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CONSTITUTIONALIST. ATJGKJSTA. Q-A. WEDNESDAY MORNING, OCT. 38.1868 Wot : HORATIO SEYMOUR, OP NEW YORK. For Vice-President: FRANCIS P. BLAIR, OF MISSOURI. STATE ELEOTOEAL TICKET. FOR THE STATE AT LARGE : Gen. JOHN B. GORDON, of Fulton. Hon. JOHN T. CLARKE, of Randolph. /j FOR THE DISTRICTS: 1. JOHN C. NICHOLS, of Pierce. 2. Col. CHARLES 1. GOODE, of Sumter. 3. RAPHAEL J. MOSBB, of Muscogee. 4. AUGUSTUS O. BACON, of Bibb. 5. Maj. J. B. GUMMING, of Richmond. 6. H. P. BELL, of Forsyte 7. Col. JAMES D. WADDELL, of Fulton. • A ' ' — " ' . ~ THE BETTER COURSE. We have always advised those of the colored people who sought our counsel to avoid politics altogether. We endeavored to convince them that any interference on their part, on either side of the controversy, was bound to eventuate in their discom fiture. We have demonstrated to them that they were mere puppets in the hands of demagogues, and, once used, they always found themselves poorer and more bewil dered than ever. A thousand benefits have been promised them by carpet-baggers, both white and black, but these benefits have invariably proved cheats and delu sions. We once imagined that negroes could not be fooled twice; but this is not so. A few years ago, they were badly sold on the forty acres and mule question, and this ought to have taught them caution. In some cases it has; in other cases it has been vain in its admonition. We know that many of these poor creatures are even now expectant of S3O uniforms which cer tain agitators in South Carolina, and elsewhere, we presume, have promised to give them for the small sum of two dollars. The two dollars have been paid, but the uniforms are still in the voca tive. Many have a notion that, in the event of Grant’s election, they will imme diately enter into full possession of the lands of the white people, the houses there on, the implements and stock attached thereto. The writer has cognizance of some very remarkable expectations of this sort, and it would take a surgical operation to drive the prevalent and deep-rooted belief of a negro jubilee out of the heads of thou sands who are dogged in their credulity. The colored people may as well under stand, first as last, that, even should Gen. Grant lie elected none of these rose-colored anticipations will ever be realized. If elected, at all, Grant wiU'liave a power ful opposition ready to check any such insanity. Besides, Grant himself is no negro-worshipper and, no doubt, shares with his people a prejudice against the Ethiopian which he will not be at pains to conceal, should an opportunity be offered. Can any of the colored people name any act of his exhibiting such over powering love for them as their fond hopes imply ? On the contrary, in his intercourse with certain negroes who have called upon him at Washington, he has been most offish and reluctant. Do they dare dream of seizing upon the white man’s property, under the conceit that Grant will abet them ? Even if the power of the white resi dents was not ample to beat back any such invasion, the man who vaunts the inau guration of peace would interpose the bayonets of his army, and the negroes know what they have to expect when white boys in blue are ordered to disperse them If any permanent good can come to the negro it must come, at last, through those whites who hold the lands of the Sauth and intend to keep them. The abiding interest of the black population, then, is to keep on the most friendly terms with those by whom they were raised and with whom they are compelled, for the present, to stay. We give it as our solemn conviction that these desirable relations of friendship can never be perpetuated or made advantageous to the black man so long as he clings to poli tics. The State of Louisiana has furnished a palpable illustration of the wretched fail ure of this political amalgamation, and, as time progresses, it will become so very glaring and preposterous that the mercurial people of the East and West will sweep it away with a besom of destruction. Several years ago, we predicted, from a knowledge of the State, that Louisiana would first witness the culmination of the farce of re construction. We based this idea on the su perior culture of many of the old free mulat toes and quadroons, and the aspirations they had of making an experiment of African supremacy. Well, they have made it, or essayed to Aake it, and a more disgusting thing has never been witnessed, save and except that unutterably abominable matter of a few white men, for the sake of plunder, consenting to their crime. If these Louisi. ana negroes were the first to try this game, they are, likewise, the first to abandon it in the right fashion. We learn from our Lou isiana exchanges, that in the parish of St. Landry, the negroes have withdrawn from the Leagues and left Radicalism almost without supporters. The Opelousas Journal and Courier contain cards, signed by fifty negroes, who have been hitherto conspicu ous in their political careers. These cards read as follows: “ We, the undersigned,feeling convinced, from the many events that have transpired in this parish, that the policy of the Radical party will give us no peace, but will lead only to riots and disorder, do hereby icithdraw from said party, and renounce all affiliation with it. Knowing, moreover, that from our limited knowledge of politics, we are unable to act wisely in using the elective franchise, we do therefore withdraw therefrom entirely and renounce all right to register or vote; and agree to have nothing what ever to do with any parly , or to meddle with poli tics in any way." With the most profound desire to say nothing but what is just, we believe these negroes have adopted a wise course, and one which they will never regret, If it be faithfully adhered to. Superadded to- the above testimony, we find the following in the Courier of the Teche, October 17th: “ We hear, on all sides, that the negro and free colored population are beginning to un derstand that they had chosen the wrong path, in meddling in politics and in arraying them selves in open hostility against the white race. The light of truth has at length struck the eyes of many among them. They begin to see that scalawags and carpet-baggers are not their real friends, and that their only objects have been to make use of the colored people as tools for own personal-benefit and advancement. — The following document which we translate literally, explains itself: « Parish of St. Martin, Oct. 11,1868. ‘We, the undersigned, do declare that, per ceiving that onr participation In the political affairs of the country—a right granted to us by the Congress of the United States against the consent of the people of Louisiana may be come prejudicial to us, and injurious to our happiness and quiet, and being 'desirous of avoiding ail sort of blame from persons be longing to the white race, to whom we aban don the control of all political affairs, we solemnly bind ourselves not to meddle in any, manner whatsoever with political affairs, and to prevail upon our friends aud relatives to the same. t We ask, furthermore, for us, the protection ot persons belonging to the white race, and we promise, in exchange for their kindness towards us to endeavor to he useful and agreeable to them on every occasion, now and always. ‘Valsin Jounree, ‘Celistin Arnaud, ‘Henrt Gordon. “The three subscribers to the above declara tion belong, the first two to the class of colored people who were free before the war, and the last one to the newly enfranchised race. All three have been very active members of the Radical organization aud were affiliated with the Loyal League and the G. A. R. It is but justice to state that they made this declaration of their own accord without even a suggestion from any one, and without any undue influence exerted upon their minds in order to induce them to do it. The parties who received that declaration are man of high standing in our society, men of honor aud worth, who have always treated the inferior race with kindness and justice.” What words of ours are necessary to en force these plain statements from colored men who have been through the fire and know that it is death to the true interests of their race ? It may be all thrown away upon the negroes of this section, but some may take it as wisdom, and we would have those who read these lines believe that we have written with kindly sentiments and a desire that they may pursue what we deem the better course for all. THE CENTRAL COMMITTEE. Our Atlanta correspondent intimates that Judge Cabaniss fell into a trap when he abruptly and rashly issued his late pronnu ciamento, which virtually thrusts the De mocratic party, so far as he has the right to do so, into a quasi affiliation with Radi calism. We took occasion, when this ex traordinary address first appeared, to give it a mild snub. We waited patiently to hear from other members of the Committee. A few days afterward. Judge Whitaker entered a manly protest against the assump tion of Chairman Cabaniss and we publish ed this protest in a conspicuous place so as to leave no room to doubt of our hearty en dorsement of it. Excepting Judge Whita ker, we know of no other member of the Central Committee who has raised his voice in opposition. Are we to understand from this silence that a majority of the mem bers endorse the late Address? If so, we are persuaded that they do not re present the Democracy of Georgia and have taken a liberty most unwarrantable and reckless. Pending the election lor Presi dent, the Committee may as well hold their places; bijt so soon as the contest shall have terminated," a change in that organi zation will be imperative. Had a man like Herschel V. JonNsoN been at the head of our Central Committee many o? the er rors of the present canvass would have been prevented, and such an unseemly ad dress as the last effort of Judge Cabaniss utterly impossible. With very few excep tions, our State exchanges condemn this miserable surrender of principle, and there are not wanting those abroad whose re spect we may forfeit, if a continuance of the present blundering be permitted. The Louisville Journal puts the case exactly right. It says : “The State Democratic Committee of Geor gia, according to a dispatch from Augusta, lately issued a card or manifesto endorsing negro 6uffragg. The editor of the Atlanta In telligencer, a member of the committee who was not in Atlanta at the time the manifesto was put forth, protests in his columns against the committal in lavor of the suffrage of the blacks. In our view, he is right, and the com mittee exceedingly wrong. If we were a citi zen of Georgia and disfranchised by the opera tion of Radical legislation, we would not favor or desire the establishment or continuance of black suffrage, even for the sake of the re moval of the disfranchisement of the whites. If the people of the South endorse and volun tarily accept black suffrage; if they commit themselves to uphold or couutenance it for even a single day after they shall have the power to cast it off, they will thereby most un wisely and inglorionsly have yielded one of the main grounds upon which the}' must fight the great battle of their section in order to fight it successfully. “ A portion of the Southern Democrats uiay believe, and correctly believe, that they have little chance to achieve present success unless they can win the support of a considerable por tion of the negro voters to their aid by holding out to them the pledge that the franchise so unrighteously and outrageously conferred upon them by the Radicals shall be continued to them after the Radicals themselves shall have been driven from power, as, sooner or later, they most assuredly will he; but, if present success cannot be compassed by other and less iguoble means, our Southern friends had better make up their tninds, which once, at least, were proud and lofty minds, to dispense with pres ent success, and submit as best they may to the consequences, calmly and resolutely, if not pa tiently, awaiting the events aud the opportuni ties of the future. There are many things not to be advocated or willir.gly accepted for the sake of temporary political advantages, how ever great these may serin to be, and universal negro suffrage is, in our estimation, one of them. “Let not our Southern friends, because their fanatical and revengeful enemies have fastened upon them a great and digusting evil for a time, have the fatuity and the madness to fasten it upon themselves forever.” These words have the ring of the true metal. If a majority of the white people of Georgia are prepared to deny their birth right and betray their principle for a false and temporary advantage, they are un worthy to be named with the heroic peo ples of the world, aud, we submit that the terms “ scalawag,” “ renegade ” aud other choice epithets should be banished from the vocabulary of many who now employ them with such zealous unction and apparent self-righteousness. Bullock as a Law Maker.—Bullock’s proclamation ordering three polls to be opened at each county site is somewhat autocratic. He usurps the powers of the Legislator, and dic tates to officers whose duties are prescribed in the Code. The subjoined section of that book, which is supposed to contain the laws of Geor gia, will indicate to ordiuaries the line of their dnty, and we have too much respect for their intelligence and virtue to indulge the slightest apprehension that they will for a moment en tertain the insolent mandate of the “so-called :” “ Sec. 1312. Such elections shall be held at the court houses of the respective counties, and if no court house, at some place within the limits of the county site, and at the several election precincts thereof, (il any) established or to be established. Said precincts must not exceed one in each militia district. Such pre cincts are es ablished, changed, or abolished by the Justices of the Inferior Court at a regular term of the court, descriptions of which must be en tered on their minutes at the time.” We simply advise judges of election to go according to law.—Atlanta Constitution. Letter From Atlanta. Atlanta, October 26,1868. „ The two or three days of Indian Summer weather which smiled upon us the latter halfol last week hityhs most exhilirating effect upon all classes. Democrats are hopeful, especially since reading Seymour’s speech and the address of the National Executive Committee, to say nothing of the shrill bugle note of Andy Johnson’s telegram to Mr. Seymour. It is to be hoped these causes combined will recall those Georgia Democrats who have so thought lessly fallen into the negro suffrage trap set by an interloper from the North,-who prevailed upon the Central Executive Com mittee of this State to issue the recent Bull, expunging from the platform of the party the very principle which distinguished it •par excellence from the miserable Chicago affair. lam pleased to see that very many of the Democratic newspapers of Georgia unite with the Constitutionalist and en dorse the protest, of Judge Whitaker, one of the Executive Committee, but who was not present when Cabaniss & Cos. sold out. This is cheering. The cause of Democracy is the cause of Truth. Trntn needs no equivocations—no evasions of issues to in sure her triumph. We must not fight the Devil with fire, for it is his element aud harms him not, while the brand, if it does not burn, will at least blacken hands which must remain clean if we expect to be per mitted to bear in honor through the fight the Ark of the Covenant—the Constitution. Alas ! that no leader could have been found in Georgia, who—when registration was presented to a tired, weary, almost (not quite) helpless people—would have cried aloud and spared not—“ Beware! Let it, alone 1 It is a device of Radicalism, that great enemy of the Constitution, a Consti tution which the great majority of you Georgians swore to support when you re turned defeated from the field of battle to your impoverished homes. ’Tis true, many of you debated long in minds if you should so swear, but swear you did, and at the time yon intended, and still intend, re ligiously to keep that oath. That oath.put upon you the obligations of citizenship— equal citizenship. It recognized your rights as such citizen. The reconstruction acts ignore that Constitution. Registration has no vitality save in those reconstrudlion acts—acts really and avowedly “ outside the Constitution. Stop! Dont you see where this one mis-step will load you? Listen not to the voice of the tempter. The end does not sanctify the means.” Alas! I say, but that some such leader could have been raised up. But no—the bait took, the snare was successful. Men, good men were persuaded, or persuaded themselves that registration offered the last chance of salvation to the South. They agreed that, while it was true the weapon was unlawful, it was equally true that It was with this weapon the ememy was seek ing our destruction, and that it would be justifiable in us to turn their guns upon them. This was very plausible, but it only shows that we had lost onr faith in the im mortality of our principles. It only proves that we did not believe: “ No weapon form ed against it shall prosper.” But this is in the past; let us profit by it, so that no future shall be spent as this present: Look ing back upon departures from principle, aud indulgence in vain regrets in conse quence. On Saturday the Superior Court adjourn ed, after a session of two weeks, during which period some twenty divorces were granted to dissatisfied husbands and wives. Judge Pope, an appointee of Bullock’s, has been, since the war, and until quite recent ly, a law partner of ex-Gov. Brown. He is a very fair lawyer, and, in the main, a clever gentleman, but fell, as Joseph fell, at the feet of those clothed in a little brief authority. As judge, however, he presides with dignity and preserves great order in his court. The bar here is composed of some of the finest legal talent in the State ; there are also several young men who bid fair to step into the places once filled by men whose names are interwoven with the history of our State. Among thse latter, I may mention one in particular, without in the least l'eflectiug upon his brethren in the profession. I refer to Henry Jackson. lie is the sou of one of Georgia’s noblest men, General Henry R. Jackson, the poet, sol dier and lawyer. Harry is quite young; yet he Is a married man, having for a wife the daughter oi that great man and pure patriot, the late Gen. Thomas R. R. Cobb. Captain Jackson (he wsCs on liis father’s staff during the war) is thoughtful and studious, seems to have no ambitiou out side his profession, and if his present at tainments are indicative of his future, his friends may reasonably hope to see him oc cupy a high place among the fraternity. Yesterday two of the city papers con tained a reply from Joseph E. Brown, to the disgraceful charges made against him by the LaGrange Reporter. It is to be de plored that any of the Democratic press should have given currency to such sland ers, not only because they are slauders, but because their publication is of those things of which it is a shame to speak, and this unwarranted attack upon Mr. Brown has procured for him (and justly) the sympathy of all honest and fair-minded men. There was enough in Governor Brown’s political course—his desertion of the South in her hour of dire necessity—to forever damn him with his section, without parading be fore the public the Fannie Martin affair, even supposing it was all true. You know that 1 am no friend of Joe Brown, aud that I am prepared to view his deportment as critically as any one, but I must say that in this instance malignity has overshot it self and given its intended victim a splen did opportunity to disarm some, at least, of his opponents. The committee appointed by the General Assembly to investigate the affairs of the State Road is still sitting (by the day) in this city. Whßt will come of it is hard to tell. The Governor (Bullock) is still absent. I learn that his proclamation suspending that portion of his and Brown’s and Meade’s constitution, relative to the poll tax, was telegraphed from the Nor h. The collec tion of poll tax for 1867, however, has not been suspended, and I presume voters will have an opportunity to contribute to the Treasuiy of this very-much-iu-need-of funds Commonwealth. The theatre continues in full blast, but the audiences are hardly large enough to make it a paying institution. Cotton comes iu rather slowly, and the market keeps pretty close up to Augusta figures. There is plenty of money to buy the staple, and buyers are thick enough to be in each others’ way. LLL. A Spunky Clerk—Reply to the Radi cal Congressional Committee.— One C. A. Chipley, of the Third Auditor’s office, has come out rather strongly on the Con gressional Republican Committee for ask ing him to contribute “ a voluntary offer ing” to aid the election of Grant and Col fax. He replies to the cqmmittee in a bold letter, which, after showing Chipley to be for Seymour and Blair, and after pitching into the whole career of Radicalism, con cludes thus: And you ask me to contribute to help keep this party in power. I cannot do it. I full well know the consequence of a re fusal. The office I hold, which is only suf ficient to support my fiimily, I know will be taken from me, and my wife and little ones be made to feel the effects of the re fusal ; but I have one consolation in the thought that I lived before I came into of fice and by the help of God can live with out it. I presume, sir, the success of your party in the recent elections has made you more bold in demanding of the office-holder means to carry out your political ends. I notice a great many persons who are op posed to you politically have been the re cipients of these insulting circulars, more insulting because they have been sent by your committee since the elections in the States of Pennsylvania, Ohio and Indiana. Had the elections in these States gone ad versely to your party, 7 these circulars would not have been sent to the Conservative em ployes in the different departments. As it is, the circular means, “your money or your office.” I say take the latter, but give me a clear conscience that I live np to what I honestly believe is right and just. Chab. A. Chipley, Room 74, Third A#eHtor’s Office. During the recent gays a Bombay paper, the most curious, scenes were visible in the town. Men and women in tneir'half-bar baric and shabby dress were to be seen going from one temple to another to pray the Deity to go to the help of the luminary of the day in hie dnel with the headless giant, “ Rahu.” MARRIED, October 26th, 1888, by Rev. Prof. D. P. Camj| maun, Mr. Charles Krauch, of St. Louis, Mo-, ( formerly resident of Augusta, and Mrs. Catherine Riesling, of Amgusta. At the Catholic Church, by the Rev. A. J. Ryan, on the 21st October, Mr. Jambs T. May and Miss Pet Kingsley, all orthis city. Georgia State Lottery, FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE Masonic Orphan’* Home. The following were the drawn numbers, in the Sup plementary Scheme, drawn at October 27 .MORNING DRAWING-Class No. 563. 61 74 3a as 03 1 6 35 78 60 4 43 12 Drawn Numbers. m EVENING DRAWING—Grass No. 204. 48 45 11 35 18 19 7 46 70 38 13 49 41 13 Drawn Numbeas. • M. G. MoKINNE,. oct2B-l Manager. SPECIAL. NOTICES. ./ ■a- RICHMOND ASSOCIATION. —A meeting of this Association will bo TO-MORROW (ThursAy) EVE NING, 29th Inst., at 7J o’clock, at Vigilant, No. 3, Hall. All members are earnestly desired to be present, as busi ness of importance will be brought before the meeting. By order of the • oct2B-2 4 PRESIDENT. RATE OF QUARTERLY TICKETS. SUPERINTENDENT’S OFFICE, ) Augusta* Summerville Railroad Cos., } Augusta, Ga., October 22d, 1868. } In order to afford complete laciUties for cheap passage upon this Road, Tickets, entitling the purchaser to un limited passage over the City Lines, for the period of three months, are offered by this Company for the sum of TEN DOLLARS. These Tickets can be obtained at the office of the Treas urer of the Company, in the Depot Building, on McKinne street. JAS. J. DAVIES, oct«3-6 Superintendent. NOTICE. Office Assistant Superintendent, J Georgia Railroad, Augusta, oct. 16,1868. ( KP®*Except Suoday night, a- Train will run on the Washington Branch in connection with our Night Pass enger Trains on and alter MONDAY, 19th inat, leaving Washington at 10, p. m.; returning, arriving at Wash ington at 3:20, a. m. S. K. JOHNSON, Assistant Superintendent. Washington Gazette copy. octl7-tf NOTICE TO MERCHANTS. Office Assistant Superintendent, 1 Georgia Railroad, ) Augusta, Ga., October 6,1868. ) On and after this date the rate on ROPE is reduced to One Dollar and Twenty Cents per one hundred pounds from St. Louis, Mo , and l-ouisville, Ky., to Augusta, Ga., via Hickman, Ky., and Nashville, Tenn. S. K. JOHNSON, oct6-lm Assistant Supeiintendent. DR. H. T. CAMPFIELD, D E NT I ST. Rooms, 223 Broad Street, Opposite Central Hotel. octl7-3m ,a ft . WIRE RAILING, FOR EN XXIr closing Cemetery Lots, Cot- Jg_ X-)\i>Xs> tageß. &c.; WIRE GUARDS MSB and WIRE WORK. FOURDRINJER CLOTHS manufactured by M. WALKER * SONS, jan22-ly No. 11 North 6th st„ Philadelphia. Macon & Augusta Railroad Company, ? Augusta, October 10, 1868. $ The attention of Stockholders, who are indebted to this Company, is directed to the subjoined resolutions of the Hoard of Directors, passed at their meeting on the 15th instant: “ 1. Resolved. That all resolutions heretofore passed authorizing a forfeiture of Stock.be and they are hereby revoked and repealed, and the Treasurer shall proceed to collect all instalments called and unpaid. “2. That for all instalment, called, and remaining un paid, the Treasurer may take notes, with interest added, payable the first of January next, and in all cases where the Stockholder declines to pay, or liquidate on the terms above stated, suit shall be forthwith commenced to re cover the amount due.” v ******** Stockholders In arrears to the Company will please call upon the Treasurer without delay, and pay the instal ments, which have already been called upon their sub scriptions. By order ot the Board. J. A, S. MILLIGAN, octt7-d2aw2w*c2 Treasurer. NOTICE ~sr. FROM COMMISSIONERS OF REGISTRATION. In pursuance of the Act passed by the General Assem bly of Georgia, entitled “ An act to Reorganize the Mu nicipal Government of the City of Augusla,” llie under signed will, on MONDAY, the sth day of October ISCB, open the Registry for Voters at the office, in the base ment of the City Hall, in said city, foimeriy the office of the County Judge. Said Registry will continue open until 2 o’clock, p. m., on Tuesday, the first ,of December next, from 9 o’clock, s. m-, till 2 o’clock, p. m„ of each day, except Sunday. JOHN C. SNEAD, W. R. McLAWS, E. M. BRAYTON, WILLIAM DOYLE, R. A. HARPER, Commissioners of Registry. The following oath will be administered to each appli cant for registry: You do solemnly swear that you are a citizen of the United States, that you are twenty-one years of age, that you have resided in this State for the last twelie months, in this city for the last s : x months, and in this district or ward for the last ten days; that you have considered this State your home for the last twelve months; that you have paid all taxes, and made all returns required by the Ordinances of this city that have been In your power to pay or make according to said Ordinances. octl-tf Avoid Poison. Invalid reader, do you know what nine-tenths of tho bitter compounds you are solicited by the proprietors to accept as universal panaceas are composed of? Give heed for a moment. They are manufactured from un purified alcohol, containing a considerable portion of fusil oil—a. poison almost as deadly as prussic acid. The basis of the regular tinctures of the Materia Medica is the same. No amount of “ herbal extracts ” can over come the bad tendency of this pernicious element. The essence of sound Rye, thoroughly rect fied, is the only stimulant which can be safely used as a component of a tonic, alterative and anti-bilious medicine, and HO TETTER’S STOMACH BITTERS is the only medicinal preparation in the world in which this article is used as an ingredient. Hence the extraordinary effects of this great specific. It gives strength without producing ex citement. No other tonic does this. All the ordinary Bitters flush the face and affect the brain. HOSTET TER'S BITTERS diffuses an agreeable calm through the nervous system, promotes digestion, and produces sleep. No other tonic so quickly revives the exhausted physical energies, restores the appetite and removes the gloom and depression which always accompanies weak ness of the bodily powers. It purges from tbe system the morbid humors which retard its natural functions, and which bring paleness to the cheek and suff ring to the brow. It banishes those clogs upon pleasure, re stores the system to high health, and necessarily proves a valuable adjunct to the digestive organs. A trial is all that is needed to establish it in the confidence of the skeptic. ocils-d*ctnovl Brg- The Best Remedy. sar panknin’s Vis Hepatic Bitters, “®8 B3“ for *y Diseases or the Liver a Digbstie Orgasb.“®l By * It Never Fails. tar It Never Fails *^s9 W3f~ It Never Fails. war Agents *431 W3T Plumb * Leitner W. H. Tutt. 188 declß-ly ROBERTS, MORRIS & SHIVERS, FACTORS \ AND COMMISSION MERCHANTS Mclntosh Street, Augusta, Ga. Commission for soiling Cotton, ONE AND A QUARTER PER CENT. jy22-6m Ireland and Germany, Sterling; in sums of l=e A.ND UPWARD, Drawn at sight for parties wishing to remit to their friends. DRAFTS on every city of Europe in the currency of the country on which they are drawn. BRANCH, SONS & CO, Bankers, oct27-tf 223 Broad street. WANTED, A COMPETENT SURVEYOR, to furnish a plan, and to direct the work of laying off, a CEME* TERY of five acres. Apply to J. M. PACE, Member of Council, Oct23-6 Covington, Ga, Advertisements "~= THEATRE-CONCERT HALL. Luaee and JH«nager.... John Templeton. WEDNKSDAI EVENING, October 28th. SPECIAL ATTftACTION FOB THE LADIES I The Picture of Home— The Great London Success, * Still inters Run Deep! Zingara Dance.. ISABEL VANE. The Rollicking Irish Farce, * LIMERICK BOY, With “PADDY’S WEDDING,” “ DONNEY BROOK JIG.” PARTICULAR NOTICE-PRICES. To pre vent the rt'cii rence of a mistake tegarding prices, the following liberal scale will be adhered to: Reserved Seats, in Parquette, $1; all other seats in Parquette, 75 cents; Gentlemen to Gallery, 60 cents; Boys and Children, 25 cents ; Colored Box, 50 cents ; Colored Gallery, 25 cents. oct2B-l COTTON SEED. 1,000 BUSHELS PURE PROLIFIC COTTON SEED for sale. Price, $3 00 per bushel, 'sacked, and delivered at the Railroad Depot, either Maylleld or Sparta. WM. W. SIMPSON, Sparta, Ga. i~ REFKK TO Dr. Jas. H. Lank, Washington, Ga. Bam’i. Bahnktt, Esq., Washington, Ga. A. G. Simpson, Notasulga, Ala. B. T. Harris, Esq., Sparta, Ga. T. J. Little, Esq., Sparta, Ga. W. H. Brantly, Esq., Calvcrton, Ga. T. Gardiner, Augusta, Ga. oct2B-3m DISSOLUTION 1 HE CO-PARTNERSHIP heretofore existing , between the undersigned is this day dissolved by mu tual consent. Either partner is authorized to close unfinished business and use the firm name in liquida tion. JAS. 8. HOOK, JOSEPH P. CARR. Augusta, October 26, ISOS. HE subscriber will continue the PRACTICE OF LAW, and may be found at the North room of the office lately occupied by Starnes & Johnson. Mclntosh street. JAS. S. HOOK. THE subscriber will continue the PRACTICE OF LAW, at the office late of Hook & Carr, Post Office corner, Ist floor, front rooms. oct2B-l JOSEPH T. CARR. NOTICE. I HAVE taken upon my premises, on Savannah road, 4 miles from the city, a BAY HORSE, which the owner can have by proving property and paying expenses. oct2B-6* L. A. ROE. BACON. 15 HHDS strictly prime SHOULDERS. In rtorc and for sale by oct2B-2 BLAIR, SMITH <Sc CO. BARBECUE. T?HERE will be a BARREOUE at QUINTAL'S SALOON, on Ellis street, in rear of Central Ho'el, THIS DAY. Dinner will be ready at 2 o’clock. Families can be supplied by sending their orders to *tbe Saloon. oct2B-l MILLINERY. UaVING just relumed from New Yoik with a very fine stock of MILLINERY GOODS, I am pre pared to supply my friends and customers with the finest Goods, and at as low prices, as can be had in the South. JLadics are particularly invited to call and ex amine our stock before purchasing elsewhere. Ail orders from the country promptly attended to. Mias ANNIE GUINNANE, Ag’t, {loin Under Planters’ Hotel. IN STORE D ARRIVING, *,! CASKS Clear Tenneesee SIDES Coaku SUgsuCured HAMS 4 Casks Dry Salt SHOULDERS Bbls. HUSH POTATOES [ 200 Coils GREEN LEAF HOPE 10 Bales BAGGING i 10 Bbls. CIDER VINEGAR 1,000 Sacks Liverpool SALT 20 Casks NEW RICE 1,000 CABBAGES. oci2B-6m BRANCH SCOTT & CO. TO RENtT i \nE RESIDENCE, No. 95 Greene street, cen trally located, with Hydrant in the yard, and now be ing thoroughly refitted. Apply to W. H. DOUGHTY, oct2B-6 No. 25 Washington street. LOST, -A. BADGE of the Fire Department, No 645. The finder will he rewarded by leaving it with Chief Engineer, J. B. Paltt. oct2B 1 FOR SALE. I OFFER for sale tl.e BltlCK DWELLING, on Ellis street, one door below Monument street. Ap ply to J. B. HANZO, sepß-tf Opposite Post Office. TAX NOTICE. Make Yo«ir State Tax Returns. A. TJ, PERRONS TAKE NOTICE, that, for the purpose of receiving sai.l Returns, I shall attend the following places, from October 26, to December 15,1868: At the Upper Market, on every Monday, from 9, a. m., to 1, p. m., and from 3 to 6, p. m. On Tuesdays, at Messrs. Day & Inman’s Auction Room, No 261 Bioad street. On Wednesdays, at the Court House. On Thursdays, at the Scale House. On Fridays, at the Court House. On Saturdays, at District Court Grounds, of which due notice will he given. All citizens, white and colored, between tho ages of twenty one and sixty, are liable to return a Poll Tax of One Dollar, and sucli other TaraMss may he imposed by the County. For failure to make your returns, of all property, or to comply with the Jaw now of force, the penalty of the law will he strictly enforced, unbiased and impartial, on all defeanlters. N. B.—For failure of making returns, the penalty is a double tax. J. B. VAUGHN, R. T. R. Richmond County. Augusta, October £4,1868. oet2s-d6&cl Notice of Dissolution. r TnE CO-PARTNERSHIP of J. A. Ansley & Cos. was dissolved on the first of October. J. A. Ansley will continue the GENERAL COM MISSION BUSINESS at the same office, No. 300 Broad street. oct2o-10 C. H. PKINIZY, • (SUCCESSOR TO F. PHINIEY k CO.) Cotton Factor and Commission Merchant^ At old stand of F. Phinizy & Cos., jy2-lyif .TACKSON ST, AUGUBTA, OA. WOOD, WOOD, WOOD. GroOD SEABONED WOOD will be delivered at, *3 50 PER CORD. Apply to A. P. ROBERTSON, oct2o-lf No. 145 Bioad Btreet. FOR SALE OR RENT, n?HE VALUABLE PLANTATION of the late William J. Eve, three miles below Augusta, on the Savannah River. For terms apply to JO3. S. BEAN, oct22-6 Augusta, Ga. "^T'OTTOE.—Two Months afterdate application will be made to the Conrt of Ordinary of Ogle thorpe county for leave to sell all the Innas belong ing to the estate of Riehard R. Winfrey, late of said county, deceased. SHELTON OLIVER, H. W. WOOTEN, September 15,1868. Executors. sepl7-60 ISTew .A.dvertisemeritr TP BEST IN THE WORLD ! ■ ■—-O' (FORMERLY STONE, ROSSTON A MURRAY’S.) The Largest Exhibi ion on the Earth! WILL VISIT AUGUSTA Friday, November 6th. Two Grand Performances. MATINEE AT 2X- NIGHT EXHIBITION AT Vi. Doors open one hour previous. Admission, 75 Cents. Children Under 10 Years, 50 Cents. The Leading Circus of America ! new figures and fresh novelties. WONDERS! MARVELS! MIRACI.ES! The Richest Show in the World ! $500,000 Worth of Paraphernalia ! NOTHING CAN EQUAL IT ! The Greatest Troupe of STAR RIDERS, GYMNASTS, AOUGB-MrS, PANCRATISTS, VOLTIGUERS, ATHLETES, FUNAMBULISTS, LEADERS, EQUILIBRISTS, TUMBLERS, r ANTOMIMISTS, JUGGLERS, /ELUALISTS, A nd other performers ever seen. THK CLOWNS IN Till! WORLD. THE FfNEST TRAINED HORSES KVER SEEN IN A CIRCUS. THRILLING ACTS AND EXCITING FEATS, Performed by Artis's who have NO PARALLELS in their vocation. A VARIETY TO PLEASE EVERY TASTE. / No Circus, either in this countty or in Europe, has so many FIRST-CLASS PERFORMERS as STONE & MURRAY’S. The Troupe lias never been rqnaled, and is now ABSOLUTELY RICHER IN TALENT than any three other exhibitions combined. The ENTERTAINMENTS OF THIS CIRCUS are presented toitspations surrounded by the attri butes of respectability and elegance, and purified of all objectionable features. The present tour of STONE A MURRAY’S CIR CUS will convince all those who attend its exhibi tions that it la worthy of I be claim of being “The Best in the World.” STONE & MURRAY’S CIRCUS travels entirely by railroad, on special trains; therefore no attempt is made to deceive the public by a parade of empty wagons, drawn by hired horses ; hut its exhibitions, which are generally acknowledged by all the leading journals of the country to he INCOMPARABLY SUPERIOR to those of any other Circus, will be given ON A SCALE OF GRANDEUR, and with nidi BRILLIANT EFFECT, that they will he events long to be remembered by every pa tron. To make the announced exhibitions unprecedent edly successful and attractive, STONE A MURRAY pledge themselves to redeem every promise of excel lence, feeling confident that their extra large Troupe will excite the admiration and fulfill the expectations of their patrons. DON’T FORGET THE DAY AND DATE, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 6, And don’t mistake this MAMMOTII EXHIBI TION for one of the ordinary shows now In this country; and don’t pay any attention (o the invita tion ol any concern, “TO WAIT AND BE DE CEIVED.” v Remember that THIS IS THE ONLY FIR3T CLABS, LEGITIMATE CIRCUB that will visit Augustnthls season. Tickets for STONE & MURRAY’S CIRCUS will he for sale at Schreiner A Son’s Music Store, 183 Broad street, three days in advance. oet2B-d9if NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. GBEAT ATTRACTION •* / ■ A.T the FREDERICKSBURG STORE. Y. RICHARDS & BROS., WHOLESALE AND RETAIL DEALERS IN ✓ FortEicnsr and domestic DRY GOODS, Now OFFER one of the largest and most attractive Stocks of Dry Goods they have ever had the pleasure of exhibiting in Augusta, at prices that cannot be questioned. Their motto is, as ever has been, “ Small Profits and Quick Sales. They are detennin ed not to be undersold by any house South. Their goods are all the first-class and best makes, selected with the greatest care by their buyer, who, being in New York all the season, enables him to select the latest and most fashionable goods in the market. New Goods received daily. Something new always to be found at the I ItEDER ICKSBUIIG STORE, at the LOWEST PRICES. They can say, without hesitancy, that their stock of Dress Goods cannot be surpass ed in elegance, beauty, variety or low prices, having all the novelties ol the season. Particular attention is called to this Department. THEIR CLOAK AND SHAWL DEPARTMENT Was never larger or more complete, being of the latest and most fashionable designs. CLOAKING CLOTHS in great profusion. FURS, in great variety, just received. A large stock of goods for GENTS and BOA S, such as CLOTHS, CASSIMERES, TWEEDS, JEANS, &C. DOMESTIC GOODS of the best makes, in BLEACHED and BROWN HOME SPUNS, KERSEYS, LINDSEYS, STRIPED and CHECKED DOMESTICS, BED BLANKETS, &e., &c. WHITE GOODS of every description. NOTIONS too numerous to mention. It is useless for them to try to enumerate what they have in stock. invite all to call and examine their stock, as goods will be fairly and cheerfully SHOWN. WHOLESALE ROuM TJ JE* SXAIIITS, To which the attention of Merchants is particularly invited. The stock was never larger, more complete or varied. They guarantee to compete with New York prices. V. RICHARDS & BROS., 301 BROAD STREET, CORNER BY THE PLANTERS’ HOTEL. OCI2B-0 SOUTHERN TOBACCO AGENCY. BLAIR, SMITH & CO., Commission Merchants, 298 BROAD STREET, AUGUSTA, GA. WE HAVE IN STORE AND OFFER TO THE TRADE, five thousand boxes manufactured tobacco, CONSISTING, IN PART, OF TIIE FOLLOWING WELL KNOWN BRANDS, VIZ: Holland’s Hidden Treasure I). Jones’ Rose Bud W. D. Stultz’s Fig Twist W. D, Stultz’s Rough and Ready Twist Tatum’s Queen of the Valley J. T. Keen’s Forest Rose ,f. T. KeeuMCount Bismark Martini Dink T. O. Hale Ragland’s Oronoke Randolph, % pounds ALSO, FIFTY THOUSAND POUNDS SMOKING TOBACCO, of various styles and grades, comprising, in part, the following favorite brands, viz: Roanoke Navy Scaifalietti Durham (genuine) Pride of Caswell Peach and Honey Selling EXCLUSIVELY ON COMMISSION and receiving our stock directly from Hie Manufacturers in Virginia and North Carolina, we are prepared to till orders at the Very Lowest Market Rates. SAMPLES will be sent by Express when desired. octlO-lroif Wholesale Dry Goods. FALL TRADE, 1868. I). R. WRIGHT & CO., 233 Broa.l Street, Augusta, C4a., Have now received n lurge, complete and at tractive stock of FALL & WINTER GOODS, NOTIONS, &0„ To which almost daily additions will be made through the season. We buy for CABII from Importers, Manufacturers’ Agents and at auction, at the LOWEST PRICES. Wo are prepared to offer to Cash buyers INDUCE MENTS UNSURPASSED by any house in the South. AUGUSTA FACTORY GOODS GRANITEVILLE FACTORY GOODS RICHMOND FACTORY OOOD3 of all descriptions constantly on hand. We invite examination of our STOCK and PRICES by merchants and all buyers of Dry Goods. aug2B-4mif MARKET NOTICE. T llK MEAT AND VEGETABLE STALLS in the Upper and Lower Markets will he rented on the FIRST MONDAY in NOVEMBER next, at the Lower Market House, at 10 o’clock, a. m. Persons holding Stalls can retain tile same tor the next year at the assessment of laßt year; provided arrearages are paid before the day of renting. Parties in arrears on that day will not bo permitted to retain their Stalls or to rent any oilier. The Green Grocer’s Ordinance wilt he rigidly en forced. Terms of renting are one-half cash, in advance, in United States currency, and notes, with approved se curity for the balance, payable on the Ist May, 1809. Sums ol Fifty Dollars, or less, cash. EPHRAIM TWEEDY, 0c(22-td Chairman Market Committee. M. I’. STOVALI,, D. E. BUTLER, Os Augusta, Ga. Os Madison, Morgan Co.,Ga. STOVALL & BUTLER, Cotton Warehouse AND General Commission Merchants* NEW FIRE-PROOF WAREHOUSE Southwest Corner Bay ami Jackson Sis, AUGUSTA, GA. oct2s-d6t*clm STOLEN, Sunday night last, 18tli inst., a large BAY HORSE, with black mane and tail, four white feet, and full blaze face. Also, SADDLE and BRIDLE. Any one giving information so that we may recover the animal will be liberally rewarded. oct24 ts HENRY DBLAIGLB REMOVAL. Charles QUINTEL, having removed his SALOON from the comer of Washington and Ellis stree ts to the Saloon in the rear of .he Central Hotel, and next to Poumelle’s Livery Stable, will be pleased to see his old customers and, also, new friends. FREE LUNCH every day from U to 12 o’clock, octl-lm Winfree’s Cross ,1. L. Clayton’s Gold Leaf J. A. Smith’s Gold Leaf Belle of Piedmont Lilly of the Valley Ellic Knight J. J. llankln’s Virginia Crown J. B. T.ovclace’s^Extra May Flower Harry Lee Bee Wing, 10’s Guerrilla Club Highlander Cape Jessamine Chanticleer Queen, &c., &c. GREAT BARGAINS IN MT RE2 W AND FASHIONABLE GOODS, AT JAS. A. GRAY & CO.’S. HEn VIEW of large supplies of ISTew nnd Elegant DRISS GOODS, TO ARRIVE WITHIN THE N*XT TWO WEEKS, FROM THE FORCED SALES OF FRENCH, ENGLISH AND GERMAN IMPORTERS, WE OFFER, THIS MORNING, OUR ENTIRE FIRST IN STAI. I . INI Li NTl’ OB’ Fall and Winter Dress Woods, CONSISTING OF ALL THE NEW STYLES AND NOVELTIES IN French, English and German Fabrics. IN ALL THE KNOWN SHADES, -A.T REDUCED PRICES, CALL AT ONCE AND EXAMINE OUR PRICES. Jas. A. Gray & Cos., 338 BROAD STREET. fobl2-ly-Je2l-jyi2-jy2oaug3o*epl9 0C12710 Bacon, Lard, Sugar, Coffee, &c. 35 HHDS. O. R. BACON BIDES 26 Hhds BACON SHOULDERS 26 Boxes WHITE SIDES 26 Packages LARD 20 Hhds Sugar, light brown 60 Bills REFINED SUGAR 76 Bags COFFEE ALSO, A full stock of LIQUORS, CIGARS, CANDLES, SOAP, STARCH, TEA, Ac. For sale by s«p27-U O’DOWD A MULUEKIN,
