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CONSTITUTIONALIST.
AUGhUSTA. GhA.
TUESDAY MOBNING, JULY 6, 1869
GRANT.
The President-General has this consola
tion : If Andrew Johnson thinks him an
ass, there are not wanting men of equal in
telligence who think him a man of remark'
able powers. Frank Blair has already
pronounced him “ a great man, very great
man;” a “man whom the people do not
appreciate,” etc. One of the most extraor
dinary es public men in all this country
writes us as follows: “ Grant has more
“ practical and tactical sense than any man
“or any dozen men in Washington. He
“ knows exactly what he is doing. If he
“ should keep sober, he will yet astonish
“ many people in this country. If he fall a
“ victim to wine, as Alexander did, his
“ career in the end will be not dissimilar.”
When we see men of unusual 'Vigor of
mind thus differing toto codo on the charac
ter of a conspicuous person, we may con
clude that the object of so much divergence
of estimate may be a bad and dangerous
individual, but it will be hard for a candid
mind to believe that he is an idiot, a sneak
and an automaton. And yet, who shall de
cide when doctors disagree? To Grant
we are indebted for Turner, the Macon
Postmaster. Was this appointment stu
pidity ; or was it genius? Was*it to rebuke
the South; or was it to humiliate the Radi
cal party?
GENERAL MEADE AT GETTYSBURG.
A stately monument has been erected on
the field of Gettysburg to commemorate
the great victory which the so-called army
of the Union and the Constitution, under
General Meade, late-disunion and uncon
stitutional satrap in Georgia, won from
the Southern army of independence under
General Lee. At the inauguration of this
monument, General Meade delivered a
brief address. He opened' his speech by
contrasting the different scenes of 1863 and
1869. He then explained how he "had con
sented to make a spectacle of himself on
each succeeding anniversary of the battle,
at the request of the managers of the show.
He dropped a sincere tear or two over his
fallen fellow Generals, and insisted that
they died to defend the government of our
forefathers.. He did not say that, thus dy
ing, they had died for a fiction. On the
contrary, he really seemed to think that
the battle of Gettysburg and Geo. Meade
had saved the Republic just as it existed in
the days of 'Jefferson and Buchanan.
Sublimely impressed with an idea of this
character—at which even the New York
Herald and Imperialist never cease guffaw
ing—Gen. Meade squeezed his briny handj
kerchief over the wreck, the ruin and the
fatality of war, and, for the moment, for
getful of the Columbus prisoners, he went
into a perfect sweat-box of pathos. At this
point, he deemed it convenient to interpo
late a delicate personal allusion to his dis
tinguished self. Thus:
“At the same time I feel gratitude and
joy; gratitude to the Almighty, who direct
ed the event, and who selected me as an
humble instrument, with those then around
me upon this field, to obtain that decisive
victory which turned the tide of that great
war. and settled forever, I trust, in this
country, the principles of personal liberty
and constitutional freedom.” [Applause.]
That little hint about decisive victory
“which turned the tide,” etc., will be
charming reading for the President-Gene
ral, and coming, as it does, immediately
upon the heels of Andrew Johnson’s ter
rific onslaught must make Grant double
his rations of cigars and juleps. But what
amusing reading the last clause of this
paragraph will be for Edman Spang
ler, to sundry people of Texas, to some
people in Georgia, and to the public
generally of the ten Southern States. If
the dead hear, what a commotion there
will be in the spiritual world at this awful
mockery. Why the shade of Mrs. Surratt
on the land and the wraith of Grenfel in
the deep ought to torment the slumbers of
our late satrap for daring in his vanity to
assume that he, sweat-box Meade, had
“ settled forever the priciples of personal
liberty and constitutional freedom.” What
arrogance! What egotism! What hypoc
risy ! -
After such a huge plaster to his bulky
pride and self-esteem, no wonder he had
compassion on the half-buried Confederates.
Certain of his remarks on this theme are
honorable to him, and we give him due
credit in the premises. Take this specimen
for instance:
“ There is one subject, my friends, which
I will mention now, and bn this spot,
where my attention has beeii called to it,
hud in which I trust my feeble, voice will
have some influence. When I contemplate
this field, I see here and there, marked with
hastily-dug trenches, the graves in which
the dead with whom we fought are gather
ed. They are the works of my brothers in
arms the day after the battle. Above them
a bit of plank indicates simply that these
remains of the fallen foe were hurriedly
laid there by the soldiers who met them in
battle. Why should we not collect them
in some suitable place ? Ido hot ask that
a monument be erected over them. Ido
not ask that we should in any way endorse
their cause or their conduct, or entertain
other than feelings of condemnation for
their course. But they are dead—they
have gone before their Maker to be judged.
In all civilized countries it is usage to bury
the dead with decency and respect; and
even to fallen enemies respectful burial is
accorded in death.”
We say these sentiments arehonorable to
Gen. Meade, though the government which
he thinks he saved must bear the stigma of
barbarism for neglecting to do what “ all
civilized countries” have always done. It
happened that one of the Generals present
on the occasion, and whom he compliment
ed in high terms, is now Governor of Penn
sylvania. A few months ago, some chari
tably-disposed persons proposed to give
decent interment to such of the Confederate
dead as reposed in shallow trenches on the
field of Antietam. The better, to do this, it
was agreed that they should admit the
bodies into the .Union Cemetery at that
place. No sooner did Gov. Geart hear of
this than he sent a rabid denunciation of it
which amounted to positive prohibition so
far as Pennsylvania was concerned. No
doubt Geary yielded the lonntains of his
crocodile-tears when Meade expatiated
upon this subject and methinks vve can see
him splitting his kid-gloves as he joined in
the “ applause” that followed these senti
ments.
Gen. Meade would have done well had
he stopped at the point we have indicated
in the quotation. But that fatal round of
“ applause” stimulated him to overdo the
matter. Thus:
“I earnestly hope* this suggestion ratty
have some influence throughout this broad
land ; for this Is only one among a hundred
crowded battle fields. Some persons may be
designated by the Government, If necessary,
to collect these neglected bones and bury
them Without commemorative monuments;
Put simply indicate that below sleep the mis
guided men who fell in battle for a cause over
which m triumphed"
That our Southern people have been de
relict in tiie matter of burying their dead
heroes we must admit. But we pray God
that the dead, if not the living, may be
spared a practical illustration of General
Meade’s suggestion. True he does no*
want a monument, but he proposes an in
scription. There must be a monument of
some kind in order to have the inscription
carved upon it. Think of the Federal
Government tenderly gathering up tlfe re
mains of our fallen Confederate braves and
then rearing a huge column over them,
bearing some such epitaph as this:
Beneath this shaft,
Repose
Five Thousand
Rebel soldiers
Who died in the unholy attempt,
To sever the Union
Os the States,
• And
Destroy the Constitution of our Fathers.
Gen. Meade and the Grand Army
f Os the Republic—
The Saviors of the Federation;
The Redeemers of the Land
Os Washington;
- The Conservators of Negro Freedom
And Destroyers of
White Supremacy—
Have erected this monolith
To perpetuate the '*
Recollection
Os the Union Triumph
And Rebel Defeat.
Let Gilmore shoot, while Boston anvils ring—
Sweet land of liberty of thee we sieg.
Let Northmen shout while living Rebels groan ;
We’ve made their martyrs infamous in stone.
We have ‘ borne many insuits; we have
endured many wrongs. Is it reserved for
Gen. Meade to be the inventor of anew
sweat-box to torture our very souls ?
Y ery True. —A W ashington correspond
ent of the Baltimore Gazette declares that
Andrew Johnson need not stop his public
speaking on the score of a “ want of digni
ty” in an ex-President. The Presidential
office has long ceased to have anything of
the kind associated with it. Morrissey’s
descent from boss-gambling to Congres
sional duties was indeed a loss of dignity
but Johnson’s passage from the Presidency
to the stump is only a return to first prin
ciples. With “plantation manners” all
dignity has gone from Washington and its
official residents.
The “Glorious Fourth.”— The New
York Express says:
“We shall celebrate the Fourth; but it
will be with the memory of what we have
lost rather than for anything we have
gained.”
And for similar reasons we do not intend
to celebrate it at all.
A Fizzle. —The papers, Democratic and
Republican, are agreed that Senator Mor
ton’s Gettysburg oration was a glaring
failure. His theme was the “ Progress of
Liberty around the World.” As liberty
had made no progress worth speaking
about, either at home or abroad, poor Mor
ton was bound to fail.
Gen. Hancock.— The “ coming man”
for the next Presidency is said to be Han
cock. To prevent any more disappoint
ments, and to make sur<* of the man, the
next Democratic Convention will lie held
at some place remote from New York.
Antagonistic.— The rumor recently cur
rent, that Andrew Johnson and Parson
Rrowni.ow had formwfa poHtieal coalition,
for mutual benefit, is ri'SW pronounced un
founded.
University of Georgia.
Asa matter of general interest we publish
the appended report of th® Boad of Visitors
of the Georgia University. Thtf recommen
dation of the establishments of “ schools of
applied science" is a subject which merits
thoughtful consideration, and will no doubt
meet with general approval from all friencte
of education throughout the State. We
commend the perusal of this report to our
readers:
Atlanta, July 1,1869.
His Excellency , Governor Bullock :
Sir : The undersigned appointed by your
Excellency as members of the Board of
Visitors, to attend the final examination of
the graduating class of the State University
respectfully submit the following report:
The Board entered upon its duties with
an honest intention to make a faithful re
ports.as to the subjects committed to them,
giving praise, or censure, as either might
be deserved. This was deemed especially
necessary as while there has been much
interest in, therehasbeen much ignorance as
to the condition of the University since the
war. We confess, as Georgians, that the
result of our examination has surprised,
as much as itgratifled us.
The mode of examination in the Univer
sity has undergone an entire change. Form
ally it was oral and in many respects ob
jectionable. Now it is wholly written.—
The young men of the graduating class are
assembled in the examination room. They
are required to give a pledge of honor that
they do not know the questions to be pro
pounded. They are not allowed to con
verse or leave the room. They are allowed
from 9, a. m., to 1, p. m., to write their an
swers, No books are permitted. These
questions were extremely full, as will ap
pear from the printed copies, which we
have the honor herewith to submit in con
nection with this report.
The answers cover from twelve to
twenty-three pages of foolscap paper. An
examination more fair, honest and thorough
ly searching, has never been witnessed by
us. The examination evinced a thorough
acquaintance with the curriculum of the
University which is a full academic and
literary course; a wider scope of literary
culture than we have before seen on simi
lar occasions; a higher grade of average
scholarship and a most remarkable facili
ty of writing on demand, combined with
fluency and accuracy of expression with
the pen, an acquirement of great value to
the student. The examination evinced one
fact vital to the prosperity of literary insti
tutions, the existence of an “ enteinte cordi
ale" between the professors and students,*
a fact which alone can account for the
accurate and varied scholarship as well as
the quiet, order, and gentlemanly deport
ment of the pupils. The chairs of Rhetoric
and Modern Languages have been recently
filled by gentlemen eminent in these de
partments. The faculty as now organized
is one of singqjar ability and zeal.
Asa result of this visit, and after la
borious examination into the whole details
of the University”, the Board take great
pleasui#in giving it as their opinion, that,
►so far as sound morals, moderation in ex‘-
pense, and completeness of education for
literary and professional life, are involved,
no institution on this continent, and very
few in Europe, offer greater inducements
than our State University. We see no
reason why a single youth of Georgia
should be sent out of the State to obtain
the form of education to which We have
referred.
The institution is now working to its ut
most capacity. Yet, while the literary,
academic and scientific courses are full and
complete, we are pained to confess thaj, the
University is necessarily deficient in the
means ol' applying the sciences to the
wants and emergencies of the present day.
We need educated merchants, farmers, en
gineers, miners and meghanics. The pres
ent funds of the University will not allow
such an application of science. The Board
cannot refrain from expressing to your Ex
cellency their earnest desire, and, as they
believe, the earnest desire of thoughtful
Georgians generally, for the oatablisliment
of several schools of applied science' by the
State. For instance, a school of-science
applied to manufacturing, mechanics and
mining, at Atlanta; a commercial school,
involving the principles of commercial law,
at Augusta or Macon; and a school of ag
riculture, at some healthful and eligible lo
cation. We have* already a school of en
gineers at Athens. It is believed that the
cities would furnish a large portion, if not
all the funds necessary to inaugurate these
several schools. All of these schools to be
under the general supervision of theChau
cellor of the University, and through him
of the State. An annual exhibition of the
result of the training in these schools be
fore the Legislature would not only inform
the State of the progress of its youth, but
would bring the University,' in all its de
partments, into active and ultimate union
with the people of Georgia.
All of which is respectfully submitted,
M. H. Henderson, D. D.,
P. M. Shiebley,
W. J. Scott,
C. W. Howard.
Cotton.
From the circular of Messrs. Norton,
Slaughter & Cos., of New York, bearing date
of the Ist instant, we extract the following
interesting review of the cotton trade
during past month, embracing a state
ment in reference to present stocks, and an
aggregate of advices in regard to the grow
ing crop in the cotton States:
Considering the lateness of the season,
the business of the past month has been
large and profitable. The total receipts at
this port, as well as the sales, have been
nearly double those of the same month lasi
year. The market has been strong and
buoyant all the month (a few dull days ex
cepted,) and an advance of fully 4 cents a
pound on all grades has been established.
This has surprised everybody, although a
few bulls pretend that they clearly foresaw
it. We are at a loss to explain the true
cause of the high scale of prices which
ruled during the latter part of the month.
It is certainly not to be attributed to any
foreign cause. We have long been (and are)
independent of Liverpool and its influences.
The money market had nothing to do with
it, gold being lower and money much dearer.
The weekly receipts had no elevating in
fluence, because they had been largely in
excess pf last year, as will be seen,below;
and the prospects of the growing crop could
not produce the result, as they have been
(Jecidedly encouraging. The only plausible
reason that we can offer is that the spin
ners, having previously bought only suffi
cient for their daily wants, discovered early
in the month that the supplies within reach
were rapidly diminishing, and being but
lightly stocked, feared an early exhaustion,
and renewed their purchases on a liberal
scale; and the speculators seeing this, de
termined to load up fully and avail them
selves of the spinners’ later wants at higher
prices. Thus the rivalry produced that
activity and buoyancy which resulted in
the present high scale of prices. It will be
se<jp that the total receipts since Ist Sep
tember up to the 26th wit. foot up within a
little over 2o,ooo bales of those of last season
for the same period, and it is not unreason
able to expect that the larger weekly re
ceipts this year than last will produce an
excess before the close of the season, unless
the late and present high prices may hare
caused a partial exhaustion on the planta
tions. The following shows the weekly re
ceipts at the ports for the four weeks end
ing 26th ult., as compared with the corres
ponding four weeks of last year:
1869. 1888.
Week ending June sth 11,689 4,306
Week ending June 12th 10,133 2,718
Week ending June 19th ... .*10,696 3,644
Week ending June 26th 8,578 2,487
Notwithstanding-the liberal receipts at
this port, our stocks are greatly reduced,
and are less, than one-half of what they
were a year ago. These present stocks
(although so small) include all the market
able grades, but the proportion of fine cot
ton is small. Many of the late arrivals
have been sold in transit at prices which
were more advantageous than selling from
store. For the past week contracts l'or fu
ture delivery (especially for November and
December) have attracted attention, and
some considerable sales have been made,
ranging from 25c. to 26c. l'or these months,
basis low middlings. *
In regard to the growing crop, as before
intimated, our advices arc generally cheer
ing. At the date of our last circular there
were complaints of the backwardness of
the plant, but these complaints have ceased
and now frommearly every section of the
cotton States we learn that the late warm
weather has brought the crop forward
nearly, if not quite, up to the mark, in
point of development of the same period
last year. Indeed, judging from the tone
of some of 6ur correspondents in Georgia
and Alabama, we are inclined to believe
that the orop§ in portions of these States
are more forward than last year. There is
no doubt that the stands throughout the
South are better than last year, and the
plant uniformly more healthy. The cold
dry weather of May, while it somewhat re
tarded the growth of the plant, gave the
planters the opportunity to scrape well and
clear their fields of grass and weeds, Anlfl
the fresh showers and warm weather su
pervening gave a rapid stimulus to its
growth and health. One of our Georgia
friends, who has an extensive acquaintance
and corresponce in that State, says : “ In
twenty years I have never known such a
universally good and cheerful report from
the plantations.
Hydrophobia Cured.— Franklin Dyer,
a highly respectable and intelligent farmer
of. Galena*. Kent county, Maryland, gives
the follovviug as a sure cure for the bite of
a mad dog. As will be seen he has tested it
with the most gratifying results : •
“ Elecampane is a plant well known- to
most persons, and is to be found in many of
our gardens. Immediately after being bit
ten, take one and a half ounces of the root
of the plant—the green root is preferable,
but the dried will answer, and may be
found in our drug stores, and was used by
me—slice or bruise, put into a pint of fresh
milk, boil down to half a pint, strain, and
when cold drink it, fasting at least six hours
afterward.
“ The next morning repeat the dose fasting,
using two ounces of the root. On the third
morning, take another dose, prepared as the
last, and this will be sufficient. It is re
commended that after each dose nothing be
eaten for at least six hours.
“ I have a son that was bitten by a mad
dog eighteen years ago, and four other
children in the neighborhood were also bit
ten ; they took the above dose, and are
alive and well to this day. And I have
known a number of others who Were bitten
and applied the. same remedy.
“ It is supposed that the root contains a
principle which, being taken up by the
blood in its circulation, counteracts or
neutralizes the deadly effects of the virus of
hydrophobia.
“ I feel so much confidence in this simple
remedy that I am willing you should give
my name in connection with this state
ment.”
Accidental Shooting in Edgefield.
The Edgefield Advertiser , of the 30th ult,
says: “A painful occurrence took place
lately in the section lying between Bethle
hem and Rocky Creek churches. On Sat
urday, the 19th instant, two young men
named Robert Powell and Robert Quarles’
some eighteen or nineteen years of age’
went out shooting, and while Quarles was
walking in front of Powell, bearing upon
his shoulder a loaded rifle, the rifle went
off accidentally, shooting young Powell
through the head. The latter lingered un
til the following Monday, when he died.”
Removals and Appointments. —The
Edgefield Advertiser says: “ Gen. O. liart
a gallant soldier in the United States army
during the late war, and who so conducted
himself during his few months’ sojourn in
our town as to win many warm friends has
been removed from the office of Assistant
Assessor of Internal Revenue, and Mr R
Reals, an Englishman, we are told, appoint
ed in his stead. Mr. R. has been living
some time at Graniteville, and his office
will be at that place. , Mr. R. W. Cannon
deputy collector for this district, Has also
been removed, anti Mr. George W. Turner
appointed to the office. These gentlemen
are both - Edgefield men, and of known
Democratic sentiments.” .
‘ “ Love thy Neighbor."
BY RI.CHARD HENRY STODDARD.
“ ‘ Love thy neighbor ns thyaelf
When at dawn I meet her.
As by the garden wall she stands.
And gives me-flowers across the waff,
My heart goes ont to kiss her hands—
Are hands or flowers the sweeter ?
I’m ready at her feel to fall.
Or like a clown to labor!
Better than 1 love myself
Do 1 love my neighbor.”
“ * Love thy neighbor ag thysell ’—
When ul dawn I meet him.
As by the garden wall he stands,
And take* my flowers across the wall,
My soul’s already in his hands—
It flew so last to greet him!
And oh, I grow so proud and tall,
And my heart beau like a tabor !
Better than I love myself
Do I love my neighbor.”
[From the Rome Courier.
A Father Rescued from Death by His
Child.
A HEROIC BOY.
Quite a sensation was created in the low
er end of Broad street on last Thursday
afternoon, by the startling rumor that Mr.
Robertson, who was engaged in digging a
well for the city sexton, on Cemetery Hill,
had fallen into the well, and was probably
killed. A number of gentlemen went with
all possible speed to the scene of excite
ment, to know the truth of the rumor, and
to render what service they could in extri
cating the unfortunate victim.
They found a man lying in the bottom
of a well between twenty and thirty feet
deep, in which gas had accumulated until
it could be plainly seen, like a' blue smoke,
from the top, but no one could tell whether
the man was alive or not. All felt impress
ed with the idea that something had to be
done immediately, but there were three dan
gers staring them in the face. In the first
Plaee, it was necessary for some one who
had never been in a well before, to go down;
and then the certain presence and danger of
the gas, and the last and not the least dan*,
ger, was from the blast that had just been
prepared, and Are thrown in. There W 45 one
present who was ready for the
—a little boy—son of Mr. R., 12 or 13 >eara
old. He begged Coi. J. R. Towers,'*wno
was one of the first to arrive, and wh6 ren
dered very effectual and timely aid to let
him down. This was done immediately,
by tying a rope around the boy’s body. The
boy carried a rojie in his hand, which he
tied around his father’s body, just below
his arms, and both father and son were
drawn out—the former in a perfect help
less and insensible condition; in fact, the
presence of life was scarcely visible. But
he began gradually to revive, and in an
hour or two he was restored to conscious
ness, and able to set up.
Mr. Roberson went in the well to see
why the lire he threw in did not explode
the blast that had been, prepared. He was
immediately overcome by the gas, and call
ed to his little son to have him drawn out.
Mr. Stafford, the city sexton, was at work
a few hundred yards off, and ran as fist as
he was able to the relief little boy,
but when he got there Mr. R. was hardly
able to speak. The tub Ayas let down, Mr.
R. got on, and they drew him eight or ten
feet from the bottom, when he fainted and
fell back. ‘But, as above stated, he was
snatched from the j%ws of death by the
presence of mind and the heroio exertlous
of his little son, whose name is Arthur
Roberson.
The Tobacco Worm. —A tobacco grower
writes to the Buralist thsfc*having discover
ed that the tobacco worm was foud of the
blossom of the jimson weed, he adopted the
plan of setting out a few of the weed with
his tabhcco at he planted the crop.
The weed grows and blossoms just in time
for the worm. He liays:
•I procured from a druggist an ounce o!
pulverized flv powder or fly stone, (cobalt,
probably the corrosive chloride of mercury
would be as good, or better,) mixed it with
Water, making it very sweet with honey ;
put it iu a half-pint bottle with a cork,
through which I inserted a goose quill.—
Thus armed, I went every evening between
sunset and twilight,and dropped aboqtf three
drops of the inbstnre liito the “jliflson”
blossoms, and the next day would pick up
handfuls of the dead insects, and so emi
nent was my success that many of my
neighbors were induced to try the experi
ment, and the consequence is, that the
crops of our neighborhood are much less
injured than usual by them.
The poison destroys the particular blos
sdm to which it JSr applied as well as the
fly. Henpe it is necessary to drop it into
the new blossoms which put out every day.
My crop has been so far protected this year
by this, nrocess as scarcely to show that
any Insect existed at all. n
'
Suicide in Greenville.— The Green
ville (S. C.) Enterprise, l^ of the 30th ult.,
says:
On Thursday last, Mrs. Mattie Charles,
wife of Mr. J. D. Charles, of this county,
committed suicide by cutting her throat
with a knife. The cause of this most dis
tressftig occurrence is supposed to have
been temporary mental aberration, brought
on by some bodijy ailment, although the
family were not warned of her condition.
She left her house in .-the forenoon of
Thursday, and went some one or two hun
dred yards of the spring, taking her Bible
with her, and the knife. She was seen
from the house sitting reading. The eldest
of her two lktle children were with per.—
Her sister-in-law had called to her to come
to the house, (her husband not being at
home); as she did not regard the call, went
to sc2 after her, and discovered her, after
the deed was completed. She had written
a note signifying her design to destroy lier
life, and stating, *as a special reason,*that
she was not fit to raise her children. JVlrs.
Charles had beejyuiyried but a few years,
and seemed happy in her. marriage; was a
lady of excellent character, and her melan
choly end is mpst horrowing to her hus
band and friends.
The Survey Reaches Cuthbert. —We
have barely time before going to press to
announce that Messr§. Harkie and (Jrews
with the surveying crops the Bainbridge,
Cuthbert'and Columbus Rail road .will reach
town about 12 m. to-day. They will pro
bably cross the railroad at appoint near the
residence of Mrs. Thornton. ’f' v
Another route on the east side of the city
however will be run, and the most eligible
adopled after actual survey.
We would exhort property holdersto be
liberal in the matter or concessions as to
right of way. Capt. Tnmlin informs to that
the snrvev has varied but little from an
actual air line, and the topography of the
country is very favorable. We are request
ed to state that the survey will reach Lump
kin on the 10th iD«t., and on the same day
a meeting of the board of Directors will be
held in that viltage together with a grand
railroad rally of the people of Stewart.
Lack of Bpace will allow at present of no
further particulars Cuthberrt Appeal.
A fearful accident happened to a colored
man, on the Atlanta and West Point Road,
yesterday morning. The man, whose name
is Henry Harris, was coming from hishoine
at Palmetto, on a Visit to the city. As the
train was passing through a cut just
beyond Peter’s street, his hat blew off, while
he was riding on the platform of the car.
He immediately jumped off to recover it •
but unfortunately, he jumped in the wrong
direction, and fell in such a wa*y as to throw
his legs in the way of the train. His left
leg was terribly mashed, about half way
below the knees—mashed so badly, indeed
as to render immediate amputation necessa
ry. His right heel was also badly mashed
though not so as to endanger the foot. The
unfortunate man was brought in on the
train and medical attention secured.
[Atlanta Era.
Coolies Coming to Marlboro’ County,
S- C.—The Bennettsville Journal says:
“We were pleased to notice, a few days
ago, a number of Englishmen and others,
gentlemen of capital* on our street*, in
search of land, with a view to purchase
and settle in the district. We understand
that these gentlemen have in contempla
tion the purchase of several tracts of fend,
and will introduce the Chinese laborer to
cultivate the soil. We hope they will suc
ceed in their object.”
BY TELEGRAPH.
f Associated Press Dispatches.
WASHINGTON.-
Washington, July s— Noon.—The Cu
bans here have the following: The Spanish
troops attacked Jordan near Halqiiin.—
After an eight hours’ fight the Spaniards
were repulsed and compelled to take refuge
in the town. The Cuban loss was two
hundred killed and wounded, including
twenty Americans. The Spanish losi was
about the same. The Spanish force «pn
sisted of two brigades, outnumbering the
Cubans two to one.
The visit of Edwards and Clift to the
President, on Friday, had reference to se
curing the Labratory buildings at Macon
for the State Agricultural Society. The
President’s remark regarding the negro
postmaster at Macon was merely incident
al. The difficulty about the transfer of the
Labratory lies in. the fact that General
Howard claims moiety as informer. It is
stated that Howard claims informants’
moiety in some two millions worth of
property throughuot the South. [A philan
thropist and self-confessed informer! That’s
riehness!]
Herald special: “ Dr. Mackey, removed
from the Collectorship of the port of
Charleston, is here, claiming that his suc
cessor is a Democrat, and that he himself
was removed without sufficient cause.”
Cuban advices report that the instruc
tions of De Rodas are to carry out the poli
cy of Dulce—that of conciliation, and to
positively control the volunteer organiza
tion anjd maintain the supremacy of Spain;
and that orders have been issued to pre
vent the committing of such atrocities as
were recently committed by Gen. Lesca.
In Cinco Btllas District the effect of this
policy upon the volunteers has been to pro
duce dissensicuis throughout the entire or
ganization. Volunteers who have given
adhesion to De Rodas’ administration, by
surrender, control the forts and arsenals
and other important positions, and are de
nounced as traitors.
The Times has over a column of editorial
antagonizing Canby’s decision that mem
bers of the Virginia Assembly must take
the iron-clad oath, commencing: “ General
Canby’s.; purpose to require the irou-clad
oath of members elected to the Vira*i>n**
Legislature is Tn direct conflict with the
opinions of Gen. Grant, repeatedly express
ed, and with the course pursued under his
orders, in.the States already reconstructed.”
[Perhaps the President-General has chang
ed his mind.]
VIRGINIA.
Richmond, July 4.—The funeral of Col.
James R. Branch, this afternoon, was at
tended by & large concourse of citizens.—
Some alarm was created at the church,
where an immense crowd caused the vesti
bule floor to sink, but no one wae hurt.
■Two companies of troops have been or
dered from Fort Monroe to be here on elec
tion day.
INpiTHEsa Monkoe, July 4.—The assist
ant surgeon and one of the crew of the
Curisux died from fever.
Richmond, July s. — The day is being
generally observed here. The business
houses are closed.
One hundred special policemen have been
appointed for the election, of whom fifty
are blacks.
Governor wells addressed a large meet
ing of blacks this afternoou in the Park.
Preparations by the military and police
for the election to-morrow are quite com
plete and it is thought, notwithstanding
the excited state of feeling, that the election
will pass off quietly. The negroes have
been having a sort of political camp meet
ingin the Park all day, but to-night all is
quiet.
NORTH CAROLINA.
Wn.MiNGTOH, July s.—The steam tug
Brandt, with a large party of excursionists
aboard, on returning to the city this eve
ning, had a piece blown from the boiler at
a point six miles below the city. The ut
most consternation prevailed. Win. B.
Meaues, sou of Col. Thus. D. Meanes, Clias.
R. Arey and E. 11. Eilers jumped over
board. Arey, after sinking twice and Eil
ers were rescued by a colored man in a
life boat from the steamer Waccamavv.—
Meaues, after swimming one thousand
yards, was drowned. Henry Gilligau was
so badly scalded that life is despaired of.—
Neill McLaurin, son of Joseph McLaiimi,
was painfully, but uot dangerously, hurt.
There are a large number of slight casuali
ties. This sad affair lias plunged the com
munity into deepest grief.
The day was generally observed as a
holiday, and all the principal houses closed.
There was no general celebration, but a
number of excursions, picnics, &o.
GEORGIA.
Atlanta, July s.— Several days since,
Captain Tim Murphy, special detective,
arrested two women who had-in their pos
session *4>3Hion of a large sum of United
States currency stolen from the Treasury
Department at Washington. Forged sig
natures were signed to the treasury notes,
and large amounts passed in Augusta, Ga.
These women implicate H. M. Turner, the
recently appointed negro postmaster at
Macon. Tnrner was arrested yesterday by
the United States Martial and brought to
Atlanta. An invest gation is now going
on, but efforts are being made to keep it
secret. FurU ler developments are looked
for to-mbrrfw.
SOUTH CAROLINA.
Charleston, July s. —The Fourth of
Ji% WUs celebrated to-day by the Republi
cans by procession and speeches. Five
hundred were in line, all of whom were
colored bat eight or ton. The whole affair
was the smallest ever seen here. Perfect
order was maintained, and the colored peo
ple behaved well.
MARINE NEWS.
CnAßtEatfoN, July s.—Arrived: Sclir.
Shiloh, from Baltimore; schr. C. S.'Groves,
from New York; schr. Grace Clifton, from
New York.
MARKETS.
New Orleans, July s.—Cotton stiffer ;
middling*, 32%@33 ; sales, 153; receipts,
489 bales. Gold, 137%. Sterling, 51; New
York Sight, % premium. Flour quiet;
Superfine, $5 75; double, $8 25; treble,
$6 59. Corn—white, sl@l 05. Oats, 73.
Bran, $1 07. Hay—prime, $27. Pork,
$34 75. Bacon firmer; shoulders, 14%;
clear rib, 18%; clear, 18%@18%. Lard
tierce, 19%@20%; keg, 21@22. Sugar—
common, 9%@10; prime, 13%@13%. ~ Mo
lasses—choice fermenting, 60@65. Whisky,
97%@51. Coffee—fair, 14%@15%; prime,
16%@16%.
Charleston, July s. —Cotton quiet; no
business done; midding, 33. Receipts, 130
bales. *
Augusta Daily Markot.
.yj. -• 's
Office Daily Constitutionalist, )
Monday, July 5—P. M. J
Nothing worthy of note has transpired in
business circles to-day. Quiet has generally
prevailed.
FINANCIAL—
, GOLD—DuII. Buying at 135 and selling'at
138.
SlLVEß—Nominal. Buying at 130 and sell
ing at 133.
COTTON.—The market is dull and nominal.
No demand and bnt litte offering. Quotations
are nominally unchanged. Sales, 18 bales.—
Receipts, 30 bales.
BACON—Quiet, but steady. We quote C.
Sides, 20@20X ; C. R. Sides,
Sides, i9@19% ; Shoulders, I6@l6t£ ; Hams,
18K@2S; Dry Salt Shoulders, 15@15%; Dry
Salt C. R. Sides, 18J^@19.
CORN—Firm. We quote white, $1 27@l 30,
from depot.
WHEAT—Receipts very light and transac
tions limited. We quote choice white, fl 55@
1 75; red, fl 35@l 55.
FLOUR—City Mills, i7 50@11; at retail $ 1 $
barrel higher." Country, |6<@9, according to
quality.
CORN MEAL—fI 30 at wholesale, and fl 40
at retail.
OATS—None offering.
PEAS—We quote, fl 12@1 16.
Local IST ews.
Arrest of the Macon Postmaster.—
Oil Saturday morning Turner, the ne
gro postpiaster of Macon, was arrested in
connection with the circulation of coun
terfeit bills on- the Fourth National Bank
of New Jersey, stolen from the Treasury
Department at Washington.
The readers of the Constitutionalist
will remember that on Sunday, the g7th in
stant, we reported the arrest, in Atlanta,
of a mulatto woman, Marion Harris,
charged with passing several hundred dol
lars of these bills upon. Augusta mer
chants, Messrs. Mullarky Bros., Richards
& Bros, and B. Mendheim. On Thursday
last, Lieut. E. B. Purcell, of the Augusta
police, went to Atlanta for the purpose of
arresting and* bringing back to Augusta
this woman. The arrest was made by vir
tue of a warrant placed in his hands by
the United States Marshal. He left At
lanta on Friday with his prisoner, and
proceeded as far as Union Point, on his
way to Augusta, where he received a
dispatch from W. 11. Smythe, U. 8. Mar
shal, commanding him to return to Atlanta
with his prisoner. He obeyed the com
mand and returned to Atlanta with his
prisoner, whom he turned over to the U.
8. Marshal. A writ of habeas corpus had
been sued out by her counsel, General L.
J. Gartrell, and a hearing was had before
Judge Smith. During th* examination,
sufficient evidence was developed to impli
cate Turner, the Macon postmaster, as
partkeps crimnis in the passage of this
counterfeit money. Letters were found in
the possession of the woman artestfed
which confirmed her admissions to Lient.
Purcell, and on the examination, that
Turner had a hand in supplying her with
this bogus currency.
Under this showing, a warrant was is
sued, ana tH* United States Marshal, ac
companied by Detective Murphy, of Atlan
ta, and Lieutenant Purcell, proceeded to
Macon, and arrested Turner, placing him
in irons, and carrying him to Atlanta,
where he was imprisoned.
The evidence against Turner, in this
charge, is represented to be of the strongest
possible character ami there is said to be
no doubt that his guilt can be established.
The Celebration of the Fourth.—
The colored population of the city and vi
cinity were enthusiastic in the celebration
of the day, yesterday, as commemorative of
the Fourth. A procession of the various
societies proceeded to City Hall, at ten
o’clock, where several addresses were de
livered. In the procession we noticed ban
ners bearing the inscriptions, “Disunion
and Slavery No More,” “ U. W. S. A.,” “ Y.
M. B. A., F. & R,” “ Rising Sons’ Benevo
lence,” “Won’t You Volunteer?” a Lincoln
Temperance Society, “ Cold Water Army,”
“ Band of Hope,” “ Lincoln, the Father of
our Liberties and Saviour of his Country,”
and “ Freedom and Equality is our Motto.”
The exercises were opened with prayer
by Robert Kent, (colored). Edwin Belcher
read the “ Declaration of Independence,”
and the emancipation proclamation. Ad
dresses were then delivered by Adam Pal
mer, J. W. Randolph, and a colored youth,
in the main conservative in character, with
the exception of Palmer’s, who charged the
whites with a destruction of the gogi feel
ing between the races. In respon» c Re
peated and uncompromising
Honor Mayor Russell appeared, aiWtfaade
a most opportune speech to the colored
people, assuring them that if they did their
duty the white people of the South would
give them all the encouragement they de
served. The remarks of his Honor were
received with particular demonstrations of
pleasure by the large assembly present.—
In response to the vociferous demands of
the audience, addresses, 'for the most part
brief, and of general conservative charac
teristics, were delivered by Mr. Conley,
Rev. J. W. Spillman, Rev. A. B. Smith, of
Savannah, J. E. Bryant and J. Mason
Rice. The addresses were received with
manifestations of general satisfaction and.
enthusiasm.
Good order characterized the proceed
ings, and the celebration reflected con
siderable credit on those concerned in its
management.
Dk W itt’s Sixpenny Series of Choice
Music for Voice and Piano. —Mr. Robert
M. De Witt, of 13 Frankfort street, New
York, has done a great public service in
introducing new songs, by eminent com
posers, printed in such a style as to be ac
ceptable in any boudoir or parlor. He has
already issued eight songs, each one of
which is destined to have universal popu
larity in this country. The first one is by
Robert Coote, and entitled, “ Pretty Polly,
if You Love Me, Do Say ‘Yes.’” It is
graceful in melody, merry in sentiment,
and worthy to hold a place among the best
burlesque songs of the day. “ The Fisher
man’s Daughter that Lives O’er the Water,”
is a composition of much merit, by Sam.
Bagnall. It is a beautiful waltz movement,
and will have a wide circulation, as it ad
dresses itself directly and pleasantly to
every musical ear. “ The Lover’s Letter-
Box,” composed by W. T. Wrighton, is an
other admirable song, of sentimental char
acter, both amusing and romantic. It must
become a general favorite with the ladies
and gentlemen. Avery laughable song is
called “I’ll Tell Your Wife.” It is by
Frank W. Egerton. The words are appli
cable to so many amusing situations, that
there will not be a “ lane, street or alley in
which it will not be whistled, played hr
sung.”
The lovers of song will not fail to become
acquainted with all the songs published
by Mr. De Witt, and the handsome manner
in which they are printed, and the correct
ness which they are presented to the public
by their accomplished editor, will cause
them to be eagerly sought by the musical
public; especially when we consider that
the same songs, were they published by the
“ trade,” would cost at retail from thirty to
thirty-five cents, and arb here offered tn ex
quisite shape for only six cents per copy.
Again, most of these songs have never be
fore been published in this country, so that
the “ Six Cent Series” really affords great
advantages, particularly to the “ profes
sion,” because of the superior facilites pos
sessed by the publisher for getting the latest
popular works in advance of all competi
tors through his European Agent and Edi
tor.
Bound Over.— John B. Hubbard, State
Constable of South Carolina, was before
Justices Ells and Verdery yesterday, in
two cases, for preliminary examination, on
charges of false imprisonment, filed by
Messrs. Flint and Sharplon, of Hamburg,
South Carolina. The prosecution was re
presented by J. C. C. Black, Esq., and the
defense by J. P. Carr, Esq. The defendant
was bound over in SSOO in each case for
his appearance at the January term of the
Superior Court.
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Scott’s Monthly.—The July number of
this magazine has an excellent repertory of
articles, original and selected.
Afternoon.
—lt strikes u ring the present dull
and oppressive season,,it would be a highly
beneficial arrangement for our merchants,
especially those in the dry goods trade, and
their clerks, if business men would mutually
agreedo close their stores at six o’clock in
the afternoon, giving their employees and
themselves an opportunity of recreation.
In consideration of extreme dull trade, the
hour th as taken from the period now allot
ted to business parsuits by this class, would
make little or no difference in diminishing
the aggregate of sales, whilst it would afford
a pleasant relief, to those engaged in com
mercial business, from the confinement and
oppressive temperature of the store and
counting rooms. Yes, gentlemen, lay aside
your yard-sticks and ledgers an hour or
two earlier in the afternoon, and we predict
that the difference in the aggregate of your
daily receipts would not pay for an extra
beefsteak. But let there be a concert of
action in the matter among our leading dry
goods merchants, that the benefits secured
may be general. You will thereby recuper
ate your energies for a vigorous prosecu
tion of the approaching Fall trade, which,
from present hopes and prospects, promises
to be of increased value to Augusta.
There can be no difficulty in adjusting
the pleasure and convenience of your friends
and the public to this arrangement. All
will readily acknowledge its advantages,
and, we believe, cheerfully conform them
selves, in their purchases, to its observance
during the “ heated terrfi.” . • ' y
Fire— About 6 o’clock* yesterday after
noon the alarm of fire The
firemen were promptly otit, and soon sue-’
ceeded in extinguishing the destructive
element. The fire was located in the bake
house of Mrs. Benjamin, north- side of
Broad, a few doors above Cumming street.
The damage was confined to the destruction
of tfac building in which the fire originated.
Incidental to this fire, Capt. Adam, of
the “Georgia,” found it necessary to at
tempt the removal of an awning in front of
the establishment of Messrs. Wilcox, Gibbs
& Cos., on Broad street, which interfered
with the free passage of his engine, and
which had come in contact with the smoke
stack of the machine on its return from the
fire. Through the intervention of Aider
man Tutt, the destruction of this awning
was prevented, on the assurance of his per
sonal pledge that the evil would be reme
died by the city authorities.
Railroad Turnout. —It is in contem
plation by the Dickson Fertilizer Company
to connect by rail their proposed new
buildings,- East of the Central Railroad,
with that line of road, and thereby with all
the railroads centering in the city. The line
has already been located, and is to tap the
Savannah Road just inside of South Boun
dary, with the consent of the City Council.
This turnout, we understand, will also be
extended to the brick yard of Messrs. Den
ning & Hallahan. We learn that the Cen
tral Railroad authorities have exercised an
encouraging liberality in promoting this
connection. While affording advantage to
this road, the completion of this turnout
will giye increased facilities to the enter
prising gentlemen interested in the fertilizer
and brick trade, in the convenience secured
in the receipt and shipment of freights.—
The proposed track will be, we suppose,
about half a mile in length. We take par
ticular pleasure in noting all improvements
of this character, as an encouraging evi
dence that individual enterprise is alive in
our community.
The Best Yet.—The Troy (N. Y.) Times
reports the recent test of a steam fire en
giue recently built at Waterford, by Mr. L.
Button, the builder ’of the “ Georgia” of
this city. This engine is constructed upon
the same plan as the “ Georgia,” except
that it is designed as a first daas engine,
white our machine is only a third class
steamer. It was built for the Good Will
Fire Company, of Harrisburg, Pa., and was
designed to excel an Amoskeag engine,
which had thrown water a distance of 314
feet through al% inch nozzle. Its weight
is set down at 6,630 pounds. The water
cylinder is 7x9 inches, and the steam do.
14x9 inches. The boiler has 527 copper flues,
1%x24 inches, and makes steam enough for
fire purposes with the door open. It is
hung fore and aft on platform springs. At
the test trial this engine threw solid water
through al% inc% nozzle, 326 feet, and
through ar 1 % inch nozzle 303 feet. In both
instances the spray from the stream went
at least thirty feet beyond these distances.
Taking Evidence.— Col. Christopher, of
the United States army, was in this city
yesterday, by order of the Secretary of
War, for the purpose of Investigating a
charge on an affidavit made by a negro,
Sam Smith, against Messrs. Grant, Alex
ander & Cos., accusing these gentlemen of
inflieting more than six hundred lashes upon
one Aaron Webster, a colored convict un
der their control by virtue of the arrange
ment existing between them and the State
authorities. The aforesaid affidavit was
taken before Jacob R. Davis, but is minus
all signature, and avers that said Web
ster died immediately after the infliction of
the punishment alleged. From the best
evidence-which we can gather, there is no
fact to base the charges of this affidavit
upon, the said Webster being still alive,
and held as a prison convict.
Liquor Dealers and the Revenue
Tax. —As considerable doubt is felt by the
wholesale liquor dealers of Augusta In
reference to their liability for a special and
separate tax as retail inkers, we publish
the following construction of the law gov
erning in these cases, as given by the Depu
ty Commissioner.
In answer to inquiries from Assessor Van
Wyck, of the Fourth District, New York,
Deputy Commissioner Douglass says, “that
dealers in liquor who sell in quantities less
than five gallons and also in quantities of
five gallons and upward, must pay special
tax, both as wholesale and retail dealers.
Under the provisions of section 1 of the act
of April 10,1869, the payment of the special
tax of a wholesale liquor dealer gives no
right to sell in quantities of less than five
gallons.”
Superior Court.—The adjourned term
of the above court was held yesterday,
commencing at 9 o’clock.
The Solicitor General being absent, John
S’ Davidson, Esq., was appointed Solicitor
General, pro tem. The Court completed the
organization of the grand and .special ju*
ries, and adjourned on account of the cele
bration, by the colored people, until %%
o’clock. During the afternoon the court
was engaged in the trial of cases on the
appeal docket, and adjourned until 9
o’clock this morning.
Great Sacrifice.— Messrs. H. F. Russell
& Cos. commence this day to sell their large
and splendid stock of Spring and Summer
goods at a sacrifice. Those wanting such
goods should go and see their stock.
STATE OP GEORGIA, RICHMOND COUNTY.
To the Superior Court of said County:
The uti Jclsigncd, with the view of fuin'nliing (o
the Planters anil Farmers of Georgia a id elsewhere
valuable Fertilizer!, careftllly prepart and and chemically
adapted lo mi it the different soils, l hereby enhancing
their pioductfve capacity and adding greatly to the
Wealth and commercial power and influence ol the
people of the agricultural sections, hav.s associated
themselves together as a Joint Stock Oopipanj, and
desire to be incorporated as such under the name and
style of “ Dickson's Fertilising Company.”
Tour petitioners desire the incorporation for the
purpose of carrying on the business of manufacturing
manipulating and selling Fertilizers and dealing there
in generally, but particularly in the manufac
ture, manipulation and sale of the Fertilizer, known
as DICKSON'S COMPOUND, for which they have
a trade-mark, granted by the proper authority, and
which trade-mark is hereto attached by copy plat
thereof.
The amount of Capital Stock actually paid in is
($160,000) One Hundred and Fifty Thousand Dollars,
and they ask the privilege of increasing the said Capi
td Stock, at any time hereafter, as a majority of the
Stockholders may desire, to ($300,000) Three Hundred
Thousand Dollars, the whole stock to be divided inlo
shares of One Hundred Dollars each.
Their place of doing business is the city of Augusta,
in said county and State, and their principal office will
be in said city, with snch other offices and agencies
el ewhere as may he determined upon by the Com
pany; sni they farther pray that they may he incor
porated, as aforesaid, for the term of twenty years,
subject to such liabilities as ore incident lo bodies
politic ned corporate, and be invested with the right
to sue and be sued, to have and to use a common seal,
to make by-laws binding on their own members, not
inconsistent with the laws cf this State and of the
United States, to receive donations, by gift or by will,
to purchase and hold such properly, real or personal,
.as is necessary to the purpose of their organization,
and to do all snch acts as are necessary for the legiti
mate execution of this purpose.
. Juki 21th, 1869.
D. DioEgttH, p. Bbahoh, <
James T. Ga(Jbroo,
Barnet 8. Dunbar, J. T. Bothwell,
W. W. Simpson, John U. Meter,
Shieters A Alexander, Roberts, fa g„ IT .
R. A. Fleming, ers, * - t "
E. P. Clatton, T. M. Turner, . jjf"
Russell & Potter, W. 8. Roberts.
J. M. Harkils. , - *L „
The mark is a “ Sweeper,” with the words
“ Dickson’s Compound ” in a semi-circW above it.. ‘
Georgia. Richmond County, .)
Clerk’s Office, SuPEßioßsCfJuift’,4
I, Frederick L. Cooler, Deputy Clfrk pt .mid
Court, in and for said county, do hereby certify that
the above petition was filed and recorded, jta terms'
the law, on the minutes of suld Court, fo’jps*639 and
640. . a ♦ -
In testimony whereof I have hereunto placed
and official signature, this 24th day of JFpne, 1869.
F. L.COORER,
Jyl-th4 Deputy Ci«k S. Cg Q. C.
GEORGIA, RICHMOND COUNTY.
To the Superior Court for Said County :
TUK undersigned hereby ma'ie declaration as re
quired by Section 1676, revised Code of Georgia, that
they have formed thems Ives into an Association
called the LAND AND IMMIGRATION ASSO
CIATION OF RICHMOND COUNTY", for the par
ticular object of assisting and inducing immigration
to the State of Georgia. The amount of Capital to be
employed will be that arising from tire sale of one
thousand shares of the stock of the Company, rated
at Thirty Dollars a Share. The place of doing businesa
to be Richmond county. They, tlierifore, desire to
be incorporated for the term of twenty years.
• HEN BY MYERS.
JOHN S. WRIGHT.
CHAS. SPAETH.
W. H. TU*IT.
MICHAEL O’DOWD.
J. V. n. ALLEN.
L. MoLAWS.
JOHN L. STOCKTON.
M. A. STOVALL.
HENRY MOORE.
JOSEPH A. EVE.
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STATE OP GEORGIA, RICHMOND COUNTY.
To the Superior Court of said county :
JPHE petition of Edward Thomas, Josiah Sibley,
William E. Jackson, Adrian C. Ives, Edward P.*
Clayton, Austin Mullarky, James W. Bones, Thomas
P. Branch, Wildam 11. Tuft, William F. Henlng,
John M. Clark, Charles Fates, Zoohariah McCord,
Henry Myers, James T. Both well, Hamilton H. Hick
man, Stephen D. Heard, David R. Wright and James*
W. Horton,
Slieweth, that whereas, organization and unity of
action are indispensible to the full protection and de
velopment of the commercial and manufacturing in
terests of the city of Augusta to the co lection and
preservation of statistical i formation connected with
these pursuits; to piomote just and equitable princi
ples iu trade; to cstahl sh uniformity in the commer
cial usagei cf the city; to settle differences speedily
and without litigalion, aid to promote the general
progress and prosperity of the community ;
And, whereas, For the purpose of effecting this
organization, a meeting of citizens was held at Mason
ic Hall, iu said city, May 26th, 1868, and an Associa
tion formed under the style of “ The-Augusta Beard
of Trade
And, whereas. At a subsequent meeting a Consti
tution and By Laws was adopted for the government
of the Association, and to cany ont the purposes of
its organza ion;
And, whereas, It is now deemed desirable that the
Association should he incorporated for the s; nee of
twenty years, 1o better enable it to accomplish the
objects intended at its formation—
Now, therefore, your petitioners, acting for the
Aesocinth nos which they arc officers, as well as
them elves, p esent this their application pursuant to
section 1676 of the Code of Giorgia, and shew that
they have no moneyed capital invested, and that their
corporate property will consist of such sums as in the
wav of anneal o other dues, fines, assessments, Ac.
may be paid in by the members; of such real or per
sonal property as they may fiom time tq time acquire
by purchase, gilt or devise, and of such franchises or
privileges as they may acquire from time lotimc from
or by reason of tho important mercantile posit en pro
posed to he assumed by them; • .
That their place of transacting business 7s Augusta,
Georgia, and their dorporatc name “ The Augusta
Board of Trade * •« . ’
Wherefore, they pray, upon the filing anti recording
of th's petition and its publication once a W|ejt fog one
month, - hat an order may be passed pe
titioner’s application granted, and that tt|iy jthd ClTeir
successors are a body corporate without
liability upon the members, for twenty, years, under
the stylo of “ The Augusta Board of Trade,” fcj the
purposes aforesaid, and in accordance with the Con- '
stitution and By-Laws heretofore adopted by their • :
FRINK H. MILLER |
Petitioners'
GEORGIA, RICHMOND COUNTY:
I, Ki.lkrv M. Bbatton, Clerk' of tho Superior
Court of said county, hereby rertify the foregoing pe
tition was filed and recorded in my office on the Min -
utes of the Court, isios
In testimony whereof TmSto hereunto set my official
signature, aid the senior said Couit, this 3d day
of Julyi 1866.
E. M. BRATTON,
Jy4*u4 . Ole k.
STATE OF GEORGIA. RICHMOND COUN
TY—Whereas, Efaii Walton, Administrator of
Jas. T. Rowland, anplles to me for Letters of Dismis
sion from said estate :
These are, therefore, to cite land admonish, all and
s'ngular, the kindred and creditors of said deceased, to
bo end appear at my office, on or before tho first Mon
day in Beptember next, to show cause, if any they
have, why said letters should not be granted.
Given under my hand and official signature at office
In Augusta, in said county, this 18th day of Mav, 1889.
my!9-3m BAM ’L LEVY, Ordinary, & Q,
STATE OF GEORGIA, RICHMOND COUN
TY.—Whereas, Barbary Straub, Administratrix
of Peter Btvaub, applies to me for Letters Dismission
from said estate:
These are, therefore, to cite and admonish, all and
singular, the kindred and creditors of said deceased,to
be and appear at my office, on or before the first Mon
day in August next, to show cause, if any they have,
why said letters should not he granted.
Given under my hqnd and official signature »t office
in Augusta, in said county, this 4th day of May, 1860.
my6-3m HAITI. LEVY, Ordinary K. O.
STATE OF GEORGIA. RICHMOND 09UN
TY.—Whereas Manika Meyer Meyer applies to
me for Letters of Administration on the estate of
Prank J. Meyer, late of #aid county, deceased :
These are. therefore, to cite abd admonish, all and
singular, the kindred and creditors of said deceased,
to be and appear jt my office, on or before the first
Monday m JulyVfext, to show cause, if any they
have, why said letters should not he granted.
Given under my band and official signature at offico
in Augusta, iu said county, this loth day of Mav
1869. BAM'L LEVY. Ordinary, R. V.
STATE OF GEORGIA, RICHMOND COUN
TY—Whereas, H. H. Hickman, applies to mo
for Letters ot Guardianship, for Win. B. Smith a
minor: ’
These are, therefore, to cite and admonish all and
singular the next of kin and creditors of said minor,
to he and appear at my office on or before the first
Monday In August next, to show cause, If any they
have, why said letters should not be granted.
G. ven under my hand and official signature at office
In Augusta, it. said county, this Bth day of dune, IMS.
BAM’L LEVY, Ordinary, R O
JeMawtd