Newspaper Page Text
DmV Jj-^ffioNALIST
liigir "T ■■■
AGENTS.
The following named gentlemen are authors
iced to receipt for subscriptions and advertise- (
joents to this paper:
Jambs S. Walker, Esq., LaGrange, Ga.
Sansom A Pittard, Athens, Ga.
R. H. Vickers, Washington, Ga. 9
C. H. Andrews & Co., Madison, Ga. (
Gallaher, Codt A Son, Warrenton, Ga.
Stockton & Steed, Thomson, Ga.
W. H. Burnett, Sparta, Ga.
Fred. A. Ford, Aiken, South Carolina. ,
Col. B. F. Browne, Elberton, Ga.
A. M. Colton, Social Circle, Ga.
J. W. Treadwell, Mayfield, Ga. ,
NEWS ITEMS.
Rumors of the contemplated resignation of
Stanton are again current at Washington.
Gens. Steedman and Montgomery Blair are
spoken of as having a chance for the succes
sion.
Reports tire received from Utah that the
Mormons contemplate the abandonment of that
Territory, and a wholesome emigration to the
Sandwich Islands. It is said that Brigham
Young has purchased or secured the refusal of
two of the Sandwich Islands for future colonic
zation by the Mormons. The motive for this
is the growing popular and official opposition
to the system of polygamy.
A dispatch from Toronto, Canada, dated the
Bth, says that the Fenian cxcitemeut has some
what abated, since it appears that Sweeny is
not in Canada. Precautions, however, are not
neglected, and the police and military are on
the alert. The alarm is still widespread in the
towns on the St. Lawrence.
Mr. S. A. Maddox, an old citizen of Rich
mond, Va., has disappeared from his home, and
is believed to have committed suicide, in conse
quence of family troubles.
A terrible explosion occurred at the Mer
chants’ Manufacturing Company works, situa
ted on Swift Creek, near Petersburg, Va., last
Friday night. One of the boilers exploded,
killing four and wounding thirteen persons, be
sides injuring the building and machinery con
siderably.
Major General Fessenden has accepted the
superintendeßcy of the New England Division
of the National Express Company.
The Lynchburg News states that more than
four millions of dollars of capital owned hy
citizens of Lynchburg have be u n invested out
of Virginia in consequence of the usury laws.
The owners could not afford to lend money at
six per cent.
A large meeting of Fenians took place al
Louisville last week. In the course of a
speech Col. Roberts remarked that the show
of Irish power would 80on make the British
lion tuck his tail between his legs and slink
away. A fighting Fenian in the audience
thereupon shouted jjp the Colonel, “Be the
holy powerß, we’ll cut his tail off, so we
will!”
The schooner Charlotte Williams, Captain
Golding, bound from Plymouth, N. C, to
Philadelphia, with a cargo consisting of 139,-
000 shingles, 409 barsels of tar, and 46 bales
of cotton, was abandoned at sea on the 20th
of January, in lal. 38 46, lon. 13. The captain
and crew were saved.
The railroad bridge over tho Pee Deo river
has boon completed, and the Wilmington ami
Manchester Railroad Company are now runs
ning their trains over the bridge.
In May last the corner atone of a new Ro
man Catholic cathedral was laid in Pekin. It
ia to be of magnificent dimensions—three hun
dred-fix t long, and one hundred and fifty feet
in breadth, to the extremes of the transept.—
Its spire will overtop the loftiest of the
palaces of the Imperial City.
Dispafchea [to the State Department indi
cate that the emigration from Kurope to the
United States will this yoar exceed any pre
vious one. All the German ports, especially,
are filling up with persons desirous of securing
a passage.
Mr. John T. Raymond, of tho Savannah
Theatre, has been the recipient of a handsome
gold watch from his adrairiDg Savannah friends.
A maD, whose name is believed to be Den
son, from Harris county, Ga., died suddenly at
Auburn, Ala., last Saturday, while on his way
to Columbus. The deceased had been a mem
ber of an Arkansas regiment, and was about
fllty-eight or nine years old.
General Cass, who is at homo in Detroit, is
said to be seriously ill, and fuiling fast.
The negro soldiers stationed at Macon are
very disorderly ond insulting to the citizens.—
Last Monday, a party of them entered a white
man’s bouse and beat him severely, without
provocation.
Claiborne Duvall, a cattle driver, was shot
and killed in a house at Nashville, last Sunday
morning, by a robber.
There was a severe fall of snow at Atlanta
in tho early part of this week. It tried very
hard to snow here, but could’nt succeed.
The steamer St: Nicholas, while on her way
from Gainesviile, Ala., to Mobile, snagged
and sunk on the 3d inst. She is a total
wreck;
.Columbus has been garrisoned by negro
troops. The people have done nothing to de
serve so severe an affliction.
William Williamson, an old citizen of Mas
eogee county, Ga., died at Girard on lost
Tuesday night.
The Monroe, Louisiana, Intelligencer says
that the planters in the neighborhood of
Ouachita have commenced working in earnest.
Most of them hare secured the services of as
many laborers as they need, and are putting
their plantations in order to make a crop.—
The freedmen are working faithfully.
The Memphis Bulletin, of the 3d inst., says :
It has been ascertained lhat a regular organ
ized band of thieves has been discovered be
tween Tupelo, Mississippi, and Fort Pillow,
on the plan of Mnrrel’e gang. Tney have re
lay posts every twelve miles, where horses,
stolen at either terminus of the line, are ridden
rapidly to the first point beyond and passed
en. The riders procure other horses and re
turn, and are, therefore, never absent long
enough to create suspicion. This explains
how several horses have lately been spirited
away in a mysterious manner.
Colonel Bolling Hall, Jr., during the war
colonel of the 69th Alabama regiment, died
near Montgomery, Ala., Saturday last, from
wounds and disease contracted in the service of
bis country. He is spoken of as a gallant and
meritorious officer, and a young man of great
promise.
The residence of Mrs. Davis Pace, in Albany,
Georgia, was destroyed by fire last Tuesday
night.
There are n»w eleven steamers profitably
engaged in the carrying trade between Galves
ton and Houston.
There were in China, in 1806, 187 mission
aries, including ladies. Os these 92 are Ameri
can, 77 are English and 18 are German.
Brigham Young has been made a forlorn
widower twenty-eight times during his conju
gal experience. He endures his many bereave
ments with the fortitude of a Dahomey chief
One hundred and eigbty-five comforters are
still spared to him.
Ex-Governor A. B. Loman, a venerable and
honored son of Louisiana, died suddenly in
New Orleans on last Sunday Week, while pass
ing from the house of his son-in-law, Mr. E. F.
Lavillehouvere, in Duane street. He had boen
in his usual health, and was about to pay a
visit. A few yards from his home he fell and
died iußlantly, evidently without pain or con
sciousness of the shock He was a native of
Louisiana, born in the parish St. Landry in
1796, and filled many positions of trust, use
fulness and honor during his lifetime.
Late accounts from the West India Island
of Guadeloupe state that the cholera still cou
rt nued to rage there with fearful fatality.
A colored boy named Pete was killed in an
altercation in the bar room of the Lanier House,
at MacotL Ga., last week, by a white man
THE GEORGIA LEGISLATURE.
MilledoeviU/B, Feb. 1.
HOUSE.
afternoon session.
The House met at three o’cleck, and spent
the whole session reading bills the second time.
Milledgrville, Feb. 8, 1866.
SENATE.
The Senate met at 10 o’clock, a. m.
Prayer by Rev. S. E. Broooks, of the Bap
tist church.
NEW MATTER
Mr. Carter—A bill to limit the number of
Judges of the Inferior Court of each county to
one. Term of office, 4 years.
Mr. Casey—A resolution authorizing the
Governor to appoint a commission to go to
Washington for the benefit of persons who
subscribed to the Confederate oottou loan,
without ever receiving Confederate bonds for
ihe same. Referred. v
Mr. Gresham —A resolution to allow the 1
Treasurer of the State to purchase and open
a new set of books. Referred.
Mr. J. A. W. Johnson —A bill to fix the lia-
bilities of persons of African descent. It places s
them on precisely the same footing, so far as c
labilities are concerned, with white persons. 1
Mr. Moore—A bill to authorize persons ex- (
empted from jury duty to be made tales jurors. '
Mr. Overstreet —A resolution for the ap ’
pointment of a joint committee to examine <
into the condition of the State’s arsenal and <
magazine. <
Mr. Owens—A bill to amend the charter of 1
the Oglethorpe Insurace Co. of Savannah.
Mr. Quillian —A bill to incorporate the
flansell Manufacturing Company of Gnnpbell 1
county. 1
Mr. C. H. Smith— A bill to exonerate sher- '
iffa and their deputies from liabilities in certain
cases. It applies to cases where those officers
have received and sold bank bills, &c.
Mr. Strickland —A bill to change the time or
holding the Superior Courts of Floyd, Polk,
PauldiDg and Cambell counties.
Mr. Strozier —A resolution to authorize the
Governor to publish “hy authority” acts of a
general nature passed at the present session
of the General Assembly in such papers as he
might select. The resolution was lost.
The stay law—the special order—was ta
ken up.
After various amendments had been adopted,
pending the discussion of the bill, the Senate
adjourned.
HOUSE.
MCRNING session.
The House met at 9, a. m.
Prayer by the chaplain.
Leave or absence granted to Messrs. Sale.
J Redwine, Scanderet, Cameron and Morris.
i Resolution in relation to the seizure of cotton
by the United States military authoritiis. —
Adopted.
BILLS ON THIRD READING.
y
Bill to incorporate the Empire State Manu
facturing Companv, of the county of Newton.
. Referred to a special committee of seven.
I Bill for relief of securities on criminal bonds.
Lost.
Bill to amend section 4512 of the Code
l Lost.
i Bill to extend the time of granting lands
surveyed on head rights till 25th December,
1868. Passed.
1 Bill to amend the charter of Etowah Auro
: ria Hose Mining Company. Passed.
, Bill to amend section 3794 of the code.—
Passed.
’ Bill to appropriate a sum of money for the
i use of the State University. Lost.
Bill to allow administrators, executors, Ac.,
( to resign trusts. Lost!
Bill in reference to retail licensesin Quitman.
’ Passed.
Bill to relieve all persons over 60 years of
< age from jury duty. Passed.
! Bill to define the liabilities of the several
railroads of this State in reference to freight
1 received at their depots for transportation.—
Lost.
r Bill for the relief of Perry L. Cox, confined in
j the penitentiary. Passed.
Bill for the relief of J L. Martin, confined in
4 the penitentiary. Lost.
Bill to provide for ihe payment of judges of
Supreme and Superior courts during suspension
of civil law. Lost.
1 Bill to incorporate the Dalton Petroleum and
Mining Company. Passed.
,t Bill to charge the line botween Henry and
Spalding counties. Lost.
Bill to facilitate the trial of tenants holding
fi over, and intruders. Passed.
House adjourned, to meet at 3 o’clock.
The President mul the Freedmen.
Washington, Feb. 7. — A delegation,'consis
ting of representatives of colored people of the
, various States, called this morning nt the Exe
cutive mansion and bad an interview with the
President, for the purpose of expressing their
i views on the question now being considered,
( touching on thoir general interest and ascer
-1 taining tho ideas of the President in this con
nection. G. F. Downing, a representative for
the New England States, first, addressed the
President, stating the benefit which would
accrue from tho conferment of rights and pri
?ilegeß of citizens of the United States upon
ho colored people. He asked for the right of
suffrage, a suffrage not only in the District, but
throughout the land.*
Fred. Dougins next spoke, and said they wore
i not hero to enlighten the President as to his
duty, but to show respect, and present in brief
the condition of tho colored race Tho amend
-5 ment abolishing slavery he desired should be
■ enforced. He said the colored race was subject
i to government, to taxation, to draft, and hear
t the burdens of State, and they deserved to be
endowed with the right of exercising some of
the rights of citizens of the government,
t The President replied that he would make
, no speech. The br-st way was to talk plainly
and distinctly. If he had not given evidence
in his past course of his friendship for toe
i colored race, there was nothing now he could
, do to that end. He had said, and he repeated
it.Jiere, that, if the colored man could find no
Moses to lead them out of bondage, he would
be that Moses and lead them to the land of
promise and liberty ; but he was not willing,
under the circumstances, to adopt a policy
which would lead to the shedding of blood
and the sacrifice of their lives. He believed
that if the policy which some are persisting in
at present was carried out it would result in
great danger to the colored man. He said,
suppose the colored men now in the South
could, by a magic wand, be enfranchised to
morrow, what good would result to him ?
He then expressed the grounds on which he
was opposed to slavery, and said it should now
be abolished, and a national guarantee given
in regard to it that could not be revoked. He
stated the evil result which would accrue by
forcing a principle of the extention of suffrage
upon the people of this district or of a State in
opposition to the expressed will of a majority.
At the conclusion of his remarks, Mr. Doug,
lass said he would have to refer the great ques
tion to the people, saying he had great faith in
the people.
REPLY OF THE COLOR JCP DELEGATION TO PRESIDENT
JOHNSON.
Washington, Feb. B.—The following is pub
lished, as a reply of the colored delegation to
President Johnson, prepared after au inter
view with him yesterday :
| Mr. President.—ln consideration of a delicate
sense of propriety, as well as your intimation
of indisposition to d'seuss or listen to a reply
to views you were pleased to express to us in
your elaborate speech to day, the undersigned
would respectfully take this method of reply
ing thereto, believing, as we do, that the views
and opinions expressed in that address are
entirely unsound and prejudicial to the high
est interest ol our race as well as our country.
We cannot do otherwise than expose the same
and as far as may be in our power, arrest their
dangerous influence.
It is not necessary at this time to call atten
tion to more than two or three features in t-our
remarkable address.
The first point to which we feel especially
bound to take exception, is your attempt to
found a policy opposed to our enfranchisement,
upon the alleged hatred on the part of the for
mer slaves towards the poor white people of the
South. We admit the existence of this bos
tility, and hold that it istentjrely reciprocal, but
you obviously commit an error by drawing an
argument from an accident of a state of slavery
and making it the basis for a policy adopted to
a stalo of freedom. Hostility between the
whites aud black* of the South is easily ex
plained. It has ita root and sap fr> the rela'ion
of siavory, and was incited on both sides by the
tyranny of slave masters. Their masteis se
cured their aeeendacny over both tho poor
whites aud tho blacks ny putting enmity be
tween them. They divided both to conquer
each. There was no earthly reason why the
blacks should not hate and dread the poor
whites in a state of slavery, for it was from this
class their master received their slave catchers,
slave drivers and overseers. They wore the
men called on upon all occasions by masters
when any fiendish outrage was to be committed
upon, the slave. Now, sir, you caunot but
perceive that tho canse of this dread is re
moved ; also, slavery is abolished.
The case is antagonistic. You must see that
it is altogether illogical. It is putting new
wine into old bottles; mendißg new garments
with old cloth; to legislate from slow holding
to slow driving of the persons of a people
whom you have repeatedly declared it your 1
purpose to maintain in freedom. Besides, even
were it true, as you allege, that the feelings of 1
hostility which they entertained toward the '
poor whites, while in a state of slavery, must 1
necessarily remain now-khey are free, how in 1
the name of Heaven —we reverentially ask— 1
can yon, in view of your expressed desire and I
proffered aid to promote the welfare* of the
black man, deprive him of all means of defense, 1
and cmtbe him whom you regard as bis enemy *
wilh the monopoly of political power ? Gan it 1
be possible that you would reoommeud a party
which would arm the strong, and cast dowu
the defenseless 7 Can you. by auy possibility
of reasoning, regard this as justice ? Experi
ence proves they are often abused; men are
whipped oftener who are whipped easiest.
Pence between races is not to be secured by
degrading one and raising tiie other, by giving
power to one and withholding it from the other.
There can come a day when we can be re
moved from this country without a terrible
shook to its prosperity and peace ; besides the
worst enemy of the nation could not cast upon
its fair name a greater infamy than to suppose
that negroes could be tolerated among idem in
a state of the most degrading slavery.
G. F. Downing,
* John Jones,
Fred. Douglas,
Lewis H. Douglas,
Wm. Whipper, and others.
Didn’t that Man Suffer.
The Knoxville correspondent of the Nash,
vide “Banner” gets off the following good
thing on Brownlow :
Knoxville, January 9,1866 —There are few
East Tennesseeans who do not know John
Fleming, of this county, a lawyer of much
sharpness, with a good practice, and, as far as I
can learn, of undoubted loyalty. Well, John
tells a most amusing anecdote of our Reverend
Governor, which is too good to be lost, and,
what is more to the point, he gives it as corns
ing Irom Andy Knott, who is also a well known
citizen, and one who, bears a good record for
consistent loyalty. The pith of the matter is
contained in a description of Brownlow’s terri
ble sufferings and martyrdom, of which the
world has heard so much for the past two years,
A few months ago Brownlow sued Sneed-
Crozier and Reynolds for damages, and recover
ed $25,000, in the Circuit Court at Knoxville,
causing the property of tho-e gentlemen to bo
sold out, tfhd buying it in at his own price";
property that would, in all probability, in peace
able times have brought twice the amount of
the judgment. After all this had oceurred,
Squire Knott meets Fleming, who was one of
the Governor's lawyers (by the way they are
ail Colonel Heiakili’s constituents,) on Gay
street, and accosts him thus :
“Well, Fleming. I suppose you succeeded iu re
covering $25,000 damages for Governor Brown
low, for and on gccGuut of his sufferings as a
Union man ?’’
Fleming— ‘ Yes, Andy, we bad no trouble,
and could have recovered $50,000 just as easy,
if we had laid it.’’
Kuott —“Well. John, there’s no telling how
much that man has suffered. When he was
put in jail at Knoxville, I was in there for my
Unionism also, with about one hundred others
We ate bull beef and sour bread, and slept on
the muddy floor without cover, whilst Brown
low had a feather bed to sleep on, and had
chicken, coffee, warm biscuit, and anything his
family and friends desired to send him. Great
God ! Fleming, didn’t be suffer ! Directly we
were all sent to Mobile and Tuscaloosa, and
treated worse than damaged dogs, while Brown
low was furnished with a guard to protect him
from rebels, and sent safely through the lines
to Abraham’s bosom. Great God I Fleming,
didn’t that man suffer !
“Well,wo lay in prison and came darned nigh
starving and being eat up with vermin, itch,
etc., while Brownlow collected half a dozen
East Tennesseeans in Yankee land, organized
a traveling menagerie and allowed at 50 cents
a night, children and megers half price, ami
made lots of mnoey and kept it all himself,and
never fed bis animals at all. Fleming, Great
Godl did you ever hear of such suffering? Then
he wrote a book—an Abolition book—and sold
an interest in the copyright for SIO,OOO i*
cash, and the damned rebels then sent his fam
ily through the lines to him, where they were
all feted, toasted, and lionized. Fleming, how
could mortal man endure such suffering? Ni
sooner had old Burnside taken East Tennessee
. than he and his family were sent back home,
tbo United States government furnishing am
bulances, teams, and guards for them. When
Brownlow reached Knoxville, he took pnsses
’ sion of the custom house, as special Treasury
agent, at a salary, and appointed a set of “rev
enue aids,” bnd he soon collected about SBO,-
1 000 worth of abando ed rebel properly, which
has never been accounted for to this day !
1 Great God I Fleming,didn’t that man suffer?”
Proposed Union of Baptists and-'
Disciples.
An important proposition haa boen made,
through the Religious Herald, by the Rev. Dr.
Wm. F. Broaddus, of Charlottesville, Va., look
ing to the union of the congregations of the Bap
tist and Reformers, or Disciples, churches. Tho
points of difl.-rence between the two churches
are said to be very slight, nnd the Herald thinks
that if there can be union withuut a sacrifice of
tru'h and good conscience, itjia surely better than
a schism, with its bitter rivalry epd constant
strifes.
The following is the proposition from Dr
Broaddus :
Messrs. Editors : This is ton age of recon
struction. A few months ago the two wings of
the Presbjtcrinn Church, Old School and New
School, found a platform on which they could
unite, and nrp now hapdily joined in one brother
hood . At this time politicians are busily engaged
in efforts to re un te our scattered States and re
store them to harmonious co-operation. May
these efforts succeed i’
It has occuired to me that this would be a fa
vorable time to enquire whether there cimld not
ho formed a re-union between the Baptists and
the people railed Reformers, or Disciples. For
more than forty years this controversy has been
going on, and it appears to me to be" time that
something should he done to ascertain whet her
there he any possibility of removing the obsta
cles that lie in the way of our again becoming
tine people.
Would the parties agree to select some ten
men on each side, to meet in convention, and
have a friendly talk, with a view to consider the
question of re union ? Mu h convention could,
< f oourse, have no ecclesiastical jurisdiction.—
Their deliberations, however, mi ht help the
parties to re-unite, or else convince all hands that
re-union is impracticable.
I deem it improper, in this article, even to hint
at any terms of re union. I write to inquire what
our brethren think, and what the Reformers
think of the propriety of making some efforts in
this dilection. I hope you will give place hi
ypur columns to any Baptist or Reformer who
may choose to respond.
W. F. Broaddus.
The Rev. James W. Goss, of the Disciples
Church, responds to tbe above letter as follows :
Dr. William F. Brosddns :
Dear Brother : Your proposition, through the
Herald, of a move towards bringing about a union
between the Baptists and Diseip'es fell under
my eye a week or two since, but a temporary de
rangemrnt of the mail has prevented me fr -m
seeing a snbsequ-nt number of the paptr, and I
do not know whether your appeal hos been re
sponded to or not. It finds a responsive echo in
my heart. Nei'her we nor you have any organi
zation that can respond authoritatively to yrnr
proposition. I, therefore, partly at the sugges
tion of others, and partly upon my own respon
sibility, respond in favor of a convention com
posed of ten from each side, as you suggest. But
how shall these delegates be elected ? In the
absence of any body or tribunal authoriaed to
appoint them, may not we appoint them ? I wdl
take the liberty, then, of naming teu brethren
to act on our part, rs you will name ten to act, on
your part 1 first, then, suggest Richmond as
the place of meeting, and the Wednesday after
the first Sunday in April as the tim--.
Though you do not define the field, I assume
that Virginia only is contemplated in this spei ial
■nove, with the hope that any union which might
result heio, would iollqw elsewhere aud every
where. If you concur in these suggestions, there
wilLrt main no obstacle in the way of completing
the plan. Should your efforts to unite these two
hosts of the Almighty, and to turn their united
artillery up n the foes of Bible truth, succeed,
then indeed will your sun set with a lustre that
will leave a joyous brilliancy upon tbe walls of
Zion.'
Jn the common hope, I remain your bro her,
Jahks W. Gosh.
New York, February 9.—-Senor MackenDa
publishes a letter in the Herald, this morning,
attempting to explain the circumstances con
nected with the recent proceedings against him
of the authorities, on suspicion of bis complici
ty in a scheme to fit out on expedition in this
city, to assist. Chili in her war with Spain.—
He says that all the mysterious details of the
novel incidents of hi 8 arrest, and the inventions
of all sorts published by the press, are each
aud all of them fictions, gotten up to excite
curiosity or perhaps been dictated by less noble
motives. He ig assured that Spanish agents
were found in the neighborhood" of his honpc
at the time when the attempt to take him to
piieon took place, and that those same agents
insisted that the publip fuputionary should exe
cute it. He says at this time he will not sny
a single word in regard to bis alleged proposi*
tion to fit out an expedition against the do
minions of the Queen of Spain, neither will h e
explain tho error* made by tho telegraph in
the transmission ofilie dispatches of 4r Asia
Hunzia, Chilian Minister at Washington • f (>r
all this, at the proper time, will come before
the tribunal of jnstiso and before tho grand
jury of public opinion. He adds: "I will come
lorward alone to maintain tbe justice and legal
ity of ray proeeecflbgs, and then tho people of
the United Slates and the civilized world in
general shall know if the grand principles
which were the glory, the power and the pres
tige of this country in the old time are to-day
only a shadow of the past, or if they may still
be seen, like a rainbow of hope, by free' men
and tree people, who may be subject to the
aggression of crowned usurpers, from tbe Rio
Grand© to the Archipelago of Chiloe.’’
The House Committee on Bankruptcy and
Cusrkncy.— The World’s special says that the
House Committee on Banking and Currency
had under consideration, yesterday, the appli
cation of a bank for an amendment to tho dsn
tional banking laws ; also, to allow more State
banks to come in under the law. The com
mittee decided adversely, thua establishing a
precedent for all wen future applications.—
The committee are*agaiuat inflating the cur
rcncy by increasing tbe national banking capi
tal. The committee have done nothing on
the proposition to remove the Bureau to New
York.
MESSAGE
OF
Gov. Charles J. Jenkins,
To the General Assembly, and Proceedings of
Certain Banks in the City of Augusta
** ♦
Executive Department, 1
Milledgevills, Georgia, V
February, 6th, 1866. J
To the General Assembly :
With this communication, I transmit copies
of the proceedings of the Stockholders of the
Bank of Augusta, the Augusta Insurance and
Banking Company, the City Bank and the
Mechanics’ Bank, located in the cith of Au
gusta.
It will be s?en that the two former make
positive surrenders of their charters ; that the
two latter have taken initiatory steps to the
same end, and that they all have provided for
the assignment of their assets, real and per**
sonal, for the benefit of their creditors; that
act having been, at the date of their communi
cation completed by the President and Directors
of the Augusta Insurance and Banking Com
pany.
You are well aware of the legislation of
your predecessors, alluded to in resolutions of
the Stockholders, and of the action taken by
the Executive, by authority of that legislation.
It ia not questimed, I bel eve, that these
hanks, ard those of the State generally, were,
at the commencement of the late war in a sound
condition, carrying on within the limits of
their several charters a legitimate banking
business.
’ There is abundant reason to believe that
hut for the large accumulation in their-hands
of State securities of different kinds, which
were repudiated hy the late State Convention,
under pressure of Federal authority, and of
irredeemable Confederate Treasury notes, to
. which accumulation they were constrained to
submit, by an unusual and rigorous State
, policy, they would be in a condition to meet
all their liabilities.
If the existence of these fai ls be doubted,
the truth of the case may be elicited hy scru
tiny into their management. If the recitals
in their proceedings, herewith transmitted, be
’ true, they present a strong claim upon thejus
-1 tice of the State for such relief as it may be
competent for the General Assembly to extend.
' Certainly it would seem reasonable and bene
' fieial, as well to them as to their creditors,
that they be allowed to go into liquidation, un
’ der such restrictions as may avoid protracted
’ ard harassing litigation, without impairing
’ any security, provided by their several char
ters, for bill holders and other creditors. I
1 cannot dismiss the subject without remarking
* that if, bv conforming their conduct to statu
-1 tory requirements, the Directors and other offi
-51 cers have been placed in a situation which if
1 voluntarily assumed would have subjected
3 them to penalties imposed by prior legislation,
* justice (not charity) would suggest entire and
* prompt relief from those penalties. This just
1 measure of exemption from punishment where
s there is no guilt, could work no possible injury
. to creditors.
These remarks are pen the state
merits made in the accompanying papers, and
are intended to apply not only to the banks
above mentioned, their Directors and officers,
but to all others similarly situated. 1 com
mend the whole subject to your jast and wise
consideration.
I also communicate to the Senate, for the
use of both bodies in turn, a memorial from a
convention of freedmen, said to have been
held in the city of Augusta. Very many of
the subjec‘B embraced in it have already been
submitted to your consideration aDd are now
engaging your attention.
On the whole subject of their status —their
relation to the body politic—the large meat?
uve of protection and encouragement to which
they are entitled, and the confidence I feel in
your purpose to do all in the premises that
statesmanship and philanthropy may require.
I have already conferre'd freely with vou.
I herewith lay before the House of Repreaen
tatives, for -the use in turn of both bodies, the
final report of the Georgia Relief and Hospital
Association, from which, I think, you will
find that the complicated and difficult trust
undertaken by that body has been discharged
with commendable energy and fidelity. The
two documents last referred to are so volumi
nous that, with the existing pressure upon Ihc
officers of this Department, copies could not
he made of them without inconveniently de
laying their transmission; and hence the
course adopted.
By the act of Congress of the United States,
passed sth of August, 1861, for the raising of
internal revenue, the direct tax assessed upon
the State of Georgia, is five hundred and
eighty-four thousand three hundred and sixty
seven and onesthird dollars, ($584,367, 33-
100 )
One of the provisions of this act. authorizes
the assumption by the States severally, of the
collection and payment of their respective
quotas, and upon such assumption and pay
ment, a deduction of fifteen per cent«(ls per
ct.) without, further legislation, only thef.ax of
one year will now be collected, and pro
cess of collection in Georgia, from
directly, has commenced, though bqt little
progress baa been made in it.
Several of the Northern and Western Stales
have, as I am informed, actually assumed its
collection and payment.
My information is, tlmt the Secretary of the
Treasury declines, without express legislation
oo tho point, to permit this assumption by the
Stales lately hosijlo to the United Spates.
Such legislation may, during the present ses
sion,-bo entertained by Congress, ar.d although
in our present status wo'shill, standing with
out, witness a practical separation between the
power of taxation and the privilege of repre
sentation, hitherto considered co-relative and
inseparable in free governments, wo niay in
dulge tho hope, that whilst our voices are sup
pressed, our just claims will not bo ignored.—
Oq this, as on other points, patiently await-,
ing the prevalence of more liberal couneels, it
is our part, as it is tho unmistakable pnrpose.of
our consfilnentfl, to discharge our wnolo duty
to the government of the United States.—
Should tho privilege be accorded, it may be
after your adjournment, and in that event
any action you may deem it proper to take on
tho subject must necessarily bo hypothetical.
Should our people, in their present exhausted
condition, be called upon to pay this Federal
tax in the course of the year, and another at
or near its close, for the support of the State
government, in the next political year, the
burthen will fall heavily upon them.
In our present financial c-ondiiion, it is ap
parent that whatever relief, whether temporary
or permanent, you may determine to give,
must bo accomplished by extension of the
State’s credit. Should you incline to extend
relief in somo form, and feel no other embar
| rassment than that resulting from tho uncer
tain action of the Congress, there are two alter
natives, either of which would accomplish the
object. First, you may authorize the Executive,
in the eveDt that tho privilege be accorded to
the State, to borrow, upou her bonds," a suffi
cient sum to pay the quota.
If this course be adopted, it would be expe
dient, without loss of time, by resolution, to re
quest a grant of the privilege to assume, and a
suspension of the collection directly from the
people, until the question be determined by
Congress
Secondly, leaving tho people to meet for
themselves this Federal tax, you may relieve
them from the payment of any State tax during
this year, for the uses of tho next and rely
upon a loan'to supply that deficit. The ma
terial difference between the two expedients
would be, that allbough upon either alterna
tive, the people wouldlbe relieved Iromjone tax,
upou the second, they would have to meet the
payment before realizing the fruits of the year’s
labor. Very far from countenancing the gen
eral policy of resorting to the credit of the
State, rather than to the pockets of the people,
for the support of the government, I vet feel,
that a state of things, without a parallel iu the
past, and I trust in the future, may justify its
present adoption, without giving it the danger
ous authority of precedent That state of
things is simply 'his: On the' one hand, a
people having their individual pecuniary re
sources temporarily exhausted by a protracted
and deplorable war ; on the other, n State, con
stituted of the same people, having largo per
manent resources, and very small indebtedn-s"
and therefore entitled to abundant credit '
JJnder such circumstances, can it bo said, that
the use of that credit, tor tbo relief ot such
people, so suffering, would violate any principle
ol good government or sound policy ? I have
fell ft nay duty to ask your consideration of the
subject. *
Until the year 1864 ihe reportei of tho Hu
preme Court was required to pubish his re
ports in bound volumes
By the act of 2lst March, in that year he
was required ta publish them <<i o p £ m j, let
form, instead of in bound volum a.”'
There cun be little doubt that this enactment
was induced by the state of war then evi«t
ing but it is not limited in duration and'
without legislation, must continue to control
that officer. In point of fact, the erem« nf th.
Hon h whiln7 i .f‘‘ b,y su,pended a » public* -
s h,cb *5 r ! ,lt fts a tler| ous inconvenience.
But the reputation of the able and efficient of
ficer entrusted with that duty gj™, an °L
guarantee that th.ir publication will b.) stw
ly resumed and punctually mainUiued The
dignity of that tribunal, as well „ a wit
economy, render proper a return to the former
mode of publication. I seriously ;doubt, how
ever, whether at the present high prices of ma
terial and labor, bound volumes can be afford
eu at prices r i*ed in better times.
This matter requires legislation
, Respoctlully submitted.
Charles J. Jenkins,
Governor.
PROCEEDINGS OP STOCKHOLDERS OF
BANK OF AUGUSTA, AT AUGUSTA.
Whereas, in tho years 1861 and 18C2, as ap
pears by the records and tiles of the Bank of
Augusta, the Directors thereof, under the stings
of Slate policy, were constrained to loan to the
State of Georgia the sum of two hundred and
thirty-five thousand dollars, ($235,000,) that f
m the year 1862, the Board was again, bv a I
sort of moral necessity, compelled by the Le- t
gislature to receive in payment for all dues, (
and to take on deposh, the Treasury Notes of
the State and of the Confederate government, 1
at par value, thus being in this respect placed'
in a condition worse than that of individual
creditors, or corporations not engaged in bank
ing—and that several hundred thousand dol**
lars m these securities were received by this
Bank under the influence of these require
ments, and relying upon the faith of the State;
and whereas, it appears by the hooks that the
total circulation of this Bank is now no mere |
nan six hundred and sixty-one thousand six '
hundred and sixty-six dollars, ($6Ol 666,) and
the assets of the Bank are one million three
hundred and fifty thousand five hundred and
sevepty-three 12-!O0 dollars, ($1,350,573 12,)
and it further appears that of this latter sum six
hundred and sixty-five thousand four hun
dred and sixty-four 87-100 dollars, are of
such a character that they cannot be made
available for the payment of debts; that
lour hundred and sixtj-six thousand five
hundred and eighty-five dollars consists of
notes and securities of this State, which this
bank van compelled to receive at par value,
ns aforesaid, and which have been repudiated
and rendered valueless by tbe action of the
State itself; that sixty-six thousand dollars
($66,000) of these unavailable securities have
been in like manner repudiated by tbe Slate of
Alabama, and the balance of the sum of bad
debts cousists of Dotes and securities, which
were received under the circumstances and by
reason of the pressure aforesaid, for which this
bank was in no wise responsible ; and where
as, the assets, which aro denominated good,
and which at a par value aro rated at the sum
of six hundred and eighty-five thousand, one
hundred and eight 25-100 dollars, canuct b
disposed of at anything like such value, con
sisting as they do chiefly of lhe bonds and
stocks of incorporated companies, which have
been greatly depreciated by those disturbances
to which the country has been so recently sub
jected, and cannot bo relied upon to redeem
tbe circulation aforesaid, and this corporation
is thus reduced to a condition of insolvency by
causes which it could not control or avoid, and
to which, against the wishes and judgment of
tbo Directors, it has been to a great extent
subjected by the authorities of the State, as a
matter of alleged State policy or necessity, and
is now liable, if continuing to exercise the cor
porate franchise, to many expensive aud vexa
tious suits at law, to the prejudice of the Stock
holders. and other parlies iu ime rest:
Ist, Be it therefore Resolved hy this meet
ing, a majority of the Stockholders of this Cor
poration, convened in terms of the Charter, That
as a measure of justice to ourselves and to all
creditors of thecorporation this meeting should
surrender and abandon, aud we do hereby sur
render and abandon to the State of Georgia
that act of incorporation or charter, which by
the General Assembly of said State has been
granted to the President, Directors and Corn*,
pany of tbe Bank of Augusta—reserving to
ourselves only such aud so much power, au
thority and franchise under said charter as is
necessary and proper for the due and legal exe
cution. by the officers of this corporation, of
n deed or conveyance, by which the property
and assets of said corporation, except such and
so much as sball be required to pay the balance
of aalaiy due to any remaining officer, with
necessary counsel’s fees, and incidental expen
ses incurred by said officers for the interest of
litis corporation, shall he assigned, transferred
■ and conveyed to some fit and proper person, for
the payment of debts and liabilities according
to law.
2d, Resolved, That John Bones, Esq., the
President, and James W. Davies, Esq , now
acting as Cashier of this 'corporation, for the
purposes expressed in the abovo resolution,
shall have full power and authority for the
Stockholders of said corporation to execute,
sign and seal, with the corporate.seal or the ; r
private seals, all such deeds of conveyance, or
other writings, as may he necessary fully to
carry into effect such assignment.
3d, Resolved, That if it should Vie the pleas
ure of the General Assembly to provide by
legislation for tho immediate liquidation of the
insolvent banks of this State, and to direct
that, a receiver ho appointed for each bank, to
d epose of tho assets according to law, then and
in such case it is hereby consented and agreed
that the assignee of this Bank, as contemplated
by the above resolution, may bo converted into
such receiver, and shall have authority lo dis
pose of said property and assets, as by law
provided
4th, Resolved, That, to the venerable Prosi
dent of this Corporation, to the Cashier and to
the other officer?, who have so long, diligent
ly and ably administered its affmis, tbs true,
sincere and hearty thanks of tho Stockholders
are hereby rendered, desiring ns we do, that
in tins parting hour, this testimony 'to their
uprightness and faithfulness, may lio entered
upon the records of the corporation.
sth, Resolved, That this preamble and those
revolutions he entered upon the bonk of min
utes, and a copy thereof furnished to the Gov
ernor.
6th, Resolved, That, in tho event of the death
of the assignee before the poreplete winding up
of the affairs of this corporation, the said John
Bone 3 aud James W. Davic-s. as the agents of
this convention, may have authority 'o i p
point another assignee, in the place and stead
of the first assignee, with the sanction of the
Court of Chancery, if it be qecoss&ry.
The fpregoing resolutions are true copies of
the original resolutions adopted at a meeting
of the Block holders of tho Bank of Augusta,
held at Augusta, In accordance with due no
tice in conformity to the requirements of the
Charier, on the L4tb day of December, 1860.
[Signed] Jambs W. Daws*,
bate Cnshier of said Bank.
_ Actioi of the (Stockholders of tho Augusta
j t venlion. Surrender of the Charter and
Assignment.
y At a meeting of the Stockholders of the
_ Augusta Insurinco and Banking Company,
ie held in the city of Augusta, pursuant to notice
r>nd adjournment, on the ninteonth day of
n December, 1865, a majority of the stock being
I represented, the following resolutions were
adopted •
Whereas, at the commencement of the late
lt war between the United States and the Confed
. erate States, the company tves in a condition
not only solvent, but prosperous; and whereas,
1 by the action of the government of this State,
and not by their qwn volition, the company
> have been constrained, during said war,to ui-.-ke
J large loans to the State of Georgia, and to take,
as the only security therefor, the obligations of
® the State, which the State has in Convention
repudiated; and whereas, by like action of the
State government, tho company have been
r ' constrained to receive in payment and on dc
r’ posit the notes of the Confederate governmeht,
® which are now utterly valueless; and whereas
the seemritiea above mentioned have, in the
° manner above stated, accumulated in the
l ' hands of the company, till they have absorbed
the bulk of its means, and thus rendered it
wholly insolvent, and no longer able to con
-1 tinue its business; therefore
fl Resolved, That the Act of Incorporation, or
e charter of this company, be surrendered and
■ y abandoned to tho State of Georgia, so room ns
the assignment hereinafter set forth can be
r made completed and perfected.
e Resolved, That the Board of Directors be
* authorized aud requested forthwith to cause
f the President and Cashier, under the corporate
sea! of tho Augusta Insurance and Banking
a Company, to execute and deliver to Rob rt
Walton and William A. Walton a deed of
assignment, ooDveyiDg to tbo said Robert Wal
ton and William A. Walton, all and singular
3 the estate, goods, money, evidences of debt.
and property of every description, belonging
? to this company, real and personal, in posses
’ sion and in action, reserving what may be
’ necessary to pay for officers’salaries, incident
al expenses, aud professions] foes, up to the
execution of and assignment, in trust for tho
' payment of all the indebtedness and obliga
tions of this company, without any distinction
1 except as provided by law.
' Resolved, That, ehould the Legislature of
1 this State provide by law for the liquidation
of insolvent hanks, and direct the appointment
■ of receivers for that purpose, it is hereby con
sented and agreed that that the assignee or as
signees, hereinbefore provided for, may bepr.ru, !
receiver or receivers, under any such law, end i
may dispose of all property or a®s<?is assigned j
to him or them as aforesaid, ns by law may be
provided.
Resolved, That a copy of these resolutions be
furnished to his Excellency the Governor of
this State.
The meeting then adjourned, subject to the
call of the chairman.
H. H.
Thos. P. Stovall, Secretary.
At tbe meeting of the Board of Directors, on
the 23rd of December, 1865, present,, Dr. L.
A. Dugas, President, J. T. Bothwell, I*. I!
Phiuizy, W. J. Owens, and S. D. Linton, the
following preamble and resolution was adopted
and signed ;
Whereas, at the annual meeting of tho
Stockholders of this Institution, on the I'Jih
inst, it was Resolved : ‘‘That lbe Board of
Directors be authorized and requested, forth
with to .-ause the President and Cashier, un
der the ooporate seal of the company, to execute
and deliver to Robert Walton and William A.
Walton, all and singular the estate, goods,
money, evidences of debt, and properly of
every description, belonging to this company,
real and personal, in possession and in action,
reaerviDg wbat may be necessary to pay for
officers’ salaries, incidental expenses, and pro
fessional fees, up to the execution of said as
signment, in trust for the payment of all the
indebtedness and obligations of this company,
without any distinction except as provided by
law.” It is now Resolved, by the Board of
Directors, That the President and Cashier bo,
arid they are hereby instructed to carry into
effect tbe above recited resolution of tho Stock
holders, as soon as they may be ablo to have
the necessary papers prepared.
The above and foregoing are true extracts
from tho romutes of the Stockholders and
Board of Directors; and I do further certify
that the as.-igument has been made and record- ~
ed in the proper office. 1
[Signed,] Robert Walton,
lata Secreiary of the Augusta’ Insurance and
Banking Company.
Augusta, Ga., January 16 ~ •> ]
Proceedings of the Stockholders of the City
Bank, at Augusta.
At a meeting of stockholders of the City
Back, held at the office of the Union Bank, on
the 19th day of December, 1865, Frank H.
Miller, E q., was called to the chair, and Wm.
J Sauls appointed Secretary. On calling the ‘
list ot Stockholders, it was ascertained that 'I
twenty-two hundred and seventy-three shares c
(being a majority of the stock) were represent- .
ed. The object of the meetiag being stated,
and an exhibit of tbe condition of the f
Bank being presented, tbe following pre- t
amble and resolutions were introduced: |
After due consideration, on motion of John
Davison, Esq., they were unanimously adopted:
“Whereas, At the commencement of tne late I
war between tho United "tates and the Coufed- j
erate States, this Bank was in a condition not ,
only solvent, but prosperous ; and whereas,
by tbe action of the State government, and not
by its own volition, the Bank has beeD con- ■
strained, during said war, to make large loans ,
to the State of Georgia, and to take, as tbe
only security therefor, the obligations of the
State, which the State has in Convention repu
diated; and whereas, by like action of the
State government, the Bank has been con
strained to receive in payment and on deposit
tho notes of the Confederate government
which are now utterly worthless ; and where
as, the securi ies above mentioned have, in
the manner above stated, accumulated in the
hands of the Bank, till they have absorbed the
great bulk of its means, and thus rendered it
wholly insolvent, and unable longer to continue
Up business ; and whereas, the exigency of the
case requires immediate action, and a meeting
of the Stockholders cannot bo called in terms
of the charter, in time for the purpose, there-*'
fore,
“Resolved, by this meeting, being the repre
sentation of a majority of the stock of said
bank, that a general meoting of btockholders
bo called, to be held on Monday, the 22nd day
of January next, at 12 o’clock, m , to consider
the propriety and necessity of surrendering
the charter.
Resolved, That in the meantime, and to
avoid unjust preferences among the creditors
of the bank, the Board of Directors be request
ed forthwith to cause the President and Cash
ier, under the corporate seal of the Bank, to
execute and deliver to such person or persons,
as they may select, a deed of conveyance and
assignment of all and eiugular the estate,
i goods, monies, evidences of debt, and property
of every description, real and personal, in
possession and in actiou, belonging the
: Bank, (reserving what may be necessary to
! pay officers’ salaries, incidental expenses, and
i attorney’s fees, up to the completion of said
: assignment,) in trust tor the payment of all
I the indebtedness and obligations of the Bank,
without any distinction, except a* provided
by law.
Resolved, That should the Legislature of
this State provide by law for tbe liquidation
ot insolvent and the anpointment of
i receivers for that purpose, it is hereby con
sented and agreed that the assignee or assignees
hereinbefore provided for, may become re
[ ceiver or rsceivers under any such lav , and
may dispose of all property or assets assigned
r to him or them, as aforesaid, as by law may
, be provided.
“ Resolved, That a copy of these resolutions
, he forwarded to his Excellency] the Governor
p of the State.
“Frank H. Miller, Ch’n.
“ W- J. Sams, See’y."
, Aotion of tho Stockholders of tho Majority of
r tho S ock of the Mechanics’ Bank of Au
r gusta, proposing a surrender of its Charier,
> and an Ass’gomc-nt.
Mechanics’ Bank, 1
Augusta, Ga., December 20th, 1865. f
\ At a meeting of the Stockholders of this
j Bank, held this day, William A Beall, Esq,
t was called, to tho Chair, nnd J. A North,
j Cashier, was appointed Secrotary. Twcnty
j nine hundred and ninety-four shares were rep
j resented. After a statement of the condition
of the Bank had been read, the following pre
amble and resolution wore adopted:
Whereas, at the commencement of the late
war between the Ucited States and the Con
federate States, this Bank was in a condition
not only solvent, but prosperous; and where
as, by the action of the State government, and
not by its on volition, the Bank hai been eon*
strained, during the war, to make large loans
to the Siam of Georgia, and to take, as the
only security therefor, the obligations of the
Stale of Georgia, which the State has in Con
vention repudiated ; and whereas, by the ac
tion of the State government, the bank baa
been constrained to receive in payment and on
deposit the notes of the C jnfederat govern men*,
which are now utterly worthless ; aqd whereas,
the securities above mentioned have, in the
manner stated, accumulated in the hands of
the Bank, till they have absorbed the great
bulk of its means, and thus rondcred it wholly
insolvent, and unable longer to continue its
business; and whereas, the exigency of the
case requires immediate action, aud a meeting
of tb? Btoekbolders vaonothc called, in terrn3
of tlio charter, in time for the purpo.se ; there
for’,
Resolved, by this meeting, being a represen
tation of a majority of the stock of said Bank,
That a general meeting of Stockholders bo
called, to bo held on the twentieth day of
February next, io consider the propriety and
necessity of surrendering the charter.
Resolved, That in the meantime, and to avoid
unjust preferences among the creditors c.f the
Bank, the Board of Directors be requested
forthwith to cause the President and Cashier,
under the corporate seal of the Bank, trfoxecute
and deliver to such person or persons as they
may seleot, a deed of conveyance and assign
ment of all aud singular the estate, goods,
moneys, evidences of debt, and property of
eyevy description, real and personal, in posses
sion and in action, belonging to this Cauk, re
serving what may be necessary to pay officers’
salaries, incidental expenses, and attorneys’
fees, up to the completion of said assignment,
in trust for the payment of all the indebted
ness aud obligations of said Bank, without any
distinction, except as is provided by law.
Resolved. That should the Legislature of this
State provide by law for the liquidation of in
solvent banks, and the appointment of receiv
ers for that purpose, it is hereby consented
and agreed that the assignee or assignees here
in before provided for, may become receiver or
receivers under any such law" and may dis
pose of all property or assets assigned to him
or them ns aforesaid, as by law may be pro
vided.
Resolved, That a copy of those resolutions
be forwarded to bis Excellency the Governor
of this State.
W. A. Bkai-l, Chairman.
J. A. North, Secretary.
Better than Gold.
Better than grandeur, better than gold,
Than rank and titles a thousand fold,
is a healthy body, a mind at, ease,
And simple pleasures that always please;
A heart that can feel for another’s woe,
And share h.s joys with a genial glow,
With sympathies large enough to
All men as brothers, is bettor than gold.
Better than gold h a conscience clear,
Thom h toiling tor bread in an tumble spheie,
D 'Ubly blest with content and health,
Untried hy the lust or caros of wealth :
Lowly lying and lofty thought
Adorn and euoble a poor man’s cot.
For mind and’morals in nature’s plan
Are the genuine to ft of a gentleman.
Bot'er th. n gold is the swet repseo
Os the Sons of toil when tfuir labors close;
Better th in gold is the poor man’s sleep
And the halm that drops on his slumbers deep,
Bring s'erping draughts to the downy bed
Wbure luxury pillows his aching heud.
His simple opiate labor dooms
A shorter road to the land of dreams.
Better th- i' gold i- e thinking mind,
Th,» n. ...'in 1 !•<•■ k can find,
A 'ira-nre :-ui peering AuMr It „ ore,
Arid five with the gieat end good o!
The sage’s lord and the poet’s lay,
The giories of eaipire parsed away
Tho wor d’s gri at drama will thus unfold,
Aud yield a pleasure better than gold.
Belter than void is a peaceful home.
Where all the fireside charities come,
Tho shrine of love, the heaven of life.
Hallowed hy mother, or sister, or wife.
However humble tbo home may be,
Or tried with sorrow by heaven’s decree. 1
The bles-inps that never were bought or sold, j
And centre there, are better than gold. (
m • 1
Wliut Will us Poor Girls X>o ?
BY A VICTIM.
Alas 1 alas I for ns roor girls.
The time-i are all ami-is.
We sigh and sip h, and twist our curls, .
An'd hope lor that and this. '
Our mamma’s seek to keep the style,
While papa growls “ pooh pitch,”
And we're the viotims all the while,
What will os poor girls do?
The fashions chsnge both night and day,
By which we’re sorely vexed,
Whai’s-tan ju«t now soon fades away,
I wonder what’s the next?
The “ Bloomers ” were forsaken all, ,
Aud next the “long trail,” too,
And now down goes the “ Waterfall,'*
What will us poor girls do?
I tell yon wlutt in a single word,
We'll seek our recompense,
We’ll vote such humbugs all absurd,
And stick to common renso.
To what. Is good let ns adhere,
To all else hid “adien,”
And wo will find, both far and near,
’Tis the be«t we girls can do.
By Telegraph.
associated press dispatches
FROM WASHINGTON ~
INTERVIEW BETWEEN THE PRESIDENT
AND A COMMITTEE OF THE VIR.
OINIA LEGISLATURE
Washington, Feb. 10.
The Committee from the Virginia Legislature
held and interview with the President to-day:
TFiqy presented resolutions endorsing the poli
cy of the President. He replied, thanking
them for the visit, and expressed himself grati
fied at the sentiments contained in the resolu
tions. He declared bis intention to follow the
principle he had pursued throughout the war,
that the Union could not be dissolved, and
trusted that the time would soon come whtn
they would meet under more favorable au
spices than at present. He stated that be would
not be forced to take the position that any
State is out of the Union. At tho conclusion
of the interview, the members of the commit
tee were introduced personally to the Presi
dent, and expressed much pleasure at his ad
dress.
Washington, Feb. 12
No business done in Congress to-day, this
being the occasion of Bancroft’s address in
memory of President Lincoln, which was de
livered in the presence of a highly distinguish
ed audience.
NEW YORK COTTON AND GOLD MARKET.
Nkw York, Feb. 12
Cotton declining. Hales at 44a45c.
Gold, 38 J. _ __
Commercial and Financial
[Reported for the Constitutionalist ]
Augusta, Ga., Monday, Feb. 12, 1866.
COTTON.—The market continued unusual
ly dull, with a downward tendency. The de
cline in foreign markets has had a most de
pressing effect upon the local market : so much
so that transactions are limited to a few small
lots, thrown on the market by parties in want
of money, which are slow of sale at 38«39 for
Strict to Good Middlings. The receipts since
Saturday by the Georgia railroad amount to
1,091 bales.
CURRENCY.—DuII, but without change
as to prices.
SECURITIES.—There was some enquiry for
State bond 3 and railroad stocks.
MRS. PARTINGTON’S LAST.—THE
following is from B. P. Shillaber, Esq., well known as
the author of Mrs. Partington’s celebrated sayings :
Chelsea, Mass., June 24,1864:
Mt Dear Mr. Boom; The alarming threat, of pre
mature old age, manifest In my changing hair, indneed
me to oppose your new Hair Tint as a defence, and the
result has proved every thing I could wish. It com
pletely changed the grey, by a simple application, and
freed me from tho mould of antiquity not yet due: I
am delighted with It, and commend it to all wko, like
myself. would deprive Tfm» of an early triumph.
Wishing it the success it deserves, I remain.
Yours truly, B. P. 8.
This is only a sample from hundreds of a similar na
lure, in favor of the New Discovery, Mystikas, or Bo
ele’s Mystic Hair Tint I One preparation. Any color.
No washing before or after tho application. Safo and
reliable. This, with Bogie’s world ronownod Ilyperian
Fluid for dressing the hair, Electric Hair Dye, and
other preparations, may ho had of W. Bogle, Wig and
Hair Work Repository, Boston, and
STEVENSON A SHELTON, Druggists,
nov2B—tSm Augusta, fla.
COOKING STOVES,
Os Hie most' approved kinds, and of sizes
varying in valne from Twenty to One Hun
dred and Thirty Hollars. Every Stove sold
will be guaranteed to operate perfectly as rep
resented. Win. SIIEPIIIKH & CO.,
255 Broad street.
The old stand of W. I£. Salisbury <fc Co.
Augusta, 6th Feb., 18(16 feb7 flO*
House-Furnishing Goods.
We would invite attention to
our large and varied stock of the
above Goods, comprising almost
every article needed for the com
fort and convenience of families.
Wm. SHEPHERD & CO,
2)5 Broad street,
The old stand of W. H. Salisbury A Co.
Augusta, Ga, 6th Feb., 1866. fib7—ftO*
Well Buckets, Wash Tubs,
Brooms, Wash-Boards, Cedar
Pails, Baskets, Scrub-Brushes,
Wooden Measures and Cotton
Cards. For sale low by
Wm. SHEPHERD & CO ,
255 Broad street,
Augusta, 6ch Feb., 1866. ( e b7— flO*
Overseer Wanted.
FOR a middle aged man, of energy and.ex
perience, a liberal salary will be paid. A
single man preferred, or one of small family.
Apply n the city to Capt. M A. Dehoney, or
to J. V. Jones, on plantation, Burke county.
_ jan2B—l6
Meehanics’Bank,
AUGUSTA, Dec. 20, 1865.
r Stockholders of this Bunk are notified to
A assemble in general meeting, on Tuesday,
the 20th of FEBRUARY next,at 10,a. m, at the
office of William T. Gould, Esq , in this city, to
consider the propriety of surrer.derng the char
ter, and attending to any other matter touching
the interest of said Bank. The undersigned own
two hundred shares and upwards of the stock.
THOS. H. HO BERTS,
W. S. ROBERTS, Trustee,
JOSIAH SIBLEY,
W S. ROBERTS,
J. DANFOKTH,
JNO. DAVISON,
R C. KERR,
ALFRED BAKER,
R. CAFFIN,
M. COHEN,
JAMES B. BISHOP,
OWEN K. METCALF,
THOS. S. METCALF,
W. A. BEALL,
JAMES B. WALKER,
ROUT. WALTON, Jr.,
J. W. HORTON,
O. A. ROWLAND,
J. C. FARGO,
J. O. FARGO, Trustee
for McWhorter,
CHAS. G. BUTLER.
dec2l—lawtd
Eatonton Female School.
HAYING leased the Female Academe
will open a School on the 15tb j ng t ’
have competent Assistants and »■’’ H ecurc siii-li
others as the exigencies of *',ie School may ic
qaire.
®*.7eß of Toition ter Quarter.
Elementary Department $lO 00
Junior “ 12 Bo
Senior “ 15 00
Latin and French,, each 6 B 0
Music, per quarter 16 00
f U.-e of Piano, per quarter 100
Tuition payable quarterly in advance.
Hoard can "be had in good families at reaso.i
able rates.
_ ,lanl7—lawtw A. MOSELEY.
FRUIT, FRUIT, FRUIT.
A LL the finest and best varieties of Southern
J\ Frr.it Trees, Grape Vin s, Strawberry
Plants, Hoses. Evergreens. Ac., Ac., may be bad
, at the “ GEORGIA NURSERY.”
Enclose a postage stamp for a Catalogue, priced
list, Ac. Address
D. REDMOND,
novS— lawtf Aucusta. On.
For Sale,
MY farm in Habersham county, four miler
from Olarkesvllie, eonta-'ning seven hundred
and thirty acres. In beauty of scenery and pro
ductiveness ot soil, it is not surpassed in the
county. The ll.ve! ing is commodious and well
constructed, containing eight rooms in the body
of the building. A piazza is on the front and rear
Tho out buildings aresubstaniial, and well ad*et
ed to farming purposes. I embrace the furniture
of the house with the farm, which is abundant to
subserve the comlort of any family. The crockery
and kitchen utensils, ami all of the stock, con
sisting ol Mules, Sheep, Cattle and Hogs, will be
included in the sale. The health of the county is
equal to any on the globe- The farm is under
contract. J. WALDBUKG,
decl7-lawlf Savannah.
Just Received,
BY STEAMER,
50 SACKS COFFEE
6 bbls best Cider Vinegar
Hhds Sugar, various grades
100 English Dairy and State Cheese
377 sacks Corn
19 bbls fresh Eggs
Kerosene Oil, in barrels and cans.
And a general variety of Groceries, Hats, Ac.
W. HENRY WARREN & CO.,
febl3-l 176 and 177 Broad street.
Letter Presses,
AT
JOHN C. SCHREINER & SONS’.
f«bio-8
NEWHQMPm
AT
SETZE’S OLD STAHJJ!
M. Hyams & (Jo.,
Corner Broad aud Mclntosh streets,
J UST received in store, and constantly arriv
ing, large stock Groceries, Hats, Boots, Shoes
and Yankee Notions, all of which we offer at
Wholesale and Retail, at Reduced Prices.
OOR FAMILY GROCERIES consist of
r F”* iish Dair y Cheese
ijugar, Rsialna. nurd, Macaroni
Crackers and BUenits, of all kinds
/', ans * ru “- of a " description
PeSoer* o’in LObßter u , o oySterS and Salmon
Pepper, Ginger and Spice*, of all kinds
HATS, ,
Fine French Felt to Ordinary Wool Hats
Boys’ Hats and Caps, of every quality
BOOTS and SHOES.
For the Ladies’ Department,we havo from the
ordinary to tho finest Glove Kid Balmoral
(French) ’
and Negro Shoes, of all kinds and
prices
FANCY GOODS and NOTIONS,
Too numerous to mention, but all of the moat
Desirable Goods, as to style, quality and price.
We beg leave to call the attention of all to <mr
largo stock of
GENUINE and CHOICE TEAS,
Including all kinds Black and Green, which we
receive direct from the Canton Tea Company, and
which we will sell at Wholesale aad Retail, at
very low prices. '
Farmers’ and Planters’ Tricks, of ail kinds
thugs and Dye Stuffs, including Sa’ts, Alum,
Borax, Biue Stone, Copperas, Indigo and Con
centrated Lye,
jan!7—3a» lm
Mm FEMALE SEMIIARI
I WILKES CO., GA.,
; Wi U be opened Monday, March 5,
, BY
t REV. FERDINAND JACOBS, A. M.,
T ATE President of the Female College at
B I J Laurensville SC.
He will be assisted by competent Teachers
amongst whom is Prof. J M. FISHER A M ’
r late Principal of Music in the Lanrensvilla' Coil
lege.
. The course of study will embrace all that is
taught m the best Female Schools and Colleges
s and ail possible labor will be bestowed to render
8 the instruction thorough.
tuition :
Per session of 20 weeks sls, *2O and $25 00
- Incidental expenses j
I Instruction on Piauo or Guitar vr. no
c Use of Piano 2 sn
Drawing nod Painting ib on
French 12
T Boarding, including washing !........... 62 60
Pupß s w ho board with the Principal will pro
vide them elves with lights and towels.
Payment* in specie or its equivalent.
febS 3»aw2w
HOYmOPERPHOSPHiTET
>
P. #O3 PER TOY,
<1
n Delivered in Augusta.
d
d
w E offer the above will known and thor
oughly favorilo
2&JLI SrTTIRzE
At SB3 per Ton, in lots of five Tons. In smaller
parcels S6S per Ton.
This manu'-e ha< been used and tested in the
most thorough manner in Georgia, and lias uni
versally proved equal to any manure oflered in
iheeuliuro of eotlon. Every barrel is guaran
teed to be of standard purity. Terms strictly
cash. Below are the names of sunewho have
used and can best speak of its excellence:
Jonathan M Miller, E?q . Beech Island, S. C.
Owen P. Fitzsimmons, Esq., Jefferson county.
David Dicks n, Esq , Oxford, Ga.
J. A. Beil, Esq , Oglethorpe county, Ga.
James P. Fleming, Esq , Augusta, Ga.
Isaac T. Heard, Esq., Augusta, Ga.
Dr. 15. M. Pendleton, Sparta, Ga.
Robert F. Connelly, Fsq , Burke county, Ga.
R. J. Henderson, Esq., Covington, Ga.
Tbos. J. Davis, Esq., Beech Island, S. C.
George A. Oates, Esq., Augusta, Oa.
. Dr. IT. R. Cook, Beech Island, S. C.
Thos W. Wnatley, E.cf, Beech Island, 8. 0.
Wm, Summer, Esq , Pomaris, S. C.
001. M. C, M. Hammond, Athens, Ga.
Wm. D. Grant, Esq., Walton county, Ga.
James A. Shivers, Esq., War rent on, Ga.
J. F. Aw trey, Esq., LaGrange, On.
Wilson Bird, Esq., Hancock counly, Ga.
J. R- Morrison, Esq , Bnrke eonnty, Ga.
W. A. Saffld, Esq, Madison, Ga.
W. W. Anderson, Esq . Warren eonnty, Ga.
Judge M. H. Wei horn, Esq , Warren ee , Ga.
M. W. Hubert, Esq., Warren county, Ga.
W. H. Branthy, Esq , Warren county, Ga.
Isaac Powell, E.q , High Shoals, Ga.
L C. Dennis, Esq, Eatonton, Ga.
A.G. Hester, Esq, Walton county, Gu
Joel Mathews, Esq., Oglethorpe co , Ga.
Colonel John Billups, Athens, Ga.
Dr. O. W. Watkins, Sparta, Ga.
A. J. Lane, Esq., Sparta, Ga.
W. W. Simpson. Fsq , Sparta, Ga.
J. T. Both well, Esq.. Augusta, Ga. *
J. V. Jones. Esq., Burke county, Ga.
A. Pharr, Esq., Social Circle, Ga.
J. C. Bower, Esq, Irwinton, Ga.
R. H. P. Lazcnby, Esq, Warrenton, Oa.
James Rainsford, Esq., Edgefield, S, C.
Hon. J. J. Jones. Burko county. Ga.
8. M. Manning, Hnwkinsvillc, Ga.
E. A. Smith, Esq, Walton county, Ga.
T. J. Lester, Esq., Walton county, Ga.
John P. C. Whitehead, Esq, Burke co, Ga.
Dr. M. S. Durham, Esq, Clarke cm) Ga.
A. P. Dearing, Esq , Athens, Ga.
For prompt attention, oiders should be seat is
early, to
J. 0. Mathewson,
AGENT,
285 Broad street, Augusta, Ga.
feb6—dlmf.'im
INSURANCE^
Fire, Marine, Inland and Life.
Howard Insurance Co.,
OF NEW YORK.
Arctic Insurance Co.,
OF NEW YORK.
Adriatie Insurance Co ,
OF NEW YORK.
Astor Insurance Co ,
OF NEW YORK.
Standard Insurance Co ,
OF NEW YORK.
Commerce Insurance Co.,
OF NEW YORK.
Merrautile Insurance Co.,
# OF NEW YORK.
Morris Insurance Co.,
OF NEW YORK.
Pacific- Mutual Insurance Co..
OF NEW YORK.
United States Life Insuramce Co.,
OF NEW YORK,
With a wets of $5,745,000, chiefly in United
States Ronds and Bonds and Mortgages on Real
Estnto in the cßier of New York and Brooklyn.
MARINE and Inland risks can be taken'on
one vessel to the amount of SIOO,OOO. Fire
taken in ihe city or country. Losses fairly
adjusted and promptly paid. Otli;e next door to
4he Bank of Augusta, and iu the building occu
pied by J. C. Schreiner A Sons, n» a Book store!
WM SHEAR, Agent.
Augusta, Deo. 29th 1865.
dec,29—d:imt6*c2
New Books,
AT
JOHN C. SCHREINER & SONS’.
Can you Forgive Her—By A. Trollope.
Mothers and Daughters—by Mrs. Gore.
The Old Love and the New—by the author Os
" Hin-Pecked Husband.”
Fanny DeLacv—by Ellen Wallace.
Belton Estate—by A. Trollope.
Family Pride—by the author of “ Pique.”
Like and Unlike-by A. 8. Roe. . . - -*•-
Old and his Foot OavaTry-be»t Life of Stone®
wall Jackson. «-
Story ot Elizabeth—by Thackery.
fehio-fl
FOR SALE. ' j
50 ELS Hnnßnrilin Grass ‘feed fog JM
ffb9 6 J. MOSHER A CO,