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CONSTITUTIONALIST.
AUQ-USTA. <3A.
FRIDAY MORNING. FEB. 12,1869
STATE EIGHTS-
With the overthrow of the South, State
Rights seemed to have perished. Iu the
first flush of madness after victory, the
East and West went into a delirium of joy
over the destruction of the “ pestilent theo
ry." These sections thought it a magnifi
cent thing to crush out the independent at
titude of Southern Commonwealths; they
believed, too, that such an outrage would
not rebound and smite them. Since the
rabid Radicals and felonious carpet-baggers
press home this issue of the war, through
the 16th amendment, several of the loyal.
States are casting about for a re-assertion
of their sovereignty. Senator Ferry, of
Connecticut, having denied, in solemn con
clave, that the Nutmeg State was independ
ent, his colleague, Mr. Dixon, refreshed his
memory and morality thus:
“ The State of Connecticut provides in her
State constitution that her electors, before vot
ing, shall take such oath as shall be prescribed
by law; and part of the oath prescribed is in
these words: • You, A. B, do solemnly swear
that yon will be true and faithful to the State
of Connecticut, and the constitution and gov
ernment thereof, as a free nnd independent
State.' I took that oath, and the Senator took
it, but he seems to have forgotten it.”
Even the classic Sumner was ignorant
of this provision of the old constitution of
1818, which has never been repealed, and
Ferry, ii he ever knew anything about the
organic law of the State he claims to re
present so conspicuously, either forgot it
conveniently or swore contumaciously. If
Ferry was silenced by these threats, equal
ly disconcerted was the mighty Sumner
when Mr. Dixon read from the first con
stitution of Massachusetts the following
words:
“The people of this Commonwealth have
the sole and exclusive right of governing them
selves as a free, sovereign, and independent
State.”
Wait a bit. The chickens hatched by
the war will come home to roost.
# m —'
NEMESIS.
Donn Piatt, the noted Washington cor
respondent, of the Cincinnati Commercial,
is a specimen of those more conscientious
Republicans who begin to marvel if the
“ war for the Union” has resulted in good.
Nay, he goes farther, and betrays unmis
takable signs of remorse. Wandering
about in the pleasant country contiguous
to Washington, he has a touch of Joe Wy
lie’s complaint and thus soliloquizes upon
the National “ Foul Play
“ I thought, as I gazed through the hazy at
mosphere over the Potomac at the beloved capi
tal of my country, that, after all, the victory we
had gained was not such a comfortable victory.
In the conflict of the two civilizations, as wo
call them, I an» uot so certain we have the bet
ter. Such little minds as Seward and Sumner
flnd'thnt of a conquered people a civilization
based ou slavery. What shallow stuff. It was
a civilization based on home. The love of
family, the affection for the household, the
pride, of State, which meant the locality, when
these attributes were found, are the character
istics ot southern civilization, and existed inde
pendent of slavery. Our civilization is the re
verse of this. It is the civilization of New
England that has no true sense ot home, no
love of the household, no affection for a locality.
We have tto. n*M-baric pride of display. We
emigrate aud build up to emigrate again. Onr
idea of government means empire and force.
There is no repose, no quiet, no heartlelt affec
tion for the peaceful home and the sacred house
hold gods that create the heroic. We have
wide fields, but they are not ours. We have
palaces, but they are not homes. We have tele
graphs, railroads, huge factories, great cities,
and a world-wide commerce, but we have no
real happiness. Wc are Arabs in boots, and
onr masters are theirs.”
“The late lamented Lincoln, in his quaint
dedication address of the Gettysburg Cemete
ry, said the soldiers had died a heroic death
that we might have * a Government of the peo
ple, by the people, and for the people.’ Ao the
flag flattered above me, and the witlds sang
mournfully among the pines, and the long
shadows stole out over the waters, I looked at
the dome ot our Capitol, and thought how
* the Government of the people, by the people,
and lor the people,’ was directing its 'vast
powers so as to crush the poor and strengthen
the wealthy ; how harlots intrigued and thieves
reigned ; how under that dome there swarmed,
as under a hive, thousands of greedy, selfish,
and unprincipled men ; and I wended my way
back, far from happy over the famous victory
we boast of.”
WhAt is Expected. —The philosopher
of the Tribune is pointing out to the Presi
dent elect the kind of company he is ex
pected to keep. He says:
“We venture to say that while Gen. Grant
probably selects the company that best suits
his taste, both among white men and black, he
will not decline to mingle in a public enter
tainment with men whose votes assisted in his
election. If a black man teas good enough to
vote for the Republican party in North Carolina,
he is good enough to attend an Inauguration
Ball in Washington."
And if he is good enough for all that,
why not good enough to frequent Gree
ley’s mansion and conduct the ladies there
of t© public entertainments?
Spain.— Spain has got rid of one mistress
and now groans under the intrigues of
many would-be masters. The World thus
pictures the matter:
“ The Government is divided against itself;
two of its members are intriguing for Mont
pensier; one is plotting for the Prince of
Carignan ; Prim is believed to be scheming for
dictatorship. A coup d'etat is feared ; and no
one knows what is to happen next. One woe
doth press upon another’s heels, and the grief
an hour old doth hiss the speaker. And,
meanwhile, Isabella the fat is very happy in
Paris.”
Caught. —Mr. Blaine, Congressman frem
Maine, justifies the seizure and retention of
Fobd’s Theatre in Washington on moral,
but not legal grounds. He is fforrifled that
a building stained with the blood of mar
tyred Lincoln should be “ profaned by
obscene amusements.” If Lincoln had not
loved the scenes aforesaid and loved them
so well that Good Friday was no obstacle
to their enjoyment, he might have escaped
martyrdom, and saved Mr. Blaine from
hypocritical sniveling thereat.
Gens. Portek and Babcock. —The Wash
ington correspondent of the Savannah Re
publican deuie* that Gens. Porter and
Bibcock have made such a report of their
pilsrimage as the New York Iribune cor
resppndent has published.
for Tat. —The Nashville papers
laugh\at the virtuous denial of theft by
Messii Mullins, Nunn and Arnkll,
raembß's of Congrea! from Tennessee. It
is suggested that
‘flo rogue e'er felt the halter draw
With good opinion of the law.” *
[From the Charleston Nows, 11th.
South Carolina Eailroad Company.
ANNOAL MEETING OF THE STOCKHOLDERS.
SECOND DAY.
The Stockholders of the South Carolina
rruid Company reassembled at. 11, a. m ;*i * ®s§£I*t 1 * t
day in thehall of the Southwestern Railroad
Hank pursuant to adjournment.
The minutes ot the previous meeting were
re Mr & Welstnan submitted the following report
from the committee to whom was referred the
report of the President and Directors, with the
accompanying document*- :
The committee to whom was referred the re
„ort of the President and Directors of the
South Carolina Railroad Company, with the
documents accompanying it, and the resolu
tion of James G. Holmes, Esq., respectfully
report that they have given to the same the
consideration which the short interval allowed
to your committee would permit.
Under the circumstances bo generally affect
ing the receipts of railroad companies South
as explained in the report of the President and
Directors the committee find cause for con
gratulation that the result of year’s opera
tions, as compared with those of 1867, show bo
small a decrease, and this they are satisfied has
been accomplished only by a wise aud econom
ical administration of . the affairs of the com
pany in every department.
Notwithstanding there has been a vigorous
competion with other roads lor the traffic
which this road formerly enjoyed without a ri
val-rendering necessary the extension of
through connections at reduced tariffs ol
freight, and there has been a decrease in the re
ceims of the road, yet the operating expenses
have been kept at nearly or quite the same ra
tio of decrease, your property has been im
proved, and the Directors have been enabled,
from the net earnings, to apply the sum ol
$238,651 09 to the reduction of the general in
debtedness of the company.
Upon the subject ot dividends, the committee
concur with the Board of Directors in the con
viction “ that the true interest of the stock
holder lies in the combined application of net
earnings to the reduction of debt and improve
ment of property;” they, however, take leave
to express the hope, upon the adjustment ol the
past due debt (which thfev have reason to be
lieve will shortly be accomplished), ?od with
the improved prospects of the road, that the
time is not distant when the stockholders may
reasonably expect the piymeut ot dividends.
The committee feel warranted in recommend
ing the adoption of the following resolution :
Resolved. That the report of the Piesident
and Directors and the papers accompanying it,
are highly satisfactory »s showing a continued
improvement in the condition of the compact,
and that its affairs have been conducted in H*
various departments with ability, ccouoruy and
zeal for the interest ot the stockholders.
With reference to Mr. Holmes’ resolution,
the committee are of opinion that as the Board
of Directors have adopted a plan for the ar
rangement of the sterling debt (resembling m
some of Its details a plan gQtpe years since pro
posed by Mr. Holmes,) which has fopen sub
mitted to the bondholders, and their agent,
Charles M. Forman, Esq., is now in England
for the purpose of perfecting the arrang -ment,
it is inexpedient at this time to propose a plan
for the adjustment of the debt.
* Respectfully submitted.
J. T. Welsman, Chairman.
Jno. lj. Honour,
A. 0. Andrews,
G. Cannon,
Joun Mcßae.
Charleston, February 10, 1869.
Mr. J. G. Holmes, in seconding the motion
for the adoption of the report, said that the
committee had taken the very course in regard
to his plan of debt adjustment which lie had
expected, but that he desired to have it record
ed on the minutes, that he did now bring be
fore the company, as he did in 1857, a schema
by which the debt could be gradually paid and
at the same time a semi-annual dividend be de
clared, even it (he company did not earn any
more than it did in the year, just past.
The report of the committee was then unani
mously adopted.
Mr. Boston Clarkson submitted the following
report from the committee appointed to con
sider the report of the President and Directors
of the Southwestern Railroad Bank :
The committee appointed upon the report of
the President and Directors ol The Southwest
ern Railroad Bank have duly considered the
same and respectfully report;
That they find the condition of its affairs as
heretofore reported to the hoard.
The Hon. James Rose, who for near thirty
years past has presided with great ability over
the affairs of the bank, has tendered his resig
nation. This cannot bat be a source of sincere
regret. He has been identified with the inte
rests of the road and bank by his high charac
ter, financial ability and devotion to their ad
vancement. He has entitled himself to the
favorable judgment of the community, and the
regard of all who were associated with him
While your committee regret the toss sustain
ed by his retirement from the presidency of
the bank, they are gratified to believe that bis
services win be retained *« thc rood. YoUl
committee would therefore recommend the
adoption of the following resolutions :
Resolved , That the stockholders of the South
Carolina Railroad Company, assembled at their
annual meeting, cannot refrain from express
ing their regret at the retirement of the Hon.
James Rose from the bank.
Resolved, That in accepting the resignation
of Mr. Rose, they desire to hear their testimony
to his able counsels, affable manners, high
bearing, zeal and integrity, which have con
tributed so essentially to the reputation ot the
company and the successful management of
its affairs.
Resolved, That we feel no-studied form of
words can express our appreciation ol his ser
vices, or reward him more fully than liis own
conscious rectitude in the discharge of his
duties.
Thomas B. Clarkson.
E. J. Irvine.
B. D. Lazarus.
On motion of Mr. Alonzo J. White, the re
port was unanimously adopted.
Col. Richard Yeadon then arose, and said
that he wished to be informed in regard to an
important, point in the affairs of the company,
upon which the report of the President and
Directors of the railroad was entirely silent.
Without intending to find any tault with the
directors, he felt compelled to inquire what was
the condition of things between the South
Carolina Railroad Company and the Columbia
and Augusta Railroad Company, between
which companies there had been much litiga
tion.
There were many rumors afloat, and he
would like to know the facts of the ease. The
South Carolina Railroad Company had been
defeated, he believed, in most ol the steps
which they had taken in the courts. He had
heard from one of the couusel of the Columbia
nnd Angnsta Railroad Company that two offers
had been made to the Smith Carolina Railroad
Company by the Columbia and Augusta Rail
road Compauy for the use of the track of the
South Carolina Railroad between Graniteville
and Augusta. One proposal was to give the
South Carolina Railroad a pro rata share of the
receipts of the Columbia and Augusta Rail
road between Columbia nnd Augusta. The
other was to give the South Carolina Railroad
Company SIOO,OOO for the use of their track to
Augusta. Both proposifions, he understood,
had been rejected. If it was a settled matter
that the Columbia and Augusta Railroad were
to be permitted to build a separate track, it
was certainly to the advantage ot the South
Carolina Railroad Company to accept one of
these propositions. It there were good rea
sons why both these propositions should have
been refused, he would like to know them.
W. J. Magratb, Esq , the President ot the
road, said that he was happy to answer the in
quiries just made. He had requested General
James Connor, the, solicitor of the road, to
make a statement to the stockholders of the
position of the company in regard to the liti
gation with the Augusta Railroad. He would
therefore leave the reply to that portion of the
interrogatory to him, hut as to, the proposi
tions which were said to have been made, he
wished to speak pointedly and plainly. He
denied most emphatically that either one or
the other bad been made.
Col. Yeadon said be could only reply that he
had the statement trom the Hon. C. G Mem
minger, counsel for the Columbia and Angnsta
Railroad, and if these propositions had uot been
made, he would like to know from the Presi
dent what prosposiliODS had been made.
Mr. Magrath answered that it was known to
Mr. Memminger that Mr. Johnson, the Presi
dent of the Columbia and Augusta Railroad,
had offeri and to give the South Carolina Railroad
Company for the use of their track between
Graniteville and Angnsta, whatever the trains
of the Columbia and Augusta Railroad Com
pany might earn between Graniteville and Au
gusta. To this proposition it had been replied
that the offer amounted to nothing, and that
the Columbia and Augusta Railroad had never
even offered a pro rata of the amount of earn
ings between Columbia nqd Augusta. There
was never anything said about a money com
pensation ; and Mr. Johnson had never claimed
that his offer to give the South Cardin a
Railroad what his trains earned between Gran
•iteville and Angnsta meant to give the South
Carolina Railroad Company a pro rata share «*f
what was earned between Columbia aud Au
gusta. I reference to Mr. Memminger, it was
due to the dlrec'ors to say that, in one of his
arguments in court, Mr. Memminger had made
the same statement iu regard to the two propo
sitions which had been repeated here, and that
the correctness of the statement was then and
there denied.
Mr. K. W. Seibels, of Edgefield, said that he
was afraid that there had been more personal
feeling manifested in tbe conduct of the dis
pute between the two companies than was for'
the interest of the South Carolina Railroad, He
said, tb*t the interest of the up-country seemed
to he Ignored, and the railroad seemed to be
managed by the officers of the company ex
clusively in the -interest of the large stock
holders in Charleston. The curses of the up
country against the South Carolina Railroad
had been deep and loud. The people com
plained that no snf&eient facilities were given
.to the planters. Ho said that if he had time to
go into the history ot the charters o£ 1827 and
1828,-he could show that the Sooth Carolina
Railroad had no right to contend that it Was a
violation of their rights to build a- road from
Columbia to,Augusta. Hetaid that the privilege
of granting anew charter was always reserved
to the public. 0
The Columbia and Augusta Road, however,
bad been constructed, and the Legislature had
granted a charter in 1858, and again in 1863,
and the road progressed until 1867 before the
Booth CnroMtm Road said a word- about it.—
Where a party allows obstructions to be erected
or permits any interference with their rights,
ana intend to resort to the courts, they shonld
give proper notice. But the South Carolina
Railroad Company hao remained quiet for nine
years, while the Columbia aDd Augusta Rail
road was being constructed, and dnring a pan
oh that time the propositions of tbe Columbia
and Angnsta Railroad, for a compromise had
been silently if not favorably entertained. —
Then, suddenly, an injunction had been applied
for, and carried to the Bupreme Court and
there defeated. Judge Platt was then applied
to by the Columbia and Angnsta Railroad for a
jnry to assess damages. And it might be said
here that the Booth Carolina Railroad Com
pany, in going to Angnsta, went out of the di
rect line to touch at Graniteville, while this,
point was on the most direct line of the Co
lumbia and Augusta Railroad from Columbia
to Augusta. He had jailed with the foreman
ot the jury, and he had said that the jury bad
walked nearly the whole way from Angnsta to
Grauiteville- to find out what damages were
done. It was the opinion of the foreman that
no damage at all had been dooe, but on the
contrary the construction of the Columbia and
Angnsta Railroad had been a positive benefit
to the South Carolina Railroad. The jury,
however, bad found a verdietfor the enormoUß
sura ot sllO. To-morrow the same judge was
to be applied to in order to have the verdict of
the jury set aside. apd the case.referred to an
other jury. With what prospects qf saeqess?
In his opinion, and that of many persons in
that section of country, the next jury would
find a verdict of twenty-five cents. Here was
a fine prospect for both roads. What proba
bility was there that the lawsuit wonld ever be
terminated with fourteen or sixteen lawyers
employed, and railroads for their clients? In
his opjoiop it could result in nothing but ex
pense and disaster t q tjje Boutli Carolina Rail
road Company. Even it they succeeded in car
rying all their points in court, what good would
be accomplished ? The Legislature would do
as they propose J,o do about the Charleston
election —pass an act that their 6ide was right
and ail they did was legal, and the other side
was wrong and ail they did illegal. Under
such circumstances he thought it useless to
contend again gt the Columbia and Augusta
Railroad, backed as it Vastly the Legislature,
and he had intended to offer a resolution to re
fer it to the President and directors to consider
the propriety of making a junction or compro
mise of some kind with the Columbia and Au
gusta Railroad. It was not reasonable to ex
pect that after tbe State had granted a charter
to a eompapy to biiild a road from Columbia to
Augusta, arid had (ije bonds of that
company to the amount of half'a faillion dol
lars, and most of that money had been spent,
and a bridge over the Savannah river was under
contract, the Legislature would allow all this
money to be thrown away-, which wonld be tbe
practical result of the success of the Boulh
j Curojflna JJqjlfond Company, in their appeal,
' based qn the ground tfcft Colombia and
Augusta Railroad'Company bad no K|gh( sq
bqilj a road from Columbia to Augusta, fje
did not mean jo jjepstjre any one, hnt he hoped
that the President and direct,ops jyoffld take this
subject Into serious consideration, and also the
complaints against the road for mismanage
ment. He had been told by one of the principal
agents for Peruvian guano in this city, that not
more than one-third as much guano was sent
over the South Carolina Railroad as was sent
last year, and that the reason was that the road
offered no facilities to planters an,4 farmers, tbe
guano being thrown out on the platform in
twenty-four hours alter arrival at the risk of
the owner. Plenty of guano was used iu the
country, but it did not pome t?y way of Charles
ton. It, was brought, by the roads ill the »qterior
from New York. He knew of two thousand
i tons bought in Baltimore and shipped to Savan
nah, and ecul by way of Georgia to Edgefield.
There were eomplainjs pq all Bides, and they
should be notieed.
President Magrath, in reply to Mr. Seiheis,
said, that if the complaints spoken of referred
to tariffs, he would challenge comparison with
tppse of any ot her road. As for the statement
about there pqf, Ijejpg more than one-third as
much guano moyipg Off (be poad this year as
last. If that were true, the road must ijayp qioy
ed more guano last year than he had aqy idea
ot. The fact was that he had never before Steen
so much guano on the road as there was at pre
sent. In regard to the two thousand tons
bought iu Baltimore aud shipped via. Savannah,
to a*>uie oee do reason for tbs tMo.-jti™
whatever and would li£ c lo fiaygf it explained.
1 The tariffs on the South Carolina Railroad and
i the Georgia Railroad were the same and their
regulations (be same. The road was suffering
now for the want of pars to transport mer
chandise, because the cars were filled with
guano aud retained at way stations as ware,-
houses, because the consignees of the guano
tailed to receive it at the proper time. To
afford such facilities and storage as the gentle
man from Edgefield would seem to desire,
would take at least one hundred additional ears
at a cost of *IOO,OOO.
Hon. George A. Trenholm also replied to
Mr. Siebels. He said be was willing to leave
legal questions to counsel learned in the law,
but, that the best replyjto the putdic clamor
against the road for failing to give certain lacil
ities was the fact that the stockholders of the
road had not received one dollar of dividend
since the close of war. They had been fur
nishing the public with the facilities of the
road at the mere cost of keeping up the road
and defraying the expenses of transportation.
If the company had been a mutual benefit con
cern, with an agreement to return shippers ail
money over and above expenses, it would not
have been a better arrangement ior the public.
The stockholders had furnished the public
with all the advantages of a great railroad at
mere cost, while their shares had fallen in value
from SIOO to $25, and yet the great public was
not satisfied. Mast the stockholders go still
further, and put their hands iu their pockets to
satisfy the clamor of tbe people ? The same
clamor had been made in Edgefield District
at the close of the war, when the very men who
clamored against the road for charging twenty
live cents for carrying a sack of salt for one
hundred aud twenty miles, were themselves
receiving from $1 50 to $2 50 for huffing a
sack of salt twenty-one miles. When the com
pany was broken down and nearly ruined, and
the road destroyed, the same class of men cla
mored because the road charged as much for
freight from Hopkins’ Turnout to Charleston
as the people who clamored charged from Hop
kins’ to Columbia. We work all the year
round, earn nothing, and meet here with long
faces, because we nave no dividends, and yet
tbe public is not satisfied. I maintain that this
company has done its duty to the public.
lam not going to enter into the details of
the dispute between this road and the Colum
bia and Angnsta Road. But in regard to Mr.
Johnson, I will say this : I was one of the best
and first friends that his scheme had. I sub
scribed one-filth of the entire capital of the
road, and I have always been willing to meet
him ou fair and liberal terms. But he never
came. Mr. Johnson said, “I am going to build
a road iu opposition to your road, and when it
is finished will take away uot only your busi
ness between Grraniteville aud Augusta, but
one-half of your business between Augusta and
Charleston, but lam not yet quite ready to
build my road from Graniteville to Angnsta,
and l want you to let me have the use of your
track until I do. For that I will give you wbat
I earn between Grauiteville and Augusta.”
I did not consider these liberal terms at all.
Mr. Johnson wrote to me personally about the
matter, and I replied to him personally. I
told him that his offer was equivalent to taking
away half of our business and give us in return
one-teutb of what he took away. I could not
consent to any such proposition. Could your
directors, for the sake of popular clamor, be 6o
untrue to their constituents? The tiling was
absurd ou ou the face of it. We were willing
to make money out,-of Mr. Johnson, but could
not make a bargain with him. We had paid
tiie city of Augusta $250,000 for the privilege of
building onr bridge across the Savannah river.
We had built that bridge at a great expeuse,
and it was incumbent upon Mr. Johnson to
pay us something corresponding to the ex
pense we had incurred; The city ©f Augusta
had bound itself to us not to allow any other
road to cross the river at Augusta. These
rights and privileges were valuable. We had
paid for them. Was there any impropriety in
going into the courts to enforce them, merely
because the people clamored against it ? Let
tuern clamor. We want nothing but what is
right, just and reasonable. Who, that is a man,
would yield his rights because of the clamor of
the populace? As one of your directors, I
done my best to protect your interests, and as
long as you honor me with your votes, I will
maintain yonr rights, and I, at least, Will never
succumb. | Loud applause.]
Mr. W. A. Courteney arose and said :
Mit. Chairman and Gentlemen : I meet the
gentleman from Edgefield for the first time to
day, and I desire to reply Tory briefly to two
points of his compMn't against the South Car
olina Railroad for the reason that 1 can speak
directly t 6 the point of these chargee, which,
he tells us, have been the cause of clamor
against our road.
He charges that the citizens of the interior
districts can only obtain receipts for guano at
the Charleston depot, upon condition that the
car is unloaded at its destination within twen
ty-four hours of its arrival. May I ask if this
is an unreasonable condition? During the
past week my house has been shipping an en
tire cargo of guano to numerous points in
South Carolina, Georgia and Alabama, and we
were interrupted in the shipment of a portion
of it because the railroad was temporarily un
able to famish transportation ; and what, gen
tlemen, is the real state oT tbe road ? Hear
.it from the President Iffmseri: “Such un
usual quantities ot guano are • eing offered
lor transportation, larger in amount than at
any previous season, that the capacity of the
road had been for a month past tested to its
ntnidst,” But, that is not all. Avery grave
; difficulty grew out of the delay at ail interior
: depots In unloading cars, and it is this use
of ears as warehouses until consignees shall
make it convenient to haul of their freight that
has put back the business ot (he road for a
short time and caused ibis limit in be put
upon the drtenlioVi of the ears. Is tiffs unrea
sonable? The-Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Company has in use live thousand ears, and
yet I venture the assertion ttiatif a loaded ear,
even if freighted with guano, vjgj not uuloaded
within six hours alter its aiiuM, the agent
would very soon hear of hi^KUanency.---
Now, our company, with grfit liberality,
grants twenty-four hours’ indulfffipce, and that,
it seems, is the cause of popular Amor against
the road. Bear in mind, .gentleflw. that yonr
company is moving as much tonnage now
with three hundred ears as it didlplß6o with
five hundred cars, and if you apt how this
is so, the answer is found in the fact that ne
cessity compels the officers of this company to
turn night into day—the engines and freight j
cars are in motion all through tjpAlaht. and'
are loaded and unloaded by day, anil II is this j
careful economy of time which enahfes
large work to be done with the present supply
of ears. And now as regards the contest be
tween the Augusta and Columbia Road and
ours, popular clamor again condemns us.—
Why ? Because the pnblic have bean misled.
A road is chartered from Columbia to Ham
burg, tbe route is a practicable oue, for the re
cords of the courts wilt prove that % compe
tent witnesses, but for some ulteriorfcisons it
diverges and comes to Graniteville, *id when
it gets there, the President of that company
makes a proposal to the South CafflWfh Road
to enter upon the free use of our road, bridges
and-privileges to Augusta, for a consideration
which really amounts to no consideration at
all; it is declined, and im media tel judbeve are
rqmpred muttering* and” curses against the
South Carolina Road, and we are reminded that
popular clamor is against oir road. Why,
gentlemen, a director in tbe Hamburg road,
once declared to me as his unbiased opinion,
that it would t>e better to pay ns seve) per
cent, per annum on the then supposed csst of
the railroad between Graniteville and Augusta
—say ssoo,ooo—than undertake to build anew
road qvor this hyqk-P pojjntry, apd iwQsg the
Savannah river iuto Angusta; and yet popular
clamor is against us because we refused to take
an insignificant thousand or two for what was
declared to be won h $35,000! One word about
popular clamor. Is it always based on facts?
Is it always founded injustice? 1 havqknown
the best citizens of the State as well as corpora
tions suffering for a season from the effects ol
popular plarnor; but tppe, v f 'bjgb is altos the
ally of truth,'has vindicated them from the uu
merited- aspersions. Gentlemen, let me say
that the way to correct popular clamor is, not
to give way to its attacks, but rather to stand
up bravely ior the right. At the very fbunda
tion of this difficulty between these two roads
—forced npon us by the other party—is an
irrepressible right. Let ns ail struggle to its
fujl na»crtiqn- ytQei;|io!d"re everywhere aswpll
as ofjfeiajs.' -so do ‘fy’ss or Cos eyaqe toe lo'sne is
to be wanting in the elements of real manhood.
Col. Yeadon said that lie was glad (hat he
had asked for the Information, ns the explana
tion given had been, lor the most part, salt-fac
tory. The offer ot Mr. Johnson to pay to the
South Cirslina R diroad only his earning from
Augusta to Graniteville, worth SIS,(XX) per ftti
nqpj'qf Jesj, jjqqjd u:>( he entertained. The of
fer of a honored j,nopsqinj dollars, }(, would
seem, had neye|' peep piade, and ff it lia(|, ij
mi)i*t'[v)ve fteejj vufqsed, becipjse it vya* offered
as an equivalent for what was worth $.500,0(10.
The explanation iu regard to gqanu had also;
been entirely satisfactory.
Mr. Siebels said he thought that this explSs
tiori ought to be made public. The people or
his section ot the country were under the im
pression that Mr. Johnson had offered cne
ejgijth of the entire earnings of his roul as
eoriipeDsation (or tqq qse oj the
na Railroad between 3raniteyille
This was the cause of the clamor, v' "
Col. Gabriel Cannon called to the ■ attention
or top stqtkhqldei’a the necessity aqd advan
tage of extending the Spartanburg and Ullon
Railroad to Asheville, N. C. He explained at
length the merits of the proposed line, and of
fered the following resolution, which was unan
imqußly adopted :
Resolved , Thu Hi* 'President and iiiHjetqrs of
the South Carolina Railroad Company be
authorized, if they deem it advisable, to aid in
the extension of the Spartanburg and Union
Railroad to Asheville, North Carolina, by freight
qn jp*>n or otherwise. *
4 i oini)-)ii(.ep qjj prpyii-s and managers of
elections were then qppdVnied, i t qq lip' iff
adjourned to 4 o’uloek, p m.
At 4, p. in , the meeting again called
to order and the minutes offfie rm ir ultra's jpg-.
Sion were read :ntd r »»m-flrOH , d. 1
ibe rrsnlifi or the elections held viflierrtiv f>r
Director# in o*o Railroad .and Bank
were siff-qfftteq, ftajd jn.i (i jcjicd as inioetqi
tion.
DIRECTORS I v RAILROAD COMPANY.
tV. J. Magrath, F. J. Pfizer, *
Geo. A. Trenholm, aC. M. Forman,
L. D. DeSaussure, B. H. Rice,
John Hanckel, H. H. DeLeon,
Andrew Sirnonds, Jas. Rose,
G. W. Williams, W. A. Courtenay,
Henry Gourdin, -T. S. Gibbes,
James P. Royce.
DIRECTORS IN RANK.
James Rose, J. G. Holmes,
P. J. Porcher, W. J. Magrath,
Z. B. Oakes, E- H Locke,
J. C. Cochran, J F. O’Neil],
B. O’Neill, A. H. Abrahams, J)
W, A. Pringle, J. McC ire-y,
L. D. DeSaussure.
M. Hanckle moved that the chairman be te
quested to vacate temporarily the chair to Gin.
Cannon, which having been complied with, he
offered the following resolution, and the same
was unanimously adopted :
Resolved, That, it is the desire of this meet
ing, by the unanimous adoption of this reso
lution, to'expr,e.>s their unfeigned thanks to
General Wilruot G. DeSaussure for the abla
and courteous manner in which he has pre
sided over the deliberations of our annual con
vention.
General DeSaussure on resuming the chair,
returned his thanks in a happy and appropriaic
manner for the compliment paid'him.
Mr. VV. L- Ellis moved the following amend
ment to the by-laws:
Article 1, Section 2d—Strike out the Words
“ three months ” in the sixth line and inse t
“ thirty days.” According to the rule it wrs
ordered to lie over for consideration until tie
next annual meeting.
Mr. Simonds moved licit the resolutiocs
adopted at the meeting ol 1867, requiring nev
proxies every year, be and is hereby rescinded.
The same being seconded, was adopted.
No further business, ihe meeting adjourned
sine die.
At a meeting ol the Board ol Directors of tbe
South Carolina Railroad Company, held im
mediately after the adjournment o! the convec
tion of stockholders, \V. J Magrath, Esq., wrt
unanimously re-elected President ior the ensi
ing year.
[From the Edgefield Advertisei.
The Funeral of Governor Pickens.
The funeral of this distingui. lied.citizen ant.
statesman—so peculiarly honored and beloved
in this, his last home —took place on Wednes
day last. During the Tuesday preceding, tb«
body, arrayed in the splendid uniform which
he wore as Chief Magistrate of Carolina in her
day of hope and pride,- lay in state at Edgewood,
whose walls were richly and appropriately
draped in mourning; and friend after friend,
and citizen after citizen, went to look, for the
last time, upon the noble and revered dead.
On Wednesday, onr town and district poured
forth their inhabitants to do honor to the sad
occasion. So mnch so, that not only was the
church crowded to its utmost capacity, bn.
even the church yard and area in front wers
thronged with sorrowful friends and fellow
citizens, all anxious to show their deep appre
ciation of the departed patriot—Carolina’s tru<,
incorruptible, faithful son. The male citizem,
with the teachers and pupils of the several
schools, formed in procession, and received!
uncovered, the funeral cortege upon the public
square. Moving from thence to Trinity Church
the precession was met by Rev. E. T. Walker, ,
officiating clergyman ; and as he read the in
troductory sentences of the sublime Buria
Service of the Episcopal Chnreb, the grand
solemn strain's of Beethoven’s Funeral March
Sulla morte (Tun Eroc, resounded through tin
sacred edifice, mingling its moans with the bit
ter plaint of human woe. ]
So mnclv of the service as is appointed |fo:
the church being over, the vast congregatior
sang, with one accord and deep feeling, tba
hymn of comfort and assurance, “ How firm i
foundation, ye saints of the Lord after whicL
the pall-bearers, numbering sixteen of oui
most promising citizens, passed down the isle,
bearing to the grave the illustrious dead, while
the organ sobbed out its low Miserere, and the
mourning concourse slowly followed.
After the conclusion of the services of the
church, the coffin, covered with evergreens and
flowers, was lowered, and onr unhappy State re
ceived into her bosom all. that remained of the
great, the true, the loyal heart, that had loved
and served her with a devotion even beyond
the sacred purity of Roman patriotism.
“ Clasped to her faithful arms, his slumbering
Form shall rest.
* * * • •
And freedom’s s ms will yet revere
The record he has left ”
One most touching feature of this impress
ive funeral was the grief and lamentation of
the crowd of former slaves, who flocked to pay
tbe tribute of respect to him who had been to
them the kindest aud best of masters. And
prominent among these, standing in one of the
upper corners of the church, with bis white
head reverently bowed, was “old Harper,”
his body-servant, whose love and faithfulness
to his master, through fifty long years, had
never known change or shadow of turning.
Georgia State Lottery.
FOB THE BENEFIT OF THE
Masonic Orphan’s Home.
The following were the drawn numbers, in the Sup
plementary Scheme, drawn at Augusta, Georgia,
February 11.
MORNING DRAWING—CIass No. 71.
39 03 63 75 18 73 77 3 41 68 31 65 43
13 Drawn Numbers.
EVENING DRAWING—OIass No. 72.
54 61 77 49 45 41 78 46 43 31 31 53 35 3
14 Drawn Numbers.
febl2
Special notices .
W SOCIAL LODGE, No. 1, IV. & A.*. M.-.-Tlie
Regular Monthly Communication of Social Lodge, No. 1,
will be held at Masonic Hall, THIS (Friday) EVEN
ING, at 7 o’clock. , f *
By order S. D. Heard, W.\ M.\
WM. H. CRANE, Jr.,
febW-l Secretary.
—
Ordinary's Office. Richmond County, )
Augusta, Ga., February 9, 1869. $ •
Proposals for Arching and Ventilating the Building
used as the Clerk of the Superior Court and Ordinraw’s
Office will be received by the nadersigSeft until th* drat
day of MARCH next.
Security will be required for ihe faithful performance
o’ the work.
The privilege reserved to accept any or reject all pro
posals. samuel Bevy,
feblO-td Ordinary.
ELECTRO CHEMICAL BATHS.
DR. M. A. CRECRLEY
Announces that be is now prepared to admiuister the
Baths, for the extraction of Mercury from the sys
tem. Th's is no experiment, but an established fact,
demonstrated by Chemical tests. The moot obstinate
dorms of Rheumatism are cured in a short time. The
various Skin Diseases, Old Ulcers on any part of the body,
Scrofula, Enlargement of (.lands, Spinal Affections. It
is certainly the best mode of adminis'ering a tonic to
Debilitated Constitutions.
Mercury, Lead, and other Minerals extracted
xrom the system. Having witnessed many remarkable
cures in the use of these Balhs, he can recommend them,
and being so perfectly convinced of their real virtue, has
gone to considerable expense to establi-b them in this
city, thereby saving the expense of traveling to distant
cities to take them.
OFFICE opposite Pl.inttrs' Hotel, Broad street, Au
gusta, Ga. , jau37-;m
KHT- A VALUABLE GIFT.-Br. S. S. Fitch’s “ Domes
tic Family Physician," 80 pages, describes ill Dis
eases and their remedies. Sent by mail, free. Address
Dr. 8. S. FITCH,
»p23-ly 714 Broadway. N ew Y ork.
THE INCLEMENT SEASON,
And its Effects on ihe a,n<i feeble.
The drafts which searching told makes upon the vital
powers of the debilitated and delicate are not less severe
than the drain upon their strength caused by excessive
heat. The vast disparity between the temperature of
overtheated rooms and offices, at this season, and the
frigidity of the outer air, is a fruitful source of sickness.
To fortify the body against the evil consequences of the
sudden alterations of heat and cold referred to, the vital
organization should be strengthened and endowed with
px'r* yesistant power by the i(se of a wholesome luyigor-
S^nt; of all prepaxatious for this mrßoae (whether
embraced in tlje regular pharmacopoeia or advertised in
the public journals), there is none that will compare in
purity and excellence with HOSTETTER'3 STOMACH
BITTERS. Acting directly upon the organ which con
t verts the food into the fuel of life, the preparation im
parts to it a tone and vigor which is communicated to
every fibre of the frame. The digestive function being
eccelerated by its tonic operation, the liver regulated
by its anti-bilions properties, and the waste matter
oi the system carried off punctually by its mild aperient
actipip the Whole orsrapizg,lix)Q will necessarily be in the
best possible uoxrditioit tp meet the shocks ot Winter and
{he sudden changes pf temperature. The weak and sen
sitive, especially, cannot encounter these vicissitudes
with safety, unless their tender systems are strengthened
and braced by artiGcial means. Every liquor sold as a
staple of trade is adulterated, and, were it otherwise,
mere alcohol is simply a temporary excitant, which
when its first effects have subsided, leaves th® physical
powers (afji thg xpind as well) i« a worse condition than
before. HOSTETTER’S BITTERS, on the other haud,
contain the essential properties of tbe most valuable
tonic and alterative roots, barks snd herbs, and (heir ac
tive principal is the mellowest, least exciting, and most
tnoeuous of all diffusive stimulants. feb?-d*ctls
_ Am FOR EnAoSING CEME-
S^ &BP S‘a £d" WIRK
FOURDRINIEi? GLOTTIS
m&uufH.rtnre f i by AT- WALKF.B 4r SONS,
jan?* iv tVo. }\ Nortfa 6th st-, Philadelphia.
’ Columbia & Augusta,
CHAKLOTTE & SOUTH CAROLINA R. R.
SUPERINTENDENT’S OFFICE, )
Columbia, January lath, ISG9. t
On and after WEDNESDAY, the ?Qth instant, the
Trains over these Roads will run as follows, viz :
COMING SOUTH.
Leave Charlotte at 6 ; M>, a. m.
Leave Columbiaat 12:35, p. m.
Arrive at Graniteville at 5:00. p. m.
GOING NORTH.
Leave'Graniteville at Ph). a - m -
Leave Columbiaat 12:30, p. m.
Arrive at Charlotte, at 7:35, p. m.
CLOSE CONNECTIONS EACH WAY.
CALEB BOUKNIGHT,
jaii29-tf Superintendent.
NOTICE.
Office Assistant, Superintendent, 1
Georgia Railroao, >
Acgosta, Ga , January 15th, 1869. J
Until further notice, a NIGHT TRAIN will be run oo
the Athens Branch, in connection with Night Passenger
Trains on the Main Line, on MONDAY and TUESDAY
NIGHTS, commencing on the 18tli inst, leaving Athens
at 8:00, p. m.; returning, arriving at Athens at 5:15. a. m
S. K. JOHNSON,
janl6-lm Assistant Superintendent.
Atlanta and Athens papers copy 30 times.
CONCERT HALL.
FOR A FEW NIGHTS ONLY.
COMMENCING
Monday, February 15, 1869.
Tl)e Original World-Renowned Spectacular, entitled
the Enchanted
WHITE KAWN !
Introducing Mr. B. F. Whitman’s Celebrated
PARISIAN BALLET TROUPE!
M'LLK KBMERALDI DIANI,
Star Danseuse lrora her Majesty’B Theatre London.
M’LLE AUGUSTA SHOLKE,
Star Danaeuse irom Theatre Royal, Paris, and Niblo’a
Garden, New York, with Principal and Second
Premier Danseuses and lull Corps ae Ballet.
MISS ALICE VANE,
The Star of the Sunny South,
WITH FULL DRAMATIC COMPANY.
The Great Fifteen Thousand Dollar
Trans for (nation Scene.
The whole under the immediate supervision of
B. F. WHITMAN, Esq.
Manager and Proprietor.
Scale of Priors : Admission, $1 ; Reserved Seats,
$1 25; Gallery, 50 cents. •
Reserved Seats can - be had at Schrbiner’s Book
Store. ieblO-tf
Insurance Dividend,
EMPIRE STATE INSURANCE COM
PANY has declared a dividend of THREE AND A
HALF PERCENT., payable at the office of the
Company, 247 Broad street.
INSURANCE RISKS taken bv this Augusta
Company on the most favorable t erms.
As e s $333,466 85.
The recent advance in Southern Securities has
largely increased the value of these assets.
• DIRECTORS:
E. P. CLAYTON, EDWARD THOM AS,
H. H. HICKMAN, A. AUBTELLE,
S. D. LINTON, J. J. RICHARDS.
C. F. MoCAY, President.
Abgosta, Feb. 10. 1869. febll-3
Dissolution of Co-partnership*
THE CO-PARTNERSHIP heretofore existing
between the undersigned, under the firm of Kbnnt A
Gray, is this day dissolved by mutual consent.
A. T. Gray having purchased the debts of the lato
firm, and assumed its liabilities, all persons having
claims against said firm will present the same to him
for settlement, and those indebted to make payment
to him.
[Signed] ‘ JOHN KENNY,
A. T. GRAY.
Augusta, Ga., February 6,1869.
feb6-6
ISTew .Advertisements
HALL,
EXTRAORDINARY ‘ ATTRACTION !
last night but ONE l
Os the distinguished Artists,
Mr. aud Mrs. Harry Watkins,
Who will appear in another one oftheir Grand Dramas
after da.uk,
The acknowledged Greatest Sensation of the Day 1
now nightly crowding ilie Theatres of London and
New York, and regarded as the MOST EXTRAOR
DINARY,DRAM A oi Modern Life, with all jU won
derful Scenic and Mechanical Effects.
Bob Gotham.. ...Mr. H. Watkins.
Amy Lovall Boss Watkhxs.-
Tickets at the Hotels. Seats secured at Schrki
kkr’s Music Store. febl2
SALE OF REAL ESTATE
AND CHOSES IN ACTION.
GtEOROIA, BURKE OOUNTY.-By virtue of
a decree in the Superior Court of said county, at the
November Term, 1868, will be sold, at the Court House
door to said county, at public outcry, between the law
ful hours of sale, on the first TUESDAY in APRIL
next, a certain tract of Pine Land situite in said coun
ty, containing two hundred and fifty acres, more or
less, known as the Habersham tract, adjoining lands
of James H. Royalß, estate of Angy Sapp, and land
of Mrs. Henry or Reuben Chance, tbe last
being fifty acres cut froth original tract of three hun
dred acres of Isaiah Carter, deceased. Sale subject
to claim (if any) of homestead for Annie Carter, a mi
nor.
Terms—Cash. Reasonable time allowed after sale
for complying.
ELECTA A. CARTER, Ex’x,
JOHN T. BHEWMAKE, Ex’r,
of will oi Isaiah Carter, dec’d.
feblS dl*ctd
LIBEL FOR DIVORCE.
EMILY E. ELLINGTON,)
ns. • > Libel for LHvorce.
WILEY T. ELLINGTON, S
It appearing to the Court, from the return of the
Bheriff, that the defendant in the above stated case
resides out of the county, audit further appearing that
he does not reside in the State, it is, on motion of John
8. Da viosoN, solicitor for Libellant, ordered that ser
vice of the above bill be perfected upon the defendant
by publication in the Constitutionalist, a public ga
zette of the State, once a month for four montlm be
fore the next term of this Court.
A true evtract from the minut's, this 11th February,
1869, folio 47. V. L. COOPER,
febl2-lam4m Deputy Clerk.
TO CONTRACTORS,
OR the lowest bid for building a HOSPITAL,
as per plan and specifications, which can be seen at the
office of Jas. T. Gardiner, for twenty days.
W. 8. JONES,
fob] 2-3 Chairman H. C.
HAY 7
500 BA LKS 11 AY, for sale by
W. B. YOUNG,
febl2-G "00 Broad street.
School for Young Ladies.
JVtuS. EDWARD B. WHITE’S ENGLISH and
FRENCH BOARDING and DAY SCHOOL, for
YOUNG LADIES, No. 2 West 431 street, New York
City. Second term of sohool year commences FEB
RUARY 15th.
References —Right Rev. Thos. 8. Davis, S. C.;
Right Rev. C. P. Mollvaine, Ohio; General Wade
Hampton, 8 O.; Professor Henry, Smithsonian In
stitute; Professor Mahan, West Point Military Acad
emy; Professor Charles Davies, N. Y.; Professor
Bartlett, West Point Military Academy; Wm. Gil
iaorb Simms, B. C ; President Middleton, S. C.; Chan
cellor Lksesne, 8. C. * fehl2 tlaw6
GRANITE MILLS FLOUR,
GROUND FROM
CHOICE CALIFORNIA WHEAT.
Warranted to give satisfaction.
For sale by •
lebl2-3 OiEO. T. JACK9GN & COJ'
t __ "■« 'ffilißi'
« Moina' fotton aMO.”
A SELECT lot, from siiDerior Colton, for sale
at $5 per bushel.
febia-tf K. W- DOUGHTY A CO.
HATS, HATS HATS.
fj ÜBT RECEIVED, a line lot of Slf ,K IIATS,
Spring styles.
ALSO,
A lot of ALPINE IIATS,' which will be sold very
cheap. VANWINKLE & CO.,
febl2-5 222 Broad street, Augusta, Ga.
MOINA COTTON SEED.
Three hundred bushels for sale.
1 have sold the Moina Cotton in the Augusta Market
thi.s season for eleven and a half (11J4) cents per
pound more than Middling Uplands were worth the
same day. From 2,000 to 2,400 pounds of. this cotton
made to the acre, in Clarke county, by Col. A P.
Dbasino and Dr. M. S. Durham, showing it to be
prolific.. Price, $5 per bushel.
feblo-d6ie2 C. H. PHINIZY.
MILO G. HATCH,
-Attorney at Law,
OFFICE-No. 1 WARREN BLOCK-Up Stairs,
AUGUSTA. GA_.
fel>l2 dictf
NOTICE.
TO CONSUMERS OF SOLUBLE PA
CIFIC GUANO.
r HE HIGH CHARACTER attained by this
GUANO for superior excellence lias, it appears, in
stigated the appropriation r.f Ibe same name to arti
cles of little or no real value. Hence it becomei ne
cessary, toth for the protection of consumers and the
Pacific Guano Company, to ca l attention to the fact,
iu order that proper caution may he observed.
The only guarantee the purchaser can have is that
afforded by the name of the Company’s General
Agents stenciled on the packages, and buyers are ad
vised that unless the name of JNO. 8. REK3K &
CO., Genrral Agents, Baltimore, is found sten
ciled on the bags, the GUd NO is fictitious, and not
genuine. J. O. MATHKWSON,
febll-3 Agent.
NOTICE.
JOHN KENNY,
merchant tailor
AND
WHOLESALE AND RETAIL DEALER
IN
READY MADE CLOTHING,
S HERETOFORE will continue business at
the old stand of Kenny a. Gray, No. 238 Bro id street,
Augusta, Ga., where he will he glad to meet, all his
old friends and customers, and the public generally.
Thestockonhandlwillso.il at GREATLY RE
DUCED PRICES, regardless of cost,
fel)7-12if ±
Madame S.SOSNOWSKTS
Home School for Young Ladles,
AT ATHENS, Gi.
PUROUGH long and successful experience, Mine.
SOSNOWSKI feels confident iu ottering the very
best advantages for Female Education. United with
a corps of accomplished Teachers, great perfection in
every department may, by application, he gained.
The branches of MUSIC, both Vocal and Instru
mental, together with DRAWING aDd PAINTING,
are in the hands of experienced professors. Great
attention is paid to the French, this department be
ing under the 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
wellrbeing of the pupil.
Scholastic Year from Septemberlßth to July Ist, the
only interruption being the usual Christmas holidays.
Pupils may enter at any time. Circulars will he
forwarded on application. nov26-tf
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS,
RHODES’ SUPER-PIIOSI'HATB,
Tbe Old and Long Established
BTAN D A I * I > MANURE.
. —-—O- ™
It can be relied on as uniform in QUALITY, always RELIABLE, PRODUCTIVE
OF LARGE CROPS, AND UNEXCELLED BY ANY IN THE MARKET IN THE HIGH PER
CENTAGE OF « ' e
TRUE FERTILIZING PRINCIPLE-
Sold under a binding legal guarantee of purity and freedom from adulteration.
Used and approved by the most successful Crop Growers, and preferred by many to Peruvian Guano.
Directions for Use:
RHODES’ STANDARD MANURE is prepared expressly for Drill Culture, An application of 200
lbs. per acre is considered sufficient for crops, but experienced farmers report 300 lbs. per acre as repaying the
outlay.
PRICE IN AUGUSTA PER TON, CASH .......|6O 00
Approved Acceptances, payable November next 62 DO
BEALL, SPEARS & CO.,
Cotton Factors, Augusta, Ga.
• Agents for the following Counties:
BURKE COUNTY NEWTON COUNTY
RICHMOMD COUNTY WALTON COUNTY
WARREN COUNTY CLARKE COUNTY
COLUMBIA COUNTY HART COUNTY
HANCOCK COUNTY OGLETHORPE COUNTY
BALDWIN COUNTY ELBERT COUNTY
TALIAFERRO COUNTY LINCOLN COUNTY
GREENE COUNTY WILKES COUNTY.
MORGAN COUNTY ' fehia-dactf
H’INAISTCIA-Ia STATEMENT
Os Ihe Naiimal Freedman's Savings and Trust Company, Chartered by Congress March 3, ISO».
Total amount of Deposits at Twenty-four Branches !?•
Total amount of Draft* .6
Total amount due 9,000 Depositors .*66,003 16
7 3.1*7
Deposits at Augusta Branch for December and January ‘ *”
Drafts 4 ’ 4 ’°
Gain in two months. 2,886 69
Due Depositors at Augusta Branch 69
Investments are made in Securities of tlio United States. Principal and interest i>ai lon demand. All
sums over Five Dollars, deposited before the loth of March, will draw interest 111 U‘ ly ’ at ;' n 1 •*"
num. The Bank is at th- corner of Jackson and Ellis streets. Bank hoursfrom 9, a. , >P- •
J. W. ALVORD, President; LEWIS OLEPIIANE, Ist Vice-President; D. L. KAION, Aaimi) , BAM 1.
I-HARRIS, Financial Inspector; GEORGE 11. HARRIS, Chairman Advisoiy Committee, Re\. ROBI.
T. KENT, Secretary; DAVID A. KITTEIC, Cashier
GKBA T
SOUTHERN FREIGHT LINE
’ FOR
ISTEW Y ORK via CHARLESTON, 8.0.
THROUGH BILLS OF LIBING AND THROUGH CARS,
Connecting at CHARLESTON with first class Ocean Steamships unrivalled iu speed aud com
fort by any on the coast, consisting of the
Manhattan, Champion, Charleston, James After, Magnolia, Saragossa,
Leaving CHARLESTON and NEW YORK ou TUESDAYS, THURSDAYS and SATURDAYS.
Shippers of Cotton and Receivers of Goodi are guaranteed as LOW RATES as by any com
peting Route, and SAVING OF TIME.
INSURANCE, ONE-HALF PER GENT.
RAILROAD AGENTS at all principal points in South Carolina, Georgia, Alabama and Tenues
see will give THROUGH BILLS OF LADING and PASSAGE TICKETS.
11. R. MORGAN * CO., ) Agents of Steamers J AMK t ADGER & CO., ( A cents of Steamers
ARTHUR LEARY, ) at New York, RAVENEL *. CO., sat Charleston, S. C.
W T J. O. WOODWARD, ? Southern Traveling, Freight
H. M. COTTINGHAM, Sand Passage Agents.
feb9 3m
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DHCEINIX: MUTUAL
UrnNSOBANCE COMPANY,
OF HARTFORD, CONN.
ITS ASSETS ARK OVHR $3,000,000. ANNUAL INCOME, NEARLY TWO MILLIONS, AND
CONSTANTLY INCREASING. ANNUAL DIVIDENDS, 00 PER CENT.
All It* Policies are Non-Forfeiting !
No Kcsti icXion on Travel, I. cation or Employment!
Dl vl<le nils upon ihe I‘uil Pi-einliuns paid on it* Tables!
Notes taken if desired for half of the Premium for the first lour years, and in case of death, they are ]«iid by
the DIVIDENDS ana given up and not deducted from the policy, and
THE FULL AMOUNT OF INSURANCE IS PAID.
It has paid in losses to its Policy Holders over $500,000, and has never contested a claim during the 17
years of its existence.
NO EXTRA TREMIUM CHARGED FOR INSURING
FEMALES, RAILROAD EMPLOYEES OR SEAMEN.
A Policy in the PIKENIX is propeily called a WHOLE WORLD POLICY. It permits the insured to
travel or reside at will anywhere in ihe United States or Europe, at any season ot the year, witnout extra
charge.
WM. C. BARBEIt,
j»27-l.y STATE AGENT, 227 BROAD STREET, AUGUSTA, GA.
'
SIPMISrGF WATER. 'W*
FOR SALE BY PRINCIPAL DRUGGISTS.
CURE S CAJJSr CEE,
Cures CUTANEOUS AFFECTIONS, Cures SCROFULA, aud all the Impurities of the
Blood.
AND THE BOVERKION REMEDY FOR
BRIGHT’S DISEASE,
ANl> OTHER DISEASES OF THE KIDNEY'S.
This is the original Spring Water from Vermont which has wrought so man;/ wonderful cures, and is a Jr.
Used only to distinguish it from the many imitations that are now attempted to hr palmed upon the public as being
equal to the virtues of the Missisquoi.
PAMPHLETS CONTAINING AN ACCOUNT OF MAN Y WONDERFUL CURES BY EMINENT
PHYSICIANS AND OTHERS CAN BE HAD GRATIS, BY CALLING AT OR
ADDRESSINU A NOTE TO
IttlsSlsqilOl SPRINGS,
,ian26-tmlil NO. 535 BROADWAY, NEW YORK.
M. KETCHUM, of New York. A. L. HARTRIDGE, Late of Hartridgs <fc Neff)
KETCHUM & HARTRIDGE,
NORTHEAST ROOM EXCHANGE BUILDING,
BAVANNAH, GEORGIA,
Dealers in domestic and foreign 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 ot SSOO and upwards.
COLLECTIONS MADE in this city and all the principal towns of Georgia and Florida.
WILL MAKE ADVANCES on Consignments ol COTTON, RICE, Ac., to ourselves or lo
our Northern aud European Correspondents. deellO-fim
WHOLESALE DRY ROODS.
SPRING TRADE' 18G9.
D. K. WRIGHT & GO.,
233 BROAD STREET,
OFrOSITK MASONIC HALL, .
AXJGr XJ © X.A.* GrAm
Keep constantly on hand a large and attractive
Stock of DRY GOODS and NOTIONS. GOODS
received almost daily. Keeping our Stock fresh in all
new Styles, possessing facilities unsurpassed in the
purchase of our GOODS, from first Brands and at
Auction, are prepared to off <r to Cash Buyers GOODS
at very Low Prices.
Augusta and Graniteville SHEETINGS, SIIIRT*
INGS and DRILLS.
Factory STRIPES and OSNABURGB, Ac., Ac.
Merchants will find it to their interest to examine
our Stock. jan24-3mif
Furniture, Furniture.
IP OR a Large Full Stock of NEW GOODS and
NEW STYLES at low prices, go to
novl9-tf PLATT BROTHERS.
THE CELEBRATED BEAR GRASS HAMS,
Extra Sugar Cured. A constant supply of these
choice HAMS always on hand from the Packing
House.
For sale to dealers.
feb7 BRANCH, SCOTT A CO.
JAB. A. SHIVERS, I J. H. ALEXANDER,
Warren Cos. | Wilkes Cos.
| Dickson’s Compound,
AN IMPROVED
| Commercial Fertilizer,
under the formula of Da
vip Dicksox, of Hancock, by his authority and con
sent, of the best nntcrials, with no adulteration nor
light weights.
Terms, $.lO, cash.
Shivers & Alexander,
AUGUSTA, GA.,
Office on Mclntosh street.
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MJ'hE GREATEST PURIFIER OF THE HU-
M <\N SYSTEM KNOWN, itock Bridge Alum
Water, FROM NATURE’S OWN LABORA
TORY.
BARRETT A CARTER,
Agents for Georgia.
Send for a Pamphlet. ian27-wthsulmif
Rough Rice, Rough Riee»
WANTED.
THE HIGHEST CASH PRICE PAID FOR
ROUGH RICE by
H. MORRISON, A/ent,
feb7-lm 103 Reynolds street.
JUST RECEIVED,
TE*HINTS. JEANS, OOTTONADES, Ac.
10 Oases JSAw Spring PRINTS
fl Oases KENTUCKY JEANS
3 Cases COTTON A DKB,
With a variety of other NEW OOODB at LOW
PRICKS, at Wholesale by
; fcblo-3 D. R. WRIGHT A CO,