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jY CXJNBTITDTIONALIST. PUBLISHED BY JCK-TOIST & CO. AUGUSTA, CGA. i" SUNDAY MORNING, MARCH 11, 1866. fUTEHBSTINO READING MATTER ON 4TH PAGE. ‘ . NOTES FOE THE TIMES. t » “ 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. 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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. mhll-Sm 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. mhlO.fi 1 r. : '• *