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i" SUNDAY MORNING, MARCH 11, 1866.
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“ The Sabbath was made for man, and not man (
for the Sabbath." The eiW and religious insti- ,
'tutions of any age or people are never an end ,
in'themselves. They arc ordered for the well .
being and happiness of the age or nation. They
are for the people, not the people for them.— ,
This established principle in all political and (
Religious economy should serve as a corrective
of a great and mischievous error into which ,
thousands in this land are iu danger of falling. (
Since the failing of the South to secure its in- (
depondeuco, the despondency of many has as
sumed the form of possitivc doubt and skepti
cism. It is* the gloomy recoil of disappoint- '
ment and disaster. This is even the tendency of
the human mind. The pendulum of thought
and feeling is never at rest. In all ages it is for
ever vibrating from one extreme of its curve to
the other—from religious belief to infidelity—
from enthusiasm and confidence, to doubt and
suspicion of every cause, human and divine—
from believing everything, to believing noth
ing. Something like this threatens to develop
itself in the present transition state of society
at the South. A double danger is impending.
The general laxity and corruption of manners
incident to the late war ; and then, this reaction
from a religious faith in the cause for which we
fought threatening to run into downright and
universal skepticism. Wc have failed ; there
fore, our religious education is defective! Slavery
has fallen ; therefore, the New Testament is at
fault! This position has been gravely assumed
by some professed believers —by reputable
members of Christian churches; while with
thousands of our young men, the disappoint
ment as to the issue of the late struggle has
come like the death-knell of every cherished
belief and scriptural assurance. Alas! for the
instability of human nature —for the exhibition
of its weakness ami endless contradictions
which, as a people, we would furnish by this
unmanly and .unwarranted distrust of God’s
word and providence. Previous to the war Our
political and religious conservatism was our
boast—the common subject of congratulation.
While in the Northern States every flcodjtide of
fanaticism and extravagance found an easy lee
shorc where it swept in jubilant and welcomed,
joe, at the South, presented an immovable bar
rier to every such novelty and innovation. We
were Ihe great conservators of civil and reli
gion.-. truth. We, at least, were no disciples of
theliigSer-law system; audio our very hearts
we pitied the fickle minded and deluded masses
of the iuiidcl North. But history is ever
making new and stratliug developments. A
mio-bty struggle, unequalled in the annals of
/Lie world, has closed. A disappointment, com
mensurate in degree, has clouded our earthly
horizon. A dreadful shipwreck has covered
the ith.ee pf foaming waters with broken frag
ments, to which millions of half drowned pas
sengers are clinging. But there is something
worse than all tills material ruin. From our
former stability of religious principles we arc
seemingly about to swing into those very ex
tremes of error and skepticism against which,
iu other and better days, wc lifted up our voice
in such loud and earnest protest. To say the
least of it, it is a position of uncertain equi
librium. The South to-day is threatened by a
greater danger than any that results from mere
political disaster. Frotq the, position of reli
gious indifference info which many are bestray
ed, wo are in eminent peril of being invaded
and overrun by those hosts of fanaticism and
superstition which always, like avenging furies,
sweeps iu upon every position of doubt, wheth
er assumed by on individual or a nation. Un
less we beware, we or our children will act over
again, and in some more ext reme form at the
South, which we have sneered at as Northern
fanaticism and folly. And many of our reli
gious teachers, perhaps, are to blame for a dan
gerous and semi-infulel tone of public opinion
into which their too hasty and confident teach
ings have betrayed an entire people.
We drew tW*BWord ; we appealed in our con
troversy to the God of battles. The battle was
a £i«mst ns. As a brave and high-minded race,
we must abide by the decision. Lee and John
ston, our host and bravest spirits have set the
example. All must stive. iii jrood iiiiUi, their
nlleirinnoc to tho national authority. And yet
while loyalty is a religious duty, a decision by
the sword is never in history the ultimate deci
sion of the rights or wrong of any controversy.
Napoleon said that Providence was always on
the side of the heaviest artillery. Providence,
possibly, in the sense ot mere temporary suc
cess, but. never in the sense of an ultimate deci
sion on the great principles of moral right and
wrong. It is.not only a heresy in religion, but
a mistake in polities to affirm this. Tho four
great empires of the ancient world —the Per
sian, Assyrian, Grecian, and Roman, successive
ly overran, each its predecessor. It was no
question in morals on religion ; it was simply
the struggle ot’ the ancient At hie too on a grand
and world-wide scale. The first Napoleon
came. All Europe was at his feet. As the sun
of Auterlitz rose like an orb of blood, the Aus
trian eagle flew screaming to the forests of the
Danube, and even the British lion looked doubt
fully on in his impotent wrath. It was simply
the problem of superior force and tactics.
Poland is dismembered and destroyed. All
Europe professes to sympathize. Hungary,
alter t,W<> or three brave efforts, is bound fast
in the clutches of the double-headed eagle. The
Netherlands, rescued from tho grasps of Philip
and Alva, may by the next arrival from abroad,
be reported as under the joint protectorate of
the allied powers. No one dreams of interpret
ing these historical problems in the light of
moral and religiSus principles. More to the
point still. The Israelites, God’s own people,
were not only invaded and overrun from the
North and South by the Assyrians and Egyp
tians, but they were carried into captivity, for
four hundred years at one time, and for seventy
at another. And yet neither by the willows of
the Euphrates, nor by tho reeds of tho Nile,
did they grow skeptical as to the being of God
ifnd the truth of Providence. And so the North
and West have overpowered tlio South. The
issue is conclusive to the triumph of arms
and the weight and invincibility of superior
numbers. The question, too, is settled as to
tho duty of loyalty and allegiance. But the
higher questions of right and: wrong as to the
moral and religious principles involved in the
controversy, are as untouched and unsolved as
when the first gun was fired in Charleston har
bor. There is for man, in his present limited
field ox knowledge, but one criterion and tales
man of truth. It is God’s infallible Word—that
Word which has other and higher objects in
view than the settlement of questions relating
to the best forms of government or the most
approved systems as science—that Word, which
rightly and bOberly interpreted, is no more
committed to the perpetuation of slavery on
ihe one hand, than of abolition societies on the
•other. There is but one tribunal, aud that to
be erected and revealed only on the overthrow
of all earthly empires, strong and weak, great
send small, from which there can be no appeal.
It is the tribunal of the last, and therefore, the
perfect and infallible judgment.
The sociaWorms aud usages iu which we were
educated, and to which we cling with such na
tural pertinacity, were made and continued for
the South, and not the South for them. Divine
(truth met and regulated them while they lasted.
.•Like many civil, political, and religious insti
tutions, they serve their day and generation,
and then give way to other and better forms
and relations of society. The war has settled
the question of slavery. The sword lias been
rtbeatbed, and woe to him who draws it again.
•They that use the sword shall perish by the
aword. But another and greater issue is about
being joined; another and mightier conflict
already inaugurated. The tramp of the gather
ing armies is already heard—the shout of the
(Captains, and the noise of the chariot wheels.—
it 1* not the gleam of steel, or the thunder of
cannon. It is the great and decisive conflict of
mind — the battle that Faith, armed with the
simple panoply of the Divine Word, is about
to join with tJie frowning hosts of un
flipliel' and formalism. The Hostile fleets
rare crowding all sail on the foaming sen, the
decks are all cleared for action. Atstd the
thick and portentious signs of the times,
the great champions on either side, Christ
xind anti-Christ, are drawing nearer and
nearer. David, with his sliug and stone out of
the brook, is advancing to meet the great Go
liath of evil. The peaceful Do ve of a holy and
self-denying religion is no longer ayoidingy-iu
jj/g flight, the black vulture of hell now screarn
jiug ;n the heavens. Ou which side will we eu-.
•list I Pn the side of a sound scriptural faith in
-.that w ord of the living God which abideth for,
ever, on the aide of those dark and bonded hosts
■where the spirit pf unbelief leads one wing, and
:the spirit of religious formalism, clothed like
flatap in the livery of heaven, jeads the other.
The temporal reverse* oSitfoqßotath ’dJjquld t
drive her 'The desolations of
her hornet land firesides should prepare, more
speedily and effectually, the way of the Lord.
It is the temptation of her great spiritual enemy
who bids her, “ (yirse God, and die.” Let us
not justify in its application to our future reli
gious life the remark of Ruskin as to the unbe
lief of Europe, “ The red Indian or Otaheitan
has more sense of the Divine existence than the
majority of refined Londoners and Parisians.”
No—let us shake off the spiritual incubus which
this war has rolled upon us. Let us busy our
selves with other and higher issues than those
of the passing hour. And then across the mid
night of our sorrow and ruin, the signal lights
will gleam to tell that the morning is at hand.
“ The Lord reigneth, let the earth rejoice. The
Lord reigneth, let the people tremble." “ Shall
not the Judge of all the earth do right f Let God
be true, but every man a liar. I said unto the
fools, deal not foolishly, and to the wicked, lift
not up the horn. Lift not up your horn on high ;
speak not with a stiff neck. For promotion com
eih neither from the East, nor from the West, nor
from the South. But God is the Judge; He
putteth down one and setteth up another. Clouds
and darkness are round about him ; righteousness
and judgment are the habitation of His throne.
Be still and know that l am God ; 1 will be exalt
ed among the heathen. I will be exalted in the
earth. And though He slay me, yet iaill 1 trust
him"
Watchman.
VETO OF THE*STAY LAW.
Executive Department, l
Milledgeville, March 6,1866. )
To the Senate :
Having given serious consideration to “a bill
to be entitled an act for the relief of the people
of Georgia, and to prevent the levy and sale of
property under certain eircumstaudes, and
within a limited period,” which originated in
your body, with more than ordinary anxiety, if
possible to concur with the General Assembly
in the propriety of its enactment, I am con
strained to return it without approval.
The Constitution of tho United States express
ly ordains that “no State shall pass any law im
pairing the obligation of contracts."
The application of this provision to the act
under consideration involves two enquiries:
First. What is meant by the obligation of a
contract ? Secondly, What, constitutes an im
pairment of it ?
A proper consideration of the subject requires
a distinction between a contract and its obliga
tion. The former is “an agreement to do or
not to do a particular thing.” The latte Vis that
which binds the promisor to perform his agree
ment. We often speak of a moral obligation to
perform a promise, the sanction of which is
found in a pure and enlightened conscience.—
But it is evidently not this which the Constitu
- lion was designed to save from impairment, be
cause it is simply impossible for legislative ac
tion to change the dictate of conscience regard
, ing any antecedent duty which one person may
owe to another.
We speak, also, of the legal obligation of a
contract, by which* is meant the force of law,
compelling its performance or giving an equiv
alent after its breach. In arguing the case of
Ogden vs. Sanders, Mr. Webster remarked; “the
municipal laio is the force of society, employed, to
compel the performance of contracts." This
force consists of all the means provided by law.
to enable the xiroiuisee, without disturbing the
peace of society, to compel the performance, by
a reluctant promisor, of his engagement. Thus
understood it is clear that the Legislature, if
unrestrained, would be capable of impairing or
destroying the obligation; and it, is precisely to
guard it, that this prohibition was inserted in
the Constitution.
The question then is presented, whether or
uot this act against the intendment of the Con
stitution, impairs the obligation of contracts. —
It providvs “that, there shall be no levy or sale
of property of defendants in this State under
any execution founded on any judgment, order
or decree, of any court heretofore, or hereafter
to be rendered, upon any contract or liability
made or incurred prior to the Ist of June, 1865,
provided the said defendant shall pay or cause
to be paid during each year one-fourth of the
amount of principal and interest of such execu
tion, or of the debt or claim, on which such
execution has been or may be hereafter be ob
tained, so that the entire indebtedness, shall be
paid iu four years from the first day of January
—the llrst'instalment to be ptlid by the first of
January, 1867, and the fourth and last by the
first of January, 1870.” Any officer levying or
selling is made liable for a trespass. Here wo
remark that the prohibition of the Constitution
is not directed solely against the destruction of
the obligat ion. It is not that no State shall pass
any law destroying the obligation. Were it so
expressed, however impolitic or unjust it might
be, in any supposablc case to impair without
destroying it, the Constitution could not be in
terposed ajj as barrier to such action. But it is
explicitly against the prohibi
tion |is directed. The intention being negative,
not positive—prohibitory, not mandatory, the
lesser interference is expressed, because being
, included in the greater, its prevention prevents
both. Hence it appears that something more
was intended than to keep the obligation alive i
which is all that can be claimed for a stay law.
Let it be borne in mind, that, the obligation
of a contract is the force of law, compelling its
performance, or giving satisfactionfor its breach.
This force has a two-fold opFr atfort*.*TlrsT,T?
acts judicially, whereby the existence of the
ment a m <fote**miri^c!, of vriik-Ii fire express
ed In the jndffrflcnt. WnfirttV, tfaWwnls
terially, wherein, under command in writing,
an officer of law, cither transfers certain spe
cific property from tho possession of the prom
isor to that of the promisee, or converts into
money, in a mode prescribed, such portion of
the promisor’s property ns will satisfy the judg
ment, and delivers it to the possessee. This
done, the obligation of the contract is consum
mated —its performance is enforced.
But if, when the judgment shall have been
rendered, and the next step according to the
law whiclt creates the obligation, is to issue this
written authority (called an execution,) with
out which the judgment would be valueless, the
State shall pass a law forbidding the issuance for
one year; or, if, after it shall have been passed,
tho proper officer is forbidden to execute it,
within a year, what effect hag this legislation
upon tho obligation ? We are told the effect is
to suspend it, leaving it, vitally untouched.—
True, by the terms of the law, vitality remains,
but does this satisfy tho Constitution ? Is there
no diminution, no weakening, no impairment
of the force of the law compelling perform
ance ?
Lexicographers tell jjs that to impair, is to
“ diminish — to lessen in value." —
! Suppose A bont a a judgment against B and
i C to obtain another against D, at the same time
| each founded on contract, and both according
! to the general law, whence the obligation of
i contracts springs, capable of immediate execu
tion. Then suppose the Legislature to inter
vene, and enact tiiai me former shall not be ex
ecuted within one year, leaving the latter un
touched, would there then be no difficulty in
tho relative strength of the two obligations ?
A man in paralysis has vitality as positive as
has he in good health; yet it is impaired. So
A’s judgment has an obligation, but it is pnra
| lyzed, “ weakened," 11 diminished," by the tem
| porary loss of its active quality, and, there
! fore impaired.
In executory contracts, time is always an im
! portant element. It will probably be conceded
that it would lie unconstitutional for the Gene
ral Assembly to enact that no promissory notes
heretofore made, and to mature on the first day
of January, 1807, shall be considered due, - and
payable before the first day of January, 1868.
If this be so it is difficult to perceive how the
constitutionality of the act can he maintained.
If the day of payment, may not be postponed
before maturity by legislative action, it would
scent "a fortiori," that it may not be, after tna
| fcurity; or, rather, that the contract may no "bo
; thrown back into immaturity, and a new day of
payment, appointed by such action. Pursuing
the line of argument, the right, of the promisee
does not lose its character of contract by the
institution of a suit, nor by the rendition of a
judgment to enforce it, That, character abides,
anil to it the constitutional guaranty adheres
until it is either extinguished by performance
or smothered by a statute of repose. Indeed,
this act specially refers to contracts in judg
ment and to their dates. Hence I conclude the
Legislature has no more power to appoint a new
and distant day of payment after suit com
menced or judgment rendered,than before. In
all other respects the promisee’s cqntlition is
considered better after judgment; why
worse in this? Beforejudgment, is impotent to
compel immediate performance of the i ontraet.
I The judgment makes that will tho-motive pow
| er of the obligation, for by it the execution—
: the final process—may be put iu action. But,
[ by legislation of this character, that motive
power is suspended—temporarily abstracted
front the obligation. Perpetual injunction
would destroy "the obligation, quo acj, the ac
tion of this State; and I cannofr resist the con
clusion tint temporary injunction would im
pair it.
Again, the judgment and execution which arc
intended to be the. consummation, or end of the
obligation, tire lawful subjects of traffib, arc
saleable commodities. It, is indisputable that
tlm possession, and exercise by tho Legislature
of the powe r of suspending their operation,
would “ lessen l/ieir value," as such; and this
brings such legislation within another definition
of impairment, viz it “ lessens the valve."
H one Legislature may postpone for a year,
each subsequent one may do the same. .
Already have the judgments affected by this
act, been suspended fivj; years by such action.
Upon principle, these successive postponements
might as well be continued an hundred "years or
through ail time.
The hundredth would be as valid as any pre
ceding one. But bow, meantime, fares the ob
ligytipn ? The consolation offered to the pro
inisee, and repeated to successive generations
of his posterity, would bo, that it flourished in
a green old age, its strength unimpaired by
time. \
The strength of the argument in favor of stay
Jaws lies iu the proposition, that final process
is but a part of the remedy which must always
be within tjif |i/ywer of the Legislature; other
wise it would-be flu possible to correct errors in
jurisprudence of to improve the system as ex
perience map dovelope its deffe'els.• The power
of the Legislature to modify remedies, oveh at
the cost ol delay to suitors, then in court, must
be conceded; but with two qualifications.
first, tlic intention must lie bona fide to
change permanently, and to improve the sys
tem. Secondly, Ibis must always be done, if
posible, so as net to affect injuriously antece
dent rights.
This act cannot be brought within either ot
them. First, it contemplates neither any im
provement nor any permanent change of the
judicial system. Sections 3553 to 3557, and Sec
tion 336 of the Revised Code regulate proceed
ing fttMff judgment iu suits to enforce contracts.
It is obviously not iha intention of the General
Assembly to make any m these further
tfian to suspend them for a tithe, hi" the class of
cases described in the act.. No other course ‘of
proceeding is substituted —judgments rendered
for special ’purposes are excepted—and none
that may hereafter .be rendered on contracts
mudo since the ffrst day of June, 1865 ; arc in
eluded in tire stay. In such cases, therefore,
tKe courses of the law will be the same as here
tofore. Secondly, if the change wore perma
nent—if it contemplated just such a stay of
execution, under judgments to be obtained,
founded on contracts made since the first day of
June last, the office of sheriff is nevertheless •
continued, and therefore all judgments founded
on contracts heretofore made, might be executed
as well as in times past, and the obligation of
the contract be tknaffected ; but in point of fact
the bill not only affects them, but injuriously
discriminates against them.
Here, then, is plenary evidence that it is not
one of those great reformatory measure, design
ed to improve the judicial system, for the per
manent advantage of the body politic—that in
truth it makes no change iu the system, but
only withdraws for a time from a certain class
of contracts its obligatory operation. It is a
temporary expedient, interposed between the
debtor and creditor for the relief of the former..
It postpones for one vear absolutely and for
four conditionally the lull performance of all
the contracts entered into before the first of
June last, and in my opinion as flagrantly vio
lates the Constitution as it affected contracts
running to maturity, by postponing the day of
payment one, or four years, beyond that fixed
by the terms of each.
* The course of reasoning adopted, the princi
ples affirmed, and the rules of construction ap
plied to this clause of the Constitution by the
Snprcmc Court of the United States in several
cases, seem to me to lead to this conclusion,
although in none of them were the Legislative
acts reviewed identical in their provisions with
this. Those I shall simply state without quot
ing from them. They are Sturges vs. Brown
.ingshield, 4th Wheaton, 122; Green vs. Biddle,
Bth Wheaton, 1 ; Ogden vs. Sanders, 12th,
1 Wheaton, 213 ; Bronson vs. Kinzee 1, Howard,
311 ; McCracken vs. Hayward 2 ; Howard, 60S.
In these cases, stay laws are, byway of illus
tration, more than once referred to as violating
this clause of the Constitution. In the first,
Chief Justice Marshall, who bore a part in the
proceedings for the adoption of the Constitu
tion, expresses the opinion that the passing of
such laws by the Stales was one of the chief
causes which induced the insertion of this
clause. Judge Parsons, at page 703, of the 2d
volume of his" authoritative treatise on contracts,
affirm the proposition as established by author
ity, that “an exemption of property from at
tachment (by which is meant levy) or a subjec
tion of it to a stay law or appraisement law,
impairs the obligation of the contract." He adds: i
“Such a statute can be enforced only as to con
tracts made subsequently to the law.”
There are, I concede, cases supporting the
opposite conclusion, but I think they are sus
tained neither by the weight of authority nor
by the force of logic.
Our own constitution contains a clause simi
lar to that quoted from the Constitution ol the
United States. But it is uot alone, this du
plicate prohibition which, in my opinion, pre
cludes legislation of this character. The first
clause of the first section of the second article
of the constitution of Georgia, is in these
words: “ The Legislative, Executive and Judi
xial departments shall be confided to a separate
body of magistracy'. No person, or collection of
persons, being of one department, shall exercise
any power properly attached to either of the oth
ers, except in cases herein expressly excepted."—
It is to the latter sentence I pertinently refer.
The investigation and determination of private
rights; the enforcement of contracts between
individuals when one of the parties refuses com
-1 pliance, and clearly powers properly belonging
• to the judicial department. Their exercise is
invoked by suit in court, which, being iustitu
: ted, is properly under the control of that de
partment, from the filiug of the petition to the
1 return of final process, executed ; when, for the
' purpose of preventiug wrong or oppression, or
• of doing full and complete justice iu any case, it
5 becomes necessary to arrest the proceeding;
• whether before or after judgment, this can only
• be done by the writ of injunction, and that is
f sues properly out of Chancery, which appertains
r exclusively to the judicial department. What
• are the rights upon which the bill under consid
-1 oration acts ? They are those which have been
asserted by suits in courts of justice ; have been
r those investigated and adjudicated, and which
- those courts are proceeding to enforbe by their
■ final processes, called executions. Whatfaction
- docs this bill propose upon them ? It does not,
r indeed, set them aside—annul them —but it sus
>" pends action tinder them for a specified time.—
r What is this suspension hut an injunction of a
r judicial proceeding? The form of the writ
> iu the department to which the power properly
B belongs, is not observed, but the precise end is
c attained—lhe injunction is as effectually iro
■ posed as if a writ in due form had emanated
11 from the legislative source.
Let us look a little more in detail into this
e matter. A writ called an execution issues from
V the Inferior Court of Baldwin county directed
,f to the sheriff,commanding him to make by levy
e and sale of the property of CT) one hundred
doliars, which A B lately in that court rceover
-11 cd of him, and further that he return that writ
11 into court at the next term, which means in
f law, that lie return it executed. If the sheriff
s do not make the money as required, he may at
'* the return term of the writ* ruled and cont
t pelled to pay it himtfhtf, unless he can show,
t good cause for his failure. This is the course
i- of the law, and this its cud. But suppose when
8 so called on he should exhibit a writ, sued out
i- of the Chancery side of the Superior Court of
S Baldwin couuty, at the snitofC D, eommand
e ing him to desist from levy and sale, under that
g particular execution, until the further order of
8 the court; he stands justified because he is cn
joined. One branch of the judicial department,
• armed by law with the power, has arrested
'• another, and no vioVnce is done to the consti
u tution. But suppos\ instead of exhibiting a
'i writ of injunction ii qnj the Superior Court, lie
M
c issued by any court. Ts ho bo excused, on wnat
J sromid S cloorty that liu was enjoined. T tinr I
'i. the judicial injunction, In the .one ease was in !
- the exercise of “a power properly nttacheiv’tol
'< the judicial department cannot possibly be de
nied. Then how can it be maintained that the j
imposition of the legislative injunction, in the
1 other ease, would be conformable to the pro
f visions of the Constitution I have quoted. Is it
not manifest that such legislation produces
8 direct collision between the departments ? The
mandate issnod by the judicial department was
in strict conformity with the laws of the State,
a Without repealing those laws, without perma
e nently curtailing the powers of the courts, the
8 legislative department simply intervenes and for
i- bids the ministerial officer obeying the judicial
e mandate. It was for the express purpose of
r preventing such conflict this provision was
f inserted in the Constitution,
j * There is another objection to the hill which I
a cannot pass over in silence. It classifies con
s tracts and discriminates between the classes,
- injuriously to one of them, or rather to the
b parties interested in their enforcement. Con
e tracts made prior to the first day of June, 1865,
t constitute one class, those made subsequently,
' another. To the former only is the stay of
execution, under it, applied. If separate judg
-0 ments should bo obtained iu the mouth of
- January 1867, the one founded on a contract
I entered into before the first day of June 1805,
e aqd the other on a contract made after the last j
Z mentioned day, even though they were based
f upon consideratious equally meritorious, the ;
- stay of this law would attach to the former,'and 1
- not to the latter. lam utterly at a loss to con
- jecture upon what principle, consistent with
- equal justice, this discrimination is founded.
i Indeed it would seem that if any discrimination |
- were made, it should be iu tavor of that class of j
8 creditors, a very large majority of whom have
’ already been subjected to five of these legisla
• five injunctions, successively enacted, and so
- linked, as to compose a chain, extending over j
- as many years. The elder creditor is tied up
and the junior left untrameled; nav more, the
• judgment creditor of live or more years stand
-1 ing is arrested, whilst to the simple contract j
creditor of yesterday, the highway to full and ■
8 complete compulsory performance is left open, j
f It may be said that whenever a j unior execut ion,
l not stayed by the proposed law, shall by levy
■ and sale cause money to be made, the older j
15 executions arc not restrained from being inter- •
• posed to claim it. But tills can scarcely be in- |
■I tended, for in that event, tho law must fail to j
I give the promised relief. Uuder auy circum- j
- stances, this could only occur where there were
e judgments of both classes against the same
f debtor, and the suggestion therefore docs not
? relieve the measure from the alleged discrimi-
1 ‘ nation. Even in those cases the debtor would
e be under a strong temptation to apply his means
II to the satisfaction of the junior judgment, rc
serving for th§ senior only the annual instal
s rnent necessary to keep him in fetters, and thus
e the discrimination would still operate itijuri
i ouslv.
I take no pleasure iu the performance of this
duty. Always reluctant to disagree with the
General Assembly, I can truly say this disagree
ment is painful in the extreme. I have nlmn
dant sympathy for the suffering people of Geor
gia, and in the desire of the General Assembly to
alleviate their sufferings. But on entering this
ofliee 1 took at the threshold, in presence of
you all, a solemn oath to preserve, protect and
defend the Constitution of the United States,
and of the State of Georgia; and this I must do,
as I, not as others understand those instruments,
If I doubted I would give the measure the
benelit of the doubt and leave its constitu
tionality to the courts; but, not doubting, I
must dissent as I regard my oath. Upon such
subjects, men equally earnest in search of truth,
and equally upright, and fair, in their habits of
thought, are prone to differ. Whenever such
a difference occurs, it becomes each party to ex
tend to the oilier the meed of upright intention.
I have done what I conceive to he' my duty, and
if after reconsideration, wliioh I respectfully
invite, a constitutional majority of the General
Assembly should adhere to the measure, I shall
indulge the hope that no detriment will come to
the State, either from its seemingly unequal
practical operation or from its imputed viola
tion of the fundamental law.
(Signed) Charles J. Jenkins,
Governor.
Gen. Hood’s Reported Engagement.—
There has been a report going the rounds of
the presstliat Gen. J. B. Ilood was to be married
to a daughter of General William Preston,
of Louisville. We remarked to him said lie,
that he had to suffer for his notoriety. “ y es,’’
“and it must he exceedingly annoying to the
jady as we had no acquaintance whatever, hav
ing" never, even seen one another.’’
He ivas recently the guest of Mr. James
Short, of our place, and spent some time with
his'''brother-in-law, Dr. Graves, an eminent
physician of North Middletown, in this county.
He is a much handsomer man than One would
judge, him to be from his photograph, and, in
conversation, he has a very pleasant counte
nance. Somo one remarked to Hint that the
greatest difficulty he had at the battle of the
Seven Pines wus to keep the leaves which the
trails eat off from falling between lps collar and
neck. “That,” said he was before they learned
to shoot low.” Sharpsburg he considered the
hardest fought field of the war. He fought all
day long in open space against three times his
number, and lost half his men.
’ f Kentuckian.
Washington, March J.—Secretary Seward,
in an interview with a Pennsylvania pa ember,
grew very much excited over noli final matters,
and denounced Congress In the most violent
manner. He said there was not a rebel In the
country to-day; that which is termed Johnson’s
policy is Ids ; that he laid it out for Lincoln,
who adopted it, and was carrying it out when
lie died; and that Johnson is merely continuing
it. He declared himself in favor of the imme
diate admission of the Southern delegations,
and the repeal of the test oath.
litti I
IMMENSE MEETING AT*" JOKES’ WOOD.
From the New York HeraldMtty sth, which
. contains nearly eight columns oykyffi printed
matter, in relation to the groatT mlan demon-*
etration at Jones’ Wood on Sundi ’, the sth, we
make the following extracts :
The great meeting called to coj ider the mat
ter of Irish grievances, and whii i has been so
much spoken of for the past few days, was held
yesterday at Jones’ Wood. The fineness of the
day, as well as the important ttpws lately re
ceived from Ireland, induced an ijnmense num
ber of people to come together, the
affair was one of the largest seeirin New York
for some time. The excitement was intense,
“ An’ ould min an* women they me(J the remark, a
There wasn’t sich a sight since the time iv No’s v
ark;
An’, begorra, ’tis thrae for thiui. The divil I
such a scrooge, e
Such excitement an’ crowds was seen since the
delooge.” ’ , I
A large number of eminent were r
vertised tef speak on the lid through „
the morning pleasurable vrcre en * t
tertained of having a spiritediT' l **' l1 ?' which .
were fully realized. '*«, .
SCENES ON THE BOWERY AVENUE. t
Perhaps since the era of city there i
never was such traffic. Crowded* cars are no t
uncommon things on any of thj svenuos. Such t
things have been known as one car to afford ac- t
cominodation, such a* it was, to sixty passeu- ]
gers, when each one sat in the other’s lap, and t
everybody damned everybody itse for treading
on tender corns ; but yesterday was assuredly !
the day of days for railroad earaj As early as •
eleven o’clock the people comoenced going to i
the “Woods,” and from that tyne till four in the i
afternoon each car carried oue j
hundred, and twenty passengenTj icluding those '
outside. Every incli of space on oth platforms ]
was covered with feet, the ow era of which
groaned in agony at the fearful reedom of the
press. Inside the 6ccne was ot perfectly in
describable with the pen, and on je roof a black '
mass of human beings transfori ed each car in
to a mass of moveable human! . The horses
labored under theso loads, liitq rto unknown,
and drivers raved and swore i gardiess of the
sinfulness of such acts. As or conductors,
their condition was indeed pili fie. To collect
each six cents was impossible, a d to permit free
passage is against the conscience of all collec
tors. Truly Drydcn, when romposing his
“ Alexander’s Feast,” must me forsecn the
events of yesterday, as never Was more fully
exemplified the accuracy of thtwords, “None
but the brave deserve the fair” The one ab-
I sorbing topic of conversation op and in the cars
i was the approaching demonstration, and many
| and varied were the opinions sft forth on this
■ matter by the occupants, who jfeused oecasion
| ally to curse some uneasy pas est go r who had
! indented his neighbor’s hack witi his elbow or
I trodden incontinently on Iris come. All along
| the Bowery and Third avenue weary and
heavy laden vehicles lumbered, thile at. every
stage anxious men stood looking for a foothold
Which was uot. All along the Briery and Third
avenue crowds of people wnitil for a chance j
to ride up to the Woods, till at length giving up j
hope, they sensibly determlnerjTto walk it, aud |
did so ; and it is questionable Thich were most !
; to be pitied, those who rode or those walked, j
; During this dangerous passage to Jones’ Wood 1
1 several accidents occurred, which might have j
resulted very disastrously, had not heaven been
j kind to the cause. The roofs of no less than J
i five cars smashed like paper beneath the pres- j
! sure of the outside passengers, who wre pre- j
: cipited into the inside, much 'to the astonish- j
ment of the occupants. Fortunately those who I
fcllthroughcame ( ontlicheadsoFthose inside,and j
I as they cvere not of the thinnest material there i
| was little harm done to either. In one or two 1
instances bruises of a slight nature were sus
tained. After passing through all the troubles,
trials and dangers incident on a trip made under
such circumstances, all arrived safely at Sixty
sixth street anil proceeded aa quickly as possible
towards the scene of the intended demonstra
tion.
ON THE GROUNDS.
At, two o’clock the extensive grounds of
Jones’ Wood were black with human beings.—
Never was there such a crowd gathered out
side the gates, and seldom was there so quiet an
assemblage. Recollection brings the writer
hack to a gathering which, thoith larger, was
not collected for less high, lcsanoble nor less
patriotic motives. Twenty yea* have elap& d
siuce the great monster meeting at Tara took
place. It was in the fall of ('43, and from
early morning of that eventful d|y, crowds of
determined men
country ; men who, ground down by centuries
of wrong, decided to show the W)rld they still
lived. O’Couucl), the immorti “Liberator,”
was the of the day, and long and ably
did lie speak on tho then absorling subject of
“Repeal.” three and twtiity years have
rolled along since then, the wrofrs perpetrated
by perfidious Albion are jjtill gran in the mem
ory •filnshmcn. They arte an uifortunate race,
•anl TLeacly year were a still those
\\jto pgs, transmitted to them ffol long lines of
qportstors, and p@rj*tuated mu* present time,
would stiF them up to bitter anjlmpiacable ha
tred against the Sjjuton. Thotigii five hundred
thousand persons assembled oiScday referred
to.iu order that they might iisbf to O’Connell’s
voice, still the one hundred tlnhsnnd collected
yesterday were ps firm in theli'Aatred of Eng
land antfas stern in their res A-c to be free.—
“Repeal” was not their wafcl* <*rd; that any
has forever passed. Freedom tam the yoke oi
LngmfttV to bq, a uation as b< 'ore is their do
terriiinasiDß, and success seen to presage for
■them*even at lids time, not a divided country,
not a split up laud borne down W taxation, op
pressed by the tenant lawn, by
cUuren rates, but a free, happy uni glorious re
public, like unto that of the Uiiked States. The
“emerald geiu of the Western world,” will not
be long “set in the crown of a stranger,” but
will blaze out brightly from a setting formed of
the glitteriug bayonets of t lie lish republican
army. The most, sceptical coultl not but see
that this day is not far distant, .were they pre
sent yesterday,
THE CROWD, AND WHATIT DID.
It is a prevalent idea that Irshmen cannot
come together -without having nj“ ruction,” or,
to use plain English, a fight. This idea has
been given birth to by the malevolence of Eng
gland/and, nurtured by hlinl prejudice of
ignorance, has grown so strong in the public
mind that to attempt, a denial \vJuld be looked
upon as a mad thought, if u<t a ridiculous
piece of nonsense. It may be hat, when the
“ drink is in the wit is out,” but trhen Irishmen
come together as on yesterday, tar a great pur
pose, they can be as quiet and as orderly as'
even our highly virtuous German citizens.—
Did this need substantiation, th< record of yes
terday alone need be produced Throughout
the entire day not a harsh word, save in refer
ence to England, was spoken, ;®d not a blow
was struck, although many, as they listened to
the stirring speeches delivered, grasped their
shelalahs more tightly, and, yith clenched
teeth, wished ..hat there were lot an army of
their country’s oppressors at find, that they
might show them ttiere was stli some spirit
remaining in the Irish heart, tome strength
still in the Irish hand. Indeed, for the consti
tution of Englishmen, it was well they wore
not around about the neighborhood of Jones’
Wood. The crowd assembled, though various
ly computed, was certainly over one hundred
thousand in number. They werqnot women or
children; indeed, probably not one hundred of
the fair sex were on the grounds; not boys, of
unsettled purpose, but men, with firm, deter
mined looks, inVhom the love Os country was
firmly rooted. Though through the harshness
of English misrule, they were forced to leave
their homes; though two thousand miles of
ocean rolled between them and the land of
their birth, still as dearly are they attached to
her as ever. They were not a crowd composed
of the lower order—the “rough#”—but a well
dressed and respectable assemblage. Among
them were Aldermen, Congresanen, Couneil
men, officers of tbe army and tavy, and gen
tlemen high up in the medical, i'g.il and oilier
professions. In addition to these were the
working masses, the clcmcnt.sjwbich go to
make up every nation, all impiisscd with the
importance of the object whidj called them
thither. The topic of conversatin uppermost
with all was the suspension of fie habeas cor
pus in Ireland, and while some dlplored, others
rejoiced at an event which displved England’s
terror at the movements of thef. K. B. One
advantage it has had is that it lids introduced a
new expression into the language. Yesterday
to threaten to habeas corpus die was looked
upon as the direst punishment known, al
though the same expression waslrequently ap
plied to going to have a drink} so that it is
likely, in a few days, whisky pinches and ha
beas corpora will be syuonymoti expressions.
All throughout the day the bifercst feelings
were entertained and given expression to m
words against England. Befon-the speakers
made their appearance on the pttforms, those
present amused themselves as b*t they could,
and the principal and most unjeer sill was iu
: conversing on affairs in Irelarl, A knot of
; three or four persons was collectid at one spot.
I The earnest manner of their coifersation soon
attracted something of a erowu to the spot,
i who quickly, with that Irish api tude, entered
| into the spirit of the
manifesto of the Homan C’athol Archbishop.
“An’ shnre,” says one, “what i is he or any
; iv them to do wid it ? Wufl we 11 him how to
I ait or dhriuk ? and why should r i ax him how
I io govern ourselves V’l
I “Begorra, an’ that’s thrue i>r ye,” says
] .mother; “haven’t they enough c do to think
I of our faults widorit botherin n mselves wid
jour perfections ? An’ isn’t i| htin wan iv
j thimV”
“Faix", it niver was counted a til i in my family
i to spake agin England on a Suit ay more, nor
any other day, and’ be the holy! only wish I
had half a dozen Sax ins here, an :’d soon show
t him I’ve stuck to the prineip es iv me fore
fathers.”
“An’isn't, the’hetther d!iy tbs letther deed?
an’ all the John Crosses in the w arid couldn’t
make me belave the oontrairy. S ire ifc reminds
me of what they used to say at 1< me in ’4B
“Have done wid yer tlgia u,
An’ tlilnk av your sin#,
Or I’ll break every bone
„ In yer riprobnte skins
This sally was gi'eeted with a sb ajtof miugled
laughter and approval, and it * is plain that
although Irishmen love the Moil >r Church as
Well as [ffe priests themselves, 1 ill that, they
will not permit any dictation ~ the part of
even the Pope himself' as regarl how to act
under British thraldom.
The general feeling seemed to c entirely in
favor of supporting the Irish at ome, instead
of attacking Canada, as one remonstrative
Foutau said “Share, we ain’t ‘amiiballs, to
live on muskrats an’ icebergs at, ieyear roun,’
and nothin’ roun’ us but a big i. iting pond.”
If any of the Senatorial party vere present,
they kept remarkably quiet, bed se at uo oue
time was tliero a word said in fin r of tlie Ca
nadian scheme, and H was belief q.
THE “ tVEARINO OF THE « RE#.”.
A market) feature in the dress )f tliose pres
ent was the jtredomi nance of o» .color, whieh,
though suggestive of Erin, is «< t of her son's,
Green was everywhere. Althotjfeh the spring
had not yet clothed the trees in ftheir verdant
coat, and though the ground w« anything but
meadow land, still the want of jils, the highest
of all colors, was not wanting.:'’ Greeiftsoarfs,
ties, vests, ribbons and badges w*to on all sides,
while the dear old flag, gorgeous with its golden
harp, fluttered in the breeze as though pointing
oht the path of glory to all who would fight be
neath its folds. Scarcely‘a man on the ground
had not a badge of some description. Some ,
confined themselves to the display of a piece of
green ribbon, while in many eases rosettes, em
broidered with the mystic letters “ F. 8.,” were
worn; and each person present seemed inclined
to re-echo the words borne across the Atlantic
from the shores of Ireland—“God.save the
green.” *
ROUND THE STANDS.
Although a great many of those present were
scattered round the grounds, there was a mass
ing of the crowds in the neighborhood of the
various stands, of which there were five. Each
person was anxious to get as near as possible to
the speakers, and so the most perilous places
were not free from invasion. The trees in the
vicinity of each stand were peopled by sundry
adventurous Fenians, who clung to the branches
with an astonishing tenacity. The railings of
the platforms, sheds, &e., were covered with
people whom no obstacles could deter from
climbing to the best positions.
From the tremendous rush upon the princi
pal platform (No. 1), on the arrival of the speak
ers, and the enormous weight of the crowd, a
portion of it commenced to bend and crackle for,
a few moments till at last it come down with a
trememendous crash. An amusing scene then
presented itself. Hundreds were precipitated
into the soft grass and mud, and seemed to take
the matter as a splendid joke, as all burst out
into a roar of laughter. With this one excep
tion, there was not a single accident, even of
the most trilling character, and everything
around and in the neighborhood of the different
platforms was carried on with the utmost order
and decorum.
The moment Mr. O’Mahony made his appear
ance on the ground, he was greeted with a
“shout that the dead of the world might
awaken,” which was continued as the news
spread through the grounds he was approach
ing. Attcnhed by a vast crowd ho made his
way, notwithstanding some difficulty, to the
platform nearest the hotel.
Here follows a minute account of the organi
zation, the speaking at the stands of wiiich
there were five, and the incidents at the meet
ing, but its length renders it impossible to re
publish it in our columns. A stroug effort was
made to prevent the Catholics from attending,
but the effort appears to have been futile. In
this connection we publish the following:
THE FENIANS AND THE CHURCH.
Archbishop McCloskey Denounces the Movement
in Unmistakable Language.
The Roman Catholic Cathedral was filled yes
terday, as usual, with a largq congregation.
Before commencing his sermon his Grace the
Most Rev. Archbishop McCloskey delivered
himself in the following terms on the subject
of Fenianism :
We want to say a few' words to you on a sub
ject. with which many of you are acquainted.
It is in reference to a call for a meeting of some
of those who are known as leaders of the Fe
nian movement. It is the call made by them
for an aggregate or mass meeting this evening
in Jones’ Wood. The object for which this
meeting is called it is not necessary for me to
[ state, from the fact that it is a call of thcFc-
I nian Brotherhood and Irishmen generally to
! assemble in Jones’ Wood. Now, I desire to
i speak to you of this subject in all calmuess. I
j wisli not (o use words in reference to this sub
icet that will he calculated to excite feelings of
i indignat ion or violence. I speak as a Catholic
j Bishop of a people who are known to have the
! Catholic faith deeply implanted in their hearts
| —who are jealous of all that concern, the honor
i and credit of that holy faith born in the eyes oi
I God and men. On the merits of Feuianism it
\ is not ray purpose at all to speak, as nearly all
J know what is the opinion held of it almost uni
] versally by all the bishops and priests of the
! whole Catholic Church, and all nten know hew
1 unfortunately a very large class of Irish Catlio
i lies have been in this instance an exception to
j what has been their history in all time iu clos
i ing their cars to the counsels of the fathers of
I the flock upon this subject, and listening to the
! counsels of self-constituted leaders. I do
j not call in question the motives by which they
arc actuated. No one sympathizes more deei -
ly with afflicted Ireland than lie who now speak*
I to you. God forbid that any word of his shou d
j ever militate against what are Ireland’s real, he.-i
aud highest interests. If we are opposed to this
S increment in toto it is not because we sympathize
j with the Euglish Government, but because we
, sympathize in the true spirit with Ireland. We
j have seen nothing yet, and we expect nothing
| from this Fenian movement but what will he to
i the great detriment of Ireland and its people,
j both in that country aud also in this, the land
j of their adoption. We believe that only injury
will come of this movement,and time will prove
who is iti the right and who is in the wrong.—
We believe Aat as nothing but mischief has so
litr come of it notlting but mischief will further
come of it. Arid I say it not only in the in
terests of our brethren in their own land but
also in our interests here. If our people persist,
as unfortunately they have persisted tints far, in
a movement which all sensible men and all true
friends of Ireland consider one of folly, which
must, result in nothing but destruction and
mischief, it will not ouly incite England to op
press Ireland still more, and to rivet still more
securely the chains upon her people, but it will
incite perhaps the. anger and disgust of the
1 American people themselves against us. And 1
| say iu all the sincerity of my heart that I look
j to this movement, with a feeling of deep appre
■ liension for the reason of the spirit that has been
evinced whose counsel the people have
followed in this movement that it will raise up
against Irishmen, first as Irishmen and then as
Catholics, iu this laud, a spirit of persecution
equal to that under which they have so long
groaned iu their own laiul. I appeal to all men,
mwl bea of .them lor their own and for the
take ot their religion ana their God, to with
draw themselves’from a moveinrtW that' TJlfi!'
already gone too far. The reason alleged for
nqt listening to advice from bishops and clergy
iu this matter is that, they say this is a political
movement, and that therefore the bishops and
| priests of the Catholic Church have nothing to
do with it, and must stand aside from it. That
is true. Bishops and priests have nothing to do
with it. They say that this movement has
nothing to do with religion. Unfortunately it
is too true it has not. But religion has some,
tiling to do witli it. This day is a day sacred to
God and to the hearing of His words. -It is
Sunday. It, is not a day for politics. It is not
a day for public demonstrations; but it is a day
for Catholic people to assemble in the house of
God, pay their vows and thanks to Him, offer
their prayers for the prosperity and peace of the
land they love, and to which they have been so
faithful. Theso Feuian demonstrations are bad
enough on any day, but there are days enough
in the week, and if they will uot be given to
those meetings let God’s day at least be spared
from them. This act of a public meeting being
held this afternoon is an open profanation of the
Lord’s day. It is, and will be regarded as a
public scandal; it will be a torch to the feelings
of the whole Christian community, and if this
admonition is neglected all the Catholics will lie
| held responsible for this outrage; and our Chris
; turn brethren who revered the Lord’s day al
| ready look upon this movement as a profana
| tion of this day; and all who do will ask in as
tonishment vvhat does all this mean ? They will
! say, here are Irishmen and Catholics offering a
| public insult to the day of the Lord. Hence it
j is that I have addressed a circular to all the
i Catholic clergy of this city to warn tlieir flocks
to abstain from this demonstration on the day
sacred to religion and to God. This invitation
for a public meeting is addressed to Catholics
to leave their religious leaders, and gather to
listen to men in Jones’ Wood speaking violent
and imflammatory language to them, At least
respect this day, which is sacred to God. Take
,no part, in the gathering. Here is the place to
show your sympathy; here you will not pro
voke, God’s anger, but can invoke His blessing.
The Archbishop then commenced the deliv
ery of his sermon, which was a very eloquent
discourse. It was a noticeable feature of the
congregation that it was chiefly composed of
ladies and old men. The young men were pres
ent iu very small forye indeed.
ST. PETER’S CHUKCHI.
At last mass in St. Peter’s church, after the
first Gospel, the Rev, Win. Quinn read the cir
cular letter addressed lay the Archbishop of the
diocese to the clergy of New York, and, after
reading the document, tbe reverned gentleman
said: lie was sure it was not necessary tor him
to say more than they had just heard to urge
Catholics to avoid such public gatherings on
Sunday. He supposed the day liacl been select
ed because the .people, being idle, would be
drawn by curiosity, and wheu ;isseniblcd they
could be all put down as svmathizers with these
foolish schemes. For so far the leaders have
only succeeded in penal settlements, and now
that martial law has been proclaimed over itil
Ireland the Fenians rejoice. It was certainly a
new kind of victory, and, under such circum
stances, such a one as we might expect. Ireland
does not. seem to dosiro the Fenians, and vre
here, who know something of them, have no
confidence in their ability to ameliorate the con
dition of Ireland. The reverned gentleman then
introduced the. Right Rev. Dr. Lynch, Bishop of
Charleston, who preached a very interesting
sermon. We understand a large collection was
made for the Bishop, or rather for the charities
under his care.
DISTURBANCE IN ST. BRIDGET’S CHURCH.
While the officiating clergyman at this church,
corner of Avenue II and Eighth street,was read
ing from the altar yesterday Archbishop MeClos-
Lcy’s letter denouncing the projected Fenian
mooting at Jones’ Wood, a young man in the
congregation stood up and protested in the most
vehement manuor against the reading of the
letter and guy interference with Fenian ism on
the part of'the. clergy. Considerable excite
ment was caused by this unexpected scene, and
the clergyman called on several members of the
congregation to put the dissenter out, but they
all refused to comply with his request. The
commotion quieted down alter some time,
THE OTHER CHURCHES).
The circular of flic Archbishop was read to
the congregation of the several Catholic churches
at some with and at others without comment;
but in one of the up town Catholic churches the
officiating pastor in the morning service yester
day prefaced the reading of the Archbishop’s
circular with the remark that he read the docu
ment because it was his duty as a priest to do;
hut at the same time he believed the Fenians
were a great Order anil were engaged in a good
cause.
Washington, March 8 Representative
Boutwell to-dav mads a report from the Com
mittee on Reconstruction, signed by himself
and Representative Washburne, of Illinois, in
which they state that the colored people of Ten
nessee are undoubtedly loyal, and half of the
white people are disloyal. East. Tennessee is
strongly loyal, and Middle anil West Tennes
see are disloyal. There are about 130.000 white
males of the voting age, and 80,000 colored
males of the voting age in the State, makiug iu
all 200,000. The bill proposes to exclude soven
tenths of the loyal population. They propose
an amendment to the proposition by offering
another condition for tl\p admission of Tennes
see : That, ’ip conferring the elective franchise,
iio distinction shall be lgade as to race or color!
r~ —.i .ihp. i W
The Tribunt''? Washington special says:
The mania for destroying tho various articles of
furniture iu Hie Executive Mansion for the pur
pose of securing mementoes still seems to be
uuabated. A man and woman were yesterday
arrested for cutting the eurtaius in tho east
room, and taken before tho Superintendent of
Police, who hold the parties for further investi
gatlOß.
CONSIGNEES PER CENTRAL RAILROAD,
March 10, 1860.—J Sibley A Son, J Moyers, T Richards
<k Son, Mrs Fanny Smith, W M D’Antignac & Co, J
K Garmany, Z M Cool, Mrs E H Pugh, J B Platt, J
II Hersey, Conley & Co, H W Case, T E Buckler,
Mrs D O’Connor, Mrs L G Fillette, H F Russell A
Co, Blair & Smith, Baker A S, P It Wright A Co, J
W Bacon A Bro, J M Hill A Co, C H Winner, A
Meyers, Sylvester A Co, Jno Kenney, Mrs A Fred
erick, Gray, M A Co, Jos Summorau, C Churchill, II
W Cooin, A S Gray, J R Horn, W H Howard A Son,
I Simon A Co, I Kahn A Co, JA T A Bones, Clag- ,
horn AH, E Emory, J D Butt A Bro, Ramey AB, ,
G R Crump A Co, Smythe A Co, J G Bailie A Bro,
Wright A H, G Evers, J B Walker A Son, E O’Don
nell, M Dehoney, S Simmons, E R Schneider, J Pur
cell, Levy A J, Plumb A L, E M Bruce.
MARRIED.
On Thursday, 22d February, at the residence of Jas.
L. Hefegie, Esq., Capt. G. \V. Stanim-fy and Miss
Mattib Hearns, and Dr. 8. A. Harpbr and Miss
Mot.i.ie Hbgoib, all of Carroll county, Miss.
SPECIAL NOTICES.
itar a largeTnumber OF THE CITIZENS
of Augusta will support the following gentlemen at the
Municipal Election In April next:
FOR MAYOR.
IIOS. FOSTER BLODGETT.
for couxcii..
First Ward.
11KNRY T. PEAY,
JAMES T. BOTHWELL,
JOHN U. MEYER.
Second Ward.
JOHN PIIINIZY, Jr.,
! EPHRAIM TWEEDY,
j GEORGE COOPER.
Third Ward.
JACOB B. PLATT,
GEORGE R. CRUMP,
Dn. WILLIAM H. TGTT.
Fourth Ward.
CHARLES ESTES,
WILLIAM MULHERIN,
JOHN T. MILLER.
mhll-td
EfciT WEBB’S LODGE, No. 168, F.\ and A.-. M.-.
A called Communication of this Lodge will bo held at the
Lodge Room, TO-MORROW (Monday) NIGHT, the 12th
fnst., at 7 o'clock.
The F.'. C.\ Degree will bo conferred.
By order
CHRISTOriIER F.}Lbwis. W.\ M.\
mhll-1 WM. R. DAVIS, Secretary.
Sf WE ARE AUTHORIZED TO ANNOUNCE
HENRY E. CLARK as a Candidate for County Treasu
rer, at the election on 4th April next.
mhll-td Mams Voters.
55T THE FRIENDS OF Dtt. B. F. HALL AN-
Bounce him as a Candidate for the office of County Judge
as the election second Wednesday in May next.
mhlO-td*
INDEPENDENT TICKET.
The following named gentlemen will bo supported for
. Mayor and Members of Council at the ensuing election
in. April next:
FOR MAYOR,
JOHN FOSTER.
FOlt CITY COI’NCIL.
First Ward.
JAMES T. BOTHWELL.
A. P. ROBERTSON,
JOHN U. MEYER.
Second Ward.
W. J. OWENS,
I). TI. DENNING,
JOSHUA K. EVANS.
Third Ward.
JACOB B. PLATT,
ALEXANDER PHILIP,
, W. A. RAMSEY.
Fourth Ward.
JERRY REED,
! Dr. M. E. PWINNEY.
JAMES GAROAN.
mbl-td _ _
| Bar INDEPENDENT TICKET.—The following
j names will be supported for Members of Council, in Ward
No. t, at the ensuing election in April noxt:
| JAMES T. BOTHWELL,
! A. P. ROBERTSON,
JOHN U. MEYER.
» q)h2-td
BSTTHE CITIZEN? OF THE FIRST WARD
having expressed tlieir preference for the following sou
th men to represent thorn tlin ensuing year as Members of
Council, they are, therefore, announced as Candidates:
HENRY T. PE AY
JAMES T. BOTHWELL,
JOHN U. MEYER.
iuUb-uI _____ •„, . , . ■ ■
var MhTTtohn foster wile re support
cd lor Mayor at the approaching election fij April next, by
fel)S*td Many YotkrSj
Kir THE "'members OF
Maaouic Bodies of gut* city are urAfttod to njeet at th«
Lodge Room, on FRIDAY, 9th of Masreh next, at? o’clock,
p. m., to olect four Trustees of the Moennic Hall, in room
of Uriah L. Leonard, Lewi el Dwelle, Tlionj/ia Snowden
and Lambeth Uopkinp, decwiscil.
WM. T. GOULD,
Chairman of the Board of Trustees.
febfl*4d
"yWADYI^T^MENTSr
Fifty Per Cent. Saved
.BY USING
r> t- r»y\ TtniTT’s T.AfiStt;sA\rrwo soap.
-A3- 'l’M® uo ai* i« made from clciui nml pun*
JHutcrjgls, contains JUU ndultfiialion of any kind, will
not injure the most 'delicate fabric, and is especially
adapted for woolens, which will not shrink after being
washed with this SOAP. It may ho used in hard or
I soft waters. It will remove paint, grease, tar and
, stains of all kinds. One pound warranted equal to two
1 pounds of ordinary family Soap. Directions sent with
• each bar, for making three gallons handsome soft. Hoap
from one pound of this Soap. Each bar is wrapped in
, n circular containing full directions for use, printed in
, English and German. Ask your grocer for “B. T.
Babbitt’s Soap,” and take no other-
B. T. BA BRITT, Nog. 04, OA GO, 07, 08,09,70, 72,
and 74 Washington street, Now York.
i •
Make Your Own Soap.
50 PER CENT. SAVED BY
"T'T'STNOfe. T- BABBITT’S PURE CONCEN
TRATBD POTASH, or Ready Hoap Maker.
Warranted double the strength of common Potash,
and superior to any other saponifier or loy in the mar
ket. Put up in cans of 1 pound, 2 pounds, 3 pounds, ft
pounds and 12 pounds, with full directions, in English
and German, for making Hard and Soft Soap, fine
pound will raako 15 gallons of soft Soap. No lime is
required. Consumers will find this tbo cheapest Pot
ash in tlio market.
Eor sale bv all Druggist and Groceries.
B. T. BARBITT,' Nos. 04, H 6. 00. 07, 68, 09, 70, 72,
and 74* Washington street, New York.
50 Per Cent, Saved.
BY ÜBTNG
T > T. BABBITT’S BEST MEDICAL SALA
RATUH, “made from common Halt.” Bread
mucin with tlii» Salaratus contains, when baked, noth
ing but common salt, water and flour
Nos 04, 05, GO, 07, 08, 60-, 70, 7‘2 and 74, Wasliington
street, New York.
50 Per Cent. Saved,
BY USING
BT. BABBITT’S STAR YEAST POWDER.
• Light. Biscuit, or any kind of Cake may be
made with this Yeast Powder, in fifteen minutes. No
shortening required when sweet milk is used.
Nos. 04 to 74 Washington street, New York.
Pine Apple Cider,
NO. 70 WASHINGTON ST., N. Y.
A CERTAIN cure for Cholera, Py sen terry,
-/jl. Heart Disease, Fainting Spells, and excellent for
old people, as it quickens the circulation of the blood.
mnll-6m
FOR SALE,
to the South-West comer of Telfair and
Campbell streets, on leased land,a COTTAGE
HOUSE, containing three rooms ; large* garden plant
ed. Apply at the office of the
mhll-3* AUGUSTA HOTEL.
Flour, Buckwheat, Ac.
100 BBLS Choieo Pamily FLOUR
15 hbls and half bblg new BUCKWHEAT
FLOUR
Just received direct from the mills, and for sale by
JAB. O. BAILIE & BRO.,
mhll-10 205 Brond st.
Sugar and Syrup,
IFT Y barrels Stuart’s A, B, C and Yellow SU
GARS
10 bids Stuart's Sugar House SYRUPS
Just received and for sale l>y
JAS. G. BAILIE A BRO.,
mlill-4 205 Broad st.
POTATOES.
.I^IFTY barrels I'ink Eye POTATOES, choice
50 bbls Mercer POTATOES
For sale by
JAS. O. BAILIE * BRO.,
mill 1-4 205 Broad st.
"cornices,
CURTAIN BANDS, CURTAIN PINS,
PICTURE NAILS, LACE CURTTTNB,
CURTAIN HOOKS, PICTURE TASSELS,
CURTAIN DAMASKS,
WINDOW SHADES.
.A_ NEW and Beautiful stock of the above goods
just received and now opening, and for sale at
JAS. G. BAILIE * BRO.’S,
mhll-10 205 Broad st. i
COFFEE! COFFEE! j
T WENTY sacks choice RIO COFFEE.
For sale by J
G. R. CRUMP & CO.,
mill I—3 1 209 Broad street. 1
potatoes” 1
c
125 BBLS Pink Eye riauting POTATOES
26 bbls Jackson White POTATOES. I
Just received, and for sulo low by
mhll—l CIIAS. ESTES. J
Bacon, Hay, Corn, &c. t
TWENTY hhds BACON, Shoulders and Sides
5 casks HAMS
600 sacks CORN
60 bblg Kentucky River WHISKY
100 bblg FLOUR, assorted grades.
For sale by *
mhll-3 O’DOWD & MWLHEBIM g
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.
"new millinery
AND
FANCY DRY GOODS.
Mrs. L. G. FtttETTB,
NO. 218 BROAD STBBFT,
Has just received from the North —
Ladies’ linndsotno Parisian BONNETS
Ladle*’ Straw BONNETS
Ladies’ Straw and Leghorn lIATB
, * All the above of latest styles
Shaker BONNETS, white and colored
ALSO,
A beautiful assortment of STRAW GOODS, in
Wreaths, Flowers, Cord and Tassels and Ornamcn
Bridal WREATHS and tine French FLOW KBS,
in great variety
Bridal ILLUSION, all widths
Spring Bonnet RIBBONS
Fancy Dress BUTTONS and TRIMMINGS
-Bugle GIMP, Mantilla and Dress. SET S, in black
colors _ iT , u
Black, White and Colored KID GLO\ ES
Black and Mode Colored SILK GLON E ,
GAUNTLETS
Black LACE MITB
Black BAREGE, wide and narrow
Black Barege GRKNEDENK
Black Silk GRENEDENE, wide and narrow
Black Crapo MARETZ
The attention of the Ladies is invited to the above,
with many other Desirable Goods not enumerated
all of which will be sold low for cash.
mhll-2
M. HYAMS & CO.,
CORNER BROAT) AND MoINTOSH STREETS.
On Consignment, and for sale in lots to suit pur
chaser* :
50 Mils best quality SEED POTATOES
25 do* S. W. Collins’ AXES
200 do* HOES, assorted brands and sizes
100 boxes CHEESE
20 chests Green and Black TEA
150 boxes CRACKERS and BISCUITS, all kinds
50 eases BRANDY
50 “ GIN
100 “ WHISKY
50 “ OYSTERS, 1 and 2 lb. cans
25 “ LOBSTERS, 1 and 2 lb. cans
25 “ PINE APPLE, superior
20 u Spanish and French OX,IVES
50 “ Russ’ BITTERS
20 “ Imperial ARRACK PUNCH
75 “ SHOES, all kinds
20 “ i Pats, a ii kinds
100 doz BASKETS, all kinds
PEPPER, GINGER, MUSTARD, SWEPT OIL
CHAMPAGNE, best French BRANDIES,
and largo quantities other goods. mhtl—lo
POPULAR TRADE.
TWENTY bbls Kentucky River WHISKY, X
20 Mils Kentucky Itivev WHISKY, XXXX
5 bbls Marshal's celebrated WHISKY
5 casks Cognac BRANDY
4 “ Holland GIN
2 “ Old Sherry WINE
5 “ Madeira, Port and other WINES
2 tons prime Loaf LARD, in packages of all
sizes
100 boxes Adamantine CANDLES
100 boxes CRACKERS, all kinds
75 qr bbls MACKEREL.
The above goods have all been bought close, and
with cheap freights on them, will be sold at the lowest
figures.
mlill—3 W. A. RAMSEY & CO.
FOR SALE,
\ PAIR of handsome young Carriage and Had
.r~\ die HORSES—BIack-Hawk Canadian. They
have been ridden from New York by a gentleman and
lady on a pleasure trip. Can be seen at the Kentucky
Stables, Campbell street. Enquire for owner at
Planters’ Hotel. mlill —3*
S3O REWARD.
STOLEN from the Wagon Camp, near the city, on
Wednesday night, the 7th lust., one Chesnut
Sorrel HORSE. Han e. small star in Ids face, one hind
foot white, a scar on the left shoulder, and the right
hip capped. I will give the above reward for his re
covery W. ,1. PONDER,
mhll (5* Louisville, Ga.
NEARLY AS CHEAP
Ahi DAYLIGHT.
"IXTE are now selling the very licet KEROSENE
V V OIL, by the barrel and in tive gallon cans, at
! Chat lesion and Savannah prices, and retailing the same
: as low as any house in the city.
On hand, beautiful Parlor, Taper and Hand T AMPS,
CHANDELIERS, Hall, Bracket, Side and Suspend
ing LIGHTS, with the latest improvements, and
CHIMNEYS, new' style, which will not break from
beat; ail very yiieap, by
W. B. DAVIDSON & CO.,
mhll—d2*cl 210 Broad street.
Steamboats for Sale.
THE undersigned offer for sale fire following first
class Ili<>N LIGHT DRAFT RIVER STBAM
(! BOATS:
11 *V. O. GIBBONS,
' length 16f> feet, 26 feet fieam, 5 feet 6 inches hold ;
* has two high pressure inclined engines, 20 inches di
,i arneter, 6 feet stroke, with two tubular boilers, draws
„ light 21 inches; is well adapted to the carrying of Cot
[ ton; is seven months old.
p C. B. HARDEE,
n Length 184 feet, 22 foot beam, 6 feet. 6 inches deep ;
n has two inclined high pressure engines, 16 inches di
ameter, 6 feet stroke, and ona tubular holler; draws
light IS inches; built for carrying Cotton; is three
-i months old.
TWO BOYS.
Length 120 feet, 20 feet hoam, 4 feet 6 inches hold;
has two inclined high pressure engines, 16 inches cyl
inder, 6 feet stroke, two cylinder tubular hollers; built
for carrying Cotton ; draws 10 Inches light.
These Bouts sro all provided with donkoy lire pumps,
hose, buckets, Ac., all the necessary furniture and out
fit for carrying passengers; are strong, tight, and In
> first, rate order, and win bo sold low to eloße u concern.
Apply to
5 WILLIS A CHISOLM.
North Atlantic Wharf,
* mlill—tf Charleston, 8. C.
persona indebted to the estate of
-UN Chaplain Williams, deceased, are requested to
eouie forward ami settle the same; and those having
1 demands are notified to present them, properly attest
ed, within the time prescribed by law.
mini—4o As 1). PICQUET, Ex’r.
WRITING DONE AT SHORT NOTICE.
" ERSONH having temporary jobs of WRITING,
POSTING, Ace., to do, can have it done by an expe
rienced Book-Keeper, by addressing Glass Box 4, or
1 calling on*Mr. *T. J. CLAYTON, 174 Broad street, or he
would tako a situation until October
next. He has an extensive influence with the Whole
sale Groeery trade. mlill —3*
WANTED
; SITUATION ns Seamstress, Housekeeper or
to attend to children, by a white woman, who can give
good references. -Apply at THIS OFFICE.
mhll-3
Pure Vacciue Matter*
VTr E aro prepared to furnish in any quantity,
VV PURE VACCTNE MATTER, in the form
of Lymph or Bcnbs, selected by us with great care
from healthy subjects, and put up in air-tight packages,
convenient for helug sent by mall.
I’rice of Pacakge from one to three dollars each.
All orders promptly filled.
Dus. HATTON A SIMMONS.
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J. C. ANDREWS & CO.,
163 BROAD ST., COLUMBUS, GA.,
COTTON ANI) TOBACCO FACTORS
ASP
COMMISSION MERCHANTS,
TTIOR the sale of BACON, FLOUR, LARD, !
JD GRAIN, WHISKY. PRODUCE and MER
CHANDISE of all kinds. Consignments solicited.
REFERENCES:
Leading Merchants, Columbus.
PnixiAV A Ci.ayto.s-, Augusta.
J. W. Feat-.s A Co., Macon. feb27—l2
CONDEN SEDMILK
h EW cases of “Boorcam’s celebrated CON
DENSED MILK.”
For sale by
G. R. CRUMP A CO.,
mh9-3 209 Broad street.
WANTED,
A. GOOD COOK, WASHER and IRONEK. j
Must come well recommended. Apply to
JOHN NELSON A SON.
mh9-3 No. 304 Broad street.
CORN AND GUANO.
TR OUR HUNDRED sacks eholos Yollow CORN
SOO tons Pliojiilx GUANO.
For sale low by
D. 11. WILCOX A CO.,
mh9-3 No. 3 Warren Block.
Situation Wanted by a Teacher.
A GENTLEMAN of long experience in
Teaching at tho South, wishes a school or SITUA
TION in an Academy or as a private Tutor. Good
recommendations given. For further information ap
ply to THIS OFFICE.
mh7-6*
LOOK TO YOLK INTEREST. |
THE I’HCEMX IRON WORKS, on Marbury ’
street, near the Cotton Factory Building
known as the old Pistol Factory. has been converted
into a FOUNDER Y and MACHINE WORKS
Steam ENGINES and BOILERS, SAW MILLS
SUGAR MILLS. SUGAR BOILERS, MILL SPIN
DLES, UUDGiiONS, GIN GEAR, GAS KB
BRASS' “‘her’ißON Z
o KA ™ CASTINGS, are among tho many article* 1
ot mjporlor workmanship which wu are daily furnish- J
lug to our customers, and the pubUc gunerally,, at the i
very lowest prices.
Orders respectfully solicited and promptly filled.
Competent Mauhiuibtb bent to any part of the coun
try to oreet or repair Machinery.
DAY A PHILLIPS, Proprietor**
„ BKPKKSNOBB.
Mr. J. R. Howbll, Millwright, Augusta, G«.
Jaoxbom, Augusta, Ga.
Mr. W. Bagsaste Augusta, Ga,, Mill Furnisher.
Jbssb Osmond, Epq.. Augusta, Oa., Car Builder.
A Mshrt, iWxeUa, Ga., Proprietor* Saw
Cook * Lahfkin, Columbia eo., Ga., Proprietors
Saw mil. mhlO-Jm
X
TTAVisu jwim wi mm *
.1 I frequently, we now toko pleasure in calling the
Attention of the fairer portion of creation, tn offering a
Silver Boqnet Holder
Or Holders at very reasonable rates. We assure you
bargains 1
WILL BE GIVEN
Now that the Opera Beaaon is about to commence, the
gentlemen of Augusta should give their patronage
TO THE BEST
Clothing Establishment in the State. We have full
DRESS SUITS, suitable %r this and every other occa
sion.. Most of you visit the young ladies, and will go
to hear Strakosh, the inimitable
PIANIST
And will want your appearance improved. We can
satisfy men of taste as well as anybody
IN AUGUSTA
*
Or in the State of Georgia. Bargains .guaranteed.
Call and see for yourselves.
1 SIMON * Ctt,
Fashionabur CtOTHisa Emporium,
dec22-3m 224 Broad street.
COTTON SEED.
4,000 BUSHELS Boyd’s Prolific COT
for sale. Apply at
feb2B . o _ THIS-OFFICE.
E.IREMINGTON &SONS
/e ifi|,| ' s '
MlTU4ltfcrr>-4 AND CABBINHS,
For the United States Service. Also
POCKET AND BELT REVOLVERS,
REPEATING PISTOLS,
RIFLE f-ANKS, REVOLVING RIFLES,
Rifie and Shot
Hold by Gun Dealers and the Trade throughout the
CO Tn these days of House Breaking and Robbery every
House Worof Bank, and Office should have one of
REMINGTON’S REVOLVERS.
Circulars containing cuts and description of our
Arms will he furnished upon applicat on.
Arms wui ( H()Nrti u, o n, x. I .
K. RBMINOJ ()Rp & XK’IIOLS A.en,
No. 40 Courtinnd st., New \ ork.
mhS-Sm
Groceries! Groceries !!
GROCERIES ! ! ! GROCER IES !!! f
ON CONSIGNMENT AND FOR SALE,
500 sacks Liverpool SAT/I'
5 hhds Now MOLASSES
10 bbls Granulated SUGAR
20 bbls Brown SUGAR.
86 Mils Bourbon and Rye WHISKY
10 bbls Scotch ALE, I dozen each
10 Mils Whole RICE
15 cases Otard BRANDY
15 eases Schiedam Schnapps GIN
15,000 assorted HEUARS
SO caddies Black and Green TEA
’ 20 boxes Opal CANDLES, 20 lbs each
20 boxes Ground GINGER
80 bores Grnnnd PEPPER
i 10 boxes Dried HADDOCK
50 kegs Scotch HER RING
20 cases fresh SALMON, 4 dozen each
20 boxes INDIGO, 10 lbs each
80 boxes assorted Family SO AT
ALSO,
; DRY GOODS, CHINA WARE, OI Afri WARE,
CUTLERY, STATIONERY, and a lot of
Colt’s REPEATERS, by
DAY, RUSSELL & BENJAMIN^
| mhß ' fl
JESSE OSMOND,
CWR FACTORY,
AND
TATMTSEK YARD,
; CORNER OF MARBURY AND FENWICK STS. jjM
SKAK ACcitTSTA -COTTON >ACT«Ml^r^ , '•—
Sash, BLINDS, and DOORS made to order.
' ITas constantly on hand Plastering LATHS, r.-fVil- '
BER, of *ll descriptions.
MOULDINGS of the latest patterns.
Railroad WHEEL-BARROWS.
' LUMBER of all kinds, dressed to order, at the*
i shortest notice.
! mhß-3m
POTATOES.
50 BBI.S IRISH POTATOES.
For sale by
G. R. CRUMP A CO.,
mhQ-3 209 Broad street,
HUGER & HASELL,
COMMIHSION MEHCD ANTS,
AND
AGENTS AND DEALERS
IN
RAILWAY EQUIPMENT AND SUPPLIES,
STEAM ENGINES,
SAW MILLS, GRIST MILLS!
COTTON GINS, JL
IRON, STEEL and METALS, K
Machine BELTING and PACKING, ™
• MILT, BANDS, GIN BANDS,
WOOD WORKING MACHINERY,
And all article# required by Railroad Companies
Machinists, Contractors ami Manufacturers.
C. IC. IIU.GKU,
BENTLEY D. HASELL,
137 Meeting street, Charleston, S. C.
BENTLEY D. HASELL,
Civil, Mining and Gonsultiug Engineer,
Office 137 Mcoting street, Charleston, South Carolina,
mb 7 —wfslm
Manufacturers’ Supplies.
MILLWAKD & IVINEBRENKR,
118 MARKET STREET,
PHILADELPHIA,
K EAT,KItS in MACHINERY and SUPPLIES
of every description forOOTTON and WOOL-
Inuutoetories. Also, Oak Tanned .LEATHER
BELTING, Card, Clothing, Cotton and Woolen
Tarns, Warps, Starch, Oils, Dve Stull's, Ac., Ac.
ADVANCES MADE ON CONSIGNMENTS OK
COTTON AND WOOLEN YARNS. ‘
Orders solicited, which shall receive prompt atten-
I tiou.
WM. MILT,WARD, | D. 8. WINKBRENER
mhß-8m
OATS.
TURKE HUNDRED bushel* OATS. i^M^_
Fleming a
DK.'pE'rFuTim\ r has
the Augusta Hotel toMlktt office f*j»
Jh-oad street. X<V 9; V
■ I'eh24-U
FOR SALE p| HENT ■
/V NICK HOUSE aniLOT 'f
well arranged for comfort aiif coejp hi Wood Lawn, Jfv
.IQIIN £
Campbell street, * s ON, p
2 door* bolow Florali/" 11 ~l’ o a ' 1 a l, <l KIli ». *
mbß-tf jUjjMTK * Rowland’s corner.
Apples Apples,
~|TI 1 7
JJ IVI Y hands 4 l - Hpltsenherg*,” “ Orccnbe-s ”
Baldwins,” “ Jilfifi# ff erß, n Ac, To. " '
J list received by
SBOO REWARD. ~
A . REWARD of Eight Hundred Dollar# will be
paid, at the Office of tho Constitutionalist, for the ap
prehension of, with legal proof sufficient to convict
the porsons or persons who killed, or who aided and
abetted the murder of EDGAR CARMICHAEL, at,
hU itore, in Richmond Bounty, on tho night of De
cember 26, 1866.
janlOtf «**
DUPONT’S POWDER.
Having been appointed AGENT for tlm /
DUPONT POWDER MILLS, I have now in Maga- /
sine and offering to dealers on the Manufacturers’ no- I
count;
200 kogs FFg and FFFg BPORTING
26 half kegs FFg and FFFg SPORTING
200 quarter kegs FFg and FFFg SPOR'tdNU
26 cases FFFg CANISTERS
5 cases Eagle CANISTERS
26 quarter kegs Rifle EAGLF
26 quarter kegs Duck EAGL®
100 kegs Blasting POWOKB
J, O- MATHF.WBON, AgßPt.
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