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CONSTITUTIONALIST.
AUGUSTA. GKA.
WEDNESDAY MORNING. APRIL 14, ’69
A WISE DISCOVERY.
Many individuals at the North and many
journals are beginning to find out that the
Radical policy of coercion and Insult is,
and has always been, a tremendous blun
der. Prominent among parsons thus Il
luminated we note Senator Sprague, of
Rhode Island, and conspicuous among the
journals the New York limes. Taking
into consideration the violent antagonisms
engendered by civil war, it was, no doubt,
just as natural for the victorious party to
insist upon its arbitrary ideas as it was
for the vanquished to resist them. As
passion subsides with the flight of time
and experience compels a better influence,
moderate men stand aghast at the errors
they have committed and do not hesitate
to retrace their steps and advise the main
column to countermarch and gain the right
road of progress. It may be that this re
form of the well-disposed Republicans
comes too late. It may be that the
evil they have done has gone too deep
into the popular vitals for such remedies
as they propose. It may be that, like
Mirabeau, they can urge on the ball of
revolution, but are powerless to stop it in
Its headlong career. Still, we welcome
with pleasure these evidences of returning
reason and are willing to hope that, If the
country can be saved at all, such influences
will contribute mainly to its salvation.
The abiding obstacle in the way of such
men as Sprague and such presses as the
limes maybe found in Wendell Phil
lips and the faction he leads. He is well
characterized as a man of “ undying re
sentments.” In one of his recent epigram
matic harangues, he said :
“ Laws are nothing but rails. Congress can
only open doors and offer opportunities. Laws
do not make States. Congress moulds, but
does not create civilization. That is the crea
ture of other forces. We must woo these great
forces to our side before we can even hope for
success in reconstructing the South.”
If“ laws are nothing but rails,” It may be
likewise declared that Phillips is nothing
if not a railer against laws. Tfie “great forces”
alluded to by Mr. Phillips might seem at
first blush to refer to those natural forces
which despotism may keep under for a sea
son, but always, sooner or later, find a way
to burst artificial barriers. Manifestly, It
was the true policy of the Republican party
to have Indeed wooed the natural forces of
the South from the very beginning ; but,
following the dictates of Wendell Phil
lips, the term “ wooing ” was construed
as some cannibals construe It In choosing
wives—first knock them down and then
wed them for menial purposes. Indeed,
Mr. Phillips classically expresses the
11 wooing ” to mean the “ policy of Peter
the Great—stern as fate, inexorable as
death.” Or, as the limes Infers very pro
perly, “ by throwing to the winds every
impulse of humanity, every sentiment of
Christianity, every principle of self-govern
ment, on which alone our institutions rest,
aud by reverting to the instincts and prac
tices of the most savage of rulers in the
manst nf timca.l”
-drative of the Radicals protest. We remem
ber how they reluctantly followed Mr.
Phillips in the past; it remains to be seen
whether their present opposition is made of
better stuff and means more than' wordy
contradiction.
But we consider it a great gain to know
that a most respectable wltigof the Radical
party begins to appreciate the fact that the
local affairs of the South of right appertain
to Southern people, and that the forcing of
outside authority, by alien laws or national
bayonets, has proved a stupendous failure
and a diplomatic crime. This the Times
admits with admirable grace, and concedes
with equal candor that, if there is anything
■wrong in the fundamental principles of the
fiouth, the people resident there are the
only safe and thorough instruments of cor
rectiou. The Times continues:
“We assumed that the people of the South
ern States, after the surrender of their armies,
must be governed absolutely and in all tbing6
by Congress—that they mast make no consti
tutions or laws, elect no officers and do noth
ing toward reorganizing their institutions, or
even laying the ‘rails’ on which their social
forces were to operate, except with our assent
and at our dictation. And one result of all
this is, that the work is not done yet. We
found it comparatively easy to lead the South
ern horse to water; but we have found it very
difficult to make him drink. In all this we
made a great mistake, which we should be
glad to see avoided, as much ns possible, here
after.
1 Mr. Phillips thinks that the great necessity
is to repress crime and disorder, and this has
been the excase—perhaps we ought to say the
reason for all that has been done in our legis
lation concerning the South, since the close of
the war. ‘Crime and disorder’ certainly
should be repressed ; that is the first essential
of all social peace and growth. But we are in
clined to think, (1), that it would have been
more effectually done if we had trusted the
people of the South more to do it for them
selves from the beginning; (2), that relatively
crime and disorder have not been so much
more prevalent at the South than at the North,
since the war, as has been represented ; (3),
that they have been due in both sections to
substantially the same causes, and must be
cured by substantially the same means ; and
(4), that a great deal of the work of repression
by which we have endeavored to cure them
has had precisely the opposite effect, and will
continue to have that effect so long as we con
tinue it.”
When the South is approached in this
manner by a late antagonist, she is dis
armed of all the bitterness provoked by
hostile attitudes and more than willing to
meet such reasonable advances half way
We trust the sober-minded people of the
North will hearken to the wisdom of these
teachings; we trust the limes will con
tinue to maintain these indisputable truths
It may be that even the eleventh hour of
safety has passed for the Republic; but
■while there is the faintest chance for re
demption, we should never hesitate to seize
and pursue it with alacrity and enthusi
asm.
Dunn. —A Washington correspondent of
the New York Express gives this charcoal
Sketch of the “ Lieut. Governor ” of Louis
iana :
“ Dunn dresses well; wears good clothes,
light yellow kids, sports a cane aDd a stove
pipe hat, a flash watch chain, and a so-called
diamond breast pin, qnite as large as a walnut.
Now, Dunn cannot change his but he
does suppress his wool, by cutting and cutting
as close as scissors can cut—so close that the
track of the destructive shears can be traced
all over his black scalp. While black man
Dunn has the run of the floor of both Houses,
, white gentleman Judge Sharkey, Senator elect,
Is refused his seat, and denied entrance to the
floor! Comment is unnecessary. Dunn and'
Gen. Sypher (carpet-bag member from Louis-
Jana) were in the street cars lately, both stand
lag—a seat was vacated. it, my dear
fellow,’ said Gen. Sypher, gently aiding Dunn
to be seated.
“ Moral—A Louisiana negro is worth more
than a Yankee general!”
Os course, of course. A mongrel Yankee
cypher is not so good as a Louisiana negro—
and the negro knows it.
« Not for Joe.”—The appointment of
Mr. Motley to the English Mission set
tles the hash of Reverdy Johnson. When
he discovered that Grant was certain of
election, Reverdy Johnson sounded the
praises of the coming man at every dinner
party in England. When he saw Bambo,
the divinity of the hour, he worshipped him
more profoundly than Congress did. All
this servility was a bid for retention. But
it all failed. Motley’s the garb for him.
A Great Truth. —The Richmond En
quirer cfc Examiner inculcates this maxim :
“ That Civilization results from Land
Monopoly. The negro is incapable of land
monopoly, and therefore, he is the enemy of
private ownership in lands, and is bound to
become a communist, an agrarian whenever
invested with the functions of Popular
Sovereignty.”
[From the Baltimore Statesman.
Low Aims in Life.
We have lately read two addresses, of
which we could heartily wish that a copy
of each might be placed in the hands of
every young man who has thoughts of dedi
cating himself either to literature or pro
fessional pursuits. One is the Valedictory
Address to the graduating class of the
School of Medicine of the University of
Maryland, delivered in this city a few
weeks ago by Mr. S. T. Wallis, and which
has been recently published by the Faculty.
The other is the address of the English
historian, Mr. J. A. Fronde, on the occa
sion of his installation as Rector of the
Scottish University of St. Andrew’s, on the
19th of March. Mr. Wallis is a lawyer,
and although his remarks were addressed
to a body of young men who had just com
pleted their preparation for the practice of
a particular profession, the subject he se
lected is interesting to men of all profes
sions alike. The design of his discourse,
which is characterized throughout by that
gracefulness of expression and evenness of
style which mark all the productions, writ
ten or spoken, of the distinguished author,
seems to have been to inculcate the neces
sity of higher and nobler aims in the pur
suit of any intellectual calling, than are to
be found in the mere gross and material re
wards of popularity and pay. The seduc
tions which would lead the young aspirant,
for professional distinction aside from the
straight and narrow path ot duty and
honor, in search of those glittering prizes
which only gratify vanity or purchase
ease, are forcibly portrayed. “ Lament it
as we may, it can not be honestly denied
that in our country, in the days in which
we live, the chief temptation with which
young men of ability and ambition have to
struggle, is that which places wealth and
notoriety before them as the sufficient ends
of practical life. Whether it be the natural
and necessary effect of our system of gov
ernment as administered, or of bad seed,
planted early, somewhere in pur political
and social soil, or of circumstances and in
fluences which have misdirected our na
tional career, it boots not to inquire. It is
enough for us to know and recognize the
fact, that to live upon the common breath
—popularis aura —is every day judged more
and more the worthiest life, and to put
money in the purse is held yet more and
more its highest, chief concern. The repu
tation of excellence has grown to be taken
for as good a thing as excellence itself, and
the influence ancl power which come from
accumulated wealth are esteemed better
than the virtues and the culture which
would give it dignity aud grace. It is not
worth that makes the man, but what the
Juui p ▼▼ vi uo, aim ns vi uc no
sharp. The picture which Mr. Wallis draws
of the present state of society and of the
low standards of life and conduct which
are everywhere recognized, not excepting
the low-toned morality of the proposition
that “ houesty is the best policy," from
which it follows that it is well to be honest,
because honesty pays—the whole portrai
ture, in fact, will be admitted to be truth
ful by every candid and reflecting man.
The necessity of confronting doctrines and
practices so ignoble by nobler teachings
from some quarter, and the special obliga
tion, therefore, “ of those studies and voca
tions are Intellectual, and consequently
elevating in themselves, to set the example
of a loftier standard in both purpose and
pursuit,” are fitly enlarged upon and hap
pily Illustrated. The peculiar temptations
under which the medical profession labors
to fall into praetices of quackery and char
latanism, are the subject of some highly
hnmerous obvervations, while the amour
propre of the most sensitive member of the
faculty, if need be, must be more than grat
ified by the comparison drawn between the
opporfunies afforded for effecting intellec
tual results which shall be of lasting and
general benefit to mankind, by the study
and practice of medicine, and that of the
law—the profession which the speaker him
self has adorned.
Mr. Froude’s address, to a certain ex
tent, covers somewhat similar ground.
Speaking to those of his hearers who might
purpose to adopt literature as a profession,
ire warns them : “If you make literature a
trade to live by, you will be tempted al
ways to take your talents to the most profit
able market; and the most profitable mar
ket will be no assurance to you that you
are making a noble or even a worthy use of
them. Better a thousand times, if your
object is to advance your position in life,
that yoif should choose some other calling
of which making money is the legitimate
aim, and where your success will vary as
the goodness of your work; better for your-
selves, for your consciences, for your own
souls, as we used to say, and for the world
you live in. Therefore I say, if any of you
choose this mode of spending your exist
ence, choose it deliberately, with a full
knowledge of what you are doing. Recon
cile yourselves to the condition of the old
scholars. Make up your minds to be poor;
care only for what is true, and right and
good. On these conditions you may add
something real to the intellectual stock of
mankind, and mankind in return may per
haps give you bread enough to live upon,
though bread extremely thinly spread with
butter.” He closes with the earnest appeal
—“ be honest with yourselves, whatever
the temptation ; say nothing to others that
you do not think, and play no tricks with
your own minds. Os all-the evil spirits
abroad at this hour fn the world, humbug
is the most dangerous.” But the scope of
the address of the new Rector of St.
Andrew’s is even broader. Education, in
its largest sense, was its subject—not mere
ly that which is designed as a fitting pre
paration for the exercise of a learned pro
fession, but that which is required to meet
the ordinary wants and necessities of
society and of the age in which we live.
The defects of existing systems in England
and America are exposed, and words of
suggestion and recommendation are sup
plied, which may invite further considera
tion at some other time. As illustrating
the deficiencies of present modes of educa-
tion, one fact is forcibly presented, of which
we in America have daily, growing and
painful experience—and that is, that the
increase of virtue and morality by no means
keeps pace with the .spread of knowledge
and the development of schools and means
of popular instruction. Says Mr. Froude,
the unexampled intellectual
nUo«H,L 0f 7 h u ast thirt y years, the multi
zinct Churches - schools, books, maga
-2” h?T>? y hundreds of thou
sands —by the side of It all “ there has
SSKSSfiEF* asto ">*hing develop
From the great
houses in the city of London to the village
iLT^raS" l^ll^ 0 ' England h£
You can no longer trust that
you buy Is the thing which fc n a “f ar , t c . e
be, We have false weights 8 to
cheating and shoddy every
NlgMlnjale has aptly Jd „f gj,
substitution of merely mental for mora
and industrial training, the three rw
Kf7as e ca U iny ioUhaVe ProdUCed a
The responsibility for this state of things
of the clergy and existing systems of cler
ical training—of the great universities and
the whole scheme of popular education as
practiced and understood on both sides of
the Atlantic, are among the themes which
Mr. Froude handles, evincing In their dis
cussion that vigor and independence of
thought which mark his historical writings.
The defects of the school system ot this
country, which teaches a boy never to rest
contented, but to struggle onward in never
ending competition in the race for wealth
and power, are exhibited, and the opinion
is expressed that such a system, whatever
purpose it may answer in anew and unset
tled country, can never be found perma
nent, or, the speaker might have added, be
the foundation of anything permanent, it
may be questioned whether Mr. Wallis’
exposition of the ordinary incentives held
out to professional ambition and exertion
does not suggest the solution of the whole
matter. Success Is proposed as the one ob
ject In life. The means by which that suc
cess is attained are comparatively unim
portant. So you get place or money, peo
ple will respect yon, and not stop to criti
cise too closely the steps by which you rose
to the possession of either. Education is
valued in proportion as it supplies the
means for attaining success, and systems
of education, popular and professional, are
framed upon this basis. What other results
can be expected than those which Mr.
Froude describes, and of which the crim
inal records, the proceedings of the courts,
and the daily newspapers of both countries,
furnish the conclusive evidence?
[From the Richmond Whig.
The South as a Source of National Pros
perity.
The New York Commercial and Financial
Chronicle , of the 3d of April, in an article re
viewing the business of the month of March,
says “ the South has been a larger pur
chaser in our markets than at any period
within the fast ten years, and It might have
been reasonably supposed that a good
amount of the currency sent there in pay
ment for cotton wonid now begin to find
its way back. The non-realization of this,
expectation, however, warrants the sup
position that the South is bow buying upon
credit to a much larger extent than during
late years—an assumption which is counte
nanced by the improved confidence felt in
Southern merchants.” •
It is stated in the same article that the
West has been backward in its payments to
the East, and “ has bought very sparingly
<Jf goods for the Spring trade, and especially
upon cash term=\"
The recuperative energy of the Southern
States is one of the marvels of this age of
wonders. But four years have elapsed
since an invading force numbering a million
of men occupied our territory. They moved
about iu every direction, and destroyed or
carried off our property of every descrip
tion, They laid waste our iands and
emancipated onr laborers. When the war
ended we were penniless and without the
implements of industry, work animals and
cattle. Swarms of unfriendly adventurers
in pursuit of plunder succeeded to these
aimies, whose mission it was to foment dis
cord between the land-owners and the
laborers.
But four years have passed away, and yet
one of the Northern organs of commerce and
industry reports that the South has, during
the first Spring month of the present year
been a/ larger purchaser In the Northern
markets than at any period in the last ten
years, aud that “ an improved confidence is
felt m Southern merchants.”
1 here are those at the North who are ac
customed to speak of the people of the
Squthern States as so many lazzaroni, who
are too lazy to work and only too proud to
beg. We point them to this report of one
of their own business organs. More hard
work has been done in these States since
the close of the war than has been done in
the States of the North, and done, too, in
the face of every conceivable form of dis-
couragement and disadvantage.
Suppose that, instead of being tossed,
harassed and plundered, as we have been ;
suppose that industry, instead of having
been shackled, had been free, and that, in
stead of political agitation, we had been
blessed with repose, how ranch better even
wo«y}«wr’fieii uiah "irrelidwT~ .Yet, ~with
all these disadvantages and drawbacks to
contend against, we have "poured streams
of wealth into the North, have swelled the
exports of the country and contributed
vast sums towards the revenues of the
Government.
What a lesson for the Northern people
does all this furnish, and how reluctant
they seem to be to learn to apply it! The
Northern population is composed chiefly
°* business men, who, from their earliest
c.iildnood, are taught the value of-money,
and among themselves* they do not suffer
sentiment, religion or political considera
tions to interfere with their business. But
iu their course towards the South, they
have Ignored all of those maxims of busi
ness that they hourly observe among them
selves. The consequence has tyeen that
they have lost millions of dollars from their
trade, and have had in addition to bear a
double burden of taxation. Their shippers,
their importers, their wholesale and retail
dealers, their manufacturers and all their
men of business, have been deprived of a
full third of their trade, and this is a low
estimate. They have followed the coun
sels of the unreasoning fanatics and the
jaundiced politicians, instead of the dic
tates of common sense and ordinary good
feeling, and their loss is to be measured by
that sustained by us. When the spring is
dried up, the stream that issued from it
also disappears.
It is time that the business interests of
the North should unite and put a check
upon the fanatics and politicians. They
have the game in their own hands if they
choose to control it. Will they be content
to follow blindly and servilely In the wake
of the politicians, refusing to learn what
the very plebeians of Rome were made to
understand many centuries ago, that a war
between the members entails only suffering
upon all.
Senator Sprague and the Republi
can Press—Signs of Alarm.— The Re
publican journals are very much perplexed
and somewhat alarmed by the late pungent,
independent, outspoken views of Senator
Sprague on the political and social corrup
tions and demoralizations of the day, and
on the dangers thus threatening the coun
try. Nor is this party perplexity surpris
ing. According to the dogmas of party—
this party or that party—the opinions of
Mr. Sprague are rank heresies. But they
are working in many minds. In truth, the
great body of our thinking people are re
volving the question—“ Is there any hope
of a reformation of the existing abuses,
political and moral, frightful as they are,
short of a complete overthrow of the po
litical parties and party principles of the
day.” Then these other questions are sug
gested : Where is this general reform to
begin? What evils shall it undertake to
remedy ? Where are the materials and the
means for anew and independent party
organization ? Who will lead off, and who
will follow, when the party in power have
all the spoils and the party out of power
are as stupid as the Bourbons in learning
nothing? We cannot answer these in
quiries just yet; but the public mind is
not satisfied with tilings as they are, nor
with things as they promise to be under
the new administration. Senator Sprague
is aware of this, and has been giving voice
to his convictions. One thing is certain,
too, that things as they are cannot' last
much longer. From all the signs of the
times— religious and politi
cal—we shall have a tremendous political
upheaval and revolution in or before the
year of grace 1872.— Herald.
Impeacher Ashley, of Ohio, has been ap
pointed Governor of Montana. He is just
the man lor the place, according to the
Radical standard , as is proven by the fol
lowing extracts from letters written by
Ashley, in March, 1861, to a “ trooly 10ll ’’
patriot, named Frank Chase, whom he had
endeavored to have appointed Surveyor of
Colorado. The letters are dated March 12
18 and 19,1861, and run thus:
“Now, Frank, this is the best office, in my
judgment, in the gift of the President, and
I would resign to-day if I were sure I could
keep it four years. If you get it, I want to
unite with you as a full partner in all land
speculations and town sites.” * * *
“ The Paeiflc Railroad will go through this
Territory, and will be a fortune to us if we
can get it.” * * * «I will probablv be
chairman of the Committee on Territories,
if we can carry out the programme to elect
Grow Speaker, and your brother, Charley
Chase, of Indiana, Clerk, and then I will
know all the proposed expenditures in the
Territories, and post you in advance.”
* * Af, “ Now, one word as to ourselves.
It is proposed that my brother Eli is to be
chief clerk, and my brother William, who
is now in Colorado, shall have such a posi
tion as he can fill, he having been a farmer.
The surveying contracts. Ac., we will fix
after the appointment.” * * * “I have
drawn up the enclosed agreement, which I
wish yon wonid sign and keep, and copy
one just like it; sign it, and forward and
return the other agreement.”
[Philadelphia Age.
[From the LaGnwge Reporter.
Letter from Hon. Nelson Tift.
We are indebted to Mr. Tuggle for permis
sion to publish tbe following letter from the
working Representative in Congress from tbe
Second District:
Fortieth Congress, U. S., j
House of Representatives, i
Washington, D. 0., March 29,1869. >
W. O. Tuggle. Esq.— Dear Sir . I received
your favor of 26th instant. The House has
passed a resolution. In effect, refusing admiss
ion on any consideration in cases where mem
bers elect are disqualified under the law—t. <■.,
cannot take tbe test oath. We must, therefore’
select men whose disabilities have been remov
ed, or who can take the test oath. Ido not
think that a Democrat who was qualified wonid
lie excluded, uuless a tolerable pretext could
be furnished by his opponent. I think the
present Congress will be more liberal than the
last in relieving from disability ; the Democrata
approximate so nearly to one-third, as to be
able to demand a fair share of “ relief,” or they
will thwart their purposes to relieve their own
friends.
Bullock hag pocketed the election bill, and
we have no law for election now. I learn that
the majority in Congress will take in the pres
ent set,from Georgia, whenever they admit any
members—because, if for no other reason,
doubtless, a majority are Republicans. So that
ii there had been, or if there shall hereafter be,
an election for the Forty-first Congress, the
men elected wonid be excluded In favor of the
leading
and goue home,
unrepresented Tn this Congress. The ordi
nance aud Bullock’s commission carries us into
the Forty-first Congress; but the question was
not mentioned in the election, and, if Georgia
had been all right here, I should have with
drawn. I remain here now to do what I can
for our protection.
To repeat, briefly, my answers to your ques
tions—
1. When any members are admitted to Con
gress, the present sec will toe.—Radical au
thority.
2. A Democrat who cannot take the test oath,
or who has not had his disabilities removed by
Congress, will not be admitted.
S. Congress Will not order an election for
members to Congress.
Yours truly, Nei.9on Tift.
Georgia State Lottery
FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE
Masonic Orphan’ll Home.
The following were the drawn numbers, in the Bup.
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April 13.
MORNING DRAWING—CIass No. ITS.
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SPECIAL NOTICES.
WS~ AUGUSTA MUTUAL LOAN ASSOOIATION.-
The Hundred and Sixth Rogular Monthly Meeting of this
Asaoeiatiou will be held at the Treasurer’s Office. Itl
Broad street, THIS (Wednesday) EVENING, the 14th
inst., at TJ o’clock. 3. A. BRENNBR,
apH-l Secretary.
war AUGUSTA BOARD OF TRADE.—The Regular
Quarterly Meeting o( tbe Augusta Board of Trade will
be held at their new office ( Library Association Rooms),
THIS DAY (Wednesday), at U o’clock, M.
A full attendance) of members Is earnestly solicited.
By order Edwahd Thomas, President.
W. J. POLLARD,
*P III Secretary.
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It can be irocured at from any Northern market.
Bend for Circular and Price Lißt bcfqre purchasing
elsewhere, and get a pqre article and save freights.
jan29-Sm J. l. SOGKRB.
NEW
SPKJNG GOODS,
Wholesale or Retail.
I HAVE received at my old stand, corner of Broad
and Jackson streets, a Lirge stock of new and desirable
Goods, for the Spring and Summer trade, and will
continue to receive every week during the season.
In the way of DRESS GOODS, DRESS TRIM
MINGS, PARASOLS, FANS, I.ACE POINTS,
Black, White and Col’d GRENADINE BHAWLe'
I have a large lot.
For Gentlemen and Boys’ Wear,
I have a full line of FANCY CASBIMEREP, FAN
CY LINENS, DOE SKINS, DRAP DE E 7 E,
White and Colored LINENS and DRILLS.
In the way of TABLE DAMASKS, NAPKINS
and DOYLES, LINENS of all grades, Linen SHEET
INGS, Pillow-Case LINENS, my stock is complete.
PLANTATION GOODS, of all grades, a large lot
ALSO,
DUTCH BOLTING CLOTHS, all numbers.
All those In want of Dry Goods, at Wholesale or
Retail, will lose nothing by looking at my stock.
James Miller,
ap6-dgctf Opposite Globe Hotel.
SUPERIOR BACON.
IRiECKIVED on consignment, 80 hbds., superior
article, O. R- BACON, which we Prill sell in lots to
suit purchasers.
D. L. ADAMS A SONS.
Augusta, 12th April, 18SB.
ap!3-eod3
TO ALL THOSE
IN WANT OF MONEY.
HE UNDERSIGNED respectfully announces
to the people of Augusta and vicinity, that he is now
readv to
-Advance Loans
IN SUMS FROM ONE DOLLAR UPWARDB
On such COLLATERAL SECURITY as CLOTH
ING, WATCHES, PISTOLS, JEWELRY, DIA
MONDS, etc., on the most liberal terms.
Office, 202 Broad street, Augusta, Ga.
novl7-flm* p. MORRIS.
3NTew -A.dvertisements
TO THE PUBLIC.
s\om and after this date our chart os for car-
attend funerals will he three do’ltre.
J. H. KB KN AO HAN,
• Globe Hotel Stables.
A. WILSON,
Palace Stables.
aj»l4-6 *
I WANTED,
A. COMPETENT BAKEK.
Apply at
GEORGE EVERS’ BAREST.
apU-3*
To COTTON BPINNBRS AND MANUFAC
TURERS.—WANTED, by an Englishman. a SITU
ATK>N aa MANAGER in a COTTON MILL. Un
derstands Spinning Cotton, in all its details, for all
numbers, and is conversant with the running of all
improved machinery. Can furnialt satisfactory refer
ence. Address, care Messrs. Jambs Marti* A Cos ,
Meurs. Claohobs, Hiaaiaa & Cos., Philadelphia, to
apH-i EDWARD KIRBY.
CONSIGNMENT,
50,000 LBS. Tennessee and West
ern BACON SIDES
30,000 Poujnds prime Tennessee
SHOULDERS
25,000 Pounds Choice Tennessee
HAMS
15 Tierces CANVASS HAMS,
Pee Dee
50 Kegs LARD
2,000 Pounds BREAFABT BA
CON
2,500 Pounds BELLIES
500 Bushels COW PEAS
500 Bushels OATS
3,000 Bushels CORN, at depot
25 Barrels Pure CIDER VIN
EGAR
300 Barrels FLOUR, Superfine,
Extra and Fan ily
100 Barrels White Corn ar.d Rye
WHISK Y
io Bales YARNS, Princeton
Factory
For sale by BARRBRT & CASWELL.
Augusts, April 12, 1868.
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‘ STEAM
ENGINES
From 4 to 360 Horse Power,
Including the celebrated Cor
liss Cut off Engines. Slide
Valvo Stationary Engines
Portable Er glncs, *c. A Iso,
Circular, Malay and Gang
Paw Mills, Sugar Cane Mills,
Shafting, Pull, ys, Ac, l.nth
an 1 Bhing'e Mills, Wheat and
Corn Mills, Circular t-aws,
Belting, Ac. Send tor descrip
tive Circular and Price List.
WOOD * MANN STEAM ENGINE CO.,
fchl7 6m Utica, New York.
Valuable Real Estate
AT PUBLIC SALE..
On the first TUESDAY iu MAY next, at tbe
Market Hoi)ic, in A uguata, between the usual hours
of sale, will he sold, without resort e, that well known
LOT and improvements, on the corner of Broad,
Campbell and Eliis streets, now occupied by Bakkr
* RoffL4j.it, and others, having a tront on Broad
street of thirty-one feet five inches, and running
through to Ellis street
Sold by order of the Superior Court of Richmond
Aounty, for a division between ten ints in common.
ATerms Cash in Currency.
T. G. BARRETT,
apS ts Commissioners of Superior Court.
-Assignee’s Sale.
On THURSDAY, the thirteenth of MAY next,
at twelve o’clock at noon, will be sold, at public auc
tion, on the premise., without reserve and without
postponement, the Banking House and Lot of
* • THE MECHANICS’ BANK.
Tbe property is too well known to need description.
It fronts on Broad street thirty-nine feet, of which four
ffet nine Inches is in the alley, common to tbe adjoin
ing owners, and runs back one hundred and seventy
three feet, more or less.
At the same time will ho sold the FURNITURE
in the Banking Room, eonsirting of Counter, Desks,
Tables. Ac., one first class Iron Chest, ;.nd one set of
very fine Gold Scales.
ALSO,
Confederate Treasury Note", about $320,000.
Corif ’derate Intcrest Bearing Notes, about $2,200,000.
Confederate four per cent. Bonds, about $37 ),000.
Terms— Ca"h, in currency.
WM. T. GOULD,
apß-T awtmylo Assignee.
WHOLESALE DRY GOODS.
SPRING TRADE 1869.
0. tt. WRIGHT & GO.,
533 BROAD STREET,!
OPPOSITE MASONIC HALJ-,
AUGUSTA, GA.
constantly on hand a 1 irge and attractive
Stock of DRV GOODS and NOTIONS. GOODS
received almost daily. Keeping our Stock fresh in-all
Dew Styles, possessing facilities unsurpassed in the
purchase of our GOODS, from first Brunts and at
Auction, are prepared to off -r t»«Mh Buyers GOODS
at very Low Prices.
Augusta and Granllevillo SHEETINGS, SHIRT
INGS and DRILLS.
Factor) STRIPES and OSNABURGS, &o ,*c.
Merchant* will tin.l itto their Interest to examine
our Stock. )un24-3mif
H. MORRISON, Agent,
No. 101 REYNOLDS STREET,
I>KALER IN WOOL, BEES
WAX, METALS, HIDES, SKINS, i'APER
STOCK, and all kinds of COTTON.
The Highest Cash Prices paid for the above named
articles
WANTED—S,OOO pounds washed WOOL, for
which I will pay 45 cents; unwashed, freo of burrs.
5 cents. ’
Live Goose FEATHKRB wantod, for which the
highest prices will he paid. nwrls-tf
GENTRY & MOORE,
COTTON FACTORS
AND
General Commission Merchants,
AUGUSTA. GA.
K TAKE pleasure in announcing onr con
nection with Dr. 8. H. Pkrkixh, of Taliaferro cou ity.
We have on hand, and to arrive, five hundred
(600) bushels of Peabody’s Long Staple Prolific COT
TON SEED, at $1 per bushel, in quantities to suit
purchasers.
This Oottou was aold in this market this season
for thirty-three (38) per cent more than the ordinary
Upland Cotton.
Januabt 17,1806.
janlP-thuasunacSm
LIBEL FOR DIVORCE.
EMILY E. ELLINGTON,)
_ «*. > Libel for Divorce.
WILEY T. ELLINGTON. S
It appearing to the Court, from the return of the
Sheriff, that the defendant in the above stated case
resides out of the county, and It further appearing that
he does not reside in the State, it la, on motion of Job*
S. Davidson, solicitor for Libellant, ordered that ser
vlce of the above btU be perfected upon the defendant
by publication in the Constitutionalist, a public ga
zette of the State, once a month for four months be
fore the next term of this Court.
A true eatract from the minutes, this 11th February
1889, folio 47. F. L. COOPER,
f«bl2-ltun4m Deputy Clerk.
BRIGNOLI.
In 1 IRBT VISIT TO THE SOUTH of the greatest
living Tenor BIG- P- BRIGNOLI, assisted by
MLLB. MARIE LOUISE DURAND, the youu*
favorite PHIM A DONNA, from the Grand Italian’
Opera, New York, BIG. PETRILLI, the eminent
BARITONE, BIG. SARTI, the Popular BUFFO ;
SIS. LOOATELLT, BASSO CANTANTE; BIG.
BTEFFANONK, Musical Director and Accompa
nist.
POSITIVELY FOR TWO NIGHTS ONLY,
AT
CONCERT HALL.
TUESDAY EVENING, APRIL 20th.
GRAND OPERATIC CONCERT,
When, in addition to the regular programme, SIG.
BRIGNOLI has consented to siug his celebrated En
glish Bong, “GOOD BYE, SWEETHEART,”
whieh has created such enthusiasm in all the North
ern cities.
WEDNESDAY EVENING. APRIL Slat.
DONIZKTTJ’3 Charming Comic Opera,
DON PABQUALE,
And the great TOWER SCENE from
IL TROVATQRE.
In order that the patrons may have an opportunity
of hearing SIG. BRIGNOLI’S world-renowned Mor
oeao, the thrilling
TOWER SONG,
Doors open at 7*; Curtain rises at 8. Admission,
$1 60. Reserved Peats, $2.
The sale of seats will commence on Friday morn
ing, at Geo. A. Oates’ Book Store, at 9 o’clock. '
Polite and efficient Ushers will be in attendance.
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TO THE PUBLIC.
i ''*^y
From and after this date parties hiring Carriages
from me for Fnneral purposes will be entitled to the
use of my bearae for the same price charged for car
riage* (four dollars.)
I would likewise call attention to the fact that my
Stables are thoroughly equipped for Livery and Sale
purposes of every description.
JOHN B. POURNELLE,
Proprietor of Grey Eagle and Kentucky Stables.
ap9 0
TRABHERB,
GRAIN CRADLES,
HOUSE POWERS.
eJoHN A THUS. A. BONEB h*vo received a
stock ofSINCLAIR’S SPIRAL WROUGHT IRON
ELASTIC C\ LINDER TRABHERS. A superior
article. Sizes suitable for smadt or large growers of
Grain.
WILLCOX & GRANT’S five and six FINGER
ED GRAIN CRADLES.
Grain Fans,
To arrive, small and large size.
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CHEESE, CRACKERS,
and GOOD, at
JAMES G. BAILIE & BROTHER’S.
Dusters, Brushes, Brooms.
OuK BPRING supply received and for sale by
JAMES G. BAILIE & BROTHER.
Churns, Piggins, Bowls,
JUBT received and for sale by
JAMES G. BAILIE & BROTHER.
POTATOES.
150 BBLS CUOICE POTATOES
Received and for sale low by
JAMES G. BAILIE & BROTHER.
BASKETS.
LjARGE invoices opened of Traveling, Clothes,
Market and Fancy BASKETS, at
JAMES G. BAILIE * BROTHER’S.
Tabs, Buckets, Cans,
Opening and for sale at
JAMES G BAILIE & BROTHER’S.
Choice Family Groceries,
A. FULL STOCK received and for sale at
JAMES G. BAILIE & BROTHER’S,
mhlS-tnthsa 30 ft Broad street.
North American Fire Ins. Cos.,
HARTFORD, CONN.
Capital and Jtaset* $449,859 6ft.
febl9 ' Bm A. G. HALL, Agent.
WRITE HERNANI, two yards wide, very
fine. Just opened at
OBAr & TURLEY’S.
Dress^ * WO ardß w *d e t for
GRAY * TURLEY.
ilitlt ORENaDIK E DK FER, twcTyards
wide, for wh awls and DreuPC9.
- GRAY & TURLEY.
T-t A °, K HERNANI, two yards wide,’ for
-lJ Shawls and Dresftes. ’
BLACK TaMARTINE, two yards wide, for
8 haw la and Ladleti’ Dres-es.
GRAY & TURLEY.
B r^de k iu« l^fnti ,IN EDS two yards
~ ' GRAY & TURLEY.
r^.^J?° kkNTIN£ ’ llD B le wld, h> heautl-
GRAY A TURLEY.
jjtAOK IRON BARKJE.finetos^lhne^uai-
VK Eal>AQ^K ' fl " 610 BUb '
B_ GRAY * TURLEY.
ItoCHS OftENA DInIU BA Rh GET 1 n~new
and beautiful styles. ' new
OKAY a TURLEY.
lp>Lain ool,Oß(£T> SiLK, in variotv, Just te-
ORAYATtffeLhY!
®LAOK to subllraa <^ual-
PAR TBoLS - Plain Black, Plain White, and
great vaiietyoi co ors. * , a
GRAY A TURLEY.
EJ gr® ?v 0 a I rl?t“ RKD HANDKERCHIEF
—- GRAY A TURLEY.
ILK SPOT LACKS, new style and heautlfu
colors, for Ladles’, Misseß and Childrens’ Dresses
"TjLACt BOMBAZINES, super to sublime qual
-*-*<**• OKAY A TURLEY.
PANS, in great varioty. opening Monday.
kJ GRAY A TUItLEY.
HANDKERCHIEFS, Plain
-A--A- White, Black Borders, Colored Borders.
GRAY A TURLEY.
A/TAKBAILL K 8 QUILTS, nil sixes, very cheap.
-dJLI. GRAY A TURLEY.
HITE MARBAILLES, for Ladies’ Dresses,
very handsome.
GRAY A TURLEY.
TUCKED SKIRTING, beantlful article, very
cheap. GRAY A TURLEY.
TAPE TRIMMfNtiS, Narrow, MSdUfra isd
Wide. GRAY A TURLEY.
la UFFLlNGß—Ooventry, Imperial and Spiral.
-LI) GRAY A TURLEY.
UILLKD RIBBONS, great vsriety in colors.
GRAY A TURLEY.
If* AOB COLLARS, in great variety, cheap,
il— l GRAY A TURLEY.
RAPi VklLs, Medium, Large and'Extra Lane
V_y GRAY A TURLEY*
COLLAfts ANb CUFFS," Plain White andUoT
oped. GRAY A TUBLBY.
AStf RIBBON-White, Black, Blue, Plait
Green, Ae.
GBAI A TURLEY.
■fjfWlCN'Oß OoEBEI'S, the beat Whalebone ktid
_L? moat perfect Shapes.
GRAY A TURLEY.
GRAY Sc TURLEY.
RAW Broad It., Angusts, Ga.
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THU APPBTITEJMIJWISCGS
Spot OFF c|t JS6# ANt) SMOKING THE
H wfrai, TOBfc^O.
RITONS PREPARATION.
ESTABLISHED 1866.
One ho* of Orton’s Preparation i* warranted to
destroy the appetite for Tobacco, in any person, no
matter how strong the ha bit may be. If it fails in
any case the money will be refunded. It it perfectly
safe and harmless in all cases. It Is almost Impos
sible to break off the nee of Tobacco, by the mere
exorcise of tbe will. Some tiling is needed to assist
nature in overcoming aha bit so firmly rooted Wit h
the heip of the Preparation, there is not the least
trouble. Hundreds have used it who are willing tn
hear witness to the fact, that Orton’s Preparation
completely destroys the appetite for Tobaceo, and
leaves the person as free from any desire for it, as
before be commenced its use. The Preparation acts
directly upon the same g) ands and secretions affect
ed by tobacco, and through these upon the blood, tho
roughly cleaning the poi son of Tobacco from the
system and'bus allaying the unnatural cravings for
J obacco. JVo mare hanker ing for Tobacco after using
Orton's Preparation. Recollect it is warranted.
The time taken to allay all desire for Tobacco by
the use of the Preparation varies slightly In different
persons, the average time being about Five days.
Home huve no desire for Tobacco whatever after using
the Pieparation Two days.
The Health and Purse of every Tobacco user tn the
country calls loudly, abandon tbs uas op tobaooo.
RECOMMENDATIONS.
The following are a few selected from the multitude
of recommendations iu our possession.
We, the undersigned, hereby certify that we have
used Orton's Preparation lor the purpose of destroy
ing the appetite for Tobacco, and can assure those
who are suffering from this habit that Orton’s Prepa
ration will certainly destroy the appetite for Tobacco
quickly and permanently, and without any bad effect
upon the health, and without creating an appetite
either for the Preparation or any substitute :
_ W. P. Heald, Bangor, Maine; J;Moody,Southport,
Indiana ; K. W. Adkins, Knoxville, Tenn.; John Mer
rill, Bangor, Maine ; J. Bunch, Bpnngfield, Tenn.; W.
D. Harrington, West Point. Georgia; E. W. Boyd,
Portland, Oregon; 0. Verrlll, Ban Francisco, Califor
nia ; W. P. Waidrou, Pittsburgh, Pa.
. Reware of Counterfeits and all articles purport
ing to be like this, of the same name or otherwise. The
great popularity of Orton's Preparation has induced
unprincipled persons to attempt palming upon the public
counterfeit and inftrior articles. Purchasers will please
order directly from, the proprietor, or his duly author
ised Agents.
The price of Orton’s Preparation is $2 00 per box,
or three boxes for $6 00, sent by mull to any part of
the country, securely sealed from observation, with
passage paid on receipt of price.
Sold by W. D. HARRINGTON, West Point, Geor-
General Agent for Georgia aod Alabama, to whom
ail order*, applications lor Agency, Ac , should be ad
dressed.
C. B. COTTON, Proprietor,
mh9-2m Portland, Maine.
REPINED
FAMILY LARD,
PACKED BY
PROCTER & GAMBLE,
CINCINNATI.
Ask your Grocer for cur brand of Lard
in these Packages.
Packed 3 ff>, 6 fl>, 10 lb Caddies, 60 lb Cases for ship
ment. Cheapest mode for selling Lard. Bend for
Price List. ap4-12
A GHENT
FOR
PROCTOR & GAMBLE’S
REFINED LARD.
100 PACKAGES in store and a)riving.
BRANCH, SCOTT & CO.
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clilirriTimnAiil
THROUGH TICKETS over this Road to Rich
mond, Washington, Baltimore, Philadelphia and New
York, and also LOCAL TICKETS, can be had for
the present at the office of Messrs. John J. Cohen &
Son.
foMS-U F. J. MOSES, M. D., Agent.
H. W. CA.RB7
BROKER.
W ILL BUY AND SELL ON COMMISSION
BONDS,
STOCKS
a P 6 -S® AND BANK NOTES.
Window Shades and Papers,
have received anl are now opening, the
Prettiest and the Largest Stock of WINDOW
P A PKRrt and BOR DKRH,FIRE
SCREENSand PAPER SHADES, in the State of
Georgia. New Goods, Cheaper than Ever.
STORK WINDOW SHADES of all size.,
bhades Squared and Put ITp at Short Notice.
.„ JAMES G. BAILIE * BROTHER.
mhl6-3tnif
Improved Grecian Caoutchouc
OIL POLISH BLAOKIHGh
I HAVE JUST reciivad from the manufacturers
some of this truly ELEGANT POLISH, wbioh is
claimed to surpass any other brand. All are invited
to call and examine. For sale by
THOB. M. GOLDSBY,
apß g ■ Next below V. Richards A Bros.
Virginia Insurance Company,
STAUNTON, VA.
Cash Capital $990,000.
febl9-3m A. G. HALL, Agent.
SOMETHING NEW.
TDhE PATENT EVERLASTING WHITE
WIRE CLOTHES LINE doos not corrode and will
not break; is cheaper than a common line. Every
family should have one. To be had at No. 22 Fen
wick, corner Centre street.
JOHN W. MOORE,
General Agent /8r the States of Georgia and South
Carolina. mh!4-lm
LAGER BIER,
U'rom THE CELEBRATED NEW YORK
LION BREWERY,
At the Georgia Saloon,
Broad Street, opposite the Planters'
Hotel.
mh2o-lm
JACOB R. DAVIS,
General -Agent
AND
Commission Merchant*
Southeast Comer of Broad anti Kollock Sts.,
AUGUSTA GA.
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NOTICE.
OeoRGIA, RICHMOND COUNTY.-All pet*
sons having claims against Mrs. Charlotts Cora,
late of said county, deceased, will present them duly
attested; and those indebted to the same will make
payment to 4*JOHN a DAVIDSON,
apO-dflw Administrates
Taylor &, Abrahams,
COTTON BROKER?,
©O Spears* Wharf, Baltimore.
LIBERAL ADVAN CBS made upon consignments
and orders for GRAIN, BACON, Ac., promptly filled.
apfi-Sm
229 Broad St.,
Opposite Masonic Hall.
'NEW ©took:
OF
FASH LON ABLE
CLOTHING
THE
FINEST and CHEAPEST
fcVER OFFERED TO THE CITIZENS
OF AUGUSTA AND VICINITY.
A. T. GRAY,
(Late or the firm of Kenny & Gray,)
HAS RECEIVED FROM THE MAN UFACJ
TURER3 AND IMPORTERS
A SELECT STOCK
OF
Fil JST E, MEDIUM
AND
LOW PRICED
READY MADE
CIuOTHIN &
AND
O-HJJVXLKIVIKN ’»
furnishing goods
OF THE LATEST AND MOST
fashionable styles:
THESE GOODS WILL BE SOLD
VEBY CHE&.P FOR CASH,
The public are Incited to examine before
purchasing elsewhere.
Andrew T. Gray.
Fine Walking Coat Suits,
In CHOICE SHADES, at
A. T. GRAY’S,
Opposite Mhsouic Hall.
Business Suits,
In ...... rarlety, p, maa-very cheap, at
A. T. GRAY’S,
Bine Flannel Suits,
In SACK AND WALKING COATS, at
A. T. GRAY’S,
Opposite Masonic Hall.
Youths’, Boys’ and Children’s
Suits, at
A. T. GRAY’S,
Opposite Masonic Hall.
Fine Black Broad Cloth Frock Coats
. I,LATEST STYLES. Very cheap, at
A. T. GRAY'S.
Opposite Masonic Hall.
A VERY CHOICE LINE OF
WHITE SHIRTS
At very low prices, at
A.T GRAY’S,
Opposite Masonic Hall.
Linen and Jcan9 Drawers,
In regjklar and extra large sizes, at
A. T. GRAY’S,
Opposite Masonic Halt
SILK. LISLE THREAD AND GAUZE
UNDER SHIRTS,
At A. T. GRAY’S,
Opposito Masonic Hall.
LISLE THREAD AND COTTON
HALF HOSE,
V BRY CHEAT, at
A. T. GRAY’S,
Opposite Masonic Hall;
AVERY HANDSOME LINE OF
Gents' Handkerchiefs*
IIkM’D AND HEM’D STITCHED, AT
A. T. GR XY’B,
Opposite Msoonb- h,„
Week Ties and Bows,
Os ALL THE LATEST STYLES, at
A. T. GRAY’S,
Opposite Masonic Hall.
A. T. GRAY
Sells the best and latest uttlebi
of LINEN and PAPER COLLARS.
The Favorite Brands of PAPER ate the « Maxep
pa” and “Aatroid,” manufactured f ar
A. T. GRAY,
mhaß ' tt Opposite Masonic Hall.