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CCXN STITUTIOJSTALIST.
AUGUSTA. »A.
SUNDAY MOENING, MAY 16, 1869
TWO BRITISH PERIODICALS.
We have received a copy of tlic North
British Review, the first we have read for
years, and it has deeply interested us. It
is an issue of far more than average ability,
and variety of contents. Among the nine
elaborate articles which form its literary
menu, there are three at least, evidently the
productions of scholars and distinguished
men. The first treats of Russian Litera
ture, illustrated by a criticism of the works
and genius of Turguenief ; the second is a
biographical sketch of the career, and a
letting forth of the services, ecclesiastical,
and literary of the late Dean Milman,
whilst the third and most impressive
essay of the set is entitled Revolutions in the
Queen's English —a truly charming paper
which combines the antiquarian lore and
philological acuteness of old Isaac D’lsrae
li, with something of the humor of Wil
son, and the fastidious elegance of Ma
caulay. Compressed into about 30 or 40
pages, we have a thorough, and as far as
practicable, an exhaustive resume of the
peculiarities, character and triumph of the
English language, and the English litera
ture from Chaucer to Shakspeare, and
from Shakspeare to Burns, Scott, Byron,
Coleridge, Shelley, Keats, and the
other illustrious essayists, and poets of the
earlier section of the present cent ury. The
learning embodied in a delightful style, the
thronging illustrations, at once apposite
and brilliant, unite in making this treatise
an instructive study and a charming speci
men of lucid, vigorous composition. The
author’s conclusion as regards the nature
of the vocabulary most in use among the
19th century poets in particular, is well
worthy of consideration.
During the last half century, he says, our
vocabulary has been enlarged by the addi
tion of a vast number of new words and
fresh forms. * * * * But the largest
additions of all have been made fromthe
nervous diction of older thinkers and poets.
* * We venture to say that the words
from thig source, from, the more archaic
and adolescent element of the language,
added to the vocabulary of our times, must
be recorded by tens of hundreds.”
Then, in illustration, he remarks: “Some
writers, like Wordsworth and Southey,
recalled to poetical use the homeiy but sig
nificant terms belonging to the dialect of
rustic and common life. Others, like Cole
ridge and Keats, passing over the uncon
genial school of the previous century, be
took themselves to the study of the Eliza
bethan poets, especially Shakspeare and
Spencer. Others, like Scott, and even
Byron, roamed at will amongst the litera
ry treasures of the past, visiting the byways
as well as the highways of its poetical
literature; enriching their vocabulary from
the fugitive, lyrical and ballad poetry,
North and South of the Tweed.” (Let us
observe parenthetically that this was true
in a very limited sense of Byron, who, con
sidering the high character of his genius
and performances, was a singularly super
ficial scholar; he never studied even his
own tongue philosophically, and was as
ignorant of some of the greatest epochs of
English literature, and their brightest ex
emplars, as the majority of boys in “ the
fifth form!” Chaucer he had read, and
appreciated so little that he referred to his
writings m terms of absurd disparagement
and when upon the publication of Man
fred, somebody accused him of . borrowing
from Marlowe’s Dr. Faustvs, he acknowl
ed that he knew Marlowe only by name,
and had never looked into any one of his
tragedies.)
“ Lastly, the modern lyrical poets, Burns
and the Ettrick Shepherd, and a host of
less distinguished bards, such as Leyden,
Bowles, Claire, Beattie, Graham and
Wilson, fed their poetic feeling fromthe
same living springs, and helped in the same
way to vitalize the vehicle of their poetic
art.”
Before concluding, let us say of this
number of The North British, that those
who take an interest in the political devel
opments of Continental Europe, will find
much material for speculation in an article
on “ The Reconstruction of Germany,” the
production, apparently, of a well informed,
liberal and unprejudiced mind.
“ Old Ebony" (Blackwood's), for April,
though not quite as vainousand engaging a
number as the preceding, presents us, nev
ertheless, with a fair table- of contents.
Foremost among them is the happy conclu
sion of “ Double and Quits —a Comedy of
Errors.” Herein the tangled threads of the
narrative are deftly adjusted; all those
provoking mistakes and mad-apropos en
counters which tormented the unlucky he
roes and heroines for the first two “books,”
are delightfully done away with in the
third, and the rose-colored curtain drops
upon a tableau which might be described
by the stereotyped finale of a child’s fairy
tale, viz: “ they were married, and every
body was happy forever after !”
An appreciative life of John Kebije fol
lows ; that true Christian, genuine poet
and modest-hearted gentleman, whose
“ Christian Year” is likely to hold its place
in the affections of English-speaking races
as long as these races themselves endure.
The character of the great High-Church
Bard, as given in this paper, was altogeth
er a remarkable one. There never, per
haps, existed a man of equal talents, who
had so little of a. natural literary ambition,
and to whom every form of self-seeking
(however innocent and legitimate), was so
distasteful.
“ At what period,” says the writer, “ the
idea of composing ‘ The Christian Year ’
first matured itself in Keble’s mind it
would be hard to say. Poem after poem
seems to have been written as the inspira
tion came, till, in time, the fragments were
built up into a perfect xvliole. They were
shown in manuscript to his familiar friends,
and over and over again they urged him to
publish, but he long refused to do so. He
refused also, not so much because he was
fastidious, as because he did not know
what ambition was, either as a man of
letters or a clergyman 1 * * * His de
sire was to keep the poems by him, to go
on polishing as long as he should live, and
at his death to leave them to his execu
tors. But the project was abandoned. In
1827 ‘The Christian Year’ made its ap
pearance, to obtain a success without pre
cedent. * * * Its popularity extended
from day to day, till the editions put forth
were counted not by twos and twenties,
but by decades!”
Os course, it cannot be denied that this
enormous success was disproportioned to
the real merit of the poems, earnest and
genuine as they are. The nature of the
theme selected, and also the peculiar reli
gious condition of the country at the time
they were issued, had an immense deal to
do with a popularity which eclipsed that
even of the master pieces of Scott and
Byron.
The most excellent and conscientious of
men, Keble’s mind appears always to have
been too much under the influence of dogma.
“ For him there was no true religion out
side the pale of the Anglican Church, nor
any hope of stability to a government which
failed to govern by the Church, and/or the
Church I” Asa consequence, the French
Revolution and the English Reform Move
ment were alike odious to him.
He shared in none of the enthusiasms and
hopes even of his more sober colleagues.
When his friends, Whately and Arnold,
hailed the Whig Reform Act as holdifig out
a sure promise of amelioration to the mass
es, he could not comprehend what appeared
to him the sanction of dangerous innova
tion.
In the heat of the ecclesiastical and polit
ical contest, it would seem that Whateley
and Arnold fell from him, when Keble
felt “ that their support was most needed.”
The rupture was inevitable. * * * Os
anything like permanent bitterness oi sen
timent, passion or opinion, we believe
Keble to have been incapable.
As to his genius, it lacked breadth and
catholicity (in the artistic sense) to a sin
gular degree.
Regarding the poems in his Christian
Tear, which form a compact and harmoni
ous whole, an infidel might perhaps say
that these poems were the amber, and the
church they celebrate, and embody, the fly,
but assuredly we should come nearer the
truth if we concluded that the poems, while
infinitely above any degrading insect com
parison, will probably owe, to no small ex
tent, their fame and perpetuation in the
future, to their alliance with a creed which
is the spiritual hope and pride of so many
thousands of educated thinkers.
[From the Baltimore Episcopal Methodist.
The Heroes of Northern Methodism.
Since the war the Methodist Episcopal
Church has spent $700,000 in paying Mis
sionaries and doing Missionary work in the
South. The whole of this vast sum lias
been gotten from the deluded people who
have been made to believe that it has been
used for the maintenance of heroic men
like Bishop Asbury and holy men like Mr.
Fletcher, and men whose one work was to
preach the Gospel in the love of souls. —
We do not know how many thousands
have been appropriated to Rev. W. H.
Pearne, but as lie was a presiding elder
and a man particularly esteemed for his
political uses and good works, we suppose
he did not suffer lack of all things. The
following from the Memphis Advocate may
open some eyes to the character of Mv. W.
H. Pearne, who, it seems, has been called
to a wider field of usefulness:
“ Rev. W. H. Pearne. —We respectfully
call the attention of the editor of the
Methodist Quarterly and the notice of the
bishops of the Northern Methodist Church
to the item below. It may at least help
them to conceive the possibility of a change
in the religious character of some of their
brethren in these latitudes.
“ Gov. Brownlow has appointed, and the
Tennessee Senate has confirmed, Rev. W.
11. Pearne as Commissioner of the Metro
politan Police of Memphis. While this ap
pointment was pending before the Senate,
the Judge of the Memphis City Court, the
Judge of the Memphis Municipal Court, the
Attorney General for Shelby county, and a
long list of others, all Radicals, sent up a
written protest, in which they said:
“‘We protest against the confirmation of
the-Rev. Mr. Pearne, because he had uni
formly upheld and justified the outrageous
acts of the Beaumont administrations; be
cause he has been an active sympathizer
with the late disorganizing -but. now de
funct faction of the Republican party; and
because, from our knowledge of the man,
we believe that the ottico would be prosti
tuted to corrupt purposes, to the sacrifice
of the public good, and that, he is generally
deficient in the qualifications required for
the. position.’
“it is unneeessai-y to add that all the
‘rebels’ of- Mempbir.V-l»o knew au/liiiyi^
of this man agreed with these Radical offi
cials that lie would prostitute the office to
corrupt purposes. But Brownlow wanted
just such a man as Pearne, and the school
fund stealers in the Senate thought they
might need and could use him ; and there
fore he is chief of police of the principal
city of the State.”
We understand that another P. E. Pearne
has accepted the management of Brown
low’s paper of filthy memory. Another
Methodist Episcopal preacher in Tennes
see was lately detected in writing Ivu Klux
letters, and. “ the Grand Cyclops ” was
obliged to leave “his work" and flee to some
place where “loyalty” is more wanted
than truth and decency. Another Metho
dist Episcopal preacher in the South was
recently expelled from a Southern Confer
ence for gross immorality, yet, without
hesitation, -he was received among the
“ loyal ” band, and billeted on the deluded
men and women of the North who stint
themselves of tea and sell eggs to put
mites into the treasui-y of the Lord. Broth
er Phelps is yet considered worth keeping,
and Mr. King. too. is tied to the crib.
Is there not manliness enough, honor
enough, love of God enough among the
members of the Methodist Episcopal Mis
sionary Board to institute an examination
into the nefarious business which is mak
ing their cause odious in the South for
ever, and doing incalculable harm to the
cause of Christ.— Episcopal Methodist.
[From the Pall Mall Gazette, May, 1.
Sumner's Speech.
* * * Mr. Sumner has proved to
demonstration what is the real feeling of
the nation and the Government which, on thin
question, he may fairly be said to represent. —
It is evident that it is not a feeling which
can possibly be propitiated by any half
and-half concessions. Either we must ac
knowledge that the civil war was as much
our work as the South’s, and meekly accept
the consequences, or we must abandon the
hope of bringing the American people into
a more friendly attitude toward tins coun
try. As even the extremest Northern sym
pathizer will hardly go the lengths demand
ed by Mr. Sumner, we may hope that the
opinion of Englishmen will be practically
unanimous in favor of the latter course. The
right answer for Lord Clarendon to give lo
Mr. Motley is a simple non posmmus—a
refusal to enter into any discussion which in
cludes the mention of the proclamation of
neutrality as matter either for compensation
or arbitration. We should have spared
oilrsclves some humiliation, and the Ameri
cans some additional irritation if we had
acted on this principle throughout Mr.
Johnson’s visit.. There is another use to
which Mr. Sumner’s speech may be turn
ed. We shall be greatly to blame if
we do not see in it a warning that we
have incurred, though by no fault of our
own, the anger of a very powerful people,
which has only how found out that in mili
tary and naval eminence it can rival the
greatest of European Powers. No doubt
Mr. Sumner’s only reference to war was a
repudiation of its alleged necessity. But
repudiation was itself founded on the ef
fect which it is assumed will follow from
the exertions of good men on each side, and
we know by this time what, an American
Republican means when, he talks of good
men. The epithet is rarefy, if ever, applied
except to those who adopt the whole Radical
programme. A good Englishman means a
man who has started from the same prem
ises a,s Mr. Sumner, and has come to the
same conclusion. If good men of that type
are sufficiently numerous and sufficiently
persuasive to bring the majority of English
men round to their view, Mr, Sumner may
be right in thinking war between America
a permanent impossibility. But if, as wc
anticipate, there is difficulty in finding the
preachers, or if, as wc are sure will be the
case, their exhortations fall on deaf ears
and stony hearts, it is quite possible that
this certainty of unbroken peace may prove
only a fool’s paradise. The ties of blood
are not likely to count for more where
England and the United States are con
cerned than they counted for when the
combatants were two sections of the same
people. The paramount considerations
which should govern the present policy of
this country toward the United States are
the fruitlessness of further negotiations and
the necessity of being prepared for war.
Macon and Augusta Railroad. ’
As this subject is one of some interest to
the friends of this road, and in order that
Mr. King may speak for himself in regard
to his conference with the City Council,
we insert in our columns his explanation
in the Chronicle & Sentinel of yesterday:
Messrs. Editors •- I have not much am
bition to appear in the public prints, espe
cially iu matters personal to myself, but in
the report of my conference with Council
on yesterday evening there are some erro/9
which, if not very material in themselves,
are calculated to produce a very false im
pression.
In the first place, 1 did acknowledge that
I had voted for Mr. Bullock; but I did not
say that I had been deceived by him. I stated
that, from his close connection with the
Express Company, and its supposed wealth
and resources, ancl the fact of its having
granted • large aid to other companies, in
consideration of some reduction in express
freights, I had hoped that the funds would
lie furnished to finish the road; that all ef
forts by the former administration had
failed, and it was thought that his election
afforded more chances of finishing the road
than any other policy, in this I stated that
“my hopes had been deceived that I was es
pecially deceived in the resources of the
Express Company; that it had met with
heavy losses in rapid succession until it
was compelled to sell many of its effects to
protect its own credit. It would be unjust
to say that I had been deceived by Mr.
Bullock. The promises he made were made
openly at the board , lie would do what he
could, and hoped to raise money to finish
the road, but did ’not know. Others, how
ever, who ought to have been better in
formed, were more positive in their assur
ances.
Again, as to Mr. Conley’s election: “He
alone, among the stockholders, opposed his
election.” That was not precisely what 1
said, for there was no open opposition. I
stated I alone had contemplated any change.
The facts were, that I had consulted, by
letter and otherwise, some of the larger
stockholders on the expediency of an effort
to change the organization. I had no objec
tion to Mr. Conley, personally. I had
known him long as a business man in
good standing, and as a former Mayor ol
the city, and more lately as a Union man,
but not so decidedly a politician as recent
ly. I stated the opposition was very vio
lent and strong, in the country especially,
and many made it the excuse or pretext for
refusing to pay their assessments. I knew,
or believed, that no change could be made
without the consent of Council, and my
intention was, if the other large stock
holders concurred, to make a private ap
peal to Mr. Conley and to Council to con
sent to the change for the good of the company.
Whether I would have succeeded was
never tested, for the response was, general
ly, that if we expected the benefit of the
bill passed for State aid, it would not be
judicious to make the change, and Mr.
Conley met with no opposition, but was
elected unanimously. Os Mr. Magrath be
ing a candidate, I never heard of it before.
I think, at one time, I told Mr. Magrath
that if he wished to be a candidate I would
.vote for him.
As to what I about Council, there is
something almost too absurd for notice 1
The present Council has had no control of
the road, and therefore, cannot be respon
sible for any of its misfortunes. What I
did state was, that Council had always con
trolled the road , and had always pursued the
same policy in electing members of Council
without stock of their men. The case com
plained of was, therefore, not anew oiie,
though I thought it illegal. The above is,
I think, the substance of what I said, and is
oertainly what I intended to say.
As to the very interesting colloquy with
Mr. Gardiner, I think it is substantially
correct. Mr. Gardiner certainly made his
attack with directness and uncommon
vigor, and seemed much more inclined to
•seek a personal quarrel than to gain useful
information. If he displays half the vigor
on the financial committee he proposes, the
company will need, perhaps, no other as
sistance to relieve it from embarrassment;
he may at least feel billy assured that lie
will have no further interference from me.
As to the new proposition to which an
answer is expected, I don’t think any
answer to it was expected, and there will,
therefore, be no disappointment when it is
[From the Baltimore Gazette.
“ Salary No Object.”
Gigantic frauds are not at all uncommon
in this country; but occasionally rascally
people operate on a grand scale, even in
England. A case in point has just occur
red. A Mr. Higgs was, until recently, a
clerk in the office of the Great Central Gas
Company, of London, at the modest salary
of one hundred and fifty pounds, or, in our
currency, some seven hundred and fifty
dollars a year. Now, a stipend like this,
even to one who has a frugal mind, is
something worse than genteel poverty—for
though house rents are low in the suburbs
of London, the cost of food, is high. A
clerk, to be respected, must dress decently,
and the members of his family, if he take
any pride at all in their appearance, must
have wherewithal to be clothed. But Mr.
Higgs was not at all of a frugal mind. He
loved dress, lie loved show, lie loved to
surround himself with artists and other
men of professional eminence, and lie had
a heart, or it was thought he had, that was
open to melting charity. It is manifest
that Mr. Higgs could neither indulge his
.•esthetic tastes nor his passion for lib
eral alms giving with his paltry sala
ry. What, were one hundred and fifty
pounds a year to a gentleman who early dis
covered that lie conld not live comfortably
on less than an income of ten thousand ?
Higgs was poor, liis employers were rich ;
so lie suddenly announced that a relative
had died and left him a large fortune. The
relative, for whom he duly went through
the process of mourning, had no existence.
The fortune he soon commenced to draw
from his employer’s cash-box. He still re
tained liis modest position as elerk, still
drew his modest salary. The position was_
necessary to him, he said, as indeed it was.
He wanted something to do, and lie con
scientiously did it. The moneys paid to.
the company passed through his hands, and
he accounted for them in the most exem
plary manner. He simply took what sums
he needed and passed over the remainder to
the credit of the company.
too, when the company could not well spare
the cash, lie issued forged debentures, sold
them readily and paid the interest on them
with commendable regularity over the
counter of the company. Three opulent
city merchants annually audited his ac
counts with due solemnity and precision,
and solemnly reported, year after year, in
due form, and as by law provided, that they
were entirely correct.
In the meanwliile, Higgs was buying
property at Teddington, hear London.—
Presently lie built a mansion there; built
conservatories, stqbles, outhouses, bought
carriages and horses, and launched out in
a style corresponding to the supposed mag-,
nitnde of his fortune. * His guests were
numerous and select; music and the sis
ter arts found under his ample roof a wel
come and a lavish hospitality. He gave
liberally to all sorts of benevolent associa
tions ; * contributed with a generous hand
to the repairs of the parish church, and
patronized its vicar.
But vaulting ambition sometimes over
leaps itself. Higgs launched out into a
bolder‘sphere of operations. He entered
into negotiations for more land at Ted
dingtou, gnd was about to erect buildings
upon it on a grand scale, when, somehow
or other, some foolish suspicions of his
honesty got afloat. The company ordered
an examination of his accounts, and the
end of it was that Higgs disappeared, and
the company had the satisfaction of learn
ing that one hundred and fifty thousand
pounds would scarcely cover the extent
of his depredations upon their cash box.
We do not know that it is worth while
to draw a moral from this story. The
company have now discovered that Higgs,
with his very small salary, very large es
tablishment, and very liberal benefactions,
occupied a singularly anomalous position.
The respectable gentlemen who annually
audited his accounts arc also struck with
painful surprise that they should have
been so egregiously deceived, and the stock
holders, who bear the burthen of the dell-
cit, are officially informed that it will be
necessary to issue new stock to the amount
of two hundred thousand pounds sterling
to make up for the Josses occasioned by the
implicit confidence which the directors r»
a gentleman of fortune, who con
descended to be employed by them as *
clerk, and to accept for his invaluable ser
vices the pittance of one hundred and fifty
pounds a year—wi% stealings.
;- 1
Affairs in Southwestern Georgia.—
The editor of the Albany News went to
Camilla on Monday, and reports :
“ The crops along the road were in pretty
good condition, but somewhat backward
cotton shows the damaging efl'ects of the
recent cold nights, but planters are san
guine that it will come out and do well if
it can escape the caterpillar. Com looks
promising, though as a general tiling, it is
quite small.
“ High hopes are entertained that Camilla
will become a place of more importance *s
soon as the S. G. and Florida Railroad Is
completed. The survery runs through tie
village, and the success of the enterprise Is
a certainty. We met Col. Hardaway—tie
.President—who informed us that upwards
ol five hundred hands are now engaged in
grading, laying cross ties and buildife
bridges, and that the contractors are press
ing the work with great energy. It is the
determination of the board to complete the
road by the first of November, if the labor
can be had, and we have no doubt it will
be procured.
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our readers to the advertisement headed the Six Great
est Remedies of the Age. Read this column and see the
genuine certificates from reliable persons ; more would
be added if there was room. Hcrly's Ague Tonic is a
never failing cure for any case of Chills and Fever or Fe
ver and Ague if used by directions. IltntLV’s Popular
Wohm Candy is (he best for children known. Alto
Hurly’s Sarsaparilla is the purest and best made, and
none equals it for impurities of the blood or renovating
ttie system from whatever cause. Horly’s Stomach
Bitters need only be tried to become the most popular
Bitter known, it is also pleasant ns a beverage and con
ducive to health. Dr. Seabrook’s Infant Sootling
Syrop, we are told by those that have used it, is better
than any other that they ever tried. I>r. Seabrook's
Elixir ok Ikon and Bark ts the most pleasant and re
liable remedy of the kind before the public, and good
etfocts can be rolied on being produced from using it in
all cases when recommended. Read the advertisement
headed the Six Greatest Remedies.
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Sickly females should use English Female Bitters.
E. F. 15. cures prolapsus uteri land loucorrhoea.
F«r ulceration of the womb, K. F. 15.
K. V. B. arouses, restores and regulates.
DR. H. T. CAMPFIELD,
I) EN TI ST ,
Rooms 22* Broad Street,
Over Branch, Sons A Cos.
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COLUMBIA m llEliil
rrv
I HROUGH TICK ETS 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 A
Son. .
febtS-tf F. J. MOSES. M. D., Agent.
j\_ T GRAY & TURLEY’S THIS WEEK,
Elegant French Priuted Orsfaudtes.
M 1 HE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA,
COUNTY OF CHARLESTON—IN THE COM
MON PLEAS—IN EQUITY—BELL vs. THE
BANK OF SOUTH CAROLlNA.—Pursuant to the
decree of Hon. R. B. CARPENTER, Circuit Judge,
filed In this ense oh the 17Ui March, 18fi9, the credit
ors of the Bank of Sooth Carolina, whether as Bill
holders, Depositors, or any otherwise, are notified to
present statements of their claimß to the undersign
ed, at his office, No. 41 Hayne street, Charleston,
South Carolina, on oi before'the FIRST DAY'OF
JUNE, ISfiff, and upon failure so to do, they will he
excluded fiom the benefit of the Final Decree to bo
made in the said case. A. 8. JOHNSTON,
Acting President of Bank of South Carolina.
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J&L.T GRAY & TURLEY’S THIS WEEK,
Extra sizes in Ladies’ Hoop Skirts.
Mmes. SEGIN’S
FRBNOJI MILLINERY AND DRESS MAKING
ESTABLISHMENT,
No. 338 Broad Street, Opposite Planters’.
New STRAW and MILLINERY
GOODS, in great variety and at all prices.
FIRST OPENING
of FRENCH PATTERN BONNETS and
HATS on Wednesday and Thursday, March
24th and 25th.
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]STew Advertisements
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. MISSISSIPPI.*VALtEY
ils Wt ■
Navigation Company
Os the South and West.
To the Owners of Real Estate in Tennessee;
Mississippi, Alabama and Arkansas :
The Company, known to the public as the
“MISSISSIPPI VALLEY NAVIGATION
COMPANY OF THE SOUTH AND WEST,”
is organized under a charter from the State of
Louisiana. This charter authorizes a capital
stock of five hundred thousand dollars, with
the privilege Os extension to one million. That
the pablic .may know the exact object of the
Company, the third article of the charter is
given entire, as follows :
“ The object of this Company is to construct
or otherwise procure find maintain one or more
steamboats or other vessels, to run on and nav
igate the Mississippi river, or its tributaries,
lor the purpose ot carrying freight, mails and
passengers ; to construct docks, wharves, build
ings and snch other constructions ns may be
necessary to the building and repairing of ves
sels, and generally to exercise such incidental
powers and privileges as are hereby or may be
conferred on them for the purposes aforesaid.”
The Company propose, under the provisions
of this charter, to cmpstrncl a line ot steamers
to run between the different ports on the Mis
sissippi river and its tributaries. They will be
constructed on the low-pressure principle; they
will carry less steam ; they will make better
time, and be, in all respects, more, safe than
any description of boats ever placed upon our
waters. Divided into-distinct compartments,
if disaster, whether hy fir.e or snags, shall hap
pen to one, the boat is not endangered. In case
ol fire, apparatus for turning steam upon it will
be provided, and it is demonstrated that steam
is the most effectual extinguisher of fire. Iu
case one compartment is broken through by
contact with snags, and fills with water, the
others are not eudangered, and the boat cannot
fink, as pumps, provided for such an emer
gency, will be in instant operation. Safety to
passengers aud freight is a great end, worthy
of the struggle of the people of the Mississippi
Valley.
Nearly three hundred thousand dollars in mo
ney and work has already been subscribed to
the capital stock of the Company. The Louisi
ana Legislature has passed a lull snb-cribiiig
one hundred thousand dollars ot the snack to tfie
Company. An additional sura of mat amount
will, without doubt, be subscribed by the same
body. The Company have resolved to take lands
for stock, and Uiis is the feature to which they
desire to call the attention of owners ot real es
tate. Iti the Southern States, on account ot the
disorganized condition of labor, lands are an
incumbrance. Vast tracts that .yield no revenue
to the proprietors, pay exorbitant taxes, and
thus cripple their only productive resources.—
This Company proposes to take these lauds, at
a fair valuation, and issue to the owners their
stock iu lien. If lands shall enhance in value,
so will the stock enhance in value, and thus the
land proprietor will carry iu his pocket the
equivalent ot his lands, to he converted into
money or property without delay. The success
ot this great enterprise is beyond question.--
The stockholder, in addition to the benefit of
the enhanced value of his lands, will he part
owner of a line of boats, aud entitled to divi
dends in their earnings.
Persons wishing to exchange lands for the
stock of the Company will Send to the. Aeeot,
at Memphis, a description of them, their pro
ductive qualities; the timber ; bottom or up
land ; whether overflowed or not; it overflow
ed, what proportion ; how near to county town,
to railroad, depot, river, and all the tacts neces
sary to afford the Company *a satisfactory idea
of the land. This may he doue by certificates
of reliable, disinterested persons residing in the
neighborhood. The present actual value oi the
laud may be proved in the same mauuer. The
party offering lands must state in his proposi
tion the lowest figures he will take. The Com
pany will not give exorbitant prices. The titles
mnst be unencumbered try judgments, mort
gages, deeds ot trust, tax titles, or otherwise.
This may he shown by official certificates of
judges, clerks, sherids, or the opinions of re
spectable attorneys. This is believed to be the
best opportunity to dispose of surplus lands in
the South and West that lias yet been or can he
offered.
Many of the wealthiest citizens ol the South
aud West are warmly embarked in the enter
prise. The general headquarters of the Com
pany are in New Orleans, but agencies exist, in
all the principal cities. The enterprise has been
endorsed hy underwriters, chambers of com
merce, engineers, mechanics, practical naviga
tors and all classes of practical men.
The loregoing facts are submitted to the pub
lic in the confident belief that they will lie 1111-
deDitood and appreciated.
of Director#for the Present Year :
John A. Chow, New Orleans, Louisiana.
Thomas A. Adams, “ “
I. T. WINNEMOKB, “ “
William Ckeevt, “ •«
David Dellaven, “ “
lIOWAUD MILLSrACOH, **
John Paul Bakek, “
H. Nodlting, “
D. W. Flowerbie, Vicksburg, Mississippi.
Sam PvrmwoN, Jeffersonville, Indiana.
D. C. Martin, St. Louis, Missouri.
(.-apt. !1 O. Carson, St. Louis, Missouri.
Gen. T. TANARUS, Crittenden, Madison, Indiana.
John B Davis, Louisville, Kentucky.
J. C. Hess, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
J. Eli Montgomery, Memphis, Tennessee.
N. 8. Otis, “ “
Dr. J. R. Watkins, “ “
F. Y. Rockett, “ “
E. I). Cobb, “ “
George Dixon, “ “
Officers :
Captain David DbHaven, President.
Colonel John A. Grow, Vice-President.
David Millspaogh, Treasurer.
Newton S. Otis, Secretary.
Charles 8. Stewart, Assistant Secretary.
John B. Davis, Chief Engineer.
Standing Committees:
Finance Committee—l. T. Winnemore, Jno.
Paui, Baker, H. Nodlting.
Committee on Lands—Howard Mills
paijoh, John A. Grow, D. W. Flowerbie.
Committee on Steamboats— John B. Davis,
J. Ed Montgomery, H. G. Carson.
Committee on Docks and Wharves—Wm.
Creevy, N. 8. Oris, D. C. Martin.
Committee on Revision of By-Laws and
Charter— John A. Grow, J. P. Baker, How
ard Millspaogh.
General Agent:
I. T. Winnemore.
Special Agent :
J. C. Hess.
Local Agents :
John P. Baker, New Orleans.
W. Spears, Vicksburg.
F. Y. Rockett, Memphis.
J. B. Townsend, Grenada, Mississippi.
J. W. Johnson, Cairo.
J. 8. Cox, Evansville.
John Cobb, Madison, Indiana.
J. B. Davis, Louis.*l!e.
8. Jones, Cincinnati.
Charles 8. Beckwith, Chicago.
Martin & Howard, Bt. Louis.
J. E. Merriman & Cos.. St. Louis.
-Don Alonzo Childs, New York.
Propositions for subscriptions of money or
lands to the capital 6toek of the Company
should be addressed to
F. Y. ROCKETT,
A gen t at Memphis.
The Mississippi Valley Navigation Company
of he South and West has been located at No.
12 Jefferson street. m.ylG lm
An Ordinance
To amend Hie Thirtieth Section of the General
Ordinance ot the City of Augusta:
Section I. Be it ordained by llie City Coun
cil of Augusta, au'd it is hereby ordained hy the
authority of the game, That the Thirtieth Sec
tion of the General Ordinance he amended, by
inserting the following words : “ And should
anything be found in any lot which, in the
judgment of the Health Committee, or any of
its officers, is a nuisance, the occupants of said
lot shall be notified to remove it, and should
the nuisance not be abated, or removed, in
twenty-four hours.”
Sec. 11. And be it further ordained, That ail
Ordinances aud Darts of Ordinances militating
against this Ordinance be and the same arc
hereby repealed.
Done in Council this] 7th day qf May, A. D.
. H. F. RUSSELL,
] seal. > Mayor O. A.
Attest: L. T. BLOME. C. C. mylO-3
Notice, to Owners of Dogs.
Office of Chief of Police, )
City Ilall, Augusta, Ga., May 15th, 1869. $
On AND AFTER THE 25*h INSTANT,
all Dogs found, running at large, without the
proper Badge, or Collar, will be shot.
Collars for sale at this office.
J. A. CHRISTIAN,
my!6-td Chief of Police.
New .Advertisements
NOTICE^
AUGUSTA PRESS OFFICE,* >.
190 Broad Street, >
May 15,1869. >
R. B. Bollock,.Ben,iamin Conley, Foster
Blodgett, E. M. Bratton and others, haying
this day filed a Bill in Equity against me, mi
injunction, which prevents me from usitig-tlie
Presses, Type, Material, etc., necessary lor car
rying on my Printing and Publishing Business,
until a motion can be made to dissolve the in
junction, my business in those lines will he lor
a few days suspended,
myie-l* E. H. PCOfIE.
BACON, CORN, LARD,
FLOUR, Etc. •
25,000 LBS COUNTRY CURED
BACON, hog round
10,000 Lbs WHITE SIDES
10,000 Lbs WHITE SHOULDERS
6 Car loads CORN
25 Bbls LARD
50 Bids FLOUR
40 Bags COFFEE
10 libels Light Brown SUGAR
25 Half Chests of TEA
75 Boxes CANDLES
75 Boxes SOA P
50 Bids LIQUOR, difierenUgi ades
50 Boxes TOBACCO.
For sale by
myl6 15 O’D.OWD & MULHERIN.
~ BOARDING.
A. GENTLEMAN AND LADY, or one or
two single gentlemen can he accommodated
with GOOD BOARD, in a private family, and
in a pleasant part of the city, on reasonable
terms. Apply at this office. my!6 3
PEAS, PEAS.
800 BUSHELS choice PEAS
COUNTRY BUTTER -
Just received by Express, a lot of choice
Country, in small packages.
For sale by
myl6 BRANCH, SCOTT & CO.
Bock Bier! Bock Bier !.!
THE undersigned begs leave to inform his
friends and the public generally that be will, on
MONDAY next, 17th inst., open and have on
draught a superior article of BOOK BIER.—
Come one! come all! to the Georgia Saloon,
318 Broad street, opposite Planters’ Hotel.
myi6l P. STINSON.
BRAHMA POOTRA.
A FEW ACCLIMATED
BRAHMA POOTRA FOWLS
FOR SALE.
Apply at this office. mylO-1
MADAME STEWART,
THE CELEBRATED
M El>l0 ATj CLAIRVOY ANT,
Has just arrived from Europe, aud will
remain for a few days at the
Planters’ Hotel,
Room No. 13, where she can be consulted
Horn 8, a. in., until 8, p. in.
She sees your surroundings, and can tell
much of your past, present aud future, whether
relating to health, business matters, or lucky
numbers. Price moderate, and perfect satisfac
ion guaranteed. myll-12
JEWELL’S MILLS,
(Formerly Rock Factory, Ga.), Post Office,
Culvert ou, Ga.
W E will MANUFACTURE WOOL for
customers this season on the following terms ;
Wool Manufactured into .leans, (colored warp),
at 30cents per yard ; iu Kerseys at2oc. per yard,
or Carded in Rolls at 12V-1 cents per pound.
SHEETINGS, SHIRTINGS, OSNABURGS
and YARNS constantly on hand. WOOL
wanted in exchange for Goods at market value,
or for cash. Consignments by railroad should
he directed to Culverlon.
Z. McCORD,
Agent in Augusta.
rnyl4-dlin*c3m D. A. JEWELL, Owner.
_A.T GRAY * TURLEY’S THIS WEEK,
All the fashionable shades of Plain Dress
Silks.
WANTED,
.A. COMPETENT NURSE.
ALSO,
A GOOD COOK. Apply at
myl4 3 No. 85 REYNOLDS ST.
JOHN W. BESSMAN,
IMPORTER AND DEALER IN
CHOICE LIQUORS,
A ND Agent fog John Gibsoh’s Hon &. Cos., Pliila-
YrA_ delnliia, 287 Broad street, Augusta, Ga.
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y\-T GRAY & TURLEY’S THIS WEEK,
Hemstiehed iidk’fs, very cheap, from auc
tion sales.
Boots, Shoes, flats.
A. BRANDT,
t\o. 324 Broad Street,
AUGUSTA, GA.
LI AS JUST RECEIVED the finest assort
ment of BOOTS and SHOES ever brought to
this market, consisting in part of
Philadelphia and Baltimore Gent’s hand made
Pump and Heavy Sole BOOTS and SHOES.
Ladies’, Misses’ and Children SHOES of
every style. Also,
White Satin and Kid SLIPPERS.
We have ou hand a great variety of Gent’s
flue IIATS, all of which will he sold
AT GREATLY REDUCED PRICES.
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FOR SALE,
A. VERY FINE.BADDLE HORSE ; ad
mirably suited to Ladies’riding; gentle, youne
and handsome; will bo sojd ou favorable terms
for cash, or exchanged for a fine harness
horse. Apply to
myl2-10 J. a. ANSLEY.
FOR SALE.
W • W. BARRON offers his RESIDENCE,
next below Concert Hall, for sale.
myl2-6
_A.T GRAY A TURLEY’S THIS WEEK
Great variety Ladies’aud Misses’ Parasols.
FOR SALE,
AVASsrsi”-- 1 *
1 Ladles’ BREAST j’IN, 68 Stones
1 Ladies’ BREAST PIN, 21 Stones, vory largo
1. Solitaire Geftt’a PIN, I large Stone
1 Cluster Gent’s £IN, 19-Stones
3 Cluster DIAMOND RINGS.
For sale by P. MORRIS,
ap»-lm* »2 Broad streak
TO MECHANICS.
'Proposals are invited from Carpenters,
’Masons and Tinners to BUILD A KIAZZA in
the rear Os the three story brick dwellings at
the southwest corner of Washington and Ellis
streets, and make aHerations and additions to
the NewtOn- House, according to Plans and
Specifications to be>»een at my ofljee.
my 14-3 WM. J. VASON.
>\_T GRAY & TURLEY’S THIS WEEK,
Grdht variety of Black*and White Lace
Points and Rotundas.
m:yattaciß? "
WALL PAPERS,
Crumb Clotbs,.’
. ' . Door IMats,
Shades*. • .
Hire* Screens.
Two LARGE INVOICES of the above
GOODS justopeued and' for sale low by
my 12-6 . JAS. G. BAILIE & 8110.
VULCAN WORKS,
CHATTANOOGA, TEJffN.,
S. B. LOWE,
GENERAL PARTNER,
RE now prepared to offer to Merchants, at re
.luoed rates, a full assortment of
COMMON BAR IRON
TIRE
ROUNDS
SQUARES
HORSE SHOE
BAND
HOOP
PLOW PLATE, &c, &c 5
—ALSO—
To RAILROAD COMPANIES, a superior quali
ty of IRON, manufactured from Tennessee Charcoal
Pig and Bloom.
HAMMERED CAR AXLES
DRIVING AXLES
BRIDGE BOLTS
Freight and Passenger Car IRONS, ebmplete
PISTON RODS
SHAFTING
—ALSO—
All sizes FLAT, ROUND and SQUARES
Address S. B. LOWE,
aplS-dly Chattanooga, Tetin.
Notice to Debtors and Creditors.
KORGIA, RICHMOND COUNTS'. -All per-
VT sons having demands against 1., D. Lallerstudt,
late of said county, deceased, wilt present them, duly
attested, and those indebted to the same will make
payment to Dr. T. L. Lallersiedt, or to
AMANDA F. LALLSRSTKDT,
miI."CM t Executrix.
YAt GRAY & TURLEY’S THIS WEEK,
New styles in Dress Trimmings and But
tons.
Notice of Copartnership.
1 HE undersigned have this day entered
into Co-partnership under the firm name of
DENNING & IIALLAHAN, and will carry on
the business of BRICK MAKING in all its
branches. D. H. DENNING,
I). IIALLAIIAN.
BRICKS, BRICKS,
AT’ liEDIJCED RATES.
DeNNING & IIALLAHAN having pur
chased the BRICK YARD and ail of its appur
tenances belonging to the late Ch.vri.rs I>e-
Laigle, are prepared to furnish, at short no
tice, all kinds of BRICKS, at redneked rates.
Orders left at C. G. Goodrich’s Store, No.
271 Broad street, or at the Brick Yard, will be
promptly filled. my9-lm
Summerville Houses
For Kent.
TL WO very desirable RESIDENCES at Sum
merville. in good repair, conveniently loealed
and with good 6apply of well water. Apply to
myl2-10 J. A. ANSLEY.
ON CONSIGNMENT,
35,000 Lbs prime smoked Clear
BACON SIDES
25,000 Lbs prime smoked Clear Rib BACON
SIDES
10,000 Lbs prime smoked Tennessee HAMS
10,000 Lbs prime smoked Tennessee SHOUL
DERS
15 Tierces Canvassed HAMS, Pee Dee
50 Kegs LARD
300 Bbls and 6acks FLOUR, Superfine,
Extra aud Family
200 Bales Northern and Eastern HAY
1 Car load CORN In depot
300 Bushels COW PEAS
50 Bbls White Corn WHISKY
100 Bbls Old Kentuckyy and Bourbon
WHISKY
SO Bbls VINEGAR
20 Bales YARNS, Priueeton Factory.
BARRETT & CASWELL,
ioyll-5 248 Byroad at.
-A_T GRAY & TURLEY’S THIS WEEK,
White Peqna. All the rage for Ladies’
Dresses.
ST?AM'
ENGINES
MB
From 4 to 350 Horse Power,
including the celebrated Cor
liss Out-oil' Engines. Slide
Valve Stationary Engines
Portable Engines, ,Vc. Also
Circular, Mulay and Gang
Haw Mills, Sugar Cane Mills.
Shafting, Pulleys, A,c., Lath
aim Shingle Mills, Wheat and
Corn Mills, Circular Saws,
Belting, &c. Send for descrip
tive Circular and Price List-
WOOD & MANN STEAM ENGINE CO.,
foli!7-6m Utlott, New Yolk.
DENTAL NOTICE.
DJEI. ZEKU, (Colored).
/“k.N original practitioner of DENTAL SURGE
KY. call* tho attention ot his fnendn and the public
to hie improved method of PLATES for artificial
teeth. It consists of a smaller proportion of Plato In
the t alatines Arch of the mouth, where full den tiers
is used.
Office and .Laboratory * Northeast corner of Greene
and Campbell streets.
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CARPETS,
WINDOW SHADES.
Oil Cloths,
Cornice Mouldings and Bars,
LACE CURTAINS,
DAMASKS,
We are now o fieri nq a beautiful assort
ment of the above GOODS, of good quality, at
LOW TRICES.
JAS. G. BAILIE & BRO.
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f* \ . * *
Broad Street.
BIX’ DOLL AUS.
another invoice of
BUSINESS SUITS,
much better quality than first lot, at the same
price—SlX DOLLARS—at
A. T. GRAY’S,
Opposite Masonic Hall.
A COMPLETE ASSORTMENT OF
WHITE SHIRTS,
from the best Factories, at low prices.
Sold by
A. T. ORAY,
Opposite Masonic Hall.
SHIRTS MADE TO ORDER. The fit and
quality guaranteed.
A good stock of
SILK, LISLE THREAD AND GAUZE
UNDERSHIRTS.
For sale at low figures, by
A. T. GRAY,
Opposite Masonic Hall.
Gents’ Handkerchiefs,
All kinds, very low. For sale by
A. T. OKAY,
Opposite Masonic Hal).
MAZEPPA AND ASTEROID
COLLARS.
Two boxes for 25 cents, hy
A. T. GRAY,
Opposite Masonic flail.
VELOCIPEDE
And all favorite BOWS. For sale hy
A. T. GRAY,
Opposite Masonic Hull.
IN" E W STOCK
OF
FASHION ABL E
CLOTHING
THE
FINEST and CHEAPEST
EVER OFFERED TO THE CITIZENS
OF AUGUSTA AND VICINITY.
A. T. GRAY,
(Late of the firm ot Kenny & Cray,)
HAS RECEIVED FROM THE MANUFAC
TURERS AND IMPORTERS
A SELECT STOCK
OF
FINE. MEDIUM
AND
LOW PRICED
READY MADE
CLOTHING
AND
Gt-KJSr'rL.ICMLICN *s
FUBNISHING GOODS
OF THK LATEST AND MOST
FASHIONABLE STYLES.
THESE GOODS WILL BE SOLD
VERY CHEAP FOB CASH.
The public are Invited to examine before
purchasing elsewhere.
Andrew TANARUS» dray*