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uN • n VV'\ JoJS ALIST.
ATJGHJBTA, &A.
WEDNESDAY MORNING, JUNE 15,1870
“ PROGRESSIVE DEMOCRACY.”
“Reform” in South Carolina has devel
oped some extraordinary phases. The Co
lumbia Phoenix gives a rather reluctant
consent to the curious amalgamations of
the new party. The Phoenix explains Itself
thus:
“ As we interpret the movement in its
integrity, it is a combined effort of all men
opposed to the present corrupt regime. , for
a better administration of our public affairs.
It seeks the union of Democratic reformists
and Republican reformists for the relief of
South Carolina in her extremity. In be
coming, in good faith, an advocate for re
form, we at least do not sink our valued
association with that national organization,
which, under the name of Democracy, holds
to those great principles of government
•which receive the assent of our judgment.
“We are for reform and for political co
operation with all ready to embark under
its banner, but as before, so now, we stand
in general political faith upon the 11 rm
ground of a liberal and progressive Democ
racy.”
As an illustration of what strange com
pany the “ liberal and progressive Democ
racy ” of the Phoenix has got into, we sub
join the synopsis of a speech recently deliv
ered at a public meeting by Major S. P.
Hamilton and published in the Chester Re
porter:
“ Major Hamilton first depicted in forci
ble words the great changes the revolution
bad brought about, and appealed to the
■white men present to recognize these
changes, an I to accord to the colored men
cheerfully, sincerely and truthfully, all the
civil and political rights that the law now
gives them. He met and exposed the falsi
ty of the charge made by the enemies of
refonn that the new movement is nothing
but the Democratic party under a thin dis
guise. The Democrat'c party in South
Carolina, he said, was dead ; that the main
question of difference between the Republi
can and Democratic parties had been the
status of the colored man, and now that
the Reform party accepted in good faith
the Fifteenth Amendment as the law of the
land, there was no difference between the
platform of that party and that of the Re
publican party.”
So, the contest in South Carolina seems
to have degenerated into a battle between
two Republican factious, the only differ
ence being on a question of the depravity
of the party in power and the honesty of
the party out of power Principle is en
tirely ignored, and the State which was the
first to secede for an idea of right is prompt
to abandon the struggle because five years
ol negro supremacy, after military defeat,
have broken her heart. Politically, we
can have but little concern for South Caro
lina Republicanism as defined by Major
Hamilton ; but, in every other respect, we
sincerely trust that good and true men
may win in the impending contest. Be
tween Scott’s myrmidons and any candi
dates of “Reform,” wc unhesitatingly pre
fer the latter; but what a pity that when
Democracy is getting so very lively every
where else it should be growing so very
corpse like in South Carolina.
THE GLOOMY BUTLER.
The Petersburg (Va.) Courier publishes
the following letter:
“ Washington, May 17, 1870.
“Mr Dear Sir : I can only say of this
matter of reconstruction substantially in
the language of Holy Writ: ‘lf they will
not believe .doses and the Prophets, neither
will they believe though oie rose from the
dead.’ lam afraid hardness of heart and
blindness of mind will possess the people
DUMI IToitll ami IV .u ulr, nlltlt a Ilf rr
ty will come upon the nation.
“ I wish your matter may be taken up
and passed at once, but wc are so driven
for time wit h the tariff and other bills as to
render it exceedingly doubtful.
“ I am yours, truly,
“ B F Butler.”
“ T. E. Chambliss, Oak Grove, Brunswick
county, Va.”
The devil, according to all the fathers of
the church, has a marvellous aptitude for
Scripture quotation. Beast Butler is not
a whit behind him in this particular. We
do not know the exact point of attack
meditated by Butler and foreshadowed in
his letter; but it would be important to
learn wbo are Moses and the Prophets.
Andrew Johnson used to be a self
proclaimed Moses. The South listened to
him, to her great disaster, and the North
too, for that matter. Perhaps Butler thinks
himself the new Moses. But, save in a
capacity for spoiling the Egyptians, wo fail
to recognize the similitude. All the Radi
cal prophets have proved to be such infa
mous falsifiers that it is pardonable in
the North and in the South that discredit
should attach to their vaticinations. When
a soft-hearted and judicially clear-sighted
person like Butler begins to lament cal
lousness and want of vision in everybody
else, it is high time some new calamity did
befall a nation of which he has hitherto
been considered one of the most tremen
dous abortions.
Nine Reasons.—A competent witness
offers to give nine reasons why Congress
men have ndl l>eea bribed by the Cuban
Junta. The first reason is that the mem
bers of the Junta have not a dollar in the
world. The eight remaining reasons art
suppressed as superfluous.
A Filibustering Expedition Against
Mexico. —A special to the New York
Herald , dated Brownsville, Texas, says a
formidable filibustering expedition is or
ganizing against Mexico. Leaders of the
expedition arc to tie former officers of the
United States and Confederate armies.
It is stated that Rosecrans assumes su
preme command. The headquarters of the
movement are to be in New York, with sub
ordinate departments in Philadelphia, Chi
cago, St. Louis, New Orleans, Houston,
amt other places. Gen. J* Bankhead Ma
gruder, commander at New Orleans. A
portion is playing a prominent part in the
grand passage over the liio Grande into
Mexico, which will occur two months
hence. It is said Escobedo, commander of
the Mexicans, and Rosecrans have come to
an understanding, whereby, fifKa conside
ration, the former permits a successful
crossing. Filibusters are to enter the coun
try in squads as emigrants, and Escobedo
withdraws the Mexican troops from the
borders to enable the expedition to enter.—
They will then organize and advance as
military forces. A collision then takes
place, and Escobedo breaks and retreats,
and utter confusion follows. He then aids
the filibusters in conquering the country,
and establishing, with Rosecrans or some
one else at the head of the Government,
which will ultimately be turned over to the
United States authorities.
Deplorable Condition op Affairs in
Mexico. —A late letter from Mexico gives
the following striking, but deplorable pic
ture of the condition of affairs in that coun
try : “ From every direction the news of
violence and robbery has been received.
The besom of destruction is passing over
our neighbors. Men who have toiled and
economized for years to acquire a compe
tence arc beggared. The work of an hour
has wiped out the gainings of a lifetime.
There are now hundreds of ruined and
desperate men, who, three days ago, were
independent. They are ready for anything.
The agricultural movement.will be serious
ly retarded, ir not fatally affected. All the
industrial pursuits will suffer
Commerce will be more paralyzed than
ever before. Business will become stag
nant.”
[Special Correspondence of the Constitutionalist.
FROM WASHINGTON.
THE RADICAL ROAST OK LENIENCY—T’RUE
REASON WHY NO SOUTHERN LEADER WAS
TRIED FOR TREASON —CONFISCATION OF
SOUTHERN PR<II’ERTY —WHERE THE M< >NEY
IN TIIE TREASURY CAME FROM—THE PICK
ING OF TREASURY AGENTS, EVEN AFTER
THE CLOSE OF TIIE WAR —JAY COOKE &
CO’.S SPECULATING FUND —TOE COTTON,
SUGAR AND TOBACCO CLAIMS RING —UPS
AND DOWNS OF THE GEORGIA QUESTION.
Washington, June 11, 1870.
The Radical party boast of many thiugs,
and it is a favorite boast of theirs that not
one of the “ Rebel” leaders—not even Jef
ferson Davis, Robert E. Lee, or John C.
Breckinridge—have been tried for treason ;
and that there has been no confiscation of
property belonging to “ Rebels.”
It is true there have been no trials for
treason —though quite a number were com
menced, and for the principal reason, as the
acute Radicals well knew, that there could
be no man or set of men found in all the
South who had been guilty of treason
against “ the best government the world
ever saw.” Had there been the slightest
possibility of convicting Mr. Davis, or any
other of Southern gentleman of “ treason,”
no sane person can doubt lor a moment the
result. But the charge could not be sus
tained ; and he ;ce the Puritanical dodge of
proclaiming the leniency of the Govern
ment. As for the assertion that there has
been no confiscation of the property of the
Southern people, a more outrageous false
hood has never been promulgated—to say
nothing of the loss of the South by the
emancipation of their slaves, to an amount
equal to the present public debt; the seizure
of real estate in and around Washington ;
of Sea Island plantat’ons on the coast of
South Carolina and Georgia, and of cotton,
sugar and tobacco, taken from non-com
batants, there is another branch of con
fiscation which merits attention.
It is not generally known, but it is nev
ertheless true, that the great bulk of the
money now in the Treasury of the United
States is the proceeds of cotton, sugar and
tobacco taken from private citizens (tnauy
of whom were not engaged in the war),
and this property was taken, moreover,
long after the war dosed. By the eud of the
war is meant after the surrender of Gen.
Lee, Gen. Johnston and Gen. E. Kirby
Smith, the latter having concluded his
surrender on the 24th day of May, 1865.”
And further, it is a fact—also not general
ly known—that on the 27th day of June,
1865, the Secretary of the Treasury, by di
rection of the President of the United
States, addressed a letter of instructions to
United States Treasury Agents, in which
they were instructed not to seize a pound
of cotton after the 30th of J une, 1865. Yet,
these Treasury agents, backed by squads
of armed soldiers, went through the South
ern States, and seized every bale of cotton,
hogshead of sugar and box of tobacco
they could lay bands upon. The sugar,
cotton and tobacco thus seized by these
Treasury agents, in violation of the in
structions and special mandates of the Sec
retary of the Treasury and the President,
was, after the agents had secured for them
selves a most liberal portion, turned over
to the General Agent in New York, Mr.
Simeon Draper. Mr. Draper, after making
sale of the property, and deducting for
his unsolicited services the most exhorbi
tant commission, transmitted the net pro
ceeds to the Secretary of the Treasury.
This species of wholesale robbery was
enacted in the Fall and Winter of 1865.
The proceeds of the sales of this confl -cat
ed property—amounting to many millions
—was placed, during the terms of office of
Hugh McCulloch and Wm. E. Chandler,
in the hands of the banking firm of Jay
Cooke & Cos., and is said to have been used
by them for speculative purposes aud to
enhance the credit of their bloated concern.
Ofcourse, no one pretends to say that Mc-
Culloch, or Chandler, were In any way
benefitted by the use made of this cotton
money. The integrity of these officials is
above suspicion. McCulloch and Chandler
entered office as men of large means, and
from their close attention to the business
of the Government and constant sacrifices
made in behalf of the loyal North, they
both lost office, prostrated in health and
almost baukrupt in pocket.
Notwithstanding the greater part of the
proceeds of the cotton, sugar and tobacco
wasmonths after the surrenderor
the Southern armies, the owners oi mis
property, or their proceeds, are told that if
has been “ covered into the Treasury,” and
that claimants, to get their dues, must,
First, Bring suit in the Court of Claims;
Second , Establish the fact of their loyalty
during the war, and then, if the Supreme
Court affirms a judgment in behalf of the
claimant , the money will be paid over at
the end of ninety days.
But when you propose to institute a suit
before the Court of Claims you are in
formed that unless you have commenced
actiou by the 2d of August., 1866, you are
barred, by the Statute of Limitation. A
more inglorious mode of confiscation could
not have been a- vised by the crafty de
scendants q£ the . Hu titans.* The troth of
the matter I,< t.fifera is a ring—a powerful
ring—formed fqr the express purpose of
placing every conceivable obstacle in the
way of the settlement of cotton, sugar and
tobacco claims, With u view to controlling
their collection or securing their purchase
for some trifling amount. This ring or
combination includes the names of many
of the most prominent men in the Radical
party. The Secretary of. the Treasury must
be cognizant of these facts, yet he resorts
to every imaginable expedient and techni
cality to prevent* the settlement of tlfesjp
claims, seemingly enjoying tlis cries of the
impoverished orphans and widows.
The ups and flow.is' of the Georgia ques
tion are really wonderful. How numerous
the fluctuations from hope to despair, and
from despair to hope. How many predic
tions, based on the sentiment or the expres
sions of the moment, have come to nought.
When a correspondent writes that “the
Georgia question will come up to-morrow,”
or next week, he bases his statemeut on
the words of committee men aud party
leaders. That the Georgia question is no>
taken up is surely not the fault of the cor
respondent. He lays no claim to prophecy,
nor does he, save in rare and exceptional
cases, obtrude his own opinion private
opinion, or rely upon his single judgment.
It is his duty and his aim to daily photo
graph Washington life, and to record its
events and gossip. At times the shadows
must lay deeper aud broader; and at times
;x more garish sunlight gilds the white
dome of the Capifol. Men come and men
go, and fickle public sentiment ebbs and
flows, but without the regularity of tin
tidal waves. It is not, therefore, the cor
respondent who is inconsistent, who con
tradicts himself, nor are they his prophecies
which come to naught. If blame rests
anywhere it must rest upon the mutations
of time, the failure of yesterday and the
fickleness of politicians. This is all I can
say to-day in relation to the Georgia ques
tion. It may not be altogether pertineul,
but of that the reader may judge.
Ami.
“ Plantation manners” used to be much
talked of by the Radicals before the civil
war. On the 9th, Chandler, Rep., of Michi
gan, pronounced Hatch to be “ a worthless
scoundrel,” and Senator Ferry had the
spirit to defend his constituent airainst this
exceedingly vile language.” This was in
the benate. In the House, Mr. Fitch, Ren
of Nevada, on “ a question of nrivile"e ”
concerning a letter in the New York Eve
nine) Post, declared that itcalumuiated him
and he loudly pronounced the author of it;
to be a “ wicked and cowardly liar,” a
“ disgrace to his profession,” and “ a yelp
ing coyote." Such language being protect -
ed by the privileges of debate, of course
goes nnredressed.— N. T. Express.
Disraeli.— Hawthorne, who was Minis
ter to England during Pierce's administra
tion, thus describes him : “ By and by came
a rather tall, slender person, in a black
frock coat, buttoned up, and black panta
loons, taking long steps; but I thought
rather feebly or listlessly. His shoulders
were round, or else he had a habitual stoop
in them He had a prominent nose, a thin
face, and a sallow, very sallow complexion ;
* * * and had I seenJiimin America!
I should have takeu him for a hard-worked
editor of a newspaper, weary and worn
with night labor and want of exercise—
aged before his time. It was Disraeli, and
I never saw auy other Englishman look in
the least like him; though, in America, his
appearance would not attract notice as be"
ing unusual.”
Hoppleggs Peace Dots.
BY ACHILLES HOPPLEGGB, ESQ.
No~ll.
To the Editor of the Constitutionalist:
[1 beg pardon for the great delay in for
wardinir No. II of my series, but absence
from home and press of business is ray
only, and, I trust, sufficient, excuse. Will
be more prompt in future ]
Yes, my dear reader, it is no frivolous
thing to beloug to a political party, the
leaders of which fondly delight in regard
ing you as a lamb—a little white, innocent
lamb, bah ! The only objections, as before
remarked, to this by us Southerners is,
that principle, honesty and self-respect
have so often to be sacrificed to comply
with the demands of onr Northern broth
ers. But what o’this ? Are we not amply
compensated therefor? Yea, verily, what
is principle when put in the balance with
money? What is honesty by the side of
reputation? What is self-respect when
compared with office—fat office? These
are questions—grave questions—worthy of
mature consideration. Among us—particu
larly the more prominent of us—they
have received that mature consideration
their gravity ami importance demands, and
our unanimous conclusion was that the
former were but as chaff' before the wind
compared with the latter. “Self-preserva
tion ” is said to be “ the first law of na
ture,” and there is no doubt, of the fact
that the man who has money, reputation
and office is a much more popular and
well-to-do fellow, in the estimation of his
neighbors, than the ,x>or devil who has
nothing but principle, houesty and self
respect. Who will say that Dives, in the
estimation of his neighbors, was not a much
more [lopular and respected man than poor
old brother Lazarus ?
But be all this as it may, I have given
you, my dear reader, the* idea that our
party, if not the Democratic party, goes
u|K>n, and to verify, 1 have but to ask you
to pause a moment and examine the fine
gentlemen that make up the Executive,
Judicial and Legislative Departments of
states that are “Republican In form.” The
only man that I know of, holding au office
in Atlanta, who “chaws” tobacco and
spits on his shirt is a member of the Judi
ciary, and he came from the “ black licit,”
and ought not to be a Radical, and would
not, probably, but no, I will not say,
for fear I convey the idea that our party
contains even one honest, conscientious
mipi.
But, again: We are living in the glory
of the nineteenth century, and under the
liberal and benign inf uence and refresh
ing protection of the “ best Government the
world ever saw,” and it would ill become
us, representing, as we do, the party of
“great moral ideas,” l’ree-loveism, negro
equality and miscegenation, to yield olie
dieuce to the hard tyranny of such old
fogyism as principle, houesty and self-re
spect. Such things were all well enough
in the darker days of the Republic, when
slavery stalked abroad ; when money was
dug put of the bowels of the earth aud
melted into round pieces ; when we had no
standing armies to preserve peace and
order; when there were distinctions on ac
count of “ race, color or previous condi
tion ;” when men wore silly enough to be
lieve in and contend for Constitutional
liberty and State sovereignty ; when men
were debarred the privilege of wooing aud
marrying other men’s wives; when minis
ters of the Gospel thought it a sin and
crime to encourage and favor bigamy and
adultery ; in short, when Democrats ruled ;
but now, thanks be to the progressive ideas
of liadical rule, old things have passed
away and all things have become new.
But to return to my personal history.
After I had been appointed Postmaster
at Lippins’ X Roads and qualified, a great
“hue and cry” was raised by the old
fogies about perjury ; they even carried the
thiug so far as to say that swearing to a
lie was a crime, and a number, officiously
inclined, continued to intermiddle in the
matter until they even induced a District
Attorney of the United States Court to so
tar forget the tenure by which he held his
office as to draw and have found against
me an indictment for the trifling offense
of perjury. I’ll be candid and admit this
somewhat excited me at first, but all fears
were dispelled as soon as a counsel of my
political friends was had. It was admitted,
on all sides, that I was guilty and could be
onnviotorl npnn a fair trial: this l did pot
deny, for I knew I had sworn to a lie!—
But it was determined that a conviction
must not be had—it would be regarded a
Democratic triumph. Well, to make a
long story short,, I have not yet been tried,
and one District Attorney has lost his
official head by being over zealous in his
efforts to bring myself and other crimi
nals of my party to trial, and the high
powers that be will serve others in the
same way should they get " too big for
their breeches.” The machine we are now
running; must be one harmonious whole,
and whenever a fellow gets fractious and
cannot be quieted by a little grease he is
summarily tossed overboard.
Ever and anon, dear reader, since this
thing has happened, what little of self-re
spect l have not sacrificed revolts at my
conduct, but 1 instantly “crush out” the
rebullion—far what can I do? Suppose I
Were To “ cut loose” from my party. This
would place me “ between a sweat and a
stew." Respectable people would not're
ceive me iuto their party and counsels; all
of my Radical friends would abandon and
fly from me; the negroes would regard me
as a traitor, apd the carpet-baggers—well,
they might receive me.. But, to be candid,
I have always thought, though I have ap
parently affiliated with them and done a
great many mean tillr besides, if I had a
dog that would Itona fide associate and
mix with that class of individuals, I would
kill him—hang him! By all odds carpet
baggers are the lowest of God’s creatiou. I
am often tempted to believe they were not
as other men, made of pure, good clay. It is
probable they have just enough clay in
them to give them the semblance of man ;
but, certainly the greater part of their
“ make up" is something very nearly simu
lating Peruvian Guano, or other similar
qnpleasant substance. From the very
nature of things it is impossible for them
to be of the same make as you and I, reader.
They are a living creature, having the form
and siiape of man, belonging to some
unknown species, yet to be located some
where between a skunk and Dean Swift's
Yahoo. 1 ask the scientific world to turn
their attention to the investigation of this
important subject. lam not competent.
Americub, Ga.
An Interesting Lawsuit.— ln the Su
perior Court at Savannah, Judge Schley
presiding, the case of John E. Ward m
Solomon Cohen is being tried. It. is an ac
tion in assumpsit to recover the value of
fifty shares of Central Railroad stock. This
suit is based upon a transaction which
took place in 1863, wherein, on the 7th day
of April, in the year above stated, the
plaintiff purchased one hundred shares of
Central Railroad stock, paving for the same
t ie sum of $20,000, in eigfit per cent. Con
federate bonds. Subsequent to the trans
action, fifty shares of the said stock became
the proiK-rty of the Confederate States Gov
ernment, under the sequestration act, thus
Heaving the plaintiff in possession of but
fifty shares. Suit is now brought against
the defeudant for the sum of SIO,OOO, one
, half the amount originally paid In eight
per cent, bonds of the Confederacy. Hon.
Thomas E. Lloyd for plaintiff; Judges
Flemming and Harden for defendant. Gen
A. Lawton and Hon. Julian Hartridge are
also engaged for the defense, and Hon.
Solomon Cohen pleads in hifl own behalf.
The case terminated on Thursday, by the
jury rendering a verdict in favor of the
plaintiff for $2,000 in gold as ejamages.
The Davis Executive Mansion at
Kichmon l ).—a called meeting of the Rich
mond (Va.) City Council was held on Tues
day , when the I resident presented a com
munication from the War Department at
Washington in relation to the Davis man
sion, which has been occupied by the
United States Government since the close
of the war. The department proposes to
restore the property to the city on condi
tion that the city will relinquish all claims
for rent, or any oLher claim whatever.
Another Breach In tub ILtiuf ai.
Ranks.—lt Is now stated that Cadet Whit
temore, re-elected to Congress fjrom South
Carolina, will not be allowed to be reseated
by his Radical confreres. The breaches in
the Radical ranks are becoming more and
more widened. So far as they have ap
peared in this State, the attempts to sew
them up have been fruitless.— N. T. Herald.
Greorgia fetate .Lottery.
FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE
Hom * n>id HVee Kcliool.
rbe following were the drawn mimU r«, in the Hui.
pleraentary Scheme, drawn nt Augusta,
. Jifnel4.
MORNING DRAWING -Class 281.
«3 49 55 43 15 57 4 3 46 54 40 68
12 Drawm Numbers.
KV ENING DRAWING—CIass 282.
*\ 73 40 37 33 18 5U OG C 8 53
12 Drawn Numbers,
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SPECIAL NOTICES.
AUGUSTA R. . A.-. CHAPTER, No. 2.-
The stated Monthly Convocation of Augusta It,-.
A•. Capter, No. 2, will be held THIS (Wednesday)
EVENING, 16th Instant, at 71$ o’clock.
C -fficers and Members will take due notice.
i’ l6 1 PENJ. B. RUSSELL, Fec’y.
IWCITY LOAN AND BUILDING ABSOCI
ATION.—The Election for Treasurer, Solicitor and
Secretary will take place on THURSDAY KVEN
IMG next.
Aspirants will hand their applications to the Presi
dent, at his store, by 4 o’clock, p. m., of that day.
The Tre-tsurer must give bond for SI,OOO, and must
state who his securities will be.
By order of tbe President
j® l6 2 A. F. PLUMB, Secretary. .
WHAT DOES REASON SAY ?
The litt'e mongoose when bitten by a deadly ser
pent resorts to a certain plant, eats of It, and oscapes
the effects of the poison. That is instinct. Human
beings, on the other hand, must depend on reason and
experience in selecting the means of protecting health
and life against unwholesome influences. Now, wfiat
does reason say on this vital subject? Does’it not
tell us that to invigorate and purify the system is the
best way to protect it against the invisible poison
which generates disease? Surely it does. The next
question is, what guide shall we follow in choosing a
medicinal safeguard ? Reason replies, let your moni
tor l>e experience. Well, the expeiience of eighteen
years comprised in one unbroken series of satisfactory
testimonials assures us that Hostetter’s Stomach Bit
ters possess strengthening, regulating and antiseptic
properties which are not combined In the same happy
proportions in any other preparation extant. This,
therefore, is the antidote to which reason bids us re
sort when our health is imperilled either by the mala
ria which produces’ epidemic di-orders, or by any
other cause, whether inherent and constitutional or
connected with our habits, occupations and pursuits.
The venom of a noxious reptile is scarcely more
subtle and dangerous than that which lurks in foul
air and impure water. To escape the fevers, bilious
disorders, disturbances of ihe bowels, and other se
rious maladies produced by these insalubrious ele
ments, it is absolutely necessary 'hat the stomach and
all the secretive organs should be, so to speak, in a
robust, condition. Upon the amount of resistance
which the vital system can oppose to the deleterious
influences that assail it, the safety ol the health de
pends, and it is because the urkat vbubtablb in
vuiorant Imparls energy and re.-ulaiity to the most
important functions ol the body, that il can he ri com
mended i.nd guaranteed ns an invaluible nreventive
medicine. jels-ijyl
NOTICE TO THOSE ATTENDING THE COL
LEGE COMMENCEMENTS.
Superintend en ’a Office, 1
Georgia Railroad,
Augusta, June 13, 1870. )
COLLEGE EXERCISES will commence this year
as follows:
At Covington, Sunday, June I9th.
At Oxford, Sunday, July 17th.
At Peuljeljl, Sunday, July 10th.
At Athens, Sunday, July 31bL
All parties desiring to attend will ho paste 1 for
ON E FAKE. Full Fare Ticket to he purchased going
and Agent selling to furnish RETURN TICKET
FREE. S. K. JOHNSON,
Superintendent.
Athens, Greensboro, Covington, Washington, Mad
ison and Atlanta papers copy to August Ist.
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BATCHELOR’S HAIR DYE.
Tills splendid nair Dye is the best, In the wor.d;
the only true and perfect Dye; harmless, reliable, in
stantaneous ; no disappointment ; no ridiculous tints ;
remedies the ill effects of bad dyes; invigorates and
leaves the Ilair soft and beauttlul, black or brown.
Sold by all Druggists and Perfumers, and properly
applied at Batchelor’s Wig Factory, No. 16 Bond St.,
New York. je4 1y
asr SEWING M A CHINES.—WHEELER &
WILSON World Renowned Improved SEWING
MACHINES for Sale, llent and Lease. "
All the Modern Improvements put on Old Btyle
Wheeler & Wilson Hewing Machines. Also, Repair
ing done at No 2i7j> BROAD STREET,
jeS-lf Augucta, Ga.
DR. WRIGHT,
I-> Hi NTIS T .
262 BROAD STREET,
PRICES REASONABLE and ALL WORK
WARRANTED.
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The Great Family Medicine of the Age.
THIRTY YEARS
Have elapsed since the introduction of the Pain Killer
to the public, and yet at the present time it is more
popular and communis a larger sale titan ever before.
Its popularity is uot conlined to this country alone ;
all over the world its heneiicial effects, in c ring tbe
“ ills that flesh is heir to,” are acknowledged and ap
preciated, and as a Pain Kii.lkk Its fame is limited to
no country, sect nor race. It needs only lo be known
to he prized.
Thirty Ybars is certainly a long enough time to
prove the efficacy of any medicine, and that the
Pain Killer is deserving of all its proprietors claim
for it, is amply proved by the unparalleled popularity
U has attained. It is a surb aud bfseotivb remedy.
Hold by all diuggists. Price 26 cents, 60 cents and $1
per bottle. Directions accompany each bottle.
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I.ook to Your Children.
The Great Southern Remedy.
Mrs. j Cures Colic aud Griping j Price
Whitcomb’* J die Bowels, and facili- I
| t ates the process of Tee h- f * ®
Syrup. ting. j Ceuta.
Bf rs. f Subdues Convulsions and 'Price
Whitcomb’s i overcome* all diseases in- '
1 cidiuit to Infants and
Syrup. \ Children. Cents.
Mrs. r Cures Diarrhoea, Dysen- ) Price,
Whitcomb’s i t i r )' j*"' l ?0“ l , ner Com- I
j plaint in (Hiildren of all f
Syrup. t ages. J Cents.
It is the great Infant’s and Children’s Soothing
Remedy in all disorders brought on by TeethJmr or
anv other cau.^e.
Prepared by the GRAFTON MEDICINE CO
Si. Louis, Mo. ''
Hold by Druggists and Dealers in Medicine everv
where - jnya-d*ciy
A Book for the million.
MARRIAGE A I'aiVATB OoDNSBI."
rmTTnj’ I,OR To thb mariusd,
AX’LJ.-LA-f JfJ. or those about to marry,
on the physiological mysteries and revelations of the
sexual system, with the latest discoveries in pro
ducing and preventing oilspring, preserving the com
plexien, Ac.
This is an interesting work of 224 pages, with nu
merous engravings, and contains valuable information
for those who are married or contemplate marriage ■
still it is a book that ought to be under lock and kev’
and not laid carelessly about the house.
Hent to any qne postage) for Fifty Cents.
Address Dr. Butts’ Dispensary, No. 12 N. Eighth
Street, St. Louis, Mo. wigntn
W Notice to the Afflicted and Unfor
tuoate.
Before npylying to tho notorious Quncks who ad
vertise in public papers, or using any tiuack Remedies
peruse Dr. Butts’ work, no matter what your disease
is or bow deplorable your condition.
Dr. Butts can be consulted personally or bv mail
on the diseases mentioned in his works. ' Office No
12 N. Eighth street, between Market and Chestnut St
Il'if 1 "’ Mo , mva-daciyj
tar wHir.p some kind of agitation
is indispensable to the health and vigor of, mind, the
Species of commotion occasioned by events, or exter
nal cutises, appears less favorable than that which Is
produced by its spontaneous effects or reflections.
This ia fully borne oat by the extraordinary cures est
fected by the use of the great Southern tonic the
“Old Carolina Bitters." v
Hafe I sure I reliable! is Wineman’s Worm Candy I
15 *t HE ryr* H f » Qfl him ■II
t'-fr —f—-Ad- Wire railing, for
1 1 Keclosmg Ceraeiery Lots,
AVVVrL Cottages, Ac.; Wire Guards
■** 6fln tor fctore Fronts, Factories,
Asylums, &c.; Wire Webbing, Rice Cloth, and Wire
Work. Also, Manufacturers of
FOURDRINIBR CLOTHS.
Every information by addressing
M. WALKER St SON,
ian29-ly Np ‘ ** N<>rth B ‘ Xth atw * t ’ Pb »»«delpHa.
New Advertisements
Come on Friend?!
TThK FREDERICKSBURG STORE has
KNOCKED the BOTTOM rut of the Dry
Goods Market.
Fresh Goods added to the BARGAIN COUN
TERS EVERY DAY.
V. RICHARDS & BROB ,
jels 1 Corner by the Planters’ Hotel.
NOTICE.
?I UST RECEIVED, the latest styles of La
dies’, Gents’ and Misses’ SHOES, Irons the
best manufactories in the United States. Also,
aifwsiylcot MARI F. ANTOINETTE SLiP
PERS, which the public are invi'ed to call and
examine at the old stand of M. Cohen,
Broad street.
jels-M J. HERTZ.
Strati! Dyeing and Finishing.
"I, HAVE opened at tuy MILL on Twiggs
street, a STEAM DYEING and FINISHING
ESTABLISHMENT, in charge ot
JAMES ALLISON,
FROM PAISLEY, SCOTLAND,
where Ladies’ and Gents’ CLOTHING of all
kinds, fine SHAWLS, SDKS, CRUMB
CLOTHS, TABLE COVERS, PIECE and
STRAW GOODS, can be CLEANED, DYED
and RENEWED in the best manner.
Orders ami comiuunicalious received at uiy
store, 270 Broad street.
jc7-lf R. F. URQUHAUT.
FOR SALE.
too SHARES Mobile and Mont
gomery PREFERRED STOCK
Shares Granitevllle STOCK.
WANTED.
50 Shares Macon and Augusta
STOCK
too Shares Nashville and Chatta
nooga STOCK
50 Shares East. Tennessee and
Georgia STOCK
5,000 Montgomery and West Point
INCOME BONDS.
BRANCH, SONS & CO , Bankers,
jelS-tf 223 Broad street, Augusta.
Hardware, fiillm,
Steves, Tin and Wood Ware.
WILLIAM HILL
L£kgs to announce to his old friends and
customers, and the citizens of Augusta aud
vicinity, that he has Removed his business
from Hamburg, S. C., to the Store, 19:1 Broad
stieet, Augusta, Ga., next door above the Con
stitutionalist Office, where he has a full stock
ol HARDWARE, consisting of—
AXES, HOES, SPADES, SHOVELS
MANURE FORKS, RAKES
BLACKSMITH TOOLS
BAR IRON, STEEL, NAILS
HORSE aud MULE SHOES
OVENS, POTS and SPIDERS
HINGES, SCREWS
POCKET aud TABLE CUTLER Y
HAWS, AUGURS, CHISELS, &c., &c.
ALSO,
WOODEN WARE, such as BUCKETS,
TUBS, CHURNS, PAILS, &e.
COOKINU STOVES, of various patterns of
modern make, and warranted to cook well ;
also, HEATING STOVES.
He also offers a full assortment of TIN
WARE, which he manufactures in all its varie
ties, at wholesale and retail. Tl N and SHEET
IR< *N MANUFACTURED to order, and job
bing promptly done in tier! manner
I respectfully solicit a share of public pa
tronage. WILLIAM HILL,
jan 14 fim 198 Broad street, Augusta, Ga
DISSOLUTION.
rj ->
k IIE Copartnership of the firm of 8.
FRANKLIN A CO., Cotton Factors and Com
mit sion Merchants, is this day dissolved by
mutual conseut.
Thanking their friends and patrons for the
liberal share of business entrusted to their
care, they ask a continuation of past favors to
the firm of Franklin, Read & Cos., who
will continue the same business as their sue
cessors.
8. FRANKLIN,
8. M. WUITNEY,
H. FRANKLIN.
Augusta, Ga„ June Ist, 1670.
Notice of ('opartnersbip.
TL HE undersigned have this day entered
into a Copartnership for the purpose of con
ducting the business of Cotton Factors and
General Commission Merchants, under the
name and style of FRANKLIN, READ A CO.,
at the Warehouse, No. 161 Reynolds street,
formerly occnpied by the late firm of 8.
Franklin & Cos.
8. FRANKLIN,
8. M. WHITNEY,
Os late firm 8. Franklin & Cos.
WM. M. READ,
Late* with C. 11. Phiuizy.
Augusta, Ga., June Ist, 1870.
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FOE NEW YORK !
NEW YORK AND CHARLESTON
Steamship !L»ine.
I HE last-sailing side-wheel Steamships
“CHARLESTON” and "CHAMPION” will
leave Adger’s Wharf, Charleston, as follows :
Mat 28tii— CHAMPION, Capt. Lockwood,
5:30 o’clock p. ui.
Junk 4th —CHARLESTON, Capt. Burry,
10:30, a. m.
June Hth-CHAMPION, Capt. Lockwood,
4:30, p. m.
June 18th_-CHARLEBTON, Capt. Berry,
10:30, a. m.
Junk 25th —CHAMPION, Capt. Lockwood,
4:30, p. m.
July 2d-CHAKLESTON, Capt. Berry, 9:30,
a. m.
These steamships are first-class in every re
spect, under the command of men of many
years’ experience on the Atlantic coast, and in
speed, comfort and elegance of accommoda
tions, »r& unrivaled. Their tables are supplied
with all the delicacies of the New York and
Charleston markets.
Through ticket* FROM AUGUSTA to NEW
YORK, 122, including Meals, Shite Rooms
and transfer at Charleston. The steamships
JAMF.S ADOERand MANHATTAN, of this
popular Line, will shortly resnme their trips,
doc notice of which will be given. Through
Tickets and State Rooms may be secured in
advance by applying to
W. STEVENSON,
Freight an 1 Passenger Agent,
> A 888 Broad street.
JA MF.B ADGER & CO.,
General Agento,
my24-tuth*sal2 Charleston.
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Opeat Reduction In Prices !
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James! Gray & Cos.
Would respectfully inform their friends and the Public tint o,
have MARKED DOWN their entire stock of ® y
PERFECT STAPLE AND FANCY
*» ■« W «» 4» Hft «
FULLY THIRTY TO FORTY PER CENT..
Regardless of Cost, or Cost of Importation.
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We Want Money to Pay Our Notes, and must have it at
any Sacrifice,
Consequently we have “put the knife ” into the entire stock. The Pub
lie can rest assured that our VERY REST CLASS OE GOODS
are offered at the MOST RUTHLESSLY DO YV P R LCES !
We will guarantee to Duplicate any Rill sold in this City FIVE
PER CEISTT. DESS than the lowest.
H lie Public are respectfully challenged to compare our Goods and
Prices with anything ever sold in this City.
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MUSQ.UETOE NET'S.
I HAVE jQBt received a fall line of MUS
QUETOE NETS, with Patent Fixtures com
plete, aud of Fixtures without Nets. No extra
charge nude for putting np Nets or Fixtures
in any part ol the city.
• fc. G. IUM2CRN,
Furniture Dealer,
my 29-1 m 143 and 145 Broad street.
ST. SCHOOL,
IIALEIGH, NORTH CAROLINA.
Right Rev. THOB. ATKINSON, D. D„ Visitor.
Rev. ALDEKT SMEDEB, D. D., Rector.
Rev. BENNETT SMEDF.B, A. M , Assis’t.
The FIFTY SEVENTH TERM of this
Behool will commence on the 16th of JULY.
The charge for Board and English Tuition
is $l2O per terra.
For a Circular, apply to the Rector.
Kbpbrencks—Right Rev. Jno. W. Beckwith,
Rev. W. H. Clarke, Rev. W. C. Hunter, Rev.
H. A. Skinner. jel2-8*
■COTTON GINS!
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PRAT T’S
CELEBRATED GINS,
for the past FORTY
YEARS by DANIEL PRATT, of Alabama,
and in use from Virginia to Mexico, givin*
very general satisfaction.
1 he PRATT GINS are plain, simple and du
rable, run light and gin fast; not liable, wi'h
proper care, to get out of order, and as cheap
as any first-class Giu made.
Mr. Pratt claims that his COTTON BOX is
superior to all others in use.
We were unable to snpply the demand for
I EAIT GINS” last season, aud request
Planters to send in their orders early.
Factors’ acceptances, payable next Novem
ber, will be taken lor Gins without charge for
the time.
We will guarantee every Gin that we sell to
perform well.
For further particulars apply to
WHELENN a co.,
COTTON FACTORS,
my2s-3mtf AUGUSTA, GA.
HALL’S
Copper Scroll Lightning Rod,
THE BEBT ROD IN USE.
It HAS stood the test of eight years’ trial.
It is made of pure copper which is acknowl
edged by all electricians to be the best accessi
ble material for lightning conductors.
It is hollow, presenting not only a double
surface but has more than double the conduct
ing capacity of any Rod iu use.
Its construction and application to a build
ing is in the strictest accordance with the prin
ciples of science, and is endorsed unhesitating
ly by the protoundeat Electricians in the
United States aud Europe as being far superior
to any Rod ever yet brought before the public.
Price as low, if not lower, than any other
Rod. Call and examine at
W. H. GOODRICH’B & SON,
265 Broad street, Augusta Ga.,
Manufacturers and sole Proprietors for the
States of Georgia, South Carolina and Florida,
feblft-tf
90,000 LBS. C. R. BACON I
SIDES.
5,000 bushels CORN
1,000 bmhels OATS
300 barrels Refined SUftARQ
For sale by
je4 ts BRANCH, SCOTT A CO.
JAMES A. GKRa.Y & CO.
OAKLETS. OAK LETS'
(ireal Bargains Offered for Two Weeks.
Ik
IN order to reduce stock before Ist JDLY, ami to make room for our Fall Stock,
will ..tier tin? following grmt inducements to parties buying CARPETS lor two
weeks from this date ;
Carpets, worth 50 cents, at 25 cents.
C arpets, worth Si, at 50 cents.
Carpets, worth Si 50, at Si.
Carpets, worth S2 25, at SL 25 to Si 00.
Druggets, worth SlB, at Sl2.
Druggets, worth Sis, at S9.
1 allies intending to purchase Carpels the coining Fall can save money by buying
1 he public are invited to call and examine the bargains offered at *
James G. Bailie & Bros’.
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Carolina Life Insurance Company,
OF 1 MEMPHIS, TENN.
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ASSETS - - - •896,019 OR.
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JEFFERSON IHVI.S, PresHout.
w p l «f V 'fe-l* r esident. |j. T . PET ITT. 2d Vice-President.
W. F. BOYLE, Secretory. | j u EDMONDSON, General Agent.
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ISSUES POLICIES ou all the Improved Plans of Life Insurance.
ALL POLICIES NON FORFEITABLE for their Equitable Value.
NO RESTRICTIONS ON TRAVEL OK RESIDENCE within the settled limits of tit
l'nlted States, British North America or Europe.
1 respectfully present the claims of this Company to the citizens of my Btale a* a reliable
medium through which they can secure a certain protection for their families iu the event of
• heir death.
ACTIVE SOLICITORS WANTED.
LtFAVHTTK Mel AWN, Slate Agent,.
my 4 fitnif NO. 3 OLD POST OFFICE BUILDING, AUGUSTA, GA.
/Vg/itm AW llOOD:
afisSHr HOW LOST—HOW RESTORED.
Just Published in a sealed envelope, Price,
Six Cents,
A LEC TURK on the Natural Treatment aud
Radical Care of Spermatorrhea or Semiual
Weakness, Involuntary Emissions, Sexual De
bility, and impediments to Marriage generally ;
Nervousness, Consumption, Epilepsy and Fits ;
Mental and Physical Incapacity, resulting from
Self-Abuse, «sec., by Robert j. Culvekwell
M. D., author of the *> Green Book,” Ac.
‘•A Boon to Tlnauaanils of sufferers.”
Sent under seal, an a plain envelope, to tny
address, postpaid, :>n receipt of six cents, or
£s.°. Poeuwjo stamps, by CHARLES J. C.
KLINE A CO.,
IST Bowery, New York. P O. Box 4 686.
Also, Dr. Cnlverwell’s “ Marriage Guide.”
Price. 25 Cento. mj4 d*e3mlf
BASS & OCX’S
ENGLISH PALE at.t?.
JUST RECEIVED, and for sale on draught,
■ J#i I’j Mil E- SCHNEIDER.
Flour From New Wheat.
FAMILIEB aud Dealers mb be supplied I
with FLOUR ground from NEW WHEAT, at
onr Store or Excelsior Mills.
je4-tf ■ BRANCH, SCOTT * CO. j
FOR SALE,
TThK ONE FIFTH INTEREST OF THE
late L. D. Lai.lbr-.tedt in the Printing
Publishing Establishment of the AUGUSTA
CONSTITUTIONALIST. This very vslnsble
interest can be had on reasonable term* ft*
cash.
Apply to Mrs. A. F. LALLERSTEDT, Ex
ccuirix, Berzello, Ga., or her Attorney at
JAMES 8. HOOK.
Augusts, G*-
ISP* The Chronicle and Bentinel copy ooce
a week lor lour weeks; Charleston ConrieL
Savannah Republican and Atlanta Conati tones
once a week for two weeks. SDd forwsrd bill*-
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Augusta, June 9tk, 18T0.
win be received at the
[ Surveyor’s Office, nntll she 20th iDStsnt, for
i the construction Os a Brick Cylindrical DRAIN
J .long Washington Street, from Reynolds to
Te fajj- Streets.
Also, two Surface Brick DRAINS along the
same street. ,
Also, for the laying of 10 Bhort DRAINS,
launch earthenware pipes,
i For specifications of wtlch apply to
T. W. CUMMING.
City Engineer, Mclntosh Au«“l ta -
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