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CON STITUTIONALIST.
AUauSTA. GrA.
WEDNESDAY MORNING, APRIL 18, 1866.
THE OIVIL EIGHTS' BILL.
The Civil Rights Bill Is made up of eleven
sections, the first whereof contains the gist of
the measure, those succeeding being merely of
a ministerial and executory nature —pointing
out the manner in which the provisions of the
first section shall be carried out and any in
fraction thereof punished. So far as Georgia
goes we cannot perceive that this bill—suppos
ing, for the sake of argument, that it is, what
we do by no means grant, a Law—has or can
have any but a very remote application. It has
been supposed that it confers upon the blacks
either a present, actual right of suffrage or such
an equality of political condition as milst vir
tually amount to the same. It docs no such
thing—the word suffrage not being mentioned
in it or even incidentally or impliedly alluded
to. As stated, the first section is the gist of the
measure and this section we subjoin side by
side with the second section of an act of the
General Assembly, of this State, approved 17
March 18(50.
Section 2. He it further
enacted, That persons of
color shall have the right
to make and enforce con
tracts, to sue, tie siioA
be parties and give evi
dence. to inherit, l 8,l mr "
chase, lease, seh, bold anil
eonvev real slid personal
property, sad to have full
and eqi" ,! benefits of all
laws snil proceedings for
1},,. security of person and
.state, and shall not be
subjected to any other or
different punishment, pain
or penalty, for the com
mission of any act or of
fense, than such as are pre
scribed for white persona
committing like acts or of
fenses.”
Act No. 90, Public Acts
General Assembly, Georgia.
Session, 1866-06.
He it enacted by the .Sen
ate and Home of Repre
sentatives of the United
Stales of America in Con
gress assembled, That all
persons born in the Unitod
States, anil not subject to
any foreign power, exclu
ding Indians not taxed,
are hereby declared to be
citizens of the United
States ; and such citizens
of every race and color,
without regard to any pre
vious condition of slavery
or involuntary servitude,
except as a 'punishment
of crime whereof the par
ty shall have hren duly
convicted, sh oh have the
same right !n every State
and Territory, to make
and enforce contracts, to
sue, <° he sued, be parties
and give evidence, to in
herit, purchase, lease, sell,
hold and convey real and
personal property, and to
be entitled to full and
equal benefits of all laws
and proceedings for the
security of persons and
property, as is enjoyed
by white citizens, anil
shall be subject to like
punishment, pains and
penalties, and to none oth
er, any law, statute, or
dinance, regulation or cus
tom to the contrary not
withstanding.’’
Section 1 of a Bill en
titled, “An act to protect
all persons, in the United
States in their civil rights,
and furnish the. means for
their vindication," passed
by a bogus two-thirds
vote over the Presidential
veto.
From this comparison it will be seen that
this Civil Rights Bill iu its first, seetiou—whieh
is,for all present purposes, the bill itself—enacts
no more than this State through its General
Assembly has done, and on that score some
anxiety, we trust, may be allayed by perusal of
the text as above given. In other sections this
Bill provides that for denial of the rights grant
ed as above, trial shall be had exclusively in
Federal courts, to the entire derogation of Stat<»
tribunals, and that in the inauguration and con
duct of such trials much use shall be made of
divers functionaries, as military officers, bu
reau-men, and bailiffs, who are to te empower
ed by the President. There being at present
no Federal courts in opifi-ation in this State,
there is of course no danger of any of our peo
ple being dragged to the bar thereof, under the
terms of this bastard edict—an edict as rotten
in law as it is rank in malice.
Nor even werAliese courts in full operation,
but little could be done without the aid of these
military officers, bureau-men, and bailiff's who
are to be empowered by the President before
being authorized to act in this matter in any
way whatsoever. How many authorizations of
this sort, ist i supposed Mr. Johnson will
make ? How many can he make without eat
ing the words of his late peace proclamation at
the beck of a bogus two-thirds that in reality is
not the constitutional half of either House?
The use in the execution of what either is, or
passes for, a law, of military officers, or semi
civilian bum-bailiffs or officials, is the employ
ment of standing armies and the continuance of
military occupation, and Mr. Johnson pledged
himself against either of those abominations,
when saying that their existence, in time of
peace, was “dangerous to the public interest,
and incompatible w r ith the individual rights of
citizens, and contrary to the genius and spirit
of our free institutions, and an exhaustion of
the national resources, and ought not, therefore,
to be sanctioned or allowed.”
That he has not “sanctioned” (his Civil Rights
affair, we know, and hov/manV are there who
believe that, so far as his agency goes, he will
“ allow ” it ?
The Federal Courts, then, to recapitulate, so j
far as we have gotten, are not in operation in ]
Georgia, and, until they are, nothing need he
feared from this so-called enactment. Nor, were
those courts in full blast, could much 6e done
by them without the creation and employment
of a host of spies, bum-bailiffs, informers and
factionaries generally, the creation and employ
ment whereof are matters exclusively within !
the discretion of the President—a President who
after vetoing this bill, as of most dangerous
tendencies, is not likely to assist those tenden
cies to their work of evil, where lie can legiti
mately do otherwise. But—for let us face the
thing squarely—suppose the Federal courts
are in operation, and the President teels it his
duty to commission this immense host of official
locusts, is there not still a prospect or two of
getting the better of so impudent an aggres
sion? We, at least, think so ; and, not, at pre
sent, to go further, find one prospect in the Su
preme Court, to the bar whereof the constitu
tionality of this bill may be carried by appeal
the very instant a case arises thereunder in this
State of Georgia.
And here for the present we stop. There is
great anxiety we learn among our people to
know the full tenor and scope of this matter,
and we will hereafter essay to present the text
of the bill in an official form, and enter more
fully into a discussion of its several sections
and their legal force—merely remarking here
that after some continued thought, study, and
rescarcli upon the matter, we are fully of the
opinion it was never meant by the Radicals to
be of any actual use itself, but only to pave the
way for another measure, whereby it is thought
their power will be at once increased, solidi
fied, and made more lasting. Baal is trembling
in the knees and this is one of his tricks.
The First Case Under the Civil Rights
Bill. —A dispatch from Lafayette, Indiana,
says the Richmond Examiner , announces the
first case involving the test of the Civil Rights
bill, as follows :
A colored man named Barnes brought suit
against a prominet citizen this morning to en
force a contract. Tiie defendant, for an an
swer, sets up that the negro came into the State
in violation of the 13th article of the Constitu
tion of the State of Indiana, which, under pains
and penalties, prohibits negroes from coming
into the State, and debars them from all rights
to enforce contracts, etc.
The plaintiff demurs to the answer, maintain
ing that the 13th article is void and of no effect,
because : 1. It is in contravention of the letter
and spirit of the Constitution of the United
States. 2. It is in direct conflict with the con
stitutionnl amendment abolishing slavery. 3.
It is void under the first section of the Civil
Rights bill, which gives to all persons born in
the United States full right to make and en
force contracts, any law, statute, ordinance,
regulation or custom to the contrary notwith
standing.
The court sustained the demurrer, and the.
defendant appealed to the Circuit Court, which
.is now in session. «
The ease was submitted to-day, and after ar
gument of counsel it was taken under advise
ment. Judge Rest will probably render a de
cision to-morrow. Under the second section
of the Civil Rights bill, he can only decide in
favor of tiie negro, for the reason that an ad
verse decision would subject him to tiie penal
ty of SI,OOO fine and imprisonment.
The Dead Duck Coming to Grief A
Washington correspondent, thus makes a note
of the change that haa come over the spirit of
Chevalier Forney:
The Secretary of the Senate shows grief.—
Earlier in the session he would trip lightly
through the Capitol passage from the Senate to
the Lower House, appear inside the bar of the
House and lay a message from the Senate be
fore Mr. Speaker, witli a loud voice, a smile,
creased countenance and an advanced stomach.
Latterly, however, when he appears lie appears
dejected. He mumbles in a faint voice tiie ti
tles of the papers which he holds in his hat,
and slides sorrowfully away to a sofa in the
lobby, for a few moments’ interchange of woes
with the sepulchral Kelley or the ghostly
Broomall. His loss of voice, stomach and
spirit occasions remark in the galleries, among
reporters and others, who like to catch the
titles of Senate bills and to commi6serate “ the
duck with the weak quack.”
Do we Live in a Free Country ?—We ask
the question, because we see it stated that Gen.
Henry A. Wise, of Virginia, has Gen. Grant’s
permission to visit any part of the United States.
We may have business in Pocahontas to-mor
row—certainly will, if we go to Richmond—
whose permission shall we obtain to go ? We
should like to know.— Lynchburg Express.
(From the New York Day Book, 14th inst.
Financial and Commercial.
We are now in another war—a war of more
terrible consequences—if that be possible—
than the one from which we have just emerged
—a moral war —a war of opinions, wliice, m
its results, may inflict more injury of a perma
nent character upon this country than the
slaughter of one-half its people. There is a
terrible mutiny on board the Ship of State. A
portion of the crew have dared to rise in re
bellion, and declare that the chart bv which
they have hitherto sailed, the glorious Consti
tut ion, is worthless ; that the good old ship
shall be guided by that chart no longer ; and
not only do this crew, put on board to manage
the ship and conform to the rules ol the ser
vice refuse to live up to the oaths they have
taken, and perform their duties as prescribed
by these rules, but they have threatened to
throw the Captain overboard, and convert tb e
old craft into a mere pirate, for their own
and aims. This crew, which have P''°’ ,
unfortunate a shipment for the poor s
on board, are capable of the most dastardly
deeds. They intend to rid then"!® I*’ 1 *’® 8 °|. lll J
authority which interferes with t,iulr diabolical
schemes, and what will finaW become o t the
ship is easily surmised, w' I,CB ? the passengers,
who are strong enough. f united, rise in their
mi'dit and majesty, attain tbe Captain, squelch
out this infamous ff‘ n g "'bo have stolen on
board under liiW® oaths, put honest men in
their places, restore order, harmony and good
government' and by the aid ot that glorious
chart tin'/ trample upon, get the old craft back
upon her course, and continue the voyage as
started. This must be done, lellow
psssengers. The good old ship of State has
been already too long in the hands of these in
famous scoundrels; the threat to throw the
Captain overboard should be the signal for you
and I, and all of us, as one man, to rise and
stand by the Captain, who, if supported, will
soon bring us back again to our true course,
and save ship, cargo and all oil board.
The passage of the Civil Rights bill is the
most terrible blow’ to the general prosperity of
this country that the ingenuity of devils incar
nate. could originate. It simply elevates the
negro and prostrates the white man ;that is all,
and nothing more, yet what momentous results
will this change produce !
It is not within the province of this depart
ment to discuss the social effect of this terrible
metamorphosis of society ; the commercial
evils which will follow are suflieient to arrest
the attention of thinking men, and cause the
true patriot to almost despair of the future wel
fare of this once promising country. To ele
vate the negro is to degrade the white man.
The social degradation of the white man is the
blotting out of our national prosperity, and
that result bankrupts both people and Govern
ment. The condition of the country to-day is
truly critical, in a pecuniary point of view, as
well as socially. Our commercial condition is
dangerous under the best light we place it in.
We had all we could do, under the most favor
able circumstances, to meet the demands of the
Government, and if these demands are not met,
the national credit declines, and the moment
we find that to be the ease, we are in a vortex
whieh inevitably leads to the bankruptcy of
both'Government and people ; it is only a mere
question of time ; we shall find ourselves year
ly nearing the brink of the precipice over
which we shall dash ; moral and commercial
ruin is the only inevitable result of the passage
of the Civil Rights bill, which is the degrada
tion of the white man and the elevatiqp of the
beastly negro.
The great mass of the people, tlic wealth
producers, are those who are most interested
in this monstrous and cruel wrong about to be
inflicted upon the country. The degradation of
the white man by tbe elevation of the negro is
a blow given to the industry of the millions, for
social chaos is a blight upon trade and com
merce. Antagonism of races has ever followed
the detestable doctrines of negro equality.—
Before “slavery” was abolished iu the British
and French West Indies, the negroes were at
peace with each other and with the whites, the
production of wealth went on, social harmony
existed, and general prosperity was the rule.—
The “boon of freedom” converted the black
and yellow negroes into sworn enemies, each
striving to get the social supremacy of the other,
and both cordially hating the whites. Chaos
set in and prosperity declined, production
ceased, and consumption, whieh common de
cent civilization had hitherto demanded, on the
part of the blacks, was narrowed down to the
wants of a mere animal existence. The “bless
ings of freedom” developed into the licentious
ness of the brute beast, and the white man
looked on with dismay at the moral havoc which,
in bis profound ignorance, he had produced.
Two generations of “ free ” blacks have now
come upon tbe stage in the British and French
West Indies since the experiment of a “ Civil
Rights ” bill was made there, and these two
generations are a national nuisance, public
pests, drones, lazy, sensual, debauched, worth
less beings, an incumbrance and an incubus,
which cannot be gotten rid of save through ex
termination. Though that “ Civil Rights ” bill
passed forty years ago, commercial ruin has
fallen upon those beautiful islands. The miser
able black beings, sunk from a position of en
lightened, industrious production and happy
“ slavery,” are wallowing in barbarian de
bauchery and utter worthlessness. So much
for the hundreds of millions of dollars wasted
iu the purchase of their good-for-nothing ear
eases—money wrung from hard-working white
labor. So much for tlie fine-spun theories of
equality and the ignorance of blind fanatics.—
The experiments in tbe British and French
West Indies were mere child’s play to the stu
pendous work in this country. There, were a
few hundred thousand blacks, on a portion of
this fair earth, which could keep them in ex
istence, through the natural resources of a tor
rid zone, without labor, as iar as the support
of their mere animal wants was concerned; here,
with a climate which demand artificial resources
to meet the increased wants of man, the black
must work or perish. No bread fruit tree
springs from the earth to satisfy his daily hun
ger ; no perpetual summer permits him to go
half naked; life here is only maintained by hard
and constant labor; Sambo must work, or
somebody must work for him —otherwise he
dies. But the nigger is nothing but a nigger,
whether he is in the tropics, the temperate or
the frigid zone. Naturally lazy and improvi
dent, if the “boon of freedom” is conferred
upon him,it is the “boon of death.” Millions
of the race are now to perisli, and this perish
ing entails upon the white man evils of a nature
to affect the well-being of the whole country,
and drag us into the abyss of national bank
ruptcy. The experiment, of nigger “freedom”
begets social chaos anil political warfare of so
exciting a character as to utterly destroy all
commercial policy. Productions are to de
crease, and are therefore to be dear. Consump
tion will be curtailed in consequence of that
dearness. Trade is to be restricted to the nar
rowest limits, and the revenue is to be lessened
thereby. Tbe curtailment ot the revenue will
increase the financial difficulties of the Govern
ment. Each quarterly budget will show an
increase of tlie public debt, and we shall be
constantly drawing nearer and nearer to the
center of the vortex which is to engulf us. The
results ot tlie destruction of “slavery" were
enough to commercially and financially cripple
ns, but the Civil Rights bill is an evil a thou
sand times, greater, and its consequences ter
rible indeed.
Tlie last English steamers brought news of a
decline of American stocks in that market;
hence the fall here. We note a disturbance in
the English money market, and the failure of
a London joint stock discount company, which
produced a panic in the finances, and a depres
sion of everything on the stock exchange, all
which tended to check the sales of United
States securities and cause a decline. Money
yuled low last week, opening at 6 per cent, and
closing on Saturday at 5. The prospects are
that currency will be in plenty—more that suf
ficient for all the wants of tlie business’ world
the present season. Merchants are getting
very nervous upon trade matters, having very
little desire to push business in thepreseu't
chaotic condition of the country, and the mon
eyed men, on their part, are a vast deal more
weary and cautious than merchants. Money is
in plenty, and good names can obtain it at
cheap rates, but second-class applicants are not
sought for, and notwithstanding tlie plethora
of currency, it is seen by the operations in the
banks and discount bouses of Wall street, that
there is little confidence in commercial men as
a class. The paper of those who are known to
be beyond the contingencies of a financial cri
sisi, known to have a surplus capital locked
up in bonds and mortgages, such names are
good anyhow, and are “done” at the lowest
rates; but others, whose entire means are in
their business, are looked upon with suspicion,
for the moneyed men are impressed with the
belief that any hour may tumble the commer
cial structure of the country to the ground, like
a house of cards. The failure of a dozen small
banks and bankers the past week, here,
in the West and in the East, indicate only the
approaching whirlwiud. These failures are the
effects of the preliminary puffs of the tornado
which is yet to come.
We have nothing encouraging to make a note
of in any branch of trade since our last. De
pression rules everywhere. Dry goods last
week-rallied at the opening ; sales improved,
hut it was only a faint effort.; and a reaction
took place at the close of the week, which left
the market, if possible, weaker than ever. The
boot and shoe trade, which has been very dull
for months, and which it was believed would
certainly show some signs of life at this date, is
reported to be as lifeless as ever. Hardware is
rather more hopeful, and gives evidence of
some vitality. Groceries are dull, and have
been for months. Hides and leather are very
much depressed, as must be tlie case when
hoots and shoes are so stagnant.
Gold has not held to the opening figure of
last week. On Monday it ranged from 1271-2
to 128 3-4. It steadily declined, though the de
cline was only fractional, from Monday to Sat
urday, selling at the close at. 127. ,
Custom receipts last week were about three
millions,
Foreign exchange is now worth only 10 1-2
for gold, a very low figure. It touched 106
under a large supply of bills. Cotton is going
to England now in large supply, and the result
has been a fall of 2c. per lb. Considerable
quantities of cotton have reached England from
India. Receipts at the ports of the United
States lasi, week 40,000 bales ; New York re
ceipts, 20,000 bales; exports for tlie week 10,000
bales.
Imports into New York continue very heavv.
Dry goods and general merchandise last week
reached 87,584,250, against 85,973,303 f or the
week previous. Imports of dry goods for the
tar have been enormous, no less than
848,30.j,742, against 810,398,124 for last" year
same time. ’
Specie shipments from January Ist to this
date, frorofNew York, are 85,754,795, against
85,000,000 last year, same period, and *9 575 812
in 1864, like date. ’
The opening of the stock market this week
was characterized by a genera] decline in prices
in consequence of the cholera reports from
Halifax. The fall on Monday from this cause
was equal to 2a4 per cent from the highest
point. Gold opened at 125 1-2, with a weak
market, and the cholera panic had a very de
pressing effect on everything at the stock
board.
The money market this week is in the easiest
possible condition. The passage of the Lomi
bill'seems to have no'effect upon loans|or specu
lations. Gold is quiet. It opened on Monday
at 125 1-2 and rose to 126 5-8, but fell afterward
to 125. Sales were made on Tuesday at 1251-2,
on Wednesday at 126. Railway and miscella
neous stocks are tame this week, and the chole
ra panic continues to affect the market, to more
or less extent. Governments remain wcak.—-
State bouds are steady. Coal shares are firm
and tend upward, showing more vitality than
the balance of the Stock Board securities. Pe
troleum shares are dull. Tbe bank report of
the week lias no important features.
J} b -SI. Fu.yxki.in.
Paris Correspondence of t ' ,e New York News.
Letter from Join Mitchell.
Debate —“ Liberty"—Speech of Jules Favre —
Dreadful picture of France —M. Favre
Wishes to Fray—ls Prevented by the Emperor
— Exaggeration —Victor Hugo—His New Book
—lts Preface Ananko —Nonsense—Dedica
tion of the New Book to “His Bock"—Granite
on the Brain.
Paris, March 17,18(50.
The grand rhetorical debate about “liberty”
has begun at last by an extremely violent
speech ot M. Jules Favre in the Chamber. It
is a very notable thing, but not unusual here,
that the very harangue intended as Jeremaiii
for want of liberty itself proves liow very much
liberty must, exist where such a speech can be
delivered at all, and published at full length
in every newspaper of France. This ora
tion of Jules Favre is a vehement philippic
against the Government and against the Eniper.
or personally. He charges the Emperor, very
distinctly, with having violated all principles
and pledges, falsified the principles ol the Con
stitution ot 1852, and turned his Government
i’io? a “P aroc l.v” of the great rights asserted in
1789. Here Comte Waleswski, .the President,
called the speaker politely to order, and inti
mated that it was scarcely becoming to term
the existing Government of the country a pa
rody. M. Favre withdrew the word, but went
on to justify its employment in a manner still
more and more violent. Helms evidently done
damage to the “liberal” cause for this session
by bis very exaggerations. Poor France, it
seems, has no liberties at all—no liberty of the
press (though every paper in France is per
fectly free to reproduce this very tirade, to
improve upon it, to adopt and glorify it) —
no liberty of elections —in this land of
universal suffrage where the Government
never thinks of controlling any man’s vote ;
except, of course, that, it expects, like every
other Government, to be supported by its owii
officials. It is a truly shocking picture which,
M. Favre presents of his unhappy country ; and
all the fault of the Government, which wont let
us have our liberties. The very masked balls,
andJhe too liberal exposure of women’s legs
on stage, and the frightful immorality
which (lie says) prevails generally— all, all is
the fault of this terrible procrastinating tyrant,
who is forever putting off the day when we are
to have those blessed liberties of heaven. Nay,
the orator actually winds up with passionately
complaining that we cannot so much as pray to
God, iu the lowly condition to which we. are re
duced. Imagine a French “liberal” quoting St.
Augustin. “St. Augustin,” says he, cried
“Fccisti nos ad te Dens, et irrequietum est cor
nostrum donee requiescat in te." “Yes,” shouted
the orator, in the passion of his peroration,
“M e are nothing if we cannot raise our eyes to
heaven, and this we can never do if we liav’B not
our liberties.” You observe, tlie Emperor, by
postponing the day when those libertijstare to
come due, is incurring a very serious responsi
bility—he is_ preventing M. Jules Favre from
praying. What would be tlie consequence if
M. Jules Favre should die beforethe great day ?
Some persons, perhaps, may have been won
dering heretofore why it was that this famous
lawyer never went to ehureli. Now they
know : it is because of tlie avertissements and
tlie avtorization jrrealahle, and especially because
of official candidatures at elections.
A very striking characteristic of the French
mind is exaggeration; not mere exaggeration of
language, in whieh particular France is far dis
tanced by Buncombe and the Bird of Freedom;
but a certain exaggeration in the thought itself,
putting too fine a point upon it, anil running
that point into the ground.
Exaggeration reminds me of Victor Hugo,
and his new book, Les Travailleurs de la Her,
wherein he pours fourth, in a copious strain of
prose-poetry, all that is to be said upon sea
going men, whether they be fishermen or grand
admirals, pilots or powder monkeys. Since
the Revelation of St. John the there lias
been nothing produced in style more apocalyp
tic. I will translate the whole preface for you.
It is not long, but I defy the wit of man to com
prehend it.
“Religion, Society, Nature : Such are the
three battles of man. These three battles are
at the same time his three needs. He needs to
believe : lienee tlie temple. He needs to create :
lienee the State. He nedils to live : lienee the
plough and the ship.
“But these three solutions contain within
them three wars. Tlie mysterious difficulty of
life issues from all three. Man lias to do with
obstacles: under the form superstition, un
der the form prejudice, anil under tlie form
element.”
11 think there is a fourth trouble which man
has to contend with—under the form nonsense.
M. Hugo goes on :]
“ A triple ananke presses upon us (it sounds
more formidable in the Greek than if lie had
said in plain English necessity], the ananke of
dogmas, the ananke of laws, the ananke of ma
terial things. In Notre Dame de Paris, tlie
author denounced the first. In Les Miserable s,
he has described the second. In this book he
points out the third.
• “ With these three fatalities which envelop
Man is intermingled the interior fatality—the
Supreme ananke —the human heart.”
If this be not at first glance sufficiently clear
to the ljcader,' it is for want of studying the
history W little Esmeralda in Notre Dame de
Paris anti of Valjean in Les Miserables. You
perceive that tbe Master’s grand design is one;
and now that it is completed by, the publication
of to-day, the whole scheme of man’s life, with
its three anankes (or four), is laid bare and ex
pounded in tones of thunder. Let him that
hath ears to hear, let him hear. It is, however,
our own fault if we tail to embrace the truth
as it is in Hugo. a
Tbe author dedicates his book to “liis rock”
—namely, where he lives ; a roek, therefore,
.which is endeared to him as the scene of Reve
lations which those vouchsafed to St. John upon
his rock. Patinos is not tit to hold a candle to
Guernsey. Rather, I think, our illustrious V.
11. identifies his rock (byway of type and figure)
with that rock of the Caucasus unto which
Strength and Force chained the Titan. Or else
the rock of St. Helena may be regarded as a
foreshadowing of the present grand and myste
rious rock of Guernsey, which has had the
honor to witness the superhuman throes of a
spirit mightier than the exiled Emperor, more
apocalyptic than the apostle, more defiant than
tlie crucified Prometheus. One grows almost
eloquent discoursing of such a theme.
However that be, he respects and loves his
rock, rock severe et douce —“my present asvlum,
my probable grave.” It is too much honor for
the rock, without, having a book dedicated lo
it. But the question is, why does he make an
“asylum 1 ? of that rock ? There is nothing to
hinder the absurd old creature from coming and
living in Paris, if he prefers it. He is quite free
to return to his country; but he will be an
exile, and a chained Prometheus, and all that,
and so clings to his roek. Not that there is
anything in itself sublime in the mere fact of
sticking to a rock: for an oyster is often found
in that situation ; but just the tremendous asso
ciations connected with those other rocks are
too much for the old man’s exorbitant vanity;
so he lias given himself up to the intoxication ;
got druuk upon rock ; made a debauch upon
granite. — N. I'. News.
[Extracted from the New York World.
General Buell's Letter to General Grant—
Sharp Personalities.
To Lieut. General U. S. Grant, V. S'. Army .-
As long ago as last August I saw in the New
York Herald a paragraph purporting to give
some expressions of yours concerning me,
•during your tour through the Northern "States
and Canada. It was as follows:
“General Grant, while in Springfield, Mas
sachusetts, conversed very freely upon topics
of general interest connected with the army.—
He said that. General Buell was thoroughly
versed in the theory of war, but knew nothing
of handling men in an emergency, and that his
heart was never in the war from the first. He
said that Buell might have reached Pittsburg
Landing several days earlier than he did, in
which case General Grant would have been the
attacking party.”
I immediately called your attention to this
paragraph, and requested you to avow or dis-
I avow the remarks imputed to you ; and again,
! on tlie 27th of December, I did the same thing.
I On the 4th ofjanuatyl received your replv,
dated the 29th of December. In that you say
you have no recollection of the reported eon-
I versation ; and if any such occurred, you know
your remarks could not have been quoted cor-
I reetly. For instance, you say, in regard to
! my “ want of ability to command in the pres
ence of an enemy, or in liattle,” you have al
ways thought and frequently expressed your
self differently: and on the subject of my
“ heart never having been in the cause,” you
must, you say, certainly have been misunder-'
stood. You supposed me to be in earnest
| while I was in command, Ac. You add, how
ever, that my “letters published since have
; rather given the idea that I wanted the Union
i saved iu a particular way, and that way differ
! ent from the one whieh was being pursued.”—
I Your impression would have been more aeeu-
I rate if you had understood that I desired that
| the Union should be preserved or restored—
i not, destroyed. But without going into detini-
I tions, or drawing the line of difference, I must
I say here that the conclusion which you have
drawn from my expressions is substantially
correct.
In regard to the battle of Shiloh, your expla
nation, which I shall quote further on, qualifies
somewhat the statement, in the newspaper re
port referred to ; but allowing for the zeal of
partisans, there is enough in it to confirm the
rumors I have heard, that the reflections which
at various times have been actively and exten
sively circulated relative to my movements
prior to the battle drew their inspiration from
your headquarters. You may, therefore, fairly
be regarded as responsible for them, and I shall
take them up in the form in which they have
been circulated.
And first, who ever asserted that, I cctuld not
have reached Pittsburg Landing earlier than I
did? Not I, nor any one in my name. Un
doubtedly, I could have moved by forced march
es before you were attacked on the 6th of
April, as I did afterward, and so have reached
Savannah in time to avert the disaster of that
day; but in stating barely that 1 could have
done so,'as in the paragraph which I have quot
ed, the allegation is implied that I was remiss
in not doing so. I shall show that the facts do
not warrant atiy such imputation.
After giving a number of official 'dispatches,
General Buell proceeds:
From these facts it results that my move
ment had for its object, not to rescue you from
impending destruction, but to form a junction
with you for a deliberate campaign under our
common superior; and all statements to the
effect that I knew you were in peril and yet
failed to hasten to your succor, are without
foundation. Had I acted on your dispatch to
General Nelson, or on General Halleek’s au
thority to halt at Waynesboro, the time you
designated for me to commence crossing the
river would have found the remnant of your
army prisoners in the camps of the enemy;
though, in point of fact, as far as numbers
were concerned, you were in no need of assist
ance, for had several thousand more men thau
your assailaril, and the simplest disposition of
your troops for battle ought to have secured to
you the victory.
But the country has not only been made to
shudder at the narrowness of your escape, but
to grieve at the failure oi ripe plans in conse
tjueuee of my 11011-arrival; and, therefore, I
shall not close this letter until I have examifted
the declaration that, if I had arrived earlier at
Savannah, you would have been the attacking
parlv. **.*#*.*
In the face of all these facts—the lack of au
thority ; the restraint of orders, as you yourself
interpreted them ; the absence of means where
with to move, and of plan or preparation, or
probability of moving—it is impossible to sup- .
press incredulity at the statement that if I had
arrived earlier you would have been the at
tacking puty. And if that theory could be
divested of the incredulity in which the more
positive evidence clothes' it, the doubt would
still continually reenr when men, sitting in im
partial judgment .on all the tacts, and compar
ing your letter of the 4th of April to General
Nelson with that of the Oth of April to me, in
quire witli amazement, as they must do, why
it was that, considering yourself in jeopardy,
aiul expecting au attack on Monday, you made
m* preparation to avail yourself of reinforce
ments until Tuesday; anti why, whether vour
forces was sufficient or insufficient, you mad«
no disposition of the troops already on tint
ground to meet the expected danger.
CONSIGNEES PEK CENTRAL RAILROAT,
April 17th, 1866.—E MB A: Co, J B Nixon, S3>
Heard, Jerry lteed, W A R & Co, Lewis Cook, G J
Platt, A T Gray, Plumb & L, J O M, F & S, John
Nelson, O’D <v M, R <fc T.
"SBECIAL NOTIC KS.
fC GRAND ROYAL ARCH CHAPTER (IF
GEORGIA.—The Annual Convocation of the Gravi
Royal Arch Chapter of Georgia will assemble in the .Va
sonic Hall, in the city of Augusta, on WEDNESDAY
25th inst., at 10 o’clock, a. m.
All Subordinate Chapters are hereby notified to make
their returns and be represented.
The undersigned will be in attendance at the Chapter
Room on TUESDAY NIGHT, at 7 o’clock, preceding the
day of meeting, to receive returns and dues.
B. B- RUSSELL.
aplß-td Grand Sectetar>i
ATTENTION “GEORGIA,” A. I. F. ~W. }
First Dist.—Attend a called meeting of your Company at
the Engine House, THIS (Wednesday) EVENING, *t 8
o’clock. Every member is expect (Mi to attend, as business
of the utmost importance is to be transacted.
By order.
aplS-1 GEO. W. BROADHURST, Sec y.
Bar GEORGIA HOME INSURANCE COMPAN7.-
It is with pleasure that we copy the following notici of
the above company from the Atlanta New Era. In this
community, its reliability, and promptness in immediately
paying all losses, is well known and renders it au institu
tion of pride to our citizens. Its officers are courteous
gentlemen, with years of experience in the business to
which fact, coupled with their eminent fitness for the po
sition, its remarkable prosperity must be mainly attribu
ted. The Era says:
Acts Speak Louder than Words.—We are gratified
to learn, on inquiry', that the Insurance Company which
paid so promptly its loss by the fire on the corner of
Whitehall and Decatur streets, is a Southern Company,
and none other than that reliable institution of our State,
The Georgia Home Insurance Company of Columbus,
of which Mr. Jno. C. Whitper is Agent. The payment
was made within twelve hours after the first cry of fire
was heard, whilst smoke was still issuing from the ruins.
No third party came forward to sift and feel about for
Haws—but the agent issuing the policy also makes the
payment just so soon as satisfied of its justness.
We ask our merchants and citizens to note these facts.
The cry has been raised, that all Southern Companies
were totally ruined. The answer to this is, their invest
ments were made before the war. and were uever changed.
Their loss, therefore, was merely the profits and the labors
for four years—though some, like the Georgia Home,
have even come out better than they entered the war. It
is false that they are insolvent. A most remarkable feature
of Southern Companies is the absence of “Special Agents'*
and “Adjusters” to settle up losses. They go on the pre
sumption, that the man they appoint as agent is honest
and capable, sufficiently so to be entrusted with the re
sponsible duty of making out a policy promising to pay
you in case of loss, and sufficiently so as to pay up losses
when they do occur. When, therefore, you iusure with
them your last transaction is with the same mao—your
friend, your neighbor, your fellow-citizen—with whom
your first occurred.
We do not mean to be sectional in our advice, but we
do think when we can build up ourselves and our own
people at the same cost and with greater advantage to
ourselves, it is our duty to do so. There are a number of
Southern companies represented here who are perfectly
reliable.
Call on that experienced Insurance man and polite
Southern gentleman. Mr. Whitner, at McCamy Co.’»
Drug Store, and he will give you a list that will surprise
you.
C. A. G. HALL, Agents of the above named company
in Augusta, Geo. ap3-lm
war SOUTHERN PORCELAIN MANUFAC
TURING CO. —Five days notice is hereby given that
there will be u riieeting of the Stockholders of the th
em Porcelain Manufacturing Company held at the Store
of the Company’s Agents, Mosher, Thomas A Co., No.
244 Broad street, on MONDAY, the 23d of April, 1866, at
eleven o’clock, a. in. JOS. E. MARSHALL,
apl7—td • j, Secretary'.
oar RICHMOND BATH BOYS’ SOIIOOL^Th*
Exercises of the Third Term of my School commence 14th
of this month, and will close 16th Jnly« Affrw young
ladies will be received. Instruction ih,{fuSc\ per
quarter. Tuition. S2O per quarter.
in advance. No scholar received for ian a .quarter.
Address, REV, ft
IJpmSo Ge* 5 * ?’
Bath, April 9th, 1866. .agl2jw^__
&3T WILLIAM
v • ■ > ),■
letter. The facilities afforded
ments made and being made, w ill enable him to give a«-
tention to professional business L inany parts of the State
more especially the middle portion, embracing the cities
of Augusta, Macon and Columbus.
He will also practice, when organized, in the District
Court of the United States for the District of Georgia.
mills- 2m*
NOTICE.—My son, Louis DeLaigle, is my
duly authorized Agent for the transaction of all my
business. Parties having claims against me vill present
them to him.
mb 22 1 m CIIA RLESDE LA T GLE.
BffITDR. M. A. CLECKLY IIAS REMOVED TO THE!
City, at Mrs. Wm. Evk’s residence, near Lower Market.
apll-10*
&3TFOU COUNTY SOLICITOR.—JOHN S.
DAVIDSON, Esq., will be supported for the office ol’
County Solicitor in the ensuing election of second day
of May next, by Many Voters.
ARE AUTHORIZED TO ANNOUNCE
Col. WILLIAM R. McLAWS as a candidate for the of
fice of County Judge, at the entitling election. *
Mr. Editor : Please say that I am not a candidate for
Judge of the County Court.
mh2o B. F. HALL.
A. D. PICQUET, Esq., will he supported for
County Judge, at the election on the first Wednesday
in May next, by
mhis-td Many Voters.
FOR COUNTY*" JUDGE.—YVeare authorized to
announce W. MILO OLIN, Esq., as a candidate for the of
fice of County Judge, of Richmond county, at the elec
tion on the first Wednesav in May next. mb 13
NEW ADVERT! EM ENTS
LARGE SALE;
OP
Valuable Real Estate.
sold, on the first Tuesday in JUNE
V V next, at the Court House door, ‘in the town
of Washington, Wilkes county, by the Executors ot
A. A. Cleveland, deceased, by virtue of an order by
the Ordinary Court in and for‘said county, the follow
ini' valuable Heal Estate:
Lot No. 1. A large and the best built BRICK
STORE, and the best stand, in said town, on the
South-west corner of the Public Square, containing
♦one-third of an acre, more or less, now occupied by
Prank Arnold A Co.
2. One largo GROCERY, with four rooms below,
joining the above, on Main street, now occupied by
lVttis A Callaway, with a good kitchen attached. The
lot containing one-third of an aero, more or U s*.
3. Three OFFICES, adjoining the last named lot.
with two rooms each, now occupied by Dra. Lane and
1* icklin, and Drs. Andrews and Sale, containing sine
third of an acre, more or less, on the South side of
Main street.
4. One i:*ge two-story WOODEN BUILDING, in
said town, now occupied by Col. John B. Weems,
with out-houses, containing one acre, more or less,
hounded on the I\ est by Second and the South by
Liberty streets. »•
6. One vacant LOT, in said town, containing one
acre, more or less, bounded bv Main street on the
North and Second street on the West, and alovc Xo.
4 on the South and Xo. 3 on the East.
6. The HOMESTEAD, in said town, now occupied
bv Mr*. Fitzpatrick, being a large, two-story, elegant
Mansion, with superior out-buildings, gulden and
orchard, containing two acres, more or less,and well
improved; in a pleasant part of said town, aid hound
ed on the Xortli by Liberty and on the South by
Water streets.
7. One other LOT, known as the Hamiltnt Lot, un
occupied, containing half acre, more or less, witli a
comfortable two-story dwelling and kitchen; bounded
on the East by the above Homestead L*t, on the
Xorth by Liberty, on the South by M ater, and on the
West by ,1 etferson streets.
8. One Blacksmith and Wood SHOP, on a Lot of
one-half acre, more or less ; bounded on the North by
Main and on the West by Jefterson streets.
ft. One WOOD LOT, within some two and u half
or three miles of said town, and in said count}, con
taining 371-2 acres, more or less, adjoining Palmeraml
others. \
Terms of Sale will ho made knowh on the day : hut
are expected to he one-fourth cash and the balance Irst
of January next, with the right to re-sell at the risl of
the purchaser if the terms are not compiled with,
GARNETT ANDREWS,
Attorney for Executory
Apart. 17, 1860. aplß-l
BACON.
A. FINE lot of HAMS, SHOULDERS tnd
SIDES, just received and for sale by
aplß-1 J. C. GALVAN
Choice Family Flour*
"Fifty BARRELS Choice Family FLOUR
Just received and for sale by
nplß-l -T. C. GALVAN.
Earl’s Champagne Cider.
r U WENTY BARRELS Pure Juice of tfc Apple,
direct from Newark, N. Y.
For sale by A. STEVENS.
aplß-3 1
JACOB S. SCHIRMER,
IIK AI.KK IN
Foreign and Domestic Hie ,
AND
GENERAL COMMISSION MERCHXT,
18 North Commercial Wharf, Charlestoi S. C-
attention given to the salepf COT
TON, RICE, NAVAL STORES, LUM lER, or
other MERCHANDISE. p!8-3
SEW ADVERTISEMENTS.
MASONIC HALL.
On THURSDAY, FRIDAY and SATURDAY
I EVENINGS, 19th, 20th and 21st.
And a MATINEE on SATURDAY AFTERNOON,
at 3 o’clock.
The Beautiful Historical Panorama of
the Bombardment of Port Sumter.
AS IT WAS AND AS IT IS !!
HESE truly beautiful Scenes, gotten up at great
labor and expense, were painted in the city of Charles
ton, S. C., from sketches taken on the spot, and have
received the praises of the Charleston and Savannah
press, and the admiration of crowded audiences in
those cities, who are familiar with every scene and in
cident.
The introductory remarks and descriptive Lecture
gives a clear and succinct account of the tight of lltli
April, 1861.
Admission, sl. Family Tickets, for three persons,
$2. Children half price.
Doors open at 7 1-2—to commence at 8 o’clock.
apis
FRANCIS E. TIMMONS,
IRON AND BRASS
- FOUNDER,
MANUFACTURER OF
STATIONARY ENGINES,
STV W MILLS.
A 1.80, MANUFACTURER OF
Burrows’ Improved Head Block, for
Saw Mills,
Which is decidedly the best Head Block now in use.
IITS ENGINES AND SAW MILLS
j Are powerful and durable, and will give satisfaction
in ever}- particular.
1 GRIST MILLS,
FLOUR MILLS,
MILL SPINDLES,
MILL GEARING,
itADE TO ORDER,
| , AT SHORT NOTICE.
! Special attention paid to General Jobbing Machine
f Work.
m # m
! WITH FACILITIES UNSURPASSED, NORTH
OR SOUTH,
J lie feels confident that he can give entire sali fliclioli
to all who will give him a call.
F. E. TIMMONS,
No. 170 Fenwick street,
Opposite the Water Tower,
aplß—l2 Augusta, Ga.
PIANOS, PIANOS.
Unrivalled Success.
! THE LATEST AND MOST ADMIRABLE IM
PROVEMENTS.
u • BRENNER, Airout of Mcpgra. Geo. Strok A
I Co., the celebrated Plano Manufacturers of Ne>v York,
J taken pleasure to introduce in this city and the coun
■ try the instruments of tin* firm, on account of their
j unrivalled perfection, as regards its evenness and beau
• ty of touch, tine and simrime quality of tone, great
power and surpassing durability. Artists of the high
| est reputation in this country and Europe have pro
! nounced them more perfect in every single part than
| those of any other manufactory, and prefer them at
Concerts, because they seem to combine, beyond com
parison, in complete perfection and in a remarkable
degree* the several excellencies peculiar to all other
first class Pianos.
Persons in want of a good PIANO are invited to
give the subscriber a call, and to examine these instru
ments, and the improvements introduced by the
firm, before they purchase elsewhere. The different
styles of these Grand, Square, and Square Grand
PIANO-FORTES, range from No. 1 to No. 9, and
t from 7to 7 1-3 octaves. They are warranted for five
I years. P. BRENNER,
j aplß-lm No. 458 Broad street.
NEW BACON.
L 60 HHDS. PRIME SHOULDERS
r bo ILhDB. STTVKS
O BOXES Prime SIDES
*7 HHDS. Prime Clear SIDES
■4- <5 TIERCES S. C. HAMS
In store and arriving, for sale very low.
J nplS-4 ,T. 0. MATIIEWSON.
FOR SALE LOW,
TW DISPOSGI* <*F EARLY.
Uout HUNDRED and Sixty-four (464) acres of
GROUND. Two hundred and thirty-Uvo (232) in
lower tract; two hundred and thirty-two (232) in upper
; tract. Situate and lying due east of 16 mile hoard,
i on South Carolina Railroad, from this city. Nearest
! portion say 1 mile from railroad, farthest portion say
i 2 1-2 miles from railroad.
Said Land is well wooded with black jack and oak
j wood, suitable tor cooking and burning purposes;
] also, a quantity of pine and saw timber.
I Titles indisputable. Terms cash.
Parties desiring to engage in the wood business dn
j ring the approaching winter, will find their greenbacks
j well Invested in this purchase.
For particulars, Ac., inquire of
W. B. BRITTON,
nplß-3 At So. Ca. Railroad.
FOR SALE OR RENT,
r FHE HOUSE, on Lot known as No. 6, on Wat
kins street, opposite tiie Washington Parade Ground.
! The HOUSE contains four rooms, and would suit a
I small family. Apply to
ANDREW W. SUMMERS,
Assessor’s Office,
i aplS-3* 272 Broad street.
~ ALE, ALE, ALE.
j J UST received a fresh supply of Massey, Collins A
\ Co.’s Philadelphia ALE, in whole and half barrels.
, Persons desiring this ‘excellent ALE ean always be
supplied by JOHN C. GALVAN,
293 Broad street,
j aplß-2 Augusta, Ga.
MANSION HOUSE,
GREENVILLE, S. C. „
r P TIE Proprietor of the above well known Hotel,
begs leave to inform his former guesis and the public
that he is now prepared to accommodate families as
well as single persons for the Summer Season. He
will spare no pains or expense to make his house ns
attractive as in former davs. The price of hoard will
be moderate. ‘ S. SWAN DALE,
spin 5 Proprietor.
NOTICE.
ASSESSOR’S OFFICE, 3D DIST. GA., j
Augusts, April 17tli, 1866. )
Ht recent orders from the Department, all parties
owning Cotton, or having the same in their possession,
upon which the Revenue Tax lias not been paid, are
hereby notified to come forward and make their re
turns within the next ten days, in default of which the
parties will subject themselves to the penalties of the
law. J. BOWLES, Assessor.
aplß~3
Overseer and Laborers Wanted*
TWTSII to employ a competent OVERSEER,
without family, and 10 or 12 LABORERS, for the
field. White or colored men and hoys, or colored
women. Will give good quarters, rations and full
wages, if application is made immediateiv.
M. A. DEHONEY,
apl7-4 l’alace Stables, Ellis street.
NEW BOOKS.
AUGUSTA LIBRARY ASSOCIATION.
LARGE additions have been made to the shelves
of tiie Association, embracing all the latest
publications of the popular novelists, the Foreign Re
views : and. in tiie News Room, papers from even
part of the Union, to which the attention of tiie read
ing public is respectfully solicited.
Life subscriptions, SSO: Annua!, *6; Monthly, 50
cents. J. A. MIi.LEN, Librarian.
aplS-1
‘‘SECOND SUPPLY.”
BRANDY!BRANDY!
CASES that noted BR ANDY" him* just ar
> )W rived direct from Bordeaux, via Chark*«ton.
For sale ffiy M. IIYWMS CO.,
apl7-3 Corner Broad Ar Mclntoah Htreets.
FOR SALE.
1 ' H7E HOUSE and LOT on Taylor street, front
on saiil street So feet, and running back 170 feet. The
House is well finished, and having two rooms witli
Kitchen. Apply oil premises, or to
nplS-3* W. A. RAMSEY * CO.
ESTRAY HORSE.
A. SMALL BAY HORSE, 14 1-2 or 16 hands
high : 7 years old ; white spot ill the forehead; slight
ly rubbed with gear. The owner is requested to come
forward, prove property, pay charges and take him
away, otherwise lie wilt be sold to pay charges.
M. A. DEHONEY,
Palace Stables,
api.B-4 Ellis street, Augusta, On.
ICE HOUSE.
la’E, in large or small quantities, to suit customers
and the trade generally, by ...
J. H. MEAD & SON,
Cor. Campbell and Broad sts.,
nplß-3 Augusta, Ga.
HOUSES FOR SALE.
T HE WOODEN HOUSE on the south-east cor
ner of Greene and Kollock streets, and the BRICK
HOUSE immediately in its rear; also, the LOT meas
uring on Greane street 40 feet, and running back to the
alley 170 feet. This property can he bought at private
sale by applying toT. J. TUOMEd, at the Store ot
H. B. Willis. If not sold by SATURDAY, April
•21st, it will be put up at public auction by C. V.
WALKER & CO. to the highest bidder.
ap!B-4 T. J. TUOMEY.
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.
Notice to Holders and Occupants
of Lots.
CLERK OK COUNCIL’S OFFICE, ?
Augusta, Ga., April 14, 1860, s
r rHE following section* of the General Ordinance
are published for public informatioi a I will be rigid
ly enforced:
Section 30. Any occupant of a lot \ bo shall throw
or discharge, or permit to be thrown >r discharged,
from his or her premises, as much water or wet sub
stance as may put any part of the streets or alleys m
bad order, slmll be fined not exceding fifty dollars lor
every day such nuisance shall exist; but such occu
pant shall, under the direction of the Street Commit
tee, construct a drain or hollow pavement along or
across any street or alley over which such water or
wet substance may pass, withous causing a nuisance.
Section 31. It shall not be lawful for the keepers of
hotels and lioarding houses, bakers or brewers, in the
City of Augusta, to throw greasy or dirty water into
the* drains of the city, but they shall be required to
keep a barrel or hogshead to contain the same, and
shall cause the same to be removed every twenty-four
hours.
It shall he the duty of all owners or occupants of
cellars in the Citv of Augusta, to have tlic same
thoroughly cleansed and white-washed, under the di
rection of the Lot Inspectors, at least once a year, be
tween the first of May and the first day of July.
Each and every person violating the provisions of
this section, shall he fined in a sum not exceeding one
hundred dollars.
Section 34. It shall be the duty of all holders of lots
or lands, whether the same be enclosed or un-enclosed,
to keep them clean and dry—they shall permit no sink
to contain water, but shall fill up all low places on said
lots or lands, in such manner as to pass off the water,
and shall every day, except the Sabbath, remove from
said lots or lands, all decayed and decaying vegetable
and animal substances, and in general every thing
tending to corrupt the air, and place the same (in con
venient heaps) in the streets opposite said lots or
lands, and twenty feet from their boundary, between
daylight ami nine o’clock in the morning : and no per
son shall throw trash or filth into the streets, from Ins
or her lots or lands, at stay other time than between
daylight and nine o'clock, a. m., nor on the Sabbath
day. And in ease of failure or omission of any holder
or holders ot lots or lands, or other person to fillup
any sink, or low place, within twenty days after writ
ten notice from the Mayor or any Member of Council,
to him or her, or to his or her agent, to fill up the
same. Council may proceed to fill up the same at the
expense of the said lot or landholder, or other person,
and so soon as the expense is ascertained, execution
shall issue for the same, and the amount levied and
made from his or her property, anil the said lot or
landholder, or other person, shall be fined in a sum not
exceeding one hundred dollars for each day that such
notice thall remain uncomplicd with.
Bv order of the Committee on Streets and Drains.
L. T. BLOME,
a plß-2 Clerk of Council.
John & Thos. A* Bones
(Continue to receive
ENGLISH HARDWARE,
Direct importation, as well as Goods, in season, of
American manufacture,
Which will be sold at reasonable rates.
SOUP DIGESTER,
FISH HOOK LINES,
SCYTHE BLADES,
ENGLISH TWINE,
THE BEST HASH CORD,
BLUF.D TRACES,
FINE PLATED CANDLESTICKS,
And a general stock of
I T A R O AV .A. R E,
OF EVERY DESCRIPTION.
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GROVESTEEN & CO.,
PIANO FORTE
MANUFACTURERS,
499 BROADWAY, NEW YORK.
THE attention of thi> public and trade is invited
to our Nkw Scale
7 OCTAVE ROSEWOOD PIANO FORTE,
which for volume and purity of tone are unrivalled by
any hitherto offered in this market. They contain all
the modern improvements,
FRENCH GRAND ACTION, HARP PEDAL,
IRON FRAME, OVER-STRUNG BASS,
and each instrument being made under the personal
supervision of Mr. J. 11. Grovkstkkn, who has had a
practical experience of over 110 years In their manufac
ture, is fully warranted in every particular.
THE « OROVESTEEM PIANO-FORTE" 11E
CEIVED THE HIGHEST AWARD OF
MERIT OVER ALL OTHEMS AT
THE CELEBRATED
WORLD'S FAIR, '
where were exhibited instruments from the best ma
kor» of i ...„a..0, i» a vts. Germany, Philadelphia, Balti
more, Boston and New’ York; and also at the
AMERICAN INSTITUTE FOR FIVE SUCCEB
- YEARS,
the gold and silver medals from both of which can be
seen at our ware-room.
By the introduction of improvements wc make a
still more perfect Piano-Forte, and by manufacturing
largely, with a strict cash system, are enabled to offer
these instruments at a price which will preclude com
petition.
PRICES;
No. 1, Seven Octave, round corners, Rosewood plain
case, $:;oo.
No. 2, Seven Octave, round corners, Rosewood
heavy mouldings, .*325.
No. 3, Seven Octave, round corners, Rosewood Louis
XIV style, $350.
Terms:— Nutt Cash, in current funds.
Descriptive circulars sent live.
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EXCHANGE.
Sight on new york.
“ “ Charleston, 8. C.
“ “ Savannah, Ga.
Can be had at the Nationat Bank at par.
G. M. TIIEW,
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IRON, TsTAJLS,
PLOWS, IIORSE SHOES, TOBACCO, SNUFF,
BLACKING.
50 TONS IRON, all sizes, from 1 inch to 10
inches.
2 TONS CAST STEEL, from 3-4 inch to 2 1-2
inch.
500 KEGS “Old Dominion ” NAILS, 4 to 12,
inclusive.
PLOWS, all patterns, with and without stocks.
HORSE SHOES in any quantity.
Maccaboy and Scotch SNUFF, in bbls and kegs.
TOBACCO, all grades, from fine to common.
Baltimore BLACKING, equal to Mason’s.
One Sugar MILL. For sale by
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PERUVIAN GUANO.
A FEW Tons Peruvian GUANO, in store and
for sale by FLEMING A ROWLAND.
Also,
20 hlids Prime Bacon SI DES and SHOULDERS.
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PROF. A. LEON’S GRAND BALL,
To be given at
MASONIC HALL,
ON THURSDAY EVENING the 19th inst.
PROF. A. LEON, desires to inform hia Patrons,
and the Public in general, that, at the close of his
Dancing Academy for the season, he will give a Grand
Ball, on THURSDAY EVENING the 19th inst., at
Masonic Hall.
floor Managers:
A. Leon, I. Simon, A. Asher.
Committee of Invitation :
Joseph Graham, 11. Sir lung.
G. Weber, C. Ki.kiner.
Tickets can lie had at A. Leon’s, No. 135 Broad St.,
Sumereuu’s Confectionery, No. 202 Broad Street, I.
Simon.s A Co., No. 224 Broad Street, and at P. Hans
bei-ger’s, No. 204 Broad Street,
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HILTON & RANDELL,
193 BAY ST., SAVANNAH, GA.,
WHOLESALE OItOCEKS,
AND DEALERS IN
WINES, LIQUORS, &C., AC.
HAVE constantly on hand a complete assort
ment of GROCERIES—which they offer at
Lowest Market Rates, and to which they Invite the
attention of buyers.
Their stock of Liquors comprises in part:
OLD MONONGAHELA, RYE and BOURBON
WHISKIES, in barrels.
The celebrated “STAR” WHISKY, incases
“OLD TOM” and “DERBY” GIN, SHERRI
WINE, &c., Ac. „
Agents for tiie sale of Hazard’s Electric Gunpow
der, in kegs, half kegs, quarter kegs and cases.
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GEO. W. WILLIAMS & CO-,
WHOLESALE GROCERS,
CHARLESTON, S. C.,
OFFER FOR SALE’ LOW FOR CASH:
SACKS LIVERPOOL SALT.
"1 ()( )() aoo barrels SUGAR—A, B and C.
200 bags RIO and JAVA COFFEE.
1000 kegs NAILS, assorted.
500 coils MANILLA and HKMI ROPE.
C bales GUNNY and DUNDKfe BAGGING.
160 barrels MOLASSES and 81 RUI*.
300 boxes ADM ANTINE and SPERM CANDLES
200 kegs POWDER— whole, Half and quarter kegs.
500 bags SHOT and LEAD.
500 blls. FLOUR -Fine, Super and Extra.
200 down BUCKETS, BR()6m8 and TUBS.
COPPERAS, BLUESTONE, MADDER.
INDIGO, SPACES, STARCH, YEAST POW
DER.
SODA,PICKLES, SARDINES, TEA.MACK
EREL, etc., etc.
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Importing & Manufacturing Drug House,
PRATT & WILSON BROS.,
Wholesale Druggists and Manufacturing Chemists,
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drugs, chemicals,
PERFUMERY AND DRUGGISTS SUNDRIES,
NO 238 KING STREET, CHARLESTON, S. C.
SPECIAL ATTENTION PAID TO CHEMICAL ANALYSIS IN ALL ITS BRANCHES.
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CASH DRY GOODS HOUSE.
A. T. GRAY, | P. GRAY, | JAMES W. TURLEY.
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Al. T. GRAY & CO.,
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AT THE OLD STAND OF H. H. HICK MANN,
242 BROAD STREET,
AUGUSTA, GEORGIA,
Beg leave to announce that they (tan be found at the
SPACIOUS STORE
Lately occupied by H. H. HICKMAN,
Where they are fully prepared to offer to the publican ELEGANT and COMPLETE
Assortment of
STAPLE A N I > FANCY DRY QOODS,
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EMBROIDERIES,
HOSIERY, NOTIONS,
CLOAKS, SHAWLS, HOOP SKIRTS, &c„ &c.
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One of the partners will reside in New York, devoting his entire attention to the.
1 SELECTION OF OUR SUPPLIES,
And we are now daily receiving NEW GOODS at
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CONVINCINGLY LOW PRICKS,
PURCHASED FOR CASH
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TWENTY-FIVE TO FIFTY PER GENT.
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Ariel in mauy instouAAA *
fully one half less than they could be had four weeks ago.
i These are superior advantages, which we will always share with our Customers.
COUNTRY MERCHANTS,
Aud all others in want of
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DRY GOODS,
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Should not make a single purchase before visiting our Establishment.
Al. T. GRAY CO.
| Auguste, March 25th. mh2s-lm
NEW SPRUNG DRY GOODS!
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LARGE ADDITIONAL SUPPLIES.
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A COMPLETE ASSORTMENT IN ALL DEPARTMENTS OF THE TRADE.
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Fully THIRTY FIVE PER CENT, cheaper than the same kind of Goods were sold for three
weeks ago.
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GRAY, MUJLLARKY & CO.,
228 BROAD STREET,
■ Would respectfully inform their friends aud the public, that they are now receiving a tremendous
stock of
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STAPLE, FANCY AND IMPORTED,
DRY GOODS,
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PURCHASED EXCLUSIVELY FOR CASH,
Within the last ten days,
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AT UNPRECEDENTEDLY LOW PRICES, warrant* us in assuring a saving of
FULLY TWENTY-FIVE PFill CENT.
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We would respectfully solicit an examination of our stock and prices.
GRAY, MULLARKY & CO.,
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j OTRANTO, GUANO, OUANO.
TO THE PLANTERS
OF
GEORGIA AND SOUTH CAROLINA.
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We are now prepared to furnish
GUANO AND FERTILIZERS
of all kinds, at NORTHERN PRICES, with expenses added
which shall be ai i reasonable as possible.
Planters will please send in their orders as early as possible
as good Guano an d Fertilizers are scarce.
GEO. R. CRUMP <fc CO.,
*O9 BROAD STREET.