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Newspaper Page TextCONSTITUTIONALIST. AXJGKCTSTA. Q-A. FRIDAY MORNING, OCT. 30, 1868 For : HORATIO SEYMOUR, OF KBW YORK. For Viee-3?resident: FRANCIS P. BLAIR, OF MISSOURI. mm I■ I STATE ELEOTOEAL TICKET. FOR THE STATE AT LARGE : Gen. JOHN B. GORDON, of Fulton. Hon. JOHN T. CLARKE, of Randolph. FOR THE DISTRICTS: 1. JOHN C. NICHOLS, of Pierce. 2. Col. CHARLES T. GOODE, of Sumter. 3. RAPHAEL J. MOSES, of Muscogee. 4. AUGUSTUS O. BACON, of Bibb. 5. Maj. j‘. B. CUMMING, of Richmond. 6. H. P. BELL, of Forsyth. 7. Col. JAMES D. WADDELL, of Fulton. MUEDEE, NORTH AND SOUTH. The New York Herd'd has advocated the election of Gen. Grant, but it is, by no means, a lover of the Radical system of re construction. While partisan journals, like the Times and Tribune, are devoting the South to destruction, because of certain murders committed, the Herald takes an impartial and just view of the matter; so just and so impartial that it*may make men wonder. Here is the article we refer to . “ We have been made familiar for a loug time past with stories of frequent murders, violent assaults, displays of force to interrupt political processions in the Southern States, negroes assailing white men even unto death and white men assaulting negroes. This is all the natural result of the Radical system of re construction. The reconstruction laws were the Lets is of a war of races. We cannot, there fore, be surprised at the fruits. For example, white men in open day murder Randolph, a black member of the South Carolina Legisla ture; black men in Louisiana hunt down a white man, chain him to a tree, threaten him with death, and the result is a general fight be tween negroes and white men, cuding in the death of thirty of the unfortunate blacks and two white men. So, also, at Jeflerson, a city situated a little above New Orleans, the old police force and the new one appointed by the Louisiana 1 black and tan ’ Legislature come into collision upon the latter attempting to assume authority. Wherefore? Because the new organization is composed, iu large part, of negroes, who, it appears, go heavily armed through the streets, displaying that ef frontery which always characterizes ignorance invested with authority. A newspaper ofllee in Alexandria, Louisiana, is also sacked by a mob, whether white or black the dispatch does not state ; but that it was nevertheless the result of collision between the races we may safely as sume. The latest murder is that of four peo ple in the streets of New Orleans on Saturday, in a fight between a white and a black political club. From various quarters in the South we hear ot similar conflicts, which make good the prophcey that the reconstruction laws, whether * unconstitutional, null and void,’ as they have been declared by the Democratic platform, or not, are certainly provocative of much mis chief, anarchy and bloodshed. So mneli fo*- the Southern record of murder, and we have not noted the lmlf of It. But what of the mur der record of the North ? Perhaps if we were to strike a fair balance there would not be fouud so much difference after all. The appa rent difference is that homicide at the South is invariably put to the credit of polities, and in exciting times like these there is much made of it by partisan newspapers. We are told that iu one single county of New Hampshire there are now awaiting trial no less than five murderers. In our own city homicides are almost as ntr merous as the nights in the year. New Eng land furnishes, according to the record, nearly as many murderers in proportion to the popu lation as the Southern States. “ The moral of all this is that while Radical reconstruction canuot check the progress of crime in the Southern States, but rather fosters it. so New England Puritanism cannot elevate the moral condition of its people above the use ot the knife, the pistol and the poison cup. The cause of the increase of murder in the South is to he traced to the war of races, the inevitable result of Radiol policy. In New England it belongs to the war of bad passions, to irreligion and intemperance. No plea of political exasperation can be put in there, for everything is serene and pleasant in New En gland ; no military governors, no offensive ne gro supremacy, for New England takes care that the uegro is kept in his proper place ; no disfranchisement of white citizens exists there to provoke conflict and keep men’s temper np ‘ like quills upon the fretful porenpine ;’ and yet, with all the hideous reports of murder and violence in the Southern States, sad as they are, it would appear from recent statements that we are not much better off at the North than our neighbors in that wretchedly misgoverned por tion ot the country.” Our New York Correspondence. New York, October 21. The agitation of the subject of changing the Democratic nominees for President and Vice-President has done good, and the can vass now looks more promising than it has at any time since the first of October. The personal responsibility and interest which every man may have in the result have been brought home to him. As has often been the case during the past eight years, the people have placed themselves in ad vance of their leaders, and are pushing the canvass with such vigor as has probably never before been witnessed. That the re sult will be such as we hope for cannot b<> confidently assured; but the Southern people may rely upon it, that we shall at least deserve success. NATURALIZATION. A notorious fellow, named Murray, who is United States Marshal for this district, is making a gre-t parade of discoveries of frauds in the naturalization of foreigners in the courts of this city. Os this Murray, it is no uncommon thing to hear Republi cans remark that they would not believe him under oath. Never has the work of naturalization been performed with more care than this Fall; those who make the outcry know this; but the purpose of the Radicals is to establish such opinions in the public mind as to take the power to naturalize foreign ers from the State courts, and confide it only to the Federal Courts; in effect, re pealing our naturalization laws to a large number of foreign born white men. This is a consistent following to the work of forcing negro franchise at the point of the bayonet. THE WHISKY TAX. The collection of the whisky tax is now believed to be nearly perfected. How is it dene ? By an appeal to the self-interest of the leading distillers. The law, as it now stands, makes the manufacture of whisky a risky business. The action of the Internal Revenue Commissioner is directed to the crushing out of all small distilleries. The process of collecting the whisky tax is not precisely the “farming out” process which is practiced in many European countries, but it is pretty near it. By the vigorous enforcement of the law, as it now stands, and the collection of the excise of 50 cents per gallon, the great distillers can make more money than they ever did when there Was no excise. The changed aspect of j <• £-3 'srvSSS'SIESSS Ci ?on^ I S k n y ot 3 m07e S ttan t 4s s ceJt make or with the excise, 95 cents,.leaving the enormous profit of 20 cents per gallon. The re™ru from the whisky tax ought, therefore, be fully forty million gJgJWJ annum; a sum sufficient, with the topacco tax and the sale of stamps, to permit the removal of all other internal taxes,Jndiud- ing the odious income tax; the> duties on foreign imports may also be much reduced and the cost of living once morebe brought within reasonable limits- . Radicals in -control of affairs. Shall they not be overthrown ? NOTABLE COMMERCIAL TRANSACTIONS. One ill a while a mercantile transaction occurs in our markets of such colossal pro portions as to deserve more than a passing record. The immense extent of New York is hardly understood, and diffi cult for the unitiated to comprehend. A prominent wholesale grocery house in tiffs city purchased, last week, the entire stock of Java coffee iu the country, amountiug to 81,000 mats. Now, as , each about sl2 in gold.it follows that this trans action involves the payment of nearly $1 000,000. Another of the same charactei was the purchase, by one house, of four hundred thousand cases of p( l t * (kerosene) whose value was aboutjpi.ow,- 000. On Saturday about five thousand hogsheads of sugar were sold in this mar ket, and to-day about two hundred thou sand bushels of wheat. And \t must be observed, too, that these transactions occur at a time when there is very little specula tive* feeling. What can more strongly il lustrate the overshadowing commercial in fluence of this great city ? THE EPISCOPAL CONVENTION. During the course of the week just trans pired, as was anticipated, some acts of great importance have been passed by the Gen eral Convention of the Episcopal Church, which is still in session, and likely to con tinue so for some days yet to come. Among these is the consent of that body to the di vision of the Dioceses of New York, Mary land and Western New York ; the latter, however, not having been effected until after considerable discussion, owing to a difference of opinion in regard to some tech nicalities. Another proceeding also, which called forth a severe protest, was the send ing of the petition for the consent of the convention to the division to the House of Bishops, instead of to the House of Clerical and Lay Deputies, as had hitherto been customary. Not the least important, also, lias been the passage o? an act altering the fifth article of the constitution, by which the sub-division of Dioceses is rendered much more easy than formerly, as all re strictions arc struck out, except that which requires the consent of the Bishop of the Diocese and of the General Convention. A new restriction, however, has been adopted, to the effect that the consent of the General Convention shall not be given until satis factory assurance be given of a suitable provision for the support of the Episcopate in the new Diocese. This restriction, which was not adopted until after a long and ani mated debate, is, nevertheless, a most bene ficial and necessary one, inasmuch as the consequences would almost inevitably have been disastrous to the purity oi the Church had Dioceses been permitted to select those who should fill the office of Bishop, without asking for compensation, for it would have followed from necessity almost, that when ever a poor Diocese was created it would be compelled to elect for its Bishop some one who would not require a salary, thus throwing this important and honorable office entirely into the hands of the richer portion of the clergy. The opposition to this pecuniary restriction came principally from the poorer Dioceses of the South and West.. Tac proceedings this week have also been marked by tiic final settlement of the Tyng case, which has for months past disturbed the peace of the Church, and given rise to so much discussion. The question was de cided against tiie innovating party, by a majority of one hundred and twenty-three against seventy-eight; this being the final (locisiuu those restless ami disor ganizing spirits, who And the numerous churches of the Episcopal communion quite insufficient for the expenditure of their in trusive zeal. Meantime, the Board of Missions has been actively engaged in arousing the mission ary zeal of the Church, and evening after evening the claims of some department of missionary work has been presented to different congregations. One novel fea ture in this movement was a musical festi val held at the Academy of Music, ou which occasion the exercises consisted of the reading of chapters of the Bible, the re cital of the Creed and Lord’s Prayer, and the siuging of hymns and the performance of some tine pieces of music by several dif ferent choral societies of tiie city and suburbs. KELLOGG. The Academy of Music, on Monday of this week also, was thronged to its utmost capacity on the occasion of the debut ot Miss Kellogg, who appears this Winter before an American public in concert, or rather a sort of combination of opera and concert, as on the evening in question, after the rendition of several pieces in her accustom ed beautiful style, she went through the third act of Faust. . During the concert part of the performance wore the same dress in which £he appeared at her first concert at Buckingham Palace—a rich rose colored silk, puffed over an under dress of white tulle, made with three flounces, and finished with a white satin striped panier, looped very high on the left side with a bouquet of pink roses which tamed towards the rightaud fastened there with three bouquets. She wore a wreath of roses over an elaborate and tasteful coiffure, and a number of costly diamonds completed this most elegant costume. She was assisted by Miss Alide Topp, the cele brated piauist, and other artists of note. OPERA BOUFFE. Opera Bouflfe is, however, the amusement of New York this season, and rival Priraa Domas and new plays are presented in this line both by Grau and Bateman. At the French Theatre, on Thursday evening, the first representation of “ Genevieve de Bra bant” was giveu, which, as a matter of course, drew a crowded and fashionable house. The mine cn scene was very fine, while the opera itself offers reminiseuces of Offenback’s other works. It is vehemently denounced as grossly in decent, but whether as an advertising dodge I cannot say. The charge is true enough, but will it prevent people who claim to be decent from visiting its repre sentation? Probably not. The story is told that an author, finding that one of his productions upon the New York boards was likely to prove a failure, went to the editor oJ a noted daily and asked permis sion to publish a notice of il. The editor, from friendly sympathy, permitted him to do so, and left orders to insert whatever miirht be written. Great was his surprise the uext morning to find the poor author’s play denounced as disgracefully prurient.* But he found that these denunciations were written by the author himself; and from that time forth the theatre would not hold the people who crowded to see his play. BUSINESS MATTERS. It looks to-day as though gold had de clined as low as it is likely to go for some weeks to come. The Government has been selling $300,000 per day, and the money market has been very tight. The “ bears ” have croaked their loudest about the effect of the November interest, till I think the effect has been quite exhausted. Cotton stands up wonderfully upder the pressure of increased receipts, a close money market and other adverse circumstances. All efforts to force middling uplands below 25 cents have thus far failed. But the crisis of the market is hardly reached as yet.— Some are looking for a decline in gold to 125 during the Winter, and it is by no means probable. It is clearly the interest of buyers to meet the demand at current prices as freely as possible, for when stocks begin to rapidly accumulate here and in Europe, it will be difficult to prevent a de cline. It is noted that cotton which has paid tax—old cotton—has the preference with spinners, because they arc allowed a “draw-back” on goods made from such cotton and sold for export. Willoughby. A Western editor, when in durance for libel ling a justice of the peace was requested by the jailor to give the prison a favorable notice. (From the National Intelligencer. The National finances. ABLE LETTER OF PRESIDENT JOHNSON. * ' ' Executive Mansion, ) Washington, D. C., October 24,1868. J Dear Sir : In a recent conversation upon the subject of the finances, you expressed a desire to be furnished with some of the leading facts then mentioned, touching the national expenditures and the public debt. I now comply with your request, regret ing, however, that other and more pressing matters have prevented me from more clearly illustrating the absolute necessity for immediate reform in the financial ope rations of the Government. - v. In 1776 our national independence vffas proclaimed, and, after an exhaustive, bloody struggle of seven years, was, in 1783, ac knowledged by the parent Government. In 1787 the Federal Constitution was framed, and in 1789 the Government went into ope ration under its provisions, burdened with a debt of seventy-five millions of dollars, created during the war of the Revolution. Immediately upon the organization of Con gress, measures were devised for the pay ment of the national obligations and the restoration of the public credit; and when, in 1812, war was declared against Great Britain, the debt had already been reduced to forty-flve trillions of dollars. It was then largely increased by the three years’ strug-, gle that ensued between the two nations, until, in 1816, it had reached the sum of one hundred and twenty-seven millions. — Peace again established, provision was made for the earliest practicable liquida tion of this indebtedness, in order that it might not become a permanent incumbrance upon the people. Under wise and econom ical legislation, the entire amount was paid in a period of twenty years, and the extin guishment of the national debt filled the land with rejoicing, and was one of the great events of Presidept Jackson’s admin istration. Even after its payment, a large fund remained in the Treasury, which, for safe-keeping, was deposited with the sev eral States, ou condition that it should be returned wlien required by the public wants. In 1849, the year after the termination of an expensive war with Mexico, we found our selves involved in a debt of sixty-four mil lions ; and this was the amount owed by the Government iu 1860, just prior to the outbreak of the rebellion. In the Spring of 1861 the war of the re bellion commenced. Each year of its con tinuance made an enormous addition io the debt; so that when, in the Spring of 1865, the nation successfully emerged from the dreadful conflict, the obligations of the Government had reached the vast amount of twenty-six hundred millions. They had not yet, however, attained tlicir highest point; for, when the army and Davy had been paid, the volunteer forces disbanded, and tiie navy largely reduced, it was found, in February, 1866, that our indebtedness exceeded tweuty-eight hundred millions of dollars ! Having thus referred to the indebtedness of the Government at various periods of its existence, it may be well to gall attention to a brief statement of facts connected with its expenditures. From the fourth day of March, 1789, to the thirtieth of June, 1861, the entire public expenditures were seventeen hundred mil lions of dollars. Although covering a pe riod of seventy-two years, this amount seems small when compared with the ex penses of the Government during the recent war of four years duration ; for, from the first of July, 1861, to the thirtieth of June, 1865, they reached the enormous aggregate of thirty-three hundred millions of dollars ! An investigation into the disbursements since the first day of J uly, 1865, further shows, that, by adding to the expenditures of the last three years the estimated cost of administering the Government for the year ending the thirtieth of June, 1869, we ob tain the sum of sixteen hundred millions of dollars as the amount required for the lour years immediately following the cessation of Hostilities, or nearly as much as was ex pended during the seventy-two years that preceded the war. It will be seen, from this brief review, that from 1791 to 1861 our public debt was at no time more than one hundred and twenty-seven millions of dollars, while, subsequently, four years of civil war ex panded it to twenty-eight hundred millions. It will also be perceived that while, prior to 1861, the largest annual disbursement was not quite seventy-four millions for the year 1858, the expenditures during the last three years of peace have successively been five hundred and twenty millions, three hundred and forty-six millions, and three hundred and ninety-three millions—three hundred and seventy-two millions being the amount which it is estimated will lie necessary for the year ending the thirtieth of June next. In making this comparison, we should remember that during the long interval be tween 1789 and 1861 the Government was frequently required to make expenditures of an extraordinary character. Large sums were paid to Indians as annuities, and for the purchase of their lauds, and expensive wars were waged against powerful tribes. Louisiana was acquired from France at a cost of fifteen millions of dollars; Florida, in consideration of five millions, was ceded to us by Spain; California became a part of our possessions on payment to Mexico of fifteen millions; while for ten millions our Government secured from Texas the terri tory of New Mexico. During these periods of our history we were also engaged in wars with Great Britain and Mexico—the first waged against one of the most power ful nations of the world, the other was ad ditionally expensive by the prosecution of military operations in the enemy’s terri tory. The startling facts, thus concisely stated, suggest an inquiry as to the cause of this immense increase in the expenditures and indebtedness o. the country. During the civil war the maintenance of the Federal Government was the one great purpose that animated our people, aud that economy which should always characterize our finan cial operations was overlooked iu the great effort of the nation to preserve its exist ence. Many abuses, which had their ori gin in the war, continued to exist long af ter it had been brought to a triumphant conclusion, and the people, having become accustomed to a lavish expenditure of the public money for au object so dear to them as the preservation of the integrity of their free institutions, have patiently tolerated taxation of the most oppressive character. Large sums of money continue to be extort ed from them, aud squandered in useless and extravagant appropriations. Enormous expenditures are demanded for purposes, the accomplishment of which requires a large standing army, perversion of the Con stitution, aud subjugation of States to ne gro domination. With a military establish ment costing in time of peace not less than one hundred millions annually, and a debt, the interest upon which draws from the Treasury each year nearly one hundred aud fifty millions of dollars for these two items of expenditure alone—retrenchment has lie conic an absolute necessity, or bankruptcy must soon overtake us, and involve the country in its paralyzing and disastrous results. If, however, a wise economy be adopted, the taxes may soon be materially reduced, not meraljr for the benefit of a few, but iu the interest of all. A revenue would yet remain sufficient for the administration of the Government, as well as for such a reduction of the public debt as would in a few years relieve the people from millions of interest now annually drawn from their resources. The idea that the debt is to become per manent should be at all times discoun tenanced, as involving taxation too heavy to be borne, and payment of an amount in interest every sixteen years equal to the original sum. The gradual liquidation of the public debt would by degrees release the large capital invested in the securities of the Government, which, seeking remu neration in other sources of income, would add to the wealth of the nation, upon which it is now so great a drain. This immense debt, if permitted to become per manent and increasing, must eventually be gathered into the hands of the few, and enable them to exert a dangerous and con trolling power in the affairs of the Govern ment. The debtors would become the ser vants of the lenders—the creditors, the masses of the people. It is now onr boast that we have given freedom to three mil lions of slaves; it will then be our shame that by their own toleration of usurpation and profligacy, forty millions of people have enslaved themselves, and exchanged slaveholders for new taskmasters, In the shape of bondholders and tax-gatherers.— Hence the vital issue whether Congress and its arbitrary assumptions of authority shall supersede the supreme law of the land*- whether in time of peace the country shall be controlled by a multitude of tax collect ors and a standing army, the one almost as numerous as the other, and making the debt a permanent burden upon the productive in dustry of the people; or whether the Con stitution, with each and all its guaranties, shall be sacredly preserved ; whether now, as in 1789 and 1816, provision shall be made for the payment of our obligations at as early a period as practicable, that the fruits of their labors may be enjoyed by our citizens, rather than used to build up and sustain a moneyed monopoly at home and abroad. The contest is not merely who shall occupy the principal offices iu the people’s gift, but whether the high be hests of the Federal Constitution shall be observed and maiutaiued, iu order that our liberties may be preserved; the Union of the States restored, that our Federal system may be unimpaired; fraternal feeling re established, that our national strength may be renewed ; the expenditures diminished, that taxation mav be lightened; and the public debt once more extinguished, that it may not injuriously affect the life and ener gy,the prosperity and morals of the nation. Believing that for the redress of the great wrongs, and the correction of the many abuses under which the country is now laboring, we must look to the Ameri can people, and that in them is our hope, I am, very truly, your friend, Andrew Johnson. General Thomas Ewing. mxJINJBPtAIL. NOTICE. THE FRIENDS AND ACQUAINTANCES OF Mr. end Mrs. Patrick Sharkey are respectfully in vited to attend the funeral of the latter, from her late residence, on Centre street, THIS (Friday) MORN ING, at 10 o’clock. * Georgia State Lottery FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE M asonic Orphan’s H osjfe e. Tiie following were the drawn numbers, in the*Sup njenfentary Scheme, drawn at Augusta, Georgia, Y w . October 29. MOWfITNG DRAWING-Class No. 597. 37 01 39 4<T 7 74 73 1 71 «6 50-~ 11 Drawn Numbers. EVENING DRAWING— CIass No. 268. 37 SI 68 6 38 33 39 11 3 57 49 50 41 13 Drawn Numbers. M. G. McKINNE, oct3ol Manager. Special, notices. OFFICIAL. PROCLAMATION. GEORGIA: BY RUFUS B. BULLOCK, GOVERNOR OF SAID STATE. Whereas, Official information has been riceived at this Department of the escape from the jail of DeKaib county of Abe Huggins, chirged with !he crime of gjiur der, committed in the county of DeKaib: 1 have thought proper, therefore, to issue this, rayjpro clamation, hereby offering a reward of Two Hundred Dollars for the apprehension and delivery of thjtsaid Huggins to the Sheriff of said county and State- vt And I do, moreover, charge and require all officers in this State, civil and military, to be vigilant in endeavor ing to apprehend the said Huggins, in order that Ire may be brought to trial and justice for the offense with Mbich lie stands charged. Given under iny baud and the Great Seal of the State, at the Capitol, iu the city of Atlanta, this 28th day of Oc tober, in the year ofdur Lord, eighteen hundred and sixty-eight, and ot the Independence of tiie Unite 1 States of America the ninety-third. RUFUSB. BULLOCK, L By the Governor: Governor. David O. Dotting, Secretary of State. <‘Ct3o-d3*Dl I. V. ASSOCIATION.—There will be a meeting of the members of the above Association, at No. 8 #Bn gine House. THIS (Friday) EVENING, at 8 o'clock/ By order of the President. oct3o-l ; # BST PUBLIC MEBTING.-Dr. S. Bard, of Atlanta, will address the citizens of Augusta, without distinction ofpartv, on tlie political questions of the day, at the City Hall, THIS (Friday) EVENINO, at 71 o'clock. j&v oc!30-l 0V NOTICE.—The PEWS iu St. Paul’s Cliuudiwill be offered for rent for the coming year, at 12o'clock,®., MONDAY, November 2,1568, at the Church. It is particularly requested that parties desirous of de taining their Pews should notify the Secretary, or tlSir Pews will b • considered vacant, and will be olfereoyEjj rent at that time. By order of (lie Board of \\and W. C. JONSSj Secretary and Treasurer St. Paul’s Church. oet3o-3 t NOTICE. Office Assistant Superintendent, ? Georgia Railroad, Augusta, Get. 16, 1668. ) BfS~ Except Sunday night, a Train will inn on the Washington Branch iu connection with our Night Pass enger Trains on ani alter MONDAY, 19th inst, tearing Washington at 10, p. ra.; rotu'oing, 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, S Augusta, Ga., October 6,1568. ) 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 Louisville, Ky., to Augusta, Ga., via Hickman, Ky., and Nashville, Tenn. S. K. JOHNSON, octC-lro As-i-tant Superintendent. DR. H. T. CAMPFIELD, DENTIST. Rooms, 223 Broad Street, Opposite Central Hotel. oetl7-3m -a WIRE RAILING, FOR EN ll JL ~ 11* closing Cemetery Lots, Cot- JLVv V l|_ tages. &C.; WIRE GUARDS "■ml MM and WIRE WORK. FOUItDRINIER CLOTHS manufacture*! by M. WALKER A- SONS, Jan22-lv No. tl North f.th st.. I’mLADKLPinji. : v Avoid Poison. Invalid reader, do you know what nine-tenths of the 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 a'cohol, 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 ton e, alterative and anti-bilious medicine, and HO;'- TETTKR'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 fare and affect the brain. HOSTKT 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 the 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. ecU5-dJkctnovl tar Tbs lis st Kkmkdt. tar * PAN ENIS’fl tST Hepatic Hittsks, B3T t i for tS M“Dibb*s*bof ths Livaaa Digibtik Organs. tST It Nsvrr Fails. tar It Nkvkr Fails tar , It Nkvkr Fails. “@S *y Agbxts "W ■W Pilpmb A Lbitnxr W. H. Tctt. "@8 declßly ROBERTS, MORRIS & SHIVERS, FACTORS ■ AND COMMISSION MERCHANTS Mclntosh Street, Augusta, Ga. Commission for selling Cotton, ONE AND A QUARTER PER CENT. jy22-6m RESTAURANT. I HAVE opened a First Class RESTAURANT at my Baloon, on Ellis street, in rear of Central Hotel, where I keep constantly on hand OYSTERS, GAME, FISH, MEATS of all kinds, and eveiy. thing appertaining to a FIRST-CLABSB BATING HOUSE. CHARLES QUINTEL. oct2»-tf New Advertisements THEATRE —CONCERT HALL. Leaiee and Manager.. John Templeton. EXTRAORDINARY BEN3ATIONS ! . New Orderjof Attractions! The Best, Most Varied and Select, and the Lowest Prick of Ad mission Ever Known in Avgusta. The Drama Laid Aside to Present the Se lected Novelties Which ore Pa tronized by One and All. FRIDAY EVENING, October 30th. THE AVENGER!- The Select and Fashionable MI NSTR EL S ! In Grand New Programme. Lingard’s CAPTAIN JINKS.” ELECTION DAY, and Great Variety. SECRET DISPATCH, Sent hy Johnson to Gen. Lee. To Accommodate All, THE LOWEST PRICES KNOWN. Parquette, front, 75 cents; Parquette, hack. 60 Cents; Gallery, 60 and 25 Cents. No charge lor re served seats. oet3o-l CONCERT HALL. Return ot the Favorites for TWO NIGHTS ONLY, MONDAY and TUESDAY EVENING, November 2d and 3d, THE ORIGINAL Skiff & Gaylord’s Minstrels. o Entire change of piogramme each evening. Admission— Parquette, |1; Gallery, 50 cents. JOE GAYLORD, Business Manager. JOE MACK, oct3o-4 Assistant Agent, MECHANICS’ BANK. ASSIGNEE’S SALE. On THURSDAY, the SEVENTH of JANUA RY next, at 12, M , will be sold, at Public Auction, on the premises, the Banking House and Lot OF THE MECHANICS’ BANK. The lot is one hundred and seventy-three feet deep, and lias a front on Broad street of thirty-nine feet, of which four feet nine inches is in the alley on the Ea«t, reserved for the use of all the adjoining lot-holders. The property Is too well known to need further description. At the same time and plica, the FURNITURE remaining in the Bank \vil> he 6old, consisting of MARBLE COUNTER DESKS, TABLES, a first class IRON SAFE, fine GOLD SCALES, &e. Terms, Cash, in currency. Sale, without reserve. WM.T. GOULD, Octoubr SO. Assignee. oct3o-lawi janldtd HATS, HATS, HATS. JTTST RECEIVED, JL’h E ALPINE, the latest style out, and the HANDSOMEST HAT OF THE SEASON. Call and see them. cww VAN WINKLE & CO, 0c'.30-4 222 Broad street, Augusta, Ga. Choice Seed Wheat, FOR SALE BY GEO. T. JACKSON & CO , oet3o-3 47 Jackson street. CHEAP INVESTMENT 4,000 EIGHT PER CENT. AUGUS TA AND SUMMERVILLE Ist Mortgage BONDS, the interest guaranteed to l>e paid promptly. Parties wishing these Bonds had belter apply im mediately to BRANCH, SONS &. CO., .J > Bankers, oct3o-tf 223 Broad street. NEW YORK WHOLESALE BUTTER STORE, CORNER CAMPBELL AND ELLIS STREETS. J U3T RECEIVED, a lot of tine GOSHEN BUT TER and FACTORY CiJEESK, hy steamer, from New Y<rk, which wo will sell at low prices to the trade. TITMAN & WHITLOCK. oct3o-6 Ground Peas and Sweet Potatoes WANTED. T WILL pay a liberal CASH PRICE ior 500 Bushels Bright White SWEET POTATOES 500 Bushels GROUND PEAS Also, for Dried Fruit, Beeswax, Cow Peas, AND OTHER PRODUCE. A. D. WILLIAMS, At Office of C. A. Williams & Cos. ocl3o-il4at2 IN STORE AND ARRIVING, 10 CASKS Clear Tcnr.essee SIDES 10 Casks Sugar-Cure,] HAMS 5 Casks Dry Sa't SHOULDERS 60 Rb!s. IRISH POTATOES 200 Coils GREEN LEAF ROPE 10 Bales BAGGING 10 Bbls. CIDER VINEGAR 1,000 Sacks Liverpool SALT 20 Casks NEW RICE 1,000 CABBAGES. oc>2B-6m BRANCH SCOTT & CO. FOR SALE. I OFFER for sale the BUICK DWELLING, on Ellis street, one door below Monument street. Ap ply-to J. B. IIAb'ZO, eepß-lf Opposite Post Office. TAX NOTICE. Make Your State Tax Returns. /\ T,T. PERSONS TAKE NOTICE, that, for the purpose of receiving said Returns, I shall attend the following places, from October 28, 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 A Inman’s Auction Room, No 261 Bioad street. On Wednes lays, at the Court House. On Thursdays, at the Scale House. On Fridays, at the Court House. On Saturdays, at District Court Giounds, of which due notice will be given. All citizens, white and colored, between the ages of twenty-one and sixty, are liable to return and pay a Poll Tax of One Dol'ar, and such other Taxes as may be imposed by tbe County. For failure to mate your returns, oi all property, or to comply with the law now of loree, the penalty of the law will be strictly enforced, unbiased and impartial, on all defeaulters. N. B.—For failure of making returns, the penalty is a double tax. -I. B. VAUGHN, R. T. R. Richmond County. Acgcsta, October 24,1868. oct2s-dftcl Mmes. SEGIN T I AVF just returned from New York, and will have their opening of French BONNETS and IIATS ON THURSDAY, OCT. 15, 1868. We refer in parti« tilar to the present new styles of making dresses, as Robe Randet, Robe a Temrnure, a Panier, Pompom, etc. All of which are made or cut and fitted, at Mmes. BEGIN’S, French Millinery and Dress Making Establishment, octl3-tf 328 Broad st. CAROLINA RICE, (NEW CROP.) r I ' IERCES and BARRELS of RICE, snitable for trade and family purposes. Weekly sdpply direct from the Mill. For sa'e by JOSEPH JOHNSON, * Insurance Bank Building, oct29-3 Broad street, THE BEST IN THE WORLD ! (FORMERLY STONE, ROSBTON A MURRAY’S.) The Largest Exhlbi ion on the Earth I WILL VISIT AUOUSTA Friday, November 6th. Two Grand Performances. MATINEE AT NIGHT EXHIBITION AT Vi. Doors open one hour previous. Admission, 75 Cents. Children Under 10 Years, 50 Cents. Wm The Leading Circus of America ! NEW FEAIUIIES AND FRESH NOVELTIES. WONDERS! MARVELS! MIRACLES! The Richest Show in the World ! $500,000 Wort.li of Paraphernalia ! NOTHING CAN EQUAL IT ! The Grea teat Troupe of STAR RIDERS, GYMNASTS, ACROBATS, PANCRATISTS, VOL.TIGUEUS, ATHLETES, FUNAMBULISTS, LEAPERB, EQUILIBRISTS, TUMBLERS, PANTOM IMISTB, J UGGLERP, AORTA LISTS, And other performers over seen. THE BEST CLOWNS UV THE WORLD. THE FINEST TRAINED HOUSES EVER SEEN IN A CIRCUS. THRILLING ACTS AND EXCITING FEATS, Perfotmed by Artists who have NO PAR ALLELS in their vocation. A VARIETY TO PLEASE EVERY TASTE. No Circus, either in this conntty or in Europe, l;a-. so many FIRST-CLASS PERFORMERS as STONE & MURRAY’S. The Troupe has never been equaled, and is now ABBOL.UTISLY RICHER IN TALENT than any three other exhibitions combined. The ENTERTAINMENTS OF THIS CIRCUS are presented to its patioi.s surrounded by the attri butes of respectability and elegance, and purified of all objectionable features. The present tour of STONE & M URRAY’S CIR CUS will convince all those who attend its exhibi tions that it is worthy of ihe claim of being “The Best In Ihe World.” STONE & MURRAY’S CIRCUS travels entirely by railroad, on special trains ; therefore no attempt is made to deceive the public by a parade c f empty wagons, drawn by hired horses; but its exhibitions, which are generally acknowledged by all the leading journals of the country to be INCOMPARABLY SUPERIOR to those of any other Circus, will he given ON A SCALE OF GRANDEUR, and with such BRILLIANT EFFECT, that they will be events long to lie remembered by every pa tron. To make tbe announced exhibitions unprecedent edly successful and attractive, STONE & MURRAY pledge themselves to redeem every promise of excel lence, feeling confident that their extra large Troup.e will excite the a-lmiration and fnifill the expectations of their patpons. DON’T FORGET THE DAY AND DATE, FRIDAY. NOVEMBER 6, And don’l mistike this MAMMOTH EXHIBI TION for one of tbe ordinary shows now in this country; and don’t pay any attention lo the invita tion ol any concern, ‘‘TO WAIT AND BE DE CEIVED.” Remember that THIS IS THE ONLY FIRST CLASS, LEGITIMATE CIRCtJS that will visit Augusta this season. Tickets for STONE & MURRAY’S CIRCUS will be lor sale at Schreiner S Son’s Music Store, 183 Broad street, three days in advance. oct2B-d9if mnaros te BMSBB, 132 BROAD STREET, AUGUSTA . ChA. JET 1 U IK- IW ’MU’ MM. *3 9 OF EVERY DESCRIPTION, FROM THE FINEST TO iHE CHEAPEST. Having enlarged our establishment, we invite the tublic to examine our NEW AND EXTENSIVE STOCK. 0c129-3m GREAT MfliifllH AT THE FREDERICKSBURG STORE. V. RICHARDS & BROS., WHOLESALE AND RETAIL DEALERS IN FOREIGN AAISTD 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 detei min ed not to be undersold by any house South. Their goods are all the llrst-class and best. makes, selected with the greatest care by their buyer, who, being in New A oik all the season, enables him to select the latest and most fashionable goods in the maiKet. New Goods received daily. Something new always to be found at the FREDER ICKSBURG STORE, at the LOWEST PRICES. They eau say, without hesitancy, that their stock of Dress Goods cannot be surpass ed inelegance, beauty, variety or low prices, having all the novelties of the season. Particular attention is called to this Department. TIIEIR 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 BOYS, 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, &c., &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. They invite all to call and examine their stock, as goods will be fairly and cheerfully SHOWN. W.EIOIUES-AXi E BObM TJ3 3 STATUS, To which the attention of Merchants is particularly invited. The stock was never larger, more complete or varied. They guarantee to compete with New \oik pi ices. V. RICHARDS & BROS., :tOl IfROAI) STREET, CORNER BY THE PLANTERS’ HOTEL. oct2B-G SOUTHERN TOBACCO AGENCY. BLAIR, SMITH &CO., XKEeroliaiiLts, 298 BROAD STREET, AUGUSTA, GA. AV E HAVE IN STORE AND OFFER TO THE TRADE, FIVE THOUSAND BOXES MANUFACTURED TOBACCO, CONSISTING, IN PART, OF THE FOLLOWING WELL KNOWN BRANDS, VIZ: Holland’s Hidden Treasure D. Jones’ Rose Bud W. D. Stultz’s Fig Twist W. D. Stultz’s Rough and Ready Twist Tatum’s Queen of the Yalley J. T. Keen’s Forest Rose J. T. Keen’s Count Bismark Martin Burk T. 0. Kale Ragland’s Oronoke Randolph, y 2 pounds ALSO, FIFTY THOUSAND POUNDS SMOKING TOBACCO, of various styles and grades, comprising, iu part, the following favorite brands, viz: Roanoke Navy Scarfalletti Durham (genuine) Pride of Caswell Peach and Honey Selling EXCLUSIVELY ON COMMISSION and receiving our stock directly from the Manufacturers in Virginia and North Carolina, wc are prepared to till orders at the Very Lowest Market Rates. SAMPLES will be sent by Express when desired. oetlO-linif Wholesale Dry Goods. FALL TRADE, 1868. D. R. WRIGHT & €O., 333 Broad Street, Augusta, Gin., ItiLaVK now received a large, complete and at tractive stock of FALL & WINTER GOODS, NOTIONS, &C., To which alinopt daily additions will be made through the season. We buy for CASH from Importers, Manufacturers’ Agents and at auction, at the LOWEST PRICES. We are prepared to offer to Cosh buyers INDUCE MENTS UNSURPASSED by any house in the South. AUGUSTA FACTORY GOODS GRANITEVILLK FACTORY GOODS RICHMOND FACTORY GOODS of all descriptions constantly on hand. Wc invite examination of our STOCK and PRICES by merchants and all buyers of Dry Goods. aug2B-4mlf COTTON SEED. 1,000 BUSHELS PURE PROLIFIC COTTON SKI'D for sale. Price, $3 00 per bushel, s-ickpd, and delivered at the Railroad Depot, cither Mayfield or Sparta. WM. W. SIWI’SON, Sparta, Ga. lIF.FF.II TO Dr. Jas. U. Laks, Washington, Ga. Sahi’l Eahsftt, Esq , Washington, Ga. A. G. Simpsox, Notasulga, Ala. B. T. Harris, Esq., Sparta, Ga. T. J. JLittle, Keq., Sparta, Ga. W. H. Brabtly, Esq., Culverton, Ga. Jas. T. Gardiner, Augusta, Ga. oct2B-3m C. H. PHINIZY, (SUCCESSOR TO E. PDIBIZT k 00.) Cotton Factor and Commission Merchant, At old stand of F. Phihiet S Cos., Jy2-lyif JACKSON ST.. AUGUSTA, GA- Liquors at the Reduced Tax. 75 BBLS WHISKY,aII grades 16 bbls. BRANDY, GIN and RUM 15 H Casks, Sherry, Port and Madeira WINE ALSO A full supply of HOLLAND GIN, imported BRAN DY, Ac. Just received and for sale at the Re duced Tax, by augl2tf O’DOWD * MULHKKIN. Winfree’s Cross J. L. Clayton’s Gold Leaf J. A. Smith’s Gold Leaf Belle of Piedmont Lilly of the Valley Ellie Knight J. J. Hankin’s Virginia Crown J. S. Lovelhce’s Extra May Flower Harry Lee Bee Wing, 10’s Guerrilla Club Highlander Cape Jessamine Chanticleer Queen, &c., &c. MARKET NOTICE. 'Tits MEAT AND VEGETABLE STALL the Upper and Lower Markets will lie rented on the FIRST MONDAY in NOVEMBER next, at the Lower Market House, at 10 o’clock, n. m. Persons holding Stalls can retain the same for the next year at the assessment of last year; provided arrearages are paid before the day of renting. Parlies in arrears on that day will not be permitted to retain their Stalls or to rent any other. The Green Grocer’s Ordinance will be 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, 1869. Sums of Fifty Dollars, or lose, cash. EPHRAIM TWEEDY, oct22-td Chairman Market Committee. M. T. STOVALL, D. E. BUTLER, Os Augusta, Ga. Os Madison, Morgan Cos., Ga. STOVALL & BUTLER, Ootton Warehouse AND General Commission Merchants* NEW FIRE PROOF WAREHOUSE Southwest Corner Bay and Jackson Sts, AUGUSTA, GA. oct26-d6l*clm MERWIN, TAYLOR & snil'MN.S Manufacturers, Importers and Wholesale Dealers in Arms, Ammunition, Guns, Pistols, SPORTING MATERIALS, Fishing Tackle, Powder and Shot, MUSKETS, So., So. Sole AGENTS for W. R. Pope’s Celebrated BREECH-LOADING SHOT GUNS, BALLARD BREECH-LOADING RIFLES and SHOT GUNS, Eagle Arms Company’s FRONT-LOADING RE VOLVERS, Pocket and Belt Sizes; English, Ameri can, French and German SHOT GUNS, all stylos, qualities and prices. Particular attention given to orders by mail. a»S BROADWAY, Exactly Opposite Btxwabt’s Down Town Store, NEW YORK. sep7-d*acßra WOOD, WOOD, WOOD. Q"OOD SEASONED WuOD will he delivered at •3 50 PER CORD. Apply to A. P. ROBERTSON, oct2o-tf No. 146 Broad street,