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THE DAILY CONSTITUTIONALIST.
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reading matter on every page.
LATEST NEWS BY THE MAILS.
New York,March26.—A*Washington special
says: It is understood that a motion will ho
made in the Senate to-day to reconsider the
vote of last Friday, declaring the Hon. J. I’.
Stockton entitled to his seat as Senator from
New Jersey, and Mr. Sumner will make an ar
gument against the right of Mr. Stockton to
east a vote in the ease. .
The Attorney General has decided that
Southern pensioners should he restored to the
rolls of itic Southern pension agencies, on
proof of continued loyalty during the war, anil
the claims he paid. The principle involved in
this decision, if correctly reported, is directly
in conflict with the opinion of the Second
Comptroller, declaring that balances due from
the Government to persons residing in the
Southern States during the rebellion are not
payable to the claimants, but, belong to the
United States, as enemies’ property. The Sec
ond Comptroller’s decision is subject to revis
ion by tlie Solicitor of the Treasury, when the
matter is taken to the Secretary of the Treasu
ry upon application of the claimants.
The Tribune's Washington special says : The
Secretary of the Treasury, at tlie request of the
Governor of North Carolina, On Saturday, for
wauled him a full set. of the standard weights
anel measures, to replace those destroyed du
ring the war.
Washington, March 26th.—The Supreme
Court of the. United States has to-day decided
the case of Michael A. Nolan and others, vs.
the Board of Assessors of the city of Albany,
defendants in error, at the suit of Adam Von
Allen, plaintiff in error, and other cases. The
question presented was whether the.shares of
the stockholders in the hanking associations
created under the act of Congress, which pro
vides for the creation of national hanks, can be
subjected to taxation by State authorities.—
Associate Judge Nelson delivered the opinion
of die court, holding that the shares held by
individuals were not a part of the capital of a
bank, and must borconsidcred persona! proper
ty of the shareholders, and, such, subject to
taxation by the States. The decision of the
courts below must be reversed on the ground |
that there was a discrimination between the
shares of these banks and the capital stock of
State hanks. Chief Justice Chase dissented
and presented a minority opinion, not being
able to concur in that a State h:ul the power
claimed, which was an indirect mode of taxing
national securities, which was not authorised
or intended to be authorized by Congress.
Information at the State Department shows
llte. entire Confederate strength east of tlic
Mississippi on the 4th of February, 1805, was
102,000, and West of the Mississippi 50,000.
Lee's army was 64,000 ; Mood’s loss was 29,000
in the, Tennessee campaign. In testimony be
fore the committee of the Confederate Senate,
Lee, in January 24th, 1865, said the Confedera
cy had not troops enough to last till the middle
of the summer.
By freeing and arming the negroes they might
carry the war on one year longer, at the ut
most. He was willing to take any position
that might be assigned him, but no human pow
er could save the cause. The best solution of
their difficulties was peace on Mr. Stephens’
plan.
Washington, March 25. -The Department
of State has received authentic information that
the three colored children of Roselvlati, of New
Orleans, who were taken to Havana without the
consent of their parents, li ive been sent back to
her by the United States Consul at Havana.
Gap. Canby gave information concerning the
abduction or removal of the children, when the
State Depart ment instituted measures which led
to their recovery.
Senator Howard having returned to Wash
ington, it is expected that, the report from the
Committee on Reconstruction, embracing the j
testimony of Gen. Lee, will he presented earlv i
this week.
New York, March 25.—A message from the |
l’resideut to Gor. Hamilton, of Texas, in which
he reiterates his hopes that the loyal represen
tatives from the South will bo permitted to take
their seals in Congress, is published. It hears
date of February 16, 1866.
Washington, March 24. -The issues of frac
tional currency from the Treasury Department
last week were $244,000, and the redemptions
$482,000. " . i
The. certificates of indebtedness issued for the
week amounted to $106,000.
The disi ursemonts and transfers amounted, 1
for the week to $15,410, 021. The disburse- 1 t
« went* to -thc Wav Dcpmtmfcnf Were nearly s*,- f «
000,000; to the Navy Department over $4,000,-
000, and to the Interior Department nearly $2,-
000,000. ' ■
General Spinner holds over $317,000,000 of
securities for the circulation oi national banks,
and over $35,000,000 of securities for deposits.
$150,000 of greenbacks, in denominations of
one’s and two’s were sent to the Assistant Trea
surer to-day.
Certain persons residing in the so-called
Confederate States, during the rebellion, ami
who had a council in said States before and
during Us continuance, now come and demand
of the Government balances which they allege
were due and payable to them before said war
begun.
Tlk* Comptroller lias decided that they are !
not lawfully entitled to payment, of these bal- '
auces by the laws of nations. The laws of Con- i
gress and decisions t>f the Supreme Court, lie |
says, justify that opinion.
Last week the Secretary of the Treasury
made the following disbursement on account, of
the hereinafter mentioned departments: War,
$7,789,703; Navy, *4,033,729; Interior, $1,908,-
813; total, *18,733,1194.
New York, March 35.—0 n and after the Ist
of April next, Messrs. Cool is ( \i Co., Financial
Agents of the Mexican Republic, will pay at
t heir otlicc, No. 57 Broadway, interest in gold
due April Ist, on the *30,000,000 Mexican loan. \
Tho Herald's Mexican correspondent repre
sents the message of Governor Auderson, of
<Oijio v in January last, as having produced quite
a sensation in the Republican party in Mexico.
Washington, March 25.—The message of
Gov. AUderson to tin* Ohio Legislature in Janu- !
ary last, Which was noticed here and comment
ed on at the time and then forgotten, lias at
tracted the earnest attention of some of the
thinking portion of the Republics of Mexico.
* In that paper Mr. Anderson spoke of the
Monroe doctrine as an unmeaning phrase, and
of the population of the Spanish-American
Republic as people unfit for self-government,
whose wars and domestic troubles were un
worthy of the attention ot our own Govern
ment.
He opposed giving assistance to the President
(Juarez) in his contest witli the Imperialists.
Such remarks the Mexican Republicans re
garded as an insult from an executive official
of that country to which they haye been accus
tomed to look for encouragement ip their strng
gle.
The Idea, a liberal newspaper of Puebla,
which, on the 7th ultimo, was suspended for
<ouc* month by the Imperial authorities, for a
too free expression of opinion, in its last issue
before the suspension, devoted a long article to
a review of Gov, Anderson’s message, and a
defense of the American Republic and people.
The editor says that the people of the great
North American Republic, while congratulating
themselves on their superiority in the matter ot
self-government, should remember that their na
tion was originally founded by settlers who had
been educated under liberal institutions in
Europe, while 'their sister Spanish-Amcrican
Republic sprang from colonies founded by con
querors, despots, and ignorant sailors.
New York, March 35, —From published
Chilean official accounts of the late tight be
tween the Spanish and Chilian vessels, it ap
pears tha t the Chilian vessels were not damaged
to the extent reported.
It is claim eh that it was the Spanish vessels
who were rhai.'enged to renew the combnt, and
refused.
The Chilian Minister to New York, flenor
Viena McKenna, give the following account of
the action of the United States of Columbia :
The Deputy, Senor Juarez Fosten, presented
a series of resolutions of the adhesion of Chili
to the Columbian Congress assembled in Bo
gota, but only as votes of sympathy, and with
out giving to any of these declarations the form
and reach of a bill.
Two of these resolutions were passed, and if
the third, which involved the project of war
against Spain, did not receive immediate sanc
tion, it should be attributed more to the form
in which it was presented than to its spirit,
since many of the United States of Columbia
have already declared tlieir adhesion to the
general war against Spain.
Besides President Murillo has declared, since
the beginning of the question that, having vir
tually ceased to exercise the control of the Re- i
public, (siuce Mosquera was to replace him on
the Ist of April,) mid left to him the definite
solution of such an important matter.
New York, March 25.— Thera jjj continued
activity at the Fenian headquarters.
Reports from Ireland says that all letters for
suspected parties are opened by the post-office
authorities in that country.
New York, March 25.—European flies con
tain the following additional: It is rumored
that a misunderstanding exists between our
Government and the American Embassy in
London, relative to the imprisonment of several
persons charged witli Fenlanism, who assert
ilieir claim as American citizens, and demand
to be either liberated or brought to trial—a mis
understanding which lias been referred for so
lution to Washington, and may probably prove
embarrassing.
The Fenian Sisterhood of this city have made
an appeal to their countrymen and sympathizers,
for aid for the families of the victims of British
tyranny who are now languishing in EnglUh
prisons.
Philadelphia, March 25.—Another enthu
siastic Fenian demonstration occurred last night
at the Academy of Music, under the auspices of
A. Wynn, District Center.
Speeches were made by B. F. Mullen, P. A.
Colling anil others.
Agreeable to the invitation of the Union Gen
eral Committee, a number of discharged one
armed soldiers and sailors, who have lost their
right arm in the war, are now contesting to see
who are the best writers. Four prizes of S2OO,
$l5O, SIOO and SSO are offered. Some of the
specimens are decidedly excellent.
Sri-tUcckli) (Constitutionalist
BY STOCKTON & CO
[From the National Intelligencer.
Comptroller Clarke Again,
Treasury Department, 5
r Office of Comptroller of the Currency, £
Washington, March 19,1866. j
On the 10th instant, in reply to a communi
cation of the Secretary of the Treasury of the
day previous, I used the following language:
“ I can show to the satisfaction of any one,
that neither of your monthly reports for the
last few months has shown within fifty million
of dollars the amount of money (currency
value) in the Treasury and on deposit in the
national depositories.” I also stated that the
deposits in national banks, had not for several
months past been included in the monthly
statements of “ the public debt of the United
States ” made by the Secretary of the Treasury.
It appears from the proceedings of the House
of Representatives on Thursday last, as report
ed in the Globe , that Mr. Hooper, of Masgachu
setts, stated that a sub-eomraittee of the Com
mittee of Ways and Means had been appointed
to ascertain whether any foundation existed for
tlie statements in my letters to the Secretary of
the Treasury, and that the sub-committee hail
ascertained that the deposits in the national
banks were included in the monthly report as a
part Os the $116,018,959 reported to be in the
Treasury'on tlie first day of March, and conse
quently that tlie statement of tlie Secretary of
the Treasury was correct.
In vieiy of tlie averment made by me that I
could satisfy any one respecting the truth of
mv statements, and as they were looked upon
as serious enough to justify at least the appear
ance of investigation, it seems somewhat sin
gular that tlie sub-committee tailed to make ap
plication to me in the search for information,
as 1 have reason to believe they were directed
to do by the Committee of Ways land Means.
What information, if any, the sub-committee
procured, or from who obtained, lam not ad
vised, and I am not aware of any light upon
this subject having been developed by Mr.
Hooper. To me tins whole proceeding appears
to amount to neither more nor less than a
hasty, uneonsidered endorsement of the state
ments of the Seeretary, to the omission of any
endeavor to procure all the information de
manded by the importance of the subject under
investigation. Such having been the partial
nature of the examination, all must concede
the justice of the deductions of the press reflect- 1
ing upon the correctness of our representa
tions, and I cannot in justice to myself quietly
sffijiuit to unfavorable conclusions predicated
I ti™n such negative or suppositious inquiry.
As a verification of my representations ami
estimates, I refer to the following statements or ]
supplementary reports of the Secretary of the j
Treasury of the Ist instant. Tlie first was pub- j
fished in the National Intelligencer , of this city, j
on Monday or Tuesday of last week, the latter
in the New York Times of Monday.' Botli
must have been derived directly from the
Treasury Department, and are as follows :
. Supplementary Statement or Treasurer
Spinner.—The following is supplementary to
tlie February statement of the United States
Treasurer:
Balance as per general statement $182,317,323 08
Less unavailable in Washington :
For reimbursement of 7-30
notes in 1801 $1,070,560 64
For reimbursement of coin
coupons 255,000 00
For reimbursement of mu
tilated currency 1,289,299 00
2,623,859 64
In Mints $3,185,207 10
Tn insurrection
ary States... 029,036 55
Suspended de
posits 4,046 81
Suspended de
posits San
Francisco.... 82,860 7.0
— 3,851,210 52
i 55,842,252 00
Deduct cash certificates of
indebtedness redeemed
tint not reimbursed $20,816,410 00
Add balance to credit:
Certificates of
indebtedness.,sß,2o7,o9s 87
Less half [jay
able in cash.. 4,103,647 03
— 4,103,547 94
Available funds of all kinds 130,129,800 84
Coin balance $75,870,878 18
Less coin certilb ates e.f in
debtedness as above 20,816,440 00
Coin balance available 55,054,438 18
( urivney balance available 84,074,922 00
The Treasury Monthly Statement.—lt.
appears from the United States Treasurer’s
statement for tlie mouth of February, which
was sent to the Secretary yesterday, that the
total amount ol money standing to his credit on
the23th of February, as far as returns had been
received, in the Treasury and with the several
assistant, treasurers and designated depositories,
was as follows:
Amount on deposit m coin - - $75,870,878 18
Total amount on deposit - - 165,578,237 90
Drafts drawn out and payable, \
but not yet reported paid - 10,625,587 77
Balance subject to draft - - - 158,867,368 11
Tlie statement also shows the receipts into
the Treasury from all sources during the month
to have been $68,498,095 50, and the disburse
nients $52,112,772 19, leaving an available balanc •
over mid above the expenditures of $10,385
322 21. ’ ’
In tlie first ot the foregoing statements tlie
coin received on special deposits is deducted
from the aggregate amount of coin on hand,
blit is included as a part of tlie $116,018,959
available funds reported on hand the Ist of
March. Each of the above exhibits sustains all
1 have said respecting the amounts of money on
hand or subject to the order of tlie Secretary of
the Treasury, and reveals further that the Gov
ernment held on the first day of the present
month over $75,000,000 in coin, instead of
$55,736,190, as represented in the Secretary’s
monthly statement as published on the first of
this month.
No representations made by me are so unfa
vorable to the position assumed by the Secreta
ry as the above, width appeared in the papers
favorable to the department, and which arc
suffered to originate and circulate without ob
jection or correction.
With regard to the deposits in the national
banka not appearing in the monthly statements
oi the Secretary, I have to sav that there is no
indication in the reports themselves that they
are included, nor is any reference made to them.
In the last monthly statement the money on
hand is represented as follows :
Amount in Treasury, coin, - - $55,746,190
“ currency, - - 00,382,767
This comprises all that is said with reference
to the money in the Treasury at the disposal of
the Secretary, and the same form, words and
expressions, (figures only differing,) appears in
each monthly statement. It previously appears
in the report that 1 lie coin on special deposit is
included in the sum mentioned above.
I will now show, by the returns of national
hanks made to this office under oath, that it is
impossible that the deposits in the national
banks should have been included in the month
ly statements of the Secretary ol the Treasury.
The monthly statement made up to the first
day of April, 1865, shows a balance in the
Treasury, including coin, of $56,481,044, and
on that very day there was on deposit in the
national banks alone the sum of $57,630,141,
The monthly statement made up to the first
d*«y ol May shows the amount in the Treasury,
including coin, to be *16,835,860; on the same
day there was on deposit in national banks
alone more than throe times ns tnCieh as the
whole amount reported being in the Treasury.
The monthly statement made up to the first
day of June shows that there was on that day
ill the Treasury, including coin, $25,148,702,
while there was more than twice that amount on
deposit in tho national banks.
The monthly statement made up to the first
day of July shows the amount in the Treasury,
including coin, to be $36,278,327; on that day
$58,032,720 was on deposit in the national banks
alone.
From tlie first day of July to the first day of
December there were but two months in which
the deposits in the national banks did not ex
ceed the whole amount of currency reported to
be in tho Treasury,
In the statement made up to the first day of
January, 1866, the amount represented to be in
the Treasury, exclusive of coin, was $44,993,271;
on that day there was $29,747,236 on deposit in
tlie national hanks.
For the month ending the first day of Febru
ary, the comparative result was about tlie same
as that just stated.
The monthly statement made np to the first
day of March shows the amount of money in
the Treasury, exclusive of coin, to have been
*60,282,767. Tlie deposits in national banks on
that day were over $28,000,000, as stated in my
letters to the Secretary of the Treasury.
From the foregoing exhibits it is evident the
deposits in national banks could not have been
included in the amount of money reported to
be on hand on the first day of each month. As
an illustration of this, take the exhibit for the
month ending the first day of March, which is
far more favorable than any other in the way of
indicating that tlie deposits might have been
included as currency as the statement of the
Secretary. If the $28,000,000 on deposit in na
tional hanks is deducted from the amount re
ported as currency, there would be left only
$32,362,707 in currency on hand in the Treasury
at Washington, and ail sub-Treasuries and De
positories in the United States, aside from
banks.
I will venture to affirm that there is no intel
ligent merohant or banker in the city of New
York who does not know, without referring tir
any official statement from the Treasury De
partment on tlie subject, that there was more
currency in the bauds of the Assistant'Treas
urer in New York alone than the entire amount
reported by the Secretary, after deducting the
amounts on deposit in the national banks.
Since the foregoing was prepared, my atten
tion has been called to a communication of the
Secretary of the Treasury in this morning’s In
telligencer, addressed to the Speaker of tlie
House of Representatives, on the 16th instant
representing that there was, at this period oil
hand an available balance of $123,423,885 con
Bisting of $57,799,921 in coin, and $65,623 885 in
currency. . ’
With regard to this statement, it is evident
that the coin received on special deposit is not
included, but was included in the Secretary's
statement on the Ist of March, which sum as
stated in the supplemental report, was retire
sented to he $20,816,440. This sum, added to
the $123,423,885, and the $7,750,150 growing
out of the illegal sale and purchase of compound
interest notes, United States notes, and five
twenty bonds, inclusive, will make $151,990,476
It will therefore appear that my statement to
the Secretary, that there was, according to my
supposition, $150,000,000 in the Treasury, sub
ject to his order, is fully sustained by this rep
' rcsentation officially made to Congress, and
precludes the necessity of any further notice or
explanation from me on the subject. If the
currency value or premium on the gold owned
by the Government be included, it would add
from fifteen to eighteen million dollars to the
above, amount.
It wifi be seen by a statement of disburse
ments of the Treasury, as published in the In
telligencer this morning, that the disbursements
and transfers for the last week amounted to
$28,386,577, or more than $4,700,000 per diem
prior to the report of the Secretary to Con
gress, which would represent very large trans
actions during a time of peace. a
Freeman Clajike^
COMPTROLLER CLARKE ANSWERED—
LETTER OF TREASURER SPINNER.
Treasury of the United States >
Washington, March 20, 1866. S
The communication of the Hon. Freeman
Clarke, Comptroller of the Currency, in regard
to the condition of the Treasury, is of such a
character that I consider it a duty I owe to the
country, to myself, and especially to the Secre
tary of the Treasury, who must rely upon the
figures furnished him by his subordinates, to
point out some of the errors into which the
Comptroller lias fallen.
1 pass the first paragraph in tlie communica
tion, in which the material words “currency
value ” arc interpreted, in a quotation, without
comment, further than to note tlie fact.
The next two paragraphs find fault with the
Hon. Mr. Hooper, and his sub-committee of the
House of Representatives, because it failed to
make application to the Comptroller in its
searcli for information, and an opinion is ven
tured that tlie report made to the House by
the conynittce is “ neither more nor less than
a hasty,'uneonsidered endorsement of the state
ments of the Secretary oi' the Treasury,” and
an intimation is thrown out tiiat if any inform
ation was obtained, it was from an irresponsible
person.
Now, I have this to say, tjiat the committee
did just what tlie Comptroller should have done
before lie called the statements of the Secretary
of the Treasury in question. It not only
examined me and my books, but the clerks iii
my office, and it eame to the conclusion that
the Comptrofierjwould have reached, had h -,
like the committee, gone to the only place where
the information sought could be obtained. In
that case he, like the committee, would have
been satisfied that tiie published statements of
the Secretary were substantially correct.
Next the figures of the Treasury statement
are given substantially correct. Immediate!v
following is tliis statement:
Amount on do posit in coin - $75,870,878 18
Total amount on deposit - - 105,578,237 OK
Drafts drawn out and payable,
but not yet reported paid - 10,625,587 77
Balance subject to draft - - 158,867,358 11
As this (the first itenrfcxcepted) is no part of
tlie Treasurer’s monthly statement, as it is
alleged it is, all the allegations- and deductions
drawn from it tall with it.
The deposits in the national banks are en
tered weekly as the certificates and reports are
received, and included in the cash in the Treas
ury. The discrepancy between the bank re
ports and the'Treasury statement arises from
the filet that the banks are charged weekly with
the amounts deposited with them by rr»**.•
officers and others, and are credited daKywiih
whatever checks.are drawn on them. Hence it
occurs that the amount due the Government,
according to the hooks of the banks, will difler
materially from the balances, according to the
books of the department. For instance, the
Treasurer may draw to-day on the different de
posit banks for twenty million dollars; the
banks will of course be credited with the
amounts of the cheeks drawn upon them re
spectively, while they cannot charge the Gov
ernment until the cheeks are presented, which
may not be for days or weeks after.
No one ought to have known better than tlie
Comptroller of the Currency that a country
bank may, according to its own books, over
draw its correspondent in a commercial citv,
while, by reason of the checks in transitu , it
will have a daily balance to its credit on Hie
books of its correspondent.
During the subscription to tlie seven-thirty
loan, very heavy deposits were made with the
national deposit banks. These deposits were,
under tlie direction of the 'Secretary of the
Treasury, drawn upon rapidly; but so-large
were the. balances, and so distinct, were many of
the banks, that it was undoubtedly the fact that
they were at times in process of collection
from twenty to forty million dollars credited to
the banks, by reason of being drawn against,
but not charged by the banks to the Govern
ment until the cheeks were actually paid.
There haw. been, in the course ot m'e year,
many days in which the balances due the Gov
ernment by the deposit, banks, according to
their books, have been over twenty million
dollars larger Ilian the real balances according
to the books of the Treasury.
To show how fallacious conclusions drawn
only from the returns made by deposit national
banks to the Comptroller of the Currency are,
it is only necessary to give one of the state
ments in his communication, viz: “The month
ly statement made up to the first ol' June
shows that there was that day in the Treasury,
including coin, $25,148,702, while there was lio
more than twice lliat amount on deposit in tlie
national banks.’’ At this .time there were
drafts and orders issued upon these batiks for
an amount exceeding thirty-three million dol
lars.
So many elements enter into the statements
of the ramified business of the Treasury De
partment, that it is impossible for any one
who does not examine the' books of the de
partment to ascertain the real state of the bal
ances in the Treasury. The amounts deposited
in the various offices to the credit of disbursing
officers are so large that it often occurred du
ring the war that the Treasury account proper
was overdrawn from twenty to thirty million
dollars, and by which several millions of dol
lars iu interest was saved to the Government
and people.
Tlie difference in the statement of coin, point
ed out by tlie Comptroller of the Currency,
arises from the fact that the assistant treasurers
are charged with the amount of gold certificates
issued by them, and no credit can be given them
or tlie Treasurer on tlie books of the depart
ment for any sueli good certificates that may by
either of them be redeemed, until reimburse
ment may be made by warrant, In the mean
time, all such redeemed and paid-for gold cer
tificates must be counted as gold cash items.—
In the statement of coin on hand made up for
the Secretary, (lie amount of gold certificates
redeemed is deducted daily, so as to show tin
amount of available coin on hand. The $20,-
816,440 of coin referred to arc certificates issued,
but that have been redeemed and paid for, and
necessarily appearing in the statements of thd
various offices as coin on hand, and which must
so remain, under existing laws, until reimburs
ing warrants issue for the amounts.
These explanations seem to cover all the
points in the Comptroller of the Currency's
communication, and I take leave of the subject
with tlie remark that the statement made by me
on tlie 10th instant, which was by the Secretary
of the Treasury transmitted to the Speaker of
the House of Representatives, showing the bai
lees in the Treasury to be $57,709,921 37 in
coin aud $65,623,064 54 in currency—of which
latter amount, $21,780,358 55 was in national
banks—is in all respects true.
Very respectfully, yours,
F. E. Spinner,
Treasurer of the United States.
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.TOSFPIJ P pari,’ dAKBER,
W. H P HOWARD R ’ B - H - BROADNAX.
mh3o-c4
J- J. BROWNE,
£jj_ILDER,
ROOKING GLASS
AND •
PICTURE FRAME MAKER.
OLI) FRAMES RE-GILT,
TO LOOK EQUAL TO NEW.
OIL PAINTINGS
CAREFULLY CLEANED,
LINED
AM
VARNISHED.
ALL WORK WARRANTED,
AND
DONE AS CHEAPLY AS AT THE NORTH
137 BROAD STREET,
AUGUSTA^.,*.
COTTON MACHINERY
„ FOR SAILE.
W E HAVE FOR SALE -
Two (2) DRAWING FRAMES, (new) made by
Machinist Association.
Eleven (11) Whiting’s improved RING SPINNTNrn
FRAMES, used very little.
Nine (9) CAP SPINNING FRAMES, in good
running order.
Three (3) Rodgers’ LIST SPEEDERS.
J. J. GREGG & CO
Granitevllle, 8. C., March 24th, 1866.
mh27-6
AUGUSTA, (Ga.) FRIDAY MORNING, MARCH 30, 1866.
SPECIAL NOTICES^
rr -~—• .Bp
BSy REGISTRY LIST OPENED.-Clkrx. or
Council’s Office, City Ilall, Augusta, Ga., Jaafotry
16th, 1866.—The Registry List is now open at my offiCwor
the purpose of registering the names of ami giving certi
ficates to the legal voters of the city of Augusta, injiic
cordance with the Act of the Georgia Legislaturivw
proved February 10th, 1856, and with the City Ordinaire*
providing for carrying said Act into effect, the said lidHo
be kept open until the first Monday in April next. Jags!
Office hours daily (Sundays excepted) from 9, a. m., to I,
p. m., andjrom 3 to 5, p. m.
Each and every applicant, before registering, will be
required to take the following oath: “You do ■olei&nlv
swear that you are a citizen of the United States; tjhat
you have resided in the State of Georgia for the lawk tattKi!
months, and this city for the last six months;
are twenty-one years of age; that you have p&idfatyKfty
taxes and assessments, and have made all returns required
of you by the City Ordinances, which have been ittvolur
power to pay or make, according to said ordiuanic»gj|i’.d
that you are now entitled to registration, andtheTefwfto
vote, according to the terms of the Act of the Goners!
Assembly of this State, in such case made and proved.
So help you God.”
ARCH’D B. CRUMf,
janl6-tap2 Registry Clerk.
PHYSIOLOGICAL VIEW OF MAR
RIAGE.— Containing nearly 300 pages, and 130 fine F&tes
and Engravings of the Anatomy of the Human Orgv* in
a state of Health and Disease, with a Treatise on mdy
Errors, its Deplorable Consequences upon the Mia«it.d
Body, with the Author’s Plan of Treatment; the ©flfliv
tional and successful mode of cure, as shown by the fcvWft
of cases treated. A truthful adviser to the
those contemplating marriage, who entertain doi&ferof
their physical condition. Sent free of postage te
dress, on receipt of 25 cents, in stamps or postal currency,
by addressing Dr. LA CROIX, No. 31 Maiden Lane,Alba
ny, N. Y.
The author may be consulted upon any of the diseases*
upon which his t»ook treats, either personally ©r by-truail,
and medicines sent to any part of the world.
nov29-6m ' a^|aj|w
Bar ELECTION FOR COUNTY TREASIJB®
Clerk’s Office, Inferior Court, Augusta, Fehruj*/
19th, 1866.—1 n obedience to a Writ of Election ifisuetMw
his Excellency Charles J. Jeqkins. Governor of GeaMn,
on tlie 15th inst., directed to the Justices of the Infem* *
Court of Richmond county, and requiring them, attup
giving due and legal notice, to cause an a
held, in manner and form as pre*cril>ed by law, to fill J
vacancy of County Treasurer of Richmond county, I«4 '
ordered, that an election be held at the Court Ho*se, isl
the City of Augusta, and the several precinto in the coun
ty, on the first Wednesday iu APRIL next, for Cyjfciy- I
Treasurer of Richmond county.
By order of the Honorable Justices of the Iqflfior j
Court of Richmond county.
La PAYETTE McLAWB, *
feblO-td ■> JK
s«r OFFICE OF THE CENTRAL RAILRQA&,
Savannah, January 29th, 1866.—0 n and after MondaAJfoe
sth of February, two (2) Daily Trains will ruu bf
Savannah and Augusta, connecting in both directi^S* l
with trains* on the Georgia Railroad, as follows: ;
Leave Savannah 7.30, a. in., and 7.30. jv *n»,
Arrive at Savannah 7.00, p. m., and 6.3-^ja.Jn^
Leave Augusta 9.30, a. ra., and 8.45V>.f0*
Arrive at Augusta 5.50, p. m., and 5.44,Jjn.
Passage, $8 00.
Freight to go by Passenger Train must bo
delivered at the'Passenger Shed 30 minute* beforl dNurt
ure of train.
J. *l. SKI.KIHKjS
feb3-tf Master of TranspojiglßJai.
tsr SOUTH CAROLINA RAILROAD KIiAU
PANY, Augusta Agency, February 10, 1866.—,nijd
after Monday, the 12lh instant, until further notice, --the
Passenger Tfain on this road will run as follows: If
Leave Augusta 77 5.00. p. m.
Arrive Johnson'i* T. O il.Orap jts
Arrive Augusta
febll-tf 11. T. PEAKS.
S3T COLGATE’S HONEY SOAP—ThU' *•!,.-
bratod TOILET SOAP, in such universal demafr&ift
made from*the choicbjpt materials, is mild and taio~
I.iknt in its nature, fuagrakti.t scbxtbd* and
ly beneficial in its action upon the skin.
For sale by all Druggists and Fancy Goods Dto'iex&.jL
fel»9-ly
Bsy J. J. ROLKRTSOX A CO., COT®?
TORS, have removed to-the large and commJgu* lip- •
Proof Store, No. § Warren Block, where thljplWftl con
tinue the Factorage Business in all its IwancßM. a.
Close storage for Cotton. Sec2s- t *
IjtAFFLE.—A IVnrl Set, worth s6oi> in
will be Raffled at I. Kalin At Co s., 262 Broad streJfv
soon as tlie chances are all taken, at $lO a chance
backs.) * Only a few more chances left. Mhf.j -S^i
_ janmf
COPPER TIPS PROTECT
Children's -'lk.. (>no p»ir will om- . t \ wit:'
tip‘\ Sold evnrywh«*ro. '
,ian3-4m j \
FOUR OR FIVE GENTLEMEN’fiSFiSfi
accommodated with Board and Lodging. Apply to
J. D. BURDLtL
jan3l-tf At E. B. Long Store.
———— ———■
Executor’s Sale of Cottvii.
BV virtue of an order from the Honorable the
Court of Ordinary of Richmond eointy, will he
sold on-SATURDAY, the 81st inst., at the Warehouse
of .Tames Walker, Esq., on Mclntosh stAietyat the
hour of 12, m.. NINETEEN BALES OF COTTON
in good order ami good quality, belonging tceihvi
of Chaplain Williams, deceased. 'f S*. >’"l
A. D. riOQUET. Fx’r.
March 21st, IStlfi. mIAT-nl^
AXE HANDS WANTED
AVANTED, twenty good AXE HAN j)S, to
Peel Tan Bark.
SHERMAN, JESSUP & GO.
mil?/)-6*
DR. PETTIGREW has removed his offlrte from
the Augusta Hotel tu his residence, No. 94
Broad street. “ febM-tf
Day, Mussell & Bcujaraiti,
AUCTIONEERS,
Offer at Private Sale,
One fine Rosewood PIANO. ' J
mli2-tf
NOTICE.
A LL persons having claims against the Iteamcr
Xl_ JAMES CHRISTOPHER and SfeameV R.
11. MAY, are requested to present their billsto the
undersigned previous to first April, otherwise pay
ment will he debarred. „ *
GEO. T. JACKSON «fc CO.,
mil 20-10 Agfents.
SSO REWARD.
STOLEN from the subscriber, near Silverton,
Barnwell District, S. C., one Chestnut Sorrel
IIORSE, three white feet, hlnze in face, swat] tail
JOHN FOR*AN.
_ mh24-6* i »
LUMBER! LUMBER 1
EDMOND <fc CO. will keep a supply of the
different grades of LUMBER, and saw to prder all
hills left at the Lumber and Wood Yard of JOHN'
TILKEY, on Ga. R. R., rear of Osmond's Workshop,
mli 24-6
Oglethorpe Sheriffs Sate.
"VVT'ILIIhe sold, before the Court House 4oor, in
VV the town of Lexington, Oglethorpe tounty,
on the first Tuesday in MAY next, within tie legal
hours of sale, the following property, to-wit: One
double case Gold Hunting Watch; levied on as the
property of John C. Farrell, by virtue of at!, fa. is
sued from the Superior Court of said county in favor
of Daniel C. Phillips, for the officers of Courtyagainst
John C. Farrell, and other fi. fas. in my hands 'against
said Farrell. J. F. CUNNINGHAM,
SJeriff.
March 26th, 1866. mh2Bfo
$l5O REWARD.
STOLEN from my stable, on the night as, the 16th
instant, two MARES; one a very 1 1.ttk brown
color, stout and thick set, short thick recently
shod all round, a very fast trotter and find traveler,
and in fine order, about eight years eld. The other, a
Sorrel Mare, thin in fiesh, with marks of harness,
medium size, four to five years old. There was also a
Russet Quilted SADDLE taken. A reward of $l5O
will be paid for the delivery of the Mares and thief,
with proof to convict, or information so that I can get
them; or fIOO will be paid for the two Mares.
W. T. LIGHTFOQT,
mh2B-6 East Macon, Ga.
HARDCASTLE, GNENETT & CO.,
WHOLESALE GROCERS,
PRODUCE DEALERS, ’
AND ,
COMMISSION MERCHANTS,
NOS. 67 AND 69 SOUTH MARKET, •
NASHVILLE, TENN.
mhlo-3m
SSO REWARD.
C. ~i TOI.EN from the suhscril>ers at Berzfella, on the
g 1 Gcoto'iu Railroad, on the night of the 21st Inst.,
a black mare MULE, very henvy-hodied; about 15
hands high, mane and tail not trimmed, neither was
she shod; about 10 years old; also pacw under the sad
dle, and is very familiar witli the name of “Peg.”
The above reward will lie paid and no questior is
asked. ,
. KIRKPATRICK & LEITNEIL
Berzklia, March 24tli, 1866. mh2B-3
Law Library for Sal e.
ATT I LI, he sold at the Court House door ',n War-
V V renton, on the first Tuesday in APP.IT, the
LAW LIBRARY us the late Col. Joseph Wasdeti
This Library Is a well selected one, the 800 r* mostly
new, consisting of a full sot of Georgia Suni.-eme Court
Reports and many valuable Reports anil elementary
Books. 1
Terms cash.
mh2B-6 M. A. WASD'EJff, Adm’x.
FOR SALE,
T HREE desirably located STORES, admirably
adapted for the Wholesale or Warehousing business.
For terms, &c., apply to
C. D. CARR A CO.,
234 Broad street,
jnli2B-6_ Stork and Real Estate Brokers.
Tin Roofs, Water Pipes, Ac.—We nr
now prepared to do any new work of the
above description, and to Repair Old
Roofs, Ac., thoroughly and promptly.
Wm. SHEPHERD A CO.,
SSSB Broad st.
Augußta, Ga., 23d March, 1866. mh2S-12*
4 - - ~
Russ’, RUSS'
RUSS', RUSS'
RUSS’, RUSS’
ST. DOHINGO BITTERS.
ST. DOMINGO BITTERS.
ST. DOMINGO BITTERS.
One of the most valuable combinations of a useful
medicine and an agreeable beverage that has ever
been offered to the public. Millions of bottles were
sold throughout the North during the last four years,
and, wherever introduced, it has proven a welcome
addition to the invalid’s table, the family circle, ami
the batclielor’s sideboard.
LADIES who have lost strength and appetite, and
suffer from nausea, vomiting and vertigo—
GENTLEMEN who “ don’t feel very well ” just be
fore breakfast or dinner, whose stomach is out of
order and system is generally deranged—
MOTHERS weaning children, and suffering from gen
eral debility—
CHILDREN of a sickly nature, and sour, dyspeptic
constitution—
ffßAVELEßS who have occasion to change their
w ! water, and—
%.LL who live in malarious districts, and arc subjected
jjj* to miasmatic influences, will lind one of the most
valuable Tonics and Invigators that can be taken, in
l
jQf RUM’ »T. DOMINGO BITTERS.
try thim but once.
RtJSS’ ST. DOMINGO PUNCH.
♦ k' RUSS’ ARRACK PUNCH,
«>, MADE FROM BATAVIA HICK. -
J) • ♦ V '
P■ ■ 1 RUSS’ MESSINA PUNCH.
RUSS’ GIN COCKTAIL
RUSS’ BRANDY COCKTAIL.
RUSS’ BOURBON WHISKY COCKTAIL.
’ ' . • • •
! iThe most delightful concoctions that ever tempted a
mai’i taste—cheaper than any stbady
dkink* ia the* wood.
*
BLACKBERRY BRANDT,
g
SYIIKP,
GINGER CORDIAL,
tW
s s ’ 7 ! |LKMON SYRUP
Al«* «■ I>aml and manufactured l* order.
fes-'Jf, i v
RUSS & GO.,
«i, v
~ No. 34 Dey st., fKfl
New York.
Said wholesale by
WM. H. TUTT,
JNG. D. BUTT & BRO.,
Augusta, Ga. §
dee2V-dm
HAVE LEARNED NOT TO BE
astonished at anything. Years of experience and a
corre»pondence t extending throughout all nationalities
of the habitable globe, have turned theories into facts
and established a basis from which we need not err.—.
We are not surprised at such facts as the following,
although the persons who write them are. Wo know
the persons and circumstances, henco feel at liberty to
endorse their statements:
“New Bedford, Mass., Nov. 24, 1863.
Dear Sib: I have been afflicted many years'with
severe prostrating cramps in my limbs, cold feet and
hands, and a general disordered system. Physicians
and medicines failed to relieve me. While visitipg
some friends in New York who were using Plantation
Bitters, they prevailed upon me to try them. I com
menced. with a small wine glassful after dinner. Feel
ing better by degrees, in a few days I was astonished
to find the coldness and cramps had entirely left me,
and I could sleep the night through, which I have not
done for years. I feel like another being. My appe
tite and strength have also’ greatly improved by the
use of the Plantation Bitters..
Respectfully, Judith Russel.”
“Rkedsburv, Wis., Sept. 16,1863.
» * * “ I have b eon in the army hospital
for fourteen raontns—speechie bs and nearly dead. At
Alton, 111., they gave me a bottle of Plantation Bit
ters. * * * Three bottles restored my speech and
cured me. * * *
C. A. Flacts.”
The following is from the manager of the Union
Home School for the children of volunteers :
“ Havemeyer I Jansion, 57th St., )
New York,. August 2,1863. \
Dr. Drake: Your wondeifful Plantation Bitters
have been given to some of o ur little children suffer
ing from weakness and weak lungs, with most happy
effect. One little gjrl in particular, with pains in her
head, loss otjipperite and daily wasting consumption,
on whom all medical skill had been exhausted, has
been entirely restored. Wo commenced with but a
teaspoonful of Bitters a d.ay. Her appetite and
strength rapidly increased, a od she is now well.
Respectfully, Mrs. O. M. Devob.”
* * * “I owe much to you, for I verily
believe the Plantation Bitters have saved my life.
Rev. W. H. Waggoner, Madrid, N. Y.”
* *■ * “ Thou wilt send me two bottles
more of thy Plantation Bittors. My wife has been
greatly benefited by their use.
Thy friend, Asa Curkin, Philadelphia, Pa.”
*- * * u j bavc been a great sufferer from
Dyspepsia, and had to abandon preaching. * #
The Plantation Bitters have cured me.
Rev. J. S. Cathorn, Rochester, N. Y.”
*■ * * «i have given the Plantation Bit
ters to hundreds of our disabled soldiers with the
most astonishing effect. G. W. D. Andrews,
Superintendent Soldiers’ Home, Cincinnati, O.”
* * * " The Plantation Bitters have
tun’d me of Liver Complaint, of which T was laid up
prostrate, and had to abandon my business.
H. B. Kingsley, Cleveland, Ohio.”
* * * “The Plantation Bitters have
cured me of a derangement of the Kidneys and Uri
nary Organs that has distressed me for years. It acts
like a charm.
C. C. Moore, No. 254 Broadway.”
&c., &c., Ac., Ac., Ac.
The Plantation Bitters make the weak strong, the
languid brilliant, and are exhausted nature’s great re
storer. They are composed of the celebrated Calisaya
Bark, Wintergroen, Sassafras, Roots, Herbs, Ac., all
preserved in perfectly pure in St. Croix Rum.
8. T.—-IB6O—X.
Is
Persons of sedentary habits, troubled with weak
ness, lassitude, palpitation of the heart, lack of appe
tite, distress after eating, torpid fiver, constipation,
Ac., deserve to suffer if they will not try them.
; They are recommended by the highest medical au
! thorities, and are warranted to produce an immediate
; beneficial effect- They are exceedingly agreeable, per
fectly pure, and harmless.
I Notioh.— Any person pretending to sell Plantation
. Bitters in hulk or by the gallon, is a swindler and ira
-1 poster. It is put up only in our log cabin bottle. Be
ware of bottles refilled with imitation deleterious stuff,
for which several persons are already in prison. See
that every bottle has our United States stamp over the
' cork unatmutiled, and our signature on steel plate side
' -of label.
Sold by respectable dealers throughout the habitable
-globe. T. fi. DRAKE A GO.,
MU»ct<ll-<kn 31 Fork Row, N. T.jfe
ARTIFICIAL LIMBS.
SOUTHERN
LEG AND ARM CO.,
MADISON, GA.
aA H K Artificial Legs and Arms (Uren’s Patent)
_ manufactured by this Company, have met with
the unqualified approval of the most skillful and dis
tinguished Surgeons and men of science in France and
England ; and after the closest and most rigid exami
nation in this country-, a Commission was issued by
the Surgeon General of the United States, in his
“ Circular Order,” May 13th, 1865, to have them fur
nished to each soldier who had lost a limb in the Fed
eral service.
THEY ARE CONSTRUCTED OF WILLOW,
COVERED WITH RAW-HIDE, HIGHLY
ENAMELED, FLESH COLOR, IMPER
VIOUS 'TO WATER AND UNAF
FECTED BY HEAT.
A Medium Size Arm weighs only 21
ounces, and a Leg from 4 to 6 pounds.
Notwithstanding their lightness they are very dura
ble, requiring but little expense to keep them in order,
and so simple in their construction that a common me
chanic can make any necessary repairs in a few min
utes, and so strong that it is impossible to split it with
an axe or break it with reasonable force.
We imitate nature to the life, and make the limb
the shape of the corresponding leg or arm, and finish
it as perfectly- as possible. The natural motion very
often is so perfect that in large number of cases it is
impossible to tell which is the artificial from the sound
limb.
THE ARM
is the wonder of the age and challenges tlie admiration
of the world. A person yvhose stump is one or more
inches in length and retains a healthy degree of force
and rigidity, can, with this arm, at wilt.
Raise the Artificial Hand to his Mouth, Forehead or
even to the top or hack of his Head,
Put on or take off his Hat,
Carry his Valise or Cloak,
Use the Hoe, Axe or Plough Handles,
Roll a Wheelbarrow,
And by securing ti knife, fork, pen, nail hnish or other
implement into the part of tho hand prepared for it,
he can
Cut his Food and Carry it to his Mouth,
Write witli Respectable Clearness,
Wash the Remaining Hand, j
Play tho Violin,
Hold tlie Reins in Driving, etc., etc.
THE LEG
is equally as ushful and beautiful, and as perfect a
piece of mechanicism as the arm. The ankle joint is
so constructed as to give the natural motion with the
assistance of the toe joints to the foot, which being
connected to the upper part of the leg by artificial
cords running over pulleys, secures a proper level
power, the whole resting upon a huff base, making the
step light, elastic, natural and easy. Persons wearing
one of these legs 1
Readily Walk Five Miles -Plough all day long,
Do Carpenter or Cabinet Work,
Go Up and Down Stairs, with ease,
Mount and Dismount a Horse,
And with practice Run, Jump and Dance,
Witli two Artificial Legs Walk two miles Without
Resting,
Drive a Wagon -Make Salesmen or Expressmen,
Telegraph Operators, &e.
Our workmen are PRACTICAL ARTIFICIAL
ARM and LEG MAKERS, three of them using Legs
of their own manufacture.
OUR FACILITIES ARE UNSURPASSED.
Our Work Warranted! for 13 Months.
, PRICES:
For a neat, plainly finished'Arm or Leg,
steel rivets and hinges $ 150
A fine limb, with silver plated hinges, high
ly polished and extra finish, from 250 to 500
Sri" Call and examine for yourselves. Office in
Town Hall.
DANNELLY, MARSHALL * 00., -
Madison, Georgia.
Orders received by our Agent, WM. H. TUTT,
Druggist, No. 264 Broad street, ,\ugusta, Ga., where
Models may he seen. , jnh23-lra'
ARMS AND LEGS.
G. B. UOGGSON,
ARTIFICIAL LIMB MAKER,
MANSION JIOITSR, NO. 260 BROAB ST.,
■AUGUSTA, GA. t
rTIHKSK Limbs are unsurpassed for Lightness,
1 Beauty of Finish and Durability. Satisfaction
Guaranteed in all cases.
From the “ Daily Press,” j Augusta, Ga., Jan. 13, 1860.
* * We me well acqnalntcdavitli the gen*
tleman and take great pleasure in. recount:ending him
to any who have been so unfortunate as to lose either
An arm or a leg. He understands his business perfect
ly, and wears an artificial leg himself, of his own make,
on which we liavqeeen him dance ; and we defy any
one not acquainted with the fact to detect it. Wo
have examined these artificial limbs, and have no hesi
tancy in pronouncing them the best wo ever saw. Let
the maimed and crippled Vejoice that tlie Good Sama
ritan is here in the person of Mr. Hoggson. * *
The following letter is one of the many received bv
Mr. H.:
• Educfiflii Dist., 8. 0., January 0,1S0J)
Mr. G. B. HoopgpN—lWW tPßtod the leg
made by you : find it satisfactory, and am pleased wkh
the same. 1 have no.hesitation hi recommending the'
ArtiSeyil Limbs made by you to my comrades, who,
tike iffy sell, have been unfortunate iirtlic late war.
Yourg, etc.,' ®.W; CteTEEN; Uapt.-C. A.
j*-’' 3 *.'' *
PALACE STABLES.
'T’HE undersigned begs leave to return his thanks
to the citizens of Augusta, and tho public generally,
for tho generous patronage heretofore extended to
hint, and solicits a continuance of the same.
Having recently fitted up this establishment
throughout, and added to the stock some new and
ELEGANT CARRIAGE'S,
GENTLE and FINE HORSES,
. CAREFUL DRIVERS, etc.,etc.,
ho is prepared to accommodate the public for occa
sions of
BUSINESS OR PLEASURE.
The especial attention of families wishing to avoid
the expense of keeping Carriages, norses, etc., is
called to the fact that he has provided several
✓
NEW AND ELEGANT OUTFITS,
which wilfbe retained
EXPRESSLY FOR THIS GLASS
OF BUSINESS.
They may find It to their interest to make cither a
special or general arrangement for them.
BUGGIES,
SINGLE AND DOUBLE
TOP AND OPEN,
At ail times kept for hire.
FINE SADDLE HORSES,
among them two or three fine pacers—for ladies—per
fectly gentle and kind.
WEDDING PARTIES
will be attended in the most elegant style.
FUNERAL OCCASIONS
WILL MEET WITH '
PROMPT ATTENTION.
HORSES AA J> MULES
KEFT BY
THE DAY,
WEEK,
MONTH,
or YEAR,
At customary rates ; and always on hand for sale.
Pledging his best efforts to please, he hopes to merit
and recoive a share of the public patronage.
i ,
M. A. DEnONEY.
SBOO REWARD.
A- REWARD of Eight Hundred Dollars will bo
paid, at the Office of the Constitutionalist, for tho ap
prehension of, with legal proof sufficient to convict,
the persons or persons who killed, or who aided and
abetted the murder of EDGAR CARMICHAEL, at
his store, in Richmond county, on the night of De
cember 25,1865.
janlOtf »**
'ltcKily for the Spring Trade.
J. A. VANWINKLE,
MANUFACTURER OF CLOTHING,
HAS now on band a line and select stock of
CLOTHS, CASS [MERES and VESTINGS,
which are IMPORTED GOODS.
All Garments will he made in the most fashionable
styles, and as ehrap as any one can furnish them. All
who wish good Clothing will find it to their advantage
to leave their orders.
ALSO,
A first rate stock of FURNISHING GOODS
J. A. VANWINKLE,’
230 Broad street,
mli2o-lm Under Central Hotel.
Opening at Mrs. O’Connor’s,
NO 226 BROAD STREET,
A SPLENDID assortment of new MILLINERY
and FANCY GOODS, consisting in part of Ladies’ and
Misses’ BONNETS and HATS, in Straw, Silk, Crape
and Illusion, French FLO AVERS, Bridal WREATHS
and VEILS, Black and AVhite Lace and Colored Gren
adine VEILS, Black Lace MITTS,THREAD LACES
and many other desirable Goods, to which she invites
ho attention of the Ladies. mhlß-12
Real Estate For Sale.
A Ofthe ™,°" Tclfair Street, lower part
, f 04a c ) ty r? who,e Square -with a front or 150
feet, and 340 feet depth. On tho lot is a HOUSE
nearly new, containing four rooms and attic, with fire
£e Ce po.?e a h t rO T; Kitch,> " Smoke-house!
dre Possession Ist October next.
For perWiUlars apply to
C V - 'VTALKIR & CO.,
mkU ' i m Bread street,
VOL. 22—No. 35
PLUMBERS, ETC.
c. h7warner,
PLUMBER, G-AS
AND
STEAM FITTER,
IN REAR OF
No. 255 BROAI) ST., AUGUSTA, GA.,
T 3 ESPECTFULLY informs liis old friends u .1
V the public generally, that he is now prepared i■>
till all orders in his line with promptness Rod in r
best manner.
Constantly on hand, all sizes and kinds of PIPI
BRASS COCKS for steam, gas and water, STREi i'
WASHERS, BATH TUBS, BOILERS, PUM)
BAR LEAD, HOSE and HOSE PIPES, G
CHANDELIERS, BRACKETS, and DROP
LIGHTS, and all other goods belonging to the la
ness. Those in want of splendid GAB CIIAND I
LIERS can call and make selections from ptiotogra ;
ic illustrations, and get them at New York Prices.
Country customers can have jobs, of Pipes fitted
sending diagrams and correct measurement.
C. H. WARNER,
janlß-3m In rear of No. 255
GAS AND STEAM PITTING * PLUMBIN*
O. A. ROB BE,
HAVING re-opened a GAS AND STEAM
FITTING AM) PLUMBING SHOP, in I.
rear 272 Broad street, (Concert Hall place) is now i..
pared to do all kinds of work connected with
GAS, LIGHTING, STEAM HEATING AI. >
WATER SUPPLY,
On reasonable terms and at sliort notice.
Orders from the country promptly attended to.
All work warranted. mh4—l f.
fertilizers!
REID’S PHOSPHATE.
COMPOUNDED OF FINELY GROUND
ITNADULTKRATED RAW BONE I
C CONTAINING as great a per cent, of bone dust
J as preparations from the charred bones and the
Ammonia preserved.
This PHOSPHATE is well adapted to gardens and
all field crops.
Manufactured at Maxey’s Depot, Georgia Railroad,
by Bkigiitwhi.i, & Barrow.
For sale by
LINTON A DOUGHTY, Agents,
febß-2m Augusta, Ga.
THE ECLIPSE
FAST FREIGHT LINE.
SOUTHERN EXPRESS COMPANY,
PROPRIETOR.
Established for the Purpese of Giving Dispatch to
HEAVY FREIGHT
AT
REDUCED RATES I
Is now prepaved to Receive and Forward betwi n
Savannah, Augusta, Atlanta, Macon, Albany,
Eufaula, Calumbus, Montgomery,
/jSelma, Mobile, and Way
Stations. . •
SHIP* FROM NEW YORK TO CARE OF
ECLIPSE FAST FREIGHT LINE,
SAVANNAH.
THROUGH -RECEIPTS GIVEN
. * AND INSURANCE EFFECTED WHEN DESIRED.
For further information, rates, Ac., inquire of
AGENTS SOUTHERN EXPRESS CO.,
And at. -• *, .«
OFFICE OF THE WARN DEN EXPRESS,
C 5 Broadway, Now York
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Mamifactu rets’ Supplies.
MILLWAKD & BINEBREN.F;
i 118 M A liKjKT H'rSRWrBJT'/
V. PHII/DKU'HIA
"F'-yEALERSoja ’MACHINERY, and SlfPEui a
■ -* I J V/ -, UtL
EN Manufactories. Also, Oak Tannede.vrneTr
BELTING, Card, Clothing, Cotton and Woole);
Yarns. Warps, Starch, this, Dye Stuffs, Ac., Ac.
ADVANCES MADE ON CONSIGNMENTS OF
COTTON AND WOOLEN YARNS.
Orders solicited, which* shall receive prompt atten
lion.
WM. MILL WARD, | I>. S. WINEBRENI R,
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H. T. NELSON,
MANUFACTURER OF
BOBBIN'S VYIHr> SPOOLS,
AUGUSTA, GA.,
A LSO, commission dealer in every variety t *
.U supplies for Cotton and Woolen Factori
which will he furniHiied at New York prices and <*.'•
ot transportation.
CLOTH and YARN will be taken in exchange «.
sold on commission.
WOOD TURNING in every variety promptly c•;<
cuted jyll—tf
A. J. SETZE,
OF AUGUSTA, GEORGIA,
WITH
JOHNES, DERRY & CO.,
IJIPORTKRS AND JOBBKKS OP
SILKS AND FANCY DRY GOOD:,
V NO. 627 MARKKT ST., PHII.ADBI.PtnI,
\\/ ILL Purchase for Soutliorn Merchants, m.,
V V others, all kinds of Goods, charging the li- 1 :
commission. Ordors solicited.
A. J. SETZE,
mhl4-lm Philadelphia, Pa.
NEW GOODS!
I' HE UNDERSIGNED HAVE NOW I
store, and daily receiving,
THE MOST COMPLETE ASSORTMENT OP
Foreign and Domestic Dry fto©<-.
EVER OFFERED IN AUGUSTA,
Which they oiler ou
MOST REASONABLE TERMS,
WHOLESALE AND RETAU
H. F. RUSSELL &. CO.
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JESSE OSMOND,
CALR FACTORY,
AND
LUMBER YARD,
CORNER OF MARBURY AND FENWICK ST
NHAR AVGUSTA COTTOX FACTORY.
Sash, BLINDS, and DOORS mado to order.
Has constantly on hand Plastering LATHB, LVW
BER, of all descriptions.
MOULDINGS of the latest patterns.
Railroad WHEEL-BARROWS.
LUMBER of all kinds, dressed to order, at tl
shortest notice.
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NEW GOODS.
TChe undersigned have now in store, and daily r
eeiving, the most complete assortment of Foreign and
Domestic DRY GOODS ever offered in Auguste
which they offer on most reasonable terms, Wholesale
and Retail. 11. F. RUSSELL A CO.
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- NOTICE.
parties having claims against the Steamer
AMAZON and LAURA are hereby notilkvl to pre
went th« same at once to
WM. B. DAVISON, Agent*
mhl7-tf Augusta Hotel Building.
IN STORE,
FOR HALE TO DEd ! ,E!W,
200 bbls Extra Family F/.OUR
1000 httshels Prime CORN tiy
J. T. HEARD &■ <;o
Comciission Merchants
And Deal' is .n Flour and Grain,
deel4-tf No. Warren Block.
SIGHT EXCHANGE
ON NEW YORK
FOR BAI.B BY
H. F. RUSSJSTaL.
A. TWINAME,
SHIPPING AND GENERAL
coivnvtissioisr merchant,
FACTOIt lit '
Grain , Flour, Provisions, I Vines, Liquors, i tc.,
No. 174 Broad St., opposite Augusta Hotel,
AUGUSTA, GA.
Liberal Advances made on Consignments to Phila
delphia and New York.
Rbfbrencks,- Messrs. Mjlcky <fc Beattie, Me.
Cutchkox A Collins, Wm. Brice A Co., Waldkx,
Kokhx <t Co., Philadelphia: Messrs. John P. Boyi.e
A Co., J. M. Wallace & Co., New York ; Messrs.
Chas. L. Colby/ A Co., H. Gowoy, Esq., Savannah :
Messrs. Maodb A Weight, HabpbkC. Bryson, Esq.,
Augusta. mh26-lw
RATER OF ADVERTISING.
3>IN DAILY:
1 square, first insertion, $1 00; each additional in
sertion, Ist week, 60 cents; 2d week, 40 cent*; Sd week,
30 cents.
1 SQUARE,
X month, $9 00 ; 2 months, sls 00 ; 3 months, S2O 00;
each additional month, $5 00 per square.
2 SQUARES,
1 month, sl6 00 ; 2 months, $27 50; 3 months, SB7 60
each additional month, $4 00 per square.
3 SQUARES,
I month, $22 50 ; 2 months, $37 50 ; 3 months, SSO 00
each additional month, $3 50 per square.
4 SQUARES, t
1 month, $27 50; 2 months, $47 50; 3 months, $62 50, .
each additional month, $3 00 per square. I
5 SQUARES,
1 month, $32 50; 2 months, $52 60 ; 3 months, $67 50;
each additional month, $3 00 per square.
6 SQUARES,
1 month, 37 00 ; 2 months, $57 00; 3 mouths, $75 00;
each additional month, $2 60 per square.
10 SQUARES, _
1 month, SOO 00 ; 2 months, S9O 00 ; 3 mopths, slls 00;
each additional month, $2 00 per square.
25 per cent, additional when put in special column
J 5 per cent, added for advertisements kept on the ,
inside.
10 per cent, added for double column advertisements. i
' 15 cents per line for obituary notices and communi- j
cations. •
All hills due and payable on Remand. j
MACHINERY.:"
MACHINERY DEPOT.
STATIONARY STEAM ENGINES,
HAW MILLS, GRIST MILLS,
COTTON GINS, *’
WOOD WORKING MACHINERY, .
SAWS, BELTING, _' '
AGRICULTURAL MACHINES, FIRE PROOF
SAFES, Ac., Ac., Ac.
Celebrated Portable Steam Eyffiircs,
From four to thirty-live liorse power.'
We have the oldest, largest and most com ole to
works in the country, engaged in manufacturing POK
TABLE ENGINES. Our Engines are, “by ex
perts,” now conceded to he the lu st apparatus of the
description ever presented to the puniic, adapted to
every purpose where power is required. Medium
sizes constantly on hand, or furnished on short notice.
Descriptive circulars, with price list, sent on appli
cation. COMSTOCK A' KINSLEY,
154 Bay st., Savannah, Ga.
G. S. BARNSLEY, Agent,
iiso Broad st., Augusta, Ga.
janl7-6m
FomOST CIT Y
Fouudery and Ittachine Works,
F. E. TIMMONS, iVthiktor.
rn
I niS Establishment is now prepared to execute
orders for tlio Manufacture and Repairs of all kinds of
MACHINERY, including
PORTABLE ENGINES HUG A ft BOILERS
STATIONARY EN- COLUMNS
GINKS and BOILERS GIRDERS
SAW MILLS PIPES -
GRIST MILLS PULLEYS
FLOUR MILLS WHEELS
SUGAR MILLS RAILROAD WHEELS
RAILROAD FROGS
RAILROAD MACHINERY mad CASTING#, ot
every description.
ALSO,
BRASS CASTINGS, of every turn! and the best
quality.
Wc keep always on hand,
ANTI FRICTION METAL
BABBIT METAL
PURE RUBBER PACKING
ROUND PACKING for Valve Stems and Rods
Special attention given to GENERAL JOBBING
MACHINE WORK. All work done promptly!
warranted satisfactory.
‘ F. E. TIMMONS,fe
J&V * Fenwick the. CuUou Faujry,
ort - ! jjp Aiiguejjp (in.
TH£p%<aJSTA FOIJIYDERV
if
Machine works,
AUGUSTA, GA.
rTIIE undersigned having fitted np (he above
works, and being supplied with abundance of mate
rial, are now prepared to fill all orders for everything
in their line, on the shortest notice and at prices to suit
the timep, viz:
AGRICULTURAL IMPLEMENTS, of all kinds
RAILROAD WORK, of every description
HOLLOW WARE, SASH AVEIGHTS
CHURCH, SCHOOL, FACTORY and FIRE
ALARM BELLS ; and in tact CASTINGS of all and
every kind, heavy or light, in Iron or Brass.
Railroad Companies, Car Builders, Factory and
Mill Owners, Corporate Authorities, mid all those
wishing a large amount of Castings, will find it to their
advantage to give us a call before contracting else
where.
ANTI FRICTION METAL,
For Heavy or Fast Bearings, furnished at short no.
ticc, and warranted of bust quality.
febis-em* fhilip Malone a co.
W. GRAHAM, ““
broker,
,395 BROAD STREET,
HUTS AXD SELLS
COTTON, GOLD, BANK NOTES, BONDS, Ao.
NOTICE.
KENNEDY & RUSSELL
patronage, M?&'oad7reeL up'stalrs?" 3
f , , , J. B. G. KENNEDY
| ,v ....... Til OS. KUSSEI.L. ’
Machinery repaired ami put i„ run
mug order. SA W MILLS and all other MA
' u ith flispateh. Heavy
i 15 iwi v ‘' * HING done at uliort notice. I also
! *{*“ th T ! S ltl ' n !i or , l ,°!i P lllnt< ‘ rH and others to the fact,
WAGON O WORK WIIEEL WRIGHT and
JAS. MULL! KEN,
i mhlß-lm , ' eynollls Btr * Bt > » C!,r Express Stables.
LANIER HOUSE,
REPAIRED • AND REFITTED,
MULBERRY STREET, MACON, UKORG/A
Geo. M. I,ooax, Proprietor. t
OMNIBUS AND BAGGAGE WAGON
At the Trains, will carry Passengers and Batrgaga to
and from the Depot
FREE OF CHARGE!
jan!6-8m
2,000 BARRELS
OP STOVALL’S
EXCELSIOR. MILLS FLOTTR
FOR pALE.
AM prepared, with a constant supply ot Wheat,
j to furnish the Trade
FRESn GROUND FLOUR
as Bow ns can bo laid down from any quarter, in hand
some packages.
FULL WEIGHTS and
QUALITY WARRANTS®.
THUS. P. BTOTALL.
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KEROSENE.
BEBT
LAMPS.
BKBT,
A ND the BEST of everything in the LAMP Use.
XA_ CHANDELIERS, Attachments for GAS
BURNERS, and, all the VALUABLE Lamp im
provements of the age, may bu found at the
“LAMP MAN’S” BAZAAR,”
131 Bsoad street, CHEAPER than the cheapest.
I mil 10-1 in ' W. J. FARR.
Denn is* Sarsaparilla.
IT nets on the Liver, and mildly on the Bowels > I
producing an evacuation of the morbid bile in
rases of Bilousness, and improves the general health
It is prepared for the New York market as well as *
for the Southern.
COMPETITION 18 INVITED.
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S6O REWARD.
STOLEN front our premises, on the night of *d '
February, met., one dark horse MULE, medium
sue, in good order; a slight defect in one ey^ and a
harness mark on the left shoulder are th. milv '
gulshiug marks remembered. Ha?d ft] 1
[K>Bed to be between nine and ten v«ar« old.
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