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WEEKLY CONSTITUTIONALIST-
A Warning to Southern Land-owners.
*STo the Editcr of the Neto York World:
My attention has been drawn within the last
lew days, professionally, to a swindle, which 1
Understand is being extensively, practiced and
seems especially directed against the
vontbern people, who are at present the least
able to bear it. The modus operand! seems to
he as follows : Agents who pretend to be em
ployed by large and respectable houses in this
city are sent out to represent that they are
authorized to purchase a large quantity of
Southern lands which are needed for the pur
pose ol encouraging foreign immigration, and
-yjhat for well located lands when a good title
3 Can be given, excellent opportunities for ex
change will be offered. The propositions
offered are something to this effect: The agent
pretends that the firm in New Fork which he
represents are the owners of a large quantity
_ of liquors in bond, which are worth at least
“V three dollars per gallon; that the duties, ex
| penses, &c., upon them amount to one dollar
j and twenty-five cents ; that on the delivery of
A the deed of the lands lie will give to the grant
" Or an order trom the firm in New York for the
* delivery of the number of gallons agreed upon
yj. On receipt of the one dollar and twenty-five
cents for duties, &c. The contract being
signed an agreement is sent out by the New
York house to the effect that they will deliver
to the grantor (naming him) at any time with
in three months so many gallons of sherry or
port (or whatever wiue may have been con
tracted for,) worth three dollars per gallon on
receipt of the deed and the one dollar and twen
ty-Jire cents duties, etc. Upon receipt of this,
the owner of the lands is induced to part with
, the deed, which is immediately sent to be re-
V corded. Computing the amount he is to re
s ceive for his lands by multiplying the number
of gallons by the difference between the value
ot the wine and the amount to be deducted for
' duties, etc., and believing that there will be no
’difficulty in inducing the large house in New
P a J’ tbe duties aud deliver to him at
WU’-e reduced price, or if they should decline,
he would be able without a very great
I sacrifice to raise the required amount on the
| goods in bond, the gentleman from the rural
I districts' believes that he has made a good
I trade. He visits New York and calls upon the
■ firm with whom he is doing business, and is
| received most handsomely. He would like
. A the order, but is politely reminded of the little
f matter of one dollar and twenty-five cents, and
receives the Jregrtts of the capitalists that his
means are so largely invested abroad at this time
that he does not feel able to make the advance
ment for the duties. The gentleman from the
country would like a sample so that he can go
into the market and negotiate a loan. This, of
* • course, is considered, and a small boy (the only
clerk) is privately dispatched to the nearest
wine importers to procure it. The sample ob
tained, the gentleman who has parted with his
land makes an effort in the street to procure the
necessary advance. He soon learns to his dis
| may that the liquor is worth, perhaps, seventy
1 cents, gold, and that the duty on such an arti
' cle amounts to about 30 cents, gold. On meet
ing with his friend, the merchant, he accuses
him of defrauding him, and he is told that the
question as to the value of wines is a very nice
question, and that he has been misinformed ;
but is assured that nothing, of course, can be
done until the one dollir and twenty-five cents
has been paid, aud then, if his wine is not as
represented, he has his legal remedy.
Should the gentleman from the country be
able to make the payment of one dollar and
twenty-five cents and demand the order for the
goods, the merchant would then go to some
importing house aud put the amount required
in bond worth, perhaps, seventy cents, gold,
and pay the thirty per cent, gold, duty. This
order he would make over, and thus actually
make something out of the one dollar and
twenty five cents paid to him, besides becoming
possessed of the land. In fact, the gentleman
from the rural district pays the respectable firm
in the city for taking possession of his farm. I
have alluded to respectable firms in the city
which tire carrying on this business. It is proper
to say that but one instance has come to my
individual knowledge, but this firm is unques
tionably carrying it on extensively.
--The gentleman who applied to me is from
** Virginia, and is a highly intelligent and respect
able person. He lost everything during the war
except his land, and a bogus firm have left him
with a large family without any resource what
ever. I say bogus firm, because it is represented
by one individual only, though pretending oth
erwise, and he is a man who has not only been
indicted for crime, but he is well known in
this city, and especially in Ludlow street jail, as
of potorious bad character. My client, finding
that no entreaty could move him to make resti
tution, took the law temporarily in his own
hands, and administered to him a flogging,
which will serve at least as a temporary balm
in his misfortunes.
Respectfully, ' J. T. D.
Expiration of Terms of Office.
General Canby has replied as follows to a
communication from Governor Orr, relative
to the time at which he is to vacate his office :
Headquarters Second Military District, >
Charleston, May 1,1868. $
His Excellency James L. Orr,
Governor of South Carolina :
Sir: I have the honor to acknowledge the
receipt of your communication of the 27th
ultimo, making the inquiry as to the time when
“ the duties of the provisional officers of the
Executive Department of the present State
government will terminate, and when the offi
cers elected under the new constitution will
qualify and enter upon their duties;” and to
state, in reply, that the fifth section of the law
of March 2, 1867, “ to provide for the more ef
ficient government of the rebel States,” directs
that when the constitution shall have been rati
fied by the people of the State, and “shall
have been submitted to Congress for examina
tion and approval, and Congress shall have ap
proved the same; and when said State, by a
vote of its Legislature elected under the new
constitution, shall have adopted the amendment
- to the Constitution of the United States pro
posed by the Thirty-Ninth Congress, and
known as article fourteen ; and when said arti
cle shall have become a part of the Constitu
tion of the United States, said State shall be
declared to be entitled to representation in
Congress, and Senators and Representatives
shall be admitted therefrom, upon taking the
Oath prescribed by law.” * * * *
The sixth section of the same Jaw enacts,
“that until the people of said rebel States shall
be by law admitted to representation in the
Congress of the United States, any civil gov
ernment which may exist therein shall be pro
visional only, and in all respects subject to the
paramount authority of the United States at
any time to abolish, modify, control or super
sede the same; and in all elections to any office
under such provisional governments, all per
sons shall be entitled to vote, and none others,
**• who are entitled to vote under the fifth section
of this act; and no person shall be eligible to
any office under any such provisional govern
ments who would be disqualified from holding
office under the provisions of the third article
of said constitutional amendment.”
It will be seen that the government organ
, ized under the new constitution remains pro
, visional, not only until Congress shall have ap
proved that constitution, but until the Legisla
ture shall have adopted the amendment to the
Constitution of the United States known as
article fourteen, and that article shall have be
come a part of the Constitution of the United
States, and the State shall by law be admitted to
representation in Congress.
It is very desirable that the organization of
the new government should take place as soon
as practicable after the approval of the consti
tution by Congress, that the retirement of the
old and the installation of the new executive
officers should take place at the same time, and
in a formal and regular manner, it is presum
ed that Congress will act speedily upon the
question of approving the constitution that has
been submitted, and that it will fix the date
when the executive officers elected under it
shall enter upon their duties.
If this should not be done, the duty of fixing
* the date will devolve upon the District Com
mander; and I propose, in the order announc
ing the results of the election, to designate the
tenth day alter the approval of the constitution
by Congress, as the day on which the duties of
the provisional officers of the Executive De
partment of the present State government will
terminate, and when tha corresponding officers
elected under the new constitution will enter
their duties.
Very respectfully, your obedient servant.
. . Edward Canby,
. «rev. Maj. Gen., Commanding.
Congressional Solons.
SPECIMEN OF MODERN AMERICAN ELOQUENCE.
In the House of Representatives, on Saturday
last, personal explanations were made by
Messrs. Washburne and Donnelly, both mem
bers ot the Radical party, in response to a letter
written by the former about the latter. We
make the extracts from the report ot the pro
ceedings as indicative of the depth of indecency
to which the American Congress is rapidly
sinking:
The letter of Mr. Washburne having been
read by the Clerk,
Mr. Donnelly remarked that he was certainly
justified iu the declaration he had made, that
the annals of Congress presented no parailel to
that letter; and he thought he should establish
that there were in the letter twenty-three dis
tinct statements whieh were twenty-three dis
tinct falsehoods. He should attempt to deal
with them as rapidly as possible. Mr. Donnelly
went on to explain that he had only received
the draft of the bill on the 2d of March; that he
asked leave to introduce it on the 20th; that
Mr. Washburne had objected; that he (Mr. Don
nelly) had then gone to Connecticut to aid the
Republican party in the canvass of that State.
He expressed his belief that the objection made
by Mr. Washburne had sprung from personal
aud malicious motives, and remarked that that
gentleman eould not speak the truth, even when
the truth would best serve his purpose. Hav
ing referred to and answered other points in
Mr. W ashburne’s letter, Mr. Donnelly went on
to speak of Mr. Washburne, of Wisconsin, as
“ mousing around ” in reference to some other
bill.
The Speaker interrupted, and said that that
was not parliamentary language toward a mem
ber who was absent, and who was not involved
in the controversy.
Mr. Donnelly said he would withdraw the re
mark.
Mr. Washburne, of Illinois, expressed the
hope that “ the party ” would beal.owed to go
on.
Mr. Donnelly, after passing from that point,
referred to the charge in Mr. Washburne’s let
ter that his (Mr. Donnelly’s) opposition to the
bill offered some time since by Mr. Washburne,
of Wisconsin, to reduce the fares on the Pacific
Railroad, might be attributed to the fact thnt
he had a free pass to ride over the road, de
clared that he had never ridden over a mile of
the road, and did not expect to until it was
completed from the Mississippi to the Pacific.
It would be a consolation then to know, he
said, that that mighty work had been resisted
and opposed by every blatant, loud voiced, big
chested, small headed, bitter hearted dema
gogue in all the land. [Laughter on both sides
of the Chamber.] Referring to the charge made
against him in Mr. Washburne’s letter of his
being “ an office beggar,” Mr. Donnelly said :
“An office beggar !” And that from a gentle
man bearing the name which he does, Et tu
Brute ! “An office beggar I” Why, Mr.
Speaker, when I entered the State of Minnesota
it was Democratic. When I entered the county
in which I live it was two to one Democratic.
I asked no office. I expected none. But the
charge comes from such a quarter that I cannot
fail to notice it. The gentleman’s family are
chronic office beggars. They are nothing if not
in office. Out of office they are miserable,
wretched, God-forsaken, and as uncomfortable
as that famous stump tailed bull in fly time.
[Laughter. J This whole trouble arose from the
persistent determination of one of the gentle
man’s family to sit in this body. Every young
male of the gentleman’s family is born into the
world with “ M. C.” franked on his broadest
part. [Laughter.] The great calamity seems
to be that God, in his infinite wisdom, did not
make any of them broad enough to make room
for “U. 8. 8.” [Laughter.] There was room
“ U. 5.,” but the other “ 8 ” slipped over, and
“U.B. & Co.” is the firm. [Laughter.]
The Speaker interrupted Mr. Donnelly, and
reminded him that his language was beyond
the usual limit of parliamentary propriety.
Mr. Washburne again intimated his desire
that “ the party” should be permitted to go on.
Mr. Donnelly said he was sorry to transgress
the proper limits of debate, but the House
would perceive that the character ot the letter
on which he was commenting made him speak
under some feeling. 1 was drawn into it, he
said, by the charges made against my personal
character by the vile insinuation contained in
that letter that I was a fugitive from justice,
and that I fled from the city of Philadelphia
“ under suspicous circumstances, between two
days.” This, Mr. 8p aker, is an absolute, un
qualified, unmitigated falsehood, and but for
the respect which I have for you and for the
House, I would use stronger language. [Mr.
Donnelly then went on to refute that charge,
aud had read by the clerk a letter from the At
torney General of Pennsylvania, with whom
Mr. Donnelly had studied law, speaking in
strong terms of the probity and purity of his
character, and of the public esteem in which
he is held in that community.
Mr. Donnelly then went on to say: I stand
here repeating the challenge, that if anywhere
on God’s earth, down in the mire of filth and
all nastiness, the gentleman can pluck up any
thing which touches my honor, let it come ; I
shall meet it on its merits.
I have gone through the entire catalogue ; I
have analyzed the entire contents of the gen
tleman’s foul stomach ; I have dipped my hands
in its gall, and I have examined the half
digested fragments which I found floating in
the gastric juice. But if it is possible for the
gentleman from Illinois, by his peristalic
action, to bring up anything more loathsome,
more disgusting than he has vomited over me
in that letter, in God’s name let it come.
The Speaker again interrupted Mr. Donnelly,
and reminded him that his language was out
of order.
Mr. Washburne, of Illinois, again repeated
the hope that the “ party” might be permitted
to go on by unanimous consent.
Mr. Donnelly went on, and stated that the
charges were not original; that they had been
got up by one of the editors of the St. Paul
Press, a man named Driscoll, who had been
to Philadelphia and played the detective there
for some days, aud had returned, having found
nothing affecting his (Mr. Doinelly’s) reputa
tion. But it seems, he continued, that these
charges are brought up here again.
Mr. Donnelly then went on to refer to the
charge that he had changed bis politics, and
declared, in answer to it, that he had become a
Republican twelve years ago, and that his Re
publican politics were almost coeval with the
birth of the party.
The hour allowed for debate having expired,
a motion was made that Mr. Donnelly be al
lowed to proceed.
Mr. Washburne, of Illinois, again expressed
the wish that the “ party ” might be permitted
to proceed.
1 here being no objection, Mr. Donnelly said :
I thank the House and “ that other party ” for
the courtesy. [General laughter.] 1 will not
notice all the charges which crawl over all the
surface of the letter as vermin crawls over the
body of some beggar. But there is one other
personal charge—that I have changed my name.
The intention of the gentleman is to give out
not only that I was a fugitive from justice, but
that I was traveling under an alias. Mr.
Speaker, I was, within a few hours after my
birth, baptized Ignatius Donnelly ; I am Igna
tius Donnelly to-day; and, with God’s help, I
expect to remain so until the end of my career.
If I should ever be. inclined to change my
name, it seems to me 1 would take that of
Elihu. [General laughter and enjoyment of
the scene on both sides of the House.]
Mr. Washburne was understood to say that
then he would change his name.
Mr. Donnelly retorted : If I thought the gen
tleman would change it, it would be an induce
ment to me to retain it, but what is the mean
ing of that atttack ? It means this : The gen
tleman has cracked his whip over members of
this House, and has been the natural successor
here of those old slave lords who used to crack
their whips here. His vaulting ambition over
leaped itself. Not satisfied to assail us here,
to vituperate uS here, he is going to mould the
next Congress, and he is sailing into'-our dis
tricts to tell the people whom they shall select
and whom they shall not select. My friend,
Mr. Price, meets in the newspapers of his dis
trict the*assaults of the gentleman. He is rang
ing the whole vast amphitheatre. Why does
he do this ? There is a simple explanation
which is given out in my district, and which is
one of the great arguments why they should
send the distinguished gentleman’s brother to
this House—namely, that he owns General
Grant; that he carries Ulysses 8. Grant in his
breeches pocket.
Why sir, he already feels on his shoulders
the cares of empire. He is already forecasting
cabinets, dispensing foreign missions, setting
men up and putting them down. We can ap
ply to him the language of Cleopatra to Mark
Antony: “In bis livery walk crowns and
crownets ; empires and islands are like plates
dropped from his pocket.” Has he not lived in
the same town with General Grant, aud should
he not, therefore, perforce, be the Warwick, the
king maker, the power behind the throne ? I
never could account for that singular fact that
he lived in the same town with General Grant
except on that great principle of compensation
whieh runs through the created world. The
town of Galena having for so many years en
dured the gentleman, God Almighty felt that
nothing less than Ulysses 8. Grant could bal
ance the account. [Laughter. | Josh Billings,
talking of compensation, says : “It is a ques
tion whether the satisfaction of scratching will
not pay a man for the punishment of having the
itch.” I leave the’gentleman’s constituents to
apply the parable. I bow in profound admira
tion before the genius of Ulysses 8. Grant; I
recognize him as the greatest, broadest and
wisest intellect of this generation. I cannot
think that he will degenerate into becoming a
puppet to be played by wires held iu the bands
of the gentlemen from Illinois, or that he will
degenerate into a kind of hand organ,
to be toted around on the back of the gentle
man from Illinois, while his whole family sit on
the top of the machine grinning, and catching
pennies like a troop of monkevs. [General
and continuous laughter.] I would say to
Ulysses 8. Grant, it it was in my power to
whisper anything in his ear, to take counsel by
that profound remark of Aminidab Sleek, when
he said, “ You all expect to get into Heaven
by holding on to my coat tail, but I shall fool
you all; I’ll wear a monkey jacket.” [Laugh
ter. | General Grant has got to wear that polit
ical monkey jacket. We had General Grant
up in Minnesota, and of course the distinguish
ed gentleman from Illinois was with him, and
when General Grant was serenaded the gentle
man from Illinois stuck his head out of the
window and thanked the crowd; and when
they rode in open barouche together, and the
crowd hurrahed, the gentleman from Illinois
laid his hand upon his heart and bowed his
profound acknowledgements. The people out
there were in great doubt which was Grant aud
which was Washburne, and they came to the
conclusion that the quiet little gentleman must
be the fourth class politician, and that the pre
tentious, fussy individual must be the conquer
or of Lee. [Laughter | Old Jesse Grant, it is
said, remarked on that occasion, “ ’pears to me
that W’ashburne thinks he owns Ulysses, but
he don’t own me—not by a darned sight.”—
[Laughter.] Shall the two names go down
into history together—Grant and Washburne ?
Why, Mr. Speaker, the intellect of Grant is
like some of those ancient warehouses in the
great cities of the older world where floor rises
above floor and cellar descends below cellar, all
packed full to overflowing with the richest
merchandize. The intellect of the gentleman
from Illinois is like some of these' establish
ments that we see on Pennsylvania Avenue,
where the whole stock in trade of the merchant
is spread out in the front window, and over it
a label “ Anything in this window for one dol
lar. [Laughter.] He is the Cheap John of
legislation, and that he should attempt to rule
and sway General Grant is nofconsistent with
probabilities. Lord Dundreary was once asked
why it was that a dog wags his tail. “ Why,”
says his lordship, “ the reason is, because the
dog is greater than the tail.” “If it were other
wise,” says that profound thinker, “ the tail
would wag the dog.” [Laughter.] Here was
an instance, Mr. Speaker, where the smallest
kind of a rat terrier’s tail attempts to wag a
New Foundland dog. [Laughter.]
Mr. Speaker, I tremble for my country. Is it
true that eighty years of Republican govern
ment have reduced us so low that there is but
one honest man in this House, but one Lot in
all this Sodom? [Laughter.] Does no voice
but his ring out against cliques and conspira
cies and “ kings ?” Will no voice be heard in
the future assuring the House that its members
are all a pack of knaves, that the country is
going to ruin, and concluding with that favorite
question of his from the vast stores of his eru
dition—
“ Shake not thy gory locks at me,
Thou canst not say I did it,”
—given with a roar like a wounded gorilla, and
a rush into the cloak-room, amid the shouts
and laughter of the House
Mr. Donnelly then went on to draw a fancy
sketch of Mr. Washburne as he might appear
in the Congress of the heavens, addressing the
arch-angelsand angels. How he would “sail
into them—horse, foot and dragoon I How he
would attack their motives and fling insinua
tions at them! How he would declare for
economy—that the wheels of the universe must
be stopped, for they consumed too much
grease, and that all expenditures should be
stopped except that which would construct for
the gentleman an extra water closet.
Mr. Speaker, I need enter into no defense of
the Fortieth Congress. In point of intellect,
of devotion to the public welfare, of integrity,
of personal character, it will compare favor
ably with ahy Congress that ever sat since the
foundation of the Government. It is illustra
ted by names that would do honor to any na
tion, in any age of the world. If there be in
our midst one low, sordid, vulgar soul ; one
barren of mediocre intelligence; one heart
callous to every kindly sentiment and to every
generous emotion ; one tongue leprous with
slander ; one mouth which is like unto a den of
foul beasts giving forth deadly odors; If there be
here one character which, while blotched and
spotted, yet raves and rants and blackguards
like a prostitute ; if there be one bold, bad,
empty, bellowing demagogue, it is the gentle
man from Illinois.
The Speaker, with severity iu his tones, stated
to Mr. Donnelly that his remarks were not hon
orable to the House of Representatives, of
which he was a member, and that, although the
House tolerated them, the Chair could not con
sent that they should go on the record except
with his protest.
Mr. Donnelly begged pardon of the House,
and said he had no desire to trespass on its
rules or to offend its sense of propriety ; but
the House would acknowledge that no man who
ever sat in this body had met with so vile, so
extraordinary, so cruel an assault as that of
which he had been a yictim. He called the
House to witness that he had never before vio
lated its rules nor said a discourteous word to
any member. He hoped the House would par
don the natural heat which he had exhibited.
Mr. Washburne, of Illinois, said: During
my entire time-of service in this House I have
never asked leave to make a personal explana
tion, and I never expect to.
The party from Minnesota has had the letter
I wrote to a gentleman in that State read to
the House, and it goes upon the records of the
House and on the records of the country, and
there it will remain for all time. Every asser
tion made in that letter is true; and whoever
says it is not true, states what is false. If 1
was called upon—and I desire only to say this
—if I under any operation of circumstances
was ever called upon to make a personal ex
planation in reply to a member, it would not
be to a member who had committed a crime ;
it would not be to a member who had run
away; it would not be to a member who had
changed his name; it would not be to a mem
ber whose whole record iu this House is cov
ered with venality, corruption and crime.
An exchange has tIA following good thing :
We yesterday heard a Couple of colored gents
discussing the question of impeachment, when
one of them exclaimed: “ What de use of
peaching old Andy—he’d veto it I”
A fond mother in Boston, the other day, de
termined to whip her unruly son, but tempered
justice with mercy by giving him chloroform
before administering the rod.
AUGUSTA MARKET.
Reported for the Constitutionalist.
* :o.
Augusta, Ga., Monday Noon, P
• ‘ May 11, 1863. S
We have a remarkably dull week
in nearly ejjerj branch of business, and prices of
ail leading articles are. somewhat easier, although in
some we Dave no quotable change-
Cotton. So little has been done the past week that
we find it difficult to say anything of the state of the
market. Holders are reluctant to conform their views
to those of buyers, who have been governed by the
generally unfavorable advices from Europe.
Below we give the details of the week’s transactions.
Monday.—The market opened dull. Buyers offering
30 cents for Middlings and sellers demanded 31 c., in
consequence of which a very few sales were made,
amounting to only 33 bales. Receipts, 36 bales.
Tuesday.—The demaud was somewhat better than
for several days past, resulting in 347 bales, being sold
on a basis of 30c. for middlings, but the market closed
weak. The receipts amounted to only 29 bales.
Wednesday.—The market continued unchanged.
The demand light and holders asking 30c. foi mid
dlings. The sales were only 60 bales, and receipts 14
bales.
Thursday.-—No sales of consequence. Prices are
weaker, though sellers still hold at 30c. for middlings.
The sales were 96 bales, and receipts 58 bales.
Friday. There was a light demand in the morning
when middling could have been sold at 29Xc., but in
the afternoon there was not a buyer in the market.—
The sales of the day amounted to 112 bales. Receipts,
74 bales.
Saturday.—The market continued stagnant, only 12
bales being sold. The receipts amounted to 61 bales.
Sales in Augusta for the past week, 660 bales;
receipts, 272 bales.
Cotton statements have been Received up to 9th Inst
as follows:
Liverpool.—Sales for the week, 48,000 bales ; ex
ports, 7,000 bales; speculative, 6,000 bales; stock on
hand, 542,000 bales, whereof 342,000 bales are Ameri
can ; afloat for England, 413,000 bales, whereof 96,000
bales are American.
New Orleans.—Sales for the week, 7,400 bales; re
ceipts for the week, 4,916; exports for the week—
foreign, 12,871 bales, coastwise, 568 bales; stock on
hand, 41,970 bales.
Charleston.—Receipts for the week, 1,570 bales;—
sales for the week, 1,500 bales; exports for the week—
coastwise, 840 bales; Great Britain, 2,612 bales; stock,
8,802 bales, of which amount 2,194 bales is on ship
board, not cleared.
Savannah.—Exports for the week, 8,307, of which
6,410 Liverpool: 1,897 coastwise ; receipts for the week,
2,936; stock, 14,023 uplands; 364 Sea Islands.
Bacon.—Advancing—Shoulders at 15X @ 16 ; B. B.
Sides, 17X@18 ; C. R. Sides, 18X ; Clear Sides, 19X-
Corn—We quote new white at 1 15@$ .. ; mixed,
$1 12@1 15
Wheat. —We quote White at 2 60@2 75; Red
2 40@2 60.
Oats are quiet. We quote at 90c.
Flour—ln good demand. We quote Granite Mills
Superfine, sl4 00; Extra, sls 00; Double Extra, 16 00;
Augusta Mills Superfine, sl3 50; Extra, sl4 50; Double
Extra, sl6 50; Western, Extra, 13 00, Extra Family,
14 50@15 00; “ Beargrass,” sl6 00; Fancy, sl7 00.
Meal.—Prime White Corn Meal is selling at $1 20
for bolted.
Fertilizers are without change in quotations.
Domestics. Augusta Factory and Graniteville
Goods are brisk. We quote % at 13, % at 15,
4-4 at 18. and Drills at 18 cents. Fontenoy Shirtings,
33 inch, 17.
Tobacco.—ls more active—prices firmer, low and
medium grades scarce.
Whiskey.—ln good demand for common grades.
Sugars are firm; large packages can be bought at
quotation figures.
Molasses.-—The market is firm, and our quo
tations are 55@58, scarce.
Buckwheat Flour is plentiful in the market and is
selling at —barrels, sl3; half do. $7 00; quarter do,
$3 75@4.
Hayis quiet. The transactions which occur are on
a basis of $2 for North River.
Butter is in good demand at 50@54 for Goshen and
25@35 for Country. Small packages preferred.
Eggs go at 20.
Feather? at 65c.
Cheese is in good demand at 15@19c. for state and
factories.
Bagging—2s cents—nominal
Rope—ll@l2 cents.—nominal.
Salt.—Very active at $2 00 from store, and $1 75@
$1 85 by car load.
Cow Peas, $1 45@1 50.—good demand.
FINANCIAL.
Money offering more freely- at 1 per cent, per month
for short or long loans
Gold.—Baying at 140@ .. —Selling at 14g.
The demand for the past week was good.
Silver—(American) buying at 133 and selling<lt 137.
Demand for small amounts.
Securities.—Saies of Georgia Railroad Stock early
in the week at 79—demand light.
Good demand for all first class Bonds of Railroads
and Cities, and large amounts have changed hands
this week.
BST* Latest Quotations for Uncurrent Moneys and
Securities.
GEORGIA BANK NOTES.
Ga. R. R. 48. Co, ..a9B Merch’ts’ & 'Plant. 4@.
Cen’l R. R. & B C0.98a.. Farmers & Meeh. 7a..
Marine Bank Ga.. 98a.. Bank of Commerce. 4a .
Bank Middle Ga. 97a.. Bank of Columbus..sa .
Bank of Athens aSO Manufact. Macon.. 15a..
Bank of Fulton a4O Union Bank sa.
Bank of Savannah...a4B Mechanics, la.
Bankof Augusta.. ..a6O Planters’ Bank al7
City B’k Augusta, ~a32 Augusta Sav. B’k. ..a..
Bank State Ga al4 Northwestern B’k.. la .
Bank Empire State ..alB Timber Cutters B’k la .
SOUTH CAROLINA BANKNOTES.
Bank of So. Ca a 8 B’kState S. C., old ..a8
Union Bank aBG "B’k State S. C. new. la..
Peoples’ Bank a4O Exchange Bank... a 7.
Bank of Newberry 27a30 So. W. R. R., old,. ..a2B
BankofCharleston ..a2l Do. do. new. 25a..
Planters*Meehan. ..alB State Bank 2a.
Bank of Hamburg. 13a.. Merchants’ Bank.. ..a 7
Bankof Camden. 20a.. City Chas’n notes 90a..
IJank of Chester. 7a.. Planters, Fairfield, a4.
Bank Georgetown. 10a.. Caro. Treas. Notes 75a..
STOCKS, BONDS, iC.
State of Georgia New, 7 per cent. Bonds 90
State of Georgia Old, 7 per cents. Bonds 75
State of Georgia, Old 6 per cent. Bonds a73
Georgia Coupons. Old 85
Georgia Rail Road Bonds 100
Central Rail Road Bonds 105
City of Savannah Bonds 75
City es Savannah Coupons, 97
City of Augusta Bonds 65a..
City of Augusta Coupons a9O
City of Macon Bonds.. 65
City of Macon Coupons 90
Montgomery* W. Pt:, Ist Mort... 70
Montgomery * W. Pt., Income 50
Ala. & Fla., endorsed by M. * W. P 85
East Tennessee & Ga. R. R. Bonds @S7X
Georgia Rail Road Stock, 79
Central Rail Road Stock.... 114
Augusta* Waynesboro Stock 90
South Carolina Rail Road 6per cent. 80nd5.... 65
South Carolina Rail Road 7 per cent. 80nd5.... 70
State of South Carolina Bonds, old 45a50
State of South Carolina Coupons, 25
South Western Rail Road Bonds 95a..
South Western Rail Road Stock 90a92
Atlantic and Gulf Rail Road Stock 45a..
Ala. * Fla. it. R. Income Bonds. No market.
Columbia & Hamburg Stock 7
Augusta, Factory Stock, in demand, 140 00
Graniteville Factory Stock, in demand 96 00
COMMERCIAL
A PPLES.—Northern bbl.. 800 a 850
BAGGING-
Gunny, heavy wide yd.. 23 a 25
Burlaps vd.. 14 a
t»EEB -
Mess bb1..25 00 a25 00
Mess S'bbl.. 15 00 a
Extra Family Sbbl.. 16 00 a 16 50
BACON—
Western .Shoulders lb.. 15Xa 16
B B Sides lb.. 17Xa 18
Clear Ribbed Sides lb..* .. a 18X
Clear Sides lb.. 19Xa
Hams, lb.. 18 a 22
BUTTER—
Goshen lb.. 50 a 60
Country lb.. 30 a 35
CANDLES—
Adamantine lb.. 21 a 25
Tallow lb.. 10Xa 12X
CHEESE—
Factory lb.. 18 a 19
State lb.. 13 a 17
English Dairy lb.. 20 a 21
COFFEE—
Rio lb..
Java lb.. 40 a ..
Imitation Java, lb.. 37Xa
Laguyra lb.. 28 a 30
DRY FRUITS.
Apples, lb.. 05 a
Peaches, lb.. 05 a 12
DOMESTICS—by the bale.
Augusta Factory 3-4 yd.. 13 a ..
“ - “ 7-8 yd.. 15 a ..
“ “ 4-4 yd.. 18 a
“ “ Drills...yd.. 18 a
Hopewell, % yd.. .. a 10X
Osnaburgs yd.. 17 a ..
Osnaburg Stripes yd.. 18 a ..
GRANITEVILLE MILLS.—
Sheeting, yd.. 18 a ..
7-8 Sheeting, yd.. 15 a ..
3-4 Sheeting,. yd.. 13 a ..
7-8 Drills, yd.. 18 a ..
FOUNTENOY MILLS.—
Shirting. .’ 33 in.. 17 a ..
YARNS.—Nos. 6to 12.. bunch.. 1 80 a 1 85
Fontenoy Yams,....bunch.. 1 85 a 1 90
DRUGS— Package Prices—
Alum 6 a 8
Balsam Copaiva 1 00 a 1 25
Blue Mass 90 a 1 25
Blue Stone 12Xa 14,
Borax, Ref. a 45
Brimstone 7 a 8
Calomel, ’ 1 .30 a 1 80
Camphor, 1 25 a 1 50
Castor Oil, qts, per doz., 7 00 a ..
“ “ pts, “ “ 400 a ..
“ “ Xpts, “ “ 200 a
“ “ JKpts, “ “ 125 a
Copperas 4 a 5
Epsom Salts 6 a 7
Gum Arabic, 75 a 1 25
Indigo, Spanish 1 40 a 1 60
Madder 16 a 10
Morphine, 8 50 a 10 00
Opium 11 50 a 14 00
Quinine Sulph 2 50 a 3 00
Sal Soda 5 a 7
Soda, B. C 10Xa 13
Sulphur g a 10
White Lead lb.. 14 a 20
Venitian Red lb.. 8 a 10
Varnish—Copal 3 50 a 4 00
Coach 4 50 a 6 00
Japan 3 00 a 3 50
Laudanum, per doz 1 00 a 1 25
Paragoric, “ “ 90 a 100
Ess. Peppermint, per d0z,... 75 a 1 00
Number Six, “ “ ... 1 00 a 1 25
Opodeldoc, “ “ ... 1 75 a 200
Bateman’s Drops. “ “ ... 100 a 125
British Oil, “ “. ... 75 a 100
Parlor Matches, “ gross.. 2 90 a 3 25
Terpentine, per doz pt 5,.... 2 50 a ..
Pain Killer, “ “ 2 25 a ..
Flavoring Extracts, per doz.. 2 50 a 3 00
Hunter’s Specific, “ “ .. 8 00 a
Hurley’s Worm Candy, prdz, 1 50 a 1 75
Maccobov Snuff, 85 a ..
FERTILIZERS—
Ammonia Phosphate,...ton. 40 00 a ..
Peruvian Guano ton.loo 00 a ..
Pheenix Guano t0n..55 00 a ..
Baughs’Raw Bone t0n..70 00 a ..
Soluble Pacific Guan0..t0n..75 00 a
Reid’s Phosphate t0n..50 00 a55 00
Rhodes’Superphos’ate..ton..7o 00 a
Zell’s Raw Bone ton.. .. a 72 00
Zell’s Superphosphate..ton.. .. a 72 00
Mape’sSuperphosphate.ton..7o 00 a 72 00
Turner’s Excelsior ....t0n..85 09 a
Wilcox, G & Co’s Man’d.ton. .70 00 a ..
Land Plaster, t0n..20 00 a ..
Kettlewell’s A.A. Manipulated
Guano, 85 00 a ..
Kettlewell’s A “ Guano, 75 00 a ..
Amoniated Alkaline Phos-
phate, 70 00 a ..
Alkaline Phosphate, 60 00 a ..
Patapsco Guan0,.......t0n.. .. a 85 00
Whann’s Super Phosphate,..7o 00 a
Andrew’s Georgia Fertilizer,. .. a75 00
Hoyt’s Superphosphate, 70 00 a
FIS Il-
New Salmon kits.. 5 00 a 6 00
New Mess Mackeral...kits.. 5 00 a 5 50
No 1 Mackoral... kits.. 3 25 a 3 50
No 2 Mackerai kits.. .. a 300
Nol Mackerai 1-4 bbls.. .. a 7 00
No 2 Mackerai 1-4 bbls.. .. a 650
Nol Mackerai 1-2 bbls..ll 00 a 12 00
No 2 Mackerai 1-2 bbls..lo 00 a 10 50
No 3 Mackerai 1-2 bbls.. 7 00 a 8 CO
No 3 (Extra) 1-2 bbls.. 8 50 a
Nol Codfish cwt.. 8 00 a 9 00
Sealed Herrings box.. 1 00 a 1 25
FLOUR—
Country Mills, new, bb1..13 00 als 00
Western Mills, extra,...bb1..13 00 a
“ “ ex family,.bbl.. 14 00 a 15 00
“ “ family,.-...bb1..16 00 al7 00
Granite Mills Canal none
“ “ Superfine.bbi.. .. al4 00
“ Extra....bbl.. .. a 15 00
“ “ Doub.Ex.bbl.. .. al6 00
Augusta Mills, Canal,., bbl.. ..a ..
“ “ Super...bbl.. 13 50 a ..
“ “ Extra...bbi.. 14 50 a ..
“ “ Dou. Ex.bbl. .16 50 a
BUCKWHEAT.— bbi. 13 00 a
“ half bbl. 7 00 a
“ qr. bbl. 3 75 a 4 00
GRAIN—
Wheat—White. bush.. 2 60 a 2 75
Red,... bush.. 2 40 a 2 60
Rye, bush.. 1 45 a 1 50
8ar1ey...... bush.. 2 00 a 2 25
Oats ..bush.. 80 a 85
Com—Mixed bush.. 1 12 a 1 15
White, bush.. 1 15 a
HAY -
Northern cwt.. .. a 200
Eastern cwt.. .. a 225
Native cwt.. l 50 a 1 75
HIDES--
Green lb.. 5 a 6
Salted lb.. 5 a 6
Salted Dry or flint lb.. 16 a 17
IRON TIES—
Arrow llXa 12 X
Universal HXa 12X
Beards llXa 12M
Wailey’s llXa 12X
LARD—In Kegs, lb.. 19 a 20
Prime Leaf (bbls) lb.. 18 a ..
Prime Leaf (half bbls)... lb.. 18Xa
Pressed lb.. 13 a 14
LEAD—Bar lb.. 13Xa 14
LEATHER-
Hemlock Sole lb.. 33 a 36
Northern Oak lb.. 50 a 60
Southern Oak .lb.. 30 a 40
Northern Harness lb.. 50 a 60
Southern Harness lb.. 30 a 40
Upper Sides doz.. 18 00 a 48 00
French Calf Skins .d0z..35 00 a 60 00
French Kips d0z..40 00 aIOO 00
Northern Goat d0z..35 00 a ..
Linings and Toppings..doz.. 9 00 a 20 00
LIME—
Howard ; bbl.. ..a
“ cask.. 3 50 a
Rockport, ......bbl.. 250 a
Rockland, bbl.. 2 75 a
LIQUORS.
Whiskey—Bourbon gal.. 3 00 a 5 00
Rectified gal.. 2 00 a 2 50
Rye gal.. 3 00 a "6 00
Irish gal.. 7 00 a 9 00
Scotch gal.. 7 00 a 9 00
Brandy—Cognac gal.. 8 00 a 15 00
Domestic .gal.. 3 50 a 5 00
Gin—Holland ga!.. 400 a 600 *
American gal.. 2 90 a 3 50
Rum—Jamaica gal.. 8 00 a 12 00
New England....gal.. 3 00 a 4 00
Ale —Scotch doz. 3 50 a
American doz 2 00 a ..
MATCHES—
Telegraph gross.. .. a 300
Shanghai gross.. 3 00 a
Parlor, No. 1 gross.. 2 90 a 3 25
MEAL —Corn.
City ground, bolted...bush.. 1 20 a
Country Ground bush.. 1 05 a 1 10
Pea—for cow feed, A. Mills, pr. lb. ..a 3
MOLASSES—
New York gal.. 55 a 58
Golden Syrup gal.. 75 a 90
Sugar Cane gal.. 75 a 80
Cuba Clayed gal.. ..a 56
Muscovada gal.. &6 a 58
NAILS—Cut, assorted sizes—lb.. 6%a 6%
OlLS—Linseed gal.. 1 65 a 1 75
Kerosene, burning gal.. 68 a 70
• Kerosene, lubricating.... gal.. 90 a
Sperm Winter gal.. 75 a 400
Tanners’ Common gal.. 25 a 100
Machinery,spindle gal.. 90 a
Lamp gal.. .. a 200
Lard, Winter gal.. 1 60 a 1 80
ONIONS bbl.. 6 50 a 7 00
PEAS, bush.. 1 45 a 1 50
PORK —Northern Pickled—bbl.. 23 00 a
POTATOES—Irish bbl.. .. a 650
Sweet bus. 1 00 a 1 25
RAISINS—New, box.. 5 50 600
Layer,old.... ...box.. 4 75 a u 00
Layer .......s-jtbox,, 275 a o
RlCE—Carolina, new lb.. 12%a 13
ROPE- v
Hgmp, Machine lb.. 11 a 12
Handspun lb.. . a 10
lb.. 9X'a 10
HAL 1-Liverpool sack.. 2 00 a 2 10
8OA G p e a A &Taj! , . to .T:::}S::
luolr2 a ••
Brown. Raw n,
Clarified A......": E” a 19
Clarified B
Clarified C, extra ?jb." tty
Crushed and Powdered..lb.. 19 a 17 '*
Yellow C ip
Yellow Refined ..lb.'. a
TEAS—
a, ree ” lb.. 1 40 a 2 00
Black lb.. 1 00 a 1 50
TOBACCO-CHEWING—
Com. Dark Pounds, so’d.lb.. 55 a 60
“ “ -..1b.. 60 a 65
Medium Dark lb.. 60 a 85
Medium Bright lb.. 65 a 70
Fine Bright Pounds lb.. 1 00 a 1 25
Extra Fine and Fancy...lb.. 1 25 a 1 50
Fancy Styles,. lb.. 1 00 a 1 50
Half-pounds Dark lb.. 60 a 72
“ Bright lb.. 65 a 80
TOBACCO—SMOKING—
Fruits* Flowers lb.. 75 a ~
Durhan,. lb.. 60 a
Harmonizer lb.. ..a 75
Bird’s Eye gross.. .. alO 90
Guerilla Club
Navy lb.. 65 a ~
Maryland Club lb.. .. a 150
TWlNE—Baling,..* ...lb.. 20 a 22
VINEGAR— gal.. 50 a 75
WINES-
Port ga1..3 00 a 400
Sherry gal. .3 00 a 5 00
Madeira gal. .3 00 a 5 00
Malaga ga1..3 00 a 4 00
Claret case.. 6 75 a7 00
NOTICE,
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To Stockholders of the Georgia Railroad
and Banking Company.
Georgia Railroad,)
Augusta, Ga., May sth, 1868. J
The Annual Meeting of the Stockholders of this Com
pany takes place in Augusta, Ga., on TUESDAY. MAY
12th, 1863. Stockholders, with their families, wishing to
attend, will be supplied with .free tickets to and from
Augusta by the Agent at the station where they get on
the train.
An Extra Train will leave Covington at 8 o'clock, a.
m-, on the 11th inst, for Augusta, with sufficient number
of cars to give ample accommodation.
E. W. COLE.
my6-dßicl General Superinttndeut.
■y Atlanta, Athens, Covington, Madison, Greensboro,
and Washington, Ga., papers please copy daily 8 times
and weekly 1 time.
DENNIS’ REMEDY
FOR INDIGESTION,
ITH DENNIS’ STIMULATING LINI
MENT, to be applied to the BACK. These are the
safest and best remedies, and will cure quicker and
more effectually than Calomel and Quinine.
OBSTINATE CASES, and CASES OF LONG
STANDING, that have resisted the action of other
medicines, and even physicans, have been readily
cured with these remed es, and at the moderate ex
pense of from $1 to $1 50.
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HORSE POWERS
AND
Threshing Machines.
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w E are manufacturing the above machinery ■nf
our own pattern, and which we believe are superibi So
any of the kind in this market or any other, ST RON I,
DURABLE and CHEAP. We also build STEAM
ENGINES, GRIST MILLS, SAW MILLS ,
WROUGHT IRON SCREW COTTON PRESS,
COTTON PLANTERS, GIN GEAR, IRON RAIL
ING and AGRICULTURAL IMPLEMENTS, and
other kinds of MACHINERY needed in the South.
IRON and BRASS CASTING of an excellent quality.
Planters will do well to give us a call before making
contracts.
PENDLETON * BOARDMAN,
Practical Engineers and Machinists,
Foundry and Machine Works, Kollock street,
ap6-eod*c3m-my3 Opposite Stovall’s Mill.
E have just received our FULL STOCK OF
FRESH MATTINGS for the Spring trade, including
4-4, 5-4 and 6-4 Red-check and White MATTINGS,
of superior quality; MATTING STAPLES. Also,
Floor Oil Cloths,
Os beautiful designs for Halls, Rooms, *c., which we
offer at very low prices.
We are op: ning a choice stock of
Table Oil Cloths,
And Oil Cloth Table and Piano COVERS, of German ■
and American makes.
To those in want of, or who intend purchasing
Carpets,
This Spring or Summer, we would say that now is
the time to buy cheap, as we will offer from this date
our entire stock of CARPE I’B, RUGS, MATS,
CRUMB CLOTHS and DRUGGETS, for three
months, at unprecedentedly low prices.
Window Shades,
Os new styles, just received, some very low. Also,
DAMASKS, LACE CURTAINS, TASSELS and
CORNICES, PICTURE TASSELS, PICTURE
CORDS and NAILS. Also,
Wall Papers and Borders,
Fire-board PATTERNS, PAPER SHADES, *c., >
at very low prices.
Baskets,
Plain and Fancy, of many colors and various styles,
just to hand. Also, CHURNS, TUBS, *c.; DUST
ERS, BRUSHES, *c.; and to our fresh stock of
Choice Family Groceries
We would invite special attention.
FRESH CRACKERS of all kinds just opened by
JAS. G. BAILIE & BRO.
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D. T. CASTLEBERRY,
DEALER INWOOD AND LIMBER.
OrDERS left at Pollard, Cox * Co.’s, Brail
* Hankinson’s, or at the Yard, at Waynesboro
Railroad, will receive prompt attention.
Terms cash and prices low.
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DRY GOODS.
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AT WHOLESALE.
D. R WRIGHT & CO. r
333 Broad Street,
UL AVE just received Large Additions to their
stock of PRINTS and STAPLE GOODS, DRESS
GOODS and NOTIONS.
MERCHANTS will find our Stock very attractive
and large. PRICES AS LOW as they can lay them
down from New York, and a large part of our stock,
at New York JOBBING PRICKS,
We invite examination and comparison.
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