOMBJi CABBAGE,
THE CHOICEST EARLY IRIBH POTATOES,
— xtw—
Our Seed are Warranted FRILSH an t GENUINE-
No Humbug! Send for Catalogues.
PLUMB & LEJTNER,
doc 22 eod*c2 n 212 Broad street, Augusta.
Mayor’s Office. )
Acod>ta, Ga., January 20th, 1870. \
From and alter this date, all purchases for account
of the city will only be made upon orders issued from
this oil! e. J. V. H. ALLEN,
jan26-tf Mayor.
COTTON STATES MECHANICAL AND AGRI
CULTURAL FAIR ASSOCIATION.
Secretary’s Office, j
Augusta, Ga., February 1, 1870. y
AT A MEETING of the Executive Committee of
this Association, held THIS DA.Y, an installment of
ten (10) per cent, on the Capital Stock was ordered to
be called in.
Bto klio’ders will please call at the office of the
Treasurer, Messrs. <1 J. Cohen <fc Son, and pay their
assessment.
By order of th> Board. E. H. GRAY,
feh2-wfsu Secretary.
DANCING CLASSES, ATOUSTA HOTEL.
PII'JFS. NICHOLS & MILAM, in order to secure
certain days for the l.e sons, have removed from -i/a
sonic Hall to the above Hall- Classes for Ladies,
Misses and Mas'ers on FRIDAY and SATURDAY
AFTERNOONS, at 3X, P- ro. Classes for Gents
THURSDAY and FRIDAY EVENINGS, at 8, p.
m. jan2s-tf
NOTICE.
The Company, or Copartnership, known
as ’he DORN MINING COMPANY, and here
tofore carrying on business at the DORN
MINES, so-called, in the Abbeville District,
and State of South Carolina, was dissolved on
the 14th day ol October, 1869, and no longer
exists. C. H. McCORMICK.
feb2-3 R. M. FUNKERHOUBE.
POPLAR LUMBER,
The undersigned is prepared to furniah
POPLARjLUMBER, :in any quantity, at $3 per
hundred, delivered at Leesville Depot, Char
lotte, Columbia and Augusta Railroad. For
iurther fbformation, address
AARON TAYLOR,
Gilbert Hollow,
febS-6 C., C. & A. K. R., 8. C.
TJse Russel Coe’s Su
perphosphate. It is the
33est. _
Choice Family Groceries,
Plautaticw Supplies*
Tuba, Cham*, Buckets, Measures
Hair and Straw Brctinu, Duster*, Brushes
Baskets of all kinds
Boots and Shoes.
We Invite the attention of the Citizens*
of Augiuta and Vicinity to our new Fall
Supplies of the above Goods.
All of which arc of Good Quality.
Fresh Supplies received Weekly.
.TAS. G. BAU.IIS BROTHER,
eep3o-6ur
GIRARMrsIIPERA HOUSE.
BENEFIT
1 i WW and
- Appearance but One
Os the Distinguished English Tragedian,
MR. NEIL WARNER,
When wlli lie presented Bnlwer's Grand His
torical Play, entitled
RICHELIEU.
Richelieu, Prime Minister Mr. WARNER,
And a cast embracing every member of the
Company.
TO-MORROW (SATURDAY), LAST NIGHT,
Shakspeare’s Historical Tragedy of the Life
and Death of
RICHARD 111,
Ending with the
Battle of Boswortli Field.
In announcing MR. WARNER, the Manager
unhesitatingly endorses him as one of the few
Grand Actors of the age. He has been secured
at a heavy cost, to secure the presentation of
Shakspearian imd other plays in the very best
style.
NO FLAY WILL BE REPEATED !
PRICES OF ADMISSION.
Dress Circle and Orchestra Chairs.. .$1 00
Reserved Seats 1 50
Gallery | 50
Colored Gallery, 50c. Entrance on Ellis
street.
Seats can be secured at Geo. A. Oates’ Book
and Music Store. feb4-l
DESIRABLE SECURITIES
FOR SALE.
_ •*
The attention of parties having funds to
invest is invited to the FIRST MORTGAGE
BONDS of the MACON AND AUGUSTA
RAILROAD COMPANY.
These BONDS hear Bev«n per cent, interest
—coupons payable January and July—have
ten years to run, and are GUARANTEED,
principal and interest, BY THE GEORGIA
RAILROAD AND BANKING COMPANY.
Inquire of j
J. A. S. MILLIGAN, Treasurer,
At Georgia Railroad Bank.
feb4-lni
CLAUTIOTST.
The merits of the
Soluble Pacific Guano,
Manufactured by the Pacific Guano Com
pany, having been attested by so great a
number of our Planters who have used It
for the past four years, its superior excel
lence is no longer a matter of doubt, and
as spurious articles of the same name are
being oft'ered for sale, I take this method of
informing the public that,
Pure Soluble Pacific Gluano
Can not be bought in Augusta except from
myself, the only authorized Agent for its sale
in this city, and that none is genuine uuless
branded John jS. Reese & Cos., General
Agents, Baltimore, Md.
feb4-2w J. O. MATHEWBON.
Stock of the National Bank of
Augusta.
ii O SHARES of the Stock of tho Na
tional Bank of Augusta for sale, in lots to suil
purchasers. Apply at
JOHN J. COHEN «fc SON’S,
Stock, Bond and Exchange Brokers.
feb4-3
GROUND PEAS.
500 BUSHELS GROUND PEAS on
consignment and for sale by
feb4-3 J. O, MATHEWBON.
LARD. ~
50 TIERCES PURE LARD
50 KEGS PURE LARD
In store and for sale by
feb4-2 BLAIR, SMITH & CO.
— ___ _
MOLASSES.
100 BBLS. MOLASSES to arrive, and
for sale from wharf.
fcb4-l BLAIR, SMITH_&
Fresh and Tender IHHIH
J-a-SU XEZLII
X WILL have at my Stall, on SATURDAY
MORNING and EVENING, some of the finest
MEAT that has ever been seeu in Augusta. Be
prepared for it, and do not fail to stop at my
place at tbe market.
JNO. P. FOSTER,
feb4 1 Stall No. i, Lower Market.
MULES AND HORSES
tj ÜBT arrived from the Western markets, a
splendid lot ot well broke MULES and
HORSES, both Saddle and Harness, which will
be sold at the most favorable prices.
JOHN B. POURNELLE,
f‘ b 4 3 Grey Eagle Stables.
FERTILIZERS,
By POLLIRD, COX & CO.
o
AUGUSTA PRICKS:
L. S. Hoyt’s Improved Ammoniated
Bone Superphosphate.
(Substitute for Peruvian Guano.)
Cash *7O 00
Time 80 00
Glasgow Company’s Soluble Phosphatic
and Ammoniated Guano.
(Equal to Peruvian.)
Ua&h. „ .*7O 00
Time 80 00
Dissolved Bones Ammoniated.
Cash . *6,<5 00
Time 75 00
C. C. Coe’s Phosphate.
(Substitute (or Sea Fowl.)
Cash *65 00
Hme 75 00
Merryman’s Raw Bone Superphosphate
(Soluble).
Cash *6O 00
Time 70 00
Sea Fowl Guano (in Savannah).
Cash *67 50
AMMONIATED DISSOLVED BONES.
By John Merryman A Cos.
Cash
Time .•
Land Plaster.
Cash *2O 00
Time ........... 25 00
Also, Agents for JOHN MERRYMAN A
CO., Baltimore, Md.
Time Sales are payable by Planters’ Drafts
on good Factors, maturing Ist November,
1870, without interest. Drafts to be signed*
and acceptance arranged when goods are ship
ped.
* Pollard, Cox & Cos.,
Role Agents for Middle Georgia,
273 .Broad Street,
feb3-lm Augusta, Ga.
COAL CREEK COAL.
X HAVE iuet received a fresh supply of the
very best quality COAL CREEK COAL ever
brought to this city, which will be delivered
(free irom dirt) at *ll per ton.
G. 8. HOOKEY,
6 210 Broad St. I
NEW ADVERTISEMENT*!
ll * —— ::ri .a.'" \ : J
9TATEMP i 1
OP THE x
CEORGIA HOKE UVSIHUNOt ij
COLUMBUS, QEORQIa 1
INCORPORATED 1859 OAPmr -
Assets J aimary 1,1870, *5*468,071 al|
Receipts and Disbursements for Twelve Months ending January i V
nwnTODrpa i 7"
RECEIPTS.
Premiums 8229,001 30
Interest 10.920 67
$239,921 97
Balance from January 1,1869 44,657 00
*284,578 97
DIVIDEND TO HOLDERS OF PARTICIPATING POLlcTesTAffp j
®The above statement exhibits, in a n, a “J|
tering, the growing prospects of the J
Company. Since the close of the war the ( 1
paid out over *300,000 for losses. Wig,,
increasing amouut of assets, it presents it* fl
tronage to the public. Apply to
A. ft. HALL, Agent,
AfeM-A’-' .
W. fl. GOODRICH. GfcO. £
W. H. GOODRICH & SOI 1
265 "BROAD STREET, AUGUSTA, GA,
WHOLESALE AND RETAIL DEALERS IN
STOVES, GRATES, TIN \\ X \ j
Aitd House Goods of all kiiuiii
TO WHICH WE WOULD CALL THE ATTENTION OP THE P[ I
The Celebrated Cooking Stove “ Olive Brar ji
THE FAVORITE COOKING STOVE “ HENRY CLAY,” I
Is a FIRST-CLASS STOVE, of I j
LARGE SIZE, with ample oven
Its Fire Back is very heavy, and
constructed so as not to burn out g/fl 11
It has also the REVOLVING
RESERVOIR, which can be attached -g r .
or detached at pleasure.
We have also the PREMIUM, or STEP STOVE, and HEATING BTOTTN, I
varieties. We would call special attention to our fine assortment of GRAIL
Mr. E. E. SCOFIELD, long and favorably known in this line, will be found witil
and will have charge of the Mechanical Department.
Ouir facilities for ROOKING* and Gl|
TK HINT Cl are unsurpassed*
oet?.<lAoßm
New Dry Goods Store
JP. & M. GALLAHEB
Beg to announce to their friends aud former patrons in Georgia and South Ova
that they have once more resumed the
DRY GOODS BUSINESS
AT
°* IYiO Broad Htreet, .Augusta,, Georgia?
Where they are now opening a magnificent Stock of
FALL AND WINTER GOODS,
Comprising DRESS GOODS in all the latest styles and novelties: such
Ottomans, Velours, Bearrittias, Boubait, Poplins, Bombazines, Alpaca-*, Bl.i "
&c. Also, a splendid line of Shawls and Cloaks, Irish Linens and Table Damask, V
Goods, Hosiery, Gloves and Trimmings. Also. Blankets, Flannels. Kersevs, Clothe
Cassimeres, in great variety.
We beg to say that we will be in daily receipt of new styles from the NewT?
Auctions, and that we will endeavor at all times, by strict attention to the ws •
our customers, to merit a fair share of patronage.
P. & M. GALLAHER,
octl2 ~ tf 190 BROAD STREET
MILL POND
AND
CHANNEL OYSTERS
S UPPLIED iu quantities to suit purchasers.
Orders frotn all parts of tbe Interior solicited.
Address Thos. McCrady, Agent, P. O. Box 339
Charleston, 8. C.
References.—James Adger A Cos , Hon. J. B
Campbell, Dr. St. J. Ravenel, David Jennings
McCrady & Sou, W. G. Dingle, John S Ryan'
oct’-i&Sm
Carpets and Shades.
For a Large and Choice selection of new
Carpets and Shades, at low prices, go to
James CJ. Bailie *V Brother’s.
CAIiPKTW MADE ANI) LAID PROMPTLY.
decSO 3m
j. l. mibs,
DEALER IN
HORSES AND MULES.
at J. B. Pocbnelle’s
Grey Eagle Stables, Ellis street, Augusta, Ga.
N. B.—Will also SELL and BUY HORSES
and MULES on commission. nov2s-3m
BARGAINS.
All kinds of Walking
Coats.
All kinds of Back
Coats.
Will be offered at Reduced Prices, by
jA. T. G-ray,
jau26-aodlm Opposite Masonic Hall.
Reinsurance and Return Prnmin ■
Commissions to Agents
Tuxes and all other expense I
j Balance January 1, 1870. f,
****
MIRY ANN BUM INSTirrnj
FOR YOUNG LADIES,
At WlutesviUe, (No. 3, Central RaSroai I
Commences January, ism
First Term cuds in JUNE, 1870.
For particulars, apply to
MissMARY ANN BUIE,
jan2o-tf Whitesville, No. 3C. RE, 8 * I
WANTED,
-A. PL ANTATION of from 200 to 500»e'* I
convenient td this city or railroads. Mn*t I
well adapted for Cotton and Gram, with sI
provements and necessary’ Woodland.
Apply by letter, giving full description, Y
decll-tf P. O. BOX NO I s
FLOOR OIL CLOTBS
OF SUPERIOR QUALITT.
w. Invite the attention of th» el “'
sens of Augusta and v icinity to a
itock of the above Goods, just op» ! " 1
In Quality and Style, they are w* s *"
passed by any House in the United S< 8 ”’
.James G. Bailie <fc Broth*' 1
jan9-lm
Kxcmptlon of F*non*lff<
GEORGIA, RICHMOND COUNTY :
Ordinary’# Office for baid CosO Tr ;
Augusta. February ■ 15, „
Nellie Christian havirg applied for exempti oo ;!' 1C
nor ally, I will pass upon the same at my
Augusta, on Monday, the 14th ilay of FebrusO
at .0 o’clock, a. in. . m
Given under my hand and official signal l '- 11 ' ” '
da;/ of February, 1870.
*>«», ’ jgU
• Marbkized Slate Maatels*
• HIGH AND E LEG ANI DESIGNS.
More durable and at half th» prut of V*
Caretully packed and sbippad to any P w ’ 1 1
the country. Send for circular.
y T. B. STEWART & CO.,
jsn3Q-3m 605 Sixth Aia, New X«*!