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CONSTITUTIONALIST.
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WfiDNfeSDAY MORNING, JAN. 20,1869
AN EXCELLENT JOKE.
We did not publish the World correspond
ent’s “ Conversations with Gen. Grant,”
for the reason that they bore on their" very
face the impression of travesty, and for the
further reason that they evinced a deal more
of acumen, wit, scholarship and graceful
ness than Grant ever was credited with.
We looked upon the whole matter as a
superb lour de force like Smith’s “ Rejected
Addresses ,” or Mii.es O’Rejlley’s “ Dinner
at Delmomco's ,” in which marvelous essay
speeches were put into the mouth* of the
most famous New Yorkers, imitative of
their peculiar styles, but ludicrously dis
torted beyond comparison. Believing that
most persons, even those who read or pub
lished them, were daintily suspicious of the
“ Conversations,’’ what was the public as
tonishment when Gen. Grant, in propria
persona, comes forth to contradict (hem in
a manner at once undignified and absurd.
The World has made a genuine sensation.
It has actually made Grant sensitive and
demonstrated that at least one-half of his
impenetrability and reticence is a mere
farcical assumption—a b't of dramatic fus
tian no more like real taciturnity than a
tobacconist’s Indian is like the savage of
the plains.
The Washington correspondent of the
Baltimore Gazette says these disclosures of
the New York journal were instigated by
parties having Cabinet aspirations and who
had not concealed their tracks. Hence the
General’s denial to please his friends who
had been so cunninarly unmasked. Even
regarding it in this strategic way, what a
pitiful exhibition it has made of the Gen
eral. The World has achieved a splendid
feat. It has touched Grant on the raw and
proved him to be of common clay after all.
It has done more than this; it has compet
ed him to immortalize by a denial what
would have perished in a week without
contraction. Since Edgar Poe’s “ Gold
no such stupendous joke ending with such
Bug” or the “ Balloon Hoax,” there has been
magnificent success. The Pen has, in this
instance, quite out-generaled the Sword.
OUR DANGER.
Under this caption, the Charleston News
has an editorial which is at once timely
and sensible. It should command the at
tention and approbation of all men who
are uot entirely mad on the subject of
cotton as an exclusive crop. The News
says:
"The cotton crop of I§oß has been a God
send to the South' We have money in abund
ance, our credit is rapidly improving, the
chains are broken which bound ns, our future
is bright with hope. And yet all this be
an evil, rather thau a good, if we do not per
severe in that wise agricultural policy whose
first fruits we now enjoy.
“Our danger is that the planter may be
tempted by high prices—the result of a mode
rate crop, growing trade and reckless specula
tion —to pitch huge crops of cotton. Each
man who sold upland cotton at 25 or 27 or 2!)
cents a pound, doubtless wished that he had
twenty bnles instead of ten, or a hundred in
place of fifty. This feeling, however natural,
we must conquer or be undone.
“ We have made money by the cotton crop of
1868, because cotton was not our Irst and prin
cipal care. There had been two seasons of anx
iety, disappointment and loss, which forced tta,4
planter to acknowledge that his only safety lay
in securing, at any cost, what broad and meat
he required. The dullest and most wrong-head
ed could sec this necessity, and, as a conse
quence, the South produced all the breadstnffs
she tieeded. the corn crop of South Carolina
alone being 2,000,000 bushels more than it was
in 1807. Cotton was a secondary consideration
with the planter; but the two-and-a-half million
of bales which form the crop of the year have
still brought us more money than four million
bales would have done at the prices of before
the war. Had the whole strength of the South
been directed to the culture of cotton the crop
would have been three million bales or more,
and then our fortunes would have been staked
upon one cast of the die, prices would have
fallen and the purchase of Western grain would
have swallowed up the greater part of the net
proceeds of onr cotton. As it is, we have been
independent of outside help. We have not eaten
into the morrow, we have net been obliged to
throw our cotton upon the market, and we ap
proach another season with distended purses
and the fairest prospects of success.
“ But the lessons of tins year and of the
years which have preceded it will be worse
than thrown away, if high prices induce our
planters to make cotton their king and not
their slave. The first labor, the first thought,
the first pains, should be given to wheat, corn
and provisions; and then, and not before,
might the reign of cotton begin. We should
have the best seed, serhs to improve the staple ;
fertilizers should be used freely, so as to in
crease the yield per acre; no more land should
he plauted than can be cultivated regularly and
well. And a cotton crop made in this manner
will repeat the lesson of 1868, and realize for
us far more money than a larger yield at lower
prices with millions of dollars to pay away in
buying oui»daily bread.
“ There is, we repeat, bnt one safe plan :
Plenty op provisions first and next a
moderate crop of cotton. If our planters
will stick to this policy, they will grow rich ; if
they do not, they will assuredly rue the day
when the desire to become suddenly wealthy
caused them to forsake the plain paths of pru
dence and common sense.”
At It Again.—Wendell Phillips is
after General Grant again. He compla’is
of his •* childish reticence and obstinate
silence.” He describes him as “ thoroughly
American in the worst sense of the name
during our worst times.” He says he has
“ no extra trust in Mr. Grant’s knowledge
of the indispensable preliminaries to peace.”
The fact is, Phillips has a mighty poor
opinion of everybody but Phillips, and
considering the magnitude of the evil by
him accomplished, we do not marvel at his
self-conceit and acridity.
Extremes Meet. —Some of the roost
prominent red-hot secessionists of Mis
sissippi, such as General S. J. GnonsoN,
General W. S. Featherston, General E. C.
Walthal, General Reuben Davis, General
A. M. West, Colonel W. M. Inge, Judge
Locke, E. Houston, Hon. James T. Har
rison,. Hon. Colonel R. W. Phipps, Judge
Jahnigan, Hon. L. Q. C. Lamar, Judge
llowery, and Hon. Beverly Matthews,
are willing to accept universal suffrage and
Congressional reconstruction in good faith.
Joy go with them !
A Strange Coincidence.— Mr. Johnson
started on his Presidential course with 47
hostile Radicals against him. Grant makes
exactly the same beginning. The end of
the one will probably be very different from
that of the other.
Pungent.—A Detroit paper calls Black
Kettle’s orphans “ fatherless skillets.”
Which is as much as to say that Black
Kettle has gone to pot.
IkSSt
Covode’s Defeat. —In John Covodes
district, there is a Benedictine Monastery.
Pending the recent election in Pennsylva
nia, Covode’s friends threatened to burn
this monastery in case the monks or their
lay brethren voted the Democratic t cket.
The«e religious persons, though citizen ,
seldom went to the p6lis, but tins bru a
menace brought them forth and every vote
went against Covode. Smarting under
this infliction of just punishment, Covode
is warring in Congress against Catholicity.
For a moment, he relaxes his grip upon the
South in order to collar the Pope. W e pre
dict that both the South and the Pope will
triumph over his infamy.
A Rebel Outlook. —The vacancies
occasioned by Hooker’s resignation and
Rousseau’s death, cause the Springfield
(Mass.) Republican to observe :
“ It is greatly to be regretted on many ac
counts that, we are not far enough advanced yet
to take advantage of the splendid military
talent of the South. But we suppose we can
not expect soon to see even such truly repent
ant and reconstructed rebels ns General Long
strcct again in the service.”
Then and Now.—At the termination of
the war, Southern lands could have been
bought for a few cents an acre. The same
are hard to get for a few dollars now. The
New York limes admits this as evidence of
Southern recui>eration. If, instead of perse
cuting us, our Northern brethren had pur
chased of us. they would have made an ex
cellent bargain. They should be made to
pay liberally now.
Adulteration of Drugs. —The World
is investigating the drug business. Its
commissioner has found opium mixed with
sticks, sand, flour and earth. Rhubarb is
frightfully reduced and occasionally dis
guised beyond recognition, etc., etc. We
will have to organize anew school of medi
cine to keep pace with the “spirit of the
age.”
Hobart Pasha.— Cable telegrams about
Turkey frequently mention the name of
Hobart Pasha. He is an Englishman,
and a brother of Lord Hobart. In Eng
land he was called “ Dog Hobart.” As he
has not changed his religion as well as liis
nationality, t”e Turks may be excused for
calling him melodramatically “Dog.of a
Christian!”
Progress. —A Bourbon has turned up
differing toio cailo from his ancestry. He
has learned something and forgotten every
thing. He is brother-in-law of Queen Isa
bella* once Vice Admiral in the Spanish
fleet, and now an advocate of a truly Re
publican (orm of government in Spain. The
world moves.
Paraguay. —Cable dispatches presage
the fall of Paraguay. Villeta is captured.
The Brazilian fleet is before Asuncion, and
Lopez, with a few followers, is a fugitive.
Perhaps this is the end of a gallant strug
gle ; perhaps the end of regular warfare,
and the beginning of interminable guerrilla
combats.
Caustic. —The negro convention now in
session in Washington called upon Langs
ton, “ the intelligent contraband,” for a
speech. Here is a part of what he said :
“ The ernemy ot the colored man was to be
found in the North. The negro in the South
has his rights, can vote and hold office, but
in the North it is different.”
Aged but Industrious. —There died at
Winnsboro, S. C., the other day, a negro
man aged 110 years. During the last year
of his life he made two bales of cotton and
twenty bushels of corn. He did his own
hoeing and picking. We know of many
stalwart youths not half so plucky.
Proposed Cession. —lt is actually moot
ed in England to cede Gibraltar to Spain.
[From the Phitidf Iphia Age.
Negro Rule.
What is a republican form of govern
ment? may be considered one of the conun
drums of our day. The Iramers of the
Constitution of the United States said in
that instrument: “The United States shall
guarantee to every State in this Union a
republican form of government.” What
did they mean by it ? Till onr day, a man
who had doubted their meaning would
have been set down as a blockhead. They
meant to preserve republican government
as it then existed in the States which had
lately thrown off the yoke of a foreign
king. But since anew party, called Re
publican, has sprung up, we have its lead
ers declaring that they think the States
who formed the Union and the Constitu
tion meant to provide for their own imme
diate destruction ; for. say these new lights,
wone of those governments were republi
can! What is republican? would then be
a fair question. We think we know the
Radical answer—if uttered frankly. A re
publican government is a government in
which negroes participate. No negro, no
republic, that is an easy test, and only a
blind man could miss it. AH the States
where the white man restricts to himself
political authority—such States, for in
stance, as Pennsylvania, Ohio’, Maryland—
are not republican. They are despotisms,
we suppose; while a real “ free couutry ”
is only to be found in those happy regions
where, by the reconstruc ion act, “said
governments are to be continued subject in
all respects to the military commanders of
the respective districts, and to the para
mount authority of Congress.” But onr
great national favorite, the African, in his
specimen of self-government in Hayti, is
bringing himself into such discredit that
his friends in Washington actually want to
establish a protectorate over him. Recon
struct him, and give him a military ruler,
and then Hayti might take its place among
the new, patent Radical republics which
are the rank fungus growth of our day.
But, on motion of Judge Woodward, the
House laid this bill on the table, and self
governed Hayti continues as a specimen
and a warning of the effects of negro rule.
[From the New York Journal of Commerce.
How They Lay in Groceries at Washington.
They manage things neatly at Washing
ton. Suppose that the purchaser of sup
plies in one of the departments wants flour,
sugar and such things for his private pan
try, he does not necessarily buy and pay for
them as common people do. No. He gives
an order (say) for two dozen hair brushes,
$24; and do. do. combs, $12 —total, $36. —
These are supposed to be for slicking up
the heads of secretaries, commissioners,
chiefs of bureaus, &c., so that after tfieir
arduous labors of the day, they may go
forth into Pennsylvania avenue with their
ambrosial locks (or wigs) arranged in the
most rakish and captivating style. Oddly
enough the order goes to a grocer. The
grocer, not dealing largely in hair brushes
and combs, (perhaps being actually short
of those articles,) thinks it would be lust as
satisfactory to all concerned if he sent to
tiie department oue-half dozen brushes, $6,
and do. do. combs, s3—total, $9; and or
dered his porter to take to the private resi
dence of the Government purchaser the fol
lowing nntricious substances: One barrel
of flour, $10; sugar, coffee, &c. } $17 —total,
$27. Any person skilled in addition will
perceive that these items figure up $36, the
same as two dozen brushes and combs
would have done. The Government pur
chaser, having ordered in writing brushes
and comb#; "as aforesaid, finds it much
easier and pleasanter to certify that the
two dozen of each had been received than
to have the flour, sugar, &c., wagoned back
to the grocer’s and make corrections on the
books, and incur no cud of bother. This
plan of laying in groceries is capable of in
definite application. Bureaus, sideboards,
sofas, wardrobes, carpets, drop lights and
gas fixtures may all gradually swell the
for as brushes, combs and what not. For
such men to retire at the end of three or
four years’ service with $70,000 or SBO,OOO
would not be remarkable. It is only a
question of buying enough liair brushes
and combs. j
Another curious problem that.they work
out very prettily at Washington is now to
get horses and carriages at Government
expense. Various solutions are offered;
but the best is that invented by the com
missioner of an important bureau. His de
partment has an official horse and a car
riage. These he sends round to his own
stable, where they cost to take of (say)
S7O a week. This money is paid out of de
partment funds When a carriage is really
wanted at his office, a hack is hired, and
that goes into “ contingent expenses.”—
Ne it, isn’t it ? Well worth taking a patent
for.
China.
We make room for a few extracts from
a long and interesting article in the London
Globe, on the subject of China and its trade:
If we except India and the British colo
nies, there is no part of the world which
attracts so much of the commercial inter
est of Englishmen as the Chinese Empire.
It possesses all the essentials for a trade of
unrivalled extent and value. None have
yet fathomed its boundless resources, nor
can we estimate the vast industrial capa
bilities of the 300,000,000 of Chinamen.—
The European looks to China as to an au
riferous region, tempting indeed, but ap
proachable only by a mazy and, difficult
path, and where his presence is not courted,
his energy unappreciated, and his enter
prise scarcely tolerated. There are circum
stances Tom which it might reasonably be
inferred that the Europeans of the next
generation will regard China in a much
more favorable light. The Chinese Gov
ernment professes a desire to promote com
mercial intercourse between that empire
and Europe.
Tea production, which forms the princi
pal source of trade in China, has been sub
jected to serious checks and drawbacks.—
The recovery of the country from the de
population caused by the Taepings, it is
thought, can be at best but gradual, and
doubts are expressed whether China will
for the next few years be able to supply the
wants of the tea-drinking world, even sup
plemented as she is by Japan and India.—
Other causes have also operated against this
trade; but the results of last year seem to
be, on the whole, a subject for congratula
tion. “ The sad experience of a long series
of disastrous years,” we are told, “is be
ginning to bear fruit, and a healthy reaction
apparently awaits those who have survived
them. Except in so far that any great
breakdown of any important branch of our
trade, (such as the tea trade undoubtedly is)
affects indirectly the prosperity of the whole
people, the public at home has beuefltted
by the ruinous competition that lias existed
here; aud it seems probable that, with bet
ter times to the China merchant, will come
high prices to the consumer. The port of
Shanghae, which absorbs a great portion
of Chinese trade, had imports and exports
in 1867 amounting to £25,000,000, or about
a million over those of 1866. In imports
the principal feature has been the continued
expausion of the Northern trade. The dis
position and capacity of these provinces to
take off our manufactures, though tested, it
is shown his not been fully proved. Large
aud satisfactory as the trade has been, it
must have been conducted by the Chinese
purchasers under the disadvantages of in
security of transport from the operations of
civil war, and exactions from the combat
ants on both sides. “If the trade has
reached its present point under this state
of things,” Mr. Consul Winchester asks,
“ what would it not have attained had the
country enjoyed tranquility under a strong
and regular government? But, alas! from
the banks of the Yangtsze, opposite Chin
kiang, to the'walls of Tien-tsin, the hordes
of the Nienlie have roamed at will, in spite
of the ill-directed efforts of the imperial
chiefs.”
Canton maintained its trading activity
even through the late period of mercantile
depression. In quantities its exports and
imports in 1867 were in excess of the pre
ceding year, though in value they declined
from £8,500,000 to £7,500,000. “No city in
the empire,” remarks Mr. Consul Robertson,
“ shows such signs of material prosperity
as that of Canton. The streets and river
are crowded with a busy population, the
shops are large and well filled, and the peo
ple robust, intelligent and. industrious—a
sure indication of being well to do. The
fact is, th“ British colony of Hong Kong,
some six or seven hours distant, and with
which there is a daily steam communica
tion, is the headquarters of the trade of
this port, and to obtain a true estimate of it
one must know what is bought and sold
there—a matter of impossibility.” The Im
port trade appears to have passed into
Chinese hands, the goods being now pur
chased at Hong Kong instead of Canton.
But the foreign merchant has had the ad
vantage in the export trade, the Chinese
not being sufficiently advanced to monopo
lize this branch of foreign commerce, al
though symptoms of a change or system
are said to be not wanting.
The port of Ningpo has made rapid
strides in trade, thus asserting what is be
lieved to be its natural right to become the
tea depot of the province of Chekiang. This
province, with its thirty millionsof popula
tion, is believed to be one of the richest in
China.
[Correspondence Church Journal.
Spanish Beanty.
I had heard very much of the beauty of
Spauish women, but indeed the half of the
truth was not and cannot be told. Some
times, heretofore, when standing half en
tranced before Murillo’s have
wondered whence came his ideal of inspira
tion ; but his Madonnas and Magdalens
only walk the streets of Madrid and other
cities of Spain. He had but to paint the
portraits of his friends. Often have I
stopped in utter astonishment at such rav
ishing beanty. The features, form, the
movement, the expression, are Roman dig
ntty combined with Moorish grace; the
stateliness of Zenobia with the voluptuous
ness of Cleopatra. Can it be that such
Summer evening twilight of repose can
ever give place to the dark, stormy night
of demoniac passion? That vice, treach
ery, falsehood, lurk under that angelic ex
terior ?
The statue of the Venus de Milo, in the
Louvre, of Paris, and the statue of the
Venus de Medicis, in the Tribune, at Flor
ence, have divided the admiration of the
world. They represent two types of wo
manhood, differing as night and day; the
former strong, sensuous, affectional and
faithful friend, the constant wife, the devo
ted mother; the latter light, volatile, spirit
ual, brilliant, impulsive. The first, typifies
the English woman; the last the French.—
A combination of the two constitutes the
perfection of womanhood, as found in the
Spanish Senora. She is evidently the re
sult of. many generations of the first cul
ture. The climate, the scenery, the ro
mance, the chivalry, the grand and stirring
scenes of Spanish history, have perfectly
matured and developed the Roman and
Moorish blood that flows in her veins into
a being finer than poet or painter ever con
ceived. Those brilliant dark eyes and
raven hair, coral lips, pearly teeth, the deli
cate complexion, the shading and penciling
of her eyelashes and brows, the shapely
features, the expression of affection and
warmth, the repose and dignity blended in
her expression, the grace of manner, are in
describable. Her flowing black dress, man
tilla, veil and the fan, set off the beauties of
her person, and her ease of movement seems
without effort and more like gliding than
walking. She is not seemingly offended or
affected by the extravagant flattery or com
pliments paid her, but accepts it in appa
rent innocent unconsciousness of its being
anything improper, any more than if it had
been addressed to the lily, the rose, a pic
ture, or any work of art. If she be art
ful, she possesses the higher art of conceal
ing it.
Musical.— The latest musical invention in
England is a “ Piano-forte aud Organ Key and
Finger 'Warmer.” It appears that the improve
ment consists of the application under the keys
of the instrument Os the means of warming
them and the surrounding air, and, therefore,
also the hands of the performers.
Take a fresh egg, at one end of it make a
hole to admit the finger, thmsi the diseased
finger into it, bandage closely, and being kept
so one night, the finger will be well of whit
lotf.
It takes thirty thousand men to ran the San
day railroad trains in this country.
Georgia State Lottery
FOR T&E BENEFIT OF THE
M agonic Orphan’s Home.
The following were the drawn tui miters. In the Sup
plementary Scheme, drawn at Augusta, Georgia,
January 19.
MORNING DRAWING—CLtss No. 31.
aa 39 75 a» i 57 *6 a* 33 4a so ai 78
13 Drawn Number*.
EVENING ORAWING-Oi.*ss No. 32.
15 50 98 47 11 13 18 73 37 »5 64 75 8 74
.4 Drawn Number*.
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SPECIAL NOTIGESr
■ AUGUSTA CHAPTER, No. 2, R.’. A.-. M.-.-The
Regular Convocation of this Chapter will be held in Chap
ter Room (Masonic Hall), THIS (Wednesday) EVE
NING, at 7 o’clock. »
By order of W. H. Rich, M.\ E.\H.\ P.’.
CHARLES G. GOODRICH,
Jan9o-1 Secretary.
NOTICE.
Office Assistant Superintendent, !
Georgia Railroad, >
Augusta, oa., January loih, 1889. )
Until further notice, a NIGHT TRAIN will be run on
the Athens Branch, in connection with Night Passenger
Trains on the Main Lina, on MONDAY and TUESDAY
NIGHTS, commencing on the lgili inst, leaving Athens
at 8:00, p. m.; returning, ariiving at Athens at 5:15, a. m
S. K. JOHNSON,
janl6-lm Assistant Superintendent.
97" Atlanta and Athens papers copy 30 times.
OFFICIAL,
Executive Department,)
Atlanta, Ga., Jinuary 12, 1859. $
Pursuant to Section Ist of the Tax Act, approved sth
of October, 1865 wliicn authoriz> n the Governor, with the
assistance of the Comptro'ler General, to assess and levy
such a per centgge 9n the taxable property as will pro
duce, in the estimation of the Governor, the sum of Five
Hundred Thousand Dollars, ixclusive of specific taxes,
and after approximate g as nearly as practicable the
amount in value of all taxable property In the State as
exhibited in the digests, it is ordered that four-tenths of
one per cent, be assessed a-d collected upon the amount
of the value of property returned by each tax payer, sub
ject to taxation a / valorem.
RUFUS B. BULLOCK,
Governor.
Madison Deli.,
Comptroller Gen-ral. j .ml 5-30
Tl»*s Machine, Called Man,
la a very complicated and delicate one. and is more lia
ble to get oat of order, and much moVe difficult to repair,
than any combination of wheels, and cranks, and levers,
made by the hands of man. Asa rule, it is tinkered too
muck, end badly tinkered at that. It la often calomel
ixed, narcotized, dep’eted, and othebwi.se misused, when
all that it ready needs is a wholesome tonic and restora
tive, like HOS LETTER'S STOMACH BITTERS, to pat
it in proper trim and keep jt so. The stomach is shame
fully maltreated. In the first place, the food which its
juice3 are intended to dissolve, is toQ_ frequently thrown
into it hastily, and in a half masticated condition, in
which state the gastric acid cannot properly act upon it.
The result is dyspep.ia Then comes the doctor, and,
finding the and gestive organs weak and the bowels inert,
he proceeds 'o weaken and paralyze sti 1 more with dras
tic purgatives. These fail lie —as they always and pro
duce a s dulary cluing*, be t Us the invalid that medical
science can do no m ire for him. This, with ail due defer
ence. is a mistake—one of those mistakes which Talley
rand Ba and were tantamount te crime.. What the dyspep
tic needs is invigoration. Sirengthea the stomach with
HOSTETTKR S BITTERS, and the stomach will
strengthen cv ry other part of the human machine, and
make it, in common parlance, as good as new. Upon the
state ot the digestion depend*, in a m.asuie, the condi
tion of the whole rystera. Now, the Bit ers are tho most
adm rable ionic known. They consist of the finest vege
table invigorants ami res'orutives, combined with an
unadulterated stimulant. The dyspeptic needs nothing
else to effect a cure, except a light, nutritious diet, and
a fair amount of exercise. Even in the absence of these
last mentioned accessories, the tonic and alterative prop
erties of the preparation will work wonders, enabling the
dyspeptic to dig-st inferior fare with comparative ease,
and to maintain a good habit of body, in spite of the draw
backs of a sedentary occupation. V jan's-tebt
war MAKE YOUR STATE AND COUNTY TAX RE
TURNS.—Notice is hereby given to all parties concerned,
that for the purpose of giving them an opportunity of mak
ing said returns in accordance with the law, that 1 shall
attend at the store of Armstrong <fc Kelly from 10. am.,
to 2, p. m., fr om Monday, the 28lh inst., until the closing
of tile D gest, Saturdays excepted, on which days I shall
attend at the Court Grou ds of the Couutry Districts on
their respective court days. All persons who have made
their returns to John B. Vaughn must see that they are
in accordance with the law, aud will have to call on me
at once for that purpose.
MATTHEW SIIEItON,
Tax Receiver Richmond County.
Chronicle copy. . dec97-tf
Mayor’s Office, at City Hall, ?
Augusta, December 6,1868. j
On and after Monday, Ihe 7th inst., mv office hours
will be from 34. p. m., to 5, p. m., and all citizens having
official business with me will call at the Mayor’s office
during those hours, and not at my place^husiness.
11. F, UciSfeLL.
dec6-tf Mayor C. A.
DR. H. T. CAMPFIELD,
DENTIST,
Rooms, 223 Broad Street,
Opposite Central Hotel.
octl7-3m
Wolfe’s Schiedam Schnapps.
A LARGE SUPPLY of this jußtly celebrated Medici
nal article lust received.
The Trade supplied at small advance on Pioprlotos’r
prices. W. H. TUTT & LAND,
O’DOWD & MULIIERIN,
oct3l-3in Agents for Augusta.
ROBERTS) MORRIS & SHIVERS)
* EACTORS
AND
COMMISSION MERCHANTS
Mclntosh Street, Augusta, Ga.
Commission for Helling Cotton, ONE AND A
QUARTER TER CENT.
,jy22-6m
JAS. T. GARDINER,
Mclntosh Street, Augusta, Ga.fi
DEALER IN
Pure Peruvian Guano
AND
Baugh’s Raw Bone Super-Piospliate,
And ior which all orders will receive prompt atten
tion, at the LOWEST CASH PRICKS.
oct22-6m
COTTON SEED.
1,000 BUSHELS PURE PROLIFIC
COTTON SEED for sale. Price, s3*t)o per bushel
sacked, and delivered at the Railroad Depot, either
Mayfield or Sparta.
WU. W. SIMPSON,
Sparta, Ga.
REFER TO 1
pr. Jab. H. Lanr, Washington. Ga.
Sam’l Barnett, Esq , Washington, Ga.
‘ A. G. Simpson, Notasulga, Ala.
B. T. Harris, Esq., Sparta, Ga.
T. J. Little, Esq., Sparta, Ga.
W. H. Brastly, Esq , Culverton, Ga.
Jas. T. Gardiner, Augusta, Ga. oct2B-3m
AGENTS
FOR THJE SALE OF
PRINCETON FACTORY YARNS.
BARRETT & CASWELL.
decn-tf
BAGGING.
1 ROLLS Extra Heavy BENGAL BAG.
GINO
For saln by BLAIR, SMITH & GO.
janlS-3
BOOK FACTORY,
MAYFIELD, GA.,
Manufactures superior yarns, sheet
INGS, SHIRTINGS, OSNABUBGB, KERSEYS
and JEANS. Z. Mo CORD, Agent,
novl-8m Augusta, Ga.
New Advertisements
Augusta Canal and Water Works*
NOTICE.
PERSONS holding claims against the
above nentioned Works, authorised by the under
signed, which have not already been audited, are re
quested to hand them in at once, that they may be
placed before the City Council at its next Regular
Meeting. WILLIAM PHILLIPS,
jan2o 3 Kx-Eng’r A. Canal and W. Works ■
IfOTICE
TO THE POLICY HOLDERS
OP THE
St. Louis Mntnal Life Insurance Cos.
HOLDERS, and all others interested,
are hereby informed that I have received the ap
pointment as Agent at Augusta for the ST. LOUIS
MUTUAL LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY, nnd
am prepared to take out new Policies and furnish Re
newal Certificates (at the proper time) to those al
ready insured.
Can be always found at*Dr. Hatton's Drug Store,
near the Bell Tower.
JOHN L. HARDMAN,
January 20th. Agent.
janSM-3
CENTRAL, Ist MORTGAGE
MISS. CENTRAL, 2d MORTGAGE
MISS, and
MISS, and TKNN., 2d MORTGAGE
UNION & SPARTANBURG R. R.
And all other SOUTHWESTERN BONDSwant
ed by
BRANCH, SONS A CO., Banker-,
223 Broad Street, Augusta, Ga.
jan2o-tf
MOINA COTTON SEED.
jA PRIME LOT. Samples of the Cotton on
exhibition.
WARREN, LANE & CO.
jan3-2aw*c4
Pacific Guano Company's Soluble
PACIFIC GUANO.
Capital, One Million Hollars.
This GUANO differs from Peruvian Gnano
simply in the relative proportions of ti e same element
of fertility.
Its use during the past four years,*lor the culture of
Cotton and Corn, has given to it a character for stand
ard excellence unsurpassed by Peruvian Guano, and
when seasons of drought intervene it pi oduees a larger
increase of crops. The price at which this Guano is
placed is so much below that of Peruvian Guano as
to constitute it an object of material importance to
Southern agriculture.
The Company looks to “ large sales,” small “ prof
its” and a permanent trade for compensation on capi
tal invested.
The largo capital and resources of the Company en
ables it to furnish a Guano of the highest value, at
the lowest possible cost to consumers, and the highest
interest of the Company i. recognized in this policy.
Dr. St. Julian Ravknel, of Charleston, 8. 0., is
Scientific Director to the Company, which affords a
sure guarantee of the continued excellence of the
Guano.
None genuine unless branded with the name of
Joux S. Reuse A Cos., General Agents of the Pacific
Guano Company.
Cash prico for 2,000 lbs., S7O 00; payable Ist No
vember, 1869, with 7 per cent, interest added, $76 00,
with approved city acceptance.
My Warehouse is open to Planters, and they are in
vited to take a sample for experiment, without cost.
N. B.~Constantly on haand a full supply of PURE
PERUVIAN GUANO, FLOUR OF BONE and
LAND PLASTER.
J. O. MATHEW SON,
dec3-sntw4m Agent.
HUNT BEOS. & CO.,
CHARLESTON. S. C.
HUNT, THOMSON & CO.,
97 A 99 WATER STREET, N. Y.,
COTTON FACTORS
AND
Commission Merchants.
Having recently established a House In New
York, we are prepared to offer every facility for RE
CEIVING, FORWARDING and SELLING COT
TON and OTHER PRODUCE.
Liberal CASn ADVANCES made on consign
ments to either House, or to our friends in Liverpool.
Parties shipping to us can have the benefit of three
markets with one commission. -
jaol9-3m
GUANO.
WE will give PARTICULAR ATTENTION
to purchasing PERUVIAN GUANO, and WAR
RANT IT PURE.
HUNT, THOMSON A CO.,
97 nnd 99 Water Btreet, New York.
janl9-3m
NEW ORLEANS
Sugar and Molasses.
25 HHDS. N. O. SUGAR
50 Bbts. N. O. MOLASSES
In store and for sale by
janl9 3 BLAIR, SMITH A CO.
WHISKY.
300 BBLS. WHISKY, all grades
For sale by BLAIR, SMITH A CO.
janl9-3
MAGNOLIA HAMS. ~
20 CASKS celebrated MAGNOLIA HAMS
In store and for sale by
janl9 3 BLAIR, SMITH A CO.
FLOUR.
1,000 BBL3. FLOUR, all grades
For gale by BLAIR, SMITH & CO.
janl9-3
COFFEE.
100 BAGS Good to Prime RIO COFFER
For eale by BLAIR, SMITH & CO.
,ianl9-3
CO-PARTNERSHIP.
THE undersigned have formed a Co-Partnership,
taking effect on the 15th inst, under the firm name of
BARRETT A CASWELL,
For the purpose of conducting a GENERAL COM
MISSION BUSINESS in this city, at No. 248 Broad
street, next below the Globe Hotel.
THOMAS G. BARRETT,
Late of Barrett, Carter Sc Cos.
THEODORE D. CASWELL,
Late Baker Sc Caswell.
Aoovsta, Ga., November 29, 1868. nov29-tf
HATS, HATS, HATS.
WK have the LARGEST and BEST STOCK
of all kinds of HATS, and will sell at REDUCED
PRICES.
BOOTS AND SHOES.
1 HE balance of the stock of BOOTS and SHOES
now on hand will be closed out AT OOBT.
]ap!7-12 VAN WINKLE & CO.
WARREN & CO.,
BOSTON, MASS.
GEO. WARREN & CO.,
LIVERPOOL, ENG.,
SjOLICIT Consignments of COTTON and make
advances on same. novl#-8m
THEATRE.
Return of the Grand Company*
THREE WIGHTS ONLY !
THE GREAT SENSATIONS,
Gas Light, _
IVtazeppa,
Black Crook Scenes.
" o»o
Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday,
January 18th, 19tli and 39th.
janß-ll
MANUFACTURED
AND
SMOKING TOBACCO.
3,000 BOXES and Half Boxes
MANUFACTURED TO
IJAOOO, all styles and
grades
50,000 Lbs. SMOKING TOBAC
• CO, various brands
In store and for sale to the trade in lots to suit pur
chasers. BLAIR, SMITH A CO.,
janl9-3 ‘,98 Broad street.
NOTICE.
j\ PL PARTIES HOLDING TICKETS, and
also Money for Tickets, sold for Judge Aldrich’s
Lecture, on January 6, 1869, will make returns to
MtSSBUIE.
Edgefield C. 11., 8. C., January 18,1869.
janl9-l
CHEAP BOARD.
OFoOD, comfortable and substarftial BOARD,
with LODGING, can be had at. s2i per month, and
DAY BOARD at $2 '. Situation central, on Broad
street, convenient to business portion of city.
For further particulars call on Mr. Porter Flem
ing, in rear of Mr. Antoine Pocllain’s Store, corner
Broad and Jackson streets. janl3lm
Mmes. SEGIN’S
FRENCH MILLINERY AND DRESS MAKING
ESTABLISHMENT,
No, 338 Broad Street, Opposite Planters’
Hotel,
Have receded NEW BONNETS, HATS
BRIDAL WREATHS and VEILS, DIIESS TRIM
MINGS, etc. which will he sold at moderate prices
nov29 ts 1 *
NOTICE.
1 HAVE this day purchased the entire STOCK
and FIXTURES of the Store No. 312 Broad street
(lately belonging to J. N. Freeman), and will con
tinue the business from this date in all its branches.
Having had nenrly ten years’ experience in the
manufacture and sale of goods in this line, I hope, by
a strict attention to business, and my services devo
ted to the wants and interests of my customers, to
command tho confidence and merit a liberal share of
public patronage.
I shall keep constantly on hand a full supply of
WATCHES, CLOCKS, JEWELRY, SILVI-R
and SILVER-PLATED WARE, of all descriptions,
together with all other goods usually iound in this
business, all of which will be sold at SMALL PRO
FITS FOR CASH.
Particular attention given to the manufacture of all
kinds of HAIR WORK and RE-SETTING and
RE-MOUNTING DIAMONDS. Watches, Clocks
and Jewelry R KPAIRED. All work warranted, and
done on the most reasonable terms.
F. E. CRANE,
312 Broad Street,
Nearly opposite Planters’ Hotel.
Augusta, Ga., January 13,1869.
jaul7-0
C. T. WHITE, of Georgia,
WITH
RICARDS, LEFTWICH & CO.,
COMMISSION MERCHANTS,
NO. SO WBST LOMBARD ST., BAI.TIMORK,
PROPRIETORS BALTIMORE RIVET ANI)
SPIKE WORKS.
Refer to Charles Roorrs &■ Cos., Columbus, Ga.;
also, to Col. William Lamb, President First National
Bank, Norfolk, Va. dec2o-lm*
LAGER BIER.
r F HE cry is “ STII.L THEY COM E." Not the
Foe—but another full supply of that very superior
“WESTERN LAGER BIER,” at the Depot, 320
opposite Planters’ Hotel. A. BOIINE.
myl7-tf
SUNDBIES.
10,000 POUNDS LEAF LARD, in
tierces and cans
200 Bhls. FLOUR, ass’d grades
150 Sacks RIO COFFEE, ass’d
grades
100 Bbls. RefIncdJSUGARS
500 Bbls. Planting POTATOES
200 Boxes nnd Half-Boxes AD
AMANTINE: CANDLES
200 Packages MACKEREL,
last catch
50 Casks Carolina RICE
HORTON A WALTON.
Janl7-d6kc4
DISSOLUTION.
f I I HE firm of Ramey, Story & Timberlakk was
this day dissolve# by mutual consent. The business
of the old firm will be wound up by Ramrt A Tim
bhrlakk, who will contiuue the business at their old
stand. J* D. RAMEY,
B. G. STORY,
F. A. TIMBERLAKK.
January 15th, 1869.
A CARD.
1 N retiring from the laic firm of Rahby, Story &
Timbbslace, I cordially recommend my successors,
Ramby Sc Timberlakr, to the business public.
S. G. STORY.
Jakcary 15th, 1869. jaul6-10
THOMAS COUNTY, GA.,
Plantation for Sale.
1 OFFER for sale, a PLANTATION in Thomas
county, four miles from Thomasville, consisting of
Twelve Hundred Two and a Half Acres first quality
LAND, with good dwelling, cabins, kitchen, bnrns,
stables, gin house, gin packing screw, blacksmith
shop, 4c., all under good fence ; five hundred acres
cleared, balance heavily timbered. There are three
hundred acres of Virgin Hammock—bounded on the
North side by the Atlantic and Gulf Railroad, on the
South by the Monticel'o road, and the new railroad
from Albany will come within half a mile of this
Plantation.
There is a neter-faillng creek of fine water running
through the Plantation. Also live wells and two
well stocked fish ponds on the preirises.
This place is known as the “ Seward Homo Place,”
being formerly the property of Hon. Jas. L. Sewarb.
The mules, horses and other stock, with all the
wagons and agricultural implements, will bo sold with
the place on reasonable terms.
For particulars, apply to
A. STEVENS, Augusta, Gn.,
or to A. P. Wrioht, Thomasville, Ga.,
or L. J. Guilmartin 5$ Cos., Savannah, Ga.
p. B.—There are two cfcurci.cs and two schoels In
Thomasville, Ga., fine climate and good neighbors.
nov29-d r *ctf
Clothing! Clothing!
PRICES REDUCED!
ill sell all clothing from THIS DATE AT
O q SX J. A VAN WINKLE.
Janl7-13
LARGE ADDITIONAL SUPPLIES
OF
Cheap Itpy Goods
AT
WHOLESALE AND RETAIL.
JAMES A.. GRAY & CO.,
228 BROAD STREET,
Have recently received large additional supplies of SEASONABLE DRY GOODS,
which they are offering to the public at VERY LOW PRICES.
100 Bales BROWN COTTONS
20 Cases Assorted LONG CI X)T 11
20 Cases Assorted PRINTS
100 Dozen BALMORALS
500 Dozen HOOP SKIRTS
200 Pairs BLANKETS, medium to fine, very cheap
20 Bales Striped USNABURG3
50 Bales White OSNABURGS
A SPLENDID LINE OF SIP AWLS,
And many other GOODS, to which they particularly direct the attention of Mer
chants assorting up their stocks, as the Goods will be sold LOW FOIt CASH, and
CASH ONLY.
JAMES A. GRAY & C 0„
ial)Clm 828 BROAD STREET, AUGUSTA. GA.
CIGARS, TOBACCO, SNUFF AND PIPES.
o
W E HAVE NOW ON HAND, nnd odor at very lowest CASH PRICES, the finest assortment of
HAVANA AND DOMESTIC CIGARS
Ever brought to this market. Also, all the best brands of CHEWING and SMOKING TOBACCO, Loril
lard’s celebrated MACOOBOY, SCOTCH and RAPPEE SNUFFS, in bulk, avs and bladders.
‘ I„ addition, we have just received a large ar.d beautifully selected variety of MKKRSCK AUM, BRIAR
LAVA, CLAY AND 01IALK PIPES.
a. VOLGER CO.,
. , ~ J 93 and 254 BROAD STREE
decl-tf
M. KETCHUM, of New York. A. L. IIARTRIDGE, Late of Ha.tkidqe & Neff
KETCHUM & HARTRIDGE,
NORTHEAST ROOM EXCHANGE BUILDING,
GEORGIA,
Dealers in domestic and fomiign exchange, gold, silver and un
current money. BUY and SELL STOCKS, BONDS, Ac. RECEIVE DEPOSITS, al
lowing 4 per cent, interest per annum on weekly balances of SSOO and upwards.
COLLECTIONS MADE in this city and all the principal towns of Georgia and Florida.
WILL MAKE ADVANCES on Consignments of COTTON, RICE, Ac., to ourselves or to
our Northern and European Correspondents. dec2o-Gm
AUGUSTA, GA.
jer u :»*. iw at nr mj -res*
OF EVERY DESCRIPTION, FROM THE FINEST TO THE CHEAPEST.
Having enlarged our establishment, wk invite the public to examine
NEW AND EXTENSIVE STOCK.
oct29-3m
Madame S.SOSNOWSKrs
Home .School for Young I,allies,
AT ATHENS, G
T fl ROUGH long and successful experience, Miffed
SOSNOWSKI feels contt.Wt in offering the very
best advantages for Female Education. United with
a corps of accomplished Teachers, great perfection in
every department may, by appHc vtion. be gained.
The branches of MUSIC, both Vocal and Instru
mental, together with I>RAWING nnd PAINTING,
are in the hands of experienced professors. Great
attention is paid to the French, this department be
ing under tho charge of a French gentleman.
The internal regulations are maintained on the
principle of parental authority, the great object being
to combine the Improvement, happiness and general
well-being of the pupil.
Scholastic Year from September 16th to July Ist, the
only interruption being the usual Christmas holidays.
Pupils -may enter at any time. Circulars will ho
forwarded on application. nov26-tf
LANIER HOUSE,
MACON. GEORGIA.
COIjTaIHUR. £c BOYS
Having assumed the management of thin
HOUSE, respectfully solicit a share of public pat
ronage.
FREE OMNIBUS to and from the House. At
tentive Porters. oct7-tf
AUGUSTA SEED STORE,
Mo. MO Broad Stroot,
(Girardey’a Old Stand,) between the Fountain and
Lower Market.
I AM now in receipt oi a large and full stock of tho
CHOICEST GARDEN SEEDS, many of which,
for superior quality', nro seldom found South. My
SEEDS are purchased in bulk, and put up in Au
gusta.
I never receive any of the trashy kinds, pnt up
North and sent out South on commission ; my stock
is oi the growth of 1808. I keep a SEED STORE
ON LY, and devote my whole energy to furnish the
SEEDS.
I am nlso in receipt of a full supply of choice PEAS
and BEANS, ONION SETS, Pennsylvania Gourd
Seed and other EARLY and EXTRA EARLY
CORN, White and Red CLOVER, Lucerne or
French CLOVER, Heard’s or Red Top Orchard
Mixed, Lawn and Kentucky BLUE GRASSES ;
genuine Early' Goodrich, Rose and .ate Harrison
POTATOES, at much reduced prices; two-year old
GIANT ASPARAGUS ROOTS, fine Double HYA
CH'INTHH and TUBE KOBE BULBS. A full stock
of FLOWER SEEDS to arrive shortly.
To all of which I respectfully invito tho attention
of the public. Merchants would do well to give me
a call before purchasing elsewhere.
nov2B eod3m G. I’E&IBLK.
To Parties Desiring to Hoid
COTTON.
X AM PREPARED TO SHIP COTTON TO
LIVERPOOL, advancing one-half market value,
have it he'd any reasonable timo, at SMALL COST,
in safe hands, and order prompt sale, by telegraph,
whenever desired by owners.
This compares favorably with risk on Plantation,
or expense of holding in American cities. For in
stance, in charges, Interost in Liverpool is only flvo
(5) per cent, per annum; Insurance about one pur
cent, per annum; Storage about twelve (12) cents per
balff per month; Commission and Brokerage being
samo as in ti.is country. Moro liberal advances
whore sales are not restricted as to time.
Similar arrangements for salo in Northern ports
will be made on best terms practicable. Uonsign
ments solicited, for sa'e hero or shipment as above.
HENRY BRYAN,
(Late of Bryan, Ilartridge & Cos.)
oct27-tf Savannah, Qa.
PASTURAGE.
"W" INTER AND SPRING »*ABTURAGK for
CATTLE, nt the EVE PLANTATION.
COW AND CALF for sale.
Apply to W. B. YOUNG,
300 Broad street,
or J. B. CAMPBELL,
janlS-0 At Eve Plantation.
ECONOMY!
Time, Money and Labor Saved.
THE AUTOM ATIC CLOTHES WASHER
AND BOILER.
1 nts most useful invention has been Introduced
into this city by the undersigned, who guarantees the
performance of all that is claimed for it. The co*t is
comparatively trifling—SlX DOLLARS -when is
considered tho amount of time, money and labor saved
by its use.
This Boiler oporates upon purely philosophical prin
cipbs.
It is self-acting, and dispenses entirely with lnbor
and the wear of clothes.
The hot Buds and steam, by the action of fire, are
driven up through tubes, poured upon the clothes,
and forced through tlie fabric with astonishing rapid
ity, cleansing it perfectly without any rubbing. It has
bppn thoroughly tested, and pronounced uncqualed as
a Clothes Washer by those who have used It.
All fabrics, from the finest laces to tho bed blanket,
can be washed perfectly and with ease, without the
aid of tho rubbing-board. For Flannels it is invalua
ble, as the rttbb ng, rolling nnd pressing process must
necessarily full them more or less.
It’s truly a labor and clothes saving Invention. —
Washing will no longer he a hardship, and washing
day no longer a terror and a dread to housewives.
The invention can bo used in any boilor, and th
low price of the article places it within the reach of
every family.
The saving in the wear of clothes will very soon yay
for the outlay.
It Is estimated that 200 to 300 gallons of boiled suds
pass through the clothes in thirty minutes; tbls being
tho longest time required for cleaneiug a boiler full of
clothes.
I refer, confidently, to the following named gentle
men, who have seen the Automatic Washer and
Bailer in operation:
Rev. James 8. I amah, E. R. Schneider, I)r. W.
B. Wells nnd .Tames W. Merrdith, Esq.
The WASHER AND BOILER can he seen In op
eration at the Stove and House-Furnishing establish
ment of Messrs. Jones, Bmythk & Cos, 192 Broad st.
County Rights in Georgia and South Carolina for
sale lty JOHN L. KLLS,
janlO-tf Agent.
SADDLERY, HARNESS,
Leather and Shoe Findings.
CHAS. G. GOODRICH,
(StJOCKSSOB TO HATCH ft UOODBICS,)
271 BROAD STREET.
AUGUSTA, GA,,
OfFKRS to his friends and the public generally
full and well assorted Stock of
SADDLES.
HARNESS,
LEATHER, and
SHOE FINDINGS.
Guaranti es satisfaction, and begea call and trial.
sep2s-4mlf
STOCKS AND BONDS.
O
OITY SAVANNAH BONDS
CITY AUGUSTA RONDS
CITY- COLUMBIA BONDS
MEMPHIS AND CHARLESTON BONDS
ATLANTIC AND GOLF STOCK
GEORGIA RAILROAD STOCK.
Wanted by
BRANCH, SONS 4 CO.,
ianU-tf > 228 Broad street, Augusta, Ga.
WINDOW SHADES.
Our FULL FALL STOCK, now completo by a
fresh arrival YESTERDAY of Beautiful SHADES.
STORE SHADES of all sizes at ~ j
novl#-tf # • PLATT BROTHERS.