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DAILY CONSTITUTIONALIST PUBLISH KD BY STOCKTON &c, CO ‘ AUGUSTA. Or A. FRIDAY MORNING, FEB. a, 1866. IHTBBEBTING BEADING MATTEH ON 4TH PAGB USURY- Oor Legislature is busily at work diseasing j Usury and agitating tha propriety of modify- , ing certain laws relating to Interest. It l would seem that all argument upon the sob- ] ject bad long since been exhausted, and while we still bold the opinion that little good can eventuate from such legislation until our po litical status be decided, still, we are willing to see that little accomplished and will aid its inauguration to the extent of our ability,— With such proviso, we speak of the abroga tion of the Usury law of Georgia. In Great Britain, the Usury act was re pealed in 1864. Money obeys the great law 'of commerce —the law of snpply and demand —just like labor or any article of trade. The fluctuation in the price of interest marks, an rely and inevitably, the financial condition of the country, rising or falling, like the ba- TOtneto-. according to prersnre. Surely, if a practical te?w 0 f m ore than thirteen years in such a rationality =* Great Britain, made by a government which In- cg ts “prescription” with sanctity; by a people w\, Q look down with holv horror npon innovation : ourL°gls latnre need not fear to remove this relic or Jewish Oo'te from o"r statute books. Practically, we think it will makebut little difference, whether the T.egWattlre act upon this matter or not. The necessities ts the people will compel them to regard the present law as a dead letter. Money is recognised by the neonle a* a commodity. n a well ns a stan dard of value, and will either directly or in directly bring its value in the market. If the Jaw. ps at prepent corstitnted, limits the rate of interest to a charge of seven per cent, for Use or enjovment. the farmer will make hi* bond or no*e and. through the intervention o f a broker, dispose of the same po as to nett the lender ten or fifteen per cent per annum or whatever the current vain-’may be. A prac tical illustration of this is to be found in the daily sa’e of Ru I road securities, all over the State The greatest present demand for money is from ’he planters who have suffered by the ravages of war. They hnve prod plantation* and desire to keep and work them; hut they are without fnnds to stock nnd equip them, pay freedmon’s wage*, nnd do nil thing's ne cessary to engineer the farm Three alterna tive* nre ores l n*pd them viz: to sell and emi grate, or tease —or borrow money and culti vate. If they adopt the former, tbev sever life-tong associations l , suhmit to ru’nous sacri fices as to value, and tho State lores good eiM gens. If they attempt the second, they find *o many in the market nnd so few capitalists who are skilled agriculturalists, that they get but a mere pittance. When they propose the third, thev are estopped, wc know not to what, degree, by the State law, directing that they shall pny no more than seven dollars a year on eae’i hundred for the nse of money, when the market value is much h ! gher. Co’ton bears a good price and they are skilled In it* culture. A reasonable calculation of profits at present prices of cotton would warrant the payment of double the legal interestpand leave a respec*ab!e margin wherewith to pay the debt, save their homeeteads and establish them selves for coming years. Now, ■««* >w iinfort.nno.ta sufferers how shall wo counsel otherwise than— obey the lau>. But we likewise commend to them the ex ample of the State iUdf. Execute yonr bonds with ooupons and mortgages or trust deeds in the same manner and style as the Governor will execute the State bonds, and place them judiciously npnn the market. They are of a high order of securities nnd will attract some what of that capital which now seeks and is absorbed by corporation bonds, de triment. Meanwhile, we are confident that the Gen eral Assembly will Ret in the premises with beooming wisdom and discretion. OUR SENATORS We congratulate the "State” of Georgia ar.d the South generally upon the election of the Hons. Alexander H. Stephens and Her ■chel V. Johnson as our Senatorial represen tatives at-Washington. The fame, of these gentleman is confined to no "pent up Utica,” it is as broad as civilization and too well re cognized for mere panegyric. Wherefore, we enter into no unnecessary laudation and feel that th*y will anpreciatc the modesty of th’S notice. If anything additional be permitted, we can only hope and pray that they may be come Senators in deed and not in doubt. Labor Regulations In Mississippi Tie following is the substance of the labor re gulations a rerd npon by ibe pi an tars In the neighborhood of Vicksburg, Miss., and approved by the F eednten'a Bureau. 1. One-half of the wages of the employees wip be rot»in»d bv the employer until ihe end of the contract for its fai’hfol performance. 2. The emp'oy e» will be rt to rise at day-hreek. each one to feed and taue care of the Btock allotted to him or perform any other hnsl ness that mav be assigned to him; lo eat their •>te«lr*act w d be ready for woik at the signal, whirh trill be gtrm when the sun is ha labour high. All’lme lost after the signal is given will be deducted. 8. No general cmversatiop will bo allowed during working boors. 4. Bad tymk will be assessed at its proper value tt F r dis bedience one h«ur will be deducted .6 Neglect nl du'y and leaving without perm *- gion w II be considered disobeiti-nc“. 7. No live "tuck w p be permitted to be raiaed by the errp'oyees without a special contract. 8. Apples, peaches r.rm“lor>B, or any other pro duct rs the firm 'aken by the employee will hr cnarg'd fir. 9. The • molojees ahill receive no vl*M»rs dn ring work'og hours. 10. Three quarters as <*n boar will be allowed during the wi months for dinner, and one hou- »»<f » half during the months of June, Julj and angnst 11. lmpuderce, swearing, or indecent and un •eemly language v*. p r in the pre-ence of, tb cranio'er or bis family <r at cot. orquareling and fighting so as to disturb the peace o* the term. Will be fined one dollar for the first iffeßee. nnd. if repented, w 1' be fol'owed bv dismissal andlos of roch pay as stall be sdjuged against the of fer dtr by the p, O er authority 12. All d fflo.ii'ii-s that may arise between the employees t-hall be ai Justed by the empl yer. and if rot BstU’actory, an ape ea ! m ybe taken to »■ ng nt of the United States government or r jrHgii-trs'e. I*. A 1 a U'» rs stock, or willful breaking'! tool* or throwing away gear, etc., will be chargee up amt- the employee. 18 Oo< d and sufficient rations will be fnrnish. d by ihe employer, not, however, to exceed six pound >f so .n and one peek of meal per weet for each adult. . 16. Home rent and fuel will be furnished free by tin employer. 16. No night work will be required of the em ployee, but > uch as the necessities «f the farm absolutely demand—suoh as laying np fodder firing tooacco, setting plant beda afire, securing a cop from the fro«t.,etc. * 17. A cheerful and wiping performance of dut\ wi i berfq iiroo of ibe employee. 18. block must be fed and attended to on Sun day- -18. The women will he required to do the cook ing in ro’atiuuH on ■hnndav 20. The employee will bo expected to look after and study the interest of his empleyei; to inform iiiui ol atntriiig that is going amiss'; to he peso able, ordeiiy and pleasant; it dsooursge the! , and endatror by his con .loot to establish a char acter fir honesty, i dus try. and thrift. 21. In case of ar y oon mrersy in regard to the O' intact ur its regulati .ds between the employer and employee, the «g. nt of the Bureau lor tin eonn-y shall be the common arbiter to whom the difficulty shall be referred. We find the so lowing in a filthy Black Re publics sheit: “ The Georgetown, D. 0., Council, at their weekly meeting on Thuredaj list, elected a* town surrey or a man who ■erred in the rebel army during the war, ar d Who has not yet been pardoned. This rebel rejei red ten oat of the fourteen rotes <att, white tiro good Union men who were run ii.g Agnlßft him receired only two rotas soon. ■ 'WWifwn r ii a, i Letter from Cot Belton, C. s.'X.bl'j > Vindicating Officer* charged with Exhibiting 1 bad Faith in General Qrant’e Report of the 1 Surrender of the Trane Mieeiteippi Depart- t meat | To the Editor of tha New Yoi k News: t “The pen is mightier then the sword I’’ To ' the potent point of the former, rather than to J the keen edge of the latter, are the Federal chief'ars indebted for many of their victories 1 snd consequent reputation in the late war—or ' rebel ion §o-called. “Go tell history it’a a 1 He I" raid Sir Walter Raleigh when America ’ was In its infancy. Had he lived till the pres- f ent day. the mendacity of those chronicles 1 known ns military reports,, filed at the War 1 Department at Washington, would have left | blm spot chless with sstoDishment.. Yet these perhaps are the only data from whioh posterity < is to Jesrn the history of the desperate struggle for tho right of self-government made by a 1 people now without a name—almost without a 1 hope. Tradition may in after time throw a new light upon the deeds of the past The 1 hslf ptiMed tongue of senility may hereafter 1 divulge certain acts they were known to some ' of the participators, hut these will b» mere ' local corrections, and the probability ie that the great bi'dy of truth will forever remain at the bdtom of the well, crushed ’neath the weight of the bloody bayonets of the heroes of 66—Hie present champions of freedom, pro gress and civilisation'. , The attention of the writer haa jnat been called ‘o a certain portion of the report of Lieutenant General Grant, United States Ar mv, respecting tie surrender of the Tranß- Miuissippi Department, 1 Con'ederate States Ar my, commanded bv General E Kirby Snith, in ITav, 1865. The statements therein made, ossaili r ft the reputation of brave men, require contradiction. Manhood forbids t Hence, even under compulsion. Errors of figures, flights , of fanev, simple exaggera ions, when only in tended to add new glitter to the stars of Yan -1 kee cenerala, are pardonable fictions, fully ' understood by intelligent re ders at home and > ahroa!. In the present trartrin-lled state of thefpe (?) press of the South, tbev can, with ' difficulty, be corrected, and, indeed, arescarce . ly worth serious contradiction. Were those g who know better to review seriatim the re »oft i question, as hal been partially - one in one ti-si-nce t,y Lieutenant General Early, e Confederate Him-* Armv ihere might be but few fi cts left therein to ij,p historic muse in making up a true record. To au trm M #n e tngnniu, even to slay a foe In fair 0«h», i, i e . ,2 gitimate To stab at the honor of a vanquish ed and defenceless soldier is not right, is not y manly, is not to be tolerated Fortunately. - the offense is rare, almost unknown in civil _- •ard countries; committed by magnanimous men, never. e • ‘ Kirby Smith's Bad Faith” is the sensation p leads.-g of that portion of the United States ir Luuti'nant General’s report which now claims attention, ns prioted in The New York Times of Wi dnesday, December 6, 1865. The text is >f this: ( ‘ O.i the 4tb dtiy of M«y, Gen. Pick Taylor ’ surrendered to G©n. Canby all tt-e remaining r oreea east of the Miwasiippi. A force sufficient • >o inenre an easy,triumph over the enemy un , der Kirby Smith west of the-Mississippi, wn« immediately put in motion for Texas, and Mej ! Gen. Sheridan designated for it* immediate command, but on the 26 h day of May, and , in fore they reached their destination, Gen Kirby Smith surrendered bis entire command ■ to Mj. Gen. Canby. This surrender did not i ake pi see. however, until after the oapture of , he rebel President a r ffYice-Preeident ; and the had faith was exhibited < f first, dirbauding ■ tis nrtny nnd permbting an indiscriminate plunder of public property. "Owing to tho Teport that m.inv of those lately in arms against the government had taken refuge upon tbp rod of Mexico carrying with them arms rightfully belonging t.'t-he United States, which had been surrendered to us by tho United States, which hsd been sur rendered to us by agreement—among them some of the leaders who had surrendered tn person—and the disturbed pondilion of affairs on the Rio Grands, the order* for tho troops to proceed to Texas were not char ged ” Now for facts. Kiiby Smith did not " dig band most of his army K rby Smith did nor permit an indiscrimina e plunder of pro lie property. Kirby' Smith exhibited no had faith .” On the contrary, General Smith was not present at hia beapquarters at the breaking up of big army, issued no orders in relation thereto, and at the time had n > control over the matter. About tht 15th of May General Smith issued an order directing the removal of the depart i ment, headquarters from Shreveport, La., to , Houston, Texas, which last named place had for some weeks been in process of fortification -1 under the imraediatt direction of Major General Magruder General Smith leaving at ooce in an ambulance with his mod 1 cal attendant, di rected his staff to follow with the headquarter train as soon as it could be prepared. De moralization, which bad commenced with the -itie-M noon the announcement or Lee’S surrender, now spread io me artnv.— Soldiers deserted by companies and re.iments. Couriers left their posts, telegraph lines were broken down, communication with distant commands was no longer possible. The troops were not disbanded, but the gabant array of the Trans-Mississippi melted away despite the efforts of its leaders, under the blighting influ ence of demoralization. This aien.e bad ac complished what the enemy had ev r failed to ! do. Fortunate was it for that enemy that if was so, otherwise, instead of the "easy tri umph ” anticipated, thay might have found on the arid prairies of Texas only sqch laurels as they once gathered in the wilderness of Vir g nia ‘ The events which transpired at Shreveport upon tho breakiog-up of the army, and which were repealed with but little variation, at all the ports, were such as might have been ex pected at ibe failure of auy-great revolutionary movement. Anarchy prevailed. Owing to the difficulty of communicating with the C'B-Mississippi, from whence oil the funds were derived, the army had not been paid for maoy months. Men who had hundreds due ihero, found themselves without a dollar, ev. n of Confederate money, then become useless.— They claimed a division of public property as simple justice. It was in vain that Shreveport was declared an entrenched camp and martial law proclaimed within its limits. There were no means of enforcing it. The Missouri troops aln ost alone remained with their colors, not from excess of patriotism, but because, poor fellows I they had no homes logo to. Upon them devolved the police of the town. They were too few to restrain the turbulent mob.— The public stables and stores were plundered Lieut. Gen. Bivckner, who, in addition to his duties as commander of the consolidated dis • riots of West Louisiana and Arkansas, wa ll ho charged with those of chief of staff bav log found it impossible to carry out tho instruc ! i>us of the commanding general, coiiater rnanded the order for the removal of the head qimriera to Houston; telegraphed General Smith that he would arrange for the surrender of the department upon terms similar to thost granted General Lee, and left Shreveport at once for this purpose. The terms were finally agreed upon, and the articles signed at Baton Rnuge on the 28th May. Tbua was Kirby Smith separated from bis staff. When the stato of affairs in the Trans-Mia aissippi is rightly understood, the conduct of •he troops is not without excuse. For years hey had contended against a foe vastly su porior in numbers, aimed aud equipped f»*fy in all renpeota, aud supplied more beautifully with stores of alt Kind than were armies before, while they the-'-eives, with scanty clothing aud i**a»reut food, were tonnred. viih for impoverished famil.es. With at railroad facilities and with but worn out •isnsportaiion, these shoeless, foot-sore meu had marched back and forth from the Rio Grande to the Mississippi. They had traoked i e enemy by the light of tbetr burning home.* •o his gunboats on the Mississippi and the Red, to hi* strongholds in Louisiaua and Ar kansas. The smoke of Alexandria and Campte van yet smarting their nostrija ; the remains o i neir shattered penates, strewing the path ot -he fluting foe were still present to their sight What wonder, theQ, that these men were aox ous to return aud giye to their deienc.-less families such protection as their prerenco might fiord. Four years experience of war had well aught them what to expecj from the n<g-o al I es and the foreign hirelings of that ben of gov ernments which bad not spared feeble women tnd litile children iu iu wrath, If they took their aims with them, was it strange 7 They mid either been wrested from the iDvad r b.t their own individual prowess, or had been pur chased abroad with the proceeds of the sale ol cotton of their own raising, and hence, not withstanding "orders” and "instructions,” they nad come at all times to consider -them as por soual property. If clothing was takeu from the depots, did they not need it 7 if medical purveyors were robbed of stores, were they not wanted at borne 7—for the paternal govern ment against which they bad rebelled, bad dis covered and declared that healing drugs were oi.irabsud of war,” and for long years they mid been almost entirely deprived of all, save vHiiO'i as wore indigenous. If horses and mule were taken from the public stables, was it uot because they claimed them as tbeir originh! own™’ hßd not beeu P* id &> r them t S&w’i 1 BUcb exceß8 <w be restrained 7 nnnW«na o ° minaDder ' wh ° "'re appea ed to by unoffend.ng women for protection bom the ust of Union soldiers," have att mmed t, to screen themselves from Bham« n„ th , that they could not prev.nl outran P i" JjSt 1 f *s* P“ ni * h *Jf Wtratora, When'hlen' tided I - Let these officers answer as to the i,i s vee ot accusing Confederate officers of deiiu quency, at a time when the functions of theiT government were suspended and their own au thority no longer recognized. “ , Among those implicated as exhibiting b.d faitr ib,doubtless, M-<jor Gen. F.igaa,upou whom the command of tbe department devolved wbt-n Lieutenant General Buckner lon Biireve,«.ri for B iton Rouge. Never before was au ofle plaocd in more trying circumstances Wit Lo. moaof, and without resources other than hie ownfsterling qualities, this proud soldier found himself charged with the care of 'public stores, yet intact, with the maintenance of order among the troops atil' remaining at their posts, aijd lastly, but more difficult than all, with the sub- ' sittcnce of those troops. • This, indeed, was a 1 very'serioua question, upon which all was de- i pendent The commissariat was bankrupt , The principal depot at Jefferson had shared . the fate of the others, and if supplies could have been obtained, there was no public trans- 1 pnrtation for their removal. Those only who were with and in the confidence of General Fa ; gan can appreciate the difficulties which sur- i rounded him at this time. Almost any other 1 man would have been overwhelmed; but the ' hero of Mark’s Mill rose superior to them all. With indomitable energy he made available ! every possible means of procuring subsistence. 1 Whenever a bale of cotton which belonged to or had been taken from the Confederate gov ernment, could be found, it was used for the purchase of rations, and when this source fail ed, General Fsgan pledged his pr vate means for payment. This was the bad faith exhibit ed by ihe last Confederate commander at Shrevei-ort; but this was starvation warded off. and a train of consequent evils preveuted. There is no historian to record the events of those dirk days. Thpre is‘ no superior officer to compliment in his reports those who deserv ed well. But brilliant as have been the achieve ments of James F Fagan on the field, there was no lime in which that gallant young offi cer more completely proved bis fitness for com mand, more gloriously illustrated the nobility of a true chivalrous soldier end the generous qualities of the high toned and courteous gen tleman, than when be stood—as it were like the last pall bearer—at the grave of the infant Confederacy, where, with the hopes of a people were buried, all that remained of olvil and re ligious liberty in a republic 'which grandvires had established and fatf&rs and sons sough; fruitlessly to perpetuate. Os the leaders alluded to as having “surren dered in person” and then taking refuge on the side of Mexico most prominent is Majnr- Ge: entl Sterling Price. Indeed be is perhaps tbeonlv general officer In the Trans Mississippi army who did surrender in p»rson and after ward peek asylnm abroad. The circumstances o' bis case are these: Gen. Price, faithful to the interest of the Missouri troops to the last, accompanied General Buckner to Baton Roug“ »o secure for them the best terns pessible, and to provide for the safe return to their own State of such as desired it. After the surrender at ' Raton Ronge. Gen. Price was then snd there P&roled, wUh the rx|u esß ohjwst of avoidilnjf delay in his contemplated journey to Mexico - Tn reply to his inquiries he was told bv tbe e Federal officers that, although the military authorities could n t give him passports to a leave the country, his doing so would not be s considered a breach of his parole. This state « ment was fully and freelv repe'ted at Shreve s port, as he passed through on his way to Wasta g ington, Texas, where his family were then re siding. The exiled patriot, now safe in the r enj vntent if the.t liberty denied him in his 3 native land, conscious of right, desiring pardon t of no human power, and secure in the respect and affection of his countrymen, to whom he « has tbe beat years of bis liteand in whose | service bis hairs have whitened, can well treat p with silent scorn the purer efforts of those j who would now attempt to sully his fair fame; , bat vile indeed is that enemy who would ven il lure'o asperse the rare Integrity, the noble , houesty of purpose of S erling Price. _ >r M.'ijor General M M Parsons, of Missouri, I another leader who sought refuge in Mexico, 3 mat have given his psrole at Shreveport. He, e however, jias expiated his political sins, hiv ing ’’"fn brutally murdered near Mo tert-y. f. Mj >r Gerferol J O Shelby never surrender i f. d - 1 hose who know that fearless chief be t lieve Hint he would have endured a thousand E tori ires and have sought death rather thaD [» submit to those whom he had so woll- ts jgh’ to „ 'ear him. The terms of the surrender were first an noriiicetj to General E Kirby Smith, at Gah vet-ton. His approval of these terms was quali fied try the proviso that Confederate officers de siring to leave the country wore to be permit ted to dc so , this wat) iqdor«ed oy#r his signa ture. It was then that Mrjor General Ma gnifier commenced his journey to Mexico, in the exercise of a right justly-claimed by all recusant leaders under the conditions of the sum ud -r of the department. That so few abandoned ibe country was not because of their faith in the tnagniniruity of the conquer ors. Indeed, many other brave hearts, fright ed by the i-.o called -‘Ananfsty Proclamation,” would have yi lded to tho impulse vybich prompted expatriation, but. l*ck of means prevented- General Smith himself, notwith standing the base slauifera so fndu-trioualy cir culated as so his speculations in cotton,, was indebted to the generosity of friends for the light purse with which be crossed the Rio Grande. He had caused to be turned over to the Federal commander the only public fund* at his dip Bat, being several thousand dollars unexpended balance of secret eer. Vldh roone*. nxw p-.n.cui,,r Instance of “bad lauu ’ do a uot appear to have been mention ed in the reports to the War D -partment. It is to be hoped that the United Suites Treasurer ban a record of the transaction. The accusation of “ bad faith” comes in bad tana from any official of tbe government which has shown so much of it. There is uot sn officer of the Confederate army who, if free to day, would not thrust it deflautly iu the teeth of him who would dare to utter it. Aye, and uoi e so bold among ibe conquerors of the hour as would not then hesilate ere lie made the ch.irge. Punita sides in classic limes, express ed the maximum of perfidy. It was for the government of thp modern model republic to inaugurate aud nationalize its superlative sar torial faith; illustrated daily by tho arrest of m'-n who fancied themselves protected by the assurance given on their paroles that “tbe above named officer will not Le distmbed by the United Suites authorities as long as he ob serves his parole aud the laws in force where he resides”—this duly authenticated and sinned by a commissioned officer of the United States army. The prison bars of Raphael Serames, of Winder, and of scores of others, aitost how well these pledges are kept. The grave of the mur dered Wirz stands a monument of national fi delity. It is due to the officers of the late Trans ,Mississippi Department to stats that tbe un dersigued is alone responsible for writ he has written in their vindication He had held no communication with any of them upon ffhe subject, nor even made kuown b>s intention to correct- statements so calculated to do wrong. Os all the m- mbers of the department stuff he is probably the onlv one now in a po sition to pen such refutation. It has bten no pleasing task to recur to those days ofbittpr sorrow, when rren who had stood together as brothers amid leaden rain and iron bail, part ed with crushed hopes, many to meet no more Eyes moistened then that bad looked tearless on the stark forms of fall- n kinsmen; but though all else were lost, each heart felt that honor was saved. What but fiendish malig nity would seek so steal away that, tbe most cherish d attribute of every true soldier?— Yet men whom the natior, In its better days, was proud to distinguish as its servants, are now pursued even igto exile, with vile calum nies intended to injure them in new homes ; and this lor no other crime than devotion to their untive land. With stume be it said that these ai|«<ks have not all emanated from a s itanic press. J. F Bei/ron, L»'6 a.. A. General T. M. Departmont. • Gztt. Gbxkt's PxpoaT —We pubich this morn irg, from the N« w York News, a rep'y to cer tain portions of Gen. Grant’s report, rrfl-oting ••tithe officers of the Trans Mlseistlppi depart m nt of i.fcu late Confederate States. Tbe News, • eterring to Col. Sellouts repprt, sa-.s : We print elsewhere a Terr trenchant, rep’v to hov* portions of Gen. Grant’s report, in which, » hi'e r-f-rring to th» surrender of the Confed r»‘e arrah-s wt stof the Mi-siss ppi, he charges on. K Kirby Smith iri’h “the bad faith of first standing his army, and then permittieg an in •l;«crimir.»’e plunder of pot.tic property:” ar.d wherein he ch iraes ©’her Confederate officers in r'ne »rmT,“-rnd among- them soul© of the leader*, who had snrrender-dJn perron,” wi'h bad faith i takinir ‘-refnee upfit the soil of Mexico, car rvinir with thr-m a in - ilahtfoily belonging to the United Staten, and which ha 1 been surrendered o bv us agreement,*’ The writer of the letter—Gol. J, F. T! Iton— wsan offic r on the department atufi ot the onfederate Department ot the Trans-Mimissip pi, and wa- present when “the had faith” is si 'ege ' to have b-rn i xbibited. and claims by rea -on of those o rouiostmoss, as well as from lib in'imale aud constant, re atl >ns with most of thi offic re who»e honor (a impugned hv Gen Gr'-nt, ’■o rp-ak p sitir. ly in vindic-tion of them, agamic ‘he grave charges which have been so tolcnraly prs'erred against them. That tiieletter Is written wlthagrest deal ot feeling is not. to be wondered at, nor that tbe vriter has. under the influence of that feeling, used exnrf ssi- ns which can hardly be justified, md said tbh'g* which we cannot indorse. Bat dree no has chosen to pubtbh tbe letter over hi own name, we Jo not feel called upon to poir-t on* the expressions to which we allnde, nor to controvert or qneg'ion any of ins statements. It i-. m.Jy by the free di'CQision of tbe-e mat'era that tbe truth, whinti ia our object, oko be elicit d and m-'do to f-pp -’ar, and that a faith ml hiato 'V of the war can ever b* written, And surely thev who have lost, all save their honor, can be heard when they attempt to vindicate that. The Richmond Times objects to widows mar rying until all the yonng ladist hafe secured husbands, and thinks the Legislature ought to interpose in behalf of the latter class, as under present circumstances the former are playing the grab game iu capturing all the marriage able young men by their superior strategy and experience iu the wiles of Cupid. \ m M<sars. Sam R. Anderson and Bushrod R. * Johnson, both {Confederate generals in the late war, hhv» entered into partnership for the r»ng<g>tion of the real estate business in Nash- , vtlle. - 1 Augusta and Mllledgenile Railroad. We clip the annexed sensible suggestions from the Recorder of yesterday. Milledgeville is indeed vitally interested in that road. With out it she will go down. With it, we see no reason why the should not maintain her posi tion as the State capital and increase her trade largely. Property holders at the capital should open their eyes to the situation : We are desirous of seeing the Milledgeville railroad in amnoing condition within the next six months ; an-) the reasons for such a desire are many. In the first place, the real estate of | our city will be enhanced at least 25 per cent., I the value of our lands in this conntry wiH be increased at least 10 per cent. The facilities and advantages of four market* will be opened to ns, vis : Macon, Augusta, Savannah, and Charleston. Onr merchants will have no e|- Irby they cannot fell as cheap as onr Mb con neighbors; the same freights, or less this to Macon, store rent far cheaper, and taxw lighter. The farmer can look at the oott» markels of the fohr places named, and sendfi-* cotton along and get his money witw' trouble. The vitality, the life, the eomdii tion, the advantages, the enhancement of lor real estate, the clinching argument to thefeV* manent location of the capital at this pfi**: all goes to add inducements of no ordinary character, and to arouse our people to g4' ter effort* in the quick completion of the MillaJg®- ville and Augusta road. As we remarked in a former article, lei onr ci'.izeus subeodbe SIOO to<tbe enterprise if they cannot contribute any more. One hundred dollars from this one and that rne will itount up into thousands ; only SIO,OOO is askati for from the oountry as a cash subscription. Our bonds will not be sold at a sacrifice, when the directors are aware that the road Is no expri meut, end that it will pay and pay immediate ly- If n ur people will not do their duty to themselves, we have only to wait until times ere bettor, and the Northern capitalists are satisfied that though we are much embargoed, we stilt are able to help ourselves. Bnt.mfor lunatel/, io waiting for better timet, our strength and advantages are losing ground, and other places will be growing rioh at. our eioeuse If the amount called for was in the neighbor hood of 50 or SIOO,OOO we would not have a word to say, because we aro convinced jh> our our own mind that our people could oot ra'se it; but when we look at $lO 000 and a w-Mte population in Baldwiu county of 8.720, it la less than three dollars to each lodlvido* 1 But tum we k«»- •> number or mttzens able to pay at l»»s SIOO and many S6OO, and some few $1 QOQ. it will not take a great effoif to raise li)e SIOOOO. It ia not the SIO,OOO the road wants so much, though ot course it would be a great help as to the finishing, the gradiognud build iog of bridges—as the advantage* it would afford the directors to negotiate the bond* of the road at par, or so near it as to realize a sum sufficient that would put the road and rolling stock beyond doqbt and failure. The business of the road when finished will' lie heavy, and it Is well to have Accommoda tions so as to keep down everything like a spirit of fault finding. Bald win county would not like to see her bonus to the amount of $60,000. sold in market at $25, jr eveu SSO on tno hundred. Wo would, as a county, feel that the Pirectors'ought to hare done better ; and it is for this very reason, thuj they are ask iog lor a cash subscription to srye those bouds irom such a deprecation; when the northern capitalist sees ibe road runidu* from Augusih to It con, he, as a sensible aid calcu'ating man, wjllaooat a giaccp that i|e road must be a paying concern, and down ants his money to b iy bonds, at their true valufi Vi e would arouse our people to their inter ests, and beg of them uot to Jet the present moment slip, through indiffi-wpee. 'We bate that mean pri-rciple in human nature that would stuud idly by and see as energetic few accomplish results that will fiiithe pickets of those who should pu' their thanlders to the wheel and help aloDg—reaping 111 the good, but contributing not oue mi ,e. In the city ot Milled*, ville there are, doubtless, those able to contribute something, but we fear, like tbe ox, will stand by *nd see the badger dig the hole, and then slip in after it is done, and flat t*r tbernse v<-e they were Bm»rt, not to aid, but realize the labors of oihers. Their houses and lots will be very valuable, but not through their agency. We hope that we may be wrong, but it looks like our people are rather iudifferent. We, of course, have no allusion to those we know cannot afford toco any thing, but to those who can but will not. Inwnrira Facts — There are in the United • towns and villains by the name ' * Liberty.” Maine, Michigan, Illinois and » Now Y*rk have one each, containing 1 116 891, > L 077, and 2,612 inhabitants. Arkansas has ’ three, with 1,300 inhabi aute. lowa has four, t wi n 1,811 inhabiiants. Pennsylvania has t seven, with 5.781 inhabitants. Missouri has ■ five, with 6 089 inhabitants. Indiana has six— • it e “hi* l wi&? Wotfi 11 abit^l a ,_Oh io has t wen - t 679. The smallest “Liberty” is in Keokuk r county, lowa, which has a population of 5. The largest ‘ Liberty” is in Highland county, Ohio, I which bas a population of 4 076, Surely we i have enough liberties.—Louisville Journal. 1 There is no such places on our map. It was , wiped out too long ago to think about, and if | there is any liberty down here io Georgia, we r taint heard tell on it in some time.’’ We hope ! Mr. M tchell will pui it down in his'next ■‘Ge j ograpbee.” A Strike—The Savannah Republican states f that the colored longshoremen, whose usual ’ business consists In assisting to load and un , load vessels of all kinds, struck Monday for . higher wages. They have been receiving a 3 d.diar and a half per day, and now demand 1 two dollars. About two hundred are engaged f in the strike. 1 ■»-■■■-. ■ SPECIAL NOTICES. RESOLUTION INSTRUCTING THE Inferior Courts io report des'kute Widows, Orphans snd Disabled Soldiers: • Resolved, That h i Excellency tin Governor be r l — te aired the In.erlor Courts of tha seven! , CounU -» >u ’hij State to r-jairt to the Comptroller , General by the 15 h of January rext the number of t destitute soldier.’ widows and orphans, and disabled soldiers la their seversl O untie!| also, the number ol , such widows, orphans and disabled soldiers who are r able la part to support themselves; and, also, the pro ! batli smonnt of breadstuff* required to supply such pe: sons till the Ist dav of October, 1866. THOMAS HaBDEMAN, Jr„ i Speaker of the Home of Reprt sentstives. t .T. D. VVaddsl, Clerk of the House es Repreeeata Ives. WM. GIBSON, P.esidcnt of the Senate. ' Jr UN B. WXXUS, Secreta'y ol the Senate. Assented to 18? r Jnnnery. 1858. CHARLES J. JENKINS, Gov< rnor. I'rFtOK or tub larntioK I'ornr, ) i Richmond €oant>, January 56. h, 1866. I The above remind n of the Honorable the Lrjhla ture of Gcoigia has bren forwarded by bis Excellency the Governor dir. c*ing the Inf—■ ->—...... .me names of all persoE* cam a la the resolution n the County of Richmond, for ryhUU purpose a list will be opened at the Cl* rt’s office to repleter them uniil Saturday, th« 12th of Kebrohry, IMS, of wb eh all per sons interested will take no Ice. By order or the infer or Court, Jan*#—eodiw CLEttK'I OFFICE OF THE INFE RIOR COURT, Richmond Cocktv, Jan. 80, 1 ; 86. The Inferior Conr; requests the Al-gh irates in the County Districts t * make a is‘. as n ar ss trey c.n as certain of o' 1 the devi ~'e So.-lisrs, Wl o.vs and Or phans, and disabled Soldiers wh are nr-abn. to support themselves, and rep rt tin r.m tot'io Inferior Court by the 12 r .h of Februa v next. By order of the Jnt. r’or t our , ja«81-l«v REAO THIS.—WHITE LKAb AND Zlro White, best brands. Pain s, of .1: a lots, Furni ture, Ooa h, a.d Pariar Varnlsoss, Brushes, Ac., all ikat class articles, at the lowest prices. For tetl j by Jan 34 lia PLUMB A LEITNER. jr. JT. ROBERTSON A CO., COTTON Factors, have removed to the iarge and commotions Fire-Proof Stare. No. 5 Warren Block, where thsy will oonlinue the Factorage Bssiness In a I its bran hes. Close storage for ' ott.m. dre2S-r-tf PURE DRUGS AND HEDICINES, Chemicals, Choice Paramery, Brushes, Ac., Ac, Fur sale by _ J«n34-lm PLUMB A LUTNER. ITCH, ITCH.—O. K, ITCH LOTION, a valuable r< ms ly for tbs Itch, free from sll disunit ing gr< asine»sof ointments. Fur sale by J«n24 12 • PLUMB A LBITNER, MARSHALL’S MING AND TETTER {jQTIt'N— A certain care. A supply of this old and valuable remedy on baud sn«l for sale, Whok suL and Retail, by* '' I Jvn24—l2 PLUMB A LBITNER. RAFFLE.—A PEARL 81 T—wo ih SBOO .n gold-will ho Raffled rt l. Mahan *Oo f , 262 Broad strfi’t, sa sous as the chances art a'l taken at $lO a nh Tin? bsok, ° on!T a Itw m ° r ' ) ohi,nc '-* >• l . FEHDIN AjN D PlflNlZ V. WARE HOUSE AND COMMISSION MERCHANT, will son tlnne the Warehouse and Commission Business at tho old stand of PMnixy A Olsyton,corner ol Raynoldi and Campbell streets, and will give hi. personal attention to tho S’orage, Forwarding and sale of Cotv*, and Country Produce. Conslgnmeetf ar* rsepeetfmlly so- ! MM. Augusta. Ait 10th, TBBB. J COPPER TIPS FROllcr THE . toes of children's shoes. One pair will outwear three Without tips. Sold everywhere. JaM—4 m tow APYERTISEMENIB theatre: 7 Lessees and Managers, Raymond a Hamilton^ (Also of Savannah.) Friday Evening, Fab. 2d. uOMPLIMENTAKY BENEFIT TO Mr. Theo. Hamilton, When will be presented the great Play of MARBLE HEART; Ob THE BCULPTOR’3 DREAM I With a great cast. S»ats may be secured at Schreiner’s Music Store. » e b2 ~MERWIN & BRAY, SOLE PROPRIETORS OF Ballard’s Breech-Loading Carbines AND SPORTING RIFLES, Eagle Iran Co.’a Belt and Pocket Revol vers, Colt’s Model Arms of all sizes, Single sum Breech-Loading Cartridge Pistols I)erin ger’s Old and New Model, with a complete as gprtment of all ‘he improved Sporting Arras o( 'he day. Ihe “ Ballard ” can be loaded and flred fifteen times per minute, uses either kind ot atnrauoiiion, and is effective st 1200 yards. The Eagle Arms O.’s Pistols have no equal, are loaded and discharged with four n otions, a de gree of perfection never equaled. The Belt site carries a ball 42 100 calibre, larger than Colt's Navy, weighs onlv 22 onr.e°s, using either kiud of ammunition. Tne Pocket air carri.s a ball 31-100 calibre, same as Colt’s « Inch, weighing only half as much Both shoot with great force *nd accuracy. No one wiehing a first class arm should purchase before seeing these. For further PVMcn'ara. 8 -nd te>r oronrietors’ circular MERWIN A BRAY, ,„ - N 0 868 BROADWAY, N. Y. fehl- ra MANURES. are now receiving at Low Freights, and offer to Planters at very Reasonable Ratep, Hoyt's Soper Phos. Lime Baugh's Raw Bone Phosphate Ichaboe Guano Soluble Pacific Gnano Tlie first two of these Manures have been too largely used in Georgia to need rcc<ro mendution. We guarantee them of Standard Exoellenoe. APPLY TO J. 0. MATHEWSON. f b2—tf Cotton Seed. fj BN UIN R Zipporah CcUna Seed, For sale by ISAAC T. HEAR ) A CO. f«b2— ts - FiaOtm7 I On hand and for saie, a superior lot of Family > Flour; ! IBAAO 7. HEARD & CO. feb2-tf i ! Hail to the Chieftain who in 1 Glory Advances. TC EROSENE Oil at fl 40 pe- gallon. at the [ **' -—•a* a# IlsmidtAll and Ellis fts. ’ M ~" B ' W ‘ LUa ' SIOO Reward. S , /"'VNE hundred dollars reward will be paid for 'be recovery o' two Horses, stolen Irom e m> stables, 1u Burke count v. Oa ,on the morn » tog es the 26:b January. OuoaGiev Mare, 5 years old, with a wart on her right ineej int; • vh? it a natural pacer and rather lasy. The oth-T a Biy Horse, 9 years old. bis fret worn voy much Irom cmaUnt use, and a burn tn hi UftHhonld-'r; he moves in fine style. S Bynum sad Dun -an were the pnriies who stole ] them. Bynum, 18 years old, had on when he left, a pair of corded pan*s and black sick c»at, - sod a liuen shirt marked Gee. W. Sapp, upon r the bosom. Dantan, 21 year* old, had g. atre, very tall and a!ib. They arc fron. Tenne>see Ken toe sy. The men were in iny employ. 1 Th•; above reward will be pair. f,,r the horn-s, n- d lonn hundred dollars more for the apprehension of the thieves Adcress, O. W. SAPP, , feb2—B Waynesboro, Go. Isa ao T. Hkakd. o. M. STOira. ; ISAAC T HEARD & CO., WAREHOUSE ) . A?« D r [ Commission Merchants, * AETILL give fheir prompt and personal a‘- > V T teotion to the Storage ard 8 tie of Corton . and Country Produce of every description. 1 Corner Reynolds and Mclntosh Streets, AUGUSTA. GA. s-bl—ts Truth and candor.-Th* Boyd* Prolific Co’ton fkeil I oftef f or ssli* a?e. * Ist, Entirely sound, hive never b-en »xp-'gr J to the weather, and aro w«rr nted to be a-> 1 re pregen th-m. 2d, Thry ate in s*ore. B<i, They are in racks and in good si ipuing o-- der, and * 4th, Are poIJ- sacks intladed. cheap at •L»t. L. H. !)**y.'B, Comni-sioo and Forwarding >' reha-t, feb2 —6* 291 B-rv d st. Day Board. FEW Gentlemen can be eecommoda'ed with Day Hoard, at 820 per month, by applying at ti l-* Office. feb2-l* EGGS. 6 BARRELS FRESH COUNTRY EGGS. Jast arrived. feh2-2 J_ O MATHF.WBON. Carpet for Sale. OzzinOm.c..p.i. For sale low by A D. WiLLIAMH, feb2— 4 At cfHce C. A. Willirtni A Co. Wanted Immediately, able bodied Axe Men, for whom liberal wages will be paid. Call at FLEMING A ROWLAND’S. feb2—6 Petit finlf Cotton Seed FOR SAI.E. SACKED, in store, and f.rssleet once at $1 37X perhu hel. s-eVs in..| u j f d L. B. f>* VH, 292 Broad tt Forwarding and Conmis-ion Merrherit «V>V'2- 2 WAITED IMMEDIATELY, TO purchase, or lease for a term of vearr in Oeorgit, a Oo’ton Plantation, of fro-n SCO *o 3foo acre*, or thereabouts. of tbo beat Cotton Land, wbotlr or psrtly planted, or . uliivsted, or eligible for the pnrp-w, c'nvenienily situated a< regards water or railwav carriage Apply, Birin* fullest particulars as to ttrm* situation, Ac., Ac., to Mr. JOHN HUMPHREYS, fd»>.2—2* Planters* Hofei. WANTED IMMEDIATFiT.v A N Oreraeor thorongbly conversant with tbe management and cultivation o' a Cotton Plantation in one of the Southern States. Norn need spp'y except a person who has been simi larly engaged, and wb-ee past practical expe rienoe, character and competency are unexcep tionable. A liberal rala-y will be given. ■ipp’.T, stating terms an A qualifications, with references, Ac., Ac., to Mr. JOHN HUMPHREYS, feb2— 2* Planters’ Hotel, JSJEW . AL> VERTIS RaiENTS CENOTAPH. Auction at Masonic Hall. A large lot of Choloe Eatables, consisting in part of— Turkeys, Ducks Fowls, Hams Meats, Oysters Fruit and Pound Cakes, Jellies Custards. Ambrosias, Oranges Raisins, Almonds, Ac, Ae Will be sold, wlihont any maimer of reserve, at 12 TO-DAY. , feM A Handsome Reward WILL he paid for the de'ivrrr at my office of the Negro Man who insulted a Lady and threp children, st ihe corner of Washington and Rev nolde streets, on yesterday afternoon. He is a wood sawyer by trade, as I have his wood horse at my office. If he will call for it himselt, t’ • reward will be cheerfully paid to him. JNO. A. MOORE, fe> 2 —1 Mclntosh street Georgia, Morgan county.— William I. Hnllinggwor h having applied io be appointed Guardian of the person and pro nerty ot Charles Hollingsworth, a minor, under the age of fourteen years, a resident of said county— This i* to rite all persona concerned to be end appear at my office on or bes-Te the first Monday in March »-ext. to show cause, if thev can, why the sain Wildam T. Hollingsworth sbou'd not b« apoointed Guardian of the said Charles Hollings worth. Witness my official signature. ; G B. STOVALL, fet2—e4 Ordinary Morgan county. Just Received, * COLT’S Pistols of all sms*, with improve n eut-n ALSO. Com'uitihle Fnvelore Cartridges, e T pre»«lv made for the asnre; SioMh A W-as m's 7 and 5 Shooters, and many oth-rs of the latest inven tion ; Double and Single Shot Guns of the beat European and Sineriean manufacture; Eiey’s A W. Parker’s Gnn Wsddinss Phi camion Caps of all quilit e*. Mrtalic Cartridges of every siie, Powder Fla-Vs, Ph >t Pouches and Bags. Fine fu'iery, including Razors, Hunting and Bowie Knives. Al.vo. No 1 Razor Strop*, Porte Monnies, Tooth, Kail aid Hair Brushes, Coin Vis, Perfumery, Ac, Ao. For sale at A. PhONTAUT’S apd ’ Tew( ‘l>'jr Establishment, 18S B-wad st., one door below Augusta Hotel. ie'u2 —tt W"B take this opportunity of informing the eititens of GEORGIA and South Carolina who are seeking b rgalns, to cul! end exani'ue our s'oek of the mn«t ap proved styles of Coa’p, Pants and Vests, which wc are selling at greatly reduced prices. SENATORS Statesmen, Merchants and others, who are desirous of obtaining handsome fitting gar ments, will find in the stock we have lately RECEIVED ‘ the mokt unique assortment of Clothing ever offered, auil at astonishingly LOW PRICES. Among which aro several complete Sait*, of very superior quality. To persons about to marry, we a e gratified to sny if they will treat themselves with one of these Suits they w 11 be received With Acclamations Iby their sweethearts, and be the admired of all admirers. To heads of families we ofiffer ■u-’i.-v;-...—»- o 1— nta,. where. We have a large stock of Boys' and youths’ Clothing, not to be surpassed lii the United States for quality, style aud cheapness. We can furnish all with every description and grade of Clothing, suitable to efery condition, whether you grace the Bar, the Bench, the Pulpit, or the SENATE. Country Merchants and Planters will find it to their interest to give us a call. Low Prices and rapid sale* is an established rale with us. We wish to see you call again and '■gain ; we are determined to give full satis • faction and the worth of your money. I. SIMON &, CO., Fashionable Clothing Enporiim, 224 Broad Street, AUGUSTA, GEO. dec22-.7m Aiken Classical and Mathematical SCHOOL JL mi MONDAY. Janmiry BU, UO6 I hr; well known In nithinen r.l th ; s locility m'l-A commtnd Uto nil; noil -he Pi inelpal* will sp re m> exertions to give 'o e*cb scholar 'head vantage, of ;i good English and Olon.-lo*!. da -a --t 0.1. (lorr.fi rtnbln hoard can be obtained 1 i Ibe to -n at le-ianriabl" rates . For teriLs an l p irticulara. hi ply t-- t* e ii'idor i ~ied, at Aikeu, 8. C. K. S. AGVKW a,.,. * AMOUY UOi-F? S. . -A.aCodlifl SH§UjiggJ| B ' laroakah’i BARBAPARILLA 'MBffWSjcOMPOOTD, For the jpeedy and permanent core of I/lrer Complaint, Rorotula, or Klaf'l 3Evll, Dyspepsia, Dropsy, Neuralgia, Epilepsy, Erysipelas, St. Anthony’s Eire, Pimples, Pustules, BlotehesDolls, Tnmors, Salt Rheum, Clears and Sores, Rheumatism, fain In the Stomach, Side and Bowels, Beneral Debility, Cterine I Cleeration, Syphilis and XKereurlal Dis ease, sad all complaints arising from or lesolt h»rr in Impure Blood. It Is double the strength of any other Sarsapa rilla Compound In ths market, and is Indorsed by the medical faculty aa the beet and cheapest Blood Purifier extant. Price SI.OO per Bottle. Prepared by t>K. E. B. KNIGHTS,... Chemist, Hklrose, ILsaa. LAROOKAHS IjkMjt Indian Vegetable IMligKMi syrup Cures Coughs, Colds, Whooping Cough, Croup, Asthma, Catarrh, Bronchitis, Pain in the Side, Night Sweats, Hoarseness, tq which public speakers *n<J Ringers are liable, Consumption, In Its sarly stages, sod all dis eases of the Throat and-Lungs. Indorsed by the highest medical authority, clergymen of every denomination, authors, edi tors, professors In our various colleges, and by many of oar most omlnent publio men. Containing no opium, it is adapted to every age,, and may be used without fear of the dangerous results which follow the use of many of the Cough preparations of which opium and ipeoao are the bM€s Giro It a trial. Price 00 cents and $1 per bottle. Oh. B. KNIGHTS, Proprietor, Maltese, Bast, ■OLD BY. W. H. TOTT, Augusta. D. BAUNES A CO., New York. BARNS 4, WARD A 00., New Orleans. W. H. WALSH, Gen’l Agent, Savannah. J»nl7— 6m ’ *B4 264.1 ; . fS • * AN IMPORTANT CHAPTER. The following Valuable Remedies are for Sale at the DRU 6 AND CHEMICAL STOKE OF WM. H. TUTT, #64 BROAD STREET. KENNEDY’S MEDICAL DISCOVERY, For Scrofula, Erysipelas, Rheumatism, end Mercurial Ulcers. WHITCOMBS REMEDY FOR ASTHMA, The bsat remedy extant. CHEVALIER S LIFE FOR THE HAIR, Warranted to restore grey hair to its original eolor, and stop its falling out. WATSON’S NEURALGIA KING, A valuable remedy for Neuralgia and Rheuma tism. BOERHAVE'S HOLLAND BITTERS, For Djsoepaia and General Debility. HEIMSTREET’S ORIGINAL HAIR COLORING. UPHAM S PILE ELECTUARY. GOYSOTT S YELLOW DOCK AND SARSAPARILLA, For Impurities of Blood and Cutaneous Diseases. BALM OP THOUSAND FLOWERS. MEDICATED PIGS. A pleasaut,Laxative. DR. McLEAN S STRENGTHENING OORDIAL AND BLOOD PURIFIER. PHILOTOKEN. or FEMALE S FRIEND. LUCINA CORDIAL. f MARCHISE’S U1 BRINE CATHOLICON r STANFORD'S OLIVE TAR, A sure cure for Coughs, Croup aod Whooping Cough. I . TOLU ANODYNE, , A certain and safe cure for Neuralgia and Ner , vous Headaobe. I BURNETT’S PREPARATIONS. Os Every Kind. | "SANFORD’S LIVER INVIGORATOR, A Valuable Medicine. I HEUEMAN’S FERRATED ELIXIR OF BARK, One of the Finest Tonics in the World. SYRINGES AND TRUSSES Os Every Description. 1 TURKISH TOWELS AND FLESH GLOVES. LUBIN'S EXTRACTS AND SOAPS, One Hundred Dozen in Store. CONGRESS WATER AND CITRATE MAGNESIA, Always Fresh. SPONGES, Ot all Kinds. I*fc««ri T -prp ICE g, In Great Variety. HAIR AND NAIL BRUSHES, An Endless Assortment. TEA, TEA, TEA, The Finest Imported. COLOGNES, Os all the -Best Manu'aotnrere. TOILET WATERS AND AROMATIC VINEGARS, Os Fiaeat Qualities. w ALSO, A Very Large Stock of Pare and Genuine DRUGS, CHEMICALS, PAINTS, OILS, WINDOW GLASS, And DYE STUFFS. |aali-tf TREASURY DEPARTMENT, Office ot Comptroller o! the Currency, (. Wasuinoton, December 1, 1865. f YET HERE AS, by satisfactory evidence pre *Y sented to me undersigned, it has been Aade to appear that the National Bank of Au gtHta, iu the city ot Augusts, in the county of Kichmand, and State of Georgia, has been duly organized under and according to the reuutr l mtnta of the Actnf Congra,-, entitled “An Act to provide a National Currency, secured bv a pledge of United State* Bonds, and to provide | tor tbo circulation and redemption thereof *» proved Juae »d, 1864, aud has eomplied with all the provision of sui'i Act, req Ired to be com Now, therefore, I, Freeman Clarke. Comptroll. w J 1 th , e n ar £* ,D s y ’ do hereby certify that the National Bank of Augusta, in the city of Au gusta, in me county ot Richmond, and State of Georgia, U authorized to oomraence the busineaa or bankiug under the Act aforesaid In testimony whereof, witness nay hand and sea* I of office, this fii>t day of December, lggs [L ‘k 3 ic.a FREEMAN CLARKE, No. 1613. Comptroller. The National Bank of Augusta. I /.cou.ta, Gzo., December 18tb, 1865. THIS BANK, with a capital of Fire Hun dred thousand Dollars f *500.000) naid in |w.Uope/i on Tuesday, the 19th instmffln the buidmr of the Georgia Railroad and Banking Company—entraroe on Mclntosh street—and be prepared to' receive deposits and pav checks for the same ; and ro soon as their notes for circula tion are prepared, will be ready to do a Genera Banking Justness I ' YK, B. DINBMORE, President, B- H. VVaRKEN , Vice-President, GEO. M. TUEW, (Vshier. decls—GO FLOUR, SUGAR Coffee, &c. 250 Flour 100 bbl« A, B and O Sugars 60 bags Rio Coffee 100 boxes Colgate’s. Soap 200 boxeß Caudles 8,000 bushels Black Seed Oats 50 000 pounds Unsmokod Bacon 100 barrels Whisky 600 doz Chadwick and Brooks’ Spool Thread 60 bbls Lard 100 tin buckets Lard / 400 M Ely’s Gun Caps An assortment of Ribbons, Fish Hooks, Violin Strings, and other Fancy Goods, on hantf nnd for sale low. TO ARRIVE, 600 bushels Coro 60 bbls Corn Meal For sale low by C. A. WILLIAMS k CO. fobl-icn JOHN GRAY, DEALER IN Wooden Ware, Brooms, Pails, BRUSHES, MATS, TWINES, CORDAGE, TUBS, Churns, Cradles, WAGONS, CHAIR 3, BASKETS, &c, SOS. 16 FULTON AND 202 FRONT STREBT3, ICsTIEW YORK. felil—Sm Co-Partnership Notioe. JH4VE this da- asvomatcd with in'* in the Wholesale and Retail fljonerv and C"tnmis >n Business, mv am. Matthew F. Nilson. I The bui-ines* will he conducted, from this d.te, under the name and stylo of JOHN NELSON A SON. Thankful for past favors, and soliciting a rontlnnanoe of the same, I shill he happy to see all my frier dr at the Old Stand, 3C4 Bred street. JOHN NELSON. February Ist, 1886. febl-12 ! Bagging and Bop e For Sale by I Claghorn & Herring. Ko. 7 Wnrr.n Block. fel.l—l2 Dr. Thomas* J. Kfnchley Respectfully i ff rs hla Profe«sional servoes to the citize a of Augusta. Office at H. C. Bryson’s Warehouse, cornet Broad and Koliock streets, where be may be found at all holir »- fel.l—o ! Sundries. 25 HAGS Rio Coffee 10 1 ogs Java Coffee 10 bags Laguayrn Coffee 15 casks Soot cli Ale 50 cases Bourbon Whisky Just received and for sale by O’DOWD * MULHERIN. febl-5 Boots and Shoes. THE und rsigned has removed his Boot aod Shoe Shop to the East Rid* of Jackson street, Detween wr*en<* and Ellin streets, wbrre he wttl be pleased to see all of his old oostoners. . ,■ a S. sauteh. j in2B-6 Rose and White Cloud Smoking Tobacco. MAKING been appointed sole Agents for the above celebrated brands ot Smoking ccos." manufactured by Messrs. Chocklev A Oliver, Richmond, V» , we are now prepared to furnish the trade with any quantity, on the moat tavo-able forms. Dealers are rt qu. ated to call and examine tem ples. G. B CRUMP & CO., jan.lO- 6t 209 Broad street. ON CONSIGNMENT, A URGE i,OT OF Solo Leather Upper Leather Kip Skins Harness Leather V. HENRY WARREN & C 0„ 175 * 177 B ro*J street. Harness, Harness, 300 * ) ° a,Zh *" d W **°* H "' AT HALF PRICE, ne *‘ doorto ,?!l’,!*Ji u ' Special Notice. Ffe-- OUR or «re Gentlemen can be aooommo uated with Board and Lodging. ' *PP>J J- 1> BURDETT, Janil-tf A ‘ EB ‘ Lo “*'* Stor *' Old Shades Saloon, BLUS STREET, HAS on had a,me of that Old Roblnaen owra* A * ic nM °* ) Whisk . v * Brandiaa, Winea, There is tl.t't a Shootlnjr Galler* attached All who feel I k e lidultrinß in this amuaewent w«U p'ease nitre na a oall. j,n:io-3 JAS. K. POWKU,. 50 bbls Planting Potatoes 20 bbls Apples Fop sale by W. H. HOWARD ft SON, jaoßl C Sawed Wood T AM now prepared to fnrnirh fl-st daea Dr* 1 Oak end Blackjack Wood, law-d to anj Vnjrth deal red. and delivered, at 98 60 per oord Order* left »t Machine Shop, on Kernel j* next to the Express Oompauj’e Stable, will?*! oeire prompt attention. - JacSOr-lJ A. 8. MELUKJjf