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' DAILY CONSTITUTIONALIST
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STOCKTON GO-'
AUOUSTA. GA.
FRIDAY MORNING, FEB. 16, 1866.
interesting reading matter on 4th page
THE IMPENDING CRISIS IN FI
NANCE.
The Hon. Secretary of the Trtasory, Mr.
McCulloch, as far hack as last Automn, pre
dicted a financial crash of a terrible and over
whelming description, if business did not re
turn to legitimate channels and business men
abjure stock gambling and speculation!? We
foresaw, at the time, the substantial nature ol
liis admonition and prognostic ; likewise, did
we anticipate that this caution would go the
way of all good dvice. Insteud of growing
more hoalthy, trade became morn morbid ;
instead of a cessation, speculation became
more rampant than ever.. The admonition
having been overslaughed, tie prophecy
trembles in the balance of fulfillment. That
this money cris ; s is imminent, few have the
hardihood to deny ; how it will eventuate,
when and by w hat gradation, equally few can
certify. The bald fact of its final advent still
remains, and we propose to deal with it briefly
and temperately, regretting its probability
and suggesting au ounce of prevention, as far
as our beloved Eection is concerned.
Very recently, the rate of interest at the
per centum. Ordinarily, a British capitalist
can get but three per cont and a fraotion for
investment in the National funds. When the
%nited States nominated in its uttered bonds
a rate of in*erost more than twice as great,
having maintained iiseif against absolution
successfully, it was perfectly natural that for
eign capitalists should seek these securities to
the abrogation of those at home. Such has
been the case to a tremendous amount. Fur
ther, there has beeu a vast exportation of
goods and merchandise to the extent of
many millions, for which the British shipper
has received in return little else but railroad
debentui'63 and United Slates bonds. Still
further, the 15»st, from whence she drew her
cotton mainly, is draining England of her
coin at a most inconvenient moment. To
check this outflow of their gold, the Bank ts
England increases its rate of interest to tempt
capital back and, if necessary, will still more
summarily check the gold flux by augmenting
interest from eight, to fourteen per cent. As
a matter of course, under such pressure, United
States securities must decline and, instead of
paying for imports with bonds, gold payment
would be demanded. Here is a big game o r
‘ kite flying” going on between the two coun
tries and the panic in England cannot fail to
react upon us, finally. Whether the crisis
will commence in the realm of John Bull or
not, we are hardly prepared to answer, but it
will not require the interposition of the soventli
son of a seventh son to foreshadow what
would be tin* result and where would be the
collapse, if Mr. Bull should take it into his
cranky head to send the aforementioned secu
rities tumbling pell-mell back for sale. At
any moment, the debt of the United States
may become as unwieldy as it is gigantic, and
win n ilia* fatal nrr'mcnt supervenes, earthern
jars should steer clear of the iron pot.
Mr. McCulloch’s advice, as wo said before,
Las been unheeded and tho deluge is about to
sweep over the land, as he saw it would, in the
glimpses of his prophetic soul. That, in such
an issue, he will attempt to save the Govern
ment credit, as far as possible, we confidently
believe ; that be will bo powerlers to save
those who refused to tread in the path of sal
vation, wc feel assured. For the North, it
will be to the great majority “sauce qui
pent" —devil take the hindmost.
For the South —we hope better thing* but,
so stiff-necked is all humanity, we fear that a
large share of disaster will be our lot. Can
we avert the full vehemence of the storm ?
We believe it possible, if meu will earnestly
goto work and prepare ngainst the wrath to
come. Our people, at present, have a cotton
mania; wc mean them to despite when we say
that they are cotton-mad. They thiuk and
dream and talk of little else ; and thu9 think
ing, dreaming and talking—they plant noth
ing else. The exclusive cultivation of this
staple is based upon the idea that it will com
mand some forty cents per ponnd, this year.
Sincerely do we trust that it may go a bow
shot boyond that figure, but, let us suppose
that it decline below it, nay below even twen
ty cents. The possibility Qf such a fell, may
well make men bestitate how they venture too
broadly upon grave experiments ; may well
make them reflect upon the propriety, nay
the sacredness, of husbanding an abundance
of meat and'bread. Suppose the cotton crop
be a failure or does not command anything
like the figures speculated upon, what will
the farmers and tho people do for the ncces
sttritv of life when money ;a unstable and the
wherewithal to procure such necessities is in
tho vocative ? With plenty to eat, we can
feci Independent, ay, we will lie the most inde
pendent section of tho land. All other evils
have done their worst for us ; let us not add
to the present misfortune, one so horrible that
language shudders to convey it. We know
that this is politic waring, but not more po
litic than opportune. We do not set up to
boa Cassandra in breeches and little affect the
lugubrious in anything. But when wo ob
serve the leaves rustle and the seu look grey ;
when the thunder-cloud rumbles blackly
above us and the pattering of rain smites the
mast ; when the pilot sings out “breakers
ahead” and the crew sit down to gamble—
verily, by such tokens, one may assume the
divining rod and grow weathorwise. We bid
our people make themselves doubly secure.
Will they heed the premonitory meuacaeof the
tempest by sheltering their families or will
they sacrifice to Piutus the first frutts of the
land which appertain to their household gods?
Mr. McCulloch, we opin°, as far as the Gov
ernment is concerned in its strategy with the
Bank of England, is master of the situation.
The grand combat is between New England
and Old England manufacturers for agricul
tural staples. Great bids will be made to the
South by both, bur the policy of either is to
sque ze this lemon to the utmost. Prodig
ious efforts are being made, by the Yankees
especially, to stimulate the growth of cotton
and that alone. Did the subtle reason for such
efforts ever occur to the planting community ?
If not, we cun assure them that it is for no
other ulterior purpose than cheapening cotton
for the manufacturers and forcing the South
to exchange with them for breadstuff* and the
like. That is ihe sum and total of the com
bination and shamefully is the South being
wheedled into the mesh. Let us make
Bread 1 Political vassalage is bad enough,
but it is the worst kind of bondage to depend
upon others for bread.
Somebody writing of Seoator Sumner says :
“ He scrupulously patterns after tbe English,
but m doing so he apes their rices and affec
tations, taking no heed of their generous and
noble qualities. In statecraft he is weak and
> purblind. He tampers coatiuually with the
letter, but brings no practical wisdom to bear
**P on *be spirit of tbingi. He has blackened
the end of his nose, and is content not to see
beyond it. He originates nothing of import*
anw, is weak and querulous in thi attack, and
feeble and ineffective in defense. He neglects
the Sqnateto address gdleries that retuse to
l ' Bl . en . ,o hlm > »nd he substitutes for the
point othis argument some Greek or Lat
‘n .‘tolen laboriously, and *s tat
ou hfc lips as it u futile in his speech/’
~ 3f
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Primary History of the United States.
History of the United States up to the
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Thoughts on Personal Religion. By Ed
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Lyra Americana.
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Thackeray the Humorist and the Man of
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The Band-Book of Dining; or, Corpulency
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From the New York Day Book.
Financial and Commercial.
We have the statement of the public debt of
tl.e United States up to February Ist, 1866,
and it stands thus: $2 824,391,600. We do
not aee line roduciion no bopofwlljr promiaoJ.
The war virtually closed near six months ago,
and yet the sum total remains at the original
(Inures, and we see efforts to induce tho gov
ernment to assume the State obligations, which
have grown out of the bounty rayments. If
thus assumed, the footings will carry the sum
quite beyond $3 000,000.000.
The debt, bearing ooin interest, is $1,161,-
149,741. The debt, bearing currency interest,
is 91,191 295,881. The matured debt, not
presented for payment, is $lO9 933 032. The
debt bearing no interest, consisting of U. S.
ootes, fractional currency, and gold certificates
►of deposit, $458,848 647, making up the grand
■ otal of $2 824 391,600. The amount in the
Treasury is as follows: Ooin, $51,443,161;
currency, $56,050,180. Total, $107,493 348
Regarding the resumption by the govern
ment of the State debts occasionedby the war,
it will make no change in the condition of the
people. Whether they are taxed by the .State
or Federal authorities!, it is all the same; the
taxes will be ground outot theru.
As every debt, State and national, is a niort
gtige upon labor, and as every lank note,
Suite, national, or private, is a floating debt
upon which tho people are paying six or seven
per cent., the great laboring portion will not
be gratified to know *bat the national bank
ei'culat.ion, in forty-three States and Territo
ries of the country, has now reached within a
fraction of S3OO 000,000. An effort has been
made to increase tbo circulation to S4OO 000,-
000, and if the speculators and gamblers of the
country can saddle labor with a further load,
the interest on the extra $100,000,000, they
will be sure to do so.
We are now suffering under the effect of
near $1,000,000,000 of currency, and the evil
of thin plethora of paper money is not realized
by the commercial portion of the people. They
see the disturbance of the law which governs
trade. They see that ‘ supply and demand”
do not, as of old. regulate commerce, and pro
dnoe healthy results; and while endeavoring
to ascertain the cause of ibis irtexpficable con*
dition of things, they oveilook the prinoipal
disturbing element—too much paper money.—
In the (ace of this great fact, that we already
have more paper money than we need, that
an excess of paper money is a commercial
evil, an rffirt. is now being made to foist
SIOO 000 000 more upon us.
Is this huge volume ol currency needed tD
the present condition of restricted demand for
production, growing out of restricted consump
tion ?
As we have stated time and again, when
upon this mi> ject, the South is all but ruined,
and can buy but little for tho next decade of
years. The wealth of the South was the wealth
of the Union. It entered into all the chan
nels of trade throughout the North, as well as
it homo, and in thus blotting out so much of
the solid pro-perity of that section, we have
■rapped the commercial foundation of this.
Sixteen States of the South wero more or
less ravaged by war. The State of Lou sians
is reported by careful estimate to have suffered
to the extent of S3OO 000,000. If we assume
'hat tho sixteen Stales have averaged only
half that amount, it gives the terrible result of
the havoc, a portion of it wanton and unpro
voked, at no less a sum than $2 400,000,000,
almost as large as the reported public debt.
Can the South in the next quarter of a cen
tury resume her position commercially, in this
Union, with $2 400,000,000 of solid wealth
blotted out ? And if she cannot, shall we be
able to take along the load of taxes ourselves ?
The pleasant picture which the political
economists, who belong to the Thad. S'evens
party of the country, are daily presenting of
our glorious future, will Soon begin to fade.
The reports of disappointment throughout the
manufacturing disiricts of New England, in
consequence of the non-appearance of buyers
from the South and West, are now floating in
commercial circles here, and in nicety days
we look for a dismal howl from the fanatics of
that, section.
New England months have beep filled with
bread, and New England backs covered with
broadcloth, mainly through Southern labor,
and most righteous will be the visitation of
commercial and manufacturing prostration
upon that locality. We shall all suffer, the
entire North and West, but not to the degree
of that land of tho Puritans, that abode of all
the virtues and alt the Christian morals, whose
people have bean evangelizing the world for
the past eighty years, and from whose princi
pal seaport, Boston, not ninety days ago, a
vessel left for the eoast of Africa with not only
missionaries, hut with that jolly production
of the home of the pilgrims, Known in com
merce, and mo a t. especially known on the As
rica-' aoast, as New England rum. New Eng
land is now greaniog over a dull boot and
shoe market, an item of manufacture the South
used to tak- from her to the amount of thirty
millions of dollars psr year, anc her aggregate
sales of miscellaneous merchandize to that
section were valued at sixty millions of dol
lars per year. New England is bankrupt if
she los'S this sum, and she will so lose it as
true as time rolls round.
One of the peculiar features of the times is
the enormous increase in the value of city
properties. All over the North this is the
case to a cerlaiu extent, but partisularly does
it apply to the city of New York Remote
residents will scarcely believe tho representa
tions that are made of the extraordinary rise in
rents, and vhluation of dwellings in particular
localities. It is estimated that two thousand
houses are needed, which would accommodate
four thousand families, who are now forced to
accept the questionable comforts of a boarding
house. Rents are up 25 per cent. Fifteen
hundred to two thousand dollars per year are
cheap rates; six, eight, ten, and as high as fif
teen thousand dollars per year are paid for fur
nished dwellings, while the pum of ten or twelve
thousand per year ie paid for unfurnished.
In the face of these extraordinary facts, coun
try property, which can be reached in less time,
and at half the distance, off the Island of Man
hattan, goes a begging. Fine houses in the
country, with acres attached, sixty minutes ride
from the city hall, can be bought at one half
the price of dwellings of like character, with a
single lot, 25x100, in New York, sixty minutes
ride from the same point. Yet the New Yorker
is hliud to the advantages of a pure atmosphere
nr.d tho beautiful green fields, lie sees no
corafor' in the ownership of the vine and fig
tree. He cannot appreciate his own strawber
ries and cream. He had rather drop into Tay
lor’s, or Delmonico’s, or the Mniion Doree, and
pay a dollar a saucer for the two days old fruit
smothered in questionable lacteal, or a dollar
a bunch for the black Hamburgh or Golden
Chassala, than go into the country and raise
them. The ways and means by which three
enormous rents are paid is one of the mysteries
of the day. Store rents are advancing rapidly.
Losses of $15,000 per year, have been raised to
$30,0 0, and as high as $45000 per year is
obtained for first class stores. Farms are cheap,
country property is going a begging. Agricul
ture is neglected, farmers are sick of the slow,
plodding life which gives them an independence
in not less than a ten or twenty years toil, and
they consider that rate of getting rich too mod
erate altogether. They have seen the fortum s
made in an hour, as it were, and that toil which
makes the brow sweat, but the rest sweet, that
honest occupation which is called labor, they
are disgusted with, and have come to the cities
by thousands, to, as they suppose, pick up
greenbacks in tire street. Hence the crowded
hotels and boarding houses, and the rise in real
es'ate. The end is not yet.
Railways are unmi«tably falling eff in their
stock values. The leading roads of the coun
try are earning less per month than at any pe
riod in the past four years, and the long ex
pected, widespread reduction of business touch
ing every department of commerce, trade and
manufactures, aud .affecting, of course, the
freight and traffic of every land and water-line
in the country, ia now drawing upon us.
Governments on Saturday closed dull.
Money was 6 to 6 per cent, and gold at 189$,
It opened at the beginning of the week at 141$
r Although imports the past week were large,
foreign billa were quoted weak at 109, but it is
not possible that these figures will hold. With
no exports to offset our enormous foreign pur
chases, an advance must take place.
The following table shows the aggregates of
the last weekly statement of the New York
Associated Banks compared with the returns
of the previous week :
Jan. 27 Feb 2.
Loans $240,407,886 $242 610,882
,-tnecie.. 12,166.750 10.537.474
Circulation 20.9(55 883 21 494,234
Deposits 195,012,454 191,011 695
Legal Tender- 70,319,146 68,786,250
The deviations from the returns of the previ
• us week are as follows :
fncrease in loans $2,102,566
Decrease in specie. 2,169,285
Increase in circulation 628,351
Decrease in deposits 4.000 750
Decrease in legal tenders 1,522,896
The local movements in real estate continues
to surprise prudent men and amaze the out
-iders, but at the same time holders are, of
course, well pleased. The country is not de
monstrating that commercial activity which
•he season should show. New York depends
upon tho country to support this huge advance
in real estate. How is it to be done ? The
country has been depleted of its people. T.hous
nds have flocked to the cities to reap the rapid
fortunes they have heard were gathered in an
hour, as it were. Disappointment awsitsThem
all, but before it comes, these high rents we
hear about will strip them clean of whatever in
money they msy have brought here, and when
their golden dreams are over, they will return
to the country again, prorer but wiser men.—
New York cannot depend upon her sales to the
country the present year by which to support
the huge rents her merchants are now paying.
In this she will be disappointed, but millions
of paper money are now being brought here,
and will be spent here, and when it is gooe,
and we rely ou the legitimate profits of coun
try trade, we shall awake to the actual condi
tion of things. Ben. Franklin.
A CHAPTER OF HORROR.
LOSS OF THE STEAMSHIP LONDON.
INOIDEMm o» HEMOIBH AND BrrXBRINO—NOBLE
CONDUCT PP THE CAPTAIN —MARVELLOUS ES
CAPE OP THE SURVIVORS.
The wreck of the Australian emigrant ship
London, with the loss of over two hundred
lives, haa already been recorded. The English
papers received by tne Africa furnish details of
tha catastrophe, excelling in horror and in
terest anything of the kind that has occurred
in Europe since the loss of the Royal Charter.
HEROISM OP THE CAPTAIN.
It was not till 4, a. m., on Wednesday, the
lOlhinst., that Oaptain Martin resolved to put
back to Plymouth, the London being some
two hundred miles southwest of Land's End.
But it seems to have been already too late.—
At half-past ten on Wednesday night a tre
mendous sea swept the ship, broke into the
engine room and put out the fires. This wag
the night on which the thirty vessels were
wrecked at once in Torbay. All the passen
gers of the Loudon worked at the pomps,
while the gale became a hurricane, and the
ship was 1 -sing all control. At length, at 10,.
*. m., on Thursday, Captain Martin called
his passengers together, and told them that
they nous': prepare for the worst. The ship
Irid already sunk as low as her main chains.
One boat was lowered and instantly swamped,
but the five men in her were dragged on board
the ship.
No attempt was made to latmch the other
boats ; but the passengers gathered into the
chief cat'in, having been calmly assured by
Osp'aiu Martin that there was -no hope left,
'hey quietly joined with a clergyman in prayer.
There was no wild and selfish terror, no
screaming, no rushing to the boats ; there was
the agony of sudden partings, and ot everlast
ing separations of parent and child, and hus
band and wife ; but, with the example of Cap
taiu Martin before them, ail these dying men
and women were composed, aod all resigned,
while the children wondered and asked why
their fathers and mothers looked so sad. Cap
tain Martin remained at his station on the poop,
once or twice only going forward, and once or
twice into the saloon to join in the devotions of
the passengers. At, two, p. m., the few men
who were destined to survive to bring the sad
story home—sixteen of the crew and three of
the passengers—determined to trust themselves
to the chances of the sea, lowered away the
pinnace, and launched her clear of the ship.
These men called to the captain to come with
them, hut, this brave and steadfast Euglish sea
man declined, saying. ‘ No, I will go down with
tho passengers; hut I wish you God sceed, and
safe to land.” The boat then pulled away,
and five minutes after tho London, with 270
souls on hoard, went down, and all was
over. It seems that after the pinnace came
away an ineffectual attempt was made to get
tho other boats out, but it was toolate.
DEM KAN OR OF THE PASSENGERS.
The agony of suspense had been so long
maintain' d that on the day the London found
ered the passengers were peifectly quie‘ and
unexcited, and a surprising degree or resigna
tion was exhibited throughout. It, was on that
night that after the sea had peured down the
hatch the captain said, ‘Boys, you may say
your pravers-’ At twelve o’clock on the fol
lowing night, Mr. Draper held a general prayer
meeting in the saloon. An extraordinary fact
deserves to be recorded. A poor old couple,
who had three children with them,had tri»d in
vain three times to go upon their voyage. First
in a vessel unknown, and which was wrecked ;
next in the Danoan Dunbar, which also was
recently wrecked, and lastly, Gardner, the
steward, paw the poor wife washed overboard
from the London, to leeward, her husband fol
lowing her presently beneath the billows.—
AmoDg the passengers were two stout old peo
ple who had become favorities on board, Rnd
who had been sent for by their only son. The
poor creatures on learning that they must
drown, took a small quantity of brandy and
went below to die together in their cabin. Mr.
Be van, a wealthy coach proprietor, and his
wife, of Melbourne, who had been enjoying a
trip in Europe; Mr. Lemon, ironmonger, Burke
street, Melbourne; Mr. McL=an, owner of ex-,
tensive baths, opposite the Albion Hotel, Mel
bourne, who had brought his s«n to be edu*
cated.in England,and Mr. Barnett,Russell street,
Melbourne, were among those who perished.
BROOKE, TUB TRAGEDIAN.
Down into the waves with two hundred and
sixty-nine others has sunk Gustavus V. Brooke,
the famed tragedian, who was bound for the
country which had been the seene of a reverse
of-fortune to him. but previously of many bril
liant successes. He will be well remembered
as a tall man, of powerful build, and he is sta
ted by the rescued passengers to have exerted
bis strength to the utmost in helping to keep
the ship afloat. The Dutch portion of the crew,
twenty-one in Dumber, refused to work, and
according to the English sailors who were
saved, these men wont to their berths and re
mained there, so that (lie passengers bad to
work at the pumps for many hours with the
English seamen. Mr. G. Y. Brooke exerted
himself incessantly. Attired only in a red
Crimean shirt and trousers, with no hat on, and
barefooted, he went backwards and forwards to
tho pumps until working at them was found to
lie useless, and when last seen, about four hours
before the steamer went down, he was leaning
with grave composure upon one of the half
doors at the companion. His chin was resting
upon both hands, and his arms were on top of
the door, which be gently swayed to and fro,
while he calmly watched the sceoe. One of the
passengers who saw him hss said, •“ He had
worked w, nderfully, and, in fact, more bravely
than nny man on board of that ship.” To the
steward, who made himself known, Mr. Brooke
said, (, If you succeed m saving yourself, give
ray farewell to the people of Melbourne.”
STICKING BY WIFE AND CHILD.
One of the passengers in the boat—Mr. John
Wilson, a native of Montrose—went down into
the cabin and endeavored to persuade a friend,
Mr. Joha Hickman, from Ballarat, and brother
to Mr Hickman, aolicifor, of Souihainpton— to
attempt to save his life by going into the boa';
but after being entreated, he said, “No. I prom
i->ed my wife and children to stand by them,
and I will do so ” The water was then con
siderable depth on the lee side of the saloon,
indeed over the top of the berths; and he asked
Mr. Wilson to help him in removing his four
children to tho windward side, out of the water.
This wes done; aud then he shook hands with
Mr Wilson,with “Giod bye, Jack,” and parted
from his friend forever. When last seen Mr.
Hickman was standing in a row with his wife
and children. This occurred about au hour he
fore the boat put off; but probably they hud
perished by that time, as the water had before
then poured ifito tho steamer through her cabin
windows, ar.d when the boat left, the sea was
flush with the top of tho poop deck, and the
corpses of drowned women and children were
floating over the deck.
ROOM FOR ANOTHER.
When the men were all in tho boat, one of
tiie seamen cried, ‘ There may still be room;
fetch a lady.” Mr. Wilson then sprang over
a portion of the deck in search of a lady he
knew, but not seeing her, and knowing that
every instant was precious, he said to a young
girl, “Will you go?” She did not refuse;
therefore Mr. Wilson seized her and took her
to the bulwarks; but when she looked over
the rails and saw the distance which ahe
must spring, she said in despair, “Oh, I can
not do that.” There was no time for persuasion
or parley, and Mr. Wilson was obliged to drop
the girl and jump from the steamer to the
boat, which he fell into safely. The ship was
being washed over to the boat, towards which
it lunged heavily.
THK captain’s LAST ACT.
The captain, who was walking calmly up
and down the poop, had refused to leave his
ship, but. just before the boat put off he had
the consideration and presence of mind to give
those in the boat their “course.” He to : d
them that it lay east northeast to Brest, which
was correct. Before the |boat could be got
off it waa in great dauger'of being sucked
down with tbe ship, which was rapidly Bat
tling beneath the water. The- swirl of water
round the stern that preceded the foundering
had already begun to be excessive, and (he
boat waa therefore hastily got away.
A THOUSAND GUINEAS FOB A LIFE.
At that moment those in the boat were piVa—
ously called upon by a lady about twenty-th, ree
years of age, who, with a face which way , it jg
stated, lived with horror, shrieked out with a
horror of “ a thousand guineas if yen'll take
me in." But in that solemn hour millions of
money would have been accounted valueleis,
and to return must have resulted in destruction
to all. One of the seamen baa stated that
when the boat wss pushed off, and the captain
had wished those in her “God speed’’ the
men resolved that no danger must be allowed
to accrue to them from further crowding, and
that some j>f them drew their knives, with n
determination of cutt>'jg off the hands of those
who might leap from the ship and endeavor to
cling to the boat’s gunwales. It is also stated
that long before this, when it was first made
known that the vessel must go down, a passen
ger brought on deck a carpet bag, and that on
bis doing so, the captain gave a short mejan
choly laugh, and then smiled, as one of the
passengers expressed it, “ at the preposterous
idea of the man’s thinking at such a lima of
his property."
THB LAST GLIMPSE OF THE DOOMED.
Two passengers were seen with life-bells,
but pfbbably none were alive when th *y came
to the surface. Tho spectacle was only to be
seen, for in the din of the tempest, no cry from
the sinking multitude could be heard, and
soon a vestige was visible. As the ship
sank, it was seen that all on deck were driven
forward, not by water, but by a tremendous
and overpowering rush of air from below,
which, as it escaped through the deck as well
as the hatches, impelled all on deck forward
with violence, and their dreadful struggle
must have been soon ended. It was remarUP
ed that the third officer, whose name was Aqjf
gel, Btood to the last at his post, at tbedonkpgj
engine, which was employed in working tin
, .pumps, a d that his hands were on the
gine even as the vessel disappeared.
THE PASSENGERS SHOOTING THEMSELVES TO AVOID]
DROWNING
Several revolvers were seen in the hands oi
passengers, who did not conceal their intention]
of shooting themselves when the last moment
came, preferring to meet their death, when in.
evitable, by at bullet rather than by drowning.
The steward, indeed, overheard an offer by the
owner of a pistol to a friend, that he would
shoot him if he desired. The well-meant offer
was at that time declined, and whether these
intentions were carried into execution is not
known, but no report of fire-arm? were heard
as the steamer foundered;
THE ESCAPE OF THE BVHTITORS
Leaving the sad circumstances connected
with those who have petished, there is some
thing to narrate concerning the adventures of
the small remnant of the crew and passengers
who were saved. A compass had been given
them by tl e captain, and under the directions
of King, the men agreed that whatever might
happen they would sit unmovable, except when
pulling at the oars. Two worked at each oar,
and they ran before the 83a. Every nerve wss
exerted to make the boat withstand the fearful
to?sings and the strain as she mounted the
waves and became surrounded by (he surge.
Before daylight, and as the moon rose, the men
were overjoyed at descrying a vessel close
alongside. They hailed the ship and were
heard, but as they could present no light,
they could not be seen, although they could
see the ship tacking about for an hour, tvyiDg
to find them. The seirch was fruitless, and
the ship was lost sight of. The boat had
not been rowed during the time the ship
was sighted, but simply kept betore the
wind until day-lignt, when no vessel was
visible The men adhered to their coarse,
and at nine o'clock sighted two vessels,
but were prevented from making for them by
the cross seas They rowed for one of them,
however, for five heurs. When at last they
came up to her they fonnd her to be an Italian
bark, theMarianople, Capt. Cavassa. Juntas
they were approaching the vessel they were
struck by a heavy squall and shipped a sea, so
that all in the boat gave themselves up for lost
but by only one of the men moving in the boat
to bail her out, and no tresh seas striking her.
they were enabled to bale her clear, and bring
up alongside the bark A line was thrown to
them, and they w-re drawn up to the deck,
where they found themselves comDletely be
numbed by the exposure to wh eh they had
been subjected Captain Cavassa. who could
speak little English, to whom the men feel
grateful to extremest extent, used more means
for their recovery and for their comfort than
simple humanity would dictate. He had the
men stripped, rubbed, clad in fresh, warm
garments, and killed for them a turkey, be
sides providing tea and soup, and setting apart
for them warm beds.
The Shenandoah
j LETTER PROM CAM'. WADDELL—AS INTERESTING
A letter from C*pt. Waddell, late of tbs Con
federate crusier Shenandoah, has been made
public. The captain appears to fr6l bitter dis
appointment over the result of the late war. He
says that the South has played false to her
cause; he has very little respect for her; he
does not believe she was in earnest ; she will
never again take the field, etc. Regarding
himself, he says :
‘‘l am now in exile, but far from belDg a
ruined mau. I won’t go to sea any more if I
can help it. The feeliug shown toward me
through the restriction placed on my wife is do
cided. It ia just the feeling I like, though the
tyranny to her is humiliating to the naturo of
man. I have written her to release hor bonds
men and inform the government that she owes
her allegiance to her husband. As my case
now Btands. I do not thiuk the bond is worth
the paper it is written on. In a court of law,
I know it would fall.
“You have seen Mr. Welles’ report, I sup
pose. Redoes n e justice when he writes that
I ‘ ceased my depredations when I heard Mr.
Davis was a prisoner.’ He wilfully lies when
he writes that I continued 1 cruising against
unarmed whale" ships when I knew that the
armies of the South had surrendered.’ The
facts are tbeße:
“ After reaching Behring’s Sea, I captured
the ship William Thompson und brig Susan
Abigail. Both had left San Francisco in April
last. These captures were made about the
33d of June, and from each I received the
S-:n Francisco papers. These papers professed
to have the correspondence between Generals
Lee and Grant, concerning the surrender of
Lee’s army. They also stated that Mr. Davis
and Cabinet were in Danville, to which the
Confederate government bad been moved and
that Mr. Davis had issued a proclamation in
forming the Southern people that the war
would be carried on with renewed vigor.
“I was made possessor of as late news by
these two captures as any the whalers had,
and I continued ray work until it was com
pleted in the Ariic Ocean on the 28th of Jnue,
when I had succeeded in destroying or dispers
ing the New England whaling fleet. I left
the Artie on the 29th of June, and shipped
from some of the whalers eight men on that
very dav—men of intelligence, all trained sol
diers It is not to be believed that those men
would have taken service in the Shenandoah
if they believed the war ended.
"Before leaving Behring’s Sea, I fell in with
no vessel until I communicated with the Brit
ish bark Bairacouta, from San FranCisco 2d
August, fourteen dayp, bound for Liverpool
She informed me of the capture of Mr. Davis
and a part of his Cabinet p'also of the surren
der of Gens Johnston’s Smith’s and Magru
ders armies. The Barracouta furnished t* at
news the first time I htd heard it, and I in
stantly ceased to cruise, and steered for Cape
Horn.
“Before communicating with the Barracouta,
I intended to look into the Gulf of Lower
California, and then to await tho arrival of a
steamer bound for Panama.
“The Baraco da’s news surprised us, and
among some of the officers I witnessed a terror
which mortified me. I was implored to take
the vessel to Australia; that to try to reach a
European port would be fatal to all concero
• d ; petitions were signed by three-fourths of
the officers, asking to be taken to Cape Town,
arguing and picturing the horrors of capture,'
and a'l that sort of stuff. I called the officer’s
and crew to the quart»-deck, and said calmly
to them : 1 1 intend taking this ship to Liver
pool : I know there is risk to be run, but that
has teen our associate nil this time. We will
be sought after in-the Pacific, and not in the
Atlantic.’
“They supported my views, and then fol
lowed a letter from the crew—signed br Tl
out of 100— saying they had confidence in me,
*nd were willing, nay, desired to go with me
wherever I thought best to take the vessel. I
had. of course, a very anxious time, painful
ly anxious, beciuse the offioers tad set a bad
example to the crew. Their conduct was
nothing leas than mutiny. I was very deci
ded with some of them; I had to tell one officer
I would be captain or die on the d»ck, and
the vessel should go to no o*her port than Liv
erpool. So ended my trouble with complaints
and supplications from the officers. The mpti
behaved nobly, and stood firmly to their de
sion. o'* o-o • • 0
“The Shenandorah ran from tho Arctic to
Liverpool in 130 days ; from the line on the
Pacific side to the Cape in 26 days ; from the
Cape to the line on the Atlantic in 26 days and
from the line to Liverpool in 24 days. Two
of my crew died of disease when near Liver
pool ; otherwise nothing happened to mar onr
cruise ; no accident occurred during the cruise
‘■So ends my naval career—and lam called
a ‘pirate 1’ I made New England suffer, and I
do not regret it. I cannot be condemned by
any honest thinking maif. I surrendered the
vessel to the British government, and all are
unconditionally released. My obstinacy made
enemies among some of the officers, but they
now inwardly regret their action ia the Ome
Town affair.” F
P^ T . State in the Union —The prt s
ent Union, or “New Nation" rather, is cora
**l °l . . one Btale Do not be startled
rea r ®*’ **■ a solemn and momentous fact,
a* Dame Partington would say. You are,
Perhaps, not aware of it, but unless you reside
io Massachusetts, you are living out of the
Unit jd States I Just see if we do not prove it.
We now every day by the Solons in
Washington that as tbe Constitution is now
amended. ’ it knows of no distinctions in race
or color, and as Massachusetts is the only
- p pte whose constitution now conforms to the
f ederal Constitution, why it follows that sbe is
the only State in the Union ! There it is, as
plain as a pike staff Now, why don’t the
Massachusetts Senators and Representatives
u interlo P er ‘» out of Congress ? What
i fgbt have they to be legislating when they are
not m the Union T That’s tha question that
wa would like to see answered. We say turn
1 ' all means, and let Massachusetts
, rule the whole oountry in name as she now does
n fact.—Day Book.
A Disloyal Sun. —The Washington Chroni
cle is tho appropriate advocate of the last legis
lative absurdity:
i “Tho crime of counterfeiting the national
f c i orr "cy justifies the punishment of death.—
The perpetuity, of tho government is at stake.
The litis of ihe nation is paramount to all other
considerations.
“Such is tho perfection to which the arts
have attained in the present day that it is im
| possible to guard against the skill of the coun
. terfeiter. This arch-enemy of the credit is as
sisted in his diabolical schemes by the god of
day, and photograph becomes bis willing
slave. ”
■
I CONSIGNEES PER C. R R— Feb.
i 16.—S A Paneost, Gray, Muilarky A Co, G Kahrs
L' A Bro, W H Stallings, Joo Pender, Sylvester A
| Co. J G Bailie A Bro, Mra A Frede.ick, E O’Don
£ nell, M Wright, A H Cole, Bothwell A Co, E Mus
( Jin, J T Gardiner, W P Ray A Co, Clark A Derry,
* L B Davis, G H Myer, Dr J M Ogilvie, Porter A
iPotnam, Warren A Hopkins, Jno Gldron, B H
Warren, E I* Oleyten, J H Wright, W H Potter,
Chas E Nesbitt. Wm Thomas
FUNERAL NOTICE,
j The Friends and Acquaintances of
Mr. O*o*ti* Scaur and family are invited to attend
| Abe funeral of the former, at “ Riehmoud Hill,” at IS
M., on FRIDAY; tbe 16th instant.
. 6PHCIAL NOTICES.
t
I ATTENTION, OUGLLE.-The regular
monthly mooting for Monday night, Feb. lSih, is post
poned until Wedneeday evening, th; 14th, at T o’clock.
1 Every member Is requested to be preseat
By order of Capt. H. Olay Fosmb.
OHAKLIE CHEEABOROUGH,
1 fcbll—td Secretary.
J SOUTH CAROLINA RAILROAD
t COMPANY, Augusta Agbxoy, February 10, 1866.
, On and after Monday, the 12ih inetant, un 11 farther
notice, the Pataenger Train oa thU road will run as
| tollowi;
Leave August* 8.00, p. in.
, Arrive Johnaoa’a T. 0 11 00. p. m.
Leave Johnson’. T. 0 12 00
j Arrive Angasta 8.00, a. m.
! . H. T. PEAKE, Oen. Sup’t.
febll—tf
s _
COLGATE 8 HONEY SOAP.—THIS
celebiat*l # 9ILKT SOAP, in atich uniter a demand,
] I® made from the materials, is mild acd
j nfoLMBNT in it- nature, sckntkd, »nl tx
) tremely übkbimtal in lie action upon the it n.
? For ta;e by all Druggist* aod Faucy Goods Dealer*.
* fet.o—ly
COLOnBIt AND AU«I7ST-A HAIL*
j ROAD CO.—ln conformity to the new corporate style
, 81 the Columbia and Augusta Railroad Company, books
j are new of on at my otSee for sub orlptton for new
1 stock in this Company.
i Stockholders will brtng tn the crt ftcalcs now held
i by them, and receive tb lieu tb-refor new certificates
i for cne-fonrth the number of Shares ended lor therein
t By order of Col. Wa Johnstoh, Pm (Merit,
i WM. CRAIG, Tieaeurer,
fobtt—l m Office No. 8 M i' t.<>„ h s reet.
; BKIO THIB.-WHITtS LliAo AND
Zi e White, best brands. Pain-* of all colors, Furnt
’ tore, Coa-h, and Danltr Varrdslies, Brushes, Ac., all
j llrst class articles, at tbo lowest p toes.
1 For sale hy
1 Jan24—lm PLUMB A T.K’.TNER.
S PClie DRUGS AND .VIEOHINKS,
a Chemicals, Choioe Perfumery, Brushes, Ac., As.
e For sale by
B jan24-lin PLUMB A LFJTSTUt.
t J. J. II OB HUTSON Ac Ci>., CUTrON
Factors, have removed to the large and oommodlont
‘Fire-Proof Store, No. 8 Warren Blcok, where they will
continue the Factorage Business in ad its Ihan Iks.
Close storage for cotton. dec23—tf
Jo
9
r VI RAVE LEARNED NOT TO BE
f* astonished at anything. Years of experience and s
1 correspondence extending throughout all nationalities
t of the habitable globe, have turned theories into fact
and established a basis from which we need not err.—
a We are not surprised at saeh facts as the following, al
[ though the persons who write them are. We know the
) persons and circumstances, hence fuel at liberty to In
dorse their statements:
» “ Niw-Bbdvoid, Mass., Nov. 84,1888.
f Dkab Bra:—l have been i filleted many years with
severe pro Anting eiampa in my limbs, co'd feet and
S hands, and s g-ncial diaordeed system. Physicians
® and mediolnes failed to relievo me. While visiting
J some friends in Now York who wero using Plantation
i Bitters, they prevailed upon me to try them. 1 com
inenoed with & small wine-glassful after dinner. Feel
lhg better by degrees, in a few days I was astonished to
t find the ooldnees and cramps bad entirely left me, and
- I oonld sleep the night through, which 1 atre not done
j for years. I feel like another being. My appetite and
1 strength have also greatly improved by the nse of the
3 Plantation Bitters
Rospoetfully, Judith Ross*!-”
I “ Rbsdsbcby, Wis., Sept. 16,1868.
l u* * • I have been in the army hospital for fonr
-1 teen months—sperehltss and nearly dead. At Alton,
111., they gave me a bottle of Plantation Bitters: * * *
! Three bottles restored my speech and cured me. ** *
I O. A. Flaote 1 .
1
f The following Is from the manager of the Union Home
i School for the children of volunteers:
** Havkwkybk Mabsjom, 57th St., )
I New York, August 3, 1863. J
Da. pBAKS-Yeur woi ierful Plantation Bitters have
been given to some of oar littlo children suffering fror
weakness and weak lungs, with most happy effect. On.
lltllS girl in partlonlar, with pains in her head, loss oi
appetite, and daily wasting oocsumptiou, on whom a<!
medical skill had bee exhausted, has been entirely re
stored. Weeommrnoodwlthbatateaspoeßfulof Biitet
• a day. Iler appetite and strength rapidly increased,
and she la now well.
Respectfully, Mrs. 0. M. Dbtob.”
“* * * lowamnoh to you, for I verily believe
! the Plantation Bitters have saved my life.
Rev. W. R. Waoooneb, Madrid, N. Y.
“* * * Thon wilt send me two bottles more of thy
Plantation Bitters. My wife has been greatly boneflt
ted by their use. Toy friend,
■ k Asa Ccrkim, Philadelphia, Pa."
•* * • * I have been a great sufferer from Dyspep
sia, aid had to abandon preaching. * * The Planta
tion Bitters have eared me.
Rev. J. 8. OATHORW. Koohutar, N. Y.’>
<>• • e I have given the Plantation Bitters to hun
dreds of our disabled soldiers with the most astonishing
effect. O. W. D. Andricws,
Superintendent Soldiers’ Home, Cincinnati, O.”
“* * * The Plantation Bitters have oared me of
Liver Complaint, of which I was laid up prostrate, and
had to abandon my basiaeee.
H. B. KtNusbEV, Cleveland, Ohio.”
• The PJaatstton Bitters have cured me ot
a derangement of the Kidneys and Urinary Organs that
has distressed mo for 7sara. It acts like a charm.
O. C. Mooke, No. 264 Broadway.”
Ac i Ac , Ac., Ac., A
The Plantation Bitters make the weak strong, the
languid brilliant, and are exhausted nature’s great re
storer. They are composed of the celebrated Oaltsays
Bark, Wintergreen, Sassafras, Knots, Herbs, Ac., all
preserved in perfeotly pure St. Croix Rum.
S. T.-IS6O-X.
Persons of sedentary habits, troubled with weakness,
lassitude, palpitation of the heart, lack of appetite, dis
tress after eating, torpid liver, constipation, Aoi, deserve
to soffer if they will not try them.
They are recommended by the highest medical an -
thornier, and are warranted to produce on tmmtdta'e
benefloiat effect. They are exceedingly agreeable, pei -
feotly pure, and harmless.
Notice.—Any person pretending to sell PLaniati ti
Bitters In bulk or by the gallon, is a swindler and ie'i
postor. It 1s pnt up only In our log eabin bottle. Be
ware es bottles refilled with lraitetion deleterious stuff
A>r which so rural persons ere already la prison. B. c
that every bottle has our United States stamp over the
oork unmvMlaitd, and our signature on steel plate slue
of label.
Bold by respectable dealer! throughout the habitable
globe. F. u. DRAKE * CO..
ooM-6at 31 Park Row, N; T.
RAFFLE.—A PEARL SET-w.rth »60«
In gold—will be Raffled at 1. Kahan A Go’s., 262 Bread
street, ss soon as the chances are all taken, at |JO a
chanoe (greenbacks.) Only e few more chanoee leit.
Janiß—tf
COPPER tips protect the
toes of ohlldren’s shots. One pair will outwear three
wlthont tips. Bold everywhere. Jodß—On
JOHN K. JAORSON, ATTORNEY AT
Lew, Augusta, Georgia, qgNo. Sdt Bread sties t,
ever the Augusta factory Office. oetlP-ffm
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS
u
THEATRE.
Lessees and Managers,
RAYMOND & HAMILTON,
(Also of Savannah.)
Friday Evening, Feb. 16th.
Benefit of the Popn'ar Comedian,
MR. JOHN T. RAYMOND,
i f hen he will appear In two of bis most brilliant
eflorts,
ISADORE FARINE
AND
SOLON SHINGLE.
MISS M. E. GORDON,
In her favorite part of MARTON.
>»♦
The evening’s entertainment will comtnenoo with
the Favorite Corned y of the
PRIDE OF THE MARKET.
I-adore Farine Mr. J. T. Raymond
Marton Mias M. E. Cordon
To conclude with
THE PEOPLE’S LAWYER.
3olon Shingle Mr. J. T. Raymond
febl6—l
INSURANCE”
JOSEPH E. MARSHALL, Agent
HOME INSURANCE COMPANT,
of New York.
SECURITY INSURANCE COMPANY,
of New York.
♦MANHATTAN INSURANCE COM^".
of New York.
ATLANTIC INSURANCE COMPANY.
Brooklyn.
SPRINGFIELD INSURANCE COM’Y-
Massachusetts.
INSURANCE COMPANY,
Valley of Virginia.
•FLORIDA HOME INSURANCE CO.,
•WOODVILLE INSURANCE COM Y.
•These Companies are the only ones who have
met with any loss at this Agency; they have been
met as promp'ly as mail facilities permitted.
This Agency is prepared to Insure Houses,
Merchandise, Farm Property at reasonable
rates.
Inland and Marine Insurance written as
usual. Business attended to promptly, and
losses promptly and equitably adjusted.
JOS. E. MARSHALL, Agent.
feblG—lmif
Oil, Lamps, &c.
10 BBLS. extra No. 1 Kerosene Oil.
100 gallons in five gallon cans for family use,
and ■ onvenient for shipment to the country.
Side and suspending Lamps with reflectors,
Brackets and Chandeliers.
Parlor, Taper and Aand Lamps of every varie
ty and price.
Berners with all the la‘e«t improvements.
Chimneys, Chimney Cleaners and Trimmers,
Wicks. Ac , Ac. v
For sale, wholet-ala and retail, at the lowest
market rates, by
DAVIDSON A (IO ,
feblß—d2*"l 2)0 Broad street.
Hats, Hats, Hats.
Foil sale, a fine assortment of Gent’s lIATS,
latest slyleg. Will he sold very cheap. Apply to
. W. B. GRIFFIN,
Auctioneer and Coirmitsion Merchant.
feblfi—St
Real Estate.
A N excellent, stand for Retail Trade, well
f\ located in tlii. city, for sale low.
Also, nn excellent Country Residence, four
miles from t wn. Apply to
W. B. GRIFFIN,
Commission Merchant and Auctioneer.
fehUi- 3t
Notice.
Dr. HOLSENBAKE’S friends will be
pleased to learn that he is now convalescent
from a mi d attack of Small Pox, and will bo able
to resume his practice in a few days.
feblfi—B*
Bagging and Rope.
400 COILS Greenleaf Rope
50 BALES Gunny Bugging.
MAUDE & WRIGHT.
feblfi—3
Irish and Scotch
WHISKY.
200 KITS No. 1 Maokeret.
feblfi—3 MAUDE At WRIGHT.
Office Chibp Kn-uiuskr Augusta Fire Dsr’r, \
Augusta, Ga., Feb lfitb, 1860. J
THE officers aud members of the Augusta Fire
Department are hereby notified to attend the
Aonual Meeting of this Department, <n be held at
the City Hall, on SATURDAY NIGHT, 17th Inst,
at 7$ o'clock.
Commanding oflioers will see that every mem
ber of hie command is summoned. Secretaries
are requested to hand in their rolls at the meet
ing. By order of
J. B. PLATT, Chief Engineer.
J. D. Kavanish, Sec’y. feblfi—2
2,000 Barrels
OF STOVALL’S
EXCELSIOR MILLS FLOUR
FOR SALE.
I AM prepared with a constant supply of
Wheat to furnish
THE TRADE
FRESH GROUND FLOUR,
As low as can be laid down from any
quarter, In
Handsome Packages.
Full weights and quality warranted.
THOS. P. STOVALL.
feblt— ts
Boarders Wanted.
J*IVE or six Day Boarders can Do a cm.mm.,-
dated with good board by applying at No. 116
Reynold street, ia front of S. C. Depot.
f-Kll -IQt*
Wanted
To HIRE, a man competent to attend to a
Circular Saw. Apply to
BONES k HENDERSON,
2 ’■> C '♦iiu'ioDaligt Office.
W ASHIHGTB S FEMALE SEMI SAW.
WILKES CO., GA.,
Will be opened Monday, March 5,
BY
REV. FERDINAND JACOBS, A. M.,
T ATE President of the Female Collego at
I 1 Laurensville 8 0. «
He will be assisted by competent Teachers,
amongst whom is Prof. J M. FIBHBR, A. M.,
late Principal of Masio lu the Lauiensville Col
lege.
The course of study will embmee all that is
taught in the bret Female Schools and Colleges,
and all possible labor will be bestowed to render
the instruction thorough.
tuition :
Per session of 20 weeks sls, S2O and $26 00
Incidental expense* 1 00
Instruction on Piano or Guitar 86 Ml
Use of Piano. 2 60
Drawing and Painting 16 00
French 12 $0
Boarding, including washing 62 60
Pupils who board with the Principal will pro
vide them elves with lights and towels.
Payments in speoieor it* equivalent.
febß-3taw‘lw ________
MONTGOMERY AND WEST POINT RAIL
ROAD COMPANT.
ALABAMA AND FLORIDA RAILROAD
COMPANY (of Alabama.)
THE undersigned is prepared with eight per
cent. Coupon Bonds of both these Compa
nies to fnnd their past due Bonds and Coupon]
at the Georgia Railroad Bank, Aufujll Ga.
J. MfLffmAN,
Masonic Hall.
Monday Evening, Feb. 19,1866.
Grand Entertainment
OP THE
STEREOSCOPTICON
OR
PHANTOM EXHIBITOR
PROF. CETOR takes p'e<sure in an
nouncing to the inhabitants of Augusta and
> irrounding country, that he can now present
fjr their admiration, instruction and arauceinrnt,
t >e most perfect exhibition of the kind ever pro
duced in this country or Europe. He has spaved
to expense in procuring the most perfect appa
ratus, and without boasting, he enn, with confi
ceoce, affirm that it stands unrivak d.
This popular and scientific Entertainment com
prises
Scriptural and Historical
VIEWS,
Scenes from all parts of the
WORLD,
Correct Portraits of the principal
Generals, North and South,
And sue similoa of the finest Statuary of
renowned
SCULPTORS,
.American and European.
Together with a splendid assortment of
Comic Pictures on various subjects.
PROP. CHVOR wou’d respectfully call the
attention of Ministers of the Gospel and Teachers
of Schools to this Exhibition, as a medium
through which to impart religious and scientific
instructions, and would lake great pleasure in
making arrangements for dav entertainments
for the benefit of Children and others.
Doors open at commence at 8 o’clock.
For particulars see small bills.
febl«-4t
aTball
WILL BE GIVEN ON
Thursday Evening;, February 22,
AT
MASONIC HALL,
FOR THE BENEFIT OF
Mechanic Fire Engine Company.
Tickets, $5. To be had at the Segar store
of P. Haksbhrgbr, or of the Committee.
feh!4—td
TREASURY DEPARTMENT, )
Office of Comptroller ot the Currency, t
Washington, December 1, 1865. )
WHEREAS, by satisfactory evidence pre
sented to the undersigned, it has been
made to appear that the National Bank of Au
gusta, iu the city of Augusta, in the county of
Richmond, and State of Georgia, has been duly
organized under and according to the require
ments of the Act of Congress, entitfej “An Act
to provide a National Currency, scoured by a
plodge of United States Bonds, and to provide
for the circulation and redemption thereof,” ap
proved June 3d, ISC4, aDd has complied with all
the provisions of said A ct, required to be com
plied with before commencing the business of
Banking under raid Act—
Now, therefore, I, Freeman Clarke, Comptroll
er of the Cnrreney, do hereby certify that the
National Bauk of Augusta, in tlio city of Aur
gusts, in the county of Richmond, and State of
Georgia, Is authorized to commence the business
of banking nnder the Act aforesaid.
Id testimony whereof, witness ray band and seal
of office, this fir.s-t day of December. 1865.
[L. S.J FREEMAN CLARKE,
No. 1618. Comptroller.
Tlie National Bank of Augnsta.
Augusta, Uso., December lKtli, 1865.
THIS BANK, with a capital of Fire Huc
dred Thousand Dollars (*500,000) paid in,
will open on Tuesday, the 19th instant, in the
bulldinsr of the Georgia Railroad and Banking
Company—entrance on Mclntosh street—aud be
prepared to receive deposits and pay checks for
the same ; and so soon as their notes for circula
n f,n mre P re P» r ed, will be ready to do a Genera
! Banking Business.
WM. B. DIN-sMORE, President,
B. H. W4RRSN, Vice-President
GEO. M. THEW, Cashier.
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LUCY COBB
FEMALE INSTITUTE,
Madame 8. Sosnowskl, Principal,
ATHENS, GEOEGIA.
THE Exeroises of this well known Institution
will be renamed Feb. 16th, IR6«—being the
beginning of the second session of the regular
Scholastic year.
The location of the School is excellent, and no
pains will be spared for the improvement and
well being of the young ladies placed under the
care of the Principal.
The pupils entered as boaiders at the Institute
wi'l bo placed entirely nnder the eharge of the
Principal, and required to be subject to all the
rules and regulations of the School.
Scholastic Year, 9 Months, Comprising 2 Sessions.
Pupils required to enter for the entire session,
with payment in advance.
PER BEB-UON:
Board, (not Including fuel, lights, and
washing $lO5 00
TUITION:
English Department 80 00
English Department, (Primary) 15 00
French and German, each 26 CO
Lstia 10 00
PROFESSORS’ CHARGES:
Ins'rumentol Music
Vocal 30 00
Oil Painting and Pastel Drawing 20 00
Drawing ]8 w
Use of Piano 5 oq
Use of Fuel g 00
Bach pupil require ! to furnish her own bed
linen and bed-covering, lights, towfcl3, and knife
and fork.
The Tiustoeß are hop ful that, nnder the new
Principal, whose reputation is so well known as
sssooiated with female education in South Caro
lioa, the Institution will meet with a large pa
tronage from Southern parents.
JOHN H. NEWTON, 1
HOWELL COBB, |
D O. BARROW, i Treaters.
HENRY HULL, Jr.,
H. R. J. LONG, I
febl4— 6t
Wanted,
Two good Wheelrighfs and two good Wagou
Blacksmiths. Good wages and steady employ
ment will be given. Nono need apply but first
class workmen.
J. S. MULLIKIN,
feb!s St .Reynold street.
FISH
Just Received,
30 KITS SALMON
30 kits Halibut’s Fins
SO kitsTongnes and Sounds
60 kits, quarter, hall and whole barrel! 1
Mackerel
10 half barrels Dutch Herring.
ALSO.
Jnst reeelved, large invoices of the following
(roods, which will be sold low : Cheese. But'er
Lard. Candles, Sugar. Coffee. Starch, Crackers,
Biscuits Preserves, Pickles,Canned Prm*, Nu*s.
Raisin-, Figs, Bsnc s,.Catsni»s. Rice, Buokwh-at
Flour, Tubs, Buckets, ehurns, Waehing Ma
chines, Brooms, Brushes-. Floor Mop», Wire
Reives, Shovels and Spades, Bagging and Rope,
Plow Lines, Wood Saws, Trace Chains, A ice,
Hatcbeta, Nail«, all sixes. Window Glass, Colt’s
Smith's, and Weston's Revolvers, Cotton Card-,
No. 10, Boots and Shoes, Dry Goods, Ac.,
Ac. For sale low by
JAS. G. BAILIE A BP»0,
fel»l4-8t 206 Broad st.
Kerosene Oil,
ALE ANP) porter.
T'V©UBLE raflntd Kerosene Oi l , bv the bar-
I f rel or gallon
English (genuine! Ale and Porter.
For eale by
JAS. G. BAILIE & BRO .
feb!4-5t 296 Brood st.
Notice.
mo THE STOCKHOLDERS OF THE NA-
I TIONAL EXPRESS AND TRANSPOR
TATION COMPANY.—The Board of Dir. etors
have ci«i«d a farther assvssm-nt of five (6) ner
oent to be made. You are hereby notified that
tbe atiove assessment will be required to be paid
at our our office by the 20th February.
GEO. R. ORUMP A CO.,
fnblA— 6t Oommiseianers,
Billiard Tables.
2 NO. I marble bed Billiard Taole*. For eale
by J. O- DAWBON,
fcblQ— 6 No. I Warren Block.
Notice to the Public.
In the year 1846, the writer embarked in the
Drug Business in the city of Phila elphla. and
while thus engaged, made.several experiments in
L. 8 . ~t o Cie most desirable mode of preparing
h nid Extraots. My efforts being successful—the
a’tides being approved aDd u*td by the Medical
Faculty—l was de-irons of placing them before
tie public, but hesitated for some time before
concluding to resort to newspaper advertising,
knowing t f the prejudices that existed in the
minds <>f many against using advertised Medl
oines or Nostrums, but through the advice of
friends and those who had need them this objec
tion wis overcome.
After 18 years’ exertions, commencing In a_th
small way, the popularity of ivy articles has ex- **
tended to ail parts of the United States, and
widely throughout foreign countries—and this in
the face of much opposition. Every means has
been resorted to by unprincipled dealers since
their merit and success have been known—such
as advertising larger bottles at less price, cen
suring all oiher preparations, and even copying
my advertisements—but J am happy to s'ate that
out of the many who have resoned to this, tone
have been successful.
MY OBJECT
in this notice is to make facts known to Ihe pub
lic and respectable dealers, believing, after so
many years’ exertions, that the Drnggbts will
discountenance snch proceedings, and that tho
r-putation of mv articles may not be damaged
bv the use of interior or spnrions onas.
Knowing that many may read this artie'e who
are unacquainted with me. 1 ap: eid a few re
marks from those of my native city, and whose
names are known in all part* of the world :
“ Being personally acquainted with Mr. H. T.
•ielmbold, it affords me pleas ire in stating I
have been most favorably impaessed with bis
energy and integrity, and gratified at ids suc
c-iafc" WM. WEIGHTMAN,
Firm of Powers A Weightmann
Ninth and Brown streets, Philadelphia.
[Evening Bulletin, Philadelphia.]
“ When on a visit to the city of New York a
few days since, J was induced to call on our old
friend and townsman, Mr. H. T. Helmbold,
Druggist, 694 Broadway, N. Y. His store is a
Model, a perfect Gem—the handsomest of any
kind we hare ev r had the pleasure of viewing,
and so extensive, being 34 fe'ot front,'five stories
in height, and over 200 feet deep. It indeed af
fords u« much pleasure to know that he has been
so successful, and-it is amp’e evidence of the
merits of hia articles—as in our whole business
experience we have not known of the sirccess of
any articles without Merit—advertising merely
bringing the name before the people.’’
[Boston Herald.]
“ We do not like to advertise worthless wares,
or articles calculated to deceive onr readers ;
and when we see an advertiser like Mr. Helm
bold, whom we have known for years, gradually
extend his advertising from year to yesr nntil he
becomes the largest advertiser in the United
S'ates, we are satisfied that the statements in re
gard to his articles must be correct.’’
Tho writer relnotant'y inserts the shove, ams
would not do so were be not a stranger to many ;
and concludes by stating the nan es of his arti
cles, and the diseases for which they have been
used by many thousands with complete -uccess.
[auvbrtisrmbnt. ]
Helmbold’s Extract of Buehu
will cure all diseases of the Kidneys and B’ad
n- r. Cures Pain or Wsakm-as in the Back,
Strictures, &o ; Cures Weak Nerves, Loss of
Memory, Tmnbllrig, Dimness of Vision.
HELMBOLD’S FLUID EXTRACT OF BUOHU
is a pure fluid ex'ract. not a weak tea or infusion,
lathe one thirg needful for all comp'aints inci
dent to Femal#<\ For particulars sond for Cir
cular.
HELMBOLD’S FLUID EXTRACT BUCHU
c ires Gravel and Dronsical Swellings existing in
Men, Women, or Children: in fact. All Bisea3es
requiring the aid of a Diuretic. It is the great
est Tonic and Diuretic known—perfectly safe,
p'eusant la taste and odor, and immediate in its
action. m
HelmUil’s Flaitl Extract of Sarsaparilla,
HienLY Concentrate*.
One bottle equivalent, in strength to one gallon
of the Syrup or Decoc'ion.
It reach-B the seat, of the difeasu immediately,
expelling all Humors of the Blood, and
BEAUTIFYING THE COMPLEXION !
These articles, being of snch strength, the drso
js exceedingly small. From this fact; it, in used
in the United Slates Army Hospital* sn-I public
Sanitary Institutions throughout the lanl.
ftlk, Sold by all Druggists evirywhero.
Apli for Helmbold’s Take no other !
Cut out the advi rtifomeut and send for
it, and by this means avoid Cout tjr'elt.
feb4-tm
DRUGS, DRUGS,
WHOLESALE and RETAIL.
LARGEST STOCK
111 the State of Georgia.
T'kRUCS, Medicines, Chemicals, Patent Medi
-1 / cines, and Perfumeries.
Trusses, Surgical Instruments, Dye Stuffs,
Flavoring Extracts, A'-, Ac.
Sole Arent for Helmbold’s Extract of Bucbu
and Sarsaparilla, Ayer’s Preparations, Jayne’s
Preparations, Rn>»’ St Domingo Bilters ai d
Preparations, Hoofland’s German Bitters, Ciook’s
Hair Restorer, Thompson’s and Phalnn’s Hair
Preparations and Toilet Ar icles, Well’s Strength
ening Plaatc-rs, and all the other Patent Medicines
before the trade.
ALSO,
The most extensive and oompiets stock of
Paints,
Oils, Varnishes, French Sine, Colors, Artists*
and Painters’Materials to be found in any sec
tion of the Month, and at prices whioh absolutely
defy competion.
Glass.
Every variety of Glass j French and German
Plate, Stained, Cut and Bky I.ij-ht Glaus, biogle
and double thickness.
Pure French Brandies, Wines And Whiskies,
For Medicinal purposes; and a large supply of
other Liquors fjr general us».
BBUei FBICIEB & CO.’S CIAHPABIIES.
Sole Agent of the only true Imported Brands
in tbe country, viz : Carte D’Or, Lac D’Or, and
••'!llery,pronounced by all connoisseurs superior to
any heretofore in use.
i-pedal Agent for the American Vintage Com
oany, and a large stock of their Celebrated Cali
loroia Brand- constantly on hand.
My special arrangements with Manufacturers
and Importers of the North, and in Europe, war
rant me in not only guaranteeing tbe absolute
I nrilv and Genuineness of icy entire stock, but
also enables me lo bell any of the above mention
ed lines of goods at first oott prices—in some
lines even less transportation.
An examination of my price s will sustain these
statements in every particular.
S. E. Cor. Barnard and Broughton Sts.,
SAVANNAH, GA.
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NEW PERFUME
For the Handkerchief.
Fill'S
A Most Exquisite, Delicate, aud Fra
grant Perfume, Distilled from the Rare
aud Beautiful Flower from which it
takes its name.
Manufactured only by PHALON * SON,
MW YORK.
BEffABE OF COUNTERFEITS.
AJUE FOB PHALON’S-TAKS MO OfiPHBH.
Sold by DrusfMs seneraD'.
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