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CONSTITUTIONALIST.
AUGUSTA. GA.
FRIDAY MORNING, JUNE S 3, 1866.
Death of Gen. Gass.
As in the death of General Scott, the depart
ure lrom earthly scenes of Gerieral Cass has
made the Past more traditional by the sever
ance of those golden links which remain long
enough to remind us that we are moderns still.
It was peculiarly fitting that the distinguished
soldier and the no less distinguished statesman
should, as it were, pass into the Shadow almost
side by side. Both were representatives of
another era than the present and both bad sur
vived their usefulness. The military veteran
was daintily pampered into an egotistical ob
scurity ; the Senator, broken by storms of State,
voluntarily retired from public office and was
kept prominently before living men by the con
tradictious of tlie telegraph through the vitality
of a worn out brain which abandoned its func
tions charily.
The following is a brief outline of Gen.
Cass’ c ventful career: He was born at Exeter,
New Hampshire, 9th October, 1783, and was
consequently eighty-three years of age. At the
age of seventeen he ciosscd the Alleghany
Mountains on foot and settled at Marietta,
Ohio, where he studied law, and was subse
quently elected to the Ohio Legislature, in
which body he originated the bill which arrest
ed the proceedings of Aaron Burr, and gave the
first blow to what is known as the Burr con
spiraey. As a soldier, General Cass commenced
his career as a volunteer against the Indians on
the frontier, in 1811, and was elected Colonel
of an Ohio regiment in the war of 1813, with
Great Britain. lie urged the invasion ol Cana
da, and was the author of the proclamation of
that event. After the surrender of Detroit, lie
was made a Colonel in the regular army, and
finally a Brigadier General, and served in the
battle, of the Thames, on the staff of General
Harrison. He was, in 1813, appointed Gover
nor of Michigan Territory, by President Madi
son. He held this position for eighteen tnonths,
when General Jackson made him Secretary of
War, and subsequently Minister to France.—
Returning home, he was chosen Senator from
Michigan, in 1848, but resigned on being nomi
nated the Democratic candidate for the Presi
dency, in 1848. Having been defeated, he was
the following year again chosen Senator, and
continued in that position till lie finally retired
from public life.
JEFFERSON DAVIS IN PRISON.
Extracts from Dr. Cra
veil’s Book.
The Torture and Heroism of the Prisoner.
CONVERSATIONS, OPINIONS AND SEN
■ timents.
(Continued from the Constitutionalist of 1 tstsrday.)
June 10.—Mr. Davis out of sorts, very ill
tempered. Complained that his clean linen, to
he sent over twice a week by General Miles,
had not been received. Cjchctcil Mlies had token
charge of Ins clothing, and seemed to think a.
change of them twice a week enough. It nfight
he so in Massachusetts. But now even this
wretched allowance was denied. The General
might know nothing of the matter; but if so,
some member of his staff was negligent. It
was pitiful they could not send his trunks to
Siis cell, but must insist on thus doling out his
clothes, as though he were a convict in some
penitentiary. If the object were to degrade
him, it must fail. None could be degraded by
unmerited insult heaped on helplessness but
the perpetrators. The day would come that
<mt people would be ashamed of his treatment.
For himself , the sufferings he was undergoing
would do him good with his people (the South.)
Even those who had opposed him would he
kept silent, if not won over, by public sympa
thy. Whatever other opinions might be held,
it was clear lie was selected' as chief victim,
bearing the burden] of Northern hatred, which
should be more equally distributed.
Sunday , duly 11.—Was sent for by Mr. Davis
:nui called in company with C’apt. R. O. Bick
iley, officer of the day.
Found prisoner very desponding, ilu' failure
of his sight troubling him, and his nights al
most without sleep. Ills present treatment was
killing him kg inches, and he wished shorin' work
could be made of his torment, lie had hoped
Jong since for a trial, which should lie public,
and therefore with some semblance of fairness ;
'but hope deferred was making his heart sick.
The odious, malignant and absurd insinuation
that he was connected in some manner with the
great crime and folly of Mr. Lincoln’s assas
sination, was Ills chief personal motive for so
earnestly desiring an early opportunity of vin
dication. But apart from this, as lie was evi
dently made the representative in whose person
;tbe action of the seceding .States was to be
and decided, itc yet more strongly dc
red for this reason to he heard in behalf of
the' defeated, but to him still -sacred, cause.
The defeat lie accepted, as a man lias to accept
-d] necessities of accomplished fact; hut to vin
dicate tlie theory and justice of his cause, show
ing by the authority of the Constitution and the
'Fathers of the Country, that his people had
only asserted aright—had committed no crime;
tliis was the last remaining labor which life
could impose on him as a public 'duty. Mr.
Davis then spoke of ex President Franklin
Fierce in terms of warm admiration, as the
public man who had studied constitutional law,
■'ad the relation of the Staten to highest protit.
remarking, that if lie were given any choice of
counsel, Mr. Pierce would be one of those
whose advice he would think most
Me also spoke of Mr. Charles Eames, of Wash- 1
iing.ton, as a walking encyclopedia of constitu
tional law, very accurate and ready in his refer
ence to precedents ; adding that lie had seen a
■report that Messrs. Rcverdy Johnson, of Mary l
land, and Charles O’Conor, of New York, had
professed their readiness to assume his defense,
when approached by some of his friends for
that purpose, for which he felt grateful, both
personally and for his people. His own fate
was of no importance in this matter, save to the
on which history would devolve
(the responsibility for his treatment. Martyr
dom, while representing the deliberate action
of his people, would he immortality; but for |
the sake of justice, not merely to his own
people, hat to the whole American people,
whose future liberties were now at stake in
his person, a fair and public trial was now the
{necessity of the situation.
“My people,” he added, “ attempted what
your people denounced as a revolution. My
people failed ; but your people have suffered a
revolution which must prove disastrous to their
liberties unless promptly remedied by legal de
cision, in their eflptfs to resist the revolution
which they charged my people with contem
plating. State sovereignty, the corner stone
•of the Constitution, has become A name. There
is no longer power, or will, in any State, or
number of States, that would dare refuse com
pliance with any tinkle of Mr. Seward’s bell.”
Mr. Davis complained this sleeplessness was
.aggravatedby the lamp kept burning in his room
all night, so that he could be seen at all moments
by the g uard in the outer cell. If he happened to
dose one feverish moment, the noise of relieving
guard in th/i next room aroused him, and the
lamp poured i/s full glare into his aching and
throbbing eyes. There must be a change in this ,
or he would go crazy, or blind , or both.
“ Doctor,” lie said, “ had you ever the con
sciousness of being watched ? Os having nn
eye fixed on you every moment, intently scruti
nizing your most minute actions, and the varia
tions of your countenance and posture ? The
coueciousnecs that the Omniscient Eye rests
upon us, in every situation, is the most consol
ing and beautiful belief of religion. But to have
a human eye riveted on you in every moment of
waking , or sleeping, sitting, walking, or lying
down, is a refinement of torture on anything the
Camanclucs or Spanish Inquisition ever dreamed.
They, in their ignorance of cruel art, only
struck at the body ; and the nerves have a very ,
limited capacity of pain. This is a maddening,
incessant torture of the mind, increasing with
every moment it is endured, and shaking the
reason by its incessant recurrence ot miserable
pain. Letting <t single drop of water fall on the
head every sixty aeconds does not hurt at first,
but its victim dies ot giving agony, it is alleged,
if the infliction he continued. The torture of
being incessantly watched is, to the mind, what the
water-dropping is to the body, but more effective,
as the mind is more susceptible of pain. The Eye
of Omniscience looks upon us'with tenderness
and compassion ;.eyen if conscious of guilt, we
have the. comfort ot knowing that Eye sees also
our repentance. But the human eye forever
fixed upon you is the eye of #. spy, .or enemy,
gloating in the pain and humiliation which itself
creates. I have lived too long' i» the woods to
be frightened by an owl, and have seen death;
too often to dread any form of pain. But I con
fess, Doctor, this torture of being watched be
gins to prey on my reason. The lamp burning
in my room all night would seem a torment de
vised by some one who had intimate knowledge
of my habits, my custom having been through 1
life never to sleep except in total darkness.”
This conversation, so far as related to its
medical aspect, 1 deemed it luy duty to eoni
muni.cate that afternoon to Major General
Miles, Who could not remove the lamp, alto
gether, but directed that it should be screened
at night, so that no direct and glaring beams
should be thrown in the prisoner’s eyes.
.July 20th. Called on Mr. Davis, Captain
Korte, Third Pennsylvania artillery, being
oflicer of the day, apd, of course, my com
panion. Was requested to ea|) by Major Gen
eral Miles, who had received report that pris
oner was seriously ill.
Found Mr. Davis in a very critical state;
his nervous debility extreme ; his mind more
despondent than ever heretofore; Ais apjietite
oone; complexion livid , mid pulse denoting
deep prostration of all the physical fneryigs.
Was much alarmed and realized with pain
ful anxiety the responsibilities of my position.
If he were to die in jmson, and without
trial, subject to such severities as had been in
flicted on his attenuated frame, the world would
form unjust conclusions, but conclusions with !
enough color to pass them into history. It i
seemed to me, let me frankly confess, due to I
the honor of America, and the future glory of
our struggle for national existence, that tids re
sult should not happen.
Mr. Davis asked me could nothing be done
to better his condition, or secure hiin the jus
tice of a trial befdre death. The effort of his
people to establish a couutry had failed, and
they had no country now hut America. It was
for the honor of America, not less thau for his
own, and for justice to liis cause, that he plead
ed.
Assured Mr. Davis that no effort of care or
such skill as I possessed should be wanting for
his benefit. Then commenced conversation
on various topics, seeking to divert his mind
from the afflictions preying on it.
Mr. Davis said when he had last been out
on the ramparts he had met Mr. C. C. Clay,
similarly walking under guard. Clay was look
ing wretchedly, and seeing him made Mr. Davis
realize more acutely his own humiliating po
sition. Men at sea in a ship never realize how
forlorn and frail the vessel is they arc on boar a
until their counterpart in some closely passing
vessel is brought under notice. Absorbed in ex
ereise and the emotions of the scene, he had
previously failed to realize his situation, with
an officer at his side as custodian, and four
bayonets pacing behind him to secure that he
should make no effort to escape. The moment
Mr. Clay passed, his own situation stood re
vealed ; and nothing hut his strong conviction
that to remain in his cell would be equivalent
to suicide, could induce him to parade again in
the same manner. As he passed Mr. Clay they
exchanged a few words in French, nothing
more than the compliments of the day and an
inquiry for each other’s health; Imt it seemed
this had alarmed the officer, who did not under
stand the language, Mr. Clay not being permit
ted to pass him again, but being marched off to
another part of the ramparts. Clay was na
turally delicate, of an atrabilious type, and his
appearance denoted that he must be suffering
severely.
Replied that I had been attending Mr. Clay,
and saw nothing in his state to occasion alarm.
He had a tendency to asthma, but that was a
long lived disease. Mr. Davis inquired how
Clay was fed. Replied that at first he had re
ceived soldier’s rations, but latterly, his condi
tion demanding it, had been fed from thejhos
pital. Mr. Davis expressed much sympathy
for his fellow-sufferer, begging me to do what
ever I professionally could for bis relief, and
to hold up his bands. Let me here remark
that, despite a certain exterior cynicism of
manner, no patient has ever crossed my path
who, suffering so much himself, appeared to
feel so warmly and tenderly for others. Sick
ness, as a general rule, is sadly selfish ; its own
pains and infirmities occupying too much of its
thoughts. With Mr. Davis, however, the rule
did not work, or rather he was an exception
calling attention to its general truth.
Prisoner complained bitterly of the restrictions
imposed by General Miles on his correspondence
with his wife; certain subjects , and those per
haps of most interest, being forbidden to both.
The convicts in State prisons were allowed this
liberty unimpeded , or only subject to the super
vision of the chaplain, whose supervision had a
religious and kindly, character—that of father
confessor. Ilis letters, on the contrary, had to be
sent open to General Miles, and from him, he
understood, similarly open to the Attorney Gen
eral. What unbosoming of confidence—mu
tual grids, mutual hopes, the interchange of
tenderest sympathies—was possible, or would
be delicate under such a system ? lie pictured
idle young staff' officers here, or yet more piti
ful clerks in law departments at Washington,
grinning over any confessions of pain, or terms
of endearment lie might be tempted to use;
and this thought embittered the pleasure such
correspondence might otherwise have con
ferred. The relationship of husband and wife
was the inner vestibule of the temple—the holy
of holies —in poor human life ; and wTio could
expose its secrets, or lay his heart bare on his
sleeve for such daws to peek at ? Even crimi
nals condemned to death for lienious crimes,
were allowed not only free correspondence with
their wives, but interviews at which no jailor
stood within earshot. What possible public
danger could there be from allowing such
letters to pass without scrutiny? Time will
set all these petty tyrannies in their true light.
He that first pleadeth his own cause seems
justified ; but his neighbor cometli and seareh
eth liim. If the privilege were ever abused ; if
anything he wrote to his wife were published to
tiie detriment of the Government, or tending to
disturb the peace. what easier than to say: “This
privilege has been abused and must cease.”
August Wth. —llad been absept in Baltimore
on official business some few days, during which
Mr. Davis sent for me. Called with Captain
Evans, officer of the day, and explained my
absence. A pustule, somewhat malignant in
character, was forming on the prisoner’s face,
which was much inflamed and swollen. He
reiterated belief that the casemate was full of
malarial poison, caused by Ihc rising and falling
of the tide in the ditch outside (as previously ex
plained), and wished the Washington people would
lake the quicker means of despatching him, if his
deaih without trial was their object. That it was
so he was led suspect, for a trial must de
velop many tilings ;io!, pleasant to those in
power. In particular ‘it Wuuiy place the re
sponsibility for the non-exchange of prisoners
where it. belonged.
Called ihe same evening. Prisoner in a high
'• fryer, the swelling of his face spreading to his
back apd head, with indications of latent erysi
pelas. Mr. Dayk' v.iAlied in- could have with
i him his faithful >.ev,:,ut t, rt, who, though a
1 slave, had a moral nobility ncfervijig honor. —
The negroes had excellent trails of character,
1 but required, for their own . ako.-;, guidaneeand
1 control. They were docile, as a general
rule, easily imbued with religious sentiment,
quick in sympathies, and of warm family affec
tion. Tjwd" . ; ions,. however, were intense
and uneonlrojlabii Hbq ery bad been blamed
for their Incontinence, big tqn;
Were the. free htnetis any Jess I i bull non s? The
Southern slaves were incomparably mope chaste,
or less unchaste, than people of the same race
in the North. Slavery was a restraint upon
promiscuous intercourse, and for commercial
reasons, if for none higher. The negroes wore
improvident U> a degree that must reduce them
to destitution if«ot. «*f,-d for. They had to be
provided with Iresli seeds for lip.;,:' I’Mle garden
patches every year,no remonstrances sunk-leg to
: make them provide one season for the wants of
. the. next. It was in their affections they were
strong, and many of them had excellent, traits.
His man Robert, was the best and most faithful
of bis race, and had attended him through many
serious illnesses. Was with his wife on board
the Clyde, but might possibly Lave deserted the
sinking ship by this time. Did not think he
would, though others with greater claims to
keep them faithful were among his enemies.
August id.-—! Called with Captain Gressin,
Aide-de-Camp of GcgcpaJ Miles, officer of the
day. Prisoner suffering severely, hut in a less
critical state, the erysipelas now showing itself
in his nose and forehead. Found-that a ear.
bunelc was forming on ids left thigh, Mr. Davis
urging this as a proof of a malarial atmosphere
in ids cell, reiterating his wish that, if the Gov
ernment wanted in bp rid of him without trial,
it might take some quicker process.
Prisoner said he had never held pin eh hope
for himself since entering Fortress Monroe, ang
was now losing it for his ’ people. The action
and tone in regard to the Richmond elections
gave .evidence that the policy of “ woe to the
conquered ” would prevail. What a cruel farce
it was to permit ap ,exercise of the elective
franchise, with a proviso that the electors must
cast their ballots for men they despised or
hated ! Either all pretence of continuing rep
resentative government should be abandoned,
or free acceptance given to the men endorsed
by the people. To ask men who had fought,
sacrificed, and lost their all for a cause, to wheel
suddouiy, ;m.d vote into power men they de
spised as ieiiegaJ.es or cowards, was the sin of
attempting to seethe the }iid in its mother’s
milk. Better for the South to remain disfran
chised forever, than crawl back into office or
recognition through such incredible apostasy.
Better remain prisoners than be citizens on
i sue*. Terms. In no district of Virginia could
, what we eailctj -i “ loyalist ” muster a corporal’s
guard of men with mpihtr sentiments. Why
organize hypoericy by attempting sq force into
elective positions men who were not represen
tatives of their alleged constituents—men who
could only excite the abhorrence or contempt
of ninety-pine in every hundred of the people?
Either the SoiffU should be declared so many
conquered provinces updep military rule, o'r
given back the freedom of the ballot.' To offer
bribes for wholesale falsehood wi uld lie found
poor policy ; and the men hereafter to create
trouble in the South would not he the gallant
and well-born gentlemen who fought loyally,
agd at every sacrifice of life and property for a
cause tficy believed right, but that small scum
of poltroon* and renegades who remained
“neutral” through fl;e contest, only anxious
to avoid danger for themselves, and lump over
to the side that won. The former cfaslp'tj coopt
ed defeat, and would loyally preserve any obli
gations that might be imposed upon them.—
The i after were worthless and pitiful intriguers,
commanding no popular confidence, chastened
by no memories of the struggle; and now that
no personal risk could he incurred, would seek
to obtain popularity--the popularity of dema
gogues—-by re-fanning into flame the passions
anu prejudices of the ignorant and vulgar.—
They will be clamorous for Southern rights,
now that Southern rights are dead, and out-
Herod Herod in their professed devotion to the
Southern cause.
August 20.—Called with Captain Evans, offi
cer of she day. Mr. Davis suffering great pros
tration, a c-tuud of erysipelas covering his whole
face and throat, tue carbuncle much inflam
ed. Spirits exceedingly dejected, evinced by
anxiety for his wife and children. That he
should die without opportunity of rebutting
in public trial the imnuted stigma of having
had shape in the conspiracy to assassinate Mr.
Lincoln, was referred to frequently and pain
lully. That history would do bijn justice, and
the criminal absurdity of the charge be its own
refutation, lie had cheerful confidence while in
rheulth, hut in his feebleness and despondency,
with knowledge how powerful they were who
wished to affix this stain, his alarm, lest it
might become a reproach to his children, grew
an increasing shadow.
Ot Mr. Lincoln be then spoke, not in nffec’t
cd terms of regard or admiration, but paying a
simple and sincere tribute to his goodness of
character, honesty of purpose and Christian
desire to he faithful to his duties according to
such light as was given him. Also to ids offi
cial purity and freedom from avarice. The
Southern press labored in tlie early part of the
war to render Mr. Lincoln abhorred and con
temptible, but such efforts were against his
judgment, and met such opposition as his mul
tiplied gares and labors would permit. Behind
Mr. Lincoln, dnriug his first term, stood an in
finitely more objectionable and less scrupulous
successor (Mr. Hamlin); and the blow that
s, truck down the President oi the United States
would place that successor in power. When
Mr. Lincoln was inaugurated, the cause ot his -
people was hopeless, or very nearly so—-the i
struggle only justifiable in continuance by its i
better attitude for obtaining terms; and from 1
no ruler the United States conld have might i
terms so generous have been expected. Mr. 1
Lincoln was kind of heart, naturally longing
for the glory and repose of a second term to be
spent in peace. Air. Johnson, being from the
South, dare not otter such liberal treatment;
Ins motives would be impugned.
In every embittered national struggle, propo
sals to assassinate the rival representatives were
common, eniiuating from different classes of
, men with different motives ; from spies of the
enemy, wishing to obtain evidence how such
proposals would be received ; from fanatics,
religious or patriotic, believing the act would
prove acceptable to Heaven ; fioni lunatics,
driven mad by sufferings connected with the
struggle : and from boastful and often cow’ardly
desperadoes, seeking gold and notoriety by
attempting, or promising to attempt, the crime.
At the time it occurred, Mr. Lincoln’s death,
even by natural causes, would have been a
serious injury to tlie prospects of the South:
nit the manner of his taking-off, frenzying the
Northern mind, was the last crowning calamity
of a despairing aud defeated, though righteous
eausc.
Ait just 23. Called with Captain Evans, Third
Pennsylvania artillery, officer of the day.
Prisoner a little improved, febrile symptoms
subsiding. Had no appetite for ordinary f°°d,
but found the coolness and moisture of fruits
agreeable. Said lie had concluded not to lose
any more spoons for me, but would retain tlpq
one that morning sent with his breakfast.
Unless things took a ehango, he would not re
quire it long.
[This was an allusion to the desire some of
the guards had to secure trophies of anything
Mr. Davis had touched. They- had carried
away his brier-wood pipe, and from time to
time taken five of the spoons sent over with his
meals from my quarters. The meals were sent
over by a bright little mulatto boy named Joe,
who handed them to the sergeant of the guard
outside the casemate, who passed them through
the window to the lieutenant of the guard in
the outer cell, by whom they were handed to
the prisoner through the grated doors of the
inside room, the keys of which were held by
tlie officer of the dah. No knife and fork being
allowed tlie prisoner, “lest he should commit
suicide,” his food had to be cut up before being
3ent over, a needless precaution, it always seem
ed to me, and more likely to produce than to
prevent tlie act, by continually keeping tiie
idea that it was expected before the prisoner’s
mind. It was in returning the trays from Mr.
Davis to my quarters that the spoons were
taken—au annoyance obviated by his retaining
one for use. This only changed the form of
trophy, however ; napkins that he had used be
ing the next class of prizes seized and sent
home to sweethearts by loyal warders at the
gates.]
Mr. Davis expressed some anxiety as to his
present illness. He was not one of those who,
when in trouble, wished to die. Great invalids
seldom had this wish, save when protracted suf
ferings had weakened the brain. Suicides were
commonly of the robuster class—men who had\
never been brought close to death nor thonght
about it seriously. A good old Bishop once re
marked, that “dying was the last thiug a man
should think about,” and the mixture of wis
dom and quaint humor in the phrase had im
pressed Mr. Davis. Even to Christians, with
the hope of an immortal future for the soul, the
idea of physical annihilation—of parting for
ever from the tenement of flesh in which we
have had so many joys and sorrows—was one
lull of awe, if not terror. What it must be to
the unbeliever, who entertained absolute and
total annihilation as to his prospect, he could
not conceive. Never again to hear of wife or
children—to take the great leap into black vacu
ity, with no hope of meeting in a brighter and
happier life the loved ones behind, 'the loved
ones gone before!
He had more reasons than other men, and
now more than ever, to wish for some prolonga
tion of life, as also to welcome death. Ilis in
tolerable sufferings and wretched state argued
for tlie grave as a (ilace of rest. His duties to the
cause he had represented, and his family, made
him long to be continued on the footstool, in
whatever pain or misery, at least until by the
ordeal of a trial he could convince the world lie
was not the monster his enemies would make
him appear, and that nq wijfijl departures from
the humanities of war had stained the csculeli
.eon of his people. Errors, like all other men,
he had committed; but stretched now on a bed
which he might never rise, and looking with
the eyes of faith, which no walls could bar, up
to the throne of Divine mercy, it was tils com
fort that no such crimes as men laid to his
charge reproached him in tlie whispers of his
conscience.
“ They charge me with crime, Doctor, but
God knows iqy innocence. I endorsed no
measure that, was nor, justified by tlie taws of
war. Failure is all forms of guiit in one, to
men who occupy my position. Should I die,
repeat this for tlie sake of my people, my dear
wife and poor darling children. Tell the world
I only loved America, and that in following my
State I was only carrying out doctrines received
from yr.yqyvrrd lips in mv early youth, and
adopted by iuy judgment us the qoqvictißns of
riper years.”
Mr. Davis spoke with intense earnestness—
the solemnity of a dying man, though not. then,
m my judgment, in any immediate danger.
Ilis words, as quoted were taken down on my
ret?;l'M to quarters, and are here given for what
each reader may iqinjv them worth. They cer
tainly impressed me as sincere, arid as if—
whether true or not, judged by tiie standard of
law—the speaker uttered them in tlie good
faith of a religious -man, who thought death
might very possibly be near, if not imminent
and cemiiq
September I. — AVas called at daylight by Cap
tain Titlow, officer of tlie day, to see State
prisoner Davis, >/io appeared rapidly sinking,
aud was believetsiu a critical condition. The
carbuncle on his.high was much inflamed, liis
pulse indicating extreme prostration of the
vital forces. TtHferyslpelaA lilch hart subsided
now l-qaupeMgd.Jttd the fiWile excitement ran
very high. Trcarfbeq suol remedies, consti
tutional and topral, as were indicated ; imt al
ways had much Rouble to persuade him to use
tiie stimulants sc urgently needed by fits con
dition. Let me here say, however, that in do
cility and a strict adherence to whatever regi
men wu3 prescribed, Mr. Davis was the model
patieut of my practice. He seemed to regard
the doctor as the captain of the patient’s health,
ami ob.c-yed every direction, however irksome,
disagreeable, b’r painful, with military exact
ness.
Mr. Davis renewed his complaints of the vitia
ted atmosphere of the casemate, declaring it to
be noxious and pestilential from the causes be
ioie ttQtiped Mould (fathered upon his shoes,
showing the dampness of the place, and no ani
mal life could prosper in an atmosphere that
generated these hyphomycetous fungi. From
the rising and falling ol the tides in the loose
foundations of the casemate, mephitic fungi
eminated, the spores of which, floating in the
air, were thrown off'in such quantities, and
with such incessant repetitions of reproduction
as to thorougfdy pervade the attposphere, en
tering the lungs and blood with every lireatH,
and redeveloping their poisonous qualities in
the citadel of life. Peculiar classes ot these
fungi were characteristics of the atmosphere in
which cholera and other forms of plague were
mow xankly generated, as had been established
by the Rev. Mr. Osborne, in a long and interest
ing series of experimental researches with the
achromatic microscope during the cholera visi
tation of 1854 in England. Men in robust
health might defy these miasmatic influences,
but to him, so physically reduced, the atmos
phere that generated mould found no vital force
sufficient, to resist its poisonous inhalation.
Assured Mr. Davis that his opinion on the mat
ter had for some time been my own, and that on
several occasions 1 had called the attention of Ma
jor General Miles to the subject. Satisfied that
the danger was now serious if he were longer
continued in such an atmosphere, I would make
an official report on the subject to the General
commanding, recommending a change of quar
ters.
Mr. Davis spoke of the w retchedness of being
constantly watched—of feellfig that a human
eye, inquisitive and pitiless, was fixed upon ail
his movements night and day. This was one of
the torments imposed on the Marquis de La
fayette in the dungeons of Magdcburgh and
Olniuta. Indeed, the parallel between their
prison lives, if not in some other respects, was
remarkable. Lalayettc ivas denied the use of
knife or fork, lest he should commit self-dc
struetion. He was confined in a casemate, or
dungeon, of the two most powerful fortresses
of Prussia first, and then Austria. While in
Magdcburgh, he fpupd a iriend in the humane
physician, who repeatedly reported that the
prisoner could not live unless allowed to
breathe purer air than that of his cell; and on
this recommendation—the Governor at first
answering that lie “was not ill enough yet”—
the illustrious prisoner was at length allowed
to take the air—some times on foot, at other
times in a carriage, but always accompanied by
an officer with drawn sword, and two armed
guards.
Mr. Davis then narrated, with great spirit
and minuteness, the efforts made by Count
Lally-Tolendal, assisted by Dr. Eric Bollman,
of Hanover, and Mr. Huger, of South Carolina,
to effect Lafayette’s liberation. Mr. Huger was
a young gentlemen of I-fuguepot extraction;
and Lafayette, upon landing near Georgetown,
South Carolina, accompanied by Baron dc
Kalb, had first been a guest of Major Huger,
thp father of his rescuer. Dr. Bollmann’s visit
to Vicuna, where he remained six months,
lulling suspicion by pretending to study or
practice medicine; his there meeting with
young Huger, and the manner in which these
two cautious, but daring men, mutually discov
ered to each other their similarity of object; the
code of signals which they gradually establish
ed with the p risouer, and his final rescue for
some brief hours from captivity by their exer
tious, together with his re-arrest, and the cap
ture and terrible punishment inflicted on his
rescuers—all these points Mr. Davis recited
with a vividness which made each feature in
the successive scenes pass before the mental
eye as though in the unrolling of a panorama.
Huger and Bollmann were heavily ironed
round tjie neck, and chained to the floor of sep
arate dungeons, in utter darkness. Once every
half hour the Austrian officer of the day enter
ed, flashed a dark lantern into their faces to
identify them and see that they still lived, and
then carefully examined every link of the chains
binding their necks to the floor, and shackling
their feet and wrists. This treatment lasted
night and day for six months, the prisoners be
ing almost skeletons when finally obtaining
their release, which were secured by the repre
sentations of General Washington, the power
ful advocacy of Mr. Pox and l ti«SLiberals iq the
British Parliament, and the humane sympathy
of the Count Metrouskie, who wielded a pow
erful nfluenee in the Austrian court. Lafay
ette, however, even in his second imprison
ment, was never shackled ; and, though treated
with the utmost cruelty, no indignities were
ottered to his perspn, save that lie. was robbed i
of bis watch and some other trinkets on being
recommitted, reduced to a single suit of
clothes, and stripped of every little comfort
that Pad been previously allowed him, save
such betterments of food—his regulation diet
being bread and watar—as were certified by his e
medic »1 attendant to be net# for the sup
port oi f life.
After quitting prisoner, pled, by invita
tion of General .Miles, an®otn patty with
that otH cer, to malke an insfu of. the fort,
for the purpose of scleeti tore healthful
quarters for the State prist Decided that
rooms iu second story of th .h end of Car
roll Hall would best suit—a ling l°ng used
as officer b quarters, near t ain sally-port,
and iu Which nearly every :er of the old
army wa s for some mont nartered, after
quitting West Point., and bt lieing assigned
to general duty elsewhere. a tradition in
and around Old Point Com: hat both Grant
and Sherman oeenpied in day the very
chambers selected for the sc 1 incarceration
of Mr. Davis. As with t asemate, there
were to be two rooms usee the prisoner’s
confinement. In the outt ie a lieutenant,
and two soldiers were const® stationed on
guard, having a view of th Jerior chamber
through a" grated door. <J>-=il ■* this door
was a lire place. To its rigl ltt-.n facing the
door, a window heavily gral.uni with a sen
tinel continually i,ip-dflty pacing up
and down the pi C: :i. <)*f
door leading iu-o ihe cot?#' 1 * 1 '
lv fastened with heavy iroJU' , 3
door a sliding-panel in a m-u
tiucl was count, nally frai I)o f<j .£ ht and day,
ready to report to his shm of
any%ttempt on Un- apart to ,q ( ,ilie ort
this mortal coil by any aft ojG’/£ri iJ t, u|L It
was of this face, with’its nnjbWng cyp, that
Mr. Davis so bitterly compiled in offer days ;
but this is anticipating. Tli|*risoiicr, ns was
said of Lafayette, is perhapsliot suck enough
yet,” and has to suffer sotuJu lher weeks of
exposure in liis present caslto.
The rooms being seleel General Mites
gave orders to the EngiuilDepartme.it for
their speedy conversion froluartcrs to a pri
son, the piazza being proklal and raised by
a flight of stairs, so that act to the ramparts
could be had by Mr. Davislithout a descent
to the ground-tier, which priably caused a
crowd to collect, with its til unpleasant at
tendants of staring and whiffing commenta
ries.*
Called this day (Oet. 5) « Captain Korte,
Third Pennsylvania nrtillerpfiicer of the day,
and found Mr. Davis air®’ looking much
brighter, exclaiming as 1 ef’cd, “ The world
does move, after all.” Tb panel in the side
door opening on the corri ’, in whkh a sen
try’s face was framed, gav him somAnno.v
ance, and he referred again
ueetion with the torture Oi luuni^^^Kii
io
wuuld plow v hull', ill.. iliug.j|H ■ • i
r.itlu i a- ii Hi - wi-u w ( re9 J
■ Oli.lili--ion. II- ill. lllvl, i 1 H> J
I'r. lu ll < o-iii ra'. u lio. v, hi!
lari.l, 1 IIM’III.’.I .ill.| 111 Sii-d J
lor tin- pnrpo oi i. ~l’iiir how llfe.BHH||
.. iiiinly a-.i’l |... in >. •- ~i. o%s^H
di.-li’O.iivn.i’iii. II .11 i-M i d tl;u
"f ,!i*’ lire 1 I ill V. hi. ii i!i, icart,
irf.iee.^^^^^^H
-111 ill pill t illoli’-;, (111;. ill I I.eK^PpP''
I.
which even tiie slight w nd nl'a^^E,.;
would be fatal. Some tin ifter,
ferred to France, and re-in rcerattifraPi* con
spiracy against the life of t e Emperor, he was
found dead in his cell—the pin sticking in Ids
heart, and the diagram, i iic'i he had never
parted with, lying a* his fe - This was an in
stance of how absurd it «oi to attempt pre
venting suicide by watehfifnps. Even before
being allowed knife or foij, /here was no mo
ment in which Mr. Davis eit not have thrown :
down his burden of life, ifjicked enough to 1
have wished so, rushing flij the presence of
his Creator.
October 13 —Called with iiptain Theodore
Price, Third Pennsylvania jtrillery, serving on
the stall of Major-General 3§cs, officer or the
day. Mr. Davis in good tush, but complained
of being treated as thought-' were a wild beast
on exhibition,-not a prisma m
trial. Ladies, and other Omds,i
w®
limn’ <Kii>Pl^^^^Mt
him as though lie were t| sj^HKf
some travelling menageriejHijjkwi euilXßrert
to rebuke this during hisfist walk, VV Jhhe
saw a group of ladies waiti* tor big apycwAnee,
by turning short round nth re-entered his cell.
Dear and valuable as w* the liberty of an
hour s exercise iu open air,there were prices at
which he could not consent to purchase it, and
this was ofthe number. Us general treatment
Mr. Davis acknowledged so be good, though
there were iu it many qmijances of detail—
such as the sentry’s eye alwjtys fastened on his
movements, and the supervision of his corres
pondence with his wife unvbrthy of any *Vun
try. aspiring to magnanimity of gfcatnc*
The change to Carroll Hal had heeiioFthe
greatest benefit to 'he prijpner’s 1 the
air being purer as it was li^k,-W a^«looin
only
I
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jHA A, tr ?
■. i 11 , j
. -i fsgB&UEmMM
'■ • 1 ,11 Mi:. Ini
i i. i ■' • f
III* ofifcet ins
suspecting that, if told Tt'hgfc lmZfeonfMhj
ail(I n-scnc hi.J
ohi.'otrHfc. i)JK*iflWpjs fit esrape General
Miles m igtTgi vC liimselfß) uneasiness, and if all
the doors and gates ofMVe fort were thrown
open he would not lc-nviß If anywhq'e in the
South the Confederate c®se yet lived, the thing
would he different; but ;il that cause was now
wrapped in a shroud of k military defeat, the
only duty left to him—hi yonly remaining ob
ject—was to vindicate the action of his people,
and his own action as their representative by a
fair and public trial.
Finally, in December, j*pj, the jailer in charge
of Mr. Davis was ordered \>A his employer, Sec
retary Stanton, to iuterfe7*with the meals of
the prisoner, and to prot/Aliis physician from
conversing with him ; an Ripen Dr. Craven’s
venturing to send to a# Rifor a heavy ov-e.r
cor.t io protect the imf‘jSpm the increased
cold vveather, this lmnf was “re
lieved front dnty at tiie id!^"
Great interest is given, and some relief to this
wretched narrative of petty tyranny and degrad
ing malignity, wreaked upon a captive, by Dr.
Craven’s spirited reports of conversations with
Mr. Davis, on all sorts of subjects, political
scientific, religious, and even artistic
(to be- continued |
, Riot at City Point,
' We copy the following disgraceful piece of
intelligence from the Richmond Examiner, of
. the 18th :
Thursday last, about midnight, City Point
- was thrown into a state of excitement, occa
, sioned by a raid made by the white soldiers of
■ Companies D and F, belonging to the 12th U. S
1 Infantry, upon Israelitish merchants who had
opened stores, stalls, and booths for the sale of
. cheap clothing aud other articles to the F. 3
; soldiers of the 10th United States Infantry who
had arrived from the coast of Texas, and were
being mustered out of service. The immediate
.cause—premeditated, perhaps—of the disturb
i ance was as follows: Before midnight, Thurs
day, some persons, said to be soldiers, attempt
ed to force a burglarious entrance into filestore
of Messrs. Baer <fc Hershberger, who slept in
the store. The intruders were fired upon, and
one of them received a shot in the shoulder.
The soldiers immediately forced the door
■ seized and beat the proprietor. Mr. Hershberg
er, very seriously. They seized upon the stock,
nrokc open boxes, and emptied the shelves.
Their loss is notlcss than four thousand dollars.
Messrs. Jacob Kull & Sons, of Petersburg had
their store similarly invaded, and are losers to
the amount of five hundred dollars worth of
goods.
Mr. Fleigenhcimer, of Richmond, lost a car
pet bag full of watches, mostly of a cheap char
acter, intended for the negroes.
Friday morning early the white soldiers or
rather robbers, exposed the stolen foods for
sale, warning the negroes not to buy from the
Jews, as the articles they had for sale did not
cost them anythingaiulthey could afford to sell
them very cheap, which was all true The
alarm among the badly injured Israelites in
creased, and for fear of further molestation,
robbery and bodily harm, they telegraphed to
Petersburg for an extra train to carry them to
Petersburg, and on Friday night they chartered
the steamer Triumph, paying one hundred dol
lars for it, to carry their wares and merchandise
up to Richmond.
During the disturbance tuul raiding of the
whifp ppldmrs upon the stores, the negro sol
diers, it is said, behaved with becoming order
v ef ? 81 ?? t 0 j° in the general
hn i T , e "a h °'° 5t is averred, must
be laid at the door of Major Dunn, Command
ant of the Post, who made no effort whatever
to check the outrages of the soldiers
The sutlers whose business has "been thus
hwho 11 "'ll City *' ere regularly licensed
by the military authorities, and had paid the
county and internal revenue tax
The steamer Saratoga, for New York, waited
1, iw 01 0S 1X hours on Frida ?. atld to< > k Off
about 4<o of tbe soldiers "
"p at City Point were
to w r " St ,nstnn ee to pay from S7O
cach fo . r , » Permit to open store. The
permits were obtained from Mai Dunn through
a third party, named Phillips. J ’ “
Ax Immeasurable Silliness.—Professor
BrSl IZ inve°H^u Xpe . ( !! tion in interior of
a,“ V »‘ e numerous species of
fish to be found in that great empire, and the
Thihon» r J ? !h 8e i f has & rat,fle fl ill*' “ learned
Theban ’with a large and beautiful collection
"j the illustrious fishraon
jfet’j coulWO men have slaughtered each other to
jncVmeot^V bout a million, not fish but men
I| ''e umsclt,*and wasted more than half of the
"Nim prodvfced since the “birth of the nation, •>
®!%lv because they were ignorant of thT> spe-
A PerlPt+ffcnowledge
, Bh ,n Bmzil and in all the
world won Id not save one human life, hut if
of mi hVa nV f gat ? r of the specific nature
ol lishes had done the same thing for men,
every one of th oß e Americans now lying
y a *T V !? might ~e talking God's %ir .
eat fish if, not
eRt ,latUrnllßt himself. j
Victor Emmanuel is building a palace in Pa- \
ns, preparatory to abdicating in favor of hi* .
son. ]
DIED.
On the 21st inst., Ignatius I.OTOi A, sen of Peter
and Catharine E. Keenan, aged & y«ats.
The friends and acquaintances of the family', and
those of Mrs. Teresa Cosgrove, are invited to attend
the funeral THIS (Friday) AFTERNOON, at 4
o'clock.
SPECIA^fNOTICES™
!»* FRESH SEEDS.—
* TURNIPS, CABBAGES, Ac.—
WE have Just received our Summer supply of Fresh
and Qenuine Turnip Seeds of the following varieties:
WHITE FLAT DUTCH.
RED TOP FLAT,
LARGE WHITE GLOBE.
FINE baQA
LARGE NORFOLK,
FELLOW RUSSIAN and
. » YELLOW STONE.
ALSO,
cabua«^Ra
jl^^^Rsekts,
LETTUCE, A*er
PLUMB & LEITNh,,.
CENTRAL RAILROAD. Sa
vannah, Junem^Vl- — after TO-MORROW
the Passenger tins Road will be run as follows,
viz:
UP DAY PASSENGER JRAIN
Leave Savannah, daily, at 00 a m.
Arrive at Macon at 00 p m.
Arrive at Augusta at 6 15 p m.
DOWN DAY PASSENGER TRAIN
Leave Macon, daily, at 7 00 a ni.
Leave Augusta at *8 45 a m.
Arrive at Savannah at 7 05 p m*
UP NIGHT PASSENGER TRAIN
Leave Savannah, daily, at 7 05 pm.
Arrive at Macon at 7 00 a m.
Arrive at Augusta at 4 00 a m.
D$%N NIGHT PASSENGER TRAIN
Leave Macon, daily, at 5 40 p m.
Leave Augiista at 8 25 p in.
a\rrive at Savannah at 5 30 a m.
MTLLEGEVILLE AND GORDON TRAINS
Connect daily with the Up Day and Down Night Passen
ger Trains of this Road at Gordon,
Leaving Eatonton at 1 50 pm.
Leaving Milledgevillo at 3 55 pm.
P-e£ inß
il ledger ille at 8 15 pm.
A 'Eatontou at 10 20 p in.
Jels-2w WM. M. WADLEY, President.
i K&T CENTRAL RAILROAD COMPANY, anxah,
■»-%.—From and after JUNE Ist, Dry Good*, Clothing “nd
Alerchaudiso in general, packed iu trunks, wilt be charged
Bsin fir§t elase, instead of third class, as at present. This 1
necessary in ce»vieq-u*n C e ofthe n\cjJU> v
\ v by the mode of packing u,
HB M. SELKIRK, M. T., C. R. R.
April
W Ih accordance with the above notice, Trunks packed
with Goods or Merchandise of any description will be
charged in first class by our tariff,
WM. M. WADLEY, President.
Jeß-lm
Bar CHANGE OP SCHEDULE ON TIIE GEORGIA
RAILROAD.—On and alter THURSDAY, June 7th, 18CC,
the Trains on this Road will run as follows:
DAY PASSENGER TRAIN WILL
Leave Augusta at 7.00, a. m.
Arrive at Atlanta at 6.35, p. ni.
Leave Atlanta at 6.15, a. m.
Arrive at Augusta at 6.00, p. m.
NIGHT PASSENGER TRAIN WILL
Leave Augusta at C. 25, p. m.
Arrive at Atlanta at 5.30, a. m.
Leave Atlanta at 6.30. p. ru.
Arrive at Augusta at 5.25, a. m.
Both Trains connect at Augusta w ith Trains on Cen
tral Railroad; the Night Train with Train on South Ca
rolina Railroad, and at Atlanta with Trains on Macon &
Western Railroad, Atlanta & West Foint Railroad, and
Western & Atlantic Railroad.
E. W. COLE,
je7-£m General Superintendent.
Surely, Steadily,
Successfully,
Smolander’s Extract Bucku
IS CURING
every ease of Kidney Disease, Rheumatism, Gravel,
• j Urinaiy Disorders, Weaknes* and Pains in the Back,
i j Female Complaints and Troubles arising from Excesses
! of any kind.
come, i r E Afflicted i
TRY SmAIANDKK’S.
TAKE NO OTHER BUCKU.
Sold hy'ail ?J. I). BARNES
•fc CO., New York, and WARD CO.,
1 Now Orleans, Soutliefn Agents. * v
j ROGERS, Wholesale Drugglo% ItMkn, JjK-. Gen
j eral Agents.
N OT I®. > '
EXECUTIV»jto;pARTMENT, {
MILt.KUQeVii.LE,
oi’Artificial Linih/v ar e invited to&t&d
proposals to this office for Artificial Limb*. £»i
disabled soldiers of Georgia, at as early a day as pjfrftKa
blc. Those making proposals will sanmlA °f
their Limha io Drs. L. A. Dugas H. if Steine<ijy^^ w * s
I D. Ford, of Augusta, Gji., being the coni i%t tew
surgeons appointed to jwtmine and
/m- - ti- '■*»■■■
.Tv*
f m h.tatos ai u > i.,,
, laiHi, will observe jßnt the bencht
- t >-^’*f.w*(Wi^nw»ninc
1 I foifhem Reives. Thv-nbt**Mtutni, hrownStiLna
1 j sufficient for the sudsly el such,
i j CHARLES J. JENKINS,"
I _ hum-—' GoverJor. ,
Kw“ DR. DF, SAUSSURF, FORD HAS REMOVED
liis Office to No. 171 Greene street, four doors above
■ Campbell street. Office Tlmiro 7t09 a. m., Ito}p. m.
jei-lm*
KF" MARRIAGE AND CELIBACY, AN ES
SAY of Warning snrt luntruction for Young Men. Also,
Diseases and Abuses which prostrate the vital powers,
with sure means of relief. Sent free of'chargo i,i waled
■ letter envelopes. Address, Dr. J. SKILLIN HOUGH
TON, Howard Association, Fluladeiphia, Pa.
__apl9-Stn,
US?" BATCHELOR’S HAIR DYE—The original
and best in the world! The only true and perfect Hair
Dye. Harmless, Reliable and Instantaneous. Produces
immediately a splendid Black or natural Brown, without
injuring the liair or skin. Remedies the ill cff. rtsof bad
eves, gold by all Druggists. The genuine is signed
William B. Batchelor. Also,
For restoring and fceimiifyin* tiie H»rr.
uugiU-tdi’cgJ
UST DR.J. P. 11. BROWN, DKXT IS V Tb.rm.rly of At
lanta, Ga.,) respectfully informs his old friends and the
public that he has permanently located in Augusta. He
givesspecial attention to the insertion of ARTIFICIAL
TEETH on Gold and Vulcanite base, Also, to the con
srtuction of OBTURATORS and ARTIFICIAL PU,.
; ATF.d,
Hoorn, 480 Bread street, over Hcrjey’s Clothing Store,
my IS-Ini*
BS* COLGATE’S HONEY SOAP.-This cele
brated TOILET SOAP, in such universal demand, is
made from tbe cboicust materials, is mii.d and emo
* lient in its nature, fragrantly scented, and extreme
ly beneficial in its action upon the skin.
For sale by all Driurj?ists and Fancy Goods Dealers.
fel>9-ly
J. J. ROBERTSON <fc CO., COTTON FAC
TORS, have removed to the lar#e and commodious Fire-
Proof Store, No. 5 Warren Block, where they will con
tinue the Factorage Busineae in all its branches.
Clege Storage for Cotton. dec2B-tf
Readings from IVPHton’s
T’aara.dxstt; lost,
A COURSE, consisting of four readings, will be
given by Rev. John Neelv, at tbe Masonic Itall,
commencing on Thursday evening, June 21st, and con
tinued on Monday, 25th, Thursday, 2Sth, and Monday,
July 2d. J
Reading to commence at 8 o'clock.
Tickets to be had at all the Book Stores, and at
Sehreiner's Music Store. icl7-2w
OTIC'E.—Two months after date application
—will be made to tbe Court of Ordinary of Oo
jumhia county, for leave to sell the Real Estate of John
T. Voting, late of said county, deceased.
KATE E. YOUNG,
Administratrix’s Kale.
Hv virtue of an order from the Court of Ordinary
of Richmond county, will be sold, on tbe first Tues
day in AUGUST next, at the Market House, in the
city of Augusta, within the legal hours of sale, the
House and tot on the North side ot Broad street, in
what is known as Quality Range, the late residence of
Eliza A. Byrd.
AMANDA C. OAKMAN,
Administratrix of Eliza A. Byrd.
June 6,1888. ’ eB-lawtd
NEW BOORS.
?I UST received by
JOHN C. SOHRF.INER & SONS,
BILL &RI”S NEW BOOK ;
PRESIDENT DAVIS’ PRISON LIFE, by bis
attending physician, J. J. Craven, M. D. ;
LIFE OF JAMES STEVENS AND FEXiAX
ISM ;
STORMCLIFF : A tale of the Highlands of Wal
worth- . ,jc2o-8
E. Jefferson Main-, Eugene I*. Burnet,
Greene Co., Ga. Hancock Co., Ga.
MAPP & BURNET,
COMMISSION MERCHANTS,
RECEIVING, FORWARDING,
and
I J URCIIA SI N G AGENTS,
o, Sse ft Norcross Building,
jfLANTA, GA.
A. It Colquitt, Ait,any, Ga,
Hon. A. Grawfordville, Ga., Hon. J. T
Ga., Hon. J. J. Gresham, Macon,
Ga., Ra. V, v - 1 r HEAD A Co., Atlanta, Ga., 11. C.
MiTonKrJr. /’olumbui, Ga., J. E. A- ,J. R. Mor
<**N» LaGVjic/vo, &R-. Mr. T. T. Winubor, Miiledge
villo, Ga., Mr. jg A . Soullaru, Savanna),, Ga.
Je2l -lm*
A Splendid Blooded Stallion
TO BE
RAi’Fr.hiD,
In Columbia, 8. C., as soon as the chances are
made up, the Splendid Blooded Stallion, “ JOHN
MORGAN,” eight years old, 15V hands high, of
“ Sir Archy” stock, seven-eights thorough bred and
one-eighth Morgan. A good trotter, and kind
harness.
The Augusta list may be seen at M. A. Dehonev’s
Palice Stables.
jeW-2w3aw
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS
THE AIKEN HOTEL
Having been refitted and fur
nished, the subacribor is now prepared to accommo
date visitors. , H. SMYSER,
Aiken, B. C-, June, 1860, Proprietor. .
Tiie town of Aiken is pleasantly situated on the
high ridge of land that separates the headwaters of
the Edisto riyer from the streams that fall into the
Savannah, and V* remarkable tor its elevation above
tide water, being located at that happy mean wlncli
combines most beneficially tiie advantages ot a pine
growingregion with the braeingsand invigorating air
of a moimtalnous country. Free from the miasmatic
influences which so frequently attend the moist cli
mate of a loweyxietion, it is equally devoid of the
deleterious the cold atmosphere ot a higher
range; and tlii**JH3r dry nature of its air, acting like a
healthful tonic upfni tiie exhausted lungs, and causing
tho blood to course with renewed and delightful vigor
through the fevered veins, has often been’productive
to the invalid of the happiesDresuits. ,
jc22-eod2w
PUBLIC NOTICE.
T HEREBY consent lor my wife, MARGARET
KENNEDY, to hcomc a Public Free Trader, she
being liable as a femme sole for all her contracts, with
the right to enforce the same in her own name. »
je22-lm JAMES KENNEDY.’
GRAIN AND FLOUR
SACKS
IVlade in. any Quantity
AT SHORT NOTICE, BY
L. J. HEAD,
,ie22-lw 326 Broad st.
/'jMEORGI A, JEFFERSON COUNTY. Where
as, Gideon 11. Kennedy applies to me for letters
of administration on the estate of E. D. F. Cheatham,
deceased: * •
These are, therefore, to cite and admonish, all and
singular, the kindred and creditors of said deceased, to
be and appear at my office within the time prescribed
by law, and show- cause, if any thev have, why said
letters should not be granted.
Given under my hand and official signature, at
Louisville, this June 19th, IStM.
NICHOLAS DIEHL, Ordinary.
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XT OTICE.—Two months after date application
L-X will be made to the Court of Ordinary of Jes.
terson county tor leave to sell the Lands belonging
lo the estate of Jordan Upton, late of said county, de
ceased.
I je22-6o ASA UPTON, Admr.
MULES ! MULRS :T
W E HAVE 26 good MULEjt which we offer
cheap for cash or city references, or will exchange
with unexceptionable and prompt planters for Cotton
delivered in October. Apply on and after July Ist.
je2l-15 E. M. BRUCE & CO.
NEW AD
T. S. HANKINSON,
with
B. b\ TUTT,
180 BRO I ) STREET,
Opposite tub Amsu H«t n.
jVIlt. T. S. HANKINSON, so I -ng and favorably
Known in this community as a thorough Druggist and
Apothecary, can now be found at 15. F. 'PUTT'S
Drug Store, where he will be pleased to see bis old
friends and the public generally.
Mr. H. will be at the head of the Retail and Pre
scription Derailment, and that will be a sufficient
guarantee to say that Physicians’ Prescriptions and
Family Medicines will be ACCURATELY DIS
PENSED at my store.
.1*204 B. F TUTT.
' FRANCIS E. TlJOflfers,
riSOJN AND BRAH.S
F O U JST Z) E 11,
MANUFACTURER OF
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Stationary Engines, Saw Mills.
ALSO, MANUFACTURER OF
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RUItROWS’ IMPROVED HEAD BLOCK
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for
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’ • SASV MILLS,
Which is decidedly the best Head Block now in use.
, His ENGINES and SAW MILLS are powerful and
1 durable, and will give satisfaction in every particular
GRIST MILLS,
FLOUR MILLS,
MILL SPINDLES,
MILL GEARING,
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MADE TO ORDER AT SHORT NOTICE.
Special attention paid, to GENERAL JOBBING
MACHINE WORK.
WITH FACILITIES UNSURPASSED, NORTH
OR SOUTn, he feels confident that he can give entire
satisfaction to all who will give him a call.
F. E. TIMMONS,
No. 170 Fenwick street,
Opposite the Water Tower,
jel6-12t Augusta, Ga.
CLOTHING
Os all DESCRIPTIONS, for
LADIES,
GENTLEMEN, and
CHILDREN,
Made with neatness and dispatch,
AT 401 BROAD ST.
Rkferf.koes.—Rev. Mr. Ci-arke, Rev. Dr. Wil
son, J. A. Axsi.F.y.
_Jc2O-lm _ MRS. E. JOHNSON.
BARBER SHOP
AND
BATH HOUSE.
A NEW AND ELEGANT BARBER SHOP
/~\ and BATH HOUSE is now open at Hewitt’s
Globe Hotel.
jclO-lw Prof. JOSEPH CANET.
SERVANTS WANTED.
LNI WOMAN to cook and wash, and a GIRL to
sew and do house work. Such of good character can
get a good home and wages. Apply to
WM. D. ELLIS,
,ie2o-lw Ellis st., 4th door below Monument.
SARATOGA WATER.
C_yONGREBS SPRING, Excelsior Rock Spring,
and Columbian Spring SARATOGA WATER, al
ways on band. PLUMB & LEITNKR
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G. P. CURRY,
EXCHANGE BROKER,
180 BROAD ST., AUGUSTA, GA.,
(Next Door to Constitutionalist Office)
ILL Buy and Sell on Commission, GOLD,
SILVER, BANK NOTES, STOCKS, BONDS and
other securities. Will attend to the sale of COTTON
and purchasing and forwarding Family Supplies, and
the Collection of Debts. Prompt attention given to
all business entrusted to him. Charges reasonable.
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SALE OF CITY PROPERTY.
EORGIA, RICHMOND COUNTY.—By vir-
VT tuc of an order of the Court of Ordinary of said
county, will b<j sold, at public outcry, on the first
Tuesday in JULY’ncxt, at the Low-cr Market House,
in the city of Augusta, between the usual hours of
sale, the DWELLING and LOT, No. 80, on Nortli
side Broad street, just belotv the Eastern End of the
Lower Market, lately the residence and property of
Mrs. Anna Shcwmake, deceased. Terms cash.
JOHN T. SHEWMAp,
ap2B-dlwjuldtd Adm’r.
Blennerhassett Saloon.
HAVING associated with me in business Mr.
TIMOTHY C. MURPIIY, the
BLENNERHASSETT SALOON
Will hereafter be conducted by us on the same splen- !
did style as heretofore.
Our friends and old customers will not forget that
THE BLENNERHASHETT 18 STILL ALIVE
AND KICKING!
The finest -
LIQUORS,
BRANDIES.
WINES,
CORDIALS,
* , ... „ , SEGA KB, Etc.,
by a SHl00 "'
jcls-6t PURCELL & MURPHY-
IMPORTANT TOALL!
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MERCHANTS, PLANTERS AND EVERYBODY
PURCHASING DRY GOODS,
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will find it to their interest to call at
MI, HULLARKY A K,
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228 BROAD ST., AUGUSTA, GA,
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WHERE THEY WILL FIND
OBTK OF THE GADGET I
MOST COMPLETE AM) ELEGANT STOCKS OF
FOREIGN AND DOM&STIC
DRY GOODS
m THE SOUTH. •
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Having a buyer in tlia markets at all times, BUYING EXCLUSIVELY FROM IM
PORTERS and MANUFACTURERS FOR CASK, we feel confident in assuring the public that
we can offer them
THE GREATEST BARGAINS
OP ICIQCE! SPASOJV,
OUR STOCK OJU
DRESS GOODS,
CONSISTS OF THE LATEST AND MOST RECHERCHE STYLES IN
Rich Colored SILKS i
Beautiful Foulard SILKS
Heavy Black Lyons SILK
Heavy Black Gras SILK
Black SILKS, without Lustre
Heavy Black Glace SILKS
Broche Grenadine BAREGES
Black Twisted Silk GRENADINE
Broche Grenadine BAREGES, with Shawls to
match
Broche Bine Apple CLOTHS
Plain Lcno CLOTHS
Striped and Plaid MOZAMBIQUEST
Figured MOZAMBIQUE,S v
Plain Colors Crape MARETZ ML'
Black Iron BAREGES,
Double Width White BAREG^ft
OUR ST« IC
CANNOT BE SURPASSED. WE HAVE
Fine Pusher Lace CIRCULARS
Lace POINTS and MANTILLAS
White Lace ROTONDES
Colored Lace SHAWLS
Black Grenadine SHAWLS
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IN' HOUSE FURNIBHINGGOODS
WE CAN SUPPLY THE LARGEST ORDERS, AT THE LOWEST FIGURES, HAVING
BEEN BOUGHT WITH GREAT CARE AT THE LATE PANIC PRICES. WE HAVE
0-4, 10-4 11-4 Cotton SHEETINGS
10 4 Brown Cotton SHEETINGS
10-4 Linen SHEETINHS
6- Pillow Case COTTONS
5-4 Pillow Case LINEN
10-4, 13-4 Manchester TOILET QUILTS
10-4, 13 Lancaster QUILTS
10-4, 13-4 Marseilles QUILTS
8-4, 10-4 White Table DAMASK
7- 8-4 Brown Linen Table DAMASK
10-4, 13-4 W’hite Damask TABLE CLOTHS
5-4 Brown Linen TABLE CLOTHS
IN GENTLEJiIEN’B WEAR,
WE HAVE
Fine French BROAD CLOTHS
Fine French CASSIMERES
Fine French DOE SKINS
Fine Fancy CASSIMERES
Cuban TWEEDS
Black Drop DE’TE
Brown Linen DRILLS
Brown Linen DUCKS
A VERY HEAVY STOCK OF
WHITE GOODB--CHEAP
CONSISTING IN PART OF
Plaid Swiss MUSLINS
Striped Swiss MUSLINS
Checked CAMBRICS
Dotted Swiss MUSLINS
Figured Swiss MUSLINS
French MOUSS.ELAINE
Nainsook MUSLINS
MULL MUSLINS
5-8 Soft Finish CAMBRICS
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ALWAYS ON HAND A FULL STOCK OF
AMERICAN & ENGLISH PRINTS,
New York Mills WAMABUTTA
Semper Idem LONSDALE
LONG CLOTHS
Marlboro CHECKS and STRIPES
IN LACES AND EMBROIDERIES
WE HAVE
Fine Jaconet EDGINGS and INSERTINGS
THREAD LACES
Jaconet BANDS and FLOUNCING
Swiss EDGINGS
Sheer Linen HANDKERCHIEFS
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A FINE STOCK OF
English Hosiery,
Earasols,
Lace JVlitts,
IST otions, <fcc. 9 Soc.
COUNTRY MERCHANTS
WILL FIND IT TO THEIR INTEREST TO GIVE US A CALL BEFORE PURCHASING.
OKAY, MULLAMY & CO.
inyla
I Double Width BAREGE
I Black Lustres
i Black
White ALPACA V
Lupin’s best BlacljH-jMBAZINES
Black CHALLIES Mi Crape MARETZ
Beaulifnl \ - f .
k
French Organ
I.AL
French
Fi N S
Plain
and
•.I u ll;11d
Fine Lama Wool SHAWLS
Mozambique SHAWLS
Colored Barege SHAWLS
Elegant Bilk BASQUES and SACQUES
Extra Fine Damask NAPKINS >
Damask D’OYLIES
Iluck and Crash TOWELS
Fine Damask TOWELS
Fine Damask Bordered TOWELS
Fine Colored B,ordered Iluck TOWELS
Russia DIAPER
Bird’s Eye DIAPER
Cotton DIAPER
Mosquito NETTINGS
TICKINGS, &c., Ac., &c.
White Linen DRILL
White Linen DUCK
Fancy Linen DRILLS
Fine DUCK COATING
Soft Finish GRASS LINENS
Spanish LINENS and HOLLANDS
GAMBROONS and COTTONADES
Heavy Farmers’ DRILL
Victoria LAWNS
Bishop LAWNS
Jackonot MUSLINS
Swiss MUSLINS
Fine BRILLIANTS
India Twill LONG CLOTH
French PERCALE, for Skirting
Irish LINENS, Richardson and other be s
r, brands
I Furniture PRINTS
I CHAMBRYS and GINtIHAMS
J Apron CHECKS and Iliekory STRIPES
Swiss INSERTINGS
Hem Stitch HANDKERCHIEFS
Smyrna EDGINGS
Linen EDGINGS
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