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THE WEEKLY COHSTHUTIOKAHBT
Pardon of Hr. Davis.
Gotcrnor Pierpont, ot Virginia, in answer lo
a request of Paul Bagley to sign a petition lor
the pardon of Mr. Davis, writes as follows :
Commonwealth or Viuginia, )
Executive Department, June 4, 1867. $
1 ask for the pardou of no man who will not
ask for his own pardon. God cannot pardon
unless the transgressor first oaks lor bis own
pardon. Reason— Contrary to the established
law of God. F. H. Pierpont.
Rev. Paul Baolet.
Governor Pierpont is right. Every seces
sionist should take the same view of this mat
ter of pardon. It is very evident to our mind
that Mr. Divis feels conscious of no guilt,
and consequently the need of no pardon.
“ God can not pardon unless the transgr tssor
first asks for his own pardon.” This is sound
doctrine, and the reason is equally sound —it is
“contrary to the established law of God.”
Now let us draw the parallel. God has “ estab
lished laws ” the violation of which necessi
tated the establishment oi a law relative to the
pardon of transgressors of them, and that law
is: “The transgressor must ask for his own
pardou.” Wc conceive, however, that God is
more mercilul to his creatures than the Phari
saical Goverdor of Virginia appears to be. For
God first convicts (or convinces) transgressors
that they are transgressors ere He expects them
to pray or petition for pardon. “The law of
the Lord is perfect converting the soul.” Our
heavenly Father does not require repentance
for sin without first bringing us to a knowledge
of sin by the law ; for if fie had not written
“Thou shalt not covet,” how could wc know
that wc are transgressors every day and need
forgiveuess ?
We think wc have stated nothing that any
believer in God, and the Bible as His law, can
object to. His law is 60 plain that any man can
perceive when he is guilty oi sin. Now, as a
citizen of the United States—a confederation of
sovereign States—what law has Mr. Davis vio
lated ? Was he ever guilty of saying, as did
Wm. Lloyd Garrison, “This .Union is a lie!
The American Union is an imposture—a cove
nant with death and an agreement with hell.
I am for its overthrow ! Up with the flag of
disuniou ” ? Did he declare, with Wendell
Phillips, “ the Constitution of our fathers was
a mistake. Tear it to pieces and make a better
one. My aim is disunion, breaking up of the
States ” ? No. In 1850 Jefferson Davis said in
the United States Senate ; “If I have a super
stition, sir, which governs my mind and holds
it captive, it is a superstitious reverence for the
Union.” But Mr. Davis’ reverence for the
Union would not permit him to suffer that
Union to become the tyrant and the persecutor
of his State; he believed, as Josiah Quincy, of
Massachusetts, said in 1811, in a speech oppos
ing the admission of Louisiana into thc # Union,
that under certain contingencies “ it would be
the right of all, as well as the duty of some of
the Btates to prepare for separation !” Mr.
Davis held, as did President Jefferson, that
“ States may wholly withdraw their delegated
powers.” Mr. Davis represented the people of
the Bouth when unanimously called by them so
to do, those States acting upon the principle
nflirmed by President Madison : “ The parties
themselves must be the judges, in the last re
sort, whether the bargain made has been pre
served or broken.” Chief Justice Chase said
in 1850 that in “ the case of a State resuming
her powers, he knew no remedy to prevent it.”
Os course the honorable Justice meant constitu
tional remedy. Mr. Everett, in 1861, said ; “To
expect to hold filteen States in the Union by
force is prepostrous. # * * * * If our sister
Suites must leave us, in the name of heaven let
them go iu peace.” Again he said : “If the
vital principle of all Republican Governments is
the “ consent of the governed,” mnch more
does h uuiou ot co equal sovereign States re
quire, as its basis, the harmony ot its members,
and their voluntary co-operatiou in its orgauic
function.”
In the matter of the secession of South Caro
lina, Mr. Davis agreed with the New York Tri
bune, which announced, three day 6 prior to
that event, “ that the Declaration of Independ
ence justified her iu doing so.” Mr. Davie
championed the seceding States for the reasoa
given by tbe editor of the same paper in the
issue of February 28, 1861: “If the cotton
States desire to form an independent nation,
they have a clear, moral right to do 60.”
But why adduce all these, which are but
drops in the ocean of testimony existing in fa
vor of Mr. Davis? No one cun doubt that tbe
Southern States acted upon what they believed
to be their reserved rights. No one can prove
to lly* coutrary by appeals to the law and the
testimony. If “ wayward sisters,” they offered
to “ depart in peace,” but the Federal Govern
ment made war upon them, thus destroying
the whole principle of all republican govern
ments.
In view of all this wc honor Mr. Davis in
that he refuses to sue for pardou. He can
point to the laws of his country and 6ay, “ all
these have I kept from my youth up,” and it
cannot be said to him, “ yet one thing lackest
thou,” for he sacrificed all in the endeavor to
sustain and perpetuate the genius of the Con
stitution in all its purity. Then away with
your pardon for Mr. Davis. He is as pure to
day as on the 6th of December, 1860, when,
in taking leave ot the United States Senate, he
said: “ The union of these Btatcs forms, In my
judgment, the best government instituted
among men. It is only necessary to carry it
out in the spirit in which it was- formed. Our
fathers made a union of friendly States. * Now
hostility has been substituted for fraternity. 1
call on men who have hearts, and who love the
Union, to look the danger in the face. This
Union is dear to me as a union ot fraternal
Stales. Long have I offered propositions for
equality in the Union; not a single Republi&n
voted for them. We have in vain endeavored
to secure tranquility and obtain respect for the
rights to which we arc entitled. Asa necessi
ty, not a choice, we have resorted to the reme
dy of separation. We have never asked for
concessions ; what we wanted was jtjsticr.” i
No act of Mr. Davis, either as President of the j
Confederate States, or as private citizen has:
furnished any instance of transgression of the j
fundamental law. Two years flic has been the ;
prisoner of the Government. Conscious of
their inability to convict him, the officers of the
Government have from time to time evaded
testing the question. Nay, more: conscious
that the trial and acquital of Mr. Davis Involved
a veVdict, in the hearts of the people ot the
world, against those who for years have been
engaged in destroying “ the vital principle of
Regnblican Government,” that trial has been
indefinitely postponed.
Tbe South needs no pardon. Mr. Davis
needs none, save- from his Maker, and that
Maker is just—first to convince of sin throqgb
ILs law, and then, in accordmce with His
“ established law,” pardon the transgressor
when he shall comply wiih its requirements.
. KEEP IT BEFORE THE PEOPLE.
The Griffin Star has the following terse and
timely admonitions:
Keep it before the people —That the only exense
offered by the Joe Brown stripe of pol.ticiaus
so * supporting the Sherman bill is, tbat they
fear confiscation if we refuse to acquiesce in
the provisions of that bill.
Keep xt before the people- Tbat the Supreme
Court of the United States has decided that
Congress has no right to confiscate the proper
ty of the people o! the South, unt»» after cori
viction for treason before the cisil tribunals of
the country.
Keep it before the people—That no mau ha*
been, or will be tried for treason for participa
tion iu the late war, because the United State*
Government has, time an 3 again, acknowledged
that tbe. late Southern Confederacy was a d
facto Government, aud entitled to all the rights
of beiligcrants.
Keep it before the people— That the amnesty
praeiaio.ition of the President of tbe United
Suites operates as a pardon for all past political
offe- cos, aud that, therefore, trials for treason
would result iu the immediate acquittal of the
accused.
Keep it before the people— That all of us have
taken an oath to support the Constitution, as
required by the amnesty proclamation ; and, as
the Sherman bill is admitted by all to be a viola
tion al lhat instrument, to support it would be
perjury.
Keep it before the people— Tbat if a Conven
tion should be called, consisting of Rad ; c .1%
white and black, a Constitution may be framed,
by which the two races may be put upon social ,
as well as political, equality, and the remaining
property of our people divided between black
spirits aud white, red spirits and grey.
Masonic Presentation.— Friday night, after
the regular business had been disposed ot in
Social Lodge, No. 1., the Secretary announced
that brother Claiborne Snead had a matter to
bring to the notice of the Worst jpful Master—
Stephen D. Heard.
Col. Snead delivered an eloquent address, in
which he alluded to the ability and fidelity with
which the duties of Worshipful Master of the
Lodge had been discharged;
The manner in which these duties had been
performed were so indellibly impressed upon
the mind, so deeply engraved upon the heart
that no time could ever efface it.
He theu spoke at length, aud iu glowing
terms of the mission and grand principles of
the order—principles that were set like the
stars in Heaven as lights and guides for every
true and worthy Mason ; of the path that was
pursued by all—a path that even angels might
deign to tread—a path that had ffeen passed by
countless myriads from the days of King Solo
mon to the present time —a path • that has been
followed in our own country by such men as
Washington and Hancock, and many other
great and good men, who have illustrated and
adorned our history.
He closed by expressing his wish that the
Worshipful Master might long live to wear the
regalia, to propagate the precepts of the Order
aud be an exemplar of the younger Masons
who were coming on.
The Worshipful replied in a neat little speech,
in which he disclaimed any merit beyond an
earnest effort to perform the duties •devolving
upon him in his position. He referred in ap
propriate, and Masonic terms, to the beauties
of the Order—the benificent work it should
perform aud the purity of life which should
characterize all its adherents.
The regalia consists of a collar and jewel and
the npron. . The collar is made of blue watered
silk, with a heavy fringe of silver. The jewel
is of solid gold, properly marked, and inscribed
on the reverse: “ Presented to Stephen D.
Heard, W. M., by the members of Social Lodge,
No. 1, Augusta, Ga., June 14th, 1867.” The
apron of the lambskin, bordered with blue,
andj trimmed with rosettes of blue aud silver
tassels.
We unite with Col. Snead in his prayer:
Long may the present Worshipful live to wear
the tokens of esteem presented to him by
those who know him best.
John Stuart Mill. —As female suffrage, to
which the enlightened negroes at the North are
hostile, is a matter of some moment in this gen
eration, the following sketch of its great British
advocate will repay perusal. Mr. Mill’s man
ner of speaking is thus described by the Loudon
correspondent of the Boston Advertiser: “ Mr.
Mill writes out his great speeches beforehand,
and the Daily News, I believe, has tbe MS.—
Like Sir W. Wordsworth, he never omits a
syllable. The reporter follows it, and is amazed
at the memory .which is disclosed. Would the
great man could spare us the pauses. There
was one, and one only, in his female suffrage
speech, but it seemed an age. As his friend,
you grew hot in tho face. The ears tingled, and
you felt ready to rush into the open air, as you
saw the philosopher stuck fast, looking down
and seeking to recover the thread. To a spec
tator this is exceedingly painful; but I believe
Mr. Mill is not at all nervous himself. He is
perfectly certaiu of finding the clue. But why
he doesn't carry a slip in his hand, I cannot
imagine. . I think if he knew the depth of our
distress that he would.”
Military Appointments.— lt is understood
that General Pope, our Military Commander,
does not consider it bis duty 4 to intervene for
filling vacancies, except in such offices aa are
filled by popular elections. It is inferred,
therefore, that he will take no action in tbe mat
ter ot a Judge of the Supreme Court, to sup
ply Judge Lumpkin’s vacancy, but leave the
matter where it belongs under the laws of Geor
gia, with the State Executive.
Tfk Richmond Times.— This journal has
ceased to exist; its good will having been sold
to the Dispatch. Daring its coarse, it was one
of the most brilliant and forcible joarnals in
this country. The tpasterly ability of Mr. P.
H. Atlett, its late editor, will be henceforth
devoted to the law. We will sadly miss the
Times from our sanctum and fnisa, too, the
wit and wisdom which gave it so splendid a
reputation.
.. ■■II mmi,
A Tbrriblbßhrew.— Mrs. Swisehclm keeps
up, through the Uhambersburg Repository , a
heavy fire on General Grant—denouncing him
as “an old Batcher,” who wants to be Presi
dent instead of going to the tanning business.
Thelady is for Butler.
The Battle Field or Badowa.— The battle
field of Badowa, in Austria, is having all K»
trees cot down. It will be remembered that
this wood was the tey to the battle of Konoig
gratz, on the holding of which for a long while
hung victory or defeat. It is now' being strip
ped of its timber bv Austrian wood cutters,
and this is done to destroy Ml traces of a local
ity that most forever remind them of a great
national humility.
f communicated.-]
More Testimony.
Athens, June 10, 1867. '
I desire to put on-record, for the benefit of <
stub “doubtingThomases” ainoug vour read
ers—l trust and believe they are very few in
deed the substance of a fecont conversation
on a very important pofot, bet ween a prominent
Southern F ulic.il aud myse'f.
In answer to bis inquiiy as to what the con
vention is ts in Georgia proposed to do in the
event that they- carried tbe State, 1 replied that,
so far as I had heard and knew their temper
and purposes, they would, at once, strike-from
1 . ~?o*titution and laws all matter inconsist
ent with, and hostile to, the legislation by Con
gress as set forth in the Sherman bill, in regard
to toe per.ect civil and political equality of the
negro race. That they would then provide for
a system of common schools, in whose bene
fits white and blacks would be equal partici
pants \ and that, finally, they would send this
Constitution so amended to Washington by
the hands of a Congressional delegation who
could and Would take the “ test oath.”
“ Very well,” was bis reply, after heariug me
through, “ but it does not go far enough to do
’’ny good, at least to secure* theoue ali-import
aut end of learimwsiou into the Uuion.”
“ Wbat more would be required,” was my
natural query, recalling the declarations ot
Sherman-and others in the Seuate, aud the pro
mises of the “peddling* Wilson.
Mark bis reply, am understand the signi
ficance ot the expression; “decisive and trust
worthy majorities,” as used in the Congres
sional manifesto recently issued. “The men
who take that Constitution to Washington,”
said he, “ must not ulouc be able to take the
requi.ed oaths —they must stand ready to satisfy
the great Union Republican party (*. e. the Rad
icals) in Congress, that they will, without hesi
tation, speak and act, and vote with that party,
or they will never take their seats. Unless the peo
ple of Georgia and the other unrepresented States
can, and will take this last and all essential step,
it would be better that they had not moved at all /”
Men of Georgia—deseendants of those who
for seven years, through storm and sunshine,
through cold and hunger, and disaffection and
defeat, followed the “ rebel ” flag -that floated
over Washington and bis compatriots, but who
came, at last, after much tribulation into the
green pastures of Constitutional* liberty—arc
you willing to take this step ? Are you willing
to legitimatize the hideous bastard of negro
equality, aud become the finishers of your own
ruin and degradation ?
Let no blatant conventionist 6tultify himself,
and seek to delude the people by sneering at
this evidence because, forsooth, I have not
given the name, age, residence, and occupation
of my witness. My reasons for such reticence
are purely personal, but I can easily satisfy any
honest seeker for the path of duty as to tbe
tidtb, in - letter and spirit, of what is here
stt down. I have written for such and such
only. I neither desire nor expect to influence
the “ men who have no real opinions, but
who pilfer the words of every opinion, and
turn them mto a cant which will serve their
purposes at the moment;, who look out for dirty
work to make their fortunes by. because dirty
wo"k wants little talent and no conscience;
who know all the ins and outs of bribery and
corruption, because there is not a cranny or a
spot in their own souls where a bribery cannot
enter and corruption fasten. R.
[Correspondence of the Constitutionalist.
4 South Carolina,
Tucker’s Pond, Edgefield Dist., S. C., >
June 13th, 1867. j
Messrs. Editors : Thinking that, perhaps, a
few lines from this benighted region, known as
the “ dark corner," might be kindly received,
I have thought proper to send them to you for
publication m the columns of the Constitution
alist. Therefore, be it known, tbat we of ibis
part of God’s creation, have not, for the last two
years and upwards, been so highly favored as
others of Uncle Sam’s children, having had no
mails since the late war. There being no mail
route in operation through here, we have been
almost totally locked up in “ Egyptian dark
ness,” excepting when some former had urgent
business to Augusta, andjdidn't forget that good
old champion of the people’s rights—the Con
stitutionalist. With these exceptions, few and
far between, we heard none of tbe doiugs of the
“ rei»t of mankind.” But as we are now in a
,‘air way to have a mail established through here
again, I look to*thc day—and I hope it may not
be distant—when we can scud the Constitution
alist a large club.
We are now in the midst of the wheat and
o n ts harvest. Both crops look very fine. Our
planters sowed heavily JfiSt fall, and th*y are
i ing put to their trumps to get enough hands
to harvest their crops. Such wheat and oats
have not been made in these parts for several
years.
Otf» corn and cotton crops look tolerable
well, considering the ‘backwardness of the
spring, and if we have a few more “ good sea
sons” in the night time, we will make a good
report next winter in the Augusta cotton mar
ket. Respectfully, yours,
Hugh.
The Albany Tragedy—Another Sickles
Affair.
The killing of Hiseoek by General Cole, for
the alleged improper intimacy with the wife of
the latter, caused the most intebsc excitement
at Albany. The Albauy Journal , in a long
editorial, denounces the deed as a cold-blooded
murder, and saj6:
We have spoken of this deed as murder.
Thus it was. We know a morbid and perverted
sentimentality—a relie ot barbarism—has
excused sueh crimes at this, until tbe belief bas
grown far t<>o general that slaughter, under
such circumstances, has no taint of guilt. But
we shall yet learn that human life is too pre
cious to be thus wantonly destroyed ; that the
safety of society is of too much importance to
be thus imperiled without punishment.
Assumiug the truth of the story told to baud
by Cole, there were two criminal parties. Only
one is slain. But who knows that this story is
true! Who knows what defense the mur
dered Hiscock might have made ? Charged
with crime by a witness whose very charge was
a confession ot her own gross culpability ;
. tried and condemned withou a hearing or an
for defense; executed upon the
spot! Is tins justice ?—is this honor ?—is this
manhood ? Rather is it not a glaring, damn
ing outrage, culpable baseness, sneaking cow
ardice ? Had Colonel Coke detected his victim
in an act of dishonor, he might have been ex
eused for the deed which passion would prompt.
But when knowledge was succeeded by reflec
tion, and reflection by deliberation—lasting, ac
cording to his own during more
than two days—we say that the act to which
that deliberation led was murder I A jury will
sooner or later prononnee upotf the legal as
pects of this case. Bat it is time for society,so
often and so fearfully outraged by deeds like
this, to let its voice be heard.
k In another article, under the beading “ The
Vendetta,” the Journal says :
A man deems himself wronged and dishon
ored by the invasion of his househould. in a
frenzy of cage he seeks the person alleged to
have destroyed bis peaee, and without a word
ot warning, without a moment’s opportunity
for defense, lays him a bleeding corpse at his
feet!
Was this victim guilty ? And if so was he
alone guilty ? When the sanctity of the mar
riage vow is repeatedly violated, are there no
concurring circumstances which implicate
equally man and woman * Shall the dead alone
bear the consequences of judgment alone, and
the living escape?
Did the husband estimate rightly the cause
of hts dishonor ? How, then, can be excul
pate her who, according so bis own story, had
for weeks maintained criminal relations with
another, concealing ihe evidence from him ?
Would only a bullet serve the assailant justly,
while tender expressions of confidence aud af
fection befit the erring wife ?
We have nine of us forgotten the noted ease
which transpired at Washington. There the
s 'dueer was shot, and the woman taken back
10 . the bosom of her husband and the society
o bis friends! V\os that a vindication of the
integrity of society ? And if so, are we to have
the story, repeated with new parties ? If hu
man liffi is held at so little value, of what use
are the safeguards of law and the protectors of
public justice r
• AUGUSTA MAKSUT,
Reported for the Constitutior ilist.
ArcrsTA, Ga., Saturday Noon, )
June 15th, 1367: $
REMARKS.
The crop prospects are certainty promising. Wheat
and early Oats and Rye are being pretty generally
harvested, or will ho by the end of next week, and the
yield promises to be as good as hoped for some weeks
ago ; though we have to complain that so little was
sown, and the expectations abroad that large quantities
would be shipped, will not be realised; Indeed we
differ with those who are urging the planters to rush
their Wheat to market, before thdprice falls; first, be
cause a rush would produce the effect dreaded ; and
secondly, we think K sound policy for them to sell as
little as their necessity-will allow, reserving any surplus
till all agaiu can say there is plenty in the land. The
prime object of all should first, be to secure beyond con.
tingonces, an abundance of provisions of their own
raising, and they thus will indeed be independent.
Cotton is looking healthy and well with fair stands.
The crops are very irregular and some very small for
the time, being about throe weeks behind, an average
season, and here we would caution planters against the
habit of speaking extravagantly of their crop prospect-
It is this very thing that is now most seriously effect,
ing the price of nneold Cotton, and all know how im
possible it is to form aud express a reliable opinion,
(an opinion that would not cause his neighbor to suffer
by his rashness,) at this season of llio year, a month
later, and one would hazzard his reputation for veracity,
who spoke too confidently of the future crop.
Corn, too, is promising, though, like Cotton, irregu
lar. Still, we can speafc'hopefully of its present condi
tion; though we regret seriously that’there is so little
planted. Frecdmen are working welt and faithfully as
a rule, though there are exceptions, when they have
allowed the grass to get the better of them. They- de
serve to he encouraged, and fairly delt by. It is a la
bor we cannot dispense with if we would; therefore
the great importance of making it contented by honor
able, fair dealing, and, as we are satisfied, a large ma
jority are doing. And it is a duty we owe to the
country and to humanity, when there are parties who
refuse to deal justly by them, tbat the public should
discountenance, and so express displeasure, that its oc
curence would be but rare.
Com dealers have not been as careful as they should
be; they have, in a great many cases sent out damaged
corn, at sound com .prices; from which negligence or
indifference, many illy able to stand it, have lost their
stock, to say nothing of supplying unwholsome food
to an animal that cannot help itself Humanity should
stand higher than love of gain, and we hope those
dealing in com will see to it that their country neigh
bore will not be sufferers By their indifference.
Cotton.— The trade for the past week has been on
the whole, qniet, yet irregular, ©penning dull, but grad
ually improving in tone and prices, resulting in the
sale of 494 bales, with receipts-of 133 bales, and
a stock on hand of 8,000 bales. The wants of Mills de
pendant on this market, will take 300 bales weekly,
and all the receipts? say for 15 weeks, (before any of
moment is received,) will aggregate 4,500 bales leaving
for shipment till the first # of October, with whatever
liltle of new Cotton may l>e received, 3,500; those
figures aproximate very nearly the sact 4 and it is well
for all to consider them.
No change in trade is noted. Bacon has remained
quiet, without variation. Com has been quite scarce,
but offerings to-day, to arrive, are large, and receipts
next week will be liberal. Wheat has come in freely,
and gone off at a range of $2 10 @ |2 50-latter for
choice grades only. Hay is lower and the general in
clination is downward.
FINANCIAL.
Gold and Silver.—Demand this week could not
he supplied, and Gold was ordered from the North.
Brokers paying 136 and 137; and selling at 138. Silver,
128; and selling at 132.
Exchange.—The only National Bank with us checks
at par, on all the northern cities—out door rates #to
X off. In Bonds-and Stocks but little doing.
Latest Quotations for Uncurrent Monies and
Securities.
Georgia. Buying.
Georgia Rail Road & Banking Company 98
Central Rail Road <fc Banking Company 98
Marine Bank of Georgia
Middle Georgia 85
Bank of Athens
Bank of Fulton •
Bank of Savannah 35
Bank of Augusta 45
City Bank of Augusta 29
Bank of the State of Georgia. 13
Bank of Enipireßtate. 24-
Planters’ Bank. 13
Merchants’ & Planters’Bank 6
Farmers & Mechanics ..... ~ . . 7
Bank of Commerce .....* 5
Bank of Columbus 9
Manufacturers Bank of Macon J 5
Union Bank 5
Mechanics 4
Augusta Insurance & Banking Company 6
Augusta-Saviugs Bank jg
Northwestern Bank 2
Timber Cutters Bank 2
SOUTH CAROLINA.
Union Bank.... 58
Peoples’ Bank 45
Bank of Newbeny 28
Bank of Charleston 15
Planters’and Mechanics’ Bank 19
Bank of Hamburg 15
Bank of Camden
Bank of Chester : 9
Bank of Georgetown 13
Bank of South Carolina, 01d... 8
Bank State South Carolina, new 5
Commercial Bank 22
Exchange Bank 9
South Western Rail Road Bank . .... 24
Btate Bank - g
Merchants’ Bank 19
Farmers’ A Exchange Bank j
City of Charleston notes. go
Planters of Fairfield..... g
Carolina Treasury Notes
stocks, bonds, Sec.
State of Georgia New, 7 per cent. Bonds 82
State of Geoqpa Old, 7 per cents. Bonds 74
Stale ©f Georgia, Old 6 per cent. Bonds., n 70
Georgia Coupons, Old.. 33
Georgia Rail Road Bonds. 95
Central Rail Road Bonds
City of Savannah Bonds 75
City of Savannah Coupons, .* 90
City of Augusta Bonds 65a70
City of Augusta Coupons 70a90
City of Macon Bonds. gg
City of Macon Conpons.. 85
Montgomery A W. Pt:, Ist Mort 80
Montgomery & W. Pt., Income 79
Ala. A Fla. endorsed by Directors 79
Ala. A Fla., endorsed by M. AW. P.. 1 73
East Tennessee A Ga. R. R. Bonds 57
East Tenn. A Ga. R. R. Coupons... 60
Georgia Rail Road Stock. 79
Central Rail Road. Stock
Augusta*: Waynesboro Stock 35
Sooth Carolina Rail Road 6 per cent 80nd5.... 62
South Carolina Rail Road 7 per cent. 80nd5.... 05
State of South Carolina Bonds, old 40a..
State of South Carolina Coupons, dull 35
State of Georgia Conpons 83
South Western Rail Read 80nd5........ ~..90a..
South Western Rail Roadßtock. ....90a..
Atlantic and Gulf Rail Road Stock
Ala. A Fla. R. R. Income Bonds.
Columbia A Hamburg Stock g
Augusta, Ga. Stock 25a..
COMMERCIAL.
APPLES Dry ....Ib.. 06 a 07
BAGGING- U '
Gunny, beaw wide yd.. ~ a
beef- p *' - * »
Me 55.......
BACON- 310 J ’ Abb1.,16 00 al6 SO
Western Bborlders IK,. ii« a
BBfflde*....
Clear Ribbed Side* lb..
Clear Side*. lb<t w
Hams, ......lb.. 15 a 18
Dry Salted Shoulders....lb.. 11 a
Dry Salted C It Sides....lb.. 131* a
BUTTER—
Goshen ....: lb.. 35 a ..
Western lb.. ..a
Country .lb.. ..a 25
CANDLES—
Adamantine lb.. 23 a 25
Tallow lb.. 12tfa 15
ClDEß—best Newark, N. J. bbl.. 17 00 a 18 00
CHEESE—
Factory lb.. 20 a
State lb.. .. a
English Dairy... ...lb.. ..a ..
COFFEE—
Rio lb.. 25 a 28
lb.. 40 a 43
domSKcS: 85 3 ••
• Augusta Factory 1-8 yd.. 14 a
!; “ £4 yd.. 16*a ..
“ « Drills...yd.'. 1714a ..
Montour 7-8..... ....yd 14 a
Montour 4-4 yd.. .. a ti*
Osnaburgs Boz yd.. 22 a *
Osnaburg Stripes yd.. 26 a
DRUGS—Package Prices—
Acid—Murk Ac a i*»
Nitrir...... ;; * g
Sulphuric a g
Benzoic 50 a 65
Alum .. ~ a o
Ammonia, FFF ig a oq
Arrow Root, Bermuda ' 2U
“ “ St. Vincent....! ro a 35
“ “ Taylor’s in foit. 65 a W
Balsam Copjuva. 95 a 1 00
Blue Pill, English ,t a j 25
“ American 90 a 100
Bark, Red...; 2 25 a 2 50
“ Yellow 65 a 70
Bay Rum gal.. 4 50 a 5 00
“ doz.. .. al2 00
Blue Stone iu a 18
Borax, Ref...... a 45
Brimstone 7 a g
Calomel, English.... ...160 a 1 80
“ American 130 a 150
Camphor, R\. 1 25 a 1 50
Castor 0i1...... 2 75 a 3 00
Chamomile Flowers 60 a 75
Chlcnldelime. .'.... 13 a 15
Chlorate Potass 65 a 70
Cod Liver Oil . .doz.. 900 alO 00
Cochineal 1 75 a 2 00
Copperas. 4 a 5
CreamTarta: 35 a 60
Creosote 1 75 a 200
Cubebs, powdered 65 a 70
Eptom Salts 6 a 8
Ext. L0gw00d...... 15 a 20
Gelatine, C0x’5....;..gr05».. .. a33 00
Glycerine 75 a 1 75
Gum Arabic, Ist Select 1 00 a 1 10
Gum Arabic, 2d 5e1ect....... 85 a 95
“ Sorts.... 56 a 65
Gum Assafcetlda 40 a 65
“ Aloes, Cape 35 a 40
“ Myrrh, Turkey 75 a 85
“ Shellac, Orange 66 a 70
“ Tragacanth,Sorts...... 60 a 66
“ “ white flake 1 50 a 1 75
Indigo, Manitl 1 40 a 1 60
lodide, Potass 6 50 a 7 50
Isinglass, Am<\ can .....2 00 a 2 26
Liquorice, Cd 50 a 60
Madder 18 a 20
Magnesia, Carb..... 55 a 60
Morphia, Sulph. 8 50 a 9 50
Oil Aniseed *4 50 a 5 00
Oil Bergamot .. 8 50 alO 00
Oil Cassia 5 76 a 6 50
Oil C10ve5...... 5 00 a 5 50
Oil Olive.. 2 75 a 4 50
Opium. 10 50 a 11 50
Quinine, Sulph 2 60 a 2 80
Sal Soda.. 5a 4 ..
Saponificr case.. 10 00 a
Senna, Alex 40 a 50
Senna, E. 8 30 a 40
Soda, B. C., 12 a 14
Sugar Lead 65 a 70
Sulphur 9 a 10
White Lead Ib.. 15 a 20
Chrome Yellow lb.. 30 a 40
Chrome Green. lb.. 30 a 40
Spanish Brown lb.. 5 a ~
Venitian Red..... lb.. 8 a
Venitian ground in 0i1..1b.. 18 a 25
Red Lead. 20 a 25
Gold Lee f 13 00 a 16 00
Varnish—Copal.... 400 a 5 00
Coach 5 00 a 600
■ Japan..., a 350
FERTILIZERS—
Peruvian Guano ton.loo 00 a
Fbcenix Guano t0n..60 00 a
Baughs’Raw Bone t0n..70 00 a
Soluble Pacific Guano..ton..Bo 00 a
Reid’s Phosphate t0n..50 00 a55 00
American Guano t0n..50 00 a
Columbian Guan0......t0n..40 00 a
Baker’s Island Guan0..t0n..65 00 a
Rhodes’ Sunerphos’^te..ton..7o 00 a
Zell’s Raw Bone t0n..69 00 a72 00
Zell’s Superphosphate,.ton..69 00 a 72 00
Mape’sSuperphosphate.ton..7o 00 a 72 00
Turner’s Excelsior. . .ton. .85 00 a
Wilcox,G&Co’s Man’d. t0n..65 00 a
FISH—
New Salmon kits.. 6 00 a 7 00
New Mess Mackeral.. .kits.. 500 a 550
No 1 Mackeral kits.. 3 50 a 3 75
No 2 Mackeral. kits*. .. a 350
Nol Mackeral 1-4 bbls.. • a 700
No 2 Mackera 1 1-4 bbls.. .. a 650
No 2 Mackeral 1-2 bbls.. 11 00 a 12 00
No3 Mackeral 1-2bbls.. 900 alO CO
No3 (Extra)..-...1-2 bbls..ll 00 a
No 1 Codfish cwt. .11 00 a 12 00
Scaled Herrings box.. 1 00 a 1 25
FLOUR-
Westera Superfine bbl.. 13 00 a 14 00
Western Extra bb1..16 00 al7 00
Beargrass Mills, Extra..bbl..lß 00 a 19 00
Granite Mills Canal none
“ “ Superfine.bo!.. 15 50 a ~
“ Extra....bbl..none in marl
“ “ Family...,bbl..lß 50 a
Augusta Mills, super...bbl.. 15 60 a
“ “ Extra...bbl.. 16 50 a
*< , ‘ Dou. Ex.b T ’..18 00 a
Excelsior Mills Canal.. .bbl.. .. al4 00
“ “ Sup,fine..bbl..l6 00 a ..
" “ Extra.... bb1..18 50 a ~
GRAIN—
Wheat bush.. 2 10 a 2 25
Oats bush.. .. a 1 ..
Cos.n —Mixed... bush.. 1 50 a
White bush.. .. a 1 55
Yellow bush.. ..a
HAY-
Northern. cwt.. 2 50 a 2 75
Eastern cwt.. .. a 2 75
Native cwt.. .. a 200
HIDES—
Green Ib.. 5 a 6
Salted lb.. 5 a 6
Salted, Dry or fliDt lb.. ..a 12
LARD- •
Prime Leaf (bb15)........ Ib.. 15 a
Prime Leaf (half bbls)... lb.. 16 a
Pressed lb.. 13 a 14
LEAD—Bar lb.. 13)£a 14
LEATHER-
Hemlock Sole lb.. 30’a 38
Northern Oak lb.. 50 a 60
Southern Oak lb.. 30 a 40
Northern Harness lb.. 50 a 60
Southern Harness Ib.. 30 a 40
Upper Sides d0z..30 00 a36 00
French Calf Skins d0z..35 00 a6O 00
French Kips d0z..70 00 aIOO 00
Northern Goat d0z..35 00 a
Linings and Toppings..doz.. 13 00 a 20 09
LIME—
Howard ; bbl.. 2 75 a
Northern bbl.. 3 75 a
LIQUORS—
Whiskey—Bourbon gal.. 3 00 a 5 00
Rectified gal.. 225 a 250
Kye...........ga).. 3 00 a 600
Irish.. gal.. 7 00 a 900
Scotch gal.. 7 00 a 9 00
Brandy—Cognac gal.. 8 00 a 15 00
Domestic .gal.. 3 50 a 5 00
Gin—Holland. gal.. 4 00 a 600
American gal.. 2 90 a 3 50
Rum—Jamaica gal.. 8 00 a 12 00
New England....gal.. 325 a 650
Ale—Scotch...... doz.. 3 75 a
American doz.. 2 00 a
MATCHES-
Telegraph... gross.. 1 80 a 200
Sfiapkbai- gross.. 300 a 325
Par or, No. 1 gron,. 4 50 a 5 00
R® r l° r » No - 2 gross. .3 25 a
MKAL—
City ground, bolted...bush.. 1 55 a
-
gal- 65 a 80
Golden Syrup gal.. 90 a 110
Sugar Uane. gM.. 75 a go
Cuba Clayed gal.. 53 a 50
Muscovada .....gal.. 55 a 60
NAILS—Cut, assorted sizes—lb.. 8 a
OILS—
gai.. 1 go a 2 00
Kerosene, burning gal.. 80 a 100
Kerosene,lubricating.... gal.. 1 40 a 2 00
Sperm Winter gal.. 3 75 a 4 50
Tanners’ Common gal.. 1 25 a 1 75
Machinery gal.. 1 80 a 200
L«mp gal.. 300 a 4 00
Lard, Winter gal.. 2 75 a 3 25
ONIONS hbl.. ••
PORK—North n Pickk *—bbl..2s 00 a
POTATOES- bbl.. 500 a 6 00
RAISINS- _
Layer.................-box.. 5 00 a ..
Layer *Dox.. 300 a ..
RICE— lb.. 12X» 13
ROPB -
lb,. 13 a 14
SALT—Liverpool.•••••••■ •***£•• 250 a ..
SOAP—American Ye110w...1b.. 9 a 12
SHOT— bag.. 8 40 a 3 50
SUGAR-
Brown, Raw ib.. M
Porto Rico.... lb.. 16 a 16
Clarified A lb.. 17 a ME
Clarified B lb.. 17 a ..
ClarifiedC,extra lb.. 16 a Ift*
Crashed and Powdered..lb.. U a if'
Yellow C... Ib.. 15 a
v YeUoif Refined.,.,, ib., is a yj
fPIP A Q
gS . 2«
lb.. 1 00 a 1 50
TOBACCO—CHEWrtfG— - '
Common 01d..., ra n* .
Medium Old ......lb.. % a £
Fine Bright..... ib.. 90 a IJ}
Extra Fine to Fancy-.... lb.. 1 00 a
Extra Fine Brigjrt (ncw).lb.. 1 25 a l fin
Fine Cut....... 4 .gross.. 6 00 a 12 00
TOBACCO—SMOKING—
" Durban lb.. 70 a
Ha’tnoni*' , r lb.. ~ a
Bird’s Eye gross.. .. a lO 00
Guerilla Club Alb.. 50 a „
Navy .......lb.. 60 a
Maryland Club lb.. .. a 176
VINEGAR- gai.. 40 a 60
WINES—
Port ga1..3 00 a4 00
Sherry ..ga1..3 00 a 500
Madeira... ga1..3 00 a 5 00
Malaga ..ga1..8 00 a4 00
Claret .........case.. 7 00 a ..
YARNS-
Nos. 6to 12.... bunob.,2 00 a
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| ADVERTISEMENT.]
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announcing to her friends, and the public gen
orally, that she has established her headquar- .
ters at 87 Union Square, New Tork City, where
she will be pleased to receive her friends and
customers. The business at 364 X Broad street,
Augusta, Ga., will be kept up with the usual
care and attention. Her constant presence in
the New York market will be tho means of
supplying the Augusta Branch with all the nor*
cities, and also great advantages in prices.
All orders, either left, at 264 X Broad street,
Augusta, or sent by mail, will be promptly and
carefully filled for any article appertaining to
Ladies, Misses, or Childrens’ ardrobes.
All orders must be accompanied With the
moaey, <y instructions to ship C. O. D.
Millinery and Dress Making department un
der charge of the Best French Modistes tho
country can afford. . mls-deod*w
IN MEMORIAM.
o—»
Dr. William H. Clark was bom in Richmond
county, Ga., May 14th, 1840, and died, at the family
residence, in his native county, March 29th, 1867, in
the 27th year of his age.
Dr. Clark graduated at Emory College In IkfiS,
and at the Medical College of Georgia in the spring of
1861. In July, 1861, lie entered the army as a private
member of the Oglethorpe Infantry, Ist Georgia Reg
iment, then serving under General Henry R. Jackson,
but soon transferred to Stonewall Jackson’s com
mand ; thence participating in all the hardships and
perils of that terrible winter campaign, known as one
of the severest of the war. His company, after being
mustered out, in March, 1862, was soon reorganized,
forming a part of the 12th Georsria Battalion. Uniting
with the newly organized company, he served, during
the summer and fall, under Kirby Smith, in Tennes
see, and was then transferred, with his company, to
Savannah. •
Preferring to remain In the. ranks, bat yielding to
the wishes of his friends, he submitted to an exami
nation before the Medical Board, at Charleston, and
was appointed Assistant Surgeon in the Confederate
Amy. In this Capacity he was at first assigned to
duty in Savannah, afterwards in Tallahassee, where
he remained until the winter of 1864, when he was
ordered to relieve the Assistant Surgeon of the 14tji
Alabama Regiment, Amy of Northern Virginia.
This change of climate soon developed the pnlmonary
disease that terminated his life. On account of his
failing health, he obtained a short leave of absence,
hut was never again able to return to the army.
Failing more rapidly, be repaired, in November,
1866, to Orange Springs, Florida, returned home on
the 2?dof March, 1857, and, in ono short week,
breathed his last.
Thus, briefly, are stated some of the leading facts in
the history of one of the most promising young men
of the country. Always moral and conscientious, at
the early age of sixteen Le made an open profession
of religion, and remained until death an unassuming
bqt useful member of the Methodist church.
Like a shaft of pure gold, whose burnished summit
reflects the light of an eternal sunshine, bis integrity
peered up above every cloud of doubt, reflecting over
his entire surroundings the radiance of a rare, exam
ple. A thorough scholar, a polished gentleman, he
scorned pedantry and sought no positions of public
prominence. If honors laureled his manly brow,
they were but the unsolicited tribute to modest
merit.
Dr. Clark was eminently a practical man, whose
leading trait was a devotion always true to the occa
sion and the hour. Delicate as he was, at his coun
try’s call he volunteered in defense of constitutional
liberty; aud, whether in the repose of the camp, amid
the snows of a wintry march, or on the field of blood,
he was the-*ame, self-poised, tranquil, fearless man.
In every sphere in which he moved*-»in the home
circle, in the assemblies of the church, in the camp or
in the hospital— duty was his law of Kfe.
Education, patriotism, the social virtues were but
bis mere outward embellishments. That which so
beautifully types upon the heart the loveliness ot his
character, and enshrines his memory amid the dear
est objects of aftecrion, is the noble spirit whose
elembicever evolved a lofty purpose, and whose ge
nius developed a model manhood.
Unmurmoringly to the last he bore his sufferings,
assuring his friends that, fearless of death, his faith in
Christ was unshaken.
Sleeping by the side of a sa'ntcd father and a lovely
sister, affection will drop a tear asdt mantles his urn
with the first sweet blushes of spring, or. garlands his
grave with tbe last blooms of summer.
Dead, yet unforgotten, William still lives in our
saddened hearts. E. R. C.
Administrator’s Sale.
W ILL he sold, on the first Tuesday in
next, at Bylvania, Scriven county, the Lands belonging
to the estate of Walter. Walker, deceased, containing
two hundred and fifty (250) acres, adjoining lands of
D- M. Lee, Mrs. E. A. Marsh and others. Also, one
other tract containing five hundred and fifty (650)
acres, adjoining lands of D. M. Lee, N. W. Lanier.
W. Walken and others.
Tsrmb—Credit until January next
je!s WM WALKER, Adrn’r.
T^T"OTICE.—Two months after date application
JJN will be made to tbe Honorable the Court of
Ordinary of Seriven county, for leave to sell the Real
Estate of WHson Conner, deceased.
J. O. W. CONNER,
W. J. CONNER,
j e 15 Administrators.
GEORGIA, SCRIVEN COUNTY--Whereas
%JT W. H. Anderson applies to me for letters of
Gurdiansbip of the person
Anderson, minor and orphan of H. K. Anderson, de-
C< TW are, therefore, to cite and admonish, aU and
sinX the kindred, ud all other interested
Insaidminor, to be and appear at my office within the
time nrescribed by law, and show cause, if any they
bave,*whyßaid letterejßhonld not SgwrteA
Given under my band and official signature, at Byl
10th day Ot D. n E ROBERTS, Ordinary.
EORGIA, SCRIVEN COUNTY.—Whereas,
f -j- r_ v. Thomson, Administrator on tbe estate of
John Scott, deceased, applies for letters of Dismission
fr These swftherefore, to cite and admonish, ail and
singular, the kindred and creditors of said deceased, to
be and appear at my office, within the time prescribed
by law, and show cause, ff any they have, why said
letters should not be granted.
Given under my hand and official signature, at Byl
vania, this 16th day of June, 1867-
jels-6m D. E. ROBERTS, Ordinary.
'VTOTIOE.-Bixty days after date application will
be made to the Honorable the Court of Ordi
nary of Screven county for leave to sell all of the
lands belonging to the estate of John M. Burns, de
ceased, situate and lying in said county of Seriven.
HENRY O. KITTLES,
Adm'r with will annexed.
)e!6
/'2LEOBGIA, BCRIVEN COUNTY.-Whereas,
VJT Thomas Baysmore, administrator on the estate
of David Bragg, deceased, applies to me for letter»of
dismission from said estate:
These are, therefore, to cite and admonish, all and
singplar the kindred and creditors of said deceased to
be and appear at my office, within the time prescribed
by law, mu show cause, if any they have, why said
letters should not be granted. ,
Given under my hand and official signature, at Syb
▼inis, this MM day of May, 1*67. _ BTO
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