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SUNDAY MORNING, FBB. 28, 1866.
Interesting reading matter on 4th page
address
OF
Hon. Alexander H. Stephens,
Before the General Assembly of the State
cf Georgia, Feb. 22,1864.
Gentlemen of the Senate
and House of Representatives :
I appear before you in answer to your call
This call, comfog in the imposing form it does,
and under tbe circumstances it does, requires
a response from me. You hare assigned to me
a rery high, a rery honorable and responsible
position. This position you know I did not
seek. Most willingly would I have avoided it;
and nothing but an extraordinary sense of duty
could have induced me to yield my own disin
clinations and aversions to youi» wishes and
judgment in the matter. For this unusual
manifestation of esteem and confidence, I return
you my profouudest acknowledgments of grati
tude. Os one thing only can I give you any
assurance, and that is, if I shall be permitted
to discharge the trusts thereby imposed, they
will be discharged with a siogelecess of pur
pose to the public good.
The great object with me now is to see a
restoration, if possible, of peace, prosperity, and
constitutional liberty in this once happy, bat
now disturbed, agitated, and distracted oouo
try. To this end, all my energies and efforts,to
the extent of their powers, will be devoted.
You ask my views on the existing state of
affairs ; our duties at the present; and the
prospects of the future T This is a task from
which, under ordinary circums-anoes, I might
very well shrink. He who ventures to speak,
and to give counsel and advice in times of
peril, or disaster, assumes no enviable position.
Far be that rashness from me which sometimes
prompts the forward to rush in where angels
might fear to tread. In responding, therefore,
briefly to your enquiries, I feel, I trust, tbe
full weight and magnitude of the subj- cb. It
involves the welfare of millions now living,
and that of many more millions who are to
, como after us. lam also fully impressed with
the consciousness of the inconceivably small
©fleet of what I shall say upon tho momeutous
results involved in the subject itself.
It is with these feelings I offer my mite of
counsel at your request. And in the outsot of
the undertaking limited, aa it is intended to
be, to a few general ideas only, well may 1
imitate an illustrious example in invoking aid
from on High, “that I may say nothing on
this occasion which may compromit the rights,
the honor, the dignity, or best interests of ray
country.” I mean specially the rights, honor
dignity, and best interests of the people of
Georgia. With their sufferings, their losses,
their misfortunes, their bereavements, end
their present utter prostration, iny heart is in
deepest sympathy,
We have reached that point in our affairs, at
which the great question before us is—“To be
or not to be?”—and if to be? How? Hope,
ever springing in the humun breast, prompts,
even under the greatest calamities and adver
sities, never to despair. Adversity is a severe
school, a terrible crucible, both for individuals
and communities. We are now in this school,
this crucible, and should boar in mind that it
fs never DegHtivo in its action. It is always
positive. It is ever decided iu its effeois one
way or the other. It either makes better or
worse. It eithor brings out unknown vices
or arouses dormant virtues. In morals, ns ten
dency is to make saints or reprobates—in poli«
lies to make heroes or desperadoes. The first
indications of its workings for good, to which
hope looks anxiously, is the manifestations of a
full consciousness of its nature and extent, and
the most promising grouuds of hope for possi
ble good from our present troubles, or of things
with us getting hotter instead of worse, is the
evident general realization, on tbe part of our
people, of their present situation : Os tbe evils
now upon thorn, and of the greater ones still
impending. These it js not my purpoSAlO
exaggerate ifT could ; that would be useless;
nor to lessen or extenuate; that would be
worse than useless. Ail fully understand and
realize thorn. They feel them; It is well they
do.
Onti tIJCiJO *>yV!n npoti —-tlx* aWqt, n nA <yf
law, the want of protection and security of per
son and property, without which civilization
cannot advance—be removed T or those greater
onset, which threaten our very political exist
ence, be averted? These are the questions.
It is true we have not tbe control of all tbe
remedies, even if these questions could be sat
isfactorily answered. Our fortunes and destiny
are not entirely in our hands Yet there ore
some things that we may. and ciu, and ought,
In my judgment, to do; from which no harm
can como ; and from wbioh some good may
follow, In bettering our present condition. —
States and communities, as well aa individuals,
when they have done the best they can in view
of surrouuding circumstances, with all thg
lights they have before them—let results ba
what they may —can at least enjoy the consola
tion —no small recompense that—of having
performed their duty, and of having a con
science void of offense before God and man.—
This, if no more valuable result, will, I treat,
attend the doing of what I propose.
The first great duty, then, I would enjoin at
this time, is the exercise of the simple, though
difficult and trying, but nevertheless indispen
sable quality of patience. Patienoe requires of
those afflicted to bear and to suffer .vitn forti
tude whatever ilia may befall them. This is
often, and especially is It the case with os now,
essential for their ultimate removal by any in
strumentalities whatever. We are In the con-
dition of a man with a dislocated limb, or a
broken leg. aud a very bad compound fracture
at that. How it became broken should not be
with him a question of so much Importance,
as how it can be restored to health, vigor and
atrength This requires of him, as tbe highest
duty to himself, to wait quietly and patiently,
in splin's aad bandages, until nature resumes
her active powers—until the vital functions
jierform their office. T.ie knitting of the bones
and the granulation of the flesh require tune
Perfect quiet and repose, even under ths sever
est pain, is necessary. It will not do to make
too great ha3te to get well. An attempt to
walk too soon will only make the matter worse
We must or ought now, therefore, in a similar
manner to discipline ourselves to the same or
like degree of patience. I know tbe anxiety
and restlessness of the popular mind to be fully
on our feet again—to walk abroad as we once
did—to eojoy once more the free out-door air
of Heaveu, with the perfect use of all our
limbs. I know how trying it is to be denied
representation in Congress, while we are pay
ing onr proportion of the taxes—bow annoy
ing it is to be even partially nnder military
rule —and how injurious it is to tho general in
terest and business of the country to be without
post offices and mail communications; to say
nothing of divers other matters on the long
list of our present iticeu veuieuces and priva
tions. All these, however, we must paiiently
bear and endure for a season. With quiet and
repose we may get well—may get once more
on our feet again. One thing is certain, that
bad humor, ill temper, exhibited either in
restlessness or grumbling, will not hasten it.
Next to this, another great duty we owe to
ourselves is the exercise of a liberal spirit of
forbearance amongst ourselves.
The first step towards local or general har
mony is the banishment from our breasts of
every feeling and sentiment calculated to stir
tbe discords of the past. Nothing conld be
more injarions or mischievous to the future ot
this country than tbe agitation, at present, of
questions that divided tbe people anterior to,
or during the existence of the late war. On
no occasion, aud especially in the bestowment
of office, ought such differences of opinion in
the past ever to be mentioned, either for or
against any one, otherwise iqually entitled to
confidence. These ideas or sentiments of other
times and circumstances are not the germs
from which hopeiul organisation can now
arise. Let all differences of opinion, touching
errors, or supposed errors, of the head or
heart, on the part or any, ia the past, grow
ing out of these matters, be at once, in the
deep ocean of oblivion, forever buried. Let
there be no criminations or recriminations on
account of acts of other days. No canvassing
ot past conduct or motives. Great disasters
are upon us and upon the whole country, aud
without enquiring how thesa originated, or at
whose door the ranlt should be laid, let us
now, as common sharers of common misfor
tunes, on all occasions, consult only as to the
be3t means, under the circumstances M We
find them, .jo secure the best end towards fu
ture amelioration. Good government is what
we want. This should be the leading d’tire
and tbe controlling object with all; and I
need not assure you, if this can be obtained,
that our desolated fields, our towns and vil
lages, and cities now in ruins, will soon—like
the Phoenix—rise again from their ashes; and
all our waste places will again, at no distant
day, blossom as the rose.
This view should also be borne in mind, that
whatever differences of opinion existed before
the late fury of the war, they sprung mainly
from differences as to the best means io be
used, and the belt line of policy to be pursued,
to secure the great controlling object of all—
which was good government. Whatever may
be Baid of the Joyalty or disloyalty of any, in
tbe late moat lamentable conflict of arms, I
think I may venture safely to say that there
was, on the part of the great mgas of the peo
ple of Georgia, and of the entire Ssuth, no dis
loyalty to the principles of the Oonatitutton of
thq United states. To Uißt system of repre
sentative government delegated pndihn.il.,
rd powers; that estamlsnmeht iff i iUew-phwa**]
on ibis oontiaent,-of alt the essentials of Eng
land’s Magna ChartA, for tbe protection and
•security of life, liberty and property; with the
additional recognition of tbe principle as a
fundamental truth, that all political power* re
sides in the people. With us It was simply a
question as to where our allegiance was dne in
tho maintenance of these —which
authority was paramount ip tho last resort—
State or Federal. As for myself, I can t (firm
that no sentiment of disloyalty to-these great
principles of self-government, recognized and
embodied in the Constitution of the United
Slates, ever beat or throbbed in breast or heart,
of mine. To their maintenance my whole soul
was ever enlisted, and to Ihiß end roy whole
life has heretofore been devoted, and will con
tinue to be the rest of my days—God willing.
In devotion to these principles, I yield to no
man living. This mu«h I can say for myself;
may I not say the same for you and for the
great mass of the peoplh of Georgia, and for
the great mass of -the people of the entire
South ? Whatever differences existed amongst
us, arose from differences as to the best and
xu-est means of securing these great ends,
which was the object of all; It was with this
view and this purpose secession was tried. It
lias failed. Instead of bettering our condition,
in-tead of establishing our liberties upon a
surer foundation, we have, in the war that in
sued, come well nigb losing the whole of tbe
rich inheritance with which jre set out.
This is one of tbe sad realizations of the
present. On this, too, we are but illustra
ting the teachings of history. Wars, and
civil wart especially, always menace liberty;
thoy seldom advance it; while they usually end
mUs entire overthrow and destruction. Onrs
stopped just short of such a dfctastropho. Our
only alternative now is, either to give up all
tope of constitutional liberty or to retrace our
steps, and to look for its vindication and main
tenance in tbe forums of reason and justice,
instead of in the arena of arms—in the courts
and halls of legislation instead of on the flolds
of battle.
i am frank and candid in telling you right
Lore, that our surest hopes, in my judgment,
to these ends, are in the restoration policy of
tne President of the United States. I have
little hope for liberty—little hope for the suc
cess of the great American experiment of self
government—but in the suocess o£_ the present
efforts for the restoration of the States to their
former practical relations in a common gov
ernment, under the Constitution of the United
S ales.
We are not without an encouraging example
on this line in the history of the mother coun
try—in the history of our ancestors—from
uhpin we derived, in great measure, the prin
ciffles to which we are so much devoted. The
t.uefet friends of liberty iu England once, in
1012, abandoned the forum of reason, and ap
p -filed, hs we did, to the sword, ns the surest
ruc-ans, in their judgment, of advancing their
ciuse. This was after they had made great
progress, under Ihe lead of Coke, Hampden,
Falkland and others, in the advancement of
'iiicrnl principles. Many usurpations had been
checked; many of the prerogatives of the
Crown had boeH curtailed; Ihe Petition of
Right had been sanctioned ; Ship money had
lieen abandoned; Courts-Martial had been done
away with; Habeas Corpus bad been reestab
lished; High Courts of Commission and Star-
Chamber bad been abolished; many other
great abuses of power had been corrected,
»nd other reforms established. But, not satis
fied with those, and not satisfied with the
peaceful working of reason, to go on in its na
mral sphere, the denial of the sovereignty of
the Crown was pressed by the too ardent re
formers upon Charles the First. All else ho
had yielded—this he would not. The sword
was appealed to, to settle thdquestlon ; a civil
war was the result; great valor and courage
were displayed on both sides ; men of eminent
virtne and patriotism fell in the sanguinary
and fratricidal conflict; the King was deposed
and executed; a Commonwealth proclaimed. —
But the end was the reduction of the people
or England to a worse state of oppression than
they had been in for centuries. They retraced
tiieir steps. After nearly twenty years of ex
haustion and blood, and the loss of tho greater
portion of the liberties enjoyed by them be
fore, they, by almost Jinaninjous consent, call
ed for restoration. The restoration came. —
Charles the Second ascended the throne, as
unlimited a monarch as ever ruled the empire
Not a pledge was asked or a gnaranteo given,
touching the concessions of the royal preroga
tive, that had been exacted and obtained from
his father.
The true friends ofliberty, of reform aud of
procress in government, had become con
vinced that these were the offspring of peace
nnd of enlightened reasoo, and not of passion
nor of arms. The House, of Oomiqons and the
Hons* of Lwds were henceforth the theatres of
their operations, and not the fields of Newberry
or Mm.iuu-inuor. TUB result »aa. that in
less than thirty years all their ancient rights
and privileges, which bad been lost in tbe
civil war, with new securities, were re-estab
lished in the ever-memorable settlement ot
1868; which, for all practical purposes, may
be looked upon as a bloodless revolution. —
Sinoe that time England has made still further
and more signal strides iu reform and pro
gress. But not one of these has been effected
by resort to arms Catholic emancipation
was carried in Parliament, after years of argu
ment, against the most persistent opposition
Reason and justice ultimately prevailed. So
with the removal of the disability of the Jews
—so with tho overthrow of the Rotten Borough
system—so with theextensiou of franchise—so
with the modification of the Corn -Laws, and
restrictions on Commerce, opening the way to
ths establishment of the principles of Free-
Trade—and so with all the other great reforms
by Parliament, which have so distinguished
Hnglish history for the last half century.
May we not indulge hope, even in the alter
native before ns now, from this great example
of restoration, if all but do as the friends of
liberty there did? This is my hope, my only
hope. It is founded on the vrtne, intelli
gence and patriotism of the American people.
I have not lost my faith in the people, nor in
their capacity for self-government. But for
these great essential qualities of humen na
ture, to be brought into active and efficient ex
ercise, for the fulfilment of pat! (otic hopes, it
is essential that the passions of the day should
subside; that the causes of these passions
should not now be discussed ; that the embers
of tbe late strife shall not be stirred
Man by nature is ever prone to soan closely
the errors and defects of his fellow man—ever
ready to rail at the mote in his brother’s eye,
without considering the beam that ia in bis
own. This should not be. We all have our
motes or beams. Wo arc all Irail ; perfection
is the attribute of none Prejudice or pre
juderaent should be indulged towards none.
Prejudice I What wrongs, what injuries, what
mischiefs, what lamentable consequences, have
resulted at all times from nothing but this
perversity of the intellect I Os all ihe obsta
cles to the advancement of truth and human
progress, in every department—in science, in
art, in government, and in religion, in all ages
and climes, not one on the list is more for
midable, more difficult to overcome and subduo,
than this horrible distortion of tho moral ns
well as intellectual faculties. It is a host of
evil within itself. I could enjoin no greater
duty upon my countrymen now, North aud
South, than the exercise of that degree of for
bearance which would enablo them to conquer
their prejudices. One <jf tbe highest exhibi
tions of the moral sublime the world over wit
oesaed, was that of Daniel Webster, when in
an opon barouche in the streets of Boston, ho
proclaimed in substance, to a vast assembly of
his constituents—unwilling hearers —that “they
had conquered an uncongenial clime ; they had
conquered a sterile soil; they bad conquered
the winds and elements ofthe ocean ; they had
conquered most of the element* of nature ; hut
they must yet learn lo conquer thsir prejudi
ces”! I know of no room fitting incident or
scene in the life of that wonderful man, “clarus
et vir fertiss’mus," for perpetuating the memory
of tbe true greatness of bis character, on can
vass or in marble, than a representation ofhim
as he then and there stood aud spoke 1 It
was an exhibition in moral grandeur surpass
ing that of Aristides when he said, ‘ Oh Aihe
nians, what Themistocles recommends would
be greatly to your interests, but it would be
unjust” !
I say to you, and if my voice could extend
throughout this vast country, over hill and
dale, over mountain and valley, to hovel, ham
lot. and mansion, villsge, town and city, 1
would say, first of all, looking to restoration of
peace, prosperity and harmony in this land, is
the great duty of exercising that degree of for
bearance which will enable them to conquer
their prejudices. Prejudices against commu
nities as well as individuals.
And n xt to that, the indulgence of a Chris
tlun spirit of charity, “Judge not that ye be
not Judged.” especially in matters growing out
of tbe late war. Most of the wars that have
scourged the world, even in the Christian era,
have arisen on points of conscience, or differ
ences as to the surest way of salvation. A
strange way that to Heaven, is it not? How
much disgrace to the Church, and shame to
mankind, would bavo been avoided, if the
•’jaculaiion of each breast had been, at all times,
as it should have been,
“Let not this weak, unknowing band,
Presume thy bolts to throw ;
And deal damnation round the laud,
On him I deem thy foe.”
How equally proper ia it now, when the
spirit of peace aeems to be hovering over our
war.stricken land, that in canvassing the oon
duet or motives of others during the late con
flict, this great truth should be impressed upon
tbe minds of all,
“Who made Ihe heart? ’Tia He alone
Decidedly, oao try ns ;
He knows each chord, ils various tone,
£ich Bpring, its various bias ;
Then at the balance, let’s be mute,
We never can adjust it;
What's done, ws partly may compute,
But snow not what’s resisted. ’
Os all tUTTieaven descended virtues, that.
devakEijAiid ennoble Amman nature, the highest,
-tfieJßftliiraeHt, and the divineet is charity. By
all means, theu, fail not to exercise and cul
tivate this soul-regenerating element of fallen
nature. Itet it be cultivated and exercised not
only amongst ourselves and towards ourselves,
on all questions of motive or conduct touching
the late war, but towards all mankind. Even
towards oi#r enemies, if wp have any, letaspira
-tioos of our hearts he, “Father, forgive them;
they know not-whttt they do.” The exercise
of patience, forbearance and charity, therefore,
are the ti.refe first duties I would at this time
enjoin—and of these three, “the greatest ia
charity.”
But to proceed. Another one of our present
duties, ia this • wo c'aould accept the issues of
the war, and abide by them in good faith.
This, I leel fully persuaded, it is your purpose
to do, as well aS that of your - constituents.—
The people of Geqraa have in Convention re
voked and annulled her Ordinance of 1861,
whiqh was intended to stever her from tbe com
pact of Union of 1787. The Constitution of the
United States has been reofdained as the
organic law of our land Whatever differences
of opinion heretofore existed as to where our
allt-gianco was due, dnriDg the late slate of
things, none for any practical purpose can exist
now. Whether Georgia, by tbe action of her
Convention of 1861, was qver rightfully out of
tho Union or not, there can be no question that
she is bow in, so far as depends upon her will-i
and deed. The whole United States, therefore,
iH now without qu stion our country, to be
cherished and d fended ay such, by all our
hearts - and by all our arms.
The Constitutionjof the United States, and
the treaties and laws made in pursuance there
of, are now acknowledged to be the paramount
law In this whole country. Whoever, there
fore is true to these principles as now recog
nized, is loyal as far as that term has any le
gitimate use or force under our institutions.—
This is the only kind of loyally and the only
test of loyalty thi Constitution itself requires.
In any other view, everything pertainirg to
restoration, so far as regards the great body of
the people in at least eleven States of the
Union, is but mnkiug a promise to tho ear to
bo broken to the hope. All, therefore, who
acceDt the issue of war in good faith, and come
up to the test required by the Constitution, are
now loyal, bowovor they may have heretofore
boon
But with this change comes a new order of
things. One of tho results of the war is a total
change in our whole internal policy. Our for
mer social fabric lias been entirely subverted.
L ite those convulsions in nature which break
up old incrustations, the war has wrought a
nerw epoch in our political existence. Old
things have passed away, and -11 things among
us in this respect are new. The relation here
tofore, under our old system, existing between
the. African and European race 9, no looger
exists. Slavery, as it was called, or the status
of the black race, their subordination to the
whit.o, upon which institutions rested,
in abolished forever, not only in Georgia but
throughout the limits of the United States. —
This change should bo recoived and accepted
as an irrevocable fact. ; It is a bootless ques
tion u>w to discuss, whether t v e new system
,s better for both races than the old ono was or
not. That may be proper matter for the phil
osophic and philanthropic historian, at some
future time to inquire into, after the new sys
tem shall have been fully aud fairly tried.
All changes of systems or proposed reforms
are but experiments and problems to be solv
ed. Our system of self-government was an
experiment at first. Perhap3 a'S a problem it is
not vet solved Our present duty on this sub
ject Is not with the past or the future. It is
vitn the present. The wisest and the best
often err iu their judgments as to the proba
ble workings of auy new system. Let,ns there
fore give, thisone a fair and just trial, withont
prejudice, and with that earnestness of purpose
which always looks hopefully to success. It is
an .ethnological problem, oil tbe solution of
which depends, not only the best intere-ts of
both races, but, it may be, the existcace of one
or tbe other, if not both
This duty of giving this new system a fair
and just trial will require of you, as legisla
tors of the land, great changes in our former
laws in regard to this large class of population.
Wise and humane provisions should be made
for them. It is not for mo to go into detail.
Suffice it to say on this occasion, that ample
and full protection should be secuied to them,
30 that they may s'and eijual before the law,
ia the possession and enjoyment of all rights
of person, liberty and property. Many con
siderations claim this at your hands. Among
these may be stated their fidelity in times past.
. They cultivated vour fields ; ministered to your
personal wants aud comforts; nurs?d aud rear
ed your children; and even in tbe hour of
da tiger and peril they were, in the rnaiu, true
to you and yours. To them we owe a debt of
. grutiinde, as well as acts of kindness. This
liould also be done because they are poor, un
lutored, uninformed; many of them helpless,
liable to be imposed upon, and need it. Leg
ialation should ever look to the protection of
the weak auaiust the strong. Whatever may
he said of the equality of races, or their natu
ral capacity to become equal, no one can doubt
that at this time, this race among us, is not
equal to the Caucasian. This inequality does
not lessi n the raotal obligations ori the part of
the superior to the inferior ; it rather increases
them From h’m who has ranch, more is re
quired than from him who has little. The
present generation of them, it is true, is far
above their savag ■ progenitors, who were at
first introduced into this country, in general
intelligence, virtue, and moral culture. This
shows capacity for improvement. But in all
the higher characteristics of mental develop
ment they are still very far below the European
type. What further advancement they may
make, or to what standard they may attain,
under a different system of laws every way
suitable and wisely applicable to their changed
condition, time alone can disc'ose. I speak of
Bum as we now know them to be j haring no
longer the protection of a master or legal
guardian, they now need all the protection
which the shield of '.he law can give
But, nbove all, this protection should be se
cured becanse it is right and just that it should
be, upon general principles. All government*
in their organic structure, as well as in their
administration, should have this leading ob
ject in view—the good of the governed. Pro
tection and security to all under its jurisdiction
should be the chief end of every •government.
It is a melancholy truth th»t while this should
he the chief end of all governments, most of
them are used only as instruments of power,
for the aggrandizement of the few, ot thq ex
pense of, and by the oppression of the many.
Buch are not our ideas of government, never
have ben and never should he. Governments,
according to cur ideas, should look to the
god of the whole, aud not a pat t only. “The
greatest good to the grea'est number” is a
favorite dogma with som: 1 . Some so defended
our old system. But you know this was
never my doctrine. The greatest good to all,
without detriment or injury to any, is the
true rule. Those governments only are found
ed upon cor ect principles, or reason and jus
tico, which look to the greatest, attainable ad
vancement, improvement and progress, physi
cally, intellectually and morally, of all classes
«nd conditions within their rightful jurisdic--
lion. If our old system was not the best, or
could not have been made the best, for both
races, in this respect and upon this basis, it
ought to have been abolished. This was my
view of that system while it lasted, and I re
peat it now that it is no more. In legislation,
therefore, under the new system, you should
look to the beet interest of all classes; their
protection, security, ad vane men t aud im
provement, physically, intellectually and mors
ally. AH obstacles, if there be any, should
be removed which can possibly hinder or re
tard the improvement of the blacks to the ex
tent of their capacity. All proper aid should
be given to their- own efforts Channels of edu
cation should bo opened up to them Schools
and the usual means of moral and intellectual
training should be encouraged Amongst them.
This is the dictate, not only es what is right
and proper and just in itself, but is also the
promptings of the highest considerations ot in
terest. It is difficult to conceive a greater evil
or curse than cuuld befall our country, strick
en and distressed as it dow is, th in fair so large
a portion of its population as this glass will
quite probably contitute amongst us, here
after, to be reared in ignorance, depravity and
viee. In view of such a stale of things, well
might the prudent even now look to its aban
donmeut. Lit us not, however, indulge in
such thoughts of the future. Nor let ns, with
out an effort, say the system can not be Work
ed. Let ns not, standing still, hesitatingly
ask, “ Can there any good thing come out of
Nazareth?” bu t let us wither say", as 0 amaliel did,
“If this counsel or this work be of men, it will
como to nought, but if it be of God ye cannot
overthrow it, lest haply ye be found even to
fight against God.” The most * vexed ques
tions-of tho ago are social problems. These
we have heretofore had but little to do with ;
we were relieved from them by our peculiar
Institution. Emancipation of tbe blacks, with
its consequences, was over considered by me
with much more interest as a social question,
one relating to tho best interest of all, than in
any other light. The pecuniary aspect of it,
the considerations of labor and capital, in a
politico economic view, sunk into insignificance,
in comparison to it. This problem, us one of
the results of the war, is now upon uj, pre
senting odq of the most preplexing questions
of the sort than any people ever bad to deal
with. Let us resolve to do the best we can
with it, from all the lights we have, or can get
from any quarter. With this view, and in this
connection, I take tho liberty of quoting for
your consideration, some remarks even from
the Rev. Henry Ward Beecher. I met with
them some months ago while pondering on this
subject, and was as much struck ns surprised
with the drift of their philosophy, coming from
the source they did. I give them as I find
them m*tbeNew York Times, where they were
reported. You may be as much surprised at
hearing such ideas from Mr. Beecher as I was.
But however much we. may differ from him on
many questions, and on many questions con*,
nected with this subject, yet all must admit
——-i
him to rank amongst the runs <r spn-hs.of the
age. And nj> one perhaps bus contributed
more by the power of *fcis pen and vote* in'
bringing about the present state of thing* tharj
be has. Yet, nevertheless, leommend toyout
serious consideration, as pertinent to mypres
ent object, what he waa report* ! to have 8*1(1,
as follow*! r *
“In our land and time facts and questions ate
pressed upon us, which demand Christian set
tlement. Settlement on th’s ground and doc
trine. We cannot (escape the responsibility.
Being strong and powerful, we must nurse and
help and educate and foster the weak and poor
aud ignorant. For my own part I cannot see
how we shall escape the most terrible conflict
of classes, by and bye, unless we are educated -
into this doctrine of duty, on the part of
superior to the inferior. We are told by gealons
and fanatical individuals, that all men. hre
equal. We know better. They are not equal.
A common brotherhood toachea no such ab
surdity. A theory of universal, physical
uess, is no more absurd thanjtbis. Now, as in
all times, tbe strong sro to the top, the weak
go 10 the bottom. Its natural right and can't
bo helped All branches are not at tbe top of
the tree, but Jbe top does not despise the lower;'
nor do thejr all, despise the limb or the parent
trunk; and so with tbe body politic, there.wHß
be classes. Some must be at the top and seme
must be at the bottom. It is difficult to fore
see, and estimate the development of the power
eifolatseg in America. They are simply inevi
table. They are here now, and will he .more.
If they are friendly, living at peace, loving and
respecting and helping one another, all jrUl be
well. But if they are selfish, unchrigmuj; if
the old heathen feeling is to reign, each? ex
tracting all he can from tis neighbor, arid car-,
ing nothing for him, society will be liemd by
classes as by seams—like batteries, each firing
broadside after broadside, tbe one upon the
other. If, on the o'her hand, the law of love
prevails, there will be no ill-will, no Jhyy. no
disturbance. Docs a child hate bis father be
cause be is chief, because be is strong and wise?
Ou the contrary, he grows with hisvfslher’s
growth, and strengthens with his strtfkgth.—
And if in society there should be fifty? grades
or classes, all helping each other, there will be
do trouble, bnt perfect satisfaction and content
This Christian dootrine carried into
will easily settle the most troublesome of all
bonepres9nt questions.” ’••T
What he here said of the slate of things
where he spokein the Slate of New York, and
the fearful antagonism of classes there. Is
much more applicable to us. Here, it is true,
only two great classes exist, or are likely to
exist, but these are deeply marked by dis
tinctions bearing the impress of nature. The
one is now beyond ell question greatly supe
rior to tbe other. These classes are as distinct
as races of men can be. The one is of tbe
highest type of humanity, tbe other of tbe
lowest All that he says of the duty of the
superior to protect, to aid, to encourage, and
to help.the inferior, I fully and cordially ens
dorse and commend to you as qui:© as appli
cable to us aud our situation as it was to hiß
auditors. Whether the doctrine, if carried out
and practiced, will settle all these most trouble*,
some home questions with us as easily as ho
seemed to think it would like home questions
with those whom he was addressing, I will
not undertake to say. 1 have no hesitancy,
however, in saying that the general principles
announced by him are good. Let them be
adopted by us as far as practicable. No harm
can come from it, much good may,' Whether*
the great barrier of races which the Creator
has placed between this, our inferior, class and
ourselves shall prevent a success of the experi
ment uow on trial, of a peaceful, happy and
prosperous community, composed of such ele
ments and sustaining present relations towards
each other, or even a further elevation on the
part, of the inferior, if they prove themselves fit
for it, let the future, under the dispensations of
Providence, decide. Wc have to deal with the
present. Let u» do our duty now, leaving re
sults and ultimate const queue* s
To that “ divinity which shape* our ends,
Bough hew th m how we will.’’
In all things on this subject, as in all others,
let our guide be ibo admirable motto of our
State. Let our counsels be governed by Wis
dom, our measures by Moderation and our
principles by Justice.
So much for wbat I have to say oh this sc
casion, touching our present duties on this ab
sorbing subject, aud some of our duties in
reference to a restoration of peace, law and
order ; without which all must, sooner or later,
end in utter confusion, anarchy and despotism.
I have, as I said I should, only glanapd at some
general ideas.
Now ns to the future, and the prosnsot be
fore us I On this branch of the subject T ean
add bm little. You c«n form eome ideas of
my view* of that, from what has already baen
said- Would that 1 con'd say someYhiDg
cheerful ; but that candor which has marked
all that [ have said, canape I atfue to say that to
me the tut.'ireTis,f itr from bticw bright. Nay, it
is dn*k aud impenetrable Tuick gloom cur
taius and closes in the horizon all around us
Thus much I can say : My only hope is iu
the peaceful re-establishment of good govern
ment, and its peaceful maintenance afterwards.
And farther the most hopeful prospect to this
end now, in the restoration of the old Union,
and with it the speedy return of fraternal feel
ing throughrut its length and breadth. These
results depend upon the people themselves—
upon the people of the North quite as much as
the people of the South—upon their virtue,
intelligence and patriotism. I repeat, I have
faith in the American people, in their virtue,
intelligence and patriotism. But for this I
should long since have despaired. Bark and
gloomy as the present hour is, I do not yet, de
spair of free institutions. Let but the virtue,
intelligence and patriotism of the people
throughout the whole country be properly ap
pealed to, aroused and brought Into action,
and all may yet bo well. The masses, every
where, are alike equally interested in the great
object. Let old issues old questions, old dif
ferences and old feuds, be regarded as fossils of
another epoch. They belong to what may
hereafter be considered, the Silurian period of
our history. Great Dew, living questions are
before us. Let it not be said of us in this day,
oqt yet passed, of our country's greatest trial
and agony, that, “there was a party for Caesar,
a party for Pompey, and a party for Brutus,
hut no party for Rome ”
But let a|t patriots, by whatever distinctive
name heretofore styled, rally, in all elections
everywhere, to the support of him, be he who
lie may, who bears the standard with “Consti
tutional Union" emblazoned on Its folds. Presi
dent Johnson is now, in my judgment,the chief
great standard bear-rof these principles, and in
his efforts at restoration should recoive the
cordial support of every well wisher of his
country.
In this consists, in this rests, my only hope.
Should he bo sustained and the government be
restored, all the States brought back to their
practical relations under the Constitution, our
situation will be greatly changed from what it
wdb before. 4- radical and fundamental
change, as has been st ted, has been made in
that organic law. We shall have lost what was
known as our “peculiar institution’’ which was
so intertwined with the whole framework of
our State body politij. We shall have lost
nearly half the accumulated capital of a centu
ry. But we shall have still left all the essen
tials of a freo government, contained and grant
ed in the old Constitution, untouched and un
impaired as they came from the hands of our
falhora. With these, t-ven if wo bad to begin
entirely anew, iho prospect before us would be
much nitire encouraging than t.ho prospect was
before them, when they flpd from the oppres
sions of the old world, and sought shelter and
homes in this then wilderness land. Tho liber
ti* s we begin with, they had to achieve
With a climate unrivalled Id salubrity; with a
soil unsurpassed in fertility ; and with products
unequalled in value in the markets of the
world, to say nothing of our mineral resources,
we shall have much still to wed us to the good
old land. With good government, the matrix
from which alone spring all great human
achievment, ve shall lack nothing but our own
proper exertions, not only to recover our for
raer prosperity, but to attain a much higher
degree of development in everything that
characterizes a great, free and happy people.—
At least I know of no other land that the sun
shines upon that offers better prospects under
the contingencies stated. .
Tho old Union was based upon the assump
tion that it was for the beet inlerest. of the pro
pie of all the .States to be united as they were,
each State faithfully performing to the people
of the other States all their obligations under
the common compact. I always thought this
assumption was founded upon broad, correct,
and statesman-like principle*. I think bo yet
It was only when it seemed to be impossible
further te maintain it, without hazarding great
er evils than would perhaps attend a separa
tion, that l yielded my assent in obedience to
tho voice of Georgia, to try the experiment
whieh has ju3t resuited so disastrously to ns.
Indeed, during the whole lamentable conflict,
it was my opinion that however the pending
strife might terminate, so far as the appeal to
the sword was concerned, yet after a while,
when the passions and excitements of the day
should pass away, an adjustment or arrange
nleot would bo made upon Continental princi
ples, upon the general bneisof ad
vantage and mutual convenience,” on which tho
Union wae first established. My earnest de
sire, however, throughout, was whatever might
be done, might be peacefully done; might be
the result of calm, dispassionate, and enlight
ened reason ; looking to the permanent in
terests and welfare of all. And now, after tho
severe chastisement of war, if the general
sense of the whole country shell come back to
the acknowledgment of the original assump
lion, that it is for the beat interests of all the
States to be so uaited, as I trust it will; the
States still being “separate as the billows but
one as the sea” ; I can perceive no reason why,
under such restoration, we as a whole
with “peace, commerce, and honest friend
ship with aU nations and entangling al
ienees with none,” may not enter upon
f . new career, exciting increased wonder
i»jthe old world' by grander achievernenis
hereafter to be made than any heretofore at
tained,'by the peaceful and harmonious work
ings of our American institutions of self gov
ernment. All this is possible if the Marts of
tbe people be right. It is my earnest wish to"
see it. Fondly would I indulge my saucy in
gjnsing; on such a picture ot the future. With
Wbat. rapture may we not suppose me spirits
of oiir fathers would bail its opening scenes,
from their mansions above. Such are my
bopoa, resting on such contingencies. Bat if.
instead of all this, the passion* of the day
aha 11 continue to bear sway; if prejudice shall
rule the hour; ii a conflict of races shall
arise; if ambition shall turn the scale; if the
sword shall be thrown iu the balanoe against
patriotism; 'it the embers of tbe Ist* war
shall be kept a glowing until with new fuel
tliey shall flame up again, tbeo our present
gloom is but the shadow, the penumbra of that
deeper and darker eclipse, which is to totally
-obscure this hemisphere and blight forever tbe
anxious anticipations and expectations of man
kind I Theu, hereafter, by seme bard It may be
sung
* The Star of hope shone bright in the West,
The hope ot Liberty, the laßt, the be*t;
That too his se* upon her darkened shore.
And Hope and Prcdom light np earth so more.’
May we not all on this occasion, on this'an
niversary of the birth day of Washington, join
in a fervent prayer to Heaven that the Great
1 Ruler of events may avert from this land such
a fall, such a fate, and Buch a requiem 1
CONSIGNEES PER C. R. R., Feb.
24.—Jno Ryan, R B Bullock, H Moore, J 0 Gal
van, E R Schneider, L B Davis, Mosher, Thomss
A Co, D @ U Murphy, C Myers A Co, M Job, i-,
J Bredenberg, JW Turnley A Co, O Kahrs A
Bro, J A T A Hones, D R Wright, G Volger &
Go, [H], J Suoierau, Gray A Mullarky, Rausseit
A Ming, Mills A Winkler, J Kahr A Co, G Stoeple,
D fstellings, Maude A Wright, Baker A Shields,
O Churchill, B F Tutt, W J Farr, Jno Ross, Jno
S Cook, Stockton A Co, R Schley, M -j CraosiD,
J W Turley A Co, T Richards A Son, Conley,
Force A Co, Levy A Jacobs, Mrs Frederick.
MARRIED,
On the 24d Inst., by the B-iv. Mr. Wright, Mr. JShm
F. Napisk and Miss £ali.ie 0. Wise, all of this etty.
FUNERAL NOTICE.
The Friends and Acquaintances of
Mr. James M. Smythe, and of Mr. anil Mrs. G.
P Williams, are respectfully requested to attend the
funeral of Mrs. G. F. Williams, from St Paul’s Church
THIS (Sunday) AFTERNOON, at 4 o’clock.
SPECIAL NOTICES.
WEBB’S LODGE, NO. 166, F.’. A A.*.
M.\— rhe Regular Monthly Communication of this
Lodge will be held at Masotde Hall TO MORROW
(Monday) NIGHT, 26'.h Inst., at T o’clrcg.
Tbe Installation of officers Jot the ensuing Masonic
year will take place.
'Che members '-will take due notice thereof and
govern themet-lvee accordingly.”
By order.
CmusTopnaa F. Lewis, W.\ M.\
frl>2B 1 W. B. BRITTON, Secretary.
ATTENTION, GEORGIA.— THE MEM
bera of th ia Company are hereby notified to attend a
Called Meetng of the Company, at the Engine House.
TUESDAY EVENING, 2Th. tost., at T* o’clock.
Every mcmW is req tested to be preseut.
By order of Cap’. Ini.
GEO. W. BROADHURST, Sec’y.
feblO 2
OFFICE ASST. SPECIAL -AGENT U.
8. TRE tSURT DEPARTMENT, Globs Horr.r,, Ac-
OVCT4, Qa., Feb 15, IS66.—Pursuant to Instmctio-n.
r>. calved from the Hon. B‘cr*tiry of the Trcuiiry, all
person* who hsve subscribed t • the so-called Cenfod
eiaie Loans In this District, arc di raced to report
without delay at this Office, to m-ke arrangements for
the delivery of their aob-erlptlons.
Lists of subscribers have been furnished to this
Office.
Non coinp'lmce with this order within a reasonable
time, will subject the parties to rrcat lne nvenlerce.
Railroad Sid Steamboat Companies will be held re
sponsible for tran-p > ting subscribed cotton ont of
this District.
JAMES R. WILLETT,
Assistant Special Agent Treasury Department.
TmtASuar Dipahtmint, i
Jiionaiy 18 Vj6J. f
Sia:
******
The 24 bales in question Is represented t > be prrt of
a lot of one hundred bates, rub erlbnd by F ,to the
produce loan, ac-jwH U, in the year 180-2; hv which
mibserption hi agreed to dispose of the eotton on or
before a certain da'e, slid to Invest the proceeds, in
the form ot rpeoie or sterling , AC' ange, in 8 p r cent,
bonds of the Confederate mates. Mr F-w never
fulflll«d this ob'lpatton, and declares that he was
never called upon to do so, nor were the bonds ever
tesdered to him. He lias soil part of tlioeiltinon
his own neconnt.
I do not regard tho right of the Government to pro
perty seised by its ofticers in the insurrectionary
B‘a‘es as limited to sush prop rty as by the rales and
principles of the emu,on law would be d-olded as
‘ aving been lawfully acquired by th» sc-oallod Con
fede ate States; nor does the United States derive Us
title te eueh property from aad through that so-styled
g -verument, as Us assignee, or successor In law. In
faot, tnis Government denies that the Confederate
States, as a governmmt or body corporate do Jure or
de fitdo, ecu d lawfully acquire or p resets any de
scription of property.
The title of the Tufted States to such property Is
founded upon Its right, •« an established government,
under the law o' nations, and nnder the *cb of Its
own legislature, to *e ze, hi Id, *-d apply to its benefit,
all proporty whtoh has been used to overturn it. < r
subvert Its lawful authority, or which has been vo un
tarlly dedicate I to snch use by its owner.
It Is apparent by Mr. F *a statement that the
eotton In question was st one time so dedicated by
him. If It wss not setnslly used for tho purpose then
intended, or 1> he, for any reason, declined to Fulfill
his agreement, tha property is not (hereby purged of
the taint, nor he restored to his original rights theieln.
You will * * forward the eotton
In due course * *
Respectfully,
H. MoOULLOCH,
Becretsry of the Trrnsury. *
11. M. Rdoxlbt, Esq.,
Bup’g Special Agent, Tr. Dop’t, Nashville, Tenn.
febJO-dtf
CITY TAXES—EAST NOTICE.—EXE.
cutlers will be Is net on the first of MARCH next
against all rers >ns la default for City Tax. a for 1865.
At tho same tlmo, persons who have failed !o register
and iaks out I loense, in conformity with the City
Ordlsanee, will be ropor‘sd to the Recorder's Conrt.
I. P. GARVIN,
febSVtd Collector A Treasurer 0. A.
DON'T COUGH IN CHURCH.-OUR
Clarified Horehcnnd dandy, prepared dally fom tho
fresh hoib, will allay Irritation of tho throat and re*
f eve sudden cough*.
STEVENSON A SHELTON,
febS -8 HEB Broad Street.
HAILLAKD’J) GENUINE CONFEC
TIONS.—MaIIiatd’s Ohrystalisod Fruits and Chocolate
Caramels. A fresh supply of thsso dell clous bon bona,
lost received by
BTRVEN3ON A SHELTON,
feb2s-8 2-8 Broad Street.
HR. JOHN FOSTER WILL BE SUP
portrd for Mayor at tho approaching election, In
April next, by
feb's Many Vothrs.
OFFICE OF THE CENTRAL H. K. A
BANKING CO. OF GEORGIA, Savamhah. Feb. 22d.
1868.—1 n consequence of tT.o complicated roles in re
gard 4o the Intern si R-venae Tax, and the great oare
rendered necessary ia shipping eotton sen-ward, this
Corn par y finds it neoe* gry te decline forwarding It.
Therefore, parties sending cotton over this Road, to go
by ees, are hereby notified that it must be consigned
to a merchant in this city.
Expenses upon goods forwarded by merchints to
thsir friends in the Interior will be paid by this Com
pany semi-monthly—payments to b 9 made between
the Bth and 14 h, and from the 20th to the last day of
each month. A bill of expenses most in all cases ac
company the first dray load of goods.
WM. M. WADLET,
febß4—l2 President.
STOLEN S2OO REWARD.—STOLEN FROM
the subscriber, Thursday night, 22d in*t„ two Horses;
one a 'a-ge dark sorrel, nearly a mahogany, four
white legs, unshod, 'ame In one foro foot, fall blazed
face, including the right eye, the left eye not In the
blaze. The others small, dark bay, shod all round,
long tail, both left feet white, star In the forehead,
white strip on the left nostril—making six horsesstolen
from me In the last tbrs* months. Two hundred dollars
will bo gtvsn for the apprehension and delivery of the
thieves, with or without the horses,
N. L. ANGIHR.
Band Hills, Augusts, Oa., Feb. 28d, 1866.
fcb?4-6
THE IHRIHBERB OF THENEVERAL
Masonic Bodies or this oily are uct‘de<l to meet at
the Lodge Room, on FRIDAY, 9th of MARCH next,
at T o’clock, p. m„ to elest four Trustees of the Masonic
Hall, in room of Uriah L. Leonard. Lemuel Dwolle
Thomas Snowden and Lambeth Hopkins, deceased. ’
WM. T. GOULD,
ft* 24-td Chairman of the Board of Trustees.
WtNTED-CITY OF AUGUSTA
BONDB. W. B; GRIFFIN.
Merchant and Auctioneer.
DR; J. A. CLOFTON HAY BE Con
sulted in Warrenton on the 21st and 22d; In Greenes
boro on the 24th and 26th; Madison 26th and 2Tth
Atlanta SBth.
He operates with perfect snecess for .Piles, Fistula,
Fissures, Strictures, Tnmors, Ac. Special attention te
diseases of females. Thla Is positively his last visit to
it may be a speelal visit.
* Special notices. '«
' KAFFL«,-A * PEARL SET •<rth s6o*
in gold—will he JUEed at L Rohan A Oo’e., Ml Bread
street; as seen at the ehaaoee are all taken, at $lO a
Only a tew more ebaneer left.
CO PPE B TIPS PttOTRCT THE
10.-s of ehildren’a sheea. One pair will outwear three
without Dps. Sold . Terywhere. jans ;<■
JOHN K. J A OBLSO W,A TTOB NET AT
Law, Augusta, Georgia. OEoeHo.MS Broad street,
over the Augusta Factory Office. ootlO-Om |
J. J, ROBERTSON * CO., COTTON
Faotora, have removed to the large and oommodloae
Firo-Proof Store, No. S Warren Block, where they wttl
continue tbe Factorage Business In HI Its branches.
Close storage for cotton. - deeßS—tf
COLOMBIA AND AUGUSTA BAIL
ROAD OO.—ln conformity to the new corporate style
ot the CfrpmbU' and August* Railroad Company,books
are no# rren at my o«ee for .ascription for new
•td|k 1° thu Company.
Stuekheld-rs Will bring RPthe certificates now held
by them, and receive In lien therefor new oertideatee
A« ose-fourth the number of Shares called for therein.
By order of 001. Wat. Jobwukw, Free id ent.
.. *0- e WM. CRAIG, Treasurer,
Lb9—lrn Ogee No. AMelatoeh street.
COLLECTOR'S OF PICF, BlftTEB
BTA fES INTERNAL REVBNUR, Third Dietriet,
Georgia, Augusta, February Mtb, 1866.—The monthly
tax far January ts now doe. If riot paid in ten day*,
the law ezaeta a penalty of ten per centum on the
amount of the tag, “which must be oollecteOln all
eaa«e,aa the Oolleetov has no discretion In the matter.”
All monthly taxes are due from the 20th to the next
ten days following, for eaeh preceding month, without
not’ee, and if not paid In that time, the above penalty
attach", frail eases.
N. L. ANGIEB,
f. b2l- 8 Collector.
MOUTH CAROLINA VAILRO^D
COMPANY, Avovsta Aobmot, February 16, 1866.
On and after Monday, the 12th Instant, un'U further
notice, the PaMenger Train on this road will ran as
fellows: Won Pfc,
Leave Augusta ■ 8.00, p.‘ m.
Arrive Johneoa’s T. (k U 00, p. m.
Leave Johnson’s T. 0....' .12 00
Arrive Augusta 8.00, a. m.
H. T. PBAKE, Gen. Sop’t.
febll—tf
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS
FLOUR, CORN,
Hay, &c.
200 BBLS. Flour, different grades
300 sacks Yellow Corn
800 “ While Corn
100 bales Eastern Hay
100 bble Peach Blow Potatoes
60 bbls Pink Eye Potatoes
100 bbls Lima
For sale low by
O’Dowd & Mulheriu.
feb2s—3
“ CASH ”
Advanced on cotton consigned to
Messrs. Robt. Lockhart & Dbhfstkr,
Liverpool, Messrs. Norton, Sla cgiitkr h
Co., Messrs. Lees k Waller, New York.
Representing the above Wealthy and Re
sponsible Houses, and having established a
permanent house in this city, we are prepared
at all times to make Cash Advances on
Cotton. MAUDE & WRIGHT,
Augusta, Ga.
feblS-3m
TIEMANNB
Paints, Colors, &c.
THE undersigned is now fully supplied with
these
CELEBRATED STANDARD GOODS,
and will furnish the fame to Dealers at prices
which will enmpo'e successfully with any n-her
prices even in New York, for the same quality
of goods.
Task early attention to tuv stork.
WM. H. TUTT,
feb2fi 12 264 Broad st.
Stray Horses.
TWO H rise* strayed lo my hi use on Wednes
day nicht last—one a datk bay, the other a
sorrel, short mane and blaze in forehead. The
owner can get them by applying to me aud pay
ing all expenses.
GU3 ROBERTSON, Colored,
2K mile* from Hamburg.
feb2o—l* opposite Edgefield Hoad.
Georgia, warren county.—
Whereas, Laurence W. Barksdale app ios
to me for Loiters of Guardianship of the person
and property of Columbus R. dtory. a minor un
der the age of fourteen—
These are therefore to cite ahd admonish all
and singular, the kindred of said minor, to he and
api.ear at iny office, within the time prescribed
by law, and show 'cause, if any they have, why
said letters should not, be -granted.
Given under my hand at oflico. ia Warrenton,
February I9tb, 1868. H. K. CODY,
fcbkfi—o4 Ordinary.
Georgia, warren county.—
Wbereaz, W. B. Barksdale applies to me
for Letters ot Dismissory from the Guardianship
of James C. Rogers
These are therefore to cite and admonish, ail
and singular, the kindred of said minors, to be
and appear at my office, within the time pre
scribed by law. and show cause, if any they haVe,
why said letters should not be granted.
Given under my hand at office, in Warrenton,
February 23J,1860.
H. R. CODY,
feb2s—4o Ordinary.
" eorgia , w“arren county
VX Whereas, Mrs. Sallie A. Harris applies to
me for Letters Disml sory from the estate of Wm.
R. Harris, late of said county , deceased—
These are therefore to cite and admonish, all
and singular, the kindn d and creditors of said
deceased, to l>e and appear at my office within
the time prescribed by law, to show cause, if any
they have, why raid le tersshould not be grantee!.
Given under mv hand at office in, Warrenton,
this February 28d, 1866.
feb26—6m H. R. CODY, Ordinary.
Georgia, warren county
Whereas, O. L. Cloud applies to me for
• .mud, deceased :
Loiters Dismissory from the estate of Nancy
These are therefore to cite and admonish all
ami singular, the k'ndred and creditors of said
deceased, to be and appear at my offlce|wlthin the
time prescribed by law, lo show cause, If any
they have, why said letters should not be
granted.
Given under my hand at r-ffico, in WarrentOD,
February 23d, 1866.
H. R. CODY, Ordinary.
feb26—i-6m
G* EORGIA, WARREN COUNTY.—
I W ereas, Hezskiah Hunt applies to me I
for Letters Dis-’iseory from the estate of
Benjamin Reese, deceased :
These are therefore to oito and admonish, all
and singular, the kindred and creditors of said
deceased, to be and appear at my office within the
time proscribed bylaw, and show cause, if any
they have, why said letters should not be
granted.
Given nnder mv band at office, in Warrenton,
this February 23d, 1866
H. 11. CODY, Ordinary ,
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ADMINISTRATOR 8 SALE.
TYTIUE be sold, on the first Tuesday in
Tv APRIL next, before tho Court-Uouse door,
in Warrenton, within the nsnal henrs of sale,
fifty acres ot Land, belonging to the estate of M.
H. flulert, deceased, adjoining lands of estate of
Harmon HnVr‘ V \ .1 -Vn-i-i-i ond oth»rs.
Hold f u i, hi ,h hrit>? Ht-it creditors
-'f-mil t,te. Term* made known on day of
*»*• W. B. BARKSDALE,-
feb2s td Adm'r.
Just Published,
A NSW EDITION
OF THU
Elementary Speller and Reader,
By Rev. JOHN NMELY,
A CKNOWLEDGED by all who have
used it to he the Very' Be-t momentary
Book of the kind in use,
BEING SIMPLE, EASY, GRADUAL.
Nearly 60,(10$ copies already sold.
Teacher* and Country Merch»nta wishing n
supply can have their orders filled at *nee.
Apply to
A. BLEAKLY,
Hardware.
1 HAVE added to my stock a large assort
ment of Goods adapted to the Farmer and
erbauio. Our variety of Housekeepers’ articles
is n -w large, and I solicit a share of patroaage.
feb2l—6is 2i ß Broad^i.^AngeiUa.'Ga.
Notice.
A.Bf A No. 1 Cook, colored woman, who brings
good reference, cm be employed by applying at
this office. febtU- 8
WRIGHT, ST
General Cofr 1 srion *
Sis. J&r
BHJPFIHO MS E JIArfTS,
jrb. 7 JONES'BLOCK.
SAVANNAH, GEORGIA,
WILL purchase and sell on commission,
Cotton, Tobaooo. Prodnce and Merchan
dize of every description. Refer to the Mer
chant* and Hankers of Augusts, Georgia, and
Richmond, Virginia.
‘ Consignments solicited. febß-lm
’ , , a ,. , »"-*■ '
rTew Tin Shop.
ROOFINN, GUTTERING, SfOVE WORK
and REPAIRING done on the shortest
notice, and at most reasonable
prices. " S
rpHOS. MARKET respectfully announces
I to his friendain Angusia, and Edgefield and
Warren, that be has opened a Tin Shop at, the
Stove and Tin Ware establishment, of D L. Fol-
Mum, corner Broad Xnd Washington streets,
where he will do all wori entreated to him in the
Tinners’ line of business, with fidelity and dis
pateb. Twetyp years experience in the business
in this community warrants me in saving that all
work entrusted to me shall be satisfactorily ex
ecuted or no charges made. Respectfully,
THOS. MARKET,
Corner Broad and Washington sts, Augusta.
Edgefield Advertiser please copy one month
and send bill to Thos. Markey.
fehlO—lm*
Mills House,
(Corner Queen and Mooting Sts.,
CHARLESTON, S. C
f 0
fpHIS popular and well known Honse is now
I fully open, having been re-furnished with
New and Elegant Furniture throughout, and of
fers to the Traveler accommodations and con
veniences, as a
FIRST CLASS HOTEL,
not to be equaled by any, .North or South. The
patronage of the Traveling Public is respectfully
solicited. v
Rates of Board per day, $4.
Permanent Board as may be agreed on.
JOSEPH rUU CELL,
feb22—B Proprietor.
1866; fob IM6. 1866.
Bradley’s Celebrated
t-jj
EACH HOOP BEING COMPOSED
OP
TWO P£RFEOTLY TEMPERED
SINGLE SPRINGS
braided tightly and firmly together, edge to
edge, forming one Hoop, and making the
STRONGEST and
MOST FLEXIBLE,
THE LIGHTEST
ANJ>
MOST DURABLE SPRING MADE.
They will not bend or break like the single
eprings, but will always preserve their
PERFECT
AND
BEAUTIFUL SHAPE,
in ALL
Crowded Assemblages
Churches
Theatres
Railroad Cars
• For Promenade
Or House Dress.
In foot, they are superior to all others,
combining
COMFORT, ECONOMY, LIGHTNESS
AND DURABILITY.
INQUIRE FOR
BRADLEY’S
DUPLEX ELLIPTIC
Or Doable Spring Skirt.
For sale everywhere. Mann factored ex
clusively by the solo owners of the Patent.
WESTS, BRADLEY & CARY,
No. 97 Chambers and
Nos. 79 and 81 Seode streets, New York.
/ ft *
For sale in Augusta by
D. R. WRIGHT & CO.,
CHURCHILL & JOHNSTON,
C. C DRAKE,
E. B. LONG St CO ,
L G. FILLETTE,
Miss LUCY J. READ,
Xb(l all other Merchants who sell First Gists
Skirts in this city, and throughout the Southern
States.
Tho New EMPRESS TRAIL is now all the
rage in New York, London, Paris and through*
\>t Europe and the United States.
filrlMtn
PIG HAMS and BACON?
IN" EW Pig Hams
Breakfast Bacon
Choice Che-e
ALSO,
A largo ass irtment of—
Brooms, B iskets, Backets
Shoe Brushes, Blacking, Ao
For sale by
f< M4—B H. T. PEAT A CO.
Dr. Pettigrew
H*» rem ved his office from the Augusta I
Hotel to his residence, No. 94 Broad street.
feb24-tf
Stolen,
FROM the subscriber, on the night of the
19 h inst. near the Upper Market, a Bay
norse; has U 8 branded on left shanlder. very
indistinct; bushy tail, shoos oH all rmnd-with
M< ldle, ou rb oit brl lie a.id raartinixah’s I
will pay a bbe.al reward If nWurned tome
ALBERT BI>HBL, Coloied,
feb2J-6* a ° kSmUh ’ Ul ’ pUr M * rket -
For RentT
D.ellin, rorm.rl, .copied b, Hr..
Montgomery, between tho Ornttal and Globe
Hotels, over Geo. A. Oates’ store, Broad street,
f t»22 g l . nq " lra at tho R «»idenee.
» To Rent.
rpHE Newton House, at the corner of Wash-
I ington and Bills streets ; suitable for a ho
tel s containing a parlor, large dining rwn and
91 bed rooms. Possession given on Ist March.
Also A one and a half story Dwelling, at the
corner or Washington and Taylor slreete—*n»
able for private residence—containing six rooms,
kitchen and small garden. Possession given im
mediately. Apply to T
• WM. J. YABON,
Executor of T. Clanton. |
LW—M—
THEATRE.
Lessees'and -Managers,
RAYMOND & HAMILTON. -
* , . ' '
M’me Ghiofii ft Sig, Stisini s
GBAUD ITALIA*iffIU COHFAIY.
Director Max Strak'osch.
Mr. strakosch Runoun-OH withjnuch
pleasure that h#has succeeded'in engag
ing a complete sod efficient
ITALIAN OPERA COMPANY.
Etnbraoing the.moat eminent Artists, and oom
piete (thorns and Orchestra, comprising the
beet Artists from New York, with whom ho will 1
give, in Augusts,
•a. FOR SIX NIGHTS ONLY,tea
Commencing MONDAY, Feb. 26,
Six Different Grand Operas.
A change of Opera each night, which will be
given-in a style unrivalled by any other manage
ment.
OPENING NIGHT,
MONDAY EVENING, FEB. 26, 1866,
When Will be performed Verdi's master work, in
foor sets,
II Trovator© !
Madame. GHIONf, and PATTI RTRAKOSCH,
Signora MACCAFERRI end MANCUSI,
iu the principal roles.
TUESDAY, FEB. 2T.
Flotow’s'ebarming Opera, in four acta,
M ARTHA.
Mile. GANISSA. Madam- PATTI BTRAKOBOH,
Signora BRRANI, BUSINI and GRAFF,
in the principal roles.
FULL CHORDS AND ORCHESTRA.
Mos'cil Direct* r and Conductor—
Sigcor F. ROSA.
Wednesday—NOßMA.
Thnrsdey—EßN ANI.
Friday—FAUST.
Saturday—UN BALLO IN MASCHERA.
12. Reserved Seats, $3. Gallery,
Reserved Sea's for the season may now be se
cured at the Mu«io Sfor* of John C. Schreiner A
Pon», 199 B:oad street. The sale of i eat* for
sinde niphts will commence at the same place
On Friday morn'ng. Feb. 21d, at 10, a. m., and
be continued diily from 10, a. m. HU 5, p. m.
Doors open at 74, Opera eommences at 8 o’olk.
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INSURANCE.
Fire, Marine, Inland and Life.
Howard Insurance Co.,
OF NEW YORK.
Arctic Insurance Co.,
OF NEW YORK.
Adriatic Insurance Co ,
OF NEW YORK.
Astor Insurance Co.,
OF NEW YORK.
Standard Insurance Co,
OF NEW YORK.
Commerce Insurance Co.,
OF NEW YORK.
mercantile 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 assets of $6,746,000. o,hiefly in United
K'ates Bonds and Bnuds and Mortgages on Real
Estate in the cities of New York and Brooklyn.
T\/f" A BINE and Inland risks can by taken on
IYJL one vessel to the amonnt of SIOO,OOO. Fire
risks taken in the city or- country. Loseq* fairly
adjusted and promptly paid. Office next door to
the Bank of Augusta, and in the building occu
pied by J. O. Sobreiner A Sons, as a Book store;
WM. SHEAR, Agent.
Augusta, Dec. 29th 1866.
dec29—d3mtß*c2
MXHaIj.
FURNISHING WARE.
THE undoreigned would respectfully inform
his old customers and the Millers in general,
that he is now prepared to furnish the best
quality of French Burr, Esop'ie and Cologne
Mill Stones, Bolting Cloth, Burnt Machines,
Belting, Wire Cloth, Mill Picks, and any other
article required in a good Grits and Flouring
Mill.
**OsdaM aulicitt d nnd punctually attended to.
war. brknner.
109 Broad street,
novlS—dffccfiin A ugutta, Ga.
JAMES A. JONES. | W, O. NOftRELL.
JONES & NORRELI,
General Commission Merchants,
216 BROAD STREET,
AUGUSTA, GA.
»er>7-dAwAm
Artificial Legs and Arms
IN AUGUSTA, GA.
DR. DOUGLAS BLY, the Anatomist ar.d
'urgeon who invented the Anatomical Ball
and Socket Jointed Leg with lateral or side mo
tifin at the lika the natural one, has just
opened an Office in Augusta, G*.. second
ctoor from the I osfc Office, for the manufacture
an»l sale of his celebiatcd Artificial Legs and
Anus. *
The superiority of these Limbs has caused
them to be sought for. throughout almost the en
tire world, ns wi'l be seen by the following list
ot offices where they are manufactured and sold.
OFFICES*
W»VDOISr ENGLAND Cavendish Square.
NEW YORK 658 Bro»d«-»v
Near the Post Office.'
AUGUSTA. OA 2d door from Post Oflhe.
DA 77 Carondelet street*
wiuuvii, TcIVN 392 Main street.
VASHYIbLE. TENN In City Hall.
ST. LOUIS, MO 73 Pj„e .tVsetl
DID AGO. ILL Opposite Post Office.
ROCHESTER. N. Y ...Over Post Office!
For further iulormution, address,
, . Dh. BLY.
f"h22 daclm At nearest Ofliee.
MOSHIR. THOMAS & SMB.
*44 BROAD STREET,
(Under Masonic Hall.)
AUGUSTA, GA.,
niRXCT IMI’ORTKRS AND DKAI.KRB IN
English and French China,
BOHEMIAN, FRENCH and AMERICAN
GLASS WARE,
AND
KEROSENE LAMPS,
AND
AGENTS OF KAOLIAN WAKE.
We invite the attention of Merchants, Hotel
Proprietors, Steamboat Owners and Housekeep
ers, to our well assorted end large stock of Goods,
which we are determined t> sell as low as any
house East or West.
We have now on hand a full stock, and will be
constantly receiving additions thereto throughout
the season, of ihe following :
Plain White Dinner Sets
Gold Rand Dinner Sets
Decorated French China Tea Sets
Decorated French China Dessert Se‘s
Di oorated French China Toilet Sets
Iron Stone China
Common Earthen Ware, in great vsriefy
Bohemian, French and American Glass Ware
Kerosene Lamps
Try u», and wo will oonvince you that you can
save the freight from New York to this point.
Josiah Moshsr. J. JaarmtsoN Thomas,
Gaoaea Sohaob.
feh24 6m
Improve Your Stock -
A SPLENDID Durham Bull will make the
present season at the corner ot Jarkson
street and the Savannah road, war Delaigle'a
lane.
For further information, wir to
nb22—6* On the praaaices.